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  <row Id="1" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="63" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:26:21.170" Score="12" ViewCount="874" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Dutch passport and Dutch driving license, and I have recently moved to Canada (Ontario).  Government instructions on transferring driving licenses all seem to assume that new residents will own a car.  I will not own a car, but may occasionally drive in cars I don't own, such as rental cars.  From the rental company point of view, my Dutch driving license is sufficient.  I don't know if the same is true from  the government's perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do not own a car, will I need to transfer my foreign driving license to an Ontario one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T12:12:22.750" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:12:22.750" Title="Do I need to transfer my foreign driving license if I don't plan to own a car in Ontario, Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="62" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:30:07.547" Score="7" ViewCount="4045" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a temporary resident of Ontario, on a three year Work Permit.  When applying for a credit card, I was told I was required to have an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontario.ca/government/ontario-photo-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ontario Photo Card&lt;/a&gt;.  Can I get such a card if I am temporarily in Canada on a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T12:11:44.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:11:44.680" Title="Can I get an Ontario Photo Card as a temporary resident?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="106" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:39:00.907" Score="33" ViewCount="2544" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-aca13.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to the government's dol.gov website&lt;/a&gt; am subject to the regulation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka ACA or &quot;Obamacare&quot;). This means I must have compliant health insurance, lest I encounter federal sanctions. Because I live outside the country, domestic plans are useless for me, but I cannot find an expat plan that offers PPACA-compliant insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any insight on a solution? Some options include finding PPACA-compliant insurance, simply paying the sanction, or perhaps knowing of an exception that allows expats off the hook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T12:11:09.920" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:11:09.920" Title="How do I deal with PPACA (&quot;Obamacare&quot;) as an expatriate (US citizen)?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:39:35.503" Score="17" ViewCount="3496" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a European Citizen (either from Schengen or non-Schengen), what should I do to get a photo identification card to use instead of my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for such a ID straight away or are there some limitations or waiting periods? Like employed for several months, have to have national insurance or other non-Schengen limitations (i.e. Romanian?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:12:44.797" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:12:44.797" Title="How do I get Photo Identification, in the UK as a foreign national?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:43:04.617" Score="14" ViewCount="818" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, but I have Mexican temporary residency status. I work remotely in Mexico for a US company, and I have been paying US income tax only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under what circumstances should I pay taxes on my income in Mexico?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T12:09:09.747" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:09:09.747" Title="As a US Citizen with Mexican residency status, where must I pay income tax?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="213" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:44:59.390" Score="6" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a multi national and hold two passports. Polish from inheritance and South African from naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to have a Polish ID card when I stayed in Poland for a brief while but when I moved out of Poland I had to &quot;checkout/withdraw&quot; my residence to avoid getting enrolled into the Army (Back then, 10 years ago, today enrollments are no longer mandatory)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am getting married in Poland and only have a valid passport Polish passport. Is this enough or do I need some other documents too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T12:09:27.173" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:09:27.173" Title="As a Polish National with no valid Polish ID, do I need a one to get married in Poland?" Tags="&lt;poland&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="843" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:45:08.793" Score="12" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Irish citizen looking into the possibility of teaching English as a Foreign Language in Asia, but specifically South Korea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read in a few places about certain requirements to live and work in Korea, but the answers are not all consistent. I know you have to get a police background check and a health check, but do I also need to conduct an interview with an immigration officer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esljobproject.com/esl_info/visa_korea.html&quot;&gt;informative website&lt;/a&gt; is good and says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All applicants are required to attend an interview at a Korean consulate by consul, except those who previously worked with an E1, E2, E3 visa in Korea without any illegal activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But some other teachers I know over there did not have to go through the interview process. What I want to know is - is it mandatory?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T20:25:59.490" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T08:55:22.113" Title="Interview for Emigrating to South Korea?" Tags="&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:45:09.710" Score="22" ViewCount="53757" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually leasing requires you to have a credit history in US and establishing it takes at least a year. What options you have to lease the car without credit history in US but having employment here (eg being able to show your income)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T14:29:13.690" Title="How to lease a car in the USA just after relocation?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;lease&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:45:09.710" Score="25" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are brands that have special programs for foreigners:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mazda (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=shopFinance&quot;&gt;Foreign Resident Program&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All European brands (VW, BMW, Mercedes, Audi)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are dealerships that might have specific programs allowing foreigners to lease (I know about some Ford dealerships).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are special companies that can help foreign nationals get a car lease&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://expatride.com&quot;&gt;Expatride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intlauto.com/&quot;&gt;International Autosource&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are offers from Hertz and other rental companies for foreigners (my personal experience: extremely expensive)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toyota, Nissan, Honda (and their premium counterparts) are known NOT to have any offer for foreigners, regardless of dealership, however YMMW.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note to be very upfront about your situation with the dealer and demand clear answer regarding offer not to loose time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26" LastEditorUserId="32" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:25:33.343" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:25:33.343" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-03-12T20:45:09.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:48:43.720" Score="10" ViewCount="21005" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I need to have a driving license issued by the DVLA in United Kingdom if I am a permanent resident there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the implications if I do not change to UK driving license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:52:25.657" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T01:36:33.213" Title="Can I drive with my Polish / EU driving license in United Kingdom?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:49:19.137" Score="19" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many countries, there exist excellent private and public pension funds.  However, those are often designed on the assumption that people will work with the same employer for decades, and certainly within the same country.  If I am working in many different countries throughout my life, I may end up with 5–10 pension that are all tiny, all from different countries, with likely a high overhead for administration and international money transfer.  Therefore, I'm considering to complement it with a private pension or life annuity insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any specific private pensions or life annuities geared to people who may live and earn income in a large number of different countries throughout their life?  Things to consider would be to avoid double taxation and minimise costs for international money transfer, both when paying into the annuity and during the payout period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Specifically to my situation: passport from The Netherlands, pensions so far from public employers in Sweden and Canada, very likely from other countries later, probably still public employers (state, federal, or perhaps supranational))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T11:56:18.753" Title="Are there any private pensions, life annuities, or similar, suitable for people working in many different countries throughout their lives?" Tags="&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:52:04.370" Score="14" ViewCount="948" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen (Poland) and resident of Germany. I'm planning to buy a car, but obligatory insurance in Germany is much more expensive than in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I obliged to insure a newly bought car in Germany, or can I register and secure it in my country (Poland)?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="2367" LastEditDate="2015-05-09T08:13:49.850" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T08:13:49.850" Title="Buying car in Germany as an EU-citizen" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="22" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:55:33.163" Score="24" ViewCount="7804" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that if I move to another country, my good credit history in the United States will not be recognized. But this leads to a chicken-and-egg issue: if no one will give me credit, how can I develop a good history in the new country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, if my company moves me from the US to the UK for an assignment, I will want a sterling-denominated credit card and perhaps even to buy property. I would have a temporary address and proof of employment and income, and with that would be able to open an account with a UK bank.  But what next?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am advised to register for the electoral roll, but this does not apply to me as an American citizen. Next, I am advised to apply for credit I am likely to obtain, but none of those relocation guides I've seen actually describe what credit that might be— credit card? Line of credit? Margin account with a brokerage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best type of credit that an American expat should apply for to start building a credit history in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T05:35:48.887" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T05:35:48.887" Title="How to go about building credit history in the UK?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="55" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:55:46.647" Score="8" ViewCount="1365" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a citizen of Poland, and resident of Germany, working there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My working contract obligates me to register as unemployed in Germany as soon as my working contract expires. Am I obligated to register as unemployed in case I'd be leaving Germany to my mother country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For practical reasons I'd probably not leave the Germany the day my contract expires, but I'd have to stay a few days longer.  Those few days I'd have no health insurance in case not registering of unemployed. Can it have legal consequences for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2014-08-08T09:38:01.490" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T13:31:22.353" Title="How to register as unemployed (for health insurance) in case of leaving Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="18" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="30" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:56:49.380" Score="7" ViewCount="867" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might have the opportunity to do some contract work as a contractor in the US. My fiscal advisor already told me that I am fully taxable in my home country. I will do all the work from home. In case I would travel to the US for a face to face meeting in the context of this contract work, would this be considered working and if so would I need a separate visa next to my already obtained ESTA waiver. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For taxation I already understood that these visits are still considered working in my home country. The cost of the trips would even be considered tax deductible as being costs for doing business. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="30" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:07:32.520" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:18:45.223" Title="Can you travel to the US on a ESTA to negotiate future work or collaborate as a freelancer?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="19" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:57:54.133" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK (similar to the US), there is no concept of national ID-based identification similar to eg. eastern-EU countries; neither are you required to have one at your person.  There was an initiative to have one, called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006&quot;&gt;Identity Cards Act 2006&lt;/a&gt;, which was discontinued on 2010.  Also from there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Only workers in certain high-security professions, such as airport&#xA;  workers, were required to have an identity card in 2009, and this&#xA;  general lack of ID being compulsory tends to remain the case today.&#xA;  Therefore, driving licences, particularly the photocard driving&#xA;  licence introduced in 1998, along with passports are now the most&#xA;  widely used ID documents in the United Kingdom. Given many people do&#xA;  not carry their passports in public without an advance knowledge that&#xA;  they are going to need them, this leaves driving licences as the only&#xA;  valid form of ID to be presented, if requested by an authority for a&#xA;  legitimately-given reason. Colloquially, in day-to-day life, most&#xA;  authorities do not ask for identification from individuals in a&#xA;  sudden, spot check type manner, such as by police or security guards,&#xA;  although this may become a concern in instances of stop and search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this boils down to what, specifically, do you need to prove:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For age-restricted products, your passport will do fine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For bank accounts, you will need Proof of address, for which any bill posted to your UK address will do&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For National Insurance / self-employed / etc registration, usually the combination of the above, along with invoices / bank statements, as needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: This concludes identification, but not naturalization, which is a different topic entirely)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T20:57:54.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="20" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T20:59:58.117" Score="16" ViewCount="2331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm temporarily living and working in Germany. I'm an EU-citizen (Poland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get my driving licence in Germany, would I have to revalidate it in Poland after leaving Germany? As far as I know, driving licence in EU is given for a certain period and must be extended afterwards, so what would happen if I have a German driving licence, but have nothing to do with Germany after the term of validity of my driving licence expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T22:38:26.247" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T22:38:26.247" Title="If I obtain a driver's licence in Germany as a non-German EU-citizen, would I have to revalidate it after leaving Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="21" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:00:43.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Poland is part of the European Union, as such &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you can drive any type of vehicle&lt;/a&gt; listed on your full and valid licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:00:43.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="22" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:02:54.550" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having done the reverse - moved to the USA from the UK, I feel your pain.  I moved in 2008 when banks were crashing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary way I found of doing this was to use a Secured Card, and I found an example of one from Capital One UK (but I'm sure there are others):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.capitalone.co.uk/support/faqs-secured-card.jsf&quot;&gt;http://www.capitalone.co.uk/support/faqs-secured-card.jsf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a secured card, you give them the money to cover the maximum credit limit on the card, so if you want a limit of 2000 GBP, then you write them a cheque for 2000 GBP.  You can then use the card, pay every month as usual, and build up a credit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The card I used, after a year of perfect payments they paid me back the security sum, with a small amount of interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other options include having a stable resident address (so avoid moving house frequently).  We also managed to get a mortgage (by having a very large deposit and demonstrating an immaculate UK credit history), but even then I had to go through a specialist broker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would recommend that you go to the effort of documenting your US credit history, with a company that also has a UK presence, e.g. Equifax. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all painful, but it will slowly change for you if you avoid ever missing a payment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47" LastEditorUserId="47" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T14:54:55.937" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:54:55.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="23" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:03:21.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are services that will produce a credit history report based on the country you used to live in. Experian or credit safe, as a couple. They cost quite a bit, about £50~£250 per search, based on the criteria you need your check to be carried out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on what you need to do, just moving in to UK is not that bad. You can get a mobile phone contract, 12-24 months (this gets your credit score rolling after 3 months) and a land line like British Telecom or Virgin Media also contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can further progress your credit score by applying for small credit cards. They will do a credit search that will be noted on a fraud system but once you get a credit card, even a £200 limit this really get your score going! You have to be fully employed for at least 3 months with payment slips and bank statements ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are planning on buying a car or a house on credit you will defiantly need to do an advanced credit search based on the country you lived in before. But you can overcome this by being fully employed for 3 years and have an immaculate credit score. (This is how I bought a house.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bureaucracy is really difficult in UK for foreign nationals. I had to do allot of arguing and talk to the right people (not sales guy on the phone but the underwriter directly and dispute declined loans - providing more evidence that you are low risk- this usually means at least 3 years of full time employment history but for cars 1 year is enough)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having large amount of secured money in your bank account will also help convince creditors if you want to buy a house or a car. Say you sold your home/car in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T12:30:25.263" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T12:30:25.263" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="24" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="111" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:03:54.413" Score="11" ViewCount="15030" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU-Citizen and I'd like to consider opportunity of working in USA as IT-specialist (developer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I find an opportunity to work there as contractor (freelancer), can I simply register my company there? Or there are special requirements to be met? How do I apply for VISA in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, USA grants VISA to computer specialists without any problem, because they are needed there, if they want to be employed there. Do the same applies to contractors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2016-07-09T17:58:12.523" Title="Working as contractor in USA as foreign citizen (EU)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="25" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="37" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:05:13.463" Score="7" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a French citizen is living temporarily in the USA (J1 visa) and obtains their first ever driving license there, can they transfer it after returning to France, or will they have to pass through a driving test as if they never had a license to begin with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T21:56:59.650" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T21:56:59.650" Title="Can a driving license obtained abroad be transferred upon return?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="26" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:06:47.627" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To show you have obligatory car insurance all you need to is the green card and a european accident form. So if you are able to find a insurer willing to issue you such a green card you are set to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I doubt such a company exists. When I moved country I remained insured with my previous travel insurance. Years later they fully reimbursed me the full premium paid, since they found out that I have been uninsured to some small print that required my travels to always start in the country where the bank was located. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So even if you might get a polish insurance, legal interpretations later might complicate affairs.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:06:47.627" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="27" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:09:27.933" Score="8" ViewCount="13512" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, now living in Mexico. I would like to find an affordable Mexican credit card, but I have no Mexican credit.  What are my options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T15:02:44.173" Title="How can I find an affordable first credit card in Mexico?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="28" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="149" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:10:04.947" Score="35" ViewCount="4716" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that the public practice of any religion other than Wahabbi Islam is strictly forbidden in Saudi Arabia, and there would be no places of worship. I also know that the morality police raided a a hotel several years ago where Mass was being celebrated, and arrested the priest and the acolytes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am also told that many expats from countries with large Catholic communities such as the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka do gather in private homes for worship. Is this officially tolerated, or would I endanger the hosts or other participants by asking about them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2016-01-02T17:17:28.923" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T17:17:28.923" Title="Practicing Catholicism in Saudi Arabia" Tags="&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="29" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:12:35.307" Score="6" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Poland road tax is included in petrol, and standard insurance is included in the yearly mandatory car check-up. This insurance and tax does not include anything outside of Poland though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I just buy a car and drive around in United Kingdom with a basic insurance level included or do I need to do something more? If there is a better option can you please explain how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:26:04.093" LastActivityDate="2015-11-10T23:26:57.007" Title="Do I need car insurance and road tax in the United Kingdom?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="30" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:13:02.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Entering the U.S. on VWP for business, you can only do &lt;em&gt;business&lt;/em&gt; in the U.S. You're not allowed to do &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; work, even if the work is billed by your employer at home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Activities allowed under the VWP are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;consult with business associates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;attend a scientific, educational, professional, or business convention or conference&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;attend short-term training (you may not be paid by any source in the United States with the exception of expenses incidental to your stay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;negotiate a contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing contract work &lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; the U.S. is not allowed when traveling under the Visa Waiver Program, no matter who's paying you. The only exception is for &lt;strong&gt;service engineers&lt;/strong&gt; who are in the U.S. to &lt;em&gt;install, service or repair commercial or industrial equipment or &#xA;machinery sold by a non-US company to a U.S. buyer, when specifically required &#xA;by the purchase contract.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules for business trips on VWP are roughly the same as for a B-1 visa. See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/BusinessVisa.pdf&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/BusinessVisa.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32" LastEditorUserId="32" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:18:45.223" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:18:45.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="31" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="130" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:13:51.517" Score="16" ViewCount="23052" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements that most (all?) countries have for issuing a work permit is that the applicant does not have a criminal record. On the other hand, I suppose nations do not open the criminal records of their citizens to other countries, in the interest of national sovereignty and security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, excluding international criminal databases (Interpol, for example) and shared intelligence information between allied agencies (such as terrorist activities and suspects), how do countries get access to criminal information from foreign citizens? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T03:49:19.300" Title="How do countries access criminal information from foreign citizens?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="32" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="526" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:15:05.573" Score="14" ViewCount="4763" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Dutch citizen who has previously lived in Sweden for six years, but I have since moved on.  The Swedish version of what is called social security number, social insurance number, government service number, or otherwise, is the &lt;em&gt;personnummer&lt;/em&gt;.  I got a &lt;em&gt;personnummer&lt;/em&gt; assigned shortly after arriving and registering in the country.  Does this personnummer remain valid for the rest of my life, or is there some expiry?  I know that my Canadian social insurance number will expire.  What about my Swedish one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:18:22.267" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T22:44:45.520" Title="Does a Swedish personal number expire?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;national-id-number&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="33" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:17:38.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can keep your own license as long as it is valid or the validity period in your new country of residence (what ever comes first). When you have to renew you license, you have to renew it the country of residence. Full details of the EU license see the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving/validity/resident_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;. Excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you move to another country, you can drive there with your current licence as long as it remains valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can have your licence renewed (or exchanged from a licence issued by another country) only by the authorities of the country where you are residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;They will exchange your original driving licence for a local one. You will then be subject to the same rules as nationals of that country regarding validity periods, medical checks and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T09:33:51.337" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T09:33:51.337" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="34" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="592" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:18:03.153" Score="11" ViewCount="512" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Canadian &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Insurance_Number&quot;&gt;Social Insurance Number&lt;/a&gt; (SIN) is used, among others, by the Canadian Pensions Plan (CPP).  My social insurance number is a temporary one, as I am a temporary resident of Canada (work permit).  But I believe I should have a relation with the Canadian pensions plan for the rest of my life.  Considering that the CPP administrates pensions by SIN, what happens to my relation with the CPP after my SIN expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-03-10T12:25:16.487" Title="What happens to my saved Canadian pension funds when my SIN expires?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;national-id-number&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="35" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="36" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:19:49.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="37" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="25" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:26:42.297" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each country has a list of countries (or states, provinces) that they have a reciprocal agreement with.  With these agreements, it's often possible to skip the practical test, sometimes the written test as well, if you exchange your license that is from a country on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French Embassy in Washington DC has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article376&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of the US states that have reciprocal agreements with France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Driver’s licenses from the following states are eligible for exchange:&#xA;  Arkansas (limited to Class B), Colorado (limited to Class B),&#xA;  Connecticut (limited to Classes A and B), Delaware (limited to Class&#xA;  B), Florida (limited to Classes A and B), Illinois, Iowa (limited to&#xA;  Class B), Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire,&#xA;  Ohio (limited to Class B), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (limited to Classes&#xA;  A and B), South Carolina, Texas (limited to Class B), Virginia&#xA;  (limited to Class B), West Virginia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list does change from time to time, Kentucky and Wisconsin were both removed from the list in the past couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not a citizen of the country you have a license in (such as the US), you need to show proof of residence in that country for at least 6 months when exchanging the license in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The detailed instructions are at &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1460.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Échanger un permis de conduire non européen&lt;/a&gt; (in French).  The relevant part for French citizens (in translation):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional documents to submit for French citizens&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2 photocopies of both sides of your national identity card or valid&#xA;  passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A registration certificate or residence issued by the Consulate of&#xA;  France in the foreign country that issued your license. This&#xA;  certificate must cover the date on which you obtained your license&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Proof on the end of your stay abroad, such as a certificate of removal&#xA;  from the French consular register&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If beside the French nationality, you hold the nationality of the country&#xA;  that issued the license (bi-national) and cannot provide these&#xA;  consular certificates, you can submit any proof of your residence for&#xA;  at least six months in this country covering the date on which you obtained your license and documents regarding your return to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules on when to exchange are different depending on nationality, for French citizens it's after you've been back in France for six months. Details for others, and full requirements, are on that page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T22:49:25.337" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T22:49:25.337" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="38" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:26:51.193" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are the words expatriate and immigrant synonymous to each other? If not, where lies the distinction between the two? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="203" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T11:17:38.493" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T11:17:38.493" Title="Is there a difference between an expatriate and an immigrant?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;terminology&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-13T06:59:35.800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="39" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:28:26.313" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-resident-of-great-britain/full-car-and-or-motorcycle/european-union-or-european-economic-area&quot;&gt;Gov.UK website&lt;/a&gt;, as an EU national:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence&#xA;  until you’re 70, or for 3 years after becoming resident in Great&#xA;  Britain, whichever is longer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception to this is if you got your EU licence by exchanging your non-EU licence. In that case you can only use it for the first 12 months of residency before you must exchange it for a UK licence. If the licence you exchanged for an EU licence was not from a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/a-designated-country-countries-with-exchange-agreements-with-great-britain&quot;&gt;designated country&lt;/a&gt;&quot; then you'll &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/other&quot;&gt;need to take a UK driving exam&lt;/a&gt; to get a UK driving licence after the first 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:36:47.177" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:36:47.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="40" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="38" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:30:11.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration is usually permanent, or at least for an undetermined time.  An expatriate may be temporary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd consider that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;em&gt;migrant worker&lt;/em&gt; is anyone who is living and working abroad, usually temporarily, often from a poor country working in a richer country.  The move is often economically motivated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;em&gt;expatriate&lt;/em&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/334/55&quot;&gt;more or less the same as a migrant worker&lt;/a&gt;, but may include pensioners living abroad, and has a different socio-economic context, as it's often used to describe people from rich countries living and working in either poor or rich countries.  The move may or may not be economically motivated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;em&gt;immigrant&lt;/em&gt; is anyone who moved to another country permanently or for an indeterminate amount of time.  This includes a subset of migrant workers and a subset of expats.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:55:21.153" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:35:25.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="41" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="46" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:31:04.457" Score="17" ViewCount="1108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I checked the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/&quot;&gt;Check If You Need One&lt;/a&gt; page from the TV Licensing website, but it didn't seem clear to me: must I pay the licence if my television is capable of showing the broadcasts, or only if I actually watch the broadcasts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I own a television, but very rarely &quot;watch TV.&quot; If I relocate to the UK, I would want to bring it to use as an extra computer monitor and perhaps to play some of my Region 1 DVDs (yes, I'm that old, I not only have DVDs but region-coded DVDs) from time to time. But I would never watch or record live over-the-air, satellite, or streamed programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T14:42:32.210" Title="BBC licence fee if I don't watch TV" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="42" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:32:36.003" Score="10" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am South African and Polish national with current passports in both countries. Neither one has any reservations about this fact and is pretty common with many countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not live in either of those countries. I currently live in England and I am thinking about taking &quot;the test&quot; to become a British Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure but I tried to skim on-line documents, and it seems like I will be able to keep my other 2 passports and gain this third, British one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? Or is is something that might cause me complications or are there some benefits in this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T11:48:32.270" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T21:01:19.833" Title="Can I retain my South African and Polish citizenship when I gain British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="43" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="75" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:34:12.207" Score="15" ViewCount="1057" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a two married US-Israeli citizens (dual-citizenship) have a child in Israel, what do they need to do (ie: what forms do they need to fill out and bring where, in what order, etc) in order to get the following for their new baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US Birth Certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US Social Security Number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43" LastEditorUserId="43" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:10:06.187" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:35:29.083" Title="How can you get a US Birth Certificate, SSN &amp; Passport for the child of US Citizens born in Israel?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;israel&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="44" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="29" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:34:59.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you need to have your car both taxed, and you need &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; a valid third-party car insurance. Third-party insurance means that in case of an accident that was done by you, the damage you've done will be dealt by the insurance company, but the damage to your car will not. Third party insurance doesn't cover anything if your car is stolen, or damaged by fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there are a lot of insurance companies in the UK, and one of the most expensive thing when starting car ownership is the insurance costs. This is especially true for someone who is not of British origin, as the companies deem them a higher risk, so they will ask for a higher premium. Also note that sometimes third-party only insurance might actually cost more than a comprehensive one, keep that in mind when checking the costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T08:52:11.340" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T08:52:11.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="45" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="389" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:35:34.623" Score="5" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &quot;ferry&quot; between &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cargoshipcruises.nl/south-america.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Antwerp and Rio&lt;/a&gt;. This implies that it is okay to drive in Brazil with a EU registered car. Does this also apply if I am working for 6 months in Brazil? Can I simply bring my own car and drive around?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T21:48:40.440" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:27:11.383" Title="How long can I drive with an EU registered/insured car in Brazil?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="46" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="41" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:38:32.237" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, if you never watch any kind of Live TV, nor the BBC iPlayer, you don't need to pay the TV Licence fee. This means that you will not be able to watch &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; kind of Live TV, &lt;strong&gt;even if it's not the BBC&lt;/strong&gt; (like ITV, Channel4, Sky, etc. - also this includes online live streaming as well). You also cannot watch the BBC iPlayer (neither the live nor the on-demand service). Note however that the on-demand services of other channels, like the 4oD service of Channel 4 are still okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note, that you have to send a statement to the TV Licensing company that while you do own a TV (or a machine capable of receiving live broadcast, which includes any PC and smartphone), you never use it to watch live television, as you are only using it as a monitor to your PC (and maybe to watch on demand services).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this is completely legal, be aware that the TV Licensing company might still want to check your residency that you are not trying to avert the law (you don't need to let them in though), and will spam you with letters about actually getting a TV License. Also note that while &lt;em&gt;it is completely legal to own a TV, and not use it to watch live programme&lt;/em&gt;, it will be very difficult to prove that you aren't doing it in case you have to go to court, so it might be easier to just pay up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/what-if-a-tv-licence-is-not-needed-top12/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TV Licensing homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T14:42:32.210" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T14:42:32.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="47" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="41" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:39:53.513" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a similar problem when I moved to UK. Basically as long as you have a TV, even disconnected in your home, you must pay TV license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be unpleasantly spammed with warning letters that you MUST pay or somebody will come and check your house and if they find a TV (even disconnected or broken) you will be liable for a fine with out a court order (but it can be disputed at your costs) I did this for 12 months, and nobody came but I did not pay a penny. But I did my research and luckily I had not TV so it was fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the very old days you could call up and tell them you wanted your aerial barred and they would come and seal your TV plug and check up more often but that is no longer an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The TV License laws are changing in 2015 to accommodate for Live Streaming from the internet and this will automatically included in the license price rise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So NOT to pay TV License from JAN 2015 you will need to meet the following criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No TV in the house.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No ADSL/DSL capable phone line in the house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a loop hole in the internet streaming though, that if you watch TV on a device power by a built in battery (not an external one) wireless then you do not have to pay any licenses. But the person who is granting you access must pay for the license. This does raise the question about 3G/LTE though and there could be new laws in 2015 to close the loop hole.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T21:39:53.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="48" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="191" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:41:48.913" Score="11" ViewCount="954" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a resident permit for Belgium. When in France, I was told that a &quot;carte de sejour&quot; for EU citizen doesn't exist. The civil servant even asked me why I bothered &quot;C'est l'europe&quot;. In the UK I didn't need a resident permit either. Is Belgium alone in requiring resident permits for EU citizens, or are there other countries as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="30" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:19:08.310" LastActivityDate="2015-06-18T07:15:04.103" Title="In which EU country does an EU citizen need a resident permit?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="50" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:49:29.697" Score="18" ViewCount="134593" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the UK but travel back to Poland every 8~14 months. Also my car is left--hand drive instead of right-hand as in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that I do not have to MOT (Motor Inspection) or tax my car in the UK because I do this in Poland.  Am I breaking any laws in the UK for having my car registered in Poland but using it for daily work and leisure commute in UK for an extended period of time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-19T23:44:41.053" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T16:45:02.650" Title="How long can I drive a EU-registered car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="51" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="42" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:49:38.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no limit, unless the countries you have a citizenship in limit them. Britain for example doesn't care whether you have a citizenship in an other country or not (since the British Nationality Act of 1948).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However South Africa does not allow multiple citizenships, unless you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ask them for permission&lt;/a&gt; before getting a new citizenship from them. I don't know in which order you got the Polish and South African citizenship, but you should be careful when applying, as you might lose your South African citizenship in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't get a permission, this might still mean you can get a British citizenship without losing the South African one, but only if you can keep this as a secret from the South African government, but if you value that citizenship, you should not take the chances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also Poland doesn't seem to have any kind of legislation about multiple citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:01:21.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:01:21.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="52" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:51:38.967" Score="7" ViewCount="3931" Body="&lt;p&gt;So you are traveling around the world in your through satellite connected sailing yacht. To finance your trip you blog and develop websites. Where is this work taxed? Is it tax free, or am I obliged to pay taxes in the country where my yacht is registered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:22:27.853" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:58:55.317" Title="Where do you pay taxes, if you are doing work in international waters?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="53" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:56:48.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;em&gt;driving licence&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;driver's license&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;driving permit&lt;/em&gt; (or other names depending on the country) is a document which certifies that a person is authorized to operate one or more types of motor vehicle on public roads. It is usually issued by a government and is often used as a form of identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most governments will allow a visitor who is licensed in his or her home country to operate the same types of vehicle within their jurisdiction; however, the laws and their enforcement vary considerably, and many require long-term visitors and immigrants to acquire a new license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A document known as the &lt;em&gt;International Driving Permit&lt;/em&gt; is not a permit in and of itself, but provides standardized translations of a licence, enabling it to be more widely accepted in countries which are signatories to the international Convention on Road Traffic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:51:29.480" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:51:29.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="54" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:56:48.980" Score="0" Body="Questions about a government or state-issued license giving the owner permission to drive a motorvehicle on public roads." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:20:16.860" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:20:16.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="55" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:57:01.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First up: I am not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being German and knowing the little legal nitbitts of the laws related to our social security system, I can tell you that it won't have direct legal consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BUT:&lt;/strong&gt; If you get sick or get into an accident, it will get &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; expensive… especially if you need things like surgery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal advice is to apply for unemployment benefits (ALG 1 or ALG 2, depending on how long you've worked here etc.). Please note that German law dictates that you have to apply for such unemployment benefits as soon as you know your contract ends… and that up to 3 months in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, because you already know that your contract will end, simply apply for ALG 1 (or 2) right now! To avoid waiting lines, you should know you can do all that via regular mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if there's a chance you won't get cash from them for only a few days, at least you'll have complete health insurance. After all - you never know. Bad things can happen, and you surely don't want to be financially ruined if they happen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better be safe than sorry… it won't cost you more than a few minutes and some postage stamps to apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hint/Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; law also dictates that a &quot;formloser Antrag auf Arbeitslosengeld&quot; can not be rejected by the &quot;Arbeitsamt&quot; or &quot;Jobcenter&quot;. Due to that, they will send you the correct forms for you to fill out and that's about it. Not long after you've returned the filled and signed documents, they will invite you for a talk to assess your individual situation... and depending on the details, they'll guide you through the rest of the procedure. But don't worry, filling and signing the forms is about the hardest of it all. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT (a note aside)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your convenvience, I've let the “Bundesagentur für Arbeit” send me their current brochure, which - as you'll see - goes hand-in-hand with the clause in your contract about registering for unemployment benefits when the contract ends… in fact, as you already know it'll end, be aware of their &quot;3 months in advance&quot; clause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0oflc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Broshure BA&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly enough, they don't have an English version of that brochure… at least, they stated they don't have an English one when I called them up. Nevertheless, as a &quot;side-note&quot; edit, this should satisfy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-11T19:38:45.110" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T19:38:45.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="56" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="48" CreationDate="2014-03-12T21:59:42.660" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very volatile thing in Europe at the moment. As commented though, you should only concern your self of this if you want to become a citizen of the country, &lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt; if the country requires this for social and health welfare, ie Poland and most other Eastern EU countries, because that is the only system in place to track this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6 years ago when they UK accepted Schengen immigrants without visas, because Schengen entitled you to that, you had to register on a worker scheme and apply for a residency card after 1 year of work. To get a job the employer, by law had to also confirm this with the Border Agency with an official letter and they got a nice certificate saying that you are allowed to work in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process varies from your country of origin, based on the if your country is in shengen or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then, this actually had no impact on your social welfare, as you could claim health and welfare benefits based on your passport, form day 1, without contributing anything to the tax system or registering anywhere, which also extended to international tourists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time in 2011/2012 they got rid of the registration and forced citizenship law, because it was a big waste of money and human resource. It proved no point what so ever, except statistical numbers for employed people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To become a citizen in UK, you MUST have been fully employed, keep all your pay slips, contracts for the last 5 years otherwise, apply for resident permit BEFORE applying for citizenship, and this applies for every country, not just EU nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as of Jan 1 2014, if you are from travelling from outside of shengen bit within EU (non-shengen) - There are new laws that stop people from abusing the welfare system, such as health tourists, welfare fraudsters and other such activities. New digital healthcare systems will flag the healthcare official you are at that a fee is payable for any non emergency health care, which is refundable after proving you worked for at least 3 months.  Social benefits are also barred to 3 months but are still being disputed. But they still don't need residence because this is a new, separate system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Poland for example&lt;/strong&gt;, you MUST have a national identification card which is free of cost. This card is your residency permit and gives you a number called PESEL - Personel Identification Number, against which you can claim social welfare or open bank current bank accounts. Without this card, you get nothing, not even a bit of pity if you are critically sick or homeless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New systems&lt;/strong&gt; are going into place in countries like this, that make use of the European Insurance card, which are free, but issued against your current resident countries details. This entitles you to basic health care only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T08:58:53.397" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:58:53.397" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="57" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="27" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:00:55.637" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mexico doesn't yet have &quot;affordable&quot; credit cards, by US standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every card I've seen has an annual fee (200 MXN/year is among the lowest), and very high interest rates (APR around 30%).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need a card for local payments, and domestic online payments, all the banks issue debit cards.  These are mostly Visa debit cards that work both locally and internationally.  Like most debit cards worldwide (except in the US), they have chip-and-pin.  Even in fairly out of the way places in Mexico these are now widely accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some Mexican banks offer accounts in USD, these come with a USD debit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it must be a credit card, perhaps for car rental, then it doesn't take much to establish credit in Mexico.  Basically because there are no real credit files or credit rating agencies in use yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you need is a relationship with a bank that will issue you a card.  If you are a customer, they will ask for an annual fee for the card (often without making clear what the fee is), will give a low credit limit, and will charge high interest.  So, like non-prime credit cards in the US, they actually don't care that much what your credit risk is, their risk is limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bancomer (owned by BBVA Spain) and Banamex (owned by Citibank) both have divisions that are set up for non-Mexicans, it's likely the other banks do as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To establish your reliability, open checking and savings accounts with a Mexican bank, and put a significant (by Mexican standards) amount of money in it (US$5-10k).  Ask at the time of opening if they'll give you a credit card (as well as a debit card).  They are trying really hard to sell credit cards to &quot;wealthy&quot; customers now, so they may do so.  If not, they will likely offer you a card after 6 months, or a year.  Be sure to ask about the fees and charges before accepting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-29T19:19:42.013" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T19:19:42.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="58" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="74" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:04:04.093" Score="18" ViewCount="666" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just read a question on having &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/16/building-credit-history-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;credit history&lt;/a&gt; in the UK. The credit-history phenomenon has puzzled me for some time. Similar to people considering it a good thing to have many credit cards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the relevance of a credit-history? Except for a mortgage and 2 credit cards I never had any substantial outstanding loans. What does this tell me about my credit history and should I care if I relocate to the UK or the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T16:11:09.977" Title="What is a credit history and why should I care?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="59" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:04:25.427" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a resident in the UK (which for this purpose includes if you just moved there with the intent of working and living in the UK), you cannot drive a non-UK car in the UK. Since there are no residency cards in the UK, whenever you are stopped by a police officer and he thinks you are actually a resident (for example if you have a UK driving licence, or have UK debit cards in your wallet), then he might confiscate your car which might be destroyed, unless you can prove you are not a UK resident, or you are working in more than one EU countries, and spend more than 6 months (185 days) per year outside of the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not a resident, then you can drive the car for at most 6 months (per year), but your car does need to have valid MOT and Insurance from the originating country, which you have to prove to the officer in case it's needed. You also have to prove to him that you are not driving the car for more than 6 months (for example if you show him the ferry / tunnel ticket). Every day your car is in the country counts, so if you leave the country, but the car is still there, it's still counts towards the 6 months (as your ferry/tunnel ticket is still showing the date). Exiting and re-entering the country won't reset the 6 months (although you will have a fresher ferry/tunnel ticket, so it becomes easier to prove you just arrived to the country)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are only three possible options for a UK resident to drive a non-UK car completely legally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is not yours, the registered owner is not a UK resident, and he is sitting with you in the car (in this case he is considered to be the driver)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car belongs to (or to be more precise is registered in the name of) an EU based company, and you are working for that company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is on a lease in an other country (for example it's a car hired from France)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second point is regulated by &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;common EU rules&lt;/a&gt; on using non-local, but EU-registered cars abroad. Note that these EU rules also allow students, who are enrolled in UK and are only studying in UK for a set period to use their non-UK car. This is because they can be considered as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-residents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the above does mean, that if you are a UK resident, and want to import your non-UK car, you cannot drive it even to get it's MOT and registration, you have to tow it around, or ask someone who can legally drive it (e.g. a non-UK resident). From the government's site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DVLA advises you to transport your vehicle from the port, rather than driving it.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Importing vehicles into the UK&lt;/a&gt; (gov.uk)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Driving with a foreign registration number&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK residents aren’t allowed to use non-UK registered vehicles on UK roads. The only exceptions are if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work in another European Union (EU) member state and use an EU-registered company car temporarily in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lease an EU-registered car and use this temporarily in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can usually use a vehicle displaying non-UK number plates, and not have to tax or register it in the UK, if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re visiting the UK and don’t plan to live here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you only use the vehicle up to 6 months in a 12-month period (1 single visit, or several shorter visits adding up to a 6-month period)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the vehicle is registered and taxed in its home country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you’re stopped by the police&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your car has non-UK number plates and you’re stopped by police, you must show you can use the vehicle in the UK without taxing and registering it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have to show proof of the length of time you’ve been in the UK (eg a ferry ticket) or evidence that you and the vehicle are eligible for customs relief.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-11-03T16:45:02.650" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T16:45:02.650" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="60" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:10:11.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no legally binding body that collects taxes on international waters, as they are not actually under the jurisdiction of any state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it happens, a great many yachts sail under the flag of ominous countries such as Puerto Rico or the Bermudas where there is no income tax for non-residents, i.e. if you are not actually setting foot on the territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of these tax havens is shrinking, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you actually meant to ask where you could have a share of your income properly confiscated, it depends on the non-tax-haven-country where the yacht is registered. It's my understanding that there are almost as many tax codes as there are actual countries. Some jurisdictions will require tax statements from the moment you are registering any property, others will only ask you for tax statements if you actually spend time on their territory for at least 6 months plus 1 day per year. Within that range there are many divergent opinions what exactly constitutes fair taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:10:11.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="61" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="332" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:12:13.537" Score="13" ViewCount="7402" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that immigrants to the United States holding a H4 visa are not allowed to work. But there is a grey area that I could never find a satisfactory answer to: what if a H4 holder works remotely, doing a purely intellectual work (let's say,  translation or software development) as a contractor for their home country? In this case, the American economy is never touched and the worker does not have any employee relationship with their clients. Does that qualify as &quot;work&quot; for the US government?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:24:12.753" LastActivityDate="2017-01-06T06:59:44.537" Title="Are H4 visa holders allowed to do remote intellectual work?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="62" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:13:42.040" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can. All the instructions you need are on the page you linked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply for an Ontario Photo Card if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not drive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are a resident of Ontario, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are 16 years of age and older&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will need to bring to a ServiceOntario centre:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;original identity documents to prove your legal name, date of birth and signature&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to bring your work permit (#9 on &quot;list 1&quot; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontario.ca/government/acceptable-identity-documents-ontario-photo-card&quot;&gt;accepted documents&lt;/a&gt;) to prove your legal name, date of birth, and signature. There are a few docs on that list that sound like they could satisfy that requirement for you, but they all seem to be basically the same form (IMM 1442).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:13:42.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="63" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:19:12.233" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're visiting for more than 3 months and plan to rent a car once in a while, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/drive-ontario-visitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you have to have an International Driver's Permit to go along with your Dutch license&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you will be visiting from another country for more than 3 months, you will need an International Driver's Permit (IDP) from your own country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a special licence that allows motorists to drive internationally when accompanied by a valid driver’s licence from their country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to have this permit with you when you arrive in Ontario.  You cannot apply for one once you are here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tricky part is in the last paragraph there. Assuming you're already in Canada, it sounds like an Ontario license is your best bet. On the upside, it would also double as an ID for pretty much everything you could ever need an ID for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, since you &lt;em&gt;moved&lt;/em&gt; to Ontario (even temporarily), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/exchange-foreign-drivers-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you are required to update your license within 60 days&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you move to Ontario, you can use a valid licence from another province, state or country for 60 days. After 60 days, you need to switch to an Ontario driver’s licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands isn't on the list of approved countries for a simple license exchange, so you will likely have to go through the motions of getting licensed in Ontario. It sounds like you can claim one year of experience and then just take the tests:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Under 2 years driving experience (no exchange)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you apply for an Ontario driver’s licence, you need to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;take a written test about rules of the road and traffic signs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;take an eye test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before you get a full licence, you also need to take two road tests (G1 and G2). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can book the first road test (G1 road test), after you pass the written and eye tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T14:29:59.120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T14:29:59.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="64" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:20:46.970" Score="7" ViewCount="377" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting married and I will be receiving large money transfers from several family members as gifts, from South Africa into the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any limit of gifted money I can deposit or receive into my bank account without paying taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="166" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T05:29:56.707" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T05:54:46.753" Title="How much untaxed money am I allowed to be gifted from an international transfer into the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="65" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="81" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:22:41.793" Score="5" ViewCount="4258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen currently living in the Netherlands.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would I have to do, or where would I have to go, in order to renew my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T05:44:14.910" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T05:44:14.910" Title="Where do I get my UK passport renewed (in the Netherlands)?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="66" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="153" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:25:32.773" Score="6" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Italy and I've moved to Austria. Which are the pro and cons of registering my residence abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:38:21.637" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T15:07:56.383" Title="Is there any advantages in changing the residence when changing Country in EU?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="67" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="48" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:27:06.373" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU countries no longer require residence permits of EU nationals. Per Directive 2004/38/EC as explained on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/displayFtu.html?ftuId=FTU_2.1.3.html&quot;&gt;Europarl Fact Sheet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Residence permits are abolished for Union citizens; however, Member&#xA;  States may require them to register with the competent authorities.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Member States may still require you register for a National ID Number of some sort, but this is not the same as requiring a permit for residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Romanian &amp;amp; Bulgarian nationals previously had different restrictions but as of 2014 this is no longer the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:27:06.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="68" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="58" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:28:30.447" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Credit history is used to asses what kind of risk you are, and if an entity decides to loan you money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you own many credit cards and a mortgage, and never missed a payment, companies will be happy to give you more credit, because you proved that you manage, and pay back your debts on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a negative mark, missed mortgage payment or missed credit card payment, companies will tend to reject credit because you pose a higher risk that you have financial problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can also see how many times you had credit searches done, the more searches you that are done against you also increases the risk factor, because it means you might be applying for several loans at the same time to cover other debts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you file for bankruptcy, you can wipe your hands clear of debt, but this causes big costs for companies who will fight to claim ownership on assets you owned, so they they repay your loan and pay of legal costs. Basically, they want to avoid this because they want to make money from you easier instead of going into long and costly legal battles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After bankruptcy you are, basically stuffed. Getting a loan of any kind is almost impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:28:30.447" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="70" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="65" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:30:39.940" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only a country you are a citizen of can issue you a new passport (or renew existing one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU is not a country, but a union of independent countries, therefore there's no such thing as EU passport. There are just national passports issues by independent countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must contact your government (UK), but it's also possible, you can apply for new password in UK embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:34:49.013" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:34:49.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="72" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:34:43.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The European Union is an economic and political union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. Many residence questions will relate to European-wide legislation and not specifically to an individual country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:52:28.930" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:52:28.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="73" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:34:43.027" Score="0" Body="For questions about the European Union as a whole. Use individual country tags instead for questions about individual countries in the EU." OwnerUserId="68" LastEditorUserId="68" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T15:50:41.277" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:50:41.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="74" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="58" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:34:54.877" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience in the US (and some of it applies to Germany as well), for lack of a central registration of address office which is accessible by the private sector, a credit history is often used as a substitute, i.e. to validate that a person who claims to have a past actually lived at that point in time under the given name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in the US even if you wanted to buy a car with cash only, a car dealer might refuse to if you don't have a credit history at all. In Germany, as another example, you might not be able to get a prepaid cell phone contract if there's no credit history at any of the provider's private sector partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases the credit history also provides evidence that you were able to do business, i.e. you were not imprisoned, you didn't have to change your name, and you were doing business under your own name instead of someone else managing your life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:34:54.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="75" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="43" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:35:29.083" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a multi-step process. Each one of these documents will require individual attention and trips to various offices. But it can be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before going into specifics, it is important to know where to go. &lt;strong&gt;Tel Aviv or Jerusalem&lt;/strong&gt;: There are three US government offices in Israel which will be able to help you with processing your forms: the &lt;a href=&quot;http://israel.usembassy.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;embassy in Tel Aviv&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;consulate in Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://israel.usembassy.gov/haifa.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;consulate in Haifa&lt;/a&gt;. Be sure to go to the correct office. If you live in Jerusalem or in Judea/Samaria, then you must go to Jerusalem. Everyone else can go to Tel Aviv or Haifa (most go to Tel Aviv). If you make appointments at the wrong office you will be turned away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, when going to the US embassy or consulate in Israel, be sure to read up ahead of time on what you can and cannot bring (hint: they don't let you bring your phone inside). If in doubt, don't bring it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Israel Birth Certificate &amp;amp; Passport&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First get your Israeli documents in order&lt;/strong&gt;. You will get a document from the hospital giving you details on the child's birth. Don't lose this. Take this to the closest Israeli Ministry of Interior office (&lt;em&gt;Misrad haPnim&lt;/em&gt;) soon after the birth in order to get an Israeli Birth Certificate. (Their &lt;a href=&quot;http://moin.gov.il/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; is only in Hebrew and Arabic, but you there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/government-offices/office-locations/908-misrad-hapnim-ministry-of-the-interior-branches.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of offices in English here&lt;/a&gt;). This is a pretty easy process (go with both parents and the kid, show them your Identification and the form from the hospital, tell them the name) at the end of which you will receive an Israeli Birth Certificate. &lt;strong&gt;Important&lt;/strong&gt;: be sure to give them the child's English with its proper spelling, and ask them to print the birth certificate with the English translation (they can do this very easily but wont unless you ask). You must have this English translation to proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are going to the Interior Ministry office, also apply for and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/government-offices/post-aliyah-travel/918-teudat-maavar-traveling-abroad-as-a-new-oleh.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;get a passport&lt;/a&gt; for the baby (take passport photos ahead of time). They can do it all at one time, and it is good to have the Israeli passport on hand for your visit to the US government offices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;US Birth Certificate / Consulate Report of Birth Abroad&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now make an appointment for getting your &lt;em&gt;Consular Report of Birth Abroad&lt;/em&gt; (sorry, you won't be getting a US Birth Certificate. Instead you get a CRBA, which is basically the same thing). Go to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://israel.usembassy.gov/consular/acs/crbaservices.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;embassy&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/birth_abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;consulate&lt;/a&gt; website to make an appointment (you might need to do this a few weeks in advance). Be sure to read the requirements on the website for the exact documentation that you will need to bring and be organized ahead of time. In addition to the child's Israeli birth certificate and passport, and the parent's identification, you may also need to bring documentation of the parent's US citizenship, proof of physical presence and more. If you have questions, contact the office ahead of time to avoid wasting time. And fill out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/156216.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the application&lt;/a&gt; ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Social Security&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now, the embassy website permits you to apply for a Social Security Number at the same time that you get your CRBA. So &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;fill out the form&lt;/a&gt; ahead of time and bring it with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the rules on this change from time to time, so check up on what you need to do. In the past, you were not allowed to apply for your SSN until after you received your CRBA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Passport&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you go for your CRBA, take the opportunity to also apply for a US passport for the child. The documentation &lt;a href=&quot;http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/first-time-under-16.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;that you need&lt;/a&gt; in order to do this greatly overlaps with what you need for the CRBA, but double-check ahead of time to be sure that you have everything. Be sure to get &lt;a href=&quot;http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/photos2.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;US size passport photos&lt;/a&gt; (different than Israel size) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ds11/ds11_842.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;fill out the form&lt;/a&gt; ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good Luck&lt;/strong&gt;. When you go to the embassy or consulate, get their with plenty of time to spare for parking, traffic or anything else, triple check that you have all that you need, and try to stay calm. With good planning and a little bit of luck (and your credit card), you should be able to submit all of your applications in one trip, and will hopefully receive the documentation in the mail within a month or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:35:29.083" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="76" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="65" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:37:59.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can search online for British Consulate or Embassy near your town or region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In UK, as a Polish national I go to Manchester Polish Consulate, pay £90, give my old passport and in 3 weeks I get a new one. But you have to go personally each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same applies if you loose your Passport. But in EU you can travel with a valid photo id card now. So you can go home and do a lost passport thing there, but you DO not have to. The cost and time is much longer for lost passports in Consulates and Embassies in foreign countries and if you loose your passport again before expiry of your replacement you have to go to an embassy and explain yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply for emergency passports at the consulates and embassies if you need to travel internationally within the next week. It costs more and they expire after 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:37:59.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="77" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="286" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:38:23.187" Score="8" ViewCount="649" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Bulgarian citizen living in Germany and I have a Bulgarian driving license expiring in 2 years. Can I renew it or I have to exchange it for a German one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I can get a German driving license, but my question is if it's gonna be an issue to renew my driving license in Bulgaria as I'm living in another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T20:39:56.387" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:34:32.370" Title="Can I renew my Bulgarian driving license if I'm living in Germany?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="78" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="82" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:42:13.600" Score="13" ViewCount="665" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that as a EU citizen I am allowed to vote for European Parliamentary candidates. But are there any other elections in Germany on which I can vote too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T20:38:16.230" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T21:24:52.803" Title="On which elections in Germany can I vote?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="79" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:42:31.183" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is a United States government requirement (mandated by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007) for participating travelers from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries. The ESTA is required for travelers from participating countries arriving by air or sea, and replaces the old I-94W form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:51:20.443" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:51:20.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="80" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:42:31.183" Score="0" Body="Electronic System for Travel Authorization for international travelers seeking to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)" OwnerUserId="51" LastEditorUserId="51" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T22:51:18.177" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T22:51:18.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="81" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="65" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:43:43.433" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK government website has an an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot;&gt;interactive tool&lt;/a&gt; for find out how to renew your British passport from outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, this may soon not be needed.  Over the past few years, there were regional passport issuing offices in embassies (such as in Washington, DC, for the Americas).  These are being closed and &lt;strong&gt;all overseas applications will be processed from a special office in the UK (in Durham)&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These overseas passport applications will require a form that is different from the the UK domestic form: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277737/OS_Form_009.pdf&quot;&gt;OS United Kingdom Passport Application&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the most up to date information, follow the interactive tool.  It may send you to the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://passportapplication.service.gov.uk&quot;&gt;apply for a British Passport&lt;/a&gt; service at HM Passport Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T02:51:33.573" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T02:51:33.573" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="82" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="78" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:46:44.980" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you are entitled to vote on both the European Parliamentary candidates and on the local/municipal elections. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/voting-rights/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This is true for all EU countries&lt;/a&gt;, as it's part of the EU citizen voting rights (except if you are not in the country/EU when the election is happening, as in that case you &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/328/can-eu-citizens-participate-in-european-parliament-elections-when-living-outside&quot;&gt;might not be able to vote&lt;/a&gt;). You have to forfeit your ability vote in your main countries  EP elections (and possibly also the municipal one, since you are no longer a resident there) though. You still retain the ability to vote on the national elections in your main country, but not in the country you are resident in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From the linked site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU citizenship gives every EU citizen the right to vote for and stand as a candidate in municipal and European Parliament elections in whichever EU country the citizen resides, under the same conditions as nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might also be some exceptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Municipal elections&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an EU country may stipulate that the office of elected head of the executive body of a basic local government unit can only be held by its own nationals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an EU country may require an additional period of residence for participating in local elections if more than 20% of the eligible voting population are non-nationals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;European elections&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may not vote in more than one EU country in the same European elections&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU countries may require an additional period of residence for participating in European elections, if more than 20% of the eligible voting population are non-nationals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T21:24:52.803" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="84" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="112" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:50:00.537" Score="16" ViewCount="12039" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved into France from another EU country. I wanted to open a bank account, but traditional banks want a confirmation of address (either from the landlord or e.g. an electricity bill), and online banks want you to have a French account or carte bancaire at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm staying at a hostel and in order to get an appartment, I need a bank account; this forms a cycle that I can't enter just now. How should I proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T23:11:42.720" Title="How to open bank account in France if I don't have address of residence yet" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="85" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="693" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:55:49.983" Score="49" ViewCount="177880" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, to prove your address you can usually use your bank statement. But to get a bank statement, you need to get a bank account, and to get a bank account, you have to prove your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are other ways to prove your address, most of them are hard to get, especially if you just moved to the country, or actually require an existing bank account, or a way to prove your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the easiest way to get out of this catch-22 situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T11:39:42.337" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T11:40:37.303" Title="How to open up your first UK bank account without proof of address?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="86" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="88" CreationDate="2014-03-12T22:57:01.570" Score="1" ViewCount="501" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a job offer and I'm considering relocation, but I don't know how much the taxes are and how expensive it is to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The job is as a visiting researcher for a university, and it would be in West Lafayette, Indiana. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to understand how high the expenses can be (transportation, small single flat rent, food) and how this salary compares to the average salaries of new grads in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T23:02:48.637" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:13:47.523" Title="Is earning $4000/month before tax enough to cover common expenses in Indiana, US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-03-13T08:58:43.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="87" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:04:02.920" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I opened my I went to a bank in central London and I just needed to show them my passport. Then they are going to ask you an address where to send you your documents but they did not require me any proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:04:02.920" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="88" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="86" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:06:09.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some tools you can use to compare the numbers with your expectations and goals:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;check the cost of living &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.areavibes.com/west+lafayette-in/cost-of-living/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;calculate the expected tax deductions &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paycheckcity.com/covaliant/netpayHRatescalculator.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case those links go down, the searches I did for those were &quot;west lafayette cost of living&quot; and &quot;indiana tax deductions&quot;, respectively. There are likely other comparable websites that provide similar services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also learn more about the city in general at its website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.westlafayette.in.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.westlafayette.in.gov/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T23:13:47.523" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:13:47.523" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="89" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:06:51.747" Score="10" ViewCount="2438" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to move to another country. It's difficult to know if a job pays well enough for me to maintain the same standard of living I currently have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an easy way to compare the Cost of Living in different countries to determine where I'll get the most for each job offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T02:41:28.777" Title="How can I compare cost of living in different countries?" Tags="&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="90" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:13:17.680" Score="8" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my European (Czech in my case) governmental health insurance, which covers me during my stay in France as much as how local people are covered by &quot;securité sociale&quot;, which is 60% of medical expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get more coverage, one has to get so-called &quot;mutuelle&quot;. However, the insurance companies don't seem to provide &quot;mutuelle only&quot; for people who are covered by insurance from their home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: Is there any way how can I get a &quot;mutuelle&quot; without having to pay the basic &quot;securité sociale&quot;? I'm a PhD student in both Czech Rep. and France if that makes any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:34:52.027" Title="Getting a &quot;mutuelle&quot; in France with EU health insurance" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="91" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="99" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:14:56.737" Score="8" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to London at the beginning of January to start working at my new job.&#xA;At the moment I got payed but I'm not sure if I should do anything related to taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my employer going to take care of everything or am I supposed to fill any form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:38:57.683" Title="Is there any form I should fill for taxes in the UK" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="93" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="89" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:21:17.737" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/&quot;&gt;Numbeo's&lt;/a&gt; comparison site is usually useful, and it already shows a lot of aspects you have to consider when moving between countries. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Hungary&amp;amp;city1=Budapest&amp;amp;country2=United+Kingdom&amp;amp;city2=London&amp;amp;displayCurrency=GBP&quot;&gt;Here is an example comparing Budapest, Hungary with London, UK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't check everything though, as there might be huge gaps between what is offered by a government in one country for free, that will cost you a lot of money in another. Good example is when comparing most EU countries with the USA, as while taxes are lower, and pays are somewhat higher in the USA, you have to take a &lt;strong&gt;lot&lt;/strong&gt; of extra, long-term expenses into account (like health care)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you have to check two things: the basic, more visible expenses and the long-term, not so visible expenses. You also have to take the taxing into consideration, as you'll only have your take-home-pay to pay for these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic expenses you have to check:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;utilities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;groceries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;going out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;car/travel costs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clothing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to think about long-term expenses, like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health insurance / health related costs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Schooling / tuition costs (not only for you but also for your children)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pension&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T23:33:06.173" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:33:06.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="94" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="97" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:23:50.403" Score="9" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;Refer to what this user is saying &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/66/is-there-any-advantages-in-changing-the-%20residence-when-changing-country-in-eu?noredirect=1#comment73_66&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Remember that no matter what, if you stop working in country X and start working in country Y (both in EU), you have to unregister from health insurance in X and register in Y.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the consequences if I don't inform my old country (Italy) that I've moved to another country (Austria) for work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T09:45:06.053" Title="What happens if changing country I don't unregister from the first country health insurance system?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="95" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:28:47.017" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way they handle customers can change a lot, and not just between banks, but between branches as well. From what me and some of my friends went through I think the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is easier to get a new account in Central London, than in the suburbs. Branches in the suburbs are more conservative when it comes to validating your identity, and might not accept valid verifications other branches accept. Central London branches usually accept work contracts, especially if it's from a company in their catchment area, while suburb branches might let you down with a completely valid rent agreement, and require you to get something else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There can also be huge differences in what you will get after you are considered valid between branches. For example the LLoyds near Oxford Circus will give you a proper Current Account when you only show them your work contract, but the LLoyds near Piccadilly Circus might only give you a Cash Account for the same set of papers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you have a job, and you are in Central London, your best bet is to find a branch there. If they don't want to give you an account, you might want to search further. If you need a proper Current Account, and are not happy with the basic Cash Account, you might still want to check another branch, as they might be less restrictive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a job, then your best bet is to get at least one of the utility bills to have your name on it, as a rent agreement is usually not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:28:47.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="96" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:31:51.573" Score="5" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, working for a US company which pays 100% of my health insurance costs with a US company.  I'm living in Mexico, which has &quot;Social Security&quot;, which offers access to the government hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside from avoiding the hassle of sending medical bills to my US-based insurance provider (which covers &quot;normal and customary&quot; expenses, even outside of the US), is there any advantage to becoming registered with Mexican Social Security?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of an emergency, such as a car accident, would I receive better or different care if I was a member of the Mexican Social Security system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T07:58:14.093" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T17:41:51.790" Title="What are the monetary advantages to registering with Mexican Social Security?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="97" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="94" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:33:37.903" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the European Union, there are strict regulations considering health insurance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have to be health insured (remember that in unemployment stage, most governments pay your basic health insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are employed in any country, you have to be insured in such country. If you are employed in more, you can choose any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the regulations don't say what to do if the new country is unable to register you instantly. In France the registration takes up to several months. Most people choose to pay the minimal insurance in their original country until the French administration proceeds their file. However, this is officially illegal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, the countries don't imply any fines if you break the rules, but the health insurance companies can probably void the insurance if they find out you break the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example 1:&lt;/strong&gt; You are a 27-year-old PhD student in Czechia and you come to study in France for an exchange program for which you obtain a &quot;bourse du gouvernement français&quot; which is not a work contract. You can choose any of these two countries (and theoretically any other country as well) for your health insurance. In the Czech Republic, as a student 26+ you pay circa EUR 40 a month for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example 2:&lt;/strong&gt; You graduate your masters in the Czech Republic and you get a PhD contract in France. As long as you don't work in the Czech Republic, you have to re-register in France, since work contract is a work contract, even if you're also a student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Example 1 is actually my situation, Example 2 is the situation of my good friend.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T09:45:06.053" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T09:45:06.053" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="98" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:36:49.693" Score="6" ViewCount="8437" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US Citizen living in Mexico, I continue to have Unemployment insurance deducted from my paycheck.  Can I actually receive unemployment benefits if I were to lose my job for a covered reason, even though I'm living in another country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T07:16:58.323" Title="Will US Unemployment benefits help me if I'm living abroad?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="99" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="91" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:38:57.683" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are an employee, then you'll get your P60 form around the end of the tax year (5th April). Usually (if you are a basic employee, e.g. not self-employed or similar) you don't have to do anything with that. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/paye-forms-p45-p60-p11d/p60&quot;&gt;More information on the gov's site.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you should get a payslip every time you are paid (either on paper or electronically), where you can check the status of your current tax contributions. Please note that because you started to work in January, you are only working for 3 months in the country before the end of the tax year, meaning you might get a higher take-home-pay, as the income tax is calculated on your whole income in the actual tax year, and not monthly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:38:57.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="147" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:42:00.570" Score="3" ViewCount="644" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens if someone with a permanent contract in Austria gets fired in the first ten months? I've heard that it requires one year to mature the contribution for unemployment benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T17:01:40.790" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T09:55:53.863" Title="Is there any unemployment benefit in Austria after working for less than one year?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="101" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="134" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:45:25.853" Score="3" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've moved abroad. Can I still use the health system for free?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:11:07.537" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:59:57.583" Title="Is it necessary to be a resident in Italy to use the health system for free?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="108" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:53:16.863" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many years are needed for obtaining a degree in Ukraine? Are there bachelor's degree (3-4 years) and master's degrees (2 years) if you want to continue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T16:22:51.823" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:06:15.620" Title="How do degrees work in Ukraine?" Tags="&lt;education&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T10:07:25.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="219" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:55:32.450" Score="12" ViewCount="633" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's assume I'm working in Austria and I get fired. If I move to another european country, will I continue to perceive my unemployment money?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:09:41.327" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:15:31.203" Title="Can I still collect unemployment benefits from an EU country if I move to another EU country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="104" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="107" CreationDate="2014-03-12T23:58:44.210" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I expect to live in San Francisco but I have no clue if a car is necessary or if I can rely on public transportation system if there is any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to move in the city and in the Valley on a daily commuting basis. I would also like to explore the area beyond the boundaries of the city (I heard the north of the bay is nice). Are all these things possible with public transit system (no matter its cost or time)? Or is a car strictly necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T00:04:40.680" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T00:43:40.913" Title="Transportation in San Francisco" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;san-francisco&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="121" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:03:32.680" Score="11" ViewCount="3999" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU citizen and I expect to visit Canada for an extended period (I am allowed to stay up to 6 months without a work permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As this is a rather long period, I would like to do some freelancing to finance it. Am I allowed to do so, declaring my income either in Canada (I honestly doubt of that) or in EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Canada allow this situation? what about France (as the EU country)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T15:51:06.497" Title="Freelancing in Canada without work permit" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:06:56.263" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is described on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Questions-and-Answers-on-the-Individual-Shared-Responsibility-Provision&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS site&lt;/a&gt; on individual and shared responsibility question 12.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are US citizens living abroad subject to the individual shared responsibility provision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. However, U.S. citizens who are not physically present in the United States for at least 330 full days within a 12-month period are treated as having minimum essential coverage for that 12-month period. In addition, U.S. citizens who are bona fide residents of a foreign country (or countries) for an entire taxable year are treated as having minimum essential coverage for that year. In general, these are individuals who qualify for a foreign earned income exclusion under section 911 of the Internal Revenue Code. Individuals may qualify for this rule even if they cannot use the exclusion for all of their foreign earned income because, for example, they are employees of the United States. Individuals that qualify for this rule need take no further action to comply with the individual shared responsibility provision during the months when they qualify. See Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad, for further information on the foreign earned income exclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S. citizens who meet neither the physical presence nor residency requirements will need to maintain minimum essential coverage, qualify for an exemption or make a shared responsibility payment for each month of the year. For this purpose, minimum essential coverage includes a group health plan provided by an overseas employer. One exemption that may be particularly relevant to U.S. citizens living abroad for a small part of a year is the exemption for a short coverage gap. This exemption provides that no shared responsibility payment will be due for a once-per-year gap in coverage that lasts less than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are a US citizen and not present in the US for more than one month in a twelve month period you are exempt from having to buy the coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T16:08:22.230" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="104" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:19:08.407" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can rely on public transportation within the Bay Area. The BART (metro) and CalTrain (train) are good for commuting or covering large distances. Each municipality has their own bus system, so you can get around within a city that way or better yet, via walking or bicycling. Note that you can take your bicycle on all means of mass transit, though bikes are forbidden from BART during certain rush hours. This will be easier than dealing with traffic or parking. Taxis are an expensive last resort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downside is that for getting out of the Bay Area, public transportation is more difficult. You can take a Greyhound bus or shuttle or Amtrak (train) to some places, but then you will definitely have to walk or bicycle, and the towns tend to be more spread-out. (I don't know about taking bike on Greyhound.) Also, even within the Bay Area, public transit can be relatively expensive and can be slow, depending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One option is to purchase a motorcycle. The Bay Area motorcycle scene has a strong presence, there are many nice places to ride, parking is easier, and lanesplitting in California is legal (meaning traffic affects you less). Also, the good climate means you can ride year-round. This is my preferred solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10" LastEditorUserId="10" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T00:43:40.913" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T00:43:40.913" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="102" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:26:32.290" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system has changed since last I looked at the college education in Ukraine.  But it would be better to check directly with a particular institution in Ukraine to determine the length.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example &lt;a href=&quot;http://nure.ua/supply/admissions-committee/informaciya-abiturientu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ХНУРЭ&lt;/a&gt; (Russian) states that they have a 4 year bachelor program, additional 1 year &quot;specialist&quot; or 1.5 years for &quot;magister&quot; or equivalent of US Masters program. So does the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.khai.edu/efc/course/k103.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kharkov Aerospace University&lt;/a&gt; but other universities may have different requirement or program lengths(though unlikely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T00:26:32.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="109" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="136" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:36:00.107" Score="10" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have frequently considered taking a job in China that would last several years. If we had a child during our time there, would my wife automatically receive maternity leave, or does the government leave that decision to individual employers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T13:45:22.057" Title="Does mainland China require businesses to provide maternity leave?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:38:48.283" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is indeed a pretty tough question and I know a lot of people to whom it happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no easy answer and as far as I know, you will need some trick. The solutions I heard of were to have someone (close enough) helping you by giving his/her address (he can write a paper saying you live with him/her) and passing you the mail. I heard of some agencies of help for relocation that did that but this up to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also be lucky and find an understanding landlord who would give you the time for the process but I never heard of anyone it happened to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a student you can find a spot in a residence (called &lt;em&gt;résidence universitaire&lt;/em&gt; there), they are more used to this situation so they may have a specific process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize this is not an easy process, and the best you can do is finding help from a friend or colleague who is a French resident. I never heard of anyone who never found a solution so I suppose everyone finds some trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some related information about help for relocation for a job in France: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.actionlogement.fr/&quot;&gt;http://www.actionlogement.fr/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;This measure, previously called &lt;em&gt;1% logement&lt;/em&gt; is financed by taxes and has the goal to help people to relocate. You can contact your company and ask if they have a relocation agency partner to help you find a place. This process is financed by this structure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T08:08:58.783" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:08:58.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:45:04.050" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having a company registered in the US doesn't allow you to be present in the US to do work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common visa that computer specialists get is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot;&gt;H1B&lt;/a&gt; but with that you can't really be a freelancer.  You will need to be employed by a company in the US which means also that your employer have to sponsor an H1 for you.  And if I remember correctly self-sponsoring won't work in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other visas available also but have more restrictions and requirements then the H1, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-1_visa&quot;&gt;L&lt;/a&gt;, O, P, and also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers&quot;&gt;E visas&lt;/a&gt; but it also won't work without a full employment at the US company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/eb-5-immigrant-investor&quot;&gt;investment visa available&lt;/a&gt; but you will need to invest about $1M to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So getting to working in the US legally isn't that simple from immigration point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T15:15:05.080" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:15:05.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2014-03-13T00:53:06.547" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.banque-france.fr/la-banque-de-france/missions/protection-du-consommateur/droit-au-compte.html&quot;&gt;It's illegal for a bank to refuse you as a customer&lt;/a&gt;, even if you are illegally on french territory for example. If a bank do so, you can call the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.banque-france.fr/en/home.html&quot;&gt;Banque de France&lt;/a&gt; that will enroll you in a random french bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it's illegal, lots of banks try to trick people, especially poor one, students, strangers, people who get debts, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't want or don't have time to enforce your rights, you can simply ask a friend or a fellow student to write an &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fr.scribd.com/doc/26750348/Attestation-d-hebergement&quot;&gt;attestation d'hébergement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; - proof of accommodation - for you , just as if you were living at the guy place &lt;strong&gt;for free&lt;/strong&gt;. This hand-written letter must mention that the guy gives you a couch &lt;em&gt;à titre gracieux&lt;/em&gt; (for free). &#xA;You will also need an electricity bill from the guy and his identity card copy. This is a common practice. I do this many times with almost-homeless-friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you don't want to stay at hostel, it's pretty easy to find roommates among PhD people, even for short times. People sometimes go away from the flat for one week, one or two months and, as rooms are very expensive in Paris, they are happy to sub-locate it to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people that can help you : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collectif12.com/spip.php?article55&quot;&gt;RESF&lt;/a&gt; (Education Without Borders Network)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://droitaulogement.org/&quot;&gt;Droit Au Logement&lt;/a&gt; (Housing Right)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a Maths PhD guy, I'm astonished it would be a problem. You should maybe try again in another bank just as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.labanquepostale.fr/accueil.html&quot;&gt;la Banque Postale&lt;/a&gt; wich once, was a popular bank, even if some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gisti.org/spip.php?article87&quot;&gt;seems to have bad practices&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last (important) advice: if you are in Paris, choose a bank from a traditionally &quot;poor&quot; &lt;em&gt;arrondissement&lt;/em&gt;, like 13ème, 18ème, 19ème or even suburb, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreuil,_Seine-Saint-Denis&quot;&gt;Montreuil&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagnolet&quot;&gt;Bagnolet&lt;/a&gt; are very good choices (east suburb, metro 9 and 11). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="86" LastEditorUserId="86" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T07:47:06.573" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T07:47:06.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="61" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:16:36.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue is not work but income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example an &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.freeadvice.com/immigration-9/founding-business-h4-visa-holder-321752.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H4 can own a business&lt;/a&gt; so as long as your US business does not pay you.  Same would likely go for any other work performed outside the US.  But to be safe they would have to hire your company rather then you directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I would strongly recommend getting in touch with an immigration lawyer to see exactly how far you can take this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T01:16:36.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:28:21.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Interpol membership&lt;/a&gt; unless you are in or from one of the countries that are non-members Interpol can either provide the information or facilitate the contact between the jurisdictional law enforcement agencies to get the information (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol#Methodology&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Methodology&lt;/a&gt; on the same page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the law enforcement agency chooses not to use Interpol they can contact the law enforcement agencies directly which could get cumbersome in places like US, where multiple jurisdictions exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T01:28:21.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="122" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:43:50.233" Score="17" ViewCount="2913" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one of the people who have immigrated to another country I recall the initial years of that process as rather depressing if not clinically most definitely psychologically.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any tips or trick in dealing with such a condition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T22:06:46.307" Title="Dealing with depression" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="119" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:48:08.100" Score="4" ViewCount="803" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian PR. Will Australian medicare cover me on my trips abroad (to USA/Dubai/India/Bangladesh) ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T01:57:18.557" Title="Does Australian Medicare cover me internationally?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-03-15T02:19:18.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:53:47.027" Score="3" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the USA, I have worked with a lot of people from Asian countries. Most of them somehow  assume, amongst many other things, that most American societies encourage free sex.&lt;br/&gt; What are some of the ways a new person in America can settle down with American culture and comfortably be made aware of acceptable social norms ?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T15:02:05.113" Title="How to make new immigrants culturally sensitive to the American way?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:55:28.363" Score="39" ViewCount="39968" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the ways in which a new immigrant can begin building credit history in the United States of America ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T05:35:29.900" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T22:00:49.930" Title="How to build credit history in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="116" CreationDate="2014-03-13T01:57:18.557" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Medicare only covers you outside Australia if the country has a reciprocal agreement with Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements&quot;&gt;Medicare Reciprocal Agreements&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Australian Government has agreements with New Zealand, the United&#xA;  Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland,&#xA;  Italy, Belgium, Malta, Slovenia and Norway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These agreements mean: Australian residents can get help with the cost&#xA;  of essential medical treatment when visiting these countries, and&#xA;  residents of these countries can get some essential medical treatments&#xA;  while visiting Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the coverage is limited to &quot;essential&quot; medical care only (and doesn't include repatriation). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the countries you mentioned, you need private medical insurance (travel insurance).  It often costs more if you visit the US, as the medical costs there are so high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a good idea to get insurance even if you intend to visit just countries that have a reciprocal agreement, as you may need to be repatriated, or you may fall ill in a transit country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T01:57:18.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="120" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="139" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:06:08.717" Score="15" ViewCount="25861" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently migrated from USA to Darwin, Australia. The weather went from living in a primarily cold place to a city which is extremely humid. Looks like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_your_blood_thin_in_hot_climates?#slide=1&quot;&gt;blood thinning&lt;/a&gt; may take over a year for my body to get really adjusted to the tropical weather. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In the meanwhile, without wanting expert medical advice, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can I get adjusted to the new climate ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What can one do to adjust to a humid weather coming from a cold country ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The obvious answer seems to drink a lot of water but heavy sweating also means I am loosing essential electrolytes and salts. How to know what local people do to cool their bodies off ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T03:56:37.897" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T22:46:38.470" Title="Adjusting to a humid tropical climate" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="105" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:10:16.263" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada (like most countries) doesn't generally allow &quot;working in Canada&quot; for visitors (tourists).  In other words, you're not allowed to work in the local job market, whether temporary or permanent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some types of remote work, for a non-Canadian employer, are possible, as you're then not directly competing in the local job market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify, there are working holiday visas for young people (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/intro_incoming-intro_entrant.aspx&quot;&gt;International Experience Canada&lt;/a&gt;).  This is the best way to legally work in Canada for a short term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T07:08:13.440" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T07:08:13.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="115" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:30:48.170" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most immigrants find adjusting to new countries/cultures very challenging. One of the reasons is that social settings and usual way of life are mostly different in geographically disparate countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few things I recommend are : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Learning about societal norms of the new country can help. Talking to people at work, mingling with colleagues at lunch hour, asking an occasional question about places to visit will get you started. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think it is very important to take initiative and mingle with&#xA;colleagues at work/school. Most of the times, most people would be&#xA;glad to welcome you to join them. Of course, depending on the&#xA;ethnicity, if the other group finds you imposing they will mostly let&#xA;you know. The main point is to make an effort to get into social&#xA;circles.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taking classes music/pottery/hobbies can help. Making friends in&#xA;those new settings also helps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Joining Hobby groups like painting/trekking/driving etc can provide an important platform to let go off the grouchy-ness accumulated in the mind. It can be relatively easy to strike a chord with someone who has similar interests.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thinking and analyzing about the situations which made you take the decision to emigrate in the first place might help. If one has emigrated as a child, it could help to learn why their parents/ancestors chose to migrate. Getting in touch with the root cause of emigration can help you see the new country in a better light.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Communication is a vital component in being able to connect with another person. Many new immigrants are usually just shy or become introverts in a new country. This can make meeting new people an uncomfortable experience.  It is important to make an effort to let go off this shyness a little bit. It should be alright to make a few mistakes in communicating with people. Most people will understand that you are an (new) immigrant.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dating is also one of the most common ways to meet people. The online dating sites make it very easy for most people to set up a date. Of course, dating, is an independent choice that you can make depending on your circumstances. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vitamins : (Please take a doctors opinion before implementing this) If you are coming from a country where there is abundant sun light to a country where sun light is scarce then, it is possible that the gloom is because of the lack of sufficient Vitamin D, taking vitamin D3 supplements helps.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Skype : Free video conferencing with friends/family members can help get rid off some of the home sickness and helps in cheering you up. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Depending on your circumstances a yearly vacation to your home land should also help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="90" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T02:36:31.800" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T02:36:31.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="132" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:41:02.427" Score="9" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;From people who have been put the through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_immersion&quot;&gt;Language Immersion Courses&lt;/a&gt; it helps greatly in learning the foreign language including particular dialects if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my dealing with recent immigrants in the US I've seen them retain a heavy accent mostly because the person uses the native language just as much if not more then the language of the new country (English in this case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would have thought that an English Immersion program would be beneficial but I was never able to find any in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there such programs publicly available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="96" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:10:30.120" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:59:21.423" Title="Language Immersion courses in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="89" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:41:28.777" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SztupY's answer is excellent, but on slightly lighter note I'll point out that there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Big Mac Index&lt;/a&gt; (that's from Wikipedia, here's the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Economist&lt;/a&gt; page but you may need a subscription for to really drill down into the details) if you want to get a quick and dirty idea of comparative prices in different countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use at your own risk, don't necessarily take this too seriously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T02:41:28.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-03-13T02:56:24.993" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently started building a credit history in Canada, and I think it's the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution I have chosen is to take a &lt;strong&gt;secured credit-card&lt;/strong&gt;.  Through my financial institution (a credit union), I have fixed 500$ on a savings account.  I need to fix these 500$ for one year, and during this year, these 500$ will be my credit limit.  During this year, I shall use my credit card, pay my credit card bills, and thus build up a credit record.  After one year of correct use, I will have a credit history and I will be able to apply for an unsecured credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T02:56:24.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2014-03-13T03:02:23.203" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most cases, the person applying for the work permit (or residence visa) is required to provide the police record.  This means that the information is usually provided &lt;strong&gt;to the applicant&lt;/strong&gt; by their home police force (or the police in countries they have lived in), and then submitted as part of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process for obtaining a report varies a great deal between countries.  Canada has a good summary of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/infORmation/security/police-cert/index.asp&quot;&gt;how to get a police report&lt;/a&gt; for immigrants from all countries.  New Zealand has a similar list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/formsandfees/formsandguides/policecertificate.htm&quot;&gt;how to obtain a police certificate&lt;/a&gt; (the country list is at the end of the page). Australia has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/character-requirements/character-penal.pdf&quot;&gt;98-page PDF&lt;/a&gt; on this subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T03:02:23.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-03-13T03:31:43.987" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @gerrit says, get a secured credit card. As soon as you can, get a regular credit card - you can use websites like creditkarma.com and creditsesame.com to get an idea of what credit cards you can use. Make that that you use the card regularly, and pay it off regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a bit of a paradox - when you apply for an account, you take a hit to your credit score, but you need more accounts to have a good credit score. So apply carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T03:31:43.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-03-13T03:32:52.347" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the USA in the middle of the 2008 credit crisis, so this issue hit me hard.  There are a multitude of things that you can do to build up a credit history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for a secured credit card (as @gerrit also indicates), where you provide the funds to completely cover the credit limit of the card, so a $2,000 limit would require you to pay the card company $2,000 up front.  So essentially you are providing the funds to borrow yourself.  If you pay the card off every month, you will build a credit history.  Typically after 12 months, unless you have other credit issues - the card company will convert the card to a normal credit card and return the initial investment.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have any bills - say utility bills - in your name, make sure you pay them on time. Delinquent bills will negatively impact your credit score (but unfortunately paying on time doesn't positively impact your score). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stay in one residence where possible.  Lenders like to see that you do not move around a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pay for a credit report from a reputable business in your country of origin, ideally a business which also operates in the USA.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you can buy a house and get a mortgage.  I know this sounds bizarre, but I found it easier to get a mortgage than to get a credit card - as I had a large deposit, and a house is security - a credit card is unsecured (unless you go with 1.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are renting, there are schemes available for you to pay for your rent via a service which reports to credit agencies.  If you are able to opt into such a service this might be an option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T19:15:32.190" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T19:15:32.190" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="133" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:03:25.903" Score="12" ViewCount="4093" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that US Citizens who have emigrated to another country are still required to post tax returns to the US, declaring foreign income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the only way out of this to cancel your US citizenship, or is there a form you can complete to declare you definitely won't be living in the US again, or something similar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:36:52.847" Title="American citizens living abroad still have to pay tax to US - legal ways to avoid?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:08:00.287" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite what many believe, there aren't as many non-spy links between countries in terms of sharing of criminal records.  Generally, the onus is on the applicant to provide such details, if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, applying for a driver's license in Victoria, Australia, as a New Zealand citizen - two very closely linked countries, I still had to write to the New Zealand police and get a certificate of particulars for my license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for my Canadian and UK visas, I had to get documentation of my (clean) criminal history as evidence of good behaviour for the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some inter-country links, such as Interpol, Five Eyes and more, but inevitably these are very restricted, for good reason, and don't easily provide information on you to the departments where you'd almost find it useful for them to have your info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short - it's often a balance of cost, privacy, technicalities and bureaucracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T21:58:59.570" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:58:59.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="131" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="656" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:10:18.057" Score="2" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Hong Kong Government &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/idcard/roa/verifyeligible.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lists the following requirements&lt;/a&gt; for foreign residents that want to get a permanent HKG ID:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of 7 years continuous ordinary residence in Hong Kong immediately before the date of the application for permanent resident status, such as school documents, employment proof, official receipts, bank statements or income tax receipts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Travel document showing entry to Hong Kong and your current condition of stay in the HKSAR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that I do not have the travel documents and bank statements anymore, how important are these and how important are those? Can someone with experience of not having full documentation of their stay in Hong Kong confirm what the minimum requirements are?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T16:23:54.293" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T07:11:01.857" Title="What documents are actually required to obtain a HKG permanent residence ID?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="123" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:11:11.930" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Among others, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.questexchange.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Quest International&lt;/a&gt; is a not-for-profit organisation for this very purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.questexchange.org/english-immersion-programs-in-the-usa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;English Immersion Programs&lt;/a&gt; are available for youth and adults, and can be tailored to your background and experience.  They're available in several cities in the US, notably Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Orange County &amp;amp; San Francisco.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T21:59:21.423" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:59:21.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:15:01.090" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to cancel your US Citizenship and much more beyond that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move abroad and make your new home in a (lower/no-tax) foreign nation so you are no longer a “resident” for U.S. income taxes;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obtain alternative citizenship and passport;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give up U.S. citizenship and change your legal “domicile” to avoid U.S. estate taxes;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Arrange your affairs so that most or all of your income is derived from non-U.S. sources; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Title your property ownership so that any assets that remain in the United States are exempt from U.S. estate and gift taxes. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no other way around that, unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full explanation &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/59/Taxes_OffshoreHaven.html&quot;&gt;can be found here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastEditorUserId="96" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T07:28:40.203" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T07:28:40.203" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="101" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:24:49.403" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ability to use another country's healthcare &lt;strong&gt;for free&lt;/strong&gt; will depend on a few things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, whether or not they will just willingly treat.  The UK is pretty good for this, for example in some situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, it'll come down to reciprocity.  Some countries have agreements that they'll treat the citizens of each other's country if visiting.  For example - New Zealand and Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, some countries will treat you IF you're a resident, working there or studying there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Italy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italy, Healthcare&lt;/a&gt; for everyone is free for &lt;strong&gt;emergencies&lt;/strong&gt; - they won't turn you away.  If it turns out not to be an emergency, you may be required to pay 50 Euro at the hospital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move there with a Permit of Stay, you'll be treated under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/salute/p1_3.jsp?tema=Tu_e_il_Servizio_Sanitario_Nazionale&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Servizio Sanitario Nazionale&lt;/a&gt; (National Health System) like any Italian. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're seeing a specialist or having blood tests, x-rays or similar, you may have to pay a small fee as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T21:59:57.583" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:59:57.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="117" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:29:14.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One way could be to combine any language courses they're doing with cultural training.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.questexchange.org/english-immersion-programs-in-the-usa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Quest Exchange class&lt;/a&gt; where they will be with other immigrants/students learning about the language, as well as partaking in cultural classes, where staff are paid to help them understand both the language and the society, to some extent.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll also be more likely to discuss differences between their home and the new country with other expats, and this may help dispel myths and increase understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T04:29:14.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="109" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:33:55.680" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;China's State Council has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2012-05/07/content_2131567.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees&lt;/a&gt; (text in Chinese):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;According to the Special Provisions, female employees are now entitled&#xA;  to 98 days of maternity leave for childbirth, an increase of 8 days&#xA;  from the current 90. Among the 98 days, 15 may be taken before giving&#xA;  birth. In cases of dystocia (difficult delivery), the maternity leave&#xA;  will be extended by 15 days; in cases of multiple births, the&#xA;  maternity leave will be extended by 15 days for each additional&#xA;  newborn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403200_text&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The US Law Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T11:50:40.163" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:50:40.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-13T04:42:25.273" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two ways that I and other fellow Kiwis (New Zealanders) found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open it from our home country.  I went to Travelex and they were able to open an account with HSBC in the UK from New Zealand, using my NZ address.  Then 6 weeks later, I was able to pick up my card in HSBC Regent Street in London. Of course, this requires forward planning and it's too late if you're in the UK already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second choice was to go to one of the central banks.  Ask around with expats, or even at some of the bank branches who may tell you of other ones, but for example HSBC Russell Square was rumoured to do this for you. You had to give a passport and other evidence, but it was possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus option:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't know if this would actually work in the UK, but a receipt from a hostel or hotel showing that you're staying there for a few weeks may work.  Indeed, this is how I opened my Australian bank account - I used my hostel address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T11:51:00.910" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:51:00.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="120" CreationDate="2014-03-13T05:09:15.097" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adjusting to the weather is mostly a question of getting used to it. Everyone is different in terms of speed, but how you live your life in the new country plays a major role in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the main issues is that a lot of people who move to a tropical climate start off on a bad note by trying to simulate their home country's climate in their new domicile with the help of air conditioners and dehumidifiers, mostly while wearing the same clothes are they were used to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So one of the first steps that I can recommend out of personal experience is to make sure that your bedding and clothing is adjusted to the local environment. If you wear a suit, make sure that you get a thinner one. Have thinner bed sheets so you do not need air conditioning while you sleep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, get used to live in warmer temperature, since many places even in moderate climates have a too low temperature. Trying to simulate the same in a tropical county makes this even harder. For example, many offices around the world have 19 degrees as general temperature, whereas 22-24 degrees is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature&quot;&gt;definitely acceptable&lt;/a&gt;. So it's not about switching from the 19 degrees that you are maybe used to up to 25-27, but try to lighten up with clothing etc to have 23 at home is already a good start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, personal fitness will be a topic. Depending on your current level, you might have a huge opportunity to lose some weight and therefore sweat less and to adjust also faster to the new climate by exercising in warmer temperatures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can make yourself a plan to switch to warmer temperatures within a year, you can try to cool your home in the beginning to 20 degrees (is you come from 19) and then increase the temperature every 2 months by one degree, and you should have a good and not so difficult path ahead of you. The same goes for humidity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T05:09:15.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="140" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="162" CreationDate="2014-03-13T05:27:26.547" Score="22" ViewCount="40146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several EU countries such as the UK, France and Netherlands have territories and dependencies outside of Europe.  Examples include many islands in the Caribbean, Falkland Islands, Tahiti, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These have a complex relationship with the home country (usually a former colonial power), and with the European Union.  Some are inside the EU for some purposes, some are not.  Who can live and/or work in the territory is complex, even for citizens of the home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, &lt;strong&gt;which territories of EU countries, outside Europe, are somewhere that any EU citizen could move to, to live and work, under the EU freedom of movement?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, Aruba is one of the four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Does that make it part of the EU for residence?  Are any of the French DOMs and TOMs, like French Polynesia, areas that EU citizens have the right to settle in?  Are any of the overseas UK territories, such as Anguilla, part of the EU for residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T08:54:57.447" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T12:03:47.170" Title="Which EU territories outside Europe does an EU citizen have right of residence in?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="115" CreationDate="2014-03-13T05:32:52.643" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue that I most frequently encountered with expats is that they continuously talk bad about their new home and how much better it would have been if they were home or in the one other country where the food/weather/people/costs/whatever is so much better than where they are now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a extremely damaging process to the person and everyone around them. My recommendation in this case is to make a very clear list about the good and bad things of the place that you live in, possibly together with a local or your partner to have an objective opinion on each matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, as mentioned by happybuddha, but very strongly relating to this issue of people comparing two places, it is just as important with whom you are in a place as where you are. You can be in the most dreadful place, but with the right people, you will be able to overlook at lot of bad things. Same, if you are in paradise by yourself, or even worse with the wrong people, it can become hell easily. So I always made a huge effort to make new friends wherever I went.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not least, learning the local language is a HUGE advantage, specially the further away you live from home, and the more you look like a foreigner in the new location. I walking into a bar/restaurant in my home country am just one of hundreds of other customers. To start a conversation with a stranger or the local staff is perceived often as intrusive and boring by both sides. However, as a Caucasian, doing the same in a foreign country in the local language is perceived much different. People will remember you as the foreigner who speaks their language. People feel at ease talking to you about your home country as well as about theirs. You are suddenly not just one of the many people passing through. You are interesting to talk to, since you have different opinions, experiences and insights. This is a HUGE motivational and self-affirming factor during your new life abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that, learning and mastering the local language is something else that increases your self-confidence, gives you a hobby and lets you meet other students, teachers and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more add-on to the topic of the Language: I want to emphasize how this can improve your life more than anything else, specifically if you visually are recognized as a foreigner and/or if you come from further away. If you talk to people as a foreigner who knows the local language, staff restaurants and shops always think you are more interesting to talk to than the random local people who come and go. It is easier for me to start a conversation and to make friends in a foreign country where I speak the language reasonably well than in my home country. People remember me much easier and always ask me stuff such as &quot;How do they celebrate Christmas in your country?&quot;. So going out and talking to people, specially in restaurants with a counter to sit at and talk to other people is becoming much more interesting than sitting at home in front of the TV. Also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/767/meeting-locals-when-you-move-to-a-new-country/781#781&quot;&gt;see this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T08:31:51.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="145" CreationDate="2014-03-13T05:33:21.830" Score="6" ViewCount="773" Body="&lt;p&gt;You seem to have the option of going to a 'normal' doctor, or one that bulk bills. One charges a lot and you get a refund from Medicare, the other seems 'free'? What's the difference, and do you have to pay bulk billing doctors for anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="203" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T08:41:06.513" LastActivityDate="2015-04-23T20:56:28.050" Title="How does 'Bulk Billing' work under Medicare in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;&lt;terminology&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T06:45:59.423" Score="25" ViewCount="6124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Polish citizen. I've become a German resident because I'm working there, and as fair as I have learned, I'm treated as resident if I'm in given country (Germany) more than 180 days a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has tax implications if I'd like to work as contractor. Staying more than 180 days in Germany I'd be forced to register a company there (and be taxed there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, assuming I don't stay in any EU country more than 180 days, and I'm still contracting (either changing contract or working remote), what implication on taxation and company registration does it have? Can I than register my company for contracting in any country I choose (for example, Cyprus), or I'd have to register it in my home country (Poland)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to give an example, I am contracting for German country, that allows me to work abroad half the time. I spend 5 1/2 months in Germany, 5 1/2 months in Poland, and 1 month 'abroad' (for example Montenegro, Croatia) on holidays. In none of the countries I'm longer than 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="2190" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2017-08-15T22:15:10.707" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T22:15:10.707" Title="Where can I be tax resident when I don't stay in any EU-country longer that 6 months a year?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="98" CreationDate="2014-03-13T07:16:58.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, and no, depending on the state where you're still technically employed. If you pay into the fund then you are entitled to benefit from it should you need it, but (depending on the state)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They probably won't send your benefits abroad, someone in the US will need to receive, endorse and deposit the checks (unless your state allows for direct deposit of benefits)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They will want you to show evidence that you're actively seeking employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They may ask you to appear in person for any number of reasons, probably multiple times&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Philosophically you &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; get what you paid into, but the system is not designed to deal with people no longer residing in the state - much less abroad. If you think about it closely, your situation almost pings every fraud check they have in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also continued to pay for this (along with the rest of the standard deductions) for the first six months that I was living abroad. I inquired (with my company HR department) and they suggested just removing me as a regular employee, and setting me up as an outside contractor that received a US 1099 tax form each year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're intent on living outside of the US, then you're also needlessly paying state income tax as well. If you plan to remain there, I'd strongly suggest that you contact your HR department, tell them you'd like to be paid as a contractor instead (which stops all deductions, including federal) and then at the end of the year settle up with whatever you might owe the feds (after taking the expat deduction if it applies to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T07:16:58.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="142" CreationDate="2014-03-13T07:35:29.370" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;When there's no bulk billing, you'll have to pay the fees yourself and you'll later get a rebate of 85% (usually) from Medicare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a health practitioner offers bulk billing, it means that they'll send the bill directly to Medicare, and Medicare will pay the full bill for you. In this case, you won't have to pay anything. Essentially, this means that the health practitioner agrees with Medicare to accept 85% of the schedule fee in full payment for their services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this only applies if you hold Medicare cover (which is not usually the case when you're on a temporary visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T07:35:29.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="146" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="218" CreationDate="2014-03-13T07:51:56.730" Score="42" ViewCount="10869" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my US passport, there's a section entitled &quot;Important Information&quot; located just before the visa pages. Item number 13 deals with circumstances in which one might lose their US citizenship (emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under certain circumstances, you may lose your U.S. citizenship by performing voluntarily, &lt;strong&gt;and with the intention to relinquish U.S. citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, any of the following acts,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, item (4) in the sub enumerated list of things following the comma:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(4) accepting employment with a foreign government&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; understood this phrasing. Under what circumstances would someone's intention to relinquish their citizenship become clear by where they accepted employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I write time keeping software for a foreign government, I risk losing my citizenship? I can't use my skills as a sign language, English and other language interpreter, as these are mostly provided by the local government where I reside?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The clause is quite frankly scary to me, and I'm hoping to understand what precisely it implies by &lt;em&gt;intention&lt;/em&gt; when it comes to employment with a foreign government, which can quite often be availed by non-citizens of that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="203" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T22:16:03.700" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T22:16:03.700" Title="Can I lose my US citizenship for accepting employment with a foreign government?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="100" CreationDate="2014-03-13T07:53:29.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ams.at/sfa/14080_18650.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;seems correct&lt;/a&gt; (click on “Wer?”). The relevant part is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eine gewisse Mindestdauer arbeitslosenversicherungspflichtiger Beschäftigung muss jedenfalls nachgewiesen werden und die Bezugsdauer darf nicht erschöpft sein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Die Mindestbeschäftigungsdauer für den Erwerb eines Anspruches beträgt:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  bei erstmaliger Inanspruchnahme einer Leistung nach dem Arbeitslosenversicherungsgesetz 52 Wochen an arbeitslosenversicherungspflichtiger Beschäftigung innerhalb der letzten 2 Jahre vor der Geltendmachung des Anspruches,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bei weiteren Inanspruchnahmen des Arbeitslosengeldes 28 Wochen an arbeitslosenversicherungspflichtiger Beschäftigung innerhalb des letzten Jahres vor der Geltendmachung des Anspruches.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rough translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A certain minimum duration in an activity covered by mandatory unemployment insurance should in any case be documented and the benefit duration should not be exhausted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The minimum activity duration to claim a benefit is: for the first request, 52 weeks within the 2 years before the claim,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For any subsequent request 28 weeks in an activity covered by mandatory unemployment insurance in the year preceding the claim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if you lose your job without fulfilling the requirements for unemployment benefits in Austria is, basically, nothing. These benefits are designed like an insurance and from the perspective of the unemployment insurance system, you simply aren't covered. It would be the same if you exhausted your benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many European countries have some sort of general welfare benefits (typically lower than unemployment benefits) unrelated to previous employment to alleviate poverty (in Austria, it's called &lt;em&gt;Sozialhilfe&lt;/em&gt;). This would automatically “catch” locals who fall out of the unemployment benefit system but is not logically related (and, indeed, in Autria it's administered completely separately on a provincial level). However, it might not necessarily apply to non-citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU citizens should also have access to these benefits on a par with citizens if they lived at least 5 years in the country but before that the rules are more complex and countries are able to set restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T07:14:33.293" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T07:14:33.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T07:57:50.973" Score="8" ViewCount="1041" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen living abroad, do I need to register anywhere that I got married and had children?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do my children automatically get US Citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:41:26.223" Title="Declare marriage and children outside the US?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:04:18.587" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Essentially, there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Saudi_Arabia&quot;&gt;no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt;, and nobody is likely to openly change - indeed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;conversion from Islam to another religion is considered apostasy and&#xA;  punishable by death.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All citizens are considered Muslim by the state (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.persecution.org/category/countries/middle-east/saudi-arabia/&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2008, the Vatican tried to get a Catholic Church built in Saudi Arabia, and had discussions with the Saudi government, but the result was that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pewsitter.com/view_news_id_7306.php&quot;&gt;it was not permitted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that brings us to the Christians (including Catholics) that DO exist in the country.  There are considered to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Saudi_Arabia#Christian_community_today&quot;&gt;more than a million Roman Catholics in the country&lt;/a&gt;, as well as from many others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the above link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Saudi Arabia allows Christians to enter the country as foreign workers&#xA;  for temporary work, but does not allow them to practice their faith&#xA;  openly. Because of that Christians generally only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108492.htm&quot;&gt;worship in secret&#xA;  within private homes.&lt;/a&gt; Items and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108492.htm&quot;&gt;articles belonging to religions&#xA;  other than Islam are prohibited&lt;/a&gt;. These include Bibles, crucifixes,&#xA;  statues, carvings, items with religious symbols, and others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to your question about whether this secret practice is allowed or tolerated? Not so much. They have an entire 'government' organisation - The Saudi Arabian Mutaween (Arabic: مطوعين), or Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (i.e., the religious police) &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Saudi_Arabia#Christian_community_today&quot;&gt;which prohibits the practice of any religion other than Islam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government also doesn't let clergy of other religions into the country for conducting religious services (naturally this means no Christian baptisms, weddings etc by official clergy legally).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if they find someone practising in their homes? International Christian Concern (ICC) protested what it reported as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://books.google.com/books?id=oFmIOWMjYhsC&amp;amp;pg=PA478&amp;amp;dq=%22International%20Christian%20Concern%22&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=cXvyTYWBLcO4tweC8pCRBw&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=4&amp;amp;ved=0CDwQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=%22International%20Christian%20Concern%22&amp;amp;f=false&quot;&gt;2001 detention of 11 Christians in Saudi Arabia, for practicing their religion in their homes&lt;/a&gt;. In June 2004, ICC reported on what it termed a &quot;pogrom-like&quot; crackdown by Saudi police on Christians after media reports of Koran desecration in Guantanamo Bay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T21:58:00.263" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:58:00.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="150" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="158" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:07:42.843" Score="7" ViewCount="640" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process of applying for a Norwegian fødselsnummer can take quite a while. At the same time, everything in Norway is paid by credit card which you cannot get without a bank account which in return requires the fødselsnummer. Are there any possibilities of getting a Norwegian bank account prior to receiving a fødselsnummer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:51:25.503" Title="Getting a bank account without a Norwegian fødselsnummer" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;national-id-number&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:12:53.077" Score="14" ViewCount="1352" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been continuously renewing a short term tourist visa while going through the process of permanent residence for the last few years, which has resulted in the consumption of all available space in my passport for additional stamps and visas. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My passport doesn't expire for another five years, what can I do? Should I just renew it now, even though it's not due to expire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I get my status changed, this isn't an issue, but delays in paperwork and such could continue for months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T10:32:55.520" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T02:27:42.090" Title="My US passport is out of pages for visa stamps, what can I do when out of my home country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="151" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:12:53.077" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;EDIT: As of January 1st, 2016, the US no longer adds additional pages to its passports.  However, when you apply for a passport you may choose to receive a 52-page passport rather than the standard 28-page passport.  Applicants outside the US automatically receive the 52-page passport.  For more information, see the State Department's &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/news/visa-pages-no-longer-issued.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;press release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your US passport isn't set to expire within the year, you can go to any US embassy that offers citizenship services and ask them to insert additional pages. You generally don't need to make an appointment for it, and they can typically do it on the same day, but it's good to call ahead to just make certain. There is also a small fee, so you should be certain to bring that with you in cash. Depending on the country, payment by credit card, local currency, or US dollars may be possible. If you are unsure, contact citizenship services ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual insert is bound by two sort of security grade adhesive strips that cling to two pages in your passport, the first looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bNzuc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second is a clear strip, similar to packing tape. You get a total of 12 extra pages. It's like taking the cover and spine off a small book, and putting it into a bigger one. For an additional fee, a maximum of two additional sets of pages (total 24 pages) can be added in a single visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if it &lt;em&gt;looks&lt;/em&gt; like you're going to run out of pages, get this done while you still have a little room or the insert itself is going to need to go over top of stamps you'd probably want as keepsakes later. Many countries will refuse to issue entry permission if there aren't sufficient pages left in your passport (some countries requiring up to 6 blank pages), so be sure to check the regulations of any countries you will visit to ensure that you have enough pages to enter the destination country, and re-enter your country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your passport &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; set to expire within (or close to within) the year, just renew it instead, the consulate at the embassy will probably ask you to do so anyway when you visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T02:27:42.090" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T02:27:42.090" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="66" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:14:50.380" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can generally chose to be a resident or not while living somewhere else. Whether you are considered a resident and for what purpose depends on local law. Some countries (e.g. France, UK) will simply consider you a resident based on how long you stayed somewhere. Others (e.g. Germany, the Netherlands) have mandatory registration systems but it's not up to you to (de)register or not when you move (you might occasionally get away with staying registered somewhere but that's not quite the same). Also, the country you left will not automatically learn about your new registration so if there is some advantage to staying registered, you might also be able to get away with that but it's probably illegal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Austria, registering within four months of moving is indeed mandatory, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/k257/Seite.2504001.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official government information&lt;/a&gt; on the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, beside avoiding trouble and doing things properly, there is in fact an advantage to making sure your residence in another EU country is documented and recognized. Under EU rules, after five years in the country, you enjoy extensive rights in the host country even beyond those enjoyed by other EU citizens. In some countries, it might also open a path to citizenship for you or your children, if that's something you are interested in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T14:42:12.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T14:42:12.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:25:58.143" Score="5" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to Norway in December but starting employment in January, I am wondering about how one is eligible to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/upload/taxnorway/Brosjyrer/PSA%202012/psa%202012%20-%20standardfradrag%20b.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;standardfradrag for utlanske arbeidstakere&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The brochure claims that one is only allowed to apply the tax in the first two years of residence which, in my book, would include the year of moving. Thus by moving &quot;too early&quot;, I would loose an entire year of tax reduction. However, I wonder if it makes a difference since one only started to work in January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, of course, asked the tax office. They told me they did not really know and I should try to claim the tax reduction which will be refused if I am not eligible to it any more. However, getting a huge bill is not the greatest way of finding out about the actual tax you are supposed to pay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This must have happened before. Any experience on this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T04:05:17.043" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T04:05:17.043" Title="What is the eligibility for Standardfradrag for foreign employees in Norway?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:27:27.520" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verkehrsportal.de/board/index.php?showtopic=24967&quot;&gt;verkehrsportal.de/&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§ 20 Abs. 1 Satz 1 FZV&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In einem anderen Mitgliedstaat der Europäischen Union oder einem&#xA;  anderen Vertragsstaat des Abkommens über den Europäischen&#xA;  Wirtschaftsraum zugelassene Fahrzeuge dürfen vorübergehend am Verkehr&#xA;  im Inland teilnehmen, wenn für sie von einer zuständigen Stelle des&#xA;  anderen Mitgliedstaates oder des anderen Vertragsstaates eine gültige&#xA;  Zulassungsbescheinigung ausgestellt und im Inland kein regelmäßiger&#xA;  Standort begründet ist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Der Begriff &quot;vorübergehend&quot; ist in &lt;strong&gt;§ 20 Abs. 6 FZV&lt;/strong&gt; definiert:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Als vorübergehend im Sinne des Absatzes 1 gilt ein Zeitraum bis zu&#xA;  einem Jahr.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that if you're living in Germany you have to register your car there. If you register it in another EU country, you can drive it up to 1 year in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:27:27.520" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:38:30.363" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;By the book, Mark Mayo's answer is correct. In reality, there are at least a million or two Catholics in Saudi Arabia and I know for a fact that they are practicing their religion in their homes. Of course this happens with low profile and without making it official. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things are much different in Saudi Arabia currently, and as long as things are kept inside homes no one will really care. I know this because I am in Saudi Arabia and I work with Catholics and I have asked this question to some of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:38:30.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="146" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:51:15.807" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.passportsusa.com/law/citizenship/citizenship_779.html&quot;&gt;PassportsUSA.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With respect to loss of nationality, 349(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, is the applicable section of law. Pursuant to 349(a)(4), accepting, serving in, or performing duties of in a foreign government is a potentially expatriating act. In order to come within the Act, &lt;strong&gt;the person must either be a national of that country or take an oath of allegiance in connection with the position&lt;/strong&gt;. Thus, the threshold question is whether the person's actions fall within the scope of this provision. Information used to make this determination may include official confirmation from the foreign government about the person's nationality, and whether an oath of allegiance is required. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addition, the prefatory language of section 349 requires that &lt;strong&gt;expatriating act be performed voluntarily and &quot;with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality&lt;/strong&gt;.&quot; Thus, if it is determined that the person's action falls within the purview of 349(a)(4) INA, an adjudication of the person's intent must be made. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above, among other statements in the same page rules out most of the employment cases in which people are simply working for companies or departments that belong to foreign governments to make a living. Also, the same page gives you the impression that this section generally targets working for foreign militaries or other sensitive departments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T11:00:33.040" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T11:00:33.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="150" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:51:25.503" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It should be possible to open a Norwegian bank account using a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/en/International-pages/Felles-innhold-benyttes-i-flere-malgrupper/Articles/Norwegian-national-ID-numbers/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;D-number&lt;/a&gt;. This is basically a temporary (dummy) ID number for foreigners. There may be other requirements such as country of residence and (large) minimum deposit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it takes time to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brreg.no/blanketter/bin/d_nummer_eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply&lt;/a&gt; for this so if you plan to stay more than six months, you may as well apply for the real ID number (if applicable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:51:25.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T08:52:16.933" Score="8" ViewCount="1193" Body="&lt;p&gt;When one settles in a new country for a new job/life, what are the possible methods to bring in enough money to start, and what is their relative cost? I think the same kind of problems appears no matter the country (bank facilities are relatively similar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed one faces generally a problem: one should pay one to several months of rent in advance, pay for insurance, possibly for a car, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in terms of means of payment, it is usually tricky to get a bank account before arrival and bank cards may have a low ceiling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are the options to bring in relatively large amount of money and what is the relative cost (it is more about knowing an order of magnitude of the cost, like is it adapted for small or large sums of money nothing precise)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T15:06:56.700" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:06:56.700" Title="Options to bring money when arriving in a new country" Tags="&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;currency&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:01:10.837" Score="11" ViewCount="2480" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working as a &quot;highly skilled migrant&quot; (or Kennismigrant) in the Netherlands for a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From time-to-time, I receive requests to do freelance work on the side. How properly (and legally) can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a special permit from the tax office? Do I need an additional bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to invoice the clients from on personal account until some maximum earning limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-11-30T09:00:44.123" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T08:40:41.000" Title="Combining freelance work with Kennismigrant work permit in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:06:21.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canarian Islands as one example. I enjoyed the Tenerife one. They are considered a Spanish territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here we need to be specific about visiting &quot;as EU citizen&quot; VS &quot;as EU residence permit holder&quot;. As Example, Gibraltar one can visit being EU citizen only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:06:21.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:06:53.160" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia has an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union&quot;&gt;excellent article about these regions&lt;/a&gt;. The French DOM and Saint-Martin are part of the EU (albeit outside Schengen) and EU citizens can settle there without restriction. The Azores, Madeira and the Canary islands have a similar status. Together they are called “outermost regions” and EU law, including the free movement of persons, applies there by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For territories falling in the “Overseas countries and territories” (OCT) category, which includes other French territories, UK dependencies, the Dutch Antilles, and Greenland, freedom of movement doesn't automatically apply. But these regions are free to opt-in so the applicable rules vary on a case-by-case basis. For example, I know that Dutch territories do  impose restrictions on free movement even for Dutch citizens. By contrast, the French island of Saint-Barthélémy recently became an OCT &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.senat.fr/ue/pac/E5608.html&quot;&gt;but does not restrict free movement of persons for EU citizens&lt;/a&gt; (the change allows the island to set its own customs regime, distinct from that of the EU, and trade more easily with the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T00:35:03.467" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T00:35:03.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:09:28.590" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My experience in Germany was different then &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13/buying-car-in-germany-as-eu-citizen/155#155&quot;&gt;@Dirty-flow answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in Germany for about 1 year and I drove a car registered in Romania, with Romanian plates and Romanian insurance and green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I knew I can drive up to 6 months, I went to the local Police to ask about my legal options to drive the car, and they told me I do not have to register the car in Germany, that from the Police point of view I can legally drive it for unlimited time as long as the car is legally registered and has a green card released by another EU member state. They also told me to ask to the Tax office because there might be some taxes involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have some friends in Denmark in the same situation and they have to pay around 6 - 9 Euro/month to be able to use their Romanian registered car there (this was 3-4 year ago, so laws might be different now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say the best way is to ask to the Police station and the Tax office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="112" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:10:14.097" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="120" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:15:47.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in South Africa and lived there 16 years. I moved to Europe Poland and England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me 3-5 years to acclimate, in each country. What this means, I had to catch up with all the strains of flu and bacteria that others are immune to. I got very sick, 2 to 5 times a year and landed up in hospital with meningitis symptoms but got better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are most vulnerable between summer-winter and winter-summer, when humidity and heat fluctuate, causing bacteria and virus to grow out of control.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have hay fever, you should prepare yourself before hand with prescription antihistamine. In Poland I was highly allergic to specific grass pollen that only grows in the region and had to use horse tranquilisers. In UK, most my sinus issues are gone and over the counter stuff works fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other obvious things is check vaccinations you need, malaria maps, dangerous animals to watch out for, spiders, snakes, yeti. Sign up at your hospital and clinics, and make sure you know how to get there in case of emergency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:15:47.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="148" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:17:49.190" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to register your marriage, and you don't have to register your children. Children of US citizens born abroad are considered citizens, however if you want it to be official and for them to get passports then you &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; need to go to the embassy with your children (having your spouse as well is a good thing), along with the forms and proofs needed for a consular report of a birth abroad, passport application and photos (make sure you get them in the right dimensions!), and social security card application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every embassy has a web page that will show you the process, you can find yours &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usembassy.gov/index.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118" LastEditorUserId="111" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:10:42.313" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:10:42.313" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="166" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="215" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:17:58.543" Score="6" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I win a resident visa through the Greencard Lottery? Should I go to a US Embassy or can I apply online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:45:09.977" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:45:09.977" Title="How can I get a US Greencard through the Diversity Visa Program?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:19:21.570" Score="11" ViewCount="1006" Body="&lt;p&gt;When one wants to move across the Atlantic, from France to the US, what is authorized and what are the options to bring in a lot of stuff?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not talking about furniture but about large suitcases. I expect to pack 3 to 4 large suitcases. I am worried about the cost of extra luggage on the plane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other options, like is shipping separately my stuff allowed? and is it possible at a reasonable cost (I am mostly wondering about the relative cost between the plane and the shipping options, if prices are really different). Do cruises have higher luggage allowance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T09:36:54.850" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T06:44:33.200" Title="Bringing or shipping all my stuff" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;luggage&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="159" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:20:58.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer might depend on the two countries you are changing, but usually you can do anything you'd do when traveling to an other country for longer terms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two main options I think are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cash: Just bring enough cash in the country. This is probably the most easiest way, but you have to be careful not to get them stolen. Also each country usually have a limit on the money you can bring into the country, that doesn't need to be declared, so bringing more might mean they can get taxed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Debit / credit card of your home country: If you don't demolish all ties in your home country it is possible that you're still going to have a bank account and possibly also a debit / credit card in your home country's bank. Some banks allow your card to be used abroad, meaning you can simply just use it to pay some of your bills / living costs. Please note that you have to check the fees your bank might put on foreign transactions, as they might be substantially higher than what you used to, but there are exceptions, like using an EUR card inside an other country in the Eurozone. If your bank doesn't allow your card to be used abroad it might still be useful to check for a bank in your home country (as it's easier to open an account there) that has good conditions on using your card abroad. Also having access to your account via netbanking is useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:20:58.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="169" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6918" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:25:56.903" Score="27" ViewCount="12964" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get an English citizenship you usually have to take the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test/overview&quot;&gt;Life in the UK Test&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. Apart from reading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1240167&amp;amp;ProductID=9780113413409&amp;amp;Action=Book&amp;amp;TRACKID=002353&quot;&gt;handbook&lt;/a&gt;, what can I do to get prepared for this test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T23:54:05.390" Title="What can I expect in the &quot;Life in the UK Test&quot;" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="179" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:26:20.490" Score="8" ViewCount="755" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is going on exchange under the Erasmus programme in Germany. She is a EU-citizen and has EHIC card. Does she need another health insurance or is the EHIC card enough for her stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:35:47.700" Title="Is EHIC card enough for Erasmus students in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;erasmus&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:26:24.663" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that US citizens may also be required to file &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taxesforexpats.com/articles/expat-tax-rules/state-taxes-expat-tax-return.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;state tax&lt;/a&gt; returns as well. It depends on the state but some will try to hold on to you until you've cut all your ties and don't expect to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taxesforexpats.com/articles/expat-tax-rules/state-taxes-expat-tax-return.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.taxesforexpats.com/articles/expat-tax-rules/state-taxes-expat-tax-return.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;for some details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111" LastEditorUserId="111" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:31:24.307" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:31:24.307" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="172" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="210" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:27:18.387" Score="19" ViewCount="101588" Body="&lt;p&gt;My driver's license expired last autumn (September 2013).  I hadn't used the license/driven anywhere in several years at the time that it expired, but now I'm thinking of using it again for short trips/rentals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could wait until I'm back in the States again to renew, but I don't have plans to go back in the near future.  I could also get a local driving license, but I'm currently living in Germany and colleagues have told me this is a rather expensive ordeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The license was issued in Pennsylvania, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/renew-license.php&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;DMV website&lt;/a&gt; has this to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Expired License&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although you can't legally drive on an expired license, the state doesn't currently have any firm restrictions on how long you have to renew an expired license without facing additional consequences, so long as your license has not been suspended or revoked. But you may be issued a traffic ticket if you drive without a valid driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to renew your expired license by following the methods outlined below. If you need to check on your license status, you can always buy a copy of your driving record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However all the 'normal' methods of renewing a license require you to be in the state as you are sent a camera card which needs to be taken to the DMV in person.  Does any one have experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-08-31T05:54:46.870" Title="How to renew a US driver's license when living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="120" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:27:37.100" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plan your move to avoid strong temperature differences&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i.e. Don't move from a Southern-Summer into a Northern winter, or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved from Monaco (Mediterranean, Seaside) to Novosibirsk, (Continental, Siberia) for a year of study abroad. But I did it in the late summer, when the temperature difference wasn't so great. Thus I had the natural flow of the seasons to get used to the climate difference. In that year I experienced days of 45°C in the summer and -45° in the winter. I only got sick when I came back from being home for two weeks in March and I entered the plane in 20°C and left it in -20°C. That was a bit too quick a change for my body to handle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:27:37.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:28:31.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved from the US to the UK I found it was much cheaper to use my baggage allotment on the airplane and ship the rest by air freight. It takes a few days more but it is much more economical as excess baggage charges on the airlines are astronomical! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:28:31.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="175" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="394" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:29:49.697" Score="10" ViewCount="645" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of moving to France quite soon, and based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/84/how-to-open-bank-account-in-france-if-i-dont-have-address-of-residence-yet&quot;&gt;this question on opening a French bank account&lt;/a&gt;, I've some idea of what'd be involved in opening a new account there. However, I already have a Euro denominated bank account from a different European country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to just keep using my existing Euro bank account? Or will I have problems with French specific ways of paying bills, landlords only accepting bank references from French banks, credit checks etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T23:04:10.443" Title="As a new arrival in France, will I have problems using a non-French Euro bank account?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="103" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:29:49.760" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, you are getting your unemployment benefits from your country of residence. To be eligible, however, you must usually stay in that country (they send you job offers, check on you etc.). This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; transferable to another EU country, i.e., you can't just move to a different country and start getting the support there. Nevertheless, as Gaël Laurans points out in his comment it is possible to have that money sent also to another country. Just keep in mind to follow the procedure in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/finding-job-abroad/transferring-unemployment-benefits/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; - it is still important that you can be reached by the corresponding national employment authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117" LastEditorUserId="117" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T13:15:31.203" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:15:31.203" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:30:24.683" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally found the life in the UK test to be pretty easy. I was done in 5 minutes, and so were 90% of the people in the room, so it's not likely to be a huge difficulty for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for studying simply read a copy of The life in the uk book, which is the official guide to the test published by the UK government. Every question asked on the test comes from the first chapter of the book, so all you need to do is read that and know that material. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118" LastEditorUserId="118" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T11:33:31.840" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T11:33:31.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="172" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:33:04.767" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not in Pennsylvania, but in NY I had the same issue. I simply renewed when I was in town visiting family. It's generally easier to just get a driver's license in the country you are in and drive with that when back in the states, foreign drivers' licenses are honored, and you can rent cars with them no problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:33:04.767" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="170" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:35:47.700" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Erasmus, the EHIC card from the home country is enough. During her stay, your friend is still officially registered as a student in your home country so that is where she is registered for health insurance. In addition, EHIC card entitles one to necessary health care in all EU countries so she is covered in case of an emergency. Still, it can be a good idea to get a complete medical checkup before leaving as that is something that is not, to my knowledge, covered in other EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:35:47.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:41:02.117" Score="5" ViewCount="712" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the EU, for EU nationals, there is a right to &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&quot;&gt;freedom of movement&lt;/a&gt;, which (slightly simplified) means you can visit, live and work in any other EU country. Depending on the country you go to, you can't always just rock up and stay there without doing anything, as there are things like &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=474&amp;amp;langId=en&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; which means that in some countries, you may have to register. (There's also the whole tax thing that gets involved if you stay too long, but that's a different question!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU national, if I move to France, what are the rules about registering? Specifically, how long do I have to do it, where do I go, and what do I have to take with me when I go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T17:30:40.027" Title="As an EU national moving to France, what are the rules about registering?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:44:21.730" Score="10" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (Polish citizen) and I (German citizen) are in family planning now. We are both employed in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to spend a year or two living and working in India, and we thought that it would be practical to combine that with me or my wife taking paternity/maternity leave from our job in Germany. Thus we could have some stable base-income when going to India, and we would have at least one job waiting for us when we came back. Is this idea workable or would some laws restrict this plan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any experience with going abroad while on parental leave is appreciated :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T09:51:34.253" Title="Do I sacrifice benefits if leave the country when on maternity/paternity leave?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="182" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="337" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:48:14.413" Score="8" ViewCount="448" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/voting_australia.htm&quot;&gt;compulsory voting&lt;/a&gt; in federal elections, by-elections and referendums. With a few exceptions, if you're an Australian citizen resident in Australia, you have to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move abroad, you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/overseas/index.htm&quot;&gt;can still register and vote&lt;/a&gt; from overseas, as long as you're planning to come back within 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say you've been gone longer than that, living abroad as an expat, but you're back in Australia during an election. How does compulsory voting work in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T04:05:22.643" Title="How does compulsory voting work in Australia, if you're not normally resident, but back during an election?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="159" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:51:26.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cheapest option is to bring the money in moneybag with you, but it's the most risky one (you can get robbed). There are also limitations how much money you can bring in cash, but it's the case when you travel with &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; big sums. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only cost in that case is the money exchange cost (if apply). For example, when exchanging PLN to EUR in Poland by Kantor, the split is usually about 2-2,5%. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to leave your bank account in your country of origin and pay it out in ATM. The exchange rates are then usually on your disadvantage, and you pay ATM fee. In my case it was about 5% of money value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Western Union and similar, as far as I known, charge also about 5%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably the cheapest safe option would be to transfer money via systems like PayPal to trusted person in the destination country, because they charge about 1,5% for taking off money, and don't charge for transfer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically (within EU) SEPA transfers should be the cheapest options, but it's not fully implemented yet, and a year ago I was charged 8 Euro for transfering 10 Euro... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:51:26.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:57:23.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often shipping rates between countries are very different (shipping equivalent boxes to the US from the UK, France and Germany for example), so you'd probably do well to check the prices first - and when checking the prices for shipping, take into account that you'll probably want to 'deluxe' option - tracking at the least and probably insurance, etc.  Write all the options down before you look at the alternatives so you have a good basis of comparison.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past I've shipped things from one country to another and at the end of the day cheaper cost isn't worth it if you end up with missing things.  If you go this route, be sure you either only ship things you would be comfortable losing, or pay the money to have them as insured/tracked/protected as is possible.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Airlines often allow you to buy one or two extra bags for a reasonable fee (50 Euro/bag) if you buy in advance and online.  I've found the best option (in terms of both finances and security) to be taking what you can on the plane and shipping the rest.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:57:23.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:58:14.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to France back in 2003. Based on this I asked a question where in the EU, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/48/in-which-eu-country-does-an-eu-citizen-need-a-resident-permit&quot;&gt;EU citizens need a resident permit.&lt;/a&gt; Back in 2003 I didn't need to do anything other then a local. My Dutch identification papers were considered equal to the French papers. &#xA;This isn't the case in my current country of resident (Belgium) where I am obliged to cary a resident permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best source for detailed information is the city hall. I went to l'hotel de ville in Paris, Place de l'Hôtel de ville. If you are located in Paris, for the location alone I would recommend going there. There is a specific department dealing with administration for foreigners, ask for “info de carte de sejour”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that the response are not always “customer friendly”, but if you can see through the rudeness of the civil servant in question, the information provided is quite accurate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are renting a place in France you also might want consult the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.caf.fr/aides-et-services/s-informer-sur-les-aides/logement-et-cadre-de-vie/les-aides-au-logement-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CAF&lt;/a&gt;. They provide the “aide personnalisée au logement” or APL. This is a subsidy on renting. Not everybody is eligble, but they check if all requirements for foreigners are met. The added benefit of going to the CAF is that you might end up with some financial help in paying your rent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:10:29.620" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="207" CreationDate="2014-03-13T09:59:19.440" Score="9" ViewCount="2773" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to move to United Kingdom and I already know that I want to get a citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I prepare in advance so I can spread the cost over before applying. Are there any tests to get a citizenship. Do I need to earn a certain salary to qualify? Does my nationality or ethnic origin affect the processes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Assuming that all my Visas are current and I am allowed to work in UK.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:30:11.890" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T15:55:48.937" Title="How do I get a British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:09:38.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is only a partial answer, but you could consider going there by freight ship. There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cargoshipcruises.nl/united-states--canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travel agencies&lt;/a&gt; that offer cabins on cargoships. On a cabin you can bring quite some luggage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shipping separately is also an option and sometime quite interesting if you manage to find a handler. Sometimes they offer in terms of volumes and not in weight. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a related question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/10934/141&quot;&gt;travel.se&lt;/a&gt; with a elaborate review of options &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:09:38.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="172" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:12:06.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;NY doesn't allow renewal online - you have to show up to get it. I think its easier to get a local license and (I could be wrong but I believe that) most countries will even issue you International License based on that local one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Thailand, I obtained a Thai driver's license just by showing my (unexpired) NY license. They honored car and motorcycle but gave me 2 separate licenses, one for each class. The charge was $7 and I was done in 1 hour. The first one they give you is good for a year and if you show up before it expires, they issue you the next one for 5 years. Same price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:12:06.047" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:12:22.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of 2014, a “carte de séjour” is not required for EU citizens. Straight from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/Immigration/Le-droit-au-sejour-des-ressortissants-europeens/Le-droit-de-sejour-des-citoyens-de-l-Union-europeenne-et-des-membres-de-leur-famille&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;horse's mouth&lt;/a&gt; (see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12017.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Il n'est pas soumis à l'obligation de détenir de titre de séjour, ni une autorisation de travail mais, s'il le souhaite, un titre de séjour lui est délivré.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, there is no blanket registration system in France (i.e. locals don't have to report anywhere when moving, unlike many other EU countries) so no need to do anything (but obviously taxes and health insurance will require some paperwork too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also mean than when you move, you have to take care of reporting your new address to the different parts of the administration yourself. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R11193.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;useful service on service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; that can be used to inform the tax office, big utilities, the social security/pension/welfare organizations and the department in charge of motor vehicles of your new address all at once but unfortunately, it's only available if you are moving &lt;em&gt;within France&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-29T16:42:07.437" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T16:42:07.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="48" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:18:08.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Andrew Lott is completely correct that in principle a residence &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt; isn't required but even if you don't need one, some countries do require you to get a special registration card for EU citizens. The most important practical difference with a regular permit is that you can't be asked to leave or be expelled if you fail to get one but you can still face a heavy fine (“proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions” in the language of the relevant EU directive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official EU website provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;country-by-country information&lt;/a&gt; for most member states. Based on these pages, as of October 2014, it seems that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Czech Republic, France, and the UK do not mandate any form of registration as such (although it's difficult to live in a country without being liable for some taxes and then you do need to register with the tax office at some point)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden merely have generic registration requirements (you can typically get a resident card – not anymore in Germany though – at the same time but it does not seem mandatory) that apply in the same way to the locals and to other EU citizens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Portugal, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, Ireland (this one was very theoretical when I lived there), Hungary, Lithuania (see the comment by @SamiKuhmonen), Estonia, Finland, and Denmark have some form of mandatory residence card or registration system for EU citizens (and sometimes a mandatory population register too)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bulgaria also has some registration requirement that I don't quite understand (but see the comment by @randunel for details) and Croatia provided information in Croatian only (although &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mup.hr/UserDocsImages/Dokumenti/stranci/2013/obrazac_1b.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt; does suggest you do need to register somewhere).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amusingly, the website has information on these 21 countries and mentions the fact that there is no information from 6 others (Austria – definitely some mandatory registration there, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia) but it omits Belgium entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of France, the civil servant you talked to was probably wrong as official sources suggest that you should be able to get a “titre de séjour” if you want one. For example, on the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/Immigration/Le-droit-au-sejour-des-ressortissants-europeens/Le-droit-de-sejour-des-citoyens-de-l-Union-europeenne-et-des-membres-de-leur-famille&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of the Interior&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Il n'est pas soumis à l'obligation de détenir de titre de séjour, ni une autorisation de travail mais, s'il le souhaite, un titre de séjour lui est délivré.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-18T07:15:04.103" LastActivityDate="2015-06-18T07:15:04.103" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:18:52.107" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved from South Africa to Poland I segregated my belongings. This varies if you are a single or married with children. I was single.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I buy this in Poland cheaply enough to leave behind in ZA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clothes, underwear, boots.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basically I took the clothes on me and some 2 pair of clean underwear.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this expensive, fragile and irreplaceable&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notebooks, jewelry, family related things, important documents, birth certificate, passports, ID's, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep you bank account open and withdraw money on the other side. DO not take large amounts of cash with you. Just a few hundred bucks to keep you going.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take it with you into hand luggage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this irreplaceable but NOT urgent for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Photo albums, gifts and sentimental items&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Packed into a big box, taped and sealed it very well, and posted with the post office using a tracked, but land/sea freight that takes 2-4 months. On about 30kg it cost me slightly less than checked in baggage- But I did not need to carry it around with me. Send it to a friend.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Find a charity shop, 2nd hand cloth shop or markets on the other side to stock up on some clothes before you get your first pay check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="22" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T10:29:49.470" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:29:49.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="186" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:20:37.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Considering you don't have any ties with Britain at the moment (like a British husband or wife), you are aged over 18, and you are not eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Registration&lt;/a&gt;, the following are the ususal things you need to do. This is called Naturalization. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to live in the UK for five years to be eligible to apply, and you also need one year being in Permanent Resident on Indefinite Leave to Remain status. (this is reduced to three years if your spouse is already a British citizen).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;prove&lt;/a&gt; that you can speak English.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You also need to take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Life in the UK test&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to pay the fees for Naturalization. You can read about all the fees &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261456/nationality-fees.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in this document&lt;/a&gt;. As of 6 April 2013 the cost of a Naturalization £874 (£1550 for a joint application). If you are eligible for Registration it only cost £753&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to be in Good Character, so if you get convicted for any reason, you need to be in the country for a longer time to be eligible for citizenship, or be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/british-citizenship-good-character-requirement-faqs-t136725.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;refused forever&lt;/a&gt; (if your conviction is for more than 4 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read more about getting a British Citizenship on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;government's site.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-12-10T15:55:48.937" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T15:55:48.937" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="707" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:23:49.590" Score="13" ViewCount="1378" Body="&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, we now have the SEPA system, which should allow low-cost money transfers between bank accounts within the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About a year ago, I asked my German bank (Postbank) about the costs of money transfer to Poland. I was informed that if I give the IBAN number of a Polish account, no money will be charged. I've transferred a test sum of 10 Euro, and was charged a 8 Euro fee. Both banks denied taking that fee. The Polish bank claimed no fee should be charged if I explicitly select the SEPA option, but Postbank doesn't allow that (they claim they detect SEPA transfers automatically).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'd like to transfer a larger sum, and I'd like to avoid such pitfalls. Do I have any real possibility to learn about such fees before doing any transfer? What claims do I have in case such fee is taken from me, although it was promised not to be taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="10018" LastEditDate="2021-03-13T11:14:00.640" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T11:14:00.640" Title="Avoiding pitfalls when transfering money between banks within the EU (Germany ⟶ Poland)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="17" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="195" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="326" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:27:28.297" Score="8" ViewCount="740" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in Germany and I have a Bulgarian driving license. Can I get the so called &lt;em&gt;Points in Flensburg&lt;/em&gt; for driving offences if I don't have a German driving license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T19:16:17.957" Title="Can I lose my EU driving license in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:30:22.087" Score="10" ViewCount="1768" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Belgium it is election time and politicians are trying to show that they are standing strong. In a recent newspaper articles it was mentioned that the current minister of immigration was successful in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/942/Economie/article/detail/1797270/2014/02/20/Belgie-wil-af-van-arme-Nederlanders.dhtml&quot;&gt;deporting &quot;poor&quot; Dutch (link in Dutch)&lt;/a&gt;. Is this just propaganda or do EU governments have the power to deny entry to other EU citizens and on what grounds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would hypothesise that even if the authorities would make my current resident permit invalid they have no grounds to deny my free movement based on Schengen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T21:45:29.683" Title="On what grounds can an EU country deny entry to other EU citizens?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="197" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:38:23.783" Score="4" ViewCount="987" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I only have Polish passport and Polish ID and live in UK but both my Polish documents expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to renew my any Polish document if I need to travel again? &#xA;I do not have any British identification at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T11:09:20.000" Title="What happens if all my identification documents expire abroad?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="197" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:49:50.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a national of any country you can go to your nearest consulate or embassy and get your expired passport renewed, for a fixed fee, without providing any other valid identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need any other valid identification, as the expired passport already contains your identification numbers and will be reverified when a new one is created. You can pay extra to expedited the process or apply for an emergency passport which may be issued the same day or within 48 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have lost all your ID's and passports, you must go to the nearest embassy, where the process is completely different and slightly unpleasant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:49:50.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="197" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:49:59.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK and other authorities will need you to procure another ID for any official purposes, including traveling. If you still have recently expired documents, renewing them is much easier and it might even be possible to travel in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't, your country's consular network should help you (same thing if you have only one ID and you lose it). Depending on how your country works, they can do that by asking personal details and checking with the relevant local authorities back home (e.g. look up your biometric details in a national file, find out if there is someone matching your details in the registry of births, getting others to vouch for you, etc.) Registering with your embassy beforehand, if your country offers it, might also simplify things down the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T11:09:20.000" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T11:09:20.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="195" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:53:05.720" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Actually, if the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrszentralregister&quot;&gt;Verkehrszentralregister&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (the formal name of that well-known entity in Flensburg) issues an order to prohibit you from driving on German roads once you have reached a threshold of points, they might even inform your country of residence to collect your driving license and place a note there that you are prohibited from driving in Germany for a period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:53:05.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="196" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:54:39.163" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Denying entry and denying residency (let alone deporting) are two very different things in EU law. It's extremely difficult to deny entry to EU citizens (it's only possible for “public policy, public security or public health” reasons) but you can still refuse the right to settle to people who don't work and are unable to support themselves, even within the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think there is much the Belgian authorities can do in theory or in practice to prevent these Dutch people from crossing the border again. Arguably, deporting (or giving financial incentives to leave as some other states have done) would therefore be a bit futile in this case as it costs a lot of money and the person can still come back almost immediately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most relevant is the fact that people who have been asked to leave might be denied all sorts of benefits the locals enjoy. On the other hand, if a person does have permanent residency rights (i.e. they worked in the country for 5 years before becoming poor and unemployed), then even asking them to leave or denying help if they become unable to support themselves financially is difficult (that's what's “permanent” about those rights, they are not contingent on the person's situation anymore).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these reasons, physical detention and deportation is very unlikely, perhaps even impossible, but formally asking someone to leave might still make sense. The point is to ensure sure these people do not get any benefits and, of course, being seen as “doing something” for political purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, all this is mostly unrelated to Schengen. For example, the same rules apply to the UK (including very extensive rights to enter the country for EU citizens) even if the UK still actively polices her borders and issues her own visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;What does European Union “freedom of movement” means?&lt;/a&gt; on the Politics Q&amp;amp;E site for some background on the legal basis for all this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T21:45:29.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:54:54.803" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been using my non-french EU bank account in France without any problem while residing there in 2003 and 2004. I was able to pay at all terminals with the CB (&lt;em&gt;carte bleue&lt;/em&gt;) logo as much that I was able to do money transfers at no cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a French bank account, because my salary payments required it and for receiving CAF payments. An additional benefit of a French bank account is that they still use cheques. For a mode of payment that feels like being so 20th century, they are still quite handy in France. Especially in paying rent or when traveling through France and paying for lodging. I still frequently visit France and I really miss those cheques then.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:10:00.453" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:10:00.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-03-13T10:56:43.717" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of free websites that provide sample tests. I cannot find anything on the sites suggesting that they are official copies of the test, but the questions are similar to what is in the official handbook. One such site, that I am not affiliated with, is: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theuktest.com/life-in-the-uk-test/1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.theuktest.com/life-in-the-uk-test/1&lt;/a&gt;. An example question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these forts were part of Hadrian's Wall?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Choose any 2 answers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ ] Housesteads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ ] Skara Brae&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ ] Sutton Hoo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ ] Vindolanda&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:56:43.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="211" CreationDate="2014-03-13T11:02:35.597" Score="11" ViewCount="337" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and will be moving back to the US from the UK. I will be leaving the UK the day my visa expires and arriving in the US 2 weeks prior to my job starting in the US. What type of health insurance do I need to provide cover similar to what the NHS provides for myself and my family for the 2 weeks that I am unemployed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T08:47:04.123" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T08:47:04.123" Title="What type of health insurance is needed to provide basic coverage when moving from the UK to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;repatriation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T11:09:27.297" Score="11" ViewCount="2432" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just started researching how to rent in France, and I've found a few references to needing something called a &quot;dossier&quot;. When I've mentioned to a someone French where I was planning to move to, he said &quot;ah, you'll be fine, your dossier doesn't need to be nearly as big as for Paris&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems I'm just expected to automatically know what one of these things is... But as someone who isn't isn't French, and new to France, I don't!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is this all-important &quot;dossier&quot;, and how do I go about getting one / putting one together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T14:25:48.247" Title="When trying to rent in France, what is this &quot;dossier&quot; I keep hearing about, and how do I get/produce one?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="205" CreationDate="2014-03-13T11:17:14.310" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;“Dossier” simply means “file” implying all the documents you need to submit or even simply your “case”. It's not something you get and use everywhere but just whatever you need to put together for a given purpose. A little more context would therefore be needed to give more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in the sentence “your dossier doesn't need to be nearly as big as for Paris”, I would interpret that as meaning that landlords won't expect as many guarantees/documents but there is really no canonical list of things you should submit. To a point, it's up to the landlord to decide what they are satisfied with (almost all ask for salary slips, some might want a resume, guarantees from additional people, etc.) &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1169.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is a webpage on what landlords can and cannot ask&lt;/a&gt; (in French).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that all this is the result of the lack of credit rating system and rather restrictive laws on debt recovery and tenant eviction, leaving landlords with a strong need to thoroughly vet potential tenants themselves. In a tight market like Paris, it means they can be very picky and ask for quite a lot of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-19T14:25:48.247" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T14:25:48.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="186" CreationDate="2014-03-13T11:24:47.037" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The guidelines of becoming a British Citizen are pretty straight forward and available &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are different ways to become a British citizen. The most common&#xA;  is called ‘naturalisation’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply for British citizenship by naturalisation if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re 18 or over&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re of sound mind&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re of good character&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’ll continue to live in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must usually also have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK, ie there’s no specific date that you have to leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not broken any immigration laws while in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website goes on to explain that &quot;There are different requirements if your spouse or civil partner is a British citizen.&quot; Those requirements can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer your specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What can I prepare in advance so I can spread the cost over before applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 aspects of getting citizenship that cost money. The first is applying for citizenship (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261456/nationality-fees.pdf&quot;&gt;currently £874&lt;/a&gt;). The second is taking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test&quot;&gt;Life in the UK test&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test&quot;&gt;currently £50&lt;/a&gt;). This can be taken as part of the settlement process. The third is settlement. There are a number of different routes for settlement each with their own costs. Details are at &lt;a href=&quot;https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/settlement/applicationtypes/&quot;&gt;https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/settlement/applicationtypes/&lt;/a&gt;. One route is through SET(O) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270209/forseto.pdf&quot;&gt;currently £1839&lt;/a&gt;). Settlement does not expire so you can space out the settlement and citizenship fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there any tests to get a citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the Life in the UK test mentioned above&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I need to earn over a certain amount yearly to qualify&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not for citizenship per se, but there is often an income requirement to get indefinite leave to remain/settlement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does my nationality or ethnic origin involve different processes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, in general not for citizenship, but can for settlement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T11:24:47.037" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T11:30:02.223" Score="5" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a family member who doesn't have citizenship of a Schengen country. She lives in South America and has no intention in moving to the EU other then regular visits. This is now done on Schengen multiple entry visa. The 90/180 rule and the bureaucracy when the visa needs to be renewed can be time consuming an annoying. Because of a funeral of her father was missed. Currently we have to postpone an invitation because a renewal of her passport required a new Schengen visa, with al the bureaucracy needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since her family all resides in Schengen member states we are wondering if there is some sort of resident permit, which would allow staying in Schengen while at the same time residing in a non-Schengen country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T21:23:08.617" Title="Is there Schengen resident card for non-residents?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:00:46.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For transatlantic flights you generally receive a free baggage allowance of 1 or 2 checked bags depending on the carrier and class of your ticket. The price of additional bags varies with carrier, class, and sometimes route. For &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usairways.com/en-US/traveltools/baggage/baggagepolicies.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Airways&lt;/a&gt; on transatlantic trips one bag is free, the 2nd bag costs $100 and the 3rd and 4th bags would cots $200 each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Baggage allowances on cruises are a bit more relaxed. For example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncl.eu/helpful-information/faqs/#suitcases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NCL&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For your cruise, we recommend bringing up to two pieces of personal luggage, with each piece weighing a maximum of 22 kg. If travelling by air, there can occur different restrictions. So please check the baggage and hand luggage restrictions of your airline. Should your airline allow you to carry more luggage, this will be accepted on board, too... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would of course have to keep your bags in the cabin with you. Cruises are generally more expensive than flights and have less options in terms of timing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ups.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UPS&lt;/a&gt; does international shipping. I made up a shipment from Paris to NYC for a 20 kg parcel and it would cost about 300 EUR and take a week to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:00:46.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="172" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:07:16.537" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dot33.state.pa.us/pdotforms/fact_sheets/fs-pub7215.pdf&quot;&gt;PennDOT&lt;/a&gt; this cannot be done legally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Act 152 of 2002 prohibits PennDOT from issuing or renewing driver license products for any&#xA;  person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you live abroad you are not a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:07:16.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="204" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:28:36.553" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally when changing employer in the US, your old coverage would continue to the end of the month, and the new coverage start the following month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have such an option and don't have a COBRA option as you are returning from the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to take out some private short term insurance of your own to cover this situation, for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uhc.com/individuals_families/health_insurance_plans/short_term_medical.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.uhc.com/individuals_families/health_insurance_plans/short_term_medical.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am sure that most insurance companies will offer similar 'stop gap' insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to contact the insurance company your new employer uses, and negotiate with them for coverage for your break, since you will be signing up with them anyway, it may reduce paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:28:36.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="148" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:30:34.053" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some countries require that you obtain a clearance from your embassy if you wish to marry a citizen of that country. The Philippines is one such country. When I received my clearance, I took an oath in front of a consular that I was not married, and possessed the full legal capacity to enter into a marriage agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll issue you a notarized affidavit, which you present to the agency that controls marriage licenses in the country that you reside. Not all countries require this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding registration, you aren't required to notify them of marriage, but you (yourself) &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; register with the embassy in the country that you reside and keep your contact information with them on file up to date. If something happened that they needed to alert you (political unrest, a threat against US citizens, etc) - they should be able to get in touch with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also report the birth of your child to the US consular as soon as it's convenient for you, your spouse and your child to make your way to the embassy. Most embassies will ask that you call ahead, make an appointment, and will give you a list of requirements. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All of you must be present, with everything on the list of requirements, or the process could be delayed quite a bit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paperwork will be processed, and your child will get his or her passport and consular issued certificate of birth (report of birth abroad) usually via courier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep the following in mind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order for your child to be able to transmit their citizenship to their children, they must reside in the US for four years contiguously after their 14th birthday. Additionally, for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; to be able to transmit your citizenship to them, &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; must have done the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, to answer your question, it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; automatic, provided that you meet the requirements set out by Congress in order to transmit your citizenship. However, your child will not be able to enter the US without a passport, so you'll need to get them set up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="100" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T12:36:31.260" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:36:31.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:34:35.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;short form Polish birth certificate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid ID (a passport will do)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both of you are Polish citizens and never have been married before, then that's it. Things get more complicated if one doesn't have Polish citizenship. In that case foreigner is also required to provide a certificate of eligibility for marriage (note, that this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; same thing as certificate of being single). This certificate can usually be obtained via the consulate of the country in question. Also, if they don't speak Polish, then presence of sworn interpreter is required both when filing the papers and during the wedding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to file documents with Civil Registry Office (Urząd Stanu Cywilnego) of your choosing. There is no requirement that it has to be the one with which you're registered as resident, but it sure makes the paperwork faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once documents are filed and approved, you have to choose a wedding date, that is at least a month later, but no more than 6 months later (in case of civil marriage). In case of religious marriage with civil effects, you'll get certificate valid for 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more question, check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://usc.um.warszawa.pl/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Warsaw's Civil Registry Office FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (unfortunately it's only available in Polish).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T13:20:14.170" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:20:14.170" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="166" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:34:57.830" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to win you have to play.  The US Diversity Lottery applications are only electronic and are open for a short period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DV-2015-Instructions-Translations/DV_2015_Instructions.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;instructions for DV-2015&lt;/a&gt; or go &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DV Lottery Entrance Website&lt;/a&gt;.  The DV-2016 applications will be available no earlier then October 1, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:34:57.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="166" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:35:39.830" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Diversity Visa Program (aka Green Card Lottery) is currently closed. When it is open you must apply online. Information can be found at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DV-2015-Instructions-Translations/DV_2015_Instructions.pdf&quot;&gt;US Dept of State&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Entries for the DV-2015 DV program must be submitted electronically at www.dvlottery.state.gov&#xA;  between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 1, 2013, and noon, Eastern&#xA;  Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Saturday, November 2, 2013. Do not wait until the last week of the&#xA;  registration period to enter, as heavy demand may result in website delays. No late entries or paper&#xA;  entries will be accepted. The law allows only one entry by or for each person during each registration&#xA;  period. The Department of State uses sophisticated technology to detect multiple entries. If you submit&#xA;  more than one entry you will be disqualified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:35:39.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="216" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="229" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:45:27.773" Score="5" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/fr/essentials_moving_to/country_facts/Crime-and-legal-system-in-France_17541.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;expatica.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the French criminal code (code penal) every crime that is committed abroad by a French national is punishable in France. This has allowed the government to prosecute individuals for crimes committed by French citizens regardless of geography. This has included prosecuting individuals for genocide. The law also gives France jurisdiction in cases of genocide where the crime is committed by a non-French national against a French citizen. However, in these cases criminal proceedings can only be initiated by the public prosecutor following a complaint by the victim or their legal successors. Additionally, France’s criminal jurisdiction has international reach based on territorial impact, national security or protection of currency against counterfeiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;American law prevents double jeooardy, I.e. being tried twice for the same crime. If a French national has been extradited and sentenced for a crime committed on American soil, can they also be prosecuted for the same crime by the American government if they return to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T18:34:22.997" Title="Can a French national living in the US be tried twice for the same crime?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="159" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:55:51.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently spent 6 months in another country. Because of a snafu with my bank I ended up not being able any money with me other than a few hundred dollars. I was in Argentina so using the official exchange rate that you would get at a bank meant that I was loosing almost 50% of the money that I would have gotten if I exchanged money at an illegal exchange house on the street!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I ended up doing was sending money to myself using a service called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.xoom.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Xoom&lt;/a&gt;. I hooked it up to my accounts in the states, I'd make a money transfer and I could usually go pick up my cash from a designated exchange place within about 1-2 hours. Plus, they gave me a rate that was closer to what I would have gotten on the street instead of the bank. Most of the countries that Xoom operates in are located in South America with a few countries scattered through Europe and Asia, but I'm sure you can find similar services for the country that you're going to be staying in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a lot of countries place a limit on the amount of cash that you can bring with you. If you try to go through security with a duffel bag that has $40K you're going to have to answer some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:55:51.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="146" CreationDate="2014-03-13T12:56:36.657" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many countries in the world that do not recognize dual nationalities.  So for example: Ukraine.  In order to obtain Ukrainian citizenship you have to give up any other citizenships you may have held, which means that if you want to work for the government in Ukraine in a position which which requires citizenship the normal procedure is that you have to give up your US and/or any other citizenships&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which in turn would also mean that under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-10446.html&quot;&gt;INA 349(a)(4)(A)&lt;/a&gt; you have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(A) accepted, served in, or performed the duties of any office, post, or employment under the government of a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after attaining the age of eighteen years if he has or acquires the nationality of such foreign state; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with the intent of giving up your US citizenship, since there is no other way you would have been able to obtain such a position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reality of stripping someone of their citizenship is much more difficult and convoluted that's why &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_denaturalized_former_citizens_of_the_United_States&quot;&gt;there are not that many&lt;/a&gt; to whom this procedure had been applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T12:56:36.657" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="103" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:00:10.333" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/living_and_working_in_the_internal_market/c10521_en.htm&quot;&gt;Regulation (EC) No 883/2004&lt;/a&gt; that is relevant here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle the workland principle applies. These means that social security from the country where you work is relevant. When you are unemployed it is the social security of the homeland that applies. As @gael already mentioned there is an allowed period where you can live abroad to seek work: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An unemployed person may move to another Member State in order to seek work while retaining entitlement to benefits for three months.&#xA;  The competent services or institutions may extend this period up to a&#xA;  maximum of six months. If the unemployed person does not return on or&#xA;  before the expiry of this period he/she loses all entitlement to&#xA;  benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The distinction between workland and home land might seem to be nonsensical at first sight, but it makes sense if you consider that in the EU many cross borders on a daily base to work. I my self live in one country and work in the other. For all the social security, while I am working I need to consult the social security in my working country. If however I become unemployed, I need to consult the social security of the country where I reside. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:00:10.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="230" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:05:26.780" Score="4" ViewCount="2008" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a dual citizenship, South African and Polish, but I live in the UK now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that my children will be automatically citizens of Britain, as my friends already had children, but will my children also be entitled to either of the other nationalities, giving them instant triple nationalities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:27:26.017" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T16:27:26.017" Title="Which nationality are my children entitled to?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="227" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:07:43.197" Score="5" ViewCount="1607" Body="&lt;p&gt;To receive money from Alaska's permanent fund dividend, you must be an Alaskan resident for at least a year. Does this imply that you must be a naturalized US citizen as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T13:41:31.127" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T22:17:24.033" Title="Do you have to be a US citizen to receive the Alaskan Permanent Fund Dividend" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;alaska&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="204" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:09:58.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you are prone to injuries or have pre-existing conditions that require medications or hospitalizations I would recommend you not get any for that gap.  In most states there are Urgent Care centers, like the one at &lt;a href=&quot;http://urgentcare.med.nyu.edu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NYU&lt;/a&gt;, which are basically walk-in clinics that allow you to see a doctor get medications and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do feel that you still want to get insurance I would recommend getting travel insurance instead of the short term medical because the minimum duration of the medical is 30 days and it may cost you more.  Companies like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travelguard.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TravelGuard&lt;/a&gt; will provide you short term medical insurance for the duration of your travel, which would be 2 weeks and won't cost a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:09:58.027" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="220" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:17:01.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, there shouldn't be a problem with Poland, however they would need a special permission to maintain their South African citizenship while holding another. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case you would most probably still need to register your children at the respective embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T06:54:30.103" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T06:54:30.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:22:53.250" Score="6" ViewCount="1500" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone to the BI and obtained my ACR I-Card, but I've subsequently moved. Do I just need to go back to the BI in order to register my change of address? Am I required to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T19:59:09.897" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T19:59:09.897" Title="How do I notify the Philippine Bureau Of Immigration of my new address?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="224" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:22:53.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you're required to notify the BI of any address changes, or you might be liable for administrative fines. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to bring some documents with you, which you'll need to do a little leg work in order to produce. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to obtain a certificate of residence from your &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punong_Barangay&quot;&gt;Barangay Captain&lt;/a&gt;, who will want a copy of your contract of sale or lease. Ask your property manager / land lord who that is if unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A photocopy of your passport (bio data page, visa implementation page and the page with your stamp for your latest arrival to the country). They do have copiers on site, but you face lines, copiers breaking down, etc. Just get your copies ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make sure you have this, or you'll have fought your way through traffic in vein.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there, take your paperwork, your original ACR I-card and your passport to the &lt;em&gt;Main&lt;/em&gt; (not the smaller satellites) Immigration office, and ask for the renewal/re-issuance form. Complete that, have it examined along with your other paperwork to make sure it's correct, and you'll be sent to the cashier to pay the fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get the receipt, make a photocopy of it, then give them the original, along with all of your paperwork and your original card - and your change will be processed, your new card will usually be ready in 10 or so days (they give you a number to call).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get there early, around 8:30 AM, and this won't take long. If you're going to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intramuros&quot;&gt;Intramuros&lt;/a&gt;, just reserve the day - you'll want to explore this incredibly old and interesting part of the city once you're done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:22:53.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:28:12.233" Score="19" ViewCount="1317" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the single market and many of the EU directives that apply are there any benefits other then patriotism or nationalism that would advocate for having two or more EU citizenships?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2017-01-01T12:42:32.517" LastActivityDate="2017-01-01T12:42:32.517" Title="Is there any benefit in having two EU nationalities?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="221" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:29:36.057" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to their website, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://pfd.alaska.gov/Eligibility/EligibilityRequirements&quot;&gt;requirements for eligibility&lt;/a&gt; are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://pfd.alaska.gov/Eligibility/EstablishingResidency&quot;&gt;resident of Alaska&lt;/a&gt; during all of calendar year 2013;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On the date I apply for the 2014 Permanent Fund Dividend, I have the intent to remain an Alaska resident indefinitely;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have not claimed residency in any other state or country or obtained a benefit as a result of a claim of residency in another state or country at any time since December 31, 2012;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I was not:&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Sentenced as a result of a felony conviction during 2013;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Incarcerated at any time during 2013 as the result of a felony conviction; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Incarcerated at any time during 2013 as the result of a misdemeanor conviction in Alaska if convicted of a prior felony or two or more prior misdemeanors since January 1, 1997&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If absent from Alaska for more than 180 days, I was absent on an allowable absence; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I was physically present in Alaska for at least 72 consecutive hours at some time during 2012 or 2013.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://pfd.alaska.gov/Content/StatsAndRegs/2014StatandRegWeb.pdf&quot;&gt;full regulations&lt;/a&gt; define a resident as (page 32):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person establishes residency in the state by being physically present in the state with the intent to remain in the state indeﬁnitely and to make a home in the state&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No mention is made of a requirement to be a US citizen in order to be eligible, implying that it is not a requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:29:36.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:32:52.213" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Inside the EU, they should have the same benefits, so if you don't plan on leaving the EU, it should not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However countires outside of the EU doesn't look at the EU as a single country, so they can have different (reciprocal) agreements. This includes getting tourist and also work visas outside of the EU. In this case you might get some benefit of having multiple citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example if you get a British cizienship you also become a citizen in one of the Commonwealth countries, making it easier to travel to other Commonwealth nations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An other example is the Visa Waiver Program in the USA, which means that for some countries you don't need to get a visa to travel to the USA for short term. Poland is still not inside this program, but most other EU countries are, so if you only have a Polish Citizenship you cannot benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that in some EU countries euroskepticism is becomming prevalent - &quot;Brexit&quot; is already a reality - meaning it might be possible, that an EU country will leave the EU. Although this hasn't happened before(*) so we don't know how the laws will change, but probably this would also mean that if you only have a citizenship in a country that left the EU, you would probably lose the EU citizenship as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*) &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_European_Economic_Community_membership_referendum,_1982&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Except for Greenland leaving the EEC in 1982&lt;/a&gt; as noted by @gerrit. Note that although Brexit is in progress, we still don't know how it will end, and what will happen afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-12-31T13:56:35.583" LastActivityDate="2016-12-31T13:56:35.583" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="216" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:36:27.013" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IANAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that for the crime commited against or by French citizen in the United States it is very difficult to say whether the extradition of this person to France will be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm00603.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Criminal Resource Manual 603&lt;/a&gt; one ofthe determining factors for extradition would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential for Trial or Retrial&lt;/strong&gt;: If the fugitive has not been convicted, confirmation that the case is triable, i.e., that all necessary witnesses and evidence are still available and that the substantial costs involved in completing an extradition request are justified by the nature of the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/15mcrm.htm#9-15.240&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;required list of documents in support of the extradition request&lt;/a&gt;, which for a crime committed on foreign soil are very difficult to get part of which is the evidence and affidavits that the person to be extradited is the offender and the crime had actually been committed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm00608.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CRM 608&lt;/a&gt;, which would be in the jurisdiction of the relevant US court or law enforcement agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So all in all I would say it is more likely you will go to trial in the US then be extradited to France for the crime committed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course this doesn't take into account any outstanding international warrants that may precede crime being committed on the US soil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:36:27.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="220" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:49:08.953" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You children will automatically be &lt;a href=&quot;http://polish-citizenship.eu/foreigners.html&quot;&gt;citizens of Poland&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A minor acquires Polish citizenship by birth if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;at least one of his/her parents is a Polish citizen;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;he/she was born in the territory of the Republic of Poland, and his/her parents are unknown, hold no citizenship or their citizenship is undefined.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your children will need to apply to become &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/civic-services/citizenship&quot;&gt;citizens of South Arfica&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if you were born outside of South Africa to a South African citizen(s) or were adopted by a South African citizen in terms of the Children’s Act, 2005 and your birth was registered in accordance with the births and Deaths Registration Act,1992, you can apply for citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You sound confident that your children will be citizens of Britain, but this is generally not the case. Being born in the UK is not sufficient to be guaranteed citizenship. Details can be found at: &lt;a href=&quot;https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/children/britishcitizen/borninuk/&quot;&gt;https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/children/britishcitizen/borninuk/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in summary it seems like you children will be automatically citizens of 1 country (Poland) and eligible for citizenship for a end country (South Africa). Depending on the other parents status or at some future date or the child may be eligible for triple citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:49:08.953" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="536" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:49:32.407" Score="10" ViewCount="1136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was employed by a German company. They told me not to go to Germany on the first day of the contract, because they need time to find a project for me (they are selling developers to other companies). When I arrived, they told me to stay at home for a few days and accomplish all registrations required by German law (residence, tax, social security, bank account). So effectively I was not in the company for  about 10 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, they've counted that time as &quot;minus hours&quot;. I was surprised because it's completely different to common practices, if the company orders employee not to go, they must pay him for that time, and not require from him doing overtime by client because they couldn't find any project for him. However, they've told me, the German labour law is working like that. However, I couldn't find out which regulations apply here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel confused now. Does German labour law really allows companies to do something like that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="2367" LastEditDate="2014-09-18T11:24:15.963" LastActivityDate="2014-09-18T11:24:15.963" Title="&quot;Minus hours&quot; in Germany labour law" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="232" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="250" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:49:34.683" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my savings in Euros on a Dutch bank account, but my earnings are presently in Canadian dollars.  I will likely live and work in Canada for three years.  Connsidering the costs of transferring money, is it better to save my money here and transfer it all in one lump sum at the end of my stay, or are there cheaper methods for regular international money transfers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If done regularly, it should preferably be (semi-)automated in some way.  I cannot do an international wire transfer through my Canadian internet bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T21:19:33.543" Title="Is it financially advantageous to transfer my Canadian earnings to Europe monthly, on in a big lump at the end of my stay?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="233" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="243" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:49:52.810" Score="5" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is common to see married people benefiting from dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about being partner with a Canadian citizen, but without being married? Would it ease the procedures to obtain a work permit? Permanent residence? and what marital status is valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:27:19.360" Title="Visa when having a Canadian partner (out of marriage)?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="234" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="393" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:51:40.863" Score="10" ViewCount="1034" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am faced with a conundrum. I have recently received my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article484&quot;&gt;convention d'accueil&lt;/a&gt; (or &quot;Welcome document&quot;)  from the research lab I will be working with betwee 5/14-5/15.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am to take this convention d'accueil to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/&quot;&gt;my local French consulate general&lt;/a&gt; to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?rubrique275&quot;&gt;long term visa for researchers, scientists and teacher&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa form, although not difficult at all to fill out, has a question (item &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/IMG/pdf/Formulaire_LS_eng.pdf&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;) that asks &lt;strong&gt;What will be your address in France during your stay?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked my research lab about this but I haven't received an answer yet. Given my current work schedule, I have a small window of opportunity next week for my visa appointment and I may be unable to receive information in time from my future lab. Not pinning the blame on anyone and to be proactive, I would like to know how to solve this conundrum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should this address be since I don't have &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; accommodation figured out yet. I assume people don't just &lt;em&gt;book&lt;/em&gt; apartments without seeing them. Should it be a temporary hotel accommodation address (+confirmation) or can I put in there &quot;in process of finding in xxx area in xx arrondissement&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is at all relevant, I am an Indian citizen in the USA on an F1 visa/OPT teaching as a visiting professor at a public university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T21:31:59.793" Title="&quot;Address in France&quot; for Long stay french visa for researchers" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:53:19.440" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add on to StzupY's answer, a country's nationals often have a much easier time getting things done.&#xA;That means, even if the law eventually treats everyone practically the same, foreign EU-nationals usually have to deal with &lt;strong&gt;more paperwork and longer processing times&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think that there are still enough &lt;strong&gt;differences in civil law&lt;/strong&gt;, that could have a feelable impact on your life. For example, Polish naming law allows for husband and wife to have two different last-names, taking into account the masculin and feminin suffix. German naming law requires husband and wife to have identical last names.&#xA;So for example in Polish, I am Cichocki, and my wife would be Cichocka. If we married under German name-law, my wife would be called Cichocki - which in Polish sounds ridiculous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just started this family-thingy ; ), but I'm prepared to deal with lots of more little nuances, because my wife and I are of different EU-nationalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastEditorUserId="113" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T14:10:01.710" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:10:01.710" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:54:47.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are moving to take a job, &lt;strong&gt;do ask your employer if they cover relocation costs&lt;/strong&gt;.  My employer did (up to a modest maximum), so I shipped some of my belongings &lt;em&gt;even though it would have been cheaper to buy new&lt;/em&gt;.  It is more work to buy everything new, in particular since you have to find out the right kind of stores for kitchenware, hardware, the right kind of clothes, electronics, etc.  My employer pays shipping, but I strongly doubt they would pay for me buying new (second-hand) stuff.  Although this does not apply to everybody, it is certainly a factor to take into account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:54:47.440" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2014-03-13T13:57:38.977" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;One advantage could be the work permition - there were some restrictions for citizens of Bulgaria and Romania until 2014, and there are still restrictions for citizens of Croatia - only 8 EU countries don't restrict Croatian workers. So  Croatian citizens (and most likely citizens of upcoming EU members) will benefit from dual EU citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another point are the elections - you cannot vote on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/78/on-which-elections-in-germany-can-i-vote&quot;&gt;all elections&lt;/a&gt; in the country where you're only resident but not a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T13:57:38.977" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:00:23.450" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Italy there are two statal retirement funds:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gestione ordinaria&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gestione separata&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to move all the contributes I've payed to the second one from Italy to Austria?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inps.it/portale/default.aspx?lastMenu=0&amp;amp;iMenu=1&amp;amp;iiDServizio=264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is the page of the Italian National Institute of Social Security&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:00:23.450" Title="In the EU is it possible to ask to transfer money from retirement funds from one country to the other? (Italy -&gt; Austria)" Tags="&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:11:11.930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="239" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="246" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:02:09.027" Score="9" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Dutch citizen living abroad.  When I moved, I informed the municipality where I lived that I was leaving to live abroad.  Since then, the only Dutch agency I have ever informed on my whereabouts is the office for remotely taking part in elections.  For all this time, I've been wondering if there are any other agencies I should inform / should have informed.  What Dutch government agencies should I keep informed of my whereabouts when living abroad, if any?  And how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T11:39:41.920" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T01:14:30.900" Title="What Dutch government agencies do I inform on my address living abroad, and how?" Tags="&lt;bureaucracy&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10391" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:05:24.133" Score="6" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently left Sweden after having lived there as a Dutch national for six years.  I informed Swedish &lt;em&gt;Skatteverket&lt;/em&gt;, who administrate residencies.  Then, &lt;em&gt;Försäkringskassan&lt;/em&gt; sent me a form asking me some details about my foreign residency (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.forsakringskassan.se/wps/wcm/connect/0e181cce-55a9-4398-8c63-f5790aff4656/FK5459_015_F_003Uppgifter+Flyttning+till+eller+arbete+i+ett+annat+land.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FK5459&lt;/a&gt;), such as my current address, employers' address, etc.  They also ask for an address in Sweden: &lt;em&gt;Utdelningsadress i Sverige&lt;/em&gt;.  Not having any address in Sweden, can I leave this blank or must I have some contact in Sweden indefinately?  Or do I write my most recent Swedish address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T09:28:02.863" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T09:35:09.287" Title="What do I write for Försäkringskassans &quot;address in Sweden&quot; question after leaving the country, considering I don't have one?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="241" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="247" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:11:23.160" Score="11" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've migrated from Italy to Austria. I don't trust Italy and I would prefer to migrate the money I have in my retirement fund in italy to austria. Is it that possible in EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option could be to withdraw the money from the Italian retirement fund to a bank or a private retirement fund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T09:47:40.737" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:10:04.613" Title="Moving of retirement funds from Italy to Austria" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:23:19.960" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the others have said, the differences are mainly going to be perceptible outside the EU. But even within the union, some countries restrict some of their benefits to actual nationals: for instance, I'm a French citizen living in Sweden, and I can't benefit from their study grant program. I'd have to have the Swedish nationality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the only example I can think of, but I'm sure there are a couple other instances where being an actual national grant you more rights than just being a member state citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T13:18:07.343" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T13:18:07.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="233" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:27:19.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to be able to obtain a Canadian permanent residency a Canadian citizen can sponsor you for permanent residency.  To determine eligibility you can look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-who.asp&quot;&gt;CIC page&lt;/a&gt;, which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply to sponsor your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, or dependent children to immigrate to Canada. It does not matter if they live in or outside Canada. If they live in Canada, they do not need to have legal status to be sponsored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question becomes whether or not you will qualify as a common-law or conjugal partner.  For that you can look at help center for definitions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=346&amp;amp;t=14&quot;&gt;Common-Law partner&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may apply to sponsor a common-law partner, of the opposite sex or the same sex. If so, you have to prove you have been living with your partner for at least &lt;strong&gt;12 consecutive months&lt;/strong&gt; in a relationship like a marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#conjugal_partner&quot;&gt;Conjugal Partner&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person outside Canada who has had a binding relationship with a sponsor for at least one year but could not live with their partner. The term refers to both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you can prove these should be able to get a sponsorship for Canadian Permanent Residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:27:19.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="159" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:30:31.157" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First, a warning about bringing a lot of cash:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; declare cash on your person in excess of a certain amount when entering a foreign country. Failure to do this, with subsequent discovery of the cash on your person is going to put you in a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; uncomfortable light; possibly in a holding cell, and definitely miserable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to bring a bunch of cash, find out what the limit before declaration is, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you need permission from the country's central bank if you want to meet or exceed it, and how to go about getting that. It's not &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; a matter of tax, it's also anti-trafficking, so find out for sure in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also counts if the cash is split up between currencies. That said ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total it up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should allocate funds for your move at 125% of your total anticipated cost of living for the first 90 days of your residence, and you're going to need a bit of time to research and accurately calculate that number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First week's stay at a hotel while you look for other housing, or all necessary deposits needed to move in if you've arranged in advance. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Furniture, kitchen supplies, appliances that you'll need to purchase, generally easy to get on-line these days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Utilities (electric, water, internet, cellular service) look in the pre-paid rates for this initially as you may have to wait for all of your residency stuff to go through before you can do post-paid)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clothing, if required beyond what you've brought&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meals (groceries, purchased meals)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel once there, figure out the taxi fare, bus fare, etc needed to complete your daily activities. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Medical - You're probably &lt;em&gt;going&lt;/em&gt; to get something in the first 90 days in a new country, and it might be bacterial, which usually means a doctor's visit and some medicine. Find out what this is going to cost you out of pocket even &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; there's a delay in processing any benefits you're expecting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Entertainment / misc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you have to see about options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cash&lt;/strong&gt; - Despite the convenience of not having to deal with moving money around continents, remember that this stuff is easy to lose and not easily replaced. Traveler's checks are safer, but can be difficult to cash in some places. Bring enough to get you through comfortably until you get something else set up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Banks&lt;/strong&gt; - Believe it or not, you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be able to open a savings account, just not a checking account before you've got your residency all squared away. Do some checking, because this is the &lt;em&gt;simplest&lt;/em&gt; way to go. Just wire yourself money as you need it and withdraw. See also &lt;em&gt;Trusted Friend&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit Cards&lt;/strong&gt; - Make sure you let them know you're going to be out of the country for a while, and likely to make some major purchases. Even if you do, they &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; delight in blocking you from buying a fridge while happily letting a thief somewhere else buy $600 worth of sushi with your card (because that happened). Also, some places will insist on local cards, ask ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third-party wires&lt;/strong&gt; - My least favorite, but often the most reliable. Factor in the fees when you do your budget. Some like Xoom are more reasonably priced than Western Union, but make sure they're available in your destination country &lt;em&gt;and that you bring the requisite number of valid identification documents that the dispensing agent will want&lt;/em&gt; - generally two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ATM Withdraw&lt;/strong&gt; - Tell your bank that you're going to be using your ATM card &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; out of the country for the next few months at least. Watch out for charges, $100 can cost you up to $10, ceilings range anywhere from $100 per transaction up to $400 a day, to $800 per transaction / $800 per day. If you have casinos in your destination country, &lt;strong&gt;withdraw there&lt;/strong&gt; as they typically have &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; higher ceilings with reduced international fees. Additionally, ATMs near government offices where people are expected to pay fees for things generally have high ceilings, or has been in my experience in a few different countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trusted Friend&lt;/strong&gt; - Find out if banks will let you open a joint account with a legal resident of your target country. They very well &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt;. If you've got someone there you trust, that can be an option for you. With your name on the account, you just need the SWIFT / etc, and you've got a low-overhead conduit in place. You could also, in a pinch, ask a trusted friend to receive some funds for you and even offer them a small percentage for their time. It's up to you to know who you trust, I'm just stating it as a possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Digital Currencies&lt;/strong&gt; - If you've already located someone that is willing to buy crypto currency, and you have every reason to find them reputable with a fair offering price - great. I wouldn't invest my well-being fund in a volatile currency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was one of the &lt;em&gt;hardest&lt;/em&gt; things for me my first few years abroad, and I don't even want to think about how much I paid in exorbitant fees just to fuel my pocket. It's almost tantamount to extortion, which leads me to my last point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be Frugal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The less you spend, the less you need to replace so soon.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:30:31.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:31:23.770" Score="7" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I grew up in several countries, and had a really crazy time in school, twice I skipped a grade  because I changed schools between countries, and twice I was held back a year. I was never in 7th or 9th grade, but twice in 8th and 11th, and in the grades with kids a year younger than me to 2 years older.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to worry about my children going through something similar if we change countries in the EU, or is school progress better regulated across boundaries nowadays. Like say university courses, with ECTS points that have to be reached in specific topics up to a certain year? Are there other countries outside of the EU which are similarly adjusted to switching between school systems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt;: to clarify, I mean all schooling systems before Higher Education (as in the graph in ppumpkin's answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastEditorUserId="113" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T15:14:47.387" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:14:47.387" Title="Is mandatory education standardized in the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="239" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:35:22.200" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't have to inform any agency. It could however be beneficial to report any movements outside of the Netherlands to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ministry of foreign affairs for election (you already stated you&#xA;did so)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The consulate/embassy in your country of resident. Note that this is&#xA;not automatically done if you register for elections. This is specifically interesting to do, if you expect the possible need for evacuations in case of emergencies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The pension fund if you have some pension rights&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The social security bank, if you want to apply for so called government retirement (AOW)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again you don't need to do so and your pension rights are not lost if you don't. Also be aware that you are often on your own, even if you registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One think I would advise though is to always have a valid passport. Dutch citizenship law is mirky and in some cases you can loose citizenship if not taken care off. Also be aware of the &quot;pension hole (pensioengat in dutch)&quot;. For each year that you don't reside in the Netherlands you loose a certain percentage of your final governmental retirement scheme (AOW).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2017-08-28T01:14:30.900" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T01:14:30.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="241" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:37:20.543" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q&lt;/em&gt;: What happens if someone works in 10 countries to his retirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they happen to be 10 &lt;em&gt;EU&lt;/em&gt; countries, then in the last country that person worked in he should apply for pension and get pension combined from all the countries he worked in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/retire-abroad/state-pensions-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europa.eu portal explains&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;if you've worked in several EU countries, you may have accumulated pension rights in each of them, but you only apply in one, which ought to take care of aggregating them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the time comes for you to claim your pension, you'll have to&#xA;apply in the country where you're living - unless you have never&#xA;worked there. In this case, you should apply where you last worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That country is then responsible for processing your claim and&#xA;bringing together records of your contributions from all the countries&#xA;you worked in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've worked in several EU countries, each country's pension&#xA;authority will first calculate your pension using its own rules, based&#xA;on the contributions you paid there (known as independent benefit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q&lt;/em&gt;: Is it possible in EU to withdraw a portion of the contributions for&#xA;retirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This depends on individual regulations in each country. As far as I know, most European countries do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; allow withdrawal of retirement contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:37:20.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:41:33.537" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Education in European countries before EU was pretty hectic and followed varied standards of education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a process undergoing changes still today as Education tries to meet some kind of EU suggested standards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since some countries joined EU, there were many school reforms to try and normalise how children are taught. Poland, among the few european countries, reformed their schools in about 1998~2001 to met EU criteria. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Polish schooling systems is equivalent to German schooling now a days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;British schooling ignored EU suggestions and still use the same system as before&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, my brother and myself were either side of the reforms. I was &quot;old school&quot; and my brother was &quot;new school&quot; - My brother had allot of extra curriculum offered by EU funds that myself neither my friends had. My brother has it allot easier today to carry on education in UK without any trouble, as his education conforms to some kind of EU suggestions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had to translate my documents and university stuff, which was a nightmare. But, in general school was much easier for me. My brother really got a beating with raised standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each country still decides what curriculum they learn but mostly there is pressure on English to be taught, even as a 3rd or 4th language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J6MUY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most European countries your child can decide if which secondary school he wants to do but he doesn't have to go to any. In POland before reform the diagram above only included Lyceum and practical school. Now, after reforms you can go any route your wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="22" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T15:03:28.827" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:03:28.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2014-03-13T14:43:12.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it isn't. Only very recently, as in the last decade, the Bachelor/Master structure on university was sort of normalised. Still &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/education/university/recognition/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;European degrees are not automatically recognized&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I wouldn't worry to much. Dealing with all these discrepancies at an early age is  great preparation  for life as an expat. &#xA;If you worry, you could also consider sending your kids to an international school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T14:43:12.167" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="232" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:00:07.290" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three clear benefits of waiting. First, generally exchange rates improve as the size of the transaction increases. Second, once you pay the exchange fee, you lose all future earning on that portion of the money. Finally, if you miscalculate your expenses or have an emergency it will be cheaper (and easer) to handle it if you savings are in the native currency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A drawback of waiting is that it is generally easier to get a better return on investment for larger investments. By combining your Canadian and European savings you might be able to better manage your investments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final issue is that the relative values of currencies fluctuate. If you wait and the value of the Canadian dollar drops (or Euro increase), you could easily lose all the benefits of future earnings and better exchange rates. Then again, the value of the Canadian dollar could improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:00:07.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="251" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="254" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:00:53.747" Score="24" ViewCount="15563" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; offer citizenship to people with at least one parent that is &lt;strong&gt;currently a citizen&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What countries' (if any) nationality laws exist that will allow citizenship &lt;em&gt;by blood&lt;/em&gt; for people whose parents might not currently have citizenship? e.g. Grandparents or later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="122" LastEditorUserId="122" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T13:09:33.877" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T23:46:53.747" Title="What countries offer descendant citizenship (by blood) further back than 1 generation?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="16" CommentCount="19" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:03:45.113" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to build a reasonable credit history and score in about six months, but you have to be careful what you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try to get a mortgage at a financial institution that has special programs for foreign nationals. You will probably need to make a large down payment (25% or more). On top of that, many banks will offer you an unsecured credit card if you get a mortgage (in that case you can skip step #2)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a secured credit card with a decent limit. Don't be tempted to deposit a very low amount in the secured savings account because your credit limit on the card will be too low. The higher your credit limit, the higher your credit score will be. $5000 or so would be a good start.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lease a car with a company like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intlauto.com/&quot;&gt;Intl Autosource&lt;/a&gt;. They specialize in serving foreign nationals without a credit history. They also report all your payments to the credit bureaus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't apply for loans, unsecured credit cards or store cards in the first 6 months, even if you get so-called &quot;pre-approved offers&quot; in the mail. You &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; be denied and that will affect your credit score. Also, if you're ever offered a &quot;savings card&quot; in a store and they want your social security number: politely decline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't ever give your social security number unless it's absolutely necessary. For example, when you sign up for a cellular plan with AT&amp;amp;T, they'll ask your SSN and run a credit check. That will affect your score. Simply get a prepaid plan for the first 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In stores you will regularly be offered a discount if you sign up for a store card. &lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt;. They will ask your SSN and run a credit check, impacting your credit score.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if you plan to pay off your credit card every month, try to make a payment &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the billing cycle ends because the bank will report the balance to the credit bureaus. You should keep the reported balance below 30% of the credit limit on your card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get an account at creditkarma.com to check on your progress. It's free. The only problem with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creditkarma.com&quot;&gt;creditkarma.com&lt;/a&gt; is that they only use data from TransUnion. If you want to track your credit reports and scores from the other 2 agencies (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.equifax.com&quot;&gt;Equifax&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.experian.com&quot;&gt;Experian&lt;/a&gt;) you should get an account with them (not free!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pay all your bills on time. Doing that will not build credit history but it will make sure there's no negative information on your credit report.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do all of that, you should have a decent score after about 6 months. At that stage you may consider applying for unsecured credit cards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you are able to get one or more unsecured credit cards later on, it may not be a bad idea to hang on to it for at least six months. Although FICO sources claim that a closed account still counts to determine your credit history length, there's conflicting information on the different credit bureau websites. Even if it doesn't influence your credit history length, keeping the account open does help to keep your total available credit at a higher level, decreasing your credit utilization and so it helps your score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32" LastEditorUserId="32" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T20:27:51.487" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T20:27:51.487" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:11:44.267" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Off the top of my head Israel.  Under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Law of Return&lt;/a&gt; if at least 1 of your grandparents was Jewish you can return to Israel and obtain citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20140228150706/http://www.migration.lt/en-citizenship_of_the_republic_of_lithuania-91.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Lithuania&lt;/a&gt; has a condition that if your parent or a grandparent held Lithuanian citizenship prior to June 15th, 1940 can have their citizenship restored up to the 3rd generation (basically your great-grandparent had to be a citizen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN018407.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Latvia&lt;/a&gt; has a similar law of restoration of citizenship but I can't find sufficient details on the subject to see if &quot;descendants&quot; includes grandchildren or great-grandchildren.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-07-18T14:06:20.610" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T14:06:20.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:12:01.990" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are countries who allow this, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;for instance&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;India: you need one Indian grandparent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ireland: you need one Irish grandparent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Israel: that's the first example that came into mind. All Jews (also by conversion) have the right to become a citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ukraine: also one Ukrainian grandparent required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the ones where having grandparents with the nationality is enough. There might be others that are not in the list. Also there might be others which give you citizenship based on ethnicity, but I'm not sure which ones those are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2015-11-11T00:44:14.997" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T00:44:14.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:22:21.160" Score="1" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Growing up between 3 countries I often found myself in difficult situations, caused by local cultural tolerances to racisms, slang that means different words, hand gestures that offend people in one country but not the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There has to be a strategy to minimize embarrassing yourself, and offending other people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Words that adopted negative meanings because of hostile cultures etc. for example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In South Africa the word &quot;maid&quot; should not be used, as it considered highly racist, instead you should say &quot;domestic cleaner&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looking Zulu king directly in the eye is a great sign of disrespect and can get you killed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In many African tribes men go before woman. To check for danger then call the woman when its safe. Many ethnic Africans consider this true and still do this, opening doors, getting in elevators. They usually get told off but they haven't done anything wrong.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Showing your index and middle finger the wrong way around either means peace or &quot;f*** you&quot;, but not in all countries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I reduce the risk of creating conflict simply because I wasn't aware of the cultural significance of an action I took or neglected to take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="100" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T16:14:54.490" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T16:23:55.497" Title="How do I deal with cultural differences?" Tags="&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="17" ClosedDate="2014-03-13T22:38:31.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="167" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:30:51.317" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on how much and how heavy you have few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Air freight&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the fastest and easiest way, but it's also most expensive. Pricing is per weight, but there is also limit on volume. Minimum charged weight is 45kg (100lbs) which means minimum charge of about €100, subsequent charges actually drop. Here is example from US Airways Cargo:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Minimum weight: 45 kg.&#xA;Minimum airfreight charges: € 97.00&#xA;Up to 45 kg:    €   6.26 per kg.&#xA;45 - 100 kg:    €   4.75 per kg.&#xA;100 - 250 kg:   €   3.35 per kg.&#xA;250 - 500 kg:   €   2.86 per kg.&#xA;Over 500 kg:    €   2.59 per kg.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sea freight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is much slower, for example to west coast US it will take 5-7 weeks just sailing, not to mention waiting for available ship. On the other hand it's cheaper for heavy things, especially if you choose whole container. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically it's priced per volume, rather than weight. For smaller stuff there is option of sending boxes, priced per volume in increments of 1 cubic meter (example price: €300 1st m³ and €190 for each next m³). For relocating a lot of stuff there is and option of renting whole containers, which come in two sizes, 20ft (33m³) and 40ft (66m³). Prices on containers vary, but generally if you need to move more than 15m³, you're better off with whole container. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked Dutch company &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.baggage.nl/english.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Worldwide Baggage Services&lt;/a&gt; for information, I imagine there ought to be similar companies elsewhere in Europe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:30:51.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="255" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:41:17.233" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try playing with your wedding ring and suddenly remembering that doing so might just get you declined for a loan, because men that fiddle with their wedding band are hiding something. That happened to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't any single good &lt;em&gt;strategy&lt;/em&gt; for this, while you can find certain books that will give you a crash course insight into various cultures, they don't always exist. Remember that you're not just talking about culture, but also &lt;em&gt;popular&lt;/em&gt; culture, which is prone to changing rapidly beyond the publication of a book.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to simply &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; someone while keeping a low profile as you learn. Don't do things that you think could be construed as remotely offensive. Be politely apologetic if you happen to offend anyone and keep your eyes open on how people interact with one another. What you listed is &lt;em&gt;precisely&lt;/em&gt; the types of things you should be looking at. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts that might cross your mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why don't they wave at one another?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;That's a peculiar gesture to tell a child to come back, don't see that used with adults&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;I notice I'm introduced to people by their profession and first name&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wow, not one purse is on the floor in this eatery, they all hang on chairs or hooks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes a while, but you begin to build up interesting questions to ask someone that grew up there which will give you greater insights into the culture. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; author I'd recommend to anyone that is either going to live in, or do business with several different cultures, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Hofstede&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Geert Hofstede&lt;/a&gt;. Get anything by him where he talks about culture, as what he's describing are fundamental insights that you can put to good use while building your own grasp of a foreign culture. These are the insights that help you know what questions to ask, what behaviors to observe and how you might better keep a low profile until you become a bit more acclimated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just do as much research as you can ahead of time and remember that &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; cultures are forgiving of foreigners that might not be aware of customs that the culture itself realizes others may see as odd. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T15:41:17.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="260" CreationDate="2014-03-13T16:21:27.747" Score="8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Hawaii and my grandfather in Czechia had died. I would like to come to the funeral. I can manage to get the plane tickets, but 1) I'll be away for at least 5 days, and 2) I will be coming back home after a year, so I would like to spend there at least 2 weeks, visiting my family and friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have any rights to go on holidays because of close relative's funeral in US? How should I negotiate it with my employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T17:30:59.403" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T12:19:47.830" Title="Holidays in US for close relative's funeral in EU?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="259" CreationDate="2014-03-13T17:00:56.120" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know there is no guideline that requires an employer to provide you bereavement leave either paid or unpaid.  In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/leave-for-funerals-and-bereavement/&quot;&gt;US Government provides 3 days leave for death of a relative as results of wounds&lt;/a&gt; but private employers are not required to abide by this but generally have some sort of policy for such situation, so I would get with the Human Resources Department of the company you work for to work out the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking such provisions are &lt;a href=&quot;http://dying.lovetoknow.com/Bereavement_Leave_Federal_Laws&quot;&gt;&quot;Not a Federal Matter&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, and if you don't trust that site there is a blog by a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2012/01/am-i-legally-required-to-give-bereavement-leave.html&quot;&gt;Cynthia Hsu on Findlaw&lt;/a&gt; dealing exactly with that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you choose to stay 2 weeks in the Czech Republic for and after the funeral you should make arrangements with your employer to allow this to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S.&lt;/strong&gt;  Since it's not a Federal Matter it may be a state matter but since state of Hawaii &lt;a href=&quot;https://hr.blr.com/HR-topics/Benefits-Leave/Death-in-Family-of-Employee/Hawaii&quot;&gt;doesn't have provisions&lt;/a&gt; for employers to provide for bereavement leave it becomes a private matter between you and your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T17:00:56.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-13T17:16:54.620" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends from bank to bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My brother come to UK from South Africa as a Polish national. I went to my bank that I have been with for several years, Natwest. And they told him they want a bank statement with proof of address in UK.... umm what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK- I left him to go and explore the other banks. Barclays just wanted his passport and opened him a bank account on the spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I opened my bank account with Natwest I also didn't need a proof of address, since I used my Polish ID and had a special Polish/English account opened that was decommissioned 2 years later and I got converted to something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just shop around, somebody is going to want your business. They all offer the same stuff anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T11:18:51.373" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T11:18:51.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-13T17:30:32.317" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've opened it with my work address and my passport. As long as they have an address where to send you correspondence (and debit card, etc), you should have no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I used my work contract as &quot;proof of address&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For transparency, I've opened an account with Barclay's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T17:30:32.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-13T17:41:50.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to open a bank account without proving your address. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.us.hsbc.com/1/2/home/personal-banking/global-banking/open-account&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;HSBC&lt;/a&gt; provides a helpful service&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The HSBC International Banking Center provides customers options to open personal deposit accounts outside the U.S. as well as inside the U.S. for non-U.S. residents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to have a current account (and I think you have to have had it for 3 months). The service is free to individuals with their &quot;Premier account&quot; and 200 USD for regular customers. I don't think there is anything special about HSBC and many of the other big banks likely offer similar services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to prove your address it is possible to find accommodations that do not require a UK bank account. Many landlords will waive the need for a bank account if you pay the entire 6 month lease up front. You will then have a lease which serves as proof of address. There are also some short term executive housing options (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sacoapartments.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;SACO&lt;/a&gt;) which don't require an in country bank account. If you do not have enough cash on hand in some cases your line manager (or maybe a colleague) might be willing to act as your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T17:41:50.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="265" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-13T18:44:46.093" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;United States of America&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TIY9W.png&quot; alt=&quot;USA Flag&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United States of America is an English speaking country in&#xA;Northern America comprising of 50 states. The official currency is&#xA;the United States Dollar (USD/$), the country calling code is +1.&#xA;As a large country it uses various time zones spanning from UTC-11 to UTC-4&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about being a citizen in the USA see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/us-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;us-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;us-citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for issues pertaining to immigration: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004582.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;List of embassies in the USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for taxation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Internal Revenue Service&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for customs: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CPB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-11T20:56:17.593" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T20:56:17.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="266" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-13T18:44:46.093" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the United States of America" OwnerUserId="68" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:31:24.240" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:31:24.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="267" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="498" CreationDate="2014-03-13T20:25:23.373" Score="10" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/123/language-immersion-courses-in-the-usa&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and I'm wondering the same for a different country: Austria.&#xA;I would like to do a course of German A1 or a course of English B2. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you advice me how to take courses in the evening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:51:46.493" Title="Are there language immersion courses in Austria?" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="232" CreationDate="2014-03-13T21:19:33.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a gamble either way, since you can't predict which way the exchange rate will move over the next three years, nor the interest rates in each country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By transferring the money at regular intervals, you get an exchange rate which averages out, whichever way it changes. If you transfer at the end of the stay, you get the exchange rate at that time, which could be better or worse than the average.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exchange rate doesn't vary much by size of transaction if you use a third party exchange specialist like Currencyfair, or CurrencyOnline.  Many Canadians use Custom House (now part of Western Union, also at xe.com) for their international exchange because the payment to them can be made (free) with bill-pay from many Canadian banks. The Custom House rates are not the very best available, but the lower transaction costs help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would generally go with a quarterly exchange, except for one thing: you might not want or need Euros at the end of your stay.  You might want to stay in Canada, go to the US, go to Australia (it's warmer...), or somewhere else.  You'd then have to convert the Euros onwards to another currency, rather than just from CAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A compromise, if the figures are large enough, is to transfer half of the savings at regular intervals via a low-cost route, and keep half in Canada.  The half in Canada would be your starter funds for another country, or to change in into Euros at the end if that where is you decide to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T21:19:33.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-13T22:58:25.640" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my own recent experience, the banks did require a proof of address. The question is, what could be a better alternative as a proof of address other than a bank statement? Some banks would accept a &lt;strong&gt;letter from employer&lt;/strong&gt; as a proof, as long as the letter is addressed to your address. But other banks would not accept this as a proof. Apparently it depends on your nationality as well. For certain nationalities, the requirement is stricter. What finally worked for me was the &lt;strong&gt;council tax letter&lt;/strong&gt; which you can get from the city council once you have a permanent address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T22:58:25.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="306" CreationDate="2014-03-13T23:24:22.923" Score="7" ViewCount="1339" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to work in Norway, but have recently moved to the UK. Is there anything I need to do in relation to my pension funds in Norway? What will happen with my pension funds if I never go back to Norway anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T12:09:52.260" Title="What to do in relation to pension funds when leaving Norway?" Tags="&lt;pension&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="381" CreationDate="2014-03-13T23:30:40.243" Score="12" ViewCount="22929" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to be a Singapore permanent resident, but lost my Singapore permanent residency while living in another country. What is the likelihood of getting my permanent residency back if I go back to work in Singapore one day? Will my re-application for permanent residency be treated as a new application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T11:52:43.700" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T10:40:10.503" Title="Reinstatement of Singapore permanent residency" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="274" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="321" CreationDate="2014-03-14T00:39:09.637" Score="10" ViewCount="907" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry Visa overview&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if: you are able and planning to work in the UK&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would working remotely for my current Canadian employer count? Or would I have to be working for an employer in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T21:57:04.470" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T21:57:04.470" Title="Working remotely while under UK Ancestry Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="231" CreationDate="2014-03-14T00:52:48.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's definitely possible to have something like that and it seems increasingly common. In Germany, it's called “work on call” (&lt;em&gt;Arbeit auf Abruf&lt;/em&gt;). A quick websearch brought up a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrufarbeit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt; on the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conceptually, you don't get “minus hours”, you simply have no fixed working time and therefore no guarantee to receive a full salary. If you work less than full time, you would not necessarily need to compensate that with overtime later on but you would receive less money. Is that what you mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume your contract would however mention it if that's your status. (Not necessarily dwell on it at length but mention the phrase or include a reference to the relevant part of the law.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T00:58:22.240" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T00:58:22.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T06:04:06.483" Score="12" ViewCount="2466" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Brit, currently in India. While a lot of the people I meet speak at least some English, and others speak fluent English, there are definitely times when it feels we're divided by a common language...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem #1 - words and phrases used in Indian English that aren't in British English. I've mostly got the hang of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Numbering_System&quot;&gt;lakh&lt;/a&gt;, and I can normally guess what things like &quot;please do the needful&quot; mean, but there are quite a few others I'm still not understanding / understanding correctly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem #2 - words and phrases that I use, where no-one has the slightest clue what I'm on about! Sometimes it's fine, sometimes I have to have a few goes at rephrasing it to get a version that's understood, and sometimes it all seems fine but later I discovered they understood something completely different!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As someone new to India, who speaks British English (or something close to it), how do I go about adjusting to this alternate form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is leaving aside any issues around accents - mine is apparently fairly well understood, but I foresee that someone with a stronger UK regional accent might struggle with that too)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T05:52:07.170" LastActivityDate="2014-10-11T01:23:59.057" Title="How to learn and adjust to Indian English, as someone who's used to British English?" Tags="&lt;language&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="276" CreationDate="2014-03-14T06:21:26.020" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be great if airlines gave you a cheat sheet full of translations to current colloquialisms along with your immigration and customs declaration forms when you were about to land?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll be tempted to sort of smile-and-nod when you encounter this in an effort to not draw attention to yourself, feel silly, or otherwise feel like the odd person out. Don't do that, it's a tragic mistake to indicate that you understood something when you haven't, and that can lead to even more social awkwardness and &lt;em&gt;faux pas&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's nothing wrong with simply saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm sorry to interrupt you, I'm new here and I don't quite understand what (phrase) means. Would you mind explaining it to me and when / where I could use it too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the twofold nature of that question because you might be surprised to learn that parroting that very phrase to your boss might land you in a tub of hot water. Take notes, and keep your ears peeled, so to say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also want the reverse of that. If you say something that seems quite natural to you but gets you a bunch of stares in return, find out where the breakdown was, and what you could have said instead to have been well understood. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Watch out for the effects of immersion as well. Hold &lt;em&gt;regular&lt;/em&gt; chats with friends back at home and learn how to avoid using those phrases, along with turning off the accent that you're certain to acquire after a period of time. Someone asked me if I was born in Manila due to my Philippine accent - that was a bit of a shock, I didn't realize I'd developed one that I'd need to consciously not use in certain settings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; variations of the Urban Dictionary in numerous languages, but you can't always count on them (1) existing and (2) being reliable. But, in a pinch, searching for certain phrases you've heard but couldn't ask about, or perhaps read in significant frequency and feel like you should understand generally yields interesting things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every 20 meters on my street there's writing on the wall that that says &lt;em&gt;Bawal Umihi Dito&lt;/em&gt;. If you Google that translation, you'll get a chuckle. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T06:21:26.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:04:21.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that it remains valid for the rest of your life. I found this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.se/discuss/index.php?showtopic=25528&quot;&gt;forum discussion&lt;/a&gt;, where several people confirm this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My wife had lived in the States for 15 years when we moved back to Sweden. We just went to Skatteverket in person with all our IDs and passports with us, and she had her personnummer &quot;reactivated&quot; as now living permanently in Sweden and not abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:04:21.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="281" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:07:44.840" Score="4" ViewCount="25737" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am on a (dependent) H4 visa in the USA, can I &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work remotely (in the US) for my employer in another country ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create blogs/youtube videos/e-commerce websites which earn me revenue (credited to a bank account in another country) ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:34:22.013" Title="Can someone in the US on a H4 visa work remotely" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-03-14T20:48:11.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="279" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:29:21.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, to both. Without EAD H4 person is not allowed to work in the US. The employer identity is not relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot work, you cannot work for a foreign employer, and you cannot for yourself as an employer. You cannot work for free, you cannot do anything that can would done for salary had you not been a H4, and you cannot work &quot;as a partner&quot; for equity or any other kind of compensation (or without compensation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can volunteer for an organization who doesn't generally pay salary (like a church/temple etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:29:21.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="279" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:34:22.013" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is some debate on the issue, but the consensus is that you can't work while you're in the US independently of where the company you work for is located. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/10/09/so-youre-on-a-spouse-visa-things-to-know/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; explains this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But the grumble of many job-ready H4 visa holders is that they’re also banned from working remotely for companies back in their home nation. Freelancing, or even continuing to run a business abroad with no trading links to the U.S., would be a violation of the terms of the H4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there can be found similar explanation in a lot of places, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justanswer.com/immigration-law/50q26-just-spoken-us-attorney-informally-possibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reality is that the laws regulating H-4 status do not not necessarily contemplate a person working remotely but the existing laws explicitly state that a H-4 dependent cannot work unless he or she is the approved beneficiary of an authorized petition and been granted a change of status to a non-immigrant category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is: you can't legally work - even if its remote work for a foreign company or freelancing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be however some ways how you can still earn a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/10/04/six-legal-ways-to-earn-money-in-the-u-s-without-a-work-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;little income&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:34:22.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="276" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:42:27.700" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because of the sheer diversity in India I am told that people within India do not really understand each other's English either. A lot of people will pronounce &lt;em&gt;sh&lt;/em&gt; as &lt;em&gt;suh&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;nation&lt;/em&gt; vs &lt;em&gt;nasun&lt;/em&gt;) and you can just never know who will. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the confusion will depend on the &lt;em&gt;type&lt;/em&gt; of people you are interacting with. As you rightly said a few percent of the people will exactly get what you are saying. Most won't. Although I am not sure if there exist any phrases that people globally haven't heard or will not understand. When interacting with my Indian colleagues, I consciously make an effort to talk as simply as possible. I learnt this the hard way. Referring to a defect in our systems when I said something about a person X (which meant our company should sue him and I wanted someone in India do take legal action about it) - I said 'He didn't do nothing about it' which to my colleagues meant that he (X) actually did something about it and everyone forgot about it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing beats making great friends with someone who understands your pun/slang/phrases the way you meant to say it - and asking him/her how you could rephrase it for a wider audience. These friends should also help you understand no body uses the word &lt;em&gt;million&lt;/em&gt; in India the way it's meant to be used.  As you may have learnt by now, its ten lakhs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing that can help is to watch (India-related) stand up comics. A lot of stand up comics like (from the top of my head) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Russel%20Peters%20Indians&amp;amp;rlz=1C1CHWA_enAU574AU574&amp;amp;oq=Russel%20Peters%20Indians&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3120j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;espv=210&amp;amp;es_sm=93&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Russel Peters&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Ansari&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aziz Ansari&lt;/a&gt; make astute observations of differences in English spoken in India and the way its spoken around the world. This can help with your problems 1 &amp;amp; 2. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/minority-ethnic/asian/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; link has a few helpful pointers too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-07T23:19:31.880" LastActivityDate="2014-04-07T23:19:31.880" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="283" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="284" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T07:50:10.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20" CreationDate="2014-03-14T08:23:33.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can exchange your German license for a Polish one. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://infolink.wroclaw.pl/node/46&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;infolink.wroclaw.pl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to obtain Polish driver's licence on the basis of exchange,&#xA;  the foreign licence must be handed over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Written application for exchanging a driver's licence issued by a country participating in Convention on Road Traffic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of paying the fee for the exchange of a driver's licence issued by a country participating in Convention on Road Traffic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one photograph, dimentions 3,5x4,5 cm, without headgear or dark glasses, The photograph should show a left semi-profile with the left&#xA;  ear visible; the face should be evenly illuminated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Photocopy of driver's licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Translation of the driver's licence prepared by a sworn translator&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;foreign applicant should present his Residence Card to the desk officer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A person can have only one valid driver's licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If a foreign driver's licence contains any information about it's validity limitations, limitations due to holder's medical condition&#xA;  etc., they must be transfered into the new document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In case of driver's licences issued in accordance with EU's standards their translation to Polish isn't required&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T08:23:33.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="77" CreationDate="2014-03-14T08:42:44.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it's not possible. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvr.bg/Polezno_e_da_znaete/BDS/kat_spisak_uslugi.htm&quot;&gt;Bulgarian Ministry of Interior&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;За подмяна на свидетелство за управление на МПС лицето представя в&#xA;  звената &quot;Пътна полиция&quot; при СДВР/ОДМВР по постоянния адрес на&#xA;  заявителя следните документи: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;декларация, че обичайното му пребиваване не е в друга държава - членка на Европейския съюз, и че не е притежател на валидно&#xA;  свидетелство, издадено от държава - членка на Европейския съюз;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To translate this from Bulgarian: to renew the driving license I have to declare that I'm not resident of another EU country. So my only option is to exchange my license in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T08:42:44.610" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="314" CreationDate="2014-03-14T08:57:08.850" Score="10" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be able to vote in Dutch national elections, as a Dutch citizen living abroad I need to register with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.denhaag.nl/home/bewoners/gemeente/verkiezingen/Kiezers-buiten-Nederland.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;municipality of the Hague&lt;/a&gt;. Does this make me technically a resident of the Hague?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="6520" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T11:39:52.703" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T11:39:52.703" Title="Am I a resident of the Hague if I am a Dutch citizen living abroad?" Tags="&lt;elections&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20" CreationDate="2014-03-14T08:58:25.050" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the EU, the basic rules are actually pretty simple: Your country of residence is responsible for every license-related formalities (renewal when the license expires, replacement in case of theft, etc.) and must in any case recognize a license issued by another EU country. Additionally, you cannot (in principle) hold licenses from several EU countries or choose to pass the exam elsewhere than where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you live in Germany and don't have a license yet, you have to get a German license and will be able to exchange it for a Polish one when you return to Poland. There will obviously be some paperwork (photo &amp;amp; old license &amp;amp; fee) but no new exam or “revalidation”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until recently, the duration of validity depended on the country. For example, France or Germany had lifelong licenses, while the Netherlands only issued 10-year licenses. As the local license had limited validity, the Netherlands was allowed to demand that EU citizens exchange their license for a local one if it was older than the local validity period (i.e. you could use your German license after moving to the Netherlands for ten years after the date it was issued but not longer, even though it would still be valid in Germany). There was also a one year “grace period” so that you could in any case use your old license for at least one year after moving, even if it was older than allowed in your new country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this is set to change (slowly) as a new directive mandates the introduction of limited duration licenses with a similar format everywhere in the EU. There is however a transition period so that people who currently have lifelong licenses do not have to exchange them before 2033. All EU citizens will then have to renew their licenses regularly. You will simply do that wherever you live at the time (which might be your country of origin, the country you got your license from or possibly yet another one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useful link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving/validity/faq-resident/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAQ on europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T06:43:21.743" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T06:43:21.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="289" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:03:18.877" Score="6" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;My kids have two nationalities. If they will be competing in any sport on a national level, can they choose to participate in the competition of both countries of which they are a citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T11:48:53.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T11:48:53.133" Title="If you have two nationalities can you compete in sport events in both countries?" Tags="&lt;regulations&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="289" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:10:58.720" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, such rules are set by international sport federations so they differ from sport to sport. I don't know many details but it's often impossible to play for several national teams or selections in your career. Once you went to a world cup or olympic games or were selected for an official game, you are typically committed for life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since this is regulated at the federation level, the rules aren't even unified for the olympic games. For example, @Ondřej Černotík mentioned a player who played for two countries in ice hockey but I believe this is not allowed by the FIS (the ski federation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, in some (most? all?) sports, you don't have to choose before you are ready to play at the most senior level. It's not uncommon for people to play for one country in “junior” competitions and play for another country later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some sports (rugby) even allow players who don't have the nationality of the country in question to play for the national team under some circumstances. Still, once you played for one country, this becomes your “rugby nationality” and you can't play for another representative team, ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T20:54:36.490" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T20:54:36.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="289" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:16:38.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree with Gaël Laurans that this will mostly be a matter of the respective international sport federations, the choice does not necessarily have to be for life. As a specific example, there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Nedv%C4%9Bd&quot;&gt;an ice hockey player&lt;/a&gt; who represented Canada on the 1994 Winter Olympics and the Czech Republic on this year's Olympics. This might still, however, be possible only in some disciplines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T09:16:38.660" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="295" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:33:10.857" Score="8" ViewCount="2317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work remotely and thus I can live anywhere while doing my job. As a French citizen, what are countries where I can easily reside for 6 months or more, without needing a visa or where one can easily be obtained (without meeting specific conditions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(I realize that this might be a difficult question to fully answer. Feel free to close if it is too broad, although it is a question addressing a genuine problem.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T16:42:29.793" LastActivityDate="2016-01-03T12:00:34.700" Title="What are countries where a French citizen can live long term without visa struggles?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="293" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:37:33.047" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Digital nomads are individuals that leverage wireless digital technologies to perform their work duties, and more generally conduct their lifestyle in a nomadic manner. Such workers typically work remotely — from home, coffee shops, public libraries and even from recreational vehicles to accomplish tasks and goals that used to traditionally take place in a single stationary workplace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nomadic entrepreneurs and professionals often work as freelance writers, photographers, affiliate marketers, web designers, software developers, graphic designers, and other types of knowledge workers who can perform work duties irrespective of physical location. They use new technologies like wireless internet, smartphones, Voice over IP, and cloud-based applications to conduct business, work remotely, and earn an income wherever they live or travel. Digital nomads also often utilize coworking spaces and shared offices in major cities around the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More and more digital nomads are traveling internationally and moving abroad, while they continue to work with clients or employers in the west. This sort of nomadic expatriation does present challenges such as maintaining international health insurance with coverage globally, abiding by different local laws and sometimes obtaining work visas, and maintaining long-distance relationships with friends and family back home.&#xA;Also referred to as location independent professionals (LIP) or entrepreneurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_nomad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108" LastEditorUserId="108" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T15:50:33.737" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:50:33.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="294" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:37:33.047" Score="0" Body="A digital nomad uses telecommunication technologies to perform their work duties, and conduct their lifestyle in a nomadic manner. Such workers typically work remotely--from home, coffee shops, public libraries, etc." OwnerUserId="108" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-15T12:27:20.853" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T12:27:20.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="292" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:44:12.397" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you can live long term in any other EU country. For less than three months you don't need to do anything (apart form having your passport or National ID with you). For longer terms however you have to either be engaged in economic activity (work there), or have enough resources to not become a burden on the social services of the host Member State. As you said you have a steady income, this point should apply to you. &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l33152_en.htm&quot;&gt;More information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/retirement-or-study-switzerland/&quot;&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcc.is/english/first-steps-in-iceland-eea/kaflar/nr/1699&quot;&gt;Iceland&lt;/a&gt;, Lichtenstein and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate-of-Immigration/Central-topics/Work-and-residence/Work-and-residence-EUEEAEFTA-citizens/Temporary-registration-system-for-EEA-citizens/&quot;&gt;Norway&lt;/a&gt; are not part of the EU, the above also applies for them. You might to register yourself with local authorities (like in Norway or Iceland), and show them you are self supporting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As countries outside of the EU don't recognize the EU as one, but as separate countries, it depends on your home country where you might live struggle free for a longer term. While this example is for short stay it highlights the issue clearly: most EU countries are part of the Visa Waiver Program, meaning they can enter the USA (for short term stay) easier, but some are not. For example as a French citizen you can stay visa free in Canada, Peru, Mexico and Panama for 180 days (but require visa for longer stay).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: the question was asked generally about EU citizens in the first place)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T10:06:40.377" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:06:40.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="181" CreationDate="2014-03-14T09:51:34.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany your wife will receive maternity benefit (Mutterschaftsgeld) for only 14 weeks - 6 weeks before the birth and 8 weeks after the birth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that you can receive parents money (Elternsgeld) for up to 14 months after the birth but only if you're residents of Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no first-hand experince but I think it's not possible to go to India for a year and still getting parents money or maternity benefits in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beeg/BJNR274810006.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BEEG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/muschg/BJNR000690952.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MuSchG (Maternity Protection Act)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T09:51:34.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T10:08:51.853" Score="9" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked for several years for a UK company, and have a corresponding amount of pension in their pension scheme. Now it looks like I'm pretty unlikely to return (and even if I do, it's a pain to have to maintain two relationships with pension funds), I'd like to work out how I can go about transferring those funds to my company pension scheme here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm deliberately leaving the 'here' vague, as I suspect the answer depends more on the UK than the target country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:08:51.853" Title="Is it possible to transfer my pension out of a UK fund, and if so, how to go about it?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="297" CreationDate="2014-03-14T10:08:51.853" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To move money out of a UK pension fund you have to provide proof that the target fund (where you are intending to move the money to) satisfies UK requirements. The key term here is &lt;strong&gt;QROPS&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme&lt;/em&gt;). If the target fund is a QROPS (there's a non-exhaustive but fairly comprehensive list &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pensionschemes/qrops.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;(pdf)) then it &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can receive the transfer of UK Pension Benefits without incurring an unauthorised payment and scheme sanction charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the target fund is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a QROPS, you can suggest that they become one - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pensionschemes/qrops.htm&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk&quot;&gt;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; explains how (basically there is a fairly simple &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pensionschemes/apss251.pdf&quot;&gt;form to download&lt;/a&gt;, fill in and send, or you can do it online).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:08:51.853" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T10:56:45.350" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I get advice about a everyday life situation, accidents or benefit in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:56:45.350" Title="How do I get legal help in the UK and is it free?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="299" CreationDate="2014-03-14T10:56:45.350" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;United Kingdom, not only has allot of free advice, but also more than a dozen specific regulating and helping bodies, that actually have your self in their best interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can start of with the recenlty revamped &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GOV.UK website&lt;/a&gt;. You can really find most answers on this site or at least a starting point about more complicated issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are having some kind of civil problems, like money problems, abuse verbal/physical from family or stranger or general enquiries how to handle legal cases, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizens advice bureau&lt;/a&gt; website and there are offices near you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are good starting points and usually these places will redirect you to a more specific body that deals better with your query. Like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Trading Standards&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Accident Help line&lt;/a&gt; (for work or personal) and there are allot more!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have insurance of any kind, car or home, its worth taking Legal Advice cover too, it usually costs a few pound extra but you can call them up too, and if they see a good case you can be covered for millions of pounds of legal costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used many of these services, with reasonable attitude, where I felt I was put in the wrong. 90% cases were in my favour . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;FYI: It seems like the Automotive sector (Car sales, mechanics and dealers) in the UK is on the few sectors that are not regulated for standards. So if you have problems with bad workmanship that put your life at risk there is nothing you can do about it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T10:56:45.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T10:57:59.343" Score="5" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am an expat student in the U.S., Am I going to get the same student benefits and discounts in the U.S. just like the local students using my student ID?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T20:04:38.497" Title="Will I get the same student benefits and discounts in the U.S. as a foreign student?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T11:06:40.670" Score="9" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;When relocating in the EU, you need to renew your driving license in your country of residence. This is often a simple procedure where you pay the fees and exchange your old license for a new license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently holding a Belgian license, but I did my driving exam in the Netherlands. Still there are quite some differences in traffic regulations. One would expect that some one having a national license, is familiar with the local laws. Yet I am driving in Belgium and it took me some time to learn the often very slight differences. Regulations regarding fog lights are a nice example. In Holland you are suppose to use your fog lights, when the you have less then 50m sight, whereas in Belgium that is with 100m and with heavy rain. I can list a dozen of these small differences I noticed over time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Local car association often issue brochures indicating the difference, but as I have learned these brochures are often extremely incomplete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when you relocate to a new country, where you simply exchange your driving license for a local one, is there an extensive EU-wide resource one could consult for an elaborate comparison? One could of course read the local road code, but I believe a comparison would be a better resource. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T04:05:03.097" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T04:05:03.097" Title="Is there an elaborate resource in inter-EU difference in traffic rules?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="318" CreationDate="2014-03-14T11:14:19.977" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, who has been living in Britain for a year, can I get a student loan to pay for my tuition fees in one of the UK based universities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:38:39.370" Title="Getting a student loan and enrolling to a university in England" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2014-03-14T11:25:35.783" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The majority of the laws and signs will be very similar on &lt;em&gt;mainland&lt;/em&gt; Europe, as the traffic laws were &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;somewhat&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention_on_Road_Traffic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standardized&lt;/a&gt; in the last century. That said there might be slight differences. There are a few pages where you can check some of the differences:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Probably your best bet is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fcowidget.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;widget&lt;/a&gt; by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which contains links for every country that will tell you the main differences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The AA has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/overseas/countrybycountry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide page&lt;/a&gt; for each country (it is also linked from the FCO page)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wikipedia has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_European_road_signs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;good comparison&lt;/a&gt; about the different road signs you might encounter&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also when entering the country you usually face a sign showing the major speed limits and some other laws (like whether you need to turn on your headlights all the time or not) using pictograms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fncNU.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that in the UK and Ireland you have to drive on the left, and in UK the speed limits are shown in m/h and not km/h. Warning signs in Ireland are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Ireland#Warning_signs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mostly different&lt;/a&gt; than in other European country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do want to settle in an other country, then the best you can do is read the laws (or at least the book you would read when preparing for your driving test), to make sure you understand everything correctly, as there might still be subtle, but important gaps. For example in the UK there is no such thing as a crossing where each of the roads have the same priority. There is either a marked give way sign, or the crossing is marked as a (mini) roundabout, where roundabout laws exist (e.g. you have to give priority to the right). If you arrive at a crossing and you don't have the marked line or the give way sign, and it's not a roundabout, you can assume that you have the priority. On the other hand in mainland europe unmarked crossings without give way signs have the same priority, meaning that if you think you have the priority (as in UK you would have) you can get into serious accidents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="303" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:02:18.250" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:02:18.250" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="301" CreationDate="2014-03-14T11:49:21.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately it is up to the individual company or venue to set whether or not they make a distinction between domestic or international students but I am yet to find one that does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carnegiehall.org/Students/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Carnegie Hall&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Buy your tickets at the Box Office on 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. A student photo ID is required for purchase of up to two tickets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which means that as long as your student ID is valid you should be able to obtain a discounted ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition I would think that making a discount/service limited based whether the student has residency in the US or not is likely to bring a constitutional challenge to such limitation but &lt;strong&gt;IANAL&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T11:49:21.020" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="272" CreationDate="2014-03-14T12:09:52.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This firstly depends on how long you have lived in Norway and if you are thinking about private or public pension. Within the EU, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dwp.gov.uk/international/social-security-agreements/list-of-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;most countries&lt;/a&gt; fortunately have an agreement over transferring the earned pensions. Both Norway and Great Britain are members of this agreement, i.e. your &lt;strong&gt;public&lt;/strong&gt; pension is transfered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a good share of your pension in Norway will be registered with a pension scheme of a private supplier such as the most popular Storebrand or Gjensidige. If you worked in Norway for less then a year, you will loose your entire pension. After this, the payouts depend on your company and contract. Just contact your pension provider and they will be able to tell you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T12:09:52.260" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="231" CreationDate="2014-03-14T12:59:21.263" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another thing you could do is to read through your employment contract as well as the so called &quot;Betriebsvereinbarungen&quot; - rules that apply for all employes. There should be stated how those hours are handled. Some companies, especially in service sector let you accumulate positive or negative hours up to a certain level. It lets the company to use the time, when they have more orders than they need, to save on paying overtime hours to employees to cover the costs of their salaries, when there is not enough orders. Otherwise they have to send some of the employees to work short time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your specific case it's really hard to help you without seeing your contract. It is definitely possible to have minus hours (like in my case for example), but I can't give you legal advice in your case, as I am no lawyer. You can try and google if there are some lawyers that help in those cases in your area. They could help determine whether or not you have been cheated from legal point of view. If I were you, I would consider if I want to sue my Employer over a week of pay. Is it worth destroying your relationship with the company and ruin your career there. Just like the Germans say: &quot;Recht haben und Recht bekommen&quot; which means &quot;it's not the same to be right, and to get justice from it&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="154" LastEditorUserId="101" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T11:48:46.083" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T11:48:46.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T13:44:01.940" Score="7" ViewCount="808" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/official-matters/thirty-percent-ruling&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;30% tax ruling&lt;/a&gt; on highly skilled migrant workers, where expats working in the Netherlands can pay less tax for a considerable amount of time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am living abroad I am wondering if this law also applies to Dutch citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T11:38:42.503" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T10:31:20.907" Title="Does the 30% tax ruling in the Netherlands also apply to Dutch Citizens who are now living abroad?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="309" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T13:45:27.953" Score="4" ViewCount="448" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard stories of people that drive around Europe, that particularly in France you can get fined for using any Navigation system or device that comes bundled with, fixed Speed camera alerts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true? And do any other countries in the world do the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that you MUST have a single use breathalyser in your car at all times in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T13:49:49.257" Title="Is it true that having speed camera alerter is illegal in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-14T20:37:41.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="309" CreationDate="2014-03-14T13:49:49.257" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are forbidden in France. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-verbraucher.de/fileadmin/user_upload/eu-verbraucher/PDF/Sonstige_pdfs/Kopie_von_tabel_Radar_Detection_rules_ECCNet__2_.pdf&quot;&gt;This table&lt;/a&gt; made by the German consumer council is listing up all European countries in this respect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The green column is indicating where GPS alerting is allowed and the orange one where Radar-alerter are allowed. The violet one indicates the fine in case you are caught.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;js=n&amp;amp;prev=_t&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;u=http://www.eu-verbraucher.de/fileadmin/user_upload/eu-verbraucher/PDF/Sonstige_pdfs/Kopie_von_tabel_Radar_Detection_rules_ECCNet__2_.pdf&quot;&gt;Here is a google translation of the PDF&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T13:49:49.257" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6" CreationDate="2014-03-14T14:05:46.893" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an ugly subject for the US citizens given the taxation of the global income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that you may need to look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/mexico.pdf&quot;&gt;US-Mexico Tax Treaty&lt;/a&gt;, and the supporting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/mexicotech.pdf&quot;&gt;Technical Explanation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/mexico.pdf&quot;&gt;The protocol from 2003&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/temexico.pdf&quot;&gt;Technical Explanation to it&lt;/a&gt; all available from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/Mexico---Tax-Treaty-Documents&quot;&gt;IRS&lt;/a&gt; as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Frequently-Asked-Questions-About-International-Individual-Tax-Matters&quot;&gt;FAQ from IRS for individual International Tax Matters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Frequently-Asked-Questions-About-International-Individual-Tax-Matters&quot;&gt;IRS FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is foreign earned income? Is it income paid by a foreign person for working abroad, or is it income paid by a U.S. company for working abroad?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Earned income is pay for personal services performed, such as wages, salaries, or professional fees. Foreign earned income is income you receive for services you perform in a foreign country or countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your tax home must be in a foreign country; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You must meet either the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It does not matter whether earned income is paid by a U.S. employer or a foreign employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign earned income does not include the following amounts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The previously excluded value of meals and lodging furnished for the convenience of your employer.&#xA;  _ Pension or annuity payments including social security benefits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Payments by the U.S. Government, or any U.S. government agency or instrumentality, to its employees.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Amounts included in your income because of your employer's contributions to a nonexempt employee trust or to a non-qualifying annuity contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Recaptured unallowable moving expenses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Payments received after the end of the tax year following the tax year in which you performed the services that earned the income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which means that you have to report the income earned in Mexico to the IRS but you get relief under the tax treaty from Double Taxation you will get Tax paid to the US as credit in Mexico and Tax Paid in Mexico as credit to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I would suggest is to get a competent accountant that knows how to deal with foreign earned income in both Mexico and US and have them deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T14:05:46.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2014-03-14T14:14:48.193" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems possible in principle but there are several restrictions. Particularly relevant is the fact that any period of residence in the Netherlands in the past 25 years would be subtracted from the period during which you can benefit from the 30%-rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant status is &lt;a href=&quot;http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0002489/geldigheidsdatum_14-03-2014&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;article 10ef of the &lt;em&gt;Uitvoeringsbesluit loonbelasting 1965&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (I got the reference from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elseviernextens.nl/de-kortingsregeling-de-30-regeling-strijd-met-eu-wetgeving/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;an article on elseviernextens.nl&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indien de ingekomen werknemer voorafgaand aan de aanvang van de tewerkstelling als ingekomen werknemer door de inhoudingsplichtige, in Nederland is tewerkgesteld of is verbleven, wordt de looptijd verminderd met de perioden van eerdere tewerkstelling en eerder verblijf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perioden van eerdere tewerkstelling en eerder verblijf die meer dan vijfentwintig jaar voorafgaand aan de tewerkstelling zijn geëindigd, worden niet in aanmerking genomen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So having been trained abroad and stayed away for a few years would not be enough, you basically need to have lived elsewhere for more than 17 years to be able to benefit from the rule when coming back to the Netherlands, which probably does not apply to many Dutch people. Also, you should not have lived less than 150 km away from the border in the last 24 months (I mention this because your profile suggests you wouldn't qualify in any case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T14:14:48.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2014-03-14T14:37:51.307" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, you are not a resident of The Hague if you live abroad.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you are &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; able to vote in national and EU¹ elections.  You are not able to vote in next weeks municipal elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All adult residents of The Hague are able to vote in The Hague's municipal elections.  As you are not able to vote in the municipal elections, this logically means you are not a resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹If you live in another EU country, you can choose in which country to participate in the elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T14:37:51.307" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="319" CreationDate="2014-03-14T14:43:43.693" Score="6" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;The IRS provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Offers-Advice-on-How-to-Choose-a-Tax-Preparer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guidelines&lt;/a&gt; for choosing a tax preparer. These include making sure the preparer has a PTIN and to check with the US BBB for questionable history. The IRS also has information about understanding tax preparer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Tax-Professionals/Understanding-Tax-Return-Preparer-Credentials&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;credentials&lt;/a&gt;. Attorneys and CPAs are licensed by US states so it seems unlikely that I will be able to find one in the UK. What types of certifications should I look for in a UK based preparer for US income tax returns?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T15:05:58.987" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T16:03:35.103" Title="How to find a tax preparer in the UK for a US income tax return" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="301" CreationDate="2014-03-14T15:03:41.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to get around the problem is to get an International Student ID card. You have a lot of information in: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isic.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.isic.org/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;They also connect you to sites that offer discounts. Quite useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:03:41.463" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T15:30:25.070" Score="9" ViewCount="1556" Body="&lt;p&gt;What portion of the sale of a property outside the US will you need to pay taxes on? Will you be paying taxes on the total sale price or only on the gain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T05:56:34.873" Title="How much US taxes do you have to pay after selling a foreign property if you are a US green card holder?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="303" CreationDate="2014-03-14T15:38:39.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system in the UK is confusing. As far as I can tell the Scotish system is different from the English, Welsh and Northern Irish systems. I assume you are talking about the government finances and not private loans. The requirements for qualifying are available from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/who-qualifies&quot;&gt;GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can only apply if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re a UK national or have ‘settled status’ (no restrictions on how long you can stay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you normally live in England&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’ve been living in the UK for 3 years before starting your course&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may also be eligible if your residency status is one of the&#xA;  following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;EU national, or family member of one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;refugee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;humanitarian protection (as a result of a failed application for asylum)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;migrant worker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;child of a Swiss national&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;child of a Turkish worker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are not an UK citizen and don't have refugee status or humanitarian protection, you will not be able to apply with form &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/media/559131/sfe_pn1_1314_d.pdf&quot;&gt;PN1&lt;/a&gt;, but you may be able to apply and qualify with form &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/media/591405/eu13n_form_1314_d.pdf&quot;&gt;EU13N&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T15:38:39.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="315" CreationDate="2014-03-14T16:03:35.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue is actually reliability of the preparer and their reputation and their ability to prepare your return legally and with little or no pain on the tax front.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that if you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=Tax+Preparation+UK+US&amp;amp;sourceid=ie7&amp;amp;rls=com.microsoft%3aen-us%3aIE-Address&amp;amp;ie=&amp;amp;oe=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google &quot;Tax Preparation UK US&quot;&lt;/a&gt; the first thing that does come up in that list is the link from &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/tax_preparation_services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Embassy in London&lt;/a&gt; which gives you  a list of providers of Tax Preparation services in the UK some of which like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grant-thornton.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Grant Thornton&lt;/a&gt; are well known some others not so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to that list &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=Tax+Preparation+UK+US&amp;amp;sourceid=ie7&amp;amp;rls=com.microsoft%3aen-us%3aIE-Address&amp;amp;ie=&amp;amp;oe=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; provides other companies that provide the same services as the preparers on the list above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as evaluation is concerned the best way to evaluate a Tax Preparer from my past experience is chatting with other clients if it is possible.  The issue with people doing one's taxes at least in the US is whether or not they meet your individual goals and expectations but knowing that is only possible from either someone you trust or from gathering information from current or former clients which have similar goals, which takes time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T16:03:35.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="317" CreationDate="2014-03-14T16:47:41.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this particular case you will need to report the net income(gain/loss) from the sale of the property.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same question is discussed in on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/tax_adviser/20040504a1.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bankrate&lt;/a&gt; and refers to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sd.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schedules D&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040se.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;E&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4797.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS form 4797&lt;/a&gt; to fill out depending on the type of property sold and it's past use but I'd check with an accountant as these types of sales may get complicated from the tax purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T16:47:41.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="274" CreationDate="2014-03-14T16:59:05.387" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261438/vaf2.pdf&quot;&gt;VAF2&lt;/a&gt; application (more documents can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-uk-visa-non-pbs-work-or-uk-ancestry-form-vaf2&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) is used to apply for the for the UK ancestry visa. Part 8 is concerned with employment and has 3 relevant questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.3    Please give details of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any job offers including salary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the type of job you hope to take in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.4    Please give details of all qualifications you have that are relevant to this type of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.5    Please give details of all work experience you have that is relevant to this type of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guidance at the end is not particularly helpful. There seems to be two ways you could approach the questions. The first would be to list your Canadian employer. It is perfectly legal to work for an overseas company while living in the UK. The fact that your current employer will let you work remotely is like a job offer. The other option is to list the type of job that you would like to have in the UK (presumably similar to what you are currently doing) and not mention the &quot;offer&quot; from your current company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 5 years time when the ancestry visa expires, if you have only worked for an overseas company there might be problems renewing your visa or applying for settlement. Trying to guess what the UKBA requirements will be in 5 years is impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T16:59:05.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="322" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="335" CreationDate="2014-03-14T17:32:27.803" Score="7" ViewCount="2140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider the situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A person arrives to the US as an H1B holder&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Works for the employer that sponsored the visa for some time and employer does labor certification and other paperwork for US Green Card (Permanent Residency)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Due to some factors the employee loses that job, but has been able to find another that will sponsor him for the H1.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here is the problem: What will happen to the application for an adjustment of status to Permanent Resident?  Can it continue with the new employer or will this have to be restarted from the beginning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T11:49:06.507" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T11:49:06.507" Title="H1B Green Card (Permanent Residency) Process with Employer Change" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2014-03-14T17:57:13.000" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/e-2-treaty-investors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;E-2 Treaty Investors&lt;/a&gt; visa. Requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be a national of a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have invested, or be actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital in a bona fide enterprise in the United&#xA;  States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be seeking to enter the United States solely to develop and direct the investment enterprise.  This is established by showing at least&#xA;  50% ownership of the enterprise or possession of operational control&#xA;  through a managerial position or other corporate device.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's vague on how much investment is required. There have been people who have been given that visa with investments as little as $25,000, but also people rejected with investment in excess of $100,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it's not gonna be &quot;freelance&quot;, you'd have to establish actual enterprise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T17:57:13.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="334" CreationDate="2014-03-14T17:58:20.937" Score="12" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a person in the US under an H-1B visa - if this person needs to change jobs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the procedure that needs to be followed since the H-1 is sponsored by the employer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the visa and stay be continued or it is basically a new visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T11:49:15.557" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T11:49:15.557" Title="How to change employers on a H-1B visa in the United States" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="273" CreationDate="2014-03-14T18:21:51.007" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Immigration authority you need a Re-Entry Permit (REP) to retain your permanent residency status when leaving the country, and this permit needs to be renewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;periodically&lt;/a&gt;. If you don't do that you lose your permanent residency status and have to apply for a completely new one. The immigration office might consider that you were an SPR before, but you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=151&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;still need to be eligible&lt;/a&gt; for the SPR again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T18:21:51.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="195" CreationDate="2014-03-14T18:50:54.617" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First up: I am not a lawyer. But verifiable sources confirm you can get points like a German, even when you're holding a foreign driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, here's a quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hamm.de/rathaus/buergerservice/anliegen-von-a-z/civserv.html?tx_civserv_pi1%5Bcommunity_id%5D=1110000&amp;amp;tx_civserv_pi1%5Bmode%5D=service&amp;amp;tx_civserv_pi1%5Bid%5D=188&amp;amp;cHash=ce70f1848d20cf16a42c12869b3f4bad&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the website of the German city of Hamm&lt;/a&gt; (section II, 3rd paragraph) related to holding a driver's license issued by EU countries while living in Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Läuft Ihre Fahrerlaubnis nach den deutschen Vorschriften eher ab als in Ihrem Heimatstadt, wird die neue Geltungsdauer bei der Registrierung in Ihren Führerschein eingetragen. Ist ein solcher Eintrag wegen der Beschaffenheit des Führerscheins nicht möglich, erhalten Sie einen entsprechenden deutschen Führerschein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ein Verstoß gegen die Pflicht zur Registrierung wird mit einem Bußgeld geahndet und &lt;strong&gt;führt zu Punkten im Verkehrszentralregister&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(emphasis mine)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translating that into English using my own words, they state that…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, under German law, your license expires earlier than in your hometown, the new period of validity will be noted in your driver's license at the&#xA;license register. If it's not possible to add such an entry due to the nature of the license, you will receive a German driver's license. A breach of this obligation to register is punishable by a fine and &lt;strong&gt;leads to points at the Verkehrszentralregister (also known as the “Kraftfahrtbundesamt”) in Flensburg&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, Yes – if you live in Germany and hold a Bulgarian (EU country) driving license, you can very well get (so called) 'Points in Flensburg' as described in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvg/__4.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Straßenverkehrsgesetz – § 4&lt;/a&gt; (Road Traffic Act). If you accumulate enough of those points, German law states that your driver's license can be “put on hold” or, depending on the violation(s) and total points on your record, even completely revoked!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there are some additional restrictions and things to watch out for when holding a foreign driver's license, which may also apply to you. But I assume you're already aware of those. If you aren't, you should contact your local authorities to learn where to get that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of doubt, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/stvg/gesamt.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Straßenverkehrsgesetz&lt;/a&gt; (PDF of complete Road Traffic Act) is a solid resource!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T19:16:17.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T19:09:12.693" Score="19" ViewCount="3529" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I first went to Germany for work, I was shocked by the problems I encountered with finding an apartment. My company found me a temporary accommodation before I arrived (a single room in a cellar, in so-called &quot;Wohnen auf Zeit&quot;) but that company required a job contract to be faxed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I've searched for normal apartments, everyone wanted to see me personally and additionally asked about my job contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wanted to go to Germany to look for a contract or job, would it be possible at all to find some apartment &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; I get there? It seems unlikely since I wouldn't have any job/contract in advance, and I couldn't be there personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expected it would be possible to simply find something on the internet, correspond with the owner/renter, negotiate the price, and pay by bank transfer, no problem. But maybe I was expecting too much...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T12:52:10.513" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T14:49:08.977" Title="Is it possible to find an apartment for rent in Germany before coming there and looking for a job/contract?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="330" CreationDate="2014-03-14T19:16:30.300" Score="7" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a EU citizen living outside the EU.  Can I participate in elections for the European Parliament?  Does it depend on my country of citizenship?  My citizenship is Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T22:31:38.960" Title="Can EU citizens participate in European Parliament elections when living outside the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="328" CreationDate="2014-03-14T19:53:59.560" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's possible but as you suspected it does depend on your country of origin. For example, French people abroad can simply vote in their consulates, the same way than for other national elections. Their votes will then be added to one of the districts (namely Paris/Île-de-France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The modalities will depend on your citizenship (not all countries vote on the same day, some offer postal voting, some do not, etc.) and some countries don't even provide a way to vote for their citizens abroad but at least it's not forbidden as far as the EU is concerned. On the other hand, EU citizens living somewhere else in the EU can always vote in their country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europeancitizensabroad.eu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;European citizens abroad&lt;/a&gt; is an organization devoted to this issue. Here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europeancitizensabroad.eu/netherlands.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;their page about the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-14T22:31:38.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T22:31:38.960" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="338" CreationDate="2014-03-14T20:10:12.153" Score="9" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Inside the EU, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/78/on-which-elections-in-germany-can-i-vote&quot;&gt;EU residents can vote in local and European-level (and possibly regional) elections for the EU country where they live&lt;/a&gt;.  I'm a Dutch citizen living temporarily in Canada.  Are there any elections I can take part in?  If Perhaps local ones?  Or none at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:51:22.093" Title="Are there any elections I can take part in while a temporary resident in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="61" CreationDate="2014-03-14T21:07:11.063" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is some debate on the issue, but the consensus is that you can't work while you're in the US independently of where the company you work for is located. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/10/09/so-youre-on-a-spouse-visa-things-to-know/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; explains this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But the grumble of many job-ready H4 visa holders is that they’re also banned from working remotely for companies back in their home nation. Freelancing, or even continuing to run a business abroad with no trading links to the U.S., would be a violation of the terms of the H4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there can be found similar explanation in a lot of places, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justanswer.com/immigration-law/50q26-just-spoken-us-attorney-informally-possibility.html&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reality is that the laws regulating H-4 status do not not necessarily contemplate a person working remotely but the existing laws explicitly state that a H-4 dependent cannot work unless he or she is the approved beneficiary of an authorized petition and been granted a change of status to a non-immigrant category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is: you can't legally work - even if its remote work for a foreign company or freelancing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be however some ways how you can still earn a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/10/04/six-legal-ways-to-earn-money-in-the-u-s-without-a-work-visa/&quot;&gt;little income&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T21:07:11.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="327" CreationDate="2014-03-14T21:36:24.213" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find a temporary, short term, expensive apartment through a portal such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ownerdirect.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ownerdirect&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.airbnb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;airbnb&lt;/a&gt;, or similar services.  You cannot realistically find a long term apartment.  This one you would rent for a short period, perhaps a week or a month.  You would likely have to pay in advance, so use online reviews to see if someone can be trusted.  Then, with this as a basis, start your job and in the meantime search for apartments.  It is entirely normal that home owners want to meet potential tenants before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is exactly how I did when I moved from Sweden to Canada, from Canada to England, and from England to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Germany specifically, you should verify that you are allowed to register in this temporary apartment (you'll need a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;) and that you will be able to receive mail there.  You will need this to bootstrap your life in Germany: open a bank account, start your job, get your Schufa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T14:49:08.977" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T14:49:08.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="324" CreationDate="2014-03-15T01:20:17.127" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What's the procedure that needs to be followed since H-1 is sponsored&#xA;  by the employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While being employed with the current employer, the candidate needs to approach his/her future employers and seek a job. Once the candidate is selected the future employer will file an LCA and a new H1B petition which is valid till the candidate's valid extension period possible (this depends on the number of years the candidate has spent in the US). It is permissible by law for the employee to begin employment at the new place of work based on the receipt notice of having the petition delivered to USCIS. However, in case the petition is rejected then the employee on H1B has no legal status in the US. Many H1B holders will usually wait till the petition is transferred and put in the notice period only when they have access to the newly approved petition. If the employee on H1B has an approved I-140, and is nearing the six year clock then the future employer should be able to file for yearly extensions of the H1B. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can the visa and stay be continued or it is basically a new visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though it is commonly referred to as transfer of visa, a new petition is filed every time one 'transfers' a visa. The employee can continue his/her stay if the petition filed comes with a new I-94 attached to it. The I-94 determines the duration one is allowed to stay in the US within status. If the current I-94 is expiring and there is no other new I-94 attached to the new petition then the H1B holder has to step out of the US borders and step back in again and ask for a new I-94. This procedure may have changed of late as the I-94s are being done away with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T01:20:17.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="322" CreationDate="2014-03-15T01:36:31.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will depend on which stage of the GC process the employee loses his job. &#xA;The basic outline of steps for attaining citizenship through an employer is to begin the GC process which is file and get approval for PERM -&gt; I140 -&gt;I485 -&gt; GC -&gt; Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the employee lost his job after PERM approval but before I140 approval &#xA;The new employer will have to begin from the very basic of advertising the job and filing for a new labor certification.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the employee lost his job after I140 approval &#xA;The date of I140 approval is deemed as priority date something an H1b holder can hold on to. Even if he loses the current job a new employer although, will have to begin from filing a new labor petition again, but the priority date for the employee will remain the one on his/her previous I140 approval. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But here is the problem what will happen to the application for adjustment of status to Permanent Resident? Can it be continued with the new employer or will this have to be restarted from the beginning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends. Basically, if:&#xA;- Your I-140 is approved.&#xA;- Your I-485 has been pending for more than 180 days.&#xA;You can change to a new employer and continue your GC process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will NOT be out of status if you lose your job, and you can stay until your case is adjudicated (and longer if approved). What is required is that at the time your case is adjudicated (with or without RFE) you need to have a job or job offer that is same or similar to the job described in your LC. If you want to change your job after 180 days then one will have to apply for AC21 portability. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/greencard/employmentbasedimmigration/i-140-premium-processing.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; website may have more solutions for the numerous possibilities surrounding the American GC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T01:36:31.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T02:08:01.557" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a married couple are living separated in two different countries, which is neither the country where either person has citizenship, nor the country where they got married, would there be any benefit of registring a marriage in their countries of residency and/or their countries of citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, if a Dutch and a French person got married in Sweden, and now work on independent visas in Canada and the USA, should they register their marriage anywhere beyond Sweden?  What would be the benefit in doing so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T07:36:22.983" Title="If no spousal visas are involved, what are the needs for registering a marriage with foreign authorities?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="182" CreationDate="2014-03-15T04:05:22.643" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on how long you've been overseas.  from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/overseas/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;AEC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you're just visiting overseas for a short time, and plan to return, you can enrol and vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you are already overseas, you can enrol to vote from overseas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you're enrolled, you can register as an overseas voter IF you intend to return to Australia within six years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the one most appropriate for what you're asking:&#xA; - if you are not enrolled, and have been overseas for less than three years, you may still be eligible to enrol if you are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an Australian citizen aged 18 years or older,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;intending to return to Australia within six years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically by law, unless you have a VALID excuse (as decided by the AEC) you need to enrol to vote, and the above options show you the various ways in which you can enrol.  If you're back in the country while living overseas, you should either have enrolled overseas, or in preparation for being in the country during the election, you can use your address while in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T04:05:22.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="331" CreationDate="2014-03-15T04:33:30.543" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;So while it &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_foreigners_to_vote#Canada&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;differs a bit by province for foreigners&lt;/a&gt; historically, basically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&amp;amp;dir=faq&amp;amp;document=faqvoting&amp;amp;lang=e#a12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;federal elections and referendums&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may vote in this federal election if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;are a Canadian citizen&#xA;will be 18 or older on election day&#xA;are registered to vote&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with more information in the Canada Elections Act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As confirmation from &lt;a href=&quot;http://english.inmylanguage.org/article.aspx?cat=CDNGOVT&amp;amp;docid=2272178&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;another immigration page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permanent residents (landed immigrants), temporary residents and&#xA;  refugee claimants cannot vote in any election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then we come to &lt;strong&gt;municipal&lt;/strong&gt; elections:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, &lt;a href=&quot;http://english.inmylanguage.org/article.aspx?cat=CDNGOVT&amp;amp;docid=2272178&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you must be a Canadian citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Private organisations, such as rotaries, school boards and the like are allowed to set their own rules, so you would need to look at their rules.  But as government-run elections go, basically, the answer is no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T11:51:22.093" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:51:22.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="317" CreationDate="2014-03-15T05:56:34.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You generally pay taxes on gains, i.e.: you take your sale proceeds, deduct your &lt;em&gt;cost basis&lt;/em&gt; (which may or may not be the amount you paid for the property), and calculate your tax liability on the difference. In the case of international transaction, such as selling property in a different country, you should always consult with a tax accountant (EA/CPA licensed in your state) that will help you identify relevant treaty clauses (if there's a treaty between the US and that country on tax issues), and additional potential deductions (for example, taxes you already paid/accrued on the same gains in that foreign country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the use, and how you got to own the property, additional reporting may be required. Keep in mind the FBAR and FATCA requirements, and various additional forms that must be attached to your tax return since you have significant amounts of money abroad. Don't take these requirements lightly, while not affecting your tax liability in any way - just not attaching one of these pieces of paper may cost you $10000 and more in penalties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T05:56:34.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="336" CreationDate="2014-03-15T05:58:59.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should check local laws. Some countries require that their citizens/residents update the authorities about such changes. US doesn't care, unless you're interested in immigration benefits (spousal visa, etc), and if you are - just bring the marriage certificate to the consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T05:58:59.133" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="341" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="346" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:09:53.313" Score="7" ViewCount="1240" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd previously said to an Indian friend that they ought to come over and stay with me in the summer. At the time, I'd thought I'd be in the UK, and I'm fairly happy about how to go about helping them get a UK visa. Now it looks like I'll have just moved to France, so they'll need to get a Schengen visa instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/venir-en-france-22365/formalites-d-entree-en-france/article/controle-a-l-arrivee-en-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France Diplomatie site on this&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/getting-a-visa/article/verification-upon-arrival-in&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English version&lt;/a&gt;), I gather I'll need to get something called a &quot;Attestation d' Accueil&quot; for my friend confirming that they'll be staying with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From an earlier question, I gather &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/180/as-an-eu-national-moving-to-france-what-are-the-rules-about-registering&quot;&gt;“carte de séjour” is not required for EU citizens&lt;/a&gt;. So, I won't have one of those. As an EU national recently moved to France, I probably won't have a great deal in the way of French paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that situation, how would I go about getting a &quot;Attestation d' Accueil&quot;? Especially what will I need to get for myself first, and how would I do that? Related, will the process for applying for one once I have the right documentation be the same as for a local, or will it differ as an EU national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T13:12:26.443" Title="As an EU national just moved to France, how do I get a &quot;Attestation d'accueil&quot; for a friend's visa?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="342" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:12:35.413" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;French Republic&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bXHfc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of France&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French Republic (République française) is a sovereign country in Western Europe. It is a member of the European Union, the EEA and the Schengen Area. It is considered as an eligible country in the USA Visa Waiver Program and the Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery. The official currency is the Euro (EUR/€), the country calling code is +33. The official timezone is CET in winter and CEST in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about being a citizen in France use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/french-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;french-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;french-citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Useful links&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/le-ministere-et-son-reseau/annuaires-et-adresses-du-ministere/ambassades-et-consulats-etrangers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;List of embassies and consulates in France&lt;/a&gt; (in French)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-01T20:35:42.207" LastActivityDate="2018-09-01T20:35:42.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="343" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:12:35.413" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the French Republic" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:56:17.067" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:56:17.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="347" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:19:40.770" Score="6" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you move to France, and hold a driving license from another EU country, how long can you drive in France on your existing license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related - when that time is up, what is the process you then have to follow to change it into a French one, and what documentation will you need to have gotten together by that point in order to be able to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T10:22:56.317" Title="How long can you live+drive in France before you have to change your EU driving license?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="354" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:22:41.303" Score="3" ViewCount="3157" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the rules around how long you can spend driving in France with a car that is registered elsewhere in the EU, before you have to go about taxing/registering/etc it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And does it make any difference if your car is right hand drive, rather than a left hand drive one that you'd normally have in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T16:47:57.403" Title="How long can I drive a EU registered car in France for?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:23:44.687" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to obtain this “&lt;em&gt;attestation d'accueil&lt;/em&gt;” from the municipal authorities (“&lt;em&gt;à la mairie&lt;/em&gt;”) where you live. It's supposed to prove that you have enough space and financial means to accommodate the person (and will consequently reduce the financial means requirement for the Schengen visa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to fill in a form (you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R10751.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;download a sample form&lt;/a&gt; to know how it looks like but you will get the actual form from the &lt;em&gt;mairie&lt;/em&gt; as well). You will also have to provide several documents and pay a fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a list (translated from &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2191.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An ID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something proving you can use the house/flat where your guest will be staying (i.e. a contract if you are renting, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A proof of address (recent utility bill)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything that shows you have sufficient financial means (tax returns – but you won't have that if you just moved – and salary slips are mentioned)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything that shows the place you are staying is suitable (i.e. how big it is, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A 30 € &lt;em&gt;timbre fiscal&lt;/em&gt; to pay the application fee (you can buy one in a “&lt;em&gt;bureau de tabac&lt;/em&gt;”)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to show originals of all these documents and, depending on the place, they will make copies for you or you have to provide them as well (the site advises you to ask beforehand). You also need to know the passport number of your guest and decide who will pay for the mandatory health insurance (i.e. you or your visiting friend).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-17T13:12:26.443" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T13:12:26.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="344" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:28:58.503" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can drive with your EU license until it expires (and therefore needs to be renewed) or until you commit a driving offense, in particular one that would result, under French law, in the cancellation or suspension of your license (at which point you might have to get a French license only to surrender it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until recently, France issued driving licenses with no “administrative validity” period so that similar licenses from elsewhere in the EU could be used indefinitely and did not need to be exchanged at all. Since 2013, France issues licenses with a limited duration (in application of directive 2006/126/EC) but current licenses will remain valid until 2033 so I assume that other EU licenses will also remain valid in France for the same time. After that, everybody in the EU should have a license in the new format and if you have an old lifelong license from another country, you will need to exchange it in your country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Official source is, as always, &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1758.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; and specifically “La demande d'échange est facultative. Ce n'est pas une obligation, sauf en cas d'infraction routière […]”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents needed are mostly the license itself (and sometimes, annoyingly, a translation), ID, photos and proof of where you live (in France, typically this would be a utility bill).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-11T10:22:56.317" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T10:22:56.317" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="336" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:36:22.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, this is a local law question.  To illustrate why, let's look at two different places, namely the United States and Indonesia.  The US follows common law in the Anglo-French tradition, except Louisiana which adopted civil law and the Napoleonic Code.  Marriage is a state law issue in the US and there is little Federal involvement in that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Indonesia, marriage is primarily a religious issue, and the federal government basically rubber stamps religious determinations on who is married, but civil law actions are required for divorce (and Indonesia follows, roughly Dutch/Roman civil law in this regard, with some influence from India).  Being married or being separated in both cases is very different thing, because there are questions of whether joint assets exist or how they are divided, and the two countries may have different opinions on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The processes for handling these questions are different in both countries (and even between some states in the US!).  So you want to check with local lawyers in both places.  Before you do, however, make sure you are prepared to talk about the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you mean by living separately.  Is this a legal arrangement regarding assets, possibly preceding a divorce?  Or is it a practical temporary arrangement preceding moving back together?  This may have profound implications regarding needing to register, tax status, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is a legal arrangement, what are the details that have been agreed upon?  Are there legal implications there?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These thins depend on specifics and local laws, and so local lawyers are the ones to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T07:36:22.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:44:05.020" Score="3" ViewCount="495" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a KITAS holder sponsored by my wife.  I want to start a business in Indonesia.  What are the primary restrictions I am going to run up against?  What sort of processes do I need to do to get around those?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T10:38:11.573" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T18:44:16.313" Title="What restrictions exist for a KITAS Holder in Indonesia starting a business?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="349" CreationDate="2014-03-15T07:49:52.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, Indonesia is remarkably hostile towards foreign investment.  The overall understanding is that the country is poor because too little of it is locally owned.  For this reason, it is extremely difficult for a foreigner to start a business by himself.  Since your wife sponsored you, you have two basic options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can create your own business, but you must invest in it at least $100k USD currently (2014).  This business must be a corporation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can have your wife as the official owner of the business, and have agreements between the business and you regarding decision making etc.  This business could be any form (limited partnership, corporation, or even sole proprietor).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Holding a KITAS does not entitle you to generally invest in Indonesian small businesses.  Only citizens are really allowed to do that, nor does it allow you to officially run your own business, though it does allow you to work for someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T07:49:52.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="352" CreationDate="2014-03-15T08:01:12.363" Score="3" ViewCount="1128" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you move to Australia as a New Zealand citizen, you're allowed to drive for a while on your NZ license (time depends on state).  In Victoria, how do you change to an Australian license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T17:41:45.500" LastActivityDate="2015-06-16T21:56:11.257" Title="How to transfer a New Zealand driver's license for a Victorian state license in Australia?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="351" CreationDate="2014-03-15T08:05:04.093" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did this a few weeks back, and the process was frustrating but reasonably straight forward.  It just takes time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First step is to get a Certificate of Particulars from New Zealand police.  This costs NZ$11 and takes a few business days, but can be done over the phone and they'll email it. It's best to do this before booking an appointment with VicRoads in case it takes longer than expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next is to book an appointment with VicRoads. It costs around $75, and you'll choose your nearest center and book a time to attend. They're really strict, so don't be late.  You'll need to bring:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your New Zealand license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of address in Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;certificate of particulars&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;another proof of ID (eg NZ passport) (although not everyone I know has been asked for the second one)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the appointment you'll fill out a form with the help of staff, take a quick eye test, get a photo taken and be issued with a temporary license. The full one will arrive in the mail within a couple of weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you have any medical conditions, or take medication on a daily basis, you may be required to get a letter from a doctor indicating that you're ok to drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T08:05:04.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T10:09:06.620" Score="3" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I live in Indonesia, I bought a house and registered it under my son's name since he has an Indonesian passport while I don't. Is there a way to register a house under my name if I live there and married from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T10:26:44.820" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T07:59:18.493" Title="What options do I have to own a house in Indonesia as a non-citizen?" Tags="&lt;indonesia&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="345" CreationDate="2014-03-15T12:15:26.150" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France you have to abide the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;common EU rules&lt;/a&gt; about using non-local, EU registered cars. This means that normally a resident in a country cannot drive a non-local, but EU registered car unless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is not yours, the registered owner is not a resident in that country, and he is sitting with you in the car (like a car owned by foreign family member, while he is also with you)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car belongs to (or to be more precise is registered in the name of) an EU based company, and you are working for that company (that company can be yours though).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is on a lease in an other country (for example it's a car hired from another country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are a student and are only studying in the given country. You are also legally enrolled in an educational establishment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a non-French resident you can also only drive your car for a maximum of 6 months in a 12 month period &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rivierareporter.com/doing-it-in-france/124-using-a-foreign-car-in-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;before needing to register it&lt;/a&gt;. So basically you can drive your EU registered car for up to 6 months, or up to the point where you become a resident in France. After that, you need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F19222.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;register it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter whether your car is left or right hand drive for registration reasons, but insurance companies might charge more for a right hand drive car (in mainland Europe).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T12:15:26.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T12:30:14.233" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have an health insurance with an extra dental insurance in the Netherlands. I had  a dental problem and went to a clinic. I sent the invoice to the insurance company but they consider this to be covered by the &quot;general insurance&quot;. Result: I have to pay the bill completely because I am still under &quot;my own risk&quot;.&#xA;They refuse to pay this from the dental insurance, which would cover the bill, because they argue this was a specialist treatment. This makes me wonder why do I need a dental insurance then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who can I contact to have further information and solve this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T16:39:10.677" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:27:18.773" Title="Is there some third party entity to solve disputes with insurance companies in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-03-17T15:08:08.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="357" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T14:01:26.633" Score="13" ViewCount="732" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you move to a new country, you'll probably want to make some local friends. However, you may well also want to make friends with some other expats, both from your own country or others. Partly that will be to get some support and advice on being an expat in the city (beyond what this site can offer!), partly to have friends in a similar situation to you, and partly it could just be to find others new+friendless in a new place!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presumably, once you know a few expats somewhere, they'll be able to tell you about other expat events, where expats tend to hang out, mailing lists or forums or something like that. However, until you've managed to meet a few, it can be hard to bootstrap into the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as a new arrival in a new town, how do you go about finding and meeting other expats there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that this is an expat-specific version of the related &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/20188/meeting-other-people-while-traveling&quot;&gt;Travel.SE question on Meeting other people while traveling&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T14:16:14.897" Title="Meeting other expats when you move to a new country?" Tags="&lt;local-customs&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-15T14:33:10.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best and easiest way (out of personal experience) is restaurants. Any expat, especially new ones, will need sometime until he/she get used to the local food and first thing new expats will look for is home food. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Restaurants that offer home country's food will be the best place for meeting other expats, most of them will be missing home as well and they will be socially willing to meet other's from the same country and share experiences. Also, there will always be a restaurant for a certain cuisine as long as there are people from that certain country. I have myself made some friends while living abroad whom I consider now as very close friends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other options would be different international &quot;towns&quot;, such as China towns (in many large cities in the world) or India Towns (in many large cities around the world), or the Arab streets (London, Kuala Lumpor, Bangkok, etc.). If you are from one of the large expat communities you must find such a place almost all around the world. A simple google would tell you where. The good thing about these &quot;towns&quot; is, it does not only let you meet people from home, but also gives you that dejavu feeling, it just makes you feel home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T14:33:10.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-15T15:05:37.297" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meetup.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Meetup.com&lt;/a&gt; in both Vancouver and Melbourne to find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;people with similar interests to me, for hobbies etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other expats&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my flatmate used it to organise dates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there's usually a 'New to the city' type group that you can find and join, or even an expat group, and then you go to their next meetup event and get to know them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T11:52:14.003" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:52:14.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="360" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="373" CreationDate="2014-03-15T16:04:01.940" Score="6" ViewCount="1988" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (French citizen) started a PhD in computer science in the US one year and a half ago: what can I do to get the US citizenship as quickly as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:56:13.383" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T16:56:13.383" Title="As a French PhD student in the US, what can I do to get the US citizenship as quickly as possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-15T16:14:13.563" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two other options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to your embassy/consulate's website to find out what events they organize in your city (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-boston.org/spip.php?article1834&quot;&gt;Consulate General of France in Boston&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for Facebook groups (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/groups/europeansww/&quot;&gt;Europeans in Boston&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T16:14:13.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="355" CreationDate="2014-03-15T16:38:35.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You “need” a dental insurance for routine dental treatment by your dentist like a bi-yearly dental check up and simple fillings for cavities. But usually the maximum coverage is only two or three times higher than the premium, which does not make for a very good insurance: Instead of paying a (relatively) low premium for a rare but expensive event (like being hospitalized), most people pay about the same in premiums than they use in dental treatments. And when you need insurance the most (i.e. if you have to get really expensive dental treatment), you are not covered and must shoulder most of the costs yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dental surgery (were you referred to a specialist within the clinic?) does not require extra insurance and since mandatory health insurance coverage is defined by the law, it's probably not specific to your insurer or mine (the same thing happened to me a few years back). Note that even if you did have to pay more than you expected in this case, the rule is actually to your advantage. You can drop the dental insurance (a bad deal in any case) and still be covered for serious problems like the one you had. Also, if you need some other medical treatment in the same year, you will reach your deductible (&lt;em&gt;eigen risico&lt;/em&gt;) quicker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it can be a nasty surprise the first time but it's not really an issue that could or should be “solved”, it's just the way it works in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-16T17:27:18.773" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:27:18.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3" CreationDate="2014-03-16T02:25:09.080" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Supplemental to Karlson's excellent answer, I want to add a few points about where the PPACA can pose problems for expats.  While it is true that you do not need to worry about the individual mandate while living abroad (according to the rules in his answer), there are particularly nasty implications of this mandate for expats anyway and being aware of these is the first step to avoiding problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are an expat married to a non-US citizen, then when you return to the US, the individual mandate requirements apply to you and to your spouse (and children if applicable), but non-citizens are not eligible for Medicaid for the first five years of residency, and so while subsidies are available down to the poverty line (but not below, meaning if you are under the poverty line you get no subsidies), if you find yourself unemployed during that 5 year period, it could be painful financially and you will need to prepare for extra paperwork/justifications to the IRS for a financial hardship exception.  This is particularly problematic of course if you are or intend to be self-employed during that five year period because the normal assurances of the PPACA do not fully apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation is that if you are at some point preparing to move back to the US with a family with non-citizen members, that you do not expect to be self-employed initially (if that is a goal), and that you find out exactly what the IRS wants to show a financial hardship in your case (these rules are of course subject to change as the authority to make financial hardship rules was delegated to the IRS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorDisplayName="user496" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T10:03:26.817" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T10:03:26.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="148" CreationDate="2014-03-16T02:41:26.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a note for statutory requirements for citizenship, you will want to register any children born abroad, as the other two posters mention, as soon as reasonably possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual requirements are actually a bit complex.  In general if both parents are US citizens, then the child is automatically a citizen if either parent has ever resided in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one parent is a citizen and the other is a non-citizen (ignoring for the time being non-citizen nationals which would be a case unlikely to be relevant unless travelling abroad with a national resident of US Marshall Islands or the like) then the rule is 5 years residency/physical presence, at least two of which have to be over the age of 14.  I didn't see anything in the statute relating to citizenship at age of residence, and I doubt that courts have had a chance to adjudicate the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently I don't think anyone can say anything beyond the argument that the simplest way to read the statute is that it is 5 years of physical presence in the US as a resident.  The government and courts might disagree if such a case actually came before them however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:41:26.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="120" CreationDate="2014-03-16T02:49:07.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moved from Eastern Washington State (US) to Indonesia in October, cold to tropical.  In general, the humidity took some getting used to, but it gets hotter in the summer in Eastern Washington than it does in Jakarta so the heat wasn't an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing to do is to adjust as best as you know how to living in the new environment.  Dress for warm weather, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second thing to do is to learn from the locals.  Find out what kind of bedding they use and make sure you try the same, for example.  You will still likely find it is too warm, but you can adjust that easily enough from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third thing to do is stay hydrated.  Heat and humidity lead to sweat which can dehydrate you.  Eat a little more salt than used to (to compensate for sodium loss), and drink lots of water.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, wait.  You will adjust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, having said this one thing I found I never adjusted to in Indonesia was the lack of seasons.  On a recent trip to Amsterdam from Jakarta, I experienced spring and realized how much I missed it.  You are likely to find that weather-related homesickness never really goes away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:49:07.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="115" CreationDate="2014-03-16T02:56:25.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having gone through this, I would say that depression is at least as much a &lt;em&gt;social&lt;/em&gt; illness as much as it is a neurological one.  No amount of therapy or drugs can make up for the social damage that depression can arise from.  Based on anecdotal experience, I think this is an even larger issue for women than for men (my parents tell very different stories of living in Mexico for a year, and my wife had an even harder time in the US than I did in Indonesia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chances are you are a long distance away from friends and relatives.  Everything is different.  You no longer have a real sense of how you fit in.  It's a tough time.  Realizing that this is social in etiology I think is the first step to overcoming it.  Here is what worked for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Focus on the few people around you who you are close with.  If you have family with you, focus on that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do something social regularly, at least once a week, whether with expats or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep in contact with friends and relatives back home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spend some time with locals talking about how things work, socially.  Find out how they solve social problems.  This was, at least for me, the key to appreciating the new place.  This isn't just about social norms.  It is about understanding and appreciating where you are, and seeing how you can fit into it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a tough issue, but once I went through it and come out on the other side, I found it was a very enriching process and well worth it, and I will never look at my own country in the same way again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:56:25.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="117" CreationDate="2014-03-16T03:09:07.827" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, everyone immigrating anywhere needs to understand that it will take years to understand the new place socially and culturally.  Sexuality is also highly cultural which makes that particular issue problematic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, most foreigners learn almost everything about American culture that they know from two sources:  news and movies.  My wife assumed that there was a serial killer in every neighborhood, and drugs on every street corner in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would say it takes time, and the best thing you can do is to point out that the US is not how things are portrayed in the movies, that the movies show a distorted and entertaining view of the US, not really how things work on the ground.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course the same holds true on the other side.  It takes Americans just as long to understand the cultural norms and we make just as many mistakes when moving to Asia as Asians make when coming to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I don't think cultural training necessarily works very well. The big problem is that culture is invisible to those well acclimated to it.  The best thing to do is to point out that things don't work according to expectations and let people know they need to acclimate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T03:09:07.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-16T03:26:32.820" Score="14" ViewCount="1168" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some countries, like China, which do not take kindly to foreigners who disrespect the government. In some cases the country's hostility can become dangerous for the expat. However, some topics are acceptable to discuss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example is the topic of corruption. It is OK to discuss how corruption is bad and that we must have less corruption and corruption is too common, etc. However, one is less safe if they say that one particular group of people are corrupt (police, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we could live by the rule of &quot;When you are a guest in another country you should keep your negative opinions to yourself&quot; but that is not really ideal because they basically prevents having any philosophical conversations with anyone while living abroad. At the same time, as a guest, you do need to find where the line is drawn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can one discover, in China for example, what is acceptable to say without running afoul of the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T12:57:46.140" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T04:53:07.127" Title="How to know what you can openly discuss in China?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="208" CreationDate="2014-03-16T05:27:32.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Her being the widow of an EU citizen does not help, extended family not so much either. For a direct ascendant or descendant (i.e. father/mother/children), it's possible to obtain a residence permit from one of the member states under certain conditions. You will still need to deal with paperwork and renew it from time to time. Most importantly, depending on local law, the person will most likely need to actually live in that country most of the time so as to avoid forfeiting this residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's an EU-wide rule (resulting from the EU citizen's freedom of movement), not related to Schengen (it would also apply, e.g., for a Romanian citizen living in Ireland). But once you have a residence permit from a Schengen country, you can travel in the area easily. However, if the EU citizen “sponsoring” a family member lives in his or her country of origin, then this principle might not apply, EU law is (for the most part) not relevant. Also, there is no such thing as a “Schengen resident card”, long-term stay is a national matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, she needs to have a Schengen visa. The best thing would be a visa valid for several years (sometimes called a “circulation” visa, up to 5 years are possible) but it seems she already has one of those. Also, renewing her passport does not necessarily mean that she needs a new visa, it might be possible to travel with both a new passport and the old one with the visa in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-02T21:23:08.617" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T21:23:08.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="533" CreationDate="2014-03-16T05:46:47.687" Score="8" ViewCount="498" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen with an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card; the closest thing to dual citizenship that the countries have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apparently have all the rights of an Indian citizen except:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ability to buy agricultural land&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ability to vote / run for a political (or judiciary) office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ability to hold an Indian passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of  situations besides the above where the eligibility criteria mentions that the applicant must be an Indian national, am I eligible? For example, there are a lot of educational programs or scholarships open only to Indian nationals. Do I count?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:20:32.130" Title="As an OCI card holder, do I count as an &quot;Indian Citizen&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="360" CreationDate="2014-03-16T05:49:04.430" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marry a US citizen. Once the US government is satisfied that your marriage is not a sham marriage (i.e.: you didn't get married &lt;strong&gt;just&lt;/strong&gt; for the immigration benefits) - you'll get a green card (permanent residency). After three years as permanent resident married to a US citizen, you can apply for US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a green card on your own. Either through an employer (EB1/EB2 process) or because you're such a distinguish scholar that the US would want to keep you (EB1 self sponsored process). After 5 years as a permanent resident you can apply for US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a congressman introduce legislation to the US Congress to grant you a citizenship. Once the bill passes and is signed into law by the President - you'll become a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join the US military. After 4 (IIRC...) years in the military, as long as you're not dishonorably discharged, you can apply for US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T05:49:04.430" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-16T07:25:25.140" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen / Indian resident. Income I make goes through the usual W9 form (instead of a W8), and I keep a US billing address while filling it in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, in the future, I no longer am able to list that address as a billing address and have to list an address in India, what changes with regards to collecting income (and filing taxes)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176" LastEditorUserId="176" LastEditDate="2014-03-16T07:38:07.360" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T05:23:48.710" Title="Are there any tax differences with having a billing address outside the States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="353" CreationDate="2014-03-16T07:59:18.493" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Asia/indonesia/Buying-Guide&quot;&gt;http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Asia/indonesia/Buying-Guide&lt;/a&gt;, the general answer is that you can't really, and that your current arrangement is probably the best you can do.  Apparently what foreigners do is either buy a right to use property or buy a convertible lease to a condominium (the lease basically is a contract which gives you the condo at such a time as it becomes legally possible to do so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you have to understand is that Indonesia is outright hostile to major assets of the country being held by foreigners and this is even more true of real estate than it is in business.  Real estate, unlike business, is a permanent and limited asset, and so this hostility enters with special force there.  As Sukarno pointed out, Indonesia in the 1920's was poor not because the land was poor, but because the assets were all owned by the Dutch.  This insight is the driving force of Indonesian economic policy today and it is extremely important to understand to navigate these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general I would add that there are a couple of other ways to do things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Purchase and assignment with a contract which provides you your interest.  This is typically the way foreigner-operated small businesses are operated also in Indonesia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lease with some sort of value rights.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general the case here is that while you may not hold title, you can effectively secure the rights from title that you want through contract, and legal ownership and use are thus effectively separated.  As a foreigner in Indonesia you are going to have to be comfortable with that separation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T07:59:18.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="374" CreationDate="2014-03-16T08:02:42.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest you ask tax related questions at &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;money@SE&lt;/a&gt;. The answer to your question is NO. Your billing address has nothing to do with taxes whatsoever. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where you live might affect your taxes (which incidentally has nothing to do with the billing address you're using), but that's an entirely separate issue. As a US citizen - you're &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; considered a US resident for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:30.997" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T08:02:42.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="374" CreationDate="2014-03-16T09:06:40.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clarifying littleadv's answer a bit, where he says, &quot;As a US citizen - you're always considered a US resident for tax purposes.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not quite true.  What I think he is trying to say is that you are always under the jurisdiction of the US tax code and subject to US tax law.  Tax law does, however, differentiate between citizenship and residency, and residency considerations are quite important if you are abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the test of foreign residency (along with big tax deductions) is whether you are outside the US for virtually all the time (the physical presence test, iirc 330 days a year in foreign countries) or the residency test (where you are legally resident and whether you have made representations to any government anywhere that you are a US resident).  If you pass the tests for foreign residency on either test, you may be eligible for income tax deductions but not FUMA/FICA tax deductions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since these tests involve residency, including legal residency, the only way your billing address in the US could become an issue is if you represent yourself as residing there to any government anywhere in the world.  If it is always only a billing address, and never presented as an address of residency that should be good, but if you ever say you reside there then you have to pass the physical presence test to be a foreign resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is &quot;no.&quot;  However it can result in trouble if you aren't careful about how you present yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you come back to the US for two months or so and tell the state government (maybe to renew your state driver license) that you live at your billing address, that could jeopardize your foreign tax exclusion.  The mere presence of a US billing address has no effect, but how you present it in many cases might.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorUserId="162" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T05:23:48.710" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T05:23:48.710" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="276" CreationDate="2014-03-16T10:07:58.663" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm a person of Indian origin who has spent half his life in Massachusetts, and  a couple of years ago moved to Mumbai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally was always able to switch between &lt;em&gt;accents&lt;/em&gt;, but in the past I could not  use or understand Indian English to its complete extent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with @TimPost &amp;mdash; you should be fine with asking around &amp;mdash; but it is a useful skill if you plan to be here for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Problem #1 - words and phrases used in Indian English that aren't in British English. I've mostly got the hang of lakh, and I can normally guess what things like &quot;please do the needful&quot; mean, but there are quite a few others I'm still not understanding / understanding correctly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This usually can be picked up by just talking to people. Newspapers and the like unfortunately (fortunately?) try to use correct English without any new &lt;em&gt;phrases&lt;/em&gt;, though new &lt;em&gt;words&lt;/em&gt; like &quot;lakh&quot;, &quot;babu&quot;, &quot;bandh&quot;, &quot;bungalow&quot;, &quot;tiffin&quot;,  &quot;ragging&quot;, &quot;ghat&quot; (to name a few) are commonly used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, most phrases are local &amp;mdash; aside from a few universal ones (&quot;do the needful&quot;), most are specific to a locality and you probably will have a hard time finding a compilation of locality-specific phrases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for mangled grammar, I've found that there isn't any fixed style to it &amp;mdash; while a lot of people tend to pattern their English on the basis of their Indic mother tongue, the way this is done varies widely. From what I've experienced, mangled grammar creates an involuntary mental block for those of us used to listening to / reading perfect English, but in itself is not hard to understand. While everyone has their personal brand of English grammar here, comprehension isn't obstructed (much), since that mental block doesn't occur to those used to random mangling of grammar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cities (eg Bombay), an additional problem can be the inclusion of random Indic words in sentences. While most try to confine themselves to English while talking to Caucasians, I've witnessed a couple of hilarious incidents where someone unwittingly uses some Hindi in their sentences to a foreigner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the only course of action I see here is to just keep talking to others. Get rid of that mental block for bad grammar, and try to glean as many phrases as possible. It took me a couple of months to both get comfortable with spoken Hindi and Indian English; if you make a conscious effort, it might take much less time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Problem #2 - words and phrases that I use, where no-one has the slightest clue what I'm on about! Sometimes it's fine, sometimes I have to have a few goes at rephrasing it to get a version that's understood, and sometimes it all seems fine but later I discovered they understood something completely different!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of my personal pet peeves &amp;mdash; there are a lot of idioms (et cetera) that I like to use, but nobody gets them. The way to fix this is simple in essence, though possibly hard in execution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Treat Indian English as a completely separate language&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally do this. My vocabulary in the two are different (not even subsets). It's at a stage that my mind &lt;em&gt;won't&lt;/em&gt; come up with confusing sentences while I'm talking with Indians unless I explicitly ask it to. I still use a slightly higher level vocabulary than some are used to, but that's due to a change of my peer group which I haven't had a chance to fully adjust to&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ought to happen automatically as you start talking with others, but if you keep a conscious track of it, it happens much faster. You won't lose the ability to speak in your original British &quot;language&quot;, either (It's like learning to ride a bike!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1. Currently I'm in college with a larger variety of people (location wise) than in the past. Approximately half the country uses Hindi much more than English, including as a link language, which means that there are many people for whom English is a third or neglected second language. The roles for Hindi and English swap in certain cities and most of the South. So, depending on where you are, the average vocabulary level changes.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T10:07:58.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="382" CreationDate="2014-03-16T10:16:44.777" Score="8" ViewCount="1336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living abroad. I'd like to register to vote, however I've heard that this will make me eligible to be chosen for jury duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't easily appear for jury duty from here, if I register for an absentee ballot will I still be obliged to turn up for jury duty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reliable reference would be appreciated (but not necessary). I'm getting some conflicting answers via Google, though the majority seem to say that I can ask to be exempt (not entirely sure how this is to be done).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T01:26:29.917" Title="If I register to vote, can I be called for jury duty even though I live abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="369" CreationDate="2014-03-16T10:26:32.540" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is probably a more general and tangental answer than you are hoping for, but it hopefully helps with other related expat questions as well.  It is based on both my experience living in Indonesia and my discussions with Chinese expats in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you say, there can be a question of disrespect.  Many countries do not look kindly on foreigners coming in and trying to remake the world in the images of the countries they are used to and so there are some general things that expats are generally best off considering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is almost always a bad idea to disrespect your host.  As an expat you are a guest in a foreign country.  Show some appreciation and respect in conversations.  Remember, as an expat if you don't like where you are living you can always go home!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two topics which are particularly important in this regard are religion and politics.  Religion may not be an issue so much in China but it is in most Islamic countries (Malaysia comes to mind).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People will expect you to make mistakes.  If you make a mistake you can always apologise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chinese are becoming more liberal in this regard, but there is still a sense of the possibility of collective insult.  Chinese culture in particular is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; sensitive to the idea of collective insult.  It's one thing to discuss something, but it is another thing for Chinese to feel that you are humiliating or shaming them.  This is true not only of Chinese at home (as per my conversations with Chinese expats) but also true in my experience with the Chinese diaspora in SE Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not our job as expats to convert the country to our own ways.  It is our job to live graciously as guests.  In such a spirit, I find that very few people are unwilling to discuss such issues or quickly take offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I handle this question in Indonesia is just to ask questions, ponder differences, and try to understand the differences in a sympathetic way, and there are huge differences in everything from attitudes towards police corruption to attitudes towards employment.  The thing is, although it took me a while to understand it, the Indonesian views are just as functional as the American views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an American I can say of us that there is a tendency to assume everyone in the world wants to live like and be like us.  The thing is that isn't true.  Once one gets over that hurdle it becomes a lot easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in the end, always frame the discussion in respectful manners and always assume that differences in attitude are legitimate.  Be grateful to your host country, and generally converse in that spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T07:08:57.140" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T07:08:57.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="273" CreationDate="2014-03-16T10:38:52.097" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two different cases to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) If you left Singapore and let your Re-Entry Permit (REP) expire, but &lt;strong&gt;did not formally renounce your PR&lt;/strong&gt;, you can return to Singapore as a tourist and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/data/resources/docs/PR%20Services/NotesREP.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;attempt to &quot;reinstate&quot; your PR&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;15&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A SPR will lose his/her PR status if he/she travels out of Singapore or remains outside Singapore without a valid REP. On his/her&#xA;  return to Singapore, he/she may report to the Permanent Resident&#xA;  Services Centre, ICA, to apply for reinstatement of the SPR status. If&#xA;  the reinstatement is approved, an administrative fee of S$50 will be&#xA;  levied.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a rather mysterious, little-used process and the criteria for approval are unclear.  Anecdotally, it seems to be possible if your PR was expired only for a brief period (under 1 year) or if you had a very strong reason (eg. medical treatment) to be away from Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) However, if you have &lt;strong&gt;actively renounced&lt;/strong&gt; your Singapore PR once (for example, to withdraw your CPF or avoid military service), it's back to square one, you need to start with applying for EPs and go from there.  Should you get PR someday, you'll also be required to repay any CPF you've taken out, with interest!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second case, as for what impact this has on a future PR application, only the ICA knows and they're not telling.  However, if you're a second-generation PR and you renounce before completing your national service, it's well-known that you're doomed.  Quoting&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/one-third-of-male-foreigners-renounced-their-pr-prior-to-entering-ns-dr-ng-eng-hen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Defense Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Better don’t take up the PR if your children are not going to do NS.&#xA;  It’s as simple as that. In our system if you don’t fulfil your NS&#xA;  liabilities, even if you choose to give up your PR, there are harsh&#xA;  penalties. I have received many letters from families that are&#xA;  separated and they cannot come back to Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for first-generation PRs with no NS obligations, I'd presume it's neither a plus nor a minus, you'll just be in line with everybody else.  And as you've probably heard, they've seriously ratcheted up the bar recently -- a week or so, a friend of mine who works in IT, has been in Singapore for 4 years on a P1 EP and is Caucasian (yes, this matters) had his PR application rejected, with no explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2019-08-05T10:40:10.503" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T10:40:10.503" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="379" CreationDate="2014-03-16T11:18:12.140" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been called to jury duty while living abroad, and had to call them and tell them there was no way I could make it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on how good the local systems are and how much they know.  I have been selected for jury duty while abroad, and so have two of my siblings.  In these cases it took a quick call to the county clerk to get things straightened out.  No they aren't going to make you travel home (at least in the US) to sit on a jury.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorUserId="162" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T01:26:29.917" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T01:26:29.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="388" CreationDate="2014-03-16T14:20:08.660" Score="4" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the UK last year because of work. I have recently had a new passport this year, because my previous passport was expiring. Do I need to have the UK visa sticker on my new passport as well? Is there anyone I need to inform about my new passport? My UK visa is valid for three years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:24:57.520" Title="I have a new passport. What to do with regards to my UK visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-16T14:32:56.357" Score="27" ViewCount="22069" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty much whenever you move, the water will taste different. Maybe it'll be harder, maybe softer, maybe it'll have been purified with a different process or different chemicals. Chances are, you may not like it to start with, and may even have to get a different kind of tea (oh the horror!). However, this question isn't about that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a fair bit of the world where locals can drink the water without issue, but visiting tourists are generally advised to drink bottled water to &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2589/how-to-prevent-delhi-belly&quot;&gt;avoid Delhi Belly and the like&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find yourself moving to such a place, drinking bottled water might be fine at first, but is unlikely to work long term. At some point, you'll come across ice cubes made with local water, drinks made with local water, fruit or salad washed with local water, or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing this, and knowing the initial risks of GI problems, how do you go about acclimatising to the local water in a situation like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T17:13:59.103" Title="Adjusting to the local water" Tags="&lt;safety&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-16T14:54:04.407" Score="8" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;My colleague and I are both foreign nationals, but we come from different countries. I recently moved to the UK, while he has been in the UK for a number of years. Both of us have children and both of us applied for child benefits last year. My application was granted, while his was not. What could be the reasons for the different outcomes? Note: both of our visas have the words 'no recourse to public funds' printed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-16T16:02:58.600" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T10:15:36.917" Title="Why do some foreigners in UK get child benefit while some others do not?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="690" CreationDate="2014-03-16T15:06:46.877" Score="6" ViewCount="10408" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently found out that in the UK, there is this card called the biometric resident permit (BRP), which I suppose functions like the visa sticker on the passport. Since I do not have a BRP, is it necessary to have one? What are the advantages of having a BRP rather than just a visa sticker on the passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2019-02-19T15:26:58.033" Title="What are the advantages of having a biometric resident permit (BRP) rather than just a visa sticker on the passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-16T16:23:04.000" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, you will adapt &lt;strong&gt;slowly&lt;/strong&gt;, but probably you'll never get the same level of immunity as the locals, who are used to poor hygiene and contaminated water from the childhood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The immune system of children is developing rapidly to adapt to the dangers from outside world. Notice how often children are ill... this is a painful process, and if you'd just like to start drinking contaminated water, you'll have to go through the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some things that strengthen your immune system: a lot of sleep, regular meals, low level of stress, moderate sport on free air. You should also expose yourself to the pathogens in small portions. Drinks made from local water is too extreme, fruits washed with local water sounds like a reasonable start, just eat one and wait a few days for reaction. If it's OK, you can increase the exposure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you must be aware, that infection with some kind of parasites may cause long-term or permanent health damage, so if the local water is thought to be infested with parasite eggs, it may be much wiser to treat using only bottled water and not eating any fruit or salads outside as a permanent solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T16:23:04.000" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="383" CreationDate="2014-03-16T17:24:57.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Home Office, it is not required to transfer your visa, although you can if you want (it costs money to do so). See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&quot;&gt;Transfer your visa to a new passport&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:24:57.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="45" CreationDate="2014-03-16T17:27:11.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a foreign national who does not live in the Mercosul area (which is your case) and you are going to stay temporarily in Brazil, you can bring your car. But you will have to declare it to the Brazilian Revenue Service under the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/aduana/regadmexporttemp/regadm/regespadmtemp.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;special regime for temporary admission&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you are declaring to the Brazilian government that your car is only for personal use, so you will not be charged any importation taxes. When you declare the vehicle you will also have to say how much time you plan on staying. Note that immigrants are not allowed to bring vehicles as baggage items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically you will have to fill out a form called &quot;Declaração Simplificada de Importação&quot; (Simplified Importation Declaration). I don't know where you can find such form, if there is an online version or if you have to fill it out when you arrive. I suggest you get in touch with them or hire someone in your country who can sort these things out for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:27:11.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="386" CreationDate="2014-03-16T17:37:42.540" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will be required to obtain a BRP in certain circumstances. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Biometric residence permits&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll have to apply for a biometric residence permit (BRP) as part of your application to extend your visa or settle in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll also have to apply for one if you want to transfer your visa to a new passport or apply for certain Home Office travel documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That page doesn't specifically list any &lt;em&gt;advantages&lt;/em&gt; of having one, other than the fact that it's required in a number of common long-stay circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T17:37:42.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-16T20:55:51.067" Score="6" ViewCount="1897" Body="&lt;p&gt;Elections are mandatory in Belgium even for expats in some cases (almost all except national electrions). I have heard that you risk a crime record if you don't vote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this factual and next to a crime record, what do you risk if you don't vote. Is it prison time, or simply a ticket? Apparently the last decades failing to vote wasn't prosecuted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T19:17:16.310" Title="What is the punishment for an expat not voting in the mandatory elections in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;elections&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-16T21:23:47.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are going to live in a new place not just as a tourist, but for a long term, then I suppose there is no better way to develop immunity than to expose yourself to whatever new elements and their associated organisms that present themselves in the new environment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to think that even those people---like myself---who grew up in developing countries, where hygiene and sanitation are not the best, and live for a considerable period of time in a developed country, would still have to go through gastrointestinal problems when they go back to their home country for a short visit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From personal experience, even between developed countries, the germs might be different, because the climate are not exactly the same, and you would likely contract a new kind of viral/bacterial infection in the first few months after moving to the new place (my family got diarrhea/vomiting a few days after moving from Norway to UK). But I guess that's how one gets his/her immune system adapted to the new conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-05-19T12:31:48.100" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T12:31:48.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="234" CreationDate="2014-03-16T21:31:59.793" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the form asks for an address, you should fill in an address. It's possible that your application would be accepted without it, but as a rule, when the bureaucracy asks, it expects an answer. Temporary housing is ok; for example, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-jo.org/QUESTIONS-FREQUENTES&quot;&gt;Jordan embassy&lt;/a&gt; states that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must fill in the address where you will reside as soon as you enter France for the first three months of your stay. We accept temporary addresses (university residence, a friend's house, a hotel, etc.) but this address should be sufficiently stable to allow OFII to contact you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-djeddah.org/spip.php?page=mobile_art&amp;amp;art=1032&quot;&gt;French consulate in Jeddah&lt;/a&gt; states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Evidence of an address in France: a hotel reservation for the first 10 days (at least) of your stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two requirements that are in practice often contradictory: it must be the first place where you stay (such as a hotel while looking for a more stable place), &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; mail may be sent to it. On the other hand, there is no law that you must actually reside there, since there is no law forbidding you to change your residence at any time; at most, you may have to notify some administration if you move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most research institutions are used to having foreign visitors, so if you get any advice from them, go by it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're going to the Paris area the institution you're visiting can help you book some medium-term housing in advance, I advise you to take it, even sight unseen. Medium-term housing (more than a few days, but not for several years) can be difficult to find. Furthermore, for a visiting professor, I recommend housing in Paris itself as opposed to the suburbs: you'll need to do most formalities at the &lt;em&gt;sous-préfecture&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt;, and from what I've heard the administration in Paris is more staffed and generally more welcoming than in the suburbs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T21:31:59.793" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2014-03-16T22:01:48.757" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For most of day-to-day life, Euro cash and a credit card is fine. You need a credit card with a chip to buy train tickets, but it doesn't need to be a French one. Many utility bills can be paid by credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, some subscription services want to have a debit authorization (“&lt;em&gt;autorisation de prélèvement&lt;/em&gt;”) on your account. This requires an account with a French bank (some services may not accept a foreign bank). Debit authorizations are bad because they allow the payee to take the money with no limit on the amount; unfortunately, while you can refuse this system, some companies charge extra for not using it. ISPs and phone service providers are especially bad in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checks were traditionally heavily used in France, but they are on their way out. Nowadays, there is only one area where the use of checks remains strong, and not being able to pay with a check on a French bank may be a problem: paying for housing — rent and condominium bills (“&lt;em&gt;charges&lt;/em&gt;”). If you don't have a checkbook, you'll still be able to find housing, but possibly with extra hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another area where checks are occasionally used is for guarantees — “&lt;em&gt;chèques de caution&lt;/em&gt;”. This consists of you giving a check which is only be cashed in case something goes wrong: for example, you rent something, and the check will be cashed only if you don't return the object or if you damage it. The more modern places, such as car rentals, have switched to holds on credit cards instead, but the local power tool lending club might still want a check or cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're employed in France, then normally the employer will deposit your salary into your bank account. As far as I know your employer has no obligation to accept a foreign account, though I can't think of a good reason to refuse now that there are no extra fees given that your existing account is in Euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend opening a bank account in France. Basic services are free, and if you show that you have a foreign account in good standing, a job that earns you money and a stable address in France or abroad, then you're likely to get a checkbook and debit card without any hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T22:01:48.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-16T22:09:26.873" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Be flexible, since going by other answers in this thread different banks (even different branches of the same company) apply different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, a UK bank refused to accept my home address because I didn't have any satisfactory paper proving that it was my address. They said they would have accepted a recent bank statement (which I didn't have with me that day). They wouldn't accept my work address even with a very official-looking letter from one of the biggest employers of the city either, they wanted a residential address. However, they did eventually accept the business card of the hotel where I was staying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting my address accepted was the sole hassle — they didn't require me to show that I had a single penny to my name, let alone deposit anything. Your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation is to be prepared to give your home address. Be sure to have a couple of bank recent statements as well as perhaps other corroborating evidence (but note that unlike in some other countries, utility bills alone are generally not accepted as proof of address in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T22:09:26.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="327" CreationDate="2014-03-16T22:31:24.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation will probably largely depend on your location. In large cities (such as Berlin or Munich) it will probably be more difficult to find a place than elsewhere. That said, it shouldn't be completely impossible to find at least a temporary accommodation on the internet. One will of course have to be careful to avoid all shady companies but that applies to anything on the internet. A simple Google search (using keywords &quot;Wohnen auf Zeit&quot; or &quot;Zeitwohnen&quot;, possibly with the target city) should give plenty of possibilities, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.homecompany.de/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;HomeCompany&lt;/a&gt;. Finally, your knowledge of German might also be an important factor in finding a flat since not everybody in Germany knows English well enough to use it in a business setting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T22:31:24.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2014-03-16T23:04:10.443" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends a lot on what you're going to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My experience is that many organizations want you to have a French bank account and RIB (Relevé d'identité bancaire) in order to send you money (salaries, scholarships, social support of any kind, money you claim back from whoever after paying it etc.), and as well for paying: a lot of institutions prefer check or standing order payments, and it's quite popular that they collect the money from your bank account themselves -- therefore having a French account can turn out to be extremly useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're not involved in anything like that, you can live with any account. It mostly depends on whether you can pay your accomodation cash-or-card, and whether any salary you recieve can be sent to a foreign account. If these are satisfied, you should be pretty fine with any Euro account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T23:04:10.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-17T00:56:56.963" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're going to have to accept that your body doesn't know how to deal with some of the local pathogens/bugs just yet, and will need time to get used to it.  You don't want to overwhelm yourself, so you could start small - just brushing your teeth with water - small amounts to start 'infecting' yourself with the local stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although this so-called traveler's diarrhea usually resolves within three to five days (mean duration: 3.6 days), in about 20% of all cases it is severe enough to require bed-rest, and in 10% the illness duration exceeds one week (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler%27s_diarrhea#Risk_factors&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;source -  Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where you are trying to adapt will vary in how long it takes to acclimatize to the local issues - one study in Nepal suggested seven years, while students in Mexico took just eight weeks (&lt;a href=&quot;http://books.google.com/books?id=QLSsRQYRV-8C&amp;amp;pg=PA153&amp;amp;source=gbs_toc_r&amp;amp;cad=0_0&amp;amp;sig=ACfU3U28p8yNJu9FEyr8SFJiEUJ1kxvGpQ&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;source - book&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T21:58:29.950" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T21:58:29.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-17T02:17:01.433" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience, locals tend to distrust the water more than foreigners think.  If you are concerned about pathogens in the water, keep in mind that many people in most countries I have been to boil tap water if they are going to drink it, even if the government advertises the drinking water as safe.  As one individual in Quito, Ecuador told me, &quot;I trust the government when they say the water is safe to drink.  I don't trust my pipes.&quot;  Quito water was considered safe to drink only recently and in my own trip there in, I think, 2010, my kids drank the water before we could advise them not to, with no ill effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is an area where the advice I would give actually runs counter to your question and that you should get local advice.  If in doubt, boil the water first.  If you are trying to build your immunity, start with small doses of the water, as a lot of things have to do with letting intestinal flora develop so they aren't overwhelmed by.  Keep in mind that locals may boil water a lot more than you think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A second point I would make is that water is only one way you can get sick.  Approaches to food and food safety differ greatly around the world.  I have gotten really sick from food far more often than sick from water, and not just from pathogens (spicy food tends to hit my stomach differently from different areas).  Shocking your digestive system with a major change is a big part of the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So get local advice on the water and boil it if in doubt (chances are, the advice will be to boil the water IME).  And introduce yourself to local food and particularly fermented foods and drinks slowly (since these are usually microbially alive but often probiotic in smallish doses).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also keep in mind that small quantities of water are far less likely to make you sick than larger quantities.  If you are drinking bottled water, you may start by eating fruit washed in local water, then eat rice cooked with local water, then try to go more native.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T02:17:01.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2014-03-17T02:33:08.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question, really, is how much you want to avoid this.  You can renounce your citizenship (get citizenship somewhere else first, as this is not a requirement at the embassy and you don't want to be stateless), but that's kind of extreme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact is that you can pay FICA/FUMA (Medicare and Social Security) taxes and take the foreign income exclusion if you are living somewhere else.  This cuts your taxes dramatically and tax treaties may help reduce that further.  Talk to a tax lawyer before doing anything rash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, many nations have treaties with the US to avoid double taxation of income.  This is something to run by a tax lawyer, but if you are somewhere that does not have a tax treaty then you need to assume that double taxation of income is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally there may be more taxes you may be subject to including state taxes, estate taxes, etc.  The ways to avoid them depend very much on specifics and again, consult a tax lawyer.  Keep in mind that every way people have to avoid these taxes in the US you have also, plus there are cases (like foreign income exclusion) where foreign residency gives you some additional options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation is, see what a tax lawyer in the US can help you with before even considering giving up your citizenship over this issue.  You would still have to post tax returns, and this is a pain sometimes, but at present I can't see giving up citizenship over that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T02:33:08.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-17T03:18:32.383" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As others said, it might take a while to build up immunity to the critters in the water, even water that is technically safe to drink. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used small square ice cubes, from a tray that makes 20 cubes instead of 10 or 12. You can probably find these in your grocery store or home center, they only need to be big enough to fit in your mouth to melt comfortably, and are &lt;em&gt;fantastic&lt;/em&gt; for delivering yourself small measured doses of the local water over time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start with one a day for a week until any GI problems subside. Then go to two per day, then three, then to the point where you're having a soda with a bunch of local ice. Depending on where you are, this could take a few weeks to a few months or even longer - but you'll eventually bring your tolerance up in a more controlled way. You can just stick one or two in any drink and let it melt if you don't like the thought of taking ice like a mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you're able to be fine with a glass of (something) after 4 - 5 cubes have melted in it, you should be fine to have a glass of tap. I recommend filtering it, however, just because there is gross stuff in water all over the world. A Brita pitcher or similar is fine for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, water quality can change - even just a few kilometers away, so you might be fine with tap water at home but get a bit of discomfort from water you had eating out. It's important to remember your consumption, both when &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; where.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me about a year before I finally stopped having issues in Metro Manila (though, after six months, problems became rare), and I can pretty much whet my whistle at any tap without a problem now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="100" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T17:20:08.080" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T17:20:08.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T04:12:27.640" Score="9" ViewCount="694" Body="&lt;p&gt;The congressional election is coming up soon and I'd &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; like to see certain candidates win because I feel that their plans for my district are more sensible than others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I own property within the district, and I am a lawful permanent resident. By law, am I permitted to donate campaign funds to candidates, or otherwise support their efforts in being elected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T19:59:06.443" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T16:32:14.770" Title="Can I support a political candidate as a non-citizen in The Philippines?" Tags="&lt;elections&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="403" CreationDate="2014-03-17T04:12:27.640" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may not, as a non-citizen of The Philippines, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/03/14/919429/foreigners-warned-not-meddle-elections&quot;&gt;interfere with or meddle in any capacity&lt;/a&gt; in any election. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Philippine Bureau Of Immigration often reiterates this, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/officialbureauofimmigration/posts/257098437759796&quot;&gt;as they did before the 2013 election&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned foreigners against extending&#xA;  support to candidates in the forthcoming national and local elections,&#xA;  lest they face arrest and deportation for meddling in the country’s&#xA;  internal affairs. Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the&#xA;  warning stemmed from the issuance by the Commission on Elections&#xA;  (Comelec) of a resolution specifically prohibiting, among others,&#xA;  foreigners taking part in the elections. He was referring to Comelec&#xA;  Resolution No. 9615, issued last Jan. 15, which spells out the&#xA;  implementing rules and regulations of the Fair Election Act, Republic&#xA;  Act 9006.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The act is in place to prevent foreign interests from using unfair advantage to better suit their needs by shaping the government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If caught, the penalty includes one to six years of imprisonment &lt;em&gt;followed by&lt;/em&gt; deportation. While elections in The Philippines are &lt;em&gt;quite&lt;/em&gt; interesting to watch, you must restrict your involvement in them &lt;em&gt;strictly&lt;/em&gt; to that of an observer. The wording of the law is quite clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The said act, which Congress passed in 2001, seeks the holding of&#xA;  free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections through fair&#xA;  election practices.  Section 4 of the Comelec resolution states that&#xA;  “it is unlawful for any foreigner, whether juridical or natural&#xA;  person, to aid any candidate, or political party, organization or&#xA;  coalition, directly or indirectly, or to take part in, or influence in&#xA;  any manner, any election, or to contribute or make any expenditure in&#xA;  connection with any election campaign or partisan political activity.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, elections also introduce liquor and firearm restrictions as the election itself draws near, it's your responsibility to be aware of them if they might affect you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Democracy in The Philippines is &lt;em&gt;thriving&lt;/em&gt;, and you'd be rather hard-pressed to find those that squander the rights that they have in such a system. However - stick to observing, don't campaign for anyone and avoid &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; campaign contributions, even indirect contributions through third-party organizations could land you in quite a bit of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're welcome to watch. Don't meddle.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T04:12:27.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2014-03-17T05:48:31.560" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US doesn't have a &quot;tax residency/non-residency&quot; notion for its citizens/permanent residents. If you're a US citizen/permanent resident - you're considered to be under the US tax jurisdiction, wherever you are and wherever you get your income from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the US law allows certain ways to avoid double taxation (for example, foreign tax credit or foreign earned income exclusion). If your foreign residency is in a country with a high income tax rate (comparable to the US, or higher, which is most of the Western world), you'll probably just be burdened by the paperwork, but won't pay additional taxes. That is, if you're not self employed, since the SE taxes are still there (unless there's a totalization agreement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax treaties also mitigate some of the taxes, but many of them have savings clauses that exempt citizens from most of the provisions. These treaties come handy, however, for pensions and other government-paid benefits - these are usually exempt from the US taxation by most of the treaties, and the exemption includes US citizens (savings clause usually doesn't apply to pensions/social security benefits articles).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you want to avoid the US taxation altogether the only way would be to renounce your citizenship, but even then you'd still be subject to the US taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, when you renounce your citizenship, you need to provide a certification that your tax issues are in order (no delinquencies, all taxes paid, all returns submitted, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, if you have high net worth (&gt;$2MM or above &gt;~$150K/year tax liability in the last several years), you'll have to pay taxes on deemed sale of all your assets (in the US and abroad, since all your income is taxable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, for the next 10 years, you shouldn't spend more than 30 days/year in the US, if you do - that year you're considered a US tax resident and pay taxes on worldwide income as if you were still a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 10 years after you renounced your citizenship, your love affair with the IRS will finally be over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest, instead of renouncing your citizenship, calling your senators and representatives and urge them to change the law and welcome the US into the 20th century, where countries only tax their &lt;em&gt;residents&lt;/em&gt;. Maybe even 21st century, where the tax code can take less than a book...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T06:28:54.743" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T06:28:54.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="391" CreationDate="2014-03-17T06:22:40.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only are obliged to vote IF you register and are listed on the polls.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/EU-expats-must-register-to-vote-for-EU-elections-_286072.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU expats must register to vote for EU elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify (See conditions on that page) then you can register, and if you register, then you're compelled to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's the case, then you will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xpats.com/missing-eu-expat-voters-belgium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;required to vote in all of Belgium’s local elections&lt;/a&gt; too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/compulsary_voting.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Compulsory voting in Belgian elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The legal proceedings and the penalties for neglecting the compulsory&#xA;  vote are regulated in the articles 209 and 210 of the Belgian&#xA;  Electoral Code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A first illegitimate abstinence is punished with a reprimand or a fine&#xA;  of 5 to 10 Belgian franks (to be increased by 1990 additional tax,&#xA;  that is to be multiplied by 200), meaning 1000 to 2000 Belgian franks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Repetition of this offence will lead to a fine of 10 to 25 Belgian&#xA;  franks (= 2000 to 5000 Belgian franks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A replacement imprisonment is not pronounced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the illegitimate abstinence occurs at least four times in 15 year,&#xA;  the elector is dropped from the list of voters for 10 years, and&#xA;  during that period, he cannot get an appointment, a promotion or a&#xA;  decoration of a public authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, neglecting the compulsory vote is only punishable if it is&#xA;  done illegitimately. The justice of peace can freely judge whether the&#xA;  neglect is illegitimate or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Within eight days after the announcement of the elected persons, the&#xA;  public prosecutor draws up the list of the voters who have not&#xA;  participated in the vote, and whose excuse is not accepted. Finally,&#xA;  the Prosecution Counsel decides which offences will be prosecuted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The voters who have not performed their duty to vote, appear, served&#xA;  with a summons, before the magistrates’ court, that judges without a&#xA;  possibility of further appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_voting#Measures_to_encourage_voting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Belgian voters who repeatedly fail to vote in elections may be subject to disenfranchisement&lt;/a&gt; (ie not allowed to vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T06:22:40.523" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="407" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="414" CreationDate="2014-03-17T09:50:54.103" Score="4" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;My American extended family is pretty clueless about making international calls. It seems that buying an international phone card and/or figuring out country codes is just too much for them. What can be done to make it easier for people in the US to call the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T07:03:00.220" Title="Making it easier for family to call from the US to the UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="409" CreationDate="2014-03-17T09:52:37.390" Score="3" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I move to Italy and I work there for some years with a &quot;contratto a progetto&quot; (also called co.co.co or co.co.pro) I will have my retirement fund in &quot;gestione separata&quot;, then if I find a permanent contract I will have some other retirement fund in &quot;gestione ordinaria&quot;. Can I join the two retirement funds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T09:57:58.187" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:54:44.813" Title="Is it possible to join two Italian retirement funds?" Tags="&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="408" CreationDate="2014-03-17T09:52:37.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are two ways to join them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are called &quot;&lt;strong&gt;ricongiunzione&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; (sounds like reconjunction) and &quot;&lt;strong&gt;totalizzazione&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; (totalization). From these the second one is free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexinfo.it/Totalizzazione-contributi-come&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page in Italian&lt;/a&gt; explains how the latter works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T20:54:44.813" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:54:44.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="327" CreationDate="2014-03-17T09:53:25.517" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an important difference between Polish and German flat rent market. In Poland you often find landlords accepting the first tenant they get, without doing any background check nor demanding any deposit (in German: “Kaution”). In Germany on the other hand (or in most Western countries), it is normal that you have to provide a secure and stable source of income, or at least have some other people (usually your parents) that are financally secure to pledge, that they are going to pay instead of you, should the need arise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is indeed difficult to find a flat in this crazy circle: You can't get a work permit because you have no flat, and you can't rent a flat because you don't have a job. I've been there myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got over this with the help of my parents. They had to fax their pay record from last 3 months and sign a declaration, that they are going to cover my expenses. It works fine, you may have to shop arround though. Not every landlord will be fine with accepting something like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't sweat! There is another, cheaper way! There is a site called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.couchsurfing.org/&quot;&gt;https://www.couchsurfing.org/&lt;/a&gt; where you can find people willing to accomodate you for some time. I wouldn't count on a longer stay than 1, maybe 2 weeks but hey! It's free! This maybe just long enough to find yourself a flat and do all the work you need to get things going. The other good thing about couchsurfing is, your host can be a valuable source of information. He can show you the city and maybe even help in looking for a flat. Afterwards you are not completely alone in the city. You have somebody to hang out with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are alone in a City and need on the ground support it won't hurt to ask lokal priests for help. They are usually nice people, most of the younger ones know english and could help you with filling out complicated forms in german.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="154" LastEditorUserId="154" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T10:14:43.500" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T10:14:43.500" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="407" CreationDate="2014-03-17T10:03:26.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do they have a computer?  If so, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skype.com/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skype&lt;/a&gt; is pretty win-win.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MA9TK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Skype program&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Skype.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can install it (or a tech-savvy friend can), and then once it's set up, it's a case of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;open Skype&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;click name you want to call&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;start talking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and it's free from computer to computer, and very cheap to landlines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T10:03:26.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="385" CreationDate="2014-03-17T10:15:36.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK tax credit system is devolved from the UKBA. What this means is that it is possible to apply for and get the child tax credit (and other tax credits) even if you have &quot;no recourse to public funds&quot; and are therefore technically not entitled to the benefit. If you receive a tax credit for which you are not entitle you will be in a world of hurt when it comes time to renew your visa or apply for settlement. The UKBA provides a long &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284160/Public_funds_v12_0EXT.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guidance document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This guidance tells you what UK public funds foreign nationals can claim and what action&#xA;    you must take if they claim funds they are not entitled to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, when it comes to claiming tax benefits it is buyer beware if your immigration status does not permit recourse to public funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T10:15:36.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="407" CreationDate="2014-03-17T10:20:30.027" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another variant using Skype is their SkypeNumber or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skype.com/en/features/online-number/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online number&lt;/a&gt; service (formerly called “SkypeIn”). Unlike Skype's regular voice-over-IP service, there is a monthly fee but there are several advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall costs are still reasonable compared to traditional long-distance/international calls&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's completely transparent to the caller, they just call something that looks like a regular local/national number, no computer is involved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You pay for it, depending on their phone contract it might even be completely free to them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat: The terms of use are (probably deliberately) vague on potential residency requirements. In some places, it might conceivably be illegal to get a number without living there. I assume being able to provide a US address or US credit card would be enough in practice, if even necessary (I personally never tried to get a number in the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T10:30:01.337" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T10:30:01.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="407" CreationDate="2014-03-17T11:00:39.353" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Skype is really brilliant and I use it a lot to make video and/or voice calls. Sometimes just want to pick up the phone and call someone the &quot;old&quot; way. For that I resort to VOIP (Voice over IP).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While in the UK you could buy yourself a US VOIP number. It works over the Internet pretty much like Skype, only it is accessible through traditional phone dialling. My provider nomado seems to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nomado.eu/eshop/index.php/cPath/25/Nomado/subscribe-virtual-phone-numbers/&quot;&gt;US phone numbers&lt;/a&gt; on offer. From your part it takes some proficiency in computer technology to get it running, but for the persons calling you it is as simple as calling a US phone number. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a voip enable phone, all it takes is adding the account details and you are set. I have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gigaset.com/en_US/home.html&quot;&gt;siemens gigaset&lt;/a&gt;, which has the benefit it combines both the normal phone lines with VOIP. If you choose to go for the same brand, make sure IP is part of model number. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently all our calls are received on the same phone. I also have a client installed on my computer, which has the added benefit that I am reachable on my land line if I am not at home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:00:39.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-17T11:07:52.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that you can limit the exposure to the local water infections in one more way that is not mentioned in the other answers I think: &lt;strong&gt;You can purify reasonable amounts of water at home.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need a &lt;em&gt;chlorine desinfection&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;plastic bottles&lt;/em&gt; and a &lt;em&gt;fridge&lt;/em&gt;. Just use the chlorine dosage mentioned on the bottle for drinking water / well water desinfection, and then put the water in your (better really clean) fridge, in bottles without lids. The water should be clorine-less after circa 6 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to &lt;em&gt;boil all the water&lt;/em&gt; and let it cool down in clean closed bottles outside the fridge. Such water should be stored for only short periods of time (no more than 1 day, depending mostly on local temperatures).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using chlorine or boiling the water is in general significantly cheaper than buying bottled water, and gives you a good protection at home. There are even professional water cleaning systems, but I don't think it's reasonable to get one unless you really can't stand local water. Once you do this at home, you have a good level of protection, and you can get accustomed to the local water as explained in the other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:07:52.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="416" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="419" CreationDate="2014-03-17T12:04:28.140" Score="3" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to start a small retailer which will import products from the far east and sell them in a small store in Switzerland, what do I need to do? I am not a resident of CH but I have the right to enter on my (US non-diplomatic) passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a business / VAT license? If so, how do I get one if I am not a resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172" LastEditorUserId="172" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T12:16:20.997" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:01:43.253" Title="What are the legal requirements for starting a small retail company in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T12:05:35.443" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to start a small retailer which will import products from the far east and sell them in a small store in Switzerland, what do I need to do? I am not a resident of CH but I have the right to enter on my (US non-diplomatic) passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I rent a space if I am not a resident of the country but have right to enter as a tourist?) Are there any contracting issues for someone without residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172" LastEditorUserId="172" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T12:17:08.827" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T10:55:07.140" Title="What are the logistical requirements for starting a small retail company in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T12:06:49.150" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to start a small retailer which will import products from the far east and sell them in a small store in Switzerland, what do I need to do? I am not a resident of CH but I have the right to enter on my (US non-diplomatic) passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part will be legal and part will be logistical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something I'm not thinking of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172" LastEditorUserId="172" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T12:17:25.767" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T12:13:23.457" Title="What are non-logistical and non-legal requirements for starting a small retail company in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="416" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:01:43.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't work self-employed in Switzerland as long as you don't have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/working-foreign-national-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settlement permit&lt;/a&gt;. You'd probably need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/renewal-overview-swiss-residence-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permit C&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a rule, third-country nationals are not authorised to work in Switzerland on a self-employed basis until they have obtained a settlement permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions to this rule may be made, for instance, for third-country nationals who are married to a Swiss citizen or if the self-employment serves economic interests (e.g. will create jobs in Switzerland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems however be the possibility to found a company &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu-gruenden/03476/03575/03578/index.html?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;without previously having a visa&lt;/a&gt; if it serves economic interests. You'll need to convince the canton that your company is worth the chance and then you might get a visa on that base:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other persons have no legal right to set up their own business. They must submit an application to the respective cantonal authorities. Apart from the necessary personal requirements, it is decisive in the evaluation that the company will have a  &amp;quot;lasting positive effect or influence on the Swiss labour market&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.estv.admin.ch/mwst/themen/00154/00589/index.html?lang=de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VAT&lt;/a&gt; will depend on how much turnover your company has. I'm not sure what's the exact number, but I think if it's below 100'000 CHF a year, you don't have to pay it. (Please check that yourself, really not sure on that part).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:01:43.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="420" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="423" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:14:15.610" Score="4" ViewCount="873" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a similar vein as my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/251/what-countries-offer-descendant-citizenship-by-blood-further-back-than-1-gener&quot;&gt;citizenship by blood question&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What countries' (if any) nationality laws exist that will allow citizenship &lt;em&gt;by ethnicity&lt;/em&gt; for people whose bloodline may not have current citizenship? And how does one prove ethnicity for this citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="122" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:47:35.763" Title="What Countries Offer Citizenship Based on Ethnicity and How Does One Prove Ethnicity?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="421" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:24:44.023" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T13:24:44.023" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:24:44.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="422" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:24:44.023" Score="0" Body="A visa is a document issued by a country's government allowing the holder to enter or to leave that country." OwnerUserId="108" LastEditorUserId="108" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T13:46:06.970" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:46:06.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="420" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:47:35.763" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive list of the countries offering the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_return&quot;&gt;right of return&lt;/a&gt; to people of native ethnic descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ones that I am mostly familiar with would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_return#Germany&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt; under which people of German descent that have been living in the former Soviet Union were allowed to immigrate back to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T13:47:35.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6739" CreationDate="2014-03-17T14:56:54.530" Score="8" ViewCount="271" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a famous story back in 1997 about a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/15/nyregion/danish-mother-is-reunited-with-her-baby.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Danish mother that left her toddler outside the restaurant&lt;/a&gt;.  Some practices for behavior in public, common and accepted outside the US, might be illegal or considered &quot;shocking&quot; in the US.  This could be surprising to new immigrants.  I am not referring to anything as barbaric as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Female Genital Mutilation&lt;/a&gt;, but things like leaving your child home alone when he/she is in grade school and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other &quot;benign&quot; practices, that are acceptable in much of the world, that might be considered illegal or out of the norm in the US?  Or are there any guides that one might refer to for this kind of information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-09T08:13:46.353" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T14:34:57.713" Title="US Common Practices with kids that new Immigrant parents should be aware of" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;local-customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2014-03-17T15:02:38.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This might not be the answer that you're looking for, but I always just drink the water. Whether I've been in Colombia, Armenia or lots of other countries, I've never had a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T15:02:38.270" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-17T15:26:26.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently came from a 6 month trip where I (US citizen) was living in Argentina. The site that I found the most helpful was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.couchsurfing.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Couchsurfing&lt;/a&gt;. I found out about this happy hour run by an English guy that expats and travelers would go to when they were visiting Buenos Aires. People would come specifically to practice languages that they were learning. I started dating this other really cute expat that I met at one of these events(she's Brazilian) and I also made a few American and Canadian friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check the events page on Couchsurfing for your city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another site that I'd recommend is a site called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internations.org/home/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Internations&lt;/a&gt;. It is a social network specifically for expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T15:26:26.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="428" CreationDate="2014-03-17T15:28:04.777" Score="5" ViewCount="489" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently thinking of moving to France, for something like 4-6 months, to try to get my French to a higher standard. This would only be a temporary move, and I'd remain employed in another EU country (the one where I currently live). I believe I'll remain &quot;tax resident&quot; in my home country, at least as far as they're concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the rules about French Taxes in such a situation? How long can I spend living in France, employed in another EU country, before I have to register for French taxes? Does it matter when in the French tax year I arrive, or is it just on time spent? And if my trip would qualify to need to register, what would the process be, given I'll have a foreign employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:47:03.533" Title="When do I have to register for French taxes, if I'm a new arrival working in another EU country?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="427" CreationDate="2014-03-17T16:21:28.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The criteria are described briefly on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F62.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;. As far as I can tell, your situation would not require you to register anything. It does not seem that there is a hard limit (under/over so many days). Staying more than 6 months per year would usually mean that you need to register your income but it's not clear if staying 6 months &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; does. Everything hinges on whether France is your “main home” and every description of this I can find includes some hedging like the “usually” in the previous sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are liable, you will need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/particuliers.impot;jsessionid=1LCC43Z4UESU1QFIEIQCFEY?espId=1&amp;amp;pageId=part_impot_revenu&amp;amp;impot=IR&amp;amp;sfid=50&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;report your income&lt;/a&gt;. It's probably “easier” in France than elsewhere because, unlike any other EU country I know, France does not have a withholding/payroll tax system so that everybody needs to take care of this directly. This has to be done in the spring, for the preceding calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date you arrive in France also matters inasmuch as some local taxes and the television license are paid by the person living in or owning a given property on January 1st. You don't have to do anything to take care of that, if you are liable, you will receive an “&lt;em&gt;avis d'imposition&lt;/em&gt;” with the details. Incidentally, wealth tax is also calculated based on your assets on January 1st.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it turns out that you are in fact considered a fiscal resident (or if you decide to move to France permanently), do beware: The first time around, you will have to pay all your income tax in August, for the whole year (after that you can pay in three times or arrange monthly prepayment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do take all this with a grain of salt as I am not a lawyer to begin with and this is an area of the law that I know even less than the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:47:03.533" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:47:03.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="429" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="445" CreationDate="2014-03-17T17:01:19.250" Score="8" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it's quite a common thing for expats - you spend a few weeks, maybe even a few months in a new country, enjoying the new cuisine and learning all about it. However, at some point, possibly when feeling a little low or a little homesick, you'll have a yearning for the taste of something from your home country. Maybe something you used to eat often, maybe something you tended to just eat as a child, maybe a special drink, but chances are there'll be something!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're lucky, it'll be something popular enough in your new country that you'll be able to find it in a large supermarket, and your cravings for the taste of home can be sated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're unlucky though, and the bigger shops round you don't stock it, what then? What strategies can you use to get hold of some of whatever &quot;foreign&quot; food it is you're after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T02:52:37.967" Title="Strategies for finding foods from home when you're abroad?" Tags="&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T17:31:28.273" Score="4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that Turkey is still issuing 5 year residence permits (ikamet tezkeresi) as of March, 2014. However the whole visa system is changing this April. All the mentions of ikamets in documents I have been able to find about the new rules are about 1 year permits. Will 3 and 5 year permits continue to be an option under the new rules? If so to citizens of what countries will they be issued and what conditions must be met?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197" LastEditorUserId="197" LastEditDate="2014-06-17T12:31:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T14:53:37.293" Title="Will 5 year residency permits be available in Turkey after the new 2014 visa laws take effect?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T23:06:27.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="432" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="433" CreationDate="2014-03-17T18:33:12.840" Score="6" ViewCount="7992" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite&quot;&gt;Vegemite&lt;/a&gt; - love it or hate it, if you're an Aussie you'll have an opinion on it! Other countries, less so, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8773096/Vegemite-lands-Kevin-Rudd-in-trouble-at-US-Customs.html&quot;&gt;the Australian Foreign Minister found out once&lt;/a&gt; when US customs couldn't believe you'd eat it for breakfast...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an Aussie living in the UK, if you are of the &quot;love it&quot; persuasion, and you haven't managed to bring (enough) of it home from your last trip, where can you buy vegemite?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T12:25:08.820" Title="Buying vegemite in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="432" CreationDate="2014-03-17T18:36:29.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on where you live, but it is possible to buy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live in an area with lots of Australian expats, then one of your local mid sized supermarket will probably sell it. (In Oxford as an example, of the two city centre supermarkets, one stocks it)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, try a very big supermarket, typically a large out-of-town one. You might need to ask, as sometimes it seems to get put with things like Marmite, but other times it's in an &quot;ethnic foods&quot; section, and some times it's just random...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it isn't something that is available everywhere, but is available, you might need to ask other expats for advice for where to go. Otherwise just try traipsing around a few supermarkets and ask!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T18:36:29.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="434" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="447" CreationDate="2014-03-17T18:43:19.573" Score="10" ViewCount="4188" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Vegemite&lt;/a&gt; - love it or hate it, if you're an Aussie you'll have an opinion on it! In the USA, the reaction tends to be more &quot;huh&quot;, or &quot;you're having a laugh, you eat that stuff?&quot;. Just ask &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8773096/Vegemite-lands-Kevin-Rudd-in-trouble-at-US-Customs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Australian Foreign Minister&lt;/a&gt;, who nearly caused a diplomatic incident trying to bring a jar of it with him into the states...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of my antipodean friends in New York have thus far managed to find any, so every time I go out I'm asked to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/432/buying-vegemite-in-the-uk/433#433&quot;&gt;buy vegemite in the UK&lt;/a&gt; and take a few jars out for them! Is there a better way to get Vegemite in New York, other than asking people visiting from Australia or the UK to bring you some?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T03:59:04.740" Title="Buying vegemite in New York?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="434" CreationDate="2014-03-17T18:53:59.920" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most things that you cannot find in the local supermarket, and you're unlikely to find it in any local supermarket, may be possible to find on Amazon as long as it is not perishable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B002O10K6C&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;400g Jar of Vegemite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sold by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;asin=&amp;amp;isAmazonFulfilled=&amp;amp;isCBA=&amp;amp;marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;amp;orderID=&amp;amp;seller=A2T82LPZDA08T9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cooking Marvelous&lt;/a&gt; based in the UK and shipped via Snail Mail to you. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you search further:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldmarket.com/product/vegemite.do?camp=ppc%3AGooglePLA%3Anone%3A20221932299All_products&amp;amp;device=c&amp;amp;network=g&amp;amp;matchtype=&amp;amp;gclid=CKn5yMLymr0CFeJF7Aod0EEAcg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simplyoz.com/products/australian_foods/vegemite__groceries__beverages/vegemite__promite__marmite&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Simply OZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T01:14:33.787" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T01:14:33.787" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="436" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-17T19:36:16.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in the Philippines, working there, studying there, and moving there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/ph-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ph-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ph-citizens&lt;/a&gt; should be used for questions specific to Philippino citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T20:25:24.417" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T20:25:24.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="437" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-17T19:36:16.780" Score="0" Body="Living, working, studying and moving to the Philippines" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T20:25:39.387" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T20:25:39.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T19:42:24.543" Score="7" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;For people coming from colder countries, there are certain vegetables used in typical national dishes, which only grow in colder climates. For example, most Brassicas only grow in cold climes, and lots of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale&quot;&gt;kale&lt;/a&gt; requires a frost to grow well. At the point when Manila is having frosts, recreating a typical Scandinavian dish is probably the least of your worries, so growing locally is likely out...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to buy cold climate vegetables in Manilla? Is there perhaps a special market where you can go which specialises in importing vegetables like that? (I guess probably grown and brought in from Japan or northern China)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="211" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T08:38:53.700" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T04:32:43.527" Title="Buying &quot;cold climate&quot; vegetables in Manila?" Tags="&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T20:18:29.293" Score="4" ViewCount="374" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat and am curious: Is there any better way out there to manage my various assets in differing currencies across borders and markets? Currently, I just use a spreadsheet, but it is becoming difficult to manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T20:38:25.550" Title="How should I keep track of my financial assets across borders and currencies?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="439" CreationDate="2014-03-17T20:38:10.697" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you only care about your current assets a simple spreadsheet might actually be enough. For personal, but more advanced use you might consider getting a personal budgeting / personal finance software, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youneedabudget.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;YNAB&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://moneydance.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Moneydance&lt;/a&gt;. YNAB is easier to use, but only has minimal multi-currency support (you have to create a separate budget for each currency), while Moneydance is more advanced, and might be harder to start with. If you are just starting a new life somewhere I'd &lt;strong&gt;highly suggest&lt;/strong&gt; to start using one of them, so you can track your spendings, and get a better idea of the real living cost of your new home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have even more assets, or you are actually doing finance-related business professionally, your best bet might need something more &lt;a href=&quot;http://sage.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;advanced&lt;/a&gt;, or actually hire someone with the necessary qualifications to do the accounting for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T20:38:10.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="439" CreationDate="2014-03-17T20:38:25.550" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are certainly better ways to keep track of your finances than a spreadsheet. Personal financial management software is a broad category and offers a wide variety of choices, from free to paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to handle multiple currencies is to maintain a different ledger for each currency that you deal with. Or, if you transfer money frequently, then you may want to choose a program that lets you handle multiple currencies within a single ledger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://gnucash.org/&quot;&gt;GnuCash&lt;/a&gt;, keeping a separate ledger for each currency. GnuCash has features to combine multiple currencies in one ledger, but I don't need that sort of complexity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T20:38:25.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T20:45:14.470" Score="13" ViewCount="2208" Body="&lt;p&gt;Buckwheat isn't as basic food in Poland as potatoes or bread, but nevertheless very popular. I was quite surprised that I can't find it anywhere in Germany (Nuremberg, Bavaria) in shops like Aldi, Lidl or Norma. In Poland it's available in practically every food shop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is buckwheat available in food shops in Germany? If so, in which ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:51:15.247" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:24:18.073" Title="Is it possible to find buckwheat in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="442" CreationDate="2014-03-17T21:00:55.297" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should try to search for Turkish or Russian grocery stores in your neighborhood, both of them usually sell ingredients for other Eastern-European and Mediterranean food, and (especially Turkish shops) are usually quite common in the whole country. For example while I was in Bochum, NRW I frequented a shop called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.455315,7.256873,3a,15y,241.93h,88.3t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGEWc1GwFUS-QS5xu9C4wog!2e0&quot;&gt;SMAK&lt;/a&gt;. While I cannot say much about Nürnberg, a quick search showed me a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Lida+Russische+Spezialit%C3%A4ten+Lebensmittelgesch%C3%A4ft/@49.460576,11.093459,3a,81.7y,343.88h,75.27t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swe0seBVTjnRn09QufaVFFA!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x6111759d26b6886?hl=en&quot;&gt;Russian supermarket&lt;/a&gt; you might want to check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T21:00:55.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="442" CreationDate="2014-03-17T21:42:35.743" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would look at some organic stores (&lt;em&gt;Bioladen&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Reformhaus&lt;/em&gt;), they should definitely have it. The German name is “&lt;em&gt;Buchweizen&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://biovyana.com/bio-getreide/146-buchweizen-davert-4019339184103.html&quot;&gt;order it online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T06:03:43.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T06:03:43.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2014-03-17T22:28:30.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned, some supermarkets will just stock it - a lot of foods are common across countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes there is an international food section in the supermarket as well that features items for expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, google you 'South African foods' or whatever country you're after, and your city you're now in, and see what appears. Lots of shops exist for this purpose - eg The Savannah for South African food in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there's the expat magazines. TNT Magazine in London often features adverts for stores, suppliers and more for foods and comforts from home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, ask other expats. Join a meetup, find a group and ask them - the experienced ones will know, if there's a way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T22:28:30.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="427" CreationDate="2014-03-17T22:42:04.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;France has several tests for whether you're considered a resident.  One is if you are present in France for more time than any other country in a calendar year, you are resident from the day you arrived. (if there's just two countries involved, that means you're in France for over 183 days, but it could be less if there's a third country you live in).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, you're also resident if France is your &quot;main family home&quot;, even if you work elsewhere (or if more of your assets are in France, among other tests). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to be totally clear you're not resident, you should have a home elsewhere during the time you're in France, and spend less nights in France during the calendar year than any other country.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In reality though probably nobody will notice you're in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.french-property.com/guides/france/finance-taxation/taxation/liability-income-tax/residency-status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French-Property.com&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kentingtons.com/blog/tax-residency/are-you-a-tax-resident-of-france/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kentingtons&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T06:24:43.010" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T06:24:43.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="434" CreationDate="2014-03-17T23:41:04.413" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many of the major urban areas in North America have &quot;British Shops&quot;, there's a whole lot of them in Southern California especially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example (that I haven't been to) in New York is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myersofkeswick.com/products/grocery/condiments/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Myers of Keswick&lt;/a&gt; (just north of the West Village, it appears).  They currently show Vegemite 220g for $10.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yelp.com/biz/myers-of-keswick-new-york&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Yelp reviews&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These stores don't have the volume of Tescos, plus they have to import the items, pay for extra labelling to conform to local requirements, deal with out-of-date items from low stock turnover, and rent a shop in Manhattan.  So they are always going to be expensive, but still cheaper than a flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good place to find other mentions of other British Shops is in the paper editions of expat magazines like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ujnews.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Union Jack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, Vegemite (and Marmite) are not that difficult to find at normal large grocery stores elsewhere in America, rather than specialist importers.  I've seen both at Fry's grocery stores in Arizona for example, it would be worth checking the larger out-of-town stores in perhaps NJ.  Cost Plus World Market is another (although their nearest branches to NY are in DC). Look in the &quot;ethnic&quot; aisle, there may be a small bit of &quot;European&quot; food between Hispanic and Asian.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T02:07:19.500" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T02:07:19.500" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="407" CreationDate="2014-03-18T00:26:16.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dial91.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;dial91.com&lt;/a&gt;. I have been using this service to call my buddies in India for a few years now. The quality is &lt;strong&gt;amazing&lt;/strong&gt;! It costs me about a cent a minute. The calls to UK are 2 cents a minute from the US. I find this service the easiest to use  because, they offer me local US numbers that I can dial into, then speed dial from there (they also have a smart phone app). The speed dial numbers can be setup on their website under your account (and your phone number can be registered as well - all this is a one time effort of a few minutes). So if I have to call buddy X then I call one of dial91's US numbers saved on my phone and then dial the speed dial code for X. Thats all. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;I personally hate to be in a contract, but, I have also heard good things about Vonage.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;I usually like to have quality in my phone calls and am willing to pay for it. In my experience I have always found skype calls to cell phones lacking in quality (for video calls with even with I being on a 30 Meg line and the other party on a 10 Meg line ! and a phone d/l u/l speed of 4 and 1 Meg).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="90" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T07:03:00.220" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T07:03:00.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-18T00:30:00.070" Score="5" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently emigrated to Australia as a PR. Am I eligible to drive upon arrival in Australia and can I transfer my driver's license from Alabama to Northern Territory? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T05:59:55.403" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T05:59:55.403" Title="How to transfer Alabama (USA) driver's license to a Northern Territory (AU) driver's license?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="449" CreationDate="2014-03-18T01:03:05.000" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/mvr/heavy-vehicles/driver-licencing&quot;&gt;Department of Transport&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person may use their interstate or overseas issued driver licence to drive in the NT for a period of up to 3 months. After this time you must hold a Northern Territory issued driver licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That page also describes what is required to transfer an overseas licence. Briefly, you must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;provide a valid and current overseas driver licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;pass an eyesight test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;provide completed form L1- Application for a Northern Territory Driver/Rider   Licence.'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;provide Evidence of Identity and Residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Pay the relevant fee for a 1-5 year licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the above information appears on a page titled &quot;Heavy Vehicles&quot;, it seems to apply to car and motorcycle licences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T01:03:05.000" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="449" CreationDate="2014-03-18T01:51:33.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're arriving as a resident, you have three months to change your license, and can use your overseas license during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Northern Territory Department of Transport has a page describing the process after that:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/mvr/licensing/faqs/overseas-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Transfer Overseas License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This mentions that a theory and practical test is required, if you do not have a &lt;strong&gt;valid and current&lt;/strong&gt; license from &quot;a recognised country&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The recognised countries are listed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/19746/ibl15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Leaflet L15&lt;/a&gt; (pdf).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list does include the whole of the USA (it's not broken down by state), as well as Canada and many Western European countries (among others).  So your Alabama license will be recognised.  If you have held it for under a year if over 25, less than two years if younger than 25, you'll only get a provisional license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a separate list of countries on that document where over-25's only don't need testing, these are mostly Eastern European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T02:14:15.190" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T02:14:15.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="438" CreationDate="2014-03-18T04:34:14.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although the majority of stuff you can buy is local and therefore warm weather you can easily get imported cold weather vegetables in the major supermarkets. My local supermarket, Robinsons, sells cabbage, brussels, etc. Dark leafy greens are a bit rarer but some deli's will sell it. In short, if you look around they're pretty easy to find. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actual markets are more likely to be selling locally grown stuff rather than imported so you're better off with the bigger shops. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T04:34:14.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="438" CreationDate="2014-03-18T05:27:54.273" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.werdenberg.com/santis/locations.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Santi's Deli&lt;/a&gt; imports high quality fresh produce daily, but you can't always be certain that they'll keep the same things in stock, as it heavily depends on the market. In the colder months where specialty kale and different kinds of cabbages are in season, they'll generally have them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat - they tend to be a bit more expensive than the larger grocery chains (like Rustan's), but the quality of the produce itself tends to be quite high. Also a good source for fresh turkey, hens, and other things not easily found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rustansfresh.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rustan's Supermarket&lt;/a&gt; is also a source for high quality imported produce, but also a bit on the pricey side. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastEditorUserId="100" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T05:45:32.587" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T05:45:32.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="454" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T06:00:19.290" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TiRKc.png&quot; alt=&quot;UK flag&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an English&#xA;speaking monarchy in Europe comprising of England, Wales, Scotland,&#xA;Northern Ireland. It is a member of the European Union (except for the&#xA;Crown Dependencies: the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey), but not&#xA;part of the Schengen Area. It is considered as an eligible country in&#xA;the USA Visa Waiver Progam, but not in the Electronic Diversity Visa&#xA;Lottery. The official currency is the Pound Sterling (GBP/£), the&#xA;country calling code is +44. The official timezone is GMT in winter&#xA;and BST in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about being a citizen in the UK see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/uk-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uk-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uk-citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for issues pertaining to immigration: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Home Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-embassies-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign embassies in the UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for taxation and customs: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HM Revenue &amp;amp; Customs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:32:32.583" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:32:32.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="455" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T06:00:19.290" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:32:32.583" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:32:32.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="456" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="482" CreationDate="2014-03-18T07:45:10.263" Score="15" ViewCount="9506" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are non-citizens allowed to become police officers in Germany? Are there any restrictions? Are there any advantages for EU-citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T18:50:25.170" Title="Is it possible to become a policeman in Germany as a non-citizen?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="456" CreationDate="2014-03-18T07:51:00.960" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under EU law, some positions might be restricted but it's difficult to imagine that the entire police service could be. Not only that but if a position is not deemed to be restricted to German nationals, then I think that EU citizens must be treated equally (i.e. there can be no priority to German citizens or anything like that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, in Germany police is a provincial matters, so the rules &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.polizei-einstellung.de/bewerbung-als-nichtdeutscher-oder-als-eu-burger-bei-der-polizei/2011/12/07/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;differ from &lt;em&gt;Land&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;Land&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. As you will see, other EU citizens can generally apply on a par with German citizens but it is even possible in some places for non-EU citizens, sometimes with a special authorization. One restriction is that you probably need to speak German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T15:05:55.633" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:05:55.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="432" CreationDate="2014-03-18T08:52:13.260" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vegemite can be found in most UK supermarkets. It can also be purchased online in the UK from MySupermarket, among others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's well known enough in the UK to warrant an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19908368&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;article on the spread of vegemite in the BBC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In London, the Aussie/NZ/Saffa store in Covent Garden used to sell it - presume they still do (this was only a few years back), albeit with a substantial markup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only is it available in Tesco, Asda, Waitrose AND Sainsburys, it's actually sold &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/vegemite-is-cheaper-overseas-than-in-australia/story-fnagkbpv-1226576999305&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;cheaper than it is in Australia&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=263013202&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here it is on the Tescos site&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/jam_and_spreads/kraft_vegemite_220g.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;MySupermarket&lt;/a&gt; as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T08:52:13.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="459" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T09:59:36.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not to be used just because a country is an EU member, but only where questions pertain to the whole EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T13:17:18.097" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T13:17:18.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="460" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T09:59:36.247" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the European Union member states - where the specific country (eg Spain) is not important, but where rules for EU members as a whole may be distinct." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:19:23.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:19:23.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="461" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:01:08.420" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For aquisition and loss of citizenship please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in the USA see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/usa&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usa&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the United States of America&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/travel/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USA site for traveling abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usembassy.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassies of the United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:46:28.840" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:46:28.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="462" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:01:08.420" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the United States of America." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:19:59.873" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:19:59.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="463" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:01:44.890" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:01:44.890" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:01:44.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="464" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:01:44.890" Score="0" Body="For questions about citizenship status, acquiring, naturalization, laws in regard to, or applications for." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-13T04:30:39.643" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T04:30:39.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="465" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:02:23.320" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:02:23.320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:02:23.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="466" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:02:23.320" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to people with multiple citizenship - ie are eligible to hold passports/citizenships for multiple countries." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:19:31.667" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:19:31.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="467" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:03:02.497" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:03:02.497" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:03:02.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="468" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:03:02.497" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the country of Bulgaria." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:20:01.157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:20:01.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="469" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:03:34.277" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:03:34.277" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:03:34.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="470" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:03:34.277" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the Netherlands." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:20:06.967" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:20:06.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="471" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:04:14.280" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:04:14.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:04:14.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="472" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:04:14.280" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to questions about holding two forms of citizenship - ie where one is a citizen of two countries, and eligible for passports of both said countries." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:20:13.530" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:20:13.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="473" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:06:42.057" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:06:42.057" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:06:42.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="474" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:06:42.057" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the nation of New Zealand, also known colloquially as Kiwis." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:20:19.033" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:20:19.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="475" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:07:29.423" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:07:29.423" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:07:29.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="476" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:07:29.423" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Australia, also known colloquially as Aussies." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:19:57.373" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:19:57.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="477" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:09:22.857" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Republic of Poland&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aHplS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Poland&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Polish citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/polish-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;polish-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;polish-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:04:49.750" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:04:49.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="478" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:09:22.857" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Republic of Poland" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:04:49.750" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:04:49.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="479" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:10:27.217" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:10:27.217" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:10:27.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="480" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:10:27.217" Score="0" Body="National identification document used for travel, visa, and citizenship evidence purposes." OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T10:19:56.047" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:19:56.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="503" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:26:54.253" Score="9" ViewCount="1430" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of schools in the UK which follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/american_schools_uk.html&quot;&gt;American curriculum&lt;/a&gt;. My son will be starting school this year. We plan on moving back to the US in the next 5 years. Is there any evidence that having an American curriculum for his first few years of schooling would make his transition into the US education system easier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T08:48:24.183" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T08:48:24.183" Title="Benefits of American curriculum schools for US expat children" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;repatriation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="456" CreationDate="2014-03-18T10:32:16.913" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This highly depends on your &lt;em&gt;Bundesland&lt;/em&gt; since the police is under the jurisdiction of a federal state. Some of them explicitly welcome people without citizenship to apply, others do not permit them at all. You will however be required to deliver a &lt;em&gt;Führungszeugnis&lt;/em&gt;, a certificate of good conduct, when applying which might be problematic depending on whether your former country of residence offers such a certificate that matches the German requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.polizei.hessen.de/icc/internetzentral/nav/cf4/cf470ee1-825a-f6f8-6373-a91bbcb63046.htm&quot;&gt;federal state of &lt;em&gt;Hessen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; welcomes foreigners' applications. The federal state of Bayern welcomes applications after assessing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polizeiausbildung_in_Bayern&quot;&gt;applicant's language competence&lt;/a&gt; where bilingual applicants are given an edge. However, foreign applicant's are still considered only outside of the default application process where for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://dtj-online.de/zukunftsberuf-auch-fur-migranten-wie-werde-ich-polizist-1789&quot;&gt;Turkish citizens are most commonly accepted&lt;/a&gt;. In principle, I believe it is possible to become a policeman in every federal state as long as you are a qualified applicant, especially for the &lt;em&gt;gehobener Dienst&lt;/em&gt; (higher service).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T10:32:16.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="483" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-18T11:41:25.227" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T11:41:25.227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T11:41:25.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="484" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-18T11:41:25.227" Score="0" Body="For questions related to issues specific to citizens of the Netherlands." OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T08:36:13.977" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T08:36:13.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="490" CreationDate="2014-03-18T12:59:27.087" Score="12" ViewCount="11422" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a strictly hypothetical situation where I had a reasonable sum of money in savings in the UK (my country of origin), and I had moved to the Netherlands, would the Dutch government require me to declare and then tax me on those savings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T15:31:52.940" Title="In the Netherlands, can I be taxed on savings I have from my country of origin?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2014-03-18T14:04:21.413" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In general, the Dutch tax office cares about your worldwide income and assets and you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be taxed on savings abroad but you might also be eligible for a rebate or even omit some of your assets and income entirely depending on your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You generally have to pay income and capital/wealth tax on your worldwide income and assets, not only on your Dutch savings. See in particular &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/tax_arrangements/income_from_abroad/income_from_abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Income abroad&lt;/a&gt; on the Dutch tax office's website. Particularly relevant here is that the Dutch income tax includes a sort of wealth tax because savings are assumed to provide a 4% interest rate (&lt;em&gt;forfaitair rendement&lt;/em&gt;) and you have to pay a 30% tax on this fictive income, no matter how good or bad your savings really did in a given year (it's called “&lt;em&gt;box 3 inkomsten&lt;/em&gt;” in Dutch tax parlance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details of how much you have to pay will depend on tax treaties, EU rules, and possibly the “30% ruling” but you might at least need to declare those savings and &lt;em&gt;you are yourself responsible for doing it correctly&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T18:27:47.047" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:27:47.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="487" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-18T14:11:01.793" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is this VIE program, so-called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.civiweb.com/international/EN/index.aspx&quot;&gt;International Internship Programme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The principle is to work abroad, and it applies to many European citizens. The work contract is a bit specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering what is the immigration status of such a contract when doing it in Canada. Is it a simple work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am particularly worried if there is any impact on a possible future application to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/index.aspx&quot;&gt;IEC (International Experience in Canada)&lt;/a&gt;: will I be allowed to participate to both programs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus. I would like to know if it has any (positive or negative) impact on a future permanent residence application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:38:39.707" Title="What Immigration status do I have in Canada when on International Internship Programme (VIE)" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3301" CreationDate="2014-03-18T14:15:02.133" Score="8" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.civiweb.com/international/EN/index.aspx&quot;&gt;International Internship Programme (VIE)&lt;/a&gt; is a type of contract that offers to many European citizens to work abroad. From the program description, you are officially employed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;French people have to file their tax in France, as afar as I understood, but what about non-French citizens? Should they file in France, in the host country or citizenship country? If that matters, let's take Germany as the citizenship country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T02:13:25.017" Title="Where do I file my tax when participating to the International Internship Programme (VIE) if non-French" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2014-03-18T14:48:39.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your income &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be taxed by the country where your yacht is registered but also by a country where most of your clients/income come from, where you own a house and left other properties, or by the country of your citizenship, etc. There is no overarching definition of tax residence, it's up to each country to define, within the bound of the treaties they negotiate with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you will also need contracts with your clients (I am assuming you are freelancing) and a bank account somewhere to receive payment and use the money easily. That could also have tax consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T15:58:55.317" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:58:55.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2014-03-18T15:21:41.920" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not if you have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/official-matters/thirty-percent-ruling&quot;&gt;30% ruling&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30% Ruling and Box 3 of your tax return&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under the 30% ruling you can opt for ‘partial non-residency status’. You are then considered to&#xA;  be a non-resident tax payer in Box 2 and Box 3, even though you are&#xA;  living in the Netherlands. For Box 1 income you are considered a&#xA;  resident tax payer, therefore you do not pay income tax on assets in&#xA;  Boxes 2 and 3 (except for real estate located in the Netherlands and&#xA;  substantial shareholding in a Dutch resident BV) and you are entitled&#xA;  to the partnership ruling in Box 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/official-matters/thirty-percent-ruling&quot;&gt;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/official-matters/thirty-percent-ruling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bank savings and 30% ruling. Foreign bank accounts. What to declare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Benefit of the 30% ruling is that in the annual income tax return you can opt&#xA;  to be treated as partial non-resident for tax purposes. This means that you can&#xA;  declare your income as if you are a non resident but on the other hand still&#xA;  claim tax deductions as if you are resident. Benefit of this option is that you&#xA;  will not have to declare all your savings and investments in Box 3. Bank&#xA;  savings for example will not have to be declared in your Dutch tax return. The&#xA;  &quot;assumption&quot; is that you will declare these in another country but&#xA;  this will not be checked and is not a requirement at all. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatax.nl/kb/article/bank-savings-and-30-ruling-foreign-bank-accounts-what-to-declare-166.html&quot;&gt;http://www.expatax.nl/kb/article/bank-savings-and-30-ruling-foreign-bank-accounts-what-to-declare-166.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatax.nl/box-3.php&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Box 3&quot;&lt;/em&gt; means income from savings and investments.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T15:31:39.197" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:31:39.197" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="487" CreationDate="2014-03-18T15:38:39.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best I can figure the VIE is a program where you get an internship with a French company and then that company transfers you abroad to learn how business works over on the other side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if that is the case you will be either an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadaworkvisa.ca/info/ict.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;intra-company transfer&lt;/a&gt; or more likely a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/business.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Business Visitor&lt;/a&gt;.  In the first case the company that you're working for will have to give you a Work Permit in Canada for which the duration could be up to 7 years but in the second case you will need get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Temporary Resident Visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think that the best way to determine this would be to contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubifrance.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubifrance&lt;/a&gt; which administers this program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T15:38:39.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="492" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7712" CreationDate="2014-03-18T17:38:02.593" Score="9" ViewCount="3074" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to get a copy of my Italian Codice Fiscale (Social Security number) card, but I live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conslondra.esteri.it/Consolato_Londra/Menu/I_Servizi/Per_i_cittadini/Codice_Fiscale/Codice_Fiscale.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian Consulate&lt;/a&gt;, I need to ask any Agenzia delle Entrate, but according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/Nsilib/Nsi/Home/CosaDeviFare/Richiedere/Codice+fiscale+e+tessera+sanitaria/Richiesta+TS_CF/SchedaI/Come+si+chiede+il+Codice+Fiscale/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Agenzia delle Entrate&lt;/a&gt; I need to ask the Italian Consulate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I follow these instructions and loop indefinitely, has anyone succeeded in this endeavor? How?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T21:56:42.290" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T12:48:53.757" Title="How can I get a copy of my Codice Fiscale card if I am an expat?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-18T17:48:17.010" Score="11" ViewCount="6777" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered that my Italian drivers license has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to renew it but I'm an expat in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Italian Driver License agency won't touch my license with a 10-foot-pole&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The English DVLA says they can give me a UK license (yay!) but&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it will take 4 weeks and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they want the only copy of my current license and of my passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't really stay without my passport for that long (as I travel much) so here's my question: is there a faster (paid for) application or an application that does not require physically sending my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other alternative I can think of is also dire: apply for an Italian ID card (1-3 months), and then send that... but this would leave me unable to drive for maybe 4 months!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T21:57:14.420" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T11:05:39.537" Title="Is there a faster way of renewing my Italian driver's license as a UK expat?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20" CreationDate="2014-03-18T19:59:57.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not completely sure if this would apply to you, since I am not an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My experience was this:&lt;/strong&gt; I was required to surrender my US drivers license in order to receive a German one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was informed that it would be held by them for a period of 2 years, after which it would be returned to the American authority which issued it. During those two years, I could trade my German to get the original back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, as far as I know how it works on the side of the German bureaucracy. I would try to contact someone at the office in your district (Kreis) or at the &quot;Bürgerbüro&quot; in your local city hall. Since you will have to deal with one of their officers anyway, they will be able to inform you best of the actual requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what about EU residents?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After examining several pages and actually reading what the relevant section of the German law has to say, it seems that my experience is indicative of how &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; foreign drivers licenses are handled by the German government (sources follow).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The city of Cologne has their rules for EU drivers licenses posted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stadt-koeln.de/buergerservice/themen/auto/fuehrerschein-umschreibung-einer-auslaendischen-fahrerlaubnis-eu-oder-ewr-staaten-/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;(in German). My experience was almost identical. The releveant snippets are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bei Aushändigung des deutschen Kartenführerscheines müssen Sie Ihren ausländischen Führerschein abgeben.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation: upon recieving your German drivers license, you will be required to surrender your foreign drivers license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fahrerlaubnisrecht.de/FeV/FeV31.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Fahrerlaubnisverordnung § 31&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Der auf Grund des Absatzes 1 und 2 ausgestellte Führerschein ist nur gegen Abgabe des ausländischen Führerscheins auszuhändigen. Die Fahrerlaubnisbehörde sendet ihn über das Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt an die Stelle zurück, die ihn ausgestellt hat, wenn mit dem betreffenden Staat eine entsprechende Vereinbarung besteht. In den anderen Fällen nimmt sie den Führerschein in Verwahrung. Er darf nur gegen Abgabe des auf seiner Grundlage ausgestellten inländischen Führerscheins wieder ausgehändigt werden. In begründeten Fällen kann die Fahrerlaubnisbehörde davon absehen, den ausländischen Führerschein in Verwahrung zu nehmen oder ihn an die ausländische Stelle zurückzuschicken.&#xA;  Verwahrte Führerscheine können nach 3 Jahren vernichtet werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which basically says: You must give up your foreign license to recieve a German one. If the German government has a treaty with the issuing authority, they will send it back to them. In other cases, they will retain possession of it. It will only be returned upon returning the German one. In certain special(read: properly documented) cases, they will make an exception to these rules. After 3 years in their posession, they reserve the right to destroy it if it is still in their possession.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I apparently either remembered the 2 years thing wrong, or was misinformed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208" LastEditorUserId="208" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T21:00:15.713" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T21:00:15.713" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="102" CreationDate="2014-03-18T20:08:21.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ukraine has apparently taken steps to become consistent with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_Process&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bologna Process&lt;/a&gt;, so if you are familiar with that, it means most universities will likely offer Bachelors and Masters programs, if not now, then in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might not be consistent yet across all institutions, so if you are thinking of a particular university, I would recommend looking at what they have to offer directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208" LastEditorUserId="208" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T10:06:15.620" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:06:15.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2014-03-18T21:15:08.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are going to have to learn to find suitable substitutes at least some of the time. Certain products, even if you are able to find them at specialty stores are normally going to be quite expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice is to get to know the local products and to especially be willing to experiment with modifications to the recipes you are trying to prepare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, here in Germany I can't find graham crackers anywhere, but I wanted to make a New York Cheesecake. The closest thing I have found that works is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculoos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Spekulatius&lt;/a&gt;. They are a bit different, but it worked just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also try to look in ethnic specialty stores which might seem unrelated to what you are trying to find. As an example, I was looking for fresh cilantro (coriander leaves) and black beans. I was surprised to find them both at an asian market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208" LastEditorUserId="208" LastEditDate="2014-03-18T21:43:35.240" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T21:43:35.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="497" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="500" CreationDate="2014-03-18T21:16:19.097" Score="24" ViewCount="11971" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been granted permanent residency in Australia (i.e. I can live and work there). I intend to relocate from Ireland in October. Ideally I could have a job line up before I go, as it's a high-risk and potentially expensive move if I have to support myself and family for a period of unemployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible / likely that I could secure employment before I go? What are the best ways that I could go about doing this? Should I just start applying for jobs on the Australian jobs websites? Should I contact recruiters directly? (this isn't exactly appealing because recruiters tend to ignore you if it makes their job difficult)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, I have a BSc in Computing (Software Development), with 8 years experience in .Net development. I'd prefer Melbourne if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="209" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:03:08.883" LastActivityDate="2018-11-22T20:52:23.233" Title="How to get a job in Australia before I go there?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="267" CreationDate="2014-03-18T22:00:49.010" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would look for the nearest VHS (Volkshochschule). They normally offer language courses and also offer proficiency testing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are living in Innsbruck, the natural choice would be the local branch of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vhs-tirol.at/page.cfm?vpath=kurse&amp;amp;fachbereichId=183&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Volkshochschule Tirol&lt;/a&gt;. They offer a lot of courses for German as a foreign language, many of which are in the evening. They also offer courses through level C1 for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vhs-tirol.at/page.cfm?vpath=kurse&amp;amp;fachbereichId=4&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vhs-tirol.at/page.cfm?vpath=ueber-uns/zweigstelle&amp;amp;zid=218&amp;amp;tuwasid=2200&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is the contact page for the one in Innsbruck. They may be able to provide assistance in booking the course over telephone if you have trouble navigating the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208" LastEditorUserId="208" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T20:46:29.143" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:46:29.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="497" CreationDate="2014-03-19T00:47:34.810" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's certainly possible to arrange employment before arriving in your new country, although employers are likely to want to meet you in person before actually extending an offer (particularly if the position is not a remote working position).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before moving to New Zealand some years ago, I had located a job offer on one of the job web sites, and did a telephone interview before arriving in the country. After arriving, I did an in-person interview and everything proceeded from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers of expats will generally want to be sure that the prospective employee has the right to work in the country. In your case, you have been granted permanent residency with the right to work but you aren't &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; in the country yet. It is possible (though unlikely) that you could be turned away at the border and not admitted to Australia. An employer will probably want to make a copy of your passport with the work authorisation for their records, which they can only do with you present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Talking to other workers in your field and establishing a network of contacts will certainly be useful, and is something you can do from anywhere. For example, the mailing list for the local Python User's Group often has introductions from migrants who haven't actually arrived in the country yet. It's obviously not a job search service, but such contact can be useful in locating technology-specific jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, an option to cover the uncertain period would be to secure a remote working contract with somebody, perhaps in your home country, where you can do some work for a short time until you find local employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T00:47:34.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="497" CreationDate="2014-03-19T00:54:32.840" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an IT worker (software dev / test automation).  I moved to Australia last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seek.com.au/&quot;&gt;Seek.com.au&lt;/a&gt; is the biggest jobs site (disclaimer: I'm contracting there at present).  If you create a profile on there, it'll go a long way - recruiters will also contact you as a result of your profile being active and searchable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For random 'spot jobs', &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spotjobs.com/&quot;&gt;Spotjobs&lt;/a&gt; is up and coming, but probably not ideal for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's always hard to get a job before the companies have seen you, but if your linkedin profile is up to date, you have an available phone number and email on your profiles, you stand a better chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, join a meetup for the city you're aiming for, and contact some of the people on that - software developers, Agile groups, geek groups, and so on.  Many of them will know of opportunities, and given they may get bonuses for referring someone, may be very keen to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get yourself onto many recruiters' books. Don't harass them, but a simple email with your resume and contact details should suffice, and then check back in when you arrive in the country if nothing has happened yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, make it VERY clear on all your applications, profiles and contacts that you have permanent residency and the right to work in Australia. This is one of the highest priorities that IT recruiters are looking for (outside of the obvious skills matches).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T00:54:32.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="481" CreationDate="2014-03-19T02:28:32.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The American education system is fragmented and divided, and probably only works as well as it does by preserving each teacher's right and responsibility to develop their own curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, one would expect more American and less British history to be taught in such a school, but it sounds like your son is too young to study that anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with any sort of educational institution, the only way to know is to contact them and get specifics. The schools are probably too different from each other to generalize.  If a particular private school cannot easily answer your questions, it is probably not worth pursuing. Also, the international calling rates should be very cheap. Check with your cell phone provider, but you might just dial and chat, no worries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worst comes to worst, you can probably enroll during the term, if some problem comes up. That information might be more important than details of the curriculum. But, it sounds like a long shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T02:28:32.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="438" CreationDate="2014-03-19T04:24:36.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Philippines is a mountainous country with varying climates and various vegetables. You should be able to find domestically grown broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and bok choi at a good outdoor market. I'm north of Manila, closer to the hills, though, and it's possible less produce makes it that far. The temperature does make shipment and storage troublesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lettuce, mostly imported, is well-stocked at a good supermarket (try Pure Gold), along with other salad greens including occasional kale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other varieties are harder to find. I don't recall ever seeing brussels  sprouts. Such imports are usually from China, and while the supermarket is cleaner than the bazaar, I suspect the pesticides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="211" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T04:29:44.463" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T04:29:44.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="481" CreationDate="2014-03-19T06:29:16.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best options we've encountered are truly international schools, where the &lt;em&gt;local&lt;/em&gt; emphasis in curriculum is lessened. You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; find Americanized schools in various countries, but that's not always going to be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;International schools tend to focus on world history and International English, instead of mostly &lt;em&gt;local&lt;/em&gt; history and &lt;em&gt;local&lt;/em&gt; language (which isn't always English) with a bit of world mixed in. In this case, it then becomes your job to teach American history, as needed, until you repatriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In The Philippines, Philippine history and language are core curriculum requirements set out by the department of education for non-international schools. My daughter's classes are &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; in English, but Filipino (Tagalog) is a required subject, and history focuses on Philippine history. That's exactly what they should be doing here, we're the oddballs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;International schools won't have Filipino as a requirement, and will teach &lt;em&gt;world&lt;/em&gt; history, leaving the parents to fill in gaps from their country's history books as needed (or a private tutor if you feel that you'd make a horrible history teacher).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also a question of religious education depending on the country. &lt;em&gt;Most&lt;/em&gt; private schools here are Catholic, with the Montessori schools leaning more to the secular side, and international schools making it completely optional. Here's the breakdown of how that would work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Catholic school: My daughter learns how to get her first communion, bible study&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Secular school: Either Catholic / General Christian things, or general 'Character education' where she's taught &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; religions, how one should behave in a church, and general 'do the right thing' stuff - but it's up to us which she takes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;International school: Up to us what, if any religious / character education she receives&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's easily changed around wherever you might be, where most private schools might be of a different religious flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, going the International route is generally best, and something we're considering (though Montessori style education is an amazing way to learn). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet, if you plan to repatriate in two years - the Americanized school might be the better solution. My perspective is from a longer term, we don't plan to return for at least another five or six years, so it's much better for us to fill in gaps in the international curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T06:29:16.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T03:43:28.690" Score="6" ViewCount="4071" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am originally from Pakistan, I was living in UK on student visa tier 4 and wasn't allowed to work on my visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had 16 months of visa left on my passport when I got caught by UKBA while working illegally, I am extremely ashamed for committing this massive mistake for which I apologize, now I shall get bk to the point.  My father is a US citizen, he filed my green card petition under category F1 in 2011, it can normally take 4 years for my number to become current, I am 26 years old single man, my question is that will my past deportation affect my ability to join my family in USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be a mark against me? Will i be asked about that in interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user12378" LastActivityDate="2017-12-02T16:50:07.447" Title="Will my past removal from UK affect my ability to join my family in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="504" CreationDate="2014-03-19T07:07:23.950" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your previous deportation would almost certainly guarantee that you would not be granted a non-immigrant visa, as it serves as evidence indicating that you'd be likely to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work illegally while in the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attempt to change your status immediately after reaching the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any / All of the above leading to you not &lt;em&gt;returning&lt;/em&gt; to your home country after traveling on a tourist or non-immigrant visa. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what they'll likely be the most concerned about, additional evidence that, if granted a non-immigrant visa, you'd be extremely likely to not return to your home country after your permitted stay concludes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you're applying for an &lt;em&gt;immigrant status&lt;/em&gt; visa, so the above is less of a concern. You're plainly stating that you have every intention of &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; returning, and working, once you reach the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's then a question of character, and perceived flaws in said character due to your history in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of those things where you'd probably want to enlist the help of an immigration attorney, because they know best how to plead your application, and yes - you will be asked to disclose this on paperwork you complete before the interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd definitely seek the help of a professional attorney (who might be able to accompany you to said interview, and counsel you, along with doing whatever can be done to settle this part of it prior &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; the interview).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T07:07:23.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="506" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="507" CreationDate="2014-03-19T08:21:15.397" Score="8" ViewCount="1414" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a medical degree from a EU country, let say Bulgaria, can I work as a doctor in another EU country? Which qualifications will be recognised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T08:22:08.807" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T08:41:33.283" Title="Will an EU medical degree be recognised in another EU country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="506" CreationDate="2014-03-19T08:27:51.613" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;To work as a doctor in another EU country, you must apply to the authority that oversees the doctor profession in that country, providing proof of your qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basic medical training and general practitioner training are automatically recognised throughout the EU, entitling you to work in any EU country, if they are listed in respectively Annex V, points &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/docs/future/annexe-v-1-1-basic-medical-training_en.xls&quot;&gt;5.1.1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/docs/future/annexe-v-1-4-gp_en.xls&quot;&gt;5.1.4&lt;/a&gt; of the Directive 2005/36/EC, which are conform to Art. 24 or 28 of the Directive, or benefit from acquired rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some specialist doctors’ qualifications are automatically recognised in certain EU countries. These are listed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/policy_developments/legislation/index_en.htm#annexes&quot;&gt;Annexes V, point 5.1&lt;/a&gt; of the Directive on recognition of professional qualifications.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;All of the countries listed for each given field will automatically recognise each others’ qualifications in that field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if your qualification does not meet the automatic criteria for recognition, it may still be recognised in another EU country, under the general system for recognition of qualifications. See article 10 to 15 of the Directive.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If there are major differences between the qualifications you have from your home country and the qualifications required to work in the EU country where you want to work, you may be asked to sit an aptitude test to check that you have the skills required in your chosen country or complete an adaptation period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/directive_in_practice/automatic_recognition/doctors/index_en.htm&quot;&gt;europe.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T08:27:51.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="506" CreationDate="2014-03-19T08:28:34.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Dutch association of medical doctors (KNMG) the answer is &lt;a href=&quot;http://knmg.artsennet.nl/Diensten/Beroepskeuze/Wet-en-regelgeving-2/Buitenlands-gediplomeerden/Procedures/Buitenlandse-artsen-van-binnen-de-EU.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;yes&lt;/a&gt; (link is in dutch).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however a but... You need to register with the local authorities and register according to the local regulations. In case of the Netherlands that means that your medical degree is recognised, not automatically your specialisation. In the Netherlands this is called &quot;basisarts&quot; or basic doctor. To practice a specific specialisation you need to contact the relevant professional organisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in the Netherlands a general practitioner is considered a specialist too and a such you will need to contact their professional association as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume these regulations are similar in other EU countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="30" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T08:41:33.283" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T08:41:33.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:01:32.960" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation is exceedingly dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are people in Saudi Arabia on death row, simply because they were seen praying (alone) inside their own property.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://peopleofshambhala.com/buddhist-faces-beheading-for-prayer-in-saudi-arabia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://peopleofshambhala.com/buddhist-faces-beheading-for-prayer-in-saudi-arabia/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Western governments, the media and our own religious leaders and civil rights leaders have been consistently lying to us about the nature of islam.  Saudi Arabia is not the only country where non-muslims are persecuted by muslims, but it is one of the worst.  I'm not a christian, but even I must recognise that christians are now the most persecuted religious minority on the planet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="219" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T09:01:32.960" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="481" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:16:33.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to this question depends a lot on the remaining time of your children's school career. If this is one time expat experience for a short time (max 2 years) going to an American school might have benefits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand you might  alienate him/her from both countries. A school is not only a curriculum, it is a lot more then that. You also learn social skills and develop friendships. By sending you children to a local school they get to learn the british social skills, while learning the american social skills at home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I would send my children to an international school if I would relocate a lot. If not I would choose for a local education. &#xA;When going back to the US your children will have to adapt anyway and expats are generally speaking masters in adapting since it is their way of life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recall that when I went back to my home country I didn't have any trouble getting accustomed to the new school curriculum. If you choose the proper school back in the US, your children might have that special itch, because they can tell about their school on the other side of the pond. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest problem I had was that I didn't share the same &quot;TV&quot; history as my fellow class mates. Nobody had seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://thundercats.wikia.com/wiki/ThunderCats_Wiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Thundercats&lt;/a&gt; and I missed out a lot on a bunch of local tv shows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T09:16:33.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="327" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:16:42.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ah yes, finding a place to live in Germany… 3 apartments in the last 9 months, but now I'm finally happy with where I am : )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The truth: &lt;strong&gt;Chances of getting a contract on your own before you arrive will be very slim to impossible&lt;/strong&gt;. And once in Germany, it may take quite a while to get an apartment to your liking. I suggest finding a &lt;strong&gt;cheap hotel that can rent a small room for a long-term stay&lt;/strong&gt; (around 400€-500€ per month). My polish friend did that for 5 months in a smaller city before finding an apartment. You'll have to share a kitchen and bathroom, but you'll have a roof over your head, and in hotel's they won't be picky as long as you pay on time, and you can leave whenever you like. (Even if you rent a small apartment, you usually have a cancellation period of 3 months, so you might find yourself paying rent for both the temporary room and your apartment if you suddenly get the apartment you have been wanting.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in Germany, go meet landlords face-to-face and behave the best you can.  Landlords generally have the following requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They want to meet &lt;em&gt;face-to-face&lt;/em&gt;. Not speaking German will make life difficult unless you are working in a profession that they are familiar with. For example if there is a big company or university nearby known to regularly employ foreigners. Or if you are a temporary health-care worker from eastern Europe, then you'll fit the cliche and the Landlord will know what to make of you. Also If you don't speak German, it's a good idea to &lt;em&gt;bring a native German friend along&lt;/em&gt;. It shows the landlord you are integrated (i.e. have German friends), which is very important for them to feel they will be able to deal with you. Make a serious impression. Show them that cleanliness, order and calm and quiet in respect to your neighbors are valuable to you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They don't like tenants who only plan to stay for a few months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some guarantee that they will get payed rent &lt;em&gt;in the long run&lt;/em&gt;. (Point 2 is why income is more important than having saved money. In Germany, stability (German: &lt;em&gt;Bodenständigkeit&lt;/em&gt;) generally matters a lot. Companies have a tough time firing people who are under a standard contract for legal reasons. Landlords also can't just simply throw out tenants because they feel like it. A landlord's greatest fear is to be stuck with a tenant after six months, that he can't get rid of and who doesn't have a stable income to require them to pay rent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking for an apartment on the internet usually works, although in rural areas it can also pay off to check announcements in the local newspaper. A site to check out is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wg-gesucht.de/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;wg-gesucht&lt;/a&gt;. It's mostly used by students and young people, and you'll find accordingly small/medium apartments and lots of flat-sharing possibilities. Nothing big, nothing fancy. For more expensive apartments and houses check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immobilienscout24.de/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;immobilienscout&lt;/a&gt; - although here they generally require a commission (German: &lt;em&gt;Provision&lt;/em&gt;) of 2 monthly-rents in addition to the safety deposit (&lt;em&gt;Kaution&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T11:26:23.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:26:23.553" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="512" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="525" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:24:20.027" Score="14" ViewCount="2167" Body="&lt;p&gt;Living in Poland for a bit over a year now as a resident (married to a Polish citizen). Going to request Polish citizenship once I'm eligible, (living in Poland for two years, married for three).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that there is a language knowledge requirement, but none of the documentation I've seen states the level of knowledge you should. Some unofficial sources say that it is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages#Common_reference_levels&quot;&gt;B1&lt;/a&gt;. Is this true? I have also heard that it is more than just a language test and involves questions about (eg) the ingredients that go into pierogi. Is that true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="223" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:02:31.963" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T11:56:17.057" Title="What level of knowledge of the Polish language do I need to receive Polish citizenship?" Tags="&lt;poland&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:27:18.093" Score="19" ViewCount="4041" Body="&lt;p&gt;How difficult is it to find an apartment in the USA as an expat, and how long does it take (how early should I look for it)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, it's an immense issue, because the typical dismissal time is 3 months, and you usually look for apartments that will be available within 3 months :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible in US to just call an agent 8 P.M. and find something available within a few days, say I like it and it's done? Or I should expect it to be similarly difficult like in Germany (seeing apartments only in a specific time a day, looking 2-3 months forward, having permanent job, seeing landlord personally etc., potential prejudices against non US-citizens)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking about big cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T03:03:23.693" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T18:45:31.487" Title="Finding an apartment in US as an expat (big city)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="530" CreationDate="2014-03-17T15:45:12.237" Score="6" ViewCount="17033" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to obtain a provisional driver's license in the UK, so I can start taking lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the forms and documentations indicate that they need to be mailed to Swansea along with your original identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only have a full valid passport as identification, from a different EU member (Netherlands).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you might imagine, I don't want to send my only form of identification to Swansea by mail, so I am looking for a way around this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if the online application circumvents this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221" OwnerDisplayName="Amber" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T19:34:19.943" Title="UK provisional driver's license without sending passport by post" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="100" CreationDate="2014-03-19T09:55:53.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is one important additional detail to this. It is true that you must have been employed for a year within the last two years to qualify for unemployment support, but this employment doesn't have to be in Austria only. Employment within another EU country is also counted in, you just need to request a U2 form from that other country and submit it to AMS in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T09:55:53.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="516" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:03:05.653" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T10:03:05.653" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:03:05.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="517" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:03:05.653" Score="0" Body="The United Kingdom, a country located in Western Europe, part of the European Union but not of the Schengen agreement" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:03:01.883" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:03:01.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="518" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:03:49.907" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Federal Republic of Germany&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OfrYt.png&quot; alt=&quot;German Flag&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a&#xA;federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe.&#xA;It is a member of the European Union, the Schengen Area and&#xA;(except for Büsingen am Hochrhein and Heligoland) the EU VAT Area.&#xA;It is considered as an eligible country in the USA Visa Waiver Progam&#xA;and the Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery.&#xA;The official currency is the Euro (EUR/€), the country calling code is +49.&#xA;The official timezone is CET in winter and CEST in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about being a citizen in Germany see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/german-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;german-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;german-citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for issues pertaining to immigration: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/SiteGlobals/Forms/Sprachumschaltung/DE/Sprachumschaltung_Formular.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/migration-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Office for Migration and Refugees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_diplomatischen_Vertretungen_in_Deutschland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diplomatischen Vertretungen in Deutschland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign embassies in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for taxation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bzst.de/DE/Steuern_International/Steuern_international_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundeszentralamt für Steuer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bzst.de/EN/Home/home_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Central Tax Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for customs: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zoll.de/DE/Home/home_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesministerium des Finanzen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zoll.de/EN/Home/home_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Ministry of Finance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:33:50.053" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:33:50.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="519" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:03:49.907" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Federal Republic of Germany." OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:33:50.053" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:33:50.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="520" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:04:52.600" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Canada&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PFxTw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Canada&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Canadian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/canadian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;canadian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;canadian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:00:06.327" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:00:06.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="521" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:04:52.600" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Canada" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:00:06.327" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:00:06.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="522" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:07:30.477" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Republic of Austria&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/r6stN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Austria&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich) is a federal republic in Central Europe. It is a member of the European Union, the EEA and the Schengen Area. It is considered as an eligible country in the USA Visa Waiver Progam and the Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery. The official currency is the Euro (EUR/€), the country calling code is +43. The official timezone is CET in winter and CEST in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as an Austrian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/austrian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;austrian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;austrian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:06:46.917" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:06:46.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="523" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:07:30.477" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Republic of Austria" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:06:46.917" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:06:46.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:12:51.277" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it depends a lot on the city, since some have very active rental markets and others don't. It will also depend heavily on your budget, which amenities you want/require, and on other factors such as availability of public transportation and distance to downtown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all factors that require someone who is familiar with the local market to give good advice about, which is why it would probably help a lot to contact a real estate agent in the area you are looking directly. Do this well in advance (as soon as is feasible) and follow their advice. They will know the typical time frames for their market. A good agent will be willing to do some leg work and help you with planning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you aren't scared off by a cost factor of hiring an agent, in the United States real-estate agents are normally free of charge for people who are renting/buying. At least that is the customary procedure in California, where I used to be licensed. Since regulations and market conditions can vary so much from area to area, though, I definitely recommend asking an agent who actually works in the area you want to live. They should at least be willing to talk to you over the phone or by email to offer you advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as prejudice against foreigners goes, I can't provide personal experience. I can tell you that it is illegal for an agent to discriminate on the basis of race or nationality. One still could encounter prejudice among the landlords, I imagine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I should warn you about rental scams, since some people might try to take advantage of your possible lack of familiarity with American customs and potential difficulties with the language. Even natives fall in to the trap, so I consider it an important thing to mention. In big cities this can be a major problem. &lt;a href=&quot;http://apartments.about.com/od/apartmenthunting/a/How-To-Recognize-And-Avoid-Apartment-Rental-Scams.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is an article about what they are and some tips for avoiding them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208" LastEditorUserId="208" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T10:48:28.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:48:28.850" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="512" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:14:10.373" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Language exams are required on the basis of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://prawo.legeo.pl/prawo/ustawa-z-dnia-2-kwietnia-2009-r-o-obywatelstwie-polskim/rozdzial-4_uznanie-za-obywatela-polskiego/?on=15.08.2012&quot;&gt;Art.30 p.2 of the &quot;Ustawa o obywatelstwie polskim&quot;,&lt;/a&gt; which sends to &lt;a href=&quot;http://prawo.legeo.pl/prawo/ustawa-z-dnia-7-pazdziernika-1999-r-o-jezyku-polskim/art-11a/?on=01.10.2011&quot;&gt;Art. 11a of &quot;Ustawa o języku polskim&quot;,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the information on the site of &lt;a href=&quot;http://certyfikatpolski.pl/index.php/pl/informacje-ogolne/poziomy-egzaminu&quot;&gt;one language school&lt;/a&gt;, there are 3 examination levels:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;B1 – podstawowy (basic)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;B2 – średni ogólny (intermediate)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;C2 – zaawansowany (advanced).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like the lowest level of exam you can made to get Polish citizenship is B1. From the sources it's not clear if having higher level would give you any benefit when applying for citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The detail requirements for exams are described in &lt;a href=&quot;http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/Download?id=WDU20031911871&amp;amp;type=2&quot;&gt;Rozporządzenie Ministra Edukacji Narodowej i Sportu z dnia 15 X 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:14:10.373" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:16:27.480" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did a quick search on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/privat/folkbokforing/omfolkbokforing/personnumretsuppbyggnad.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80001502.html&quot;&gt;Skatteverket's site&lt;/a&gt;, and found this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Personnumret får man av Skatteverket. Den som en gång fått ett personnummer behåller samma nummer livet ut. Det innebär att personnumret inte ändras vid t.ex. flyttning från eller till Sverige.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My&lt;/em&gt; (unprofessional, but I'm a native Swedish speaker) translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Personal numbers are assigned by Skatteverket. After being assigned a number, you keep it for the rest of your life. This means that the number doesn't change for example by moving from or to Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, it doesn't expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="236" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T12:22:00.390" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:22:00.390" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:19:57.827" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience (I'm from France), it's much faster than what you're used to in Germany. That said, the US is a big place, if you try to find an apartment in San Francisco or New York City, it's definitely going to take more time than in smaller, less expensive and less saturated cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Through friends (college) I was able to find an apartment in Orlando, Florida in a few days in 2009. I found my next roommate on Twitter in 2010. In 2011, I look for a house to rent, found one, and moved in within two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind that most landlords in the US tend to prefer one year leases, so generally it's going to be easier to find apartments at the end or start of the schoool season (between June and October), since many people are moving in/out of apartments. That said I had decent luck finding a place in February and November, my landlords either gave me an initial short term lease (in order to ensure the lease would end at a favorable time for them) that was later renewed, or were nice enough to give me any minimum duration for the lease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you ask a lot of questions and avoid assumptions. I didn't know much about the rights and responsibilities of renters and landlords in the US before moving and I definitely had to learn some stuff the hard way. For instance, you're generally expected to purchase renter's insurance on your own to insure your property while you're staying. Many states make that a legal requirement I believe. When you want to leave, there may be different legal requirements to notify your landlord, and in many cases your lease specifies how far in advance you must warn them that you want to end the lease before it renews — my most recent experience the landlord required notification 60 days before the anniversary date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:19:57.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="301" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:23:39.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience in a state accredited private University, as a foreign student I was not eligible for any financial aid or (of course) discount on tuition. Anything that required a student ID though is the same for everybody in my experience: foreign students are issued the same Student IDs as everybody else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239" LastEditorUserId="239" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T20:04:38.497" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T20:04:38.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:26:11.587" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got my provisional license last month. Believe me, there is no way around it. You have to send your passport. Most you can do to safeguard your document is send it via tracked post. This would not cost more than £7 if you are in London. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got my passport back in 5 days so it was not that bad. Make sure you do not plan any abroad travel during this time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:26:11.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:26:53.950" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;a href=&quot;https://motoring.direct.gov.uk/service/DvoConsumer.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;amp;_pageLabel=FAP&amp;amp;_nfls=false&quot;&gt;apply online on the motoring site&lt;/a&gt;, they will ask you about your current details and NI number, which might be enough for them to confirm your identity without needing to send your passport to them. This usually fails though, in which case they will still ask you to send your ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you require to have your passport with you your best bet at this time is to also apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://unitedkingdom.nlembassy.org/passports-visas--consular/passports-and-id-cards/passports-main.html&quot;&gt;Dutch Identity Card at the Embassy&lt;/a&gt;, which will give you another way to identify yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:26:53.950" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="442" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:33:01.950" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As others said, best chances to find &lt;em&gt;Buchweizen&lt;/em&gt; (german for buckwheat) or &lt;em&gt;Buchweizenmehl&lt;/em&gt; (the flour) are in so-called “bio” (organic) supermarkets (&lt;em&gt;denn’s&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Alnatura&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Bio Company&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;LPG-Biomarkt&lt;/em&gt; in Berlin…), &lt;em&gt;Reformhaus&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Vitalia&lt;/em&gt;, the food section of &lt;em&gt;dm&lt;/em&gt; drugstores, or the organic/bio sections of non-discount markets like &lt;em&gt;Rewe&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Kaisers&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Edeka&lt;/em&gt; (“Gut &amp;amp; Gerne” organic brand).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some common brands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapunzel.de/bio-produkt-buchweizen--403430.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rapunzel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alnatura.de/Alnatura%20Produkte/Produktsuche/Buchweizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alnatura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.spielberger-muehle.de/spielberger-buchweizen-demeter-500g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Demeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bauckhof.de/de/bauckhof-naturkost-rosche/produkte/bauckhof-produkte/mehl/buchweizenmehl-glutenfrei.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bauck Hof&lt;/em&gt; flour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turkish markets like &lt;em&gt;eurogida&lt;/em&gt; should stock them too, in bigger cities like Berlin there are even specialized Polish shops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some online maps for gluten free food which list markets which are likely to stock buckwheat in Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gfmap.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://gfmap.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Berlin only: &lt;a href=&quot;http://glutenfreiberlin.wordpress.com/glutenfrei-map/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://glutenfreiberlin.wordpress.com/glutenfrei-map/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231" LastEditorUserId="231" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T16:24:18.073" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:24:18.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:45:36.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty certain it is yours for life. My mother left sweden to live in UK 40 years ago, and she occasionally returns and can still use it for opening bank accounts etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:45:36.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="372" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:48:17.420" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your definition of OCI is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, OCI is more of a liability than a help. It does not help you with most officialdom, because you deal with low- to mid-level people who have no clue what it is. You&#xA;may find someone who can be persuaded to accept it in lieu of your foreign passport, but that's rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every office, such as property tax, or gas, or motor vehicles etc. has its own list of what is considered acceptable as a proof of identity, of birth date, and of local address. OCI is not listed there, nor are many other types of documents, such as bank correspondence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="258" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:48:17.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="442" CreationDate="2014-03-19T10:50:48.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know Norma, but both Lidl and Aldi are usually cheaper because, among other things, they keep a more limited stock (as in, just one brand of orange juice, just enough chicken for the day, and so on).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you could try a larger chain, such as Kaufland or Real.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="262" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T10:50:48.277" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:03:42.900" Score="1" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I will be moving to Stockholm for my job in May. We're currently working with a relocation firm to procure housing (likely small - i.e., 1BR apartment). For a young couple (i.e., 30) with no children, what neighborhood would you recommend in the inner city? We're looking for access to parks, potential water views, fun restaurants, shops, and bars. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="269" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T08:00:22.567" Title="Recommended neighborhood for young U.S. couple moving to Stockholm?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T15:11:49.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="231" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:04:30.507" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I run a small company, but IANAL, as always.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing is for sure: if you want to work within your daily allowance, your employer has to give you work. If they cannot (because they are searching for work for you), this cannot count against you. Germany has &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besch%C3%A4ftigungspflicht&quot;&gt;Beschäftigungspflicht&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (duty of employment) - your employer actually has to provide the work agreed on in your contract as much as you have to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my way of treating this would be to &lt;strong&gt;never agree to not come to work&lt;/strong&gt;. Make it known that it was your intention to go to work and they told you that they have no project for you. So these hours are lost to them (8 hours per day on a standard contract). Make sure you have the instruction to stay at home and do your busywork on paper (or email).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know &quot;minus-hours&quot; from flextime contracts with time tracking, where this is the word for &quot;I only came in 6 hours today, so I have to work 10 tomorrow&quot;. (you are  below your time budget, so you have &quot;minus 2 hours&quot;, &quot;2 minushours&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this does not apply if you signed for &quot;Abrufarbeit&quot;, as mentioned before, but then you also cannot run below your time budget, as you have none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="271" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T11:18:36.540" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:18:36.540" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="553" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:27:40.293" Score="56" ViewCount="93943" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software engineer in Europe, and my firm is about to offer me a position in the US to bring up a team (In San Francisco or New York, it's still not decided yet)… &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the job market in the US, salaries do not match at all European ones: they look way higher than in Western Europe. It somehow looks like a €50-55k salary in Western Europe equals a $100-120k there. I know there are many things (like retirement, healthcare…) that are included in European salaries that are not in US ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there any way, any rule of thumb, that could help me match US salaries with Western European ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: as a western European, I'm mostly talking about France, UK, Germany, Belgium, for which the difference between net and gross salary is about 75% on average. And I'm comparing salaries in the IT market in metropolitan areas, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a mail I got from a user asking if I found a way, I found that there's still no good calculation in the answers. Let's consider the calculation from the answer I originally accepted as an example. Let's consider the wage for an engineering job in Paris with a gross income of &lt;strong&gt;€50,000&lt;/strong&gt; a year. And let's consider moving to SF, NY and Denver:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First let's make that income net of all taxes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;50,000*0.77 = 38,500 &lt;em&gt;gross/net difference in France: 0.77&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;38,500-3600 = 34,500 &lt;em&gt;net after income tax in France: 0.09&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then convert it to US dollars, at today's rate &lt;em&gt;€1 = $1.22&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;€34,500 * 1.22 = $42,021&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, let's take the cost of living ratios (from expatistan.com):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paris: 231&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SF: 261&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NY: 263&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Denver: 180&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the adapted wages from Paris to target city are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SF: $47,063 &lt;em&gt;x1.12&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NY: $47,483 &lt;em&gt;x1.13&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Denver: $32,356 &lt;em&gt;x0.77&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then add income tax and gross/net ratio:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SF: $50,828.04 &lt;em&gt;1.08&lt;/em&gt;, gross: &lt;strong&gt;$65,314.03&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;1.285&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NY: $50,331.98 &lt;em&gt;1.06&lt;/em&gt;, gross: &lt;strong&gt;$64,424.93&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;1.280&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Denver: $34,297.36 &lt;em&gt;1.06&lt;/em&gt;, gross: &lt;strong&gt;$43,214.67&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;1.26&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which looks quite wrong to me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France, the engineering job market ranges from €30k to €60k (rarely more).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I look at job offers in SF or NY (I didn't look very thoroughly in other places), I found out the range of the offers were from $80k to $120k (rarely more). Usually, those almost always include medical care  and retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ended up considering a non-scientific approach: take the European value in euro, double it, and you've got the matching wage in dollar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;€30k/€40k → $75k-$80k&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;€50k      → $100k&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;€60k      → $120k&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though that &quot;method&quot; won't adapt well when the Euro/dollar exchange rate will change (which is very likely to be in 2015 with the recent fall of oil prices). It looks closer to reality than the former calculation. So either engineers are better paid in the US than in Europe, or I'm missing a quite important cost in the former calculation!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-18T01:50:43.230" LastActivityDate="2021-05-21T09:59:27.647" Title="How to match EU income to US salary?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="369" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:29:37.163" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;China is not a homogeneous group of Chinese, it's a nation of individuals.  Don't be afraid to ask questions, but don't treat people like interview subjects - treat them like people.  You'll get far more information from a friend than from asking the &quot;right&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=====&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often worried about this myself, before first visiting China.  The answer, in my mind, is (of course), it depends.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have spent a majority of the last decade of my life living in China - Shanghai, Anhui, Kunming, Guangzhou, Sichuan, and Fujian, primarily.  I'm going to be painting the people with a fairly wide brush here, and that makes me uncomfortable, but is the best way to answer your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Migrant Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A large number of the produce sellers, construction workers, and manual laborers you'll find in urban areas are migrant workers.  They typically come into the city to sell their harvest.  As a whole migrant workers would be very uncomfortable speaking about anything sensitive (the 3 T's, local corruption, etc.), since their position in the city is so tenuous.  At any time, the local PAP (People's Armed Police) can (and often do) make them move along, or &quot;evict&quot; them outright.  This being their major source of income, it can (and often does) ruin them if they're not able to offload their goods, send home money, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Local Residents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the local residents I met were perfectly comfortable speaking about anything that we would think would be taboo (in your case, the 3 T's and corruption).  The key thing is &lt;em&gt;not to introduce the issue&lt;/em&gt;.  If they want to talk about it, they'll find some way to work it into the conversation.  I think you'll find that many Chinese are equally interested in things like Tiananmen square - they're interested in a foreigner's perspective on the issue as an outsider.  But, again, this is painting a people who &lt;em&gt;is not nearly as homogenous as they seem&lt;/em&gt; with a fairly wide brush.  Let them lead the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, there are some probing questions/comments you can ask to test the waters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) I'm thinking about going to (some western city, like Kunming, that doesn't receive as many int'l visitors), any idea how open they are to foreigners?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question often leads into a discussion about how &quot;open&quot; China is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) What do your parents do for work?  How long have they lived in XXX?  Were you born in XXX?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These types of questions often leads into a discussion about what their parents &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; to do and what they &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; do, or where they &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; to live and where they live &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; (before and after the cultural revolution).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) I've always wanted to take the new train to Lhasa, I've heard it's a really beautiful trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These statements can lead into a discussion re: Tibet and the introduction of native Han back into the region.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Party Officials / PAP / Local Constabularies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My work often brought me into working closely with this subset of the population.  The PAP were always my least favorite to deal with (again, an uncomfortable generalization, but also the truth).  They could often be fanatical about the party, far more so than actual party officials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the most part, many actual party officials, especially local ones, are doing it as a matter of practice.  There are fewer and fewer &quot;true believers&quot; as the generations age out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a rule, I would &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; engage in any of the above questions with these groups.  In practice, you would be fine.  If they were uncomfortable, they would probably just shift you away from that line of conversation, or just outright say they didn't want to talk about it.  But what you have to understand is that while you can ask a question, have a conversation, then walk away - tomorrow they need to wake up and continue working for the party.  Like most things, you need to take it slow.  Don't force anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290" LastEditorUserId="290" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T09:29:37.207" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T09:29:37.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:30:08.997" Score="7" ViewCount="2077" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married 28 years old guy, having over 3 years of work experience in IT / Software industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get a PR or work visa for New Zealand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also my wife is a Nurse, if I can apply a couple work visa or PR request?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="293" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T04:05:25.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T09:50:20.517" Title="Can I get a Permanant Residence or Work visa for New Zealand as an Indian IT Engineer?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:31:32.153" Score="1" ViewCount="1877" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oman currently blocks Skype, Facetime, Viber and a lot of other VOIP applications. Google hangouts works sporadically. Anyone have a good and free voice chat application which is not blocked? I do not want to get a VPN subscription.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="297" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:02:26.210" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:02:26.210" Title="What all Internet voice chat applications work in Oman (Preferably free)?" Tags="&lt;telephone&gt;&lt;oman&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T13:32:29.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:34:52.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;in France the mutuelle are indexed on the reimbursement made by the 'Sécurité Sociale' and technically are tightly linked to the use of the Carte Vitale. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; to get a mutuelle without having the Sécurité Sociale coverage, which would mean you'd have to pay the Sécurité Sociale part, you'll end up having a tremendous amount of paperwork to get reimbursements from your mutuelle, as well as from your Czech healthcare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it may be more interesting for you to get a Czech &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt; that works well with your Czech healthcare to have it both working smoothly with as little paperwork as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HTH&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:34:52.027" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="493" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:35:15.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I don't know the intricacies of renewing from abroad, I know that driving schools offer license renewal.  You may be able to work with a driving school and fax the information and signatures required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:35:15.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:35:19.013" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.betterregulation.gov.uk/ideas/viewidea.cfm?proposalid=69bae4c14dac46869a5b98cabdf07b4c&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; they say (while explaining why the DVLA wants passports sent to its Swansea office)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants who are concerned about sending their documents through the&#xA;  post can visit a DVLA Local Office, who will arrange for the&#xA;  application to be sent to Swansea via secure transit. Alternatively,&#xA;  documents can be sent to DVLA via recorded delivery and, if a pre-paid&#xA;  recorded delivery return envelope is provided, the Agency will use&#xA;  this to return the identity documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to guess most DVLA Local Offices aren't going to be very enthusiastic about sending documents to Swansea via 'secure transit'. So Suhas' suggestion above to post the passport via tracked post and enclose a special-delivery return envelope is probably the best way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also add -- before you send off your passport, scan every nonblank page on it. If it does get lost, you'll need to go to the police and embassies to report the loss and the copy may help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:35:19.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="540" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:39:30.780" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible for a resident visa under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/&quot;&gt;Skilled Migrant Category&lt;/a&gt; depending on a number of criteria. Assuming that you are the primary applicant, these criteria include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You/your spouse's highest completed level of education (referred to as your &quot;qualifications&quot; in the visa manuals)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your relevant work experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether or not your job title is on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/063ECB35-F5D5-44D8-8325-7041A727A9D5/0/INZ109311February2013.pdf&quot;&gt;Long term skills shortage list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether or not you or your spouse have any past experience working in New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether or not you or your spouse have ever studied in New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether or not you or your spouse has an offer of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/caniapply/skilledemployment/&quot;&gt;skilled employment&lt;/a&gt; in New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This visa grants residence (including right to work, ability to use subsidized healthcare system, and right to vote after 12 months) to you, your spouse, and any other immediate family members you list on your application. Only you and your spouse are considered for points assessment, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/&quot;&gt;self-assessment tool&lt;/a&gt; to determine if you might qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding a work visa, this too is possible, but you'll need to find a job here first. However your spouse must apply separately if she'd like to have the right to work. Otherwise, if she doesn't need to work, she may qualify for a partnership visa once you are granted a work visa. Have a look at these &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/worktemporarily/requirements/&quot;&gt;work visa requirements&lt;/a&gt; for more info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Word of advice: no matter which visa you apply for, &lt;strong&gt;find a job first&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having obtained New Zealand residence through the Skilled Migrant Category myself, I say from experience that it is so much more simple if you have an offer of skilled employment. Regardless of the number of points you have, if you don't have a job offer your application will be placed in a queue - quite often for 6-12 months. If you still don't have a job offer once your application processed, you won't be able to enter the country if you can't prove that you have the means to support yourself financially while you're here. It's much, much easier if you have a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="302" LastEditorUserId="302" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T12:07:06.693" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:07:06.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:40:12.273" Score="-2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been on the look out for good hobbyist resources in Santiago.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following is what I'm looking for followed by an example of what I would use in the U.S. (Phoenix, AZ), and the best option I've found in Santiago so far, if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Computers &amp;amp; Parts:&#xA;   PHX: Fry's Electronics&#xA;   SLC: PC Factory&#xA;&#xA;Video Games:&#xA;   PHX: Game stop, Discount Retails (target, etc)&#xA;   SLC: MicroPlay, Lider&#xA;&#xA;R/Cs:&#xA;   PHX: Duncan's R/C, Hobby Town USA&#xA;   SLC: XRC Hobbies (big win in finding this! http://www.xrchobbies.cl/)&#xA;&#xA;Electronics (components, test equipment, PIC mc's, audrino, rasbPi, etc):&#xA;    PHX: Fry's Electronics (but mostly online)&#xA;    SLC: Nothing found&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:02:36.797" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:02:36.797" Title="Geeksources in Santiago, CL" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;chile&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T15:11:22.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="610" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:42:22.180" Score="4" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the country I'm coming from there are many benefits given to disabled people (depends on the severity), such as not paying income tax, monthly assistance in the form of a stipend, free public transportation, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there similar benefits for a US permanent resident living in California (San Francisco in particular)? Also, are there any official bodies of the State/Government whose purpose is to help disabled people in general?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T18:03:56.957" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T18:03:56.957" Title="Are there any benefits for a disabled individual living in California? (green card holder)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:42:56.280" Score="16" ViewCount="1809" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Croatia and have been studying Computer Science for the past 5 years in Germany so now that I'm finished I'd like to stay a bit longer and make my living freelancing legally (open a small company - like GBR).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what exactly do I need to do and where do I need to register to make this happen? Is opening a GBR enough to entitle me to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course this is probably made a bit easier since in the mean time Croatia entered EU - however I'm unsure if some restrictions are in place for &quot;new&quot; EU countries (even though that qualified IT engineers are usually in demand).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note - I'm also trying to estimate my monthly expenses related to this (not living expenses) - any tips there would also be much appreciated. I'll have to take care of my own insurance obviously (lets say 200 Euros monthly), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T22:02:12.663" Title="If I'm from another EU country, what do I need to do to permanently live and freelance in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:49:48.280" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can usually find some international food shop of about any country. Even if they don't stock the food item you want, they still might be able to place a one off order using their importer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more you order the more they will be willing help you out, so you should try to place a bulk order with friends if the good has a short shelf life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="303" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:49:48.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:50:42.013" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get the APEC Business Travel Card as a Canadian living in Asia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:56:17.133" Title="Is it possible to get the APEC Business Travel Card as a Canadian?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="551" CreationDate="2014-03-19T11:56:17.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, it's only possible if you are a permanent resident in Hong Kong (and then it doesn't matter that Canada is a member of APEC, UK citizens and others can get one too). According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APEC_Business_Travel_Card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, Canada does not issue cards yet and I think other members only issue them to citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T11:56:17.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:00:58.980" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a general idea, I recommend this formula:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CurrentSalary EUR * (EUR/USD Rate) * CostOfLivingIndexValue of SF or NY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make 50k EUR, that's about 70k USD as of March 2014 (with EUR = 1.39 USD).  SF and NY are about 1.6 times more expensive than the average urban city in the US, so you would need $112k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't really take into account differences in quality of life (vacation, healthcare, etc.)  If you really include those (which are hard to calculate a value of), then you would need a lot more US salary.  Also, &quot;retirement&quot;... your retirement plan is for you to put a % of each month's income into a 401K or other long term pre-tax investment vehicle.  There is no pension system like you may be accustomed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;True you will be taxed less in the US, but you'll get less as well - less availability of public services, transportation, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went the opposite direction, using roughly the reverse calculation; and I can say I'm getting more from my income here than I did in the US (not counting the extra weeks of vacation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-07-09T16:56:28.637" LastActivityDate="2016-07-09T16:56:28.637" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="549" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:07:42.077" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuttgart.ihk24.de/recht_und_steuern/Arbeitsrecht/Auslaenderrecht/971202/Selbstaendige_Taetigkeit_durch_Auslaender.html&quot;&gt;ihk24.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Staatsbürger aus allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten sowie aus Island, Norwegen&#xA;  und Liechtenstein genießen volle Niederlassungsfreiheit in Deutschland&#xA;  ohne Einschränkungen. Dies gilt im Unterschied zur&#xA;  Dienstleistungsfreiheit und zur Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit auch für das&#xA;  neue EU-Mitglied Kroatien&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Free translation: In contrast to the freedom of movement for workers (&lt;em&gt;Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit&lt;/em&gt;) and the freedeom of movement for services (&lt;em&gt;Dienstleistungsfreiheit&lt;/em&gt;) there are no restrictions to the freedom of establishment (&lt;em&gt;Niederlassungsfreiheit&lt;/em&gt;) for citizens of the new EU country Croatia. So there is no problem to register your own company in Germany and stay here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T12:21:46.547" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:21:46.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="555" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="557" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:10:50.693" Score="3" ViewCount="692" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I calculate my net income in Germany? Given a salary of 40kEUR, how can I know how much I'll take home?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="309" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T09:24:11.273" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T09:24:11.273" Title="Net income in Germany" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T15:11:59.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:14:07.277" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend going on Craiglist and visiting apartments, that's how most people do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, in bug cities like NY and SF, apartments are gone really quickly, so be sure to be ready to be able to pay on the spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a lot of landlords will ask for cash and a month or two for the deposit. So that can easily be $1500-2000 in cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, I come from France and it was definitely a lot easier in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you are abroad and can't visit apartments, take an airbnb for a week to have time to visit apartment there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="316" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:14:07.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="555" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:21:24.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many sites to run a simulation. You need to know that the gross (pre-tax) salary is called “Bruttolohn” and the take-home pay is your “Nettolohn”. Looking for “Gehaltsrechner” returns many results, among other:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sueddeutsche.de/app/jobkarriere/gehaltsrechner/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sueddeutsche.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/brutto-netto-rechner-was-von-ihrem-lohn-noch-uebrig-bleibt-a-223811.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spiegel.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you will notice, there are a few complications as your take-home pay will depend on your province (&lt;em&gt;Land&lt;/em&gt;), whether you choose for private or public insurance (you can only choose if your salary is above a particular threshold) and whether you have a partner or kids (which also determines your &lt;em&gt;Lohnsteuerklasse&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T15:07:38.307" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T15:07:38.307" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="549" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:21:42.507" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as a permanent resident you should be able to register your own company. There are various legal forms, and sometimes it's not clear what is the best choice for conducting a business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should better consult with tax consultant what is the best option for your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also check the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clever-selbstaendig.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;, which describes various things concerning freelancers and differences between different options in a plain, although German, language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: As noted in comments, doing business in Germany is not trivial. The tax law and company law is very complicated, and the risk of doing it all of yourself is quite high if you don't have experience. I wish Germany had an equivalent of US LLC or British Ltd. No GmbH or UG doesn't count, since the overhead of running them in terms of regulations and costs is quite high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastEditorUserId="248" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:00:42.093" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:00:42.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="154" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:30:38.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved in January 2013 and did not get a tax report before today (March 2014) (because the &quot;Selvangivelse&quot; cares only about the &lt;strong&gt;previous&lt;/strong&gt; year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am then going to &quot;submit&quot; the tax report with some modifications (basically applying for the standard tax deduction for foreigners).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:30:38.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="547" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:32:13.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For electronics, give it a try to MCI (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.olimex.cl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.olimex.cl/&lt;/a&gt;), Victronics (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.victronics.cl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.victronics.cl/&lt;/a&gt;) or for more basic stuff Casa Royal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:32:13.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="186" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:32:58.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Roughly speaking, you can get Citizenship a year after you receive ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain). Usually you can receive ILR after working for 5 years in the UK, so after &lt;strong&gt;6 years&lt;/strong&gt; you can become eligible for Citizenship. ILR and Citizenship have different criteria, so you need to check both ILR's and Citizenship's requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these requirements may look &lt;strong&gt;conflicting&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For ILR, it's OK to be out of UK for a maximum of &lt;strong&gt;6 months per year&lt;/strong&gt; (under certain circumstances)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For Citizenship, it's OK to be to be out of UK for a maximum of 450 days in the last 5 years (on average &lt;strong&gt;3 months per year&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can be eligible for ILR after living for &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt; years, but not for Citizenship on the &lt;strong&gt;6th&lt;/strong&gt; year. The opposite is also true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally your eligibility for Citizenship depends on the type of your work permit as well, some types of work permits are not counted (ie. Post-study permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="314" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T12:32:58.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:50:06.740" Score="1" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know in the United Kingdom you can fines issued by the Traffic Police Department, for speeding, illegal parking (on public roads) and also you can get fine &quot;Invoices&quot; from private companies that monitor parkings, mostly for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my rights between the two types of fines? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As in the appeal processes differences?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can i get points on a non uk license?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there limits to fines that are placed by law? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a cap for the amount of money any of these entities can &quot;claim&quot; for back for this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="22" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T14:35:30.663" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:35:30.663" Title="How to deal with traffic offences in United Kingdom?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T14:49:11.203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:51:14.633" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course, the salaries you're talking about here are gross (as in  pre-tax), so obviously first step would be to calculate net salary. In US you have to components of the income tax, first the federal tax, then in some cases state tax (California is one of these states, and actually has the highest state tax of all). BTW. what's generally called net income in Europe, in US goes by name of take-home payroll. Example of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.payrollforamerica.com/calculators/California-payroll-calculator.php&quot;&gt;take-home calculator for California&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get rough idea how far given amount of net salary will get you on sites such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt;, which compare cities on cost on living index. Both sites offer option to directly compare two cities in details. Neither gives you complete view, and should be taken with a grain of salt, as it's based on basket of goods and services which don't necessarily reflect your spending. &#xA;According to cost of living in SF rough similar to Paris &amp;mdash; actually SF is 3%-4% cheaper according to comparison by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/paris/san-francisco&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=France&amp;amp;city1=Paris&amp;amp;country2=United%20States&amp;amp;city2=San%20Francisco,%20CA&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt;. Note, that in this case it really depends on your rent vs. other spending ratio.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Europe you're usually under some public healthcare plan, in case of US it's private insurance, so that's something that you have to take in account. But in case of Software Engineering jobs you're probably in luck and employer most likely provides that for you, maybe even (at least partially) for your whole family. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as days off go, in Europe you have your vacation days, depending on country and your work experience that's anywhere between 18 to 30 days and it's usually regulated by law. You have also right to sick leave that is completely independent of your vacation days. It's not unusually to be whole month off in the summer. On the other hand in most companies in US they have single concept called PTOs (payed days off), which are both vacation and sick days. It probably depends on company culture, but typically you're not expected to use all PTOs (contrary to Europe, where you're expected and even obliged to use all your vacation days). It's also not very typical to have very long vacations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Retirement founds in US are private, there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401%28k%29&quot;&gt;401(k)&lt;/a&gt; scheme which makes that tax deferred (i.e. you pay tax on your pension while receiving it, not while investing). IMO for any highly skilled worker with reasonably high salary is actually a good thing compared to European public retirement systems, as in public retirement systems ROI is absolutely terrible, few times less than the worst of private funds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as public transport, don't know about NYC, but SF and whole Bay Area has excellent system with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrain&quot;&gt;Caltrain&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BART&quot;&gt;BART&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muni_Metro&quot;&gt;metro&lt;/a&gt;, trams and buses. I find it to be relatively inexpensive comparing to for example Amsterdam. For example single bus fare is $2 in SF, €2.80 ($3.90) in Amsterdam, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfmta.com/ja/getting-around/transit/fares-passes/monthly-passes&quot;&gt;SF Muni &amp;amp; BART monthly pass&lt;/a&gt; is $76, roughly equivalent 3-zone &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.gvb.nl/service_en_verkoop/reisproducten/Pages/Randstad-Noord-Zone-abonnement.aspx&quot;&gt;Amsterdam GVB monthly pass&lt;/a&gt; is €119.50 ($167). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T12:27:05.677" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T12:27:05.677" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="564" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="577" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:52:29.777" Score="14" ViewCount="27074" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian living and working in the UK on an Ancestry Visa. I have been here for 4 years, and my Visa expires in another 1 year. My wife is a British Citizen, and we would like to stay here in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.uk&quot;&gt;http://www.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; it seems my two options are gaining British Citizenship which I believe I am eligible for due to my wife being British, or gaining Indefinite Leave to Remain, which I should be eligible for at the end of my Ancestry Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a practical difference between these, assuming we want to stay in the UK long term?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:02:44.403" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T06:04:54.640" Title="What is the difference between Indefinite Leave to Remain and gaining UK Citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:52:56.323" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not exactly understand what you want to know, if you want to estimate the salary you need or you can expect in the US (which are 2 different things).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can still give you clues about the differences of budget between these two situations. I spent some time in SF and live in France. The things I noticed when it comes to comparing salaries and budgets between the two countries are that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;food has overall the same cost&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rent is easily higher in large US cities than in France, and France has higher rents than Germany. Rent represents a large part of a base budget&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;going out is in the same range of cost, maybe a bit more expensive in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;culture&quot; is more expensive in the US because not as subsidized&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;transit cost (commutes) are more expensive in the US: depending on where you live, you will require a car (which is not cheap) or pay for a transit pass that is relatively more expensive than in Western Europe (in the hundreds of dollars, not in the tens of euros as in many French cities)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But overall, the main difference is about the &quot;package&quot;. Your net salary in the US includes less aid than you can expect in Europe: in particular less health coverage, less education subsidy, less child aid, less retirement pension. These expenses are very dependable on any person and can represent a large amount. If you have to pay for your family to live with you, the cost is way higher in the US than in Western Europe. You should pay attention to these costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So overall, to compare a Western European salary and a US salary, you should be careful to the rent, commute, and your family situation. If you have a need for education (for you or a family member), for health coverage, for things related to kids, the cost is very different so a US salary might not give the same benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T13:06:11.880" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:06:11.880" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="571" CreationDate="2014-03-19T12:59:43.780" Score="10" ViewCount="5063" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often find that US banks/brokerages are not able to deal with foreign addresses. I've had Vanguard tell me that I cannot roll over an existing 401k into a new IRA account because I couldn't give them a US address despite the fact that I already had an existing account with them. I had Scottrade explain that I can't transfer stocks because my old address is no longer valid and they won't let me add a new one. Sharebuilder &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sharebuilder.com/sharebuilder/Help/Topic.aspx?CategoryCode=&amp;amp;FaqCode=FACSET079&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;explicitly states&lt;/a&gt; that you need to have a US address to open an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What banks/financial institutions are foreign resident friendly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="329" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:53:26.490" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T23:34:53.683" Title="Are there foreign-resident friendly US bank accounts or brokerage accounts?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="555" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:11:42.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take home pay will depend on your tax class and a few other things. Take a look at this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parmentier.de/steuer/steuer.htm?wagetax.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;calculator&lt;/a&gt;. It has short explanations about tax categories or any other configurable thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:11:42.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="566" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:14:13.607" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;HSBC has offices all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to look into a service like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.earthclassmail.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Earth Class Mail&lt;/a&gt; which will let you maintain a US address even if you are living outside of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="342" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:14:13.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:15:02.447" Score="19" ViewCount="3324" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat free-lance consultant working for a U.S. client in a European country that is not my home country.  I'm also an E.U. citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, my combined income tax and social security contributions are now more than 50% of my salary.  I would like to relocate to a Central or South American country that has relatively low income tax and low social security contributions while still maintaining basic infrastructure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I researched this on my own, I found that many countries have a low income tax burden but that as a freelancer, you then get penalized when you have to pay that country's equivalent of social security tax,which is often double what an employed worker would pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit stuck in terms of how I can declare myself because my company will not allow me to incorporate so wherever I transfer to I must continue to be a freelancer and contribute to social security. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very interested in relocating to a Spanish speaking country. South and Central America appeal to me. In particular, Uruguay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is anyone on this forum that is already working as a freelancer in Central or South America and could give me some advice as to a country that fits my above described criteria, I would be most grateful. Discovering the rate of Social Security contributions for freelancers has been my biggest problem in my research. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338" LastEditorUserId="10018" LastEditDate="2021-03-14T16:15:54.040" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T15:48:43.407" Title="Advice needed from Central or South America based freelancing expat" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="566" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:38:59.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue of US address doesn't have to do with the way that banks and brokerage firms deal with addresses but it has to do with Anti-Money Laundering regulations like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm&quot;&gt;Patriot Act&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the things that Patriot Act requires the banks and brokerages to do is to verify who you are (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bankersonline.com/aml/326whitepaper.pdf&quot;&gt;Patriot Act Section 326&lt;/a&gt;), and in addition if you have a foreign address there may be reporting requirements for the country where that address is on any account of their residents.  Which means that the US entity of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vanguard.com/&quot;&gt;Vanguard&lt;/a&gt; will need to be able to report to regulators in France, UK or wherever your address is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that the best solution is to have an account with the broker that has local presence in your country of residence unfortunately the online brokerages such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scottrade.com/&quot;&gt;Scottrade&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.etrade.com/home&quot;&gt;eTrade&lt;/a&gt; and similar don't have foreign presence.  But full service brokers like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gs.com/&quot;&gt;Goldman Sachs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schwab.com/&quot;&gt;Charles Schwab&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan&quot;&gt;JP Morgan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.morganstanley.com/?WT.srch=1&quot;&gt;Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt; do have global presence so you can change your brokerage account to the local branch and you should be able to transfer the money/stock you own in your US account to the local account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course fees and taxes will likely apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:38:59.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="572" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="590" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:43:12.763" Score="5" ViewCount="7312" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm aware I can't work in the US on a F2 visa. However, would it be possible to be employed by a Canadian company to work remotely from the US? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="356" LastEditorUserId="356" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T15:18:00.353" LastActivityDate="2015-12-21T17:23:01.560" Title="Living in the US on an F2 visa and working remotely for a Canadian company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:43:49.507" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is, yes, it is possible to find an apartment that fast.  However, it really depends on how flexible you can be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it can vary from city to city, there are really two avenues you can take:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Broker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By broker, I mean you walk into an apartment brokerage and say &quot;I'm looking for a [studio/1-bedroom/townhouse] for [$1200/$2100/$4000] a month, what do you have available?&quot;  There are dozens of these in any major US city.  They will then setup appointments for you to visit and view any apartments that meet your criteria.  If there are currently tenants living in any of these apartments who are on their way out, the broker will need to give them at least 24 hours notice that they will be bringing someone by to view the place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a place you like, the broker will contact the landlord/owner, and will take care of putting together the lease and running any necessary credit checks, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as fees go, it is not at all atypical to expect to pay &lt;em&gt;First Month's Rent&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Last Month's Rent&lt;/em&gt;, a &lt;em&gt;Security Deposit&lt;/em&gt;, and a &lt;em&gt;Broker's Fee&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First Month's Rent = One month's rent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last Month's Rent = One month's rent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Security Deposit = &lt;em&gt;Often&lt;/em&gt; one month's rent, &lt;strong&gt;refundable upon inspection and move out&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Broker's Fee = &lt;em&gt;Often&lt;/em&gt; one month's rent*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*A note about broker's fees.  The current landlord/owner will often agree to pay 50% or all of the broker's fee, instead of leaving this to the new tenant.  Even if they haven't agreed to do either of these things, it is a good first step in the negotiation to ask if they're willing to cover/split the fee as a way of decreasing your initial investment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Broker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By non-broker, I'm referring to going at it alone.  There are any number of apartment related website that you can presumably find on Google, but most Americans just use Craigslist (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.craigslist.com&quot;&gt;http://www.craigslist.com&lt;/a&gt;) - particularly for urban areas.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to note that brokers also post listing on Craigslist.  In fact, Craigslist has filters for &quot;By Owner&quot; apartments (therefore no broker's fee), &quot;Broker - No Fee&quot; apartments (by broker's, but where the owner is paying the fee), and &quot;Broker - Full Fee&quot; apartments (as laid out in the &quot;Broker&quot; section above)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically how this works is you email the owner (or broker, where appropriate) via Craigslist and state your interest in the apartment.  You ask when it might be available for a viewing, and then wait for a response.  Once you've seen the place and determined your interest, you can either take it for the asking price, or negotiate a lower monthly rate.  It's OK to negotiate!  Just don't be surprised if the landlord is unwilling to come down on their price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290" LastEditorUserId="290" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T15:09:36.817" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T15:09:36.817" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:46:31.260" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Off the top of my head &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-bahamas-taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bahamas&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Islands#Taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cayman Islands&lt;/a&gt; come to mind.  The only question that you have to check is whether you will still need to file and pay taxes in the EU country where you are a resident on the income made on the Bahamian or Cayman entity that is owned by you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:46:31.260" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="585" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:56:10.383" Score="8" ViewCount="2485" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked from April 2013 until now (March 2014) in France, but now I am moving abroad (to Italy). How can I pay my French taxes on revenue for 2013? What about 2014?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not declared anywhere in France to where I am moving, so I don't believe they can send me the tax form abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T14:12:03.330" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T16:43:31.687" Title="How do I pay French taxes if I'm leaving the country before receiving the tax form?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="564" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:56:39.897" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Settlement (aka indefinite leave to remain, ILR) means you retain your existing nationality, gain the right to live and work in the UK, but do not gain &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_Abode_%28United_Kingdom%29&quot;&gt;right of abode&lt;/a&gt;. To travel outside the UK you would still need to use your existing passport, and acquire visas as a national of your native country where required. You would still use the overseas channel at UK border control.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ILR can lapse if you stay away from the UK for longer than 2 years, meaning you would &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa&quot;&gt;require a new visa&lt;/a&gt;. It is easier for ILR to be revoked than citizenship. Citizenship is (normally) for life, but using powers in the British Nationality Act, the UK Home Secretary can terminate the British citizenship of dual-nationality individuals if he/she believes their presence in the UK is 'not conducive to the public good', or if they have obtained their citizenship through fraud.[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/12/23/rise-in-citizenship-stripping-as-government-cracks-down-on-uk-fighters-in-syria/&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;British citizenship confers some additional rights, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ability to apply for a UK passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reciprocal rights in EU countries (eg. health benefits, travel rights, working rights)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The right to vote and to stand for public office.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gaining British citizenship costs more and, for some countries, may affect your right to retain your original citizenship (aka dual nationality). The UK does not have restrictions on multiple citizenship, but other countries do. There may be tax implications of changing citizenship for nationals of some countries. Some employers may (illegally) favour job applications from British citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the description of your specific situation, you will &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; be eligible to apply for either one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;settlement&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;. Those pages give checklists and guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="341" LastEditorUserId="341" LastEditDate="2014-04-15T13:56:06.163" LastActivityDate="2014-04-15T13:56:06.163" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="578" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:56:55.953" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Kingdom of Norway&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SlvxC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Norway&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Norwegian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/norwegian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;norwegian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;norwegian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:08:45.353" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:08:45.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="579" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:56:55.953" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Kingdom of Norway" OwnerUserId="365" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:08:45.353" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:08:45.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="564" CreationDate="2014-03-19T13:57:52.547" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most significant difference is that as a British citizen, you can apply for a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a British citizen (with a British passport) you can travel and work in countries where you may otherwise have had to apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are Australian, you can become a British citizen &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; losing your Australian citizenship (this is often called &quot;dual nationality&quot;). Some other nationalities do not allow this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also differences in eligibility criteria and cost of applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in some circumstances, your indefinite leave to remain may become invalidated (for example, if you are permanently outside the UK for more than 2 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are eligible for both, I would suggest that becoming naturalised is a safer choice and the most flexible in terms of your ability to travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="361" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:57:52.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:00:49.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most important thing to take into account is the double taxation. It doesn't help you to find a country with almost no taxes, only to find yourself arrested and imprisoned after returning to your country (or simply visiting your relatives) as tax-sinner (it's a hot thema in Germany). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunatelly, you can become a resident of any EU country, which will make you free of double-taxation. From what I know UK has very little social taxes (social, rental + health security). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience, taxes in Poland are relatively moderate (and much lower as, for example, in Germany). As contractor (self-employed), you pay 19% of your income, VAT doesn't apply for service export, and social taxes are bulk - about 200 Euro a month. It's not exactly what you expect, but it's fully legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T13:48:29.720" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T13:48:29.720" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:15:52.233" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/2008/07/25/best-expat-postings-forbeslife-cx_vr_0725realestate.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Forbes actually has an article&lt;/a&gt; about a study conducted by HSBC about where it's best to be a freelancer/expat worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially when you factor in no tax, and conditions, Dubai did pretty darn well, as did Singapore for conditions.  However each still has its downsides, which you can read into more there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line - even if a place has no tax and you can earn tons, do you really want to go there? Sometimes money isn't everything :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:15:52.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="576" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:19:50.663" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect that from the perspective of the French tax office, any form they send you is a convenience, you are still legally responsible for submitting all required information on your own. Since there is no general registration system in France, the best is to contact the tax office directly and give them your new address as soon as you have one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Afin de recevoir votre déclaration à votre adresse à l'étranger, n'oubliez pas de l'en informer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F137.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Moving abroad&lt;/a&gt; on service-public.fr. There is also a link to a form you can use to report your income for the year in which you left France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might also be possible to report your income online or to get more info from the “&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R122.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Service des impôts des particuliers non-résidents&lt;/a&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R11193.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;useful service on service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; that can be used to inform the tax office, big utilities, the social security/pension/welfare organizations and the department in charge of motor vehicles of you new address all at once but unfortunately, it's only available if you are moving &lt;em&gt;within France&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-29T16:43:31.687" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T16:43:31.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:22:48.437" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add a few points to the excellent details in the other answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't pay a broker's fee up front. This is almost certainly a scam.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don't have a US credit history. Outside of parts of a city with lots of students or ex-pats this may be an issue. You may be asked to provide other proofs of financial stability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apartment photos on Craigslist can be very misleading. You have to see the apartment, or have someone you trust see the apartment. If someone else is seeing it for you, have them take lots of pictures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:22:48.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="594" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:28:33.707" Score="8" ViewCount="3301" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of applying for an H1B visa and I already have a company willing to sponsor me, but the instructions state that the application should be received in USCIS after the 1st of April, and if possible right that day (since the quota is filled very quickly according to previous years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the H1B, I also need to fill a DS-160 and schedule an interview at the consulate. The results of that interview take around a week or 10 days, and that leaves me with no time to do it before the 1st of April (I have to travel to get to the nearest consulate). I can't really find this googling but does the interview need to be done before the 1st of April or is it done afterwards? In the required 1st of April paperwork, USCIS doesn't mention the interview at all, so I'm guessing the interview is the last step of the process, done after the visa pre-approval roughly in October?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="328" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T15:51:52.530" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T15:51:52.530" Title="What is the timeline for an H1B visa consulate interview?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:34:08.213" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to the Caymans. They have the Cayman Enterprise City with a Campus made for freelancers as you: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.caymanenterprisecity.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.caymanenterprisecity.com/&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;Or if you want to stay in the EU, consider Malta. They have a residency form (Economic Self-Sufficiency), when you have to show that have 14.000 euros in the bank and a health sec and you can do what you want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="382" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:34:08.213" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="154" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:35:08.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Norwegian Tax Administration is obliged to give a binding &quot;forhåndsuttalelser&quot; (advance rulings). Questions that you want to get an advance ruling on, have to be quite specific questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From what I understand&lt;/strong&gt; from the brochure is that the first year, you will be under the &quot;Begrenset skattepliktig&quot; category (limited taxable). Where you can get 1/12 per month of the standardfradrag (max 40 000 NOK) you stay in Norway. You are under the limited taxable category, when you stay in Norway less than 183 days of the year. You will, when you stay in Norway more than 183 days of the year, be seen under the &quot;Skattepliktig som bosatt i Norge&quot; (Taxable with residency in Norway), get the standardfradrag for two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will not get the standardfradrag automatically, but will have to add it to the tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="383" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:35:08.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="572" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:37:42.023" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a discussion of the same for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.murthy.com/index.php?/topic/51128-can-i-get-f2-visa-without-resigning-job-in-india/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;person working in India&lt;/a&gt; the answer is overwhelmingly no.  The reason is that any income from any source has to be reported on the Tax Returns that you will have to file with the IRS (yes even with the Foreign Student status), so the money you're making from your job in Canada will come up (unless of course you're going to commit tax fraud, which is a different discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So having that money will violate your F-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be other options available such as the case similar to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/61/are-h4-visa-holders-allowed-to-do-remote-intellectual-work?rq=1&quot;&gt;Are H4 visa holders allowed to do remote intellectual work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which may allow you to own the company in the US but not receive any funds from it but whether or not this is legal, how to set such entity up, and what it would entail to your employment in Canada is a matter for lawyers, accountants, and your current employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, depending on where you live in Canada and your wife's school location it may be possible to get an &lt;a href=&quot;http://matamoros.usconsulate.gov/non-immigrant_visas/visa-categories/catf.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;F3 Student Visa&lt;/a&gt; which will allow you to live in Canada but will make your wife commute to school across the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:37:42.023" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:37:50.803" Score="5" ViewCount="5280" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is opening a 401k in the US a good choice for somebody moving to under an L1 Visa (max time: 5 years) for a few years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine that if you go the green card route, this is a no brainer, but if that wasn't the case I wonder about the terms to keep or cash it out, including taxation in both the US and whatever country you happen to go back to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T14:45:30.697" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T03:04:29.120" Title="Is a 401k a good choice for somebody with an L1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="34" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:41:19.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The money still belongs to you, regardless of your work status. If your work permit expires, you can continue to contribute or withdraw your funds but since you cannot work, your employer cannot direct-deposit anything to your RRSP account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your choices are: if you expect to get a new work permit, you can keep your funds in Canada, or if you're expecting to leave permanently, you can withdraw them and take them with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="384" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:41:19.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:41:57.043" Score="5" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a C# developer and a US citizen. I wanted to explore software development or engineering roles in start ups in EU, in particular in cities such as Amsterdam, London or Stockholm. I have a master in electrical engineering with a few years of hands on circuit design under my belt, but I have been doing enterprise software development for a few years as well. How does it work? how can I find serious job interviews in EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="385" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T06:29:26.940" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T06:29:26.940" Title="American C# developer looking to move to EU" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;career&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T15:09:04.913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="587" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:43:42.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: You don't bother about DS-160 and the interview now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before April 1st:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LCA needs to be approved&#xA;Create your H1b application, ensure all supporting docs are handy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On April 1st:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure your application is delivered to USCIS on this day. Its not compulsory to do this. Unless USCIS receives more than 65000 applications on that day. Thats why its safest to have it delivered on April 1st&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your H1b is approved (can take a few weeks to a few months unless you go for expedited processing), you'll get a Notice of Approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Applying for US Visa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After receiving this notice and before entering US you pay the US Visa fees.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use that receipt number to fill up the DS-160 form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;submit it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fix an appointment with your US consulate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get the visa stamped (if approved).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not aware of this whole process very well, its better to go through a good immigration attorney (its worth the money because it saves you a lot of hassles in terms of documentation and effort)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another note about H1 application&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two types of H1b applications:&#xA;1) for those who are already in US&#xA;2) for those who are outside US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is your first H1b application, its suggested (usually by the attorneys) to not change your current residency/location after you apply for H1b. (if you are in US when you apply, don't travel outside US and vice versa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: This is not legal advise. Do check with an immigration attorney to get the best legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380" LastEditorUserId="380" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T15:38:18.933" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T15:38:18.933" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="593" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:54:32.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;well, basically, you search tech jobs using the same sites worldwide. You may want to attend startup meet ups in cities you're targetting, but you can find them on the same meetup sites as in the US. Otherwise, you may want to have a look at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://angel.co&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://angel.co&lt;/a&gt; if you really want a startup experience ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jobs.stackoverflow.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://jobs.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; if you want a bigger corp experience (usually startup are less keen to pay the careers 2.0 fee) ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://linkedin.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://linkedin.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://viadeo.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://viadeo.com&lt;/a&gt; are also widely used in EU.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are european categories for all the other sites as well e.g.: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indeed.fr&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;indeed france&lt;/a&gt; exception made of dice.com…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the countries I know, i.e. France, UK and Germany, usually the recruitment process is having you go for a couple of interviews (or one if you can go on-site), and make you do some basic tech questions but more importantly look at whether your profile is a fit or not for the firm. If things work out, they take you on a double 3 month probatory period before having you definitely hired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the contract and legal aspects themselves will differ from country to country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as a general advice, you should not target wide areas, such as countries, or blurry areas such as &quot;western europe&quot;, but more target cities so you can create filters in the search engines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK: London, Nottingham&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Netherlands: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;France: Paris, Lyon, Nantes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Köln&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastEditorUserId="279" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T15:04:24.197" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T15:04:24.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="591" CreationDate="2014-03-19T14:54:44.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest you don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason is that if you leave the US and on an L-1 visa you will likely leave the US when your term is up.  The issue is what to do with your funds.  The low penalty is usually from one retirement plan to another and you can take a look at options on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/retirement_and_planning/understanding_iras/rollover_ira/401k_rollover_options&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schwab&lt;/a&gt;, so if you need to roll it over to an account in a foreign country you may have to take a cash distribution, which will cost you in penalties and taxes more then having a post-tax brokerage account, that you leave untouched with dividend reinvestment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T14:54:44.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:00:25.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can highly recommend looking at Solna, it's a great neighborhood which is very near to downtown and quick to commute. It's very green and has nice restaurants and shops. Apartment prices in Solna are also not nearly as inflated as other parts of town.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realistically, as an expat you'll have a very difficult time finding a rental apartment in Stockholm, so buying a flat is probably your best bet (if you can afford to do so). The process is not as scary as it sounds, but also is more involved than I care to go into for this answer. :) At any rate, &lt;a href=&quot;http://hemnet.se/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hemnet&lt;/a&gt; is your friend, be sure to spend sufficient time researching the different neighborhoods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are working downtown, you should search for flats which are on one of Stockholms metro lines (tunnelbana). The commuter trains (pendeltåg) run much less frequently, stop running sooner at night, and are more prone to disruptions during winter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="394" LastEditorUserId="236" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T08:00:22.567" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T08:00:22.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:02:52.970" Score="7" ViewCount="1435" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: UK citizen, spent a summer as a J1 intern in California. Didn't get a SSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I sent my US federal tax return and ITIN application to the US embassy London. Fairly sure that was the correct thing to do. Now I realize I need to file CA taxes as well (at least, I think I do, as I'm a &quot;part-year resident&quot;?) Do I send a CA tax return to the US embassy London or to Sacramento? Do I need to do another ITIN application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T06:22:10.797" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T06:22:10.797" Title="How do I file CA state taxes without a SSN or ITIN?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="493" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:03:54.400" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to possess a VALID driving license in case you want to exchange it to a UK license. If your license is expired, they will not exchange it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internations.org/great-britain-expats/guide/16150-transport-driving/getting-a-uk-driving-license-16143&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.internations.org/great-britain-expats/guide/16150-transport-driving/getting-a-uk-driving-license-16143&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, if you send DVLA the right documents, the process takes a MAXIMUM of 3 weeks (not 4 as in your enquiry). In my case, DVLA issued the exchanged license and returned my passport within 8 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again, you need to send them a valid license to be eligible for an exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T15:03:54.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="601" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:29:05.990" Score="3" ViewCount="3661" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, planning to work for a few months in Orange County, CA this summer. I am in the process of getting a UK driving licence (&amp;amp; then international driving licence). I plan to buy a car at the start of the summer and sell it at the end. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the process like/ what kind of documents do I need? Do I need a CA licence to buy a car? If I have no USA credit score, do I have to pay for the car upfront? What's the process with smog checks/ registration? How long does it take to get a CA licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398" LastEditorUserId="398" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T16:08:25.190" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:26:04.907" Title="Whats the process like for buying a car/ getting a driving licence in California?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T21:02:46.823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:29:20.067" Score="2" ViewCount="493" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm referring to the ability to permanently reside in a country, without giving up my US citizenship and without having to pay any hefty fees. For instance, I'd be willing to pay a few thousand dollars, but I wouldn't be willing to pay eighty thousand dollars. My wife and I want to go live abroad for a while (possibly in each place for 6+ months), but we're trying to figure out in which countries we could easily do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="411" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T15:29:20.067" Title="In which countries can a US citizen stay permanently (preferrably free)?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T16:43:46.027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="564" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:41:57.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another difference, implied in @nanoamp's answer, is if you already have multiple citizenships. I'm an Argentine, holding dual Argentine and Italian citizenships. I now live in Chile, where I have obtained permanent resident status (I believe it's the equivalent to &quot;Indefinite Leave to Remain&quot;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to ask for the Chilean citizenship, I would have to check whether a tri-partite agreement between Argentina, Italy and Chile exists to grant me triple citizenship, or if any of the three has rules against triple citizenship; or else I would have to renounce one of my citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@GaëlLaurans mentions &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Absent any agreement or local law, you can always get additional&#xA;  citizenships, there is no need for an explicit agreement between all&#xA;  three countries. It would only be a problem if either Argentina, Italy&#xA;  or Chile have rules against it (and of course, absent any agreement&#xA;  you could have issues with things like military service). Many&#xA;  countries that are generally hostile to dual citizenship for&#xA;  naturalized citizens also make exceptions when it's not possible to&#xA;  renounce your other citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case in particular, I know that Argentina does not allow a citizen to &lt;em&gt;renounce&lt;/em&gt; citizenship. I also had to prove that I had fulfilled my military service duties in Argentina to the Italian Government, in order to be exempt from the Italian military service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="418" LastEditorUserId="418" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T13:30:40.287" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:30:40.287" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:51:42.793" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to stay in the EU, you could try Bulgaria, income tax is flat at 10 percent, the cost of living is relatively low too, even in the capital. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd personally recommend a place like Veliko Turnovo, which is an historic town that boasts a relatively young population due to its university and has a sizeable community of expats (most notably British ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. This answer addresses the original question prior to its clarification, with respect to the edit, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/paying-taxes/assets/pwc-paying-taxes-2013-full-report.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this guide by PWC&lt;/a&gt; points to Chile as a good place to live from an economic and tax-oriented perspective. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you could always go for the usual suspects such as the Bahamas, Bermudas, Cayman Islands and Virgin Islands, who are all in or around the Central/South American region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="427" LastEditorUserId="427" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T13:41:59.513" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:41:59.513" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="606" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:58:11.807" Score="6" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite a few of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/uk+trains&quot;&gt;Travel.SE questions on UK train travel&lt;/a&gt; suggest getting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/17.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;railcard&lt;/a&gt; to reduce the cost of travel. While not all train tickets can be discounted this way (some railcards are area restricted, others only start part way through the day, others need a certain number of people to travel together), and you have to buy the railcard, for someone doing a fair bit of UK train travel they can deliver savings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite a few of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/17.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;railcards have restrictions&lt;/a&gt;, such as only being available to older people, or to young people + those in certain FTE. Some are restricted by where you live, eg &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/pr8779199ca64fb1aea2b2d67fa2337f.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you're of the right age to buy a given railcard, living in the right area (if appropriate), what about nationality? Are there any restrictions on any of the railcards which would prevent expats living in the UK from buying or using them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:07:32.090" Title="Are UK Railcards restricted by nationality, or is residency enough?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="605" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:02:48.790" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Railcards are not limited by nationality. They are only limited by other factors such as age, area and the time of day that you would be traveling. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.16-25railcard.co.uk/eligibility-benefits/where-to-buy/&quot;&gt;this is the information for the 16-25 railcard&lt;/a&gt;. You need a passport or drivers license but all nationalities are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:02:48.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="605" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:07:32.090" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know about railcards which have restrictions based on your nationality. There might be restrictions based on where you are a resident, or on other criteria, like your age group, or whether you are enrolled in an educational institute or not. Note, that you might not be able to order them online, unless you have a valid UK adress, but you should be able to get any of them at a National Rail office, given you can prove your eligibility (usually your age using a valid passport or ID card). You will also need to have a passport-sized photo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that there is a special type of card, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britrail.net/passes/britrail-pass&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BritRail Pass&lt;/a&gt;, where the eligibility criteria is that you should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be a UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:07:32.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="601" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:14:39.783" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a tourist, you will not be able to get a CA license. You will need a work visa like L or H, and a SSN (that you become eligible for if you have such a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Buying a car with a foreign license is possible (as with no license at all), the problem is then the insurance which will become very expensive. Also, getting rid of the car in the end will lead to some losses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:14:39.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="601" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:26:04.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A CA drivers license isn't required to register a car in CA. I have a Massachusetts drivers license and have bought several cars in CA and the DMV process was basically the same as if I had had a CA drivers license. The clerk just wrote a note that my drivers license number is from Massachusetts. It should be the same for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, if you buy a used car, you can register it at AAA instead of the DMV and have a much shorter line. AAA's price is minimal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you can get a car loan without a SSN. But you can definitely pay cash for a new or used car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you need to rent a car is a credit card. A UK one would work. The weekly rate for car rentals is surprisingly affordable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:26:04.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:27:39.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The laws and benefits available for persons with Disabilities are convoluted and multi-leveled.  There are federal regulations such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ada.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Americans with Disabilities Act&lt;/a&gt; which provides mostly for non-discrimination and requirement for accessibility in transport, housing, workplace, etc.  Then there is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/disability/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SSDI&lt;/a&gt;, which gives persons with disabilities income if they meet some criteria that you can research further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there are state regulations and benefits, which for California you can probably find on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/PublicationsHealthBenefits.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Disability Rights California&lt;/a&gt; but it will take some doing since there are a lot of initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The there are county and Local regulations which in San Francisco are handled by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=386&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mayor's Office on Disability&lt;/a&gt; which can give you even more benefits and rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:27:39.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:34:14.580" Score="8" ViewCount="410" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, under &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ%3aL:2004:158:0077:0123%3aen%3aPDF&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, an EU national who has only ever lived in their own country is governed by national rules when it comes to inviting non-eu family members to join them. However, as soon as you've moved elsewhere in the EU to work or study, and thus &quot;activated&quot; your Treaty Rights, the rules covering you on non-EU family members are the EU rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've understood from &lt;a href=&quot;http://boardingarea.com/pointstobemade/2014/03/09/eu-free-movement/&quot;&gt;things like this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://eumovement.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&amp;amp;numdoc=61990J0370&amp;amp;lg=en&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh case&lt;/a&gt; ruled that once you've activated your Treaty Rights, if you move back to your country of citizenship, you remain covered by the EU rules, and you're no longer subject to the stricter national ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like a short holiday in France isn't enough to activate your Treaty Rights, so presumably just rocking up at the UK border from abroad isn't enough, and you'll have to show something to demonstrate to UK Immigration Officers that you have been exercising your Treaty Rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what would a UK citizen who's been living + working elsewhere in the EU need to bring with them, to prove to UK Immigration that their non-EU family members can be admitted under the EU rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T20:45:15.770" LastActivityDate="2017-09-08T21:41:46.120" Title="When returning to the UK from working in the EU, what do you need to show you activated your &quot;Treaty Rights&quot; WRT non-EU family members?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:50:53.887" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Get a US bank account so you can make payments from it. &#xA;Second, to avoid the complication of no credit or banking history, offer to pay six months' rent in cash in advance. You will also have to pay a security deposit. Many landlords will accept this. If you can pay the whole year in advance, they definitely will. In many places, paying for the whole year means only paying for nine months more than the down payment to get it--(first month, last month, one month security). &#xA;Of course, if you've got a US SSN, credit history, etc. you don't need to do this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:50:53.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:54:48.680" Score="3" ViewCount="1044" Body="&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a lot of variability in the average time between filing for a Green Card and getting an interview. Checking sites like www.immigrationportal.com, there seems to say between 4 and 6 months, but there are a lot of posts talking about longer processes. Anybody knows a way to obtain this information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:02:58.310" Title="What is the average wait time between filing for Permanent Residence (Green Card) and getting an interview in Massachusetts?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:11:46.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could try Panama. The time difference is zero (in winter). The weather is consistently 30C. You are not taxed on money earned outside the country. US Dollars are normal currency. Flights to the US East coast are reasonable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="450" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T17:11:46.473" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="611" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:17:39.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I do not know how you can prove the following, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-casework-instructions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK interpretation of the Directive&lt;/a&gt; these are the things you have to prove. The important parts are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264938/annexa.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Annex A&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264944/chapter2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chapter 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you check Chapter 2 it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Regulation 2(1) defines an EEA national as “a national of an EEA State&#xA;  who is  not also a United Kingdom national”. This means that a person&#xA;  who is a UK  national cannot be considered an EEA national under the&#xA;  Regulations, including  where they also hold nationality of another&#xA;  EEA member state. This does not impact on the rights of family&#xA;  members of UK nationals under Regulation 9.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that as a UK national you are not considered an EEA national, even if you have a second nationality in an other EEA state, but you can still excercise your Treaty Rights if you and your family member fulfills the conditions in Regulation 9 in Annex A:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) the United Kingdom national is&#xA;  residing in an EEA State as a worker or self-employed  person or was&#xA;  so residing before returning to the United Kingdom; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) if the family member of the United Kingdom national is his spouse or civil&#xA;  partner, the  parties are living together in the EEA State or had&#xA;  entered into the marriage or civil  partnership and were living&#xA;  together in that State before the United Kingdom national  returned to&#xA;  the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; however what you should do is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&amp;amp;jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13952535725907&amp;amp;key=2bfc90d8db565d403e0cd1fd743e09a8&amp;amp;loc=http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Surinder_Singh&amp;amp;v=1&amp;amp;libId=5817be2a-dbc7-4862-8ab1-8eb179cefe23&amp;amp;out=http://robynthegraduate.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/surindersingh.docx&amp;amp;ref=https://www.google.co.uk/&amp;amp;title=Surinder%20Singh%20%3a%20British%20Expat%20Wiki&amp;amp;txt=here&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;following&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After leaving the UK acquire for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/16/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;registration certificate&lt;/a&gt; for your family member in the new country, and then apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/17/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;. This is not required, but will make it easier to prove your spouse's status, and also it makes it easier for him/her to start working abroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After working for at least 6 months abroad, apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EA family permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once that is succesful you can move back to the UK with your family member, who should apply for residence &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270556/eea2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;using this form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T18:34:35.473" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T18:34:35.473" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:22:30.103" Score="4" ViewCount="530" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat living in Singapore from 8 yrs and now have a permanent job offer in a mid size firm at Calgary to do web development. They are willing to pay me upto CAD 60K/annum before taxes. When checked on various tax calculators, the pay came to around 42K (~ CAD 3550/month) after the deductions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a reasonable pay for a 8 yrs exp guy &amp;amp; lead a basic life style for a family of 3 (me, my wife, and 6 weeks baby)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;strong&gt;basic life style&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;eat at home&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a movie, dinner once a month&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;occasional child care&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;full family insurance, and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;occasional road trip to nearby attractions &amp;lt; 100KM) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In SGP, with my current income of 65k/annum, my income after taxes will be around 62.5k and my current cost of living is around 3.5k/month leaving me with disposable/savings of 2k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on information from Numbeo, I estimated the cost of living in Calgary to be around 2.5k/month (left with 1k disposable)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1400 for 2 bed housing in outskirts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;200 for groceries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;300 for car + gas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;100 for utilities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;250 for health insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;150 for phone and internet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;100 Misc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;??? did I miss anything here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How near am I to reality? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 29 now and want to move to Canada to settle down permanently with the baby and wife. I tried to do this in SGP, but with residence tightness, and rising costs, I'm always sweating. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can any one with knowledge of the life in Canada (and specifically in Calgary) give me help with &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cost of living (show reality)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Social Life/Culture in Calgary (does neighbors return a 'Hi' ?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does any of the taxes I pay now, comeback to me as pension ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I too feel the Question is broad or too specific. But, having a specific question with all things included is much better than assumption in my bigger opinion. Others too may benefit from the answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: I have updated the title &amp;amp; content based on appropriate feedback.&#xA;Correction: pay is 60k not 65k&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="451" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T07:29:32.407" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T07:29:32.407" Title="How will my lifestyle/disposable income in Alberta compare to my current situation in Singapore?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="617" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:30:24.600" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally excellent source for such information is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm&quot;&gt;Glassdoor&lt;/a&gt;. They provide information on salaries and reviews of companies. It's especially useful for US based companies, but provides some info for companies elsewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your particular case, it seems that for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/calgary-web-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM970_KO8,11.htm&quot;&gt;web developer in Calgary&lt;/a&gt; range is $44,000 - $70,000 with median of $55,000 (Canadian dollars). But it's hard to say, because seems that in this case all information are from people working for just one company (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Critical-Mass-EI_IE15389.11,24.htm&quot;&gt;Critical Mass&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand if you want to know what the cost of living is, the sources would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt;. Thus you should look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/calgary&quot;&gt;Calgary in Expatistan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Canada&amp;amp;city=Calgary&quot;&gt;Calgary in Numbeo&lt;/a&gt;, and perhaps compare it with your current city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T17:50:06.513" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T17:50:06.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-19T18:07:01.670" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you considered the US? It varies state to state, but you will certainly do better than %50(Although not freelancing myself I'm not sure about the tax rate in that situation). Some parts of the country have low living expenses as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="455" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T18:07:01.670" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T18:16:57.877" Score="8" ViewCount="1082" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a Japanese driver's license while living in Japan (conversion of my US license) but my US license has since expired. I would like to drive some while traveling in the future. I am now living in Germany and no longer have a Japanese visa. Is anyone familiar with the process of applying for a translation at Japanese consulates while not being Japanese? Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: As a follow up, the Japanese embassy in Germany will translate a Japanese license into German and give an official document. You can then take this to the driver's license office in the area you live and have your valid Japanese license converted to a German license. The German driver's license office will hold your Japanese license. If you wish to retrieve your Japanese license you must give your German license back. I successfully completed this process and know others who have as well in the NRW state of Germany. For expats in Germany with a Japanese license, this exchange may be advisable as the German license lasts for 15 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-26T04:46:15.970" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:01:27.213" Title="Can I get a translation of a Japanese driver's license while in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="613" CreationDate="2014-03-19T18:23:18.273" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My experience with the green card application process (sample of one, no lawyer, applied in 2011 as a spouse) is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you come from a country immigration officers are not too worried about (meaning countries they deem to seldom produce terrorists, and countries from which they receive few fraudulent applications),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your application is complete,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are eligible,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have a valid affidavit of support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have a clean slate when it comes to the law and the immigration process,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;those averages appear to be dead on. Of course this depends on how many applications they are currently processing, and who is processing yours. I was scheduled for an interview just about four months after I submitted my application (in California), and they had one additional request for information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your application does not fit those criteria mentioned above, it is &lt;em&gt;not average&lt;/em&gt;, and those average wait times mean nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know how stressful the wait can be. They will let you know if something is wrong. Otherwise just sit back and don't think about it too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="168" LastEditorUserId="168" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T18:47:15.113" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T18:47:15.113" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="617" CreationDate="2014-03-19T18:41:42.750" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Calgary and in the IT industry, 23 years old, finished my degree in computer science in May 2013. Between me and my friends, working in Calgary with a software engineering/computer science degree, recently out of university, I would say that the average is $60-65k a year. I make a bit more than this, but I got lucky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that $65k is pretty darn good for an intro position and probably about average if you've been doing web dev for a couple years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't really help much in regards to cost of living because I have terrible spending habits, but I will say that I have more money than I can spend. I pay about $600 in rent per month, I eat out too often, I have a gym membership, and am often buying computer parts. I'm also looking into buying a car in the next couple of years. What I mean to say is, $65 would get you pretty far being single in Calgary and you could live pretty well, but as I've never been in your situation, it's hard for me to say how well it would support you. Hopefully an overview of my spending habits gives you an idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live about 7 or 8 minutes from downtown, and all my neighbours are friendly, the occasional chit-chat, but not best friends or anything. I've found that people tend to be pretty friendly, but it also depends on the neighbourhood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I've lived here all my life so I have a pretty good idea about the city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T18:41:42.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T18:51:50.170" Score="6" ViewCount="674" Body="&lt;p&gt;At first I thought it should be! But I've heard this is only applicable if you are on holidays. Once you move your residency to another EU country (e.g. Austrian citizen moves to live in Portugal), you have to go each year to the competent authorities and register your drivers license there, which seems to be quite expensive as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience on that matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="460" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T09:30:04.297" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T13:44:17.297" Title="Is one EU country's driver's license valid in another EU country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T19:24:49.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is easy in most cities, the scenario you described sounds about right. NY and SF take more time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you don't necessarily need an agent. Craigslist (online classified ads) is very popular in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be an issue that you don't have any US credit history. If you're moving because of your employer, and they can help out with housing, that could make things much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T19:24:49.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="624" CreationDate="2014-03-19T19:35:54.773" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hard to generalize. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that some country don't provide renewal for expats, that is, if you are domiciled or resident in a foreign country you will have to convert your patent to the foreign country. That's the case for Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also know that the process is automated and fast (&amp;lt; 1 month) in Ireland&amp;amp;U.K.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you check your embassy/consulate web site you should have all the info regarding the documentation renewal process, including the driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="303" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T19:35:54.773" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="624" CreationDate="2014-03-19T19:36:12.623" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your EU driver's license is generally valid in other EU countries, even if you become a resident. There a few exceptions/caveats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's only true if you passed the exam in an EU country to begin with. If you obtained your EU license in exchange for a non-EU license, then it might not be recognized by other EU countries. They will know about these types of exchanges based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-codes-on-your-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information codes&lt;/a&gt; (section 12), which are visible on the license. For example &lt;code&gt;70.0123456789.NL&lt;/code&gt; means that your license was originally from the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the local license has a limited duration (“administrative validity”), you might need to exchange your foreign license after some time (I already discussed this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20/if-i-obtain-a-drivers-licence-in-germany-as-a-non-german-eu-citizen-would-i-ha/288#288&quot;&gt;If I obtain a driver&amp;#39;s licence in Germany as a non-German EU-citizen, would I have to revalidate it after leaving Germany?&lt;/a&gt;). Even in this case, you can always use it for a few months (not sure what the exact duration currently is, it used to be one year I think) after moving.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All this is valid for a category B license for regular private cars. There are still some small differences with the categories (tractors, motorcycles, etc.) and I don't know all the details. I know people who have lost or gained a category by exchanging their license.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can drive with your license but not necessarily use it for other purposes. For example, in the Netherlands, you can use a local driver's license as ID at your bank but a bank employee once told me they wouldn't accept a foreign license for that. Since they are not a public administration or anything, I assume they are within their rights to do this.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, if you need to get a local license (because your original license is expiring, it was lost or stolen, etc.), it's not &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; expensive and doesn't need to be done each year. There might be some paperwork and a few annoying formalities but in my experience for a regular B license, it will cost you around 50-100 € for a ten-year or fifteen-year license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU provides some information about that on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving/validity/faq-resident/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T13:44:17.297" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T20:35:07.860" Score="3" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Canada on March 28 and my current lease in Illinois ends June 30. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I let them know far in advance that the property would be vacant and the landlord has decided to sell the property so they will be staging the house after I leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on the hook for the rent, insurance and utilities until June 28, but that is a considerable expense. What options do I have for mitigating these costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="471" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T14:46:17.697" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T14:46:17.697" Title="Moving to Canada, what's the best way to break a lease in Illinois?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;lease&gt;&lt;illinois&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-20T02:57:00.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="267" CreationDate="2014-03-19T20:35:17.583" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://scappiamo.net/imparare-il-tedesco-in-austria/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian website&lt;/a&gt;, which talks about some language schools, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bfi.at/kurse/fachbereiche/sprachen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bfi.at/kurse/fachbereiche/sprachen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wifi.at/DE/Kursbuch/Sprachen/Sprachen.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.wifi.at/DE/Kursbuch/Sprachen/Sprachen.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vhs.at/12719.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.vhs.at/12719.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sprachenzentrum.univie.ac.at/content/site/spzuw/en/home/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://sprachenzentrum.univie.ac.at/content/site/spzuw/en/home/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://germanistik.univie.ac.at/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://germanistik.univie.ac.at/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dante.at/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dante.at/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T20:51:46.493" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:51:46.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T20:55:50.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm American and I live in Washington D.C. I moved there pretty soon after college. I was able to find a room to rent in a huge house right outside of the city (Vienna, VA) within 3 days of starting my search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently left for 6 months and when I got back and started looking for another place to live I found one in another suburb within about 4 days. If you know where to look you can have a place in no time flat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest looking on Craigslist for whatever city you will be living in. All of the major metro areas in the U.S. have a section on craigslist. Just look under the sections marked for housing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People will usually want to see some proof of income or that you have money and they will generally want 1 month rent as a security deposit (this is given back to you when you move out) and the first month's rent. In big cities be prepared to spend around $1,000, but I've read that housing prices in some cities (S.F. for example) are insane and people honestly have to pay $3,000 for rent. Land lords will also generally want to see a credit report. I'm not sure how they would deal with foreigners, but if you're in a city that has a lot of international visitors (N.Y., D.C.) they will probably have something worked out. You will generally have the choice of whether or not you want to sign a short or long term lease. If you sign a short term lease (3 months for example) you can stay longer, but everything then generally goes on a month-to-month basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll also generally have to give the landlord 1 month's notice before moving out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've honestly never used a broker so I have no idea about this, but if you will be in DC you definitely won't need one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:55:50.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="629" CreationDate="2014-03-19T20:58:59.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The dispute is over 3 months &quot;rent&quot; so I doubt you will have much success. If the landlord has the last month rent and a months rent security deposit, as is common in the States, the best you can hope for is to get released from one months rent. The landlord will probably fight for utilities and insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet a to ask nicely and explain the benefits of coming to a compromise. Given that they are going to stage the house after you leave but before your lease is up, to me suggests that you should receive some compensation. The landlord probably would prefer you didn't sublet the place prior to them trying to sell. These seem like reasons a compromise could be reached. Maybe you could give up your last month rent and security deposit for a release from the lease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that fails you can hire a lawyer and threaten them or even withhold rent and see what happens. Given you are leaving the country the landlord probably doesn't want to get in a fight over a month or two of rent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:58:59.740" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="629" CreationDate="2014-03-19T20:59:51.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will depend on the contract you have sign with the landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally they don't like losing money on the lease and if they don't have a special provision for early lease termination you may be on the hook for money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several options that may be available for moving out early but if you don't want any financial consequences in the US (for example you are looking at some point in the future to move back to the US) most of them require cooperation of your landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest option that is available is you find a tenant that would be willing to sign a lease at the same or higher price for the apartment that you have rented.  The landlord will have to agree to it in this case you don't pay any penalties and basically your lease terminates normally on the first of the month and the new tenant moves in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more complex option that the landlord has to agree to is subleting or subleasing.  Which basically means that the rental agreement remains in your name but the payments are made by someone else it includes rent and utilities (rental insurance you should be able to cancel at any time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are uglier options that involve non-payment but I suggest you don't avail yourself of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T20:59:51.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="621" CreationDate="2014-03-19T21:02:49.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to go to the Japanese consulate, this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nikosia.diplo.de/contentblob/3396974/Daten/1860163/fuehrerscheindownload.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;document&lt;/a&gt; specifies who is allowed to translate your driving license:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die deutschsprachigen Übersetzungen dürfen folgende Stellen fertigen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;deutsche Automobilclubs,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;gerichtlich bestellte und allgemein vereidigte Dolmetscher und Übersetzer,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;deutsche diplomatische Vertretungen, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Kapitäne deutscher Seeschiffe,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;international anerkannte Automobilclubs des Ausstellungsstaates des Führerscheins,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;amtliche Stellen des Ausstellungsstaates des Führerscheines. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second of those means certified translaters under oath. You should be able to find one of those &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/suche_action?index=0&amp;amp;sprache=110&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;without too much of a hassle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above document also states that you can drive with an international driving license, so you could get one of those instead. Also note that if you take permanent residency in Germany (more than 12 months), you will have to get a German driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T21:02:49.890" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T21:10:05.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's are twos separate issues here. The first is finding an apartment. If you have 3 months rent in cash, a way to convince the landlord that you are financially responsible, and are not too unreasonable, then you should be able to find a place within a day of looking and make an offer that day and have a lease signed within a few days. Apartments rent quickly in big US cities (often with 48 hours of coming on the market). The second issue is when can you move in. Just as in Germany, you typically have to give 2 or 3 months notice at the end of your lease that you are not renewing. I would not expect to show up in a big US city without a rental property arrange and expect to be able to stay in a hotel for a few days while things get worked out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would contact a local rental agent and ask. They will tell you how much lead time you need for a particular area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T21:10:05.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="638" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="650" CreationDate="2014-03-19T21:34:26.243" Score="10" ViewCount="384" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are US citizens and got married prior to moving to the UK. Before getting married we signed a prenuptial agreement. If we become UK citizens will the prenuptial agreement still be valid? What happens if we, or one of us, renounces our US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T05:56:28.740" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T18:59:53.703" Title="How does gaining a second citizenship affect a prenuptial agreement?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="549" CreationDate="2014-03-19T22:02:12.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Best talk to an tax expert, as Informatiker you could meet the criteria for becoming a &quot;Freiberufler&quot;. This has several legal and tax benefits, but requires fulfillment of very strict conditions. If you explain more what you plan to do as your business model maybe we can give more input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="478" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T22:02:12.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2014-03-19T22:43:13.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all US citizens need to file a tax return. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Do-I-Need-to-File-a-Tax-Return%3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The IRS&lt;/a&gt; provides a we page to help decide. One of the key pieces is you need to have an income less than $10,000. Not making any money is probably the easiest way to avoid having to file the tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T15:36:52.847" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:36:52.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="641" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="659" CreationDate="2014-03-19T23:15:34.437" Score="8" ViewCount="809" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Austria and I am wondering whether it is possible to deduct the cost of a language course from taxes. I do not have sufficient German language ability to read the Austrian tax code in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-10-06T22:52:26.727" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T22:52:26.727" Title="Is it possible to deduct language course expenses from taxes in Austria?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-19T23:45:42.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of extra things that others haven't mentioned yet, which seemed to help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, mention your situation right away to the landlord, and see how they respond. If they think it's going to be an additional hassle and they don't want to deal with it, move on. For example, many (as least where I am, in Los Angeles) want to do a credit check. I explained that this would get nowhere, or not be good, and they said &quot;Depends on the credit check&quot;. I walked away from that one. I actually found a landlord who was a relatively recent immigrant, and they were more sympathetic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, if you've got ways to prove who you are, that can help. There are websites at my work and my previous work with my photo on (and a few other things too). I showed them to my landlord and said (something like): Here's evidence of who I am, I'm not going to be able to disappear easily. If you could set something like that up before you leave, that might be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T23:45:42.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T23:55:29.460" Score="8" ViewCount="2999" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an US citizen who's thinking about going to university in Europe-mostly likely Germany. I would like to eventually live and work somewhere in Europe. Possibly in the UK as I have some family &amp;amp; friends there. I know Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship, but is there a residency permit that would allow me to live/work in the EU or the UK? I know the UK is a bit different on their immigration than the rest of Europe. Sorry I've tried looking everywhere for an answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T09:29:24.643" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T05:13:50.597" Title="Is there a residency permit that would allow a US citizen to live/work in the UK or rest of Europe?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="643" CreationDate="2014-03-20T00:46:53.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;German citizenship is something that you probably won't have to be concerned about for some time (certainly not just to study there). There are a great number of people around the world who live and work in a country other than their country of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German government has a web page for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/migration-node.html&quot;&gt;Migration to Germany&lt;/a&gt; which provides all the information you would need regarding the visas required for a stay to study in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible for you to obtain permanent residency (called by different names, such as &quot;residence title&quot; in Germany, and &quot;indefinite leave to remain&quot; in the UK) in your country of choice. There are application fees and such a permit usually requires a steady job, at least at first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T00:46:53.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="643" CreationDate="2014-03-20T00:57:45.857" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all note, that while both Germany and the UK are EU Member states, the former is part of the Schengen area, while the latter is not, which might complicate things if you want to move from one country to the other. (A Schengen visa would allow you to do hassle free short-term travels to other Schengen countries). Note however that for US citizens both the UK and Schengen countries allow you to enter the area visa-free for short term stays of maximum 6 months and 90 days respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you'll want to learn in Germany then move to the UK to work. In this case this is what you'll need to do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should get &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/voraussetzungen/en/6017-university-admission-and-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;admitted&lt;/a&gt; to a German university before arriving there, though you can apply for a student application visa which will let you stay for 3 months in Germany looking for admittance (this can be extended to a maximum of 6 months).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are admitted you should get a student visa. This is also valid for 3 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Next you must apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/regeln/en/9143-reporting-to-the-authorities/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence permit&lt;/a&gt;, that will allow you to stay while you are studying there. Note, that you have to be able to support yourself (or have an appropriate scholarship), as the permit will only allow you to take up on spare-time student employment. You also have to prove to the authorities at regular intervals that you have enough money on your bank account, otherwise they will decline your renewal requests. Note, that the amount they require you to have (around €3-4000/semester) might be much more than what's actually needed to live in the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you graduate if you want to stay in Germany you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/medien/deutschland/stipendien/formulare/information__sheet_working_in_germany_as_a_non-eu_citizen_with_a_german_university_degree_english_version.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;extend your residence permit&lt;/a&gt; for up to one year while you look for a job, and if you find a proper one, after five years you can apply for a permanent residence permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that since Germany is a part of the Schengen area while you study there you are free to do short-term travels (maximum of 3 months in any 6 month period) to other Schengen Area countries, but not to the UK or Ireland. You might still be able to enter those countries, as an US citizen you do not need a visa, but you should check before travelling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to move to the UK after graduation you have to get a separate work visa (if you want to work there). As a fresh graduate you will probably need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 2 General&lt;/a&gt; visa as a skilled worker, which will be valid for 3 yeras and can be extended for another 3. An other option if you really want to move to the UK is to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;continue your&lt;/a&gt; education there (Masters or PhD).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="851" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T05:13:50.597" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T05:13:50.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-20T02:06:44.940" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try the Isle Of Man. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has a curious status as a British subject but is still independent. It also has a great IT infrastructure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="490" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T02:59:52.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T02:59:52.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="638" CreationDate="2014-03-20T02:34:16.343" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The generic issue is as I stated in the comment the application of the prenuptial agreement signed in another country and usually governed by the laws of another country to the divorce proceeding and law in the country where you have filed for divorce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.terry.co.uk/pre-nuptial.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK prenuptial agreements&lt;/a&gt; carry less weight then they do in the US.  So if the judge chooses to apply the prenuptial agreement (read contract) the judge will apply the contract.  Your citizenship in this case is not relevant since you (or your wife) are still the person that signed the contract.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T18:59:53.703" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T18:59:53.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2014-03-20T02:52:37.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of where you come from, there is usually, at least, one more country that also has whichever product that you want or crave, so knowing that will help you widen your horizon of possibilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another important element about more than one country having the same product that your country, is that it may happen that the other country has more immigrants than yours in the place you are looking for the food, so they may have specialized stores on the city or even  ethnic neighbourhoods, if you go to those stores or neighbourhoods it's easier to find what you are looking for or to get the best advice as how to replace it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="315" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T02:52:37.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="638" CreationDate="2014-03-20T03:15:21.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are likely to be two basic problems that will come into play in these cases, namely choice of venue and conflict of laws.  These aren't necessarily problems, but they are things to talk about with a lawyer if you are concerned.  These problems occur with international contracts generally and so lawyers are likely to be in a good position to help (i.e. &lt;strong&gt;ask a lawyer&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the question is &quot;who interprets the contract and according to which rules?&quot;  In theory, different jurisdictions may interpret contracts entirely differently.  In practice the differences are more narrow, due to the overarching needs in international business for consistency in contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These could still impact you however.  Jurisdictions tend to read contracts in line with questions of public policy, and these considerations do differ from one jurisdiction to the next.  A court in the UK may read the contract in line with different approaches to family law than the US would.  I would generally expect the differences between most of the US and the UK to be less than  between the UK and France, since France is civil law based on Roman tradition, while the UK is common law based on a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and old French tradition (and thus are structurally different).  But that same difference holds between Arkansas and Louisiana.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The major complication of course is where the case gets decided.  If you split up, then you have the possibility that one of you may choose to stay or move and litigate the divorce in whichever jurisdiction you think is most advangageous.  To some extent that undermines the idea of shared expectations in that case that a prenup is supposed to help with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't think it would be invalid but there are reasons to talk with a lawyer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T03:15:21.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-20T03:16:51.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having done &lt;a href=&quot;http://gyrovague.com/2013/10/30/half-the-donut-why-an-entrepreneur-earning-100k-gets-to-keep-over-99k-in-singapore-but-under-57k-in-san-francisco/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;an analysis of this&lt;/a&gt; a while back, investigating what happens in various countries if a freelancer (incorporated as a company) earns $100k, I'd pip for &lt;strong&gt;Singapore&lt;/strong&gt;.  This chart says it all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nqN88.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: In Singapore you keep 99.9%, in San Francisco 56.9%.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://gyrovague.com/2013/10/30/half-the-donut-why-an-entrepreneur-earning-100k-gets-to-keep-over-99k-in-singapore-but-under-57k-in-san-francisco/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Full analysis here&lt;/a&gt; and the spreadsheet behind it &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aooq_7nSYdFWdFhfMHc2VGYxbW1jX1g0MllyUVREX1E&amp;amp;usp=sharing&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Note the lengthy disclaimers up top, the payment structure used for the comparison is not optimal in all five countries and a good accountant can save you a bundle in any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main flies in the ointment are that getting entrepreneur visas in Singapore is quite tough these days and (oops, didn't read carefully enough) the time difference with the US East Coast will kill you.  Then again, it might be worth it to work nights for a while...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T03:16:51.250" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-20T03:20:25.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of websites where you can start interacting with people and then get to know them, get recommendations for events, where you will meet more people, just look for expat sites that have active forums, some examples are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Expat Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatsblog.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Expat blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.easyexpat.com/en/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Easy Expat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;expat forums specific for the country you are going&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resources from your company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the best options are &lt;strong&gt;forums about finding jobs for your spouse/partner&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;specialised food stores&lt;/strong&gt;, any expat store, or grocery store that caters to the international community will have people on the same situation as you and they, usually, will be open and friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, &lt;strong&gt;schools&lt;/strong&gt;. This rivals the first place with grocery stores. International schools or even local schools are a central social point where you are going to meet a lot of people. There you can have any kind of easy conversation that can evolve in having a coffee and after that, many doors will open, you just have to be a bit social and a bit proactive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a more select/reduced group, then you can go to &lt;strong&gt;clubs&lt;/strong&gt; and there you will also meet, most probably, expats, it just depend on what kind of sport or activity you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And lastly, hotels, in &lt;strong&gt;expensive hotels or resorts&lt;/strong&gt; you are going to find expats, and is usually easy to approach people when they are relaxed, just don't be too pushy or intrusive. In hotels, you may find people that even if they don't do any activity or socialization, may know how to get the information or who to ask for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="315" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T03:20:25.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-20T05:10:32.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are the churchgoing type, you can often look for services in your language. Depends on your denomination and the size of the town you're in, but has worked for us in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="501" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T05:10:32.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="643" CreationDate="2014-03-20T06:04:40.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;SztupY already provided an excellent answer regarding the procedure in Germany and the UK but to answer your question directly: There are no residence permit allowing you to live and work everywhere in the EU because immigration/long-stays is still by and large a competence of the member states. The only thing close to it is the European Blue Card but it's quite restrictive and has not been very successful. The UK is not part of it in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a residence card from a Schengen member state (again not the UK), you can however visit all of them for short stays (you might even get away with cheating a little as there are no systematic border checks and no stamps on entry/exit). On the other hand, if you want to move from one country to the other and you don't have a European Blue Card, you have to start from scratch and you will be treated like someone coming to the EU for the first time. Finally, if you are a US citizen, visiting the UK while being based in a Schengen country should not be a problem as you do not need a visa (as US citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, citizenship is a complex topic but if you are able to get one (UK by naturalization for example, perhaps Portugal or Italy based on ancestry?), then none of this matters anymore. EU citizens have a right to work and settle everywhere in the EU. It's perfectly possible to get a relatively “easy” EU citizenship that does not preclude dual citizenship in your situation and then use that to live in a stricter country like Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-07T18:57:54.923" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T18:57:54.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="369" CreationDate="2014-03-20T07:06:18.037" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to come from my perspective of living in Mainland China for 3 years. If they are talking to you to begin with, nobody is going to get too offended regardless of what you say. If you do cross the line on something you can just excuse it as being a silly foreigner. It's the same as meeting anyone though really. If you're obnoxious and keep harping on obviously sensitive issues, there is more likely a chance of problems. If you're a reasonable human being, chances are (amongst the new generation anyways) there aren't a lot of topics out of scope. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest thing to keep in mind is &quot;face&quot;. You never want to make someone lose &quot;face&quot;, or feel as though they have. So conversations are often very superficial, even amongst close friends and family. Just be yourself, is ultimately what it comes down to. Unless you're organising political movements, you're not going to find yourself in any trouble for harmless conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T07:06:18.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="131" CreationDate="2014-03-20T07:11:01.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need a bill, showing a HK address, or a letter from a property owner saying you live there (or lease agreements or something). You will need to prove that you've been in HK for a continuous 7 years, not leaving for more than 2 years at a time. You will probably require a bank account statement, or proof of income tax payment. For travel documents, your passport with entrance and exit stamps showing continuous 7 years should be sufficient (Now that we're not using stamps, it's important to keep those little paper slips!). A lease agreement, or phone bill or something (mailed to your address) works too. You don't need to prove that you've been here for 7 years, as you renewed your ID card a few years ago, so you just have to prove from that time until now really. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you can get away with not having all of these requirements in certain situations. If you are married to a HK National, it will be easier to slough off some of these requirements, especially if you have a child. The HK government is pretty adherent to rules, but if you write a long winded essay about why you don't have the necessary documentation, and alleviate the concerns of the immigration agent, then exceptions can be made. If you are not married to a HK national, or you don't have HK residence or employment, your chances aren't going to be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T07:11:01.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T07:28:55.513" Score="6" ViewCount="10413" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the event you're applying for an Ancestry visa and require your grandparent's birth certificate, how can one get an official copy of said certificate that would be acceptable in an application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-02-20T21:44:13.327" Title="How can I get a British relative's birth certificate for a visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="657" CreationDate="2014-03-20T07:30:45.870" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had to do this for my Ancestry Visa application.  My relative's certificate was not easily accessible to me, so I found out that it's possible to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;order a copy of a birth, death or a marriage certificate online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll need to register on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;General Register Office (GRO) website&lt;/a&gt; to order a copy of a birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate in England and Wales. Certificates cost £9.25. You can use this service to help you research your family tree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a different process for Scottish and Northern Ireland certificates, linked to on that site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T09:53:33.080" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T09:53:33.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="641" CreationDate="2014-03-20T07:36:02.973" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that should be possible. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmf.gv.at/steuern/arbeitnehmer-pensionisten/arbeitnehmerveranlagung/abc-der-werbungskosten.html#Sprachkurse&quot;&gt;bmf.gv.at (Austrian Ministry of Finance)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Kosten zum Erwerb von Fremdsprachenkenntnissen sind abzugsfähig, wenn&#xA;  man die Sprache im Beruf benötigt (zB als Sekretär, Telefonist,&#xA;  Kellner, Hotelangestellte oder Exportsachbearbeiter). Als Fremdsprache&#xA;  gilt jede von der Muttersprache verschiedene Sprache, gegebenenfalls&#xA;  auch Deutsch. Bei Sprachausbildungen im Ausland werden nur die&#xA;  Kurskosten berücksichtigt, nicht aber die Aufenthalts- und&#xA;  Fahrtkosten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that if you use the foreign language for your job, you can deduct the cost of the language course from taxes. The German language also counts as a foreign language if you're not a native speaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T07:36:02.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T08:05:35.590" Score="5" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I would like to purchase real estate in Paraguay for investment purposes &lt;strong&gt;as a non-resident&lt;/strong&gt;, what is the process/paperwork to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to be a resident to own real estate (alternatively, can a non-resident own a business that owns the real estate)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to work with a real estate agent, or can I purchase directly from the seller (assuming language barrier isn't a problem!)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to get a lawyer involved?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any special requirements for a non-resident (e.g., apply for a tax ID, need special permit to build on the land or if there are existing buildings, etc.)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the requirements change depending on what the land will be used for (e.g., residential rental property vs. hold and sell)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastEditorDisplayName="user496" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T08:08:49.793" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T22:49:32.503" Title="What is the process for purchasing investment real estate as a non-resident in Paraguay?" Tags="&lt;real-estate&gt;&lt;paraguay&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T08:17:51.520" Score="7" ViewCount="11202" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I acquire permanent residency in Paraguay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements, what is the process like, and how long does it take before I receive my &lt;em&gt;cédula&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, if that is important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T08:21:21.757" Title="How to acquire permanent residency in Paraguay?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;paraguay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="661" CreationDate="2014-03-20T08:17:51.520" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this is based on my own experience obtaining permanent resident status in Paraguay.  Also, note that this info is a couple of years old, so some of the requirements may have changed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Overview&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's six parts to the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acquire some documents in your home country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the documents legalized at a Paraguayan consulate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acquire a visa to visit Paraguay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acquire funds for a bank deposit and to pay fees.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get in touch with a fixer or immigration attorney.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel to Asunción to complete the application process.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Documents&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody needs to have at least two documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A certified copy of your birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;strong&gt;authenticated&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;apostilled&lt;/strong&gt; copy of your FBI record&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, your FBI record must be apostilled!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are married and/or have children or other dependents, there are some additional documents that you need to acquire.  Being relatively single and childless, I haven't been paying attention to that stuff.  If you are familiar with the documents required in this case, please update this answer (:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have undergone a name change, you should also acquire a notarized copy of your name change document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Legalization&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Collect all your documents and have them legalized at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://paraguay.visahq.com/embassy/United-States/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nearest Paraguayan consulate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each document costs about US$30-35 for legalization, so for a birth certificate and a criminal background check, the total cost should be about US$70.  In my case, I needed a name change document legalized as well, so I had to pay a total of US$100.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The turnaround on legalization is usually 3-5 days.  Don't expect to turn in your documents in the morning and pick them up that afternoon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A legalized document will have a special stamp applied to it, singed by a Paraguayan official.  It's basically a certification by a Paraguayan authority that your document is legitimate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. Visa&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US citizens must have a tourist visa to travel to Paraguay.  The cost is US$100, and you can have that done while you are visiting the consulate to have your documents legalized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I didn't plan this out very well, and I ended up using &lt;a href=&quot;http://paraguay.visahq.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VisaHQ&lt;/a&gt; to have this done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that your visa will say, &quot;Visa not valid to request temporary or permanent residence in the Republic of Paraguay.&quot;  Don't worry; every visa says that.  In fact, if you ask at the consulate, they'll tell you that is exactly the visa that you need if you want to apply for residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;4. Cash&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acquire US$5k for a bank deposit that you will be making in the country (note:  you might not end up with a bank account; more on that in a second), and another US$2-4k for fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Bank Accounts for Non-Residents&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Paraguay, non-residents can open bank accounts, but the process is rather complicated. &lt;sup&gt;[citation needed]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to keep things simple (as I did), you can deposit your funds at the central bank of Paraguay instead.  There it will sit – interest-free – until you receive your &lt;em&gt;admisión permanente&lt;/em&gt;, at which point you can pick up your cash and open a real bank account if you wish (or buy some property or start a business or...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;5. Fixer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have all your documents and funds in order, it's time to get in touch with an fixer.  There are a few in the area:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Robert Schulze&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alice Miller&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jerónimo Finestraj&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I don't have links for these individuals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I worked with &lt;a href=&quot;http://bmbusiness-service.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bettina Müller&lt;/a&gt; who at the time had a very good reputation, but recently &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internationalman.com/articles/passport-fraud-in-paraguay-what-you-need-to-know&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;she was arrested for forging documents&lt;/a&gt;, so probably best to look for somebody else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good fixer will arrange for transportation, accompany you to each of the different offices as you go through the application process and provide translation services where needed.  You can also mail your documents, and your fixer will start the process early to save you time when you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it's possible to navigate the residency process without a fixer, but everyone I know who has acquired permanent resident status in Paraguay has worked with an fixer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the time you contact your fixer, you should have all the documents you need.  Confirm whether you need any additional documents (in some cases, you might need reference letters or photos, but these are very fast and easy to acquire) and schedule the date you will be arriving in Asunción.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I worked with Bettina, I also wired her fee ahead of time and mailed her my documents early so that everything would be ready to go as soon as I arrived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;First Contact&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;em&gt;ton&lt;/em&gt; of demand for Paraguayan permanent residency these days, so every fixer you contact is likely to be very busy.  You should &lt;em&gt;fully&lt;/em&gt; expect them to triage their emails, so if you don't indicate in your email that you have all your documents and are ready to pull the trigger, you probably won't get a response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't send an email requesting to call them or asking them to answer your questions.  Tell them you have your documents in hand and indicate which dates you are thinking of traveling to Paraguay.  THEN they'll be happy to answer your questions!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;6. Travel to Asunción&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time to gather everything up and travel to Paraguay!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Documents&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure your documents are secure.  As noted above, you can mail them to your fixer in Asunción if you want.  I sent mine via DHL; it cost about US$50, and took 4 days to arrive.  It had a tracking number, and I set up email alerts, so I got a notification as soon as it was delivered and signed for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Cash&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you go, consider how you want to transfer your US$5k for the bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some folks withdraw fifty $100 bills and stuff them in a duffel.  If you are comfortable doing that, this is a perfectly legitimate way to transfer the money.  Be aware that Paraguay has had some problems with counterfeit $100 bills, though.  I don't recall exactly what the deal is, but there are certain letters that should not appear anywhere in the serial number.  If anybody has more details on this, feel free to post!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can transfer the funds via Western Union.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Residency Process in Asunción&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is a list of the steps that I had to complete with my fixer when I arrived in Asunción.  There are far more documents involved than I have listed here, but my fixer took care of many of them for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fingerprints taken for cédula application at notary's office.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paraguay visa legalized at Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores / Dirección de Legalizaciones.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The office opens at 8 in the morning, and they close at 1 PM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They will tell you when the legalization will be ready.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not show up early; it won't be ready!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not show up late; the office will be closed!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deposit US$5k in Guaranies (approximately 21.6M Gs.) at the central bank.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remember:  this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a bank account.  Your money will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; earn any interest!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will receive a certificate that bears about half a dozen signatures (and must be notarized to boot) that you must bring with you when you want to pick your cash back up after you become a resident.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't lose this document!  It's worth US$5k!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sign a document declaring that you are in compliance with all regulations to qualify for residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit the Policia Nacional headquarters and register as a foreigner.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More fingerprinting!  By the way, this isn't the fancy scanner device; this process involves good old-fashioned ink and paper... and they don't have a public bathroom here for you to wash up.  Have fun!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must also provide a photo.  I don't know if you can take one there in lieu of providing your own, but I always carry a dozen passport photos with me in case of such situations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll receive a snazzy ID card for your troubles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At this point, I then signed a limited power of attorney giving my fixer the power to complete the final steps for residency on my behalf.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Double-check every detail&lt;/strong&gt; on your paperwork, especially your &lt;strong&gt;name&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;birthdate&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;passport number&lt;/strong&gt;.  Any discrepancy or error will prevent your application from being accepted, and then you'll need to start again!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that &lt;strong&gt;every&lt;/strong&gt; document must be &lt;strong&gt;notarized&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;copied&lt;/strong&gt;.  You will be carrying a small forest worth of paper by the time you are ready to submit the application to Dirección General de Migraciones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, make &lt;strong&gt;100% absolutely definitely sure&lt;/strong&gt; that you keep the &lt;strong&gt;ORIGINAL&lt;/strong&gt; receipt for your US$5k deposit and that you submit the &lt;strong&gt;CERTIFIED COPY&lt;/strong&gt; with your application.  When you go to pick up your money after your residency app is approved, &lt;strong&gt;THEY WILL NOT GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK UNLESS YOU SHOW UP WITH THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT!!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've assembled all your documents, you are ready to submit your application.  Take everything to the Dirección General de Migraciones office and have a seat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the application process, the government worker will enter all your info into the computer and scrutinize every single document that you have provided.  If you have made any mistakes, or if there are any discrepancies on your paperwork, he will reject your application right away (at least you won't have to wait several months to find this out!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You (or your fixer, depending on your arrangement) will then pay the residency fee and provide the receipt to the residency official.  At this point, you will receive a tracking document that will allow you (and your fixer) to determine the status of your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Waiting&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then you're done!  It should take a few months for your application to be approved.  Your fixer will receive your cédula and ID card, which you can go and pick up or just have mailed to you, depending on what you wish to arrange with your fixer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Also Disclaimer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an attorney, tax professional nor financial advisor.  Nothing contained in this post should be considered legal, financial, medical or any other kind of advice, for that matter.  Always do your own research and due diligence before getting involved with foreign governments and offshore service providers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.evernote.com/shard/s278/sh/a8c76910-c425-4640-b11c-bd307d3b39ff/6e7ce61f6e64a5016b30cf6d44b55892&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Original Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastEditorDisplayName="user496" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T06:41:41.467" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T06:41:41.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T10:01:36.833" Score="8" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Netherlands, there are separate visas for freelancers and employees of other companies.  As I understand it one is only allowed to work for the company which has the employee permit for the employee with the permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to freelance on such a visa?  Is it possible to get, concurrently, a work permit sponsored by an employer and a freelance visa?  Or is a work permit sufficient for freelancing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-09-05T07:55:48.433" LastActivityDate="2021-03-27T18:07:10.713" Title="Freelancing in the Netherlands when residing there with a work permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="665" CreationDate="2014-03-20T10:02:55.743" Score="20" ViewCount="63441" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a lot of old information on the web about the differences between NTSC and PAL television systems. Most of this information says that you cannot use a US TV in Europe because NTSC and PAL are not compatible. Now that the world has gone to digital TV, cable, and internet based streaming are PAL and NTSC things of the past. As long as a TV can handle the voltage, potentially with the aid of a transformer, can you use it in any country? Do you have to worry about the voltage frequency (e.g., 50/60 Hz difference between the US and most of Europe)? How do DVD and Blue-ray fit into this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2018-12-29T13:10:44.433" Title="Do differences between NTSC and PAL matter with modern TVs?" Tags="&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="664" CreationDate="2014-03-20T10:19:41.473" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the advent of Digital HD TV the difference between NTSC and PAL is practically limited to the framerate of the display which is 23,975p/30p/60i on NTSC and 25p/50i on PAL standards. Modern, digital television sets will have no issues with any of them. The voltage frequency is also not an issue, as the digital decoder is running on DC, so the frequency won't matter unless the AC/DC converter cannot handle it (which should be pretty rare). This assumes you are either only using digital TV (like DVB-T / DVB-C), or using a set-top box that connects digitally to your TV (for example with an HDMI cable)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still want to use analog connections the issue might be a bit more problematic, as the analog signal is very different on PAL and NTSC, making it not possible to mix them. You have to consult the manual of your TV whether it supports both standards, or not. As a rule of thumb TVs sold in Europe in this century usually support both PAL and NTSC standards (sometimes also SECAM), but TVs sold in the US might not support PAL. Also if you want to connect a DVD player or a set top box with an analog type connection (like a SCART, RCA or a Coaxial cable) you have to make sure that they run on the same standard, and that they both support the same sets of connectors (for example SCART connectors are not that common on non-European boxes). If they do support multiple standards then also note they might not be able to autodetect the signal, so you should consult the manual on how to switch them if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget though that aerial analog TV is phased out in Europe in favor of DVB-T and DVB-T2, both digital standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T10:55:54.257" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T10:55:54.257" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="220" CreationDate="2014-03-20T10:59:22.780" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The third link provided by StrongBad is not directly relevant here. That page does not explain the criteria that determine whether a child is a UK citizen at birth. Rather, it explains how a child who is not a UK citizen at birth can register for citizenship at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the short version: if you have lived in the UK for five years, your child will be a UK citizen at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the long version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A child born in the United Kingdom will hold UK citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a British citizen or is &quot;settled&quot; in the UK - that is, holds Indefinite Leave to Remain or permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EEA national (Poland), you have the advantage of avoiding the lengthy and expensive process of applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain. Instead, you gain permanent resident status when you have &quot;exercised your treaty rights&quot; (lived and worked) in the UK for five years. This happens automatically. You do not have to apply or take any other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have gained permanent residence you may choose to obtain a permanent residence card. This is not obligatory. Getting the card or not getting the card does not affect your status. The card provides proof of your permanent residence status. If you have a permanent residence card dated before your child's birth, the Passport Office will accept the permanent residence card (together with your child's birth certificate) as proof of your child's citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You haven't said anything about the other parent, but obviously if they're also an EEA national this all applies to them too. If either of you qualify as settled in the UK, your child will be a UK citizen at birth. If neither of you qualify as settled, your child will not be a citizen at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your child is not a UK citizen at birth but you or the other parent later becomes &quot;settled&quot; (or acquires citizenship) in the UK, the child can then register for UK citizenship under section 1(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am not an immigration lawyer. I am, however, a UK dual-national parent of a UK triple-national child.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511" LastEditorUserId="511" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T11:06:13.043" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T11:06:13.043" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T11:23:07.660" Score="10" ViewCount="1191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was planning on posting this in the &quot;chat&quot; section but I thought maybe it is a worthwhile question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is some background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am an Indian citizen in the USA on an F1  visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have received a job offer/convention d'accueil from a French research lab (in France)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The French lab/French government want me to produce &lt;strong&gt;two original birth certificates that are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot;&gt;apostiled&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for health insurance, social security purposes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Ministry of external (MEA) affairs in India &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mea.gov.in/legalization-of-documents.htm&quot;&gt;will apostil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; my birth certificates for me... but...&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The MEA wants me to appear in person with my birth cert.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I am to have someone else do this on my behalf (viz., my father), they would need me to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; that I am out of the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The one approach they recommended is to &lt;strong&gt;fax&lt;/strong&gt; a copy of my passport, I-94 and US F1 Visa copies to an Indian fax machine. The idea is that the facsimile would have a US telephone number associated with it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The problem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not withstanding the lack of wisdom on the MEA's part that one can spoof US phone numbers via online fax websites etc., I am unable to fax documents from my little town in the Upper Midwest of the USA due to technical difficulties and the fact that my town has only &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; (that is correct ladies and gentlemen!) fax machine. The nearest fax machine is about 6 hours away.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other &quot;legal&quot; (want of a better word) methods may I use to prove that I am in the USA and that I CANNOT appear in person at the MEA in India to get my birth certificates apostilled?  NO, I cannot appear in person at the MEA in India. For a variety of reasons, I am unable to travel the 6 hours to the nearest fax machine and unfortunately this would appear to be non-negotiable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="133" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T11:28:41.547" LastActivityDate="2019-07-04T16:43:52.427" Title="How to prove I am out of the country - Ministry of External affairs, India and Government of France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="576" CreationDate="2014-03-20T11:26:27.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can also get your mail forwarded from France to Italy for 6 month. Or at least you could 10 years ago. Would this cover at least the 2013 &quot;déclaration de revenus&quot;? You have to go to the post office to set this up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as declaring your move, if you're self-employed you have to go to URSAFF to declare you're terminating your activities in France. If you are working for a company, you don't have anything to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="318" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T11:26:27.277" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="677" CreationDate="2014-03-20T12:23:53.960" Score="7" ViewCount="1633" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Germany but I have lived in Argentina for a year. I currently use a tourist visa for that, leaving and returning to Argentina every 3 months and don't work here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to work here. I work in Germany from time to time and live from that money in Argentina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;live in Argentina&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have the possibilities to buy property&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;come and go over the border as I like&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have the right to stay permanently&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What possibilities do I have to get a resident permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-06T16:57:03.860" LastActivityDate="2014-04-06T18:07:19.207" Title="Get the Argentinian resident permit" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2014-03-20T13:42:56.827" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best place is Russia -- 13% taxes and there are no too much attention to you even you would`nt pay it at all. Also there is so much vodka and beautiful girls so you would never want to leave it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/shortterm/articles/jobs_in_russia_freelancing.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/shortterm/articles/jobs_in_russia_freelancing.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="521" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T13:42:56.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2014-03-20T14:17:29.403" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any issue with using an online system to send the fax. You are in the US so you are not breaking any rules. That said, you may not want to give a random internet company an electronic copy your personal documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many stores and frequently hotels have fax machines. I would be surprised if the nearest fax machine was really 6 hours away. In years past, I often sent faxes from hotels that I was not staying at. It might be harder to convince someone to send an international fax for you. Have you asked at your nearest hotel? What at the nearest hospital? It is amazing the extent to which people will take advantage of their employers for friends or a $20 bill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only a slightly more expensive option is to buy a fax machine since they are pretty cheap these days. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.staples.com/fax/directory_fax?sby=1&amp;amp;rpp=18&amp;amp;pn=1&amp;amp;sr=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Staples&lt;/a&gt; sells one for $40 with free shipping, and if you search longer you will likely be able to find a better deal. This seems cheaper than a trip to India or a 6 hour drive. You could ideally then resell the machine after you are done with it. If not you could donate it to someone in your town since they seem in need of a fax machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T14:22:39.680" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T14:22:39.680" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="671" CreationDate="2014-03-20T14:29:38.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that for Americans you have to provide proof that you have an income of at least $1000/month or that you have a job in Argentina. If you want a job and you speak English it really won't be hard. I knew Americans/Canadians that got jobs with real estate offices and software developers simply because they spoke English. The company just paid them in cash under the table.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're going to want to fill out the paperwork to get what is called &quot;Documento Nacional de Identificación de Extranjero&quot; or &quot;DNI de Extranjero&quot;. I believe you're going to have to go to a police station to fill out the paperwork. It is the Argentine national identification card. If you're a foreigner then they will simply mark &quot;Extranjero&quot; on your card. You're also going to need an Argentina address. This is where they are going to send the card once you are approved and this is the address that will appear on your ID. They will run a background check in your home country to make sure that you're not a criminal or anything like that. I was surprised at how fast the process went for some of my friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you have to pay a fee to get the paperwork started, but if you have access to Euros then it should be really cheap for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-06T18:07:19.207" LastActivityDate="2014-04-06T18:07:19.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="671" CreationDate="2014-03-20T14:40:03.263" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two possible ways to stay long-term in Argentina – as a Permanent Resident or a Temporary Resident and it seems that it's &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; an easy and fast process, involving much paperwork:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proof of identity: valid identity card or passport with at least 6 months remaining and a complete set of photocopies (including blank&#xA;  pages).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proof of entry: entrance stamp affixed to the country travel document or immigration card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Birth certificate: translated to Spanish and legalized by the Argentine Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Criminal record certificate: issued by the country where the the last 5 (five) years were spent prior to entry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Argentine criminal record certificate: Criminal record issued by the Argentine Federal Police (Azopardo 620. Buenos Aires).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two color photos (4×4)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employment contract: Signed employment contract from a business or place of work registered with the Argentine consulate. See the&#xA;  department of immigration for more details/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Application fee: AR $600&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All foreign language documents must be translated into Spanish by a&#xA;  National Public Translator certified by the Association of Translators&#xA;  (Corrientes 1834. Buenos Aires. Tel: 4373-7173). Original language&#xA;  copies must be submitted along with their translations. The Department&#xA;  of Immigration may request, if deemed necessary, additional&#xA;  documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you don't work in Argentina, you can apply for Financier visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a broad-based and flexible visa and merely requires proof that&#xA;  a guaranteed minimum monthly income of 8,500 Argentine pesos (ARS) or&#xA;  2,200 USD can be paid into an Argentinean bank account. The&#xA;  immigration authorities will require you to prove that this income&#xA;  will continue once you have moved to Argentina. Income from&#xA;  investments, annuities and dividends from a business are all&#xA;  acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't speak Spanish fluently, it's advisable to find someone to help you - an agency or at least a friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatarrivals.com/argentina/visas-for-argentina&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.expatarrivals.com/argentina/visas-for-argentina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatarrivals.com/article/getting-and-applying-for-permanent-residency-in-argentina&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.expatarrivals.com/article/getting-and-applying-for-permanent-residency-in-argentina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://argentina.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/permanent-residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://argentina.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/permanent-residency/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://enterbuenosaires.com/get-argentinian-residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://enterbuenosaires.com/get-argentinian-residency/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T14:40:03.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-03-20T14:42:52.453" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;USA Allows it, as I found out last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was American born and lived there til around 11 years old. I now live in the UK and my son was born here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We tried to get him US national status but the rules for that are that I have to have lived in the US for a certain qualifying period (I qualified) with a certain amount over the age of 14 (I didn't)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we were told that if my parents met the residency requirements (they did) then my son would be eligible under a grandparent provision, but it must be applied for from within the USA, not at a foreign embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/robirth.html&quot;&gt;More Info here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, a child under age 18 who has a U.S. citizen grandparent who meets the physical presence requirements may qualify for expeditious naturalization under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Although not entitled to U.S. citizenship at birth, the child can, through this procedure, become a U.S. citizen by naturalization without first having to take up residence in the United States. It is, however, necessary for the child to travel to the United States for the naturalization, and all applications and documentation must be submitted and approved beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="520" LastEditorUserId="520" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T15:16:50.470" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T15:16:50.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12" CreationDate="2014-03-20T14:49:31.533" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes there are such plans available but they may not be available yet on individual basis.  Namely the may be available for large multinational corporations rather then individual employees or self-employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can take a look at the article by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mercer.com/articles/international-pension-plans-a-growing-trend-1430405&quot;&gt;Mark Price from Mercer Group&lt;/a&gt; on the subject of IPPs(International Pension Plans) which provide you exactly what you're looking for in terms of being available from many countries with contributions in many various currencies and so on.  The article also gives an incomplete list of providers of such plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is that some of them like the one provided by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zurich.com/productsservices/corporations/corporatelife/international-pension-plan.htm#ref2&quot;&gt;Zurich International Solutions&lt;/a&gt; require contributions at a minimum of $100,000 per annum.  There are solutions that are supposed to be tailored to the individuals from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swisslife.com/international/corporateclients/solutions/by_population/expat_mobile_employees.html&quot;&gt;Swiss Life&lt;/a&gt; but I can't find details on what they are and most of the other ones I have tried looking at the situation is exactly the same (call us and we will discuss what we can do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T14:49:31.533" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="66" CreationDate="2014-03-20T15:07:56.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While living somewhere and not being registered usually isn't a legal option, you may want to consider &lt;strong&gt;differentiating between a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ehow.com/facts_7485392_primary-residence-vs-secondary-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;primary and a secondary residence&lt;/a&gt; when you have two households&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you work and generally live in Austria, but you still have a house or apartment in Italy, you might want to register your home in Austria as primary residence and your home in Italy as secondary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked not long ago for the situation within Germany, and declaring secondary residences can allow you to deduct various costs from your taxes in relation to &lt;em&gt;separation of work and family in two different households&lt;/em&gt;. It is also possible in Germany to register a vacation home for tax-benefits. I can imagine that there might also be tax benefits of these kinds internationally. But tax law is complicated and depends on lots of individual factors and being able to supply proof of fulfilling certain conditions. You have to look at your situation specifically and read through the legal statutes to see what possibilities are available - or hire a tax-lawyer if you have enough money at stake to make it pay off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T15:07:56.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="681" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="695" CreationDate="2014-03-20T15:43:17.307" Score="7" ViewCount="1693" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of moving to Cape Town, in South Africa. I heard a lot of clichés about safety overall in South Africa. There is also the famous story of Pistorius that shows the fear of house robbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how different from Western Europe is safety handled in South Africa, in Cape Town if that matters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the wording might be too vague. So let me try to be clear. What I expect when living in a rented place is that you lock the door and windows when you leave your place, but nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The things I heard make me wonder if I would need extra security, be it an alarm, cameras supervised by a security company, or even live in a gated community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not take in account the chances to get robbed when walking in the neighborhood, I consider it risky to show too much you have valuables on you, whatever the country and area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T08:54:08.247" Title="Accommodation in Cape Town : what about safety?" Tags="&lt;south-africa&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="685" CreationDate="2014-03-20T15:48:20.537" Score="5" ViewCount="1066" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living as expat in Germany. While it's probably too late to correct that (I'm returning in a few months) I've heard I should deregister from Polish address in tax office and give them my foreign address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a doubt with it because my Polish ID-Card has registration address on it, and I can't unregister in City Office responsible for registration without giving the place (in Poland) where I go (to prevent being registered nowhere). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question arises, is it possible to unregister from Polish address when leaving Poland? Or maybe it's actually required to say I'm going abroad? When I've filled tax formular I've asked about income from abroad in tax office, and they've said nothing about I should deregister when emigrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T16:44:55.460" Title="Do I need (can) unregister from Polish address when leaving Poland?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="683" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="710" CreationDate="2014-03-20T16:11:51.037" Score="8" ViewCount="10786" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am used to always pay with cash or credit card and I never had to pay with a cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not comfortable with it and I would like to know what are the parts I should fill, if I have to be very careful with some things so that noone can falsify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone describe this process to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T23:01:14.240" Title="How do I pay with a French cheque?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="194" CreationDate="2014-03-20T16:14:29.287" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I am the co-founder of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://tawipay.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;comparison website for international money transfer&lt;/a&gt; services which gives me insights to respond to OP’s question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traditional banks may charge fees on the sending and/or receiving sides for international money transfers. There are two variables you have to check (with your bank or money transfer operator):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Transfer fee&lt;/strong&gt; is charged by the payment service provider to transfer the money. It can either be a fixed fee, or vary depending on the transfer amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conversion fee&lt;/strong&gt; in the form of a differences between interbank exchange rates and the rates they apply to their customer's transactions. This conversion fee is not paid upfront and is essentially hidden to the untrained eye.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You either need to ask your banks (sending/receiving side) what are the transfer fees and the exchange rate applied or use a money transfer operator that applies more interesting exchange rate and transparent cost structure. You’ll make a national transfer in their bank account in Germany and they will transfer money on your bank account in Poland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we don't cover Germany-Poland yet on our comparison engine, I have manually searched  here for a 1000€ transfer with some innovative companies we know of (sorted by order of increasing cost):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transfergo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Transfergo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://transferwise.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Transferwise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://azimo.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Azimo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xendpay.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Xendpay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://skrill.com/skrillit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Skrill it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="505" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T14:54:09.663" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T14:54:09.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="682" CreationDate="2014-03-20T16:27:50.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the letter of the law, in theory you should, according to article 15 of Population Register and Identity Cards Act (&lt;a href=&quot;http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19740140085&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ustawa o ewidencji ludności i dowodach osobistych&lt;/a&gt;) you ought to do that at latest the last day before leaving you current address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Art. 15.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§1. Osoba, która opuszcza miejsce pobytu stałego lub czasowego&#xA;  trwającego ponad 3 miesiące, jest obowiązana wymeldować się w organie&#xA;  gminy, właściwym ze względu na dotychczasowe miejsce jej pobytu,&#xA;  najpóźniej w dniu opuszczenia tego miejsca.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§3. Osoba, która wyjeżdża poza granice Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na&#xA;  okres dłuższy niż 6 miesięcy, jest obowiązana zgłosić swój wyjazd oraz&#xA;  powrót właściwemu ze względu na miejsce pobytu stałego organowi&#xA;  wymienionemu w ust. 1. Zgłoszenia wyjazdu dokonuje się najpóźniej w&#xA;  dniu opuszczenia dotychczasowego miejsca pobytu, a zgłoszenia powrotu&#xA;  – najpóźniej w 30. dniu, licząc od dnia powrotu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rough translation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 15&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 1 A person who abandons the place of permanent or temporary residence &#xA;  of more than three months, is required to unregister at &#xA;  municipality having jurisdiction over the place of former residence,&#xA;  at the latest on day of leaving said residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 3 A person who goes abroad leaving the Republic of Polish for&#xA;  a period longer than six months, is required to report the departure and&#xA;  the return to the municipality having jurisdiction over the place of former residence&#xA;  as listed in § 1. Notification of leaving should be carried out at the latest&#xA;  on the day of leaving the current place of residence, and reporting the return &#xA;  &amp;mdash; no later than within 30 days of the return date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is mostly dead law, which is never enforced. The only consequence for not doing so is that whoever is living in that address for more than 3 months can unregister you themselves. Which is pretty much the same as if you'd just unregister yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice it is a good idea to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; unregister, as being registered with municipality in Poland simplifies a lot of bureaucratic procedures. This is advised even by some of the municipality clerks (off the record of course). This is not just my experience, I've heard that from multiple sources. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience, it's been 10 years since I've moved abroad and I have not unregistered. Did not have any issues because of that. On the other hand this helped me greatly fast-tracking things like getting papers ready for getting married in Poland, getting my kids registered and getting their Polish birth certificates, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T16:44:55.460" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T16:44:55.460" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="599" CreationDate="2014-03-20T17:16:38.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the thing according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS Publication 15 Section 4&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw2w3.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W-2 Instructions&lt;/a&gt; the employer when filling out the W-2 form which you have received must provide an SSN or ITIN in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Box a on the form&lt;/a&gt;, which means that if you need to file as Non-Resident or Part Year resident in California you should use the same ID that was provided to you on the W-2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the employer didn't provide this information on the form it is likely to be considered a violation with fines or other consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T17:16:38.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2014-03-20T17:21:54.593" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take a picture of you holding the local newspaper (date, and place), your passport and/or the e-mail they sent to you asking for proving your are out of India. Send it to your parents, and bring it to the MEA office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope you the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="529" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T17:21:54.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="386" CreationDate="2014-03-20T17:32:33.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Biometric Residence card is not required in all circumstances, and I've found no significant advantage in having it. Note that I am a non-EU citizen, so your experience may be different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best source of information on the card that I've found is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261497/brp-information-leaflet.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261497/brp-information-leaflet.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration authorities will tell you when you need to get one (it'll be detailed on the form you use), and there's no reason that I know of to get one sooner than that. This is detailed in that document on page 4 &quot;Who has to apply for a biometric permit&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was required to get one as part of my conversion from a &quot;Spousal Visa&quot; to &quot;Indefinite Leave to Remain&quot;. Until then, my visa was stuck into my passport. &#xA;The card has a few (minimal) advantages, according to the document above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main use is proof of identity for employers, or any place that you would need to prove your identity (such as at a bank, or when enrolling as a student). This may be useful if you don't have a card-base driver's license, or have lost your passport or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a biometric residence permit and are a foreign national, you are required to show it to a potential employer before they hire you (see the above document). Note that if you don't have the biometric permit, employers may still hire you, but they will require different evidence of your visa - such as the sticker in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T17:32:33.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T17:46:45.183" Score="3" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to apply for permanent residency in Paraguay, I have to get some documents &quot;legalized&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does that mean, and how do I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently located in the US, and I'm a US citizen, if that is important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastActivityDate="2014-10-19T22:43:21.597" Title="How to legalize documents for Paraguayan residency in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;paraguay&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="691" CreationDate="2014-03-20T17:46:45.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Definition&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legalization is a process by which a consular agent validates the legal status of a document.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalization_%28international_law%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; for a full explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Overview&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These instructions cover the process to legalize documents (e.g., for your permanent residency application) at the Paraguayan consulate in Los Angeles.  The process might be slightly different depending on which consulate you need to go to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://paraguay.visahq.com/embassy/united-states/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nearest consulate to you&lt;/a&gt; to have your documents legalized.  Some countries require that you submit documents to the consulate that has &quot;jurisdiction&quot; over the state where the document was issued, but I was able to get documents legalized just fine at the LA consulate despite those documents being issued from multiple states across the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Location&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www1.mre.gov.py:82/procesador/la/indexEN.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paraguayan consulate in LA&lt;/a&gt; is located in a big office building at 9841 Airport Boulevard, Suite 820.  From LAX, it's about a $7-10 cab ride.  If you are driving your own vehicle, note that parking is not free (but it's not terribly expensive; if you are in and out within 15-30 minutes each visit, it will cost you less than $5 each time, and the parking garage attendant accepts credit cards).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Cost and Turnaround&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consulate publishes the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www1.mre.gov.py:82/procesador/la/LegalizacionesEN.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;legalization price list&lt;/a&gt; online.  As a general rule, expect each document to cost between $30-35.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not a same-day service.  After you drop off your documents, it will take a couple of days before the legalization is done.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be sure to mention that you are from out of town and visiting specifically to get your documents legalized.&lt;/strong&gt;  For some reason, if the receptionist thinks you are local, she will quote a significantly increased turnaround time.  In my case, she originally said it would take 5 days, but when I mentioned that I had flown in from Texas, she told me to try back the next day (although they weren't ready until the following day).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also be aware that your documents might not be ready when they say they'll be ready.  When I went to get my docs legalized, the receptionist told me to call back the next day to see if they were ready.  I stopped by the next day, and she informed me that the person who does legalizations wasn't even in that day!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that you are dealing with bureaucrats, and also from what I've heard, it is part of Paraguayan culture to tell white lies to save face. &lt;sup&gt;[citation needed]&lt;/sup&gt;  Be patient, check back frequently (I recommend showing up in person every day), &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; be polite and friendly towards the receptionist, and you will eventually walk out of there with your documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Legalization&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does a legalized document look like, you may ask?  There's two components to the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Paraguayan official stamps and signs the back of the document (very similar to a notary).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Special &quot;consular services&quot; stamps are affixed to the back of the document as well, similarly to the visa in your passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't expect the end result to look pretty.  When I got my docs legalized, they ripped off the apostille on my FBI background check, and the stamp had so much ink in it that it bled through to the front of each document.  I checked with my fixer, and she said that's OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an attorney, tax professional nor financial advisor.  Nothing contained in this post should be considered legal, financial, medical or any other kind of advice, for that matter.  Always do your own research and due diligence before getting involved with foreign governments and offshore service providers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.evernote.com/shard/s278/sh/e5729c96-bf16-454a-a683-d66fe2504866/efdc2edfa302182ceee0156c829afecd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Original Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T17:46:45.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-03-20T18:11:20.453" Score="30" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The Simplest Way&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the note by ppumkin below this answer for what seems like the simplest solution. It wasn't possible at the time I arrived in the UK - though perhaps things have changed. If you have success with that method, please upvote it and note your success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm leaving the remainder of this as an alternative method (especially since I thought it was a neat hack :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Simple Way&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some banks have specific accounts that are designed for your situation. Here are two, but I'm sure there are others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lloydsbank.com/banking-with-us/joining-lloyds/new-to-the-uk.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lloyd's Bank &quot;New to the UK&quot; account&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These accounts can be opened with just a passport. The major disadvantages are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The accounts are expensive relative to a standard account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You get fewer benefits than a normal charged-for account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are frequently tied into a year contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Engineered Way&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a neat way of resolving this when I moved to the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using internet banking, log into your overseas bank account back &quot;home&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adjust the address on file on your non-UK bank account. In my case this was an electronic process with no requirement for proof of address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once the change in address had gone through, apply for a &quot;duplicate statement&quot; from your non-UK bank.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The duplicate statement will now be delivered to your UK address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once it arrives you now have a bank statement that nicely matches the requirements of for opening a new account in the UK: a bank statement with a UK address on it, albeit from an overseas bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I then took this duplicate statement to a UK bank and applied for a standard account. They were willing to accept my original bank statement as proof of address, even although it was from an overseas bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it helped that my original overseas bank was &quot;HSBC Offshore&quot;, and the bank I was applying at in the UK was &quot;HSBC UK&quot;. However, you might be able to do the same thing with your bank, if that bank is a recognisable entity to a bank manager in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also like to echo other respondents to this question: initially, you should consider banking at a branch frequented by other expats if possible. Our immigration lawyers suggested that the HSBC branch closest to the UK Border Agency in Croydon would certify bank statements - while two branches of the bank assured me they would do no such thing (Note that I didn't test this, as it wasn't actually necessary in our case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T11:40:37.303" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T11:40:37.303" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="694" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="697" CreationDate="2014-03-20T18:12:36.920" Score="7" ViewCount="3832" Body="&lt;p&gt;For EU citizens, after five years of residency, one can acquire a permanent &lt;em&gt;oppholdstillatelse&lt;/em&gt; with the local authorities in Norway. Is there a particular advantage in getting such a permit other than the possibility of staying in the country without a permanent work contract? Do I gain any rights in Norway by having such a permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T19:12:21.567" LastActivityDate="2017-03-08T14:38:16.733" Title="Is there an advantage of acquiring permanent residence in Norway?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2014-03-20T18:32:42.637" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Cape Town for 6 month where I stayed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatory,_Cape_Town&quot;&gt;Observatory&lt;/a&gt;, an area where many students live and where crime is said to be rather bad for Cape Town standards. Nevertheless, I never felt unsafe at home, even at night and I was never robbed even though I experienced &quot;proactive begging&quot; where people came to my house which I shared with others, asking for money and attempting to enter our property which was however guarded by an electric fence what is not so uncommon in Cape Town.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, depending on whom you ask, you will - based on a person's personal experience - either get an answer like mine or an experience report on how dangerous South Africa can unfortunately be. My neighbor for example was drugged after bringing home a girl after which he woke up in an empty apartment. And if you &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_South_Africa&quot;&gt;look at statistics&lt;/a&gt;, the answer is clearly yes: You should be concerned about the safety of your home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I observed every single house in Cape Town to be guarded by some sort of security company and I would recommend you to have such security. However, chances are that your entire building has such security included in the contract since it is so common. Additionally, most apartments have panic buttons inside. All these measures are however mostly intended for scaring away people, I never had to press our button once. The signs hang high on each door, though and you do not want to be the exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good locks are important. Do not have anything visible in the yard, such as bikes or a motorcycle. Park your car on your grounds, not on the street. If you follow all that, chances are that you will not make a bad experience. If you do nevertheless, you might rather spend some money on insurance than better security. However, if you are a girl, you might set the bar a little higher, since &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa&quot;&gt;rape is an unfortunate problem&lt;/a&gt; in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a final note. Don't let these stories ruin Cape Town for you though. Most crime happens in the town ships and in the suburbs. As an immigrant, you do not live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T18:32:42.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="513" CreationDate="2014-03-20T18:45:31.487" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not use an agency or a brokerage firm.&lt;/strong&gt; This is a huge ripoff. Just find a place on Craig's list. It is harder in Manhattan or San Francisco, but very easy everywhere else in the country. Yes, you do need to visit in person first to avoid scams, but this is also true of agency-advertised housing. Of course if you are picky you can spend more time and find something nicer, or a better deal, or whatever. It may be helpful if you can provide proof of your income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="532" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T18:45:31.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="694" CreationDate="2014-03-20T19:22:06.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the rules in the EEA are similar to those within the EU, you do get additional rights but those are not necessarily contingent on getting the permit (at least that's &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/citizenship/docs/guide_free_movement_low.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;what the EU suggests&lt;/a&gt; but I am told it's not entirely settled). Under this interpretation, you are a permanent resident by virtue of having lived and worked in the country for five years, the permit is just a way to document this/have your rights recognized should you need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main consequence is indeed that you now have an indefinite right to stay in the country and are protected against expulsion, even if you were to lose your job or the financial means to support yourself. You should also have access to welfare benefits under the same conditions than locals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it should be free and not need to be renewed, I would definitely apply for it. You never know what the future holds and even if you can't really see yourself in this position now, if you do need it in the future, it might be too late to apply. For example, if a serious illness befell you and you were to lose your job and need expensive treatment, it would give you the possibility to choose to get health coverage and disability benefits in Norway (at least to the extent that Norwegian law provides for Norwegians of course, which might or might not be better than in your own country – mostly better I think).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T12:31:14.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T12:31:14.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-20T19:35:22.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Requirement for Photo ID&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, you will find that the requirement for photo identification is fairly limited. I think you may find the hassle of using something other than your passport isn't worthwhile, unless you are young enough to need to prove your age when buying alcohol or tobacco, or have specific work-related access-control requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In almost all cases that I've been asked for photo ID, it's been a organised situation - like applying for a bank account or similar. The only exceptions to this have been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When driving, where my driver's license was required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When visiting a secure datacenter which had a policy of requiring photo ID that I wasn't aware of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Driver's License&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common form of photo identification is almost certainly a driver's license. If you have an EU driver's license card, you will almost certainly find it's universally accepted as proof of identity in the UK, since the UK card adheres to the EU standard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the unlikely event that you run into trouble with an EU license, you could convert your EU driver's license to a UK driver's license as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&lt;/a&gt; for a fee of £50. There are certain limitations to when you can do that, such as how long you've been in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Biometric Residence Permit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your visa / residence status, you may find that you are required to register for a Biometric Residence Permit. This is a legally acceptable form of photo identity, but is only applicable in certain circumstances (such as when getting Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK). It is thus quite unusual, and you may only be required to get it years after you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Proof of Identity in the UK&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof of identity in the UK is politically and practically complicated. Overall there is no universal method for proving identity in the UK, as many claim that introducing such a structure will lead to a loss of civil liberties. I cannot link to the page (due to my low ranking) but a search for the No2ID campaign will explain more about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Identity is thus normally proved by having letters or utility bills that are destined for your name and address. There is no requirement for those born in the UK to have photographic proof of identity for almost any purpose (including voting or even buying a house). Passports are not universally held, but are required for leaving the country - I would guess that they are the second most frequent form of photo identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, the lack of universal photo identification means that the requirement for photographic identification on a day-by-day basis is very limited. It is only really required when doing something like opening a bank account as a foreign national, or registering to study or similar. You may find it easiest to stick to using your passport for these reasonably rare circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Pass-Scheme Card&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are running into problems buying alcohol or tobacco products, a private company produces a card that retailers will accept for this specific purpose at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/&quot;&gt;http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt; Note that it's not proof of identity so far as I know, and I think it's very unlikely your bank will accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T19:35:22.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="493" CreationDate="2014-03-20T19:51:10.883" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears your options are pretty limited here, unfortunately, especially since the DVLA seems to have closed all their regional offices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, you might want to try check in with (certain) larger Post Offices. Some Post Office branches have a license photocard renewal service where they validate passport details so that posting it is not necessary. However, it seems unlikely that this possible for foreign licenses, and I'm pretty sure the DVLA would have mentioned it on the phone if it were possible. It may be worth chatting to the postmaster at the biggest branch near you. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/uk-driving-licence-photocard-renewal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/uk-driving-licence-photocard-renewal&lt;/a&gt; has information on this service. Small post offices do not offer it, so check the website for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you could as the DVLA if they are willing to accept a notarised copy of your passport instead of the original. This will require a trip to a Notary Public, and will cost in the region of £50 to £75. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thenotariessociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thenotariessociety.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt; has a search engine to find the notary nearest to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T19:51:10.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="42" CreationDate="2014-03-20T21:01:19.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As SztupY mentioned, you need to request permission retain your South African citizenship on gaining any other citizenship. If you are not granted such permission, you will lose South African citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a little worried you may have lost your South African citizenship on gaining Polish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Requesting Retention&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in the UK / London, the process for retaining citizenship is detailed &lt;a href=&quot;http://southafricahouseuk.com/passports/psprt_citret.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on the South Africa House Citizenship Retention Page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you apply in person, since finding someone to certify a copy of your passport according to South African standards is likely to be expensive / difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You should leave a good few weeks for this process before you gain UK citizenship, since the first step could take more than 2 weeks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Process&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-proof-that-you-do-not-have-british-citizenship-form-nq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;letter confirming you have not gained British Citizenship&lt;/a&gt; from the UK government. This currently (March 2014) costs £94, and will take 10 &lt;strong&gt;working&lt;/strong&gt; days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Download and fill in the BI-1664 and BI-529 forms from the South Africa House page (more details about which items to cross out and ignore are on the same page). If you have questions, staff at South Africa House are helpful. Print a couple of spare copies in case you have forgotten something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a couple of copies of the photo page of your passport. Don't forget this, or you will need to find a photocopier somewhere in central London. South Africa House staff won't do it for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Draw £25 in cash for the South Africa House fee (current price as at March 2014)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit the Consular Section of South Africa House at 15 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DD in person. No appointment is necessary, but you should arrive from 08:45 to 12:45 Monday to Friday (note that this excludes &lt;em&gt;South African&lt;/em&gt; public holidays, which UK consular staff take as holidays).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expect the process to take a few hours. If all is well, you should leave with the appropriate permission letter on the same day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T21:01:19.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="701" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="703" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:13:51.307" Score="9" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coming from the EU, I am in the process of getting a DV visa, and planning to go to the US for reconnaissance mid-June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When entering the US, I understand, the border patrol has the right (even with a valid greencard-eligible visa) to turn it down, and cancel it for arbitrary reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contingencies like this, would applying for the Visa Waiver Program as a next-best-alternative let me enter the United States (for the VWP period)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T19:56:52.113" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T03:17:13.807" Title="Having a valid Visa to the US, should I also enroll for VWP before traveling to the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="744" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:21:36.043" Score="7" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move from London to San Francisco, I'd prefer to do the rent searching while I'm actually there, such that I can check different places / options out with my own eye (learning from previous mistakes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This presents two problems regarding high-value, heavy items (specifically, desktop computer): it's too heavy to carry with me while looking for rent, and I can't post it without a known destination beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any postal &amp;amp; storage services, which can take care of heavy and high value items for a certain period of time (paying on eg. monthly basis), and then post forward once I settle in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T20:07:09.070" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T15:44:04.750" Title="Moving &amp; temporarily storing heavy items Cross-Atlantic" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="701" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:29:09.117" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have any kind of valid U.S. Visa in your passport, you should not do ESTA. It wouldn't matter because whenever you have a valid visa, the VWP does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are still waiting on your visa to be issued you can enter on VWP and tell border security that you are on a personal exploratory visit before your green card is issued, which is perfectly acceptable. &lt;strong&gt;Don't ever lie about your true intentions&lt;/strong&gt;. If they determine you haven't been telling the truth it could jeopardize your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note that you can't &lt;strong&gt;apply&lt;/strong&gt; for VWP. VWP means that you don't need a visa for simple tourist or business trips. You &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; apply for ESTA if you arrive by air or sea (so if you enter via Canada you don't need ESTA).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T20:10:07.117" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T20:10:07.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="704" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:33:19.323" Score="10" ViewCount="745" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having lived in the UK for ~6 years, I'm now preparing to move to the US. As a corporate director, I've contributed to UK's National Insurance at basic rates, but made minimal investments above that. Not planning on receiving any benefit, or pension from the UK; however, I do appreciate their national healthcare services, when compared to the US counterparts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question for the contingency of getting Really Sick (non-emergency medical operations):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I keep paying National Insurance at given rates, and keep the medical coverage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would that coverage be exercisable by traveling to the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to communicate &quot;moving to another country&quot; to the UK government for NI coverage continuity?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T07:29:42.533" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T07:29:42.533" Title="Advantages of keeping UK National Insurance while moving permanently to another country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:46:33.407" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to ship your stuff to the U.S. you can use air freight, which takes only a few days in transit and is not that expensive (I paid $500 to ship 800 pounds of stuff).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So one option would be to keep your stuff at home (with friends or relatives), ready to ship. When you find an apartment, have everything shipped to your U.S. address and within a few days you'll get your stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T22:46:33.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="29" CreationDate="2014-03-20T22:50:03.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you need insurance, and to pay road tax. They are not included in the cost of petrol or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to budget for the following items in purchasing a car:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Insurance. It's a legal requirement that you have insurance for your car. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/driving-without-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/driving-without-insurance&lt;/a&gt; has details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for the car (which you refer to as &quot;road tax&quot; above). &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables&lt;/a&gt; details costs, which vary with vehicle model, age, and fuel type.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An MOT - effectively this is a roadworthiness inspection. This is normally done annually, but can vary depending on the age of the vehicle. It's done at local garages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the MOT finds problems with the car, the issues will have to be fixed before the MOT is granted. This frequently means the MOT process will be significantly more expensive than the actual MOT fee. Since the garage is issuing the MOT, they have a conflict of interest.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Parking costs. If you have to park on the street, you may need to apply for residents parking with your local council. You will also have ad-hoc charges on the street. This varies from council to council.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extra taxes and fees like the Congestion Charge fee, if you are driving in London.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Costs associated with your personal driver's license - renewal fees, conversion of license fees, and similar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Insurance costs can vary significantly by insurer. The most expensive quote I received was over £1,200 more (per year) than the cheapest quote I got! Use a site like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/&lt;/a&gt; to find a reasonable price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="8420" LastEditDate="2015-10-26T17:02:52.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T17:02:52.217" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="194" CreationDate="2014-03-20T23:37:44.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of this year there will be no &quot;national&quot; transfers, all transfer between EU banks will be SEPA transfers, thus priced equally regardless if both banks are in same country or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SEPA will create a payment market for all cashless euro payments, in&#xA;  which there will no longer be a difference between national and&#xA;  cross-border payments. From 1 February 2014, the current national&#xA;  credit transfer and direct debit procedures will expire. Subsequently,&#xA;  all payment service providers in the euro area will only be able to&#xA;  settle payments using the new SEPA procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/EN/Topics/2012/2012_05_16_standard_payment_procedures_from_2014.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bundesbank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due some banks lagging behind, EU has &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-6_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;extended deadline by 6 months&lt;/a&gt;, but most banks implement this already. Note, that the deadline is only for the format in which transfers are done, rather than charges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're transferring Euros to account in Złotys, bank can apply currency conversion fee (usually fraction of percent, sometimes with some minimal fee) and convert it according to it's exchange rates which usually have significant spread (for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mbank.pl/notowania/kursy-walut/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mBank has spread of 6%&lt;/a&gt;, thus effectively you're loosing 3% of value). Which bank will apply this depends on the currency you've selected while making the transfer. If you selected Euro, than conversion will be done by the receiving bank, if you selected PLN, then conversion is done by sending bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid all these problems, the easiest remedy is to create (sub)account denominated in Euro in your Polish bank. Most, if not all, Polish banks have that option. You can then use 3rd party service to exchange EUR-&gt;PLN at much better rate. You can compare these 3rd party exchange services here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://strefawalut.pl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://strefawalut.pl/&lt;/a&gt; As you can see the spreads are significantly lower than in banks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T14:50:18.263" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T14:50:18.263" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2014-03-20T23:54:06.457" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in South Africa and travelled and lived to/in Cape Town, Durban and other places - I still have many friends that live and work in Cape town and Johannesburg and lead normal lives. My answer is lengthy, but really very shortened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over the years you will gain a sense of necessity for safety where ever you live in South Africa, not just Cape Town, and it becomes a natural part of life- Do not let it bring you down but treat it with respect. I lived through the change from apartheid to a Democratic South Africa and strongly believe that it was a necessary step in the history of the country, but minorities still have stigma associated with the change, and what makes it unique they are for very different reasons, as sensitive as they may be, the more mature Democracy becomes the smaller the minorities become. But each country will always live with extreme right and left wing politics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intention is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to spread scare politics but to allow you to embrace that Africa, is Africa. Rules are completely different than in well established Western countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any tourist or western world immigrant I can recommend the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the first months of living there try and replace your everyday clothes. Fashion is main give away for criminals targeting unknowing people. Even when I go on holiday first thing is go to a shop like 'Pep', 'Jet', 'Mr Price', where the majority of low and middle class people buy clothes. It is inexpensive but will blend you into the crowd.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may be used to using devices like high end smartphones or tablets in public freely without any serious concern, because it is likely several people next to you also own these. In SA, these are items of high value and even citizens get targeted for these. Social phising involves asking for time, asking for directions where the phisher/pick pocket will establish if you have anything like this on you. At first, consider buying an ordinary cell phone for everyday use.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the same reasons, wearing flashy gold, silver or other jewellery also makes you a prime target.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Know where your Police stations and Hospitals are.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commuting in South Africa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The most popular is with a car, as public transport is virtually non existent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not leave devices on the dash board, GPS, smart phones - This also applies to hand bags, laptop bags or back packs in line of sight, when your car is unattended.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure that auto locking is always enabled or lock the doors at all times. Trust me I have been a victim &quot;robbed&quot; like this several times, you don't even realise when somebody is trying to open your door. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will also see signs on road saying hi-jack hot spot. As peculiar as it sounds and I have never seen these anywhere but in SA, any where is a hi-jack hot spot. The main target are traffic lights near open fields on the outskirts of any town or places where you must stop. There is a law&lt;sup&gt;Citation needed&lt;/sup&gt; in South Africa that woman can slow down at red lights and go through them if: Its after sunset, They feel vulnerable at the time. Providing that there is no traffic and its safe to pass. This is not a free for all and needs to be appealed in court.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another interesting law is that if a Police Vehicle tries and flag you down and you feel suspicious, you can drive to your nearest Police station and go inside. Police stops at night are rare because of this, so it is a high risk that it could be a trick. Police checks are usefully done with 2 or more units, on busy highways, during the day. It is quite common to see this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should not take these above &quot;laws&quot; literally and only apply them when you feel threatened, driving during off peak times 23:00-5:00&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try not buy anything from street vendors while in traffic. Do not get upset with them either, especially the guys who wash your wind screen with some dirty water. They are also trying to make some cash to feed their family but also these people work in organised units to protect them selves from racist minorities, don't be one of them.  Each region you go to will have people selling things on the street or car to car,I mean some places have a stream of people trying to sell you something. Buy at your discretion but make sure your valuables are stored away and never take out, or show how much money you have in your wallet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Drive Aware - Allot of the cars are un road worthy and drink/drug driving is a problem. If you get hit or damaged by somebody, they usually will be uninsured. So if your car is like a baby to you get a good insurance policy. Otherwise just don't stress about it. Dents in your are like war wounds, at least that is how I treated it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can use local &quot;Taxis&quot; that are mini buses, which I think most of them operate on defined routes and are regulated. They are cheap and cheerful way to get around town, and definitely worth experiencing. Have change handy, visas not accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Living in South Africa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The main checklist, and I joke not, is if there are anti burglar bars in the house or apartment, that is good. Active alarm with armed response is a bonus in low density areas or high crime areas. I do not miss either of those features but without that you are a more likely target by organised crime.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Automatic gates are very popular and do tend to scare off the petty thief, especially if its a woman driver with children.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not uncommon to see villas with private security, surrounded by electric fences and monitoring, near city centres, or dense residential areas and especially in urban areas.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is considered dangerous to walk around at night in suburban areas, where there are no other people walking around. In city centres where night life booms you should always try to be in or near a group of people. In Cape Town this would be the peers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Woman and children are more vulnerable to attacks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a safe in you home or in a bank and keep really valuable things there, especially if you employ domestic help. Domestic help is very affordable and common  for all South African cultures. It is a primary income for many less fortunate  families. Most of the time domestic helpers become a part of your family and this is really unique experience, you can't really find this anywhere else in the world. But, it may also be a backdoor into your secure home. You have to decide on your best judgement how to handle this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Living in Cape Town:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cape town is better known for its Indian/Asian population groups. The cape flats are a place you really do not want to go unless you know and trust somebody.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is great place to go socialise and is safe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There allot of tourist areas in Cape Town and you will not get bored there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multi culture&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It may happen that you use words that sound perfectly normal, but are frowned upon or even deemed racist, just because of the history of the area. You should ask somebody that you trust and wont get upset to explain the local jargon to you, so you don't get caught in unplanned fights. This happened to me when I came back to SA for a while, after a few years in EU. Jargon changes quickly and are fuelled by current, but mostly historical political situations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Embrace the variety of cultures. Don't fret to eat with your hands if others do. This will be common in Cape Area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even though South Africa is not that religious, there usually exists several different  religious views in public places. You will come across many public religious activities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In some African cultures it is a sign of disrespect to look somebody in the eye. In the Cape area this might be less common but be aware that it usually doesn't mean they are hiding something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also some African cultures believe that men go before women.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an unfortunate saying, that goes like &quot;'It' is not if it will happen, but when 'it' will happen.&quot; - &lt;code&gt;It&lt;/code&gt;, refers to getting robbed.I cannot even count on all the fingers of my hand how many times I was pick pocketed, robbed, defrauded, or had stolen from me just because I left it unattended for 2 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is popular to go to shopping malls or shopping centres, where there allot of shops concentrated around a parking area, or have secured parking buildings. People can drive up 45 minutes one way, on their shopping days, just to feel that little bit safer - But it is also very convenient and quite a cultural trend to meet at such places with friends and socialise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in South Africa 16 years, and really this is just a high level of advice I offer everybody, and use my self to &quot;Stay Aware&quot; - This is a campaign for safety SA. If you are ever involved in a criminal incident, it is best to cooperate, do not pull out a weapon like a knife because the other party usually has a knife them selves, or even a gun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;South Africa, especially Cape Town is a beautiful place. The culture is vibrant and this noticeable by the official 11 native African cultures and even more international cultures, that live and integrate with each other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The unfortunate stressful cliché as you call it is caused by the fact that there is roughly 40% unemployment in South Africa, but it is getting better as it used to be near 60%, 10ish years ago. So really, things are better for you now, than they were for me back then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Embrace the beautiful, new South Africa, integrate with the various cultures but always &quot;Be Aware&quot; of what is going on around you. As you make friends you get a better understanding of the localised problems in your area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really wish I could still live in South Africa, despite the third eye in the back of your head - As it truly an amazing, beautiful, unique and full of new experiences. I had to leave because I could not find work in my profession. Europe was more appealing to me and as I am 2nd generation, naturalised immigrant - I have freedom and the option to live and work in the new Europe and come back home any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&quot;This is Africa&quot; - Blood Diamond&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22" LastEditorUserId="22" LastEditDate="2014-05-27T15:08:08.620" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T15:08:08.620" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2014-03-20T23:54:49.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first step is to find a place to stay. It's tempting to rent an &quot;all inclusive&quot; place to stay, but that immediately creates problems for proof of identity and your credit score. See below for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second step is to get a bank account. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/85/how-to-open-up-your-first-uk-bank-account-without-proof-of-address&quot;&gt;How to open up your first UK bank account without proof of address?&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third step is to sign up with utility providers. You should try and organise at least two of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Council Tax payments (requires renting a place to stay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Water and Sewage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A landline (through British Telecom / BT or others)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gas and electric&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A mobile pay-monthly contract, if possible. Note that when I first arrived, I could only get a pay-as-you-go phone, despite the suggestion of others on this question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above will all slowly build a credit score for you. Make sure that you do not sign up for &quot;online billing&quot; for the first few months: you are going to need physical paper statements so you can use them as proof of identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are certain credit card companies that specialise in people with bad or no credit score. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/bad-credit-credit-cards&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/bad-credit-credit-cards&lt;/a&gt; has some references. I've never used these cards, but they may be an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without a doubt, though, the biggest improver to one's credit score is getting on the voter's roll. I know this isn't an option for you, but many commonwealth citizens don't know that they can vote in the UK elections if they live in the UK. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/who_can_register_to_vote.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/who_can_register_to_vote.aspx&lt;/a&gt; has more info there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T23:54:49.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="683" CreationDate="2014-03-21T00:44:43.243" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, if you're paying in a shop, they often have a cheque printer. You pass the cashier the blank cheque, they print it, you read it and verify and you sign at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have to write a cheque, here are the parts you have to fill:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Payez contre ce chèque&lt;/em&gt; (2 lines): the amount, spelled out. Don't worry if you make grammatical mistakes, as long as it means the right number. The number of eurors is followed by “&lt;em&gt;euros et X centimes&lt;/em&gt;”, though if X=0 you can omit “&lt;em&gt;et zéro centime&lt;/em&gt;”. Legally, this is the number that counts; the number written in digits is informative only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;€&lt;/em&gt;: enter the amount, in digits, in the white box. It's common to write the number flush left and write a horizontal line after it so that digits can't be added. If the amount is not an integer, write &lt;code&gt;,00&lt;/code&gt; after it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;à&lt;/em&gt;: write out the name of the recipient. If you're asked for a “&lt;em&gt;chèque à l'ordre de X&lt;/em&gt;”, then X is what you need to write here. You can ask “&lt;em&gt;À quel ordre ?&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;: name of the city where you write the cheque.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;LE&lt;/em&gt;: date when you write the cheque. Make it dd/mm/yyyy or dd-mm-yyyy (never use another order).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sign below the “A ____ LE ____” line.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, unless the amount is very high, nobody will look at anything on the cheque unless it is contested. The recipient will fill in a form at their bank where they enter the amount, and the barcode print at the bottom identifies the payer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sv4B3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;exemple de chèque rempli&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; (Original blank cheque image by the kind &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.normalesup.org/~loverdo/pinel/exos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;volunteers for Foyer Pinel&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://douteau.ecolier.perso.sfr.fr/page_ecolier.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Écolier Court font&lt;/a&gt; by Jean-Marie Douteau.) &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-06-21T23:01:14.240" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T23:01:14.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="274" CreationDate="2014-03-21T01:26:06.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should probably chat with a lawyer about the options here. However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Intention of the Condition&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that the &quot;work requirement&quot; is there to ensure that you are willing and able to support yourself without recourse to public funds. It is also to stop people using it to retire to the UK, or living in the UK as persons of independent means. The latter cases should be using different visa options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Employment Options for Ancestry Visa Holders&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on historical discussions with my lawyer, the purpose of the Ancestry visa is definitely not tied to working for a UK registered company, unlike some of the other visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the ancestry visa people can be self-employed and start/run their own companies, or even work part time and odd jobs (assuming they can make a reasonable living doing so). These would all be valid routes of &quot;working in the UK&quot;, and could be considered valid. The main requirement is that you have some source of work/income that the immigration officer can feel confident in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of the points where the immigration officer has some leeway to decide, so it's up to you to convince them with a reasonable argument as to what you plan to do and how you are going to make a living. This could include your previous employer offering to carry on having you work for them, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that immigration officers consider &quot;positive feedback on job applications&quot; and &quot;salary survey results&quot; as useful evidence when applying for the ancestry visa. My wife and I came in on the ancestry visa without a specific job offer, but lots of job-website submissions and lots of positive emails/feedback from potential employers. My understanding is that you could provide this AND letters from your previous employer (on a company letterhead) saying they will keep paying you to work remotely. This would help convince the Immigration agent, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Guidance&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK Border Agency publishes their &lt;a href=&quot;https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/guidance/ecg/wrk2/wrk2-3/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;internal guidance notes on the Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;. They aren't particularly verbose on this point, unfortunately, but the other sections may help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tax and Financial Implications&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One further point here that I think you should consider is the tax and forex implications of working for a foreign company. You are likely going to be subject to $/£ currency fluctuations, since the company will probably want to pay you in $.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also find that you are still taxed in Canada, and need to jump through complicated hoops so as to not pay excessive double-tax. The previous employer in Canada may also have limited ability to not tax you as if you were resident in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are business savvy (and can prove that to the immigration agent), you might want to consider setting up your own company, or possibly using something like an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1stcontact.com/contractor-service/umbrella-company.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Umbrella Company Provider&lt;/a&gt;. I'm not sure if the Umbrella companies allow for overseas work, though. You can potentially use this to simplify things for your previous employer, and to clarify your tax situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company above, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1stcontact.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1st Contact&lt;/a&gt; deals with foreign nationals arriving in the UK, setting up companies, giving immigration advice, and similar. I was their customer for about 3 years, and then moved to a different division of the same company. (Other than being a customer, I'm not affiliated). You might find they can advise you on this sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T06:32:17.697" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T06:32:17.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-03-21T01:38:37.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a lot more detail, consider buying the accompanying &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1240167&amp;amp;ProductID=9780113413430&amp;amp;Action=Book&amp;amp;TRACKID=002353&quot;&gt;official practice questions and answers book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also find it in your local library, or you can browse it in a local bookstore like WHSmith. Many people are selling their second-hand books very cheaply on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ebay.co.uk/&quot;&gt;http://www.ebay.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the online sample tests provided by companies were significantly more difficult than the actual test. It's almost as if they want you to panic and buy their product!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T01:38:37.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="704" CreationDate="2014-03-21T01:55:08.370" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should move to a US-based healthcare plan as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Access to the NHS services are not linked National Insurance payments, since otherwise it would leave unemployed people without medical cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, access to the NHS is linked to you being ordinarily resident in the UK. On leaving the UK for the USA, you would no longer be eligible for NHS care even if you flew back to the UK for treatment, since you wouldn't be a UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some doctors enforce a 3 month waiting period so as to ensure people are not abusing the system. During that time, you would have to pay for consultations privately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NHS hospitals will occasionally treat foreigners for free for life-threatening and urgent cases without charge. (An acquaintance suffered an extreme allergic reaction while visiting and was charged nothing for their hospital stay.) However, for these sorts of situations you would have to be treated in the US anyway, and would need comprehensive cover there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/healthcare_e/healthcare_help_with_health_costs_e/nhs_charges_for_people_from_abroad.htm&quot;&gt;Advice Guide on NHS Charges for People from Abroad&lt;/a&gt; page has more information on this, as does this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN03051&quot;&gt;Parliament Briefing Paper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T01:55:08.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="714" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="715" CreationDate="2014-03-21T02:46:50.127" Score="17" ViewCount="62330" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/186/how-do-i-get-a-british-citizenship&quot;&gt;How do i get a British citizenship?&lt;/a&gt;, I realised that one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirements&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you’ll continue to live in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When googling for the question I'm asking here, unofficial answers mention that once someone gets the citizenship, it's forever, irrespectively of where you (permanently) live. So, which of the two is true? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T14:40:25.470" Title="Can a naturalised British citizen live anywhere in the world without losing UK citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="714" CreationDate="2014-03-21T03:15:27.080" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirement is one of intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once granted citizenship, you are a UK citizen with all the rights that go with that - including the right to leave the UK, should you so choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is your intention from the start, then you would not meet the requirements to be granted citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By applying for citizenship, you are asserting that you do indeed intend to stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T03:15:27.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="704" CreationDate="2014-03-21T03:25:23.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that the National Insurance payments, despite the misleading name, are put towards one's State Pension, so upon retirement you would have something to fall back on if you had not made other arrangements. However, I am not sure how one's country of residence affects the ability to claim a state pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were only hoping to use NI payments to keep up the 'safety net' of NHS coverage (and the earlier answer points out that NHS coverage has nothing to do with NI payments) in case of something horrible befalling you in the future, then you probably don't need to continue making NI payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something horrible were to befall you medically, you could still return to the UK and become resident there once more, and then you would automatically qualify for NHS coverage again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T03:25:23.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="683" CreationDate="2014-03-21T06:58:21.840" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gilles already described the process nicely but note that there is little you can do to avoid falsification. The cheques themselves have a few safety features but the cheque book can be stolen and I think that it's even legal to write a cheque on regular paper if your bank contract allows it. Of course, using your cheques would require forging your signature so that's something you could protect but it can usually be found on your credit cards, ID, etc. and isn't checked very thoroughly either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're really protected by the fact that you can always contest a cheque and that a “&lt;em&gt;chèque barré&lt;/em&gt;” cannot easily be cashed (the payee therefore needs to have a bank account and reveal his ID to a bank, which is not very attractive to a fraudster). In fact, it can happen that the payee “sees” the money on his account but that his bank removes it a couple of weeks later if it turns out that the cheque was fraudulent or “&lt;em&gt;sans provision&lt;/em&gt;” (i.e. the payer had not enough funds to back it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this costs the banks (processing, disputes) and merchants a lot and they don't like cheques for this reason but you, the user, are mostly safe. That's also why more and more merchants don't want cheques anymore or ask for one or two means of ID and write down your ID card's code and the like. If they have the right equipment, they can also verify the cheque against a national database to make sure it wasn't stolen and you are not “&lt;em&gt;interdit bancaire&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T07:35:04.807" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T07:35:04.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="719" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="726" CreationDate="2014-03-21T07:44:30.323" Score="11" ViewCount="1684" Body="&lt;p&gt;The German tax office usually collects more taxes than needed and refunds the surplus by bank transfer in the following year, once tax returns have been filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now working in Germany, and I'm going to return to my home EU country (Poland). I will close all things here in Germany, including my bank account. How should I apply for tax refund, then? Can I send all papers from abroad, and give my Polish bank account details? Or am I expected to go to Germany two more times, to submit the papers and then to collect the money? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to avoid the latter, because it's 16 hours by bus in one direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to keep German bank accoun open, because they will charge 10 Euro each month if there will be no incoming payments. It's quite typical for German banks, as fair as I know. If you work, you pay nothing, if you don't work and have no income, you have nothing to say...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T07:41:28.233" LastActivityDate="2017-03-11T21:53:02.040" Title="German tax refund after moving abroad" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="29" CreationDate="2014-03-21T09:11:37.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As already mentioned, yes you do need to have the 'Road Fund Licence' (also known as 'car tax') paid, and you need at least 'third party' insurance, to cover damage you may do to any other vehicles and/or their occupants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As also mentioned, the insurance can be extremely expensive, in some cases costing more than the car itself (especially true if you buy a cheap second-hand car).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another answer mentioned the MoT (Ministry of Transport) test. This is required, along with the insurance certificate and the car's registration document, in order to get the 'tax disk' that you get when paying the road fund licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of these requirements, it is very important that you select a car that will not cost you too much to earn, when you do buy a car. Be careful to buy one that has a long MoT certificate (6 months or more - preferably more!), and that is in a lower insurance group. Get insurance quotes from several companies before you buy the car, to make sure you have a good idea of how much it will cost before you buy something that you can't afford to insure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, older cars that were once expensive, luxury or sports cars, tend to have a much lower second-hand value, since they can be expensive to get through the MoT, and can be prohibitively expensive to insure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also - when buying from a garage, it can be a good idea get the car inspected by a third party to make sure that it would REALLY pass an MoT test. The 'conflict of interest' works both ways, and an unscrupulous garage might give an MoT certificate to a car that would not have actually passed a 'proper' test, in order to get rid of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T09:11:37.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="721" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="737" CreationDate="2014-03-21T09:35:53.247" Score="37" ViewCount="11035" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that health insurance is mandatory in Germany and employees with a salary above a certain threshold can choose between private insurance and the regular statutory system (&lt;em&gt;gesetzliche Krankenversicherung&lt;/em&gt;). Some discussions I have read also suggest that being privately insured is regarded as a privilege and ensures a better service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions on the consequences of this system for someone moving to Germany for the first time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have to choose between private and public insurance immediately? Can you switch easily later on?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How big are the differences really (both in terms of price/premiums and service/access to healthcare)? Are there any general rules about which system is preferable or does it depend strongly on your needs and financial means?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am considering someone getting a new work contract with a local employer, neither self-employed, working remotely nor sent to Germany by an employer based abroad.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T15:51:29.803" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T13:02:27.970" Title="Choosing between private and regular health insurance when moving to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-21T09:46:34.387" Score="6" ViewCount="918" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of people try to get into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU&lt;/a&gt; by going to one of three locations which are in or close to Africa, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Lampedusa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ceuta&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Melilla&lt;/a&gt;. Quite horrific images are the result of this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The part I don't understand is why these locations are so crucial. Technically they are part of the EU, but they are also remote. People would still need to cross the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mediterranean Sea&lt;/a&gt; to get to locations with more job opportunities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume since the crossing is done without papers, just taking the ferry to the mainland is not an option. Still getting to these areas must be sensible given the constant number of people trying to get there.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="559" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T18:15:51.207" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:15:51.207" Title="Why are Lampedusa, Ceuta and Melilla so popular for getting illegally into the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-03-21T19:10:49.120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-21T10:16:23.290" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had a coworker that had a private insurace, and there were some discussions, so I have some general overview:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You get some priviledges when you have private insurance. Your are first in row to be handled, it's faster to arrange a visit in hospital (although I had no issues in small &quot;Praxis&quot; for &quot;Krankenmeldung&quot; being mandatory secured)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The dentist services are not fully returned in Germany, with private insurace you get more coverage, still having to pay some part (it may be an additional variant of private insurance as well, you must ask, my coworker has opt-in and had to pay even more for insurace, when he had paradontose treatment his cost were 90% covered, but he had to argue with insurance company, initially they wasn't going to pay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think you can switch to private insurance any time, but going back is a hard way. From what I know, the only way to switch back to mandatory insurance is to end your job contract. It's probably the way to prevent people to switch to private insurance before getting hospitalized, and switching back afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The costs differ, but as far as I remember, my coworker has paid about 600 Euro a month, in comparison to 400 Euro that would be taken from his salary for mandatory insurance. It can vary, but it is substantially more expensive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T10:16:23.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-21T10:31:33.940" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are an employee and earn more than 59400 EUR / year (updated 2018), you can choose between private and statutory health insurance. If you earn less than 59400 you are obliged to get a public insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to switch back to statutory health insurance is to earn less than 59400 EUR / year and be younger than 55 years. After that age you cannot switch any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The private insurance will often pay for more service - like nonprescription medicine or head physician. But some of the private insurance are just co-insurance and you will have to pay for services that are free for statutory health insured patients.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another difference is that privately insured patients (sometimes) have to pay themselves for the services, and then send the invoice to the insurance to get their money back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you're young and earning good money, you will pay less in comparison to the statutory health insurance, because the private insurane is independent from your salary. However later you will have to pay more and more, even if you're out of a job. Here is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/private-krankenversicherungen-raus-aus-der-teuerungsfalle-1.1075282&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article in German&lt;/a&gt; about an annual increment of 71%!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way wikipedia has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Krankenversicherung#Unterschiede_zwischen_PKV_und_GKV&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;good comparison&lt;/a&gt; between the private and statutory health insurance in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you want to stay in Germany for a long time, the statutory health insurance should be the better option, but it's up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-12-20T09:37:33.593" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T09:37:33.593" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="722" CreationDate="2014-03-21T10:35:26.990" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Landing in the mainland wouldn't change the fact that you're still an illegal immigrant, and you have no legal job opportunities, only illegal jobs. Working illegally means if you are not paid, you have practically no possibility to protect yourself. Of course, you can hide (how long?) and count on luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting to the mainland is very hard. As you see on maps, Lampedusa is &lt;strong&gt;significantly&lt;/strong&gt; nearer to the African coast than the mainland. The travel in poor-quality ships is dangerous enough to that point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Landing on the territory of any EU state, even if it's only a remote island, gives you the rights to apply for a refugee status, and the right to legally work in Europe if that status is approved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only special thing in those areas is that they are much easier to get to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="559" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T18:15:11.277" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:15:11.277" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="719" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:32:53.113" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in Germany some months and live in Argentina the rest of the year and get a lot of taxes back every year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your tax is rather simple and you don't have any receipts to sent to the tax office, then you can use the digital ELSTER to submit your taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have receipts to send, then you can also use ELSTER if you like (but don't have to) and send your receipts (and the complete tax documents if you don't use ELSTER) by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you include your Polish bank account info then the money will be transferred there. With the new SEPA bank system this is even easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even if you forget something you can write up any declaration, sign it, scan it and send it by email to them. I did it in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to show up personally. They only expect signed documents. If you can provide them in any way, you won't have a problem in my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-06T16:57:18.283" LastActivityDate="2014-04-06T16:57:18.283" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="722" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:35:07.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cueta and Mellila are Spanish territory and Spain had history of very soft approach with illegal immigrants. Unlike in other countries, where illegal immigrants are often frowned upon by authorities and their lives are much more regulated, in Spain they would be mostly left alone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At one point socialist government even invited all illegal immigrants to come forward and legalize their status. In total they have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alertadigital.com/2013/12/27/zapatero-celebra-haber-legalizado-a-mas-de-700-000-extranjeros-espana-es-un-pais-multicultural-y-multietnico/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;legalized&quot; 700,000 people&lt;/a&gt;. It would be enough for illegal immigrant to work legally and pay taxes for 2 years to have a right to legalize his stay. And yes, it was possible for illegal immigrant to work fully legally, as employers were not required to check peoples immigration status. Nor would it be checked by tax offices or social-security offices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is changing however, because current government is right-wing and always had anti-immigration rhetoric. Besides that in 2009 EU has passed directive, that requires that hiring illegals would be a criminal act, punishable by fine and/or prison. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="113" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T18:15:01.220" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:15:01.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="728" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:55:53.653" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about the various taxes you have to pay in the country you moved, and also about the taxes you still have to pay and file in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T13:46:29.990" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:46:29.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="729" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:55:53.653" Score="0" Body="For questions about the various taxes you have to pay in both your home and host country" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T13:46:33.707" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:46:33.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="730" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:57:33.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions about visas which not only lets you enter the country but also allows you to get a job and start working there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T13:46:21.217" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:46:21.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="731" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-21T11:57:33.023" Score="0" Body="For questions about visas which allows holder to obtain employment in a given country" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:25:12.023" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:25:12.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-21T12:03:11.450" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a social side to this question too. Private insurance is cheaper if you are probably not going to use it - if you are young and healthy and childless. (If you are planning on getting old or having children it's not worth it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a lot of young healthy people use it because it seems cheap at the time. They are paying into a system which is cheap because (on average) only young healthy people use it. This means they are paying less into the state system, which has to struggle to make ends meet for the old, for seriously and chronically sick people (diabetes, MS, cancer), or for children (do you know what childbirth costs?). And the privately insured are using the entire vast infrastructure paid for by everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So getting private insurance may be regarded as anti-social by some people. You have to consult your conscience on this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="549" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T12:03:11.450" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-03-21T12:58:30.750" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Italy, you can get the citizenship by blood (jus sanguinis) as long as at least one of the following conditions are satisfied (&lt;a href=&quot;http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittadinanza_italiana&quot;&gt;you can check the article in Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Italian male ancestor was born after 1861 (year of creation of the Kingdom of Italy). If he was born before 1861, he has to have acquired the Italian citizenship during his lifetime.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Italian female ancestor was born after 1948 (Italian Republic Constitution). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the rules for Italy are very lenient. However, in order to acquire the Italian citinzenship, one must provide several documents proving that he/she is related to an Italian ancestor, translate them into Italian by a certified translator and may have to wait several years in the queues of the Italian embassies/consulates around the world in order to be granted with the citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T12:58:30.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="564" CreationDate="2014-03-21T13:13:45.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most important difference would be that as a UK citizen, you have the right to move to and work in any EU country. I may be wrong, but I would think that having indefinite leave to remain in the UK wouldn't give you the right to live in France, Germany, Italy and so on. And if you go on holiday from the UK, you need to check whether you need a visa and get one if required. (I witnessed that problem when I went on a holiday somewhere in North Africa, and a woman from New Zealand was refused at the airport because she had no visa. Travel agents would tend not to think about that and not warn you). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then of course you need to decide whether you actually &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to become a British citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="552" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T13:13:45.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-21T13:56:48.770" Score="5" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my businesses is headquartered at my business partner's location in the Netherland's (but is registered as an LTD in the UK).  Suppose I move to the Netherlands on a work visa.  Obviously I would only be allowed to work for an employer which has a work permit in my name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I hold two work permits for two different employers?  Is there another way to serve as a corporate officer and director while having a work permit for a different employer?  Does it matter if I have been an officer and director for some time before relocating?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T22:10:08.850" Title="Moving to the Netherlands on a work visa when serving on a board of a Dutch business" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-21T15:38:38.490" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Choosing health insurance in Germany is discussed a lot and recently there was a lot of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/krankenversicherte-immer-weniger-wechseln-zu-privatkassen-a-950589.html&quot;&gt;media coverage&lt;/a&gt; suggesting that many privately insured have trouble paying their bills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main difference is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cost of a private insurance is measured on your personal risk which is assessed by the state of your health and the health of your direct relatives at the time you sign up for the insurance and of course by your age. Note however, if you might have concealed information, your contract will be voided and you might even get sued for fraud. At the same time, with private insurance, you will have to pay many treatments yourself and can only send in the bills after you were treated. This requires some extra work and if your insurance determines that some treatment is not covered, you will not be refunded. This is problematic since some doctors try to convince privately insured &quot;customers&quot; to choose extra treatments / check-ups that are not medically meaningful just to earn money. Also, private insurances are not require to insure your kids for free. Furthermore, the fees of private insurance will raise with your age, especially during your retirement. Note that if your kids are born with some sort of health condition, private insurances are allowed to ask for up to twice the amount it would normally cost to insure a child. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The public insurance is measured on your personal income. This means that during your retirement, where you do not earn money, you will usually pay less than with private insurance. Your state of health is not considered with this insurance. The fee is however capped at some given amount, such that you will not linearly pay more with increased income. Some doctors in Germany do not treat people with public insurance but those are few since most people choose public insurance. You will not have to pay your doctors a single Euro with public insurance since bills are covered automatically by your insurance. You will get a card for this purpose that you can show your doctor. However, some treatments that are popular in Germany, like for example osteopathy are not fully covered by the public insurance but only subsidized. With public insurance, your kids are insured for free until they leave high school / college. If your spouse does not work, s/he will also be insured with you. This concept is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familienversicherung&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Familienversicherung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doctors are by law forbidden to prefer privately insured over publicly insured, once they decide to get a license for treating publicly insured patients, even though some doctors do of course discriminate. Be aware that once you sign up for a private insurance, you will not be able to sign up for a public insurance scheme unless your income decreases under a certain barrier for a given amount of time. This can ruin you financially if your fees increased with age (some 60+ pay easily 1000+ euro per month for private insurance) and your income falls, which can happen to self employed. (Note that self-employed are not required to come over the income barrier to be privately insured.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all these reasons, if private insurance is beneficial for you. I would decide on the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you hate to deal with insurances: Choose a public insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have health issues: Choose a public insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have / plan to have kids in Germany, a non-working spouse: Choose a public insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are you young, healthy and planning to stay in Germany on a short-time basis: Choose a &lt;strong&gt;private&lt;/strong&gt; insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have an income around the German average: Choose a public insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German Wikipedia provides a &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krankenversicherung_in_Deutschland&quot;&gt;decent overview&lt;/a&gt; of all the summarized information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be further aware that some treatments might or might not be covered by a specific public health insurance. There is however a catalog of treatments any insurance (public or private) must cover. If you cannot pay your insurance bill with a private insurance, you will be reduced to a (still costly) scheme that covers this exact catalog. Furthermore, it is possible to get private dental insurance in addition to your public health insurance. This becomes more and more common since the public insurance has cut costs in this sector in the recent years. Consider this as an option. There are additional &quot;extra health insurances&quot; such as &lt;em&gt;Pflegetagegeldversicherung&lt;/em&gt; (daily money if you need to live in a care home for long time), &lt;em&gt;Krankenhaustagegeldversicherung&lt;/em&gt;, (pays you money for each day you spend at the hospital, interesting for self-employed) &lt;em&gt;Krankenhauszusatzversicherung&lt;/em&gt; (grants you a single room / different food etc in a hospital), &lt;em&gt;Chefarztbehandlung&lt;/em&gt; (&quot;go away interns when I am in a hospital&quot;-insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T18:21:28.200" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T18:21:28.200" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-21T15:49:37.250" Score="5" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Norway for soon over a year and I was wondering what to do with insurance. I am insured at Storebrand with my employer (private pension, travel, accident) and my girlfriend has an &lt;em&gt;innboforsikring&lt;/em&gt; that covers me as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, I know that there are certain private insurances that are a must have, like a &lt;em&gt;Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/em&gt; that covers damages you cause to others, like for example accidentally setting a house on fire. Are there insurances that you should get for yourself when living in Norway that are considered a &quot;must-have&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T12:13:55.440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T12:13:55.440" Title="What insurances to get in Norway?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-21T15:59:13.263" Score="11" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any insurances in Germany that are considered important in Germany but which are not required to have as for example a health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="45" LastEditDate="2014-03-23T21:48:05.963" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T17:07:55.177" Title="What insurances are common to have in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="739" CreationDate="2014-03-21T15:59:13.263" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, the following insurances are recommended and a big fraction of the population has such insurance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Haftpflichtversicherung:&lt;/em&gt; This insurance will cover damages that you cause to others such as ruining someone's couch by pouring wine over it. It will normally also cover for damages of your kids as long as you or the damaged person can prove that you did not properly watch over them while they were causing the damage. (Otherwise, your kids would be responsible for the damage themselves but would not have to pay for the damage because of their young age, i.e. the damaged person will not be refunded.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung:&lt;/em&gt; This insurance pays you a given amount when you get injured such that you are no longer able to work for a longer period / life. This insurance is recommended since the state coverage for people that cannot was reduced to a minimum amount some years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Auslandskrankenversicherung:&lt;/em&gt; A public health insurance will only cover the costs of health care to the amount they would cost in Germany. This means that you will have to pay a significant amount yourself when receiving treatment on travels in countries with expensive health care like the United States. This insurance will pay the difference or even the entire amount, as long as you did not travel to another country with the purpose of receiving treatment. Some insurances also exclude a person's home country if one was not born in Germany to avoid fraud and overly expensive customers that are likely to be treated abroad a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that some people have additional insurance for their teeth when insured with a public health insurance. &lt;em&gt;Pflegetagegeldversicherungen&lt;/em&gt; which pay a given amount if you need treatment in a care home are also gaining popularity. Finally, it is worth mentioning &lt;em&gt;Unfallversicherungen&lt;/em&gt; which pay you a certain amount on accidents that cause damage to your body and will normally also cover, for example, rescue from a mountain or the sea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T17:07:55.177" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T17:07:55.177" CommentCount="10" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-03-21T15:59:13.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-21T16:05:02.143" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: this is the English translation of the wikipedia site that &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Krankenversicherung#Unterschiede_zwischen_PKV_und_GKV&quot;&gt;compares private and state health insurances&lt;/a&gt;, and might contain translation errors. If you find some, please fix them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Differences between Private and State Health Insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family members without their own income are co-insured free in case the member who is working is part of the regular health insurance. For a private health insurance separate insurance is required for each person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For regular insurance contributions are based on the percentage of your income up to the contribution ceiling. In private insurance the cost is calculated based on your age, profession and current health.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For regular insurance costs rise or decrease with your wages (up to the contribution limit). For personal insurance costs can also rise due to the rising costs of medical treatments, or because the heath state of the insured changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In private insurance persons without pre-existing health conditions pay a smaller contribution, but as they get older the costs can rise well above the contributions of the regular insurance, as shown by Stiftung Warentest in 2003 and 2004&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For employees the employer pays directly to both the private and state health insurance. The share of the employer is half of the total contributions (currently at 0.9%). For private insurance the employer also pays the half of the contribution but only up to the amount he would pay if you'd be insured by the state.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are self-employed you have to pay the full price of either the statutory or the private health insurance, which therefore will be twice as high as what is specified for employees. This is misleading though, as the user is still insured for the same price, but the part of the contribution is payed by the employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The services of private health insurance are specified in the insurance contract and therefore can differ between different insurance companies and also comapred to the statutiry health insurance. Typically, there are better benefits in private health insurance for non-prescription drugs, vision aids and dentures, but this depends on the insurance company and the contract, as they can also be worse, for example for psychotherapy services.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the statutory insurance the patient has to explicitly demand for a receipt to know the billing details. In private insurance an invoice is automatically created for any transaction that can be reimbursed by the insurance company either in whole or in part.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Benefits of the statutory health insurance &quot;must be sufficient, effective and economical, and must not exceed what is necessary. Services that are unnecessary or uneconomical can not be claimed by the insured.&quot; For private health insurance however there are no such specific rules.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lawsuits against the statury health insurance can be made before the social courts as complaints from a public or social insurance. Actions against a private health insurance are done in the civil courts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Personal insured people can change their amount of personal contributions to the scheme, while statutory insured people can not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Statutory health insured persons, who are not students or voluntary insured can use their parents' allowance for free. Personal insured can not do this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Privately insured people receive no sick pay and no subsidies during their sickness, unless they have a separate insurance for them. SRegular insurance still pays sick pay. Private insurance also doesn't pay sick pay if you are left at a partial disability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is said that statutory patients are treated worse than private ones. For example based on a study only one third of the German patients had a healthy blood pressure, and they were mainly privately insured.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T16:05:02.143" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-03-21T16:05:02.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2014-03-21T16:23:35.240" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For an item that has no personal attachment, such as your computer (unless you have handpainted the case or something like that), I'd simply avoid shipping it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back up the hard drive, put a new one in it, and sell it. Buy a new computer in San Francisco with the proceeds (plus the money you would have otherwise spent on shipping).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is going to be much less hassle than dealing with international logistics. Save that solely for the items of personal significance you simply can't replace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the things you absolutely must ship, I have used FedEx in the past with their &quot;Hold At Location&quot; option. Just be sure to speak with them first because the amount of time they will hold a package at a FedEx store varies according to the size of the package. I've had them hold an 18&quot;x18&quot;x16&quot; moving-box for 2 weeks before, but your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll also note that many self-storage facilities in the U.S. can accept packages on your behalf and hold them for a couple of days. Generally they will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; actually put the package into your storage unit, but if you are planning to have a storage unit anyway you could ship items to the storage facility and go there to put them in the unit when they arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="415" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T16:23:35.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="492" CreationDate="2014-03-21T17:48:16.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The consulate can only obtain you a copy of the number in mail, not the card. To get the card you need to follow the instructions here at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conslondra.esteri.it/Consolato_Londra/Menu/I_Servizi/Per_i_cittadini/Codice_Fiscale/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the consular web page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow the second part of the instruction as the first part will only get you a mail with the number, not the plastic card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll have to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/file/Nsilib/Nsi/Home/CosaDeviFare/Richiedere/Codice+fiscale+e+tessera+sanitaria/Richiesta+TS_CF/Modello+e+istruzioni+CF+AA4_8/modello+cf+AA48/modello+AA4+8.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt; and specify in section D your abroad address and you'll need to send it to any Agenzia delle Entrate office, not trough the consulate. Better if you send it to an office near someone you know that can go and check the status of the inquiry or deliver the form manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="303" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T17:48:16.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="613" CreationDate="2014-03-21T18:02:58.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the question of processing the documents is probably best answered in: &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/ProcTimes.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/ProcTimes.do&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;The issue sometimes is to know the difference between the processing time of a form and the time it takes to go through the different stages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:02:58.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="748" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="749" CreationDate="2014-03-21T18:25:10.530" Score="6" ViewCount="2133" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are preparing to the last stage of obtaining Green Cards (filing the adjustment of status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long would my wife wait to get her SSN? (I have mine already.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T20:46:02.190" Title="Time between Green Card and SSN?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="748" CreationDate="2014-03-21T18:38:18.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf&quot;&gt;Application for Social Security&lt;/a&gt; you should be able to receive one 7-14 days from the moment the application is filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;16 Show an address where you can receive your card 7 to 14 days from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T18:38:18.940" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="752" CreationDate="2014-03-21T21:46:57.207" Score="4" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Countries have tax treaties with each other which allows citizens of A working in B to have favourable tax treatment (no tax/reduced tax/taxed like a citizen of B). I've found good documentation for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/United-States-Income-Tax-Treaties---A-to-Z&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tax treaties the US has with other countries&lt;/a&gt;, but not for any country A with B. Is there a place where I can find this information? Barring such a general database, is there information for tax treaties India has with other countries (primarily west European)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user562" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T12:37:24.437" Title="Information on tax treaties" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="750" CreationDate="2014-03-22T01:43:12.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There doesn't actually have to be a treaty between &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; country A and &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; country B. Most countries, in fact, do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; have treaties with most other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can most likely find the list of countries a country has a treaty with on that country's tax authority web site. Accidentally, that is exactly the place where you went looking for the treaties the US has with other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T01:43:12.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="750" CreationDate="2014-03-22T04:11:27.987" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best place to start searching for the Tax Treaties is the relevant tax authority in the country you are filing the tax returns for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example in the US the documentation can be found in publications from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS&lt;/a&gt; and for India is from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://incometaxindia.gov.in/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Income Tax Department&lt;/a&gt;, which when searching for &quot;tax treaty&quot; on their site will yield 2 results, which I think refers to the same document in 2 different formats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://incometaxindia.gov.in/publications/9_income_tax_for_nri/chapter012.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chapter 012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://incometaxindia.gov.in/publications/income%20tax%20for%20nri/chapter12.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chapter 12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T04:11:27.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="438" CreationDate="2014-03-22T04:32:43.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can just get it delivered, and not worry about the fuss. Here are some places that might cater to what you want/need; (I am not affiliated with any of these companies in any way, and in no way endorse them, just providing them as options)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thegreengrocermanila.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thegreengrocermanila.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.organicmanila.com/products.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.organicmanila.com/products.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of non-organic versions as well that you can look into, and it provides a convenient way to get your shopping done for you. It can also sometimes be inspiring if you find something that offers a &quot;basket&quot; service, where you let them choose the best quality stuff for you and deliver x amount of KG of vegetables a week. This is what we do in Hong Kong to get our organic, fresh vegetables.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T04:32:43.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-22T06:00:05.293" Score="7" ViewCount="1005" Body="&lt;p&gt;What process needs to be followed in order to acquire an American Green Card and subsequent citizenship if one is in the US on an H1B ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="203" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T21:21:46.910" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T21:21:46.910" Title="What is the process to get American green card and citizenship while on a H1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="750" CreationDate="2014-03-22T06:29:17.697" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Treaties (of all kinds) are always “held” (not sure about the proper English terminology) by one of the signatories so there is no central authority listing them all and no exhaustive global database. You might find a database of all treaties a state has ratified on the website of the relevant Ministry for Foreign Affairs and advice on your tax status on the website of the relevant tax authority but the quality of these websites varies widely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, treaties are useful to deal with complex cases (property in multiple countries, international inheritance, etc.) and to avoid double-taxation in countries taxing citizens wherever they live (like the US) but in many cases foreign residents are simply taxed like locals by default. Some countries have also established favorable rules (the 30% rule in the Netherlands, &lt;em&gt;imposition au forfait/Pauschalbesteuerung&lt;/em&gt; in Switzerland, etc.) unilaterally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T12:37:24.437" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T12:37:24.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2014-03-22T16:34:35.103" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are already a lot of answers to this question, but I haven't seen the following information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The money that you pay for private health insurance includes a contribution towards making your health insurance cheaper in old age.  This is mandatory for German private health insurances.  So German private health insurances are not really comparable to the international, truly free market insurances.  The latter are very cheap when you are young and healthy, and rise a lot as you get older and sicker.  German private insurances are a lot more stable in price (mine actually fell by a few cents last year for example, not counting no-claims bonuses).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of this mandatory government scheme for trying to keep your health insurance costs down, a small number of German private health insurance providers also offer their own schemes for keeping costs down as you get older.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount you pay into these schemes varies according to how old you are, but a rough estimate that I was given, involved paying 200 euros per month on top of my health insurance now, and getting 400 euros per month back when I'm over 60.&#xA;I was told that this, together with the mandatory government scheme, would mean that my health insurance costs would drop to almost zero when I'm 60.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mention this quote only to give you an idea of what's available.  Of course, you need to speak to agents from several private health insurances, who can explain your options in detail.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be shy about asking for an agent who speaks good English.  However good your German is, insurance is full of small details that may be easier to absorb in your native language.  German financial products are not always the same as what is offered in other countries, so you really need to take time to understand them well.&#xA;Unfortunately, many immigrants are forced to make the private/public health insurance choice before they are really well-informed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="571" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T16:34:35.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-23T00:27:48.040" Score="6" ViewCount="425" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every expat's worst fear is dealing with an emergency back home from far away. My wife and I are US citizens living in New Zealand. For us it's the question of how we would afford travel back home in the case of a family emergency, and would we even be able to get there in time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The obvious answer is to have a budget and to make sure you keep enough in savings to deal with these kinds of emergencies. We do this, but how much is enough? What happens if we have to deal with a major car repair the day before we find out my sister had a horrible car accident? And really, who wants to be forced into performing the cost/benefit analysis of a $5,000 plane ticket in the context of uncertainty over whether or not a family member is actually in serious condition? If they are in serious condition, you have to leave now. If not, you've just wasted $5,000, but you might not know for certain until it's too late to get there in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there expat-focused insurance programs which pay for round-trip travel to your home country under certain emergency situations?&lt;/strong&gt; I know there are travel insurance programs with similar features, but I'd imagine an insurance program focused on just this problem, just for people residing in a foreign country, would have cost benefits over typical travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, I've written a bunch of rhetorical questions in this post. I'm only looking for an answer to the one in bold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="302" LastEditorUserId="302" LastEditDate="2014-03-23T00:47:11.157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T01:24:09.440" Title="Insurance for travel back to home country for personal/family emergencies?" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="759" CreationDate="2014-03-23T01:24:09.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an service like this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rega.ch/en/operations/operations-abroad.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in Switzerland from REGA&lt;/a&gt;. While this is technically not an insurance but you rather get this service through a yearly donation, the service is essentially flying you back home to Switzerland in case of emergency. They do not fly you back abroad though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T01:24:09.440" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="748" CreationDate="2014-03-23T04:32:13.157" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not quite clear to me which adjustment of status you are talking about.  Is this from fiancee visa to provisional resident?  Or from provisional resident to permanent resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we moved to the US (before moving to Indonesia), we applied even before she got her green card.  Basically as soon as you have the work permitted stamp in her passport, the application can begin.  This will usually be before you get the actual green card.  Of course my wife came in on a spouse visa, so it might be different with a fiancee visa, but the general approach should be the same.  Once you have something which says that processing for the green card has begun, and that work is permitted, go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T04:32:13.157" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="64" CreationDate="2014-03-23T05:54:46.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer depends on a lot of things and you may want to chat to a tax adviser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to assume that you're from South Africa and living in the UK, paying UK tax. If that is true there's no tax on incoming gifts, even from abroad, although if the gifter dies within seven years it could be liable for inheritance tax. I can't find a good official link but here's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-2242342/My-brother-wants-40-000-Will-pay-tax-it.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;non-official one&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As that page says, if there's an appearance of the money paying for some service in return (even deferred) then other rules apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family members may be liable to pay tax in their country, that depends on how the law there and how they got the money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also note that large international transfers are likely to be flagged by the banks on both sides and may be investigated to avoid potential money laundering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T05:54:46.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="146" CreationDate="2014-03-23T06:18:44.867" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, if you take a non-policy position in a foreign government, you cannot lose your U.S. citizenship without going in front of a U.S. consular official and saying you want to give up U.S. citizenship. If you take a policy position, it's more complicated but the government still needs to prove you intended to lose U.S. citizenship from &quot;preponderance of evidence&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A little background: The &quot;with the intention...&quot; part is in line with the Supreme Court decision in Afroyim v. Rusk, which ruled that the Constitution prevented someone born or naturalized in the U.S. from having their citizenship taken away without their intent. The Supreme Court also ruled in Vance v. Terrazas that this intention must be established by itself by &quot;preponderance of evidence&quot; -- Congress cannot simply say that doing a certain thing implies you intend to lose citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&quot;&gt;Current State Department policy&lt;/a&gt; further clarifies this. If you take a non-policy position in a foreign government, or do a few other potentially expatriating acts (such as naturalizing in a foreign country), the State Department will &lt;em&gt;automatically presume&lt;/em&gt; that you want to keep U.S. citizenship, without you needing to do anything:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Department has a uniform administrative standard of evidence based&#xA;  on the premise that U.S. nationals intend to retain United States&#xA;  nationality when they obtain naturalization in a foreign state,&#xA;  declare their allegiance to a foreign state, serve in the armed forces&#xA;  of a foreign state not engaged in hostilities with the United States,&#xA;  or accept non-policy level employment with a foreign government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In light of the administrative premise discussed above, a person who:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;is naturalized in a foreign country;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;takes a routine oath of allegiance to a foreign state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;serves in the armed forces of a foreign state not engaged in hostilities with the United States, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;accepts non-policy level employment with a foreign government,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and in so doing wishes to retain U.S. nationality need not submit&#xA;  prior to the commission of a potentially expatriating act a statement&#xA;  or evidence of his or her intent to retain U.S. nationality since such&#xA;  an intent will be presumed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If asked, you can always say no:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When, as the result of an individual's inquiry or an individual's&#xA;  application for registration or a passport it comes to the attention&#xA;  of a U.S. consular officer that a U.S. national has performed an act&#xA;  made potentially expatriating by INA Sections 349(a)(1), 349(a)(2),&#xA;  349(a)(3) or 349(a)(4) as described above, the consular officer will&#xA;  simply ask the applicant if he/she intended to relinquish U.S.&#xA;  nationality when performing the act. If the answer is no, the consular&#xA;  officer will certify that it was not the person's intent to relinquish&#xA;  U.S. nationality and, consequently, find that the person has retained&#xA;  U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you want to take a policy position in a foreign government, and a few other acts (like treason), the presumption is not clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The premise that a person intends to retain U.S. nationality is not&#xA;  applicable when the individual:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;formally renounces U.S. nationality before a consular officer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;serves in the armed forces of a foreign state engaged in hostilities with the United States;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;takes a policy level position in a foreign state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;is convicted of treason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cases in categories 2, 3 and 4 will be developed carefully by U.S.&#xA;  consular officers to ascertain the individual's intent toward U.S.&#xA;  nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, in any case with the loss of U.S. citizenship, the standard of &quot;preponderance of evidence&quot; for intention to lose U.S. citizenship from Vance v. Terrazas still applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T02:42:01.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T02:42:01.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="748" CreationDate="2014-03-23T06:32:23.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When filing Adjustment of Status, you should also at the same time file for EAD (for work) with form I-765 and Advance Parole (to allow you to leave the U.S.) with form I-131. These are free to file for as an Adjustment of Status applicant. The EAD and AP will usually be received within 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have the EAD or green card, you can apply for a Social Security Number. And it takes 3 months at most that you would get one of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T06:32:23.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="775" CreationDate="2014-03-23T11:27:42.070" Score="9" ViewCount="1155" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I've just arrived in Hong Kong to settle there, as a non-HK-national, how could I go about getting a Hong Kong bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in the kinds of documents one would have to produce, and especially any that might be troublesome for a new arrival? For example, if you're staying in a hotel, is that going to be OK for address, or would you need to wait until you've moved into somewhere more permanent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note - this is an attempt to produce a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/687/how-to-open-a-bank-account-in-hong-kong-remotely-from-the-us&quot;&gt;more site on-topic version of this question&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-28T20:45:29.593" Title="Opening a Bank Account in Hong Kong as a new arrival?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="788" CreationDate="2014-03-23T14:10:35.717" Score="7" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;For my planned upcoming move to France, to somewhere other than Paris, I'm looking to find somewhere to live. Based on advice in a few of the other questions here, I'm thinking of finding a flat share / house share to start with. (The thinking being that I'll then have some other people to talk to, to practice French with, to find out what's happening in the city etc). I'm probably only after a few months in a shared house/flat though, while I work out what bits of the city I want to be in, get together &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/205/when-trying-to-rent-in-france-what-is-this-dossier-i-keep-hearing-about-and&quot;&gt;a dossier to rent&lt;/a&gt; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking online, I've found various companies that offer holiday-style lettings of single rooms, normally by the day or the week, but that isn't really what I'm interested in. I've found some general advice online, but that all seems to assume you're already in the city, which I'm not as I haven't moved yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, assuming you know where in France you want to move to, somewhere that isn't Paris, and roughly when, how might I go about finding a shared house / flat, without being there (yet), if that's even possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I can specialise this question to just the city of interest in France, if that's felt to be necessary for an appropriate answer, for not it's just &quot;Not Paris&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T12:38:30.837" Title="Finding short term shared accomodation in France (not Paris), from abroad before you move?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-23T14:19:50.847" Score="15" ViewCount="1301" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country&quot;&gt;great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country&lt;/a&gt;. Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make friends with some local people too! Whether that's to learn more about the country you've moved to, practice your language skills, have a wider pool of friends, or maybe just sometimes escape the &quot;expat bubble&quot; which certain places can encourage, you might well want to make some local friends. To do that, you'll need to meet and socialise with some local people!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly language can be an issue here. If you don't speak much / any of the language where you're moving to, then your interactions with locals is likely to be pretty restricted, at least initially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you can speak at least some of the local language, as a new arrival in town, how do you go about meeting + socialising with locals?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T03:51:22.697" Title="Meeting locals, when you move to a new country?" Tags="&lt;local-customs&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="769" CreationDate="2014-03-23T14:36:34.570" Score="11" ViewCount="2613" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, almost everyone is covered by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service&quot;&gt;National Health Service (NHS)&lt;/a&gt;, the publicly funded healthcare system. One of the things about it is that it's free at the point of use, for those who're covered by it (the odd statutory fee excepted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&amp;amp;subcategoryid=162&quot;&gt;all Brits and permanent residents covered&lt;/a&gt;, along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/EEAcountries.aspx&quot;&gt;EEA nationals&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/NonEEAcountries/Pages/Non-EEAcountries.aspx&quot;&gt;short term visitors from various countries via reciprocal agreements&lt;/a&gt;, as a local you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone is covered. However, that's not the case, and a new expat arriving in the UK could well not be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, two parts to this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a non-EU-citizen moving newly to the UK, how can you check to see if you would be covered by the NHS?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is that you won't be, how do you go about getting healthcare coverage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T18:21:01.487" Title="Healthcare in the UK, if you're not entitled to free use of the NHS?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="768" CreationDate="2014-03-23T17:26:52.540" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/uk-visitors/Pages/accessing-nhs-services.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NHS has a page&lt;/a&gt; where you can check whether you are eligible for free treatments or not. Note, that &lt;strong&gt;GPs&lt;/strong&gt; are free, but they don't have to accept new patients. Also going to an &lt;strong&gt;A&amp;amp;E&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Walk-in centre&lt;/strong&gt; or a &lt;strong&gt;Minor injuries unit&lt;/strong&gt; is also free unless they need to admit you to a hospital. In the hospital some treatments are still free, for example infection treatments, including STDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hospital treatments are a bit more complex.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get free healthcare at the hospital you either need to be in one of the exception categories (like living in a country which has a bilateral healthcare agreement, being an EEU citizen, etc.), or be an ordinary resident in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter part can be hard to prove, as there are no strict guidelines on who counts as ordinary resident, and who not. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/cbtmanual/cbtm10020.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HMRC&lt;/a&gt; you have to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the country legally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With an intent of actually staying in the country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, that the latter part does not talk about having to work or studying in the UK (actually being employed or being enrolled in an educational institution does not mean you are an ordinary resident). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also to determine whether you can be considered an ordinary resident or not the government issued some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216271/dh_131705.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guidance about it&lt;/a&gt;. Basically it's up to the local authorities to decide whether you are ordinary resident or not (in their area), in this case it's up to the hospital to decide. If they don't think you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1087.aspx?CategoryID=68&amp;amp;SubCategoryID=162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;can get free healthcare&lt;/a&gt; then you have to prove that you are an ordinary resident by showing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence that you're looking for work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence that you have bought property in the UK or have rented a property &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;papers that show you've applied for benefits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence that your children are attending school in the UK &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hospital might also ask you for evidence to prove that you're legally entitled to live in the UK, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your British passport, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permission from the Home Office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't yet have permission from the Home Office to stay permanently then you'll be charged for hospital treatment until:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your application is granted, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have 12 months' lawful residence in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T18:21:01.487" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T18:21:01.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-23T18:42:22.810" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your employer but seek a local club.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making friends always takes time, though (there are even some sociological/psychological theories as to why it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; take time) and unlike expats, most locals will already have a network of local friends so it's always more difficult and you have to take the initiative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-23T19:55:45.300" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T19:55:45.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-23T19:17:30.990" Score="12" ViewCount="2406" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bit of a followup to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/98/28&quot;&gt;earlier question&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen, working for a US company, and paying US income taxes. I've switched my banking records and all to use my sister's address in Kansas. As such, I continue to &quot;pretend&quot; to live in Kansas, for the purpose of voting, paying taxes, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm really living in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to change my US tax status somehow, such that I would no longer pay state income taxes, unemployment insurance, etc, while continuing to pay US Federal income taxes?  Perhaps by changing my address to somewhere in Guam, or some other US state/territory that doesn't charge such things? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize I could also change my tax status to paying taxes in Mexico, but then I would pay more, and it would make my immigration status much more complicated. And the Mexican government is completely content with me working in the US and paying US taxes. And no doubt the US is happy taking my tax money as well. So I don't feel I &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to start paying taxes in Mexico to be &quot;above board.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T06:13:47.133" Title="Is it possible to pay US Income tax, without paying state income tax?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-23T20:00:15.637" Score="1" ViewCount="2892" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US, I'm accustomed to never parking along a yellow or red curb. yellow meaning a freight loading/unloading zone and red meaning a fire or emergency-access zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in Mexico I see a plethora of yellow curbs, often in residential neighborhoods, with many people parked along them.  This leads me to think that a yellow curb does not mean &quot;no parking zone&quot; in Mexico.  However, I recently heard of a friend's car being towed for parking in a &quot;yellow zone.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does a yellow curb signify in Mexico? Can I park there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T20:00:15.637" Title="In Mexico, what do the various colors of curbs mean with respect to parking zones?" Tags="&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-03-24T14:42:57.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2014-03-23T20:56:31.827" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the United States, individual States tax &lt;em&gt;residents&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;non-residents&lt;/em&gt;. Many States tax residents on worldwide income, but non-residents are generally taxed on income sourced in that State only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you're not a Kansas resident, then you only pay KS taxes on income you received &lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; KS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/geninst03.pdf&quot;&gt;Kansas defines tax resident&lt;/a&gt; as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Kansas resident for income tax purposes is anyone who lives in&#xA;  Kansas, regardless of where he or she is employed. &lt;em&gt;An individual who&#xA;  is away from Kansas for a period of time and has intentions of&#xA;  returning to Kansas is a resident&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last sentence is the most interesting in your case. Generally, it is hard to prove intentions. You may want to keep your address and voting in Kansas, but I'm not sure if it shows that you have intentions of returning there. It may be just to keep you having &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; driving license and exercising your right to vote as a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to consider &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; registering to vote in Kansas and give up your driving license (if you have another one in Mexico) to demonstrate that you &lt;strong&gt;don't&lt;/strong&gt; have intentions of returning. But I am not sure if it is actually legally required of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In California (which I'm more familiar with), it is up to the FTB to prove your intentions if you stayed outside of California for more than 2 years (or even less, if I remember correctly). I believe in Kansas it would be similar - if they want to claim you're a resident, they'll have to prove your intentions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind, that if you're in Mexico on a &lt;em&gt;temporary&lt;/em&gt; assignment (i.e.: You're not a Mexican citizen or emigrant into Mexico), then you &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; have intentions to return to Kansas by default. In this case - you &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; Kansas resident. Also, if you claim that you're non-resident for Mexican tax purposes and use a tax treaty (which it sounds like you do), it also shows your intentions to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is more than a trivial case - I'd suggest talking to a EA or a CPA licensed in Kansas to get a proper tax advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T20:56:31.827" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="774" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="787" CreationDate="2014-03-24T00:33:12.217" Score="1" ViewCount="1521" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and I want to emigrate to New York. My grandma is a US citizen but is currently living in the UK. I'm not sure if that helps. And I work as a web developer which is supposedly a job which is wanted in the US so I could get a H1B visa. If that is the case then how do I go about finding an employer willing to employ me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="579" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T12:05:02.337" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T12:05:02.337" Title="What is the easiest way to move to New York from the UK?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-24T12:16:33.030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2014-03-24T01:26:28.267" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will require the following&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your travel document (passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your HKID Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A paper bill addressed to your name, with your home mailing address &lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt; a lease agreement in your name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an example of what they expect: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sc.com/hk/_document/onlineapp-tc/en/onlineapp-document-casa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Standard Chartered - documents required&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could probably get away without a bill with your home address (since you're staying in a hotel) if you have a letter of employment from your employer. This would also be required if you have yet to obtain your HKID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately if you have an HSBC Premier account (or maybe the top tier Standard Chartered) in your home country, your HSBC Premier account representative will be able to handle opening an account for you prior to your arrival. Unfortunately Advance and regular HSBC clients are not privy to this service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over the past few years they have gotten a lot stricter, and these requirements are not optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-04-28T20:45:29.593" LastActivityDate="2014-04-28T20:45:29.593" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2014-03-24T01:48:24.730" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are employed through a company in Georgia you most likely have to pay taxes there. See this from &lt;a href=&quot;https://etax.dor.ga.gov/inctax/webfaq/FAQ.aspx?ContentId=Individual%20Income%20Taxes&amp;amp;ContentSubId=Filing%20requirements%20and%20Other%20Filing%20Questions%20for%20Residents,%20Nonresidents,%20Part-Year%20Residents,%20and%20Military%20Personnel&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Georgia's Department of Revenue website&lt;/a&gt; FAQs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt; What are the filing requirements for a nonresident who works in Georgia and/or has other Georgia source income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A:&lt;/strong&gt; Nonresidents, who work in Georgia &lt;strong&gt;or receive income from Georgia sources&lt;/strong&gt; and are required to file a Federal income tax return, are required to file a Georgia income tax return. Some examples of Georgia source income are wages, Georgia lottery winnings, income from flow through entities (s-corporations, partnerships, LLC’s, trusts, and estates), rents, etc. If you are a legal resident of another state, you are not required to file a Georgia income tax return if your only activity for financial gain or profit in Georgia consists of performing services in Georgia for an employer as an employee when the compensation for services performed does not exceed the lesser of five percent of the income received in all places during the taxable year or $5,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reasons given by littleadv I doubt you owe any Kansas state income tax because you don't reside there. If you would like to continue to vote, you might want to get a Georgia address (if you can get one for free) as it appears you have to pay taxes there anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="580" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T01:56:28.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-24T02:45:50.997" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer dating sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted that narrows the selection to mostly people who're looking for romantic relationships, but it still is a great way to find a large pool of locals who are actively interested in meeting new people. And dating can just as often lead to lifelong friendship as it can to romantic relationship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's been much written about the new norm of having a permanent OkCupid profile, and I think it's especially valid for travellers. It's a good way of showing that you're always open to meeting new people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="581" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T02:45:50.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-03-24T02:48:21.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience Twitter is the best way to find the heart of the local expat community. Expats will always be tweeting and discussing local happenings, politics, etc, and planning meetups and the like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="581" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T02:48:21.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="146" CreationDate="2014-03-24T04:23:50.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems to me that the regulations you quoted say “if done with the intent” and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; “doing demonstrates intent”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then a reg that threatens you can lose your citizenship by intending to give it up is kind of silly.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T04:23:50.000" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-24T04:37:49.147" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Couchsurfing.org,&#xA;Servas.org, &#xA;Hospitalityclub.net, &#xA;and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members.  Most users search for a place they plan to go to.  You would search for the place you are already at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Italki, babelyou, mylanguageexchange, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these are online only, but some of them have you specify whether you’re looking for chat, e-mail, Skype, or face-to-face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here’s one I forgot to mention the first posting:  meetup.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T14:43:52.063" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T14:43:52.063" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-24T04:38:20.203" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have gone now through 10 relocations from 6 months to 4 years stay and gathered some methods to improve chances to meet people. My realization is that it is finally almost never a single item but rather a combination of all things that will help you. I will leave out the obvious clubs, sports and work-related topics and focus on your everyday life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to live: In most cases, you have a choice where to get an apartment/house. It is more important where you live for the first 2-4 years. In this time you will need to build up a social network, you can later move somewhere else. You will later also have a better idea where to invest into buying a place or renting something larger. Ideally, you get your first place in an urban environment where people walk from their apartments to shops and restaurants nearby. If you live there, you will have higher chances at meeting the same people at the same time again, be it in front of your door, at the baker in the morning or the newspaper stand. Also, if you do not know people, you will want to pop out for dinner in the pizzeria next door rather than taking a car to drive downtown or sitting by yourself at home, alone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a regular lifestyle around your home: Try to find as soon as possible a hairdresser, dentist, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, baker, butcher, supermarket etc possibly near your place and keep going there. You will start to meet the same people. Use the shop owners and staff as an anchor point and talk to them about the area you live in etc. Tell them you live next door now and want to get to know the neighborhood. When you pay, leave a tip and say you will be back. Once you know them, you will start to know the other regular clients in their shop, and your network will expand. These will not necessarily all be people you want to spend your Sunday night with, but through them you will meet other people, and like this you will spread your network. Be loyal to your neighborhood, and it will support you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find restaurants and bars with a counter so you can talk to the barkeep/chef and speak with other people: This is the most effective one. Bar keepers are social networkers. On top of that, at a bar it's the easiest to talk to other people. Sushi restaurants and the like are also great. You need to go to the same places at least once a week, better twice. You will be recognized and people feel more at ease to talk to you. It's maybe a bit more expensive to eat out often, but see it as an investment into your life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn the language. As much as you can as soon as possible. Specially if you do not look like the other people around you. The more different you look, and the better you know the local language, the more people will remember you. A Japanese guy, speaking Japanese in Japan in a Sushi restaurant is just one of the thousands that walk by every day. A Caucasian speaking Japanese in Japan in a Sushi restaurant will be remembered months after eating there. Ask people how to pronounce stuff form the menu. Ask them if you said something correctly. Show an interest in the language, the culture, try to remember what to say as greetings and what for holidays (&quot;Merry Christmas!&quot; etc). Learn the phrases like &quot;I moved into an apartment very nearby and try to find a [shop]&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find a local sports bar and go there for the big games. Make sure you cheer for the local team, as hard as that might be. Irish pubs seem to be good all around the world for that. Common interests always make good friends. Throw in a beer and a TV and you are almost there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try to avoid places where tourists or commuters hang out. You will disappear in a crowd and everyone is just a passer-by. Find shops &amp;amp; restaurants that are small and have fewer staff so you do not have someone else in front of you each time you visit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you moved there with your partner, be careful not to fall into the &quot;homely home&quot; trap. While it may be great and comfy at home in front of the TV with your partner, remember that the earlier you build up a social network, the better your life will be in the long run. I recommend that you try to go for a drink sometimes by yourself to meet people. I found it often easier to talk to strangers when I am by myself than when I am with my wife. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastEditorUserId="96" LastEditDate="2015-01-05T08:37:15.180" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T08:37:15.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="146" CreationDate="2014-03-24T05:33:47.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, the intent to relinquish the US citizenship is demonstrated via a statement in front of a consular official. This is, in part, the result of the ruling in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_v._Terrazas&quot;&gt;Vance v. Terrazas&lt;/a&gt;. Specifically, if the case come to the attention of the State department - they're to verify with you your intent, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&quot;&gt;only if you confirm your intent to relinquish the US citizenship, it will be done&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, taking a government position may require you to relinquish your US citizenship by that government (as some governments require only citizens to serve at certain positions and do not allow dual citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T05:33:47.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="704" CreationDate="2014-03-24T08:04:59.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are non-resident, you can opt to continue to pay &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/volcontr/abroad.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Voluntary National Insurance&lt;/a&gt;. This has the advantage of avoiding any 'gaps' in your NI payment history (should you decide to return to the UK at a later date), and given that the UK has reciprocal agreements with many other countries, you may find that at retirement you can 'combine' your local and UK pension entitlements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two classes of Voluntary National Insurance: class 2 and class 3 (class 1 is what people in the UK pay). The details are available from the page linked above, but basically you pay class 2 if you are employed or self-employed abroad, and class 3 if you are unemployed abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Aside: The annual fees are derisory for class 2, no-one has ever been able to explain to me how the sums add up)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T08:04:59.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="784" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="786" CreationDate="2014-03-24T08:41:40.503" Score="4" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came from Denmark to France. I have Danish health insurance plus I have the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) from authorities in Denmark which is supposed to cover you overall in EU for your trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to a physician and she charged me some euros and I purchased some medicines and when I showed them EHIC card they said in France you have to pay the money and then go back and claim the money from your Insurance company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So where am I supposed to go for a refund? (I have receipts)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="586" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T18:20:50.727" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T18:20:50.727" Title="Using the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="768" CreationDate="2014-03-24T08:51:33.827" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a somewhat more straightforward explanation at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&amp;amp;subcategoryid=162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&amp;amp;subcategoryid=162&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you move to the UK, you will not be charged for NHS hospital treatment from the date that you arrive as long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you intend to live permanently in the UK, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have the right to live permanently in the UK or have a &quot;route to settlement&quot; that will allow permanent residence in due course&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You'll be expected to prove that you meet these requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, if you're here on a visa category that will eventually make you eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain, you are eligible for all free-of-charge NHS services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many private health insurers in the UK. Private medical insurance (PMI) is offered as a benefit by some employers, and some people purchase PMI individually due to perceived shortcomings in NHS service. The big four providers (Aviva, Axa PPP, Bupa and PruHealth) dominate the market, although often you can find better deals from the smaller players. There are also health insurance brokers who specialise in helping people (for a fee) choose from among many insurers. If you choose to engage a broker, look for one that's a member of AMII (the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T08:51:33.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="784" CreationDate="2014-03-24T09:57:57.297" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Succinct information on each EU country is available on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU's EHIC website&lt;/a&gt; and in the apps you can download there. Specifically, in France, you should &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1021&amp;amp;langId=en&amp;amp;intPageId=1737&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;contact the local CPAM (&lt;em&gt;caisse primaire d'assurance maladie&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;. There is at least one CPAM per &lt;em&gt;département&lt;/em&gt; and they generally have offices in all middle-size towns. To look up yours, you can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/votre-caisse-rhone/index_rhone.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ameli.fr&lt;/a&gt; (enter your postal code in the “Votre caisse” widget on the right-end side) or simply look up “your town + CPAM” or “your &lt;em&gt;département&lt;/em&gt; + CPAM” on a web search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the national level, EU/international insurance agreements are handled by an organization called CLEISS (&lt;em&gt;Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt;). There is some additional &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cleiss.fr/particuliers/access-to-healthcare-in-france.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;information on their website&lt;/a&gt; and you could try to contact them if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that with an EHIC you are covered up to the same level than the locals, which means that in France you won't get a full refund. There is a copay (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/soins-et-remboursements/ce-qui-est-a-votre-charge/le-ticket-moderateur_rhone.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ticket modérateur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of €7-8 for a general practitioner visit) and prescription medicines are only refunded partly (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/soins-et-remboursements/combien-serez-vous-rembourse/medicaments-et-vaccins/remboursement-des-medicaments-et-tiers-payant/quel-remboursement-pour-vos-medicaments_rhone.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;typically between 15% and 65%&lt;/a&gt; with some additional niceties). Furthermore, a few GP and other physicians are “&lt;em&gt;conventionné secteur 2&lt;/em&gt;”, which means they charge more than the national agreed-upon rate. The difference between that rate and what they actually charge isn't covered either (a “&lt;em&gt;non-conventionné&lt;/em&gt;” physician is even worse but that's extremely rare, just avoid them – not that you should in any case be informed of the rate and of what the “&lt;em&gt;sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt;” will cover).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure but I think your insurance in Denmark and/or a private travel insurance might cover the remaining costs. Also, you did not specify what your status was in France or why you needed medical treatment but note that work accidents are handled separately and, if recognized as such, might entitle you to 100% compensation for all medical costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T16:14:04.790" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T16:14:04.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="774" CreationDate="2014-03-24T10:22:59.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;H1B Visa Caps&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few thoughts...  The US has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models/h-1b-fiscal-year-fy-2014-cap-season&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FY2014 H1B Visa Cap&lt;/a&gt;, which may make it challenging for you to get something soon.  There are exceptions to that cap though...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The H-1B visa has an annual numerical limit &quot;cap&quot; of 65,000 visas each fiscal year. The first 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries with a U.S. master’s degree or higher are exempt from the cap.  Additionally, H-1B workers who are petitioned for or employed at an institution of higher education or its affiliated or related nonprofit entities or a nonprofit research organization, or a government research organization are not subject to this numerical cap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Filing for FY2015 H1B visas starts on 1 Apr 2014 (terrible choice for the date, IMHO ☺); and the first start date for FY2015 H1B employment is October 1, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Strategy&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think your best shot at getting a job in the US is sharing your resume with some US-based headhunters, and ask them to focus on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Companies willing to sponsor an H1B for their web developer position (these would be subject to the H1B visa cap)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universities (not subject to the cap)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government / Non-profit research corporations (not subject to the cap)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just be aware that headhunters sometimes don't have your best interests in mind; although they will always say that they do.  The reality is they have mouths to feed, and they are &lt;a href=&quot;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/17440/1243&quot;&gt;paid when they fill job requisitions&lt;/a&gt;.  YMMV... feet first, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;H1B Alternative&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply to be a university grad student in the US, and work part-time until you find something full-time (after your school is finished).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="587" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:48:49.160" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T10:22:59.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2014-03-24T10:48:05.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have personally never used it to find shared accommodation but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leboncoin.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Le Bon Coin&lt;/a&gt; is a popular website for all sorts of classified ads. What you are looking for is a “&lt;em&gt;colocation&lt;/em&gt;”. You might give it a shot and start contacting people, at least to arrange meetings/sightings on the day you arrive. Note that sharing accommodation seems less common in France than in some other places I know (e.g. Germany or Ireland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not much of an answer but since nothing else seems forthcoming for the time being I thought it could be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T12:21:52.153" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T12:21:52.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-24T16:39:05.277" Score="5" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine, born in Bolivia and raised in the US (thus holds dual citizenship to both countries) would like to go to Brazil to begin working as an English teacher. The school that we've been in talks with in Sao Carlos seem to think that because she hold a Bolivian passport, she is able to obtain a two year residency permit for Brazil, and she doesn't have to jump through the hoops that other foreigners do, such as signing up for a university course in order to apply for Vitem 4 (see here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://miami.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/student.xml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://miami.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/student.xml&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've had mixed responses from different Brazilian embassies, with some saying that she is eligible but then others saying she isn't. Has anybody any advice for us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="594" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T08:40:48.807" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T00:58:52.407" Title="Bolivian looking to work in Brazil" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;bolivian-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="790" CreationDate="2014-03-24T19:42:23.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Bolivia is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_Mercosur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not yet a member of Mercosul&lt;/a&gt;, there are no differences from any other nation for immigration, as far as I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual way is to go to Brazil with a tourist visa (usually lasts for 3 months, can be renewed for more 3) and look for a job there. With some luck, if you find a job, the hiring company can start the process with the Ministry of Labor. After that, if the Ministry granted the authorization, you have to go back to your country, get in touch with the Brazilian consulate (filling some paperwork in the meanwhile - a letter from the company that is willing to hire and a form with personal data). The consulate will then evaluate your request and eventually grant the temporary working visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The complete process is described &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portalconsular.mre.gov.br/estrangeiros/tipos-de-vistos/vistos-temporarios&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also find some English information in the websites of Brazilian Embassies around the world (for example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brazil.org.nz/page/work-visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T20:12:02.820" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T20:12:02.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="792" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:06:25.790" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Commonwealth of Australia&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Usrhn.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Australia&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as an Australian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/australian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;australian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;australian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:01:16.260" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:01:16.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="793" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:06:25.790" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Commonwealth of Australia" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:01:16.260" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:01:16.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="794" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:09:49.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;United Mexican States&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HBzme.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Mexico&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Mexican citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/mexican-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mexican-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mexican-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:09:33.657" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:09:33.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="795" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:09:49.750" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the United Mexican States" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:09:33.657" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:09:33.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="796" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:13:51.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Kingdom of the Netherlands&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XfixZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Netherlands&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Dutch citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/dutch-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dutch-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dutch-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:03:47.307" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:03:47.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="797" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:13:51.450" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Kingdom of the Netherlands" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:03:47.307" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:03:47.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="798" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:14:22.417" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Ukraine as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Ukrainian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/ukrainian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ukrainian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ukrainian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T00:09:20.833" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T00:09:20.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="799" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:14:22.417" Score="0" Body="Questions about immigrating and living in Ukraine for foreign citizens." OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:34:27.310" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:34:27.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="800" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:15:29.957" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in New Zealand as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a New Zealand citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/new-zealand-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;new-zealand-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;new-zealand-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:41.533" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:41.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="801" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:15:29.957" Score="0" Body="Living in New Zealand as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T02:12:23.413" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T02:12:23.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="802" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:16:52.723" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Israel as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as an Israeli citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/israeli-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;israeli-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;israeli-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:11:23.107" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:11:23.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="803" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:16:52.723" Score="0" Body="Living in Israel as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:50:49.957" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:50:49.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="804" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:17:38.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Belgium as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Belgian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/belgian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;belgian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;belgian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T02:12:21.107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T02:12:21.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="805" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:17:38.143" Score="0" Body="Living in Belgium as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:25.963" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:25.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="806" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:18:33.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Chile as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Chilean citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/chilean-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chilean-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chilean-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:50:03.017" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:50:03.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="807" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:18:33.307" Score="0" Body="Living in Chile as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:08:59.793" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:08:59.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="808" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:19:13.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in China as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Chinese citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/chinese-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chinese-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chinese-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T00:08:30.563" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T00:08:30.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="809" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:19:13.353" Score="0" Body="Living in China as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:51:06.227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:51:06.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="810" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:19:57.260" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Indonesia as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as an Indonesian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/indonesian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indonesian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indonesian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:11:36.777" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:11:36.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="811" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:19:57.260" Score="0" Body="Living in Indonesia as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:09:06.070" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:09:06.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="812" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:20:44.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Paraguay as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Paraguayan citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/paraguayan-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;paraguayan-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;paraguayan-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T00:09:23.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T00:09:23.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="813" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:20:44.990" Score="0" Body="Living in Paraguay as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:09:14.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:09:14.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="814" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:21:31.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Kingdom of Sweden&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HygPp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Sweden&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions relating to living abroad as a Swedish citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/swedish-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;swedish-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;swedish-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-03-03T07:36:43.297" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T07:36:43.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="815" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:21:31.720" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Kingdom of Sweden" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:07:53.923" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:07:53.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="816" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:22:17.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Philippines as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Philippine citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/philippine-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;philippine-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;philippine-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:21.907" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:21.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="817" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:22:17.720" Score="0" Body="Living in the Philippines as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:08:47.003" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:08:47.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="818" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:23:50.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in South Africa as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a South African citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/south-african-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;south-african-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;south-african-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:50:25.747" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:50:25.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="819" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:23:50.943" Score="0" Body="Living in South Africa as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T02:12:26.233" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T02:12:26.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="820" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:25:05.317" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Italy as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as an Italian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/italian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;italian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;italian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:10:32.390" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:10:32.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="821" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-24T20:25:05.317" Score="0" Body="Living in Italy as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:16.033" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:16.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="660" CreationDate="2014-03-24T22:49:32.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a long one.... First off you do NOT need to be a resident to own PGYan real estate. any person or entity can own real estate. They will need to be present personally to sign paperwork with the attorney to start and then end the transaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No real estate agent is needed, in Paraguay the buyer and seller can sit down and negotiate their own deal out and have the attorney write out the terms and agreements. If language is a problem a certified translator or personal representative for yourself should be hired to work on your behalf. There is no recourse to your bad negotiating or lack of understanding, therefore unless you're fluent in Spanish I'd have someone on your side to assist or work with a trusted partner who is under your employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you need a lawyer to be involved, in a word no. Paraguay has escribinia's who are akin to paralegals and can perform all the same acts and functions of a lawyer for a fraction of the cost. We have personally used both attorney's and escribinia's and outside of cost there is little difference between the two. I would recommend using someone who has dealt with foreigners before and has experience in that arena as their transactional logistics and concerns are different than locals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the type and use of the property in question special permits may be needed, having a great transactional team by your side will help smooth this one over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paraguay real estate is great as the paperwork involved is minimal and most transactions are done in cash. It is common to put 50% down payment when completing the written contract portion and then 50% when closing the transaction. As always make sure that you have experienced qualified professionals on your side, the kinds of professionals that  provides&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="597" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T22:49:32.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="823" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-25T01:48:08.263" Score="7" ViewCount="604" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2012, Spain (in violation of EU law, as far as I know) started requiring EU citizens wishing to establish residency to &quot;produce evidence of sufficient financial means to support themselves.&quot;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/residency-requirements-in-spain&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to bring to the table to satisfy their requirements? What kind of evidence are Spanish officials known to accept, or reject, as sufficient proof?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence of health insurance may also be required. How is this handled if you don't yet have health insurance in Spain? Can you get health insurance coverage prior to applying for the &lt;em&gt;residencia&lt;/em&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T04:40:20.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T21:50:11.707" Title="How does the proof-of-financial-means requirement work for EU citizens when migrating to Spain?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2014-03-25T04:11:58.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;intent to return&quot; is state specific.  Some states are tough on this.  Without evidence you have established a residence elsewhere in the USA before you moved overseas some states won't give up their claim to such taxes.  People, including a large number of active duty military establish (or attempt to establish) a domicile in a state without state income tax before moving overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This link from the American Foreign Service Association includes some details&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afsa.org/domicile.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.afsa.org/domicile.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to be a stickler for following the rules so I am sure plenty of others decide they have established a new domicile without really doing so.  But I think the legal requirement are that you really do move to a new state.  Just saying I live in &quot;tax free place&quot; while you are overseas is not really legal (it doesn't legally create a new domicile for you officially).  If you don't rent and live in a new state for a reasonable amount of time it is questionable to claim you have a new domicile.  Flying to your friend's state and staying at their house the week before you leave almost for sure doesn't.  Moving to a new state and signing a new lease, getting a new driver's license, registering to vote, living there for a year and then moving overseas does.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In between those two situations is questionable.  The closer you are to one than the other the more clear it is.  I would also imagine practically the more money involved the more it matters (as does how vigorously the state in question polices this). I would imagine the more money involved the less a state is going to accept questionable claims of new domicile while the less money involved the more willing they will be to take a more forgiving approach.  One of the truths is there are grey areas and the factors that come into play include how much money is at stake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T04:11:58.563" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-25T04:22:41.077" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have migrated from the USA to Australia as a Permanent Resident and am looking for private medical insurance &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am searching my options between not for profit medical insurance providers (like gmhba and hif) and the usual (for profit) medical insurance providers. How big are the differences in terms of price/premiums and service/access to healthcare? Are there any general rules about which type of insurance is preferable or does it depend strongly on your needs and financial means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="90" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T22:43:00.707" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:25:36.140" Title="Medical insurance by not for profit orgs in Australia?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:14:03.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few additional remarks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not sure most countries actually do require foreign criminal records to grant visas. I was going to comment that it was rare but a quick search reveals that it's pretty common in the Americas. By contrast, European countries don't do it systematically to my knowledge.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Countries cannot generally access criminal information from other countries (and when they do exchange stuff, it's typically only selected lists of people or partial information). The country where you are applying might require you to provide some sort of official document from your country of origin but they rely on you to procure it and even that would be incomplete (rules about what goes there and for how long differ between countries and it's perfectly possible that you committed a criminal offense in a third country).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consequently, I suspect that such requirements are mostly there to have legal cover to refuse the visa or even deport you if and when something surfaces. Some countries have a general “good character” clause or some other vague requirement for the same purpose. Like all the apparently silly questions about terrorism and prostitution, it's also an occasion to catch someone in a lie during an interview.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is more relevant and might in fact disqualify you for a visa in many countries is a criminal record &lt;em&gt;in the country you are applying&lt;/em&gt;. This is explicitly mentioned as a requirement in many cases and obviously easier to check.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T08:57:04.273" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T08:57:04.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="827" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:27:05.597" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Argentina as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as an Argentinian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/argentinian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;argentinian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;argentinian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:06.443" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:06.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="828" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:27:05.597" Score="0" Body="Living in Argentina as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:48:26.157" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:48:26.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="829" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:30:00.877" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Bulgaria as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Bulgarian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bulgarian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bulgarian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bulgarian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:50:40.903" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:50:40.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="830" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:30:00.877" Score="0" Body="Living in Bulgaria as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:47:31.263" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:47:31.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="831" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:30:33.347" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in South Korea as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a South Korean citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/south-korean-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'south-korean-citizens'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;south-korean-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-11-30T09:00:36.860" LastActivityDate="2014-11-30T09:00:36.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="832" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:30:33.347" Score="0" Body="Living in South Korea as an expatriate." OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-11-30T09:00:52.883" LastActivityDate="2014-11-30T09:00:52.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="833" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:31:09.520" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt; Switzerland&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mnyrA.png&quot; alt=&quot;Swiss Flag&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation is a&#xA; federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe.&#xA; It is a member of the EFTA and the Schengen Area however not of the European Union.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official currency is the Swiss Franc (CHF), the country calling code is +41.&#xA; The official timezone is CET in winter and CEST in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about being a citizen in Switzerland see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/swiss-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;swiss-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;swiss-citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt; Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for issues pertaining to immigration: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/en/home.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Office for Migration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Switzerland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign embassies in Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Official website with useful information for foreigners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T08:13:35.200" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T08:13:35.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="834" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:31:09.520" Score="0" Body="Living in Switzerland as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:48:47.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:48:47.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="835" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:32:04.437" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in India as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as an Indian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/indian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:11.897" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:11.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="836" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:32:04.437" Score="0" Body="Living in India as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T00:07:58.653" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T00:07:58.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="837" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:32:42.907" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Brazil as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Brazilian citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/brazilian-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;brazilian-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;brazilian-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:50:07.897" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:50:07.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="838" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:32:42.907" Score="0" Body="Living in Brazil as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:48:43.520" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:48:43.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="839" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:37:08.380" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions on living in Spain as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Spanish citizen, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spanish-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spanish-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spanish-citizens&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:08:33.720" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:08:33.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="840" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:37:08.380" Score="0" Body="Living in Spain as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T00:09:16.493" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T00:09:16.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="841" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:38:17.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For aquisition and loss of citizenship please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in the United Kingdom see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/united-kingdom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;united-kingdom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;united-kingdom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizens of the UK are also &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/eu-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;eu-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;eu-citizens&lt;/a&gt;, unless they were born in the British Crown Dependencies like the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK site for traveling abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK embassies around the world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:44:59.277" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:44:59.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="842" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-25T05:38:17.253" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T03:09:36.833" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:09:36.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8" CreationDate="2014-03-25T06:59:08.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the conflicting information, I think you should ask directly at the Korean consulate or embassy. You may phone at first and they will be able to instruct you or give you an appointment. In particular, I find it likely that an interview is not mandatory, unless they have reasons to double check on you once they have reviewed your application. (Simple example: were the other teachers you know invited by their employer in Korea before they applied? Perhaps in such a case an interview is not required.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their own policies may vary from time to time due to factors totally unknown to you and me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T06:59:08.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="823" CreationDate="2014-03-25T07:24:50.063" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know this part of EU law well enough to give a definitive answer regarding its interpretation and application in practice but requiring sufficient resources is definitely allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reading of the relevant directive and my understanding of the general logic of the system is that &lt;strong&gt;non-economically active&lt;/strong&gt; EU citizens should not be a burden to the host state. The criteria would therefore seem to be that your wealth and/or income are above the threshold to receive welfare benefits in that particular country. Similarly, you could be required to already have health insurance and not to get it in Spain (for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/when-living-abroad/health-insurance-cover/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;retirees are typically covered by the country they receive a pension from, not by the country they live in&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's an option for you at all, a practical solution around this issue could be to get a job (almost any job should do, freedom of movement for &lt;strong&gt;workers&lt;/strong&gt; is very thorough and largely distinct from other provisions) but I imagine it might be especially difficult in Spain at the moment. Establishing yourself as a self-employed service provider could work as well (it will cost you something but it can sometimes be even more open, e.g. for Croatian citizens who are subject to restriction to the freedom of movement for workers in many countries).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to work but can't show that your needs are covered, e.g. by the pension and health systems of your country or origin, you might be able to reside somewhere else in the EU but you don't have a right to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-1041_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;press release from the EU commission&lt;/a&gt; provides an overview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-26T21:50:11.707" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T21:50:11.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="846" CreationDate="2014-03-25T09:50:49.883" Score="9" ViewCount="6517" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has moved to the UK. My new employer has asked me to get a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check so I can work with children. Since I do not have sufficient history in the UK, my employer has also asked me to supply them with a US CRB. What is the US equivalent of a CRB check?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="44" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T12:49:56.997" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T12:14:31.640" Title="Is there a US version of the UK Criminal Records Bureau check?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="845" CreationDate="2014-03-25T12:20:06.997" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US does not have an easy way to get the exact equivalent of the UK CRB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US State Dept &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/criminal-record-checks.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;has a page on this very subject&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S. citizens may be asked to present a “certificate of good conduct” or “lack of a criminal record” for a variety of reasons for use abroad including adoption, school attendance, employment, etc.  U.S. law enforcement authorities may not be familiar with such a procedure since it is not commonly requested in the United States.  There are a variety of options available to U.S. citizens seeking to obtain proof of their lack of a criminal record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOCAL POLICE CHECK&lt;/strong&gt;: Go to your local police department where you reside or last resided in the United States, request that the police conduct a local or state criminal records search and provide you with a document reflecting that there is no history of a criminal record...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FBI RECORDS CHECK&lt;/strong&gt;:  ... The FBI offers two methods for requesting your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/criminal-history-summary-checks&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;FBI Identification Record&lt;/a&gt; or proof that a record does not exist...An individual requiring an apostille or authenticated copy of his/her FBI Identification Record, or any non U.S. person who wishes to request his/her FBI Identification Record must submit a request directly to the FBI CJIS Division...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AUTHENTICATION OF POLICE OR FBI CERTIFICATES OF LACK OF A CRIMINAL RECORD&lt;/strong&gt;:  The FBI’s CJIS Division will authenticate U.S. Department of Justice Order 556-73 fingerprint search results for international requests by placing the FBI seal and signature of a Division official on the results, if requested at the time of submission...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like the best that you can do is get Local Police (from the place where you last lived) and FBI checks. It might be good to check with your new employer to make sure that this will be sufficient &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; going through the effort of obtaining the proper documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T12:14:31.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2014-03-25T12:43:54.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you have nationality (and citizenship) of one of the European country, you are automatically granted also the European Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the European Citizenship do not make you equal with the Citizens of another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rights of a European citizen in european country where he is not citizen can be checked here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the more states you are a citizen the more advantages you get  in those states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T12:43:54.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2014-03-25T15:44:04.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you are looking to store your stuff in the UK and then ship it to the US once you have an address. I would suggest you go the other way. Ship your stuff to a storage facility in the US while you are still in the UK. This way you can be present at both ends of the shipping process. Further, you will save yourself the storage fees while the items are in transit. Finally, you will have you stuff in the US as soon as you are ready for it. If for example, you really need something off your computer, you could go to the storage facility, bring it back to wherever you are staying and then return it to the storage facility. That said, I wouldn't bother shipping a computer unless you are already shipping a lot of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on how you are shipping stuff you may not even need an address before sending it. If you do there are tons of companies that provide self storage in the US. One reputable company that has a national presence in the US and a number of sites in San Francisco is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publicstorage.com/california/self-storage-san+francisco-ca?pid=wphelpsgooglegeo&amp;amp;s_kwcid=AL!3591!3!35487909062!p!!g!!self%20storage%20san%20francisco%20ca&amp;amp;ef_id=UdvqdwAAAPyUXplQ:20140325153951%3as&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Public Storage&lt;/a&gt;. They seem to offer an online rental setup so it should be no problem setting it up from the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T15:44:04.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="754" CreationDate="2014-03-25T15:54:38.687" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many paths to both a Green Card and Citizenship, including employment based, family based (e.g. marriage) and various special interests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are in the US on an H1B, you are likely employed, and if you are lucky your employer will sponsor you for a Green Card. It is a long and fairly complicated process. You should contact your HR department; however if they are not used to doing this it may be an uphill struggle to get them to spend the time and money on an application.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/comingtoamerica/immigration-your-path-to-a-green-card&quot;&gt;This slide show &lt;/a&gt; from &quot;Coming to America&quot; (slides 8 to 15) has a good summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for citizenship, most paths to that go through the Green Card. Once you have a Green Card there is a waiting period before you can apply. There are other routes like joining the US Military. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship&quot;&gt;the USCIS website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T15:54:38.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="664" CreationDate="2014-03-25T17:03:46.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;@SztupY did a good job except for the last question, which I will address:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do DVD and Blue-ray fit into this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DVDs (and possibly Blu-Rays) are still encoded using either NTSC or PAL, but any modern DVD player (and likely any old one) will convert to your TV's expected input.  So even if you're playing a British DVD on a US player, you will have no problem watching it on your US TV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bigger problem with DVDs and Blu-Rays is not PAL vs. NTSC, but their region encoding.  Most commercial DVD/BRs are encrypted so that they can only be played on a player from a specific region.  There are far more &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code&quot;&gt;DVD regions&lt;/a&gt; than &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes&quot;&gt;Blu-Ray regions&lt;/a&gt;, making this generally a more complicated problem for DVDs than for Blu-Rays, but in your case, the UK and the US are in different regions on both systems, so this could well be an issue for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you bring your DVD/BR player with you from the UK to the US, you will be able to watch your UK media without a problem on your US TV, but you will also need a US DVD/BR player to watch any media you purchase in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also buy multi-region or region-free DVD players, although they are more expensive (as they must be licensed for multiple regions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T17:12:15.987" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T17:12:15.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="852" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="855" CreationDate="2014-03-25T18:29:22.953" Score="6" ViewCount="805" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember some time when the DVDs were supposed to be playable only on the DVD players bought in the same geographic zone as the DVD. I never tried because at that time I was not an expatriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still have a collection of DVDs, but I now use a computer to play my DVDs, which I plug to my TV screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering, if I buy a new computer/new DVD player on the continent I am moving to, or buy a DVD on that new continent and play it on my old computer, will that work? In other words, should I give up my collection of DVDs when moving and should I not buy new DVDs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &quot;old&quot; continent was Europe, my &quot;new&quot; continent is North America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:26:40.033" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:24:37.427" Title="Am I likely to have issues playing DVDs I take with me during an international move?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="852" CreationDate="2014-03-25T19:29:51.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, DVD zones still exists, as it is part of the DVD specification. If you buy a DVD reader it will be only be able to play DVD from the same zone as it is set to…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;, if you read the DVD using your computer and play it with a program like &lt;a href=&quot;http://videolan.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Videolan&lt;/a&gt; (aka VLC), then you will be able to read a DVD from any zone. And nowaday it's getting easier to find DVD player that can at least change zone as a setting, or even better be able to read just DVD from any zone… I've seen some of those, but I don't know which brand/model, because I don't have a DVD player personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T20:00:35.563" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T20:00:35.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="852" CreationDate="2014-03-25T19:30:28.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Borrowed from &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/851/28&quot;&gt;my other answer&lt;/a&gt;, and expanded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most commercial DVD/BRs are encrypted so that they can only be played on a player from a specific region.  There are far more &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DVD regions&lt;/a&gt; than &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blu-Ray regions&lt;/a&gt;, making this generally a more complicated problem for DVDs than for Blu-Rays, but in your case, the UK and the US are in different regions on both systems, so this could well be an issue for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you bring your DVD/BR player with you from the UK to the US, you will be able to watch your UK media without a problem on your US TV, but you will also need a US DVD/BR player to watch any media you purchase in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also buy multi-region or region-free DVD players, although they are more expensive (as they must be licensed for multiple regions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most commercial DVD/BR software with which I am familiar (admittedly, not much) is also tied to a specific region--sometimes with the option to change regions a limited number of times (supposedly to allow for an international move).  Most open-source DVD players, however, can play DVDs from any region--although probably technically illegally--in the same way that all open source DVD players are &quot;illegal&quot;, since they use cracked DVD keys rather than having paid licensing fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T19:41:02.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="852" CreationDate="2014-03-25T19:31:00.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are still region codes (&quot;zones&quot;) for DVDs. Common computer operating systems (Windows/OS&amp;nbsp;X) usually allow you to change the region code of the DVD player only a few times over the lifetime of your hardware. The player will generally only play DVDs for which the region code matches that of the player.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a collection of region 2 DVDs that you currently play on your computer, those will still work after you move to region 1. If you purchase a new DVD in region 1, it won't play on your computer. In general, only region 1 DVDs are available in North America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you purchase a DVD player in region 1, it will probably only play region 1 DVDs. It may be possible to find a &quot;region-free&quot; player, usually they're off-brand players that can be modified to ignore the region code on played DVDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The region restrictions are, in my experience, most strongly enforced in region 1 (US/Canada). Here in New Zealand, consumers are expressly permitted by law to circumvent the DVD region code system. So most players you can buy here have a way of unlocking the region code functionality so it can play DVDs from any region. The first DVD player I bought here came with instructions to do so; the BluRay player I bought more recently needed some googling to find the magic code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1. You can probably circumvent this restriction using freely available software.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T19:31:00.210" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2014-03-25T20:23:52.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't say that this applies to all countries and situations, but when moving to the UK for university, the university required that I get a statement from both my home country (South Africa) and the Japanese government (where I was living) that said I didn't have a criminal record. In South Africa, I had to go through a rather lengthy process, including finger-printing, to get a police-verified document, despite being only 17 and having spent only summers there since the age of 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T20:23:52.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="259" CreationDate="2014-03-25T21:07:58.233" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Family and Medical Leave Act&lt;/a&gt; (FMLA) is the closest we have to a legal requirement in the US for this, but it doesn't actually offer bereavement leave. There is a bit of a loophole, however, that you can use, with proper notice to your employer, &quot;to address your own serious health condition (e.g. depression)&quot;. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://federalfmla.typepad.com/fmla_blog/2007/04/bereavement_lea.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A death in the family is not automatic grounds for FMLA coverage.  An employee must notify his or her employer that they need leave for an FMLA-covered condition.  An employee's request for bereavement leave to make funeral arrangements and wrap up the affairs of his deceased brother failed to put the employer on notice that the employee was requesting FMLA leave.  To be covered by the FMLA, the employee needed to tie his request for bereavement leave to address his &lt;strong&gt;own serious health condition (e.g., depression)&lt;/strong&gt;, or the needs of a spouse, parent, son, or daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be very careful trying to use the FMLA for the death of a grandfather who lives in another continent, however.  I expect it would be pretty easy to see through the request for time off to deal with &quot;depression&quot; of a relative whom you likely have not seen (as you said) for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your best bet is simply going to be to talk to your employer, explain the situation, and ask for some time off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T21:16:27.713" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T21:16:27.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-25T21:12:17.183" Score="7" ViewCount="2793" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Chicago for a couple of years (not continuous) on an F-1 visa. I have not needed a car so far, so I never got an Illinois driving license, but I'll be moving to California soon, and I will definitely need a car there. Since I have only ever driven manual transmission cars, I'd like to practice driving an automatic on my friend's car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a valid Italian driving license, but I cannot figure out if I am allowed to drive with it or not. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K6-102&quot;&gt;625 ILCS 5/6-102&lt;/a&gt;, a non-resident who has a valid driving license from their home state does not need an Illinois driving license. When I pay taxes (from my job on campus) I have to file as a non-resident alien, so I would surmise that I am not a resident of the US. But I do live in Chicago. Does that make me a resident of Illinois, but not of the US? That doesn't make sense to me, but I don't want to rely on sense alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked the office for international students at my university, and they have been no help at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="621" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T06:15:24.473" Title="I'm in the US on an F-1 visa. Can I drive with my Italian driving license?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-25T21:26:55.643" Score="9" ViewCount="10477" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US-licensed vehicle, currently in Mexico, and with a temporary import permit (meaning as long as my residency status is valid, my car is also legal in Mexico).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What must I do to legally &lt;em&gt;import&lt;/em&gt; my vehicle, however? That is, register it with a Mexican license plate, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:23:56.920" LastActivityDate="2019-03-17T18:51:19.313" Title="How can I &quot;legalize&quot; my US car in Mexico?" Tags="&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-25T21:35:37.603" Score="4" ViewCount="8074" Body="&lt;p&gt;My vehicle is currently in Mexico, and I will not be returning to the US until late July.  My license plate expires in June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mexico doesn't care that I have an expired license plate, as it's only used for identification purposes here.  But as soon as I cross the border into the US, I will be driving an illegal vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What options do I have to return to the US without driving illegally on an expired license plate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The car is currently registered in Kansas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-25T21:58:35.983" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T17:17:31.887" Title="How can I renew my US vehicle registration while out of the country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-25T21:51:09.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We’ve talked about “how” as in methods, resources, but there’s another factor that one might want to know how to overcome:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluentin3months.com/shy-solution/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.fluentin3months.com/shy-solution/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lame attempt at a summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5 crazy ways to get over shyness immediately, no drink/drugs required&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;HOST Couchsurfers (i.e., be a host)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Become an amateur photographer (use a camera or some unusual item to get people to approach you)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clink first, ask questions later (don’t plan what to say, just blurt something out)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Embrace your inner Klingon (find a group interested in something you are interested in)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aim to fail (quantity, not quality)&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;There’s more, but the rest is more specific to language learning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A summary can’t do justice to the guy’s style—have to read it for the headings to really make sense.  But I tried to explain them a bit in the parentheses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example for #2: I recently bought a Brompton folding bicycle.  I've used it in Perú on eight or nine different days, and at least eleven people (one of them a police officer) have approached me to talk about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2016-01-30T03:51:22.697" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T03:51:22.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="860" CreationDate="2014-03-25T22:48:02.037" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll have to pay the registration fees and have someone mail you the sticker to apply to your license plate. If you need physical examination of the car (here, in California, smog tests are required for certain vehicles as a condition for the license plate sticker renewal) - you're out of luck and better get the car to Kansas before it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to register the car in Mexico and drive with Mexican plates until you re-register it back in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T22:48:02.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="858" CreationDate="2014-03-25T22:50:41.180" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In California you can drive with out-of-state license if you're not a resident. If you're moving to CA for a prolonged period of time, you may be required to get a CA license. Out-of-state can also be out-of-country if its an international license (I believe all the EU licenses are, but check at the DMV web site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can assure you, if you can drive in Italy, &lt;strong&gt;nothing&lt;/strong&gt; will prevent you from passing a driving test in CA (or anywhere in the US, even in Manhattan)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T22:50:41.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="868" CreationDate="2014-03-25T23:22:05.997" Score="15" ViewCount="4274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in need of a &lt;em&gt;general practitioner&lt;/em&gt; visit and I'm in Paris. Is there any way to know which ones speak English, because it's quite uncommon that people speak English well here, and I don't have enough French to discuss my medical condition. (I have an EHIC card to cover my expenses, I'm aware that I'll likely have to pay something extra, that's not the issue now.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:26:55.757" LastActivityDate="2015-05-27T21:55:09.990" Title="How to find an English-speaking general practitioner in France?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2014-03-26T02:55:48.857" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your consulate might have a list but that's a long shot as they are not always up to date (I know the US does something like that but I don't know if they would help non-US citizens and then they might refer you to an expensive private clinic like “&lt;em&gt;Hôpital américain&lt;/em&gt;”). You could at least check the websites of several consulates, in case they publish it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that international travel assistance services like ADAC in Germany also suggest in their promotional material that they can help you find a physician but in that particular case it would be a German-speaking physician and their lists are hopelessly outdated in my experience (e.g. include people who retired &lt;em&gt;several years ago&lt;/em&gt;). Of course, you also need to be a member in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another idea (but also something of a long shot) would be to call &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sosmedecins.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SOS Médecin&lt;/a&gt;. They provide house calls for non-life threatening emergencies (“&lt;em&gt;urgences non-vitales&lt;/em&gt;”) so pretty much your situation (unlike 112), and might be able to pick the right person from their own list of GP. If you do get a house call be aware that you will be charged more if the physician considers that you could have come to his practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, expats often exchange names/contacts of English-speaking GP on local forums. I don't know any for Paris but a web search turned up &lt;a href=&quot;http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=581937&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;something that looks potentially useful&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T09:54:39.027" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T09:54:39.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="860" CreationDate="2014-03-26T03:09:05.560" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In other questions, you were mentioning changing your US tax home state.  This can be done for vehicles as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A popular choice (in Baja California) is to re-register the car in South Dakota.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;South Dakota &lt;a href=&quot;http://dor.sd.gov/Motor_Vehicles/Non_Resident_Information/PDFs/Memo%20to%20CT%20on%20non_residence.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;specifically allows non-residents&lt;/a&gt; to register cars there, without the vehicle ever having to be in South Dakota.  You have to apply at the county level.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.claycountysd.org/view.php?doc_id=310&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Clay County&lt;/a&gt; is one county that is very expat friendly.  A call to the county treasurer there will explain the process.  It's usually cheaper than other states as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll need a US address (any state) that the plates can be mailed to, they can then be forwarded to you.  You will also need to adjust your US insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a matching driver's license you have to go to SD in person, but outside of Kansas a mismatch between the license and the plates shouldn't be much of an issue.  In Kansas they would likely expect you to re-register the car locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the mainland of Mexico, there are TIP stickers (import bonds) for tourist vehicles.  Investigate how changing the plate would affect (or not) the refund of your bond when leaving the country.  As that sticker doesn't apply in Baja, it's not an issue among the dozens of people I know with SD plates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other states are an option, such as rural counties in Texas.  It should be part of a plan to have a matching address, drivers license, and car plates from a single county and state, to keep things simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if your state or county allows renewals without the vehicle being present then it would be simplest just to get the new stickers or plates mailed to you from somebody at the registration address in Kansas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:09:05.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="825" CreationDate="2014-03-26T03:25:36.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an expat to Australia who was in the same situation recently, I can't say I found any meaningful differences between the profits and the notionally non-profits, they all quack like ducks and walk like ducks to me.  Neither have I found much difference between the insurers I've tried, although given the choice I'd steer away from Medibank, it's government-owned and thus even more bureaucratic, slow and incompetent than your average insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your employer has a corporate private insurance plan (and they mostly likely do), it will usually have better rates than what you can get alone, so you're probably best off with them, regardless of who it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that you don't &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; private health insurance, Medicare covers all the basics except, bizarrely, ambulances and dental.  The main reasons to get it are if you're planning kids and would prefer a private hospital, or if you're earning enough that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Medicare-levy/Medicare-levy-surcharge/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Medicare levy surcharge&lt;/a&gt; (up to 1.5% extra tax) would otherwise kick in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T03:25:36.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2014-03-26T04:44:19.703" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Embassies often have lists of doctors that speak the language of the country in question. I would call them and ask if they have a recommendation. That's how I found doctors in Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-paris&quot;&gt;UK Embassy&lt;/a&gt; in France lists for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/living-in-france&quot;&gt;a link to to AngloInfo&lt;/a&gt;, which in return has &lt;a href=&quot;http://france.angloinfo.com/healthcare/&quot;&gt;this page here about healthcare&lt;/a&gt; in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French  &lt;a href=&quot;http://france.usembassy.gov/living_in_france.html&quot;&gt;US embassy&lt;/a&gt; has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://photos.state.gov/libraries/france/5/acs/paris-doctors.pdf&quot;&gt;list of English speaking doctors and hospitals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The  French &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/home.html&quot;&gt;Australian&lt;/a&gt; embassy has another &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/engdoc.html&quot;&gt;list of English doctors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would generally assume that the further away you are from home, the better such information and help from the embassy becomes. A majority of UK citizens can probably go home in time in case they need a doctor, which is much harder for someone from the US or AU. So if you have several countries in the world that speak your language, try to find a larger one that is rather further away, and you might get more detailed help on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96" LastEditorUserId="96" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T04:58:55.717" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T04:58:55.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="859" CreationDate="2014-03-26T06:04:49.343" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure is different depending on whether you are in the &quot;border zone&quot;, or in the rest of Mexico.  The &quot;border zone&quot; is the area within about 20km of the land borders, and the whole of Baja California (North and South), and it is an easier process there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you have a TIP (temporary import permit), you are probably not in a border zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rollybrook.com/nationalizing.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rolly Brook&lt;/a&gt;'s excellent site on living in Mexico has some basic information on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your car needs to be made in North America (any of the three countries), as shown by the VIN number.  It needs to be a certain number of model years old - the rules for this keep changing, in 2013 it was models 6 years old or older but may be more restrictive now.  There may be other cases where it's not possible, such as for some luxury cars, and some convertibles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I imported mine (in the border zone) a few years ago, it was only possible to import cars in the range 6-10 years old.  Cost around $1000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a great deal of discussion about the latest situation at &lt;a href=&quot;http://yucalandia.com/driving-in-mexico-issues-fun/importing-driving-a-car-in-mexico/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yuclandia&lt;/a&gt;.  It does basically boil down to: find a local importer, and ask them about today's rules, as enforced by the local office.  Like most things in Mexico, it does vary a lot depending on the local staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T06:47:07.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T06:47:07.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="885" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:10:05.733" Score="9" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;At my university computer science department (outside the US) students are frequently taken on as paid interns at big US technology companies (Facebook, Nvidia, Google) under the J1 visa. AFAIK the visa allows companies to give temporary paid work to foreigners who are currently students or have graduated in the last 6 months, and is given out much more frequently than H1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal interest is in companies that are much smaller. Is the legal process that the sponsor must undertake for J1 prohibitive to companies on the order of 30 employees and who probably don't have big (or any) legal departments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(to be clear I'm not concerned about whether I can make the case that I could add value to the company, even in six months - more whether that value would outweigh the administrative pain for a sponsor)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631" LastEditorUserId="203" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T22:16:07.363" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T22:16:07.363" Title="Does the US J1 visa require significant legwork for the sponsor?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="871" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:36:01.897" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:36:01.897" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:36:01.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="872" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:36:01.897" Score="0" Body="Living in Oman as an expatriate." OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:49:37.283" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:49:37.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2961" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:45:54.157" Score="6" ViewCount="1165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked several people (including a couple of attorneys) about the requirements for a &lt;em&gt;rentista&lt;/em&gt; (retiree) visa in Chile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody I've talked with agrees that I need to be able to demonstrate either a certain amount of savings in a bank account, or a certain amount of income sourced outside of Chile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What nobody seems to know, however, is the amount that I need to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even when I ask an attorney, he'll just ask me how much I have, and then say that I have &quot;enough&quot; or &quot;not enough&quot; when I tell him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a minimum amount of savings/income required to qualify for a &lt;em&gt;rentista&lt;/em&gt; visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, what are the amounts?  If not, why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T15:04:16.950" Title="How much savings/income do I need for a Chilean rentista visa?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;chile&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="874" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:54:03.623" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia defines immigration&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration is different from a visit to a country for the purposes of tourism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration rules and procedures vary depending on the destination country as well as the country of origin. For instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Europe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;movement from one country to another within the European Union is not considered immigration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13825" LastEditorUserId="13825" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T00:39:49.200" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T00:39:49.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="875" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T08:54:03.623" Score="0" Body="Questions about immigration rules and procedures." OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T08:56:36.037" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T08:56:36.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="878" CreationDate="2014-03-26T09:55:31.503" Score="4" ViewCount="2375" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Polish citizen but currently live and work in Germany. After moving to a new flat, where I intend to stay for a while, I thought I could renew my ID so there will be my German address instead of the old Polish one. I don't want to apply for German citizenship, I just want my ID renewed here, without traveling back to Poland. Also I thought it would be nice if the ID could be in German/English instead of Polish/English to make it easier for local folks. Can I renew it at a normal City Hall in Germany or do I need to get back to my home country or to Polish Consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the side note, my driving licence also needs an update. It expires in 2 years from now anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="154" LastEditorUserId="154" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T10:17:36.847" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:19:52.713" Title="How can I renew my Polish ID while abroad?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2014-03-26T10:21:14.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know the exact procedure for Polish citizens, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/682/do-i-need-can-unregister-from-polish-address-when-leaving-poland/685#685&quot;&gt;it could be easier to go back home and renew it there&lt;/a&gt; but in any case the local town hall in Germany can't help you with a national ID or passport renewal if you are not a German citizen. You should contact the Polish authorities (and in particular the nearest consulate or consular section).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, in the EU, the driver's license &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20/if-i-obtain-a-drivers-licence-in-germany-as-a-non-german-eu-citizen-would-i-ha/288#288&quot;&gt;should be renewed locally&lt;/a&gt;, following the same procedure than the locals (which, depending on the country, might or might not be through the town administration – in Germany, it is). Here again, it can sometimes be convenient to renew it back home (even if it's strictly speaking illegal and might require you to be registered as a resident there or lie about your residence on the application form).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T10:27:00.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2014-03-26T10:29:28.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You cannot.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way of renewing ID is doing it &lt;strong&gt;personally&lt;/strong&gt; in your corresponding municipality in Poland. There is no legal possibility to delegate this to anyone else. As far as I know this contradicts EU guidelines, as EU countries have removed resident IDs for EU nationals, instead fully recognizing national IDs for all purposes. So there is still hope that in the future it might change. But right now the rules are clear. There is no way of doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Polish &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.msw.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/informacje-dla-osob-wy/4932,Informacje-dla-osob-zamieszkalych-za-granica.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of Interior has addressed the issue&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Obowiązujący stan prawny nie przewiduje możliwości złożenia wniosku o&#xA;  wydanie dowodu osobistego oraz odbioru tego dokumentu za pośrednictwem&#xA;  pełnomocnika. Zgodnie z rozporządzeniem Rady Ministrów z dnia 21&#xA;  listopada 2000 roku (Dz. U. z 2000 r., nr 112, poz. 1182 z późn. zm.)&#xA;  w sprawie wzoru dowodu osobistego oraz trybu postępowania w sprawach&#xA;  wydawania dowodów osobistych, ich wymiany, zwrotu lub utraty, złożenie&#xA;  wniosku o wydanie dowodu osobistego jak i odbiór dokumentu wymaga&#xA;  osobistego stawiennictwa wnioskodawcy w organie gminy właściwym do&#xA;  wydania tego dokumentu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rough translation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The current state law does not provide for any possibility to apply&#xA;  for an identity card and pick up of said document by proxy. According&#xA;  to decree by the Council of Ministers dated 21 November 2000 (Journal&#xA;  of Laws of 2000 No. 112, item. 1182, as amended. Amended.) on the&#xA;  model of the identity card and the mode of procedure for issuing&#xA;  identity cards, their replacement, return or loss of, an application&#xA;  for an identity card and the pick-up of the document requires&#xA;  appearance in person of the applicant in the municipality competent to&#xA;  issue the document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:19:52.713" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:19:52.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2014-03-26T10:55:07.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Founding businesses is a legally regulated topic. Consult with an actual lawyer, rather than fully relying on information from the internet.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Switzerland, as in most countries, you cannot do business under a tourist visa (this applies even if there is a visa waiver program in place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You therefore have two options: Either you obtain a residency and a work permit in Switzerland, and found your company that way, or you have a Swiss person found the company and  invest in their company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Swiss Federal Department of Economics (SECO) provides a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmu.admin.ch/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site for small and medium enterprises (&quot;Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen, KMU&quot;)&lt;/a&gt;, with links to useful topics like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu-gruenden/index.html?lang=de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;founding a company&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmu.admin.ch/import-export/index.html?lang=de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;import/export&lt;/a&gt;. The sites are either in German, French, or Italian. Unless you want to make use of consulting by companies specialized in assisting founding companies (such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ansiedlung-schweiz.ch/standortvorteile-schweiz/unkomplizierte-firmengruendung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;),  I highly recommend mastering one of the three languages sufficiently well to be able to work through legal texts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To rent a place, you will also need a residency permit that covers the duration of the contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="201" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T10:55:07.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2014-03-26T11:50:13.560" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you will find something to rent from abroad, and personally I will not do it, I prefer to check the house and speck with the landlord before renting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look for a couch on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.couchsurfing.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.couchsurfing.org/&lt;/a&gt; for the first few days or for a room/place on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.airbnb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.airbnb.com/&lt;/a&gt; from the first month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in town, buy a local sim card and start looking for a place to rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T11:50:13.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-26T12:23:20.000" Score="8" ViewCount="2062" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living and working in the UK, but may need to move to Italy within the next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current employer is willing to employ me as a contractor while I am abroad but do not want to get involved with having non-resident permanent staff, which I can understand. In both Italy and for the period I'm still in the UK, the most tax efficient way of handling the situation would be to work for a British umbrella company; has anyone tried this strategy (working for a British umbrella company whilst being resident in an other EU country)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And are there any legal pit falls I should be aware of from either the UK or Italian side?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Specifically, I'm aware of the bilateral tax and national insurance agreements between Italy and the UK, and know it is legal for me to work for a UK company and live in Italy. What I'm concerned by is that there may be regulations I'm not aware of around contracting, working from home, etc and also if anyone has actually worked with an umbrella company in this type of scenario?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="633" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:42:50.867" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T19:19:34.543" Title="Can I work for a British Umbrella Company while resident in Italy?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2014-03-26T12:38:30.837" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finding long-term accommodation is best if searching is done through informal channels. It really depends on where you will be working. The problem is that you'll need a social network first and you'll typically will develop that once arriving in France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The already mention air-bnb is a good source for the first week. Try to negotiate a better fee, since you will be staying longer and the regular fee is typically calculated on the basis that some days might not be rented. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another similar source is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.only-apartments.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only-appartments&lt;/a&gt;, which is a bit similar to air-bnb. Although these might be costly, they might provide a base for exploration in the first weeks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally had more success by simply asking. Try to get access to the intranet of your new employer, most intranet has some sort of billboard where announcement by co-workers are posted. Specially if you are going to work in a an expat environment the turnaround of people will be frequent and you might be able to rent a place from someone leaving. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply asking your superiors for advise might have some effect as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is house sitting. This is typically effective if you will be relocating during the summer months. Since you will be working in the same place, you will be quite trustworthy. Again this needs getting chatty with your new co-workers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally if you speak some french &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/8210/141&quot;&gt;try the gites and chambre d'hotes&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T12:38:30.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="882" CreationDate="2014-03-26T12:52:23.003" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can live in Italy and work for and umbrella company (as a normal employee after all) in UK, but if you are goint to stay more than half a year in Italy you are going to pay taxes in Italy filling the Unico tax form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be an agreement beetwen UK and Italy to prevent the double taxation of your income. Usually the taxes payed directly in the foreign country will count as reduction to the tax you should pay in the country where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;gross income = 100&#xA;tax already paid in UK = 20&#xA;net UK income = 80&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In italian Unico tax form&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;gross foreign income = 100&#xA;tax that you should pay in Italy on a gross incompe of 100 = 30&#xA;tax paid abroad = 20&#xA;tax to be paid in italy = 10&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not that simple because maybe the pension contribution may be not taxable, you should have other exemptions. etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at the UNICO instructions &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/nsilib/nsi/home/cosadevifare/dichiarare/dichiarazioniredditipf/unicopf14/modello+unico+pf_2014/indunicopf14mod&quot;&gt;http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/nsilib/nsi/home/cosadevifare/dichiarare/dichiarazioniredditipf/unicopf14/modello+unico+pf_2014/indunicopf14mod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fascicolo 1 - QUADRO CR (page 85)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T12:52:23.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="870" CreationDate="2014-03-26T13:35:57.900" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in the requirements imposed on the sponsors you can look through them them on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/22cfr62.htm&quot;&gt;NAFSA site&lt;/a&gt;.  If you look at some of the requirements imposed on the sponsor the company of 30 employees it would be cost prohibitive because for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 62.8 General program requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;62.8(a)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) Size of program. Sponsors, other than Federal government agencies, shall have no less than five exchange visitors per calendar year. The Department of State may in its discretion and for good cause shown reduce this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;62.8(b)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) Minimum duration of program. Sponsors, other than federal government agencies, shall provide each exchange visitor, except short-term scholars, with a minimum period of participation in the United States of three weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;62.8(c)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) Reciprocity. In the conduct of their exchange programs, sponsors shall make a good faith effort to achieve the fullest possible reciprocity in the exchange of persons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;62.8(d)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) Cross-cultural activities. Sponsors shall:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) Offer or make available to exchange visitors a variety or appropriate cross-cultural activities. The extent and types of the cross-cultural activities shall be determined by the needs and interests of the particular category of exchange visitor. Sponsors will be responsible to determine the appropriate type and number of cross-cultural programs for their exchange visitors. The Department of State encourages sponsors to give their exchange visitors the broadest exposure to American society, culture and institutions; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) Encourage exchange visitors to voluntarily participate in activities which are for the purpose of sharing the language, culture, or history of their home country with Americans, provided such activities do not delay the completion of the exchange visitors' programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the list of requirements go on.  So while the legal aspect can probably be handled by an ouside law firm some of the program requirements have to be handled in house and to be able to select and handle at least 5 visitors a year may require 1 or 2 full time staff.  So doing that is usually furthest thing from the mind of such a company's management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T13:35:57.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2014-03-26T13:37:35.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you already chosen leasing as your best option for a car? Leasing has some attributes that might not make it a great choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lease is for a fixed period - usually two years. You are contracting to make monthly payments and there is no way out of that (well, repossession, but you don't want to go there). There are also mileage limits and wear and tear limits. If you go over your mileage allowance the penalty costs can be very high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not sure that you can commit to all that, consider buying - a modest used car can be quite inexpensive - or try a car-sharing service like ZipCar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastEditorUserId="374" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T14:02:00.417" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T14:02:00.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2014-03-26T13:42:32.893" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Antony, just south of Paris, and I couldn't find comprehensive information about english speaking doctors. In general, I have to phone a doctor (GP or otherwise) to make an appointment and soon find out if they speak english, while I'm talking to them with my lousy french. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can find email addresses for the GPs near you, then that might be a simpler way of finding out if they speak enough english to help you - and less stressful than a phone call with a secretary who might have no interest/patience/might be trying to quit smoking... I have been hung-up on by more than one who just can't be bothered speaking slowly, twice. I still email my OB/GYN because he speaks english but his secretary does not (ahem, have a heart).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an organisation in Paris, aimed at anglophone parents, called MESSAGE. They have fantastic forums full of information on all sorts, including much medical stuff. You do have to join Message to access the forums, and it costs, but if you're in Paris for a while, it might be worth it. If you have kids, definitely!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="635" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T13:42:32.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="858" CreationDate="2014-03-26T13:50:14.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a practical basis, when I moved here I found that getting used to automatic transmission took about 5 minutes. The simplest solution is to wait until you get to CA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more detailed answer: being &quot;non-resident&quot; in the immigration sense is unrelated to a state's notion of resident. For a state, &quot;resident&quot; usually means someone who has been living there for more than a certain number of days, often 30.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the 30-days (or whatever), you will have to get an in-state license. If you are coming from another country you'll probably have to take some sort of test; often just a written one. If you have an out-of sate license issued by another state its a formality; they'll just exchange it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T13:50:14.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="889" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="913" CreationDate="2014-03-26T13:52:44.187" Score="5" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to the US on a H1B or L1 visa, how are savings and current accounts in Europe taxed? Are the interest on them taxed? What about changes of exchange rate between USD/GBP/EUR from one year to the next?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T19:18:29.680" Title="How are foreign savings/current accounts taxed in US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="860" CreationDate="2014-03-26T14:11:38.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like registration is handled by the Kansas Department of Revenue. From their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ksrevenue.org/faqs-dmvtandr.html#registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I renew my vehicle registration (license plate) on the Internet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, you may renew registration via the Internet through the Division's website, www.kswebtags.org. You will need your PIN/Access code number from your renewal notice and a credit card (Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express) or electronic check/debit card to pay your property taxes and registration renewal fees. Your insurance company must be participating with the Kansas Division of Vehicles to verify insurance coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, I think the PIN/Access code is sent in the mail and the registration card and stickers are also sent in the mail after completing the online application. Assuming you can get mail forwarded from the address that you are registering the car to, you should be okay registering online. If you don't have the ability to get mail at the registered address, things are probably going to get more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, registering your car might only be part of the issue. You need to think about insurance and if the insurance company is actually going to cover you. Insurance companies can be reluctant to pay claims for vehicles without current safety inspections or vehicles that are predominately parked/drive far from the registered address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T14:11:38.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="893" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T14:40:05.433" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T14:40:05.433" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T14:40:05.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="894" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T14:40:05.433" Score="0" Body="Questions concerning aspects of living abroad as a PhD student." OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T14:44:30.530" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T14:44:30.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="896" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T15:20:04.160" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T15:20:04.160" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T15:20:04.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="897" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T15:20:04.160" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding living quarters, their types, locations, and conditions." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T15:48:09.053" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T15:48:09.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2014-03-26T15:42:06.707" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that as a resident in Germany (someone living there or intending to live there for more than three months), you are supposed to register at the local Einwohnermeldeamt in Germany - independent of anything else. When you're there you might as well ask them about your Polish ID; there's a good chance that they know what you need to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The nearest Polish consulate or embassy in Germany should be able to renew your Polish passport when you need it; I couldn't say if they will do this if you have a passport that is still valid for another five years, for example. Again, it would be worth asking them about your ID as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="637" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T15:42:06.707" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="899" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:43:54.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EHIC card allows anyone who is covered by a statutory social security scheme of the EEA countries to receive medical treatment in another member state for free or at a reduced cost, if that treatment becomes necessary during their visit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:12:27.880" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:12:27.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="900" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:43:54.120" Score="0" Body="The EHIC card allows anyone who is covered by a statutory social security scheme of the EEA countries to receive medical treatment in another member state for free or at a reduced cost, if that treatment becomes necessary during their visit" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:04:57.287" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:04:57.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="901" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:47:48.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions about living in Turkey as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Turkish citizen, use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/turkish-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;turkish-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;turkish-citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:01:12.913" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:01:12.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="902" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:47:48.750" Score="0" Body="Living in Turkey as an expatriate." OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:00:47.607" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:00:47.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="903" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:50:34.637" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use this tag for questions about living in Hong Kong as an expatriate. For questions relating to living abroad as a Hong Kong citizen, use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/hong-kong-citizens&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hong-kong-citizens&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hong-kong-citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T21:29:10.413" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T21:29:10.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="904" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:50:34.637" Score="0" Body="Living in Hong Kong as an expatriate." OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T19:25:01.173" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T19:25:01.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="905" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:53:59.327" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T16:53:59.327" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T16:53:59.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="906" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T16:53:59.327" Score="0" Body="Questions related to creating and using accounts in foreign or domestic banks." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:03:17.480" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:03:17.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="908" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:22:09.513" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:22:09.513" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:22:09.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="909" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:22:09.513" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding a process of obtaining, rights and responsibilities of US Permanent Residents." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:43:38.800" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:43:38.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="910" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:23:08.127" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:23:08.127" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:23:08.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="911" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:23:08.127" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding the system of credit-worthiness determination in various countries." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T17:39:49.640" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:39:49.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="852" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:24:37.427" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll need to make sure that any DVD player you buy is multi-region. These are not necessarily more expensive than others. Here's one for $40: &lt;a href=&quot;http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00F8POV48&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DVPSR370-Multi-Region-Player/dp/B00F8POV48/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1395854638&amp;amp;sr=8-3&amp;amp;keywords=multi-region+dvd+player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T17:24:37.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="889" CreationDate="2014-03-26T18:19:10.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're resident for tax purposes (which you are when you're on H1B/L1, except for may be the first/last years) they're taxed exactly as if they were in the US. You might not get 1099 from the bank (though some foreign banks do issue 1099 to US persons), but that is irrelevant to your tax obligations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interest is taxed in the year received. Currency fluctuations do not affect the interest taxation. You calculate the interest in USD based on the exchange rate in the day the interest was paid, and pay taxes based on the USD value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget your FBARs (form 114) and FATCA forms, and don't forget to check the checkbox on Schedule B (line 7).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pay attention: not reporting foreign accounts, especially if there's income (like interest income) may cost you dearly. $10000 per year per account for failing to file form 114, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-26T19:18:29.680" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T19:18:29.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-26T19:29:15.343" Score="2" ViewCount="436" Body="&lt;p&gt;Services like &lt;a href=&quot;http://netflix.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;netflix&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BBC iPlayer&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;uitzending gemist&lt;/a&gt; apply region block in their streaming services. These blockages are easily ignored with either a VPN or a DNS located in a country where the blockage doesn't apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I can think of that this work around isn't allowed is due to copyright laws. But that doesn't make sense. First of all, especially in the case of netflix, you need a paid subscription anyway. So you are paying for the content.  Furthermore it is allowed to buy a dvd abroad, when traveling and watch it at home upon return. Only the technology differs when it arrives in your home as an IP stream.  Further more all the content available through the BBC iPlayer is also available through satellite dishes and the ASTRA satellites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially as an expat using a VPN or DNS is very interesting, since they allow a link with home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current hypothesis is that these region blockages are to prevent long distance congestion and as such using the VPN or DNS tricks are allowed. Is this a correct assumption, or am I missing something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T20:25:29.227" Title="Is using a VPN or DNS service to get around region-blocked media content allowed if you want to watch media content from home?" Tags="&lt;technology&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-03-26T21:29:47.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2014-03-26T20:01:44.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your first hint was right. This is mostly (if not only) due to copyright. The rights on any production is subject to a contract that you implicitly accept when you watch a video, read an article or listen to a podcast. And these contracts depend on the territory you are on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned, you can find DVD sold abroad. But in that case, there is a contract between the producer, the artists, the seller to distribute the DVDs abroad. These conditions of the contract are usually decided from the beginning of the production, mostly because it implies a lot of people (for a movie you can think of actors, director, screenplay author, producer, musicians, sellers, TV networks, possibly movie theatres, and any other person involved).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mostly have French references to back that up. The French public TV network has some &lt;a href=&quot;http://pluzz.francetv.fr/depuis-l-etranger/replay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;catch-up TV&quot; website&lt;/a&gt; with a specific subset for French expatriates to watch the programs. At the Parliament, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcinpact.com/news/81359-regarder-france-tv-depuis-l-etranger-solution-quatre-deputes-ump.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;its members representing the French from abroad often raise the issue&lt;/a&gt; of the too limited set of programs available to viewers from outside of France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the problem of sport competitions, movies and the kind, that want to make the most money out of it so they sell these rights (for example the Olympic Games are usually sold to one TV network for each country) and this is probably expensive for few expatriates, but there is also the problem of other programs that are only made for one TV channel. And even in that case, the contract does not allow easy share:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;« les conditions de diffusion en télévision de rattrapage des œuvres audiovisuelles dépendent directement des contrats passés avec les producteurs » relatent Lefebvre, Mariani et Schmid. Ces producteurs rechignent à céder leurs droits dans le monde entier et la loi ne peut forcer la main puisque « la cession de droits de propriété intellectuelle ne peut relever que d’accords contractuels. »&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which can more or less be translated as the fact that this territorial constraint mostly depends on the contract between the TV channel and the producers. The producers are not willing to give the rights to broadcast it abroad. And the law cannot be used to bypass these contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you saw, there is a part of the website for French expatriates, so there is no technical limitation. But there are legal limitations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And by the way, if you have ever tried to buy ebooks from abroad, you would notice the same limit. It is harder or impossible to buy/read an ebook abroad for the same legal issues (downloading an ebook does not require much bandwidth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T20:01:44.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2014-03-26T20:25:29.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is definitely a copyright issue, the media/content service providers (netfilx, bbc, etc) usually have only a very limited permissions to sell/distribuite/rent/licence the content in some (or only one) countries and they usually put such restrictions in the terms and conditions you have to agree to sign up to their services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually in each country there ate different licencing permissions, not only for business/opportunity reasons but also for different local laws and taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checking the clients' IP is an easy way for the content service providers to enforce their licensing obligations and usually they also check the credit card country issuer. If you want to pay for Netflix in USA, you may need to have a credit card issued in the USA, it's a little bit difficult to have such card without being in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a VPN you could &quot;easily&quot; bypass the IP restriction and pretty much nobody will find out what you are doing, but it very likely you are breaking the terms and conditions of the service and the provider could terminate your account without any notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this kind of violation qualify to be a criminal offence in any countries, but nobody is going to give you a medal either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T20:25:29.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="418" CreationDate="2014-03-26T21:37:23.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know witch kind of Visa you have on your passport, but you need a permit to be a resident in CH to open a company there, otherwise you need to find a business partner with a permanent resident permit in CH or with the CH nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you like you could also use a fiduciary company that will open the company following your direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T21:37:23.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2014-03-26T23:23:38.157" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For buying property, not having indefinite leave to remain (equivalent status to a green card) will mean many mortgage deals aren't available to you, so you'll end up paying a higher rate of interest than most people.  Should you decide to buy, check your desired bank's mortgage lending criteria before applying - or go through an independent mortgage broker, who should be able to steer you towards banks that will consider your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a bank account, I used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citibank.co.uk/personal/banking/international/usnationals.htm&quot;&gt;Citibank UK&lt;/a&gt;, who as I recall gave me a bank account based solely on a check of my US credit history.  The other post linked above probably has better options though (Citibank has high fees and incomprehensible overseas call centers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="604" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T23:23:38.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="920" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6703" CreationDate="2014-03-27T06:52:32.750" Score="5" ViewCount="1026" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a statement from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/476.aspx&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;..., you must achieve a score of at least 6 in each of the four&#xA;  components of the International English Language Testing System&#xA;  (IELTS) &lt;strong&gt;or another language test&lt;/strong&gt; and score specified by the Minister&#xA;  for Immigration and Border Protection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it means with &quot;or anther language test&quot;? Is TOEFL acceptable as well? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:15:37.897" LastActivityDate="2020-01-10T13:43:45.190" Title="Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476) and iBT for Australia?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;&lt;toefl&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-27T08:51:45.083" Score="12" ViewCount="1021" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Israeli with a European citizenship (Romanian). I'm thinking of moving to France to live and work long-term. I also have 2 dogs that I would like to keep with me when I go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the regulation in France regarding importing animals?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an official government office I can contact to get more details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="513" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T19:00:07.383" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T23:58:22.787" Title="What do I need to do to move my pets with me to France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;israel&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="921" CreationDate="2014-03-27T09:00:24.293" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, we've done that quite a few times (from Romania to France), and you need to have the full vaccination set done – rabies vaccination (&lt;em&gt;la rage&lt;/em&gt;) being really the critical one, as well as have your animal identified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need to make a passport for him, though I guess there's a european legislation regarding animals identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure if you ask your veterinary, he'll be able to tell you what you need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T09:00:24.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-03-27T10:45:07.657" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(very long answer)&lt;/strong&gt; The easiest method to build credit in the United States is to have someone with good credit co-sign a loan or credit card for you. If you do not have that option, the fastest way to build credit for yourself in the United States is through secured credit. Using this method you will find that it's actually quite easy to quickly build a strong credit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The more money you have to work with, the faster you can build credit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start with, Banks and Creditors are risk averse. By limiting their exposure to risk before you apply, you significantly increase the likelihood of receiving credit from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the example of a bank, you'll be placing your money into a secure deposit account, and then using that account as a security to obtain a commercial or personal loan. In this case, you can add additional securities to sweeten the deal for the bank, such as the purchase of a car, where you pay 60% to 80% of the car's value, financing the rest. Alternatively you can request a smaller amount $500 to $2,000 towards the purchase of a computer, letting them know that you're interested in building your credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the best method, but it takes work, and a bit of creativity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next best thing you can do is to obtain a secured credit card. Use Capital One for this (absolutely do not use any other company - Capital One is the number one poor credit provider in the United States, and historically is rated higher than any other company in this area). Their expertise increases your chances of being approved, and also will allow you to establish a relationship with a company that can later offer you lower rate unsecured cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; There are companies other than Capital One that have been mentioned here. While they are not bad companies, the long term impact to your finances will be negative. That is why I recommend Capital One. Other companies, such as First Premier, will give you cards that cost hundreds of dollars per year. If you close that card as soon as you get a better card, then you lost the credit history (it is no longer current), and you will have paid absurd fees for nothing. Worse, some of these companies will damage your credit by crediting payments late or worse when you try to cancel the cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just avoid them. Go with Capital One, get a secured card, and in six months that card will be unsecured, and likely also have a reasonable rate. After a year, you can always call in and lower the rate even further. This way you can keep the card and the history you built with it, and not lose your money in the process. Capital One is also a bank, so you can open deposit accounts with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the second best method, and usually takes very little work. All you need is a bank account and internet access.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, you can visit gas stations - like Chevron, Exxon, Mobile, Shell, or others (some are joint - like Exxon/Mobile - so do some homework and only visit one at a time). Here, you can get store credit, for example, to purchase gas. With this card you can fill up your own car as you need, which will slowly build your credit, or you can use the 'student method' to quickly build credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The student method is to also fill up your friend's cars (they pay you cash on the spot, and you fill up their car - immediately depositing the money in your bank, and paying down the card each time). This is because you are only likely to receive approval of $50 for your first card, or another small amount. By using the card to buy gas, but also things like chips, sodas, or whatever other snacks you might want, you are using the card a lot (by the way, snacks are a bad investment, but you're building credit, so you need to spend money).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more the company sees you using the card, the more likely they will be to increase your card limits. After a month, having maxxed out and paid off your card several times, you can call them, and explain that your work involves a great deal of travel, and it would be so much easier for you if they would just bump your credit limit up to $150 so you didn't have to constantly pay down the balance to benefit from your card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a very good method for building credit, though it will rarely ever be huge amounts of credit. I think the highest limit I ever had was from Exxon, for about $600 (so I could pay for car repairs once, I believe was the justification I used to bump the limit that high).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following that, visit department store chains (JC Penny, Macy's, Sears, etc.). Of them, JC Penny has taken a hard hit in recent years, and is desperate to have business. They would likely finance you for something small. To do this, try to buy a pair of shoes, and apply for their store credit at the register. Companies are always more likely to give you credit when you're purchasing something from them with that credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This should be your last option. You will need to visit these stores in person, and the credit you receive can only be used outside of the stores. You'll need to use that credit to build credit - which often means purchasing overpriced items.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that you need to use credit in order to benefit from it. This is because your credit report will show your total credit limit, how much you have spent, and how much you could still spend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you show up as always at your limit, it indicates to creditors that you're struggling. On the other hand, if you have a lot of credit, but never use it, then creditors will not know if they can trust you. Because of this, when I'm counseling people to build credit, I encourage them to max out a credit card, make the minimum payment for that month that will not cause interest and balance fees to cause them to go over the limit, and then pay the balance off in full the next month. Overall They pay very little interest this way, but show a history of carrying credit. After a few months of this, you'll show a credit history that creditors will just love.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you could just max and may off the cards each month, avoiding the fees - but creditors do not like this as much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Two other methods - one of which has been mentioned here already, are mortgages and businesses.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a mortgage, this is the worst advice you could possibly follow. You will be starting off with bad credit, and therefore hit with a very high mortgage rate. That means you will end up paying enormous amounts of interest (mortgage loans front load the interest, so you will only be paying interest for the first few years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Much better you simply get a car loan, as it's a smaller amount to pay (so less interest overall), and it's a traditional loan, which means you'll be paying down the loan value with every payment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a business, you can occasionally 'buy' good business credit through smart investment. I say smart, because you need to be smart about who you are investing in. For example, you could invest in an established business, on condition that you received a business credit card naming you. In this case you would be the authorized user of the card, thought the business would bear ultimate responsibility for paying the credit. You would benefit from being associated with a card that was used for business expenses and such, but tied to your name as the authorized user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as I mentioned earlier, the longevity of credit is essential. If you leave America, you can still take your credit cards with you - just tell the company that you're moving with work, or whatever. As long as you pay the balances, you'll keep good credit, and be eligible for increases as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck, and welcome to America. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer: Any advice provided in this forum is just that - advice. It is free, and carries no guarantee or warranty of service. Use it at your own risk, and after applying your own best judgment.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the event you would like more in depth and legally binding advice, please PM me for details on my company. Note that this is not in any way a solicitation, rather, there is only so much information I can take the time to provide at no cost. I have done my best to provide a thorough, unbiased, and honest description of services and methods. Those requiring more complex structures, such as that of business investment, require much more work. Additionally, they require my lawyer, meaning they're a service can't provide without billing for it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T10:45:07.657" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="921" CreationDate="2014-03-27T10:54:01.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Embassies in France (especially the one from your country of residence) or the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs might have some info on their website (as an example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/vivre-a-l-etranger/preparer-son-depart-a-l-etranger/bien-preparer-son-expatriation/douanes/article/animaux-domestiques&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has some info&lt;/a&gt; on doing the opposite, namely moving out of France with a pet). The &lt;a href=&quot;http://agriculture.gouv.fr/transport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French Ministry of Agriculture provides some info too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't found a comprehensive overview of the rules about importing pets in France but it seems that if your pets are already in the EU, it might be easier. If not, you might need to get them tested for rabies well in advance (on top of all the other requirements, including identification and vaccination).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info, you should certainly contact a veterinary. The relevant government office in France is the &lt;em&gt;Direction départementale de la protection des populations&lt;/em&gt; (there is one per département, as the name suggests). Contact details are available on &lt;a href=&quot;http://lannuaire.service-public.fr/navigation/accueil_sl.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; (click on the right part of France, then look under “&lt;em&gt;Agriculture&lt;/em&gt;”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T17:43:46.433" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T17:43:46.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="143" CreationDate="2014-03-27T12:06:37.993" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each country where you are working, contracting or residing might try to tax some or all of your income based on the local rules and those are not fully unified even in the European Union. Worse case scenario, you could be taxed several times for the same income. Some countries like the US will also want a bite at the apple as long as you are a citizen, no matter where you live or what you do. Adding more countries to the equation (i.e. owning stuff, residing, earning income or being a citizen in several places) just adds potential liabilities. Except if you have a lawyer or tax adviser figuring things out for you, you are not necessarily doing yourself any favor by moving around a lot (except for the fact that it's pretty cool of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not mention it in your scenario but as an example, France would be to consider you a resident for tax purposes if it's the country you spent the most time in (i.e. even less than six months in total, as long as you haven't stayed longer anywhere else) &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; if you match &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; of a bunch of other criteria. It won't let you get away with registering in Cyprus and trying to evade French taxes merely because you stayed only five months and three weeks in the country. I don't know much about Germany, next to nothing about Poland or Cyprus so I can't get in the details of that particular scenario but you see how it can get very complicated real quick and there is no reason to be too worked up about the six-month limit, the relevant factors are much more complex than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-19T18:17:34.680" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T18:17:34.680" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="418" CreationDate="2014-03-27T12:13:23.457" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Switzerland is a highly diverse country given its small size. The three main language regions (German/French/Italian) are culturally oriented toward their same-language neighbors, so a fad in Germany might not even be known to the French-speaking population of Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there is a noticeable cultural divide between cities and the countryside; products that may be acceptable to sell in a city may not be well received in the countryside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The foreign population can also be segregated to different language regions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: If you consider opening a store, you should do thorough market research to identify where in Switzerland the store should be located.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="201" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T12:13:23.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="920" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:36:19.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there is information on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/students/english-requirements.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Student Visa&lt;/a&gt; that TOEFL is accepted as a substitute for IELTS.  The Work visas don't provide similar information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reference to the alternatives I was able to find is on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/students/english-requirements.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;application for class 476 visa itself&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Item 24 &quot;Language Requirements&quot; contains the following text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are using International English Language Testing System (IELTS)&#xA;  test or Occupational English Testing (OET) test results as evidence&#xA;  of your English language ability – provide below the Test Report&#xA;  Form (TRF) Number or OET test report that is included on your IELTS&#xA;  certificate/OET certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the best I can figure &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OET&lt;/a&gt; would be the only viable alternative to IELTS unless the ministry can confirm otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T15:36:19.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="930" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:38:09.070" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T15:38:09.070" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T15:38:09.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="931" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:38:09.070" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding permits to reside long term in a country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:24:13.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:24:13.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="932" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:49:06.807" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T15:49:06.807" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T15:49:06.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="933" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:49:06.807" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining and performing freelance work in a country other then country of nationality." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:24:07.903" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:24:07.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="934" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:58:56.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding saving money for retirement which for expatriates may be in multiple countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:21:52.460" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:21:52.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="935" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:58:56.330" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding saving money for retirement." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:23:17.143" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:23:17.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="936" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:02:00.387" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding health insurance coverage in a country of new residence.  Questions in this topic cover:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Relevant laws&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Public vs. Private coverage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Supplemental coverage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Coverage carried over from foreign country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:23:05.753" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:23:05.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="937" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:02:00.387" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining or carrying over health insurance benefits." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:22:20.250" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:22:20.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="938" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:09:54.367" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions in this tag are regarding participation of the expatriates in elections on multiple levels in elections.  Potential topics list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Local elections in a new country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Elections in the country of citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:24:46.140" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:24:46.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="939" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:09:54.367" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding participation of expatriates in elections in the home or adoptive country's." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:25:38.450" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:25:38.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="940" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:12:21.183" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding obtaining the H1 worker visa for the US and the rights, responsibilities, and restrictions imposed on people in this status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:22:43.447" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:22:43.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="941" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:12:21.183" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding US Temporary Worker visa type H." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:23:54.583" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:23:54.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="942" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:18:24.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Local identification documents in the new country or the old one is one of the most important parts in a life of an expat.  Questions in this tag are regarding obtaining, renewing or canceling various forms of identification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:25:29.437" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:25:29.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="943" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:18:24.353" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining various forms of identification in a new country" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:24:31.833" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:24:31.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="944" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:32:44.420" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:32:44.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:32:44.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="945" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:32:44.420" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding living in the 49th State of the United States of America." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T16:34:20.273" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:34:20.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="946" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:54:56.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions in this tag are to cover the issues expats may face with regards to personal automobiles such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moving automobiles from one country to another.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registration of automobiles&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T17:26:47.693" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T17:26:47.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="947" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:54:56.323" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues with automobiles." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T17:26:38.623" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T17:26:38.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="921" CreationDate="2014-03-27T17:12:20.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved my cat from a non-EU country to Germany. I did a bunch of research about this, but the  most important thing in the end was to find a vet that deals with pet export (not all do, or are authorised to). The vet was able to point me to the official import/export agencies if I required further information. It is also possible that some pet export companies do everything, including having their own vets to take care of the medical side of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, she required standard vaccinations, rabies vaccination, a special flea and tick treatment, microchipping, and pre-departure and post-arrival vet checks. What is required between EU countries, and for Romania and France in particular, can vary. Note that the timing of procedures can be extremely strict.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may not be essential to have an &quot;official&quot; pet passport (I'm not even sure if there is an official one), but it is essential that all procedures and exams are documented. Especially if your dogs will be travelling in cargo, there are specific rules about which cages or cage types are acceptable that you will need to follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly advise that you do not try to go this alone. Find reputable and authorised vets and pet export companies to ensure that everything is done as it should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="651" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T17:12:20.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-27T18:39:59.960" Score="4" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Common Carp&lt;/a&gt; is a common Christmas dish around Central Europe, but not around the rest of the world, including the UK. It is commonly bought alive, and only killed before actually preparing the dish (or in case of legal restrictions they are killed just before buying them in the shop) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last Christmas I hoped I'll be able to find it somewhere, as there are a lot of Polish shops, and also because I read an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/carp-on-supermarket-menu-for-polish-chrismas-7218279.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; that in 2006 Sainsbury's did try to include it into their Christmas selections. Compared to this I only found an already dead iced one, after a lengthy search in major areas of London, and not because it was sold out, but because it was never on the menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it really illegal (as stated in the article) to fish fresh carp for eating purposes? Are there any licences that would allow it, and if yes places where you can fish them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, are there places where you can defintiely get fresh carp around Christmas? Needing to pre-order it fine, but they should be fresh.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T19:56:46.947" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T02:44:02.673" Title="Getting fresh carp for Christmas in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="143" CreationDate="2014-03-27T21:12:54.577" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a lot more to tax residence in most countries than a simple time limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Germany, for example, there are other specific triggers, other than the 6 consective month rule.  One would be having an abode in Germany.  Covered in reasonable detail in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/thinking-beyond-borders-2011/ies-tbb-2011-germany.pdf&quot;&gt;KPMG report&lt;/a&gt; (pdf).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax residence generally implies you have to pay tax to that country on your worldwide income (possibly with some exceptions for tax already paid elsewhere and double tax treaties).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not a tax resident, that doesn't mean you are outside tax - you may still be liable to be taxed on local income.  For example, from that report from Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Employment income is generally treated as German-sourced compensation&#xA;  where the individual performs the services while physically present in&#xA;  Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax treaties may change this, but if you're not resident anywhere you can't take advantage of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other countries have different rules on when you are resident for tax purposes, it's not always 180 days, whether in the EU or elsewhere.  The UK has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/rdr3.pdf&quot;&gt;Statutory Residence Test&lt;/a&gt; (pdf) with many rules.  The US has another complex set of rules which effectively mean a maximum of 4 months per year presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you should consider how your residence affects the residence of any personal services company you own (in any country).  Many countries (such as the UK) have an &quot;effective control&quot; test (that looks through nominees) that works out whether the majority of the ownership of a company is resident in their country.  If it does, that company then also become resident for tax purposes (and possibly for registration as a foreign company, VAT, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T21:12:54.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2014-03-27T21:49:48.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Couchsurfing - not only hosting, but attending the weekly meetings - helped me a lot: I found not only travelers, but also expats living in the city, and locals too. Especially if you live in a bigger city, you might always find smaller or bigger events (a hike, a potluck, movie night or party), or just try to organize one - there are always some couchsurfers to come. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other was, as mentioned above, joining clubs/groups whose interests I share: in my case it was a choir and also volunteering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more: if you are in a bigger city/capital, try to find the embassy or consulate of your home country - you can surely find expats, but also other people (locals) who are interested in your home country, or just join the events of the cultural center, for example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And last, but not least: get on a language course - learn how to speak with the locals, and that would automatically connect you with at least one local (the teacher) and other non-locals (your colleagues). Finding someone to have language exchange class is also a good way: I teach you my language, you teach me yours, it's a win-win :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T21:49:48.880" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="921" CreationDate="2014-03-27T23:58:22.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The details are available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/nocomm_third_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/nocomm_third_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically you are moving your pets from an unlisted third country to an EU country. So the following applies: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Countries with an unfavourable situation or for which no application to be listed has been submitted to the Commission are not listed in Part C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 pdf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From 1 January 2012&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Entry into all Member States:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;(a) anti-rabies vaccination; and&#xA;(b) rabies anti-body titration test&#xA;    (i) carried out on a blood sample taken by an authorised veterinarian at least 30 days after vaccination and three months before movement. The collection of sample must be documented by the authorised veterinarian in the relevant section of the passport or the health certificate.&#xA;    (ii) performed in any EU-approved rabies serology laboratory;&#xA;    (iii) measuring a level of neutralising antibody to rabies virus in serum equal to or greater than 0.5 IU/ml and using a method prescribed in the relevant part of the Chapter concerning rabies in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health;&#xA;    (iv) which has not to be renewed following a satisfactory result provided that the pet animal is revaccinated at regular intervals prescribed by the vaccine producing laboratory.&#xA;The three-month period shall not apply to the re-entry of a pet animal whose passport certifies that the test was carried out, with a favourable result, before the animal left the Union.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you need to go to your vet, get a microchip , rabies vaccination, blood test to check the vaccination has worked and your pets need to be accompanied by the serology report and a certificate based on  Annex I or II to Decision 2011/874/EU completed by your vet according to the timescales above. Just make sure your vet works through everything carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="655" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T23:58:22.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="954" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1063" CreationDate="2014-03-28T01:27:13.470" Score="13" ViewCount="851" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard about Sweden having a very bad availability of rental places (waiting lists that can span years). I was wondering how to find an apartment or property for rent in Sweden as a foreigner hoping to move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize it will be difficult (if not impossible) to find a rental BEFORE coming but afterward, what's the process and how do you do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as specific locations, I'm wondering about Stockholm, Malmö, or other large cities. If it's preferable to live out in the suburbs, please provide information on how to find an apartment there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="381" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T06:46:28.373" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T16:29:59.213" Title="How do you find an apartment/property for rent in a major Swedish city?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1044" CreationDate="2014-03-28T01:35:00.457" Score="8" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to Sweden, what are the (common) requirements imposed by landlords on renting an apartment? Are any deposits required? Paperwork?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also wondering if the requirements are different for an expat from the US, for instance, and an immigrant who is a citizen of a country that belongs to the EU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="381" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T16:19:31.053" Title="What are the requirements for an expat to rent a place in Sweden?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="920" CreationDate="2014-03-28T01:35:24.873" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;English test score other than IELTS are usually only accepted for student and working holiday visas. 476 is not a student visa. The statement &amp;quot;or another language test and score specified by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection&amp;quot; is confusing at best. In practice the department will accept the OET, but only for specific occupations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking the IELTS is you best bet to satisfy the eligibility for this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the page you mentioned, there are also some special cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this visa you need an IELTS score of least 6 in each of the four components, unless you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, the United States of America or the Republic of Ireland&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English language ability&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, the United States of America or the Republic of Ireland or you hold a valid passport from one of those countries, you are considered to meet the English language requirement for this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you must achieve a score of at least 6 in each of the four components of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or another language test and score specified by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. You must complete your test before you apply. From 1 July 2012, the score must be from a test that you sat no more than three years before you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IELTS has an academic test and a general training test. You need only take the general training test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T01:35:24.873" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1045" CreationDate="2014-03-28T01:56:21.583" Score="9" ViewCount="1522" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or will you be required to give up one of the other two citizenships before you are able to gain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T09:54:46.433" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T09:54:46.433" Title="If you have dual South African and New Zealand citizenship, are you able to get an Australian one as well?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="958" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="983" CreationDate="2014-03-28T02:04:19.010" Score="16" ViewCount="3121" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason I have been under the impression that US law prohibits US citizens from retaining their citizenship if they ever obtain a new citizenship.  Is this always, sometimes, or never true?  If sometimes, when?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps I have the situation reversed in my head, and US law requires new citizens to renounce their previous citizenship when acquiring US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T09:29:12.650" Title="Under what circumstances must a US citizen forfeit their citizenship when obtaining a new one?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="957" CreationDate="2014-03-28T02:28:43.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot;&gt;Dual South African Citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, permission is required before acquiring another citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a South African citizen does not obtain this prior permission they will automatically lose their South African citizenship on voluntary acquisition of a foreign citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such restriction for New Zealand citizens. Australia recognises holders of dual (or more) citizenships without problems (from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/dual_citizenship/&quot;&gt;Dual citizenship&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Australia allows its citizens to hold dual nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, one would need to obtain permission from the South African government before undertaking application for Australian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T02:28:43.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="958" CreationDate="2014-03-28T02:34:35.027" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality/dual-nationality.html&quot;&gt;Dual Nationality&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to lose U.S. nationality, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign nationality voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page goes on to describe what &lt;em&gt;intention&lt;/em&gt; means. Under normal circumstances, US citizens do not automatically lose their US citizenship upon acquiring a new one. To lose it in practice, it must be expressly renounced at an embassy or consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T02:34:35.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="958" CreationDate="2014-03-28T05:48:06.210" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;perhaps I have the situation reversed in my head, and US law requires new citizens to renounce their previous citizenship when acquiring US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone becomes a naturalized US citizen they swear an oath that begins &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...&lt;/em&gt;&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the US government does not verify that you actually did what you said you would. The comment below arguing to the contrary is incorrect. Moreover, some countries simply do not allow you to give up citizenship however much you might wish to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="657" LastEditorUserId="657" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T13:58:47.757" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T13:58:47.757" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="958" CreationDate="2014-03-28T08:27:00.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are not required to renounce citizenship under any circumstance under current law and precedent. Indeed, any renunciation that is 'compelled' is automatically invalid according to several Supreme Court rulings. Even further, as Eric stated, even if you do attempt to renounce, the United States can simply say 'no'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there was a recent case where a naturalized Saudi Arabian agreed to renounce &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaser_Esam_Hamdi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizenship in exchange for freedom from Guantanamo Bay&lt;/a&gt;. The legality of this is still disputed as the law is quite clear in that in order to renounce, you cannot be compelled to, and you must do it in a foreign consulate or embassy. Neither of which was the case for this person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T08:27:00.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-28T09:00:55.423" Score="6" ViewCount="1247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S. citizen. I have previously worked and lived in Austria and had offers to work there again. Austria has very strict banking secrecy laws.  They cannot reveal a person's bank account details, even to the Austrian government, except with a warrant. They certainly won't share an account holder's detail with a foreign government.  However &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Corporations/Foreign-Account-Tax-Compliance-Act-%28FATCA%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt; requires that any foreign banks held by U.S. citizens be reported to the IRS.  Since the banks can't and won't comply with this U.S. law, they are refusing Americans bank accounts and closing current ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the banking options for those of us in countries where local law prohibits banks from doing business with Americans because of FATCA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T14:15:27.673" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T08:57:40.690" Title="If we are unable to open, or keep open, a bank account because of FATCA, what are our other options?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="979" CreationDate="2014-03-28T11:38:28.093" Score="12" ViewCount="3114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to a new country this autumn. (In my case from Switzerland to Singapore) However I am not sure, which is the most cost-saving way of buying my air tickets. I can think of the following alternatives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buying a one-way ticket. This would obviously be the easiest method, but then in the past I made the experience, that this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/11501/one-way-versus-return-airfare-tickets&quot;&gt;more expensive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buying a return ticket with a flexible return date. I could then use the return ticket for a home-holiday. However that sounds like a organisation nightmare, since then I'd have to do the same for the next return flight etc. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buying a return ticket and then get a refund for the return (Is that even possible?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be interested to hear how other people have tackled this problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-06-20T13:14:26.820" Title="How to book flights when moving to another country?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-28T13:04:33.973" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It comes down to you.  Sometimes a return ticket can even work out cheaper than a one-way ticket.  Then depending on how you felt, you could just drop the return ticket.  Usually, however, a one way ticket is cheaper than a return, so that should be the easiest option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've moved countries several times now, and apart from when I knew I was only going to be in the US for two 3-month stints, so the return ticket was obvious, the other times I've always bought one-way tickets. It's always been cheaper, even if only slightly, and it frees you up - if you have a return ticket, you also don't feel like you're really committing to that other country. Sounds odd, but it's almost a good thing not to have that 'escape' option when you get homesick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then once you're settled, trips to see relatives or back at your old home can be done with a return ticket, you don't have to worry about flights expiring, and you have the flexibility to even go somewhere else if this new place doesn't work out (as I've done, lots).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long version short, one-way tickets are simpler, usually cheaper, and afford you some 'commitment' to your destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T13:04:33.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-28T13:24:14.927" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're talking long-haul, then round trip is in most cases cheaper than one way, and significantly so (eg. fares I've checked recently would be $1000 round-trip vs $3500 just the first leg of the exactly the same trip with same carrier). Exception from the rule I've stumbled upon was Aer Lingus, which has long-haul flight with one-way cheaper than return tickets. Unless you find option like that, it absolutely makes sense to book return ticket. Even if you don't plan to use return flight, make sure to book it for quite some time after the to flight. Airlines try to detect business trips and overcharge for them, and they usually consider few days trips to be business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for getting a refund for unused return leg of the trip, the issue is that in order to be able to do that, your ticket must be bought with (semi-)flexible fare, which cost significantly more than the cheapest one. With cheapest fare you have no option to rebook or get anything for cancelling. Thing is that flexible fare might be more than twice the cheapest one. In which case it makes economical sense to just go for the cheapest, throw away the return and buy another return ticket as needed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example same outbound/one-way trip:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gd7Fi.png&quot; alt=&quot;round trip&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gfeZ1.png&quot; alt=&quot;one way&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things are different when you're considering short-haul. In that case you have option of using low-cost, and some low-cost don't even have a concept of return ticket, they just sell two one-way tickets. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-06-20T13:14:26.820" LastActivityDate="2014-06-20T13:14:26.820" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="967" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-28T14:38:27.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions in this tag are specifically designed to obtaining or validating ones education in a foreign country some of the subjects that may be covered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;School education for children&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;University and college education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Validating one's diplomas in a foreign country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Availability of education opportunities for family members on Temporary Worker Visas program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T14:54:30.263" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T14:54:30.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="968" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-28T14:38:27.447" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining or validating one's education in a foreign country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T14:54:33.667" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T14:54:33.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="969" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-28T14:45:20.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding finanical issues facing expatriates when moving to a foreign country including investments, retirement planning, savings, money transfers and similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T14:54:46.613" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T14:54:46.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="970" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-28T14:45:20.917" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding financial issues facing Expatriates." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T14:54:42.320" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T14:54:42.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="972" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-28T15:31:05.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding issues facing expats when learning and communicating in the languages of their new countries.  Issues covered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Language Courses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Learning various dialects&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expression differences between various dialects of the same language (such as English or French).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T15:39:13.657" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T15:39:13.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="973" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-28T15:31:05.200" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues of learning and communicating in a various languages" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T15:39:02.183" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T15:39:02.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-28T15:55:31.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many low-costs offer one-way tickets. I know that this option applies mostly inside Europe, but EasyJet operates some Middle East destinations. Other companies that offer cheap one-way tickets are RyanAir, WizzAir, TravelService, ... (While this is not applicable to Europe--Singapore, it's IMHO useful for further reference).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastEditorUserId="75" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T16:39:16.470" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T16:39:16.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-28T18:07:58.603" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you decide to book a return ticket and not travel back, check the terms and conditions very, very carefully. If a return ticket costs $1,000 and a single ticket costs $3,500 then it is quite possible that the airline might have a hidden clause somewhere stating that you will be charged for a single ticket if you don't return. Otherwise, who in their right mind would pay the $3,500? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="637" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T18:07:58.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="976" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="978" CreationDate="2014-03-28T18:51:30.423" Score="7" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the number of applications exceeds the annual cap for H1-B visas, the USCIS runs a lottery to decide who gets it and who doesn't. But how long do they usually wait until they decide to run the lottery? Let's suppose that in the first week, the cap is not reached. Do they grant the visas to this first batch (considering all other criteria are met, of course) or do they wait a bit more? What if it's not reached in the second week and so on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastEditorUserId="32" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T21:01:55.383" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T04:52:48.857" Title="How long does the USCIS wait until running a lottery for H1-B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="976" CreationDate="2014-03-28T20:25:52.967" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the cap is not reached within the first 5 business days, no lottery will be run. All applications will be accepted and processed (but not necessarily approved of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any applications received after that will be processed until the cap is reached. The day after the cap has been reached, applications will no longer be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if more than 85,000 (65,000 + 20,000) applications are received within the first 5 days, no more applications will be accepted and a lottery will be held a few days later. All applications will be treated equally, whether received on day 1 or day 5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-03-29T04:52:48.857" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T04:52:48.857" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-28T22:52:52.827" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last year, I returned from Asia to Europe and had a similar dilemma.  What I did, on Excel spreadsheet I had copied prices from airlines websites and compare the prices for return flight and one-way flights.  It takes a bit of time, but it's well worth it.  One of the airlines charged only 50% for one-way ticket compared to round-trip ticket.  That was not the case with other airlines, where the one-way ticket way quite expensive compared with a round-trip ticket.  Before I did this calculations, I was assuming to pay round-trip ticket and then forego the return part.  In my case, airline that won was Turkish Airlines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some advantages of going to Asia on a one-way ticket.  Many plane tickets with the return flight of three-week period are much cheaper than a ticket with a flexible return date (you can also compare such prices looking at airline deals).  Three-week period is often what you can get your time off for holidays.  Sometimes, you can get better deals from Asia.  Also, you're free to spend your vacations / holidays in Asia/Australia, without any worry if your return ticket will loose validity or other things...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, with the return flights, sometimes airlines stop flying on a given route and you're kind of stuck with a return flight.  Also many times, if you want to re-book tickets, airlines ask you to contact the place from where I bought the ticket - meaning you calling Europe.  A bit of a nuisance, if you want to get something done quite quick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd go for the one-way ticket.  Going abroad to live and work, opens for you much different perspectives.  Explore the area there, spend some time there - it's well worth it.  Make Singapore your starting point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="677" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T22:52:52.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="27" CreationDate="2014-03-28T23:26:01.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some banks here, like Banamex or Bancomer, have credit cards specifically for people who never had a card before. They calculate your credit line based on whatever income you have received on a savings account over the last 3 months. Your credit line will most likely be pretty low, but I personally find it better, no risk of falling into unpayable debt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do make sure to choose your bank carefully though. Banamex is a truthful bank, not exactly honest but they always stay true to their word, but they are &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; slow. Bancomer is a remorseless money sucking machine that gives large corporations tons of awesome services and royal treatment by force of bleeding their individual customers dry with surprise charges, insurances plans that don't actually work, and hidden services that you must explicitly opt out from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="673" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T23:26:01.517" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="964" CreationDate="2014-03-29T04:13:27.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what I did during my 7 years as an expat, and I used to go home at least twice a year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the first time I am leaving home, I bought the cheapest &lt;strong&gt;one-way&lt;/strong&gt; ticket I found, it was a 2 stops ticket. Do not buy a round trip ticket with a return in the far future. This will usually cost more. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I want to go back home, I bought the cheapest &lt;strong&gt;round trip&lt;/strong&gt; ticket, usually I stayed for short periods at home which allowed me to find very cheap tickets.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An exception to above would be if the round trip ticket is cheaper than one-way ticket when leaving home, then get the round trip ticket and throw the return leg ticket as it is usually will be non-refundable. Or if you are planning to stay for short periods and visit home more frequently, then get the round trip ticket starting from home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T04:13:27.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="958" CreationDate="2014-03-29T09:29:12.650" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For some reason I have been under the impression that US law prohibits&#xA;  US citizens from retaining their citizenship if they ever obtain a new&#xA;  citizenship. Is this always, sometimes, or never true? If sometimes,&#xA;  when?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Afroyim v. Rusk in 1967 that someone who was born or naturalized in the U.S. was constitutionally protected from losing their U.S. citizenship involuntarily, &quot;involuntarily&quot; as in without their intent to do so. In Vance v. Terrazas, the Supreme Court ruled that this intention must be proven with &quot;preponderance of evidence&quot; -- Congress cannot set a lesser standard for the intention (e.g. Congress cannot say naturalizing in a foreign country is enough to show intention to give up U.S. citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this constitutional protection does not apply to all U.S. citizens -- people who were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; born or naturalized in the U.S. (e.g. people born abroad but were citizens from birth, derived through parents) are not protected by the 14th amendment, and Congress &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; take away their citizenship without their intention. (Supreme Court affirmed this in Rogers v. Bellei.) In the past, there have been &quot;retention requirements&quot; for U.S. citizens from birth abroad, that if not met would mean the person would lose their U.S. citizenship at a certain age. However, no such law exists now. So, as of right now, all U.S. citizens cannot lose their U.S. citizenship without their intention to do so, no matter what they do, including getting another citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people have had their U.S. citizenship taken away involuntarily prior to 1967 for things like naturalizing in a foreign country and other things, but I believe that if it were to come up in court today it would be found that they did not really lose U.S. citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1481&quot;&gt;8 USC 1481&lt;/a&gt; is the current law for loss of U.S. nationality. It requires the performance of one of several &quot;potentially expatriating acts&quot;, combined with intention to relinquish U.S. nationality, to lose U.S. nationality. One of the potentially expatriating acts is voluntarily obtaining naturalization in a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&quot;&gt;Curent State Department policy&lt;/a&gt; makes it even harder to lose U.S. citizenship this way. With voluntary naturalization in a foreign country (and a few other of the potentially expatriating acts), the State Department will automatically &lt;em&gt;presume&lt;/em&gt; that you do not intend to relinquish U.S. nationality. If you want to keep U.S. nationality, you don't need to do anything special. If asked whether you want to give up U.S. nationality, you can say no, and you will not lose U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or perhaps I have the situation reversed in my head, and US law&#xA;  requires new citizens to renounce their previous citizenship when&#xA;  acquiring US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also not the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T09:29:12.650" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="963" CreationDate="2014-03-29T10:22:44.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My experience in Indonesia is that the most important factor is finding a bank without a US presence.  For example, the major banks here are either Australian (some of which have a US presence) while others have no US presence (Bank of Central Asia, for example).  Of course it is different here because of the strong trend towards localization, but the basic matter is that banks without a US presence are not bound by US law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US law cannot bind a party without a presence or nexus to the US.  Now from what I have read, this is affecting big banks particularly (Barclays, Fidelity, etc), which often do have an important nexus with the US, but smaller banks may be concerned as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can keep your current accounts open it looks like the best option is to shop around, focusing primarily on smaller local banks, especially if you have a good relationship with those involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is a real problem.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/15/news/banks-americans-lockout/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/15/news/banks-americans-lockout/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T10:22:44.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="986" CreationDate="2014-03-29T13:44:34.430" Score="18" ViewCount="1442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have pensions in Norway and the UK. I was told that it is possible to transfer the funds between European countries. But what would happen if I leave Europe and never return? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-03-30T11:19:59.920" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T18:05:43.117" Title="What would happen with my pension if I leave Europe and never return?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="985" CreationDate="2014-03-29T16:32:27.687" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends completely on the specifics of your situation, there is no general rule. I am not sure how EU law applies to this situation and it would in any case not cover the years you worked outside of the EU so you might have to deal with each country individually and the relevant bilateral agreements. You also have to make a distinction between different type of pension systems (e.g. state pension vs. employer-funded pension fund).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the best case scenario is that there is (or will be) some sort of bilateral agreement between the country (or countries) in which you worked and the country in which you will retire that would allow you to transfer your rights to a state pension (e.g. if you worked 10 years in country A and 30 in country B, you are deemed to have worked 40 years in country B and can collect a full pension there). Sometimes, there is no agreement so no way to consolidate your pension rights but it's still possible to receive a pension abroad when you retire (so, in your old age, you would get a little something from country A and a little something from country B each month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some countries it's also possible to receive a lump sum when you leave  (typically this would not cover your contributions to the basic state pension system but only to a supplementary pension, for countries that have this distinction). It would then be up to you to reinvest that money in some way to provide for your pension later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse case scenario is that there is no way for you to recover anything and you must forfeit your rights unless you are ready to go back to the country when you retire (and even then, without a full career, your pension may very well be very small or even nil).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the specifics, for the UK, the Department for Work and Pensions provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dwp.gov.uk/international/social-security-agreements/list-of-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a list of bilateral agreements&lt;/a&gt; but not many details beyond that. There is also something called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/international-pension-centre&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Pension Centre&lt;/a&gt; but not much luck there either. I haven't been able to find anything useful for Norway. I don't know the EU rules very well but you should be able to consolidate both of these pensions together. Once you reach retirement, you should apply for a pension to the authorities of the EU country in which you worked last.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-03-30T00:47:51.377" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T00:47:51.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="985" CreationDate="2014-03-29T19:58:34.113" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gaël Laurans already did a good job explainig the generics, I'll add some UK specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad/how-to-claim&quot;&gt;government has a page&lt;/a&gt; on how to claim the &lt;strong&gt;State Pension&lt;/strong&gt; when you are living abroad. Depending on when you were born you might need to have enough UK NI contribution years to be able to claim at least some pension. I couldn't find a full table of the data, but there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension&quot;&gt;pension calculator&lt;/a&gt; where you can check the amount you will receive (which might be £0).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, if you live abroad you need to contact the International Pension Centre and send them the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-claiming-a-state-pension-if-you-retire-abroad&quot;&gt;International State Pension Claim Form&lt;/a&gt;. They will need to know your foreign bank account details, and will send the pension to that account. Note that if you are no longer a UK resident, depending on the country you live you might also need to pay both UK and local taxes on your pension. Also the amount of pension you receive will not increase if you are not living in the UK, the EEA, Switzerland or one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dwp.gov.uk/international/social-security-agreements/&quot;&gt;eliglble countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous was about the State Pension. If you also are in some kind of &lt;strong&gt;Workplace Pension Scheme&lt;/strong&gt; (which has become almost mandatory: as an employee you are automatically enrolled, but you can opt out), then you have to check the company where your Pension Scheme is in. They will usually be either able to pay your pension into a foreign account, give the money back in a lump sum, or forward your earnings to one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pensionschemes/qrops.pdf&quot;&gt;Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS)&lt;/a&gt;. You have to check the Terms and Conditions of your Scheme to know what applies to you, and what costs you might have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are also enrolled in a private pensions scheme you have to check their conditions as well. Usually they'll have the same conditions as stated before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T19:58:34.113" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="58" CreationDate="2014-03-29T22:27:26.097" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One's credit history is now big business in the U.S. and it is getting increasingly difficult for the average consumer to keep one's &quot;file&quot; free of outdated, incorrect or misleading information.  With companies of all stripes getting into the fray what was at one time a process that existed largely without the consumer's knowledge or particular interest is now a complicated process that can be full of danger (credit-wise) for the modern consumer of credit: one who owns a mortgage or two (a home equity credit line or a second vacation home), several credit and debit cards and a few financed automobiles in their three-car garage.  It is no longer the good old days when we &quot;slept&quot; while the compilation of one's credit history was getting done with little notice and by only a few major highly-regarded companies working under the watchful eye of FCC and other arms of the federal government. Your credit history was distilled down ultimately to a three-digit-number and mostly it was this number that was utilized by the large mortgage companies in order to approve mortgages and to determine the interest rate for that mortgage.  A higher number brought a lower interest rate.  (This part is still true).  But along with the growth of big banks and later brokerage houses (and other major players) into the home mortgage business, as the climate grew in certain quarters for continued and additional deregulation of the banking industry, becoming the law of the land, the result being competing for the consumer's mortgage business became the newest game in town, as well as the source of billions of dollars of easy profit for these companies. With it came the responsibility for the consumer to make sure that the only information in his file is truly his information.   To erase an error from one's file, a file that is controlled by usually one of the three major credit reporting bureaus, is a time-consuming, Kafka-esque process that pits a single consumer against the secretive powers of the credit bureau, and in its way is an example of being forced to &quot;prove a negative.&quot;  I have tried unsuccessfully to have major derogatory information removed from my credit history (a married woman has a separate history, plus a history with a spouse with which to contend); what finally worked in my favor was the concurrent passage of time.  Because all elements in a credit history are ruled by the period of time it is slated to remain in one's history/report, one can reach the seven-year mark, or a two-year anniversary (for requests for credit histories from outside sources) for example, at which time the questionable information is deleted from the history. With this growth in the credit rating industry one hopes for a growth in the watchful eyes of those whose job it is to keep these bureaus and this frightful industry in line.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="684" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T22:27:26.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-30T02:23:10.610" Score="2" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nationality Act includes a section and bunch of clauses on how citizenship can be lost. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship-right-of-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(6) making in the United States a formal written renunciation of nationality in such form as may be prescribed by, and before such officer as may be designated by, the Attorney General, whenever the United States shall be in a state of war and the Attorney General shall approve such renunciation as not contrary to the interests of national defense; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this clause in effect? Who are the officers? Would the person doing this be deported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renunciation_Act_of_1944&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; I don't know how I missed this page. Is all of the information true? My last question is still not answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="685" LastEditorUserId="685" LastEditDate="2014-04-09T19:34:05.137" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T19:34:05.137" Title="End USA Citizenship inside USA During War" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-03-30T07:09:01.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="58" CreationDate="2014-03-30T16:11:09.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another factor--one's credit rating is unfortunately sometimes used as an indication of how careful and reliable you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, for example, someone with a poor credit rating very well might pay more for insurance than someone with a good credit rating.  It can even matter in terms of getting a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T16:11:09.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-31T05:36:45.287" Score="5" ViewCount="2777" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a long-term expat, my credit history in the US is sparse as most of my expenses are in my country of residence (along with credit cards, mortgages, monthly payments of all varieties, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/118/how-to-build-credit-history-in-the-usa&quot;&gt;many ways for foreign immigrants to get around the lack of a credit history&lt;/a&gt;, returning expats are not a blank slate, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/58/what-is-a-credit-history-and-why-should-i-care#comment493_68&quot;&gt;since many countries do not exchange credit history&lt;/a&gt;, there may be a long (decade or more) gap that would make your credit less favorable than what it would be in your country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When living abroad as a US expat, is there any way to maintain a credit history in the US or to otherwise make it easier to get something like a mortgage upon moving back to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T07:01:20.577" Title="Maintaining credit history in the US while abroad" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;repatriation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="991" CreationDate="2014-03-31T06:48:01.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing prevents you from keeping a US bank account and using a US credit card. You can keep some regular expenses from online services (e.g. Skype credit) tied to the US credit card, which will get you to make regular transactions. Even better, having a US credit card when on home leave allows you to avoid the currency exchange fees on your foreign credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/118/how-to-build-credit-history-in-the-usa&quot;&gt;in the answers to one of the questions you liked&lt;/a&gt;, it is not so much the amount, but the duration and the reliability of your dealing with credit card debt that is key in building the credit history. So keep your oldest US credit card active, and pay off the small, but somewhat regular bills on time, and they'll still love you when you come back. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have left the US without getting a credit card, you may always be able to get a secured card on home leave (open a bank account, park enough money that you don't pay monthly fees, use that parked money as collateral for your credit card, open a second account at the same bank using which you pay off any credit card debts to avoid going under the monthly fee limit), and start building a credit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="201" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T07:03:30.457" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1015" CreationDate="2014-03-31T09:50:38.783" Score="13" ViewCount="3274" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two processes by USCIS that are commonly referred to as &quot;lotteries&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Diversity Visa Program (popularly know as &quot;greencard lottery&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H-1B &quot;lottery&quot; (in case of applications' number exceeding limit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any indication, that these are actually lotteries, as in application chosen at random, rather than through some obscure selection process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T16:02:02.597" Title="Are USCIS visa &quot;lotteries&quot; in fact lotteries?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-31T11:03:27.377" Score="20" ViewCount="6968" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the rare occasion when I've seen people in France challenged by the police about their identity, they've always seemed to show their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ID_Card&quot;&gt;Carte nationale d’identité sécurisée (CNIS)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since I'm not a French national, I don't have one of those, and nor (I think?) would I be entitled to get one. I'm also from an EU country which doesn't have ID cards, so I don't have a national ID card either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the rules in France on proving your identity if challenged by the police, specifically for non French nationals? (I'd rather not carry my passport with me at all times if possible!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T07:33:24.033" Title="If asked for ID in France by the police, as an EU national what is considered valid?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="994" CreationDate="2014-03-31T11:49:28.637" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1036.xhtml&quot;&gt;This website by the French government&lt;/a&gt; states the following on the subject:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La personne contrôlée doit justifier de son identité.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Elle peut présenter un titre d'identité (carte nationale d'identité, passeport ou permis de conduire), une autre pièce (document d'état civil avec filiation, livret militaire, carte d'électeur ou carte vitale), voire un témoignage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which means you have to be able to justify your identity. The documents stated are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ID document (national ID, passport or driving license)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other document (document of civil status, military ID, voting card, insurance card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A testimony (as far as I could find, this means somebody being with you confirming your identiy)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't state if a foreign document is valid, but since they seem to accept a lot of documents, I don't see why not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, note that the text goes on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;L'étranger doit prouver qu'il est en séjour légal en France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which means that as a foreigner you need to prove that your legally in France, so unless you're from a Schengen state or another country where you don't need a visa, you probably have to bring your passport or carte de séjour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T11:49:28.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1050" CreationDate="2014-03-31T12:47:58.013" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to the US what's the procedure to get a Registered Nurse certification for someone who's been working as a nurse in one of the Eastern European countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T12:56:57.310" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T09:34:23.713" Title="Nurse recertification in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="999" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:02:02.267" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T16:02:02.267" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T16:02:02.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1000" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:02:02.267" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding various television(TV) broadcasting systems and transfering TV viewing devices between countries." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:12:36.063" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:12:36.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1001" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:13:22.777" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding acquisition or loss of citizenship use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in Italy please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/italy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;italy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the Italy&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizens of Italy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Header_Footer/viaggiare.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italy site for traveling abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/LaReteDiplomatica/Ambasciate/default.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassies of Italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:11:50.620" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:11:50.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1002" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:13:22.777" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Italy." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:11:58.507" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:11:58.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1003" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:14:38.273" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T16:14:38.273" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T16:14:38.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1004" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:14:38.273" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding payments and other benefits obtainable by people out of work." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:11:41.997" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:11:41.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1005" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:17:36.697" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T16:17:36.697" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T16:17:36.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1006" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:17:36.697" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues related to children." OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T13:18:42.783" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T13:18:42.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1007" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:23:52.050" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding acquisition or loss of citizenship use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in Poland please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/poland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;poland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;poland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the Poland&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizens of Poland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/travel_to_poland/travel_advice/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Poland's site for traveling abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/travel_to_poland/polands_missions_abroad/polish_missions_abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassies of Poland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:11:35.180" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:11:35.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1008" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:23:52.050" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Poland." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:12:43.387" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:12:43.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1009" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:28:03.770" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding acquisition or loss of citizenship use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in France please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/france&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;france&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;france&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the France&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizens of France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;France's site for traveling abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-158/directory-of-embassies-and/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassies of France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-03-31T19:11:53.523" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T19:11:53.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1010" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-31T16:28:03.770" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of France." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T15:31:03.550" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T15:31:03.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="994" CreationDate="2014-03-31T19:08:14.193" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France, the law does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; specify what counts as a valid ID, which is why official guidelines, like the one cited by @drat, remain deliberately vague (“Elle peut”) and mention things like “witness testimony”. In fact, article 78-2 of the &lt;em&gt;code de procédure pénale&lt;/em&gt; provides that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Les officiers de police judiciaire et, sur l'ordre et sous la responsabilité de ceux-ci, les agents de police judiciaire et agents de police judiciaire adjoints mentionnés aux articles 20 et 21-1° peuvent inviter à justifier, &lt;strong&gt;par tout moyen&lt;/strong&gt;, de son identité […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Par tout moyen” can be translated as “by any means”. Unlike some other European countries, it is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; mandatory for French citizens to carry or even hold a national ID card (but it's free and convenient, which is why many simply presented that during the controls you witnessed). In principle, an official-looking gym membership card or rail card with a photo could be enough. What the police can do if you are uncooperative or they are not satisfied with the information you provided, is keep you up to 4 hours to verify your identity (article 78-3) and, with authorization from the public prosecutor, take a photo and fingerprints (refusing that carries a fine and short jail sentence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a foreign national, you might also be asked to show you are in France legally. If you are a EU citizen and you don't have a residence permit, this basically means presenting a passport or national ID card because other documents (including, e.g., a driver's license) would not establish your citizenship (and, consequently the fact that you really do have the right to be in France without residence permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it isn't a punishable offense in itself to not carry ID as a French citizen or a passport as a foreigner. The police might theoretically make your life miserable for a few hours if they choose but if you have a credible means to prove your name and let them know you are a EU citizen, you should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T07:33:24.033" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T07:33:24.033" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="993" CreationDate="2014-03-31T20:46:28.720" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about the fact that it's called a lottery in numerous official documents? &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/other-ways-get-green-card/green-card-through-diversity-immigration-visa-program/green-card-through-diversity-immigrant-visa-program&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This page about the DV program&lt;/a&gt; from the department of Homeland Security indicates that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) makes up to 50,000 immigrant visas available annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to individuals who are from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;State department's own description&lt;/a&gt; includes similar language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if you are inclined to distrust the US government, this might not fully convince you but then nothing they can say really would ;-) Otherwise all this seems like a pretty strong indication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T07:20:15.290" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T07:20:15.290" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-01T03:37:50.913" Score="4" ViewCount="895" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to lodge a temporary visa named &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/476.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Recognised Graduate visa&lt;/a&gt;. My question is what is the starting date of its 18 months period, arrival date or grant date? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I reseive the visa, how much time do I have to enter Australia? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="644" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T17:00:27.163" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T23:04:03.777" Title="When is the starting date of a Recognised Graduate visa in Australia?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1013" CreationDate="2014-04-01T07:47:25.100" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To summarize some of the information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_%28document%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wikipedia article on visas&lt;/a&gt;, and my experience in non-Australian countries, there are generally two different things referred to as visas in the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Document saying you have the permission to request a certain type of visa from date X to date Y&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Document and/or stamp in your passport confirming that the visa was granted from date A for B days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, to get the first document I need to submit my passport to the embassy or consulate of the country I want to enter, and they will attach a fancy looking document to my passport that tells me what the entry status would be, the duration of that status, the date of issue of the entry document, and the backstop date for when I am allowed to enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the first visa expires, I will fly in to the country, and present them my passport with the document attached. The immigration official will check the document in the system, and either affix a second document or stamp the existing document with the date the permission was granted, and the amount of time that permission is given for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in your case, the first document should tell you when you have to enter the country by, and upon entry you will be given 18 months from the date of entry on that visa. If you already have the entry permission document in your passport, you should check it, and if you have further questions you should contact the embassy/consulate to confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T07:47:25.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="993" CreationDate="2014-04-01T09:18:07.073" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are in fact random selections. DV selections of 2012 have &lt;a href=&quot;http://eritrea.usembassy.gov/dv2012_void.html&quot;&gt;been famously voided&lt;/a&gt; because it was discovered that the selection was not truly random because of a software bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to H1b - these are not legally required to be random selections, but since the demand is overwhelming the quota is frequently met before the USCIS has a chance to order the submissions. Since it would not be fair to deny a petition just because the Fedex delivery man stacked down the box, when the amount of submissions exceeds all the available quotas in a very short time (I think they set it to the first business week of April), they select randomly from all the files that were submitted at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T09:18:07.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1016" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-01T14:48:18.573" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Employment related questions are of a particular interest for new immigrants in any country because of many issues not the least of which:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfering and validating ones education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Various certifications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Language and culture barrier&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Actually finding employers willing to hire expats.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions in this tag will deal with issues of obtaining employment for the new expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T15:30:53.187" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T15:30:53.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1017" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-01T14:48:18.573" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining employment for an expat or in a different country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T15:31:42.873" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T15:31:42.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1018" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:15:56.413" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T16:15:56.413" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:15:56.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1019" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:15:56.413" Score="0" Body="Questions related to the availability of specific food and drink at new locations." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T16:16:39.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:16:39.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1020" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1021" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:21:55.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1022" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:30:48.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For aquisition and loss of citizenship please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in the United Kingdom see &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/south-africa&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;south-africa&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;south-africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizens of the South Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From Wikipedia: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;South Africa rewrote its nationality law since the end of Apartheid in 1994 and the establishment of majority rule in the country under the African National Congress. The 1995 South African Citizenship Act did away with the previous Apartheid-era 1949 and 1970 acts which had granted bantustan citizenship to the country's African majority and inferior levels of citizenship to the country's Asian and coloured minorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dfa.gov.za/webmissions/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South African diplomatic Missions around the world&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:10:04.720" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:10:04.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1023" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:30:48.943" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of South Africa." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T20:00:39.470" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T20:00:39.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1024" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-01T21:10:03.677" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding acquisition or loss of citizenship use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/citizenship&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;citizenship&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about living in India please use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/india&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;india&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;india&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizens of the India&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The conferment of a person, as a citizen of India, is governed by Articles 5 to 11 (Part II) of Indian Constitution. The legislation related to this matter is the Citizenship Act 1955, which has been amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1992, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003, and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2005.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 9 of Indian Constitution says that a person who voluntarily acquires citizenship of any other country is no longer an Indian citizen. Also, according to The Passports Act, a person has to surrender his Indian passport, it is a punishable offense under the act if he fails to surrender the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Indian nationality law largely follows the jus sanguinis (citizenship by right of blood) as opposed to the jus soli (citizenship by right of birth within the territory). The President of India is termed the first Citizen of India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel Advisories are published by the Indian Embassy in a destination country. &lt;a href=&quot;http://embassyofindiaukraine.in/Travel%20Advisory%2019%20Feb%2014.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;e.g. Ukraine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_India&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Diplomatic Missions of India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:10:22.000" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:10:22.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1025" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-01T21:10:03.677" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of India." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-01T21:10:46.810" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T21:10:46.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="991" CreationDate="2014-04-02T00:35:25.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep your existing accounts open&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have no existing credit in the US, get some&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay off your bills on time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a last resort, talk with American Express&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Keep your existing accounts open&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have existing cards and bank accounts, &lt;a href=&quot;http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-credit-mistakes-expats-avoid-120000493.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;do not close them all before leaving the country&lt;/a&gt; or while abroad. If you do not use the account for months, it may be marked as inactive, and will not be a benefit, so be sure to regularly use your credit if you have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Set up a line of credit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a credit card (maybe you went abroad prior to turning 18, or your left the US with bad credit and couldn't get a card, relied on debit, or never needed one), then you can apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card#Secured_credit_cards&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;secured credit card&lt;/a&gt; which can be obtained with a US bank account and address and a bit of capital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Pay off your bills&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you need to use your cards regularly, make sure you pay off the resulting debt that comes from using the cards regularly. Late payments and carrying revolving debt can lower your payment (especially if the debt is a large portion of the credit limit you have across all cards), so making small regular payments may be preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Consider American Express&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-history-score-foreign.php&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this 2007 article citing an American Express spokesperson&lt;/a&gt;, American Express will consider an existing relationship with them in another country when applying for a credit card in the US, even with a lack of US credit history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alfonso reassures existing card members that American Express would do everything in its power to make the transition seamless. A new application doesn't negate a previous relationship, she says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alfonso says that at American Express, every application is evaluated case by case, even when an American credit report is not available.  &amp;quot;We definitely want to be able to establish income verification from a reliable source,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;But every application is evaluated on its own merits. It is not one size fits all.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may apply to other international banks (like Citibank or the like) which issue credit cards in both the US and your country of residence, so you may consider asking when considering which cards to apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T00:35:25.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1029" CreationDate="2014-04-02T07:46:47.723" Score="3" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you expatriate in a foreign country to be able to defend your right is really important. The existence itself of the tribunal means you should not always simply pay fines. How do you achieve this objective in a country in which you don't speak the language?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem I'm experiencing living in Austria is the strong difficulty I meet when I try to do a Google for something I need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I search for finding car-fines specialized lawyer company support in a German speaking country? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you also know if consumer group are also offering cheap / free support? And what about legal insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T20:59:42.510" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T20:59:42.510" Title="How to get legal advice regarding traffic offenses in Austria when I don't speak the language?" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1028" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1049" CreationDate="2014-04-02T08:02:25.637" Score="6" ViewCount="3834" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been banking with BDO for a while, but I've found their service to be fraught with red tape and charges for very minor services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just now, I was trying to move to a new branch. Going to a branch different from the &quot;home&quot; one, even across the street, incurs a fee. To move, one goes to the new branch, opens a new account, then returns to the old branch and sets up a transfer to close the old account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite the posted requirements for opening an account, and already being a customer, the new branch refused me because I don't have my passport on hand. (It's at the US Embassy for renewal.) Since it seems to be no simpler to stay with BDO than to transfer everything elsewhere, I'm considering a customer service upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is BPI just the same? Perhaps some bank offers perks to American citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="211" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T02:55:07.010" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T17:11:29.520" Title="Expat-friendly local bank in the Philippines?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1027" CreationDate="2014-04-02T10:17:23.163" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your comments, it seems you are asking how to find a lawyer in Austria. There is a bar in each province (&lt;em&gt;Bundesland&lt;/em&gt;) and they work together through something called the &lt;em&gt;Rechtsanwaltskammertag&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rechtsanwaelte.at/www/getFile.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Its website&lt;/a&gt; provides a way to search for lawyers by area of expertise. Unfortunately the web form (and in particular the list of legal areas/specialities) is only available in German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's possible to look for lawyers who speak another language than German, which is particularly useful for expats. You need to select your language in the &lt;em&gt;Fremdsprache&lt;/em&gt; drop-down list in the widget. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rechtsanwaelte.at/ravzsuche/Pages/SearchResultList.aspx?referrer=homepage&amp;amp;spraName=Italienisch&amp;amp;taetName=Verkehrsrecht%2c%2520Unfallsch%25C3%25A4den&amp;amp;name=&amp;amp;ort=&amp;amp;spre=&amp;amp;spra=15&amp;amp;taet=50&amp;amp;Send=Done&amp;amp;x=58&amp;amp;y=8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here is a list of Italian-speaking lawyers&lt;/a&gt; who reported being specialized in transport law and accident damages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beside the convenience of being close to your lawyer, it might be particularly important to hire a local lawyer as Austria is a federal state and traffic fines are typically defined at the provincial level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that as far as I know, pure contingent fees are forbidden in Austria (and in many other European countries), so irrespective of the merits of your case there is probably no free way out as you might need to pay both the fine itself and lawyer fees upfront even if it gets tossed out later. One practical way to avoid even greater problems could therefore be to pay up before the fine is raised and avoid parking where you shouldn't going forward. You could also become a member of the local automobile club as they offer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oeamtc.at/?id=2500%2C1002220%2C%2C&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some legal advice to members&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T10:58:56.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T10:58:56.420" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1013" CreationDate="2014-04-02T11:33:58.157" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your visa will be valid for 18 months after the date you &lt;strong&gt;enter&lt;/strong&gt; Australia, i.e. arrival date. That's valid for visas that have a fixed duration, e.g. working holiday (12 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your grant letter will contain an &lt;strong&gt;enter by&lt;/strong&gt; date, which means your first entry will have to be before that date. Therefore, you will have to enter at any date between the date of the grant notice and the &lt;strong&gt;enter by&lt;/strong&gt; date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T23:04:03.777" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T23:04:03.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-02T15:16:54.910" Score="5" ViewCount="1642" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian student, who opted into a co-op program. I wanted to work in the US for one of my work terms, and I recently got an internship (4 months) there starting in May.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering what kind of Visa I can go for, and if I can get a TN Visa as a student. Is the technology sector (CS) covered under NAFTA? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to inexpensively get a visa to work in the US for 4 months as a Canadian?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="709" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T18:44:53.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T15:04:51.063" Title="What can I do about getting a visa to work in the US as a Canadian?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="714" CreationDate="2014-04-02T15:38:01.503" Score="18" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Overview&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, yes, a naturalised British Citizen can live anywhere in the world without losing UK citizenship - so long as they intended to live in the United Kingdom when they requested and were granted citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a strong precedent for this structure to remain intact, but the rules may of course change as the political situation changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most useful reference documentation on this is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/resource/13573/nationality-uk-border-agency-precedent-based-scenarios-undated&quot;&gt;UKBA Precedent Based Scenarios&lt;/a&gt; document (see the PDF on that page, section 8: 'Deprivation' on page 25 (PDF Page 26)). Unfortunately the document is quite old, and doesn't take into account certain recent developments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Importance of Intent&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important that a person seeking naturalisation intend to remain in the UK. They should have &quot;thrown in their lot&quot; with the UK, and be intending to live in the UK for the rest of their life. In short, the oath of loyalty is more than a formality, and British Citizenship shouldn't be considered a tool to be acquired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In certain circumstances, people have claimed and been provisionally granted citizenship, only to have it revoked because they have left the country before they took the oath. For more examples of this, see the &quot;Precedent Based Scenarios&quot; document referred to above. Specifically relevant sections are &quot;NATURALISATION S. 6(1): FUTURE INTENTIONS&quot; on page 46 (PDF page 47), and &quot;OATH OF ALLEGIANCE&quot; on page 70 (PDF page 71).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once legitimately gained, though, citizenship is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; currently stripped when people leave the UK for any length of time. This includes leaving the UK permanently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Scenarios where Citizenship is Lost&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The technical term for this type of loss of citizenship is &quot;deprivation of citizenship&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deprivation of citizenship is taken very seriously, and occurs very seldom. Between 2002 and 2013, 37 people were deprived of their British Citizenship. Generally, this occurs only in a fairly limited set of scenarios. One of the key considerations is whether retention of citizenship is for &quot;the public good&quot;, and this is decided on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Examples of Loss&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For further details, see the &quot;Deprivation&quot; section of the UKBA Precedent Based Scenarios document linked above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Espionage. There is a long history of spies for foreign governments being deprived of their British citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Terrorism - this is currently the fastest-increasing reason for loss of citizenship (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/02/26/medieval-exile-the-21-britons-stripped-of-their-citizenship/&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Serious criminal activity (often where British citizenship is being used as a tool to further the criminal activity), including:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cases of serious fraud and smuggling, where British citizenship is used to help further illegal operations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certain cases of bigamous marriage have been considered for deprivation, though my understanding is that cases did not progress.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Various other serious criminal convictions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T03:50:39.090" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T03:50:39.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1031" CreationDate="2014-04-02T15:39:02.113" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visas are the employer's job. It is for the employer and its lawyers to deal with, and give you instructions on what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technology is definitely covered under NAFTA, but I don't know if internships are. Generally, internships are done under J1 or H3 visa. TN is for professionals, and since you don't have the degree yet you may not qualify (or maybe yes, check with the employer). Part-time jobs are generally allowed under TN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T09:10:05.587" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T09:10:05.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1031" CreationDate="2014-04-02T15:42:11.780" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that you are a student I would suggest looking for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/eligibility-and-fees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Exchange Program&lt;/a&gt; and a J1 visa.  To obtain a TN visa you need to be a professional with a degree according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Default.aspx?tabid=97&amp;amp;ctl=SectionView&amp;amp;mid=1588&amp;amp;sid=8fd98e3e-4495-43a8-ba47-4a6955d6b5db&amp;amp;language=en-US#Ap1603.D.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;published list&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in either case your employer will be getting you a visa if they decide to hire you even temporarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T19:09:06.357" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T19:09:06.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-02T18:04:57.677" Score="12" ViewCount="2062" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU citizen. Recently got married to non-EU citizen. We have a marriage certificate done in Mexico where we got married. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have a job in EU (Ireland). How can my non-EU husband accompany me Ireland and work? What steps we should take?  What documents are needed to proceed so my non-EU husband work and live in EU with me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="710" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T05:15:54.467" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T19:04:25.540" Title="My non-EU husband working in Ireland" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1036" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-02T18:24:11.790" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T18:24:11.790" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T18:24:11.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1037" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-02T18:24:11.790" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding cross border marriage issues." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T01:30:03.067" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T01:30:03.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1038" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-02T18:29:14.110" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T18:29:14.110" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T18:29:14.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1039" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-02T18:29:14.110" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding living in or moving to the city of San Francisco, California" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T18:45:02.927" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T18:45:02.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1031" CreationDate="2014-04-02T21:30:37.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any way to inexpensively get a visa to work in the US for 4 months as a Canadian?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, no. Typically, if you opted into a co-op program with a university like UWaterloo, you would be paying (EDIT:) &lt;em&gt;fees to [UWaterloo]&lt;/em&gt; (typically in the order of $700 per academic term) to coordinate your J-1 Visa with their sponsor, Cultural Vistas (who handles most of the work, including the main sponsorship, for you - provided that you release the correct details of your citizenship, and answer a few questions that are mandatory for any J-1 visa applicant). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to do it yourself, the fees will run anywhere between $200 to $600, depending on type of Visa, length, and eligibility based on citizenship (as a Canadian, you should be OK - this is a problem for other nationalities because of the non-NAFTA-like agreements. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/eligibility-and-fees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; link for more details about eligibility and fees, but please do more research before asking questions like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no &quot;easy&quot; way to do this either - typically, it takes between 3-8 weeks to obtain a J-1 visa, if you have a sponsor like CV lined up. Without a sponsor, you will not be able to obtain a Visa, and will then have to reneg on your job offer from the US company. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/sponsor-search/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; for more details on program sponsors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note: Somebody needs to be responsible for the SEVIS (application) fee; try e-mailing your recruiter or HR manager for more details about who will cover this, since it can be pretty hefty if you don't have any USD lying around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711" LastEditorUserId="711" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T15:04:51.063" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T15:04:51.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1035" CreationDate="2014-04-03T02:45:36.017" Score="8" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your marriage is legal in the country you were married&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a copy of your marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move to Ireland and have your spouse apply for a Residence Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Make sure your marriage is legal&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Ireland will recognize a marriage conducted overseas, it needs to be a legally valid marriage in the country where it is conducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/getting_married_abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ireland Citizens Information Website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you or your partner are an Irish citizen(s) and are thinking of getting married outside of Ireland, you should realise that the legal validity of your marriage is governed, in part, by the laws of the country in which you marry. In most, if not all cases, the legal formalities abroad are very different to those in Ireland. For example, a church marriage abroad is usually a purely religious ceremony with no legal effect. Because it is not recognised in law in the country in which it takes place, it cannot be regarded as a legal marriage in Ireland. This is the case even though a marriage in the same church or denomination in Ireland can be legally binding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Get a copy of your marriage certificate&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prove that you are married, you need to bring the marriage certificate from that country as proof (translated if it is in a foreign language).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/getting_married_abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ireland Citizens Information Website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your foreign marriage certificate will usually be accepted for official purposes in Ireland where you need to show evidence that you are married. If the certificate is in a foreign language, you must provide an official translation or a translation from a recognised translation agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Apply for a Residence Card&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your spouse will need to apply for a residence card &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/spouses-children-parents_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;within 3 months&lt;/a&gt; of arriving in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_4#EU_Directive_2004.2F38.2FEC.23Stamp_4&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family members of EEA nationals exercising Treaty rights in Ireland in accordance with EU Directive 2004/38/EC, who are not themselves EEA nationals, are required to apply for a &amp;quot;Residence Card of a family member of a Union citizen&amp;quot;, as described in Article 10 of the Directive. In Ireland, applications for the Residence Card, are made on form &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Form%20EU1.pdf/Files/Form%20EU1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU1&lt;/a&gt; and sent to the EU Treaty Rights Section of the Department of Justice ... Once processed, a letter is sent to the applicant, instructing him or her to visit their local Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), in order to receive their Residence Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this application process can take up to 6 months, and certain original documents are required to be submitted (no photocopies accepted) which will limit your ability to travel, so plan accordingly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evidence of identity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse's passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your passport or National Identity Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evidence of relationship of applicant to EU citizen:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Civil Marriage Certificate (for Spouse)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Partnership Certificate (for Civil Partner)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evidence of residence in the State:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Utility bills in the names of both the applicant and the EU citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If Renting:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Letter from landlord/agency, rental contract or tenancy agreement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Letters of Registration of Tenancy from the Private Residential Tenancies Board&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If Home-owning:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Letter from mortgage provider, local authority or County Council&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of title or deeds as applicable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evidence of current activity of EU citizen in the State:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the following (with supporting documents, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Form%20EU1.pdf/Files/Form%20EU1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;form EU1 Section 4&lt;/a&gt; for details):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of self-employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of study&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of involuntary unemployment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of financial self-sufficiency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T02:45:36.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1042" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1256" CreationDate="2014-04-03T03:01:28.783" Score="8" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen and I'm negotiating with my company to work as a digital nomad for the next years. This means that I would move from country to country every 3 months to 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company has been really supportive and looked into the administrative details, but we're stuck on the social security aspect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I will not technically live in France, we're unsure whether I can have the French “sécurité sociale” or if I must pay for something else such as “caisse des français à l'étranger” to keep my health insurance and build up my future pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="712" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T05:10:43.987" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T02:57:43.847" Title="How do French rules about social security apply to digital nomads?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="955" CreationDate="2014-04-03T16:19:31.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Paperwork and deposits for apartments are reasonably similar to what's required in the US though the standards seem to &lt;a href=&quot;http://bopoolen.nu/laws-regulations/?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;favor renters&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know if it's more or less similar in other European countries (or elsewhere).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizenship is &lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;amp;sl=sv&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;prev=_dd&amp;amp;u=http://www.bostadsratterna.se/allt-om-bostadsratt/faktablad/diskriminering&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not required&lt;/a&gt;. Of course, there may be some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.do.se/Documents/rapporter/Diskriminering%20p%C3%A5%20bostadsmarknaden.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;racial discrimination&lt;/a&gt; in practice but it's possible to file a complaint. For example, making a non-citizen pay a special deposit was used as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=3&amp;amp;cad=rja&amp;amp;uact=8&amp;amp;ved=0CDsQFjAC&amp;amp;url=http://www.fastighetsagarna.se/MediaBinaryLoader.axd?MediaArchive_FileID=e004bece-0507-41cc-9c1a-b4e819a39b10&amp;amp;FileName=Diskrimineringslagen%2b2009.pdf&amp;amp;MediaArchive_ForceDownload=True&amp;amp;Time_Stamp=635076967613482500&amp;amp;ei=m4c9U4nMDbDzyAPZvIGABg&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEJKwjy-lZN0XuToAmqUW0jrridDA&amp;amp;sig2=4OlVkix-ZVC3o5teeQhr3Q&amp;amp;bvm=bv.63934634,d.bGQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;specific example&lt;/a&gt; of indirect discrimination (I couldn't find an English translation for the linked document).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides normal rental apartments, many people live in &quot;housing cooperatives&quot; (bostadrätt). These are somewhat similar to condominiums in practice but different in aspects of ownership. Skipping the details, the reason to mention them here is that it's often possible to rent these &quot;second-hand&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T16:19:31.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="957" CreationDate="2014-04-03T17:34:01.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Summary&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can have three or more citizenships as a South African citizen, so long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have applied for retention of South African citizenship &lt;strong&gt;before each acquisition of citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The other countries that you are a citizen of allow multiple citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is common for websites and government documents to refer to &lt;em&gt;dual&lt;/em&gt; citizenship (implying a limit of two), while they should instead be referring to &lt;em&gt;multiple citizenship&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Australia&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per other answers to this question, Australian citizens gaining a different citizenship are allowed to keep their citizenship - see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/dual_citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/dual_citizenship/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that although the title refers to dual citizenship, the body of the page refers to &quot;two &lt;strong&gt;or more&lt;/strong&gt; countries&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;New Zealand&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New Zealand citizens are similarly allowed to have multiple citizenships - see the wikipedia article at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, it's worth noting that although the Wikipedia article heading refers to &lt;em&gt;dual&lt;/em&gt; citizenship, the body of the Wikipedia text actually refers to &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;South Africa&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;General&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments on this question, unless a South African applies for &quot;Retention of South African citizenship&quot;, they will lose their South African citizenship on gaining any other citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Dual vs Triple Citizenship&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the South African high commission in Australia web pages refers to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;dual citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saflii.org/za/legis/num_act/saca1995271/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South African Citizenship Act, 1995&lt;/a&gt; (see Chapter 3) makes no reference to any specific count of citizenships, and does not contain the word 'dual'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The legislation only refers to the acquisition of citizenship, rather than referring to 'a second citizenship', a 'third citizenship', or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Retention Form&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/pdf/bi-forms/BI-1664_Retention_Of_Citizenship.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Retention of South African Citizenship Form&lt;/a&gt; also makes it quite clear that you can apply for a third citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 10 asks you to list any citizenship you already have, &lt;strong&gt;in addition&lt;/strong&gt; to your South African citizenship. This means that you can use the form to apply for a third citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With reference to the original question, you would need to fill in the form as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question 9: You would fill in that you are acquiring Australian citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question 10: You would fill in details of your existing New Zealand citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unclear form the form how one would apply for retention of a fourth citizenship. I expect it would simply be written into the space allocated for Question 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T17:34:01.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1028" CreationDate="2014-04-04T05:23:14.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Expat friendly&quot; is a bit vague. What specific features are you looking for, and what negative aspects are you looking to avoid? All banks are governed by Bangko Sentral, so some of the red tape is systemic. For example, you will need to demonstrate that you are resident in PI, and that is usually interpreted as having an ACR, along with the usual proofs of address. Receiving cheques and exporting money is also subject to BSP red tape.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only bank that I've encountered that has expat-specific features is HSBC. As a premier customer, one is entitled to free international money transfers, preferential exchange rates, and an Internet facility called Global View which allows you to see all of your HSBC accounts from different countries in one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-07T23:19:28.753" LastActivityDate="2014-04-07T23:19:28.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-04-04T05:32:02.430" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an American Express card from another country, you can &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americanexpress.com/global-card-transfers/&quot;&gt;transfer&lt;/a&gt;&quot; it to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to giving you an (unsecured) credit card in the US with a real credit limit that you can use to then start building your credit, American Express will report the date the account was opened as being when you first became a cardholder elsewhere in the world (presuming you have maintained continuous membership).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you can end up with a credit history that pre-dates your moving to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In practice, they don't actually &quot;transfer&quot; the card, they just open a new card in the US. You can keep the foreign card or cancel it at your discretion)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="733" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T05:32:02.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1028" CreationDate="2014-04-04T06:02:42.240" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends what you do with the account, to answer your question about BPI, who I bank with -- yes, you'll see a lot of the same things there although I'm not sure about charges. Bank accounts tend to be tied to a branch and you need to go there to do certain things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I can do almost everything on-line or from an ATM with BPI. I pay all my bills on-line and transfer money between my saving and current BPI accounts on-line too.  The only time I need to go to the bank is to transfer money abroad (also required to transfer to a non-BPI account in the Philippines). I'm reasonably sure you have to do that at the branch that holds the account, I think other branches &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do it, but you may have issues because they can't verify the amount that's in your account first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For things like large cash withdraws you can use any branch and I've never been charged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bpidirect.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BPI Direct&lt;/a&gt;, which is completely on-line but with a 'branch of convenience' for when you need to access services that are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bpidirect.com/page/view/frequently-asked-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not available on-line&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Being a virtual bank, BPI Direct does not have any brick and mortar branch.  We operate online and over the phone.  However, we are also supported by the branches of BPI.  Like when you opened your BPI Direct account, you were requested to nominate your Branch of convenience.   This is the branch where you will present your identification papers, sign your account opening documents and pick-up your BPI Direct Express Teller ATM Card. This branch will also service your over-the-counter transactions like deposits and withdrawals when amounts exceed the ATM withdrawal limits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear if you can change your 'branch of convenience'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;strong&gt;pinoyyid&lt;/strong&gt; says in the other answer, much of the red tape is required by law and the central bank. I'm not sure if that's what imposes the restrictions on inter-branch account access.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to use BPI as that's where my salary gets paid (and I have to use a specific branch). If I didn't, or was looking to open another account elsewhere, I'd consider either &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hsbc.com.ph/1/2/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HSBC&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citibank.com.ph/portal/citiph_home.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citibank&lt;/a&gt;, probably the later purely because they have a large office nearby. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T06:02:42.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="998" CreationDate="2014-04-04T09:34:23.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;@juergend shared already in the comments a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ncsbn.org/171.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very useful link&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Each state in the U.S. is responsible for the licensure of nurses&#xA;  within that state. Variations exist among the states. State specific&#xA;  licensure information is available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ncsbn.org/contactbon.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;board of nursing websites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To ensure public protection, all boards of nursing &lt;strong&gt;require a candidate&#xA;  for licensure to pass an examination&lt;/strong&gt; that measures the competencies&#xA;  needed to perform safely and effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T09:34:23.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-04-04T10:50:11.123" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just finsihed the process of Italian, jus sanguinis and am now a dual citizen of Italy and the USA. It was a complicated process because you need the birth marriage and death certificates of each of your ancestors back to the Italian citizen. It took some work to get the ones from Italy, but we worked though a service so it wasn't my problem. We also skipped the embassy part by going to Italy to have our paperwork processed there. It wasn't cheap, and it took 2 almost 3 years. I'm waiting now to get my Italian passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="735" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T10:50:11.123" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-04T10:54:15.860" Score="11" ViewCount="2442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got my citizenship in Italy through jus sanguinis. I live in the USA, but have an Italian birth certificate and passport. How hard would it be now for me to get a job in the EU? And by hard I don't mean the actual task of finding the job and applying but the work associated with getting a working visa. I realize that this may vary from country to country, but if I wanted to work in the Netherlands, or the UK would that be readily possible? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="735" LastEditorUserId="75" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T14:15:23.417" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T14:15:23.417" Title="Working in the EU: I come from USA and I have Italian passport" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1052" CreationDate="2014-04-04T11:12:27.710" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an Italian citizen, you do not need a working visa for the Netherlands, as it is also in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/individuals/residence-wizard/eu/registration-for-eu-citizens&quot;&gt;European Union&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All EU/EEA or Swiss citizens, with the exception of Croatians, are entitled to work without restriction in all sectors and industries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same holds true for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/documents.htm#A2&quot;&gt;UK&lt;/a&gt;, where you need neither a visa nor a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is linked to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union#Free_movement_rights&quot;&gt;Freedom of movement to work&lt;/a&gt; inside the European Union. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T12:29:14.577" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T12:29:14.577" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1054" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-04T14:26:17.290" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T14:26:17.290" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T14:26:17.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1055" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-04T14:26:17.290" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Canada." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T14:47:07.883" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T14:47:07.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1052" CreationDate="2014-04-04T14:46:53.947" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coincidentally you're in a very similar situation I was/am in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Europe, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/1053/373&quot;&gt;drat explains&lt;/a&gt;, you do not need any working visa. In the Netherlands, you have to register in the &quot;Town Hall&quot; (Gemeente) of the city you're establishing in. You should not have any language issues as most people talk english (I'd say that more people speak English in Amsterdam than in London). Opening a bank account requires your passport and a copy of a paper given to you by the Gemeente stating that you live there now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the UK you need to register in the JobCentre Plus in order to get a National Insurance Number (NI for short), which will be needed in order to be properly taxed in any job you take (but you can work for up to three months before getting it, you just get taxed at the highest rate, and later reimbursed once you give you NI to your employer), as well to be able to open a bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T14:46:53.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-04-04T15:28:04.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bulgaria allows it. You need some documents to prove your Bulgarin origin. The law doesn't say how exactly can you prove it, but if your grandparents were Bulgarian citizens, that should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mfa.bg/uploads/files/3_Grajdanstvo_po_chl15_ot_ZBG.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mfa.bg (Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-04-04T15:28:04.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="41" CreationDate="2014-04-05T00:17:36.680" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although an answer has already been selected, I don't feel either of the answers is fully satisfactory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite simply, you only need a TV license if you are actually watching or recording live TV from any broadcast television station, either via terrestrial broadcast, cable, satellite, or over the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you don't need a license to watch Youtube/Netflix (not broadcast TV, only available online). You don't need a license to use online catch-up services. You don't need a license to own equipment capable of receiving such TV, only the actual act of receiving the signal to either watch or record requires a license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there is no obligation to tell TV licensing that you don't need a license, even though they will tell you the burden is on you. As with all criminal trials in the UK, the burden is on the prosecuting party (in this case the TV Licensing Authority) to prove beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law that you were illegally receiving a TV signal. You do not need to let agents of TV licensing into your house, unless they have a search warrant. They are not police officers and have no police powers, they are employees of a private company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically as long as you have a TV, even disconnected in your home, you must pay TV license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So NOT to pay TV License from JAN 2015 you will need to meet the following criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No TV in the house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No ADSL/DSL capable phone line in the house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Completely incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In answer to your question, if &amp;quot;very rarely 'watch TV'&amp;quot; means you ever watch or record live TV, as it is broadcasted, by any method, you need a license at the time you are watching/recording.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lime-marmalade.net/faq.html#injunction&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.lime-marmalade.net/faq.html#injunction&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/tv-licence&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/tv-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="737" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-04-05T00:17:36.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1059" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-06T14:03:51.973" Score="8" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;We live in Misiones, Argentina and have 2 cats. Sooner or later we will go back to Germany (we are Germans) and want to bring our cats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we need to bring our cats with us to Germany in the plane? Like vaccinate them or getting an animal passport (how and where). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-06T16:11:36.963" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T02:10:22.063" Title="Bringing pets to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-07T02:02:07.987" Score="11" ViewCount="20953" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be turning 16 soon, I am a British citizen but I have never lived there. I want to be able to receive a National Insurance Number to work in the UK when I am older. Most people in the UK are assigned their NI numbers automatically when they turn 16. Is there anyway for expats to apply for a NI number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="742" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-04-07T11:09:23.950" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T10:53:51.950" Title="Can I get a NI number from abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="954" CreationDate="2014-04-07T09:02:47.047" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, some people seem to wait a very long time to get an apartment inside Stockholm but it's easier to find something a bit outside the prime areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you can get something through an employer or personal contact, your best bet would probably be to use an online service like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostaddirekt.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bostad direkt&lt;/a&gt;. Click the UK flag to get the basics in English. There are several other sources such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://bovision.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bovision&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hemnet.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hemnet&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.andrahand.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AndraHand&lt;/a&gt;. These don't seem to offer English search pages but the last one specializes in sublets (second-hand rentals).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111" LastActivityDate="2014-04-07T09:02:47.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-07T13:44:12.050" Score="4" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Filipino (amongst other former Spanish colonies) citizens are entitled to apply for Spanish citizenship after 2 years of residence in Spain. My question is, what is the best visa option for that initial two years of residence? Plus of course any additional advice is welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastEditorUserId="498" LastEditDate="2014-04-07T20:09:03.117" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T18:52:35.210" Title="Spanish visa as a prelude to naturalisation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1070" CreationDate="2014-04-07T20:12:50.213" Score="4" ViewCount="1537" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen with Mexican residency.  I will be out of Mexico until June 1, then I have plans to leave the country again around July 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Temporary Residency visa (often referred to by the old name, FM3) expires July 7, so this gives me just about exactly a month during which time I will be in the country to renew my visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can expedite the process, or help ensure that the process will be completed before July 1?  Can the process be started while I am still out of the country, by hiring an agent to start the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T17:00:46.650" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T07:27:13.703" Title="How can I expedite a Temporary Residency renewal in Mexico?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-08T01:16:31.353" Score="9" ViewCount="1438" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a job offer from a company in Austin, Texas for an internship for the summer. I'm really interested in going to the US and working for the summer, I feel like it'd be a great opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new to visas and whatnot, and I talked to the company about it. They mentioned that they consulted an immigration lawyer and she suggested that instead of going through the J-1 or H1-B (I can't do TN as I'm still in the middle of my degree) that it would be easiest just to come to the states as a normal Canadian citizen (which you can do for up to six months) and just work as a &quot;contractor&quot; more or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm totally fine with this, but I wanted to make sure it was indeed legal. For instance, when I get to the border and they ask my reason for visiting the states, what would I say?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My university has connections with Cultural Vistas I think, but it's $1,700 and takes 4-6 weeks to process, and I'd like to start work before then preferably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I going to be in legal trouble if I take the &quot;contractor&quot; route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="750" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T13:52:20.757" Title="Am I legally able to do an internship in the US while just operating as a vacationing Canadian?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1066" CreationDate="2014-04-08T01:24:47.610" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: Absolutely not legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Entering the US as a visitor means that you are not permitted to take up employment of any kind. This includes being a contractor. And this also applies to Canadians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find it appalling that an immigration lawyer even suggested such a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://canada.usembassy.gov/visas/information-for-canadians.html&quot;&gt;Information for Canadians&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All Canadians are reminded that U.S. law requires all foreigners to qualify for the desired stay and purpose at the time of their initial entry. A visitor who intends to live, work or study in the U.S. without disclosing this information beforehand may be permanently barred from the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T01:30:19.410" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T01:30:19.410" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-08T03:30:39.500" Score="8" ViewCount="4314" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shortly after I am getting married (I am in my mid-twenties), toward the end of this year, we are both planning on moving to Germany. She is a US/EU dual citizen and I am a US citizen. I plan on continuing to work for a US company as a remote worker, and not working for a company located in Germany. What do I need to apply for to ensure that I can stay in Germany legally? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not going to be married until shortly before we intend to leave. It appears that the usual way of getting a residence permit is out of the question as it requires a 3 month lead time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266" LastActivityDate="2014-05-25T11:41:33.243" Title="Moving to Germany, working remotely for company in US. What sort of visa do I need to stay?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1068" CreationDate="2014-04-08T04:47:42.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/ce32120061229en00010331.pdf&quot;&gt;EU Treaty Article 39&lt;/a&gt; covers the freedom of movement of workers, etc. for member states. The treaty says that each country has to establish laws allowing EU citizens to move around the EU with their family members. One of the stipulations is that this has to not only covered registered spouses, but also &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/non-registered-partners_en.htm&quot;&gt;non-registered partners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this was likely instituted to cover same-sex couples, it seems it can apply to your situation as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you live together with a partner in a stable and continuous way, you have certain EU-wide rights, even if you have not registered your partnership with any authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you move with your de facto partner to another EU country, that country must facilitate his or her entry and residence there if you can prove you live together or prove in some other way that you are in a long-term relationship. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/de-facto-unions/index_en.htm&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This permission is conditional on your partner being:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gainfully employed -or-&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-employed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T04:47:42.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1065" CreationDate="2014-04-08T08:51:17.147" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless your local area is unusual, you're unlikely to get a renewal in the timescale you want.  In this area, the renewal of a temporary visa (or change to permanent) has to be applied for during the 30 days before expiry (not before).  Some areas it's even nearer to the expiry date.  So during early June you could get the application in.  How soon it starts being processed will vary (can be weeks, and usually after the expiry date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At some point later you'll need to be present for the fingerprinting, and another signature.  This is very likely to be after your current expiry date (and after you leave the country).  These are things an agent can't do for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the card needs to be processed, received, you notified of it, and you pick it up in person (I've heard this needs to be within 60 days of issue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this area, a good timescale for a change from Temporary to Permanent (after 4 years on Temporary and previous FM2/3) is around 10-12 weeks.  Some are nearer 6 months.  A renewal of a temporary is often faster. The temporary residence visa available for 1-4 years, in most areas, so it's best to get the maximum time and avoid annual renewals, where possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to see any way to speed it up, you probably can't apply earlier and realistically it probably won't start to be processed until around or after the expiry date (you can apply for a letter to be able to leave the country and return while the application is in process, there is a fee).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be well worth changing your travel plans (or at least making them flexible), as if you're grandfathered in on the existing rules you have big advantages over somebody starting from scratch from outside the country.  Don't let the existing visa lapse, make sure you get the renewal/upgrade in, and be prepared to return at short notice to keep things moving along.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good agent in your area might help (if they keep on top of things) but there are still going to be things you need to be personally present for, within fixed time limits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-04-09T07:27:13.703" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T07:27:13.703" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1066" CreationDate="2014-04-08T13:52:20.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You definitely have to have a visa. The only way I see you not needing a visa is if you physically stay in Canada and work remotely. I am sure this I not the experience you are looking for, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They could be shooting for a B-1 visa if they are talking about employing you as a subcontractor. In this scenario, you would be self employed and paid as a business instead of a person, and they would be paying a Canadian business instead of a Canadian national. The maximum length of stay for a B-1 visa is 6 months, so it would be valid for an entire summer. However, you are not permitted to work directly as an intern or in an internship training program for a US based company on a B-1 visa. You would have to be paid by a Canadian company under a contract. Their immigration lawyer may be trying to open or exploit a legal loophole, but it would need to be done very carefully if you chose to go this route. Since you would be the one risking being permanently barred from entering the US, you may not want to risk it. Here is a link for more details on B-1 visas: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="753" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T13:52:20.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1068" CreationDate="2014-04-08T14:23:47.233" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best solution would seem to use your wife's citizenship to gain the right to reside in Germany. You could conceivably try to apply for a work visa, “highly skilled migrant” visa or something like that but that's always a lot of trouble and I am not even sure if that's possible without a local employer sponsoring you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any first-hand experience with this in Germany, but since your wife is an EU citizen I think you can just enter the country and apply for a residence card (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/em&gt;). Following recent court decisions and changes in the law, this is not regarded as a “permit” anymore but is only declarative in nature. As the husband of someone making use of her right to free movement, you can reside in the same country and work without restriction. The card only documents this pre-existing right. If you do need a visa, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;it should be issued quickly and free of charge&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;All this assumes your wife is not German&lt;/strong&gt; and does indeed fulfill the conditions (i.e. she must have a job, be self-employed or be able to prove she has sufficient means to support herself). Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/spouses-children-parents_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife is in fact German, then it's a completely different story. EU law does not generally apply and most people need to get a specific visa before entering the country and prove some knowledge of German (i.e. you can't enter on a regular Schengen visa and sort things out later). I assume that this is the procedure with a 3-month lead time you heard about. But since you are a US citizen, it doesn't apply to you, you don't need a visa or German-language proficiency test and can apply for the permit (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthalstitel&lt;/em&gt;) from within the country:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Staatsangehörige Australiens, Brasiliens, El Salvadors, Israels, Japans, Kanadas, Neuseelands, Südkoreas und der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika können die erforderliche Aufenthaltsgenehmigung auch &lt;em&gt;nach der Einreise&lt;/em&gt; einholen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/04-AuslEhepartner.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, it will take several months before you get your residence card/permit but you can stay legally in the country in the meantime (you will get some document acknowledging your application). Since you don't need to apply in advance, the fact that you just married does not seem particularly relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably contact the nearest German consulate to verify all this. You could also contact the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; from the place you are going to in Germany as you will need to deal with them after you move. They should be able to tell you what they can or cannot do and which documents they require in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-23T08:17:31.767" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T08:17:31.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1074" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1105" CreationDate="2014-04-08T20:51:06.223" Score="8" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in Thailand for several years so far (student &quot;ED&quot; visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's well-known that Thai laws are pretty much restrictive regarding non-local citizens buying out real estate in the country. E.g., in the condo non-Thai citizens can't buy more than 49%; you can't buy a separate house unless you have a Thai partner (or a spouse) who would own 51%, etc.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Some expats open companies first and then make the real estate owned by these companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm living alone in rented apartments but I'd like to make a step forward towards buying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I don't like &quot;cheating the system&quot; by a false marriage, false company or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the question is, &lt;strong&gt;what are the key factors I should take into consideration before actually buying a real estate in Thailand&lt;/strong&gt; (or deciding that renting is better)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T21:05:18.443" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T06:21:09.603" Title="What are the key factors to consider renting vs. buying real estate in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1076" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-08T21:20:15.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ge9Gg.png&quot; alt=&quot;National Flag of Thailand&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Thailand, officially the &lt;strong&gt;Kingdom of Thailand&lt;/strong&gt;, is a country located at the center of the &lt;em&gt;Indochina&lt;/em&gt; peninsula in &lt;em&gt;Southeast Asia&lt;/em&gt;. Form of government: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Constitutional Monarchy&lt;/a&gt;. The official currency is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_baht&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Baht&lt;/a&gt; (฿, THB). The time zone is UTC+07:00 (no daylight saving time). The phone code is +66.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T23:26:01.903" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T23:26:01.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1077" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-08T21:20:15.397" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating to, and living in Thailand" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T23:25:56.053" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T23:25:56.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1080" CreationDate="2014-04-08T21:47:51.453" Score="2" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country&quot;&gt;Meeting other expats when you move to a new country?&lt;/a&gt; and thought the &lt;strong&gt;goal&lt;/strong&gt; of an expat may be just the opposite: instead of binding yourself with the citizens of your own country/culture/language, an expat should build tight relationship with locals of the country you are living in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is &lt;strong&gt;how to decide where to invest my efforts&lt;/strong&gt;. Obviously, the options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finding expats from your own country;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Building relationship with local citizens;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most apparent reasons for finding &lt;strong&gt;expats&lt;/strong&gt; is that they can provide with some help to a newbie. They may assist finding accommodation, job, etc. Finally, they are holding your own &lt;strong&gt;culture&lt;/strong&gt;, they read same books you have probably read, they understand your jokes, and so on.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The most evident drawbacks is that quite often, &quot;long stayers&quot; may cheat on &quot;newbies&quot;, like in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/705941-russian-fugitive-real-estate-developer-caught-by-pattaya-immigration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this case of real estate cheating&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the contrary, &lt;strong&gt;locals&lt;/strong&gt; are actually forming the vast majority of the society you are living in. Unless your immigration was somehow forced, it was your &lt;em&gt;voluntary decision&lt;/em&gt; to move there, and socializing with local citizens may provide with greater benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases, every expat will develop in &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; directions, but finding the key factors to decide where to invest your time looks an important question to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T06:22:09.153" Title="How to decide between meeting expats versus assimilation?" Tags="&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-04-09T20:50:04.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1081" CreationDate="2014-04-08T22:31:18.907" Score="8" ViewCount="5385" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to find a way to track my French long stay visa application. I had my visa interview/appointment on 3/24/2014 at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/&quot;&gt;Consulate general of France in Chicago&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From previous experiences with other visa processes like the USA where I was able to track my visa application status, I am unable to find any way to do so for the French long stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, it &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/VisaNET-Consultation-Internet/html/frameset/frameset.html?lcid=280&quot;&gt;is possible in Australia&lt;/a&gt; to do so via the consulate's website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something? Is there NO way I can track my application's status online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T23:26:10.567" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T00:05:06.350" Title="Tracking French long stay visa application status online" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1078" CreationDate="2014-04-09T06:22:09.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One piece of advice is to characterise individuals along more axes than just their nationality. Whether you are talking about expats or locals, it is as important to understand their backgrounds, social status and interests, as it is to understand the colour of their passports or skin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say that you are a French doctor, emigrating to Vietnam. At first blush, all Vietnamese will &quot;look the same&quot;TM. After a while you will appreciate that socialising with a Vietnamese doctor is a very different experience from socialising with a Vietnamese bus driver. The same applies to expats you may socialise with. Hanging out with a bunch of ex-military guys who are there for the sex is very different from hanging out with a bunch of environmentalists. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially in the early days, you will be offered more advice than you ever asked for, and that advice can colour your view of the country. So it's important to characterise where the advice is coming from. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T06:22:09.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1079" CreationDate="2014-04-09T07:41:24.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the website is in fact a central database, you only need a link from the right consulate because the first five characters in your receipt number can't be entered manually. Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/VisaNET-Consultation-Internet/html/frameset/frameset.html?lcid=82&quot;&gt;Chicago's page&lt;/a&gt;. (I haven't tried it myself, obviously.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the consulates' websites are not unified and vary greatly in quality and I couldn't find a full list with the right links. It seems possible to fiddle with the last parameter in the URL to find the correct page directly (consulates are apparently more-or-less in alphabetical order).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-09T07:58:25.253" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T07:58:25.253" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1104" CreationDate="2014-04-09T18:35:09.957" Score="3" ViewCount="1010" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am I eligible for Re-entry permit&lt;/strong&gt; if my stay in Thailand is based on &lt;em&gt;Extension of Stay&lt;/em&gt;, and my visa has been expired a long ago?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As far as I understand, &lt;strong&gt;re-entry&lt;/strong&gt; permit can be issued only during the validity of visa itself, not based on Extension of Stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My understanding is that visa is a permission to &lt;em&gt;enter&lt;/em&gt; the country. Usually, it is valid for 90 days only, single entry (ED type).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Permit to &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt; is the legal validation of living in the country.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;An ED-type visa holder needs to apply for Extension of Stay each 90 days &lt;strong&gt;during the entire course of study&lt;/strong&gt; (up to 3 or 5 years, depending on the license granted to a particular school).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Hence, just after the 1st extension, your legal stay exceeds the term of visa validity (90 days).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;On the other hand, re-entry is logically tied with visa itself (by increasing the number of &lt;strong&gt;entries&lt;/strong&gt; to the country), not based on the extension of &lt;strong&gt;stay&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the above, is it possible to issue the &lt;em&gt;Re-entry permit&lt;/em&gt; after the visa has been expired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: a little math to clarify. All dates are rough since all durations are 90 days (≠ 3 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On &lt;code&gt;Jan/01&lt;/code&gt; I obtain the ED visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa is valid to enter the country up to &lt;code&gt;Apr/01&lt;/code&gt;, single entry;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On &lt;code&gt;Feb/10&lt;/code&gt; I enter the country;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the airport, I get stamp saying that my &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt; is valid up to &lt;code&gt;May/10 (= Feb/10 + 90 days)&lt;/code&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume that on &lt;code&gt;March/15&lt;/code&gt; I want to temporarily leave. I apply in the Immigration office to get Re-entry permit which is valid to enter back the country up to &lt;code&gt;Apr/01&lt;/code&gt; (the date of visa validity), no problem;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On &lt;code&gt;May/10&lt;/code&gt; I apply to the Immigration office to extend my stay up to &lt;code&gt;Aug/10 (= May/10 + 90 days)&lt;/code&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume that on &lt;code&gt;July/15&lt;/code&gt; I want to temporarily exit the country and return back on &lt;code&gt;July/20&lt;/code&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this moment, &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; is expired (back on &lt;code&gt;April/01&lt;/code&gt;). I doubt that re-entry has no sense when visa is expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2014-04-11T08:05:26.777" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T01:08:37.513" Title="Re-entry permit while on Extension of Stay in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1083" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1084" CreationDate="2014-04-09T19:45:43.133" Score="6" ViewCount="7908" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who is interested in quitting his full-time job in Germany.&#xA;He has been working for a little over 1 year at 40 hours per week.&#xA;How much notice must he give to his boss when he quits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work contract doesn't specify how much notice must be given, merely saying that the normal for Germany applies. His boss has verbally told him that he should say 3 months in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we are in Germany I assume that notice to quit must be in writing, but are there some other details that he should be aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T12:27:37.740" Title="Period of notice to quit job in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-04-11T08:03:28.883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1083" CreationDate="2014-04-09T21:16:37.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If he worked less than 2 years at this firm and the default German law applies then he must give 4 weeks notice to the 15th or the end of the month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he signed a contract that references a specific &quot;Tarifvertrag&quot; then this could be different and must be looked up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCndigungsfristen_im_Arbeitsrecht&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source (in German)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quit notice should contain &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the address of the exployee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the address of the firm&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reason of the document (quitting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the current date&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the date when the emplyoment ends&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;name of the employee and employer and their signatures&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both parties receive an original of this document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472" LastEditorUserId="472" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T12:27:37.740" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T12:27:37.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1060" CreationDate="2014-04-10T08:47:52.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/intro/number.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/intro/number.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;If you live in the UK you'll normally receive one automatically at age 16.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you do not live in the UK at the moment, you should not receive it, and more important you do not need it at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you will relocate to the UK, you can apply for a NI &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T08:47:52.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1086" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1088" CreationDate="2014-04-10T12:31:23.567" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard that in Austria (Tirol) the government provides a 30% refund for training / education courses useful for work. Is it true? Where can I find more details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T19:42:58.207" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T20:09:07.117" Title="Austria: partial expenses refund for training / education courses" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1087" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1089" CreationDate="2014-04-10T19:17:04.033" Score="4" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in India and hold Indian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an opportunity to spend 2-3 years in Denmark and then move to US on a L1B visa which will hopefully lead to a H1B followed by a green card (hopefully before I die).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I continue in India, the US opportunity is unaffected and I will still get it sometime in 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spending a few years in Denmark is something I would certainly like to do, however moving to the US is a longer-term goal of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would moving to US from Denmark (which is not my home country) significantly complicate matters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="762" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T19:55:49.337" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T21:18:07.347" Title="Would moving to Denmark jeopardize US work visas in the future?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1086" CreationDate="2014-04-10T19:50:02.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's correct. Here it's possible to read the additional information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tirol.gv.at/arbeit-wirtschaft/arbeit/arbeitsmarktfoerderung/bildungsgeld-update/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also possible to fill the module &lt;a href=&quot;https://portal.tirol.gv.at/XGovForms/XFormsServlet?form=/forms/sgamf_bildungsgeld.xhtml#currentAnker&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; but it's strictly mandatory to fill in the form in 15 days from the beginning of the course. So read the information carefully. According to other collegues' experiences, the refund should arrive in a short time (1 month?) after the end of the course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Austria, also, some kinds of expenses for work (i.e. training course) are also deductible from the taxes at the end of the year. So I think, but I'm not sure, that it's possible to deduct from taxes the remaining expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make an example the cost of my German course was 280€. I will get 30% refund in some months, about 85€. At the end of the year I will write in my tax document that I've payed 195€ for a training course and ask the government if I can get back other money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My impression is that the burocracy here works. You can also fill a lot of forms online (not as many as in England, but not so bad as in Italy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T20:09:07.117" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T20:09:07.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1087" CreationDate="2014-04-10T21:18:07.347" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For US immigration on a temporary work permit, they won't care much where you are moving &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; (whether Denmark or India). They probably won't even ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For permanent immigration (US green card), countries typically want to see a police report or equivalent from other countries where you have lived more than a certain amount of time (I don't know specifically what the US requires in this area). So eventually, if you decide to work for a time in Denmark, the US might require a report from the Danish police. This is a common request, especially for migrants, and should be easy to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T21:18:07.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1090" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-11T10:52:55.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Schengen is a small village in south-eastern Luxembourg, near the tripoint where the borders of Luxembourg, Germany and France meet. It gave its name to an agreement among many European countries whereby the borders between them may be crossed without border formalities but for which various outside countries need an overall visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 2014, the countries inside the Schengen area are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/austria&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;austria&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;austria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/belgium&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;belgium&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;belgium&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/czech-republic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;czech-republic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;czech-republic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/denmark&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;denmark&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;denmark&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/estonia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;estonia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;estonia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/finland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;finland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;finland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/france&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;france&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;france&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/germany&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;germany&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;germany&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/greece&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;greece&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;greece&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/hungary&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hungary&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hungary&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/iceland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;iceland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;iceland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/italy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;italy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;italy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/latvia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;latvia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;latvia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/liechtenstein&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;liechtenstein&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;liechtenstein&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/lithuania&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lithuania&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lithuania&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/luxembourg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;luxembourg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/malta&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;malta&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;malta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/netherlands&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;netherlands&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;netherlands&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/norway&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;norway&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;norway&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/poland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;poland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;poland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/portugal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;portugal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;portugal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/slovakia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;slovakia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;slovakia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/slovenia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;slovenia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;slovenia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spain&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spain&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spain&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/sweden&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sweden&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sweden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/switzerland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;switzerland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;switzerland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overseas territories are mostly not included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schengen agreement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schengen area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schengen.lu/fr-FR/tourisme&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schengen tourism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-04-12T19:30:37.780" LastActivityDate="2014-04-12T19:30:37.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1091" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-11T10:52:55.550" Score="0" Body="An agreement among many European Union countries whereby the borders between them may be crossed without border formalities but for which citizens of various other countries need an overall visa." OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-04-11T11:36:22.900" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T11:36:22.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1092" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1093" CreationDate="2014-04-11T13:03:39.667" Score="12" ViewCount="4006" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to move to the Netherlands, and looking at apartments/rooms I see that registration is not possible for some listings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I read, every resident is required to register at the municipality within 5 days of moving to the Netherlands, but is there any repercussion to doing so after a month or two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is to look for a temporary place to live (e.g. Airbnb, where most people don't allow registration), and then move to a more long term place, where I would be able to register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="765" LastActivityDate="2018-08-13T16:59:57.973" Title="Netherlands: Is it necessary to register with the municipality within 5 days of moving?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1092" CreationDate="2014-04-11T15:25:18.733" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a whole lot of things linked to this registration from taxes to parking permits. I am not sure if registration is strictly speaking necessary to obtain a “citizen number” but that's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/hoe-kom-ik-aan-een-burgerservicenummer-bsn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the regular way to get one for expats coming into the country for the first time&lt;/a&gt;. You need this number for tax and health insurance purposes so any employer will demand one. This is likely to be the first choking point. However, if you don't work (yet), I guess you might get away with staying a few weeks without registering but if discovered &lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeentelijke_basisadministratie_van_persoonsgegevens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you would be liable for a €325 fine&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know if they really impose the maximum fine for a few days over the delay but while the Dutch bureaucracy is generally professional and efficient, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that people who don't allow registration are most likely illegally subletting a place they don't own themselves or somehow trying to go around some other legislation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-08T19:47:09.940" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T19:47:09.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1060" CreationDate="2014-04-12T00:31:34.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;National Insurance Helpline for Non-UK Residents&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a first step, you should probably call the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-if-you-go-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Insurance helpline for non-UK residents&lt;/a&gt; at +44 (0)191 203 7010 and ask for advice.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have trouble getting through to that number, you should try leaving out the 0 that's in brackets: so you'd phone +44 191 203 7010 instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Alternative Guidance - once you are in the UK&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worklink.bham.ac.uk/WorkLink/downloads/national-insurance-number.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Birmingham University's Worklink guidance document&lt;/a&gt; has some useful information for people in the UK that were out of the UK at the time they turned 16. See the section titled &quot;I’m a UK Student, but I was living overseas on my 16th birthday, so I have never received an NI Number&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That section tells you to follow the instructions in a later section, which is confusingly titled: &quot;How to Apply for an NI Number – EEA Students and Dependants&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that one of the pieces of information the  may request is your date of entry into the UK. Since you're overseas and don't have a definite return date, you won't have this. However I'm sure the Jobcentre staff will be very familiar with what to do, and will be able to give you advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Guidance&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the relevant section of the University of Birmingham document referred to above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Call the Jobcentre plus National Insurance Number Allocation Office on&#xA;  08456 000643 to start the application process for an NI number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will be asked for the following information:&#xA;  (&lt;strong&gt;you must have this with you when you call&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;full name &amp;amp; address including postcode&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;contact telephone number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;date of entry into the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;details from your passport or European Identity Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you might call 0300 200 3502, as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Calling these numbers from Overseas&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have trouble calling the 0845 and 0300 numbers from overseas, since they are special non-geographic UK numbers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I've been unable to locate an international-format number specifically for the National Insurance Number Allocation office. The National Insurance helpline for non-UK residents listed at the top of this answer may be able to put you through to the right department, or give you a valid international-format number to call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have trouble connecting, you may be able to dial these numbers by dropping the leading zero. This would mean calling +44 8456 000643, for example. Alternatively you may be able to get through by using a Skype account, selecting the number you are calling as being in the UK, and then entering the full 08456 000643 number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that these 0845 and 0300 numbers may also be exceptionally expensive to phone from overseas - even more expensive than a normal international call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2014-04-12T00:31:34.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-12T01:53:06.160" Score="8" ViewCount="704" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a thirty-something freelance programmer starting a business and paid work will be scarce at the beginning (I will for the next 6 months be living from savings), so money for other expenses is tight. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is where the mess of choosing a medical insurance comes in. Regular (GKV) vs. private (PKV)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd just like to have &quot;normal&quot; medical insurance (a free/cheap doctor check + some medicine) if I get stuck with a cold, tooth ache, etc. - don't care about private room in hospital, chief-doctor, money if I stay in a hospital, etc. etc. I'm in perfect health and even though I do live with my steady girlfriend I don't plan to have children in the next 3-5 years. So obviously I'm after a good deal (financially) but I'd also like to be smart about it (+/- a few euros is not that important).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that you can't really ask &quot;an insurance professional&quot; for help because they'll just refer you to the insurance that pays the highest referral bounty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been reading about it quite a bit online and there is also lots of conflicting info - like regular/GKV seems to be somehow considered better in terms of services offered by a lot of people (especially when you're getting older and kids, etc. + its difficult to go back from private to regular) but on the other hand an equal amount of info states that private insurance wins there. Plus of course (although they officially shouldn't) lots of doctors prefer patients with private insurance. GKV seems to be more expensive once you start earning more than 0 Euros, but I've also read an alarming number of articles ok PKV insurances that started dirt cheap but have doubled in price over a course of 1-2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So what I'm getting at is I guess:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;based on what I've said above - would GKV or PKV be a better fit for me? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how do you break through the BS/SEO and find a good insurance? I guess since GKVs are for the most part offering the same services, how do you compare PKV services for the money?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(a dangerous question I know) but whats the absolute cheapest private insurance you know?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(an equally dangerous one) whats the most stable i.e. best deal private insurance you know (by that I mean the one giving you the most bang for your low low buck and having a good track-record of not going more and more expensive every year)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(interesting to compare) who offers the best private insurance no matter the price? and how does this then compare to regular/GKV insurance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note 1.&lt;/strong&gt; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/721/choosing-between-private-and-regular-health-insurance-when-moving-to-germany&quot;&gt;this question is similar&lt;/a&gt; but not the same because here we're talking about self-employment where the conditions are also different and you have to pay your full insurance by yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T19:20:18.963" Title="Self-employed in Germany - private vs. regular insurance" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-04-21T19:19:44.103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-12T16:28:18.113" Score="8" ViewCount="675" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA on H1B visa. I have recently joined with a new Employer. The name on pay stubs issued by the new employer has some spelling mistakes and doesn't match the name on my visa and passport. And bad part each month it has different names. I have escalated to my Employer and they say that they will issue new pay checks with correct name. How ever I would like to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it causes any issues related VISA and Green Card processing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes what is the remedy for it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-13T07:45:43.853" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T19:18:37.113" Title="Name on pay stubs does not match my visa and passport." Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1096" CreationDate="2014-04-12T22:25:07.800" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your records, to the extent they are linked at all, are linked through your SSN. When you get paid, your salary information is reported by your employer to the IRS and SSA. Your SSA records are linked to your USCIS records because SSA checks with USCIS before issuing your SSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A spelling mistake in your pay records is unlikely to affect USCIS processing. However, it's probably a good idea to correct it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-04-12T22:25:07.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2460" CreationDate="2014-04-12T23:05:48.407" Score="6" ViewCount="3429" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Dutch driving license, and to get an Ontario, Canada license, I can go straight to the G2 road test.  Among the requirements is that I need to complete and sign a “Declaration of Highway Driving Experience”, whece I indicate how much I have driven on highways with a speed limit of at least 80 km/h &lt;em&gt;in the past three months&lt;/em&gt;.  I have quite a bit of such experience, &lt;em&gt;but not in the past three months&lt;/em&gt;.  So, I will need to rent a car and drive around on highways, purely to meet this requirement.  This leads me to the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In Ontario, Canada, exactly how much highway driving experience do I need to do the G2 test?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T19:16:50.217" Title="Exactly how much highway driving experience do I need for the &quot;Declaration of Highway Driving Experience&quot;?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1100" CreationDate="2014-04-13T00:33:21.973" Score="3" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section1.12.0.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The official [Ministry of Transportation] Driving Handbook, section on drivers from other countries&lt;/a&gt; for Ontario, rules for waiving of mandatory waiting periods depend whether an applicant has:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;less than 12 months licensed driving experience within the preceding three years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;more than 12 months licensed driving experience but less than 24 months within the preceding three years, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a minimum of 24 months licensed driving experience within the preceding three years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This must be confirmed by authentication from a foreign licensing agency.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is &quot;licensed driving experience&quot; defined?  I have had my license for 7 years, but sometimes I don't drive for months.  Should I count each calender month during which I have had a non-zero amount of driving, or is it defined in a different way?  How can a licensing agency verify this, anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2014-04-13T00:44:20.183" LastActivityDate="2014-04-13T01:00:32.673" Title="In Ontario, how is &quot;Licensed driving experience&quot; defined for people moving from outside Canada?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1099" CreationDate="2014-04-13T01:00:32.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A licensing agency cannot verify how much you have &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; driven. The rules you have quoted are probably in place to cover new drivers, since different countries have different rules regarding restrictions on new drivers (at night, with passengers, valid hours, etc). If you have held a valid drivers license in the same jurisdiction for more than 24 months, that would qualify for &quot;a minimum of 24 months licensed driving experience&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably find that the qualifications required for driving in Canada are much less stringent than those you are accustomed to in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-04-13T01:00:32.673" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1299" CreationDate="2014-04-13T14:38:15.210" Score="4" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I live in the UK; we are not UK citizens. We had a baby born in the UK recently. Where do I register the birth of our baby in the UK? My wife was told to make an appointment with our GP, but information I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-birth&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; seems to indicate otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-05-17T12:03:29.820" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T19:01:32.150" Title="Where do couples who are non-UK citizens register the birth of their child in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1082" CreationDate="2014-04-13T22:59:15.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A re-entry permit only allows you to exit Thailand and re-enter. It does not grant you any additional time for your current stay. So if you have a 90-day entry from a single-entry visa, you can get a re-entry permit to allow you to leave and come back, but when you come back the &quot;exit by&quot; date stamped in your passport will be the same as the one from the previous entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were employed (and therefore had an extension of stay based on having a work permit), your company would probably get you a 'multiple' re-entry permit when doing the extension, to allow you to leave and come back as often as necessary during the year that you are working with them. All my employers have done this (past and present), and from memory it costs 3,800 Baht for the 'multiple' re-entry permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, to clarify: a visa is the permission to enter - and when you do enter you get an entry stamp with a &quot;leave by&quot; date. If you get a re-entry permit, you can exit and then re-enter at any time up to the &quot;leave by&quot; date. The validity of the visa is irrelevant because you already used it (and it has a red &quot;USED&quot; stamp on it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-04-13T22:59:15.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1074" CreationDate="2014-04-13T23:24:02.947" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Owning a house is possible in Thailand, but only if you build it yourself, and submit lots of paperwork. You do not own the land on which the house is situated, though. Foreigners can not own land in Thailand. (Think: &quot;ไผทของไทยทุกส่วน&quot; from the national anthem - they really mean it!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A company is a legal entity, and can own land - and there are two ways (that I know of) for a foreigner to own 100% of a company. One is for US citizens only, and the other is to start a BOI company. Both a little convoluted, but can be done. If the government suspects that the company only exists to allow a foreigner to control Thai land, they will close it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can not own 49% of a piece of land, even if married to a Thai national. If married to a Thai and they acquire some land, you have to sign a document stating that you will not have anything to do with the land (go on - ask me how I know!). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, that's houses and land covered. Condos ... you can own one of those outright, but you have to prove that the money you use to buy it (outright - you can't get a bank loan to buy one) comes from overseas. The exclusion to this is if you have a work permit, where you do not have to prove that, as you are allowed to earn money in Thailand. There was once a case where you could get a bank loan for purchasing a condo, but it was from the SG overseas branch of Bangkok Bank, and the conditions were ... not favourable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, foreign ownership of condo units in a building is capped at 49%, but that's only a problem if buying in an area with lots of other foreigners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the most important thing to remember, is that foreigners can not own the tiniest piece of land in Thailand. There are no exclusions to this rule, and if you see someone claiming otherwise, they are trying to sell you something that you will not actually own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-04-13T23:24:02.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1096" CreationDate="2014-04-14T19:18:37.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Green Card or renewing you H1B won't be affected, even if your employer never fixes it; which they will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only people who care about the paychecks are you and the IRS (well, and your state's income tax bureaucracy). There's no important linkage in this case between your money and your immigration status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T19:18:37.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1107" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1331" CreationDate="2014-04-16T01:57:12.673" Score="10" ViewCount="2012" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently check the website to apply for 476 visa and I noticed they have changed the way they mentioned the name of recognized institutes and referring to them as Washington Accord institutions, however when I check the name of one institute for instance for Malaysia which is happen to be the country I did my Master's degree and I go through the list only bachelor engineering courses have been listed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that although my university is listed as an accredited institution, my Master's degree does not make me eligible to apply for this visa? Or does it simply mean that since the name of my institution is listed over there it is enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="777" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:42.457" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T08:04:50.957" Title="Washington accord accredited engineering degree for Australia visa subclass 476" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1109" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:53:25.267" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:04.570" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:04.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1110" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:53:25.267" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Germany." OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:07.063" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:07.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1111" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:54:46.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;People not living in the related geographic area (country/city).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:13.870" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:13.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1112" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:54:46.687" Score="0" Body="People not living in the related geographic area (country/city)." OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:18.370" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:18.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1113" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:57:20.873" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Certification is the formal procedure by which an accredited or authorized person or agency assesses and verifies (and attests in writing by issuing a certificate) the attributes, characteristics, quality, qualification, or status of individuals or organizations, goods or services, procedures or processes, or events or situations, in accordance with established requirements or standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:30.557" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:30.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1114" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-16T16:57:20.873" Score="0" Body="Questions about the formal procedure by which an accredited or authorized person or agency assesses and verifies something is in accordance with established requirements or standards." OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:22.963" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:22.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1115" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-16T17:00:32.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Bolivia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:09.640" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:09.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1116" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-16T17:00:32.200" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Bolivia." OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T23:47:27.117" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:47:27.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-17T13:11:57.510" Score="5" ViewCount="1042" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to apply for an elective residency visa for Italy. My visit to the Italian consulate yesterday was encouraging – almost all of my paperwork is in order – but one item stopped me short: The clerk said I needed proof of address in Italy for the entire year I'm applying for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I have already booked an apartment for the first month of my stay and had planned to find longer-term accommodation once I arrived in-country.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding to my trouble, the clerk said that even if I had a rental contract in hand for a private apartment, I would also need to provide a notarized, original copy (in other words, not faxed or emailed) of the property title to prove that the landlord actually owned the place they were renting me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the easiest and quickest way to find long-term accommodation in Italy while I'm in the US? Does anyone know of a long-stay hotel or executive residence (anywhere) in Italy that could send me a contract to fulfill this paperwork requirement? (I believe I won't need the notarized title of a commercial residence as long as I receive the lease on their letterhead.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="639" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-04-17T14:21:51.903" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T22:07:00.853" Title="&quot;Address in Italy&quot; for elective residency visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1120" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1131" CreationDate="2014-04-17T13:56:00.823" Score="7" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, as a citizen of another EU country living in France, I'm eligible to vote in some elections, but possibly not all. European Parliament elections should definitely be allowed, and those are coming up fairly soon. (I know that in the UK, EU citizens can vote in local and EU elections, but not national ones, which I understand to be a fairly common model)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, two related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What elections am I entitled to vote in, as a citizen of another EU country living in France?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I go about registering for those?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-04-18T12:39:50.857" Title="As an EU citizen living in France, how can I register to vote (eg EU elections)?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="117" CreationDate="2014-04-17T15:02:05.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are books to help with this. I used one or two when I came over here (years ago, those are long out of print now), and they were a help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick search of Amazon turned up several recent books, e.g.&quot;What Foreigners Need To Know About America From A To Z&quot;; there are quite a few others. Do make sure you're getting a recent edition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T15:02:05.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1122" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1124" CreationDate="2014-04-17T15:09:09.270" Score="8" ViewCount="616" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of alleged proposed changes in immigration reform is allowing spouses of H1B holders to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders May Soon Be Allowed to Work in the U.S.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The U.S. is planning changes to the immigration rules that will make&#xA;  the country more attractive to talented foreign entrepreneurs and&#xA;  other high-skilled immigrants, the White House said in a statement&#xA;  Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Among the suggested changes will be automatically giving work visas to&#xA;  the partners of anyone who gets an H-1B visa to work in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/04/10/spouses-of-h1-b-visa-holders-may-soon-be-allowed-to-work-in-the-u-s/&quot;&gt;WSJ India blog post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; statement regarding that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T17:21:46.383" Title="Is there a proposed change allowing H1B-ers spouses to work?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1095" CreationDate="2014-04-17T15:58:46.380" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should take in account that one other major difference is, the GKV will pay the bills directly. In the PKV you have to pay the bill and collect the money back from the PKV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only get back from PKV to GKV when you are not 55 Years old you earned the last 5 years each not more than the Versicherungspflichtgrenze (at the moment 48,600.00 EUR) and you are working as an employee. Additional you get automatic back to PKV if your income in the 12 month following the transition is bigger than the Versicherungspflichtgrenze.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The GKV costs at the moment 18.9% percent of your income, a PKV is often cheaper. But when you are getting old the PKV gets more expensive, while the GKV in most cases will get cheaper when you get retired and your income lowers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are smaller differences between the GKV's, e.g. some pay back around 100 EUR/year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783" LastEditorUserId="768" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T19:20:18.963" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T19:20:18.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2014-04-17T16:08:25.120" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not think there has been any official word on this. If there were, I would expect &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201210&amp;amp;RIN=1615-AB92&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; to be updated for &lt;code&gt;Agenda Stage of Rulemaking&lt;/code&gt;. It still says &lt;code&gt;Proposed Rule Stage&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The progression of a proposal in the regulation pipeline follows this order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pre-rule stage &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proposed Rule Stage &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments on Proposed Rules &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Final Rule Stage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;As of today, 24th Feb 2015, the US government allows H-4 dependent spouses of certain principal H-1B workers to request employment authorization - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/news/dhs-extends-eligibility-employment-authorization-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses-h-1b-nonimmigrants-seeking-employment-based-lawful-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429" LastEditorUserId="429" LastEditDate="2015-02-24T17:21:46.383" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T17:21:46.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1126" CreationDate="2014-04-17T16:08:46.747" Score="6" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your company is being acquired by a US company, what would be the best route to US immigration? Since there is a cap on H1-B visas, I need to know other viable options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="784" LastEditorUserId="784" LastEditDate="2014-04-17T18:13:27.527" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T18:13:27.527" Title="What would be the route to US immigration if your company is being acquired?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1125" CreationDate="2014-04-17T16:34:36.073" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In that case &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge&quot;&gt;L-1B&lt;/a&gt; is an option. There is no quota, there is no fiscal year cycle as with H-1B. Another advantage is that L-1 holders' spouses get L-2, which permits working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To qualify for L-1 classification in this category, the employer must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have a qualifying relationship with a foreign company (parent company,&#xA;  branch, subsidiary, or affiliate, collectively referred to as&#xA;  qualifying organizations); and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Currently be, or will be, doing&#xA;  business as an employer in the United States and in at least one other&#xA;  country directly or through a qualifying organization for the duration&#xA;  of the beneficiary’s stay in the United States as an L-1.  While the&#xA;  business must be viable, there is no requirement that it be engaged in&#xA;  international trade.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case employer would be the US based parent company that acquired company you're working for. On the other hand you must have been working in the company for at least a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To qualify, the named employee must also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Generally have been working for a qualifying organization abroad for one continuous year within the three years immediately preceding his&#xA;  or her admission to the United States; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be seeking to enter the United States to provide services in a specialized knowledge capacity to a branch of the same employer or one&#xA;  of its qualifying organizations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge&quot;&gt;USCIS L-1B Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downside of L-1B is that prior to getting the Green Card, there isn't really an easy way of changing jobs. To change jobs you'd be required to got through whole H-1B process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-04-17T16:48:48.250" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T16:48:48.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2014-04-17T21:02:50.450" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an announcement that they will propose a rule. It's not a rule or even officially proposed rule yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/07/fact-sheet-strengthening-entrepreneurship-home-and-abroad&quot;&gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/07/fact-sheet-strengthening-entrepreneurship-home-and-abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attracting the World’s Best and Brightest:&lt;/strong&gt; The Department of Homeland&#xA;  Security (DHS) will soon publish several proposed rules that will make&#xA;  the United States more attractive to talented foreign entrepreneurs&#xA;  and other high-skill immigrants who will contribute substantially to&#xA;  the U.S. economy, create jobs, and enhance American innovative&#xA;  competitiveness.  &lt;strong&gt;These proposed regulations include rules authorizing&#xA;  employment for spouses of certain high-skill workers on H-1B visas&lt;/strong&gt;, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it sounds like not all spouses of H1b will be able to get it, only spouses of &quot;certain&quot; H1b people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T21:02:50.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-18T03:50:51.503" Score="6" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Expat medical insurance (global medical insurance) is &lt;strong&gt;long-term medical cover for those living outside their home country&lt;/strong&gt;.  It's available from a wide variety of providers (Bupa, Aetna, Cigna, IMG, Aviva, AIG, and dozens of others).  It normally covers &quot;worldwide&quot; or &quot;worldwide excluding USA (and sometimes Canada)&quot; regions, rather than a single country of residence.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm specifically looking at plans for a non-US person resident outside the US (the US is a special case when it comes to health insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the smaller providers (and even some of the large ones) are nominally run from tax havens with minimal regulation (although the admin is often in the US or UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the lack of regulation, and the wide variety of countries they operate from, &lt;strong&gt;are there any organizations or trade associations that rate them for reliability, or compare plans?&lt;/strong&gt;  There are many specialist brokers that represent a few plans, but it's hard to get an overview of what's possible from them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When comparing plans, I realise these are some of the things to check for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how financially stable is the insurer?  Is it even a real insurer, or just a sales front for another plan?  Is there some independent way to find out?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how are claims handled?  24x7?  Where?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are renewals guaranteed?  If not (or even if they supposedly are), what factors can cause loss of insurance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how are increases calculated?  Most of the US-orientated companies seem to use a &quot;group&quot; system, where customers of a similar age are grouped together, which means the risk is spread among a small number of similar people (rather than young new customers), which can cause steep rises.  What other increase methods are used?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does the policy have fixed limits for each item, or is there an overall limit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are deductibles (excess) per illness, per visit, per insurance year...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What have I missed from this list?&lt;/strong&gt;  I've intentionally left off cost, as in general you get what you pay for, if it's cheap there's normally a reason (such as being a loss leader for sharp increases in future years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm looking for (and probably many others are) is to establish a policy with a company that'll be there, and still offering guaranteed renewals to an acceptable policy at an acceptable price, in 5 - 10 years time.  Is that an impossible objective?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify after the first off-target answer, this question isn't about whether I should get such a policy.  It is something I (and many expats) need (I live in multiple countries). I have a policy already, that I'm not super-happy with, and I'm looking for a better one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a domestic health insurance policy in one country plus travel insurance, you have time limits for journeys, and are sent home to be treated for anything major.  With global medical policies, you are treated in the country you are currently in (or evacuated to somewhere better), for as long as you're there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In summary: what methods and checklist should I use to select a long-term expat health insurance policy?&lt;/strong&gt;  And what should I avoid?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-03T23:46:27.267" LastActivityDate="2014-05-03T23:46:27.267" Title="How to choose an expat medical insurance policy, for a non-US citizen?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1129" CreationDate="2014-04-18T04:30:42.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience, you would be better off buying private insurance in the country you're going to, if you're going there for a prolong period of time. If you keep traveling around and never staying at one place for more than a month or two - go to an insurance company at the country of your citizenship and get a travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I you're moving somewhere for 5-10 years, you would probably be better off with the same coverage as locals have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Buying insurance from a company registered elsewhere when you're in a country causes several difficulties:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned - lack of regulation and oversight may leave you with a &quot;policy&quot; which is a worthless piece of paper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most local insurers have streamlined procedures with the local providers. You may be paying slightly more in premiums, but you know exactly what benefits you're getting and who you're getting them from, and you don't need to wait months for reimbursements that may not come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a local insurer goes under you will get a replacement policy through the regulator. Or not. But you'll know exactly what is going to happen and can plan accordingly. Insurance companies rarely go under unexpectedly without a regulator taking care of a replacement provider. Unless there's no regulator, see point 1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot understand how US citizenship/person-hood is related to your question in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-18T04:30:42.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1120" CreationDate="2014-04-18T12:01:53.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under EU law, you can indeed vote in the municipal and European elections. Beyond that, a few countries (Netherlands, Denmark, Malta, the UK) allow EU citizens to vote in some other local elections. British citizens can also vote in Ireland in some national elections (but not in referendums I think) and &lt;em&gt;vice versa&lt;/em&gt;. France does not allow anything more than what is mandated by EU law so only municipal and European elections for EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To vote you must register and since there is no general registration system in France, this is simply a separate process (&lt;em&gt;inscription sur les listes électorales&lt;/em&gt;). It's done at the &lt;em&gt;mairie&lt;/em&gt; (town hall) where you live. &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1937.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;It can also be done by mail or online&lt;/a&gt;. You will need a proof of where you live (typically a utility bill).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing about France is that the deadline to register is long before the election. To vote in a given year you must in principle register &lt;strong&gt;before the 31st of December&lt;/strong&gt; of the previous year (so typically 3 to 5 months before the elections as they mostly take place in the spring). If you would register now (or even back in January), you would only be added to the electoral roll in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are however exceptions, for example if you had to move “for professional reasons” (that's the way official documents put it, I don't know if you would qualify or how you would go about proving that). In that case, you can still register until the day of the election. (I don't think there is any firm deadline but towns do need some time to process applications so in practice you should do it at least a few days before).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, it's still relatively easy to become French (and was even easier yet in the past, e.g. under the 1793 constitution as anyone could become a citizen without condition after one year of residence). The traditional view is therefore that offering people citizenship (and not granting rights to foreigners) is the main route towards broader political participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-18T12:39:50.857" LastActivityDate="2014-04-18T12:39:50.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-19T03:40:00.017" Score="4" ViewCount="1029" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India. And I am working in USA on H1B VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to clerical mistake my father education documents have different last name than his original. Same carried to his job documents also. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where as other set of documents like birth certificate, residence certificate etc.. has his original surname. The original surname carried into my all documents. When I was applied Passport I got with original surname and my father name also printed with original surname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later recently we have applied passport for my parents. Since the documents required for applying passport are carrying the other last name, they got other than original surname in their passport. So now the last name for my parents in my passport and their passports are different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am planning to sponsor B2 VISA to USA for them. So my specific questions are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much this issue impacts on B2 VISA approval? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is impact what are the remedies to subside it? And what additional documents are required to get approval for B2 VISA?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-01-11T17:06:56.407" LastActivityDate="2017-05-02T22:26:16.757" Title="Parents names in their passport are not matching the names in my passport. What is the impact on B2 VISA?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1132" CreationDate="2014-04-19T04:47:07.357" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not submit anything to USCIS to get approval for B2 visa. USCIS doesn't approve any visas, that's the State Department's job. Specifically - the US consulate at which your parents are going to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your story sounds plausible and these things happen. If they ask about the discrepancy (if...) - just have your parents explain it as it is. The best remedy would be to correct the clerical mistake, but it is likely an unfeasible task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T04:47:07.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1134" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1136" CreationDate="2014-04-19T09:30:48.903" Score="6" ViewCount="8588" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once won, and activated via passing into the US, what obligations do I have which are specific to the ownership of this visa category (as opposed to the regular tax and citizen obligations required by the virtue of living and working in the US)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to extend it at all? If so, how?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are conditions upon which this visa expires?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my passport expires, can I request my new passport to feature this as well?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-19T18:33:28.583" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T23:48:53.890" Title="What are long-term maintenance requirements of a DV1 Visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1171" CreationDate="2014-04-19T09:36:04.230" Score="13" ViewCount="534" Body="&lt;p&gt;Context: Settling small amount of personal debts to people in the US from the EU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When Paypal isn't available, in what ways can small amount of cash (&amp;lt;~$100) be sent from the EU to the US, with minimal fees &amp;amp; administration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically tried so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;transferwise requires Electronic / check routing number &amp;amp; account number (disclosing this is highly uncomfortable for friends)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Standard international bank transfer have high fees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paypal isn't available&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="537" LastEditDate="2014-04-27T09:45:47.080" LastActivityDate="2015-11-08T12:58:29.513" Title="How to send small amounts of money from EU to US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1134" CreationDate="2014-04-19T18:22:55.090" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;DV1 visa is an immigrant visa. Once you enter the US it expires immediately and is replaced with I-551 (green card). You will receive a physical green card within a couple of months of your arrival, until then - the stamped visa &lt;em&gt;becomes&lt;/em&gt; your green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you need to maintain is the green card (permanent residency status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T18:22:55.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1224" CreationDate="2014-04-19T22:15:10.840" Score="10" ViewCount="1497" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer (as researcher) from a lab in France. The offer was made on the 17th of Jan 2014 and I received the documentation (convention d'accueil) on the 17th of March 2014. I went ahead with my visa interview at the French Consulate General at Chicago on the 24th of March 2014. My job starts in a week's time and I have not yet received my visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/1079/133&quot;&gt;tracked my visa status online&lt;/a&gt;  and all it shows so far is &quot;under processing&quot;. I have even contacted the Consulate via email and the only reply I have received (and I don't blame them for it) is &quot;&lt;em&gt;we will let you know when your visa is ready&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My prospective employer is a little worried about it since there has been a 3-4 month delay in the project starting -- it was to start in January 2014 but will not do so until I get there or (gulp!) they hire someone who can be there in a week!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the reason for my consternation is obvious. &lt;strong&gt;What are my options as far as the immigration/visa side of things go?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen on F1/OPT in the USA right now and my OPT period ends 13th of August 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-20T00:51:17.943" Title="Delay in Long Stay Visa Processing (for France)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1139" CreationDate="2014-04-20T15:32:24.353" Score="4" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a resident in France and am considering moving back and forth to Canada in the next years. I currently have a bank account in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a bank that would offer an account in both countries with no transfer fee beside the currency conversion (i.e. no wire fee), or one account with both currencies (CAD and EUR, I don't know if such exist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My other constraint would be to pay - if possible - the account price only once (i.e. not pay it both in Canada and France). It should not cost way more than having two accounts so I would add a limit of about 100 euros per year for the most basic options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a bank offering accounts both in France and Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T06:08:46.387" Title="Bound accounts in France and Canada" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1138" CreationDate="2014-04-20T20:05:39.973" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although HSBC operate in both countries, they are getting out of retail banking in Canada, and have quite a small presence in France (mainly the old CCF branches in the Paris area).  I'm not aware of other banks that operate retail banking in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no reason why you should have the same bank in each country, and plenty of reasons why you shouldn't.  If one bank goes bust, or has computer problems, or freezes your account by mistake, you have an alternate with debit cards to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to mostly avoid bank fees and charges in both countries. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.labanquepostale.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;La Banque Postale&lt;/a&gt; charges a few Euros a year.  Most Canadian banks have an account where you pay no fees when you keep a minimum balance of a thousand or two CAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had one bank, you would have to use their currency exchange rates.  You can almost always do better elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For conversions from EUR to CAD, it's hard to beat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.currencyfair.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Currencyfair&lt;/a&gt;.  Pay the money to them from your French bank with bill pay, exchange at peer-to-peer rates that can be close to the interbank rate, and transfer out to your Canadian account for 4 CAD.  The better exchange rate easily covers this fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For CAD to EUR, it's not quite so easy (as you can't bill-pay into Currencyfair in Canada), but many use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xe.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;xe.com&lt;/a&gt;, which can be paid by bill-pay from some Canadian banks.  Not quite such good rates as Currencyfair, but still better than any bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T06:08:46.387" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T06:08:46.387" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1134" CreationDate="2014-04-20T20:18:15.207" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you enter the US with this visa, you are issued with permanent resident status (green card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United States Citizen and Immigration Services website has a detailed page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;maintaining permanent residence&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It states that you may lose permanent residence status if you are convicted of certain offences.  It also states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Abandoning Permanent Resident Status&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be found to have abandoned your permanent resident status if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Move to another country intending to live there permanently&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remain outside of the United States for more than 1 year without obtaining a reentry permit or returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned, any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years after issuance of a reentry permit without obtaining a returning resident visa. However, in determining whether your status has been abandoned any length of absence from the United States may be considered, even if less than 1 year&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your tax returns&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-04-20T22:18:40.973" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T22:18:40.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1142" CreationDate="2014-04-21T01:00:58.513" Score="6" ViewCount="615" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to the United States later this year, to begin graduate studies. I've heard a lot of talk about healthcare in the US, but never really paid much attention, until now, when it directly affects me. After living in Canada for some time, I've gotten complacent with the universal healthcare offered, and I've never had to think too much about the details. I am only a citizen of the European Union (with a Canadian permanent resident card). I should mention I haven't had much experience with the EU health system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to get an idea of what sort of bureaucracy/red tape/exorbitant fees I'll be facing once I start living there. Naively, I assume that I will be on the same footing as US citizens in that I have some options to get coverage with Obama's legislation, along with the plans offered by employer the university, otherwise I pay everything directly out of pocket. Is this true/at all sensible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="793" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T01:15:23.133" Title="Health insurance for EU citizen moving to US, as working graduate student" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1141" CreationDate="2014-04-21T01:15:23.133" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a foreign student, your university is required to provide you coverage. You must have that coverage through the whole term of your presence as a J1/F1/M1 student as part of the conditions of your visa. Talk to the university's international students' office for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I know (second-hand experience), the prices are not all that different from what you would pay for a private insurance in the US (Obamacare or other) with the same level of coverage. You can check with the school if they allow you get your own coverage for the visa, and if so - shop around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T01:15:23.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1144" CreationDate="2014-04-21T06:33:49.490" Score="1" ViewCount="986" Body="&lt;p&gt;My passport contains a paragraph along the lines of &quot;visitors must respect both the laws of country of origin, and the laws of the visiting country&quot;. I notice I'm feeling confused about this, so here's a hypothetical that might illuminate my confusion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two Londoners (UK) go to Las Vegas (Nevada, US) for a fun weekend. During the weekend in the US, they get into a disagreement over hookers, and one accidentally hits the other on the head, fracturing his skull, leading to death (manslaughter). The police catches him in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which country gets to prosecute the murder? If the judgement involves prison, which country is he sentenced to spend this time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; countries do a separate prosecution, will his time served in the US count towards time in the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can death penalty be exercised to people who's nation of origin frowns upon this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T19:22:42.047" Title="Which country gets to prosecute criminal cases over travelers committing a crime in foreign countries?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2014-04-21T19:18:11.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1143" CreationDate="2014-04-21T10:49:36.783" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The country you currently find yourself in can always prosecute and sentence you to the extent provided by local law. That includes the death penalty. Your own country might protest through diplomatic channels but there is no general exemption for foreigners. Treaties might provide for exceptions to this general principle (e.g. diplomats, military personnel). So if you committed a crime and are caught before leaving the US, you will most definitely be prosecuted there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries also have laws allowing their justice system to prosecute citizens for crimes they committed anywhere in the world. One reason for that is that some (many? most?) countries do not extradite their own nationals under any circumstance so prosecuting them locally is the only solution available, lest some serious crimes go unpunished. This procedure is sometimes limited to a specific list of crimes or to things that are forbidden &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; in the prosecuting country and in the country where the crime took place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, whether you can be prosecuted &lt;em&gt;again&lt;/em&gt; for the same crime would be up to the local court system (with some limits, e.g. in the European Union). &lt;em&gt;Non bis in idem&lt;/em&gt; is an important principle in many countries (and in international human rights law) but the standard regarding what counts as prosecution or what might justify a new trial is different and your country of origin would not automatically be bound by the procedural rules in place where you committed the crime. This is especially relevant if you have been arrested but not charged, which might not count as a full trial and would therefore leave the door to another trial elsewhere fully open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, some countries have universal competence laws, often for especially vicious crimes. In that case, you can also be arrested and prosecuted by a third country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once sentenced, you might be allowed to serve your time in your country of origin (there are international treaties about that) but this is by no means automatic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T18:51:35.410" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T18:51:35.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-04-21T21:01:31.760" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Western Union or Moneygram are fast and easy ways of sending money between countries. They have a huge network of places where you can send or pick up money. The fees are quite small.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the receiving end it's all cash; when you send a payment you get a transaction number that you give your friend. They use that number and their ID to pick it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T21:01:31.760" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1148" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1151" CreationDate="2014-04-22T11:43:07.513" Score="2" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I open an LLC in the US, can I open a US based business bank account for that LLC in the state where it is incorporated?  I am a US citizen, but a permanent foreign resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to be a resident of the state I open the bank account in, or is it enough to open the account the next time I am in the US visiting family?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="796" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-04-22T21:26:36.510" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T21:26:36.510" Title="Residency rules for opening a business bank account in the US" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1157" CreationDate="2014-04-22T11:48:31.413" Score="3" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to study in Paris for a year (Erasmus). My sending institution will cover some part of my expenses but until I am able to find a job I will be living off my savings. Are there any scholarships/financial-aids in France/Paris to help out students?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="797" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-22T13:12:34.357" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T13:48:32.763" Title="Financial aid while studying in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;erasmus&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-22T12:39:49.210" Score="10" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and hold an Indian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran away from home and married a guy and then ran away with him to another country but after couple of days I came back after my family put pressure on my husband's family through police and they filed a missing person case for me.  After I came back he also returned next day and we got married but still I have problem with my 7 brothers I am the only sister. A couple of times they tried to kill him using some other persons and I am afraid to be here any longer as even my parents won't help me.  I am pregnant but live in my friend's aunt's home with but still I fear they will find us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for asylum in any country like Australia, USA or where ever I could be safe.  How could I go about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="798" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T11:04:54.840" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T11:04:54.840" Title="My brothers have tried to kill my husband - how can I seek asylum in another country?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;safety&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1148" CreationDate="2014-04-22T13:09:33.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can but you will need to check with the bank where you will be opening an account on what they require to make this happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bank of America you will need to present 2 forms of Photo ID (Driver's License and Passport) along with corporate information.  One of the IDs needs to be US issued or they can be both foreign issued with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yale.edu/oiss/immigration/visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Stamped Visa&lt;/a&gt; in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with your US passport you should be able to open an account in the state of incorporation with no issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T13:09:33.503" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1150" CreationDate="2014-04-22T15:56:32.997" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asylum is usually given for &lt;em&gt;government&lt;/em&gt; persecution. As long as you can live in your country without the government severely persecuting you (hanging you by the neck for being gay, for example), asylum is unlikely. You'll have to deal with your family through the local authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-22T20:18:00.853" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T20:18:00.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1156" CreationDate="2014-04-22T20:01:44.830" Score="4" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Hungarian citizen, with the possibility to take a 6 month contract job in Switzerland. What type of visa do I need to work there? What is the process to acquire it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="800" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T14:28:31.777" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T17:32:13.110" Title="Visa for contracting in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1155" CreationDate="2014-04-23T00:48:12.533" Score="15" ViewCount="5126" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a similar question regarding &quot;small amounts of cash&quot;, but at some point I might need to transfer more than 50K€ to the US. I am looking for the cheapest (less commissions, better exchange rates) way to do it. Is it better to do it in euros or dollars? Somebody was giving me a 3.5 per mil commission, but I don't know if that is good or outrageous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2015-11-08T12:58:58.290" Title="What is the cheapest way to send large amounts of money from EU to US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1154" CreationDate="2014-04-23T01:35:35.917" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several costs involved in sending money internationally.  For a large amount, the most significant of these is the exchange rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At a bank, there is usually a 2-3% &quot;spread&quot; on the &quot;interbank rate&quot; (the middle rate you see quoted on sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xe.com&quot;&gt;xe.com&lt;/a&gt;, Yahoo, Google).  This means that if (for example) the interbank rate gives you 1.4 USD when you sell 1 EUR, the bank may offer 1.4*0.97, or 1.358 USD per USD. Doesn't sound much difference, but that 4.2 cents per € difference comes to a couple of thousand dollars on a €50,000 transaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a better rate than a bank, you need to go to a specialist currency exchange broker.  Most of these have a spread of 1% or so.  There are additional costs, you have to send the money to the company, exchange it, then send it on to your bank in the destination country.  Companies like this include &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.currencyonline.com&quot;&gt;currencyonline.com&lt;/a&gt;, xe.com, and probably others in your country (although it doesn't actually matter which country the broker is in, CurrencyOnline do a good job from New Zealand).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In recent years, there's another alternative, peer-to-peer currency exchange.  The largest and best-established of these is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.currencyfair.com&quot;&gt;CurrencyFair.com&lt;/a&gt; (in Dublin, Ireland).  I've used them for several years now, without any problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These work in a similar way to currency exchange brokers, except you're exchanging money (anonymously) with somebody who wants to exchange money in the opposite direction.  This means the spread can be very tiny, often under 0.5% (in fact I've sometimes got a rate better than the interbank rate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currencyfair accept Euros into their Dublin account from any EUR account (as well as separate GBP, USD etc accounts).  You should be able to use free bill pay from any European account.  Then, you exchange the money at the rates shown on their marketplace (if you want a certain rate, you can put the offer out there and wait until rates move in that direction).  Then, it's transferred out to your own account in for example the US, typically for 4 USD.  The combination of great exchange rates and low transaction costs makes it hard to beat, and for GBP-USD the whole process can take under 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that CurrencyFair, and an increasing number of other currency brokers (and financial services in general) can't deal with US citizens and residents - too much regulation from FATCA and other US paperwork. People in the US may find their choices are very restricted.  One way round this is to set up the account from the other country (in Europe), if you have the basic Know-Your-Customer paperwork from there (passport etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whichever currency broker you choose (or are limited to), it's still almost always a better deal than a bank.  Just be sure to check how much it costs you to send them the money (if they require a wire transfer that can cost a lot), and how much they charge to send the money out (again, a wire transfer can eat into the savings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T01:16:41.040" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T01:16:41.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1153" CreationDate="2014-04-23T05:38:41.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a citizen from an EU or EFTA country, except Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia (which includes Hungarian citizens no matter where they reside), you don't need any visa to enter and take up work in Switzerland for the time being. The bilateral agreements with the EU are still in force, which means you have a right to work or contract there more-or-less as you would in EU countries. In practice, you do however need to apply for a permit after you moved to Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Swiss people recently voted for a constitutional amendment that could change all that but as of April 2014, this amendment hasn't been fully implemented and only the part about signing new agreements is already effective (which is why Switzerland did not ratify the extension of the agreements to cover Croatia and the EU froze talks about various other agreements).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;More details on the website of the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T17:32:13.110" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T17:32:13.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1149" CreationDate="2014-04-23T13:37:57.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main sources of financial help available to students in France are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12214.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bourse de l'enseignement supérieur sur critères sociaux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is a means-tested scholarship (eligibility is based on your parents' income). It can be available to foreign students under certain conditions (e.g. if you worked in France before or if your parents live there) but probably not to ERASMUS students so I won't elaborate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bourses du gouvernement français&lt;/em&gt; but they are not relevant for ERASMUS students either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scholarships from local authorities. I don't know the details but I don't think they would be relevant in your situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12006.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aide personnalisée au logement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (APL) and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1280.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Allocation de logement sociale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (ALS) are two forms of housing benefits. The first one is paid directly to your landlord, if your lodging qualifies. The second one is paid to you directly, if your lodging does not qualify for APL (you can only get one of these benefits at the same time). These are not specifically intended for students but most students qualify as they are available to anybody whose income is under a certain threshold (it's your income and not that of your parents that counts in this case).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the Paris CROUS had &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etudiantdeparis.fr/magazine/content/etudiants-etrangers-bienvenue-paris#anglais&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a contact point for foreign students&lt;/a&gt; that should assist them in finding accommodation, applying for APL or ALS, finding a French-language course, etc. (information is from last year, it's seems it's only active around the start of the academic year, in September-October).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you find yourself in particularly dire straits, you can also try to talk with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crous-paris.fr/article.asp?idcat=AAF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a social worker (&lt;em&gt;assistant social&lt;/em&gt;) at the local CROUS&lt;/a&gt;. They might be able to obtain emergency help or advise on other aids available to students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that as far as I know the logic of the ERASMUS system is that you remain affiliated to your institution of origin. For example, you typically don't have to pay for tuition or get health insurance in the country you are visiting. Consequently, it might be best to look for additional funding from your country of origin and not from your destination country. I know there are several programs in France to complement ERASMUS for French students going abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T13:48:32.763" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T13:48:32.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1159" CreationDate="2014-04-24T10:19:13.303" Score="-1" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to move abroad. In a German-speaking country and I want to improve my language. I know there are a lot of apps for smartphones, a lot of courses and also online softwares. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they all the same? Where could I start to get some information about the choice I have for learning a foreign language?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question may appear very large, but the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&quot;&gt;declared&lt;/a&gt; main purpose of SE is to spread knowledge. So I've tried to spread my small knowledge in a Q&amp;amp;A style. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T12:28:50.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T12:28:50.850" Title="Which self-learning methods can be used to prepare a move to a German speaking country?" Tags="&lt;language&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-04-25T09:24:59.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1158" CreationDate="2014-04-24T10:19:13.303" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 3 different approaches:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;focus on dictionary and short sentences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;focus on grammar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;focus on being able to speak&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The approach taken by &lt;strong&gt;class german course&lt;/strong&gt; is usually the &lt;strong&gt;second one&lt;/strong&gt;. To study a few words and, at the same time, a lot of grammar. As well as &lt;strong&gt;Duolingo&lt;/strong&gt; (free) and &lt;strong&gt;Babbel&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mosalingua&lt;/strong&gt; instead, but also another version of &lt;strong&gt;Babbel&lt;/strong&gt; are more focused on learning words &lt;strong&gt;(1st approach)&lt;/strong&gt; and short sentence. I prefer Mosalingua since it only asks you if you remember the word. It's a simpler app, but it's faster. And allows to repeat a lot of words/sentence every day. After reading 1400 cards I can remember very well more than 800. I can read german, but I can't speak well and understanding the basic grammar is still really really hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pimsleur&lt;/strong&gt; is taking a completely different approach &lt;strong&gt;(the 3rd one)&lt;/strong&gt;. It's made of a lot of short lessons (30 minutes each one) which are completely spoken. The beginner course is made of 30 lessons. As well as the other levels. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Driving home and back I listened about 15 lessons. My spoken german improved as well as the ability to understand. I'm actually mixing the various approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 6 months of using Mosalingua (1400 cards) and after finising to listeni to the beginner course of Pimsleur my German level is A2.2. From a few weeks I've started also a German course. I'm really lacking on the grammar so the course is A1.1 (but it's a bit basic to me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you need to be able to read or to speak as soon as possible, I personally suggest to mix the various approaches. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until now my level passed from 0 to A2.2. I spent 64 hours on Mosalingua, 16 hours on Pimsleur, 12 hours on the A1.1 german course. The german course is a bit &quot;slow&quot; but I like what I'm learning. Learning words at the beginning is a bit hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this answer can help someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T10:19:13.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-24T10:49:01.293" Score="0" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because I work in several countries, I am sometimes paid in US dollars on my US account. Changing the money in Shekels and transferring it back to my account in Israel through the bank costs about $40 per transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been suggested to me, that the best exchange rate, and cheapest, and quickest way to move money from the US to the Israeli account, is to buy and sell Bitcoins for the amount I need to transfer, online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched online, and found bitcoin websites that sell bitcoins in dollars, and sites that buy bitcoins for shekels. (and visa versa)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this method advisable? Are there any particular pitfalls in using Bitcoins?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="809" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-25T08:30:19.470" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T08:30:19.470" Title="Is Bitcoin a viable solution for remittances when working abroad?" Tags="&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ClosedDate="2014-05-02T10:46:24.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-24T14:45:35.947" Score="7" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;My studies require moving from one university to another. The distance is not that long from Helsinki to Oslo but most car renting firms are not renting car here for abroad trips. Which van renting firms operate in all Nordic countries so I could rent the van for the move?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="810" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T16:29:35.717" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T17:52:18.243" Title="Van rental service for a move inside Nordic countries from Finland to Norway?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1160" CreationDate="2014-04-24T15:06:13.147" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first issue is Bitcoin has tremendous volatility, more akin to a dodgy commodity than a currency. For this reason you will (probably) want to cash out as soon as possible. You wouldn't want to be holding a lot of value in Bitcoin when there is another &quot;scandal&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is compounded by the second problem with BitCoin as a currency, that it has very little utility (ie. not many places you can spend it). So you will need to immediately incur two sets of of transaction fees as you cash-in and cash-out. I say probably, because you might find that with a little bit of arbitrage, that you can win on the effective fx-rate, but the odds are slim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opening a Bitcoin account is non-trivial, as most sites now implement some sort of KYC in order to keep on the right side of money laundering regs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, (although much less significant) is the way Bitcoin is treated for tax purposes. The US Fed has declared that it is a commodity, meaning that if you sell it at a profit, you are (theoretically) liable for tax. Of course this won't happen in practice, so only a minor consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do decide to give it a whirl, test the transmission route with a small amount first, and BACKUP YOUR BITCOIN WALLET.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T15:06:13.147" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1160" CreationDate="2014-04-24T21:24:28.427" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's unlikely to be helpful for your remittances from USD to ILS (Shekels) to go via a third currency, or via a commodity (Bitcoins have elements of both).  It could easily end up being two lots of fees and currency losses, as well as the volatility risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'd probably need two BTC accounts (one for each country, because of know-your-customer rules).  You still have to get the money from your USD account to the first BTC account (which may involve fees), exchange (which will involve fees or currency losses), then exchange again, and pay out to the ILS account (which probably has fees).  Realistically, this is little different than going via Gold or Silver (although likely a smaller buy/sell spread), or a volatile third currency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest answer to your problem is to &lt;strong&gt;transfer less often&lt;/strong&gt; (and perhaps also use a third party currency broker to get a better exchange rate, which should cover the transfer costs).  Try to ensure you have enough float in ILS to only need to do a transfer every 3-6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T21:24:28.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-24T21:25:34.880" Score="3" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do kindergarten or preschool care work for a EU citizen living in a different EU country than his home country? I am interested namely in Germany and Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the options for a working parent with small kids? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What about financial side (costs)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are kindergarten capacities usually sufficient?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="740" LastEditorUserId="63" LastEditDate="2014-04-25T01:43:09.747" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T14:31:56.060" Title="Kindergarten or other preschool care within EU" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1164" CreationDate="2014-04-25T06:55:09.407" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I'm aware, as long as you are legally staying in the country (semi) permanently and are paying your taxes, you have the same rights as anyone else with regards to childcare. In Germany this should include the right to a subsidised place in a &lt;em&gt;Kindergarten&lt;/em&gt; or with other similar care takers like a &lt;em&gt;Tagesmutter&lt;/em&gt; (semi-private single person &lt;em&gt;Kindergärten&lt;/em&gt; for small groups of children, if you will). As a side note: It should also include monthly payments of &lt;em&gt;Kindergeld&lt;/em&gt; by the government to you; make sure you try to get all the different benefits the government and/or your health insurance (!) offer. Depending on [the absence of] your income or how long you're taking care of your kids at home, these can be quite substantial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Availability of childcare may vary quite a bit depending on your location; some may tell you you should be reserving a &lt;em&gt;Kindergarten&lt;/em&gt; spot before your child is even born, though this madness is subsiding recently and it's typically possible to find something reasonable. You should make sure you're timing your applications well; &lt;em&gt;Kindergärten&lt;/em&gt; often have a yearly cycle and you may have to wait the better part of a year if you miss it and all spots are taken. In many places &lt;em&gt;Tagesmütter&lt;/em&gt; fill the void for such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing to do would be to get in touch with your local municipality, they typically offer specific information about your options, including a list of &lt;em&gt;Kindergärten&lt;/em&gt; in your area. There often also exist volunteer organisations that help you navigate the bureaucracy, especially if you may not speak the language. Search around for &lt;em&gt;&quot;Elternhilfe&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or similar keywords.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot speak for Austria, but I imagine it's pretty similar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastEditorUserId="818" LastEditDate="2015-03-20T14:31:56.060" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T14:31:56.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="540" CreationDate="2014-04-25T09:50:20.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;(This should really be a comment to Ben's answer, but too many characters for the comment field).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would offer a counter point to Ben's final word of advice. It's all completely valid, but my experience shows that you don't need a job offer to expedite a visa if you go the skilled migrant category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a SM visa (with wife &amp;amp; young son), expecting it to be 4-6 months to process. But just 4 weeks later, we had the visas in our passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the visa made finding a job much easier. While many of the bigger employers are happy to take job applicants with no visa - and help expedite the process - many smaller companies can't handle the extra paperwork and delay that this incurs. Once I had the visa I made a trip to NZ to talk to prospective employers, and in just a couple of weeks had 4 job offers. At least a couple of these would not have been made if I did not already have the visa. It just helps remove doubt for the prospective employer, and they know you have already made a commitment to moving to NZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But certainly follow Ben's advice on using the points calculator. You should also check the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://visaoptions.immigration.govt.nz/Home/Landing.aspx&quot;&gt;visa options check tool&lt;/a&gt; that could tell you what you are eligible for and next steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="819" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T09:50:20.517" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1168" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1183" CreationDate="2014-04-25T12:17:02.940" Score="13" ViewCount="1702" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Arab expat in Indonesia (Jakarta) and my kids were born in Indonesia and are being raised there as well, I only speak to them in Arabic to make it their mother tongue because it will be almost impossible for them to learn it at older age but they are still not fluent in Arabic so far. My eldest will reach school age in two years and I was wondering if there are schools that teach in Arabic in Indonesia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least when the time comes for us to move back home they won't have problems joining a school back home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2014-04-25T16:07:21.090" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T09:48:42.387" Title="Are there any school that teaches in Arabic in Indonesia?" Tags="&lt;education&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="738" CreationDate="2014-04-25T18:12:43.560" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check the details of your &lt;em&gt;innboforsikring&lt;/em&gt;, mine from Tryg includes legal expenses and private liability insurance (&quot;Rettshjelp og privatansvar&quot;), and I would guess other insurance companies do the same. This is the case for both their standard and &quot;ekstra&quot; insurance. See for instance here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tryg.no/forsikringer/innboforsikring.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.tryg.no/forsikringer/innboforsikring.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="826" LastEditorUserId="826" LastEditDate="2014-04-25T19:43:19.673" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T19:43:19.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-04-25T23:47:39.843" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the people involved are family or friends, you could perhaps pay something for them.  For example, you could add a credit to a prepaid account they have in the US (where permitted), buy them an online-only prepaid visa card, or buy them an emailed Amazon US gift card, using your EU credit or debit card.  In other words, pay for something online they would otherwise pay for themselves. For minimal fees, try to use a credit card that has no foreign exchange fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Literally sending cash is an option, but as it's becoming increasingly expensive to send letters (especially with insurance), and you need to exchange the physical money at one end or the other, it's not really that cheap anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a wider range of people you're paying, on a regular basis, there are specialist international payments companies like payoneer.com, but that's really a business solution, outside the scope of expats and personal finance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-28T19:14:35.557" LastActivityDate="2014-04-28T19:14:35.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-26T10:46:37.273" Score="6" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you move to the US as a non-US citizen, are you eligible to sign up to the new so-called 'Obamacare' (ACA) health system for medical coverage, presuming you're a resident? If not, besides becoming a citizen, is there any requirement one might need to fulfil in order to obtain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T19:48:50.697" Title="As a non-US citizen expat in the US, would you be able to be covered under 'Obamacare' (ACA)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-26T11:05:22.553" Score="6" ViewCount="890" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in France a few days now, and I'm looking to rent somewhere (hotels etc being a little expensive for the long term). Having spoken with a few agents, they all &lt;em&gt;seem&lt;/em&gt; to want a Euro denominated cheque for the caution (deposit). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the problem is that I don't have a French bank account, so I don't have a euro cheque book with which to write a caution cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've a good question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/84/how-to-open-bank-account-in-france-if-i-dont-have-address-of-residence-yet&quot;&gt;How to open bank account in France if I don't have address of residence yet&lt;/a&gt;, but sadly it doesn't have any simple answers on how to resolve the catch-22 that is opening a bank account without a permanent address, and without the chequebook to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what I'm wondering is - are there any alternative ways of supplying the caution money other than a cheque, which is likely to be accepted? A cheque in another currency perhaps? (I have cheque books in GBP Sterling and USD Dollars for example). Euro bank transfer somewhere secure? Euro cash with appropriate receipts? Anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T17:40:57.510" Title="Are there alternatives to a cheque for &quot;caution&quot; (deposit) when renting as a new arrival in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-26T11:26:49.550" Score="8" ViewCount="436" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just arrived in France, and I'm looking to rent somewhere for the few months that I'll be here. Based on the answers in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/766/finding-short-term-shared-accomodation-in-france-not-paris-from-abroad-before&quot;&gt;Finding short term shared accomodation in France (not Paris)&lt;/a&gt;, I've managed to find a number of possible places to rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I sort out a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1174/are-there-alternatives-to-a-cheque-for-caution-deposit-when-renting-as-a-new&quot;&gt;caution cheque or equivalent&lt;/a&gt;, the next thing I need to do is put together a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/205/when-trying-to-rent-in-france-what-is-this-dossier-i-keep-hearing-about-and&quot;&gt;dossier&lt;/a&gt;. For that, I've been asking some agents and landlords what they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they run through the list of copies of documents that they expect, almost all of them are either 1 or 2 pages long, and not a problem for me to get. However, one thing they've asked for is my &lt;em&gt;contrat de travail&lt;/em&gt;, which from the way they say it I gather is a fairly standard but also fairly short thing. (They didn't seem phased by the fact that I said I was employed in the UK, but they didn't change what they asked for when I said that was the case)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I face is that my employment contract with my English employer is about 20 pages long, so not the few pages they seem to be expecting, and lists my starting salary rather than what I'm on now. I therefore don't think a copy of that would be what they'd be expecting, nor what they'd probably want information wise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time I'm visiting my company's head office in the UK, I'm fairly sure if I went and asked HR for a &quot;French style contrat de travail&quot; I'll get some blank looks and a polite refusal. However, if I turn up with some French pâtisserie and a template letter, I'll have something completed with all the required details on it within the hour!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what information is the agent or landlord expecting to find about my employment on a contrat de travail, and are there any templates I can use to make producing a equivalent document about my employment status easier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T17:32:03.647" Title="What is a French landlord expecting when they ask for my &quot;contrat de travail&quot; if I work outside of France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1175" CreationDate="2014-04-26T12:10:19.943" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;An “attestation d'emploi” or “attestation de l'employeur” should be enough, if producing your work contract is not practical. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abc-immobilier-angers.fr/medias/modele_attestation_employeur.pdf&quot;&gt;Here are&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://location.jimdo.com/app/download/829995510/535ba2f4%2Fec86931767548731dc4692a781bc3047792dd4f6%2Fattestation+employeur+v2.pdf?t=1309873812&quot;&gt;a few templates&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saintpierre-immobilier.com/docs/site/location/attestation-employeur.pdf&quot;&gt;from various real estate agents&lt;/a&gt; (PDF) that seem pretty typical. One of these agents seems to insist that clients use their template and nothing else so yours might have one as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What they all ask for is the name/details of your employer, since when you work there, your salary, and your job title. Something that is possibly a bit more peculiarly French and probably quite important is the “type of contract”. Having a stable/indefinite contract (“contrat à durée indéterminée”) is well-regarded, a fixed-term contract (“contrat à durée déterminée”) less so. Finally, the last thing on these template is whether you are currently in a trial period, handed in your notice or in the process of being fired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-04-26T17:32:03.647" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T17:32:03.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1173" CreationDate="2014-04-26T19:48:50.697" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're eligible to sign up, you're not eligible for the State/Federal assistance in paying the premiums. As long as you're a US &lt;em&gt;tax&lt;/em&gt; resident (filing forms 1040/1040A/1040EZ, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the NR versions) - you're &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; by the ACA to have coverage either through the employer or through the exchanges or otherwise. But there are no limitation on your immigration status to buy a policy, in fact - many illegal immigrants can only have coverage as the result of ACA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T19:48:50.697" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-27T06:52:07.813" Score="2" ViewCount="442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have finished my graduation in 2013 May and since then I took a year gap to pursue other interests including photography, writing and film making. As of April 2014, I have secured a job in USA for a video production company. They selected me based on my college degree which is in the relative context and my personal work. I would like to work as a non-immigrant and for 1 or 2 years. Is there any temporary work visa that can work here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="838" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-04-27T20:41:47.527" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T20:41:47.527" Title="Am I eligible for any USA work visas?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1178" CreationDate="2014-04-27T07:11:16.543" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is. It is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot;&gt;&quot;H1b&quot; visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These visas are limited and there are only 65000 of them available a year (with some exceptions, for example additional 20000 available if you have an advanced degree from a US university, or there's no cap for certain research-affiliated employees like professors or doctors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless your employer is exempt from the cap (video production company is unlikely to be...) then you missed the train for this year. All the quota has been filled. It becomes available on April 1st and is filled when enough applications are filed to give away all the available visas (which, this year, was within the first 5 days of availability).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get the visa, you can start working on October 1st of that year. I.e.: if you got the visa this April - you'd be able to start working on October 1st, 2014. But as I said - you will not get the visa this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you will not be able to start working for that company at least until October 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your employer really wants you and hires a really creative immigration attorney - they may find other ways (like internship etc), but these are usually more limited in what you can do and how long you can do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-04-27T07:16:17.947" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T07:16:17.947" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1174" CreationDate="2014-04-27T17:40:57.510" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that the cheque is important. I remember, as far as I can, always using cheques because it is the most common means of payment for large sums in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While using cash is a bit weird because the amount is large, I think a wire would be fine. The last time I started to rent an apartment I payed the first rent (along with the deposit) with a cheque and all the following rents with a wire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway most likely you will have to pay three things at the same time: the deposit, the first rent and the agency fee (if you go through an agency). That represents a lot of money and if you prove your payment, I think the agency will not have any problem (but ask them before as a wire takes time to be processed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T17:40:57.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1182" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1184" CreationDate="2014-04-28T04:57:08.727" Score="2" ViewCount="7302" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering taking some time (6-12 months, probably) to live and work in Puerto Rico (or perhaps Peru, Costa Rica, or Columbia), and one thing I'm having a hard time researching is a rental home for my family.  Most of what I've been able to find on the internet is short-term (rented by the night or week), vacation-oriented, and generally very centrally located in San Juan or a beach city (and therefore expensive).  Where do I find a regular house that isn't spectacular and luxurious, and not in a tourist-y area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One answer I anticipate is something along the lines of  &quot;you have to go there, speak Spanish, and look in the local newspapers and signs in windows,&quot; but that isn't going to help me much here: I need to have a decent idea of what's available &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; I load my family onto a plane to go there, and I speak only enough Spanish to ask for a bathroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="842" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T12:23:19.710" Title="How do I find a non-vacation house to rent in Puerto Rico?" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1168" CreationDate="2014-04-28T10:11:17.897" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a bit search, I was lucky to find a school that teaches fully in Arabic just like any school back home. All subjects are in Arabic and some English and teachers are native speakers as well. The school is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sacaja.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Alharamain Saudi Academy&lt;/a&gt; and it is administered by the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta. Also, they do accept any Arab not only Saudis and they have courses to teach Arabic as well (real Arabic not the one that is taught in Indonesian schools).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2018-09-10T09:48:42.387" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T09:48:42.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1182" CreationDate="2014-04-28T13:40:36.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for Rental Properties in Puerto Rico you can probably start with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.encuentra24.com/puerto-rico-en/classifieds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ecuentra24&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zillow.com/san-juan-pr/#/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment,duplex,townhouse_type/1_pnd/days_sort/18.832866,-65.731888,17.839564,-66.591568_rect/9_zm/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zillow&lt;/a&gt;, or try contacting local real estate agencies like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.puertoricohomes4sale.com/homes.aspx?tabid=2534764&amp;amp;__ts=1398692322119&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ramon Ferreira&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-04-28T13:40:36.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1185" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1188" CreationDate="2014-04-28T22:02:09.640" Score="9" ViewCount="1246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and would like to work in Moscow, Russia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been reading that in Russia, foreign citizens must obtain a work permit (aka working-visa) if they want to take up employment. On the other hand, I also heard that you do not need a work permit if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;study or work in Russia during holidays, &lt;em&gt;(does not apply to me)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are acknowledged as a reporter or teacher in Russia, &lt;em&gt;(does not apply to me)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have been invited to work at an educational institute, &lt;em&gt;(does not apply to me)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;certain other special categories. &lt;em&gt;(don’t know, may apply to me)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes me ask two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is “software developer” one of those “special categories“?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer to question 1 is ”no”, how can I get such a work permit for Moscow? Can I apply for it from my current location (Germany), or do I need to apply for it in Russia, or do I have to rely on my future employer to handle the work permit issue (somewhat like US employers can help obtaining such work-visas for the US)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-04-29T01:51:30.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T04:32:28.173" Title="How to get a work permit for Moscow, Russia" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1186" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-28T22:52:20.990" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-28T22:52:20.990" LastActivityDate="2014-04-28T22:52:20.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1187" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-28T22:52:20.990" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Russia." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-10T06:06:34.527" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T06:06:34.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1185" CreationDate="2014-04-29T04:32:28.173" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your 'special categories' sound like the 'Highly Skilled Migrant' category. Now it's not clear what would qualify for that -- it sounds like it's something you can argue for any skill if you can provide evidence. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; that doesn't exempt you from the work visa, it just makes the process simpler. From the Russian Embassy in the UK &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rusemb.org.uk/skilledmigrant/&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreign citizen can apply to a Russian Consulate with the intention to work as a highly skilled specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application form is filled in the Russian language either legibly handwritten or printed. The information about the applicant will then be placed on the website of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation (www.fms.gov.ru/useful/patent/index_eng.php).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following information should be provided in the application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;passport data in Russian and in Latin letters (as in passport);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;information confirming the experience of the foreign citizen, his/her&#xA;  skills or achievements in a specific field; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;application should&#xA;  contain information on recommendations if any, confirming expert&#xA;  knowledge and qualification; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;consent to include the information&#xA;  provided by the applicant in the data base within the state system of&#xA;  recording migration as well as consent to forward these personal&#xA;  details to employers and sponsors on the territory of the Russian&#xA;  Federation that has to be confirmed by signature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So first you have to have all of that (and be able to fill in the application from in Russian!). But this only means you skip some paper work, once you've been accepted as highly skilled (from the same page): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A business visa for the foreign citizen is then granted on the basis of an invitation to enter the Russian Federation to hold relevant talks, provided for the foreign citizen by an employer or a sponsor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's more on that page, you also need a bank balance of at least 6000 Euro and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internations.org/russia-expats/guide/working-in-russia-15574/work-permits-for-russia-2?ah01_enabled&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; says you need to be receiving a salary of more than 2 million rubles and be planning to stay for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you definitely should apply from abroad. Getting yourself in the highly skilled category will definitely help and seem almost essential if you want to live there (other work permits seem limited to 90 days). BUT you are definitely going to have to get your future Russian employer to do this for you. Every time I've got a visa for Russia I've had to rely on people in Russia to provide the required paperwork, doing it yourself is just a recipe for getting rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'll just note this, if you don't fall into the highly skilled category you only have a few days to get your future employer to start the ball rolling (from my second link): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Almost a full year before actually hiring an expat, companies operating in Russia have to apply for corporate work permits for their future foreign employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The deadline for the foreign labor needs forecast is May 1st. Companies are informed how many and which of their applications have been accepted in the following months, usually in summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps someone who has done this themselves can come along and give more advice but I would recommend you get some professionals involved to help you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T04:32:28.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1189" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1202" CreationDate="2014-04-29T11:13:38.680" Score="6" ViewCount="35425" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a K-1 USA visa from the UK. I was wondering how to track it beyond the USCIS. I know it goes to the NVC then goes to my local consulate. Is there any way to know online where I can track it? The USCIS part had an online case status, however the other parts don't seem to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to track when it is received by the NVC and leaves the NVC and arrives at the London US Embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-29T19:35:39.397" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T19:35:39.397" Title="How to track a US K-1 visa application once USCIS has approved the I-129F?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1191" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-29T17:06:57.777" Score="6" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our family is preparing to move from the US to Europe, and we're looking to find suitable health insurance to cover my wife and me and our infant son. We likely will spend more than a month back in the States during the upcoming year, so the ACA will require us to purchase an eligible policy or pay a penalty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since we're applying for an elective residence visa for Italy (a D-Visa), we're required to have insurance that provides at least $1M coverage per person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What insurance provider offers policies that are both ACA-compliant and adequate for the Italian visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="639" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-02-04T03:33:53.253" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T14:27:56.023" Title="What travel insurance meets the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and the Italian elective residence visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1199" CreationDate="2014-04-30T06:45:35.887" Score="2" ViewCount="583" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in a MNC, I can get a US based job on a L1B visa which is valid for 3 years. Once in the US I can apply for an H1B which is based on a lottery. The L1B may be extended by 2 years for a total of 5. If I don't get an H1B in this time I am forced to go back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After spending 5 years on the L1B+H1B I can apply for a green card in EB2 (since I'll have more than 5 years experience by then). This will have a minimum waiting period of 10 years (in reality much more). During this waiting period I need to renew the H1B annually, risking a renewal rejection each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, US immigration may or may not allow me to enter the country every time I go home on vacation essentially meaning that I am required to stay in the US util I get my green card (or naturalization?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or does an India -&gt; US migration require a massive amount of luck in addition to everything else? There just seem to be too many points at which you can be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is assuming I work for a single company throughout)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="762" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T05:51:05.797" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T07:01:30.583" Title="Is a permanent India - US migration as risky as I perceive it to be?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ClosedDate="2014-05-02T10:45:21.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1193" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1210" CreationDate="2014-04-30T11:13:21.707" Score="7" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Canada last year.  I did a NETFILE system through an online tax company, and it came up with an error.  I tried again, and it still errored, but then returned me to the home page, where it says my return was 'printed and filed'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes me uneasy, as at no point did they say 'yay, success' or anything along those lines.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to check with CRA from outside the country to see if your return has been filed successfully? I'd hate to get stuck with a late filing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T20:32:03.500" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T12:37:47.320" Title="How can one check his Canadian tax return has been successfully filed after leaving Canada?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1192" CreationDate="2014-04-30T12:29:45.100" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is yes, being a non citizen in the country you live/work in generally means you are more at risk. I am not familiar with the exact rules of what happens if an H1B visa is not renewed or if you lose your job. In the UK the corresponding scheme requires you to leave the country as soon as possible, but it is an undefined period of time. This means if you get laid off/made redundant you need to sell your house, uproot your family and move back to a country you no longer call home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the total risk that is really a matter of opinion. There are thousands of people who successfully negotiate and deal with the additional risks of being an expat. To many people the benefits far outweigh the risks. I know a lot of people who do not want to live abroad, but I have never heard anyone say the potential risk of deportation as being a critical factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T12:29:45.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1195" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-30T14:39:22.433" Score="3" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I get student visa for Canada or Germany from the USA, if I am on J1 visa in the USA? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The matter of question is that I do not want to return to my home (=citizen) country to apply to visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have offers from both Canadian and Germany universities, so I do not think there will be problems, except the fact that I am on J1 in the USA (non-resident). My US internship will be for 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="857" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T09:42:12.007" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T23:50:48.663" Title="Getting Canadian or German student visa for J1 holder in the USA" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14091" CreationDate="2014-04-30T15:13:11.667" Score="15" ViewCount="1340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the weird situation of being kind of a reverse expat. I used to work in Japan for quite a while, but have moved back to my home country of Germany. I continue to work for Japanese clients though, who pay me in Yen on my Japanese bank account. So I need a way to move this money over to Germany on a (semi) regular basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regular foreign bank transfers are both pretty expensive and work intensive (virtually nothing you can do online). Over time I've worked out a system with the most cost-efficient bank I could find, but it still involves somebody having to go to the bank in person for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any tips how this could be made easier and/or cheaper?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T18:09:48.200" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T13:35:36.663" Title="&quot;Reverse&quot; remittance - regularly moving money from Japan to Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-05-01T00:45:14.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bitcoin is worth investigating - I have also used that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I know you said PayPal isn't available - but I have found this is the best way EU - US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you use someone else's PayPal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="858" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T00:45:14.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2014-05-01T01:30:50.703" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the past, I had a simple savings account with Shinsei bank. When overseas I&#xA;could withdraw the money from most ATMs using a simple debit card. This method was &#xA;easy (probably the easiest way you will get), but you would need to determine how cost effective it is. From memory I believe it was ok.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another option would be to transfer money via paypal. I'm not sure if this will work as Japan's PayPal has a lot of restrictions not imposed on accounts of other countries. In theory, you could create a PayPal account in Japan and an account in Germany. Then transfer money from one account to the other ( you should be able to do all of this online). If you wanted to reverse the flow of money from Germany to Japan then it wouldn't work. Personal PayPal accounts in Japan are not able to receive donations or something to that effect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My next suggestion was going to be to use Lloyds bank, but apparently&#xA;their remittance service &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/shinsei-bank-to-begin-overseas-remittance-service&quot;&gt;has been taken over by Shinsei bank&lt;/a&gt;. I have no experience using the Shinsei remittance service, but you can find more information about it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goremit.jp/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T05:11:37.233" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T05:11:37.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1192" CreationDate="2014-05-01T07:01:30.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens are working in the US quite happily, traveling abroad, getting green cards, etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several comments about your assumptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After spending 5 years on the L1B+H1B I can apply for a green card in&#xA;  EB2 (since I'll have more than 5 years experience by then).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not exactly correct. Experience with the same employer counts only if your GC is for a significantly different position. I know of several people who were acting under this assumption and ended up switching jobs because it was the only way to get these 5 years count towards EB2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will have a minimum waiting period of 10 years (in reality much&#xA;  more). During this waiting period I need to renew the H1B annually,&#xA;  risking a renewal rejection each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would you be risking rejections? As long as your application is pending and you're in good status - why would it be rejected? The annual extension of H1b during the pending I-485 is essentially automatic as long as nothing else changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Additionally, US immigration may or may not allow me to enter the&#xA;  country every time I go home on vacation essentially meaning that I am&#xA;  required to stay in the US until I get my green card (or&#xA;  naturalization?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically they have the right not to let you in any time you cross the border. Practically - they should have a really good reason for this. If you're traveling on AP (which you'll have once your I-485 is pending) - you won't even need a visa sticker in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or does an India -&gt; US migration require a massive&#xA;  amount of luck in addition to everything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is just you. The only time where you need luck is the initial H1b lottery. Everything else can be expected ahead of time and taken care of before it causes problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T07:01:30.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1195" CreationDate="2014-05-01T10:01:03.740" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Germany, depending on your citizenship, you might even be able to apply after entering the country. Specifically, that's possible if you are from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/08-Studentenvisum.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, South Korea, a few tiny countries&lt;/a&gt; or, obviously, a member state of the European Union (in which case you don't need a visa or permit as such but might need to register your presence). Otherwise, you do need to apply for a student visa in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, you have to apply for that visa to the German consulate for your place of residence but the German authorities have their own notion of who is a resident and who isn't and you don't need to be a &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; resident to be able to apply. Thus, among the things you need to submit according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/05__Legal/02__Directory__Services/01__Visa/__Study__Visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German embassy in Washington&lt;/a&gt;, you will find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;additional for non-US citizens: original of valid US alien registration card or valid US resident visa (type A, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, O, R) and two copies thereof&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[…]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your driver's license and/or utility bill in your name as proof of residence in the consular district where you plan to apply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which suggest that while a J visa isn't an “immigrant visa” under US law, it's still a “resident visa” as far as the German authorities are concerned and you could still apply there if you have a proof of address. On the other hand, a B-visa (temporary visit) wouldn't be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Canada, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/22445/j1-visa-applying-for-canadian-student-visa&quot;&gt;this question on the travel website&lt;/a&gt; suggests you could also apply from the US, if you are staying there for one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T23:50:48.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1189" CreationDate="2014-05-01T13:49:56.090" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found the answer myself, so I'll share it with everyone so they can find it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When can I start tracking what happens after my NOA2 from the USCIS?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've been following the I-129F petition on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Case Status&lt;/a&gt; tracker, then you will notice after the NOA2 is issued it doesn't really give you any more information. As soon as they NOA2 has been issued, and you receive the hard copy the odds are the NVC have received your petition too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you can call them to find out your Visa Case number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Get your Visa Case Number&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to call the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/nvc/nvc-contact-information.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;NVC&lt;/a&gt; to get your Case Number as follows (waiting times can be long, and sometimes when busy the call may not go through or lines will drop). Both the petitioner and beneficiary can call. If you aren't in the USA, then you can make the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/chat/voice/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;call for free using you Gmail&lt;/a&gt; account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone Number:&lt;/strong&gt; +1 (603) 334-0700&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hours:&lt;/strong&gt; Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM (Eastern Time)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to have the following information to get the case number from the NVC, they may ask you for your NVC Case Number but explain that you are looking for it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS Receipt Number (it is on the USCIS Notice of Action letters)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Petitioner’s Full Name and Date of Birth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beneficiary’s Full Name and Date of Birth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Track the Progress&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;CEAC Visa Tracking&lt;/a&gt; website, and enter the case number you got from the NVC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can track all the way from the NVC to your consulate receiving the I-129F petition, then you are ready to submit your part of the K-1 Visa application (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;DS-160&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sources&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrspresson.com/immigration/129f-fiancee-petition-process/nvc-ceac-status-tracker/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;NVC and CEAC Status Tracker - Life as Mrs. Presson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/418570-how-do-we-track-the-nvc-and-consulate-progress/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;How do we&#xA;track the NVC and Consulate progress - National Visa Center (Dept of&#xA;State) - VisaJourney.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T13:49:56.090" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-01T10:51:42.327" Score="5" ViewCount="598" Body="&lt;p&gt;My nephew overstayed in the United States and received an order of removal four years ago. He never committed any crime and always maintained a good record throughout his entire stay in the US. He left the country himself (means that he was not escorted by the immigration officers or received a direct deportation). In fact, he didn't even know that he has a removal order. He's currently in Japan (his birth country) and is interested in completing his postgraduate degree in the UK. I believe that he would need to apply for a student visa in order to travel as an educator. My question is will he be eligible to apply for a student visa to UK with a record of a removal order in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13360" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T19:41:19.593" LastActivityDate="2015-05-18T21:05:45.697" Title="Can you apply for a student visa to UK after receiving an order of removal in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1203" CreationDate="2014-05-01T11:26:27.557" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your nephew is not automatically barred from applying for a student visa for the UK.  However, the visa application will ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country, including the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299663/VAF9-Personal_Details.pdf&quot;&gt;[source]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be up to UK immigration authorities as to how, if at all, the US overstay will affect the visa decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46" OwnerDisplayName="waiwai933" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T11:26:27.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1206" CreationDate="2014-05-01T18:38:37.570" Score="5" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of getting a Tier 2 (company sponsorship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would happen if my employment or my company ends?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Particularly, will I have a grace period to look for a new job or will I have to leave immediately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Australian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IT industry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;33 y.o&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T20:31:40.873" Title="Applying for UK Tier 2 sponsored visa: If my employment ends, what are my options?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1205" CreationDate="2014-05-01T19:11:42.710" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would fall under reasons for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301513/T2_guidance_04-14.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;curtailing your leave&lt;/a&gt;. Basically you have 60 days to leave after your leave has been curtailed. From what I have read it takes around 28 days for them to curtail your leave after they have been notified by your former employer. You presumably might even have some additional time between being made redundant and your company notifying the home office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T20:31:40.873" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T20:31:40.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-02T00:00:57.647" Score="5" ViewCount="4520" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which visa do I need to apply for to work self-employed in the UK, doing some consulting work for companies, on contract? I've done my research on the different visas available to work in the UK, and I'm not quite sure which one is the most appropriate considering a specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have Canadian citizenship;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm under 25 years old;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm looking into working as a software engineer (developer or system architect).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK visas that seems to match this situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visa&lt;/strong&gt; - (but it doesn't seem to allow self-employment / contractual work)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tier 2 (General) visa&lt;/strong&gt; - (but it looks like I need to be sponsored by a company and be a permanent employee)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tier 1 (General) visa&lt;/strong&gt; - (doesn't seem available for new visa requests, only for extension or LTR visas)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they the only options available? Considering the details added to each visa, is the only option to work sponsored as a permanent employee instead of being self-employed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="863" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-02T15:20:55.757" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T16:06:22.293" Title="Which visa for self-employed work in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1207" CreationDate="2014-05-02T00:15:47.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility&quot;&gt;Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visa&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;study&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;work in most jobs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;be self-employed and set up a company&lt;/strong&gt; - as long as your premises are rented, your equipment isn’t worth more than £5,000 and you don’t have any employees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that the Youth Mobility Scheme visa &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; be appropriate for what you want to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T00:15:47.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-05-02T01:40:33.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have used Skrill (formerly MoneyBookers) quite often over the last ~15 years to send various sums of money over the years to family and friends from EU to US. I admit I haven't used them in a couple years, but according to their website it's still pretty cheap:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sending money to merchants is completely free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sending money to other individual customers incurs a fee of 1% of the total sent, capped at a maximum of €10 (or the equivalent in your currency).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This means that even if you send a large amount, the maximum send money fee you will pay is €10 –regardless of the location of the recipient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to send money in a currency different from your account currency, a conversion fee will be applied. Where applicable, we will inform you of the charge prior to the transaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taken from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.skrill.com/en/personal/fees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Fees calculator&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For transactions involving currency conversion Skrill adds a fee of between 2.99% and 4.99%** to the wholesale exchange rate we offer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: You have to first upload funds into your account, which may take a few days. Afterwards you can send money to various places such as email addresses (which provide instructions how recipient can receive funds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="864" LastEditorUserId="864" LastEditDate="2014-05-02T18:07:24.643" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T18:07:24.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1193" CreationDate="2014-05-02T12:37:47.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @Karlson mentioned, you can certainly check this through your CRA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/myaccount/&quot;&gt;&quot;My Account for Individuals&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/psssrvcs/pss_fq/cnd-eng.html&quot;&gt;registered for a CRA login&lt;/a&gt; yet, you can either &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps4.ams-sga.cra-arc.gc.ca/gol-ged/awsc/amss/enrol/start?prog=mima&quot;&gt;create one&lt;/a&gt; (which means they mail you your PIN) or try signing in via one of their sign-in partners. They currently include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;BMO Financial Group&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CHOICE REWARDS MasterCard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scotiabank&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tangerine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TD Bank Group&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="870" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T12:37:47.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-02T12:52:34.903" Score="5" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the answers in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/84/how-to-open-bank-account-in-france-if-i-dont-have-address-of-residence-yet&quot;&gt;How to open bank account in France if I don't have address of residence yet&lt;/a&gt;, I think I now possess the required documents in order to open a French bank account. Yey!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As details in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1174/are-there-alternatives-to-a-cheque-for-caution-deposit-when-renting-as-a-new&quot;&gt;this question on deposits for renting&lt;/a&gt;, I'm still really after a euro cheque book, ideally quite soon...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as an EU national recently arrived in France, heading to a bank with (hopefully!) the right pile of documents, how long would it be until I have a cheque book in hand? And if it isn't a roughly standard time, are there banks noted for being quick or slow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T09:11:37.983" Title="As a foreigner opening a first bank account in France, how long to get a cheque book?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-03T12:37:31.947" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;So to speak, let's suppose that I am leaving Southern Europe (Greece), for Eastern Europe (Hungary/Poland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could the government of the latter have access to my past medical history by law, taking into account that I currently have a strong disability status, due to unnecessary psychiatric intervention?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or I may as well start a new life altogether outside the European Union?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="873" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T16:21:56.067" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T16:21:56.067" Title="Health-care and immigration within the EU" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T23:17:11.857" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1215" CreationDate="2014-05-03T19:41:24.720" Score="12" ViewCount="15079" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an Indian citizen, just wondering if its faster that I move to Denmark, stay for 9 years and get Danish citizenship. From there move to US on H1B and convert to green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be faster than waiting for the priority date for Indians&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="874" LastActivityDate="2014-05-03T19:51:53.660" Title="Is Green card priority date based on place of birth or citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1214" CreationDate="2014-05-03T19:51:53.660" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The priority date is based on the place of birth of the applicant (or spouse, if they're different and the queue for one is shorter than the other). Moving/acquiring citizenship in another country doesn't affect it. See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/foreign-state-chargeability&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Chargeability is usually determined by country of birth. Exceptions&#xA;  are made to prevent the separation of family members when the&#xA;  limitation for the country of birth has been met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-03T19:51:53.660" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1216" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1220" CreationDate="2014-05-04T13:43:44.423" Score="6" ViewCount="447" Body="&lt;p&gt;Allegedly having European driver's license recognized in US is a lengthy and complicated process. On the other hand getting new license at DMV is trivial. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any practical advantage of the former? Will for example years of experience count toward insurance discount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-05-05T09:41:43.863" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T09:41:43.863" Title="Is there any advantage to getting EU driver's license recognized in US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1217" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1218" CreationDate="2014-05-04T20:00:34.917" Score="3" ViewCount="607" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for an E-2 visa to develop my business in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently the founder, CEO and only employee of my company, and wondering what are my options to be covered by health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T07:46:56.643" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T07:46:56.643" Title="Health insurance options on a US E-2 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1217" CreationDate="2014-05-04T20:38:44.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have exactly the same options as any other (small) business owner. I suggest asking your local chamber of commerce personnel for the initial leads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-04T20:38:44.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1216" CreationDate="2014-05-04T20:41:55.337" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Allegedly having European driver's license recognized in US is a&#xA;  lengthy and complicated process. On the other hand getting new license&#xA;  at DMV is trivial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no difference between the two. Depends on the State, but in most States if you become a resident you have to get the local driver license. If you have a US/Canadian license - they just copy the permissions and issue you a local one, otherwise you're getting a new license from scratch. The only benefit of having a foreign license is that if you fail the driving test you don't have to have anyone driving you away from the DMV (at least in CA they require you to be accompanied by a licensed driver if you're on a learner's permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some insurers count foreign experience, others don't. You'll have to shop around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-04T20:41:55.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1216" CreationDate="2014-05-05T01:06:57.540" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming by &quot;recognized&quot; you mean accepted as a license suitable for exchange for a local license (in other words, to skip the learner license process and some tests).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether a foreign license is recognized for exchange or not depends on the state, and on the foreign country involved.  Each state has different reciprocal agreements (usually none at all).  So for some states it will be routine to accept a particular foreign license, for most others not possible, there isn't really much of a grey area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example California doesn't recognize foreign licenses: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#two500&quot;&gt;if you have a license from another country, you will be required to take a driving test.&lt;/a&gt;  Same for &lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.ny.gov/node/2072&quot;&gt;New York&lt;/a&gt; (unless the license is Canadian).  Some states may require tests even if you have another US license (it's usually at their discretion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scdmvonline.com/dmvnew/default.aspx?n=accepted_forms_of_identification#CountriesandTerritoriesthathaveReciprocitywithSouthCarolina&quot;&gt;South Carolina&lt;/a&gt; does waive the knowledge and skills testing for those with valid licenses from France, Germany and some US territories (but not Canada). &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/driverlicense/movingtotexas.htm&quot;&gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt; doesn't require the tests if you have a license from Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, or the US or US territories. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unlikely whether the state accepts the license for exchange or not would make any difference to the insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-05T02:30:47.690" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T02:30:47.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-05T19:14:07.620" Score="7" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;After I become a US citizen and I obtain my Certificate of Naturalization, are there any other processes that I need to complete? I have heard that I might need to go to the Social Security office, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T05:35:06.440" Title="What additional paperwork do I need to complete after I become a US citizen?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1222" CreationDate="2014-05-05T20:31:50.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several reasons why you may need to go to the Social Security office after obtaining Naturalization in the US.  One of the most common is that you are allowed to change your name when you become a citizen.  So if you availed yourself of this you will need to change your name on all pieces of official documentation that you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason would be if your Social Security card contains a notice: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;(or similar), which you can apply for a replacement that won't have this printed on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that the only thing you may need to do is obtain a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-05T20:44:28.500" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T20:44:28.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1137" CreationDate="2014-05-05T22:27:56.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As much as I hate answering my own question, I approached a solution to this problem by two methods:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I emailed the French Consulate at Chicago and let them know of my tribulation.This yielded no result at all. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I emailed my prospective employer and let them know of this delay. They let me know that they had &quot;expedited&quot; the process. However, no details were released to me. What I can say is that my prospective employer is a major research establishment in France and wields significant clout. &lt;strong&gt;This may have had something to do with my receiving my visa a week&lt;/strong&gt; before my job started!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T22:27:56.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-05T23:46:48.350" Score="7" ViewCount="2789" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S. citizen looking at studying in Europe. Right now France or Germany seem like the best/cheapest places (but open to suggestions!). I've had a few people tell me that if you graduate from a French university, if you live there for a further 3 years, you are eligible for French citizenship? It can't be that easy. I've tried looking everywhere for this, but can't get a straight answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-06T09:23:46.687" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T01:37:39.763" Title="U.S. student gaining citizenship in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1222" CreationDate="2014-05-06T02:41:56.053" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few things you can do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;inform Social Security you are now a citizen: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10002.html#immigration&quot;&gt;&quot;If your immigration status changed or&#xA;you became a U.S. citizen, you should&#xA;tell Social Security so we can update&#xA;your records.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;  This ensures the records are accurate.  In some states, some disability benefits are restricted to citizens only. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usps.com/shop/apply-for-a-passport.htm&quot;&gt;US Passport&lt;/a&gt; or passport card.  In some states, you may also have the option to update your enhanced drivers licence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://votesmart.org/&quot;&gt;register to vote&lt;/a&gt;. Even if you're not sure that you'd vote for any of the current choices, it may be useful at a local level.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A website with more details about these, and other subjects like jury service, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newcitizen.us/&quot;&gt;newcitizen.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-06T05:35:06.440" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T05:35:06.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1182" CreationDate="2014-05-06T02:48:35.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put &quot;periódicos de Puerto Rico&quot; to Google and got at least a dozen listings of Puerto Rican newspapers.  Went to the classifieds of the first one and found that you can rent a house for anywhere from $400 a month to $8000 a month.  (Nope, no typo there--both prices on the same page.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that your limited Spanish probably would not allow you to do that, but I'm sure that you can find someone who could do it for you.  In any reasonably sized US city, especially in Texas, you could probably find a Spanish-speaking church with a few members from Puerto Rico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Spanish teacher at the nearest public school would likely love to have you visit their class and have the students do it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2014-05-07T01:42:28.030" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T01:42:28.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1225" CreationDate="2014-05-06T09:15:39.997" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's relatively easy, yes, but there are several caveats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to become a resident in France before you apply (and this requirement is assessed more broadly than residence for, say, tax purposes). It's reasonably easy if you have family/marry someone (a registered partnership or &lt;em&gt;PACS&lt;/em&gt; is good too), not so much if you want to qualify for a work permit after graduating. A paradox of the constant tightening of the rules about entry and stay is that it's now almost as easy to get citizenship as to stay long-term. Having a spouse or children living abroad is also taken as evidence that France is not the “center of your interests” and therefore that you are not a resident for this purpose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a requirement for &lt;em&gt;naturalisation&lt;/em&gt;, which means that the merits of your application will be evaluated by the relevant authorities. As far as I know, the odds are not bad but it's not automatic. To qualify for &lt;em&gt;déclaration&lt;/em&gt; (which means that you are more-or-less entitled to become French if you want to, with very little discretion left to the civil servants who will process your application), you again need to marry someone or be born in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One key requirement in any case is speaking French. Association with certain forms of Islam perceived as radical (especially the Salafist movement) have also been used to refuse&#xA;applications. All this stems from a more general “assimilation to the French community” requirement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How difficult it is does not only depend on the law but on the instructions given to civil servants. To give you an idea, until 2009 or so, 100000 people became French by &lt;em&gt;naturalisation&lt;/em&gt; every year (many more became French through other procedures like &lt;em&gt;déclaration&lt;/em&gt;) and 25% of the applicants were turned down. Recently, it's down to 40-50000 people, with only 50-60% success rate but the current government announced it wanted to come back to the older regime. So the residence requirement isn't everything there is to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, if you speak French and have a stable job, you stand a very good chance of getting citizenship. Everything is much more difficult if you don't have a job or stayed illegally in France in the past. Same thing if you still have a student residence permit (you are not considered a resident yet in this case) even if &lt;a href=&quot;http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/10/cir_35948.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official instructions issued last year&lt;/a&gt; explicitly ask to consider applications from “young graduates” and “students with high potential” favorably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that having studied in France reduces the number of years you have to wait before applying but everybody can apply for naturalization after five years of residence. Technically, the requirement is two years of residence if you spent two years studying “successfully” (article 21-18 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt;) so four years in total, almost the same than the general requirement. Also, if you studied five years in a country where French is an official language, there is no duration of residence requirement. But I have also read about people who fulfilled the conditions and still received an &lt;em&gt;ajournement&lt;/em&gt; (which means the application was not rejected outright but delayed for one or two years). The most important thing is really having a stable situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anecdotally, I know many people who have become French citizens, but most of them did it through the family route. The choking point for friends from abroad who studied in France is usually renewing their study visa and transitioning to another status at the end of their studies. If you can manage that, citizenship is not very difficult to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, France does not require you to give up your previous citizenship so if your current nationality allows it and there is no treaty preventing it (and that's the case for the US, as far as I know), you can easily become a dual citizen (it's generally not the case in Germany, I think). You do have to report what other nationalities you have and intend to keep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-16T21:28:33.197" LastActivityDate="2014-11-16T21:28:33.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-06T10:33:08.760" Score="9" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;After working in Germany as a non-EU citizen for 3 years I am moving to another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already did the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;got de-registered from city-office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cancelled my apartment contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it enough or should I also do something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="878" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-05-06T11:43:33.210" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T13:33:13.717" Title="What do I need to do when moving out of Germany as a non-EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1207" CreationDate="2014-05-07T05:58:26.303" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that the Youth Mobility visa is only valid for two years, so you'd need to find sponsorship for a Tier 2 visa to stay longer than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some more routes into the UK, which may or may not apply to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you can prove you have a British grandparent, and are a citizen of a Commonwealth country (e.g. Canada), you can apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;, which is good for five years - at the end of which you can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-a-uk-ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;indefinite leave to remain&lt;/a&gt;, which lets you stay in the UK permanently and puts you on the path to citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you can prove you have an Irish parent or grandparent (under Irish nationality law, this would include anyone born on the island of Ireland), you can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000024&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Irish citizenship by descent&lt;/a&gt;, which would allow you to live and work anywhere in the EU.  (An unusually large proportion of the Americans I knew when I first came to Britain used this route.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="604" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T05:58:26.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1232" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1234" CreationDate="2014-05-07T22:21:20.633" Score="10" ViewCount="1710" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will shortly be relocating to the United States on a K-1 (fiance) visa and will most likely continue working with my current (Australian) employer. My salary will continue to be deposited into my Australian back account. My understanding is that I am not permitted to work in the United States until I receive employment authorisation (form I-765). Would this include working remotely for a foreign employer whilst being paid into a foreign account? If not, would there be any other regulations I might be breaking by doing so?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard anecdotally that employment authorisation is granted quite quickly and as a matter of course (you can't apply for it until you've entered the country if I'm not mistaken), however a more concrete understanding of the timeframe to expect would be greatly appreciated.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="886" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-05-08T04:23:37.953" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T16:31:23.947" Title="Working for foreign employer between arrival on K-1 (fiance) visa and granting of employment authorisation (I-765)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2014-05-08T00:49:34.773" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As stated by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/1198/667&quot;&gt;moomoochoo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shinseibank.com/english/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Shinsei Bank&lt;/a&gt; is very handy for remittances overseas, so if you still have residence (for instance, you worked there and have permanent residency and have a valid address you can use to register for the bank account), then I strongly suggest you open an account during your next visit as soon as possible (opening an account needs to be done at a branch, but is very quick and easy compared to most other banks in Japan and should take under 30 minutes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are no longer a resident of Japan, you are stuck with your current bank. &lt;a href=&quot;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/honyaku/dLwOWx0M264&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Non-residents cannot open new accounts in Japan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Shinsei Bank customer, you have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ATM withdrawals (best for transfers &amp;lt;50k JPY)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remittances (best for transfers &amp;gt;50k JPY)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;ATM Withdrawals&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shinsei Bank's cash card is usable &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shinseibank.com/english/e_speakers/faq_ic_a2.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;on any ATM in the PLUS network&lt;/a&gt; (very common in both the US and Europe). There is no fixed fee to do this, but there is a 4% fee charged over and above the &lt;a href=&quot;http://usa.visa.com/personal/card-benefits/travel/exchange-rate-calculator-results.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;VISA international rate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give an example, the current &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.jp/#q=EUR%20to%20JPY&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUR to JPY exchange rate&lt;/a&gt; is 141.64. Using the VISA calculator with the 4% fee, that means you would be paying 147.80 JPY/EUR. If you are transferring 50,000 JPY, that means you get 338 EUR instead of 353 EUR, for a total fee of 15 EUR (~4.2% of the total).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is convenient, and scales to small withdrawals easily as there is no fixed fee, but will be very expensive if you withdraw larger sums (the daily cash withdrawal limit from a foreign ATM is 100,000 JPY).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Remittance&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shinsei Bank allows internet remittances with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goremit.jp/individuals/service/en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;GoRemit&lt;/a&gt;. This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goremit.jp/exchange/en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;gives a better rate&lt;/a&gt;, but has a 2,000 yen fixed fee that is added on. To give an idea of what this would look like, the exchange rate is 143.20 JPY/EUR (compared to the actual rate of 141.64). If you sent 100,000 JPY, this would mean you would get 684.36 EUR/JPY instead of the 706.02 EUR (~22 EUR, ~3.1%), which is better than the ATM withdrawal for 100,000, but will become a worse deal the smaller the withdrawal amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you increase the transfer amount, the fee becomes smaller and smaller. ~5% at 50k, ~3% at 100k, ~2% at 200k, ~1.5% at 500k, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T04:41:52.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1232" CreationDate="2014-05-08T04:23:18.190" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would this include working remotely for a foreign employer whilst&#xA;  being paid into a foreign account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. You're not allowed to work &lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; the US, not &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; a US employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll get your EAD within 3 months, most likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T04:23:18.190" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="109" CreationDate="2014-05-08T04:47:18.520" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add to the response above, paid maternity leave is mandated by the government, but its worthwhile to consider how a mainland employer would treat your wife all the same. During an interview, for instance, an employer would not be penalized if they denied your wife employment explicitly because she might have a child. My advice would be to seek a foreign multinational or school which, because of international business norms, would actively try to prevent sexism in during hiring and thereafter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="888" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T04:47:18.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2014-05-08T08:11:54.777" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has now been officially announced as a rule proposal (i.e.: after being published in the Federal Register, the rules will go through the &quot;draft&quot; stage and become active). The final rules are expected to be published before the elections this November.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/05/06/dhs-announces-proposals-attract-and-retain-highly-skilled-immigrants&quot;&gt;announcement on the USCIS web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary of the draft rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H4 companions of H1b holders &lt;em&gt;who are in the process of getting a green card&lt;/em&gt; (I140 approved or AC21 extension granted) will be able to get EAD.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eligible individuals would include H-4 dependent spouses of principal&#xA;  H-1B workers who:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are the beneficiaries of an approved Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been granted an extension of their authorized period of stay in the United States under the American Competitiveness in the&#xA;  Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (AC21) as amended by the 21st Century&#xA;  Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. AC21 permits&#xA;  H-1B workers seeking lawful permanent residence to work and remain in&#xA;  the United States beyond the six-year limit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T08:11:54.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-08T12:37:42.703" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I dont know whether this is a right platform to ask this questions but I would like to know what things one needs to keep in mind if someone is visiting USA for the very first time for long time say a year or two and for work purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="891" LastEditorUserId="891" LastEditDate="2014-05-11T12:19:10.210" LastActivityDate="2014-05-11T12:19:10.210" Title="Things to be taken care by first time USA Visitor" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-05-08T18:38:45.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1064" CreationDate="2014-05-08T18:52:35.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The full list of visas to enter Spain for longer than 90 days is extensive. You can see an example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.com/spain/mexico/longterm.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is that the best visa for you would depend on what your goal is while you are in Spain. For instance, if you are a student or a scientist, there are specific visas you need to ask. If you are going to work for a business in Spain that is going to sponsor you or if you are going to be working on your own. The more flexibility a visa provides, the harder it is to obtain usually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T18:52:35.210" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-08T22:39:44.550" Score="4" ViewCount="3178" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a K-1 visa holder I will be unemployable when I enter the United States, so I will need to purchase health insurance. I've found this topic surprisingly difficult to research, but from what I gather I simply find a plan that suits before I arrive and set the start date to the date of my arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems unclear what information I'd need to provide (ssn, itin etc), and also how I might go about finding a plan (there seem to be a lot of sites to help in this, but I've no idea how to determine their legitimacy). Does anyone have any advice in this regard please? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="886" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T04:05:36.773" Title="Health insurance for a long-stay American visa holder" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1239" CreationDate="2014-05-09T01:19:35.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;When can I get healthcare?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The K-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa so you should be covered under travel insurance until you get married and apply for Adjustment of Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Getting Healthcare&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get healthcare using the marketplace from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Healthcare.gov&lt;/a&gt;, however you can only use the Government marketplace after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/immigration-status-and-the-marketplace/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you apply for Adjustment of Status to LPR&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you may be eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/medicaid/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt; if you come from a low income family (in the USA, basically your fiancé/wife).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have minimal health insurance in the USA you may have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/how-can-i-get-coverage-outside-of-open-enrollment/#part=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pay a fee&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/minimum-essential-coverage/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;minimum essential cover&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The type of coverage an individual needs to have to meet the&#xA;individual responsibility requirement under the Affordable Care Act.&#xA;This includes individual market policies, job-based coverage,&#xA;Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE and certain other coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Documentation Required&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://marketplace.cms.gov/getofficialresources/publications-and-articles/marketplace-application-for-family-instructions.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;paper application for HealthCare.gov&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before you begin, it may help to have this information ready:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Social Security numbers (SSNs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Document numbers for eligible immigrants who want health coverage&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Birth dates&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paystubs, W-2 forms, or other information about your family’s income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Policy/member numbers for any current health coverage&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Information about any health coverage from a job that’s available to you or your family&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T01:19:35.710" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1239" CreationDate="2014-05-09T04:05:36.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your spouse is employed, you'll just join his insurance. If your spouse isn't covered by any insurance - then you both go to the ObamaCare exchanges and buy coverage for both of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not an issue at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ObamaCare exchanges are run by states (some States decided their citizens shouldn't have healthcare, for those the exchange is run by the Federal government at healthcare.gov). Essentially anyone in any legal status and many in some illegal status are eligible for participating in the exchange, however you're not going to get any subsidies (i.e.: you'll pay full price).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, if you're going to live in a State that doesn't recognize same-sex couples, you'll have to get a separate policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T04:05:36.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-09T09:20:04.517" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will shortly be entering the United States on a K-1 visa. I understand that my travel insurance will cover me for health until my adjustment of status at which time I will need to apply for healthcare on an exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a preexisting condition (migraine) for which I take prescription medication. My understanding is that I simply locate a specialist whom I can visit to discuss continued treatment. Is there a process I go through (in AU we require a referral from a general practitioner),  or do I simply find a neurologist and make an appointment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be bringing as much medication as relations allow into the country with me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="886" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T14:28:06.720" Title="Accessing prescription medications as an American visa holder" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1244" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1250" CreationDate="2014-05-09T09:47:24.850" Score="7" ViewCount="2248" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am negotiating doing some work for a US-based organisation as a contractor. I am now being asked to provide a W9 form. Google provides a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, but it seems to apply to residents/citizens. Is this correct? If so what is its purpose and how does a non-resident file a W9 form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T15:34:58.803" Title="What is the purpose of a W9 form and how do you get one as a non-resident/non-citizen of the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1161" CreationDate="2014-05-09T09:57:04.383" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sixt.fi&quot;&gt;Sixt&lt;/a&gt; allows you to rent a car from Finland and drive it in other Nordic countries, including Norway, but you have to let them know about your plan to drive it abroad before you rent. You also have to be at least 21 years old to rent a van type car. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also allow you to just take it one way, but the cost for that is pretty steep (~1400€) for someone with a student budget, so it's very much worth it to drive it back to Helsinki and then fly back to Norway instead, saving you around 1000€ for one days effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="893" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T09:57:04.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1243" CreationDate="2014-05-09T12:43:24.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are on a K visa your intent is to get married within 90 days of your arrival.  That situation aside a lot(if not all) of insurance plans provided in most states(if not all) the US for the employees or even those purchased individually provide coverage for the domestic partner and definitely for the spouse, so your fiancee if he/she already has coverage can add you onto that plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once that happens the rules and procedures for that plan kick in for your visit to the specialist.  As @GaelLaurans pointed out there are plans that require you to obtain GP(Family Doctor) authorization to visit a specialist.  And there are plans for which you don't have to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I would suggest is to bring a copy of you medical records for the visit.  While things may not match exactly a lot of them are common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-09T14:28:06.720" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T14:28:06.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1249" CreationDate="2014-05-09T09:11:07.613" Score="5" ViewCount="342" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently checked out Australia and the visa cost was estimated by their government &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; around 5230USD for me and my spouse. This is on top of the skill assessment required by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acs.org.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ACS&lt;/a&gt; costing about 500AUD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a citizen of Sri Lanka.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cost calculation was broken down as below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SI189 Skilled Independent VAC1    1     3,520.00&#xA;Additional Applicant Charge 18+   1     1,760.00&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This amount for some people in my position is bit hard to come by so I was wondering whether most developed countries will require me to be able to bear such costs or are there cheaper options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="895" OwnerDisplayName="Thihara" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-05-09T13:29:18.227" LastActivityDate="2015-03-07T14:19:56.100" Title="Are there 'cheap' Skilled Migration Visas?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1248" CreationDate="2014-05-09T14:11:43.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many countries in Europe that could fit the bill and it's difficult to compare them directly. You will have to decide if obtaining a visa, finding work and living there is easier for you. That said, some (but not all) have visa fees that are (much) lower than USD 3500. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A residence permit “&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F16922.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;compétence et talents&lt;/a&gt;” or a European Blue card from France &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F15914.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cost EUR 260&lt;/a&gt; for three years plus &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/venir-en-france-22365/formalites-d-entree-en-france/article/visas-d-entree-et-de-sejour-frais&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EUR 99 for the visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A European blue card costs &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/gebuehren.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EUR 140 in Germany&lt;/a&gt; plus &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Visabestimmungen_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EUR 60 for the visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure about dependents (i.e. your spouse) and there are also other visa/permits if you have a sponsor but the fees are similar. Also you might also need to take a language test or lessons, have some documents translated or notarized, etc. so moving to France or Germany isn't that cheap, even when looking only at the formalities. But the administrative fees themselves are definitely lower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visa-fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK visa fees&lt;/a&gt; are typically higher (at least GBP 500-1000 and even more for dependents) so this is not true for all of Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the fee is not everything, there are many other requirements and some visas might be more difficult to obtain than others. Typically, some of these fees are due even if you visa is refused so if you cannot afford to lose the money, you need to research this thoroughly in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-07T14:19:56.100" LastActivityDate="2015-03-07T14:19:56.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1244" CreationDate="2014-05-09T15:58:42.137" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're non-resident and non-citizen you do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; submit form W9 to anyone. Form W9 is used to certify that you &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; a US resident for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not a US resident for tax purposes, you use form W8, not W9. There are several different kinds of form W8, most will either need W8-BEN or W8-ECI, depending on what kind of income they're expecting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Form W8/W9 is used by the payer to know how to treat your payments from tax perspective. Payments to foreigners (those providing form W8) may be subject to withholding. You need to talk to a US-licensed tax adviser (EA/CPA) about what it means for you and what your options may be (some treaties reduce or eliminate the withholding, some payments don't require it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T15:58:42.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-09T23:55:04.993" Score="4" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;In their website, USCIS says the following, regarding H-1B visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS provides premium processing service for certain employment-based petitions and guarantees a 15-calendar-day processing time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is it a 15-day period from what? From the day they receive the petition? The day they enter the petitioner's data into the system? The day they posted the receipt?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find this information anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T05:21:47.747" Title="When does the 15-day period start for H-1B visa petitions?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1252" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-05-10T00:22:11.803" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-05-10T00:22:11.803" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T00:22:11.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1253" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-05-10T00:22:11.803" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Republic of Ireland." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-10T06:06:28.440" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T06:06:28.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1254" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-05-10T00:22:45.817" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-05-10T00:22:45.817" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T00:22:45.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1255" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-05-10T00:22:45.817" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Japan." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-10T06:06:22.583" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T06:06:22.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1042" CreationDate="2014-05-10T02:57:43.847" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the end, we chose a &quot;détachement&quot; solution under which I am still covered by French social security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="712" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T02:57:43.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1251" CreationDate="2014-05-10T03:21:48.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;15 days from the date printed on the receipt notice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard a few people Having delays in their premium processing applications past 15 days. So don't be surprised if it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T03:21:48.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1251" CreationDate="2014-05-10T04:28:13.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-begin-premium-processing-h-1b-cap-subject-petitions-april-28-2014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS guarantees&lt;/a&gt; that it will process all H1-B applications with premium processing within 15 calendar days of April 28th. So you should hear by May 13th at the latest. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="896" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T05:21:47.747" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T05:21:47.747" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1260" CreationDate="2014-05-10T17:44:41.720" Score="6" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a French national becoming a US resident legally keep their life insurance? Is there any legal restrictions, other than having to inform the bank and the IRS (because of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Corporations/FATCA-Information-for-Individuals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T00:44:03.520" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T00:44:03.520" Title="Can a French national keep their life insurance when moving to the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1259" CreationDate="2014-05-10T19:45:17.807" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US, there's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Excise-Tax&quot;&gt;excise tax&lt;/a&gt; on foreign insurance policies. The tax rates depend on the kind of insurance, for life insurance it's 1% of the premium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p510/ch08.html&quot;&gt;IRS publication 510&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; suggest avoiding this. There are plenty of insurance companies in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Talk to a tax adviser (US-licensed EA/CPA) for more details and a professional advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T19:45:17.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2014-05-10T20:32:12.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, here's my current approach documented for posterity. I'm using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneypartners.co.jp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Money Partners&lt;/a&gt; to do the actual currency exchange, which gives me a pretty good rate which I'm in full control of (you can follow the rate and exchange the minute it's good). I'm then transferring the money to a foreign currency account at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mizuhobank.co.jp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mizuho&lt;/a&gt;, and from there I'm wiring it to my account abroad. I also have the option to get the exchanged money in cash directly from Money Partners, should I feel like carrying a bundle with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This approach only costs relatively low flat fees for both transfers (Money Partners to Mizuho and Mizuho to abroad), in total something like ¥8,000 I believe. For wiring larger amounts this is pretty good, especially since I'm losing very little on the exchange rate compared to traditional banks. However, the procedure for wiring money abroad through Mizuho is pretty bureaucratic and involves a number of phone calls and paper work to be sent back and forth and/or an appearance in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T20:32:12.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1262" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1263" CreationDate="2014-05-11T19:49:57.690" Score="8" ViewCount="7705" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold my foreign international license which I still can use to drive within the UK (i.e. less than 12 months has passed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am going to obtain full UK license. Can I go through the whole procedure of getting the full license without obtaining a provisional license and without buying L-plates for my car?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="901" LastActivityDate="2020-05-24T20:09:12.613" Title="Can I use my international driving license instead of a provisional one to pass a driving test?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1262" CreationDate="2014-05-11T20:05:49.290" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll need a provisional license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At gov.uk there's a tool for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot;&gt;driving in Great Britian&lt;/a&gt; with a foreign license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that your license is not from a small number of specific countries, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-resident-of-great-britain/full-car-and-or-motorcycle/any-other-country&quot;&gt;end result&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence for 12 months from when you became resident&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After 12 months you’ll need to &lt;strong&gt;apply for a provisional licence&lt;/strong&gt; and pass the theory and practical driving tests to drive in Great Britain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get your provisional license during that first 12 months, you are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newdriverschools.co.uk/pass_plus_courses/driving_in_the_uk_for_foreign_licence_holders.aspx&quot;&gt;not required&lt;/a&gt; to show L-plates during that first 12 months (the time that your foreign licence is still valid).  You also don't need to be accompanied, and you can drive on motorways (again, just during the first 12 months). After that first 12 months, you must show L-plates and be accompanied, so it's best to start the process as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-11T21:02:33.287" LastActivityDate="2014-05-11T21:02:33.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1262" CreationDate="2014-05-11T20:30:17.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on where in the world issued your driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gov.UK website there is a Driving License Exchange tool&lt;/a&gt;. If you follow that answering it with your situation, it will tell you if you can exchange your license, or if you'll have to re-sit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you are now a resident of the UK, and hold a full &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/a-designated-country-countries-with-exchange-agreements-with-great-britain/canada&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Canadian car driving license you can exchange it&lt;/a&gt;, if you fill out the right forms and pay the fee, up to 5 years after moving. For an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/european-union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU license&lt;/a&gt; it's similar, with you being able to exchange (up until you are 70 years old, or after 3 years into entering the country, whichever is longer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if it's not from one of the right list of countries, then you can only drive on the license for 12 months, and after that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/other&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you'll have to pass the theory test then practical test&lt;/a&gt; to get a brand new UK license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; that if you can't exchange your license, then before the 12 months are up you can apply for a provisional UK one, prepare for the test, but keep driving on your foreign license without L-plates, but you probably want to ring the DVLA to double check on that one...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T08:56:32.383" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T08:56:32.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-12T00:28:28.520" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seriously thinking about moving from Canada to the UK for two years, to work as an IT consultant. I want to get a contract before leaving Canada, but pretty much every recruiter I talked to seem to suggest me to opt for a work sponsorship instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I get contracts before or after leaving, considering the fact that most recruiters tell me to get sponsorship instead since I'm not already in the UK? Is it because companies do not want to do contractual business with someone still abroad, or is there another reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="903" LastEditorUserId="863" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T05:28:29.870" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T05:28:29.870" Title="Should I find consulting contracts before or after moving to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-05-15T13:06:04.930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1267" CreationDate="2014-05-12T08:34:02.957" Score="12" ViewCount="765" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living outside the US for several years.  For the first time, I had over $10,000 in a foreign account. Apparently, now I have to file an FBAR.  I have several accounts overseas but all except one have balances less than $10k.  Am I required to include the others in my FBAR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="904" LastEditorUserId="904" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T09:59:58.893" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T09:59:58.893" Title="If I have several foreign accounts, only one of which is &gt;$10k, do I need to report all on the FBAR?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1266" CreationDate="2014-05-12T09:13:26.097" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The $10K limit is &lt;strong&gt;aggregate&lt;/strong&gt;. You might have had a filing obligation in prior years as well, if the &lt;strong&gt;total&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; of your accounts &lt;strong&gt;together&lt;/strong&gt; in any one day was $10K or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have more than $10K on a single account - yes, you're required to file FBAR, and you're required to list &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; of your accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pay attention: FBAR is not only for classical bank accounts (what is in the US called &quot;checking&quot; or &quot;savings&quot;). It is also for pensions, investment accounts, cash-value insurance policies, retirement schemes, etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people look at their bank account, that they left back in the home country, see that there's $1K on it, and think they don't need to file FBAR. And they forget that they have accumulated $100K on their retirement account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T09:13:26.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1273" CreationDate="2014-05-12T11:54:52.570" Score="3" ViewCount="2274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a degree, but I have 4 years (2010-2014) of experience in software development and 4 years (2006-2010) as lead technical support engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see the following requirements for J1 trainee at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/trainee/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/trainee/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Has a degree or professional certificate from a foreign post-secondary&#xA;  academic institution and at least one year of prior related work&#xA;  experience in his or her occupational field outside the United States;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Has five years of work experience&lt;/strong&gt; outside the United States in the occupational field in which they are seeking training.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get J1 visa (trainee) as software developer in Intel or HP (because they are in list)? (of course if these companies accept me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-26T00:25:59.633" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T00:25:59.633" Title="Is it possible to get US J1 visa (trainee program) as software developer? (I don't have a degree)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-13T11:18:43.387" Score="5" ViewCount="1257" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/166/how-can-i-get-a-us-greencard-through-the-diversity-visa-program&quot;&gt;diversity visa program&lt;/a&gt;, and though I am eligible to participate, it is, after all, a lottery... not a sure thing. I am looking for other options that are less of a gamble. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work in the EU, with an EU citizenship, though was born elsewhere (the country that gives me my diversity eligibility). I work for a subsidiary of an American company and have for over a year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My significant other has told me that she heard that it is possible to start the process of getting a green card while not actually residing in the US, which would be beneficial to us, as even with an H1B (or possibly a L1B) visa, there is a risk of not being able to finish the process and having to leave the US. With two small children, this is not a risk I would easily take, even though I would be able to get one of these visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: What is the process and what are the prerequisites to apply for and get a green card (or other life-long legal residence) while not residing in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not been able to find anything relevant online, possibly on account of not knowing the correct terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="912" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-10-20T18:06:03.277" Title="Get a green card without living in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-13T14:29:20.227" Score="9" ViewCount="637" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a freelance web developer with all clients in UK but looking to move with family to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So would I need to register as a freelancer in Germany and how soon, if I travel back to England a lot to do meetings and work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do have to register for tax how does it work as a freelancer, I was told I would need a large insurance bound in case someone sued me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I just pay tax in the UK or would I have to move and stop tax there? I understand it maybe only a few months and then you have to change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am English, she and our kids are German if it matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="908" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-13T15:16:31.557" LastActivityDate="2019-03-14T13:26:36.960" Title="I am a freelance web developer with all clients in UK but looking to move with family to Germany" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2014-05-13T16:10:39.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're asking about work. I'll quote from your comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I'm trying to find legal basis for getting a temporary job in USA&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;J1 is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a work visa. J1 is issued for internships and trainings. If you're coming to work - you cannot do it on J1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, this is something that the company has to deal with. If they &quot;accept&quot; you, as you say, they'll refer your case to their immigration lawyer, together with the program/job details, and the lawyer will decide whether &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; qualify for a status based on the contract offered to &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T16:10:39.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1270" CreationDate="2014-05-13T16:15:59.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can most definitely start your green card process without being in the US. This is what is called &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/consular-processing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;consular processing&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, as opposed to &quot;adjustment of status&quot; process for those in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is most widely used for family-based green cards as these are either not limited or the people involved can wait for years for their turn to come.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employment-based green cards however are usually not done through consular processing, but rather through adjustment of status from L1/H1, since employers don't want to wait for years for their new hires to start working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do find such an employer, or if you qualify for EB1 (for example, you have recently won a Nobel Prize, or you manage a large international group for your employer who wants you to manage it from the US), then you can probably get a consular processing path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T16:15:59.663" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2014-05-14T02:28:01.297" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;hmm..isn't what you really want a foreign earned income exclusion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you stay outside the country for most of the year, you are eligible for a large income tax break.  the federal government accepts this and many states do as well.  it doesn't matter if you are paid by a us-based firm or a firm elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Five-Facts-about-the-Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Five-Facts-about-the-Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it doesn't matter where your legal home is, it matters where you physically are.  if you stay outside the united states for ~330 days, you get a federal tax break of $96,700.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf#page=19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf#page=19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;some states also allow this exclusion, others don't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="839" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T02:28:01.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-14T15:14:52.020" Score="6" ViewCount="1151" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, quite a few countries have double-taxation agreements between themselves, which dictate how you handle income and taxation in one country if resident in another. A fair number of these (but by no means all!) have clauses in them which mean that if you are deemed to be tax resident in one of them, you are automatically not a tax resident in the other one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, this should mean that if last year you were tax resident in County A, then this year you move to Country B and are counted as a tax resident there for this year, then you pay your taxes for last year to Country A and this year's to Country B. (Leaving aside complications about income you still get from Country A while living in Country B, which may well still be paid to A with B giving you a credit for the tax already paid)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sounds simple enough, but... What happens when Countries A and B have different dates for their tax years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(eg you move from the UK to France on 1st Feb, and are deemed to be a French tax payer for that French tax = calendar year, how does it work with the UK tax year running to the 5th April?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T21:28:17.387" Title="How to handle moving between countries with different tax year dates?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-14T16:13:47.593" Score="8" ViewCount="1846" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of questions related to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/taxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;taxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;taxes&lt;/a&gt; on this site, and Wikipedia has an article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax residency&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/1276/6&quot;&gt;This question on varying tax dates&lt;/a&gt; seems to imply income might be counted for a full year.  It never occurred to me this might be the case, so now I'm confused.  The Wikipedia article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;double taxation&lt;/a&gt; is not helpful.  If I simply move abroad to take a new job, can double taxation possibly arise?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: in 2014, a Dutch citizen with no taxable property lives in Sweden during January and February, and has income exclusively from local employment.  Then, he/she moves to Canada, where he/she lives for the rest of the year, again with income exclusively from local employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my possibly naive understanding, he/she was a Swedish resident with Swedish taxable income January–February, and a Canadian resident with Canadian taxable income March–December, and would pay taxes to Sweden for the first two months, and to Canada for the remaining ten months.  Is this correct?  If yes, then how could double taxation be a problem?  Does the Canadian tax office somehow care about income I had within the year, but before becoming a Canadian resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T09:22:35.347" Title="Are personal income taxes paid for income for a full year, even when moving from Sweden to Canada mid-year, for a Dutch citizen?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1277" CreationDate="2014-05-14T16:50:10.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are two different issues at play here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What (if any) taxes do you have to pay at source?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What (if any) taxes do you have to pay at the end of the year via a tax return?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the example in your question, if you're living and working and employed in Sweden in January and February, you'll be having tax deducted at source by your Swedish employer on behalf of the Swedish government. The rate of tax of that will most likely be on the basis that you'll spend the whole year earning at that rate in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, you move to Canada, cease working in Sweden, cease living in Sweden, and start working + living in Canada. At this point, you'll begin paying Canadian taxes at source, having the taxes deducted from your Canadian pay cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, at the end of the year, you will certainly need to complete a Canadian tax return, because you will be deemed to have been a Canadian Tax Resident for the year. On that, you'll list your Canadian income &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; your Swedish income from the year. You'll also list the Swedish taxes you've already paid - the Canadian-Swedish double tax treaty will allow you to claim those again your Canadian tax bill (within certain rules)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also need to complete a Swedish tax return too for the transition year. That will depend on the Swedish rules, and if they considered you to be tax resident there as well for the year, or not. (If you're not sure, either ask a suitable accountant, or ring up the Swedish tax office to check, or both! If you guess and guess wrong, you could be hit with fines/penalties/interest/etc if they later investigate and decide you have underpaid/failed to file/etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're subject to two tax jurisdictions, you will end up having to pay taxes in two countries, and overall at the higher rate. (eg country A has a 50% tax rate for you, country B has a 40% one, you pay taxes normally in country B at 40%, then complete the A return and give them the other 10%)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and one other thing - you may have been expecting certain favourable tax treatments on things in Sweden (eg pension contributions, tax free savings schemes etc). The Canadians may or may not accept those as being eligible for the same tax reliefs, it will depend on the Canadian-Swedish agreement. So, you may end up having to pay more tax than planned, if the Canadians don't recognise some Swedish tax breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T16:50:10.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1280" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1325" CreationDate="2014-05-14T17:18:52.780" Score="6" ViewCount="466" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a former resident of Sweden, but not a citizen there.  When I moved abroad, I informed the Swedish tax authorities of my new address.  How do I inform the tax authorities of moving from one foreign address to another one?  Neither of two possible forms apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/privat/blanketterbroschyrer/blanketter/info/7665.4.39f16f103821c58f680007072.html&quot;&gt;SKV 7665 Anmälan - Flyttning till utlandet&lt;/a&gt;.  This form is for the &lt;em&gt;initial&lt;/em&gt; move abroad, to be filled while still registered as a resident in Sweden.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/privat/folkbokforing/flytta/flyttautomlands/nyadressiutlandet.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80005783.html&quot;&gt;SKV 7842 Anmälan - Ny adress/röstlängd för utvandrad&lt;/a&gt;.  Although this form is for registering a new address while living abroad, it is only for Swedish citizens, as it relates to being registered in the database of Swedish citizens eligible to participate in Swedish elections.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used SKV 7842, but it seems not to have worked as I did not receive any confirmation.  How do I correctly inform Swedish tax authorities of a new address while living abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T07:10:12.660" Title="As a non-citizen former resident of Sweden, how do I inform authorities of my new address?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1289" CreationDate="2014-05-14T18:49:09.387" Score="6" ViewCount="856" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in US, My current status is F1 and I am working with CPT. My employer applied for H1B for me so that I can stay more than the limit of the CPT. I heard the lottery was done on April 28. But I didn't hear anything about my case. I don't know if I was selected or not. I called the lawyer filling my application and he said he got no response from uscis. My question is: Is there still a chance that I was selected and processing is taking some time? or Not getting any response means I am not selected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="916" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T20:15:40.100" Title="Not geting response for 2015 H1B cap results" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1277" CreationDate="2014-05-14T21:15:45.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have any particular counter-example to offer and I do know (pairs of) countries where it works more-or-less as you describe (i.e. only declare income for the part of the year you were resident) but you can't assume it's always like that. Even merely keeping a bank account open could create obligations (at least to continue making a declaration, not necessarily to pay taxes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, countries have specific forms or procedures to follow (i.e. you can't declare your income in your new country of residence as if it were your only income for the whole year – which could put you in a lower tax bracket compared to your yearly salary or what was retained at the source). For example, in the Netherlands, I think that you were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; allowed to use the regular tax return program but had to use a more complex form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact rules about what you have to declare and to pay are going to depend on the local law in each country and on any treaty they might have agreed between them, there is no overarching principle that would regulate this worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T21:31:46.673" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T21:31:46.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1276" CreationDate="2014-05-14T21:18:53.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might not directly address your question in general but it turns out that income taxes do not work quite that way in France. I believe you only have to declare &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; your income (including income you would get from your former country of residence) &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31443.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;starting on the date you moved to France&lt;/a&gt;. Before that date, you only need to declare what you earned from French sources. Same thing &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F137.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;when you leave the country&lt;/a&gt;. If the other country works in the same way and your situation isn't too complicated, things could take care of themselves quite nicely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T21:28:17.387" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T21:28:17.387" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1277" CreationDate="2014-05-14T21:27:41.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tl;dr answer: It's complicated; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-07-13e.html#itso&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;call the Canada Revenue Agency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the CRA's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-01-13e.html#renseiggen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Income Tax and Benefit Guide for Non-Residents and Deemed Residents of Canada - 2013&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes throughout any period in which you do not have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-01-13e.html#_Ref488718477&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;significant residential ties&lt;/a&gt; (see the definition in the following section) in Canada and you are not a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-01-13e.html#deemedres&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;deemed resident&lt;/a&gt; of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What income should you report?&lt;/strong&gt; - Report your income from Canadian sources such as the taxable part of your scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, net research grants, income from a business that does not have a permanent establishment in Canada, net partnership income (limited or non-active partners only), and taxable capital gains from disposing of taxable Canadian property, as shown under the income lines applicable to non-residents of Canada in the guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other types of income are not reported but must be entered on &lt;em&gt;Schedule A, Statement of World Income.&lt;/em&gt; For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/5013-sa/README.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schedule A&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-07-13e.html#itso&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that as meaning they don't expect your Nederlander to pay taxes on his Swedish income but they do want him to report it on Schedule A. But if it were me I would call one of the numbers under &amp;quot;contact us&amp;quot; to be sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the section on &amp;quot;deemed residents&amp;quot; may also be relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Were you a deemed resident of Canada in 2013?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were a deemed resident of Canada for tax purposes if you did not have significant residential ties in Canada, but you stayed here for 183 days or more in 2013 and, under a tax treaty, you were not considered a resident of another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Deemed residents&amp;quot; appear to have somewhat different tax status from &amp;quot;non-residents&amp;quot; and your Nederlander may &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-02-13e.html#P481_50171&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have to report&lt;/a&gt; that Swedish income as income -- but can take a credit based on Swedish taxes paid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tax tip&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2013, and you paid foreign taxes on foreign income you received, do not reduce the amount you report by the amount of tax the foreign country withheld. Instead, you may be able to claim a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/5013-g/5013-g-05-13e.html#line405&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;foreign tax credit&lt;/a&gt; when you calculate your federal tax. For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2209/README.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form T2209, Federal Foreign Tax Credits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, the Canadian tax office does somehow care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for a general answer, unfortunately it depends on the specific tax laws of the country -- although in my experience of three or four first-world countries your &amp;quot;naive understanding&amp;quot; is more common than not. (Note though that the US require their citizens to pay income tax regardless of where they're living, though this can be reduced by tax treaties and there is an exclusion up to a certain amount.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="917" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T08:53:15.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1285" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1286" CreationDate="2014-05-15T01:30:06.517" Score="5" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you move house in Australia, you have to let (well in Victoria State) VicRoads know your new address within weeks, or face a fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm looking to either go travelling for a few months, or move to a new country. My Aus license will still be current, but with an out-of-date address, as I'm leaving my apartment, but won't have a new address to put on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are you meant to do when moving overseas, in terms of updating this address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T12:39:11.697" Title="Leaving Australia but still have a driver's license ... with an incorrect address?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1285" CreationDate="2014-05-15T01:57:05.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Licences/RenewReplaceOrUpdate/UpdateYourDetails/Addressrequirements.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Address Requirements&lt;/a&gt;, an overseas address is an acceptable address. Unfortunately, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Registration/RenewCancelOrUpdateRegistration/UpdateMyAddress/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Change your address&lt;/a&gt;, you can't do this change online (and apparently must do it by phone, post, or in person).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going travelling, I'm sure a relative's address would be perfectly acceptable (and easier if it is also in Victoria).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T01:57:05.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1291" CreationDate="2014-05-15T02:19:46.657" Score="3" ViewCount="698" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is that a good idea? That seems like my only option left. I can't get a visa to transit/arrive in the US, which is probably the point of visas precisely: to weed out asylum seekers. Any blind spots I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, Mexicans are showing up all the time and being turned away at the SoCal ports-of-entry, even though they're claiming asylum, so is there a big chance that they ignore me like they do the Mexicans? Can I just keep showing up every day, until I get myself successfully detained and given a credible fear interview, at which point I contact an attorney?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="920" LastActivityDate="2014-09-29T07:49:17.090" Title="Malaysian seeking asylum in US, can't get B1/B2 or C1 visa. Thinking of crossing to San Diego from Tijuana" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1281" CreationDate="2014-05-15T04:06:55.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a chance. Premium processing entries are processed first and regular processing will follow slowly. Last year people were getting results as late as August and September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should however receive receipt notice fairly soon, if you haven't already. And by saying &quot;you&quot; I mean your employer and their lawyer, not you personally. They won't necessarily keep you posted about it unless you nag them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T04:06:55.830" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1277" CreationDate="2014-05-15T09:02:35.347" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Canada Revenue Agency has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/newcomers/&quot;&gt;specific page for newcomers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You become a tax resident of Canada on the day you arrive and intend to settle&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the part of the tax year that you were NOT a resident of Canada you pay Canadian income tax on Canadian source income (probably none, as you don't have Canadian income yet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the part of the tax year that you WERE a resident of Canada you have to report your world income (income from all sources, both inside and outside Canada) earned &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; becoming a resident of Canada for income tax purposes on your Canadian tax return.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, Canada does not care about the non-Canadian income you received before you arrived, &lt;em&gt;even&lt;/em&gt; if it falls within the current tax year.  That foreign income should not appear on the tax return, and is not taxed in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4055/t4055-e.html#P179_12984&quot;&gt;CRA guide to completing tax returns for newcomers&lt;/a&gt;.  It explains the rules about tax credits for part-year returns, but in the simplest cases it's basically proportional - if you arrive in the country half way through the tax year, you get half the tax credit (in general).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T09:22:35.347" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T09:22:35.347" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1287" CreationDate="2014-05-15T09:28:21.440" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The original basis for the right to have your case heard (“non-refoulement”) is article 33 of the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No Contracting State shall expel or return (“refouler”) a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about US law and practice in this area but this principle is broadly accepted and applied, e.g. in airports in Europe. However, it only means countries have to consider an application if the person can't be sent back to the country they are coming from. On a land border, if you are not threatened &lt;em&gt;in Mexico&lt;/em&gt;, it's not obvious that it applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the extent that Mexico is deemed a safe third country by the US, you could therefore be denied entry and handed over to the Mexican authorities, at which point Mexico could in principle decide to deport you back to Malaysia or let you claim asylum, but in Mexico. In practice, I have no idea what kind of treatment you can expect in Mexico. Presumably a lawyer or support group could tell you more about what works and what does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, the US is not party to the 1951 convention, but only to the 1967 New York Protocol, which refers back to article 2 to 34 of the convention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T09:34:40.177" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T09:34:40.177" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-15T14:20:48.187" Score="4" ViewCount="658" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the application process for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-intracompany-transfer-worker-visa/switch-to-this-visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;switching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; from a &lt;em&gt;UK Tier 2 ICT &lt;strong&gt;Short&lt;/strong&gt;-term multiple entry visa&lt;/em&gt; to a &lt;em&gt;UK Tier 2 ICT &lt;strong&gt;Long&lt;/strong&gt;-term multiple entry visa&lt;/em&gt; be carried out in the United Kingdom? Or will the visa need to be processed from the home country? The applicants will continue to work for the same employer as mentioned in the short-term visa application. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-intracompany-transfer-worker-visa/switch-to-this-visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;official webpage&lt;/a&gt; explicitly says that holders of &lt;em&gt;multiple entry work permits&lt;/em&gt; are not eligible for the same, but I think I might be misunderstanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="922" OwnerDisplayName="Suman Krishna Saha" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T23:49:17.673" Title="Is it possible to switch to a UK Tier 2 ICT Long-term Staff visa in the United Kingdom?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2014-05-16T13:14:21.733" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an expert, but will try to answer you some questions here.&#xA;As soon as you register your residence in Germany (which you are legally required to do) you becomes liable to German taxation. That means that you will need to do your tax declaration at the end of the year. Not sure if Germany and UK have double taxation avoidance treaty, you need to check this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to legally work as a freelancer, you need to register at tax office. In Germany you can be a &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Selbständig&lt;/em&gt;. Both are freelancers, but the difference is in their legal and tax obligations regarding income tax, retirement contributions and health insurance. As a web designer you should qualify for &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt;, which gives you more choice and less taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get you started, my advice would be to consult with some tax advisor which could guide you how to setup your business in most profitable ways regarding taxation and liabilities. You can also get some good starting information at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clever-selbstaendig.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.clever-selbstaendig.de/&lt;/a&gt; in German, but at least your wife can translate it for you :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding liability insurance, it's your call. Here in Germany people are more obsessed with different kind of insurances than in the rest of the Europe, and everyone here in Germany would advise you to have all possible insurances, but coming from different background you may decide is it worth to you or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possibility would be to just keep your UK based Ltd company and use it as a liability shield for yourself. &lt;del&gt;That way, you don't have to open a German company with all bookkeeping and legal requirements it brings to the table. But, to repeat again, you won't get definitive answer here, you'll need to consult with tax expert what is the best way to proceed.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: British Ltd can serve as your liability shield, in the same sense as GmbH or UG, but for the tax reporting purpose, as long as you as an owner live in Germany, your company will need to do all kind of the tax reporting as if it were a German GmbH.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastEditorUserId="248" LastEditDate="2019-03-14T13:26:36.960" LastActivityDate="2019-03-14T13:26:36.960" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3199" CreationDate="2014-05-16T17:41:07.143" Score="3" ViewCount="1394" Body="&lt;p&gt;Schengen Visa says that you can visit Schengen states for 90 days over a period of 180 days (6 months) using that visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is bit complicated. I will be going to Germany during mid-June for an interview in a German university, and therefore, I need a Schengen visa starting from June. &#xA;If selected, I will have to join as a student at October which will overlap the duration of 6 months from June. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, will I get a student visa starting from October easily, even if it interfere with the period of Schengen visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3704" OwnerDisplayName="krips89" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T08:41:43.227" Title="Schengen visa followed by student visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1296" CreationDate="2014-05-17T08:35:31.767" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not say that getting a student visa is “easy” (I would expect quite a bit of bureaucracy) but the earlier Schengen visa should not be a problem. Legally speaking, short-stay Schengen visas and long-stay national visas are very different, for example the 90-day limit and the requirements laid out in the Schengen regulations (insurance, financial means) do not necessarily apply to the latter. If anything, having used visas lawfully before should be a good thing in the eyes of the consulate as it shows you are someone who follows the rules and is not seeking to immigrate illegally at the first opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a long-stay visa or residence permit in Germany, you can also visit other countries in the Schengen areas (technically you must still fulfill the usual short stay conditions – no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, justify the purpose of the trip, etc. – but obviously without border checks inside the area all this is not strictly enforced). If the German authorities are bothered by the overlap, they could therefore also easily revoke their own Schengen visa as you wouldn't need it anymore. So that's another reason not to worry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that not all Schengen visas allow 90-day stays. If it's your first Schengen visa ever, you will most likely receive a visa for the duration of your trip plus 15 days so it will be long expired when you start school in October. Visas for 6 months and more are usually issued to people who have already been in the Schengen area and can justify a need to travel regularly. The 90-day limit is mostly relevant for these multiple-entry visas with a long validity and for people who can visit the Schengen area without a visa. First-time visitors typically get single or double entry visas that are even more restrictive than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, depending on your citizenship, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/08-Studentenvisum.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you might need to return to your country of residence to apply for the student visa&lt;/a&gt;. Most people can't do that from within Germany (e.g. while visiting on the Schengen visa). There is an exception for a handful of nationalities (e.g. US or Korean citizens) but those are also countries whose citizens don't need a Schengen visa in the first place so presumably it does not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-27T17:02:21.013" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T17:02:21.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1102" CreationDate="2014-05-17T18:53:03.980" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It turned out that one must register for the birth of a child at the Register Office, not the GP. The child has to be registered with the GP, but this is for health services. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not make an appointment at the Register Office in advance, but I was able to get an appointment on the same day. The whole process at the Register Office took about half an hour. I was only asked for a proof of identity; no other documents were required. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A short version of the birth certificate, which was handwritten, was given for free. This contains only the child's details, but does not contain the parents' details. A long version can be purchased; this is typed and contains the parents' details in addition to the child's details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see, there is nothing more to it for the non citizens than for the citizens. For further information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-birth&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/register-birth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-05-17T19:01:32.150" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T19:01:32.150" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-19T11:01:59.350" Score="2" ViewCount="355" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to live and work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK Govt. offers &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visa&lt;/a&gt; to live and work for 2 years, but  these visa type is not applicable for Indians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the alternative visa to work and live in UK up-to 2 years, if you are an Indian ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="934" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T11:01:59.350" Title="Alternative to UK's Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) visa for Indians" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T19:05:20.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1302" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1303" CreationDate="2014-05-19T11:56:46.793" Score="6" ViewCount="2234" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware that a couple who are both Singapore Permanent Residents are eligible to buy a resale HDB flat in Singapore. Is this the only available option for an SPR couple, or are they eligible to buy other types of flats? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T12:15:19.840" Title="Are Singapore Permanent Resident couples eligible to buy HDB flats other than resale ones?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1302" CreationDate="2014-05-19T12:15:19.840" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10321p.nsf/w/BuyingNewFlatEligibilitytobuynewHDBflat?OpenDocument&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;HDB&lt;/a&gt;, the eligibility criteria for a new flat in respect to citizenship is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must be a Singapore Citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This holds true for all the categories, you can check this by clicking through the categories on the left hand menu on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that even for resale flats there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10321p.nsf/w/BuyResaleFlatPublicScheme?OpenDocument&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;restriction&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From 27 August 2013, SPR household (i.e. a household with no SC owner) will have to wait 3 years from the date of obtaining SPR status before they can buy a resale flat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might be a concern for you if you only plan to acquire PR status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T12:15:19.840" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-19T19:49:08.883" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;The passport has expired 2 years ago. I want to travel by plane on a direct flight from Lisbon to Austria. I might not be able to get a new passport from my embassy on time (I'm a resident in Portugal). The only other document I have is an Austrian divers license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="460" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-20T06:35:57.207" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T06:35:57.207" Title="May I travel in Schengen zone with an expired EU passport?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-05-19T20:56:06.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1309" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T09:55:06.963" Score="2" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an illustrator and graphic designer. Very recently, I have received an offer from an agency of illustrators. The agency has the main core in Europe and I live in the United States (under J2 visa with work permit). The question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To write valid invoices according to US laws, do I need some identification number as a company or something similar? or, on the other hand, is my (US) social security number enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="843" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-20T17:53:07.877" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T17:53:07.877" Title="Freelance (billing issues)" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-05-20T13:47:54.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in China for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best way I've found to meet new people is to introduce yourself :) Ha kidding...but seriously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreigners are like family overseas. Don't be afraid to say hello. We're all in it together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will by far meet the most people and find where most foreigners &lt;strong&gt;congregate in western restaurants and pubs&lt;/strong&gt; - many families and individuals go to both of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="938" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T13:47:54.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1309" CreationDate="2014-05-20T17:51:38.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to write a valid &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/excel-invoice-template.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Invoice&lt;/a&gt; you don't need to have anything.  But if the company is going to hire you and pay you they may want to report the money they paid you on a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099msc.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1099 form&lt;/a&gt;, for example, they will require a Tax Identification Number of some sort such as an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Employer-ID-Numbers-EINs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EIN&lt;/a&gt; or a Social Security Number, which you already have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, prior to you being able to obtain employment in any capacity as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/basics/j2-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;J-2 Visa Holder&lt;/a&gt; you will need to get an employment authorization so not to violate the terms of your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T17:51:38.133" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T18:38:33.367" Score="3" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am both a U.S citizen as well as a South African citizen. Next summer I plan to permanently move to South Africa with my boyfriend. I should be able to get into the country with just a one way ticket, right? And what about my boyfriend? (non S.A citizen) will he need a certain visa or just proof that he will be living with me? Since we are moving permanently we don't want to pay the extra money for a return trip, since we won't be returning. Would it be easier to get him in if we were married? I don't want any problems at the airport but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Iris Millican" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-20T19:31:17.080" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T20:42:37.297" Title="Moving to South Africa to live with a South African citizen" Tags="&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1312" CreationDate="2014-05-20T20:42:37.297" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a South African, all you need to enter South Africa is a South African passport (a South African ID book may even be enough).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your boyfriend, however, naturally needs a visa (in fact, a temporary residence permit). There are multiple types of temporary residence permit, which can be seen at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/homeaffairs/trp.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/homeaffairs/trp.htm&lt;/a&gt;. Most likely the General Work Permit is most appropriate. After five years of working in South Africa, he can apply for a permanent residence permit. If you were married, he could get a permanent residence permit directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He can apply for this at the South African Consulate responsible for your state (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/homeaffairs/jurisdiction.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/homeaffairs/jurisdiction.htm&lt;/a&gt;). They should be able to help him find which type of permit is suitable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy South Africa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="939" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T20:42:37.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1317" CreationDate="2014-05-20T22:39:35.617" Score="10" ViewCount="9132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to the UK for a job in the next few months. This job is for the US government and they will be paying me in USD. The vast majority of my expenses will be in GBP. Is there an easy way for me to convert direct deposits every month from USD to GBP with little-to-no fee? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1001" OwnerDisplayName="Tyler Kelly" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T11:59:57.130" LastActivityDate="2015-11-08T12:59:54.747" Title="Getting Paid in USD while living in UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-05-21T00:24:07.237" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Exchanging money will always cost you something. There's no hard and fast rule for minimizing associated costs and there's no surefire trick. Minimizing your cost depends on how much money you want to exchange and how fast you need it where.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only real 'trick' is to exchange your USD for the GBP of someone who's going to need USD. You can bypass banks and money exchanges and agree on a rate halfway between buying and selling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a bunch of suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Electronic exchanges (getting money from an ATM in the UK) are &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; cheaper than cash exchanges. However, this depends on your bank.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't exchange at airports. They typically give you bad rates &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; charge commission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;High street (legal) money changers tend to be comparatively reasonable with their rates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your bank and credit card company, paying as much as possible with your credit card might be financially advantageous.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="942" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T00:24:07.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="790" CreationDate="2014-05-21T00:58:52.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Bolivia is a member of Mercosur you can a apply for a spacial visa as a Bolivia citizen to be able to work in any of the other countries that are Mercosur members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mercosur.int/show?contentid=3862&amp;amp;channel=secretaria&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.mercosur.int/show?contentid=3862&amp;amp;channel=secretaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="941" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T00:58:52.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2014-05-21T01:04:45.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hash House Harriers. Sadly, not as active world wide as, say, 10 or 15 years ago, but the perfect start to meeting up with expats, if there's a chapter in your city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="942" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T01:04:45.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2014-05-21T01:07:09.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the new law US citizens have have to pay taxes on any worldwide income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you will need to pay state taxes depends on whether you are still considered a legal resident of that state. As far as paying taxes in Mexico if you have a visa there you will need to check with the Mexican government. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="941" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T13:24:01.303" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T13:24:01.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="949" CreationDate="2014-05-21T02:44:02.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to put a problem slightly on its head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any supermarkets that advertise fresh carp except a reference in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418488/Carp-supermarket-menu-Polish-Chrismas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Daily Mail article from 2006&lt;/a&gt; but what I did find a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vsfisheries.co.uk/carpstrains.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fish farm&lt;/a&gt; that provides carp for stocking the ponds.  From what I gather it's providing stock fish for angling clubs and various ponds but I am pretty sure you can discuss with them ordering fish for eating or if not find out who might be providing fish for food.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T02:44:02.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-05-21T05:20:37.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your situation, the lowest-cost option could be to use a currency exchange specialist like xe.com.  I believe they can EFT (ACH) the money from your US account, and send it to a UK account.  There may be other companies that can do the same. Currency specialists like this have better rates than most banks.  This assumes you can open a UK bank account, which can be difficult for a new resident (especially for an American, because of the additional paperwork to comply with US laws like FATCA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another route, which can actually be not that much more expensive, is to pay for as much as possible with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/top-credit-cards/no-foreign-transaction-fee-credit-card/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US credit card that has no foreign exchange fee&lt;/a&gt; (such as some of the better Capital One and Chase cards).  That way, you'll get a reasonable exchange rate, and effectively just change money as you need it (so averaging out exchange rate fluctuations). Especially try to put your rent and utilities on a card (be sure to tell the card issuer you're going to use it in the UK). This may not always be possible, as some may only accept UK-issued cards, but it's worth a try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some cards will allow you to put the card into credit (via a transfer from your bank account, online), and then draw it out as cash without fees, but check your card's terms carefully.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also use a debit card to withdraw cash, but it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepointsguy.com/2013/07/avoiding-atm-withdrawal-fees-when-traveling-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hard to avoid fees&lt;/a&gt;. Charles Schwab bank (and brokerage), and Citibank (if you can access a Citibank ATM near your UK location) are among the few options.  When paying in a store with a debit card, you can ask for cash-back (usually up 100 GBP) which gives you more cash without a separate trip to an ATM and the ATM fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally you should of course check with your employer (US government).  They may already have systems in place to issue you with local currency at a good rate, or may have an in-house exchange service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: Usually peer-to-peer currency exchanges like Currencyfair.com have a better exchange rate and lower costs than even the specialist currency brokers like xe.com, but in your case they're unlikely to be suitable.  They currently don't accept US persons as customers (due to FATCA etc), and to get the money to them would require a domestic wire from your bank (which you'll probably find hard to arrange from a distance, plus there's a cost).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-05-22T05:30:18.553" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T05:30:18.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1326" CreationDate="2014-05-21T06:28:57.380" Score="8" ViewCount="530" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently paying for a subscription to a credit monitoring company in the US, but I no longer live there and likely will not return for many, many years, if at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, I still have US citizenship though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any benefit to continuing to pay for credit monitoring services in the US (or even just reviewing my credit history myself)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user496" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T04:49:03.483" Title="Should I continue monitoring my credit activity in a country where I no longer live (but still have citizenship)?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1280" CreationDate="2014-05-21T07:10:12.660" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe not an exact match but the most reasonable form seems to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/privat/blanketterbroschyrer/blanketter/info/7842.4.19b9f599116a9e8ef36800024543.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SKV 7842 Anmälan - Ny adress/röstlängd för utvandrad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This form seems to be intended primarily for Swedish citizens but it is directly applicable to changing foreign addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T07:10:12.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1324" CreationDate="2014-05-21T07:15:26.307" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is more specific to the US than anywhere else. While identity theft can happen anywhere, in the US it is much more likely to happen since there's no government issued identification on a national level. The United States, as the matter of ideology, &lt;em&gt;doesn't&lt;/em&gt; identify its residents/citizens. You can ask for a passport/passport card, but vast majority of Americans don't have those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what prevents anyone to fake a State ID with your name on it and go open a bank account? Nothing. And if not State ID - school card. And if not school card - I've seen people using library cards and already existing credit cards as IDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, it is useful to monitor your credit in the US. Regardless of whether you're a citizen, or even live in the country. If you have SSN ever issued to you - anyone can use it for anything and you'd be on the hook for a lot of troubles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paying for daily monitoring however may be an overkill, unless you've lost your identification cards and there's a chance someone might use them. Another potential case is of a &quot;mistaken&quot; identity: someone with a name like yours opened an account and it got assigned to your report. Especially if they have your SSN - then it will be really hard to prove that Mr. Five Y. Abroad who took a $1M loan is not in fact you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;check your credit reports annually&lt;/a&gt; for free with any of the three reporting agencies, making it essentially a free check every 4 months. Some companies also offer free credit score monitoring (i.e.: you don't get to see the report, but you can see significant changes in the score and then buy one or get one of the annual free ones and see what happened).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, many times identity theft won't come up on your credit report until years later, when the IRS or a State taxing agency start coming after you for not paying your taxes on the earnings of some illegal immigrant using your SSN. &lt;a href=&quot;http://littleadvisor.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/great-new-service-from-the-irs-get-your-account-transcripts-online/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Check your IRS transcripts&lt;/a&gt; for unexpected income reported from companies you've never worked at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-05-22T04:49:03.483" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T04:49:03.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-05-21T07:55:49.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One trick I've used to migrate Australian dollars to UK pounds is to use paypal to deposit dollars and then withdraw it in pounds. I used two paypal accounts, one on the Australian paypal site linked to my Australian bank account and one on the UK site linked to my UK bank account. I then sent the money accross the two paypal accounts. I don't think there are any upfront fees and I'm not sure how they calculate the exchange rate. I haven't done this in a while but from memory the transfer is not instant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Gagravarr in the comment has pointed out that there are fees in PayPal transferrs which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/cross-border-and-conversion-fees#currencyconversion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/cross-border-and-conversion-fees#currencyconversion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="947" LastEditorUserId="947" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T08:59:31.960" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T08:59:31.960" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1107" CreationDate="2014-05-21T11:38:16.907" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Washington Accord is only applicable to undergraduate degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 476 visa eligibility conditions, however, only specify that your degree should be from a recognised institution, including all in the Washington Accord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this visa accepts the following degrees:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;bachelors degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;masters degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;doctoral degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;postgraduate diploma;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and it does not explicitly link degrees to institutions, one can assume that your are eligible even if your degree is graduate degree at any recognised institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with all unclear information you find in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Department of Immigration and Border Protection DIBP&lt;/a&gt; website, you can always contact the department for clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2014-05-22T05:19:57.170" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T05:19:57.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1332" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1340" CreationDate="2014-05-21T14:10:48.753" Score="10" ViewCount="3911" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some relatives who have recently moved to Italy and still want British Sky TV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous owners of the house were also Brit expats who'd had the Sky dish realigned to pick up the Brit Sky signal and used their Brit Sky box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is while the box says the signal strength is strong etc, it doesn't have all the channels accessible and ondemand doesn't function.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was wondering if anybody knows of an alternative solution like a company which caters for such circumstances or any other method to solve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="954" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T14:53:26.633" LastActivityDate="2017-11-22T23:51:16.950" Title="How to get British Sky TV in Italy" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-05-21T19:50:17.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many banks offer multi currency accounts. This is a nice description of a multi currency account offered by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citibank.com/ipb/europe/manage/multicurrency.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citibank&lt;/a&gt;, but other big banks have similar accounts. From my understanding of multi currency accounts you can make a deposit in any of he supported currencies and you can make a withdrawal in any of the supported currencies and they take care of the exchange. Of course they are making money on this, but it offers flexibility over keeping a USD account and having to make international wire transfers on a weekly/monthly basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T19:50:17.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-05-22T08:51:59.287" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are also websites specializing in cheap money transfers. You can check e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com&quot;&gt;https://transferwise.com&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.currencyfair.com/&quot;&gt;https://www.currencyfair.com/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="961" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T08:51:59.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1335" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1336" CreationDate="2014-05-23T00:42:59.047" Score="3" ViewCount="2427" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Java Software developer, planning to move to Toronto from South America in the next few months. The problem  is, I have not finished my Bachelors Degree in CS, but I have a few years of experience working as a full time developer for many companies. &#xA;Here where I live, the Bachelors Degree is not a must have in order to get a job, and since I had to pay for it myself I could not finish it yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you guys think I could get a job in Toronto with a incomplete degree, experience and a Java Programmer I certificate? If so, I would receive an entry level salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Explaining my situation a little bit better, I could finish my degree in one year, although that would be hard and expensive. I can see that not having a degree could make it harder for me to get a job, but the urge to left my country has led me to consider this possibility. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I could go with a working permit, find work there and then apply for permanent residency, and, if possible, finish my degree in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="964" LastEditorUserId="964" LastEditDate="2014-05-23T16:07:22.310" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T15:30:10.813" Title="The importance of a Bachelors Degree" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1335" CreationDate="2014-05-23T01:04:13.900" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience, I have found that the international opportunities available to me have been &lt;em&gt;greatly&lt;/em&gt; enhanced by having a Bachelors degree. None of the international moves I have made would have been possible without it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will want to check the requirements for applying for a work permit for Canada to see whether a Bachelors degree is required for your field of work. (Since there are already many Canadian Java software developers, you may need to show that you bring exceptional skills to your employer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2014-05-23T01:09:35.607" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T01:09:35.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1335" CreationDate="2014-05-23T01:59:00.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I have learned over the years is that good experience and ability to understand problems and discuss solutions, can get you a decent job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, having a degree will get you interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Companies are usually flooded with CVs (resumes or whatever), and the HR department (or recruitment agency, or poor person who got roped into sorting through potential candidates) usually have nothing to distinguish between candidates except for what THEY understand. And they generally aren't programmers themselves. Usually, that means that they look for a degree, and big company names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing that might be worth mentioning - you say you have experience with MANY companies? That can also make you look like a job-hopper, and it's worth playing down a little on a CV. Focus on the relevant ones, and keep the rest to a minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T01:59:00.013" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1335" CreationDate="2014-05-23T03:03:32.880" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in a software company in Southwest Ontario. We hire people without a bachelor degree, but the hurdle is high. As mentioned in another response: It's not necessary to get a job, but it will be difficult to get interviews. Your starting salary will probably also be lower compared to an undergraduate. To get interviews you need to pass the filters of the recruiters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mentioned that you have 27 years of experience in software development. That can make up for the missing degree. In the end it will be the decision of the hiring manager whether she/he will give you a chance to talk to them or not. As usual: personal connections can help you to stand out from the crowd. Also: You might want to look into other areas than just Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck! I'm an immigrant to Canada myself and I was lucky to transfer within my company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T03:03:32.880" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2014-05-23T05:47:23.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have British friends in Japan who have used TV-through-the-net (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Slingbox&lt;/a&gt;) to transmit the programming over the internet for viewing through an internet connection anywhere they travel to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This requires:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having someone in the UK to set up the box for you and connect it to the internet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fast enough internet connections on both sides&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some technical aptitude with computers (downloading, installing, and setting up the Slingbox)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality depends on the connection, so that is something to look in to prior to taking the leap, and anything like this will require installation fees to set up the SkyTV in the UK, as well as hardware costs for the actual hardware to transmit the programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be an alternative option if other things don't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T05:47:23.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2014-05-23T08:37:38.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dunno how I didn't spot this before but guess I was too focused around the setup they were already using and had tailored my searches around that but the below links seem to solve the problem mostly albeit losing some channels but being official.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sky4me.tv/sky-uk-italy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.sky4me.tv/sky-uk-italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skyeurope.tv/sky-subscription-italy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.skyeurope.tv/sky-subscription-italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both sites provide access to SKY UK TV to around 18 countries across europe with identical pricing schemes although it's not clear if they both offer the same channel selection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="954" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T15:04:45.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-24T16:53:49.397" Score="2" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to move to Cambodia for a few years, and I was wondering if there is any political unrest there that I should know about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="968" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2014-05-25T06:19:48.190" LastActivityDate="2019-12-30T13:18:46.757" Title="Is Cambodia safe enough to live, even with the political unrest?" Tags="&lt;holidays&gt;&lt;cambodia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1341" CreationDate="2014-05-25T05:51:26.777" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cambodia is not a first-world country, but for many people that's half the appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Thailand for the last ten years (talking of unrest!), and I have heard from lots of people who have lived here and then gone on to move to Cambodia simply because it reminds them of what Thailand &quot;used to be like&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the countries in this region (think: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Burma/Myanmar, Vietnam) are considered by some to be 'developing' countries, and some are more developed than others in some contexts. This is worth mentioning because to some, sitting in a small fishing village by the side of a huge lake or living a slow life on a tropical beach, would be like living in paradise - whereas other people would not be happy without a high-speed always-on Internet connection and the ability to buy the latest tech goods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all that, life in this region is relatively inexpensive for the essentials, food is amazing and cheap (local food, that is. Western-style food is expensive, where available), and accommodation similarly inexpensive. Longer-term visas are significantly easier to come by than they are in Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for unrest in Cambodia, I have not heard of any except in the areas surrounding disputed temples on the Thai border - avoid those areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From people I have known who went to live in Cambodia (usually to Phnom Penh), they say life is good there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are intending to work there, it's not usually as simple as saying &quot;I want a job&quot; and going to interviews.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you don't intend to work there, have a reliable income available for a few years. Plan your budget carefully and be well aware of unplanned surprises and &quot;taxation&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-12-30T13:18:46.757" LastActivityDate="2019-12-30T13:18:46.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2014-05-25T09:40:27.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The insurance firms are incredible devious .most insurance companies tell you you have to inform them after 30 days if you continue to use your car in Europe and charge.some on a daily basics the truth is your insurance gets downgraded to third party fire and theft .As regards to how long you stay with the vechicle in one country it is also misleading stated you will have to register your car in that country .but only if you are resident that is the problem .&#xA;I have been driving a golf r.h.d in Poland for three years .i have the car registered at a uk address and I drive back to the uk every year to m.o.t the vechicle. (Make sure you m.o.t the vechicle in the summer because it will be a nightmare driving over the polish/ German border. &#xA;The prices for a second hand car in Poland is incredible high many imported and many I suspect accident and cut and shut .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="970" LastActivityDate="2014-05-25T09:40:27.620" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1346" CreationDate="2014-05-25T19:34:39.260" Score="-1" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the US and have a credit card as well as a debit card. In order to improve my credit score, should I use my credit card or my debit card? (assume that both cards are never in the red)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-06-21T03:04:50.050" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T03:04:50.050" Title="Improving my credit score in the US: do I need to use the credit card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-05-26T12:05:46.073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1345" CreationDate="2014-05-25T19:57:11.243" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should use your credit card, as building credit history isn't simply about having the credit card, it's about responsibly &lt;em&gt;using&lt;/em&gt; it, meaning making purchases and paying them off in the appropriate time period. Best of luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="972" LastActivityDate="2014-05-25T19:57:11.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1347" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-26T05:19:32.797" Score="9" ViewCount="9959" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not in this situation, but I'm just wondering. I know EU citizens have the right to work/live in any EU country, but is it the same if you just have residency from an EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-03-14T07:38:12.200" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T10:58:39.217" Title="Can an EU resident work anywhere in the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-26T06:51:47.943" Score="6" ViewCount="9321" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got into a small fender-bender yesterday and did not really know what to do. I want to know the proper actions one should take when dealing with such situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll first describe in short my incident: I was backing out of a parking spot of a gardening store. When I was completely out of the spot and on the driveway, the car that was in the opposite parking spot started to back out as well and hit me. What I really want to say here is that it was not my fault. This is a minor incident: I have a small dent and a lot of small scratches. Nevertheless, this lowers the value of the car and needs to be fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, what I really need to know is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should the police be called for such minor issues?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it suffice to take the other driver's insurance details or must one also get something else, like a short statement?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must the incident be declared somewhere?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which insurance company must be first contacted about the incident?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the maximum amount of time one can wait until requesting that the cost of the repairs be supported by the insurance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above aspects of such a situation are the ones that came up later during the day. If there are any other things one should know or do, please list them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="233" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T02:46:25.587" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T02:46:25.587" Title="What to do after a small car incident in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1347" CreationDate="2014-05-26T09:03:19.333" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now you get a visa, which gives you right to live and work in one particular country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plans to change that using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apply.eu/BlueCard/&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/a&gt; scheme (see also in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_%28European_Union%29&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;), but it has not been yet fully implemented. And even so, at this point it's not 100% clear that it will implement freedom of relocation between member states. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the country you're resident at is a member of Schengen zone, you are free to &lt;em&gt;travel as a tourist&lt;/em&gt; to other Schengen countries without need for visa. Unlike EU/EEA citizens, you still need visa if you travel to EU/EEA countries, which are not members of Schengen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-05-26T14:03:38.650" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T14:03:38.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-26T14:21:29.080" Score="4" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe the wrong page to ask, please redirect if so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm living in a country inside the Schengen area (Hungary, to be more specific), but I'm planning to move to Norway (also in Schengen, info may be related to work permit). However I'd prefer to find a remote job as a software developer that can be done from anywhere. I plan to operate as an entrepreneur registered in Norway so I would pay all my taxes there, but I would actually work from any possible area of the world. What do I need to report at Norwegian authorities and how will I be able to fulfill my taxing obligations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="975" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T06:42:24.410" Title="Paying taxes to one country while travelling all around the world" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1347" CreationDate="2014-05-26T17:19:50.473" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @vartec explained it's not generally the case. There are several ways non-EU nationals can gain a right to reside elsewhere in the EU:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/living_and_working_in_the_internal_market/l14573_en.htm&quot;&gt;EU blue card&lt;/a&gt; is an attempt at creating an EU residence card for some categories of migrants. It has not been fully implemented and does not cover all EU countries. In any case, it's a new residence permit on top of the already existing (national) ones, not something that would be granted to all residents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l23034_en.htm&quot;&gt;Directive 2003/109/EC on long-term residents&lt;/a&gt; creates some EU-wide rights for specific categories of non-EU nationals. In practice, it should make it easier to transfer your right of residence from one EU country to another once you have lived 5 years in the first country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family members have a right to reside with an EU citizen making use of his or her treaty rights or with a permanent resident using 2003/109/EC.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all cases, those rights are restricted to specific categories of people (highly skilled migrants, people with permanent residency and a job, etc.) and explicitly exclude others (students, refugees, etc.). Residence in one EU country therefore does not, in and of itself, entail the right to live and work in other EU countries and even a broader implementation for the EU blue card would not change that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-05-27T12:15:38.233" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T12:15:38.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2014-05-27T00:34:24.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're assuming that the place of your tax &quot;registration&quot; defines where you're going to be paying taxes. This assumption is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most, if not all, countries tax income derived while you're on their soil, with very specific exceptions (usually defined through tax treaties).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the country of your citizenship can always decide how and when to tax your income. I'm only aware of the US to be taxing worldwide income of their citizens, but you should check your own country's laws on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the country where you're &quot;registered&quot; (Norway, for that matter) may have its own rules on how and what to tax. You may end up paying double taxes on the same income. Maybe even triple. Multiple tax treaties might be involved if you're moving around a lot. Norway tax treaties may not apply to you as you're not a Norwegian citizen. Hungarian tax treaties may not apply to you because you registered in Norway. That may become very tricky very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T00:34:24.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-27T07:25:24.140" Score="6" ViewCount="2525" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought I recently became eligible for Australian Citizenship, but after calling DIBP, I discovered my four years started counting after I was granted a bridging visa.  What was the time I spent on a student visa before that not counted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt; (to answer comment): student visa, bridging visa, temporary residence, permanent residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:  (to answer comment): no gaps; did not leave country while on bridging visa, only on other visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: I fulfill the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applying/how_to_apply/conferral_app_process/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence requirement&lt;/a&gt; as quoted in the answer below.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/citz/startIntervalCalc.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence requirement calculator&lt;/a&gt;, I was eligible two months after I think I should be, but it still doesn't match what a phone call to immigration said for the date.  The person on the phone was not very helpful.  All I could get was &quot;that's the citizenship eligibility date in the computer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="989" LastEditorUserId="989" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T23:48:34.600" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T23:48:34.600" Title="Bridging visa effects on Australian citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-27T08:34:04.697" Score="9" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada and acquired Dutch citizenship (by birth) while living there.  I have never resided in the EU, but have recently relocated to Spain.  I have secured legitimate employment, to begin in 7 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to legally work here I understand that I need a NIE and a Social Security number.  Today I was told that I should begin by declaring myself a resident.  From there I can get my NIE (using my resident number and a contract from my employer), and then my Social Security number (using the NIE).  Is this the correct order?  Will my not having a Dutch residence number/card be a problem in this process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have the support of my employer, but I believe that the process may have changed since they last navigated it and so I would like as much information as I can get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="983" LastEditorUserId="2069" LastEditDate="2014-07-16T10:55:59.027" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T10:55:59.027" Title="What is the process for a Dutch citizen (but non-resident) to get a NIE + Social + Residence card in Spain?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2014-05-27T09:29:33.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's look at your situation (living and working from Hungary for a Norwegian company -- either your own consulting business or directly on the payroll of your clients). I &#xA;agree with littleadv 's answer: you're most probably to be taxable in Hungary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an income tax treaty between Norway and Hungary, see this link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/kilde/fin/red/2001/0074/ddd/pdfv/128744-ungarn_2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/kilde/fin/red/2001/0074/ddd/pdfv/128744-ungarn_2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The treaty seeks to eliminate double tax. Generally speaking such a treaty works as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;employer withholds taxes on gross income in country of origin (Norway), according to local legal obligation and applicable tax rates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;employee is taxable in country of residence (Hungary), according to laws and rates in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;employee deducts the taxes which have been paid in the country of origin from the taxes payable in the country of residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The net result is that you're not paying double taxes (orgigin + residence country tax). But in many cases you are still paying MAX(origin, residence) as a tax rate.&#xA;If Norway taxes are higher, you probably do not need to pay additional taxes in Hungary, but you have paid the higher Norwegian tax. The other way, if Hungary taxes are higher, you'd still get a bill for the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T09:29:33.627" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1355" CreationDate="2014-05-27T09:46:54.573" Score="10" Body="&lt;h1&gt;NIE&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You obtain NIE by registering with Foreigners and Borders department of the National Police (&lt;em&gt;&quot;Comisaría General de Extranjería y Fronteras&quot;&lt;/em&gt;). See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.policia.es/documentacion/oficinas/oficinas_extran.html&quot;&gt;the list of the offices&lt;/a&gt;. Note, that since quite a few years, there is separate, much easier and faster process for EU nationals (&lt;em&gt;&quot;comunitarios&quot;&lt;/em&gt;), so don't make the mistake of wasting long hours in general queue. As far as I know, since about 2006 or so they don't give residency card (&lt;em&gt;&quot;tarjeta de extranjero&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) to EU nationals anymore, as formally EU national ID ought to be fully recognized. All you get is a green paper stating that you've registered and your NIE. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW. don't get confused, as sometimes people say NIE while actually referring to residency card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Social Security&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for Social Security number, usually it's done by your employer. You can also do that yourself by filling in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/Trabajadores/Afiliacion/Servicios/Modelosdesolicitude31190/ModeloTA1Solicitudd572/index.htm&quot;&gt;form TA1&lt;/a&gt; and taking it the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/Oficinas/index.htm&quot;&gt;nearest office&lt;/a&gt;. The page &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/Masinformacion/TramitesyGestiones/ObtenciondelNumerod44084/index.htm&quot;&gt;explaining the process&lt;/a&gt; mentions national ID, residency card or passport as ID. Note, that you can use NIE as identification number here &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; if you're using residency card (&lt;em&gt;&quot;tarjeta de extranjero&lt;/em&gt;) to identify yourself. As I mentioned earlier, EU nationals are not given that anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can do completely independently just using your Dutch passport or Dutch national ID. If I remember correctly, that is what I've done. Downside to that is that they expect the document number to be something permanent, so there IIRC there isn't really an easy way to change that once your passport expires and you get new one.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Residency Card&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've mentioned in first paragraph, EU nationals don't get these anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not having Dutch national ID is not a problem, Dutch passport is perfectly fine for all above. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not having Dutch residency is not a problem either, as you're registering to be resident of Spain. It's not at all uncommon in Spain. There are hundreds of thousands of Argentinians and Brazilians with Italian passports who live in Spain without ever passing by Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-05-27T09:54:07.833" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T09:54:07.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1359" CreationDate="2014-05-27T10:12:57.463" Score="9" ViewCount="4734" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be going through the H1B Visa application process, for the next valid date (April 2015). I have heard that it is not advisable to travel to the US for holidays before the visa is actually obtained, as it can hinder the application. As this process isn't going to start for a while, is it likely to cause issues if I was to book a holiday to the US for August/September?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T13:06:25.703" Title="Travelling to US before H1B visa application starts" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1358" CreationDate="2014-05-27T11:37:16.873" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The impression you want to avoid at all cost is that you're starting to work illegally while on a tourist visa, with the intention to use a new H1-B visa to &quot;launder&quot; the operation later on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many countries including the USA, a violation of immigration laws (like working on a tourist visa) can throw out any pending visa applications. Sometimes the applicant can even receive a ban from entering new visa applications (typically for a few years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, working before receiving the proper the visa is not your intention. Plus, visiting your new country as a tourist in the years leading up to your move is probably not a rare ocurrance. It would be advisable to follow a few guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;let the holiday preferably not be in the same state or county as your new job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep a clear separation in the timeline (summer 2014 -&gt; spring 2015). do not plan more holidays in the months inbetween.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep records of your holidays. bills from hotels and restaurants, car rentals, even Disneyland admission tickets ;) If you ever get in trouble with Immigrations, little things like those may underpin that the purpose of your first trip was indeed touristic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-05-27T12:46:52.207" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T12:46:52.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1360" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9518" CreationDate="2014-05-27T12:05:53.327" Score="6" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian, and I've been living in Austria for seven months. Since I don't speak German, I need some help finding a website for loan terms comparison in Austria preferably in Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found a wonderful website which makes this kind of comparison but unfortunately it's only for Germany: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.check24.de/kredit/onlinekredit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.check24.de/kredit/onlinekredit/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried to find it via a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.at/search?q=Vergleichsportal,%20%20Kredit,%20austria&amp;amp;oq=Vergleichsportal,%20%20Kredit,%20austria&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.8335j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;es_sm=93&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google search&lt;/a&gt; but it is not exactly what I was looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the problem is that for me is like Arabic.. in Italy we have TAN and TAEG interest tax. The second is comprehensive of everything (insurance, expenses, and so on). - In Austria (?). A good answer could include at least one example..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T14:23:48.910" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:23:48.910" Title="Websites which offer a comparison of loans in Austria not in German" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1092" CreationDate="2014-05-27T12:07:45.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the properties on AirBnB are not a place to live but only a place to stay temporarily while on holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These AirBnB landlords may not allow registration for various reasons. Most common would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They're subletting a rented property without permision of their landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They do not want their tenant to benefit from the strict tenant protection laws in the Netherlands (if you have an official tenant and they do not want to vacate the place, it's really hard and painful to evict them).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T12:07:45.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1354" CreationDate="2014-05-27T12:15:54.000" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're applying with the &lt;em&gt;Form 1300t General eligibility&lt;/em&gt; process, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applying/how_to_apply/conferral_app_process/&quot;&gt;residence requirement&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have been living in Australia on a valid Australian visa for four&#xA;  years immediately before applying which must include the last 12&#xA;  months as a permanent resident, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not have been absent from&#xA;  Australia for more than one year in total, in the 4 year period,&#xA;  including no more than 90 days in the year before applying.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, your student visa should count, and there's some other reason DIBP is not happy.  You can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/citz/startIntervalCalc.do&quot;&gt;residence requirement calculator&lt;/a&gt; to check, but note that one of the exceptions where they recommend a phone call is having a bridging visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T12:15:54.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1358" CreationDate="2014-05-28T04:18:03.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not an issue. Moreover, most people applying to H1b next April will visit the US beforehand - for interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you got the job offer, you probably don't want to travel to the US until your visa is approved, for the reasons @Freek explained. However, if you're traveling in August/September'14 for a week or two, and only applying in April'15 for H1b to start in October'15 - I don't think anyone would care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T04:18:03.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-28T05:19:35.830" Score="8" ViewCount="848" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to make an appointment for an American F1 visa interview in Vancouver, Canada. I am a Third Country National resident in the US with Australian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wait time on &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/wait-times.html/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; website is listed as 2 days. However, when I go to make an appointment on &lt;a href=&quot;https://usvisa-info.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; website the earliest listed appointment is 125 days away. What is the reason for this inconsistency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="988" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-05-29T05:14:11.470" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T02:43:01.170" Title="US visa appointment wait time inconsistency" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1365" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1366" CreationDate="2014-05-28T06:43:51.627" Score="7" ViewCount="1784" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having a really tough time in France since my French is survivalist at best and that doesn't seem to work with locals. I thought I'd post this on expats.SE and hope that I receive help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purchasing stamps and envelopes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am unable to buy stamps and envelopes and I don't know where to. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pros/12392788&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;local La Poste&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is open only M-F and during the times I work so I cannot go to the post office. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabac_(shop)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tabacs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I go to do not have stamps EVER!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have gone online to the La Poste website and have ordered stamps but I don't know what kind of envelope to get and I am at my wits end. Should I get a &quot;Lettre verte&quot; a &quot;letter prioritae&quot; or a &quot;letter reccomandee&quot;? I need to send mail within France and to the United States and India and I just don't know what to do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help on this matter would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the Travel.SE site, there exists an interesting question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/26043/2236&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;combining French stamps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which I have only found now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T20:52:35.130" Title="Postal Service in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1365" CreationDate="2014-05-28T12:16:08.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite the word “lettre”, “lettre prioritaire”, “lettre verte” or “lettre recommandée” are not types of envelopes but service levels (with different prices/stamps)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;“Lettre prioritaire” is the regular mail. You can find stamps for “lettre prioritaire France” (red stamps, currently EUR 0.66 for less than 20g), “lettre prioritaire Europe” (EUR 0.83) and “lettre prioritaire monde” (which you would need for the US or India, EUR 0.98 for 20g).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;“Lettre verte” is a discount service with somewhat slower delivery. It's only available for letters to France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;“Lettre recommandée” is registered mail. Within France, official notifications must be sent as “recommandé avec accusé de réception”, in particular to have a proof they were indeed received.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always buy individual stamps, pre-stamped envelopes (“prêt-à-poster” or “postexport”) or combine several stamps to reach the required price (&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/26043/can-i-combine-two-french-stamps&quot;&gt;even those that have no value printed on them&lt;/a&gt;). If you only have red or green stamps on hand, you can therefore put two of them to send something abroad (you would be paying a little more than the actual price).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, these &lt;a href=&quot;http://timbres.laposte.fr/af/bv/core/content/content.do?channelId=-33617&amp;amp;contentTypeId=0&amp;amp;return=true&amp;amp;contentId=494514&amp;amp;displayChannelDesc=&amp;amp;numPage=1&amp;amp;critAffinPersist=&amp;amp;nbItems=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;red “Marianne et la jeunesse”&lt;/a&gt; are regular “lettre prioritaire” stamps. You only need one for France, but you will need to use two of them or an “add-on stamp” (“complément d'affranchissement”) for India or the US. There are various add-on stamps, e.g. for &lt;a href=&quot;http://timbres.laposte.fr/af/bv/core/content/content.do?channelId=-33617&amp;amp;contentTypeId=0&amp;amp;return=true&amp;amp;contentId=465895&amp;amp;displayChannelDesc=&amp;amp;numPage=1&amp;amp;critAffinPersist=&amp;amp;nbItems=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUR 1.00&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://timbres.laposte.fr/af/bv/core/content/content.do?channelId=-33617&amp;amp;contentTypeId=0&amp;amp;return=true&amp;amp;contentId=465894&amp;amp;displayChannelDesc=&amp;amp;numPage=1&amp;amp;critAffinPersist=&amp;amp;nbItems=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUR 0.10&lt;/a&gt;. They can be used together with a regular stamp (e.g. for heavier letters or for international letters) but not alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For documents sent as an international “lettre prioritaire”, the French post office &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.laposte.fr/content/download/18547/148622/file/Tarifs-france-metropolitaine-02052014.pdf?espace=particulier&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recommends these dimensions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dimensions: Minimales: 14X9cm, maximales: 23,5x12cm pour les cartes, L+l+h=90cm &#xA;  avec L = 60 cm pour les enveloppes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T20:52:35.130" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1296" CreationDate="2014-05-29T09:23:29.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are planning on travelling for the interview in June, going back home and then arriving again in October - no, I do not think that having the Schengen visa will affect applying for the student visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, it is not difficult to get a student visa if you have been accepted into a course and have enough funds to support yourself. They will also understand that you have to attend the interview to be accepted for the course. Do you have a letter of invitation or anything that you can include in your application documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are planning on staying in Germany between your interview and starting your course, you will need to apply for an Aufenthaltserlaubnis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This really depends on where you are from and what kind of agreements exist between your country and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My citizenship allows me to spend 90 days in the Schengen zone in a six month period, without needing to apply for any kind of visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of years ago I arrived in Germany in mid-May and was to start my exchange semester in September or October, so I had to apply for an &quot;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&quot; (essentially, permission to stay in Germany but not to work) to bridge the period between my 3 months of stay in the Schengen zone and when my student visa would start. There were multiple bureaucratic hurdles and it was frustrating, but I did get the visa in the end. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My tips are the following, though they might not apply to you if you have to leave Germany to apply for your student visa (the possibility mentioned above):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;contact your local German consulate or embassy and explain your situation and see what they say.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you have enough money saved to prove that you can support yourself. This will most likely be a certain amount per month, and probably also enough money for a return flight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check what kind of bank account you will need to put this money in. I had originally opened an account with Sparkasse, but the authority I had to apply for the visa through wanted me to open an account with Deutsche Bank.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave yourself plenty of time to deal with all the red tape and try not to get too stressed out if it is an annoying process. As long as you leave yourself enough time, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and viel Spass in Deutschland!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="991" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-07-28T19:12:28.513" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T19:12:28.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1364" CreationDate="2014-05-30T02:43:01.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I called the US visa information service number 703-439-2319 listed &lt;a href=&quot;https://usvisa-info.com/en-ca/selfservice/us_service_options&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. They were able to allocate an appointment consistent with the 2 day wait time indicated on the &lt;code&gt;travel.state.gov&lt;/code&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, as I was speaking to the call center I refreshed the listing of available appointments and many more suddenly became available. This may be an indication of a bug in the appointment allocation website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="988" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T02:43:01.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1370" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1371" CreationDate="2014-05-31T00:31:58.637" Score="3" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a temporary resident in Canada and I have a work permit corresponding to a 3-year project.  I am employed at a university.  Each year, employment insurance is deducted from my salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a number of employment insurance benefits&lt;/a&gt;.  However, the linked page says that those are available &lt;em&gt;to Canadians&lt;/em&gt;.  Considering that I am &lt;em&gt;paying&lt;/em&gt; for employment insurance, what benefits can I get, under what circumstances, as a temporary resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T01:57:46.250" Title="Employment insurance for temporary residents — what are the limitations?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1370" CreationDate="2014-05-31T01:57:46.250" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The use of the word &quot;Canadian&quot; appears to be shorthand for &quot;person legally employable in Canada&quot;, rather than citizen or permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/application/applying_for_benefits.shtml&quot;&gt;applying for employment insurance benefits&lt;/a&gt; page makes clear &lt;em&gt;&quot;you can apply for EI benefits if you have paid into the EI account and you are unemployed.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of the application process, they require &lt;em&gt;&quot;your Social Insurance Number (SIN). If your SIN begins with a 9, you need to supply proof of your immigration status and work permit.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there's a specific case (the temporary SIN beginning with 9) where you need to show a work permit, which a citizen or permanent resident would not have.  This indicates that it's available to temporary residents, in the same way as for permanent residents, with the same benefits, with just the additional immigration and work permit documents required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big question is: would your work permit still be valid if you lost the job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T01:57:46.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-02T10:29:01.650" Score="5" ViewCount="1456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently based in Germany (but originally from another EU country) and will be working remotely as a software developer for a US company on and off for a few months in a year. They suggested that it might be easier (for various purposes) to open an LLC in Delaware or Nevada. Its convenient for them and it lets me retain the freedom to move around as much as I like + it might even to some extent be cheaper tax-wise paying taxes over there (if I pay taxes in the US - double taxation agreement means that I would not have to pay them again in Germany right?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I'm not really sure what the overhead is in having it go through an LLC. Not worried about smaller expenses here (like opening the LLC, franchise/tax/agent fees) - but am not really sure how to tax my personal earnings and at what rate? The confusing thing is that when I'm reading about Nevada LLCs online - it says no personal income tax? Does that mean that I'd pay 0 in taxes (to the IRS) when getting the money out from the LLC to me? That can't be right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let say the LLC makes 75k USD - how much out of that could I really get after tax? (bare in mind that I'm sitting in EU so there will probably be 0 deductibles)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1003" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T06:26:44.253" Title="A EU remote worker operating via a LLC in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1358" CreationDate="2014-06-02T12:42:37.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When entering the US always make sure that you can proof that you are entering for a legal reason, e.g. a holiday. Especially on most visas you are not allowed to have an &quot;immigration intent&quot; (exceptions: H1B, L1, O1, ...) . The border officers are required by law to assume that you are (illegally) immigrating and you have to convince them that you are not. For a holiday, having booked a hotel/rental care in advance is good for example. Having a return flight ticket that matches the hotels is good. Having relatives at home is good. Not having giving up on an apartment/house at home is good. But there is not fixed set of factors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it comes down to can you convince the officer that you are indeed doing holiday. If you can convince the officer, you are fine. If you cannot do that, you are &quot;out&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An H1B itself, should not be a big factor if at all as it is not an immigration visa. Thus, it is not a signal for an immigration intent. A LPR (Green card) application beyond a certain point is a huge issue because that shows a clear immigration intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are really doing holiday and can present good evidence to support that, it should be possible to do the holiday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(IANAL)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="620" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-02T13:06:25.703" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T13:06:25.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2014-06-02T14:36:35.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest finding an accountant (CPA) that is familiar with cross border tax issues as there are double taxation treaties between Germany and US in play as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevada's no personal income tax only means that you as an individual (and in case of Nevada same applies to corporations) don't pay any tax on income (profits) earned in the state of Nevada to the state of Nevada.  IRS which is a federal agency is completely different.  There may be other taxes or fees that may be applicable to your situation, which an accountant should be able to tell you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a question here that may be also relevant in some respect to your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1244/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-w9-form-and-how-do-you-get-one-as-a-non-resident-non-ci&quot;&gt;What is the purpose of a W9 form and how do you get one as a non-resident/non-citizen of the US?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T14:36:35.230" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1376" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1384" CreationDate="2014-06-02T17:22:39.253" Score="10" ViewCount="813" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been employed as a software engineer, for several years now, at local consulting agency in the Netherlands. I am currently performing software development activities for a large multinational that has recently asked me to perform these same activities in the United States for a period less than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told I need to obtain an L1-visa, but the multinational is not able to apply for one because I am not in their employment. My agency has therefore been asked to apply for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various sources on the Internet tell me however that the sponsoring company, which would be my agency I presume, needs to be a qualifying organization, meaning it either has to be a subsidiary, parent, or affiliate. My agency isn't any of those, nor does it have offices, or even does business, in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way it would be possible for my agency to obtain the L1-visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1004" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-06-05T19:36:00.027" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T19:36:00.027" Title="Can my local consulting agency obtain an L1-visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2014-06-02T18:14:07.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US LLC isn't really that useful in your situation.  It's (usually) a &quot;flow-through&quot; entity, which means it's not (normally) taxed itself, the income flows through to the owner(s) (partners) and is taxed where they are resident. In your case, that means your income is still taxed in Germany, not the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, an LLC (in the most common form) is not a company or corporation, it's a partnership (sometimes with just one partner), that adds a limited liability layer but doesn't pay tax itself because the profits (if any) are taxed as income for the owners, in their own country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to choose to have the LLC taxed as a &quot;C&quot; corporation (instead of a partnership).  Lots more tax paperwork and the only real saving is if you can leave money in the LLC to be taxed at federal corporate tax rates (but, what will you do with that money, owned by the LLC?).  If you're paying out almost all the income to yourself an LLC taxed as a corporation ends up being just a much more complex (and expensive to run) version of the same thing: a limited liability layer in front of income which is taxed only in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You still need to do US tax returns for the LLC (even if nothing owing), annual returns, EIN numbers, go there to open a bank account, etc but you don't get to save any tax (unless you have significant expenses you could charge to the LLC before being paid, although you could equally deduct that from a German self-employment tax return).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note if you're going to get an LLC, Wyoming is mostly cheaper and less paperwork than Nevada or Delaware. Consider what effect owning a US LLC would have on your visa status when you visit the US (are you &quot;working&quot; for it while there - not a good idea on a tourist visa).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially for a short-term gig, forming something like this and getting involved in the US tax system (for years) seems overkill, for very little benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="38" LastEditDate="2014-06-02T18:28:14.233" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T18:28:14.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2014-06-03T04:29:56.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;LLC will not make things easier for you in any way whatsoever. LLC can be treated as one of those in the US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Disregarded entity - I.e.: from the IRS perspective the LLC doesn't even exist. You're liable for all the taxes regardless of the legal entity you're operating through. You have the benefit of the limited liability (but not very limited, since you're the sole member and do all the work), but no tax benefits at all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corporation. In your case it is C-Corporation (in the US there's also S-Corporations, foreigners cannot hold shares in those). C-Corporations are taxed on their income at the corporate level, and moneys distributed to owners are called &quot;dividends&quot; and are taxed &lt;em&gt;again&lt;/em&gt; on the individual level for the owners. This means &lt;em&gt;double taxation&lt;/em&gt;, so unless you're planning on selling shares in your business - C-Corp is not for you. If you are planning on selling shares - LLC is not for you, since it doesn't have shares. Bottom line - in your situation this option is not suitable at all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That aside, consider your local (German?) laws. LLC in the US can very well be considered a Corporation (for tax purposes) according to the German law. I know that disregarded entities in Europe can be considered as corporations according to the US law. You may end up having double taxation issues in your home country even if in the US you chose option #1 just for the limited liability. Talk to a tax adviser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; decide to create an LLC in the US - the State of the incorporation matters not only for the State income taxes, but also for the State fees (for example, California charges minimum $800 a year for a LLC), and of course the limitations on the liability. Talk to a US-licensed tax adviser and attorney about these things. You &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; have to register the LLC in the state where you'll be working (if you ever set foot in the US), so registering in Delaware won't save you from the CA LLC fee (the $800) if you stay at least a day in CA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not working &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; the US, and don't set foot in the US at all - I'm not sure whether you should even be worried about the US taxes. Talk to a tax adviser licensed in the US and familiar with the tax treaty (if any) that your country has with the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I'm not sure who did you speak to at the US company, but to the best of my knowledge, unless you chose to treat your LLC as a C-Corp, you having LLC or working directly has &lt;em&gt;no difference whatsoever&lt;/em&gt; to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T06:26:44.253" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T06:26:44.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-06-03T11:58:18.713" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lithuania gives dual citizenship by descent (allows keep existing citizenship if):&#xA;One of your parents, grandparents or grand- grandparents were Lithuanian citizens prior to 1940 and they withdrew or were exiled from Lithuania during 1940-1990 period.&#xA;In case they were Lithuanians but emigrated earlier, you can get citizenship, but would be required to renounce the current one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1007" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T13:30:53.347" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T13:30:53.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1381" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1382" CreationDate="2014-06-03T13:00:07.347" Score="5" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss student (Citizenship + Nationality + Place of Birth: Switzerland) and I just got accepted by a PhD program at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. There is tons of information online but I don't manage to make sure which kind of Visa I should apply for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I apply on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/my_application/apply_online.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; for a study permit or for a permanent resident status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes: I will be working as a Teaching Assistant (TA) at UBC. I have never studied in Canada (only in the USA as an exchange student during my Bachelor).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" OwnerDisplayName="Remi.b" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T13:31:53.510" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T13:44:25.443" Title="Visa for a PhD (and TA) in Canada for Swiss citizens" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1381" CreationDate="2014-06-03T13:44:25.443" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually as @NateEldredge pointed out most of the information you're able to find from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://students.ubc.ca/international&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;University of British Columbia International Student Guide&lt;/a&gt; as a student or a PhD student you are able to work &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-oncampus.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on Campus&lt;/a&gt; as part of your study permit.  In addition depending on your citizenship you may require a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp?country=Switzerland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TRV&lt;/a&gt; to enter Canada but since you hold Swiss passport this is not required for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to all of the above there were rule changes that went into effect on June 1, 2014 that also provides for ability to work &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-changes.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;off campus&lt;/a&gt; provided you meet &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-offcampus.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;eligibility criteria&lt;/a&gt; as listed on the page or you will have to apply for a separate &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Work permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T13:44:25.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-06-03T14:13:27.690" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Hungary since 2011 you can apply for citizenship using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/YU/hu/Konzuliinfo/tajekoztato_honositasi_eljarasrol.htm&quot;&gt;simplified naturalisation scheme&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allampolgarsag.gov.hu/images/angol.pdf&quot;&gt;english link&lt;/a&gt;) if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you or any of your ancestors was a Hungarian citizen or if you serve reason to believe&#xA;your origin is from Hungary,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you prove your knowledge of the Hungarian language,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have no criminal record and you are not under prosecution,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your naturalisation does not violate the public and national security of Hungary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to prove that at least one of your ancestors (up to any number of generations) in fact had Hungarian nationality or lived there (for example by using birth certificates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applications for naturalisation may be filed with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any Hungarian registrar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any regional directorate of the Office of Immigration and Naturalisation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any consular officer at Hungary’s foreign diplomatic missions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you do not need to live or intend to move to Hungary to be eligilbe for this scheme, but in case the country you have your citizenship doesn't allow dual citizenships you might lose that citizenship if they figure this out (you can ask the Hungarian authorities to be discreet about your new Hungarian citizenship however).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T14:13:27.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1376" CreationDate="2014-06-03T14:49:39.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ye Standard Disclaimers: IANAL, Past performance doesn't guarantee future results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @littleadv pointed out this would require some creative lawyering in order to get you an L-1B visa.  There is very little information and case law regarding independent contractors being able to obtain such a visa since an employer-employee relationship is required but may be difficult to establish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are discussions regarding the lack of eligibility for L1 elsewhere like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-113035.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immihelp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are multiple instances mentioned by law firms that rules may be changing for independent contractors as far as L-1B is concerned (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.serottelaw.com/Visas/Work/L1Visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Serotte Law&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.snaid.com/Intracompany-Transferee-L-1-Visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Leon Snaid&lt;/a&gt;) but your particular situation might be completely different from the ones they have handled or have mentioned on their pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanlaw.com/l-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chang and Boos&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employment, De Facto Employment, and Independent Contractors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working as an independent contractor of the foreign affiliate or subsidiary is generally insufficient for the purposes of satisfying the twelve-month employment requirement. The relationship must be one of employer-employee, although it may be possible to establish this relationship even without formal payroll records. USCIS looks at the degree of control that the company has over the alien to determine if he or she is really a de facto employee or an independent contractor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long story short find a immigration lawyer that might be able to look at your particular case and determine if there is a way they can make a case for an L-1B visa for you.  But more likely than not the multinational corporation will need to get involved in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T18:44:33.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1335" CreationDate="2014-06-03T15:30:10.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't disagree with the other answers about getting a job, but your question is missing an important point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Having a Bachelors degree will be a huge help in acquiring Permanent Residence.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canadian immigration works on a points system, and you will get a substantial number of points for completing your degree. While not having one won't exclude you, especially with software development skills, it will be more difficult to immigrate without one - even if you have worked in Canada already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the combination of both difficultly getting a job and of immigrating, I would recommend finishing your degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T15:30:10.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1315" CreationDate="2014-06-03T15:33:20.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I did something similar, I arranged for my company to pay my salary partly in my home country (UK) and partly in my work country (Canada). Since this is an expense incurred because of the job that your employer has sent you to do, it's not unreasonable that they bear the expense of converting currency. And moving money around like that is soemthing the US government does all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that setup you should find minimal necessity to change currency. You might also consider charging your exchange fees to your employer as a business expense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T19:15:51.587" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T19:15:51.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1390" CreationDate="2014-06-04T11:41:18.387" Score="4" ViewCount="4013" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen now permanently resident in the UK, while I lived and worked in Australia my employers contributed to my superannuation fund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) Is it possible to transfer my superannuation to a UK Pension fund?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) How to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1010" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T22:50:51.303" Title="Transferring Australian superannuation to United Kingdom (for Australian citizen)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1389" CreationDate="2014-06-04T13:02:34.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Only temporary residents can access their super when leaving Australia permanently. That includes transferring the benefit out of an Australian super fund. Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents cannot access their superannuation because they can always chose to retire in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A recent rule that allows an exception is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Super/In-detail/Transferring/Trans-Tasman-retirement-savings-portability-scheme-for-individuals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme for individuals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From 1 July 2013, individuals may transfer retirement savings between Australia and New Zealand after their emigration from one country to the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.superguide.com.au/accessing-superannuation/accessing-super-early/permanent-departure-from-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This QA&lt;/a&gt; covers the issue of accessing super early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are special conditions for individuals who are over the preservation age that are living overseas, who can cash out super under some circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2014-06-04T22:50:51.303" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T22:50:51.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1392" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1393" CreationDate="2014-06-05T04:44:35.973" Score="5" ViewCount="636" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is pretty basic and tough at the same time. A US company just offered me a job and will apply for my H1B also. But thing is that they want me to work for them as a full time employee in my current location before they get the visa approved. The pay is obviously less than what I will be getting in US. Should I accept the offer ?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What If they don't issue H1B because they would be getting the work done in alot cheaper when I am here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And one more thing, they say they can only apply for Visa in next Fiscal year i,e October because the Visa cap is closed, is it true ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1017" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-05T05:42:22.263" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T17:06:40.610" Title="Working remotely until I get visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1392" CreationDate="2014-06-05T05:44:02.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The pay is obviously less than what I will be getting in US. Should I&#xA;  accept the offer ?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it so obvious? They should pay you the same either way, unless you will be working less or being less productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you should accept or not is really up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What If they don't issue H1B because they would be getting the work&#xA;  done in alot cheaper when I am here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if you work and they don't pay? Do you trust them? And what's the worst that can happen? Worst case - you stay where you are and start looking for a new job. Can you handle it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And one more thing, they say they can only apply for Visa in next&#xA;  Fiscal year i,e October because the Visa cap is closed, is it true ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is true. The next visa cap will be open next April, with start date of October 1st. They should probably apply on April 1st, since the demand is overwhelming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T05:44:02.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-05T09:43:16.263" Score="8" ViewCount="4869" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Italian and last year I worked 6 months in Germany. Therefore I paid the taxes in Germany. I have heard that if you stay in Germany less than one year you may reclaim the tax refund.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it true?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If this is the case, how can I achieve it?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I worked at a university: who/what should I ask for it?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have all required document (tax statements)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen there is already an open question on StackExchange (German tax refund after moving abroad), but it does not helps me out with my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1019" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-05T13:35:45.210" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T19:08:22.380" Title="Tax refund after leaving Germany" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1398" CreationDate="2014-06-05T14:01:33.027" Score="15" ViewCount="12298" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know it's possible to take the theory exam for your driving license in a foreign language, but I don't know in which languages. Does it cost more than the exam in German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T13:16:20.323" Title="In which languages can I take the theory exam for driving license in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2014-06-05T15:20:13.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can opt in to have an exam in any of the following languages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turkish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Polish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Russian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Serbocroatian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be more supported languages now, the list is just from the top of my head, it might have been updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the actual test costs the same, the books/sites used to prepare for the tests usually charge extra if you need a version in another language. You just need to make sure that you specify the language when you go to the &lt;em&gt;Führerscheinstelle&lt;/em&gt; to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since most of the test preparation material is sold through driving schools, make sure to ask them if they have a version in your language, or choose another school that have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T15:20:13.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2014-06-05T16:07:11.353" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mw.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=5459&amp;amp;article_id=105521&amp;amp;_psmand=18&quot;&gt;this official answer from the ministry for economic affairs, work and transport of Lower Saxony&lt;/a&gt; to a question by a local MP, the exam has to be offered in 11 languages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Abweichend davon kann die Prüfung auch in folgenden 11 Fremdsprachen abgelegt werden: Englisch, Französisch, Griechisch, Italienisch, Kroatisch, Polnisch, Portugiesisch, Rumänisch, Russisch, Spanisch und Türkisch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is in English:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Notwithstanding this, the exam can be taken in the following 11 foreign languages​​: English, French, Greek, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This follows from a federal regulation. In the past, individual states could also offer to pass the exam in other languages using an interpreter but Lower Saxony apparently stopped doing it over concerns about cheating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-05T18:58:22.873" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T18:58:22.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1392" CreationDate="2014-06-05T17:06:40.610" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a bad way if possible. It may also open up the path to an L1 visa. If the employer is really good, if it is applicable to you, and if it makes sense w.r.t. the waiting time based on the country of birth, they can also already start the PERM EB2 Green card process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="620" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T17:06:40.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2014-06-05T19:08:20.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1396/in-which-languages-can-i-take-the-theory-exam-for-driving-license-in-germany/1398#1398&quot;&gt;@GaLa's answer &lt;/a&gt;contains all of the languages that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fahrschule.de/fahren_lernen/Tipp22index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are accepted&lt;/a&gt; when doing the test:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Arabic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Croatian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;French&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Greek&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Italian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Polish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Portuguese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Romanian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Russian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spanish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turkish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lehrboegen.de/lehrboegen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;buy the teaching material&lt;/a&gt; in the following additional languages. You won't be able to take the test in these languages however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Albanian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Afghan (Dari)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bulgarian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hungarian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Indian (Punjabi)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Persian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thai&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Urdu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vietnamese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T13:16:20.323" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T13:16:20.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-05T20:04:57.367" Score="13" ViewCount="17218" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in France (to French parents) and has a French passport. I am a 26yo Australian citizen. Can I get French citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read a lot about it on various forums but was unable to get a conclusive answer as to whether it is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a conclusive answer, perhaps someone who knows someone who has done it or has done it themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently in France, learning French, and loving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2065" OwnerDisplayName="vaughan" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T06:45:34.273" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T03:09:17.000" Title="My father is French can I get French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1401" CreationDate="2014-06-05T20:18:34.927" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are French, and the reason is &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F3068.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;your dad was French the day you were born&lt;/a&gt; (at least it seems very likely it was the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are French, you can request a passport or national ID from your city. You will have to prove you are French by showing a birth certificate and a proof your dad was French at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" OwnerDisplayName="Vince" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T08:42:01.880" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T08:42:01.880" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1401" CreationDate="2014-06-06T09:06:35.367" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F3068.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; you are French if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your parent on your birth certificate is French when you were born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your parent on your birth certificate becomes French while you are still a minor and unmarried (for example they get their citizenship later by naturalization). In this case you have to be a resident in France to get your parent's citizenship, or you have to be a resident in France for at least 5 years as a minor if you are living abroad at the moment. If you are allowed to get French nationality based on this or the previous criteria, then it doesn't matter if your parent loses French nationality later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you were born in France, and one of your parent is also born in France (doesn't need to have French nationality though)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you were born in France and at least one of your parents was born in Algeria, before the 3rd July 1962&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you were adopted by a French national in France&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T18:14:17.343" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T18:14:17.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2014-06-06T09:21:23.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although the actual test costs the same, the books/sites used to prepare for the tests usually charge extra if you need a version in another language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least in Hessen, TÜV (the state structure where you take the theory exam) does not charge anything extra  if you take the exam in a foreign language. However some driving schools do charge extra for that, which is illegal. If it is the case, you can make a complaint to your local Regierungspräsidium. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1026" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T09:21:23.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1395" CreationDate="2014-06-06T12:04:51.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;All you need to do is to make &lt;em&gt;Steuererklärung&lt;/em&gt; (regular yearly tax declaration) in the year after you left Germany. Since you were working in Germany for only half a year, it is certain that tax rate that they used to calculate your monthly taxes is much higher than your actual tax rate for the whole year due to progressive taxation, so you'll get back a part of the tax money you payed. The tax declaration is fairly simple for employees if you know enough German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other issues is retirement money. You may get back retirement contributions that you paid in Germany if you opt out of German retirement scheme, but you'll have to pay some additional tax on that too. I don't know what is the legal limit there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it would be good to talk to a good German tax advisor (&lt;em&gt;Steurberater&lt;/em&gt;). They are expensive, but can make this topic hassle-free for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Of course, the whole issue could be even more complex if you take into account your tax liability in Italy, and possible taxation of foreign income, either in Germany or Italy. Again, good tax advisor familiar with both Italian and German regulations could find you a way out with least taxes, but I have no idea where you could find one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastEditorUserId="248" LastEditDate="2014-07-04T10:50:38.560" LastActivityDate="2014-07-04T10:50:38.560" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1349" CreationDate="2014-06-06T13:27:57.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally in Europe there is a form that both parties complete and submit the their respective insurance companies, who then sort it out amoungst themselves. That's how it works in France anyway, and the form clearly states that it's for all EU countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you complete some sort of form, or at least get the other person's contact info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck,&#xA;Sam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1027" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T13:27:57.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1349" CreationDate="2014-06-06T14:35:27.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form @Nostradamnit refers to is called the European Accident Statement. You can download it in various languages &lt;a href=&quot;http://cartraveldocs.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;from this site&lt;/a&gt;, and usually you can also ask for a copy from your insurance company. It is worth having at least one copy in your car all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cartraveldocs.com/downloads/European-Accident-Statement.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The cover page&lt;/a&gt; (rotated 90 degrees, so it might be a bit hard to read) contains all of the information what you need to do in case of an accident. If all parties fill out this form, then all insurance companies inside the EU should accept an accident statement and declaration made using this form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the relevant excerpt from the form (replace the number that needs to be dialled with the local emergency number. Usually 112 in mainland Europe and 999 in the UK):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;What to do in case of accident?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If there are injuries:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the severity of the injuries justifies it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Dial 100 which alerts the hospital authorities and the Police.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Contact the Police immediately - your are legally obliged to do so&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In those cases when it is not necessary to dial 100&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Make a note of the name, address and telephone number of the injured persons before they leave the scene (on the inside cover of this report form).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If damage to vehicles only:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you are impeding traffic, traffic regulations require you to remove your vehicle as soon as possible. However, take the precaution of marking on the ground the four corners of the vehicles with chalk or otherwise. Make a note, if appropriate, of brake marks, mud or debris. Photographs are always useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Call the Police if you think it will be in your interest, for example if the other driver refuses to give his version or to sign the report form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(...) &lt;em&gt;some details about how to fill out the form&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you get home&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Complete the details which your insurer requires, by filling in the accident report on the back of the form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do not forget to state precisely where and when your vehicle will be available for inspection in order that an assessor may be able to inspect the damage as quickly as possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Under no circumstances alter anything on the face of the form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Forward this document &lt;strong&gt;without delay&lt;/strong&gt; to your insurer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T14:48:17.047" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T14:48:17.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1349" CreationDate="2014-06-06T14:46:02.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adac.de/_mmm/pdf/2013-Unfallbericht-Was_tun_nach_Unfall_34443.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;brochure&lt;/a&gt; with what to do in this cases issued by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://adac.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ADAC&lt;/a&gt;. I will try to summarise the answers to your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should you call the police:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bei Verletzten, hohem Sachschaden, fehlender Einigung, wenn der Unfallgegner sich unerlaubt von der Unfallstelle entfernt hat oder ein Fahrzeug mit Kennzeichen außerhalb der EU ohne Versicherungsnachweis (z. B. grüne Versicherungskarte) beteiligt ist, sollte die Polizei gerufen werden (Tel. 112).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need to call the police if there somebody got injured, there's big damage, you can't agree with the other party (not quite sure what that entails), if the other party has left the scene or if a vehicle from outside the EU is involved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What information do you need to take?&lt;/strong&gt; As &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/1406/107&quot;&gt;Nostradamnit&lt;/a&gt; mentioned there is a form you should fill out. You can find the form at the end of the brochure. This is not to declare who's at fault but just to document what happened. Usually this form is a push-through form and both parties can get a copy of the same form. The brochure also recommends that you take pictures and note down the address of any witnesses to make your case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who to contact&lt;/strong&gt; Since you are sure that it is not your fault you need to claim your damage at the other's party's liability insurance. They say that only if you some of the blame is on you, you should contact your own physical damage insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find out how long you have to submit your claims. However everywhere they state that you shouldn't sign any agreement with the other party or their insurance without the consultation of a lawyer, as they might try to trick you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T14:46:02.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T10:35:32.403" Score="12" ViewCount="2054" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved from USA to UK over 10 years ago, but I still have a large number of books left at my mom's house in the USA.  My mom is planning to move from Massachusetts to California next year and is asking me to try to get the books off her before then.  There's no way I can just carry them with me if I fly from UK to USA and back.  Post office wants an exorbitant amount of money to ship even a small package there. Ditto with UPS/FedEx/DHL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best way (and cheapest hopefully) to get these books over the pond?  If packed together, there'll be a box about 100 x 100 x 100 cm and weighing over 60 kg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't care how long it takes as long as they get here.  Some of the books are quite rare (and old), so I want to have some sort of insurance as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Aleks G" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T09:24:37.933" Title="Transporting a large number of books from USA to UK" Tags="&lt;luggage&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1409" CreationDate="2014-06-06T11:56:10.840" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you want is an &lt;strong&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_sack#M-bags.2C_also_called_.22Direct_Sacks.22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;M-Bag&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, aka the rather less sexy &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_026.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Direct Sacks of Printed Matter to One Addressee, International Surface Air Lift&lt;/a&gt;.  Nobody knows what the &quot;M&quot; stands for, and while the usual best guess is &quot;Media&quot;, I personally prefer &quot;Mystery&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, you can stuff a bag -- yes, an actual Santa-style canvas sack -- with up to 66 pounds of any kind of printed matter, including books, and drop it off at your post office, and it'll get shipped to your destination slowly but at a ridiculously cheap rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The USPS site is such a mess that I can't find a price for the life of me, but as a guide, the other way around from UK to US is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/RM_International_BusinessParcels_Ratecard_Mar2014.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&amp;pound;2.3/kg&lt;/a&gt;, vs. on the order of &amp;pound;8/kg for the cheapest sort of ordinary mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not least, these aren't just a US/UK thing but are available worldwide: I've used them to ship books from Japan to Finland, and from Singapore to Egypt!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="jpatokal" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2016-01-17T09:24:37.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T09:24:37.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1411" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1412" CreationDate="2014-06-06T15:48:31.070" Score="6" ViewCount="1554" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my partner are both Canadian citizens and have been living together for about 2 years, we're not technically common law yet (although I don't think that has any bearing) and not quite ready to get married just yet, although it is in the cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am considering taking a position in the US and we have been trying to determine what type of visa, if any, she may be eligible for. She has only just graduated with a bachelor of arts undergraduate degree, nothing that is in high demand in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would she be likely to be able to obtain an H1B visa or is there any other possible visa type we should be considering?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1028" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T18:14:34.747" LastActivityDate="2018-06-04T01:11:22.590" Title="Unmarried Canadian Partners - I am sponsored, will my partner be able to obtain a visa join me in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1411" CreationDate="2014-06-06T17:46:09.683" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many possible visas that she may be eligible for: &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Work Visas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/study-exchange/exchange.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Exchange visitor Visas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/nafta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NAFTA Visa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/study-exchange/student.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Student Visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all of these cases you will need to find employment/sponsor program/college program that will accept her in the US and if necessary submit paperwork to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as H-1B is concerned there are yearly quotas so I would suggest to start looking for employment right now if you would like to make an attempt in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally if you are looking to spend you lives together I'd get married and then have a big ceremony some time down the road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may also be possible for her to attempt to stay here long term on a B-2 visa see section: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87206.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;9 FAM 41.31 N14.4 of the document&lt;/a&gt; but I would consult a lawyer before attempting this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T17:46:09.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T19:50:55.050" Score="11" ViewCount="2939" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 28 years old, Brazilian and I graduated last year (February 2013, to be more exactly) as a Bachelor in Computer Science. I'm reading about the migration process and I want to migrate to Australia for example (but I also considered other destinations as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read some news about the need for skilled people in my area (technology - software developer), recently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to know: Am I eligible to migrate as a skilled worker? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it necessary to have more years of work experience in the area? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there an other way to migrate to these countries?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My point is that I have a Bachelor in Computer Science, and that should mean something, right?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm working in the area some 3 years already, mainly as a freelancer, but from this officialy only for 9 months (since I finished the college), and I had to quit because of my mom health problems.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any hope for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1029" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T21:51:50.747" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T15:18:23.087" Title="Am I eligible to migrate as skilled worker?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;technology&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T21:25:14.603" Score="4" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Asian, and I have lived in the UK for one year now. There have been a few occasions where I met some young people sneering at me. This has happened to my wife as well, when she was out with the children. Just yesterday, I was walking with my children, and some teenage girls by the road said hello and &lt;em&gt;konichiwa&lt;/em&gt; to us. I said hello back, but they laughed. I continued walking. I remember meeting one of the girls not long ago on the steps just beside our home when I was passing by. At that time I said, &quot;Excuse me,&quot; and was laughed at. I did not respond. On the previous other occasions when people sneered at me, I did not respond. One of these happened within the university complex where I work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the very pleasant people our family has met and befriended with in this country definitely outnumber those few who are not as pleasant, I think it is affecting me to some extent. This is not something new to me, as I grew up as a minority in my home country. But having lived in other countries for several years where I hardly encountered the same, I have now to live again in some fear, knowing that some people do not see me as themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess this is something I have to live with, being a non local, and there is nothing I can do about it. But I am interested to know how others, who have had the same experience, cope. This question is meant to be general, not limited to Asians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-03T08:59:03.950" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T08:59:03.950" Title="How can I not be afraid when my appearance is different from the locals?" Tags="&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T22:15:53.117" Score="3" ViewCount="998" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling a tax credit form, and it asks for my Home Office reference number. What is the Home Office reference number, and where do I find it? I have a Tier 2 UK Visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T22:56:54.470" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T22:56:54.470" Title="What is the Home Office reference number?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-10-23T12:07:36.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T22:58:50.107" Score="11" ViewCount="1294" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this on behalf of a good friend, who is a retired English army officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has been married to a Japanese woman for 15 years, and they have a 14-year-old son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has for many years been trying (without success) to get UK residency for his wife. It is of critical importance, as his health is failing, and if he were to die soon the child and wife would have to return to Japan.  He is keen that the child complete his education in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that there is a condition: one may only get UK residency for a foreign spouse if one is earning above a threshold level; I believe it is around £20k p/a. and this man is retired; he is living off his savings and army pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently the wife has to to commute between Japan and England every six months (a tourist Visa lasts six months and can only be used for six months of any year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone aware of a way through this awkward situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1031" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-07T00:09:29.863" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:33:07.920" Title="UK residency for Japanese wife of British citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;japanese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1409" CreationDate="2014-06-06T22:58:52.577" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the USPS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Priority Mail International from the US to the UK would be between $201.20 and $231.55 for a 66 pound (30 kg) package, the maximum weight that can be shipped, with two of them required to ship 60 kg. The price you pay depends on how you purchase the postage. It's highest at the post office (the Retail rate), lower online (the Commercial Base rate), and lowest if you have a contract giving you Commercial Plus pricing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First Class Package International service is generally lower priced, but is limited to 64 ounces (1.8 kg). Many individual books weigh more than this, making this generally impractical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great Britain restricts M-bags to &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/fh_014.htm&quot;&gt;20 kg each&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/Notice123.pdf&quot;&gt;current price&lt;/a&gt; for an ISAL M-bag is $2.12 per pound, making the total $279.84, and the 60 kg would have to be split across three bags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPS and FedEx probably aren't worth looking into. When I did time and cost for a 60 kg package from the US to the UK, I got quotes of more than $800 from each of them for their lowest-priced services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that the ISAL M-bag is indeed the cheapest option. Though this may take several weeks to arrive. If you want them to arrive sooner, Priority Mail international, at a bit over $400 and about a week to arrive, may also be an alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you also said you wanted insurance, you should be aware that insurance is not available for the M-bag. It is available for Priority Mail International, at a rate of $10.50 for up to $700 cover, plus $1.15 for an additional $100 cover, up to a maximum $5000 (per package) cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you I would ship the less important books via ISAL M-bag, and the more important ones that you want to insure via Priority Mail International with appropriate insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All prices were quoted from &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/Notice123.pdf&quot;&gt;USPS Notice 123&lt;/a&gt; effective April 7, 2014, and may have changed by the time you read this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="790" LastEditDate="2014-06-07T00:19:33.373" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T00:19:33.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1416" CreationDate="2014-06-07T00:02:43.043" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because of the old age of your friend it is possibly not be the best option, but people in similar situation try to take the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemovement.org.uk/surinder-singh-immigration-route/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/a&gt; route. Here they first emigrate to another EU country (like Ireland, Germany or France), where the partner can join them. After residing there for 6 months (so they can no longer be considered a UK resident) they can come back to the UK. When returning they are now considered an EEA citizen, and EEA immigration laws will apply to them and not UK laws, which are much more relaxed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read about how to enable this option at &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/611/when-returning-to-the-uk-from-working-in-the-eu-what-do-you-need-to-show-you-ac&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:33:07.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1413" CreationDate="2014-06-07T00:52:16.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia has points-based immigration system, so you can calculate your points and chance to pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/australia/point_calculator.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.workpermit.com/australia/point_calculator.htm&lt;/a&gt; - for Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is of course just a start, you need to do much more of your own research about both Australia and other countries with immigration based on points, like Canada and I think New Zealand. USA has much more complicated system, not based on points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-07T09:42:16.833" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T09:42:16.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1413" CreationDate="2014-06-07T05:17:54.520" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are multiple ways you can obtain permanent residency (PR) in Australia. Pathways to PR will generally fall into 3 categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Skilled Independent&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/189.aspx&quot;&gt;Skilled Independent&lt;/a&gt; visa directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to pass a points test that will rank you based on occupation, education level, age, English language ability, years of work experience, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To know more about the points-based system for Skilled Independent migration, refer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Work/Pages/SkillSelect/SkillSelect.aspx&quot;&gt;SkillSelect&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part 3 of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1119.pdf&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; describes the points system in detail. The current points pass mark, required to be able to apply, is 60. Use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.harriswake.com/skillselectpointscalculator&quot;&gt;this calculator&lt;/a&gt; to estimate your points. After you have established you have 60 points, you should submit an Expression of Interest. Every month the department invites people to apply, based on a ranking of those who submitted an EoI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Employer sponsorship&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could try a sponsorship by an Australian employer under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/186.aspx&quot;&gt;Employer Nomination Scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to get an employer that's willing to sponsor you for a permanent visa. Not many employers directly sponsor employees for a PR. It's far more common to be first sponsored for a temporary work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Temporary to permanent pathway&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can obtain a temporary visa (work or study) first and applying for PR later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This option is useful if you are not directly eligible for the other 2 options. Spending time working or studying in Australia increases your chances of obtaining a PR. Having a degree from an Australian institution or Australian work experience will give you more points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These 3 options are not necessarily mutually exclusive. You could try to obtain a temporary visa while you sort out the application for a skilled independent visa, or even after applying, while your application is being processed. However, both options will take quite a lot of effort and especially, money. I would first check for eligibility under SkillSelect, and submit an Expression of Interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Skilled Occupation List&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The skills that are in high demand in Australia are listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Work/Pages/skilled-occupations-lists/skilled-occupations-lists.aspx&quot;&gt;Skilled Occupation List (SOL)&lt;/a&gt;. Several software development professions are in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Skills assessment&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to satisfying the required work experience of the points system, you will need to satisfy the assessment of a professional body, which might have its own work experience requirement. In your case, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acs.org.au/migration-skills-assessment&quot;&gt;Australian Computer Society (ACS)&lt;/a&gt; will do the assessment. In all cases, work experience needs to be proven. Any experience you plan to claim, e.g. your freelance work or job, will need to be substantiated by documentation. These may include payslips, employer letter, receipts, tax documents. These things have to be done before you submit an EoI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T01:45:23.263" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T01:45:23.263" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1421" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2427" CreationDate="2014-06-07T14:36:35.163" Score="5" ViewCount="287" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I came to understand, when you are vacating a flat in France, there can be many key dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The date on which you would like to leave, that you write in your letter,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The actual date that corresponds to the date your letter was received plus three months, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The date when you hand back to keys and make the &quot;état des lieux&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for my specific, I moved out on 2 April, so I sent my letter by registered mail on 1 January. But &lt;em&gt;La Poste&lt;/em&gt; being what it is, or maybe it's just that my landlord wasn't home on 2 January, the receipt shows that the letter has been received on 3 January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The landlord later contacted me and told me he wouldn't be available for &quot;état des lieux&quot; on 3 April, and gave me an appointment on 6 April. We agreed that I wouldn't pay the partial rent for April and that would be deducted from my deposit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In those circumstances, should I have to pay rent until the 2nd, the 3rd or the 6th? I for one thought I would have to pay three days in April, but my landlord has charged me for five. Can someone explain why &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="799" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T01:10:05.687" Title="Until what date do you have to pay rent in France when vacating a flat?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1411" CreationDate="2014-06-07T20:07:58.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/Resource_Library_Assets/Regulatory_Information/USCIS_Guidance_On_B-2_Status_For_Cohabitating_Partners_and_Other_Nonimmigrant_Household_Members/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Cohabiting Partners&quot; visa&lt;/a&gt; is the way to go in your case. If your partner is a Canadian citizen, she can get a long-term TN visa on her own if she finds a sponsoring US employer, however if she just wants to accompany you in your relocation - then the &quot;cohabiting partner&quot; is the only way to go (unless you decide to get married).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you apply for green card - her status will be revoked, as the &quot;cohabiting partner&quot; is essentially a long-term B2 (tourist) visa for longer than &quot;usual&quot; 180 days periods. It cannot be used with immigration intentions. In that case you'll have to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that the &quot;regular&quot; B2 visa she might already have (or WVP travel) cannot be used for &quot;cohabiting partner&quot;. She'd need a specially endorsed B2 stamp, and the first entry should be with you and your long-term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T20:07:58.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1414" CreationDate="2014-06-08T04:08:29.623" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this also depends on where you live. I imagine for example, that an Asian living in a UK city might feel intimidated at times - especially if going out at night.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Westerner living in a large Asian city, and I also get a lot of attention, especially when walking in areas that are not considered 'tourist' areas. But it is usually friendly, with people shouting &quot;hello&quot; and smiling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your experiences of people laughing at you might just be people not knowing quite how to react. People tend to laugh when nervous, or when they don't know how otherwise to react. I see that a lot too - if someone does shout &quot;hello&quot; at me, and I answer with &quot;hello&quot; in the local language (which is difficult for foreigners to pronounce), I also get laughter. Or giggling. Or surprise. But usually laughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's difficult sometimes to be the person who stands out as being different. But I try to enjoy it, and use it as a means of meeting new people, rather than feeling intimidated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are Japanese (you didn't specify, but you say some people said 'konnichiwa' to you), another way of defusing a situation where you might feel intimidated would be to answer 'konnichiwa' and do the full-on over-exaggerated polite thing - the full bow, and all the decorative language that comes with being polite. That can easily defuse a situation, and you would come away from the encounter at least knowing that you tried :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if the group shouting at you is a bunch of skin-heads with knives, then it's best to keep walking and perhaps increasing your pace a little ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T04:08:29.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-08T13:03:39.157" Score="4" ViewCount="436" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and I'd like to spend some month in Thailand (which may extend to years). I'd like to open an international bank account before leaving so that I have access to local branch in Thailand and have the least hassle to manage my finance while living in Thailand. Which bank(s) would you suggest? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1033" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T08:19:31.677" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T14:07:03.010" Title="EU Friendly bank to use in Thailand" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2433" CreationDate="2014-06-08T13:28:26.883" Score="4" ViewCount="1134" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's parents and siblings are planning to visit my family in the UK. We are all Indonesians by nationality. They need to apply for family visitor visas, and one of the documents I need to supply them is an invitation letter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do I need to specify in this invitation letter? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to write one letter for each visitor or can it be combined?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who should sign the letter? Is it I, my wife, or both of us?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-06-08T19:34:50.483" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T16:48:17.787" Title="What should I specify in an invitation letter for parents and siblings visiting UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-08T18:18:38.867" Score="5" ViewCount="5322" Body="&lt;p&gt;What can a graduate student do in order to have a chance to stay permanently in USA upon finishing studies ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2034" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T06:45:24.910" LastActivityDate="2015-08-23T18:42:12.913" Title="How can international student stay permanently in USA upon graduation?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2426" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2428" CreationDate="2014-06-09T01:03:44.843" Score="0" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Malaysia, 21 and my B.s.c in computing is expected to complete next year. I can speak English and Mandarin. How do I start my career abroad? What is the best place for computer science guys?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2036" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T01:15:47.973" Title="How can I begin my career abroad?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-06-10T23:06:50.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1421" CreationDate="2014-06-09T01:10:05.687" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find the answer on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1168.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;vosdroits.service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; (in French). I summarize and translate the relevant points (omitting cases that don't apply to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le locataire qui donne congé à son bailleur reste tenu au paiement de son loyer pendant les 3 mois qui suivent la réception de son courrier par le propriétaire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the tenant notifies the landlord of his decision to end the rental contract, 3 months of rent are due starting on the date when the landlord receives the notification mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1 January being a public holiday, if you sent your letter on 1 January, it was only sorted on 2 January, so a delivery the next day on 3 January is normal, even fast.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le délai court à compter de la date de réception effective de la lettre de congé. Ainsi, par exemple, une lettre de congé reçue le 5 septembre fait courir un préavis jusqu'au 5 décembre à minuit s'il est de 3 mois (et non jusqu'au 31 décembre).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 3 month delay runs from the date when the notification letter was effectively received. For example, if the notification letter was received on 5 September, then the delay runs until 5 December at midnight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;lors du dernier mois du délai de préavis, le loyer dû par le locataire est déterminé proportionnellement au nombre de jours restant à courir dans le mois.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exemple : la lettre de congé est reçue par le propriétaire le 5 juin. Le locataire est redevable du loyer jusqu'au 5 septembre, et paiera pour le mois de septembre les 5/30ème du loyer et des charges de ce mois.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the last month, the rent due is calculated proportionally to the number of days remaining in the month. Translating the example to your date: since the letter was received on 3 January, you owe the rent until 3 April, so you owe 3/30 of a month's rent for April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That page doesn't discuss the case when the &lt;em&gt;état des lieux&lt;/em&gt; is not made until after the rental contract expires. I can't find an authoritative source for this, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://droit-finances.commentcamarche.net/faq/578-remise-des-clefs-en-fin-de-bail&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is a non-authoritative source which I believe is correct. Normally, the rental contract cannot end until you give back the keys to the landlord. The &lt;em&gt;état des lieux&lt;/em&gt; can be established at this date, or later (provided the dwelling remains empty); even if it is established later, you do not owe rent for the period after you gave back the keys if the 3 month delay is over. If you keep the keys after the end of the rental period, then you do keep owing rent, unless you can prove that you vacated the premises and that the landlord is sole responsible for the key handover having been delayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you gave back the keys on 3 April, you do not owe rent past this date, even if the &lt;em&gt;état des lieux&lt;/em&gt; was delayed until 6 April because the landlord was not available earlier. If you stayed on the premises, you do owe rent. If you vacated the premises on or before 3 April but did not give back the keys until 6 April, then you only owe rent until 3 April, but you'll need to prove that you vacated the premises and that the it is the landlord's fault for not giving you an opportunity to give the keys back until 6 April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T01:10:05.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2426" CreationDate="2014-06-09T01:15:47.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having a degree, you are in a good position to apply for a work visa in another country. Typically you would go to the web page for the immigration department of the country you are interested in, and explore the options available to you. It is almost always easier to get a work visa if you have a job offer from a company, and you might have to travel to do an in-person interview. You probably already have an idea about what part of the world you might like to go, which would help narrow down your choices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in New Zealand you would probably be eligible for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/worktemporarily/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;work visa&lt;/a&gt; if you have a job offer. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workingholiday/malaysiaworkingholidayscheme.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;working holiday visa&lt;/a&gt; might be a good way to explore New Zealand with the ability to work (but I see that the number of places available for Malaysian nationals is limited). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T01:15:47.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2424" CreationDate="2014-06-09T04:52:11.890" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no guaranteed way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common path is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work on OPT after graduation (OPT is 12 months, can be extended to 29 months for STEM majors, during which you can work for a company in your field of study; there are certain restrictions, like you cannot have more than 90 days without work)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then find a company to sponsor you for H1b work visa during this time (H1b has an annual quota that runs out very quickly, which basically means it can only be applied for in April each year, and starts in October each year; in many years, there's a lottery, which means you may not get it even if a company is able and willing to sponsor you). H1b is for 3 years, and can be extended for 3 more years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then get the company to (or move while on H1b to a company which is willing to) sponsor you for an employment-based green card before your H1b runs out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there are other ways, like marrying a U.S. citizen, or asylum, or staying illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T05:24:07.577" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T05:24:07.577" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1424" CreationDate="2014-06-09T07:54:23.463" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please note that if you have an ATM card from a non-Thai bank, all Thai ATM machines will charge you around 150 to 180 THB, every time you make a withdrawal (about 4 EUR). You should be able to use any ATM card from a large overseas bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this charge, you probably do not want to be using a foreign ATM card in Thailand. Plus if your card gets swallowed in an ATM, you can not get a replacement easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opening a bank account is generally considered to be something that you can not do without a work permit - but this is entirely at the discretion of the branch. When I first came to Thailand, I opened a bank account at a Bangkok Bank sub-branch at a shopping mall (those are open during shopping mall hours, not banking hours) before I got my first work permit, and have known people having different levels of success at their local branches at other large local banks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a friend of mine opened a bank account at the Government Savings Bank (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gsb.or.th/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the one with the pink and white logo - ธนาคารออมสิน&lt;/a&gt;) while staying here for six months on tourist visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Local banks in Thailand have online banking, which can be used to transfer money between accounts, pay bills, check balances, et cetera.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation would be to bring some cash over and put it into a local account, once you manage to open one. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kasikornbank.com/en/Pages/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kasikorn bank&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scbeasy.com/v1.4/site/presignon/index_en.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Siam Commercial Bank&lt;/a&gt; both have excellent online banking, and Bangkok Bank are very restrictive in what they allow foreigners to do with their accounts (I do not recommend them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For further information, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/13-jobs-economy-banking-business-investments/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Thai Visa forum on business and banking, etc.&lt;/a&gt; might provide you with lots more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T07:54:23.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1413" CreationDate="2014-06-09T13:19:15.127" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for migration to Australia at the moment. Before you can be eligible you will have to have a skills assessment in your IT occupation. This would done be the Australian Computer Society. They require between 2 and 8 years work experience in a job that is highly related to your qualifications. In your case it would probably be 2 or 3 years work experience before you can be deemed skilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you can only earn work experience points one your are deemed skilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2041" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T15:18:23.087" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T15:18:23.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-09T14:33:58.553" Score="17" ViewCount="12230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to apply for my MS degree in Europe or the United States. The problem is that my name – written in English – becomes a single name with no last name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Persian:&lt;/strong&gt; حسیب الله&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;English:&lt;/strong&gt; Haseebullah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My passport and all my degrees and certificates bear my name in this format. All the forms for visa and university admission &lt;strong&gt;on paper or online&lt;/strong&gt; makes it mandatory to give a last name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I write in the last name section?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will it affect my chances of admission and visa if I have a single name?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2042" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-01-11T17:06:40.057" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T17:06:40.057" Title="No last name on documents" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1425" CreationDate="2014-06-09T16:48:17.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sampleinvitationletter.info/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There is a site&lt;/a&gt; that provides information and samples for various visa invitation letters for various countries.  There is a link on there specifically for &lt;a href=&quot;http://sampleinvitationletter.info/sample_invitation_sponsorship_letter_visitor_visa.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK visa letters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is insufficient you can look at the samples provided by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/769388/Sample_invitation_letter_to_provide_in_support_of_visitor_visa_application1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;University of Greenwich&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/advice/international/files/sampleletterofinvitation.doc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;University of Sheffield&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/dmu-students/international-student-support/family-visit-letter-template.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;De Montfort University&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as signature is concerned if you are on a Work Visa then it would be better to come from you.  If you're both permanent residents it probably won't make much of a differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T16:48:17.787" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2432" CreationDate="2014-06-09T17:51:44.197" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;To immigrate to the US based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/immigration/passport.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; you should put your first name to the last name field, and put FNU to the first name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No first/last name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some people in South India have only one name or all the names are&#xA;  written in the column of a given name or surname and other field is&#xA;  blank. If both the given name (first name) and surname (last name) are&#xA;  not present in the passport, the consulate will write whatever names&#xA;  are written in the passport as last name (even if that is your first&#xA;  name), and &lt;strong&gt;write 'FNU' in the first name column&lt;/strong&gt;. FNU stands for First&#xA;  Name Unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have more than one name but they are all written in one name,&#xA;  and if you do not want 'FNU' as part of your name in the visa, you&#xA;  should get your passport changed before applying for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enter the UK I only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrationboards.com/uk-tier-1-post-study-work-visas/no-surname-to-enter-online-dependent-visa-application-t122774.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;found this forum&lt;/a&gt;, where someone allegedly put a '-' (dash) into the last name field and was granted immigration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should always read the form carefully, as details like this might be hidden in them. If in the end you cannot find the necessary answer give them a call or write them, so you won't end up declined because of your name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might also be a good idea that once you are able to enter the country to romanize your name (preferably without any acccents) and maybe also to give yourself a first or a last name (or split your name into two), as it will make things much easier in the long end, even if you dislike the fact that you will be known in a different name. In the UK for example you can just start calling yourself as you want to, but you might need to use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;name change deed poll&lt;/a&gt; to get it also recognized by the government, or with some institutions, like banks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T06:59:47.893" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T06:59:47.893" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2436" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-08T17:18:03.270" Score="-1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;What can a graduate student do in order to have a chance to stay permanently in USA upon finishing studies ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2034" OwnerDisplayName="Danny_Student" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T07:46:23.957" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T07:46:23.957" Title="What can a graduate student do in order to have a chance to stay permanently in USA upon finishing studies?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-06-09T19:47:12.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2014-06-09T18:44:25.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Get a position at a recognized university. That way, you will be eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-second-preference-eb-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;employment-based immigration&lt;/a&gt;. You need to have a permanent position, which usually means a tenure-track position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is sometimes possible to get permanent residency through the commercial sector, but usually only very large firms can afford having immigration specialists in the HR staff. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2045" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T18:44:25.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2432" CreationDate="2014-06-09T19:13:01.517" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know a few people without first or last name (they are from Indonesia). IIRC, they split their name more-or-less arbitrarily or added a nickname as first name and managed that way. One caveat is that the Indonesian authorities were apparently willing to put something like that in their passport in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also know people whose name was modified when applying for a passport (e.g. middle name or nickname used instead of their actual last name). They would typically use their “new names” for all official purposes and let their friends use what they regard as their real names. In most cases, you only need to be able to show a passport and consistently use the name that's on it. It's only when you need documents from your country of origin like diplomas (to register at a university) or a birth certificate (e.g. to marry) that the issue might come up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anything, I suspect that in cultures that make this distinction the last name is generally more important/meaningful so if you can help it at all, omit the “first name” and put your name in the last name field. But if your name is under the “first name” rubric in your passport, that could create problems too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T19:24:06.653" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T19:24:06.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2441" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2442" CreationDate="2014-06-10T10:37:52.913" Score="10" ViewCount="32085" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a South African citizen and have been in a relationship with a Polish girl for 8 years.  We have been living in South Africa most of this time - over 6 years now - but we would like to move to Europe, probably not to Poland itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I go about this?  I've been looking for employment in countries like the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland (not EU I know) and Spain but it seems companies are very reluctant to hire a non-EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be easier to get some kind of spousal relationship permit and look for a job whilst in the EU and in possession of such a temporary visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2053" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T11:22:02.633" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T10:16:25.290" Title="Can a non-EU citizen with a EU partner live and work in the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2441" CreationDate="2014-06-10T11:32:00.697" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your spouse moves to an EU country under EU rules (except Poland because in this case national rules take precedence) then you would be entitled to a residence permit as well and you could work in the same country without restrictions. Getting a spousal permit is therefore generally much easier than getting a work visa on your own, at least if you are married. You might be able to get such a permit without being married but there are additional conditions and you generally need at least some form of “registered partnership”. The job market is not great in some of the countries you mentioned but you could at least tell employers that they don't need to worry about the paperwork. Having a local address would also help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even being married would not help you if you want to move somewhere without your spouse and living with her in one EU country does not entitle you to work in another one. The logic of the applicable laws is that your girlfriend has a right to work and live where she wants in the EU and you have the right to come with her. So the easiest path as far as the residence permit is concerned would be for her to look for a job, do the necessary paperwork for you to move together and only then look for a job yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-25T10:16:25.290" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T10:16:25.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2441" CreationDate="2014-06-10T13:22:47.763" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's indeed very much country-dependent. Different EU countries have different policies and programs regarding non-EU persons. For example, in the Netherlands you, as a non-EU citizen, can work for a company if one of the following conditions is met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are the partner of the EU citizen (if that EU citizen is Dutch, you would be required to pass Dutch elementary proficiency language test before getting the residence permit). This is the quick route, but you are considered to be a dependant of this EU citizen (that also means that he or she must in the first instance have enough means to support you both for such residence permit to be issued).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have obtained so called &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/individuals/residence-wizard/work/highly-skilled-migrant/&quot;&gt;knowledge migrant&lt;/a&gt;&quot; status (which is possible if you possess skills that are on high demand and if you have found a company who can sponsor the process)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have obtained regular working visa (which is a longer process than the &quot;knowledge migrant&quot; one, but has less requirements for the applicant).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until recently, after 3 years of working in the Netherlands the non-EU person could apply for so called &quot;work without permit&quot; status, but I am not sure if that's still applicable at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2054" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T13:22:47.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-10T15:37:02.197" Score="3" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an Indian national residing in Spain for 6 years, I have been paying a lot towards Social Security (health, unemployment &amp;amp; pension). Now am deciding to resettle in India forgoing any future interests towards living in EU. Is there a way to reclaim a part  of the money (that towards pension) I have paid as social security ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there ways for better tax reclamation as well ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2058" LastEditorUserId="2058" LastEditDate="2014-06-13T11:11:46.413" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T16:21:40.730" Title="Reclaiming Social Security Money from EU when relocating?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2446" CreationDate="2014-06-10T16:30:43.320" Score="5" ViewCount="643" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering a semi-permanent job in NYC (1-2 years), which would require moving from Toronto, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen, have no criminal record, and as far as I know am eligible to work for any employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What legal requirements are there for me to work like this in the US?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2060" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T18:39:23.847" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T18:39:23.847" Title="As a Canadian, what are the legal requirements for working in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2445" CreationDate="2014-06-10T18:10:37.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to obtain a temporary worker visa in order to legally work in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Canadian citizen you may be eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TN Visa&lt;/a&gt; which has an initial period of stay of 3 years.  The requirements for application you can take look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/citizens/tn-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CBP's site&lt;/a&gt;.  Good news is that there doesn't seem to be a quota on the TN visa applicants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt; if you qualify but you can only do this in 2015 as H1 status is subject to quota and for 2014 it has been filled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general you will need to have your perspective employer submit a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker&lt;/a&gt; and so on but you can review the respective sites for details and usually for employers lawyers do this kind of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other possible visas that may be available but these may be the more likely candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T18:10:37.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2014-06-10T19:48:34.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can provide notarized affidavit and there will be notarized stamp on it and will provide a proof and you are in US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Along with 1. get notarized and send your passport/visa/i94 copies by overnight mail.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2044" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T19:48:34.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2014-06-11T07:21:58.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul_%28representative%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;consulates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should contact the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=27&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Indian consulate for the area in which you reside&lt;/a&gt;, and ask them what is required from you for them to provide the certification their bosses at home asked you for. Most likely they'll ask you to appear personally in the consulate office. If you live far they may provide another solution. But basically - that is &lt;em&gt;literally&lt;/em&gt; what they're there for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T07:21:58.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1414" CreationDate="2014-06-11T10:53:26.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an American living in the Middle East I have found myself struggling with this quite a bit. I have found that a lack of understanding is often what causes me the greatest amount a fear and intimidation when interacting with locals.  If we were in the hospital and a nurse approached with a needle, and you didn't understand what she/he was doing or why, it would cause panic, concern, fear, etc. A lack of understanding of language, culture, social and economic pressures, as well as racial prejudices within my own psyche help contribute to my fears of or being intimidated by the people I live among. There is no way to rid yourself of these feelings completely, as the actions of others are never in your control, and you will most likely always look different than the people you are living among. So my first suggestion would be to seek a greater understanding of why people interact with you the way they do, by asking local friends and learning the language as best you can. Then to understand the pressures the people are facing or have faced in the past which may affect the way they interact with you.  Total integration and complete comfort in another culture need not be our main goal. Our main goal in cultural exchange is to seek understanding and thus be able to more accurately discern from real threats (which do exist) and threats which our rooted in a lack of understanding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2064" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T10:53:26.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-11T13:11:25.640" Score="4" ViewCount="22296" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/11/120&quot;&gt;Can I drive with my EU driving license in United Kingdom?&lt;/a&gt; question, we know that a newly arrived EU citizen with an EU country issued full driving license is fine to drive on it in the UK. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/30294/26&quot;&gt;this question on Travel.SE about learners permits&lt;/a&gt;, we know that the same rules don't apply to provisional / learners permits, and they're not normally valid abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were an EU citizen without a full driving license, newly arrived in the UK, and you wanted to continue to learn to drive, it therefore seems that you'd need to get yourself a UK provisional (learners) license, then use that to continue your learning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the process for getting one as a someone newly arrived in the UK from elsewhere in the EU? What documents do you need to get hold of first? And what process do you have to follow to apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T17:54:56.383" Title="Getting a UK Provisional (learners) driving license, as a newly arrived EU Citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2451" CreationDate="2014-06-11T13:47:52.867" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note: The following is valid for Great Britain and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; Northern Ireland. The latter has a different process and different costs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to obtain a provisional driving licence is to &lt;a href=&quot;https://motoring.direct.gov.uk/service/DvoConsumer.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;amp;_pageLabel=FAP&amp;amp;_nfls=false&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;do it online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to tell them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your addresses for the last 3 years (can be foreign)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your NI number (optional, but highly recommended to add if you already have one)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are an EEA national entering the UK in the last 12 months the date you entered the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your medical conditions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After finishing the survey you have to pay the £50.00 using debit or credit card, and they will check your details against their records. If everything goes fine, you'll receive your dirivng licence by post. They might ask you for additional details later, especially if you haven't got an NI number yet, or they cannot verify your current address. They ususally do this by sending you a pre-filled application by post, which you need to send back with necessaryy proof of address and ID cards back to them. From my experience processing of the form takes around 1.5 weeks, so if you need to send them your ID card you will need to forfeit that to them for around 1.5 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you can only apply for a provisional UK licence if you are an ordinary resident in the UK. So if you just recently moved here they might refuse your appplication because of this. Having an NI number and some kind of proof-of-address is highly recommended, as they will show that you are planning to remain in the UK for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative way to get a provisional licence is by filling out a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mojawyspa.co.uk/download/dokumenty/drivinglicence.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;D1 Application form&lt;/a&gt;. You can get one at post offices, or order online &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/dvlaforms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;from this page&lt;/a&gt;. When going this route however you will need to also send them the following via post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;original documentation confirming your identity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a colour passport-style photograph&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof-of address (note that this is not stated on the site or the form, but they might ask for it later, so it might be easier to just include it in the first place. Usual UK proof of address documents are: bank statement, utility bill (preferably non-Cable and non-Mobile), tenancy agreement)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the following address: DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1AF (note that the address is different if you have a non-UK passport. If you have a UK passport you need to send their application to SA99 1AD)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does mean that you have to send them your passport or national ID, and the process might take around 3 weeks, so you should only do this if you have at least two different kinds of IDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are living in Northern Ireland, then the offline process is similar, but there are some differences: You can not apply online for a provisional driving licence in Northern Ireland, so you have to apply by post. The cost is also higher, as of 2014 it is £62.50. You can read more about NI licences at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/applying-for-a-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DVA site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-02-09T10:24:48.550" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T10:24:48.550" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2453" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2462" CreationDate="2014-06-11T15:36:38.390" Score="5" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell one can obtain Russian citizenship but I can't find a procedure on how.  One way is through marriage but are there any others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T05:00:59.040" Title="Obtaining Russian citizenship" Tags="&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-11T07:48:17.003" Score="1" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the completion of my short term work visa, my organization has asked me to return to India to apply for a United Kingdom ICT Tier 2 Long Term work visa. I already have the paperwork ready, and I have to select a VFS centre on the online application. Is it mandatory that I apply from the same city as that of my organization (which would be the VFS Bangalore centre), or can I apply from a VFS in another city in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My permanent residence is in Calcutta, and hence I am looking at the option to apply from VFS Calcutta. Do you see any potential problems in applying from a different city than my organization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="922" OwnerDisplayName="Suman Krishna Saha" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T20:21:27.330" Title="Is the VFS's city relevant from where you apply for a UK visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2454" CreationDate="2014-06-11T20:21:27.330" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/india/applicationcentre.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Based on this site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should normally apply at the VFS Global visa application centre &lt;strong&gt;in&#xA;  or closest to&lt;/strong&gt;, the state in which you are &lt;strong&gt;documented as being&#xA;  resident&lt;/strong&gt;. Please contact VFS Global if you have any doubts as to where&#xA;  to make your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are a resident in Calcutta (Kolkata) then you should definitely try to get an appointment there. It's details are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;UK Visa application center, Fifth floor, RENE tower,Plot No. AA-I,&#xA;  1842, Rajdanga Main Road,Kasba, Kolkata 700107&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 14:00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Passport Collection: Monday to Friday, 15:00 - 17:00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/book_appointment.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This site&lt;/a&gt; describes what you need to bring with you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;print the email confirming the details of your appointment&lt;/strong&gt;, and&#xA;  bring this with you to the visa application centre you have chosen to&#xA;  attend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should reach the visa application centre &lt;strong&gt;5 minutes before&lt;/strong&gt; your&#xA;  appointment time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The appointment must be made in your name.&lt;/strong&gt; Another person cannot&#xA;  attend your scheduled appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you attend the visa application centre, &lt;strong&gt;you will need to provide&#xA;  your biometric information&lt;/strong&gt;, which includes a photograph and a digital&#xA;  scan of your fingerprints. &lt;em&gt;If you have temporary injuries on your&#xA;  fingers, please wait until the injuries heal before your appointment&#xA;  date&lt;/em&gt;. You should also remove any henna on your fingertips, or allow it&#xA;  to fade, as this may prevent us from getting a clear scan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T20:21:27.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-11T21:36:18.967" Score="1" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that there are a fair amount of Germans on this website. I just applied for my first German passport at the consulate and they told me that it takes around 8-10 weeks to arrive, which seems a bit excessive. For those of you who are Germans living outside of Germany, how long did it take for you to receive your passport? Also, from what consular post did you apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2066" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-06-12T02:50:56.123" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T15:49:13.800" Title="Waiting time when applying for a German passport abroad?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-12T10:50:50.770" Score="8" ViewCount="571" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having arrived in the US (California state), and received a green card, I now face an obnoxious problem: my first name is neither pronounciable, nor memorable for Americans. This poses a serious challenge while networking &amp;amp; getting to know people, in that I need to spend the first 30 seconds on doing the naming dance, which introduces continuous friction in communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't necessarily change it in my home country, but here it seems a must.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the required steps to have my name officially changed in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T15:25:52.037" Title="What is the process to change your US name while on a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2457" CreationDate="2014-06-12T13:49:48.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need petition the court to change your name officially this will likely need to happen where you live but as an example you can look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/namechangeinfo.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New York City's court page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once that is done you will have to file an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-90&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I-90 form&lt;/a&gt; pay the appropriate fees (see item (E)) and once it's processed and approved you will receive a new card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once done you will need to change all the other pertinent documentation (Social Security card, driver's license, etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally though if you intend to obtain a US citizenship I'd wait until then to change your name or if you don't intend to naturalize in the US you might consider taking a &quot;stage name&quot; rather then using your official name.  I am sure it will be a lot easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-06-12T15:25:52.037" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T15:25:52.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2461" CreationDate="2014-06-12T13:55:57.833" Score="6" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are both Indonesian nationals, currently living in the UK on a Tier 2 Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had a baby born in the UK recently. He has a birth certificate and no passport. How do we get him a permission to stay in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-06-12T19:57:32.340" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T21:19:27.763" Title="Child born in UK to Indonesian citizens" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1098" CreationDate="2014-06-12T19:16:50.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked a local driving school, and they report that &quot;enough&quot; should be &lt;em&gt;15 to 20 trips&lt;/em&gt; of &lt;em&gt;at least 5 km each&lt;/em&gt;.  Driving back and forth to a destination 5 km away counts as two trips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T19:16:50.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2459" CreationDate="2014-06-12T21:19:27.763" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being born in the UK is generally not enough to satisfy the UK citizenship requirements. From the information you have provided, your son will likely not qualify. You will need to apply for a tier 2 dependent visa for your son. The application will require your son to have a valid passport. My understanding of the UKBA rules are that you do not need to apply immediately for the dependent visa. However, your son will need the dependent visa to renter the UK if he has to leave the country for an emergency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T21:19:27.763" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2453" CreationDate="2014-06-13T05:00:59.040" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the political-related comments have been removed, I'll refrain from suggesting your friend to move to Crimea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ufms.spb.ru/desc/prijom-v-dind-65.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here are the rules&lt;/a&gt;. I won't quote since they actually &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ufms.spb.ru/desc/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;change quite frequently&lt;/a&gt; (the latest change was a couple of weeks ago). You can always find the up-to-date information at UFMS websites. Warning - it's in Russian. Apparently, being fluent in Russian is a prerequisite for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T05:00:59.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2464" CreationDate="2014-06-13T08:28:39.933" Score="5" ViewCount="2864" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had an interview earlier this morning with a German company; however they told me they don't send any invitation letter (to apply for a working visa). As an Iranian student with a residence permit in Italy I can't stay in Germany more than 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I could apply for a working visa without having an invitation? I've heard under some special programs German government is supporting to take skilled people in some fields. I'm applying as a developer/researcher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2068" OwnerDisplayName="Hatef" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T15:43:43.543" Title="Apply for a German working visa without Invitation" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2463" CreationDate="2014-06-13T09:08:22.990" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting a German work visa/permit without a job offer is virtually impossible. But it's indeed “easier” for a selected number of fields including IT in that a job offer is all you need in this case (which tells you how restrictive immigration policy is in general). In other fields, you also need to have a salary above a certain threshold and to prove that it's not possible to hire someone locally (&lt;em&gt;Arbeitsmarktprüfung&lt;/em&gt; or “job market examination”), which means your employer should submit a lot of information to the authorities and you to wait several weeks to see if other people apply before your application goes through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because jobs in IT are exempt from these requirements, I don't think the employer has to send an “invitation” or provide any other special paperwork. All a prospective employer needs to do is extend an offer and provide a job description and you, the employee, could take it from there and apply to the consulate yourself. It's supposed to be relatively quick as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a degree from a German higher education institution is another way to be exempted from this “job market examination” and salary requirement. It would also give you the right to stay in Germany to search for work at the end of your studies. So if you can't find a job right now but are still a student and really want to immigrate to Germany, it could be an interesting route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify (annual salary over EUR 37000, again only for IT and other technical fields, EUR 47000 otherwise), you could also apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU blue card&lt;/a&gt;. The main advantage is that it should then be easier to move to another EU country while still building up permanent residency rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information on all this can be found on the site of the German &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Zuwanderungsrecht_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry for Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeitserlaubnis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; (both in German).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that legally speaking you cannot work at all (not even for a month or two) on your Italian residence permit, at least not without separate authorization from the German authorities. As an Iranian citizen, you also need to go back to a country where you are a resident to apply for a long-stay visa for Germany, you can't do it from within the country on a short-stay visa (or during a visit on your Italian permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-10T15:42:09.990" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T15:42:09.990" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2456" CreationDate="2014-06-13T14:29:45.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 8-10 weeks seem to be quite ok.  At the german embassy in Switzerland, I applied for a new passport as the old one is expiring in the last days of April and just received the note to send in the old passport.  If you sum up the time needed to get an appointment and approx. one week to send in the old passport and receive the new one, you will see that 8 weeks are realistic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask for an express service if it is urgent, but it will cost you more.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the general costs are concerned, the rule of thumb, as far as I know, is that you pay the double price compared to the regular charges in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2070" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-13T15:49:13.800" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T15:49:13.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-13T14:41:29.217" Score="6" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the details. I work both in Britain (own a British Limited Company) and outside of Britain. I am not a permanent resident in Britain but live permanently in another EU country. My question is this: Can i register a car in Great Britain (either on my company or on me) and drive it around Europe, since i will be promoting my business?. How many months can i be outside of Britain before i have to get back for MOT inspection and the like? (is 6 months the correct answer?) What sort of papers shall i have on me to prove i am not a permanent resident in UK but work there as well as in other countries of EU? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2071" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T16:05:24.700" Title="Is registering a vehicle in Great Britain and using it in and outside of Britain possible?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2466" CreationDate="2014-06-13T15:54:17.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;common EU rules&lt;/a&gt; are valid for non-locally registered cars. This means that normally you &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; drive a non-local, but EU registered car for &lt;strong&gt;more than 6 months&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;until the point you become a resident&lt;/strong&gt; unless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is not yours, the registered owner is not a resident in that country, and he is sitting with you in the car (like a car owned by foreign family member, while he is also with you)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the car belongs to (or to be more precise is registered in the name of) an EU based company, and you are working for that company (that company can be yours though).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the car is on a lease in an other country (for example it's a car hired from another country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are a student and are only studying in the given country. You are also legally enrolled in an educational establishment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you potentially the second case applies, but the car needs to be in your company's name. You can prove this in the EU by having your car's registration papers with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your car also needs to be &lt;strong&gt;properly insured&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;taxed&lt;/strong&gt; (in the UK), and I think the biggest problem you will face is finding a UK based insurance company that will insure your car for using it abroad for more than 3/6 months in a year (and which won't cost you more than simply buying a foreign car and insuring it locally). Potentially you won't find one for personal car insurance, as they require you to be a resident. As a company you might have better luck - one more reason to register your car to your company's name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should have some proof that you are insured with you all the time (the printed out insurance papers should be fine, but you might want to ask your insurer for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/driving-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;green card&lt;/a&gt;. It's not necessary inside the EU, but it will make proving that your car is insured much easier if you face any kind of inspection)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a proper insurer, then you only have to come back to the UK for an MOT inspection (which is yearly, unless your car is younger than 5 years old) and getting your tax disc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that EU countries, which are not the ones where you are considered as a resident won't care about your car (this potentially includes the UK as well) unless it's not insured or not taxed in the UK, or you are using it for more than 6 months (in which case you are probably a resident already and not a traveller anymore).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-06-13T16:05:24.700" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T16:05:24.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-13T21:13:38.670" Score="2" ViewCount="593" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a car and have given the written test in California. So ideally I know that I can drive with one person with a permanent license with me. I wanted to ask whether my friend from India who has Indian permanent license can sit beside me and I can drive? He came to USA in 2012 with me, but he entered California just 20 days ago. I heard from some of my friends that he can sit along with me and I can drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2074" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T18:03:32.553" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T18:03:32.553" Title="Indian license and learning permit in California" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2468" CreationDate="2014-06-14T04:22:49.027" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming (as it sounds from your question) that you do not hold a valid driver license from your home country - your friend &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; sit beside you when you drive. The person sitting beside you must have a valid &lt;strong&gt;California&lt;/strong&gt; license. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#two500&quot;&gt;the information at the CA DMV&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will then be issued a permit if you have never been licensed&#xA;  before. When you practice, you must have an accompanying adult who is&#xA;  18 years of age or older, with a &lt;strong&gt;valid California license&lt;/strong&gt;. This person&#xA;  must be close enough to you to take control of the vehicle if&#xA;  necessary. It is illegal for you to drive alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do have a valid driver license from your home country - CA recognizes it (if it is in English), however you must apply for a CA license within 10 days of becoming CA resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T04:22:49.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-13T18:21:15.150" Score="6" ViewCount="642" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got Chinese Z-Visa. Is it essential for me to buy a round trip ticket or is a one-way ticket OK? I am planning to travel using Thai Airways and I will fly from Lahore, Pakistan holding a Pakistani passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2073" OwnerDisplayName="qasimzee" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-14T19:56:21.957" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T00:20:07.043" Title="Can I travel using one-way ticket when going to China on a Z-visa?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1414" CreationDate="2014-06-14T23:44:33.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American living in Japan and I can understand your situation.  While the reactions I get are different (people of Japan are much more reserved) I do get the occasional &quot;haro!&quot; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I do get quite a lot, however, is staring.  In your case, it would be the equivalent of laughing or sneering; as Scott mentioned, its a reaction to an unfamiliar situation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the key is to understand your situation from different perspectives.  Culture and upbringing play a huge role in how people interact with one another.  In a place like the United States, people are simply people and many of them happen to have various ethnic backgrounds (most of the time anyway).  In Japan, people of different ethnic backgrounds are clearly defined as foreign.  None of that is good or bad; its just the culture.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So next time this happens, instead of focusing on why you are feeling afraid, try to think about that person who sees you...ask yourself why they are behaving that way.  Think about what their parents taught or didn't teach them.  In other words, the problem is not your appearance; its that laughing person's lack of understanding of the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="993" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T23:44:33.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-15T14:18:06.167" Score="4" ViewCount="716" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Pakistani citizen. I have been married to a Polish citizen for the last 5 years. I have Polish temporary ID (no Polish passport yet). It's valid for 1 year. For 1 year I have been in Poland.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I work in Germany or other EU countries, while my wife works in Poland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2078" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-15T20:28:09.093" LastActivityDate="2016-05-12T09:19:04.993" Title="A Pakistani citizen with temporary Polish ID" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2474" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2475" CreationDate="2014-06-15T15:36:54.167" Score="9" ViewCount="1054" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is a dual US / UK citizen, but did his driving test in the USA so holds an Ohio driving license. He has been living for some time now in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, he's been finding some issues with doing things on his American license, such as getting insurance. He's therefore thinking that life might be simpler if he exchanged his Ohio license for a French one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What documents does he need to get together first, as an EU citizen but with a USA issued driving license, and then what process does he need to follow to exchange his license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T10:27:41.593" Title="Exchanging an American driving license for a French one" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2474" CreationDate="2014-06-15T18:36:59.977" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the license is from outside the EU, EU law does not specify exactly what the rules are so there might be differences from one country to the other within the EU. Being an EU citizen does not make much difference either. Worse, for US licenses, agreements are on a state-by-state basis, some licenses can be exchanged, other cannot. Fortunately, Ohio is among &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/Liste_permis_de_conduire_valables_a_l_echange_01_2014_cle8cc6c4.pdf&quot;&gt;the states that have an agreement with France&lt;/a&gt; regarding driver's licenses (here is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R10943.xhtml&quot;&gt;permanent link to find this list&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the rules are explained on &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1460.xhtml&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;. It does not sound easy… Your friend will in any case need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Form “cerfa n°14879*01” (for some reason it must be printed in color), filled and signed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Color copies of the foreign license (both sides)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Official translation of the foreign license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Two copies of a proof of address (i.e. utility bill)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Two photographs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Two copies of his passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof that he has been a resident in France during the past six months (rental contract or tax return; an “attestation d'hébergement” is not enough)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A certificate from the consulate of the country where he obtained the license that he was a resident there at the time he obtained it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the situation, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; might demand other documents, the page explicitly advises people to enquire beforehand. According to the same page, it's only possible to exchange a license in the first 18 months after moving to France. After that, you apparently need to resit the test in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T18:36:59.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2473" CreationDate="2014-06-15T18:47:19.817" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being a resident in Poland or having a Polish wife does not grant you the right to work elsewhere in the EU. In fact, since your wife is a resident in her country of origin, EU law about spouses of EU citizen generally does not apply to you at all (there are some exceptions, e.g. if you lived together elsewhere in the EU in the past).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you are also a Polish citizen, if you wife continues to live in Poland, you would therefore be treated there like any other Pakistani citizen in Germany and would need to apply for a regular work permit (it's not forbidden of course but the requirements are quite onerous and you have to qualify for a visa/permit based on your own situation, not your wife's citizenship). On the other hand, if your wife would find work in Germany, then EU law would kick in and you would have a right to move with her and also to work in the same country with minimal formalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally if you are in fact a Polish citizen and have an ID to prove it, having a passport is not required. EU citizens can work or travel in the whole EU without passport (at least if they come from a country that issues ID cards, otherwise they need a passport in practice but it's not mandatory &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-16T11:28:22.760" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T11:28:22.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2478" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2482" CreationDate="2014-06-16T15:25:32.150" Score="8" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Switzerland (I have a swiss Passeport) and am leaving to Vancouver, BC, Canada next September to start a PhD. &lt;strong&gt;I am asking for general advice to the question &quot;Should I announce myself in primary residency in Canada and in secondary residency in Switzerland or the opposite?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Do I even have the choice of not-being in primary residency in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess this decision may influence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxation&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;given my PhD salary and current bank account it will probably not make a big different : )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rights for opening a bank account&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is the question that bothers me the most right now&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rights for having a job off-campus&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health insurance&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;although according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://students.ubc.ca/livewell/health-insurance#internationalTe&quot;&gt;this source&lt;/a&gt; I would tend to think it makes no difference&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other insurances&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Driving license&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Especially: Will Switzerland validates my Canadian driving license?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;eventually some other things?…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T18:24:34.377" Title="To Canada From Switzerland for a PhD: principal versus secondary residency?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1414" CreationDate="2014-06-16T16:42:22.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that this is necessarily entirely because you look different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Groups of teenagers in the UK (and possibly everywhere else) will say hello, and then laugh. Sometimes they're laughing about something else, sometimes they're laughing at you - because they've made a joke you didn't hear.  It happens to me, and I look like them. People don't like groups of teenagers hanging around for this very reason. Shops play classical music, or high pitched tones (which older people can't hear) to deter them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ignore them. Don't react. Don't say &quot;excuse me&quot;. They want a reaction, because that's the most fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T16:42:22.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-16T19:46:41.500" Score="4" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if anyone has been in the same situation as me and has a little guidance. Basically I'm a British citizen, living in the UK. My father is a US citizen. He lived half of his life in the US and half in Israel, he's a dual national. Under US law I may have claim to citizenship if one parent is a US citizen. I believed I did have claim to this so I made an appointment at the US embassy in London to see if I did, and if so would also receive my first American passport. One of the requirements for claiming this citizenship is that you must show evidence of the parents physical presence I the US for more than 5 years, along with other stuff. At my appointment I was told I may have claim, I just needed to go find more evidence of my fathers presence in the US; receipts, doctors notes etc it took a little longer than expected to find this stuff as my father currently lives in Israel. I collected all the stuff and posted it to the embassy over 6 weeks ago. I'm yet to hear anything back. There is no uk number available to call anymore just an email, which only respond with very robotic unhelpful emails such as 'we will contact you when someone has looked at your application'. Has anyone been through this process themselves and could tell me how long it all took for them? I've had to cancel flights to the states and plans to visit family members while waiting, my appointment at the embassy was way back in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's a long complicated process so don't mind waiting, just wondering how long others waited. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2080" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-17T05:48:54.753" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T05:48:54.753" Title="Claiming US citizenship from UK. Anyone done this?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2480" CreationDate="2014-06-16T20:06:38.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know of people who did that, 2-3 months is definitely a reasonable time period. It may take longer for them to verify all the documents you've submitted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T20:06:38.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2478" CreationDate="2014-06-17T05:38:37.037" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;it's different over here :-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxation: If you live longer than 183 days in Canada you'll pay your taxes here. You can find the details at the website of the Canada Revenue Agency (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To open an account you show your ID to the bank and open the account. Should be as simple as that. You need an address to which they can send the cheques. I opened my account with President's Choice Financial (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcfinancial.ca&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pcfinancial.ca&lt;/a&gt;) even before I had a place in Canada. Just find a Loblaws supermarket with a kiosk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Depending on your visa you might not be able to work &quot;off campus&quot;. You should study the conditions &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; thoroughly so you won't break the law.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You only need health insurance for the first three months. After you've been a legal resident for 90 days you'll be covered by the provincial health system which is financed through taxes (at least that's the number for Ontario, please check for B.C.). There is no extra payment for health insurance compared to Switzerland.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Drivers licence: Your swiss licence to drive a car should be honored. If you have other licences, eg. for motocycles or for heavy trucks, you might need to go through the process again. Even if you move from Quebec to Ontario you'd have to do your motocycle licence again :-(.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other insurances: Don't know what you have in mind. As a renter of an apartment or a house you'll need tenant insurance. If you own a car you'll need to insure it. There are plenty of insurance brokers eager to get your business.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember that Canada's provinces are very independent. Many things are not regulated on the federal level and laws differ from province to province. But as a resident of Switzerland you should be accostumed to it (&quot;... das ist von Kanton zu Kanton verschieden ...&quot;). Also: In Canada the immigrant is the norm not the exception. I found all public services and businesses are very open to help or to make business with new residents or guests. Everybody here has an immigration story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulation to your plan. You'll love it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="909" LastEditDate="2014-06-17T18:24:34.377" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T18:24:34.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-17T12:54:53.243" Score="8" ViewCount="1990" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working for a company for the last 5 months. Can I quit this job and go to my home country? As I want to leave Dubai and go to my country. I have heard that, I have to pay visa fees or 1.5 month salary to company, is it true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2082" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T06:28:44.937" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T06:28:44.937" Title="Can I quit my job in Dubai and go to my home country?" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;career&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12403" CreationDate="2014-06-17T12:56:27.707" Score="6" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen residing in Turkey currently holding a 5 year ikamet I was hoping to be eligible to apply for citizenship in 2017. The old laws required a period of continuous residency in order to be eligible, but they seemed flexible (i.e. open to interpretation by local immigration offices) as far as what the employment requirements were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems, from the chatter, like the 2014 changes to the ikamet system will change that. However I cannot find any concrete sources for what the actual requirements have changed to (or will be in 2017). What, if anything, has changed about the requirements for US citizens applying for dual citizenship in Turkey? I am especially interest in not having had a history of in-country employment. Has that been made a requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197" LastEditorUserId="197" LastEditDate="2015-04-21T13:42:48.947" LastActivityDate="2017-10-15T20:47:07.150" Title="Has the 2014 ikamet changes affected any of the requirements to apply for Turkish citizenship?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2486" CreationDate="2014-06-17T21:10:04.557" Score="6" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;US citizens living abroad need to file income tax&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/129/american-citizens-living-abroad-still-have-to-pay-tax-to-us-legal-ways-to-avoi&quot;&gt;American citizens living abroad still have to pay tax to US - legal ways to avoid?&lt;/a&gt;) but there is a Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (&lt;a href=&quot;http://taxes.about.com/od/taxhelp/a/ForeignIncome.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://taxes.about.com/od/taxhelp/a/ForeignIncome.htm&lt;/a&gt;) that covers ~99k USD.  But it requires that you meet certain residency requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my situation, I'm an ex-pat that is considering returning to the US.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US Taxes are based on calendar years, so if I work from Jan-Oct (for example) I will pay local taxes on those 10 months and I will not qualify for the FEIE mentioned above.  Does this mean I will need to pay US income taxes on top of the local taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I pay less taxes by returning to the US on Jan 1st verse May 1st, assuming equal incomes in both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T06:41:17.983" Title="Returning To The US - Tax Considerations?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2485" CreationDate="2014-06-18T02:03:11.967" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the 2555ez instructions, the residency requirements do not necessarily have to match the tax year.  So, as long as you've been in the other country for a year, you can take the exclusion.  Note that you may not be able to take the full exclusion, but only a percentage, based on the number of days in the tax year that you were in the specified country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's some relevant text from this year's i2555ez publication.  (Bold, as published; italics, as highlighted by me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Physical Presence Test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To meet this test, you must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien who is physically present in a foreign country, or countries, for at least 330 full days during any period of 12 months in a row. A full day means the 24-hour period that starts at midnight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Line 2a.&lt;/strong&gt; To figure 330 full days of presence, add all separate periods you were present in a foreign country during the 12-month period in which those days occurred. The 330 full days can be interrupted by periods when you are traveling over international waters or are otherwise not in a foreign country. See Pub. 54 for more information and examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Line 2b.&lt;/strong&gt; The 12-month period on which the physical presence test is based &lt;em&gt;must include 365 or 366 days, part of which must be in 2013. The dates may begin or end in a calendar year other than 2013.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="918" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T02:03:11.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2485" CreationDate="2014-06-18T06:41:17.983" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;US Taxes are based on calendar years, so if I work from Jan-Oct (for&#xA;  example) I will pay local taxes on those 10 months and I will not&#xA;  qualify for the FEIE mentioned above. Does this mean I will need to&#xA;  pay US income taxes on top of the local taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. First, as @Kent mentioned - physical presence test is for running 330 days in the period of 12 months, so from October to October (unless you've been to the US for visits) you're golden. That allows you to &lt;em&gt;prorate&lt;/em&gt; the exclusion (i.e.: since you're covered till October, you get 5/6 of the full exclusion). If you can also claim bona-fide foreign residency, then you may not have to count the days. You'll have to be a citizen of the country you're residing at for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, you don't have to use the exclusion to reduce your US tax liability. You can (also) use foreign tax credit (FTC). If you live in a country with income tax that you paid, you can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1116,-Foreign-Tax-Credit&quot;&gt;form 1116 to&lt;/a&gt; calculate how much credit you can be allowed (if all of your income is the foreign income for that year - all the tax paid will be allowed). This may reduce or even eliminate your US tax obligation even without the FEIE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can combine the FEIE and the FTC - however only the tax on the amounts not excluded will be counted towards the credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also check with a tax adviser (US-licensed EA or CPA) whether there's something in the tax treaty the US may have with your country of residence. Especially if you're a dual citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I pay less taxes by returning to the US on Jan 1st verse May&#xA;  1st, assuming equal incomes in both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is impossible to tell by just the dates. Take a tax return preparation program and start filling the numbers for your scenarios. Tax rates and exclusion levels haven't changed significantly, so a 2013 or even 2012 software can give you a pretty good idea of where things are headed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T06:41:17.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2490" CreationDate="2014-06-18T08:45:20.657" Score="6" ViewCount="1564" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some doubts on the definitions of US national and US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose: A man was born in Los Angeles, CA. So he was a US national and US citizen. When he was 18 years old, he gave up his US citizenship, and obtained Chinese citizenship. Then he is no longer a US citizen, but is he still a US national? Is he required a US visa if he wants to travel in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2085" LastActivityDate="2021-01-15T11:16:22.883" Title="Is he still a US national after giving up his US citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2014-06-18T09:35:56.313" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/immigration/us-national.html&quot;&gt;immihelp.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;U.S. National&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All U.S. citizens are U.S. nationals, but there are some who are&#xA;  U.S. nationals but are not U.S. citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;U.S. national is a person born in or having ties with &quot;an outlying&#xA;  possession of the United States&quot; which is as of 2005,     only&#xA;  American Samoa and Swains Island.&#xA;         Additionally, it also includes those individuals born abroad to two U.S. national parents, or those born&#xA;         abroad to one alien parent and one U.S. national parent. Additionally, there is a residency requirement for&#xA;         the parents of the child prior to birth in order to transmit U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Past U.S. nationals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the past, those who were born in Guam (1898-1950), Puerto Rico&#xA;  (1898-1917), the U.S. Virgin Islands (1917-1927) or&#xA;         the Philippines (1898-1946) where U.S. nationals. However, now those who are born in Guam, Puerto Rico or the U.S.&#xA;         Virgin Islands are full U.S. citizens, and the Philippines is an independent country and the citizenship was never&#xA;         accorded to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, he is no longer a US national and therefore he will need a visa to travel to USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T09:35:56.313" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2014-06-18T13:32:47.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &quot;US National&quot; is a legal term and is so defined in 8 U.S.C. §1408&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 U.S.C. §1408 Definition of U.S. National&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...the following shall be nationals, but not citizens, of the United&#xA;  States at birth:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) &lt;strong&gt;A person born in an outlying possession of the United States on or&#xA;  after the date of formal acquisition of such possession&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) A person born outside the United States and its outlying&#xA;  possessions &lt;strong&gt;of parents both of whom are nationals, but not citizens,&#xA;  of the United States&lt;/strong&gt;, and have had a residence in the United States,&#xA;  or one of its outlying possessions prior to the birth of such person;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) A person of unknown parentage &lt;strong&gt;found in an outlying possession of&#xA;  the United States while under the age of five years&lt;/strong&gt;, until shown,&#xA;  prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been&#xA;  born in such outlying possession; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(4) A person born outside the United States and its outlying&#xA;  possessions &lt;strong&gt;of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a&#xA;  national, but not a citizen&lt;/strong&gt;, of the United States who, prior to the&#xA;  birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or&#xA;  its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less&#xA;  than seven years in any continuous period of ten years—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(A) during which &lt;strong&gt;the national parent&lt;/strong&gt; was not outside the United States&#xA;  or its outlying possessions for a continuous period of more than one&#xA;  year, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(B) at least five years of which were after attaining the age of&#xA;  fourteen years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title8/html/USCODE-2010-title8-chap12-subchapIII-partI-sec1408.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title8/html/USCODE-2010-title8-chap12-subchapIII-partI-sec1408.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IRS Definition of US National&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An individual who owes his sole allegiance to the United States, including all U.S. citizens, and including some individuals who are not U.S. citizens. For tax purposes the term &quot;U.S. national&quot; refers to individuals who were born in American Samoa or were born in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands who have chosen to be treated as U.S. nationals and not as U.S. citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So US Nationals are people born in American Samoa or Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands who decided that they don't want to be citizens of the united states. They refuse, and so based on that voluntary choice they become US Nationals. They can still get a US Passport, they can go to US and live there and get a job as a US Citizen. However they can not vote in National Elections. So US Nationals can't vote in National elections but besides that have the same abilities as US Citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Immigration-Terms-and-Definitions-Involving-Aliens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Immigration-Terms-and-Definitions-Involving-Aliens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your Question&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving up the citizenship of US means that the person is now considered a Chinese National, and would be treated by passport control the same as any other citizen of PRC coming for a visit, or on business and the will require a visa from a US Consulate in China to even board an airplane to fly to the US from China. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the definition of US National involves being born on 2 islands outside US mainland, while your friend was born in LA, they were considered a native born US citizen until the moment they gave up their citizenship and passport. From that moment on they became a citizen of China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastEditorUserId="2088" LastEditDate="2014-06-19T18:02:30.277" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T18:02:30.277" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2014-06-18T18:20:00.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flow in and out of the US is controlled by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://dhs.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Department of Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;. They &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dhs.gov/definition-terms#13&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;define a national to be&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National&lt;/strong&gt; - A person owing permanent allegiance to a state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not say that that permanent allegiance must be singular. That is, it doesn't restrict you to having allegiance to only one state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think it's pretty clear that renouncing your citizenship carries with it the weight of renouncing your allegiance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the definition of a US national for &lt;em&gt;tax&lt;/em&gt; purposes and for &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt; purposes may be different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2091" LastEditorUserId="2091" LastEditDate="2014-06-22T18:05:51.380" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T18:05:51.380" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2483" CreationDate="2014-06-18T20:24:19.530" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your passport is with your company? Is that even legal? I'm not sure it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend that you contact the consulate of your country of citizenship in Dubai. They will speak your language, they will understand your situation, and they should be able to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T20:24:19.530" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-18T14:14:10.473" Score="5" ViewCount="1317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Netherlands one year ago for my studies in Hospitality Management (Euro BA). There is one year in Netherlands, a second year in Germany and a 3rd year in UK. I have a Netherlands residence permit and I am a non-EU International student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked my school in Germany that if I need a German study visa to continue my 2nd year in Germany and they said no. But I don't know whether it is even possible as my visa is for the Netherlands only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will this work now? If I go there, will my school help me getting residence permit or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am really confused, has anyone been through such situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16623" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-19T11:37:50.987" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T20:17:11.457" Title="Do I need a visa to study in Germany as a holder of Netherlands residence permit?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2494" CreationDate="2014-06-19T11:47:03.017" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have a Dutch long-stay visa (MVV means temporary or provisional residence permit and is what is called a long-stay or type D visa in the Schengen regulations), you can visit Germany under the same terms than if you had a Schengen visa. This means among other things that you should only be visiting, should have sufficient financial means, health insurance, cannot work, etc. But you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; legally take a course in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you definitely cannot do with a Dutch residence permit is move to Germany or stay there more than 90 days in any 180-day period. The last bit is difficult to enforce in practice but if you simply reside in Germany, you would definitely be breaking the law (both the German and Dutch law incidentally as de-registering when you leave is mandatory in the Netherlands). I don't know how your studies are organized but it seems difficult to follow a full-time bachelor's program in those conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, it will also be impossible to register with the municipality and things like opening a bank account are going to be difficult (but you could get by with a Dutch bank account I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think your school is misinformed, you might be able to stay illegally and get away with it but it sounds risky (and Germany is known for handing out reentry bans liberally so this could have serious consequences for the rest of your life). You should really insist so that they provide the necessary documentation to get a German residence permit or student visa, that's the only proper way to come to Germany for a full year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-19T19:24:15.750" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T19:24:15.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2499" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2505" CreationDate="2014-06-20T09:37:29.100" Score="4" ViewCount="658" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a Polish driver's license, it's older style, so it has unlimited validity. I'm supposed to exchange that for a newer one, with 15 years validity, but officially I have until 2033 to do that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I've heard that some countries do not accept unlimited validity and apply their rules. If the document was issued more than 10 years ago is it still valid in EU? Does it matter in that case, that I'm a resident of the Netherlands? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-06-20T14:05:05.533" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T14:37:38.973" Title="My Polish driver's license was issued 10 years ago, is it valid in EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2500" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2506" CreationDate="2014-06-20T10:24:45.807" Score="4" ViewCount="1186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me (an Estonian citizen) and my wife (a Turkish citizen) are currently living and working in Turkey, but planning to go to live and work in the UK. Being an EU citizen, I know I don't need a work permit, but I don't know how it is with my spouse. By getting her a visa to accompany me, does it immediately give her a right to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background information:&#xA;I have a British bank account + a National Insurance number, and I've earlier worked for 4 years in the UK.&#xA;Me and my wife also actually did meet in UK, years ago, before marrying, my wife was working the UK under an au pair program. We got married in Estonia 4 years ago.&#xA;My wife also currently holds a valid UK business visa, and has visited the UK a few times already this year - for work purposes, for to the company where she works here in Turkey. She also has a valid multiple entry Schengen visa, and has had an Estonian living (&amp;amp; working) permit before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2099" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-20T11:43:58.653" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T20:10:26.810" Title="What is the process of getting a UK visa and a work permit for a non-EU citizen married to an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3197" CreationDate="2014-06-20T15:56:37.083" Score="3" ViewCount="918" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation is that I am one of 3 directors of a digital agency set up in the UK. We are a remote team with multiple UK and Europe based clients, and our team is all over the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an EU citizen. I would like to go over to the UK to assist with growing the business. The only way I can see this working is if our company applies to be a sponsor, and then sponsors me to work in the UK in a formal position. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this a viable option?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other options available in this case?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2101" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T08:54:02.463" Title="I am a non-EU citizen, one of 3 directors of a company in the UK. How can I work in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2503" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2504" CreationDate="2014-06-20T19:50:36.947" Score="4" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Brazilian citizen and my wife has dual nationality: Brazilian and British. Our son was born in Brazil. Now we are moving to the UK to stay for an indeterminate period of time. Does my son have the right to the UK citizenship? What are the requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T07:42:22.123" Title="Brazilian son of a UK citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2503" CreationDate="2014-06-21T01:44:32.220" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your wife had British &lt;em&gt;citizenship&lt;/em&gt; when the child was born, and she got her British citizenship &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;, then your son will automatically be a British citizen at birth, without doing anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that she had to have British &quot;citizenship&quot;, not just British &quot;nationality&quot;; there are many kinds of British nationals, including British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Overseas citizen, etc. She needs to specifically be a &quot;British citizen&quot;. &quot;Otherwise than by descent&quot; means that she was not herself born abroad and got British citizenship automatically through her parents; if she was born in Britain or she was naturalized in Britain, then she is a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See British Nationality Act of 1981, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/2&quot;&gt;section 2&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-06-21T07:42:22.123" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T07:42:22.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2499" CreationDate="2014-06-21T09:50:33.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under article 2(1) of &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2006L0126:20130701%3aEN%3aPDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;directive 2006/126/EC&lt;/a&gt;, EU countries have to recognize each other's licenses. Article 2(2) specifies that a country may require you to exchange it for a local license but not earlier than two years after taking up residence in that country. This also implies that they have to recognize it in all other situations, e.g. if you are merely traveling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the Netherlands is concerned, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rdw.nl/englishinformation/Paginas/Using-a-foreign-driving-licence-after-becoming-a-resident-of-the-Netherlands.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you do have to exchange your license&lt;/a&gt; if it was issued more than 10 years ago and you have been living in the Netherlands for more than two years. If you had a new license, it seems you could use it until it expires (i.e. for 15 years and not merely 10). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you are a Dutch resident and your license is not valid there anymore, I see no reason why it would not be valid in other EU countries (e.g. on a visit to a third country). After all, the directive does not say anything about the validity of the license itself but only about the conditions under which a member state has to recognize it. In any case, law enforcement outside of the Netherlands is extremely unlikely to know or care about Dutch rules so the only scenario in which this could play a role is if you got involved in an accident or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-21T14:37:38.973" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T14:37:38.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2500" CreationDate="2014-06-21T10:07:32.907" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU law definitely applies to your case and if the authorities would decline to apply it, you could go to court to invoke it. In practice, the UK makes it a little more difficult that it needs to with delays and such but it does generally follow EU law. The famous court cases (Surinder Singh, Carpenter…) are about &lt;em&gt;British&lt;/em&gt; citizens using EU law to circumvent the more restrictive rules that apply to them and their family. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, your wife will need to apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; and then, once in the UK, for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK residence card&lt;/a&gt;. In principle, she has a right to work in the UK without restrictions immediately and should get this visa quickly but in practice I have read reports from people who had to wait several months to actually get the permit they need to come to the UK and work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I don't know is whether your wife could enter the UK on her other visa and apply for a residence card directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-22T20:10:26.810" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T20:10:26.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-22T15:34:39.657" Score="8" ViewCount="7687" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has been a foreign resident for years. I have recently gotten a job as a consultant for a US company. I will be doing the work in Japan, but will be paid to a US account that I have from prior to leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatinfodesk.com/expat-guide/nationality-specific-information/americans/us-tax-liability/&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; about 'US Self-Employment Tax' saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are self-employed, however, acting as an independent contractor, then you must file a Schedule C with your U.S. Tax return and pay the appropriate U.S. payroll taxes on your net earnings. The self-employment tax rate is 15.3% and the foreign income exclusion mentioned before does not reduce this liability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Japan as someone who is self-employed I have to pay for pension and other expenses individually. Japan and the US have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/Japan---Tax-Treaty-Documents&quot;&gt;a tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; that is supposed to prevent double taxation for this sort of thing. If I intend to pay the social security in Japan, do I still need to pay this payroll tax, and if not, how do I inform the IRS not to hassle me about this? Not expecting a tax consultation, but would like to at least be pointed in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2107" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T14:01:43.420" Title="US Citizen Working as an Independent Contractor Abroad -- Payroll Taxes?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2510" CreationDate="2014-06-22T21:02:42.660" Score="11" ViewCount="16939" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a US citizen/resident, who found out that I can acquire Italian Citizenship &lt;em&gt;jure sanguinis&lt;/em&gt;. Before I actually go through with this, I wanted to make sure I wouldn't be burdening myself, with a tax liability, by doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, that since I would not be living in Italy, do I have to pay taxes to the Italian government, on top of the ones I already pay as a US citizen/resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the United States taxes on citizenship, and states tax residency, but it's difficult for me to find information on whether Italy taxes on citizenship, as an Italian-living-abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2108" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:52:29.457" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:52:29.457" Title="Do Italian Citizens living abroad have to pay taxes to Italy?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2014-06-23T01:18:20.320" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries don't tax their citizens, only their residents. The most notable exception is the US. In the EU countries however you only need to pay tax if you are a resident there. &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/italy/employed_en.htm&quot;&gt;More specifically in Italy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you live in Italy for more than 183 days in a year, or your life is centered in Italy and you are in the Population Registry: You must pay tax on your worldwide income there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you don't live in Italy for more than 183 days in a year: you pay tax only on the income you earned in Italy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are not going to be a resident in Italy, you won't have to pay taxes in Italy, except for potential income you earn from Italy (which you didn't state). For the latter there might be double taxation agreements with the US though, so you might not need to pay (fully) on those incomes (although tax treaties usually exclude citizens for most provisions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will however get EU citizenship, which will allow you to enter and move freely inside EU and some other European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-06-23T08:13:17.450" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T08:13:17.450" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2507" CreationDate="2014-06-23T02:50:43.047" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tax treaty doesn't generally cover FICA, only income taxes. Self-employed US citizen will pay payroll taxes (Schedule SE on your tax return) regardless of residency unless a &lt;em&gt;totalization&lt;/em&gt; agreement exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are much less countries that have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Totalization-Agreements&quot;&gt;totalization treaty&lt;/a&gt; with the US than those who have income tax treaties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Japan does seem to have a totalization agreement with the US, so you should check what are the rules specifically for US citizens self-employed while being Japanese residents. I suggest talking to a tax adviser (US-licensed EA/CPA) who's familiar with the tax and totalization agreements the US has with Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T02:50:43.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-23T08:41:15.180" Score="6" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a citizen of the United States but I'm currently living in Moscow and legally working as an English teacher. I recently received an offer to work in China when my contract in Russia ends. They've informed me that I would need to apply for a Z-type work visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a Chinese embassy here in Moscow. Assuming that the Chinese company sent me a letter of invitation, sponsorship, etc. is it possible for me to apply for a Z-Visa &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; having to first return to the U.S. which would be quite costly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2128" OwnerDisplayName="zoombini" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T15:02:44.790" Title="Can I apply for a Z-Type &quot;Work&quot; Chinese Visa while already living abroad?" Tags="&lt;regulations&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2513" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6308" CreationDate="2014-06-23T12:41:29.187" Score="10" ViewCount="1088" Body="&lt;p&gt;I originally took my driving test in Ohio at the age of 16 and received an Ohio license. While I was in college in Arizona, I converted that license to an Arizona one. Last year, I converted the Arizona license to a German license per the reciprocity agreement. Now I have license cards for Germany and Arizona as well as a card for Ohio with a hole punched in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have lived in France for almost 1 year so I need to get my license figured out. I see that the prefecture websites all say that if you have a license from a country that has reciprocity with France then they distinguish between a license that is actually from that country and a license that has been converted from elsewhere. In this way, if my German license was converted from an Arizona license, and considering that Arizona does not have reciprocity with France, I must take a test to get a French license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems to me that my Ohio license may be relevant, as Ohio does have reciprocity with France. As France treats the states basically as separate countries for the purpose of licensing, it seems that I could perhaps show my records regarding the conversion of the original Ohio license. From the wording on the French websites, I believe the inverse would be true. If I had an Ohio license that was converted from an Arizona license, it seems I would be required to take a new test (if the French had a good way to verify the origin of the Ohio license, as they likely do with German licenses).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any mechanism by which I can provide documentation for the entire chain of licenses to prove that I was originally licensed in a state with reciprocity and thus eligible for a free conversion to a French license? I also realize it is possible that my German license may not even be relevant. Perhaps I can just show them the Arizona license and convert it, given that I can get documentation proving it is exchanged for an Ohio license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2111" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T10:04:17.343" LastActivityDate="2016-11-20T00:14:58.063" Title="Ohio&gt;Arizona&gt;Germany&gt;France driver's license conversion?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2014-06-23T18:52:34.620" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian and I moved to the UK two years ago. As Italians, if we permanently reside in a foreign country we don't pay taxes on what we earn abroad. There are taxes to pay if you own a property in Italy, but that's a different story, of course. As citizens, if we plan to move abroad for longer than a year, however, the Italian law imposes that we sign up the AIRE (Anagrafe Italiani Residenti Estero). By doing so we formally lose our Italian residency and some rights, such as using the National Health Service (I guess that's fair enough, considering we no longer finance that service with our taxes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2113" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T18:52:34.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2513" CreationDate="2014-06-23T19:15:04.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, the combination of countries and various exchanges you did shouldn't matter much. The original license should. The only problem is getting it back in a form that would be acceptable to the French authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anything in the rules that implies that a license that has just been issued should not be exchanged. What is required however is to show that you were a resident of Ohio at the time you obtained it. You do need to get this sorted out quickly, as you must apply for a new license within one year of moving to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only have first-hand experience with EU licenses (which is generally much easier) but the way this works in this case is that the various licenses I got over the years always referred back to my original license. For example, when my license was stolen, I had to ask for a specific document from the place I originally took the test and got a new license in my country of residence based on that document. This license was issued recently but does mention the fact that I held a driver's license since 19xx. It's only valid for ten years but after that I can renew it without retaking the test and the next one will still mention the date I passed the test. So if you could get an Ohio license with that date mentioned somewhere (even if it was issued recently), I think it could work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-23T19:21:37.950" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T19:21:37.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2517" CreationDate="2014-06-24T03:09:31.630" Score="9" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presumed Facts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Child Name: Zod&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Child Age: 2 years old&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Zod was born to a US Citizen parent and non US Citizen Parent in a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) US Citizen parent meets all requirements to pass citizenship to child (US citizen parent lived in US for 10+ years after parent was 18, was married at time of child's birth, and child is under 18 years of age. All documents in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visit to US Embassy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When Zod is 2 years old, the US Citizen parent takes the child to the US Embassy and fills out form DS-2029, (Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad), since all requirements are met, the child would be considered a US Citizen. (At worst a DNA test would be asked for and passed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the &lt;strong&gt;legal definition of the child's status&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;prior to&lt;/strong&gt; filing the Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad, during the child's first two years of life in the eyes of the United States? (foreign national, US national, undocumented citizen... etc)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T10:12:56.687" Title="What is the official status of a foreign born child to US Citizen parent who meets all requirements to pass citizenship?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2516" CreationDate="2014-06-24T10:12:56.687" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The child is automatically (and involuntarily) a U.S. citizen at birth. The relevant law is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-9696.html&quot;&gt;INA 301&lt;/a&gt; (also known as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401&quot;&gt;8 USC § 1401&lt;/a&gt;), specifically in this case INA 301(g) (one U.S. citizen parent and one non-U.S. national parent):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at&#xA;  birth:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States&#xA;  and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and&#xA;  the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of&#xA;  such person, was physically present in the United States or its&#xA;  outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than&#xA;  five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of&#xA;  fourteen years: [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/abroad/events-and-records/birth.html&quot;&gt;CRBA&lt;/a&gt; does not change the child's citizenship or nationality status. The CRBA is simply a proof of citizenship, and verifies that the child acquired U.S. citizenship at birth; having U.S. citizenship from birth is a &lt;em&gt;prerequisite&lt;/em&gt; for applying for a CRBA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if a CRBA is never applied for the child (it can't be applied for after the child reaches age 18 anyway), that doesn't affect the fact that the child is a U.S. citizen. As a U.S. citizen, the child can apply for a U.S. passport at any time, at any age. He/she can also apply for a Certificate of Citizenship as another proof of U.S. citizenship, at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T10:12:56.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-24T12:08:44.220" Score="2" ViewCount="8023" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a younger US citizen with a higher-tier job in the tech sector. My fiance and I have decided that we would like to explore the idea of moving to Singapore in the next five years or so. By that time we will be married, have no children, and be bringing our dog (or two if we get another).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are at the very beginning stages of the planning process so I have very little hard information on Singapore and what it's like to emigrate there. What I am looking for here is anyone that can share personal experiences or can point me to good resources about the process of being a US citizen and moving there. Here are some specific questions, though they are just the tip of the iceberg and I'm also looking for questions I didn't even know to ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've heard it's (relatively) easy to emigrate to Singapore if you can find a job there, which is also not terribly difficult if you're in one of their major sectors like finance. Being a tech infrastructure expert it's usually not hard to find a place in any sort of business. Does that logic hold true in this instance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How easy is it to bring a pet (specifically a dog)? I'm assuming I'll be living in a high-rise apartment because that is the majority of the housing available, but are they generally accepting of dogs there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any hurdles to citizenship other than finding a job? For example, I know that Japan is fairly restrictive of whom they make citizens, but I have heard no such reports about Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long should I expect the process to take from start to finish (excluding finances, finding a job, and any travel planning)? As in, from the moment I decide it's time to start whatever paperwork or requests are necessary to the time I am finally able to relax in my new home with my family.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the major hurdles I must overcome (socially, financially, government-wise, etc) to complete this process? This is the one question where I specifically want discussion of finances (but don't forget the rest of the hurdles!), because while I am confident in being able to muster up the change to make this happen sooner or later, I am not unfortunately made of money, so it has to be discussed at some point. Specifically, how much does each piece of the puzzle cost (visas, living expenses, travel, etc)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the major differences between the US and Singapore in social and federal responsibility? As in, what kinds of personal rights would I lose or gain, what behaviors are considered acceptable or unacceptable, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if you have any other recommendations or questions I should be asking feel free to contribute!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2114" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T06:14:26.360" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T07:46:47.330" Title="USA - Singapore, What do I need to know?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-06-26T22:07:10.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2520" CreationDate="2014-06-24T16:43:01.167" Score="45" ViewCount="365526" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following sentence is asked in early stage of all academic positions and postdoc jobs advertised in US-based universities or institutes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you legally eligible to work in the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I Googled this question and found many people have confusion over this question. Some of the answers to this question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070702133803AAN9CxX&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatforum.com/expats/america-expat-forum-expats-living-america/61877-am-i-eligible-work-usa.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this question is ambiguous and can be interpreted in at least two different ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant is considered &lt;em&gt;eligible&lt;/em&gt; if he/she is in the US at the time of application submission as a citizen, green card holder or a work/study visa holder and can immediately start to work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant is considered &lt;em&gt;eligible&lt;/em&gt; if he/she is not in US nor is citizen and work Visa holder, but is can apply for work permit, come to US, and then work in US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which one is correct interpretation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the confusion comes out of the term &lt;strong&gt;eligibility&lt;/strong&gt; because according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, eligibility means &lt;em&gt;able to be chosen for something, able to do or receive something&lt;/em&gt;. In our case it means &lt;em&gt;able to be chosen for a job in US market, able to do or receive work offer in US&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I, like many other foreigners outside US, am eligible to apply for visa and work in US because I am adult older than 18 without any conviction record or illegal entry to US or illegal stay in US. So there is nothing to stop me from getting visa and hence I am eligible to apply for a job, get job offer if qualified from a US employer and then apply for the VISA to enter US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The confusion is further intensified when some employers use the following sentence instead of the above one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why some employers use &amp;quot;Authorized&amp;quot;? Is this a different question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, the second question is much more clearer than the first one, since it asks about authority or right of working in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think in this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while I (without citizenship, green card, or any work visa) am &lt;strong&gt;ELIGIBLE&lt;/strong&gt; to apply from my home country for a work visa, I am NOT &lt;strong&gt;AUTHORIZED&lt;/strong&gt; at the time of application to work in US because I am not in US and have currently no  official work permit from the government. Is this right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 1:&lt;/strong&gt; So how should I as an alien without citizenship, green card, student visa, work visa, visitor visa, or any other document that enables me to work in US should answer this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 2:&lt;/strong&gt; How does saying &amp;quot;NO&amp;quot; to this question impacts on chance of getting interview by universities for academic or postdoc positions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2120" OwnerDisplayName="Espanta" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T02:27:23.703" Title="Answer for &quot;Are you legally eligible to work in the United States?&quot; in academic/postdoc position" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2519" CreationDate="2014-06-24T16:54:46.957" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;People want to know if you are currently authorized (green card, H1-B, etc.), not if you are eligible to apply. Just because you are eligible, that does not mean that you will get a work permit/visa that allows you to work in the US. The work authorization process in the US is complicated and may require the employer to which you are applying to sponsor your application (H1-B). An answer of &quot;No&quot; to this question probably doesn't disqualify you from interviewing, and it tells the interviewer how they will have to work with you and the US government in order to secure your employment should they choose to proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edited to add after the revision: You should tell your potential advisor/employer that you will need visa sponsorship. Most US academic employers are well aware of the necessary steps and have an entire department dedicated to interfacing with international students and employees and the US government. My university calls this the International Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2116" OwnerDisplayName="Bill Barth" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T17:36:02.190" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-24T06:32:02.007" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;My real name is (FN MN LN) :: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Rita Daniel Matthews&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; and the same name is reflected in all of my documents. Now my company is planning me to move to Germany (Europe) for some client project. But my passport has problem with my name. My passport has name as (FN MN LN) :: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Rita Daneal Mathew&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; this was due to my name printing mistake in Birth certificate issue by Indian Government. Please help me out to understand will I be able to apply for work visa? Will there be any problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2119" OwnerDisplayName="Rita Matthews" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T18:39:04.583" Title="Work Visa Application Problem with Name?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2521" CreationDate="2014-06-24T06:40:35.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should probably get your work permit application made out in the name listed on your passport, as that's your real name (as in, official).&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;I can call myself Jeremy, but that doesn't mean that becomes my real name, it's not the name I'm known to by any government agency...&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;But check with the agency responsible for issuing your paperwork, they're the ones who should know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="jwenting" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T06:40:35.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-24T22:46:34.277" Score="6" ViewCount="921" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to get a certified copy of my Arizona driving record. This requires me to complete &lt;a href=&quot;http://azdot.gov/docs/default-source/mvd-forms-pubs/46-4416.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt; and send it to the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division (AZ MVD) along with a check. The form unfortunately requires a notarized signature. I see that I can theoretically go to the US embassy in Paris or the consulate in Lyon, but those are expensive (50USD) and time consuming, as I don't live in those cities. Plus I would need an appointment, and I need to send this document out as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called the AZ MVD and spoke to a level-1 (the lowest level) representative to see if there was any way around this notary requirement. She was pretty sure I could get a seal from a French notary. She also said I could go to a motor vehicle office here. I'm pretty certain that the second option won't get me anywhere. Could she be right about the first (or even the second)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read a bit online and it seems that the French notaries have more power than American notaries, but it seems that they can still certify signatures. But will the seal resemble what they are used to seeing at the AZ MVD and are they likely to accept such a document? If not, what's the quickest way to get what I need without leaving my town (Chalon-sur-Saône)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2111" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T06:00:49.203" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T06:00:49.203" Title="Notarizing a signature for a document to be sent to the US (AZ) while in France" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2518" CreationDate="2014-06-24T22:54:15.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Singapore for some years until 2009. Things might have changed since, and I am not a US citizen, but I will try to answer some of your questions to the best of my knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Edits by LCR. I lived in Singapore 27 years and only left in Dec 2015.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that it is relatively easy to emigrate to Singapore, if you can find a job there, especially one that is in high demand. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.contactsingapore.sg/professionals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Contact Singapore&lt;/a&gt; is catered mainly for professionals looking for work in Singapore. It has links to job vacancies, and in fact nearly all other things you need to know about working and living in Singapore. Note however that the website is promotional in nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For importing of personal pets, I have no experience, but you may find useful &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ava.gov.sg/AnimalsPetSector/ImportExportTransOfAnimalRelatedPrd/PetsPersonal/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;information&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ava.gov.sg/AnimalsPetSector/SalesOfPetsOwnershipExhib/DogLicensing/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AVA&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Pets are VERY EASY. Just have all your inoculations signed by a licensed veterinarian and get a pet import service or a major moving and relocations company to handle this for you for pet permits, etc. Your pets from the USA will have to serve 2 weeks in quarantine being current info still in 2014.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To become a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=132&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizen&lt;/a&gt;, you first need to become a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=151&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Permanent Resident&lt;/a&gt;. To apply for a Permanent Resident status, you must hold an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/passes-visas/employment-pass/before-you-apply/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Employment Pass&lt;/a&gt;. This is generally the default route.&#xA;You get more benefits by becoming a citizen, but you may be required to renounce other citizenship you may have. &#xA;LCR: You MUST renounce your other citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accommodation in Singapore is expensive. For the first few years after moving, you may have no other choice but to rent a flat. Usually this is done through an agent, so there is an agent fee involved. Only Permanent Resident couples who have been Permanent Residents for at least 3 years are eligible to buy a resale HDB flat. &#xA;LCR: The agent fees are a percentage of your rental fee deposit generally being 1-2 months rent. You must also pay what is called a &quot;stamp duty&quot; for your accommodation to be completed as a filing fee with the government basically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than accommodation, I think other things are not so expensive. Food is relatively cheap, and hawker centres are everywhere. So are buses and trains. Immigration fees are relatively cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LCR: However, for Western foods, you pay about 35-40% higher than say in the USA or UK and Europe. There are Michelin star restaurants there that are as costly as NYC or London. Hawker Centres are generally outdoor food courts with 97-99% local ethnic foods...if that will always be your desire along with GREAT food though with additives! Singapore was listed as the top three or most expensive city in which to live in 2013 or 14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a Permanent Resident and you have a son, he will need to enlist for two-year compulsory military training, known as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.sg/government/web/content/govsg/classic/factually/factually-20130305-PRsrequiredtoenlistinNS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Service&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LCR: Above is not 100% correct. Your male children do not have to become a PR or citizen and can apply for a student's pass when old enough or just be a Dependent until then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LCR: Taxes are a dream as it's a tax haven. Maximum 22% of your income. Banking required a reasonable sized deposit but local banks much lower. Most everything can be done online as opposed to the red tape in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-08-10T07:46:47.330" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T07:46:47.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2525" CreationDate="2014-06-25T05:57:23.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, you would probably be better off with the embassy or consulate (&lt;a href=&quot;http://lyon.usconsulate.gov/service.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Lyon&lt;/a&gt; may be closer to you than Paris?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way is to use a French notary and have it &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1400.xhtml#N1007E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apostilled&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/notary/apostille.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Arizona issues apostilles&lt;/a&gt;, and must thus also recognize foreign ones), but depending on the clerk (DMV, after all...) it may cause problems just because they won't know what to do with that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T05:57:23.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2528" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2529" CreationDate="2014-06-25T06:26:33.427" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been studying in Germany since 2009. In Germany, in order to continue being enrolled at a university as international student, you have to have a health insurance which costs you around 80 Euros per month (in my case AOK). After finishing my Bachelor degree I went for one year in Asia for an exchange program (my first Masters year). Unfortunately I had to pay the insurance in South Korea (the German one doesn't offer long term travel insurance) and continue to pay the insurance in Germany in order to keep my enrolled status. Those were 12x80 Euros wasted, which is not a small amount of money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now again I'm back to Asia for an internship which will last one year and I really don't want to keep paying an insurance I don't use in Germany. Is somebody familiar with this experience? Is there any way to avoid paying while I am not in Germany and without being kicked out from university?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T07:26:57.017" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T09:27:09.837" Title="German Students' Health insurance policy, when studying for a year abroad?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2528" CreationDate="2014-06-25T09:19:12.683" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not been able to find an authoritative source for that but it seems there is no way around the student insurance if you remain registered at a German university. The only exception mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krankenversicherung_der_Studenten#Befreiung_von_der_Versicherungspflicht&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;extensive Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt; on the topic (in German) is for people who are still covered through their parents' health insurance and is only possible if you apply within three months of first registering at the university. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative could be to get a supplementary insurance from your German insurer and use that to avoid paying insurance in your destination country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, in the EU, you would be covered through your German student's health insurance even when staying abroad, which might partly explain why the mandatory insurance is not routinely waived. I also believe that German students who qualify for government help get an extra subsidy to cover both insurances when they go abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T09:27:09.837" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T09:27:09.837" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T19:04:19.410" Score="8" ViewCount="1055" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just moved to Germany and registered as a freelancer - now I'm supposed send my first invoice to a client from USA and am getting conflicting info from Google (my German is still a work in progress too) on what this invoice should contain - hope someone could help with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this shouldn't contain VAT (Mwst.) right?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should I qoute some article of German law on why VAT is not needed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the crazy thing is I found websites saying that you're not obliged to translate your invoices (from German) to English but I find that a bit rude - would an invoice in English still be &quot;legal&quot; in Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what info from my client should I have on this invoice? Name and address or is his US? tax number also required? Or not needed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2122" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-11-12T09:30:49.480" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T09:30:49.480" Title="Invoice from Germany to USA?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T19:14:32.770" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just moved to and started working as a freelancer in Germany and was wondering what things/deductibles are the best way to rescue some money from the taxman at the end of the year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a graphic designer and unfortunately have almost 0 expenses throuhout the year - will not need new hardware or software, don't have a car and work remotely most of the time (few travel expenses). It seems I'm doomed to pay a lot of tax - or how do you guys save money on that? What would be the &quot;biggest&quot; deductibles?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2122" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T21:17:48.730" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T21:24:54.473" Title="Top personal income tax deductibles in Germany?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-06-29T19:22:24.027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2531" CreationDate="2014-06-25T21:24:54.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be honest, in case you don't have any business related expenses you can't claim anything there. You can be able to claim part of your apartment rent if you register one or more rooms as home office. Also, you may be able to claim your internet and phone bills, in case you can prove that you used them only for work, but that's about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T21:24:54.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2740" CreationDate="2014-06-26T09:14:02.003" Score="6" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm staying in Malaysia with a student Visa and I'm wondering if it is required to have work visa if you are working remotely and getting paid from a company based in a country other than Malaysia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I wonder making money from selling another country stocks online or getting paid from something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bountysource.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bounrysource&lt;/a&gt; need work visa or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being unable to read Malay language or know the sources the I couldn't find any definition of employment or working in Malaysian Law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do know that income from other countries is &lt;a href=&quot;https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1203859?author=cheahcw2003&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tax free in Malaysia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2124" LastEditorUserId="2124" LastEditDate="2015-05-23T05:27:55.123" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T05:27:55.123" Title="Working remotely part-time in Malaysia with student visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2534" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2539" CreationDate="2014-06-27T08:43:59.760" Score="4" ViewCount="1171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a foreign and non-EU student in Sweden (Sorry! I don't speak Swedish yet but learning it), I have 2 question about taxes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I pay tax for the money which my parent send me for studying and living to my Swedish bank account (they will send money from Russia)? Is there any limit for amount they send monthly?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have an online website and I sell digital products on it to worldwide customers, I use a USA based company to process online payments for my website, and this company send my earnings to my Russian bank (in Russia) monthly, now if I change the bank and ask that company to send my earnings to my Swedish bank in Sweden, then should I pay tax for it in Sweden? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2127" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-27T09:07:41.200" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T20:30:56.813" Title="Tax for income from outside of country in Sweden" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-27T12:02:51.247" Score="4" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am hoping to visit Paraguay and study Spanish (and Guarani language in Paraguay which is particular to Paraguay) but there is no official &quot;full time school&quot; (or at least I have not found the relevant information yet). I have found information on a school called Idipar, but it's not full-time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My scholarship agency would be happier to fund my language studies at a full-time school which has all the relevant paperwork (bureaucracy) and a student affairs section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, are there any universities that offer courses in English so, one can get a feel of the academic environment? It helps the transition into Spanish/Guarani speaking mode too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2130" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-08-08T18:58:31.817" LastActivityDate="2015-08-08T18:59:00.120" Title="Looking for a full-time language school and/or a university in Paraguay" Tags="&lt;language&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;paraguay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-27T14:56:41.243" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there some US site where I could read peoples opinions about suburbs/towns? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've used Trulia neighborhood info to get some useful statistics, but it's very impersonal and only measures handful of metrics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm particularly interested in SF Bay Area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T15:51:36.417" Title="US forum/site with opinions on suburbs" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2536" CreationDate="2014-06-27T15:51:36.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.city-data.com/forum/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.city-data.com/forum/&lt;/a&gt; - you can get responses from people living there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For SF, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.city-data.com/forum/san-francisco-oakland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.city-data.com/forum/san-francisco-oakland/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T15:51:36.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-27T18:15:43.920" Score="4" ViewCount="3633" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is from Sweden. She is coming to Canada with me and has a Work Permit already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 1:  How long can she stay in Canada on a Work Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 2:  Does she need any other type of visa to enter (Temporary Resident Visa or Visitors Visa) or is a Work Permit enough? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-08T16:45:26.910" LastActivityDate="2014-07-08T16:45:26.910" Title="How long does a Work Permit last in Canada?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2534" CreationDate="2014-06-27T20:30:56.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) No, you do not need to pay taxes for money your parents send to you;&#xA;they have already been taxed. It is not counted as income, as you do not perform any work to get this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) This should be taxed in some country, either Russia or Sweden. &#xA;As pointed out, it is hard to track, but &quot;Skatteverket&quot; might be curious about where money on your Swedish bank account comes from. The earnings from your company, has these been taxed in United states or Russia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always transfer money between personal accounts, if they have already been taxed. Earnings should not be taxed twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2132" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T20:30:56.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2541" CreationDate="2014-06-28T11:24:21.730" Score="3" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;English is my first language. I have taken four semesters of university German in preparation to go abroad in 2015 to work and study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this - how can I practice and improve my German in the coming months before heading over? Is there something I can listen to in my car, a good website to practice with, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm most concerned with improving my speaking and listening abilities. Let me know what I can do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2095" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-29T11:03:48.337" LastActivityDate="2015-02-22T11:16:49.017" Title="Practicing German in daily activity to prepare for time abroad" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2540" CreationDate="2014-06-28T16:24:01.560" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few ideas that worked well for me (but they don't seem specific to German or to your situation and only the first one is really about listening):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Watch TV. I had multiple ways to get German TV where I live(d) but even if you don't, I think that most of the contents in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ARD Mediathek&lt;/a&gt; and ZDF Mediathek should be available for free everywhere. Many radios are available for free on the web too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Subscribe to a newspaper. There is a US company offering subscriptions to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glpnews.com/DE/TP/DieZeit.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Die Zeit&lt;/a&gt; (a well-know weekly newspaper) and many magazines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy and read some books about your field, not to learn anything new but to familiarize yourself with the terminology. The lexicon is obviously more limited but cookbooks – if that's your thing – work too to get some daily exposure to the language (I was only able to read novels much later).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to force yourself to spend time doing all this. Befriending a German speaker (or more…) also helps a lot. Also know that very few people are really fluent before they first go to a German-speaking country. It will feel a little frustrating at times but you shouldn't worry about that, it will suddenly all fall into place at some stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get to Germany, working (internship) or following a course with only German students is good too. It will seem daunting at first but it works surprisingly well if you just try to fit in and speak German. At least, it has been my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-22T11:16:49.017" LastActivityDate="2015-02-22T11:16:49.017" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2542" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2546" CreationDate="2014-06-29T07:07:16.033" Score="3" ViewCount="820" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to France and I am a bit curious, how do cellular carriers/networks operate in the European Union? If I have a mobile from Orange, will it stop working once I leave France? Is it like International Roaming here in the US, where you pay through the nose? How does it work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do let me know, simply because I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2140" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-06-29T20:52:45.310" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T20:52:45.310" Title="Mobile carriers in France and how they work across the EU" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2538" CreationDate="2014-06-29T07:27:13.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to let you know that I am not an immigration attorney, just someone very interested in Canadian immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Honestly, I don't think there is an issue with the duration of the work permit. If she has a regular work permit that was acquired through a labour market opinion, it can be renewed as long as you are working for the company that sponsoured the work permit. However, if her job is a HRSDC 0 (management), A (university education required) or B (college education required) position, she can apply for permanent residency under the Canadian Experience Class.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;According to CIC, she doesn't need a temporary resident visa because of her nationality. This is assuming, of course, that she is not found inadmissible due to medical or criminal reasons... but I seriously doubt that this would be an issue now that she has a work permit in hand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2140" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T07:27:13.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2544" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-29T07:39:51.000" Score="3" ViewCount="468" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article911&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Carte de commerçant étranger&lt;/a&gt;, a French long stay visa for those who are able to make their own business/living in France. I'm wondering if anyone on here has ever done this, how did you do it? What kind of questions did they ask you that you think they would ask anyone? How was the département in renewing your visa? I mean, I have heard horror stories about immigrants interacting with the département and I know that it takes five years to qualify for permanent residency and citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if anyone has any details, please let me know. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2140" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-06-29T09:59:23.583" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T18:04:29.253" Title="Does anyone know about the &quot;Carte de commerçant étranger&quot;?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2544" CreationDate="2014-06-29T08:59:51.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no personal experience with this but &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/professionnels-entreprises/F22494.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you can find some details here&lt;/a&gt;. In principle, you should be asked to show that your business is viable and will generate enough income for you. You also need to show that it will obey all applicable laws, that you have enough money to start it and a place to run the business from (e.g. if it's a shop, you can't just say “I want to run a shop”, you need a rental contract for a suitable commercial property) and all the required qualifications/diplomas (for regulated professions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once in France, you will need to deal with all the formalities to start a business (depending on where you come from, you might find that's a little more bureaucratic than what you are used to) and go to the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; to turn your visa in a temporary residence permit. You have to do that within two months of entering France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This permit (&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;) is typically valid for one year and replaces the visa (it's one year from the date you applied, so when you get it it will already be several months old). The site is not really clear on what you need to renew it after the first year, you should make an appointment well in advance and will be informed of the documents you need to bring, which will depend on your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The treatment you can expect will depend a lot on where you are in France. Some &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; are overloaded/understaffed and/or generally unpleasant to deal with (the ones I have some experience with are OK but I have read that some &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; around Paris, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gisti.org/publication_pres.php?id_article=2051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bobigny&lt;/a&gt;, are really horrible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T08:59:51.627" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2542" CreationDate="2014-06-29T09:35:44.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few years ago, roaming within Europe was quite expensive. Since then, the European Commission have identified roaming as a notable impediment to the single market, so have been taking some strong steps to remove roaming as a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of the 1st of July 2014, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/roaming-tariffs&quot;&gt;maximum allowed roaming rates for an EU phone in another EU country&lt;/a&gt; have dropped again, and can now be no higher than&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Outgoing voice calls (per minute) - €0.19&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Incoming voice calls (per minute) - €0.05&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Outgoing texts (per SMS message) - €0.06&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Online (data download, per MB*) - €0.20&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of those are the maximum allowed, but before VAT in your home country. They may well end up falling again in coming years. You may end up paying less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the European mobile operators now offer plans which bring the cost of intra-European roaming down even more. Some even offer free roaming in some or all of the EU, it varies by operator. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the stated goals of the EU Commission is for there to be no roaming within the European Union, and have customers able to select a plan from any operator anywhere in the EU and use the phone anywhere else without extra charges. It's still some way off that, but things are changing for the better of the European consumer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now, you'll need to check the details of your plan and planned operator closely, and compare it to where you're likely to want to be using your phone. If the maximum roaming rates above seem fine to you, just pick whichever provider you want based on their domestic price plan. If you plan to travel quite a bit, give serious consideration to paying a little more for your base price plan, in order to get cheaper or free roaming within the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For the UK, in July 2014, you have one network who offers free roaming in many but not all EU countries + a few non-EU ones, several who offer to let you use your UK price plan in other EU countries for a small daily fee, and at least one who offers free EU roaming on their more expensive plans)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exact plans / offerings / prices change pretty much from month to month, so you're likely to need to check the exact situation once you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T09:35:44.033" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2542" CreationDate="2014-06-29T15:25:25.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Paris, I use B&amp;amp;You mobile service. They provide roaming in most EU countries. I'm not sure about the US. I believe Free.fr does offer roaming in US and some EU countries. Both provide generous data service in the their roaming countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding mobile phones, you have to make sure your phone is unlocked, matches the frequencies of your provider, matches the mode of the provider (2G, 3G, 3G+, LTE) and your providers antennas cover the usage area. Generally, data service coverage is good but LTE requires research. I switched from Free.fr mobile service to B&amp;amp;You service. In Paris, my LTE speeds are now insanely fast on my Samsung S4 (90+mbps), coverage is much better, and B&amp;amp;You is compatible with my iPhone 5 too. YMMV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2142" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T15:25:25.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2544" CreationDate="2014-06-29T18:04:29.253" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way some &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; (what you call &quot;département&quot;, &lt;em&gt;département&lt;/em&gt; being the area &quot;ruled&quot; by the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt;) deal with immigrants is essentially a question of what kind of immigrants we are talking about. As a female Caucasian from the US you will find everyone nice and helpful in any &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt;.  Getting permanent residency will be easy if you have a job. Webdesign is not a regulated position in France but unemployment is high at the moment and there's no shortage of webdesigners. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="794" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T18:04:29.253" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2542" CreationDate="2014-06-29T18:15:24.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;More generally, when comparing offers in France from mobile operator, you have to take into account whether you want an offer without minimal duration, &quot;sans engagement&quot;, whose monthly fare are lower than offers where you benefit from a subsidized mobile phone (that you eventually pay by a having a minimum contract duration of 12 or 24 months &quot;avec engagement&quot;).&#xA;Notice also that once you have no more &quot;engagement&quot;, it is quite easy to change of mobile operator while keeping your phone number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T18:15:24.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-29T20:42:35.013" Score="6" ViewCount="432" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is about working self-employed in England. The visa type I'm interested in only allows me to become a self-employed individual and requires me to pay tax depending on my income. So, in my case, this means that I can only offer my services to different clients/companies not as a permanent employee but as a freelancer. This is where my worries start. How do I find out what sort of contract I would be offered (before entering England) if I started doing some work in England. OR would companies help me out on this by drawing up a contract special to my circumstances? If not, How am I supposed to prove to the Home Office that my deals with the clients/companies are all legit and in compliance with the restrictions of the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2147" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T09:24:38.330" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T09:24:38.330" Title="Working self-employed in England" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2538" CreationDate="2014-06-30T02:05:32.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Canada on a work permit.&#xA;Mine was tied to my job and my company.&#xA;It was valid for 2 years. It was extended twice until I eventually was granted the status of a Permanent Resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work permit of your girlfriend should state for how long it is valid.&#xA;It should also state what type of work she is permitted to do under the permit.&#xA;You might not be able to attend a university, college or other educational institutions under that work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please check carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;I knew this as &quot;Work &amp;amp; Travel Visa&quot; from other occasions. It's definitively different from what I did. But my daughter did it when she came to do a stint for a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/sweden-suede/experience_canada_experience/working_holiday-vacances_travail.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/sweden-suede/experience_canada_experience/working_holiday-vacances_travail.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Working Holiday category is designed for Swedish citizens who intend to travel in Canada and who wish to find temporary paid employment to help pay for their stay (maximum 12 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I read the web page correctly then your girlfriends visa will be valid for 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="909" LastEditDate="2014-07-07T18:54:31.873" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T18:54:31.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2550" CreationDate="2014-06-30T08:57:39.263" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to HMRC's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payerti/employee-starting/status.htm&quot;&gt;website on employment status&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Employment status isn't a matter of choice for either you or your workers. It's a matter of fact, based on key terms and conditions of your working relationship with them - for a list, see the next section. In most cases these terms and conditions will be reflected in your contract with the worker. But even if a contract says a worker is self-employed, if the facts indicate otherwise then the worker may be your employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In most cases, employment status is straightforward. As a general rule, a worker is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;employed if they work for you and don't have the risks of running a&#xA;  business&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;self-employed if they're in business on their own account and are responsible for the success or failure of their business&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website lists a number of points to consider when determining the status, and there is also an interactive tool that helps you determine the status online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T08:57:39.263" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2540" CreationDate="2014-06-30T11:47:48.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try to join the Couchsurfing or BeWelcome networks in order to meet travellers who speak native German. Or watching movies dubbed in German, and also subtitled, to fill the gaps when you don't understand something spoken. Or web radios with a bit more speaking and less music. Also, maybe the higher levels of Duolingo or Memrise could help, but indeed they need dedicated time. Anyhow, meeting native speakers is the best way. If you are still in a university environment, try finding Erasmus students (in Europe) or others who come with some scholarship to your place - try posting flyers in campus area, or posts on facebook groups. Or, even more, organize German movie night and invite friends and colleagues from your German class - if shy, ask a teacher to moderate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have time and opportunity, take a gap year for volunteering - if you are European citizen, try EVS (European Voluntary Service), for me it was the best way to learn Czech almost from zero. And in fact, when locals heard that my Czech is way worse than their English, they helped me out and were more friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T11:47:48.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-30T03:19:41.667" Score="4" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lost a passport that I had in the early 90s. I travelled to the US and China on it with my parents. Unfortunately I lost it sometime over the next decade as my next international travel was in 2007. SInce then I have had two passports and have travelled to different countries. I am currently in the process of having my Australian Permanent Residency/Immigration application processed. Can anyone advise whether not possesing that old passport will have an impact on the success or failure of my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Israr" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T03:46:21.197" Title="Impact of loss of old passport on Australian Immigration process" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-30T14:43:44.750" Score="6" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://photos.state.gov/libraries/israel/76673/acs_pdf/CRBA%20Checklist.pdf&quot;&gt;checklist&lt;/a&gt; for what I need when getting my child's first US passport (we live in Israel) at the US consulate, one of the items reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The U.S. citizen parent(s) must present his/her current and expired&#xA;  U.S. passports and a photocopy of each photo- page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I don't know where my expired passports are or even if I kept them.  Is this going to cause a problem, and is there a way to get expired passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="809" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-01T18:35:05.737" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T06:42:35.263" Title="How many expired passports do I need, when getting my child's first US passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2535" CreationDate="2014-07-01T03:24:50.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can take classes at  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uaa.edu.py/relaciones_internacionales/estudiar_en_paraguay.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;La Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also found these two classified adds:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://asuncionciudad.olx.com.py/ingles-espanol-personalizado-para-adultos-iid-66656960&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://clasipar.paraguay.com/ipeeg_instituto_de_espa_ol_a_extranjeros_563112.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had better luck searching in Spanish instead of English. Try searching for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;aprender español en paraguay&#xA;español para extranjeros en paraguay&#xA;escuela de idiomas en paraguay&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you have chrome, the browser will ask you if you want to auto-translate the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-08-08T18:59:00.120" LastActivityDate="2015-08-08T18:59:00.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2555" CreationDate="2014-07-01T09:36:36.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Gala said in the comments, not all expired passports are needed.  In fact I didn't need any expired passports.  However, if there would have been some complication, such as the child being over 16, or older than my passport, but not yet declared a US citizen, then they would have wanted the expired passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="809" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T09:36:36.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2560" CreationDate="2014-07-01T11:07:42.193" Score="1" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish to start my career in US, I heard I have to apply for H1B Visa. What steps are involved in getting the visa?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2152" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-01T14:00:38.857" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T05:41:08.687" Title="How do I apply for H1B Visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2559" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2579" CreationDate="2014-07-01T11:21:25.770" Score="2" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 27 Years old.Working as team leader(PHP/Wordpress Developer)for an UAE-based company in India.Me,my wife and son(3 year old)all are planning to make the move to London next September. She is going to pursue her's Master Degree there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be going as student dependent.I want to know that, is there any good opportunity for web developer(PHP developer).Do they employment preference to non-native speakers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please suggest me how to approach an employer for a job as dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2153" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T23:00:28.490" Title="Moving to UK,I will be going as dependent visa.How to approach an employer for a job?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2558" CreationDate="2014-07-01T14:29:34.927" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to get a job in the US and have employer submit paperwork( Forms I-129 for USCIS and ETA-9035(LCA)) for you to be able to receive an H-1B and then you will need to apply for a visa.  Normally an immigration lawyer is engaged (usually by the employer) that helps through the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can start with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/h-1b-specialty-occupation/understanding-h-1b-requirements&quot;&gt;USCIS Understanding Requirements Guide&lt;/a&gt; and also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot;&gt;USCIS H-1B page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to note that there is a yearly cap on the number of H-1B applications granted, which you can take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models/h-1b-fiscal-year-fy-2015-cap-season&quot;&gt;USCIS 2015 Cap page for details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T14:29:34.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-01T18:30:51.920" Score="9" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would anyone happen to know if I can apply for a residence permit for Aruba while living outside of Aruba? I hold a Dutch passport but the application process can take months to go through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2154" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T08:54:16.987" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T12:02:30.477" Title="Aruba residence permit for Dutch citizens" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;aruba&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-01T21:35:30.357" Score="4" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India. I went to US a University in Spring 2014 for MS program under F1 Visa. But due to serious health issues, I had to leave US even before the start of the program in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have settled stuff. I am prepared to go and complete my course in this Fall. I will receive my I-20 in a week or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, will I need to go through the same process of F1 Visa again? I know that under F1 status, I cannot be outside US for more than 5 months. So what will happen in my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2155" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:18:18.430" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:18:18.430" Title="Rejoining University after 7 months - under F1" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T23:17:11.957" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2555" CreationDate="2014-07-02T06:37:12.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your child is a U.S. citizen; what they need is evidence of his/her U.S. citizenship. Your passport(s) are not directly necessary for that. What you ultimately need to prove is: 1) You (or the other parent, or both) were a U.S. citizen when the child was born, and 2) if only one parent was a U.S. citizen when the child was born, then that parent was physically present in the U.S. before the child's birth for 5 years, including 2 years after turning 14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The item you cited is listed under &quot;Evidence of parents’ U.S. citizenship&quot;. So basically, they want you to prove that you were a U.S. citizen when the child was born, and any passport that was issued before the child's birth should suffice. But a passport is not strictly necessary for this (imagine if someone lost all their past passports; obviously, it doesn't mean they're doomed). If you can present a U.S. birth certificate (if you were born in the U.S.) or Certificate of Naturalization with naturalization date before the child's birth (if you were naturalized) or Certificate of Citizenship or CRBA, any of those would by itself be sufficient proof of your U.S. citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The checklist is probably overly general because they would rather have too much evidence than not enough, and the cases of citizenship are so complex that it would be confusing to list out what is needed in different cases, so it's better to request everything that might possibly be needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-07-02T06:42:35.263" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T06:42:35.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2574" CreationDate="2014-07-02T07:56:49.207" Score="3" ViewCount="1413" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Tunisian citizen studying in Germany. I don't need to pay taxes anywhere, except in the country I will work in probably. I don't plan to live in Japan as for now (maybe PhD next year, but unlikely to happen) so I am leaving Japan this August, back to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask if some people here have experience with getting tax refund in Japan. I have been working as intern in 2013 for 6 months, paying around 350 dollars income taxes per month. Now again this year the same, 6 months internship and paying 350 dollars per month for taxes. Is it possible for a person in my situation to get some money back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T03:42:00.650" LastActivityDate="2017-09-23T10:38:33.797" Title="Tax refund after an internship in Japan" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1211" CreationDate="2014-07-02T09:11:37.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my case, the answer is that my cheque book made it to my local branch in under 2 weeks, but it look about 6 weeks until I managed to get it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Partly this was my fault - I was expecting the cheque book and bank card to be posted to me, which is how it normally works in the UK, but both were delivered to the branch for collection. Partly it was the bank's fault - they sent me a message through online banking to tell me that my cheque book had arrived at the branch, but it took the bank a few weeks longer than that to successfully send me the letters to be able to log into online banking... Partly my fault - the letter with my pin said that the card would be sent separately, but I didn't read it closely enough to see that it would be sent separately to the branch not to me. Partly the bank's fault - it took ages to get the documents they wanted to open the account, then just at the time I discovered I needed to head to the branch, they changed their mind about one of them and suspended my account until I managed to get yet another document for them. Only then was I allowed to take the waiting chequebook home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall then, maybe as short as a week, probably plan for 3-4 weeks, read all the letters very carefully, and if in doubt pop into the branch from time to time just to check in case it's already waiting for you and you've not yet had the notification!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T09:11:37.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2014-07-02T11:11:19.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In similar situation I tried to contact private clinics - there must be plenty of them in Paris, and I suppose they have also English websites. I phoned the call center, and I got quickly an appointment, requesting an English speaking doctor (I realized later that the doctor's idea about being fluent in English didn't meet mine completely, but that might had been only my bad luck).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not fully aware how EHIC works; my insurance handled the costs afterwards, there was a bit of paperwork, to a survivable extent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T11:11:19.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-02T13:34:04.857" Score="5" ViewCount="385" Body="&lt;p&gt;My passport expired in early May of this year. My mother and I have lived down in Baja for about four years now so she can write her books. We make trips up to the states but not so many. I actively check my passport expiration date. I got it issued May 2009, and I was 11 at the time. Now I'm 17. Do I require a birth certificate or just my old passport to get it renewed at the consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2161" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-02T15:31:00.433" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T18:03:05.153" Title="Passport expired while outside the US" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2569" CreationDate="2014-07-02T18:03:05.153" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because your passport was issued under the age of 16, you will need to apply in person. In order to apply, you'll need to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find the nearest U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fill out for DS-11. This must be handed in in-person. You can either fill out by hand or fill it out online and print it. The link to the website is &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/new.html#step1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT SIGN THIS APPLICATION&lt;/strong&gt; . This application must be signed &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; dated at the time of presentation, i.e. at the Consulate. Also, you must provide your Social Security Number at the time of the signing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must provide evidence of citizenship. This can be any one of the following&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. Previously issued, undamaged, and fully valid U.S. Passport (5 year for minors or 10 years for adults) (unfortunately, you're a minor so the passport will not work for you). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;b. Certified U.S. birth certificate (must meet all of the following requirements): &#xA;     i.   issued by the City, County, or State of birth&#xA;     ii.  Lists bearer's full name, date of birth, and place of birth&#xA;     iii. Lists parent(s) full names&#xA;     iv.  Has date filed with registrar's office (must be within one year of birth)&#xA;     v.   Has registrar's signature&#xA;     vi.  Has embossed, impressed, or multicolored seal of registrar&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c. Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certification of Birth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;d. Naturalization Certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e. Certificate of Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must present a valid form of identification at the Consulate. Any one (1) of the following is valid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. Previously issued, undamaged U.S. passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. Naturalization Certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c. Valid Driver's License&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;d. Current Government ID (city, state or federal)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e. Current Military ID (military and dependents)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to bring a &lt;em&gt;photocopy&lt;/em&gt; of each of the forms of ID you bring with you. It must meet these specifications:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. Photocopy must be on plain white, 8 1/2 x 11&quot; standard paper stock, showing the front and the back of your ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. Photocopy must contain images on only one-side of each page submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c. The paper should be free of other images and/or markings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;d. The 8 1/2 x 11&quot; paper size cannot be substituted with a larger or smaller size paper, even if the alternative folds down to the 8 1/2 x 11&quot; size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e. You may enlarge the image of your ID on the 8 1/2 x 11&quot; page, but you may not decrease the size of the image.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pay the application fees. The fee is $120 for both a book and card. $105 for just a book and $40 for just the card. You &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; pay with cash.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to provide one (1) photo for your application which can be taken prior to application signing. Your photo must meet &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html&quot;&gt;these requirements&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's it. That's all you should need to re-apply from outside the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Information gathered from &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/new.html&quot;&gt;travel.state.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2165" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T18:03:05.153" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-02T19:46:21.063" Score="14" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen residing in Belgium. The Netherlands has an opt-in arrangement when it comes to post-mortem organ donors, whereas Belgium has an opt-out arrangement. When I die, which arrangement applies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-02T19:55:25.160" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T12:14:15.590" Title="Which organ-donor law applies when you die as an expat?" Tags="&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2571" CreationDate="2014-07-02T21:09:19.483" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;By default, the law of the country you are in would obviously apply. I am not aware of any international treaty or attempt to coordinate practices in this area, even within the EU (it can be a touchy subject so it would be difficult to get everyone on board).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have absolutely no idea how it works in practice but formally, I don't see why your citizenship or your residence should generally make a difference. Should you die in Belgium, Belgium law would therefore apply by default. If you die during a vacation, the law of a third country could also apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But many opt-out countries (although by no means all) have rules under which some effort should be made to track family members and ask them about your wishes. So if you did opt in or out in your country of origin or your country of residence, this would constitute evidence that you wanted to donate your organs (or not) and physicians in other countries would often respect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also certainly be the case if you carry a donor card (some organisations offer cards in many language for this purpose). Similarly, the various donor cards I know (France, Germany…) are not the only valid ways to express a preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in some opt-out countries, the opt-out register is also open to non-nationals so if you are really concerned about that, you can try to register yourself before going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.organspende-info.de/organspendeausweis/beiblaetter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;website of the German donor card&lt;/a&gt; includes similar information (in German) and provides a short overview of the rules in many European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-11T12:14:15.590" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T12:14:15.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-03T03:22:17.277" Score="8" ViewCount="5416" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in Japan. I never had a driver's license in the US prior to coming to Japan, and I do not currently hold a license from any country (including Japan, US, and anywhere else). I am planning to remain a Japan resident, but would like to be able to drive in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Japanese driver's licenses are very expensive to get, and would require me to get an international license every time I went to the US and wanted to drive. In contrast, US licenses are incredibly cheap and easy to get, and wouldn't have that restriction (I have no intention to drive in Japan).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I looked through various states on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.org/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;DMV.org&lt;/a&gt;, the half-dozen states that I checked all require you to be a resident of the state to get a license. Is there any way to get a license valid in the US as a non-resident citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T06:06:25.277" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T23:21:44.113" Title="Is it possible for a non-resident US citizen to get a new driver's license in the US?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2566" CreationDate="2014-07-03T03:58:04.490" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are five different types of taxes generally taken from paychecks by employers in Japan:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Income tax (所得税)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Residence tax (住民税)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pension (厚生年金)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health Insurance (健康保険)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unemployment Insurance (雇用保険)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Income tax is covered under Japanese tax laws, and generally is difficult for salaried employees to reduce (barring standard deductions such as having dependent family members or the like), as the employer will file all income tax paperwork for you. If you were considered self-employed (自営業) under Japanese law during the time, you can dramatically reduce your tax rate by filing deductions. Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nta.go.jp/tetsuzuki/shinkoku/shotoku/tebiki2013/pdf/43.pdf&quot;&gt;2013 English guide on tax filing&lt;/a&gt;. If Tunisia has a tax treaty with Japan, and you paid income taxes on that income in Tunisia, you may be able to get that portion refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Residence tax is paid as a portion of your income tax and is different depending on the city you live in. Since each city has different rules about how those taxes are handled, the best bet is to either contact the city office and ask directly, or to talk to an accountant who is familiar with the taxes in that city. If you lived in the middle of nowhere, the taxes &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be lower (or non-existent), and may be difficult to find an accountant to reduce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pension payments for up to three years can be refunded if you file paperwork prior to leaving the country, and again after being out of the country. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nenkin.go.jp/n/www/english/detail.jsp?id=39&quot;&gt;the Japanese government website for details&lt;/a&gt;. Since you are already abroad, if you have not filed the paperwork from Japan and turned in your foreign registration card (along with your work permit) at the airport on departure, you are not eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pension payments, along with Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance may be waived if Tunisia has a totalization agreement with Japan. A totalization agreement prevents you from being double-taxed for services like pension or healthcare, and allows you to apply benefits from one country to the other along with the terms of the agreement. So if you were paying social security (health, unemployment, pension) in Tunisia for the work being done in Japan, you may be eligible for a refund for those payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the largest contributions from a paycheck will be Income Tax and Pension, followed by Health Insurance, Resident Tax, and Unemployment Insurance. You can see the breakdown on your pay stub, and look in to the largest payments individually from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T03:58:04.490" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2578" CreationDate="2014-07-03T07:07:30.340" Score="16" ViewCount="3464" Body="&lt;p&gt;For many people migrating for work to Germany it's quite surprising, or even shocking, that they are asked about their religion by the employer. They are usually not informed about the consequences, and most people answer according to the formal (and not subjective) fact that they are baptised, even if they are atheists or agnostics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, being aware about the church tax in Germany, many people prefer to state they are confession-free (Konfessionslos), because they feel they are not the members of the Church (no religious activities). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the example of Poland, formally, anyone baptised in Catholic Church is the member of the Catholic Church, and formally leaving the Church is practically impossible (according to people who have tried). So, formally any worker from Poland, that was baptised and arrives to Germany, is Catholic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are, then, the consequences of declaring yourself atheist based on your conscience, not on the formal state? You will not be registered for Church Tax, but if the tax office would want to check the religious membership, they would get the answer that the given person &quot;belongs&quot; to the Catholic Church. Will any actions be taken against such person, or the actual state would count as more important than the formal one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-10-11T20:20:30.743" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T20:20:30.743" Title="Consequences of declaring 'Konfessionslos' when formally belonging to Church in Germany" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2540" CreationDate="2014-07-03T07:24:12.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To make you really prepared you need to speak in German with native speakers. Speaking with non-native speakers would also help, but only if they are not native speakers of your language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to have a broad vocabulary, so there will never be too less learning. As for newspapers and news in TV, they are useful to learn the basics, but nothing more. The people on the streets are speaking with other accent, using other words. Movies (German ones, not dubbed!) are better ones, but the actors still speak more formal, trained language than the regular people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you could learn German for 5 years watching TV, and understand no word when coming there! Don't be surprised, from example of many people from Eastern Europe, you need at least 10 years of intensive learning to speak German maybe not fluently, but somewhere near that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't speak with native speakers, concentrate on German TV series and shows, look for some talk shows etc. Anything, where there are people from the street talking, or at least the actors imitating the people from the street talking. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T07:24:12.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2530" CreationDate="2014-07-03T07:37:02.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically, you're exporting services outside EU, so you're doing (probably) the most complicated operation from the accounting's point of view. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you're staying in Germany, you're subject to German tax law, so the invoice &lt;strong&gt;must be in German&lt;/strong&gt; and must contain &lt;strong&gt;all fields required by German law&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The importer has obligation to translate the invoice!&lt;/strong&gt; You can, however, provide the translation, but then you can (potentially) make yourself liable for errors when translating formal terms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;don't pay VAT&lt;/strong&gt; because you're exporter. Exporters don't pay VAT but they must document the export operation to have proof to tax office, no VAT was required from that sale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The invoice &lt;strong&gt;must identify&lt;/strong&gt; your client. So you must provide the company name, the address and the company id, according to US law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you should consult &quot;Steuerberater&quot; because of many potential pitfalls in tax law. The sheer fact that you must properly document export operations and you don't know German perfectly should be enough. &lt;strong&gt;Any trivial errors&lt;/strong&gt; in accounting can result in &lt;strong&gt;heavy fines&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T07:37:02.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2575" CreationDate="2014-07-03T08:28:23.993" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is actually also relevant for German catholics who for some reasons want to leave the church. My understanding is that in canon law and catholic theology, this is simply not possible. In German law, it definitely is, the German states do not endorse the Roman Catholic Church's view of who is a catholic or not and do not ask for any proof beyond your declaration (it's called – approximate translation - the “negative freedom of religion”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can therefore at any time decide to declare yourself &lt;em&gt;Konfessionslos&lt;/em&gt; and stop paying the “church tax” by formally exiting the Church (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kirchenaustritt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;). As far as the Church is concerned, you would still be a catholic and you would also automatically be excommunicated. In practice, it means among other things that you could not marry in a catholic church and should not take part in the celebration of the Eucharist. None of this should be a concern if you are a non-believer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one last type of action the Church can take against you if you work for a religious institution like a Catholic hospital or retirement home: Nurses have been fired for having left the Church and those terminations have been upheld by the courts. Wikipedia (in German) has &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchenaustritt&quot;&gt;details on all that&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you already formally belong to the Church in Germany or are registering yourself in the country for the first time, it's really up to the Church to convince you to remain a member. In principle, local authorities have to accept your declaration without further proof or investigation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kirchensteuern.de/Texte/AnstossAnRigiderSteuerpraxisDez2000.htm&quot;&gt;there are some reports that telling the town official that you were baptized was enough for them to register you as a catholic&lt;/a&gt; (this is from a site critical of the whole system) or that people who registered themselves as catholic at some stage (without being aware of the consequences) got in trouble later on. Apparently, the people in question still wanted to actively contribute to the Church (in their country of origin) and didn't really consider themselves atheists. It's not clear whether you can really do that or if it's all or nothing (Wikipedia &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Zapp&quot;&gt;discusses a recent court case about this&lt;/a&gt; – note that in this case, it's the Church, or at least some part of it, that brought a complaint, not the tax office or the person in question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you do need to be careful to be absolutely clear when registering and if in doubt follow the procedure to formally “leave the church” (which typically involves submitting a declaration and paying a small fee). But the Church can't force you to remain registered as a catholic forever merely because you have been baptized. Beyond that, church finances is actually a provincial/state matter so the exact law will differ from &lt;em&gt;Land&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;Land&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-19T09:40:02.027" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T09:40:02.027" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2559" CreationDate="2014-07-03T09:00:48.887" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a fair sized market in the UK for developers and the largest market is in London. Not being a native speaker should not really affect your job prospects provided that you can still speak and write English reasonably well. In interviews you will probably get a coding test along with a verbal test and most companies look at these results together when deciding on if they should hire you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of how to approach employers, you can either ask friends to submit your CV to the HR departments of their companies or you can sign up with recruitment agents. Other options are &lt;a href=&quot;http://careers.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow Career Boards&lt;/a&gt; or similar job boards. If there are specific companies you want to work for, check their websites to see if they are  recruiting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you need to make sure you definitely have the right to work there. And before you start employment with any company &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;must ask&lt;/a&gt; to see your passport, visa, and other supporting documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2016-04-05T23:00:28.490" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T23:00:28.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2507" CreationDate="2014-07-03T11:37:54.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a similar situation, a US citizen working full-time in the UK. As far as I am aware the IRS requires you to file an annual tax return that includes ALL your income, whether that is earned in the USA or overseas. All foreign income up to &quot;somewhere around&quot; $80,000 (I forget the exact figure) is exempt from US tax, however above that it's possible that you might have to pay the IRS as well as having paid tax in Japan, probably just the excess (or zero if tax in the USA is less?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to figure out the forms on my own the first year and got into a horrible mess. I thought I was due a $1,000 refund, the IRS said I owed $700. By the time the demands for money from the IRS came through the mail (6 weeks) the money was already well overdue and I spent the next 6 months trying to resolve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I prepare details of my earnings and send them to the accountant I used to use in Indiana. She prepares the forms, charges me a small fee, and eliminates a LOT of stress and hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2167" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T10:34:11.593" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T10:34:11.593" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1409" CreationDate="2014-07-03T11:45:41.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Be sure to state on the customs form that the books are your property and that they have been in the family for a long time, ie: not recent purchases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 years ago I shipped a painting back to the UK from the USA using the Post Office, and it was held in customs in the UK while I disputed their request to pay a large sum of VAT on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contacting the correct department was incredibly difficult, and by the time I managed to get through to them the painting had already been sent to the bonded warehouse ready to be returned to &quot;sender&quot;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had originally shipped the painting to the USA in 1997 when my Mom passed away, and had missed it when I returned to the UK 5 years ago, my ex-wife only found it when she moved house 2 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So DO make sure that you include proof of ownership when you ship to avoid any hiccups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2167" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T11:45:41.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2583" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2584" CreationDate="2014-07-03T13:03:40.443" Score="1" ViewCount="376" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I hold a PhD from a US university. I am currently working in France on a Scientific/D visa. I have accepted a position in the USA at a university as a &quot;teaching assistant professor&quot;. The US job was to start in August 2014 but I have been granted a leave of absence (l.o.a) until August 2015. This l.o.a was granted to me by the US university because they prefer I work in France for a year (until 2015) to improve my professional skills. However, they wanted me to sign a contract to start this year so that they may grant an l.o.a for one year (to avoid future lack of funding issues).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will need a H1 visa for the job in the USA. Can I have the US university petition for an H1 right now so that I may attend the visa interview at a US consulate in France or should I have them petition for it for next year (2015)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, since the offer letter I signed shows a starting date of Aug 2014, I am in the clear to have an H1 visa interview this year despite not joining the job until Aug 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I wrong about something? This information will prove useful when I have a teleconference with my employers in the USA and also help my current employers figure out if I will be applying for a US visa this year or next and from where (France or India).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="133" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T14:08:56.270" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T18:33:46.457" Title="H1 visa: Timing for visa interview when on leave of absence" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2583" CreationDate="2014-07-03T18:33:46.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you're technically in the clear, once the petition is approved, but you may get problems if the USCIS comes to audit the university, or if you don't come to the US for that whole year. I suggest you ask the university attorney handling your matter how to proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether to apply in France or India - that's up to the US consulate in France to tell you. If you're not considered resident in France they might turn you away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T18:33:46.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2575" CreationDate="2014-07-04T12:18:49.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this is expat forum, declaring yourself as non-catholic for German tax purposes doesn't say anything about your beliefs. You can still be a member of Polish catholic church, and contribute to it financially, it's just that you don't have any legal or moral obligation to do the same for the German catholic church.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in tax declaration is not about your beliefs, but about your duties, and you are certainly not obliged to pay anything through Finanzamt, while you can contribute even more directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2014-07-04T12:18:49.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-05T22:32:09.617" Score="1" ViewCount="935" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering moving to Delft (or close by) for less than a year - I will have a position at TU Delft during that time. I have two children, a 12 year old (going into 7th grade) and a 4 year old. The international school in Delft does not offer a middle years program for the 12 year old, and it is quite pricey. Does anyone have an opinion of the local dutch schools like Grotius College for English speaking students? Will it be okay to send my children to public Dutch school for a while? What about the international school in the Hague? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2175" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-06T00:11:24.463" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T09:42:47.667" Title="Opinions about Dutch school for kids near Delft" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-10-02T12:02:59.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2587" CreationDate="2014-07-06T00:27:59.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 4-year old should be fine and will probably pick up some Dutch easily (I have seen several do it) but I suspect it could be tougher for the 12-year old as schooling and school life are obviously in Dutch. I don't know anybody who did this but Grotius has something called an “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grotiuscollege.nl/vanbleyswijckstraat/ouders-isk.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Internationale schakelklas&lt;/a&gt;” which is intended precisely for older children who are alphabetized but don't know Dutch. It's mostly intended for kids who arrived recently to settle in the Netherlands and should therefore join the regular Dutch system (and not for expats who will move shortly to another system) but it could be an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/education-and-childcare/to/International-schools-in-The-Hague.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;international schools in the Hague&lt;/a&gt; and you could certainly find one teaching in English and following your country's curriculum but they are likely to be pricey and to have a waiting list. Most pupils would be there for several years and have at least one parent working for an international organization (I think they get subsidies and priority on enrollment), I don't know anybody working at TU Delft for a short time who did this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-06T14:22:22.467" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T14:22:22.467" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2589" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2592" CreationDate="2014-07-06T23:44:30.537" Score="8" ViewCount="2954" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents were born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and they left the country because of the “Khmer Rouge” genocide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are now living in France but they would like to go back in Cambodia and settle there. How can they get proof of their Cambodian citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2177" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-07-10T15:23:32.007" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T02:00:35.823" Title="How to get proof of Cambodian nationality?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;cambodia&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2589" CreationDate="2014-07-07T01:48:00.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I do not have the slightest idea about how to go about this, I would suggest a visit to the Cambodian embassy in France would be a good starting place. And also research on the internet, especially in Cambodian-related forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_CAMBODIA.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, children born overseas to Cambodian parents are entitled to Cambodian citizenship, but are required to renounce any other citizenships they may hold. (Note: Such requirements are usually not enforceable.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-07T02:03:34.580" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T02:03:34.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-07T02:30:21.837" Score="4" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know I can technically move to France, but since I have not been living in the EU- is there anything I need to be aware of? For example, how to register as a resident, how to obtain public health insurance or other state benefits in case I do not get a job right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2178" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-07T09:14:46.750" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T01:22:45.640" Title="Moving to France, American resident (Finnish Citizen who has never lived there)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2589" CreationDate="2014-07-07T03:20:14.727" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gov.kh/images/stories/sub_degree/law_on_nationality.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;law of nationality&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5210.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;another reference&lt;/a&gt;) you should be recognized as having Cambodian/Khmer citizenship by the government of Cambodia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 4:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shall obtain khmer nationality/citizenship regardless of the place of birth for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any legitimate child who is born from a parent ( a mother or father) who has khmer&#xA;  nationality/ citizenship , or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any illegitimate child who is born from and recognized by a parent (a mother or father) who&#xA;  has khmer nationality, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any child who is not recognized by the mother and father (parents), when upon the court&#xA;  passed a judgment stating that such child was really born from a parent ( a mother or father) who has khmer nationality/citizenship, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;shall obtain khmer nationality/citizenship, by having been born in the Kingdom of Cambodia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. any child who is born from a foreign mother and father (parents) who were born and living legally in the Kingdom of Cambodia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b. any child who is born from an unknown mother or father ( a parent) and a newly born child who is found in the Kingdom of Cambodia, shall also be considered as having been born in the Kingdom of Cambodia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure for claiming the citizenship I have not been able to find as of yet but the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambcambodgeparis.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassy of Cambodia&lt;/a&gt; should be able to provide information on the exact method of confirming your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-07T12:59:35.487" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T12:59:35.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2587" CreationDate="2014-07-07T06:54:02.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Less then a year is tough. As @Gala says for you 4 year old you are going to be okay. S/he will go to Group 1 or 2, which still could be considered pre-school. You might want to look for a school with a lot of bilingual children, so they could relate. My children (twins 5 yo) go to a school with a lot of bilingual children and it is fun to see how at their young age they enjoy counting in French, English and Polish. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your twelve yo, things might be a bit more complicated, especially since you are only moving for less then a year. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ash.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;american school&lt;/a&gt; in Wassenaar might be an option. Don't tell a Delft or Wassenaar native, but Delft and Wassenaar could easily be considered suburbs of the Hague. It could be a viable choice to live in the Haque, work in Delft and send your kids to school in Wassenaar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grotiuscollege.nl/juniusstraat/about-grotius-college.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Grotius college&lt;/a&gt;, they seem to cater foreign pupils, with a bilingual program. This is getting more and more common in the Netherlands, but it is certainly not the norm. So I expect that the Grotius college might be a good choice. Since television is not dubbed, but subtitled most 12 year olds in the Netherlands have decent knowledge of English. So the Grotius college might be a good choice for your 12 year old. Then again, you indicated that you will only stay for less then a year, the question then is if it is worth the effort. Your child would also need to get used to another school system, and in my opinion for only a year that is not worth it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T06:54:02.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2589" CreationDate="2014-07-07T09:05:24.350" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Cambodian embassy in France has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambcambodgeparis.info/?q=loi-nationalite-cambodgienne&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;copy of the law&lt;/a&gt; and should be able to assist further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems both you and your parents are Khmer citizens so the only practical requirement to move to Cambodia would presumably be to obtain a passport. According to the embassy, the main thing you need for that are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambcambodgeparis.info/?q=service-passeports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;birth certificates&lt;/a&gt;. Hopefully it's not too complicated for your parents to get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-10T18:07:15.117" LastActivityDate="2014-07-10T18:07:15.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2591" CreationDate="2014-07-07T09:38:44.573" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to register in any way in France. In general, under EU law, you can stay in France under one of two regimes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a worker, in which case you would automatically be covered by the French mandatory health insurance system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a non-economically active person, in which case you need to have health insurance and sufficient financial means not to rely on welfare benefits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however no unconditional right to reside in France if you have no job and no resources so it might not be possible to obtain health insurance if you can't find work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have stayed in France for five years either as a worker or as a non-economically active person, you would become a permanent resident, with full access to French state benefits and health insurance (including the “couverture maladie universelle” for people who don't have any other coverage).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are &lt;em&gt;looking&lt;/em&gt; for work, you can stay in France but not get state benefits or free health insurance. EU citizens who come from their another country can transfer unemployment benefits and are sometimes covered by that country's health insurance system but if you have never lived and worked in Finland I don't think you could benefit from that. You would in any case need a Finnish “European Health Insurance Card”. Otherwise, I think you need private health insurance with equivalent coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full explanation (in French) on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.securite-sociale.fr/Affiliation-a-la-CMU-pour-les-ressortissants-europeens-inactifs-etudiants-ou-demandeurs-d&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;securite-sociale.fr&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cleiss.fr/particuliers/venir_resider_en_france_eee_cmu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cleiss.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-09T01:22:45.640" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T01:22:45.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2014-07-07T12:02:00.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several websites where you can book a doctor's appointment online. This isn't a central doctor database: membership in each website requires the doctor to register and pay a fee (what doctors get from it is more publicity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of these sites just give the doctor's specialty, name and address but a few offer more. Note that I am only asserting that these sites exist, I cannot vouch for their accuracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rendezvousfacile.com/advanced_search.php?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rendezvousfacile&lt;/a&gt; — allows spoken language as a search criterion, and has a user interface in English. The downside of this site is that it doesn't have many participating doctors.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mondocteur.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mondocteur&lt;/a&gt; — you can't search for English-speaking languages but doctors have short bios, some of which mention ”anglais“. You can search doctor bios with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=anglais+site%3Amondocteur.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="187" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T12:02:00.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-08T11:34:42.193" Score="6" ViewCount="356" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Q2 Chinese multi entry visa, is it possible to get a driver's license with this kind of visa? I don't have and I will not ask a residence permit, but the visa validity is 1 year so I will stay there for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have an international driver's license, only my Italian one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="755" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-07-08T16:46:23.507" LastActivityDate="2014-10-21T16:10:10.413" Title="Is it possible to get a Chinese driver's license, when on a Chinese Q2 visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-08T13:22:06.863" Score="1" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friends in France obtained and filled out the attestation d'accueil form which I need for my Schengen visa application, however they sent it via the postal service instead of scanning it in and emailing it! I need to apply for my visa ASAP and it is going to take weeks now for the form to arrive (I live in South Africa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to obtain a copy of it without them having to fill in a whole new document? I think that they sent the original! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2184" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-08T14:11:15.273" LastActivityDate="2014-07-08T16:47:44.680" Title="Obtaining a copy of the “attestation d'accueil”" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2600" CreationDate="2014-07-08T14:15:59.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's possible. Your friends should contact the town administration where they live but I have never heard of any provision for that. Unfortunately, it seems they will need to apply for it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that getting a form and filling it is just the beginning, they need to pay EUR 30 and have it validated by the mayor before sending it to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-08T16:47:44.680" LastActivityDate="2014-07-08T16:47:44.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-09T00:13:31.940" Score="2" ViewCount="3076" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen who has been living abroad since I was ten years old. I am planning on moving back to Germany in a few month with my family. I have a daughter and non EU citizen husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very confused about unemployment and health insurance. I have a BA from a non EU country. I heard I can not apply for unemployment until I have work for at least two year, because I am a university graduate. I do not think I till be able to find work immediately and I will be with my daughter house hunting so we can bring my husband  over. I really need health insurance especially for my daughter. We can not afford private. What can I do? Do I have to be a student or employed? I won't even be registered until I did a house, which should be about a month. What advice do you have for me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2186" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T15:03:05.470" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:03:05.470" Title="Unemployment and health insurance in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-09T06:20:23.070" Score="-1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for getting a 90-day extension? Or are there no requirements, other than showing up and paying? What is the maximum extension allowed on an education visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2187" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2016-08-09T19:44:44.563" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T19:44:44.563" Title="Extension of stay in Thailand" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;education-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-12-15T11:00:41.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2603" CreationDate="2014-07-09T07:22:40.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding of the ED visa is that you can get an extension of stay for 90 days or for a year, but that you also need relevant documentation from the school that you are attending. This can be done (at a cost of 1,900 THB) from within Thailand - there should be no need to go out of the country to get a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These visas have suffered from some abuse in the past (people using them to stay in Thailand long term but not then going to the school, for example), and so there are additional requirements such as showing an income coming from outside Thailand, or sufficient funds in a bank account. This is supposed to stop people from working in Thailand but staying on an extension of stay based on education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have also been cases where people have stayed in Thailand for long periods of time on 'education' extensions of stay who claimed to be learning the Thai language. When applying for the next extension, these people have been asked questions in basic Thai by the immigration officers, and if they could not hold even a basic conversation they have had their extension refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the latest information about visas and extensions of stay in Thailand, I recommend reading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Thai Visa forum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T07:22:40.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="205" CreationDate="2014-07-09T14:57:42.030" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The dossier is just a bunch of documents. Generally they ask for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a work contract, or some document proving you have a job&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your salary (either 3 last paychecks, or your work contract again)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof that you paid your taxes, if you lived in france before&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a copy of your Carte de Séjour or other ID (passport or EU id)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;usually a copy of your RIB (bank account id number, so that they can do something like a credit check)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the same info for a co-signer (which annoyingly they often require if you make less than 3x the rent)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a good idea to bring a copy of all of those, neatly stapled together, that you can hand directly to them if needed. They also usually accept it all in PDF form via email.  Some agents/landlords will ask for other info too, so it's always a moving target... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2189" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T14:57:42.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-09T19:28:43.057" Score="5" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a non-citizen of the US has been able to live in the country for some time under a student visa, and their educational program ends, how long do they have to leave the country (e.g. before forced deportation hearings get started)? The USCIS must have a basic fixed policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if the case is different but the only difference is a work visa instead, how long after work visa is no longer good must person leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="amphibole" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-07-10T06:22:58.357" LastActivityDate="2014-07-10T06:22:58.357" Title="What's the maximum time to leave once student status expires" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2608" CreationDate="2014-07-09T21:43:35.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are options available for when your program ends you can look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ice.gov/sevis/students/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SEVIS #10&lt;/a&gt; to see what they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also discussion on the subject at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ice.gov/sevis/f_1_transfers.htm#_Toc174419530&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SEVIS F1 transfers&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If USCIS denies the reinstatement application , the student must leave the United States immediately or risk being placed in removal proceedings at any time under §237(a)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are always other options that you can exploit with respect to changing your status but you can if not you have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ice.gov/sevis/employment/faq_f_on1.htm#_1_14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;60 day grace period&lt;/a&gt; from the time of the program's end to the time you have to leave the country:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.14. May an F-1 student work on campus during the 60-day grace period after the program end date?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No. The 60-day &quot;grace&quot; period after graduation or post-completion OPT is for an F-1 student to prepare to leave the United States, unless the student is beginning a new program of study. An F-1 student may consider applying for post-completion OPT to continue working after graduation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T21:43:35.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-10T20:46:06.967" Score="7" ViewCount="2623" Body="&lt;p&gt;With 2+ years of foreign driving experience, new residents of Ontario with licenses ineligible for direct exchange (such as a license from The Netherlands), can skip the graduated licensing system and take the G2 road test directly.  For example, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/exchange-foreign-drivers-licence&quot;&gt;exchange foreign drivers license&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recall reading or hearing that if one under these circumstances &lt;em&gt;fails&lt;/em&gt; the G2 road test, then the credited foreign driving experience is annulled and one has to go through the full graduated system, thus forcing one to wait at least 20 months to take the G2 road test again.  However, I'm unable to verify this information now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if one fails the G2 road test (G2 exit test) with credited foreign driving experience?  Can one take the test again soon after, or must one indeed go through the full graduated system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T15:14:26.853" Title="What happens if I fail the G2 road test with 2+ years of foreign experience?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2470" CreationDate="2014-07-11T00:20:07.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a Z visa you do not require a return ticket. That being said, it is possible that Thai Airways will not be aware of this, and will expect a return ticket to board the flight. Your best bet would be to contact Thai Air and verify their policy on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T00:20:07.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2599" CreationDate="2014-07-11T00:23:38.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it is possible to get a Chinese drivers license. There are many services that offer &quot;streamlined&quot; processes to do this (www.chinesedriverslicense.com for instance). Only certain testing centres offer the exams in English, so if you are going to do it on your own, you will need to get all the documentation and find a testing centre in English. If you use one of the &quot;streamlined&quot; services, you don't really have to write the exam, you just pay a little more to skip that step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T00:23:38.583" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2656" CreationDate="2014-07-11T10:36:01.633" Score="10" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1087.aspx?categoryid=68&amp;amp;subcategoryid=162&quot;&gt;Based on the NHS site&lt;/a&gt;, you are entitled to free healthcare if you are an ordinary resident in the UK. But it can happen that you are still denied free healthcare (if they believe you are not an ordinary resident), in which case you have to pay upfront before they start your treatement, and you have to try to claim your money back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the steps to do this are not really documented on the NHS websites. Searching on google for topics related to NHS refunds only result in issues regarding dental and optical care, as they are not (usually) free for patients. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what steps are needed to be taken to sort this thing out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T14:45:26.930" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T13:38:21.637" Title="What to do if an NHS centre doesn't believe you are entitled to free use and charges you for treatment" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-07-11T12:10:52.400" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a good summary of the test in this blog:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nathankowald.com/blog/2013/09/passing-the-life-in-the-uk-test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.nathankowald.com/blog/2013/09/passing-the-life-in-the-uk-test/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says the questions are all from the official book but the book indeed contains so much information and is quite difficult to remember them all easily, especially if you do not have a western background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are lots of websites provide free practice questions but many of them are beyond tricky and are unlikely the questions you will see in a real test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the following website/URL claims to have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.testlifeinuk.com/question-browse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;questions reported by people who have taken the test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and you can have an idea what sort of questions you will see in the real test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.testlifeinuk.com/question-browse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.testlifeinuk.com/question-browse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2196" LastEditorUserId="2196" LastEditDate="2014-11-30T14:44:30.220" LastActivityDate="2014-11-30T14:44:30.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2617" CreationDate="2014-07-11T20:58:21.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/uk-visitors/Pages/accessing-nhs-services.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NHS website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are taken to A&amp;amp;E (accident and emergency department), a minor injuries unit or walk-in centre for emergency treatment then this is free of charge. ... &#xA;  If you need hospital treatment during your stay in the UK, ensure you can provide evidence that you are entitled to free treatment. For ordinary residents, this means showing that you are lawfully and properly settled in the UK (for example, showing a passport/visa plus rental agreements, utility bill, etc). For those that are exempt from charges, this will likely include your immigration status plus evidence of study/work, or which country you are visiting from, as appropriate. If you cannot provide evidence showing you are entitled to free treatment then the hospital will charge you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that since only non-urgent treatment is charged, the NHS would prefer you to wait until you can prove you are entitled to free care. I don't the NHS provides a form to claim back charges for people who elect to pay up front as opposed to proving their eligibility. I would think this is something you would need to take up with a solicitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T20:58:21.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-07-13T08:16:45.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't actually need to read the book, it's tedious and by the time you get to the end of it you forget most of it. What you need to do is discover, understand and remember all facts in the book. For the most effective way to do that , Just goole for &quot;Life in the UK test smart study chapter summaries&quot; and read those. Also try a set of questions which cover and test all facts in the book. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wold steer clear of the brain dump type sites where they publish reported test question, since the questions are randomly selected and they can be changed at any time! the surest way to pass is described above (not just my experience but 1000s of others passed this way !)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2201" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T07:45:57.353" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T07:45:57.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2621" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2623" CreationDate="2014-07-13T13:44:06.240" Score="5" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in a European, non-EU/EEA country, and have been working for a startup from the Republic of Ireland, through a contractor, for the last 6 months. They've just asked me to move to Ireland to work for them directly. I'm an ICT professional, so would qualify for their Green Card programme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience as to what the waiting time is for approval?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2203" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T19:38:15.993" Title="Irish Green Card waiting time?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2575" CreationDate="2014-07-14T13:19:12.403" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved to Germany I had to fill in the tax forms and so on, and I said, Church of England, which I was at the time, and they wrote Englische Staatskirche and I paid no church tax. At some point I got it changed to Religion = none. If I fill in a form I just put a dash. No-one ever questioned or challenged this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband left the Catholic Chuch officially a few years ago, so now he doesn't pay church tax either. He just had to fill in a form and pay 20 Euros. It does mean we couldn't get married in a church or have children christened, but we are not likely to do that. Theoretically he can't go to mass, but he hasn't been for decades so that's not a problem. But I don't suppose there's anyone at the door checking...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our children went to a Catholic school, but their not being christened wasn't a problem (I said they could choose when they were 18). The local Kindergarten is Catholic but anyone can go there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the people who work in church institutions have to submit to church rules - the kindergarten boss married the boyfriend she'd been living with for years and got sacked. It was alright to live &quot;in sin&quot; but not alright to re-marry. That kind of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="549" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T13:19:12.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2621" CreationDate="2014-07-14T17:32:04.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.djei.ie/labour/workpermits/processingdates.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.djei.ie/labour/workpermits/processingdates.htm&lt;/a&gt; can give you a clue.&#xA;Normally, it will take something between 3 or 4 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2206" LastEditorUserId="2206" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T19:38:15.993" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T19:38:15.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-15T04:11:36.350" Score="5" ViewCount="14574" Body="&lt;p&gt;Employers will offer Job only if I have Work Visa, I can get Work visa only if I have valid offer letter. I am in this deadlock situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from India having 4 years of experience in IT industry. I am looking for a Job in New Zealand / Australia. When I apply for any job the first condition they impose is &quot;Citizenship / Work Visa/ PR&quot;. I contacted some consultancies also, they also tell  me the same. Employers will offer job only if I have work Visa, I can get work visa only if I have valid offer letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get through this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2209" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-15T06:58:32.563" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T08:46:22.913" Title="How to find a job in New Zealand or Australia without work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2014-07-15T10:03:58.410" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;New Zealand has a special sort of Skilled Migrant Worker programme, where you can apply for a visa, and if it's approved, you can come live in NZ and then start looking for work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/default.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/default.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't be surprised if Australia had the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2203" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T10:03:58.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-15T22:18:37.543" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you can carry your Schedule F medication when returning from abroad you are not allowed to receive it in the mail (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/compli-conform/import-export/gui-0084_biu-uif-eng.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/compli-conform/import-export/gui-0084_biu-uif-eng.php&lt;/a&gt;). So what do expats do in Canada if they are taking medication not available in North America and don't want to change their treatment???? I am nonplussed and noone seems to be able or want to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T05:05:09.367" Title="How to get medicines in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2014-07-16T02:40:16.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could ask an employer to give you a job offer that's conditional on a visa, with a sensible and specific expiry date. That should be adequate for applying for a visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ensure the employer knows how far into the future the expiry date needs to be so that there's time for the visa to be processed, or the offer may lapse before you get your visa. Obviously, you'll need to find out how long it typically takes to get a visa, and you'll need your application ready to go. If you tell an employer your visa application is ready to submit, they would hopefully be impressed with your motivation, and be more likely to make the effort to make you an offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2213" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T02:40:16.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2629" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2630" CreationDate="2014-07-16T04:15:08.153" Score="1" ViewCount="563" Body="&lt;p&gt;A SEVIS ID on an I-20 form issued by the U.S. government starts with a letter N.  In the following digits, does it contain a non-numeric letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background: I am filling in DS-160 away from home to obtain an F-1 visa  and I have to fill my SEVIS ID in the form.  I do not have access to my original I-20, which was sent to my home, and had my I-20 sent to me by FAX.  Unfortunately, I am having hard times telling 8's from B's printed on the photocopied I-20, and I am not sure as to what really is my SEVIS ID printed on the original I-20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2214" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T05:21:04.273" Title="Does a SEVIS ID on an I-20 contain an alphabet?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2629" CreationDate="2014-07-16T05:21:04.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/about-ds-2019/detailed-description-of-the-ds-2019/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; the characters after the N are all numerical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="918" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T05:21:04.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2631" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T05:43:49.553" Score="4" ViewCount="1927" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wishing to apply for an ED visa, for legitimate interest in studying the language. However, I have the need to exit Thailand briefly, maybe two or three times within the study year.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The school is satisfied that I will not only making up for missing class hours, but also keeping up online.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I am already of retirement age (65) but still active with some outside work activities. &#xA;Does anyone know if there is any in/out flexibility in the ED Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2215" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-07-16T06:31:49.340" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T06:33:36.753" Title="Multiple entry ED Visa in Thailand" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;education-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2631" CreationDate="2014-07-16T06:18:06.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an ED visa already, and you simply need to exit / re-enter Thailand, then the simplest thing to do is to apply for a re-entry permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does NOT affect the 'must leave by' date currently stamped in your passport - it just gives you the flexibility to exit Thailand and re-enter using your current visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe a single re-entry permit (good for one re-entry) costs 1,900 THB, and a 'multiple' re-entry permit costs 3,800 THB and allows as many entries as you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you entered Thailand on an ED visa and got a 90-day stamp saying you must leave by the 1st of October, and then you got a re-entry permit - you could then leave Thailand and come back again before the 1st October. When you re-entered, you would then be stamped in as allowed to stay until the 1st October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that when entering Thailand for the re-entry, you do NOT write the visa number on the white entry card that you hand in to immigration - you write the number of the re-entry permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T06:18:06.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2631" CreationDate="2014-07-16T06:33:36.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Sorry to create a second answer - but this one answers the actual question, instead of suggesting an alternative)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There IS a multiple-entry one-year ED visa, but multiple-entry visas are very difficult to get in the region. The best place to apply for a multiple-entry visa is usually your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that a multiple-entry visa still requires you to exit Thailand within 90 days of each entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it is possible in some cases to get a one-year extension of stay, and this does not require you to leave Thailand for the whole year. I am not sure how to go about this, but the school would need to provide documentation for this - and so they probably know the procedure. Alternatively, contact a reputable company that specialises in Thailand immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T06:33:36.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2636" CreationDate="2014-07-16T09:44:08.547" Score="1" ViewCount="1626" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am willing to buy an apartment in Canada, where I'll be living for 5 years with a student visa (I am swiss).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get a mortgage loan in Canada although I am not Canadian neither a permanent resident? What solution do I have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I asked this same question &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/35238/as-a-non-canadian-resident-can-i-get-a-mortgage-loan-in-canada&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on money.SE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-16T17:34:45.023" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T14:16:07.797" Title="As a non-canadian resident can I get a mortgage loan in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T10:17:48.907" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a Non-Spanish citizen (but from EU), who is &lt;em&gt;empadronado&lt;/em&gt; (resident) in Spain, what does he/she need to do and to pay, if he/she wants a &lt;em&gt;tarjeta de la seguridad social&lt;/em&gt; (social security card)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Same questions for a Spanish citizen, who has been living abroad for some years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for children (age 8 and below)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2069" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T13:28:22.633" Title="What is needed and how much does it cost to get the tarjeta de la seguridad social in Spain?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2634" CreationDate="2014-07-16T13:27:45.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Irrespective of where the money for this mortgage will come from (that's bank's risk) there are programs available for non-residents and new residents that have not yet established credit history in Canada.  You will need to go to the banks to find out about details of the programs but here is some basic information from banks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cibc.com/ca/mortgages/new-nonres-homeowner-pgrms.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CIBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.td.com/to-our-customers/tdhelps/#psce%7Ccid=871%7Clid=1%7Ctid=001%7Cvid=d02526b11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TD Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/0,,225,00.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Scotia Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally if your stay in Canada is limited to 5 years only I would not bother buying a place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T13:27:45.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2627" CreationDate="2014-07-16T13:46:24.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is not a lot of &quot;active ingridients&quot; in various medicines that are not allowed in US or Canada but are allowed elsewhere in the world.  Chances are that the medicine you seek is available in Canada under a different brand name or as a generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the issue is specific dosage then again you should look to see what is available because same medicine may be available in various dosages so for example 600mg of X is the same as 6x100mg of X though the number of tablets/injections will be more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to that any chronic condition need to be monitored by a doctor to make sure that it is unchanged and the drug is still effective (especially if the condition persists over decades).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So having said all that if you want a particular brand of particular medication with particular dosage that is not available in the country then your only option is to have someone or yourself bring this particular medication from the country where it is available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T13:46:24.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2613" CreationDate="2014-07-16T15:14:26.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process depends on where your license is from. As your links says, if your license is from certain countries you an simply exchange it for an Ontario license. Netherlands is not on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section1.12.0.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This page documents the process for other countries&lt;/a&gt;. You exchange your license for a G1 license, granting restricted driving privileges. You are then in the system like an Ontario learner - you need to take the G2 test, or the G test if you have two years driving experience, in specific amounts of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that your G1 license functions in exactly the same way as an Ontario learner driver (which appears to be the case), you have to take the G2 test (or G test) within a certain amount of time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/what-happens-if-i-fail-g1-or-g2-road-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Failing the G2 test does not invalidate your G1, or prevent you taking the G2 test again&lt;/a&gt;. There are limits on how soon you can retake the test, but I believe it's only a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However &lt;strong&gt;if your G1 expires without you having passed the G2, then you will have to begin the process again&lt;/strong&gt;. Likewise for the G2. Both of those are valid for five years, so an experienced driver should have no trouble progressing to the next stage in that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T15:14:26.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T22:14:03.933" Score="2" ViewCount="1525" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be completing 6 Years on my L1 Visa in the month of September-2014 and according to rule i can come back to USA after 1 yr completion of my stay outside US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is when can i apply for H1B Visa.Can i apply on April-2015 since if i get Visa then i can work from october-2015 which is 1 yr gap. ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i know that i can apply in April-2016 but that will be too late for me. I tried to get the answers from the attorney but they will charge a lot for answering this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2219" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T12:27:19.040" Title="When to apply Next H1B Visa when I completed 6 years in L1 Visa" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2014-07-17T03:33:31.993" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best solution for Australia is to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;General Skilled Migration&lt;/a&gt;, which gives you (provisional) permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's a long and arduous path, especially after the recent clampdown on &quot;abuse&quot; of the system: you can't even apply directly anymore, you need to submit an &quot;expression of interest&quot; and wait to get invited to apply.  Even when granted, there are (initially) quite a few strings attached about where you can work and what kind of jobs you can work in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T03:33:31.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-17T04:46:46.317" Score="4" ViewCount="9312" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be in California for 9 months as an exchange student (J1 visa). I hold a valid Indian driving license. Can I drive using my indian license or do I need to get my International Driving Permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2221" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T18:03:43.977" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T12:39:05.840" Title="Can you drive in California with Indian License?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2641" CreationDate="2014-07-17T06:46:17.747" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12502.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CA VC Sec. 12502&lt;/a&gt; says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;12502 (a) The following persons may operate a motor vehicle in this&#xA;  state without obtaining a driver’s license under this code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) A nonresident over the age of 18 years having in his or her&#xA;  immediate possession a valid driver’s license issued by a foreign&#xA;  jurisdiction of which he or she is a resident, except as provided in&#xA;  Section 12505.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12505.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sec. 12505&lt;/a&gt; says, among other things, this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;c) Any person entitled to an exemption under Section 12502, 12503, or&#xA;  12504 may operate a motor vehicle in this state for not to exceed 10&#xA;  days from the date he or she establishes residence in this state,&#xA;  eexcept that ( )1 a person shall not operate a motor vehicle for&#xA;  employment in this state after establishing residency without first&#xA;  obtaining a license from the department.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;( )3 (f) Subject to Section 12504, a person over the age of 16 years&#xA;  who is a resident of a foreign jurisdiction ( )4 may operate a motor&#xA;  vehicle in this state without obtaining a license from the department,&#xA;  ( )5 unless the department determines that the foreign jurisdiction&#xA;  does not meet the licensing standards imposed by this code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also defines the term &quot;resident&quot; in 12505(a) (you can read through the link). As a J1 student you're probably not falling under any of the categories making you resident in California. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, if your foreign license adequately identifies you (in English) and identifies the classes of vehicles you may drive - you can use it in California during your visit. Unless of course the DMV explicitly exclude Indian licenses (as they are allowed per 12505(f)), but I have not found any evidence of such exclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T06:46:17.747" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2639" CreationDate="2014-07-17T06:53:56.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to be away for 1 year before being eligible for status. If you leave on September 30th, you're eligible for status as of October 1st the next year. If you apply in April - you're still going to be eligible for status as of October 1st, with or without the 1 year limitation. So it doesn't matter in your specific case. As long as you're staying for at least one year outside the US you're in the clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see no reason why would you care about attorneys charging a lot. You're not supposed to pay a dime for H1b and employers are not allowed to shift any costs to you in any way. If they do - you can file a complaint with the DOL because they'd be breaking  the law. That said, the question is trivial, and I doubt if it requires any significant research so if the attorney charges too much - you may suggest your employer to find a more qualified one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T06:53:56.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T23:36:11.803" Score="3" ViewCount="520" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if it is possible for my spouse to get a work holiday visa for NZ or Australia too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not what would our alternative options be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is from Brazil, I am from Ireland we currently live here. She would need to be here another 3 years before being eligible for an Irish passport, problem is I will be over 30 by then and not eligible for the work holiday visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Tom" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:03:31.280" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:03:31.280" Title="EU citizen, non-EU spouse, work travel visa Australia?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2644" CreationDate="2014-07-17T00:12:13.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For New Zealand, Brazilian citizens are eligible for a working holiday visa: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workingholiday/brazilwhs.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workingholiday/brazilwhs.htm&lt;/a&gt; However, there are limited places available:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The quota opened on 3 September 2013 and was filled within a short time. Further places will become available in September 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, Brazilian citizens are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; eligible for a working holiday visa from Australia: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/visa-options.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/visa-options.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" OwnerDisplayName="Greg Hewgill" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T00:12:13.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2648" CreationDate="2014-07-17T11:27:30.540" Score="4" ViewCount="1007" Body="&lt;p&gt;Late September I'll be arriving to San Francisco on my H1B visa. I intend to get California driver's license, but I expect that might take some time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a period after arrival during which I can drive using my EU (Polish) driver's license in California? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T14:16:19.050" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T14:16:19.050" Title="Using EU driver's license in California during first days of H1B?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2647" CreationDate="2014-07-17T14:16:08.083" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#two500&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;California DMV&lt;/a&gt; you can use your driver's license in California until you become resident of the state:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a visitor in California over 18 and have a valid driver license from your home state or country, you may drive in this state without getting a California driver license as long as your home state license remains valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you become a California resident, you must get a California driver license within 10 days. Residency is established by voting in a California election, paying resident tuition, filing for a homeowner’s property tax exemption, or any other privilege or benefit not ordinarily extended to nonresidents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only problem is that you cannot apply for a driver's license you will need to receive a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#SSN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Social Security Number&lt;/a&gt; so until you receive that you won't be able to apply anyway so you will be able to use your Polish driver's license until you're eligible to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T14:16:08.083" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2649" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2650" CreationDate="2014-07-17T14:40:36.197" Score="5" ViewCount="747" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do citizens of the EU have the right to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_benefit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kindergeld&lt;/em&gt; (child benefit)&lt;/a&gt; for their children, if they (all the family) live in Germany? Or is &lt;em&gt;Kindergeld&lt;/em&gt; only paid to German children or German parents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it enough, if one parent has the German nationality? Or do the children have to be Germans?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2069" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T06:38:22.910" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T06:38:22.910" Title="Do EU citizens get Kindergeld (child benefit) if they live in Germany with their children?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2649" CreationDate="2014-07-17T16:51:07.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU (and Swiss, Norwegian or Icelandic) citizens who reside in Germany can get &lt;em&gt;Kindergeld&lt;/em&gt; on a par with German citizens. Other people (citizens from third countries living in Germany, people who work in Germany but reside elsewhere) can also be eligible depending on their status and other details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergeld_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; (in German), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/Detail/index.htm?dfContentId=L6019022DSTBAI523933&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Merkblatt Kindergeld 2014&lt;/a&gt; from the German unemployment agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T16:56:43.460" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T16:56:43.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2651" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-07-17T17:59:47.243" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ca.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; is the 3rd largest state in the United States by territory and the largest by population in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;California is also home to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Silicon Valley&lt;/a&gt; which is home to a large assortment of large and small technology companies as well as some of the well known universities such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stanford.edu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stanford&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ucb.edu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;University of California at Berkeley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T06:22:00.770" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T06:22:00.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2652" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-07-17T17:59:47.243" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to moving and living in the state of California." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T06:22:06.473" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T06:22:06.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2653" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-07-17T18:01:09.637" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T18:01:09.637" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T18:01:09.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2654" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-07-17T18:01:09.637" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding obtaining various types of insurance while moving to a new country or managing insurance requirements by ones home country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T06:22:03.383" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T06:22:03.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2617" CreationDate="2014-07-18T13:38:21.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the conversation with the local NHS Trust, each centre can have set it's own cost for non-insured persons, and also decide what they accept and not as valid proof. They also told me that I should first sort the issue out with the local centre, before raising the problem to the Trust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on all this, the local centre required the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The receipt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 months recent payslips (as patient is working in the UK)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or an EHIC card issued from outside the UK that covers the period the patient visited the centre&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The credit/debit card that she used to make payment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we went back there they were still insiting on the patient to show a valid, non-UK EHIC card, as the receptionists thought that for EU patients that's the only valid form of proof. I had to insist, that the patient is actually working and living in the UK full-time, so after a few rounds they accepted the payslips as proof, and processed the refund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also urged to register at a GP as soon as possible, to make this process less painful in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T13:38:21.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-19T16:41:34.077" Score="12" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;More information:&#xA;Currently on a UK Tier 2 sponsored visa that is being sponsored by my current employer. I just got an offer from another company that is willing to sponsor my Tier 2 visa. I will like to know if the UKBA will notify my current sponsor if I try applying for a new Tier 2 visa using the new Certificate of Sponsorship that the new company will issue to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2229" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2014-07-21T01:54:29.363" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T02:56:45.433" Title="Will my current UK Tier 2 sponsor be notified if I try applying for another Tier 2 visa using a certificate of sponsorship from another employer?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2659" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2663" CreationDate="2014-07-21T11:22:20.507" Score="2" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to achieve the status of &lt;a href=&quot;http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familia_numerosa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Familia Numerosa&lt;/a&gt; in Spain, if you are a family from the EU (but not Spanish) and live in Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if not: Is it enough, if only one parent is Spanish citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2069" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T12:55:08.880" Title="Does a family from the EU get the status of Familia Numerosa in Spain, if they live in Spain but are not Spanish citizens?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2660" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2667" CreationDate="2014-07-21T11:44:22.027" Score="10" ViewCount="3244" Body="&lt;p&gt;Zork, 12, was born in a foreign country to a US citizen parent and a non-US citizen parent. At the time of Zork's birth, the US citizen parent had (and currently has) all the requirements to pass US citizenship to Zork. The US citizen parent had strong anti-US political views, so they did not want US citizenship to 'oppress the child'. They never registered Zork's birth with the embassy. The US citizen parent left the foreign country and is assumed to be in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the US citizen parent ignores all communication, what steps should be taken by Zork to confirm his status as a US citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US citizen parent lived 10+ years in the US after turning 18.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US citizen parent and the non-US citizen parent had a marriage ceremony in accordance with local customs, but did not get government official papers: obtaining them requires a substantial application fee/bribe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US citizen parent lived 8 years in the family household.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For this particular foreign country, a police officer's salary is $90/month (just an example) thus the idea of paying retainer fees for a US-based attorney or hiring US private investigators is not viable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main issues are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US citizen parent ignores all forms of contact and is no longer located in the foreign country and won't return to visit the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All posted rules assume that the parent is willing to enter an embassy and submit to a blood test (if required). However if the parent refuses to answer emails, phone calls, and is basically not interested in assisting this process in any way, nor willing to return to the foreign country, etc, since the child is automatically granted US citizenship at birth, is there a way to compel the US citizen parent or (I am out of ideas)..?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this situation winnable by the child without some &quot;guardian angel&quot; / 'Deus ex machina' type of intervention?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T06:15:37.947" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T06:16:59.967" Title="How can a minor foreign-born child of a US citizen parent and non-US citizen parent get US citizenship if the US citizen parent refuses?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2660" CreationDate="2014-07-21T12:52:18.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at the US embassy page (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/citizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the one from UK&lt;/a&gt;) you should be able to find a page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/citizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;claiming US citizenship&lt;/a&gt; which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were born outside the United States, have not been previously documented as a U.S. citizen and are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;under the age of 18: please see our instructions for obtaining a Consular Report of Birth Abroad ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/robirth4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Consular Report of Birth Abroad&lt;/a&gt; you will need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to bring the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth certificate showing the parent(s)’s names;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence of parent(s)'s identity and U.S citizenship;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If married, your original civil marriage certificate. If the document is in a language other than English, a certified translation must be provided;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If previously married, the original divorce decree, annulment or death certificate of your former spouse(s). If the document is in a language other than English, a certified translation must be provided;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof that the U.S. Citizen parent has lived in the United States long enough to transmit citizenship to their child.  Examples of acceptable evidence include, but are not limited to: current/previous passports showing entry/exit stamps, school/college transcripts, military records or wage statements. There is no set list of required documents.  Further information about the physical presence requirements is available by clicking on this link;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Form DS-2029. Complete the form on-line and submit to the U.K.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The non-refundable application fee for a CRBA is $100.  You will pay the fee in person to the Cashier at the time you appear at the Embassy.  Fee information is available here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also go through the page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/robirth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;checking eligibility to pass US citizenship&lt;/a&gt; to get more details.  There are also additional links regarding documentation of parent's &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/physical-presence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;physical presence&lt;/a&gt; so you will need to read up on this and in addition I would suggest going to the embassy and clarifying any remaining questions there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T12:52:18.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2659" CreationDate="2014-07-21T12:55:08.880" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consumer.es/web/es/economia_domestica/familia/2007/09/18/167024.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;one of the references&lt;/a&gt; in Wikipedia article you're linking to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simplest case is that members of the family are Spanish nationals, or EU nationals, or EEA nationals, and they all are Spanish residents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Para poder adquirir la consideración de familia numerosa, sus miembros&#xA;  deberán ser españoles o nacionales de un estado miembro de la Unión&#xA;  Europea, o de alguno de los restantes estados que hayan suscrito el&#xA;  Acuerdo sobre el Espacio Económico Europeo, y tener su residencia en&#xA;  territorio español.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively if some of family members are EU or EEA residents in countries other than Spain, at least one family member must have „economic activity” (as in work or have own business) in Spain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si residen en otro estado miembro de la Unión Europea (UE), o en&#xA;  alguno de los restantes estados que tomen parte en el Acuerdo sobre el&#xA;  Espacio Económico Europeo, al menos uno de los ascendientes debe&#xA;  ejercer una actividad económica, por cuenta propia o ajena, en España.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet another alternative is family, which members are not citizens of EU nor EEA. In that case only the family members that have residence in Spain are taken into account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Los miembros de la unidad familiar que sean nacionales de otros&#xA;  países, tienen derecho al reconocimiento de la condición de familia&#xA;  numerosa en igualdad de condiciones que los españoles, siempre que&#xA;  residan en España todos los miembros que dan derecho a los beneficios&#xA;  que refiere la ley de Protección a la Familias Numerosas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T12:55:08.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2664" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-21T14:19:21.713" Score="3" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Sweden, I live in Switzerland and I am moving to London. I have a car in Switzerland that I am not yet sure what to do with. I like it and I want to keep it. However, I am not sure what my best option is. So what I am wondering is if it's possible to own a car in Switzerland without living in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I moved from Sweden to Switzerland I used my Swedish car for a year in Switzerland and I am basically wondering if I could do the same when I move from Switzerland to the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2238" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T14:19:21.713" Title="Can I own a car in Switzerland, without living in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-07-22T08:34:28.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2665" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2666" CreationDate="2014-07-21T15:21:10.957" Score="2" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to move to UK for a year, and get everything set in less than three weeks. For the time I'll be in UK, I'll need a car. I'd like to find a car lease/rental that can take care of maintenance and problems, so I don't have to worry about it, offering a decent monthly price for a car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm definitely not interested in keeping the car after I'm leaving in a year, as I don't plan to stay in a country driving on the left side of the road. Because I'll have a lot of work, I just want to not worry about the car, having one that works well for the time I need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked on Internet for leases and rentals, but leases often only start at 24mo, and rentals are for short period of time… I'm waiting for enterprise and avis to call me back to give me their long term rental options, and I called a car dealer to find out lease deals for 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do you guys know of options, ways to get a car in UK for the time of my relocation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T18:13:09.620" Title="How to get a car for a one year relocation in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2665" CreationDate="2014-07-21T18:13:09.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had exactly this issue in Canada, being posted here for 9 months. I'll have to answer for Canada, but I think the situations will be similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One year leases are possible, but dealers don't like them. Someone will probably do one, but you will pay more for it than proportionately for a 2-year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renting long term from a car rental is also possible, but is &lt;strong&gt;extremely expensive&lt;/strong&gt;. My company went this route (for bizarre accounting reasons) and paid &lt;em&gt;more than three times&lt;/em&gt; the rate that a lease would have cost. On the other hand, that rate included insurance, which would have been also extremely expensive as a new driver in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I had to do this again I would go the 1 year lease route, or even a longer lease with an option to turn it in early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T18:13:09.620" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2660" CreationDate="2014-07-21T20:03:58.123" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to provide more information. Whether the child is automatically a U.S. citizen at birth &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH-Chapter3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;depends on the details of the situation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the child was born in wedlock, and the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for 5 years before the child's birth, including 2 after turning 14, the child is automatically a U.S. citizen at birth. Nobody has the ability to &quot;refuse&quot; this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the child was born out of wedlock, and the U.S. citizen parent was the mother, if the mother was physically present in the U.S. for 1 continuous year any time in her life before the child's birth, the child is automatically a U.S. citizen at birth. Nobody has the ability to &quot;refuse&quot; this either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the child was born out of wedlock, and the U.S. citizen parent was the father, then in addition to the physical presence requirement above (physically present in the U.S. for 5 years before the child's birth, including 2 after turning 14), a few other conditions need to be met for the child to be considered a U.S. citizen from birth:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A blood relationship between the child and the father is established by clear and convincing evidence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The child’s father (unless deceased) has agreed in writing to provide financial support for the child until the child reaches 18 years of age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One of the following criteria is met before the child reaches 18 years of age:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The child is legitimated under the law of his or her residence or domicile;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The father acknowledges in writing and under oath the paternity of the child; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The paternity of the child is established by adjudication of a competent court.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first two cases, the child is automatically a U.S. citizen from birth, and the desire of either parent has no effect on it. Any parent (not necessarily a U.S. citizen parent, and doesn't even need custody) or legal guardian can apply for the Consular Report of Birth Abroad. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86801.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, under 7 FAM 1443.1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;d. The Form DS-2029 is to be executed only by a child’s parent(s) or&#xA;  legal guardian(s). Either parent, including an alien parent, may&#xA;  execute the application. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;f. Custody dispute: There is no two-parent signature requirement for a&#xA;  Form FS-240 with respect to permission to issue. [...] In the case of&#xA;  a child involved in a custody dispute, either parent may apply for the&#xA;  Form FS-240 regardless of which parent has been awarded custody&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Of course, it may be harder to get evidence of the U.S. citizen parent's physical presence in the U.S. without their cooperation. But you may be able to get some evidence from public records, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child is over 18, you cannot apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, but the child can just apply for a U.S. passport and/or a Certificate of Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the third case above (born out of wedlock to U.S. citizen father), the father's refusal to participate could mean the child is not a U.S. citizen. In particular, you need the father to agree in writing to support the child until 18. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86757.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, under 7 FAM 1133.4-2(b)(3)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) Father's Statement of Support&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) A statement of financial support&#xA;  is required except when the father is deceased. A father who refuses&#xA;  to sign a statement of support prevents his child from acquiring U.S.&#xA;  citizenship. A child who cannot present a written support agreement by&#xA;  the father cannot be documented as a U.S. citizen unless it is proven&#xA;  that the father is dead. This is true even if the father cannot be&#xA;  located; unless dead, the father must be located and comply with the&#xA;  requirements of section 309(a), as amended, before the child's 18th&#xA;  birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) Since section 309(a) specifies that the father must agree&#xA;  in writing to support the child, a local law obliging fathers to&#xA;  support children born out of wedlock is not sufficient to meet the&#xA;  requirement of that section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T06:16:59.967" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T06:16:59.967" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2671" CreationDate="2014-07-22T12:01:49.063" Score="14" ViewCount="10688" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is known, that the USA not only taxes their residents, but their citizens as well. But what happens if someone is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH-Chapter3.html&quot;&gt;US citizen at birth&lt;/a&gt;, who never lived in the USA? Do they also need to pay taxes? I think if they never want to have anything to do with the USA, then it won't really be a problem from them, but there might be cases when you want to use your US citizenship, and have to deal with the USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example consider the following scenarios:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Never lived in the USA, and doesn't intend to, but might visit the USA for travel (and intends to use the US citizenship to enter the country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Never lived in the USA, has already worked in another country, but intends to move to the USA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Never lived in the USA, but wants a US passport, to make it easier to get visas for other countries. Doesn't really intend to go to the USA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens in these cases? Do you have to retroactively pay the taxes on your income? Or do you only need to start doing it once you &quot;formalized&quot; your US citizenship (be getting your passport / entering the country, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Since it seems you need to do your US taxes as well, I'm mainly interested in the answers the various sanctions you might get if you don't do them. This might be quite common, as someone who never lived in the US will probably not know his obligations to a state he never lived in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-23T10:05:26.097" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T18:44:58.827" Title="Do you need to pay US taxes if you are a US citizen by birth, who was never in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1154" CreationDate="2014-07-22T13:22:48.967" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't tried it just yet, but in few weeks I intent to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/&quot;&gt;TransferWise&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advantage is that it covers both currency exchange &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the international transfer. Their EUR/USD exchange rate has zero spread, they only charge a fee, which currently seems to stand at less than 0.5% for EUR→USD transfer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Behind the scenes it works, because there are people in US wanting to send money to Europe, while at same time there are Europeans sending money to US. Instead of doing international transfers, it just does internal clearing, transferring the money in and out from local accounts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downside of TransferWise is that there is no option to send money to bank account that is not in one of the supported countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T13:22:48.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2668" CreationDate="2014-07-23T03:30:44.147" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US taxes all its citizens. Where you live is of no consequence for that fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible for tax treaty benefits, or foreign earned income exclusion, but you're still liable to the US for your taxes and must submit a tax return if you qualify for any benefits or exclusions and want to claim them. Otherwise you're taxed the same (or significantly more) as a US citizen living in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is the same for all your scenarios, as long as you're a US citizen (even if you have never had an actual passport, you're still citizen by birth) - you're liable for taxes, FBARs, FATCAs, PFICS and whatever else punishments the US government imposes on its citizens who dare to live outside of its boundaries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:30:44.147" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-23T20:38:11.453" Score="9" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a bit of an unusual work lifestyle. I'm constantly moving between countries. I've been living and working so far in Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic, the UK, Canada and now I'm moving to Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will most likely not stop there. I'm 37 years old and I'm starting to get worried about what will be with my retirement fund. I paid taxes and national insurances, which would cover for my retirement, in all those countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I possibly use, retrieve or move those funds around and to where (if I have no clue yet where I will settle down), so I have a guarantee that I'll have some fund when I go into retirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have German and Brazilian citizenship, so I was wondering maybe I could set a retirement plan in one of those countries… Anyone with the same issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you recommend a specialist? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't even know who I could ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2249" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-13T16:44:09.437" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T21:01:44.883" Title="Nomad living - Moving retirement funds between many countries?" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T02:33:06.713" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a reduced rate for the capital gains tax applied to Italian citizens (registered with AIRE) permanently residing overseas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2250" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:55:16.017" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:55:16.017" Title="Capital gains tax payable in Italy" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T11:10:55.510" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T10:36:46.813" Score="1" ViewCount="1012" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sending small items, less than 50 grams, from France to the US mostly, and normally use &quot;lettre Prioritaire&quot; which takes 1-4 weeks for 1.78 Euro.  I just sent something &quot;post export&quot; for 6.73 Euro because they said 4 days to California. (without tracking)&#xA;Has anyone else used &quot;post export&quot;? Are the expected delivery times accurate?  Is this similar to the US Priority mail? Is it worth the extra 5 euro?  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2251" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:05:17.910" Title="French Post: What is the difference between &quot;post export&quot; and &quot;lettre prioritaire&quot;" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;costs&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-07-25T10:39:19.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T12:06:10.820" Score="5" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen, currently living and working in the Netherlands under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/individuals/residence-wizard/work/highly-skilled-migrant/&quot;&gt;Highly Skilled Migrant scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wanted do independent consulting work around Europe (self-employed), how could I do this legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend has both Canadian and Romanian passports and has lived and worked in Germany for some time. I get the impression I could definitely live, and possibly work (even as an independent consultant) indefinitely in Germany on a partner visa. But what are my options for the rest of Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2047" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T16:47:32.613" Title="Options for an Australian to work independently in Europe" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2674" CreationDate="2014-07-24T15:42:44.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a search on the french &lt;em&gt;Poste&lt;/em&gt; site, you can see on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.laposte.fr/particulier/courriers-colis/envoyer-des-lettres-et-colis-vers-le-monde&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page (in french)&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;em&gt;Postexport documents&lt;/em&gt; is an offer for a pre-stamped pack/enveloppe. The price therefore includes this package but the delivery system is described as &lt;em&gt;Lettre Prioritaire&lt;/em&gt;, so not different from your 1.78 € stamp for a letter under 50g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the same page, you can see that there's an offer called &lt;em&gt;Export Suivi&lt;/em&gt;, that you can add over a letter already stamped as a &lt;em&gt;Lettre Prioritaire&lt;/em&gt; to benefit tracking of your letter, with no mention of a faster delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my feeling is that you will not benefit of a faster delivery by using &lt;em&gt;Postexport&lt;/em&gt;, neither &lt;em&gt;Export Suivi&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.laposte.fr/particulier/content/download/7839/275968/version/2/file/619105997498e34235562f4f4ed36c21.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This document (in french)&lt;/a&gt; mentions a 4 to 11 days for delivery of &lt;em&gt;Prioritaire&lt;/em&gt; in the USA outside LA and NYC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T15:05:17.910" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:05:17.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2675" CreationDate="2014-07-24T16:47:32.613" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your parner with the Romanian passport can legally work in all EU countries since January 2014. If you can also be considered as a family member, then you will also have the same rights as her, and be able to work in the same country as she does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tricky part is whether you can be considered as a family member or not. &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;If you'd be married then it's easy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are working in another country - as an employee, self-employed or on a posting, your non-EU spouse, (grand) children or (grand)parents can stay there with you without having to meet any other conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During their stay in your new country, your non-EU spouse, (grand)children or (grand)parents should be treated as nationals, notably as regards access to employment, pay and benefits facilitating access to work, enrolment in schools, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not yet married, then it's up to the local authorities to decide whether you can be considered as a family member, or not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The authorities in the EU country where you are working will assess whether your non-EU relatives/partner should be authorised to stay there as your family members (because you are an EU national employed, posted or self-employed there for longer than 3 months). The assessment will be done on the basis of the national conditions and on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1st4immigration.com/family-members-visas.php&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;usually qualify&lt;/a&gt; if you can prove that you have been living together for at least two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify, then you will need a &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;partner visa&lt;/a&gt; to enter other EU countries (especially if they are in a different zone, e.g. from Schengen area to the UK or Ireland)), but only in case you are travelling alone, without your partner. In other cases a &amp;quot;EU family member’s residence card&amp;quot; should be enough. The latter will also prove that you have the right to work in the country you are &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working in a different country where your partner lives is a bit more trickier. In general to be considered for the same benefits as your partner, you both have to be a resident in the same country, so if you intend to live in a different place as your partner, then you are probably out of luck, especially if you want to do this for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shouldn't prohibit you to be a cross-border self-employed worker though (live in Germany, but work in the Netherlands for example), but I couldn't yet find any information about whether you'll have issues getting a job by being a non-EEU resident in another country (as you will only have a German residency card). Probably having your consultancy company registered in the same country as your partner lives would suffice though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T16:47:32.613" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2692" CreationDate="2014-07-25T09:38:04.757" Score="8" ViewCount="18772" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from a Dubai-based company with a salary structure of &lt;strong&gt;10000 AED/Month + Annual Air ticket in economy class + Medical Insurance + Gratuity.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, what is the &lt;strong&gt;cost of living in Abu Dhabhi&lt;/strong&gt;? Is 10000 AED enough for me to survive in Abu Dhabi and send some money to my family in India also? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for a basic accommodation with a mid-level lifestyle, how much will it cost? Can I save some money? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are my &lt;strong&gt;details&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Willing to share accommodation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare my own food&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A little drink with a cinema once in 2 or 3 weeks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can very much adapt to medium facilities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15-min call daily to india&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm a bachelor now, maybe will marry after 2 years &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just &lt;strong&gt;seeking idea here about a mid-level life&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2253" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-08-28T13:24:33.923" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T02:28:50.277" Title="Living expenses in Abu Dhabi, for a moderate lifestyle" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-25T13:21:06.597" Score="4" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most (all?) legislations require that people moving in from other legislations need to exchange their driving license if they wish to continue driving.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/63/6&quot;&gt;Ontario is no exception&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose somebody is told they need more practice, because they moved to a big city where traffic is more difficult to navigate than where they got their license and where they're used to driving.  Suppose this person decides to drive with a license that would be perfectly valid elsewhere, just not exchanged.  If the police pull over, how likely are they to find out?  And if they do find out, is it &quot;driving without a license&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.traffic-services.ca/traffic-offences.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apparently a 325$ fine and a &quot;3 year conviction&quot;&lt;/a&gt;), or is the consequence different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;This is all, of course, entirely hypothetical...?&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T13:43:22.347" Title="What might happen if one continues driving with a foreign license beyond the grace period?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2681" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6733" CreationDate="2014-07-25T18:46:17.273" Score="6" ViewCount="813" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian, I am going on a Working Holiday in Japan for 1 year, but I don't know should I buy a Travel Insurance in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is better to buy the insurance in Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2255" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T15:10:13.003" Title="Working holiday in Japan, which country I should buy my Insurance from?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2684" CreationDate="2014-07-26T09:26:59.693" Score="1" ViewCount="1007" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had someone send me a valuable but small item from my old home in the States, to Turkey.  I had them insure it for $1000 and the postage cost them $50.  When it arrived today in Turkey, PTT (mail carrier) asked for $200 in customs fees.  Is this typical for international mail?  I haven't had this problem in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2258" LastEditorUserId="197" LastEditDate="2014-09-02T12:53:14.213" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T14:07:08.040" Title="Are Turkey's customs fees for international mail high?" Tags="&lt;turkey&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2682" CreationDate="2014-07-26T17:16:04.290" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is absolutely normal.  Every country has a maximum amount allowed to be received in a country without the customs duty.  The amount you have listed obviously exceeded that amount.  And when you mail at least from the US your declared value of the merchandise/gift has to match the amount you're insuring the parcel for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So since your amount exceeded maximum allowed import duty free you will pay whatever duty is imposed and any fines or penalties that laws will allow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So 20% import duty is quite normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.borderlinx.com/en/pages/faq/duty-free-limit&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Borderlinx&lt;/a&gt; for the information on the maximum amount (though information for Russia is no longer accurate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T17:16:04.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-27T10:29:36.557" Score="1" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have a question if anyone can help me regarding the finer point of the Schengen visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an australian passport holder and I flew over to Amsterdam with my Australian partner on the 20th of February 2014. We then traveled by train to Berlin, where my partner is studying at university for a year. I returned to and flew out of Amsterdam at the end of May and returned to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My ticket to go back to visit my partner (for 6 weeks) would have me leaving Australia and entering Germany on the 5th of August 2014. This is 167 days after I entered the Netherlands in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically i want to know JUST HOW STRICT the Schengen visa requirements are. Would I be allowed in even though i am just shy of the 180 days? was my entry and exit from Amsterdam electronically recorded? Would it make a difference that I am returning to Germany and not the netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice/experience would be much appreciated as i am meant to leave in just over a week, and didn't realise i hadn't made the exact 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2260" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T11:05:34.157" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T11:05:34.157" Title="Schengen visa and 180-day rule" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-07-29T07:58:50.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2685" CreationDate="2014-07-27T11:57:58.150" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules are very strict, if you have used your 90 days, you should be denied entry unless you had some sort of long-stay visa (e.g. a partner visa for Germany or a working holiday visa somewhere), at least if the border guards notice it. If there are some days left (that would depend on the exact date you left in May), the 167 days do not matter as such. In principle, entering Germany instead of the Netherlands should not make any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main thing border guards use to enforce this rule are the entry and exit stamps you should have in your passport. There are no Schengen-wide database of entry and exit (there might be a Dutch or German one, though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find a lot of relevant information on the travel SE site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10399/how-to-calculate-stays-against-90-180-visa-rules&quot;&gt;How to calculate stays against 90/180 visa rules?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/13183/about-schengen-90-180-rule&quot;&gt;About Schengen 90/180 rule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/26589/how-to-extend-my-stay-in-the-schengen-area-at-the-end-of-my-trip&quot;&gt;How to extend my stay in the Schengen area at the end of my trip?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/26794/is-it-possible-to-extend-my-90-day-short-stay-in-sweden-by-10-or-15-days?lq=1&quot;&gt;Is it possible to extend my 90-day short stay in Sweden by 10 or 15 days?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T12:13:39.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2685" CreationDate="2014-07-27T14:53:12.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My personal experience is that everything about &quot;immigration&quot; is completely strict.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a particular officer might not (but also, might) notice, you might find that the airline will not let you board the flight, as they may be held responsible for flying you back if you were refused entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the next time you applied for any visa to go anywhere ever, they will look at your travel history to make sure you abide by the rules. Any irregularities, and it's the easiest thing in the world to just decide to refuse you a visa. And once you have had a visa refused, you have to answer &quot;yes&quot; to the question &quot;have you ever been refused a visa for any reason?&quot; on all visa application forms, that guarantees that any future applications go to the &quot;scrutinise these applications&quot; pile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T14:53:12.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2512" CreationDate="2014-07-27T18:12:36.103" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a recruiter and HR professional in China for several years.  Normally, for a Z-Visa, you must first apply for your working permit, obtain the visa and do most of the steps BEFORE moving to China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you move to China first, you can sometimes get lucky and find an agent to transfer your visa status, or fly to Hong Kong for a &quot;Visa&quot; run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on your employer, but some of them will even foot the bill for you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worst case scenario, you might have to fly back the the States, but negotiate with your employer/future employer and try to at least get some compensation.  Some employers will give you money for a plane ticket at the end of 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2261" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-07-27T19:39:26.147" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T19:39:26.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2679" CreationDate="2014-07-28T13:43:22.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering for Ontario: I can't see any reason why &quot;driving without a license&quot; doesn't apply. However you should be aware of the cascading effect of some offences. Your insurance assumes that you are a licensed driver, so it's possible that you could be accused of driving without insurance as well. Also note the clause about &quot;could significantly affect your insurance premiums&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T13:43:22.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-28T20:53:49.947" Score="4" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is currently in the process of drawing up her application for ILR in the UK using form SET(M). She's been in the UK for 4 years now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among the documents that are required with the application are a birth certificate and a marriage certificate. Does anyone have any idea whether a copy and translation of my wife's &lt;em&gt;koseki tohon&lt;/em&gt; (family register) is enough to satisfy these requirements, or do you actually need a marriage certificate and birth certificate? In Japan those documents don't generally exist and are subsumed in the &lt;em&gt;koseki tohon&lt;/em&gt;, which contains all that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would appreciate any help you can give. She came originally on a marriage visa and extended it through the FLR(M) form but neither of us can remember if last time we just submitted the &lt;em&gt;koseki tohon&lt;/em&gt; or we included other documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2265" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T14:14:33.870" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T14:14:33.870" Title="Japanese Spouse Applying for UK Indefinite Leave to Remain - Koseki Tohon or Marriage Certificate?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;japanese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2678" CreationDate="2014-07-29T01:14:48.573" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;AED 10,000 may be a lot in your country, but here you shouldn't convert it to your currency every time you buy something, because it might be 3 times more expensive, unless you really make your own food every day and drink mostly water.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For rent, if that is not included it can reach up to AED 5000pm for low-to-middle class 1 bedroom. For sharing rooms it might be around AED 1000, and having a bachelor around AED 3000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the 15min call to India, here is very good offers for calls to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines etc. So that is very cheap. But for data it is very expensive without a data bundle, 1 fills (AED 0,01) per kilobyte, which is AED 10,24 per megabyte which is basically 1 photo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say you will take back about AED 3,000 to AED 5,000 if you pay for rent and food. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just make sure you are close to a metro station if you choose your new home. Goodluck and enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2266" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T01:14:48.573" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2691" CreationDate="2014-07-29T04:39:59.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-marriagedoc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this US embassy page&lt;/a&gt;, there -is- a separate record, that is kept by the &quot;Legal Affairs Bureau&quot; for 27 years.  I'm not sure what exactly that is, but it might be worth a shot if the &lt;em&gt;koseki tohon&lt;/em&gt; is insufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="918" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T04:39:59.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-30T15:19:16.583" Score="8" ViewCount="2868" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in the US, but I have permanent residency in Germany. I'm neither a US or EU citizen. My partner is a US citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to move back to Germany and bring my partner along. We're not married - but willing to get married before our move in case we need to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is how can I, as a permanent resident holder in Germany, bring my partner along? Can I sponsor him for a visa? Will he be able to work? I've been scouring the immigration and consulates websites for Germany and all the information I can find is for EU or German citizens bringing partners into Germany - but I am neither.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner does not hold a job in one of the &quot;required skills&quot; type of industries, but he does speak some German. Ideally I'd like to get him a work visa, and then find him a job in his field once he arrives to Germany. We're not concerned with being able to find a job, but rather having a work visa before looking for one as his field is not one in which sponsorship happens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2269" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T13:21:31.733" Title="How to bring partner over to Germany as a non-EU citizen, German Permanent Resident?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2695" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-30T16:05:45.533" Score="2" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved to the UK from the USA.  In the USA I only used Tracfones.  They were cheap and easy to use.  There was no fuss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After arriving in the UK I purchased a Nokia 105 pay-as-you-go phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the phone store I also purchased an 'O2 PP BIG Bundle 20 pound COMBI SIM', which I guess is a SIM card on the O2 network.  The salesman asked if I wanted to 'top-up' which I assume means 'add minutes to the phone' which I did.  I think this top-up charge is included as part of the 20 pound charge mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having now tried to use the Nokia phone for the first time I thought I saw that I have 400 minutes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone called me from within the same room and I was able to hear that person on the phone.  I also tried to call that person from within the same room and their phone rang.  So far, everything went as I expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that same person also called my phone and left a voice message.  I cannot figure out how to access the message.  The manual that came with the phone says nothing about voice messages.  Nor does a separate manual I found online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone suggested I need to dial 901 to access voice messages.  Apparently I also need to 'top-up', which I thought I already did.  Apparently I need a separate 'top-up' to access voice messages, separate from the 'top-up' I paid to make phone calls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to call the store from which I bought the phone to ask how to make this second 'top-up', since I do not yet have a UK bank debit card and cannot seem to make this second 'top-up' using my US debit or credit cards.  However, when I tried to call the store, which is 3.5 miles away, my call was 'diverted' and a recorded message told me that I need to 'top-up'!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean I need three top-ups to use this phone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one top-up to call somebody in the same room&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a second top-up to access voice-mail messages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a third top-up to call a store 3.5 miles away&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many top-ups do I need to use a mobile phone in the UK?  And how do I pay these top-ups with a US credit card or debit card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2270" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T09:25:53.110" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T09:25:53.110" Title="Using a Pay As You Go mobile phone in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-08-02T02:38:27.400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2695" CreationDate="2014-07-30T17:30:11.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far I have learned that I need to pay extra to access voice messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also learned that the store phone number I tried to call was a 'special number' because it began with 08 instead of 01, 02 or 03.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will need a UK bank debit card to pay the top-up charge to access voice messages.  I cannot use a US debit or credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, I will also have to pay a 20-pound charge every month to make phone calls.  In other words, apparently unused minutes expire after a month.  Although, I am not 100% certain about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2270" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T17:30:11.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2695" CreationDate="2014-07-30T19:21:22.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can understand your confusion, because I have been to the US once and felt the same, from the opposite side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pay as you go SIM plan you bought &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.o2.co.uk/2014/05/29/the-names-bundles-big-bundles/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;£20 Big Bundle: 400 minutes, 4000 texts and 2GB 3G or 4G data&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voicemail calls are chargeable on O2 pay as you go (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.o2.co.uk/help/phones-and-devices/setting-up-voicemail-901&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/a&gt;) but they are covered from the very same top-up, no need to top-up again. No clue why your calls to 901 were not possible. Lastly, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.o2.co.uk/help/everything-else/special-numbers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are the charges for special numbers. You can use a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saynoto0870.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;special search engine&lt;/a&gt; to find alternative numbers, not to get charged as much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you change your mind, don't despair. If you want to keep your O2 number, you may transfer it to another supplier by &lt;a href=&quot;http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/HOW-TO-Get-your-PAC-Code-from-O2/td-p/33602&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;requesting&lt;/a&gt; a PAC code. Then, you can get a free SIM card from your new supplier, activate it and request to transfer your old number in. Otherwise, you can just stop using your O2 sim card and throw it away and move on to a another supplier. Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="166" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T19:21:22.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2694" CreationDate="2014-07-30T23:44:52.523" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you would be looking for is called “&lt;em&gt;Familiennachzug&lt;/em&gt;” (“family reunification”). You can find a lot of information about it on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Migration/Arbeiten/Familiennachzug/familiennachzug-node.html&quot;&gt;website of the federal agency for migration and refugees&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/Arbeiten/Familiennachzug/familiennachzug-node.html&quot;&gt;same page in English&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marrying would probably help and knowing (basic) German is also usually a requirement but special skills are not. Your own situation in Germany is however very important: You need to have a job or sufficient income to support your partner/family (&lt;em&gt;Lebensunterhalt&lt;/em&gt;) and appropriate accommodation (&lt;em&gt;Wohnraum&lt;/em&gt;) to qualify for “Familiennachzug”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your being currently in the US could therefore be a problem (incidentally, I don't know exactly what the rules are in Germany but I would be concerned about losing your permanent residency right if you stay too long in the US). I think the usual procedure would be for you to move to Germany first, find a job and accommodation and then apply for your partner to join you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Particularly relevant to your question is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Der Aufenthaltstitel von nachziehenden Familienangehörigen berechtigt auch zur Ausübung einer Erwerbstätigkeit (§ 27 Abs. 5 AufenthG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if you sponsor your partner for this kind of visa/title, he will be allowed to work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T23:54:25.597" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T23:54:25.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-01T04:49:39.263" Score="2" ViewCount="1117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (French citizen) am doing a PhD in computer science in the US: over the course of my PhD, how many days of internship am I allowed to do? I have a F1 visa. I plan to do several internships and would like to know the maximum amount of time I can work as an intern. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T05:01:24.660" Title="How many days of internship am I allowed to do with a F1 visa (foreign PhD student in the US)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2700" CreationDate="2014-08-01T05:01:24.660" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no maximum amount of time you can work as an intern. As long as you're complying with the F1 requirements (including being in good standing with your school and various degree-related and course-work related requirements) - you can work as many days as you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there's a difference between full-time and part-time internships. Part time (up to 20 hours/week) does not affect your OPT. Anything more than that comes from your OPT quota (which is up to a year, so if you have a year or more full time CPT - you lost your OPT).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://global.upenn.edu/isss/cpt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a detailed explanation on the CPT&lt;/a&gt; (foreign students' internship) program from UPenn. Your school probably has a similar page, or an international students' office where you can inquire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T05:01:24.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2704" CreationDate="2014-08-01T09:40:57.297" Score="5" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Spain and currently living in Finland. I would guess that renewing the driving license should be fairly simple as it is valid through Europe without any trouble. Though, I wonder what is the process for renewing the license, is there some special rules or paperwork to be considered? Do I have to go through the driving school first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2274" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-08-01T09:45:39.740" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T11:52:15.390" Title="How to renew European driving license in Finland?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2703" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2707" CreationDate="2014-08-01T10:38:15.623" Score="5" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a GreenCard lottery using a commerical on LinkedIn, which I thought was reliable. However, when I started searching for it today I can't seem to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems as though this was not the case. I am now wondering with all the lottery sites that are avaliable, which are trust worthy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mygreencard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;USA-greencards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the list goes on. Futhermore as posted on another post &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/993/are-uscis-visa-lotteries-in-fact-lotteries&quot;&gt;lotteries are lotteries?&lt;/a&gt; where it discuss the lottery process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also mentions one more option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Diversity Visa Program (popularly know as &quot;greencard lottery&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H-1B &quot;lottery&quot; (in case of applications' number exceeding limit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is really; Which are reliable and should it COST to apply for one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2275" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T07:12:49.380" Title="Diversity Visa Program GreenCard, should it cost?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2702" CreationDate="2014-08-01T11:52:15.390" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You go back to Spain, and renew your licence there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You exchange your Spanish licence to a Finnish one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know the Spanish rules, but you might need to be a resident in Spain to renew your licence, so this might not be a good option for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the alternative, you have to apply for an exchange licence at your local police station.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/pages/C763F069E58E52D1C2256C37002D6F36?opendocument&quot;&gt;on this site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A driving licence issued in EU and EEA countries may be exchanged without taking a driving test, if no more than two years have passed since the expiry of the holder’s previous Group 1 driving licence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Group 1 driving licence among others contains driving licences for cars having a gross weight below 3500kg (B) and motorcycles (A).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically you have two years after your Spanish licence expires to exchange it to a Finnish one without needing to take a driving test. Note, that you will still need to do a health check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to include the following to the application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 photograps&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid driving licence (your Spanish one)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a medical certificate for a driving licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, that the cost of the medical certificate &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finlandforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;amp;t=53127&quot;&gt;can vary between places&lt;/a&gt;, so you should research before acquiring one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the exchange route might only work if you have actually passed your driving test in the EU, and your Spanish licence is not an exchange one from a non-EU country (as for example Spain allows to exchange your Argentinian driving licence for a Spanish one). In the latter case you have to check whether the origin if your licence is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/pages/7BC84F796C2FDF02C22578FF002AF590?opendocument&quot;&gt;in this list&lt;/a&gt; or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T11:52:15.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2751" CreationDate="2014-08-01T14:39:03.510" Score="7" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to teach in Thailand for 6-18 months and I have two adult cats I would like to bring with from the U.S. Is this a common and accepted practice? Will there be any issues with customs or housing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2276" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T17:36:48.780" Title="Bringing and housing cats to Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2703" CreationDate="2014-08-01T19:05:56.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;None of these sites is reliable. Diversity visa sign up process is &lt;strong&gt;free&lt;/strong&gt;, done through &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot;&gt;the US government website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (ends with &quot;.gov&quot;), and is only open in October-November.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Applying&quot; through all these sites doesn't guarantee you anything other than money out of your pocket for something you can easily do yourself for free. Moreover - there's no way to check that they actually submitted an application on your behalf, did it correctly, and on time. Also, multiple submissions by the same person invalidate &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the submissions, so if you submit through one of the sites, and then go and submit yourself (or through another site, &quot;to be sure&quot;) - you may end up with no valid submissions at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot &quot;sign up&quot; for H1b lottery at all. H1b applications are sent by employers, not you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T19:05:56.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2703" CreationDate="2014-08-01T23:22:13.723" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Scammers for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa Program&lt;/a&gt; are legions. The official webpage &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0080-diversity-visa-lottery-scams&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa Lottery Scams&lt;/a&gt; from the Federal Trade Commission gives some interesting information that you might find useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Scammers try to trick people who enter the Diversity Visa Lottery.&#xA;  Scammers might:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;charge you money to help you apply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;promise to increase your chance of being picked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;send you a message saying you won and ask for money.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you remember how the Diversity Visa Lottery works, it will be hard&#xA;  for scammers to get your money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It is free to enter the Diversity Visa lottery at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot;&gt;dvlottery.state.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The drawing is random. There is no way to increase your chance of winning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You can find out your status only at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot;&gt;dvlottery.state.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You do not pay until you find out your entry was picked, and you go to the U.S. embassy or consulate in person for your appointment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I do if I spot a scam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you suspect a scam, please report it to the Federal Trade&#xA;  Commission:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Call 1-877-382-4357.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/#crnt&amp;amp;panel1-1&quot;&gt;ftc.gov/complaint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can give as much information as you want. Investigators are happy&#xA;  for any information you give.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T23:22:13.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1059" CreationDate="2014-08-02T02:02:06.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest is to consult the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmel.de/EN/Animals/_Texte/HeimtiereEinreiseregelung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture page&lt;/a&gt; on Traveling to EU with Animals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You qualify for entry from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmel.de/EN/Animals/_Downloads/TravellingWithPets-ThirdCountryList.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;listed third countries&lt;/a&gt; of which Argentina is one you will need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;every animal needs to be identified by a clearly distinguishable tattoo or by a microchip (mandatory since 3 July 2011 for newly tagged animals) and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;valid vaccine protection against rabies must be documented in a supporting document (inactivated vaccine with a of at least one antigenic unit per dose in accordance with WHO standard. The vaccine's period of validity is based on the information provided by the manufacturer. In in doubt, please ask your veterinarian. An initial vaccination must be administered at least 21 days before the border is crossed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can probably review the information from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.germany.info/pets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Missions in the US&lt;/a&gt; as it has a lot of information that is similar to importing pets from Argentina or possibly contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buenos-aires.diplo.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Embassy in Buenos Aires&lt;/a&gt; to see if there are any specifics for Argentina beyond those listed above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T02:10:22.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-02T03:46:48.593" Score="7" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian with a history of psychosis living in the United Arab Emirates. During one of my psychoses, I was turned away by 2 mental hospitals in this country. I dont think 2 hospitals in the country would have lack of space. Hospitals turning away patients seems ridiculous to me. Is this due to discrimination against expatriates or simply because there was nothing they could do once I was in active psychosis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2280" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-08-02T04:44:15.730" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T08:24:26.017" Title="Turned away from hospitals" Tags="&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-03T01:41:03.903" Score="4" ViewCount="2307" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I take the theory exam in English for driving license in Portugal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2284" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-14T11:33:52.127" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T21:12:18.447" Title="Can I take the theory exam in English for driving license in Portugal?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2711" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2713" CreationDate="2014-08-03T15:16:59.057" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in resources that I can use to study for California driver's license theoretical exam on my own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since I've already have a European one, I'd like to find some resource that puts emphasis on differences between European and US/California regulations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T17:00:37.893" Title="Resources for European studying for California driver's license?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-03T23:52:32.720" Score="2" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA and my wife also living with me with H4B VISA. Now I am planning to change my employer(H1B Sponsor) and also my wife is planning to visit my Home country(India). Since our last H1B extension has happened while we are in USA, my wife’s and my H1B Visa not get stamped. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the possible impact if I change my employer(H1B Sponser) after she landed our home Country(India)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-08-04T02:18:30.037" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T20:20:42.357" Title="What is the impact if I change my H1B VISA sponsor while my wife is at Home Country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2711" CreationDate="2014-08-04T04:40:34.877" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best resource is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/driver_handbook_toc.htm&quot;&gt;CA Driver's Handbook&lt;/a&gt; on the DMV site. While most of the rules are generally similar, almost all the areas have subtle differences. Instead of trying to remember your home country rules and the CA differences, it will be much more efficient to just learn the CA rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T04:40:34.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2711" CreationDate="2014-08-04T17:00:37.893" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a pretty similar question as I was surprised we could sometimes turn on red in the US (major offense in France) and wanted to find some good resources that would just give the differences: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/23244/1810&quot;&gt;What are the differences between French road signs and American road signs?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments and answers pointed me to three useful resources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/711/1810&quot;&gt;What are the main differences in traffic regulations between the US/Europe?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_of_the_United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Road signs of the United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_European_road_signs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European road signs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DMV manual is indeed the reference, but a diff is very useful too as often the hardest part is to get rid of old habits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: in some states you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/22413/1810&quot;&gt;convert your driving license to a state driving license&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T17:00:37.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2712" CreationDate="2014-08-04T20:20:42.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fact that you changed employers doesn't matter, what matters is that she doesn't have a valid H4 sticker. She'll need to apply for a new visa, and for that your employer's lawyer will have to prepare and provide her with a package of documents to bring to the interview. This is similar to the previous times she got the H4 sticker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T20:20:42.357" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2718" CreationDate="2014-08-04T20:47:33.653" Score="10" ViewCount="5420" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the United States in 1980 to a British father and American mother. My father still lives in the US and has a green card. At the time of my birth, no attempt was made to get me a passport or dual citizenship. Am I still able to get a UK passport? If so, what is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2291" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-08-05T08:24:54.393" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T08:24:54.393" Title="Can I get a UK passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2717" CreationDate="2014-08-04T22:30:22.000" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you were born before 1983 and your father was a British Citizen, section 5 of the 1948 nationality act applies to you. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/56/pdfs/ukpga_19480056_en.pdf&quot;&gt;Based on this act&lt;/a&gt; you are considered a British Citizen &lt;strong&gt;by descent&lt;/strong&gt;, if your father is a British Citizen &lt;strong&gt;otherwise than by descent&lt;/strong&gt;, for example he was actually born in the UK or became citizen by naturalization or registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these apply, then you are already a British Citizen by descent, which means that while you are considered a citizen, &lt;em&gt;you will not automatically pass this citizenship on to your children&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, that if your father was already a British Citizen &lt;em&gt;by descent&lt;/em&gt; (e.g. he was not born in the UK, but got the citizenship through his parents), then probably you are not a British Citizen, and cannot apply for a UK passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are outside of the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/usa/applying/adult/usa&quot;&gt;you need to apply online&lt;/a&gt;. If you are inside the UK (for example you entered the country with your US passport), then you can apply by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either case you will need &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of the following documents to prove that you are a citizen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your full birth certificate showing your parents’ details&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your father’s birth certificate or naturalisation or registration certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your parents’ marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(you will also need to supply some other things, like two passport photographs and your current, non-UK passport as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not have all of the documents necessary to complete the application then you have to write to the Home Office asking them to confirm that you are in fact a British Citizen (by descent). For this you should fill out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321804/Form_NS_-_June_2014.pdf&quot;&gt;Confirmation of British nationality status&lt;/a&gt; form (also called Form NS). You have to sent the filled out form to this address:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Home Office&#xA;PO Box 306&#xA;Dept 1&#xA;LIVERPOOL&#xA;L2 0QN&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-04T23:04:22.240" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T23:04:22.240" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-05T03:03:40.577" Score="2" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA and my wife had H4B VISA. The stamped VISAs in our passports were expired an year ago. However our status got renewed while we were in USA and we got new i-797 documents. But our passport didn't get stamped with renewed status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my wife is planning to visit our home country of India. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what should be the process to get new stamping for H4B VISA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the documents that my wife has to carry for H4B VISA stamping? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="681" LastEditDate="2014-08-05T12:02:41.703" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T18:23:03.217" Title="Process to get H4B VISA for USA get stamped" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-05T00:17:55.510" Score="7" ViewCount="35848" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to fill some official paperwork, and realize that they are asking me my full name, including middle name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being French, the system is a bit different because there is not really any middle name, but several given names (&quot;&lt;em&gt;prénoms&lt;/em&gt;&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like in the US, people expect a single middle name, so it is unclear what to use as THE middle name when you have multiple given names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's consider someone whose given names are &quot;Alexis, Bernard, Charles&quot; and last name &quot;Ducatel&quot;, how do you derive the middle name, and from that the full name in official US format?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2300" OwnerDisplayName="Charles Menguy" LastEditorUserId="187" LastEditDate="2014-08-05T13:52:01.203" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T16:54:54.113" Title="How do I enter my full name (with multiple given names) on a US form?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2720" CreationDate="2014-08-05T01:01:47.680" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a US form asks for &quot;full name&quot;, it means the sequence of names as written on your birth certificate or other official documentation (such as passport). In your case, your first name (usually the name you are known by) is the &quot;first name&quot; and your remaining prénoms would be the &quot;middle name(s)&quot;. In your example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First name: Alexis&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Middle name(s): Bernard Charles&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Surname: Ducatel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not uncommon for Americans to have more than one middle name, and this is how it would be filled in on a form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" OwnerDisplayName="Greg Hewgill" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T01:01:47.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2724" CreationDate="2014-08-05T15:17:27.790" Score="7" ViewCount="723" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for an H-1B Visa and it is mentioned that &lt;code&gt;immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age)&lt;/code&gt; can get a H-4 Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been living with my girlfriend for 3 years but we don't want to get married yet, do you think she can still get this H-4 Visa ? Is the French PACS considered as married ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, do you have any ideas on how to deal with this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="985" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-11-12T09:30:26.090" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T09:30:26.090" Title="Going to USA from France with my girlfriend" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2722" CreationDate="2014-08-05T15:37:07.867" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, she can't. &quot;Spouse&quot; means &lt;strong&gt;married&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;second half&quot;. She may be able to get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2011/August/Cohabitating_Partners_PM_081711.pdf&quot;&gt;cohabitating partner variation of B2 tourist visa&lt;/a&gt; (that will allow her staying up to a year at a time in the US when she comes with you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T15:37:07.867" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2722" CreationDate="2014-08-05T16:04:08.743" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually wasn't able to find the information direcly from USCIS but &lt;a href=&quot;http://ap.washington.edu/ahr/administrators/international-scholars/h1b-visas/h4-family/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;University of Washington&lt;/a&gt; gives a clarification on the subject:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Domestic partners are not eligible for H-4 status but may apply for B-2 visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition there is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DOMA/DOMA%20FAQs.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ from the State department&lt;/a&gt; referred to by &lt;a href=&quot;http://lawandborder.com/supreme-court-ruling-makes-same-sex-spouses-eligible-for-immigration-benefits/#10_Does_a_civil_union_or_domestic_partnership_count&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Law and Border FAQ&lt;/a&gt; that states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q: I am in a civil union or domestic partnership; will this be treated the same as a marriage?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: At this time, only a relationship legally considered to be a marriage in the jurisdiction where it took place establishes eligibility as a spouse for immigration purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can look at @littleadv answer about the B2 Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T16:04:08.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-05T22:33:28.553" Score="0" ViewCount="529" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been driving a vehicle with bulgarian reg number since 28th January 2014 and my car got confiscated tonight as I did not managed to give them a proof I could drive it here. However, I am checking the documents I have and everything is legitimate , I have a valid certificate of insurance and proof of ownership of the vehicle and my valid bulgarian driving licence. As I am planning to travel to Bulgaria by car but just calculated that it has been more than 6 month in here could anyone please advice me what my next step would be? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2295" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T09:26:14.163" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T09:26:14.163" Title="Driving in the UK with foreign registration number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2014-08-06T11:23:09.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2720" CreationDate="2014-08-06T00:03:11.067" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two middle names (I'm from the UK, living in the US), and I have this problem.  My solution is to write in both middle names if I can, and if not, just put the first. I find that official forms often ignore the second middle name (the third prename) - even if I add it to the form, when I get (say) a letter back, the second is dropped. Similarly forms ask for middle initial - I just put the first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This approach has not cause me any problems, at least for the past 8 years I've been here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T00:03:11.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2742" CreationDate="2014-08-06T01:45:45.073" Score="4" ViewCount="2117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in British Columbia (BC) and I have class 7 license. I am moving to Seattle on a TN visa and I'm wondering if I can also exchange the class 7 license for the full Washington license without additional testing? I ask this because I am in a rush to get auto insurance from Washington state and I need a local driver license to avoid extra charges. I am in a rush to get auto insurance because I will be on a temporary 1-week auto insurance policy from BC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the DMV website, it seems like I can?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/moving.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/moving.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On that note, I am getting a temporary 1-week auto insurance in BC, since the old one will expire soon. When I get my license in Washington, do I have to turn in my BC license? Would my BC auto insurance still cover me when I don't have my BC license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2297" LastEditorUserId="2297" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T06:20:16.213" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T05:12:24.440" Title="Getting driver license in Washington, moving from Canada (BC) on class 7?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2729" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-06T12:46:18.147" Score="6" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B visa. I have a question about renewals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between visarenewal and Status renewal? How it impacts visa holder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T09:29:04.007" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T09:29:04.007" Title="VISA renewal vs Status renewal for US Visas" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-06T13:18:37.950" Score="10" ViewCount="10600" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living abroad. I am no longer a US resident and file my taxes with a 2555 for the foreign earned income exemption. I pay all my taxes and social security in my country of residence which has both tax treaties and totalization agreements with the US (so I should owe nothing in the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently consulting for a US company which pays me in US dollars to a US bank account. They are asking me to fill out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a W9 form&lt;/a&gt;. As you can see from the form, the assumption is that you have a US address on the form:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxqxC.png&quot; alt=&quot;W9 Form&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to fill out this form as an independent consultant with a contract to provide services for a US employer as a US citizen non-resident? If so, do I just wing it on the address field? Does this impact withholding or tax status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2299" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T00:19:47.787" Title="Does a US citizen who is a resident of a foreign country need to file a W9 if working for a US company?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2719" CreationDate="2014-08-06T18:23:03.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The status is your permission to be in the country.  The visa is your permission to enter the country.(a) You can't get a visa from inside the US. If you leave the country, you use the status renewal to get a new visa from the embassy in the country you are visiting.  That will involve an interview (the same as you had for the original H1B).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on things like appointment times and wait times, this can be a little nerve wracking. You should check with your lawyer about the exact process (rather than believing a random stranger on the internet) - I suspect that because her visa is dependent on yours, it's you that needs to visit the embassy for the interview, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've done this to renew my own H1B, but my dependents just stayed in the US until we'd all got green cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) Not quite permission. Immigration can still turn you away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T18:23:03.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2729" CreationDate="2014-08-06T20:59:57.780" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A U.S. visa is a document whose sole purpose is for entering the United States. The visa expiration date is the last day the you can use the visa to enter. You can only get or renew a visa at a U.S. consulate outside the U.S.; this is because you need to first be &quot;outside&quot; the U.S. in order to enter the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The status is what allows you to stay in the U.S. When you enter the U.S., you will get an I-94 (recently, I-94s have been automated, so you won't get a paper copy anymore; you can print it out from the website if you really need it), which contains a date until which you are allowed to stay in the U.S. For some statuses, like F-1 and J-1, additional documents, like I-20 (for F) and DS-2019 (for J) are also used to determine the duration of status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need a valid visa to stay in the U.S. (it can be expired for years), as long as you have a valid status. Conversely, you cannot stay in the U.S. if your status has expired (and you're not currently extending or changing it), even if you have a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before your status expires, you can apply to change or extend your status in the U.S. If it is approved, you will get a new I-94 signifying a new date when your status expires. Note that this has nothing to do with the visa; if you need to leave the U.S. and come back, you still need to get a visa at a U.S. consulate if you no longer have a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T20:59:57.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2730" CreationDate="2014-08-07T07:18:24.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen - you're US tax resident. Your address matters (if it is within the US) for State withholding (if any required...), so don't write a fake US address if you don't want to pay taxes to a State you don't live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This form stays with the company that pays you, and while the assumption is that you're in the US - you can definitely write a foreign address as well. The address fields are free text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T07:18:24.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2737" CreationDate="2014-08-07T08:18:23.207" Score="9" ViewCount="2929" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does an American citizen (independent contractor) with American clients getting paid in an American bank account but working remotely abroad qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion credit if they pass the physical present test?  I understand a self-employment tax would still be due but would an income tax?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Tax-Home-in-Foreign-Country&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Tax-Home-in-Foreign-Country&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Physical-Presence-Test&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Physical-Presence-Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Please see my answer below for further information on research I've done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2302" LastEditorUserId="2302" LastEditDate="2015-03-03T04:51:42.697" LastActivityDate="2015-03-03T04:51:42.697" Title="Does working abroad for US clients qualify one for the &quot;foreign earned income exclusion&quot; via the &quot;physical presence test&quot;?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2734" CreationDate="2014-08-07T19:51:28.833" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've also found this link which states so as long you physically worked out of the country you qualify.  Perhaps it is left up to interpretation but it seems there is reason to believe based on research that income earned abroad no matter whence it comes is considered foreign-source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;U.S.-Source vs. Foreign-Source Income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Determination of whether income is U.S.-source or foreign-source governs whether or not exclusions are available. &lt;strong&gt;The source of income is not necessarily determined by where it is paid&lt;/strong&gt;. For example, if a U.S. employer pays an employee via direct deposit to her U.S. bank account, but she conducts all of her work in Zaire, the income is foreign-source and not U.S.-source. &lt;strong&gt;Essentially, the source of the income is the place where work is actually done.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To cite another example, a client who is a U.S. taxpayer working abroad also works in the United States for 11 days during the year. The client has a gross income of $100,000. Because he worked in the United States for 11 days, not all of the income is foreign-source (i.e., tax free). By dividing the number of days worked in the United States by the total number of days worked during the year and multiplying that number by your client’s gross income, you can ascertain what portion of his income is U.S.-source (taxable), and what portion is foreign-source: 11 days worked in United States divided by 240 total days worked during the year multiplied by $100,000 gross income equals $4,583.33 of U.S.-source income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanbar.org/newsletter/publications/gp_solo_magazine_home/gp_solo_magazine_index/oct99zg.html&quot;&gt;http://www.americanbar.org/newsletter/publications/gp_solo_magazine_home/gp_solo_magazine_index/oct99zg.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also according to this questionnaire on the IRS website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion-Can-I-Claim-the-Exclusion-or-Deduction&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion-Can-I-Claim-the-Exclusion-or-Deduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You pay taxes to your &quot;tax home&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your tax home is the place &lt;strong&gt;where you are permanently or indefinitely engaged to work as an employee or self-employed individual&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not have a regular or main place of business because of the nature of your work, your tax home may be the place where you regularly live. If you have neither a regular or main place of business nor a place where you regularly live, you are considered an itinerant and &lt;strong&gt;your tax home is wherever you work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also on the IRS website itself: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---What-is-Foreign-Earned-Income&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---What-is-Foreign-Earned-Income&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source of Earned Income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The source of your earned income is the place where you perform the services for which you received the income. Foreign earned income is income you receive for performing personal services in a foreign country. &lt;strong&gt;Where or how you are paid has no effect on the source of the income. For example, income you receive for work done in France is income from a foreign source even if the income is paid directly to your bank account in the United States and your employer is located in New York City.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After consulting a tax professional specializing in expatriat american tax, her advice was also of this opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you work and live in a foreign country long enough to be considered a Bona Fide Resident or have Physical Presence that meet the IRS standard, it does not matter whether your employer, if you are indeed an employee on payroll, is a US based company or foreign based company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a self-employed independent contractor, then you don’t officially have any employer, US or foreign.  If your clients or customers are US based or foreign based businesses, you can still qualify for the Foreign Income Exclusion is you meet one of the 2 aforementioned residency tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2302" LastEditorUserId="2302" LastEditDate="2014-08-08T04:19:29.867" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T04:19:29.867" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2602" CreationDate="2014-08-08T09:32:14.433" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your best option is to apply to Arbeitlosengeld 2, a.k.a Hartz IV. Basically you apply for some money that should cover for your living expenses + your daughter + health insurance for the three of you. As far as I know, you can ask for it independently from whether you hold an university degree or not. Nevertheless, I strongly encourage you to find someone to speak a good German to go with you to these offices (Arbeitsagentur). At some point they would offer you some job (if you don't find one sooner) which you have to accept otherwise you get a reduction in the subsidy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, if you don't get the ALG2, you can still get a public insurance for non-employed, called Freiwillige Versicherung. The cost of this is around 160 euros, but it covers your family entirely. Here I'd recommend to call to the AOK center to clarify this issue, usually they have someone who speaks english.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T09:32:14.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17" CreationDate="2014-08-08T09:35:48.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;ask for ALG1, that should cover the health insurance, otherwise you ask for a Freiwillige Versicherung if you want a public one, or if you are mainly concerned about accidents, get a minimal through internet (don't want to advertise, but Mawista works, for example, I had it for 1 year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T09:35:48.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2533" CreationDate="2014-08-09T08:50:01.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not being an expert with this subject at all, I would still say (being an expat living in Malaysia myself) that as you are not a permanent resident in Malysia nor seem to hold a  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hasil.org.my/goindex.php?kump=5&amp;amp;skum=6&amp;amp;posi=6&amp;amp;unit=1&amp;amp;sequ=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Certificate of Residence&lt;/a&gt; and no working visa, you would be subject to tax in your country of origin and not in Malaysia. This would also mean that if you make money through online sources and pay taxes in the country from which you originate it would not require you to register this income in Malaysia, hence eliminating the need for a work visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if you intend to find employment in Malaysia your employer would need to furnish you with an &quot;Employment Pass&quot; or similar work visa arrangement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2306" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T08:50:01.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2512" CreationDate="2014-08-09T15:02:44.790" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The official letter of invitation from the Foreign Experts Bureau or similar body will state on it the location where you can apply for the Z-visa. If this letter says Moscow or Russia then you can apply there. If the letter says the USA then you have to go back to the USA to apply. As far as I know, Americans always have to go to the USA and apply from there. British citizens, and a few other nations, can apply form Hong Kong so long as their invitation letter says that location. In short, you need to have the correct endorsement on the invitation letter and it is up to the Bureau in China issuing that letter to decide if Moscow is OK or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2307" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T15:02:44.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2728" CreationDate="2014-08-11T04:27:28.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great news everybody! I just got my BC class 7 license exchanged for the full Washington one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2297" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T04:27:28.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2744" CreationDate="2014-08-11T06:04:44.083" Score="5" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a bit of a complication to my move to the UK. I am moving to the UK for a couple of years from the US. I am being paid by the US Government. I have a couple of questions about how this works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I know there's a treaty between the US and UK. It's my understanding that, as a US citizen working for the US government in the UK, I pay US taxes. Is that true?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My employer does not give me health insurance, but a sum of money to buy it. Does that mean that I need to buy health insurance in the UK? How does this work exactly? Do I need to pay the National Healthcare Service tax in the UK in addition to the US taxes? I'm really confused by this one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1001" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:18:59.437" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:18:59.437" Title="Taxes and Health Insurance (US -&gt; UK, paid by US Govt)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2743" CreationDate="2014-08-11T15:08:03.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll answer your question in 2 parts as you asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you will pay income tax and whatever social security in the USA for USA income in the UK. Only time you get taxed in the UK is if the USA doesn't tax you. (See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/uk.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Income Tax Treaty&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/tax-non-uk.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HMRC&lt;/a&gt;). You still need to report all global income to the USA and UK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you satisfy the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/healthcare_e/healthcare_help_with_health_costs_e/nhs_charges_for_people_from_abroad.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence conditions&lt;/a&gt; which you should, then you get free NHS cover. If you want private you can get your own insurance in the UK. There isn't an extra tax for healthcare, there is only income tax in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign diplomats are exempt from paying for treatment in the NHS, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN03051.pdf%E2%80%8E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you will be on a Tier 2 visa (and not working for a UK business), you should be covered after 12 months of residing in the UK. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commonwealthcontractors.com/uk-contracting/the-national-health-service/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/uk-visitors/Pages/accessing-nhs-services.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. You can however get limited free healthcare for things like emergency treatment (but it is limited). You can get expat insurance from the USA, or apply for coverage in the UK. I would think getting covered through a USA company would be easier. I've done that for when I was abroad for extended periods of time before using a UK expat insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Anyone who has lived lawfully in the UK for the 12 months prior to&#xA;  treatment. An absence of up to 182 days is allowed but you must have&#xA;  had immigration permission to be in the UK for the full 12 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="851" LastEditDate="2014-08-11T19:36:16.150" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T19:36:16.150" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2748" CreationDate="2014-08-11T16:47:53.380" Score="5" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that I will have to pay tax on my UK earnings in the USA since I am a US permanent resident and live in the USA for the majority of the year.&#xA;I hold British Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is will I have to pay Social Security if I have a UK salary (please note I'm only talking about salaries, not any other form of income)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="851" LastEditDate="2014-08-12T14:12:06.700" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T14:12:06.700" Title="Do I need to pay Social Security in the USA for UK salary?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2746" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2749" CreationDate="2014-08-11T18:01:24.970" Score="5" ViewCount="1726" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of getting a secured credit card as per reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/252/851&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; on the stack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is will I get one as a K-1 visa holder who has filed to Adjust Status to a Permanent Resident (Green Card)? I don't have my Green Card yet, I estimate it will take many more months to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a checking and savings account with the bank I plan to apply for the secured credit card with an SSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T20:56:50.880" Title="Can I apply for a secured credit card in the USA as a non-resident (currently adjusting status)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2745" CreationDate="2014-08-12T10:11:36.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/international/agreements_overview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ssa.gov/international/agreements_overview.html&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;International Social Security agreements, often called &quot;Totalization agreements,&quot; have two main purposes. First, they eliminate dual Social Security taxation, the situation that occurs when a worker from one country works in another country and is required to pay Social Security taxes to both countries on the same earnings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US and UK entered into an international social security agreement on January 1, 1985. I am pretty sure this mean that US citizens who lives in the UK does not need to pay US social security on the UK salary. The fact that you are a US permanent resident, and not a citizen, who lives in the US, may complicate matters. I am pretty sure you pay &quot;Social Security&quot; in only one country, but I am not sure if it would be to the US or UK. Your situation is sufficiently complicated, potentially evolving three countries (US, UK, and the country you are a citizen of), that you should check with a tax specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T10:11:36.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2746" CreationDate="2014-08-12T13:27:02.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you already have a Social Security Number you should be able to apply for a secured credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applications from various banks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usbank.com/credit-cards/secured-card.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/products/secured-credit-card.go&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bank of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wellsfargo.com/credit-cards/secured/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wells Fargo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not require you to be a Green Card holder to provide you with credit.  They do use your SSN to get credit reports on you to determine your creditworthiness so given that you haven't established credit history in the US your credit limit and security deposit may be affected by this but there is nothing that prevents a bank, which is a private entity from taking a risk and giving you credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T13:27:02.450" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2746" CreationDate="2014-08-12T20:56:50.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. I got unsecured (once my credit was good enough) credit cards, a car loan and a mortgage before adjusting to permanent resident status (and a couple of years before applying to adjust).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T20:56:50.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2705" CreationDate="2014-08-13T11:15:06.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaiembassy.org/pretoria/en/business/29701-Importation-of-live-animals-into-Thailand.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;, here is the process to import cats or dogs in the Kingdom of Thailand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A health certificate in English, signed or further endorsed by a full-time authorized veterinary official of the government of the exporting country, if it is previously acknowledged by a veterinary surgeon, stating: (a) number and species, (b) breed, sex, age and color or animal identification, (c) name and address of the owner OR the kennel of origin, (d) certification of condition items (2) to (5).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The animals must come from an area where animal diseases are under control. They must be healthy, free from signs of any infectious and contagious diseases including ectoparasitism at the time of export and fit to travel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The country must be Rabies-free for at least the past 12 (twelve) months OR the animals are vaccinated against Rabies with an official approved vaccine not less than 21 (twenty- one) days prior to the departure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;EITHER a) The dog is vaccinated against Leptospirosis at least 21(twenty-one) days preceding departure.&#xA;OR b) The dog is subjected to a test for Leptospirosis with negative result during the 30 (thirty) days prior to the departure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The animals shall be vaccinated against other significant infectious or contagious diseases i.e. Distemper, Hepatitis, and Parvovirus, with an official approved vaccine at least 21 (twenty-one) days prior to the departure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The animals must be transported in nose-and-paw proof crates designed to avoid any risk of injury or unnecessary suffering.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The animals are not allowed to be exposed to other animals if they have to be landed in transit at any approved intermediate port. They shall not be allowed to leave precinct of the port except to an officially approved transit quarantine area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The animals are subjected to quarantine at approved premises for a period of at least 30 (thirty) days upon arrival during which they shall be submitted to tests and/or treatments as may be deemed necessary. The importer/owner shall be fully charged for the incurred expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Failure to follow the import procedures may result in returning the animals to the country of origin or destroying without compensation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-13T17:36:48.780" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T17:36:48.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-13T12:36:38.410" Score="5" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;A family member, an Irish citizen, has recently contacted us from Thailand saying that his Thailand visa expires in April and he wishes to return to UK. He needs £2000.00 from us to help him pay a fine, bills, travel expenses, etc....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The aforementioned fine is for an expired visa and the actual fine is 20,000 baht, approximately £400. Just now checked that he received the money.  He confirmed this and said that he is seeing a private visa agent tomorrow.  I don't know the name of the agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does he need to do that if he is returning home? Will the agency help him sort out the fine? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2318" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-12-30T13:24:17.313" LastActivityDate="2019-12-30T13:24:17.313" Title="Private visa agency in Thailand" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1229" CreationDate="2014-08-13T13:33:13.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://germany.angloinfo.com/moving/leaving/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; provides detailed recommendations on the following topics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Housing Issues (ending a rental contract; selling a property; cancelling insurance)&#xA;Disconnecting Utilities (notifying service providers to end/transfer your contract: electricity, gas, water, telephone and Internet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health Care (updating social security and health insurance funds)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Business and Tax (alerting banks and tax authorities of your departure)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vehicles and Driving (updating your car registration certificate; checking any driving licence issues)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alternative Considerations (informing the embassy and your local authorities; notifying schools; forwarding post; preparing your pets for travel)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T13:33:13.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2752" CreationDate="2014-08-14T03:39:12.790" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only fee for overstaying in Thailand is the per-day overstay fee, which is capped at 20,000 THB. Add that to the cost of flying to the UK (around 50,000 THB tops) he should need no more than 70,000 THB, which is less than 1,400 GBP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once he has a ticket to leave the country, then he just needs to go to Suvarnabhumi airport and pay the overstay fee when going through immigration. He MAY get a stamp in his passport saying he is blacklisted from entering Thailand for a period of time, under new laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no visa agency to visit, there is nothing else he needs to do to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible that he is trying to scam you out of some money with the intention of either staying in Thailand or going somewhere else in the region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also possible that he himself is being scammed by some low-life in Thailand who has told him horror stories and offered to 'help' with the process of leaving in exchange for a large sum of money. Even the 20,000 THB overstay fee represents more than a month's average salary in Thailand, so it's not uncommon for unscrupulous people to prey on foreigners in trouble (real or perceived) here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recent immigration changes have made the previously-common practice of staying in Thailand long-term without the correct visa very difficult, and as a result we are going to hear a lot more stories like this one as people desperate to stay here try to game the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice would be to get in contact with him, and find out the details of the story. There is much good advice on the new immigration laws, as well as the procedure for leaving the country when on overstay on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/1-thai-visas-residency-and-work-permits/&quot;&gt;thaivisa.com&lt;/a&gt;, a site with which I am not affiliated in any way, but which contains useful information (as well as the usual nutters that hang out on forums).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T03:39:12.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2710" CreationDate="2014-08-14T09:41:19.677" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://portugal.angloinfo.com/transport/driving-licences/driving-tests/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;, the exam is in Portuguese but you can get assistance from an interpreter. Here is an excerpt and the emphasis is mine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The theory test for a Category B licence contains 30 questions to be answered in 35 minutes &#xA;  of which 27 must be correct. There is also an oral Technical Test which lasts 50 minutes. &#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;If the candidate is foreign, and does not have sufficient knowledge of Portuguese an &#xA;  Embassy or Consulate accredited interpreter may be taken to the exam&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T09:41:19.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2635" CreationDate="2014-08-15T13:28:22.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't answer the question about Spanish citizens, but when I (UK citizen) obtained my social security card about 5 years ago it didn't cost me anything. Nor, for that matter, did registering for the &lt;em&gt;tarjeta sanitaria&lt;/em&gt;. The only key piece of documentation which I had to pay for was the NIE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T13:28:22.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2759" CreationDate="2014-08-15T20:00:13.337" Score="1" ViewCount="1835" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US born citizen with a grandfather (on my mother's side) born in Italy.  I was told that by his blood line, I am elegible to apply for Italian citizenship which would allow me to apply for an EU passport.  This would allow me to live and work in the EU without any of the restrictions that exist for a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions regarding this and I am hoping that someone here has had the same or similar experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it true that I can get an Italian citizenship through my grandfather's blood line?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If true, what documents would I need to show at the Italian embassy in the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I have to renounce my US citizenship to gain the Italian citizenship or can I keep both?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I be able to work and travel throughout the EU with an EU passport as a EU born citizen?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2290" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-08-15T23:08:16.387" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T21:44:54.637" Title="US citizen interested in applying for EU passport through Italy" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2758" CreationDate="2014-08-15T20:57:06.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not enough to born in Italy to be an Italian citizen, because in Italy the citizenship is based on the &quot;ius sanguinis&quot;, you need have at least one parent withe the Italian citizenship at the the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if your grandfather was Italian at the time of birth of your mother, she has the Italian citizenship and unless she dismissed it before your birth, you are an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get an Italian passport, you need to provide some paperwork (translated in Italian) to the Italian embassy/consulate in the country where you are resident, basically you need to prove that your grandfather and your mother never renounce the Italian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you can find some more detailed informations in english about the Italian citizenship&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Italiani_nel_Mondo/ServiziConsolari/Cittadinanza.htm?LANG=EN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Italiani_nel_Mondo/ServiziConsolari/Cittadinanza.htm?LANG=EN&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consnewark.esteri.it/Consolato_Newark/Menu/I_Servizi/Per_i_cittadini/Cittadinanza/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.consnewark.esteri.it/Consolato_Newark/Menu/I_Servizi/Per_i_cittadini/Cittadinanza/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have the US and the Italian citizenship at the same time, and you will get all the right of any other UE citizen to work and live in UE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastEditorUserId="320" LastEditDate="2014-08-15T21:29:57.563" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T21:29:57.563" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2730" CreationDate="2014-08-16T00:56:13.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This form is just a request for your SSN or EIN and your type of business (sole proprietorship, corporation, etc). It's intended for US citizens, wherever you may be in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the form is so that the business receiving it can report your income to the IRS correctly. So it's important that everything on the form be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, the form isn't strictly necessary, as long as the business receives all the information it needs (and the form is meant to do that). I've had plenty of clients who just asked me to email them my SSN. But if you were sent the form in the first place, it's probably a larger company with a human resources department that's not up on the finer points and just knows to &quot;get the W-9&quot;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T05:29:25.697" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T05:29:25.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-16T03:07:23.267" Score="1" ViewCount="841" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that as a tourist, some department store will do tax refund for foreigners when you show them your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this time I will be going as with a Working Holiday Visa, not visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I still be eligible to get the tax refund for foreigners?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2255" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T12:00:10.623" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T05:01:29.113" Title="Shopping Tax Refund for Working Holiday Visa in Tokyo?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2762" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-16T05:20:47.290" Score="6" ViewCount="7771" Body="&lt;p&gt;Barring marriage, how can one move to the US? I've been looking into it and the E3 visa for &quot;skilled, professional and unskilled workers&quot; is for Australian citizens only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking for a Belgian citizen that can speak English, French and Flemish fluently and has two bachelor degrees... one in computer science/programming and another in 3d graphic arts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hoops one has to jump through to become a citizen in the US are numerous and I would like to know if there's anyone out there that managed to make it work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2326" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T14:16:57.307" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T14:16:57.307" Title="How can an EU citizen (Belgium) move to the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2758" CreationDate="2014-08-16T06:15:22.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American who successfully acquired italian citizenship about five years ago.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This questionnaire is the easiest one I've found online: &lt;a href=&quot;http://italiancitizenship.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://italiancitizenship.info/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had to show every birth and marriage certificate of everyone back to the ascendent i acquired citizenship through.  i also had to show a naturalization certificate proving my grandfather was born &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; my great-grandfather naturalized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can keep both.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;EU citizenship does not automatically mean you can work anywhere on the continent. You have freedom of movement, but specific employment laws are set by each EU nation.  see &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt; for more detail on this&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Buona fortuna!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="839" LastEditorUserId="839" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T09:18:00.800" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T09:18:00.800" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2762" CreationDate="2014-08-16T09:34:43.760" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will find detailed information about USA Visas in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;. Given your particular situation (Belgium citizen interested in working in the USA by no means of marriage), you may want to further research the H-1B and L1 visas. To my knowledge those two visas are the most common means to start working in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;H-1B&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The H-1B classification is for professional-level jobs that require a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a specific academic field. In addition, the employee must have the degree or the equivalence of such a degree through education and experience. Before the H-1B petition can be filed with USCIS the employer must fill a &quot;Labor Condition Application&quot; (LCA) with the Department of Labor demonstrating that it is paying the required wage for this position in the geographic region where the job is located. The required wage for the position is the higher of the &quot;actual wage&quot; that is paid to other employees in this position or the &quot;prevailing wage&quot; which can be determined using nearly any source, including the employer's own wage survey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L-1 Intracompany Transferee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The L-1 classification is for international transferees who have worked for a related organization abroad for at least one continuous year in the past three years and who will be coming to the United States to work in an executive or managerial (L-1A) or specialized knowledge capacity (L-1B).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T09:34:43.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2558" CreationDate="2014-08-16T15:03:20.657" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although there's an accepted answer, I'll add one main point that is missing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are planning to arrive in USA with an approved H1b visa, you can do that provided:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A company has interviewed you and offered you a job before April 1st of the year you intended to start working in US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The company is willing to sponsor (file) your H1b petition on their own or with the help of attorneys, and submit the application (to be delivered to USCIS on 1st of April). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The company is willing to wait until October 1st of that year for you to start working. (prov)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its the delay/gap between points 2 and 3 that frustrate many companies to do direct overseas hiring for H1b applicants. Hence, if you already have an H1b visa and the company just has to transfer it, they'll be more than willing to do it, since you can start working on the day your petition is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T05:41:08.687" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T05:41:08.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-16T15:24:03.843" Score="1" ViewCount="2723" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been in the US for ~8 years (4 years on H1b) and I want to Incorporate or create a LLC either in my name, or be a sole stake holder /partner in the company with an XYZ name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been working on a few products, some with a group of friends which we intend to create a partnership and an another on my own, for which I'd prefer to have an LLC. The goal for me to create an LLC or an INC is to take care of liabilities/risks of my product (not for any tax evasion/savings). It also makes it possible to get investment/loans/credit cards for the company. Currently I'm/we're burning own money on these projects and after one point it'll certainly not be feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most googling suggest this:&#xA;I can invest money in a company, but not work for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that leaves me with only two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Incorporate back home (in India) and treat every sale of a product as and export from India and import into US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move to Chile or Canada which have much simpler immigration policies for startups .&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;points 1 and 2 do not help me in case of a partnership I intend to be a part of. Luckily 2 of the 4 in the group are US Citizens (which is better than all non-residents).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&#xA;What are my options, if I want to live in US and continue working on my startups?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: None of the products have made any revenue. Until we get a paying customer, we are fine demoing/marketing our product.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T05:40:38.173" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T06:34:31.957" Title="How can I work on my own startup on H1b visa without green card?" Tags="&lt;employment&gt;&lt;company&gt;&lt;startups&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-16T17:44:11.707" Score="5" ViewCount="402" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stayed 9 days extra in Denmark on a Schengen visa. Unaware of the overstay, I applied for a spouse type in the overstay period.&#xA;This is when a cop there told me that you are overstaying. Meanwhile, the application for the spouse visa was rejected as it was applied during the overstay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then when i came back to my home country I applied for a Schengen visa again. It was rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have applied again for the spouse visa from my home country and waiting for the decision!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2327" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T19:12:32.053" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:27:42.463" Title="Overstayed on Schengen visa in Denmark, applied for permanent spouse visa, will it be granted?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2768" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-08-16T21:23:42.793" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T21:23:42.793" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T21:23:42.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2769" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-08-16T21:23:42.793" Score="0" Body="All questions related to working in startups, or founding a startup as an expat." OwnerUserId="380" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T16:24:40.583" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T16:24:40.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2771" CreationDate="2014-08-17T09:22:10.300" Score="2" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my girlfriend come from a non-EU country, we are practically married (living together for two years), but wish not to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer at Belgium (postdoctoral position), and I wonder if it would be possible for my girlfriend to get a visa to come live with me at Belgium during the time I work there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2329" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T09:43:20.550" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:32:38.320" Title="Can my girlfriend move with me to Belgium?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2770" CreationDate="2014-08-17T09:51:51.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's possible, under various conditions (having lived together for some time, having sufficient income, accommodation, and health insurance). You must in any case have entered some form of registered partnership but do not need to be married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adde.be/J_15/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=211:maj-eu-sejour-limite&amp;amp;catid=216:sejour&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Detailed information on this&lt;/a&gt; (unfortunately only in French). On the face of it, it does sound somewhat difficult. Getting married does help a lot for this kind of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-21T13:32:38.320" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:32:38.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2773" CreationDate="2014-08-17T11:32:24.380" Score="6" ViewCount="6874" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian citizen and I just got an offer to move to USA and work for an American company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I move, all my income will be from my salary and I won't have any income in Australia (apart maybe from interest in bank accounts - very little). I will obviously pay taxes on this income in USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that the tax rates are lower in USA than in Australia, will I need to pay some tax in Australia too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2330" LastActivityDate="2018-12-30T21:42:37.717" Title="Tax - Australian citizen working in USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2772" CreationDate="2014-08-17T18:59:16.627" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only need to pay tax in Australia, if you are a considered a tax resident in Australia. Since you are leaving the country, and are going to live in the USA, you will probably be not an Australian resident anymore, so you don't need to pay taxes in Australia. The government has a site where you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/International-tax-for-individuals/Work-out-your-tax-residency/Residency-tests/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;check your tax residency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/International-tax-for-individuals/Going-overseas/When-you-leave-Australia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;another page&lt;/a&gt;, which will describe what you need to do if you are leaving Australia, like doing your taxes for the current tax year. There &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/International-tax-for-individuals/Going-overseas/When-you-leave-Australia/Capital-gains-on-your-assets/?anchor=P827_54368#P827_54368&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;might be also capital gains taxes&lt;/a&gt; you need to pay for some of your Australian assets if you intend to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you will still need to lodge tax returns for any &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/International-tax-for-individuals/Going-overseas/When-you-leave-Australia/Will-your-tax-residency-change-/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Australian income you might have&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you become a foreign resident, you will only need to lodge a tax return if you have Australian income (ignoring any income from which non-resident withholding tax has been deducted, such as bank interest and unfranked dividends).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T08:39:57.013" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T08:39:57.013" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-17T23:19:25.420" Score="4" ViewCount="847" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK Citizen living in the USA. What would the requirements be to move with my US Citizen spouse to Germany? And is it possible or would I have to move over first then move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T09:40:25.373" Title="Requirements to move with US (Non-EU) spouse over to Germany as an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-18T03:02:03.883" Score="3" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/usa/applying/child/usa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government Site on overseas applications for the USA&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/342794/Supportingdocs1AUG2014.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;checklist for supporting documents&lt;/a&gt; too. However over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/get-a-child-passport/apply-for-a-child-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, it says I need a countersignature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is I just got to the USA, so apart from my partner I don't know anyone for over 2 years (and she can't countersign it according to the list). It seems a big ambiguous, as on the stuff for foreign applications it doesn't mention countersignatures but on the website for applying for a child passport it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T08:31:32.580" Title="Do applicants of first time child British Passports in the USA need countersignatures?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2774" CreationDate="2014-08-18T06:10:19.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When an EU national is working abroad in another EU country, family members also have the right to reside and work in that country, regardless of their nationality. Children have the right to be educated there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family members do not need a work permit to work, even if they are non-EU nationals. They have the right to equal treatment, including access to all social and tax advantages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Children of EU nationals working abroad in another EU country&#xA;have the right to education in the host country, whatever their nationality, on the same terms as nationals of that country. They must also be given the same access to study grants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; provides the details of the formalities for Non-EU spouses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During their first 3 months in your host country, your family members who are not EU nationals cannot be required to apply for a residence card confirming their right to live there - although in some countries they may have to report their presence upon arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 3 months in your host country, your non-EU family members must register their residence with the relevant authorities (often the town hall or local police station).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of Germany, this &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/germany/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; indicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family members who are not EU nationals must apply for a residence card (Aufenthaltskarte).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to show there is a family relationship with the EU citizen who is already legally resident in Germany. To do so, you will need to produce relevant documents, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Husband / wife: marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(grand)children: birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registered partners: certificate of civil partnership&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence card is usually valid for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T06:10:19.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2766" CreationDate="2014-08-18T06:34:31.957" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Incorporate back home (in India) and treat every sale of a product as&#xA;  and export from India and import into US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot do it while you're on H1b. You'd be breaking the law. Working for an employer other than your petitioner, even if it is yourself, is illegal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Move to Chile or Canada which have much simpler immigration policies&#xA;  for startups .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could do that, but your condition was that you wanted to stay in the US in your current H1b status, wasn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;points 1 and 2 do not help me in case of a partnership I intend to be&#xA;  a part of. Luckily 2 of the 4 in the group are US Citizens (which is&#xA;  better than all non-residents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the relevance? &lt;strong&gt;YOU&lt;/strong&gt; would be breaking the law, not them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are my options, if I want to live in US and continue working on&#xA;  my startups?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get a green card. You don't have any other options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T06:34:31.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2774" CreationDate="2014-08-18T08:40:53.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, your spouse has a very strong right to move with you, as explained by David.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, US citizens can visit Germany for three months without a visa and are allowed to apply for a residence permit from within the country anyway (i.e. even if they are not EU family members) so the procedure is very simple. Just move together and apply for a residence permit as soon as you have all the documents. Do check in advance with the local “Ausländerbehörde” to make sure you have everything and can get documents or translations in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your spouse had another citizenship, the procedure could be slightly more complex as it could still be necessary to secure a visa before moving but that's not the case for US citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T09:40:25.373" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T09:40:25.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2781" CreationDate="2014-08-18T13:12:21.420" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;8 months ago I've moved to Austria and I've canceled my italian health insurance (it's public, for free, for every italian citizen). Now I'm officially insured in Austria where I work but at the moment I've to come back in italy for long periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have to get some medicine, make some analysis or an expensive health problem what will happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I tutelate myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T15:08:47.703" Title="Working in Austria but living long periods of time in Italy" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2780" CreationDate="2014-08-18T14:43:16.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your question you are probably still an Austrian resident (but this might also depend on whether your &quot;long periods&quot; add up to 6 months in a year or not). Because of this then what you need is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sozialversicherung.at/portal27/portal/esv_enportal/content/contentWindow?contentid=10007.687372&amp;amp;action=2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Austrian EHIC card&lt;/a&gt;. With this you are allowed to get the exact same coverage inside  EU/EEA/EFTA countries, that any local has access to, for the same costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This card is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chipkarte.at/portal27/portal/ecardportal/content/contentWindow?contentid=10007.678590&amp;amp;action=2&amp;amp;viewmode=content&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EKVK in German&lt;/a&gt;, and is actually the non-chip side of your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chipkarte.at/portal27/portal/ecardportal/content/contentWindow?contentid=10007.678587&amp;amp;action=2&amp;amp;viewmode=content&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;e-card&lt;/a&gt; (in most other EU countries the EHIC card is a separate product, which you have to apply separately). If you don't have an e-card yet, then you should definitely ask your health institution to send your initial one, or a replacement if you have lost yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if your stay in Italy is more than 6 months in a one year period, then you might be considered as an Italian resident again (even if you work in Austria), so you have to re-register yourself to the Italian health insurance, and de-register yourself from the Austrian one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the EHIC card will only cover urgent treatments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will be covered for all entitlements that are considered medically necessary in view of the situation and the probable duration of treatment required. If you plan to travel outside Austria for the specific purpose of obtaining medical treatment, you will need to obtain in advance confirmation from your insurance provider that they will cover the related costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if your main intent to go to Italy was because you think you can get better/cheaper treatment there, your Austrian insurance might not cover your costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T15:08:47.703" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T15:08:47.703" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2784" CreationDate="2014-08-18T15:57:20.407" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (Italian if that matters) planning to move to Germany to study at a university, that is for one year long period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to apply for a residence permit or some related document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2335" LastEditorUserId="851" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T18:29:55.437" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T18:29:55.437" Title="Do I need a resident permit to study in Germany as an EU Citizen?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2783" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2785" CreationDate="2014-08-18T16:34:06.680" Score="3" ViewCount="30894" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can one be applied for without getting an SSN?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T19:00:09.013" Title="Is a Social Security number required to apply for a USA child passport?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2782" CreationDate="2014-08-18T16:38:08.877" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need a resident permit as an EU national. However you need to register with the local police (Bürgeramt) within 7 days of finding permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://germany.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/eu-citizens/&quot;&gt;See here for more information.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T16:38:08.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2783" CreationDate="2014-08-18T16:43:47.897" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/212239.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DS-11&lt;/a&gt; form and instructions a US citizen is required to provide one if they have it.  It is possible to fill out the form without one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Section 6039E of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6039E) requires you to provide your Social Security number (SSN), if you have one, when you apply for or renew a U.S. passport. &lt;strong&gt;If you have not been issued a SSN, enter zeros in box #5 of this form&lt;/strong&gt;. If you are residing abroad, you must also provide the name of the foreign country in which you are residing. The U.S. Department of State must provide your SSN and foreign residence information to the U.S. Department of Treasury. If you fail to provide the information, you are subject to a $500 penalty enforced by the IRS. All questions on this matter should be directed to the nearest IRS office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to note is that according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/new.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;State Department&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Failure to provide information requested on the form, including your social security number, may result in significant processing delays and/or the denial of your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you choose to apply for a US passport without one you should have a valid reason why your child doesn't have a Social Security Number and needs a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T21:11:50.533" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T21:11:50.533" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2672" CreationDate="2014-08-18T21:01:44.883" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For public pensions/retirement, this is heavily country dependent.  As I understand it, it tends to come down to two concepts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 - If you have worked in countries that have Totalization Agreements, they tend to do the following: a) You can count most if not all of your service across all of the countries toward your minimum credits/years of work to get yourself qualified for payments b) pay a pro-rated retirement assuming you meet all requirements (generally in the form of credits and minimum contributions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 - If you worked in countries without totalization agreements you have to qualify for the pension based solely on your work in country and following their rules.  This generally means you will get nothing unless you worked there for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are really concerned, begin researching the status of totalization agreements between the countries you have worked in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of many countries, though there are some, that will let you transfer the money you paid in, out.  Again, it is country-dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For private retirement, you should be free to do anything you want.  In your situation, private retirement is something you should probably not consider optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2336" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T21:01:44.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-19T04:37:47.950" Score="5" ViewCount="420" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a specialisation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/1276/120&quot;&gt;How to handle moving between countries with different tax year dates&lt;/a&gt; question, for what seems like one of the specific edge cases from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;France uses calendar years for tax years, while the UK for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#United_Kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;complicated historical reasons&lt;/a&gt; uses 6th April - 5th April for personal tax years. As I understand it, from the UK-France tax treaty, if you spend more than half of a year living and working in one of the two countries, then you'll count as a tax resident in that country but not the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if you move from France to England in September though? For the sake of argument, let's say you move + change jobs on Saturday 6th September 2014. By this point, you'll have spent more than half of the French tax year (2014) in France. However, you'll also then spend more than half of the UK tax year (2014-2015) in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such a case, what things do you need to pay tax on in France, what things do you need to pay tax on in the UK, and what things at the higher rate of the two? Secondly, what French tax-resident savings can you take advantage of / not, and what UK tax-resident savings can you / can't you take advantage of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:42:47.870" Title="Moving from France to the UK in September - taxes and tax breaks given the different years?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2776" CreationDate="2014-08-19T08:31:32.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case of ambiguity in the countersignature rules, one can contact the HM Passport Office. You can contact them by phone or by using their &lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/Passport_Enquiries.ofml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online form&lt;/a&gt;. Here is the phone information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telephone: 0300 222 0000&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Textphone: 0300 222 0222 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Text Relay: 18001 0300 222 0000&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 9am to 5:30pm &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T08:31:32.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2787" CreationDate="2014-08-19T11:05:15.337" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I am far from being a specialist and have no personal experience with this, this is more a comment than an actual answer but it's way too long for the comment box. Until someone else posts something better, I thought it could be useful…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that you are not necessarily a resident for a whole tax year. You can be a resident starting on a given date or up to a given date, with different consequences depending on the country and just like with &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1276/how-to-handle-moving-between-countries-with-different-tax-year-dates&quot;&gt;the earlier question about moving to France&lt;/a&gt;, it would seem to make the problem disappear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, the six month/most of the time test is only a way to define who is a resident and who is not but if you do happen to stay in a country for long enough, you can be deemed a resident from the day you moved to the country, not for the past or coming tax year and not from the day you went over the six month limit (it's certainly the case in France, but I would think other countries have similar rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see how it works out in your case, you would first look at the UK's definition of residence and at the French definition of residence and determine whether you are a resident on any given date during the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by any chance, the difference in tax years or any other rule make you a resident in both countries for (long) parts of the year, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxtreaties/in-force/france.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;treaty&lt;/a&gt; should kick in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For the purposes of this Convention, the term “resident of a &#xA;  Contracting State” means any person who, under the laws of that State, is &#xA;  liable to tax therein […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph 1 an individual is a &#xA;  resident of both Contracting States, then his status shall be determined in &#xA;  accordance with the following rules: […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowhere does it say that it applies to a tax year or something like that. Based on this interpretation, if, on any given day during the year, you happen to be a resident in both countries, then the tie-breaker rules should apply. And if everything else fails, the same article provides that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if he is a national of both Contracting States or of neither of them, &#xA;  the competent authorities of the States shall settle the question by &#xA;  mutual agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems you could approach both tax offices with the question since, under the terms of the treaty, they should in any case ensure that you are not considered a resident of both countries for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:42:47.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-19T14:11:16.307" Score="12" ViewCount="3094" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I register to vote in the United States if I turned 18 in a foreign country and have no intention of returning in the near future? &#xA;If so, in what state would I be registering, and what's the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2337" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T14:36:29.460" Title="How do I register to vote as a non-resident American citizen?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2791" CreationDate="2014-08-19T14:21:10.720" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you ever resided in the USA, you need to contact the state where you last resided. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you never resided in the USA, then this would depends on where your parents resided. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter/reside&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; describes the rules in details for those who never resided in the USA. I have reproduced them below. Process and rules varies from state to state. Some states are missing in the list below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some States, U.S. citizens, 18 years or older, who were born abroad but have never resided in the United States, are eligible to vote absentee. The following States allow these citizens to vote absentee:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alaska.&lt;/strong&gt; &#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never resided in the U.S. and whose parents were last domiciled in Alaska is eligible to register to vote as a &quot;Federal voter&quot; and may vote in Alaska.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arizona.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never resided in the U.S. and whose parent is qualified to vote in Arizona is eligible to register to vote and may vote in Arizona.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;California.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad, who is eligible to vote, and who has not previously registered to vote in any other State, may register and vote in the California county where a parent or legal guardian would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colorado.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. Citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connecticut.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the town or city in Connecticut where a parent or legal guardian would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Delaware.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. Citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote (for Federal offices only).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;District of Columbia.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen born abroad who is eligible to vote and has never lived in the U.S. and is not registered to vote anywhere else in the U.S. is eligible to vote at the same voting residence in the District where a parent or guardian would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georgia.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;If a U.S. citizen outside of the U.S. has never lived in the U.S. and either parent is a qualified Georgia voter then, that person is eligible to register and vote where his or her parent is a qualified voter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hawaii.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never resided in the U.S. but has a parent who is eligible to vote in Hawaii is eligible to vote at the same voting residence claimed by their parent (for local, state and Federal office ballots).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Illinois.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote. Use the most recent residential address in Illinois of a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iowa.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;If a U.S. citizen outside the U.S. has never lived in the U.S. and either parent is a qualified Iowa voter then, that person is eligible to register and vote where his or her parent is a qualified voter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kansas.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Please contact your local election official to determine if you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kentucky.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;For the 2014 General Election, a U.S. citizen born outside the U.S., who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote where the parent would be eligible to register and vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maine.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never lived in the U.S., but who has a parent who is a qualified elector in Maine, may register and vote at the address where that parent is a qualified elector.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Massachusetts.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never resided in the U.S., but has a parent who is eligible to vote in Massachusetts is eligible to vote at the same voting residence claimed by their parent for Federal, State and local.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michigan.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;An eligible family member of an overseas voter who is a citizen of the U.S., is accompanying that overseas voter, and is not a qualified and registered elector anywhere else in another State or territory, may apply for an absent voter ballot even though the spouse or dependent is not a qualified elector of a city or township of Michigan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nebraska.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen 18 years or older who has never resided in the U.S., but has a parent who is eligible to vote in Nebraska, and has not registered to vote in any other State of the U.S., is eligible to register to vote in one county in which either of their parents claimed residence (for local, state and Federal office ballots). The citizen must include with the registration a signed form provided by the Nebraska Election Commissioner or County Clerk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Hampshire.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the town or city in New Hampshire where a parent or legal guardian would be eligible to register and vote for Federal offices only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New York.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. Citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the US may register and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote (for Federal offices only).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Carolina.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the North Carolina county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Dakota.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen, who was born abroad, has never lived in the U.S. and who is eligible to vote, may vote in the county where a parent is eligible to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ohio.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the town or city in Ohio where a parent or legal guardian would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oklahoma.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen, outside the U.S., has never lived in the U.S., and either parent is a qualified Oklahoma voter, then that person is is eligible to register and vote where his or her parent is a qualified voter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rhode Island.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never lived in the U.S., but has a parent who is a qualified Rhode Island elector then, that person is eligible to register and vote in Federal elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South Dakota.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Any overseas citizen may register and vote in any Federal, State, county, or local election held within South Dakota under the following condition: (1) The overseas citizen, or the spouse or parent of the overseas citizen, was last domiciled in South Dakota immediately prior to departure from the United States (2) an adult child of the overseas citizen has not reached the age of 22.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tennessee.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register temporarily and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to temporarily register and vote pursuant to this action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virginia.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the city or county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote. However, your eligibility to vote may be restricted to Federal elections, please contact your local registrar for additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Washington.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the county where a parent would be eligible to register and vote. Use the most recent residential address in Washington of a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;West Virginia.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the county where either parent would be eligible to register and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wisconsin.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who was born abroad and who is eligible to vote and who has never lived in the U.S. may register and vote in the in the city or village where a parent would be eligible to register and vote (for Federal offices only).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wyoming.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;A U.S. citizen who has never resided in the U.S. and whose parent(s) is/are qualified to vote in Wyoming is eligible to register to vote and may vote in Wyoming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-08-19T14:36:29.460" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T14:36:29.460" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2793" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-19T19:04:24.770" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one close relative (he is resident in Italy) had suffered a stroke, do the local laws in Austria allow to take holidays to take care of him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm resident in Austria and I work there since less than one year. I'm an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="69" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T08:40:13.350" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T12:54:17.573" Title="Holidays for close relatives assistance in Austria" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-20T11:56:05.500" Score="11" ViewCount="425" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold Pakistani passport and hold Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. Recently I have been offered Bahraini nationality (my country of birth) which would mean I will have to give up my Pakistani nationality as you cannot hold dual nationality with Bahraini passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is if I get Bahraini passport, how would it affect my Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2340" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-20T08:19:04.130" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T13:39:21.497" Title="How changes in nationality affects indefinite leave to remain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-20T15:46:57.667" Score="3" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2012 I participated in &quot;Work and Travel&quot; student exchange program and obtained J1 visa. But because of conflict with my employer the program was terminated and I had to come back. The problem is that visa sponsor gave me only 5 days to leave USA. Since there were no affordable tickets available on that dates, I overstayed for a week. Is this considered as violation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am completing my Tier 4 (General) visa application. How do I answer to this question: &quot;Have you been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country including the UK in the last 10 years?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't get any official order of removal only notified by sponsor employee by phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2342" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-20T20:37:53.943" LastActivityDate="2014-09-20T00:17:44.060" Title="How does US J1 visa termination affect a UK Tier 4 student visa application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2795" CreationDate="2014-08-20T16:15:25.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason you had to leave the USA is related to your employer there, not breaking USA immigration law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if I was faced with that question, I would answer &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T16:15:25.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2817" CreationDate="2014-08-20T17:57:30.493" Score="3" ViewCount="1473" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian citizen living in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that after 52 weeks of working there is a right to some unemployment benefits, but for how long and for how much money? And what happens if I leave Austria and get my residence back to Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found this link but it's in German and the automatic translation is not completely clear.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ams.at/service-arbeitsuchende/finanzielles/leistungen/arbeitslosengeld&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ams.at/service-arbeitsuchende/finanzielles/leistungen/arbeitslosengeld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T07:06:12.467" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T13:13:08.443" Title="How are unemployment benefits working in Austria?" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-22T09:07:31.480" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Canadian friend of mine, who lived all his life in Canada, is about to permanently move to the European Union. What would happen with his Canadian pension if he decides to stay in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-22T18:26:04.073" Title="What to do in relation to pension funds when leaving Canada?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2799" CreationDate="2014-08-22T13:12:59.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pension == Public Employee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He should ask the body of government that pays his pension.&#xA;In his - new - country of residence he will have to pay the normal income tax on income from his pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="909" LastEditDate="2014-08-22T18:26:04.073" LastActivityDate="2014-08-22T18:26:04.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-22T15:47:58.430" Score="6" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been looking for the last three weeks to get a place to rent in north Kent, as I have to move there for work, and it's &lt;strong&gt;impossible&lt;/strong&gt; to find a property that accepts cats – &lt;em&gt;I'm having two adorable and clean cats&lt;/em&gt; – and is &lt;strong&gt;decent&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of a selection of more than 40 properties (for which financially I'd be amongst the top candidates), on which I was really liking 20, I could only get to visit 3 properties, and those 3 properties were not even decent. Old carpets that look like being more than 10 years old, single glazed windows, kitchen and bathroom not having been updated since last century.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm actually trying to get something that is equivalent or better than what I already got, and I'm leaving in central Paris where the rents are in the world's top 10. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, I'm almost feeling discriminated because I'm having pets and I do love them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that's all for the rant, but really, why landlords enforce such a policy in UK? Even though I agree animals &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do damages (but humans &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do worst), that's also the reason why we give a deposit to cover any extra cleaning or repairing cost!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what would happen if I say I'm not bringing my cats in, but I actually do? Can I be expelled because of the breach in the contract? And isn't there any law that can protect the tenant to host whoever and whatever he wants during the time of the lease, like we do have in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279" LastActivityDate="2014-08-22T15:47:58.430" Title="Why is it almost impossible to find a property in UK that accepts pets?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;pets&gt;&lt;lease&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-08-23T14:16:06.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-22T22:26:13.770" Score="3" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that all condos have bunkers in Singapore. It's apparantly also a building regulation to have a bunker in newly build condos. I'm just unsure what the incentive was to create this regulation in the first place? What is it that they are supposed to protect you from? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Singapore is very peaceful (last invasion dates back to the Japanese during WWII, not counting the failed Indonesian bombings) so I'm actually curious about this one considering we have one and so do all other expats I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2350" LastActivityDate="2014-08-22T22:26:13.770" Title="What are the bombshelters for in Singapore?" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-08-23T12:19:28.837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2806" CreationDate="2014-08-24T19:28:19.657" Score="2" ViewCount="4921" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long does it usually take between submitting the application for the UK citizenship (assuming using NCS, correct documents, etc.) and getting the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean specifically application AN (5 year stay, naturalisation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2354" LastEditorUserId="851" LastEditDate="2014-08-25T06:26:23.010" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T18:18:31.183" Title="How long does UK citizenship application take?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2805" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2811" CreationDate="2014-08-24T20:49:22.187" Score="3" ViewCount="1847" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just moved to Berlin, Germany, due to my work and at the past I have been working in the UK for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seem to be ignorance about this topic from the people that I have asked, so here is my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know about the process that I need to follow in order to transfer my previous scheme here?&#xA;Literally, I do not want to lose these years when I will be close to my retirement and get my previous working years identified into the final retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please take also on board that I am coming from another EU country, which means that I may transfer it again at the next 5-10-30 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-25T08:12:17.843" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T17:11:33.020" Title="Transfer pension from UK to Germany" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2804" CreationDate="2014-08-25T13:16:46.617" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318570/2902467-Guide_AN_v1_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This booklet&lt;/a&gt; from the government's site states 2-4 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-08-25T17:06:29.853" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T17:06:29.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11639" CreationDate="2014-08-25T13:26:09.240" Score="1" ViewCount="1311" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Brazilian friend is considering a move to Spain to live with a friend for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for obtaining an Spanish work visa for a Brazilian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-08-25T15:37:45.640" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T20:24:12.970" Title="What are the requirements for a Brazilian citizen working in Spain?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2808" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2816" CreationDate="2014-08-25T13:43:41.887" Score="4" ViewCount="42468" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a word, what is (really) required in practice, when changing address for a UK driver's license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider, say, the situation where in the UK you are (genuinely) &quot;living at a friend's house,&quot; or you've been spending a lot of time overseas. You may have no bank account statements, or utility bills, or lease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does any one have any specific, experiential, facts on this?  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2357" LastEditorUserId="2357" LastEditDate="2016-09-05T20:19:54.753" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T20:19:54.753" Title="Driver's license, UK, change of address" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2808" CreationDate="2014-08-25T15:23:53.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Government&lt;/a&gt;, you will need the following to change the driver license address:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have your driving licence (both parts if it’s a photocard licence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a resident of Great Britain - there’s a different process in Northern Ireland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide addresses of where you’ve lived for the last 3 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a valid UK passport or other form of identity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have your National Insurance number if known&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not be disqualified from driving&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point 2. is going to be a problem. If you are travelling a lot, going from country to country, defining your residency is going to be tricky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surprisingly, this page does not indicate that you need a proof of address for your current address. I am wondering if it is implied by 3. which requires a 3-year address history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you consider using a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;foreign driver license&lt;/a&gt; to drive in Great Britain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T15:23:53.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2805" CreationDate="2014-08-25T17:04:27.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you only have state pension you don't really need to do anything if you stay in the EU when you retire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you reach the retirement age in the country you have last worked (which might be different to the one where you are resident, in case you never worked there), then they will calculate your pension based on two different ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 1:&lt;/strong&gt; National rate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means they will calculate how much pension you'd receive in each of the countries if you'd never worked in any other country, and sum these together. So if you have 10 years of UK coverage 5 years of Spanish and 20 years of German they would calculate how much you'd receive in the UK after 10 years, how much you'd receive in Spain after 5 and how much would you get in Germany for 20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this amount might actually be 0, as in most countries you have to work for many years before you are entitled for state pension. That's why there is option 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 2:&lt;/strong&gt; EU-equivalent rate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means they will assume you have worked in each country the total amount of time (in our example 35 years), and will check how much you'd get in each of the countries for 35 years of coverage, and will calcualte the actual amount pro-rata.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After calculating how much you'd get for each option, you will get the one which is the &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more info about this EU scheme on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/retire-abroad/state-pensions-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above only applies for state pensions, and you have to retire in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also have some other kind of pensions, for example in the UK it is common that you also get some kind of Workplace Pension Scheme. These schemes have their own regulations on how you can get your money. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/985/what-would-happen-with-my-pension-if-i-leave-europe-and-never-return/987#987&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for more info. You might also have some kind of supplementary state pension, for which &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/retire-abroad/supplementary-pensions-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this EU rule&lt;/a&gt; applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T17:11:33.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2812" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2814" CreationDate="2014-08-25T17:10:15.007" Score="7" ViewCount="6275" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have insurance on a car in most of the EU countries your insurance premium is usually reduced for each year where you don't cause an accident. Insurance companies are usually accepting other companies' no claims bonus certificate if you switch the provider in a country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it also be possible to move your NCB between providers inside the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, how, and what papers do I need to get from my current insurance provider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T13:24:25.153" Title="Can you move your No Claims Bonus between EU countries?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2808" CreationDate="2014-08-25T17:25:53.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only need to change the address on your UK driving licence, if you are a resident in the UK. If you live abroad, but you still have your UK driving licence, then you don't need to notify DVLA of your new address (they can't handle foreign addresses anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live by your friends, but you are not considered as a resident, then you still don't need to notify DVLA about your new address. Of course having a proof of address is kinda useful in the UK, and one of the ways is your driving licence, so while it's not mandatory, you might still want to modify your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To change your address one way is to fill out the &quot;New Address&quot; part on your counterpart driving licence, and then send you licence to DVLA. You'll get your new licence via post in 1-2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you can also apply to change your address online. However they will ask you for your residence in the last 3 years, and if you came from an EU country, and were not living in the UK for at least half a year they will not consider you as a UK resident, and will not allow you to continue the process. If you finish this process they will send you a letter where you have to send your old licence back to them. You'll get your new licence in 1-2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that in both cases they'll verify your address by the fact that you'll have access to the mail at that address, as the licence will be sent there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-25T17:43:04.720" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T17:43:04.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2812" CreationDate="2014-08-25T17:34:42.573" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's possible since I have done it… but I am not sure if there is any specific EU-wide rule or standard document for that and I am not able to provide anything more than an anecdote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IIRC, I phoned my soon-to-be insurer (in the Netherlands) to ask if they would consider it and then sent some document provided by my previous insurer (not even sure if it was translated) and it somehow worked out. If my recollection is correct, it was simply the document you get when switching insurers within my previous country of residence, nothing more complex than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Differences between insurers can also be quite significant, both in terms of basis premium and the way they handle any no-claim bonus, so it might be useful to inquire before signing up. People don't switch between banks or insurers often, so that new customers are especially valuable for these businesses. I don't know how much leeway individual customer reps have but as someone who has just moved in and is willing to become a customer, you might have some leverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T10:27:51.743" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T10:27:51.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2812" CreationDate="2014-08-25T21:29:32.573" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've done it both from the UK to Germany, and from Germany to the UK. Which was a bit complicated because no-claims bonus is calculated differently in both countries. I don't remember the details of how it worked, but two insurance companies supplied me with the details that were accepted in the other country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T21:29:32.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2808" CreationDate="2014-08-26T05:03:15.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you still have your paper counterpart, it's trivially easy. Just fill in your new address on the form on the back, and post it off to the DVLA along with the photocard. A week or so later, a new photocard and paper counterpart will appear at the new address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no requirement to present proof of address when changing the address on your UK driving license, assuming you have all of it and don't try to do anything online&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is especially handy, as it means you can then use your new license to prove your address for other things relating to your move)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T05:03:15.293" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2797" CreationDate="2014-08-26T10:03:18.223" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is a bit broad but here a few salient points from the website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must be ready to take up employment for at least 20 hours per week (there are in particular limits if you have kids and no way to care for them should you find work, in that case you might not be able to get both &lt;em&gt;Kinderbetreuungsgeld&lt;/em&gt; and unemployment benefits), possibly need to show up at some specific location or otherwise show you are actively looking for work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The amount you receive is made of three distinct parts and the calculations are somewhat complex. If I understand all that correctly, you should get between 55% and 60% of your earlier net income, possibly more if you qualify for a family benefit and did not earn much (i.e. you can receive up to 80% of your previous income if the amount would otherwise be under EUR 857,73). There is also a small incentive/payment to cover extra costs if you participate in a training program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should get at least 20 weeks of benefits, possibly more if you worked at least 156 weeks in the last five years, if you are older than 40 or if you participate in a training program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In principle, transferring benefits between EU countries is possible but I am not sure how well it works in practice and what you need to do for that. It might be easiest for you to contact the relevant agency in Italy and ask what they require as I think you would need to go through them in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, all these conditions also apply to Austrian citizens and your being Italian does not make any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T13:13:08.443" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T13:13:08.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-26T15:18:35.810" Score="4" ViewCount="625" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to come to Australia on an eVisitor (Subclass 651) visa for job and sponsor hunting, and then apply and be granted a 457 visa without leaving the territory?&#xA;Apparently, people used to do that with the Visitor (Subclass 676) visa, which required people to leave the country (for instance, going to New Zealand) to lodge their 457 application from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, what are the cheapest and easiest ways to go sponsor hunting for a 457 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2363" OwnerDisplayName="Anomynous" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T04:07:37.907" Title="Australia: Sponsor hunting on an eVisitor visa?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-27T05:25:25.830" Score="1" ViewCount="8407" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from South Korea, and thinking about getting into a college in Canada.&#xA;I already have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I want to get a job in IT industry in Canada, I'd like to get a permanent residence in Canada at first.  When it comes to get the permanent residency in Canada, I heard I should get into the college and get 3 year's work permit, and get a full-time job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been surfing the web for the last 2 weeks, and then I've found two kinds of college courses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(2 Year) Post graduate certificate program (Co-op)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(3 Year) Diploma program (Co-op)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get into the first one, I should prove that I've had a bachelor degree or diploma in the similar major, and some agency staff said that it will be better for you to get into the post graduate certificate program, because the post graduate certificate is higher than diploma degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He said, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'Diploma &amp;lt; Advanced Diploma &amp;lt; Bachelor &amp;lt; Post Graduate Certification &amp;lt; Master'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I was wondering if it is true in Canada or not. He usually makes some money from someone like me, so to be honest, I couldn't trust what he said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there anyone who knows if it is true?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2324" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-08-28T09:41:54.867" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T21:14:07.597" Title="Does a post-graduate certificate vs. a diploma make a difference when looking for a job in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2821" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2822" CreationDate="2014-08-28T02:37:24.733" Score="4" ViewCount="3292" Body="&lt;p&gt;My TV is old. I want to buy a new one while living in Japan. The only thing holding me back is that I have no idea if the TV would be absolutely worthless in the US if I ended up moving back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the things I am most worried about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Power (Japan: 100V, 60 Hz / US: 120V, 60 Hz) -- my TV says &lt;em&gt;&quot;100V~ 50/60Hz&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Broadcast/Tuners (Can a Japanese TV tuner pick up US broadcasts?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So given that the electricity is slightly different, and the tuners are potentially different, to what extent can I use a Japanese TV in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T10:40:31.673" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T10:40:31.673" Title="Can I use a TV purchased in Japan in the US?" Tags="&lt;repatriation&gt;&lt;television&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2821" CreationDate="2014-08-28T05:19:24.943" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most modern televisions have a range of voltages that they support.  If you're picking up a new one, you just need to ensure that the voltage range includes that 120V that you get in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most television is transmitted digitally these days, the concern over signal is not important unless you're hoping to get analog signals. The only difference you'd need to pick up in some countries is a local tuner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However many if not most set-top-boxes in the US come with a digital tuner built in, and then they transmit the signal to the television digitally.  As a result, the television neither knows or cares where it's located, as the signal is just coming from the STB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So - voltage, check the back of the tv to confirm its range, and signal - as long as you're going to be using a digital signal, and let's face it - most countries and services are switching if they haven't already, then your new STB in the US will cover this range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of this is my own knowledge, but I double checked it on a couple of sites, for reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+13241&quot;&gt;source 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.gaijinpot.com/forum/living-in-japan/internet-technology/28494-will-a-japanese-hdtv-work-in-the-us&quot;&gt;source 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T05:19:24.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2821" CreationDate="2014-08-28T08:18:33.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;yes It will work. You just have to buy a voltage converter that convert the voltage according to  how much you  TV needs.&#xA;And buy a local tuner or antenna for broadcast/tuner.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2371" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T08:18:33.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2821" CreationDate="2014-08-28T10:07:44.000" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tuner won't receive over-the-air broadcasts in the US. The digital TV standard in use is different. You will have to use some kind of set-top-box for it to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, all the menus and smart features will be in Japanese only. English support is very rare on domestic models. This could be an issue if you want to use things like Netflix, which are unlikely to be supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a voltage step-down converter to sort that problem out, just make sure it is rated for 2x the wattage of the TV, i.e. if the box says the TV uses 250W get a 500W step down converter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T10:07:44.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1416" CreationDate="2014-08-28T10:15:51.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for an exemption to the income requirement rule. It is best to get some legal help with this but it can be done on your own just by asking. They are required to consider the exemption and can't simply dismiss it out of hand. Retirement is a good reason to ask for an exemption since clearly is a special case and hopefully he can demonstrate that he is capable of providing for his wife and son on his pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T10:15:51.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-28T12:59:59.097" Score="6" ViewCount="930" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen and married also to an American lady.&#xA;We have children as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We live in a foreign country. I had an affairs with a woman who is not a US citizen. She became pregnant and gave birth to a boy.&#xA;She ran away after giving me the child! My wife agreed to raise him along with our kids!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now how do I go about getting a birth certificate from the American embassy with his mom nowhere to be found. The boy does have the local government birth certificate with my name on it as father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't she need to go with me to the embassy with her IDs, etc. or can I do it all alone without her presence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2373" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-28T13:34:14.747" LastActivityDate="2017-05-12T00:21:36.383" Title="Child Birth record for USA father with a foreign mother" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2826" CreationDate="2014-08-28T18:46:37.483" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the child is born out of wedlock to a U.S. citizen father (you) and an alien mother, the child is automatically a U.S. citizen at birth if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You were physically present in the U.S. (in any status) before the child's birth for 5 years, including 2 years after turning 14&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blood relationship between the child and the father is established by clear and convincing evidence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You agree in writing to provide financial support for the child until the child reaches 18 years of age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the following criteria is met before the child reaches 18 years of age:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The child is legitimated under the law of his or her residence or domicile;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The father acknowledges in writing and under oath the paternity of the child; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The paternity of the child is established by adjudication of a competent court.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, what you need to do is go to a U.S. consulate and apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), not a &quot;birth certificate&quot;. It is a proof that the child is a U.S. citizen from birth. During this process, they will ask you to agree in writing to support the child, and acknowledge the paternity. They will likely ask for a DNA test to establish the blood relationship, since in this case it may be questionable. You will also need to provide evidence of your physical presence in the U.S. before the child's birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One parent is enough to apply for CRBA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although you can get the CRBA, you may not be able to get a U.S. passport for the child, because that requires the consent of both parents, unless you (or you and your wife) have sole custody or a court has given permission for the child to travel with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T18:46:37.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2818" CreationDate="2014-08-28T19:57:57.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I can find, yes, you can apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/457.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;457 while in Australia&lt;/a&gt;. Depending on the time it might take, you could try for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/030.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BVC&lt;/a&gt;, a bridging visa, which would allow you to remain while the application for the 457 is ongoing. The BVC page does say that you might be automatically given a BVC as part of an application for a substantive visa (which I assume a 457 is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: It looks like you can enter your skills information into &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/FAQs/Pages/how-can-i-get-sponsored-to-work-in-australia.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SkillSelect&lt;/a&gt; which allows employers with sponsorship approval check out your resume.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update based on Virgil Spruit's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some Australia visas have an 8503 clause which you agree to 'No further stay' after the visa expires. In particular, visitor visas that are sponsored (by family or others) usually have this restriction. If you waive (refuse to sign) the 8503, and then extend or change your visa, you may cause problems for your sponsor. Information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/52b-nfc#visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-08-04T17:33:59.333" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T17:33:59.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2895" CreationDate="2014-08-29T06:59:30.333" Score="5" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me introduce myself. I'm a Russian citizen, but don't live there last years due to health reasons (I've got chronic bronchitis and asthma, and some unidentified immune problems). That's why I currently live in tropical countries, where I can get visas for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a decent income from freelance programming, so I don't have any money problems. But visas are a big problem, especially considering what the Russian government is doing last time, there are high chances my visa application will be rejected. I can't live in Russia, because climate there damages my health too much. Last time I've been there I had bronchitis in acute phase for almost all winter and spring and lost 15 kilograms of body weight.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So… is there any chance to get asylum due to health reasons, somewhere where it's not too cold?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2378" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T13:34:23.447" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T12:53:35.977" Title="Getting asylum due to health reasons?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2832" CreationDate="2014-08-29T09:25:46.500" Score="11" ViewCount="4233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen software developer, which means I should be considered highly skilled migrant practically everywhere in the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to move to Czech Republic (my girlfriend lives there as a non-EU student/researcher), but there are more jobs (and more good jobs) for me in, for example Germany or The Netherlands. Some of these companies allow working remote, so I was wondering if it is legally possible for me to work for, let's say, German company (and thus acquire a German working permit) and reside in Czech Republic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2379" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T12:44:44.037" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T20:05:13.757" Title="Can a non-EU citizen work in one EU country and reside in another?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2831" CreationDate="2014-08-29T13:50:04.067" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd keep it simple. And either..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Apply for an EU Blue Card (gives most advantages)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Start your own company (allows lots of geographic flexibility for assignments)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU Blue Card gives you full flexibility in terms of mobility (not needing to re-apply for each country for work permits), whereas starting your own company lets you sidestep the labour market entirely and simply work where you want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, receiving a residency permit in one Schengen country allows permit-holders a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/tab1.do?subSec=30&quot;&gt;certain amount of mobility&lt;/a&gt;, but you are still bound by national laws.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To move from one Schengen area country to another for more than three months, you will need a long-term visa and/or a permit for that country. If you wish to work, study or join your family in the second country, you may have to fulfil more national conditions. To travel to a country that is not in the borderless Schengen area, you must get a separate national visa and meet all the necessary conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a skilled knowledge worker, you in principle qualify for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:155:0017:0029:EN:PDF&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;. The linked PDF explains all the various rights/privileges it offers you - including affirmed ease of mobility within EU member states. It is the most straightforward way to achieve your aim (to live in one country and be directly employed in another, with the right to choose yet another in the future). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details for work permits do vary from country to country, making a Blue Card a useful thing to have. Note that UK, Ireland and Denmark do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; participate in the Blue Card scheme. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going through the front door for German work permits, which &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/ArbeitLebenDeutschland/01-Arbeitsmoeglichkeiten.html?nn=383016&quot;&gt;assume residency&lt;/a&gt; can make it easier for some companies to sponsor you. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/LernenUndArbeiten/ArbeiteninD_node.html#doc371012bodyText1&quot;&gt;Also here&lt;/a&gt; more information in German. Work permit regulations usually require substantial effort/commitment from employers which can be a barrier. This could also mean having an official residence in Germany (or wherever), which could also increase your costs.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to go the route of an EU Blue Card, and don't want to set yourself up as an official resident of Germany/NL, then start your own business and sell your services to companies that way - no need for complex social security tax constructions, etc. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.czechinvest.org/data/files/visas-en-2010-1050-en.pdf&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is an English-language overview of the requirements for setting up a business in CZ in relation to residency permits, etc. And here's one for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ind.nl/Documents/FAQ%20Regeling%20buitenlandse%20investeerder%2020140401.pdf&quot;&gt;NL&lt;/a&gt;. Be aware that different criteria regarding size of investment and/or number of jobs created may be applied.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2374" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T13:50:04.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-29T20:54:19.320" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm at the end of my Australia working holiday visa, do I need to leave the country, if I decided to study full time for more than 6 months? But the course will be start after my visa ends. Do I need to leave the country? Do I need a different visa after the end of the working holiday visa and before the study start? If my student visa granted, do I enter bridging visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2385" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-08-30T01:54:25.770" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T20:28:34.080" Title="I'm at the end of my Australia working holiday visa, do I need to leave the country for study visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-30T01:48:24.477" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got my H1-B approved which should start from October 1st, but unfortunately I got laid off from that company too in August. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found a new job with another firm and wondering if I can start working for them starting October 1, 2014 and get my current visa transferred to the new company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How feasible is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2386" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:17:53.390" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:17:53.390" Title="Can an US H1 Visa be transfered before its beginning date of October 1st" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-30T14:58:07.960" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm really confused about this. I read a lot about US residents living abroad and earning. I am not a US Citizen but I am/will be a resident soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I owned a company in the UK and got paid a salary from the UK, what taxes would be incurred in the USA. I understand I would have to pay the normal due NI and income tax in the UK. But what US taxes would be due? Would I have to pay the Self Employment tax for foreign income? Or would it just be some income tax? And would state, city and school district tax me on my foreign income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T10:10:10.683" Title="What tax/social security would I have to pay any UK salary I earn while a US resident?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2836" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-31T02:06:20.737" Score="5" ViewCount="835" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if the following is possible and with how much ease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My American girlfriend and I would like to get married in India and then move back to America. We have been together for a year and have all records of our conversations, emails, gifts, post sent back and forth over the year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is she has gotten a divorce from her husband who was a Brazilian citizen and is now an American citizen. They have a child together. I am of the thought that this might seem negative on our application although our relationship is completely genuine and so was theirs. They just did not work out to be very well. I met her while I worked for an American client and we got to know each other (all online) and now I don't work there no more but she does. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My history is I have lived in the UK for four years as a student and returned to India due to medical reasons. I completed a part of my studies but could not finish my masters. I now work in India in the Software Industry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what would be easier, whether to get married in India or go to the US on a fiancé visa and marry there. Once married I will be looking for employment as well so we can start a family together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2387" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T13:08:07.593" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T23:28:59.880" Title="Moving to America after marriage in India" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-31T10:52:35.983" Score="2" ViewCount="2147" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if I go to Australia on visit visa (600), can I change to another visa (e.g. work permit-457) while I will be on visit visa inside Australia ? or Do I have to go outside of Australia and apply for a new visa ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2389" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T09:26:30.227" Title="Transferring From Australia Visit Visa to other AU visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2844" CreationDate="2014-08-31T14:37:11.557" Score="4" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm driving my car, registered in Romania, in the UK (I'm not a resident). If I'm lending it to another Romanian and he will be stoped by the police, will they see him like an insured driver or not? In Romania, the insurance is for the car and not for the driver as in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2390" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T16:54:40.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T16:54:40.057" Title="insurance on foreign cars covers any driver?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-01T06:46:33.057" Score="7" ViewCount="57598" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have looked at the government websites (state.tx.us/DriverLicense/nonmilitaryrenewal.htm) and seen the requirements but as a US citizen who has passed their drivers test, why is there no standard US drivers license for those with no state affiliation?&#xA;Or even better an expat US drivers license..any info anyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2392" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T23:54:33.530" Title="How do I renew a USA drivers license if I am as US citizen living abroad with no state address (last address Texas)" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3294" CreationDate="2014-09-01T09:31:54.957" Score="3" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will soon start my internship (6 Months) in South Korea and I wanted to ask if it is possible to go there as a tourist and do all the paperwork there. I basically have all the documents I need but still had some complications in the embassy in my home country. I will soon go back to the country where I study (Germany) and from there I will fly to Korea. I could also try to apply to the internship visa in Germany but it is far from where I am and I am not sure it will be ready on time. Anyone had some experience changing status in Korea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa in question would be a C4 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860" LastEditorUserId="860" LastEditDate="2014-09-01T09:58:57.290" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T08:39:52.247" Title="Working visa after arrival in South Korea" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-01T11:17:02.763" Score="5" ViewCount="1709" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen with a (class B-P2 commercial) drivers license. I also have a valid IDP card to go with it, which I understand is not strictly required in Turkey but always nice to have when abroad anyway. It is my understanding that it is valid to drive in Turkey on a US license. In fact I have had multiple rental car agencies validate this and have had my license checked by the local police on several occasions and no problems came up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I have heard from several unverified sources now that this allowance is only true for visitors, not for residents. I have heard this variously defined as having a residence permit instead of a tourist visa, as having been in the country more than 90 days, or as having your last date of entry be more that 6 months old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot find a source on how this actually works or if this suggestion is bogus. As a long term resident with a residents permit (ikamet tezkesi) am I required to apply for a Turkish driver's license in order to continue driving long term?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-09-02T06:36:45.467" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T00:35:06.853" Title="Is a Turkish driving license required as a foreign national to drive in Turkey long term?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2842" CreationDate="2014-09-02T14:15:39.027" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There doesn't seem to be too many English resources available on how to drive in Turkey with a foreign drivers licence as a Turkish resident. Google translate also doesn't help too much on their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trafik.gov.tr/Sayfalar/SurucuIslem.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to lack this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the &lt;a href=&quot;http://turkey.usembassy.gov/driving_in_turkey2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US embassy's site&lt;/a&gt; is also quite unhelpful. It does state then if your licence expires then you have to renew it in the US, you cannot do it at the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However according to the UK government's site about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/living-in-turkey&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;living in Turkey&lt;/a&gt; it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you drive in Turkey, you must have either an International Driving Permit or a notarised copy (in Turkish) of your UK driving licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://turkey.angloinfo.com/transport/driving-licences/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Angloinfo&lt;/a&gt; says something similar, but is more strict regarding whether you need a notorised translation or not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign residents of Turkey may drive using their valid foreign licence, however, &lt;strong&gt;a notorised translation of the licence must be kept with it at all times&lt;/strong&gt;. A notorised translation can be provided, for a fee, by a Turkish translation firm offering notarisation and certification services, or by the relevant consular office (or embassy) in Turkey which has certified translators available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also says that if you want to get a local car, and get insurance for it, you might need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://turkey.angloinfo.com/transport/driving-licences/exchanging-a-licence/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exchange your licence&lt;/a&gt;, as they will only accept Turkish ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd advise you to get a notorised translation if possible. Apart from that you don't need to exchange your licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-09-02T14:15:39.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2838" CreationDate="2014-09-02T14:48:57.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/insurance/validity/tourist_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant page from europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your car insurance policy from your home country covers you throughout the EU if you injure someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your car's number plate is proof that you have liability insurance. This means that police in another country will not normally stop you just to check if you are insured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Police should not stop him only to check whether he is insured or not (if he is stopped it will usually be to check whether he is a resident or not)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He is covered by the insurance in your home country. If that insurance policy allows others to drive the car, then he will also be insured.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-09-02T14:48:57.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-02T21:24:10.473" Score="10" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently retired and am receiving social security.  If I move out of the U.S., will I still receive my SS checks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2395" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T06:12:11.173" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T07:28:18.697" Title="Will I receive Social Security outside the U.S.?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2846" CreationDate="2014-09-03T00:48:40.683" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10137.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Your Payments while Outside US&lt;/a&gt; from Social Security Administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On pages 12 and 13  of the booklet you can find the list of countries where you cannot receive the payments, which currently includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cuba&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;North Korea&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Azerbaijan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Belarus&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Georgia &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazakhstan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kyrgyzstan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moldova &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tajikistan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turkmenistan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ukraine, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uzbekistan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other conditions that are spelled out in that document as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="11809" LastEditDate="2017-05-25T07:28:18.697" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T07:28:18.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-03T07:02:20.350" Score="8" ViewCount="23851" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I open accommodation adverts in France (for instance &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leboncoin.fr/locations/offres/ile_de_france/?f=a&amp;amp;th=1&quot;&gt;Leboncoin.fr&lt;/a&gt;), I often see keywords I'm not familiar with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;T2 / T3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;F1 / F2 / F3 / ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chambre de bonne&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm quite lost in what these things mean. I speak limited French so I manage to use the websites, but this is beyond my knowledge. Could anybody please explain the mentioned notions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T12:41:09.867" Title="T2 / F2 / F3 / ... - Appartment size codes in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2849" CreationDate="2014-09-03T08:18:07.767" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a translation of the corresponding &lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appartement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;explanation&lt;/a&gt; on the French Wikipedia site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T1&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;T2&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;T3&lt;/strong&gt;, etc: &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; is used for &lt;em&gt;Type&lt;/em&gt;, and corresponds to a type of apartment with the number of main rooms indicated. By main room, one means living room, dining room, and bedrooms. Kitchens and bathrooms are not included in the number. Therefore, an apartment with a living room and two bedrooms is a T3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T1 bis&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;T2 bis&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;T3 bis&lt;/strong&gt;, etc: Those are private lodgings for which one the rooms is large and can be separated in two distinct zones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;F1&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;F2&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;F3&lt;/strong&gt;, etc: &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt; is used for &lt;em&gt;function&lt;/em&gt; as in commercial function. Generally, professionals and private individuals uses those apartment the same ways as &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; apartments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P1&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;P2&lt;/strong&gt;, etc: &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt; corresponds to &lt;em&gt;Pièce&lt;/em&gt; which is the French word for &lt;em&gt;Room&lt;/em&gt;. This designation is mostly used in the south of France, generally in the same way as &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; is used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Studio&lt;/strong&gt;: Studio is a specific type of &lt;em&gt;F1&lt;/em&gt;, where the kitchen is part of the living room/bedroom. In that case, it is an apartment with only one main room with a kitchen corner. Bathroom is separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still according to the Wikipedia article, it is very difficult to find a difference between &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;. No reference texts indicates this information. It seems that progressively, &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; have replaced &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;. A few decades ago, &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; was distinct from &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt; and was more luxurious. &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; was for more spacious lodgings was &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt; had smaller rooms, like in subsidized housing. In practice, both are used and the &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt; designations tends to disappear in online advertisement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as &lt;strong&gt;Chambre de bonne&lt;/strong&gt; (Maid room) is concerned, another Wikipedia &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_de_bonne&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; is providing the following definition: A chambre de bonne is a type of French apartment consisting of a single room in a middle-class house or apartment building. It is generally found on the top floor and only accessible by a staircase; sometimes a separate &quot;service staircase&quot;. Initially, these rooms were intended as the bedroom for one of the family's domestics, and the name originates from the colloquial name for such maids: a &quot;bonne à tout faire&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T12:41:09.867" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T12:41:09.867" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2014-09-03T08:41:26.660" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Driver licenses are to be used for driving a vehicle where you live. Therefore, there is no such thing as a US driver license that you can use in the country where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, you need to exchange whatever driver license you have for a local one and in some cases you may have to take the test again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As indicated in the comments, unless you are domiciled in Texas, you cannot just stop at the DMV and obtain a license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you obtain a license in the country you live in, you can generally use it to drive in the USA and exchange it for a USA driver license once you decide to return there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T08:41:26.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2836" CreationDate="2014-09-03T13:27:56.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main advice would obviously be to consult an immigration lawyer on this topic. They understand the law and can guide you appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This being said, as long as you are genuine and you are not trying to cheat the immigration system, you should have no issue immigrating to the USA legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The USA government has no business telling who your girlfriend can marry as long as she is not currently engaged in an existing marriage. It is important that you are keeping track of the divorce paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it would be easier for you to get married in the USA as the administration may have an easier time processing public records originating from that country. Marrying in India may create some additional complications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to review this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visapro.com/Immigration-Articles/?a=1252&amp;amp;z=36&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; that describes eight things you should know before getting married in the US while on a tourist visa or on a Visa Waiver:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The marriage must be in good-faith&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage should not be immediately after you land in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The 30/60 Day Rule&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What will happen if you are denied Adjustment of Status?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You cannot leave the US immediately after marriage if you applied for Adjustment of Status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Border Protection Officers are watching you:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enter the U.S. on a tourist visa, get married and return to your home country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No excuse for visa fraud&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and happy life! :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I do not want to copy all the information I found on that page as it is likely copyrighted.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T13:27:56.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2855" CreationDate="2014-09-03T14:05:43.427" Score="1" ViewCount="444" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen on an EU D/Scientific visa in France. My local mayor's office (&lt;a href=&quot;http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairie&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mairie&lt;/a&gt;) is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ville-gif.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gif-sur-yvette&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Mairie has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ville-gif.fr/mairie/formalites-administratives/attestation-daccueil/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certain documents&lt;/a&gt; that need to be produced for a attestation d'accueil for my parents' visit in Jan/Feb 2015 from India. This list has been discussed elsewhere on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/346/133&quot;&gt;expats.SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, an additional document that is required by my Mairie is &quot;&lt;strong&gt;etat sanitaire&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; (state of sanitation) &lt;a href=&quot;https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13223318/ATTESTATION%20D&amp;#39;ACCUEIL.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(see 1 pg pdf document)&lt;/a&gt;. How do I prove that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in a rented apartment and I and my landlord are both looking for how to prove &quot;etat sanitaire&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T16:47:15.923" Title="Attestation d'accueil - what in the world is &quot;etat sanitaire&quot; and how do I prove it?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2854" CreationDate="2014-09-03T14:14:12.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this instance, &lt;em&gt;état sanitaire&lt;/em&gt; refers to the conditions of the place where you will be staying at. Is it safe, clean, free of pests, does it meet the minimum safety, health, standard, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am guessing that the French administration wants to avoid individuals staying in unsanitary conditions while in their country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to bring photos of the place where you are staying but I am guessing that &lt;em&gt;renseignements&lt;/em&gt; refers to the verbal information you need to provide, not justifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2316" LastEditorUserId="2316" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T14:57:09.197" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T14:57:09.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2863" CreationDate="2014-09-04T09:34:39.933" Score="4" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been offered a position with a tech company in Ireland, and they will sponsor me for a Green Card. I've received the contract last night, and it has a clause regarding a probation period, as per the Employee Handbook - 6 months, which can be extended to 10 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I now that one of the requirements for a Green Card is that the offer of employment is for at least 2 years. I've asked the company about this, and they said that they will state in the application that the offer is for more than 2 years, but that 6 months' probation is standard in Ireland, and shouldn't be a problem for the Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they right, or do I have cause for concern?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2203" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T22:57:02.380" Title="Irish Green Card &amp; Employment Probation Period" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-04T11:29:28.040" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several pages available online on the nitty-gritty of transferring H1B from one employer to another. However, can an H1B file be transferred from one consulate to another?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is the situation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. I have been offered a job in the USA starting May 2015 at a university (exempt from H1B cap or some such). I am currently working in Paris France and hence the university who want to employ me from May 2015 would like to petition for my H1B in Oct and send my &quot;file&quot; to the Paris US consulate in Oct 2014. If I were to quit my job in Paris AFTER H1B petition is made for the Paris consulate, can this be transferred to a US consulate in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for if this is possible.&#xA;A solution is for the US university to &quot;hold it&quot; until I quit my job but for several reasons, that option may not be available to me since my situation is fickle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do let me know if any further information would be useful for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2014-09-04T11:29:28.040" Title="Transfer US-H1b dossier from one consulate to another" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-04T18:46:17.000" Score="-1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to go to the US, and I will only be there for 6 days.  I want to be able to drive while I'm there.  Can I get a temporary license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2408" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T03:45:47.460" Title="Can I get a temporary US driver's license from within Japan?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2014-09-05T11:45:17.107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2859" CreationDate="2014-09-05T03:45:47.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The thing you want is an International Driving Permit (IDP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; fall for the &quot;international driving licence&quot; scams, you just need the IDP. They are usually easy to get from the same place where you would apply for a driving licence. Here in Thailand, you can get one from the Department of Land Transport, and in the UK I have got one from the Post Office before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permit is valid in every country except for the country it is issued in (because you should already have a driving licence in that country in order to qualify for the permit, I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cost is nominal (not a lot), and validity is one year from the date of issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T03:45:47.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2862" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2866" CreationDate="2014-09-05T11:51:29.377" Score="5" ViewCount="15335" Body="&lt;p&gt;I opened a bank account with Société Générale in France and got access to their Internet banking. I was surprised to see that a wire transfer can only be done online to another bank in France. For international transfers (to countries outside of the European Union) I'd have to go into a branch (and pay a hefty fee). Is this the case for all French banks or can anyone recommend some that allow international transfers online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make matters worse, it turned out that I can only go to the branch (&quot;agency&quot;) where my account was opened! Other Société Générale branches have no access to my account whatsoever, so they cannot do anything for me. Is this also the case for other French banks? Is there a bank that allows its accounts to be used at any of its branches?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit: please do not suggest &quot;money transfer&quot; services - that's not what the question is about. Neither is there any mention of currency exchange above.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastEditorUserId="2411" LastEditDate="2015-01-23T10:07:34.547" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T11:38:34.820" Title="International money transfer online from a French bank" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2856" CreationDate="2014-09-05T12:04:06.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note: IANAL&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should check your contract whether it is a permanent or temporary position (e.g. it has an end date). In the former case you have a permanent position, which means you can work at the company until either you leave, or they let you go. In the latter case you have a specific end date, when your employment will definitely end (usually it still allows both parties to end the contract before that date under some specific terms).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is different to probation periods. The probation period is a period, where you as an employee work on different terms with your employer. These different terms usually include making it easier to fire you. This does not mean the company will do it, it only means it can do it much more easily. Passing your probation still doesn't mean that you will definitely work there for at least 2 years, as the employer can still fire you, but usually the terms on which he can do it is much more strict (for example he has to pay x months of salary, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Green Card requires you to either have a permanent position, or a temporary one where the end date is at least 2 years in the future. The fact that you can be fired before that is irrelevant, but if that still happens you have a few options to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/migrant_workers/employment_permits/green_card_permits.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;remain in the country&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you lose your job through redundancy you should notify the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Department will allow you a period of 6 months to find another job. When you find another job you have to apply for a new Green Card permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should contact your local immigration officer to confirm your immigration status - see 'Registration' above. If you have more than 6 months before your GNIB immigration permission expires, you can reside in Ireland under your stamp 1 permission for a further 6 months. If you have less than 6 months' immigration permission you can have your immigration permission extended to 6 months which means you will have to pay for a new GNIB card - see 'Rates' below. If you have not found a new job after 6 months you will be expected to leave Ireland. If you then get an offer of employment in Ireland you may apply for a new employment permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permit also allows &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; to leave the company and find another job, but you have to work there for at least 12 months. You need to apply for a new green card though, so the new job also have to be permanent or for at least 2 years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If this is your first employment permit in Ireland then you are expected to remain with your employer for 12 months (unless there are exceptional circumstances). After that you may change employer provided that a new application for a Green Card permit is made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T12:04:06.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2865" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2867" CreationDate="2014-09-05T15:12:40.040" Score="6" ViewCount="777" Body="&lt;p&gt;When trying to rent an apartment in France, especially in Paris, I noticed that some landlords ask for your RIB (bank account details). I'm curious why they would need this. What do they do with it? Does knowing those details enable them to debit my bank account?! (Because I definitely do not want to enable that!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T12:37:12.533" Title="Why do landlords in France sometimes ask for a RIB?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2862" CreationDate="2014-09-05T18:04:12.507" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you describe is not universal, but it is not unheard of either. Remember that France is still a country which makes heavy use of cheques - this is somewhere with some very modern banking features, and some things which feel very archaic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've stated that you want to send money abroad, and to a non-Euro country. Given that, you might not actually want to use your bank for sending the money! For medium to large payments, it's probably worth instead using a currency broker. (Many exist, I quite like Currency Fair, though amongst friends and family I'd say there's a half dozen we use for different reasons!). With this, you'd make a domestic (French) euros transfer to the bank account of the currency broker, use the broker to change the money, then instruct the broker to pay out to the destination account. This typically means &quot;domestic&quot; transfers at each end, so no need to worry about your bank in France not supporting easy international transfers. For some kinds of amounts of money / currencies / frequencies, this could save you a fair bit on fees and get you a much better rate, but by no means on all cases, so check first!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next option - ditch your &quot;traditional&quot; bank, and get an online one. There are quite a few banks (mostly it seems from other European countries) who offer online-only bank accounts in France. With these, there's no branch staff, no branch network, just a bank card and online banking. (Quite possibly no cheques, it depends). There's normally low, or sometimes no fees for these. I'm told they offer very good online transfers. Downsides are there being no branch network, often no cheques, and needing to have an established French financial presence before you can open the account. You should be able to get one now, and could always get it alongside your SG account and just use it for online-y stuff. (Do a domestic transfer from SG to your online account, then from there abroad)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Final option - get a different bank. I asked various &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country&quot;&gt;expats in the pub&lt;/a&gt;, and they suggested (for the city I'm in, it's not universal!) just two banks as being good for expats. I opted for the one nearest where I'm staying, BNP Paribas, who do offer online international transfers:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s4LQy.png&quot; alt=&quot;BNP Online Banking screen&quot;&gt;&#xA;As with SG, some things can only be done by your in-branch advisor, so make sure you like who you'd be getting, and that they're contactable. (My advisor was willing to put up with the faff of opening an account for me with mostly English documents, and has given me her phone number and email address so I can sort some things out remotely, but I'm told not all are that good...). I'm certainly paying more for my BNP account than friends using online-only banks do for theirs, and the fees/fx rate BNP offer aren't as good as a currency broker, but things are easy (by French banking standards), there's a national network of banks where I can do some things in person, and they'd let me open an account!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'd suggest you ask around amongst other expats on bank suggestions, check out the advantages and disadvantages of currency brokers, investigate if you could cope with an online-only bank, then change as needed for your situation!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T18:04:12.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2865" CreationDate="2014-09-05T19:47:07.720" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Merely knowing your bank account details is not enough to set up a direct debit, the bank would require your consent (&lt;em&gt;autorisation de prélévement&lt;/em&gt;). If you haven't signed such a form, the landlord cannot use the RIB for that (and, incidentally, it's forbidden for landlords to demand that their tenants pay by direct debit, although I can imagine that some do it nonetheless).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you fail to pay (or generally owe money to someone), the landlord could under certain conditions get your bank to recover the debt from your account so they might consider that knowing your bank details would make this easier if needed. This would in particular be &lt;em&gt;relatively&lt;/em&gt; easy if one of your cheques bounces (but it does involve an &lt;em&gt;huissier de justice&lt;/em&gt; in any case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, being able to present a RIB shows you have a bank account and you are not &lt;em&gt;interdit bancaire&lt;/em&gt;. A cheque does that too but landlords or real estate agents typically ask for the RIB when you apply, so before you have to produce an actual cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-06T22:12:18.840" LastActivityDate="2014-09-06T22:12:18.840" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1161" CreationDate="2014-09-05T19:59:40.467" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've recently used a 'man with a van' to move some of my fiancée's belongings from Finland to the UK. We found him on a Facebook group for FI-GB expats who were recommending him to other members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It cost around €300, which is about a quarter of the cost we expected to pay if we'd have gone with either the quotes we'd had from 'official' moving companies, or the costs of renting a vehicle to go either one-way (with one-way charge) or two-way (with the additional fuel and time costs to drive it back).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend finding a friendly, targeted FI-NO Facebook group or contacting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.suomi-seura.fi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Suomi-Seura&lt;/a&gt; (Finland Society) who hold a directory of businesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2413" LastEditorUserId="2413" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T17:52:18.243" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T17:52:18.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-05T22:17:23.127" Score="5" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not Spanish, but I'd like to live in Spain as an expatriate by buying e.g. a 5-6 bedroom flat in Spain, living in one room, and renting the other rooms, as it seems a lot of people are doing that already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I heard that it's illegal in Spain for private homes to be let to tourists on a short term basis, and that the government has voted to update the Urban Rental Law (LAU) which will hand regulation of the rental area to the regional authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, where I can apply for the license, how much can it cost and what's the risk that after buying the property, I won't get a license? One of the estate agencies in Barcelona told me that people normally don't get a short-term license easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2013/04/16/home-rentals-crackdown/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Home rentals crackdown in Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spain-holiday.com/rentalbuzz/dispelling-the-myths-about-holiday-rental-licences-in-spain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dispelling the myths about holiday rental licences in Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://propertymarbellaapartments.com/blog/2013/04/18/ending-with-illegal-rental-properties-for-tourists-in-spain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ending with illegal rental properties for tourists in Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessinsider.com/r-airbnb-fined-in-catalonia-over-short-term-room-lets-2014-07&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Airbnb Fined $40,000 In Spain For Short-Term Room Rentals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="650" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-07T02:29:25.380" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T02:29:25.380" Title="How easy is to get a license to let a private home to tourists on a short term basis?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-10-03T00:42:19.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2862" CreationDate="2014-09-06T10:55:28.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted my &lt;em&gt;conseiller&lt;/em&gt; (adviser) at Société Générale at Gif s/ Yvette, in the Paris region about international money transfer from SocGen to say WellsFargo in the United States. This is the reply I received. It would seem that my &lt;em&gt;conseiller&lt;/em&gt; ended up using google translate so I am yet to decipher this entirely and would appreciate it if fellow banking/monetary transfer enthusiasts (?) chime in!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is neither minimum amount nor maximum to make a transfer. For a&#xA;  transfer in a currency other than the Euro or a transfer&#xA;  towards a country except the zone SEPA, the expenses are 0,9 for one&#xA;  thousand amounts of the transfer with a 13.75-euro perception minimum&#xA;  and a maximum of 70 Euros+ committee of exchange of 0,5 for one&#xA;  thousand amounts of the transfer with a 14-euro perception minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 09/09/2014&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So on asking my advisor again, I am told the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For a 1000-euro transfer, expenses will be 13.75 euros+14 euros of&#xA;  committee(commission) of exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="133" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T12:22:48.803" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T12:22:48.803" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2865" CreationDate="2014-09-06T20:17:21.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered when searching for an apartment in Paris that the agent working for the owner would use it's own bank contact to get informations on my bank account history. He is not allowed to do that, this is supposed to be strictly inter-bank exchange, but ...&#xA;Eventually, I got the apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2014-09-06T20:17:21.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-07T08:13:10.200" Score="1" ViewCount="1281" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, having UK ILR and want to know if ILR will be cancelled if I do not visit UK for 2 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I'm getting separated from my husband who is a British national and want to cancel my ILR now which is a precursor to our divorce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise how will it be revoked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2417" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-12-04T00:50:02.223" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T20:49:37.090" Title="Cancellation of an indefinite leave to remain when divorcing" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2875" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2885" CreationDate="2014-09-07T19:20:41.633" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, here's the situation. I'm a French student (studying web and computers) and I have an internship to do starting in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For personnal reasons I'd like to travel abroad in an English-speaking country using the internship I have to do. I'm particularly interested in going to Ireland because I already went there in vacation and found this country lovely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here's my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any particular ways to find an internship in Ireland? Like a website, specific forums or websites or such ways? If not, what about jobs (because it's almost the same when you think about it)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2423" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-08T09:57:19.170" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T05:50:38.670" Title="Where and how to find an internship in Ireland?" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-07T19:51:59.197" Score="2" ViewCount="1644" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the main advantages and disadvantages of trying to get J1 vs H1B visas to the USA for a married individual applying for postdoctoral positions (i.e. temporary research position)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider: married to someone from a different country, both need visas to the USA, no clear long-term plan yet on where to settle in the future (though the USA is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; particularly attractive in the long term).  Staying in academia means no geographic stability and sometimes not ending up in the place where one would most like to.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for objective answers to the question above about the differences between these visa types, particularly for scholars (one's status affects the rules that each visa type comes with).  The answers do not need to take into account my personal situation.  I mentioned it in case something I wouldn't expect to influence a visa does make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2425" LastEditorUserId="2425" LastEditDate="2014-09-07T19:57:34.007" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T00:25:08.650" Title="J1 vs H1B visas for scholars in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-08T00:39:40.527" Score="4" ViewCount="588" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have all but been offered a position with an American company for a software development position. However, I have discovered I am ineligible for an E3 Visa (an Australian resident visa for working in the US) because I don't have a degree and I don't have the equivalent 12 years experience either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company has said they can hire me on an exclusive contract as an Australian business and then I can fly to and from every 90 days. I know this isn't an ideal solution, so I am asking those here who perhaps might have been in a similar situation or know of someone who has if there are other options I can explore? I would be willing to fly to a neighbouring country or state and entering the US via alternative means if it means there is potentially an easy way or perhaps visa I haven't heard of for coming to the states for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there is a H1-B visa where the company can petition the appropriate agency for a visa, but it is more expensive, has limited intake and takes considerably longer, would I qualify for a H1-B visa? From what I could see, it mentioned needing a degree or experience, but I could have perhaps not been reading the correct information. I have about 10 years experience and my industry is quite specialised, the reason they've expressed interest is because of my experience and unique skillset that fits in with what they are looking for and due to competition and lack of decent developers, they're hiring outside of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading this on the requirements section actually makes me think I could get a H1-B visa without a degree:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The nature of the specific duties is so specialized and complex that&#xA;  the knowledge required to perform the duties is usually associated&#xA;  with the attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then it says this under the section can I qualify without a bachelors degree:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Having education, specialized training, and/or progressively&#xA;  responsible experience that is equivalent to the completion of a U.S.&#xA;  bachelor’s or higher degree in the specialty occupation, and having&#xA;  recognition of expertise in the specialty. through progressively&#xA;  responsible positions directly related to the specialty. In general, 3&#xA;  years of work experience or training in the field is considered as&#xA;  equivalent to 1 year of college.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, only temporarily, I were to sign a contract for development services with the US company (employed as contracting services with an Australian company) and then I fly to and from, could I run into any potential issues with this immigration wise? Technically I am also consulting for them and I would be flying over for business purposes which would include meetings, helping makes decisions and steering the development of the product in many aspects, but also developing while I am there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I mentioned business purposes and then said I am consulting and whatnot, would it be suspicious I am flying in and out every 3 months or am I overthinking this? Is it possible to be contracted by an overseas company and travel so often for the maximum stay period without rousing suspicion? I don't want to do anything wrong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company is reputable and not trying to be dodgy, they want me and I want to make this a simple process for both the employer and myself. It would be a concrete contract that would be looked over by lawyers and appropriately approved with clear clauses and stipulations. I just need to know what my options are for travelling and working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to fly over, but limit the amount of times and duration and work remotely here in Australia for perhaps 50% of the time. They want me onsite because I will be attending a lot of meetings and moving very quickly trying to find the sweet spot for things, and the timezone differences will make that a difficult task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand this is a difficult topic and any answers here would merely be advice and I should seek the opinion of an immigration lawyer. I haven't received a formal offer or anything yet, so I am just preempting my options and seeing what I can do should an offer come through and I accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2426" LastEditorUserId="2426" LastEditDate="2014-09-08T00:47:53.613" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T23:18:29.173" Title="Offered Position In United States, Don't Quality For Australian E3 Work Visa, What Are My Options?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2880" CreationDate="2014-09-08T02:17:04.823" Score="4" ViewCount="4332" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my H1b approved. I need to go for visa stamping and my passport is about to expire in next 10 months. Is it OK to go with current passport or do I need to renew it before going to visa stamping?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2427" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-09-08T08:46:01.827" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T13:22:16.243" Title="Passport validity for H1B visa stamping" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-08T08:56:29.173" Score="4" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are non-EU nationals. I am currently in the process of obtaining a Green Card, and we should be moving to Cork in December. As far as I can understand, my wife can come with me immediately (of course, we both need visas to land in Ireland), and we can apply for familiy reunification then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the exact procedure for family reunification? What sort of documents do we need to submit (e.g. a court-stamped translated copy of our marriage certificate, copy of my Green Card/GNIB, copy of my employment contract)? Is there an application form that can be downloaded and filled out in advance?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a fee to be paid?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we apply somewhere in Cork City, or do we have to go to Dublin (or maybe mail the documents)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the usual waiting time? I heard 12 weeks usually, 6-8 if we're lucky. My concern is that her entry visa to Ireland will be stamped for 90 days, and reunification isn't approved in that time frame. I guess she would need to go back home, and wait for approval, and then re-apply for an Irish visa to come back again?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2203" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-03T15:30:22.130" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T15:30:22.130" Title="Bringing wife to Ireland on an Irish Green Card" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2878" CreationDate="2014-09-08T13:22:16.243" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of State&lt;/a&gt; one of the required documents listed is passport with validity 6 months beyond your period of stay in the United States:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Passport valid for travel to the United States&lt;/strong&gt; - Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your period of stay in the United States (unless exempt by country-specific agreements). If more than one person is included in your passport, each person who needs a visa must submit a separate application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on which country you're from your passport may &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/104770.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;still be valid 6 past expiration&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is that your possible period of stay for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;H1B is 3 years&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an H-1B nonimmigrant, you may be admitted for a period of up to three years. Your time period may be extended, but generally cannot go beyond a total of six years, though some exceptions do apply under sections 104(c) and 106(a) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that you should renew your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T13:22:16.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2882" CreationDate="2014-09-08T14:23:29.570" Score="1" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on F1 visa and currently on OPT. My OPT ends in Dec 2014. I have my H1B approved and it starts from Oct 2014. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My driver's license expired on 31 Aug 2014. When I went to the BMV (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) office (I am in Ohio), they said I cannot renew my license till my H1B starts, i.e. 1 Oct 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure I can get my license renewed only on OPT, as one of my friend got it. It is just that I thought H1B has longer duration, so I should try with H1B. But since it cannot be used, I asked them to renew on my OPT (till Dec 2014 at least). But they said it cannot be done at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really need my license as I cannot work without it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="642" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-09-08T15:36:53.723" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T16:54:04.253" Title="Driver's license confusion" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2881" CreationDate="2014-09-08T16:40:02.660" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have valid OPT status they should offer you drivers licenc without any problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you have filed for extension with USCIS, you can remain and work for 270 days from the date when H1B  extension is filed. Some officers within DMV are aware of this rule and the will issue DL for 270 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can use your H1B receipt notice to get DL for like 270 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to different DMV and try to get DL renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here in North Carolina, you can get driving license for 270 days with original H1B receipt notice. Ohio should have something similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what happens and do come back to share your experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2429" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T16:40:02.660" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1028" CreationDate="2014-09-08T17:11:29.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had accounts at BPO and Metrobank before finally settling with HSBC. The experience is incomparable. The service was swift and the personnel much more helpful. I heard some good feedback of expats regarding BPI however the international reach of HSBC made a real difference in particular if you have HSBC accounts in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T17:11:29.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2875" CreationDate="2014-09-08T19:15:49.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's like looking for a job basically. You would need to look at jobs and internships websites, go through the offers and apply individually. For example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobs.ie/work_experience_internship_jobs.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;jobs.ie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've found a company that wants you, emigrating to Ireland is pretty simple. I'm French myself, I've worked in Ireland for 4 years, and the hardest part is to find the position. Although there are plenty of big companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. They have their customer support platforms in Ireland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2431" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T19:15:49.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2819" CreationDate="2014-09-08T21:14:07.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Canada, colleges are more known for education than Universities, and as you have your bachelor's degree in computer science, it is first stepping stone for Post Graduate Certificate program (2 Years) because you already have earned your bachelor's degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wasting 3 years in diploma program will be not worth it. I have spent my time in Canada as an international student that's why I can say if you have bachelor's degree you can choose any program with co-op option for job assistance from school. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Permanent Residency, different Providences have different requirements but in Toronto, Ontario its worth checking www.centennialcollege.ca, www.senecacollege.ca, and www.humber.ca for college options. I am a graduate of centennial college and most of them offer 1 year post graduate diploma courses as well but withour co-op option. Please check their courses and contact international student department. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will guide you for direct admissions and/or their authorized agents for your country for admissions help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope, this information will help you    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2429" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T21:14:07.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2877" CreationDate="2014-09-08T23:18:29.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not familiar with E3 but H1B has similar requirements. You need BS degree or 12 years of experience. It will allow you to transfer your H1B visa and work to other companies in USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But IANAL - you need to talk to legal expert in visas to get advice specific to your exact circumstances. Maybe your skills &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; enough advanced to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2014-09-08T23:18:29.173" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-09T03:13:29.563" Score="4" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed my student visa in the US by a couple of years. Now I have a job offer in the UK and will be applying for a Tier 2 work visa. Will my US overstay affect my chances of getting the UK visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2432" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T19:41:12.463" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T19:41:12.463" Title="Will my US overstay affect my chances of getting a UK Work Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-09T10:37:14.527" Score="3" ViewCount="784" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an 18 year old Maltese student studying at the Warsash Martine Academy and I was wondering if it is possible to drive my EU registered car in the UK for a period of 7 to 8 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2435" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T11:15:55.057" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T10:59:34.547" Title="How long can a student drive an EU registered car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2892" CreationDate="2014-09-09T11:22:16.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As detailed in the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk-for&quot;&gt;How long can I drive a EU-registered car in the UK?&lt;/a&gt; residents usually cannot drive a car registered abroad at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But under EU law, students are supposed to be exempt from the general rules so you should be able to drive your Malta-registered car in the UK for the whole time. The UK does not seem very sympathetic to the idea, though. This possibility used to be mentioned on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk page&lt;/a&gt; but as of December 2014, it only covers temporary imports &lt;em&gt;from outside the EU&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-26T12:18:55.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2830" CreationDate="2014-09-09T12:53:35.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, there is no chance.  &quot;Asylum&quot; is shorthand for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_asylum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;political&lt;/em&gt; asylum&lt;/a&gt;: it means another state offering you shelter when you are being persecuted due to &quot;race, caste, nationality, religion, political opinions&quot;.  None of these apply to you, since your problem is with the climate, not the Russian government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If moving to sunny Crimea is not an option, you would probably be better off looking for a warm country that will grant you a business or other long-term stay visa.  Cambodia has long been &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.movetocambodia.com/planning-your-move-to-cambodia/cambodia-visas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;famously easy&lt;/a&gt;, with one-year visas handed to anybody with a pulse (optional) and a few hundred dollars (mandatory), though they're apparently tightening things up a bit.  If you're willing and able to invest a few hundred thousand dollars in property, almost any country in South-East Asia will happily give you a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T12:53:35.977" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-09T11:14:20.490" Score="4" ViewCount="1041" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be studying in Paris for the next 6 months. I am trying to find a nice apartment, but the rental agencies ask me to pay 1 to 2 months of rent in advance for their services, then there is also the guarantee landlords asks. So I think this is all very expensive. I tried a free site pap.fr where you can directly discuss with the owners. They asked my payslips of the last 3 months, which is fine, but then most say that they already rented the place to someone else. I earned quite a good salary. So is it because I am foreigner, I also do not speak very well French, so maybe they prefer local people. Does anyone know an agency that does not charge huge fees and can find a long term home for a foreigner in Paris?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2466" OwnerDisplayName="Sandra985" LastEditorUserId="2466" LastEditDate="2014-09-18T19:13:04.330" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T09:31:20.593" Title="How to find a long term rental apartment in Paris without paying expensive fees?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2896" CreationDate="2014-09-09T16:01:28.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;AirBNB.com is aimed at short-term stays, but most listings also state weekly and monthly rates.  They've got some wonky Javascript making the first page not work well with &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; browser (crashes some of them).  &lt;strong&gt;Ignore&lt;/strong&gt; the drop-down suggestions--if you select one, it will continue to beg you to make an entry.  Select dates and number of people first, then clear the destination, type in the full place, and hit return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get past the first page, you can modify your search by panning/zooming the map.  Paris, France showed thousands of listings.  Limited price to US$ 45/night or less and it was still over a thousand.  Zoom in till only four metro stops from the Louvre are showing and had fourteen available mid-January for US$ 45/night.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some can be &quot;seedy&quot; but if you study the listings and testimonials, with that many choices, you can find something good.  Best of those fourteen (in my opinion) was US$ 33/night or US$933/month (plus a fee for AirBNB).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option: WarmShowers.org, BeWelcome.org.  Find someone local to stay with for a few days who knows the area and can help you find a good deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T16:15:03.300" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T16:15:03.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1119" CreationDate="2014-09-09T22:07:00.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the clerk asked you something that is unnecessary. Take a look in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consfiladelfia.esteri.it/NR/rdonlyres/61FB1369-E0A7-4DB9-A4E0-E670719BD61A/0/ELECTIVERESIDENCE.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; from the Consulate of Philadelphia. Instead &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consboston.esteri.it/Consolato_Boston/Menu/I_Servizi/Per_chi_si_reca_in_italia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; it only mentions &lt;em&gt;Availability of adequate lodging&lt;/em&gt;. In any case, the most serious document I could (difficulty) found is the law ([in italian]). It says for elective residence (I translate):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To this end (getting the residence), the foreigner shall provide &lt;strong&gt;adequate and documented warranties on the availability of a lodging to choose as a residence&lt;/strong&gt;, and of ample autonomous economical resources, stable and regular, of which it could be reasonable to suppose their continuity in the future. Such resources, in any case not lower than the triple of the annual amount detailed on the table A [...] should come from being the titular of conspicuous rents (e.g. pensions), from the ownership of real estate, from being the titular of stable economical-commercial activities or by other sources different than subordinated work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think that what you offered to the clerk is adequate, but maybe he doesn't (what he asked you is totally unreasonable anyways). Answering to your question, I think is pretty much impossible to get a rent contract from Italy in the conditions you require. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T22:07:00.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2888" CreationDate="2014-09-10T14:31:54.647" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/282580/8790.pdf&quot;&gt;Treaty between US and UK on Immigration Information Sharing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“Information” means data on Nationals of a Third Country seeking authorization to transit through, travel to, work in, live in, or take citizenship of, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States (U.S.), and other immigration and nationality-related data about Nationals of a Third Country, including data from admissibility, immigration or nationality compliance actions and/or decisions rendered in accordance with the immigration and nationality laws of the respective Parties. Information may consist of personal data, statistical data, or both.  The particular types of Information to be shared, and categories of Nationals of a Third Country about whom such Information is to pertain, shall be described in relevant implementing arrangements developed by the Parties pursuant to Article 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not able to find the exact details on which information is shared and in which cases but it is possible that your overstay may come up during your vetting process by UK immigration authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T14:31:54.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2834" CreationDate="2014-09-10T15:40:05.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As i know, you can not work for new employer until you get approval, If this is your first H1b and transferring from CPT/OPT than you can work with new employer with your current CPT/OPT. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your new employer can file transfer for you and that may help you to transfer your H1B easily. Please talk to a lawyer and discuss your case and see if they can provide you exact legal guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this help you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2429" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-09-11T00:23:07.080" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T00:23:07.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2834" CreationDate="2014-09-11T00:22:27.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it can. The new company should file a H1B application exempt from quota based on your current H1b approval. Their lawyer should know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T00:22:27.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2876" CreationDate="2014-09-11T00:25:08.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;J2 will be allowed to work, H4 will not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H1b however is a dual intent visa and you can apply for green card without being stuck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T00:25:08.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-11T08:33:29.757" Score="5" ViewCount="2596" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're now living in a new country and have a US passport, and decide to take on the citizenship of said new country - sometimes you're unable to have dual citizenship.  In this case, let's say you've giving up your US citizenship; what must you do with your US passports? Do they remain active until they run out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-09T10:27:53.147" LastActivityDate="2015-01-17T19:23:11.987" Title="If you give up your US Citizenship, what happens to your active passports?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2905" CreationDate="2014-09-11T09:10:22.690" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In practice, no matter the specifics, if you manage to hold onto a seemingly valid passport, you should be able to use it to travel, certainly abroad. But if you explicitly renounce your citizenship, you might be asked to surrender your passport or it might be added to some list of revoked passports (there are also a few international databases of stolen documents, e.g. through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interpol.int/INTERPOL-expertise/Border-management/SLTD-Database&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Interpol&lt;/a&gt; or the Schengen Information System but I don't know how widely used they are or if revoked passports – as opposed to stolen or lost documents – are routinely added to them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know people who have a Japanese passport and are still treated as Japanese citizens by the Japanese government even though they acquired another nationality. My understanding is that formally their Japanese nationality has been automatically revoked but their government simply does not know it. The authorities apparently aren't very aggressive about enforcing this rule (e.g. one of my friends travelled to and from Japan and renewed his passport from an embassy, all without any of the visa stamps/stickers you would expect if he had no other passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, I have heard about people whose naturalization was cancelled because they retained or regained their previous citizenship (it was in Germany, a few years back). Before the relevant ministry initiated inquiries, those people would have held both passports (or ID cards) and would have been able to vote, etc. as if they were citizens of both countries (which, as far as German law is concerned, they actually weren't).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you either are or aren't a citizen under the law but as long as the authorities don't notice it you might be able to cheat and enjoy one citizenship a little longer. Save for the databases mentioned earlier, there is just no easy way for a third party to check the validity of a passport you haven't been forced to surrender.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in the specific case of the US, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/958/under-what-circumstances-must-a-us-citizen-forfeit-their-citizenship-when-obtain&quot;&gt;simply gaining another nationality is not enough to cease being a US citizen&lt;/a&gt;. You need to explicitly renounce your US citizenship. There is a whole procedure including two interviews with a consular officer and it seems you have to &lt;a href=&quot;http://canberra.usembassy.gov/renunciation.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;present your most recent US passport&lt;/a&gt;, which will be “canceled or annotated to reflect loss of U.S. nationality”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T00:14:33.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2905" CreationDate="2014-09-11T23:54:11.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally the passport is considered void. The US does report cancelled/voided passports to International databases - that's how they attempted to trap Snowden in Hong Kong (he managed to pass HK border control minutes/hours before the State Department reported that his passport was revoked). Most, if not all, countries check the validity of the passport during border crossing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get stuck in a foreign country using such a revoked passport you may get into trouble and your &quot;new&quot; country may not be able to help you (since you've effectivelly illegally entered the country you got caught at and didn't use your new passport. Some countries only allow consulates to represent their citizens only if they used that countries' passports to enter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T23:54:11.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2905" CreationDate="2014-09-12T04:40:12.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that you are required to surrender all your active passports as a part of renouncing citizenship. If you don't surrender it by claiming it was lost or stolen, then the passport is probably marked as lost or stolen, in which case you may have trouble using it in other places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-09-12T04:40:12.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2896" CreationDate="2014-09-12T09:12:40.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Students in France usually rent for one year so if you go to an agency for only 6 month they simply won't be interested nor would landlords. There are however many  solutions for students and temporary accommodations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend that you contact students in your own country who have been in Paris.  They might have contacts. Alternatively look on your embassy website or get in touch with expatriate from your country in Paris  who can to be very helpful with their compatriots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, there are countries where the practice is to ask for a year rental in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastActivityDate="2014-09-12T09:12:40.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-12T09:19:46.723" Score="10" ViewCount="389" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Ukrainian Citizen married to a French citizen and living in France of a French Residence Permit for as yet limited validity, obtained based on my marriage certificate + Spouse Visa as granted on my Ukrainian passport. I have real estate property and family in Crimea. In principle I must apply for Russian Citzenship before 31/12/14.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I would apply for Russian Citizenship, would this affect my Residence Permit situation in France &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I don't apply for Russian Citizenship in the Crimea, would this expose me to Russian (Criminal) Administrative Charges ? or loss of Crimean Property Rights ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would dual -eventual- French and/or Ukrainian/Russian citizenship be a criminal offense in under Russian Law ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2442" LastEditorUserId="516" LastEditDate="2014-09-12T12:14:52.573" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:33:57.750" Title="Consequences of changing Ukrainian for Russian Citizenship for an Expat living in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2912" CreationDate="2014-09-12T19:35:10.853" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would likely have to reapply for visa based on your new passport unless you obtained French citizenship (to which you are likely entitled on marital merit). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in my personal opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;changing nationality would void your visa. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;non compliance with Russian directives is likely to result in undesirable outcomes. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case it is worth enquiring about it with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.russianembassy.ru/en/embassies/france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Russian ambassy/consulate&lt;/a&gt;. They might even facilitate visa transition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastEditorUserId="2430" LastEditDate="2014-10-24T15:36:10.963" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T15:36:10.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2920" CreationDate="2014-09-13T07:25:42.077" Score="1" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a USA citizen applying for permanent residency in Australia. As part of the form I have to say which countries I'm a citizen for, but I don't actually know...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I became a citizen through an N-600 application (my father was naturalised while I was under 18). Before then I had Canadian and South African citizenship. My understanding is that I retain my other citizenships, since I was under 18 at the time and had no say in the matter of receiving my US citizenship. Does anyone know if that is correct? Am I currently a tri-citizen, or did I lose my other citizenships in the N-600 process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2447" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-09-13T10:39:00.283" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T10:02:20.583" Title="Dual Citizenship after N-600?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2934" CreationDate="2014-09-12T13:40:20.483" Score="3" ViewCount="1052" Body="&lt;p&gt;I initially studied in Canada and will now be shipping my stuff (mainly my clothes) to New York to continue my studies (as a student). I was told that I would have to complete &lt;a href=&quot;http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3299.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the CBP 3299 form&lt;/a&gt; . I have a few questions I hope you can answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under section II, question 10, I selected A(1) and C(1). My question is: Where do I list the personal effects (the clothing) on the form? I could put it under part D of section IV, but under that section, there is no mention of personal effects for non-residents in A, B or C. To make this question possibly clearer for you to understand, under part IV, I selected B(8), meaning that on the next page, I should only list items which pertain to B(8), i.e. household effects. So as I said earlier, where would I list &quot;clothing&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My second question pertains to the value given for each item I state. If I do list clothing (which are my used clothes and not for sale), what value should I put? The total value of the clothing may be around $300 but I'm not sure if customs sees this, then I would have to pay duties on my clothing. May I please have your suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2465" OwnerDisplayName="NewStudent" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T09:25:30.127" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T09:25:30.127" Title="Shipping Personal Items from Canada to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2919" CreationDate="2014-09-13T13:29:44.453" Score="1" ViewCount="431" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved from the U.S. to the U.K.  While in the U.S. I would frequently check the U.S. version of &lt;code&gt;The Huffington Post&lt;/code&gt; for news.  Now that I am in the U.K. every time I try to access the U.S. version of that website I am automatically redirected to the U.K. version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried using different web browsers and different search engines.  Nothing I have tried has worked.  Perhaps &lt;code&gt;The Huffington Post&lt;/code&gt; can remotely detect the country I am in and automatically directs me to that country's version of the site.  Or perhaps the website uses a cookie for that purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I access the U.S. version without being in the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2270" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-11-12T09:32:07.427" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T09:32:07.427" Title="Access the U.S. version of The Huffington Post" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2915" CreationDate="2014-09-13T20:27:47.540" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;American form is irrelevant. What's relevant is the law of the other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, Canadians allow dual citizenship and you retain your Canadian citizenship after naturalizing in the US unless you explicitly renounce it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;South Africa, to the best of my knowledge, doesn't allow dual citizenship and you're considered to have lost your citizenship once you gained your Canadian or US citizenship (unless you got them at birth, which at least the US - you haven't).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the link you found&lt;/a&gt;, since you got naturalized in the US before becoming 18 years old, you're exempt from the limitation and may still have your South African citizenship. Check with their consulate in your area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T20:27:47.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2917" CreationDate="2014-09-13T21:28:01.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the US version of the page there's a drop-down menu titled &quot;Edition&quot;, where you can chose which country you want it to show you. I'm from the US so it defaults to US, but I can &lt;em&gt;select&lt;/em&gt; the UK version from that menu - and that's what I'll see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T21:28:01.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2915" CreationDate="2014-09-14T10:02:20.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you cannot &quot;became a citizen through an N-600 application&quot;. The N-600 is the form to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, for which the &lt;em&gt;prerequisite&lt;/em&gt; is that you are already a U.S. citizen. The certificate is simply a proof. Applying for it, or not applying for it, has no effect on your U.S. citizenship. You became a U.S. citizen automatically (and involuntarily) by law when your father naturalized, and you were a permanent resident under 18 residing with him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every country's nationality law is independent, and to determine whether you have a country's nationality, you must look to that country's laws. Canadian nationality law does not care about other nationalities. So the question is with South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For South Africa, you automatically lose South African nationality on acquiring another nationality only if you were at least 18 when you acquired it, acquired it voluntarily, and if you did not get permission to retain it. This doesn't apply to you because you acquired U.S. nationality (and Canadian too, if you weren't born with it) before 18 (also it was not voluntary). You can read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saflii.org/za/legis/num_act/saca1995271/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South African Citizenship Act of 1995&lt;/a&gt;, in particular, article 6, which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), a South African citizen shall cease to be a South African citizen if-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) he or she, whilst not being a minor, by some voluntary and formal act other than marriage, acquires the citizenship or&#xA;  nationality of a country other than the Republic; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) he or she in terms of the laws of any other country also has the citizenship or nationality of that country, and serves in the&#xA;  armed forces of such country while that country is at war with the&#xA;  Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) Any person referred to in subsection (1) may, prior to his or her&#xA;  loss of South African citizenship in terms of this section, apply to&#xA;  the Minister to retain his or her South African citizenship, and the&#xA;  Minister may, if he or she deems it fit, order such retention.&#xA;  Renunciation of citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T10:02:20.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2927" CreationDate="2014-09-14T11:42:48.097" Score="1" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would the requirements be to be able to take a non-EU spouse to Germany by a UK Citizen? Moving from a non-EU country into Germany? Does the non-EU need a visa, or can they work upon arrival with the EU spouse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="851" LastActivityDate="2014-09-15T18:00:42.397" Title="Requirements of an EU but non - German citizen to move and work with EU citizen to Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2917" CreationDate="2014-09-14T14:56:48.410" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the same answer as littleadv but just added a graphic. Yes, you can use the &lt;code&gt;Edition&lt;/code&gt; to select &lt;code&gt;United States&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QQEpG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T14:56:48.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-14T17:02:21.947" Score="1" ViewCount="11633" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently having an F1 Visa which will expire this December and I applied for PERM which is still pending. Can I travel abroad and come back to US without affecting my pending perm application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="916" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-09-15T00:48:36.517" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T06:30:10.530" Title="Travel outside US while Perm is pending" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2923" CreationDate="2014-09-14T17:20:02.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have applied for an adjustment of status and your application is still pending you can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Advance Parole Document&lt;/a&gt; from USCIS in which allows you to travel outside United States without having your application for adjustment of status be deemed abandoned by the USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T17:20:02.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2923" CreationDate="2014-09-14T19:50:16.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;PERM is done with regards to the job opening and is a Department of Labor process. Until your application to adjust status reaches USCIS (i.e.: you file form I-485), you're in the same status as you were before and can travel (assuming you have a valid visa to be able to come back) as you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you file I-485, leaving the country without the &quot;Advance Parole&quot; is considered abandoning the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T19:50:16.983" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2921" CreationDate="2014-09-14T20:43:30.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Formally, there are no requirements but only formalities. What this means is that an EU citizen's spouse has a very strong right to join the EU citizen living in another EU country and to work there. The host country may not apply its usual requirements (which, depending on the country might include things like language tests, diploma requirements, salary test, job market evaluation, etc.) and should merely check whether the person is indeed the spouse of an EU citizen residing in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the non-EU citizen might still need a visa to enter Germany (depending on citizenship) and will certainly need a residence title (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt;) to stay there for more than three months. Legally, the visas and residence permits only recognize and document this pre-existing right and should be issued quickly and free of charge. I suspect it would however be difficult to convince anybody to hire a non-EU citizen before you get the actual permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Germany follows EU law reasonably well in this respect so I would not expect unreasonable delays. I also think it's possible to enter Germany (with or without visa, depending on citizenship) and then to apply for the EU relatives residence permit from within the country (which is not always possible for other types of residence permits) but it might be best to check that with the German authorities in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The place you will need to contact once you are in Germany is called the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt;. There is one per district (&lt;em&gt;Landkreis&lt;/em&gt;) and in larger cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-15T18:00:42.397" LastActivityDate="2014-09-15T18:00:42.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2928" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8839" CreationDate="2014-09-15T12:29:19.500" Score="2" ViewCount="1872" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Austria for a bit less than a year, my earnings are good and I've had a bank account here from 7 months. I've already taken a loan from one bank of 10000€ to be paied in 10 years with an effective interest rate of 12,5%&#xA;This bank was the only (of 4 checked) to give me the loan without a bank history in Austria (this of course is specific to expatriates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the effective interests are very high I tried to ask for cheaper loan using this website:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.testsieger-kredit.at/kredit-vergleich/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.testsieger-kredit.at/kredit-vergleich/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted both ING-DiBa Direktbank Austria and wsk-bank.at but they both answered: &#xA;“Leider können wir Ihrem Kreditansuchen nicht nähertreten.” without any explanations&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to ask for: 20000€, 14000€ and 5000€. All refused.&#xA;I've checked at KSV: the information they have on me include refused loans requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you give me suggestion on best practice, website for information, or things which could inhibit banks from lending me money? After all of that I've asked my bank to give me extra money and they accepted, but the interest rate is high. Almost the double of the others..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="69" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T14:36:31.743" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T07:46:03.673" Title="Taking loan in Austria for expatriates" Tags="&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2931" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2932" CreationDate="2014-09-16T07:45:35.463" Score="1" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Iranian and I am going to reunite with my husband (he is Iranian and staying in Vienna under &quot;Forscher=researcher&quot; residence permit) who works as a researcher in Vienna (stay more than six months). It is recommended that I apply for the residence permit &quot;Aufenthaltsbewilligung – Familiengemeinschaft&quot;. I am wondering if it is possible that I first obtain a tourist visa for Austria and when I arrived there, then I apply for the above mentioned residence permit  from**within** Austria? That is, is it legally possible to apply for &quot;Aufenthaltsbewilligung – Familiengemeinschaft&quot; from within Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2455" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T15:12:07.387" Title="Applying for &quot;Aufenthaltsbewilligung – Familiengemeinschaft&quot; from within Austria" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2931" CreationDate="2014-09-16T08:28:41.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to a government site (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/temporary-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/temporary-residence.html&lt;/a&gt;), &quot;Foreign citizens applying for a residence permit as a researcher and their family members&quot; may &quot;file first applications in Austria&quot; for the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presumably you should seek further information from the institution hosting your husband or from the Austrian consulate in Tehran: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmeia.gv.at/botschaft/teheran.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bmeia.gv.at/botschaft/teheran.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you are not &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; Iran, then you should look for the Austrian consulate in the country where you are.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2014-09-16T15:12:07.387" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T15:12:07.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2933" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2937" CreationDate="2014-09-16T13:01:16.283" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone gets state pension from an EEA country (Hungary) and they move to the UK (Glasgow, Scotland), are they eligible for Housing Benefit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother is considering moving here, but I haven't found any information about this specific question on the government website or in various benefits calculators. Her pension is ~£178 a month, that would be her main (or potentially only) income. She's 62 btw, if that's relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2457" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T17:28:12.740" Title="Is pensioner immigrant from EEA eligible for Housing Benefit in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2916" CreationDate="2014-09-16T13:48:42.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;NewStudent: I have done shipping in the past from Canada as a student to USA and I was coming as a student. And you do not have to pay any duty of import on your are coming as a student and you are bringing used stuff to the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have highlighted details you can fill and get it verified before you hand it over to the authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are just bringing your personal belongings you should not be paying any import fees or duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FiEKt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2429" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T13:48:42.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2874" CreationDate="2014-09-16T14:03:35.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ILR should not be affected in this case by your matrimonial status however it is intended for people settling in the country. In effect the ILR does lapse after 2 years of living abroad however there may be exceptions depending on individual circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise to contact you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizen advice bureau&lt;/a&gt; for free legal advice if your are still in the UK or the nearest British embassy/consulate for clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-04T09:23:25.170" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T09:23:25.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2794" CreationDate="2014-09-16T14:09:57.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your IRL would very likely be affected by a change of nationality however I would advise to contact your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizen advice bureau&lt;/a&gt; for free legal advice if your are still in the UK or the nearest British embassy/consulate for clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T14:09:57.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2933" CreationDate="2014-09-16T14:50:30.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, your mother is not entitled to any benefits under current EU rules. Pensioners are free to live wherever they like in the EU but as “non-economically active persons”, which means in particular that they should have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;comprehensive health insurance cover there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;sufficient income (from any source) to live without needing income support.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/rights-conditions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/benefits-for-non-uk-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This government website&lt;/a&gt; provides a brief overview of the rules in the UK (see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales/benefits_w/benefits_coming_from_abroad_and_claiming_benefits_hrt/benefits_the_habitual_residence_test_introduction/what_is_the_habitual_residence_test.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizens Advice&lt;/a&gt;). The rules for people who are working or seeking work are more complex but&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Those who are economically inactive, will not generally be entitled to income-related benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(One exception would be &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; residents, e.g. people who spent at least 5 years working in the UK, but that does not apply to your mother.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your mother's pension is under the level of the UK's basic income support, I suppose she might not qualify for the EU's right to free movement for non-economically active persons and would therefore fail the “right-to-reside” test for all means-tested benefits in the UK. This would not only mean that she is not eligible for housing benefits but also that she could even be expelled or asked to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-17T17:28:12.740" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T17:28:12.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2938" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2939" CreationDate="2014-09-18T03:45:39.373" Score="4" ViewCount="819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kanada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/02/visa/yma.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;YMA&lt;/a&gt; and hopefully work in my field in Germany. I have a Canadian Bachelor's in Software Engineering and I'm trying to find out what the specifics are for that field in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Foreign Office &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/LernenUndArbeiten/ArbeiteninD_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mentions&lt;/a&gt; vaguely that the job market is more open to IT professionals (among others) but no specifics. Do I have to get an equivalence? Is the field regulated? Can I work in my field?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2194" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-18T10:03:05.560" LastActivityDate="2015-01-21T13:35:42.250" Title="What's my degree worth in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2938" CreationDate="2014-09-18T10:24:29.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the field is regulated. The page from the German Foreign Office is about requirements to obtain a regular work visa, and not about the general restrictions that apply to Germans and EU citizens alike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Access to the German job market is easier for people working in IT to the extent that they can qualify for an EU blue card with a lower salary. I believe there are also some other differences in the procedure to get a visa/residence permit but none of this is relevant to you as you plan to obtain a completely unrelated visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-09-18T10:24:29.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2978" CreationDate="2014-09-18T18:17:51.237" Score="2" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m citizen of another EU country, but I have a big motor disability. I’m a software engineer and I assume that it won’t be possible from the beginning to work for an Italian company because my disability is not recognized there. I was thinking to start my own business, self employed, etc. The thing is that I don’t know if I can open my own business, if I’m not resident there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read somewhere that I can get the residency if I have at least ~6000eur in my bank account and a private insurance. Even if my health status is stable and allows me to work full time, the private health insurance company will reject me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any idea for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2464" LastEditorUserId="2464" LastEditDate="2014-09-21T09:08:38.533" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T21:18:19.650" Title="Planning to move to Italy" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2896" CreationDate="2014-09-18T19:22:56.233" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;thanks for all your comments ! In the end I followed the advice to ask someone of my university in my home country who stayed in Paris. He recommended me a site that he used to find his rental apartment: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paris-start.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.paris-start.com&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;They really did not charge a lot for their help, compared to the agencies I visited and they helped me even with the translations and everything.&#xA;Just signed the contract for my furnished studio ! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2466" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-19T09:31:20.593" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T09:31:20.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2795" CreationDate="2014-09-20T00:17:44.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From your description your visa expired therefore you left before any authority formally requested or forcibly removed you form the country. You simply followed the immigration law in place.  Therefore the answer would be no in my personal opinion. In doubt you can always either contact your embassy in London or the British embassy in your country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastActivityDate="2014-09-20T00:17:44.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-20T07:28:17.497" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;This year I have quitted my job in the Netherlands. Since I have been living in Belgium for almost a decade, I will start loosing 2% per year from the final AOW pension. I can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.svb.nl/int/en/vv/wonen_werken_buiten_nederland/buiten_nl_wonen_werken/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;voluntarily continue paying the AOW pension fees&lt;/a&gt;, the fees however are quit hefty (17% of your annual income, with a maximum of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.svb.nl/int/en/vv/wonen_werken_buiten_nederland/wat_kost_de_vv/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;5.067,00&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am consulting various commercial providers, but I was wondering if you could assume that continuing the Dutch AOW pension scheme is by all means worth investing in, if you have have already been paying AOW fees while living and working in the Netherlands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2014-09-20T07:28:17.497" Title="What is more beneficial continue with the voluntary AOW pension scheme in the Netherlands or invest in a local (Belgian) commercial pension fund?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T23:34:38.000" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2945" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2947" CreationDate="2014-09-21T01:50:27.770" Score="10" ViewCount="5355" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an 18-year old French citizen looking forward to working and living in Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that I don't have any work experience nor degrees and a very limited amount of money (I'll barely have enough for a month of rent), how would someone go about finding work in these conditions ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By &quot;work&quot; I mean anything that's legal, doesn't require experience and pays enough to at least rent a room, so that I can start looking for better alternatives, hopefully something in the IT field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Background: right now I live (or should I say survive) in an awful french town (there is absolutely no work, not to mention transportation issues given that I don't own a car and there is no metro/subway) and the worst thing is that I don't have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalaur%C3%A9at&quot;&gt;&quot;bac&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (some sort of &quot;degree&quot; you get if you pass an exam at the end of high school and it's required for almost any job), which means it's basically game over for me in France.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2468" LastEditorDisplayName="user2468" LastEditDate="2014-09-21T17:46:06.473" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T22:52:35.263" Title="Finding work in the Netherlands with no experience" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2945" CreationDate="2014-09-21T07:50:13.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You didn't state where in the Netherlands you will be living. If you have no proof of education your biggest asset is that you speak French and you are also fluent in English (I assume you did write the OP yourself). Not many people in the Netherlands speak French, yet there is quite some trade going on between the Netherlands and France (and other French speaking countries), so there is always some demand for french speaking staff. Knowing this there are quite some options. You will need to be creative though. You first would need to register with as many interim offices as possible, indicating you want to work. Every town has a bunch of these interim offices, of which some examples are Randstad or Adecco. The dutch word for interim office is &quot;uitzendbureau&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next to the so called uitzendbureau's you could aim to get a job in retail (Supermarket, Ikea) in a region where many French life (Amsterdam, the Hague). Many Dutch in your age range start their career as a &quot;vakkenvuller&quot;. In this job you will be responsible for filling the supermarkets with the different goods. A job as a vakkenvuller provides you with a good way to get a accustomed with Dutch culture. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://institutfrancais.nl/fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Maison descartes&lt;/a&gt; in Amsterdam where you might meet fellow countrymen that could advise you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end it boils down to creativity. The options are abundant, you simply need to find them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="30" LastEditDate="2014-09-21T07:56:48.243" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T07:56:48.243" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2865" CreationDate="2014-09-21T14:29:31.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since posting the question I have spoken to someone who claims that she provided the RIB and the landlord debited the rent from her account. In this case it was done with the tenant's consent, but she insists this consent was only ever given verbally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rental contract did say the rent should &quot;preferably&quot; be paid by direct debit (&lt;em&gt;La redevance sera payable mensuellement et en totalité le premier de chaque mois, de préférence par prélèvement automatique sur compte bancaire&lt;/em&gt;), so perhaps that was enough, I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The landlord in this case was a large company, so perhaps it's not something &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; landlord can do, but still, it makes me all the more wary of giving my RIB to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T14:29:31.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2945" CreationDate="2014-09-22T08:28:03.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would basically look for a job as you would in France, send your resume, check job offers on websites or go through a temping agency (&lt;em&gt;uitzenbureau&lt;/em&gt; in Dutch, &lt;em&gt;travail temporaire&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;interim&lt;/em&gt; in French), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few resources that might be especially useful for you as a French-speaking expat are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leforum.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;leforum.nl&lt;/a&gt;, a website for French speakers in the Netherlands. It does include a forum with job postings but last I checked it wasn't very active.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.undutchables.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Undutchables&lt;/a&gt;, a recruitment agency focusing on multi-lingual personnel. They mostly have postings for people with specific qualification and more experience than you have, though.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that could be worth trying are call center jobs. There are some call centers covering the Benelux or even France from the Netherlands which might hire French speakers with no other experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, do realize you face an uphill battle. In spite of widespread perception and commentary, so far the Netherlands has actually done &lt;a href=&quot;http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/whats-the-matter-with-france/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;worse than France&lt;/a&gt; in the current crisis. I have many friends who speak Dutch and some other languages, have university educations and still struggle to find jobs. Speaking French could be a small advantage but mostly if you also speak Dutch and have relevant work experience, otherwise your options are extremely limited. There are many qualified young people on the market, and more than a few who speak two or three languages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the Netherlands is really bureaucracy central. The bureaucracy is efficient and generally pleasant to deal with, but still. When I first came here, I needed a BSN (citizen's number, then called a sofi number) and a registered address for everything, which means paying several thousands euros for rent and deposit before getting anything from my employer (and I had a job lined up and assistance from said employer in finding accommodation). Also note than rents are high in the Randstad. Good jobs have salaries to match it but it's definitely more expensive than in most parts of France. France has a bad reputation but I think it's actually easier to get set up quickly than in the Netherlands (at least as an EU citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-22T13:37:37.937" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T13:37:37.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2953" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-22T17:21:51.893" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a permanent resident. Recently I was doing research about how to get my citizenship. I found some informations on uscis.gov saying that someone might already be a US citizen if the person who petition for you is a citizen and you entered the US under 18 years old.  My dad is a citizen, he petition for me and I was under 18 when I came to the US. Now my question is, am I a US citizen even if I'm currently using my  green card? Please tell me how do I find out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Suz" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-09-23T06:21:57.897" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T02:17:02.030" Title="Citizenship Status" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-23T12:33:08.940" Score="2" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK spouse visa (biometric) on a pakistani passport, but recently about 3 weeks ago I received Bahraini nationality where I was born and bought up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this affect me if I apply for ILR and do I need to inform home office regarding the change in passport, as on my biometric it says Nationalty pakistani but I have a Bahraini passport now.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;what can be done for me to change my biometric to Bahraini?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2477" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-09-23T13:27:34.247" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T19:20:10.137" Title="Change of Nationality" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-23T16:53:39.953" Score="3" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking earlier at my French cheque book, and was rather surprised to see that the cheques not only have the bank's address on them, but also mine too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other countries where I've had cheque books, the cheques feature my name, the bank's name, and the address of the bank branch. They have always continued to be valid when I moved, and in most cases were also valid when I switched branches but kept the same account number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finding my address on a French cheque was therefore a bit unexpected, and makes me wonder what happens if I move house. Do French cheques continue to be valid if you move, or will I have to notify my bank of my new address then order a brand new cheque book?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T21:15:36.583" Title="Does moving house invalidate French cheques?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2955" CreationDate="2014-09-23T21:40:28.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was curious about this question and I just saw that my cheques have my old address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that first the cheques are not checked unless they are a big amount. Maybe their serial number are checked systematically but most likely not either the signature or maybe even date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your specific question regarding the address, I would say that what matters is that bank emitted the cheque. The exact address of the customer does not matter because as you pointed it's not where you live that matters but whether the bank gave you the cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And by the way it is still better to update your address, banking information is considered sensitive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T21:40:28.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2953" CreationDate="2014-09-24T01:47:29.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If, at any moment in time on or after February 27, 2001, you were 1) a permanent resident (doesn't matter how you became a permanent resident), 2) under 18, and 3) living in the U.S. under the custody of a U.S. citizen parent, then at that moment you automatically became a U.S. citizen, even if you didn't know it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH-Chapter4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is an official reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-09-24T02:17:02.030" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T02:17:02.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2958" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2959" CreationDate="2014-09-24T08:21:21.237" Score="5" ViewCount="481" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm renting a furnished apartment in Paris. It's a standard 1 year contract, the &quot;Kit Meuble - location habitation non saisonniere&quot; form. Rent is paid by the calendar month (in fact, I had to pay for a whole month, even though I moved in mid-month). I was told that the rental must end at the end of a calendar month, so I must give notice before the end of the previous month, eg. notice before end of Sep to leave by end of Oct. However, the contract doesn't seem to say anything about that. My reading of it is that I can give notice at any time and am only liable to pay rent for one month from that day, eg. I can give notice on 02-Oct and pay rent only until 02-Nov. Which is it? Is there any law or official government statement about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T15:01:15.143" Title="Rental contract in France can only be terminated at the end of a calendar month?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2958" CreationDate="2014-09-24T10:33:46.290" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Service-public.fr describes the rules for &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31302.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;furnished&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1168.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unfurnished&lt;/a&gt; apartments. The page on contracts for unfurnished rentals is somewhat more explicit but I think the rules are the same in this respect (many other rules are different, however):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le délai court à compter de la date de réception effective de la lettre de congé. Ainsi, par exemple, une lettre de congé reçue le 5 septembre fait courir un préavis jusqu'au 5 décembre à minuit s'il est de 3 mois (et non jusqu'au 31 décembre).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[…]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;En revanche, lors du dernier mois du délai de préavis, le loyer dû par le locataire est déterminé proportionnellement au nombre de jours restant à courir dans le mois.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exemple :&lt;/strong&gt; la lettre de congé est reçue par le propriétaire le 5 juin. Le locataire est redevable du loyer jusqu'au 5 septembre, et paiera pour le mois de septembre les 5/30ème du loyer et des charges de ce mois.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's therefore one month from the date your landlord received your notification (which must be sent by registered mail, not by regular mail or email). This rule holds even if the contracts contain (illegal) clauses saying otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that a one year contract does not commit you to pay for the whole year (like it would in some other countries), you can certainly leave at any time, even during the first year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T15:01:15.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="873" CreationDate="2014-09-24T15:04:16.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live here and never heard of that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But well, looking around for a bit, is not really an established amount. You just need to proof you could survive here on your monthly income (or savings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.your-retirement-paradise.com/retire-in-chile.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This site&lt;/a&gt; (go down to &quot;Retirement Visa&quot;) tells is about $1000 per person. But really, it depends. If you try to live in Santiago, life expenses are higher. Even, if you live in Las Condes, is more expensive than Maipu (two different zones of Santiago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you don't go to the capital, things are probably cheaper, but getting stuff done is also difficult. For example, catching a good cultural show is probably easier in Santiago because of the amount of offer there is, while in Puerto Varas there are few and far between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you have to keep in mind the value of dollar changes every few years, so calculate the exchange rate of your dollar income on the lowest and biggest rate (normally between $500 CLP per dollar and $750 CLP is the highest I've seen so far) so you don't go through major rough times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advise is: decide where you want to live, check the cost of living there, do maths, and just apply. Because there's no amount set on stone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll leave you with a quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allsouthernchile.com/chile-relocation-and-retirement-articles/153/563-chile-retirement-and-income-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Chilean immigration for the most part will not tell us or anyone else&#xA;  exactly what the magic number is in terms of monthly income or other&#xA;  assets that is required to qualify.  All they will say is that it must&#xA;  be sufficient to live on in the area you are intending to reside. So,&#xA;  for example it is much more expensive to live in Las Condes in&#xA;  Santiago than a small town in Southern Chile. A good rule of thumb&#xA;  across Chile is that you should be able to show $1,000 US per person&#xA;  including yourself and any people you claim as dependents on your&#xA;  application. This is sufficient to live a middle class life style in&#xA;  almost every part of Chile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2480" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T15:04:16.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2923" CreationDate="2014-09-24T19:30:00.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer - NO, not without first &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;getting Advance Parole&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DO NOT leave the U.S. without the Advanced Parole Document!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do, your application will be considered abandoned &amp;amp; you just wasted a bunch of time and money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you didn't apply for this along with the Adjustment of Status application, it is a separate process (Form I-131) with a separate $360 fee. Depending how long ago you submitted your application, it might be better to just wait for the Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to travel (medical or family emergency, etc), apply for the travel document as soon as possible &amp;amp; hopefully it'll be approved quickly. You need to have the paper with you when you try to re-enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2481" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T19:30:00.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2965" CreationDate="2014-09-25T04:23:14.240" Score="1" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my friends applied to New Zealand migration a few years back and during the medical exam discovered that there was a kidney failure problem, so the application was rejected. Now it's been almost 3 years since the kidney transplant was done and monthly reports seem to show very positive results. My friend still takes medications daily and will for life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my friend will be able to apply for migration again to any European country? Will they reject the application due to this medical condition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2483" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-29T17:12:30.183" LastActivityDate="2014-09-29T17:12:30.183" Title="Migration to any European country from Sri-Lanka with a medical condition" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2964" CreationDate="2014-09-25T07:39:25.910" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rules and practices differ from one country to the other so it will be very difficult to provide a comprehensive answer. Some European countries (e.g. France or the UK) do require a medical exam for immigrant visas but as far as I know the focus is on a limited number of contagious diseases, especially tuberculosis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in the case of France, applicants should be up-to-date in their vaccines following French regulations (mostly relevant for children) and have to undergo a basic physical (including an X-ray of the chest but no blood test). Formally, the visa can be refused if a person is infected with one of the diseases listed in the WHO's 1969 International Health Regulations (that's the plague, cholera and yellow fever) or if they have TB or a mental ailment that make them dangerous to others and they refuse treatment. So it does not sound like your friend's problem would preclude him or her from getting a visa there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, getting a visa is often very difficult, even for perfectly healthy people. You can expect a lot of bureaucracy and arbitrariness and unless your friend falls into some specific category (e.g. highly qualified professional or family member from a citizen), it's virtually impossible to get a long-stay visa for the European countries I know about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-29T13:25:17.747" LastActivityDate="2014-09-29T13:25:17.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3072" CreationDate="2014-09-25T11:26:07.597" Score="5" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African living in the UK. I am trying to apply for retention of my South African citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the certificate from the UK Border Agency that says that I am not British but when I took this to the South African embassy they would not accept it because the date (26/08/2014) has a scribble around the 8. It looks like the pen slipped when the person signed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The embassy asked me to produce the receipt for the certificate and I didn't think I needed to keep that so I don't have it anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know how I can get this receipt or who I need to contact at the UK Border Agency to get this corrected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T08:23:49.723" Title="Non-aquisition of British Citizenship certificate has obscure date" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-25T12:55:19.453" Score="6" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;I pay taxes in the country in which I reside (Germany). I have no assets in the U.S.&#xA;What form must I file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2486" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-09-25T16:57:49.183" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T05:41:30.773" Title="Tax return for US citizen with residence abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-25T15:26:48.023" Score="4" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like the title says, I'm planning on emigrating from Ireland to Australia next year and I'm wondering is there a comprehensive list of things I should know before I go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a degree in Computer Science and just under 2 years professional experience. Is there a specific type of working visa I should apply for? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2487" LastActivityDate="2015-08-16T17:22:04.073" Title="Emigrating from Ireland to Australia. What should I know?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2968" CreationDate="2014-09-25T16:25:23.280" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Important piece of advice — save some money. Australia is an expensive place. It can be quite daunting at first. You can’t help but notice the cost of groceries and rent relative to Irish prices. Ensure you have sufficient cash for a bond (deposit) on an apartment and to allow for a few weeks of not having any earnings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contract work is the way of life in Australia. Have your CV prepared and send it to recruitment agencies a few days before you arrive in your chosen city. You can search for the agencies online that are most appropriate to your industry. Don’t forget your cover letter, which should detail when you are available for interviews. Note that you must be interviewed by recruiters before they take you on their books. If you are anxious to start working as soon as possible, this will save you waiting for an email/phone call when you get there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider a temporary position. This allows you to familiarize yourself with the market and earn Australian dollars in the meantime. Be prepared to start from the bottom. If you work hard, it will be recognized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relocating your life is not easy. Do everything possible to get as organised as possible before you leave. Be excited. Australia is a wonderful country to live in. The people, the lifestyle, the food, the weather, and the natural beauty of the land are things that are hard to give up&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good-luck :) !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2483" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-25T16:32:10.557" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T16:32:10.557" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-25T19:46:30.757" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a work visa in Canada. What if, I buy a house on mortgage, will the bank give me loan for business on the papers of that house?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2489" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-09-25T21:49:09.163" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T11:07:57.500" Title="Business Loan in British Colombia" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-25T20:01:02.637" Score="5" ViewCount="1075" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does a non-EU student residing in one EU country need to apply for a visa to move to another EU country for permanent work? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or just landing there with my current residence permit (which allows free mobility for 3 months to the second Schengen country every six months period) and apply for a work and/or residence permit in the second country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need another visa and work all the way from the scratch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifics: want to move from Italy to Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2490" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-25T21:07:08.033" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T06:58:19.870" Title="Does a non-EU citizen residing in one EU country need to apply for a visa to move to another EU country for work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2971" CreationDate="2014-09-25T21:18:28.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do generally need to apply for a fresh long-stay visa from scratch, a residence permit from a Schengen or EU country is only valid in that country and does not allow you to reside in another one. Depending on the destination, your citizenship and other details, you might or might not be able to apply for the new residence permit from within the country, while on a visa-free visit or staying under a short-stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two exceptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/living_and_working_in_the_internal_market/l14573_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU blue card&lt;/a&gt;. If you got one and you stayed at least 18 months in the country that issued it, it's supposed to be easier to move between the participating countries (i.e. not the whole EU, and unfortunately for you, I don't think Spain fully implements it until now). Not sure how it works in practice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; resident in your current country of residence, EU Council Directive 2003/109/EC grants you additional rights, including a right to &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l23034_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;reside in other EU countries under certain conditions&lt;/a&gt;. In theory, this directive covers the whole EU (and not merely the Schengen area or the countries that opted in the blue card scheme) but here again, I am not too sure how well it works in practice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you said you were a student, these exceptions almost certainly do not apply to you as the EU blue card is for full-time (or almost full-time) qualified work and staying as a student does not allow you to accrue permanent residency (stays “in order to pursue studies or vocational training” are explicitly excluded from the scope of the directive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you have the right to stay in the Schengen area and want to work for a short time (less than three months) but not move permanently to another Schengen country, it should in theory be possible to do it with your current residence permit/visa. You “merely” need to secure an authorization to work (but not an authorization to &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt;, which you already have).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there are also other rules for EU citizens' families. Having an EU citizen partner would allow you to bypass all the usual requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-26T06:58:19.870" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T06:58:19.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2967" CreationDate="2014-09-25T21:46:52.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad&lt;/a&gt; available that deals specifically with the issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while it doesn't specifically states that you will need to file a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Form 1040&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;instructions for the form&lt;/a&gt; indicate that it should be filed for taxpayers with the foreign address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to 1040 there are multiple other forms that may be necessary like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2555.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form 2555 for Foreign Earned Income&lt;/a&gt; and/or others indicated in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;publication&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I would suggest contacting an accountant that is familiar with filing such returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T21:46:52.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2967" CreationDate="2014-09-26T05:41:30.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the same forms any other American must file. Read instructions carefully, including the tax guide Karlson linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since you don't live in the US, you are very likely to be subject to FBAR and FATCA reporting. While &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-8938,-Statement-of-Foreign-Financial-Assets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FATCA forms&lt;/a&gt; are part of the tax return - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Report-of-Foreign-Bank-and-Financial-Accounts-FBAR&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FBAR&lt;/a&gt; are not, filed to a different government agency, at a different time, and carry very heavy penalties if you forget or miss a deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to keep in mind - if you invest in mutual funds in Germany you're probably subject to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-8621,-Return-by-a-Shareholder-of-a-Passive-Foreign-Investment-Company-or-Qualified-Electing-Fund&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PFIC&lt;/a&gt; rules (a specially devised rule to discourage Americans from investing outside of the US through very heavy taxation and draconian penalties).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a German pension/tax-deferred account, remember that this is taxable in the US and is not included in FEIE. I.e.: while you're saving tax-deferred or tax-free in Germany, Uncle Sam will tax you on that without any regard to the German tax-deferral rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you own a significant part of a German company or business - beware of Subpart F income and forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you own or are a beneficiary of a German trust - yet another can of worms. Self-sponsored pensions fall into this category many times (together with PFIC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line - get rid of your American passport. American tax laws are devised to make it nearly impossible for a US citizen to live outside of the country without becoming a criminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still want to try - don't even think of filling your tax return on your own. Get a US-licensed CPA/EA who is also proficient in German financial terms and German-US tax treaty to do it for you. The tax treaty may include some provisions which may alleviate the pain somewhat. Yes, it will cost you about $1000 a year, at least. That's the cost of maintaining your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this answer, you can substitute &quot;Germany&quot; with any other foreign country. As long as you don't live in the US - you're in trouble, tax-wise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries reached an agreement with the US re the pensions (Canada, most prominently), but most haven't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T05:41:30.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-27T19:30:24.310" Score="3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married with a Spanish national and having a resident permit of Spain (&lt;em&gt;tarjeta de residencia familiar de la union&lt;/em&gt;) valid for five years. Now we both want to move to France, how can I change my residency in France to work and live and what are the requirements of France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2498" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-28T08:43:50.323" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T08:50:50.790" Title="Requirements to move to France as the spouse of a Spanish national" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2940" CreationDate="2014-09-27T21:18:19.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As and EU citizen, you can stay in Italy (or in any other UE states) up to 3 months without any formality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For stay more than 3 months, you will need one of these reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a work (employed or self-employed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;attending a recognized school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sufficient resources (about 6000 euro for Italy if you are alone) and a private health insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a EU citizen family member with one of the previous reason&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be self-employed, the easy way is getting a &quot;Partita Iva&quot; from the Revenue (Agenzia delle Entrate). It's free to get, but then you will need to keep a number of documents and compile several periodical declaration. I strongly suggest you to speak with an accountant (commercialista), because failing to comply with the bureaucracy can cost you a lot of money.&#xA;Keep in mind that, depending of the fiscal regime you will use (talk to your commercialista), you may need to pay some taxes and mandatory pension contribution even if you are earning nothing at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could try to come in Italy and start your business in the first 3 months, so you can get the permission to stay more. After 5 years, you will the right of permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hard part will be finding clients for your business, I wish you the best but in Italy there still a lot of discrimination due to sex, age, religion, race, etc ant the economical situation is still declining.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T21:18:19.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2979" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2980" CreationDate="2014-09-27T23:03:54.493" Score="1" ViewCount="1676" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living and working in the US on a J-1 visa for the last year. I've just entered the US on my new H1-B visa and will start work on October 1st. Do I need to get a new SSN, or can I use the one I already have from my J-1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="896" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T23:18:10.977" Title="Do I need a new SSN after changing visa types?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2979" CreationDate="2014-09-27T23:18:10.977" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SSN never changes once assigned, and your immigration status has no effect on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T23:18:10.977" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2977" CreationDate="2014-09-28T08:43:31.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2971/does-a-non-eu-citizen-residing-in-one-eu-country-need-to-apply-for-a-visa-to-mov&quot;&gt;Does a non-EU citizen residing in one EU country need to apply for a visa to move to another EU country for work?&lt;/a&gt;, you need to apply for a fresh residence permit. Your Spanish residence permit does not allow you to stay in France and there is no simple procedure to transfer it to another country. Fortunately, as an EU citizen's spouse, it should be relatively easy to get a residence permit in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under EU law, if your spouse is making use of his or her right to free movement within the European Union, you are entitled to a residence card in France with minimal requirements and will have the right to work there as well. &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F19315.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The procedure is described on service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; Mainly, you need to prove you are indeed in this situation by providing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of your family link with your EU citizen spouse&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof that he or she is working or has sufficient resources&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to provide your passport and 3 photos of yourself. This residence card does not cost anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that some &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; are notoriously understaffed and treat foreigners poorly (long wait, etc.). Once you have applied, you will however receive something called a &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt; that will allow you to stay for three months and must be renewed every three months until your application is processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T08:50:50.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6762" CreationDate="2014-09-28T16:33:06.423" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it better to work directly through the Australian embassy or to work with an immigration lawyer in order to move from South Africa to Australia? I have heard horror stories from people who used lawyers before. If you have moved from SA to Aus, and was using a lawyer, how long does this process take you? If you did all the manual work yourself, how long did it take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2501" LastActivityDate="2015-08-16T17:25:51.583" Title="Immigrating from South Africa to Australia" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-28T23:50:49.013" Score="3" ViewCount="305" Body="&lt;p&gt;My H-1B start date is in Jan 2015. Can I travel to the US as a visitor (Canadian Citizen) in December, and then reenter the US in January on the H-1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2503" LastEditorUserId="2429" LastEditDate="2014-09-29T15:06:30.677" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T09:56:38.707" Title="Can I visit US before H-1B start date but after petition is approved?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2983" CreationDate="2014-09-29T14:42:38.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my case, I was Indian citizen at the time in 2006 and was on student visa on Canada and had my Visitor Visa for USA. I got US Student visa and Immigration officer cancelled my US Visitor visa at the time of issuing US Student Visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as Canadian Citizen you can enter USA and exit it and reenter in January on H1B Visa Stamping to receive H1-B Status so that you can receive your I-94 card and apply for SSN number. As you can not start working before your H1-B Start date and receive any money. Normally they allow you to enter country on set date of stamping on your passport for H1-B Visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this information will help you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2429" LastActivityDate="2014-09-29T14:42:38.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-29T18:35:49.390" Score="8" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often when signing a contract it is explicitly stated to what court a dispute on the contract under scrutiny will be sent too. Is it possible to write a contract outside the Netherlands and still state that in case of a dispute the case will be presented to a Dutch court. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale is that in my current home country (Belgium) legal and other liability  insurances are more expensive with less coverage than the same insurances in the Netherlands. However, disputes need to be dealt with in a Dutch court. So it would be so convenient to take the Dutch insurances and state in any contract that disputes will always be dealt with in the Netherlands. Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-29T20:18:25.037" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T18:26:14.313" Title="Do you need to live in the Netherlands to present a case to a Dutch court?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-30T01:43:25.690" Score="6" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU (Dutch) citizen currently living in Australia with my Australian spouse and daughter. We are planning to move to Europe in the near future and I am wondering how this works with residency/working rights. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I am allowed to live and work in another EU country with my Dutch citizenship, but seeing as I'm currently a new (stay at home) Mum and therefore it's my spouse who is the one that's working - how does that change things? Can I still get residency in another EU country based on my Dutch citizenship even if I'm currently not working? If yes, can my non-EU spouse still join me and get working rights, or do I have to be working myself in order for him to be able to join me and receive working rights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2508" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-09-30T18:33:43.853" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T11:56:05.577" Title="Requirements to move to EU country as an EU citizen with an Australian (non-EU) spouse?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2989" CreationDate="2014-09-30T06:54:28.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Formally, there are two ways to qualify for residency in another EU country: as an economically active person and as an economically non-active person. The difference is that an “economically non-active person” must prove that she has sufficient resources &lt;em&gt;and health insurance&lt;/em&gt; not to become a burden for the social safety net in her country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have an unconditional right to reside in another EU country based on your Dutch citizenship but once you do qualify, then your spouse has the right to live with you and work in your country of residence. So you have a bit of a chicken and egg problem: You need to qualify for your spouse to work but the resources that would allow you to become a  economically non-active resident would presumably come mainly from your spouse's income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, your own right to reside in the country might not be a big problem as the formalities are typically minimal (as long as you don't try to apply for welfare benefits) but you might need to document it when applying for your spouse's residence card. Some countries (Spain, Portugal) do require EU citizens to get a residence card as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see three ways out of this (at least in theory, I don't have first-hand experience with this scenario):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use savings to show you have sufficient resources. The amounts you need should be equivalent to basic welfare benefits for one year (in countries like France or Germany, that's 300-500 € per month for an adult plus some money for accommodation and child care but it obviously varies across the EU). You would then be using your right to stay as an economically non-active person, your spouse would get a residence card and could work. Come next year, you would hopefully still have your savings because you are not actually using them to cover your living expenses, but only to qualify for the residence card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get work. It does not need to be fulltime or to provide for your family, the wage might even be under the level for welfare benefits but it would help you sidestep the other requirements because the freedom of movement for workers is very extensive. Formally, the work must be “effective and genuine” but case law has established that 10-12 hours a week or a short fixed-term contract are enough. You would then use your work contract to get a residence card for you (usually not mandatory but could be useful for the next step) and your spouse (that's mandatory everywhere), who would then have the right to work as well. Formally, even merely &lt;em&gt;looking&lt;/em&gt; for work should be enough to be considered a “worker” for at least six months but I imagine it might be difficult to sponsor a spouse on that basis.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have your spouse apply independently as an Australian citizen. It could be much more difficult but, depending on his or her line of work, education, etc. it might still be possible. Probably the least attractive solution, though, because visa fees and various bureaucratic requirements that cannot be imposed on EU citizens and their family would then apply.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After five years under one these statuses, the three of you would become permanent residents, your spouse would get a five-year residence card, resources conditions would not apply anymore and it would be nigh impossible to ask you to leave so that even if something would happen to you or your spouse, your family would not have to worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, since you are a Dutch citizen, none of this applies to the Netherlands. In that case, Dutch law applies and I believe it's often more restrictive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-08T11:56:05.577" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T11:56:05.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2983" CreationDate="2014-09-30T09:56:38.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/temporary.html&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens of Canada and Bermuda do not require visas to enter the United States as temporary workers; however, a temporary worker petition approved by USCIS is required. For more information see U.S. Embassy Ottawa website, U.S. Consulate Hamilton website and CBP website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you do not need a visa to enter the US as a tourist, nor as a temporary worker, I suspect you can enter the US before your start date.  I also wonder why you have an H-1B visa in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T09:56:38.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2734" CreationDate="2014-09-30T10:32:14.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an interesting (and for me, timely, thread).  I am a US CPA (licensed in TX and NY) and have researched this issue for myself as I will have passed the residency test working a long term contract in Dubai.  I DO plan to take the exclusion for this income based on what I've read in the guidance.  However, 'littleadv' makes an EXCELLENT point - if the amount of tax your will avoid using this method is substantial, it is a good idea to get a licensed CPA 'on the hook' (make sure he actually HAS E&amp;amp;O liability insurance - many don't) for this advice.  If you don't, you might consider setting aside an amount if you are successfully challenged by the service.  Also - there are firms that have specialists in expat taxation - you would do well to use one of them if your regular tax adviser is not familiar with this area - most US CPAs are not.  I was not - but as mentioned, I believe the position is sound and will take it myself - but not certain I would sign another person's return with this position without substantial additional research - - court decisions, USC, etc/etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2511" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T10:32:14.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2994" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2995" CreationDate="2014-09-30T16:10:41.183" Score="2" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier this month I DJed for an event organized by a Student Group in my university. The event took place on-campus, a few days after the term officially started (i.e. a few days after the first day of class). In order to get paid (a nominal fee to maintain my turntables, cables, etc.) the student group asked me to fill an official Request for Payment, which goes through the finance department of my university, which in turn asked me for my W-9 or Social Security number as the Request for Payment considers me as a vendor / professional service provider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an international graduate student in the same university under F1 visa. Is getting paid given those circumstances allowed by my F1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T22:51:41.237" Title="Getting paid for DJing services for a Student Group as a grad student in the same school under F1 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2994" CreationDate="2014-09-30T19:12:17.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to get an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_authorization_document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;employment authorization document&lt;/a&gt; (a.k.a. EAD, Form I-766, &quot;work permit&quot;), for that you need to talk to your school's international students' office. They'll add the appropriate note to your immigration paperwork and it will be counted as part of your 20hrs/week on-campus employment. That is, of course, if the type of job is qualified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is not getting paid, the problem is actually performing the work. Without EAD you're not allowed to work in the US, and by doing so you violated the conditions of your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2014-09-30T22:51:41.237" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T22:51:41.237" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2998" CreationDate="2014-10-01T15:02:43.137" Score="3" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently moved to Portugal, and I'm not sure the requirements for registering your address. I'm aware that in some EU countries (Germany, for example) you have to register fairly quickly. Whereas in the UK (where I'm from), you basically have to register with the local council for electoral and council tax, but the timescale is basically a little bit more flexible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't rented anywhere, but I do have a permanent address, so nobody (e.g. letting agent) has provided any &quot;to do list&quot; around this. Can anyone provide any guidance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2514" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T17:42:41.953" Title="Registration of address in Portugal" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="273" CreationDate="2014-10-01T17:12:52.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have surrendered your PR and witdrew your CPF, then you have to return it full amount plus the interest for the whole period you are away from Singapore. Afterwhich the CPF will give you a white paper to be included in your PR appliccation. However you still need to submit all the document as required for general PR application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2516" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T17:12:52.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2996" CreationDate="2014-10-01T17:32:44.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK's very own Foreign Office actually provides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/living-in-portugal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a guide that should be useful to you&lt;/a&gt;. It includes this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you intend to remain in Portugal for more than 3 months, you must apply for a registration certificate from the Town Hall (Câmara Municipal) in your area of residence. This has to be done within 4 months of arrival in Portugal. […] For entitlement to local services - ie schools, healthcare, and social security - people living in Portugal must register with the Portuguese authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/portugal/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU also provides similar information&lt;/a&gt;. This &lt;em&gt;Certificado de Registo&lt;/em&gt; is not a general registration system like there is in Germany but rather a residence card for EU citizens. It costs EUR 15 and there is a pretty heavy fine (EUR 500-2500) if you fail to register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further information in Portuguese: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sef.pt/portal/v10/PT/aspx/apoioCliente/detalheApoio.aspx?fromIndex=1&amp;amp;id_Linha=4641&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAQ from the Immigration and Borders Service&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portaldocidadao.pt/PORTAL/entidades/MAI/SEF/pt/SER_certificado+de+registo+para+cidadao+da+ue+eee+suica.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the government's “citizens' portal”&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-01T17:42:41.953" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T17:42:41.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-01T20:44:55.823" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is a German citizen who lived in Japan for 16 years before our marriage.  He is now a resident of the US on a green card (2 years now).  We are moving to Greece in the near future and have questions regarding health insurance.  We are both covered under my US employer currently.  I am a US citizen. I know that I will have to purchase health insurance privately.  As an EU citizen (who hasn't lived there or paid into their social benefits program for the last 18 years) what are my husband's options for health insurance?  Will he be eligible for the social health care programs in Greece?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will both be self employed initially and paying taxes to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2517" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-10-02T08:22:10.093" LastActivityDate="2014-10-09T15:17:52.880" Title="Health insurance when moving to Greece" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3001" CreationDate="2014-10-01T22:14:44.393" Score="7" ViewCount="3693" Body="&lt;p&gt;Schengen member states require Schengen visa. Non-Schengen EU member states which have signed the Schengen acquis allow permanent residence permit holders in Schengen members to visit them for up to 90 days without requiring a visa.&#xA;The UK is not a Schengen member, but is an EU member. Does a non-EU citizen with a permanent UK residence need a visa to visit the other EU non-Schengen states?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="592" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T12:47:51.990" Title="Does a non-EU citizen with a permanent UK residence need a visa to visit the other EU non-Schengen states?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3000" CreationDate="2014-10-01T23:17:32.077" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beside the UK, there are five other non-Schengen EU states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ireland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Romania&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bulgaria&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Croatia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cyprus&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ireland, like the UK and to maintain their “common travel area”, opted out of the Schengen area and will not join in the foreseeable future. The common travel area mostly applies to UK and Irish citizens, it does not entail a mutual recognition of all visas and residence permits. Non-EU citizens who hold a UK residence permit might therefore still require a separate Irish visa to visit Ireland (there are some exceptions, detailed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_abroad/freedom_of_movement_within_the_eu/common_travel_area_between_ireland_and_the_uk.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizensinformation.ie&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia are supposed to join the Schengen area soon (formally, Cyprus should too but it needs to resolve its long-standing conflict with the Turkish-controlled area first and that might take even longer). Because of this, they all apply Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 which means they have the same visa requirements as Schengen member states (also known as “states that fully apply the Schengen &lt;em&gt;acquis&lt;/em&gt;”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Croatia said it strives to apply to join in the coming year or so. Bulgaria and Romania are ready to join according to the Commission's evaluation and were supposed to do it at the beginning of 2014 but their status is now in a limbo because several older member states blocked the final step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following this, the EU took &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.157.01.0023.01.ENG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a decision&lt;/a&gt; that allowed these countries to implement rules modeled after those of the Schengen area without actually joining it (so that they now basically recognize Schengen visas but still cannot issue them or lift border checks). In practice, this means they recognize visas and residence permits from Schengen member states and from each other &lt;strong&gt;but not those issued by the UK or Ireland&lt;/strong&gt;, just like current Schengen member states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other relevant links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mae.ro/en/node/2040&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/visas/visa-requirements-overview/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/109/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;different rules&lt;/a&gt; for UK residents with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU family member’s residence card&lt;/a&gt; but that's a very specific category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-17T15:44:15.887" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T15:44:15.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3003" CreationDate="2014-10-02T06:38:19.590" Score="2" ViewCount="857" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently received an &lt;em&gt;attestation d'accueil&lt;/em&gt; from my local City Hall. This is to invite my mother and father from India to France for a short visit of less than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received ONE &lt;em&gt;attestation d'accueil&lt;/em&gt; (ADA) in which both my parents' details have been mentioned. The ADA looks like &lt;a href=&quot;https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13223318/cerfa-10798-03.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; (sample pdf).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed only today that a separate interview needs to be scheduled for each family member as per &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfs-france.co.in/FAQ.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VFS-France-India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q:13- We are a family of three. How many appointments do I schedule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One appointment per person has to be scheduled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that I need to provide my mother and father separate ADAs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T15:55:28.657" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T15:55:28.657" Title="How many attestations d'accueil (Welcome letter) for a family of two?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3002" CreationDate="2014-10-02T09:02:30.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law (technically a &lt;em&gt;réglement&lt;/em&gt;, not a &lt;em&gt;loi&lt;/em&gt; but it's “the law” in English all the same) clearly specifies that your parents can be on the same &lt;em&gt;attestation&lt;/em&gt;. From the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legifrance.org/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=3CD04E4C4428D658B60D50E916ACE340.tpdjo14v_2?idArticle=LEGIARTI000006335500&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;dateTexte=20111108&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article R211-15&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le conjoint et les enfants mineurs de dix-huit ans de l'étranger accueilli peuvent figurer sur l'attestation d'accueil souscrite à son profit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This implies that you shouldn't need to pay for another &lt;em&gt;attestation&lt;/em&gt; and obviously the form is also designed for that. But I have no idea how VFS handles this in practice. Hopefully, providing copies and explaining the situation will be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T19:41:42.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3004" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3005" CreationDate="2014-10-02T14:36:45.340" Score="9" ViewCount="519" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both me and my fiancée are EU citizens (born in Italy, currently living there). So, we have the right to enter/exit Germany without a visa for short periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have the opportunity to relocate to Germany, as I got a job offer there. I know that we would have to register with the police (polizeiliche Anmeldung) right after we move to our new house. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to many websites (example &lt;a href=&quot;http://germany.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/eu-citizens/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), residence permits are not required for EU citizens who wish to reside in Germany. However, I read reports that &lt;a href=&quot;http://rt.com/news/germany-expell-eu-immigrants-605/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Germany might expel jobless EU immigrants if they cannot find a job within 3 months&lt;/a&gt;. Other sources report 6 months, but that does not change the essence of the issue: both us need to be workers there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I believe that my fiancée will be able to find a job before 3 months (6, ..), I feel obliged to consider all possible situations. Basically, I need to know what should be done in order to never lose my fiancée. I have three related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if my fiancée cannot find a job within the first 3 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if my fiancée finds a job, but then becomes jobless again after some time (for any reason)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if we marry in Italy before relocating? Would that solve any issue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2522" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-22T15:06:29.977" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T21:44:34.183" Title="Moving to Germany with fiancée (both EU citizens) because of work reasons. What if she does not find a job?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3004" CreationDate="2014-10-02T17:18:20.147" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the moment, nothing much would happen. EU law does allow member states to deny residency to EU citizens who don't have work or sufficient financial resources and ban them from receiving aid from the state, but unlike a few other EU countries, Germany has not used those provisions aggressively until now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, you can still register without proving you have resources or showing a work contract and once you are registered, you can live there without any problem. In fact, you could even apply for some types of welfare benefits, which is one of the reasons why it became such a hot topic politically. Despite all the talk, I am not sure if anything has changed yet and it's difficult to know exactly what will happen in the next few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's possible to take some cues from EU law and the practice in other EU countries to have some idea of what's possible or not. Even in countries that already expel jobless EU citizens (or ask them to leave), you can often fly under the radar. The authorities do not necessarily actively seek each and every jobless foreigner. Mostly, it's about avoiding to pay welfare benefits, making sure poor migrants from Romania and Bulgaria do not become permanent residents and showing that “something is being done”. So if you don't attract attention (e.g. by applying for financial support from the state), they might just as well let you be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, three months is the threshold to differentiate visits from residency but in principle, you can at least look for work for at least another three months (so &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/jobseekers/residence-rights/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;six months in total&lt;/a&gt;). It's only after that time that you could possibly be asked to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, working is not the only way to qualify for the EU treaties' freedom of movement. You can also do it as a non-economically active person. The main condition is having sufficient resources to avoid being a burden to the social safety net. So if your girlfriend can find a few thousand euros to put on her bank account and has health insurance, she will in any case be able to reside in Germany completely officially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, regarding your second question, if she finds a job and then becomes jobless, there are a few subtle rules depending on how long she worked, what type of contract she had, whether she stopped working because of an illness or accident but she can certainly stay and look for work for another six months, possibly more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if she worked more than five years in the country, she automatically becomes a &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; resident. She can then stay indefinitely, collect welfare benefits, etc. just like German citizens and it will be virtually impossible to force her to leave. The same obviously applies to you, incidentally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, regarding your third question, being married changes everything. If you work in another EU country, your wife has an unconditional right to stay with you (and vice versa). Only one of you needs to qualify to be a resident according to the rules I detailed above. If you are yourself in the country legally, she cannot be expelled, be asked to justify her resources or anything like that. In many cases, some form of registered partnership other than marriage works too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; on another Stack Exchange site details the legal basis for all this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T21:44:34.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3007" CreationDate="2014-10-02T18:59:56.267" Score="5" ViewCount="1054" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1068/moving-to-germany-working-remotely-for-company-in-us-what-sort-of-visa-do-i-ne&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; regarding a situation similar to my question except that this guy is getting married.  In one of the answers EU Treaty article 39 is mentioned saying that he can also live in the EU if he is actively living with someone from the EU who has a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My case, I work for US companies remotely and my girlfriend lives in Romania.  I always have to leave before 90 days and come back to the US for another 90 days in order to avoid overstaying the US 90/180 day limit for the EU.  I would like to be able to stay with her as long as I want but it is not likely that we will marry anytime soon.  While I am there, we live together though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, what documentation or other methods are required to prove that we live together while I am in Romania so that I can be granted residency or whatever permissions I need to be able to stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have asked in the comments but I do not have enough rep to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2290" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T08:22:13.453" Title="US citizen working remotely with a US company wanting to stay in EU country" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3006" CreationDate="2014-10-02T20:37:42.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's sometimes possible to be recognized as the family member of an EU citizen based only on a civil union or registered partnership, but, according to the EU website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/registered-partners/index_en.htm&quot;&gt;Romania does not recognize those&lt;/a&gt;. The only real option to invoke EU law is therefore marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, the rights granted by the EU treaty to relatives do not apply and you need to qualify for a Romanian visa based on your own situation. The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mae.ro/en/node/2054&quot;&gt;a description of the various types of visa available&lt;/a&gt; but it's quite difficult to understand. I have no idea if you qualify for one of those while working remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T20:37:42.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-05T13:36:49.127" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and me are planning to go to the US. I'll have a J1 (postdoc) and she therefore get's a J2. At the moment she's looking for a job in Academia/Industry. In case she finds one, can she still apply for her own J1/H1B even though she started the application for a J2?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2530" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T19:56:42.720" Title="Apply for an other visa while J2 application is on progress" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3010" CreationDate="2014-10-05T19:56:42.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, she can. Keep in mind that J1 may have limitation on staying in the US (i.e.: you must stay out of the US for some period of time, typically 2 years, before coming back in any other status). This may affect you and her. Check your paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T19:56:42.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-06T12:29:09.190" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian citizen living in Austria for work. I took my residence here but now one of my parents is disabled and I have to go back home every two weeks. It's very expensive and I would like to know if it's possible to detract the expenses from taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-07T10:13:01.530" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T10:13:01.530" Title="Tax deduction in Austria for travelling back home to Italy" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9521" CreationDate="2014-10-06T12:34:12.583" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in Austria and one of my parents needs neurological rehabilitation. The health system in Italy is strongly suffering for the crisis and I would be interested in bringing the member of my family here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would Italy / Europe pay for healthcare here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question may be also generalized in: is it possible to expatriate for getting health care in one European country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T15:01:37.833" Title="Medical expenses abroad" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3014" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3015" CreationDate="2014-10-06T12:55:19.360" Score="5" ViewCount="1500" Body="&lt;h2&gt;In general, what are the implications of &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; a couple of different nationalities gets legally married?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few examples I can imagine of &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; implications follow, but please don't take this as a complete or exhaustive list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can the location affect the marriage process itself, for instance with the obtaining of marriage licenses or other legal requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can the marriage location affect future residency or citizenship, or the process of obtaining such, of the foreign partner?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can the marriage location affect citizenship of future children?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference, my specific situation is that I will be getting married to a Guatemalan/Spanish dual-citizen. I am a US citizen (with Mexican residency). We intend to have our wedding ceremony in Guatemala, but we can do the legal marriage anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T12:26:38.950" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T12:37:57.940" Title="What are the implications of where a couple of different nationalities gets married?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3014" CreationDate="2014-10-06T14:05:23.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't know about Spain and Guatemala specifically but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rules do vary quite a bit and it does matter in practice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It might be easier to marry in some place than other. For example, some countries have residency requirements (even a requirement that you live in the specific municipality where you want to marry or some such), others do not. The documentation required is also not the same everywhere; I have a friend who married a UK citizen in the UK specifically because it could be done with his passport, whereas the country where they both live requires a birth certificate (which was a problem for him).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marrying a foreigner might require additional documents on top of what's usually required in the country, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-a-certificate-of-custom-law-for-marriage-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. It might also be impossible to marry on a tourist or visitor visa and then switch to a more permanent status (there are specific “marriage visas” that must be applied for in advance). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will also have &lt;em&gt;practical&lt;/em&gt; consequences to get a visa or residency after the marriage. The rules typically do not make a difference depending on where you were married but any foreign documentation might need to be translated or notarized, which is costly and sometimes troublesome, whereas a local certificate should be accepted directly (and the non-citizen partner might have to wait outside of the country for everything to get sorted out…).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't really know anything about that but I suspect it might also impact the rules regarding joint ownership and other financial matters and of course what happens if you want to divorce.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T12:37:57.940" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T12:37:57.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3014" CreationDate="2014-10-06T15:55:36.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My advice is to work backwards - figure out where you both will ultimately be living, and where you both ultimately want to have residency (or citizenship). Contact the State Dept. or equivalent government entity for that country (and state/province, if known &amp;amp; applicable) and find out what &lt;strong&gt;their&lt;/strong&gt; rules for marriage are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rules vary widely based on which partner is the foreign national, which countries of origin/residency are involved, and any language or political obstacles. Some countries make it &quot;easy&quot; upfront to marry across nationalities, but then there are difficulties when trying to obtain required later documentation - work/student visas, permanent resident status, &quot;married&quot; tax status, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My (American) brother met my sister-in-law here in the States (she was on a vacation-tourist visa), but they married in her home country of Lithuania, because of love/romance. The first problem was that our English name does not directly translate into current Lithuanian-government regulations, so the spelling is slightly different from US-legal on their marriage certificate. Since they both moved back to the US, there has been a multi-year process where she has had to renew her visa (back in Lithuania), and jump through a bunch of documentation &amp;amp; interview hoops to comply with US Immigration &amp;amp; State Dept. statutes. There was at least a 6+ month period before she was able to get approved to work here, and even then there have been issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that you can have your ceremony wherever you want, and consider yourself married. However, you are probably better off getting legally married in the country that will be your primary residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Also, I don't know if it applies in your case, but the future-citizenship of any children may well be affected by the country-of-marriage. Again, rules vary.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2535" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T15:55:36.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3026" CreationDate="2014-10-06T16:34:13.353" Score="3" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm reading about the K-1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/us/family_visas/fiancee.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fiancé(e) visa&lt;/a&gt; available to foreign nationals planning to marry a US citizen within the US, and am wondering if its required for someone who has other legal means of entering the US?  Specifically, for an EU citizen who can enter the US under the VWP, should a K-1 application still be done?  Or is the K-1 simply for those who have no other legal means to enter the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-10-06T16:38:58.793" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T06:30:34.580" Title="Is a K-1 fiancé(e) visa required to enter United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3018" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3024" CreationDate="2014-10-06T16:44:51.073" Score="5" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, living in the UK, married to a Japanese citizen we are currently going through the Visa application process so she can move to UK.&#xA;She will however give birth (in Japan) before this process is finalised, will I be entitled to take paternity leave (paid)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2536" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-10-07T23:49:25.733" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T23:49:25.733" Title="As a UK citizen am I entitled to Paternity leave for a child born in Japan?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3014" CreationDate="2014-10-06T16:46:49.257" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would start at the registry office in Guatemala - they will tell you what requirements there are to get married in Guatemala, and one would hope that they would know whether your marriage will be legally accepted in other countries. And that's the main point: Whether Spain and/or the USA accept that marriage as legal, and whether they accept it as the same as a wedding in Spain / USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be a good idea to check this with a registry office in the USA or Spain as well. One, depending on what requirements there are, it might be easier to get married in the USA or Spain. Or it might not. But also, I would expect a US registry office to be able to tell you &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what your US state would be after getting married in Guatemala. More so than a place in Guatemala. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T16:46:49.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2014-10-06T16:47:21.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is depends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that you consult the immigration lawyer before attempting anything other then the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;K-1&lt;/a&gt; route if you intend to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was explained to me by a lawyer awhile back if the entry of a foreigner you have married under a B1/B2 or VWP is suspected to be for the purpose other then tourism you could have problem with CIS during the adjustment of status process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I am aware of multiple cases where a person had entered the United States under the B1/B2, got married several months after that entry and received Permanent Residency in the United States through adjustment of status, so yes using VWP may be possible but again &lt;strong&gt;consult a lawyer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T16:47:21.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3014" CreationDate="2014-10-06T20:30:00.133" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where you get married will have no bearing on your eligibility for residency.  Residency status depends on obtaining a residency permit for the country if you aren't a citizen.  Where you get married will also have no bearing on the future citizenship options for your kids.  That will come from you and your spouse's citizenship country rules as well as where the children are born and the rules of the country where they are born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As gnasher729 states, the key is whether your home countries or the country where you want to gain residency accepts the marriage documents from the country where you get married.  Probably they do, but confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was married in France (which wasn't easy) and my marriage was accepted in the U.S. and everywhere else I resided.  People I know were married in Costa Rica while vacationing there.  Their marriage was recognized in the U.S.  So it's not a likely scenario that your marriage won't be recognized by other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2538" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T20:30:00.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3014" CreationDate="2014-10-07T04:37:41.287" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can the location affect the marriage process itself, for instance with&#xA;  the obtaining of marriage licenses or other legal requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can the marriage location affect future residency or citizenship of&#xA;  the foreign partner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can the marriage location affect citizenship of future children?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T04:37:41.287" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3023" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3025" CreationDate="2014-10-07T09:42:00.040" Score="2" ViewCount="10672" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and currently a resident of France (on Scientific/D visa until 30/04/2015). A university in the USA that hired me as a faculty recently petitioned for an H1B for me. I received the I-797C form from the USCIS notifying me/the university that the H1B application was submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, some details on page 1 of the I-797C form elude me. In the screen shot below (with personal details redacted), what exactly does &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Class Consulate / POE OCC 90&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; signify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A cursory search of the intergoogles revealed not much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Zy0X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T17:06:21.217" Title="How to read I-797c form (notice of action for H1B)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3018" CreationDate="2014-10-07T16:49:36.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking where your child is born doesn't seem to be a concern for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/eligibility&quot;&gt;eligibility for Paternity Leave&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try to fill out the form &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/sc3form.htm&quot;&gt;SC3&lt;/a&gt; for your employer to see if the place or country of birth is actually relevant but it doesn't seem to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you can check further with your employer's HR department to verify the information and other conditions that may have been imposed if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T16:49:36.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3023" CreationDate="2014-10-07T17:06:21.217" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/lca-occupation-codes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immihelp&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doleta.gov/regions/reg05/Documents/eta-9035.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of Labor&lt;/a&gt; OCC 90 is an occupation code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OCCUPATIONS IN EDUCATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;090 OCCUPATIONS IN COLLEGE AN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;091 OCCUPATIONS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;092 OCCUPATIONS IN PRESCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, AND KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;094 OCCUPATIONS IN EDUCATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;096 HOME ECONOMICS AND FARM ADVISERS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;097 OCCUPATIONS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;099 OTHER OCCUPATIONS IN EDUCATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest seems to be more of an issue with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isss.umn.edu/H1BEmployment/I-797B.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;formatting the form&lt;/a&gt; then anything else and should read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Class  |   Consulate / POE   |  OCC&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T17:06:21.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2014-10-07T22:15:49.930" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, it is not required. However, in most cases &lt;em&gt;there is no other legal way&lt;/em&gt; for an alien fiancé who is not a permanent resident to enter the U.S. for the purpose of staying in the U.S. permanently. (I am assuming the question is about fiancés who intend to immigrate to the U.S., because that's what K-1 is for. If one only intends to get married during a brief trip to the U.S. and then leave, then VWP or B-2 visa is appropriate.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fiancé is not eligible for an immigrant visa, because he/she is not married yet and thus not yet a relative. And most categories of non-immigrant visa (and VWP) require the holder to not have preconceived intent to immigrate using that visa (i.e. not intend to stay and apply for Adjustment of Status during that entry) both when applying for the visa and when using it to enter the U.S. This includes categories like B visas (tourist or business visa), F visas (student visa), and most other types. So these visas cannot be used when one intends to stay. (One could intend not to stay when entering, and change their mind later, but since you're asking this question at this stage, I'm assuming you have a preconceived intent to stay.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few types of non-immigrant visa that don't have this requirement of not intending to use it to immigrate. This includes the K (fiancé) visa itself, as well as H and L work visas. So if you are a fiancé and, for example, are working on an H or L work visa, then yes, you can feel free to use that to enter the U.S. for the purpose of getting married and applying to immigrate, without getting a fiancé visa. But in all other cases, you will have to get a fiancé visa (or marry outside the U.S.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-10-07T22:35:54.217" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T22:35:54.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3028" CreationDate="2014-10-08T00:34:37.193" Score="7" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen, and I plan to move into Switzerland in order to get a job as a software engineer. I already started looking for opportunities; no contract is secured yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation is a bit specific since I already found a place to live: friends are sharing a rented house and I'll be joining them as a new roommate.&#xA;I expect to move in by car with my belongings, settle into the house then look for opportunities from there; this is much easier, especially for job interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The B work permit should be secured only when I'll accept a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, I'll have no official status, like a tourist. But I heard that Swiss officials are cautious about new people moving in town: as soon as a new name appears on a mailbox label, some officer may require the newcomer to announce himself to the &lt;em&gt;contrôle de l'habitant&lt;/em&gt; within 8 days. It may happen as I may not have the work permit yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other things to do include :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telling the customs that the stuff I'm bringing in is mine and part of the moving process so that I do not have to pay duty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Opening a bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exchanging the French driver license for a Swiss one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Set up taxes, health insurance, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy and register a used car (the one I'll drive to move is not mine and will return to France)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a good strategy to do all of the above while remaining compliant with the law? Which of these should be done before and after getting the job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2541" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-08T07:25:03.400" LastActivityDate="2014-10-08T13:22:51.840" Title="Moving into Switzerland in a shared house before finding a job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3027" CreationDate="2014-10-08T07:58:22.683" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the bilateral agreements with the EU (currently still in force, possibly not for long), you do have the right to move to Switzerland for a short time to look for work. What you need for that is a “livret L” as you can't get a “livret B” before you have a specific job offer. I am not entirely sure how it works in practice but my understanding is that you should be able to apply for it at the &lt;em&gt;contrôle de l'habitant&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official sites from the federal authorities do not advertise this possibility but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lausanne.ch/lausanne-officielle/administration/sports-integration-et-protection-population/service-administratif-et-integration/Bureau-lausannois-pour-les-immigres/foire-aux-questions/mainArea/05/items/0/paragraphs/010/links/0/linkBinary/Vivre-et-travailler-suisse.pdf&quot;&gt;here is a document from the city of Lausanne&lt;/a&gt; that describes it in some detail (p. 11):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Autorisation de courte durée (livret L CE/AELE): La durée de validité de cette autorisation est déterminée par celle du contrat de travail. L’autorisation de courte durée peut être établie pour une durée totale de 12 mois au plus et est accordée aux personnes qui disposent d’un contrat de travail d’une durée de moins d’un an. &lt;strong&gt;Les personnes en recherche &#xA;  d’emploi obtiennent également un livret L CE/AELE après 3 mois.&lt;/strong&gt; L’autorisation peut être &#xA;  renouvelée après un séjour d'un an au total, sans que le titulaire soit tenu d'interrompre &#xA;  son séjour en Suisse. Le titulaire est libre de changer de domicile et de lieu de travail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would not open a bank account or worry about taxes and the like before getting a job. You have 12 months to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/fr/permis-de-conduire-international/&quot;&gt;apply for an exchange of your driver's license&lt;/a&gt; so you can also wait to see if your plan works out before doing that. Same thing if you wanted to import your car (note that to benefit from a duty and VAT exemption, you must have used the car for six months before moving, you can't buy a car in France now and hope to import it as part of your personal effects). You have to decide for yourself if getting a car immediately is necessary but the public transport network is extremely good in Switzerland, if expensive (I would say better than France and many other European countries) so it seems entirely possible to live without one for a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Customs formalities for your personal things are a bit more tricky. You do have the right to import personal effects free of duty under some conditions but it requires some paperwork (details on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_privat/04381/04382/04383/index.html?lang=fr&quot;&gt;the customs' website&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/fr/demenagement-suisse/&quot;&gt;ch.ch&lt;/a&gt;). The biggest issue for you will be proving that you are indeed moving to Switzerland. A work permit is explicitly not required but you do have to provide some other proof. Without a rental contract (or would your friend be prepared to provide one?) or work contract, you don't have much to go by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The border is not intensively patrolled so if you just have a few things in your car (as opposed to a lorry full of expensive stuff), you might be able to simply carry them over and get away with it (done it before – and I was only transiting – when I was young and foolish!). But it is somewhat risky, a control is always possible and you would presumably be liable for a fine if found out. Another solution would be to find some place to store your things and fetch them once you have a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-08T13:22:51.840" LastActivityDate="2014-10-08T13:22:51.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-09T15:00:55.137" Score="8" ViewCount="1341" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Spanish citizen working for a Dutch company and I am registered as a resident in Netherlands, where I rent an apartment and pay taxes. Because of my work, I have traveled a lot around the world, spending about 70 days in germany, 70 days in China and only 120 in NL, not consecutive (I mean, I could spend 20 days in China, 10 in Germany and then 8 in NL before starting over again). I am ok with paying taxes in NL and pay them regularly thru my employer. I know that in China, I only have to pay taxes there if I spend more than 180 days in a natural year in the country (which I have not) so I am ok with that. I am not so sure about Germany. Can Germany claim taxes based on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2546" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T12:23:32.413" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T17:57:40.923" Title="Where to pay taxes if I don't live 6 months in any country?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2999" CreationDate="2014-10-09T15:11:49.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all sorry for my poor english :) &#xA;If you want to establish a sole proprietorship in Greece one of the required actions is to register with the appropriate social security department which in this case (for self employed people) is called OAEE. After that and as long as you are consistent with your insurance contributions you have all the benefits for social health care. The establishment of a sole proprietorship in Greece is a little bit COMPLICATED -be patient! :) - for bureaucratic reasons. You will need the help of an accountant. &#xA;Look here  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atskakanis.com/wp/?p=336&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.atskakanis.com/wp/?p=336&lt;/a&gt;  for some more infos.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;VERY IMPORTANT! &#xA;The ragistration with OAEE and the payment of the insurance contributions is mandatory. Of course the same time you can be registered with a private insurance company if you want. &#xA;Dont forget to ask if you are entitled for any subsidies. There are some european finance programs for self employed people who establish a NEW company or shop for which and under some conditions you may be eligible. &#xA;Good luck from Greece! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2547" LastEditorUserId="2547" LastEditDate="2014-10-09T15:17:52.880" LastActivityDate="2014-10-09T15:17:52.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3033" CreationDate="2014-10-10T12:28:21.590" Score="4" ViewCount="1116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently deciding between a level 3 BTEC (equivalent to 3 A-levels) and actually getting 3 A-levels in different subjects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with getting 3 different A levels is that I would have to switch colleges which is a bit of a hassle for me. I have contacted them and they said &quot;Your qualifications will be evaluated on application&quot; Well that's not exactly reassuring to know I could possibly spend two years doing the wrong one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know the entry requirement for British citizens? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2551" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T12:38:58.653" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:03:28.540" Title="What Qualifications do I need to get into Leiden University? (Netherlands)" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3032" CreationDate="2014-10-10T12:55:04.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leiden University publishes a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.students.leiden.edu/application-admission/bachelor/application-admission/equivalent-diplomas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of diplomas that should be considered sufficient to meet the minimal requirements&lt;/a&gt;. If you want at least some certainty, then you do need to get a diploma that's on it but even that list comes with a lot of caveats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applications from prospective students with other qualifications will presumably be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, which is probably why you won't find anybody willing to make any promise beforehand. At the end of the day, individual decisions will be made by each department based on the full application and whoever you talked to probably does not know all their criteria and can't realistically commit in any way beyond what's already published.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, here is what's on the list regarding the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;At least 3 GCE A-levels in general, academic subjects with grades A-C &#xA;  Please note that vocational qualifications, even though taken at the same National Qualifications Framework level 3, are not considered sufficient. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Access to Higher Education Diploma or Foundation Diploma for university admission with good results (A-B) in relevant subjects &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Scottish Qualification Certificate with at least 4 Scottish (Advanced) Highers in general, academic subjects with grades A-B for Higher and A-C for Advanced Higher subjects.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that it's “3 GCE A-levels in &lt;strong&gt;general, academic&lt;/strong&gt; subjects”. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bachelors.leiden.edu/studies/info/psychology/faq-admission-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Another webpage provides more detail on this&lt;/a&gt; (it's only for the Bachelor of Psychology but it probably applies to other departments too):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that most BTEC A-levels are not regarded as academic A-levels. By academic we mean science-related, for example maths, biology, geography, etc. Design, photograpy, art, etc. are not regarded as academic A-levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:03:28.540" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:03:28.540" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3030" CreationDate="2014-10-10T17:14:43.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can be incredibly complex and my answer is going to be mostly useless because I don't know the rules for those countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But having gone through similar elsewhere, my advise is don't trust the first opinion you get nor the second. You're doing something that's becoming increasingly common but is still at the rare end of the scale, and even some tax accountants get it wrong and give bad advice (because they're only intimately familiar with the rules in their jurisdiction).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day it's even possible you're not explicitly required to pay taxes anywhere. But don't worry, tax authorities will see it their business to rewrite reality to make that not true. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on renting an apartment in NL, they will almost certainly claim you as their tax resident. As for Germany? Not likely. But don't take my word for it. I'm just some random on the internet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="581" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T17:14:43.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="276" CreationDate="2014-10-11T01:09:41.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try not to use any slang. E.g, instead of saying 'Do you want to have a go', say 'Do you want to try'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your accent is just as hard for them to understand as their accent is for you. So, try to speak slowly and clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people in india are actually educated under the british english system rather than american, so you'll find that they use the british terms for things rather than american. E.g, 'Ketchup' rather than 'tamato sauce'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for understanding indian english, realize that the grammar is going to be pretty bad most of the time. Learn to pay attention to the verbs and ignore pronouns, adjectives, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="718" LastEditorUserId="718" LastEditDate="2014-10-11T01:23:59.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-11T01:23:59.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-11T21:05:59.990" Score="1" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold dual Australian and UK citizenship and am looking to work in the USA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Australia however I left Australia 14 years ago and have since then been living in the UK. naturally, I have been non resident in Australia for taxation purposes. I am considered a non-domiciled, but resident tax payer in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family and I are looking to move to the USA to work for a potential 3 year opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When in the USA, am I considered a British citizen working in the USA or an Australian citizen working in the USA? Does this depend on which passport I use to get sponsored?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whilst working in the USA, how are my capital gains treated, in the USA and also other countries, where I have investments? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3564" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-13T05:16:28.587" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T14:41:46.997" Title="Australian and UK dual national looking to work in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3040" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3046" CreationDate="2014-10-12T01:30:47.547" Score="2" ViewCount="1105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an US citizen, married to a British national and I came into the UK on the Tier 4 visa. The request to stay as his spouse has been denied because we don't meet the financial requirement.  However, under EU law, can I remain in the UK as his spouse once my visa expires, and can I work as the non-EU spouse of an EU national? Can I file for the EEA permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband is also in the process of getting his Polish citizenship, so if we can't do it via his British status, we should be fine leaving the country and coming back in using his Polish passport, yes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3565" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-12T11:27:30.643" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T09:43:51.867" Title="Married to an EU citizen (UK national in the UK), can I work in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3042" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3043" CreationDate="2014-10-12T12:04:58.140" Score="2" ViewCount="921" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an IT support engineer with 3 Years experience, currently holding a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bcs.org/category/18013&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Professional Graduate Diploma in IT (PGD)(BCS)&lt;/a&gt; which is equivalent to a university honors degree in England, and is recognized as a level 6 qualification. But I am wondering whether my qualifications will be recognized in New Zealand and Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2483" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-13T05:15:11.970" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T15:34:22.543" Title="Recognition of British Computer Society Higher Education for migration for the following countries" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3042" CreationDate="2014-10-12T15:14:55.480" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to NZQF (New Zealand Qualifications Framework) &#xA;Postgraduate diplomas and certificates, Bachelors degrees with Honours is LEVEL 8 and can score 50 points&#xA;Bachelors degrees, Graduate diplomas is LEVEL 7 and can score 50 points&#xA;Since you mentioned your qualification is equivalent to a university honors degree in England, it should be recognized by NZQF as LEVEL 8&#xA;Please refer the below link,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://glossary.immigration.govt.nz/NZRegisterOfQualityAssuredQualifications.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://glossary.immigration.govt.nz/NZRegisterOfQualityAssuredQualifications.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3568" LastActivityDate="2014-10-12T15:14:55.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3039" CreationDate="2014-10-12T18:46:24.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When in the USA, am I considered a British citizen working in the USA&#xA;  or an Australian citizen working in the USA? Does this depend on which&#xA;  passport I use to get sponsored?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what purpose? While I'd suggest you asking an immigration attorney and a US-licensed tax adviser (EA/CPA licensed in the State you'll be working in), it is my understanding that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your immigration status depends on the passport you've used to enter the country (i.e.: you can enter under Australian E3 visa).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your tax status (treaties) depend on the country of your citizenship and tax residency (i.e.: if you're not tax resident in the US,  you can claim both British and Australian tax treaty benefits).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst working in the USA, how are my capital gains treated, in the&#xA;  USA and also other countries, where I have investments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you become a US tax resident, all your gains worldwide are taxed by the US. You'll need to work with accountants in all countries to avoid double taxation, and you may not be able to avoid it completely. US Foreign Tax credit is a useful tool, but limited, and will not provide full relief. Once you're US tax resident - tax treaties are no longer helpful for most provisions (including capital gains).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You become US tax resident if you stay in the US for more than half a year, or if you become permanent resident. Most people on work visas end up being US tax residents if not in their first year in the US - then in their second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-10-12T18:46:24.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3062" CreationDate="2014-10-12T22:34:35.167" Score="20" ViewCount="4059" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/3035/28&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; makes an interesting observation that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At the end of the day it's even possible you're not explicitly required to pay taxes anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really true?  Under what circumstances could one who travels frequently (such as a digital nomad), and therefore never spends a significant* time in one place, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be liable for any tax in a given year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; I imagine that &quot;significant&quot; would often mean the majority of a year (so 183 days), but I realize that varies by jurisdiction. For a general answer, simply assume the subject never stays in one place long enough to be subject to the local jurisdiction's tax policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T11:48:22.593" Title="As a digital nomad, is it possible to live such that one owes no tax obligation?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3040" CreationDate="2014-10-12T23:51:52.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, EU law (including the rules on the free movement of persons) only regulates situations involving several member states (e.g. a citizen from one member state working in another member state). But the situation of a British national in the UK is a purely internal situation and EU law does not apply, which is why the UK is free to impose extra requirements and you cannot apply for an EEA family permit. Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official site&lt;/a&gt; (my emphasis):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for an EEA family permit to accompany your family or partner to the UK (or join them after they’ve arrived) if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the person you’ll be accompanying or joining is from the European Economic Area (EEA) &lt;strong&gt;but not the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the EU Court of Justice (EUCJ) weakened this principle in several cases (Singh, Carpenter, Zambrano…) and there are ways to invoke EU law even in your husband's country of origin. The most famous one has been called the “&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinder_Singh_route&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;”. If you qualify for that, you could apply for an EEA family permit and then work in the UK too. See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/611/when-returning-to-the-uk-from-working-in-the-eu-what-do-you-need-to-show-you-ac&quot;&gt;When returning to the UK from working in the EU, what do you need to show you activated your &amp;quot;Treaty Rights&amp;quot; WRT non-EU family members?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, if your husband becomes a Polish citizen, it would not necessarily solve your problems. The EUCJ treated a related situation in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&amp;amp;num=C-434/09&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;McCarthy case&lt;/a&gt; and it ruled against Mrs. McCarthy (but the decision is rather unclear and the details might make a difference).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, I don't think that showing the Polish passport on entry makes any difference (not sure there would even be a record of that). What matters is his citizenship and whether or not he can invoke the EU right to free movement of persons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-10-13T17:29:07.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2014-10-13T03:24:04.940" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, if you're a citizen of a country that doesn't have any income taxes and has tax treaties with other countries which are favorable to you - you may be able to make this happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I know of no such country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When there's no treaty - then by default the country to which the income is sourced has the right to tax it. Thus periods of stay are irrelevant. When you earn money in country X, even if you stay there for 5 days - you pay taxes to country X in which money is earned. Most treaties allow countries to tax income sourced to them regardless of periods of stay as well, with very specific exceptions (e.g.: students and visiting scholars are often exempt from taxes on income they earn in that capacity, trade shows are covered explicitly many times, visiting on a job is usually exempt for lengths of stay of less than half a year, etc). Nothing in these exceptions applies to &quot;digital nomads&quot;, i.e.: self-employed computer professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge it is nearly impossible to work in countries with income tax and not pay any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a special note since there are users here that claim that you can legally do that. &lt;strong&gt;THEY ARE LYING&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot setup a company in Singapore and funnel all your income through it to avoid taxes. That will &lt;strong&gt;never&lt;/strong&gt; work, unless you live and work solely in Singapore. Anyone saying otherwise - lies to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2014-10-14T04:29:16.327" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T04:29:16.327" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2014-10-13T08:01:23.017" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible. I lived in Buenos Aires for 3 years as a freelancer tax free. I was working for European clients at the time (In the UK). I was a legal foreign resident but because I didn't buy a house or car in Argentina and I also didn't have a bank account in the country, my accountant told me I could get away with not paying taxes. I remember there was a place where I would have to register to pay tax but the different government entities (local and national) had discrepancies in regards to whether they would let a foreigner enroll. I kept the money in my wife's account abroad (The Netherlands) and there we paid a small amount of tax but nothing like income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind that this has more to do with Argentina being a very lax country that is rather inefficient with things like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3573" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-13T10:36:21.147" LastActivityDate="2014-10-13T10:36:21.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2014-10-13T12:17:33.587" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's possible, the term of the art is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_traveler&quot;&gt;perpetual traveller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (&quot;PT&quot;).  Basically, since many countries allow you to visit for up to six months without being considered a &quot;resident&quot;, you can arrange your life so that your income is earned by a company in a low-to-no-tax country (eg. Singapore, which has multi-year 0% startup schemes and hefty exemptions after that), and that you rotate among three or more countries per year so that you never incur personal tax obligations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not easy, though, and it requires a fair amount of income plus a suitable set of citizenships (eg. Americans are screwed, since they're supposed to pay taxes everywhere).  There are lots of sites out there offering help with setting this up, and most of them are trying to sell you something.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: Sketching out the basics of how the money flows here, since this seems to be too complex for the comments.  Countries for illustration purposes only; if you're actually going to do something like this, consult a qualified tax lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Customer in Spain contracts with your company in Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You perform the work in a third country, say Thailand.  Labour laws and their interpretation varies, but by most readings, since you're a) not working for a Thai customer or company, b) not earning a salary, c) not receiving income in Thailand and d) not resident in Thailand for tax purposes, Thailand has no claim on any income you happen to generate for a company elsewhere.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Customer in Spain pays your company in Singapore.  Since no work was done in Spain and you're not tax resident in Spain, you pay no taxes in Spain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Singapore corporation pays corporate taxes on its profits (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/page04.aspx?id=414&quot;&gt;potentially 0%&lt;/a&gt;) and issues dividends to its sole shareholder (you).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you're in Singapore&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/page04.aspx?id=1396&quot;&gt;Dividends from Singapore companies are tax-free&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you're outside Singapore&lt;/em&gt;: If you have not incurred tax residence anywhere, you don't pay taxes anywhere.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ta-dah, zero tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-10-15T17:47:49.547" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T17:47:49.547" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3052" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3053" CreationDate="2014-10-13T21:39:48.853" Score="3" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been woking in the Netherlands for the last two years on a Dutch Highly Skilled Migrant visa, the conditions for which are very similar to that of the EU &quot;Blue Card&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that if I were granted a German Blue Card and worked in Germany for two years, I could then move to another country in the Blue Card scheme and be legally able to work without being tied to a specific employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can have my two years' worth of work in the Netherlands counted against this requirement, or apply for a Blue Card here and have it backdated to when I started under the Skilled Migrant visa, so I could immediately move to another EU/Blue Card member state without having my visa tied to a specific employer or country for the next two years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2047" LastEditorUserId="2047" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T16:14:27.163" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T16:14:27.163" Title="Can my two years of Dutch &quot;highly skilled migrant&quot; visa count towards a Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3052" CreationDate="2014-10-13T23:02:08.827" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Blue Card scheme is (deliberately) separate from national visas. There are no provisions to recognize previous stays or grant rights to some category of residents (even highly skilled migrants), you need to apply for it specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a directive granting permanent residency rights to non-EU citizens who resided for some time under another status but those rights are distinct and in several ways not as extensive as those provided by the Blue Card. Furthermore, the relevant threshold is five years, not 18 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-10-13T23:02:08.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-14T03:37:38.673" Score="6" ViewCount="7968" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to position a service offering online prior to registering an LLC, to test the market. Once I have potential interest/buyers, I will not transact until I have registered the LLC. Is that still within restrictions of the H4 visa? Would that still be considered illegal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3579" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-10-14T16:04:51.573" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T12:10:13.177" Title="Starting up an LLC on H4 Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3054" CreationDate="2014-10-14T04:18:38.770" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot work under H4 visa. So yes, it would still be considered illegal. LLC has nothing to do with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T04:18:38.770" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2014-10-14T06:48:46.030" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband was in the US for two years before we met on an over-stayed H2B visa. After we met and dated, we lived together on and off for about 10 years and finally decided to get married.&#xA;He was able to get an adjustment of status no problems. But...his H2B allowed him to work for three months when he first came here and get a social security card (only one that allowed him to work with a work permit) and a driver license. He was able to work with that Social Security Number and he paid taxes on everything he earned for the entire time he worked, even though he had over-stayed. We had to have a lot of proof for our interview after marriage. Tons. So, I'm not recommending anything here, just saying, it was better that we had a long term relationship before we went to our interview. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3580" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T06:48:46.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3006" CreationDate="2014-10-14T08:22:13.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some countries, such as the Czech Republic, allow visas to be supported by Trade Licenses.  These documents register you as self-employed and then support a visa on that basis.  See if you can flip your US job to 1099 contractor and do that for Romania.  You may also be able to leave your job on W2 and do that as long as you properly declare your income in Romania and pay all appropriate taxes.  You will be able to use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion on your US taxes.  You should also check to see if there is a Social Security Totalization agreement  you can avail yourself of to avoid double social insurance taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, approach the problem like a migrant, not like someone who just wants to hang out and you may find more options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2336" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T08:22:13.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2709" CreationDate="2014-10-14T08:24:26.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer this properly, you should consult with a medical professional.  Your diagnosing doctor should be able to tell you whether a hospital can do anything for you when you are in psychosis.  They should also be able to advise you on the specific steps you should take when you are actively having an attack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for discrimination, while it may be the case, as long as you are choosing to live there you are going to have to find a way around it.  Perhaps others in the expat or Indian communities can tell you where they have had successful services rendered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2336" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T08:24:26.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3054" CreationDate="2014-10-15T02:19:31.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer, I'm not an lawyer, this is purely speculative.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules are fairly simple. On H4 you cannot &lt;em&gt;profit&lt;/em&gt; from any business or work in US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However that's when things get interesting. If the LLC would not generate any profit, but re-invest 100% of it's revenue into growth, that in theory would be legal. Then you could in theory grow the business until it reaches the size that it would be possible to obtain investor visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is BBC America take on the subject, mention as one of the points in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2012/10/04/six-legal-ways-to-earn-money-in-the-u-s-without-a-work-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Six (Legal) Ways to Earn Money in the U.S. Without a Work Visa&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invest in a Business&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can plumb money into a venture so long as you’re an entirely&#xA;  passive party, which means you can’t actually work for the business.&#xA;  So, if a friend wants to open a restaurant and you want to invest,&#xA;  that’s fine. What’s not fine is for you to take on shifts, or even&#xA;  help with the behind the scenes running of the joint. But there’s&#xA;  nothing to stop you taking the time to evaluate investment&#xA;  opportunities and drill potential partners on how they’ll be spending&#xA;  your cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thats a very thin line though, so I'd suggest that you'd consult your immigration attorney. Do &lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt; take random legal advice from internet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-10-15T05:43:28.907" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T05:43:28.907" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3138" CreationDate="2014-10-15T14:52:06.967" Score="7" ViewCount="699" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen who is tax resident in Norway and I own an apartment in Norway. I want to understand if it is possible to leave Norway and stop being tax resident without selling my house (i.e. let it out).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only information I can find comes from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/taxation-international-executives/norway/pages/income-tax.aspx#4&quot;&gt;KPMG&lt;/a&gt; which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Termination of residence in Norway for persons with a total stay in Norway not exceeding 10 years happens when the following requirements are fulfilled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permanent stay in a foreign country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;stay in Norway must not exceed 61 days within a 12-month period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not have the disposal of a permanent home in Norway&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this doesn't specify whether 'disposal' means 'owns' or 'uses'. Does anyone have any experience of this situation, or links to credible sources?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a better reference in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/taxnewsflash/Documents/norway-april10-2014.pdf&quot;&gt;KPMG Tax Facts Norway 2014&lt;/a&gt; that says this: &lt;em&gt;&quot;To be regarded as emigrated from Norway, an individual who has had a combined stay in Norway for less than 10 years must take permanent residency outside of Norway. The taxpayer or his/her&#xA;closest relatives must not have a residency used as a permanent home at their disposal in Norway or stay for more than 61 days in Norway during the income year.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I contacted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/&quot;&gt;Skatteetaten&lt;/a&gt; (the Norwegian tax authority) by email they said this: &lt;em&gt;&quot;You will be tax resident as long as you keep your apartment in Norway, if you do not keep it you will not be tax resident in Norway. Persons who have lived in Norway for less than 10 years, will not be tax resident to Norway the first year they move, if they do not own their own apartment in Norway. Regards Skatt Midtnorge.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nordisketax.net/main.asp?url=files/nor/eng/i02.asp&quot;&gt;Nordisk eTax&lt;/a&gt;, a collaboration that includes Skatteetaten, says &lt;em&gt;&quot;the requirement that you must not have a house/flat at your disposal means that neither you, nor your spouse/cohabitant or your under-aged children can own (directly or indirectly), lease or otherwise be entitled to use a house/flat in Norway.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer still seems vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3582" LastEditorUserId="3582" LastEditDate="2014-10-15T16:22:23.677" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T13:11:25.107" Title="Can I emigrate from Norway to stop being tax resident, while still owning a house?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3054" CreationDate="2014-10-15T16:08:23.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As other answers have eluded, you can (most likely) set up a legal entity as a business in the US on your visa (or on any visa, or even without entering the USA at all), but an LLC may not be the best choice. A C-Corp is probably better if you are not permitted to work in the US, but consult with a tax attorney.  However, you still cannot do work for that company while in the USA. You can be an investor in a US-based company which hires others (who have legal authorization to work) to do work in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you can actually do the &quot;work&quot; of forming and managing a company while in the USA may be a sticky matter, and you should consult an attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it sounds like your goal is to bypass labor restrictions on your visa, and an LLC won't help you do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-16T12:10:13.177" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T12:10:13.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2014-10-15T20:45:50.770" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are mobile and prepared to pick a place based on taxes, you might be able to use that to your advantage but it's certainly not as easy as moving around and ensuring you never stay more than X days in a given place. You need to pay attention to several things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Income can be taxable where it is generated. In many countries, if you have a &lt;em&gt;work contract&lt;/em&gt; with a local company, income will by default (if no tax treaty or specific exception apply) be taxed locally even if you are not a resident. Now, if you don't set foot in the country and export your services from somewhere else (without an employment relationship), you would typically not be liable for &lt;em&gt;income tax&lt;/em&gt; where your clients are but you need to worry about the country where you and your company are located.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Length of time is not the only criterion for residence, some countries have other tests (e.g. you could be deemed a resident if the country is the “center of your interests”, i.e. you have your main home or generate most of your income there). And residence need not be defined based on an absolute threshold like 183 days, e.g. you could be deemed a resident and required to declare your yearly worldwide income in the country where you spent the most time in a given year (even if you did not stay there very long at all). So you need to ensure the country or countries you would be staying the longest and working from don't have any rules like that and stick to a simple time threshold (I don't know precisely about the rest of the world but I believe it would rule out many European countries…)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The more you move, the more rules you have to worry about. To the extent that the local rules exempt you from some taxes, moving around could help you but every time you set foot somewhere, the local rules fully apply. “Never [staying] in one place long enough to be subject to the local jurisdiction's tax policies” is the wrong way to think about this. You need to find places where the local jurisdiction's tax policies are favorable and therefore to find out what those policies exactly are. You cannot assume that staying less than 6 months (or any such threshold) means you don't have to worry about it. Logically, any threshold that might apply would only exists &lt;em&gt;through&lt;/em&gt; the local tax policies, not in spite of them. Moving around therefore &lt;em&gt;adds liabilities&lt;/em&gt; (and complexity).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the key to make this work is to find a jurisdiction where there is no income, corporate or capital gains tax in your particular situation. That's the gist of jpatokal's Singapore solution: He was able to set-up a business and extract money from it without being taxed (which would be impossible in most places). Having clients out of the country or living somewhere else is neither required nor sufficient but channeling your business through a tax haven is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, it's not actually a consequence of life as a digital nomad or expatriation but merely the result of a particularly attractive tax structure. In fact, if you are staying outside your tax haven when actually performing the work, you would also in many cases owe some taxes where you are actually staying and/or violate the conditions of your visa/visa-free visit. So if you can't be a resident in your tax haven of choice, you also need to find another place with lax rules on tax residence, otherwise you could end up owing taxes there (although if you work from your laptop, don't have local clients or a local bank account, it could obviously be easy to get away with bending the rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that for this to be fully above board from the perspective of “regular” countries without such tax advantages (where your clients might be located), you would probably need to have several clients and be very careful with where you go while working. If you are only working for one company and spending significant time on site to perform the work, the contract between your client and your foreign-based corporation could be regarded as a scheme to evade employment and tax regulations (“disguised employment”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I assume that it's not what your question is about but there are many taxes you also have to pay as a visitor, including VAT on the things you buy for your personal use, taxes on petrol, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-17T14:46:09.373" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T14:46:09.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3063" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3064" CreationDate="2014-10-15T23:27:38.497" Score="2" ViewCount="432" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently switched from a J-1 (intern category) visa to a H1-B and am now wondering about tax liability. Whilst on J-1 I was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; liable for FICA (SS + Medicare) or FUTA, but now that I'm on H1-B I &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Alien-Liability-for-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Taxes-of-Foreign-Teachers,-Foreign-Researchers,-and-Other-Foreign-Professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;am liable&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nonresident aliens&lt;/strong&gt;, in general, are also liable for Social Security/Medicare Taxes on wages paid to them for services performed by them in the United States, with certain exceptions based on their nonimmigrant status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst on J-1, it was under this exemption that I did not pay FICA/FUTA taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question regards this exception. That page says that the exception expires when you switch visa types to one that is liable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The exemption does not apply to J-1, or Q-1/Q-2 nonimmigrants who change to an immigration status which is not exempt or to a special protected status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this exemption apply retroactively - will I have to pay FICA/FUTA on wages paid whilst I was on the J-1 visa now that I've switched to H1-B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="896" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T21:54:06.167" Title="Retroactive tax liability when changing visa types (J-1 to H1-B)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3063" CreationDate="2014-10-16T01:24:24.013" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You were exempt from FICA for the part of the year you were on J-1; and not exempt for the part of the year you were on H-1b.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T01:24:24.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3030" CreationDate="2014-10-16T09:01:02.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant German law&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KPMG report describing the rules briefly&lt;/a&gt; (from &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/143/where-can-i-be-tax-resident-when-i-dont-stay-in-any-eu-country-longer-that-6-mo?lq=1&quot;&gt;Rob's answer to another related question&lt;/a&gt;). The EU also offers (necessarily vague) &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information on this topic&lt;/a&gt; and a list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/individuals/treaties_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;links to tax treaties between the various member states&lt;/a&gt;. There is more than a simple number of days threshold to all this but it seems you would not be a German tax resident under current rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/nieuws/2012/04/12/staatssecretaris-weekers-ondertekent-belastingverdrag-met-duitsland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax treaty between both countries&lt;/a&gt; (there was already another one before that one) and, as far as I can tell, you cannot be considered a resident of both countries at the same time. So, even if you would fall under the German definition of tax residency, your Dutch residency should take precedence (based on your description, it seems to be the country you spent the most time and have the “center of your interests”), which only leaves German-sourced income to worry about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What counts as German income is defined in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__49.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; but I won't venture any guess as to how it applies to your situation or if the treaty makes any difference in this respect. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/bibliotheek/handboeken/html/boeken/HL/thema_s-werken_over_de_grens_loonbelasting.html#HL-17.1.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch Belastingdienst also offers some explanations&lt;/a&gt; based on the relevant tax treaties. Note that the rules also depend on your exact status in Germany (posted worker or not). If you want a definite answer, you would probably seek professional advice or at least the opinion of someone more knowledgeable than myself about these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T09:01:02.100" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-16T18:56:21.010" Score="2" ViewCount="462" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an expatriate I am sometime looking for a product that is similar (or ideally the same) to a product I use to have it in my home country. It could be some food, drugs, etc. Is there any online place (website, phone application, etc.) to find product correspondences? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If country-dependent, I am mostly interested in (home country = France; current location = USA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T12:19:02.553" Title="Online places to find equivalent/similar products between two different countries" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3066" CreationDate="2014-10-17T01:17:01.460" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often it comes down to trademarks in the country, which is why &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_Corporation_v_Hungry_Jack%27s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Burger King is mostly known as Hungry Jack's in Australia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, while I doubt there's a definitive list out there, Wikipedia does have a page named &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;List of generic and genericized trademarks&lt;/a&gt;, which if you scroll down to &quot;List of protected trademarks frequently used as generic terms&quot;, a lot of the terms are there - like Biro vs ballpoint, chapstick/lipbalm.  This is a situation (most famously 'Hoover') where a country has adopted the brand name instead of the name of the product - a dream for marketing, arguably.  So when someone asks for a Kleenex (brand) they may just mean any &quot;tissue&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This threw me when I moved to New Zealand and was asked for a 'Biro'. I'd never heard that term before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T01:17:01.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3066" CreationDate="2014-10-17T07:57:13.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you will find this information neatly organized in an app or a database but there are other, less geeky, resources that might help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is often a local expats' web forum where people trade brand names or addresses. I also know of one or two books explaining things like the local cuts of meat, where you can find some foodstuff, etc. in my current country so something like that might also be available where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example from Europe would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;thelocal.com&lt;/a&gt;. It's a newspaper that branched out in several countries and now offers online news and a forum for English-speaking expats. To find something similar, I would first look for something like “Francophones à Boston” or “Français du Massachusetts” on Google and start from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's more expensive and cumbersome but another resource I found useful are cookbooks, both local books with some explanations on ingredients (there is even a book from Australia called &lt;em&gt;Ingredients&lt;/em&gt; which has been translated into several languages) and books about the cuisine from your own culture (with explanations intended for the locals about the products you are already familiar with, including suggestions for substitution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, for drugs, looking up the name you know on Google or Wikipedia to find out the name of the molecule then opening the relevant article on the English-language version of Wikipedia usually works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-17T12:19:02.553" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T12:19:02.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2966" CreationDate="2014-10-17T08:23:49.723" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To resolve this I landed up writing a letter and sending it to the same address that I requested the original certificate from. I included a photocopy of the certificate and highlighted the obscure date and explained that the embassy would not accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a letter back saying that I should fill in the forms again and send a cover letter requesting that the certificate should be issued free of charge because of this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T08:23:49.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3073" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-17T14:26:48.210" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are working on a J1 summer program and for some reason you want to change your job, is it legal to search for other jobs and attend interviews on your free time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get a new job purposal, and your actual employer agrees to make the transfer, is it achievable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Tardo" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T22:21:10.437" Title="Is it legal to search for another job while holding a J1 Visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="993" CreationDate="2014-10-17T16:02:02.597" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do believe fermely that the DV lottery is not random, they only choose the politically minorities of each country. you can verify this your self , see what is the minorities opposing the system in your country and see how many from that region are winning the Lottery year after year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3588" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T16:02:02.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3077" CreationDate="2014-10-17T16:14:13.017" Score="4" ViewCount="6441" Body="&lt;p&gt;Details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a Hungarian citizen by birth, moved to the UK a few years ago. I changed my name in the UK via Deed Poll to an English name, which is completely different from my Hungarian one (both first name and surname). I use this name here as my official name on all my documents and records (bank, DWP, etc.) and consider it my real name. I want to acquire British citizenship when it becomes possible with the English name I use everyday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also want to keep my Hungarian citizenship and my Hungarian passport, which only seems possible with a Hungarian name due to Hungary's restricitive naming regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So my question is:&lt;/strong&gt; Is it legal to have two completely different names on my two passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2457" LastEditorUserId="2457" LastEditDate="2020-09-08T16:26:49.083" LastActivityDate="2020-09-08T20:16:12.993" Title="Is it legal for dual citizens to have two completely different official names in the two countries where they are citizens?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;names&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3073" CreationDate="2014-10-17T22:21:10.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, it is legal. Just as you had to go through the whole hiring process for the first time. You cannot start working, however, until all the legalities are formalized and the work authorization is transferred to the new employer. You should, of course, verify with a licensed immigration attorney, IANAL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T22:21:10.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3075" CreationDate="2014-10-17T23:05:26.767" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deedpoll.org.uk/WhoCanApply.html&quot;&gt;Deed Poll&lt;/a&gt; site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you cannot get your [non-British] passport changed to your new name, you may find your Deed Poll will not be accepted by all UK government departments, companies and organisations on the grounds that your are not changing your name &quot;for all purposes&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while it's possible to change your name in the UK if you cannot get your passport to hold the same name as your Deed Poll shows it is possible that it won't be accepted everywhere. This basically means that your official name in the UK will still be the one on your Hungarian passport, and not the one on your Deed Poll until you get your British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Hungarian naming law does allow you to get a non-Hungarian sounding name in case of &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/getdoc2.cgi?dbnum=1&amp;amp;docid=A1000001.TV&amp;amp;cel=P(49)B(3-5)#xcel&quot;&gt;exceptionary circumstances&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (link in Hungarian). I don't know whether you've tried tho get these &quot;special permissions&quot;, but if not it might be worth a try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you obtain British citizenship by naturalisation you can get your name changed on the UK passport to the one that is in your Deed Poll. Having two passports from two different countries (as a dual national) with different names should not cause any problems (more exaclty it should cause the exact same issues that other people face when having multiple passports even with the exact same name: when travelling they should always use the same one when entering/leaving a country during travels, so the passport numbers in the entering and leaving logs in foreign countries match. Except of course when they travel into/from the two countries they are citizens in as in those cases they should use the respective passport). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-10-17T23:19:06.940" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T23:19:06.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-19T11:17:03.770" Score="1" ViewCount="909" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a German national. My mother is German, too but my father is a non-EU national. Both of my parents are older than 55.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now thinking of moving to Germany, and some websites claim if I join the public healthcare system, and if my parents don't work, and if we live at the same address, my parents would be covered by my insurance even if they are above 55.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I haven't been able to get definite confirmation and some other websites claim that this is not the case and there is no way to get coverage by public healthcare if one is above 55 and wasn't covered by the public healthcare system in the past 5 years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does someone have a reliable source that can clarify this point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3590" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T13:31:43.480" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T13:31:43.480" Title="Options to get parents over age 55 health insurance coverage in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3083" CreationDate="2014-10-20T06:07:34.360" Score="1" ViewCount="616" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here is the situation: The Philippines as it is doesn't provide much hope for software developers like me. Specially being a Game Developer. There are very few gaming companies in the Philippines or if not, there is none at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking for opportunities abroad. A gaming company based on Mt. View California took interest in my application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I was thinking of accepting the job and moving there. Is it possible to (after 5 or more years) be able to apply for citizenship? I was thinking that maybe I could take my parents with me (soon), considering I'm the only child I wish to take care of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. I know there is a very long and almost impossible process to get through all this. I just want to know if there is hope in bringing my parents there after a few years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3597" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T13:53:53.043" Title="A Filipino Programmer Getting Permanent Residency In California" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3082" CreationDate="2014-10-20T07:57:57.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's quite a long path to get permanent residency (a.k.a the Green Card) and citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First you must find a company willing to sponsor &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H1B visa&lt;/a&gt; for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must get all documents translated and verified if necessary to have the application ready by 1st of April.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have be lucky enough to be selected in the lottery, for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/news/uscis-reaches-fy-2015-h-1b-cap-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;for FY2015 there where 172,000 applicants for 65,000 visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you made it this far, you could start working in US in October 2015.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General recommendation is to start applying for green card after one year, processing time varies, but generally is between half-year and year-and-half. Not counting the backlog.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since you're Filipino, you'd be dealing with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/news/2014-06-30/us-immigration-latest-green-card-priority-dates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;5 years of processing backlog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With luck by 2022 you'd have green card. Now you'd have to wait at least 5 years to apply for citizenship. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'd &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/n-400&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply for citizenship&lt;/a&gt; and after just few months processing with luck you'd get it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, with lot of luck if you'd start now, you could become US citizen in 2028-2030.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-10-20T13:53:53.043" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T13:53:53.043" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-20T09:20:04.443" Score="6" ViewCount="328" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father, who is Pakistani, worked in the US for a few years. He then moved to Canada and has been there for a long time. He has been a Canadian citizen for a few years now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't he take us with him there? Granted there is a problem that my father entered Canada with a marital status of &lt;strong&gt;SINGLE&lt;/strong&gt;. He got a lawyer to help him with the legal matters, but the lawyer said there is only 1% chance of this going his way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the laws related to this matter? Can't he at least take my mother with him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has been living there, alone, for so long and is only able to come visit us for 3 weeks every year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After asking my father for more details, he told me what actually happened. When he applied for citizenship, he was still single. But the process took a long time and in that time he married my mother while the citizenship application was still in process. So what can he do now to bring us there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3597" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-02T15:31:07.137" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T15:31:07.137" Title="Why can't my father bring us to Canada when he is already a Canadian citizen?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2020-10-02T05:56:55.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3084" CreationDate="2014-10-20T13:51:26.617" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically in order for your father to bring your mother or you to Canada he will need to go through the procedure of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/index.asp&quot;&gt;Family Based Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;.  The procedure is well documented and well known. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure for your family immigration would be for him to sponsor his wife and his child(ren) to come to Canada to live with him.  It may also be possible for him to sponsor his child(ren) and then they will sponsor the mother to come over but this is a lengthy process and will likely raise questions of how in a muslim country a person had children out of wedlock.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would suggest seeking advise from an immigration lawyer or possibly several to make a determination of whether or not this type of immigration is even possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. One would need to research very carefully whether or not the Canadian citizenship can be revoked on the grounds of immigration fraud if this ever comes to light.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T13:51:26.617" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2837" CreationDate="2014-10-20T15:34:00.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your employer can always apply for a 457 visa onshore or offshore. But if you are given the &lt;code&gt;Condition 8503 - No further stay&lt;/code&gt; on your visit visa, then you may have to leave the country and come back in. You can also apply for a Bridging Visa A if you do not intend to leave the country and are confident that your 457 will be granted. As always, please do take a second opinion from either an Immigration Lawyer to confirm the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2263" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T15:34:00.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3087" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3090" CreationDate="2014-10-20T16:25:56.127" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the financial consequences not to declare a general practitioner (&quot;médecin traitant&quot;) in France? I have a French Social Security as well as a French &quot;mutuel&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T22:26:00.823" Title="What's the point of declaring a general practitioner (&quot;médecin traitant&quot;) in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-20T18:31:35.293" Score="3" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to apply for the next United States Diversity Visa green card lottery program. I'm just not sure about what country to choose in the participation. I know that normally I should choose my country of birth, which is in my case the United Arab Emirates, but I think from what I read that I can also choose my parents' country of birth, which is Egypt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw that the selection is randomized based on the number of immigrants relative to the country's population size in the last 5 years. Of course, it can be seen that the number of immigrants from Egypt is much higher than the number of immigrants from the UAE, but their population is also much higher. I tried to search for an exact or an approximate view of this over the last 5 years, but could not find it and therefore not am sure about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have a recommendation on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3599" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-16T09:44:39.450" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T09:44:39.450" Title="Country of Eligibility for the US DV program" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-20T19:55:40.957" Score="2" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I have been given a research grant from the US Government in order to work at a UK educational institution. Consequently, I am on a Tier II worker visa here in England, sponsored by the UK educational institution, but &quot;self-employed&quot; with the grant giving me a monthly stipend. I am paid into my US bank account with US Dollars directly from the US agency; however, I am not a Government employee. I have to take the money and transfer it into GBP and then take it from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the question:  Do I pay US or UK taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1001" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T19:55:40.957" Title="Self-employed US working in UK, paid by US Govt" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T22:50:46.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3087" CreationDate="2014-10-20T20:13:45.983" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a “médecin traitant”, there is a financial penalty. Physicians are allowed to charge more (&lt;em&gt;dépassement d'honoraire&lt;/em&gt;), the statutory health insurance will only offer reduced coverage and the &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt; should not cover the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is that you should get a referral from your GP before going to other medical professionals (it's called &lt;em&gt;parcours de soins coordonnés&lt;/em&gt;, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F10870.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/soins-et-remboursements/comment-etre-rembourse/le-parcours-de-soins-coordonnes/objectif-des-soins-coordonnes_rhone.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ameli.fr&lt;/a&gt;). There are exceptions, though: family planning, addiction treatment, emergencies, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-20T22:26:00.823" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T22:26:00.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-21T08:19:29.663" Score="2" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if the Immigration Dept in South Africa can check your police criminal history from another country or do they just go off the police check document that you must provide when applying for residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3600" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T07:35:13.327" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T07:35:13.327" Title="Police background checks when applying for residency" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:20:43.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3084" CreationDate="2014-10-21T09:07:28.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what it sounds like in the comments, your father has been a citizen of Canada for nearly 20 years and that you are the biological child of him and his wife. The only potentially difficult issue is that your father was single when he applied for citizenship but got married during the process. There is no way that an immigration lawyer would not be able to follow up the process to a conclusion, not necessarily  a positive one, within a few years. It seems likely that the reason he has not brought you over is that he does not want to bring you over. This doesn't mean anything about his love for you and your mother, but could be he doesn't want to cut his ties with his home country. You need to get more facts about what he and his lawyer have tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-10-21T09:07:28.830" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2599" CreationDate="2014-10-21T16:10:10.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most major Chinese cities they have the driver's license test in English. You just need to buy the book with the Chinese traffic regulations (recent one) and learn it and go to the exam. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need your passport, your driver's license from your country in original and copy and the proof of address in China (that piece of paper with your photo and address that you have to get from your local police station 48 hours after entry. I'm sure u have one if u got a Q2 visa, otherwise you can go to your local police station and get one). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have quite a few friends that have passed the test with no problem. Although the English they use is chinglish, I had friends that just memorized the answer to the questions. Just make sure you get the book in English, you can buy it on taobao.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also &quot;streamlined&quot; services, I have had friends that used those. In that case you will be taken to the police station after hours with a bunch of other foreign applicants. You will each have to stand in front of your computer and a Chinese person will tell you all the answers for each question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be careful with these services though and always use one that you know other friends have used. Also make sure you have a friend that can check if the license is real, there have been lots of foreigners that used services like this and gotten fake ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3601" LastActivityDate="2014-10-21T16:10:10.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3094" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3142" CreationDate="2014-10-21T16:38:14.783" Score="7" ViewCount="2220" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is something that I'm curious about. Its not something I plan to attempt myself but still.... I ponder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been reading about Svalbard lately. Apparently, according to the law that governs Svalbard, though it is officially part of Norway, people from any of the signatories of the Svalbard treaty are free to move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few friends of mine went on holiday there several years ago to see the northern lights, so I know it is at least a somewhat accessible place despite its northern location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm wondering...has there ever been an incident of a person deciding they want to migrate there and just showing up and starting to look for a job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular it seems to me that it could be something tempting for someone from one of the poor treaty signatories- a not very bright person who doesn't realise what the climate is like most likely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3602" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T01:26:33.203" Title="Has anyone ever tried to migrate to Svalbard?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-22T00:26:31.217" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;California seems to be one of few states (other significant one being Texas), where rental companies &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.best-car-rental-tips.com/liability-insurance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;are not obliged to provide option of mandatory liability insurance&lt;/a&gt; and do not include the basic coverage in the cost of rental. They seem to provide that as an extra, charging ridiculous amounts if you take it directly from them ($15-$20 per day). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are are the alternatives in California, if one is looking to either rent a car for longer period or frequently rent cars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt; Regarding existing insurance, I'm a recent expat and I do not yet own car in US, thus I don't have any US car insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T20:37:16.497" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T10:44:55.750" Title="California car insurance for rental cars?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;california&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3096" CreationDate="2014-10-22T10:41:10.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.geico.com/information/aboutinsurance/auto/insights/car-rentals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Geico website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you don't own a car but still need affordable car rental insurance, ask your GEICO representative about a non-owner liability policy and/or personal effects coverage available on your homeowners policy or renters insurance policy. Non-owner liability coverage may provide liability protection when you rent or borrow a car while personal effects coverage can make sure your possessions are covered away from home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is there is nothing special about Geico and many of the major US insurance companies will probably provide similar services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2014-10-22T10:41:10.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3099" CreationDate="2014-10-22T18:49:41.993" Score="7" ViewCount="922" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Singapore citizen currently living and working in the UK under a UK spouse visa but my wife's company plans to relocate her to Germany. Would I have to apply for a German visa to be able to work in Germany? Or is that not necessary due to the freedom of movement law in the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3606" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-13T01:50:54.297" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T01:50:54.297" Title="Can a UK resident (not citizen) work in Germany without a German visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3098" CreationDate="2014-10-23T07:30:08.640" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, being a UK resident does not grant you the right to work in (or reside or even simply visit) Germany (see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2971/does-a-non-eu-citizen-residing-in-one-eu-country-need-to-apply-for-a-visa-to-mov&quot;&gt;Does a non-EU citizen residing in one EU country need to apply for a visa to move to another EU country for work?&lt;/a&gt;). The EU freedom of movement applies mostly to EU citizens and only indirectly to non-EU citizens. So your options to join your wife in Germany will depend on her status and citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your wife is a British citizen, &lt;em&gt;her&lt;/em&gt; freedom of movement rights will grant &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; the right to work in Germany as soon as she works there (or otherwise &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;makes use of her treaty rights&lt;/a&gt;). You will however need to apply for a German residence card, which should be free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your wife is not a British citizen, EU law does not generally apply but it should still be possible to get a spouse visa in Germany, under the conditions set by German law (within the boundaries defined by &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l33118_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2003/86/EC&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference is important because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/EhepartnerFamilie/ehepartnerfamilie-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there are complex rules and additional requirements&lt;/a&gt; for partners of German citizens or third-country (i.e. not EU) nationals. In this case, you will need to obtain a visa &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; entering the country (as a citizen of Singapore, you can visit for a short time without visa but you are generally not allowed to apply for a residence title from within Germany). I think that whether you will have the right to work could depend on your sponsor's status but if your wife comes to Germany to work, then you should be allowed to work too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(I assume your wife is not a German citizen nor from another EU country than the UK, because if that was the case you would presumably hold an EEA family permit or UK residence card instead of a spouse visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l23034_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt; grants some additional rights to &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; residents in the EU. I don't know if it applies to your situation but in any case, it's only supposed to facilitate the process and does not entail a full equivalence between residence permits of different member states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T12:16:42.650" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3100" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-10-23T13:02:31.647" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T13:02:31.647" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T13:02:31.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3101" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-10-23T13:02:31.647" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Finland." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T22:06:38.167" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T22:06:38.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3102" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-10-23T13:10:20.040" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T13:10:20.040" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T13:10:20.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3103" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-10-23T13:10:20.040" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Greece." OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T22:06:46.220" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T22:06:46.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-24T15:52:33.207" Score="3" ViewCount="2385" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen and employee of a US company, my bank accounts are in the US even though I spend very little time (2-3 weeks per year) physically in the US.  I'm about to get married to a Guatemalan. We will not (for now) be living in the US.  Is it possible to have a joint US bank account even though she's not a US citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My primary concern is issuing a debit card in her name, so that she can make purchases without me physically present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did contact my primary financial institution, a credit union serving the city where I used to live, and they told me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are only able to open accounts for US citizens or US resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which doesn't directly answer my question, since I'm only wanting to add her to my existing account--but I take that to mean that probably isn't possible, either. I just don't know if this is an institution policy, or law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it matters, she has dual-citizenship with Guatemala and Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-10-24T20:22:50.440" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T20:22:50.440" Title="My (soon to be) wife is not a US resident, but can we have a joint US bank account?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3104" CreationDate="2014-10-24T18:56:56.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have never done this, but there should not be any issues especially since you already have an account. It is possible for a non US citizen who is not residing in the US and who does not have a TIN to open a US bank account (cf. &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/5028/can-i-open-a-us-bank-account-even-if-i-dont-live-in-the-country&quot;&gt;https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/5028/can-i-open-a-us-bank-account-even-if-i-dont-live-in-the-country&lt;/a&gt;). The easiest way would probably be to stop by the branch you opened the account at the next time you are both in the States. I am not sure if you can do it by mail. If your account is at a big bank (e.g., HSBC or BoA), they may have international offices that can help you out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:30.997" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T18:56:56.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-25T05:20:50.330" Score="3" ViewCount="894" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an international graduate student under F1 visa in the USA. If I perform some work outside the USA, should that work be approved by the USCIS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/employment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Employment&amp;quot; (ICE)&lt;/a&gt; I read that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Off-campus work authorization requires case-by-case approval from&#xA;USCIS. Approval is not based on the student's choice of employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I wonder whether it only concerns work in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2020-12-29T21:49:53.603" LastActivityDate="2020-12-29T21:49:53.603" Title="F1 visa in the USA: should off-campus work that takes place outside the US be approved by the USCIS?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-25T09:59:35.650" Score="5" ViewCount="2236" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian. Working as a Software Engineer(Java Developer). I wish to work in Canada. I haven't got any job opportunity in this country. If i supposed to get job in Canada. How can I get visa and is there any restrictions for me like, bank deposit, assets, English Fluency exams etc. How to find out these basic things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3617" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:17:08.143" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T05:16:28.173" Title="Minimum requirements to get visa and work permit in Canada" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3109" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-25T10:31:58.713" Score="3" ViewCount="1173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from istanbul,Turkey and I want out. I don't think I can live here anymore and would like to move to Prizren,Kosovo. Why Prizren? Because people there speak Turkish, its quiet and its affordable for me. Anyway, I want to live a simpler life and don't want to be a bigshot in companies. Just want to be some chef or waiter in a restaurant. It seems possible that they hire a Turkish in Prizren. &#xA;Kosovo gives 90 day stay permit without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get an invitation from an agency and enter the country as a tourist (on paper) and look for a job, then find a job, Will this job get me a work permit? Is it legal to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the other alternative is to get an invitation from a business before moving to Kosovo, but how do I get an invitation from a restaurant owner in Prizren right now? seems very hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;my source : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moveoneinc.com/country-profiles/kosovo/immigration-to-kosovo/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.moveoneinc.com/country-profiles/kosovo/immigration-to-kosovo/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user3618" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T14:01:35.050" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T14:01:35.050" Title="Is it possible to get a work permit/visa while staying as a tourist in Kosovo?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2955" CreationDate="2014-10-25T21:15:36.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can finish your cheque book with no problems with your old address. Personally I used cheque with my old address during 2 years. They don't care about that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3623" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T21:15:36.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-25T21:42:26.803" Score="-1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian Software Engineer. I want to work overseas (outside North America) years starting next Summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My limitations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-permanent:&lt;/strong&gt; I'd like to work overseas for 1-2 years. I'm worried this will limit my employability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;English-only:&lt;/strong&gt; I know a little French and Spanish but I definitely not enough to work in those languages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Junior Experience:&lt;/strong&gt; I am confident in my ability to code but I only have two years of work experience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anyone else here who has made a similar move? If so, where?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3610" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T11:08:43.540" Title="Where in the world should I look for a software job?" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-10-26T11:58:02.467" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2836" CreationDate="2014-10-25T23:28:59.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can get a visa to the US, the best thing to do would be to get married inside the US. So even if you can get a tourist visa, or any kind of visa, even for 3 days, that is optimal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get married outside the US, and especially with your fiance's history, they are gonna give you a hard time at the embassy unless you are extremely lucky. Also you would need to get a special visa, etc. ... a huge headache and it may cost you much more in the long-run both time wise and financially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because getting married in US is golden since the moment you are married, the visa issue disappears and then its just the matter of getting a lawyer and very quickly you have a green card and passport within 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T23:28:59.880" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3107" CreationDate="2014-10-26T08:49:51.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You said in comments that you wanted to know about both if you are inside the U.S. and outside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are outside the U.S., you do not have a U.S. immigration status. You only have a status while in the U.S. Since you are not in F1 status, you are not subject to the conditions of F1 status, and you cannot &quot;violate&quot; a status you do not have. You may have a visa stamp in your passport, but that is just permission to travel to the U.S. in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are inside the U.S. and are asking about working remotely for a foreign employer, as Karlson says, there is some debate an disagreement about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T08:49:51.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3115" CreationDate="2014-10-26T11:08:43.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are aged 18-35 you can work in the following countries pretty easily up to 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/destinations_out-destinations_sortant.aspx?lang=eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/destinations_out-destinations_sortant.aspx?lang=eng&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look for contract positions online, maybe in Ireland or UK where there is a good demand for IT professional and be clear in your CV that you qualify for this kind of VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are older, you may need other types of VISA, and it's more difficult that a company would sponsor you for just a year or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another solution could be to become a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_nomad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;digital nomad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you will work remotely online, but you will still need to find a company that offer you this king of contract, or looking for work online as a contractor/freelance.&#xA;You will continue to need a VISA to enter in some countries, but since you will not need to looking for a job there, may it could be easier to obtain. You will also need to get some advises regarding taxes since you will need to comply with more than one tax legislation and at least one bilater tax agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T11:08:43.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-26T12:11:32.753" Score="1" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;My L1B and petition expired on 10 Sept 2013, but I had valid I94 through Jan 2016. I have stayed in the US for 2 year 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to a family emergency, I had to fly back to India on Oct 4th. I left my all household goods, car, etc, at my home in the US. I am now physically in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company I work for has filed a for a new L1B visa on my behalf. My visa interview date is scheduled for 2 Nov 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My green card application is under process on EB2 (currently it is on labor clearance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the possibility of getting a new L1B visa? What are some questions the Consulate might ask, apart from my special knowledge?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3624" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T12:11:32.753" Title="L1B Visa question" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-12-19T15:24:54.073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3120" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-27T01:40:59.030" Score="3" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. I work and live in the United States. I'd like to visit the United Kingdoms for a year on a working holiday visa (acquired as a Canadian), while continuing with my current job remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to work remotely while on this visa? If so, what exactly is the tax situation with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3626" LastEditorUserId="3626" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T05:08:23.917" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T05:08:23.917" Title="Can I work remotely while in the UK on a working holiday visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-11-03T12:31:51.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-27T06:12:35.297" Score="4" ViewCount="2574" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am  British citizen and my partner of 6 years is a South African citizen. We have been living between South Africa and Asia for the past 3 years. We would like to move to Italy or Spain. I know that, as a British citizen, it will not be a problem for me to work in the EU. However, what is the process to apply for my partner to live and work in the same country? Would he be permitted to join me if I can secure a job before moving there? Is the process easier if we are married or if I go there and start working first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3627" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T15:50:25.240" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T15:50:25.240" Title="Can a British citizen with a Non- EU or Non-UK partner live and work in the EU?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3121" CreationDate="2014-10-27T07:40:26.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's certainly easier if you are married. If you, as a British citizen, are working in another EU country than the UK, your spouse has &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the right to join you and also to work in the same country without any other conditions&lt;/a&gt; (the text on the page is about “other relatives”, you have to click on the “spouse/children” tab).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He will need to apply for some kind of residence card. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exact process will depend on the country&lt;/a&gt; but the only requirements will be to prove that (a) he is your partner and (b) you do reside in the country and make use of your treaty rights (e.g. you are working, rules are a bit different if you are not working). This residence card should be issued free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a South African citizen, he will also need a visa to enter either Spain or Italy. Here again, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the visa should be free of charge and it should not be necessary to provide anything else than a proof that he is indeed your spouse&lt;/a&gt; and that he is travelling with you or joining you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not married, it would be useful to have at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/registered-partners/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some form of registered partnership&lt;/a&gt;. In principle, there are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/de-facto-unions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some rights for cohabiting partners&lt;/a&gt; but it's a lot vaguer and probably difficult to use in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T13:20:05.323" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T13:20:05.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-27T13:03:34.430" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to Switzerland to stay with my partner start of next year, and am trying to identify ways to stay for longer than 3 months. I have Australian citizenship and am under 30. I was initially hopeful that I could get a student visa and study German, but have since been told (by a school, potentially biased) that these are only issued for 'high intensity' study of at least a year, amounting to ~10k CHF or so and a large portion of free time. I've also considered getting one of the &quot;working holiday&quot; visas issued by other Schengen countries, but I gather that these aren't valid for leaving the country of issue? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a bachelors and a good deal of experience doing software dev work, and suppose trying to get a job offer and associated visa is an option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything else I could try that I've missed? I'm still not confident about the requirements for the student visas, and can't really ascertain whether there exists a way to get an &quot;extended tourism&quot; visa or similar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="486" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T13:24:30.023" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T08:56:54.450" Title="Swiss stay &gt; 3 months for Australian" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3121" CreationDate="2014-10-27T13:24:41.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved inside the (western) EU some years ago. I don't know anything about entry visas and such, but I do know a bit about the immigration process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different countries have different rules regarding immigration. It can easily take up to six months to get your case handled, and the answer can be negative since immigration restrictions are very tight these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two things might help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not married, you can be asked to prove that you have been a couple for x amount of years by having witness statements or any official paperwork (like domiciliation; having lived together on the same address). The more reliable those statements are, the more likely a positive answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other one is if he has a job (or how likely he is to find one, e.g. degrees and other qualifications). In fact, I was told that my application would be approved as soon as I found a job and contacted immigration services during the waiting period – I had quit my previous job to move so while qualified, I was unemployed for a short time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration wants to check if the immigrant can be a valuable and contributing member of society; this requires the ability to sustain oneself economically and/or to be in a stable relationship where the other party can provide for the family. This is why you really need to prove by any means that you are indeed a family and you can make money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3632" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T13:24:41.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-28T11:28:03.600" Score="3" ViewCount="2456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU national who has lived in UK for more that 5 years (enough to be a resident, but not a citizen). I have moved to Germany a month ago and started a new job. A couple of months before moving to Germany I tried to pass my practical driving test and failed and had no time to take it again. In principle I could still go back to UK for a couple of days and retake the test and (if passed) have the licence posted to my old address, from where my friend could send it to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this legal according to German law?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it be possible for me to exchange this driving licence to a German one after some time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wanted to drive in Germany I would need to exchange a foreign licence to German one, which would include sending them my German registration form which clearly states that at the time my driving licence was issued I was already registered in Germany for a month. If I wanted to take a German driving test I would need to go through the theory and driving lessons again, which would be much more costly and difficult, therefore I do not want to do this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3642" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T04:57:12.963" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T00:02:07.370" Title="Getting UK driving licence after moving to Germany" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3127" CreationDate="2014-10-28T11:48:34.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany doesn't really care whether you get your driving licence in the UK or any other country. The UK does though, as you can only take the driving test in the UK if you are a resident. As you are not a resident anymore, according to UK law you will not be able to take the driving test and get the licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for Germany, they shouldn't really care when and where you've got the licence if it's a legal form of licence, and this is enforced by &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006L0126&amp;amp;from=EN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DIRECTIVE 2006/126/EC&lt;/a&gt;, member states should not limit the rules set out in these directives. Based on it an EU/EEA issued licence which was not exchanged from a country outside of the EU/EEA is perfectly valid in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.london.diplo.de/contentblob/3787584/Daten/1863666/DrivingLicenceEU.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;as you have shown&lt;/a&gt; they do try to limit the law. This is because the same directive tells you that you can not take your driving licence in another country, as you would be breaking both UK and EU laws (potentially making your licence invalid, as you have gotten it illegally in the first place). If you still try and succeed though, then I don't think anyone would care though, as the licence itself is valid, meaning you can use it in Germany, and you do not need to exchange it for a German one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmvi.de//SharedDocs/EN/Artikel/LA/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;until it's still valid&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nearing it's validity's end (10 years for cars, 5 for larger vehicles) you should exchange it to a German one though, so you'll be able to extend it's validity (as you can only extend a UK driver licence's validity if you are a resident in the UK)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line: you should take your test in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-10-28T13:35:24.060" LastActivityDate="2014-10-28T13:35:24.060" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2862" CreationDate="2014-10-28T16:44:20.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit Mutuel&lt;/strong&gt; allows international wire transfers using Internet banking. There is even a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.creditmutuel.fr/cmidf/fr/banques/accueil/services-banque-a-distance.html#!prettyPhoto[virement-international]/0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; on their website showing this. I've opened an account with them and successfully made a small transfer (to a bank outside of the European Union), so I can personally confirm that it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.creditmutuel.fr/cmidf/fr/banques/telechargements/tarifs-2014-juillet/clarte-part-cmidf.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fees&lt;/a&gt; are: €11.60 for up to €1,500; €22.70 for up to €12,500 and €41.40 for larger amounts. (I somehow doubt that I could transfer €12,500 in one go anyway - my advisor seemed a bit unsure about what the limits are.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastActivityDate="2014-10-28T16:44:20.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3127" CreationDate="2014-10-28T20:57:31.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a resident in Germany, you have to pass the exam in Germany. UK licenses &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; valid in Germany, even if you are a resident but you can only acquire one while residing in the UK. The rule is very clear and stems from article 7 of directive 2006/126/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things get a little more complex is that in principle, the UK should not issue a license in your situation. So it might seem at first that it would be the UK's responsibility to check that you fulfill the residency requirement and that the German authorities would have to accept any UK licence on its face. But that's not the case!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you do manage to get a UK license while residing in Germany, Germany can in fact still enforce the residency rule itself. There is a provision for that in German law (that's what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.london.diplo.de/contentblob/3787584/Daten/1863666/DrivingLicenceEU.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the text quoted in your comment&lt;/a&gt; to another answer is about and it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/__28.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;directly translated from the relevant statute&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your driving licence does not entitle you to drive or ride a motor vehicle in the Federal Republic of Germany if you, according to the EU or EEA driving licence or incontestable information supplied by the issuing EU Member State or state party to the European Economic Area, had your normal residence in the Federal Republic of Germany at the time the licence was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also find language to that effect on countless official websites (as a random example here is one from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bochum.de/C125708500379A31/vwContentByKey/W296LHPZ761BOCMDE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;city of Bochum&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it's not a mere theoretical issue, Germany really does care (mostly for &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerscheintourismus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;German citizens seeking to circumvent driving bans&lt;/a&gt;, though) and the issue has been fought in court to the bitter end. &#xA;Even if the text of the directive might have seemed a little unclear, the German interpretation &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.handelsblatt.com/auto/ratgeber-service/eugh-urteil-auslandsfuehrerschein-erfordert-auslandswohnsitz/6275292.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has been validated by the EU Court of Justice&lt;/a&gt; so it's difficult to argue that German law infringes the directive and that argument won't help you in front of a German court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer and I don't know all the nuances of the applicable law but I would think that if you work and live in Germany and are registered at a municipality, you would be deemed a resident and could get some difficulties, especially when trying to renew your license in ten years from now. On the other hand, exchanging your license is not really necessary, at least not before the first one expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T12:02:02.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T12:02:02.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-28T21:12:04.243" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a contract opportunity to work in Dubai, and considering it. Are there good private schools that teach in German or English, that don't compel students to learn about Islam (besides basic general knowledge about culture and history), or worse - compel them to pray or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read that private schools are under some level of control, and given that it's such a theocratic state, I'm wondering if it's possible to raise a secular family there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2458" LastActivityDate="2014-10-28T21:12:04.243" Title="Secular schools in Dubai" Tags="&lt;education&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T04:31:56.773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3134" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3139" CreationDate="2014-10-29T07:07:21.100" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;People who obtain a US Immigrant Visa are required to pay a &quot;USCIS Immigrant Fee&quot;, for Green Card processing. The official instructions recommend to pay this fee before entry to the US, so you receive the GC in minimum time. &lt;strong&gt;They also mention it's possible to pay it after entering the US.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Could someone with a valid visa, who hasn't yet payed this fee, be denied to board on the flight to US, when going through security airport?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user3647" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T13:14:30.300" Title="Will a new immigrant be allowed entry in the USA if he hasn't yet payed the USCIS Immigrant Fee?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3136" CreationDate="2014-10-29T07:58:46.147" Score="3" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any standardized requirements for applying for a Schengen visa in a country, where you aren't a citizen nor permanent resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T11:20:19.680" Title="Getting Schengen visa. Requirements for non-citizens?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3135" CreationDate="2014-10-29T09:43:45.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is. There is a general principle laid out in article 6 of the Schengen Visa Code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consular territorial competence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An application shall be examined and decided on by the consulate of the competent Member State in whose jurisdiction the applicant legally resides.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A consulate of the competent Member State shall examine and decide on an application lodged by a third-country national legally present but not residing in its jurisdiction, if the applicant has provided justification for lodging the application at that consulate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how this is checked and enforced is up to each consulate, as far as I know. It will in particular depend not only on the Schengen country you are applying &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; but on the third country where you are applying &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt;. Each consulate has to define rules based on the type of visas, permit, etc. local residents have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What counts as “justification” (to waive the requirement &lt;em&gt;per&lt;/em&gt; the second point above), I don't know either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T11:20:19.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="85" CreationDate="2014-10-29T11:01:12.893" Score="16" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What I went through&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been researching this for a number of months ahead of my move and didn't come up with much info, until I actually got to the UK and started 'shopping around'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tried and failed..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually tried the 'Engineered Way' mentioned here, however neither of the two banks would accept it as valid, as their requirements clearly stated, they need both a Sort Code as well as the Account number.  The Sort Code is the equivalent to the Routing Number (in the US at least).  My statement (from a US bank) only included an Account number.  Thus it wasn't a valid bank statement they would accept as valid proof of address.  Their requirements are they need a Bank Statement, but explicitly from the UK to be precise (by virtue of needing it to have the Sort code).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The holy grail..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turns out it's a lot more straightforward than I initially realized (and if I knew about the following sooner, I would have opened my account quicker rather than wait almost a month for the engineered way to be delivered, tried and tested).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should work for you if you are employed by one of the companies that is recognized by uk.gov as having the ability to sponsor employee's.  Most companies are recognized if they are major enough, and there are several tens of thousands of companies on the list.  Here's the full list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find your company on the list (it's a huge list so take your time searching through it), &lt;strong&gt;all you need is to ask your HR department to write you a letter stating your info&lt;/strong&gt;.  Their word as proof is enough for the major banks (at least for the two I tried near central London).  Of course you also need your passport for proof of identity, but this should be the least of your troubles if you managed to come to the UK :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact info wanted varies by bank but to be as complete as possible, you'll want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Full (Legal) Name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Address currently residing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Previous address (even if abroad)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When you started working for the company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your current salary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My experiences with two major banks..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Barclays for example didn't need all this, HSBC did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Barclays was content with just the first two items in a simple letter format (and possibly the 4th, as it was part of my letter but the 3rd and 5th item weren't, and i got no push back).  The branch I went to was 114 Fenchurch and I eventually opened my account by &quot;David&quot; there (don't recall his last name).  They were very helpful (albeit David was a bit serious, didn't seem friendly initially, and not until the end did i even see him crack a smile, i blame it on the &quot;British reserve&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrary to my solemn (but productive) experience at Barclays, HSBC were at least super friendly (and the lady who helped me was quite attractive), but weren't very helpful in being to accomplish much initially, and I had to go back several times to get them all the info to them in the exact way they wanted.  The branch I went to was at 60 Fenchurch (across the street and down a block from Barclays).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HSBC didn't like the initial letter I brought them, and even gave me a template of what the letter ideally would look like for them: &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/jcpRAq2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;a template of what the letter ideally would look like for them&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Will my account exist long term?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly as a result of being also a US citizen, at the end, they asked me for my 'National Security Number', to which i responded with a blank stare.  They weren't referring to my National Insurance (NI) number as it was related to foreign jurisdiction they told me.  They said it's a new policy, because of some agreement with the US and the UK.  Barclays didn't ask me for this at all (maybe just because Barclays doesn't do retail banking services in the US).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked them if they actually meant a social security number?  They would accept that but weren't sure if that's what they needed (and couldn't really elaborate on what this number is for).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I eventually declined to give it to them (the US Gov't already encroaches too much on people's rights stateside, I don't want them poking their nose in my business abroad also), and they reluctantly accepted my refusal but told me that if their back end folks aren't happy with that, they may contact me about closing my account (how's that for making you feel welcome).  I really am not impressed with HSBC (and I told them that), and as long as I can keep my credit card account (to build credit) I won't miss HSBC.  Maybe i'll use their statement to open/switch to another bank (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I need an appointment ??&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HSBC (and Barclays at one point) prefer if you make an appointment for another day to sit with the bank representative to open an account (HSBC insisted on it because they invasively ask you a bunch of questions about your life and financial situation, Barclays recommended me to make an appt just so i don't have to wait but weren't as nosy.. i &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; able to see someone by waiting a little bit).  If you've banked in the US, this is somewhat unheard of.  HSBC really made me feel like i was just a number to them with all this attempting to sell extra services (despite them trying to make up for it with friendliness), Barclays was a lot more accommodating and straight to the point, and while I initially had reservations about them, they were the better experience.  It was Barclays afterall that told me about the list of companies that if i work for one of them opening an account would be a cinch, HSBC made zero mention of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why HSBC?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My initial preference was with HSBC, because I already have an HSBC account in the states.  They claim they can import your credit history.  This was totally misleading in that, when i see the word 'import' i think of certain things, yet here there is no actual making it available in the UK (like 'import' i thought would imply).  The US credit history (and this by the way, is only limited to your US HSBC credit account not your other institutions' credit histories) is merely referenced one time, only by HSBC UK for opening an HSBC credit account.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem for me was, I initially thought this was the answer to all my concerns about having a blank slate of a credit history in the UK, that when I went to rent a flat, it would show at least some useful, re-assuring info to the UK rental property managers doing a referencing check on me (and the size of the deposit they ask you for, is based on this, i was informed).  Unfortunately this is not the case at all, and the wording on their web site is rather misleading.  As such, i may now have to put down 2-3 months rent as a deposit (when normally only 4-6 weeks is asked for if you have good credit, in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another service of HSBC i investigated was having them actually open the bank account for you before you arrive in the UK.  This service is free for Premier accounts, $100 for Advanced accounts, $200 otherwise.  This turns out takes 4-6 weeks, although when i first called several months before the move, they initially told me 10 days, so i called two weeks before my departure and was pretty disappointed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come to think of it, disappointment and HSBC go hand in hand, but that's another rant (their online banking looks like it was invented in the 90's and never quite got updated to modern web technology).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Fee-Free catch..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My other main interest in HSBC was that there's 'free' (aka no Fees) for transferring money between my US bank and my UK bank (both HSBC), using their Global Funds Global Transfer service.  This again is a misnomer, as they inflate the exchange rate 3% (so rather than charge you a flat fee, they just skew the rate they give you is 3% off the market rate in their favor, perhaps this is just what everyone does, not sure yet).  Oh and they told me that it would be free outright (in the UK).  Sure enough, when i tried it, from the US to UK didn't have any extra fees (except the crappy exchange rate), &lt;em&gt;BUT&lt;/em&gt; when i tried from UK to US, it states I'd be charged 5 GBP on top (and that fee this time is skewed 4%).  Now i don't know if that's because i have HSBC Advanced in the US and not in the UK (and HSBC Advanced isn't available in the UK at the time of this writing, i'm told this will change next month (Nov 2014)), but being let down by HSBC is a constant theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What's next?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My next bank I will visit is Citibank and they also told me about the fee-free international transfer between Citi accounts (and i have a US one already so just need to see if the UK one will live up to the hyper).  Will see if this fee-skew happens there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, i highly recommend spending some time on this site, as there's a load of financial related advice and information, that should help you with your financial life in the UK.  Here's the section on credit cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they cover other topics such as bank accounts, ISA's, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway hope this helps other people, so they don't have to go through the struggles I and many others have had to go through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3650" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T11:01:12.893" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3060" CreationDate="2014-10-29T13:01:03.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a Norwegian tax lawyer who sent me a link to the relevant &lt;a href=&quot;http://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1999-03-26-14?q=skattelov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Norwegian law&lt;/a&gt; (section 2-1: &quot;Persons resident in Norway&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The condition for exiting tax residence regarding home ownership says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;the person or his close associates (spouse, partner or minor children) do not have a home available in this country (meaning to directly or indirectly own, lease or otherwise have the right to use a property)&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So it seems clear that the only way to exit tax resident status in Norway is to sell up&lt;/strong&gt;. The impact of remaining tax resident is of course a different question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit (some extra information - not legal advice - see a lawyer)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i) The so-called &lt;a href=&quot;http://public.deloitte.no/d/app/ges/#2creditcard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;one year rule&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (ettårsregelen) says that &quot;an individual on an assignment outside Norway with duration of more than 12 months may claim exemption from tax on assignment remuneration provided presence in Norway during the assignment period does not exceed 6 days on a monthly average.&quot; However, other Norwegian taxes may still apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ii) A 2008 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.domstol.no/en/Enkelt-domstol/-Norges-Hoyesterett/Summary-of-Recent-Supreme-Court-Decisions/Summary-of-Supreme-Court-Decisions-2008/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Supreme Court case&lt;/a&gt; ruled that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skattebetaleren.no/skatt/nyheter_arkiv/far_tilbak/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a man who lived in the USA&lt;/a&gt; for 2.5 years while letting out his home in Norway was without doubt a resident for tax purposes in the United States. Two and a half years was more than enough time to have a permanent residence abroad. And &quot;one can not have a permanent home in the tax treaty sense when the house is not at one's disposal&quot; (his house was let out without the right to termination).&#xA;(HR-2008-727-A, case no. 2007/1636, civil appeal, 24 April 2008).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3582" LastEditorUserId="3582" LastEditDate="2014-11-06T13:11:25.107" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T13:11:25.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3134" CreationDate="2014-10-29T13:14:30.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/37985/101&quot;&gt;got answered on travel.SE before it was put on hold there&lt;/a&gt;, so I'll copy the answer here for any expats who need the information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, they will be allowed entry, and they will become a permanent&#xA;  resident immediately upon entry as usual. They just won't be mailed&#xA;  the physical plastic green card. However, their immigrant visa,&#xA;  endorsed upon entry, serves as a green card for one year, so they will&#xA;  still be able to prove their permanent resident status without the&#xA;  plastic card in the short term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T13:14:30.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2862" CreationDate="2014-10-29T23:55:54.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends what you mean by &quot;international&quot;. EU banks are obliged by law to treat &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEPA&lt;/a&gt; transfers exactly the same way as national transfers. Deadline for compliance, already extended few times, was &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-6_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;August 1, 2014&lt;/a&gt;. SEPA covers &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of EU (including countries that do not use Euro), as well as Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand if you're going to send money out of Europe or even within Europe, but to country that doesn't use Euro, you're better off using third party services. See for example this question: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1154/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-send-large-amounts-of-money-from-eu-to-us/&quot;&gt;What is the cheapest way to send large amounts of money from EU to US?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; For the countries it supports I recommend &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TransferWise&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-10-29T23:55:54.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3094" CreationDate="2014-10-30T01:26:33.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;So your question is - has anyone migrated there?  Yes, yes they have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first half of 2014, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/befsvalbard/halvaar/2014-09-25&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;167 people moved to Svalbard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A total of 167 persons moved to Svalbard during the first half-year;&#xA;  61 of which were foreigners, and 158 moved away; 39 of which were&#xA;  foreigners. Overall, migration resulted in 22 more foreigners and 13&#xA;  fewer Norwegians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And these aren't just near-locals like Norweigans or Swedish:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As of 1 July 2014, people from 44 countries were living in&#xA;  Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund. The majority of the foreigners; 289&#xA;  persons, had a background from European countries, with 95 Swedes&#xA;  making up the largest group. A total of 139 persons were from Asia;&#xA;  107 of them Thais. Seventeen persons had come from as far afield as&#xA;  South America, six were from North America and five were from&#xA;  Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T01:26:33.203" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-30T06:54:15.407" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I go to New Zealand for 2 years. I need to get driving licence for travel and work. How can I get driving licence and what are costs and restrictions. I will go in January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3655" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T07:06:55.727" Title="How can I get driving licence in New Zealand on EU licence?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3109" CreationDate="2014-10-30T13:53:08.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's ok to go there as a tourist, look for a job and ask the autorities to extend your stay. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rks-gov.net/en-US/Qytetaret/InfoPerTeTuajt/Pages/LejeteQendrimitDhePunes.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;rks-gov.net&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Normally, visitors that are allowed entry into Kosovo are permitted to&#xA;  stay up to 90 days. &lt;strong&gt;The persons willing to extend their stay for more&#xA;  than 90 days should appear at the Foreigner Registration Office&lt;/strong&gt;, which&#xA;  is located in the Headquarters building at Luan Haradinaj Street in&#xA;  Prishtina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The stay permit for foreigners in Kosovo – For a longer stay in Kosovo&#xA;  the foreigners should apply at the Foreigner Registration Office for a&#xA;  stay permit in Kosovo. &lt;strong&gt;A temporary stay permit may be issued to&#xA;  foreigners for these reasons&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Tourism and entertainment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Employment and business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Studying in one of the educational institutions in Kosovo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Family union with a permanent resident of Kosovo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Family union with a member of diplomatic body in Kosovo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Marriage with a permanent resident of Kosovo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A stay permit may be extended, if the reasons the permit was issued&#xA;  have not changed and if the application for this permit was justified&#xA;  with required documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T13:53:08.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="504" CreationDate="2014-10-30T16:00:05.500" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it won't. I was deported from UK on the same charges as you were. Working on student visa which wasn't allowed and I got a US visa. Your deportation doesn't effect that case but they do ask for police clearance certificates from other countries where you have lived, which in this case is the UK and if you don't have any criminal charges then you are fine. Same happens to me and I got police certificate from the UK now I am in the USA and holding green card, too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3659" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-30T17:13:45.413" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T17:13:45.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-30T22:55:48.790" Score="6" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have temporary Mexican residency. I understand that when my civil status changes (when I get married), I have 90 days to inform the Mexican government.  However, I won't be getting married in Mexico, and we're planning to travel immediately after the wedding--hopefully in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the consequences if I don't inform them of the change quickly enough? Will I lose my residency status, or pay a fine, or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T19:20:21.203" Title="What are the consequences of waiting too long to change my civil status for my Mexican residency?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-31T07:39:23.257" Score="3" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend has recently moved from Poland to England. She is currently driving a polish registered leased vehicle, is it necessary to have UK Road Tax and who's responsibility is it to obtain it, furthermore as it stands is she legally entitled drive it in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3661" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T08:57:44.013" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T03:23:38.423" Title="Driving a Polish registered leased vehicle in England as a resident" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-08-25T08:40:32.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3152" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3248" CreationDate="2014-10-31T07:54:48.563" Score="8" ViewCount="941" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently doing a paid internship in South Korea and have a 3 Months C4 visa (something went wrong during the 6 months visa preparation). As my internship lasts for 6 Months I have to leave Korea, apply for another C4 visa and come back. Is it possible to apply for such a visa at the Korean embassy in Japan with just a tourist status? (without having a resident status in Japan)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T05:00:19.547" Title="Visa run from Korea to Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3079" CreationDate="2014-10-31T13:30:14.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably mean the family health insurance (&lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familienversicherung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Familienversicherung&lt;/a&gt;) but it woudn't cover your parents. Your insurance covers (under certain qualifications) you, your wife/husband and children, but not your parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T13:30:14.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2838" CreationDate="2014-10-31T16:47:28.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question really is &quot;Is he insured?&quot;. If the insurance policy says yes then he is - the worst that could happen is a long conversation with the police to explain this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK-issued insurance policies are typically long documents with complicated exclusions around number of consecutive days you can take your car abroad. If your Romanian-issued  policy is similarly complicated then you should check it very carefully. &#xA;If he has an accident in your car and the insurer refuses to pay you may be without a car and he may be personally liable to pay damages and/or face a criminal charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3663" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T16:47:28.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-31T18:22:53.003" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I have permission to work in Prague (Czech Republic) under an internship provided the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm a non-EEA national (Vietnamese)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;with a valid Dutch residence permit, for 'study' purposes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fulltime internship in Prague for 6 weeks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;internship is a prerequisite of my Master study program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do to obtain a permit to work for an international company in the Czech Republic?&#xA;What does my employer need to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3664" LastEditorUserId="426" LastEditDate="2014-11-02T07:54:33.070" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T17:11:41.850" Title="Can a non-EEA student with Dutch residence permit do a fulltime internship in Prague?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3157" CreationDate="2014-10-31T21:29:08.847" Score="6" ViewCount="2039" Body="&lt;p&gt;When renting an apartment in France how do I make sure that the person I'm dealing with is really the property owner? What document should I ask to see? Some countries have a register of property ownership that anyone can search online for a small fee, but that doesn't seem to be the case in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The standard rental contract says this at the bottom of page 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;et déclaré avoir reçu du bailleur un justificatif de sa qualité de&#xA;  propriétaire (relevé cadastral, facture EDF ou autres)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I could not find what this &quot;relevé cadastral&quot; is. I know what an EDF bill is, but I don't see how it proves ownership - I've had those as tenant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastEditorUserId="2411" LastEditDate="2014-11-08T12:33:45.520" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T06:41:19.323" Title="Proof of property ownership for a landlord in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3156" CreationDate="2014-11-01T07:28:31.777" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The official way to get informations about the owner of a given property is described here (in French) : &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F17759.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F17759.xhtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are supposed to get informations from the &lt;em&gt;cadastre&lt;/em&gt; that identify the property on a map with reference number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cadastre.gouv.fr/scpc/accueil.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cadastre.gouv.fr/scpc/accueil.do&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have this reference number, you need to ask to &lt;em&gt;Service de publicité foncière&lt;/em&gt; who owns this reference number property. In the case of an apartment being part of a larger building, you will also need the &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; number (which apartment in this given building). It doesn't seem you can do that online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the size of the city where you are looking for this information, you might obtain this information by phone from the mayor's office (for small cities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it is not very common in France to ask a proof of property when dealing with an owner to rent a flat as an individual. There are some examples of scams where someone seems to be the owner of an apartment (has the keys, etc.) and ask you an advance fee in cash before disappearing. This is nevertheless not very common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The common practice is to use basic clues about a potential scam : don't pay cash advances, try to get information on the property from neighbors, &lt;em&gt;gardienne&lt;/em&gt;, etc. These are maybe not the easiest for a foreigner, unfortunately, so you might consider being helped by a local friend/colleague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details about &lt;em&gt;relève cadastrale&lt;/em&gt; : there are two ways to query information. One way is to find the owner of a given building. The other way is to find all properties of a given owner. The cadastre website only allows to query by building address, and does not provide ownership information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T03:33:04.893" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T03:33:04.893" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-02T11:00:50.333" Score="3" ViewCount="1553" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Bangladeshi but for my profession currently I am living and working in Malaysia. My girlfriend is from Spain. She wants to move and live in the UK.&#xA;I know there is no problem for her to work and live in the UK but as I am non-EU citizen I can't live and work in the UK. If we get married in the UK, can we live and work there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3665" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-11-02T21:59:40.793" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T22:00:39.960" Title="Can I live and work in the UK after getting married to an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3158" CreationDate="2014-11-02T12:06:00.503" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but it's not just a case of turning up and working. There's process, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visabureau.com/uk/family-permit-married.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Bureau has you mostly covered, on the EEA Family Permit Requirements (for non-EU citizens in the UK)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People who are married to, or in a civil partnership with, an EU&#xA;  citizen are eligible to apply for an EEA Family Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, however, that your spouse must be living and working in the UK as well (sounds like you've got that covered), and you must live together, AND you must travel to the UK together (or she should already be living there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few other small details, but it's the EEA Family Permit that would get you there. If you're at all uncertain about doing the process yourself, an immigration lawyer would be a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a related question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/2500/97&quot;&gt;the process for doing this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T22:00:39.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3160" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5545" CreationDate="2014-11-02T13:37:33.890" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK national living part of the time in Catalunya. I have, and have used, my EHIC card to access health services. However I would like to establish a more permanent arrangement if possible. I understand that I can purchase health insurance. I'm also aware that there is a &quot;Cat Salut&quot; card which is available, but I don't understand the current eligibility requirements for that (I think the rules have changed not too long ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can any one advise me as to the current eligibility requirements for this card/service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3666" LastEditorUserId="3666" LastEditDate="2014-11-03T18:54:44.203" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T12:50:43.243" Title="Access to health care services in Catalunya" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="391" CreationDate="2014-11-02T19:17:16.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While voting is, as you said, mandatory, it is not actively being prosecuted. You will normally not suffer any consequences if you do not vote. There is no prosecution; the courts have other priorities. You will certainly not get a crime record. If it does go to court, it is dealt with by the Justice of the Peace, which deals with trivial matters (neighbours who have arguments, etc., and not showing up to vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception that I've heard of is for government employees who repeatedly don't vote (4 times in a 15-year-period), the cannot get a promotion, tenure, or distinction. Funnily enough, you will also be banned from voting for a 10-year-period, which is, if you haven't voted before, probably not really a punishment at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="358" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T19:17:16.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-02T21:45:30.510" Score="7" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the UK for the past 25 years on an ILR.   I am over 80 years of age and would now like to acquire British nationality  but no longer have the mental retention  to complete the comprehensive test.  Are there any exemptions made for those of senior age? I am also no longer able to travel long distances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3671" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-11-02T23:22:47.830" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T23:22:47.830" Title="Any exemption on the grounds of age for obtaining British Nationality?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3162" CreationDate="2014-11-02T22:45:29.073" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer, but apparently if you are over 65 you do not have to pass the language test and the Life in the UK test, see the links below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/english-language&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and also &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/citizenship/citizenship&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/citizenship/citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="563" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T22:45:29.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-03T04:30:53.170" Score="5" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went into the consulate the other day to apply for the renewal of my Australian passport as I was born there and haven't renewed it in the past year. I had all the documents in order and the application was approved. The Australian Passports Office website says that it only takes ten days to get a passport but they said at the consulate that it would take six weeks. Also, the online tracker doesn't seem to be working for me, I just keep getting an error page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other Aussies who could share with me their experience regarding passport waiting time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I live in Canada, the regional passport processing centre for Australia is in Washington.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3672" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T03:59:20.373" Title="Australian Passport processing Time" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-03T11:38:49.927" Score="7" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just recently received an offer to work at the UN in Rome, and I would really like to move my family over there (we're currently in the US, and are US citizens).  However, my wife is 5 months pregnant, and I found out that she will not be covered by my medical insurance.  Are there options for purchasing medical insurance?  Are the costs typically pretty reasonable?  Or, if medical insurance is not possible, what would be the costs (rough estimate) of having a child in Rome?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3675" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T02:23:46.787" Title="Having a child in Italy without medical coverage" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3166" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3167" CreationDate="2014-11-03T13:05:04.063" Score="7" ViewCount="477" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently applying for a job in Sweden and if I should get hired, me and my wife (both German citizens) will move there. As far as I understand, as I have a job there I can apply for a Swedish personal number and will therefore be within the Swedish social security system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about my wife? She will quite surely not immediately have a job when we will move there, but under which prerequisites can she join the Swedish social security and are there any benefits she can receive in the first time without having had a job there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3614" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T14:17:32.390" Title="Moving to Sweden – social security for my wife?" Tags="&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3166" CreationDate="2014-11-03T15:02:21.300" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everyone who works &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/empl_portal/SSRinEU/Your%20social%20security%20rights%20in%20Sweden_en.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or lives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Sweden is entitled to social security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The social security system comprises residence-based insurance providing minimum&#xA;  guaranteed benefits and earnings-related benefits covering loss of income. The system&#xA;  covers everyone who is resident or working in Sweden. A person who has his or her&#xA;  real domicile in Sweden is considered to be residing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/empl_portal/SSRinEU/Your%20social%20security%20rights%20in%20Sweden_en.pdf&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a general rule, any persons who come to live in Sweden are considered to be&#xA;  residing in the country if they can be presumed to be intending to stay for more than&#xA;  one year. Any persons resident in Sweden who leave the country are held to be still&#xA;  residing in Sweden if their absence can be presumed to be of no more than one year’s&#xA;  duration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if this holds for your wife as well, then she will be covered with you. If she cannot be considerd as a resident (for example she will move later once you've settled down, etc.), then while she visits you she should get an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmg.bund.de/krankenversicherung/leistungen/auslandsversicherungsschutz.html&quot;&gt;EHIC card&lt;/a&gt; from your German insurer, which will provide her basic benefits given she is still secured back in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she has moved permamently and can be considered a resident, she will be covered by the Swedish system. She should register herself &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forsakringskassan.se/sprak/eng/in_brief_about_social_insurance_(for_those_who_have_recently_arrived_in_sweden)/&quot;&gt;at the Försäkringskassan&lt;/a&gt;, which can be done using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forsakringskassan.se/wps/wcm/connect/d977fbe5-b805-4771-97a2-073d9d17fc8d/FK5456en_014_F_001.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;. At the end of the form it asks you to enclose various documents. You should include one that proves that your wife's social security insurance has ended in Germany, which would clearly signal her intent to permamentaly move to Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2014-11-03T15:09:38.517" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T15:09:38.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3149" CreationDate="2014-11-03T19:20:21.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are legally obligated to notify the Mexican government (Instituto Nacional de Migracion) within 90 days after the civil status change. See here under &quot;Registro Nacional de Extranjeros y&#xA;notificación de cambios&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inm.gob.mx/static/marco_juridico/pdf/Ley_de_Migracion_y_Reglamento.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.inm.gob.mx/static/marco_juridico/pdf/Ley_de_Migracion_y_Reglamento.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to penalties and fees, there are none directly. If you fail to report within 90 days and the Mexican government finds out you will become an &quot;irregular&quot; immigrant. You will lose some of your residency rights until you correct your irregularity, which in this case would be to report your updated civil status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unsure if they will make you file a new visa (I doubt it). If they do, the only fee I was able to find online was $7,000 MXN Pesos for 4-year temporary residency. You will want to call/contact the Instituto Nacional de Migracion for costs specific to your situation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inm.gob.mx/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.inm.gob.mx/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3677" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T19:20:21.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-04T00:14:10.990" Score="3" ViewCount="1096" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to work as a contractor for a US based company and I'm legal resident of Germany with the right for self-employment “selbständige tätigkeit gestattet”. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The german rules seem to say that if you are a freelancer, you &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; have more than 1 client and you can't earn more than 80% of your income from the same client. (sources – &lt;a href=&quot;http://raptcat.com/2014/04/01/tax-tips-for-freelancers-in-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.contractoruk.com/overseas_guides/contractors_questions_how_to_go_freelance_in_germa_4750.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are plenty of projects that can last 6 or 12 months and that will pay normal monthly salary – so there wouldn't be any need to work for another client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I get the rules right? Is there a way around this limitation? Would registering as “trader” possibly help? If so, what are the implications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPD. couple of relevant links (still not making it clear though)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t71971.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Freelancer vs. self-employed - Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t246495.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Applying for Freiberufler as a software engineer - Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t264781.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Working as a freelancer on oDesk - Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257" LastEditorUserId="257" LastEditDate="2014-11-04T01:13:38.997" LastActivityDate="2019-11-12T23:51:18.167" Title="Contract work for US company based in Germany" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3165" CreationDate="2014-11-04T02:23:46.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have universal healthcare so there is no such thing as &quot;health insurance&quot; here. Your employer have to pay taxes on your behalf that cover that. You have to register with your doctor of the mutua though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you to go in hospitals in the north for any serious problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3678" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T02:23:46.787" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3170" CreationDate="2014-11-04T06:27:10.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your understanding more-or-less matches what I know about the rules (and there are similar rules in other European countries), although I believe that the threshold is not part of the law anymore. Since 1999, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_4/__7.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;new criteria&lt;/a&gt; are receiving “directives” (&lt;em&gt;Weisungen&lt;/em&gt;) from your client and being “integrated in the organization”. Since you are working remotely, presumably don't have a desk, a telephone or fixed presence times at your client's site, this should work in your favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is that if you meet those criteria, you are doing what an employee does and you and your employer are using your status to circumvent social insurance payments or employees' rights (protection against unfair dismissal, paid maternity leave, etc.) If you read German, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheinselbst%C3%A4ndigkeit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nice overview of the legal background on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Payments to the pension system are a particular concern in Germany, as the definition I gave above comes from the &lt;em&gt;Sozialgesetzbuch&lt;/em&gt; and one organization that's especially active in fighting &lt;em&gt;Scheinselbständigkeit&lt;/em&gt; (false self-employment) is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Rentenversicherung_Bund&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DRV&lt;/a&gt;. My understanding is that they regularly send out questionnaires to employers/clients to detect bogus self-employed people and they can demand payment of the pension system contributions &lt;strong&gt;retroactively&lt;/strong&gt; (that would be the main implication and could get very expensive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your employer is in the US, my guess is that this would be less of a concern for you but I have no first-hand experience with this and really no idea whether it's possible to go around these rules or not. Some of the things I read seem to suggest that having your compensation defined per diem, instead of monthly, could help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that many of the people posting on Toytown would have been working for German employers or at least EU-based employers (hence the need to deal with VAT), which does not apply to you. So here again, it might make your situation a bit easier although I would definitely seek the advice of a tax advisor, at least regarding your income tax situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Handelsvertreter&lt;/em&gt; idea you mentioned in your deleted answer might work for all I know but to me it sounds like fraud, plain and simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-04T08:49:21.013" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T08:49:21.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-04T10:15:36.013" Score="2" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-EU citizen and my girlfriend  from Spain. I am Bangladesh national. Can we get married in the consulate of Spain in Bangladesh or have to try  somewhere (neighboring  countries) else?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3665" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T04:41:46.263" LastActivityDate="2015-05-31T04:41:46.263" Title="Can we get married in the consulate?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3175" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3177" CreationDate="2014-11-04T15:01:20.647" Score="5" ViewCount="1223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a green card holder who originally entered the US on a student visa, married an American and got a green card. I'm now looking to get citizenship, but I'm in a bit of a bind about the selective service requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I got my green card (in 2002) I had just turned 26 the previous October. I &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; that when I first started the application for my green card, I must have been 25 (I was 25 when I got married) and I registered for selective service. However, the selective service has no record of me registering, but I must have done or it would have been an issue applying for a green card (and I distinctly remember registering at the post office). I believe what might have happened is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was 25 when I started my green card application, so I registered for selective service. However, at that point I was a &lt;em&gt;lawful non-immigrant&lt;/em&gt; still so, I'm guessing, I wasn't registered immediately? Does it become pending at that point? Is it even possible to register if you are a &lt;em&gt;non-immigrant&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By the time my green card process was finished and I became an &lt;em&gt;immigrant&lt;/em&gt; I had already turned 26.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My selective service registration at this point would have been rejected (in which case, letting me know might have been nice) because now I'm too old.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So looking at the &lt;code&gt;n-400&lt;/code&gt; form, part &lt;code&gt;11&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;#46 A&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Are you a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthday?&#xA;(This does not include living in the United States as a lawful nonimmigrant)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I original checked &quot;Yes&quot;, but then realized I had no idea what my selective service number was (for part B). Now I'm thinking I should just check &quot;No&quot; and leave it at that. I was a &lt;em&gt;nonimmigrant&lt;/em&gt; until I turned 26, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that sound right? Should I just check &quot;No&quot; and move on? Or is this something I need to worry about? I had been living under the belief that I was registered up until now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3681" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T22:02:09.157" Title="Selective Service Requirements" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3155" CreationDate="2014-11-04T15:26:39.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find the information (in English) about foreign employment in Czech Republic on the portal of &lt;a href=&quot;https://portal.mpsv.cz/sz/zahr_zam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the law was changed a few months ago, and some English pages state that English translation is still in the process of proofreading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2379" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T15:26:39.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3175" CreationDate="2014-11-04T15:55:52.343" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few discussions and answer to these particular question elsewhere on the interweb:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/99235-N-400-Selective-service-question&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immihelp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short you should have answered &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; since you were on a student visa but it may not matter anyway because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/forms/tips-filing-form-n-400-application-naturalization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;according to USCIS&lt;/a&gt; you don't need to submit status information letter from Selective Service since by my calculation you should be 39 by now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Item 46.C.2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you answered “Yes” and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are more than 31 years old when you apply OR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are over age 29 and applying based on marriage to a U.S. citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you do not need to submit a status information letter from the Selective Service or a written statement explaining why you did not register &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing you could attach would be that you have attempted to register during your application for Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-11-04T16:17:15.897" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T16:17:15.897" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3178" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6016" CreationDate="2014-11-04T16:13:24.973" Score="5" ViewCount="13644" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the form to apply for US citizenship (N-400) Part 11, item 9A asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, any organizations, &#xA; associations, fund, foundation, party, club, society or similar group in the United States&#xA; or in any other location in the world?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then 9B asks you to list those groups (name, purpose and dates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That seems &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; broad. What would or would not count here? Obviously membership in a political organization would, but presumably a local book club wouldn't? And surely various internet forums can't count!?! Where's the line here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3681" LastEditorUserId="3681" LastEditDate="2014-11-05T13:55:33.680" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T18:34:08.090" Title="What groups should you / must you disclose?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-04T20:32:59.990" Score="2" ViewCount="508" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I want to become a digital nomad next March in the Philippines. I'm also working on a startup with a few Filipinos, with whom we already won Startup Weekend Manila and so far it seems promising. We're hoping to have our first potential clients for beta testing with our product in January to February (we already have the clients, just need to finish the development of the product), so hopefully there'll be small revenue shortly after this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there won't be fast enough traction however, I need to freelance. That's where I am confused. If I stay in the Philippines as a tourist and I set up a company in say Hong Kong, how exactly is that possible? In theory as I'm planning to move abroad in the long term and I won't be in Germany anyway, I should sign off from my place of residence and so on, right? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how exactly is it possible to register a company as a digital nomad if you're not really registered living as a citizen in a specific country? I'd only be on a tourist visa at least for as long until my startup has real revenue and we need to register our business, which would grant me a more &quot;legal&quot; visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3685" LastEditorUserId="3685" LastEditDate="2014-11-04T20:42:11.570" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T07:04:04.257" Title="Digital nomad on tourist visa with registered business - registered citizen where?" Tags="&lt;philippines&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3175" CreationDate="2014-11-04T22:02:09.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for adjustment of status doesn't affect your existing status. You were still in F-1 nonimmigrant status until either you violate the terms of that status (e.g. if you stopped going to school, or you work outside of school outside of OPT, etc.) or you get permanent residency. If you were still in F-1 status until after you turned 26, then you were never required to register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T22:02:09.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3180" CreationDate="2014-11-04T22:21:47.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many (some? most?) countries do not have a concept of “registration” like Germany (and a few other countries like the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, etc.) has. That's an idea you need to lose to think clearly about the issue. In countries that don't have that, you would be deemed a resident based on the length or the intent of your stay. But that's not really the main problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on local law, registering a corporation typically does not require you to reside or even be in the country. So it's just a matter of finding a place with convenient rules, perhaps paying someone to take care of the paperwork and you can have a legal entity to take care of your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not to say that you can do whatever you want with a tourist or visitor visa. Usually, you don't. In particular, working is often restricted so if your company is actually doing something (say producing software), you need to have the right to work (and probably pay taxes on your income) wherever you actually are whenever you perform the work. And you don't need to be “registered” or meet the criteria for residency to be breaking the law or owing taxes when working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that if you spend time hacking for your own startup or freelancing for some clients while living in the Philippines, you would be violating the conditions of your visa (although it's also possible that they don't care, I really don't know much about the Philippines). In practice, such rules are difficult to enforce strictly and if your company, your bank and your clients are located somewhere else and you don't spend too much time in the country, you might get away with ignoring them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3045/as-a-digital-nomad-is-it-possible-to-live-such-that-one-owes-no-tax-obligation&quot;&gt;As a digital nomad, is it possible to live such that one owes no tax obligation?&lt;/a&gt; for a related discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T07:04:04.257" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-05T05:44:01.033" Score="3" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;American mother and UK father married and living in states for past 23 years. now would like children to have dual citizenship... Do they qualify for British Citizenship, and what is the appropriate form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3687" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-11-05T23:59:51.590" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T01:40:19.660" Title="Do children of UK citizen working for past 23 yrs in US with green card qualify for British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3185" CreationDate="2014-11-05T14:30:07.717" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based solely upon the information you have given, the children may have a claim to being &quot;British by Descent&quot;. They would acquire all the trappings of full British citizenship but do not have the ability to pass their citizenship on to their children.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer assumes that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the father is British otherwise than by descent (i.e., born in the UK to British parents);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the children were born after 1983 and before 2006 and the father is listed on the birth certificate; and they have not yet reached the age of 18.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the children were born outside of a British territory or British overseas territory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T14:30:07.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3187" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3188" CreationDate="2014-11-05T14:36:17.783" Score="6" ViewCount="1295" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a conviction for a speeding offence have an adverse impact on  GC application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sentence carries a fine and a 4 points penalty.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-11-05T15:38:15.293" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T15:38:15.293" Title="Can a speeding citation/conviction prevent receiving a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3187" CreationDate="2014-11-05T15:27:57.177" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer may heavily depend on the circumstances but in general a speeding ticket won't be an issue according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-485instr.pdf&quot;&gt;instructions to I-485&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Unless a traffic insident was alcohol or drug-related, you do not need to submit documentation for traffic fines and incidents that did not involve an actual arrest if the only penalty was a fine of less then $500 and/or points on your driver's license.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-485.pdf&quot;&gt;form itself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you ever been arrested, fined, cited, ...., excluding traffic violations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T15:27:57.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3178" CreationDate="2014-11-05T15:37:32.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the way it was explained to me once before:  This question has to do with the one immediately below it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the information that is being looked for is any charitable, political, professional organizations.  To give some examples Alumni associations, ACM, Rotary Clubs, Knights of Columbus, would qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other organizations would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_movement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Young Pioneers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komsomol&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Komsomol&lt;/a&gt; or similar...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T15:37:32.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3190" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3202" CreationDate="2014-11-05T19:32:14.973" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;On occasion I've found that there are programs set up for bringing people of particular ethnicity or technical skills into the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to find what programs like this are currently in effect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T05:05:34.613" Title="Special Interest immigration" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3185" CreationDate="2014-11-05T22:05:30.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If at the time of the child's birth, the father was a &quot;British citizen&quot; (there are other kinds of British nationals; but if he is from the UK then he is almost certainly a British citizen) &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (i.e. citizen by birth in the UK, or citizen by naturalization or registration), then the children would be automatically (and involuntarily) British citizens by descent at the time of birth. There are some complications if born out of wedlock to only a British father before 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;excerpt &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61#section-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Nationality Act of 1981, section 2&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2 Acquisition by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) A person born outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying&#xA;  territories after commencement shall be a British citizen if at the&#xA;  time of the birth his father or mother—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) is a British citizen otherwise than by descent; or ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a British citizen, the child can (if he/she chooses to) apply for a British passport at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-11-07T01:40:19.660" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T01:40:19.660" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-06T02:55:28.000" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I move to Panama permanently full time what do I have to do to avoid paying U.S. federal income tax on my federal govt pension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3693" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-11-06T10:20:32.003" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T20:40:04.630" Title="U.S. federal income tax exemption for Panama expatriates" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3193" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3196" CreationDate="2014-11-06T19:11:55.037" Score="8" ViewCount="1133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm self employed American, currently living in the US, and have the possibility of becoming an Austrian citizen. Once I do this can I move to and live permanently in the UK (and continue to be self employed there)? What are the delays involved or residence requirement involved? Can I for example, move to the UK and live in the UK indefinitely immediately after acquiring Austrian citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3697" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T15:10:45.700" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T15:10:45.700" Title="If I adopt Austrian citizenship can I live in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3193" CreationDate="2014-11-06T20:14:15.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can. See e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/rights-conditions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;. You will obviously need to follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/migrantworkers/self-employed.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;all the local regulations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can continue to reside in the UK as long as you fulfill the conditions (I don't know exactly what they are for self-employed people, I suppose some genuine activity is required, merely registering yourself as self-employed might not be enough) or qualify in some other way (e.g. take up employment). After 5 years under this regime you would become a permanent resident and, under current EU rules, you could then stay in the UK indefinitely even if you give up your activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/uk/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK does not require any registration for EEA citizens&lt;/a&gt;. It is therefore not necessary to provide any proof of your status (although the UK could require it under current EU rules and there is some talk of introducing something like that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-07T13:07:18.287" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T13:07:18.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3192" CreationDate="2014-11-06T20:40:04.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only way not to have to file US Tax Returns is to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Expatriation-Tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;give up your US citizenship or residency&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/U.S.-Citizens-and-Resident-Aliens-Abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS&lt;/a&gt; and related questions on this site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be possibilities depending on tax treaties in place to avoid paying taxes both in Panama and the US but you will need to look into it or consult an accountant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T20:40:04.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3193" CreationDate="2014-11-06T21:42:51.730" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. Having an EU passport, you're allowed to freely move, stay and live permanently in any other EU country (there were some exceptions with recent countries joined in EU but all these have been lifted now). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's a good idea to check Austrian naturalization laws and ensure that they don't have any T&amp;amp;Cs for their citizenship. For example, in Ireland if you get Irish citizenship and you're not intending to stay permanently in Ireland, they have the right to revoke your citizenship (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_naturalisation.html&quot;&gt;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_naturalisation.html&lt;/a&gt;) unless you go through certain &quot;hoops&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3700" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T21:42:51.730" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2502" CreationDate="2014-11-07T00:02:41.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Capital Amount Required&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have a significant amount of money to invest (more than £200,000), or are sponsored by a venture capital firm, you are unlikely to be able to come to the UK based only on your role as a shareholder/founder of a business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa&lt;/a&gt; is the primary method of entry for people wanting to come to the UK to set up a business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two investment levels:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;£50,000 capital - this is primarily for people that are being sponsored by a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/access-to-50000-investment-funds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;registered venture capital firm or similar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;£200,000 capital - if you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/access-to-200000-investment-funds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;setting up your own business with private investors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few requirements for this visa. You need to be able to speak English, and be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;eligible given the UK government points scoring system&lt;/a&gt;. You also need to be a company director.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, you will need to show savings above and beyond the investment amount, so as to be able to support yourself. The above pages have additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are eligible for this visa, you would be able to apply for 3 year residency. The visa can be extended by another 2 years, but only if your business has created &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;two full time jobs that have existed for at least 12 months&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 5 years in the country, you would be eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain (IRL) - which allows you to live in the country permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can bring family with you (though you need to show additional savings to support them). Your spouse will most likely be able to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa or Exceptional Talent Visa&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're setting up your own business, and have a well recognised degree (probably a PhD), you might be eligible for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-graduate-entrepreneur-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Graduate Entrepreneur&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-exceptional-talent/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Exceptional Talent&lt;/a&gt; visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that there are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; few of these issued per year, and this is quite an unlikely route. Less than 200 exceptional talent visas for technical businesses are issued per year according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/news/2014-03-31/uk-will-issue-fewer-than-200-tier-1-exceptional-talent-tech-visas-per-year&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Ancestry&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mention you are South African, you might find that you or your spouse are are eligible for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;. This visa would allow you to live in the UK, set up your own business, or work for any company you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are numerous complicated rules related to dates of birth and locations of parents/grandparent's births to take into account with the Ancestry visa. Some people find out that they are actually already British Citizens, or eligible for Ancestry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an automated site that attempts to work out your eligibility automatically at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whatpassport.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WhatPassport.com&lt;/a&gt;. Please note that registration and your email address required. As the rules change, they will inform you if your eligibility changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I've not used WhatPassport's visa services at all. If you use the site, you should make your own judgement as to whether to use them or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-07T08:54:02.463" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T08:54:02.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-07T02:09:33.090" Score="5" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sten son has a Spanish citizenship and I'm moving to Spain with a work visa I'd like to know if my wife can apply for a visa in Spain based on the premise that her kid has dual citizenship (Brazil and Spain).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3701" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-26T08:03:05.770" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T11:35:59.717" Title="If step son has Spanish citizenship, I have work permit, can my wife apply for residence/work visa in Spain?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1296" CreationDate="2014-11-07T12:55:36.557" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am answering it myself since I went over the entire situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's simple - Schengen Visa and German National Visa (for student in my case) are different and independent. The consulate will not consider the rules of Schengen visa when you apply for a National Visa. It means if you fulfill all the criteria of getting National Visa, get all the mandatory documents and apply for the National visa properly, you will get the visa based on the selection criteria of the national visa. The rule for Schenge Visa won't be taken in consideration at all (which is probably the only logical thing to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for the German National Visa for Student after getting Schengen Visa, as mentioned in the question, and got it without any problem. Hope it helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3704" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T12:55:36.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3204" CreationDate="2014-11-07T22:10:03.973" Score="6" ViewCount="7888" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an UK resident and thinking about buying car and of course insure it. I have an EU driving licence. In terms of insurance, will that have a negative impact? Should I exchange it for a UK licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3705" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2014-11-08T15:21:34.213" LastActivityDate="2018-10-06T14:58:09.237" Title="Exchange from EU to UK driving licence: is it worth it? Will that make the insurance cheaper?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3206" CreationDate="2014-11-08T02:25:24.113" Score="2" ViewCount="3740" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long Story Short: I'm a graduate student looking to move to Australia for work from the USA. During my first year of graduate school, I fell into being &quot;in the wrong place at the wrong time&quot; and was detained for &quot;Intoxicated in Public&quot;. Me, not knowing any better to get a lawyer to get it off my record, just paid the fine to get it over with and moved on with my life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put this in scope, this is my first encounter with Police and have never been in trouble. So this is the only thing on my record now. Specifically I would be interested in a work Visa, and obviously anyone looking into getting a visa is required to provide a &quot;certificate of good conduct&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading Up on this, an Intoxicated in public arrest is a misdemeanor everywhere except Alaska.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also would I have to provide a FBI Records check, or could I provide a local/state police report?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3691" LastActivityDate="2014-11-09T18:39:51.893" Title="Does having a misdemeanor on my criminal record affect chances of getting a Australian/NZ Visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3190" CreationDate="2014-11-08T05:05:34.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. It is called &quot;INA&quot; - Immigration and Nationality Act. You can find it in any legal library (including virtual ones). It is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/act.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;available freely&lt;/a&gt; on the USCIS website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically you probably want to read Chapters 1 and 2 of Title II of the act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, all the immigration and admission classes and categories are coded in statute, so you just need to read it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T05:05:34.613" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2835" CreationDate="2014-11-08T10:10:10.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But what US taxes would be due? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US taxes its residents on worldwide income. So regular taxes will be due.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I have to pay the Self Employment tax for foreign income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is self employment - yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or would it just be some income tax? And would state, city and school&#xA;  district tax me on my foreign income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind horrendous amount of reporting you'll need to do in the US if you have foreign bank accounts, foreign companies, foreign pensions, foreign investments, etc etc. Better talk to a licensed tax adviser (EA/CPA) who's familiar with all that and the relevant tax treaties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T10:10:10.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3200" CreationDate="2014-11-08T16:39:24.783" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Insurance companies can decide what to penalise or not. The best way to figure out what your quote would be whether you have a full UK or just a full EEA licence is to get a quote for both of them and compare the prices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I had the same question in mind as well I did check a few (usually cheap) insurance companies about their price by checking how much it would be if I have a full UK and how much will it be if I have a full EEA licence. In the end, &lt;strong&gt;the quote did not change for me at all&lt;/strong&gt;. Now, this is just some personal observation, so the best thing you could do is to also check whether you'd be better off with exchanging your licence or not. Generally just for insurance purposes, it shouldn't matter at all (there might be EU/EEA laws involved why they have the same price, but I'm not sure)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there are also some other stuff you need to be aware:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only exhange your Portugal licence, if you have obtained that licence in Portugal, and not via an exchange from another country, like Brazil. In the latter case you can only drive with that licence for a year after which you need to do the exam again, practically &lt;strong&gt;becoming a first time driver again&lt;/strong&gt;. There are some countries (called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;designated countries&lt;/a&gt;) which are exempt from this rule though. If you did pass your driving test in one of these, you don't need to re-take the exam. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once your licence is past it's original validity and you are still a UK resident, you cannot extend the validity of your Portugal licence (as you can only do that if you are a Portugal resident), you have to exchange it to a UK one. By exchanging it you will autmatically get a new validity date (usually 10 years). You will &lt;strong&gt;still keep your accrued driving years&lt;/strong&gt;, as that time is determined from the time you passed your driving test and not from the time you exchanged your licence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The new licence you get will be dated from the day you got your driving licence, and will also be marked as &quot;exchanged&quot;. For example if you exchanged a Portugal licence, you will see &quot;70P&quot; as a comment, meaning that the driving licence test was actually passed in Portugal. If you had exchanged your licence multiple times, it would always show the originating country, e.g. where you got your licence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that if you have an insurance in portugal you might also try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2812/can-you-move-your-no-claims-bonus-between-eu-countries&quot;&gt;move your No Claims Bonus&lt;/a&gt; from Portugal to your new insurance in the UK. This doesn't work with all insurance companies, so you might want to talk to them whether they accept the Portugal bonus or not. If they do however, that can benefit the initial premioum on your quote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T12:39:08.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3201" CreationDate="2014-11-09T18:39:51.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The specific &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Help/Pages/character-police/requirements.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;good character requirements for Australia&lt;/a&gt; indicate that you will be disqualified if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you have a substantial criminal record, meaning you have been sentenced to 12 months or more in prison, or multiple sentences that add up to more than 24 months in prison. A suspended sentence is considered a prison sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you only paid a fine, this does not disqualify you, but you still should disclose it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must declare all recorded offences to us. If you do not declare an offence and we become aware of this it might have a negative impact on your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page linked above also gives links to how to get the required police certificates for each country. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Help/Locations/Pages/USA.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;For the United States&lt;/a&gt;, you are directed to get &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; an FBI records check and a records check from the state police of the state you live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2014-11-09T18:39:51.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3207" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3208" CreationDate="2014-11-10T00:21:18.327" Score="2" ViewCount="1578" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply for jobs if I come to Germany as a visitor ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The details:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm a Canadian citizen and I work in tech (which I've been told is a less regulated field to get into).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm aware of the YMA between Canada and Germany, but that requires that I have arrangements before I leave and I'm trying to keep my options open. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been in contact with some people from the German embassy and I have to say I'm a little confused. The info on the Foreign Office website says I can enter Germany as a visitor (no visa) and apply for residence (just like that ?) but the embassy staff told me that's if I already have a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried this, entering as a visitor then look for a job ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2194" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T15:52:20.413" Title="Can I look for work in Germany as a visitor?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3207" CreationDate="2014-11-10T05:54:42.090" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the restrictions I am aware of are explicitly about work (&lt;em&gt;Erwerbstätigkeit&lt;/em&gt;) and there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Migration/Arbeiten/BuergerDrittstaat/Arbeitsplatzsuche/arbeitsplatzsuche-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;distinct visas to look for jobs&lt;/a&gt; that do not allow working so it would seem to imply that “looking for a job” is a distinct category and therefore OK to do as a visitor (being an EU citizen, I don't need a visa and I have no first-hand experience with that so this is only based on my reading of the rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Canadian citizen, you can indeed apply for a residence permit from within the country but it is merely a procedural difference (and it applies equally to other long-term visas, e.g. spousal visas). “Apply” means just that, it does not mean that you will get a permit “just like that” but only that, if you are already in Germany on a visa-free visit, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/02-Arbeiten.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you are not &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; to go back to Canada&lt;/a&gt; to request a change of status. But you still need a job offer to have any chance of success with your application. By contrast, people from most other countries are required to leave Germany, apply from outside and wait for a work visa somewhere else than Germany, otherwise the authorities won't entertain their application at all, even if they have an impressive resume and a solid job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that the recruitment process in Germany could be quite different from what you are used to in Canada. Traditionally you need to submit a whole file with certificates from each of your previous employers, all your grades all the way back to secondary school, a photograph of yourself, etc. Some startups use a more informal style and maybe having some highly sought-after skills or being a native speaker of English could help you land a job quickly but otherwise the process last several months from first contact to job offer. Since you do need to have an offer lined up to apply for the residence permit, that does not leave a whole lot of time to look for work on a 90-day visit (might it be what the embassy staff meant?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding IT jobs, “less regulated” means a lower salary threshold to qualify for some visas and a little less paperwork but you still need an authorization/residence permit in any case. See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2463/apply-for-a-german-working-visa-without-invitation/2464&quot;&gt;Apply for a German working visa without Invitation&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T15:52:20.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3213" CreationDate="2014-11-10T20:54:52.143" Score="3" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;A certain application for permanent residency in Canada requires submission of the results from one of several English language proficiency tests, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.celpiptest.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. Are tests like this easy for native speakers? I have lived in the US for many years and English is my native language. Should I buy the study materials? I wonder if it would be a waste of money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3711" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T02:16:29.050" Title="Would a native English speaker need to buy the study materials for an English proficiency test?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3209" CreationDate="2014-11-11T02:16:29.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer the top-line question -- no, if you're a native English speaker the tests should be no more difficult that anything you'd encounter in day to day life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there's plenty of free test materials if you want to convince yourself of this, here's some practice stuff from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cael.ca/taker/Rainforest.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Canadian Academic English Language Assessment&lt;/a&gt; and here's another one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examenglish.com/cpe/cpe_reading_part1.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;generic proficiency test&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These tests are to prove you can get along with general English (speaking, reading, and writing) enough to cope with day-to-day interactions. They're not designed to prove some deep college level understanding of the subtleties of the English language. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be some quirks of grammar or understanding that you get wrong depending where you learnt English (i.e. American English vs British English vs Canadian English), but you should pass the test easily -- just the fact that you wrote the question properly proves that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to practice first, if you're worried, but there are plenty of free resources -- definitely don't go paying for study material. You might also want to read through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/any-native-english-speakers-who-have-taken-the-ielts-t48688.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this (2010) thread&lt;/a&gt; for more info. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T02:16:29.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-11T09:13:39.103" Score="6" ViewCount="3737" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just arrived in Paris (November 2014). Are there any programs for foreigners that you can learn French? I would prefer something free if it is possible. Like if there is a state program.&#xA;Time is not an issue, as I'm planning to stay here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="th3m" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-11-12T03:21:48.157" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T14:03:22.367" Title="Good public school to learn French in Paris?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3214" CreationDate="2014-11-11T11:54:10.817" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Free French Courses&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of publicly advertised &lt;em&gt;free&lt;/em&gt; French courses in Paris, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=mjc%20cours%20de%20francais%20paris&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&amp;amp;client=iceweasel-a&amp;amp;channel=fflb#rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&amp;amp;channel=fflb&amp;amp;q=cours%20francais%20gratuit%20paris&quot;&gt;a quick google search seems to agree with me&lt;/a&gt;. However I can speculate that you could find &lt;strong&gt;local cultural/religious groups that might offer such courses&lt;/strong&gt;. You could for example go to your local church/mosque/synagogue/temple and try asking people there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also say it is safe to assume that the &lt;strong&gt;local expatriate communities&lt;/strong&gt; might have organised something. It would be up to you to find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Paying for the Courses&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paris.fr/pratique/cours-pour-adultes-cours-du-soir/apprentissage-du-francais/parisiens-ou-apprendre-le-francais/rub_10188_stand_123888_port_25623&quot;&gt;This website&lt;/a&gt; lists various possible non-free cost-effective solutions, including municipal course, activity centres and cultural associations. Lucky for you, the website is in French. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Municipal Course&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The municipal course by the Mairie de Paris (Mayor of Paris) look fairly cost-effective. They offer annual courses, both day and night lessons, for all possible language levels (A1-C2) and educational groups. More information can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://cma.paris.fr/&quot;&gt;website of the Mairie de Paris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Alliance Française&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option could be the Alliance Française which offer various paying courses. These are more expensive than municipal courses, however they might be better in terms of one-to-one tutoring and &quot;reputation&quot; of the school. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alliancefr.org/etudiants-individuels/cours-de-francais-2015&quot;&gt;The full syllabus can be found here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" OwnerDisplayName="JoErNanO" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2014-11-11T21:15:00.240" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T21:15:00.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3214" CreationDate="2014-11-11T15:00:30.047" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It maybe isn't a formal (free) course, but I would recommend teaching English. When I stayed in Paris I lived for over a year in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ciup.fr&quot;&gt;cite universitaire&lt;/a&gt;. On the campus there was a Espace langues, where volunteers taught foreign languages to French speakers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I volunteered to teach English. Not many french are interested in learning Dutch :(. The courses were typically 4-6 weeks and mainly consisted on conversation courses. &#xA;While I was teaching English, I learned that I actually got to practice my French as well. It appeared to be a great opportunity to meet locals and I still have some good friends among my former pupils. Usually we spoke english during the course, but afterwards at party the main language was French. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While in Paris, I wouldn't rely to much on formal classes, since you can have the real thing everywhere, every day. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually started formal classes after leaving france, to keep the level I had while living there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" OwnerDisplayName="Andra" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T15:00:30.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3214" CreationDate="2014-11-11T20:54:49.650" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are a few options I know of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Everywhere in France, the local GRETA, a part of the &lt;em&gt;Éducation nationale&lt;/em&gt; (the government department in charge of education), offers lifelong learning opportunities, including French as a second language courses for immigrants. Here are links for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greta-iledefrance.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Greater Paris area&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://dafco.scola.ac-paris.fr/AC/Accueil.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paris itself&lt;/a&gt; (the website is not very easy to use, scroll down to “Rechercher une formation” and select “Langues - FLE” under “Domaine”).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The CNED is another part of the same department, in charge of distance learning. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cned.fr/vie-active/formation-professionnelle/fle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;They have French courses as well&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Alliance française&lt;/em&gt; is a private organization funded primarily by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It's mostly tasked with promoting French culture abroad rather than helping migrants in France and therefore offers (pricey) courses in various places around the world but it does also have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alliancefr.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a center in Paris&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A peculiarity: In Paris the municipality offers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paris.fr/pratique/cours-pour-adultes-cours-du-soir/apprentissage-du-francais/parisiens-ou-apprendre-le-francais/rub_10188_stand_123888_port_25623&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French language courses for adults&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/Accueil-et-accompagnement/L-apprentissage-du-francais/Les-dispositifs-d-apprentissage-du-francais-pour-les-etrangers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of the Interior also provides courses through the OFII&lt;/a&gt; (not sure if you have to pay for them or not, apparently they are more-or-less mandatory for some people applying on a specific type of visa/residence permit so maybe not the best environment to learn).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universities offer French language courses as well. Usually, they are only intended for their own students (including international students) but do consider the fact that registering at the university in France is not very expensive and also comes with cheap health insurance and can be helpful to get/renew a visa. Depending on your situation, pursuing some university degree could be interesting for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fle.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FLE.fr&lt;/a&gt; is a private website with many links to private and public institutes. I didn't know it before looking up info to prepare this answer but it seems useful. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dglflf.culture.gouv.fr/ressources/ressources_fle.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of Culture has some useful links as well&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useful to know: What you are looking for is called “Français langue étrangère” or “Français langue seconde” in French (technically “langue seconde” is something slightly different).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-12T10:27:29.973" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T10:27:29.973" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-12T08:17:00.277" Score="5" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in the UK from 1976 - 1989 and am currently living in Italy. I would like to return to work and live in the UK. Is my previous NI number still valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3720" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T21:00:53.300" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T21:00:53.300" Title="National Insurance Number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3219" CreationDate="2014-11-12T08:31:11.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could find several sources confirming that the National insurance number does not expire, so your NI number is still valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/data-and-resources/data-sources-and-limitations/national-insurance-numbers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://britishexpats.com/forum/moving-back-uk-61/using-national-insurance-number-after-25-years-abroad-487638/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;britishexpats.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T08:31:11.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5508" CreationDate="2014-11-12T09:05:32.693" Score="1" ViewCount="638" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am single, 25 years old, software engineer with 2.5 years of working experience. I want to apply for immigrant visa from Pakistan to Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much money in account is satisfactory for applying &quot;Work and Live in Australia&quot; category?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3694" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-11-13T23:12:08.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T02:41:36.017" Title="How much money in account is satisfactory for applying to Work and Live in Australia (Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189))?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-11-12T09:58:54.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://venmo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Venmo&lt;/a&gt; is an app for small payments among friends that's gaining some popularity in US. However, from outside US you'd probably have to use credit card, which would incur 3% fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T09:58:54.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-12T23:39:57.883" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is actually a question a friend of mine had that I couldn't answer directly and really don't know the laws specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a person already has dual citizenship (specifically American and Dutch) but was born Dutch are they still required to follow travel resrictions to Cuba?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unlawful for an American citizen to travel to Cuba since the trade embargo without being granted permission. Most countries do not require a visa up front when traveling as an American citizen and a visa can easily be obtained upon arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are ways around this rule but without bending or breaking the law of the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would such a travel under a Dutch visa be detrimental to a US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3722" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-11-13T03:46:16.487" LastActivityDate="2014-11-13T03:46:16.487" Title="Dual Citizenship travel to Cuba via America" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-11-13T05:05:15.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-13T00:10:32.650" Score="3" ViewCount="999" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike others, my story have a bit different. My father is a French before I was born. However, due to the difficulty of Vietnamese government, he could not admit me as his son. Now, VN accepted dual citizenship and many new policies. My father also made me as his son through DNA testing and I am officially became his son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I wonder do I need an interview to have French nationality? I am 18, living in USA as a F1 student. I have never been to France so far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3723" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-13T09:38:32.987" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T09:12:57.000" Title="Can I have French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6078" CreationDate="2014-11-13T06:27:07.593" Score="7" ViewCount="7459" Body="&lt;p&gt;My children and I will soon be Australian dual nationals. My wife insists that some of her friends in a similar situation have never bothered applying for Australian passports for their kids: instead, they apparently use their foreign passports to exit and re-enter Australia. (Their parents do have Australian passports.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/travel/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship Australia&lt;/a&gt; says this should be impossible, but proceeds to contradict itself by saying it's actually possible but difficult:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an Australian citizen you must always leave and enter Australia on an Australian passport. ... People trying to enter Australia as an Australian citizen but without an Australian passport face difficulties and delays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Passport Office, though, only says that you &quot;should&quot; use an Australian passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to travel on a valid foreign passport if you are a dual national, but you should enter and leave Australia on your Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/dual-nationals.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Smartraveller&lt;/a&gt; makes the obvious point that without an Australian visa or passport, airlines are unlikely to let them board:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An Australian citizen who arrives without an Australian passport may be delayed until their identity and claims to enter Australia have been checked. If a foreign passport holder claims to be an Australian citizen, immigration officers must confirm and verify this through official databases, which will cause delays. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the absence of an Australian passport, airlines are unable to verify a claim of Australian citizenship at the time of check-in and may refuse boarding. The airline may have to make inquiries with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Australia seeking approval to carry the passenger, which takes time and may cause delays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's the deal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And yes, we'll be getting passports for the kids. To me it sounds like a pretty minimal cost to avoid potentially serious hassle. But I'm still curious.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T04:35:14.317" LastActivityDate="2019-04-12T11:53:32.773" Title="Leaving Australia as a dual national but without an Australian passport" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3225" CreationDate="2014-11-13T09:41:40.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were born to a French father, then you are most likely already a French citizen. You don't need to &lt;em&gt;become&lt;/em&gt; one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, it depends on what you mean by “officially became his son”. If you have paperwork to prove both his citizenship at the time of your birth and the fact that he is legally your father to the satisfaction of the French authorities, then you should be able to get your French citizenship recognized. It's not up to the consulate to grant you citizenship or not, you “just” have to prove to them that you already have it. The fact that your father is presumably not mentioned on your birth certificate does make things a bit more complicated however. I am not sure exactly how you should go about proving all that in this case. Worse case, you will need to fight for it in front of the court system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, the two main avenues to actually become a French citizen without being born as one (namely “&lt;em&gt;naturalisation&lt;/em&gt;” and “&lt;em&gt;déclaration&lt;/em&gt;”) do not apply to you. You would need to either reside in France or be married to a French citizen. So you really need to get your French citizenship by descent recognized because nothing else would work in your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formally, since don't need to (and cannot) apply for citizenship, there is no specific procedure. But if you want to &lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; that citizenship in practice (e.g. to vote or get a passport and travel to France), you will need to apply for an official document establishing it (ID card, passport). So you will need to make an appointment and talk to a consular officer but that's not a formal “interview” &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you presumably never had a French passport or ID card before, I think you will need to request a &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1051.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and present that to the consulate to get your first national ID card. As you were not born in France, you will need to apply for the certificate by mail to the &lt;em&gt;Service de la nationalité des Français nés et établis hors de France&lt;/em&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article1068&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the website of the French consulate in Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt; for more detail).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not comfortable reading legalese in French, you will definitely need someone who is to help you because most of the documentation is only available in French and the French authorities will expect you to address them in that language. Beyond that, the best is probably to hire a lawyer because it's not uncommon to have difficulties in getting the authorities to recognize your rights in this area. But it's not cheap and finding one that is familiar with nationality law from the US might not be easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-13T15:08:35.837" LastActivityDate="2014-11-13T15:08:35.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3225" CreationDate="2014-11-13T14:21:04.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot; My father is a French before I was born[...] My father also made me as his son through DNA testing and I am officially became his son.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to prove that you are your father’s son; this could involve the use of a lawyer if the filiation is not clear or if there are mismatching details. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Therefore, I wonder do I need an interview to have French nationality?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, they are going to send it to you through the mail, without seeing you or knowing who you are. The French are used to grant citizenship and all advantages that come with it for no reason at all to all who ask… they were waiting for you and hoping you would ask them for the honor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I mean be serious, it can be a long process, and if they have an excuse for not adding another citizen they will do it. Go visit an embassy and ask for what you need to provide for the Nantes's tribunal that deals with demands for French citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am 18, living in USA as a F1 student.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were hoping that the French citizenship would ease your situation as a student, forget about it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The US immigration is so contrary, perverse, unreasonable, cantankerous, and difficult to deal with that it would not make any difference to them whether you are an educated French citizen or a beggar form a 3d world country. They try every bureaucratic trick to get rid of you, I do speak from experience. From what I have seen most Europeans just give up and leave and only desperate individuals who really need to stay in the US tolerate the ill-treatments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were hoping for the French citizenship to be useful as a student, forget about it, you are most unlikely to get it in time. In some rare cases it could be fast, but I personally know several persons whose grandfather and father were French citizens but who were not declared and registered as French at birth; they had to hire a lawyer and wait for over 10 years for a positive ruling. i know some for whom it took over 20 years, not even speaking about the countless rejected dossiers from hopefull applicants whose ancestors where part of a French colony. It is possible yes, and i am one of them, but it is more likely not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your case, since you don’t seem to have any real links to France, it might be easier and more practical for you to try to get the U.S. citizenship,or residence, particularly if you plan to live in the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3706" LastEditorUserId="3706" LastEditDate="2014-11-13T15:33:51.630" LastActivityDate="2014-11-13T15:33:51.630" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9056" CreationDate="2014-11-13T14:35:02.977" Score="3" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are planning on moving abroad to West Africa in two years. We just got married in the U.S. and need to get a new mattress. We'd like to take our mattress with us to West Africa because we doubt we'll be able to buy a good one there. What should we consider when buying a mattress prior to the move. In particular, what qualities qualify or disqualify a mattress for shipping via sea freight to destinations abroad? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I've imagined that an air bed (e.g., Sleep Number) may fare better, because of its ability to pack down, but that's only a theory; it also may be more easily damaged in transit, or its pumps may have a tendency to break and be difficult to find parts for. Note, while this at first appears to be a subjective question, I'm most interested in answers that objectively address issues like what mattresses pack up tighter, pack up lighter, fit under an airplane, sit in customs for significant durations, pass through customs easier or endure travel in a sea container.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3726" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T14:32:46.577" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T09:44:22.853" Title="What to consider when purchasing a mattress prior to an international move?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3232" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3234" CreationDate="2014-11-14T11:30:25.063" Score="6" ViewCount="2330" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Israeli that also has a Romanian citizenship. I got a job offer from an Israeli company that has offices in Zurich and were interested in employing me there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to what I've read, EU citizens other then Bulgarians and Romanians can freely search for work for 3 months in Switzerland. Does the restriction for Romanians and Bulgarians also apply if I already have a job when I arrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it does, is there an option to request a working visa based on other factors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="513" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T21:00:57.007" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T10:34:42.327" Title="Working in Switzerland with a Romanian passport" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3232" CreationDate="2014-11-14T12:32:42.140" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the restrictions do apply even if you already have a job lined up. In fact, I don't think there is anything forbidding Romanian citizens to look for work for up to three months and they can certainly enter the country without visa, it's only when you want to stay longer than three months or actually need a work permit that the transitory rules kick in. But that does not mean that it's completely impossible to get a permit either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, for most EU citizens (and for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens after 2016, if Switzerland does not get out of the agreement until then) the permit is more-or-less a formality (and I think you don't even need to have it before the first day of work, only to apply for it within three months), whereas Romanian citizens need an authorization from day one and can only get it under three conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No Swiss resident (Swiss citizens and foreigners who are already present in the country) could fill the position&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work conditions and salary must be approved by the authorities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yearly quota is not exhausted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer will therefore need to apply on your behalf to the provincial (“cantonal”) authorities (here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.awa.zh.ch/internet/volkswirtschaftsdirektion/awa/de/arbeitsbewilligungen/eu8_eu2.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant website for Zürich&lt;/a&gt;). I think they will need to publish a job posting through official channels, wait for some time and then submit some information on your job and salary and a motivation letter explaining why they need you. Beyond that, I am not sure exactly what the procedure is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that does not work, I can think of a few other solutions to work in Zurich that might or might not apply to your situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move in with a spouse from another EU country. If your wife or husband is from an EU country other than Romania, Bulgaria or Croatia and finds work in Switzerland (even a part-time poorly paid job could do), he or she could sponsor you for a residence permit that gives you the right to work without restrictions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the job as a freelance contractor rather than an employee. Restrictions on work permit do not apply to independent contractors but you probably need to have several clients for this to be legal. You also need to show you have sufficient financial means to live in Switzerland without welfare benefits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get hired by a company (possibly a subsidiary of this Israeli company) elsewhere in the EU and then sent to Switzerland as a “posted worker”. It's possible that it would only work for a time (2 years I think) as it's supposed to be for temporary assignments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All these are wild guesses on my part based on what little I know of EU law and its agreements with Switzerland, I don't know anybody who did any of this and have no idea if it can work in practice so you would need to do additional research and possibly hire a lawyer to find out if it's sensible or not and how to do it. It also requires your prospective employer to be willing to go along with it, which might be a lot to ask for a new recruit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-15T19:51:29.970" LastActivityDate="2014-11-15T19:51:29.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-14T14:14:02.383" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a fiance visa in USA and I have married a US citizen.  Now I want to apply for permanent residence.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I hope to apply for a job in technical field later on in the US, should (or can) I submit my academic degrees to the USCIS while applying for the permanent residence? If not, how will my future employer verify my academics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3728" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2014-11-15T13:17:05.243" LastActivityDate="2014-11-17T13:57:26.200" Title="Should (or can) I submit my academic degrees while applying for permanent residence in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3235" CreationDate="2014-11-14T15:05:20.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that you will be applying for an adjustment of status based on your marriage to a US citizen and using form &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I-485&lt;/a&gt; to do it you won't be providing it to USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is generally no need for a US Government to check your educational credentials in this case and it's not a role of the US Government to confirm your educational credentials to your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If such a verification is required it is normally done by your perspective employer and it uses organizations similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wes.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Education Services&lt;/a&gt; to evaluate your education and degree if they deem it necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-11-17T13:57:26.200" LastActivityDate="2014-11-17T13:57:26.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2014-11-15T23:29:51.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.currencyfair.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CurrencyFair&lt;/a&gt; a couple of times to transfer money from Australia to Europe. It takes usually only 1 or 2 days until the transfer is finialised. Sending money costs 0.35% of the amount exchanged and a fixed €3 transfer fee. The fixed rate might be costly if the amounts are really small.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3733" LastActivityDate="2014-11-15T23:29:51.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-16T00:29:11.640" Score="1" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA. My H1b Sponser is my employer and I am working for their client projects on contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is travelling to India(Our Home Country) next week. Since her VISA is expired she has to go to Interview and get renewed.  But my contract extension is next month. My wife VISA Interview has been scheduled next month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will happen if my contract with my client didn't get extend and need to look for another client. Did it impact my wife VISA extension decision any way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="681" LastEditDate="2014-11-17T15:32:35.253" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T19:21:21.017" Title="Spouse H4B VISA has been scheduled. What if my contract got terminated before Interview date?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3242" CreationDate="2014-11-16T01:21:43.597" Score="6" ViewCount="1469" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;The 1993 Méhaignerie Law required children born in France of foreign parents to request French nationality at adulthood, rather than being automatically accorded citizenship.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was enacted in July 22, 1993. However, if I was born on July 10th 1993, would I be granted French citizenship as would anyone else prior to July 22, 1993?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worthwhile to note that neither of my parents are/were French citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3734" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-16T09:31:41.357" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T09:38:14.300" Title="Born in France before jus soli was repealed (but in the same year)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3239" CreationDate="2014-11-16T02:38:41.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What will happen if my contract with my client didn't get extend and&#xA;  need to look for another client. Did it impact my wife VISA extension&#xA;  decision any way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most likely the decision will be negative. Since you don't have a valid H1b sponsor - you'll be out of status, and your wife won't be eligible for H4 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally speaking, if you're terminated you're out of status and are expected to leave the country. There's no &quot;looking for another client&quot;. I know many people (especially from India) abuse the USCIS lack of enforcement, but you're playing with fire here (especially with the current political climate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-16T02:38:41.413" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3240" CreationDate="2014-11-16T10:03:57.757" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;That part of the law only became effective later, after the “&lt;em&gt;décret d'application&lt;/em&gt;” was published (I think it went into effect on January 1, 1994 as provided in the law itself but certainly not before December 30).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But France never had a pure &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt;. What the 1993 law introduced was the need to explicitly &lt;em&gt;request&lt;/em&gt; the French nationality. Under the previous law, you would also become French at your eighteenth birthday (and not at birth), but you didn't need to ask for it. So what counts was always the state of the law at the time of your eighteenth birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even before the change, it was also necessary to be a French resident and to have resided in France during the previous two years to benefit from this particular part of the law. If you were born in France to non-citizen parents who were themselves born abroad but you left the country at an early age, you would not automatically become a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, the law was amended once more in 1998 to reverse some of the 1993 changes. In the current version, it's not necessary to explicitly request the French nationality anymore (article 21-7 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt;). So if you were born in July 1993 and lived in France during your teenage years, you would have turned 18 in 2011 and could have automatically become French, just as it was before 1993.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's only the case if you fulfill the residency requirement as well. It is now more stringent than it was before 1993 as you need to have lived in France for five years between your 11th and your 18th birthday (five years from the age of 11 because schooling is mandatory until the age of 16 in France so most people would have no trouble establishing that and it also provides some flexibility; the 1993 version required residency during the five years prior to the application).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however another important way to become French that might apply to you, which is called “&lt;em&gt;double droit du sol&lt;/em&gt;”. If one of your parents was born in France and you were also born in France, then you are French from birth (this provision is now in article 19-3 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt;). This rule is very old and did not change in 1993.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-18T09:40:59.750" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T09:40:59.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-17T16:57:39.370" Score="4" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands have photo requirements that differ from those required by the Belgium authorities. Each time I have to renew a passport it is always a big gamble to get proper pictures. On many occasions I had to reschedule because the pictures made by a Belgian professional photographer was considered inappropriate. Apparently the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/paspoort-en-identificatie/documenten-en-publicaties/brochures/2014/02/18/fotomatrix-2007.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dutch instructions&lt;/a&gt; aren't detailed enough for a foreign photographer to make good pictures. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I simply drive to the Netherlands to make those pictures there, but that is not really convenient, and I can imagine that Dutch citizens abroad are facing similar problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there standardised instructions on international passport pictures or a listing of foreign photographers, that can result in proper foreign (e.g. Dutch) passport pictures?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-11-17T22:31:51.640" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T04:46:31.457" Title="How to find a good photographer/company to make proper passport photos for a Dutch passport issued by a Dutch consulate abroad?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3164" CreationDate="2014-11-18T03:59:20.373" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sharing my answer from where this was asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/38516/101&quot;&gt;Travel.SE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brilliantly, they're not clear on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canada.embassy.gov.au/otwa/consular.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;embassy website for Aussies in Canada.&lt;/a&gt;  However, after some searching it comes down to two options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The express service - priority processing fee applies, means that your urgent/emergency application can be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canada.embassy.gov.au/otwa/090321_Travel_Doc_Fees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;processed and ready for collection or dispatch&lt;/a&gt; within 48 hours.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The standard service - where it goes via mail through their center in Washington, DC, most likely, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.passports.gov.au/Web/FAQ.aspx#faq4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;takes 10 working days from receipt of all valid documents&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are equally committed to prompt processing of passport applications&#xA;  made overseas at any Australian diplomatic or consular mission. In&#xA;  most cases an eligible applicant's full validity passport will be&#xA;  available for collection or despatch from the mission within ten&#xA;  working days of a passport interview if all our requirements are met.&#xA;  It will be issued by one of our passport production centres - London,&#xA;  Washington, or Canberra. You should allow extra time for local mail&#xA;  delivery if you have requested that the passport be mailed to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also point out that if you need it sooner, you should resort to option 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T03:59:20.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2970" CreationDate="2014-11-18T04:01:48.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is going to depend on so many more factors than your visa and house value. Each bank has their own underwriters and policies on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way you're going to definitively be able to answer this is to discuss with a mortgage broker in BC, or with one of the loan managers at one of the banks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-22T11:07:57.500" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T11:07:57.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3152" CreationDate="2014-11-18T05:00:19.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory, &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, it's possible.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://ck.co.kr/teacher/apply/process.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;In practice&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;not necessarily&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While any Korean Embassy or Consulate General overseas should issue a&#xA;  visa to any applicant that meet the application criteria, that is,&#xA;  unfortunately, not always the case - the applicant is always at the&#xA;  mercy of the official dealing with their application &amp;amp; some Embassies&#xA;  or Consulate Generals will only issue visas to residents, not&#xA;  applicants they term 'passing though' the region. Plus, there are a&#xA;  growing number of overseas Embassies or Consulate Generals that will&#xA;  not issue C4 visas at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Fukuoka, the most popular destination for Korean visa runs thanks to the ferry links to Busan, is on their (strictly unofficial, mind you) &quot;does not issue&quot; list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;http://jpn-tokyo.mofa.go.kr/worldlanguage/asia/jpn-tokyo/visa/issuance/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the official guidelines for C4 issuance&lt;/a&gt; do not require proof of Japanese residence, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://jpn-tokyo.mofa.go.kr/worldlanguage/asia/jpn-tokyo/visa/issuance/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oct 2014 guidance&lt;/a&gt; (click the PDF link) for applying for visas at Korean embassies/consulates in Japan &lt;em&gt;imply&lt;/em&gt; that only Japanese residents can apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general, you must submit your visa application to a jurisdictional diplomatic mission only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would definitely call ahead and confirm with the particular embassy/consulate you were planning to apply at, before you go ahead and book flights etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T05:00:19.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3250" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3290" CreationDate="2014-11-18T17:24:11.907" Score="8" ViewCount="930" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the status mentioned in the title and I have obtained this permit in the Netherlands. The directive that created this status (2003/109/EG and later 2011/51/EU) states that I should be able to enjoy the same rights as a Dutch person in the areas such as work, education, social security and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is as follows. Suppose that I would like to study in another EU country. Would I then pay the same amount of tuition fee as a Dutch person, which is significantly lower than the tuition fee for an Non-EU national? Or is my enjoyment of such rights limited to the Netherlands only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3743" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T20:05:00.737" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T20:05:00.737" Title="Studying in another EU country as a EU long-term resident" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3227" CreationDate="2014-11-19T09:54:28.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother is born in 1953 in a British Army hospital in West Germany. Her father was serving in the British Army as a dual Australian and British national. Several years later they returned to Australia. My mother has lived in Australia almost continuously since 1957 but never received an Australian passport until recently.  Previously when she travelled overseas (from Australia) on her British passport she needed to a have a Resident Return Visa, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/155-157.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3744" LastActivityDate="2014-11-19T09:54:28.647" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3253" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3255" CreationDate="2014-11-19T17:22:56.893" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Italy and I've moved in Austria. Since I wasn't born in this country I don't know the language well, and I don't know how stuffs work here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I felt down while skiing and the doctor gave me some days of rest to recover. But now I also got a letter from TGKK asking me if I was drunk, it there is any witness and so on..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel a bit disappointed, since it's a private insurance, and I wonder if they are trying to find a tricky excuse to avoid paying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I ask the help of a lawyer? Are there institutions which can help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are this questions finalized to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-20T10:02:59.163" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T12:07:30.433" Title="Health Insurance in Austria and &quot;Fragebogen zur Unfallerhebung&quot;" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3253" CreationDate="2014-11-19T22:51:41.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't find a convenient official source clearly explaining it all but apparently this is a standard questionnaire that they send for all accidents leading to sick days. If someone else appears to bear some responsibility for the accident, they could try to recover the costs of those sick days from that person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to what I read, not filling it in, misrepresenting the events or deliberately omitting relevant information could lead your insurer to claim back from you any payments they made on your behalf. I would guess that evidence that you were grossly negligent could also have adverse consequences for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-21T12:07:30.433" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T12:07:30.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-21T04:43:15.630" Score="4" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French native and I will be in the US for the coming one or two years.&#xA;As every French people, my English was learned through orthograph and grammar so basically I do not know how to have a normal conversation in english. &#xA;I was wondering what would be the most efficient and radical manner to get a &quot;normal english speaker accent&quot; considering the fact that it is very difficult for me to imitate accents (including in French). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Classic English courses are completely ineffective in this case: I would like to have someone who stops me after each word that is not pronounced correctly until I succeed (like for one or two hours a day, until the problem is solved). I was thinking about seeing a speech therapist but I do not know whether it is the most adapted and I do not know how much does it cost in the US…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any good idea to solve that problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3750" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-11-21T13:08:13.873" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T22:53:51.763" Title="How to get local accent as fast as possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-21T17:12:54.010" Score="2" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for the US green card lottery program. I was born in India but currently hold Danish citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I eligible for the green card lottery program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3751" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-11-21T20:19:03.707" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T20:19:03.707" Title="Am I eligible to the US green card lottery program?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;danish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3257" CreationDate="2014-11-21T17:57:48.847" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This year's lottery application period has been closed. India (the place where you've been born) was an excluded country for this year, so you couldn't have applied even if you were on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizenship is of no consequences, it is where you were born that matters. In some cases - you can use different country from where you were born, but these are very limited exclusions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T17:57:48.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5544" CreationDate="2014-11-22T01:52:38.717" Score="2" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered an IT consulting job in Cape Town and wanted to ask some questions as my wife has concerns about the safety there. We would be moving from the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question is about that the electric fences that surround apartment complexes there. What happens if there is ever a blackout in the neighborhood? Do the complexes have power generators that kick in in those situations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the policy and prevailing culture about individual gun ownership? Is it relatively common for residents to carry a gun, like in some parts of USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3753" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-23T15:02:56.700" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T10:49:50.350" Title="Two questions about South Africa and crime" Tags="&lt;south-africa&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3261" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-22T10:41:18.917" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;After having moved to the United States, I've camped around the Bay area for 6 months, using Airbnb, and trying out different living conditions. Throughout these time, I haven't completed an AR-11, due to not having a stable place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now found a place to crash long-term; I've been living here for 3 months. I have filled out the forms to arrange for my NI; they've posted it to this specific address. Does it mean they have this as my permanent resident address, or do I have to fill out an AR-11?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the consequences for late filing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is required, what should I put under &quot;old address&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T15:02:18.667" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:02:18.667" Title="Do I need to fill out an AR-11, if my address is the same as I get my Social Security to?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3261" CreationDate="2014-11-22T20:44:44.617" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to fill AR-11 within 10 days after moving. It has nothing to do with Social Security whatsoever, different agency entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-22T20:44:44.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3267" CreationDate="2014-11-23T13:03:31.313" Score="5" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of applying for an Australian PR (skilled independent visa subclass 189). Both I and my wife are software engineers. For this visa would both of us have to get our skills assessed by Australian Computer Society (ACS)? Or is it OK if only the primary applicant gets the skill assessment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3758" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T13:38:44.037" Title="Skill assessments for Australian PR process" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3268" CreationDate="2014-11-23T22:49:25.693" Score="4" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a general question for those lucky enough to hold dual-triple-etc citizenships. Does Australia Immigration have preferences/bias to the number of skilled independent worker visa's (subclass 189) given out to different countries? (e.g. is it better to apply with an EU – European Union, Germany or UK for example – citizenship, a USA citizenship, or Canadian citizenship?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3691" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-24T11:30:27.153" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T11:30:27.153" Title="Australia visa Immigrant country-of-origin preferences?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3265" CreationDate="2014-11-24T01:14:19.497" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the General Skilled Migration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/points-tested-migration-fact-sheet.pdf&quot;&gt;Points&lt;/a&gt; Test under SkillSelect, &lt;strong&gt;Partner skill qualifications&lt;/strong&gt; are worth 5 points. If you think these 5 points will make a difference in you pass mark, you could both get assessed. If the primary applicant qualifications (could be either you or your wife) are enough, you wouldn't need. I would personally get both assessed, just in case some other points criteria, such as IETLS score, end up not meeting expectations, in which case those 5 points would make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T01:14:19.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3266" CreationDate="2014-11-24T04:41:29.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;.  All preferences accorded to country of origin, citizenship, race, ethnicity etc were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/08abolition.htm&quot;&gt;abolished in 1973&lt;/a&gt;, along with the last remnants of the White Australia policy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In 1973 the Whitlam Labor government took three further steps in the&#xA;  gradual process to remove race as a factor in Australia's immigration&#xA;  policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These were to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;legislate that all migrants, of whatever origin, be eligible to obtain citizenship after three years of permanent residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;issue policy instructions to overseas posts to totally disregard race as a factor in the selection of migrants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ratify all international agreements relating to immigration and race.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/21managing.htm&quot;&gt;overall caps and quotas&lt;/a&gt; on certain types of visas granted per year, as far as I'm aware there are none on visas per country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there are some temporary visas (eg. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/417.aspx&quot;&gt;working holiday&lt;/a&gt;) that are restricted to nationals of some countries, but this is mostly a quid-pro-quo thing, and none of these are an official path to getting residence in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T04:41:29.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2014-11-24T14:54:42.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Start before you make the move. Do research if there are professional organizations in your country who offer credit cards, and become a member. When I moved to the US in 1997, I became a member of the IEEE at home and applied for a member credit card. It was no problem getting one. Having the card was invaluable for building credit history and being able to purchase a home after less than a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3762" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T14:54:42.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3256" CreationDate="2014-11-24T22:53:51.763" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to cut off almost anything French from your life during the first months you're there, and engage in conversation without fear of not being understood or saying the words badly, you can always repeat them (just don't rush them like some people do). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At some point your brain will just switch to the new set of sounds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your accent remains too thick 6 months into it or so, there surely are specific courses at least in the big cities. A normal English class might not help you with that. &#xA;If you just want someone to teach you how to say hamburger (like in the movie :P) until you say it right, you can pay an English speaker to do that for you. There's plenty of private tutors available anywhere, I don't know how effective it would be though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before spending money, I would see how it goes during the first months. &#xA;Practice is all you need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3763" LastActivityDate="2014-11-24T22:53:51.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-25T02:14:16.037" Score="2" ViewCount="991" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be living in Korea for 6 months, working remotely for an American company. So I don't have any special study or work visa for Korea. The Korean consulate tells me I need a special visa to apply for an ARC (Alien registration card). I'm a Canadian, so I'm allowed to stay 6 months on a tourist visa. However, every website says that a foreigner staying longer than 90 days must apply for an ARC. But how can I apply if I'm not on a special visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone been in this situation before and can help me out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3764" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T05:07:00.203" Title="Canadian living 6 months in Korea - need advice on ARC (Alien registration card)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3273" CreationDate="2014-11-25T12:28:51.573" Score="5" ViewCount="1541" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in France for 6 months, 3 months as tourist and now for next 3 months onward as a French resident (5 year titre de sejour).&#xA;I am non-EU citizen and I carry Dubai, UAE driving license which I got when I was living there for 5 years (I can prove that by my UAE visa issue and cancellation dates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long can I drive without French (and without EU) driving license?&#xA;How can I convert or permanently exchange my Dubai, UAE licence into a French driving license - what are requirements/process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="586" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T13:39:48.727" Title="Driving car in France on non-French driving license" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3272" CreationDate="2014-11-25T16:04:27.400" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to service-public.fr, &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1459.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can drive for up to a year&lt;/a&gt; with your non-EU license (the page suggests you need a translation or “international driving permit” as well) and you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1460.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exchange it for a French one&lt;/a&gt; within one year of arriving in France (i.e. less than one year after the beginning of the validity of your first &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beware: Non-EU licenses cannot be exchanged at all after the one-year delay is over, so you should start gathering the documentation and apply for an exchange quickly, even if you don't need to drive right now, and cannot simply take care of it when you need it later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is also explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2474/exchanging-an-american-driving-license-for-a-french-one?rq=1&quot;&gt;Exchanging an American driving license for a French one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T13:39:48.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-25T16:29:59.810" Score="5" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the immigration reform enacted by President Obama, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30182934&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BBC News writes&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question, of course, is just how much the US economy could benefit from President Obama's proposal, which would give an estimated four million immigrants who are here illegally a path towards legal status, &lt;strong&gt;as well as reforming part of the visa process that allows high-skilled workers primarily in technology fields to work in the US&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The article goes on to outline some details of this reform:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest change is that the spouses of H1B visas, who had previously been banned from working in the US, will now be allowed to look for work - adding potentially tens of thousands of highly educated women to the workforce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The changes will also allow students to stay longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Media coverage has focussed primarily on giving legal status to undocumented migrant workers.  My question is on the second part of the reform.  What are the consequences of reforming part of the visa process allowing high-skilled (technology) migrant workers to work in the USA, apart from the two changes already mentioned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T06:58:43.017" Title="What are the consequences of recent US immigration reform for high-skilled (technology) workers?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3274" CreationDate="2014-11-25T17:18:07.733" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not significant. H4 will only be eligible for EAD if the H1b sponsor is in the green card process. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/05/06/dhs-announces-proposals-attract-and-retain-highly-skilled-immigrants&quot;&gt;the DHS announcement&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eligible individuals would include H-4 dependent spouses of principal&#xA;  H-1B workers who:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are the beneficiaries of an approved Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been granted an extension of their authorized period of stay in the United States under the American Competitiveness in the&#xA;  Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (AC21) as amended by the 21st Century&#xA;  Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. AC21 permits&#xA;  H-1B workers seeking lawful permanent residence to work and remain in&#xA;  the United States beyond the six-year limit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, Obama cannot change the law. Since the law is silent on EADs for H4s - he could make this subtle change, but he cannot drastically change the status quo. Despite all what you've heard in the news, the changes are mostly based on shifting priorities in enforcing laws, which is within his right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T17:18:07.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-25T17:51:50.310" Score="10" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently moved to Belgium, working here for a year, with a type D long stay visa (I am not European). I rented an apartment and applied for a residence card. However, I was told it is a rather lengthy process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to connect to the internet at home, but a couple of companies I contacted told me that I first need a residence card. Are there any internet companies that will allow me to connect before I obtain the card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3766" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T13:46:29.640" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T08:43:12.270" Title="Internet in Belgium without residence card" Tags="&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3198" CreationDate="2014-11-26T08:21:27.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments, the &lt;em&gt;Zambrano&lt;/em&gt; case from the EUCJ is somewhat relevant but there are some important differences (in &lt;em&gt;Zambrano&lt;/em&gt;, the child was already present in Belgium and schooled there) and it would seem difficult to use in practice. If you were already living in Spain and faced with deportation or somehow trying to legalize your situation it could be another matter but that's not a situation you want to be in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, there is no straightfoward way for your wife to use her son's EU citizenship to move to the EU and in principle EU law is less relevant for Spanish citizens in Spain. There might be some relevant rules under Spanish law but I doubt it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your last edit implies that you intend to get a work permit for yourself independently in any case. It would seem easier to use that, rather than your kid's citizenship, to secure a visa or residence permit for your wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In European countries, it's usually possible to apply for a work permit for you and a visa for your spouse at the same time (I don't know precisely about Spain but I do know about some exceptions in other countries). If that's not possible, it should at least be possible to reunify your family later on (&lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/FolletosInformativos/archivos/triptico_reagrupacion_familiar_eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this leaflet from the Spanish ministry of Work and Social Security&lt;/a&gt; indicates that you can only do it after residing in Spain for one year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully someone else can provide more details on Spanish law and practices in this area but it seems that the best would be to get advice from a legal professional, certainly if you are contemplating using a complex route like the &lt;em&gt;Zambrano&lt;/em&gt; ruling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-26T11:35:59.717" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T11:35:59.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-26T11:47:52.240" Score="2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 26 year old and work as PHP developer. I have passed matriculation. How can or what are the steps i should take to get work permit in USA or at any developed country for that matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3768" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-26T12:11:26.320" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T20:10:24.047" Title="Is it possible for an Indian citizen with matriculation to get US work permit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2014-11-26T13:25:23.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I passed my test first time, it was easy. I used practice tests from &lt;a href=&quot;https://lifeintheuktests.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://lifeintheuktests.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3769" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T13:25:23.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3287" CreationDate="2014-11-26T15:59:34.057" Score="7" ViewCount="56707" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any countries that are easy for a US citizen to move to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With &quot;easy&quot; I am here &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; referring to aspects such as that the country is located geographically near continental USA. Rather I am interested about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;countries that grant a residence permit to a US citizen nearly solely because the person is holding a US passport, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;countries where the residence permit can be obtained by a small amount of money or investment in a bank account (let's say less than $10K USD) or without first securing employment in the country, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;countries where there is no residence permit process at all, i.e. a person can just walk in and take residence in the country if they want to&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case the US citizen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does not have any ancestral connections to any other country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is either not highly skilled, or does not want to take the time of first finding employment in the target country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that many countries allow for an expedited immigration process for individuals that are considered highly skilled, esp. when the process is initiated by a company that wants to hire the individual. In this case I am not looking for the possibility to obtain a residence permit where the individual does not yet know whether they will find work in the country, or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3753" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-09-28T06:48:45.010" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T06:48:45.010" Title="What countries are easy for a US citizen to move to?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2015-09-29T13:51:26.270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-26T17:01:55.673" Score="4" ViewCount="2911" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual citizenship, Italian /USA. I am a resident in Italy. I normally pay all my taxes in Italy. Is it possible to pay taxes in USA on one job (service work-self employed) that I did for an American client / USA resident that was paid into an account in USA ? Or do I have to pay the taxes on it in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also a Italian citizen and resident, both work and taxes. I am also an American citizen, not resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I always declare my earnings in USA, but I am exempt from most taxes because the USA has an exemption from double taxing for people who earn under $80,000 yearly and pay the taxes on it in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I was trying to understand is can I pay taxes on the work I did in USA only in USA, not where I am resident, Italy? Of course, taxes are much higher in Italy. Also It would be a good thing for me to pay into Social Security that otherwise I don't have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3771" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T09:00:21.133" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T16:16:55.507" Title="Dual citizenship Italy/USA, Italian resident, do I need to pay taxes in Italy for a job for a US client?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3282" CreationDate="2014-11-26T20:04:01.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you're a US citizen - you must pay your taxes to the US regardless of where you live or work. There are certain exclusions available for foreign earned income if you don't physically reside in the US, and potential treaty provisions, but the basic requirement to pay taxes to the US stands regardless of where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, you must probably pay taxes in Italy if that's where you live. Check with a local accountant who's familiar with the Italian-US tax treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T20:04:01.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3279" CreationDate="2014-11-26T20:10:24.047" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US there are two kinds of work visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;H1b - requires a 4-years bachelor degree or equivalent (equivalent being 3 years of professional experience for each missing year, i.e.: 12 years of experience in your case). This visa is given in limited quantities and you must secure employment with an employer who'd be willing to sponsor you, a 6-12 months before you can actually start working.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;L1 - this visa is for intra-company transfers and requires specific experience that is needed in the US branch. Usually, at least 1 year of employment in the foreign branch is required, and recently the criteria got more strict (I've heard people being denied even with 3+ years of employment in the foreign branch). This visa doesn't have education requirements, but the employer must want to transfer you, and must be able to show that the experience you gained in the foreign branch is needed in the US branch. You cannot transfer to a different employer on this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll have to be more specific about other countries you're interested in, but generally a minimum requirement of a bachelor degree is more or less universal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T20:10:24.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3285" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-27T08:17:29.097" Score="3" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Scarborough - Ontario, granted me an open work permit until 2016. I know I need to remove the SIN card, and health card. What are yet my responsibilities? During the duration of a work permit can I travel to Europe and back in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3773" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T08:58:20.453" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T08:58:20.453" Title="Ontario open work permit: What next? Can I travel?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-12-01T04:08:16.433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3124" CreationDate="2014-11-27T08:44:38.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in a similar situation as yourself; wanting to move to Switzerland to be with partner and had a bachelors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you considered applying for a Masters? Tuition at major universities is around CHF 1000/semester, with programs lasting 2-4 semesters. If you apply and are accepted to Uni, then you can use this to get a 'Student B Permit,' allowing you to stay for the duration of your studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3774" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T08:56:54.450" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T08:56:54.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3281" CreationDate="2014-11-27T13:00:41.053" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know of only one territory that seems to fit your requirements: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Svalbard&lt;/a&gt;. The US is a signatory of the Svalbard treaty and as a US citizen you don't need to transit through Norway so you could in principle just board a plane and take up residence in Svalbard. Life is not necessarily cheap or easy there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some countries where retirees can get visas relatively easily. You do need to show you will have some income and/or funds in the bank but the requirements are typically not very high (from a US or European perspective), much lower than what's required for investor's visa and the like. As a random example, Thailand lists about $25,000, which is more than your 10,000 threshold but still pretty low. But that's presumably not what you are looking for and you wouldn't have the right to work with such a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, France recently &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thailande-fr.com/a-la-une/29732-visa-retraite-les-thailandais-en-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;introduced a similar visa&lt;/a&gt; to allow Thai citizens to do the same in the other direction but the financial requirements are very high indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, many people just (mis)use tourists visas, doing “visa runs” to extend their stay and working illegally (remotely or not). Even if that's not allowed, enforcement is sometimes very lax and you can find many stories of people getting away with this (not in the US or Western Europe but I have heard stories about Georgia, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil…).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2310/which-countries-if-any-offer-on-arrival-work-visas&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2310/which-countries-if-any-offer-on-arrival-work-visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-12-03T13:45:38.620" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3288" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5655" CreationDate="2014-11-27T15:28:14.513" Score="4" ViewCount="929" Body="&lt;p&gt;The web site for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://guatemala.usembassy.gov/acs_marriage_guatemala.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Embassy in Guatemala&lt;/a&gt; says that to get married in Guatemala, I must present my passport and birth certificate and that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any non-Guatemalan documents presented to the marriage registrar must first be authenticated by a Guatemalan Consul in the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this accurate? Do I really need to get my birth certificate authenticated &lt;em&gt;in the United States&lt;/em&gt;?  I can't do that after I've arrived in Guatemala?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T20:01:42.360" Title="Authentication of US birth certificate before Guatemalan wedding" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3282" CreationDate="2014-11-27T16:09:47.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an accountant and I'm not liable for any action you take as consequence of reading the subsequent text. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are a resident of Italy and as such you pay all your taxes in Italy. I think it does not matter that you did a job in another country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a treaty against double taxation between the US and Italy so you may want to read it: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finanze.gov.it/export/download/novita09/CCDI_ITA-USA_25.08.99.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.finanze.gov.it/export/download/novita09/CCDI_ITA-USA_25.08.99.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also here's the italian law on income from abroad: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.altalex.com/index.php?idnot=61924&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.altalex.com/index.php?idnot=61924&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can detract the taxes you paid in the US and pay the rest in Italy, or other kind of agreements may be in force. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Italian law is complicated so you may want to use a &lt;em&gt;commercialista&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the fact that you're also American concerns the italian state agencies, you're an italian resident in Italy and if you have to pay taxes on your global income, you have to pay them regardless of where it comes from. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is plenty of Italian craftsmen doing single contract jobs across the frontier in Switzerland so you may want to look for further information on Italian websites dedicated to these issues, they surely exist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3763" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T16:16:55.507" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T16:16:55.507" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3250" CreationDate="2014-11-27T16:41:12.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've not done any of this and I'm an EU citizen, but from what I read on the internet, this is true at least for the University of Salzburg (probably all of Austria), IF you immigrate to Austria by using your EC resident status (and not by getting a student visa from a third country, except for those from many african countries), as its website says (note that these are the waiver conditions, the normal fees are indeed higher for foreigners): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tuition fees are waived temporarily for the length of the prescribed&#xA;  standard duration of the respective degree program, plus two extra&#xA;  semesters (tuition-free period) for the following groups of degree&#xA;  program students:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Austrian citizens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Citizens of EU countries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Citizens of EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Swiss citizens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Refugees under the provisions of the Geneva Convention&#xA;  (including students from other EU countries)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         Privileged third-country nationals (begünstigte&#xA;  Drittstaatsangehörige) who hold one of the following types of&#xA;  residence permits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EC Long-Term Residence Permit (Daueraufenthalt - EG) issued by the&#xA;  appropriate Austrian authority&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EC Long-Term Residence Permit (Daueraufenthalt - EG) issued by the&#xA;  appropriate authority of another EU country, plus Austrian residence&#xA;  permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permanent residence permit (Daueraufenthaltskarte) issued by the&#xA;  appropriate Austrian authority&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students covered by the provisions of the ordinance governing&#xA;  admission of certain groups of potential students&#xA;  (Personengruppenverordnung)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students who are holders of a residence permit other than a Student&#xA;  Residence Permit (Aufenthaltsbewilligung Studierende)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These students must prove their status to the Admissions Office by&#xA;  providing all the necessary documents (residence permit,&#xA;  administrative decision on asylum application, etc.).&#xA;  See more at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=45122&amp;amp;L=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=45122&amp;amp;L=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also worth mentioning that some universities do not make non-EU citizens or foreigners in general pay more at all so you may not even be concerned by this. &#xA;Also if your country is on some poor country list, certain universities or countries do not make you pay anything at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My tip would be to choose what you want to do, select a few universities and then read their tuition fees rules and the country rules very closely, and contact them to get confirmation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3763" LastEditorUserId="3763" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T16:50:24.543" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T16:50:24.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3200" CreationDate="2014-11-28T01:52:30.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;An important aspect and benefit of having a UK license in the UK: Should you be caught speeding, and you have a UK license, then you can accept a fixed penalty notice. If you don't have a UK license, you will have to go to court which will be more inconvenient and more expensive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T01:52:30.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-28T06:28:03.230" Score="2" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am L1 visa holder working in USA for the last 2 years and I want to trade in Options. Is it legal to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3780" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-11-28T14:10:25.720" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T01:53:15.363" Title="Is it legal for an L1 US visa holder to trade in &quot;Options&quot; in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3271" CreationDate="2014-11-28T08:26:54.850" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only need to apply for an ARC if you have entered the country on anything except one of the visa-on-arrival provisions. Whether you know it or not, you entered the country on a B-1 visa (사증면제) that was granted to you upon arrival for being a citizen of another country. The overwhelming majority of B-1 visas will be for 90 days, but for Canadians it is 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have arrived that way, I don't even think that you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; apply for an ARC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're really anxious about it, the best thing to do is to talk to an immigration lawyer. Depending on where you are, there will be lots near the immigration offices (출입국관리사무소). Canadians get all sorts of special treatment, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless an immigration official or consular officer stapled one of these in your passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cdbvr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ARC Notice&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry too much about having to apply for an ARC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Actually, even the official website indicates that &quot;foreigner stay&quot; is categorized as either short term (less than 90 days) or long term (greater than 90 days) stay, and that long term stay requires that you either register as a foreigner or file a Domestic Residency Report within 90 days of arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet will be to call the Seoul Global Center (02-2075-4130, 02-2075-4131) and ask there. Even if you are not residing in Seoul, they can answer your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-11-28T08:45:26.553" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T08:45:26.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2841" CreationDate="2014-11-28T08:39:52.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I have been fortunate enough not to have to deal with it personally, I know it is possible. While possible, it is &lt;em&gt;much easier&lt;/em&gt; to do this from overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt?categoryId=2&amp;amp;parentId=392&amp;amp;catSeq=&amp;amp;showMenuId=376&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Korean Immigration Office website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, foreigners seeking to participate in activities not permitted under their current status must first depart from Korea, obtain a new status that corresponds with the desired status, then re-enter Korea with the newly obtained status and status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, should it be possible to meet the requirements for the new status without having to depart from Korea, limited change of status can be made upon passing a rigid examination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration officials are given quite a bit of flexibility, but they have to justify what they do. In the end, humans are the ones backing up the rules, and if they like you, it is much easier to get what you want. If you're not a fluent Korean speaker who understands the culture inside and out, it's usually not worth trying to get them to bend the rules for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would highly recommend applying from your home country first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T08:39:52.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8" CreationDate="2014-11-28T08:55:22.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules for foreign language instructors in Korea change with every session of congress. The current presidential administration has gone through a process of de-emphasizing English language education -- essentially saying, &quot;we're good enough for global business&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most up-to-date answers will come from the Seoul Global Center. Their English language numbers from within Korea are 02-2075-4130 and 02-2075-4131. (Dialing internationally, they are +82-2-2075-4130 and +82-2-2075-4131.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the Seoul Global Center is an official body of the government, they are not the definitive authority on matters of immigration, and they do often fall behind. They are also rather inflexible. I worked with them to set up a branch office for my company -- they do that sort of stuff as well -- and grew increasingly frustrated when they wanted me to do things in the &quot;officially approved way for foreigners&quot;, which is usually much more expensive. Since I am a fluent Korean speaker and have grown up there, I wound up taking care of all of the paperwork and translation myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, for the average person coming into the country, they are an invaluable resource. They will know and they are much more authoritative than random websites you'll encounter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T08:55:22.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-28T15:11:13.783" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A postdoc is staying in the USA on a J1 visa at institute X (2 yr home residency requirement applies).  She is offered another postdoc position at institute Y.  The start of the appointment at institute Y is several months (say, 3-6 months) after the end of the appointment at X.  This poses problems with the visa, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What possible options does she have to be able to accept the position at Y?   Is there any way out of this situation?  I'm sure many people must have been in this situation before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3784" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T15:11:13.783" Title="J visa: how to handle gap between appointments?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T04:33:06.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3299" CreationDate="2014-11-29T00:48:58.260" Score="7" ViewCount="1608" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non EU citizen. I have a tourist visa for 3 months. I am now in Germany. My girlfriend is Swedish and we were living together for 1 year in UAE. She got an offer in Germany and she is moving to Germany next week. We love each other and we want to stay together in any way possible. How can I stay with her? Can we get married here and we stay together? Or can we apply to live as partners?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3787" LastEditorUserId="2367" LastEditDate="2015-05-09T08:13:38.410" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T08:13:38.410" Title="Moving to Germany with my EU girlfriend" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3298" CreationDate="2014-11-29T01:03:26.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting married would be the most straightforward approach. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The traditional answer is that for most countries, for a visit of up to 90 days, you won't need a visa. Many countries have an agreement that allows you to stay for 90 days every six months in the Schengen area. If you want to stay there for longer than 90 days, and it's clear that you do, you will need a residency permit for a country in the Schengen area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Germany, at least as of 2010, you could do it when you are there on a tourist visa. There's a good walkthrough of the process at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.journey-to-germany.com/residence-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;. A good rule of thumb for these things is to contact the local German Embassy before you leave. They can help walk you through the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One quick thought is that you could get a job-seeker's visa. That's six months (or at least it used to be in Germany), and the only thing you have to do is to prove that you can support yourself during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: It sounds like the job-seeker's visa is the best option for you right now. You have lots of options, especially since you appear to be multilingual! Welcome to the German adventure!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-11-29T01:15:41.013" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T01:15:41.013" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="488" CreationDate="2014-11-29T02:13:25.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.civiweb.com/pdf/FichesVIE-FilialesEtrangeres%20GB1207_BD.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;program website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The V.I.E has a public status. He / She comes under the protection of the&#xA;  French Embassy in the country of assignment and has no contractual&#xA;  link with the French company benefiting from the assignment.&#xA;  He / She receives a fixed living allowance (paid into a bank account&#xA;  in France) which varies according to the country where the&#xA;  assignment is carried out and is generally &lt;em&gt;not subject to payment&#xA;  of contributions or taxes in France&lt;/em&gt; (except for specific host&#xA;  countries which have certain conditions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Emphasis mine.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a program coordinator at Ubifrance (the French agency for export promotion) will have more specifics, it is a safe bet to say that you are not responsible for taxes to France. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-atlanta.org/IMG/pdf/Fiche_VIE_usa.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;same information sheet&lt;/a&gt; is provided by the French Consul in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and contains the same statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a German citizen, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/germany/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this website from the European Union&lt;/a&gt;, if you are not &quot;tax resident&quot; in Germany (present in Germany for 6+ mo in a year) then you are not taxed on income earned outside of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This creates the interesting situation of not being taxed anywhere on income from VIE income. This is in line with the goals of the VIE program and the charter of Ubifrance to help French businesses abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T02:13:25.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-29T05:17:01.050" Score="2" ViewCount="568" Body="&lt;p&gt;I move around a lot so I need an address to get stuff &amp;amp; I'm having trouble finding a mailbox service rental that: accepts packages as long as they are open; 24hr access to the box; in downtown Toronto with only one number in the street address!...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPS has everything I need but all their addresses look like 12-146 blah blah St. which can confuse computer systems...because after the 12-146 you still have to add in your suite number so it makes it obvious this is not a &quot;real&quot; address...so are there any package receiving services in Toronto  that fit my needs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't a have house address or a friends' place for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="688" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T21:01:02.683" LastActivityDate="2019-01-19T13:33:07.917" Title="Where in Toronto can I rent a mailbox to receive packages with a street address?" Tags="&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3302" CreationDate="2014-11-29T21:48:13.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UPS Store seems to be offering &lt;a href=&quot;http://theupsstore.ca/services/mailboxes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;everything you are asking for&lt;/a&gt;. From their website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here’s what you get with mailbox rental:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A street address, not a P.O. Box number&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Package acceptance from all shipping carriers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mail holding and forwarding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;24-hour access (additional fees apply)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And some other stuff I removed because it's marketing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an alternative, you could use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telsec.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a virtual office/business center&lt;/a&gt;, but you might not have 24-hour access. They will forward mail to you, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T21:48:13.133" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3288" CreationDate="2014-11-29T22:04:54.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but an agent can do this on your behalf. Since Guatemala is not a party to the Hague Convention, you have to go through a &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/judicial/country/guatemala.html&quot;&gt;different process&lt;/a&gt;. From the Department of State:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Guatemala is not a party to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Legalization of Foreign Public Documents.  Documents issued in the United States may be authenticated for use in Guatemala by (a) contacting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/judicial/authentication-of-documents/office-of-authentications.html&quot;&gt;U.S. Department of State Authentications Office&lt;/a&gt; and (b) then having the seal of the U.S. Department of State authenticated by the Embassy of Guatemala in Washington, D.C. Documents issued in U.S. states must first be authenticated by the designated state authority, generally the state Secretary of State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process will vary depending on who is doing the inspection in Guatemala. Assuming that you are from Texas (as an example.), it should go like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obtain an official copy of your birth certificate from Texas.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have your birth certificate translated by a professional translator. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the Secretary of State in Texas provide an &quot;authentication&quot; verifying that the official birth certificate is a true copy of the original Texas record.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the U.S. Department of State provide an &quot;authentication&quot; (but not an apostille!) that the Texas Secretary of State's seal is authentic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the Embassy of Guatemala in Washington, D.C. authenticate the seal of the U.S. Department of State.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to skip step the Texas Secretary of State authentication, but that may depend on who has authenticated the &quot;official copy&quot; of your birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may seem ridiculous to have each level of government authenticate the seal of the previous level of government. And it is! That's why the Hague Convention Abolishing the Legalization of Foreign Public Documents was created. It allows you to skip some of the intermediate steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did this while setting up a legal entity overseas in a country that is a party to the Hague convention. I was able to do all of the translation myself, and we only needed a few things to be apostilled. Those documents had to be &quot;authenticated&quot; first, however. Each step took precious time, and the overnight delivery service costs overseas were ridiculous. In the end, the result is what matters! Good luck on your wedding!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T22:04:54.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="160" CreationDate="2014-11-29T22:25:51.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatlaw.nl&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Christian Barth, Esq.&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No it is not legal for to be self-employed if you have a residence permit as a skilled migrant. It violates the conditions of your permit. You can lose your permit and be deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do have the option of filing an application to change your status from skilled migrant to self-employed individual under the new points system for non-EU, non-American entrepreneurs. However, it would be denied because you're not investing enough money or creating enough jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another immigration attorney, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrate.nl&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jeremy Bierbach, LLM&lt;/a&gt;, says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a light at the end of the tunnel: after you have been a knowledge migrant for 3 years without interruption (or have had any kind of permit for work for 3 years), you gain your freedom on the labor market (if you renew your permit, it will say 'Arbeid vrij toegestaan. TWV niet vereist.') and then you are free to pursue self-employed activity on the side. Note that it's still a good idea not to quit your day job yet, or at least anytime you have to renew your permit, make sure you have an employment contract that satisfies the requirement of showing you can support yourself (the contract is valid at least one year into the future, and you earn the net monthly norm income for yourself as a single person or you and your dependents if you have any); because proving you can support yourself from self-employment income can be a bit tricky during the first 18 months after you gain your freedom on the labor market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, you could run a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.answersforbusiness.nl/regulation/home-business&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;home business&lt;/a&gt; up until the legal maximum before reporting the income for tax purposes, but this is not allowed under your permit. You would be skating on thin ice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2014-11-29T22:25:51.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3308" CreationDate="2014-12-01T00:46:47.263" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where do I go to register for the National Health Insurance in South Korea if I am there on an intra-company transfer visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-02T11:59:30.873" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T09:11:08.400" Title="National Health Insurance in Korea" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3307" CreationDate="2014-12-01T00:52:20.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a pretty good guide &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhic.or.kr/english/usrguide/guide02.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here on the NHIC website&lt;/a&gt;. It should walk you through the entire process. You should be able to find your specific visa information there.&#xA;Otherwise, you can call the NHIC hotline. They have an English line number at 02-390-2000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3790" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2014-12-02T16:19:06.863" LastActivityDate="2014-12-02T16:19:06.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-12-01T14:47:39.703" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Romania works on the same principle. However, this caused a lot of problems with The Republic of Moldova since Moldova was a part of Romania, and technically most Moldovans are Romanian by law.&#xA;Ius Sangvinus is a complicated matter, but it applies in Romania, as long as one grandparent was Romanian. Needless to say, the population will only accept you as Romanian if you have blood ties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3793" LastActivityDate="2014-12-01T14:47:39.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2014-12-01T16:36:22.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am promoting a string of comments to a proper answer but it's probably important to note that &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; does not work quite in the way you describe. Countries do not usually “offer” citizenship to children of current citizens. Rather, they typically grant citizenship, at birth, to the children of citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if one of your parent is, for example, a French citizen &lt;em&gt;at the moment of your birth&lt;/em&gt; then you are automatically a French citizen yourself (with some caveats, see below). You might need some paperwork to actually benefit from it in practice (e.g. to get a passport, vote, etc.) but you don't need to become a citizen later on; you already are one, from day one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if your parents get French citizenship through naturalization after you have reached adulthood, France does not offer you anything. You are not a citizen and your parents' French citizenship won't even make it easier for you to become a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt;, it's therefore citizenship at the time of your birth that matters. Consequently, the grand-children of a French citizen would simply be French citizens from their birth, as would the parent that transmitted them the citizenship, without having to do anything to request it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of France, the big caveat is that if you don't do anything to actively avail yourself of this citizenship (e.g. by applying for a passport, this is called “&lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;” in French) and reside outside of France for more than fifty years then your children will lose their French citizenship (article 30-3 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does mean that some distant ancestry will not make you a French citizen but the relevant criteria is not the number of generations and the law is structured in a completely different way (it's not “you can be French if one of your ancestors up to that generation was French” but rather “all your descendants are French unless some specific condition is met”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, it probably means that France might not meet your requirements but you need to be careful about these details if you want to understand nationality law. The details vary but many countries do have some form of &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; on the books.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-18T22:06:57.733" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T22:06:57.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-02T12:58:24.933" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of applying for permanent residency in a Latin American country.  As part of the process, said LA country has requested authenticated copies of my US taxes for the past 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I obtained certified copies (expensive) of those tax filings from the IRS and sent them to the State Department.  Instead of authenticating them, the State Dept sent them back with a letter that says &quot;The document must be acknowledged before a notary public&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to violate the basic rule of authentication which is that authentication must happen at or above the same level where the document was generated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is some local notary to know that these are valid documents and why would the State Dept not authenticate them directly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3795" LastEditorUserId="3795" LastEditDate="2014-12-03T09:56:28.833" LastActivityDate="2014-12-03T09:56:28.833" Title="How to get the US State Department to authenticate my Federal Tax Filing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T10:20:54.893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3320" CreationDate="2014-12-03T09:10:41.897" Score="1" ViewCount="708" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently (six months ago) moved to Rostock and I am working full time as a consultant of a German company.&#xA;My contract has been reconfirmed for another full year, with good chances to keep going on for a bit even after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not speak German at all (I work in IT and in the office I can work effectively with English) but I think it would be better to start learning it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be my own private initiative (i.e. I pay out of my own pocket) and will have to do that outside office hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here in Rostock I have seen Inlingua, Berlitz and a place called s-cool, there are probably more, but these three are also very close to my apartment so I'd start with these to simplify the logistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a regular class (or even better, one-on-one lessons) would work better for me (I don't trust myself to stay focused with self-studying, at least for languages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also aware that ultimately it's the teacher and how well you get along with his/her style and personality, but I'd like to get at least some idea about which of these to try first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in case it matters, my native language is Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am also aware that there might be state sponsored or university courses that might be way cheaper, but I'd like to try the &quot;commercial&quot; courses first)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: any suggestions/ideas about which one to try first? Any idea of the costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3797" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T13:04:40.720" Title="German courses in Rostock" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3281" CreationDate="2014-12-03T21:53:07.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cambodia&lt;/strong&gt; comes pretty close.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/living-in-cambodia&quot;&gt;Business (E) visas&lt;/a&gt; are handed out to essentially anybody with a pulse, cost around US$300 for one year, and are (currently) renewable essentially forever.  And if you're not planning on working in Cambodia, this is all you need to stay legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do wish to work, even remotely, or start your own business, you will need a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.movetocambodia.com/expat-life/whats-going-on-with-work-permits-in-cambodia/&quot;&gt;work permit&lt;/a&gt; as well for around $100/year, plus any costs associated with employing yourself through a company.  Long a dead letter, Cambodia started (kinda-sorta) enforcing this rule in 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, while this is a viable short-term option, there are absolutely zero guarantees that you can keep doing this.  There is no defined path to permanent residency, and short of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pros-and-cons-selling-khmer-citizenship&quot;&gt;forking out a cool $400k&lt;/a&gt; or learning to speak Khmer and marrying a Cambodian citizen, neither is there a clear path to citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-12-03T21:53:07.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3274" CreationDate="2014-12-04T06:58:43.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There clearly is difference between what has been promised, and what has been actually implemented as of now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The change for H-4 holders mentioned by BBC and which &lt;em&gt;littleadv&lt;/em&gt; links to in his &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/3275/131&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;, is one of the promises. Legally it's still &lt;em&gt;only a proposal&lt;/em&gt;. While it's expected to be in effect within few months, right now it's nothing more than a political promise, and should only be treated as such. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now, the only changes &lt;strong&gt;already in effect&lt;/strong&gt; impacts &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; very specific subset of undocumented immigrants. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T06:58:43.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="143" CreationDate="2014-12-04T14:34:00.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rob Hoare mentioned, correctly &quot;There's a lot more to tax residence in most countries than a simple time limit&quot;. One consideration is that of being in the country's medical system. Tohecz, for example, said that he lives in France half the time but has no taxable income there. That would, AFAIK, preclude him from receiving any medical benefits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3800" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T14:34:00.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3039" CreationDate="2014-12-04T14:41:46.997" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Does this depend on which passport I use to get sponsored?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3800" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T14:41:46.997" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-05T18:13:35.927" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Read something called NHS number that is like a unique identifier for people used by  hospitals. Also the heard that there is something called NN4B which assigns NHS numbers for babies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is NHS number generated in a different way for newborns than for people in general? Or what is the difference between the way of generating these two numbers? If there is a difference other than the way of generating, what are they?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3805" LastEditorUserId="3805" LastEditDate="2014-12-08T15:33:26.557" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T15:33:26.557" Title="United Kingdom Difference between NN4B and NHS number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-12-11T03:15:22.830" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2014-12-05T20:26:07.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;, he is not a U.S. national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you say &quot;give up his U.S. citizenship&quot;, what is actually happening is he is giving up his U.S. nationality. He is giving up U.S. nationality according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1481&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;8 USC 1481&lt;/a&gt;(a)(5):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) A person who is a national of the United States whether by birth&#xA;  or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by voluntarily&#xA;  performing any of the following acts with the intention of&#xA;  relinquishing United States nationality—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(5) making a formal renunciation of nationality before a diplomatic or&#xA;  consular officer of the United States in a foreign state, in such form&#xA;  as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving up U.S. nationality also causes him to not have U.S. citizenship, because U.S. citizens must be U.S. nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no provision in the current law for loss of U.S. citizenship apart from the loss of U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Though as an interesting historical note, there was a situation when someone could give up U.S. citizenship but keep U.S. nationality: Existing residents of the Northern Mariana Islands gained U.S. citizenship in 1986 under section 301 of the CNMI Covenant with the U.S. Under section 302, people who gained citizenship under section 301 could choose to become non-citizen U.S. nationals within 6 months of the 1986 date, or 6 months of turning 18, whichever was later. The choosing period has long passed for any eligible person, and it does not apply to the OP's example which is someone who was a citizen at birth.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2014-12-05T22:51:39.083" LastActivityDate="2014-12-05T22:51:39.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-06T00:25:57.927" Score="4" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in The Netherlands at my previous employer from August 2013 until July 2014 and I was granted the 30% ruling. After this, I moved to Ireland for a new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I expect to get some tax refund from The Netherlands for 2014? If yes, when will this occur? Do I need to fill in some forms in order to ask for this refund or will it be done automatically if I keep my Dutch bank account open? Is there some English-speaking agency that can help me sort this out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastActivityDate="2014-12-06T16:28:54.247" Title="Left The Netherlands in the middle of the year. Am I eligible for tax refund?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3312" CreationDate="2014-12-06T04:24:40.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inlingua-rostock.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Interlingua Rostock&lt;/a&gt; has a website that is only in German. They have some contact information, but calling them (0381 24 292 24) or e-mailing them (info@inlingua-rostock.com) is probably better than filling out their contact form. They don't list any prices on their website. They do have a placement test you can take online. This might be less than useful if you really don't speak a single word of German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.berlitz-rostock.de/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Berlitz Rostock&lt;/a&gt; offers much more on their website in English. They have a &quot;happy hour&quot; course that offers private lessons. The also offer private lessons any time. Calling them (+49 381-4900780) would be a great idea to schedule a trial course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sprachen-rostock.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;s-cool&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;Your friendly language school in Rostock&quot; offers small group lessons. They seem to be much smaller, but that is not necessarily a disadvantage. Their number is 0381-510 89 48.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for suggestions of which to try, I highly recommend that you visit each of the language schools and try to see which schools feel like a good fit. Everyone responds to something a little differently, and you may not like the way one teacher teaches, but I may think that teacher is amazing. It really comes down to personal preference. If you can also speak to students who are studying at each of the schools, it will help you to get a feel for the teaching style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, foreign language acquisition depends on how hard you are willing to work, how much you are willing to speak, and how much time you spend in the language. Since you speak English and Italian, however, I'm sure you know. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2014-12-06T04:24:40.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3319" CreationDate="2014-12-06T08:35:17.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether you are eligible but it's very unlikely to be automatic. In my experience, to get any type of refund, you have to submit a tax return (&lt;em&gt;aangifte doen&lt;/em&gt;), if only to confirm that you haven't had any other sources of income than those the tax office knows about. Incidentally, you can still do that up to five years afterwards and they even sometimes send letters saying “you might be eligible for a refund” in year + 2 (I received one once).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would have stayed in the Netherlands without a job for the rest of the year, it would be reasonably easy: Download the yearly tax return software, click your way through and submit the data electronically. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/aangifte_doen/aangifte_inkomstenbelasting/aangifte_doen_over_2013/aangifte_doen_over_2013&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is the link for 2013&lt;/a&gt; (unfortunately all in Dutch, the English part of the website seems to be exclusively about non-residents). You can do it starting in March of the following year and would receive a letter and a refund some time in summer IIRC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last time I checked (which is admittedly a few years back), the software was only for (relatively) simple cases and you were not allowed to use it if you resided abroad for any part of the year. I seem to recall than a friend did it anyway and I think she did receive a refund and was never bothered (as far as I know) for having used the software. Still, the proper way is to submit a different (paper) form (I have another friend who tried it, don't remember the details or how it worked out for him). Claiming some tax rebate while failing to properly account for your moving or your Irish income could even amount to fraud for all I know so be careful here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there have been some last-minute changes in 2014 that the tax office was not able to implement right away so that you will probably receive less money than you would have in other years or perhaps be asked to submit a tax return even if you did not have to do it for 2013. And I don't know how any of this interacts with the 30% ruling. In any case, do make sure the tax office has your new address, they can be nasty about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-06T16:28:54.247" LastActivityDate="2014-12-06T16:28:54.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-06T19:26:57.310" Score="3" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an IELTS score being Non-English as primary language:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Listening-6.5 Reading-6.0 Writing-6.0 Speaking-6.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has an IELTS score:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Listening-7.0 Reading-5.5 Writing-6.0 Speaking-6.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many points do i score for language ability being primary applicant as per Express Entry System for Canada? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:13:40.760" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T06:56:00.890" Title="Query on point system of Express entry Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-10T10:44:28.040" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm currently in France on a student visa.  Can I stay in France under a tourist visa (for 3 months under the Schengen policy) if I decide to stop studying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3816" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-10T12:48:26.907" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T13:08:22.880" Title="Student visa to tourist visa in France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3325" CreationDate="2014-12-10T12:58:58.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Time spent under a long-stay visa (including student visas) does not count toward the 90-day maximum stay in the Schengen area. This rule is defined in article 5 for the Schengen Borders Code (&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R0562&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;regulation EC 562/2006&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Periods of stay authorised under a residence permit or a long-stay visa shall not be taken into account in the calculation of the duration of stay on the territory of the Member States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you don't need a visa (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_Schengen_Area#Visa_exemptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the list of “annex II” countries on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;), you can indeed stay for another 90 days in the Schengen area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do need a visa for short stays, you could in theory come back to France immediately on a Schengen visa but you would first need to go somewhere else to apply and wait for this visa. Depending on your circumstances, getting this visa might prove difficult.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen/24777#24777&quot;&gt;this question on the travel sister site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T13:08:22.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3312" CreationDate="2014-12-10T13:04:40.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The University of Rostock has a so called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sprachenzentrum.uni-rostock.de/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sprachenzentrum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It offers it service to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sprachenzentrum.uni-rostock.de/en/german-courses/guest-auditor/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guest auditors&lt;/a&gt; as well if places are left in any course at reasonable prices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T13:04:40.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3281" CreationDate="2014-12-10T14:25:33.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds to me like you might find this an interesting read: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatlaw.nl/dutch_american_friendship_treaty.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.expatlaw.nl/dutch_american_friendship_treaty.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can tell all you need to do is find something to do to be considered self-employed and earn enough to support yourself, or you can find a Dutch business to invest in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands is a lovely country, but people can be a bit funny about foreigners sometimes. Their default stance on immigration seems to be very restrictive, but it would appear that they like Americans, given the Friendship Treaty. Pretty much everyone speaks English as well, especially in the big cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as money goes, all you have to invest is a minimum of €4500 in a business (either your own or someone else's), there are no language requirements, and the initial residence permit is valid for 2 years. The website says lots of people in software, writers, musicians, graphic design, etc (jobs that you can do anywhere) are what most of their clients do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there are some other gotchas, but you will have to look further into it yourself to see if you meet their requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T14:25:33.370" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3332" CreationDate="2014-12-10T21:28:47.377" Score="1" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a really generic question and nobody has given me a satisfactory answer: let's say I live in Italy and one day I wake up and I want to move to the USA permanently, what are the legal steps to move in terms of visa, work, housing... Is my question even feasible or just pure fantasy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3819" LastEditorUserId="3819" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T11:22:48.453" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T11:22:48.453" Title="What should I do in order to move to the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3333" CreationDate="2014-12-10T23:14:45.050" Score="3" ViewCount="1208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a USA company and I'm now in the process of applying for the E3 visa. The visa condition states that I can enter USA only 10 days before the start of my job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to enter USA earlier? I would like to go there 2-3 weeks before the jobs starts to look for an apartment and generally get my life organised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to enter first on the tourist visa and then 10 days before I start my job go to Canada (I'll live very close) and re-enter USA on E3?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2330" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T23:33:57.183" Title="Entering USA on E3 visa more than 10 days before the start of the job" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3329" CreationDate="2014-12-10T23:15:41.760" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In very broad terms, you can (these steps take many years):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot;&gt;H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt; with a job in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_residence_%28United_States%29&quot;&gt;green card&lt;/a&gt; after completing a lot of paperwork such as labor certification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(optional) Apply for US citizenship after holding your green card for some years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other ways such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa&quot;&gt;Diversity Immigrant Visa&lt;/a&gt; (also informally known as the &quot;green card lottery&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T23:15:41.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3331" CreationDate="2014-12-10T23:33:57.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Theoretically it would be possible, but in practice it may be interpreted by the CBP as an attempt to start working before your official visa starts. Generally it is not advised to enter the US in proximity to the H/E/L visa start dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10 days should be enough to rent a temporary place, or even hotel, if your company doesn't provide any relocation assistance. Then look for a permanent place. In some places 10 days is more than enough to find a permanent residence - in larger cities there always are apartment complexes with vacancies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T23:33:57.183" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-11T04:26:27.983" Score="2" ViewCount="1301" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has lived in Thailand on a yearly-renewable non-immigrant business visa for the past 5 years. I have been religiously paying my dues and filing my Thai income tax returns but was not aware until recently that I have to continue filing in the US as well. I have also received a couple of W-9s from Thai establishments which I am at a loss as to how to fill out. I no longer have a US address and am working on getting permanent residency in Thailand. On my Thai returns my address is of course my home in Bangkok, but what address should I enter into the pertinent fields in the W-9s and the US returns (past and future) I intend to file? At this point, because of my ignorance, the address on file with the IRS would be my last US address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3823" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-11T07:39:14.200" LastActivityDate="2014-12-11T08:57:08.700" Title="What address does a US Citizen living abroad and employed as a consultant by a foreign company put on a W-9 FORM?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4334" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4335" CreationDate="2014-12-11T07:04:38.550" Score="2" ViewCount="791" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a girlfriend in Germany and she is pregnant with my child and she has one year Germany resident and she is not working yet, and the job center is paying her, and I'm from Italy and have Italian residency and I want to stay with her with my unborn baby in the same house that the government is paying for her. I want to know if there should be a problem staying with her, because she had one child before, we both are from Nigeria. Can anyone advise me how it is over there if is possible to live with her without any problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3820" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-12-12T12:52:13.290" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T18:41:45.430" Title="Moving to germany to stay with my girlfriend" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4334" CreationDate="2014-12-11T08:13:33.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you have a long term visa for Italy, you're allowed to stay for a period of no more than 90 days per half-year in the territory of other Schengen countries, in your case, Germany. Staying in her house should be no problem at all.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you want to stay for more than 90 days, you have to apply for a long term visa for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will not be easy to get a long term visa as your girlfriend is not working and her house is paid by the jobcenter. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Zuwanderungsrecht_node.html#doc480848bodyText7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreigner must have a settlement or residence permit or an EU Blue&#xA;  Card and sufficient living space before his/her family is allowed to&#xA;  join him/her. Further requirements must also be fulfilled, depending&#xA;  on the status of the foreigner resident in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As regards the subsequent immigration of spouses, the amended&#xA;  Immigration Act introduced the rule that both spouses must be 18 years&#xA;  or older and that the person arriving in Germany to join their spouse&#xA;  must in principle have at least a basic knowledge of German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-12-12T12:52:52.057" LastActivityDate="2014-12-12T12:52:52.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3334" CreationDate="2014-12-11T08:57:08.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should fill your current address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the default W9 form from the IRS web site, it says &quot;City, State and Zip code&quot;, but nothing prevents you from writing &quot;Bangkok, Thailand, WhateverPostal-Code&quot;, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same for the tax returns, the IRS form 1040 actually does have designated spaces for foreign addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-11T08:57:08.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4345" CreationDate="2014-12-11T15:51:06.347" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I continue to receive administrative mail (mostly from insurance and city hall) addressed to a person who has left Japan already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I scan and email her the content every time, but letters keep coming.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What is the recommended way to tell the senders that she is not in Japan anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-12-12T02:53:06.567" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T11:03:58.287" Title="Administrative mail keeps coming for a person who moved out of Japan" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-11T15:58:03.803" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;After working for 4 years in France, I have been working for 6 years already in Japan (both as a full-time employee).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do pensions work in that case?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Do years in France and years in Japan get counted automatically, or do I have to do something special?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95" LastActivityDate="2014-12-20T03:04:04.733" Title="How pensions work for a French person working in Japan" Tags="&lt;pension&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4339" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4340" CreationDate="2014-12-12T06:33:58.223" Score="2" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in a university in the US with a J1 visa which is about to expire. I have negotiated with my supervisor to keep working with him for three months more but from my home country in Europe. Do I need to extend my J1 visa for these three months if I'm not going to travel to the US during that time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, I want to apply for other job positions in the US after completing my contract with the university. Is it easier for the future company that sponsors me (if any!) to transfer a J1 visa than creating a new one (H1B I guess)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4824" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2014-12-12T12:50:09.760" LastActivityDate="2014-12-13T07:09:47.677" Title="Do I need a visa to work for a university in the US from Europe?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4339" CreationDate="2014-12-13T07:09:47.677" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I need to extend my J1 visa for these three months if I'm not going&#xA;  to travel to the US during that time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you're not physically present in the US - you can do whatever you want. You don't need US government's permission to work for someone in your home country. However, you need to check the laws in your home country on that. You'll be probably considered as self-employed, so you'll need to check local laws about taxes, national/social insurance, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it easier for the future company that sponsors me (if any!) to&#xA;  transfer a J1 visa than creating a new one (H1B I guess)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way they'll have to apply for a new visa for you, J or H is up to them and their lawyers. If they're exempt from cap (which, for university position, it is usually the case) then they will probably not care so much other than following their internal policies. For you however it may be important, since if you come with a spouse - the main difference between J1 and H1 would be the EAD for the spouse (J2 are eligible, H4 are not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the prospective employer is not a university, then J1 is not an option for them, unless these are very specific circumstances. For most commercial employers, foreign workers can only work on H1b (or similar visas, like TN for Canadians, or E3 for Australians).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-13T07:09:47.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-14T20:11:25.853" Score="7" ViewCount="4599" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Indefinite leave to remain (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_leave_to_remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ILR&lt;/a&gt;) in UK. However, I have been away from the UK for two years and I need to travel to the UK to visit my son who is a British Citizen. My explicit purpose for visiting is only to see my son and not settle in UK. Can I travel on the ILR/residence permit which has no expiration date? Or has my ILR visa automatically been revoked since I have been away from the UK for more than two years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4831" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-22T01:56:54.590" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T08:06:12.123" Title="UK ILR/Permanent Residency Automatically Canceled after 2 years of being overseas?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3307" CreationDate="2014-12-14T23:33:44.473" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is also a good guide at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.korea4expats.com/article-foreign-residents-and-the-nhi-plan.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Korea4Expats&lt;/a&gt;. The information should be fairly up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4832" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T09:11:08.400" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T09:11:08.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4341" CreationDate="2014-12-14T23:44:21.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your ILR status is gone, as you have been outside of the UK for two years. If your only intent is visiting your son, then a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-visit-visa/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Short term family visitor visa&lt;/a&gt; is probably the best, and cheapest solution for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also try to get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Returning resident visa&lt;/a&gt;, which is basically a revalidation of your ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you have strong family ties in the UK, you might even get it although you don't plan on settling back. It is a more expensive visa, and they might refuse it (as your intent is not resettlement, but having family ties can be an exception to this rule), but in case you'll get it, you also get your ILR status back as well which might be useful if you plan on visiting your son multiple times in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2014-12-14T23:44:21.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4341" CreationDate="2014-12-15T03:42:28.360" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You had ILR, but have been outside the UK for 2 years. Now you wish to enter the UK as a FAMILY VISITOR and want to know if your ILR is a viable document for that purpose.  You did not say your nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you're probably aware by now, you cannot benefit from Paragraph 18 of the rules due to this clause &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) has not been away from the United Kingdom for more than 2 years;&#xA;  and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are NOT a visa-national, you may be able to benefit from Paragraph 19 of the rules, which states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person who does not benefit from the preceding paragraph by reason&#xA;  only of having been away from the United Kingdom too long may&#xA;  nevertheless be admitted as a returning resident if, for example, he&#xA;  has lived here for most of his life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...which you can ask for upon arrival (hence, non-visa-nationals only). They apply a demanding test and if you do not qualify you will become vulnerable to being served a removal notice.  This can happen if they think you are attempting to enter the UK with the intent of overstaying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a visa-national, you cannot benefit from Paragraph 19 because you will not be able to board the aircraft without a valid leave to enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can apply from abroad as a 'returning resident'.  These applications generally fail, and I wrote an article about why this happens.  You can read it here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/faq-tip-%E2%80%9Creturning-resident%E2%80%9D-visa-rrv&quot;&gt;The RRV, Returning Resident Visa&lt;/a&gt;.  Overall, having a close relative in the UK, such as a son, does not meet the requirement of 'strong family ties' because you have not maintained this relationship for 2 years.    The bottom line is that if you opt to apply for the RRV, you should instruct a qualified UK-based practitioner See &lt;a href=&quot;http://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/&quot;&gt;The Law Society&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We believe that submitting an RRV application without competent&#xA;  representation invites peril.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if you are either a visa-national or non-visa-national you can apply for entry clearance as a FAMILY VISITOR.  This is the safest approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally if you are a non-visa-national, you can apply for leave to enter as a FAMILY VISITOR or GENERAL VISITOR upon arrival.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, your ILR has been &lt;strong&gt;expired&lt;/strong&gt; (not 'revoked' or 'cancelled', which are much more serious cases). In all events, it has no purpose other than historical/sentimental value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Rules I referred to are here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370896/20141106_immigration_rules_part_1.pdf&quot;&gt;Rules Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Guidance is here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262676/annexk.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262676/annexk.pdf&quot;&gt;Exceptions to the 2 Year Rule&lt;/a&gt; (and especially, &lt;em&gt;whether the person contacted a post abroad within 2 years to express his future&#xA;intention to return to the United Kingdom.&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T04:19:25.750" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T04:19:25.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4337" CreationDate="2014-12-15T11:03:58.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same as if the person has simply moved to a different address in Japan.  You ideally put a sticker on, or else in a bold colour, put 'no longer at this address' across the letter, and put it back in the mail. This will usually have it returned to sender in most countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, go to a post office with the letters, hand them over and ask &quot;please return to sender&quot; (Sashidashinin ni hensou shite kudasai.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(my Japanese isn't perfect, but that's the best I can do without kanji)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T11:03:58.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4350" CreationDate="2014-12-15T14:50:56.537" Score="1" ViewCount="592" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a UK visa, and one of question is about my current working status. I'm working as a freelancer (mainly for one company, but I'm not employed). What option should I use?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Employed Full Time&#xA;Employed Part Time&#xA;Retired&#xA;Self Employed&#xA;Student (Non Working)&#xA;Student (Working)&#xA;Supported by Spouse/Partner/Other&#xA;Unemployed&#xA;Voluntary / Unpaid Worker&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-15T15:50:05.603" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T20:50:30.520" Title="Visa application - what working status can be used for a freelancer?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2804" CreationDate="2014-12-15T18:18:31.183" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The booklet states 2-4 weeks for acknowledgement of the application...this is different from the decision which can take longer I assume.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4836" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T18:18:31.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4348" CreationDate="2014-12-15T20:50:30.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Freelancer is usually self-employed, but please check &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2550/working-self-employed-in-england/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for more details on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-12-15T20:50:30.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4352" CreationDate="2014-12-16T01:17:27.200" Score="2" ViewCount="3947" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the news letter received from CIC Canada, Below is the point mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To complete your online Express Entry profile, you will need to create&#xA;  a Job Seeker Account with Job Bank so you can view jobs from employers&#xA;  in Canada and begin applying to jobs. Job Bank is an electronic&#xA;  listing of jobs provided by employers from everywhere across Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is 'Job Bank'? How do I create a job seeker account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-28T13:26:35.913" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T02:24:56.540" Title="Canada: How to create Job seeker account in Job Bank?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4351" CreationDate="2014-12-16T05:53:15.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find the website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/home-eng.do?lang=eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/home-eng.do?lang=eng&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/content_pieces-eng.do;jsessionid=BD802F5F9C1038B204B69D72D275B3F5.imnav2?cid=983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;About Us&lt;/a&gt; page: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Job Bank is the Government of Canada's leading source for jobs and labour market information. It offers users free occupational and career information such as job opportunities, educational requirements, main duties, wage rates and salaries, current employment trends, and outlooks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The site can help people search for work, make career decisions, see what jobs will be in demand, and much more. Employers can also advertise jobs for free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Job Seeker is just an online account for Job Seekers -- allowing you to search jobs, find matches, update your resume, etc. Create an account starting &lt;a href=&quot;https://seekers.jobbank.gc.ca/commun-common/conditions-terms.aspx?new=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on this page&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it appears that some aspects of the Job Seeker account have been retired and are being replaced next year from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/content_pieces-eng.do?cid=6843&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A new Job Match Service - Coming Soon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Registration for a new Job Match Service will begin in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Job Match allows employers and job seekers to be matched based on their respective needs and profiles. After being matched, the employer receives a list of qualified candidates while the job seeker receives a list of matching job openings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it still looks like you can do normal job searches and use the other tools. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T05:53:15.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4353" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4357" CreationDate="2014-12-16T10:53:55.683" Score="4" ViewCount="455" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a freelance programmer (working outside of UK); I'm trying to apply for a UK Business Visitor visa, and I guess the most proper &quot;working status&quot; for my case is &quot;Self employed&quot;. However, when I choose this option is tasks me for &quot;The Name of Company/Organisation/Employer&quot;, address, etc. What should I fill in, as I don't have any employer and don't own a company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T18:50:23.293" Title="&quot;The Name of Company/Organisation/Employer&quot; for a freelancer?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4354" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4355" CreationDate="2014-12-16T11:40:12.140" Score="3" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Slovak citizen living in Austria (since 14 yrs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've recently married a Moroccan citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can he apply to join me under EU laws of EU spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4838" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-01-02T15:39:20.360" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T15:39:20.360" Title="Non-EU citizen wants to join his EU citizen wife" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4354" CreationDate="2014-12-16T12:07:33.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no personal experience with that but your husband must in any case obtain an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at//Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/12/Seite.120830.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“Aufenthaltskarte für Angehörige aus Drittstaaten”&lt;/a&gt; (see also the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmeia.gv.at/fr/ambassade/rabat/conseils-pratiques/aller-en-autriche/permis-de-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Austrian embassy in Rabat&lt;/a&gt;). It's distinct from the regular “Familienzusammenführung” (“regroupement familial” on the embassy's website). I can't find the right form online but it's important to insist on that as it should be easier to obtain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it's not uncommon for consulates to make difficulties or be unaware of the details of the rules. If the consulate is uncooperative, you might want to hire a lawyer or seek help from &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SOLVIT&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T23:45:51.907" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T23:45:51.907" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6820" CreationDate="2014-12-16T18:22:56.220" Score="4" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sections 20-37 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/contents/enacted&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immigration Act 2014&lt;/a&gt;  require landlords to check the immigration&#xA;status of their prospective tenants - and all prospective occupants over 18 - before they let out a property. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the restrictions that could prevent a visitor, worker, student, spouse, or tourist from renting a flat or apartment? What are the penalties?  Must I show a prospective landlord my ENTIRE travel history? Can the landlord make photocopies and thus expose me to identity theft?  Will the landlord keep my documents safe?  Most importantly, how much extra time should I plan for when renting accommodation to allow for this new rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I'm not asking if you agree with the rule, it's a matter a law. And I'm not asking how they plan to enforce it, because culpability lies solely upon the landlord, not the migrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2014-12-16T19:29:31.087" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T01:24:57.813" Title="How do the new 'Right to Rent' checks affect people wanting to rent accommodation in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4353" CreationDate="2014-12-16T18:50:23.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They have the option to check your employer to see if they are a 'serial inviter' (a party that invites lots of people because they service people who need invitations).  They also have the option to check your employer to see if the employer has has been the source of any violations of the immigration rules, like employing people illegally. And finally, they have the right to be sure that any VAT or other taxes that arise from your business visit will be paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are self employed outside of the UK, but do not have a registered company. In this case, you can put your own name and address.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To help them decide upon your application, you should consider submitting any additional evidence that can help convince them that your self employment is legal and that you are accustomed to paying taxes.  Such evidence is not a requirement, but may ward off credibility issues.  Given the lack of material information about your employer, compliance in your own country is an excellent indicator that you will follow the rules in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T18:50:23.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-16T20:57:50.473" Score="1" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen of Asian origin and I'd like to spend a year or more in Ireland. I don't need to look for a job there, as I work online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never been to The Emerald Isle and I'd rather not to stay in Dublin (as it is the most costly, AFAIK). I don't want to stay in remote villages either. It would be too boring and I don't want to be the only foreigner around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what cities would you suggest, where people and places are generally pleasant, accommodation is affordable, crime rates are low and expats are not unheard of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4839" LastEditorUserId="4839" LastEditDate="2014-12-18T20:51:22.543" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T20:51:22.543" Title="Suggest cities to stay in Ireland, other than Dublin" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-12-17T04:05:14.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-16T21:11:17.380" Score="2" ViewCount="2702" Body="&lt;p&gt;I singed Affidavit of Support for my in-law few years back. We were not planning to apply for any government assistance and were paying medical insurance for the in-law out of pocket. And then Obamacare happened and the cheapest insurance we can get now is 500+ a month now (vs 150 we used to pay). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that in the i-864 form there is this section: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;What Other Consequences Are There?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If an intending immigrant becomes a permanent resident in the United&#xA;  States based on a Form I-864 that you have signed, then until your&#xA;  obligations under the Form I-864 terminate, your income and assets may&#xA;  be considered (&quot;deemed&quot;) to be available to that person, in&#xA;  determining whether he or she is eligible for certain Federal&#xA;  means-tested public benefits and also for State or local means-tested&#xA;  public benefits, if the State or local government's rules provide for&#xA;  consideration (&quot;deeming”) of your income and assets as available to&#xA;  the person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This provision does not apply to public benefits specified in section&#xA;  403(c) of the Welfare Reform Act such as, but not limited to,&#xA;  emergency Medicaid, short-term, non-cash emergency relief; services&#xA;  provided under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts;&#xA;  immunizations and testing and treatment for communicable diseases; and&#xA;  means-tested programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education&#xA;  Act. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it mean we can apply &quot;emergency Medicaid&quot; and do not fear that we would have to re-pay it back?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are other exceptions from section 403(c) I can't find a full list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4840" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T09:52:56.183" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T23:51:35.020" Title="i-864 Affidavit of Support and Welfare Reform Act section 403(c)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-16T22:17:37.403" Score="2" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many of the EU countries that I know require one to stay in their territory for 183 days before one become  eligible for paying income tax. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amusing that A, B and C are among the EU countries that have this rule in their tax code, and that I am originally a citizen of A and I am self-employed. I work online and my clients are from all over the world:&#xA;In any given year, I stay 100 days in A, 100 days in B and 165/6 days in C. &#xA;So where am I obliged to pay income tax? apparently Nowhere!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this plan work? If yes, where can be A, B and C?&#xA;If not, why not? and where should I pay taxes at the end of the year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4839" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-19T18:15:23.153" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T18:15:23.153" Title="Is it possible to pay no income tax by moving in EU?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-12-17T09:53:34.500" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4360" CreationDate="2014-12-16T23:52:39.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without naming A, B or C, we have no way of checking that but your assumption is probably wrong. Many countries do in fact &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; you to pay income taxes on your &lt;em&gt;worldwide&lt;/em&gt; income if you stay there more than 183 days in a year. But you can also be (partially or completely) liable in many other ways like having your main home in the country, having most of your clients there, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's completely different from requiring you to stay 183 days to become liable to pay taxes. I am not sure I know any country like that. (Incidentally, it's unusual to think of this as becoming “eligible to pay taxes” since being liable in one country does not automatically free you from other obligations and even when there is a tax treaty you rarely get to choose where you have to pay taxes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/143/where-can-i-be-tax-resident-when-i-dont-stay-in-any-eu-country-longer-that-6-mo&quot;&gt;Where can I be tax resident when I don&amp;#39;t stay in any EU-country longer that 6 months a year?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3045/as-a-digital-nomad-is-it-possible-to-live-such-that-one-owes-no-tax-obligation&quot;&gt;As a digital nomad, is it possible to live such that one owes no tax obligation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T23:52:39.840" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4358" CreationDate="2014-12-17T00:18:21.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to avoid Dublin, Cork would seem an obvious choice. It's the second largest town, has a good reputation and is located in a picturesque region (I don't have good memories of Limerick but I don't know it well). But many small to medium-sized towns are pleasant enough (I lived in one of them some years ago and remember it fondly). Places like Galway, Waterford or even smaller county towns like Sligo could be perfectly fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, apart from Dublin, none of them will have a real city feeling. So if you are used to live in a place with many cultural venues, clubs, shopping opportunities, etc., don't care for outdoors activities, and are really concerned about getting bored, you really have no other choice than Dublin. Also, when I was there, Dublin was really expensive but other cities weren't cheap either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as foreigners are concerned, you will find some everywhere but mostly ERASMUS students (quite a lot of those as Ireland is nice and English-speaking so very attractive for German, French, Spanish, etc. who want to get an experience abroad) and tourists from Europe and North America. Apart from that, the country is not very diverse. There are probably more expats in the Dublin area but don't expect it to be like Paris, London or Amsterdam either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, transportation is a bit slow by European standards. Most flights out of the country depart from Dublin and getting there from the west coast takes several hours. So if you are travelling frequently or like week-end breaks abroad, living outside Dublin will add significant transit times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T00:43:59.637" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T00:43:59.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4359" CreationDate="2014-12-17T03:52:20.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For your first question, yes, you will not be held responsible for &quot;emergency Medicaid&quot; expenses. But emergency Medicaid is not really a regular medical insurance; it's only for emergencies; it won't cover you for normal sickness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your second question, I can find you the relevant law, but I can't tell you exactly what it means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Welfare Reform Act of 1996&quot; is another name for the &quot;Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996&quot;. The full text is available as a PDF &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-110/pdf/STATUTE-110-Pg2105.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Section 403 is codified as 8 USC 1613, so you can read a easier-to-read online version &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1613&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Part (c) is the 403(c) you are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the legal language is really obtuse and hard to decipher. For example, the first item is &quot;Medical assistance described in section 1611 (b)(1)(A) of this title.&quot;; what is that supposed to be? (It's actually another list.) And nowhere on these lists do you find the word &quot;Medicaid&quot;. I believe, but am not sure, that emergency Medicaid is listed as the first item in that second list, which is described as &quot;Medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.] (or any successor program to such title) for care and services that are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition (as defined in section 1903(v)(3) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1396b (v)(3)]) [...]&quot;. How are you supposed to know that that is Medicaid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, is there a particular program that you are wonder if it falls under this exception?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T03:52:20.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-17T05:04:36.557" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't want to stay for a whole year in China and, for examinations, instead planned to revisit. Now my earlier visa has expired and I have to go back for exams for at most couple of week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which visa should I apply for to attend the examinations or is there a way to renew my previous student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4842" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T09:53:05.680" LastActivityDate="2014-12-23T10:08:17.883" Title="Renewal of chinese student visa" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-17T09:59:41.517" Score="6" ViewCount="1345" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, in order to get UK citizenship, you have to spend some time in the UK on other visas first, plus x days each year in the country. Assuming you have the right visas, and spend the right amount of time in the UK, and don't have any other complications, how long does it take from start to finish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T13:09:17.103" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:00:59.870" Title="How long does it take to get dual citizenship in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4366" CreationDate="2014-12-17T10:10:04.577" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the same as getting normal citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Government site on citizenship&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply for British citizenship by naturalisation if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re 18 or over&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re of good character, eg you don’t have a serious or recent criminal record&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’ll continue to live in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And you must usually have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national) - this means there’s no specific&#xA;  date that you have to leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national)&#xA;  not broken any immigration laws while in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are different rules if your spouse or partner is a British citizen (links are on same page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T15:00:59.870" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T15:00:59.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4368" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5507" CreationDate="2014-12-17T10:22:33.347" Score="1" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister has applied for a Australian Visitor Visa (family sponsored stream) and I, an Australian citizen, am the sponsor. She has a plan of spending 6 months traveling in Australia, of which 3 months will be used for an English language course (the visitor visa allows study up to 3 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the case officer has indicated, due to &lt;em&gt;applicant profile and information provided&lt;/em&gt;, they will be satisfied to grant her 3 months instead of the 6 months requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what kind of extra information would typically help make a case for her being able to be granted six months. I'm assuming the case officer decision is not final yet. Information we already provided included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My capacity of paying a bond;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Information that the applicant is taking a leave from her job in her home country and will still have the job when she comes back;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial data showing enough savings to travel, including pre-paid tickets and study fees.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T02:27:53.607" Title="Improving chances of obtaining Visitor Visa (Family stream) for more than 3 months" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4369" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4370" CreationDate="2014-12-17T11:06:10.207" Score="3" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Germany and I want to know what are the requirements to get a German citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T11:42:35.980" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:42:35.980" Title="What are the requirements of naturalisation in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4369" CreationDate="2014-12-17T11:08:15.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Einbuergerung/InDeutschland/indeutschland-node.html&quot;&gt;The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees&lt;/a&gt; lists the criteria to be meet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have an unrestricted right of residence at the time of being naturalised,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have passed the naturalisation test (knowledge of the legal and social system, as well as living conditions in Germany),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your habitual, lawful place of residence has been in Germany for eight years (this period can be reduced to seven years if you attend&#xA;  an integration course successfully, and can be reduced to as few as&#xA;  six years in the case of special integration measures),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have independent means of securing a living (including for family members entitled to maintenance) without resorting to welfare&#xA;  payments and unemployment benefit II,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have adequate German-language skills,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you do not have any convictions on account of a criminal offence,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you are committed to the free democratic constitutional order of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have lost or given up your former nationality (exceptions apply with regard to this point, depending on the country of origin;&#xA;  please contact the naturalisation authority).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T11:08:15.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3276" CreationDate="2014-12-17T12:15:48.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justlanded.com/english/Belgium/Belgium-Guide/Telephone-Internet/Internet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Just Landed&lt;/a&gt;, there are at least 9-12 telecommunication companies in Belgium. So if this fails, you can try another.  However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply for Internet access online or at the chosen provider's&#xA;  store, and you will need to present:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;your ID or passport&#xA;proof of address (bill, property rental contract or bank statement)&#xA;a bank account or International Bank Account Number (IBAN)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while you may not have your residence card yet, you should still be able to present these forms of ID, and as suggested in the comments, evidence of your application or a solicitor's attestation of a pending application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T12:15:48.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4375" CreationDate="2014-12-17T19:45:52.567" Score="11" ViewCount="5756" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for academic jobs and Japan came up as one potential possibility.  I am in the USA now and my visa is tied to my work here, meaning that when my appointment is up, I need to leave.  There might be a gap of a couple of months between the end of my current appointment and the start of the appointment in Japan.  For various reasons it would be strongly preferable for me to go directly to Japan from the USA instead of spending that gap in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible?  Is it at all &lt;em&gt;legally possible&lt;/em&gt; to go directly to Japan on a tourist visa, then change status &lt;em&gt;while there&lt;/em&gt;?  If possible, is it &lt;em&gt;relatively easy&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;common&lt;/em&gt; to do so?  Or is trying to do this likely to lead to significant bureaucratic complications?  (I am aware that in the USA trying to do something like this is not recommended and risky, but I have absolutely no idea about Japan.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details on my situation:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am married.  I can stay 90 days visa-free in Japan, but my spouse &lt;em&gt;does need&lt;/em&gt; a visa.  The question applies to both of us.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In this question I'm not interested in discussing staying in a third country during the gap.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4845" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T19:21:49.090" Title="Is it possible to switch from tourist visa to other status while in Japan?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4373" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4387" CreationDate="2014-12-18T18:07:04.587" Score="2" ViewCount="467" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a fairly specific question regarding my international driving permit that I picked up at AAA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family and I recently moved to Spain for my job. Shortly after arriving we received our Spanish residency permits. I have been told that my international driving permit is only valid for six months after I have received my residency. However, the driving permit states that it is valid for one year after the date of issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I don't yet speak Spanish well enough to contact the DGT, I'm not able to figure this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is the international driving permit length of one year negated after receiving my residency permit in Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: I am from the United States (which does not have a reciprocity agreement with Spain).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4847" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T19:44:16.247" Title="International driving permit validity after residency" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-18T21:46:54.790" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working as a (as a sole proprietor, contract-based) IT consultant here in USA for some years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have been thinking about accepting a role in UK. I am an EU citizen but since the role is not necessarily very long (maybe 6 months+) I will still have a mailing address here in USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the differences between S-Corps and sole proprietorships but I was not sure if I can be classified as a sole proprietor when working outside of the country. Does work that is outside of the country require e.g. an S-Corp (other other form of registered corporation), or can I do it as a sole proprietor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4849" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T21:46:54.790" Title="Can I work as a &quot;corporation&quot; in EU for the sole proprietorship I have in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-12-21T06:41:38.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4372" CreationDate="2014-12-18T22:31:45.773" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure to change your status of residence while in Japan is described &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/02.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (so the first thing to note is that there is such a procedure at all, so it is possible to at least &lt;em&gt;apply&lt;/em&gt; to have your status changed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you enter Japan for a short-term stay, as with a tourism visa or with a visa-free 90 days landing permission, your status is &quot;Temporary Visitor&quot;. This status is special in that, among other things, one of the conditions which is required by law if you want to change your status of residence to something else is that you must have &quot;exceptional and unavoidable circumstances&quot; (see link above). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is that this law seems to be quite loosely enforced currently: a simple Google search will show you countless blog or forum posts by people who applied to change their status from TV to something else, and who were successful. However, there does seem to be the occasional official who is zealous in applying the law, and who will reject your application, sometimes right on the spot. I don't think there are any statistics about status changes, so it is difficult to estimate how often this happens, but by all accounts it seems to be rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, it is not complicated: go to your local Immigration bureau with the necessary paperwork, you should find out very quickly in which case the official in front of you falls. Then if you're not rejected on the spot, consider it a good sign but keep your fingers crossed waiting for a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T22:31:45.773" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4338" CreationDate="2014-12-20T03:04:04.733" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2007/4/1173013_824.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Agreement between Japan and France on Social Security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to above article, if you paid pension in both countries they will be added together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4850" LastActivityDate="2014-12-20T03:04:04.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3227" CreationDate="2014-12-20T11:25:59.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not exactly the same situation as my children are Australian Nationals by birth and US Citizens by descent but the scenario may apply. I wanted to save money and only have the Australian passports for them. But I was urged to have both. It was suggested that there would be questions asked in the USA why I was entering with my US Passport and my children on Australian passports, such as did I have permission to leave the country with them etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as an Australian Permanent resident, I do on return require a RRV (Resident Return Visa), which expires every 5 years. In the long run the passports would be cheaper than the RRVs. I think mine was $300 in 2011. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4854" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T04:37:24.643" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T04:37:24.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="4378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-21T14:51:47.843" Score="3" ViewCount="5430" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that a Hong Kong driving license can be exchanged to a UK license if you came to the UK no more than 5 years.&#xA;My question is that, if I have been living in the UK in the last 10 years and holding a UK provisional driving license, and I move to Hong Kong for 1-2 years and get a Hong Kong driving license and return to the UK, can I still exchange my license to a UK one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4857" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T04:57:09.843" LastActivityDate="2017-12-23T22:46:46.777" Title="Exchanging a Hong Kong driver's licence for a UK one?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-21T18:28:25.737" Score="2" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have recently moved to US on a long term assignment and we have a home loan account in India, which would need monthly payments to be done. In order to do that we will have to send the dollars earned in USA back to India as INR. While we have some commercial agencies like PayPal(Xoom) which makes it really convenient and fast to send the dollars to an Indian bank account, but it does come with a heavy fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since our payments are scheduled, we could plan it a couple of days before and carry out the same so time is not much of a concern for us. So basically which is the cheapest and hassle free way of doing it? The Swift Code concept looks good, but I am not exactly sure how it works. Any other ideas that could help us!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look at the cheapest options available at the moment because as said by Mark, cheapest is not always the most hassle free, so unfortunately we can't have both!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3801" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-23T08:35:09.940" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T09:03:18.480" Title="What's the cheapest way to transfer funds to India from USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4380" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-21T19:20:30.520" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you pick up your paperwork in the US to legalize a car in Mexico can you cross into mexico at any border?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4859" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-22T07:29:15.140" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T07:29:15.140" Title="Can you cross at any border into Mexico after legalizing your car from the US?" Tags="&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T22:54:33.483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-22T12:33:04.427" Score="3" ViewCount="1643" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US Citizen with Australian Permanent Residency (over 13 yrs now). I wish to have Australian Citizenship without endangering my US Citizenship. I understand that there is no provision in US Law for dual citizenship for US Citizens unless the duality is obtained by marriage or birth. But as I understand it that the US Authorities would have the onus on themselves to prove that I intended by word or action to explicitly give up my US Citizenship and not solely by obtaining an Australian Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hear from anyone who has obtained a Australian Citizenship and maintained their US Citizenship and have traveled between Australia and the US using the respective countries' passports. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4854" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2014-12-23T00:06:37.743" LastActivityDate="2014-12-23T00:06:37.743" Title="How is United States Citizenship affected by taking Australian Citizenship" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4372" CreationDate="2014-12-22T12:35:27.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When my company hired a Chinese person earlier this year, they applied for a working permit and visa for her before she come here to Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you're going to look for a job after you come here, it might be easier for you to have your company apply for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get your visa, your spouse can apply for a &quot;spouse of long term resident&quot; visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4850" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T12:35:27.837" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4381" CreationDate="2014-12-22T15:06:09.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't fit the criteria you mentioned, but I'm fairly close as a Canadian with the option to obtain UK Citizenship whenever I feel like, I just have to do the forms. I'm not a lawyer or anything, so bear in mind that this is all just based on what I could find with Google, so take it with as much or as little salt as you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There doesn't seem to be anything stopping you getting the Australian citizenship with regards to the laws of either country. Both countries appear to completely tolerate multiple nationality. There is a decent Wikipedia article on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US nationality law with regards to dual citizenship&lt;/a&gt;. Basically unless you're planning on joining the armed forces or applying for a US security clearance, it sounds as though you'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't think you're actually under any obligation whatsoever to inform the US government that you have become a naturalised citizen of another country, unless that country requires you to formally renounce your US citizenship in order to obtain theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now regarding travel between the two countries, you should always bring both passports and enter each respective country on their passport. Australian citizens are required by law to enter and exit Australia using their Australian passports. I'm not aware of a similar requirement for the US, but I'm sure it'd be in your best interest to use your US passport. If you ever get quizzed about it in either country because of confusing passport stamps (like an exit without an entry or something) just be honest and say you're a dual national. It's certainly not illegal, not to mention fairly common these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine with dual Canadian/Polish nationality traveled to Poland once on her Canadian passport and didn't get into any trouble, despite her place of birth on the passport as a town in Poland. I was a little surprised by this, but perhaps the border guards didn't notice or care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be able to answer this for yourself, as I'm not sure what it's like for non-resident US citizens returning for a holiday or visit, but in Canada we have to fill out a landing card and put down whether we're visiting or a returning resident. If I put down I'm a returning resident, I'd very likely cause myself a big tax and residency headache if anyone caught on. The same might apply for you in either the US or Australia depending whether they also have landing cards, what kinds of questions they ask, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T15:06:09.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4378" CreationDate="2014-12-22T15:46:09.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hong Kong is on the DVLA's list of designated countries with which you can exchange your driving licence on a like for like basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; has a very informative section about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exchanging foreign driving licences&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you have a provisional licence, I'm not if or how the rules differ from a full licence, so you may have to do some research yourself. You would likely be best off ringing up the DVLA and speaking to someone directly. My personal experiences with their customer services have all been very, very positive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I exchanged my full Canadian licence for a full UK licence about 4 years ago. I got a full UK category B/BE with automatic only restriction (code 78). There is also a code 70CDN to indicate that the entitlement was an exchange (CDN denotes Canada). One irritation was that I had to take a road test to drive a manual car as it could not be proven that I took my Canadian road test on a manual (hence the restriction). No licencing authorities in Canada care at all about what kind of transmission your car has, so it's bound to annoy nearly everyone, especially if they're like me and drove manual cars in Canada for years. After I passed my test, my category B entitlement changed to remove 78 and 70CDN codes, but the BE entitlement still has them on. I would have to take the trailer road test (minimum £115) to remove the automatic restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm fairly sure that if you have ever held a UK driving licence and you return to the UK after living abroad, you can simply apply to the DVLA to reinstate your licence if you're not exchanging one, but do check with the DVLA first about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T15:46:09.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4381" CreationDate="2014-12-22T18:32:12.987" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The State Department has information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality/dual-nationality.html&quot;&gt;Dual Nationality&lt;/a&gt;. Some important excerpts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, a person who acquires a foreign nationality by applying for it may lose U.S. nationality. In order to lose U.S. nationality, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign nationality voluntarily, by free choice, &lt;strong&gt;and with the intention&lt;/strong&gt; to give up U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis above is mine. If you do not explicitly express intention to give up your US nationality, then you will not automatically lose it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most U.S. nationals, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that as a dual Australian and US national, you must carry both passports when travelling between the two countries. The steps, in brief, are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show your US passport to the airline check-in agent when you arrive at the airport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show your Australian passport to the passport officer when you depart Australia.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enjoy your flight.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show your US passport to the US immigration officer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do the same thing in reverse upon returning to Australia (except there is no step 2 when departing the US). The purpose of step 1 is to assure the airline that you have the right to enter the destination country. Having a passport from the destination country means you don't need a visa (ESTA for the US or ETA for Australia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T18:32:12.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4373" CreationDate="2014-12-22T19:31:58.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US embassy site ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://madrid.usembassy.gov/citizen-services/faq-spain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://madrid.usembassy.gov/citizen-services/faq-spain.html&lt;/a&gt; )  states that since the US does not have an agreement with Spain, you have to take the driving test (theoretical and practical, or maybe just one, I have no idea as I don't live in Spain, but a compulsory medical test also for those who just exchange the license is mentioned) and go through the usual bureaucratic process to get a Spanish driving license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the DGT website (warning: I speak Italian and not Spanish, but I checked my understanding of the Spanish text with google translator and it matches), under the section dedicated to permit exchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https://sede.dgt.gob.es/es/tramites-y-multas/permiso-de-conduccion/canje-de-permisos/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://sede.dgt.gob.es/es/tramites-y-multas/permiso-de-conduccion/canje-de-permisos/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has a section dedicated to each situation that allows you to exchange your license, with PDFs available also in English. &#xA;The situations listed are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exchange for permits acquired in EU/EEA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exchange for permits acquired in non-comunitarian countries (Andorra, Korea, Japan, Switzerland and Monaco)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exchange of permits obtained in countries with agreements&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then other stuff that is not relevant for you unless you're a diplomat or can prove you're a professional driver. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US do not appear anywhere, and all the texts under those sections mention an &quot;agreement&quot; (basically licenses need to have been obtained after the agreements). &#xA;If the US were anywhere to be found, it would appear in 2. along with those countries, which by the way aren't mentioned in the list of countries with agreements (but I guess there is an agreement since it's just them and not others, plus the PDF with the instructions mentions the agreement), so the website is pretty weird. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IDP is valid for 1 year, but that doesn't stop Spain from requiring that you obtain/convert the permit within 6 months. The IDP is just a translation of your US license. It's not like your US license goes bad if you live in Spain either. All countries do this AFAIK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon further resesarch in Spanish on the internet, I found other people complaining about the US or other countries not being mentioned at all, and people asking about this. Usually it ends with someone saying your need to take at least an exam...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess you should start to learn Spanish ASAP and ask the institutions directly and then proceed, and/or find a driving school specialized on expats that can help you pass the exam without actually learning a decent level of spanish (but I bet they'll make you pay a lot more for it than standard schools). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3763" LastEditorUserId="3763" LastEditDate="2014-12-22T19:44:16.247" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T19:44:16.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4364" CreationDate="2014-12-23T10:08:17.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on what you said. Get an F Tourist Visa. The documentation required for it won't involve much work on your behave other than preparing as if the visit is a short-term one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be an agency you can contact, such as Sunrise agency in Hong Kong. &#xA;They may be able to advise you on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there are many people who just need to return for exams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find them here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chinavisa.com.hk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.chinavisa.com.hk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4866" LastActivityDate="2014-12-23T10:08:17.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4393" CreationDate="2014-12-23T15:10:44.327" Score="2" ViewCount="474" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two IELTS score with two attempts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; ability         Listening       Reading    Writing    Speaking&#xA;&#xA;IELTS Test 1       6.5             5.5        6.5         7.0&#xA;&#xA;IELTS Test2        6.0             6.5        6.0         6.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;,  I would like to understand, which is the best score that i can apply for  Express entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because am still not clear, if IELTS score - 6 per ability is the requirement anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:13:10.547" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:13:10.547" Title="Query on comprehensive ranking system - Express Entry" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-23T15:42:53.683" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per new point system for Canada, Does foreign work experience does not add any value?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned &lt;code&gt;With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience&lt;/code&gt; in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, Do we require 1 year Canada experience for the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T15:14:50.257" Title="Query on foreign work experience" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4392" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-23T16:46:45.203" Score="4" ViewCount="2247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the US on an H-4 visa. Am I permitted to teach Bharatnatyam (classical Indian dance) classes to children in my apartment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4868" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-12-24T14:11:49.720" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T06:33:36.990" Title="Can I teach dance classes for children in my apartment community, I am in H4 now?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4390" CreationDate="2014-12-24T02:19:10.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but it's not on the page that you linked to. To score points on abilities in the first or second official languages (OL) (English or French), you have to score the equivalent of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/factor-language.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Canadian Language Board 7 or greater&lt;/a&gt; (CLB 7). For the IELTS, that's approximately a 6 or better in any of the 4 ability areas. Because you have a 5.5 in Reading on your first test, it doesn't count, but the 7.0 in Speaking gives you a CLB 9 and 6 points. Unfortunately, that's not enough to counteract the Reading score so you end with a total of 15 points. You score more points using Test2: 17 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual breakdown of the point equivalencies is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;First official language (Maximum 24 points)&#xA;&#xA;CLB Level     Speaking    Listening    Reading    Writing      Points per ability&#xA;7                 6.0     6.0 – 7.0      6.0        6.0             4 &#xA;8                 6.5        7.5         6.5        6.5             5 &#xA;9 and above   7.0 – 9.0   8.0 – 9.0    7.0 – 9.0  7.0 – 9.0         6 &#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you also spoke French as designated it as your first OL, then you would only need to meet CLB 5, and the IELTS values could be 5 or greater, but you max out points at 16 because you can only score 4 points per ability. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2014-12-24T02:19:10.973" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4398" CreationDate="2014-12-24T03:28:48.113" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Mexican student that will do an exchange to Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a student visa when I am in Italy? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for it in Mexico will result in a delay of my arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4870" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2014-12-24T14:10:50.023" LastActivityDate="2015-06-04T08:12:47.037" Title="Can I apply for a student visa in Italy?" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4379" CreationDate="2014-12-24T08:11:32.660" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cheapest might be Bitcoin.  You can buy it at very low cost in the US with free ACH transfer from your bank, and transmit it to India for free.  The main cost then would be whatever the receiving party has to pay (or will charge you).  Presumably you'd need someone on the ground in India to sell the BTC for INR and submit the payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively (or rather, mainstreamly), you could put money into a retail FX account like Oanda offers, again using ACH which is free (but US-only).  Then trade USD for INR, and wire it out.  The main issue there is the wire fee (maybe $40), which will be more bearable if you can do a lump sum transfer once every six months or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274" LastActivityDate="2014-12-24T08:11:32.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4394" CreationDate="2014-12-24T15:26:23.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/servizi/sportello_info/domandefrequenti/visto_per_italia/#4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt; it will need to be submitted to &quot;Italian diplomatic-consular post&quot;, which is consulate or an embassy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where do I submit my visa application and who needs to submit an application?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The organisation responsible for issuing visas issued by Italy is the Italian diplomatic-consular post in your place of habitual residence or origin. This is the only organisation authorised to evaluate and verify that you, as a foreign national, meet the requirements to obtain a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uniform Schengen Visas.&lt;/strong&gt; For Uniform Schengen Visas (both for transit and for short stays), if Italy is not your only or principal destination, you should submit your visa application to the diplomatic-consular post of the Schengen country that is your main destination. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it is not possible to establish which country is your main destination (for example if you are making a journey with stays in different Schengen countries), the diplomatic-consular post of the first Schengen country you plan to enter will be responsible for issuing the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your destination Schengen country does not have a diplomatic-consular post in your country of residence, the Schengen visa can be issued by the diplomatic-consular post of another Schengen country that represents your destination country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National visas.&lt;/strong&gt; It is the diplomatic-consular post of the Schengen state that will be your long-stay destination that is responsible for issuing your national visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For national visas, there are no agreements in place for one country to represent, and issue visas on behalf of, another country in a foreign national’s country of residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must submit your visa application in person to the appropriate consular office, usually by appointment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2014-12-24T15:26:23.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4408" CreationDate="2014-12-25T02:49:48.457" Score="1" ViewCount="3161" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, I would like to understand the meaning of &quot;Certificate of qualification (trade occupations)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For NOC code - 2713(&quot;Software Engineer&quot;), What kind of certification is required despite one has 3+ years of relavant industry experience with bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science &amp;amp; Engineering? Please clarify!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2014-12-25T13:43:14.667" LastActivityDate="2015-02-07T05:22:06.333" Title="Query on &quot;Certificate of qualification (trade occupations)&quot; - Express Entry" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-25T03:53:41.727" Score="1" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an applicant is dropped in end of Jan 2015 Express Entry pool draw due to poor scoring, Can the applicant re-apply with a new express entry profile with better IELTS score in the same year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:13:52.607" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:13:52.607" Title="Query on re-apply in Express Entry system" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11892" CreationDate="2014-12-26T17:39:47.457" Score="4" ViewCount="748" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK NARIC site states...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The UK NARIC Statement of Comparability is an officially recognised&#xA;  document that confirms the recognition of an overseas qualification&#xA;  and its comparable level in the UK, irrespective of it being an&#xA;  academic, vocational or professional award. It is used by&#xA;  universities, colleges, employers and Government departments and&#xA;  agencies forming part of their decision-making process. A Statement of&#xA;  Comparability can be used to help support applications made under&#xA;  Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points Based System for immigration to the UK;&#xA;  particularly the Graduate Entrepreneur route within Tier 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naric.org.uk/naric/individuals/Compare%20Qualifications/Statement%20of%20Comparability.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NARIC Statement of Comparability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the UK scuttled most of the Tier 1 route some time ago and the other tiered routes are evolved beyond recognition, a NARIC Statement of Comparability can be used to meet the English speaking requirement for all migrants, including spouses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It costs GBP 55 and takes about 6 weeks.  The product is a letter like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naric.org.uk/naric/individuals/Compare%20Qualifications/documents/SoC.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this sample&lt;/a&gt;.  I am already aware that NARIC does not enjoy an esteemed position by some expats who have used them in the Tiered routes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A spouse does not require a work permit and does not need to show the Home Office anything from NARIC. The question concerns UK employers and the standards they would use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those incoming migrant spouses who wish to seek professional employment, is getting such a Statement of Comparability to show prospective employers an advisable preparatory step?  Is it a good thing to 'have on hand'? Or do contemporary HR departments have sufficient information at their fingertips with Google?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T18:35:36.703" Title="UK NARIC Statement of Comparability for Spouse Job Seekers" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4407" CreationDate="2014-12-26T18:24:45.850" Score="1" ViewCount="5844" Body="&lt;p&gt;For an individual being a citizen of both France and Canada, is it possible to obtain a third citizenship ? Let's assume this third country allows 3 or more citizenships, I am not interested in listing these countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do these two countries (France and Canada) allow their citizens to hold a total of 3 or more citizenships?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-12-26T18:34:55.833" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:22:07.847" Title="Do Canada and France allow their citizens to have 2 other citizenships?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3108" CreationDate="2014-12-26T18:55:14.843" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Starting in 2015 (in a week from this post's original date), the Government of Canada will start a new process for candidates to immigration in Canada (the main way to be allowed to work in Canada), called Express Entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/index.asp&quot;&gt;overview of the new system with the main steps and the main information that is necessary for this process&lt;/a&gt;. In short, there will be a pool of candidates for permanent residence (and possibility to work), ranked by some score, depending on their skills, job offer and situation. Sometimes, the Government of Canada will pick some candidates off the pool and invite them to apply for permanent residence. Once you're picked, I imagine this is mostly a matter of paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a problem that you do not have a job offer yet, however it appears to matter in the ranking score and the process includes pushing you to consult job banks and job boards to obtain a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada has many programs for immigrants (that you can apply through Express Entry), including for skilled people like you. There is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/eligibility.asp&quot;&gt;a page to determine your eligibility and consult these programs&lt;/a&gt;. I let you read these. There are in particular the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp&quot;&gt;Federal Skilled workers program&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/quebec/apply-who.asp&quot;&gt;Quebec-selected skilled workers program&lt;/a&gt;, even though I suppose the latter has some minimal requirement about speaking French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T18:55:14.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4392" CreationDate="2014-12-26T19:17:18.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't take any money, then you are not working -- you are just volunteering or having fun with the neighborhood children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;H-4 dependents are not permitted to work in the United States. H-4 dependents, however, may attend school on a full-time or part-time basis, without a new immigration application. They also are permitted to participate in volunteer work with nonprofit-type organizations, for which they receive no remuneration or benefit from the employer. If the work is simply an unpaid position with a for-profit type of employer, it may be considered unauthorized work and, thus, not permissible in H-4 status. This should be discussed with a qualified immigration attorney if questions arise. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.murthy.com/2011/01/21/h-4-classification-for-families-of-h1b-petitioners/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The intent of the law is that you should not be replacing any legal worker's wages.  I can't imagine anyone seriously arguing that playing with kids in the rec room of your apartment building will fall under the rubric of an &quot;unpaid position with a for-profit&quot; or that you displaced a legal worker with your activities.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have expenses that need to be covered (clothing, equipment, music, etc.) then it might be best to ask one of the other parents to collect money on the parents' behalf and  for these things out of that fund. You want to keep more than an arm's length away from this type (pr really any type) of financial activity, to be on the safe side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, the government really has better things to do than chase you down. As long as you make it clear you're that you're teaching on a voluntary basis, for fun, and not taking a salary, there shouldn't be any issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-111127.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;forum post&lt;/a&gt; deals with the OP's specific issue of dance classes. The consensus of the others is that volunteering without pay is acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2014-12-28T06:33:36.990" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T06:33:36.990" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3239" CreationDate="2014-12-26T19:21:21.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are A, your employment agency is B, and their clients are C, D, and E.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS  considers your employment contract to be with B. As long as B hasn't fired you, you are good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it might be the case that since B doesn't have new contracts after losing C+D+E, then they might fire you. But you don't know that to be absolutely the case and there's no reason to bring up hypotheticals when you or your wife renew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if B has given you notice or actually fired you, you need to tell USCIS this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T19:21:21.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4403" CreationDate="2014-12-26T19:34:45.540" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know of any country having a numerical limit on how many citizenships their citizens may have: either they allow multiple citizenships or they don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;France allows it by not disallowing it in law, but it is also explicitly stated in various governmental sources that multiple citizenships are allowed. For example, on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/vivre-a-l-etranger/vivre-a-l-etranger-vos-droits-et/le-consulat-a-votre-service/nationalite-francaise/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Foreign Ministry's website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La possession d’une ou &lt;strong&gt;de plusieurs autres nationalités&lt;/strong&gt;, n’a pas, en&#xA;  principe, d’incidence sur la nationalité française. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Par ailleurs, la France ne fait aucune distinction entre les&#xA;  binationaux et les autres Français sur le plan des droits et devoirs&#xA;  liés à la citoyenneté.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which translates into &quot;Holding &lt;strong&gt;one or more other citizenships&lt;/strong&gt; has no incidence on French citizenship. France does not make any distinction between dual citizens and other French citizens regarding rights and duties linked to citizenship&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even though it does not address the issue directly, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/renounce.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;according to Canadian government&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In some situations, you might decide that you want to renounce (give&#xA;  up) your Canadian citizenship. For example, if you are or want to&#xA;  become a citizen of a country that does not allow dual citizenship,&#xA;  you may choose to renounce your Canadian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which seems to imply that Canada does allow it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-12-27T02:08:39.523" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T02:08:39.523" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4399" CreationDate="2014-12-26T20:08:23.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/trades/applications.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; for Canada's definition of trade occupations for 2014. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to reproduce the entire list here, but extract some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Chefs&#xA;Machinists&#xA;Plumbers&#xA;Mechanics&#xA;Fishermen/women&#xA;Manufacturing plant operators&#xA;etc. &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trade occupations do not include any occupation where the normal path to a job include a post-secondary or other academic degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T20:08:23.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-27T00:49:20.190" Score="2" ViewCount="1106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA under H1B VISA. Now I am planning to apply Green Card through my Employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my question is is there any minimum and maximum time that I have to spend on H1B in order to apply Green Card in USA? If yes what are those time limits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T02:13:35.367" Title="How many minimum and maximum years that I have to spent in USA in order to apply Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4409" CreationDate="2014-12-27T01:58:29.817" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no such minimum. Your employer can apply for an immigrant worker even if that worker hasn't spent a day in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no maximum either, but there's a maximum limit on your stay in the US on H1b status. If you reach that limit without applying for permanent residency - you'll have to leave the US for at least a year. If you're in the process already - your H1b can be extended, despite that limit, until your AOS process is complete. There are certain conditions under which such an extension can be granted, and one of them is how long you've been in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-extend-my-h1b-beyong-6-years-if-aos-along-wi-1672785.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the employment-based green card process already&lt;/a&gt;. It is best to start your green card process at least a year before the 6-year H1b limitation expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T01:58:29.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3271" CreationDate="2014-12-27T05:45:52.727" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://can-vancouver.mofa.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/free/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://can-vancouver.mofa.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/free/index.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you entered as a visitor, you do not have to go through the arc registration process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4873" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T05:45:52.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4392" CreationDate="2014-12-27T08:28:49.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working on H4 without EAD is illegal and puts you in violation of your status. It doesn't matter what kind of work it is or whether you get paid for it or not. What is forbidden without a valid work authorization is &lt;strong&gt;work&lt;/strong&gt;, not earning money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with being in violation of your status is that it has a domino effect. Every step towards your green card or naturalization will require your certification that you have never violated your status. It only takes one disgruntled person to tip the USCIS off, and you'll be on your way home in no-time. Do you really want to risk it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T08:28:49.873" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-27T11:18:29.833" Score="4" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African working remotely as a software engineer for a US company. My work can be done from anywhere in the world and so I plan on combining it with some travel. Ireland is an obvious candidate as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/travel/visas/visas-for-ireland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South Africans do not need a visa to enter Ireland&lt;/a&gt; for less than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However all I see regarding work permits discusses employers in Ireland, not work for foreign companies. Does that mean that what I'm suggesting is completely illegal, or that no permit is required for a short period with foreign employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T17:30:59.347" Title="Short term stay in Ireland while employed by US company - work permit required?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4413" CreationDate="2014-12-27T17:30:59.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that no permit is required for a short period with foreign employer - you are still fulfilling your obligations and paying taxes through your current employer. You are simply travelling and logging in from a different location for your work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T17:30:59.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="115" CreationDate="2014-12-27T17:43:14.830" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cultural shock, some call it. Besides all what was mentioned above, I can add the following points, based on my personal experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meet people from your home country - depending on where you are, of course; if you live in a capital city, there is most probably an embassy or a cultural center which would connect you to your co-patriates. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Join a community - may it be church, gardening or a band.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get tired - do some sports, this would connect you with other people, and also get your focus away from sad things, giving a healthy tiredness and improving your general mood.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get to know the place where you live: not only the tourist attractions, but the surrounding neighborhoods, other counties and towns etc. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These things worked for me, while handling depression caused by the cultural shock. They overlapped with other activities which involved meeting locals too, so after a while I learned the language and made new friends too. &#xA;Yet again, if the depression has some other causes, not simply the fact that you are in a new place, then different methods apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T17:43:14.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-28T03:02:56.303" Score="1" ViewCount="2177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen currently working in the UK using the YMS Tier-5 visa. Since it is the end of the fiscal year in less than a week, I need to start thinking about filling my tax income. It used to be a lot easier when I was only working in Canada, but now, I did work as a permanent employee in Canada for half a year, and now working full-time for a different employer based in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the process to file my income tax report? If it not straightforward, where can I get support to achieve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="863" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2014-12-30T13:40:27.330" LastActivityDate="2014-12-30T13:40:27.330" Title="How to file a tax income for a Canadian living in the UK on the YMS visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4379" CreationDate="2014-12-28T03:18:27.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can have a bank account in the USA and withdraw from it using an ATM card in India. There will be daily limits on withdrawals (limits set by the bank) and/or annual limits set by the US/Indian government on financial transfers (either hard-wired into the ATM network or that you must nevertheless obey as a result of tax laws and anti-money laundering regulations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T03:18:27.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-28T19:23:42.190" Score="8" ViewCount="1821" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got the American nationality also obtained the passport as I was born there only but I have never visited  USA, and I do not have social security number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: With the new law (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt;), do I have to pay taxes or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4879" LastEditorUserId="855" LastEditDate="2015-01-01T05:50:46.707" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T22:29:18.793" Title="Born in the US with American passport but without social security, and never been in USA, do I have to pay taxes?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4421" CreationDate="2014-12-28T21:47:32.867" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you do. Every American citizen does. The new law has nothing to do with it, you were subject to the American taxation your whole life. The new law just makes it harder for you to ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll have to file a yearly tax return (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1040,-U.S.-Individual-Income-Tax-Return&quot;&gt;IRS form 1040&lt;/a&gt;), and check, considering the foreign income exclusion (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-2555,-Foreign-Earned-Income&quot;&gt;form 2555&lt;/a&gt;) and foreign tax credit (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1116,-Foreign-Tax-Credit&quot;&gt;form 1116&lt;/a&gt;) whether you actually owe any money to the US government or not. If you do - you have to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Report-of-Foreign-Bank-and-Financial-Accounts-FBAR&quot;&gt;FBAR&lt;/a&gt; and other various forms that exist to punish you for being a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read more in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Publication-54,-Tax-Guide-for-U.S.-Citizens-and-Resident-Aliens-Abroad-1&quot;&gt;IRS Publication 54&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T21:47:32.867" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4409" CreationDate="2014-12-29T02:13:35.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many benefits to applying for your permanent residence (green card) as soon as your H1B is approved. Most notably, you can reuse your labor certification which should reduce the amount of work that your lawyer has to do (and maybe, just maybe they will lower your fees). There's really no disadvantage (except financial) to getting this done as quickly as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T02:13:35.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4427" CreationDate="2014-12-29T03:19:54.467" Score="3" ViewCount="1481" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm from Asia working in the US for the past 2 years on an H1B visa in the IT industry. I'm here with my wife &amp;amp; a just-born son. My father recently passed away &amp;amp; consequently my mother is now staying alone in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trigger:&lt;/strong&gt; As far as I know, things are a bit difficult when it comes to applying a US visiting visa for a single parent; the most obvious reason being - single parent, of course. Besides, a single parent can stay only for a maximum of 6 months after which, the person will have to return to his/her home country. Subsequently, the person will have to stay in his/her home country for 6 months before again returning to the US. This process repeats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; A&lt;strong&gt;part from the US, are there any English speaking countries (like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc.) that would grant me a work permit visa alongside allowing my Mother to stay with us?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, it's not an easy thing to do every now &amp;amp; then. Hence the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4882" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2014-12-29T12:10:41.207" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T12:10:41.207" Title="English speaking countries that allow an alien single parent to live based on a child's work permit visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-29T04:27:45.790" Score="2" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA. I am planning to apply Green Card with the help of my employer. I am aware getting green card is a long term process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However my only question is, after my Green Card process initiated can I change my employer? If yes at what stage it is safe to change and what stage I have to refrain to change my Employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T06:14:06.220" Title="Can I change my Employer who has applied Green Card while Green Card is in Progress?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4425" CreationDate="2014-12-29T05:39:37.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit confused by why you think a &quot;single parent&quot; would be an issue here?  If your mother is retired, and/or you're able to sponsor her, she would be potentially eligible for any number of retirement or aged relative schemes, regardless of whether she comes alone or with her husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in Australia, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/804.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aged parent visa (subclass 804)&lt;/a&gt; is open to anybody who is of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/seniors/benefits-payments/age-pension&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pensionable age&lt;/a&gt; (65+) and who has a child who is an Australian permanent resident or citizen.  The main catch is that due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent-visa-processing-priorities.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tiny quotas&lt;/a&gt; (eg. 1,500 in 2014-2015) these can take forever (up to 30 years!) to grant, but if you have &gt;$40,000 to throw at the problem, you can apply for a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/39contributory_parent.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;contributory parent&lt;/a&gt;&quot; visa and get it much faster.  And obviously you need to be an Australian permanent resident first, which is also complicated, expensive and slow, although nowhere &lt;em&gt;near&lt;/em&gt; as bad as getting a US green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mm2h.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Malaysia My Second Home&lt;/a&gt; program might also be an option, since it lets basically anybody live in Malaysia if they can purchase property.  Work visas are relatively easy to obtain with sponsorship, but Malaysian IT salaries are &lt;em&gt;considerably&lt;/em&gt; lower than those in the US and Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T05:39:37.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4426" CreationDate="2014-12-29T06:14:06.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can, under American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21, as it is usually referred to).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be able to do so without interrupting the GC process, there are two conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your AOS petition (form I-485) must be filed and pending, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The new job should be similar to the old one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise the new employer would have to start the process all over again. Read more &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/greencard/adjustmentofstatus/changing-employer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T06:14:06.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4418" CreationDate="2014-12-29T10:35:14.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved to the UK, my accountant filed what he referred to as a &quot;leavers&quot; tax return which, I suppose, notifies CRA that you are no longer resident in Canada for tax purposes after a certain date. As you've moved to the UK, which has an income tax treaty with Canada, you will not have to file a further Canadian tax return after the leavers one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming that you have no significant assets in Canada like dividend-paying stocks, a high-interest savings account, or anything that pays you enough money to generate a T3/T4/etc slip. If you do get those, you might have to file further returns in future. You'd be best off speaking to a reputable accountant in Canada about this if you're not sure. Your run of the mill tax return shop (like H&amp;amp;R Block) is probably not the best place to ask as they most likely don't deal with these sorts of queries too often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, British income tax is generally covered by PAYE (pay as you earn), unless of course you've opted out or you're self-employed. As you said you're employed by someone else, it's very likely that your UK taxes are already being taken care of, so there's probably nothing at all to worry about on this end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T10:35:14.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4425" CreationDate="2014-12-29T10:58:38.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has a “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;family of a settled person&lt;/a&gt;” visa but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must yourself be settled in the UK (i.e. something like a permanent resident, which would also require several years to obtain in your situation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must show that your mother &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;needs care that is not available in her current country of residence&lt;/a&gt;. There is no general right for parents to join their &lt;em&gt;adult&lt;/em&gt; children.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Europe, you could also consider some countries where English isn't the main language (e.g. the Netherlands, Denmark…) It's perfectly possible to make a career in IT as an English-speaker there. Unfortunately, the visa situation for your mother would not be much better (fees are typically quite a bit lower but qualifying for the visa is just as difficult).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2014-12-29T10:58:38.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-30T19:23:32.740" Score="4" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am traveling to South Africa in 2015 for one year. I am an EU citizen. I need to get a visa for my contract to be validated. It is now a requirement to get insurance coverage for the period I'm there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will get insurance from my employer once I have a contract and am in South Africa (for the whole period). I tried to negotiate it with the Embassy, but they still require something now (i.e. before contract). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently am looking for some extremely basic insurance (that doesn't have to cover anything) to attach to my visa application. Once am in South Africa I will get proper insurance.  Does anyone know how to best approach such a problem? Are there any websites where I could get something like that? It can be from non-EU country. It would be good if it is in English (to avoid translation costs) and if I could pay for it with PayPal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4888" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2015-01-04T23:19:06.737" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:01:16.037" Title="Insurance to satisfy visa requirements in South Africa" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-30T23:28:29.903" Score="2" ViewCount="612" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/work/greencard-scheme/language-tests.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, it requires to have IELTS score  6.5 to gain 20 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no clear information about overall band score or score per ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it the overall band score 6.5 ? or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it the score per ability?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:12:00.433" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:12:00.433" Title="Minimum IELTS score for Danish immigration" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;&lt;danish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:19:07.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4437" CreationDate="2014-12-31T14:18:59.203" Score="7" ViewCount="3188" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a non-european citizen wants to apply to the EU Blue Card, such person does need a (University) degree to prove its qualifications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a software developer with more than 10 years of experience, and I have published several scientific papers although I have not a degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I have read in Finland having a degree is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migri.fi/working_in_finland/an_employee_and_work/eu_blue_card&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirement for the EU Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;. It is the same for all other EU Blue Card countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4892" LastEditorUserId="8669" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T09:26:51.587" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T07:38:15.017" Title="Do you need a Degree to apply for the EU Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4436" CreationDate="2014-12-31T16:23:23.833" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A university degree is pretty much required. Formally, what's required by the relevant EU directive are “higher professional qualifications” defined as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;‘higher professional qualifications’ means qualifications attested by evidence of higher education qualifications or, by way of derogation, when provided for by national law, attested by at least five years of professional experience of a level comparable to higher education qualifications and which is relevant in the profession or sector specified in the work contract or binding job offer;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details would be defined by each member state but the text implies that a degree of some kind is usually necessary although professional experience could be enough in exceptional cases. Looking at some national websites, it's definitely impossible in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt; but it might theoretically be possible in &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F15898.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are also stringent requirements on qualifying jobs and the number of blue cards issued each year is very small (in the low thousands even for large countries like France or Germany…) so I don't think the odds are very good without a degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that beside the blue card itself, the various member states still maintain their own traditional work visas, which might or might not require a formal degree. Most of them are not particularly easy to get but the EU blue card is not the only type of work permit/visa available in participating EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-02T01:02:23.443" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T01:02:23.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-01T13:16:02.827" Score="6" ViewCount="673" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a bank account in Euro in a bank in Europe inside the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) where I live an work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if I could relocate to another European country that it also uses Euro and it's inside the SEPA and keep using my original bank account for my salary and all the expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm right, inside the SEPA the fee for a &quot;cross-border&quot; transaction is the same of a &quot;local&quot; one, so as long I will provide my IBAN adn SWIFT code to my employer and the utilities it should work, but maybe I'm missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-01-02T01:15:23.047" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T01:15:23.047" Title="Bank account for salary in another Euro country" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4440" CreationDate="2015-01-01T15:32:35.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory it should work since the SEPA schemes got in place in the Euro-zone countries in 1  February 2014, but as it's quite recent it's possible that you'll have additional issues with your employer or some utility companies, so you should defintiely ask them first if it's okay with them (it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be however)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand while having a foreign account might not cause extra issues for your employer, it might for you: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have to visit your bank personally for any reason, you have to travel abroad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your bank might not properly support foreign addresses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your bank might not support sending two factor authentication codes to foreign mobile numbers for online banking purposes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also check that your debit / credit card is properly supported in your chosen country. For example in Germany a lot of retailers only support Mastercard/Maestro or local EC-cards, so you can have probems if you only have a VISA or Amex card at hand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T15:32:35.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-02T01:26:47.553" Score="1" ViewCount="13001" Body="&lt;p&gt;ECA is done for principal applicant (that is me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Principal applicant would like to immigrate with family (spouse &amp;amp; daughter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it require to perform ECA (Education credential evaluation) verification for spouse education credentials?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-22T09:02:43.057" LastActivityDate="2015-06-25T09:21:30.347" Title="Is ECA required for spouse education - Express Entry" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-02T02:57:48.847" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did research and I don't see why this wouldn't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to preface this with the fact that I do have insurance, in fact great insurance that covers the entire world except the USA, and I seem to have something that doctors here in China are having a very hard time treating and is very rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is whether I can apply for obamacare in California as a resident of california (my mom lives there), go for a month, get treated, and then cancel my plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4896" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-01-04T11:40:53.927" LastActivityDate="2015-01-04T11:40:53.927" Title="As a US citizen can I go to the US and sign up for obamacare for a short period of time?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2554" CreationDate="2015-01-02T03:46:21.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You don't need it.&lt;/strong&gt;  I successfully applied for Australian permanent residence and later citizenship without ever having to produce any old passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; asked for a list of all previous visits to Australia, which would have been difficult to complete without having my old stamps, but this does not appear to be an issue for you.  Even if it was, I doubt they would care about the exact dates for a trip that ended 20 years ago (IIRC, most of the form questions were about the previous 10 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T03:46:21.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4444" CreationDate="2015-01-02T04:30:15.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only apply during the open enrollment period (in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coveredca.com/&quot;&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; - runs from November till February), and you commit for the year. You can only make changes mid-year if some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/qualifying-life-event/&quot;&gt;specific events&lt;/a&gt; occur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you may tie yourself to California tax-wise by doing this, which means you'll be exposed to the California income taxes (about 10%) in addition to the Federal income tax you're already exposed to. Note that the California taxes do not conform to the Federal earned income exclusion, foreign tax credit or tax treaty exclusion rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T04:30:15.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4448" CreationDate="2014-12-31T13:30:48.453" Score="1" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;My dream is to go and get work in &lt;strong&gt;Silicon Valley&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;USA&lt;/strong&gt;). But I heard that I would not get work visa directly (and if I say true, I don't want to apply for that for my self and waste my money in all visa processes and consultancy charges).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply for one of the well reputed company there and if they would select me to work with them, then is it possible to go and work there? If yes, then how? What can be the steps for this? How I would get visa stamp on my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By thew way, I'm from India and having expertise (experience) in software industry for more than 3 years. I've completed masters even I've good control over English language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2399" OwnerDisplayName="Hemang" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-01-02T11:31:38.813" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T11:31:38.813" Title="How to go and get work in Silicon Valley without applying for visa by myself?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4447" CreationDate="2015-01-02T07:25:12.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would have to find an employer either in India or in the US, who would be willing to work on transferring you to work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two main options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get hired directly by a US employer as a foreign worker. You'll need to get a H1b visa, for which the employer will have to file a petition. These visas are limited in quantity, and the process should start more or less a year before the expected start date. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Read more on h1b visas here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get hired by an Indian employer, who will transfer you to a related (subsidiary/sister/parent) company in the US some time in the future. In this case you'll need an L1 visa, which is relatively easier to get. You'll probably have to work 2-3 years in India before your employer will approve such a transfer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-1_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Read more about L1 visas here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read about the specific visa application process and charges on &lt;a href=&quot;http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/applyingmain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the US Embassy website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T07:25:12.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-02T15:51:47.163" Score="5" ViewCount="29843" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a database administrator with 7+ years experience and final qualification is Masters of computer applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my IELTS Score and am the primary applicant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking: 6.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listening: 7.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing: 5.5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reading: 9.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall score: 7.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarify me whether I am eligible to apply for the express entry visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4898" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:12:15.393" LastActivityDate="2016-01-06T18:12:48.297" Title="Query on IELTS score for express entry visa Canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4451" CreationDate="2015-01-02T20:04:12.877" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, you do not meet the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;minimum language ability for English&lt;/a&gt;. You must have Canadian Language Benchmark level 7 or higher. For IELTS, in the Writing category, that corresponds to a score of 6 or higher. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Federal &lt;strong&gt;Skilled Worker&lt;/strong&gt; Program&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must meet the minimum level of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7&#xA;  in English or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) 7 in&#xA;  French for your first official language in &lt;strong&gt;all four&lt;/strong&gt; [emphasis&#xA;  mine] language abilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual equivalency scores are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Scroll down and click the Federal Skilled Worker Program entry. The minimum score in each category/band is 6.0. The overall score is not used. You must take the General IELTS test, not the Academic one. This page also states that you cannot use an averaged score unless you have a disability and could not complete one of the sections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The required scores for the &lt;strong&gt;Skilled Trades&lt;/strong&gt; program are less--CLB 5 for speaking and listening and CLB 4 for writing and reading. That equates to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IELTS scores&lt;/a&gt; of 5.0 or greater for CLB 5 and 3.5 for reading and 4.0 for writing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a third category, &lt;strong&gt;Canadian Experience Class&lt;/strong&gt;. The language requirement depends upon the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/noc.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Occupational Classification&lt;/a&gt; (NOC) of the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;NOC 0 or A job, the minimum level is CLB 7 (English) or NCLC 7 (French).&#xA;NOC B job, the minimum level is CLB 5 (English) or NCLC 5 (French).&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-01-06T18:12:48.297" LastActivityDate="2016-01-06T18:12:48.297" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4401" CreationDate="2015-01-04T09:24:46.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I read on Express Entry details at CIC official websites, the first draw will be in last week of January 2015. They never said that who are not selected are dropped. They may get chance in subsequent draws. So you should keep working towards improving the score and update the profile when you have some changes in the information which you mentioned today. CIC intends to make such 15 to 25 draws during year 2015.&#xA;So January-end is not the end of your hopes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer this official CIC link for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/employers/express-entry-presentation-briefing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;express entry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4901" LastActivityDate="2015-01-04T09:24:46.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4455" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4456" CreationDate="2015-01-05T00:01:12.617" Score="21" ViewCount="16837" Body="&lt;p&gt;China doesn't recognize dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the practical consequences today if a Chinese citizen also acquires the citizenship of another country, but does not formally renounce their Chinese citizenship?  In particular, what happens upon entering/exiting China?  Is the ban on dual citizenship enforced, or is this situation mostly ignored?  I assume there are Chinese people who do acquire another citizenship anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there actually a &lt;em&gt;ban&lt;/em&gt; on acquiring another citizenship, or does &quot;not recognize dual citizenship&quot; simply mean that China is going to ignore the other one, e.g. the person couldn't get consular protection from the other country while in China?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is more out of curiosity than anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4903" LastEditorUserId="4903" LastEditDate="2015-01-05T00:14:41.950" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T01:08:01.873" Title="What happens when Chinese acquire foreign citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4455" CreationDate="2015-01-05T00:20:26.060" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In theory&lt;/strong&gt;, Chinese dual citizenship is impossible (for adults who were only Chinese citizens at birth), since you automatically lose Chinese citizenship if you voluntarily receive another country's citizenship (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality_law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Loss_of_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality law, Article 9&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In practice&lt;/strong&gt;, though, if they don't know you have dual citizenship, they can't take it away either.  This does complicate entering and exiting China considerably though, since if they bother to inspect it, a Chinese passport with no foreign visas will be a dead giveaway that you're up to no good, and in particular &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/32231-question-about-risks-of-dual-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;your visa status is checked if renewing a Chinese passport overseas&lt;/a&gt;.  In the last year and half, there has been &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.voanews.com/content/china-crackdown-on-dual-citizens-causes-concern/2431499.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a bit of crackdown&lt;/a&gt; on this, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bjreview.com.cn/nation/txt/2014-09/25/content_642355.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;over 1 million dual nationals&lt;/a&gt; have apparently been busted and asked to give up their &lt;em&gt;hukou&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual dodge is to enter/exit China using your Chinese passport via a third state, eg. Hong Kong, so you get your stamps, and only then switch to your second passport.  Alternatively, you can use your non-Chinese passport to apply for a Chinese visa and enter/exit China, hoping they can't match up your two identities.  But neither method is bulletproof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2016-07-16T11:23:25.383" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T11:23:25.383" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4455" CreationDate="2015-01-05T06:09:36.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Note: I am assuming that by China you are talking about the People's Republic of China (PRC). It's very different for the Republic of China (ROC).)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The word &quot;recognize&quot; means to treat something as if it exists or not. The precondition is that the thing exists. What's the point of &quot;recognizing&quot; or &quot;not recognizing&quot; something that doesn't exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;China doesn't recognize dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be referring to Article 3 of the PRC Nationality Law, which says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The People's Republic of China does not recognize that Chinese&#xA;  citizens possess dual nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this mean? To &quot;not recognize&quot; that this person possesses dual nationality, is to consider this person to not have dual nationality, even if this person does. But by calling this person a &quot;Chinese citizen&quot;, it is recognizing this person's Chinese nationality, so it is the other (non-Chinese) nationalities that are &quot;not recognized&quot;. In other words, &lt;strong&gt;if a person has Chinese nationality and foreign nationality at the same time, China only recognizes this person's Chinese nationality, and does not recognize the person's foreign nationality&lt;/strong&gt;. If there weren't any Chinese citizens possessing dual nationality, then there wouldn't be any point in &quot;recognizing&quot; or &quot;not recognizing&quot; Chinese citizens possessing dual nationality, would there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think about it, this is not different from basically how every country in the world operates -- if you are a dual national, and you are in the country of one of your nationalities, then that country will treat you the same as other nationals of that country. You should not get special treatment just because you have other nationalities -- hence, your dual nationality has no &quot;recognition&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the practical consequences today if a Chinese citizen also&#xA;  acquires the citizenship of another country, but does not formally&#xA;  renounce their Chinese citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, if a person is already a Chinese citizen, and they then voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality, they automatically lose Chinese nationality by Article 9 of the PRC Nationality Law. Whether or not they take any action, or whether or not the government takes any action, does not, legally, matter. The person is supposed to henceforth present themselves as a non-Chinese-national (e.g. apply for a visa to visit China, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In particular, what happens upon entering/exiting China? Is the ban on&#xA;  dual citizenship enforced, or is this situation mostly ignored?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, since they have already lost Chinese nationality by operation of law, there is no &quot;dual nationality&quot; here. The person may potentially try to conceal the fact that they have lost Chinese nationality, and thus &lt;em&gt;pretend&lt;/em&gt; they are still a Chinese citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, whether the person is pretending to be a Chinese citizen does come up upon entry/exit. For example, if a person flies directly from China to the country of one of his other nationalities, then the exit control will ask him for his document to enter that country. And this person's only documentation will also show him to be a national of that country, leading them to inquire how he obtained that nationality, leading them to find out that he acquired it voluntarily, and thus no longer has Chinese nationality. Or, if the person tries to renew his Chinese passport in the country of one of his nationalities, they will ask him for evidence of legal status in that country. And this person's only evidence will be evidence of nationality, leading again to the same inquiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there actually a ban on acquiring another citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No country can &quot;ban&quot; acquiring other countries' nationalities. What would that even mean? For example, if smoking is banned, then if you smoke they can prosecute you. Does that mean they will prosecute you after you acquire another country's nationality? That would be absurd. Each country's nationality is solely determined by its own laws, so no other country can &quot;ban&quot; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In every country, there are circumstances when a person will, according to the law, have that country's nationality and another country's nationality at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;or does &quot;not recognize dual citizenship&quot; simply mean that China is&#xA;  going to ignore the other one, e.g. the person couldn't get consular&#xA;  protection from the other country while in China?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've said above, &quot;does not recognize Chinese citizens possess dual nationality&quot; DOES mean that China will ignore the other one(s). However, that only applies to someone who &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;legally&lt;/em&gt;) has dual nationality. If one has lost Chinese nationality automatically by voluntarily acquiring another nationality, then there is no Chinese nationality there to recognize in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wonder, who really has dual nationality of China and another country, according to the law (ignoring peculiarities with Hong Kong)? The dual nationality generally has to be gotten automatically at birth, because nationality at birth is involuntary. Here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A child born in China to a Chinese-citizen parent and a foreign national parent. According to Article 4 of the PRC nationality law, the child has Chinese nationality automatically at birth. The child may also have the other parent's nationality automatically at birth through &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A child born outside China to a Chinese-citizen parent who has not &quot;settled abroad&quot; and a foreign national parent. According to Article 5 of the PRC nationality law, the child has Chinese nationality automatically at birth. The child may also have the other parent's nationality automatically at birth through &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt;. If the child is born in a &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; country, the child will additionally have the nationality of that country automatically at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T06:09:36.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4460" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20259" CreationDate="2015-01-05T13:45:05.500" Score="11" ViewCount="552" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any countries in the world that, in the general case, act to restrict or discourage triple citizenship, but not dual citizenship? That is, is there a country for which the following are actually true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The country does not act to restrict, restrain, or punish citizens who are holders of exactly two nationalities, or to prevent citizens from acquiring a total of two nationalities. (For example, by causing the citizen to lose their citizenship.) This must hold for most possible second nationalities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The country does act to restrict, restrain, or punish citizens who are holders of more than two nationalities, or acts to prevent citizens from acquiring three total nationalities. This must hold for most possible third nationalities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I've seen many people with the idea that dual citizenship and triple citizenship might be treated differently, but never any evidence that this actually happens. In Cabo Verde, for example, many people believe that one can have dual citizenship with the US, but not triple citizenship if the US is involved, but this is in principle false.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-01-06T11:27:42.143" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T22:10:14.207" Title="Do any countries allow most cases of dual citizenship, yet somehow restrict triple citizenship?" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="115" CreationDate="2015-01-05T22:06:46.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To ring my own bell for a moment, here's the abstract of a paper that I co-authored on immigrants to the US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23400525&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23400525&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prevalence and correlates of depression among new U.S. immigrants.&#xA;Wong EC, Miles JN.&#xA;Abstract&#xA;Although immigrants comprise one of the fastest growing segments of society, information on their adjustment to life in the US remains limited. The present study examined the prevalence of depression and associated correlates among a national sample of immigrants newly admitted to legal permanent residence to the US. Data were derived from the baseline adult cohort of the New Immigrant Survey, a national representative sample of immigrants who had obtained legal permanent residence between May and November 2003. Approximately 3% of respondents met criteria for probable depression in the past 12 months. Respondents who were female, younger in age, in the US for a longer period of time, and exposed to political violence in their country of origin were more likely to meet criteria for probable depression. Both pre-immigration and resettlement related factors were associated with probable depression. Further research is needed to better understand how processes in the country of origin and in the resettlement country influence the adjustment of immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It examines causes, rather than tips for treatment, although I guess you could infer some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T22:06:46.307" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4464" CreationDate="2015-01-05T23:32:50.057" Score="3" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual Australian and United States citizen, born in Australia having only the United States twice in my life. It has recently become apparent to me that I have to file a United States Tax return. My situation is novel in that I only started working in February last year (2014). The American and Australian Tax years are different and as such it has been a pain to find out what I justly owe in American Tax:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the period of 1st Jan 2014 - 30th Jun 2014 (Start of the American Tax year 2014 to the end of the Australian Tax year 2014), I have earned above the American Tax threshold, but below the Australian Tax threshold. This means that all my Australian tax was paid was returned upon filing my tax return. I expect my taxes for the following Australian Tax year (2015) to not be refunded as I am now earning above the minimum tax threshold for Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I was refunded for my Australian Tax in the year 2014, does this mean that I will have to pay American tax on this period from 1st Jan 2014 - 30th Jun 2014?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user4916" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T02:20:19.167" Title="Do I have to pay US Tax if I filed my Australian Tax but got 100% of my Australian Tax back" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4463" CreationDate="2015-01-06T02:20:19.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll have to talk to a US-licensed EA/CPA working with expats in Australia for more authoritative answer. My understanding is that you calculate your Australian taxes and income per calendar year (prorate if no other way is possible), and that is what you report on your US tax forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for the foreign earned income exclusion you use your income from January to December 2014, and for foreign tax credit you use taxes paid in the same period (obviously what you have been refunded doesn't count into taxes paid).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your income is so low that it is below Australian tax levels, you're probably well within the foreign earned income exclusion (unless the income is not earned, i.e.: not salary), so you shouldn't care about the tax credit calculation at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, even if you don't owe any US taxes due to the exclusion, you're still required to file the forms if your income is above the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02.html#en_US_2014_publink1000270109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;filing requirement levels&lt;/a&gt;. Note that you may be required to file tax return even if your income is below these levels. One reason would be, for example, if you have foreign accounts with total balances of $10K (USD) aggregate at any day of the year or more. In this case you'll need to file &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Report-of-Foreign-Bank-and-Financial-Accounts-FBAR&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FBAR&lt;/a&gt;, and file your tax return with Schedule B, on which a checkbox must be checked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read more in my answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/4421/born-in-the-us-with-american-passport-but-without-social-security-and-never-bee/4423#4423&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T02:20:19.167" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4466" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4469" CreationDate="2015-01-06T04:46:22.510" Score="3" ViewCount="15885" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of 2015 January, do Romanian citizens need to apply for a work permit to be able to work in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I am aware that work permits were needed in the past, and this requirement was meant to be lifted at some date---not sure which date, or whether it is still in effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4918" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-12-12T00:21:44.540" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T00:21:44.540" Title="Do Romanian citizens need a work permit for the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4460" CreationDate="2015-01-06T05:11:44.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't prove a negative, but basically, &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, the only meaningful distinction is between &quot;one citizenship&quot; and &quot;more than one&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By and large, the countries of the world fall into two camps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having another citizenship is OK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having another citizenship is not OK, and we'll take away ours if you get one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The countries in the first camp do not care how many citizenships you have.  And the countries in the second camp also don't care, since any number over one is enough to cause you to lose your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T05:11:44.573" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4466" CreationDate="2015-01-06T07:13:52.327" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR - No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term you probably want to be using when googling for this sort of thing is &quot;Enlargement Transitional Provisions&quot;. There's lots of information on it all on &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=466&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this section of Europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, the UK applied transitional provisions against workers from Romania and Bulgaria for the maximum period of time allowed under the rules, but these expired after December 2013. You can find more on that in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20287061&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this news article&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06606.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this UK Parliament briefing paper&lt;/a&gt;. With the lifting of those restrictions, Romanians and Bulgarians no longer need work permits of similar for the UK, everything is the same as for any other EU citizen wanting to move and work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are restrictions on benefits, which may well get stricter in the near future based on current political discussions, but no longer any on working&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-01-06T13:43:05.667" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T13:43:05.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4466" CreationDate="2015-01-06T07:30:50.643" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the EU law there were separate arrangements for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals before 1 January 2014. Those restrictions have now been lifted and Bulgarian/Romanian nationals can work freely in the UK.&#xA;It is important to remember that if you are applying for Permanent Residency or British Citizenship, and your qualifying period includes time spent in the UK before January 2014, you still have to show you had complied with the applicable restrictions at the time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T07:30:50.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4403" CreationDate="2015-01-07T00:43:09.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it's easy to see why and how a country might forbid or at least severely restrict dual citizenship (e.g. by requiring people to give up previous citizenship when naturalizing, stripping people who get another citizenship from that country's citizenship, limiting the scope of &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; or forcing people born with several citizenships to choose between that country's citizenship and others, etc.), it's not quite clear why and how a country would care about a third citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a matter of fact, some members of my family have the French, Canadian and Swiss nationality and never had any issue enjoying all three without doing anything to hide one of them to anybody. The main issue, for men, is that military obligations are quite extensive in Switzerland but that's not a big concern for the French and Canadian citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-03T14:22:07.847" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:22:07.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5470" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5479" CreationDate="2015-01-07T10:38:25.320" Score="4" ViewCount="1215" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to work outside of the US on a K1 fiance Visa until you are allowed to work (receive I-765) in the United States? Or do I have to stay in the United states for that time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4910" LastEditorUserId="4910" LastEditDate="2015-01-07T20:10:28.590" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T16:38:08.367" Title="With a K1 visa waiting for the green card, can I go back to Germany and work there until I am allowed to work in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-07T12:24:39.917" Score="1" ViewCount="821" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am selected under &quot;Skilled Migrant - Expression Of Interest&quot; for New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latest message that i received:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Congratulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are very pleased to confirm that your Expression of Interest has been selected from the Pool for further consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We will conduct some preliminary checks of the information you have provided to determine whether your claim is accurate.  Following this checking, you may be invited to apply for residence in New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We wish you all the best with your Expression of Interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the above message, Can i assume, confirmation for &quot;New zealand resident permit for me &amp;amp; my family&quot; is almost done, if the preliminary check states that submitted information is accurate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After selection from pool, Approximately How many months of buffer do i get to prepare myself from now?  in financial aspect/police verifications/applying for IT job(from home country) etc...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-01-07T18:21:42.427" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T19:38:40.493" Title="Skilled Migrant - Expression Of Interest - New Zealand" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-07T12:54:41.963" Score="3" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the principal applicant, applied for &quot;Skilled migrant category - Expression Of Interest - New Zealand&quot; with spouse(non-skilled), where application has been  selected from the pool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&#xA;With this Immigration process, Family migrating to New Zealand in first trip, Can spouse be back to home country for any medical or casual reasons until principal applicant gets settled with a job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-01-07T18:33:32.230" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T18:33:32.230" Title="Query on immigration - New Zealand" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T23:18:06.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5470" CreationDate="2015-01-07T15:19:06.243" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After admission, your fiancé(e) may immediately apply for permission to work by filing a Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization with the USCIS Service Center having jurisdiction over your place of residence. Any work authorization based on a nonimmigrant fiancé (e) visa would be valid for only 90 days after entry. However, your fiancé (e) would also be eligible to apply for an extended work authorization at the same time as he or she files for permanent residence. In this case, your fiancé(e) would file Form I-765 together with Form I-485 as soon as you marry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on that you should be able to obtain employment authorization as soon as you enter the country and continue it until you receive the Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T15:19:06.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-07T16:57:53.417" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am going to Dellas, US on 13th Jan 2015. But my Driving Licence of US has expired on 6th Jan 2015. How can I renew it and how long it will take for renewal? Can I use this licence till the time I get the renewed licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5924" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T16:57:53.417" Title="Renew US licence while I am in India, as travelling to US in few days" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T04:33:36.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5471" CreationDate="2015-01-07T18:32:34.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The selection of your Expression of Interest from the pool is based solely on your self-submitted score number. At this point, Immigration has selected your Expression of Interest from the pool for further investigation. The following steps are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Immigration checks your Expression of Interest to see whether it is valid and acceptable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If valid and acceptable, Immigration will send you an official application package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You fill out the forms in the application package, including submitting financial, medical, police, etc records, and submit that to Immigration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Immigration carefully checks your application and verifies the information (this may take months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If approved, you submit your passport(s) to get a visa affixed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be allowed four months to fill out the application forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, instead of saying your confirmation is &lt;em&gt;almost done&lt;/em&gt;, I would say it is &lt;em&gt;almost started&lt;/em&gt;. There is a lot of work ahead for you, and it can easily take another six months or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="6113" LastEditDate="2015-08-17T19:38:40.493" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T19:38:40.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5470" CreationDate="2015-01-08T00:22:48.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two issues here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;K-1 is a single-entry visa, so you will not have a valid U.S. visa after entering. So if you leave the U.S. you will need a new visa (paying the fee again) to enter. (Plus, if you're married at that point, you won't qualify for a K-1 visa, so the only way to immigrate would be through Consular Processing abroad.) The only exception is travel of less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico within the 90-day I-94 validity period, after which you can re-enter the U.S. with automatic revalidation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you leave the U.S. while Adjustment of Status &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;(I-485)&lt;/a&gt; is pending, you will automatically abandon the Adjustment of Status (which would be a huge waste of money and effort) unless you have H, L, or K-3/K-4 status (which you don't), or you have Advance Parole. From your description (&quot;waiting for green card&quot;), it seems like you have already applied for Adjustment of Status. You can apply for Advance Parole at the same time as applying for Adjustment of Status, and if you also applied for an EAD &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-765&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;(I-765)&lt;/a&gt; based on AOS, then the EAD  and AP &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;(I-131)&lt;/a&gt; will usually come together &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/news/questions-and-answers/uscis-issue-employment-authorization-and-advance-parole-card-adjustment-status-applicants-questions-and-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on the same card&lt;/a&gt;. They are both free, and they both take almost 90 days to get. After you have Advance Parole, you are free to travel out of the U.S. while waiting for the Adjustment of Status to finish. (However, by that time you will also have an EAD, which will obviate your reason for wanting to leave the U.S. in the first place.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-01-16T19:34:39.727" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T19:34:39.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-08T13:15:35.853" Score="-1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to research the cost of living in Lyon, France and I am looking for estimates of what is the approximate minimum net income that is required for a young non-French-speaking couple to allow a safe and decent life?  What about a young couple with a small child?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can one expect to spend on the basics, i.e. rent, utilities, food?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5929" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T22:35:43.810" Title="Lyon cost of living" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-01-10T08:16:53.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5482" CreationDate="2015-01-08T13:21:50.680" Score="3" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (not French), but my spouse is not.  We are considering moving to France, where initially only I would have a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What choices would my spouse have for health insurance and what would be the associated costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5929" LastEditorUserId="5929" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T14:00:07.887" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T15:48:11.483" Title="Health insurance when moving to France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5481" CreationDate="2015-01-08T15:27:58.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are yourself insured through one of the statutory health insurance organizations (which is almost certainly the case if you are employed in France), your spouse and children can also be covered at no extra cost, no matter their citizenship (this is called being an “&lt;em&gt;ayant-droit&lt;/em&gt;” or beneficiary). &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F16622.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Some paperwork is however required&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your spouse finds a job, he or she would then be covered by the relevant health insurance organization and would have to pay the mandatory contributions (for employees, those contributions are automatically withheld from wages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, if someone cannot be covered through any other means but resides legally in France for more than three months, they are usually entitled to free health insurance through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cmu.fr/cmu_de_base.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;couverture maladie universelle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (but there are some exceptions like diplomats). See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1072.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;. It's not really relevant here but there is also a distinct program to provide medical insurance to people &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/droits-et-demarches/par-situation-personnelle/vous-avez-des-difficultes/l-8217-aide-medicale-de-l-8217-etat/a-qui-s-adresse-l-ame.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;who are staying illegally&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you aren't insured through the French statutory insurance system yourself (say you are working for an international organization, you are a posted worker, etc.), I am not sure if your spouse can still benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-22T15:48:11.483" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T15:48:11.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-08T16:28:19.007" Score="3" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Planning to move to Europe in the next year.  Is it possible for me to keep my internet phone that I have in the US with some reasonable level of service (no dropping of conversation, no delay in conversation)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T16:47:01.487" LastActivityDate="2015-01-20T19:31:53.780" Title="Keeping your US Phone Number" Tags="&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5484" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-01-08T16:29:55.583" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T16:29:55.583" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T16:29:55.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5485" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-01-08T16:29:55.583" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding renting cars, apartments, or other necessities during moves to another country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T20:58:06.553" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T20:58:06.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5480" CreationDate="2015-01-08T22:35:43.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in a comment, this is going to vary a LOT from couple to couple, and depending on the area in Lyon. Similarly, what you're used to may be very different to another couple. Apartment vs house, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly the most objective measure is to use a site like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you were moving from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/sydney/lyon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sydney, Australia, to Lyon, France&lt;/a&gt;, you can use that link and see that the cost of living is considerably less for food, housing, clothing and entertainment, but personal care costs will increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for you, it'll depend a lot on what you spend on each category, whether you'll notice it. And where you're from, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T22:35:43.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5535" CreationDate="2015-01-09T00:17:48.253" Score="1" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on starting my studies in the UK later this year and I will spend roughly three years there (possibly staying on to find work). I would like to open a bank account in the UK from my country of residence, New Zealand, before I leave so my only option seems to be HSBC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is similar to &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/85/how-to-open-up-your-first-uk-bank-account-without-proof-of-address&quot;&gt;How to open up your first UK bank account without proof of address?&lt;/a&gt;, but the issue is that my studies will mainly be funded by a bunch of small scholarships. The relevant organisations will pay me lump sums every year or half-year across three years into a NZ bank account only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this forces me to move from my current bank to an HSBC account in both NZ and the UK in order for me to access my funds. It seems like a complicated and expensive process, and I was wondering if expat NZ students have any advice for me such as ... other simpler options, and if you have used them, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travelex.co.nz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travelex&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1stcontactkickstart.com/bank-account-assistance.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1stcontact&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T18:06:35.493" Title="Opening student bank account in UK from New Zealand" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-09T02:16:33.553" Score="1" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to avail the opportunity of this program as this does not require Job offer from Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per this program, applicant is eligible to apply (with 67 points) for &quot;Nova scotia province&quot; which is part of East Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the given &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cicnews.com/2015/01/introducing-nova-scotia-demand-express-entry-014370.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;message&lt;/a&gt; here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry is aligned with Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) Express Entry immigration selection system, which came into operation last week.&#xA;    Potential candidates have the benefit of two application routes for the Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry stream. They may either:&#xA;    1) apply directly to the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI) and then enter the Express Entry pool with a provincial nomination, which will trigger an invitation to apply for permanent residence; or&#xA;    2) be selected from the Express Entry pool by the NSOI.&#xA;&#xA;In the latter case, when candidates create an Express Entry profile, they will be prompted to select their desired destination(s) in Canada, as well as details of their education and work experience. The NSOI will be able to browse candidates in the pool and may select candidates based on the information they provided when creating their profile.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to second point above, I have already selected “Nova Scotia” province as part of express entry application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to this express entry profile, as per the first point, does it add any value if I apply directly to the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI)? If yes, please help me understand the application process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-01-10T01:02:14.027" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T01:02:14.027" Title="Nova Scotia Announces New Immigration Stream - Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5483" CreationDate="2015-01-09T04:33:28.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all VoIP providers are international, and you'll have to check with yours. I used Skype with US number from out of country without an issue, Google Voice is another viable option. Both allow redirecting to local numbers at pretty low costs almost anywhere in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-09T04:33:28.117" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-09T10:23:48.260" Score="2" ViewCount="2884" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the conventional point system(CPS) given in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cicnews.com/2015/01/introducing-nova-scotia-demand-express-entry-014370.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;Does the principal applicant need to score 67 points as per below chart(as eligibility) before creating express entry profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jSSRF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because without spouse IELTS score, am able to score only 66 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;comprehensive ranking system(CRS)&lt;/a&gt; is the only pointing system evaluation criteria(of total 1200 points) for Express Entry system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without spouse, my CRS score is &quot;342&quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; CPS score is &quot;66&quot;(&amp;lt; 67). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With spouse, my CRS score is &quot;333&quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; CPS score is &quot;71&quot;(&gt; 67)[because of spouse's IELTS score] .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, express entry tool says: &quot;Review of Minimum Entry Criteria:  Met&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-01-12T12:01:41.470" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T12:01:41.470" Title="Express Entry System- Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:19:20.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-09T19:18:02.437" Score="1" ViewCount="1629" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I live in the UK with my British husband and I need to get my license, but I only have a passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5938" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T02:15:41.160" Title="I'm a US citizen and I reside in the UK, how do I get my Drivers License in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-01-11T07:38:43.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5489" CreationDate="2015-01-09T20:38:52.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should try to contact the Nova Scotia immigration office to confirm. Based on the paragraph that you included above (and I've looked at the originating website, you don't have to also apply directly with NSOI if you've already applied for the Federal Express Entry and included that you'd like to emigrate to Nova Scotia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NSOI is able to search the Express Entry pool of candidates and see any that have selected Nova Scotia as a desired destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-01-09T20:38:52.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5495" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5498" CreationDate="2015-01-09T22:06:56.267" Score="4" ViewCount="859" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious. &#xA;How does or how can a person renounce citizenship in the U.S. and leave the country without that person having a passport from the U.S. Or from any other country? &#xA;I'm not planning to do this. I'm just really curious to know because I've read about people renouncing their citizenship for different reasons. Most think it's because of taxes. I'm sure people have other reasons. &#xA;Can someone tell me how or if it's possible for someone to renounce citizenship if they don't have a passport for the U.S. or any other country? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5940" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-09T22:50:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T19:00:58.200" Title="Leaving the U.S. after renouncing citizenship" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5495" CreationDate="2015-01-09T22:37:44.250" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot rule out any loophole or freak occurrence but reasonable countries have rules in place to avoid such issues. People who renounce US citizenship for tax reasons (as opposed to ideological or personal reasons) will also secure another one beforehand because being stateless is extremely unpleasant and you need to live outside the US to be out of the reach of US taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the US, renouncing citizenship &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship.html&quot;&gt;is only possible from abroad&lt;/a&gt;. It seems that you don't have to prove you are a citizen or long-term resident where you are when renouncing your US citizenship so you could still find yourself staying somewhere illegally or become stateless with no easy way to travel but that wouldn't be the US' problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because statelessness is generally considered to be a problem, other countries (e.g. France or Germany) have even more restrictive rules and only allow their nationals to renounce their citizenship if they already have or can be sure to get another one. Similarly, it's not possible to loose or be stripped of the French or German citizenship if you don't have another one. Both these countries and many others are also party to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&amp;amp;mtdsg_no=V-4&amp;amp;chapter=5&amp;amp;lang=en&amp;amp;clang=_en&quot;&gt;1961 Convention on the reduction of statelessness&lt;/a&gt;, which the US is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-09T23:46:32.870" LastActivityDate="2015-01-09T23:46:32.870" CommentCount="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-10T02:02:15.200" Score="-1" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the two step process provided in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://novascotiaimmigration.com/move-here/application-forms/#express-entry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to apply for &quot;NOVA SCOTIA DEMAND: EXPRESS ENTRY&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to confirm, if I need to send applications at two different destinations at a time, as mentioned below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I suppose to send &lt;em&gt;NSNP application form&lt;/em&gt; to &quot;&lt;em&gt;Nova Scotia Office of Immigration&lt;/em&gt;&quot; address(only)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I suppose to send &lt;em&gt;NSNP application form&lt;/em&gt; to &quot;&lt;em&gt;Nova Scotia Office of Immigration&lt;/em&gt;&quot; address as well as  (&lt;em&gt;CIC form with photocopy + NSNP appication&lt;/em&gt;) to &quot;&lt;em&gt;Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Centralized Intake office&lt;/em&gt;&quot; address(as well)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-01-12T22:45:10.287" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T23:21:51.763" Title="Process to apply for NSNP stream - Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5495" CreationDate="2015-01-10T19:00:58.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could ask for political asylum in another country. &#xA;Let's say you are a spy (or wish to become one). You visit the embassy of the country you wish to spy for and if they agree, they will give you papers to help you get out of the United States or arrange for a travel method that doesn't involve documents such as passports. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It used to be possible to travel to Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas without a passport but I do not know if post-9/11 this is still the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could certainly get a sailboat and sail to Cuba and ask for asylum, but you probably wouldn't get it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once upon a time refugee travel documents were fairly common, but I don't think this is still the case. Cuban refugees were given travel documents by the United States that functioned as a passport but which were not passports. The Vatican issued travel documents after WWII as did the Red Cross. Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany went to Shanghai, China because it was one of the few cities in the world that would accept individuals without the need for visas. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T19:00:58.200" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5493" CreationDate="2015-01-11T01:32:48.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a driving permit issued by an EU member state, it's a matter of changing it for a British one and takes about two weeks.  There are no provisions to transfer an American driving permit because driving licenses in the US lie within the cognizance of the individual states and not the federal government. States are not allowed to make treaties, and it's not clear they would agree to reciprocate UK permits anyway.  You can always  double check if an exchange is permitted &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Permits are issued by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency&lt;/a&gt; (DVLA), an agency within the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ministry of Transport&lt;/a&gt;, which in turn reports in to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Home Office&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a permit from a non-designate/non-member EU state, or if you have no permit at all, you start by obtaining a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;provisional driving permit&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DVLA&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are up-to-speed on the driving rules, you can apply to take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/book-theory-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;theory test&lt;/a&gt;. Everyone must complete this step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your theory test is successful, you can then book a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/book-driving-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;practical exam&lt;/a&gt;.  When this is successful, you will receive your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-licence-categories&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;full UK driving permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not mention your immigration status in the UK, I assume you are on a spouse visa, which means you qualify to take these three steps.  If you are in a different status, such as visitor, you will not be able to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: although it is not required, many people find it expedient to hire a driving instructor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-01-11T02:15:41.160" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T02:15:41.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5487" CreationDate="2015-01-11T02:00:11.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Proof of address is one of the requirements to open a UK bank account.  The rules are laid down by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jmlsg.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=749&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Joint Money Laundering Steering Group&lt;/a&gt;, which reports to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fca.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Financial Conduct Authority&lt;/a&gt; (FCA), which in turn reports to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Home Office&lt;/a&gt;. The FCA regulates both wholesale and retail banking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Invariably, this requirement causes the most frustration for newly arrived immigrants, and admittedly the conditions are fuzzy. Generally, documents meeting this requirement will show the following characteristics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The document is system generated, although tenancy agreements and/or&#xA;correspondence from a solicitor can also be accepted; also&#xA;correspondence from an agency in the UK government, such as HMRC can&#xA;be accepted;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The document has a date and is current, usually issued in the last 6&#xA;months, but shorter periods may apply in some cases, a TV license for&#xA;example;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The document shows the same name and address as given on the bank&#xA;account application;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The document is from an acceptable source and clearly shows that the&#xA;person has an account or customer identification registered in their&#xA;name;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The document is not a bill for a mobile telephone; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not the same document presented as proof of identity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no discretion on the proof of address requirement. Some banks may want to see heating and electricity bills to see if consumption is in line with a resident. There's more info in an article I wrote on the topic which is here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/other/forms-of-identification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/other/forms-of-identification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in 2015 they are rolling out the new landlord requirements for immigrants seeking tenancy agreements, so this may make getting a tenancy agreement more difficult. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/4356/how-do-the-new-right-to-rent-checks-affect-people-wanting-to-rent-accommodatio&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; for more info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T02:42:40.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-11T05:32:41.500" Score="1" ViewCount="6308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if one can use a great grandparent's birth certificate to get an Ancestry visa to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move there ASAP and would love to get all the details before making a drastic mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-01-11T07:36:55.960" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T18:43:38.230" Title="Great grandparent's birth certificate for ancestry visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5501" CreationDate="2015-01-11T07:36:06.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied and received an Ancestry visa for the UK in 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that you have to show direct heritage, and require either a parent or grand-parent to be British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source from the UK government&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having to go further back - eg great-grandparents is not valid - the link must be more recent than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you're asking because you don't have British grandparents or parents, then no, you're not eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're asking because you don't have birth certificates for grandparents and happen to have older ones, then note that  you can use various online sources for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;birth, death and marriage certificates&lt;/a&gt;.  I used one to get a legal copy of my grandmother's birth certificate, and that went very smoothly - it just took time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T07:36:06.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5512" CreationDate="2015-01-11T19:28:18.170" Score="7" ViewCount="5794" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK tier 2 visa holder from the US. I am considering leaving my job and returning to the US. From my understanding this will cause the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370522/Tier_2_Migrant_Policy_Guidance_v0_6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKBA to curtail my leave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;222&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We will curtail your leave in the following circumstances:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you fail to commence working for your sponsor; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you cease to be employed by your sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I simply give notice to my employer and wait for the notice from the UKBA that my leave has been curtailed and I have 60 days to get out? I would still like to be able to visit the UK as a tourist in the future and do not want a &amp;quot;black mark&amp;quot; on my immigration history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T15:25:21.337" Title="How to terminate a UK tier 2 visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5513" CreationDate="2015-01-11T19:33:55.333" Score="3" ViewCount="468" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK tier 2 visa holder and am planning on leaving my job to return to the states. From my understanding the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370522/Tier_2_Migrant_Policy_Guidance_v0_6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UKBA allows me 60 additional days&lt;/a&gt; after they finish processing that I have left my job. So I likely have closer to 90 days after I finish before I have to leave. My wife is working in the UK as a dependent on my visa and my son is enrolled in school. Can she continue to work, and he continue to attend school, until the final day that we have to leave or would they have to stop immediately after our leave is curtailed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T14:41:02.210" Title="Can a dependent continue working after primary visa holder's leave is curtailed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5506" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5530" CreationDate="2015-01-11T21:31:59.393" Score="4" ViewCount="3067" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, one of the requirements to be granted a H1B US working visa is that you possess a degree from a US college, or 12 years working experience in the relevant field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also read a few sources stating that in lieu of a US degree, one could use 3 years working experience for each year missing of study (eg 3 years study plus 3 years experience).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Diploma of Higher Education from a UK university (I completed 2 years of a three year Bachelors of Science degree), and I have 6 year's relevant working experience (at levels of increasing responsibility).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the combination of my 2 year's study and my 6 years working experience qualify me to be eligible for a H1B visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5949" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T05:26:59.437" Title="What is the minimum level of experience required to gain a US H1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4368" CreationDate="2015-01-12T02:27:53.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have ultimately called the Department of Immigration and Border protection to seek advice on how to obtain a 6 month visa as originally requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that under the Visitor Visa (Family stream), it is customary for the department to grant 3 months to siblings, while 6 and 12 months are only given to parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Counter-intuitively, I was also told she would more likely get more than 3 months by applying independently. Also, she being for a country deemed to be low-risk (although it's not an ETA country), they have informed there was no need for sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a 6 months visa was granted under a regular visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T02:27:53.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3221" CreationDate="2015-01-12T02:41:36.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Conditions for visa subclass 189 do not stipulate minimum funds required, although they advise you should have enough money to settle as there are no welfare benefits for newly arrived migrants for at least 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the closely related state sponsored visa (subclass 190), some states have finance requirements for obtaining their sponsorship. For instance Victoria lists in its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/visas-and-immigrating/skilled-visas/skilled-nominated-visa-subclass-190#OffshoreApplicantsTable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Offshore table&lt;/a&gt;, the value of $AUD 30,000 for single applications, 35,000 for one dependant, 40,000 for two dependants and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T02:41:36.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-12T02:47:00.093" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have any licence currently, because I lost mine. How can I get driving a gas scooter  ASAP? I don't mind &quot;quick&quot; way. I heard there are options to buy a set on taobao - plates, licence and docs. Anybody know anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5950" LastEditorUserId="5950" LastEditDate="2015-01-13T02:01:38.117" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T05:32:53.743" Title="How to get a Chinese motorcycle driver's license with 1 year (90 days entry) visa?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-07-03T19:13:44.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5483" CreationDate="2015-01-12T05:19:45.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the &quot;internet phone&quot; that you already have in the US?  Your question is very ambiguous, especially for someone like you who's not a newbie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a normal phone number, like a mobile phone, which is portable to any operator within the US (most mobile phone numbers are), what you could do is port it to a SIP VoIP provider like Anveo.com, where the cost of keeping a US or Canada number at the Personal Unlimited plan is only 2 USD per month, which includes unlimited number of incoming calls for personal use.  They sometime have promotions for waiving the porting fee; otherwise, it's 15 USD.  There are other providers that offer a similar service, too, like VoIP.ms and CallCentric, although they are more expensive and don't support SMS, unlike Anveo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can buy any hardware SIP phone, and use your SIP account from above with it, and the quality of communication should be exceptional anywhere where you can have a decent broadband connection.  You can also choose any of the unlocked SIP clients from the iOS and Android stores, but be aware that it's not likely to work over 2G, and some 3G and 4G operators appear to block it, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T05:19:45.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5533" CreationDate="2015-01-12T06:03:22.823" Score="8" ViewCount="819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a qualified american English as a Second Language teacher looking for jobs in Thailand and I was curious if my non-offensive partial hand tattoo would be a deal breaker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2276" LastEditorUserId="2276" LastEditDate="2015-01-12T14:05:38.993" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T04:45:06.740" Title="Visible Tattoos as ESL teacher in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2015-01-12T14:32:53.030" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are on a T2 and want to resign from your employer and return to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not have to wait until the notice of curtailment, and your history looks better if you do not require them to go through this step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To play it strictly by the book, you would send your employer a resignation.  At the same time, send UKVI the resignation along with a cover letter entitled &quot;Notice of Variation&quot; (or something similar).  Include in the letter your proposed departure date.  Then pack up and leave.  Keep a copy of everything, including a print-out of this thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be able to visit the UK again, or even get another T2.  This sort of thing happens all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T14:32:53.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5505" CreationDate="2015-01-12T14:41:02.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife is a T2 dependent and you are going to resign. Can she still work until you ultimately leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a dependent, her status is wholly reliant upon yours.  Technically, she needs to advise her employer and stop working on your resignation date or the curtailment notice whichever happens first.  To do otherwise may jeopardize her employer's credibility with UKVI, and if her employer is ever audited, they may have problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In best practices, she should approach her employer as soon as she knows your resignation date and discuss it with them. This will help keep both her and her employer clean and allow the employer to get a reading from UKVI &lt;em&gt;if they want&lt;/em&gt;.  There is no &quot;requirement&quot; to do this however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T14:41:02.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5518" CreationDate="2015-01-12T19:26:09.773" Score="5" ViewCount="5916" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, my wife is a Mexican citizen. We got married in Mexico and have a marriage certificate. We have been hearing different ideas from different people. Some say to do a tourist visa and take care of the immigration stuff while she is up here &quot;touring&quot; for 6 months or whatever the time period may be. Others say to get a spouse visa, but that it takes longer but the immigration process is taken care of alongside it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been dating for almost 5 years and have been married for about a month. I am currently stateside working, and she is working a part time job in Mexico City. In all honesty I just want to get her up here ASAP, but also want her to get her citizenship stuff taken care of as well. I own a house in the States and that is where we will be living and raising our family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5952" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T05:03:49.530" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T13:16:53.337" Title="What is the best way (quickest) for an American Citizen to get a Mexican spouse to the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5514" CreationDate="2015-01-12T19:29:53.410" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not recommend going the tourist visa route. Doing that would be misrepresenting your actual circumstances, and would involve withholding relevant information from immigration officials (the fact that your wife is married to a US citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The correct way to do this is to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/spouse-citizen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;K-3 Nonimmigrant Visa for a Spouse&lt;/a&gt;, which is described as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This visa category is intended to shorten the physical separation between the foreign-citizen and U.S. citizen spouses by having the option to obtain a nonimmigrant K-3 visa overseas and enter the United States to await approval of the immigrant visa petition.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After entering the US, your wife can apply for adjustment of status to permanent resident (green card). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T19:29:53.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5517" CreationDate="2015-01-12T19:32:10.030" Score="1" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have US citizenship, my wife is a Mexican citizen working on her visa. She has a cat she can't live without and I am trying to figure out how to get it up here. Do I just talk to the airport and pay a fee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5952" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T18:50:11.940" Title="How to bring a cat from Mexico to United States on a flight?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5516" CreationDate="2015-01-12T19:39:01.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the CDC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdc.gov/animalimportation/cats.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;import requirements for pet cats&lt;/a&gt; are pretty relaxed. However, additional requirements may apply based on the destination state, county, or city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For information about flying with a cat, contact your airline. They will probably have different rules depending on whether the cat is accompanied (considered personal baggage) or not (considered cargo). I flew my cat domestically (within New Zealand) on a 1.5 hour flight unaccompanied, so I had to pick him up at the cargo depot at the destination, rather than regular passenger baggage claim. There will probably be more paperwork required for international pet transport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T19:39:01.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5514" CreationDate="2015-01-12T21:35:25.383" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting an CR-1 immigrant visa (what you call spouse visa) is the correct way. You file I-130 and then after it's approved, she goes through Consular Processing at the U.S. consulate in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she has an H or L work visa, she could still go to the U.S. on one of those visas (since they are dual-intent) and then do Adjustment of Status in the U.S. But I doubt that's the case here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other non-immigrant visa she can get, she will need to not intend to immigrate during that trip when she enters the U.S. with it. But she obviously already has intent to immigrate on it if you're asking this question. So she would be committing visa fraud if she tried to enter on it for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Some places you will see information about the K-3 visa. That visa is basically obsolete. To get it, you will still file an I-130 petition like you do for an immigrant visa, and then, afterwards, you file an I-129F petition. But the I-129F and I-130 take the same amount of time to process currently, so the I-129F petition will not be approved before the I-130 in most cases. And once the I-130 is approved, the K-3 process ends because it's only meant for when I-130 is pending. So you will not get a K-3 visa and the I-129F would have been a waste of money.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T21:35:25.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5497" CreationDate="2015-01-12T23:21:51.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, I don't know why I didn't understand this before (end of week? Sleep deprivation?), but &lt;a href=&quot;http://novascotiaimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/AppGuide-NSNP-NSDEE-31Dec2014-English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; states quite clearly in the introduction, second paragraph: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are two application routes to Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry&#xA;  stream, either you apply directly to Nova Scotia Office of Immigration&#xA;  (NSOI) or you have been selected from the Express Entry pool by the&#xA;  NSOI. &lt;strong&gt;In either case the principal applicant will need to submit a&#xA;  complete application to NSOI.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you've already applied to the national Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Express Entry process, send copies of that application as part of your NSOI application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://novascotiaimmigration.com/move-here/application-forms/#express-entry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;originating page&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STEP 2: Complete the CIC forms and provide photocopies with your NSNP [Nova Scotia &#xA;  Nominee Program] application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is specifically for the Nominee Program, where Nova Scotia thinks you'll be an excellent addition to the province and tells the national government, &quot;Hey, we want this person!&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can find, Nova Scotia can also look in the CIC Express Entry database for applicants who've stated they would like to emigrate to Nova Scotia and if the province likes what they see, invite them to apply or ask the federal agency to include them in the draw. In this latter case, I'm not sure if you have to directly apply to NSOI as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T23:21:51.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-13T04:43:35.143" Score="1" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am by no means an early adopter. I tend to things and use them until they are no longer salvageable. I'm also a US expat living in South Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first moved to South Korea three years ago, I had an old US phone that couldn't even handle 3G, so I happily upgraded. Now the same phone isn't compatible with the US 4G networks. I make frequent trips back to the US and need a phone that will pick up 4G in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm making another trip next month and I'm planning to buy an unlocked T-mobile 4G-capable phone for use in the US. Then just swapping the SIM cards when I'm back in South Korea and continue to use it as my main phone here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried this? What should I watch for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3796" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T06:27:42.960" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T12:24:14.273" Title="4G on an unlocked US phone in South Korea?" Tags="&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;&lt;technology&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2015-01-13T05:27:56.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Employment law is a very large field. The first thing to do is to check your employment contract to see what it says re. termination and whether your employer complied with it. It seems that you have been summarily dismissed. You should receive a letter from the employer giving the reasons, payments due, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are eligible to switch from T2G to T1 (Entrepreneur), read the policy guidance: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec&lt;/a&gt; ... dance1.pdf &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your employer informs UKBA of the termination, which they are obliged to do within 10 days, UKBA will curtail your leave to 60 days from the time they make their decision to curtail (Note: not from the date of termination). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your current leave and multiple entry clearance have been based on your specific employment as a T2G migrant for which you had a CoS. Since you are no longer employed you should not travel and seek re-entry to the UK using your present BRP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T05:27:56.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2678" CreationDate="2015-01-13T14:13:14.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The lowest legal housing I've seen for individual rent was 3000AED, which are individual semi-temporary structures on Sadiyaat Island in Abu Dhabi.  But if you are willing to share accommodation, you will very likely find much nicer for the same amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a friend with the exact same salary as you're describing, and she does quite well for herself.  She shares a 1-bed apartment with a couple, where they've converted most of the living room into her room.  She pays 3000AED, but it is in a desirable location, close to work.  She sends money home, but still gets out and about with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cost of living fluctuates, but there are a lot of free things to do, too, so you will have plenty of entertainment.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS - you can get across Abu Dhabi for 10 to 20 dirhams by taxi and the very nice bus system is only 1dirham (if you stay on-island)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5955" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T14:13:14.663" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4421" CreationDate="2015-01-13T15:14:29.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on your definition of &quot;have to.&quot;  If you are willing to commit to never having any assets in USA (including your body), then you can let your conscience decide whether the law is worth the paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T15:14:29.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2678" CreationDate="2015-01-14T05:26:47.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is some general information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatarrivals.com/abu-dhabi/cost-of-living-in-abu-dhabi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; about the cost of living in Abu Dhabi. In particular, about the cost of accommodation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter one's social status, the costs associated with accommodation in Abu Dhabi are outrageous. Expats should anticipate their largest expense to be housing; rent can take up nearly 50 percent of a monthly salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On-island accommodation is generally more costly than off-island accommodation, as is the case with furnished and unfurnished housing, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to broach the subject of a shipping allowance or, for those planning to buy most of their household goods upon arrival, a start-up stipend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Utilities are reasonably priced in Abu Dhabi, as they are subsidised by the government. However, utilities nonetheless form part of an expat's account, so be prepared to pay, especially if planning to keep a garden and an air-conditioned villa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flat-sharing is a good solution to exorbitant rental rates, but do be careful of renting a room in a villa that has been divided; this is illegal in Abu Dhabi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-05-22T08:40:46.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5528" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6647" CreationDate="2015-01-14T09:37:15.627" Score="7" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US citizen friend who is a (legal, permanent) resident in the UK (ie with ILR), who would like to vote, but naturalisation as a British Citizen is very expensive - £906 is the current fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We noticed that Commonwealth citizens are entitled to vote here, and we were wondering if there were any Commonwealth nationalities that could be acquired more cheaply, without the need to travel to the actual country, and from a country that would be OK with retaining her US nationality as a dual national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't imagine there actually are any countries that sell off their citizenship that cheaply, but I thought this was the place to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="996" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-01-14T10:40:47.057" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T17:55:32.373" Title="Cheapest commonwealth nationality to acquire" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8592" CreationDate="2015-01-14T12:46:42.333" Score="7" ViewCount="1313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Germany with job specific &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; for more than 3 years. I have worked in two companies in this time, and when I got hired for the second job I went to &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; and got a new &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; with the new job specified as my work place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; also includes the following line:&#xA;“&lt;strong&gt;Selbständige Tätigkeit gestattet&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; expires in half a year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am considering joining an American company to work remotely and I'd like to register as a freelancer or self-employed, whatever fits, so I am able to issue invoices and pay tax here in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that my current status allows me to be self-employed, &lt;br&gt;but I don't know &lt;strong&gt;if I can &lt;em&gt;extend&lt;/em&gt; the residence permit being self-employed&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any direction in terms and maybe sites where I could read about this would be greatly appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-08T21:21:46.580" LastActivityDate="2018-01-07T14:02:24.387" Title="Germany: Extending residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel) after becoming self-employed" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5506" CreationDate="2015-01-14T15:24:04.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possibly.&lt;/strong&gt; It seems you're referring to the following Federal Regulations in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2142h.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)&lt;/a&gt;, in particular paragraph (h)(4)(iii)(D)(5), which describes one way to meet the requirements if you don't have a Bachelor's degree or higher:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A determination by the Service that the equivalent of the degree required by the specialty occupation has been acquired through a combination of education, specialized training, and/or work experience in areas related to the specialty and that the alien has achieved recognition of expertise in the specialty occupation as a result of such training and experience. For purposes of determining equivalency to a baccalaureate degree in the specialty, three years of specialized training and/or work experience must be demonstrated for each year of college-level training the alien lacks. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you must demonstrate three years of work experience or specialized training for each year of your degree that you lack. However, that's not the only requirement; you have to demonstrate more than just the number of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to demonstrate that your experience meets certain requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It must be clearly demonstrated that the alien's training and/or work experience included the theoretical and practical application of specialized knowledge required by the specialty occupation; that the alien's experience was gained while working with peers, supervisors, or subordinates who have a degree or its equivalent in the specialty occupation;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, you need to show documentation that demonstrates recognition of your expertise in your field:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and that the alien has recognition of expertise in the specialty evidenced by at least one type of documentation such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) Recognition of expertise in the specialty occupation by at least two recognized authorities in the same specialty occupation;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) Membership in a recognized foreign or United States association or society in the specialty occupation;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(iii) Published material by or about the alien in professional publications, trade journals, books, or major newspapers;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(iv) Licensure or registration to practice the specialty occupation in a foreign country; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(v) Achievements which a recognized authority has determined to be significant contributions to the field of the specialty occupation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T15:24:04.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4421" CreationDate="2015-01-14T16:15:13.460" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tax obligations travel with American nationality. If you don't live in the United States, the first $90k or so of your income is not taxed, but you still have to file a return. Sounds like you acquired a rather expensive passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ps FATCA has nothing to do with your obligation to file a tax return. You do need to report foreign bank accounts if you have $10k or more in the account at any time during the year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T16:15:13.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5511" CreationDate="2015-01-14T16:20:58.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tattoos are very common in Thailand, they have some of the best tattoo artists in the world. The only type of tattoo that is prohibited is one that depicts the Buddha, or, of course, any tattoo which would violate lese-majeste laws (offensive to the monarchy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T16:20:58.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5487" CreationDate="2015-01-14T18:06:35.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say you're going about this the wrong way!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you did have both GBP and NZD accounts with the same bank, moving money between them isn't &quot;free&quot;. All banks I know of offering multi-currency accounts charge a fee or a spread somewhere. Quite a typical rate is about a 3% spread on the currency conversion when moving between the accounts, which is low but non-trivial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Gayot pointed out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/5500/120&quot;&gt;his answer&lt;/a&gt;, it's pretty much impossible to get a regular UK bank to open you an account remotely. You might be able to open a GBP account with your NZ bank, using your New Zealand details, but you'd likely have monthly fees for such an account, plus the spread moving money into it. Some high end (especially offshore) bank accounts might be openable in GBP with only your New Zealand details, but these will certainly have high monthly fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, what you should do is just plan to open a regular free GBP account on arrival in the UK. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/85/120&quot;&gt;How to open up your first UK bank account without proof of address?&lt;/a&gt; question for details on how to do that as a new arrival. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, before you leave, do two things. Firstly, get yourself a NZ credit/debit card with the lowest overseas fees you can. I don't know the NZ market well enough to know if a &quot;no overseas fee&quot; card is possible (they are in the UK), but get the best you can. You will use this to spend money until your UK account is open. Secondly, open an account with a reputable low fee online currency broker, and setup whatever you need to do to send it money from your NZ account. (If your bank needs to ring you to confirm new online payments, that's much easier to do when in NZ than when you've got to the UK!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, when your UK account is open, use your currency broker to send + exchange your NZ Dollars in your NZ Account to GBP in your UK account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of online exchanges / currency brokers, you need to consider a few things. Firstly, reputability and stability - you don't want to wire them money and have them go bust before they exchange + forward! Pick somewhere based in a country with regulations, and someone who's been around a while. Secondly, decide on how often you'll be sending money, and how much. Some brokers charge tiny/no spread on the exchange, but have a fixed fee to send the exchanged money on to the destination bank account. Some charge low spread, but have a variable/% fee on transfers out. Some are poor value and charge high fees for both!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're transferring lots rarely, someone with low/no spread on the exchange and moderate onward transfer fees is a good bet. If you're transferring little and often, find someone with % fees which work out less. There's no universal right answer, it'll depend on your situation. (As an example, I've had good service from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.currencyfair.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CurrencyFair&lt;/a&gt;, but for small amounts withdrawing cash on a no-FX card when in the destination country has worked out cheaper other times)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T18:06:35.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5511" CreationDate="2015-01-15T04:18:15.307" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;While &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra_tattooing&quot;&gt;sak yant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; tattoos are indeed common in Thailand, they are also associated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204190704577025970377203062&quot;&gt;lower classes and criminals&lt;/a&gt;, and they are usually placed in locations that are not visible (back, neck etc) when clothing is worn.  Visible tattoos are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; common at all, and would generally &lt;a href=&quot;http://tastythailand.com/can-you-teach-in-thailand-with-visible-tattoos-it-depends/&quot;&gt;not be considered acceptable&lt;/a&gt; for Thai professionals, I can't recall seeing any during the year and half I spent working in Thailand (in telco, not ESL).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per the comments on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ajarn.com/ajarn-street/articles/the-tattoo-curse/&quot;&gt;this Ajarn.com thread&lt;/a&gt;, while they're not an absolute no-no for ESL teachers since &lt;em&gt;farang&lt;/em&gt; get a bit of extra leeway, they will likely limit your options, particularly if they're in locations that you can't easily cover up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2015-01-15T04:45:06.740" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T04:45:06.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5506" CreationDate="2015-01-15T05:26:59.437" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa designed to allow U.S. employers to recruit &amp;amp; employ foreign professionals in specialty occupations to work in the U.S.forspecified periods of time. To qualify for an H-1B visa, the sponsoring employer and potential employee must meet specific requirements. The employer must comply with the H-1B process requirements, adhering to USCIS regulations and Department of Labor requirements associated with obtaining a Labor Condition Application (LCA).&#xA;The U.S. employer must demonstrate that the employment is offered in a specialty occupation, either on a full or part time basis, located within the U.S. and that the prospective employee has met the required qualifications.&#xA;- See more at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hooyou.com/h-1b/h1b_requirements.html#sthash.kUJoaRYR.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hooyou.com/h-1b/h1b_requirements.html#sthash.kUJoaRYR.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T05:26:59.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5539" CreationDate="2015-01-15T08:14:56.547" Score="5" ViewCount="631" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife was granted a conditional permanent resident status (green card) in the US and we started the process for removing the conditional status while we were living in the States after being married for more than two years (as per the requirement). Before receiving a response to our application, we made the decision to return to her home country for work reasons. We recently received mail from USCIS requesting further documentation to prove the &quot;legitimacy&quot; of our marriage. The deadline to submit the additional documents recently passed, and I had already decided to give up pursuing the application process anyway, since we will not be returning to live in the US for at least five years. My concern (and question) is this: &lt;strong&gt;Can my wife still enter the US to visit my family, or will the lapsed/failed green card status create an issue that prevents her from even entering the country?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5963" LastEditorUserId="5963" LastEditDate="2015-01-15T09:48:20.033" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T04:05:39.383" Title="Can the US still be entered after losing conditional permanent resident status?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5538" CreationDate="2015-01-15T08:42:22.450" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, she'll have to apply for a visa of course but there's no specific limitation on ex-permanent residents from visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should have cancelled the green card instead of ignoring the USCIS, as she's still liable for taxes in the US and her status is in limbo. The proper way, IMHO, would be to go to the US consulate and officially surrender the permanent residency using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form I-407&lt;/a&gt;. Do talk to an immigration attorney to make sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="5963" LastEditDate="2015-11-19T04:05:39.383" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T04:05:39.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5529" CreationDate="2015-01-15T09:56:47.273" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can extend your residence permit. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/21.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;German Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Einem Ausländer kann eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur Ausübung einer&#xA;  freiberuflichen Tätigkeit abweichend von Absatz 1 erteilt werden. Eine&#xA;  erforderliche Erlaubnis zur Ausübung des freien Berufes muss erteilt&#xA;  worden oder ihre Erteilung zugesagt sein. Absatz 1 Satz 3 ist&#xA;  entsprechend anzuwenden. Absatz 4 ist nicht anzuwenden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, you can get a resindence permit not only for specified job but also for self employement. As you are already allowed to be self-employed, I see no problem at all to extend your resindce permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T09:56:47.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2938" CreationDate="2015-01-15T17:32:51.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in preparing an equivalence of your degree, you should get in touch with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmk.org/zab/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen&lt;/a&gt; (ZAB) which is the administration responsible for evaluating degrees earned in foreign countries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB) ist die zentrale Stelle für die Bewertung ausländischer Qualifikationen in Deutschland. Hierzu gehören schulische und berufliche sowie Hochschulqualifikationen. Die ZAB erbringt Dienstleistungen für Bildungseinrichtungen, Behörden und Privatpersonen. Sie beantwortet jedes Jahr etwa 27.000 Anfragen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the vast majority of positions you probably do not need to get an equivalence or evaluation from the ZAB.  Nevertheless, an equivalence is mandatory if you intend to apply in some administrations and probably if you apply to some positions in regulating organisms, like TÜV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5966" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T17:32:51.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3259" CreationDate="2015-01-16T10:36:51.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;hope this isn't too late. Will post for future reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cape Town and even South Africa isn't as bad as some people imagine it to be. Just don't be foolish!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave your romanticised ideas about Africa and the natives at home!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stay away from townships and other dodgy areas. Be sensible, don't drive dangerous routes alone or at night. Don't leave house doors open or unlocked. Don't leave items lying in cars. Most of the crime people like you will experience in Cape Town will be petty crime like theft. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Power outs or load shedding as it is known locally is usually done according to a schedule so planning can be made in advance. Whether the complex has power generators is something that can only be confirmed by the individual complex. Usually they don't, but the fencing can run on a battery for a limited time. Don't be fooled into a false sense of security by electrical fencing though, criminals can easily by pass these in any event. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;South Africa has an active gun culture, although government is trying very hard to make life as hard as possible for law abiding gun owners while criminals run rampant with automatic weapons. Everyone wonders what the governments agendas is. Many people do every day carry, although the firearm should always be concealed!! If you don't conceal your firearm you run a very high risk of becoming another statistic. You will have to comply with South African laws regarding citizenship/residency before a licence can be obtained, a painful process in itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all Cape Town is a great place, so is South Africa despite the political turmoil its going through. As long as you are sensible you should be more than fine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5971" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T10:36:51.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3160" CreationDate="2015-01-16T12:50:43.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links are to the Castilian versions: if your Catalan is better, there's a language switcher in the top-right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catsalut.gencat.cat/es/ciutadania/acces_sistema_salut/qui_assegurat_catsalut/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Who is insured by CatSalut?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The body which recognises and accredits the condition of insured person is the National Institute of Social Security (INSS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you're registered for social security, you're probably eligible. Take your SS certificate, padrón certificate, and any other document you have to your local health centre.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catsalut.gencat.cat/es/detalls/Articles/Article_access_no_assegurats&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Access to public health assistance under CatSalut for people who aren't insured or beneficiaries of the National Health System&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cases listed are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spanish citizens and foreigners who are legal residents in different situations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Poor foreigners who are registered as living in Cataluña but not legal residents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recently arrived poor foreigners who are registered as living in Cataluña but not legal residents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Special cases&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spaniards and foreigners who are legal residents and have income above 100,000€ p.a.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically for the cases which are likely to be relevant to you it boils down to being empadronado and registered for social security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T12:50:43.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-16T21:01:06.657" Score="3" ViewCount="3888" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife was recently accepted to a graduate degree program in the Netherlands and we are preparing to make the move later this year.  I'm wondering what I need to know about continuing to work for my current US-based employer remotely while we're there for her school program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular: do I need to worry about getting a work-permit and paying dutch income taxes in the Netherlands even though my work is really for a company based in the US and I will likely continue to be paid into my US-based bank via direct-deposit?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5974" LastEditorUserId="5974" LastEditDate="2015-01-18T01:03:28.603" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T10:54:42.940" Title="Working for a US-Based Company Remotely in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5550" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5551" CreationDate="2015-01-17T03:03:20.437" Score="3" ViewCount="1103" Body="&lt;p&gt;When applying for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_certification#Program_Electronic_Review_Management&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PERM&lt;/a&gt;, how much stricter it is comparing to requirements for H1B, and how likely is one to get rejected? Do you really have to prove that there aren't many people capable of doing your job, or is it just formality verifying credentials for your qualifications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T15:35:46.640" Title="How likely is PERM application to be rejected?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5550" CreationDate="2015-01-17T05:48:32.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you do, no it is not. Many PERM applications get audited (where the DOL people will go through the whole hiring process and will examine the employer's evidence to inability of hiring a US resident). Audits delay the processing by about a year if everything is in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, PERM should not be done without a good legal counsel which will ensure that the process is managed properly. But even then, a rejection &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; possible and the approval is never automatic. It is not unheard of for PERM to be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-17T05:48:32.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2905" CreationDate="2015-01-17T19:23:11.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When United States citizens renounce their citizenship, the consular officer will punch holes in your passport just like when they void an old passport when giving you a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was an article in the Korea Herald about this several years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Herald: In 1997, you gave up your U.S. citizenship and became a&#xA;  full-fledged Korean. What made you decide to do that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Robert Holley: That's a long story. Actually, the first time I saw Lee&#xA;  Han-woo on TV, my wife told me he had Korean citizenship. [Imitates&#xA;  wife] &quot;Isn't that wonderful!&quot; I remember thinking, &quot;What kind of crazy&#xA;  guy would give up his citizenship to stay in Korea?!&quot;  So I got into&#xA;  broadcasting and I was running into all sorts of problems working and&#xA;  I had been in Korea for the longest time. My wife said one day, &quot;Why&#xA;  don't you think about changing your citizenship?&quot; So I started to&#xA;  think about it seriously and I sat down with these others (Lee,&#xA;  Daussy, et al.) and said, &quot;How do you feel about this?&quot;  They said,&#xA;  &quot;Look. This is where we live. This is where we work. Don't you want to&#xA;  enjoy the full rights of all the Koreans you live with? This is where&#xA;  you are. If you didn't want to be here, you wouldn't be.&quot;  My biggest&#xA;  problem with changing my citizenship was that I love America. I love&#xA;  being American. I also heard this horror story about a woman who gave&#xA;  up her citizenship. &lt;strong&gt;She said you have to sign this vow and they take&#xA;  your passport away and they punch holes in it.&lt;/strong&gt; They say, &quot;You&#xA;  shouldn't do this. You should reconsider this. You may never go to the&#xA;  States again. We don't have to give you a visa, you know.&quot; It scared&#xA;  me to death. Eventually I found out it was possible to get a U.S. visa&#xA;  after giving up your citizenship. So I did it and I've never had any&#xA;  problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Emphasis mine, story archived &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ldskorea.net/chch59.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get to keep the canceled passport. This is important because it contains visas that were issued to you that may still be important -- even if not valid. The People's Republic of China requests all of the previous visas they have issued you when granting you another visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2015-01-17T19:23:11.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="118" CreationDate="2015-01-19T02:53:16.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are moving to the Eastern USA from Canada, do yourself a favour and bank with TD Canada Trust in Canada before you leave the great white North.  They are the parent of TD Bank North America and have branches all down the eastern seaboard and into the Carolinas and Florida, where Canadian snowbirds congregate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TD Bank in the USA can and will use your Canadian credit report - I know this personally.  They are the only bank with this ability.  Others cannot because the laws are so very different between our countries, but TD North America will OK you based on the OK of TD Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this isn't possible for you, remember that you cannot get credit (easily) if you do not have an identity with the credit bureaus, and you can't get an identity with them if you don't have credit.  It's a vicious circle.  No, the bureaus won't just open a file for you if you phone (tried that too!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One method to create this identity is to apply every month for a credit card - remember, if you haven't an identity with the bureau you won't be impacting your credit score.  Apply online with Capital One and also in stores such as Macy's and JC Penny.  These stores all sell their client names to other credit providers.  So once you are refused by Macy's because you have a &quot;thin file&quot; (not enough accounts with satisfactory performance for the bureau to approve you), your name will be sold and next month you will have offers from Capital One in the mail.  When you first apply on-line with Capital One you will be refused, but once you receive an invitation from them in the mail with a special code, they will approve you for a small limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other provider I have found who will use the Canadian credit report is Verizon wireless - I got a cell phone from them by providing copies of my Canadian passport and taking it into a store location where the staff will fax it to their credit department.  Verizon does report to the credit bureau, so it's another way to establish yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5983" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T02:53:16.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5548" CreationDate="2015-01-19T05:15:49.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In particular: do I need to worry about getting a work-permit and&#xA;  paying dutch income taxes in the Netherlands even though my work is&#xA;  really for a company based in the US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course. You'll be in Holland, and you'll be working - you have to have a proper legal status for that, including working permit. Why would you think Dutch laws would be different in this regard from your own home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will most definitely have to pay taxes in Holland, and most likely it will be considered self-employment. So you may check the required tax filings, and whether or not your immigration status allows that. There's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/Netherlands---Tax-Treaty-Documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; between Holland an the US, which may affect your tax liabilities while there. Talk to a local tax adviser. The tax treaty won't help you in the US though, so you may end up paying taxes in two places on the same income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and I will likely continue to be paid into my US-based bank via direct-deposit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's between you and your employer. If they're OK using direct deposit to deposit your pay instead of giving you cash as they used to when you're working locally (I guess that's why you're asking, right? You didn't think that just because you're not in the same neighborhood as your bank direct deposit miraculously stops working, right?...) - then by all means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T05:15:49.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-20T00:25:57.580" Score="4" ViewCount="1300" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen and I'm planning to marry my Polish girlfriend. After the marriage, we are considering the option of moving to Poland. I wanted to know if I can move to Poland right away after the marriage and how long it will be before I can work in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I still need to get a work permit to work in Poland if I'm married to a Polish national or can I start working right away? Additionally, if I do need a work permit, how long does that take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5990" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T03:17:30.513" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T16:45:08.147" Title="Indian citizen planning to marry a Polish citizen" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5968" CreationDate="2015-01-20T07:50:40.383" Score="6" ViewCount="596" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve been working in Shanghai, China for an American consulting company for the last year and a half. Because their Chinese studio is technically a Chinese company, I'm paid in RMB and I pay Chinese tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I file US taxes, I got the foreign earned income exclusion because I spent more than 330 consecutive days outside of the country and was paid by a foreign company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, I was approached by an American company that needs someone located in Shanghai to help set everything up here before we convert to a Chinese company as well. Because I will now become an employee of a Massachusetts, US company, on an &quot;indefinite business trip&quot; to Asia, my understanding is I will be paying &quot;effectively&quot; very little tax ((Salary - Earned Income Deduction) * Whatever the tax rate is for my tax bracket on the remainder - any additional deductions I have).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding, I will not need to pay Chinese tax either since I’ll be here on a business visa working for an international company and paid outside the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of tax benefit for me, this offer seems too good to be true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is true, should I convince the US company to withhold less? Or just claim it back at the end of the year just in case I do spend more than 35 days in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: We went through a firm and are having them do everything for me. In the end, I need to pay Chinese income tax once our WFOE is setup. Until then, I'm on vacation. Thanks for everyones help. :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5992" LastEditorUserId="5992" LastEditDate="2015-04-27T08:19:13.833" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T13:25:32.040" Title="US employee on a multi year long business trip to China, but paid in the US. Do I get to claim Foreign Earned Income Exception?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5556" CreationDate="2015-01-20T13:35:09.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer depends whether you have been living in another EU country together or not before trying to settle in Poland. If you have, then &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU laws&lt;/a&gt; will apply, which provide you with the same coverage as any other EU member, including employment. EU laws will also apply if you &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; plan on moving to a different EU country to live and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, then Polish national laws will apply to you (until you have moved together to a different EU country). Fortunately Polish laws are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foreignersinpoland.com/work/work-permit-in-poland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;quite lenient&lt;/a&gt;, as you won't need a work permit if &quot;you are the spouse or a former spouse of a Polish citizen, provided that they have a residence permit for Polish territory&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that your marriage needs to be recognized by Polish Immigration and they might also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/fileadmin/docs/Poland_Aliens_Act.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;do some checks&lt;/a&gt; (Act 55, Section 1) to determine whether your marriage was &quot;not been concluded for the purpose of abuse by an alien the provisions on granting a residence permit for a fixed period on the territory of the Republic of Poland&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="12098" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T01:22:04.553" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T01:22:04.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5557" CreationDate="2015-01-20T19:27:58.850" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you meet the physical presence test, you are entitled to the exclusion regardless of the visa you are on. I can't answer with respect to your Chinese tax obligation. There are many countries that do not have an income tax; were you to work in one of them and meet the physical presence test and your income was under the excludable limit you would not owe income tax to anyone. If you don't meet the physical presence test, you probably would not qualify as a bona-fide resident because, as you point out, you are in China temporarily. If that temporary status persists for more than a year, you might have a claim. Some countries issue business visas for multiple year periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-01-20T19:27:58.850" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5483" CreationDate="2015-01-20T19:31:53.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some countries--the UAE is one--where VOIP is restricted and Vonage won't work. You need an ethernet connection for Vonage. If all you have is wireless (such as in hotel rooms nowadays) you won't be able to get Vonage to work unless you have a portable router that will work off a wireless connection into which you can plug your Vonage box. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-01-20T19:31:53.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2938" CreationDate="2015-01-21T13:18:16.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's too difficult to get a an IT job in Germany, or elsewhere in Europe, as long as you have experience in a platform or technology that's in high demand. I'm an American who's lived in Germany for 12 years. The first 9 years I worked for American IT companies (EDS, then HP), but when my company's contract ran out, I just moved to a German firm (Accenture GmbH) because I had a bunch of experience in technology that's in demand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say that if you have experience in any or all of the following:&#xA;Oracle&#xA;Java&#xA;.NET&#xA;SAP&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you shouldn't have any trouble finding work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process works like this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you meet a would-be employer who likes your experience.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they offer you a contract (usually 3 years min)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your company will&#xA;    apply to the government for what's called an &lt;em&gt;Arbeitserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; (work&#xA;    permit) and they'll need your CV and college degree for the&#xA;    paperwork.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you must apply for a Resident's Permit&#xA;    (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt;). When you fill out the resident's permit, you&#xA;    must show that you have a passport, money in the bank, some kind of&#xA;    health insurance and an address in Germany. You can get a PDF&#xA;    version of the form on line to see what's required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A month or so later, you can start work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem for you, I'd say, is that you'd need to be here in Germany, living somewhere, before you could seriously apply for work at a German company. They'll want to meet you. They won't pay to relocate you from Canada, unless you're the world's greatest SAP developer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;German language ... it's certainly helpful to speak German. The more, the better, but it's not critical in the IT world since English is the de facto language of business and every German programmer I've met spoke good English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as your degree is concerned, your experience and skills will count more than your degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5995" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-21T13:35:42.250" LastActivityDate="2015-01-21T13:35:42.250" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5562" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5677" CreationDate="2015-01-22T07:05:11.413" Score="1" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents are nationals of a non-EU country. I am an EU national going to live in France (and I am not French). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering whether I can invite them (i.e. ask French authorities to issue visitor visa) while I stay in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4839" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-15T18:11:46.317" LastActivityDate="2015-02-15T18:14:54.763" Title="Can I invite my parents from inside another EU country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5521" CreationDate="2015-01-22T07:22:17.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;T-Mobile uses GSM, but South Korea uses CDMA.  You might (?) be able to use the 4G LTE part, but this seems like a poor idea, because any areas in South Korea which don't have 4G LTE coverage will have zero coverage for your US-bought phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you're better off buying a cheap smartphone that works properly in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274" LastEditorUserId="274" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T12:24:14.273" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T12:24:14.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5548" CreationDate="2015-01-22T08:30:19.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Work permit&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;autorization of stay&lt;/strong&gt; are different things, at least in Luxembourg and i believe the same apply to Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from Brazil and recently moved to Luxembourg. I received a &lt;strong&gt;work permit&lt;/strong&gt; and a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; (i really don't know how to call this one, it's in French, &lt;em&gt;&quot;autorisation de séjour&quot;&lt;/em&gt;). My wife &lt;strong&gt;only received a residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; that is valid as long as I stay here. She is not allowed to work here. To do this, it's another process. I think it would be the same to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brazil also has tax agreement with Luxembourg. This means that my &quot;pension&quot; deductions in Luxembourg will be valid in Brazil. As a practical example, I can count my work years from here for the government retirement in Brazil, when I come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if your wife will work here or receive a grant from the university. If so, she will be deducted by local taxes, what will also give you (both) access to public health there. As you don't have a local salary there's no tax for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last, if my wife worked remotely from Luxembourg and received a salary in Brazil, in a brazilian bank account, this would make no difference to taxes here, as far as I know. One thing to note, we have to declare in Brazil that we are living abroad. This changes the type of annual taxes declaration (in Brazil) that we are used to do. If she worked remote, i don't know how we should proceed on this. I will check more on this topic and come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3808" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-22T18:04:30.210" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T18:04:30.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5565" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5570" CreationDate="2015-01-22T11:43:09.830" Score="3" ViewCount="383" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India came to Netherlands as an expat, i have  valid residence permit till 2016. Can i apply H1B visa from Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5998" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T05:22:50.423" Title="Can i apply for H1B visa from Netherlands being an Indian Expats" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-22T18:31:49.850" Score="7" ViewCount="988" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am and American woman who started with a spouses settlement visa and have had ILR for almost 5 years now. I have been eligible to apply for UK citizenship about two years ago but never applied because, due to a family bereavement, neither my husband nor I have been in full time employment since 2010. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently split with my husband (separated, not divorced) taken a full time teaching post in Malta. As this is a government/public sector position I am facing suspension at the end of the month of I dont apply for Maltese residency and work permit. I was avoiding this because I was afraid that I would loose my ILR before I could make a citizenship application. Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I lose my ILR if I apply for a Maltese ID card and NIS number? Or will I only become liable for dual residency taxes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reasons I can find for losing ILR is staying away for more than two years or bad behaviour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For political, tax and cultural purposes I am planning on applying for Italian citizenship (based on ancestry) rather than UK citizenship, but I do not want to risk loosing my ILR visa until I can conform that my grandfather was not naturalised before my father was born. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anybody clarify the UK's standing on dual residency for a third-party national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6002" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-01-22T20:35:53.670" LastActivityDate="2020-01-10T11:19:11.117" Title="Is Dual Residency between the EU &amp; UK Possible with Permanent Residency Visa (ILR)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5567" CreationDate="2015-01-22T23:18:20.237" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;ILR means that you have rights to stay in the UK as a resident permamentaly, as you think you want to settle down there, and live there for the rest of your life (or at least for a long time). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However simply leaving the UK, and getting a temporary (less than two years) residence elsewhere is fine (as there can be lots of valid reasons to be outside of the country while still retaining the intent to return to the UK as a permanent resident). &lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt; when returning to the UK in that two year period you have to return to the UK with the explicit intent of continuing your residence there (not as a tourist or a visitor), otherwise they will deem that you don't want to be a resident anymore in the UK, and will revoke your ILR status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being outside of the country for more than two years is also an indication that you don't want to remain in the UK, and will mean that your status will be revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what you described, you clearly want to get some kind of EU citizenship, but prefer that to be an Italian one, and you want to have a backup plan, which is fine. There are multiple routes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option one&lt;/strong&gt; for you would be to try to get yourself naturalised as a UK citizen while you are still in the UK. While you won't be an EU citizen this route anymore (as of 1 February 2020) dependent on the UK-EU agreements it might still ease your status in Malta, Italy and any other EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;allowed in the UK&lt;/a&gt;. This means you can be a British citizen and also a citizen of other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in order to get naturalised you have to intend to remain in the UK, which you clearly don't want to do, so any plans on moving away should be done &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you've got your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As from 16 August 1992, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/cittadinanza.html/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian citizenship&lt;/a&gt; is no longer lost in concomitance with the acquisition of foreign citizenship unless the Italian citizens formally renounces it, and save international agreements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can keep both the UK and IT citizenships, and the IT one will provide you the right of &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free Movement inside the UE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option two&lt;/strong&gt; is to go to Malta, and if you happen to figure out that you won't be able to get the Italian citizenship then quickly return to the UK with the explicit intent of staying there (you have to state this to the immigration officer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to do this in the two year period after leaving, but preferably as soon as possible. You also have to abstain from entering the UK before returning for any other reason, as they might revoke your ILR in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that following this route only means that your ILR status remains intact, but you might still lose right to get naturalised, as for that you have to be in the country for 450 days in the 5 years &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; for 90 days in the 12 months prior to the application. If you are in Malta for a long time, then it's possible that you'll be out of the 450 day rule, so while you retain your ILR status you might still lose the ability to obtain the citizenship easily (or at least you have to wait a few more years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option three&lt;/strong&gt; is of course to get the Italian citizenship if you can, as an Italian citizen you will also be an EU citizen, and if you move back to the UK before the end of 2020 you can get a pre-settled status allowing you to remain and work in the UK. This won't give you the same benefits as an IRL, and is only viable until the end of 2020 after which there will be different visa requirements for EU citizens in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option four&lt;/strong&gt; is to remain in Malta for 5 years and try to get a citizenship there. Malta is both an EU and a Commonwealth country so getting a citizenship there is also beneficial in both Italy and the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either option you chose, for tax reasons there is an EU-wide tax treaty, meaning you'll only have to pay the usual taxes in the country where you are actually residing: in this case it will be Malta. You might be liable to US taxes as well however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2020-01-10T11:19:11.117" LastActivityDate="2020-01-10T11:19:11.117" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5565" CreationDate="2015-01-23T01:30:42.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're a legal resident in The Netherlands, then the US embassy there should be able to process your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T01:30:42.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2015-01-23T05:43:43.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found Cape Town -- the city proper -- to be not safe at all at night. I stayed a few nights in town and got harassed on every block whenever I made the mistake of trying to walk back to my hotel after nightfall. Note that I'm a 6' white dude, but was walking alone. Note also that this was five years ago; don't know if things have changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Staying even just a little ways outside the city, though, seemed much safer. Everywhere else i stayed in SA, I was not harassed at al&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6006" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T05:43:43.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5573" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5580" CreationDate="2015-01-23T08:57:44.043" Score="3" ViewCount="2262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to UK in July 2012 on Tier 2 General Migrant Visa. My wife recently applied for her visa under the Tier 2 General Migrant Dependent Category. However, it got refused 2 days ago, because of lack of documents supporting that the relationship is subsisting and ongoing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has been given the right to lodge an appeal using IAFT-2 form within the next 28 days. However, we have decided not to go down that route and instead reapply again with all the additional documents submitted. Since, we have all those proofs (wedding photographs, chat history, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how long does she have to wait before reapplying? Does she have to wait for 28 days before reapplying (i.e., after the time limit to lodge an appeal is over)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6007" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-01-23T09:15:30.013" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T10:25:00.810" Title="How long to wait before reapplying for the UK visa after refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5576" CreationDate="2015-01-23T14:16:53.027" Score="2" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Italian EU Passport, I would like to move to the territory of an EU country, outside Europe (Caribbean Islands). Which one of these islands have the less complicated process and do you have any list of lawyers that can help to complete the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6010" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-26T16:47:22.607" LastActivityDate="2015-01-27T13:23:14.643" Title="Which one of these Caribbean Islands have the less complicate process to migrate with a EU Passport?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5575" CreationDate="2015-01-23T14:29:38.920" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The French territories of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are &lt;strong&gt;outermost regions&lt;/strong&gt; of the European Union. They are outside the Schengen area and the VAT area but otherwise fully apply EU law including freedom of movement for EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that there is no specific restriction to immigration for EU citizens beyond the usual requirement of having a job or sufficient resources and health insurance (this is also true for mainland France or the rest of the EU). You don't need a visa, a residence permit or a lawyer, really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Dutch islands are considered &lt;strong&gt;overseas countries or terrritories&lt;/strong&gt; of the EU and they do have restrictions on immigration, even for Dutch citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, British overseas territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, Montserrat, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands) have various rules but they are also considered overseas countries or terrritories of the EU, which means that freedom of movement does not necessarily apply there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-27T13:23:14.643" LastActivityDate="2015-01-27T13:23:14.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-23T20:13:40.680" Score="1" ViewCount="1173" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is moving to Belgium from Germany. Since buying a second hand car in Germany is less expensive then in Belgium, he is considering to buy a car there, then move and then register the car and get a Belgian license plate. Is this feasible and what steps are involved in getting a German registered car, registered in Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T21:00:52.053" Title="How do you get a German car registered in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3276" CreationDate="2015-01-23T20:53:16.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually have never been asked for a residence card in any of my Internet subscriptions and I am currently in the process of changing my Internet connection to a 5th provider (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edpnet.be&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;edpnet&lt;/a&gt;) (Belgian ISPs are unfortunately not yet on the same level as those in the neighbouring countries :( ) . So I am a bit surprised. Maybe you should not mention your status. I assume you have a Belgian bank account. As said, I am currently considering edpnet, but until now I had &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dommel.be&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dommel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scarlet.be&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Scarlet&lt;/a&gt; (The 2 others no longer exist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they really make it hard for you to get connected, I could recommend &lt;a href=&quot;https://mobilevikings.be/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mobile vikings&lt;/a&gt;. In my opinion they are the only Belgian ISP company that already have entered the 21st century. I would be surprised if they wouldn't be able to help you. It is prepaid internet. It is going to be a bit expensive though. You would need to buy packs of 2 GB for 12 Eur. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another trick you could use is to resort to &lt;a href=&quot;https://corp.fon.com/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FON&lt;/a&gt;. Belgacom provides FON points on all their ADSL routers. So if you buy a FON router and install it on an internet connection abroad and you immediately have access to all Belgacom ADSL routers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again I think that you should simply just not mention your legal status and you will be okay to get a subscription at any Belgian ISP. Maybe you should not go to any of their stores, but try to apply online. The shops you see everywhere are really useless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-01-26T16:52:34.940" LastActivityDate="2015-01-26T16:52:34.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5573" CreationDate="2015-01-24T01:08:10.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no required interval between a refusal and a fresh application; she can apply once her passport has been returned from the consulate.  She does not have to sit out the 28 day appeal window.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid a second refusal, the fresh application should remedy all of the refusal reasons and contemplate any additional refusal grounds that may emerge when the documents are examined by an Entry Clearance Officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-01-24T01:08:10.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-24T09:42:40.510" Score="2" ViewCount="367" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering buying a Spanish registered car in the UK and driving it to Spain where it will be registerd in my name and left there permanently&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the car is close to the 6 month limit from the time it was brought over here by the previous owner, am I limited to that period to get it out of the country? Alternatively, if I bought the car and drove it in UK having already registered it in Spain, would I be breaking the law?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6013" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-01-24T13:12:28.080" LastActivityDate="2017-01-01T13:16:29.807" Title="Foreign registered car in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T10:28:36.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-25T19:38:04.437" Score="5" ViewCount="1520" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are already two questions (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2892/how-long-can-a-student-drive-an-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;How long can a student drive an EU registered car in the UK?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;How long can I drive a EU-registered car in the UK?&lt;/a&gt;) on site site regarding using an EU registered car in the UK, however, I think my case is somewhat different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (German nationality) and I am currently doing my Ph.D. in the UK. In order to be exempt from paying the German health care system, I have unregistered my residency in Germany (and subsequently registered residency in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have brought a German-registered car to the UK. This car is insured (and taxed) in Germany. It is owned by my parents, who are still living in germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question boils down to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I required to register, tax, and/or insure this car in the UK assuming that I will keep it there no longer than the period of my Ph.D. ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found varying information online regarding this matter. Specifically, on &lt;code&gt;europa.eu&lt;/code&gt; there is an exemption clause listed for students (link below):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exceptions to compulsory registration after 6 months&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are staying in another country only in order to study, you can drive your car without having to register it or pay taxes there - for as long as you are enrolled in an educational establishment in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be derived from &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31983L0182:en:HTML&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Council directive of 28 March 1983 Article 5 1b&lt;/a&gt;, a rule which is quoted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://intsupport.southwales.ac.uk/driving/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalstudents/uklife/driving/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sources&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, there are three pieces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;taxation (road tax)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;registration (license plates)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, none of the sources which I have found online give a clear picture for either one of those pieces. Event more troubling is that the gouvernment website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; does not list an exemption for EU students. I have not found any specific information on how the situation changes if the car owner is not a UK resident and not the person driving the car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6019" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T19:57:36.843" Title="Using an EU car in the UK as a student" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-28T13:04:29.760" Score="2" ViewCount="847" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in London for 5 years now. My passport is French, can I still pass my theory and practical test here? It mentions needing a valid UK passport or other form of ID. I just want to make sure that a valid EU passport is enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6026" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-01-29T15:29:35.537" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T09:24:02.707" Title="Can I pass my UK driver's licence with my EU (French) passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5585" CreationDate="2015-01-28T14:21:53.727" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no problem at all because you are an EU citizen. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/motoring/driver-licensing/need-a-new-or-updated-licence/identity-documents-and-photographs/providing-proof-of-identity.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Driver &amp;amp; Vehicle Agency (DVA)&lt;/a&gt; will accept:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of registry of birth (provided your name is present on the certificate)&#xA;  adoption certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ID card issued by a member state of the EEA&lt;/strong&gt; (ID cards issued by the UK Passport Agency are not accepted by DVA as confirmation of your identity)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;travel documents issued by the Home Office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of naturalisation or registration (with supporting documentation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of entitlement for the State Retirement Pension&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are in any doubt about the identity documents you need to&#xA;  supply, you can contact DVA&lt;/strong&gt; on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;phone: 0845 402 4000 (Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2015-01-28T14:21:53.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5585" CreationDate="2015-01-28T17:45:08.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure in the UK is a bit different than in other countries. I think it's necessary to have a &lt;em&gt;provisional&lt;/em&gt; driving license before sitting the test or taking a lesson.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, the assumption is that everybody who shows up for the test will have one and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-theory-test/documents-you-need-to-take-to-your-theory-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can use that as ID&lt;/a&gt;. A passport is only required if you don't have a recent photocard license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A “current passport” is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;explicitly listed&lt;/a&gt; as one of the acceptable forms of ID to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;provisional license&lt;/a&gt;. See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/514/uk-provisional-drivers-license-without-sending-passport-by-post&quot;&gt;UK provisional driver&amp;#39;s license without sending passport by post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T09:24:02.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5589" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5590" CreationDate="2015-01-30T02:12:37.143" Score="1" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living and working in Hong Kong (long enough to qualify for the foreign tax exclusion.) However, I have recently picked up some contractor work with a US company and they are going to transfer money to my US bank account. My question is, what is my tax liability in this situation and how do I claim this income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Self-Employed-Individuals-Tax-Center&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;independent contractors typically have to file quarterly returns and make payments quarterly&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm not sure if this applies to individuals living overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6031" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T05:35:01.927" Title="Tax liability of US citizen expat working as an independent contractor for a US company" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5589" CreationDate="2015-01-30T05:35:01.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does, why wouldn't it? You still need to file quarterly estimates based on your expected tax liability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in many cases FEIE and Foreign Tax Credit will lead to zero tax liability, and then the question becomes moot, but if it is not so for you (keep in mind the SE taxes...) then you still need to file quarterly estimates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're required to file quarterly estimates if you expect your tax &lt;em&gt;liability&lt;/em&gt; to be at least $1000 and your withholding is not going to cover at least 90% of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T05:35:01.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5602" CreationDate="2015-01-30T09:28:16.297" Score="3" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could a US citizen with a UK Long Term Family visa alternate 90 day periods in the UK and Switzerland indefinitely?  Switzerland is a Schengen country, but the UK isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background: my mother in law is ready to retire.  We live in Switzerland, her other daughter is in the UK.  Our thought: she could spend 90 days here, 90 to 180 in the UK, then 90 here, or even alternate months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: is there a Swiss equivalent to the Long Term Family visa that would simplify the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6032" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T12:11:46.380" Title="US Citizen splitting time between UK and Switzerland" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5593" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5608" CreationDate="2015-01-30T12:09:43.017" Score="-1" ViewCount="4313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I learnt that first draw of Express Entry pool(Canada) will happen in last week of Jan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like Canada immigration process is not as strong/stable as New Zealand immigration process in terms of schedules and Quality of processing the VISA requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any change in the plan/schedule for first draw from Express Entry pool(Canada)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-02-02T08:09:09.320" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T19:33:15.970" Title="First draw results from Express Entry pool - Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="105" CreationDate="2015-01-30T14:32:53.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are freelancing remotely to a company outside of Canada while employed by a company in the EU then you are definitely not working in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/about.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;What kind of activities are not considered to be “work”?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;long distance (by telephone or internet) work done by a temporary resident whose employer is outside Canada and who is remunerated from outside Canada;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2017-05-21T15:51:06.497" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T15:51:06.497" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4451" CreationDate="2015-01-30T19:14:12.460" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You MUST apply for rechecking of your IELTS exam. You will get the correct score as I believe they messed up your result !  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6036" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T19:14:12.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-31T12:04:44.470" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was a resident of France in 1984. He has since passed away. My uncle told me that it was possible that my father acquired French citizenship as both he and my father resided there for a long time. I'd like to check if that may have actually been the case. I have my father's date of birth and his Sri Lankan passport number from his old passport issued while in France. Now I'm in London. Could I inquire with the French embassy about my fathers details? Would they have a record of my father's citizenship if he indeed had such? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6033" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-05-16T11:23:23.070" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T11:23:23.070" Title="Visa uk and France" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5591" CreationDate="2015-01-31T19:34:26.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no rule in the corpus of UK immigration law that requires a given interval between visits, and no rule that restricts the number of visits a person can make.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, as long as any of your visits to the UK are less than 6 months in duration, you can alternate back and forth for as long as your UK visa is valid &lt;em&gt;AND&lt;/em&gt; at the beginning of each visit, you have a successful landing interview.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your landing interview will cover &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381797/Immigration_Rules_-_Part_2_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paragraph 41 of the rules&lt;/a&gt;, and in your case a special focus on sub-paragraph (ii).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: there is a lot of old internet lore on forums from an earlier era describing a 6-month-out-of-12 rule.  Ignore it, Paragraph 41 is the sole controlling reference for family visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update 6 July 2015&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paragraph 41 of the rules was abolished last April, the links point to an archived copy.  The current visitor rules are at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Appendix V&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-06T12:11:46.380" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T12:11:46.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-31T20:35:21.463" Score="5" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am originally from Pakistan, and am now studying in Germany. If I wanted to do a summer internship in UK (full time) what type of Visa would I need? Is this possible at all? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that Tier 2 (General would be best), but on some pages, minimum wage of 20,500 pound was mentioned (which is impossible for any Summer Internship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6040" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-01-03T20:22:32.510" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T10:53:26.930" Title="Work Permit for Summer Work In UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5605" CreationDate="2015-02-01T00:27:50.663" Score="2" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;My J-1 visa was approved and it is currently being issued by the US consulate. However, during my interview at the consulate I found out that I will be subjected to the 2-year rule, which I only got to know at that point. Nonetheless, I accepted it, but later regretted my decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it still possible to withdraw from such a visa? My wife will move to US, and having the J-1 visa now will force me to stay 2 years in my home country before being able to seek a H-1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6041" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-01T01:32:08.300" LastActivityDate="2015-02-01T06:13:01.960" Title="Can I withdraw a J1 visa that is being issued?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5604" CreationDate="2015-02-01T06:13:01.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to actually enter the U.S. on a J-1 visa, or change to J-1 status in the U.S., in order for the 2-year home residency requirement to apply. So even if you got the visa, if you don't use it, you don't have the 2-year home residency requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can probably also ask to withdraw the application for the visa, depending on what stage of issuing it they are in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-02-01T06:13:01.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-01T10:16:48.630" Score="2" ViewCount="1496" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen (with an Indian passport) working in Paris on a long stay French visa (valid until 28/Apr/2015). I have a PHD from a US university in 2013 and  a job offer (job starts 1/May/2015) from the same US university and qualified through the &quot;cap exempt&quot; H1B petition. My approved I-797 says that I can apply for H1B stamping at the Paris consulate in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of documents required for the interview are published &lt;a href=&quot;http://france.usembassy.gov/niv/work.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on the US embassy in France's website&lt;/a&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A valid passport &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;DS-160 online application confirmation page&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One photograph taken within the last 6 months&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Original of Form I-797.  If the I-797 was approved more than two months prior to your visa interview, bring a letter from your employer confirming your continued employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://france.usembassy.gov/nivdocuments.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;supporting documents are mentioned&lt;/a&gt; as being the I-797 in &quot;original or copy&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer however did mail me a physical copy of the letter of employment. Alas my name is printed incorrectly (one letter is incorrect: I suppose that renders the name incorrect).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the employment letter is not a required document since my I-797 was approved last week and NOT 2 months ago, should I go ahead with scheduling a visa appointment in the interest of time? (I have 2.5 more months left on my French visa and I would like to get my US visa before this expires.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, just to be on the safe side, can my employer send me a corrected employment letter via email with an &lt;em&gt;electronic signature&lt;/em&gt; as against a physical letter with an &lt;em&gt;ink signature&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want further delays in shipping of letters to affect my visa interview date and figured that a letter through email attachment would be way quicker (instantaneous) than postal mail service (1 week wait at least).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="133" LastEditDate="2015-02-01T10:28:45.887" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T18:41:15.353" Title="Employment letter for H1B - can it have an electronic signature instead of an ink signature" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5600" CreationDate="2015-02-01T11:50:07.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The French embassy in London probably does not have the record for an acquisition of French nationality that happened in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They nevertheless may have some clues on how to conduct such a search. So you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; call the French embassy, unless you have some undisclosed reason not to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2015-02-01T11:50:07.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5593" CreationDate="2015-02-01T13:57:02.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The first draw have already taken place. If you have 886 points or more you're in!&#xA;See Ministerial instruction below:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #1 – January 31, 2015 11:59:48 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to section 10.3 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, gives the annexed Ministerial Instructions Respecting Invitations to Apply for Permanent Residence under the Express Entry System (January 31, 2015).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ottawa, January 31, 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CHRIS ALEXANDER&#xA;Minister of Citizenship and Immigration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS RESPECTING INVITATIONS TO APPLY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE UNDER THE EXPRESS ENTRY SYSTEM (January 31, 2015)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Determination — number of invitations&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(1) For the purposes of paragraph 10.2(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the number of invitations that may be issued during the period beginning on January 31, 2015 and ending on February 1, 2015 is 779.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Required rank&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Foreign nationals who, on January 31, 2015 at 11:59:48 UTC, have been assigned a total of 886 points or more under the Comprehensive Ranking System that is set out in the Ministerial Instructions Respecting the Express Entry System, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on December 1, 2014 and as amended from time to time, occupy the rank required to be invited to make an application for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; for the above info&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6043" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-02-02T19:33:15.970" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T19:33:15.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5618" CreationDate="2015-02-02T19:56:49.423" Score="12" ViewCount="9152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S citizen who has been living in Argentina for the last 3 years. I am a legal permanent resident here and I work for an Argentine company, get paid in Argentine pesos and pay Argentine taxes. I receive no salary or benefits from any American company or government.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a letter from my Argentine Bank that I need to fill out a W-9 form and return it to them so they can send it to the IRS. They had no knowledge as to what I need to put on the form and they told me it's because of Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one down here knows much about foreign tax laws and when I called the IRS they where even less helpful and told me just to put my name, SSN and sign it. The company I work for has a couple of Americans like myself and they have also received the letter but are also wondering if they should fill it out and give it to the bank. Some people have told me that this is more to find U.S citizens hiding money overseas to avoid taxes. I don't make that much in my job to raise any flags and no where near that $50,000 mark I keep reading about while searching on Google about FATCA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6058" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-02-11T00:37:22.180" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T12:04:39.447" Title="My foreign bank is requesting I fill out a W-9" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5617" CreationDate="2015-02-03T01:09:22.603" Score="8" ViewCount="538" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has 2 questions that I felt were sufficiently related to be together in one posting. I have marked the questions in bold text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/n-400&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here at uscis.gov&lt;/a&gt;, a person may qualify for US citizenship if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have been a legal permanent resident for at least 3 years, AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have been married to a US citizen for at least 3 years, AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;during the last 3 years, they have not been out of the country for 18 months or more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being that I have been a green card holder for about 20 years, been married to the same wonderful lady for about that time, and have lived in USA for the last 4+ years, I thought that I would go ahead and submit the N-400 application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about the fact that if I go back in time before the 4 years, I have sometimes been living abroad for more than a year. This was for work reasons (I had found work in another country) and during these times I lived abroad with my wife and we filed our US tax returns from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the N-400 form allows a person to select the basis for the qualification for naturalization, as shown below...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4xfxm.png&quot; alt=&quot;N-400 Information About Your Eligibility&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...it later asks for the residential information for the last 5 years, as shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qLzmA.png&quot; alt=&quot;N-400 Information About Your Residence&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here the question I wanted to ask is, does a person need to disclose residential information for 5 years even when applying on the basis of the 3-year rule?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other, related, question is about this part from the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/article/attachments.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Document Checklist, Current Fees, Naturalization Eligibility Worksheet&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DiZBL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Workflow for determining eligibility&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I follow the workflow on the document, I eventually get to the point shown in above screen shot. That seems to give the impression that if I have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; been out of the country for more than 1 year without submitting form N-470, I would not be eligible for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question here is that, when a person is applying based on the 3-year rule, does the government care if a person lived 2 years abroad 15 years ago, without submitting the N-470 form?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4849" LastEditorUserId="4849" LastEditDate="2015-02-03T01:18:49.663" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T00:40:39.747" Title="How far back does USA care where you lived, when applying for citizenship based on 3+ years of marriage" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5616" CreationDate="2015-02-03T03:28:37.400" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you qualify for both the 3-year rule and 5-year rule, it is always preferable to use the 5-year rule, because there won't need to be scrutiny about your marriage, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the 5-year rule, if you broke continuous presence with a trip of more than 1 year, then you are eligible to apply for naturalization &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter3.html#S-C-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;4 years and 1 day after you come back from that trip&lt;/a&gt;. Since you have been back for 4+ years, you qualify under the 5-year rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-02-06T00:40:39.747" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T00:40:39.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5615" CreationDate="2015-02-03T04:25:35.620" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form is pretty simple. You put your name, SSN and address and confirm that you're a US tax person, and give it to the bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's probably a surprise for you is that you &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; a US tax person. You need to file your annual tax returns, FBAR, and pay taxes (if the foreign earned income exclusion and foreign tax credit don't cover everything) to the US government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your status in Argentina is of no consequence. Even though it is likely illegal for the bank to provide information about you to the IRS per the Argentinian law, there's nothing you can do about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;bank&lt;/strong&gt; will be heavily penalized if you don't comply with their request, so it is likely that if you refuse to provide them the W9 (and authorization to provide the required information to the IRS) they will refuse to service you. There are a lot of people who got their accounts frozen/closed because of this, since some foreign banks don't even bother with W9 and just kick Americans out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Call your US congressman and tell him/her what you think about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T04:25:35.620" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-03T12:21:16.737" Score="7" ViewCount="464" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software developer from Latvia (EU country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to marry a Brazilian woman and move to Brazil this year for a permanent living. But I will still have EU citizenship. So I would like to find a full-time remote job in one of European countries (Germany / Spain / France / Italy / UK / Any other)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that I don't know what paperwork should I do to be able to work like this. Do I need any documents to prepare? Do I need any special permissions? Maybe here is someone with a similar experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6063" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-02-03T14:35:03.543" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T12:12:51.367" Title="Remote work in Europe for EU citizen. How does it work from the legal point of view?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-03T14:17:16.387" Score="7" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Green Card in USA and it is scheduled to expire in July this year and have been offered a 6-month contract role in Switzerland. Even though the company would need me to start within the next couple of week, I would probably not be back in USA before the expiration of the Green Card. Is this a problem if my Green Card expires while abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4895" LastActivityDate="2015-02-04T06:31:26.963" Title="Is it safe to take a job offer in EU when green card would expire" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5623" CreationDate="2015-02-03T14:32:50.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would try to renew the card before you leave but if not &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/renew-green-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS has a procedure for renewing while abroad&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Renew a Green Card If You Are Outside the United States&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are outside the United States and your green card will expire within 6 months (but you will return within 1 year of your departure from the United States and before the card expires), you should file for your renewal card as soon as you return to the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are outside of the United States when the card expires and you have not applied for the renewal card prior to your departure, you should contact the nearest U.S. Consulate, USCIS office, or U.S. port of entry before attempting to file Form I-90 for a renewal green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T14:32:50.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5623" CreationDate="2015-02-04T06:31:26.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally the expiration date on the plastic has no bearing on your legal status (unless you have a &quot;conditional&quot; green card). You can use an expired card to enter the US, as long as your status is valid. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/carrier_info_guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page 36 here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;LPRs with expired I-551s may be boarded without penalty provided the&#xA;  card was issued with a 10-year expiration date. A passport is not&#xA;  required&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you may want to apply for renewal before you go, or apply for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;REP&lt;/a&gt;. It is required if you stay out of the country for a year or more, but probably won't hurt you even if you stay less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-04T06:31:26.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5628" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5750" CreationDate="2015-02-04T13:55:11.047" Score="4" ViewCount="2458" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Turkish citizen married to an EU (Estonian) citizen, with whom I recently moved to the UK. I am currently based in the UK and holding an EEA Family Member Permit, which will expire by 5th of March 2015. I am unemployed, but I am registered with a local city council as a tenant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to urgent matters, I have to be in Turkey for a while and will return to the UK on the 2nd March, 3 days before my permit's expire date. I will go myself, as my husband needs to work here. I'm aware of my need to apply for the UK residence card before the expiration of my EEA Family Member Permit, but during this application, which is said to take months, I won't be able keep my passport and travel abroad. Due to this, I have no choice but to apply immediately once I am back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if this issue may cause any problems entering the UK borders on my return? If yes, what were the possibilities of lessening the problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-04T14:45:22.800" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T18:51:57.293" Title="Entering the UK with a valid EEA Family Permit about to expire" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-04T19:01:52.970" Score="2" ViewCount="6272" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can I cash a paycheck in London, if I don't have a bank account. Cheap and fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6069" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-02-05T14:55:35.640" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T13:55:38.127" Title="Where I can cash a paycheck in London without a bank account" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5631" CreationDate="2015-02-03T02:34:46.893" Score="2" ViewCount="998" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from a Finnish family but hold a Swedish citizenship, and have now for some years lived in USA as a permanent resident (Green Card holder). My wife is a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For personal reasons (such as me desiring a more english name) both me and my wife recently filed for a legal name change. The little problem with this was that I forgot to check whether my new name would be approved by the Swedish name change laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not that the surname is particularly crazy or weird, the problem is more that a surname can be denied in Sweden if it is too common (e.g. if someone else in Sweden has it, or if some publicly known person elsewhere has it) AND I have no (relatively-) recent biological relative with that name. The rules for changing the name, when the new name is not from some biological relationship, can be seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prv.se/en/our-services/personal-names/changing-personal-name/changing-surname/personal-name-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, my question is about that if I want to travel outside of USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can there be problems at immigration when I come back to USA, if my Green Card has my new name and my Swedish passport has my old name?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4849" OwnerDisplayName="coderworks" LastActivityDate="2015-02-05T04:41:13.847" Title="A different name on Green Card and foreign passport - is this a problem during exit or re-entry while living in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5630" CreationDate="2015-02-05T04:41:13.847" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/5626/136&quot;&gt;not even required to have a passport&lt;/a&gt; to enter the US with your green card. While I'm sure some DHS officials won't know what to do - it is technically legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However airlines may have troubles dealing with you if your name on the green card doesn't match the name on the ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-02-05T04:41:13.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5629" CreationDate="2015-02-05T11:23:36.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my friends had a similar issue when started working in the UK. He got a cheque, but didn't have a bank account to cash it into. Banks will only let you cash in cheques into your own account, and high street money lenders will only cash in cheques if you have a valid proof of address, and will also cut you out of at least 5% of the cheque amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have valid proof of address, then your best bet is to open a bank account. Smaller branches of banks outside of Zone 1/2 usually open your account on the spot, where you can also immediately cash your cheque, and get the full amount back. You can also later tell your employer to pay your salary to your account instead of giving it as cheques.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a valid proof of address, you can try going to money shops, but without a proof of address they will refuse your request, or increase the amount they will keep. At one of the shops we tried to cash the cheque they told us, that they would take away 30% of the value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a job (which you ought to have, as you got a paycheck), then you should ask your employer to write you a letter, that is usually accepted by branches as a proof of address. You should try multiple branches in your area, some of them will accept your proof of address, and will open the account on the spot (which is both fast and cheap). Heck, some banks even give you some free credit. You can read more about opening a bank account without a proof of address &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/85/how-to-open-up-your-first-uk-bank-account-without-proof-of-address&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-02-05T14:54:33.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5628" CreationDate="2015-02-05T23:41:07.350" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;An alert Immigration Officer (IO) will spot that your Family Permit is expiring soon and they will inform you accordingly.  That is the extent of what can happen given that your permit is still valid and you do not flag up on their system for anything else (like an arrest warrant).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having already obtained a family permit, you would be in a position to know that the residence card application is suspensive, so as long as it is submitted on time you'll have no further problems after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-02-05T23:41:07.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5637" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5642" CreationDate="2015-02-06T11:08:51.777" Score="0" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen with an Indian passport, working in Paris, France on a long stay/scientific visa. I have been offered a job (faculty position) from a US university from which I also hold a Masters degree and a PhD. I am to start my employment in the USA on 1 May 2015. Since May 2014, I have been working in France, at a lab not affiliated to my US employers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer (US university) petition for an H1B (cap exempt) and my I-129 was approved by the USCIS on 22 Jan 2015. I scheduled an appointment for a visa appointment at the Paris, France US consulate for 12 Feb 2015. My case is currently &quot;open&quot; and awaits my interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I was working for a lab in France, not affiliated to my US university who have offered me a job, is there a lack of &lt;strong&gt;&quot;employer-employee&quot; relationship&lt;/strong&gt;? I am trying to gage the chances of my H1B being rejected. I realize that expatriates.SE is not meant for legal advice. I need a fresh pair of eyes on my H1B case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Determining Employer-Employee relationship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2010/H1B%20Employer-Employee%20Memo010810.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;link to Memo by USCIS from Jan 8/2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T18:33:35.490" Title="Determining employer-employee relationship for H1B visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-06T12:55:06.263" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Mauritius married to the UK citizen and I have a child with him.  According to UK immigration law, to be abe to sponsor his family for residence he needs to earn £18,300 per year, but his salary do not meet the amount, as he just started working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My baby an I are still in Mauritius. I want to know if it will be possible for us to stay with him in UK if the got his place as he is actually living at his uncle's at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the formalities to get a resident permit for my baby and i?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6065" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-02-06T14:52:45.893" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T15:05:15.550" Title="Obtaining UK Residence Permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5639" CreationDate="2015-02-06T15:05:15.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can try to follow the directions as laid out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/exceptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Applying to join family living permanently in the UK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also need to check whether or not your child is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Citizen&lt;/a&gt; and then meet the financial requirements, which quite possibly may be not £18600 but £22400 per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said there is an application you can fill out online to join your family in the UK as linked on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/exceptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Applying to join family living permanently in UK&lt;/a&gt;, which you can fill out and then follow the rest of instructions provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T15:05:15.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5637" CreationDate="2015-02-06T18:33:35.490" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I...you're overthinking it. Your current position has nothing to do with the H-1B petition and your prospective employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer-employee thing is mainly for people who have no clear employer (self-employed) or a company that contracts people then has them work elsewhere. A normal H-1B (not academic/scientific-exempted one) petition has to include the employer making at least a token attempt to hire a US citizen or permanent resident. That includes publishing ads about the available job. If a contracting company asked for a H-1B visa, have they published ads in their locale or in the locale of the other company where they plan to place the employee, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's mainly to try to reduce fraud and other attempts to stretch the limits of the H-1B process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T18:33:35.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5645" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5653" CreationDate="2015-02-07T18:11:53.667" Score="9" ViewCount="1232" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got married in Sweden (Civil Marriage) and I registered my marriage in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is Swedish but she is working in Frankfurt. Since she is a EU citizen she has registered herself legally in the country as a resident. She is already working in Frankfurt and has registered a rental apartment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Lebanese  - Currently, I have a tourist visa and but my visa will finish in 1 month. I am staying with my wife in Frankfurt at the moment. I need to know which steps I need to take in order to obtain a visa/resident so that I can live and work in Germany with my wife. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a spousal visa in Germany.  I want to stay with my wife even after my tourist visa expires, and I am trying to find out which papers I need to arrange for to be able to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a more long term, I of course want to work as well. I am not so familiar with the different kind of visas/resident arrangement which would be applicable to my situation and how they could be applied for. If I apply for spouse visa now, could I work under this visa or do I need to apply later for a work visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any feedback on the different kind of visas/residence solutions would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6084" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-09T14:43:01.167" LastActivityDate="2016-12-15T19:06:51.833" Title="Moving to Frankfurt with my Swedish wife, I am not EU citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5646" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5647" CreationDate="2015-02-07T23:54:10.427" Score="4" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a Brazilian citizen (I am a US citizen), and we wanted to begin the process of applying for a green card for permanent residency in the US. Right now, she is an F-1 student visa with 1-year OPT. As part of this process, we also wanted to change her name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we change her name before starting the process in Brazil? In the US? Or both? Or, should we apply for the green card under her current name and then change it once the process is complete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of her current documentation and IDs (visa, passport, OPT card, driver's license, social security card) uses her current name. The only thing that has her new name is our marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6086" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-02-08T10:03:36.143" LastActivityDate="2015-02-08T10:03:36.143" Title="Should a potential green card applicant change their name before starting the green card process?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;names&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5646" CreationDate="2015-02-08T02:56:35.413" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're asking the question a bit too late, since she has already changed her name in the US. The new name is right there - on the marriage certificate. Now, you need to bring all the rest of the documentation up to date with the new name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-08T02:56:35.413" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5648" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5651" CreationDate="2015-02-08T17:37:36.493" Score="6" ViewCount="1453" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in the US and I am moving to France.  I learned to drive in the US but I am not an American citizen.  This means that currently I only have an American driver's license (the only one I have ever had) which will expire soon after I leave the USA, since it's valid only for as long as I can legally stay here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the website of the Embassy of France in Washington, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article376&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;it says&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... you can take the written and driving portions of the French licensing examination &lt;strong&gt;after one year of residence in France&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(But please do check the context if the quote at the link!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that it will be impossible for me to drive in France in the first year?  Is it at all possible to get a driver's license in France before having stayed there for a full year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="6087" LastEditDate="2015-02-08T17:44:58.417" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T07:45:49.293" Title="Getting a driver's license in France as a foreigner" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2015-02-09T14:21:14.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could not find any other reference to this one-year residence requirement anywhere so I am not sure what to think of it. My first guess was that they wrote “after one year” because they assumed people would drive with their US license during the first year anyway but it's true that the sentence seems to imply it's not possible to take the exam earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some websites (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hautes-pyrenees.gouv.fr/conversion-d-un-permis-de-conduire-etranger-a2266.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;préfecture de Hautes-Pyrénées&lt;/a&gt;) do mention a six-month residence requirement to &lt;em&gt;exchange&lt;/em&gt; a driving license but that's another thing entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the website of the French embassy to the US would be implicitly geared towards US citizens. As an EU citizen, the rules are often different. For example, you aren't even required to hold a “&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;” and you certainly &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31057.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;don't have to show one to take the exam&lt;/a&gt; (incidentally this page would seem to imply that it is indeed possible to pass the exam during the first year because nobody is supposed to hold a “&lt;em&gt;visa long séjour valant titre de séjour validé par l'Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration&lt;/em&gt;” for longer than that; after a year under such a visa, you need to apply for a “&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;” instead).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-09T19:38:00.350" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T19:38:00.350" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5652" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5656" CreationDate="2015-02-09T14:51:16.643" Score="3" ViewCount="584" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a US citizen who qualifies for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;foreign earned income exclusion&lt;/a&gt;, does income excluded in this way count towards gross income, as it relates to having to file an income tax return? I understand how the exclusion itself functions, but I am wondering if it's possible to utilize it to avoid needing to file a return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch04.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;According to the IRS&lt;/a&gt;, for tax year 2014:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a U.S. citizen or a resident alien of the United States and you live abroad, you are taxed on your worldwide income. However, you may qualify to exclude from income up to $99,200 of your foreign earnings.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The foreign earned income exclusion is voluntary. You can choose the exclusion by completing the appropriate parts of Form 2555.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you are claiming the foreign earned income exclusion only, you can use Form 2555. In some circumstances, you can use Form 2555-EZ to claim the foreign earned income exclusion. You must file one of these forms each year you are claiming the exclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://](http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Requirements)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;But also&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;emphasis&lt;/strong&gt; added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The amount of foreign earned income (and foreign housing costs) &lt;strong&gt;excluded from an individual's gross income&lt;/strong&gt; will be used for purposes of determining the rate of income tax and alternative minimum tax (AMT) that applies to his or her nonexcluded income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And USC 26, section 911 says&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/911&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title26/html/USCODE-2011-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapN-partIII-subpartB-sec911.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) Exclusion from gross income&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  At the election of a qualified individual (made separately with respect to paragraphs (1) and (2)), there shall be excluded from the gross income of such individual, and exempt from taxation under this subtitle, for any taxable year—&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (1) the foreign earned income of such individual, and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) the housing cost amount of such individual. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 2014, if your gross income is less than $10,000, you do not have to file a return. If all income qualifies for the FEIE, and is more than 10K but less than 99K, is filing required (because the exclusion is optional, so one must file form 2555 to take it), or not (because gross income is less than 10K)? Note that the exclusion specifically alters gross, and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; adjusted gross, income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a (hopefully) simple example. Say for 2014 the following applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion for the entire year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Earned $50,000 working outside the US, and it all qualifies for the exclusion &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Earned no income inside the US &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paid no US tax and thus cannot receive a refund&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All other credits, deductions, etc. do not apply (to keep things simple)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No other parties involved (single, no dependents, cannot be claimed as a dependent, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not otherwise required or wishing to file&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From 1-3, gross income is calculated as $0, because all $50K of foreign earnings is excluded. Since gross income is less than $10K, is it still required to file a return? If not, are there any reasons to do so anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="910" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T21:24:52.670" Title="Does foreign earned, excluded income count as gross income for the filing requirement?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5645" CreationDate="2015-02-09T14:52:50.497" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most obvious choice for you is what's called an “&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte für Familienangehörige eines Unionsbürgers&lt;/em&gt;” (Residence card for family members of an EU citizen). It's attractive because it's very cheap and easy to get (basically you need to prove that you are in fact married and still living together and that your wife has a job). You would then get the right to work in Germany as well so applying for a spousal visa/residence card is in fact the easiest way to gain the right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any first-hand experience with this situation but I think you should be able to apply for it from within the country and be allowed to stay while they process your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find any good description on the website from the town of Frankfurt but Berlin has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324282/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nice page in English&lt;/a&gt; about this and the procedure should be very similar. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=3521&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here are the contact details for the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; in Frankfurt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other German long-stay visas/residence titles, including spousal visas for the family of German citizens or non-EU residents of Germany or regular work visas have more onerous requirements (e.g. speaking German, having a specific job offer meeting some standard) and must typically be obtained from outside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one drawback of the family members residence card is that your right to stay in Germany is contingent upon your wife's job and the continuation of your marriage. If you separate or she loses her job, especially during the first five years, you could be forced to leave the country. Probably not something on your mind right now but it does make a difference legally speaking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T07:08:41.773" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T07:08:41.773" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3288" CreationDate="2015-02-09T20:01:42.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I followed @Iswank's advice to the best of my ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I obtained a new, official birth certificate from the state of Oklahoma&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I had it translated by a certified translator (in Kansas) (US$35)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I took it to the Consulate of Guatemala in Houston, Texas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the consulate, they told me the translation I had provided was not satisfactory, and that they would do their own translation, which they did on the spot for me, for US$10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it's easier than I had anticipated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T20:01:42.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5652" CreationDate="2015-02-09T21:24:52.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the excluded income counts towards the filing requirement. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch01.html#en_US_2014_publink100047318&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS Publication 54, Chapter 1, Section &quot;Filing Requirements&quot;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For purposes of determining whether you must file a return, gross income includes any income that you can exclude as foreign earned income or as a foreign housing amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in your example, yes, you would be required to file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T21:24:52.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-10T22:07:14.083" Score="5" ViewCount="3622" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have great offers from 2 distinct companies, A and B, in the United States. I recently became aware that it is perfectly legal for &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;unrelated&lt;/em&gt; employers to each file an H-1B petition for me. Both A and B are aware of the whole situation and are willing to go ahead, so I'll only have to make a decision between the two if &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; petitions get through the lottery process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, based on the information in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.murthy.com/2014/09/25/noids-for-virtually-identical-cap-subject-h1b-petitions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article on murthy.com&lt;/a&gt; (quoted below; emphasis mine), it doesn't seem like a very good idea to file multiple petitions, even via separate employers, this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... for the &lt;strong&gt;fiscal year 2015 (FY15) H1B lottery, the USCIS has been issuing notices of intent to deny (NOIDs) when virtually identical petitions have been filed for the same beneficiary by two or more potentially related companies.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The USCIS is suspicious of cases in which filings for the same person share key details.&lt;/strong&gt; ... Commonly identified factors typically include end-clients with the same identity, and &lt;strong&gt;location and job descriptions that are identical or virtually identical&lt;/strong&gt;. The USCIS also points to &lt;strong&gt;similarities in supporting documents.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The NOIDs offer two options to overcome the likelihood of having the cases denied. First, the NOIDs request proof that the petitioning companies are not related. This can be evidenced by various documents that demonstrate corporate existence, structure, and ownership. Alternatively, if the companies are related, the NOIDs ask for evidence of how the companies each have separate, distinct business needs. This typically is understood to mean that &lt;strong&gt;there must be more than one distinct job opportunity, rather than simply an effort to have a backup plan in the event that one employer's H1B petition is not selected in the lottery.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concerns are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will filing multiple petitions through &lt;em&gt;separate&lt;/em&gt; employers increase my chances of getting a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does my situation come under the &amp;quot;virtually identical location and job descriptions&amp;quot; scenario, which is apparently a potential reason for denial? What &amp;quot;key details&amp;quot;, if shared across the petitions, are potential causes for denial? Both offers are for similar roles, and based in the same city, but the companies themselves are completely unrelated. However, what concerns me here is the way the article is phrased: &amp;quot;two or more &lt;em&gt;potentially&lt;/em&gt; related companies&amp;quot;, signalling that even the hint of a connection will lead to a denial with significant probability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there any down-sides to filing multiple H-1B petitions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming I do file multiple applications, how would I explain my intent to USCIS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any other advice / suggestions regarding my specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, &lt;em&gt;any kind of advice or help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/em&gt; Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6095" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user6095" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T00:25:56.090" Title="Should I have multiple employers file H-1B petitions for me?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-11T02:42:22.153" Score="7" ViewCount="1154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been residing outside of the US, but have used a New York State address for certain purposes. I now intend to move back to that same address. I would like to buy health insurance soon after I arrive. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage-outside-open-enrollment/private-plans/&quot;&gt;healthcare.gov&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most health plans sold outside Open Enrollment don’t qualify as minimum essential coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The only way you can enroll in a health plan through the Marketplace outside Open Enrollment is if you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the &quot;Qualifying Life Events&quot; for a Special Enrollment Period listed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/specialenrollment.html&quot;&gt;nystateofhealth.ny.gov&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;[WARNING: site access blocked to non-US IPs]&lt;/em&gt; is a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permanent move to NY, or permanent move from one county to another within NY&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does my move count as a move to NY, because I am truly moving and changing my residence? Or do I not get a Special Enrollment Period, because I'm moving to the same county that I already had an address in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://kff.org/health-reform/faq/health-reform-frequently-asked-questions/#question-i-live-in-different-states-during-the-year-my-summer-home-is-in-a-northern-state-my-winter-home-is-in-a-southern-state-where-do-i-sign-up-for-health-coverage-and-if-i-sign-up-for-a-plan-in-on&quot;&gt;the Health Reform FAQs of kff.org&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most states consider you a resident if you intend to make that state your permanent home. So-called “snowbirds” may own a second home and live part of the year in another state, but their official state of residence is where they spend most of the year, where they pay taxes, where they register their cars, or are registered to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of a second US state, I have been living in another country, so I pay taxes and have registered a car in New York State, even though I spend almost no time there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-02-11T02:56:37.427" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T00:37:38.363" Title="Returning to my US address, do I get a special enrollment period to sign up for health insurance?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-11T05:23:32.223" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would I go to find a good neighbourhood in a new city in the UK?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://lifehacker.com/5909195/how-can-i-quickly-find-the-best-neighborhoods-in-any-cityand-the-best-hangouts-therein&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This lifehacker post&lt;/a&gt; links a number of sites with neighbourhood information, but it seems that all of them (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.streetadvisor.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Streetadvisor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.walkscore.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Walkscore&lt;/a&gt;, and others) are available for the USA and perhaps a few other countries, but not for (most of) Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for general strategies on how to find good neighbourhoods.  Although &quot;good&quot; is subjective, crime levels, walkability, access to public transportation and facilities, and cost of living (buy or rent), are not.  Ideally what I'm looking for is an interactive map where I could rate how I prioritise a number of criteria, and then I would be presented with a heatmap for an index calculated accordingly.  Failing that, I welcome answers that list one or more of those properties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking specifically for south-central England (Oxfordshire/Berkshire area), but I welcome answers applying elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2017-08-28T00:53:54.170" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T00:53:54.170" Title="What resources can help to find a good neighbourhood in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5659" CreationDate="2015-02-11T23:16:11.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://zoopla.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zoopla&lt;/a&gt; has pretty good statistics for neighbourhoods when you look at the properties, but I can't think of a way to search by those stats specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T23:16:11.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5662" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5663" CreationDate="2015-02-12T12:54:21.687" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to register for French social security (&lt;em&gt;CMU de base&lt;/em&gt;) for the first time. I don't fall under the employer, self-employed or student schemes. I do have income, though, so it will cost me and the cost is significant). As I understand, I can register with CPAM at any time during the year, but what period does my initial payment cover? In other words, when would I have to make the next year's contribution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably a non-issue for most people in France, since they're covered continuously and simply pay once a year, so when the each year's cover &quot;ends&quot; is a purely academic question. However, it is an issue for me when registering for the first time. Basically, I want to avoid the situation where I pay a full year's contribution for only a month or two of cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T00:48:46.303" Title="When are social security contributions paid in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5662" CreationDate="2015-02-12T18:00:15.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way I understand &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1073.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the page about this on service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By default, you have to pay each quarter but you can also ask to pay monthly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The first payment is due on the date you start being covered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much you should pay, in total, is based on the duration of insurance cover (“&lt;em&gt;au prorata de la durée d'affiliation&lt;/em&gt;”), you don't have to pay for a full year for a few months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T00:48:46.303" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T00:48:46.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4442" CreationDate="2015-02-13T02:25:49.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you need ECA verification for your spouse also. I've created my account and getting zero point for spouse education, even though she has Bachelor degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6107" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T02:25:49.803" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T07:38:40.577" Score="4" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I've arrived to Germany, the first thing I've need to do was to search for an appartment. What striked me, was hard for me to comprehend 'excentrity' of the landlords who required job contract (ehm, why is it important? better ask how much money I have on side...). It wasn't a problem for me because I've already got a job. But...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider typical expat situation. You want to settle in Germany. You come there to look for a job. You need an appartment... So how should you look for it to go over that 'job contract' requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this 'additional requirement' a standard at all, or was it only a regional variation (Bavaria) or I simply had 'strange luck' when searching for appartment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T11:06:01.603" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T15:21:30.740" Title="How to rent an appartment in Germany as a fresh settler?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T07:43:08.270" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I've learned from locals, filling tax declaration in Germany is fully optional, until you have your company. Most people are doing this, because they get a tax return. But the only consequence of not doing this is not receiving tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what about the situations where you are an expat (arriving within tax year) or an ex-expat (leaving within tax year) and in given year you have an income in 2 (or more) EU countries? Does filling a tax declaration remains still optional? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastActivityDate="2015-08-31T15:26:37.777" Title="When should an expat or ex-expat fill tax declaration in Germany?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5667" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5672" CreationDate="2015-02-13T07:52:16.923" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any regulations that protect the consumer in case of leaving Germany, when the services that he have purchased can't be served outside Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if an emigrant has an Internet and cable TV contract for 2 years and leaves Germany in the middle of that contract, does he have to pay for them for 1 year, or the provider is obliged to accept the termination of the contract without extra fees, because he'll be unable to provide the services outside Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't ask if some providers are offering such possibility, but if there's a law requiring them to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorUserId="2367" LastEditDate="2015-05-09T08:13:42.913" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T08:13:42.913" Title="'Localized' services when leaving Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5668" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-02-13T07:52:53.567" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T07:52:53.567" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T07:52:53.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5669" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-02-13T07:52:53.567" Score="0" Body="Questions about services such as Internet, Cable-TV, electricity, water, gas." OwnerDisplayName="user41" LastEditorDisplayName="user41" LastEditDate="2015-02-15T01:52:49.343" LastActivityDate="2015-02-15T01:52:49.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T11:03:32.277" Score="3" ViewCount="2522" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received my new passport in my married name. Do I have to transfer my UK spousal visa from my old passport in my maiden name? OR can I just travel with them both until it is time to renew the visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My visa was issued in my maiden surname but I was already married at the time thus the spousal visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6108" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T19:17:34.737" Title="New passport in married name - UK spousal visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5667" CreationDate="2015-02-13T13:26:10.517" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a law about that, namely paragraph 46 of the telecommunication law (in German: § 46 TKG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, there is nothing special about moving abroad, what the law says is that your telecommunication providers have to offer the same service at your new address when you move or, if they can't (which would generally be the case if you move abroad…) allow you to terminate the contract with a 3-month notice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also countless forum posts by people having a lot of trouble getting large telcos to apply this particular provision of the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T13:26:10.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T04:29:52.257" Score="4" ViewCount="1427" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a company in the United States, but I work online remotely and can do so from anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get an IEP Work Exchange visa. I have looked into it, and it seems that I qualify. Let's assume that I do. My employer is OK with me doing whatever, so long as it won't get them in legal trouble with anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I use the Work Exchange visa to work remotely from NZ? Is this legal? I understand that advice here is not formal legal advice, but I want to at least get a sense of what is doable before I invest in pursuing this further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked into it a bit myself, but pointers to places where I can look to find the answer out on my own are also welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6113" OwnerDisplayName="Nathan" LastEditorUserId="6113" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T15:06:16.243" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T01:25:25.550" Title="As an American, can I work in New Zealand for a US company?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T14:44:20.430" Score="3" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK national. I worked in Australia for nearly five years and paid into an Australian pension scheme with MLC. I di have p[ermanent residency status but I believe that this has now expired due to me not being resident in Australia for several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I returned to the UK seven years ago and intend to stay here. I am considering my retirement options. I am currently 57.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What options do I have to:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the cash value (or n allowed amount) of my Australian pension paid to me in the UK as alump sum.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take the Australian pension as a normal pension but paid to me in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6111" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T15:05:31.867" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T16:44:39.293" Title="Having an Australian pension paid to me now that I live in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5562" CreationDate="2015-02-13T17:07:05.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your parents require a visa (that would depend on their citizenship), then they will have to apply for it themselves at the relevant French consulate. You could probably prepare the application and mail it to them so they just have to submit it to the consulate but you can't apply on their behalf from within France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are going to stay with you and you are going to sponsor them, you need to get a specific form (called “&lt;em&gt;attestation d'accueil&lt;/em&gt;”) from the administration of the town where you live. Once you have the form (signed and legalized), you have to send it to your parents who can join it to their application. The procedure is detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/341/as-an-eu-national-just-moved-to-france-how-do-i-get-a-attestation-daccueil-f&quot;&gt;As an EU national just moved to France, how do I get a &amp;quot;Attestation d&amp;#39;accueil&amp;quot; for a friend&amp;#39;s visa?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only difference between EU citizens and others for this purpose is that third-country citizens who want to invite someone also have to prove they are themselves in France legally by showing a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;, whereas EU citizens do not. You only need to show your passport or national ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-02-15T18:14:54.763" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5673" CreationDate="2015-02-14T01:25:25.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so my company's legal department said no, trying to do this could get them into legal trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently this has to do with international tax law. Not only will I have to pay taxes in NZ as well as the US (which is fine), my employer would &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; have to become an official NZ employer and pay taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sounds like a bunch of terrible rubbish to me, but they assure me it is the way that it is. If anyone has any information to the contrary, I would love to hear it. Otherwise, looks like it's a no-go for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6113" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T01:25:25.550" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-14T22:01:30.943" Score="4" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;So it seems the best way out of my employment tangle is to become a contractor and do contract work for my US employer (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5673/as-an-american-can-i-work-in-new-zealand-for-a-us-company/&quot;&gt;see previous question&lt;/a&gt; if you are curious of the whole backstory).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think I can become a contractor in NZ with a Work Exchange visa (though I would love to be wrong about this). I am not looking to become a permanent resident, so I don't think the Skilled Migrant visa is for me either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I apply for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6113" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T21:44:06.970" Title="As an American, what sort of visa do I need to become an independent contractor in New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T05:07:33.403" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to get an idea of how common it is for tech jobs in Canada to offer life insurance policies. I know from experience that, in the US, this is a really common thing, but I haven't been able to find much in the way of statistics about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6120" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-16T07:25:24.300" LastActivityDate="2015-02-17T19:31:55.070" Title="How common is life insurance with tech jobs in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;technology&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T09:15:08.210" Score="5" ViewCount="603" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ph.D. student funded by an EU grant studying in the UK. As such, I have registered with a GP once I arrived in the UK and received an NHS number. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to my field of study I regularly travel to other European countries to attend conferences / workshops / etc. hence I applied for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). I embarked on one of those trips prior to receiving the EHIC and got sick while being in Switzerland. Hence I rang up the Overseas Healthcare Team to inquire about a replacement certificate, however, they told me that as a student I am not elligible to an EHIC issued by the NHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior to coming to the UK guides like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/newstudents/internationalstudents/healthservices/healthcare_in_the_uk.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; gave me impression that I am elligible for an EHIC. Can anyone with relevant expertise help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Additional Information: I was regularly insured in my home country [Germany] until I moved to the UK for my studies. I have a stipend that finances my studies for at least 3.5 years. I have started my Ph.D. in October 2014 and I arrived in switzerland a few days ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6019" LastEditorUserId="6019" LastEditDate="2015-02-16T13:46:36.830" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T14:54:59.480" Title="Confusion about EHIC for a student in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T13:41:26.583" Score="6" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be arriving in Australia (Melbourne) on 18 March 2015. I'll need to buy a car very soon after I arrive and I'll need to get car insurance. I have a full Irish driving license and 7 year's experience. What else do I need to get insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="209" LastActivityDate="2015-02-17T00:18:57.040" Title="What is required to get car insurance in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5685" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5689" CreationDate="2015-02-16T13:45:11.623" Score="4" ViewCount="3501" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be arriving in Australia (Melbourne) on 18 March 2015. I'll need to rent a house very soon after I arrive. Assuming I have enough cash for rent up front, and a bond of e.g. 1 month's rent, what else do typically I need to rent a house?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should add that I probably won't yet be employed at the time that I'm looking for a house. Housing my family is a higher priority than searching for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to rent a house without having seen it first? I was told that it'll illegal to rent a house without viewing it first, but this makes it very difficult for me and  my family. Ideally we'd have something we could go straight into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="209" LastEditorUserId="209" LastEditDate="2015-02-16T13:55:36.483" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T12:31:52.297" Title="How to rent a house in Melbourne Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5683" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:54:59.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it is quite common that NHS staff is wrong in whether you are insured or not, and they &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2617/what-to-do-if-an-nhs-centre-doesnt-believe-you-are-entitled-to-free-use-and-cha&quot;&gt;prefer taking money upfront&lt;/a&gt; in these cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main confusion in your case is that while NHS treatments are free for you if you are a student on a course for more than 6 months, you can only apply for an EHIC card if you are an &lt;strong&gt;ordinary resident&lt;/strong&gt; in the UK, and students by default are not considered ordinary residents (even if they are on courses that last more than 6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you have to prove them that you are in fact an ordinary resident. As as you'll be staying in the UK for more than 3 years is probably the case however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'd do is call them again, and tell them explicitly that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are an EEA citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But, you are on a course for more than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also you have already registered at a local GP, and you intend on living in the UK, meaning you can be  considered &lt;strong&gt;as an ordinary UK resident&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have applied for the EHIC card prior your travel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they still tell you otherwise then ask them what they would like as a proof of ordinary residence. Anything that suports that you are already settled down can be used in favour of them believeng in you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you are actually not an ordinary resident (this is possible, if you are still spending a lot of time in Germany), then it's possible that you are still in the jurisdiction of Germany's health care provider, so you should ask for the EHIC card there (and pay the appropriate fees in Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T14:54:59.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T17:34:22.887" Score="5" ViewCount="1554" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and have been living in Germany with a work permit for the last 4 years. My wife is not working, but stays with me. We are expecting a baby in a few months. Due to some circumstances, we have decided to have the delivery in India and my wife will travel to India before the delivery. She would stay in India for at least a year after the delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to stay with her during the initial months after the birth of the baby. In these circumstances, am I eligible to get the parental leave with the 67%/1,800 euro Elterngeld? Even if I'm not eligible for the Elterngeld, can I just get a few months of leave without pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6123" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-09T12:09:26.287" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T12:09:26.287" Title="Parental leave in Germany for expats" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T18:42:57.400" Score="2" ViewCount="504" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied to few colleges in Australia for my masters degree and I am expecting to study there starting from August. For this to happen I will also be applying for a student visa in a couple of months. My plan is to apply for Australian PR once I start my course so that I don't have any problem in finding a job once I graduate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already meet the 65 point requirement for Australian PR. But I am not starting the PR process right away because I was told that having an active pr application while applying for a student visa can indicate dual intent and can lead to the rejection of the student visa. Is this correct? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I start the PR process once I start studying in Australia? Well this void my student visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also please let me know if I can get my skill assessment done from Australian computer society before I apply for student visa and submit the expression of interest after I enter Australia with the student visa?  Or should I start the skill assessment also only after entering Australia with a student visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please guide me in this regard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3758" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T18:42:57.400" Title="Applying for ACS skills assessment and student visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T10:27:31.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5685" CreationDate="2015-02-16T23:10:48.263" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The standard way of renting a house is through a real estate agent, which require that you inspect the property and fill an application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that was surprising for me when I migrated to Australia is that there can be quite a lot of competition for renting a place, especially in certain suburbs and around the beginning of the year. Therefore, it's unlikely your application will be approved if you don't have a job, rental references, or have not viewed the property. Even if you have those things, if there are more people applying for the property, you might not get it. Overall, the process can be quite frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason not to do this from overseas is the amount of scams there are in sites such as Gumtree and Craigslist, which list accommodation under market value and ask for bank transfer as deposit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good way to start is looking for &lt;strong&gt;temporary accommodation&lt;/strong&gt;, such as Airbnb apartments, youth hostels, or shared houses. Some might not be suitable for a family, a reason why some people travel alone and bring their families later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A final option is asking a friend or relative to inspect houses and apply on your behalf, but not many people are willing to do that, especially if involves paying any money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once here, you would search on sites such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://realestate.com.au&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;RE&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://domain.com.au&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Domain&lt;/a&gt;, attend the &lt;em&gt;open for inspections&lt;/em&gt; and apply by filling on-line or paper application forms.&#xA;If you find that there is competition for the rental properties that you've inspected (you will realise that if/when an application is rejected), there are a few things that help make agent/landlords like you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bring a filled application form on the open for inspection day itself and hand it over to the agent if you liked the property; otherwise just bin it;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a cover letter to the application;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add rental references, even if from overseas (better than nothing);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add some financial information, such as payslip or bank account balance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things that, from personal experience, do not help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offer to pay a lot of rent in advance (the law limits the amount of&#xA;rent that can be charged in advance) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offer to pay more rent that&#xA;what's asked (I have been told by multiple agents that landlords are&#xA;looking for a tenant that will pay rent on time long term and take&#xA;care of the property).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These measures might not be necessary at certain periods, or in localities where vacancy rate is high. At the moment (early 2015), there's an over supply of high-rise apartments in inner Melbourne (e.g. Docklands, CBD, Southbank), while inner city low rise (houses and townhouses) fetch high rents with some tenant competition. At the same time, detached houses in new land estates in the city's fringe (e.g. Point Cook) are plentiful and can be rented for cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2015-02-17T10:31:45.610" LastActivityDate="2015-02-17T10:31:45.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5684" CreationDate="2015-02-17T00:18:57.040" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two flavours of car insurance in Victoria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compulsory Third Party&lt;/strong&gt; (CTP) insurance is mandatory and included with your car registration (&quot;rego&quot;).  Prices are fixed, around $750/year all in at time of writing, and everything is handled by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VicRoads&lt;/a&gt;, the state road agency.  If you purchase a used car, it may include some months of prepaid rego and this may affect the purchase price; you'll still have to pay to get the rego transferred to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;Car insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; means anything beyond this: third party property (damage to other people's cars), third party fire &amp;amp; theft, and comprehensive (covers your own car as well).  This is optional but recommended, although people driving old clunkers often don't bother.  Try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comparethemarket.com.au/car-insurance/australia/victoria/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Compare the Market&lt;/a&gt; to see prices.  Note that, as a rule, only experience driving in Australia counts, so you'll be paying full premiums to start off with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-02-17T00:18:57.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5691" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5710" CreationDate="2015-02-17T07:26:16.433" Score="5" ViewCount="634" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen (Indian passport holder) and I am in France on a Schengen long stay (Scientific/D visa). My Schengen visa is valid through 28 April 2015. I understand that the key reason I have a long stay visa is because I have a job in France. Due to a variety of reasons, I am planning on giving my employer the 1 month required notice and resigning from my job on the 25th of March 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since after the 25th of March 2015, I do not have a job anymore, will that invalidate my long stay visa and must I leave France on the 25th of March (about 33 days earlier than the 28th of April validity on my visa)? Does my having a job govern my duration of stay in the Schengen area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T11:42:43.053" Title="Validity of Schengen long stay (Scientific D) visa after tendering resignation from job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5696" CreationDate="2015-02-17T14:35:12.390" Score="3" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the website www.gov.uk: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can’t stay in the UK under a Tier 2 (General) visa for more than a total of 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that once a person has stayed in the UK more than 6 years, he/she has to apply for an indefinite leave to remain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T04:23:01.763" Title="Tier 2 (General) visa and indefinite leave to remain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-17T14:37:29.830" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what the maximum amount of time I can spend in France and not be considered a fiscal resident.   I rent a house full time but do not live in France full time or file taxes in France as I am a US resident. I do pay the local taxes d'habitation which has to do with the rental tax on the house I rent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6128" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T19:45:25.730" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T19:45:25.730" Title="Maximum amount of time I can spend in France and not be considered a fiscal resident" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2015-02-17T19:31:55.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for Open Text, which is the biggest Canadian owned software company. We're based out of Waterloo, ON with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Waterloo and Calgary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We offer live insurance as part of our benefits. I think it is twice my yearly fixed income and double that if I die in an accident. But I think there are a lot of conditions connected to the payout. I don't really care because my kids are grown up by now and as an immigrant from Germany I never understood why people here go in so much debt (mortgage excluded of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure you'll get a better response in this group. You ask &quot;how common is it in Canada&quot; - that's a question you need to ask somebody who's got a view on the industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd think that it is not really something you should spend too much time on: Find out what the coverage you're going to need will cost you in Canada and if your potential employeur doesn't offer this type of benefit then you have to add it to your salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2015-02-17T19:31:55.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5693" CreationDate="2015-02-18T00:03:24.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a rule that spending more than 183 days a year in France makes you a fiscal resident :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sident_fiscal_en_France&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Résident fiscal en France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is more a rule of thumb than a law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup?espId=1&amp;amp;typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_6069&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French tax website&lt;/a&gt; lists some points that make you a fiscal resident :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your 'home' (&lt;em&gt;foyer&lt;/em&gt;) (meaning partner, childs, ...) is in France,&#xA;even if you travel a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you have a professional activity in France&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your main economic interests take place in France (business,&#xA;investments, ...)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's one mysterious sentence on this page :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dans certains cas vous pouvez être imposés en France si vous disposez directement ou indirectement d'une ou plusieurs habitations dans notre pays.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases, you can be taxed in France if if you benefit directly or indirectly of a housing in our country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(although that might refer to the &lt;em&gt;Taxe d'habitation)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T00:03:24.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5692" CreationDate="2015-02-18T04:23:01.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The expected migration route for a T2 (General) is to spend two consecutive three-year terms  for a total of 6 years and then apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). You want to to know if it's necessary to apply for ILR at the end of 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. It is not mandatory to apply for ILR, but before you can get another T2 you'll need to undergo the cooling off period. Once the cooling off period has matured, you can return on a T2 again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing applies if you have 6 years but your gaps outside of the UK do not allow you to qualify for ILR.  It's also the same if you do not want to apply for ILR because you may fail a different requirement like criminality or good character.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also reset your ILR clock by switching into the family route.  And of course you can always return home and apply for entry clearance in a different route.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What all of this amalgamates to is that it is NOT necessary to apply for ILR at the end of your 6 years, but you &lt;em&gt;will have to do something&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T04:23:01.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-18T08:45:22.740" Score="1" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the blue British passport be renewed? It's written British subject on national status. It belongs to my dad, I want a British passport for myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6132" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T13:48:40.660" Title="Blue British Passport Renewal" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5698" CreationDate="2015-02-18T10:32:37.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The British passport has been the standard red one since 1989, this is the current biometric one, introduced in 2006:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rpsyj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Red Passport with chip&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't get the blue one anymore (up to 1988).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastEditorUserId="2443" LastEditDate="2015-02-18T13:48:40.660" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T13:48:40.660" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-18T10:41:37.720" Score="5" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will it be possible for startup founders, crowdfunded by e.g. Kickstarter, to apply for e-2 (e2) treaty investor US visa (given that owners have citizenship of a treaty country, and they have 50% of business each)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, we are a small hardware startup, we have successfully finished kickstarter compaign and we have received money on our business account in US. We have LLC where both of us have equal shares. We also have a business plan and financial plan where to spend those money. We also have some obligations to &quot;backers&quot; to produce and send them a product.&#xA;Can those money be treated as an investment, so we could apply for e-2 visa to continue develping project in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what state.org site says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The investment must be substantial, with investment funds or assets committed and irrevocable. It must be sufficient to ensure the successful operation of the enterprise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The investment must be a real operating enterprise, an active commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking. A paper organization, speculative or idle investment does not qualify. Uncommitted funds in a bank account or similar security are not considered an investment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It must generate significantly more income than just to provide a living to you and family, or it must have a significant economic impact in the United States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have control of the funds, and the investment must be at risk in the commercial sense. Loans secured with the assets of the investment enterprise are not allowed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must be coming to the United States to develop and direct the enterprise. If you are not the principal investor, you must be considered an essential employee, employed in a supervisory, executive, or highly specialized skill capacity.  Ordinary skilled and unskilled workers do not qualify.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is what Kickstarter says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In general, in the US, funds raised on Kickstarter are considered income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In general, a creator can offset the income from their Kickstarter project with deductible expenses that are related to the project and accounted for in the same tax year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Beyond deductions, a creator may be able to classify certain funds raised on Kickstarter as a nontaxable gift, and not income. A gift is something given out of “detached and disinterested generosity” for personal reasons and without the expectation of getting something in return.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6122" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T23:37:38.770" Title="E2 (treaty investor) US visa and crowdfunding money as an investment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-19T04:23:07.437" Score="4" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a transatlantic move between North America and Europe, what are the pros and cons of the different alternatives for bringing my stuff?  Assume the stuff I want to take fits in 6 moving boxes of 58x35x41 cm³ each with at most 20 kg per box.  Assume also it is no problem if it takes a long time to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shipping with a usual customer-oriented company such as Canada Post, FedEx, TNT.  One 58x35x41 cm³, 20 kg parcel with Canada Post from Canada to UK is CA$169.95, which would add up to CA$ 1019.70 — probably there exist cheaper alternatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sending it with an international moving company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shipping it with a freight forwarder&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other alternatives?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the most cost effective solution?  What could be some reasons to choose an alternative that is not the cheapest?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-02-19T10:05:32.170" Title="Shipping, freight forwarding, or international moving company?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5702" CreationDate="2015-02-19T10:05:32.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With only 120 kg of stuff, you can fly with it all if you choose an airline with a generous baggage allowance. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/baggage-essentials&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Airways&lt;/a&gt; allows 2 23 kg checked bags, a 23 kg cabin bag, and a 23 kg personal bag for free on transatlantic flights. Each 23 kg extra bag will cost you CA$170.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option, which would add some logistical difficulties depending on where in North America you are leaving from and where in Europe you are trying to get to is to cruise there. For example the Queen Mary 2 has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/6/25/24345/5166/travel/Eastbound+or+Westbound%3A+That+is+the+Transatlantic+Question&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;unlimited baggage allowance&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cunard.co.uk/cruise-search/book-a-cruise/cruises/qm/1020-m504-sou1-nyc1/staterooms-and-fares/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fares start at £899&lt;/a&gt; double occupancy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-02-19T10:05:32.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5723" CreationDate="2015-02-18T00:20:26.907" Score="8" ViewCount="6506" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had this opportunity to work for a company in Singapore but I am not sure yet if I will accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was looking on a map how Singapore looks like and it is of course quite small. So the question came to mind whether it would be practical, safe, or otherwise feasible to live in Johor Baharu (Malaysia) while working in Singapore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the border crossing between the two countries take a long time? Are there any options for faster processing at the border (like the U.S. Global Entry Program)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The office would be somewhere near the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. I would not have my own a car as I am not sure I want to go into debt (in case the job does not last, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4849" OwnerDisplayName="coderworks" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2015-02-24T03:09:41.083" LastActivityDate="2020-10-17T06:05:08.507" Title="Is it feasible (for a westerner) to live in Johor Baharu (Malaysia) while working in Singapore?" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5691" CreationDate="2015-02-19T12:05:56.133" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I could not find a definite answer on this, all links I've read (both &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/fr/visas-and-permits/work-permits/Work-in-France-Guide-to-French-work-visas-and-permits_101098.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ofii.fr/venir_en_france_obtenir_son_titre_de_sejour_vls_ts_193/index.html?sub_menu=9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; ones) suggest that a long term visa is valid until it's stamped validity date (usually one year), and until that point it also acts as a residence permit to stay in France. You actualy need to have the necessary permits prior to getting the long term visa, and potentially also register with the OFII in the first two months of it's validity. I could not find any indication that after your registration you can lose your visa before it's stamped date (unless you forget to register with the authorities in the first two months), even if you lose your job, as the visa will act as your residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you won't be able to extend the visa's validity for another year, as you don't have the necessary prerequisities anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T11:14:09.303" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T11:14:09.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-20T04:12:15.913" Score="11" ViewCount="1292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a retired UK citizen with an EU passport. My wife, also retired, is an American citizen. We've been living in America for the past twelve years, myself as a 'permanent resident'. We wish to spend our retirement in France. We have a good income and would sell our house in America to fund a property in France.&#xA;My question is: if we buy a property can we just move there, or are there certain procedures to be gone through. Also, could we utilize France's healthcare system or would we need private health insurance? If the latter, any idea of cost?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your &quot;EEA Family Permit&quot; link it seems to require that my wife has a British Residency permit. She has never lived in the UK. I met her in America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK for fifty-four years and worked there continuously until moving to America in 2002. I have a government pension from the UK, and my wife also receives one from the UK on my contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6136" LastEditorUserId="6136" LastEditDate="2015-02-20T20:40:55.277" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T15:05:20.843" Title="Can We Move To France Although We Don't Live In The EU?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5707" CreationDate="2015-02-20T17:15:49.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a UK national with an American spouse and want to move to France. Your question asks if there are special procedures needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No problem.  As a UK national it means your wife is a 'family member of an EEA national', and hence you qualify for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Visa-for-family-of-an-European&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/a&gt;.  This strategy will work everywhere in the EEA except for the country of the primary's nationality (in this case the UK).  When you fill out the application, your secondary question about health insurance will be answered implicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More good news...  It's free to apply.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T17:15:49.183" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5691" CreationDate="2015-02-21T11:42:43.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no reason for your long-stay visa to automatically become invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;France has none of the “duration of status” or “grace period” business that you find in the US for example. The way the system works is that you typically get a one-year visa or a first &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and after that you must apply for a new &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; every year (for scientists or “highly qualified workers” it can be valid for more than one year) until you qualify a &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt;. That's when you can be forced to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time you apply for a renewal, the authorities evaluate your circumstances. For example, a slew of students get a denial (and also an &lt;em&gt;obligation de quitter le territoire français&lt;/em&gt;) in December (that's September plus some processing time) because they failed at their exams or completed their studies and do not qualify anymore. Having left your job, and unless you qualify under some other provision, your application for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; would also be denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The authorities can also &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F15924.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;invalidate a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; before the end of its regular validity period&lt;/a&gt; and I guess it's the same for a long-stay visa but it would take some official decision. In practice you would receive a letter informing you of the decision. I am not sure whether they actually do that as a matter of course merely because you left your job (never heard of it) but it would probably take longer than 30 days anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your right to circulate in the Schengen area in turns depend on your having a valid French visa or residence permit. Until France decides to invalidate said visa, other Schengen states are not supposed to evaluate themselves whether you qualify for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, note that if you lost your job instead of having left voluntarily, the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; cannot be cancelled and you would be entitled to an extra year in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T11:42:43.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-21T11:49:18.557" Score="2" ViewCount="461" Body="&lt;p&gt;A L1B is valid for 3 years, and you usually would want to stay on the visa till expiry, however might leave the country for a vacation..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you just tell the VO that you'll be staying till the visa is valid, else what do you say?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6143" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T16:54:36.637" Title="How do you answer &quot;when are you leaving US&quot; when entering on a L1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5707" CreationDate="2015-02-21T14:08:18.100" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a right to live in France under EU rules if you qualify in one of four ways: working, having sufficient resources, studying or being the spouse of another EU citizen who qualifies. The requirements are detailed on the page on the “&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F16003.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;carte de séjour UE&lt;/a&gt;” on service-public.fr (in French). In fact, applying for this “permit” is not mandatory but you need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12017.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fulfill the very same requirements to have a right to reside in France&lt;/a&gt;, even if you forgo applying for an actual physical &lt;em&gt;carte&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, as a retiree, this means that you need to have “sufficient resources”, defined as above the threshold to qualify for welfare benefits. In France, for someone above the age of 65, you cannot in any case be required to have more than €9600 per year for one person (or €14904 for a couple) but it might even be possible to qualify with a lower income in some cases. These rules are based entirely on citizenship, having been a resident in the UK before moving to France is not a requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not qualify, you could probably move to France as a British citizen anyway because nobody bothers with tracking all EU citizens present in the country and you are not at risk of a fine or anything like that. But under EU rules, the French authorities could in principle ask you to leave at any time and you do not have any unconditional right to reside in the country. Most importantly for you, you would not be able to sponsor your wife (more on that below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding healthcare, as a retiree from elsewhere in the EU, you would not automatically be entitled to enrollment in the government's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cleiss.fr/particuliers/venir/resider/eee_cmu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“universal coverage” scheme&lt;/a&gt; and having health insurance is actually one of the requirements to qualify for residence as “inactive person”. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you would qualify for statutory healthcare coverage in the UK, you should be able to &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12859.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;transfer those rights to France&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know the UK system well enough to know if you would qualify and how to go about it but since you get a UK government pension, I would guess that it should be possible. In practice, what you need is called the “S1 document”. I found some info about that on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/movingabroad/Pages/Introduction.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nhs.uk&lt;/a&gt; and a forum &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.survivefrance.com/forum/topics/obtaining-an-s1-from-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;for British expats in France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, you would probably be required to get private insurance coverage. Since healthcare costs are lower in France, it should be cheaper than what you could get in the US but you still need to pay for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife is in a very different situation. As a non-EU citizen, she needs a visa or residence permit to stay longer than three months and she does not have a right to reside in France on her own. So while holding a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; was optional for you, it is mandatory for her. Here as well, citizenship, not residence, defines her position. Having been a resident in the UK before moving to France would not generally make things much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you, as a British citizen, reside in France then she can get a residence permit “&lt;em&gt;membre de la famille d'un citoyen de l'Union&lt;/em&gt;” &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F19315.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;relatively easily&lt;/a&gt; (that's more-or-less the French equivalent to the “EEA family permit” mentioned by Gayot Fow). She will have to prove her relationship with you (e.g. through a marriage certificate), &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; right to stay in France (e.g. prove that you fulfill the financial means requirement discussed above) and pay a small fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not entirely sure of her health insurance situation. If you are covered through one of the statutory health insurance schemes in France, she would also automatically be covered at no extra cost. But I don't know if this also applies if you qualify through the S1 document (I think it should). Private insurers have their own rules and will almost certainly require extra payments to cover her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-25T09:37:09.490" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T09:37:09.490" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5714" CreationDate="2015-02-21T14:17:28.003" Score="11" ViewCount="1731" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm busy filling out forms to get insurance and they require that I specify into which category I would fall into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The options are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Selbstständige&lt;/em&gt; (Self employed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt;  (Freelancer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would I determine this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I work for a company in London, as a software developer. I am employed as a contractor and will work remotely when living in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6144" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T19:43:48.080" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T15:51:42.720" Title="Am I (software developer) a freelancer or self-employed in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5713" CreationDate="2015-02-21T20:07:39.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on what I read on the subject (I have no first-hand experience with this), &lt;em&gt;Freiberuf&lt;/em&gt; is one type of &lt;em&gt;Selbständigkeit&lt;/em&gt;, the other being &lt;em&gt;Gewerbe&lt;/em&gt;. Being a &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt; involves less bureaucracy and has some tax advantages but it's not allowed for all professions. In both cases, you must however register yourself with the &lt;em&gt;Finanzamt&lt;/em&gt; and once you have done that, you would know in which category you fall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the law isn't completely explicit on what can or cannot be considered a &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freier_Beruf_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Freiberuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Basically, it should not be a regulated profession, and it must require special skills and be a scientific, artistic or teaching service activity. Beyond that, people obviously prefer to be classified as &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt; but the authorities occasionally refuse to grant them the status and it can end up in court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Researching this answer, I came across &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heise.de/resale/artikel/Selbstaendiger-Softwareentwickler-ist-kein-Freiberufler-1619559.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a post about a recent court case&lt;/a&gt; precluding a software developer from registering himself as &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt;, although I was under the impression that many people did in fact do just that. So it seems a bit of a sensitive issue at the moment and it might be necessary to seek professional advice if you want to be absolutely sure about all the required formalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T15:51:42.720" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T15:51:42.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5711" CreationDate="2015-02-21T23:33:46.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You tell them that your contract ends &amp;lt; &lt;em&gt;insert the date of L1b expiration here&lt;/em&gt; &gt; and you'll leave once it ends. Unless you plan on finishing the employment and leaving earlier, that is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vacations is not &quot;leaving US&quot;, you'll be coming back from the vacations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T23:33:46.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5700" CreationDate="2015-02-21T23:37:38.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A paper organization, speculative or idle investment does not qualify&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for funding on kickstarter, I'd say you have a paper organization with speculative investment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It must generate significantly more income than just to provide a&#xA;  living to you and family, or it must have a significant economic&#xA;  impact in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't sound like your business generates any income at all, let alone to provide enough for your living in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really cannot see how you can get a E2 visa here, but you should probably talk to an immigration attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T23:37:38.770" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5711" CreationDate="2015-02-22T13:20:56.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I go through immigration I used to hand over my passport either closed or open to the picture page. I would get asked when I was leaving every time. Now I hand it over open to the visa page and I never get asked. I think they ask the question reflexively because the vast majority of foreigners need to leave at some point and they are trying to speed up the process. When I show them my passport open to the visa page, they start off by asking me, how long I have been gone for. It is a much nicer question to here when you are returning &quot;home&quot;. As for how I answered the question in the past, I always answered with: I live and work here now, but my visa ends in 2017 and I will either get an extension before then or leave. I will not overstay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-02-28T16:54:36.637" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T16:54:36.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-23T08:02:31.630" Score="3" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner is a German citizen working in Germany. She will quit her job and come to join me in France soon, initially for a period of a few months (but she may stay longer depending on how things develop). We want to know what the best health insurance options are. My sense is that it would be cheapest to have German health insurance. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can she apply for German health insurance for unemployed people as soon as&#xA;she has quit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the rough cost of this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can she maintain that insurance if she is in another E.U. country (what conditions does she need to meet to maintain it, e.g. does she&#xA;need to be looking for a job?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case anyone knows, what are her rights to access French insurance schemes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6151" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-23T08:32:32.203" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T08:33:05.060" Title="Health insurance for Germans living in another EU country temporarily" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5720" CreationDate="2015-02-23T09:32:53.957" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the German side of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whenever you become unemployed, you can probably be covered in one way or another. If you get unemployment benefits (ALG I), the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; pays a predefined amount of money to your previous health insurer, who should continue to cover you. If you don't get unemployment benefits because there is a &lt;em&gt;Sperrzeit&lt;/em&gt; (i.e. you quitted a job without a serious reason), the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; will nonetheless cover health insurance costs. There are also some situations in which your current insurer has to cover you for one month at no costs to ensure a seamless transition.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the end of your unemployment benefits, you fall under the ALG II system and there is some mechanism to get free health insurance as well (free to the beneficiary that is, the insurer – &lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt; – still receives money and the federal budget covers the costs).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are privately insured, things are more complex. You might lose the right to stay in your current contract/be forced to switch to the statutory health insurance system. When privately insured, you don't have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) either so you are not necessarily covered in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All this (ALG I, ALG II) requires being a resident and “available” for a new job, which also means being able to show up if the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; wants to see you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moving to your spouse or registered partner is a valid reason to quit your job. Moving to your girlfriend/boyfriend isn't but you can still get a (partial) exemption from the &lt;em&gt;Sperrzeit&lt;/em&gt; on a case-by-case basis. Do apply for that if necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the French side of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you live together with someone who is covered by one of the French statutory health insurance schemes, you can also be covered yourself at no extra cost (unless you get a job in which case you must insure yourself independently and pay the mandatory contributions). It's easier if you are married or in a registered partnership but &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F904.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it's still possible if you are merely cohabiting&lt;/a&gt;. This would be the most obvious solution in your situation, at least if one of you is working in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In principle someone who is inactive needs health insurance to have the right to reside in France but if you look for work, you are a “worker” as far as EU law is concerned. As an EU citizen looking for work, the general case is that you should be covered by your previous country of residence, &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F12859.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;using an EHIC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do note that statutory coverage in France (“&lt;em&gt;part sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt;”) is not complete, there are not-insignificant copayments for many things (GP visits, medicines, a “room and board” fee when you are hospitalized, etc.). Many French people have additional private insurance to cover this (a “&lt;em&gt;complémentaire santé&lt;/em&gt;” but people typically call this a “&lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt;”) but with the EHIC you only get basic coverage (also in my experience the CPAM people are very nice to deal with and make no difficulties in recognizing a claim based on the EHIC… but require a French bank account to actually transfer the money).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In some cases, it might be possible to register to the French “&lt;em&gt;couverture maladie universelle&lt;/em&gt;” (CMU) but only after three months in the country. The difficulty is that non-active people cannot generally get it, employees are supposed to be covered by a regular health insurance scheme, families are automatically covered if one member is covered and unemployed people from other EU countries should have an EHIC. So to get the CMU, you must show that you are really looking for work (to avoid being classified as inactive), that you have no other way to be covered and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.securite-sociale.fr/Affiliation-a-la-CMU-pour-les-ressortissants-europeens-inactifs-etudiants-ou-demandeurs-d&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ask the authorities to make an exception&lt;/a&gt;. Theoretically possible but expect a lot of paperwork (in French!).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another option is to try to get a job quickly, any job really. Working has two advantages, it gives you the right to reside in France (not a big issue in practice for EU citizens but still, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/196/on-what-grounds-can-an-eu-country-deny-entry-to-other-eu-citizens&quot;&gt;On what grounds can an EU country deny entry to other EU citizens?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;this question on the politics Q&amp;amp;E site&lt;/a&gt; for details) and it “opens up rights” (&lt;em&gt;ouvrir des droits&lt;/em&gt; in French) to health insurance immediately and for a long time. For example, if you work at least 60 hours in a month, you have health insurance for two years after that (i.e. even if you stop working, you remain insured). Waiting tables for two weeks would be enough for that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make the transition:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not sure about all the details but you have the right, under EU law, to go to another EU country to look for work. It should even be possible to transfer your rights to unemployment benefits (ALG I) to another country using something called the “U2 document”. Even if you don't expect large benefits or don't plan to rely on them, it would have the advantage of allowing you to remain in the German “system” completely legally while being abroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unfortunately, it might be necessary to deal with all the paperwork before moving to France. If you want to do everything by the book, you need to register with the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt;, make sure they processed your application and nothing is missing, get the U2 document, maybe apply for a waiver of the &lt;em&gt;Sperrzeit&lt;/em&gt; or the requirement to look for work locally before moving abroad and make sure your health insurance still covers you. Start before your last day at work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, note that beyond the risk that something bad happens while you are not covered, a gap in health insurance is not such a big issue in most European countries. In Germany or France, whenever you get a job, you have to get insured and the statutory health insurers have to cover you under the same conditions as everybody else. Private insurers in Germany can require a health check and/or adjust payments whenever you enter a new contract but for statutory health insurance it really makes no difference whether you had uninterrupted coverage or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T08:33:05.060" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-23T21:07:55.527" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to live in the UK for 160 days and Sweden for 160 days, remaining days on holiday usually other EU countries.All efforts to obtain advice about car insurance fail as I will not be in any country more than 185 days, how can this be resolved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6156" LastActivityDate="2015-02-23T21:07:55.527" Title="How to obtain car insurance in the EU if I do not live in any country more than 180 days" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-11T13:53:41.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5705" CreationDate="2015-02-24T03:09:10.380" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's &lt;strong&gt;possible&lt;/strong&gt;, and quite a few people do it, but I would not &lt;strong&gt;recommend&lt;/strong&gt; it.  Singapore Expats has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=83751&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;good thread&lt;/a&gt; on this, but I'll summarize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are only two ways to travel between Singapore and JB:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Causeway&lt;/strong&gt; from Woodlands to central JB.  This is perennially congested, and central JB is (IMHO) not a particularly pleasant place to live.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Second Link&lt;/strong&gt; from Jurong to Nusajaya/Iskandar and the expressway to KL.  Much less crowded, although still packed at peak periods, and the Nusajaya area is fairly nice, although still under heavy construction.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your main problem is going to be that public transit across these is &lt;strong&gt;pretty woeful&lt;/strong&gt;.  Buses across the Causeway are plentiful, but interminably slow, plus you need to disembark at both ends to go through Customs. Trains across the Causeway avoid the jams, but are very infrequent/unreliable and terminate in Woodlands, from where it's a bus plus a long MRT ride to Dhoby Ghaut.  In addition, Immigration/Customs on both sides can be quite slow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to do this, you'll want a car and cross the Second Link.  However, the tolls will add up &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; quickly, driving Malaysian-registered cars in Singapore is (intentionally) very expensive, and parking around Dhoby Ghaut sounds expensive too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The vehicle of choice for locals doing the commute is a motorbike: tolls are cheaper, jams can mostly be avoided, and parking is easier.  However, I would consider biking in either country to be pretty close to Russian roulette.  (YMMV.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things may improve c. &lt;s&gt;2019&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;2022&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;2024&lt;/s&gt; 2026 if they ever get around to building the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore-Johor_Bahru_Rapid_Transit_System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Singapore-JB RTS&lt;/a&gt;, but at time of update (2020) they haven't even started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the final fly in the ointment is that you will also need to work out how you can stay in Malaysia long-term legally: Singaporean status won't help and a tourist visa won't cut it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2020-10-17T06:05:08.507" LastActivityDate="2020-10-17T06:05:08.507" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2015-02-24T10:31:05.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found Cape Town -- the city proper -- to be not safe at all at night. I stayed a few nights in town and got harassed on every block whenever I made the mistake of trying to walk back to my hotel after nightfall. Note that I'm a 6' white dude, but was walking alone. Note also that this was five years ago; don't know if things have changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T10:31:05.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5707" CreationDate="2015-02-25T06:44:47.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU law on borders and visas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK citizens already have to cross the ‘Schengen’ border when they visit other most other Member States (Ireland does not have to join the Schengen rules, and Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Croatia have not done so yet). However, the checks on UK citizens currently co-exist with EU free movement law, meaning that the checks can only be cursory, in order to verify British citizens’ identity and nationality at Schengen borders.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following a UK withdrawal from the EU, the borders rules alone would apply, meaning that there will be more intrusive questions about the purpose of each British citizen’s visit, and checks on the intention to return and level of income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4906" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T06:44:47.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5713" CreationDate="2015-02-25T14:19:53.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you didn't register as Freiberufler or Selbständige at Finanzamt, you are none. Legally you are Schwarzarbeiter (illegal worker), at least as far as Germany is concerned. For both of them, you will need a work visa that allows you to work independently while being in Germany, and you need to inform tax authorities that you intend to work as a Freiberufler. Then, tax authorities will send you your tax number, VAT number, and from then on you would be reqquired to comply with the German law regarding doing your business. In any case, you will need to figure out how to do your taxes, retirement insurance, health insurance and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no such thing as &quot;I'll work for my company in England for a few months while being located in Germany&quot;. Of course you can do it without all of the above, but then you are basically breaking the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know how to do it, your best bet is to just talk with a German tax advisor that could help you filling out all the forms and registering as either Freiberufler or Selbständig. Many cities in Germany also offer free of charge consulting (in German, but some of the consultants may speak English) for people wanting to be self-employed. Similar support you can get from German Chamber of Commerce in some cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-02-25T14:58:59.300" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T14:58:59.300" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5729" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-25T18:12:50.693" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is about semi-permanent housing in Amsterdam (no hotels, hostels, guest rooms, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the local resources for finding housing in Amsterdam? (websites, lists, groups, agencies?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should one look out for in order to avoid touristic traps?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which are the cheapest options and how are they browsable and/or reachable (same as #1 but with a price criterion)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can one browse housing in a specific area?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6167" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T09:10:32.703" Title="Housing in Amsterdam" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-03-02T02:37:03.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5730" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5740" CreationDate="2015-02-25T23:55:18.283" Score="3" ViewCount="943" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for an F-1 PhD student in the USA to take a leave of absence for fall and stay  in the USA doing pre-completion OPT (e.g. interning in some firm)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T11:22:04.610" Title="Can an F-1 grad student in the USA take a leave of absence for fall and stay in the USA doing pre-completion OPT?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5736" CreationDate="2015-02-26T00:10:58.420" Score="1" ViewCount="1274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received an ITA letter for &lt;em&gt;resident visa&lt;/em&gt; under &lt;em&gt;skilled migrant category&lt;/em&gt; for me and my wife and daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am suppose to submit the application(with ITA letter attached) to London office in next 2 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of the documents supported for &lt;em&gt;relationship evidence&lt;/em&gt;, doc check list says,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to supply evidence of a genuine and stable partnership of at least 12 months with your partner. You could show evidence of this by supplying the following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Marriage or civil union certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Proof of shared residence (a joint mortgage, or tenancy agreements, or rent book).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Financial dependence or interdependence (proof of shared income, or bank accounts, or accounts that show money transfers to or from your account to your partner’s account). • Birth certificates of your children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Any evidence of public or family recognition of your relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Correspondence (including post-marked envelopes) to you and your partner at the same address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Photographs of you and your partner together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Evidence of the duration of your relationship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1) marriage certificate&#xA;2) postal envelope on my wife's name and address dated 20-feb-2015.&#xA;3) postal envelope on my name and address dated 15-feb-2015.&#xA;4) passports provide the same address.&#xA;5) Birth certificate of my daughter.&#xA;6) family photograph&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know, if these evidences are sufficient to submit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T21:01:08.730" Title="Relationship evidence for NZ resident visa - Skilled Migrant" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5731" CreationDate="2015-02-26T05:02:21.690" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Options for Partner/Spouse of NZ citizen or resident&#xA;Living and/or working in New Zealand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your ultimate goal is to live together permanently in NZ, the overseas partner will need to obtain a resident visa. There is a specific residence category available to such applicants, called Partnership policy. There are a set of requirements that the couple must meet before residence can be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The overseas partner may also apply for a Partnership work visa, if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the couple has not lived together for 12 months yet (as is required for residence) but can show sufficient evidence of living together in a stable and genuine relationship; or&#xA;the residence is already in process, but the applicant wants to travel to NZ before residence application is finalised.&#xA;If you are waiting for the residence decision in NZ, please note that the overseas partner must be on a valid visa at all times, which in some cases means that you may need to apply for a further work visa, if your current one is about to expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process of renewing a temporary class visa (such as work visa) is the same as when you applied for it the first time - your officer will need to see all of the evidence again, to make sure you still meet the policy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6006" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T05:02:21.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5729" CreationDate="2015-02-26T09:10:32.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking for a flat about two years ago. In general, it is difficult, if you are not speaking Dutch. Most apartments in the inner city are under strict rent control/social housing regulations, that means that you cannot rent an apartment without a ten-year (no joke) application process. I would look at the following places:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.funda.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;funda.nl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/groups/housinginamsterdam/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Housing in Amsterdam on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marktplaats.nl/z/huizen-en-kamers/huizen-te-huur.html?categoryId=2143&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Marktplaats.nl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://amsterdam.craigslist.org/search/apa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Craigslist Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt; Beware of scammers here, don't send anyone money without seeing the apartment in person!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6173" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T09:10:32.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5742" CreationDate="2015-02-26T13:09:08.230" Score="5" ViewCount="993" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Ireland. My application for a Canadian working holiday visa has been accepted (through the IEC programme, I have my Port of Entry letter, and when I arrive I should get a work permit). It is a 2 year visa, and I want to stay for the full 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to go to Canada in March 2015, but my Irish passport expires in May 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I arrive in Canada with this passport, will I only be able to get a work permit up until May 2016? This would limit my 2 year visa to 14 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is limited by my passport expiring, can I extend this afterwards so that I can stay for the full 2 years? (assuming I can renew my passport while I am in Canada)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-02-28T08:41:44.183" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T08:41:44.183" Title="Is a Canadian IEC work permit limited by passport expiration date, and if so can it be extended later?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5707" CreationDate="2015-02-26T15:05:20.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this on the website of the French consulate in Chicago. It may be useful to other Americans moving to France with their European spouses, viz:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;Blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;4- American family members of european passport holders&#xA;Please note that you do not need any visa to enter and live in France for longer than 3 months if :&#xA;- you hold a valid U.S. passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and you are the legal spouse (marriage certificate) or child (under 18y.o.) of a citizen of the above listed [European] countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and you are accompanying your spouse / parent who is also moving to France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you will have to apply for the residence permit (&quot;carte de séjour pour membre de famille d’un ressortissant européen&quot;) within 2 months of entry into France, at the Préfecture of city of residence. Note that it is always advisable to contact the Préfecture BEFORE leaving the U.S., in order to get a complete list of documents to provide to apply for such permit.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article488&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article488&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6136" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T15:05:20.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5731" CreationDate="2015-02-26T21:01:08.730" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you have substantial evidence of a stable partnership. I would suppose that, as long as your daughter is at least a few months old (and you are named on the birth certificate as the father), and you and your wife were married at least a year ago, this would suffice to establish evidence of a &quot;stable partnership of at least 12 months&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I went through this same process many years ago, I found that contacting New Zealand Immigration by telephone was extremely helpful for resolving answers to questions of this type. They can tell you whether the evidence you intend to supply is likely to be sufficient for your application. (Unlike some other countries, you actually &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; contact them by telephone, and they want to help you submit a successful application.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T21:01:08.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-26T21:30:43.453" Score="6" ViewCount="4196" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is related to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5648/getting-a-drivers-license-in-france-as-a-foreigner&quot;&gt;previous question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume the following (for the moment hypothetical) situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not have any valid driver's license at the moment, but I do know how to drive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I just moved to France, and I am a non-French EU citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not speak French&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would I need to be able to get a driver's license?  How long will it take?  How much will it cost?  Are lessons mandatory or can I go directly for the test?  I believe it is possible to take a test in English, though likely there are difficulties in arranging this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I'd like to clarify that getting an (international) driver's license in any other country is not an option at this moment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T12:04:51.950" Title="What do I need to get a driver's license in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5679" CreationDate="2015-02-26T21:44:06.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration New Zealand has a page titled &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/worktemporarily/requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Requirements for working temporarily in New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; which describes all the different categories under which you can apply for a work visa. Some of these are fairly specific (eg. &quot;tour guide&quot; or &quot;Thai chef&quot;), however I don't see a category that might apply to your intent to live in New Zealand and work as an independent contractor for an overseas company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/worktemporarily/requirements/quickcheck/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Quick check&lt;/a&gt; page which summarises the categories (in a way that looks like a flowchart but isn't).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T21:44:06.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5730" CreationDate="2015-02-27T11:22:04.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; According to the DHS, &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/maintaining-your-status&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;to maintain your F student status&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must take a full course of study each term; if you cannot study full-time, contact your DSO immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/questions-and-answers-extension-optional-practical-training-program-qualified-students&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the USCIS's OPT Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Students authorized to participate in pre-completion OPT must work part-time while school is in session. They may work full time when school is not in session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So OPT is intended to be performed while studying or while school is not in session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the context of F student visas, &lt;strong&gt;a non-medical leave of absence means leaving the US.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/PG.1306-07-Temporary-Absence.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEVP Policy Guidance on Temporary Absence&lt;/a&gt; mentions three types of temporary absence, all three of which involve leaving the United States. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.columbia.edu/cu/isso/visa/F-1/F-1_LOA.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Columbia University's guidance&lt;/a&gt; is more explicit, and says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While in the United States, students in F-1 non-immigrant status must be continuously enrolled full time during the academic year until the completion of their programs of study. If you take a non-medical leave of absence, withdraw voluntarily, or are suspended or required to withdraw from the University, you are required to leave the United States within 15 days of this action. The only exception to these rules is a medical leave of absence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have taken a medical leave in the United States, you are not permitted to engage in any student-based employment in the U.S., whether on-campus or off-campus, until you have been cleared to return to your studies. If you wish to take a leave of absence to pursue employment or any other activities in the U.S., you will have to change your immigration status accordingly and should speak with an ISSO adviser about your plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T11:22:04.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5737" CreationDate="2015-02-27T18:20:42.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partial answer : the driving license exam in France is made of two different parts, a theoretical one, and a practical one (actually driving under the instructions of an official examiner). You must succeed to the first one before being allowed to submit to the second one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first part (called &lt;em&gt;le code&lt;/em&gt; in french) is to check your knowledge of road signs, usages and rules. Here's how it works : you face a screen and are submitted to several dozens of slides showing a driving situation, with several assertions written, among which you must select the correct one(s). This can be quite tricky and difficult to correctly answer to if you are not at ease with french language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mNddj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;example of French driving license exam slide&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the first issue in my opinion will be at this stage as to my knowledge there's no option to pass this part in another language than French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T18:20:42.150" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5734" CreationDate="2015-02-27T22:11:23.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Correct, you will not be able to receive a work permit for the full 2 years, because according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/index.asp?country=ie&amp;amp;cat=wh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizenship and Immigration Canada&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;your work permit in Canada will not be longer than the validity of your passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And unfortunately, it appears that you can't extend this afterwards. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=846&amp;amp;t=25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The CIC says that&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;International Experience Canada (IEC) participants cannot renew or extend their work permits under IEC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=942&amp;amp;t=25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Another CIC help page&lt;/a&gt; suggests that to spend more time working in Canada, you could either apply through another (non-IEC) program, or a &quot;second participation&quot; in IEC. However, this second participation might not be useful for you, as seen on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/index.asp?country=ie&amp;amp;cat=wh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the first link&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an Irish citizen, you may participate in the Working Holiday category only once. If you meet the eligibility criteria, you may participate in IEC one more time through the International Co-op (Internship) category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T22:11:23.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-28T15:00:46.407" Score="6" ViewCount="5930" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living overseas for a few years. How do I keep my US driver's license without a US address since I won't be able to prove residency in any state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6184" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T17:11:29.037" Title="US driving license when living overseas" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-05-27T00:41:15.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5743" CreationDate="2015-02-28T16:50:57.770" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of any state that allows non residents to hold a drivers license. While you may be able to buy and hire/rent cars with a license from a state you are no longer a resident in, it is not a good idea. Getting insurance might be more difficult, and I think any major insurance claim would result in your policy being retroactively canceled and leaving you personally responsible for not alerting them to the change in your licensed status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to get a license from wherever you are a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T16:50:57.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-01T03:21:07.493" Score="3" ViewCount="1779" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is regarding the &lt;em&gt;resident visa&lt;/em&gt; application under &lt;em&gt;skilled migrant category&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to &lt;em&gt;work experience&lt;/em&gt; documents, The check-list expects below information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GlBbz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I suppose to submit,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1) Joining letter&#xA;2) Relieving letter&#xA;3) Appraisal letter&#xA;4) Payslips(3-6)&#xA;5) Form-16&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as originals or attested copies?&#xA;It is not feasible for me to send original documents as I need them for different reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-03-01T03:48:57.987" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T15:35:19.927" Title="Work experience documents for New Zealand - Skilled Migrant" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-02T06:15:32.453" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for PR under Canada Skill Worker 2014 and received positive eligibility review. CIC have sent my application from Sydney in Canada to my local visa office. In my application for my work experience I have included a letter from my current employer which shows I have 23 months experience. However it's been three months from the time I sent my application which basically makes my experience more than two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May the officer in visa office consider it as two year job experience if I send a new reference letter or do they count up to the date of my application? (My application is still under process) I am asking this because I have 3 years of experience in total which they may reject the first year as I don't have enough supporting document for that, so only 23 months left, while I need 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6191" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-03T14:50:18.620" LastActivityDate="2015-03-03T14:50:18.620" Title="Canada Federal Skill Worker work experience" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:21:53.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5743" CreationDate="2015-03-02T23:36:52.227" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that, provided you return for at least one night every five years and maintain a private mailbox in the state, South Dakota will happily consider you a resident and issue you a driver license. A number of companies, such as America's Mailbox, offer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americas-mailbox.com/home/tips/drivers-license&quot;&gt;combined hotel and PMB services&lt;/a&gt; for exactly this purpose. These services are commonly used by people who live in their RVs or semi trucks and travel continuously, but may also be useful to you, provided you're willing to return to the US on occasion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2015-03-02T23:36:52.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5748" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-03T11:48:46.010" Score="3" ViewCount="660" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a company based in the US and they want me to start working full-time while they do my H1B visa transfer from one of my previous employers to this one. I currently work in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a contract position for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask you how will this work legally. Would it be a &lt;code&gt;1099&lt;/code&gt; contract or something else because I wont be physically present in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6193" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-04T21:06:56.167" LastActivityDate="2015-03-04T21:06:56.167" Title="Working for a company based in US remotely from India" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5748" CreationDate="2015-03-03T12:41:42.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;1099 is the form used to report payments to contractors where the payer and the payee are US entities for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a US tax resident - you'll receive this form. If you're not - you probably won't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just a form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-03T12:41:42.187" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5628" CreationDate="2015-03-03T23:12:19.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I've come back safe and sound :)&#xA;Having an EEA permit valid for 3 more days had no impact on my entry although I suspect he didn't check the due date.&#xA;The officer advised me to go through EU Nationals queue next time with my EEA permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I've just sent my 'UK residence card application form for EEA family members' and am hoping to hear from them before 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastActivityDate="2015-03-03T23:12:19.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-04T16:12:02.533" Score="13" ViewCount="2751" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be abroad for a few years and I want to keep my mobile number till I come back. What would be the least expensive way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6198" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-04T21:07:12.360" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T19:38:19.820" Title="Keeping a US phone number" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2015-03-04T17:40:55.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds like the world has gone mad to me, I drive in and out of the uk when I like, I have a LEGAL French Registered vehicle which is insured and MOT'd in France every 2yrs as per their regulations, my French Insurer allows me to drive into ANY EU Country for up to 365days a year, why, becasue we are in Europe, open frontiers and all that. I am not a French National as I only spend 6mths in France and 6mths in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I come to the UK I make sure my MOT &amp;amp;/ Insurance is ok until I arrive back in France, my name is not pierre and my plate is still a UK one, as it is now registered in France, Yes I found it a little strange they did not give me a new Reg Plate, I never drive above 70mph and rarely go out at night, only look I have ever had was Customs &amp;amp; Excise who thought my number plate amusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here the Gestapo want to exert there own take on what is legal and not legal, this harks back to having an early Sat Nav where the Gestapo were pulling cars over and confiscating them or telling the driver they would be arrested, but never telling them what for!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am 61 yrs old and have seen and heard this total bullshit all my life, but this is a fact, open borders exist in Europe, I do not enter Germany to be pulled over and told I need German Insurance and a German MOT or not to stay for longer than a month or two, when I drive into Italy, the same is true there, but when I cross some water all of a sudden things alter, why? what has changed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line, if you have your car and can prove it has insurance for the Country you are in and a valid MOT aquired from any EU Country then that car is legal to drive in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose you are all aware that as of 2014 (correct me if I wrong here) but the EU now allows for all traffic tickets to follow the registered owner to the place of vehicle registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should put an end to the Gestapo feeling they have to make it up as they go along.&#xA;Have a good one, be carefull out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6199" LastActivityDate="2015-03-04T17:40:55.563" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2015-03-05T01:52:05.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?&amp;amp;item=prepayItem&amp;amp;action=viewPrepayOverview&amp;amp;zipRdr=y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Verizon&lt;/a&gt;, and probably all the major carriers, offer prepaid sim only deals where $100 will keep your number for a year. At $8.50 or so a month it is probably cheaper any other plan you will find. As you only need to keep a few pennys worth of credit to keep the number, you might be able to resell, at a loss, some of the time by letting friends make calls or surf the web from your account. I am not aware of anyway to suspend your account for long periods of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T01:52:05.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5755" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-05T17:01:35.010" Score="6" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt; lets one compare the cost of living between different cities.  However, it makes a number of assumptions that appear to be inflexible.  For example, my average spending pattern may differ considerably from the typical one.  Also, in a huge city, 5 km from the core might still be considered city centre, but in a small city this would be considered to be outside.  All in all, the figure &quot;If you get X in city A, you need Y in city B&quot; is likely inaccurate for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any cost of living calculator that lets me assign weights to different categories?  As I get around by bicycle, I can assign 0 weight to car and public transportation costs.  Perhaps I spend less on restaurants, but more on internet.  Et cetera.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T16:05:35.953" Title="Cost of living calculator that lets me weigh different categories" Tags="&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-06T01:00:53.800" Score="5" ViewCount="2506" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student of another EU country and in 2014 I did a 3 month internship in France, in a French company. I was 22 at the time and the total bonus for the internship was about 3200€, spent less than 183 days in France.&#xA;The thing is, I was on academic leave while doing the internship - does that qualify this as professional activity? Of course the internship was done in the subject of my studies and we had a proper convention de stage with the school and the company, just like any other intern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6202" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-01-02T04:35:50.437" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T04:35:50.437" Title="Internship in France, need to declare income in France or not?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5756" CreationDate="2015-03-06T04:10:57.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think being a foreign student makes any difference. Income sourced in France must be declared according to the same rules. Beyond that, you might or might not benefit from a tax treaty and would not incur any income taxes on €3200 anyway (you should already have paid the mandatory tax-like insurance contributions as applicable) but you might have to &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31442.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;submit a tax return&lt;/a&gt;, even if you are not a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other countries, taxes would probably have been withheld from your pay through some “pay-as-you-earn” scheme, even for an internship. France still uses traditional tax returns but that does not exempt you from the requirement to declare your income. If you do have to submit a tax return, you have until June to do it (and not all the info/forms for 2014 are online yet, you are expected to do it in April-May 2015).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there are a &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1228.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;few special rule for “young people”&lt;/a&gt; (French citizens or residents and foreign residents alike). In particular, if your internship was &lt;em&gt;mandatory&lt;/em&gt; (in the sense that your school required it to qualify for a degree) and lasted at least 3 months, declaring income under about €17000 per year is not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, if you are registered at a foreign school or university, I suspect it's more difficult for the tax office to know whether your internship was mandatory or not and you could probably get away with not doing anything even if you internship does not technically qualify. I suspect they would not bother initiating an inquiry for €3200 in any case (after all, they could at most impose a fine for failing to fulfill some obligation or something like that but there would still be no taxes to recover as your income is under the threshold of the first tax bracket). But I don't really know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-06T17:10:13.030" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T17:10:13.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-06T05:16:40.040" Score="13" ViewCount="6377" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a H1B visa and my wife just moved to California as H4 dependent. I have applied for ITIN along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/newcomer/itin.html&quot;&gt;filing my federal taxes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I file my California State tax? Should I wait for her ITIN and then file my CA taxes or can I file my CA taxes without her ITIN? I was told by the IRS officer that it would take 8 weeks to get the ITIN. In that case, should I &lt;a href=&quot;https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2592803-should-we-file-state-taxes-jointly-with-h4-dependent-without-itin&quot;&gt;file for an extension&lt;/a&gt; for filing my California taxes ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ftb.ca.gov/individuals/faq/ivr/201.shtml&quot;&gt;Found&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taxes.ca.gov/Income_Tax/extind.shtml&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt; I do not have to file an extension for CA state taxes. If we can't file by April 15, we have an automatic six-month extension to file our return until October 15. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I found in the instructions book of from 540. It does not say anything when one doesn't have an ITIN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not have an SSN because you are a nonresident or resident&#xA;  alien for federal tax purposes, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)&#xA;  issued you an ITIN, enter the ITIN in the space for the SSN. An ITIN&#xA;  is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to foreign nationals and&#xA;  others who have a federal tax filing requirement and do not qualify&#xA;  for an SSN. It is a nine-digit number that always starts with the&#xA;  number 9&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the questions is, should I wait for ITIN to file my state tax returns. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6203" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T16:03:14.017" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T00:30:19.423" Title="Do I have to wait for ITIN to file California taxes for H4 spouse?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;california&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5760" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5762" CreationDate="2015-03-06T11:21:14.637" Score="2" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on F-1 OPT status and will apply for H1B this coming April 1st. When is the earliest date I can change employers and not have my H1B application revoked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6205" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T10:55:02.103" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T10:55:02.103" Title="Changing employers after applying for H1B (on F-1 OPT)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5760" CreationDate="2015-03-06T14:26:51.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your H1b application has nothing to do with your OPT employer. You can change employers any time as long as they comply with the OPT criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you mean that the employer you work for now is the one applying for H1b, and you want to leave that employer - then you should probably wait until the application is in fact approved, and then the new employer will file a new H1b petition based on the quota already allocated to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T14:26:51.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5755" CreationDate="2015-03-06T16:05:35.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of an automated solution, but Numbeo seems to give you all the information you need. There current weighting is available at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/common/motivation_and_methodology.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.numbeo.com/common/motivation_and_methodology.jsp&lt;/a&gt;. With a little bit of cutting and pasting or some creative web scraping, you should be able to calculate the cost of living using whatever weights you want. The link also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you need more information about the calculations, please Contact Us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so it might be worth asking them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T16:05:35.953" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5658" CreationDate="2015-03-07T00:24:00.867" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One strategy could be to time your move in sync with Open Enrollment period. You can enroll in February even if you you move in say in May - penalty might be more that 2 months of insurance payments (got me thinking about planning). And peace of mind is also worth something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another strategy might be to move into different state in USA where you can also establish residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2015-03-07T00:24:00.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5774" CreationDate="2015-03-07T19:44:36.010" Score="4" ViewCount="568" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I incorporate a company in Singapore, get an employment pass and assign myself as a company's director, do I need to really live in Singapore, or I can control my company from abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T06:43:24.070" Title="Singaporean Employment Pass. Minimum stay in the country?" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-07T20:07:34.773" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that in some US universities, F-1 PhD students are required to have completed their coursework in order to be eligible for Full-time, out-of-vacation pre-completion F1 Optional Practical Training (OPT):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://icenter.stanford.edu/students/current/pre_opt.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stanford&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ph.D. students who have completed their coursework (except for thesis)&#xA;  are eligible for full-time employment during the academic term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://web.mit.edu/iso/immigration/emp_f1_opt.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MIT&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students may apply for pre-completion OPT after completion of all course&#xA;  requirements but before completion of dissertation/thesis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that a legal requirement, or do those Universities simply add more requirements on top of US immigration rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2015-03-08T00:35:26.517" LastActivityDate="2015-03-08T14:40:37.083" Title="Full-time, out-of-vacation pre-completion F1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-07T23:14:56.713" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Court procedures after driving foreign registered car with valid third party insurance by a UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi anybody having experience challenging a traffic violation for the above. &#xA;We had a valid foreign third party insurance which would cover an for third party in the uk. The police officer could not see our name on the green card and concluded that because we are uk residents were not allowed to drive the foreign registerd car which was my mothers. The car was impounded but we are now register it with the dvla and with a british insurance. However we want to know if we should accept a conditional offer of 6 points and a £300 fine or challenging this in court as a valid insurance was in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6209" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T11:06:24.327" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T11:06:24.327" Title="Challenging foreign registered car insurance traffic violation" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T16:21:08.627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2015-03-08T00:53:42.713" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1065667?hl=en&quot;&gt;port your number to Google Voice&lt;/a&gt; for a one time fee of US$20. This will be signficantly cheaper than most other options, and you have the ability to &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.google.com/voice/answer/1316844?hl=en&quot;&gt;port your number out of Google Voice&lt;/a&gt; for free. (If you brought your number into Google Voice, Google waives their US$3 fee.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The benefit to this is that you can continue to receive text messages that deliver to your Google (Gmail/Google Hangouts) account on that number while you are gone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2015-03-08T00:53:42.713" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5521" CreationDate="2015-03-08T01:26:02.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have done this for several years without any problems. There are a couple things that you need to do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Research your Korean provider. (Let's take SKT as an example.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find out what frequencies / technologies they use. This info is all on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Telecom#Services&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the company's page on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure that you choose a phone that supports those frequencies / bands. You can find this information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phonearena.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;all over the internet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only caution is that there are several &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-UTRA#Frequency_bands_and_channel_bandwidths&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;channels&lt;/a&gt;&quot; for LTE. Make sure that you're not just picking LTE vs CDMA vs GSM, but the actual channels or frequencies within the technology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only phones in the last few years that seemed to have major problems were the iPhone 5, which did not support LTE in Korea at all, and the iPhone 4, where the Verizon and Sprint models did not support WCDMA (but only CDMA). All Samsung phones didn't seem to have an issue, nor did LG, Google Nexus family phones, Motorola phones, or most Windows phones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mileage may vary, but I have had great experiences (all except for the iPhone 5).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2015-03-08T01:26:02.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2015-03-08T06:38:49.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got two extra lines, for visiting friends &amp;amp; family. They're used every few months. I keep them on &lt;a href=&quot;http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;T-Mobile Pay-As-You-Go&lt;/a&gt;, which is currently $3/month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2015-03-08T06:38:49.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5766" CreationDate="2015-03-08T14:40:37.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a legal requirement. During the course of your studies you can work for up to 20 hours on campus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have internships as part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ice.gov/sevis/practical-training&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CPT&lt;/a&gt; (which comes from the same time quota as the OPT). Universities don't have to allow internships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-08T14:40:37.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5778" CreationDate="2015-03-08T19:38:41.890" Score="4" ViewCount="2476" Body="&lt;p&gt;We will be moving soon to the UK. We currently have two lhd cars that we intend to replace with a rhd one as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that I could pack a lot of stuff in one of our current cars, drive it to the UK and use it as initial payment for a new one. I know I will loose money this way, but it would save me a lot of trouble, and would somewhat compensate by saving the shipment cost of my stuff. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, is it possible to do something like that? Would a dealership in the UK accept my lhd car? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2015-03-08T21:51:35.923" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T12:18:15.893" Title="Can I trade in a left hand drive car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5737" CreationDate="2015-03-08T22:37:51.653" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For driving schools, a common package includes unlimited self-study sessions for the theoretical exam, 20 one-hour driving lessons and the right to take the practical exam with the school's instructor. Between the driving lessons and the practical exam itself, you have to drive a certain number of kilometers with a friend or relative, in a regular car (that's called “&lt;em&gt;conduite accompagnée&lt;/em&gt;” for youngsters or “&lt;em&gt;conduite supervisée&lt;/em&gt;” for adults). That's how I learned to drive many years ago and it still seems to work that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give you an idea of current prices, such a package can typically be had for about €800 to €1000 but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.letudiant.fr/loisirsvie-pratique/logement/roulez-sans-vous-ruiner_6/les-depenses-a-prevoir-14760.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;it can apparently cost up to €1500 in Paris&lt;/a&gt;. It's less common nowadays but you can also get a “traditional training” with more time with an instructor and no accompanied driving but the price is higher. Some schools also have an “express training” offer if you need a license ASAP, at a premium (importantly, they can give you an exam spot they already booked a long time ago, thus going around the waiting list).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it seems that 20 hours of training with an instructor is a legal minimum to start the accompanied driving phase and/or register for the exam. Some people actually need more (especially if they fail the practical exam the first time) and then you pay by the hour. But since you already know how to drive, you probably don't need all that. It does seem possible to get a waiver from this requirement (presumably from the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt;) but it's not completely clear to me how you should go about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the prices are quite steep, some “low-cost driving school” made the news a few years ago like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.permispascher.org/auto-ecole-a-lille-pas-cher.ws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;permispascher.fr&lt;/a&gt;. The same website mentions a “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.permispascher.org/auto-ecole-en-france--lille--lambersart--st-quentin------ou-en-ligne-permis-pas-cher1.ws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pack candidat libre&lt;/a&gt;” (to assist you in taking the exam independently) for €350. This includes training material for the theoretical exam and two lessons but you have to take care of the paperwork. You also have to pay €99 if you want to get an exam car from them and probably bring a qualified experienced driver to the exam (see below for more on that). There are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.permispascher.org/passage-code-ou-conduite.ws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exam packages&lt;/a&gt; for about €250 each for the theoretical and the practical exam. As far as I can tell, the difference is that in this case an instructor from the school comes along for the exam and they take care of registering you, possibly quicker than if you had to do it yourself (but there is only one evaluation lesson instead of two hours, go figure). Doing something like that with a local driving school could be the best solution for you but you will have to contact a few to see exactly what they are prepared to offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, here is what I could piece together about taking the exam independently from the (usually excellent and trustworthy) official website vosdroits.service-public.fr:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; technically &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2825.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;register for the exam directly&lt;/a&gt; without going through a driving school (that's called being a “&lt;em&gt;candidat libre&lt;/em&gt;”). But you need to have an experienced driver (“&lt;em&gt;accompagnateur&lt;/em&gt;”) with you and a car with “double commands” (i.e. a brake and clutch pedal for the front passenger and a few other special features), which you might be able to rent from a school as mentioned above. The supervising driver is not allowed to receive any reward (presumably to prevent people from running unofficial driving schools).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The website also mentions something about a mandatory 7-hour training for experienced drivers who want to supervise learners for the exam. Some unofficial websites imply that a court decision voided this requirement but the page linked above explicitly says that it's not true (or possibly not true anymore). As far as I understand, the whole thing is intended to allow charitable organizations to help people with low income get a license without paying a for-profit school (as it's difficult to get a job if you can't drive and difficult to pay for a license if you don't have a job). It's definitely not as simple as showing up with a friend's car and passing a short driving test.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2828.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“special sessions” to the theoretical exam for people with special needs&lt;/a&gt;, including those who do not speak French well. Usually that means one session a month, in the chef-lieu of your department (whereas regular sessions are regularly organized in every place larger than a village, typically in town halls and the like). Some unofficial sources also mention something about coming with something like a “court translator” but I have not been able to ascertain this from any official source.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;School or no school, an acquaintance who is involved in one of the charities I mentioned earlier just told me that there is a 7-month waiting time simply to get an exam spot in the &lt;em&gt;département&lt;/em&gt; where I come from so brace yourself for some major inconvenience either way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that practicing the theory exam is probably useful, it has some quirks and is not merely about knowing a few well-known road signs or the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T14:19:25.767" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T14:19:25.767" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5765" CreationDate="2015-03-09T02:27:11.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;After the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=93619&amp;amp;sid=f3c302e352cdd341285514d787ed0db2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;May 2014 changes to the Entrepass scheme&lt;/a&gt;, what you propose is &lt;strong&gt;basically not possible anymore&lt;/strong&gt;.  The Entrepass is no longer suitable for solo entrepreneurs, and you cannot open a company without a resident director, who must be a Singapore citizen or PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual workaround is to hire a nominee director (~S$1500/year) and then get that company to apply for an EP for you.  This is a moderately expensive and risky proposition, and the bar for getting an EP keeps getting raised higher and higher: you're currently looking at a likely minimum of S$8000/mo in salary, from which you have to pay Singapore taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm not aware of any official residency requirement, an EP is intended for someone who is &lt;em&gt;working&lt;/em&gt; in Singapore, not an absentee director.  You would at the very least need to find a residential address in Singapore to &quot;stay&quot; at least on paper, and at renewal time (usually 2 years) you would likely get some pretty pointed questions from the Ministry of Manpower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you choose the nominee director route, you can get effective control of a Singapore company without an EP or physical presence, which is likely what you wanted anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T02:27:11.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-09T09:44:20.617" Score="5" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen and resident of India. I work as an independent software consultant. One of my customers is a company based in Germany. This German company has a client in Paris, France. The German company wants me to work at their client's Paris office for 1 year. It is a fixed term contract, and will end after 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is clear that independent consultants cannot obtain work permits in France, unless they are setting up their own business in France with considerable investment. So I would be offered employment by the German company. The Germany company doesn't have any office or subsidiary in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know for sure that I will need a French work permit. But will I also need German work and residence permits? Or will it be enough if I get the French work permit, and the German company hires me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, which countries will tax my salary? I will receive my salary from the German company directly into my bank accounts in India. Will I have to pay any tax in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6212" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T02:45:25.767" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T02:45:25.767" Title="Do I need any German work or residence permits for a German company to hire me to work in France?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T23:29:51.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5780" CreationDate="2015-03-09T11:19:48.760" Score="2" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will soon accept a job offer in Geneva downtown, and I am living in Valais canton in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my current field of expertise, there is no opportunity in the area; it looks like everything is located in Geneva; a little less in Lausanne.&#xA;I ended up with an opportunity in downtown Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relocating is not something I would enjoy in that city; neither to settle on the French side and commute cross-border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The option I am considering for some time is to make an extreme commute of 2 hours each way, by train.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live within 5 minutes by foot from a station served by Regio trains, which is 3 stops away from Martigny where I catch the InterRegio to Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different options for this case :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take the local train then transfer in Martigny&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Drive to Martigny (15 min), park there then take the long-distance train&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Drive to Sion the other way (15 min), park there then take the long-distance train, and be able to catch the EuroCity trains that are quicker but do not stop at Martigny.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which from the above would be the most time-effective?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, would be upgrading the pass to a first class one a good investment? In the 1st class cars of these trains, the seats are actually wider but there are no tables to work on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2541" LastEditorUserId="2541" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T12:26:29.877" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T16:25:44.270" Title="Extreme commuting project in Switzerland by train" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-03-10T11:52:48.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5772" CreationDate="2015-03-09T11:31:31.017" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't really a market for European LHD cars in the UK (there is however a niche market for American cars though). I assume you'll have a basic European, and EU registered LHD car (otherwise some of the following might not apply to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most dealerships won't buy your car, as they won't be able to resell it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to properly import it. This means they need to modify it to pass MOT, and also lots of paperwork, which costs money.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They won't be able to sell it, as there isn't really a market for European LHD cars.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also their insurance usually only covers RHD cars anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you can do is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to advertise it online. There might be someone willing to buy it (usually for parts though)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to a scrap yard and sell it as parts, as most of the parts in an LHD car is still usable for an RHD car. This is usually an option if your car is common enough, so it has proper market for parts (sometimes they actually ship the parts back to mainland Europe - I know a lot of used Ford parts in Hungary is actually from scrap UK cars).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sell it in your home country, and use the money to buy an RHD car in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just register it with the DVLA, and use it in the UK. Usually the only change you need is to modify the headlights to beam to the left instead of right, and it will pass MOT (given it is in good condition and would pass MOT on its own). You might also want to buy a speedometer that measures speed in miles as well, but that's not mandatory (unless you want to use it as a learners car for someone else - Yes, you don't need to have an RHD to pass the driving test, but it needs to measure the speed in mph). Note that it's not that hard to drive an LHD in the UK (personally I got used to it really quick - I have more issues driving RHD cars, as the gear shift and the rear mirror is on the other side)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you can only drive your non-UK car in the UK as long as you are considered a non-UK resident. Once you settle down you will be considered a UK resident and you can only drive your non-UK car until the border, and you have to tow it from there (though most of the time no one will care until you get a UK driving licence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T13:23:40.620" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T13:23:40.620" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-09T15:35:44.377" Score="3" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the last stages of obtaining my Masters of Science, am young (24), and have been looking at options of getting my first job abroad, specifically Australia has always been that destination for me. Looking at Australia's immigration site, I feel that being sponsored gives you a much better shot applying for a visa. I am lost at where to start looking for jobs that would fit for me and contact the management to talk about sponsorship. My background is a Masters in Computer Engineering and general electronics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now I have set up a account on seek.com.au and browsed a few jobs relating to my field. I have also done general searching on google for mainstream Australian media to expose myself to news and potentially find companies that way. I found in another question a reference to spotjobs.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides for companies that are global and I know exist (Google, Rolls Royce,etc.) are there any sites that advertise tech startups looking for workers or prominent tech companies in Australia? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could also be considered a chicken and the egg problem. Employers look for people eligible to already live/work in Australia/have Australian citizenship, but I am in the process of applying after I get sponsored and talking to the companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Latest developments are that though I have found some jobs an almost perfect fit in my field, they are in defence and require Australian citizenship. Anyone have any success stories for getting a job in non-security clearance, kind of work as an expat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3691" LastEditorUserId="3691" LastEditDate="2015-04-07T15:16:12.507" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T15:16:12.507" Title="Best way of new grad getting sponsored for Australian Work Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5777" CreationDate="2015-03-09T16:15:28.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be honest, it sounds like it'd an extremely long trip that would not be suitable to do every day. Personally I make a 1 hour trip and it's pretty close the upper limit of what is bearable in the long term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the Euro City only make you win 20 minutes for a Sion-Geneva trip (1:33 instead of 1:53), and there is only a couple of those trains per day, so &lt;em&gt;you should not rely on those&lt;/em&gt;. Because those trains connects to Italy there is much more often trouble with them being late than other trains who stays in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking the local train and transfer in Martigny will probably be fine, but keep in mind that there will be once in a while cases where you will miss your train because one is late and the other didn't wait, making you loose 30 minutes. This may easily happen in average once per week if you are not lucky. (but it could also not happen for a month and then happen twice per day 3 days in a row)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory you have a nice 8-10 minute wait each time so it will not be too bad, like if you only had 4 minutes (a situation I had to deal daily not long ago, before I got a bike), so this worst case will happen less often, however the stress of being in a late train and worrying if you'll miss your next one is a horrible feeling, I know what I am talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Parking in Martigny also sounds like a viable option, the town is currently small enough so its traffic should be bearable even in rush hours. Unfortunately I have no idea if you can get a P+R subscription and/or if large enough parks are available. You could also use a 2-tire vehicle, and use the regional train only during winter, as a compromise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option you'd want to consider is to get some shared housing closer to Geneva for Monday-Friday, and keep your geniune home in Valais.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6215" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T16:25:44.270" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T16:25:44.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13625" CreationDate="2015-03-09T17:09:12.480" Score="3" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Master's in a non-STEM degree, but a Bachelor's in a STEM degree. I have already used my Master's F-1 OPT (12 months) and it will expire in June. I am wondering if I can still apply for the F-1 OPT STEM extension using my Bachelor's degree instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6205" LastEditorUserId="6205" LastEditDate="2015-03-09T21:38:11.480" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T18:19:32.993" Title="Using Bachelor's F1-OPT stem extension after having used Master's F1-OPT" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-09T18:55:49.763" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grand-father, his father and brothers of my father went to Johannesburg in South Africa in the late 1890s or early 1900. They all had British passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When my grand-father returned to Lebanon and got married he never transferred the passport to his children and so we ended up not having the nationality. Is there a way to be able to claim it or is it gone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father and his two brothers all died.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6217" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T10:24:41.213" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T10:24:41.213" Title="My grand-father emigrated to South-Africa and then to Lebanon, am I a British citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5782" CreationDate="2015-03-09T19:35:07.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only way I can think of that is even close to what you are looking for is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;. However, this visa requires that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are a Commonwealth citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your grandfather was born in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;among other requirements, such as intending to live and work in the UK. From your description, it sounds like you are not a Commonwealth citizen and therefore would not be eligible for this type of visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T19:35:07.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-10T15:26:03.887" Score="8" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a post on this forum that talked about Canadian pension funds being &quot;withdrawable&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See answer here : &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/34/what-happens-to-my-saved-canadian-pension-funds-when-my-sin-expires/5785#5785&quot;&gt;What happens to my saved Canadian pension funds when my SIN expires?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been in Canada for over 4 years now. Arrived in 2010 and have worked here with work visa until now (not got residence or applied for it) - so SIN is the temporary one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've taken the decision to leave Canada for good this year. My question is if it is in fact possible to withdraw the pension deposits I've made in the time I worked here, how do I go about doing this? Who am I supposed to contact?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6222" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-03-10T15:34:46.093" Title="Canadian pension plan savings withdrawal upon leaving" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-21T08:45:00.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2015-03-10T20:31:14.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.twilio.com/help/faq/porting/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-port-my-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;port your number to Twilio&lt;/a&gt;, then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pay $1/month to keep it active there&lt;/a&gt;. You can also get crafty with forwarding and voicemail and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="855" LastActivityDate="2015-03-10T20:31:14.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5801" CreationDate="2015-03-11T00:38:30.970" Score="4" ViewCount="360" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in the US on a TN status while my financé is still living in Canada. We are both Canadian citizens. She is looking at taking an internship in the US that would grant her a J-1 visa. But looking into it, it looks like after the J-1 visa expires she is required to leave the US and not return for two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really the case for Canadian citizens? When she gets a TD status, will she still be required to remain outside the US until that two-year period has passed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1028" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T16:46:19.357" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T16:46:19.357" Title="Does switching from a J1 visa to TD status prevent you from entering the US for two years?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="621" CreationDate="2015-03-11T03:37:50.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is going to be difficult.&lt;/strong&gt; From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1968 IDP convention as summarized by Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;an international driving licence shall only be issued by the&#xA;  Contracting Party &lt;strong&gt;in whose territory the holder has his normal&#xA;  residence and that issued the domestic driving licence&lt;/strong&gt; or that&#xA;  recognised the driving licence issued by another Contracting Party;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bolded bit there means the only body that can issue an IDP for a Japanese driver's license is the Japanese &quot;Contracting Party&quot; that issued your license in the first place, namely the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/english/license/foreign_license/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Japanese police&lt;/a&gt;.  Knowing how inflexible Japanese bureaucracy is, it will likely be difficult to impossible to get this issued overseas; my wife (who has a Japanese license) looked into this but gave up and got it in person when visiting Japan instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now there is an escape clause there, &quot;...recognised the driving licence issued by another Contracting Party&quot;.  Unfortunately for you, while Germany &lt;em&gt;accepts&lt;/em&gt; the IDP, it's &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit#Countries_recognizing_IDP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not actually a signatory to the convention&lt;/a&gt; and thus not a &quot;Contracting Party&quot;.  This means you would have to convince the relevant German authority &lt;s&gt;police&lt;/s&gt; that your Japanese license is valid &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; that they should issue you an IDP for it, which sounds like a pretty uphill fight to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your path of least resistance is probably going to be to get a German driver's license and then get an IDP for that instead?  Per table 2.1 in this doc, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.germany.info/contentblob/3451086/Daten/1863664/Drivers_LicensePDF.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;neither theory nor practical test is required to convert a Japanese license&lt;/a&gt;, it's just a matter of paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T13:01:27.213" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:01:27.213" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-11T04:26:23.617" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where/How can I encash a US Treasury check in Australia ? &#xA;Of course, for the least fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T22:30:45.607" Title="Where to encash American check in Australia?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2015-03-11T11:48:28.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Portugal allows grandchildren to apply to become naturalized citizens &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nacionalidade.sef.pt/aquisicao.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;under certain conditions&lt;/a&gt; (link in Portuguese):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they must have been born outside of Portugal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they must have a grandparent who did not lose their Portuguese citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly enough, those with Portuguese citizen grandparents who are born in Portugal have stricter requirements: they have to meet one of a number of years-of-residency requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T11:48:28.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5794" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5795" CreationDate="2015-03-11T12:33:18.400" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen, trying to marry a Cape Verdean citizen in Cape Verde. At the government registry office, they tell me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://portoncv.gov.cv/portal/page?_pageid=118,188596&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;amp;p_dominio=25&amp;amp;p_menu=30&amp;amp;p_item=141&amp;amp;p_ent_det=713&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I must give them a &quot;Certificado de Capacidade Matrimonial&quot;&lt;/a&gt; that certifies that I am eligible to marry (i.e., not currently  married). This is supposed to come from my country, the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my embassy tells me that there is no such document that they can give me. &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/abroad/events-and-records/marriage.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The State Department says,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No such government-issued document exists in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went back to the registry office, and told them that, because I'm from the US, this is not a document that could ever exist. When I asked them what I should do, I was helpfully told &lt;em&gt;to go get the marriage eligibility certificate and bring it to them.&lt;/em&gt; The one that can't exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do? Are US citizens not allowed to marry in Cape Verde?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T20:22:01.583" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T00:25:13.700" Title="How can a US citizen demonstrate their marital status, to be able to marry in Cape Verde?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;cape-verde&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5794" CreationDate="2015-03-11T12:33:18.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't worry; you are allowed to marry. There is a process for foreigners who cannot get that certificate, described on &lt;a href=&quot;https://portoncv.gov.cv/portal/page?_pageid=118,188596&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;amp;p_dominio=25&amp;amp;p_menu=28&amp;amp;p_item=131&amp;amp;p_ent_det=690&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;. Ask to speak to other workers, or superiors, at the registry office until you find someone who knows about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;three witnesses swear that you are eligible to marry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;original &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/5799/2037&quot;&gt;or certified copy&lt;/a&gt; of your birth certificate, and that of your future spouse&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;identification documents for you and your future spouse&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask to make sure if there are other documents that you must bring. The process will have to be approved by the Director of the registry office, which could introduce some delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T13:34:51.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5796" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5797" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T12:44:49.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5798" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5799" CreationDate="2015-03-11T13:27:39.590" Score="4" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Cape Verdean registry office is asking me for an &quot;original&quot; of my birth certificate, for more than one process. As a US citizen, this is a fairly expensive document to get! (It would currently cost $45 each for me, not including shipping costs, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vitalchek.com/birth-certificates/new-york/ny-state-vital-records&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VitalCheck&lt;/a&gt;.) Is there some way around this requirement, other than ordering and paying for multiple birth certificates to be shipped from the US? Is it worth it to plead with the workers to give me the certificate back afterwards, so I can use it in another process (or just keep it for myself)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T20:23:07.307" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T11:15:35.853" Title="The registry in Cape Verde wants to keep an &quot;original&quot; of my foreign birth certificate. Must I purchase a new one each time?" Tags="&lt;birth-certificate&gt;&lt;cape-verde&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5798" CreationDate="2015-03-11T13:27:39.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Use certified copies&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You probably won't get very far trying to get your certificate back afterwards. They probably need to keep this in the permanent file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Cape Verde, what they call an &quot;original&quot; birth certificate is a document that &lt;a href=&quot;https://portoncv.gov.cv/portal/page?_pageid=118,188596&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;amp;p_dominio=25&amp;amp;p_menu=30&amp;amp;p_item=141&amp;amp;p_ent_det=1001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;costs 150$00&lt;/a&gt; and is printed on-demand. Unlike birth certificates in some countries like the United States, these documents have an expiration date. They contain additional information unrelated to birth, such as marriages and name changes, in an &quot;Annotations&quot; section. This might be why they don't think twice about asking you for an original birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is that, for any process that requires an &quot;original&quot; birth certificate, you should be able to submit a certified copy of it. You can get certified copies of most any document at the local Notary Office; this costs only &lt;a href=&quot;https://portondinosilhas.gov.cv/portonprd/porton.portoncv?p=AACEC7BDB7C4AFADB0BBCCCDC4C4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;550$00 per document&lt;/a&gt; (not per page). As is the norm in Cape Verde, you must bring the photocopy to them; they won't make the photocopy there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bad news is that foreign birth certificates used in Cape Verde are treated as having an expiration date of 6 months after they're emitted, even if they'd be valid longer in the country they're from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget that you will have to have the document translated, since it's not written in Portuguese. Also, for some processes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://portoncv.gov.cv/portal/page?_pageid=118,188596&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;amp;p_dominio=25&amp;amp;p_menu=30&amp;amp;p_item=141&amp;amp;p_ent_det=713&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;such as marriage&lt;/a&gt;, your birth certificate can't come directly from the US to Cape Verde. It must first be authenticated at the Cape Verdean &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.embcv-usa.gov.cv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassy&lt;/a&gt;, in Washington, D.C., or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://conscvboston.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Consulate&lt;/a&gt; in Boston. They will staple an additional page to it stating that they have found it to be authentic. You can then create certified copies of the entire document (certificate + authentication) in Cape Verde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-21T11:15:35.853" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T11:15:35.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3088" CreationDate="2015-03-11T21:35:11.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is too late, as the 2016 Diversity Visa registration ended Nov. 3, 2014, but...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2016-Instructions-Translations/DV_2016_Instructions_English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2016 Diversity Visa instructions&lt;/a&gt;, it states that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you may choose your country of eligibility as [...] the country of birth of either of your parents if you were born in a country in which neither parent was born and in which the parents were not resident at the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in your case, &lt;strong&gt;you can only choose Egypt as your country of eligibility if neither of your parents was a residence of the UAE when you were born.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's the case, and you really do have a choice, the documents on the State Department's &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa/diversity-visa-program-statistics.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa Program Statistics page&lt;/a&gt; have enough information to compare the relative odds in past lotteries of being chosen in those countries. (Don't forget, things might be different in future years.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in the 2015 lottery, there were 7,649 applicants from the United Arab Emirates. Including derivatives (spouses and children), the total was 15,696. 195 of these were registered. My guess, from the wording on the web page and from the numbers given, is that this number includes derivatives. (They don't seem to say explicitly.) That would mean 1.2% were chosen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Egypt, there were 309,143 applicants, for a total of 763,701 counting derivatives. 4,988 chosen means a 0.65% success rate, lower than that for the UAE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, no country in 2015 had more than 5,000 selected entrants. Looking at some other countries' numbers, it appears that most of the countries in the Africa region (like Egypt) with well under 5,000 selected have similar success rates to each other, and the same for the Asia region (which includes the UAE). It's the ones near 5,000 that appear to have reduced rates of success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows that &lt;strong&gt;the chance of getting chosen in the 2015 lottery was lower for applicants from Egypt than from those in the UAE.&lt;/strong&gt; Applicants from Egypt were effectively penalized, by a lower chance of success, because of the high number of total applicants + derivatives from that country. Clearly the applicants from the UAE had no such problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The numbers from 2014 tell a similar story, with a better chance of success from the UAE than from Egypt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in your case, no reason to complicate things. If you feel the most logical country to put on your application is the United Arab Emirates, then just put it on your application. Past lottery results are in your favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T21:35:11.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5788" CreationDate="2015-03-12T01:02:22.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2-year requirement in INA 212(e) only applies to immigrant visas and H and L nonimmigrant visas. It does not apply to TN and TD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Foreign Affairs Manual explicitly confirms this for TN/TD in &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040217.html#M402_17_11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.17-11&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T15:22:00.833" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T15:22:00.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-12T08:02:24.073" Score="3" ViewCount="798" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to drive my car from Italy to my house in London but I have still american plates and in Italy I had never problems with that! However, the information on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gov.uk website&lt;/a&gt; is so confusing because they wrote that I must ask a temporary permit but that's only for non EU residents! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian resident. My car is sign to my cousin in Texas and I have texan registration plates. Can I drive in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6229" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T08:19:38.270" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T17:18:06.677" Title="Drive American car with American plates go the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7419" CreationDate="2015-03-13T01:24:43.173" Score="5" ViewCount="2719" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is transferring with her current employer for two years to Ireland on a Critical Skills work permit. I will be going with her and plan on continuing to work my current US job remotely from Ireland. I am a software developer for a small US business with no foreign presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that a Work Permit is not applicable in this case since I will not be working for an Irish company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6233" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-13T08:10:04.793" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:19:51.273" Title="What do I need to work remotely for US company while living abroad in Ireland with wife on Critical Skills permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-13T02:23:13.507" Score="1" ViewCount="907" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me with French income tax? My wife and I are retired (both over 65). I'm a UK citizen living with my wife in the USA. She has never lived in the UK. We are planning a move to Brittany, France. We have no dependants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our annual gross income is 61,700 euros at present exchange rates (my wife's contribution is 42,700 euros. Mine is 20,000 euros). We will have no mortgage payments. How much income tax will we pay on that sum (I'm only interested in income tax, plus other annual taxes i.e. social security? but not property taxes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6136" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-03-13T13:19:08.897" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T08:39:47.987" Title="How Much Income Tax Will We Pay In France?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5806" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-13T15:34:53.357" Score="6" ViewCount="1531" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU-Citizen and I'd like to consider opportunity of working in Australia as IT-specialist (developer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I find an opportunity to work there as contractor/freelancer, can I simply register my company there? Or there are special requirements to be met? How do I apply for visa in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Australia grants visa to computer specialists without any problem, because they are needed there, if they want to be employed there. Do the same applies to contractors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6237" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-13T15:53:58.277" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T11:39:09.917" Title="Working as contractor in Australia as foreign citizen (EU)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5805" CreationDate="2015-03-13T21:33:19.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A simulation for a married couple having 42700 € + 20000 € retirement pension income with no other mentions lead to a 6420 € income tax (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www3.finances.gouv.fr/calcul_impot/2015/simplifie/index.htm&quot;&gt;http://www3.finances.gouv.fr/calcul_impot/2015/simplifie/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That does not take into account social security, as I don't know whether this is mandatory for a foreigner resident in france. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T21:33:19.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5805" CreationDate="2015-03-14T08:39:47.987" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a complement to @audionuma's answer, note that in France “social security” contributions are traditionally collected on wages, not on income generally, with a few special rules for students, freelancers (“&lt;em&gt;travailleurs indépendants&lt;/em&gt;”) and the like. Consequently, pensioners generally do not pay any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few exceptions, most notably the CSG and CRDS, created in the 1990s specifically to have a broader base than wages. Unlike regular contributions, they do not open any entitlements (“&lt;em&gt;droits&lt;/em&gt;”) to health insurance coverage but they do apply to foreign pensions, which means that expats in your situation have to pay them in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure of all the details but you should expect to pay something like 7% of your before-tax income (to make everything more complicated, some – but not all – of it is deducted from your income before computing your income tax). That would be about €4000, on top of the €6500 in income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T08:39:47.987" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5802" CreationDate="2015-03-14T17:18:06.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information on the UK government web site you linked seems clear to me. I suspect you have simply misread it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant part appears to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Customs relief for non-EU vehicles&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to claim relief from customs charges if your vehicle is registered outside the EU and you’re bringing it to the UK temporarily. This is known as ‘&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-308-temporary-admission-temporarily-importing-non-eu-means-of-transport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;temporary admission&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Fill in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/import-and-export-temporary-admission-notice-of-arrival-of-a-non-eu-private-motor-vehicle-c110&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form C110&lt;/a&gt; and take your vehicle through the ‘nothing to declare’ channel when you arrive in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't apply to &quot;non-EU residents&quot;, it applies to vehicles registered outside the EU (and Texas is quite far outside the EU).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you must make sure that the vehicle's &lt;a href=&quot;http://twostepsonesticker.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;inspection and registration sticker&lt;/a&gt; is current before you go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must not be bringing the vehicle to the UK in order to sell the vehicle there or to establish residence in the UK and must export it again in order to qualify for the customs relief. And as the page also mentions, you will need the customs relief form if you are stopped by police.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T17:18:06.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5814" CreationDate="2015-03-14T21:09:49.803" Score="3" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to France soon and one of the first things I'll need to do is get a phone number.  I am looking for a short overview of the state of mobile phone service providers in France so I can make a quick decision and not look back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be more specific, here are the criteria that are important:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I already have a GSM phone (not a smartphone)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can't commit for longer than 1 yr and I'm not willing to pay a deposit.  That probably leaves only pre-pay choices, which is okay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't care about data.  I only need voice and text, with voice being a priority.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'll mostly be calling a small group of people.  If there's anything like a family plan, or cheaper calls within the same provider, I would like to make use of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good coverage is important (inside of buildings too).  I don't know if this is an issue at all in France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T14:50:29.563" Title="State of cell phone providers in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5812" CreationDate="2015-03-14T21:14:45.127" Score="1" ViewCount="1263" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is related to the recent &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/03/12/ramieh-odeh-sentencing/70198650/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;case of Rasmieh Odeh&lt;/a&gt;, a Palestinian activist that was found to have lied in her US citizenship application and will, according to some sources, be deported to Jordan. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/01/prominent-palestinian-american-community-activist-arrested.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Daily Beast says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If she is convicted, she faces a fine and 10 years in prison. She will then be stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported to Jordan, where she holds citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since most (or maybe all?) countries allow a person to cancel their citizenship, there could be a case where this kind of person only has a US citizenship (even though they are born abroad, but in a country that does not recognize &quot;citizenship through birth&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that kind of situation, would the person not be deported? Or would the government look for some country to accept the person even though s/he is not their citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4849" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T19:09:09.773" Title="Where would US immigration deport a person who has only a US citizenship but lied in citizenship application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5811" CreationDate="2015-03-14T21:48:09.130" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In that kind of situation, would the person not be deported? Or would&#xA;  the government look for some country to accept the person even though&#xA;  s/he is not their citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of John Demjanjuk, for example, he was deported to Germany. However in that case, Germans accepted him not because of the goodness of their heart, but because they wanted to put him on trial there. But that is an example of a person stripped of the US citizenship due to lying on the immigrations forms and deported despite having any other citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_deported_or_removed_from_the_United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;whole list&lt;/a&gt; of people who lied on their forms and (some) were stripped of their US citizenship and removed from the US. Most end up being deported to sympathetic countries (as the case with various Palestinian/Islamic terrorists/Spies), countries of birth (as the case with many Nazi collaborators who didn't stand trial after being deported or Russian spies) or countries who agreed to accept them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship for people naturalizing elsewhere, it is safe to assume that those originally from Germany were stateless when their US citizenship was revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mousa Abu-Marzuk (a Gaza-born Palestinian terrorist) was deported to Jordan despite not being a Jordanian (only the West-Bank born Palestinians hold Jordanian citizenship). Jordan was, reportedly, pressured by the US to accept him. He now lives in Egypt. Gaza-born Palestinians are stateless (hold PA passports).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vicky Pelaez, a Peruvian who was deported to Russia as part of the Russian-US spy exchange several years ago. She now lives in Moscow, Russia. I'm not sure about her citizenship status.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T21:48:09.130" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5810" CreationDate="2015-03-15T07:53:35.537" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, prepaid offers in France kind of suck compared to what I have seen in other countries. Your number remains active but your credit is only valid for a very short time (even with an international brand like Simyo, which offers completely different conditions elsewhere!) and calls can be expensive. For example, a €5 credit typically has to be used within 7 to 15 days. By contrast, in the Netherlands credit remains valid forever as long as you send a SMS or place a call every six months!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What most people get instead are cheaper “no commitment” contracts. You pay €5-10 a month and you can stop the contract at any time. One difference with a prepaid offer is that it can be a tad more expensive if you never call and only want to keep your number alive. The difference with a premium 1 or 2-year contract is that you don't get a (smart)phone and only limited or expensive data service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the main thing is that if you get a plan (“&lt;em&gt;forfait&lt;/em&gt;” or “&lt;em&gt;abonnement&lt;/em&gt;” in French), you need to give the operator a credit card or bank account number (which means a potential for extra charges if you are not careful). The only way to avoid this is by getting a “&lt;em&gt;forfait bloqué&lt;/em&gt;”. In that case, once you exhaust your credit, you won't be able to call instead of being charged extra. You will notice that these “&lt;em&gt;forfait bloqué&lt;/em&gt;” can be 50-100% more expensive than other plans, providers obviously count on your running some extra charges at some point to turn a profit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the conditions for calls are extremely generous compared to other European countries. The most basic plans typically include 2-3 hours of voice call to landlines all over Europe and beyond and mobiles in France (and sometimes North America). For €10-12, you get unlimited calls to landlines and mobiles in France and to landlines in many other countries (particularly useful for expats!). Orange used to have a family pack type of offer but I think they dropped it because unlimited calls are so cheap. SMS are now unlimited for just about any plan or operator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to read the fine print to see what's best for you but I think all this is true for all entry-level low-data offers including Sosh (discount brand from Orange) and La Poste Mobile on the Orange network, “forfait RED” or Virgin Mobile on the SFR network, B&amp;amp;You from Bouygues Telecom, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you get a residential landline/Internet offer (a ‘box’ as they call it in France), you can often get a cheaper deal on a mobile contract and/or unlimited calls to most countries in Europe from your landline for a small surcharge. So if you are planning on getting ADSL anyway, this could also be interesting for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as network quality is concerned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2014/10/20/ufc-que-choisir-critique-la-qualite-des-reseaux-de-sfr-et-de-free_4509330_3234.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Free (a relative newcomer) and SFR&lt;/a&gt; have been criticized, but mostly for data coverage. Voice coverage in buildings is not perfect (is it ever?) but I don't think there are big differences between the three main networks (that's Orange, SFR and Bouygues) in this respect (not sure about Free).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-15T14:50:29.563" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T14:50:29.563" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5806" CreationDate="2015-03-15T11:39:09.917" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's not that simple&lt;/strong&gt;.  To legally work in Australia, you must have a work visa, and the most common work visa (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/pages/457.aspx&quot;&gt;457&lt;/a&gt;) requires a qualified Australian company to sponsor you.  It's possible to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.truebluemigration.com/457-visa-self-sponsorship/&quot;&gt;self-sponsor a 457&lt;/a&gt;, meaning you create an Australian company for the primary purpose of hiring yourself, but this is expensive and not risk-free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T11:39:09.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5819" CreationDate="2015-03-15T19:08:53.217" Score="3" ViewCount="4027" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the USA on a J1 visa and thanks to a tax treaty with my country I am tax exempt for 2 years.  Does this mean 2 tax years or 24 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if I arrived to the US on August 1st 2012, does the tax treaty apply from Aug 1 2012 to July 31 2014, i.e. 24 months, or from Aug 1 2012 to Dec 31 2013, i.e. 17 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the situation referred to as &quot;dual status alien&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am primarily looking for references rather than an answer stating yes or no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6248" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T10:03:06.663" Title="Tax treaty with USA -- exemption for 2 tax years or 24 months?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5811" CreationDate="2015-03-15T19:09:09.773" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person renounces their American citizenship from the London Embassy, the policy there is not to permit the renouncement until/unless that person has another citizenship; that is, they have rules to commit itself to prevent people from becoming stateless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't be surprised therefore, if in the case of revocation, the person being stripped of citizenship might simply be detained until a negotiation is resolved with another country to accept them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A pretty easy catch-all would be Ecuador. Ecuador honors the &quot;Citizen of the World&quot; passport, which is relatively easy to obtain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T19:09:09.773" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5816" CreationDate="2015-03-15T21:33:16.703" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the actual treaty (so no references since you didn't tell which one it is), but generally it is 24 months. So if you started the clock from August, your exemption lasts till the end of July of the second year. On the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040nr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1040NR Schedule OI&lt;/a&gt;, you write down the months of the exemption that you've used for each year (line L).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the exemption expires your substantial presence clock starts ticking and you may end up being dual status alien for that year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dual status alien is a person who is only resident for tax purposes for part of the year. You file two forms: 1040NR for the non-resident portion of the year, and 1040 for the resident portion of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T21:33:16.703" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5816" CreationDate="2015-03-16T10:03:06.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As littleadv says, how the income tax exemption from the treaty works depends on exactly what the treaty says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for whether you are a resident alien or nonresident alien for U.S. federal tax purposes, that is determined completely by U.S. domestic law, and is a separate issue from treaty tax exemptions. Who is a resident is discussed in Publication 519.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are a resident alien if you satisfy either the Green Card Test or the Substantial Presence Test. For the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2014_publink1000222128&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Substantial Presence Test&lt;/a&gt;, you are a resident for 2014 if (the number of days you are present in the U.S. during 2014) + (1/3 of the number of days you are present in the U.S. during 2013) + (1/6 of the number of days you are present in the U.S. during 2012) &gt;= 183 days. Basically, if you are in the U.S. for half of the year, you meet the test, and even if you aren't, days from previous years can be counted in a certain proportion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, days are not counted in the Substantial Presence Test for people in certain statuses, the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2014_publink1000222138&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exempt individuals&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. You didn't say what kind of J1 you have; if you were a J1 student, then you would be an exempt individual as a &quot;student&quot;; for any other kind of J1, you would be an exempt individual as a &quot;teacher or trainee&quot;. However, whether you are an exempt individual also depends on whether you were an exempt individual in past years. A &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2014_publink1000222143&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;student&lt;/a&gt;&quot; is not be an exempt individual if they have been an exempt individual for any part of 5 previous calendar years. A &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2014_publink1000222140&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;teacher or trainee&lt;/a&gt;&quot; is not be an exempt individual if they have been an exempt individual for any part of 2 calendar years in the previous 6 calendar years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if this is the first time you're in the U.S., this means that, if you are a student, you will be a nonresident alien your first 5 calendar years, and a resident alien thereafter; if you are a J1 and not a student, you will be a nonresident alien your first 2 calendar years, and a resident alien thereafter. So, for you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a J1 student, you are an exempt individual for your J1 time in 2014. None of your days are counted towards the Substantial Presence Test, so you don't pass it. You would be a &lt;strong&gt;nonresident alien for all of 2014&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a J1 and not a student, you would not be an exempt individual for any part of 2014, since you have already been an exempt individual for some part of 2 of the last 6 years (2012 and 2013), and thus all of your days in the U.S. in 2014 are counted in the Substantial Presence Test, which you would pass for 2014. So you would be a &lt;strong&gt;resident alien for all of 2014&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In neither case would you be dual-status.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many tax treaties, the tax exemptions do not apply to resident aliens, due to a &quot;saving clause&quot;. If your tax treaty is like this, and if you are a resident, then you are not exempt from the tax. However, some tax treaties do not do this; e.g. the U.S.-China tax treaty's saving clause does not apply to the sections for students and researchers, so they can continue to use tax treaty benefits after becoming a resident. (The U.S.-China tax treaty has 36 months of income tax exemption for researchers, which usually falls over 4 calendar years, much longer than the 2 calendar years that they are nonresident.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T10:03:06.663" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5820" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-16T10:42:58.877" Score="6" ViewCount="4571" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a UK tier 2 visa holder from Australia. I resigned from my position and returned &lt;strong&gt;permanently&lt;/strong&gt; to Australia three months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just received an email with a &quot;Notice of Curtailment&quot; regarding my UK tier 2 visa, informing me that I have to leave the UK by a given date (or submit a new application).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I send them a letter saying that I already left? Are you suppose to notify them when you leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6252" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T14:45:51.180" Title="Resigned from my position on UK Tier 2 Visa: Do I need to notify UK Visas and Immigration that I have left the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5825" CreationDate="2015-03-16T13:56:38.883" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/15/farage-backs-five-year-state-school-ban-uk-immigrants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Independence Party claims&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I got a work permit in America for two years and I went with my family, I would have to pay for education and health.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is in the context of dependents and secondary education, as seen by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ukip.org/issues&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UKIP's proposed policy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Immigrants must financially support themselves and their dependents for 5 years. This means private health insurance (except emergency medical care), education and housing ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are dependents of immigrants to the US allowed to attend public (state) secondary schools, or is their only option private schooling? If they are allowed to attend state schools, do the immigrants pay for this? Does this depend on the type of immigrant visa or status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-17T10:19:51.390" LastActivityDate="2015-03-18T12:50:53.780" Title="Education as immigrant to US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5823" CreationDate="2015-03-16T22:39:23.760" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The claim by UKIP's leader is &lt;strong&gt;not true with respect to education.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Terminology&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the following I will follow the US State Department's wording for &amp;quot;immigrant&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;nonimmigrant&amp;quot;: immigrant visas are visas for the purpose of &amp;quot;[living] permanently in the United States&amp;quot; as &amp;quot;a lawful permanent resident&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;), so all other visas are considered &amp;quot;nonimmigrant&amp;quot;. That means &amp;quot;immigrant&amp;quot; will refer to persons who are residing, or intend to reside, on a permanent or indefinite basis in the United States. This is different from the usage in that article, which seems to call workers on temporary work permits &amp;quot;immigrants&amp;quot;. The State Department would call them non-immigrants, because their stay is temporary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(Neither usage is &amp;quot;more correct&amp;quot;; it's just a question of semantics, and this answer covers both immigrants and non-immigrants.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Public school access to non-citizens&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dependents of immigrants and temporary workers in the United States &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; allowed to attend public elementary and secondary schools (&amp;quot;K-12&amp;quot;). Tuition is free, not paid directly by immigrants, according to USCIS's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/tools/green-card-resources/welcome-united-states&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, page 50:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Public schools are free ... Your federal and state income taxes and your local property taxes pay for these schools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Department of Education's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/guid/unaccompanied-children.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance&lt;/a&gt;, this even extends to illegal immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, dependents of persons present in the United States on most visa categories are allowed to study at public K-12 schools. According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's document &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/Nonimmigrant%20Class%20Who%20Can%20Study.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Nonimmigrants: Who Can Study?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, the only exceptions to this (who are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; allowed to study in public K-12 schools) are dependents of those in the US on the following non-immigrant visa categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visitors (B) (though in some cases they can still study)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Aliens in Transit (C)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Crewmen (D)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Foreign Media Representatives (I)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Minor children of those on all other visa categories can study at public K-12 schools. This includes temporary workers (class H nonimmigrant visas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Possible source of confusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps UKIP was confused by the following. &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/kindergarten-to-grade-12-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;According to the Department of Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An F-1 student may attend an Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified public high school (grades nine through 12), with certain restrictions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For a maximum period of 12 months – This time limit includes all public schools the student attends. You cannot spend a year at one public high school and then transfer to another.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must pay the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of attending the school district. Payment of this fee must occur before the child applies for an F-1 visa. You must be able to present proof of this payment is at the visa interview and at the port of entry when you apply for admission into the United States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this applies to &lt;em&gt;only those on F-1 visas&lt;/em&gt;, which is a non-immigrant visa to attend school in the US. (Translated into common terms, this means &amp;quot;exchange students can only study as part of their exchange program&amp;quot;, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a general policy for all non-citizens.) Their dependents are not subject to these restrictions, as they have F-2 visas, not F-1 visas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A minor F-2 or M-2 dependent of an F-1 or M-1 student may attend public school at the appropriate grade level without any additional permission or documentation from SEVP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-03-18T12:50:53.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5831" CreationDate="2015-03-17T02:42:35.163" Score="4" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and having good experience in my job profile - &lt;strong&gt;QA [Software + Web testing + Mobile app testing]&lt;/strong&gt;. I have heard that in Singapore there are lot of more opportunity and really good place for strong career.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also thing is Employers will offer Job only if I have Work Visa, I can get Work visa only if I have valid offer letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from India. I want to know which visa I need to get to go to Singapore and search for job and stay there. I also want to know if there is any  intermediate organisation who conduct interview to get job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6257" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2015-03-18T01:51:32.123" LastActivityDate="2015-03-18T01:58:28.457" Title="Visa to search for job in Singapore" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-17T03:05:24.003" Score="2" ViewCount="708" Body="&lt;p&gt;We (two people) are moving to France from the USA.  We can't carry all our stuff in suitcases, it's simply too much.  What is the cheapest safe way to move things?  Think the usual things one might want to bring, a few books, clothes, simple household items, and the odd weird thing one wouldn't part with (imagine anything from a small bicycle pump to LEGO pieces).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is USPS shipping the best way?&lt;/strong&gt;  If yes, what do I need to consider to make it go smoothly through customs?  I worry about things such as the package being opened at customs and many tiny things falling out.  Also, should I use my own box or get a box from USPS?  Can/should I get a wooden crate to make sure the box won't fall apart?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would probably fit in about 25-40 kg (a very rough estimate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a clarification, this question has two main parts: (1) how to move cheaply (2) security, i.e. ensuring that everything arrives in good order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="6087" LastEditDate="2015-04-14T02:36:40.440" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T15:41:56.463" Title="Cheap way to move stuff from USA to Western Europe" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-17T11:51:14.313" Score="2" ViewCount="610" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a ILR how long can I stay away from the UK?&#xA;I have immigrated here and hold an ILR in my US Passport since 1987.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have not paid to have a new ILR stamp in my passport as I felt the £900+ charge was outrageous and my MP has looked into it and as long as I carry my expired passports with me I can travel in and out of the Uk at will.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I am now looking to stay in Spain for an extended period of time and want to make sure I do not loose my ILR status.&#xA;How long can I say away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6259" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T14:41:10.753" Title="If I have a ILR how long can I stay away from the UK?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5828" CreationDate="2015-03-17T14:41:10.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is addressed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407944/Immigration_Rules_-_Part_1_20150302.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paragraph 18 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;, which says in part...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;has not been away from the United Kingdom for more than 2 years; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The workaround for this rule is given in Paragraph 19...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person who does not benefit from the preceding paragraph by reason&#xA;  only of having been away from the United Kingdom too long may&#xA;  nevertheless be admitted as a returning resident if, for example, he&#xA;  has lived here for most of his life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your ILR will time out after 2 years of not residing in the UK.  If this happens, the remedy is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/returning-resident-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Returning Resident Visa&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need a Returning Resident visa to come back to live in the UK if&#xA;  you were previously settled (given ‘indefinite leave to enter or&#xA;  remain’) and you have either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...but these are notoriously &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/faq-tip-%E2%80%9Creturning-resident%E2%80%9D-visa-rrv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hard to qualify for&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T14:41:10.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5820" CreationDate="2015-03-17T14:55:39.240" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not have to reply to a curtailment notice, and they have no facility to store your reply in the first instance.  As long as you are gone by the curtailment date, you will have acquitted yourself of any further obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are still in the UK when your curtailment arrives, read &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5504/how-to-terminate-a-uk-tier-2-visa/5512#5512&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply for a visa in the future, you will asked to enter your previous dates in the UK and you can provide the information then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people send them a reply anyway because it adds to their comfort, and nothing prevents your posting a letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later this year, they will begin implementing exit checks, and computer records will exist from that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T14:55:39.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5826" CreationDate="2015-03-18T01:58:28.457" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no visa specifically for looking for work&lt;/strong&gt;.  What you can do, though, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/overseasmission/london/visa_information/entryvisa_requirements.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a visa as an ordinary tourist&lt;/a&gt;, enter Singapore, and then look for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-03-18T01:58:28.457" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-18T02:44:36.517" Score="5" ViewCount="784" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating to the UK from the US, the moving company is telling me that certain items are not allowed through customs in a shipped container, but I cannot find any official information backing this up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular they mentioned that you cannot bring food of any sorts, including dry spices. I have tried to check online, and it seems that spices are in fact allowed but I am not sure if that is only in the personal luggage so the question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a different set of restrictions for goods that are shipped than for goods that are carried in the personal luggage? In this particular case, I am traveling from a non-EU country to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6260" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-18T07:30:54.960" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T23:05:57.747" Title="UK Customs for shipped container" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5833" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5834" CreationDate="2015-03-18T16:51:32.103" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone could at least point me to the right website where the information resides is good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from Brazil and I used to buy a lot of things from China, US, UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm leaving in Spain and I'm afraid of buying abroad as I don't know the laws and taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3701" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T11:45:48.263" Title="What are the laws and the tax regulation when importing goods into Spain" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5833" CreationDate="2015-03-18T17:35:04.447" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spain is part of the European Union. There can be some minutes differences in procedures and interpretation but broadly speaking, it means that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can import &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/travellers/within_eu/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;just about anything&lt;/a&gt; for your personal use from other EU countries, including the UK. The only major exception beyond things that are illegal in most European countries are “means of transport” (i.e. a new car, a plane or a boat).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The rules on imports from &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; the EU are the same than in other EU countries. If you have difficulties finding a good source of info, guidance from the EU itself or from other EU countries should generally apply to Spain as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you can carry fresh food, 10 liters of spirit or hundreds of cigarettes over the border with France or Portugal, order books or food from online shops in Germany or the UK without any concern – even alcohol if they offer it, which they sometimes don't because there are special restrictions on that and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/faq/taxation/faq_1179_en.htm#17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the vendor, not the customer, has to take care of the extra paperwork&lt;/a&gt;. Within the EU, VAT and the like are taken care of by merchants and as long as you are not importing illegal drugs, counterfeit goods or huge quantities of tobacco to resell it, you can't really do anything wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you import something from the US or China, you might have to pay some taxes or run afoul of some rules about food safety and the like. For example, a colleague once received a bill from the customs for a single book ordered from the US. They just opened the parcel and found an invoice without proper import papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you want something from outside Europe, it might be easier to look for an importer in another European country than to order directly. For example, I often order English-language books (even those published in the US) from the UK and Germany, where they are reasonably cheap and easy to get rather than from the country I live in or directly from the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-19T11:45:48.263" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T11:45:48.263" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-18T18:38:53.390" Score="4" ViewCount="1059" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a UK Ancestry visa from South Africa, to live and work in the UK. I have completed my application form, signed the declaration, booked an appointment and paid the visa fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have to create a Teleperformance account in South Africa, before I can go to my appointment. When creating my Teleperformance account, the compulsory 'Visa type &amp;amp; Travel Purpose' dropdown only has the following options: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Student;&#xA;Transit;&#xA;Other Non-Settlement;&#xA;Family Visitor (&gt;6 months);&#xA;Family Visitor (&amp;lt;6 months);&#xA;Settlement;&#xA;Visitor (&gt;6 months);&#xA;Visitor (&amp;lt;6 months);&#xA;Tier 1;&#xA;Tier 2;&#xA;Tier 4;&#xA;Tier 5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ancestry Visa does not fall under any of those visa types. But I have to select one of these to move forward and create a Teleperformance account. Their Contact Us page is useless and is a 'Feedback and Complaints' page, where you can't actually add any feedback or complaints. There is no email or number to call, so I am stuck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My visa appointment is very soon so I am stressing out a bit. If anyone has had experience with Ancestry Visas and this Teleperformance site, advice would be most helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6263" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T12:10:18.407" Title="Applying for an UK Ancestry Visa, can't select that visa type on Teleperformance website" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-12-29T15:41:42.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5836" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-03-18T21:18:26.470" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Republic of Cabo Verde&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/POtDK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag of Cape Verde&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Republic of Cabo Verde, commonly known in English as Cape Verde, is an island country consisting of 10 official islands, 9 of them inhabited by about half a million people total. It is located about 570 kilometres (350 mi) west of Dakar, Senegal. The official currency is the Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE/ECV/$00), the country calling code is +238, and the timezone is UTC-1 year-round.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The capital and largest city is Praia, on the island of Santiago. While it is not the main tourist destination, this is where most foreign embassies and consulates are located. The official language is Portuguese, though the local Cape Verdean Creole dialects, based on Portuguese, are more often spoken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cape Verde is a member of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ecowas.int/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ECOWAS&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cplp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CPLP&lt;/a&gt;. Citizens of other such countries may have special rights in Cape Verde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Useful Links&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government information portal for citizens, residents, and non-residents: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portondinosilha.cv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portondinosilha&lt;/a&gt; (mainly in Portuguese; partial English translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government body responsible for taxation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minfin.gov.cv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Finance and Planning&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://def.policianacional.cv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Border Control and Immigration&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T03:39:56.003" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T03:39:56.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5837" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-03-18T21:18:26.470" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Republic of Cabo Verde, also known as Cape Verde." OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-19T19:00:10.800" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T19:00:10.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5840" CreationDate="2015-03-19T04:49:16.530" Score="2" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an investment in ANZ and every time I receive an interest payment there is a discount of &lt;strong&gt;33%&lt;/strong&gt; of withholding tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have it for a while, the &lt;strong&gt;33%&lt;/strong&gt; quote doesn't vary with the amount of interest paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know more about this tax. I think an answer that comprises of the answers of these 3 questions should suffice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does 33% look right? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a non-resident, do I have the right to get part of that back? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I get my residency, will it change?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to add more information :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6264" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T22:36:12.490" Title="Non-Resident Withholding Tax in New Zealand" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3271" CreationDate="2015-03-19T05:07:00.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am also a Canadian. Last year I stayed in Korea for the full six months and did not apply for an Alien Registration Card. This didn't cause me any real problems. However, if it is possible to get your ARC, it will make little things easier, such as applying for a mobile contract, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6265" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T05:07:00.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5838" CreationDate="2015-03-19T05:22:33.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First you need to make sure you are non-resident for tax purposes. In New Zealand, if you have lived in the country for 183 days out of 365, you are considered a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case you have to provide your bank with a valid IRD number, so your income can be reported to the taxation authorities. If you have not provided, your savings income will be taxed at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ird.govt.nz/rwt/receiving/how-much/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;default rate of 33%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for getting this back, I believe the next time you lodge a tax return you would be refunded this amount if you are found to owe less tax than what you paid during the financial year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2015-03-29T22:36:12.490" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T22:36:12.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-19T10:28:57.713" Score="2" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently moved to Malaga for a job at Oracle. I'm planning on being here for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In doing so I've left a lot of my life behind in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a car which if I sold to a dealer, I'd be taking a massive loss on. And my PC which I built in 2012 which is slowly just growing more and more outdated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My PC is in a huge Cosmos II case and weighs about 30/35kg in total. What would people suggest is the cheapest way of bringing it here alongside my 2 monitors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6269" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T22:52:11.057" Title="Cheapest way to transport PC from UK to Spain (Malaga)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5842" CreationDate="2015-03-19T11:43:31.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We were moving a lot of stuff from Poland, also screens and the computer, and we used courier services. It was worth it since if you pack the stuff correctly there is no way they can destroy it, it is quite fast and cheap. We transferred a lot of stuff this way. It was the cheapest way from Poland, I believe UK has it similar when it comes to prices cause the couriers are worldwide brands.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WPa51.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6271" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T11:43:31.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5842" CreationDate="2015-03-19T14:27:29.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having a car is actually an advantage. If you would need to rent a van or otherwise procure one just to move, it could be too expensive but since you already have a vehicle, you can just pack your stuff in it and drive to Spain (surely you have got a few other things than your PC you had like to keep…). That's the way I moved between various EU countries and it always worked quite nicely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is usually some paperwork and, in your case, possibly some right-hand drive/left-hand drive issues but importing a car from within the EU is typically not that complicated. If you owned it for some time and import it as part of a move, it should also be tax-free. So that would take care of the what-to-do-with-the-car issue at the same time!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if you are certain that you will go back to the UK in two years (and not stay in Spain or move somewhere far away), you might also drive back with your car for your next holiday and park it somewhere with relatives or something (do beware that after you become a resident in Spain, you are probably not allowed to drive a UK-registered car there anymore).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-19T22:52:11.057" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T22:52:11.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5871" CreationDate="2015-03-19T18:15:17.537" Score="3" ViewCount="763" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working as a Software Developer on an F-1 visa with my OPT for a company in the US. While I'm working here I want to start a kickstarter campaign to fund my personal project. I should say that I'm not planning to quit my job until I get a Greencard, so I will still be fulfilling my requirements for the OPT-STEM. I have asked Kickstarter if there would be any problems with them about starting a project, they said I'm eligible by their standards to start a project. But my real concern is, am I legally allowed to start a campaign in my name with an OPT-STEM EAD card. I couldn't find a lawyer that has a decisive answer to this, so any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6273" LastEditorUserId="6273" LastEditDate="2015-03-20T13:27:14.400" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T13:05:50.943" Title="Kickstarter project on an OPT-STEM in the US" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5845" CreationDate="2015-03-19T23:28:02.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/immig/fvisa/f_optextend.html#capgap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this University of Michigan website&lt;/a&gt;, one option that might fit is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Self-employed business owner. Students on a STEM extension can start a&#xA;  business and be self-employed. In this situation, the student must&#xA;  register his or her business with E-Verify and work full time. The&#xA;  student must be able to prove that he or she has the proper business&#xA;  licenses and is actively engaged in a business related to his or her&#xA;  degree program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it's shaky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T23:28:02.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-20T04:12:17.770" Score="5" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ukrainian citizen. I have applied for a bachelor's degree program at the University of South Bohemia (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic), and they have accepted my application on the condition that I will get my secondary school leaving certificate (the certificate is issued by a Russian school, and has the apostille on it) nostrificated (recognized/certified as equivalent) by the interview/exams date, which is the 18th of June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now I'm in trouble. From multiple sources I have figured out that I need to submit documents for nostrification personally. To do that I need to go to the Czech Republic. For that I need a short term visa. The problem is that the university can't make me an invitation for the visa to handle nostrification, they can only invite me to exams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find some Czech agencies to assist such situations, but they seem to be slowpokes, and do not respond to emails. The nostrification procedure takes 30-60 days, so I must hurry up, or I'll be screwed. All I have right now (aside from a ton of papers, that should confirm my certificate) to present to visa issuing authorities is a letter from the university that states I need to go through nostrification procedure, a bunch of email correspondence with University and a government official from Prague, who confirmed, that I have to present all the papers personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what should I do? How do I get a short term visa to submit my nostrification documents and to take the nostrification exams 30-60 days afterwards? Finances are not a problem in my case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6277" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T16:59:55.653" Title="Secondary school leaving certificate nostrification in Czech Republic" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-20T05:51:30.600" Score="1" ViewCount="2418" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had been through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/quebec-skilled-worker-immigration.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;newsletter&lt;/a&gt; about QSWP program that is yet to launch in month of April, 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the selection factors given &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/quebec-skilled-worker-immigration.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, below is my score chart as single applicant,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Education: 12 points         -     Bachelor's &amp;amp;&amp;amp; Master's in Computer Engineering&#xA;Area of training:   16 points    - Computer Engineering (Bach.)&#xA;experience:   8 points           - 10 years Exp as Software Engineer.&#xA;Age : 16 points                  - 35 years, 1 month&#xA;IELTS(GT): 4 points              - L-7.5, R-6.5, W-6.5, S-6.0&#xA;financial self sufficiency: 1  point&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify for a Quebec Selection Certificate, Skilled Worker applicants must score enough points under the Quebec Immigration selection system. A single applicant must score at least &lt;strong&gt;49 points&lt;/strong&gt; based on the criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/quebec-skilled-worker-faq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I don't speak French, can I still obtain a CSQ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly. The selection is done on a points-based assessment. If you meet the selection points requirements without speaking French you may still be granted the CSQ. Fill out our online assessment forms to find out if you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As my above score chart shows &lt;strong&gt;57 points&lt;/strong&gt; as single applicant, Is it still mandatory to learn &lt;strong&gt;French&lt;/strong&gt; language to gain Quebec province certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T06:43:17.067" Title="Quebec skilled worker program 2015" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2015-03-20T07:05:55.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quebec understandably tries to attract immigrants with a good command of French and incite other immigrants to learn the language but knowing it is not, as far as I know, a strict requirement. Rather, it provides (many) extra points in the selection grid, can in certain cases exempt you from some yearly quota, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because there are many points attributed to French language knowledge, it can also help some applicants get over the threshold, even if they don't get many points from education, experience or “adaptability” at the interview (some applicants from France get selected with a much lower education level than yours). But since you already have 57 points, my understanding is that it should not be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-20T09:53:16.203" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T09:53:16.203" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5790" CreationDate="2015-03-20T22:30:45.607" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've deposited Treasury (tax refund) checks twice in Melbourne, at the bank (nab). Once they insisted in locking it up for three months, and once I got the money in a few days. Same bank, same branch, similar amount. No idea why but didn't want to ask too many questions :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bank takes a fee of about $15 AUD - I don't know if you can get a better deal elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6285" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T22:30:45.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5854" CreationDate="2015-03-21T03:58:13.770" Score="3" ViewCount="3949" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cape Verdean citizenship by naturalisation may be acquired when applicant can demonstrate to have resided in the country for at least five years. The residency requirement may be waived for a person who makes a sizeable investment in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a person who marries a citizen of Cape Verde apparently is automatically eligible for citizenship upon request. What exactly does this mean? If the request is made at the time of marriage then the applicant would not have resided in the country except for a few weeks perhaps. Is there a residency requirement or not? How fast exactly would one obtain citizenship after marriage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6286" LastActivityDate="2020-02-24T12:54:31.070" Title="Cape Verde citizenship, is it acquired immediately by marriage?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;cape-verde&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5853" CreationDate="2015-03-21T11:05:38.293" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;strong&gt;no residency requirement&lt;/strong&gt; to become a Cape Verdean citizen by marriage to a Cape Verdean. This is not termed &quot;naturalization&quot; in Cape Verde, even though it is by option. It is &lt;strong&gt;not automatic or immediate&lt;/strong&gt;; the non-citizen must formally request it before they can be given citizenship, and they must request it &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; they are married. As seen on &lt;a href=&quot;https://portondinosilhas.gov.cv/portonprd/porton.portoncv?p=C8A8A6B0A5C4B7B0B3B5CBC4C4&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Portondinosilha page for acquiring citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, there are 5 groups of persons who may acquire Cape Verdean citizenship, further organized into 3 categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children or grandchildren of Cape Verdeans (&quot;by origin&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Foreigners married to Cape Verdeans (&quot;by marriage&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Foreigners who wish to become Cape Verdeans by their own will (&quot;by naturalization&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 5 year residency requirement you saw is for acquiring citizenship via naturalization, not via marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Requirements&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://portondinosilhas.gov.cv/portonprd/porton.portoncv?p=C8A8A6B0A5C4B7B0B3B5CBC4C4&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;That page&lt;/a&gt; has a list of the documents required. The foreign spouse needs criminal records from their country of origin and of residence. Note that if the foreign spouse is male, they need to present documentation of their military service, or exemption from military service, for their country of citizenship. If they're from a country without mandatory military service and didn't serve, bring whatever documentation you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have statistics on how long it takes to acquire citizenship via marriage. I went through the process myself about 5 years ago. Once I had sorted out what documents they needed and turned them in, I found myself going back to the Registry Office over and over again, just to get told &quot;nope, not ready yet, come back next week.&quot; Parts of the process required the signature of the Director of the Registry, who was sometimes traveling. I learned very well to &lt;strong&gt;double check all documents you receive in Cape Verde for mistakes, even after corrections have been made.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Visa exemption, even without citizenship&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least one of the benefits of citizenship is granted without actual citizenship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mdc.gov.cv/index.php/visto-de-entrada-em-cabo-verde&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to the Ministério das Comunidades&lt;/a&gt;, a foreigner is allowed to enter Cape Verde without a visa if they are married to someone who was born in Cape Verde. You must bring appropriate documents with you to present at the border. I have heard of someone who had to argue their case because the border control officer was not aware of this law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-21T11:34:46.743" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T11:34:46.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-21T19:40:24.730" Score="2" ViewCount="4452" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for Canada immigration under NOVA SCOTIA demand - express entry program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To seek a nomination from this province, I need to write the statement of intent in my application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have certain formats to follow for writing such settlement statements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the core points that has to be addressed, when a principal applicant(with family) is applying for nomination?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual statement in the application is in the &quot;Settlement&quot; section and says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In your own words&lt;/em&gt;, tell us briefly about your plans to settle in Nova&#xA;  Scotia and your future here. Statements copied from someone or&#xA;  somewhere else are not acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: The phrase &quot;In your own words&quot; is underlined, not italicized in the original document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-03-23T09:10:43.540" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T09:10:43.540" Title="Format of settlement statement - NSNP" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4442" CreationDate="2015-03-22T09:15:27.993" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the answer is pretty much the same than to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5849/quebec-skilled-worker-program-2015&quot;&gt;your question about Quebec&lt;/a&gt;. The whole logic of the system is that instead of a fixed set of requirements that would put you either in or out, you need &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/pool.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as many points as possible to improve your chances&lt;/a&gt;. If you think you don't need the points, you can forgo it but it can only help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page you found&lt;/a&gt; seems pretty clear to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you are an Express Entry candidate (or their spouse or common-law partner coming with them to Canada) being considered for the Federal Skilled Trades Program or the Canadian Experience Class, and you want points for your foreign education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that your spouse's education won't count without ECA but also that it's not &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; per se. In practice, costs permitting, you should try to submit as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-03-22T09:15:27.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-22T10:21:19.343" Score="8" ViewCount="2638" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this &lt;a href=&quot;https://novascotiaimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/NSNP100-_Dec2014.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;document&lt;/a&gt;, it is told,  &lt;code&gt;Applicant must initial beside each statement and authorization to acknowledge agreement and then sign at the bottom of&#xA;the page.&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;section M&lt;/code&gt; of &lt;code&gt;page 23&lt;/code&gt; as shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7qLJm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not understand the meaning of &lt;code&gt;Initials&lt;/code&gt; here. What exactly I need to do &#xA;under &lt;code&gt;Initials&lt;/code&gt; column? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-03-22T11:22:14.623" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T01:55:03.593" Title="Query on Application Declaration - What do they mean by &quot;Initials&quot;?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5858" CreationDate="2015-03-22T10:48:18.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's generally simply your initials - ie the first letters of your name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for me, Mark Mayo, I'd be putting &quot;MM&quot; in each place, to indicate that I've read and acknowledge the statements on those lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also seen it quite commonly when correcting contracts or similar, you might say, cross out a word, and both parties 'initial' it to acknowledge the change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-03-22T10:48:18.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5858" CreationDate="2015-03-22T10:48:19.000" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must write down the first letters of your names. If your name is “John Doe”, you would write “JD” above the line next to each statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @mkennedy wrote in a comment: “It's a way to try to doubly confirm that you've carefully read each section of the agreement, not just glanced at it and signed at the bottom.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/initial#Noun&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the definition of “initial”&lt;/a&gt; in the Wiktionary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-22T20:05:50.507" LastActivityDate="2015-03-22T20:05:50.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5862" CreationDate="2015-03-22T15:35:21.153" Score="2" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dual US/UK nationals have full access to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Health Service&lt;/a&gt; (NHS) by virtue of their British citizenship.  They are also required to file US taxes by virtue of their US citizenship.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recent &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US legislation&lt;/a&gt; stipulates a so-called 'healthcare penalty' if the taxpayer does not purchase health insurance under an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/fees-exemptions/plans-that-count-as-coverage/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;approved scheme&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The NHS is not listed. The reasons for this could be that it is such a 'corner case' that the IRS did not consider it; OR its omission was intentional (in which case dual nationals be liable to the penalty).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can the NHS be safely used as an exemption to the healthcare penalty?&lt;/em&gt; If so, what documentation would a person have to substantiate their exemption?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-03-22T15:58:22.957" Title="The US Healthcare Penalty and the UK National Health Service" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5861" CreationDate="2015-03-22T15:58:22.957" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a dual US/UK citizen if you live outside the US, you are eligible for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/details/resident-alien&quot;&gt;exemption&lt;/a&gt; for health coverage. If you are living in the US, then you are not an &quot;ordinary resident&quot; of the UK, despite the fact that you are a UK citizen, and you will not be covered by the NHS. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/movingabroad/Pages/Introduction.aspx&quot;&gt;NHS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are moving abroad on a permanent basis, you will no longer be entitled to medical treatment under normal NHS rules. This is because the NHS is a residence-based healthcare system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the possibility that a corner case exists where the UK considers you an ordinary resident and hence you are covered by the NHS, but that the US does not consider you a resident. If you fall into that case, it is probably worth talking to a professional tax consultant, since you are likely going to have all sorts of issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-03-22T15:58:22.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-22T21:44:03.373" Score="4" ViewCount="576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a managerial position, to which the job posting had been displayed online officially by the hotel company. I interviewed with the GM of the hotel and was offered a job right away, we discussed salary and she wanted me to send all the related documents as soon as possible so I could join the team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I provided all the required documents to the hotel over email in a timely manner and had only positive feedback from the hotel. This week I was supposed to sign my official written contract which was to be prepared as all my documents had been sent – health insurance, tax documents, certificates, references, residence papers, police reports, health checks etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The GM referred me to another person in charge since she was absent. I contacted this person and this person advice me to come in for a meeting and finalized the contract. Once I came in to the meeting I got re-interviewed and my German language skills were tested by another person brought especially only to test my skills of the German language. (This was not a requirement for the position and my language skills were not posed as an issue when offered the job initially by the GM). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This all came as a big surprise for me since I thought I was coming to sign the contract and starting my position the following week. The person not only questioned my language skills but told me that the position was really a supervisor position, not a manager position. She told me she would need to re-consult the GM to clarify and get back to me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow is my official start day at work and I have been requested to come in for a 3 pm meeting to clarify and discuss my situation - it seems like the GM is still absent and has left all the decision making to the other person. For me there is nothing to clarify since I was hired for a manager position and I am supposed to start tomorrow. I have the feeling that they either want to try to take back their job offer or try to push me down to a lower position with less salary/benefits based on my language skills. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to defend myself, what does that German labour law say about Verbal contract with email correspondence support? Is this strong enough to claim my right to employment with the hotel even though I do not have a written contract to support. Also, is there any discrimination laws applying to my case since there is no other basis that they can claim to change my level from managerial to supervisor other than the stated problem of my language skills? I have all the required experience and I have provided them with ALL the documents and other conditions they required. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the correspondence I have over email and can prove – only some over phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to this I have lost almost 1 month time worth to which I could have found other employment. I have also missed opportunities for other hotels since I accepted this offer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know what I can do to defend myself during tomorrows meeting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6084" LastEditorUserId="248" LastEditDate="2015-03-26T23:03:16.457" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T23:03:16.457" Title="Can my employer change the conditions of our verbal contract or cancel it even though we both agreed on starting day, salary and all conditions?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-03-31T10:54:26.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5855" CreationDate="2015-03-23T00:18:37.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no given format because the authorities want this to be a personal statement. Some of the information you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; include could be where in Nova Scotia you want to settle, would you come first to get a job and family arrive later, what does your wife and daughter think about moving, and how would you all try to settle in and build a new life? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, they probably want to hear why Nova Scotia? Why not Toronto or Vancouver? If you or your wife grew up in a small town or a rural area and want to live somewhere similar, that might be a plus (don't lie or stretch the truth, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's similar to a cover letter for a job or university application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T00:18:37.150" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-23T07:18:38.317" Score="2" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian citizen who is planning to take part in an exchange to France in Janruary of next year for six months. Following the University exchange I would like to partake in a year long working holiday in the United Kingdom under the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Programme. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is whether or not there would be an issue with the two visas overlapping as I would need to obtain both before my departure in December. Therefore, they would overlap for approximately six months. Would either authority be bothered by this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make clear, the respective visas validity would be as follows:&#xA;French Student visa: Jan '16 - Jun '16&#xA;UK T5YM: Jan '16 - Jan '18 (valid for 24 months) .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6294" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-23T09:26:21.390" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T19:04:44.950" Title="Overlapping French Student Visa and UK Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-23T16:19:42.833" Score="3" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I quit my job in California and moved to take another job in the UK in October 2013. For FY 2013, I filed both federal and CA state taxes, since part of that year's income came from my previous job in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this tax year (FY 2014), all of my income came from my UK job. I'm pretty sure the income is below that threshold (~$100k?) where you pay no federal taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to still file my Federal taxes of course, but do I still need to file CA state taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6021" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T17:20:00.470" Title="I've been living and working in the UK for the past 1.75 years. do I still need to file state taxes in the last US state I resided in (California)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5867" CreationDate="2015-03-23T17:20:00.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ftb.ca.gov/individuals/fileRtn/Nonresidents_PartYear_Residents.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CA.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A California resident is any individual who meets any of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Present in California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Domiciled in California, but located outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose.&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Domicile is defined for tax purposes as the place where you voluntarily establish yourself and family, not merely for a special or limited purpose, but with a present intention of making it your true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment. It is the place where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It then goes on to say that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;California residents - Taxed on ALL income, including income from sources outside California.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are domiciled in California, you need to file a state tax return and will likely owe taxes to the state. Just because you previously lived in California, does not mean you need to be domiciled there. While there are rules about establishing domicile, it really is up to you to decide where in the US you are domiciled while you are living in the UK. Two things to consider when choosing a place to be domiciled are state taxes and state and federal elections. Where you are domiciled will influence where you vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T17:20:00.470" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5845" CreationDate="2015-03-23T22:34:26.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can do that as long as you follow the rules outlined in the other answer about registering your own business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT, you have to keep in mind that once your OPT period ends, it will be illegal (from the immigration standpoint) for you to run your own business (assuming you will get H1b or continue F1), unless somehow you obtain a green card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note - This is not a legal immigration advice in any shape or form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6299" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T13:05:50.943" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T13:05:50.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-24T05:46:47.413" Score="6" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need your opinion regarding my situation:&#xA;I came to us on 2006 on J1 visa. On 2006-2008 (2 years), I had been on J1 status which imposed mandatory 2-yr home country residency requirement. Later on, I got waiver for that on the basis of &quot;exceptional hardship&quot;. Now, I have a academic job offer (US government funded project,research scholar for 2-yr contract) and open to J1 or H1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How many maximum years I can be on J1?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I go for J1, does it again impose &quot;2-yr home country residency requirement&quot;? Is there any way to know that before I start the job with J1 status?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In tax purpose, which one is good (just to inform I am a tax resident)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall, which one you suggest me to go for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6301" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-24T07:30:04.437" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T20:48:00.040" Title="J1 or H1B with no home country residency requirement?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-24T13:48:12.807" Score="3" ViewCount="248" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in USA long enough to qualify for citizenship due to 3+ years of marriage to a US citizen, and was thinking about applying. However I may soon end up being between contract jobs and have been offered a contract role in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I submit a US citizenship application, do I need to stay in USA until the application has been processed? Or can I take care of the rest of the processing from abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm an EU citizen and neither me nor my spouse is or has been in US military.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3753" LastActivityDate="2015-03-24T19:11:58.620" Title="Is it ok to leave USA after filing for citizenship (but before it is granted)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5875" CreationDate="2015-03-24T17:46:51.550" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are these statements on the USCIS webpage about obtaining &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/naturalization-spouses-us-citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizenship via marriage to a US citizen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reside continuously within the United States from the date of&#xA;  application for naturalization until the time of naturalization&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be physically present in the United States for at least 18 months out&#xA;  of the 3 years immediately preceding the date of filing the&#xA;  application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, they discuss &quot;continuous residence&quot; and &quot;physical location&quot; which leads to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these statements&lt;/a&gt; when someone leaves for more than six months but less than a year. One of the gotchas is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant did not terminate his or her employment in the United&#xA;  States or obtain employment while abroad.​&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, your spouse will presumably be maintaining your residence in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-03-24T17:46:51.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5875" CreationDate="2015-03-24T19:11:58.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is okay as long as you leave for less than 6 months at a time. Leaving for more than 6 months generally interrupts your &quot;continuous residence&quot;, which is one of the requirements for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to be in the U.S. for the fingerprinting, interview, and oath ceremony. So you cannot &quot;take care of the rest of the processing from abroad&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-03-24T19:11:58.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-25T01:11:07.180" Score="2" ViewCount="545" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Bona-Fide-Residence-Test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“bona fide residence … determined on a case-by-case basis”&lt;/a&gt;.  If I &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have no employer (retired), &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;but have income from legal sources in the places I live&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have no US home&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and there are three or more such non-US places each year …&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the time between places exceeds &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Physical-Presence-Test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;35 days in a year&lt;/a&gt;, e.g., layover plus brief visits to USA relatives, I would fail the physical presence test. Can I be considered instead to have “been a bona fide resident of a foreign country or countries”?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe another way to put it would be, if you are a &quot;bona-fide resident&quot; for N months, can the time before arriving or the time after leaving be also counted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2015-03-30T18:12:45.913" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T18:12:45.913" Title="Can a nomadic US citizen have &quot;bona-fide resident&quot; status?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5878" CreationDate="2015-03-25T07:22:53.510" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the same source:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The bona fide residence test applies to U.S. citizens and to any U.S.&#xA;  resident alien who is a citizen or national of a country with which&#xA;  the United States has an income tax treaty in effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for starters -  you must be a citizen of a country which has a tax treaty with the US. Being covered by the tax treaty also requires you being a tax resident in that country (tax treaties only apply for tax residents in either or both parties to the treaty). So if you're &quot;nomadic&quot; - you may have a problem with the residency requirement of the other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that condition is met, and you are otherwise indeed a resident in that other country, then yes - you'll probably meet the bona-fide residency test despite failing the physical presence test. However continuously failing the physical presence test may lead to some attention from the IRS as to whether you're indeed a resident in the other country and not just using your foreign citizenship to avoid taxes. If you're genuinely living elsewhere but travel a lot to the US for business/personal reasons, you'll probably be able to defend your position in an audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do talk to a US-licensed tax adviser (CPA/EA/Attorney) who provides tax services in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T07:22:53.510" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5863" CreationDate="2015-03-25T13:24:18.537" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, in short, you don't have a contract. Only in very rare situation verbal agreement can be binding, and it is usually not the case with work contracts. There is no way your verbal agreement with the GM can be considered binding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess in your situation your best bet would be to just show up and ask for the actual contract and position, either with HR, or wait for the GM. German companies, especially bigger ones, are very bureaucratic, and it might be possible that you just got caught up in some of their internal processes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, treat it as a lesson learned. You are free to negotiate with multiple companies at the same time, and even to back off from the verbal agreement yourself if the actual formal offer or contract is late or you get a better offer. Nothing is final unless both sides signed the contract. Besides that, do you really want to work in such a company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to that, as an employee, you have two week period even after signing an employment contract where you can change your mind. It's called &lt;em&gt;Widerrufsrecht&lt;/em&gt;. Not sure if the company has that right too, or it's only for the individuals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T13:24:18.537" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-25T19:35:44.810" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to live in Thailand and am&#xA;considering bringing my two indoor cats. I've researched paper work, shipping, etc. but I have not been able to find much information on pet friendly housing. &#xA;What kind of restrictions are common for housing  with pets  in Thailand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2276" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T04:27:26.743" Title="Pet friendly housing in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-11-12T13:57:42.110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5878" CreationDate="2015-03-26T13:13:01.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I be considered ... to have been a bona fide resident ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, are you a resident of a foreign country? That's the first step. If you're not a resident, how could you possibly be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bona_fide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bona fide&lt;/a&gt; resident? If you're certain that you are a resident of a foreign country, there's a couple requirements I think you should check if you meet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Length and nature of stay&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/instructions/i2555/ch02.html#d0e230&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the instructions for Form 2555,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whether you are a bona fide resident of a foreign country depends on your intention about the length and nature of your stay. Evidence of your intention may be your words and acts. If these conflict, your acts carry more weight than your words. Generally, if you go to a foreign country for a definite, temporary purpose and return to the United States after you accomplish it, you are not a bona fide resident of the foreign country. If accomplishing the purpose requires an extended, indefinite stay, and you make your home in the foreign country, you may be a bona fide resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, your intentions matter. It might be easier to analyze the evidence of your intentions if you start by thinking seriously about what your intentions are. From your description, you might meet this requirement if you plan to live your life in this way for an indefinite period of time. However, your situation does not fit any of the examples the IRS gives in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch04.html#en_US_2014_publink100047413&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Publication 54&lt;/a&gt;, so &quot;it may be more difficult [for them] to decide whether you have established a bona fide residence.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Subject to foreign countries' income tax laws&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The country or countries where you work and reside should consider you to be a resident and subject to their income tax laws. The specific rule, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.911-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Federal Regulations 26 CFR 1.911-2 (c)&lt;/a&gt;: You are not considered a bona fide resident of a certain country if you &quot;[claim] to be a nonresident of that foreign country in a statement submitted to the authorities of that country&quot; and one of the following is true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your earned income &quot;is not subject, by reason of nonresidency in the foreign country, to the income tax of that country.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;[T]he accuracy of [your submitted claim] has not been resolved as of any date when a determination of [your] bona fide residence is being made&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you're trying to avoid income taxes in the foreign countries, you probably won't meet this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Note on Earned Income Exclusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You linked to information on the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, and you say that you &quot;have no employer&quot;. There are a few things you should be aware of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Earned Income Exclusion only applies to what the IRS considers &quot;earned income&quot;, which is only some of the types of income that you may have earned. The general idea is that the following don't count:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Profits of a corporation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Income produced by capital, such as interest, capital gains, retail profits, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pensions and similar fixed incomes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a self-employed US citizen, you owe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&amp;amp;-Self-Employed/Self-Employment-Tax-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;self-employment tax&lt;/a&gt; wherever in the world you live or work. The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion doesn't reduce that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-27T13:44:05.957" LastActivityDate="2015-03-27T13:44:05.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-26T14:00:12.190" Score="4" ViewCount="898" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Ukrainian who is employed by the company from EU. My employer wishes to send me to the USA to work on customer side. For this purpose I will have to apply for &lt;code&gt;B1 in lieu of H1B&lt;/code&gt; visa. I can't find any information whether there is some type of visa which would allow my spouse to easily join me in the USA (like &lt;code&gt;H4&lt;/code&gt; for dependents of &lt;code&gt;H1B&lt;/code&gt; visa holder). Will she need to apply for general &quot;Tourism and Visit&quot; visa (i.e. &lt;code&gt;B2&lt;/code&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6311" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T20:45:30.597" Title="Visa for dependant of &quot;B1 in lieu of H1B&quot; holder" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-26T20:32:58.787" Score="7" ViewCount="1694" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Ghana, West Africa to British parents and registered with the High Commission at birth. We now live in Australia and I have Australian citizenship as well as British and my kids are being refused British passports. The passport office in Liverpool says that I was granted British citizenship by descent from my Father even though he registered me at birth with the High Commission in Accra. I have found a website that states if I have a consular birth certificate, then I am British at birth. All very confusing. I just want my kids to get British passports as they are becoming old enough to study overseas and one wants to be in London. I do have a contact at the passport office in Liverpool now so fingers crossed, I may get some answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are my kids eligible for British passports? If so, what can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6313" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-03-26T22:48:41.883" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T22:48:41.883" Title="Born in Ghana, West Africa to British parents - can my kids get British passports" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5884" CreationDate="2015-03-26T20:45:30.597" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes,&lt;/strong&gt; she would apply for and hopefully receive a &lt;strong&gt;B-2&lt;/strong&gt; visa to accompany you. (Or a joint B-1/B-2 visa, which is often given to people who apply for a B-1 or B-2 visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: the U.S. Department of State &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87206.pdf&quot;&gt;Foreign Affairs &#xA;Manual Volume 9, section 41.31 Notes&lt;/a&gt;. According to &lt;em&gt;9 FAM 41.31 N6.1&lt;/em&gt; in that document,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;when a family member’s primary purpose to come to the United States is to accompany the principal, the classification of the accompanying family member is either of a derivative of the principal if the classification provides or as a B-2, if not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I 100% support your goal of keeping your family together during your work trip, you should be aware that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant must demonstrate permanent employment, meaningful business or&#xA;  financial connections, close family ties, or social or cultural associations, which will indicate a strong inducement to return to the country of origin. &lt;em&gt;[9 FAM 41.31 N3.4]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have strong ties to where you are residing now, your wife staying at home would be a family tie that could decrease the risk of your B-1 visa being denied. Hopefully, your employment with your current company, and your wife's relationship to you, will be enough to convince the consul that neither of you will try to remain in the US. If you already own a house, even better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T20:45:30.597" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5885" CreationDate="2015-03-26T22:44:30.413" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What they say seems correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are a &quot;&lt;em&gt;British citizen by descent&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, because you were automatically a British citizen at birth due to being born outside the UK to a parent who was a British citizen &lt;em&gt;otherwise than by descent&lt;/em&gt;. It doesn't matter what they did or did not do after your birth; you are still a British citizen by descent. You cannot &quot;upgrade&quot; yourself to &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your children born abroad are not automatically British citizens at birth, because that can only happen if they have a parent who is a British citizen &lt;em&gt;otherwise than by descent&lt;/em&gt;. I am guessing that their only British-citizen parent is you, who is by descent. In other words, automatic transmission of British citizenship at birth outside the UK only extends one generation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your children may be eligible to register to become British citizens after birth, while under 18, in one of the following cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 3(2):&lt;/strong&gt; The parent who is a British citizen by descent (you) must have lived in the UK for any continuous period of 3 years before the child's birth, during which you were not absent from the UK for more than 270 days. This period of 3 years does not have to be recent; it could be from your childhood. If your children are registered under this section, they are considered &quot;British citizens by descent&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 3(5):&lt;/strong&gt; Both parents and the child have lived in the UK for the 3 years immediately before you make this application, during which you were not absent from the UK for more than 270 days. If your children are registered under this section, they are considered &quot;British citizens by registration&quot;. But this would only be possible if you plan to move to the UK for a few years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 3(1):&lt;/strong&gt; At the Home Secretary's discretion. This is very unlikely unless the children have a special connection to the UK or something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really though, if you have not lived in the UK for 3 years in your life (to qualify under section 3(2)), then your children's connection to the UK is pretty distant and it is reasonable for them to not be British citizens. Even if they are not British citizens, I believe they can still go to the UK on the Ancestry Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T22:44:30.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5889" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5891" CreationDate="2015-03-28T07:44:46.497" Score="5" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a foreigner who wishes to volunteer for the Israel Defence Forces. Am I required to learn Hebrew? Are there no English speaking commanders there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6318" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T19:57:12.017" Title="Joining the IDF - Learning Hebrew required?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-28T08:30:04.337" Score="8" ViewCount="2428" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was asking a &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/q/895044/432310&quot;&gt;question on Super User&lt;/a&gt; concerning Access Denied problem when accessing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cvs.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cvs.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the user from Netherlands made a comment that he is having the same problem. I am not sure if he has the same network/browser problem that I am having or actually I should blame this problem to CVS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if there are commercial web sites in the US who are blocking access from outside US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2304" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:35.307" LastActivityDate="2020-12-25T11:56:54.153" Title="Are there commercial web sites in the US blocking access from outside US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5889" CreationDate="2015-03-28T08:35:57.423" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The IDF is using Hebrew, and even in the units with a significant Arab/Bedouin majority everyone will be speaking Hebrew on duty. But if you don't know the language - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mahal-idf-volunteers.org/information/program.htm&quot;&gt;they'll teach you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-28T08:35:57.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-28T12:06:14.397" Score="2" ViewCount="3473" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen work remotely for a US-based multinational corporation. I will be visiting Italy for less than 6 weeks while visiting friends and doing research to start my own company. Do I need a work visa in order to work remotely for my US company (being paid in US currency deposited to my US bank account)? My work is only for US clients and in no way involves Italy or EU &lt;em&gt;(other than the fact that I'm here, of course)&lt;/em&gt;. I am not completely certain, but I believe that they do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; have an office here in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6319" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T00:05:53.407" Title="Can US citizens work remotely for US-based company while visiting Italy with tourist visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5893" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5897" CreationDate="2015-03-28T14:50:24.520" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently on an ED Thai visa, which needs to be renew again in two weeks .&#xA;Problem: I have to leave Thailand for 3 weeks in two days so I won't be able to extend my visa while in Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought of getting a re-entry but:&#xA;1. I'm not sure if I'll get it, based on the fact that I need to extend it while outside.&#xA;2. Even if I will get it, not sure if it's going to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not, but is it possible to extend in a Thai consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6320" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-29T21:21:51.470" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T21:21:51.470" Title="Thai Visa: Will a Re-entry Help Me?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5874" CreationDate="2015-03-28T20:05:33.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, the H1B is  much more preferable because you can apply for permanent residency through it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The disadvantage to the H1B are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More expensive&#xA;(H1B usually requires extensive legal assistance)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Much more paperwork and takes more time &#xA;(especially on the part of the company, which may not want to go to this trouble)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Quota/caps on numbers granted (quotas based on  particular countries/regions and occupational categories) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-06-03T20:48:00.040" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T20:48:00.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5892" CreationDate="2015-03-29T00:51:59.733" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legally speaking you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Practically speaking, if you don't get a visa and don't tell the immigration officers that that's what you plan to do - there's a very low chance of being caught. That said, you &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; be breaking the law, and if someone tips about you to the authorities - you &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be arrested and deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T00:51:59.733" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5893" CreationDate="2015-03-29T12:45:06.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid, the answer is no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Re-entry permit is only available &lt;strong&gt;for a period of your valid stay&lt;/strong&gt; in the country. The date is specified in your most recent stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are eligible for preliminary extension of your stay if you have a good reason. &lt;strong&gt;Traveling abroad is a good reason&lt;/strong&gt; (just show your air ticket), but in general, this can also be a long travel within the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in order to get an extension, you need to get papers from your school, proving that you are still attending the classes — just likewise you do every time when you extend your stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caveat.&lt;/strong&gt; With current Thai regulations, there are two ways to extend your stay:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Normal&quot; extension, in two steps: (1) You pay 1900 THB, &lt;strong&gt;get 15 days&lt;/strong&gt;, during which the Immigration officers may come to your school and check if you really attend the classes. (2) Then, you come to the Immigration office and &lt;strong&gt;get another 75 days&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Special&quot; extension: 90 days at once, 3900 THB.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, you need the 2nd way since you won't be there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggested steps:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run to your school and kindly ask them for the necessary paperwork; I can't guarantee they will be able to do it within two days, but give it a try;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the Immigration office and:&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extend your stay; if asked for the reason (of preliminary extension), show up your air tickets and say you also plan to ask for the re-entry permit;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a re-entry permit;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="70" LastEditDate="2015-03-29T16:19:28.953" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T16:19:28.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5901" CreationDate="2015-03-29T18:09:56.330" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to buy syrup suitable to prepare drinks. In other words I look for the concentrate to buy so I can dilute it at home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://produkte.migros.ch/sortiment/supermarkt/lebensmittel/getraenke-heiss-kalt/sirup-soda&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; (Sorry only available in German/French/Italian but not English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it matters I'm living in California, more specifically in the San Francisco Bay Area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2530" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T19:49:56.163" Title="Where can buy syrup in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5890" CreationDate="2015-03-29T18:52:34.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of websites that are only accessible from within the US. Most of them being video on demand or video rental companies that let you download content and the law does not permit them to do so outside the country hence the blocking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some webmasters or companies do not want business from outside the country so having visitors from abroad just eats away their resources and the find it easier and cheaper to block outside traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also true for some non commercial websites. Some websites block certain countries to prevent spam attacks. There are many such examples. IP level blocking is very easy to do and hardly takes 5 mins to set up. IP range lists for every country are freely available on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use a proxy like hidemyass and use a US IP address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source : I am a server admin myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6323" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T18:52:34.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5899" CreationDate="2015-03-29T19:43:44.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Soda syrup isn't something typically sold in grocery stores in the US, (though it can be found in a few places) but it is available on the market generally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to find quite a selection of syrups by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=node%3D16318231&amp;amp;field-keywords=syrup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;searching Amazon.com's soft drink category for &quot;syrup&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. These range in size from 500mL bottles you may be accustomed to, to 5 &lt;em&gt;gallon&lt;/em&gt; (~ 19 L) boxes intended for use in commercial soda fountains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also companies which specialize in it, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.northwoodssoda.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Northwoods Soda&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prairiemoon.biz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Prairie Moon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://pittsburghsodapop.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pittsburgh Soda Pop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="790" LastEditDate="2015-03-29T19:49:56.163" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T19:49:56.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-29T21:12:50.013" Score="1" ViewCount="449" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received 0 points for CRS - Skill Transferability - Education. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are my details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4 year Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1+ year Canadian work experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CELPIP - Reading: 11 ; Writing: 10 ; Listening: 11 ; Speaking: 7&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm waiting for my Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) from WES as well. So, my Express Entry profile is not yet updated with ECA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please help check if a score of 0 normal? What can I do to improve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6324" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-03-31T07:13:32.653" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T23:53:05.600" Title="Canada Express entry - CRS - Skill Transferability - Education" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-30T08:14:40.903" Score="6" ViewCount="3584" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and have been living in Paris, France since May 2014. At the end of April 2015, I will be leaving France. How early or late should I go about disconnection of utilities (electricity, internet)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I wait until the last week or should I start disconnecting by &quot;disengaging my contract&quot; with various utility companies online immediately? My fear is that if I disengage my contract right NOW, I will be without utilities in April. However, I also fear that if I wait too long, then if there is some back-and-forth documentation that I need to deal with, I will fail to complete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently have an EDF account for electricity and the contract runs until end of April as per my online account. My internet/telephone is managed by Orange France and it is &quot;sans engagement&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately don't have any French speaking friends who can do this on my behalf and my French is not up to scratch and I generally fail in getting through the company switchboard's automatic message system which is in French. If you are thinking how I got it connected in the first place: my landlord was my &quot;French intermediary&quot; but he is not in the country until late April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T03:26:00.240" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T03:26:00.240" Title="Cancelling utilities in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5903" CreationDate="2015-03-30T12:43:12.903" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://faq.edf.com/mon-contrat/resilier/je-demenage-bientot.-combien-de-temps-avant-la-date-prevue-dois-je-demander-la-resiliation-de-mon-contrat-y-200879.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This FAQ from EDF&lt;/a&gt; indicates that you can do it at any time and don't need to do it advance (“&lt;em&gt;sans préavis&lt;/em&gt;“). You will need to collect a meter reading 24 hours before leaving and call EDF again at this time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://particuliers.edf.com/demenagement/fiches-conseils-demenagement-51846.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This other page&lt;/a&gt; suggests that stopping the contract about 10 days before leaving is best, in case a technician needs to come for some reason (I think it's particularly relevant if you can't check or access the meter yourself but in this case they would charge you for that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite a long time since I have had to do this myself but I think it should now be possible through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://particuliers.edf.com/gestion-de-mon-contrat/mon-compte/mon-espace-client-292989.html?service=page_demenage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“espace client” part of the website&lt;/a&gt;. You can also enter your email address and the date you will move out &lt;a href=&quot;https://particuliers.edf.com/acces-espace-client-47820.html&amp;amp;service=page_demenage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in the form on the right-hand side on this page&lt;/a&gt; (“&lt;em&gt;je reviendrai plus tard&lt;/em&gt;“) to receive a reminder when EDF thinks it's time to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the Internet/telephone, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://assistance.orange.fr/offres-internet-resilier-votre-offre-807.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Orange website&lt;/a&gt; suggests that you really need to cancel the contract by phone so unfortunately it seems you will need to wait for your landlord or find another French-speaking person. Once you have contacted Orange, you would receive a confirmation immediately and the contract would stop ten days later at the earliest. But you can also do it in advance and specify a later date if you want to. Note that moving abroad apparently entitles you to cancel your contract without fees, even if it was not “&lt;em&gt;sans engagement&lt;/em&gt;“ but that would probably require sending some documentation. For a regular contract, phoning 10-15 days before should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-30T12:45:04.170" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T12:45:04.170" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-30T14:30:45.073" Score="2" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have IELTS &quot;&quot;Academic&quot;&quot; with 7 total score and all sub-score above 6 &#xA;Can I use it for Canada Express Entry ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6329" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:11:46.897" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:11:46.897" Title="IELTS Academic and Canada Express Entry" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-30T15:17:43.523" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I come from a country with a plethora of types of taxes for investments. Different investments have different types of taxes and/or different rates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if it's the same in New Zealand, I have a savings account investing in I-don't-know-what, but I'm thinking about changing for a term investment that has a better interest rate, so I'd like to know if I'd be paying the same tax rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6264" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T20:35:57.813" Title="Different withholding taxes for different investments in New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5905" CreationDate="2015-03-30T17:39:26.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to take the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;General Training version&lt;/a&gt;, not the Academic version. The statement is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IELTS has two options for the reading and writing tests: “General&#xA;  Training” and “Academic.” You must take the “General Training” option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T17:39:26.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5903" CreationDate="2015-03-30T17:42:41.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;General advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't wait until the last day/week to inform them, you risk having to pay some extra days if there is a minimum notification period before cancellation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is usually possible to specify the effective cancellation date in advance (e.g. up to 60 days in advance, according to Orange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, sometimes there are specific conditions to be respected, but in my experience you can almost always send an advance letter specifying when termination should take effect, to avoid being disconnected too early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it is really annoying that Orange mentions the phone call on their website. It is not clear whether that is &lt;strong&gt;obligatory&lt;/strong&gt; (maybe the law would forbid it, but I am not sure), but they do not mention cancellation by letter. You can still find dozens of templates on the Internet, but I cannot confirm whether they are effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that most ISPs in France now require you to pay termination fees even for offers &lt;em&gt;sans engagement&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It used to be the case that if you moved to some place outside the area serviced by the provider (e.g. another country), then cancellation fees could be waived, but this is becoming harder and harder, with several documents required to justify it. Check your contract to see if there is that possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: it is often recommended to send cancellation letters via signed registered mail (&lt;em&gt;lettre recommandée avec accusé de réception&lt;/em&gt;), which provides you proof of sending, in case you are accused of not having sent it, or having sent it later than you did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6332" LastEditorUserId="6332" LastEditDate="2015-03-31T06:50:41.160" LastActivityDate="2015-03-31T06:50:41.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5810" CreationDate="2015-03-30T18:22:54.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some MVNO operators (which rent the antennas from one of the four networks, i.e. Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free) which have interesting offers, usually much cheaper than the big-name brands, with the inconvenience of having no access to wireless hotspots and sometimes lack of phone support (usually you have to use their forums to get support).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently with &lt;a href=&quot;http://joemobile.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Joe Mobile&lt;/a&gt;, mainly because their offer allows me to have cheap pre-paid Internet, using only a debit card (they ask you for a document number, but as far as I know you do not need to send a scan). 1€ for the SIM card (sent by mail) + 5€/month for 2 hours of voice calls (no special numbers) + unlimited SMS (+ 100 MB of data, which you won't use).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of their main advantages (besides no contract) is that you can quit &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; easily: just go to the website and click &quot;Off&quot;. It will put your line in &quot;pause&quot; mode, so once you finish the current 30 day-period (already paid for), you do not pay anything more and your line becomes inactive in a few months. You can reactivate it later if you want, or just let it &quot;die&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you might consider benefiting from &lt;em&gt;parrainage&lt;/em&gt; offers (invitations), where each additional phone line means a discount for the inviter, for the invited, or both. These offers may work even if you have never met the other person, e.g. via the forum. Just go to one of the MVNO provider's forums, you can often see people spamming invitations (which will benefit both of you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One liability of Joe Mobile is the SFR network, which is quite bad where I live, but it used to be fine where I lived before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: I have just been informed by Joe that they will stop operating on June 15th, 2015 (acquired by Virgin Mobile).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several such low-cost providers nowadays, but their names are harder to Google if you don't know them. Some French websites offer comparisons between them, but pay attention to some details such as cancellation conditions and roaming mode (some of them require it to be activated before leaving France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6332" LastEditorUserId="6332" LastEditDate="2015-03-31T17:08:58.817" LastActivityDate="2015-03-31T17:08:58.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5906" CreationDate="2015-03-30T20:35:57.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simple answer is &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt;. Your bank will deduct the relevant tax before paying you the interest, based on your personal tax situation. The only time they will deduct a different tax rate is for a PIE (Portfolio Investment Entity) type account. For example, here's a page from Kiwibank that explains PIEs from a consumer perspective in simple terms: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kiwibank.co.nz/personal-banking/investments/pie-funds/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.kiwibank.co.nz/personal-banking/investments/pie-funds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T20:35:57.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-30T20:48:38.403" Score="2" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm presently employed in France. I did a masters degree in France, and then applied for a residence + work permit and got a job in a large retailer. I don't have EU citizenship. My intention is to reside here permanently and apply for naturalisation (so, 2.5 years to go until I can apply for citizenship, 4 years until decision).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My broard field of work is operations research (the mathematical side of management science). I'm finding my employee status to be somewhat of a ball-and-chain around my ankle, in that the work I do could generate orders of magnitude greater value for both me and my employer/others if done as a startup or independent consulting business. The organisational dynamics of my employer makes me strongly doubt that we could come to an agreement on a &quot;joint venture&quot; vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; for this sort of situation (a &lt;em&gt;salarié&lt;/em&gt; wanting to go independent)? I've looked at &lt;em&gt;compétences et talents&lt;/em&gt; and I almost certainly wouldn't qualify, not being a well-known entrepreneur or sports star.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6333" LastActivityDate="2015-03-31T00:15:58.203" Title="Going independent in France (already resident and salarié)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5892" CreationDate="2015-03-30T20:48:38.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am not an expert, what follows is based only on my understanding of the Italian Fiscal laws&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you have to pay any tax in Italy if you are not &lt;em&gt;resident in Italy for taxation purpose&lt;/em&gt;. For that you need to live and work in Italy for at least 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand you must pay taxes for what in Italian is called &lt;em&gt;territorialità&lt;/em&gt;, that means &lt;em&gt;locality&lt;/em&gt;. I don't think this is your case because as you said, your work doesn't involve Italy at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To follow up @littleadv comment, I would like to point out that in Italy there are different type of residencies, I am referring to the &quot;fiscal residency&quot; called: &lt;em&gt;domicilio fiscale&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domicilio_fiscale&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domicilio-fiscale_%28Diritto-on-line%29/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link 2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Halfway through that page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;regarding people not resident, taxed at the source of their income,&#xA;  their &quot;fiscal residency&quot; is where they produce the most relevant part&#xA;  of their income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(the original part)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;per le persone fisiche non residenti, tassate sulla base del&#xA;  principio della fonte, il domicilio fiscale è nel comune il cui è&#xA;  prodotta la parte prevalente del reddito.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Apologies for the links in Italian language only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/Nsilib/Nsi/Documentazione/Fiscalita+internazionale/Convenzioni+per+evitare+le+doppie+imposizioni+Modulistica/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian document on the double taxation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6334" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-31T15:32:24.947" LastActivityDate="2015-03-31T15:32:24.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5911" CreationDate="2015-03-31T00:15:58.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is such a thing as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F15898.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour “indépendant”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with slightly easier requirements than a &lt;em&gt;complétences et talents&lt;/em&gt; card or European blue card but I don't know all the details and I am not sure whether it would be available to you. In particular, the website implies that you should have a long-stay visa (no mention of any possibility to transition from another status) and show that your income is higher than €1457.52 per month (but I don't know how you could prove that even before starting your consulting business).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few other ideas, with various levels of craziness:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for naturalization as soon as possible. As I commented, it might be possible earlier than you think. On the other hand, the minimum residence requirement is not all there is to it, many people who have lived in France for many years still get turned down because their “&lt;em&gt;insertion professionnelle&lt;/em&gt;“ is deemed insufficient. Having a stable work contract (“CDI“) really helps, which is why it might be safer to stick with the job until you get all this sorted out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Depending on your personal situation, you might go for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour vie privée et familiale&lt;/em&gt;. Once you have it, you can do many things including starting a business.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you lose your job (but not if you leave voluntarily), you might be able to get the benefit of your current &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2733.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;at least one renewal&lt;/a&gt;, together with unemployment benefits and possibly some support from the &lt;em&gt;pôle emploi&lt;/em&gt; (they love people who want to start a business). Probably not what you are aiming for but I thought it could be interesting to know.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-03-31T00:15:58.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-31T18:59:20.913" Score="2" ViewCount="671" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British citizen resident in Zimbabwe  and am marrying a South African citizen and would like to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if we can get married in the UK? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what visa would my intended spouse need to get into the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would first getting married in the UK help in getting my spouse a spouses visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are both over 65 and I get a British State pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I as the British citizen have to meet the financial requirements of being able to provide after my spouse?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6341" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-03-31T20:16:54.153" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T00:01:01.337" Title="British Spouse visa for South African citizen" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-01T14:28:22.873" Score="4" ViewCount="718" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone travels to the US on H1B visa, is it mandatory to bring the I797 approval notice? Or is it okay to travel with just a photocopy of the I797 document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6346" LastActivityDate="2015-08-14T02:23:14.700" Title="Is I797 Original document mandatory to travel to US for H1B visa holders?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5917" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-01T16:15:41.860" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are retired, living outside the USA, earning no income and our retirement income is below the level of needing to pay any taxes.  What are the requirements for PPACA if we come back to take care of an aging parent for 2 months?  We realize this will take us out of the 330 day time-frame for being out of the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6347" LastEditorUserId="6347" LastEditDate="2015-04-01T16:48:18.960" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T03:44:01.733" Title="What are we required to do under PPACA if we are retired, living outside of the USA and want to come back for a long visit?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-01T20:19:07.287" Score="4" ViewCount="2068" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have moved from Brazil to the UK, but I still need to receive mail from Brazilian senders who are not willing to send it abroad (mainly government stuff). So, I'm looking for a mail forwarding service, which would give me a Brazilian address and would forward everything I receive in that address to my real address in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found several services like this, but all of them redirect from the US to other countries. I am looking for a Brazilian alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T18:33:35.287" Title="Is there a Brazilian mail forwarding service?" Tags="&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-01T22:05:09.647" Score="2" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Spanish resident (not a Spanish citizen yet) that would like to work for the summer up to 6 months in the Netherlands. Can I do it and what it will be the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6350" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-02T14:04:45.263" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T14:04:45.263" Title="Working in the Netherlands as a Spanish resident" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5921" CreationDate="2015-04-01T23:53:35.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The details depend a bit on your citizenship, the nature of the work and possibly your status in Spain but basically you need a work permit/visa as you would if you would be coming directly from outside the European Union (usually something called a &lt;em&gt;Gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid&lt;/em&gt;). For less than three months, you might also be able to stay in the Netherlands without a visa but &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/work/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you would still need a work authorisation&lt;/a&gt; (in Dutch: &lt;em&gt;tewerkstellingsvergunning&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, your being a Spanish resident does not generally entail any right to work in the Netherlands or access to any special procedure to do so, beyond what's already available based on your citizenship and your personal situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-02T09:42:33.737" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T09:42:33.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5892" CreationDate="2015-04-02T00:05:53.407" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you heard of PT? &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_traveler&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_traveler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who says you can't work online for your home country while on a 90 days visa free stay in Chile, Brazil, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole point concers tax. AS you already pay tax in your home country and do not stay more that 180 days a year in one country, you are considered not resident for tax purposes. Check expat forum and the laws in each country. In general any country where you can stay visa free less than 6 months is good. An you being an American, you are the only citizen in the world, apart from Eritreans, that pays tax based on nationality, so even if you wanted not to pay US tax, you could only do that by renouncing your US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read more about flag theory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6351" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T00:05:53.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5917" CreationDate="2015-04-02T03:44:01.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;if you do not earn enough income to file taxes, then you are exempt from the individual mandate.  also, if you have medicare coverage, then you satisfy the ppaca requirements.  source:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kff.org/infographic/the-requirement-to-buy-coverage-under-the-affordable-care-act/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://kff.org/infographic/the-requirement-to-buy-coverage-under-the-affordable-care-act/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="839" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T03:44:01.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T06:20:24.387" Score="5" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for the QSW (Quebec Skilled Workers) program last May 2014. Based on my previous assessment, I am eligible for the program. I got my file number last August 2014. Unfortunately, the Quebec province has issued changes with regards to points in area of training. Am I affected by the changes? Are my attained previous points affected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6352" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-05T09:02:36.600" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T09:02:36.600" Title="QSW (Quebec Skilled Workers) program area of training points" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-21T11:42:29.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T11:13:45.603" Score="1" ViewCount="1083" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Canadian, with a Canadian passport, living in the Netherlands, I am a resident in the Netherlands. Can I work in the UK? And how would I go about sorting that out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6353" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T17:46:53.480" Title="Netherlands resident - can I work in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5926" CreationDate="2015-04-02T14:04:30.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to this question is pretty much the same as the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5921/working-in-the-netherlands&quot;&gt;Working in the Netherlands as a Spanish resident&lt;/a&gt; Your being a resident of the Netherlands does not generally entail any right to work in the UK or access to any special procedure to do so, beyond what's already available based on your citizenship and personal situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For third-country nationals (i.e. people from outside the European Union), moving to another EU country is more-or-less like moving to a completely unrelated country (with a few limited exceptions like family members of EU citizens, EU blue card holders, etc.). In this particular case, the UK isn't part of the EU blue card scheme so even this (very small) group of Dutch residents doesn't have any particular advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, there are a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points-based_immigration_system_(United_Kingdom)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;number of different work visas&lt;/a&gt; for the UK and a few other things you might qualify for (e.g. ancestry visa) so you might want to ask a follow-up question with more information about your situation (type of work you are considering, whether you have a concrete job offer or not, for what type of contract, your age, your education and experience, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also find the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gov.uk “Do I need a visa?” widget&lt;/a&gt; useful to find more info about all this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T17:46:53.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5928" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T16:17:51.550" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am participating in the h1b lottery this year. I am currently outside the US working for a non-US company which had asked me to travel to the US in May for a business trip. Is there a real risk of immigration not letting me in to the US (thinking I try to start working for the US company)? I will come with documents to prove this is a short trip for my current non-US employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6355" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T16:17:51.550" Title="enter the US while waiting h1b" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T17:02:08.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T17:06:07.943" Score="4" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been accepted to an summer exchange program in the US and I began my J-1 Visa application. However, I received a much better offer by a major institution in another country (I thought my application failed, but it seems they were just delayed in the selection process). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer to take the second option, but I don't want to mess my inmigrant records because maybe, in the future, I would try to enter the US as a master or PhD student. So, is there a penalty if I withdraw the J-1 Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6357" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T10:46:39.423" Title="Is there a penalty if I withdraw a J1 visa in any stage of the process?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T19:45:31.083" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if this question should be addressed to this group or the travel group. Sorry if this in the wrong group. I am a student currently living and working in the United States and I going to be going abroad for the next year starting in September. If I was not going abroad I would have to be paying taxes in the 2016 tax season for my income only made in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where, and how would I go to do my taxes? Would I even have to pay them in 2016? I feel like I would but i have no idea what steps I will need to take when I'm abroad. Please Help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6358" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T07:07:26.400" Title="Paying taxes as a non-working student abroad from the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5915" CreationDate="2015-04-03T00:01:01.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You and your fiancé can get married in the UK.  If you just want the wedding celebrated in the UK followed by your return to Zimbabwe within 180 days, then your fiancé should apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Marriage Visit Visa&lt;/a&gt;.  This will allow him/her to enter the UK as a visitor and use the MVV as valid credentials at your chosen &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Registry Office&lt;/a&gt;.  You should identify the Registry Office and contact them before submitting the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no provisions in the law to switch from an MVV into settlement.  You would need to leave and apply for a spouse visa.  Alternatively you can apply for a fiancé visa to get married in the UK with a view to settlement (this visa will allow your wife to switch into settled status with an in-country application, but there's a breathtaking price difference).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spouse visas are governed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370924/20141106_immigration_rules_part_8_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paragraph 281 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;.  The Fiance visa is explained in Paragraph 291 of the same rules (same link).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your question about the financial requirements...  There are no exemptions based upon age, however there is a provision allowing you to use your British pension to help your fiancé meet the requirements.  All other savings and income must be in your fiancé's name.  The financial hurdle is used for both spouse and fiancé visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is explained in the so-called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371437/AnnexFM_Section_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Appendix FM&lt;/a&gt; to the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that your fiance is over 65, she does not need to pass the English language test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is an election year and the financial requirements have been politically controversial.  To date none of the parties have pledged to repeal the financial requirements, but it's advisable to monitor the debates and assess your chances of seeing the requirement lifted as a result of election promises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T00:01:01.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-03T05:38:36.180" Score="2" ViewCount="864" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am EEA national sponsoring my sister and her daughter, they came to the UK on an EEA family permit valid for six months, I did read around that it's not a requirment for non-EEA family members to apply for a residence card, but in some links I found that extended family members who are not EEA nationals would be considered overstayers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would apply for them but my original ID card along with every evidence I have for me living and working in the UK was sent to the home office along with my dependent mother's application for residence card and I need to wait until they return it so I can use the same to apply for my sister and niece, who also need to renew their expired passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: dose the non EEA extended family member of an EEA citizen have the obligation to apply for a residence card before or after the expiry of their EEA family permit or they enjoy the same status as the non-EEA citizen who are family members of an EEA national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6361" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T13:03:34.307" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T13:04:35.313" Title="Expired EEA family permit for extended family members" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5930" CreationDate="2015-04-03T07:07:26.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen you pay US Federal taxes on your &lt;strong&gt;worldwide&lt;/strong&gt; income, regardless of where you live. However, there are certain credits, deductions and exemptions that you can take, look them up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign Earned Income Exemption allows exempting certain portions of your &lt;em&gt;earned&lt;/em&gt; income while you're abroad, if you qualify. Read the instructions to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-2555,-Foreign-Earned-Income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form 2555&lt;/a&gt; carefully to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign Tax Credit allows you using foreign taxes paid on your income as a credit towards your US tax liability under certain conditions. Read the instructions to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1116,-Foreign-Tax-Credit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form 1116&lt;/a&gt; carefully to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax Treaties, if exist between the US and the country where you'll be, may exempt some or all of your income in that country if you qualify. Check with a US-licensed tax adviser in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Itemized Deductions - if you didn't take the Foreign Tax Credit, you can deduct your foreign income taxes on your Schedule A. In most cases, FTC would provide a better benefit, but in some cases you'd be better off deducting rather than taking the credit. Do the math.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously you'll have to check the local laws in the foreign country about their income tax rules and whether you have to pay anything there. Most likely you do (unless tax treaty exempts you, if you're a student working on campus).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T07:07:26.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5934" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5958" CreationDate="2015-04-03T08:14:27.713" Score="10" ViewCount="4057" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an unmarried EU citizen with no children. I work freelance and my workplace is Internet. I'd like to relocate to another EU country where I can pay least income tax on my global income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding these, which countries should I consider? what are the tax rates that I should expect there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4839" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T12:18:03.553" Title="What EU countries have the least income tax for a single freelancer?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5932" CreationDate="2015-04-03T13:04:35.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official gov.uk website&lt;/a&gt; is quite clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Extended’ EEA family members&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must apply for a residence card if you’re the ‘extended’ family member of an EEA national and want to stay in the UK after your EEA family permit has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the previous section listed all the people who are eligible to remain in the UK without residence card and only mentioned “family members” whereas the overview mentioned “the family member or ‘extended’ family member” of EEA citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the phrase “family members” in the “Stay after your EEA family permit expires” section really means just that and does not include extended family members. The rules are indeed different for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T13:04:35.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2015-04-03T18:51:09.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to France on a six-month Language Assistant visa and was able to present my Florida license and receive a French driver's license. Check the list to see if your state is included: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/Liste_permis_de_conduire_valables_a_l_echange_01_2014_cle8cc6c4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/Liste_permis_de_conduire_valables_a_l_echange_01_2014_cle8cc6c4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if being from a different country will prevent you from doing the exchange, but I would say it is worth trying. I have heard that getting a French license takes a lot of work and money. Just contact the prefecture where you are living, but do it as soon as you arrive, so that the license is still valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6362" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T18:51:09.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-04T06:39:39.647" Score="1" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;Document &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/publications/en/dcs/documents-dcs-en-dyn.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;checklist&lt;/a&gt; for quebec asks for below contract form, which is not avaialable&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JzZrb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/forms/search-title/dcs-workers/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, we have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/forms/search-title/caf.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; for financial contract for Quebec immigration(as skilled worker) where the form is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/publications/fr/dcs/A-0522-OF-dyn.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available&lt;/a&gt; in French language for year 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;CAF – Travailleurs qualifiés, entrepreneurs et travailleurs autonomes (Dynamic PDF, 838 Ko)&#xA;(FSC – Skilled Worker, Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Person) &#xA;(English version to come)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the english &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/publications/en/dcs/A-0522-OA.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; of contract for last year(2014).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checklist document demands for &lt;code&gt;A-0522-OA&lt;/code&gt; contract form where as french contract form is &lt;code&gt;A-0522-OF&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I submit this french version contract form instead of waiting for English version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-04-05T16:28:01.600" LastActivityDate="2015-04-05T16:28:01.600" Title="CONTRACT RESPECTING FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY - Quebec province" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5942" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7050" CreationDate="2015-04-04T13:54:20.413" Score="7" ViewCount="5524" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have registered my birth in Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to know the procedure of applying for Portuguese citizenship card in India, also called Cartao de Cidadao.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what all documents I will require. Even I mailed the consulate office in New Delhi, but didn't get any replies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know about the procedure to apply for citizenship card in India and what documents are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-04-06T06:05:48.583" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T16:59:50.030" Title="Portuguese citizenship card application in India?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-05T19:08:56.983" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to rent a home in France and move there at about June 2015. I have already paid my 2014 income tax in my home country (Luxembourg). So I am wondering when and how my tax year will start in France? In other words, should I pay French income tax for this year's period before I have settled in France? What about afterwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: I work as a freelancer (from home) and earn globally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6368" LastEditorDisplayName="user6368" LastEditDate="2015-04-06T03:50:49.920" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T03:50:49.920" Title="How will I be eligible for income tax in France?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5943" CreationDate="2015-04-06T00:17:58.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, you will be considered a resident starting on the date you effectively reside in France. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1276/how-to-handle-moving-between-countries-with-different-tax-year-dates?rq=1&quot;&gt;How to handle moving between countries with different tax year dates?&lt;/a&gt; So no reason to worry about the first half of 2015, let alone 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been a resident in a given year (even for part of the year), you will have to file a tax return but not necessarily pay anything. Whether you are liable for income tax depends on the nature, source, and level of your income:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have a job in France, you will have to pay French income tax following the same rules as anybody else. France does not have any pay-as-you-earn (taxation ‘at the source’) system so the first time around you will need to use a paper form and pay all your taxes in the following year (for income received in 2015, it will be in the course of 2016). After that (starting in 2017 for you), you will pay a provisional tax at the end of each trimester or (if you ask for it) at the end of each month, with the final amount determined in the summer based on your tax return. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you still receive regular wages from a private-sector employer (e.g. cross-border worker) or an old-age pension from Luxembourg, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptive_2172/fichedescriptive_2172.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this income will be taxed in Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;. You do have to report them to the French tax office and it can have consequences on the way other incomes are taxed but your Luxembourg-sourced wages are exempt from income tax in France. There are also some complications &lt;a href=&quot;https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/drupal.content/documents/guide-impots-2014-lesfrontaliers.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you want to use the tax discounts that are available in Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other types of income or wages from other countries than Luxembourg (and Belgium or the canton of Geneva in Switzerland) are in principle taxable in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In France, unlike Luxembourg, the marginal tax rate for the first bracket (up to about €10000) is 0%. So if you have a very small income, it's also possible not to owe any income tax, even without any special exemption.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the general case, assuming you would actually be considered a resident of France and work in either France or Luxembourg. But if you would be staying in or receiving income from some other countries, it's possible the relevant tax treaties would provide different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules for other taxes are also different. For example, the &lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt; (which tenants have to pay) is paid for the whole year by the person who enjoys the use of a dwelling on the 1st of January. So you won't have to pay that for 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T00:23:27.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-06T03:03:29.843" Score="17" ViewCount="218122" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have two citizenships/passports - South Africa and New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is if I wanted a British passport, I'd have to give up one of the others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, SA, NZ and Australia allow multiple (more than two) so in theory I could get three.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the highest number of citizenships you could legally have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T03:06:28.607" Title="What is the highest number of citizenships one can hold?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="16" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2015-04-06T05:39:33.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should look into Bitcoin. Buy Bitcoin on an exchange like Kraken in Japan, and sell it in Germany. It should easily beat the often 10+% fees for remittances from Japan. Checkout reddit.com/r/bitcoin and ask them for help if you don't understand it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6370" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T05:39:33.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5779" CreationDate="2015-04-06T09:20:17.617" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way for you is to get a holiday visa and search for a job in a company who has the budget and move to a 457 skilled visa later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6372" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T09:20:17.617" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5945" CreationDate="2015-04-06T09:48:17.880" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Very few countries (if any) limit the number of citizenships you can hold &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; and there are certainly no international norm that would do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What prevents you from getting many are rules like “if you apply for another citizenship, you lose citizenship X” or “to be naturalized, you need to prove you gave up your previous citizenship(s)”. And these rules can have exceptions depending on personal circumstances (e.g. whether you grew up in the country), international treaties (e.g. the &lt;a href=&quot;http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/043.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Strasbourg convention&lt;/a&gt;), whether your other nationality can be renounced at all or for for specific citizenships (e.g. Germany ‘tolerates’ dual citizenship when the other citizenship is that of another EU country, even in cases in which the general rules would strip you of your German citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain also has a rather original concept of “dormant nationality”. You don't lose your citizenship by naturalising to an iberoamerican country but you cannot enjoy its effects until you come back to reside in Spain. Would it count in your tally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, even countries that have restrictive rules for &lt;em&gt;naturalisations&lt;/em&gt; often do not mind multiple or dual citizenships acquired &lt;em&gt;by birth&lt;/em&gt; (although even that isn't a rule: you can be effectively forced to choose between citizenships at a certain age, lest you lose one of them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this matters because it means you can't just cite a number, it also depends on how you acquire the citizenships in question and in what order. For example, there must be thousands of people who hold both the Turkish and the German citizenships and German law has recently been changed to allow it in even more cases but if you are an adult and you do not presently have them, there is no legal way for you to gain and hold both at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At most, we could put a ceiling on the maximum number of concurrent citizenships that one can hold. If we start with the number of countries in the world, and discount those that explicitly reject dual citizenship like the DR Congo and perhaps those that make it extremely difficult like Japan or Austria, we might still end up with dozens of potentially ‘compatible’ nationalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the question from the other end, I personally know people who have three citizenships by birth, have heard about people with four or five and can think of plausible ways to have a few more. Beyond that, there are two main issues that will limit how many you can really have in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For citizenships acquired at birth, the main issue are registration or residency requirements. In many cases, parents who have never resided in a country cannot pass that country's citizenship to their children or need to register them fairly quickly (cf. notions like British citizenship “otherwise than by descent”). So if your parents have several citizenships (by naturalisation or otherwise) at the time of your birth, you might very well be born with three or more citizenships but you won't always have all of your grandparents' citizenships and you might not be able to transmit all of yours to your own children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't born with multiple citizenships, the main way you could acquire others is through naturalisation. This brings some additional complications as the law sometimes explicitly specify that naturalisation is contingent on a willingness to integrate and make a life in the country. In a country like that, if it looks like you always intended to live elsewhere, your naturalisation could theoretically be reversed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most countries also only offer naturalisation after 5-10 years of residence, require some knowledge of the local language and take a long time to process applications (and even then it's rarely automatic, naturalisation might very well be denied). While there is nothing preventing you from doing that in several places, as a practical matter you won't be able to get more than a few citizenships that way in your lifetime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are cynical and look at the most convoluted scenarios, we might still add countries from which you can effectively “buy” a citizenship (e.g. through a large investment in a local company) and also “use” several marriages to gain a few more while waiting on naturalisation elsewhere but even that might take some time and it seems difficult to get anywhere near the “maximum”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One useful resource if you want to dig deeper in all this is the UNHCR Refworld database, which includes &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/topic,50ffbce524d,50ffbce525c,,0,,LEGISLATION,.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;an extensive collection of documents on citizenship / nationality law&lt;/a&gt; (but unfortunately you will have to read and understand them yourself to figure out the rules in each country, they don't provide a neat table or summary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, since you mentioned ease of travel in a comment, note that having several citizenships can help you benefit from visa waivers or allow you to take up residency in different places but if you are a citizen somewhere, it also means that this country does not have to give you access to consular assistance from your “other countries”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-08T00:15:51.617" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T00:15:51.617" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2015-04-06T15:42:39.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mr Spence is actually wrong, your car must be registered in the country you live in. To claim that to have a car in France is legally on UK plates despite being french registered is bull. He has, one assumes, a french carte grise (equivalent to our V5 log book) on which he will find his new registation number in the top left hand corner. It should be in the format AB-123-CD. The French authorities DO NOT allow you to keep your old number! It does not match their system. In fact, no country in the world will. It has nothing to do with open borders, it is about being able to trace car owners in the event of an offence or an accident. At the moment foreign police forces do not have official access to the DVLA database so if a UK reg car gets caught on a speed camera in France the authorities cannot send the owner a ticket. This is why so many expats do not bother to register their cars in a new country - all well &amp;amp; good until they are involved in a serious accident. Angry? Oh yes I am! It could be me they run into...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6374" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T15:42:39.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-06T00:36:57.483" Score="3" ViewCount="1183" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter who is 4 was born in the UK and holds a British Passport.&#xA;Her mother who is Bulgarian wants her to have a passport from Bulgaria. Question is will she be able to retain the British passport if she has a second passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dr. A. Hahn" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T16:41:06.773" Title="Are 2 passports valid when one is British and the other applied for in Bulgaria" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5950" CreationDate="2015-04-06T00:46:09.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your daughter will be able to retain both her passport and her British citizenship.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is allowed in the&#xA;  UK. This means you can be a British citizen and also a citizen of&#xA;  other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dual Citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bulgaria allows its citizens to hold foreign citizenship in addition&#xA;  to their Bulgarian citizenship. Some countries, however, do not permit&#xA;  multiple citizenship e.g. adults who acquired Bulgarian and Japanese&#xA;  citizenship by birth must declare, to the latter's Ministry of&#xA;  Justice, before turning 22, which citizenship they want to keep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike some other countries, the UK places no restrictions on the number of nationalities a person can claim.  There are an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/population-by-country-of-birth-and-nationality/2012/population-by-country-of-birth-and-nationality-report.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;estimated 500,000&lt;/a&gt; dual or treble nationals inside the London Orbital alone (my own family, for example, is treble).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She can also use her &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.euromove.org.uk/index.php?id=20539&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bulgarian passport to come and go from the UK&lt;/a&gt;, but the rules on that are more complex.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adding...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The controlling &lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; reference is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Nationality Act 1981&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T01:24:26.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5953" CreationDate="2015-04-06T18:06:14.257" Score="6" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one of my divorced parents has been granted a green card but does not reside in the US (and has not resided there for longer than a few months), does that have any bearing on an application that I - a European citizen - make for residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6375" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T19:59:09.533" Title="Is it possible to “inherit” a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5952" CreationDate="2015-04-06T19:59:09.533" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely that the fact that your parent holds a US green card will have any bearing on your application. In fact, if your parent does not currently reside in the US, their status of &quot;permanent residency&quot; could certainly be called into question (but also wouldn't affect your application).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happened to somebody I knew in Canada many years ago. He was Canadian, was entering the US from Canada, and the immigration officer noticed his green card in his wallet. After some brief questioning, the officer established that he did not live in the US and cancelled his green card on the spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T19:59:09.533" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5945" CreationDate="2015-04-07T01:59:34.697" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no limit, in theory or practice&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travelbuzz/1176002-whats-greatest-number-citizenships-permanent-residencies-can-one-have-2.html&quot;&gt;This thread on Flyertalk&lt;/a&gt; mentions several people with five citizenships, posits a case where a child born to a couple with three citizenships each would easily get 7, and goes on to speculate that with the right sets of parents it would be possible to acquire more than 9 at birth plus any more you'd care to accumulate during your lifetime.  There are still quite a few countries where you can become a citizen in less than 5 years, or even buy citizenship outright if you throw enough money at them.  The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-greatest-number-of-citizenships-ever-held-by-one-person&quot;&gt;answers to the same question on Quora&lt;/a&gt; have a case of a person who &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; has 8 citizenships (and got rid of a 9th for tax reasons), and sketches out how you could end up with 10, 12 or 14!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once past the age of 20 or so, simply &lt;em&gt;maintaining&lt;/em&gt; a citizenship generally requires zero effort, once the bit is toggled it stays toggled short of (say) actively waging war against a country you're a citizen of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, citizenship does often incur obligations like tax, military service etc, which can make it a pain to stay in the good books of all your countries.  As a simple example, if I'm a male Finnish citizen over 18 who hasn't completed their national service, I'll stay a citizen if I stay overseas, but I'll be arrested as a draft dodger if I return to the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T01:59:34.697" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5957" CreationDate="2015-04-07T02:42:20.257" Score="7" ViewCount="1658" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Brazilian and my girlfriend is German. Some weeks ago she had to go back and we thought about the possibility of me going to Germany so we could live together. For that, our initial plan was me to visit Germany with a tourist visa (Brazilians are not required for visits under 90 days), staying for a period like a month or so to see if I would enjoy the place, and if I do, apply for a temporary residency visa while I still am in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply for such visa within German Borders? Would this kind of relationship be acceptable for requiring a visa or we would need to be married in order to require such thing? How about work, am I eligible to obtain an work and living visa since my main goal is to stay with her and for that need to get a work in order to sustain our household?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for answers all over the internet, but there's little to no information in Portuguese and when I look for something in English, I normally find information about US citizens that can live in Germany under certain specific conditions, which is far from this scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6378" LastEditorUserId="6378" LastEditDate="2015-04-07T07:28:40.320" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T19:05:40.507" Title="Non-EU citizen moving to Germany to live with German girlfriend" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-07T09:04:18.210" Score="4" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat on a work permit in Malaysia. This is the second company I joined, few months back. Previously I worked for another company which provided me a three-year work permit. With the new company, although my position is permanent, the company refused to apply for a work permit longer than a year, saying it's the company policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the banks that I need to open account with, is CitiBank. However, the bank &lt;em&gt;strictly&lt;/em&gt; requires at least 1 year visa. By the time I receive my passport, it is less than a year. Last time I visited the bank I had 7 months left in my Visa in addition to employment contract stating I'm a permanent employee. Unfortunately, it did not help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, is there any other way to open a bank account with CitiBank Malaysia with less than a year visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="756" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T16:13:38.910" Title="Open Bank Account with one year work permit in Malaysia" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5955" CreationDate="2015-04-07T10:01:31.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just like US citizens, you could apply for a “family reunification” (&lt;em&gt;Ehegattennachzug&lt;/em&gt;) permit from within Germany.&lt;/strong&gt; This is only possible for citizens of a handful of nations but Brazil is among them. For reference, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/04-AuslEhepartner.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the page on family reunification&lt;/a&gt; (in German) on the Foreign Ministry's website. The relevant bit is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Staatsangehörige Australiens, Brasiliens, El Salvadors, Israels, Japans, Kanadas, Neuseelands, Südkoreas und der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika können die erforderliche Aufenthaltsgenehmigung auch nach der Einreise einholen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Literally: “Citizens of Australia, Brazil, El Salvador, Israel, Japan, Canada, New-Zealand, South-Korea and the United States of America can also obtain the necessary residence permit after entry.” By contrast, citizens from all other countries (except EU and associated countries of course) need to apply for a specific visa from outside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, family reunification does require some form of registered partnership (if not a traditional marriage then at least a civil union, &lt;em&gt;eingetragene Partnerschaft&lt;/em&gt; in German) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Migration/EhepartnerFamilie/ehepartnerfamilie-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;possibly some knowledge of German&lt;/a&gt;. If you get a residence permit through this route, as the spouse of a German citizen you would have an unconditional right to work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you cannot do that, the other solution would be a regular work permit but you must qualify for that on your own, based on your qualifications and experience and having a German partner would not help in this case. Basically you need to find an employer willing to sponsor you and extend a specific job offer with a salary over a rather high threshold. I don't think Brazilian citizens can apply for that one from within the country either (US Americans definitely can).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beware: The rules that apply to partners of German citizens are different from those that apply to partners of other EU citizens or third-country nationals who reside in Germany. There are also slightly different rules for family reunification visas/permits and regular work permits. So what you might have read about other related situations does not readily apply to yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-07T16:26:20.180" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T16:26:20.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5934" CreationDate="2015-04-07T11:34:04.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andorra, Bulgaria or Macedonia by the looks of this list.&#xA;5%, 7%, 10% and 10% flat rate respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T11:34:04.947" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-07T14:16:49.833" Score="4" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents are looking into their estate planning in Ireland. I would like more information about how I may be affected due to living on &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H1-B visa in US for past 2 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if I have a Green Card in US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am to inherit Irish based assets / domicile / land where will I be taxed, at what rate and what exemptions are there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6380" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T10:54:15.407" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T23:30:38.283" Title="Irish citizen in living in USA, inheriting from Irish parents (living in Ireland)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5920" CreationDate="2015-04-07T18:33:35.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many of the UPS shops have mail service. This one may help.  There are other UPS shops there, and everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ups.com/content/br/en/contact/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ups.com/content/br/en/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2433" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T18:33:35.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-07T20:03:31.823" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife lived in the UK for 9 years before settling in Canada. She did not work during that time because she was looking after the children while I was in full time employment in the UK. She did not apply for the NI number, but was receiving &quot;family allowance&quot; for our children who were born in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can we track her &quot;family allowance&quot; record information? and possible other information to support her stay in the UK?&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6383" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T20:03:31.823" Title="Did not get National Insurance Number whilst living in the UK" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-06T10:45:09.273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5965" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5967" CreationDate="2015-04-08T16:00:03.077" Score="3" ViewCount="378" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have visited Austria for an interview and I received a Schengen visa for it. Now I am in Germany and I have a proposed contract for the next few months before I start my PhD (next year) to work here in Germany (I used to work in the same company during my studies in Germany). The question is can I apply for a work visa permit for this duration or do I need leave the German soil and apply from somewhere else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently here it is said that it is not possible to do so for a study visa, but I am not sure about work visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case I need to leave the country for applying again, can I do it from another country say Turkey. Because of military duty, I can only leave the country once after graduation (which is my situation now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6387" LastEditorUserId="6387" LastEditDate="2015-04-09T10:19:47.127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-09T12:19:14.683" Title="Applying for a work visa in Germany during a stay with Schengen visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2015-04-08T18:45:38.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ExpatRide.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ExpatRide&lt;/a&gt; with great success. They can assist expats with any make or model available in the U.S. Before or after arriving in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a pre-owned BMW 5 series with manufacture warranty on an Open End Lease (which means that I can break the lease at any time at little or no cost). I was afraid to lock myself into a regular Closed End Lease which is impossible to get out of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked out Autosorce as but went with ExpatRide because Auotosource could only offer a few number of new cars, there was a wait time, the only offer Closed End leases which is too risky for me. Also I needed to put down a deposit before I moved to the U.S. and they were VERY pushy about me having to sign NOW NOW NOW. I did not feel comfortable working with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6388" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T18:45:38.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5965" CreationDate="2015-04-08T20:48:09.300" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany only allows people from very few countries (e.g. the US, South Korea, or Australia) to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Visabestimmungen_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply for a residence permit from within the country&lt;/a&gt;. People from other countries – including Iran and all countries whose citizens need a Schengen visa for short stays in Germany – need to apply for a long-stay visa from a German consular post abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not completely sure of that but I think that you can only apply to the consulate/embassy competent for your usual place of residence. This could mean that if you wish to apply outside of your country of origin, you would have to provide an address and a proof of your status as a resident in the country where you wish to apply (e.g. if you want to apply to the German embassy in Turkey, you need to show them some Turkish document establishing your status as a resident of Turkey).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the specific type of visa you are seeking, it might be necessary for the consulate to involve the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; for your intended place of residence in Germany and the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur for Arbeit&lt;/em&gt;, which means that the application process could take several months. You will therefore obviously need to have the right to stay that long in the country where you lodged your application to wait for the result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, work visas/permits have rather stringent requirements so getting one for a temporary job could be very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-09T12:19:14.683" LastActivityDate="2015-04-09T12:19:14.683" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5557" CreationDate="2015-04-09T01:23:15.877" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you know, because you have a history of being able to claim the FEIE and continue to reside in China, you meet the bona fide and physical presence tests for the FEIE. You of course must meet these tests every time you want to claim the exemption. But that's not what you're asking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can income from a US employer to a US employee count as &quot;foreign earned&quot; for the purposes of this tax exemption?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, provided that your tax home is in a foreign country. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Tax-Home-in-Foreign-Country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;From the IRS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your tax home is the general area of your main place of business, employment, or post of duty, regardless of where you maintain your family home. Your tax home is the place where you are permanently or indefinitely engaged to work as an employee or self-employed individual. Having a &quot;tax home&quot; in a given location does not necessarily mean that the given location is your residence or domicile for tax purposes.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You are not considered to have a tax home in a foreign country for any period in which your abode is in the United States. However, your abode is not necessarily in the United States while you are temporarily in the United States. Your abode is also not necessarily in the United States merely because you maintain a dwelling in the United States, whether or not your spouse or dependents use the dwelling.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The location of your tax home often depends on whether your assignment is temporary or indefinite. If you are temporarily absent from your tax home in the United States on business, you may be able to deduct your away from home expenses (for travel, meals, and lodging) but you would not qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion. If your new work assignment is for an indefinite period, your new place of employment becomes your tax home, and you would not be able to deduct any of the related expenses that you have in the general area of this new work assignment. If your new tax home is in a foreign country and you meet the other requirements, your earnings may qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you expect your employment away from home in a single location to last, and it does last, for 1 year or less, it is temporary unless facts and circumstances indicate otherwise. If you expect it to last for more than 1 year, it is indefinite.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you expect your employment to last for 1 year or less, but at some later date you expect it to last longer than 1 year, it is temporary (in the absence of facts and circumstances indicating otherwise) until your expectation changes.&#xA;  For guidance on how to determine your tax home refer to Revenue Ruling 93-86.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You live in China&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You became an employee of a US company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For your new duties, you are posted in China indefinitely&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You reasonably expect to be so posted for more than one year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is the case, your tax home is China, and your income is eligible for the FEIE. The IRS even gives an example which is helpfully relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For several years, you were a marketing executive with a producer of machine tools in Toledo, Ohio. In November of last year your employer transferred you to London, England, for a minimum of 18 months to set up a sales operation for Europe. Before you left, you distributed business cards showing your business and home addresses in London. You kept ownership of your home in Toledo but rented it to another family. You placed your car in storage. In November of last year, you moved your spouse, children, furniture, and family pets to a home your employer rented for you in London.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Shortly after moving, you leased a car, and you and your spouse got British driving licenses. Your entire family got library cards for the local public library. You and your spouse opened bank accounts with a London bank and secured consumer credit. You joined a local business league, and both you and your spouse became active in the neighborhood civic association and worked with a local charity. Your abode is in London for the time you live there, and you satisfy the tax home test in the foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can meet the tax home test even if your employer is a US company paying you in US dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From my understanding, I will not need to pay Chinese tax either since I’ll be here on a business visa working for an international company and paid outside the country.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  In terms of tax benefit for me, this offer seems too good to be true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems too good to be true because it is. You're living in China, interacting with the local economy, and earning your money there. You need to pay Chinese income tax. It seems like you don't &quot;need&quot; to because it will be difficult for the Chinese authorities to monitor your income stream from the US source. But tax dodging is unwise, especially since you're there to start a Chinese company. You'll, at a minimum, face some difficult questions from the Chinese government if you don't scrupulously do things above board.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="910" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-28T13:25:32.040" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T13:25:32.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5969" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-09T01:44:22.817" Score="7" ViewCount="4858" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living and working in China. I have both a work permit (&quot;green book&quot;) and a residency permit (it goes in your passport and also functions as your visa). For foreigners working in China, these are applied for, approved and issued simultaneously, but they are separate documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I cease being employed, I have ten days to begin work and file employment papers at a new job. If I exceed this window, I must exit China and begin the work permit process from scratch if I want to start working in China again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my residency permit if I stop working? The work permit enables one to obtain a residence permit, but it's possible to receive one through other means. Does the residence permit remain valid through its expiry date even if the work permit expires? I haven't found anything to indicate otherwise, and it &quot;makes sense&quot;, but obviously that's no evidence that this is the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simple example: January first, I begin work in China and receive my work and residence permits. They are valid for one year. July first, I stop working. I want to remain living in China through December and my residence permit expires December 31.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if my work permit expires I will have trouble renewing the residence permit, but that's not the issue here. Please cite sources in your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="910" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-04-09T06:26:49.093" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:15:14.563" Title="If my Chinese work permit expires, for how long is my residence permit valid?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5584" CreationDate="2015-04-09T13:28:36.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to find a proper reference on either the EU-Lex site or the Gov.UK sites but couldn't find anything definitive, so this might be speculation, but I think if you are not registered in Germany anymore (and you are a UK resident) you &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; drive a German car, even if you are only a student in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the original EU law allows students to use their cars abroad, is because students (similarly to cross border workers) are &lt;strong&gt;not considered as a resident&lt;/strong&gt; in the new country. This unclearness can also lead to other types of confusions for students, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5683/confusion-about-ehic-for-a-student-in-the-uk/5686#5686&quot;&gt;check my answer on whether you are allowed to get an EHIC or not as a student&lt;/a&gt;. There the problem is the same: as a student your residency status between your home and host country is not clear inside the EU (as by default as a student you are still considered as a resident in your home country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in your case this is also not true, as you have already said you have de-registered from Germany and you are an (ordinary) resident in the UK. Based on my interpretation this means you are not allowed to drive a non-UK registered car in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While as I've said this is mostly speculation as neither the EU-Lex site nor the Gov.UK site has anything concrete to say about this issue, some universities in the UK think similarly: after 6 months you are probably a resident, and you should re-register your car in the UK (&lt;a href=&quot;http://intsupport.southwales.ac.uk/driving/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source 1&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalstudents/uklife/driving/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source 2&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-04-10T09:37:46.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5971" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5977" CreationDate="2015-04-09T14:03:50.680" Score="2" ViewCount="2420" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to study in Germany and currently graduated. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0187&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;law&lt;/a&gt; I have the right to work/reside for 18 months afterwards in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was leaving the country I deregistered (Abmeldung) from the city that I was residing in, but now it is only three months from my deregistration. In Buergeramt I have been told that since I have deregistered  I cannot ask for prolonged stay in Germany anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the woman I was talking too, seems to discriminate her clients. I was wondering whether there is part of the law that states that after de-registration one cannot extend his/her residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6387" LastEditorUserId="6387" LastEditDate="2015-04-09T15:13:43.403" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T14:36:49.897" Title="Deregistered from Germany and Returned" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5973" CreationDate="2015-04-07T20:54:18.300" Score="10" ViewCount="973" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen currently living in the UK. My only identity document, my German identity card, is about to expire, but I may want to travel to Germany and back at some point before I will have a chance of obtaining a new ID card the normal way (due to having to obtain an appointment with the German embassy and waiting to receive the document after that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I rely on some way of getting from the UK to Germany and back on an invalid ID card, and which way would that be? I could imagine an airline holding me up with an invalid document, would eg. travelling by ferry be more likely to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, do I need to find a fast way of obtaining a new identity document before travelling – and what are my options there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Under what circumstances can I request a temporary ID card for emergency travel from the embassy?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does applying through a honorary consul lead to less waiting time? I know that the Bundesdruckerei takes some six weeks to create the document. This time in itself should be fine, but an additional seven weeks before an appointment at the embassy in London would mean it's late.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4862" OwnerDisplayName="Anaphory" LastActivityDate="2018-02-05T22:23:05.167" Title="Leaving and returning to the UK with an invalid German identity card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5972" CreationDate="2015-04-07T21:09:43.570" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Going back to Germany with a recently expired ID should be possible, even though it's asking for trouble when you need to renew your ID anyway. But it's coming back to the UK that's going to be really difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking an &lt;em&gt;honorary&lt;/em&gt; consul will waste rather than save time. If it's more convenient because it saves you a trip to London or you can get an appointment earlier, then by all means do it but they will transfer the application to a proper consul/embassy anyway so it would just add one more step in the process and won't make the &lt;em&gt;Bundesdruckerei&lt;/em&gt; work faster, which is another major bottleneck in all this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are really in a bind, you should try to get a “temporary” (emergency) passport instead. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/de/04/01__Passstelle/4__Vorlaeufiger__Reisepass.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is some info from the German embassy in London about this.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a tip for the future: Get an ID card in the middle of your passport's validity period and vice versa so you always have a back-up if one gets lost or stolen and something to travel in the EU while waiting out on the renewal of the other document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2018-02-05T22:23:05.167" LastActivityDate="2018-02-05T22:23:05.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5972" CreationDate="2015-04-08T01:36:09.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check with the German consulate in London if they'd give you a temporary travel document to allow you back to Germany.  I think they should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Oskar Limka" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T01:36:09.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5971" CreationDate="2015-04-10T10:09:19.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For later reference, I have asked the question from two different  Ausländerbehörde in Germany. The person only can rely on this law if has not de-registered from Germany to leave it. In that case he has to leave the Germany and apply for job-seeking visa through a consulate. This rules have exception for countries like, US, South Korea and a few more; I think they don't need a Schengen visa to be in Germany anyway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6387" LastActivityDate="2015-04-10T10:09:19.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2015-04-11T09:07:56.823" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the same boat mate. I'm a US citizen from Texas, but have been living in Japan for 12 years. My Texas driver's license is long expired and I cannot review it as I'm not a Texas resident. Basically it seems we need to get an international driver's license, not different than a foreign visitor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what Texas DMV told me by email last week:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to present the following items:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of identity Proof of social security&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of lawful status/U.S. Citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of Texas residency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of completion of adult driver education (if applicable).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, you will need to provide the following information for the vehicle you use for the driving test: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of current registration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of current inspection&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of current liability insurance: it is not necessary for your name to be on the insurance policy, you just need to show proof that the vehicle itself is insured&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I'm not a resident of Texas, or any other state, it's a deal breaker. So it seems we are no different than foreign visitors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Foreign_Visitors_Driving.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Foreign_Visitors_Driving.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign Visitors Driving in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quick facts for foreign visitors about driving in the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An international driver's license must be obtained from your home country. This permit only verifies that you hold a valid license in your home country. It is your foreign driver's license that allows you to drive in the United States. Contact the authorities in your home country to get an international driving permit, as the United States does NOT issue international driver's licenses to foreign visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you obtain a valid international driver's license from your country of origin before you come to the U.S., you may rent a car and drive before you get your U.S. driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A U.S. driver's license is not a federal document, but it's a permit issued by one of the 50 states' motor vehicle departments. If you're going to reside in the U.S., it may take several months to obtain a U.S. driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Foreign visitors who become U.S. residents can only obtain a driver's license from the state in which they reside. Each state has its own driving rules and regulations. Check with your state's motor vehicles department to find out how to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you receive your U.S. driver's license from a state motor vehicles department, you will be permitted to drive in all other U.S. states. The laws in each state vary from one to another. It is your responsibility to know and obey the laws of that state while driving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The residency requirement for obtaining a U.S. driver's license varies with each state. Consult the motor vehicles department in your state for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a foreign student coming to the U.S. to study, contact the university or college you will attend, as most institutions provide students with driving information and most have websites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The U.S. government has issued warnings about Internet vendors of worthless international driver's licenses. It is important to educate yourself about the dangers of these costly and illegal operations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6397" LastEditorUserId="6397" LastEditDate="2018-11-11T09:04:19.590" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T09:04:19.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-11T20:42:05.543" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US Citizen, but I would love to retire abroad - UK.  Even though I have never worked there, how might I be able to settle there?  I would be living on multiple pensions earned in the US and a defined contribution annuity (401K), so I would not need public assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6399" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T22:15:24.860" Title="US Citizen Wanting To Retire in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-11T22:22:08.920" Score="2" ViewCount="506" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British female, born in Wales 1960, now a US citizen 1999, my daughter was born in 1995 in the US.  Does she have to register as a British citizen to get a passport or can she just apply? I never registered her as a child but I believe she is British by descent through me.  I went to do gov website and they say she probably is but I am not sure where to go next to make sure or just try and apply for a British passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6400" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T23:28:11.210" Title="Is my daughter British and can she get a British Passport" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5981" CreationDate="2015-04-11T23:16:52.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have a look at the different visas offered by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UKBA&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-investor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 1 Investor&lt;/a&gt; is often the only route for self/unemployed US citizens to settle in the UK. It requires £2 million to be invested in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T23:16:52.703" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5982" CreationDate="2015-04-11T23:28:11.210" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there could be edge cases, you daughter is a UK citizen by descent. You can check here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edge cases would include your daughter not being your biological daughter (e.g., if you are transgender or a lesbian) or you being a UK citizen by descent (e.g., if you father was a diplomat working for a non-UK country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T23:28:11.210" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2015-04-12T13:19:56.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can, in some states, with a virtual address. For example, in Florida if you get a virtual address, then one can use that address for a bank account and credit card (e.g., HSBC or Simple online, and Paypal). These provide &quot;proof of residency&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then one has to visit Florida for with Passport, Social Security card, and old drivers' license (expired or not yet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this requires one physically present themselves in the US (cannot be done from abroad), and it also requires a virtual address and bank accounts, etc., for proof of residency (but it doesn't take much money to do that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6402" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T13:19:56.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2015-04-12T13:30:02.103" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That depends on three things: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One's tax liabilities as a citizen of one's home country (e.g., US Citizens owe income tax on worldwide earnings); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The place where one will earn income (or perhaps preserve wealth if no work income); and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Locations where one will reside.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6402" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T13:30:02.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T07:51:27.767" Score="7" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and I met a Guatemalean girl. We got married in Great Britain and we had two kids who were born in London and are British as well. Before, she became an overstayed person as her tourist visa expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two years ago, we left UK and now we are living in Ecuador, my first country. So, now we want to go back to UK and get the less complicated permission to enter UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the best way to get that permission or visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6404" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T19:41:16.790" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T19:41:16.790" Title="How can my wife get the permission to enter into UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T14:48:42.697" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;All, I was referred here from travel.stackexchange. MY whole life I have lived in upstate NY. This is not enough for me. I want to spend the majority of my time travelling to other countries and working with new people. As of right now I hold a B.S. in Computer Engineering, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and am temporarily working as a software engineer. I have heard and done research about software consultants that get to travel to many other countries, and since they are being hired by companies their travel expenses are paid for. I have not seen any similar thing for hardware/ASIC design engineers (area in which I'm passionate). Do these types of jobs exist? I am planning on getting more experience as a digital design engineer before pursuing anything officially. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, If these jobs do exists, what would the best way to find a client base. and where would most of these jobs be? I am comfortable spending long periods of time at one location if need be, and I am also fine with traveling for just a week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there isn't any need for a Hardware engineering consultant, are there any other jobs that I would be able to use my knowledge base and still be paid to travel. Some people have suggested getting a job where I can remote in consistently so that I could travel whenever I want, but I don't like the idea of paying to travel, to just stay in my hotel room or a cafe doing work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since I would hypothetically be traveling to many countries for various amounts of time, how would the visa system work. Is it entirely country dependent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6409" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-13T16:15:11.353" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T16:15:11.353" Title="Traveling Engineering Consultant" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T20:16:55.930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5988" CreationDate="2015-04-13T22:12:02.457" Score="5" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If she left at her own expense over 2 years ago, overstaying should not be a problem for either a visit or a spouse visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A &quot;spouse visa&quot; (if you want to live in the UK) requires the British partner to have earnings equivalent to at least £18,600 per year. You might be able to count your overseas earnings, but it can be complicated:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6410" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T22:12:02.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5981" CreationDate="2015-04-13T22:15:24.860" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't have £2m for a UK Investor visa you could try a cheaper &quot;golden visa&quot; country first (for example, Malta, Portugal or Greece), with the aim of obtaining an EU citizenship that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6410" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T22:15:24.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5992" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5993" CreationDate="2015-04-13T22:24:10.927" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cape Verde has a special &quot;Cape Verdean emigrant&quot; status that confers tax benefits on Cape Verde-source income. In particular, a 20% tax on bank CD interest is waived if you qualify. My wife and I will be emigrating from Cape Verde soon and would like to take advantage of these benefits. We want to know for planning purposes when the soonest would be that she would be able to qualify as an emigrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Bank of Cape Verde's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bcv.cv/SiteCollectionDocuments/ConsumidorBancario.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Banking Consumer Guide&lt;/a&gt; (p23-25; in Portuguese), to qualify as an emigrant you must prove that you reside permanently in a foreign country. From reading lists of requirements on various commercial banks' sites, I see that in most cases to be considered to &quot;reside permanently&quot; you must have a paid job or other income-generating activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also seems that one might have to have resided and/or worked for a year in a foreign country before counting as residing permanently there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the actual minimum requirements for this? Are they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a permanent residence permit, reside, and have a source of income?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a permanent residence permit, reside for a year, and have a source of income?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a permanent residence permit, reside for a year, and have had a source of income for a year?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's relevant, we'll be residing in the US. Neither of us receive any form of pensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-04-16T22:44:23.427" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T22:44:23.427" Title="At what point after becoming an expatriate of Cape Verde does one qualify as an &quot;emigrant&quot; for tax &amp; banking purposes?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;cape-verde&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5992" CreationDate="2015-04-13T23:31:24.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, you seem to have quoted the official guidance, and it seems vague/ambiguous. I doubt you can get a clearer response from anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ambiguity is for a reason. Many countries (including my home country, and the State of California where I currently reside) have very vague definitions of who is an emigrant (i.e.: was a resident and now is not). It always boils down to specific facts and circumstances, and the reason for this is that the countries do not want to commit to some clear-cut definition based on which they will give up income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will definitely commit on clear-cut definitions based on which they will demand income. I'm pretty sure that is also the case with Cape Verde - the definition of who &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; a resident is much better and clear cut than the definition of who is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;. And the gray area of ambiguity and vagueness extends much more into the potential non-residency area than into a potential residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is deliberate, and there's nothing much to do about it. You can research prior case law for people in similar situation as yours, and see what the courts concluded, but if there were no court cases - you'll just have to make a decision whether to claim that you're an emigrant or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say, that if you have a US green card - you could claim that you're not a Cape Verde resident. But if you're a US citizen, and especially if you were a US citizen when you resided in Cape Verde - that would probably not help you much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally having long term commitments helps, i.e.: having a job which is a permanent one, buying your own primary residence (especially with mortgage), kids in school registered as residents, resident health insurance, etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T23:31:24.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-14T02:40:23.860" Score="2" ViewCount="274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to France (from the USA, but I am not American).  My understanding is that I do not need to pay customs duty for my personal property when entering France.  However, I do need a lot of paperwork to prove that I am moving permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; Precisely what paperwork is needed in this case and how can I obtain it?  I would appreciate links to a trustworthy (official) source, preferably in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, what do I need to do when I send some of the things by post instead of taking them with me on the plane?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not able to find the official sources. Though I did find mention of the procedure on several websites, most of them are incomplete or clearly outdated (e.g. still using French Francs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="6087" LastEditDate="2015-04-14T03:12:09.250" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T18:54:59.353" Title="Customs when moving to France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-14T06:38:51.273" Score="0" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US expat living in Spain (almost a year now). I made a large purchase at an online store last week with my Visa credit card. The item has not shipped, but I have already been charged for the full purchase price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, Visa requires merchants to ship the product before fully charging the credit card. Do these rules apply in Spain/the EU? Does the EU have rules of its own that trump Visa's rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4847" LastEditorUserId="4847" LastEditDate="2015-04-14T08:36:54.910" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T20:20:38.573" Title="Visa (Credit Card) Regulations in Europe" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5994" CreationDate="2015-04-14T07:30:49.440" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some trustworthy official sources (in French however):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.douane.gouv.fr/articles/a10789-demenagement-en-france-les-operations-ne-permettant-pas-de-beneficier-de-la-franchise&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Douane.gouv.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F492.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Vosdroits.servce-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Briefly, you need to show form &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/R1240.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cerfa n°10070*02&lt;/a&gt; and two copies of the full list of all effects you want to import to the customs with their estimated price (being able to present invoices can be useful for that). You will keep a copy of your inventory with a stamp or something from the customs administration (“exemplaire visé de l'inventaire”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to establish you have been living abroad for the last 12 months and that France will become your main residence from now on but there is no set list of documents you need to present for that. Things like utility bills (for the US), a job contract or a long-stay visa (for France) should be good but the official sources are vague about that, presumably to leave some discretion to the customs administration. What you read on the web is probably what worked for other people before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can import your things in several times over the course of 12 months after moving to France but you need to present the full list the first time you show up with goods that you want to import under this rule. Presumably, this means you could have the rest sent over by post, but only &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; contacting the customs with the form and the list. Enclosing a copy of the certified inventory would seem like a good idea in case the customs take interest in your package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that alcohol, tobacco and goods of “a professional nature” are excluded from this exemption. There might also be other rules and restrictions (unrelated to duties) for things like plants, pets, food, weapons, gold, or cultural goods either in France or in the country you are leaving. Finally, there are special rules for cars, boats, etc. but your question suggests you are not planning to import one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-15T14:53:38.103" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T14:53:38.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5827" CreationDate="2015-04-14T15:41:56.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usps.com/international/priority-mail-international.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USPS Priority Mail International&lt;/a&gt;.  This is the most affordable option I was able to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T15:41:56.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1154" CreationDate="2015-04-14T19:36:21.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been using Paysera for USD to EUR transfers, however never for such large amounts. They advertise that there is no limit for how much you transfer, therefore it could be an option. They have a flat rate for transactions depending on the currency, so if the same applies for such a large amount, then it would be very cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6412" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T19:36:21.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5995" CreationDate="2015-04-14T20:20:38.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the EU, most (serious) online shops will charge you only once the goods are shipped. You seem to have fallen on a not so correct one. Nevertheless, in the EU, when you buy a product online,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you have the right to return unwanted goods within 14 days from&#xA;  receiving the goods&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/buy-sell-online/rights-e-commerce/index_en.htm#purchase-confirmation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/buy-sell-online/rights-e-commerce/index_en.htm#purchase-confirmation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which gives you some means to put pressure on the seller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T20:20:38.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6001" CreationDate="2015-04-14T20:49:06.943" Score="1" ViewCount="620" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm doing my PhD and will be starting an internship in the UK (and have EU + Canadian citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need CPT status for this internship? I'm not sure whether CPT/OPT is only for F1 students working in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6413" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-04-14T22:40:05.937" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T03:53:55.357" Title="As an F1 student, do I need CPT status if I'm working outside of the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6000" CreationDate="2015-04-15T03:53:55.357" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;US immigration status is only for people present in the US. So no, US CPT has no meaning outside of the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T03:53:55.357" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-16T11:36:52.530" Score="2" ViewCount="370" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving from Copenhagen, Denmark to Northern Italy (Friuli-Venezia Guilia).&#xA;What requirements must I meet or check into before moving as an EU Citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be living with my boyfriend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not in an immediate rush to get a job, but on the job market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options as far as job employment, and also where should I register with the Italian government ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6420" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-04-16T11:53:49.557" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T12:38:21.220" Title="Moving to Italy from Denmark (EU Citizen) requirements" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6002" CreationDate="2015-04-16T12:38:21.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/italy/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the EU website&lt;/a&gt;, you do need to register within three months of arriving (see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/view/10387/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;poliziadistato.it&lt;/a&gt;). As an EU citizen, you have an unconditional right to take up employment or look for work but if you are inactive, you could have to prove that you have sufficient financial resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Denmark does not issue national ID cards, you will need a passport for most formalities. You cannot use a driving license or another type of ID like you would in other Nordic countries. Also, think about getting the (blue) European Health Insurance Card (should be free if you are covered by the Danish social security, but you do need to order it online).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T12:38:21.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6004" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-16T13:43:24.353" Score="4" ViewCount="824" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding the Form W9 that my Argentine Bank is requiring:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife (Argentine) is the main person on the checking account. I am just a secondary person on this account. She receives monthly investment deposits that add up to quite a lot. None of that income is actually mine. However, the Argentine bank is requiring ME to fill out a W9 form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: will I be required to report these incomes on my US taxes? I am diligently filing my yearly taxes in the US even though I LIVE in Argentina. I do have some rental income in the US which I always report. But I have not been claiming my Argentine residency on my US tax forms. Should I start to claim I am a legal, permanent resident in Argentina just in case I have to start reporting my wifes income? I ask this because, from what I understand, a US person living abroad is allowed to make up to $99,000 per year without paying taxes. What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6422" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T16:20:06.840" Title="W9 Form is required by my bank. Do I have to report to the IRS income that is my Argentine wife's?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6004" CreationDate="2015-04-16T16:20:06.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not &quot;allowed to make up to $99,000 per year without paying taxes&quot;. What you're thinking about is the Foreign &lt;strong&gt;Earned&lt;/strong&gt; Income Exclusion - you can &lt;strong&gt;exclude&lt;/strong&gt; up to $99K (for the full year) of &lt;strong&gt;earned&lt;/strong&gt; income. Earned income includes income which is compensation for your personal services, it doesn't include passive income (like interest or rents) or capital gains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &quot;monthly investment deposits&quot; are not excluded and are taxable for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, any account your name is on or you can access must be reported on FBAR and potentially form 8938.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to reporting income specifically, you need to check whether Argentina has community property law or not. If it does, then your wife's income may be considered half yours by the IRS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, talk to a tax adviser about what should be reported and how. Don't just assume you can exclude everything, and don't assume that if there's a definition of &quot;primary&quot; and &quot;secondary&quot; joint account holders, the title is not joint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T16:20:06.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6008" CreationDate="2015-04-16T16:50:39.840" Score="4" ViewCount="2308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253625/site-to-ask-about-visas-immigration-asylum-seeking&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253625/site-to-ask-about-visas-immigration-asylum-seeking&lt;/a&gt; and was recommended to ask here on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically me and my wife are both US Citizens and we are trying to get my mother in law here (she currently resides in Iraq).  I contacted a lawyer regarding bringing her here and she said there are two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The united nations (but this is very lengthy, and its only increasing due to the violent conditions in the middle east.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Via application / visa to obtain a green card (I think)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd rather do option 2 but the cost of a lawyer is in the tens of thousands… which we couldn't believe - it is what it is.  Legally being my wife's mother, and my wife having US citizenship she was told by a friend of ours that she could do it herself.  But I am not sure how to even begin?  What steps do we need to take or documents do we need to begin this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:31.647" LastActivityDate="2016-03-17T04:53:03.357" Title="How to help my mother in law migrate - no lawyer wanted!" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6006" CreationDate="2015-04-16T17:25:19.213" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You certainly don't need to spend that kind of money. For US citizens, parents are pretty high on the list to get green cards. The service centers that process the I-130 forms now report 5 months. After that, there's more processing in Iraq, but I wasn't able to quickly find out how long that would take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the appropriate website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/parents/bringing-parents-live-united-states-permanent-residents&quot;&gt;Bringing Parents to the United States as Permanent Residents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a U.S. Citizen who is at least 21 years old, and your&#xA;  mother lives outside the United States, you must submit:    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Form I-130 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A copy of your birth certificate showing your name and your mother’s name &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A copy of your Certificate of Naturalization or U.S. passport if you were not born in the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are more notes and caveats on the page, such as if your wife's name changed with her marriage, she would need to provide documentation about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your mother-in-law has minor children, they cannot be part of the petition because they are considered siblings and fall under a lower priority. However, once your mother-in-law has a green card, she can petition for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T17:25:19.213" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6006" CreationDate="2015-04-16T17:31:46.193" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're not looking to use a lawyer, I suggest you go with the suggestion to apply for a green card for your mother-in-law based on her being the parent of a U.S. citizen. The process is straightforward enough to not need a lawyer. You just need to read the instructions carefully, and have patience, while keeping on top of the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The State Department and USCIS have very good information on their websites, and it's organized well, too. Whenever you have a question like this, you should try browsing around &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov&quot;&gt;travel.state.gov&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/&quot;&gt;www.uscis.gov&lt;/a&gt; to see if you can find a clear, official answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process starts with USCIS. Your wife will have to file a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-130&quot;&gt;Form I-130&lt;/a&gt; petition for her mother. For this you'll need some pretty basic documents, like your wife's birth certificate and proof that your wife is a U.S. citizen. Last I've heard (and experienced), the petition will take about 6 months to be approved. This may sound like a long time, but in reality, this is just the standard USCIS processing backlog. Other people who are not immediate relatives of U.S. citizens can have much longer waits, because they're waiting for &quot;their spot in the line&quot;. As an immediate relative, your mother-in-law won't have that other, extra wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the petition is approved, things move to the National Visa Center. Your wife will file paperwork and documentary evidence of her ability to financially support her mother, and her mother will file paperwork formally requesting an immigrant visa. Finally, there will be an interview at the U.S. Embassy closest to your mother-in-law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T17:31:46.193" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6009" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6010" CreationDate="2015-04-16T18:13:53.820" Score="10" ViewCount="2772" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this earlier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6006/how-to-get-mother-in-law-here-no-lawyer-wanted&quot;&gt;How to help my mother in law migrate - no lawyer wanted!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to many it has led me to at least print the form and understand the requirements.  It appears based on the USCIS website this specific page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/parents/bringing-parents-live-united-states-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/parents/bringing-parents-live-united-states-permanent-residents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This specific section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;mother lives outside the United States, Form I-130&#xA;  A copy of your birth certificate showing your name and your mother’s&#xA;  name A copy of your Certificate of Naturalization or U.S. passport if&#xA;  you were not born in the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks as though filing for a mother is probably the easiest case...thank God.  In any event what concerns me is my wife was born in Iraq.  The village she was from is tiny and there are no birth certificates.  One of the requirements is that a birth certificate is needed.  Given that she has no birth certificate and the country pretty much has no real government what are our options? I can only imagine others have run into this in the past. It may be difficult to get 2 people (as affidavits) to help with this as most people from this country are weary about giving out personal information such as address, phone, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options regarding not being able to fulfill the requirement of having a birth certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T00:24:42.807" Title="What can be done when a country doesn't have Birth Certificates?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;&lt;iraqi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6009" CreationDate="2015-04-16T20:54:04.993" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US State Department has this to say &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Iraq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;about Iraqi birth certificates&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Alternate Documents: Family Book &quot;Qayd 57&quot; issued by the Nationality Directorate (Mudeeriyat Al-Jenssiyah)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comments: If the Ministry of Health has no record of the subject's birth, either because the birth was never registered, or because the record was lost (i.e. during a fire, etc), then the subject can appear at the Nationality Directorate and present his family's identifications and they affirm that the subject-to-be-registered was in fact born on &quot;x&quot; date. The Nationality Directorate uses that information to register the birth via a document called &quot;Family Book&quot;, which is like the family tree of the immediate family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="17521" LastEditDate="2020-05-17T23:27:57.793" LastActivityDate="2020-05-17T23:27:57.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6009" CreationDate="2015-04-16T20:54:18.240" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The State Department's &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Iraq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Reciprocity and Country Documents&lt;/a&gt; page lists what documents are acceptable from each country. For Iraq, it seems that a birth certificate from the Ministry of Health, or, alternatively, a &quot;Family Book&quot; from the Nationality Directory, are acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="17521" LastEditDate="2020-05-18T00:24:42.807" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T00:24:42.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-16T22:58:55.833" Score="4" ViewCount="7323" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen with Mexican residency, about to marry a dual Guatemalan/Spanish citizen. We are not seeking US residency for her, and likely won't for a long time, if ever. But I want to be sure there won't be any problem visiting my family (in the US) with her in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we are married, will there be any difficulty entering the US together, her on a VWP (with her Spanish passport), me as a citizen? Or must she obtain a visa as a family member of a US citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-04-17T13:20:10.957" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T12:30:33.710" Title="What are the requirements for my foreign wife to visit the US with me?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6012" CreationDate="2015-04-17T02:57:26.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no &quot;family member&quot; visa in the US. If she's coming as a tourist - then VWP is the right path, unless she intends to stay for more than 3 months or change status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-05-08T13:18:34.203" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T13:18:34.203" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6012" CreationDate="2015-04-17T07:12:53.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there could be more difficulty for her entering the U.S. in the future. As the spouse of a citizen, she can at any time after entering simply change her mind and you guys can file for Adjustment of Status to get a green card at any time. It's so easy to abuse. Therefore, the burden of her showing that she does not intend to stay is greater.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some spouses of U.S. citizens are repeatedly denied U.S. tourist visas and/or entry. Some get tourist visas and/or enter on VWP with no trouble. It depends on the circumstances. Make sure she has strong proof of ties to her home country that she doesn't plan to abandon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T07:12:53.967" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T18:04:51.297" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Freelance worker and single. I'm EU citizen and I'd like to go live in France so I am wondering roughly how much should I pay per month to cover social security fees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4839" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T20:33:26.730" Title="How much is social security charge in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3178" CreationDate="2015-04-17T18:34:08.090" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wanted to come back and add an answer based on my experience during my interview. The interviewer basically said that those questions are really there to give you a chance to lie to them. A lie on your N-400 &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be used as grounds to strip you of your citizenship at a later date (de-naturalization).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I took from this is that they probably don't really care what you put on there and probably aren't going to devote time or resources to trying to look any deeper unless you give them a reason to want to. For example, you get your citizenship and then go on a crime spree. In addition to whatever punishments you get for your crime spree, CIS might crack open your file again and look at all the answers you gave and double check. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3681" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T18:34:08.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6018" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6030" CreationDate="2015-04-18T11:33:52.833" Score="4" ViewCount="1505" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have worked in the Netherlands for about two years, and I left just last summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then the euros are going down and where I currently live there's a almost zero interest rate on savings, so I still keep my funds in the Dutch bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be taxed somehow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was on the 30% ruling about 1/3 of the time when I was in the Netherlands.  (I was not when I started there, but the HR informed me that I was due to some changes in the system or whatever.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6433" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T13:22:10.400" Title="Left the Netherlands already, still have bank savings there, will it be taxed?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6019" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6025" CreationDate="2015-04-18T14:28:39.160" Score="5" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and will be moving to the USA on an H1B visa in 2 weeks time. I will be sending excess baggage (personal effects and pre-packaged, dry Indian spices) via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sendmybag.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sendmybag.com&lt;/a&gt;. Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/10934/2236&quot;&gt;an other answer about a related question&lt;/a&gt; on travel.SE, I was planning on filling out a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CBP%20Form%203299.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DECLARATION FOR FREE ENTRY OF UNACCOMPANIED ARTICLES form&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused about a few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should this form be affixed outside my baggage or inside?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who does Part V of the form (PART V -- CARRIER'S CERTIFICATE AND RELEASE ORDER)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-06-16T18:05:49.777" Title="Sending Excess Baggage and Personal Effects from France to USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;luggage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-18T14:41:28.277" Score="3" ViewCount="583" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am confused with title of my Bachelors Degree to calculate points for QSW 2015.&#xA;Title of my Degree is BS(Software Engineering) 4 Years.&#xA;Is this degree can be categorized in Bachelors in Computer Science or Bachelors in Computer Engineering ? Also please tell me how much points i can earn ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6434" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T04:23:49.880" Title="How much points for BS(Software Engineering) Degree Title for Quebec skilled worker program 2015?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-18T17:32:21.453" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen but I'm doing my Bachelor's abroad. I will be going back to the US in the summer and I wanted to get a summer job but I am not sure how to apply since I live abroad and applications are all for people who live in the US&#xA;Can someone explain this to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6435" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T18:25:26.207" Title="Can I get a summer job in the US if I study abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6021" CreationDate="2015-04-18T19:15:16.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applications are for people living in the US for reasons that is hard to get a visa for people that don't. But you don't need a visa, so this limitation doesn't apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just write down a US contact address (I'm sure you have some friends or relatives in the US whose address you can give), and get a US phone number (Skype or Google Voice, or similar) and you're golden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T19:15:16.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6023" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6024" CreationDate="2015-04-19T15:19:18.320" Score="4" ViewCount="577" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Denmark for a job 3 months ago. I am planning to bring my motorcycle (registered in Italy) to Denmark. As a resident in Denmark, I know I have to register it within 2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If police stops me, how can I prove that I arrived (with motorcycle) during the last 2 weeks and avoid a fine? Of course, I do not want to get a fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, what is the punishment for a resident in Denmark when driving a vehicle with foreign plates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6438" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-19T17:32:27.697" LastActivityDate="2017-01-07T11:41:38.490" Title="Driving an Italian registered motorcycle in Denmark as a resident" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6023" CreationDate="2015-04-19T17:47:37.517" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could not find many details on this 14-day rule but all the sources I found, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/denmark/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the EU website&lt;/a&gt; suggest that it only applies to people who are just moving into the country. So it means you must register the car/motorcycle within 14 days &lt;strong&gt;of becoming a resident&lt;/strong&gt;, and not 14 days of importing the vehicle. Basically, it seems it's intended to cover a car you would use to move into the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proving that you only registered as a resident in the last few days would seem relatively easy but of course that's not your case. Nobody is expected to prove they brought a car/motorcycle into the country recently even though they already were a resident because in this case another procedure applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are a resident, you cannot drive a foreign-registered car in the country without declaring it first, even for a single day. SKAT, the Danish tax authority has a web page on the procedure to follow when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skat.dk/SKAT.aspx?oId=2113676&amp;amp;vId=0&amp;amp;lang=US&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;importing a foreign-registered vehicle as a Danish resident&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first step is submitting an online form even before you bring the vehicle into the country. You need to print the receipt and to keep it in the vehicle. That's how the police can check whether you are currently importing the vehicle and waiting for the inspection/paperwork or driving it illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-19T20:36:58.743" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T20:36:58.743" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6019" CreationDate="2015-04-19T18:15:46.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both answers to your questions are your carrier :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Carrier's certificate and release order&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.. This is something your carrier needs to sign, and it basically says &quot;We made sure that the person who gave us this bag also claims ownership of it. They packed it themselves, etc, etc&quot;. Don't fill that out. They're sending it on your behalf, so they are obligated to ask you everything you'd be asked if you were carrying it on yourself. That's where they sign to say &quot;we did that&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should this form be affixed outside my baggage or inside?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... Let the carrier handle that. It should be outside, but they'll know what to do with it. Follow whatever instructions they gave you for filling out the form and getting your bag to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you'll have any issues with dried spices. Depending on what you packed, I hope we end up neighbors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T18:15:46.837" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6021" CreationDate="2015-04-19T18:25:26.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some things you can do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clearly indicate that you are a US citizen and are authorized to work in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clearly indicate that you are currently living abroad, however you will be returning to the US on / before summer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clearly indicate that you will need to interview via Skype / Google / whatever else, since you currently reside &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; of the US. Indicate your time zone if you don't plan on just staying up for the interviews&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The chief point is clearly indicating that you are a US citizen and can work legally in the US. But don't stop there, put some stuff in your cover letter about your adventures abroad, how they changed you, what you learned. Present yourself as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;citizen of the world&lt;/a&gt;, it's an advantage :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T18:25:26.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2954" CreationDate="2015-04-19T19:20:10.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; apply for a new biometric residence permit within 3 months if your nationality changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261497/brp-information-leaflet.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Residency Permit Guidance Notes&lt;/a&gt; have more information on this (bolds are my amendments):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must tell us as soon as you can if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you change your name (for example, because of marriage or by deed poll);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you change your gender, legally or permanently;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;you change your nationality&lt;/strong&gt;; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your facial appearance changes significantly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you change any personal details listed above or any details shown on your &#xA;  biometric residence permit, you must apply for a new permit within three &#xA;  months using application form BRP (RC). If you do not do this, &lt;strong&gt;you may have to&#xA;  pay a financial penalty of up to £1,000 or we may shorten your permission to&#xA;  stay.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T19:20:10.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6028" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11709" CreationDate="2015-04-19T19:32:42.987" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an F1 student in the US, can I visit another University in the US for one term to carry out some research project with a professor there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:05:07.547" Title="F1 student in the US: can I visit another University for one term?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6015" CreationDate="2015-04-19T20:33:26.730" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much you have to pay will depend on your status and the type of activity. There are also complex rules regarding the tax basis and the timing and some yearly minima (i.e. even if your revenue is very small, you still have to pay a few hundred euros).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of status, you have several choices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Auto-entrepreneur&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Entrepreneur individuel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Entrepreneur individuel à responsabilité limitée&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Entreprise unipersonnelle à responsabilité limitée&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know all the details but the first three are basically different ways to work “freelance”, with various levels of complexity. The last two are actually proper businesses (with a distinct legal personality).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest is the “auto-entrepreneur“ status. It's designed to start an activity while retaining other sources of income (wages, unemployment benefits, retirement pensions) and your yearly revenue must be &lt;em&gt;under&lt;/em&gt; a certain threshold to be allowed to use this status. In most cases, you pay about 23% of your revenue to cover all social security payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the other statuses, as I said the rules are complex and I don't them very well but you should expect something like 25-35%. A big issue is that during the first two years, your revenue is not known (to the authorities anyway) so you have to pay a lump sum based on a fictitious revenue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, yet another solution is what's called “portage salarial“. The idea is that you get a work contract with an umbrella company that lets you do whatever you want but takes X% of your earnings for “hosting“ your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T20:33:26.730" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6018" CreationDate="2015-04-19T21:07:50.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a kind of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/vermogen_en_aanmerkelijk_belang/vermogen/belasting_betalen_over_uw_vermogen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tax on savings and capital&lt;/a&gt; in the Netherlands but my understanding is that you won't have to pay it after leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way this works is that the tax office assumes a fictitious interest rate on all savings and you have to pay income tax on this. This is what's called “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/inkomstenbelasting/heffingskortingen_boxen_tarieven/boxen_en_tarieven/box_3/box_3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;box 3 income&lt;/a&gt;“ on the income tax return. You don't have to report or pay taxes on the actual interest/rents/dividends you received. Currently, the tax rate is 30% on 4% interest, so 1.2% of your savings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, you do not pay any taxes on savings under a certain threshold (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/vermogen_en_aanmerkelijk_belang/vermogen/belasting_betalen_over_uw_vermogen/heffingsvrij_vermogen/heffingsvrij_vermogen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;heffingsvrij vermogen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), currently about €21000 if you are single. Dutch banks automatically give data on the amount of money on your bank accounts to the tax office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the value of your savings on January 1st is what counts, those rules presumably do still apply to you for 2014. But I think that you cannot use the regular tax return application because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/aangifte_doen/aangifte_inkomstenbelasting/aangifte_doen_over_2014/aangifte_doen_met_app/wanneer_kunt_u_de_app_niet_gebruiken&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you haven't lived in the Netherlands for the whole year&lt;/a&gt;. You can use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/aangifte_doen/aangifte_inkomstenbelasting/aangifte_doen_over_2014/aangifte_doen_op_mijnbelastingdienst/aangifte_doen_op_mijnbelastingdienst&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mijn Belastingdienst website&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, if you live abroad, you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/fiscale_regelingen/kiezen_voor_binnenlandse_belastingplicht/buitenlandse_belastingplicht_tot_en_met_2014/welke_gegevens_vult+u_in_uw_aangifte_in/bezittingen_box_3/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;do not have to pay taxes on &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; your savings&lt;/a&gt; but only on certain things like real estate property in the Netherlands. If you keep your bank account, I think the rules I described above would therefore not apply to you anymore. If you don't receive an invitation to submit a tax return from the tax office, you only have to submit one if you would pay more than €45 in taxes (you are then what's called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/aangifte_inkomstenbelasting/aangifte_2014_voor_buitenlandse_belastingplichtigen/aangifte_2014_voor_buitenlandse_belastingplichtigen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;buitenlands belastingplichtige&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure exactly how the 30% ruling plays into this. Apparently, you can chose to be considered “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/partiele_buitenlandse_belastingplicht/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;partially non-resident&lt;/a&gt;“ and therefore be exempted from income tax on savings but I am not sure whether you can do that after the fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you have large savings, it might be worth seeking help from a professional. I did my best to double-check my answer but I am certainly not an expert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-20T13:22:10.400" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T13:22:10.400" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6034" CreationDate="2015-04-20T07:12:46.410" Score="1" ViewCount="13699" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to the UK from mainland Europe. The process is staged as follows :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arrive at the UK and live in temporary housing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Start work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rent a permanent house a couple of weeks later. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a local security number. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Register with my embassy as residing abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be considered a permanent resident just after one of those steps, or 180 days later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Schengen national, if that matters. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-20T09:02:19.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T19:32:32.433" Title="When do you become a permanent resident in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6032" CreationDate="2015-04-20T09:01:13.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a difference between being resident, ordinary resident and permanent resident. From these the most strict one is permanent resident. As an EU/EEA citizien you get permanent resident (and can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414055/EEA_PR__04-15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply&lt;/a&gt; for proof) after 5 years of continuous living (meaning you can be absent from the UK for at most 540 days total, 180 days at a time) in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU/EEA citizen however you might not need to obtain permanent residency, as it doesn't really add anything to your general rights. Also after 5 years of continu you can also apply for citizenship, which adds more rights (like the right to vote, UK passport, Commonwealth citizenship, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-04-20T12:32:32.607" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T12:32:32.607" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6032" CreationDate="2015-04-20T09:04:50.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, you would typically be considered a &lt;em&gt;resident&lt;/em&gt; from day one, based on your intent to, in fact, reside in the country. Thresholds like this 180-day criterion are used to define who is a resident for certain purposes but it does not mean you are only considered a resident after that time. For example, if you move in on the first day of the year, you will be taxed as a resident for the whole year, and not only for the last six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, in the EU, non-EU nationals typically need a visa to stay more than three or six months but very often they need to have the proper kind of visa/permit when first entering the country and not only after a three or six-month period (although there are some exceptions as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the UK, the language on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk website&lt;/a&gt; clearly implies that your residency status (for tax purposes) is assessed based on the whole year (April to April). Note that the 183-day presence is not the only test, having your only home in the UK is also enough, even if you spend a lot of time abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HMRC publishes &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rdr3-statutory-residence-test-srt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;extensive guidance&lt;/a&gt; on the criteria and in particular on how they treat “split years“ (the years in which you move in or out of the UK) but my understanding is that, unless you have a complex situation with interests in various countries, you are definitely treated as a resident when you take up employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as EU law is concerned, you become a &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; resident, with some additional rights, after working for five years in the country (or otherwise making use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual&quot;&gt;your freedom of movement rights&lt;/a&gt;). The main difference is that if you lose your job in the first five years and are unable to find another one or become destitute, you could be asked to leave and go back to your country of origin. Once you became a permanent resident, you can choose to remain in the country and get welfare or disability benefits on a par with citizens. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/rights-conditions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europa.eu&lt;/a&gt; for the basics on this distinction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's obviously not something you plan or wish for but it's a major legal difference and does give you more options if you would run, e.g., into serious health issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, permanent residence as an EU citizen is not something you need to apply for or be explicitly granted. Legally, you are automatically considered a permanent resident as soon as you fulfil the conditions. You can however apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/a&gt; that confirms and documents your status (or, before that, while you are still a non-permanent resident, for a regular &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; which is also optional).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T19:32:32.433" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2842" CreationDate="2015-04-21T10:30:27.013" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the UK Turkish Consulate in London:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You can drive in Turkey with EU, US or International driving licence. You should have your driving licence, your passport and insurance documents of the vehicle with you in the car at all times, as you will need it if you are involved in an accident.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6441" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T10:30:27.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T11:24:04.267" Score="4" ViewCount="284" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am searching for a basic health insurance to cover hospital costs in case of sickness for a &lt;strong&gt;senior&lt;/strong&gt; Thai citizen.&#xA;I have found Bupa's offers of unlimited cover really appealing but unfortunately they seem to limit person's age to 66 years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bupa.co.th/en/individuals/health-insurance/individual/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bupa.co.th/en/individuals/health-insurance/individual/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions where to look for a senior person over 70?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6424" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T05:01:26.383" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T06:16:49.907" Title="Health insurance for senior Thai residents" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2484" CreationDate="2015-04-21T12:42:42.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a bit unsure about the meaning of &quot;not having help in-country employment&quot; but will assume you mean that you don't work in Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The 2014 Ikamet System Changes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applicants will now get Ikamet for 1 year. No more multi-year Ikamet unless you are a 'very particular case', thus multi-year is now nearly non-existent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Application Process Changes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ikamet will no longer be issued by local police stations. You still will need to apply at the local police station, the application will be forwarded to Ankara and processed, and after 2 weeks, a new residential permit will arrive by a registered (mail) letter to your address in Turkey, and only the applicant may sign for this letter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't home and miss the registered letter, the letter will be held at the local police station and won’t return back to Ankara.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Document Requirement Changes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applicants must now show where they are living in Turkey, their actual address, and a document to meet this requirement can be received at the Civil Registry Office (Nüfus Müdürlügü) and it must be proof stamped. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you rent in Turkey, the lease needs to be stamped at a Notary. If you own (a home) in Turkey, you need to include a copy of the Tapu (also stamped at a Notary) and if you are unlucky, they might request to see the original Tapu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proof of Funds Requirement Changes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to show that that at least the equivalent of ten thousand TL is deposited in a Turkish bank in an account under the applicant's name. If applicants gets funds (pension/job/trust fund) outside of Turkey, this must be documented and you must submit proof of this income, translated into the Turkish language and proof stamped at a Notary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health Insurance Requirement Changes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can now use foreign health insurance policies to meet the requirement of having a valid health insurance policy. Translate your health insurance documents into Turkish, and stamp them at the Notary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Misc. Changes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First time Ikamet applicants will need to apply at the Turkish embassy in their home country. (This is still being implemented at time of writing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applicants married to a Turkish citizen do not need to meet income requirement or health requirement if covered by spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hello-alanya.com/index.php/categories/item/152-changes-in-ikamet-procedure-june-2014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hello-alanya.com/index.php/categories/item/152-changes-in-ikamet-procedure-june-2014&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T12:42:42.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T05:37:12.513" Score="1" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically that is the question. Does time spent living on a G4 visa count toward your 5 year requirement for citizenship at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I find out. I tried calling usics but they don't know anything beside basics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Squary" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T15:36:19.707" Title="If I have been living in USA legally for 7 years and as permanent resident for one year, can I apply for citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6039" CreationDate="2015-04-21T05:45:42.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a handy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Citizenship%20&amp;amp;%20Naturalization%20Based%20Resources/A%20Guide%20to%20Naturalization/PDFs/M-480.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;worksheet&lt;/a&gt; you can fill in. If you have been a permanent resident for fewer than three years, you are not eligible. For the rest, please check the worksheet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you can check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/article/chapter4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Who Is Eligible for Naturalization?&lt;/a&gt; chapter of &quot;A Guide to Naturalization&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" OwnerDisplayName="chx" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T12:35:09.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T19:42:43.493" Score="2" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having my wife name endorsed in passport and my name in wife passport. We are having marriage certificate from church. Can we apply the ICT short term staff partner with that for my wife from India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6444" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-22T13:56:14.010" LastActivityDate="2015-04-22T13:56:14.010" Title="Marriage certificate from church for UK Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:33:38.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2945" CreationDate="2015-04-21T22:22:17.860" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite honestly I don't think you're going to find a job in IT as quickly as you think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, I too moved to Holland with only a couple of month's rent money; but to look for an IT job will take some time, especially given your lack of qualifications (same for me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm English so for me the quickest jobs I could find were bar jobs and a pub crawl job (fun!). Rent is pretty expensive in Amsterdam (~ €500+/m), so I'd suggest finding any job you can, initially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there you can register with some agencies like others mentioned in their answers. There are a few big companies right in the city centre (A'dam is tiny anyway) - the ones I can think of off the top of my head are Booking.com in Leidseplein, and TomTom in Rembrandtplein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a thriving business district in the South / South-East, which you can get to very easily on the Metro (although it's sometimes cram-packed in the mornings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192" LastEditorUserId="192" LastEditDate="2015-04-21T22:52:35.263" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T22:52:35.263" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="65" CreationDate="2015-04-21T22:26:42.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can speak from experience on this one. I jumped on the train to The Hague to see the British Embassy about an unrelated matter, thinking there was only one British Embassy - but I was wrong. They told me they only renew driving licences and/or passports there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anything else I was to go to the British Consulate instead, in Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd call and check, but that's my recollection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T22:26:42.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T22:46:53.123" Score="-1" ViewCount="863" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Spanish citizen that lived in Amsterdam in 2010-12. While I was there I was accused of a crime which the &quot;victim&quot; said she was coerced into saying to the police, and they twisted her words. I spent the night in the jail cell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They wrote to me (in Dutch - I don't speak Dutch, but someone translated for me), asking for a fine of approximately €450. The person wrote to the Justitie Parket asking them to drop the charges the next day, telling them exactly what I said above. But they wrote back to her saying they cannot do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was leaving the Netherlands a few days later anyway, move back to Spain. But now I want to go back to the Netherlands - maybe to live there again - but at least to go on vacation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? Another thing is that I have no health insurance while I was there, and they send me a fine for that, also, while I was living in holland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The past is in the past and I want to fix this, so please don't judge me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6446" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-22T14:59:13.713" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T02:09:54.697" Title="Going back to the Netherlands with outstanding fines?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6044" CreationDate="2015-04-22T14:54:31.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your description is quite confusing. You should really get help from a legal professional to better understand the situation and deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, a fine from 2012 would still be due and it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; possible to end up in detention for not paying a fine ordered by a judge (this is called &lt;em&gt;vervangende hechtenis&lt;/em&gt;) so all this is definitely serious. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most countries (Poland is a notorious exception) do not use the European Arrest Warrant system for this type of things (which is why the police station in Spain would have no traces of it) but it could come back to bite you if you go to the Netherlands and especially if you try to register as a resident again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ministry of justice also has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cjib.nl/Onderwerpen/Alles-over-betalen-aan-het-cjib/Wat-staat-er-open/overzicht-openstaande-zaken-aanvragen.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a website&lt;/a&gt; to find out about all open cases/fines against you. As you will need to reveal your address, I am not sure whether it's a good idea to do that without talking to a lawyer first but it could be a way to find out exactly where you stand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-04-22T14:54:31.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-22T16:52:02.147" Score="4" ViewCount="1985" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm am looking for official sources (preferably in English, if available) on the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse and I are moving to France.  My spouse is a (non-Croatian) EU citizen.  I myself am not from the EU, thus I need a visa and a residence permit (carte/titre de séjour) to live in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What documents do I need to apply for a residence permit (carte/titre de séjour) for the first time after moving to France, and how does the process work?&lt;/strong&gt;  I got a visa valid for only 3 mo, which allows me to enter France. The consulate told me that I must apply for a residence permit at the local Préfecture right after arrival, and that the residence permit will serve as a long term visa as well.  I am trying to find out what precise documentation I need to bring, and how the process will work exactly.  &lt;em&gt;I want to make sure that everything will be fine because I heard that processing is very slow and any mistake will cause additional long delays.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional question: how does the process change if I want to be able to work part-time or as a freelancer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not speak any French yet, which makes this rather difficult to research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="6087" LastEditDate="2015-04-22T22:24:17.727" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T22:30:06.470" Title="What does one need to apply for a titre (carte?) de séjour in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6046" CreationDate="2015-04-22T18:35:23.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to find comprehensive up-to-date information about this in English. The most useful official source is vosdroits.service-public.fr, in particular the pages &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/N123.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Européens en France&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F2653.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citoyen européen ou suisse : installer sa famille proche en France&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F19315.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Famille d'Européen en France : demande de carte de séjour &quot;UE&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (all in French).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For simplicity, I will write this answer as if “you” are the third-country citizen in need of a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;. Your “sponsor” is your spouse (the EU citizen with whom you are moving to France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you need is a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour, mention « UE - membre de famille »&lt;/em&gt;. To get it, you should bring the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Valid passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of your relationship with your sponsor, e.g. a marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of the right of the sponsor to stay under treaty rules, e.g. his or her work contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 photos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be best to go to the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; with your spouse and to make sure to have some official ID to prove his or her EU citizenship. Each &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; has its own rules but typically, you have to make an appointment in advance &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; wait in line (even though it's on appointment only…).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be necessary to get a translation from a sworn translator for all documents in a foreign language, but I am not entirely sure whether this also applies to documents from other EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should receive a document called a &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt; on the spot, which should be valid for 6 months and will allow you to wait for the actual card (which might take several months to be issued). It's annoying to have to wait so long and to be without visa or permit for some time but as long as you have filed your request in time and you have your &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt;, you don't need to worry about the 3-month delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer does not change if you want to work, as the spouse of an EU citizen, you have the right to do that as a matter of course (people with other types of visa/&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; might not). First apply for the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and use it to prove you have the right to work in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All these rules apply to the spouses of EU/EEA and Swiss citizens (except Croatian and French citizens) who reside in France under freedom of movement rules. Other people have to satisfy other requirements like presenting their spouse's work authorization (for spouses of Croatian citizens) or a undergoing a medical check-up (for spouses of French citizens and many other applicants).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as far as terminology is concerned, a “&lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;” is anything that gives you the right to stay in France. This includes several types of &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; but also something called a &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt; (not relevant in your situation but that explains the slightly confusing distinction).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T22:30:06.470" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T22:30:06.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-23T11:48:41.020" Score="2" ViewCount="904" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Father and grandmother are British by birth. My Father was not married to my mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My birth certificate shows him as my father, and i have his birth certificate and my grandmothers birth certificate and marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1995 but was not registered as a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6455" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-05T07:02:17.037" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T07:02:17.037" Title="My Father and Grandmother are British can i get UK Citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6036" CreationDate="2015-04-24T06:16:49.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thai citizens get health care effectively free (or very low cost) at government hospitals. I believe that there is not an upper age limit for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AIA claim to provide health care for people up to 80 years old : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aia.co.th/en/individuals/products-and-services/life-insurance/medical-coverage/medical_coverage.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.aia.co.th/en/individuals/products-and-services/life-insurance/medical-coverage/medical_coverage.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T06:16:49.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-24T11:42:13.577" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being IT engineers, My spouse and I both fall in the skilled migrant category for New Zealand.  If we both intend to work, should we file separate applications with each one of us as principal applicant? If yes, we have 2 kids aged 8 &amp;amp; 11, what will be the best approach - Should 1 of us file for both kids as dependents or should each one of us file for 1 kid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6459" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T15:11:08.963" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T15:11:08.963" Title="New Zealand - resident work visa for spouses" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-24T12:06:19.347" Score="0" ViewCount="996" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian working in Germany, Düsseldorf for the last 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got married last week and my husband, who is a Greek citizen, lives and works in London. We got married in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to relocate to London, where I am stuck with lot of questions regarding visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the process of changing my marital status in Dusseldorf.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need any extra visa to travel to London or marrying an European automatically give me the right to go to London?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need any other visa to work in London?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6460" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-04-28T07:39:01.727" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T07:39:01.727" Title="Moving to the UK with my EU-citizen husband shortly after marrying" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-04-26T11:25:37.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6052" CreationDate="2015-04-24T13:15:47.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being married to an EU citizen gives you the right to join him in London and work there but you still need some paperwork. The difference is that it's supposed to be a formality, cheaper and quicker than a regular work or spouse visa, and not at the discretion of the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, what you need is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;. Once you have it and enter the UK, you do not need any other visa to work in London. You could however apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; to prove your right to stay and work in the UK and help you travel in and out of the country in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, while you do have a strong right to join your husband, the UK still makes it more difficult that it should to effectively use that right. I don't have any statistics but I have heard about some very long delays (in 2008, up to 10-12 months, hopefully it's better now) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/is-uk-handling-of-eea-family-permit-visas-still-a-problem/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hard to justify refusals&lt;/a&gt;. Officially, visas for members of the family of an EU citizen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;should be given priority&lt;/a&gt; and should usually be issued quickly time but there are no guarantees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-26T16:29:30.560" LastActivityDate="2015-04-26T16:29:30.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6281" CreationDate="2015-04-24T14:08:50.887" Score="5" ViewCount="5029" Body="&lt;p&gt;In their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/about-us/migration-skills-assessment&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; Section 3.B. it is mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for those who have at least 1 year Australian work experience, and /&#xA;or at least 3 years Overseas work experience in their nominated&#xA;occupation or a closely-related occupation, then an additional&#xA;assessing service is available to provide an opinion on the skilled&#xA;employment claims. High-level evidence will be required to support any&#xA;claim of work experience as well as completion of this form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their PDF for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/resources/About%20Us/Migration%20Skills%20Assessment/_fms_3_osqafaq4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overseas Qualification Assessment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. I have limited engineering experience. Can I still apply for an&#xA;assessment of my qualifications?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can still apply. Twelve months of engineering experience is a&#xA;guideline only. It is possible that you can demonstrate the three&#xA;competencies by referring to your undergraduate professional&#xA;engineering qualifications and the project/work experience elements of&#xA;your academic study. Applicants may however find writing the career&#xA;episodes more challenging without workplace experience from which to&#xA;evidence the  competencies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, do they give skill assessment for experience less than 3 years or not? Subclass 189 for instance require skill assessment from their authority (like Engineering Australia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-01T09:48:35.783" Title="Engineering Australia Assesment - Required Work Experience" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6122" CreationDate="2015-04-24T14:55:08.990" Score="3" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a freelance software engineer from outside the EU. I have been working with a British client who owns a registered UK business for about two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He and I both plan for me to move to UK for a contract, and as far as I know, the Tier two skilled visa seems to cover my case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My job field is listed in the shortage skills list. But practically, it's not that hard to find other British employees for the position. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a somewhat good profile, with good English. I'm not native English, but I'm confident I can pass the English language requirement exam. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have been working with him for some time, and if the employer explicitly needs to hire me, will freelancing help me to increase my odds in getting visa? I did not sign any official contract but we signed an NDA before starting work. I don't think an NDA matter though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long does it usually take to get a certificate of sponsorship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="736" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T15:10:50.927" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T14:03:33.943" Title="UK Tier 2 visa from a client I worked as a freelancer" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6057" CreationDate="2015-04-24T15:22:05.770" Score="7" ViewCount="969" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is an EU (Irish) Citizen and I am a US Citizen, we're currently living in the US. I have received a job offer from an academic institution to do research in Germany and he has not yet found a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of an EU-Citizen what kind of work visa do I need? I know that I can enter Germany for 3 months without a visa, but then need to register. Is my visa/work permit then contingent on his job that he finds? Can I start work prior to the appropriate registration? Or does my paperwork have to process before I'm allowed to start working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The academic institution can also help me get a work permit independent of his citizenship status but I'm trying to find the easiest way through the bureaucratic process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6462" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-27T12:42:45.963" LastActivityDate="2015-12-13T19:12:07.070" Title="US Citizen with EU Spouse who doesn't yet have a job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6056" CreationDate="2015-04-24T16:31:35.657" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your husband is a “worker”&lt;/strong&gt; (more on that below), he has a right to reside in the country and you have a right to join him. This also means that you have the right to work in Germany as well, as a consequence of his right to live with his family. So being able to avail yourself of this “family member” status does indeed depend to some extent on his finding a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you would receive a “certificate of application for the residence card” as soon as you apply for a residence card, which should in any case be enough to establish your status for the first six months after the application so you don't need to wait for the paperwork to be processed to start working. But you do need to submit proof of your husband status (e.g. a work contract) when applying for this residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just about any job is enough to qualify as a “worker” under EU law. Technically, merely looking for a job would too but that cannot last forever and if he wants to do that longer than 6 months, he could have to show he is still actively looking for work and has decent chances of finding some. In practice, if he was living alone and would abstain from seeking support from the state, he would not necessarily need to worry about this (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3004/&quot;&gt;Moving to Germany with fianc&amp;#233;e (both EU citizens) because of work reasons. What if she does not find a job?&lt;/a&gt;). But without a job, it will be harder to prove &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; status when applying for &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things get a little complex is that, formally, you have the right to stay and work in Germany by virtue of living with your EU citizen husband making use of his treaty rights to free movement. As long as your husband is working or looking for work, he is making use of his treaty rights and under EU and German law, the card you would receive in this case is supposed to document your pre-existing right to stay with him. It's not a &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt; you would need to apply for in advance. That's why it's called an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/em&gt; (or, in the UK, a “residence &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt;”) and not an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; (literally “residence &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt;”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, you could therefore even start working immediately and worry about formalities later. It's up to the local authorities to demand proof that your husband fulfils the conditions and I have no idea whether your employer could or would check your status. Provided your husband does in fact qualify as a worker, even failing to apply for the required residence card during the first three months should only result in “proportional” sanctions (i.e. a fine, not deportation/ban).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But doing it this way seems a bit risky, especially if you cannot prove that your husband already has a job. I imagine the German authorities would be reluctant to issue a five-year residence card in this situation and if he does not find work within a reasonable time, you would find yourself in a very unpleasant situation. So if is the goal is to keep things simple and avoid bureaucracy, I would pursue other options first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you have enough savings, your husband could also simply qualify as an &lt;strong&gt;“economically non-active person”&lt;/strong&gt;. One advantage is that he could be able to prove that immediately, without waiting to find a job. You would then qualify for the same “family member” status and would thus be allowed to work in Germany without restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for a residence card as the spouse of an economically non-active person requires showing that the sponsor has “sufficient resources” (i.e. income and/or wealth that would put you above the threshold to receive social benefits). I don't know the exact threshold for Germany but it should be on the order of €10000-15000 for a year and you will also need to show that you have health insurance. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5707/can-we-move-to-france-although-we-dont-live-in-the-eu&quot;&gt;Can We Move To France Although We Don&amp;#39;t Live In The EU?&lt;/a&gt; for more details on how these rules work in another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, being economically non-active means that there are additional requirements regarding income and insurance to be met to sponsor your residence card but your husband could still take up employment or start a business at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For completeness, there is a third category of people (namely students) who have a right to reside in other EU countries under &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;free movement rules&lt;/a&gt; but that's presumably not relevant for you and your family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your husband does not fulfil any of these conditions&lt;/strong&gt; (being a worker, a student or having sufficient resources), then you need to qualify for the relevant German work permit on your own. Being married to an EU citizen would not make much difference. That's usually harder but for an academic job, it should be doable. In this case, you definitely need the permit/authorisation before starting to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US citizens who are not married to EU citizens can also enter the country and stay for three months without a visa. They can also apply for a residence permit and stay as long as their application is pending. But, unlike people covered by the EU freedom of movement, they are not allowed to work before having received the permit that explicitly allows them to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that you will actually need two distinct “registrations”. I described the requirements for a residence card/permit but in Germany, unlike the US or Ireland, everybody (including German citizens, who obviously don't need any residence permit) is required to officially register their address within one or two weeks of moving somewhere (whether it's one week or two depends on the state). Failure to do it in time can result in a not-insignificant fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This address registration requirement is completely unrelated to the 3-month threshold or to your citizenship and status as a foreign citizen. You need proof of it (&lt;em&gt;Meldebestätigung&lt;/em&gt;) for many official purposes, including applying for a residence card so both of you should do it as soon as possible in any case. You get the residence card from the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;, whereas the &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt; is in charge of the regular address registration (depending on the town, the &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt; can be called &lt;em&gt;Einwohnermeldeamt&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Bürgerbüro&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Bürgeramt&lt;/em&gt; or something else along those lines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T09:34:10.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12" CreationDate="2015-04-25T11:56:18.753" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got an offer from Lichtenstein Life, Kokon Garant Plus, which qualifies for 3a/3b retirement plan in Switzerland. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.liechtenstein-life.net/EN/Products/Switzerland/Guaranty-Invest-3A--3B---Copy/tblid/213/Default.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; I guess is the equivalent in English. This offer the consultant made on creterion, that I am about to leave Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6464" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T11:56:18.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6061" CreationDate="2015-04-25T15:16:54.807" Score="2" ViewCount="1253" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_shop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;thrift stores&lt;/a&gt; or other similar second hand shops in France, in particular in the Lyon area?  Different countries tend to have different variations on these types of stores; some have none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for ways to affordably purchase basic living necessities such as furniture, basic home appliances, etc. knowing that I'll only stay in France for a limited time.  Buying new is much too expensive in the short run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.leboncoin.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.leboncoin.fr/&lt;/a&gt;, but this appears to be an online classifieds site, similar to Craigslist.  Buying from there would involve negotiating in French over the phone, and having to arrange separate transport for each piece of furniture, as they're all in different places.  This doesn't seem very workable so I am looking for brick and mortar stores when one can walk in and find everything in one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6087" LastEditorUserId="6087" LastEditDate="2015-04-25T20:12:24.193" LastActivityDate="2015-04-27T17:28:31.817" Title="Thrift stores or other similar second hand shops in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-04-28T07:41:09.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6064" CreationDate="2015-04-25T16:26:47.530" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both my wife (J2) and I (J1) are currently in US. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We do not fullfill the physical presence test, nor will we fullfill it at the end of the tax year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I received my first pay check my allowance was set to &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; and I was stated as &lt;code&gt;single&lt;/code&gt; for both federal and state (CA for the case it matters) taxes. As a non-resident alien I'm maximum allowed &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;Single&lt;/code&gt; as far as I understood from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W4&lt;/a&gt;, same goes for the state withholding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question concerns the end of the year tax return. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Nonresident-Alien---Figuring-Your-Tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; we cannot file jointly. My question is however if I can claim deduction on her behalf. Or in other words if we look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.form1040nr.com/taxrates2.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this table&lt;/a&gt; if we both file as single or both as married. I'm interested in both the federal and the state case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus question: Would the situation change if she would be working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2530" LastEditorUserId="2530" LastEditDate="2015-04-26T06:07:55.757" LastActivityDate="2015-04-26T06:07:55.757" Title="Can I claim deductions for my wife as a non-resident alien in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6059" CreationDate="2015-04-25T19:06:29.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few places you could look for second-hand furniture and home appliances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A “&lt;em&gt;brocante&lt;/em&gt;” (name of the shop or activity) or “&lt;em&gt;brocanteur&lt;/em&gt;” (name of the person plying this trade) buys and sells second-hand things. The distinction is fluid but the word implies cheaper things than “&lt;em&gt;antiquaire&lt;/em&gt;” (antique dealer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A “&lt;em&gt;vide-grenier&lt;/em&gt;” or “&lt;em&gt;braderie&lt;/em&gt;” is an event (often yearly) where people sell unwanted stuff (somewhat akin to a yard sale) but there are also often professional &lt;em&gt;brocanteurs&lt;/em&gt; as well. &lt;a href=&quot;https://vide-greniers.org/69-Rhone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is a site listing some of these around Lyon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A “&lt;em&gt;marché aux puces&lt;/em&gt;” is a semi-permanent or regular (open-air) market for non-food products, including second-hand goods. The most famous ones are in the Paris area but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pucesducanal.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I found one in Lyon too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A “&lt;em&gt;dépôt-vente&lt;/em&gt;” is a shop where people can leave their stuff. The shop does not buy anything (the goods still belong to their original owners) but takes a commission on any sale.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Emmaüs is a charity running second-hand sales called “bric-à-brac”, mostly for clothes but also for household items. People give their stuff to the charity, which then uses this activity to create jobs and make a profit to fund its other activities. I believe the &lt;em&gt;Secours Populaire&lt;/em&gt; and perhaps the &lt;em&gt;Secours Catholique&lt;/em&gt; occasionally organize similar things as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't rule out buying new just yet. Low-quality furniture is particularly cheap in France compared to many European countries, many people consider IKEA expensive. Look for shops from Conforama, BUT, Fly, Gifi, Foir'Fouille, Bricomarché, Tati, Vima…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If all else fails, also think about big-box department stores. France has many large ones with extensive non-food sections (it's much more common than in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands or Switzerland for example). Look for the largest stores (&lt;em&gt;hypermarchés&lt;/em&gt;) from Carrefour, Auchan, Cora, Leclerc, Intermarché, Hyper U…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-27T17:28:31.817" LastActivityDate="2015-04-27T17:28:31.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6110" CreationDate="2015-04-25T23:03:39.790" Score="1" ViewCount="1612" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does IELTS Academic is acceptable for QSW immigration ?&#xA;This link tells it but i am not sure yet .&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadim.com/new-qsw-list-2015/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.canadim.com/new-qsw-list-2015/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6434" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:12:30.513" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:12:30.513" Title="Can IELTS Academic is acceptable for Quebec Skilled Worker Immigration Application?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6060" CreationDate="2015-04-26T04:51:14.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot deduct your wife, she's not an object and you didn't pay for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to dependents - you claim exemptions, not deduct them. But since you're a non-resident, you cannot claim exemption for your wife. You can only claim for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some specific exceptions to this general rule listed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Aliens---How-Many-Exemptions-Can-Be-Claimed%3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this IRS site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In California, if you file a resident return (form 540) - you can claim exemption for your wife as well. Pay attention: California defines who can file non-resident returns differently from the Federal government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-04-26T04:51:14.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-26T14:05:45.190" Score="3" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for Italian citizenship by marriage last year. At the time we were living in Switzerland so we did the paperwork through the Zürich consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we have moved to London. In theory my wife is supposed to register in the Italian consulate in London, who would then &quot;manage&quot; my case. In a couple of years when the procedure is done I'd get a letter from them, and go apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I've read terrible, terrible reviews about the consulate in London, whereas dealing with the consulate in Zürich was painless. So we're tempted to not register here and leave the case in Zürich. So in two years I'll get a letter from the consulate in Zürich, and then... would I run into any kind of trouble for not being a resident in Switzerland anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6469" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:51:43.913" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:51:43.913" Title="Italian citizenship - which consulate?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-27T07:11:26.783" Score="6" ViewCount="458" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read online that some provinces in Canada allow a direct swap of a Republic of Ireland driving licence for a licence for that province (maybe Ontario and Saskatchewan). This is a fairly new arrangement. I can't find online a list of the provinces that allow this. What are all of the provinces that do a direct swap?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T10:06:43.233" Title="Which Canadian provinces will do a direct swap with a Republic of Ireland driving licence?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-27T08:36:31.553" Score="6" ViewCount="11191" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the ways for a non-resident to open a Canadian bank account—preferably without fees—without being physically present in Canada?  I know many (but not all) Canadian banks allow non-residents to open and operate accounts, though it seems most that do require you to apply in person, and many also have monthly fees.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TD Canada Trust has free chequing accounts which are available for non-residents, but you must open one in person at a branch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're an HSBC account holder in another country, they will happily open a Canadian bank account for you, though there's a one-time fee (over £100 in the UK) plus ongoing account fees of $25/month (unless you maintain a very large balance).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any Canadian banks which offer simple, preferably no-cost chequing accounts to non-residents, and which don't require you to apply in person in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6472" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T14:30:59.570" Title="Open a Canadian bank account without being present in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-28T08:31:22.547" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold an ILR status in the UK. I intend to stay in Canada for one straight year so i could meet the requirements to retain my Canadian PR as well. Do you think my ILR status in the UK will be revoked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6476" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-28T08:34:56.513" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T14:53:15.477" Title="ILR - staying outside UK for one straight year" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6070" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6076" CreationDate="2015-04-28T08:53:53.440" Score="2" ViewCount="796" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it is also possible to get a re-entry permit in both int. airports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible also on land-borders, specifically, Laos via Nong-Khai?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6320" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T10:12:58.923" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T09:26:04.523" Title="Thailand: Getting a Re-entry Permit on a Land Border" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-28T09:24:38.267" Score="11" ViewCount="5562" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm returning to Sri Lanka, after working in Norway for 2.5 years. Wondering what options I have in taking the pension accumulated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6478" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T23:28:40.530" Title="What can I do with my pension when leaving Norway?" Tags="&lt;pension&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6069" CreationDate="2015-04-28T11:39:24.997" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-that-individuals-may-be-outside-the-uk-without-losing-their-indefinite-leave-to-remain/period-that-individuals-are-allowed-to-be-outside-the-uk-without-losing-their-indefinite-leave-to-remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UKVI&lt;/a&gt;, it seems like leaves shorter than 2 years are allowed. The do I net I found does not explain how the time period is calculated. Presumably, leaving for 2 years, returning for a day, and leaving for another two years would not be allowed. It seems like leaving for 1 year might be allowed. That said, it seems weird to be a permanent resident in two countries. You might be better off applying for citizenship someplace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T11:39:24.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6069" CreationDate="2015-04-28T14:53:15.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your status likely won't be revoked. But you had better be ready to convince the Border Patrol agent that you are returning to permanently live in the UK, and especially that it was your primary residence the entire time anyway. There is a decent chance that they will notice that you are maintaining your Canadian PR as well. The most important thing to remember is that you should be honoring in spirit the conditions of that visa i.e. making the UK your primary home. This will be the deciding factor as to whether you ILR will be canceled or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T14:53:15.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-28T22:43:21.640" Score="2" ViewCount="342" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got permanent residence from Czech Republic. On the card it's written EU permanent residence which I guess valid to EU countries. Can I get UK residence card if I decide to move to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6481" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T00:42:12.387" Title="Can I get UK residence card, if I have Permanent Residence from Czech Republic?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-28T23:03:20.360" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came in Poland last month. I am studying MSc in a Technical university in Poland. I have an ambition also to do a PhD here. Here, living cost and tuition fee is affordable. So affordable that, it looks like a poor country. There are many homeless people everywhere in the streets. One, thing is very shocking: the university teachers get a very low salary, around 3000 PLN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the mean time, I got an MSc admission offer from Liechtenstein. They will charge a very low tuition fee. But, I found that the living expense is very high. So, I will need to do a part-time job to cover my living expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Liechtenstein a good place to move? Will I find job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have an ambition to stay in the academia, what should be the country I choose to study? Should I complete my study and then try to move or should I move right now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2407" LastEditorDisplayName="user2407" LastEditDate="2015-04-30T23:39:21.273" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T23:39:21.273" Title="Should I maintain my status quo in Poland or move right now?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-04-29T01:14:43.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6070" CreationDate="2015-04-29T03:42:56.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to get a re-entry permit at an immigration office (e.g. the government centre at Chaengwattana in Bangkok), but from memory I don't think it's possible at the borders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please be aware that a re-entry permit does not affect the date by which you must leave Thailand - it merely allows you to exit and re-enter as if it was your previous entry. So if you get a 90-day stamp when entering Thailand, then get a re-entry permit and go out then come back, your previous 90-day stamp is still valid, and you must exit within 90 days of your original entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T03:42:56.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6077" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6090" CreationDate="2015-04-29T09:11:49.627" Score="3" ViewCount="20851" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm non-EU citizen, I want to marry my fiancee who is an EU (Italian) citizen in Malaysia and go live with her in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After our marriage certificate is issued can I immediately apply for a family reunion visa or I will have to wait until our marriage is transcribed in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6483" LastEditorUserId="6483" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T16:13:03.737" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T15:51:08.067" Title="Moving to Italy after marrying an Italian citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3227" CreationDate="2015-04-29T12:56:40.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently had the chance to test this out first hand, since I entirely forgot to get one of the kids their shiny new Aussie passport (oops) and only realized this the day before our flight (double oops).  So here's the deal, straight from a grandmotherly exit immigration officer and subsequently validated in practice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of April 2015, &lt;strong&gt;the Immigration and Citizenship people don't talk to each other, so even after your citizenship bit is flipped, any old visas in previous passports remain perfectly valid by default.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, if all these conditions hold true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have recently naturalized, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you still have the passport that contained your Resident Return Visa you had as a permanent resident, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that passport is still valid, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your Resident Return Visa has not expired,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you can just show the old passport at Immigration with no further explanation, and they will not notice a thing when you are leaving the country or entering the country.  Likewise, if the airline runs a check to ensure that you have an Australian visa, which they will, that check will pass with flying colors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If conditions 3 or 4 are not true, I suspect you &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; well be able to transfer the visa to a new passport and/or extend it as well with nobody the wiser, but I haven't personally tried this, nor do I intend to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether it's strictly speaking &lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; to do this, as opposed to merely being a loophole that Immigration is not particularly keen to publicize, I don't know, but I'm looking into it and will update this answer once I find out.  And obviously Immigration may at any time update their process and start canceling old visas the instant citizenship is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also FWIW, I called the DIBP citizenship hotline the day before our flight and talked to an officer, who said we would be let out of the country if we insisted, but would have a hard time getting back and that our airline would be heavily fined for bringing in a passenger without proper documentation.  Needless to say, this was complete bullshit -- although it may well be true for somebody whose RRV and/or passport has well and truly expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T12:56:40.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T14:52:03.857" Score="-1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a graphic designer + front-end developer and have more than 8 years of experience in both majors. I am a Turkish citizen who is married to Bulgarian (EU Citizen) wife. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have a chance to find a job and move to Amsterdam as a Expat worker or something like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6485" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T15:04:04.517" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T06:01:12.030" Title="Chance to find a job in Amsterdam, NL?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-05-05T14:47:41.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6077" CreationDate="2015-04-29T17:17:26.213" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under EU rules, as the spouse of an EU citizen, you are entitled to a free visa.  However, since your fiancée is Italian, and you wish to enter Italy, you may be required to work under Italian law rather than EU law.  I looked at the Italian governments website, however, and did not see any indication that they have different rules for Italian citizens' family members.  It was a brief look, however, so I may have overlooked something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If there is a more restrictive regime for family of Italian citizens, you could get around this by first moving to another EU country.  This is useful for people going to the UK because UK's spouse visa rules are much more restrictive than EU rules.  This is known as the &quot;Surinder Singh&quot; route.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, you will almost certainly need to get your marriage recognized by whatever country you're applying to.  Typically, that involves getting an apostille from the country that issued the marriage license, which attests to the legitimacy of the license document.  You would then present these documents as part of your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to register your marriage officially with the Italian authorities, it may be that you can do it at the consulate, or perhaps you would do it after you settle in Italy.  If it is a prerequisite to getting the visa, then you ought to be able to do it at the consulate.  (It would not make a lot of sense to require you to travel to Italy first, in order to prove that you are married, so you can apply for a spouse visa!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this assumes that you are not a citizen of one of the countries whose citizens are eligible for visa-free short visits to the Schengen area.  If you are, then you would not apply for a spouse visa.  Instead, you would travel without a visa, and then once you get to Italy, within 90 days, you would apply for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T17:17:26.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T18:31:13.470" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had to take a break from my US studies (B.S. in Computer Science) for health reasons and got back during my last semester, Spring 2015. Unfortunately since I had to restart my status as a International Student, I am not eligible for OPT work authorization unless I stay a student for at least two consecutive terms, meaning I would have to enroll in a Master's (for which I have neither the funds nor the passion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the work-visa cut-off for employers is April 1st. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I screwed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6488" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T18:31:13.470" Title="Applying for a US job as a fresh graduate in the US, ineligible for OPT" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T06:49:59.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T20:05:32.847" Score="6" ViewCount="8349" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen living in the US for many years with a green card.  I am looking to obtain my US citizenship.  Will I loose my French citizenship or can I keep dual nationalities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6489" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-08-01T03:24:09.480" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T10:41:09.307" Title="Will I forfeit my French citizenship when taking on US citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T20:06:09.777" Score="1" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancé and I are getting married in a few months. He is an American currently living here in London on a student visa. I am born in Germany, with a polish passport, so fully EU, living in London since 2006. &#xA;His visa is running out at the end of January and I was wondering if anyone has any insights or experience as to how and what the procedures are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6490" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-04T08:37:35.297" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T11:10:37.123" Title="U.S. Fiance and I (EU) getting married and want to stay in UK. What's the process?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6083" CreationDate="2015-04-29T20:41:16.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Wikipedia on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship has been permitted since 1973. Possession of one or more other nationalities, does not, in principle, affect the French nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm afraid I don't have an official reference for that.) For the US side, acquiring US citizenship does not require that you give up other citizenships. I have a Dutch friend who obtained US citizenship by naturalization and continues to hold both citizenships. It can, however, get somewhat more complicated to comply with the taxation regulations of both countries of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T20:52:21.947" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T20:52:21.947" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6083" CreationDate="2015-04-29T23:49:06.970" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, French law does not make multiple citizenship difficult in any way. You don't need to renounce any prior nationality to become French and there are very few situations in which you lose it when you are. &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F3073.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Perd-on la nationalité française en acquérant une autre nationalité ?&lt;/a&gt; is a brief overview of the latter aspect from the official vosdroits.service-public.fr website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a long time France was a party to the 1963 Strasbourg convention, which did provide for the loss of one's first citizenship when acquiring that of another party to the convention. But it had some exceptions and the US was never part of it (it was strictly a European thing). Since then, France denounced the relevant chapter of the Strasbourg convention so that all this is only of historical interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really know about the US end of things but I assume it should be OK too as the US tends to be permissive in this respect and there are many dual US-something citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-04-30T09:27:01.807" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T09:27:01.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5670" CreationDate="2015-04-30T00:01:17.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Passport:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can travel with the old and the new passports. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don’t have to transfer your visa - you can carry both your old and new passports when travelling to or from the UK instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;But remember to Update your Biometric Residence Permit!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't covered in your question - but it's important to note that you &lt;strong&gt;must update your associated Biometric Residence Permit immediately after a change in name&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you do this you could lose your residency entirely, or be in contravention of the immigration rules. The contravention could lead to you being refused citizenship down the line - as you could fail the &quot;good character&quot; requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-circumstances-visa-brp/youre-in-the-uk-and-have-a-brp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/change-circumstances-visa-brp/youre-in-the-uk-and-have-a-brp&lt;/a&gt; says (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must &lt;strong&gt;immediately&lt;/strong&gt; report any changes to your:&#xA;  name (&lt;strong&gt;eg because you’ve got married&lt;/strong&gt;)&#xA;  [...]&#xA;  You must apply for a new BRP within 3 months. You may be fined up to&#xA;  £1,000 or have your stay shortened if you don’t.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Additional Notes on your old Passport&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also not covered in the original question, but is possibly relevant. The old passport (in your maiden name) should have been cancelled by the issuing authority when you received your new passport. This normally involves cutting the corners off, and possibly punching holes in the cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your old passport is not officially cancelled, you will likely encounter problems if/when you apply for naturalisation as a British citizen. This is because the UK Government will not allow you to have multiple active passports with varying names in them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your old passport is un-cancelled, you should contact the issuing authority and get them to officially cancel it. Make sure that you request it back after cancellation though! They may destroy it unless you specifically request it's return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T00:01:17.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6083" CreationDate="2015-04-30T05:27:46.360" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US Immigration Oath that one must make at the time one is sworn in requires one to &quot;renounce and abjure&quot; all previous nationalities and titles of nobility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the government of your previous nationality would be informed of this action or recognises US naturalisation as an explicit renunciation would need to be cleared with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6487" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T05:27:46.360" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6079" CreationDate="2015-04-30T06:01:12.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Netherlands, I would say just as anywhere, it is hard to find good people for tech jobs. If you're good in your profession, it should be easy to find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two places which might help you start:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fronteers.nl/vacaturebank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Fronteers&lt;/a&gt; (in Dutch) an organization which helps frontend developers and has vacancies listed for that area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dutchstartupjobs.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dutch Startup jobs&lt;/a&gt; vacancy listing for the Dutch (and Belgium) startup scene, mostly tech jobs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck finding a nice place, and have fun!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6493" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T06:01:12.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6077" CreationDate="2015-04-30T10:42:27.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first thing that you need after the marriage is the transcription.&#xA;Or through embassy/consulate or in the Comune/Municipio (cityhall) where you and your spouse will go to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you need to ask a resident card called &quot;Carta di Soggiorno&quot; (for spouse is not called &quot;Permesso di Soggiorno&quot;) that will last 5 years. Depends on the city can take 1 month if you are very lucky (Rome) or many months.&#xA;To ask for this card you need documents like Italian marriage certificate (transcripted), your country born act (translated/legalized), proof that everything is ok with your new accomodation (rent contract or equivalent to prove your spouse has the right to stay legally in that address).&#xA;If they tells you to go send the request by post office tell that for marriage the post office forms are usually not valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While waiting for resident card you'll have a temporary card that gives you exactly the same rights of a normal resident card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before to have at least the temporary card, or the transcription, is difficult to assure you the rights available under the EU Family Treaty Rights (free circulation for short periods and resident permission).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evaluate if it's easier to get married in Italy with a tourist Visa so that you don't need continuous translations of marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here the list of necessary documents to request the residence permission according to Italian current Law (art. 9 Decreto Legislativo n. 286/98 e succ. mod.; art. 16 e 17 del D.P.R. n. 394/99 e succ. mod.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's in italian but your fiancee should not have problem to read it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Istanza compilata e sottoscritta dall'interessato Modulo 1, o anche modulo 2 se in possesso di redditi propri;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fotocopia di tutto il passaporto o di altro documento equipollente (vedi tabella n. 4);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fotocopia della dichiarazione dei redditi o del modello CUD, rilasciato dal datore di lavoro, relativo all'anno precedente proprio, ove percepito, e del familiare straniero convivente;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificato del casellario giudiziale e certificato delle iscrizioni relative ai procedimenti penali in corso (solo per il richiedente straniero maggiorenne);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fotocopia documentazione anagrafica attestante il rapporto di parentela. Se proveniente dall'estero la certificazione deve essere tradotta, legalizzata e validata dalla Rappresentanza Diplomatica/Consolare italiana, salvo diversamente disposto da accordi internazionali.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6494" LastEditorUserId="6494" LastEditDate="2015-04-30T13:36:09.990" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T13:36:09.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6065" CreationDate="2015-04-30T13:01:01.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The consulate make just a preliminary verification of autenticity of the documents and forward the request to the Interior Ministry (&lt;em&gt;Ministero degli Interni&lt;/em&gt;). Since I don't think it is possible to apply twice, your wife should just communicate your new address in London to the Zurich consulate so that they can reach you whenever they have an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AIRE subscription for your wife (and you) can be done in London by email and will probably not interfere (if you want, you can let them known the citizen request protocol number).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6494" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-15T08:35:15.770" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T08:35:15.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-01T06:23:09.513" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British-born man who emigrated to Switzerland in 2008 and I am looking at returning to England as life here is not as I thought and simply finding work after being laid off is proving very very difficult - I have been almost 3 years unemployed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I would prefer to line up a job in England before heading back but this is proving tricky as well and would like to hear other peoples experiences in this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there actually agencies which are in place specially for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6477" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T11:08:27.650" Title="Finding a job in the UK while abroad" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6092" CreationDate="2015-05-01T11:08:27.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most employment agencies in the UK will deal via phone/email so that shouldn't be a problem.  Bigger issues will be interviews (initially likely via phone but a face-to-face may be harder, do you expect them to pay flights?), and the fact you have a 3 year hole in your CV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is likely to be an assumption you'll be looking for relocation assistance,  which can be fine if your skills are in demand and hard to get in the destination, but given you've been 3 years unemployed that may be a hard sell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would look to getting back to the UK first, likely easier in the first instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T11:08:27.650" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-01T12:57:17.740" Score="-1" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lithuanian citizen living and doing business on the Reunion Island? How about an internet mail order business from there? Is it reasonably possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6499" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T09:51:38.600" Title="Lithuanian citizen living and doing business on Reunion Island" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-05-02T17:50:03.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2519" CreationDate="2015-05-01T17:54:36.753" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Know this question was posted a while ago but someone else could stumble across it like I did. I'm a recruiter and I know for myself and most of my colleagues, if someone asks up front if you are eligible for employment what they are really asking is are you able to work without a visa transfer / sponsorship of any kind. Since almost everyone knows you can't ask, &quot;So you got a green card or what?&quot; (a real example someone used once, which is crazy) you ask in the way that you have been told is the safest way to ask. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My peers who work at places that process new visas and transfer existing ones pretty much never ask up front because they don't care what the answer is as they can work with you whatever your eligibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6500" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T17:54:36.753" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6084" CreationDate="2015-05-01T23:51:35.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're living in London legally (i.e., you're working, looking for work, self-employed, studying, or self-sufficient, or you have a permanent right of residence) then your husband can stay with you and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply for a UK residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  You probably have permanent right of residence as you have lived there for longer than five years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, as your family member, he doesn't even need that document, but he could be stopped at the border if he is suspected of overstaying.  He can't actually overstay if he's your husband, but if the border guard doesn't believe that he's the husband of an EU citizen resident in the UK, that fact does not help.  The residence card would serve as proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, consult &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-family-members-of-european-economic-area-eea-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Direct Family Members of EEA Nationals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get married after his visa expires, however, you have to find out whether he will need to leave the UK.  As an American, he may be able to stay.  I do not know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T23:51:35.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6094" CreationDate="2015-05-02T06:51:19.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;John,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you ever visited Réunion Island?&#xA;Internet is not an issue here in Réunion, but have you already checked out the cost of sending parcels from Réunion via speed couriers and La Poste? You'll find it's more expensive from Réunion than from mainland France or Lithuania. And where will what you'll be sending come from? Will you be making it yourself or importing it? Where will the items and/or raw material come from? And for example from Réunion you can't post anything non-urgent abroad via sea any more, it has to go via airmail whether you like it or not. Price lists for all this are available online or on request if you e-mail those concerned, but this brings us to another part of your question: language. You don't say whether you don't speak French or whether you speak it but just not as a native speaker. If you don't speak French you will have a hard time getting by professionally as everything here is in French. If you do speak fluent French, even with a (understandable) foreign accent, you'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6501" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T06:51:19.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6094" CreationDate="2015-05-02T09:41:43.670" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legally speaking, Réunion is part of the European Union. It's out of the Schengen area, which makes a difference for citizens from non-EU countries but apart from that all the usual rules apply, including the freedom of establishment. Just as in mainland France, you are expected to conduct all official business in French but it's not especially difficult to get set-up if you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, as @champacs explained, shipping is generally expensive so it does not seem to be a very attractive base of operation for a mail-order business, all other things being equal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-02T09:51:38.600" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T09:51:38.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11891" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:10:31.380" Score="4" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recent changes in the immigration rules require that some visa applicants must pay a surcharge for the National Health Service (NHS).  This question is about applicants in the Tiered category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a Tier 1 (Investor) applying to extend their status (as opposed to an applicant switching into this category), the charge should be £400 (£200 per year x 2 year grant). A Tier 1 (Investor) extension can only be granted for a period of 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the drop-down options online state that the charge will be £600 for a Tier 1 (Investor) leave to remain, regardless of whether the applicant is applying for an extension (2 years) or an initial grant of leave by switching to this category (3 years).  There is no option to pay £200.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The surcharge must be paid in full for the entire term of the visa at the time the application is submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these is the applicant for T1 extension required to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding: access to the form is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/pay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/pay&lt;/a&gt;, you'll need to register to start (which you can cancel before adding your credit card details)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding: the guidance itself starts at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/overview&lt;/a&gt;  and the Home Office press release is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-introduces-health-surcharge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-introduces-health-surcharge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-05-03T13:40:54.270" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T08:32:53.940" Title="Clarification of NHS Surcharge (UK Tiered Applicants)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6101" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:11:45.263" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-05-02T12:11:45.263" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T12:11:45.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6102" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:11:45.263" Score="0" Body="The National Health Service. As of 2015, some visa applicants are required to pay a surcharge to cover and costs incurred from using the NHS." OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-05-03T01:18:13.480" LastActivityDate="2015-05-03T01:18:13.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11858" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:44:24.033" Score="7" ViewCount="638" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw that the Home Office has published &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417550/an_guide_mar_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;new guidance&lt;/a&gt; for people applying for British Nationality (March 2015).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most notably, the section on good character has been &lt;em&gt;profoundly&lt;/em&gt; expanded; it now includes things like simple cautions.   The guidance also advises that applications will be subject to increased scrutiny on that basis.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Against that backdrop, there are lots of people who have committed minor immigration offenses like overstaying between successive applications or entering via Dublin when they weren't supposed to do that.  In lots of cases the Home Office 'overlooked' the violation and granted the visa anyway.   Other people have been granted leave outside the rules (for compassion or some other situation where circumstantial practicalities warranted granting a visa outside of the rules).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they find that a person overstayed between successive applications on the Tiered route, can they refuse a nationality application DESPITE having granted leave previously?  The guidance seems to indicate that this is a possibility.  What other types of offenses that have been previously overlooked that might result in a refusal to naturalise an applicant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T15:21:37.213" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T18:12:49.420" Title="UK Nationality Applications and Previous Overstays" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-02T13:18:05.043" Score="1" ViewCount="1412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Wroclaw, Poland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part time job is not that much available here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am considering to change my university and go to somewhere else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Schengen multiple entry visa. Where can I go to get part-time jobs easily while I continue my study?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2407" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-04T08:37:48.597" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T05:34:52.503" Title="Which European countries are good for part-time jobs for foreigner students?" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6104" CreationDate="2015-05-03T08:56:04.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not exactly your question but it's relevant to it and a bit long for a comment. Schengen visas never allow work in the whole area, nor do they forbid it as such. But if you are from outside the EU and want to take up employment in a Schengen country, you need some form of authorisation to work from that particular country, on top of the authorisation to enter and stay in the Schengen area granted by your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, such an authorisation comes in the form of a national visa or residence permit but if you don't need one (e.g. because you will stay less than 90 days under a Schengen visa or a residence permit from another Schengen country), you still need a separate authorisation to work. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/44265/internship-in-germany-on-normal-schengen-visa&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/44265/internship-in-germany-on-normal-schengen-visa&lt;/a&gt; for some details on how it works in one such situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your comments, it seems that what you have is not a Schengen visa but a Polish national visa. That visa might allow you to work in Poland (some student visas do, e.g. up to a yearly maximum number of hours) &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; to travel in the Schengen area &lt;em&gt;but not to work elsewhere than Poland&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, if you want to find a part-time job in another EU country as a student, it will probably be necessary to switch universities as well to qualify for the right type of visa. Which country would be best for that, I don't know, but since it would require moving there semi-permanently, you need to consider other factors than work as well (housing, tuition…)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-05-03T09:08:07.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2519" CreationDate="2015-05-04T00:57:07.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here in Thailand employers tend to ask if you are eligible to work in Thailand without a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason the question matters to the employer (at least here in Thailand) is that getting a work permit is not particularly straightforward, and involves a lot of work (piles of paperwork) on the part of the company. So what they are usually looking for is someone who can fulfil a role without having to do all that paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And the only people actually eligible to work in Thailand without a work permit are people who hold Thai citizenship. So a lot of the time they just say in a job ad that they are looking for Thai citizens only. But this is a country where they can say they want to employ a male between the ages of 21-25, or they can sack a flight attendant who becomes pregnant, so they don't have any qualms about being direct in their requirements.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T00:57:07.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6054" CreationDate="2015-05-04T05:43:04.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is probably better served in &lt;a href=&quot;https://engineering.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://engineering.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; however I can provide a brief answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately if you can prove the competencies they require, that is what they are after. What they have likely found is that 3 years is needed to prove them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6506" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:51:48.893" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T05:43:04.043" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6048" CreationDate="2015-05-04T09:01:37.217" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that you can get UK citizenship, as of 6 April 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the official guide here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-7a-registration-of-persons-born-before-1-july-2006-whose-parents-were-not-married-nationality-instructions&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-7a-registration-of-persons-born-before-1-july-2006-whose-parents-were-not-married-nationality-instructions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Read section 9 of that document and make sure that you qualify.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Before 1 July 2006 a child could only obtain citizenship through his or her father if the parents were married. The law changed on 1 July 2006 to allow a person to acquire citizenship through his or her father, irrespective of whether the parents were married, subject to proof of paternity. That change was not made retrospective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sections 4E – 4I of the British Nationality Act 1981 came into force on &lt;strong&gt;6 April 2015&lt;/strong&gt; and provide a number of registration routes for those born before 1 July 2006 who &lt;strong&gt;would have automatically become British citizens&lt;/strong&gt;, or would be entitled to register under other provisions of the 1981 Act, &lt;strong&gt;had their parents been married at the time of their birth&lt;/strong&gt;.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;5.4. Paternity can be proved by:&#xA;a. the person being named as the father on a birth certificate issued within one year of a child’s birth&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Evidence to be supplied&#xA;- Documents to establish that the child would have had an automatic claim&#xA;had the parents been married, such as a birth certificate and father’s birth certificate, passport or evidence of settled status (see Chapter 3 for children born in the UK, and Chapter 4 for children born outside the United Kingdom)&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6327" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T09:01:37.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6062" CreationDate="2015-05-04T19:29:32.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted the Quebec Immigration Department and they said that both IELTS modules are acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6434" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T19:29:32.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-04T22:32:04.877" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to live in Israel for two or three years maybe longer. I will&#xA;retire in a year. I'm an American Christian sharing a closeness with&#xA;the people and land of Israel. I would like to study Hebrew at Ulpan&#xA;Gordon in Tel Aviv. I'm somewhat proficient in Hebrew, but not able to converse&#xA;efficiently yet. Then I hope to do some volunteer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get a study visa as a retiree?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I need to leave the country every few months because I'll be on a 90 day visitor's visa? If so, what's the most economical way of doing this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6510" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-05-05T02:31:26.560" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T04:15:55.003" Title="Visiting Israel" Tags="&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6074" CreationDate="2015-05-05T00:42:12.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is EU Resident Permit, but it has been issued by the Czech Republic. It is guaranteed that you can live and work in Czech Republic indefinitely, but other member states may restrict new residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, you need to apply for the UK residency. However, note if you get the UK Permanent Residence, you will lose your Czech Permanent Residence. You can have EU Permanent Residence from one country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6511" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T00:42:12.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6070" CreationDate="2015-05-05T00:44:47.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot do this on land. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the international airport, they have a special re-entry desk. However, for land border, you should have a origin country. In the case of Laos, you should come from Laos. This means, when you leave Thailand, you should enter Laos and leave Laos to be eligible to enter Thailand again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6511" LastEditorUserId="6511" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T15:24:07.560" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T15:24:07.560" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6111" CreationDate="2015-05-05T04:15:55.003" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa process in Israel is probably not significantly different than your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can most definitely get a student visa (A/2 visa). But, you'll have to be, well, a student. I.e.: enrolled for full-time studies in one of the Israeli education institutions. You're probably too old for a high school, and wrong religion for a yeshiva, so your best bet would be enrolling for studies into one of the Israeli universities or colleges. Check with that ulpan you want to go to if they're qualified to sponsor international students. Most likely they're not, in which case you can only go as a tourist (B/2) - up to 3 months with no visa (assuming you're a US citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're in a tourist status, leaving the country to reset the 90 days clock will require flying out. Ground border crossings don't count (no surprises there as well - that's exactly the same as in the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is a clergy visa (A/3), if you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.israelemb.org/washington/ConsularServices/Pages/Visa-Information.aspx&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T04:15:55.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2015-05-05T09:33:32.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Apart from reading the handbook&quot;. one should read 3rd edition book and understand well. After that practice some questions from online websites. i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.officiallifeintheuk.co.uk/test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.officiallifeintheuk.co.uk/test/&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifeinuktests.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.lifeinuktests.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You never pass the test without studying official resource book.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6512" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T09:33:32.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6118" CreationDate="2015-05-05T13:04:31.400" Score="1" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I jump ship for a higher salary before my 6 month probation or better yet; before my 2 years of service at my current employer; I have heard I will be banned for 6 months to work. Apparently you can pay or do something to address this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6513" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-05-05T16:41:06.147" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T16:57:03.230" Title="How can I quit my job before my 6 month probation and before my 2 years service and jump ship without getting the dubai ban?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-05T14:25:48.523" Score="1" ViewCount="1616" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does any of the EU countries accept applications for permanent residency? I mean &lt;strong&gt;immigration application like those of US, Canada, Australia&lt;/strong&gt;, etc. Application for permanent residency based on education and work skills (kind of point-based system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean direct application of non-EU citizens from outside the country, not changing temporary residence to permanent. From the permanent residence, I mean the right to live/work in the country indefinitely (like the US green card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6511" LastEditorUserId="6511" LastEditDate="2015-05-05T15:30:32.240" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T09:59:38.523" Title="Applying for EU permanent residence (immigration for non-EU citizens)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6116" CreationDate="2015-05-05T16:57:03.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot find much information about immigration to the UAE. The official webpage with the relevant information might be &lt;a href=&quot;http://dnrd.ae/en/Rules_Reg/Pages/Rules.aspx?AudianceId=3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dnrd.ae/en/Rules_Reg/Pages/Rules.aspx?AudianceId=3&lt;/a&gt;, but it looks sketchy for an official government webpage. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guide2dubai.com/info/labor-immigration-ban.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;random webapge&lt;/a&gt; has a lot of information about the visa ban. I think the relevant section for you is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is possible to avoid a ban/ lift a ban by paying a fee, in case you are transferring from one sponsor to another. This is different from cancelling your residence visa or work permit. It is not clear if a NOC (No Objection Certificate) from employer is necessary for processing this. However, for exact details of ban lifting fee (which may vary depending on certain occupations), it is better to check with the labour department helpline of the emirate you are working in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T16:57:03.230" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6055" CreationDate="2015-05-06T13:58:07.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, the UK has really cracked down hard on the work visa system. The shortage occupations list, and its usage, has received particular scrutiny over the last several years. If an occupation is listed there, then it probably is 'hard to find British employees for these positions'. The COS can take from 2 weeks to 8 weeks depending on timing, more often towards the shorter period of time. There will be several key factors in whether you can get the visa, but it basically boils down to whether your employer has got the license in order and is willing to pay you at or above the minimum accepted wage rate for that position (£29,600 from your description).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To elaborate on the employer part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The job has to actually be what is described in the Shortage Occupation list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The employer MUST give an appropriate job title and reference the correct code (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308513/shortageoccupationlistapril14.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2136 from this link here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The business must meet the qualifications for the license and continue to meet those qualifications for the entirety of your employement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T14:03:33.943" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T14:03:33.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6152" CreationDate="2015-05-06T15:40:06.273" Score="2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got an Austrian work contract, and I'm resident there from more than 1 year, but now I'm in Italy for work and I will have to stay here for some other time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My insurance company is the Austrian Health Insurance (TGKK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do an eye exam can I ask them to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="69" LastEditDate="2015-05-10T13:45:27.957" LastActivityDate="2015-05-13T20:21:35.177" Title="Will EHIC (blue) card pay for eye check while I am abroad?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6124" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6127" CreationDate="2015-05-06T16:18:25.267" Score="5" ViewCount="817" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in France (received a salary) between 19/May/2014-04/May/2015. I moved to the United States on the 28/April/2015. I believe that French taxes are due at the end of May (or end of June if being payed online). All I could &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/fr/finance/tax/A-guide-to-taxes-in-France_101156.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;gather right now&lt;/a&gt; is that I need to fill out a &quot;declaration de revenu&quot;, which is also available online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/static/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/static/&lt;/a&gt;. However, to access the online space, I need a &quot;numero fiscal&quot; that I do not know how to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Repeated emails to my previous employers has not helped at all and I can't speak much French to understand what is being said in all the French websites. Google translate falls short on most occassions. How do I go about paying my income tax and not default? Is there any agency in the USA that can do this for me (cost not being a question)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T05:54:53.403" Title="French taxes: Have not received any documentation and I have moved out of the country" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5865" CreationDate="2015-05-06T19:04:44.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/3605/gayot-fow&quot;&gt;Gayot Fow&lt;/a&gt; has very correctly stated in the comments, every country has its own visa system and could really care less what any other country is doing with theirs, with a very few very notable exceptions. You could have ten concurrent visas from ten different countries. As long as you've got the appropriate visa to enter the UK, that's really all the Border Patrol will care about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T19:04:44.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-06T19:24:40.067" Score="7" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Husband and I are going to try and relocate to the USA.  He is British I am American.  I will be sending in the petition soon to start the process of obtaining the Visa for him to relocate.  I know that at sometime he would have to go to London for a medical and then a face to face interview.  The problem is he is disabled with MS and in a wheelchair that requires a modified vehicle to travel in and has a hard time traveling anyway. He does not drive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: is there an alternate site in Wales or what other alternate arrangements can be made for a disabled person to get the medical and have a face to face interview if required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6523" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-05-07T04:43:46.017" LastActivityDate="2015-05-07T20:47:45.690" Title="Alternatives for US visa interview in London for disabled person?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6124" CreationDate="2015-05-06T19:53:38.193" Score="5" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The current &lt;em&gt;déclaration de revenus&lt;/em&gt; concerns income received from&#xA;January 1 2014 to December 31 2014.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See here :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F357.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F357.xhtml&lt;/a&gt;. If your&#xA;case is that you are a one person income and your revenue is above&#xA;9690 € (under this income, you don't have to pay income taxes).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you were getting salary from a french company, your december 2014&#xA;&lt;em&gt;fiche de paye&lt;/em&gt; should have a line at the end that mentions &lt;em&gt;revenu net annuel&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;revenu net imposable&lt;/em&gt;. That is the basis for your income tax calculation. Your french employer has to provide this data to you (he is providing it to the french tax office on the other hand).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can download and print a paper version of the déclaration de&lt;br&gt;&#xA;revenu here :&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides (sort of) basic informations on page 1 and 2, you only have&#xA;to fill &lt;strong&gt;line 1AJ&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;column déclarant 1&lt;/strong&gt;, with the income&#xA;mentioned above on page 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can then send this printed version to the &lt;em&gt;Centre des finances publiques&lt;/em&gt;  that is attached to your address while you were in France. To find the &lt;em&gt;Centre des finances publiques&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to find your &lt;em&gt;Centres des finances publiques&lt;/em&gt; ? (from @Gala answer's) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/contactspart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/contactspart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this page click first on “Besoin de plus d'informations, de nous contacter ?“ and then on “Contacter votre service local” to unfold the proper form&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mandatory field &quot;voie&quot; means your postal address (like &quot;rue des fleurs&quot; or &quot;avenue du 8 mai 1945&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mandatory field &quot;code postal&quot; means your 5 digits postal code&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There might be some tricky fields on the document that seem basic to&#xA;a native french speaker where some help can be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-08T21:04:10.487" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T21:04:10.487" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6124" CreationDate="2015-05-06T20:03:32.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F369.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the first time you file a tax return in France&lt;/a&gt;, you don't need any special code or number. It is however not possible to file online, unless you are between 20 and 25 and have received a letter from the tax office (that's intended for young French residents who were previously mentioned on their parents' tax return, not for expats obviously as the tax office wouldn't know about you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to get a paper form (or print it?) and send it by post to the tax office competent for your former place of residence. To find it, you can enter your address on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/contactspart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;impots.gouv.fr&lt;/a&gt; under “&lt;em&gt;contacter votre service local&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a box at the very top of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/deploiement/p1/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783/fichedescriptiveformulaire_9783.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the form&lt;/a&gt; where you have to choose either “You are filing a tax return for the first time” or “You have already filed a tax return before” and then provide your FIP and fiscal numbers. Since you don't have a number yet, you have to check the first box and the tax office will then assign a new number for you and it will be mentioned on your “&lt;em&gt;avis d'imposition&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, the documentation and forms are only available in French as far a I know and I don't think you can expect the tax office to provide any contact point for English speakers so it will be difficult to deal with all this without help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-03T05:54:53.403" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T05:54:53.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6129" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-05-07T03:00:36.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When entering a country or territory, a traveller is given permission to stay in that territory until a specified date. It is important to make sure that before that date, a traveller does one of two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leaves the territory&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extends their permission to stay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failure to do this will mean that after the specified date, the traveller will be overstaying their permission to stay. The penalties for this are usually harsh, and can include imprisonment, deportation, and blacklisting from entering that territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-07T23:04:38.750" LastActivityDate="2015-05-07T23:04:38.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6130" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-05-07T03:00:36.850" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding the overstay of permission to remain in a territory" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-07T23:04:35.100" LastActivityDate="2015-05-07T23:04:35.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6131" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6132" CreationDate="2015-05-07T15:59:19.420" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found these 2 resources which seems to be very interesting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SOLVIT: Solutions to problems with your EU rights&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/european-union/contact/europe-direct-answering-your-questions-about-eu_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europe Direct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've contacted the first one (i.e. SOLVIT).&#xA;If I understand properly it's free and it's from the European Commission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they fast?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-26T13:51:19.507" LastActivityDate="2020-12-26T13:51:19.507" Title="Is SOLVIT (European question asked system) fast to answer?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6131" CreationDate="2015-05-07T16:28:37.617" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: The goal is to reach a resolution (positive or negative) within 10 weeks. Actual performance varies but does not seem too far off from this objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU website provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/how-solvit-works/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a brief explanation of how Solvit works&lt;/a&gt;. It also published a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/solvit/index_en.htm#maincontentSec4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;scoreboard&lt;/a&gt; with more details and a few stats on actual performance. Basically, there are 3 main steps, each with a specific target/performance standard:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Response from your “home” Solvit centre (the centre you contacted): 7 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case preparation by the “home” centre: 30 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case handling by the “lead” centre (the centre in the country where the problem happened): 70 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the goal is to tell you whether your case is accepted within one week and to reach a resolution within 10 weeks. Achieving this target in more than 75% of the cases is considered a good performance by Solvit. An &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/_docs/annual_reports/2008_solvit_annual_report_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;older report&lt;/a&gt; mentions an average handling speed of 58 days in 2007 and 69 days in 2008 but that's only an average, meaning that some cases took longer than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One problem is that handling a case typically involves getting in touch with the local authorities so whether the problem gets resolved promptly depends a lot on how quick and cooperative the local authorities are and that can vary widely. Case complexity also matters obviously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guessing a bit from your past history, if you submitted a case to the Italian centre about a problem in Austria, you should expect some delay for the initial contact (Italy is very bad in this respect), a quick case preparation (Italy is good there) and an average handling time (Austria is not very fast).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is that the resolution rate is 90% for Austria so you should at least get some clarity on your situation (resolution does not necessarily means you get satisfaction, if it turns out that there was no breach of EU law).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-08T09:28:10.197" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T09:28:10.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6126" CreationDate="2015-05-07T20:47:45.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The USCIS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/tools/requesting-accommodations-disabilities&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; that I posted as a comment is specifically for USCIS in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not able to find any information on the US Embassy in London's website about accommodations for disabilities. However, because this is a BIG thing in the US, I would expect that some accommodations would be made. The USCIS webpage (link above) mentions a form I-648 but that form is to be used if you are seeking a exception to the English or civics exams. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A big issue could be the &lt;a href=&quot;http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-visa/iv018a_medical.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;medical examination&lt;/a&gt;. I managed to pull up an information sheet about it and supposedly there is only a single practice, with two offices in London, that are approved to perform immigrant visa examinations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would contact the London Embassy first, and if they're unwilling to do anything, call the main USCIS National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-05-07T20:47:45.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-08T02:42:53.360" Score="3" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;My civil law partner will be working in UK for a year. She has a UK passport.&#xA;I have a New Zealand passport.&#xA;Will I be able to stay in UK beyond the 6 month limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6526" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T10:39:32.257" Title="Can I stay in UK beyond 6 months when staying with my partner who has a UK passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="701" CreationDate="2015-05-08T03:17:13.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand the question correctly, you seem to be thinking that if the immigration officer says 'entry denied' (which is unlikely if you have a green card), you would then say 'OK, I'd like to enter under the visa waiver program'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will not work. Apart from, as stated above, the inapplicability of the VWP if you have a valid visa, you don't get two chances. The officer would have a reason for not letting you enter, and you would be bundled off to a waiting area for the next plane back home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3800" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T03:17:13.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6137" CreationDate="2015-05-08T10:39:32.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but you'll likely need to get some kind of visa to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently there is a rough rule of thumb of &quot;6 months in every 12&quot; that you can stay on a tourist visa (&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/23438/can-i-leave-the-uk-and-come-back-in-on-a-tourist-visa&quot;&gt;see answer here&lt;/a&gt;) - so just leaving and re-entering to immediately get another 6 months may be risky. If you are denied then it goes to a permanent record and you are more likely to be denied again in future. And, if you are like most kiwis in the UK, you will want to make the most of being close to Europe and travel around a lot, so being worried every time you leave the country is not a great option. You also haven't mentioned if you want to work during that time, not an option on the 6 month tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a &quot;family visa&quot; to join/remain with your partner (depending on if you are already in the UK). They require proof of relationship and some financial evidence (of &quot;£18,600 per year if you’re applying only for yourself&quot;) as well. See the documentation here for more details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6327" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T10:39:32.257" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6143" CreationDate="2015-05-08T17:28:34.240" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wonder: when you enter Israel on a work visa (B1), what's the rules on (a) employment and (b) extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it anything like the USA system where your stay is initially tied to the employment with a sponsor company (hence if you leave your job you must find work with another H1-B sponsor quickly)? Or is it more like the EU system where any similar job with another company will do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for extension, is there ever the prospect of the temporary work visa status turning permanent, or even yielding Israeli nationality? Or is Jewish aliyah the only way to permanent citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T04:45:09.293" Title="Israel immigration on work visa" Tags="&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3298" CreationDate="2015-05-08T23:11:02.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First read this official EU legal document: &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1431127168061&amp;amp;uri=URISERV:l33152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Right of Union citizens and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc30dd4ae821665fec41a0aa38eeaa6692e6ee.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuQa310?text=&amp;amp;docid=47106&amp;amp;pageIndex=0&amp;amp;doclang=EN&amp;amp;mode=lst&amp;amp;dir=&amp;amp;occ=first&amp;amp;part=1&amp;amp;cid=597838&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This legal document&lt;/a&gt; from July 25th 2002 can also be very interesting for your case.  In Dutch it's often called the &quot;Brax decision&quot;, some info &lt;a href=&quot;http://nomadwiki.org/en/Brax_arrest&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It means that if you're married or have a legal partnership with a citizen from another EU country (in this case Sweden) you have the right to stay in the EU country that is not your partner's country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details can vary across EU country, but overall if you both want to live in a Schengen country and you can legally enter one Schengen country without a specific visa (or on a tourist visa) and you are married (or legal partnership) you can head to the country where you want to live (Germany in this case), and you both register. Your partner gets a normal EU resident permit, you will get a short term permit. You're not allowed to leave that country (Germany) for 6 months, and afterwards which you will get a 5 year resident permit with which you can travel freely through the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best to look up the details for Germany before starting the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And overall it often means that you have a lot more rights in EU countries that are not your partner's home country. In 3rd countries there can be no restrictions about things like income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2367" LastEditorUserId="2367" LastEditDate="2015-05-08T23:21:07.813" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T23:21:07.813" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6141" CreationDate="2015-05-09T04:45:09.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Israel doesn't have a process for employer-sponsored immigration. You can apply for Israeli citizenship after several years of being a permanent resident in Israel, but there's no explicit transition process from work visa to permanent residency as there is in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only ways to immigrate to Israel that are well-defined are through family (marrying an Israeli citizen and moving to live with him/her in Israel. Common-law and same-sex marriages/partnerships are recognized), or through conversion to Judaism and aliyah.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T04:45:09.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6144" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6146" CreationDate="2015-05-09T05:03:15.047" Score="7" ViewCount="686" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S. Citizen living and earning an income overseas. My spouse is not a U.S. Citizen or Resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question regarding my U.S. Federal Income Tax liability: if my foreign wife gives me cash (in the form of a foreign to foreign bank transfer), and if I then transfer that money back to the U.S. from my foreign bank account to my U.S. bank account, will I be liable to pay (or at least report) any tax, be it income, or gift or other? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am seeing some conflicting information online, some of which states there's a maximum of USD11,000 a year, or even $100,000 a year that would be exempt from payment and filing. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6528" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-10T12:48:58.413" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T12:48:58.413" Title="U.S. Income tax liability on cash transfers from foreign spouse" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6145" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6147" CreationDate="2015-05-09T07:42:15.997" Score="2" ViewCount="5017" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Dubai as a British Citizen on Expat work contract. I have heard that if you live and work outside of the UK for over 5 years; all your student loans will be cancelled and forgotten about - is this true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife completed her studies 2009. We want to know about 2009 and onwards but a nice answer should be calculated and address to other seekers; I have paid my fees back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6513" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-09T12:39:58.137" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T23:08:24.177" Title="If I live outside the UK for 5 years - is my student loan made void?" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6144" CreationDate="2015-05-09T08:47:00.810" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must report gifts from foreign persons in excess of $100K annually on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-3520,-Annual-Return-To-Report-Transactions-With-Foreign-Trusts-and-Receipt-of-Certain-Foreign-Gifts&quot;&gt;form 3520&lt;/a&gt; attached to your tax return. There's no tax, only reporting, but failure to report will trigger a $10000 penalty. Note that related persons are not excluded from this requirement, so while transfer between spouses which are both US residents are exempt from gift tax and reporting, if your spouse is not a US person - you'll have to report the transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T08:47:00.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6145" CreationDate="2015-05-10T12:48:43.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Otherwise I think you'll find a lot of doctors/lawyers with huge loans would head overseas immediately to wipe off six figure loans...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/repaying-student-loans-when-you-move-overseas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;government websites point out &lt;/a&gt; that you need to notify them if overseas for more than three months, as your repayment rates may change, and if you don't you may actually incur penalties, rather than having your loan forgotten about / made void.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slc.co.uk/services/loan-repayment/loan-cancellation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Loan Cancellation DOES occur in some special situations&lt;/a&gt;, based ususally on duration of loan or your age, and differs slightly in Wales, Scotland or England.  However it tends to be about when you turn 65, or when you've had your loan for 25 or 30 years, depending on location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Loan cancellation does not occur after 5 years of being overseas, however it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; after 10 years, if for example you are 65, and took out your loan in England.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-05-10T23:08:24.177" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T23:08:24.177" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-10T14:10:39.210" Score="6" ViewCount="377" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non UK citizen since I don't live in UK I would like to find out if my National Insurance Card is still valid I had my card in year between 1970 - 1972.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6532" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-05-11T06:31:43.413" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T10:05:48.260" Title="UK National Insurance Number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6151" CreationDate="2015-05-10T16:54:32.793" Score="5" ViewCount="1004" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay so I moved to North America with my wife two years ago and learned to drive pretty much straight away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only have a provisional license in the UK as I gave up when I realized we were moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the question is on returning to the UK am I eligible to drive via my US license for 12 months or will I not be able to drive at all until I take my test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find anything relating to a situation like this so any pointers would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6533" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T21:28:30.273" Title="British Citizen, US Driving License, can I drive for 12 months in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-10T21:13:50.020" Score="2" ViewCount="1420" Body="&lt;p&gt;My maternal grandfather was from India, my mother was born in India. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father was born in Bangladesh. I was born in Bangladesh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I become an Indian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2407" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-11T09:09:01.497" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T20:25:31.017" Title="My maternal grandfather was from India, my mother was born in India. Can I be an Indian citizen?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6149" CreationDate="2015-05-10T21:28:30.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;uk.gov test&lt;/a&gt;. It is only 3 questions long, but a UK resident with a full license from &quot;any other country&quot; (essentially not the EU)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence for 12 months from when you became resident&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T21:28:30.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6123" CreationDate="2015-05-10T23:34:28.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know all the details but the general idea is that the EHIC only covers &lt;em&gt;unplanned&lt;/em&gt; medical care that becomes necessary during the trip. So if you fall ill and have an accident and suddenly experience some vision problems, I think you could definitely get your eyes checked. But if you just want to use the occasion for some routine check because you speak the language and it's convenient, you would need prior authorisation from your insurer back in Austria. It's not necessarily that difficult to get, especially if that procedure is cheaper or quicker in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a posted worker (staying abroad for work for several months at a time, not merely a few days) or a student, you can also be covered through the EHIC and the length of your stay does have an influence on what counts as “necessary”. For example, if you have a chronic condition that requires monitoring, then a routine check should be allowed too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One additional issue in this case is that eye/vision care is organised very differently in different countries. I can imagine situations in which seeing an ophthalmologist could be necessary but if by “eye check” you mean a visit to an optometrist then I don't think that would usually be covered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another principle is that you get coverage on a par with people who are insured/covered by the local statutory health system. It means &lt;em&gt;the rules of the country you are in&lt;/em&gt; apply, not those of the country where your insurance is from. And if there is some copayment or cost-sharing system in the country you are visiting, you won't get reimbursed for the full cost of the procedure. So if Italians have to pay for eye checks themselves, you might or might not be able to get money back from your insurer in Austria later but your EHIC won't cover it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-13T20:21:35.177" LastActivityDate="2015-05-13T20:21:35.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6148" CreationDate="2015-05-11T02:47:59.207" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The numbering scheme changed after yours was assigned, but if you still have your &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; number you can do an online check at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-national-insurance-record&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Check your National Insurance record&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same site lists a telephone number you can call for help, and a snail mail address you can use if the other methods fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your number was a temporary number issued in the 1970's or earlier, then there will be no record of it today.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-05-12T10:05:48.260" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T10:05:48.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6150" CreationDate="2015-05-11T06:39:24.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reading this : &lt;a href=&quot;http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/citizenshipact1.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/citizenshipact1.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like if you were born outside of India, then you pretty much only qualify as a &quot;citizen by descent&quot; if your birth was registered with the Indian government within one year of its occurrence, or within one year of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 taking effect. (Or &quot;with the permission of the Central Government&quot;, whatever that means.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, it looks like you would have to apply for citizenship by naturalisation. If you do that successfully, you would be required to renounce any other citizenships you hold within six months, or else your newly-gained Indian citizenship would be revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-05-11T06:39:24.350" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-11T07:50:40.463" Score="3" ViewCount="1111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the non-EU spouse of an Italian citizen claim a free health care if he lives in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6483" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:04:17.123" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:04:17.123" Title="Health care in Italy for the non-Italian spouse of an Italian citizen" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6159" CreationDate="2015-05-13T04:45:01.710" Score="4" ViewCount="8835" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current employer is offering the option of working remotely with a corporate restructuring this summer. As someone that is starting to get pretty tired of Canada's cold winter, I was looking to take advantage of my employers remote offering and look to reside in the United States to avoid the cold weather. From my understanding, I wouldn't need a TN/H1B as I'd be working for a Canadian company, but I'm uncertain as to what I'd need, if anything to be allowed to reside there for long term. Could anyone shed some light on this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6530" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T16:29:03.020" Title="Work for a Canadian company, but reside legally in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6158" CreationDate="2015-05-13T06:32:13.947" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your understanding is incorrect. To legally work in the US you need a proper immigration status. If you don't have a US citizenship or permanent resident status (green card) - you need an immigration status that allows free employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you're working for a Canadian employer, located in Canada - you won't be able to get neither H1b nor TN. You'll need to have some other way to sponsor yourself into the US without being dependent on an employer yet with a job authorization. Options are marrying someone. Either a student, or someone on L1 visa, or a green card holder, or a US citizen. Or taking a full course of studies in a US university and then working for that Canadian employer as part of your OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-13T06:32:13.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6161" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6162" CreationDate="2015-05-13T18:42:08.673" Score="2" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the UK from continental Europe around one year ago. Recently, I applied for a credit card. I thought I was declined, however today I received mail from the bank asking me to provide more details — namely, confirm my identity and address. I have to provide a &quot;certified copy&quot; of my ID card. They provide a list of &quot;who can certify&quot; which includes &quot;post office, your bank, lawyer, solicitor, &lt;em&gt;serving Police officer&lt;/em&gt;, Doctor (GP) etc.&quot;&#xA;This is completely new for me. How does this work? Is it a completely normal thing to ask a police officer (which one?) to certify a photocopy of my ID? Or go to a GP and ask them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a common thing to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a bit afraid that I will look like an idiot, as I certainly would if I went to a doctor in my home country and asked them to do such a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6551" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-15T06:40:04.817" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T06:40:04.817" Title="Document's Certified Copy UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6161" CreationDate="2015-05-13T19:10:44.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/certifying-a-document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gov.uk has a nice overview&lt;/a&gt;. In practice, you go to that person, show them both the original and the copy, they write sign it &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know, e.g, a teacher, they might simply do it for you free-of-charge. Otherwise, you can go to the post office (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/document-certification-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;details here&lt;/a&gt;) and get it done for a fee (probably the simplest solution if you are not too sure about the process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if your bank has a physical presence, they should be able to do it themselves too. The point being that you have to show your ID at the counter instead of merely sending a non-certified copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-05-13T19:10:44.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6067" CreationDate="2015-05-14T00:36:35.280" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found references for 3 Canadian provinces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ontario seems to be the most clear. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontario.ca/driving-and-roads/exchange-out-province-drivers-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government of Ontario website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can exchange an out-of-province licence for an Ontario licence, if you are re-locating from ... Republic of Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saskatchewan is less clear. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economy.gov.sk.ca/immigration/drivers-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government of Saskatchewan website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a new resident to Saskatchewan and have a valid driver's licence from ... Republic of Ireland ... you can apply for a Saskatchewan licence within 90 days of moving to Saskatchewan.  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In most cases&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, you will be able to get a Saskatchewan licence issued without taking a road test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Manitoba has changed recently, as reported by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/second-canadian-province-to-accept-irish-driving-licences-1.2197317&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Irish Times&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An agreement has been signed between the Road Safety Authority [of Ireland] and the province of Manitoba allowing for the exchange of licences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 2015-06-23:&lt;/strong&gt; British Columbia has made an exchange agreement with Ireland similar to Ontario. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://moving2canada.com/living-in-canada/drivers-license-in-canada/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastEditorUserId="6177" LastEditDate="2015-06-23T16:01:20.270" LastActivityDate="2015-06-23T16:01:20.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6164" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6166" CreationDate="2015-05-15T13:10:34.603" Score="3" ViewCount="1886" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is an EU citizen and I applied for a EU spousal permit to live / work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The office that handles the receiving of documents advised that I wouldn't need to submit my wife's EU passport with the application (I don't know why).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ECO declined the application for lack of proof of my wife's nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The refusal letter gives details on how to appeal, but it is an extremely lengthy process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I not just re-apply for the visa and supply the correct documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, will the refusal stay on on my name so that I have to declare it every time I visit the UK? (where it says &quot;have you ever been declined a visa?&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6558" LastEditorUserId="6558" LastEditDate="2015-05-20T09:22:27.330" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T16:15:22.290" Title="Can I re-apply for a refused UK Spousal Visa rather than go through the Tribunal Process?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-15T13:38:48.673" Score="3" ViewCount="741" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a spouse of a British citizen and have a valid spouse visa (expires Oct 2015). I lived with my husband for two years in the UK, but both me and my husband have left the UK to work in the Middle East at the start of 2015. I am travelling to the UK for 4 days this summer, without my husband, to meet my friends. Can I travel on my valid spouse visa, or do I need to apply for a visitor visa? I'm unsure because I'm travelling to visit the UK and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; staying there, as my husband no longer lives in the UK. I have checked the immigration rules and find them unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am unable to travel on my spouse visa, can I actually apply for a visitor visa, even though I already have a valid spouse visa? My spouse visa is a multiple exit/entry one. I can evidence a return ticket if the customs/immigration officer at Heathrow asks me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6559" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-18T05:28:00.677" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T12:20:45.953" Title="Travelling to UK on a Spouse Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6164" CreationDate="2015-05-15T18:16:35.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can re-apply immediately. The next time any authority gives you advice that is so obviously counter-intuitive, get it in writing. I reccomend that you send the refusal letter for this application along with the rest of your documentation and include a covering letter explaining that you were advised that you did not need to send a passport and who advised you. Yes, you will have to state that you were denied a visa from now on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would probably win an appeal, but as you said, it can be a lengthy process. That win though would probably mean that you would be able to answer the visa-refused answer with 'no', though I'm not totally certain on that and it would be best to get written confirmation of that from the HCO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-08-19T08:37:18.017" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T08:37:18.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6150" CreationDate="2015-05-15T20:25:31.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to expand on Scott Earle's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/citizenshipact1.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; are excerpts from the Citizenship Act. You could possibly be an Indian citizen &lt;em&gt;by descent&lt;/em&gt; if your mother was an Indian citizen at the time of your birth (i.e. if she hadn't lost it before you were born, e.g. by voluntarily gaining another nationality or something), and you were born after 1992:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizenship by descent.- (1) A person born outside India shall be a&#xA;  citizen of India by descent,-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) on or after the 10th day of&#xA;  December,1992, if either of his parents is a citizen of India at the&#xA;  time of his birth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For births prior to 1992, citizenship by descent could only be through the father:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) on or after the 26th day of January, 1950, but before the 10th day&#xA;  of December, 1992, if his father is a citizen of India at the time of&#xA;  his birth; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, as Scott Earle mentioned, you lose citizenship by descent after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, unless your birth was registered at an Indian consulate by one year after your birth, or by one year after the commencement of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003; although the government can allow you to register late:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Provided also that on or after the commencement of the Citizenship&#xA;  (Amendment) Act, 2003, a person shall not be a citizen of India by&#xA;  virtue of this section, unless his birth is registered at an Indian&#xA;  consulate in such form and in such manner, as may be prescribed,-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) within one year of its occurrence or the commencement of the&#xA;  citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, whichever is later; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) with the permission of the Central Government, after the expiry&#xA;  of the said period:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you lose Indian citizenship by descent at six months after attaining full age if you do not renounce your other nationalities. And as you were born in Bangladesh to a Bangladeshi parent, you must be a Bangladeshi citizen. So if you are past 18.5 and you didn't renounce Bangladeshi citizenship, then you are out of luck:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1A) A minor who is a citizen of India by virtue of his section and is&#xA;  also a citizen of any other country shall cease to be a citizen of&#xA;  India if he does not renounce the citizenship or nationality of&#xA;  another country within six months of attaining full age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that, even if you are below 18.5, if you have ever gotten a non-Indian passport, e.g. a Bangladeshi passport, that could also cause loss of your Indian citizenship. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/Citi_Rule-2009.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citizenship Rules&lt;/a&gt; Schedule III (on page 72):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The fact that a citizen of India has obtained on any date a passport from the Government of any other country shall be conclusive&#xA;  proof of his having voluntarily acquired the citizenship of that&#xA;  country before that date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is illogical, because someone who had a citizenship at birth obviously did not &quot;voluntarily acquire&quot; it. But anyway that's what the rule says.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that would cause you to lose Indian citizenship (from the Citizenship Act again):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Termination of citizenship.- (1) Any citizen of India who by&#xA;  naturalization, registration otherwise voluntarily acquires [...] the&#xA;  citizenship of another country shall, upon such acquisition [...]&#xA;  cease to be a citizen of India&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T20:25:31.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6165" CreationDate="2015-05-15T22:51:36.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;During your landing interview, the Immigration Officer will see your spouse visa and open a line of questioning like...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;How long have you been out of the country?   (4 months)&#xA;Are you still married?  (yes)&#xA;Is your husband in the UK?   (no)&#xA;Where is he?   (middle east)&#xA;Is he living there?  (yes)&#xA;Are you living with him there  (yes)&#xA;How long has he been been living there (...)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that point the IO will ask you to wait and he will go away to check your details on the secured computer.  He will then return, possibly with the Chief, and ask a few more questions.  Nobody can predict exactly what he will ask, but it's likely to be about what you are doing on this trip to the UK and if you intend to renew your visa in October. The answers you give will determine whether your spouse visa is still valid or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they decide your spouse visa is still valid, you'll get stamped in and can proceed to start your visit.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they decide that a spouse visa is not right for your situation, they will ask you to sit down at one of the waiting chairs until they finish sorting out the other people.  As long as you have played it straight up, you'll be fine.  There is no hard requirement to inform them when you move away and based upon what you wrote you haven't broken any rules.  They have several options: curtail your spouse visa to expire in a few weeks time; or curtail your spouse visa to expire immediately and give you a temporary admission as a visitor; or admit you as a visitor on your own passport (if you qualify for visa upon arrival).  Finally, if they decide to curtail immediately and your passport is issued by a visa-national country, matters will be worse; but this would be an unduly harsh measure and (to my mind) unfair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your other question about applying for a visitor visa...  Yes, you can do that.  But a person can hold only one immigration status at a time, so if they issue a visitor visa, your spouse status will be forfeited without knowing whether or not it was still valid.  Also, a consular officer at a British issuing post is not authorized to cancel a person's existing visa (it's unlawful), they will have to make a referral to the Home Office and that will take a lot longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: everybody can have their opinion but the real decision lies with the IO, who is required to get clearance from the Chief in situations like these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: what I have described is a &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; scenario.  For all I know they could wave you through with no questions at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-05-16T00:33:54.057" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T00:33:54.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6164" CreationDate="2015-05-16T02:54:11.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;...so that I have to declare it every time I visit the UK?&lt;/em&gt;...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strictly speaking no, you do not have to declare a prior refusal &lt;em&gt;every time you visit&lt;/em&gt;.  Every time you visit you will have to fill out a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control/at-border-control&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;landing card&lt;/a&gt;, and there's no questions on the landing card about prior refusals.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;...where it says &quot;have you ever been declined a visa?&quot;...&lt;/em&gt;' &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, you will have to declare a prior refusal to receive an EEA Family Permit because they ask for it in Section 6 of the application.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country, including the UK? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permit allows for multiple visits over the course of 6 months.  Once you receive the permit, questions about your history are finished until the permit expires.  Even if you visit 100+ times!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you will only need to declare it once every 6 months regardless of how many times you visit.  You can reduce it further be getting a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Residence Card&lt;/a&gt;.  When, and if, you ultimately qualify for permanent residence, you will not need visas any more and hence no need for family permit applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see the current landing cards at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=uk+landing+card&amp;amp;es_sm=122&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbo=u&amp;amp;source=univ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=ma1WVeKTG-Oz7gbq9oAo&amp;amp;ved=0CB0QsAQ&amp;amp;biw=1444&amp;amp;bih=798&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=uk+landing+card&amp;amp;es_sm=122&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbo=u&amp;amp;source=univ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=ma1WVeKTG-Oz7gbq9oAo&amp;amp;ved=0CB0QsAQ&amp;amp;biw=1444&amp;amp;bih=798&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your other question about whether to appeal or submit a fresh application...  I would submit a fresh application because I doubt an appeal would even reach the hearing stage.  If your passport was not submitted, the Home Office have a defensible position and will tell the Tribunal that a fresh application can be made free of charge and you are just trying to 'clear your name' by introducing new evidence that was not available when they made the decision. And if the judge overrules and wants to schedule a hearing anyway, the Home Office will fight it every step of the way and further appeal any adverse decisions.  All of that will take a long time, and you may not even win.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T02:54:11.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-16T09:54:02.193" Score="4" ViewCount="465" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are non-EU nationals living in the UK. Our family's Tier 2 visas are due to expire in a year's time. We are not intending to renew our visas, and are planning to leave the country in April next year. This September, however, we are going to visit our home country for about a month. Our youngest child was born in the UK, and he has not yet had a UK visa. Rather than applying a Tier 2 visa for him, I am thinking of applying a visitor visa for him before we come back to the UK from our home country. Is this possible, and if so, is it possible to apply this visa from the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2015-05-16T10:00:28.000" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T11:56:12.340" Title="Is it possible to apply for a new visitor visa to the UK from within the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6173" CreationDate="2015-05-16T11:56:12.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Babies who are born in the UK but do not have leave to be in the UK get a special status informally known as &quot;tolerated&quot;.  The status stops when the child leaves the UK or reaches the age of 10 (whichever comes first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child's nationality requires that they have a visitor visa, then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423556/20150424_immigration_rules_part_1_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paragraph 28 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt; will apply.  It says in part...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An applicant for an entry clearance must be outside the United Kingdom&#xA;  and Islands at the time of the application. An applicant for an entry&#xA;  clearance who is seeking entry as a short-term student must apply to a&#xA;  post designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications for&#xA;  entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of applicant.&#xA;  Subject to paragraph 28A, any other application must be made to the&#xA;  post in the country or territory where the applicant is living which&#xA;  has been designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications&#xA;  for entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of&#xA;  applicant. Where there is no such post the applicant must apply to the&#xA;  appropriate designated post outside the country or territory where he&#xA;  is living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for a visitor visa, the child needs to be outside the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can apply to switch your child into a T2 dependent visa from within the UK if the child has never left the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T11:56:12.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-18T03:40:01.570" Score="2" ViewCount="589" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual citizenship, UK and Australian. I want to return to the UK buy a car and travel Europe for at least 12 months. I have kept my old paper licence. Would it be possible to buy a left hand drive car in the UK for this purpose or am I better to buy a car somewhere in the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6569" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T11:04:24.557" Title="buying a car to travel in UK and Europe" Tags="&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6176" CreationDate="2015-05-18T09:38:12.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to buy and use a car in the EU (including UK) you have to tax it locally and also have proper insurance for it. You will only be able to tax and insure it if you are resident in that particular country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is possible to move to the UK as a resident, getting an address, buy a car, insure it, then drive around in the EU, and sell it at the end, this does have some caveats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you need to have a place to live in the UK for the whole period. This is only feasible if you have someone (like relatives) who still live in the UK and you can stay there officially, or if you intend to live in the UK for most of your time, and only occasionally do trips abroad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;most of the insurance companies in the UK will only insure you for short EU trips, so if you intend to stay in mainland Europe for most of your time you might not get proper insurance, or it would be prohibitevly expensive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could potentially do the same in any other EU country, so if you have one specific in mind where you want to stay the most, you could settle and buy the car there. Note that they (local insurance companies) might not like your paper licence, so you might need to exchange it to a local one once you have settled down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your itinary in the EU, especially if you just want to travel around and not really settle anywhere for a longer time it might be easier and maybe also more cost effective to rent a car. As that's more travel related you should try &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Travel.SE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-05-18T09:38:12.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-18T13:24:10.983" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to go to Taiwan soon to study Chinese for more than 6 months, and I found out I can either apply for a resident visa from Canada or first get a visitor visa (renewable to a total of 6 months) that I can then convert to a resident visa in Taiwan. I think it comes out cheaper in the end to go directly with the resident visa. In this last case, however, a health certificate is required and many people told me it's much easier to get this done in Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone apply for the resident visa directly, and would you suggest doing that? Is it as easy to get as the visitor visa, given that you provide all the required documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6570" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-18T16:34:05.803" LastActivityDate="2015-05-18T16:34:05.803" Title="Should I first get a visitor visa to study Chinese or apply directly for resident visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:33:46.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1203" CreationDate="2015-05-18T21:05:45.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;He might answer that question with &quot;don't know&quot; and then add an explanation what actually happened. He was obviously not deported or removed. Whether he was &quot;required to leave the country&quot;, when a removal order was issued but he left voluntarily before ever learning of that removal order is debatable - give UK immigration a chance to decide that maybe you were not &quot;required to leave the country&quot;. In theory a removal order could be issued &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you leave but before the issuer learns that you left. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Obviously &quot;required to leave the country&quot; must have some specific meaning beyond the normal, because every single tourist entering the USA is &quot;required to leave the country&quot; within some time frame). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-05-18T21:05:45.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6180" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6181" CreationDate="2015-05-18T22:15:44.543" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is the H1b extension beyond six years with approved I-140 only possible because of AC21 act?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My visa is approved beyond 6 years using a approved I-140, and, I just wanted to find out if this extension was based on AC21 or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6575" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-19T07:16:09.223" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T07:16:09.223" Title="H1b extension beyond 6 years with AC21" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6180" CreationDate="2015-05-19T04:50:44.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is based on your approved immigration petition. This is not part of AC21, it has been there before. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usavisanow.com/h-1b-visa/h1b-visa-resources/h-1b-renewal-extension/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;full list&lt;/a&gt; of options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T04:50:44.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6176" CreationDate="2015-05-19T08:30:13.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not an endorsement (just found this via Google, never used them myself), but could be what your looking for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.autoeurope.com/long-term-car-rental/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Autoeurope Long term rental&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like the &quot;Peugeot Open Europe Leasing&quot; may be the thing, looks like you can lease the car for the period, including insurance, roadside assistance, unlimited miles, and ability to take it all over Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One of the key advantages which separates the Peugeot leasing program from traditional long-term car rental alternatives is related to the flexibility the Peugeot Open Europe program affords travelers. Not only will you enjoy the peace of mind which comes with 24-hour roadside assistance and non-deductible, fully comprehensive insurance, but when you rent a car for 15 days or more with Auto Europe you have the freedom to tour as much of Europe as you'd like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't seen explicitly a year long deal, the search allowed me to specify 355 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastEditorUserId="2443" LastEditDate="2015-05-19T08:38:06.303" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T08:38:06.303" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-20T17:46:34.707" Score="3" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the official immigration &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.welcomenb.ca/content/wel-bien/en/immigrating_and_settling/how_to_immigrate/new_brunswick_provincialnomineeprogram/New_Brunswick_express_entry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; of NB, It is informed that,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The first step in applying to the NBPNP EELMS is to complete the Expression of Interest (EOI) form and email it to entree.express.entry@gnb.ca.  The NBPNP will receive EOI forms from the &lt;strong&gt;1st to the 15th of each month&lt;/strong&gt;.  The NBPNP staff will score and rank the forms and invite the most suitable candidates to apply to the EELMS from the first of the following submission month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This news is posted early this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I suppose to email my EOI form between 1st and 15th of next month(June)? Am I late for this month of May?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T17:40:44.143" Title="New Brunswick - Express Entry Labour Market Stream" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-21T10:30:22.913" Score="5" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American working in Finland.  This Fall, I'll be in Germany from Sept.–Jan. for work.  Since it's longer than 3 months, I know that I need to register my local address. Do I also need to do anything at the Ausländeramt, or is my Finnish residence permit sufficient?  (I only get a local honorarium, and am still paid my usual salary and health/pension/etc from Finland.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6571" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-27T06:24:33.930" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T10:28:45.463" Title="Long-term visits to other Schengen countries for US residents" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6189" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6191" CreationDate="2015-05-21T10:56:01.223" Score="9" ViewCount="6757" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to England, UK, and this morning I applied for a reference check (paying an exorbitant referencing fee).  Soon thereafter, a tenant referencing company contacted me stating that they “are having problems locating you at your current address for the purpose of obtaining a credit score”.  I am not surprised, for I have been in the United Kingdom for less than three weeks and have had a bank account for less than one week, with so far zero activity on my bank account.  I do have an employment contract for the next four years, and sufficient savings to pay rent a full year in advance if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I expect to be able to sign a tenancy with zero credit history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T21:23:27.923" Title="Renting in England without a local credit history" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6189" CreationDate="2015-05-21T13:02:44.600" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two catch 22s when trying to rent in the UK as an expat. The first is that you often need an address to get a bank account and a bank account to get an address. The second is that you need an address to get a credit history (technically, I believe you need to attempt to register to vote at the address) and you need a credit history to get an address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a contract is handy, you should be able to ask the HR department to write a reference letter that states the terms of your contract (duration, salary, and pay period). That letter, a longer lease period (e.g., 12 months instead of the typical 6 months) and paying the entire rent and security deposit up front, should be enough for many landlords (London may be different). When I moved over, the letter was enough. I believe some estate agents have a monetary incentive (either direct or indirect) to run credit checks. They tell the landlords that one of their services is screening the credit of potential tenets. Once the credit check is run, must landlords are happy with the reference letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that when you first contact an estate agent that you tell them your situation up front. Tell them you are only interested in places that will accept you without a credit history (they will still likely make you pay the fee).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T13:02:44.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6188" CreationDate="2015-05-21T18:43:00.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do need a German residence permit (or a long-stay visa and/or authorization to work, as appropriate). As a U.S. citizen, you can apply for it from within the country but you are not allowed to work without it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, a Finnish residence permit does not make any difference in this scenario. In particular, it does not grant you any right you don't already have as a U.S. citizen (it would exempt you from short-stay visa requirements but U.S. citizens don't need one in the first place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T10:02:40.717" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T10:02:40.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6195" CreationDate="2015-05-21T19:57:18.930" Score="0" ViewCount="836" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  was travelling in the US and saw a lot of foreign people  from countries like Mexico,  Israel, China and India who don't have any specific academic degree and don't speak English properly. They have ordinary jobs, nothing that another  American citizen couldn't do. Why were they allowed to move to and live in the US, while the path to immigration can seem so difficult or strict for other, more academically qualified, foreigners, for example those from Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: I traveled back to USA and again noticed even more the same phenomenon... tons of people that barely speak English from same countries mentioned above plus Africa. And they were not tourists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3819" LastEditorUserId="3819" LastEditDate="2021-03-09T13:54:38.993" LastActivityDate="2021-03-09T13:54:38.993" Title="Why is moving to the US easier for some foreigners and harder for others?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2015-05-29T13:49:01.347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6194" CreationDate="2015-05-21T20:19:51.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do you know they don't have any post-secondary academic degrees? I've known several immigrants in America who can't work in their field (medical/engineering/law) because they don't meet the regulatory requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that, someone could have gotten a &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa/entry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;diversity visa&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;green card lottery&quot;) or been sponsored by a family member, or he or she could have overstayed a visa or managed to enter the country illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/nafta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TN visas&lt;/a&gt; for Canadians and Mexicans who meet NAFTA professionals guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;several categories&lt;/a&gt; of visas for temporary, non-immigrant work or exchange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard similar questions &lt;s&gt;complaints&lt;/s&gt; from colleagues at work who've struggled to get H-1B visas and then to convert, or not, to green cards and citizenship. Most are not sympathetic to illegal immigrants getting new paths to permanent residency or citizenship. Similarly, pleas by US companies to raise the yearly number of H-1B visas is controversial because unemployment isn't at a record low--surely, there are Americans who could fill these positions? the reasoning goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-05-21T20:39:52.963" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T20:39:52.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6199" CreationDate="2015-05-21T20:57:35.767" Score="1" ViewCount="729" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: I want to ask if it is possible for my sister to get a British passport? She was born in England but we moved before she was one year old. Our parents are not British so is it possible for her to get one??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2: I would also like to ask if it is possible to apply for a job in England if you live outside the country ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6591" LastEditorUserId="6591" LastEditDate="2015-05-22T12:48:43.873" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T01:17:53.323" Title="Possible to get a British passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6196" CreationDate="2015-05-21T21:05:11.290" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a useful online service titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Check if you're a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; which you can use to determine your sister's eligibility. It asks a few simple questions and gives you an answer. The answer will depend on factors such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what date she was born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whether your parents were &quot;legally settled&quot; in the UK at the time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T21:05:11.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6198" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6219" CreationDate="2015-05-22T07:31:34.723" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to travel to &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;I have heard that students there can find listings in the newspaper requesting a home mate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this arrangement, the new person doesn't pay rent, in return for doing chores, like shopping, cleaning or cooking. Thus, the student can save money, but has less time for their studies or leisure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is this arrangement called? How can I find out more about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, what kind of &lt;strong&gt;contract&lt;/strong&gt; is usually used? If the house owner decides suddenly to end the arrangement, is there anything the student can do to stop them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any websites to find listings for these kinds of arrangements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-27T06:24:40.047" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T15:56:30.703" Title="What is this arrangement called, and what kind of contract is used?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6196" CreationDate="2015-05-22T11:00:45.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/british-passport-eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;eligibility requirements for a British passport&lt;/a&gt; require you to be a British National. The most common type of British National is a British citizen. The online &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British citizen check&lt;/a&gt; will tell you if your sister is a citizen or not. If she is not a citizen, there are two main routes to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;become a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;. The first is by naturalization and takes over 5 years. The second is to &quot;simply&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;register as a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;. Again based on the information provided, assuming your sister was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/born-in-uk-after-1983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;born after 1983&lt;/a&gt; she would have had to live in the UK until she was 10 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-05-23T01:17:53.323" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T01:17:53.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6194" CreationDate="2015-05-22T19:53:17.627" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is definitely not &quot;easier&quot;, and in fact, often much harder, for the people from the countries you mention to immigrate to the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside from illegal immigrants, most of the people you see who don't speak English well and don't have education (if that is actually true) immigrated from family-based immigration petitioned by a relative who's a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. There is no requirement that they speak English or have an education; only that the family relationship is true. There is no difference in this type of immigration between countries (except for people born in Mexico and Philippines whose wait is much longer because the large number of petitions far exceeds the per-country cap). People from the countries you mention just have large immigrant communities in the U.S. compared to European countries, and whose relatives are more desperate to immigrate to the U.S. than people in many European countries (and thus will immigrate even if they may not have a high standard of living in the U.S.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A small fraction of immigrants from the countries you mention immigrate through asylum, because e.g. China, Mexico are more prone to political persecution or violence than European countries. Again, this does not depend on knowledge of English or education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-05-22T19:53:17.627" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2794" CreationDate="2015-05-23T16:16:01.867" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will not affect your ILR at all. As long as you keep all of your passports together and keep a good record of all your details, ILR is strictly an arrangement between you and the UK and is not in anyway reliant upon your citizenship status (as long as you don't become British, in which case your ILR status ends).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-10-21T13:39:21.497" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T13:39:21.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-23T16:37:35.870" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK for one year as an exchange student. During this period I did a Summer internship and it was a brilliant experience. For this reason I would like work in the UK after I graduate. I have done some research about it and this is what I've found out: (please correct me if I'm wrong)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would need to apply for a Tier 2 (General) Visa since I'm from outside the European Economic Area (EEA).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would need a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from an employer in order to get the visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In consideration of my degree, the job title would be among the ones listed in the Shortage Occupation List. Therefore, the employer wouldn't have to carry out a resident labour market.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: how hard is it to get a Certificate of Sponsorship? I know it varies on a case-by-case basis, but any information would be helpful. Additionally, does company size affects my chances of getting a CoS? Are bigger companies more likely to provide me a CoS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6595" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T16:37:35.870" Title="UK - Getting a Certificate of Sponsorship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-06T13:07:02.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-23T19:57:28.587" Score="11" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone who was born and given their name in a country that uses multiple family names lives in the U.S., are there rules as to what their &quot;official&quot; last name must be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard an immigration officer use a first family name as a &quot;last name&quot;, which caused confusion, in this case, to the point where the person being called did not realize it was them that was being referred to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because this person has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_name&quot;&gt;Portuguese-style name&lt;/a&gt;, where a full name like &quot;João Carlos Fernandes Gonçalves Gomes&quot; refers to a person with the given names &quot;João Carlos&quot; and the family names &quot;Fernandes Gonçalves Gomes&quot;. Their father's last-in-order family name was most likely &quot;Gomes&quot;, and when a short name is called for, they're probably known as &quot;João Gomes&quot;. However, in this case, the immigration officer would have asked for a &quot;Mr. Fernandes&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was this a simple confusion with Spanish-style surnames, where a &quot;Juan Carlos Fernández Gomez&quot; would be most commonly known as &quot;Juan Fernández&quot;? Or is this a general rule in the U.S., that long last names are always shortened by choosing the first part of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can poor João write his name on official documents as &quot;João C. Gomes&quot; (or another choice of middle initial) without applying for a name change, or is that strictly incorrect in the U.S.? He had thought it'd be simple when he heard the terms &quot;first name&quot; and &quot;last name&quot;—&quot;João&quot; is literally the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt;, and &quot;Gomes&quot; the &lt;em&gt;last&lt;/em&gt;, in order, in his full name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T06:36:21.877" Title="Must one's &quot;primary&quot; family name in the U.S. be the first in order?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-24T14:32:45.557" Score="4" ViewCount="752" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/eligibility-requirements-new-brunswick-nominee-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; provides detailed eligibility requirements for the various categories of the NBPNP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question from below para:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Candidates are assigned a score based on the information provided, after which they are assessed according to the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Highest score; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Evidence of training and experience in a high priority sector as&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  determined by the province;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Demonstrated ability &lt;strong&gt;to become economically established&lt;/strong&gt; in the&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  province; and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;likelihood of positively contributing to the provincial labour&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  market&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being as &lt;code&gt;software engineer&lt;/code&gt; in IT background, I would like to understand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) How do I interpret this statement: &lt;strong&gt;to become economically established in the province&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) How do I interpret this statement: &lt;strong&gt;likelihood of positively contributing to the provincial labor market&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-05-28T18:43:12.860" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T18:43:12.860" Title="Eligibility requirement for &quot;New Brunswick PNP&quot;" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-25T06:13:38.537" Score="3" ViewCount="881" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in India on business. I have a 5 year multi-entry business visa where each stay can not exceed 180 days but I can leave and re-enter multiple times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company is planning on keeping me in India longer, possibly up to a year or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently went to Thailand about halfway through my 180 days, by leaving the country and re-entering, does this &quot;reset&quot; the 180 days so that it starts when I arrived back in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as I go back to the USA (or otherwise leave India) at least once every 180 days, will I have any problems with immigration? What can I do to get out in front of the issue and eliminate any problems or prepare to deal with them accordingly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T02:20:27.653" Title="Re-entering India repeatedly on a multi-entry business visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6207" CreationDate="2015-05-25T10:25:07.860" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A visa is permission to enter a country, nothing more. Each time you enter you will be given a stamp that tells you the date when you must leave. You can leave any time before or on that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it sounds like you get a 180-day stay each time you enter, so leaving and re-entering will get you a 180-day stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually a visa is good for one entry, but double- and triple-entry visas are not uncommon. But yours is &quot;multiple&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Multiple&quot; means as many times as you like, for as long as the visa is valid. You could go to the US for three years, and then go to India - you will get a 180-day stamp. Or you could go to Phuket for a weekend and go back, and get a 180-day stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-05-25T10:25:07.860" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6207" CreationDate="2015-05-26T02:20:27.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Re-entering is fine&lt;/strong&gt;, and quite common.  Previously, Indian tourist visas for all nationals briefly prevented re-entry within two months; however, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/nri/indiavisa/permit-reenter-india-within-2-months.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this has now been repealed&lt;/a&gt; for all except a few countries that India doesn't have great relations with (Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan).  Indian multiple-entry business visas have never had this limitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for what it's worth, I spent well over a year in India on a multiple-entry visa, flying out and returning every month or so.  Never had the slightest problem at Immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T02:20:27.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-26T08:08:55.307" Score="4" ViewCount="686" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an internship offer from a tiny software company in Germany. I am from Turkey, so it's not in the EU. I am a university student. The internship is &lt;strong&gt;unpaid&lt;/strong&gt;, and for &lt;strong&gt;6 months&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;strong&gt;not eligible&lt;/strong&gt; for an Erasmus+ grant. How can I get a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6604" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T15:56:14.080" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T15:56:14.080" Title="Unpaid internship visa in Germany for non-EU citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-26T12:54:47.040" Score="3" ViewCount="660" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen looking for a job in the USA. My plan is to get a job in the USA and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; apply for a TN visa. Here are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I apply for jobs in the USA, the employers ask whether I'm authorized to work in the USA. Am I authorized in this situation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working with a TN visa doesn't require employer sponsorship, does it? (I'm thinking that I'll just need the employment letter to get the visa at the port of entry).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6605" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-05-26T22:28:58.110" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T22:28:58.110" Title="Is a Canadian citizen planning to get TN visa considered authorized to work in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6211" CreationDate="2015-05-26T16:00:13.813" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you're not yet authorized to work in the United States. You could include information about a TN visa in your cover letter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are correct that you can apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot;&gt;visa at the border&lt;/a&gt; directly with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2146.htm&quot;&gt;letter&lt;/a&gt; from your (prospective) employer. The employer alternatively could file form I-129. Then you would present the approved form at the border instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T16:00:13.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6213" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-26T17:06:51.147" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I acquire British citizenship if my father is a British citizen? He resides in England, but I was born in the Caribbean in 1981. My parents were not married. Could you provide me with the process of acquiring citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6606" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2015-05-27T06:24:36.600" LastActivityDate="2015-05-27T13:07:10.650" Title="British citizenship with a British father and a Trinidad mother" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7047" CreationDate="2015-05-26T18:58:06.323" Score="4" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, going to Canada soon to work for one year (as a postdoc). I applied online for a work permit some time ago, but I haven't heard anything yet, and given the current processing times of 3 months listed on the web site, I probably will not have it by the time I need to move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard that you can also apply for a work permit at the border (I intend to drive). Can you still do that if you've already submitted an on-line application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(This question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/48128/13538&quot;&gt;previously asked&lt;/a&gt; at Travel SE, and this site was recommended instead.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6607" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T20:31:43.000" Title="Can I apply for a work permit while entering Canada, after submitting an application online?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6213" CreationDate="2015-05-26T19:54:33.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are eligible for British Citizenship , provided your father was a British citizen 'other than by descent' (usually this means he was born in the UK). It makes no difference that your parents were not married (thanks to the Immigration Act of 2014 which explicitly grants eligibility to those who would have been eligible if their parents had been married)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website gives &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the application procedure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gives more technical information about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cara-online.org/InformationaboutBritishcitizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the requirements for British citizenship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2015-05-27T13:07:10.650" LastActivityDate="2015-05-27T13:07:10.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6203" CreationDate="2015-05-26T21:10:25.757" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Joao Gomez would, in this case, be correct. The father's surname is used in US documents. Other names are included in the Middle Names category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6609" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T21:10:25.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6217" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-05-27T01:00:06.570" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is for questions related to citizens of Turkey, where that might be relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T13:48:44.173" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T13:48:44.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6218" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-05-27T01:00:06.570" Score="0" Body="Related to citizens of Turkey" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T13:48:47.343" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T13:48:47.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6198" CreationDate="2015-05-27T06:35:22.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www1.wdr.de/studio/koeln/themadestages/wohnungssuche158.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This article about such a project in Cologne&lt;/a&gt; calls it &quot;Wohnen für Hilfe&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wohnenfuerhilfe.info&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wohnenfuerhilfe.info&lt;/a&gt; lists similar projects in other cities and there is even a &lt;a href=&quot;http://homeshare.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site linking similar “homeshare” initiatives in other countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no details about any contract but apparently it's not a private initiative or a one-to-one agreement but typically something arranged by the relevant municipal service in cooperation with the university or a students' organisation. I assume that if you haven't made any trouble, they should be able to find a new room for you if your current room becomes unavailable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-28T15:56:30.703" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T15:56:30.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6256" CreationDate="2015-05-27T07:03:41.833" Score="6" ViewCount="271" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've worked with major internet companies for the last 7 years as a Systems engineer/System Administrator in Bangalore, IN and I'd like to immigrate to New Zealand to work and live there. Although I sat through the classes of my Bachelor's engineering program I haven't been able to finish it due to personal/financial issues. I have a total of 9 years industrial experience, would that help make up for the missing degree ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6612" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-05-27T07:28:44.440" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T14:13:24.097" Title="Query on New Zealand immigration" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6223" CreationDate="2015-05-27T15:41:42.510" Score="4" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Argentinian national, and I would like to know if I need any type of VISA to work for an European Company remotely from Argentina and other Mercosur countries probably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have worked for this company in the headquarters in Europe before so I do have this country's ID (not expired) but I'm not a citizen of this Country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I work for this company and be registered in Europe without any VISA as I won't be residing in Europe? Is there any official (government related) information I can use to support it's possible or not to do? Or should I declare myself self-employed in Argentina and work for this company without the need of registering in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6616" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-28T14:36:39.157" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T00:05:32.213" Title="Working remotely for European Company in Argentina - VISA required?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;argentine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-27T16:36:31.287" Score="8" ViewCount="677" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the German Authorities refuse to renew a Student Visa due to Abdominal Tuberculosis? How should one go about the whole process in case of this Illness!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6617" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T11:38:45.833" Title="Can a German visa be denied due to abdominal tuberculosis, even though it is not contagious?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6221" CreationDate="2015-05-27T19:44:16.690" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visas are not for work, they are for physical presence. If your physical presence includes employment, you'll need a special kind of visa, but if your employment doesn't require physical presence - you don't need any visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just keep in mind that if you visit a foreign country and work for the European employer there - you &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; need a proper visa that allows employment. Any country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in your home country, Argentina, you can do whatever you want (assuming it is legal in Argentina). You don't need permission from any other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-05-27T19:44:16.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2015-05-27T21:55:09.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;i have been to the following family practice of 3 young general practictioners &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ipso.paris&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.ipso.paris&lt;/a&gt;, and all the physicians claim to speak English.&#xA;The one i saw actually did speak good English&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6619" LastActivityDate="2015-05-27T21:55:09.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-28T03:02:55.120" Score="3" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student on F1 visa (applies work authorization restrictions). I am paid as RA in our department (20 hours/week). I have an internship offer for summer which extends through first few weeks of fall semester.&#xA;Now my question is whether it is allowed to switch from (paid) full-time internship to RAship, given that I will be an intern (off-campus) for first few weeks of fall and back to school for the rest of the semester? Or do you suggest I change my full-time internship to part-time for fall semester?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Halo S" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-28T12:36:33.177" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T14:31:53.720" Title="Are we allowed to switch between full-time internship and RA in the middle of semester?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6225" CreationDate="2015-05-28T04:53:50.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To take a full-time internship as a F1 student in the USA, you need to be either on OPT or CPT. You can switch anytime to RAship as long as your school and advisor are fine with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" OwnerDisplayName="Franck Dernoncourt" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T04:53:50.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6205" CreationDate="2015-05-28T18:43:02.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best I can find is that there are no legal definitions for the terms you highlighted.  More specifically as mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op07b-eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;operational information for CIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is no definition in the legislation of “become economically established,” leaving the term open to interpretation. There is also no indication of the exact moment when an applicant must become economically established: immediately upon landing or after an initial period of adjustment. However, it is clear, from the way in which the term is used throughout the economic classes, that to become economically established means to join and participate in the labour market in Canada. It is also clear that the selection criteria do not apply to the provincial nominee class in the same way as they apply to federal skilled workers and that it is the overall intention of the legislation and the Federal-Provincial-Territorial agreements to allow the provinces some latitude in their nomination decisions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is another &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob499.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;operational bulletin 499&lt;/a&gt; which clarifies it somewhat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An indicator of the ability to become economically established is the applicant’s intention and ability to enter the labour market in order to fully support him/herself. If the visa officer is not satisfied that the individual intends to enter the labour market, a refusal of the application should be considered. Part-time or casual work which would not generate enough income to fully support the applicant may not meet this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you use this as a guideline for &quot;becoming economically established&quot; you can infer that &quot;positively contributing&quot; implies that you either fill positions necessary to alleviate the labour shortage (if one exists) in the specific field or create positions to be filled in the Province but that would be more for business PNP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T18:43:02.043" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6229" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-05-29T01:46:37.193" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is for questions related to citizens of Argentina, where that might be relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T13:48:40.373" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T13:48:40.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6230" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-05-29T01:46:37.193" Score="0" Body="Related to citizens of Argentina" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T13:48:31.310" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T13:48:31.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-29T09:04:56.420" Score="3" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be working as an independent short term contractor for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company I signed a contract with is a private language school and I will be tutoring one of their student , giving one to one private lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be up to 20 hrs a week and 200 hrs in total.Which is about 2.5 months or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will receive the payment monthly and also must submit invoices monthly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the contract it states that Iam an independent contractor, and not an employee of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Language Trainers, and i am responsible for my own income taxes, and this must be stated this clearly on every invoice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate if you someone can help me regarding the steps I should follow in Scotland and whether i should get these sorted through internet way before I get paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nysa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T09:04:56.420" Title="Paying own taxes as an Independent contractor in Scotland" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-02T23:09:27.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6222" CreationDate="2015-05-29T12:29:40.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not been able to find a definitive yes or no but from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indiaeducation.net/studyabroad/germany/student-visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;India Education information site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VISA ASSESSMENT&lt;/strong&gt; - Applications will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health Certificate:&lt;/strong&gt; It is essential that the applicant meets the German health requirements. This involves the proof of a recent medical check-up and an X-ray. The medical certificate should clearly identify the person examined.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long story short if this is one of the criteria a disease like TB would probably have to be treated first before the visa can be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T12:29:40.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5687" CreationDate="2015-05-29T15:00:49.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should refer to the information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelocal.de/jobs/article/german-parental-leave-our-guide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TheLocal.de&lt;/a&gt; which provides a little more clarification on the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What paternity pay and/or benefits can I claim?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mothers are entitled to full pay during the six weeks before, and eight weeks after, the birth, known as &amp;quot;mother protection time&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both parents can claim parental benefits - if they are on leave during the first 12 months after the child's birth, along with two extra &amp;quot;partner months&amp;quot; of benefit if the couple claims jointly rather than separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The benefit is calculated at 65 percent of the parent's previous monthly salary, though it gets boosted slightly if they were earning €1,000 or less. Those with more young children also get a 10-percent (or a minimum of €75 a month) &amp;quot;sibling bonus&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The total benefits are ring-fenced at a minimum of €300 and maximum €1,800 per month, while parents who were unemployed can also claim at least the minimum €300 a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those receiving parental benefit are still allowed to work part-time up to 30 hours a week. And if their existing job is at a company with more than 15 employees, they are entitled to 15 to 30 hours part time work per week, unless the firm has specific reasons for not offering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I extend my leave?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, unplanned extensions and changes to parental leave must be agreed between the parent and their employer. For example, parents can extend their agreed leave with their boss' express approval, but there is no legal entitlement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if the employer agrees, a parent can also &amp;quot;carry over&amp;quot; 12 months of their possible three years to be used at any time before the child's eighth birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for further reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/parental_allowance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ElternGelt from HowToGermany&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility for Elterngeld&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be eligible for Elterngeld if you fulfill the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a residence in Germany or an Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permit) that allows you to work in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and your child reside together&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You care and rear your child personally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not work more than 30 hours per week during the time Elterngeld is issued&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally subject has been discussed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatbabies.com/frankfurt/need-to-know/parental-leave--payments/parental-leave/16647&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ExpatBabies&lt;/a&gt; which I am not going to quote here to keep readers from having read overload.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T15:00:49.613" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4391" CreationDate="2015-05-29T15:14:50.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Doesn't seem to be true from the same link you posted if you look for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Foreign Work Experience with Good Language Proficiency&lt;/a&gt; you can find the information on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I didn't copy the text since it's a table format&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T15:14:50.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2015-05-29T18:14:30.523" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;MAYBE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/MANILA/en/ServiciosConsulares/Pages/RegistroCivil.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Spanish Exterior Ministry&lt;/a&gt; the conditions for consular marriage are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A consular marriage may only be held when at least one of the parties is Spanish and if the laws and regulations of the receiving state do not oppose consular marriages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you're non-EU citizen the Spanish consulate will not perform the marriage unless Bangadesh recognizes consular marriage (for which I can't find confirmation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T18:58:05.977" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T18:58:05.977" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-29T19:53:33.583" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am EU citizen (Lithuanian) and my husband is citizen of Dominican Republic. At the moment we live in Dominican Republic, but we want to move back to Europe, preferably to the Nederlands with a purpose of finding a job resetteling. What would my husband need to do in order to get the neccesary permits (work permit and residency)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6624" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-29T22:00:33.467" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T15:27:23.460" Title="Dominican citizen looking to relocate with EU wife to the Nederlands from Dominican Republic" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6237" CreationDate="2015-05-29T22:16:05.047" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the easiest route/most important thing would be for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, the EU citizen to find a job. Almost any job, even part-time, should do. Alternatively, you would need to establish you have enough money to support your family without seeking financial assistance from the state. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;US Citizen with EU Spouse who doesn&amp;#39;t yet have a job&lt;/a&gt; for a thorough discussion of these principles in a slightly different context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you qualify under those rules, you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/Documents/6021.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to register with the IND&lt;/a&gt; (it's not mandatory for EU citizens anymore but you do need to do it to be able to sponsor your husband) and your husband can then apply for a residence “document” (technically not a permit) as &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/individuals/residence-wizard/eu/third-country-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family member of an EU citizen&lt;/a&gt; (in Dutch: &lt;em&gt;verblijfskaart van een familielid van een&#xA;burger van de Unie&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;verblijfsdocument familielid van een gemeenschapsonderdaan&lt;/em&gt;). This status would allow him to work without restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another difficulty is that since your husband comes from the Dominican Republic, he needs a visa to enter the Netherlands. In principle, he is also entitled to a visa to accompany you but you will need to apply for it in advance. You cannot just show up and sort things out later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the Dutch tend to be more restrictive than most with the rights of family members and have announced &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nieuw-in-nederland/regels-buitenlandse-werknemers-europa-aangescherpt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;their intention to crack down on EU citizens flouting these rules&lt;/a&gt; so it's important to make sure you get the paperwork in order. If you move to the Netherlands, it's also necessary to register with your municipality of residence within a few days (that's unrelated to the visa/permit aspect and also applies to Dutch citizens).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T09:03:21.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6239" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6243" CreationDate="2015-05-30T02:37:01.100" Score="5" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it says up in the title, my dad was born to (working) Canadian diplomats in Ghana. I was born in the United States, and before that my dad had lived most of his adult life in Canada. I'm not sure what class of citizenship he is under (e.g. by decent or by birth), but he is indeed a Canadian citizen. Now, here is what I am wondering. Am I a Canadian citizen by decent, or was my father the &quot;first generation abroad&quot;, I being the &quot;second generation&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can answer any questions in the comments below, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6626" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T16:52:03.393" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T06:17:39.063" Title="My dad was born to Canadian diplomats in Ghana. How does this affect his citizenship status?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;diplomats&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6240" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-05-30T04:58:31.910" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Diplomats are treated (for immigration purposes) as being different to non-diplomats. For example, the children of diplomats are not US citizens if born on US soil. Situations around citizenship can be confused somewhat if one or both parents is a diplomat working abroad, and questions involving this should be tagged with this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T13:25:57.607" LastActivityDate="2015-05-31T13:25:57.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6241" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-05-30T04:58:31.910" Score="0" Body="For questions involving diplomats in any way" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T13:25:54.847" LastActivityDate="2015-05-31T13:25:54.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6239" CreationDate="2015-05-30T05:14:17.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, diplomats working abroad are treated as if they were working in their own country (for example, children born on US soil to foreign diplomats working in the US, are not automatically granted US citizenship by virtue of being born on US soil).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father was born in Ghana while at least one of his parents was working as a Canadian diplomat, then it is very likely that he is a Canadian citizen by birth. You would probably not be the &quot;second generation abroad&quot; in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is my opinion from reading stuff on the internet. If you definitively need to know (for official or legal reasons), then you might want to consider contacting a lawyer who is an expert on immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T05:14:17.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6239" CreationDate="2015-05-30T10:07:40.767" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;So what you really want to know is, are you a Canadian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were born after April 17, 2009:&lt;/strong&gt; You are a Canadian citizen. The original Bill C-37 that took effect in 2009 which limits Canadian citizenship by descent to the first generation born abroad would not have given citizenship to you, because you dad was born abroad. There was an exception for if you were born to a public servant, but it did not apply to you as you were not born to a public servant. However, Bill C-24 that recently passed added another exception for people born to people born to a public servant (which is your case), and it takes effect retroactively to April 17, 2009, so that would cover you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were born between April 17, 1981 and April 16, 2009:&lt;/strong&gt; You are a Canadian citizen. You were automatically a Canadian citizen by descent at birth because you were born to a Canadian citizen. (You were born before Bill C-37 took effect in 2009 so you still were automatically a Canadian citizen at birth even though you are a &quot;second generation&quot; born abroad.) You hadn't reached 28 by the time Bill C-37 took effect in 2009, which repealed the requirement to retain citizenship for second generation born abroad by age 28.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were born between February 15, 1977 and April 16, 1981:&lt;/strong&gt; You were a Canadian citizen by descent at birth, but since you are a second generation born abroad, you lost your Canadian citizenship when you turned 28 unless, before you were 28, you applied to retain your Canadian citizenship (and it was approved).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you were born between January 1, 1947 and February 14, 1977:&lt;/strong&gt; You are a Canadian citizen, because your dad was a Canadian citizen when you were born (I'm assuming they registered him as appropriate), and even if you didn't gain citizenship at birth because your parents didn't register you at a Canadian consulate, Bill C-37 retroactively gave you citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-08-06T06:17:39.063" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T06:17:39.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-30T14:52:22.970" Score="4" ViewCount="3298" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using USCIS form I-751 to apply for removal of conditions on my green card after two years of marriage.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-751instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The instructions&lt;/a&gt; in the Evidence of Relationship section state &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The documents should include, but not be limited to, the following&#xA;  examples ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of these examples is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How important is it for me to gather these affidavits?  In particular,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is &quot;should include&quot; supposed to mean &quot;must include&quot; generally?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is an affidavit without notarization better than nothing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the facts that (a) I'm Japanese and (b) I have two infants with my husband and (c) I have a generally strong packet of evidence in all of the other categories mean that it's a waste of time for me to bother with the affidavits? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6629" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T12:19:16.600" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T08:19:06.947" Title="Necessity of affidavits in green card application (USCIS form I-751)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6245" CreationDate="2015-05-30T17:51:10.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, &quot;should&quot; doesn't mean &quot;must&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it still means &quot;should&quot;, so unless it's very inconvenient to you, I would suggest you just get them and send them. Remember, they say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Submit copies of as many documents as you can ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I didn't have a good reason to not be able to get 2 affidavits, I'd make sure to send them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Notarization&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The instructions don't specify that the affidavits must be notarized. In USCIS's definition of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/affidavit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;affidavit&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, they state that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The affiant should sign the affidavit under oath and the signature should be witnessed by an official, such as a notary public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another &quot;should&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching various forums, you can find many people who have sent affidavits without having them notarized. (I've done that, myself, but not for the I-751.) What's much more important than notarizing them is that the writers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[swear] that the facts are true and accurate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;must include their full printed name and address, date and place of birth, relationship to the parties, if any, and complete details concerning how the affiant acquired knowledge of the events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T17:51:10.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6249" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10431" CreationDate="2015-05-31T09:20:24.020" Score="2" ViewCount="8747" Body="&lt;p&gt;My old passport is expiring on Jun 18. 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon entry to US in Jan 2015 on H-1B visa, officials at San Francisco airport put a &quot;Valid entry till&quot; stamp to date: Jun 18, 2015, the day my passport expires. Moreover, my I-94 has the same date mentioned against &quot;Admit until date&quot;. So legally, I can live in US till this date only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa on old passport is valid till 2017 though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Dos:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a new passport now and I am planing my next move for following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get my I-94 updated to a date in 2017 when my H-1B is expiring&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get new &quot;Valid till&quot; stamp on my passport which I got at airport when I entered US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-efficient Solution:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a solution I know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Go to my home country (Pakistan) and come back into US using the new passport + old passport.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Commute time: ~18 hours of flight time one way (not counting layovers)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Ticket expense: $2600&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't have visa to any other country in the World. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I went to USCIS office in San Francisco to try to get this problem resolved by avoiding the inefficient solution mentioned above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A police officer at USCIS told me that I have to file I-129 for extension of I-94 if I don't want to leave US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lawyer of company I work for advises that I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; need to file I-129 as I already have an approved I-797.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The police officer also said that if I plan to go to Mexico or Canada and then come back into US, in order to resolve this problem, I cannot stay there for like 1 hour and come back into US. She said I have to have live for at least 30 days there before coming back to US. I don't know what kind of law is that. &lt;em&gt;The lady was speaking harshly so I didn't ask explanation for the rule.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am at the verge of buying a return ticket to Pakistan and wanted to find out if someone else knows a &lt;em&gt;confirmed&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;efficient&lt;/em&gt; way of not leaving US and still getting a new stamp in my new passport as well as getting my I-94 updated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6625" LastEditorUserId="6625" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T18:11:34.670" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T18:27:49.697" Title="Getting new I-94 and new stamp on new passport" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-31T12:44:19.423" Score="4" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my German residence permit renewal interview soon. But since I am sick in my home country, can I reschedule it to be here? Is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6620" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-05-31T17:46:59.423" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T18:18:13.460" Title="Can one have their German Residence Permit Renewal Interview in their home country?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6249" CreationDate="2015-06-01T01:49:35.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is something that should be resolved by the company's lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither the DHS officer (these are not police) nor the lawyer are correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to go back to Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to file the &quot;change of status&quot; form (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-539&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I-539&lt;/a&gt;). It is also used to request extension of status. Once approved, the approval notice will include the new I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Verify with the company lawyer (and make sure he actually helps you and properly answers your questions). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the stamp in your passport (you mean the visa, I'm guessing) - you can only get it in the US consulate abroad. But unless you plan to travel - you don't need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T01:49:35.930" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6245" CreationDate="2015-06-01T08:19:06.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Affidavits are more important if your other evidence of bona fide marriage is not very strong. But if you already have plenty of other strong evidence, then whether or not you have affidavits doesn't matter much. Objective evidence is generally going to carry more weight than statements by people you hand-picked to support your case. Lots of people do Removal of Conditions without affidavits with no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T08:19:06.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6220" CreationDate="2015-06-01T14:13:24.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first question is whether you would be considered under &quot;skilled employment&quot;.  Under the list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/35165.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;skilled occupations&lt;/a&gt;, we do find in Part A:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next is whether your experience can substitute for a formal qualification. Generally this would be five years experience, but we have to check ANZSCO to be sure.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Product+Lookup/1220.0~2013,+Version+1.2~Chapter~UNIT+GROUP+2631+Computer+Network+Professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is&lt;/a&gt; the appropriate page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So therefore, you may be able to qualify. You still have to earn enough points - the big factor there is having a job offer, but other factors (such as your age, if you have relatives in NZ, if you are applying alone or with spouse) will also impact your score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/caniapply/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Quick Check&lt;/a&gt; to make sure you would be eligible for the skilled migrant category and then get an estimate of your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;total points&lt;/a&gt;, presuming that you have a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T14:13:24.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6260" CreationDate="2015-06-01T15:45:50.647" Score="3" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the USA for 10 years and I am a Permanent resident via my wife who is a USA citizen and have a child together who was born the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife would like to work in the UK but I am not sure if the spousal visa is right for her since we don't live in the UK or have any UK income to prove. We plan on staying with my parents while we are in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options for smooth sailing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6640" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T16:22:13.440" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:23:19.007" Title="UK Citizen (with USA permanent residency) Moving back to the UK Temporarily for 1 year. Can my wife work?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6259" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:23:19.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to multiple sites &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visalogic.net/uk/uk-spouse-visa/4/103&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Logic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I work on a spouse visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are eligible to work or study in the UK once the visa has been granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1stcontactvisas.com/united-kingdom/spousal-partner-visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1st Contact Visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa, which is initially issued for a 2.5 year probationary period, allows you to work without restriction and to exit and re-enter the UK multiple times.&#xA;Read more: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1stcontactvisas.com/united-kingdom/spousal-partner-visa.aspx#ixzz3bpPSSRwa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.1stcontactvisas.com/united-kingdom/spousal-partner-visa.aspx#ixzz3bpPSSRwa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ukpermits.com/visa-types/family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Permits&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your application is successful under this category, you will be granted permission to live and work in the UK for a period of 30 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;YES&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you apply and her visa is granted there should be no issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:23:19.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6261" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:27:28.150" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T16:27:28.150" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:27:28.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6262" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:27:28.150" Score="0" Body="Questions specific to problems with physical relocation." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T08:17:33.840" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T08:17:33.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6263" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:29:32.730" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T16:29:32.730" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:29:32.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6264" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:29:32.730" Score="0" Body="Questions related to money set aside by the governments of various countries for payments to its citizens/permanent residents in the event of incapacitation, injury or retirement." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T08:17:41.647" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T08:17:41.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6265" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:30:33.500" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T16:30:33.500" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:30:33.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6266" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:30:33.500" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding visas for studying in a foreign country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T08:17:22.147" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T08:17:22.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6267" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6270" CreationDate="2015-06-01T17:04:34.020" Score="6" ViewCount="2448" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has been living in the UK for the past 6 years. Immediately prior to moving abroad I had a PA state drivers license, but it has long expired. Prior to that I had MA and ME state drivers licenses which have also expired. I do not have a UK license or any unexpired license. I will be moving back to the US to live in the Washington DC area. Is there a way to get a US driver license without having to take the written and road tests?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T02:15:03.103" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T19:15:23.970" Title="How to get US drivers license when returning to US from living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6269" CreationDate="2015-06-01T17:07:25.907" Score="7" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an expat moves back to his home country, he is no longer an expat. Is there a term for the process of moving back? What is someone who is no longer an expat called?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T18:54:09.530" Title="Is there a term for when you are no longer an expat?" Tags="&lt;terminology&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6268" CreationDate="2015-06-01T17:44:01.733" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/repatriation&quot;&gt;repatriation&lt;/a&gt; for the process, but I associate that term with involuntary repatriation, as it's something that is done &lt;em&gt;to or for you&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Supposedly there's the related noun &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/repatriate&quot;&gt;repatriate&lt;/a&gt; to refer to the individual, but I haven't actually heard it used before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T17:44:01.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6267" CreationDate="2015-06-01T17:54:50.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No,&lt;/strong&gt; unless you've been on active military duty, a license expired for over a year won't work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/node/152962&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Washington, DC&lt;/a&gt; requires you to retake the written and road tests if your license has been expired for over 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Virginia&lt;/a&gt; requires your license to be &quot;valid&quot; to avoid any of the exams; I assume this means unexpired, because no one would be accepting a forged or revoked license on purpose, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mva.maryland.gov/drivers/apply/md-drivers-license.htm#mddlexchangingout&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Maryland&lt;/a&gt; requires you to you to retake the written and road tests if your license has been expired for over a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had been on active duty, your former &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/military-drivers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PA&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.org/ma-massachusetts/military-drivers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MA&lt;/a&gt; licenses might count as having been renewed even without you renewing them, so would still be &quot;unexpired&quot; in a sense, and you could probably avoid driver exams based on that. Looks like that wouldn't work with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.org/me-maine/military-drivers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ME&lt;/a&gt; license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-06-01T18:00:14.223" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T18:00:14.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2987" CreationDate="2015-06-01T18:26:14.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a great information from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/legal_prof/legal_prof_net_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;European Commission&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Lawyer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The task of the lawyer is to guarantee that the legal position of their clients is not prejudiced. To that end, lawyers provide legal opinions and represent their clients in legal disputes and in court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lawyers have an obligation to observe confidentiality vis-à-vis their clients and can claim privilege. In other words: lawyers need not disclose any information obtained from clients to the court. Lawyers primarily work within the district in which they are registered, but they are authorised to work in every district court and court of appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People that have civil cases heard by the sub-district court (kantonrechter) need not retain the services of a lawyer&lt;/strong&gt;. In all other civil cases, (before a district court, court of appeal or the Supreme Court), citizens have to be represented by counsel. This is referred to as mandatory legal representation (verplichte procesvertegenwoordiging).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People with relatively little income qualify for legal aid (see legal aid fact sheet). A lawyer will be assigned to them. That means that the lawyer’s fee will be paid by the government. The person seeking justice merely pays a contribution, the amount depending on the person’s income and other assets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Anyone who has obtained a law degree from a Dutch university may be admitted to the bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During the first three years of being admitted to the bar, lawyers are obliged to practice law as a trainee under supervision of another lawyer. This means that you cannot become a lawyer unless you find another lawyer who is prepared to train you. Lawyers from other EU countries may apply for admission to the Dutch bar, if they comply with the relevant European directives. Lawyers from another Member State who occasionally render their services in another Member State may do so, provided that they work together with local counsel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The lawyer is an independent professional (vrije beroepsbeoefenaar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Rules governing the profession, their powers, appointment and disbarment are provided for in the Dutch Act on Advocates (Advocatenwet) and several decrees and by-laws, including the 1998 By-law on Bookkeeping (Boekhoudverordening 1998), the By-law on the Financial Contribution (Verordening op de financiële bijdrage) and the By-law on Professional Practice (Verordening op de praktijkuitoefening).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pursuant to the law, every lawyer practising in the Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten or NOvA). The lawyers are subject to disciplinary proceedings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The tasks of this professional organization defined by law are to ensure the quality of the services rendered by its members. This includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;An extensive training programme for bar members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Drawing up by-laws and other binding rules for lawyers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Disciplinary proceedings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Information and services to its members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Recommendations to the government on policy plans and bills&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Apart from membership of the Dutch Bar Association, many lawyers are also a member of a professional association specializing in a specific legal field. These lawyers have specialized in a particular field of law, such as family law, social-security law, employment law, criminal law or tenancy law.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These experts usually join forces in an association, which can be found on www.advocatenorde.nl/advocaten/adressen_en_ledenlijst.asp Nederlands&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;More information on the legal profession can be found on www.advocatenorde.nl&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you live abroad and have trouble finding a lawyer in the Netherlands, you can contact the Legal Aid Council (Raad voor rechtsbijstand) in The Hague. Details are listed in the legal aid fact sheet under 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are in a civil proceeding and in a sub-district court you don't need to retain a counsel otherwise you would need to be a member of the Bar to argue before the court.  It is possible that the administrative law may have the same but I can't find the confirmation of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T18:26:14.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6272" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-02T06:29:39.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions related to citizens of Bangladesh&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T08:17:30.790" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T08:17:30.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6273" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-02T06:29:39.430" Score="0" Body="Related to citizens of Bangladesh" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-02T08:17:27.230" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T08:17:27.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-02T13:06:50.190" Score="3" ViewCount="1805" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you renew an Illinois driving license when you stay outside of US ? I have a local Illinois mailing address and own a house which is rented out. I can come back and renew but not sure if I can/should ?  I do need to drive in US every time I visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6645" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-06-03T02:40:48.147" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T02:40:48.147" Title="Can you renew an Illinois driving license when you stay outside of US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;illinois&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5666" CreationDate="2015-06-02T14:02:15.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, your employer must make sure to pay enough income tax to the tax office that it is guaranteed you are not underpaying. That may be at a very high tax rate, because for example your US income would be taken into account to find out what tax rate you would have to pay. Say you were unemployed in the USA for six months and make €50,000 in Germany, they calculate the taxrate for €50,000 and apply it to your German income. If you made €100,000 in the USA, the calculate the much higher taxrate for €150,000 income and apply that rate to your €50,000 income. Since your employer doesn't know your foreign income, he'll have to pay tax at a high rate to make sure you pay enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, filling out your tax declaration is optional, but it's stupid not to do it. It's a German national sport, you lose if you don't compete in it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T14:02:15.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6274" CreationDate="2015-06-02T14:48:45.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IANAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you seem to want to do doesn't appear to be legal but I will let the courts decide whether it is or it is not and how to deal with the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your driver's license haven't expired you may be able to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/drivers/drivers_license/drlicid.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;renew it&lt;/a&gt; receive the letter of renewal from the state of Illinois within 60-90 days of expiration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Secretary of State's office mails a renewal letter to driver's license holders 60 to 90 days prior to the expiration of your license. The letter is mailed to the address in the office's driving record file. The letter contains the information needed to renew your license. Testing requirements and fees vary depending on the type of license being renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with that in mind you should have changed your address in Illinois or provided a separate mailing address if necessary within 10 days of the move but you may be able to do this at a Driving Center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are required to take a drive exam, you must present proof of liability insurance on your vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acceptable identification is required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your renewal letter says you are a Safe Driver, you have additional renewal options, including online renewal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By law, you must notify the Secretary of State's office of an address or name change within 10 days. You may submit an address change form electronically, but you must still visit a Driver Services Facility prior to expiration of your license. For a name change, you must provide identification with your new name and identification that links the old and new names. Drivers who hold a valid CDL must notify the Secretary of State's office of an address or name change within 10 days and must obtain a corrected driver's license within 30 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Drivers under age 21 — licenses expire three months after their 21st birthday; drivers age 21 through 80 — licenses are valid for four years and expire on a driver's birthday; drivers age 81 through 86 — licenses are valid for two years; drivers age 87 and older must renew their licenses each year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vision screening is required for all drivers renewing at a facility.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All persons age 75 and older must take a driving exam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Everyone must take a written exam every eight years except those having no traffic convictions. If you have an accident recorded on your driving record, you may be required to take the written and/or road exams.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may renew up to one year before your four-year or two-year license expires, or six months before a one-year license expires.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Illinois driver's licenses contain several security features.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also look at the list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/dsd_x173.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;acceptable identification&lt;/a&gt; to make sure that you have sufficient documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again what you're trying to do doesn't appear to be legal since you don't reside in the state even though you have a property there but probably don't report this as your residence in the state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T14:48:45.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-02T19:30:50.943" Score="4" ViewCount="781" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;strong&gt;banned&lt;/strong&gt; from the UK for ten years, for submitting a non-genuine bank statement while applying for a student visa (to the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My ban will end in two more years. I am now a spouse of a US citizen.  I want to know if the UK ban will affect application for a US visa? As i am intending immigration into the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6646" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T08:08:42.863" Title="Visa ban for the UK. Does this also affect an application for a US spousal visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6286" CreationDate="2015-06-03T06:10:43.083" Score="6" ViewCount="1703" Body="&lt;p&gt;Context: I have been living in Japan for about 26 years. I will be moving to a guest house in the US to look for a permanent residence as an US citizen. I will be entering through an airport with hand luggages only (no separate shipments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to get through the customs with minimum hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/352/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;an article on cbp.gov&lt;/a&gt;, I may enter as a non-resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have lived abroad for more than three years, you may enter as a nonresident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/107&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;When moving to the US&lt;/a&gt;, a complete inventory is required:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When completing the Customs and Border Protection Form (CBP Form) 6059B,[..] for accompanying goods [..] the statement that the goods are &quot;household effects&quot; is not enough information. The complete inventory of imported goods will be treated as the packing list and must be provided to CBP upon request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading into the last quote, the correct way seems to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List &quot;household effects&quot; and &quot;personal effects&quot; on the back of the CBP form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be prepared to show a complete inventory of the things I will be carrying with me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what should I include in the complete inventory? There must be a cut-off line between the very broad &quot;my things&quot; and the very specific &quot;a spare set of bolts for the dog crate&quot;, and also between the obvious/essential/non-dutiable &quot;sanitary goods&quot; and the non-obvious/non-essential/potentially-dutiable &quot;MacBook Pro 13-inch&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for example's sake, currently I have listed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Laptop computer&#xA;Mobile phone&#xA;Clothes&#xA;Kefir yogurt&#xA;Pet food (salmon based, packed in Canada)&#xA;Bicycle&#xA;Dog crate&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I write down every bits of articles such as sunglasses, sunscreen lotion, toothbrush, purse, comb, batteries, bike lights, backpack, plastic bags and so on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3679" LastEditorUserId="3679" LastEditDate="2015-06-04T01:40:57.587" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T02:23:04.443" Title="Which items should I declare at the customs when returning to the US after several years of living abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6277" CreationDate="2015-06-03T08:08:42.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did you get a criminal charge (or possibly a conviction) over the forgery/fraud case? If so, your USA visa application may be hurt by foreign criminal records.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, there shouldn't be any impact. The USA visa application process does not depend on your UK visa status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T08:08:42.863" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6054" CreationDate="2015-06-03T08:53:34.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the information found on the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/189.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of Immigration and Border Protection&lt;/a&gt;, I think you might be conflating two distinct requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/skilled-occupations/skills-assessed.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;skills assessment&lt;/a&gt; to apply for a skilled migration visa. That's a firm &lt;em&gt;requirement&lt;/em&gt;, your application will not go anywhere without this document. Per the quote mentioned in your question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/about-us/migration-skills-assessment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Engineers Australia&lt;/a&gt;, which is one of the organisations carrying out the assessment, suggests that professional experience is generally necessary but not strictly mandatory. So the duration is only a &lt;em&gt;guideline&lt;/em&gt;, the real criteria are the skills/competencies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the point system, you also need to attain or exceed the “pass mark” and you can receive extra points for relevant work experience in Australia or abroad. For this experience to count towards your mark, it &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be longer than three years, it's a strict threshold in this context and not merely a recommendation. Longer experience can bring more points (up to 20 points for 8-10 years of relevant experience).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But recognised work experience is not &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; to get a visa, you can still apply without it, if you have enough points from the other criteria (age, educational qualifications, language abilities, etc.) That's why they call it an “additional assessing service” because it is distinct from the skills assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is therefore  that you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; apply with only one year of skilled work experience. A short career does not categorically rule you out for a skilled migration visa in Australia. But you should find it much easier to meet the criteria (both the skills assessment and the points threshold) with more experience under your belt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T13:48:56.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-04T08:35:17.527" Score="2" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I little bit of my profile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a brazilian and I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics and I'm finishing a master degree in pure mathematics (algebraic geometry). I can speak English, German, French (I've already lived there), Spanish and Portuguese (Of course). I'm a math professor (non-permanent) at a high education institute in Brasil. My prospectives in my country are great, there are a lot of jobs here for teachers and college professors, because Brasil is a developing country which lacks high professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before getting a well-paying permanent job in my country as a professor (and get married, be fat and die) I would like to have some work experiences in another countries. I love to travel and know new cultures.  So, are there ways for me to teach in school in Portugal? I think Portugal would be easier for me because of the language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6653" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-05T19:28:51.817" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T19:28:51.817" Title="Teaching mathematics in Portugal" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T17:22:59.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6279" CreationDate="2015-06-05T02:23:04.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in global mobility, and having managed many a move around the world, the overriding presumption should be that Customs will review your inventory with two expectations - it's detailed enough to make an accurate determination of any import duty/exemption, but simple enough that a full inventory check won't take hours (or annoy them!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Group similar items together, indicating obvious differences. Best way to explain is with examples - follow this logic and you'll be ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Household Items&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linens/Soft Furnishings - just totals per type (10 x cushions, 6 x pair curtains).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Large Household Items - obviously, these should be listed individually (1x Dining Table, 6x Dining Chairs etc).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Smaller Items - it will be enough to list 1 x box assorted cutlery or 1 x box tools.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Books/CD/DVD - again, totals per type only unless packed across more than a few boxes, in which case '6 x small/large box assorted CD' would be better than '450 x assorted CD'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Personal Effects&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clothing - generally totals only but with a split male/female/child if required (example: Shoes- 12 pairs adult, 8 pairs child).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jewellery - list by item type (4 x ring, 2 x bracelet etc) and group metallurgies together (gold, silver, other, non-precious).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Electronics - as above, but you can generalise (Laptop instead of MacBook Pro) .&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Valuables - if you have any high worth or irreplaceable items, list them individually, but grouped together and have a copy of any insurance documents or recepts attached.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sanitary Products - to potentially spare blushes all round you can list these as (for example) 1 x small box assorted sanitary/hygiene products. List any electricals separately though (hairdryers, shavers etc).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial/Personal/Legal Documents - IMPORTANT!!! - Pack all this together, securely sealed, and  make sure the inventory clearly states it is personal documents and mark the box with &lt;strong&gt;personal data&lt;/strong&gt; in big letters on all sides. Should Customs decide to carry out a full search, do you really want them reading your bank statements?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully that's broad enough to give you a good understanding of the methodology and logic behind listing inventories for Customs. If you have anything specific that you can't easily work out how to list, let me know and I'll advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6656" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T02:23:04.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-05T09:53:57.107" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Need help with my situation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canadian citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Currently living and working in Africa for a company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offered a part-time position to work remotely for a UK company. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wishes to &lt;strong&gt;remain&lt;/strong&gt; working in Africa, and work part-time &lt;strong&gt;remotely&lt;/strong&gt; for UK company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;- How do I invoice the UK company. Do I need to register as a sole-proprietor as a Canadian?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6658" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T09:53:57.107" Title="CDN citizen living abroad in one country and working remotely for another" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T16:21:24.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6155" CreationDate="2015-06-05T10:18:25.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whoever is resident in Italy (foreigners from everywhere too) has the right to register to the National Health Care System. This registration is not just a right is even mandatory and is called &quot;Registrazione Obbligatoria al Servizio Sanitario Nazionale&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regularly resident is whoever has a valid permission (permesso di soggiorno o carta di soggiorno) or whoever is waiting for the renewal of a valid previous permession or whoever applied for the first time to have a permission.&#xA;In this last 2 cases is important to have the receipt that the request is done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You (or who need to register) has to go to the closest ASL (Azienda Sanitaria Locale) from your current registered address (better if is the one written your residence document).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The document you need may vary according to your region/province/city but basically they are copies of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Residence permission (or receipt of new/renew request) as stated above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A declaration written by you (autocertificazione) that state is your address (bringing any proof of address like rent contract, bill, house owner declaration that you have his permission to live in that house and anything similar could be helpful). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fiscal Code (you can also make a self-declaration if you know it)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are still waiting for your residence permission some ASL are asking VISA and other docs too. Health Care in Italy is regionally managed so each region have fun adding or changing rules to complicate a bit citizen life. Not just to foreigner, but to everyone. Just smile and be patience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More documents and proof about your resident situation are generally helpful in every office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you subscribe they will give you a receipt or a card that is the proof of your registration to the National Health Care Service (SSN: Servizio Sanitario Nazionale). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The foreigner will have the same rights of any other resident.&#xA;At this link you will find all the services you can claim and other useful information (is in Italian): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/temi/p2_6.jsp?lingua=italiano&amp;amp;id=2521&amp;amp;area=Assistenza%20sanitaria&amp;amp;menu=vuoto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/temi/p2_6.jsp?lingua=italiano&amp;amp;id=2521&amp;amp;area=Assistenza%20sanitaria&amp;amp;menu=vuoto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6494" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T10:18:25.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7018" CreationDate="2015-06-05T04:12:10.777" Score="6" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll live in Sweden for two years, doing my master's degree. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinsweden.se/life-in-sweden/health-insurance-and-medical-care/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, it seems like I'll be entitled to all the Swedish healthcare system and pay Swedish patient fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does this patient fee work? How much does it cost? Should I get a private healthcare other than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6669" OwnerDisplayName="JLagana" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-27T12:25:32.670" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T12:25:32.670" Title="How does the Swedish healthcare system work for non-EU citizens?" Tags="&lt;health&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6319" CreationDate="2015-06-05T15:30:29.490" Score="6" ViewCount="1127" Body="&lt;p&gt;UKVI have started to roll out Biometric Residency Permits (BRPs) for overseas applicants to comply with EU regulations, building on the in-country programme commenced in 2008. The overseas rollout is by location rather than visa category which were used for in-country introduction. By the end of July the rollout of BRP to all overseas locations should be complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa applicants who are granted leave will be issued with a vignette covering the first 30 days of their leave. On arrival in the UK it is important that they collect their BRP card as soon as it is ready. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead of getting an entry clearance good for 1 - 5 years, applicants will get a vignette good for 30 days only. They should use the 30 days to arrive in the UK and collect their BRP so that they can prove their lawful presence in the UK.  If the terms of their visa require police registration within 10 days, the person needs to collect their BRP first because it's a requirement for police registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what if the person cannot travel in time to meet the 30 day requirement?  If, for any reason at all, their plans are disrupted and their vignette expires or is in jeopardy of expiring before they can collect their BRP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-06-05T15:40:09.053" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T14:24:19.163" Title="UK Biometrics Residency Permits issued overseas" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="736" CreationDate="2015-06-05T22:10:08.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This situation you describe is possible, but is also very complex and can be rendered invalid by minor discrepancies between intent and action. I will provide some general info here, but I strongly recommend you seek specialist advice from international taxation experts before putting any of your plans in motion. Get this wrong, and it will be costly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where I have had to make assumptions, or where the advice is critically dependent on a key point, the assumption will be shown &lt;strong&gt;in bold like this&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, &lt;strong&gt;Directors and Owners of Limited Companies&lt;/strong&gt; (or international equivalents) are recognised as employees of the company, for a variety of reasons, but usually including the fact that you are retained by the company in an &lt;strong&gt;employment contract&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not mention what legal status the NL entity has, or if it forms part of a &lt;strong&gt;group&lt;/strong&gt; of associated companies, but if you would be ordinarily recognised as an employee (were you a dutch national), then the common approach is to structure your assignment in one of two ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: You (employee) are &lt;strong&gt;seconded&lt;/strong&gt; to the NL &lt;strong&gt;branch&lt;/strong&gt; of the business, with the NL entity assuming all &lt;strong&gt;costs&lt;/strong&gt; (including reimbursement of home country salary) and you would become personally tax resident in NL should you be staying long enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There would be a &lt;strong&gt;service agreement&lt;/strong&gt; between NL and UK, clearly laying out the nature, scope and skills being contracted (amongst a number of other points) as well as the fees for delivering the service. As a seconded employee of the NL business, you would then be resourced into the fulfillment of that service contract. There would then be a dual tax liability (however a partial offset would arise from the Double Taxation Treaty in force between NL and UK) but again, you will need &lt;strong&gt;international taxation services&lt;/strong&gt; to ensure compliance with both countries' tax legislation and the submission of tax declarations in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B: You (employee) are &lt;strong&gt;seconded&lt;/strong&gt; to the NL &lt;strong&gt;branch&lt;/strong&gt; of the business, except in this instance, the appropriation of costs is not as important as you do not &lt;strong&gt;work in or for&lt;/strong&gt; the UK entity for sufficient days to break the &lt;strong&gt;Short Term Business Visitor&lt;/strong&gt; legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The STBV is a tiered declaration process that applies increasingly controlled compliance demands depending on how long in total over a set period of years you perform UK entity duties. From a simple written statement, right up to production of legal documents and payment of PAYE (income tax).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Warning: under the STBV, to perform UK duties you &lt;strong&gt;do not need to be in the UK or even have worked for &quot;a day&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; for it to be counted towards the total - don't get caught out by this!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again though, I cannot recommend strongly enough just how important it is to seek professional advice - determining the legal basis for your visits can take more of your time and resource than the actual move would. But then, if it were easy, I would be unemployed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do hope I've been of some help, despite being fairly broad and assumptive. I'm more than happy to continue discussions and general guidance about this topic, just obviously not in a public forum, and also without personal data, for ethical reasons. If this would be useful to you, just drop me a line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6656" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T22:10:08.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-05T22:06:50.427" Score="3" ViewCount="972" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be traveling to Washington DC as a student for my MS degree this fall (Fall 2015), and I want to reserve residence online before I land in USA. I am from Pakistan, and I have not traveled abroad before except for a few days in UAE (stayed in a hotel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I am facing is related to credit/background checks. Whatever apartment renting or lease I find require credit/background check and an on-site visit. What can I, as someone from outside of USA provide to complete these checks. I have both Master and Visa credit cards of a local bank here, and I have used them in the past to make foreign payment in USA, mostly for language tests/sending test scores.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, if I am not able to secure a residence from here before leaving, how long it generally takes to find it after arriving in Washington DC? I am open for both single and sharing with roommates. I have a limited budget of about $1000 per month for rent. Please point to some good/reliable resources too? Are hostels a good alternative?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And am I even doing the right thing by trying to reserve before entering USA? Or is it better to check into a low cost hotel for 1-2 weeks and find residence during that time. I have a limited budget which is worrying me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="worried student" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T16:31:29.860" Title="Renting residence from abroad background and credit check issues" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6293" CreationDate="2015-06-06T07:25:49.820" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, renting in the US is quite difficult without a number of prerequisites. Generally, you should be prepared to have the following things to have the best chance of leasing in the US as a non-citizen student:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of your &lt;strong&gt;passport&lt;/strong&gt; for identification purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of your &lt;strong&gt;I-20&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;IAP-66&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;student visa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;guarantor&lt;/strong&gt;, someone who is willing to sign their name to make the payments if you renege on your lease. Not all places require this, but many do; it is very difficult for a landlord to get his or her money back if you decide to stop paying and leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Completed application and fees.&lt;/strong&gt; You should know your rental history and be prepared to have references available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acceptance letter&lt;/strong&gt; from your university.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A letter from your &lt;strong&gt;financial aid office&lt;/strong&gt; with your account status (showing it in good standing).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Payment in full&lt;/strong&gt; for the term of lease. This isn't always required, but is a big bonus to convince your landlord that you're going to be a model tenant; you've already paid them!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By far, the easiest thing to do is to &lt;em&gt;sublet&lt;/em&gt; from someone who already has a lease. That way, you'll be paying them instead of a possibly stricter apartment/housing management company. The disadvantage is that you'll probably have a roommate, but that's probably going to be true regardless. Housing in DC is expensive and competitive, especially near large universities, so subletting may be the best way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6671" OwnerDisplayName="John Feminella" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T07:32:21.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-06T15:07:58.683" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hope the question isn't too convoluted, but here goes:&#xA;We are moving to Germany, permanently, into full time employed roles - from the UK where we currently have our own business.&#xA;To reduce my business tax obligation here in the UK it was suggested by my accountant that I add funds to my pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add those funds to a German pension plan which later allows me to apply some or all of those funds towards the purchase of a house and increase my down payment - but it of course needs to be seen by HMRC as a 'regular' pension plan in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I do this / do you know of any plans that allow this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I open the German pension plan now (a month before I arrive there and start work / have a bank account, etc... this is necessary to move the funds to the pension plan before my business year end at the end of this month?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If 2 can't happen, can I move the funds to a UK pension plan now and then transfer them next month to a German plan (and how would that work)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6665" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-08T06:34:09.797" LastActivityDate="2015-06-08T06:34:09.797" Title="Moving from UK to Germany - Open pension account to later buy house" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:24:12.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2015-06-06T18:50:33.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard from other members on here that leasing a car with a company like Intl Autosource is a good idea because not only do they specialize in serving foreign nationals without a credit history but they also report all your payments to the credit bureaus, which helps towards your establishing a credit history.  You might also consider just buying a car outright, if at all possible; this would give you a purchase, as well as an asset, which tends to make you more creditworthy too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6666" LastEditorUserId="6666" LastEditDate="2015-06-06T23:51:12.373" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T23:51:12.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6268" CreationDate="2015-06-06T18:54:09.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A not-very-exciting but certainly accurate and self-explanatory term might be &quot;returnee&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6666" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T18:54:09.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6293" CreationDate="2015-06-06T19:02:31.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Definitely good advice to work with your academic institution. If you're not able to do that, be very wary of signing up for anything before you're over there and able to see it in person; if you know anyone there, ask them to view it for you. It's very easy to make accommodation (or the area) look much better online than it really is. The last thing you want is to be stuck in a contract for somewhere terrible, let alone having roommates you can't bear, or having to pay huge penalties to go elsewhere. I'd recommend getting suggestions from others who've been there before you; then up your budget for the first couple of weeks, so you can see places for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6666" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T19:02:31.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6267" CreationDate="2015-06-06T19:15:23.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds like you might just have to bite the bullet and take the test.  Not sure whether I'm right but, if you're able to drive anyway, perhaps you're just nervous about being tested?  If it's any consolation, I was so nervous when I had to take my test again in MA that I could hardly breathe, and not just because I had to take it in my boss's borrowed, brand-new red Mustang with his wife in the back seat.  However, it turned out to be little more than a very easy and chilled-out spin  round the block.  And the written test was a laughably easy multiple choice. I remember to this day that one of the questions was, &quot;if you see a pedestrian about to cross, do you: a) stop, b) slow down, or c) speed up?&quot;  I was so tempted to choose (c) but didn't, and passed with flying colours. Just revise the road signals beforehand and you'll be fine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6666" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T19:15:23.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6302" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6315" CreationDate="2015-06-08T00:23:24.783" Score="10" ViewCount="5269" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am software engineer with 5 years of experience in Russia, have a Degree in Civil Engineering and want try to apply to the Blue Card program (country I am most interested is Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read &lt;a href=&quot;http://apply.eu/BlueCard/Germany/&quot;&gt;http://apply.eu/BlueCard/Germany/&lt;/a&gt; and did not found any info that I need Degree in the field that I will work on.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/working/demanded-professions/scientists-and-it-specialists&quot;&gt;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/working/demanded-professions/scientists-and-it-specialists&lt;/a&gt; here at the bottom 'Foreign degrees' - it look like I will need to have appropriate degree future work field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;so question: is it enough to have Degree in other field to apply to Blue Card?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;In my case: I work in IT and and studied Civil construction.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subquestion is&lt;/strong&gt; - if I will have Master's in IT in an addition to my Civil Engineering study will it increase my chances to receive Blue Card? or important thing is only to have any university degree?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I understand that I will need to have good language knowledge, and be very proficient in my area to get job offer first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6673" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T20:46:11.960" LastActivityDate="2018-01-14T21:35:45.793" Title="Do I need a degree in IT to apply for an EU Blue Card as a software engineer or is any degree enough?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6310" CreationDate="2015-06-08T08:37:31.097" Score="3" ViewCount="832" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you receive a J1-Working Visa and currently work in America - Can you apply for a second J1-Visa in a different company/university to start directly after finishing your program of the first J1-Visa? I couldn't find any restrictions, but sometimes people say you have to wait for at least 2 years in your home country to be allowed to apply again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6588" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T01:32:57.530" Title="Reapply for J1 Visa during current J1 program" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-08T11:20:19.797" Score="3" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Lebanese living in Turkey. After doing some research, I found out that I can use my drivers license here as long as I get it translated and notarized. I was wondering if anyone can help me learn how much would it cost me to get it translated and notarized?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6676" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-08T12:20:45.030" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T00:33:40.243" Title="Getting my driver's license notarized in Turkey" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-01T05:43:23.950" Score="1" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got EIT ICT Master Program in 2 Different country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have to complete 1st year in Italy &amp;amp;  2nd year in Sweden.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two option for VISA:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First:&lt;/strong&gt; Initially apply for Italian VISA, later on after reaching in Italy apply for Sweden VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second:&lt;/strong&gt; Schengen 'D' Type Visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I am not sure Schengen 'D' Type Visa, I will get for this much long period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6680" OwnerDisplayName="Manish Kumar" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-08T14:44:21.393" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T12:37:03.770" Title="Schengen 'D' Type Visa will valid of 2 years in 2 Country?" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6306" CreationDate="2015-06-08T14:45:54.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't really have two options. “D type visa” is one of the names of national visas in Schengen parlance. So an Italian student visa &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a D-visa as is a Swedish student visa. The only option to stay about one year in several EU countries is to get separate visas (or in some cases residence permits).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even the EU Blue Card, which is intended to facilitate mobility between participating countries, requires a new authorisation when moving from one country to the other. (It is not applicable to students but I mention it because this is the closest thing to a Schengen residence permit or long-stay visa for third-country nationals there is.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-10T12:37:03.770" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T12:37:03.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2513" CreationDate="2015-06-08T21:43:56.010" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a resolution to this matter a few months ago, so I thought I'd post the answer. The short answer: &lt;em&gt;it is possible to use the original license state as the source of reciprocity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The long version:&lt;/strong&gt; When checking with the prefecture I learned that 3 out of 4 employees (literally) did not know the rule regarding licenses transferred to the EU. Those 3 told me that a German license is a German license. I knew this was untrue, but I thought I'd try my luck just exchanging the German license straight up. I figured if they let me do it, then I was home free. However, one way or another they did do the research and figure out that the license was exchanged for one from Arizona. Apparently the employee who does the exchanges does know the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they sent back my rejection, I appealed it on the grounds listed above. I said that my Arizona license was converted from an Ohio license and I provided evidence of that. After several months, the tribunal in Dijon decided that I was right and that the reciprocity should link to the original licensing locale. So now that I have this ruling, I decided not to bother exchanging the license, because if I have a German license with proper reciprocity then an exchange isn't actually required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I don't necessarily know if the tribunal made the correct decision or if that decision will be consistent in other regions. In fact, I tend to doubt that the people who crafted this reciprocity law really intended this sort of stepping back through one's driving past to find a state with reciprocity. But, the tribunal's decision is all that matters, so hopefully this information can help somebody else. Because of this concern though, I would recommend to anybody else that it is a good idea to attempt an exchange the way I did and let it go to the tribunal, because I think it's too risky to get pulled over with a license that the local tribunal may think is expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2111" LastEditorUserId="2111" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T09:52:41.410" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T09:52:41.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6331" CreationDate="2015-06-09T00:59:39.797" Score="2" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a degree. May I apply for a Competency-based Degree in USA, would this be a good degree for immigration to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a Bachelor's, but acquired online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please check the program here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flex.wisconsin.edu/blog/category/competency-based-education-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://flex.wisconsin.edu/blog/category/competency-based-education-2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the program recognize this type of Degree??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6682" LastEditorDisplayName="user6682" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T22:30:59.253" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T22:30:59.253" Title="Education factor to immigrate to Germany - Don't have a Degree" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6303" CreationDate="2015-06-09T01:32:57.530" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 12-month and 24-month bars if your new program is in the &quot;Research Scholar&quot; or &quot;Professor&quot; categories only (not other J-1 categories):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you were previously finished a program on J-1 as a &quot;Research Scholar&quot; or &quot;Professor&quot;, then you cannot start a new J-1 as a &quot;Research Scholar&quot; or &quot;Professor&quot; again within 24 months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you were in any J-1 or J-2 status for more than 6 months, you cannot start a new J-1 as a &quot;Research Scholar&quot; or &quot;Professor&quot; within 12 months after that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Don't confuse this with the INA 212(e) 2-year home residency requirement that some J1's have. That is a restriction upon getting an H or L work visa or permanent residency, which is irrelevant because you are not getting one of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T01:32:57.530" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-09T02:53:59.407" Score="4" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to relocate to the UK from the US with my boyfriend. I am a US citizen living in Philadelphia in the US, while he is a UK citizen, living in Glasgow, Scotland. We met 2 years ago in a bar in Glasgow when I was touring Scotland and Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then we made sure to visit each other back and forth between countries every 2 – 3 months, while staying in daily contact via email, messaging snd Skype. We plan to live in Glasgow for a year, then move permanently back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were advised that we should apply for the unmarried partner visa, but were hoping to get some advice from anyone who is kind enough to offer up any guidance on this process. We have tons of questions, like do I still have to pay US taxes when living in the UK, is hiring an immigration lawyer wise, how will my money transfer without getting foreign transfer fees, how does credit history transfer (I have maintained a great credit score), what do I have to do to keep my US citizenship, how to find a job, what restrictions would I have with my visa, could I be able to travel freely from the UK to US &amp;amp; other countries, and could I at some point apply for dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see – lots of questions. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to any and all who can help steer us in the right direction!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6683" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T08:37:28.523" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T08:37:28.523" Title="US citizen looking to obtain a UK visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6311" CreationDate="2015-06-09T03:18:58.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a lot of questions and it's usually best to focus on one thing at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxes: As a US citizen, you are obligated to file a US tax return no matter where you live or where you earn your income (this policy is unique to the US).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lawyer: You probably don't need to hire an immigration lawyer if yours is a straightforward case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Money transfer: You will pay some amount of fees to transfer money, there's almost no way to avoid that. Shop around.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Credit history generally does not transfer between countries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US citizenship: You cannot lose US citizenship unless you specifically renounce it (see item 1 above).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Job: There's nothing special you need to know about finding a job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Restrictions: According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family of a settled person&lt;/a&gt; visa page, one cannot get public funds while on such a visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel: While holding such a visa, you would be able to enter the UK any number of times. Travel to other countries would be as a US citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dual citizenship: You can apply for that eventually. It usually takes several years of living in your new country and intending to settle there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all that, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Joining your Partner&amp;quot; section of the &amp;quot;Family of a settled person&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; visa states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must prove that you and your partner are 18 or over and in a genuine relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;married or civil partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;living together in a relationship for 2 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;engaged to be married or to become civil partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your description of your relationship, it sounds like you might qualify under the &amp;quot;engaged to be married&amp;quot; criterion. However, there is of course no formal documentation confirming an &amp;quot;engagement&amp;quot;, so the responsibility falls upon you to convince the visa officer that you are indeed in a &amp;quot;genuine relationship&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T20:29:09.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6311" CreationDate="2015-06-09T03:24:05.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions!  It is generally best to ask multiple questions separately.  It leads to more focused answers, and it earns you more reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US citizens have to report their worldwide income, regardless of residence.  However, if you reside abroad, you will most likely be able to benefit from the foreign earned income exclusion.  For 2015, the amount is $100,800.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, credit history does not transfer whatsoever.  If I were you, I'd find a US credit card with no foreign transaction fee and use it during your year abroad, keeping your US bank accounts with a friend's address.  That is what I did when I lived in Europe (using my parents' address).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would you think you might lose your US citizenship?  You will not lose your US citizenship unless you renounce it (I assume you are a natural-born citizen; if not, it is slightly more complicated).  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the particulars of the visa, you would be able to work, and to travel freely, but, looking at the requirements, I suspect you may not qualify as you have not been living with your partner.  (See for example this unofficial site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visalogic.net/uk/uk-unmarried-partner-visa/4/24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.visalogic.net/uk/uk-unmarried-partner-visa/4/24&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T03:24:05.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6302" CreationDate="2015-06-09T18:50:24.597" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EU directive is somewhat vague about that and the details are left to each individual participating state. In Germany, the relevant statute is the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/em&gt; (“Residence act”). My reading of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;article 19&lt;/a&gt; is that you do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; need a degree in the exact same field (outside of regulated professions of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you do need some recognised higher education (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card FAQs&lt;/a&gt;). You will also need to have it evaluated by the &lt;em&gt;Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen&lt;/em&gt;. Incidentally, I don't really know but I would guess that Civil Engineering counts as STEM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you must fulfil two rather stringent requirements: You need a concrete job offer with a yearly salary over some threshold (depends on the occupation). To the extent it helps you find a job meeting the conditions, a master's degree in computer science could definitely be useful but if you manage to find a job in IT without one, you could still get a blue card (provided you have some other recognised university education of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the info you found on make-it-in-germany.com really contradicts all this. Clearly, language like “you &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; apply to have your degree verified” and “show [the equivalent German qualification] on your job applications” does not refer to a legal requirement. It's mostly about what you need to get a job. German employers are especially diploma and certification-oriented, it's customary to submit a whole bunch of certificates with each and every application so a clear equivalence with a German diploma would certainly help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that unlike some other highly skilled migrant schemes, the EU Blue Card is not a point-based system, you either qualify or you do not. So you can't really increase or decrease your chances or compensate weaknesses in one area with other characteristics, you simply have to fulfil all the relevant requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-10T12:33:00.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T12:33:00.133" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6324" CreationDate="2015-06-09T20:01:37.140" Score="0" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to the UK for a year (for pleasure, not business). I currently live and plan to return to the US after that period, However my wife and son (US citizens) are coming with me and also plan to return home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What paperwork must I fill out for myself and my family, I don't need Form I-131 as I won't be going past the 1 year time frame.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am more concerned about my wife and son's travel documents both of which do not plan to work while in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6640" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T20:14:21.523" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T22:12:20.787" Title="I am (US Permanent resident) Moving back to the UK for a year only and have Paper work questions" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6318" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6326" CreationDate="2015-06-10T09:12:59.210" Score="11" ViewCount="8617" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a degree in Civil Engineering and want to apply to the Australia Skilled visa, I didn't know what exactly type of visa will be better for me but looks like Australia Skilled Independent visa: Permanent (subclass 189) will be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main purpose is to live (with my wife, she has a degree as an accountant), work abroad a few years (I want to work in 2-3 different countries apart from my home country within the next 3-6 years) and possibly immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/189.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; I read that to get 10 points for qualification my degree should be recognized as suitable to my occupation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can receive 10 points for any other qualification or award which is recognised as suitable for your nominated occupation in your skills assessment by the relevant assessing authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question: is it enough to have a degree in another technical specialty to be recognized as qualified person or I need to get a Master's in an IT area?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to go through Bachelor since it is too long and I already have a [specialist degree (5 years of education) in Civil Engineering] (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_degree&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_degree&lt;/a&gt;) (it was commonly used in Russia until a few years ago when the Russian education system finished integration in the Bologna Process; usually it is translated to at least a bachelor degree).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In my case: I work in IT as a software developer and studied Civil Construction.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6673" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-11T13:55:32.903" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T08:43:31.423" Title="Do I need a degree in field I am working in (IT) to apply for Australia Skilled visa as a software engineer or any degree is enough?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6290" CreationDate="2015-06-10T14:51:41.773" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/collect&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI guidance&lt;/a&gt; seems pretty clear about the date of entry:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your leave is granted, you’ll be issued a 30 day vignette. The vignette is valid for 30 days from the date you said you’d arrive in the UK (even if you arrive at a later date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll have to apply for another 30 day visa if you don’t travel within that 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the vignette expires you will need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/replace&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;replacement BRP visa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which currently costs £72. I cannot find a paper application or any guidance on the &lt;em&gt;replacement BRP visa&lt;/em&gt;, but it is an option on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;online application system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to collecting the BRP once you are in the UK, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/collect&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may get a penalty or your leave can be cancelled if you don’t pick up your BRP within 10 days of your arrival in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this means you can pick up your BRP even if the vignette has expired, as long as you are within 10 days of entering the UK. That said, if I thought I was not going to be able to pick up my BRP before the vignette expires, I probably would consider spending the £72 to get a &lt;em&gt;replacement BRP visa&lt;/em&gt; to prevent any issues with the UKVI and Post Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T14:51:41.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6293" CreationDate="2015-06-10T15:26:39.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For anyone renting a house/room without seeing it is daunting. In general, I would strongly suggest that you do not sign a long term rental agreement prior to seeing the place. The lack of a credit history is an obvious additional difficulty faced by expats. One exception to my advice about not signing a long term rental agreement, is housing offered by the university. As a first step, you should talk to the international student office about accommodations (both short and long term) and see if they can help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they cannot help you, or you want additional options, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.airbnb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;airbnb&lt;/a&gt; is a pretty good way of finding cheaper short term accommodations including shared houses and shared rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for timing, the DC rental market is hyper competitive. Outside of student accommodations, rental properties generally require tenants to give 90 days notice. Once a landlord knows the tenant is moving out, the property goes on the market 90 days, and because of the competitiveness, is taken with a few days. This means that it will take around 90 days from the day you find a place until you can move in. Student housing often has even longer wait periods. Most students arrange for their September housing in April. Most good student accommodations will be gone by now, although a single room in a shared house may still be available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of credit checks, it depends on your circumstances. Paying the full lease term (generally 1 year) up front generally gets people to over look any credit issues. If you are being paid a stipend for your MS, the offer letter will satisfy many, but not all, landlords. If you are not getting a stipend, and are being supported by your parents, their pay slips can be used to satisfy some, but again not all, landlords.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T15:26:39.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6318" CreationDate="2015-06-10T19:51:01.903" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what you have described, your Civil Engineering degree is 5 years of education. Based on the number of years of study, it's likely to be considered equivalent to a Bachelor degree under the following clause:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bachelor Degree&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To receive 15 points for having at least a Bachelor degree, you must have met the requirements for an award of Bachelor degree by an Australian educational institution or your qualification must be considered as at least comparable to a Bachelor level at Australian standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even without that, it's totally normal for software professionals to have a degree in some other technical field (or even non-technical). Having a Civil Engineering degree would not be considered unusual for a software developer in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T19:51:01.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6316" CreationDate="2015-06-10T22:12:20.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife will need a visa to stay for longer than six months.  It looks like you should start here for information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&lt;/a&gt;.  The visa described on that page is rather costly: £956.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like she could also go to the UK without a visa, and apply after she arrives.  That process is described here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&lt;/a&gt;.  This is less expensive: £649 if you apply by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your son is quite likely a British citizen, depending on &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; citizenship status and possibly on the reason you were in the US when he was born.  If your son is a British citizen, you should apply for a UK passport for him.  He will then need no other paperwork to live in the UK.  The passport fee is far lower than the visa fees (roughly £50 to £100 depending on your son's age and a couple of other factors; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/passport-fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/passport-fees&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check your son's citizenship, visit this site and enter your son's information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As US citizens, your wife and son will not need any paperwork to return to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T22:12:20.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6318" CreationDate="2015-06-11T03:43:29.220" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an option which involves a successful Recognition of Prior Learning application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Australian Computer Society (ACS), which will assess your skills for migration purposes has guidelines on how degrees and work experience are assessed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7324/Summary-of-Criteria-2014.pdf&quot;&gt;This PDF&lt;/a&gt; has a table outlining the possible combinations for suitable skills assessment, and most require you to have a degree with an ICT Major or Minor. If you don't, you would need to fit in the following requirement: &quot;6 years relevant work experience completed&#xA;anytime in past work history plus a successful RPL&#xA;application&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Recognition of Prior Learning (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/12659/Recognition-of-Prior-Learning-RPL.pdf&quot;&gt;RPL&lt;/a&gt;) doc explains how can you submit an RPL application, on which you will need to demonstrate your on-the-job skills. From the doc:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The purpose of the RPL application is to provide applicants without an ICT educational qualification the&#xA;  opportunity to demonstrate that they have acquired an equivalent level of knowledge by addressing as&#xA;  many of the areas referred to in the document, “ACS Key Areas of Knowledge” they consider are&#xA;  covered by their acquired knowledge&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T03:43:29.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2015-06-11T03:50:57.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use an unlocked VoIP SIP service like &lt;a href=&quot;http://Anveo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anveo.com&lt;/a&gt;, where the cost of keeping a US/Canada phone number on the &lt;em&gt;Personal Unlimited&lt;/em&gt; rate plan is 2 USD per month, which includes an unlimited number of incoming voice calls for personal use, plus they even support SMS (most unlocked VoIP providers don't).  The normal cost to port a number is 15 USD, but they often run a porting promotion in that they'll do the porting for free if you prepay Personal Unlimited for 12 months, e.g. it'll cost you a total 24 USD for first year, then 2 USD per month thereafter, to have an unlimited use of your phone number for incoming phone calls anywhere in the world for as long as you please.  There are also other alternative SIP providers, but most of them don't support SMS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the service with any software or hardware that supports SIP.  E.g., you can buy one of the many hardware phones like Cisco SPA303, or you can you an unlocked softphone on your mobile phone like Acrobits Softphone (or, if you're using Android, it may even have integrated SIP support out of the box directly within the Phone app).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T03:50:57.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T07:33:20.113" Score="4" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm married to a German national. After living together in Germany for about 1.5 years he had to move to Hong Kong for his work. I was given resident permit each for one year. On my third year when we went to renew for permanent I was told that since my partner works in Hong Kong I can no longer get permit to live in Germany. I work for an airline and we see each other often. Can you please clarify what the German law says in cases like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6697" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-11T07:41:07.840" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T13:57:28.653" Title="German Spousal Residency" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T10:06:08.473" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian Citizen and a UK tax resident. My domicile status is still Indian (I don't have a PR here).&#xA;In India I hold an NRE and NRO accounts with my savings (which is available for all Non resident Indians). Now there is interest earned on these two NRE and NRO accounts. Interest earned on NRE is not taxed in India, whereas the interest earned on NRO account is taxed in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Few questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to declare the interest earned in these two accounts in UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, How will the tax laws get applied to this interest.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I am taxed in UK, how does it work. As I noted earlier, for NRO I already pay the tax in India. For NRE I don't pay the tax in India.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I ever repatriate the amount to UK, will I be taxed any differently.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6698" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T10:06:08.473" Title="How Interest is taxed for NRE and NRO accounts for Indians" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-02T23:09:06.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2892" CreationDate="2015-06-11T10:59:34.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As above, you can use your car in the UK for the period of your study, but you would need car insurance, which IS available in the UK, from several companies who specialise in EU student cars.(GOOGLE)&#xA;     My son is a student on Malta with his car, but as yet have not found an Insurance company that will insure him! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6699" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T10:59:34.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6309" CreationDate="2015-06-11T12:22:23.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While the Flex program is accredited, and from a well-recognised university, it is rather new, and it's hard to say whether it will be accepted as equivalent to a traditional bachelor's degree (including a traditional distance-learning program).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One issue is that if you go through the program quite quickly (which I get the impression is possible under this system) your transcript will show that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ECA results table&lt;/a&gt; suggests that there is a minimum time limit for attendance, as categories include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bachelor's degree or other programs (three or more years) - 21 points for FSW program&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Two year degree, diploma, or certificate - 19 points&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One year degree, diploma, or certificate - 15 points&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a simple answer, but you should be aware that there's a very real chance that they consider it &quot;less&quot; than a traditional three/four year program.  On the other hand, they might still consider it equivalent to the one or two year categories, which still gives you a significant number of points, and employers may also look favourably on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you could do is find out who can do an ECA for your job category, and give a them an email asking if they assess distance learning degrees and if there is any official guidance on the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T12:22:23.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6328" CreationDate="2015-06-11T13:57:28.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The relevant law for visa of spouses is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0360&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 28 of the German residence act&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) The residence permit shall be granted to the foreign&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spouse of a German, [...]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if the German's ordinary residence is in the federal territory&lt;/strong&gt;. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) As a rule, the foreigner shall be granted a settlement permit if he or she has been in possession of a residence permit for three years, &lt;strong&gt;the family unit with the German continues to exist in the federal territory&lt;/strong&gt;, there are no grounds for expulsion and the foreigner has a sufficient command of the German language. [...] The residence permit shall otherwise be extended as long as the family unit continues to exist. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may or may not fulfill the second bolded condition for a settlement permit. However, a necessary precondition is the first bolded one, which you don't reach based on your description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 31&lt;/a&gt; there are a few others conditions that may give you independent right of residence which – based on your description – you don't fulfill either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your exact circumstances you may fulfill criteria for a visa on your own (e.g. residence for work) but being married to a non-residing German citizen doesn't grand you any additional rights beyond that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T13:57:28.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T14:17:21.107" Score="3" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have come to Poland to study in a university. I have a Type-D National Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am actually planning to move to a university any other country in Schengen. If I cancel my admission (this is needed to get back my tuition money that I have already paid) in the polish university before I get the acceptance letter from my target university, will I be able to stay in Poland until I get acceptance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will I be staying with a threat of stripping my visa off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2407" LastEditorDisplayName="user2407" LastEditDate="2015-06-11T15:09:57.763" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T21:53:14.730" Title="I have Type-D Polish national Visa. Under what circumstances will it be cancelled?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T17:54:00.790" Score="2" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I exchange a Texas license for an Italian license. When I lived in France some states you could.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, what if I just drive/ride using my Texas license for several years....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6701" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T07:28:20.330" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T07:28:20.330" Title="Can I exchange my Texas driving license for an Italian license" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6335" CreationDate="2015-06-11T18:00:37.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://italy.usembassy.gov/acs/general-driving.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Embassy in Italy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unfortunately, there is no agreement for reciprocal recognition of drivers' licenses between the United States and Italy&lt;/strong&gt;. The Italian Ministry of Transportation has determined that bearers of U.S. driver's licenses cannot obtain an Italian license directly in exchange for a domestic one. Interested individuals must comply with the usual requirements prescribed for obtaining an Italian license, (a written test, a driving test, a medical examination, and pertinent documents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-06-11T18:00:37.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T19:04:36.233" Score="4" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US permanent resident and am looking into doing a working vacation. From what I can tell in some countries, such as Australia, there are many different organizations that can help you find a job after arrival. This does not seem to be the case for Korea. I was wondering if there were any organizations that I should look into, or where I would be able to look for work when I arrive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6409" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T06:54:43.573" LastActivityDate="2016-04-15T23:42:12.620" Title="Korea Working Vacation Jobs" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T23:44:30.270" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have come to Poland from India to study in a university. I have a Type-D National Visa, but, no temporary residence card. I am planning to move to a university of another country in the Schengen area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, when I apply for the student visa in the embassy of the new country, will my visa process be any easier for the visa I am already holding?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, will the embassy want to see my financial proof for the living expense for the whole study period as the embassies located in India generally ask for (For example, now, I have EUR 5500. But, the embassy may want to see the proof of total 24 months' of living expense, that, is EUR 20000) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2407" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T09:06:43.463" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T16:13:33.863" Title="How to obtain a student visa of another country in the Schengen area?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-12T06:31:23.540" Score="3" ViewCount="1084" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen currently living in Korea as an English teacher on an E-2 visa. My contract ends about a month before my visa expires. Within that time-frame I was going to do a little traveling within Korea. I also wanted to start online freelance work through websites like odesk or elance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, are there restrictions/laws that make this difficult or impossible to do legally? What do I need to keep in mind, and what steps would I need to take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6704" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T09:16:15.363" Title="Working Remotely in Korea on E-2 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6338" CreationDate="2015-06-12T08:57:20.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Schengen agreement/regulations do not cover long-stay visa applications in any way. In very limited cases, some unrelated EU rules could make things slightly easier (e.g. for permanent residents or Blue Card holders) but that's not applicable here. You should be able to lodge an application to the relevant consulate in Poland (as opposed to going back to India) but that's the only difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what they will want to see (it depends on the country) but you will still have to qualify for the relevant visa according to the destination country's own rules, including any financial means requirement, just as you would back in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T16:13:33.863" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T16:13:33.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6341" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6342" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues for people studying in a different country." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T13:17:10.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6343" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/basics/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US State Department Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Exchange Visitor (J) non-immigrant visa category is for individuals approved to participate in work-and study-based exchange visitor programs. Participants are integral to the success of the program. Here you can learn more about obtaining the J-1 Visa and other relevant visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The J visa is used to allow various people to come to the US for work or study in an exchange based program, which presents unique challenges including those for companies or Universities sponsoring the program as well as for its participants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;J Visa has in addition to various restrictions also may carry a mandatory home country stay before another visa is granted to its participant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6344" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding US Exchange Visitor Visa." OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T13:23:18.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6352" CreationDate="2015-06-12T13:39:49.640" Score="6" ViewCount="714" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok.  Here is the semi hypothetical situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US Permanent Resident married to a US citizen who works on a contract basis for the US military abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permanent residency may be considered abandoned if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abandoning Permanent Resident Status&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it. You may be found to have abandoned your status if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Move to another country, intending to live there permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remain outside of the United States for an extended period of time, unless you intended this to be a temporary absence, as shown by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reason for your trip;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long you intended to be absent from the United States;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other circumstances of your absence; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any events that may have prolonged your absence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Obtaining a re-entry permit from USCIS before you leave, or a returning resident visa (SB-1) from a U.S. consulate while abroad, may assist you in showing that you intended only a temporary absence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fail to file income tax returns while living outside of the United States for any period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Declare yourself a “nonimmigrant” on your U.S. tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the situation is that the contract is a temporary thing usually a year but contracts may be extended or a new contract in a different country may be signed and this could go on for a long period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how can the spouse keep his/her permanent resident status in the face of this situation?  I can't seem to find any actual procedures on how one can obtain an SB-1? and What documentation needs to be shown to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Just so we're clear the contracts may not be on a US military base but on an ally base that US military is using on a long term basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-13T00:29:20.457" Title="Permanent Resident of the United States living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6290" CreationDate="2015-06-12T14:24:19.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UKVI Operational Forum that took place on 18 May 2015, these minutes were recorded.  Please note that they are paraphrased and not direct cites...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attendee&lt;/strong&gt; -What happens if you don’t travel within 30 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt; -If you don’t travel within the 30 day validity of the vignette  you will need to apply for Transfer of Conditions (TOC) vignette, costing around £140ish (note: subsequently confirmed that current fee is £122). Where an applicant is aware that they will/are delayed in travelling it is important that they alert the local post as soon as possible. We will liaise with international colleagues to identify applications and ensure that the card stays in Post Office. If the card is recalled from the Post Office as it has not been collected and it is destroyed then a fee to replace the card will be required of the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attendee&lt;/strong&gt; -You mentioned that sponsors could request agreement like those of large universities. Does that mean it would come to our post office?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt; -They would come to you direct as they do in country, rather than going to Post Office.  Overseas cards do have additional security steps that need to be agreed. The Home Office will need to ensure that premises and staff cleared to handle cards meet with security checks ahead of handing over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When physically handing over the card employers/legal representatives would need to check the following;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;•   Check landing stamp on vignette &#xA;•   Check photo matches person &#xA;•   Check name and DOB the same&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We plan to roll out this facility from June to universities ahead of autumn enrolments and allowing other bodies to register after June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attendee&lt;/strong&gt; -This is a really positive move and one our clients have been concerned about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attendee&lt;/strong&gt; -In relation to transfer of conditions, is there a timeline which the BRP must be collected by, so we know when to contact you if there are contract delays? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt; -If arrival is delayed by 3-4 weeks from the start of the 30 day vignette the card will come back to UKVI. There is a safety margin built into card retention at Post office for small delays. However if delays are significant, such as 3-4 weeks, the card may be destroyed and there is BRP replacement fee. This is why it is really important that where there are any contract delays or delays in travel you must contact the local post and we can arrange for the card to be held at the Post Office longer. The assumption is that if the delay is beyond 30 days of temp vignette then card will be destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: 'PS' is Phillip Smith, the Head of Immigration Checking and Enquiry Service at UKVI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: The Operational Forum does not, to my knowledge publish a lot of information about themselves or what happens at their meetings.  They are  'invitation only' meetings for lawyers with a practice area in UK immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information given in this answer is totally consistent with &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/127/strongbad&quot;&gt;StrongBad's&lt;/a&gt; answer.  +1 for him and he gets the bounty.  This answer supports and verifies  his answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T14:24:19.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8128" CreationDate="2015-06-12T16:04:18.250" Score="4" ViewCount="2414" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to study at an accredited university in Canada for 3 years. Can I do remote work for US companies with &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; a student permit, or will I have to get a work visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Does working as a contractor make any difference? I would be doing remote programming work through my own US company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6707" LastEditorUserId="6707" LastEditDate="2015-06-13T19:22:12.703" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T23:46:33.930" Title="Can I work remotely in Canada on a student permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-12T16:15:55.803" Score="6" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an open-minded Indian student and I will be going to Germany to join the University of Bonn for my masters in Computer Science. I have a few queries that are plaguing me right now. Here they are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are Indians met with hostility? I mean for the fact that we are&#xA;studying from the money of German taxpayers (which I personally&#xA;respect and acknowledge), so will we be considered&#xA;inferior/neglected etc.? I have read that people @ Bonn are direct&#xA;and call a spade a spade, but how diverse will be its effect? Will I&#xA;be able to survive it with my initial little to no German language&#xA;knowledge?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I do to fit in Germany perfectly?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6708" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T06:20:02.633" LastActivityDate="2015-06-16T15:17:55.303" Title="Hostility in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-06-16T20:07:55.217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="591" CreationDate="2015-06-12T20:34:36.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some companies give a match up to a certain percent. That is your employer gives free money equal to what you save in 401k. In that case you are profitable even with the taxes and penalty&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6710" LastActivityDate="2015-06-12T20:34:36.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6350" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6373" CreationDate="2015-06-12T21:16:57.303" Score="6" ViewCount="4722" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I should get a green card in the lottery, how long can I stay in my home country before moving to the US, before the green card becomes invalid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6711" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-06-29T14:35:39.253" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T14:35:39.253" Title="How long can I wait to move after obtaining a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6355" CreationDate="2015-06-12T23:02:11.970" Score="2" ViewCount="1643" Body="&lt;p&gt;As being part of IT industry, I am currently working as Senior Software Engineer in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learnt that, Germany is the biggest IT market in Europe. I am not a German language speaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a plan to apply for a job seeker visa (Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that German language speaking ability, is always an advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, to seek IT jobs, do we need to have German language skill?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T06:24:39.627" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T08:59:19.017" Title="Is German mandatory for Job seeking in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6345" CreationDate="2015-06-13T00:29:20.457" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you should get a Re-entry Permit, because your green card is only officially valid for entry after trips abroad of up to 1 year, but with Re-entry Permit you can re-enter any time during the validity of the permit, which is 2 years. Getting a Re-entry Permit also expresses intention to return to the US, as your quote says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But getting a Re-entry Permit by itself does not guarantee that you do not lose permanent residency. You still have to satisfy the condition of maintaining residence in the US. There is no hard and fast formula for making sure you have maintained residence; it's a matter of judgment by the immigration officers. Things that will help include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maintaining your &quot;home&quot; in the US during this time that you clearly intend to return to&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filing US taxes (you are required to do this according to tax law anyway)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maintaining active bank accounts and other accounts in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, since you are the spouse of a US citizen working abroad for the US government, you may qualify for naturalization under INA 319(b) immediately, without waiting a certain number of years. You would have to be in the US to file for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-06-13T00:29:20.457" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="591" CreationDate="2015-06-14T03:04:29.120" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on your current income, contributing to 401k and withdrawing after you're back home may still be beneficial even with taxes and penalties. Consider that there's no tax below personal exemption, if you withdraw that amount every year - you'll just pay 10% penalty, whereas if you don't contribute at all - you'll pay your marginal tax + State tax. If there's an employer match - that would make it even more worth the effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you can always leave it there, roll over to a IRA and let it grow pre-tax, assuming your home country's laws allow that. That would make a nice addition to your retirement at home when the time comes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T03:04:29.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-14T04:35:39.557" Score="3" ViewCount="595" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to school in the U.S. in 2009 for my PhD and graduated in 2014. Got my H1B just this year, but I want to go back to school for another masters (I want more electrical engineering training). I have several questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this possible to do? (H1B to F1 or something)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I do internships in the U.S. if I go back to school in the U.S.?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I work in the U.S. again after I graduate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to work in the U.S. after getting this masters, what are possible ways to do this (besides getting married to an American)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-06-14T21:16:53.803" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T21:16:53.803" Title="Going back to school with H1B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6351" CreationDate="2015-06-14T06:04:01.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;German is not &lt;em&gt;mandatory&lt;/em&gt; for job seeking. You can apply for some positions in English (some job postings are even in English) and you can also get a work visa for highly skilled migrant or residence permit as a job seeker without demonstrating any knowledge of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, some companies do hire English speakers but not knowing German will dramatically reduce the pool of potential employers. Unless you have some very specific skills/experience that might convince a large, internationally-active company like SAP or IBM or perhaps a startup to hire you, I don't think you would have much chance on the German job market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T08:59:19.017" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T08:59:19.017" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6357" CreationDate="2015-06-14T07:16:34.130" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US/UK dual citizen living in the UK. I am married to a UK citizen who does not pay US taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are buying a property in the UK, and the mortgage lender has sold us &quot;Mortgage Insurance&quot;, which pays out a lump sum in the event of one spouse's death, in the amount of the remaining unpaid mortgage. The beneficiary is a UK trust we have set up for the sole purpose of receiving this lump sum and applying it to the mortgage debt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, we bought a similar policy that pays out upon permanent disability of either spouse (instead of death).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lump sum is paid out tax-free in the UK; the theory is that PAYE tax has already been paid on the monthly premiums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for the avoidance of doubt let me review the four payout scenarios, all of which result in a lump sum payout for the remaining value of the mortgage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I die;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I become disabled;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse dies;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse becomes disabled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The agent has advised me to check whether any of these four potential lump sum payments would be subject to US tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the worst case, when I die the lump sum would be &quot;income&quot; for me on the year I died, and US tax would have to be paid on the amount (it is potentially 10X what I earn in a typical year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know how other UK borrowers subject to US tax have approached this problem.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorUserId="6247" LastEditDate="2015-06-14T12:10:09.120" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T12:10:09.120" Title="US taxation on UK Mortgage Insurance payout" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6356" CreationDate="2015-06-14T08:40:55.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, life insurance proceeds are not taxable in the US - assuming the premiums were paid with after-tax money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the premiums themselves may be subject to a excise tax the US imposes on its citizens who buy foreign insurance policies. As with any other kind of investment, the US penalize you for not using US-based insurance providers. You can read more about it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/publications/p510/ch08.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here (IRS Publication 510)&lt;/a&gt;, and talk to your US tax adviser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T08:40:55.043" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6354" CreationDate="2015-06-14T08:45:04.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this possible to do? (H1B to F1 or something)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure. You need to change status back to F1/J1 (student visas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I do internships in the U.S. if I go back to school in the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, as part of your F1 you can do internships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I work in the U.S. again after I graduate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure. As part of your F1, you can do OPT. However, since it will likely be more than a year after you started studying, you'll loose the H1b quota currently assigned to you and your prospective employer will have to apply for a new H1b for you, and participate in the lottery again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T08:45:04.020" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6360" CreationDate="2015-06-14T11:51:42.573" Score="3" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father became a French citizen about 9-10 years ago. I am a 16-year old Syrian living in Turkey. Can I apply for citizenship or something at the French Consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea about the laws concerning the subject so I apologize if the question seems silly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father and I are not on good terms, so I'd like to know if it takes coordination with him to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6714" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-03T13:07:29.150" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T13:07:29.150" Title="If my father earned French citizenship, do I have the right to apply for it?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6359" CreationDate="2015-06-14T21:08:10.997" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have left many important details out but the answer is almost certainly that's it's not possible for you to get French citizenship easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is something called “&lt;em&gt;effet collectif&lt;/em&gt;” of French citizenship that does allow children younger than 18 to get French citizenship when one of their parent becomes French but to benefit from this disposition, you must be named on the &lt;em&gt;décret de naturalisation&lt;/em&gt; (or in the relevant decision if your father became French by &lt;em&gt;déclaration&lt;/em&gt;). It can't be done after the fact and if your father did not mention you when he applied for citizenship, then you can't avail yourself of this provision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one exception for children who lived &lt;em&gt;in France&lt;/em&gt; with the relevant parent for five years prior to the application (having lived in France legally for five years is usually one of the requirement for naturalisation anyway). In that case, it is possible to apply for naturalisation later, even if you weren't mentioned in the &lt;em&gt;décret&lt;/em&gt; or decision pertaining to your father's citizenship. This is presumably not your case and, even if it was, you would probably need your father's cooperation to establish that you did really live together at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T14:05:38.167" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T14:05:38.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-15T03:58:26.363" Score="6" ViewCount="3490" Body="&lt;p&gt;My STEM OPT is expiring in June 30,2015 and hence my driver's license. I called the DMV legal presence department and they said they can't extend my DL for that period. I have applied for another university and waiting for acceptance which may take some time (probably in July or August) and hence I am stuck without License during that time period. The DMV people told me that their hands are tied by DHS(Department of Homeland Security) people and hence they can't extend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My friend who is in similar situation has got his DL covered for those 60 days period. This is weird. They didn't do it for me. Looks like it depends upon location of DMV from where one is getting DL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to drive using my Indian Driving License till the time I get new I-20 and renew my California DL ? OR any other alternative like obtaining permission from DHS and showing that as a proof to DMV so that they can extend that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6715" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T14:37:35.290" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T14:11:10.770" Title="Extending California Driver's Licence during 60 days grace period?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ClosedDate="2017-08-20T22:50:23.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-15T11:55:13.947" Score="3" ViewCount="8201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a BE with 8 yrs of IT experience and my wife is a MS from USA with 6 years of Indian IT experience and we are planning to apply for Express Entry, considering myself to be the primary applicant but as my wife's points are more I am confused on who should be the primary applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if a primary applicant applies for express entry along with spouse, will both of them get the PR? We both don't want to quit our jobs here and to minimize risk, it's better I go first, get a job and then take my wife. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6717" LastEditorUserId="6717" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T13:31:18.007" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T12:06:29.720" Title="Couple applying for Express Entry in Canada: Who should be the primary applicant?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6363" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6364" CreationDate="2015-06-15T17:29:37.630" Score="6" ViewCount="1663" Body="&lt;p&gt;From reading online it looks like i need the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually the employee must have a university degree or comparable qualification. For some positions there are special requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a University degree, can I still obtain a EU Blue Card (Germany)? I have looked online but have found nothing in regards to my current company relocating me to open up shop and staff all local employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6720" LastEditorUserId="8669" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T09:26:40.023" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T09:26:40.023" Title="Obtaining an EU Blue Card with No Degree (Opening a current US Company)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6363" CreationDate="2015-06-15T17:44:20.983" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the EU directive and German law include a provision to allow the authorities to exempt applicants from the education requirement based on their professional experience but the relevant federal ministry in Germany &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hasn't enacted the regulation (&lt;em&gt;Verordnung&lt;/em&gt;) that would be necessary to implement it&lt;/a&gt; so that it remains impossible for the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-16T09:02:59.023" LastActivityDate="2015-06-16T09:02:59.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6365" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6382" CreationDate="2015-06-16T12:49:49.433" Score="3" ViewCount="1002" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in the UK and plan to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I'm self-employed/freelancer working for remote clients. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: what are the requirements for me to get a work permit/visa so I can stay in Argentina and work there as self-employed/freelancer? And can I simply go there as a tourist and then do the paperwork to otain a work visa on the spot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6723" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T15:16:51.037" Title="Work permit for Argentina" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6348" CreationDate="2015-06-16T15:17:55.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a huge mentality difference between Germany and India. Those two cultures are on the opposite ends when it comes to directness, so it's quite possible you'll feel normal &quot;German way of communication&quot; as extremely hostile. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read on as much as possible between intercultural issues between Germany and India, there are plenty examples online to be found, since there are many Indians in Germany due to strong IT presence. Otherwise, you are up to many surprises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2015-06-16T15:17:55.303" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6596" CreationDate="2015-06-16T05:54:26.320" Score="2" ViewCount="562" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are applying for J visas, J-1 for me and J-2 for my wife. I don't know how to answer this question in my wife application form: &quot;who is funding for your trip?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my application form, my employer is the one who is funding for my trip. But for my wife, is it me or my employer?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hear from people having experience filling these forms. My only aim is to fill them correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@DCTLib explained my situation perfectly. J-2 is a dependent visa of J-1, and the sponsor is the same as J-1. This means on the paperwork, my employer is also the sponsor for my wife. That's why I don't know if I should put them as &quot;funding for my wife's trip&quot;. Obviously no employer will pay for the wives of employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm applying VISA for a post doc position, if this matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6730" OwnerDisplayName="qsp" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-17T13:46:00.163" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T16:59:11.437" Title="J-2 visa: who is funding for your trip?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6361" CreationDate="2015-06-17T02:02:36.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot drive on your Indian driver's license because you are a California resident, and someone who resides in California cannot drive on a foreign or out-of-state license after 10 days after moving to California. The definition of residency is complicated but the fact that you got a California driver's license means you have already definitely established California residency, because California residency was a requirement for you to have gotten a California driver's license in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One solution is you could get an AB60 driver's license which does not require legal presence documents, so that you won't be driving without a license in the interim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T02:02:36.167" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-17T04:21:13.273" Score="4" ViewCount="2350" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and resident. Does my non-EU (USA) spouse need to apply for a special visa to travel in the EU for longer than 90 days in one block? We want to travel (cycle-touring) in the Schengen area for up to 180 days without working. Obviously she would normally get the 90 days as a US citizen, but do we need to register or apply for a visa to be able to stay beyond that period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6734" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:03:59.297" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T22:45:07.333" Title="Non-EU spouse of EU citizen wanting to travel in EU longer than 90 days" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6350" CreationDate="2015-06-17T04:36:53.760" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get your visa, it is valid for six months. Visas will only be issued during the financial year (October-September period) for which the lottery was held. Once the visa expires, if you didn't enter the US and convert it to a green card (i.e.: got a stamp on it at the port of entry) - it expires, and your win vanishes, you will no longer be qualified for the green card you've won.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T04:36:53.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6372" CreationDate="2015-06-17T06:19:25.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's a difficult problem and I can't see any obvious solution.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I explain why, note that if your wife wasn't your wife but just a random US citizen, she most definitely could not stay more than 90 days in (most of) the Schengen area. She would have to qualify for a residence permit/long-stay visa for that and, in many countries, those have pretty onerous requirements and are not generally available for tourism. So, by default, the visa system isn't designed to allow it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your wife is your wife and there is no reason she should not be able to accompany you. Clearly, you have a right to visit several EU countries in turn and in principle your freedom of movement trumps any other rule. Article 3 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R0562-20131126&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders code&lt;/a&gt; even reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Regulation shall apply to any person crossing the internal or external borders of Member States, without prejudice to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) the rights of persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law; […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And article 2 explicitly defines “persons enjoying the right of free movement” as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Union citizens within the meaning of Article 20(1) of the Treaty, and third-country nationals who are members of the family of a Union citizen exercising his or her right to free movement […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, with a few minor caveats and as long as you travel together, the EU freedom of movement covers you &lt;em&gt;and your spouse.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the system works in the following way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you visit for less than 90 days, your wife can enter visa-free under regular Schengen rules. If she could not (because her citizenship would not entitle her to visa-free visits), she should be able to get a visa easily merely by proving that she is your wife and travelling with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This “right of residence for up to three months” in another EU country is covered in article 6 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement directive&lt;/a&gt;. Because of this, there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/48970/spanish-visa-for-non-eu-spouse-of-a-uk-national/48976#48976&quot;&gt;very few valid reasons to refuse entry&lt;/a&gt; and/or a visa to members of the family of an EU citizen (that's unlike the situation of other visitors who must in principle fulfil a number of conditions regarding the purpose and conditions of their stay).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to stay longer than 90 days, your wife would need some form of residence document. It's also easy to obtain, again by proving that you qualify for &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;the EU freedom of movement&lt;/a&gt; and that she is your wife. The free movement directive also explicitly mention this (in article 9).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even working is perfectly fine. It's actually &lt;em&gt;easier&lt;/em&gt; to get a residence permit for your spouse if you work than if you don't (because then you don't have to prove you have sufficient resources and health insurance, only that you do have work). And if you qualify, your wife can work too, without restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, you have a very strong right to travel in the EU and, indirectly, your spouse does too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem, however, is that while the 90-day maximum stay limit applies Schengen-wide, residence permits/cards are still only valid for one country. There is no such thing as a Schengen long-stay visa or Schengen permit that would cover your wife's stays across several Schengen countries. And even if residence cards are theoretically easy to obtain, you will in practice need to provide an address, some documentation, and possibly wait 4 to 6 months to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, if you don't stay in any one country for more than three months, you would seem to be covered by article 6 of the directive. But that means your wife will eventually show up at the border with an entry stamp dating back many months in the past and border guards might have a problem with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you would be able to successfully argue that it's completely legal based on the logic I just exposed. At least, the most she would risk in this case should be a fine (“proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions” according to the directive) because she had a right to be in the EU with you, she just failed to complete some formalities in time. So, unlike someone who overstayed a visa or stayed illegally, she would not risk a ban, removal or detention. But I have never seen an official source explicitly state that it was OK and dealing with the border guards could still be unpleasant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife does get a residence card somewhere, you have more flexibility. First, the time in the country that issued the card will not count towards the 90-day maximum stay. It means you could do something like 90 days in France (without formalities), 90+ days in Germany (under the cover of a residence card) and finally 90 days in Poland (because US citizens can stay another 90 days in the Schengen area &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/13183/about-schengen-90-180-rule&quot;&gt;after a cooling off period&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while a residence card would not allow her to stay in another country than the one that issued the card longer than 90 days without registering, you could in practice cheat a little bit (there are no stamps when crossing internal borders and minimal risks; on exit, the border guards would see that she had a residence card for the relevant period and probably be happy with that). Finally, if your wife holds a residence card as “member of the family of an EU citizen”, she should not receive entry and exit stamps anymore so one more reason for border guards not to look at them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem with this approach is that you would need to find a home and stay put for a few months while waiting for the residence card (not only in the same country but in the same area, close to where you applied for the residence card) instead of completing your tour in one go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T14:14:24.333" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-17T07:30:14.933" Score="1" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it legally allowed to work from home using dependent visa.&#xA;I am shifting to USA in a couple of months and my wife is also working in India.&#xA;Her company accepts to work from home instead of resigning the job. &#xA;Is it allowed for H4.? All the salary transaction, tax will be payed in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it allowed to do any freelancing job on H4?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6735" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T07:48:10.960" Title="H4 work from home (remotely)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-06-26T16:13:42.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6375" CreationDate="2015-06-17T07:48:10.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is not allowed. Also, even if you do break the law working from home while in a status that doesn't allow employment, the US income tax must still be paid. After all, that's how they got Al Capone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter where the employer is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T07:48:10.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-17T06:02:32.143" Score="2" ViewCount="964" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having L2 visa.&#xA;1. Can i apply for EAD from India.if yes then EAD application require I94 document which will show Departure record. so is there any chance of rejection because I am applying online from india&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anup" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T17:14:46.240" Title="L2 Visa: applying EAD from india" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6377" CreationDate="2015-06-17T17:14:46.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply from India because you will not be in a status that allows EAD. To be in L2 status, you need to enter the US with a L2 visa (or change from a different status into L2), and be in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T17:14:46.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8280" CreationDate="2015-06-18T07:52:02.430" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot seem to find a definite information about this. I know that in Norway children do not need to pay, but is this the case in Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family and I are non-EU nationals. My children were not born in Denmark. We are considering about moving to Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/fee/about_fees/overview-of-case-categories-and-fees.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that accompanying family members need to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2015-06-18T10:33:56.520" LastActivityDate="2016-05-08T15:55:54.770" Title="Do children need to pay for residence permit in Denmark?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6379" CreationDate="2015-06-19T00:32:13.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many cases in which the fee is waived, for example, for Turkish citizens.  Being a child does not seem to be, in and of itself, sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/fee/about_fees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/fee/about_fees/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T00:32:13.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6365" CreationDate="2015-06-19T15:17:29.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived almost 4 years (2007-2011) and most foreigners don't bother. Just set up as as freelancer in your own country for taxes and for the rest go in and out of the country every 3 months to renew your tourist visa stamp. The easiest is to take the ferry to Colonia from Buenos Aires, get a steak and come back (30 min / 1 hour ride). Nobody cares. It's very relaxed. DO NOT get a local bank account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The country is so beurocratic, antiquated and corrupt that unless you are staying for a long time or getting hired by a company that will sponsor you or you are buying property is not worth the hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6745" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T15:17:29.443" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6237" CreationDate="2015-06-19T15:27:23.460" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to what Gala said, your husband will need to pass a integration test &lt;code&gt;Basisexamen inburgering in het buitenland&lt;/code&gt; in Dutch before he is allowed to even go join you (&lt;a href=&quot;https://kdw.ind.nl/KnowledgeRoot.aspx?restart=true&amp;amp;knowledge_id=MWOBasisexamenInburgeringInHetBuitenland&amp;amp;jse=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://kdw.ind.nl/KnowledgeRoot.aspx?restart=true&amp;amp;knowledge_id=MWOBasisexamenInburgeringInHetBuitenland&amp;amp;jse=1&lt;/a&gt;), while you are in the Netherlands finding work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that , once he is in, he gets a 1 year permit (with right to work), then that can be renewedand then after that he might ask for an indefinite one. Additionally, if he lives 3 years in the Netherlands as your husband he has a right to nationality (what i did). Also he has 3 years to pass another &lt;code&gt;inburgering&lt;/code&gt; exam to prove his desire to integrate under penalty of being having his permit revoked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I came to The Netherlands under the same conditions in 2010. (i'm finally a citizen) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6745" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T15:27:23.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6304" CreationDate="2015-06-19T15:29:59.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you are looking for is the International Driving Permit, which is honored in Turkey and many other countries. This, carried along with your valid Lebanese driving license, permits you to drive in most countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Lebanon you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isf.gov.lb/en/ways&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;obtain an IDP&lt;/a&gt; from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Accredited vehicle driving schools;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;  Bureau of the Traffic, Trucks and Vehicles Management Authority (Nafaa) and its branches all over Lebanon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice you can apply for your IDP at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.libanpost.com/Services/NonGovernmentServices/SNGS_InternationalDrivingLicense/tabid/263/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LibanPost post offices&lt;/a&gt;, and your application will be processed through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atcl.org/Auto.aspx?sec=3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Lebanese Automobile and Tourism Club&lt;/a&gt;, which may take 5 working days. It is a bit cheaper if you are an ATCL member, and if you apply at ATCL you can have it instantly. The cost appears to be 150.000LL if applied for directly through ATCL, or 140.000LL for ATCL members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know you cannot apply for it outside Lebanon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T15:29:59.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-19T16:20:34.660" Score="1" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking about a policy query concerning the new NHS surcharge fee.  A British national wishes to bring his partner over to the UK on a fiancé visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that anyone wishing to apply for a visa to work, study or join their family in the UK for a period of more than 6 months is eligible to pay this fee. Could you please tell me the position as regards a fiancé visa which will be granted for a period of 6 months only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T18:24:21.517" Title="NHS Surcharge for UK Fiancé" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6386" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-19T17:26:59.727" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the United Kingdom (Canadian parents) in London in 1994. I am now living in Canada and have a Canadian passport. Can I apply for a British passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6746" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-06-19T17:42:05.600" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T17:42:05.600" Title="Obtaining a British passport, as someone born in the UK to Canadian parents" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6386" CreationDate="2015-06-19T17:41:32.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only get a British Passport if you're a British Citizen. If you are one, then you need to follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport&quot;&gt;Gov.UK instructions on getting your first Adult passport&lt;/a&gt;. So, the question is, are you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a very handy &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot;&gt;Check if you're a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; widget on the UK Government website. The answer is... Maybe. It all depends on the legal status of your parents in the UK at the time. If your parents were &quot;Legally settled&quot; (meaning they had the right to live permanently in the UK, also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain) at the time, then you would be. If they were just visiting temporarily, then the answer is no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, if any of your grandparents was born in the UK (say, before moving to Canada), then you might be able to get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;. That would let you move to the UK, and start down the road to UK citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T17:41:32.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6385" CreationDate="2015-06-19T18:24:21.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/when-you-need-to-pay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;goverment's site&lt;/a&gt; you don't need to pay (or even get an IHS reference number) in any of the following cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are applying for a visitor visa from outside of the UK. This includes the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marriage Visitor Visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are applying for a visa from outside of the UK that only lasts at most 6 months (6 is still okay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are a family member of an EEA citizen (This only applies to you if you've been living together outside of the UK, but inside the EU/EEA, see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/611/when-returning-to-the-uk-from-working-in-the-eu-what-do-you-need-to-show-you-ac&quot;&gt;When returning to the UK from working in the EU, what do you need to show you activated your &amp;quot;Treaty Rights&amp;quot; WRT non-EU family members?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this I think you don't need to pay the surcharge for this particular visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-19T18:24:21.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-21T09:29:11.317" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been looking but can't find the answer to this question.  I have a partnership visa in Czech Republic with a UK partner (I'm American). We would like to move to the UK. As we have been living in the Czech Republic, we don't meet the funding requirements for the UK partnership visa. As we are on an EU partnership visa, can we use this to move to the UK?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6749" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T11:21:16.233" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T11:21:16.233" Title="Partnership Visa in EU, move to UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T10:27:21.373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-21T15:25:09.580" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen working in a university in Singapore. If I apply for a similar role in a university in US, am I exempted from H1B cap? I have never applied to H1B. Are there people who have been exempted from H1B cap to work in universities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most employers ask the following question &quot;Are you presently legally authorized to work in the US?&quot; If I choose &quot;No&quot;, does it mean that the employer won't take a look at my application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6751" LastActivityDate="2015-06-21T18:20:01.343" Title="Can a non H1B holder be exempted from H1B cap?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6391" CreationDate="2015-06-21T18:20:01.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Universities (for teaching/research positions) and other similar entities (like hospitals) are exempt from H1b cap and can apply for H1b any time. It doesn't matter if you had H1b before or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, once you got the H1b and you wish to &quot;transfer&quot; it to a different employer who's not exempt - you'll need to get a cap first to be able to transfer. So you'd be able to transfer between different universities, but not into industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I choose &quot;No&quot;, does it mean that the employer won't take a look at my application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An employer subject to cap will probably not, unless it is a very large company that can afford committing to hiring people a year before they can actually start working. If you look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H1b statistics&lt;/a&gt;, you'd see that the most visas go to that type of companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-21T18:20:01.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-21T23:55:19.163" Score="3" ViewCount="1545" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 12 months mot and 2 months tax left on my car and I am planning to move to Ireland with my car, so can I drive with the UK mot and tax or do I have to buy new tax and mot and Can I buy an insurance from Irish company ? &#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6753" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T02:39:33.077" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T08:24:30.893" Title="UK MoT, tax and insurance in Ireland" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:14:05.053" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a company that has signed a contract with a US company to do some consultancy work for them.  My team is from Australia and New Zealand.  What process needs to be undertaken to allow them to work there as contractors in my company for the US customer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does my company need to be registered in the US to undertake work for a US company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6756" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T07:48:36.703" Title="What process must I go through to get Australian/NZ contractors into USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6339" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:31:50.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many people do this. As long as you are not working for a Korea-based company, being claimed as an employee in Korea, you can fly under the radar. Technically you should be performing only the type of work your visa allows, although if you have fulfilled your contract and have a departing airplane ticket you should not encounter any trouble. Your intent to leave the country is clear and does not exceed a B-2 temporary visa period for your country of origin. You are not taking a job in the Korean market for that time period. This falls in the immigration department's &quot;don't ask, don't tell&quot; category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by some chance you decide that you want to call the immigration department to double check, get any answer in writing. You will want a paper trail in the event that you take someone's advice. The Seoul Global Center, while notoriously unhelpful, will provide some advice that is not legally binding and may be a good place to start asking questions if you are so inclined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been out of the United States for 330 days out of the last twelve consecutive months, you may be able to claim an exemption of your earnings up to approximately US$91,000. This will not apply to the income that you begin earning as a freelancer IF the information you provide for the contract company indicates that your residence for hiring purposes is the United States of America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, there are some very fine lines and nuances here where it will be best to consult with a tax accountant. If you come close to the 330 days, you certainly will want to consult with a tax accountant. If you do not, then it may not be worth the effort. KPMG produces a lovely guide called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kpmg.com/US/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/us-tax-americans-abroad.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Taxation of U.S. Citizens Abroad&lt;/a&gt; that may be worth a look. If there are any particular elements that seem similar to your situation, you should consult with a tax accountant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt; disclaimer &gt;&#xA;I am not a tax or immigration lawyer in any country. This does not constitute legal advice. As always, consult with a professional before flossing your teeth or doing anything that might potentially have long term consequences. &amp;lt; / disclaimer &gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T07:31:50.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:44:59.157" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents have been living in US since 2 years  and they are green card holder, but not have citizenship now. I have applied for US immigration on base of my father who is currently doing job there and Its been a 5 months ago that I applied and my process submission has been successfully approved. Now my parents want to come back to Pakistan and stay here for 1 years so I want to know following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does my process time (which takes around 5 to 6 years as I read on us immigration site for unmarried person and more than 21 years ) will effect if they stay Pakistan for 1 year or more than this? Does this time will deduct for whole process time duration?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Does Citizenship time which my parents get from US will effect if they stay Pakistan for 1 year or more than this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6757" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T08:36:34.397" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T08:36:34.397" Title="Will my US immigration time duration effects, if my parents come back to pakistan" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6397" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6401" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:48:14.807" Score="13" ViewCount="6546" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Rostock since June 2014.&#xA;I am an Italian citizen working here as a consultant (but paid by an Italian company and paying taxes in Italy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am living in a (rented) furnished apartment, and soon after registering (Anmeldung) I started receiving bills from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/&quot;&gt;ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice&lt;/a&gt; (formerly known as GEZ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have two problems with it: first of all I don't speak German so I cannot really use their services. On top of that, I don't own a TV in Italy either, and as soon as I move to a non-furnished apartment (in two months) I will not buy neither a TV nor a Radio set. It's just stuff I don't use in my home country, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any legal way to avoid paying for this or at least pay at a reduced rate (their site's FAQ seems to imply you can ask for exemption only if you are unemployed or have some physical handicap like being legally blind)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3797" LastEditorUserId="9131" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T21:50:04.660" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:50:04.660" Title="GEZ / ARD ZDF Germany Radio - can I ask not to pay for it?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6394" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:48:36.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your company would probably need to be registered in the US. You'd need to get H1b visas for your employees as contractors for your client. This is a fairly standard process that a lot of consulting firms (like Infosys, Wipro, Tata - all from India) follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're small, this, coupled with legal fees for the visa process and the time/quota restrictions on H1b visas, may be a significant overhead for your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably talk to a US immigration attorney and see if there are other options. You can go the L-visa path, but it limits your employees to only work on-site of your US subsidiary (you'll still need to register in the US). While some consulting firms put L-visa people on clients' site, this is technically illegal, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/06/12/infosys-tcs-investigated-by-us-department-of-labor-corporate-greed-or-visa-violations/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the DOJ is investigating&lt;/a&gt; the aforementioned companies for violations of this kind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your employees can work for your US client from Australia/New Zealand, that would make it much easier for you. You don't need any permission from the US government to work for US clients as long as you're not doing it on the US soil. For occasional meetings you can go to the US with a regular WVP or B1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T07:48:36.703" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6396" CreationDate="2015-06-22T07:54:28.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your parents go back to Pakistan for 1 year, they should probably apply for a re-entry permit from the US government before leaving. Such a long absence, without a permit, can be seen as abandoning the permanent residency status and they may end up losing their green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once they get back to the US, if their green card is still valid, the clock for citizenship will be reset. They'll need to wait for 5 years &lt;em&gt;after they're back&lt;/em&gt; before being eligible for citizenship. That's assuming they won't have any more significant (&gt;6 months) absences from the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your process will continue as long as their own green card is valid. If they become citizens, your process will continue as long as they reside in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They cannot sponsor your immigration to the US if they themselves don't stay there. The sponsorship is for you to live close to them, so if they don't live in the US - you have no reason to be there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T07:54:28.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6393" CreationDate="2015-06-22T09:27:21.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ireland's laws are very similar to UK laws, so you can also check my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk/59#59&quot;&gt;answer for the UK part&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically this means the moment you become an Ireland resident you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/temporary-exemption-foreign-registered.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cannot drive your UK car in Ireland anymore&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What must I do if the vehicle ceases to meet the conditions for temporary exemption?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must immediately either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;permanently remove the vehicle from the State; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;apply to register the vehicle in the State and pay any tax due.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you have to re-register it in Ireland, meaning you get an IRL licence plate, and you have to pay Ireland's tax and insurance. Also note that no Irish insurer would insure a non Ireland registered car, as that's up to the UK insurance companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still have valid tax, mot and UK insurance on your car you are probably fine to drive it for the first few weeks in Ireland, more if you still drive between the two countries a lot (like for moving your stuff). You need to check your UK insurance companies contract though whether it allows you to drive in the Ireland and for how much time (usually they allow like 90 consecutive days after which you have to get back to the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 6 months you are definitely considered an Irish resident, especially if you have a place to live and are spending most of your time in Ireland. At that point you have to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/coming_to_live_in_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;re-register your car&lt;/a&gt;, and it will become an Irish car from that moment. The law states you &quot;must book an appointment with the NCTS within 7 days of your car's arrival into Ireland and you must complete the registration process within 30 days of your arrival.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T09:27:21.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6397" CreationDate="2015-06-22T13:13:50.103" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot avoid the licence fee because you don't want to watch TV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official website does not merely imply it but it states it pretty unambiguously, in German and in a few other languages too, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/e175/e198/Informationsflyer_Buergerinnen_und_Buerger_englisch.pdf&quot;&gt;including (broken) English&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A simple rule applies for all citizens since 2013: one residence - one fee. The licence fee is not linked to a broadcasting device: It is irrelevant how many TVs, radios or computers there are at a residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some aspects of the translation (or even of the German version) are formulated a bit clumsily but you shouldn't over-interpret it, it's really as broad as it sounds. The legal basis for that is called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_bes_text?anw_nr=2&amp;amp;gld_nr=2&amp;amp;ugl_nr=2251&amp;amp;bes_id=19124&amp;amp;aufgehoben=N&quot;&gt;Rundfunkbeitragsstaatsvertrag&lt;/a&gt; and what it actually says is this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) Im privaten Bereich ist für jede Wohnung von deren Inhaber (Beitragsschuldner) ein Rundfunkbeitrag zu entrichten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's one fee per apartment/dwelling, and the rest of text provides a very broad definition of an occupant (“Inhaber”), which covers anybody who is registered at this address or mentioned on the rental agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there was any ambiguity that this also covers non-nationals or people who are not subject to income tax, there is an article explicitly excluding diplomats (who would not need to be excluded if the text only covered German citizens or income tax payers because diplomats are neither).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-26T17:16:10.963" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T17:16:10.963" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11893" CreationDate="2015-06-22T14:51:37.183" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen that the following guidance has been issued to UK Visas and Immigration caseworkers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need not take these actions for all applicants, but should do so&#xA;  when there is particular cause for concern, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a &lt;strong&gt;representative&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;has been used&lt;/strong&gt; and the application is from a high    risk sector&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the applicant is switching from a route that has been identified as    high risk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extract from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430420/Tier_2_v21.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Guidance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This guidance seems to indicate that applicants from a 'high risk sector' may experience adversity if the caseworker notices that a representative has been instructed to assist with the application.  I used to do this sort of thing and know that immigration advice in the UK is a regulated activity (Section 84 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/84&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immigration and Asylum Act 1999&lt;/a&gt;) placing standards of conduct and a rigorous certification process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also seen the following in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/media/1663630/bsb_handbook_complete.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bar Standards Handbook&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Bar Standards Board requires barristers to act with honesty and&#xA;  integrity, to never knowingly or recklessly mislead or attempt to&#xA;  mislead anyone and to never do anything which could reasonably be seen&#xA;  by the public to undermine their honesty, integrity or independence. &#xA;  The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority imposes obligations on solicitors&#xA;  to uphold the rule of law and the proper administration of justice. &#xA;  Solicitors must always act with personal integrity and must never&#xA;  attempt to deceive, or knowingly or recklessly mislead, or be&#xA;  complicit in another person deceiving or misleading the court. &#xA;  Similar provisions exist within the other designated professional&#xA;  bodies’ codes of conduct and ethics&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And on the other hand, many answers to questions in the Stack Exchange domain  from T2 applicants and other categories of applicants include the suggestion to get legal advice.  Is SE pointing them in a bad direction? Albeit unknowingly and perhaps well-intended?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can a T2 applicant get competent help if using a representative if UK government caseworkers see it as a 'particular cause for concern'?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: A T2 application in common parlance is a 'work permit'.  A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;full description is given here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T17:54:28.093" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T19:35:21.650" Title="Does Using a Representative for a T2 Application Hurt an Applicant's Credibility?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-22T17:57:55.763" Score="3" ViewCount="1542" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Pakistan and my age is around 25years old, my parents have been living in USA from last two years and they have green card but not citizenship. I applied for Immigration (as unmarried son) on behalf of my father. Now my parents want to come back Pakistan for at least 1 years, so I am bit concern about the time effect on my process and my parents citizenship process duration. My queries are following on behalf of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What exactly the maximum time duration to stay outside of US without permission(for green card holder)? I mean they can come to Pakistan for 5 months without any permission and this 5 months will not effects of duration of my process and their Citizenship? as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6396/will-my-us-immigration-time-duration-effects-if-my-parents-come-back-to-pakista?noredirect=1#comment8136_6396&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; thread's answer suggest me that your parents have to get permission first to leave US for so long time but I am not sure how much time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How and where to get Permission for leaving US for at least 1 year?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Need some authenticated answer on this because my parents want to move back Pakistan for at least one 1 year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6757" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-25T08:46:58.307" Title="What is maximum time period for Green card holder to live outside of USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6404" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6405" CreationDate="2015-06-22T18:23:08.860" Score="3" ViewCount="4173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently relocated to a different EU country, and as a resident I will have to register my overseas car here. After that, will I have to notify my home country that the car has been registered here or is it done automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further on, if I fail to notify my home country, will both registrations be valid at the same time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that I plan on doing it, but it has occurred to me that this could be a loophole if insurance is far cheaper in one of the countries involved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that in the case of UK/Ireland there might be further implications as you need to modify the car to make it road legal of you bring it from the continent and viceversa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2015-06-22T18:29:48.753" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T09:24:18.287" Title="Can a car be registered in two EU countries at the same time?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6404" CreationDate="2015-06-22T19:14:26.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Communication between countries are not really good, so yes, if you register your car anywhere, you have to tell your old country to remove their car from their registry. Otherwise you'd have to pay the taxes and insurance in both countries, which you probably don't want to do, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this would also mean it is entirelly possible to have a car registered in two countries. This won't really help you in any way tough. Let's imagine you have a car that is registered in both Hungary and the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the UK, road tax and (3rd party) insurance is expensive, in Hungary it's comparatively really really cheap (for me for example it's around 5% of the UK cost).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the UK your insurance company will only insure you as the possible driver, so your car won't be driveable by anyone else (unless they also have their own insurance), in Hungary the insurance actually covers the car, so it doesn't matter who drives it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the UK you usually only get a handful of days worth of coverage (usually 90) if you go to other EU countries, in Hungary your insurance covers you completely in the EU for any amount of days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So based on this list it would be really-really beneficial as a UK resident to drive your car there with the Hungarian tax and insurance right?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but it won't work, as &lt;strong&gt;your car could only show only one licence plate&lt;/strong&gt;. In the UK, you would probably use your UK licence plates, as otherwise you'll be &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk/59#59&quot;&gt;driving it there illegally&lt;/a&gt;. But if you show the UK licence plate while driving and you happen to be in an accident you'll have to be insured against that particular licence plate, as UK insurers will only insure cars with a UK licence pate, and Hungarian insurers would only insure a car that is driven with a Hungarian licence plate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you are not in an accident and you are just pulled over by the police you would get fined in either case. If you run with the UK licence plates, it would be uninsured. If you run with the Hungarian one you would be driving it illegally (they would consider it uninsured driving as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only case I can think where this scheme would work is, if you are driving a lot around in Europe, and your home insurance company is giving you a full EU cover really expensively. In this case it's possible that you could replace your licence plates at the border and drive your car in the EU with the cheap insurance, while you drive it in your resident country with the local insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'd still have to pay both countries' road tax and insurance so this would really-really only give you a slight advantage if you drive around in the EU a lot. And considering this is actually illegal (you can only be resident in one country, and you can only own a street-legal car in the country you are resident in), I don't think this slight advantage would be worth it: if you are driving around in Europe a lot it's much more beneficial to be resident in the country where the car costs are the cheapest anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T19:14:26.117" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6403" CreationDate="2015-06-22T20:08:09.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is your statement, &quot;for &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; one year.&quot; Are they abandoning their U.S. residence? Will they continue to maintain a home in the United States? Pay rent? Not sublet? If they own, not rent out? Keep their U.S. phone number? Keep their automobile, if they own one? Make arrangements to get mail? Keep up all U.S. licenses? Mobile phones? Were they transferred to Pakistan by their employer on a definite term contract and will return afterwards? Take only a few suitcases to Pakistan leaving their household goods in the US? And of course, have proof of all of the above...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or are they going &quot;back home&quot; to Pakistan; maybe they'll come back and maybe not. They sell any U.S. property, hire Bekins and ship everything to Lahore after selling the car, shutting off the gas and canceling the mobile phone and getting it unlocked because they're moving permanently overseas? (And yes, ICE can and does check these things)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's the former case, they are OK. If it's the latter, they will be considered to have abandoned their U.S. residency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T20:08:09.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-22T21:37:50.350" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen that has never applied for dual citizenship.  My husband is a UK citizen.  We have worked in the UK for 30 years.  What happens if he dies and I am still only a US citizen.  My son is dual citizen for US and UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6759" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-23T05:02:33.103" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T10:29:37.127" Title="US citizen married to UK citizen, working in UK for 30 years" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6410" CreationDate="2015-06-23T01:02:00.837" Score="4" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a European (German) citizen who wants to do a short-term (10 weeks) internship in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main question remains where I need to be health-insured and where I need to pay for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK: It would be taken from my pay directly and I would be covered under the NHS. &#xA;Reasons speaking against that from what I've found: I'm only there for 10 weeks and it is only for residents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Germany: I would have to pay it on my own and I would be covered with the EHIC.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the first one applies, would I need to get de-registered in Germany first and register again when I return?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the second one applies, is it correct that I wouldn't be able to stay insured through my parents? I'm currently covered though family insurance, but I get paid about 6000 EUR for the whole internship and I would probably have to get insurance myself (which costs about 15%, ouch. NHS seems cheaper).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6761" LastEditorUserId="6761" LastEditDate="2015-06-23T01:56:41.190" LastActivityDate="2015-06-23T13:51:25.860" Title="Short-term internship in UK: Where to be health-insured?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6407" CreationDate="2015-06-23T11:46:50.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for citizenship under the more favourable rules for spouses will not be possible anymore so that would be one major consequence of the death of your husband in this respect. If that's what you want to do, it would make sense to start the application immediately, I don't see any downsides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But of course, the biggest difference between the eligibility criteria for naturalisation for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;partners of British citizens&lt;/a&gt; and those for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;other applicants&lt;/a&gt; is that the former only need to have lived 3 years in the UK compared to 5 years for everybody else. Since you have lived in the country for much longer than that, it would not really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, there should still be multiple ways to retain residence rights and ultimately gain citizenship depending on the details of your situation. In particular, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visas-partner-dies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;it would still be possible to apply to settle in the UK&lt;/a&gt; based on your relationship, even if you hadn't done so before your husband's death.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you have lived in the UK with your son for a certain period of time, you would also qualify for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a visa on that basis alone&lt;/a&gt; (wouldn't make much sense for you since you are probably already settled or eligible to apply for an indefinite leave to remain but it's still one way to remain in the UK for people who have nothing else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it would not be the easiest or most logical route for you but after 30 years, I believe it's even possible to apply for an indefinite leave to remain on the basis of the duration of stay alone (even if some of it was unlawful and without relying on your husband's or son's status in any way!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So depending on the specifics of your situation, it might involve a bit of stress and paperwork (or even hiring a solicitor) but you should definitely be able to find a way to continue to work and live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-24T10:29:37.127" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T10:29:37.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6408" CreationDate="2015-06-23T13:51:25.860" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the German system, most likely you can't stay insured there as on the one hand you don't fulfill the criteria for the free family insurance and on the other hand don't work in Germany to be able to insure yourself through your employer. Additionally you aren't enrolled in a university which would give you access to student health care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The health funds have a bit a leeway, so my suggestion would be to send them a letter with all information you have (contract and the explicit mention of the income and the fact that the internship is limited to ten weeks). They will give a binding ruling whether you have to leave the German system for those weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you don't need to pay based on your UK income. Either you stay insured for free through your parents (unlikely) or you can't be insured at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know the NHS well, but as far as I know you can only be covered through them if you plan to live there permanently. I don't know if ten weeks are enough to establish permanent residency but I doubt that. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/new-employee-coming-to-work-from-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; also suggests that. You can contact the NHS whether you are considered as one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand you don't need to pay National Insurance contributions in the UK in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having established that you most likely aren't insured through either the German or UK system how do you get coverage? There are some German private insurance companies that insure such cases, the rates are pretty low (maybe 50€ a month). Search for &quot;Auslandskrankenversicherung&quot; and read the terms and conditions closely whether they cover your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2015-06-23T13:51:25.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-23T08:27:58.297" Score="4" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being an international (Pakistani) Postgraduate student, I have just received my German study visa “Type D” (for 90days). I will be coming to Germany in start of August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I applied for another master's degree program which is an exchange student program where I have to study for the first 2 semesters in Helsinki (Finland) and the last two in Berlin (although the degree will be awarded by the German University).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible that after comming to Germany rather than getting enrolled in the university for which I was granted visa I move to that exchange program where I have to study in Finland for first 2 semesters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for student residence permit by travelling to Finland from Germany immediately after landing in Germany as I have a valid Schengen visa to enter Finland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible that after entering into the Finland I can apply and obtain a one year residence permit for my exchange program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="syedshah" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-24T02:39:27.393" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T02:39:27.393" Title="I have a &quot;D-type&quot; German student visa. Is it possible to study in Finland and get the residence permit for Finland?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;finland&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-23T22:36:06.360" Score="1" ViewCount="961" Body="&lt;p&gt;To apply for provincial nominee certificate from &lt;code&gt;Saskatchewan&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economy.gov.sk.ca/immigration/express-entry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SINP&lt;/a&gt; is requesting to submit &lt;code&gt;IMM 0008 general application form for Canada&lt;/code&gt; along with provincial forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this general application form, there is a field:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Category under which you are applying&lt;/code&gt; to be answered, as shown below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sVLLr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the above screenshot, Is it relevant to select option, &lt;code&gt;provincial nominee program&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;skilled worker&lt;/code&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2015-06-23T22:59:21.630" LastActivityDate="2015-06-23T22:59:21.630" Title="Query on filling &quot;IMM 0008 General application form for Canada&quot;" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5509" CreationDate="2015-06-24T05:32:53.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any type of visa is ok, but for a motorcycle driving license, the visa must be &gt;90 days (continuous ... i.e., each stay must be at least 90 days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm gonna leave this website with more info about the motorcycle requirement and driving license, it's too long to post it here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/2012/05/11/motorcycles-beijing-fact-versus-fiction&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/2012/05/11/motorcycles-beijing-fact-versus-fiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mychinamoto.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.mychinamoto.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6767" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T05:32:53.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-24T07:48:13.957" Score="7" ViewCount="2038" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am completing my Express Entry profile. Under the &quot;Creating your Profile&quot; page, I have answered &quot;Married&quot; for Marital Status. Following this is the question: &quot;Is your spouse/common-law partner included in this application?&quot; I would like to answer &quot;No&quot; for the sole reason that we are already separated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the points, education, language etc, my husband and I are already separated. It is, however, a very unfortunate case that as having married in the Philippines, we can't file a divorce. Divorce is not legal in the Philippines. However, my ex-husband and I have decided to simply part ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, it will be fraudulent to say &quot;YES&quot;, because my husband is NEITHER included in my application, NOR would he want to be included in this application. But as I have read several feedbacks saying that the applicant should include the spouse, now I am utterly confused. I am not lying regarding my marital status. I am married by law. I am not lying about my application either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He is not coming with me to Canada, or anywhere else for that matter. Why ask a question that states &quot;Is your spouse included...&quot; if the only answer for couples is &quot;YES&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6769" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-06-24T16:51:01.290" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T09:45:23.150" Title="How to fill in the Canada Express Entry Profile when I am married but separated and my spouse is not coming with me?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-24T19:46:24.303" Score="4" ViewCount="2032" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the UK on a Tier 2 visa, and my son was born in the UK. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have children while you’re in the UK, you can apply for permission for them to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must do this if you want to travel in and out of the UK with your child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply you must send a full UK birth certificate showing the names of both of your child’s parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this permission to stay the same as a Tier 2 visa? Also, where do I apply for this permission and where do I send the birth certificate to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T12:06:20.280" Title="How do I apply for a permission to stay for a child born in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-24T20:14:14.317" Score="1" ViewCount="776" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those who travel to different European countries and do not spend significant time (more than one year) at any one location, how do you handle your direct deposits and transfers from your US job? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6722" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T08:34:37.820" Title="Banking overseas when your US job pays you via Direct Deposit" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-24T15:35:27.023" Score="4" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll move from Brazil to Sweden, and therefore will take a LOT of luggage (desktop computer, clothes, notebook, etc.), that probably wouldn't fit in a single bag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best way to take my belongings with me, taking into account security and money?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard its possible to put my desktop computer in a different bag and send it to Sweden. Is this a feasible solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6669" OwnerDisplayName="JLagana" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T22:14:12.063" Title="How to take my belongings when moving to a new country?" Tags="&lt;luggage&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6418" CreationDate="2015-06-24T17:51:05.407" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long haul shipping, if you want to move your household items. This tends to be either slow and not very cheap, or reasonably fast and quite expensive. Typically, these services would be paid for by your employer. One company that does long haul shipping (and which I've used in the past, with satisfaction) is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.go2uti.com&quot;&gt;http://www.go2uti.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you just want to move more than would fit in one checked in bag, but not too much more, strongly consider paying up for traveling with an extra bag. Expensive per kilo, but fast and easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do keep in mind that 'expensive' items, like electronics, tend not to be covered by an airline's insurance, when shipped as checked in luggage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="942" OwnerDisplayName="MastaBaba" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T17:51:05.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6403" CreationDate="2015-06-25T08:46:58.307" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The green card itself is only valid for re-entry after an absence of less than 1 year. If they need to return after an absence of more than 1 year, they should apply for a Re-entry Permit, with which they can return any time in the validity of the Re-entry Permit (which is valid for 2 years). Note that just having a document that is valid for entry doesn't mean you can come back. Regardless, you must also continue to maintain residence in the US in order to not lose permanent residency; and what constitutes having maintained residence is somewhat subjective and is up to the judgment of the immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other thing you mentioned is effect on their future naturalization, which is a separate issue from the keeping of permanent residency discussed above. Even if you did everything you were supposed to do to maintain residence and your permanent residency is still fine after a long absence of up to a year or more than a year, that doesn't mean it doesn't affect their timeline to naturalization. That's because naturalization under the 5-year rule requires &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter3.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;continuous residence&lt;/a&gt;&quot; for the previous 5 years. An absence of between 6 months and 1 year is presumed to break &quot;continuous residence&quot;, but it's possible to overcome this with strong evidence. An absence of more than 1 year definitely breaks &quot;continuous residence&quot; with no exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-06-25T08:46:58.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6423" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-06-25T09:48:39.073" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-06-25T09:48:39.073" LastActivityDate="2015-06-25T09:48:39.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6424" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-06-25T09:48:39.073" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Peru" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-29T15:26:57.360" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T15:26:57.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6426" CreationDate="2015-06-24T18:54:33.937" Score="2" ViewCount="2524" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's and child's visa for UK tier-2 dependent was refused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reason for the refusal of my wife's visa: in the bank statement and in the passport only one letter was different, e.g. wifename myname, wifename myXname. X is the letter which was inserted in my bank statement. So the visa officer thinks they are belonging to different persons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My child's visa was refused because my wife doesn't have a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case can I apply for administrative review, or should I go for new application? How can I claim that the names are belonging to the same person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6364" OwnerDisplayName="user570593" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T20:19:34.657" Title="UK dependent visa refusal can I apply for review in this situation?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6425" CreationDate="2015-06-24T19:59:50.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally we need to see the text of the refusal notice in order to help, but T2 refusals are much more straight-forward and do not have the nuances of visitor applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tier 2 applications that have been refused are eligible for administrative review.  The controlling reference point is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407476/HC_1025_Immigration_Rules.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HC 1025&lt;/a&gt;, which was passed into law last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without putting you through the rigmarole of reading HC 1025, here's a summary in layman's terms...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Administrative review has been available to correct case-working&#xA;  errors in certain Tier 4 (student) decisions since 20 October 2014.&#xA;  From 2 March 2015 it will be available for decisions on Points-based&#xA;  System applications where the application (as opposed to the decision)&#xA;  was made on or after that date. From 6 April 2015 administrative&#xA;  review will be available for all decisions under the Immigration Rules&#xA;  where there is no longer a right of appeal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Immigration Rules describe the procedure to make a valid&#xA;  application for administrative review. The Home Office must give&#xA;  written notice that a decision has been made which is eligible for&#xA;  administrative review, along with a statement of reasons for the&#xA;  decision, and information on how to apply for an administrative&#xA;  review. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An application for administrative review must be made in accordance&#xA;  with the requirements set out in the Immigration Rules. If it is not,&#xA;  it will be invalid and will not be considered. Where a person is not&#xA;  detained, the deadline for making a request for administrative review&#xA;  is no more than 14 calendar days (seven days for a person in&#xA;  detention) after receipt of the notice of the eligible decision. A fee&#xA;  of £80 must be paid. If the outcome of the administrative review is&#xA;  that the decision on the original application is withdrawn and leave&#xA;  is granted, the Home Office will refund the fee. The fee will also be&#xA;  refunded if the administrative review application is rejected as&#xA;  invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/resources.php/30884/information-sheet_-immigration-act-2014-administrative-review&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immigration Law Practitioners' Association Briefing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based upon what you wrote, you would need to prove the refusal was a case-working error (or that they failed to provide &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/394432/evidential_flexibility_v7_0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;evidential flexibility&lt;/a&gt;) and this may be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to go forward, you will need to file for two separate reviews (80 + 80 = 160 total) and you'll need for both to be successful.  If one is successful and the other is not, then the person without the visa will have to apply again starting from square 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can file a review for your child and make a fresh application for your wife, or vice-versa.  Or make two fresh applications.  Nobody, not even a qualified lawyer, can tell you which course of action is better; it's a choice governed entirely by circumstantial practicalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your last question, about how to prove that the bank made an error, you need to show something that the second name is a lawful and recognized alias for you, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; you can try to get the bank to change your name and reissue all of the previous statements with the correct spelling.  Again, neither of these is better  or worse than the other one when it comes to ECO's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T19:59:50.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-18T01:50:03.447" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to USA on H1B visa with employer A, after 3 months I switched from company A to Company B. Currently, working as a Contractor for client X where my employer is Company B. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next month, I am planning to visit Canada on a vacation purpose by road. I have a valid VISA till 2016. my employer on visa in passport is company A however &#xA;I do have all necessary docs of Company B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could please clarify below questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much safe I am, returning to USA or what all I have to make sure to return safely?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How likely or how much percentage that I would be asked to go back to home country and get stamping done with company B?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Currently, I am yet to be done H1B amendament process as I have moved to new location on Janurary 2015. How would this affect my H1B stamping if I go to home country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My GC is in Labour phase now, if I stay back more than 6 months due to delay in H1b stamping with company B. What would happen to GC? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your advice/inputs are greatly helpful and appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ajey" LastActivityDate="2015-06-25T15:40:47.547" Title="How safe to return USA from Canada, if have valid visa of company A but current employer is company B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6427" CreationDate="2015-06-18T06:33:35.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your new employer has filed a petition for you, you can use your unexpired visa with your old employer's petition until the new one is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the new petition is approved, use the old visa with the new petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means you do not have to be concerned about questions 2 through 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87226.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87226.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2015-06-18T06:33:35.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-25T18:55:21.937" Score="3" ViewCount="1526" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope this question fits the site. I am Finnish, planning to do a PhD at the UK. Since Finland is part of the EU, is there any paperwork I would need to do in order to get to work at UK? The stay would be about 3-4 years, I guess. I would be moving with my family (wife and children).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6778" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-06-25T22:29:24.707" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T18:32:28.090" Title="Working in the UK as a Finnish national?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-26T02:58:54.730" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an ACCA Part II qualified student and now working in Changhong Ruba Trading Pvt Ltd, Pakistan as Branch Accountant. My studies are not complete as ACCA Final Level need to be complete but due to some financial reasons I give it a break. Now I want to go to Australia for work. How can I get there and work at my present status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6780" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T12:01:23.807" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T12:01:23.807" Title="How can I get in Australia without complete education?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T12:01:59.180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6432" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6433" CreationDate="2015-06-26T03:49:08.897" Score="7" ViewCount="522" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a French national living in another EU country (United Kingdom). My French ID will expire this year. Will I be able to renew it either from abroad, or in person in my old town in France? Or do I need to be a resident in France to renew it? &#xA;(I have a passport, as well, so strictly speaking I don't need it, but I find it easier to travel around the EU and within the UK on an ID card)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6681" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T06:47:03.590" Title="Renewing French ID if living in another EU country" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6432" CreationDate="2015-06-26T04:54:44.887" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do it at a consulate, the costs (it's free if you still have the old one, €25 otherwise) and requirements are the same, except that you usually need to make an appointment in advance, whereas it's not always required in small towns. I have done it several times at different consulates with no issues (but it can take a couple of months). If you have a passport that's still valid or an ID card that expired less than 5 years ago, you only need that, two photos and a proof of address (&lt;em&gt;justificatif de domicile&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying in France, I am not sure whether living in the town where you apply is actually a requirement but that's what &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F21089.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;vosdroits.service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; suggests. Still, if you can get some proof of address (utility bill under your name if you still own a house or maybe some family willing to say you live with them…), you could presumably also do it in France without actually residing there but you will need to go back a few weeks later to pick the card up so it's not particularly convenient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, there is nothing special about your former place of residence in this respect. You can vote in local elections there – if you chose to remain registered – but not renew your ID. So to the extent that renewing your ID in France is possible, it should be possible elsewhere too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F32889.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;registering with a consulate&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F21224.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;notifying the authorities of a change of address&lt;/a&gt; is definitely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; mandatory so even though there is an address on the card and you do have to submit a proof of address to get it, it does not have much evidential value and does not need to be up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-26T09:21:29.890" LastActivityDate="2015-06-26T09:21:29.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-26T17:20:38.973" Score="1" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question about Argentina but I am now more likely to settle in Peru. I'm living in the UK as a self-employed/freelancer working for remote clients.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: what are the requirements for me to get a work permit/visa so I can stay in Peru and work there as self-employed/freelancer? And can I simply go there as a tourist and then do the paperwork to obtain a work visa on the spot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6723" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-06-29T01:36:30.547" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T22:16:55.943" Title="Work permit for Peru" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;peru&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6429" CreationDate="2015-06-27T09:38:54.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, as a EU citizen (except for Croatia at the moment) you don't need any permits or other paperwork; in other words you have the exact same right to relocate and look for work and get employed. There are some differences if you seek government support while out of work (e.g. jobseeker's allowance or universal credit), but your right to work is in no way limited. If in doubt, check for yourself on the government's site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also (but are not obliged to) apply for a registration certificate which proves your right to live in the UK as an EU citizen: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T09:38:54.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-24T20:05:32.660" Score="1" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Istayed in the States on a B2 visa (Malaysian passport) for 10 months (was granted 6 months by CBP but extension for 6-months was approved). I was on holiday and never worked. My boyfriend is American and I was traveling to America to be with him and the CBP is aware of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I left the States 3 weeks ago returning to Australia, I applied for an E3 visa. I was offered a role in a Finance company in the States. Expecting to return to the states with my Australian passport with new visa attached but the visa issuing system is facing technical difficulties globally and I am waiting for them to send out my Australian passport. Because we don't know when the system will be up, I need to return to the States with my B2 visa on my Malaysian passport for 2.5 weeks for a meeting with my prospective employer and attend a very important event. I will depart the country in 2.5 weeks and will have an air ticket ready to show.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I have any problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nelly" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T06:50:11.017" Title="Re-entering with B1/B2 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6440" CreationDate="2015-06-28T06:50:11.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it most definitely will be a problem. While you may not be actually lying, the CBP officer may decide not to believe you and send you back where you came from because he'll suspect you're trying to start working before you have the valid visa to enter in the correct status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get in touch with the employer's immigration attorney before you do anything stupid. Once you're escorted back to the plane from the CBP immigration inspection, it will be much harder for you to get any US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T06:50:11.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6417" CreationDate="2015-06-28T08:34:37.820" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a similar situation and here is what I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my US back account to continue the deposits.  I then opened an account here in Europe and use xe.com to transfer the money.  The advantage of using xe or other online transfer service is known exchange rates and being able to manage the transfers online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your other option is the wire the money from your US account to your european bank, but depending on which banks you use, there will be fees and the exchange rate may not be very good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option I also use is having a PayPal debit card linked to my US checking account.  You can use it for cash withdrawals in Europe and they do not charge a separate exchange rate or ATM fees and the exchange rate is very competitive.  However, they currently do not have a card with a chip in it, so you will have to find an ATM that takes regular cards and it tends to not work in restaurants, groceries, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6790" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T08:34:37.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-28T20:19:37.103" Score="5" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to exercise my right according to Directive/2004/38/EC to permanently move to Portugal with my wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6792" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-09T13:55:40.500" LastActivityDate="2017-04-09T13:55:40.500" Title="EU spouse with extended passport refused visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6444" CreationDate="2015-06-29T08:49:16.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule in question applies to all EU countries, but the way you tell it, the Portuguese consulate hasn't formally &lt;em&gt;refused&lt;/em&gt; a visa, they have just suggested they cannot accept the application for a technical reason while being otherwise prepared to issue a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You wrote that “Directive/2004/38/EC Article 5 only states that the passport has to be valid which it is” but the whole problem is that the Portuguese consulate apparently disagrees that your wife's passport is indeed valid (at least for this purpose). They might be wrong under Portuguese or EU law (personally I don't know that but it's possible) but juridically it's difficult to base a reasoning on the assumption that the passport is valid if they do not accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider this: If your wife had no passport at all or a passport that was clearly and unambiguously expired, would they have to invoke “public policy, public security or public health” or “fraud” to decline to process an application? Having a valid passport is still required in any case!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this might or might not hold up in court but the consequence is that it's not obvious what rules are really at stake here. And obviously involving the courts would take a long time and is far from trivial. It's even more difficult if you don't have a formal refusal in the hand. Even something informal like &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SOLVIT&lt;/a&gt; (probably worth a try anyway) can take a few months so being right (if you are) does not immediately help you if the consulate does not want to see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, there aren't many practical solutions beyond pleading with the Portuguese or Guinean consulates and hoping one of them budges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few related ideas (all long shots, but certainly worth a try):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Trying another embassy from Guinea Bissau, as suggested by @phoog in a comment. It does not seem very likely but the embassies in France or Belgium might be prepared to renew the passport without requiring the presence of your wife. Alternatively, the French or Belgium authorities might be prepared to disregard the current passport's validity extension problem or have a different interpretation than Portugal and issue a Schengen visa with which you could get a new passport or even go to Portugal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking Guinea Bissau to issue some sort of temporary passport/emergency travel document. I have no idea whether they do that at all but they could conceivably be less concerned about sending something like that per mail than a full passport and it would give them an excuse to go around their own rules while preserving appearances. You could then use that document to apply for a visa and go to Portugal with your wife to get a real passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Showing up at the border for a ferry to France, as you suggest in a comment. Not very likely to succeed either because you have to show you have some “unforeseeable and imperative reasons for entry” but French border guards &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; legally issue a visa at the border for family members so it might work. Also, I don't know what they do if they decide to refuse entry (do they let you go or transfer you to UK border guards?) so you might want to be careful with that option if your wife's current status in the UK is uncertain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as it seems that your situation is quite complex and precarious, I would urge you to seek professional legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-06-29T19:38:06.067" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T19:38:06.067" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-29T14:36:08.467" Score="3" ViewCount="1381" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm preparing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form I-130&lt;/a&gt; to start the process of gaining US residency for my foreign-born wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lines B2 and C2 ask for my address and hers, respectively.  Later, on lines C18 and C19 I'm also asked for my spouse's current and future addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The unofficial, line-by-line instructions &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forms/i-130-petition-for-alien-relative.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Part B&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2-5.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Self-explanatory&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Your US address should preferably be the same as your relative's address, otherwise USCIS may get suspicious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While, it is possible that you may want to spend some time away from your relative for school or work reason, it is best to put your permanent address in US same as your relative's US address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a compelling reason to put different address, attach detailed explanation with the application or consult an immigration attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is that I will be staying outside of the US with my wife until the application process is completed.  I also prefer to receive my US mail to a commercial mailbox/scanning service, rather than to the physical address where we'll be staying.  So which address(es) should I use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My best guess at this point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;B2 (my address): Enter the address of my commercial mailbox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C2 (relative's address): Enter her current foreign address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C18: Enter the physical address where we intend to live in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C19: Enter her current foreign address again&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attach a letter explaining the situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the best course of action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately I could list my foreign address on B2, along with hers. But I feel that mail to the US address will be more reliable, faster, and cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T16:21:37.540" Title="Which addresses to use when filling out form I-130" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6450" CreationDate="2015-06-29T23:36:49.307" Score="2" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on L1. I wish to change to H1 and move to a different employer. From my understanding, I can only apply for H1 Apr 2016 and it will be approved in some weeks. I can only start to work by Oct 1 2016. Lets say if it is approved my May 2016, can I resign my L1 job and move to my home country and come back on Oct 1 2016?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6710" LastActivityDate="2015-06-30T04:34:55.527" Title="Can I resign after L1 to H1 transfer is approved?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6449" CreationDate="2015-06-30T04:34:55.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You most definitely can, but you'll need to apply for a new H1b visa to come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, if you're already in the US the H1b application will include AOS (adjustment of status) and not consular processing. So you'll need to explain the situation to the prospective employer to fill the forms accordingly to request consular processing in the consulate that covers your area in the home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-06-30T04:34:55.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-30T14:31:30.837" Score="3" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an A1 category licence issued in Poland in 2005, am 26 and moving to Germany for a year shortly. How do I upgrade my licence to full A once I am German resident (I assume temporary residence is enough for a year)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user31271" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T06:38:44.627" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T06:38:44.627" Title="Germany: how to upgrade A1 licence issued elsewhere to full A after moving to Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6451" CreationDate="2015-06-30T16:21:03.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, in the EU, everything related to driving licenses should be dealt with by your state of residence. So once you become a German resident, you are supposed to get your license in Germany following the local rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on a quick websearch (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zweiradfuehrerschein.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;) it seems there are two ways to obtain an unrestricted A license in Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The “direct way”: Taking a course and a theoretical and practical exam (you can do this because you are older than 26).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upgrade from A2 license: Taking a practical exam after holding the A2 license for two years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The A2 license can itself be obtained through a practical exam if you have your A1 license since more than two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T06:36:45.340" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T06:36:45.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-30T16:07:33.203" Score="3" ViewCount="3147" Body="&lt;p&gt;My B1/B2 visa has been cancelled recently (cancelled with prejudice), I want to apply for Australia or Canada PR. Can I apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was travelling with my two kids to visit my husband. My husband landed in US in the month of March on F1 visa to undergo flight training. Unfortunately the school informed him that it is going to shut down in a couple of days. So, he did not join that school and applied for another I20 and that course was going to start in the month of June. In the meantime, he planned to call us to USA as my kids were having vacation. At the port of entry, they stopped me and questioned me and told me that the school has shut down and what is ur husband doing here. I said he waiting for the other course to start in the month of June. I tried to explain them, but they cancelled mine and my kids visa and sent us back to our home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jones" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T18:51:13.627" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T20:12:08.460" Title="US visa cancelled with prejudice, can I apply PR visa for Canada or Australia?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-30T19:20:25.557" Score="4" ViewCount="649" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for UK Tier 2 ICT short term visa in March 2015 and got it approved. However due to logistical reasons, I could not travel before the until date and am planning move next month. In my Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), the job start date is specified as April. It is July now. So does it have any impact in immigration upon arriving in UK? Also is it mandatory for the CoS to be valid (not expired) when entering the UK because the visa is  approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6798" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-07-02T06:47:36.543" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T13:09:47.070" Title="Tier 2 - ICT Short Term - Travel Date and CoS Expiry date" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-30T18:37:09.520" Score="5" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;This past year, I worked freelance for a small company with a home-base office in London but an office in the state where I live. Back in April, while travelling to the UK to pick up things for an event we had the following week, I was denied entry because someone told them I worked full time from the London office - not the case; the person did not understand my contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They never used the phrase &quot;used deception to enter the country.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My contract has ended and I have been accepted to graduate school in the UK this autumn. Will this refusal of entry affect whether or not I will be able to obtain a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6802" OwnerDisplayName="meredithc" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T01:14:38.870" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T14:08:03.290" Title="Applying for a UK student visa after denied entry" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6455" CreationDate="2015-06-30T22:35:18.267" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somebody turned you in and it led to a removal (these things happen sometimes  with freelancers) and you want to know if the event will affect an upcoming T4 application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basics.  When you were removed, they gave you some form(s) and took your biometrics, hang on to the form(s) because they will have your reference number on them.  You will need it later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you're American (&quot;&lt;em&gt;in the state where I live&lt;/em&gt;&quot;), and when they remove an American (or any other non-visa national) from a port, it means the person has breached something in Paragraph 320 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/422941/20150406_Immigration_Rules_-_Part_9_final_v4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;General grounds for the refusal of entry clearance, leave to enter or variation of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;.  These are &lt;em&gt;mandatory grounds&lt;/em&gt; and they have no discretion in the matter.  The general grounds are also summarized and partially restated in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423477/20150424_mmigration_rules_app_v_final_v2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Part V9 of the Visitor Rules&lt;/a&gt; and these include statements about exclusion for the public good and exclusion for criminal history which I assume do not apply in your case.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Colin Yeo has this to say about Part V9...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In fact this part &lt;strong&gt;reintroduces the general grounds&lt;/strong&gt; for refusal from&#xA;  paragraph 320 of the Immigration Rules but in plain English. This&#xA;  mandates or requires refusal of an application in some circumstances&#xA;  (‘will be refused’) and enables discretionary refusal (‘will normally&#xA;  be refused’) of an application in some circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/new-immigration-rules-for-visitors-to-the-united-kingdom/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/new-immigration-rules-for-visitors-to-the-united-kingdom/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, the general grounds cover a lot of area and there's not enough info in your question to determine exactly which grounds governed your case, and unlike a visitor refusal it doesn't matter what language they used or what they told you. Their job is to get you out of the UK with as little fuss as possible.   One possibility is that they concluded that you engaged in deception, or that you were an illegal entrant, or that you were up to something not covered by the rules, or that you breached a condition previously.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An application for a student visa (T4) is on the points-based side and hence you have no claim to human rights.  As a rule of thumb, they would not grant a T4 to a person who has been previously removed on general grounds, and I would be very surprised if your application succeeds.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a better feel for what the Entry Clearance Officer will be looking at when you make your application, you can submit a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/personal-information/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Subject Access Request&lt;/a&gt;.  Since you are outside the UK, there will be additional steps before they release your file so it's a good idea to get started right away (this is one of the times you will need the reference number I mentioned above.  Without it, you need to add lots more time for processing the request).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have your file (and if the critical parts have not been redacted), you will be in a better position to assess whether a T4 application is worth it or not.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if my assumption that you're American is correct, you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?board=17.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;drop by here&lt;/a&gt; and get a discussion going about your particulars (or have them read this answer for the background).  Adding...  The OP's thread starts &lt;a href=&quot;http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=85564.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-02T14:08:03.290" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T14:08:03.290" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6457" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-07-01T01:17:39.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In several cases, people have questions about whether having previously been denied entry to a country or territory has an effect on subsequent attempts to get a visa to the same country or territory or any other, or if there is any action they can take following having been denied entry. This tag is for such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-06T17:09:53.713" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T17:09:53.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6458" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-07-01T01:17:39.430" Score="0" Body="For cases where someone has been denied entry at a country's or territory's border for any reason" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-06T17:09:53.713" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T17:09:53.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6482" CreationDate="2015-07-01T08:37:26.773" Score="3" ViewCount="295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in the UK for about thirteen years. I'm an EU citizen. I own a property and some other assets (mainly savings) in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have an interesting job opportunity in Spain and I was just wondering what the implications would be, both from tax purposes - though I'm a bit clearer on that - and from the point of view of holding assets in the UK while not being neither a citizen nor a resident there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the internet there is plenty of advice for British expats moving to Spain, but I haven't really found anything providing similar advice for non-citizens (though with a very similar situations to that of many British expats). I'm particularly interested in what the implications would be in the immediate and also under a scenario where Britain were to leave the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6800" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T09:31:06.660" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T00:59:08.983" Title="Holding assets in the UK as non-citizen, non-resident" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6453" CreationDate="2015-07-01T20:12:08.460" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no technical reason why you cannot apply for PR in Australia or Canada after this unfortunate event. During the course of application for immigration to other countries, you will be asked questions like &quot;Have you ever been removed or deported from any country?&quot;. To this question, you must now answer &quot;yes&quot; and provide an explanation of the circumstances. (If you answer &quot;no&quot;, and they find out about this event, you'll have bigger problems.) With the explanation you gave here, and probably some further questions, they will process your application according to the rules of the country you are applying to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, after the events of 9/11, the US became somewhat more nervous about foreign pilots training in US flight schools. This may help explain why they took the step of denying you entry and cancelling your visa, but it's hard to say for certain. The fact that your husband had been admitted for flight training at a school that no longer exists would certainly raise the suspicions of the immigration officers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T20:12:08.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6464" CreationDate="2015-07-01T20:50:16.523" Score="2" ViewCount="357" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't want to bring my toddler to the visa interview. Normally, the waiting time before being called is several hours, and during that time he may be hungry or get upset. In those cases, it will be very difficult for me to control him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm afraid the officer may want to take my baby's biometric or something like that, and requires him to present at the interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please answer &lt;strong&gt;only if&lt;/strong&gt; you had this experience, i.e. leaving your baby at home for the J-2 interview. Thank you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UPDATE&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did the interview in London without my baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6730" LastEditorUserId="6730" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T12:25:08.443" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T20:01:09.120" Title="J-2 visa: does 2-year old baby have to attend the visa interview?" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6463" CreationDate="2015-07-01T21:24:18.163" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/niv/interview.html&quot;&gt;The Nonimmigrant Visa Interview&lt;/a&gt; from the US Embassy in London:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants aged 14 - 79 are required to appear in person for an interview with a consular officer through a pre-arranged appointment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since J-2 is a &lt;em&gt;nonimmigrant&lt;/em&gt; visa, the above is what applies to you. (The rules are &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/iv/attending_interview.html&quot;&gt;slightly different&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;em&gt;immigrant&lt;/em&gt; visas.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wish to check the web site for the US visa office you are actually going to visit, if it is not London. I found some variation in the posted rules depending on the particular embassy or consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T21:24:18.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-02T14:26:47.387" Score="4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;A family that is relocating to the UK on a Tier 1 (Investor) visa retains a cook and a nanny at their home on the outskirts of Moscow.  The family would like to bring these along, but they are not mentioned as dependents on the T1 visa, and they are not related to the primary T1 holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The family contemplates eventually qualifying for British citizenship with a long-term view towards keeping two households and shuttling the domestics back and forth as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do the cook and nanny need to apply for a work permit on Tier 2 of the points-based regime?  How would they qualify given that the EU has lots of people who could presumably fill those roles?  Does the T1 primary need to clear the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/job-suitability&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Resident Labour Market Test&lt;/a&gt; hurdle?  Are there any other special considerations that need to be considered? Or can they simply chain together continuous visitor visas to remain in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T14:02:10.563" Title="Bringing household domestics to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;domestics&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6468" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-07-02T14:35:28.180" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-07-02T14:35:28.180" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T14:35:28.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6469" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-07-02T14:35:28.180" Score="0" Body="Domestic workers provide household services to an individual or family.  This would include maids, cooks, nurses, valets, au pairs, chauffeurs and any other qualifying activity." OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-03T19:13:01.757" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T19:13:01.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-02T16:35:56.413" Score="4" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Canadian PR via Express Entry under FSW.&#xA;I am married and have a kid. Please can you suggest :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it mandatory to include dependents (spouse and son) while applying?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it is not mandatory, shall I apply with them or shall I apply for them afterwards when I am settled in Canada with a job? What is the better approach?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6808" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-03T01:41:28.840" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T01:41:28.840" Title="Express Entry : Applying with dependents" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-03T05:33:53.053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6473" CreationDate="2015-07-02T23:56:02.130" Score="1" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am eligible for Denmark Green Card but I am confused with the financial requirements written on immigration &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/work/greencard-scheme/financial-requirements.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official website&lt;/a&gt; of Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To obtain a residence permit under the Greencard scheme, you must document that you can support yourself during your first year in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, when you submit your application you must document that you have at your disposal an amount equivalent to one year's social benefits for single non-providers over the age of 30.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The annual amount is DKK 130,188 (12 x 10,849) for you (the main applicant) (2015 level).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I show them that I am earning DKK 10,849/Month from last 12 months or should I show them that I have DKK 130,188 (12 x 10,849) in my bank account at the time of application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6434" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T08:12:18.353" Title="Green Card Scheme for Denmark Immigration? Financial Requirements?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6472" CreationDate="2015-07-03T06:11:19.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rest of the page is pretty clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation can be a bank statement in the main applicant's name. Currency and date of issuance must be clearly stated. The statement must be no more than 30 days old at the time the application is submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can document your ability to support yourself and any accompanying family members by having a montly income in Denmark which matches the amounts mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Past income is not relevant. Unlike requirements for short-stay visas, this is not about your situation in your country of origin (you don't apply for this scheme to return there, at least not immediately) but about making sure you have money available during the first year in Denmark and won't be eligible for social benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, it really should be money in the bank or, alternatively, a contract showing you will get an income &lt;em&gt;in Denmark&lt;/em&gt; after you move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T08:12:18.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6117" CreationDate="2015-07-03T06:30:57.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rules on entry and stay for non-EU citizens (“third country nationals”) are mostly set at the national level, which means that unlike the rules that apply to EU citizens, they can differ a lot from country to country within the EU. That said, and while I don't know them all, I am not aware of any scheme like that anywhere in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you will find instead are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visas and permits based on your personal situation, e.g. for the spouse and children of citizens or residents. Those are often the only ones that are obtained as of right and result in immediate “permanent” or long-term residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Various work visas for highly-skilled migrants, somewhat akin to the US H1B visas but typically less restrictive (in that you are not bound to an employer, often have some time to look for work if you lose your job and can transition relatively easily to some permanent status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference with a green card and similar schemes is that you must typically show you already have a job lined up to get the visa and will need to renew your permit and prove you are still eligible every 1-3 years until you eventually qualify for long-term residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU blue card is something similar, basically another skill-based migration scheme added on top of the existing national systems with slightly different conditions and some advantages if you want to switch between EU/Blue card countries. But a concrete job offer (with a salary above some threshold) is also required, you cannot get it based solely on experience and qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Job-seeker visas. Those are less common but do at least exist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0235&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in Germany&lt;/a&gt; and, in a way, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/work/greencard-scheme/greencard-scheme.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in Denmark&lt;/a&gt;, possibly elsewhere too. They resemble permanent residence schemes in that you can get one without sponsorship from an employer and ultimately transition to a full residence status but a key difference is that you are only granted six month or one year of stay at first and must imperatively find qualifying employment to get another status (usually one of the work visas/permits mentioned above).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-03T13:34:37.773" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T13:34:37.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-03T09:48:34.743" Score="1" ViewCount="974" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for German job seeker visa. Is it possible to apply Dependent visa for my family? If yes then can I apply these both simultaneously or it requires a gap? Can anyone throw some light on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6811" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-02T07:29:09.920" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T07:29:09.920" Title="Can we apply for dependent visa based on German Job seeker visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6806" CreationDate="2015-07-03T12:37:08.847" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I signed a sublease contract for the next month but I need to know if it's possible to have a new “Anmeldungbescheinigung” (Registering certificate) before moving to it in order to send document to my wife and reduce the waiting time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6813" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:54:17.817" Title="Register flat before moving to it" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-03T13:28:47.983" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in Spain and my kid is with my wife back in Brazil for now (they will join me later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hardest feeling I have is that I'm not interacting with my kid as much as I would like to, we try some Skype calls and stuff but as hes only 4 yo it's hard to keep his attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any suggestions of things we could do together remotely?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have created the question in parenting as suggested:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/21066/ways-to-interact-with-my-kid&quot;&gt;https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/21066/ways-to-interact-with-my-kid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3701" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:41:15.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T14:10:01.253" Title="Ways to interact with my kid" Tags="&lt;children&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6475" CreationDate="2015-07-03T23:23:44.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0369&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;section 29 clause 1 of the German residence act&lt;/a&gt; (which regulates dependent visa)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For the purposes of subsequent immigration to join a foreigner,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the foreigner must possess a settlement permit, an EU long-term residence permit, a residence permit or an EU Blue Card, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;sufficient living space must be available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a job seeker visa does not fulfill the criteria it is not possible to get a dependent visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would apply to any of the visa in Nr. 1 you could do so simultaneously, it is even advisable if both live currently abroad (29.1.2.2 VwV-AufenthG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T23:23:44.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6476" CreationDate="2015-07-04T00:05:54.113" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently and up until November 1 registration law is state matter. None of the state laws regulate whether you can do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From November 1 the new federal registration law will be put in place. Unfortunately it still does not regulate that matter. However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.datenschutzbeauftragter-online.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bmr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;an old draft of this law&lt;/a&gt; gives valuable insight in how it is supposed to work. It explicitly stated that registration is possible &lt;em&gt;beginning a week before moving&lt;/em&gt;. That clause would explicitly codify what is practiced anyway almost everywhere across Germany. I don't know why it was removed later in the drafting process as it was not public at that stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The spirit of the duty to register is to have a list of residents which matches reality as closely as possible. Therefore you are required to register no later than two weeks after moving. On the other hand, registering too early would lead to bad data too as plans can change between the registration date and the supposed movement date. So one would need to register as closely to the actual date. As already said, mostly that is supposed to mean one week before that date at maximum (unfortunately I don't have a public reference for that to link to apart from the draft above which states that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, it is not possible to register a month before moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2015-07-04T00:05:54.113" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6481" CreationDate="2015-07-04T06:23:21.540" Score="4" ViewCount="497" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my partner are planning to live in Spain since my obtaining a job, to commence in just over a couple of months. I am British therefore to my knowledge have no problem living there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The concern is my Japanese partner. She can stay in Spain for 90 days (correct?) as things currently stand. If she manages to find a position then there would be the work permit route or possible student visa. I am thinking of the more obvious route however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are currently in Japan and have flights booked back to UK in two months' time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we were to get married, where should we do this, (Japan/UK/Spain)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And will this (gallant but horridly unromantic) gesture solve the visa problem so that we are able to stay together (forever) and beat the bureaucrats?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that UK changed the rules regarding salary minima but recently read something concerning a loophole, in that living in Europe but not UK classes us or my partner under EU rather than UK law. [I am a little over my head on some of this frankly, hence the post.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6815" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-06T01:47:52.230" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T15:30:59.660" Title="UK Male and Japanese Female planning life in Spain. Where to marry and will it solve visa problems?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;japanese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6480" CreationDate="2015-07-04T20:27:59.950" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One possibility which might not have occurred to you is consular marriage. The UK no longer does consular weddings, but if the Japanese consulate does then Spain would consider a wedding performed at the Japanese consulate in Madrid to be a valid wedding. It's probably easier for your partner to investigate this than for me, because I don't read Japanese.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting married in Spain by the Spanish authorities is doable in principle, but I assume that you're not yet fluent Spanish speakers, so don't expect it to be easy. According to various sources, the documentation which you have to provide is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth certificates (according to one source, they must be official copies made in the previous 3 months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificates from your countries of origin stating that you're unmarried&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificates of residence (&lt;em&gt;empadronamiento&lt;/em&gt;) - this might be a problem if your partner isn't able to register as a resident.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All documents which aren't in Spanish will need certified translations and Hague apostille.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the impression I get from forum posts from people who've gone this route is that once you've got the documentation in order and make the application you can probably expect to get an appointment for the wedding in about a month, which means that you might be able to pull it off in 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're in a better position than me to investigate the options in Japan, and for the UK option you really need to say how long you expect to be there before moving to Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-07-04T20:27:59.950" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6459" CreationDate="2015-07-05T00:59:08.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's perfectly OK for non-citizens/non-residents to own property in the UK.  (Indeed, many newly-built properties in London are snapped up sight unseen by absentee foreign buyers; it's gotten to the point where developers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/greathomesanddestinations/15iht-property15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;routinely market new developments to buyers in Asia&lt;/a&gt; before they go on the market in London.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume you plan to rent your UK property to tenants after you leave.  A major concern for this is probably going to be the availability of mortgage finance.  Assuming you still owe money on the property, you'll either need to get permission from your current lender to rent out the property, and/or refinance onto a buy-to-let mortgage.  When the time to refinance comes, you may well find that lenders willing to make buy-to-let loans to expat/overseas landlords are few and far between.  An independent mortgage broker may be able to help here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax implications for renting out a UK property as an overseas landlord:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll be liable for UK income tax on rental income; if you're a non-resident landlord, your estate agent will &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/pimmanual/PIM4800.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;withhold UK tax&lt;/a&gt; on received rent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When it comes time to sell, you will be liable for capital gains tax.  Though if you've lived in the property previously, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-residence-relief-hs283-self-assessment-helpsheet/hs283-private-residence-relief&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;private residence relief&lt;/a&gt; may reduce or eliminate this, as you won't have to pay a pro-rated portion of the capital gain corresponding to the time you lived in the property plus three years.  So for example, if you live in a property for four years, rent it out for four years, then sell, you are exempt from seven-eighths of the capital gains tax.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Implications for savings - should be the same for a non-UK citizen leaving the UK as for an expat Brit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pensions: You should still be able to draw benefits from a UK pension once you reach pension age.  These will be subject to UK tax, same as if you were UK resident.  You might be able to transfer a UK pension balance to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualifying_Recognised_Overseas_Pension_Scheme&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;non-UK pension scheme that meets certain criteria&lt;/a&gt;, but this is a complicated subject so take professional advice before doing this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ISAs: Non-residents can't contribute new funds to an ISA. You won't need to cash out ISAs you already have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other (non-ISA, non-pension) savings: Interest earned in UK bank accounts is still subject to tax, though the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414026/Savings_factographic_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Personal Savings Allowance&lt;/a&gt; coming into effect in 2016 should make this a non-concern for most people.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's pointless to speculate about what happens in the event of a future UK exit from the EU, as we don't know what the terms of any such exit would be.  Note however that all the above points are largely independent of the other country concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One last caveat: the above answer deals with UK tax law; I know nothing about Spanish tax law, though if they follow the practice of most countries* they are unlikely to tax you on overseas income you don't remit to Spain, and even if they do you will probably be eligible for foreign tax credits (which would reduce your Spanish tax by the amount you've already paid in UK tax) or some other form of relief on double taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*Important exception:  The USA considers US citizens and permanent residents liable to US tax on all of their worldwide income and gains.  Speaking from personal experience, much of the above advice will have special caveats from a US perspective.  Seek professional advice if this applies to you, and/or avoid being American if at all possible. :-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="604" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T00:59:08.983" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6020" CreationDate="2015-07-05T01:27:41.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There actually is a difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science in terms of the degree. The short answer is that engineering degrees are accredited by CEAB because engineering is regulated in Canada. The job market is about the same for all of them though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, I'd probably pick the Bachelor's in Computer Engineering option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see the differences between Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Software Engineering on the University of Waterloo website. Check these links out,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://uwaterloo.ca/software-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/frequently-asked-questions#Difference&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://uwaterloo.ca/software-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/frequently-asked-questions#Difference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://uwaterloo.ca/software-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/comparing-bse-bcs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://uwaterloo.ca/software-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/comparing-bse-bcs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6597" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T01:27:41.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-05T01:47:13.797" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;And are they legal under EU and UK (and Japan, just to make it harder) Laws?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is part extension to a previous question but it has been virtually impossible to find the correct information online so far plus just to add for my new friend here, the embassies thus far do not wish to partake in giving out such useful information)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6815" LastEditorUserId="6815" LastEditDate="2015-07-07T00:56:59.697" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T14:48:45.750" Title="Does anybody know if The Japanese Embassy perform consular marriages in Spain?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-07-08T20:58:53.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6477" CreationDate="2015-07-05T14:59:55.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no direct experience being a Skype parent, but have seen cases where the immigration rules have prevented family reunion.  Also, the BBC has run stories about the phenomenon of Skype parenting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard for a 4 year old to get their heads around interacting with someone through Skype.  It can be structured as a regular activity, like bedtime so that the child factors it into their daily routine.  Skype interaction can be strained and awkward, and often no need for anything more than a simple &quot;Good night, sleep well, call me any time you want&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other hint I can suggest is to set up the camera in the child's room (or family room) such that the whole room is visible and keep Skype on for a long time.  You don't have to keep a conversation going the whole time, just be there if the child has a question or wants to tell you something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get the other parent to teach the child how to use Skype and give the child access to an iPad so they can take it with them and initiate a call whenever they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In immigration cases, it's more difficult because the family reunion is in a state of limbo, but based upon what you wrote your reunion is more logistical; so for sure you can spend a moment with your child marking the calendar and counting down.  &quot;180 days to go...&quot;, &quot;179 days to go...&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T14:59:55.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6488" CreationDate="2015-07-06T07:47:41.827" Score="0" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say you have a normal UK driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say you're in India for some months - you're already in Mumbai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You want to drive...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*) a rental car.  Is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*) the company buys you an old car, and you want to drive that around town. Is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*) say you didn't bother getting, in the UK, an &quot;international permit&quot; from the Post Office (which is little more than a translation of your driver's license).  In fact &lt;strong&gt;can you get some sort of international permit&lt;/strong&gt; using your UK license when you are &lt;strong&gt;already in&lt;/strong&gt; India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite hard to find this information!  thanks if anyone knows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2357" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T08:21:44.517" Title="UK Driver's license, in India" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6487" CreationDate="2015-07-06T08:21:44.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK government (FCO) site has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/living-in-india&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some information here&lt;/a&gt;, although it's not much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also &lt;a href=&quot;http://nriinformation.com/faq1/question39.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; here seems much more helpful, even though it seems to answer your question in the negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like it depends on whether you are a tourist or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a tourist, you need your UK licence and an International Driving Permit (IDP).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are not a tourist, you need to apply for an Indian driving licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a local Indian licence should not be all that difficult, as the standard of drivers' expertise (or ability to follow the rules of the road) does not seem to be at the same as the general level in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T08:21:44.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6477" CreationDate="2015-07-06T18:35:07.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no direct experience either, and you may be doing this already. I would send short, simple emails or postcards that your wife can read to him. I would also send pictures of where you're staying, what it looks like outside, places you'll visit when he arrives, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T18:35:07.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6484" CreationDate="2015-07-07T14:31:11.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the 'legality' part of your question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK and the other member states of the EEA are signatories in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&amp;amp;cid=88&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Convention of 14 March 1978 on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages&lt;/a&gt; otherwise known as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hcch.net/upload/outline26e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hague Convention&lt;/a&gt;, or simply &quot;Hague&quot; when it refers to marriages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This convention is an agreement that the signatories will treat a marriage (or divorce) as legal if it is treated as legal in the jurisdiction of where it was celebrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK interprets their part of the agreement as generally holding true EXCEPT where the marriage violates Part 1 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/contents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Marriage Act 1949&lt;/a&gt; (incestuous, too young, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As trivia:  the UK (and EEA by agreement) also has some special opt-outs for corner cases none of which involve Japan or a Japanese national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where the celebration did not take place in a signatory country, the UK (and EEA by default) will use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/comity_of_nations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Doctrine of Comity&lt;/a&gt; to recognize the marriage (as long as the country has viable diplomatic credentials).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, consular marriages are generally fine as long as they are not done over the phone (both parties and the celebrant are all together).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-07T14:48:45.750" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T14:48:45.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6492" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6493" CreationDate="2015-07-07T16:22:00.517" Score="5" ViewCount="828" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can one apply for student visa in Germany from Netherlands even though I have an MVV (temporary residence permit) visa (1 year) for Netherlands and am a non-EU citizen? I am a resident of India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, how is it any different (if any) for applying for a German National Visa from one's country of residence? (Specifics would be appreciated)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I had planned to study in Netherlands but due to financial reasons I had to look for options more financially feasible to me and having obtained such an opportunity in Germany i would like to pursue my studies there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6824" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-07T17:52:06.143" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T10:10:47.810" Title="Applying for a Student Visa in Germany from Netherlands as a Non-EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6492" CreationDate="2015-07-07T18:13:28.993" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should generally apply to the German representation (consulate or embassy) competent for your place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you said you are a resident of India, if you already entered the Netherlands on a MVV, it would probably make you a resident of the Netherlands for this purpose (you would certainly need to register in the &lt;em&gt;Basisregistratie personen&lt;/em&gt;). You should therefore be able to lodge your application to the German consulate general in Amsterdam if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you are still in India, you should apply there and the MVV would not make much of a difference. &lt;em&gt;You cannot use the MVV to enter Germany and then apply for a long-stay visa&lt;/em&gt;. While a Dutch visa/permit does allow you to &lt;em&gt;visit&lt;/em&gt; Germany, directly applying for a residence permit within the country is only allowed in some limited cases. As Indian citizen, you need to secure a student visa &lt;em&gt;before entering Germany&lt;/em&gt; (so either in the Netherlands or in India).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the process should be similar in the Netherlands and in India. One difference is that the consulate general in Amsterdam is probably smaller (not that many Dutch residents need visas for Germany) and does not use any third-party company to handle applications. You have to call the consulate directly at specific times to make an appointment (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.niederlande.diplo.de/Vertretung/niederlande/de/04__GK/Visabestimmungen/Visabestimmungen__seite.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;information here&lt;/a&gt;, unfortunately only in Dutch or German).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as documentary evidence is concerned, the German consulate will probably want to see either your MVV or a proof of registration (or &lt;em&gt;uittreksel uit de BRP&lt;/em&gt;) to establish that you are a resident in the Netherlands. Otherwise, the requirements should be similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-08T10:10:47.810" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T10:10:47.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6084" CreationDate="2015-07-07T23:24:44.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should try to get married before his expiration visa otherwise he will need to ask a new Visa and if there are not anymore the conditions for any long-term type Visa he will need to ask a Tourist Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wherever you decide to get married the important thing is to register the marriage in your country (Poland) directly there (or by embassy). Of course if you decide to get married in Poland, the registration is immediate, and you will have the marriage certificate sooner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marriage certificate (or document of a registered partnership) issued by the EU-citizen country is the required proof all over Europe of the existence of a family relationship that gives to the NON-EU citizen all the EU Family member rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although these rights are the same all over Europe, each country apply different administrative procedures and often they required additional documents. &#xA;To ask a resident card as EU Family member you'll need to prove that you have enough economical resource to live in UK without ask social benefits. Usually they will ask to provide: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Tax certificate or Job contract/payslip or evidence of the EU-citizen activity in the country; According to your status employ, sole-trader, job-seeker, &quot;rich-person&quot; they can ask different docs (professional certificates, bank statements...)&#xA;-Health Insurance for both of you (comprehensive sickness insurance)&#xA;-Registered House Rent Contract or other proof of address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You find the full document list and information here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6494" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T23:24:44.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-07T15:51:01.670" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can one apply for an MVV Visa (study) for Germany in Netherlands even though I have an MVV Visa (study) for Netherlands and am not a citizen of Netherlands?&#xA;I am a resident of India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, how is it any different (if any) for applying for an MVV visa from one's country of residence, I mean are there any particular documents one would ask for in such a case? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I had planned to study in Netherlands but due to financial reasons I had to look for options more financially feasible to me, and having obtained such an opportunity in Germany I would like to pursue my studies there.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Leidludw" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2015-07-08T20:54:35.003" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T20:54:35.003" Title="Applying for MVV Visa for Germany from Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:34:29.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6477" CreationDate="2015-07-08T07:26:09.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have experience as a Skype child: my father left to work abroad at the time when internet was still dial-up, and web cameras just entered the market, so trying these new technologies as a child was quite exciting at that time. I guess this does not apply any more, as tech is already part of a child's life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are some ideas I would enjoy both as a child or as a parent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the already-mentioned calendar approach: counting days just as if it was Chrismas-time, perhaps choosing a different color for each month (mark July with blue, August with green, up to the time when the red means the last days/hours until you meet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;besides being available all the time, set an exact Skype time on each day (if your work schedule allows), so that the child could look forward every day for it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;choose small details to prepare the child for the moving, such as showing him the room he will stay at, something waiting just for him to arrive and try it, such as a playground in the area - these can be applied if you already rent/own the place where the whole family would be living and know the surroundings (instead of looking for it after they arrive to Spain); maybe the 4-year old would not remember such details on the span of more months, but if you do this in the last 2-3 weeks, he might - and will make you keep your promise :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do some magic: synchronize some common activity with your family, such as a simple dinner; ask your wife to cook the same thing as you do, and eat it &quot;together&quot;, make the child surprised of how can you eat the same thing as s/he does! This might be a bit tricky due to the time zone delay, but not impossible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;try snail mail: choose some topic, ask your child to draw something about it (such as how would he like to have his room when he arrives), have it mailed through classical post; when the letter arrives, show it to him on the camera, and who knows, you would also get some hints on how to prepare for the arrival&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, these all depend on your personalities, your own and your family's free time, and maybe on the time zone delay. I wish you good luck, patience and strength until the time you get united again! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="654" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T07:26:09.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-08T10:30:21.227" Score="2" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a uk settlement visa and it was refused, can I just ignore the appeal as they say it can take up to a year for the hearing and if I have to reapply again or how long do I have to wait for before I apply again ?. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Anna" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T18:33:48.130" Title="UK settlement visa reapplication" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2015-07-08T10:44:56.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you may ignore the refusal and proceed with a fresh application.  And you do not need to wait, you can apply again right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I always recommend not to do it immediately.  A refusal needs to be carefully examined because if you apply right away with the same stuff, they will refuse again and matters will be worse.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, you should pause for a while and spend time getting better stuff to show them.  But of course if the refusal is straightforward nothing prevents your applying the day after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T10:44:56.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-08T11:24:55.490" Score="4" ViewCount="614" Body="&lt;p&gt;We just received our immigrant visa this month. We are planning to migrate during the 1st week of August, but my son's passport will be expiring on February 23rd, 2016. Can he still use this passport? We are planning to renew his passport at the Philippine embassy in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="jen" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T02:20:13.933" Title="What is a valid passport when migrating to the US on an immigrant visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6501" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6502" CreationDate="2015-07-08T11:38:49.447" Score="16" ViewCount="683" Body="&lt;p&gt;US citizens who want to visit the White House are supposed to book a tour through their Representative or Senator. Which Representative or Senator should citizens not living in the US apply to, and what address should they use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I use my current address I think I might be denied as being outside of the congressperson's district; if I use my last address in the US (last valid more than twenty years ago) that might be considered a security or legal problem. Perhaps I should use the address of my hotel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="939" OwnerDisplayName="Max" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T14:38:59.127" Title="How can US citizens not residing in the US visit the White House?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6501" CreationDate="2015-07-08T12:29:41.187" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, Americans abroad are considered to 'reside' in their last state and county of residence before leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter/additional-info&quot;&gt;Federal Voter Assistance Program&lt;/a&gt; has a very informative website on this subject:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your &quot;legal State of residence&quot; for voting purposes is the address where you last resided immediately prior to your departure from the U.S. This residence remains valid even though the citizen may no longer own property or have other ties to their last State residence and their intent to return to that State may be uncertain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you be a US Citizen who was &lt;em&gt;born&lt;/em&gt; abroad, many states have provisions allowing you to vote in the state and county in which your parents last resided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, with that in mind, you should &lt;strong&gt;contact the Senator from your last state of residence.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6829" OwnerDisplayName="LessPop_MoreFizz" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T12:29:41.187" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6500" CreationDate="2015-07-08T14:46:11.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most immigrants are required to have a passport that is valid at least 60 days beyond the expiration date of the immigrant visa.  There are some exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are described in section 211 of title 8 of the code of federal regulations: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/211.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/211.2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-03-10T02:20:13.933" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T02:20:13.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2879" CreationDate="2015-07-08T16:53:46.583" Score="4" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cork has its own GNIB centre in the city-center. No need to go to Dublin. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you are in Ireland, the GNIB stamp is more important than the visa. So, it does not matter if your wife's visa expires, as long as she has permission from the GNIB office to stay in Ireland.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6826" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T16:53:46.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-09T16:43:24.740" Score="6" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boy is under 18 and wants to apply for British Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He was born outside UK but moved here when he was one year old. He has lived and studied in UK for the last 16 years and has ILR since 2009 along with us. We, his parents, do not want to apply for British citizenship for various reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does he need to apply with MN1 Form? What are his avenues for citizenship since the options in MN1 form are not very clear for under-18 born outside UK whose parents are not applying for citizenship as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6831" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T09:51:11.190" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T22:29:13.257" Title="Applying for British citizenship for under-18 born outside UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6500" CreationDate="2015-07-09T16:49:45.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When we moved to the US recently, we were told by the local US embassy that it was best to have passports valid for at least 6 months after the expected date of travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a requirement to allow us to enter the US. It was because, supposedly, airlines can refuse passage for travelers who are traveling to a country that they do not current possess citizenship or residency, and do not have at least 6 months of validity on their passport. (Remember, an immigrant visa to the US is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; residency in the US. You only get a green card &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you enter.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, it seems that you'll have over 6 months of passport validity, so there should be no problem at all. Your son's immigrant visa is only necessary to &lt;em&gt;enter&lt;/em&gt; the country. Once inside the country, his documentation to remain will be his green card, so once he receives that, his Philippines passport won't be necessary for residency purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you do indeed move in August, your plan sounds perfect. Just travel on his existing passport, and wait to renew the passport in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the move gets delayed a month or more, I suggest you ask your local embassy for advice. They were very helpful for us. In a case like that, you might want to renew his passport in the Philippines, and bring &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; passports (the expired one with the immigrant visa, and the renewed one) on the flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-09T19:35:48.257" LastActivityDate="2015-07-09T19:35:48.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-09T22:18:57.803" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it faster for a U.S citizen to get married in Mexico and then do the I-130, or to go through a Fiancé(e) petition? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6832" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T22:09:47.100" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T01:00:13.310" Title="I-130 or Fiance petition" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6511" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-10T09:40:49.000" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Benin in Africa. I have my h1b visa but before that I signed a two year contract to play professional basketball in France and already completed one year. But I have to complete the second year to not have to pay the team the whole year if contract I also don't want to lose my H1B. My company is willing to give me a 10month leave of absence. Will I have problems to come back to the states if I choose to play that last year? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6834" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T09:40:49.000" Title="H1b visa leave of absence for contract of professional basketball in France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:24:35.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6509" CreationDate="2015-07-10T12:39:35.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;USCIS has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do;jsessionid=abcWmDmmOZgyY7wxO935u&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pretty decent page&lt;/a&gt; showing current processing times.  Depending on where you have to submit your application for either one processing times may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short I would consult an immigration lawyer before doing one or the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T12:39:35.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-10T13:50:34.310" Score="3" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to sell cars in the US, where it is normal for car buyers to negotiate final sale price of the vehicle, even on a new car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to purchase a new vehicle in Spain. Is it normal/acceptable to negotiate the price of a new vehicle in Spain? If so, how much movement on the price can be expected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4847" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-07-11T01:47:02.447" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T23:01:18.040" Title="Negotiating new car prices in Spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:39:32.850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6509" CreationDate="2015-07-11T01:00:13.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once your fiancee enters on K-1 visa, he/she will need to file AOS after the marriage to change status to permanent resident. That would end up being almost an identical process to getting the K-1 visa, which means you'll go through basically the same process twice, sequentially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you marry in Mexico and apply for IR-1 visa you'll only go through the process once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T01:00:13.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6513" CreationDate="2015-07-11T23:01:18.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can try, but don't expect a big discount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would advice is that you shop around. Visit different dealerships, ask for quotes and see what they have to offer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure about other places, but in Spain there is the concept of a Km0 car. Cars that the dealership might have bought themselves to reach a certain quota and now are eager to sell at a discount. Sometimes the cars have been used for demoing, or been in the exhibition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually cars are sold on demand, and the dealership only orders the from the manufacturer when the have an order for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T23:01:18.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T02:55:15.833" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;When living in a foreign country (in my case Australia), without a place at your residence to receive parcels you often have an option to get a parcel locker from the post office. However, the parcel locker in  many other countries (in my case Australia) only accepts packages from which the final delivery is done through the &quot;national Post network.&quot; The problem is that it is hard to find which couriers in my country of origin will end up using the national post network for the final destination where the package will arrive. I would like to inform relatives in my home country to advise them which couriers to choose based on this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="580" LastEditorUserId="580" LastEditDate="2016-02-08T06:05:18.117" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T06:05:18.117" Title="How to recieve packages from overseas to AU" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:37:35.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6517" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6519" CreationDate="2015-07-12T12:44:36.047" Score="5" ViewCount="4221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in Germany at the moment with a 90 day tourist visa and my question is very simple, can I sign up to a German Language Course and get the visa changed so I can start right away? Or I have to go back to my home country and apply there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6839" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T07:54:22.087" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T15:13:36.580" Title="Switch from Schengen Visa to a Student Visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T12:45:11.443" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be travelling to United States to join a graduate program. I need to buy travel insurance for three weeks as I will be an early arrival student. I am thinking of buying Atlas Travel Insurance (HCC Medical Insurance Company). I would like to know if it is a good idea to buy travel insurance from an online broker like insubuy.com ? or should I buy the insurance from the insurance company's website directly ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each of these methods ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, any information on the reliability of these online brokers like insubuy.com would be really appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6840" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T21:19:27.613" Title="Should I use an online broker to buy travel insurance or Should I buy from the insurance company website?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:39:02.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6517" CreationDate="2015-07-12T12:56:37.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/08-Studentenvisum.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;it is necessary to apply for a student visa &lt;em&gt;before entering Germany&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in a country where you have your usual place of residence (not necessarily your country of citizenship but definitely not a country where you are staying with a short-stay Schengen visa). A switch is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an exception for citizens &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__41.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;of a small number of countries&lt;/a&gt; (USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, South Korea and, with some restrictions, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras and some European micro-states…) who can in fact apply for a residence permit even if they entered the country without long-stay visa but those are countries whose citizens do not need a Schengen visa for short stays either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Colombian citizens definitely need to apply for a student visa from outside Germany. And I am not sure a “language course” is necessarily enough to get such a visa (it seems mainly intended for a full programme at a university).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-12T13:29:48.683" LastActivityDate="2015-07-12T13:29:48.683" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-11T14:58:05.927" Score="4" ViewCount="685" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Romanian citizen and my husband is Nepali. We recently got married in Nepal, but now want to move to Greece. I have lived and worked in Greece and I also have a registration certificate from their immigration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As we want to move directly to Greece now, can I register our marriage in Greece or I have to do it in Romania where my permanent address is?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I go back to Romania and he wants to fly directly to Greece and meet me there, can he apply for a visa to Greek embassy with our marriage certificate and can he also apply for a 5 years residence permit in Greece so that we can settle down there?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information I have is that first I need to register the marriage (but where, Romania or Greece, as I also have registration certificate from Greece?), then I have to send him the documents do that he can apply to Greek embassy for visa and then he can also apply for a 5 years residence permit in Greece, is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user31691" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-14T06:28:11.000" LastActivityDate="2015-10-04T09:30:26.220" Title="Registering a marriage with non-EU citizen" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6516" CreationDate="2015-07-12T15:15:51.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, absent a special agreement with the shipping company or unusual circumstances, only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.upu.int/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;postal organisations&lt;/a&gt; can deliver to post office boxes (and their associated parcel lockers). This is the case in almost all of the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, Australia Post &lt;a href=&quot;http://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/parcel-lockers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;state&lt;/a&gt; that: &quot;We'll accept domestic and international parcels from other carriers as long as they've paid to send them via the Australia Post network.&quot; For national postal organisations this is handled through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.upu.int/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UPU&lt;/a&gt;. I was not able to locate any private carrier which had actually made this arrangement. I did, however, locate individuals who said that &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1890741&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UPS, FedEx and DHL all could not deliver&lt;/a&gt; to an Australia Post PO box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if you ship via a country's national postal service, such as the United States Postal Service, they can deliver to your Australia Post PO box. However, if you ship via a private non-postal service such as UPS, FedEx or DHL, they cannot deliver to PO boxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are shipping from the US to an Australia Post PO box, you will need to ship via the United States Postal Service. Happily, this is usually the least expensive international shipping option, and from my experience tends to clear customs more easily and quickly. (To save even more, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/47283/3221&quot;&gt;buy and print your postage and customs form online&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; ship to a street address, any carrier will do. If you haven't got a safe place for the carrier to leave your package, they will be able to hold the package in their nearest distribution centre for you to pick up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-07-12T15:15:51.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6522" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T20:46:55.390" Score="3" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish national, and my wife is a Polish national. We got married in Sweden 6 years ago. I was living there for some time. She was living and working there in Ireland. After marriage, I joined her in Ireland as we decided to live in Ireland. After many years living together, things changed between us and at this point we both want divorce through mutual consent. We do not have any kids involved, neither any property, etc. In Ireland there is a legal requirement to wait for four years, at least, before any divorce proceeding can take place. In our situation we can not wait so long, so I would like to ask where we can file for a quick divorce. For example, can we file for divorce in any other EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6841" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-12-04T00:49:53.373" LastActivityDate="2018-03-05T17:35:55.000" Title="Getting divorced in another EU country" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6084" CreationDate="2015-07-13T11:10:37.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK government website at &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/giving-notice-at-your-local-register-office&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/giving-notice-at-your-local-register-office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;gives detailed information what you need to do if you want to get married in the UK, including information what to do if you are not a UK citizen, and not a EU citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that the Polish government has a similar website; you should go there as well and compare. It might be easier, or it might not. Depends on the Polish rules, whether being a Polish citizen makes things easier, or whether things are generally easier in Poland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T11:10:37.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2865" CreationDate="2015-07-13T12:24:40.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to France in 1989, I opened up two accounts with Crédit Agricole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forget if it was &lt;em&gt;taxe foncière&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt; (both paid yearly by house owners), one year I was a bit late and went down to pay it only to be told they had already taken it out of my main account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that a bit strange but they did it, oh yes there was money to cover it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6843" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-13T12:37:12.533" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T12:37:12.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-13T17:34:47.470" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;A person is planning to apply for a student visa this fall to study at a publically funded college and the chances are really good that their application will be successful.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They plan to arrive and begin their studies next January (2016).  Will they be able to work part-time to help defray the cost of their education?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if they do really well at their studies and a UK company wants to hire them after graduation, will they be able to make an in-country application for a work permit (Tier 2)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is posed as a single question because students invariably consider both as a single question when they contemplate applying for a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-14T10:59:35.883" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T16:26:21.763" Title="UK Students: working and switching" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-13T18:02:52.223" Score="3" ViewCount="696" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK for a full year while doing my Master's degree, six years ago. I was registered at the NHS, and I do have the number written down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I was registered at the NHS, is there a chance that I was also issued a National Insurance Number? If yes, what's the easiest way to find that out? If not, what's the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a EU national, and do have a NIN in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6844" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T00:00:50.810" Title="Does a EU student in the UK automatically get a National Insurance Number (NIN, NINO)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-13T22:09:00.160" Score="-2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are US citizens living in Costa Rica. We have lived in Costa Rica for the last five years, own our home here, and have received our &quot;Permanent/Unrestricted Residency&quot; from the Costa Rican government, having met all the government requirements over a three year period. We want to go to the US for a few months to visit family and friends around the country. How long will the US government allow us to remain in the US? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6845" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-14T00:58:29.427" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T00:58:29.427" Title="How long can nonresident US citizens visit in the US?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6527" CreationDate="2015-07-13T22:31:04.657" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forever.  US citizens can stay in the US as long as they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T22:31:04.657" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-13T22:27:29.510" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian Citizen currently residing in Canada being interviewed for a job in the US. My girlfriend is a Chinese Citizen, currently on a student visa in Canada (part of a Masters program). What visa options do I have so that my girlfriend can come with me to the US should I get a job offer? What kind of visas would let her apply for jobs (or apply for college programs) once she is in the US? I we were to get married, would it give us a wider selection of options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6853" OwnerDisplayName="user44711" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T06:02:55.733" Title="Spouse Visa Options When Working In USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6529" CreationDate="2015-07-14T00:03:54.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What visa options do I have so that my girlfriend can come with me to&#xA;  the US should I get a job offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She could try to get some visa on her own, independently of yours, but she would not get any additional options because of your visa. &lt;i&gt;Girlfriend&lt;/i&gt; is not a legal status and as such not recognized by USCIS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I we were to get married, would it give us a wider selection of&#xA;  options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, work visas have accompanying family visas for spouse and children. For example a spouse of person working on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt; or similar H visa would get dependent &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-4_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;H4 visa&lt;/a&gt;, while spouse of someone on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-1_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;L-1 visa&lt;/a&gt; would get &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-2_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;L-2 visa&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" OwnerDisplayName="vartec" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T00:03:54.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-14T07:20:47.963" Score="4" ViewCount="1194" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find the precise text of the laws relating to G and A visas. There's apparently a law that you can't apply for any other non-immigrant visa than a G or A if you're eligible to apply for a G or A. In particular, if your spouse has a G or A visa, then you can't apply for e.g. an H-1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've not found clear information of the situation where a spouse is &lt;strong&gt;already a nonimmigrant visa holder&lt;/strong&gt;. Are you forced to give up your old visa in this case? I've tried to find the actual text of the law that governs this, but I can't find it. Is anyone able to point me to the exact text?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear. I'm not looking for an answer to any other question than getting a pointer to the precise text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6846" LastActivityDate="2015-07-16T01:13:55.117" Title="US G-4 visa spouse rules" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="738" CreationDate="2015-07-14T08:35:33.357" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on your situation I think. If you rent a home you definitely want a good &lt;strong&gt;Innbo-insurance&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you own a home you need to have a &lt;strong&gt;Villa-insurance&lt;/strong&gt;. If you have kids I'd recommend Barne-insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Travel-insurance&lt;/strong&gt; is vital in all cases, so if you lose that; get a private one. It covers most things that could happen while on the go; except for using a car of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a car you'd want the &lt;strong&gt;Delkasko-insurance&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Fullkasko-insurance&lt;/strong&gt;, depending on how expensive the car is. Delkasko is fine if it's a cheap car (for you). Both cover damage to your windshield. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6847" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T08:35:33.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6525" CreationDate="2015-07-14T10:57:02.603" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, they will not be able to work.  And no, they will not be able to make an in-country application for a work permit (Tier 2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, 13 July 2015, the UK government issued a ministerial statement announcing a change in the rules affecting students (T4) who are pursuing a course at a publically funded college.  The statement reads in part...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New students at publicly funded colleges will be prevented from being&#xA;  able to work in the UK, in order to bring their working rights in line&#xA;  with those of international students at private colleges. In the&#xA;  autumn, college students will be unable to switch to a work visa or&#xA;  extend their study visa whilst they are in the UK, whilst protecting&#xA;  students at embedded colleges who will progress onto study at a higher&#xA;  education institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These new provisions will activate by the time Parliament rises in December.  Transitional provisions for students whose applications are caught in the middle of the change will be published in about September or October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in comments, the UKVI site is now out-of-sync with the rules and it will take a while to get caught up.  Students who are affected will need to read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444701/50596_hc_297.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;legal briefing&lt;/a&gt; in order to stay current.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The full ministerial statement is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/July%202015/13%20July/5-Home-Immigration.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;House of Commons: Written Statement (HCWS95)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Annual Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T16:26:21.763" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T16:26:21.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6534" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6536" CreationDate="2015-07-14T13:19:57.740" Score="5" ViewCount="394" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my citizenship allows me to enter the Schengen Area for 90 days without a visa, can I apply for a residence permit/visa being inside the country (ex. Germany) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because as a Colombian, I know I have to return to my country to apply for the permit, but from October 2015 the EU won't ask Colombians and Peruvians for visas anymore, does it mean that in 2016 I could come back to Germany or any other Schengen country and apply for the permit within that country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6839" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T08:38:11.340" Title="Who (not EU citizen) can apply for residence permit/visa from within Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6467" CreationDate="2015-07-14T14:17:18.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot chain together visitor visas to achieve, in effect, residence in the UK. If you have a visitor visa with a duration of more than 6 months granting multiple entries to the UK you may not remain for more than 6 months in any rolling 12 month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You can stay for a maximum of 6 months on each visit&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I cannot find a reference for my assertion about the rolling 12 month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6850" LastEditorUserId="6850" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T14:02:10.563" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T14:02:10.563" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6534" CreationDate="2015-07-14T15:39:22.243" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, whether you can directly apply for a residence permit from within the country is entirely up to each individual country and will not necessarily change after Colombian and Peruvian citizens are exempted from the Schengen visa requirement. There is no link between this and the Schengen regulations and no general rule that would apply in all Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany and the Netherlands, some people can indeed directly apply for a residence permit based on their citizenship, even if they entered without visa with an eye towards residence. But the list of countries whose citizens can do that is much smaller than the list of countries whose citizens can visit the Schengen area without a visa. In both cases, it only covers a handful of high-income countries like the US, Japan, Canada, Australia or South Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turns out that the list of countries whose citizens benefit from this is almost the same in the Netherlands and Germany but I think that legally speaking it's mostly a coincidence. By contrast, in France, all third-country citizens must in principle first apply for a long-stay visa from outside the country and there is no exception based on citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are always other exceptions as well, typically for refugees, sometimes also for people who qualify for a residence permit as of right (e.g. spouses) and in some other situations, so many details can make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the most generic answer to your question is that you can't assume that anything will change or that it will become possible for Columbian citizens to switch from a short-stay to a long-stay status. But since you specifically mentioned Germany, I will go into a little more details about what I know about the rules there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6517/switch-from-schengen-visa-to-a-student-visa-in-germany&quot;&gt;Switch from Schengen Visa to a Student Visa in Germany&lt;/a&gt;, citizens from 13 countries can in any case enter Germany without visa and apply for a student permit in the country. That list only includes one South American country (Brazil), even though most of them are already on the annex II list of country whose citizens do not need a visa to enter the Schengen area. Only citizens of Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, South-Korea, New Zealand und the USA can do the same for a &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; permit (i.e. citizens of Brazil and other countries that belong to the first but not the second set of countries can do it for a permit that does not give them the right to work but not for a work permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these lists are defined in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__41.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 41 of the Aufenthaltsverordnung&lt;/a&gt;. The same act also provides for a few other exceptions that can in principle apply to citizens of any country in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__39.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 39&lt;/a&gt;. Point 3 in particular implies that it's possible to apply for a residence permit within in Germany &lt;em&gt;if the conditions required to obtain it only became fulfilled after entering the country&lt;/em&gt; (say you marry and therefore become eligible for a spouse permit or something like that). But I don't know exactly in which cases this rule can or cannot be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the stay of members from the family of an EU citizen is regulated by an entirely separate piece of legislation and they can in any case apply for a residence card (technically that's not called a “permit”) from within the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T08:38:11.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6477" CreationDate="2015-07-14T23:08:20.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beneath all things you actually &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do, which I am sure are restricted, I mean, beneath Internet, Postals and Phone, there is nothing else you can really use to &lt;em&gt;communicate&lt;/em&gt; with each other on this distances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to empathize here more on another point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was as child often alone with either my mamma(!) :) or my dad.&#xA;One of both always was &quot;abroad&quot; working. As child, I did not feel the absence of my father that much as the absence of my mother. First did actually not even really bother me, while second was almost insupportable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be different form child to child, but I think, who suffered the most back then, where actually my parents, not me. Children forget and focus elsewhere very fast. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, since there is not much you can do, I would rather ask myself, how the child is feeling about and what are the consequences for the child (probably way less painful then for you personally)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since your situation seems to be temporarily, I think (specially begin the child 4 years old), you can't really do much here, but perhaps you can pay up afterwards. I am saying this in the sense, that it was for me way more important to have my parents around and &quot;communicative&quot; as &quot;real&quot; persons, instead of phone or Skype calls (which we of course did not have back then)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To &quot;ease&quot; your own thoughts and feelings, I suggest the same as the child does to solve it: Distraction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the more you think about this situation, the more painful it becomes. The more you distract you with something, it can actually even be something you do &lt;em&gt;for the child&lt;/em&gt;, like, who knows, build him a little Playground out in the garden (sorry, I don't know where and how you live...) can distract yourself enough and give a feeling of closeness, which, I am sure, the child feels even if 1000 of miles away from you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We humans try to always &quot;materialize&quot; communication, while I am sure, specially childs have great working other kind of &quot;sensors&quot;....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6852" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T23:08:20.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6531" CreationDate="2015-07-14T23:25:56.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2&lt;/a&gt; specifies who is eligible to receive each type of US visa. 214.2(a) specifies A visa requirements, and 214.2(g) specifies G visa requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;8 CFR 274a.12&lt;/a&gt; specifies which visa holders can accept employment and under which circumstances. 274a.12(c) specifies when dependents of A and G visa holders can obtain employment, specifically, they must obtain a favorable endorsement from the Department of State and then be approved by USCIS. 274a.12(c)(1) covers A visa holders, and 274a.12(c)(4) covers G visa holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;22 CFR 41.24&lt;/a&gt;(b)(3) specifies that foreign government officials entering the U.S. on official business who qualify for A status must be given A status, and (b)(4) specifies that those entering the U.S. who qualify for G status must be given G status, even if they qualify for another nonimmigrant status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For people already holding a valid US visa, you change status to an A or G visa by filing form I-566, and can apply for employment authorization on that form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="790" LastEditDate="2015-07-16T01:13:55.117" LastActivityDate="2015-07-16T01:13:55.117" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6526" CreationDate="2015-07-15T00:00:50.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the people at the National Insurance Applications call centre, a NHS number does not mean a NI number at all. So if you are registered for the NHS as a student but you've never worked in the UK, you do not have a National Insurance number. In which case you apply for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6844" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T00:00:50.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T11:02:55.967" Score="3" ViewCount="1146" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from a company registered in Malta, as I am third country national (TCN) and not from the EU, I was required to apply for a work/residency permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company applied on behalf of me for the single process of work and residency permit, and after two months the permits were granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on that, the company sent me a copy of the work permit and I applied with it for a visa. (The residency permit I get it automatically once I am in Malta).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 14 days waiting for the visa, I got the response from the embassy of Malta with visa denial, stating that: &quot;Your intention to leave the territory of the member state before the expiry of visa could not be ascertained&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am really confused here, I have a work and residency permit, so this not applicable to my case, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, what I am thinking about is, that I apply for a Schengen for another EU country (Spain or France), and using this visa I enter Malta, and once there I get my residency permit, is this lawful?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Malek" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T06:48:41.540" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T06:48:41.540" Title="Visa refusal despite Work/Residency permit granted" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6542" CreationDate="2015-07-12T12:52:54.347" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like the Maltese consulate consulate made a good call.  They wrote: &quot;&lt;em&gt;Your intention to leave the territory of the member state before the expiry of visa could not be ascertained&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it's true, right?   You plan to stay on in Malta beyond the end of 90 days given by a Schengen because you plan to work.  Given that you have secured permission to work and as bureaucratic as it sounds the Schengen was the wrong visa to apply for.  You need a national visa of type &quot;D&quot; (or as Malta calls it an &quot;employment license&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is arguably the fastest resolution is to consult your new employer about what visa is right for your job and then to apply for it with a fresh application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your strategy of getting a different country to issue you a Schengen and then using it to evade Maltese controls is poor.  Once in Malta you would need to ask the issuing country to revoke the Schengen because you are now working. Doing that  opens more questions than it solves.  And just abandoning the Schengen will leave you on the system without a record of exiting the zone.  Doing that leaves you with an awkward (and frankly, untenable) explanation to give if you need to use the Schengen regime in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastActivityDate="2015-07-12T15:07:26.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6522" CreationDate="2015-07-15T08:19:10.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot simply pick a convenient country. Since several countries are involved, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/divorce-separation/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU rules apply&lt;/a&gt;. The conditions are complex but one of you must in any case be a resident in the country where you will file for divorce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the rules governing the divorce &lt;em&gt;are not necessarily the rules from the country where you can file&lt;/em&gt;. It means that, in some cases, the four-year delay mandated by Irish law could be binding for other EU courts, even if you move abroad and become eligible to file for divorce in your new country of residence. You really need a lawyer to figure this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2018-03-05T17:35:55.000" LastActivityDate="2018-03-05T17:35:55.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6546" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6550" CreationDate="2015-07-15T12:27:29.007" Score="2" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to do a post-doc. My contract is 2 years, and so is the funding in my DS-2019 form. But when I received my J-1 visa, it is only valid for 1 year. I don't understand why. Do I need to go back to my country mid-way of the project to apply for the Visa again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6730" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T13:43:44.470" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T16:25:03.903" Title="I have funding for 2 years in my DS-2019, why my J-1 visa is only valid for 1 year?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6547" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6549" CreationDate="2015-07-15T12:28:42.123" Score="5" ViewCount="1259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living and working in the Netherlands for a while now and I have recently become a Dutch national through naturalization. At the request of the Immigration Services (IND) I have submitted an application at the consulate of my country of origin to give up my original nationality as otherwise the IND can annul my new citizenship. It has been brought to my attention that once I give up my original nationality I can simply claim it back due to the laws regulating dual nationality of Dutch citizens. The basis for this claim can be found here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nederlandse-nationaliteit/nederlandse-nationaliteit-verliezen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nederlandse-nationaliteit/nederlandse-nationaliteit-verliezen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have copied the part of the website that is relevant to my case below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bent u meerderjarig? Dan verliest u in de volgende gevallen de Nederlandse nationaliteit van rechtswege (=automatisch):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;U neemt vrijwillig een andere nationaliteit aan.&#xA;Dit geldt niet als:&#xA;    u in het land van die andere nationaliteit bent geboren en daar ook woonde toen u die andere nationaliteit verkreeg;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says that you automatically lose your Dutch nationality if you voluntarily take up another nationality. The exception to this rule is that you were born in the country from which you are getting the new nationality AND also living in that country at the time that you obtained the new nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems to me that I can simply relocate to my country of origin for a few months, get my citizenship back and come back to the Netherlands with two passports. What I don't understand is, assuming that I am right, why are they forcing people to give up their nationalities during the naturalization process if they can just get it back later on? I could give the IND a call but you don't usually get the most accurate information from them. So I thought I could give it a shot here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: My country of origin allows me to regain my nationality under very mild conditions. They don't even require me to relocate there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3743" LastEditorUserId="3743" LastEditDate="2015-07-16T07:44:41.930" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T19:58:04.850" Title="Renunciation of original nationality in the process of becoming a Dutch citizen" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-15T12:31:32.110" Score="2" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am leaving Brazil now, I have two job offers: one for New Zealand and one for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In New Zealand I will be working in Auckland and in Germany in Frankfurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I going to work as a programmer with languages such as Java, C#&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both companies have similar salaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the questions is: What are the Fundamental differences between those two Countries for a Brazilian worker working as a programmer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note I am not asking which one is better, or asking for opinions, but I really want to know what are the main differences in the day-to-day life and day-to-day work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I have not been to any of those countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T12:31:32.110" Title="Work with IT and Software Engineering in Germany and in New Zealand" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:35:48.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6547" CreationDate="2015-07-15T14:15:14.467" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be very careful with that. There might be a loophole but it does not necessarily offer a strong protection against the loss of your Dutch citizenship. This particular part of the law is clearly intended for people who acquire some unrelated citizenship during their life (especially if they are Dutch citizens by birth) and does not deal with the requirements for naturalisation. As you note yourself, why force people to give up their nationalities during the naturalisation process if they can just get it back later on? The simple answer is that they are not supposed to get it back later on!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, note that even if it would work, it's not trivial to meet all the conditions. You must come from a country that allows you to renounce your citizenship yet lets you regain it easily (I can think of a few but that's not a general rule). You must also be willing and able to switch residence for long enough to do that after living for many years in the Netherlands (to qualify for naturalisation in the first place). From your other questions I gather that you are a student and it might not seem like a big deal to young people but for someone with a job and a family, that would be more difficult to organise!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the intent really was to exempt applicants from the requirement to renounce other citizenships if they were born outside of the country or married to a foreign national, it could be done in a much more direct way and I would expect these exemptions to be explicitly listed in the relevant part of the law and on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nederlandse-nationaliteit/nederlander-worden&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page about becoming Dutch&lt;/a&gt;. Since they are not, it's not safe to assume that this rule would protect you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do realise that losing Dutch citizenship because you acquired another one and cancelling a naturalisation are not exactly the same thing. Legally speaking, the law summarised on this webpage is not the source of your obligation to renounce any previous citizenship and the dispositions that do apply to you have more stringent restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, article 9 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/geldigheidsdatum_16-07-2015#Hoofdstuk5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap&lt;/a&gt; (RWN) provides that an application to become Dutch should be rejected if “the applicant who possesses another citizenship does not do everything possible to lose that citizenship or is not ready to do everything possible once the naturalisation is effective […]”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your obligation is not merely submitting documentation or effectively giving up your previous citizenship (for some people that's not possible) but doing everything you can to that end. Reapplying for your previous citizenship could suggest intent not to respect that obligation and might therefore conceivably be used to consider your application void or even fraudulent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you fail to submit adequate proof of your attempt to get rid of any previous citizenship, the consequence is not the loss of Dutch citizenship under article 15, point 1.a of the RWN but a withdrawal (&lt;em&gt;intrekking&lt;/em&gt;) of the original decision under article 15, point 1.d, a distinct procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception to the loss of Dutch citizenship for people who are born in a foreign country and acquire that country's citizenship while living there is defined in article 15, point 2.a and explicitly refers to article 15, point 1.a (i.e. it is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an exception to article 15, point 1.d).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, I am not sure the Dutch IND has any authority to cancel a naturalisation once you have submitted proof that you tried to renounce your citizenship and they accepted it but I would still consider it a risk (IIRC, it did happen to thousands of Turkish citizens in Germany in the 1990s but that's not directly relevant, legally speaking).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the fact that the general trend in the Netherlands is to make the rules on dual citizenship increasingly restrictive (unlike Germany, incidentally), it's also entirely possible that a new law would close the loophole later on or give the IND more extensive authority to cancel your Dutch citizenship in cases like that. As @phoog pointed out in a comment, you would probably get another opportunity to choose between the Dutch citizenship and the other one but that's not guaranteed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it might work, at least for some time, but if that's important to you, &lt;strong&gt;talk to a lawyer before putting all the effort you invested into becoming Dutch in jeopardy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-02-12T19:58:04.850" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T19:58:04.850" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6546" CreationDate="2015-07-15T16:25:03.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visa is not the same thing as status.  The visa only allows you to apply for entry at a port of entry.  To remain in the country, you must maintain your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the visa is concerned, you only need a new one if you leave the US after the old one expires.  If you do, you'll have to apply for a new visa while you are out of the country; if you do not, there's nothing to worry about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for status, the date by which you must leave the US should be written on the &quot;admitted&quot; stamp you received when you entered.  It may say &quot;D/S&quot; -- &quot;duration of status&quot; -- which means that you may stay as long as you qualify for J-1 status.  I presume that is as long as you continue in your post-doc program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may also be a date.  Your status will expire on that date, and you would then need to leave the country.  However, you can apply to extend your status without leaving the country.  For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T16:25:03.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-15T22:12:12.823" Score="7" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian national. I lived and worked in France from September 2010 through December 31, 2012 then moved to the UK. When I left France I forgot to tell the Tax Authorities that I moved abroad (but in any case I haven't perceived any income in France in 2012 as my employment was terminated at the end of 2011). I just received the avis d'impôt 2015 where they require me to pay 6,000 euros in taxes for 2012. What would be the best way to clarify this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6857" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T20:39:11.437" LastActivityDate="2018-02-15T03:54:26.787" Title="Left France but forgot to inform the Centre de Finances Publiques" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6552" CreationDate="2015-07-16T09:28:22.810" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way to clarify this would be to get in touch with the Centre des Finances Publiques that sent this request to you and explain them the situation, pleading good faith. There probably is an email address in their contact information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not fluent in French, you might need help from a native French speaker to write your message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a possibility that even if you had no income for that period, there's a a penalty for not filing the tax documents on time. Or they are asking for the 'Taxe d'habitation' for that period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T20:40:11.640" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T20:40:11.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-16T17:24:31.570" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering moving to Lisbon from the United States and wanted to know around how much my medications would cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buproprion 450 mg (300mg+150mg)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mirtazipine 45 mg&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6864" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-16T17:45:58.393" LastActivityDate="2015-07-16T17:45:58.393" Title="How much will Mirtazipine and Buproprion medications cost in Lisbon, Portugal" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:36:36.730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2015-07-16T18:40:05.503" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is how much a hypothetical above average (1.5x) software developer could save/invest after expenses and taxes in New York and Berlin.&#xA;I think it is important to also include what your level of spending is, since this can greatly influence the amount you can invest for later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that this kind of calculation naturally comes with a lot of caveats and assumptions, and must be adapted if your assumptions deviate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, I calculated the savings in absolute values, implicating that after you quit working, you have a high degree of freedom to choose where you want to live and spend your money. Keep in mind that this may not be true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I didn't include a fine-grained analysis of possible tax optimizations, social (retirement) benefits, etc. Inform yourself and adapt.&#xA;For the US salary, I calculated the employee contribution to health insurance with 340$/month, depending on whether you have a group plan or not this may be too low.&#xA;I used 1 EUR = 1.09 USD (rate as of 7/2015), and monthly expenses of 1500 EUR for Berlin. I estimated tax, income, living costs from the indicated sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here comes the calculation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C_de = Cost of living Berlin / EUR / Year = 1500 * 12 = 18000&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C_us = Cost of living NYC / USD / Year = C_de * 1.77 * 1.09 = 34727  [1]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I_de = Income Berlin / EUR = 72000 [2]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I_us = Income NYC / USD = 120649 [3]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;T_de = ratio of tax, social security, healthcare per I_de = 0.426 [4]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;T_us = ratio of tax, social security, healthcare per I_us =  0.400 [5] [6]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;absolute savings NYC / USD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;= I_us * (1 - T_us) - C_us &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;= 120649 * 0.6 - 34727 = 37662&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;savings ratio NYC: 37662 / (120649 * 0.63) = 0.495&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;absolute savings Berlin / USD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;= (I_de * (1 -T_de) - C_de) * 1.09&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;= (72000 * 0.574 - 18000) * 1.09 = 25427&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;savings ratio Berlin: 25427 / (72000 * 0.574 * 1.09) = 0.564&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=&gt; 48% more in NYC &lt;em&gt;absolute&lt;/em&gt; after expenses, slightly lower savings &lt;em&gt;ratio&lt;/em&gt; after taxes in NYC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=&gt; Note that in the US, any social security benefits can only be claimed at retirement age if contributed to more than 10 years!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] “Software Developer/Berlin 48000 EUR” * 1.5 = 72000 EUR &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[3] “Software Developer/NYC 80433 USD” * 1.5 = 120649 USD&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/berlin-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IM1020_KO7,24.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/berlin-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IM1020_KO7,24.htm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[4] Includes health insurance, retirement and other contributions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[5] Includes social security contributions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[5a] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paycheckcity.com/calculator/salary/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.paycheckcity.com/calculator/salary/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[5b] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneychimp.com/features/fica.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.moneychimp.com/features/fica.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[5b] I estimated NY City tax with 3% &lt;a href=&quot;http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes/a/New-York-City-taxes.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes/a/New-York-City-taxes.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New York State + City + Federal + Social Security + health insurance:&#xA;(7240 + 3619 + 23969 + 9096 + 4320) / 120649 = 0.400&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[6] health insurance with group plan, estimated based on personal conversation with friends living in US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="774" LastEditorUserId="774" LastEditDate="2015-07-18T18:24:43.653" LastActivityDate="2015-07-18T18:24:43.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-16T19:55:29.990" Score="1" ViewCount="360" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American  and will be married in the United States to a British Citizen.   After our marriage we will be moving to the Canary Islands where he has lived for the past 15 years.    Do I have to get a special visa to go to England and visit for 3 months or by virtue of marriage will I be entitled to British Citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understood correctly as I will be joining my husband in the Canary Islands and he has been a long time resident, all I need to do is go to the local police station and apply for residency.   I tried contacting the Spanish Consulate but they were of no help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6865" LastEditorUserId="1020" LastEditDate="2015-07-17T06:52:25.083" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T06:52:25.083" Title="Marrying a British citizen, visiting England and moving to Canary Islands" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6558" CreationDate="2015-07-16T20:19:09.523" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an American citizen, you do not need a visa to visit the UK for up to six months. This is independent of where you actually live or who you are married to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acquiring British citizenship is not automatic, and according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#British_citizenship_by_naturalisation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British nationality law&lt;/a&gt; as a married partner of a British citizen you must have lived in the UK for at least three years (among other requirements).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-07-16T20:19:09.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-16T20:48:10.820" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding an International Driving Permit. Currently I live in Belgium as a resident. I still have a valid driver's license from my native country with a valid international driving permit. I will be travelling to Norway and was wondering if I can use it to drive there. I understand I cannot drive in Belgium with it as I am a resident, but does this apply to another EU member state which I will visit as a tourist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6867" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-16T20:53:52.337" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T18:55:07.713" Title="Driving in a EU country with an International Driving Permit of a Non EU country as EU resident" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6558" CreationDate="2015-07-16T21:40:12.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Greg Hewgill notes, you do not need a visa to enter the UK because you are a US citizen.  For people who &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; normally require a visa, the Spanish &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/ciudadanos-de-la-union-europea/estancia-y-residencia#Residencia%20para%20familiares&quot;&gt;residence permit&lt;/a&gt; will exempt them from that requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, that permit, which should be endorsed &quot;family member of a citizen of the European Union&quot; (or the equivalent in Spanish) is evidence of their right to freedom of movement under EU &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32004L0038R(01)&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; when they are traveling with, or joining, their EU-citizen family member.  One benefit of this is the right to use the EU passport lines (at Schengen borders, at least) even though you do not hold an EU passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who are from a country whose citizens require a visa to enter the UK, and who have not yet received a residence permit, or do not themselves reside in the EU, there is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  (For family of British citizens, this option is only available if the British citizen lives in another EU country.)  The permit is free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to the British citizenship question, you have to live in the UK for a minimum period before you can be naturalized.  For spouses of British citizens, this period is reduced to three years from the usual five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-07-16T21:40:12.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6562" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6564" CreationDate="2015-07-16T22:49:27.437" Score="7" ViewCount="3311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen, working currently for a US company, but am considering a position for a company in Amsterdam.  In absolute terms, the Amsterdam job would pay roughly 13% &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; than I am currently earning in the United States.  But how does this compare after taxes, health insurance, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At my current employer, my take-home pay, after tax withholding, etc, is roughly 73% of my base salary.  My employer also pays 100% of my health insurance costs, which is a big bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how can I quickly estimate my take-home pay based on a base salary in the Netherlands to make a roughly apples-to-apples comparison?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-17T04:59:16.347" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T19:12:20.037" Title="Take-home pay: US vs Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-17T03:40:55.320" Score="2" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancee is in the US legally on a non-immigrant visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She didn't know me before she came, she hasn't worked here, our relationship is bona fide, etc. So after we get married here in the US, she should qualify for Adjustment of Status and be able to stay while waiting for her green card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, we want to move abroad soon. We were planning to get married in a few months, and then travel for a while, eventually settling abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, after reading about the difficulties getting a non-citizen spouse into the US, I'm worried that if we change our minds and decide to come back to the US, we'll find ourselves stuck in limbo for a few years waiting for her to get a green card when she could have got it easily if we just stayed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It even sounds like we would have a hard time just coming back to visit my family temporarily; it's not clear if as my wife she would even be able to get a non-immigrant visa again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our lease is up soon, we were excited to go abroad for while, but how difficult would it be for us to come back to live in the US, from a legal point of view? Would staying until she has a green card makes things easier in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6868" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T08:52:09.423" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T21:40:12.050" Title="How difficult is it for a US citizen to go back to the US with a non-resident spouse?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T12:00:44.270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6562" CreationDate="2015-07-17T05:13:31.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.loonwijzer.nl/home/salaris/brutonetto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here is one simulator&lt;/a&gt; you can use for that. You can find others by looking for things like “nettoloon” or ”bruto netto” together with “Nederland” (name of the country in Dutch, to get rid of results about Belgium).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You haven't said anything about the type of work or the level of salary but my guess would be that you can expect the take-home pay to be slightly lower than in the US, on the order of 60-65% of your base salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Netherlands, what's withheld (called &lt;em&gt;loonheffing&lt;/em&gt; in Dutch) includes both taxes (&lt;em&gt;loonbelasting&lt;/em&gt;) and some tax-like contributions that provide most of the funding of the health insurance and basic pension system (&lt;em&gt;bijdrage Zorgverzekeringswet&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;premie volksverzekeringen&lt;/em&gt;). On top of that, you will have to pay roughly €100 every month to an health insurer (I believe it is illegal for an employer to pay these €100 or to cover the legally mandated deductible, what employers can offer instead is to pay for optional insurance above the basic health insurance, e.g. to cover alternative medicines, treatment abroad, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again assuming we are talking about a well-paid job as a professional, you would also probably qualify for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;30%-ruling&lt;/a&gt; (your employer has to apply for that on your behalf). If successful, you would pay taxes on 70% of your salary, the rest would be paid to you entirely (i.e. tax-free). You would also be exempt of taxes on property abroad but you would not accrue any pension rights on the tax-free part of your salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, beyond all the usual costs (rent, utilities, groceries…), you can also expect a few other mandatory expenses: municipal taxes (in Amsterdam, that's about €400 per year for a single-person household and €470 for a family for waste and sewage but there also additional taxes if you have a dog, own a house, etc.) and water board taxes (that's the institution in charge of dikes and flood protection, perhaps €200-400 per year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-04T19:12:20.037" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T19:12:20.037" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6565" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6566" CreationDate="2015-07-16T21:36:17.433" Score="4" ViewCount="983" Body="&lt;p&gt;Came to the US from Canada on a regular visa, got a job offer while I was here. Do I need to leave the country and re-enter to switch to a TN visa, or can I submit something while I am here to change my status? If so, what do I need to submit and where?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried Googling around, haven't found official information on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6870" OwnerDisplayName="shim" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-17T09:08:34.473" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T09:08:34.473" Title="How do you change from a tourist visa to a TN visa without leaving the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6565" CreationDate="2015-07-16T21:47:53.030" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The term used by the US is &lt;em&gt;change of status&lt;/em&gt; (when changing to immigrant status, the term is &lt;em&gt;adjustment of status.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form for changing from one non-immigrant status to another is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-539instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I-539&lt;/a&gt;.  However, you will not file I-539, because, in that form's instructions, you will find this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An employer must file &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Form I-129&lt;/a&gt; on behalf of a TN professional worker who is currently in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you want to change status, your employer has to petition on your behalf using form I-129.  If you are outside the US, it is optional for the employer to file I-129; instead, you can apply at the border.  This may be easier since the form is 36 pages long, and your employer may be reluctant to deal with more paperwork than necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Canadian, you don't actually need to get a TN visa before applying at the border; you just show up and apply.  You will need certain documents and a $50 fee; information is available from several web sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://canada.usembassy.gov/visas/doing-business-in-america/tn-visas-professionals-under-nafta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Embassy in Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/citizens/tn-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Customs and Border Protection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/nafta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US State Department&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Citizenship and Immigration Services&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among the requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of Canadian citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Education and employment records to establish your eligibility for TN status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A letter from your prospective employer offering you a job, which must be listed in Appendix 1603.D.1 of NAFTA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$50&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T05:29:01.877" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6569" CreationDate="2015-07-17T09:33:01.750" Score="5" ViewCount="2733" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions on taxation while being on a J1 visa (category research scholar). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a Netherlands National&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will start in December 1, 2015 as a postdoctoral researcher in the US, NYC. I have not had any kind of VISA for the US before.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will stay for exactly 24 months (Dec 1,2015 – Nov 31, 2017). After that I will return to the Netherlands and continue to work there. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will be paid a salary by my home university in the Netherlands throughout this period in the US (FOREIGN income!).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Because I am in the US for 3 calendar years (2015,2016,2017) I believe I am a non-resident alien in 2015 and 2016, and a resident alien for 2017 because I am more than 183 days in the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tax advisor from my home university has looked into my situation to determine where I should pay income tax and social security tax according to NL-US tax treaties and Dutch law. It appears I need to pay SS taxes in the Netherlands even while I am staying in the US. However for income tax he thinks I should pay tax in the US and not the Netherlands, while staying in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have read that for the first 2 years J1 visa holders are usually exempt from federal income and FICA taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are both federal and FICA based on residence status? So am I correct in assuming that I need to pay federal income tax + FICA tax for 2017, but that I am tax exempt for 2016 and 2015?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere I have read advice that federal taxes need only to be paid if you are in the US for more than 24 months, regardless of calendar year (i.e. I am in the US for 24 months but in 3 calendar years). Can you comment if this is the case for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am receiving a FOREIGN income as a salary, not a fellowship, although the salary was paid from a fellowship that was awarded to me. However, the fellowship is intended as a real salary and not just to cover tuition or other direct costs. Does this in anyway changes above situation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am obliged to pay Netherlands SS taxes by Dutch law. There is a totalization agreement between the US and NL. Does this mean I can claim exemption from FICA for 2017? Or do I need to pay and then try to claim back?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6854" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2015-07-17T12:59:51.760" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T16:44:42.777" Title="Income tax on J1 visa for 24 months on foreign salary while paying home social security taxes" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-17T11:03:07.060" Score="4" ViewCount="3006" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer in Germany, I from Brazil, I would like to know if my diploma affects my application, since it is a 2 and half year diploma well recognized in Brazil of formal education (tertiary education).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is an IT Degree which normally is compared to an Associate Degree outside Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a problem, or this diploma is eligible for me to work in Germany? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I am applying for a blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6682" LastEditorDisplayName="user8598" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T21:49:17.193" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T09:38:31.450" Title="Diploma for blue card in Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6567" CreationDate="2015-07-17T13:46:56.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, I have read that for the first 2 years J1 visa holders are&#xA;  usually exempt from federal income and FICA taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not at all. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Student-Liability-for-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There's an exemption from FICA&lt;/a&gt; for J-1 holders for income that is related to their J-1 status. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Substantial-Presence-Test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There's an exemption&lt;/a&gt; from the substantial presence days count for J-1 status for two years. There's no blanket exemption from income taxes, however tax treaties may provide some specific exemptions. Treaty exemptions are usually calculated by month (that is, you get 24 months of benefit, not 2 calendar years), but read the specific treaty that applies to you for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are both federal and FICA based on residence status? So am I correct&#xA;  in assuming that I need to pay federal income tax + FICA tax for 2017,&#xA;  but that I am tax exempt for 2016 and 2015?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, neither is. Income tax is based on the source of income (which in your case is the US), FICA is based on coverage (which in your case you're exempt being in J1 status, as long as you are paid as part of the research for which you got the status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Elsewhere I have read advice that federal taxes need only to be paid&#xA;  if you are in the US for more than 24 months, regardless of calendar&#xA;  year (i.e. I am in the US for 24 months but in 3 calendar years). Can&#xA;  you comment if this is the case for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not familiar with the &quot;Elsewhere&quot; periodical. Do they have a web site? In any case, you either misunderstood or they misrepresented, this is incorrect. I'd suggest not to rely on sources with names as vague as &quot;elsewhere&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am receiving a FOREIGN income as a salary, not a fellowship,&#xA;  although the salary was paid from a fellowship that was awarded to me.&#xA;  However, the fellowship is intended as a real salary and not just to&#xA;  cover tuition or other direct costs. Does this in anyway changes above&#xA;  situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your premise is flawed. You're &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; receiving a foreign income. You're receiving income from abroad, but it is sourced to the US because that's where the work is done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am obliged to pay Netherlands SS taxes by Dutch law. There is a&#xA;  totalization agreement between the US and NL. Does this mean I can&#xA;  claim exemption from FICA for 2017? Or do I need to pay and then try&#xA;  to claim back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're exempt from FICA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Student-Liability-for-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;because of your status&lt;/a&gt;, the treaty is irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that treaties between the US Federal government and foreign countries &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; apply for State income tax purposes. You're likely going to have to pay the New York State and City income taxes as resident for 2016-2017 and non-resident for 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T13:46:56.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-18T08:38:53.027" Score="3" ViewCount="1372" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been offered a position in Luxembourg (University) for one year and I'm in the process to find a house there. I've surfed from site to site and the prices for just one room in a shared apartment are incredibly high. Even tho I'll earn enough money to pay for that I'm not willing to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also not willing to share an apartment for various reasons so what I'd like to know is if there are solutions I didn't think of (like the obvious &quot;move far away from downtown&quot;) that could make me save some money. For example, given that Luxembourg is fairly small and borders with many different countries, can I find cheaper apartments in border town in France / Belgium / Germany?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6872" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-07-18T14:50:18.923" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T20:35:24.243" Title="Cheap apartments in Luxembourg" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6568" CreationDate="2015-07-18T15:27:24.410" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your degree &lt;em&gt;Tecnólogo em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas&lt;/em&gt; listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anabin database&lt;/a&gt;, which is used to compare foreign degrees to German ones. This database is checked by immigration officers when you apply for a blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your degree it lists the equivalence class &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bedingt vergleichbar: Bakkalaureus/Bachelor 3j&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which means it's only partially comparable to a German 3 year Bachelor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0244&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;German residence act, § 18a Abs. 1 Nr. 1&lt;/a&gt; an applicant can only get a blue card if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;he&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a)  holds a German or a foreign higher education qualification which is &lt;strong&gt;recognised or otherwise comparable to a German higher education qualification&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Emphasis mine). A partly comparable degree is not enough by the words of the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This interpretation of the law is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Themen/MigrationIntegration/Auslaender/hochqualifiziertenrichtlinie.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;shared by the Federal Minstry of the Interior&lt;/a&gt; and laid down in the various administrative regulations, e.g &lt;a href=&quot;https://im.baden-wuerttemberg.de/fileadmin/redaktion/m-im/intern/dateien/pdf/VwV-AuslR-IM_ABSCHNITT_C_28042015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Baden-Württemberg one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally to the degree, the school or university needs to be listed in the database as &quot;H+&quot; to recognize the degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any applicant can send their degree to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kmk.org/information-in-english/statement_of_comparability_for_foreign_higher_education_qualifications.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;ZAB&lt;/a&gt; first, which (for a fee) will compare the individual case to the German education system and issue an official statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if the path to a blue card is not open, it is of course still possible to get a work permit with less requirements (but it's harder to obtain them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastEditorUserId="6700" LastEditDate="2015-07-18T21:29:16.190" LastActivityDate="2015-07-18T21:29:16.190" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6573" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6576" CreationDate="2015-07-19T02:47:44.347" Score="0" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Los Angeles and moving to Bay Area but before that I am going to renew my Driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure that DMV will be providing me a temporary license (paper one) and they are going to mail the permanent one on my mailing address. Since, during this time I will be moving to Bay Area,&#xA;is it possible to fill my Bay Area address and ask DMV people to mail it over there?&#xA;Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6715" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T17:30:24.707" Title="Mailing Address Concern while renewing California Driver's Licence?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-19T02:55:04.890" Score="4" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to rent a house in Seligenstadt (close to Darmstadt), the cheaper the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I go about finding one as I don't know the country at all? What are the most popular websites for rentals in Germany? Are there any that are particularly English-language friendly? And what about other pitfalls expats should be aware of when renting a flat in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also be interested in shared flats, if that's a possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T08:57:38.687" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T21:29:20.340" Title="Strategies to find an house/apartment in Germany for expats" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-19T03:00:43.173" Score="2" ViewCount="297" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a job offer from New Zealand. I have a degree well recognized in my country as a tertiary education. However it is not a bachelor's Degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a Diploma, usually called Associate Degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this diploma valid for me to immigrate as a Skilled Worker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T02:55:08.413" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T02:55:08.413" Title="Is a two and half year degree valid for New Zealand Work Permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6573" CreationDate="2015-07-19T11:28:19.423" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course it is, but keep in mind that it may arrive there before you so you need to make sure someone you know picks up the mail. From my experience it takes about 2-3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-07-19T11:28:19.423" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6570" CreationDate="2015-07-19T16:08:30.210" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a few notable exceptions like cars, petrol and tobacco, most things are more expensive in Luxembourg than in neighbouring countries, there is no way around that. Wages tend to match the cost of living, the minimum wage is the highest in the EU and your salary is also probably higher than what you would get in most other universities (except perhaps Swiss universities, for the same reason). Your income might therefore simply not be as high, relative to the local cost of living, as it might have seemed from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accommodation is indeed cheaper in France or Belgium (although not as cheap as you would expect for small towns in this part of the country, as there are tens of thousands of border commuters driving real estate prices up in the whole region) but the commute is probably worse than if you would live somewhere on the outskirts of a large city like London or Paris because public transportation options are limited and the motorway is completely overloaded (especially the A31/A3 from France but also the links with Germany and Belgium).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Belgium, Arlon is the closest town, in France that would be Thionville and in Germany, Trier. Metz is further away (60 km, one hour to Luxembourg central station by train) but even cheaper and, unlike Thionville, Arlon or even Luxembourg itself, it's beginning to feel like a “real” city (although it's obviously not an international metropolis).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that cross-border commuting brings some complications. For example, depending on your citizenship, arranging a French, Belgian or German visa/residence permit with no local employer could be difficult (but if you don't need a visa, e.g. because you are an EU citizen, that's moot). None of it is unsurmountable and it might not matter all that much for you at the moment but things like unemployment benefits, health insurance, incapacity benefits, child benefits, etc. are also slightly more complicated to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-21T21:29:01.993" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T21:29:01.993" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6578" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6583" CreationDate="2015-07-19T16:55:45.537" Score="3" ViewCount="532" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a Tier 2 Worker's Visa in the UK with a Certificate of Sponsorship from a university as a research fellow. I am basically doing research only, and I miss doing some tutoring and teaching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would like to be able to do is some freelance tutoring on the side, just to keep my pedagogical skills up and make some extra spare cash. I have no idea if I can do this on my visa. Has anyone been in this situation? What kind of small side jobs and gigs can people do on a General Tier 2? I am talking about 1-5 hours a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1001" LastActivityDate="2015-07-19T22:41:13.037" Title="Odd jobs/Tutoring on a UK Tier 2" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-19T18:18:51.363" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to work and live in Germany in the next month as Software Engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will have a work permit. Is it possible to study such as applying for a Bachelor's Degree or a Master's or this is not possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is not possible to study and work at the same time, what are the options of extending my Studies in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6682" LastEditorDisplayName="user6682" LastEditDate="2015-07-19T18:47:36.313" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T15:50:47.543" Title="Work and Study in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6575" CreationDate="2015-07-19T21:40:36.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Associate Degree is probably considered level 5 or 6 in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://glossary.immigration.govt.nz/NZRegisterOfQualityAssuredQualifications.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NZQF&lt;/a&gt;. This counts for a certain number of points in the points-based assessment system of the Skilled Migrant category. A Bachelor's Degree would probably count for 10 more points. Years of work experience in your area of expertise also counts for points. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/caniapply/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Can I apply under the Skilled Migrant Category&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Recognised qualification: We award 40-60 points for a variety of trade certificates, diplomas, bachelors degrees and post-graduate qualifications. You can get bonus points for qualifications, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't already, you should visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/pointsindicator/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Skilled Migrant Category Points Indicator&lt;/a&gt; to see how many points you might be eligible for. From what I guessed about your situation, you should be able to get at least 150 points easily (100 is the minimum required to submit an Expression of Interest).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An actual job offer looks like it's worth perhaps 70 points itself, which is most of the points you need anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-07-19T21:40:36.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6578" CreationDate="2015-07-19T22:41:13.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Tier 2 general visa allows holders to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;do a second job in the same sector and at the same level as your main job for up to 20 hours per week&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think tutoring at the undergraduate and postgraduate level would be in the same sector and same level as your main job. Tutoring at the a-level would be questionable. Just be aware, that while your visa may allow you to work a second job your research fellowship may not allow you to take on outside work. Another approach would be to ask your department for a little bit of teaching. They most likely will not pay you, but it is probably the best in terms of your CV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-07-19T22:41:13.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-19T22:47:28.397" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to the US and outfitting a house with linens, kitchen stuff, and small appliances one can easily spend a couple thousand dollars in a single store like Target or Bed Bath and Beyond. How do you find out if a store gives a &quot;bulk&quot; discount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-07-19T22:47:28.397" Title="How to get the best price when purchasing large amounts of household goods in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-07-20T12:39:56.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6581" CreationDate="2015-07-20T15:50:47.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know precisely about Germany but typically studying is not a restricted activity for foreigners as far as the law is concerned. Therefore, a student visa is merely a visa for which you qualify by being a student and which often comes with restrictions on other activities (and in particular working, which is almost always a restricted activity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you do qualify for another type of visa (work permit in your case but a spouse or family visa could work too) then you are allowed to study as well if you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What might however be more difficult is finding an institution that would take part-time students and offer the courses you need with a timetable that can be reconciled with your work schedule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T15:50:47.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-20T19:46:33.127" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is Geetha. I don't have last name in any of my records (i.e Marks Cards, DL, Adhar card, voter id). Now I work for a company and they are asking for Last name which I don't have. Any how I added my dad's name but they are asking for proof which I don't have. Is there any way to add last name where I can hold some proof shows my name? I'm facing a lot of issues without a last name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6882" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T20:17:08.963" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T20:17:08.963" Title="about Last name" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-07-20T20:56:17.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6594" CreationDate="2015-07-21T16:13:45.223" Score="2" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;Was on the 30% ruling before I left the Netherlands in Aug 2014.  Just looked at my tax file for 2014, and there was an amount of euro 1k+ listed as “Terug te krijgen.”  Does it mean that I will receive money from the tax office automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never filed tax refund.  As I understood, taxes were deducted from my monthly income.  The HR office refused to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6885" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T08:55:22.387" Title="Left the Netherlands in Aug '14, saw “Terug te krijgen&quot; on tax file, tax refunds?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6587" CreationDate="2015-07-21T16:49:23.157" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a few years that filing a tax return has not involved filling a lot of forms in the Netherlands, at least in the most common situations. Your employer does indeed withhold income tax from your salary and provide a lot of information to the tax office (banks do too, incidentally). The tax office then uses that information to pre-fill your tax return and, unless you have some other income or special deductions, you merely have to confirm it is correct to officially file a tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an account on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mijn.belastingdienst.nl/mbd-pmb/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mijn.belastingdienst.nl&lt;/a&gt; website, you can do it there. Before that, there was an app, which is still available. If you used either of those, you might in fact already have filed a tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, it does sound like you might get a refund – which is not unusual given the way the system works, especially if you stopped working during the year – but I never actually got any money without formally filing a tax return, even if that's as simple as clicking through the app and “signing” it with my DigiD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What did happen to me once is that I got a letter along the lines of “You should be eligible for a tax refund for the year XXXX, please submit a tax return to get it&quot;, which did work perfectly. In any case, in the Netherlands, you have several years to do that so nothing is lost at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-21T21:27:15.207" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T21:27:15.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5832" CreationDate="2015-07-21T22:08:45.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;You can Bring certain foodstuffs into the UK&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main information page for this is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/moving-to-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/moving-to-uk&lt;/a&gt; - which has a specific link indicating certain foodstuff is allowed. The page linked to is exactly the same page as for personal imports, and uses the same pamphlet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I your shipping company is just trying to avoid things being held up at customs and are playing it safe. They may have a good reason to do so; they have more experience than you at this, after all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T22:08:45.037" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6506" CreationDate="2015-07-21T22:29:13.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437170/mn1_guide_june_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Form MN guide book&lt;/a&gt; it seems that the child's options are limited, at least without one parent being a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working through the categories in that document, the only one that seems to apply is the item titled &quot;Any other child born to British or non-British parents&quot; on page 14. There, point 4 in the list says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The parents’ nationality and immigration status – we expect either both parents to be British citizens &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; one parent a British citizen and the other parent settled in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, it seems that you'd be relying entirely on discretion rather than entitlement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest discussing the situation with a lawyer or possibly your local citizen's advice bureau to get a better idea of the chance of success&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T22:29:13.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-22T03:30:02.497" Score="6" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish citizen. I got married to non-EU citizen. We got marriage certificate done in Ukraine. We applied for joint visa (irish nat. spouse) and got a refusal due to not been employed 3 years prior to application. I am 18 years and it's my first time working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to work and wait 3 years in order to have my husband with me in Ireland? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a chance of him getting a short-stay visa and apply for residence card (eu1)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will he have a right to work with that certificate or only be able to stay with me for longer then 3 months? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6886" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-11-18T15:17:57.710" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T15:17:57.710" Title="My non-EU husband working and staying in Ireland?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-22T05:43:22.493" Score="3" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a Russian citizen is currently living in China on a business visa, is it possible to convert to a work visa without leaving the country? Even if you do have to leave the country to &quot;activate&quot; the new visa, is it possible to do all the paperwork and such within China (Beijing ideally)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6887" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T09:05:50.497" Title="Is it possible to convert Chinese business visa to work visa in China?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-20T06:57:05.263" Score="0" ViewCount="2560" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you work in Britain with just an identity card? SGM have a Polish guy that has just an ID card and saying that is all he has, can he work in Britain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="karen" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-22T09:04:07.837" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T08:56:12.890" Title="Working in the UK with an identity card from Poland" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6587" CreationDate="2015-07-22T08:55:22.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tax rates are progressive, the higher your income over the whole year, the higher the tax percentage. The amounts that were deducted from your monthly income are always based on the assumption that you would receive that income for the entire year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you only worked for 8 months, your total yearly income will be lower than assumed, and less of it will be in the highest percentage range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is normal that if you only work part of the year, you will get part of your deducted tax returned. But you need to file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6889" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T08:55:22.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6593" CreationDate="2015-07-22T09:21:25.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU citizens can work and reside for up to three months anywhere in the EU without requiring anything else than a &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/rights-conditions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;valid identity card or passport&lt;/a&gt;. That right is enshrined in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:en:PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU law&lt;/a&gt; (see article 6). British, Danish and Irish citizens need a passport because those countries have no national ID card scheme but they certainly recognise other member states' ID cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After three months, EU member states can require citizens from other member states to register but &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/uk/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;that's not mandatory in the UK&lt;/a&gt;. It is however possible to apply for an optional “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;registration certificate&lt;/a&gt;” and you will note that, in line with EU rules, the form does explicitly mention identity cards as a valid form of ID, as do many other official pages (e.g. about applications for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;driving license&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;National Insurance number&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, I haven't worked in the UK but I have travelled there and worked in Ireland (another country with no ID card, although they will introduce a “passport card” very soon) and I have never had any problem using my ID card for all official purposes. The only small issue I ever faced anywhere in the EU was with a mobile phone vendor in the Netherlands, apparently their system did not support ID card numbers and they insisted on seeing a passport. I simply got a plan from another operator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this also applies to non-EU EEA countries and Switzerland but not yet to Croatian citizens (they can certainly travel with an ID card but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/croatian-national&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;need a permit to work in the UK&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T09:21:25.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6367" CreationDate="2015-07-22T16:59:11.437" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I filled in such forms 3 years ago, but don't recall answering such a question (which probably means I didn't worry about it). I would assume the safe answer would be to fill in the sponsor. Maybe this is relevant if there is some 3rd party that it is specifically funding the travel. A J-2 is in general not expected to work. There is a possibility of applying for a work permit (which is very often granted, but costs money and takes time), but at that time (I don't know if that has changed in the meantime) the rule is that any extra income that would come from this is not needed for normal cost of living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: this information is based on my recollection of filling in these forms 3 years ago. This means that the information could be wrong or out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6736" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T16:59:11.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-22T19:25:23.973" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Austrian citizenship, can I live and have residency in the Turks and Caicos Islands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6893" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T01:13:18.447" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T01:13:18.447" Title="Austrian Citizen work in Turks and Caicos" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;turks-and-caicos&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6597" CreationDate="2015-07-22T19:59:12.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Turks and Caicos Islands are one of the “&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union#British_overseas_territories&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;overseas countries and territories&lt;/a&gt;” of the European Union. As such, and in spite of their status as a British Overseas Territory, they are not part of the internal market and the EU freedom of movement does not automatically apply there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, they presumably have some process to become a resident, of which I know nothing. But the local government can apply restrictions as they see fit and you can't rely on your freedom of movement to obtain the right to reside in the territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T19:59:12.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6570" CreationDate="2015-07-22T20:35:24.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living here since January and I found prices high too, at least when I compare to my home country (Rio de Janeiro).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do a careful research, although high, prices can vary a lot. You can find good options for small 1 bedroom apartment (called &lt;em&gt;studio&lt;/em&gt; in french), have a look at www.athome.lu. As Gala said before, you will notice that outside city center you will not find big differences in price. I heard that the cheapest option is Trier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Public transportation here is wonderful, by bus or train (take in consideration that my reference point was public transportation in Rio, which is awful). Unfortunately, buses get stucked in traffic jams on the road, but inside the city they have priority lanes and move faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to add some things you may take in consideration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;living in the city will allow you to have a better quality life, and also &quot;feel&quot; more in a city, less &quot;lonely&quot;, as you will note that this country seems a little bit &quot;empty&quot;, comparing to big cities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;there is more than rent. Agencies here charge a fee, and there's also a guarantee deposit, varying from 2-3 months (called &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt; in french). Sometimes also a house/fire insurance (can vary, I pay 20 euros per month)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you come for just a year, furnished apartments are harder to find&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;University of Luxembourg has an old plan to move to Belvaux, with some departments already moved. Check this, because Belvaux is closer to french border&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you can shift your working hours, traffic changes a lot. Most people here begins really early and roads can have heavy traffic since 6am, but if you go by 9am-10am, it's much easier. Same thing in the evening.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3808" LastActivityDate="2015-07-22T20:35:24.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6600" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-07-23T01:14:31.670" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T01:14:31.670" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T01:14:31.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6601" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-07-23T01:14:31.670" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Luxembourg" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T21:42:02.157" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T21:42:02.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6602" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-07-23T01:15:15.087" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T01:15:15.087" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T01:15:15.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6603" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-07-23T01:15:15.087" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Turks and Caicos" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T21:41:55.727" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T21:41:55.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6607" CreationDate="2015-07-23T12:57:45.860" Score="3" ViewCount="4737" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a dependant visa in Germany. My husband already has a blue card and would get a permanent residence by the end of this year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until now, I have been obtaining a visa for my stay here in Germany based on the duration of my husband's contract i.e., the date until which my visa is valid is the same as my husband's. Now if he gets a permanent residence, what would be the validity of my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6869" LastActivityDate="2016-12-04T09:33:07.327" Title="German Permanent Residence for spouse" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6605" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-23T14:34:55.510" Score="-1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Uppsala in a month or so -- I was wondering what was available in terms of alternative team sports (aside from the usual football, hockey, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the UK I play Octopush, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6894" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T12:14:34.787" Title="Alternative Sports in Sweden" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-07-24T21:28:17.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6604" CreationDate="2015-07-23T16:44:22.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are spouses who subsequently immigrate to Germany entitled to be issued with a residence permit?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The married spouse of the holder of an EU Blue Card is entitled to be issued with a residence permit. He/she doesn’t have to prove any German language skills, if both partners are at least 18 years old. Otherwise, the marriage must have existed already when the Blue Card holder had established his main ordinary residence in Germany. In case the principal spouse already held another residence title prior to the EU Blue Card, the date of his first-time entry to Germany is seen as decisive reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this I conclude that your husband's permanent residence would entitle you to permanent residence.  This is in keeping with the importance that EU law places on &amp;quot;family life.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few other questions and answers there regarding the status of spouses of blue card holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T16:50:45.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6605" CreationDate="2015-07-23T21:32:48.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There should be plenty. I lived there some years ago and there were a lot of clubs. If you'll be in the university, the options are even better. As for Octopush I'm not sure, there used to be an active underwater rugby club but I have no updated information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some clubs (including underwater rugby) listed here. It's partly in Swedish, but the list is rather self-explanatory:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://195.178.187.141/forening/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://195.178.187.141/forening/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6479" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T12:14:34.787" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T12:14:34.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-24T15:19:17.413" Score="10" ViewCount="1584" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Icelandic husband and I (a British national) live in Iceland with our six month old daughter, who has a traditional Scottish first name that has been approved by the Icelandic Naming Committee, and a normal Icelandic surname (ie my husband's first name followed by dottir). The thing is it's really important to my husband and I that she also has my surname, and since she can't have my surname by Icelandic law we were wondering if she could legally have my surname when we register her in Britain and get her British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, legally in Iceland, she would be FirstName Leifdottir and legally in Britain she would be FirstName McFarlane. Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6900" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T08:54:08.620" Title="Can dual nationals have two completely separate surnames?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-24T18:34:37.573" Score="3" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can a UK citizen open a UK bank account without a UK address?  Are there any UK banks which do this? I have recently been told that my UK bank account, used for pension payments, is to be closed because I live in Cyprus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6901" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T22:42:20.290" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T22:42:20.290" Title="UK expat bank account" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2016-11-03T05:34:19.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2015-07-24T19:03:25.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Guatemala and know 4 or 5 freelancers who get their assignments from internet freelancer-matching sites.  None of them pay taxes. I've asked a Guatemalan friend who is studying to be a lawyer about the situation, and she says there is no attempt by the government here to tax people who work here but work for companies outside of the country.  Maybe there is some law on the books somewhere, but there is no enforcement so people who work in the government wouldn't know what to do if you walked into there office and asked to pay taxes. I've traveled in other Latin American countries and think the situation is more or less the same in all the less-developed countries in Latin America; this opinion come from talking to people who have worked in other countries in Latin America.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I say the less-developed countries in Latin America, I'm excluding Chile, Mexico, and probably Columbia and Brazil.  I don't know about Argentina.  I also lived for years in Mexico, where I also knew several people freelancing there, working for employers resident outside of the country.  Mexico has a special visa for creative work, due to there history of attracting writers and artists and wanting to continue to attract such people.  With it, if you get paid for your work by a bank outside of Mexico, you are not subject to income tax.  You didn't say what kind of work you do, so I don't know if it could be considered creative.  Mexico isn't as cheap as Guatemala, but the infrastructure is better, and it's easier to get a resident visa (Guatemalan officials like to find mistakes in one's application in order to collect yet another fee).  Chile is on par with Mexico as far as being developed, and has substantially less crime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6895" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T19:03:25.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6612" CreationDate="2015-07-24T21:18:07.820" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;problem&quot; of naming children as an expat is usually quite complex, but for your actual problem it's fortunately quite simple: yes, it's possible to have the child's &lt;strong&gt;British passport&lt;/strong&gt; contain practically &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; name you want, as in Britain the naming laws are very lenient. You can also change your child's name (if all parents consent to this) using a deed poll at any time as well, so if the name on the birth certificate doesn't match to the one you want, that doesn't matter at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So at any time if both of you (the parents) consent to changing the child's name, you can do that (until her 16th birthday), and that would be reflected in her British passport, and her British &quot;identity&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her Icelandic passport and &quot;identity&quot; won't change though. This only means that in Iceland, and in countries where she wants to use her Icelandic passport, she will still have the old name. In Britain, and in countries where she is using her British passport, she will be known in her new British name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is of course only possible, because in Britain the naming laws are very lenient, and because of the fact that you can also change your legal name quite easily there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in countries, where the naming laws are more strict, as an expat you might still be able to name your child to something that would normally be not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example in Hungary you can only chose the first name of the child from an approved list, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3075/is-it-legal-for-dual-citizens-to-have-two-completely-different-official-names-in/3077#3077&quot;&gt;they are really strict about it&lt;/a&gt;. There is a loophole though that can be used by expats: if the child was born abroad, and therefore his/her first birth certificate was a foreign one, then the parent is allowed to keep that name for the child when applying for the Hungarian birth certificate (which would also mean his/her Hungarian passport would contain a name, that would not have been possible if born inside Hungary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm not sure about Iceland, similar &quot;loopholes&quot; might be present in other countries as well for foreign-born children, who already have a foreign birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-07-25T11:19:28.443" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-25T08:46:13.587" Score="5" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was an exchange student at Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China and graduated this June. I heard the Chinese government has recently revised visa laws to offer work permits to all students who graduate from a program in China, but doesn't say what kinds of programs are eligible for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also open to working in HK and Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any information about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6907" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-25T09:11:26.020" LastActivityDate="2015-07-25T09:11:26.020" Title="How to get a work permit in Shanghai, China after being exchange student for 4 months?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-20T00:35:32.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6618" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-26T16:09:12.250" Score="4" ViewCount="5884" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Tunisia. My great grandfather is French by birth. We have all of the papers to prove that. He got married in Tunisia and had kids, he didn't register his kids with the French consulate when they were born. So I assume that they don't recognize them as french.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my question: we want to get a proof of citizenship for my grand mother since she is French by &quot;droit du sang&quot;. Will it be possible? As I said we have all paperwork proving she is his daughter and to prove he is French? After that can my father get the citizenship as well or no? How long does the process take? Do we have to do it through the consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6909" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T01:19:29.940" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T13:44:09.713" Title="Will it be possible to get French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6618" CreationDate="2015-07-26T21:56:18.277" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ius sanguini&lt;/em&gt; in French nationality law (or “&lt;em&gt;droit du sang&lt;/em&gt;”) does not quite work in the way implied by some of your questions. Nobody can “get” citizenship by &lt;em&gt;ius sanguini&lt;/em&gt; after the fact, you either already are French, or you aren't. If one of your parents is a French citizen at the time of your birth, you are yourself automatically and immediately a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proving your citizenship and enjoying it can sometimes be difficult in practice but no registration is needed. You can however get a foreign birth certificate transcribed at a French consulate to make paperwork easier down the line (which is somewhat akin to a “registration”) but you can also do the necessary formalities later in life. Legally speaking, you don't have to do anything special during your childhood to avoid losing your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a catch, however: It's possible to effectively lose the benefit of French citizenship if it has not been used for two generations. Specifically, article 30-3 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt; reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorsqu'un individu réside ou a résidé habituellement à l'étranger, où les ascendants dont il tient par filiation la nationalité sont demeurés fixés pendant plus d'un demi-siècle, cet individu ne sera pas admis à faire la preuve qu'il a, par filiation, la nationalité française si lui-même et celui de ses père et mère qui a été susceptible de la lui transmettre n'ont pas eu la possession d'état de Français.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite a lot to unpack. First, “&lt;em&gt;possession d'état de Français&lt;/em&gt;” means “acting as, and being considered a French citizen by the authorities” (even if you aren't, incidentally). In practice, it means something like getting a passport, voting, etc. So what this article means is that someone who resides out of France and whose French parent also resided out of France for 50 years cannot reclaim their French citizenship if they have never used it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where this become quite complicated is that the 50-year delay and the lack of &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; are two separate conditions that must be evaluated independently (or at least that's my understanding). Previous court decisions also established that the 50-year delay is counted on the date of the request to have a person's French citizenship recognized (and not at the birth of the person).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your great-grandfather himself had &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;, if your grandmother is still alive, she could therefore presumably still apply for a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt; and then for a passport, ID card or something. At this point, she would have &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; and article 30-3 would not apply to your father, who could therefore also get his citizenship recognized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you cannot prove your great-grandfather had &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; (which is not the same thing as proving his citizenship) or if your grandmother did not have it and already passed away, then it's too late, your father cannot prove he is a French citizen anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, what you need to do is &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1051.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply for a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;em&gt;Service de la nationalité des Français nés et établis hors de France&lt;/em&gt;. Given your situation, I would not be surprised if they would make difficulties so it might be necessary to hire a lawyer familiar with these issues to check if my understanding is correct and then navigate the process (which could, in the worse case scenario, necessitate an appeal to force the authorities to recognize your claim).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though I said that you cannot “get” citizenship, the “&lt;em&gt;service&lt;/em&gt;” in question is seriously understaffed so actually getting your (theoretically pre-existing) French citizenship recognized can take a long time and in practice it feels a little like “applying” for it and waiting to get it. Legally however your grandmother, if she is successful, will be deemed to have been French from her birth, not from the date of the application, which is why she would have transmitted her citizenship to your father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then you would have to start the whole process again for your father and, if you wish, for yourself as you cannot start all three applications at the same time because you currently have no proof that your grandmother or your father ever had &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;. So it could take several years before all three of you have a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité&lt;/em&gt;. (Unfortunately, I cannot give any specific number, French citizens living abroad have been complaining about this for years but I am not aware of any hard stats on how long it takes on average.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T15:32:30.300" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T15:32:30.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6620" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-07-27T01:22:51.830" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T01:22:51.830" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T01:22:51.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6621" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-07-27T01:22:51.830" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Tunisia" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-31T23:56:46.413" LastActivityDate="2015-07-31T23:56:46.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-27T12:38:48.690" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working for US based company for almost 3.5 years remotly from Internet. They want to sponsor me for work in US office. The company was a startup now its an established company I was working with with them from beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information about me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am Senior Software Developer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't have any contract with company yet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't have Baccalaureate Degree yet, 3 semesters are remaining to complete it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 Years of experience with company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, My question is in which category can use to move forward for my visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6910" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T14:50:32.460" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T02:27:34.503" Title="What visa is for me to move to USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-27T14:46:16.747" Score="3" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering a job offer in the Netherlands. As a US Citizen, I would be eligible for the 30% ruling in the Netherlands, which reduces my tax burden there.  What I'm curious about is how this may affect any taxes I pay in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that as a US citizen I must file a US tax return, but that tax treaties will likely reduce or eliminate my tax burden in the US.  Realistically, as a US citizen working in the Netherlands, what will be my US tax burden?  0 or negligible? Will I be required to pay US income tax on the 30% of my salary that is not taxed in the Netherlands? Is it far more complicated than all this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it matters, I own no property or any other source of income in the USA.  I have a small IRA account, but that doesn't pay taxes until retirement anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T02:23:24.043" Title="US Income taxes for salary earned in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6633" CreationDate="2015-07-27T16:33:42.070" Score="0" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-European citizen and I want to work in Germany though I do not understand nor speak nor write German language. I am wanting to know if I can get a job in IT industry if I don't know German. If not in Germany then can I get job in any other European countries? Also I am not staying now in any European countries and I am Asian. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6913" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T01:40:33.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T08:14:28.593" Title="Can I get a job if I dont know the local language?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-07-29T06:24:10.647" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6624" CreationDate="2015-07-27T18:49:43.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of tax treaties, you can exclude the first (roughly) $100k of your earnings from your taxable income if you meet certain requirements.  This is known as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Foreign Earned Income Exclusion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a tax treaty between the US and the Netherlands, which touches on social security taxes, among others.  There are lots of American expatriates in the Netherlands, so you shouldn't have a hard time finding an accountant or tax preparer who is familiar with these issues.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T18:49:43.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-27T21:29:57.913" Score="2" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;So my situation is a little bit odd. Bear with me. I am 19 years old. I recently graduated high school here in the U.S. And I got accepted to Lazarski University in Poland. I have proof of acceptance, the payment, etc. But I don't have a visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to apply for a student visa and was refused because I am a citizen &quot;by blood&quot; but not &quot;by documentation.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of getting my Polish citizenship. About 2 months ago we went to a guy who does these sort of things for us, so we won't have to deal with document translations, all the paper work etc. He said it would take 2-3 months for me to get my PESEL number (or whatever it's called) and my Polish passport, officially making me a Polish citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately since I'll be flying out to Poland August 24th, I don't know if we will make it in time for me to get my Polish passport, thus making us continue the processes in Poland. So my question is will I have a problem with Polish immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could explain my whole situation to them but I don't know if they care or believe me. I've been reading different sites where some people were stopped at customs for having a one way ticket and some people were not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6914" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T22:19:41.157" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T14:16:16.803" Title="Can I enter Poland from the USA using a oneway ticket?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-27T22:32:49.493" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to move to Netherlands in Den Hague within 6 months, and I have been doing a lot of research about the process of getting all the necessary paper work and formalities in order. I'm an EU citizen (Finland) with an American spouse, and we are currently living in USA. I read that when you go get registered and to get the BSN number you have to have a Proof of Occupancy. My original plan was to tell my possible Airbnb.com address, but it seems I would be required to have an actual document where the landlord states I live there. How can I possibly be expected to secure a permanent apartment within 5 days of arrival? Any advice from someone who has experienced this themselves is greatly appreciated. So my question is: where or how, should I get &quot;proof of occupancy&quot; so I can register and get my BSN number in Den Hague Netherlands. Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6915" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T01:41:32.893" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T01:41:32.893" Title="Proof of occupancy within 5 days Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T23:30:14.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6624" CreationDate="2015-07-28T02:23:24.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tax treaties generally don't affect citizens unless very specific circumstances (for example, public pensions are usually covered). However, there may also be a Social Security &lt;em&gt;totalization&lt;/em&gt; agreement which may affect you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, on top of the foreign earned income exclusion you should familiarize yourself with terms like FBAR, FATCA, PFIC, CFC, Foreign Trust, forms like 114, 1116, 2555, 3520, 3520A, 5471, 8938 and what else the United States throws at its citizens who dare to live abroad. I suggest finding a local US-licensed tax adviser (US-licensed EA or CPA) who's proficient with the relevant treaties and understands the banking and financial terms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T02:23:24.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6622" CreationDate="2015-07-28T02:27:34.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can probably qualify for H1b, but that means the company will only be able apply for a H1b on your behalf next April. There's a lot of demand for H1b visas and their number is limited, so there will probably be a lottery sometime in April between all the applicants. If you &quot;win&quot; that lottery, and your H1b visa is approved, you'll be able to start working in the US next October. I.e.: the whole process will allow you to move to the US in more than a year from now. If at all, most people don't get the H1b visas (I believe this year it was about 40% of all applicants who got one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you'll qualify for L1, but your company should probably hire an immigration attorney to research that. In any case you cannot apply for yourself, your employer is the one applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T02:27:34.503" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2015-07-28T08:14:28.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Berlin there are a large number of IT-based startups in which English is the working language. Depending on your skills you should be able to get a job without too many issues. Bear in mind though that if you're a non EU citizen your job needs to be of a certain level to qualify for a working visa. Also remember that you will need some level of German for day-to-day life, even if the working language at your company is English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to answer the second part of your question, if you're set on the EU and want a job speaking English, then obviously the UK, Ireland and Malta are your obvious choices...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T08:14:28.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T11:54:12.140" Score="2" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to return to America for a visit every other year, as I am now living in China. I need to be able to drive while in the US. I cannot get a Chinese drivers license, because I am too old. I'm 74, and China limits drivers licenses to those under 69.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Nevada drivers license expires before I will travel back to US. Can I renew it when there? I do not have a Nevada residential address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6922" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T16:01:11.330" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T16:01:11.330" Title="Renewal of Nevada drivers license while living in China" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-05-27T00:40:52.000" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6634" CreationDate="2015-07-28T12:44:22.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be out of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Nevada DMV provides for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmvnv.com/dlrenewal.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;out of state renewal by mail or via internet&lt;/a&gt; but suggests contacting them prior to submitting the form there are some requirements that you're unlikely to meet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need a Nevada Address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will need to attach your eye exam if renewing out of state by mail&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since you're over 71 you will need a medical report from a licensed physician.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus if you have not renewed your license in 8 years you must renew in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T12:44:22.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T14:29:23.120" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a third-country national (citizen of a non-EU country) but I have a residence card of the Netherlands. My wife has a British passport. For the last two years, we have been living in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel on my residence card alone to the UK, without my spouse? Or do I need a visa in my passport? We are planning to move to the UK from Amsterdam. Can I work there in the UK, or will there be some barriers to my working there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6924" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T16:14:47.783" LastActivityDate="2015-07-29T12:15:51.963" Title="Travelling to UK and work" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6638" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T13:54:25.167" Score="3" ViewCount="4788" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not believe this is a duplicate, but if it is please just point me in the correct direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a three year working visa for Germany and have recently received an offer to run some Christmas markets in London. Can I hold working visas in both Germany and the UK at once? I hold an American passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, does anyone know if I need to already hold a work visa in the UK to receive a liqueur handlers permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="The Dude" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T15:53:09.237" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T15:53:09.237" Title="Can you hold two working visas for two separate countries at once?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T00:13:40.217" Score="3" ViewCount="1129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you get any kind of residence in UK through a &lt;strong&gt;gay&lt;/strong&gt; civil union or marriage or such kind?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to get residence in England if I get married to my boyfriend (he is British)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6923" OwnerDisplayName="Nicolas" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-30T12:40:52.133" LastActivityDate="2015-07-30T12:40:52.133" Title="British residence through gay marriage" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6637" CreationDate="2015-07-28T14:58:26.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two distinct aspects here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence&lt;/strong&gt;. You cannot generally use EU rules to settle in your spouse's country of origin. There is however an exception to this principle that might apply to you, which leaves you with three different ways to gain the right to live and work in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The regular &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“spouse“ visa&lt;/a&gt; route open to all British citizens' spouses. There are significant barriers to overcome and a rather steep application fee. The Dutch residence card makes no difference here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Surinder Singh route (that's the exception I mentioned), which would allow you to invoke EU rules. That's attractive because the conditions are generally more lenient and the process should be much cheaper (broadly similar to what you had to do in the Netherlands, if your wife sponsored you). If you qualify, you could apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; instead of a regular UK visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be able to use that, you have to prove that your wife used her “treaty rights” in the Netherlands. I don't know all the details but if she lived in the Netherlands, has a Dutch residence card or worked there for an extended period of time, you should be fine (see also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the guidance from the UK government&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another UK visa, like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 2 (General) visa&lt;/a&gt;. Basically this would mean applying on your own, as if you had no British spouse. It's the least attractive option as you would have to overcome all the hurdles other immigrants have to face (finding a sponsor, large fees, many restrictions), without benefiting from the rules that apply to members of the family of British or EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel&lt;/strong&gt;. If you don't need a visa based on your citizenship, you can obviously travel to the UK. Otherwise, you cannot generally use any Dutch residence &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt; to enter the UK. But if you have a residence &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt; as “Family Member of a Union Citizen” (that's presumably the case but it must say so on the card), you can travel with your spouse or &lt;em&gt;join her&lt;/em&gt; without visa (but not travel alone if she isn't in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That right was confirmed by a recent court case and the UK issued some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guidance about the conditions in which you can make use of it&lt;/a&gt; (see in particular point 3, “Evidence you need to bring in addition to your residence card”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all other cases (namely if you are not joining your spouse or have another type of Dutch residence permit), you do need a visa. Safest and easiest is to travel &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; your spouse and show up together at the immigration check-point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-29T12:15:51.963" LastActivityDate="2015-07-29T12:15:51.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6638" CreationDate="2015-07-28T15:06:17.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, there is no reason this should be a problem, you can certainly hold multiple visas from different countries at the same time, even work and/or long-stay visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, depending on local law, obtaining a residence permit elsewhere and leaving the country for an extended period of time might have other consequences like making your work permit more difficult to renew, delaying eligibility for naturalisation/permanent residence or even allowing the authorities to rescind it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this because the foreign work permit can be interpreted as evidence that you do not intend to make your first country of residence the centre of your life anymore, which is often a requirement for some of these things (again, depending on local law, there is no general rule).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the same logic, working for a few weeks in the UK should have no consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T15:19:26.757" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T15:19:26.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T15:51:43.220" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on H1B visa in the USA, and I want to move to Canada, what is the process for doing so and if anybody knows any consultant who can do that for me, that would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6926" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T16:09:23.043" Title="Canada immigration from USA for an indian" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6643" CreationDate="2015-07-28T16:00:05.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada has a web site for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There, you can check your eligibility and learn about the procedural requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recommendations for specific service providers are beyond the scope of this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T16:00:05.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T19:07:06.177" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my IELTS Score and am the primary applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Speaking:7.0&#xA;Listening:5.5&#xA;Writing:5.5&#xA;Reading:5.0&#xA;Overall score:7.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please clarify for me whether I am eligible to apply for the express entry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6927" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:08:31.983" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:08:31.983" Title="CLARIFICATION ON IELTS SCORE" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-07-29T06:11:14.133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T20:02:32.930" Score="0" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just arrived to the States a couple months ago under H4 visa, I work in oil and gas and have a opportunity to apply for a commuter/rotational position in the middle east, I know I am not allowed to work in the US but what that position offers me is going to ME for 30 days and then come back to the States for 30 days on days off... Is that legal? Can I ask them to pay me here in the States or they need to pay me in my homecountry?  Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6929" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T23:09:24.790" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T21:14:47.663" Title="Work abroad while living on the US under H4 Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5528" CreationDate="2015-07-28T23:31:27.947" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without doubt, the cheapest way forward is UK citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a look at the BBC article &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27674135&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Where is the cheapest place to buy citizenship&lt;/a&gt; you will find the cheapest country listed is Dominica - starting at $100,000 USD plus fees. It's a commonwealth country, and thus fits your requirements on everything other than cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, though, you're looking at $500,000 to EUR5,000,000 for citizenship by investment programs. And many of these programs require residency, or that you set up a business in the country that employs people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T23:31:27.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-29T05:58:24.957" Score="2" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I leave abroad and I want to have my French citizenship recognized. The consulate asked me to produce my father's birth certificate. For that, I need his father's name. Does anybody here know what can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I dont have any connection with my father today&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do know his full name and date of birth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I also know my grandmother full name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6932" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-29T11:42:06.553" LastActivityDate="2015-07-29T11:42:06.553" Title="Tracking down French birth certificate" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6646" CreationDate="2015-07-29T19:40:56.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are only in H4 status when you are in the US. The US has no conditions on what you do when you are not in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-07-29T19:40:56.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-30T00:47:44.050" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in the UK in 1944 to a British mother and Canadian father. In 1947 they moved to Canada, where I was born in 1975. Though he is now a Canadian citizen does my father's birth in England qualify me for British citizenship? If so, what is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6938" LastEditorUserId="6938" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T18:49:59.860" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T18:49:59.860" Title="UK passport for Canadian" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-07-30T13:48:16.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6639" CreationDate="2015-07-30T09:04:19.630" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK recognises same-sex marriages - as marriages in England, Wales and Scotland or as civil partnerships (with the same rights as a marriage but without the name) in Northern Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that the same rules apply to you as to anyone else married to a British Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your own nationality is not relevant to this process (except that if you're an EEA citizen you have resident rights in the UK and you don't need to bother).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general eligibility rules are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on the UK government website - your partner has to have an annual income of £18,600 a year (more if you have children) to be able to support you (your own income doesn't count); you have to pass an English language test unless you're a national of an English speaking country (e.g. USA) or you have a bachelor's degree (or a higher qualification) that was taught through the medium of the English language; depending on which country you're coming from, you may need a tuberculosis test. You have to apply and receive the visa before you enter the UK, and you need to renew it annually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've been in the UK five years, you can then apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR: the UK equivalent of the US green card); you'd have to pass the &quot;Life in the UK Test&quot; (a basic civics test) and prove that you (now jointly) still have an income of £18,600 a year (more if you have children). ILR means you don't have to renew your visa every year, and you become eligible for some social security (e.g. disability and unemployment benefits). With ILR, you could only be deported for becoming a &lt;em&gt;persona non grata&lt;/em&gt; (ie for committing a crime, or for being reasonably suspected of being a terrorist, a spy or someone trying to overthrow the British government), whereas on a spousal visa you can be deported for not filing visa renewal forms on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would then become eligible for naturalisation as a British Citizen three years after the grant of ILR, so long as you're still married, so eight years after you arrived. British Citizenship doesn't make much difference from ILR as long as you stay in the UK, but it does entitle you to full freedom of movement within the EEA, so you can live or work anywhere in the EEA (nearly all of Europe) without need for visa or work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="996" LastActivityDate="2015-07-30T09:04:19.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-30T10:34:50.540" Score="2" ViewCount="3640" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope to have answer for my quetion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will move to live in Berlin with my husband. I have a Tunisian driving license so i need to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How and where can I exchange my license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the essential documents I have to prepare? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6940" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-30T12:05:19.773" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T14:00:07.450" Title="Procedure for exchanging a foreign driving license in Berlin" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6657" CreationDate="2015-07-30T10:59:59.547" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure is explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121598/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on this page&lt;/a&gt; (in German). You don't need many documents: basically some ID, proof of residence in Berlin (you will have that after the mandatory registration), a passport photo, your current driving license (and a copy), possibly a translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main difficulty is that unfortunately for you, Tunisia is not on the list of countries whose driving licenses can easily be exchanged in Germany. You will need to retake the theoretical and practical exam to get a German license (you will however be exempted from the mandatory training, you can go to the exam directly if you want to). If you don't speak German, you can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1396/in-which-languages-can-i-take-the-theory-exam-for-driving-license-in-germany&quot;&gt;take the exam in English, French and a few other European languages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need a test of your vision and a proof that you took a special first-aid course (it takes several hours but it's quite cheap something like €15-30 plus about €6 for the vision test).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-07-30T12:05:09.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-30T13:09:41.177" Score="4" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen and a permanent resident in Finland. Recently I started to get requests about different contract opportunities in Europe (mostly, UK and Germany), some of them are actually quite tempting, both professionally and financially. Any negotiations are however so far stopped at the fact that as being a not EU-citizen I have to have a work permit for any EU-country (except Finland) and a company wishing to hire me needs to apply for a work permit for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is as follows. If I set myself as a private entrepreneur in Finland (which is really easy to do), will it help me to overcome the necessity in a work permit for a specific EU country and to work for some client, say, in Germany? Most of the contract roles assume to be on-client premises so the assumption is that actually I have to be physically in the client's country for around 4-8 months. The latter is among the things that confuses me - assuming that I don't need a work permit still it looks like I have to apply for a residence right in a EU country for the period of contract (because my Finnish residence permit allows me to be in another EU-country for not more than 3 months).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6942" LastActivityDate="2015-07-31T12:15:08.583" Title="Can a private entrepreneur (who is not a EU-citizen) from one EU-country work on a contract project in another EU-country?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-30T15:40:16.723" Score="4" ViewCount="740" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and my girlfriend from Poland. We are planning to get married in April 2016. But I just find out that even if we get married in Poland. I am not allowed to live and work in Poland with her? Regarding for this I have got few questions your kind suggestion would be really helpful for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we get married in Denmark will our marriage consider legal? She is from Poland and I am from India coming to Denmark on tourist visa could we able to get married there? And stay and look for work together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which EU country would allow us to move in tougher after getting married in Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which EU country is good to getting married and allow us to live and look for work together?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6943" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-07-30T17:31:55.243" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T00:05:13.970" Title="Getting married with Polish girlfriend" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6660" CreationDate="2015-07-30T15:59:45.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea how easy or complicated it is to get married in Denmark but once you are married, you should be able to live with your wife under EU rules in any EU country where she works, &lt;em&gt;except Poland itself&lt;/em&gt; which might apply additional restrictions (if she has no work and no money, it's more complicated). See &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ec.europea.eu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Your Europe&lt;/a&gt; for an overview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get married in a non-EU country, more paperwork would probably be needed (translation, apostille, etc.) but it would still in theory be possible. You don't need to stay in the country where you married either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-07-30T20:10:34.850" LastActivityDate="2015-07-30T20:10:34.850" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6659" CreationDate="2015-07-31T10:54:08.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long term residents (with the most important condition being that you lived more than five years in a EU member state) are &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=URISERV:l23034&amp;amp;from=DE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;granted special rights&lt;/a&gt; to work in other member states by &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32003L0109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Council Directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;. If not already done you should apply for this status in Finland first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Finnish this is called &lt;em&gt;pitkään oleskelleen kolmannen maan kansalaisen EY-oleskelulupa&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;P-EY 2003/109-EY&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the status you are allowed to work in any EU member state (except the UK, Ireland, and Denmark) for more than three months – if you don't perform &quot;cross-border services&quot;. You still need to apply for residence and work permits in the countries you want to work in though it can't be denied in most cases. However, the individual countries are allowed to put in some restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany you always apply at the aliens department. If you want to work as a dependent employee, in most cases the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/service/Ueberuns/WeitereDienststellen/ZentraleAuslandsundFachvermittlung/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ZAV&lt;/a&gt; first checks whether no EU citizen can be found to perform the same work (&lt;em&gt;Vorrangprüfung&lt;/em&gt;) and the work conditions are customary (&lt;em&gt;Beschäftigungsbedingungsprüfung&lt;/em&gt;). This process lasts up to 14 days plus processing time in the aliens department. If you have a recognized degree this process usually is no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to work as a self-employed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0285&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;aliens department instead checks&lt;/a&gt; that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;an economic interest or a regional need applies,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the activity is expected to have positive effects on the economy and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;personal capital on the part of the foreigner or a loan undertaking is available to realise the business idea.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your work can be classified as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5713/am-i-software-developer-a-freelancer-or-self-employed-in-germany&quot;&gt;freelancer under German law&lt;/a&gt; the check is much easier to get through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As already written above, the UK does not grant those rights to third-country citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-07-31T12:15:08.583" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-31T15:55:06.287" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question related to work permit in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wife is a non-German EU citizen with residence registered in Germany. Her husband is non-EU citizen living outside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that he would be able to apply for a vise for joining families in order to come to Germany. Will that type of visa also automatically allow him to work in Germany, or he would be able only to live there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-02T18:58:46.353" LastActivityDate="2015-08-02T18:58:46.353" Title="Non EU-husband wants to join EU-citizen wife in Germany, can he work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-07-31T19:43:28.203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-02T17:00:46.253" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask this question because my home country asks for the name of the institution to which it should be addressed, and it can take over six months to have it issued by the Ministry of the Interior (same as the Home Office) and then apostilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anybody been required to produce a criminal record? By whom? To what institution should it be addressed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6959" LastActivityDate="2015-08-02T17:00:46.253" Title="Has anybody immigrating to France been asked a criminal record from their home country?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-08-13T01:36:48.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-02T19:02:36.030" Score="2" ViewCount="1179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Canadian citizenship and currently live in the UK with the YMS visa. I was wondering what is the simplest way to get a citizenship to be able to live/work in the EU. I'd like to move here permanently and start my own business in the tech industry, but everything I can find require me to be sponsored for the first 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering I'm from Canada, is there anything that makes it easier for citizen of the Commonwealth to get the UK citizenship? Also, since my ancestors (not close ancestors) were from France - how far can we go in our family tree to be eligible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="863" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-04T08:08:46.370" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T08:08:46.370" Title="What is the simplest way for a Canadian to obtain EU citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-03T07:52:21.463" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Pakistan and applied for a Schengen tourist visa for Spain in 2013. The visa was rejected on the grounds the purpose of visit wasn’t clear and that they couldn’t determine whether I would return to my own country, plus that my funds weren’t enough for a visit of two weeks. I had all the documentation that one could think of, from the invitation letter from a local Spanish resident to the hotel booking, sufficient bank balance ($12,000 for two weeks) and much more. I appealed the decision instantly and provided them with the invitation letter and still got a refusal stating that my intentions of returning back to my country were not clear. Understandably, I was 23 at that time and I can comprehend their stereotyping process and what not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I will be reapplying for a Student Schengen visa for my master's at a reputable university in Spain, for which I have a 30% scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my earlier rejection affect my Student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My parents will be sponsoring my tuition and living costs. How can I make clear that I am only going for educational purposes and will return to my country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have dependents nor any immovable property in Pakistan. Although I can fork around a reasonable bank balance from my parents and on my own ($65-70k) and my total cost of tuition and cost of living shall be $30k. Would the chances still be lower? I can ask my current employer to make me a job offer when I have completed my masters. Any suggestions on how to further improve my chances? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6962" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T07:52:21.463" Title="Refused entry to Spain previously. Will this affect my Student visa application?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T05:21:14.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6083" CreationDate="2015-08-03T10:41:09.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is unequivocally: &quot;NO&quot;. You can have as many citizenships as you wish as long as you comply with entry exit passport-rules of each respective country. Example: If you become US citizen you can no longer enter US as French national using French passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6965" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T10:41:09.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6670" CreationDate="2015-08-03T13:43:52.583" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply put, if you're ineligible for any ancestral visa, the quickest way would be to marry a British Citizen. That way you are eligible for ILR after 2 years, and citizenship just one year later. The other option is the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa, but you need at least £50k, and you can only work for yourself (details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I trust you're aware of the restrictions of your visa, especially the &quot;you can't extend your stay&quot; bit, but just in case there's a nice overview here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility/overview&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took the marriage route and I've been in the UK for 5 years, and eligible for citizenship for about 2 years, but home ownership and general apathy are finding other uses for the exorbitant fees over £1000. I'll definitely do it eventually, but the only immediate benefit I can come up with would be getting through the passport queues more quickly when travelling around Europe. I have always travelled on a Canadian passport and I've never had a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commonwealth citizenship isn't worth much, it pretty much just grants you the right to vote in local and national elections, but you're excluded from voting in European Parliament elections. You might get a more favourable reaction from UKIP or BNP supporters because you're the &quot;right kind&quot; of foreigner, but even that's iffy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Canadian, you're also eligible to swap your driving licence like-for-like, except it'll be automatic only. To drive a manual car you'll have to take a full road test like any other learner driver, but you're exempt from the theory test. These can take a long time to arrange, mine took 3 months!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said, I've been here 5 years and I'm struggling to think of more than that. The rules are pretty clear, just follow them to the letter. If the forms say use black ink, use black ink. If they want 3 copies, don't assume that 2 is enough, that type of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other thing I can recommend is, if you're serious about this, changing all your bills to paper copies through the post. Do this ASAP. I know what it sounds like, but despite it being 2015 and emailed bills being the norm rather than the exception, the Home Office still prefer paper, but only if it's official. Printing something yourself will simply not do. I think we'll continue to get paper copies until after my wife gets Canadian citizenship after we possibly eventually move back to Canada at some point in the distant future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T13:43:52.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-03T14:25:40.490" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating to Las Vegas from India with my husband. What will I need to do to get an Employment Authorization? I am a post graduate in Psychology from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6967" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-08-03T16:48:37.770" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T17:50:28.250" Title="Relocating from India to Las Vegas on L2 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6675" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6676" CreationDate="2015-08-03T23:14:21.470" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm relocating to France soon from the U.S.  I have a lot of used but pretty expensive things (laptop, cameras) I want to ship over to my address in France. Do I have to pay import taxes? How does that work? I've shipped tons of stuff back to the U.S. before with no issue, but wanted to see if this would be a problem going the other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6968" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T11:49:52.263" Title="Shipping my stuff to Europe- import taxes?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6675" CreationDate="2015-08-04T10:41:07.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I both relocated from North America to the United Kingdom recently.  I used a recognised international relocation company.  They used a special form for EU residents returning to the EU after a stay of more than one year.  On the form I had to specify what I had acquired in the last &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; months.  I had not acquired anything and I did not have to pay anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife used a local shipping company in a small city in the mid-western United States.  She did tell them that it was &lt;em&gt;her own stuff&lt;/em&gt; and that she was relocating, but evidently they did not use the right forms.  Upon arrival, she had to pay considerable import fees, even if it was her own stuff, including some that she already took from the EU &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; the USA.  Clearly the right forms were not attached.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in a nutshell: &lt;strong&gt;use a reputable company specialised in international relocation&lt;/strong&gt;.  They will know the right kind of forms to attach that apply to your situation.  Specific rules on what you do and do not have to pay tax on depend on your circumstances, but it is important that it is clear to customs that those are unaccompanied personal goods, and not stuff you are shipping to another person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T10:41:07.900" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6675" CreationDate="2015-08-04T11:49:52.263" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moved from USA to EU 2 years ago. The Co. That receives your goods in EU is the Co. That would advise you on which customs declaration to complete in order to avoid import taxes. US shipping Co. Is not the one to ask about regulations abroad. Ask their destination partner.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6965" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T11:49:52.263" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-04T14:00:05.007" Score="3" ViewCount="427" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother (extra-EEA) works in the UK and I would like to move to the UK as well. I am a freelance, self-employed and would continue my normal job remotely that would allow me to pay for the living expenses. What is the best way to do this given that I am an extra-EEA? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking to apply for a job online (reed.co.uk, gumtree jobs) that would sponsor me working in the UK - but this seems highly improbable given that I am not physically in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a university degree in foreign languages, and would also be available to get to the UK for a Masters provided that after that staying in the UK would be simpler.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at the self-employment procedure and it looks like I would need to invest £50000 or more in the UK to come to the UK as an entrepreneur. Is there any alternative to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice will be most appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6971" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T08:06:38.970" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T14:21:30.047" Title="Moving to the UK as self-employed, or other alternatives" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6681" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:06:01.043" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm relocating to Europe soon and have some things I want sent from the US (one big box of stuff).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called a relocation company, who said that since my primary residence is not changing, I have to pay import taxes and VAT on those goods (I believe the import tax is like 10% of the value of the goods, and the VAT amounts to 20% of the (declared value + freight cost + insurance)). Ok, that's fine, I'll bite the bullet and just do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So- how will I actually pay those duties? I'm using USPS to ship to a residential address in Ireland. Will the package arrive, or do I have to go someplace and pay duties before I can claim my package?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I keep anything else in mind when packing / sending my box from the US? (a relative is taking care of this for me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6968" LastEditorUserId="6968" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T11:15:54.723" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T11:15:54.723" Title="Sending myself things from the US to Europe: how do import taxes work?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6680" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:20:47.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When your package arrives, the delivery shipping company will send you a note that there are charges to be paid.  You will pay to the delivery company, and the delivery company will pay to the customs.  After you have paid, they will release the parcel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the delivery company, this may mean you need to physically go to a location to pay and pickup the parcel, or you will be provided with an option to pay online and schedule delivery on a later date.  I have experienced both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T16:20:47.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:28:21.677" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for the Spanish Student Visa and would like to know whether I can submit both my personal ($16k) and Parent's bank statement (50k) along with the notarized authorization letter, as its a little too late to merge both accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The total cost of the program plus living cost is $26k. Should I write a letter to the embassy explaining how I plan to extract funds from both accounts to pay for tuition and living expenses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6972" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:02:06.473" Title="Can I provide both my Personal and My Parent's bank statement for Student visa purposes?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2818" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:30:03.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this answer in a comment on &lt;a href=&quot;http://sydneymovingguide.com/switching-to-a-457-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems like it's not possible to go from a 651 to a 457 visa ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you do get your tourist visa you will need to be sure to waive&#xA;  Condition 8503. Condition 8503 states “The holder will not, after&#xA;  entering Australia, be entitled to be granted a substantive visa,&#xA;  other than a protection visa, while the holder remains in Australia”.&#xA;  Fact Sheet 52b on the Immigration Website has all the details of&#xA;  Condition 8503.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6973" LastEditorUserId="7138" LastEditDate="2015-09-03T04:07:37.907" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T04:07:37.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:49:34.523" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is opening a bank account in France.&#xA;He was born in the USA, while we (English Parents) lived there for a few years. For the last 20 years (since age 5), he has been back in the UK, and is dual nationality UK &amp;amp; US. He has both passports. He lives &amp;amp; works in the UK, and pays UK taxes.&#xA;The French Bank are asking him to fill out a W9 form. Are there any implications for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6975" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T01:16:10.107" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T01:16:10.107" Title="W9 Form for non resident dual-national" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6684" CreationDate="2015-08-04T16:53:53.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No implications. This is a certification to the French bank that he is a US tax resident. It stems in the US FATCA legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your son will continue filing his tax returns and paying his taxes (if any) in the US regardless of this form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-04T16:53:53.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-04T17:07:20.653" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm renting a furnished apartment in France. The landlord wants to live in it himself next year, so he has given me 3 month notice to move out in November. He won't actually move in for another few months, but apparently, by French law, the landlord can only cancel the contract on its anniversary date! So this is a really stupid lose-lose situation: I have to move out sooner than I want, while he misses out on rent for several months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way we can extend the contract for a few months or a sign a new contract for a few months? I know that regular rental contracts run for 12 months or 9 months for students (and I am a student), but surely people do rent for shorter periods somehow (legally)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, would it work if we renewed for another 12 months, but I preemptively gave &lt;em&gt;him&lt;/em&gt; notice that I will leave in 3 months (or whatever)? According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31302.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F31302.xhtml&lt;/a&gt; once I give notice I cannot change my mind (&quot;dès lors que le locataire a adressé sa lettre de congé, il ne peut plus revenir sur sa décision&quot;). So this sounds to me like it would effectively allow him to legally force me out at the agreed date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2411" LastEditorUserId="2411" LastEditDate="2015-08-04T17:56:51.743" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T07:45:18.120" Title="Extending French rental contract for less than 1 year" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-05T12:54:11.063" Score="4" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an a scientific artist and my work so far is quite seasonal. I am a non EU citizen (Australian). I am on a family re-unification visa and I pay Danish tax. Can I work in another EU country for the 'off season'/ Summer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6981" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-04T14:14:43.203" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T07:59:17.493" Title="I reside in Denmark with my Danish wife. My work is seasonal. How long can I work in another EU country per year?" Tags="&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6688" CreationDate="2015-08-05T13:03:53.183" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may work from Denmark (remotely). Otherwise you would need work visa in the coutry where your next assignment would be located. Being spouse of EU citizen entitles you to work permit for only one country; the one you reside in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6965" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T13:03:53.183" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-08-05T13:03:53.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-05T13:45:31.903" Score="1" ViewCount="641" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had previously applied for UK visitor visa from Saudi Arabia and it was refused on the grounds of my immigration history in Saudi Arabia . I am working on that part for the time being and am trying to change my residential status to an independent one .In the meanwhile , I am being offered a job in the UK and my employers have assured to provide me the certificate of sponsorship required for tier 2 visa , so that I can apply for a tier 2 visa . Keeping in view my prior history of UK visa refusal , what issues would I need to clarify to the entry clearance officer to avoid another visa refusal . Besides,would my prior refusal of UK visitor visa be a red flag while asssessing my subsequent application for tier 2 visa,in a sense that the ECO would look unfavorably at my application ,as someone trying to enter UK by any means and could that in any way affect my credibility as an applicant ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6982" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-01-06T00:47:40.417" LastActivityDate="2017-07-05T02:41:23.213" Title="Applying tier 2 visa after visitor visa refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-05T06:26:44.647" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian and I got a family-based immigrant visa. We reached the USA on 28th May 2015. At that time I was working in Bahrain and I didn't resign from the job and my daughter was studying in India so we both left the USA on June 25th without getting a Re-entry Permit. Now I am in Bahrain and my daughter is in India. How long I can stay in Bahrain or when we can enter USA without any problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="harshan" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T21:33:40.967" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T07:25:56.670" Title="US Immigrant visa, but left without getting Re-enty Permit" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-05T03:32:18.577" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an UK passport holder and I have got a job offer in UK. I am planning to bring my family with me (wife has Japanese passport and kids have got New Zealand passport). The kids cannot get an UK passport due to my condition on my UK passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I don't earn enough in New Zealand and I cannot support their visa now. I have checked the UK government website and realised that I can support their visa if I can bring in an amount of money and leave it in the bank for 6 months.We are looking to sell our stuff in here and so we don't have a large amount at this stage, but by the time when we leave New Zealand, we should have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what's the minimum amount I need to have in my bank if I want to support their visa after 6 months? I want to apply for their visa at the earliest and does anyone know any other way? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Paul" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T11:10:24.707" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T11:10:24.707" Title="What's the minimum amount of money I need to show to be able to support a UK family visa for my kids?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6660" CreationDate="2015-08-06T00:05:13.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If we get married in Denmark will our marriage consider legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. You'd have two option, either jump through hoops of Danish bureaucracy and get married under their rules or get married in Embassy of Poland under Polish rules. Either way the marriage is fully legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Which EU country would allow us to move in tougher after getting married in Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of them. This is one of the basic EU rules. Spouses of EU citizens can stay and work. Limitation is that it has to be &lt;em&gt;same&lt;/em&gt; country as the country of residence of your spouse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Which EU country is good to getting married and allow us to live and look for work together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your situation it's easiest to either get married in Poland or in Polish Embassy in India. Getting married in country that neither of you is citizen is possible, but significantly more complicated. Once your married, see above: EU citizen and their spouses can live and work in any EU country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T00:05:13.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6693" CreationDate="2015-08-06T07:25:56.670" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you're now a green card holder (not entirely clear from your... question?), you can stay outside of the US for a period of up to 1 year &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; the re-entry permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you'll need a good explanation for your immediate and prolong stay outside of the country. And no, &quot;I have a job in Bahrain&quot; won't do it. You're supposed to &lt;strong&gt;move&lt;/strong&gt; your life to the US once you got your green card, or it will be canceled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T07:25:56.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6686" CreationDate="2015-08-06T07:45:18.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partial answer to the alternative mentioned (preemptive notice) : what might restrain your landlord to get into this alternative is the 'trêve hivernale', that takes place in winter in France, approximatively between november and march. During this period, you can't legally force someone out of a rented home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that even outside of this period, it is actually not easy to force someone out, you need a court decision, then you need the police to actually enforce that decision. We're speaking months here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He might be scared to fall into this time slot (three months extension from november leads to january).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This option therefore depends on your landlord goodwill, and the trust he has in you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T07:45:18.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-06T16:53:56.267" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;My IELTS score is as follows&#xA;Listening 7&#xA;Reading 6.5&#xA;Writing 7.5&#xA;Speaking 7.5&#xA;Over all band score 7&#xA;Does it qualify for Canadian permanent residence application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6986" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:11:32.590" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:11:32.590" Title="IELTS for Canadian permanent residence" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-08-07T15:44:44.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2818" CreationDate="2015-08-07T05:24:45.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just quoting the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Forms/Documents/1154.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IMMI Gov doc for 457 visa application&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Limitations on visa applications&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are in Australia, you may be prevented from making an application&#xA;  if you do not hold a substantive visa (which is any visa other than a&#xA;  bridging visa, a criminal justice visa or an enforcement visa) and&#xA;  the last  substantive visa held by you was a subclass 771 (Transit) visa&#xA;  or a special purpose visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In these cases the department can provide you with information&#xA;  about any visas you may apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would need to apply for the correct &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visi/Visi/Bridging-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bridging visa&lt;/a&gt;. (BVB is the best in this case, as it will let you get back in and out of the country if need be.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6987" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-08-07T17:56:35.293" LastActivityDate="2015-08-07T17:56:35.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="920" CreationDate="2015-08-07T06:31:33.377" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visahelpaustralia.com/news/changes_in_english_language_test_scores_for_the_skilled_-_recognised_graduate_subclass_476_visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Effective 18 April 2015&lt;/a&gt;, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have reduced the English Language test scores and also accept all of the following language tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;IELTS: International English Language Test System&#xA;OET: Occupational English Test&#xA;TOEFL iBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test&#xA;PTE Academic: Pearson Test of English Academic&#xA;CAE: Cambridge English: Advanced (*test taken on or after 1 January 2015)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T10:07:04.083" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T10:07:04.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6701" CreationDate="2015-08-07T10:48:47.627" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had very similar marks when I did mine in 2010. It was never a problem. But nobody told me how this all connects. four years later I received my residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2015-08-07T10:48:47.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-07T12:39:34.670" Score="3" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job at a Canadian studio owned by a French company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I are both Canadian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the opportunity to work abroad in another one of the parent company's studios for one year. They are based all over the world: France, Japan, Finland, Italy, Singapore, UAE, Germany, Sweden, China, Ukraine, Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a bachelors degree, the job is in a highly technical field, but it is an entry-level job in the field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend also holds a bachelors degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anywhere where my girlfriend would be able to join me and work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6988" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T11:03:09.273" Title="1 year contract abroad: what countries can my girlfriend come and work too?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-07T08:40:25.763" Score="4" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian passport holder and going to Dublin, Ireland for 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I my salary is 3400 Euro monthly then how much in hand salary I will get after tax deduction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="VJS" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T06:41:12.340" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T15:05:23.800" Title="Ireland Tax : Indian Passport holder" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6705" CreationDate="2015-08-07T15:47:52.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Japan, since you are not married the fact that she is your girlfriend is irrelevant. In order to come live in Japan with you, she will have to obtain a visa of some sort exactly as if you weren't there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were married, she would be able to obtain a &quot;Dependent&quot; visa provided that your income is deemed sufficient to support the two of you. A Dependent visa does not immediately allow one to work, but one may apply for a work permit which allows one to work part-time up to 28 hours per week. (In order to work more than 28 hours per week, a proper &quot;work visa&quot; is required, and you're back to the previous paragraph.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; As pointed out in the comments, a working holiday visa may also be an option if your girlfriend qualifies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2015-08-17T11:03:09.273" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T11:03:09.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-08T03:35:41.103" Score="4" ViewCount="929" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Punjab, and applied for a student with spouse visa for Australia in subclass 573. My visa got rejected with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your visa rejection is due to 573.224(a) migration regulation 1994.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had scored 6 bands in IELTS when I had applied for my visa. I'm confused now and also very worried whether I can apply for an Australian visa once again or not. My new IELTS score is 6.5. Can I apply for Australia once again with 6.5 bands and by making my file strong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The refusal was due to funds overall. No specifics were given; only the section number above was given in the refusal letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6995" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-13T06:40:37.960" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T21:14:07.903" Title="Visa refusal for australia" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6716" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-09T15:55:55.077" Score="2" ViewCount="944" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from a country where TB test is required for UK Tier 2 General Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently live in a country where TB test is not required, and I didnt find any information of where I can do that test at GOV.UK. Since that county is not listed so there are no &quot;Approved test clinics&quot; at website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is can I do the test in country where I live now, or should I back to my native country to do the test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7001" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T14:00:35.540" Title="How can I do tuberculosis test for UK visa if I live in country where TB test is not required" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6716" CreationDate="2015-08-09T16:07:21.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have no &quot;Approved Test Clinics&quot; listed for you country any tests you conduct in your country won't be accepted as valid by the UK immigration authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa/countries-where-you-need-a-tb-test-to-enter-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;List of Countries required to have TB test&lt;/a&gt; there is actually a country suggestion where you can get tested since your country doesn't have an approved facility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-08-09T17:19:32.333" LastActivityDate="2015-08-09T17:19:32.333" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6716" CreationDate="2015-08-09T21:34:44.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be interpreting the policy incorrectly.  They do not care about your nationality, instead they care about where you are living...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you’re coming to the&#xA;  UK for more than 6 months and &lt;strong&gt;are resident&lt;/strong&gt; in any of these listed&#xA;  countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have lived in your current country legally for more than 6 months, then you are 'normally resident' there for the purposes of this policy.  So if a TB test is not required for where you are resident, then you're off the hook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-08-09T21:34:44.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-10T20:50:24.277" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a U.S. visitor visa, and I want to visit for a 1 week vacation trip with my friends. The problem is, my H-1B application is under process. Would it be OK for me to visit the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7009" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-08-11T00:11:04.057" LastActivityDate="2015-08-11T00:11:04.057" Title="Can i visit the U.S. while my H-1B is in process?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-08-13T01:35:48.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6709" CreationDate="2015-08-11T02:08:33.170" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ah, Australian bureaucracy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012C00493/Html/Volume_4&quot;&gt;Migration Regulations 1994&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;573.224      The applicant:&#xA;                     (a)     satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4012A, 4013, 4014 and 4020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that's helpful, onto Schedule 4 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012C00493/Html/Volume_6#_Toc329692222&quot;&gt;Public interest criteria&lt;/a&gt; then... which are so long I won't quote them here.  But basically, they think you're:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4001) a criminal (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/4353/visa-applications-into-australia-the-character-tes.aspx&quot;&gt;character test&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4002) a terrorist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4003) an international bad guy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4004) owing debts to Australia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4005) contagious&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4012A) underage and can't support yourself &amp;mdash; if your rejection was &quot;due to funds overall&quot; (how did you figure this out?), this is most likely the cause&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4013 &amp;amp; 4014) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/855.gif&quot;&gt;http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/855.gif&lt;/a&gt; (basically, a whole bunch of weird exceptions and counter-exceptions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4020) you've lied in your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that your English ability is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; at doubt in any of those, so a better IELTS score is not going to help.  You'll need to figure out the problem and address it before you reapply.  Call the Immigration help line and hope you run into somebody helpful?  It's a long shot, but you don't have many other options here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-08-11T02:08:33.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-11T13:35:00.167" Score="3" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for an express entry residency for Canada. Can I take the IELTS and the TEF exams ANYWHERE I want to or are there specific institutions which are valid for this procedure? Can't seem to find that piece of info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7012" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:12:45.407" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:12:45.407" Title="IELTS, TEF for express entry Canada. Where to take them.. could be anywhere I like?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6723" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6726" CreationDate="2015-08-11T14:05:23.580" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under Skilled Migrant Category, NZ immigration has scheduled my interview call for PR visa for me and my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to have an idea on, how to find accomodation for me(alone)  immediately after landing in Auckland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to plan for accommodation before landing in Auckland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After staying in Auckland for 2 months, I would receive my 2 family members after creating a reliable accommodation setup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-08-11T22:06:35.847" LastActivityDate="2015-08-11T22:06:35.847" Title="Accommodation in Auckland NZ" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6722" CreationDate="2015-08-11T14:15:16.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Organisations like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idp.com/india/ielts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IDP&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britishcouncil.in/exam/ielts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BritishCouncil&lt;/a&gt; conduct exams for IELTS General and Academic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IELTS test results from these two organisations are globally accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastActivityDate="2015-08-11T14:15:16.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6723" CreationDate="2015-08-11T21:47:49.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will not need to pre-arrange long-term accommodation before landing in Auckland. (Doing that would be difficult because you obviously can't visit the property, and you probably wouldn't get what you want.) However, it would be wise to book at least one night in a hotel or similar, so you have somewhere to stay while you sort out your own accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best place to find properties to rent in New Zealand is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trademe.co.nz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Trade Me&lt;/a&gt;, in the Property / To Rent section. You can select criteria such as location, type, price, and number of bedrooms to narrow down your search. Properties listed on Trade Me are offered by either an individual owner, or by an agency which manages the property. In either case, you can contact the relevant person on Trade Me after logging in to Trade Me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trade Me is also generally useful for finding all kinds of new and used goods that you might need upon arrival, often at good prices. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-08-11T21:47:49.630" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6729" CreationDate="2015-08-11T23:28:01.200" Score="4" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sibling has US citizenship and my parents just got their green cards. I'm over 21 and from a small country in eastern Europe currently residing in the US on a student visa. If my sibling and parents collectively petition for my green card, how long will it take before I get my green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will hiring an immigration lawyer expedite things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7014" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-12T09:55:15.997" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T09:55:15.997" Title="Citizen sibling and parents with Green Card. How long?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6727" CreationDate="2015-08-12T00:25:03.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your US citizen sibling (as long as he/she is over 21) petitions for you, you would fall under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-family-member-us-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Family Preference Category&lt;/a&gt; which has a waiting list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Congress has limited the number of relatives who may immigrate under these categories each year so there is usually a waiting period before an immigrant visa number becomes available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount of time you would have to wait depends on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a number of possible factors&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The demand for and supply of immigrant visa numbers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The per country visa limitations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The number of visas allocated for your particular preference category&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of your parents petitions for you, you would fall under &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-family-member-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Green Card for a Family Member of a Permanent Resident&lt;/a&gt; which is a lower preference category than being petitioned by a US citizen (a lower preference category means it will probably take even longer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-08-12T01:24:54.700" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T01:24:54.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6727" CreationDate="2015-08-12T01:26:16.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your sibling petitions you, it will be in the F4 category (sibling of US citizen), which currently has a wait for visa numbers of almost 13 years (longer for people born in Mexico and the Philippines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are unmarried, and one of your parents petitions you, it will be in the F2B category (unmarried over-21 child of permanent resident), which currently has a wait of almost 7 years (longer for people born in Mexico and the Philippines). Note that you must remain unmarried during this time (at least not before the parent becomes a citizen), as there is no category for married children of permanent residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can both petition you. Assuming you remain unmarried, and you were not born in Mexico, and the visa number backlogs trends stay the same in the future, a visa number will be available much sooner through the parent's petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T01:26:16.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-12T03:01:23.767" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Canadian. I used my working holiday visa for Australia (2 years total) and I've been out of the country for 2 years. A former employer has asked me to come back and work for him and that he would sponsor me. He doesn't really understand what that entails and neither do I. I told him I would pay for all the fee's and everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone told me that he needs to have an ad up looking for a worker for a certain amount of time in order for me to get approved to come work for him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where do I start this process? I really don't know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's a Subclass 457 – Business (Long Stay) visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work is masonry/pavers/landscaping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also wondering how much it would cost for everything &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastEditorUserId="2131" LastEditDate="2015-08-12T03:21:21.940" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T03:21:21.940" Title="What is the process of a Subclass 457 – Business (Long Stay) visa for Australia" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6730" CreationDate="2015-08-12T03:18:02.993" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Start here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, your employer-to-be has to register to be a &quot;sponsor&quot;, and they can then &quot;nominate&quot; you for the position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T03:18:02.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-12T20:39:17.793" Score="5" ViewCount="2051" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have just bought a property in Spain, we intend moving out a.s.a.p. I have noticed on AutoTrader that there are &lt;strong&gt;Spanish registered&lt;/strong&gt; cars available no doubt brought over to the UK by people repatriating.&#xA;If I bought one of these cars which still had Spanish tax and ITV, could I legally drive it in the &lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;UK insurance&lt;/strong&gt; until it was permanently taken back to Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am talking about buying the car now (August) and driving it to Spain in early October. The reason we are even thinking about this is the price and availability of second hand cars in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7015" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-13T15:34:46.767" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T11:28:24.907" Title="Buying a Spanish car in the UK before moving to Spain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2681" CreationDate="2015-08-13T00:31:10.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to answer for myself, I have already moved to Osaka, Japan for almost one year. Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2681/working-holiday-in-japan-which-country-i-should-buy-my-insurance-from#comment4092_2681&quot;&gt;Kent&lt;/a&gt; said, when I arrived to Osaka, I could enroll in the National Health Insurance Plan (国民健康保険).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Working Holiday period given to me was 6 months (I could extends to 1 year after arrived for 3, 4 months... forgot how many months exactly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But either way, I don't have any problem enrolled into the National Health Insurance Plan. The price for 6 months insurance is also really cheap, merely around 2000 yen ($20 CAD) because they will file you as no employment in Japan in the previous year and give you a big discount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, buying insurance in Japan is way better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T05:08:48.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6738" CreationDate="2015-08-13T03:56:46.693" Score="4" ViewCount="1378" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving permanently from the US to Brazil. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I make all my letters be forwarded from my old US address to my new Brazilian address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7017" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T18:11:24.323" Title="Forward mail from US to Brazil" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6289" CreationDate="2015-08-13T03:59:36.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a visitor I went to emergency care in a hospital in Sweden. They simply came to me with some paperwork and I paid with a debit card.&#xA;Ask your university if it is recommended to buy supplemental insurance. My guess would be however, that the fees are intended to be affordable to all Swedish people so therefore, pretty cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T03:59:36.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6736" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6745" CreationDate="2015-08-13T04:44:07.420" Score="4" ViewCount="688" Body="&lt;p&gt;i.e. do the holders of PR need to stay in Singapore some minimum amount of time every year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-13T15:20:36.030" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T15:20:36.030" Title="Does permanent residence impose a minimum stay requirement?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-13T06:06:46.283" Score="6" ViewCount="643" Body="&lt;p&gt;I come from Georgia. I have been selected for the Erasmus Mundus master's programme and received a scholarship of 42.000 EUR. This is a very prestigious scholarship scheme and a very reliable source of funding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The programme starts on September 1st and I must spend the 1st semester at the University of Cumbria, Ambleside, the UK. In January 2016, I must move to Norway in order to continue my studies at the Norwegian Institution. From August 2016, I must study in Germany for the next part of my programme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied to the UK Visas and Immigration office, Istanbul. I have asked for short term student visitor visa and got refused. Now I am reapplying and have some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exact wording of the refusal letter quoted here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have applied to visit the UK as part of the Erasmus Mundus Scheme. You have provided evidence from the scheme and from the Universities involved, including the University of Cumbria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have stated that you are employed as a manager by COMPANYNAME. It is reasonable that you would provide evidence of this employment to demonstrate your source of income. You have provided a bank letter and statement from AAA Bank and I note the statement shows salary deposits, however the lack of any evidence from your stated employer to corroborate the income raises concerns. I realise you state you are resigning from your employment, however I would still expect to see evidence to show the source of your personal funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your bank letter also states you hold two other accounts, including a Euro account. You have not demonstrated any source for the funds in these accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although your visit will be funded by the Erasmus Mundus Scheme, it is still reasonable that you would provide evidence of your circumstances in Georgia. The lack of such evidence raises concerns regarding your intentions and reason for travelling to study overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In light of all of the above I am not satisfied as to your intentions in wishing to travel to the UK now. I am not satisfied that you genuinely intend a short student visit only to the UK and that you will leave the UK at the end of the visit. I am therefore not satisfied that your application meets the paragraph A57D(b)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fist of all, about the evidence from my employer, when I filled in my application, I was about to leave my job because I wanted more time to prepare for my studies. And by the time I had an appointment at Teleperformance, I had already left my job. This is why I didn't even think of retrieving such letter from my employer. Now I see it was stupid of me. For my new application, I have retrieved the letter proving that I indeed worked there from ---- to ---- and received salary of ----. Do you think it helps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for two other bank accounts, I have some money on both of them but not so much. This was gift from my father when he heard I was going to study abroad. I didn't know it was necessary to demonstrate this. This time I have retrieved a document from bank that proves that it was indeed my father who deposited this sum to my account. Do you think it helps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that these two documents were indeed lacking in my application but what is surprising for me is that my personal funds should not be important when I receive a scholarship from Erasmus Mundus. I have enclosed several letters from Erasmus Mundus Scheme itself, from European Union, from my host universities, all stating that ALL MY COSTS WILL BE COVERED BY ERASMUS. I can support myself with this scholarship even without the money that I personally own. I am also surprised because I have a very good travel record in Schengen countries. I have received 4 visas during past 5 years and the last one is a 2-year schengen visa which is still in force.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have requested more supporting letters from universities and from the Erasmus Mundus Association representatives in Georgia. I hope this also helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of enclosing frank letter where I will explain why the documents were lacking in the first application and that I am adding them now. I also want to demonstrate in this letter that I do not intend to stay in the UK I perfectly understand that everybody would say the same but the thing is that if I don't leave UK, I cannot go to Norway to continue my studies and my scholarship and everything will be completely lost. This is very logical. It is not in my interests to stay in UK. I also want to indicate that I have amazing parents here at home and I would never want to leave my country forever. I also want to include letters proving that they have well paid jobs here. Do you think it is good?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not the least, should I send the refusal letter back to them with my new application documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7018" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T06:39:10.633" Title="UK student visitor visa refused, Erasmus Mundus scholarship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T12:28:29.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6734" CreationDate="2015-08-13T06:46:29.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;International Mail Forwarding is what you'll be after. Most major national postal services offer it, for a fee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USPS &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;offers mail forwarding&lt;/a&gt;. The price depends on how long you want it for, how quickly or often to forward mail etc. Full details &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on their website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not so well explained on that bit of the site is the international part. If you go to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://faq.usps.com/?articleId=221220&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USPS FAQ entry on Change of Address - General Information&lt;/a&gt;, then scroll down quite a bit, you'll find this helpful piece:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I file a Change of Address for an international address?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You cannot submit a Change of Address online for an international &#xA;  address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are moving to an International address outside of the United States, you will need to fill out the same Change of Address (COA) form (PS Form 3575) that is filed for a domestic move at your local Post Office™.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you'll need to fill out the form mentioned, head to your local post office, and arrange + pay for the international mail forwarding in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T06:46:29.400" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="424" CreationDate="2015-08-13T09:40:32.757" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, it would actually be good to build a country-by-country list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me try to enumerate the high level hot points and I will allow others to help fill these out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Privacy in public. Unlike many many other countries, if a stranger disagrees with what you are doing or has an observation, it is not uncommon for them to speak to you about it. For instance, to be told in the supermarket, by another shopper, that you are being too cruel to your child or that you are not controlling them enough. They may try engage in a dialog, or they may just shout their observation and then walk away. You are not bound to follow the instructions of the stranger; just be prepared for this to happen. Parents are broadly understood to be responsible for their children's behavior, e.g. tantrums in public places. This principle also applies to all of the following points:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Childcare. You should expect a young child to be accompanied by an adult or in a physically secure location at all times. People have occasionally fallen foul of the Law by letting their children walk to/from school. Americans are afraid of &quot;kidnappers&quot;, strangers who would pull a child into a car and take them away. (This is extremely rare and most children &quot;kidnapped&quot; are simply taken by their own parent, against the instructions of a court order.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sex. Americans are concerned about any sexual activity or language near children. This extends also to non-sexual nudity of adults. So, if you walk around your home naked in view of your children, this would be viewed as &quot;strange&quot;. If you live this way, best simply not to tell anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Breastfeeding. Deserves a topic of its own. Plan to cover up when breastfeeding, until you discover otherwise that it is accepted. This varies widely, and many Americans have surprisingly strong opinions either way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Child nudity. Similarly, Americans also expect a child to be clothed when in public. For example, if a 4 or 5 year old child were playing naked, in your own private back yard, this would be observed as &quot;strange&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Diapers. Likewise, avoid changing diapers in public view. In New York State, male members of daycare staff are prohibited from changing babies!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Private transportation. It is critically important to always have a legal and appropriate car-seat for small children when they travel in a car. People are very serious about this topic, and as a point of honor will to instruct you themselves, or will call the police.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Public transportation. Do not expect strangers to offer to help you with a pram. Widely, people are expected to be able to navigate and carry whatever they travel with. If you ask an able bodied stranger however, they will help. If you have a foldable &quot;stroller&quot; you will often be expected to fold it up and hold the baby to save space. Prams are definitely not in the same protected category as wheelchair users. You should never expect special treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Strangers. Older children who can talk are fairly universally taught &quot;not to talk to strangers.&quot; This is to avoid them being manipulated by molesters. You can expect your own children will be taught this principle as well. If you do make a friendly remark to a stranger's child while shopping for example, you can expect to be followed around by the store's security staff. American children are welcome to approach uniformed police offers and will be treated kindly. More practical advice is for them to approach a &quot;grandmother with children&quot; when they feel threatened by a situation. Nevertheless, the prevailing attitude is that child rapists are anywhere and everywhere; parents and children are instructed to maintain a vigilance against the perceived threat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Violence at school. Monitor your school aged child in case they may be expressing bullying behavior or be the victim of bullying by other children. Go to your child's teacher for advice in this case. American boys are broadly encouraged to learn basic fighting skills so they can defend themselves; the respected American behavior is to fight back when attacked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorUserId="6247" LastEditDate="2015-08-13T14:34:57.713" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T14:34:57.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6732" CreationDate="2015-08-13T10:55:33.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first problem after buying the car in the UK is that you probably need to register it with the Spanish authorities that you're the new legal owner. I'm not sure how complex that is in Spain (for example in Hungary you have to  appear in person with the car at one of the test centres, so buying a Hungarian car outside of Hungary is basically impossible), but be prepared that it might not be straightforward, or be basically impossible to do it from outside of Spain &lt;em&gt;legally&lt;/em&gt;. If you don't need to appear in person the fact that you already have a Spanish home address would help though (so they can send your registration certificates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next one is insurance. As it's still a Spanish registered car with Spanish registration plates, you have to insure it in Spain. There might be insurance companies in the UK that would cover a Spanish registered car, but I guess they are very rare, and expensive. (I could only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.easycover.net/en/easymotor-car-insurance-spain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;find one&lt;/a&gt; which can insure British cars in Spain, so the other way around). So you should probably get a Spanish insurance quote. Similarly, although you're not a resident yet, but you already have a Spanish address, this &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third problem is driving it. As a British resident &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk/59#59&quot;&gt;you cannot drive your Spanish car in Britain at all&lt;/a&gt;. You might get away with it, especially if you already have your ferry/tunnel tickets for the time you're leaving the UK, but you might face hefty fines, and your car might be taken away and crushed as well if you're especially unlucky. The only legal way to get it ouf the country is either to wait until you're a Spanish resident, or to tow it to the border crossing. Once it's in France you should be able to drive it legally (given your Spanish insurance covers EU driving)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While all of this could be done while still in the UK, I'd say you might be better off with just buying the car in Spain once you arrive there. Even if cars in Spain are more expensive, or you couldn't find one which you like, the hidden costs and risks associated with buying them abroad are probably much larger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T10:55:33.870" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6744" CreationDate="2015-08-13T08:14:05.037" Score="5" ViewCount="2517" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it allowed to work as student (intern) in Luxemburg given that I hold a valid residence permit and a valid working permit in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it also allowed for those who have Blue-Card issued from Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8285" OwnerDisplayName="M.M" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T17:08:56.977" Title="Working in Luxemburg for non-EU citizen with valid work permit in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6743" CreationDate="2015-08-13T09:25:56.773" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Working permits are still national matters in the EU and your German working permit does not allow you to work in Luxembourg. To the extent that your internship counts as work, you would therefore need some form of authorization from Luxembourg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For less than 90 days, you can however &lt;em&gt;travel to and stay&lt;/em&gt; in Luxembourg on the basis of your German residence permit and would only need a permit to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt;. For more than 90 days, even staying without working would be forbidden and you would need a Luxembourg residence permit/visa anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A German blue card is a type of residence permit and as such also allows the holder to stay in another Schengen country under the conditions I just described. On top of that, there are special rules to make it easier to take up employment in another participating country but no unconditional right to work without applying for a local blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T10:24:45.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6736" CreationDate="2015-08-13T15:01:04.060" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;PR status for Singapore can be lost if the person travels outside Singapore without a valid REP (re-entry permit), or if the REP expires while the person is overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply to renew the REP while overseas, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=152&amp;amp;secid=150&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official recommendation&lt;/a&gt; is that you do this at least two months before your old REP runs out. There is no guarantee that you will get a new REP, or for how long (up to 5 years, but may be issued for only 1 year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation requirements depend on the category of PR. There doesn't appear to be an official &quot;time limit&quot; regarding how long you can have been out of Singapore, but this is certainly taken into consideration.  Also it matters why you're away from Singapore - e.g. still working for a Singaporean company but posted abroad vs. just having left of your own accord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2015-08-13T15:01:04.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5916" CreationDate="2015-08-14T02:23:14.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yes, it's mandatory&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS lags behind going all digital, they still rely on checking paper documents. Whether it will get check or not is bit random, but I've checked with a few people who travel on H1 or L1 very frequently and they say that about 50% of the time they are asked for I-797. As far as I know, USCIS accepts only the originals. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastActivityDate="2015-08-14T02:23:14.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-14T10:01:19.813" Score="5" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from the UK and my wife is Australian. I applied for a spousal VISA in 2009 which was granted (provisionally). We lived in Australia for about a year before returning to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We then visited at Christmas 2014 returning to the UK in January 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I had an email informing me that my spousal visa application has been refused because I did not respond to a request for information that was sent in January 2015. I cannot find any trace of this request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to appeal this decision? I would like to avoid having to reapply as it is an expensive and lengthy process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7024" LastEditorUserId="7024" LastEditDate="2015-08-17T16:23:06.373" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T16:23:06.373" Title="Australian spousal VISA refused, grounds to appeal?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-06T11:33:29.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-14T19:47:42.883" Score="3" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EU national, who already has a business visa C for 5 years (multiple entry) for Schengen area which allows me to stays 90 days at once. Meanwhile, I have been accepted at a university in Belgium as a student for a course of 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask whether I can enter Belgium using my current business visa and change it with Belgium authorities to a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Meanwhile, since I have a business visa, I will be working for one of my home country institutes as their representative in Belgium, where my home country will pay me, which I will do while studying as student]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7027" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-15T06:44:19.593" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T11:03:09.137" Title="Switching from a Schengen business visa to a student visa in Belgium" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-14T22:22:12.183" Score="8" ViewCount="799" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has spent most of their life abroad, but who currently is studying in the US. I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; have a foreign ID card, since I was required to own (and carry) one in the country I used to live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a US passport because I often need to travel internationally (along with my SSN card and some copies of other documents), but other than that, I do not own any government ID. (I don't drive.) By force of habit, I also carry my foreign ID card on my person. However, this has raised some issues in the past few years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some US-based relatives have claimed that it is strongly recommended that I own a state ID, particularly if I am planning to take driving lessons. (They claim that carrying the examination permit will not be sufficient.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true? Does it still hold if I am not taking driving lessons? I remember asking a senior at my university if getting a state ID card was useful, and getting a response of &quot;it's not really necessary.&quot; It's also worth noting that I attended some events for international students during orientation a few years ago, and this was never stated to me. However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_documents_in_the_United_States#Driver.27s_license&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; gives an inconsistent picture, and suggests that it might essentially be necessary in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7028" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T11:35:14.407" Title="Is carrying identification on one's person required in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6750" CreationDate="2015-08-14T23:18:59.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not a legal requirement to carry identification in the US, but it can be useful. If you have a run in with the police, there may be delays while they verify your identity. Further, a lot of businesses ask for identification. This falls into 2 categories, proof of identity and proof of address. I have never had a problem proving my identity with my passport and social security card, but these do not prove your address. I usually use a pay stub and a utility bill to prove my address. Instead of carrying all of that on the off chance you need it, a state issued ID proves both identity and address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2015-08-15T11:35:14.407" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T11:35:14.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6750" CreationDate="2015-08-15T00:57:33.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're not a US citizen, you must always carry your proof of status (your passport or green card), that's the Federal law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no other law with regards to IDs, and Americans take pride in their lack of a proper identification system (which leads to the ease with which you can have your identity in the US stolen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, many places/actions require picture IDs, which are usually required to be State-issued. For example, you cannot identify yourself to a notary public with your green card (at least not in California, I tried). You'll need a State-issued ID card or driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T00:57:33.210" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6749" CreationDate="2015-08-15T06:40:15.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, it is not possible to apply directly for a residence permit or long-stay visa within Belgium if you entered Belgium on a short-stay visa (i.e. a Schengen type C visa). Instead, you must do that from your current place of residence. &lt;a href=&quot;https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/Application-guides/Pages/Higher_education_or_preparatory_year_stay.aspx#where_to_lodge_your_applicatio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There are a few exceptions&lt;/a&gt; but they do not apply to your current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, you current visa almost certainly does not allow you to work from Belgium, even for a foreign employer. In the Schengen area, there is no such thing as a “business visa”, only generic short-stay visas and, while they do cover business &lt;em&gt;visits&lt;/em&gt;, they do not allow &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; without an additional prior authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, a type C visa is only for short visits up to 90 days so it's difficult to see how it could be relevant to the rules that apply during your one-year stay one way or the other (that's the reason why you need another visa in the first place!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the whole plan might sound sketchy to a consulate: If you intend to do more than incidental work during the holidays and you apply for a work permit, it looks as if you won't really have time to study and therefore do not have a valid reason to apply for a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-15T08:30:46.163" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T08:30:46.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-15T11:26:10.010" Score="3" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will reach state pension age in 2016 and have 35 qualifying years in the UK, so will receive a full pension. Between 1992 and 2005 I lived and worked in Holland, so have 13 years of contributions towards an AOW Pension as well. Will I receive the AOW as well as my State Pension for those years? These combined years give me a work history of 45 years in total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7032" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-08-15T18:56:32.657" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T19:21:15.270" Title="AOW Pension and UK State Pension Rights" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6705" CreationDate="2015-08-15T15:50:54.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Finland, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migri.fi/moving_to_finland_to_be_with_a_family_member&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cohabiting partner&lt;/a&gt; is a sufficient status for your girlfriend to get a residence permit, assuming that you would have &quot;Type A&quot; status.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, as a practical matter in August 2015, non-Finnish foreigners are not that likely to be hired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6571" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T15:50:54.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8153" CreationDate="2015-08-15T19:13:41.983" Score="6" ViewCount="4832" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India studying in Quebec, Canada and now I wish to apply for Permanent Resident status. Obviously, I am on study permit and my wife is accompanying me on an open work permit. Also, my wife has got a job here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a 7 years of IT experience and we almost have same background for scores so we have similar points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my confusion is about who is supposed to be the primary applicant and how does it matter who is the primary applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find the information on Quebec immigration but could not find any proper info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7034" LastActivityDate="2016-04-16T20:59:38.947" Title="Canada Immigration: Who should be primary applicant" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6756" CreationDate="2015-08-15T19:21:15.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should indeed be entitles to the dutch AOW pension. The sum will be 13/50 = 26% of the full pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your marital state, this adds up to a pre-tax amount between 200 (married) and 300 (single) in Euro per month. There is a possibility that your spouse was also under the dutch social security system during those 13 years, in which case 2 times 200 euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pension age is currently 65.25 years and is being gradually raised. The start date of pension entitlement hence depends on your exact age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946" LastActivityDate="2015-08-15T19:21:15.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6760" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-16T03:24:32.090" Score="1" ViewCount="601" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please let me know a few times and days when you might be free during London business hours and your preferred land line phone number. If you cannot provide a landline number, I can call a mobile phone, but we will only proceed with the interview if the call quality is good enough. I will confirm the interview time with you by email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received above email on &lt;em&gt;Tuesday,11-Aug-2015&lt;/em&gt;, from an immigration officer asking for,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) times and days for availability of formal interview, under &lt;strong&gt;skilled migrant category&lt;/strong&gt; without employment offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) Full blood count report of my partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have replied next day(Wednesday), about my availability on 13-aug and 14-aug from 14:30hrs to 16:00 hrs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also replied(on Thursday) with a medical report, as requested.&#xA;But am yet to receive a reply from immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall I call the customer care?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something to worry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I proceed in this regard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-09-01T00:30:32.457" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T00:30:32.457" Title="Interview phase for SMC immigration - NZ" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-30T14:47:08.707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2968" CreationDate="2015-08-16T17:22:04.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest you finish 2 years of professional work experience and apply for any of the two PR visas (189 or 190).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have 2 years of work experience under your belt, apply for skills assessment from ACS. You need to show them your ICT graduation and evidence of work experience in your occupation. Sit the IELTS (or PTE-Academic or any other recognized English language tests) and score the best you can. With this, if you can score 60 or more points (55 for the 190 visa, but needs state sponsorship), you would be eligible for the PR visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-08-16T17:22:04.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2982" CreationDate="2015-08-16T17:25:51.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would help us answer your question if you wrote about which type of visa you are considering?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, the process is quite simple and easy to follow using skillselect and immiAccount. Better do it yourself and save on the exorbitant fees these lawyers/ agents charge. In either case, the time required to get the visa depends on the visa type that you applied for, and on per-case basis. Using a lawyer/ agent does not help speed up the process in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-08-16T17:25:51.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T07:20:57.887" Score="2" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Egyptian currently in Bulgaria with a &quot;cultural exchange&quot; visa. I want to marry my Bulgarian girlfriend. I don't know where should I go or what will be the procedures? Should we marry here or in Egypt? And can I know the minimum age for marriage because I am 20 and going to be 21 in June? After the marriage, what will be the next step to get residence and how long does it take? I know that these may be many questions but related to one issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7039" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T10:00:14.693" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T10:00:14.693" Title="Bulgarian residency" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6763" CreationDate="2015-08-17T08:36:47.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply for a residence permit according to Article 24.18 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mfa.bg/uploads/files/Foreigners_in_the_Republic_of_Bulgaria_Act%281%29.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Foreigners in the Republic in Bulgaria act&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The minimum age for a marriage is 16, but if one of you is under 18, you will need a permit from a Bulgarian court. You can also merry outside Bulgaria but then you will need to legalize it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T08:36:47.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6765" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T11:06:48.540" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid B1 visa. My spouse is holding an H1 visa and I would like to go as a dependent [H4]. If I apply for an H4 now will it invalidate my B1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7040" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-17T11:13:58.270" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T11:13:58.270" Title="Applying for US H4 visa when I have a valid B1 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-08-20T14:12:46.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T12:54:28.063" Score="4" ViewCount="2034" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an interview for a job seeker visa to Germany for 6 months at the German embassy in India. I have to show them the proof of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now how can I have a proof of accommodation for 6 months in advance that long before even the visa is granted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to show them the proof of accommodation for the whole 6 months period or a 2-3 days hotel reservation will suffice?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Secondly how can I decide the date of my departure before even the visa is granted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7041" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T09:31:36.293" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T12:34:38.730" Title="Proof of accommodation for a 6-month job seeker visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T13:13:23.430" Score="4" ViewCount="1025" Body="&lt;p&gt;A high net worth individual is applying for a T1 (Entrepreneur) visa.  The consulate is processing his application and has asked him to attend an interview about his application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What sort of interview questions can he expect given that he meets all of the other criteria for the visa and has financial capacity significantly above the minimum T1 (Entrepreneur) requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T20:10:20.133" Title="UK Tier 1 Entrepreneur Interview Questions" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T15:47:46.890" Score="0" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a French passport and I just moved to France.  What is the process of being a citizen/what papers and documents to I need to possess to be able to work and go to school and live?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I need a Carte Vitale, Social Security Number, an ID card. But from my understanding, most of that gets done through your employer/school, and I have none. So i'm kind of lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7043" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-17T16:10:25.737" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T16:37:17.940" Title="French EU Passport, but not yet a citizen of France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6768" CreationDate="2015-08-17T16:37:17.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;None of these things are required to be a French citizen (and conversely, being a French citizen is not required to get a &lt;em&gt;carte vitale&lt;/em&gt; or social security number) or even, technically, to live in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you come to France as an adult, you can get a &lt;em&gt;carte vitale&lt;/em&gt; from the CPAM when you first register for health insurance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you work, you will be insured through your work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a student at a higher education institution, you will have to register with one of the approved students' health insurers (usually you do that together with all other registration formalities). Not sure about students at secondary schools, the assumption is that they are usually insured through their family but there must be some procedure for those who aren't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you live with your parents or a spouse/partner, you can also be covered by their insurance, at no extra cost.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have no other way to be covered, you should contact the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/votre-caisse/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;local CPAM&lt;/a&gt; directly to get the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cmu.fr/overview-health-care-assistance-programs.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Couverture Maladie Universelle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also automatically get a social security number when you get (statutory) health insurance for the first time. You don't really &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to do anything now to be a citizen or reside in France legally and could therefore wait to find a job (if that's what you want to do) and sort it all out afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But of course having health insurance as soon as possible would seem a good idea and you could therefore simply apply for the CMU immediately. The costs of the insurance premium will depend on your income for the previous year (you will need tax returns from the country where you resided previously) and it's free if you had no income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An ID card, while useful for many purposes and nearly universal, is not legally required for any purpose. In particular, your passport should do just fine when interacting with the authorities and if you need to prove your citizenship, the &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt;, and not the &lt;em&gt;carte nationale d'identité&lt;/em&gt;, is the strongest form of evidence.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tip: Whatever you do, you will need a copy or extract of your birth certificate for many things, you can already prepare those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T16:37:17.940" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T21:08:43.753" Score="3" ViewCount="4291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Berlin for work in November and I have a few questions I'd like answered. For the sake of background – I've never lived in Europe, so I don't know what to expect. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My biggest question is this: since I'll be moving there on a work visa, what happens in the event that I get a better job offer from a different company than I work for? Can I just submit my notice, serve the notice period and then quit and go work for another company? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because I currently live in Qatar – where a lot of the workforce consists of sponsored expats. Their employers actively restrict them from quitting and working elsewhere. If one jumps jobs, it is a crime punishable by immediate deportation. What's the law in Berlin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7044" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T07:32:13.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T09:42:16.330" Title="Moving to Berlin for work – can I switch employers easily?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6770" CreationDate="2015-08-18T07:46:50.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some residence titles are tied to a specific employer, sector or region and some are not but leaving a job is never a crime and is not punishable as such. The only problem is that if you do that before you have another job and authorisation lined up or some other legal basis to stay in Germany (e.g. you married a German resident), your current residence title could become invalid and you would therefore have to leave the country or become liable for deportation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, you have to report the fact that you lost your job to the foreigners registration office (&lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;) immediately and they will decide how long you are allowed to stay. I believe they can grant you a grace period to bridge the time between jobs or even a six-month permit to look for another one but you are not entitled to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to switch jobs during the first two years of your stay in Germany, you need to have your residence title amended (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;). If it's a &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; job (in the sense that it's a job in the same sector, with the same or better salary), I think it should be fine but it's not automatic (not really easy but doable). Your current employer does not have to consent to this, it's entirely up to the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the first two years, you can switch jobs without prior authorisation, as long as the new job still meets the same conditions (e.g. still a highly-qualified occupation, etc.). You still face restrictions (for example, you could not take a random low-paying job that you find more fulfilling) but you are not tied to an employer in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, after five years and if you learn the German language, you would become eligible for a kind of permanent residence permit called a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;. Once you have that, you can stay in Germany with no time limit and take any job you like (not only jobs approved by the federal employment agency based on the needs of the German economy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T09:42:16.330" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T09:42:16.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-17T19:00:36.613" Score="1" ViewCount="933" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for EEA Family Permit 3 times but I got refuse every time they give me very strange reason even I supplied all the documents they required it. I showed the refusal decision to many people and every one said that they not gonna give me EEA Family permit visa. I proved all the Regulations 2006 (6)(7)(12) etc, so I decided to use code 1a Stamp way to enter in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I go to UK on schengen Visa (traveling with EU/EEA Italian Wife)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I change my plan after getting schengen visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After getting schengen visa can I book only one way ticket (because I want to move in UK after coming in France)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am non EEA family member of an Italian National. I applied for schengen visa for long term. I have plan to move in UK after getting schengen visa. Here we have to report after coming back from schengen visit. if I get enter in UK so how can I report to Italian embassy that I am back as I will be in UK at that time planing to stay there.how to satisfied to Italian Embassy for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is that any side effect to apply for future schengen visits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice me from  your past experience and future information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7050" OwnerDisplayName="Fasi" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T15:30:01.590" Title="Code 1a Stamp ‘EEA Dependant’ ink stamp" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6773" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6775" CreationDate="2015-08-17T10:05:20.637" Score="1" ViewCount="778" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid B1 visa. My spouse is holding an H1 visa and I would like to go as a dependent [H4]. If I apply for an H4 now will it invalidate my B1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7040" OwnerDisplayName="NeonGlow" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T15:51:55.283" Title="Applying for US H4 visa when I have a valid B1 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6772" CreationDate="2015-08-18T14:31:16.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK is not part of Schengen area so your schengen visa won't give you entry to UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of an EU citizen you will be probably be able to reside in the UK as long as you are here with your spouse, who is exercising their treaty rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there is some long term uncertainty with this as the UK is planning to hold a referendum on its EU membership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6850" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T14:31:16.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6773" CreationDate="2015-08-18T15:51:55.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will not invalidate your tourist visa by applying for H4. While you wait for your H4, you should probably not travel to the US because people tell scary unbelievable stories which accidentally may be true in some extreme marginal cases, and you don't want them to happen to you. After all, people in the US who work as border control inspectors do that for a reason, which is mostly because it makes them feel powerful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T15:51:55.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-18T15:53:36.133" Score="4" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is British married to a Japanese girl who has ILR. He is working in NZ at the moment on contract and will be returning with her to the UK before the 2 years are up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: Can they come back for a couple of weeks and then go back to NZ for another contract, and could they do that for a while or would the ILR be taken away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7051" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T16:51:21.230" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T08:16:04.763" Title="Indefinite leave to remain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6776" CreationDate="2015-08-19T08:16:04.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that the answer to Mark Mayo's question is that she has ILR in the UK, then in general the answer to your question is no. If the immigration officer sees how long she has been gone and realizes that she is just going back to New Zealand in a couple of weeks, it is obvious that she is not a resident in the UK much less a permanent resident. If the ILR isn't cancelled right then, it would become invalid after two years anyway. They are getting a lot more strict about this and the UK has recently introduced exit checks. It is now effectively impossible to try the brief-visit-to-maintain-ILR scheme anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T08:16:04.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-19T13:24:08.197" Score="5" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer in Germany, and I have an apartment for me and my family (wife and son) - offered by the company. The question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I apply for a &lt;strong&gt;national visa&lt;/strong&gt; (long-stay) for me and my family to bring them with me from the first time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, what documents needed for that purpose, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long it takes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We (me, wife, and son) are Egyptians, and my son is 2 years old&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7054" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-11-02T22:16:46.290" LastActivityDate="2017-03-11T15:45:17.927" Title="I got a job offer in Germany. Can I bring my family with me at the same time?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-19T17:46:37.003" Score="1" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed my visa in USA after entering legally and working for three years. Now, I have a job offer in Australia and I'm looking for permanent residency. Will my past affect the future now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6904" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T07:18:53.190" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T07:18:53.190" Title="Will it affect the chances of permanent residency in Australia if I visa over stay in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-10-27T22:52:21.327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-19T19:25:18.747" Score="-1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;i applied for tourist visa a year ago and i got rejected , i got new passport and i travelled to bulgaria and now am tried to apply for uk again , they are asking me if i got refused from getting the visa before or not ?? , what should i answer them ?? , and i have an english family living there now but i didn't mention them in the first application last year , if i mention them now and make them send me invitation letter , will it make a problem ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7055" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-19T22:53:46.137" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T23:01:52.977" Title="uk tourist visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-08-20T14:12:24.837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6781" CreationDate="2015-08-19T23:01:52.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should always answer all questions truthfully. Never lie on any official forms. First of all, if they found out that you lied they can refuse a visa, or if they found out afterwards they could revoke any granted visa. Secondly, it may be a criminal offence resulting in arrest, detention (and/or a hefty fine), and deportation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the type of visa being applied for, a letter of invitation may help. If you have family in the UK, then you have a valid reason to visit, after all. The thing they are most concerned about is whether or not you will leave at the end of your stay in the UK. If they think there is a chance that you might not leave, they will not grant a visa. So it would also help your application to mention any reasons you would have to need to leave the UK afterwards (job, family outside the UK, property owned outside the UK, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A travel history also helps - if you travelled to another country (e.g. Bulgaria) and you did not overstay your permission to remain there, that would be a point in your favour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T23:01:52.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-20T09:33:08.990" Score="2" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a U.S. citizen, if my total income earned in a foreign country is less than $10,000, do I still need to file for a foreign earned income exclusion? I meet the bona fide resident test and appear to otherwise qualify for the exclusion. However, as I understand, if foreign earned income is less than $10,000, then a form 1040 does not need to be filed. And as form 1040 goes hand-in-hand with form  2555 for foreign earned income exclusion, it seems that I would not need to file any tax forms. Did I understand this right? I am a university student with a permanent residence in the foreign country and completing the entirety of my degree there, if this helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7056" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T00:46:54.900" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T02:37:01.363" Title="If foreign earned income is less than $10,000, do I need to file for a foreign earned income exclusion?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-20T19:38:18.827" Score="3" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying for a Type D (long stay) Schengen Visa for Belgium this September and I am from Philippines. A host family already contacted me to be their next au pair and we are now discussing things together with their agency for the requirements for my visa application and my work permit for Belgium. Regarding the visa application, I would like to ask if I need to provide documents that would prove my strong ties here in Philippines. If yes, what are the kind of documents that I need to bring? I do not own a house or rent an apartment and I do not also have a bank account with large amount of savings. I am also still living with my parents and I do not support them yet financially. I just graduated from the university last year and I already have my professional license as a teacher. However I was not employed yet as a teacher here in a public or private school. After I graduated, I was employed as a tutor in a tutorial center and as of now I am employed in a call center as a customer service representative earning a low salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do au pair visa applicants need to prove their strong ties in their home country especially if they will apply for a Schengen visa? I am aware that it is common among U.S visa applicants to prove their strong ties in their home country in any non-immigrant visa applications, however I'm not really sure in the case of Schengen visa application especially if I will be an au pair in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read in a website some supporting documents for U.S. visa application to prove the strong ties in the home country. I wonder if I could also present these for my Schengen visa appl;ication if ever I need to prove my strong ties in Philippines. The possible documents I could provide are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A sworn affidavit from your parents listing all the family members who live in your home country, and including details to show that they are all firmly settled there. Even better, include a statement of why you, too, are likely to return (especially if there is a family business or property).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;--I am not really sure how to provide this. What is this affidavit called? Can you give a sample format of this affidavit?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation of your career potential in your home country, including statistics from a reputable source, such as your government, showing that people with your skills are in high demand; or a letter from a potential employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Teachers as far as I know are in demand in the Philippines, and I am already a professional teacher myself. I wonder how can I provide a document stating this.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Professional Licenses: If you have any kind of professional license that could expire unless you return home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;--As mentioned, I have a professional teaching license in Philippines. It will expire on October 2017 and can be renewed. My au pair contract is just one year and the possible start date is on December 2015 so that would end on December 2016. Can I just present my license along with the other documents?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7059" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T23:22:42.660" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T23:22:42.660" Title="Applying for a Type D (long stay) Schengen Visa for Belgium" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6786" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-21T02:02:29.547" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T02:02:29.547" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T02:02:29.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6787" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-21T02:02:29.547" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of the Philippines." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T07:18:49.903" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T07:18:49.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6788" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-21T02:03:36.800" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T02:03:36.800" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T02:03:36.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6789" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-21T02:03:36.800" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Egypt." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T07:18:56.540" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T07:18:56.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6783" CreationDate="2015-08-21T02:37:01.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're below filing threshold -  you're probably not going to pay any tax regardless, so no point in claiming exemption anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T02:37:01.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-21T05:50:14.867" Score="3" ViewCount="1121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Germany on a dependent visa and started doing a Master's course. Now that my course is about to end and I am in the process of finding a job, I would like to know if I can convert the dependent visa status to a regular working visa by showing my employment contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone on this forum has done this, could you please let me know the process to be followed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6869" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T18:21:48.163" Title="German dependent visa to regular working visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-21T11:44:08.787" Score="3" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was previously using a VPS from HostEurope. After few months, I asked for a cancellation. I stopped paying bills but, somehow, my account was not cancelled and I started receiving legal notices. I am from India and I don't understand German. Since the notices were in German, I just ignored them. I received the last notice in January 2015 (used Google Translate and understood some part of it). The issue is still not resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this cause any issues if I apply for German work permit visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7063" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-06T16:40:51.397" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T10:16:28.243" Title="Applying for work permit in Germany when I have outstanding debt" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6793" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6795" CreationDate="2015-08-21T09:38:55.887" Score="8" ViewCount="3091" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to study abroad and there is this master in Saarbrücken which I really like. The problem I find with it is that it doesn't look like a big city at all. I've been living in Barcelona for the past three years and I was looking for a smaller city. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I really like living a cosmopolitan life in a city with lots of cultural offer and festivals, music, night life... I was wondering, is Saarbrücken as bland as it seems? For what I've been able to find it looks more like a small town in the middle of nowhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is Saarbrücken worth moving to, or is it just a more or less little city with almost nothing to do in it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7065" OwnerDisplayName="Athe" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T08:26:23.550" Title="Is Saarbrücken worth living in?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-10-17T15:44:00.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6793" CreationDate="2015-08-21T12:45:40.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am german and I am living a &quot;cosmopolitan&quot; live in Berlin. I would definitely say that Saarbrücken is a small boring and bland town in the middle of nowhere. If you like nature it would be a great starting basis for trips to e.g. France or Switzerland. But for cultural stuff it is not comparable to other german cities or Barcelona.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend to visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ttingen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Göttingen&lt;/a&gt; which offers great possibilities to study and is culturally very diverse. It is also close to the Harz which is a wonderful area for trips. It is kind of in the middle of germany and well connected by transportation infrastructure. This would be much more interesting and the university has a very good reputation. Nearly all the &quot;great&quot; german heads like Goethe, Gauss etc. lived or studied there and before WWII most of the the german nobel price winners studied in Göttingen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Heidelberg&lt;/a&gt; which should be very nice for studying and living. Never been there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also read up on Leipzig and Dresden which are two beautiful and diverse cities in the eastern part of germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7064" LastEditorUserId="7064" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T13:46:03.630" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T13:46:03.630" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6793" CreationDate="2015-08-21T15:06:29.830" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Saarbrücken is indeed a middle-size town. It is certainly no Berlin and also smaller than Hamburg, Munich, Cologne or Frankfort. But I don't quite agree with ectomorph and do not think that it is as bad as it sounds or much worse than Göttingen or Heidelberg. Having lived in an actual small town or two (and even briefly in a village), I certainly don't think there is nothing to do in Saarbrücken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as location is concerned, it's not in the middle of nowhere at all. The area is actually quite densely populated, with a string of middle-size towns, and not so far from Luxembourg, Metz, Nancy and very well connected to Paris. By comparison, Berlin (where I lived for some time as well) is much farther away from anything interesting (apart from itself, obviously). If there is a town in the middle of nowhere in Germany, then that's Berlin!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as culture is concerned, Saarbrücken is the capital city of Saarland so probably offers more than you would expect from a town this size, including a theatre/opera house, concerts, etc. It also has a university, some student life, some cinemas showing non-dubbed films so here again, not a metropolis or a “cool town” but not completely dull.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most striking (and potentially off-putting) characteristic of Saarbrücken and the Saarland, compared to places like Göttingen, Heidelberg (which feels like a fairy tale town frozen in time for the benefit of tourists) and countless middle-size German towns is that the region was deeply marked by heavy industry and its steep decline. You still see many traces of it in the landscape (including huge ironworks that are now a museum and cultural venue in Völklingen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in spite of all the effort to foster new activities (including a few small tech companies on the university campus and the province much touted “Frankreich-Strategie”), it never completely recovered. So you can easily see that it's poorer than many other parts of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T12:01:07.397" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T12:01:07.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-21T16:20:18.743" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a tax accountant in either the US or UK who would be willing to consult with me about the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A US citizen will be moving to the UK on a Tier 2 (spousal) visa for one year (that does not overlap with the tax year in either country). She will work from home in the UK, for a US company that will pay into her US bank. What are our tax liabilities in both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having spoken to the UK HMRC, it seems that the UK's answer will depend on the US's answer, which in turns depends on the UK's answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not looking for advice about the question above, just specifically whether or not there exists a tax accountant (or some other service) that I can consult with who could advise me on the tax situation in both countries at once. I could not find anyone via Google. Do such people exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7066" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T16:20:18.743" Title="How to find tax accountant to advise on double taxation for US citizen working in UK for US company" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-10-30T14:48:28.637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6068" CreationDate="2015-08-22T11:24:26.187" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;RBC allows creating a &quot;Non-Resident account for immigration purposes&quot;, as far as I know at no-cost, and they don't require you to apply in person in Canada. However the process is not simple and there are restrictions on what you can do with this account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1- It is not a chequing account, you cannot request any cheques from it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2- You can deposit funds, but you can only withdraw the funds once you arrive to Canada and you convert the account into a regular chequing account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to contact them directly from their website and tell them that you want to have this type of account and they will guide you through the process. About 5-6 years ago, the process required you to send copies of 3 identification documents, certified by a Canadian consulate, and also the account opening forms require a &quot;certified signature&quot;, meaning that you need to sign the forms in front of a Canadian Consule, and he/she will also sign the forms and put some stamps on it. There are one-time consular fees for these operations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I am not affiliated to RBC in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="198" LastEditorUserId="198" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T14:18:18.060" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T14:18:18.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:03:51.987" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;While applying for Tier 2 UK visa do we need to submit an original copy of IELTS test result, as only a single copy of the test result is provided to the candidate? And is that copy returned, once a decision is made regarding the visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6997" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-24T17:37:53.813" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T17:37:53.813" Title="IELTS test result - Does the UK need the original, and is it returned?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6799" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:09:42.127" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T19:09:42.127" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T19:09:42.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6800" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:09:42.127" Score="0" Body="IELTS  (International English Language Testing System) is a well-known English Language proficiency testing system, used by a range of countries in the immigration and visa evaluation processes" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T23:32:26.860" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:32:26.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6801" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:11:04.683" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions around language tests needed to apply for visas / residency permits / jobs / educational courses / etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T23:32:37.423" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:32:37.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6802" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:11:04.683" Score="0" Body="Language Testing required before issuing of some visas / residency permits / jobs etc" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T23:32:34.307" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:32:34.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6803" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:17:30.137" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is an alternative to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/ielts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ielts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ielts&lt;/a&gt; for testing of proficiency in use of the English language&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T23:32:44.963" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:32:44.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6804" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-22T19:17:30.137" Score="0" Body="TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is an English Language testing system" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T23:32:41.633" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:32:41.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-22T20:11:09.933" Score="0" ViewCount="1581" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got a visa refusal for uk visit visa. As my father is sponsoring me he encashed some of the money from his fixed deposit and transferred in to his account i provided the evidence of encashment with my visa application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Decision&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of paragraph(s) V4.2 (a) and V4.2 (c) of Appendix V and visitors Appendix 3: Immigration rules of visitors because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have applied for a visa to undertake your PLAB 2 examination in the UK. Whilst you have provided evidence of your registration for this exam I must also consider your personal and financial circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You state that you have been employed as a Doctor with the xxx since June 2015, where you earn a monthly income of PKR 20,000. In support of his statement you have provided a letter of reference from the head of department. However , this document has been produced a your own request and I am not satisfied that this single letter,in isolation,supports your circumstances. If I were to accept this document then I must consider that you have only been employed in this capacity for less than 3 months prior to submission of your UK visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the proposed expenditure you state that 3000 pounds is available for your visit and that your father will meet all of the costs associated with your stay. In support of this statement you have provided an affidavit from your father and his personal bank account statement. However, there are a number of recent, large cash deposits which are inconsistent with the overall transactional history of the account. I therefore consider that the balance has been inflated just prior to submission of your UK visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the absence of evidence to demonstrate the origin of these funds, I am not satisfied that these will remain available to you or that this account statement is an accurate reflection of his financial circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the evidence before me I am not satisfied that you have accurately presented your circumstances or intentions in wishing to enter United Kingdom. I am therefore not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose permitted by the visitor routes or that you will leave the United Kingdom at the end of your visit. I therefore refuse your application under paragraphs V4.2 (a) and V4.2 (c) of Appendix V&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q1 : I plan to reapply in Jan 2016 , i contacted the bank from where the fixed deposits were cashed and transferred in to the account. They are ready to provide me with a encashment certificate that will state the amount withdrawn with dates. Is that evidence sufficient enough to prove the origin of the funds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2 : How should my father balance his account statement after the deposits. He receives monthly pension , rents from the properties and interest from the fixed deposits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q3 : As i stated i will reapply in Jan 2016 by then i will be unemployed as i will quit my job next month due to my upcoming exams I will explain in my application that i resigned from my job and will attach a experience certificate given to me by the hospital. Will my unemployment and resignation from the job , raise any red flags or have a negative impact on my application which will lead to refusal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father would still be supporting me financially when i will reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7072" LastActivityDate="2015-08-23T09:12:40.000" Title="UK PLAB visa refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-08-23T21:29:03.593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6476" CreationDate="2015-08-22T23:54:17.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Providing a contract with starting date 01/08 and trying to register it in &lt;em&gt;bürgeramt&lt;/em&gt; even 1 day before (for me it was on 31 July) is impossible and the agent will ask you to come after one day. That was a very bad situation to wait earlier in the morning then being forced to come another day. So things should be clear now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6813" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T23:54:17.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6805" CreationDate="2015-08-23T09:12:40.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Q1. Probably not. The UK really wants to know the origin of the money. Not just another bit of the path of its journey into your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2. I think perhaps this question is missing the point. If you are working earning 20,000 RS per month, with some support from your father over a significant period, you should probably be able to demonstrate, rather readily, some financial stability. So carefully balanced accounts isn't what you need to show the UK. If this is indeed your situation, those account balances will show that without need for significant manipulation. Just make sure any support you receive from him is recorded through proper regular bank transactions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q3. Well, just referring to the letter of refusal, it appears that one of the key reasons for your refusal is that you have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; worked at the hospital for 3 months. If that is correct, then you will only have 4-5 months employment according to what you have stated here. Unless I misunderstand the implications of this reason given, I believe the UK would like to see more than 3-4 months of employment from someone coming to take a PLAB 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important aspect here is to answer the reasons for the refusal directly. Establish your employment and your finances to satisfy an immigration officer of your intentions and your capability to meet the expectations of a visitor in this category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-08-23T09:12:40.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6808" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6821" CreationDate="2015-08-22T17:39:55.993" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen and I work for a US company. My company has a subsidiary in the UK where we have at least one person employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options for working from London? How long can a &quot;business&quot; trip to the UK last? And how frequently can I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what would be the process of me transferring to the UK subsidiary? I believe there is an easier visa process for an internal company transfer but I'm not sure where to start looking for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7112" OwnerDisplayName="Cameron Sparr" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T02:54:23.357" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T02:54:23.357" Title="US Citizen, US Company with UK subisdiary, How to work from UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6798" CreationDate="2015-08-23T21:04:20.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they need the original, and yes, it is returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2015-08-23T21:04:20.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-24T02:00:59.537" Score="0" ViewCount="502" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in USA with H1B VISA since from 3 years. And I am pursuing Employment Based Green Card in USA. However my employer asked me provide technical experience certificate from my previous employers. On this context I have below questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory to provide technical experience letter?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What if my previous employers denied to give such letter or not available any more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T03:53:48.777" Title="Experience certificate for Green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6811" CreationDate="2015-08-24T03:53:48.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory to provide technical experience letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. What is mandatory is to prove your relevant experience and expertise to justify your being employee with experience and skills that can not be matched by the available candidates who are US citizens/residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What if my previous employers denied to give such letter or not available any more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lawyers working with your employer will suggest other methods, like notarized testimonies of ex-colleagues and clients. These however don't hold as much value and credibility as the official company letterhead, and as such may weaken your claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T03:53:48.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-24T14:51:12.043" Score="5" ViewCount="1334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move from India to Australia temporarily (4-5 years). I have a used car in India (about 5-6 months old). I would like to know whether I can import it to Australia?. Its a hatchback by Maruti. I would like to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The cost involved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will there be any restrictions based on standards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After years when I come back if I want to import the car back to India, will there be an import duty (given that it is an Indian car alredy).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The price range of the car is around INR 500,000/- What is the kind of charge I am looking at to import it to Australia?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7078" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T11:27:21.997" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T12:40:15.677" Title="Importing used car form India to Australia" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6817" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6818" CreationDate="2015-08-24T20:52:55.050" Score="6" ViewCount="800" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: The person is married to an EEA citizen. They currently live outside Europe. They're traveling to the UK together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they need to show any proof of income, hotel reservation, return or health insurance for the application? Or on arrival?&#xA;Does the EEA citizen need to show evidence of prospective employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot;&gt;official source&lt;/a&gt; only mentions passports, marriage certificate and photo. &#xA;However I've heard about these other requirements, including from consulates of other EU countries (not about the UK in that case). Are they really not required for the UK? Are people just confusing it with the more common &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/eligibility&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt; (which does requires them)? Or is it recommended, albeit not required, to have them because the acceptance criteria are subjective?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="7080" LastEditDate="2015-08-24T21:24:04.997" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T20:53:08.727" Title="What are the requirements for an EEA family permit to enter the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6817" CreationDate="2015-08-24T21:33:04.690" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, none of this is required, either in the UK or elsewhere in the EU/EEA (except in that person's country of origin). Some consulates have been known to make mistakes but that's a clear breach of EU law. There is nothing subjective about it and it's even one of the sample stories in the European Commission's &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;overview of free movement rights as they relate to non-EU family members&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage certificate enough to get a visa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas is Irish and lives in Belarus with his wife Delia, a Belarusian national. When they wanted to visit Thomas's mother, now living in Spain, they applied for an entry visa for Delia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She included their marriage certificate in the application, but the Spanish authorities also asked for proof of hotel accommodation in Spain and health insurance before they would issue the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when Delia pointed out that no such additional documents were required under EU law, the Spanish authorities apologised for their mistake and immediately issued her entry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it can occasionally be difficult to force consulates to recognize your rights. One resource to help you with that if a polite letter is not enough is the EU's &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Solvit&lt;/a&gt; service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T21:33:04.690" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-24T23:24:16.783" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a certified translation (made in the country we live in) of the marriage certificate enough?&#xA;What are the requirements for this translation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because an Italian consulate (I'm an Italian-Brazilian citizen) informed us that, to use our marriage rights in Italy, we'd need to make a &quot;transcription&quot; to make it valid in that country. That meant pay a fee, send the original to Italy and wait 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="7080" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T00:00:08.047" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T00:00:08.047" Title="Applying for EEA family permit to enter the UK, with marriage realized outside Europe" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4356" CreationDate="2015-08-25T01:24:57.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you're asking for this from the perspective of the Landlord, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/376788/Code_of_Practice_on_illegal_immigrants_and_private_rented_accommodation__web_.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;Code of Practice&quot;&gt;Code of Practice&lt;/a&gt; document is your best resource here. (Thanks to Gagravarr for the link)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only main residences are covered by these rules. The code of practice specifically excludes short term visitor holiday rentals. The code of practice covers many scenarios and their specific restrictions. This includes student halls of residence and many of the other items you queried. The exact restrictions are detailed over many pages of the Code of Practice, and are too long to summarise here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Penalties vary depending on the situation and whether previous issues have occurred. These are also in the practice document. Penalties range from £80 (first breach, for lodgers), £1,000 (first breach, rented accommodation), to £3,000 (multiple breaches, rented accommodation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The landlord doesn't need to know your entire travel history. What they require from you varies depending on your status, and can either be a single document (eg: a UK passport), or multiple documents. See section 5.2 (page 18) of the practice document for details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The landlord is &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; to make copies. Page 17 of the Code of Practice says &quot;Supporting documents should also be photocopied and the copy retained.&quot; The Code of Practice also reminds landlords of their obligations to protect this data on page 17 of the Code of Practice. The Citizens Advice &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/renting-a-home/immigration-checks-by-landlords/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immigration Checks by Landlords&lt;/a&gt; page indicates they should keep the supporting documents for 1 year after the lease concludes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the landlord is unable to satisfy themselves that you are in the country legally, they can make a request to the Home Office’s Landlords Checking Service online. It appears that a Alpha version of the software is available &lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/lcs-application.ofml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Right to Rent&lt;/a&gt;. The Code of Practice indicates that the Home Office will answer within two days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect the amount of extra time this will take should be minimal, if you have the appropriate documents. In the worst case, it only should take an extra 2 days for the landlord to get confirmation from the Home Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T01:24:57.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6808" CreationDate="2015-08-25T01:52:10.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; site is almost always the best place to start when trying to find visa information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa you're probably looking for is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-intracompany-transfer-worker-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) visa&lt;/a&gt;. There are various requirements, including that the employer in the UK is licensed to issue Tier 2 visa sponsorships. The company will need to apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tier 2 licensing scheme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use the visitor visa for short trips, including for business meetings - but you couldn't work in the country with the visa. Beware: If you use the business visa incorrectly, you may well have other visas denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T01:52:10.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6824" CreationDate="2015-08-25T04:03:42.200" Score="3" ViewCount="948" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a 4-year-long Canadian student visa (issued in August 2014). I have both a French and a Swiss passport and I used my Swiss passport when I applied for my student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love my life in Canada but don't quite like my studies and I might have an opportunity for an interesting job (in Canada). I know that with my student visa I am allowed to get a job. I don't think I am required to deliver any document to the Canadian government to prove that I am still studying (although the information will be clear on my tax declaration).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I freely drop my studies and stay in Canada to work until the end of my student visa? Does it appear like I am lying to the government? Can I get into trouble for that? Does it decrease my chances to later apply for another visa or for permanent residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7081" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-10T09:54:29.817" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T09:54:29.817" Title="Working but not studying with a student visa in Canada" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6822" CreationDate="2015-08-25T08:34:26.767" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I freely drop my studies and stay in Canada to work until the end of my student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it appear like I am lying to the government?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't &lt;em&gt;appear&lt;/em&gt;. You &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I get into trouble for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it decrease my chances to later apply for another visa or for permanent residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most definitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T08:34:26.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6814" CreationDate="2015-08-25T12:40:15.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry: since you've owned your car for &lt;a href=&quot;https://infrastructure.gov.au/vehicles/imports/import_options/pis.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;less than year, it cannot be imported to Australia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if the car was more than a year old, while importing might be possible in theory, it is &lt;strong&gt;highly unlikely to make any sense financially or otherwise&lt;/strong&gt;.  You will need to pay shipping (&gt;$1000), all sorts of handling, inspection, quarantine and customs fees (easily &gt;$1000), 5% of the vehicle value in duty ($500), 10% in GST ($1000), registration (&gt;$1000)...  and then the big challenge, making your vehicle roadworthy by Australian standard, which will likely somewhere between expensive and impossible.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://australia.wikia.com/wiki/BritVics/ImportingYourCar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here's one story&lt;/a&gt; about a car imported from the UK that cost &lt;strong&gt;over 9000 dollars&lt;/strong&gt; to import in 2007, and I can assure you prices in Australia have &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; gone down since!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T12:40:15.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6828" CreationDate="2015-08-25T21:50:51.960" Score="7" ViewCount="1403" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the USA to a British mother and American father in 1986, but they were never married. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;You might be a British citizen&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, you might not be a British citizen if &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you were born before 1 July 2006&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your parents weren’t married when you were born (and aren’t married now)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of those apply to me, but I’ve been told it may depend on which parent was British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m almost 29 now, and I would love to solidify my dual-citizenship and get a UK passport. Is this possible, and if so, what steps must I take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I’ll be in the EU later this year, so if I need to do anything in person, I will have that opportunity.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7087" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T12:07:34.950" Title="Am I a UK citizen by descent, and can I get a passport as an adult?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-26T05:42:04.750" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Australian and my 4 year old son is a US citizen. We are travelling to Australia VERY soon and I just realised he needs an Australian Passport. I have his Australian Citizenship certificate can I use that to leave the USA and enter Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7088" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T21:49:46.367" Title="Leaving USA as a Dual national entering Australia without Australian passport" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6826" CreationDate="2015-08-26T05:50:27.740" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you were born to a British &lt;em&gt;mother&lt;/em&gt;, it didn't matter if you were legitimate or illegitimate for the purposes of being a child for citizenship. Legitimacy only mattered for children born to British &lt;em&gt;fathers&lt;/em&gt;. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/258234/legitimacy.pdf&quot;&gt;this guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what you described, assuming your mother was a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (i.e. British citizen by birth, by naturalization, etc.), you are a British citizen by descent, and you can apply for a British passport at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is not related to your case, but I just wanted to add for people with similar questions that, even if you were born out of wedlock to a British father, according to that guide, you would still be considered legitimate if the country of father's domicile treated children born in and out of wedlock the same. And according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118568/legitimation-and-domicile.pdf&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt;, the US is such a country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, even if you were born to a British father before 2006 and not legitimated or considered legitimate, and thus did not get British citizenship, a recent change to the law, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418010/Section_65_of_the_Immigration_Act_2014_-_web_page_-_update_March_2015.pdf&quot;&gt;Section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014&lt;/a&gt;, allows you to register as a British citizen now if you would have gotten British citizen if your parents were married.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-08-26T06:04:02.310" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T06:04:02.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-26T11:37:41.157" Score="4" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just recently got a job in the UK and I'm due to relocate to London in October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would I go for finding some temporary accommodation to stay in for a month or two, until I find a nice and cozy apartment for a longer stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My budget is quite limited and I'm generally not sure what to look for and what to expect, especially since I need to complete the process online, as otherwise I won't have a place to stay when I arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be more specific, I'm looking for websites that would allow me to find a place to stay for a month or two (the only one I know of is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.airbnb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Airbnb&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm not convinced it's suitable for a long stay like this), preferably one that would minimize my chances of getting scammed in some way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7093" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T13:58:00.913" Title="Finding temporary accommodation in London" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6829" CreationDate="2015-08-26T12:32:11.940" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finding an apartment to rent, even for short term, can be tricky if you do it online. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just moved to Edinburgh, from France, so I can at least speak about my experience: I booked 2 weeks at an airbnb, to have an address to crash in when I arrived in the city. From there, I searched for a real apartment to settle in. Between the visit and the actual day I moved in, it took a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're planning to stay for one or two month in a temporary place, so in that case, I'd say: start with an airbnb for 1 week, to find a short term let, and once in the &quot;less temporary apartment&quot;, look for a permanent place. Also, sometimes, airbnb ads offer to stay for a month or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visit the website gumtree.co.uk, they have short term and long term leases, and that will give you an idea on the average rent, depending on the location. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, to get an apartment, you have to pay for the first month, plus a deposit that can be equal to a month, more or less. (this is based on my experience, but again, I don't live in London)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another suggestion: some hostels may offer individual rooms for affordable prices. Usually they don't accept stays longer than 2 weeks, but it could help you on your arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, one of the first thing you'd want to do on your arrival is to open a bank account. For that, you'll need an address to receive your mail. So be sure that no matter where you're staying, you receive your mail. Some banks require a proof of residence to open an account, but in my case, I opened mine with just my passport. Try multiple banks to see what they need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastEditorUserId="7092" LastEditDate="2015-08-26T13:11:35.937" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T13:11:35.937" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6829" CreationDate="2015-08-26T16:45:15.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd second AirBnB as an option - it will allow you to use the time to scout out areas and look around before settling for something a bit bigger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, websites such as spareroom.co.uk are listings of home owners letting out rooms in their houses - usually for longer term (3-6m), but there may be some offering shorter lets (or others that if you contact them they would consider a shorter period, possibly at a higher rent). You can also post a 'looking for room' ad to see if someone is interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7100" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T16:45:15.523" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-26T19:31:14.247" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and got married in India with an Estonian Woman who is older than me by 15 years. She is working in Finland and is holding resident permit too and our marriage also got registered in Finland. I have also applied for visa from Finnish Embassy in New Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for us to appeal somewhere if my visa gets rejected? From the embassy staff's reaction I feel like they will reject my visa as we have submitted all the documents which has been mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please if any one can give me information regarding this i will be really thankful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7101" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T19:31:14.247" Title="Query regarding spouse visa" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:09:06.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6827" CreationDate="2015-08-27T00:50:02.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual citizenship, and when I was going through immigration after arriving in Australia, I handed over my shiny new Canadian passport and was told that they couldn't let me in &quot;with this&quot; - so I handed over my Aussie one and it was all fine. I was travelling on a one-way ticket and I'm pretty sure that was why. If you're travelling on a return ticket then I think it's much less of an issue, but if you are settling then you may need to get him a passport because I don't think that they allow certificates of citizenship as adequate proof. They take about three weeks to issue a passport, not too bad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to note when travelling with children (and without one of their parents, if this applies) is that you will need an express letter of consent from the absent parent stating that you are allowed to travel with the child. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7102" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T00:50:02.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T11:50:47.237" Score="4" ViewCount="857" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to settle in France. I am a 39 year old Australian living in Australia. I am single and I have no dependants so I am only concerned about myself in this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding of the process is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a job offer from an employer in France (while I'm still in Australia)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wait for them to fill in the temporary work permit paperwork and submit it to the appropriate French government department&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fly to Sydney from my home city to apply for a working visa in person&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fly back home&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wait at least 2 weeks for notification of whether the visa was approved or not (could be up to 2 months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the visa was issued, fly to France and start working!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After five years of living in France start the process for permanent residency or citizenship&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alternatively, marry a French citizen and wait two years, but I'm not banking on that!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have completed a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course so I am qualified to work as an English Teacher, which I understand is one of the easiest jobs to get in France as an English speaking foreigner. I have been in contact with an agency that would hire me instantly... if only I already had a working visa! They employ over 1000 foreigners every year but they don't submit the form for the temporary work permit. Most people they hire are students, who are allowed to work up to 20 hours a week on a student visa. If you want to apply for a student visa you have to do so before your 31st birthday, so I am too old to qualify for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The TEFL industry is huge in France, with most jobs being placed in August/September and January. I am planning to go in January if I can get everything worked out. This will give me three months to finalise my life in Australia. I rent a house by myself so I need time to dispose of my car, whitegoods, furniture, books, DVDs, etc. Fortunately, I don't own the house I live in so I don't need to sell it, just notify my landlord giving them sufficient advance notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually work as programmer in Australia but I am not planning on changing jobs quickly in France. As long as I enjoy what I'm doing, I can live off the income and it's in France I don't mind. I have enough savings that I could support myself for a short time if money was tight. It's probably hard for me to get a programming job in France anyway as French employers are required by law to fill all positions with French or EU citizens if available first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also interested in working in the Netherlands on a short-term basis but not settling there. I mention this only in case there is a way of working in one EU country, then easily transferring to another one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the only option for me is to get a working visa before I go to France (Australians can only be issued French visas in Sydney). I can't go to France to look for work because if I was offered a job I'd have to fly back to Australia and wait at least 2 weeks before being issued a visa, which is not guaranteed. Most of the advice I'm reading online says that to get a job as an English Teacher you need to be in France for face-to-face interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing some relatively easy way of making this happen? Is there another way I could work in France long-term with a view to staying permanently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7089" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:26:35.237" Title="Moving to France to work and get residency from non-EU country" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6838" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:12:11.113" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently graduated with a masters in Clinical Psychology in Belgium. Is this diploma sufficient to be an accredited psychologist in the UK or would I need additional training?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7105" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T12:35:17.183" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T13:34:05.127" Title="What is my Psychology degree worth in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6837" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:26:35.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your understanding is basically correct and unfortunately I think it will be quite difficult to get a visa in your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from highly-paid professionals, scientists and artists (who qualify for another type of visa) or selected occupations, the work permit (&lt;em&gt;Autorisation de travail&lt;/em&gt;) is quite difficult to get. Being a native English-speaker and a qualified teacher might help but there are many other people (students, British and Irish citizens, people on family visas) who are already in France or can easily go there to fill those positions, which explains why the agency you found would not help you with the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is in fact a way to live in another EU country and then transfer your residence rights to France (the EU blue card) but it also has pretty steep requirements (including a minimum income threshold) and you won't get one to teach English. Depending on your specific expertise, you could perhaps find a job as a software developper in the Netherlands or Germany (I mention Germany because I think it's more welcoming to English speakers in IT positions and is doing much better than the Netherlands or France on the unemployment front). It's not easy but it could be a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For completeness, there is also a residence permit that would allow you to live in France long-term but not to work, if you have sufficient resources (meaning an income of about €1200 per month or significant wealth from which you could draw) but I assume that's not your case. It's called the &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F302.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour mention “visiteur”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the easiest solution is certainly the spouse visa for the partners of French citizens (or people from other EU countries actually, with the caveat that citizenship would be more difficult to get in this case). The rules are slightly different but marrying is not necessary, a registered partnership would be fine as well. I would in fact consider this the “classic” route to citizenship for people born abroad, either directly or after a string of student visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, I am not sure where you got the two weeks figure but it seems quite optimistic. Do not count on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:26:35.237" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6838" CreationDate="2015-08-27T13:34:05.127" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The appropriate regulatory body is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hcpc-uk.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HCPC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following titles &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/protectedtitles/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;are protected&lt;/a&gt;, meaning you cannot describe yourself as any of the following (professionally in the UK) unless you are on their register:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Practitioner psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Registered psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Clinical psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Counselling psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Educational psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Forensic psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Health psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Occupational psychologist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • Sport and exercise psychologist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information on applying for registration can be found from HCPC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hcpc-uk.org/apply/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It is likely that you can apply under &quot;International - EEA mutual recognition rights&quot; - if your course is one that would allow you to practice as a registered psychologist in Belgium and you hold an appropriate citizenship (EEA member state or Swiss).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T13:34:05.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-26T17:59:53.243" Score="4" ViewCount="892" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be an exchange student at a Korean university. I have my own travel insurance plan from my home country. It covers the whole sojourn period, all planned activities and is valid worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People from my host university told me I need to join the Korean health insurance system because it is required by Korean Ministry of Education. I.e. I have to pay $150 for that service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found information that some health insurance is mandatory for all foreign students in Korea since 2015. But no intelligible information that I have to join the Korean one, when I already have completely suitable insurance contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't speak Korean. Therefore, I was not successful with Google. Communication with school representatives leads to nowhere (bad English, too busy, &quot;we were told to do so&quot; approach etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this insurance really obligatory?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13367" OwnerDisplayName="vinca" LastEditorDisplayName="user9879" LastEditDate="2016-08-04T14:52:12.817" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T16:59:48.760" Title="Do I have to pay Korean health insurance during my exchange studies, even though I have private insurance?" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T21:08:23.737" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if as a married spouse of a EU citizen, I am entitled to apply for jobs in other EU countries or if I am only entitled to apply in the country where I was granted a permit to live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7107" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T21:22:33.597" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T08:13:29.613" Title="Applying for jobs in the EU as a non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6842" CreationDate="2015-08-27T21:32:36.297" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for jobs wherever you want but you can only work in the country that issued your residence card. If you find work in another country you will need to apply for an authorisation to work there (if it's only temporary work) and another residence permit (if you want to stay there more than three months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your spouse is moving with you, then that's simply a matter of obtaining the same residence card from another country, which should be reasonably easy. If your spouse is not moving with you to your new country of residence, you are on your own as far as visas go, which means you will need to qualify for a (typically much harder to get) work visa rather than a EU spouse residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's assuming you want to &lt;em&gt;move&lt;/em&gt; to the other country. If you intend to stay in your current country of residence and commute every day/week across the border, you will still need some form of authorisation but I am not even sure something like that exists everywhere. As far as I know, EU law does not help you at all in this situation (there are many rules about &lt;em&gt;EU citizens&lt;/em&gt; cross-border commuters but they don't need a residence permit anywhere).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, your current residence card alone allows you to travel and stay for a short time in other countries but not to work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-01T08:13:29.613" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T08:13:29.613" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6899" CreationDate="2015-08-28T14:22:42.870" Score="5" ViewCount="3187" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from the USA and have been in a relationship with my girlfriend, who is Spanish, for 2 years 8 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was here in the USA on a student visa, and has now left to finish a PhD in the UK. I would like to know how we can prove that we have been living together for 2 years and that we are in a genuine relationship for the UK &quot;unmarried partner&quot; visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been living together for 2 years, but have only officially been on a lease together for 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Just to clarify, I am fully aware of the rules of an unmarried partner visa, the one thing that I am unsure of is the exact way in which a &quot;genuine relationship&quot; is proved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7112" LastEditorUserId="7112" LastEditDate="2015-08-28T14:31:12.520" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T00:00:14.300" Title="UK Visa: proving an unmarried partner relationship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2015-08-28T15:31:52.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally when someone immigrates to the Netherlands, this person is taxed there on his worldwide income. The Netherlands also taxes its residents on their deemed income from their worldwide savings and investments. The tax is 30% of a 4% deemed return on their investment (so 1.2% on their net wealth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this person would hold the 30% ruling, this may all not apply to this person. He can opt to be treated as a foreign tax payer for his income on savings and investments. This way, only Dutch real estate is taxed. No bank accounts or investments at all have to be declared in the tax return.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dutchtaxadvice.nl/30-percent-ruling/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Read here if you want to learn more about the Dutch 30% ruling.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7113" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T15:31:52.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6850" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6852" CreationDate="2015-08-29T08:34:47.527" Score="7" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from New Zealand, and my husband is a UK citizen. We have been in the UK for 3 months, with me on a 6 month visitor visa. We now want to stay longer, for which I would need a spousal visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to apply for this from outside the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to apply from my country of nationality (i.e. NZ), or can I apply from a different country outside the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have two kids (who are eligible for UK citizenship by descent) and would like to avoid the trip all the way back home to NZ if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7118" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-11T07:37:07.467" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T07:37:07.467" Title="Do I need to be in my country of nationality to apply for a visa to join my spouse" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6850" CreationDate="2015-08-29T15:06:01.983" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are asking about getting an entry clearance as a spouse, which is a settlement track and not a visitor track.  The controlling reference for your question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449508/20150803_immigration_rules_part_1_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraph 28 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;, which says...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An applicant for an entry clearance must be outside the United Kingdom&#xA;  and Islands at the time of the application. An applicant for an entry&#xA;  clearance who is seeking entry as a short-term student must apply to a&#xA;  post designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications for&#xA;  entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of applicant.&#xA;  Subject to paragraph 28A, &lt;strong&gt;any other application must be made to the&#xA;  post in the country or territory where the applicant is living&lt;/strong&gt; which&#xA;  has been designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications&#xA;  for entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of&#xA;  applicant. Where there is no such post the applicant must apply to the&#xA;  appropriate designated post outside the country or territory where he&#xA;  is living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What this means for you is they expect you to apply for entry clearance as a spouse at the British High Commission in New Zealand.  It is not necessary for your children to accompany you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, there are some in-country routes such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423050/FLR_FP__Version_04-15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FLR FP&lt;/a&gt; route. This is not available if your leave to enter was issued for less than 6 months so if you try to apply they will see that you entered as a visitor and refuse the application (and keep the fee).  Unless of course you can benefit from a corner case day counting method and out-whittle them, see a solicitor for that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are a parent of British citizens (or more appropriately, EEA citizens), you may also look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/making-a-zambrano-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Zambrano route&lt;/a&gt;, which also allows an in-country switch.  The link takes you to Colin Yeo's site. He's a friend of mine and a widely acknowledged expert in Zambrano cases, so while not an 'official' source, the site is very accurate and reliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your husband exercises treaty rights in the EEA for 6 months, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinder_Singh_route&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Singh route&lt;/a&gt; will be available to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you can brass it out and use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Human Rights Act&lt;/a&gt; to remain in the UK; the downside is that it takes horrendously long to achieve, introduces the stress that accompanies immigration limbo, and your settlement clock does not begin to tick until your leave to remain is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attempting any of the in-country routes (except Singh) without legal representation is perilous.  Expect resistance and lengthy processing times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending upon which route you ultimately select, your path to settlement in the UK will be either 5 or 10 or 20 years.  Once you are granted settlement (ILR), you can go ahead and apply for naturalisation and a British passport.  NOTE that when you originally arrived in the UK, you presented yourself as a visitor who intended to leave in six months and not as a person who intended to apply for settlement. It's unlikely that a person would take such an important step without being aware of it beforehand. They may review that topic again in more depth if you used an in-country route when you apply for naturalisation.  Their conclusions may be adverse to your naturalisation application, but will not affect your permanent residence.  They keep &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6103/uk-nationality-applications-and-previous-overstays&quot;&gt;adding new hurdles&lt;/a&gt; to the nationality policies all the time; even now people who have relied upon  concessionary provisions are being refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's always best if you have doubts to get with a solicitor and ask more questions about each of these routes.  You can print out this answer and show it to them if you need a reference point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-08-29T16:57:17.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-30T05:16:36.113" Score="6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can a US citizen access an official copy of their birth certificate (born pre-computer era) while living outside of the US? Is there an on-line service? Can a proxy living in the US access it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7120" LastActivityDate="2015-08-30T22:03:18.513" Title="How can a US citizen born in US get a copy of their birth certificate from abroad?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-30T09:05:23.433" Score="1" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long does it take to get Medicare/Medicaid benefits re-instated for an elderly Alzheimer's patient who must return to the U.S. for assisted care (Washington state) after living outside the U.S. for eight years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7121" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T01:06:07.993" Title="Reinstating Medicare/Medicaid benefits upon returning to U.S" Tags="&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6853" CreationDate="2015-08-30T22:03:18.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Birth certificates are issued by the states, and each state's procedures are different. I believe in most states you can order by mail, but I am not sure if they will mail the certificate to a foreign address; you may have to pay more or provide an appropriately stamped envelope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-08-30T22:03:18.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6858" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6889" CreationDate="2015-08-31T08:54:35.163" Score="2" ViewCount="778" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a portuguese software developer and I have the opportunity to work in the UK, more specifically in the south, around Southampton. Here's some info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a wife and kid (18 months old) and my idea is a move with the whole family there. She's unemployed and has a licentiate degree in Child Education but no perspective of work in her area here. She can do any kind of work though and is willing to, even here, so in England even more. She can speak English pretty well and make herself understood, I'm sure daily practice would get her to speak fluently in a couple of months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, with a single salary (mine) of £40K gross per year (£30K net), is life with my family sustainable there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concerns are with the house rents and mostly, the childcare. I hear the prices in England for nurseries / pre-schools is pretty high (even the highest in Europe!). Here in Portugal, our kid attends a nursery for around 60€ (+/- £45) per month and we can leave him at the grandparents, when we have that need, for brief periods of time. In England, we won't have relatives to do that, so nurseries / kindergardens / pre-schools / whatever are a major concern for us now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a short list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is £40K per year enough for a family of three?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;will my wife have trouble finding a job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7128" LastEditorUserId="7128" LastEditDate="2015-09-04T13:49:29.063" LastActivityDate="2015-09-04T13:49:29.063" Title="Moving from Portugal to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-31T10:02:45.680" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does it mean that your partner must have same levels of financial support and health insurance on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;457 Australian work visa&lt;/a&gt;? I should mention I am from the UK and I don't have health insurance as we have the National Health Service which is payed for from the tax you pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the quote from the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;They must also be able to show they have the same lev​​els of financial support and health insurance as you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7129" LastEditorUserId="7129" LastEditDate="2015-08-31T10:09:36.410" LastActivityDate="2015-08-31T10:09:36.410" Title="Australian 457 partner same financial support and health insurance?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-01T04:26:27.560" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen trying to move to France. I found a job advertised on the weekend that has visa sponsorship for overseas applicants (very rare, the only one I've seen so far). The job is at a large international company with its headquarters in France. I sent the application four days ago but due to the weekend they would only have had a day to look at it so far, assuming it reached them. It is currently Tuesday afternoon in Australia but still early morning in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't apply directly to the company but on a recruitment site so I don't know how efficient that process is. Would it look bad if I contacted the company directly to ask about my application or would that be a positive because I am eager? I have no experience with French companies yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7089" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T14:41:29.907" Title="Is it a breach of etiquette to ask a French company if they've received my job application?" Tags="&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6861" CreationDate="2015-09-01T05:43:51.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea whether it's a breach of “etiquette” but I don't think it matters much either way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to manage your expectations, I have had the occasion to apply for jobs in several European countries and French companies are clearly the ones that treat applicants the most casually. I never received any acknowledgment that my application was received and they also mostly do not bother contacting you if they have no interest, even if you had an interview!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-01T14:41:29.907" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T14:41:29.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6861" CreationDate="2015-09-01T07:55:28.517" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could you elaborate about the recruitment site? Did you apply to the company directly, or through a recruiting agency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first case, if the company has already received your CV, wait for one or two more days. It's common for a French company to wait for a week before calling back a candidate (if they ever do so), so if you contact them now, the recruiter may not have checked your CV yet. It's ok to follow up an application, but sending it too early may look bad for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you applied to a recruiting agency, which is supposed to transfer your application to the company, then, without any news from them, you can assume that the company hasn't heard from you yet. You can apply directly to the company in that case, to speed up the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T07:55:28.517" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6965" CreationDate="2015-09-01T11:38:17.613" Score="4" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some insurance companies offer &quot;international health insurance&quot; for people working abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might move to Singapore in some time, working for a Singaporean company. Currently I'm thinking about health insurance, and I sumbled across this article:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Expatriates are exempted from CPF contributions and do not qualified for any subsidies except for services in Emergency Department. Thus, it is compulsory to have a good international health insurance. One can acquire such health insurance either through the employer or directly from an insurer, an agent or through an independent intermediary like Expatmedicare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatmedicare.com/healthcare-singapore-expats-guide&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company I plan to work for sent me an offer that states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Medical Benefits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) Primary Care (GP) (Outpatient) Medical Claims (only employee) at co-payment scheme of $5 per visit unlimited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) Specialist Care&#xA;  (Outpatient) at co-payment of $15 per visit unlimited for panel visit and standard X-ray and lab test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3) Hospitalization leave, 46 days as per MOM regulation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder, who pays for medicine, if I would be prescribed some?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it make sense to have additional international healthcare on top of that?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7134" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T18:45:54.960" Title="Do I need international health insurance in Singapore (moving from EU)?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-01T11:50:46.863" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to start a year's study in the US, transferring from the UK. I will be staying in San Diego, CA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the UK, I currently have a student account with Santander and a general account with HSBC. Ideally, I'd like to use my student account while abroad but fear that I will run into too many costs, such as transfer fees and conversion costs etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would opening a bank account in the US and transferring my money in bulk be beneficial, or would I be better off using my English bank accounts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also heard of an international debit card service that companies like the Post Office run but since seeing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews108401.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;failure that is the Travel Money card&lt;/a&gt;, I'm sceptical. Any thoughts on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is a post migration from &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/54034/should-i-open-a-us-bank-account-for-my-study-abroad&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; on Travel SE, which was put on hold due to irrelevancy to that site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7135" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T10:53:54.850" Title="Should I open a US bank account for my study abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-01T12:55:56.320" Score="2" ViewCount="4695" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What docs are needed to renew a student visa in France? some people online claim you need a birth certificate? which i don't think it's right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming, I don't renew my visa, can I stay past it just to travel Europe? or should I exit the Schengen area (say to the UK) and come back as a tourist?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the visa time frame doesn't affect your visa-free 90 days period right? I asked this at the consulate and they just said there should be no problem but you know how consulates are. Just want to make sure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7107" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-01T14:37:21.027" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T17:56:24.367" Title="How to renew student visa in France?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6866" CreationDate="2015-09-01T14:38:45.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Typically, to stay past the first year in France, you would not renew your visa but get a “&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;” instead. That might also be why you do indeed need a birth certificate (cf. &lt;a href=&quot;http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F17279.xhtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;vosdroits.service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; for an official source confirming this and a full list of what you need to do). French officialdom is very keen on birth certificates so for a French person this is not at all surprising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding travel in the Schengen area at the end of a long-stay visa, it is allowed (with or without Schengen visa, depending on your citizenship). You can refer to the travel website for more details, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T07:06:48.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6868" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-01T16:07:01.350" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about the tax exemption with J-1 VISA.&#xA;I'm an italian citizen doing research in the US with a J-1 VISA (research scholar) since July, 2015. I read about the tax treaty with Italy and the 2 years tax exemption. &#xA;In late 2013 I did 3 months visiting research in another US state (J-1 VISA research scholar short term) without any income (I had personal funds).&#xA;Do those 3 months affect my possible tax exemption resulting in a resident alien status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really thank anyone who can help me with this issue!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ciao&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Michele&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7136" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-02T07:27:13.653" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T07:59:00.940" Title="Is J-1 tax exempt even with a previous J-1 (with no income) visit to US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6869" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6871" CreationDate="2015-09-01T16:29:50.667" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;http://canada.usembassy.gov/visas/doing-business-in-america/professions-covered-by-nafta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NAFTA list of Professions &lt;/a&gt; for Canadian Citizens to work in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I need TN visa, should name from this list be present in the offer letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is relation between position title and profession? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-01T20:48:13.640" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T20:48:13.640" Title="NAFTA profession and position title" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-01T18:43:21.693" Score="1" ViewCount="3920" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen, married to a Russian citizen. I now live and work in the UK, and from what we read, the best solution for her to join me is to apply to a EEA Family Permit, and once in the UK, she'd need to apply for a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway. How long does it take usually to get the family permit? From the application to the actual delivery of the visa…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-02T20:24:44.947" LastActivityDate="2017-03-04T11:37:45.077" Title="How long does it take to get a EEA Family Permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6869" CreationDate="2015-09-01T20:47:53.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What annoys me to no end is that embassy pages look similar but similar content is not in the same place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having gotten my rant out of the way.  You can find the information regarding the format of the offer letter on several sites including one from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mexico.usembassy.gov/visas/non-immigrant-visas/visa-categories/nafta-visas-tn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Embassy in Mexico&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://tnvisa.blogspot.com/2011/07/sample-tn-letter.html#.VeYNsflVgXs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TNVISA Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that you will need to have your position and qualifications listed on the letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T20:47:53.590" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6870" CreationDate="2015-09-01T22:09:27.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a source at hand but it used to be a huge problem. EU law says “quickly” and the Commission considers delays longer than 4 weeks unacceptable. Visas for EU citizens family members are also supposed to be handled in priority. But a few years ago, application for EEA family permits actually took 6 months or more to be processed. I have no idea whether the issue has been resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/is-uk-handling-of-eea-family-permit-visas-still-a-problem/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There are also other issues with EEA Family permits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-09-01T22:09:27.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6868" CreationDate="2015-09-02T06:05:51.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/teitaly.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;technical explanation&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/italy.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;treaty&lt;/a&gt;, we can see this (I added the &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The exemption from tax applies for a period &lt;strong&gt;not exceeding two&#xA;  years from the date he first visits&lt;/strong&gt; the host State for the purpose of teaching or engaging in&#xA;  research at the qualifying educational institution or medical facility there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it appears that the clock starts ticking from your first visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that this exemption is only for the income you get for the research itself, any other income you earn in the US is not exempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T06:05:51.530" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-02T07:29:17.460" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Schengen Visa Question - Student Visa / Visitor Visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My daughter is off to France for a semester in less than a month (her studies are for about 4 months). She applied to the French embassy for a student visa for 6 months, providing proof of the date she flies into Paris and out of Turkey (we live in Australia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French embassy in Sydney issued her visa. The date of entry is the date she flies into Paris. However, the end date of her visa is 2 weeks after her course ends, but 6 weeks short of the date she flies back to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French embassy website states that for visa errors (including incorrect dates): (a) do not call the embassy as visa issues are not discussed on the phone; (b) you cannot come to the embassy without an appointment, and these are not given for student visas; and (c) all dealings with the embassy needs to be done by email, and you must only email them ONCE only (more than one email will mean your question is not replied to). The problem is that the embassy does not respond to emails – 3 weeks and no response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the family have booked (and paid for) flights to join her in France for 2 weeks (hopefully Brittany and Loire Valley) and then Turkey for 2 weeks. We are due to arrive in Paris 2 weeks after her student visa expires. (We did know at time of booking that this was going to be an issue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we seem to have few options. The obvious solution is to abandon plans for travel in France and either go to UK or travel in somewhere like Croatia, and then on to Turkey. In other words, limit our travel outside the Schengen zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now someone has suggested that she can in fact remain in (return to from say London?) the Schengen area for a further 90 days as a tourist (i.e. without a visa). I have tried to look into this on the web, and whilst I am finding conflicting answers, things are really hazy. (All these problems could be avoided if the French embassy would just respond to our email).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible, and if so, where do I get something concrete (proof) in case we run into an immigration official who may not have the same view.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is possible, do the 90 days include ALL Schengen counties, or would France be specifically excluded (I have seen some things on the web that suggest this may be the case).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anybody else has had a similar experience, or knows the Schengen rules, your input would be most appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6006" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-02T09:26:48.890" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T15:36:37.760" Title="Schengen Visa Question - Student Visa / Visitor Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6874" CreationDate="2015-09-02T09:23:49.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming she is an Australian citizen, it is indeed possible for your daughter to stay for up to 90 days in the Schengen area, including France, after the expiration of her student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on the travel website for a reference to the applicable regulation and first-hand experience from people who did exactly this without issues. You will see that some questions on the travel website deal with working holiday visas or work visas but a student visa, even temporary, is treated in exactly the same way in this respect. Because they are defined in an EU regulation, the rules are also identical across the whole Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't expect you will need it but you could print an extract from the relevant regulation and take it with you if you are concerned that border guards might make some trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T15:36:37.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7290" CreationDate="2015-09-03T00:15:55.947" Score="13" ViewCount="13651" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen moving to Berlin, Germany at the end of this month, and I'll be employed full-time by a San Francisco Bay Area-based technology startup, helping them to establish a presence in the European market--essentially a head of operations role. I plan to stay in the region for 2-3 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My future employer does not currently have a German subsidiary or branch, and I expect to be paid by the US entity, at least in the near-term. When it comes time to build a team in the region (3-6 months down the line), the company will set up a subsidiary or branch as necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be able to provide all of the required residence permit application materials without issue, and my salary will be more than sufficient for living comfortably in Berlin. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is this:&lt;/strong&gt; will it be possible for me to receive a residence permit if my employer has no German subsidiary, and if so, what sort of permit is the best to apply for? I don't believe that the company will be able to formally 'sponsor' me if there's no German entity, though I'll be able to provide proof of employment, salary, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of background, I have worked in San Francisco in technology for 7+ years, but I am not a software engineer--my background is in product management and partnerships. I have a 4-year college degree as well as a certification in data science from a bootcamp-ish organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have reviewed this thread (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1068/moving-to-germany-working-remotely-for-company-in-us-what-sort-of-visa-do-i-ne&quot;&gt;Moving to Germany, working remotely for company in US. What sort of visa do I need to stay?&lt;/a&gt;) which was helpful but not directly relevant, because the asker was soon-to-be-married to an EU citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another note, not sure if meaningful: my girlfriend is making the move with me and has received a job offer from a German company that will be sponsoring her residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Danke!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T09:53:08.887" Title="Residence/work permit in Germany when working remotely for US company without German subsidiary" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6880" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-09-03T04:11:24.280" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-03T04:11:24.280" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T04:11:24.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6881" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-09-03T04:11:24.280" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Spain." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-07T13:47:24.123" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T13:47:24.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6882" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-09-03T04:12:36.547" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-03T04:12:36.547" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T04:12:36.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6883" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-09-03T04:12:36.547" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Montenegro." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-07T13:47:21.560" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T13:47:21.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-03T12:46:36.557" Score="5" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an IT guy who would like to take some time off work, leave UK (and EU)&#xA;and spend some time somewhere else. I'd like to work on my own projects/ideas,&#xA;or just work on open source projects and spent time with new / upcoming technologies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want/expect to work full time for a particular company; I'm happy to cover the entire costs for let's say two years and then see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example country is Vietnam - south preferably, which has quite reasonable&#xA;costs of living and has decent IT sector/infrastructure (think Flappy Bird). But there is bureaucracy and paperwork, meaning it's not possible to just go and live there (even if you have the funds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is - what countries are safe, have reasonable cost of living (let's say 2000 USD per month) and a good IT infrastructure (good internet connection, G3/G4 networks etc)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T17:17:07.813" Title="Moving abroad for few years, maybe working on a start-up - which countries have reasonable costs of living and good IT infrastructure?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;costs&gt;&lt;startups&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T02:31:41.467" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6886" CreationDate="2015-09-03T14:13:00.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, moving abroad is tightly related to visa. This may limit your options very quickly, because unless you have relatives abroad, the main remaining option is to get a work visa, so you have to get sponsored by a company willing to hire you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, south east Asian could be a good choice indeed. Taiwan and Singapore would be my first choices. Modern countries, safe, with a developing economy, more or less English-speaking people... I may disagree on their political stances (the fight with China for one, the monarchy for the other), but overall, both look to be interesting places, with decent standards of living, and many good opportunities in IT there. The cost of living in Singapore may discourage you though. I don't know how much costs the life in Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hong Kong could be a solution too. As a British citizen, you may find it easier to move there actually. And they still use English as a language to work with, in the administration and international companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Africa, I would mostly consider South Africa and Morocco. South Africa is said to be a beautiful country to visit, has big cities with many IT Companies, and they speak English. Morocco on the other end may be stable enough to live in and has IT companies (often, offshore branches for first world companies). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In South America, I'd recommend Chile. It's safe, vast, with a developing economy. But you'll have to learn Spanish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there are always the USA and Canada, and if you stay away from the main cities, you may be able to live comfortably for a decent price. The same with Australia and New Zealand. I assume you considered those countries already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, Iceland can be interesting, if you consider it to be &quot;out of Europe&quot;. They tend to live in autarky since the economic crisis, but there may be opportunities over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that helps a little.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastEditorUserId="7092" LastEditDate="2015-09-06T16:20:08.577" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T16:20:08.577" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6858" CreationDate="2015-09-04T02:20:53.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer the two questions you ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are families that live on less than 40K per year (although you did not specify a currency, I will assume GBP). But the cost of living in London is very different to North Wales or the Highlands of Scotland, or the Midlands or North of England. Living in the South-East of England is much more expensive than the North or West. I would say you &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; live in Southampton, but life would probably be tough on one salary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unemployment is always present in the UK, but once you settle in a community and get to know people, it's quite possible that she could find some kind of employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-09-04T02:20:53.203" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6901" CreationDate="2015-09-04T03:38:34.957" Score="2" ViewCount="676" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen who is moving abroad soon to take up a postdoctoral fellowship. The fellowship is funded by a non-US university and I'll be living in the foreign country full-time and paying taxes there. I'd like to qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion in 2016, one way or another (bona fide residency or physical presence test), but I need to firm up some travel plans now that might affect my physical presence test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some descriptions of the &quot;bona fide&quot; residency test have me concerned because they mention that someone working on a fixed-term contract does not typically qualify. But, other internet sources seem to think that a multi-year postdoctoral position is sufficient to qualify. My fellowship contract is for 2 years, with an option for a third year, and it may be extended after that if I apply and my advisor agrees. My work visa in the country will be valid for 5 years. And if I mention that I'm considering applying for a permanent position in the country after my fellowship is up, does that affect the decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8150" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-04T04:40:28.493" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T07:54:49.957" Title="Do I qualify as a bona fide resident as a postdoc?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6891" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-09-04T03:41:15.507" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-04T03:41:15.507" LastActivityDate="2015-09-04T03:41:15.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6892" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-09-04T03:41:15.507" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Portugal." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-07T13:47:27.050" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T13:47:27.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6890" CreationDate="2015-09-04T06:28:00.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot be bona fide resident of the country where your presence is limited and restricted. Generally, bona fide rules are for dual citizens who move to the other country of citizenship and become tax residents there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would probably be covered by the tax treaty the US has with that country (if any), otherwise the usual days' count rules apply. &quot;considering applying for a permanent position in 5 years&quot; doesn't affect your tax situation now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since in the comments people got confused between &quot;bona fide residency&quot; and &quot;physical presence&quot; test, I think I should emphasize: You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; qualify for the exemption with the &quot;physical presence&quot; test, even if you're not bona fide resident of a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot, however, claim being bona-fide residency elsewhere if your presence there is short term (2 years &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; short term) and you keep traveling back to the US. That just won't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, don't trust &quot;samizdat&quot; people who have no idea what they're talking about and do talk to a licensed professional (US-licensed EA/CPA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the rules (including the IRS publications) are &lt;em&gt;intentionally&lt;/em&gt; vague, and other than physical presence days' count, nothing is definitive and everything can be challenged in audit. Those who say that they claimed bona fide residency with 2 year presence in a foreign country are either lying or were playing audit roulette and haven't been caught. It doesn't mean you should be taking these risks yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2015-09-05T07:54:49.957" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T07:54:49.957" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-03T20:11:38.300" Score="4" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;strong&gt;Ukrainian citizen, with a permanent green card&lt;/strong&gt; in USA. My husband is &lt;strong&gt;Polish Citizen/American Citizen&lt;/strong&gt;. We want to move to Spain. Everyone is saying I should be entering on Tourist Visa and then applying for residency. But we are having our marriage certificate duly recognized in his home country. Does that give me a right to apply for a different visa now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't apply for reunification for EU family members, because we are both going there for the first time together, and he did not previously lived there and doesn't have (NIE #, address etc.) No Consulate in US would give me direct answers. Do I really need to apply for a tourist visa, or residence visa on my own, providing millions of documents, income etc, when I am already recognized as his spouse in EU? Is there a different visa/or route I should be taking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone can give some feedback/suggestions/advice on that ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lena" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:03:19.167" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:03:19.167" Title="Non-EU spouse moving to Spain with EU National together" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6894" CreationDate="2015-09-03T20:19:47.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If by “tourist visa”, you mean a Schengen visa, then it's (in principle) not that complicated for the spouse of an EU citizen and I believe it is indeed the right procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/NUEVAYORK/en/Documents/2010Solicitud%20de%20visado%20Schengen%20-%20EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;at the form&lt;/a&gt; you will see that family members of EU citizens do not need to fill the boxes marked with an “*”, including all the info about income and the like (there is a small note about this at the bottom of each page). The visa fee should be waived as well so that's actually the simplest kind of visa application I know of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to submit your marriage certificate to avail yourself of this possibility (see also the fields number 34 and 35).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you would apply for a Schengen visa to travel on your own (without accompanying or joining your husband), you would have to submit all the usual documentation (proof of financial means, itinerary, etc.) It's the same form/visa but a different set of requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" OwnerDisplayName="Gala" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T20:31:14.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-04T09:14:17.853" Score="4" ViewCount="5233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I should be able to enter 10 days before the day I'm authorized to start working (October, 1). This should be the 21st of September. Still some sources say that you cannot enter until the 22nd of September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is it 21st or 22nd?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first day of work will be October, 5. Does this change anything regarding the earliest entry date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8155" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T02:46:43.250" Title="What is the earliest day I can enter USA with H1-B visa (21st or 22nd of September)? Does it depend on the actual work start date?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6688" CreationDate="2015-09-04T14:14:33.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to go for less than three months somewhere else in the Schengen area, you don't necessarily need a work &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt; or residence permit but, unless your wife moves to that other EU country with you, you do need some sort of &lt;em&gt;authorisation&lt;/em&gt; to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, if you live in Denmark since more than 5 years, you might be considered a &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:l23034&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;long-term EU resident&lt;/a&gt; and should be allowed to reside for more than three months elsewhere in the EU somewhat more easily. But you don't have an automatic right to work in another country – either short-term or long-term – and would still need to apply for a permit/authorisation as applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, these subtle distinctions aside, your status in Denmark does not fundamentally change your situation with respect to other EU countries. There is no easy solution for your problem, you need to get the local bureaucracy to issue some sort of permit before you can work in another country, even short-term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you are selling your services (not sure that's a phrase you would use of course!) under the guise of a company/as a self-employed person instead of seeking an employment contract, other rules might apply, I am not entirely sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-05T07:59:17.493" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T07:59:17.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6890" CreationDate="2015-09-04T21:08:51.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you will qualify.  Though probably not in the first year.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can confirm this anecdotally, in the sense that I know a number of people in the same situation (it is common) and they also qualify.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who want more sources, if you look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS publication 54&lt;/a&gt; you will find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you go to a foreign country to work on a particular job for a&#xA;  specified period of time, you ordinarily will not be regarded as a&#xA;  bona fide resident of that country even though you work there for 1&#xA;  tax year or longer. The length of your stay and the nature of your job&#xA;  are only two of the factors to be considered in determining whether&#xA;  you meet the bona fide residence test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To meet the bona fide residence test, you must show the Internal&#xA;  Revenue Service (IRS) that you have been a bona fide resident of a&#xA;  for- eign country or countries for an uninterrupted period that&#xA;  includes an entire tax year. The IRS decides whether you are a bona&#xA;  fide resident of a foreign country largely on the basis of facts you&#xA;  report on Form 2555. IRS cannot make this determination until you file&#xA;  Form 2555.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't give detail, but assuming that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are working on a standard academic position, are in the health care system etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not have a long-term arrangement with a US university (e.g., an accepted tenure-track job).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not have other US-based income or businesses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Actually live full-time where you work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the salient fact is that you have only the one job and no other employment connection with the US.  You have no specific plan about the future, and there is no reason to think that you'll be moving back to the US.  (The test is not that there is positive probability you'll move back.  That would be true even if you had a tenured job at ETH or something similar.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Since this seems confusing to people in the comments, the example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/expat-taxes-explained-bona-fide-residence-test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;from a tax preparation service's site&lt;/a&gt; (with which I have no connection) is pretty much standard (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A US expat accepts a position in China for a period of time. After&#xA;  remaining in China for an entire calendar year, this person would be&#xA;  considered to meet the needs of the Bona Fide Resident test. This is&#xA;  only if he has no immediate plans to move back to the United States.&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;This last part is key: “if he has no immediate plans to move back to&#xA;  the US.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is pretty much exactly the situation of the OP, who has a multi-year agreement to work outside of the US, not on a stipend, and apparently no plan at all for afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the first year will be different.  The process that has been used successfully by a number of people in the same situation that I know is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume you move to Europe on Sept. 15, 2015 (this is the specific day you arrive)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In April 2016, file an extension to Sept. 15, 2016 with a note that you are waiting to qualify under the physical presence test of form 2555.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On Sept. 15, 2016, send a tax return with a form 2555 exempting the European part of your income from 2015.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a caution with respect to this answer is that it's summarizing part of the academic samizdat for Americans working in Europe.  I'm not a tax lawyer or preparer.  You should, of course, verify with a professional.  Again, anecdotally, this &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be one who deals primarily with expats, since the others tend to completely botch the job, wasting a lot of time and money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6571" LastEditorUserId="6571" LastEditDate="2015-09-05T07:44:31.617" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T07:44:31.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6845" CreationDate="2015-09-05T00:00:14.300" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;General&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, the main objective is to convince the UKBA (as a reasonable person) that you are not acting fraudulently. If you've something that's not listed in the details below, but that would help prove the relationship, I'm sure you can include it. In my experience, we included letters and emails from family and friends referring to us as a couple; joint invitations to events like weddings; and photos of us on holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the EEA family permit, the current guidance is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/421243/Extended_Family_Members_v2_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Home Office Extended family members of EEA nationals&lt;/a&gt; document. See Page 13, &quot;Evidence required for durable partners&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant and the EEA national sponsor must have been living together in a&#xA;  relationship similar to marriage which has subsisted (continued in existence)&#xA;  for at least two years. The evidence the applicant can provide may include (but is not limited to):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof that any previous relationship has permanently broken down:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;degree absolute for marriages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;dissolution order for civil partnerships.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence of cohabitation for at least two years:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;bank statements or utility bills in joint names at the same address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;rent agreements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;mortgage payments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;official correspondence which links them at the same address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence of joint finances, joint business ventures and joint commitments:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;taxreturns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;businesscontracts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;investments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence of joint responsibility for children such as a birth certificate or&#xA;  custody agreement demonstrating that the two parties claiming to be in a&#xA;  durable relationship are cohabiting and sharing responsibility for children.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Photographs of the couple.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Other evidence demonstrating their commitment and relationship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must always consider the individual circumstances of the application&#xA;  and consider whether it is appropriate to use discretion. For example there&#xA;  may be instances when the two year rule is not satisfied but the couple have a&#xA;  child together. In these circumstances you can use your discretion if there is&#xA;  enough evidence. For example, a birth certificate showing shared parentage&#xA;  has been provided with evidence of living together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must refer to a senior caseworker if you doubt whether the level of&#xA;  evidence provided is enough to demonstrate a relationship exists.&#xA;  If the applicant has provided enough evidence and you are satisfied that&#xA;  the documents are genuine, you must consider whether the requirements of&#xA;  regulation 8 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006&#xA;  (as amended)(‘the Regulations’) have been met before you go to stage 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/8/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA regulations referred to&lt;/a&gt; do not cover specific types of evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;ILR and Other rules&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As there's some ambiguity about the question, it's worth noting that for other visa types there may be differences in the rules. However, the list above should almost certainly cover you. The EEA regulations linked to above will &lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt; apply in these cases though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details on those cases, consider posting a new question, or visiting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263237/section-FM2.1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ILR rules&lt;/a&gt; for spouses of citizens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unmarried-and-same-sex-partners-set05/unmarried-and-same-sex-partners-set05#set513-what-types-of-evidence-might-demonstrate-living-together-and-a-relationship-akin-to-marriage--civil-partnership&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;unmarried partners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T00:00:14.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6890" CreationDate="2015-09-05T03:28:31.313" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree with the other two answers. Littleadv says you cannot be a bona fide resident if your presence is limited and restricted. Louis says you can be a bona fide resident on a fixed term contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe, regardless of your visa status, that you can be a bona fide resident if you have an open ended contract and a route to stay indefinitely. For example, as a lecturer in the UK my contract extended beyond my visa and there are procedures for me to continuely extend my visa. If I was a post doc on a fixed term contract, then I believe I would not meet the bone fide resident test as there would not be a route for me to stay indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T03:28:31.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-05T09:46:54.047" Score="1" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an F1 student on a leave of absence from my PhD program. I want to attend a 5-day conference in the USA. Can I enter using my valid B1/B2 visa? This entry will only be for the conference; I will re-enter using my F1 visa once I get my new I-20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8160" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T16:27:51.173" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T15:55:34.697" Title="Can I enter the US on my B1/B2 visa during leave of absence from F1 program?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6865" CreationDate="2015-09-05T10:53:54.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;strong&gt;odd benefits&lt;/strong&gt; to having a bank account and a US address - especially if you are, say, purchasing computer parts from newegg.com, buying music from itunes - what you can buy or rent depends on the licensing agreements for each country and believe me when I tell you that the US offerings are very different (Better) than what Canadians can buy on itunes or even netflix. Same thing when using Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each company has its rules for transactions, and some do not like it when your billing address is in a different country than your shipping address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an American married to a Canadian, and one who spends A LOT of time in Canada each year, I like the ability having a US bank card (debit) so that I can continue using Netflix (with a VPN) while in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, I have found Charles Schwab bank (even though it's primarily an investment company) to offer the best services from any other bank. They don't charge for debit card use ever and will refund you the fees each ATM machine charges.  Plus their currency conversion rates much higher than US banks. But this last point might be moot since you'd be converting into USD. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8161" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T10:53:54.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6896" CreationDate="2015-09-06T02:46:43.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only reference I was able to find to this was questionable on how to actually calculate the 10 day prior period is on a somewhat questionable &lt;a href=&quot;http://redbus2us.com/h1b-approved-%E2%80%93-when-to-apply-for-visa-stamping-when-can-you-enter-usa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; IMHO and it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, there are not many variations of answers here and no need to debate. You can enter US only 10 days before the start date on your I-797 petition. i.e., say if your start date is October 1st, you can only enter US on or after &lt;strong&gt;September 20th&lt;/strong&gt; on H1B visa.  You can read the above VFS Agency FAQ, also below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I don't think that 20th will work but 21st should fall within the 10 day grace period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should be aware that granting you 10 day prior entry is entirely within the discretion of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://curranberger.com/h1b-approval&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CBP officer at the port of entry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PORT OF ENTRY AND I-94 RETRIEVAL INFORMATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may enter the U.S. ten (10) days before the start date on your I-797 approval notice. At the port of entry, you may request that your I-94 card be issued with an additional ten (10) days beyond the expiration data of the I-797 approval notice. CBP officers at the port of entry are not required to grant these additional days, but you may still request them. If you receive additional days, you are not authorized to work beyond the expiration date of the I-797 approval notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T02:46:43.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6907" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6908" CreationDate="2015-09-06T16:16:23.477" Score="4" ViewCount="2742" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen, married to a Russian citizen, and I live in the UK. She is now filling the application for a family permit, to join me, and once there, she will apply to a residence card to stay permanently with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the application for the family permit, they ask for a duration of stay:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;How long do you intend to stay in the UK? &#xA;On which date will you leave the UK?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should she answer to that? A stay of 6 month (the duration of the visa)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the form asks if she intends to work in the UK. But if she answers &quot;yes&quot;, could it look suspicious to the agent? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T10:56:41.157" Title="Do I need to provide a date of departure to apply to a EEA Family Permit in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6907" CreationDate="2015-09-06T17:43:51.523" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those questions form part of all the applications in the category of visas that expire in 6 months or less.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/60/gala&quot;&gt;Gala&lt;/a&gt; (to whom thanks) has pointed out that everyone gets those questions.  How the ECO treats the answers depends upon the applicant's premise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not going to be overly concerned about it on a family permit because they expect the applicant to be applying for a residence card anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the question &quot;How long do you intend to stay in the UK?&quot; you can write &quot;indefinite&quot; or &quot;settlement&quot; or &quot;n/a&quot; or even &quot;six months&quot; if you feel uncomfortable.  It's a free form text field and you can put anything that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the question &quot;On which date will you leave the UK?&quot;, it's a date field and subject to edits by the software.  You can enter any appropriate date, but if you answered the previous question with &quot;indefinite&quot;, then you should enter the expiry date of your current passport - - It's important not to enter anything beyond that date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T17:43:51.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6910" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-07T15:54:08.213" Score="5" ViewCount="3907" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the USA in 1992 to an American father and a Scottish Mother. My father married my mother in 1978 and moved here to USA in 1991, the rest of all my siblings were born in Scotland and have British citizenship. My mother became a US Citizen in 2010, can I still apply for British citizenship and Passport? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8168" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-07T18:13:06.460" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T12:55:48.393" Title="Born abroad to a British mother, can I get British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6911" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6912" CreationDate="2015-09-07T16:26:40.667" Score="6" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU national and UK resident.  I need dental care but no GP care.  I understand that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/nhs-number/Pages/what-is-the-nhs-number.aspx&quot;&gt;a GP can provide me with an NHS number&lt;/a&gt;.  Do I need to register with a GP in order to get an NHS number in order to get NHS-priced dental care?  Or is this not needed, and can the dentist provide me with an NHS number — or do I not need an NHS number at all for dental care?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T17:03:06.110" Title="How to get NHS dental care as a new UK resident, EU national?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6911" CreationDate="2015-09-07T16:40:50.373" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get any kind of NHS treating the easiest way is to get a GP. You should be able to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/GP/LocationSearch/4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;find one in your area quickly&lt;/a&gt;, and registration takes around 30 minutes. Not having a GP means that even if you are entitled to NHS care, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2617/what-to-do-if-an-nhs-centre-doesnt-believe-you-are-entitled-to-free-use-and-cha&quot;&gt;you can get into problems&lt;/a&gt;. They usually ask for your NI number (which is different to your NHS number) when registering with a GP, and once you do, you will get your NHS number a bit later by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A dentist is not a GP. Actually, when I first registered at my dentist, they handed me a form, and one of the questions on the form was the address of my GP. They didn't need my NHS number nor my NI number (and they usually don't expect you to remember those).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, you should definitely get a GP in your area. Once you do you can just go to the dentist and register there as well. The name and address of the GP should be enough. You should already have an NI number though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T17:03:06.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6910" CreationDate="2015-09-07T20:38:08.253" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the information you provided the Government's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;citizenship checking site&lt;/a&gt; is actually quite helpful (it's sometimes not so helpful if you were born before 1983, but in your case it's actually okay):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;When were you born?&#xA;On or after 1 January 1983&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As you were born in 1992&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Were you born in the UK or a qualifying territory?&#xA;No&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No, the USA is not one of the qualifying territorities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Was one or both of your parents a British citizen 'not by descent'?&#xA;Yes&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, your mother was born and raised in the UK, and is therefore a British citizen &lt;em&gt;not by descent&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this you are &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; a British citizen &lt;em&gt;by descent&lt;/em&gt;, meaning you have gained the citizenship from one of your parents. This type of citizenship is usually a bit limited, as in most cases you won't be able to pass your British citizenship onto your children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2717/can-i-get-a-uk-passport/2718#2718&quot;&gt;my other answer&lt;/a&gt; on how to apply for your first British passport from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T20:38:08.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-07T14:06:34.600" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered to join a University in Australia as a visiting student research on a project for 3-6 months (depends on the visa duration). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently enrolled as a &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Student in the University in New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;with Indian Passport and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;staying in India from last 1 month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of visa do I need for this? I am a bit confused between &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Training and Research visa subclass 402 (Occupational Trainee Stream) and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Temporary Work visa (Short stay activity) subclass-400. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please suggest anything regarding this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8174" OwnerDisplayName="kunalgupta" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T00:46:50.290" Title="Appropriate visa for visiting student research in Australia" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6914" CreationDate="2015-09-08T00:46:50.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's some information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Stud&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this Department of Immigration and Border Protection&lt;/a&gt; page, but essentially, you will most likely need a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Higher Education Sector Visa (subclass 573)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Postgraduate Research Sector Visa (subclass 574)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The subclass 400 and 402 visas are related to employment and on-the-job training, and so probably aren't going to work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8171" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T00:46:50.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2761" CreationDate="2015-09-08T02:36:54.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the current tax free shopping regulations, visitors with a temporary stay status are eligible for tax-free shopping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese citizens are not eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not eligible if you are working in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not eligible if staying in Japan more than six months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a working holiday visa, I imagine you are working in Japan and are therefore ineligible to receive this tax refund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For full information on tax free shopping in Japan you can check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://enjoy.taxfree.jp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;enjoy.taxfree.jp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8172" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T02:36:54.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2761" CreationDate="2015-09-08T05:01:29.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, tax-free shopping is only available to foreign citizens whose status of residence is &quot;temporary visitor&quot;. Your status will not be &quot;temporary visitor&quot; (it will probably be &quot;designated activities&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T05:01:29.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2015-09-08T08:27:36.273" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few things to know are:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Approximately 1 in 3 people fail the test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The test is also a test of your level of English and comprehension as well as your knowledge on UK society&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must read the study material and not just rely on tests. You can not rely on just taking the tests and memorising the answers. Largely because the actual tests are slightly different and it could get confusing quickly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some tips:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't need to purchase the official material it is available online for free under crown copyright &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://law.resource.org/pub/uk/life/uk.tso.life.2013/uk.tso.life.2013.html&quot;&gt;https://law.resource.org/pub/uk/life/uk.tso.life.2013/uk.tso.life.2013.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should read through the material make notes and then revise. Once you have read through it at least once then you can start on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make lists of information to remember (facts). Unfortunately you will need to remember a lot of trivial info, stats and dates. If you get the official study guides then these are already summarised for you. Use these lists and remember most of them! I like to re-write them to help put the info into my memory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Practice, practice, practice. This is obviously the most important advice. Take lots of tests. There are a lot of sites out there (&lt;a href=&quot;http://uktestpass.co.uk/&quot;&gt;Life in the UK Test Practice&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are four types of questions:&#xA;i) true or false - specify whether a statement is true or false&#xA;ii) multiple choice - one correct answer&#xA;iii) multiple answer - two correct answer&#xA;iv) Select statement - select which statement is correct from two options&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Know the difference between each and make sure you practice a lot of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the practice tests online are harder then the real test. But if you find you can not consistently score 20/24 on the tests then it might be worth changing your date. You can usually do this free of charge a week in advance, but check with your test centre.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The material is not hard to learn. Follow the advice, learn the material, make lists, remember the information and practice. There is no reason you can not get 100%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck all&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8173" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T08:27:36.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2015-09-08T16:18:18.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nowadays you can find the contents of the handbook for free on the internet. &#xA;Also according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_the_United_Kingdom_test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; the pass rate between 2010 and 2014 has been of 75.17%, which is not bad.&#xA;As stated above you just need a lot of practice, but the test itself is not difficult and it is a multiple-choice test, which from my point of view makes it easier. When I took mine I was recommended &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/test-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;to start with as you can practice chapter by chapter, but also tried other webs and practised as much as I could. When I took the test it was easy piece and pass!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8178" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T16:18:18.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-08T23:53:49.053" Score="0" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold BS (Software Engineering) degree and now I am confused which area of training should I choose for my QSW application: Computer Science or Computer Engineering?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I free to choose any area and will this affect my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6434" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T23:29:39.197" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T00:56:47.500" Title="Need help to choose area of training for Quebec Skilled Worker Immigration?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6922" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6926" CreationDate="2015-09-09T00:44:00.977" Score="2" ViewCount="1649" Body="&lt;p&gt;International (non-EU) students must apply for a Tier 4 (General) Student visa in order to study at a UK university. The general (common) reasons for a visa refusal seem to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmu.ac.uk/international/en/making-a-student-visa-application/visa-faqs.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;showing incorrect documents, having insufficient funds or a suspect immigration history&lt;/a&gt;, amongst others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about smaller issues, like submitting a passport photo that's older than 1 month? Or having a course title on the application form that differs from that in the CAS by one word? Are these issues serious enough to warrant a visa refusal or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From De Montfort University FAQ section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why could my visa application be refused?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior to refusing your visa application, the UKVI will have assessed all the information you have provided with your visa application and any information they have regarding your immigration history, and decided that you did not meet the requirements of having a valid CAS, sufficient maintenance or for other reasons such as your immigration history. You will be issued with a notice of refusal of entry clearance which will state the full reason your visa application was unsuccessful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T13:20:05.410" Title="Tier 4 (General) Student visa refusals" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-09T07:02:46.240" Score="0" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have done Bachelor of Technology course (4 years) from India.&#xA;Do I need to have ECA for Bachelor degree only or should I have it for my 10+2 i.e. higher secondary as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, should I send transcript for bachelor course only or both 10+2 and bachelor need to be sent to WES( or equivalent organisation)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to have it for Canada Express Entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8182" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-09T16:05:01.107" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T06:54:51.947" Title="ECA for Bachelor degree" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="954" CreationDate="2015-09-09T14:33:07.573" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should check out the two largest housingportals in sweden&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostadsdeal.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bostadsdeal.se&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostadsfinder.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bostadsfinder.se&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8183" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-09T16:29:59.213" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T16:29:59.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6922" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:09:50.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are these issues serious enough to warrant a visa refusal or not?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, especially if there's a discrepancy in the CAS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some problems with a T4 application seem miniscule, they can tip the decision against the applicant if the overall application is deemed lower quality.  The refusal notice will sometimes cite these reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the photo is not compliant, they have no latitude to exercise discretion in your favour.  The CAS is important, there is a limited supply of them and they are valuable documents because of that.  The PBS requirements were enacted into law and ECO's will &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line&quot;&gt;toe the line&lt;/a&gt; carefully.  There's no room for error in an application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all of that, you can always rely upon the chance that an evidential failure will be overlooked.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T18:09:50.530" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8010" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:19:08.433" Score="4" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year I moved to Spain for 6 months as part of a work project. While there, I stayed in a rented apartment, which my company paid for. However, I had to pay for the security deposit out of my own money as that was my responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've since moved back to the UK and have been repeatedly ignored by my ex-landlord regarding the repayment of the deposit. They've not claimed any repair or redecoration costs (the apartment was cleaner when I left it than when I moved in), they've just ignored the issue entirely in subsequent emails with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like I may be chasing a lost cause here as I'm not even in the same country anymore, and land lords the world over seem to get away with screwing tenants out of money. Anyway, does any body have any experience with recovering these costs in a similar situation, particularly Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should note, I have a signed receipt and also an online record of the money transfer. I may try and get my company to intervene on my behalf if I can, but is there anything else I can try first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8184" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T05:54:18.633" Title="Landlord in Spain Withholding Apartment Deposit" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6932" CreationDate="2015-09-10T16:02:57.770" Score="2" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Canadian Citizen I can get TN visa to work in US, but can I get H1-B instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-10T17:10:48.893" LastActivityDate="2015-09-12T15:12:08.080" Title="H1-B vs TN visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6930" CreationDate="2015-09-10T17:18:37.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ye Standard Disclaimer: IANAL&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a chart available on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tnvisabulletin.com/tn-vs-h-1b-visa-chart/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TN Visa Bulletin&lt;/a&gt; run by Brian Zuccaro, Esq that shows the major differences but in a nutshell.  Or you can take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greencardlawyers.com/workvisas/TNvisas/TNcomparison.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Peng &amp;amp; Weber&lt;/a&gt; page that give you a nutshell version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comparison of TN and H-1B visa status&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The major advantage of TN status over H-1B status is that TN status may be obtained at the border, and do not require a petition to the Immigration Service (for Canadians).  This advantage does not apply to Mexican citizens, as Mexicans are required to file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor and a petition with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.  In addition, TN status can theoretically be renewed indefinitely while H-1B status has a limit of 6 years.   TN status is available to some who do not qualify for H-1B status, including those in certain professions that do not require a bachelor’s degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if your profession is not listed in the TN occupation list, or you do not meet the requirements specified, you may be able to qualify for an H-1B visa.  TN visa status also does not allow you to use professional experience to show that you have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree, as you can with the H-1B program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-12T15:12:08.080" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-11T07:15:54.097" Score="3" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I have been thinking to move to Germany through employment for quite some time. However, we decided to visit Germany first as a tourist, in order to get a better feeling about the country and the culture there. This would assure us that we are taking the right decision to move there permanently in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we recently applied for Schengen tourist visa through the German embassy in Malaysia. It took them 3 weeks to process our application and the outcome was refusal of visa due to the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have not provided proof of sufficient means of subsistence, for the duration of intended stay or for the return to the country of origin or residence ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I accept that I did not have enough funds in my bank account to assure them about my financial stability (I could have added more funds to my account if they had contacted me asking for that though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway! I decided to let go our decision for visiting Germany as a tourist and try to apply for Employment/Jobseeker visa this time. My concern is that our previous failed application for Schengen visa would affect our new application. Can anyone give me some advice regarding our situation? I really don't know what is the best action to take right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8191" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-26T23:11:47.397" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T03:31:42.840" Title="Does a “refused Schengen visa” application affect future Employment/Jobseeker visa applications?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6934" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-11T11:44:32.533" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU national, married to a non-EU national. I have a Tier 2 visa. Is it necessary for me to have an Indefinite Leave to Remain in order to apply for a British citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T12:05:39.743" Title="Is it necessary to have an Indefinite Leave to Remain in order to apply for a UK citizenship?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6934" CreationDate="2015-09-11T12:05:39.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the government's site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And you must usually have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national) - this means there’s no specific date that you have to leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, you'll need to have an ILR for at least one year before you can apply for naturalization. As usually you can only get the IRL &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-a-work-visa/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;after 5 years of being in the country&lt;/a&gt; on a Tier 2 visa, you'll have to wait 6 years from your time of arrival to get the citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this also applies to EU citizens, as they need to have Permanent Residence for at least one year, and they get permanent residence (automatically) after being in the country for 5 years, so the earliest they can apply is after 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception is for this one year extra rule, if your spouse is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;already a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;, in which case you would still need to have ILR or Permanent Residence, but you can apply straight after getting these statuses, and not need to wait extra for one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T12:05:39.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6937" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-12T01:48:03.983" Score="1" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was removed from the UK 5 years ago because I entered the UK on a student visa and after 11 months I applied for asylum. Two months after that I was deported from the UK. What I want to know is until when am I banned from applying for a UK visa or entering the UK. I heard it is 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8197" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-09-14T11:00:46.927" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T12:47:45.663" Title="UK deportation effect on another country's visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-12T07:06:13.260" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been served a notice for not paying the loan by the enforcement department in Norway which comes under Police since 2007. I have a visa renewal appointment in 4 days. Will it affect my renewal? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Its called Namsfogden in Norwegian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8199" LastActivityDate="2015-09-12T07:06:13.260" Title="Will loan enforcement notice (namsfogden) affect my visa renewal?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:25:53.597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6941" CreationDate="2015-09-12T20:05:30.917" Score="5" ViewCount="12746" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for the Skilled Independent (Subclass 189) visa in the next few years. The Australian immigration page writes that one might get plus points if the applicant has been working in his/her nominated skilled occupation or in an occupation closely related to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no doubt that if the applicant makes such a statement, he/she has to be able to support it with evidence. My question is - how can this be proven? In my specific case, I don't want my employer to know about my intentions of moving there until it is absolutely necessary. Is there any way of providing evidence of my employment without involving my employer? As a related question, what if I get a new job meanwhile, before applying for the visa? If the only way of proving my employment is to provide papers from my employer then do I have to contact all my previous employers so that the total duration of working in the nominated occupation adds up for the necessary X years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastEditorUserId="6825" LastEditDate="2017-02-16T18:09:20.253" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T18:09:20.253" Title="Australian Skilled Independent Visa - How can I prove I have been employed in my nominated skilled occupation" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6940" CreationDate="2015-09-13T02:25:16.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they need a reference letter from your employer detailing your skills so as to match them with a list of standard skills required for your nominated skilled occupation. If you cannot provide such a letter from the employer, a statutory declaration from your manager on a non-judicial paper is also accepted. Additionally you are required to provide payslips, bank statements, tax statements, employment contracts, etc. to further evidence the employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot make these statements yourself. It has to be either your employer stating these in a reference letter on their letter head or your manager/ supervisor as a statutory declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get points for work experience in your occupation. The more the work experience, the more points you earn. Therefore, you will need this documentation from all your ex-employers/ ex-managers as well (unless you don't want more employment points).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-09-13T02:25:16.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-13T22:36:49.367" Score="6" ViewCount="1697" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have made a minor clerical error / typo in my application, can I notify UKVI &lt;a href=&quot;https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;using the online form&lt;/a&gt;? It's not possible to &lt;em&gt;change&lt;/em&gt; anything on the application, but can they attach a note to the application to explain the typo? &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/46209/uk-visa-in-the-philippines-submitted-with-clerical-error&quot;&gt;Gayot Fow's answer&lt;/a&gt; seems to be 'yes', but only for tourist visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to change my course title from &quot;Mechanical Engineering Research PhD&quot; to &quot;Mechanical Engineering PhD&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T03:52:00.960" Title="Clerical error in Tier 4 student visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-14T00:25:22.877" Score="8" ViewCount="3494" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a New Zealand citizen entering Australia, I am automatically granted a Special Category Visa that allows me to live and work in Australia indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I enter Australia I have the option to use the Smart Gate system which automatically grants a Special Category Visa on entry. This is paperless, ie my passport is not marked with a visa stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When proving to potential employers that I do indeed have the legal right to work in Australia, all I can present is my passport, which is unmarked and as clean as the day it was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it seems to be done electronically these days, is there any web site or Immigration Office I can visit that will let me get some sort of certificate that proves my visa and therefore my legal right to apply for work? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8213" OwnerDisplayName="IanT8" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T09:53:59.940" Title="How Do I Prove I Have a Valid Special Category Australian Visa?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6947" CreationDate="2015-09-14T00:29:00.580" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Kiwi here, just started my third job in Australia, have been in and out several times since, and lived in Melbourne and now Sydney.  Yep, all you do is present your passport. Recruiters, HR Departments etc know that NZ citizens are legally entitled to work in Australia - even if they don't know the name of the visa, it's pretty common knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the border I was also concerned on my first arrival, went to the desk instead of the Smartgate to ask. After all the paperwork of the UK, Canada and other countries, it felt really weird, but you literally just walk in and are legally entitled to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will still need to register for Medicare/Healthcare, Super, and a TFN number, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Mayo" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T09:53:59.940" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T09:53:59.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6947" CreationDate="2015-09-14T01:37:02.047" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia has moved away from physical visa stamps.  Whilst it's still possible to get a stamp for some visas there is an additional fee for doing do, and I wouldn't be surprised if even this option disappears soon.  (Beyond the end of this month they will no longer stamps passports on entry/exit, even when asked!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to handle queries like yours, there is now on online site as well as an app that you can use to view details of a Visa, and even have those details emailed to a 3rd party - such as a potential employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is known as Visa Entitlement Verification Online/VEVO, and can be accessed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Busi/Visa&quot;&gt;https://www.border.gov.au/Busi/Visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="733" OwnerDisplayName="Doc" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T01:37:02.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-14T11:51:02.887" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen resident in the UK. My partner is a US citizen with a working visa in the UK that is due to be renewed in January 2016 (after 3 years). Is it correct that he can't leave the UK for more than 6 months within a year time if he wants to maintain his status (at least until he gets permanent residency)? If we get married, will he be allowed to have a spouse visa? In that case would there be any restrictions about leaving the UK for more than 6 months? Many thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8207" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T11:51:02.887" Title="travel restrictions associated with UK working visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6937" CreationDate="2015-09-14T12:41:41.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could apply right now if you wanted. However the reality is that you can probably forget about returning to the UK ever again, by legal means anyway, unless you become a highly self sufficient (i.e. movie star, business mogul, nobel laureate, world class athlete, etc...). There are several possible re-entry bans &lt;a href=&quot;http://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/legalprocess/re-entry-bans.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;depending on how you left&lt;/a&gt;, but these are practically nominal. I doubt anyone who has ever actually gotten a re-entry ban of any kind has been able to return to the UK except perhaps by marriage, and even that is considerably harder now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T12:47:45.663" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T12:47:45.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-14T15:16:10.670" Score="1" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was traveling on B2; immigration won’t let me go to the USA because I overstayed November 2014-March 2015.They said I will need a visa to go back to the USA. I married to a citizen a year ago and we haven’t file the paperwork which as yet. I was scared to tell the truth that I am married because we haven’t filed the paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My question is what do I need to do to get back to the USA? I want to go back and then start the paperwork. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How will I know if I am denial? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there anything I need to do to get back to the state and file the paperwork?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8208" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-09-15T02:41:23.677" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T02:43:58.380" Title="B2 visa and married to US Citizen - barred from US, what next?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2015-09-14T15:19:31.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other posters are correct when they say that different states handle this differently. But...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have really moved overseas, then why not simply move your finances overseas as well, stop filing state income taxes in Kansas-- EXACTLY as you would have done if you'd simply moved to another state instead of overseas-- and let the state figure out how to come after your money in Mexico? Hint: the US government can use FATCA to get you almost anywhere; your former (FORMER!) state doesn't have this ability. If the Kansas revenue service wants to knock on your door in Mexico, then you can cross this bridge when you come to it. Hint: it's not going to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8210" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T15:19:31.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-14T16:29:28.670" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am of Ukrainian nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have studied in the UK for 5 years now almost (total of 7 years that I have been in UK, 2 years of college education does not count towards tier 4 cap I believe, otherwise I wouldn't get my current student visa). Starting my second postgrad this September. I have a bachelor's and now two masters degrees. My intention is to study another bachelor's at Cambridge/Oxford, would I be able to obtain a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, are there any other ways which would enable me to stay and study at the above mentioned? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8211" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-14T16:44:06.450" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T16:44:06.450" Title="Tier 4 UK student general visa cap" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T02:39:15.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6952" CreationDate="2015-09-15T02:43:58.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, firstly you ALWAYS need to tell the truth.  If at any point you're caught lying by immigration, it might be considered fraud, and then you'll never get back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They've already told you - to get back to the US, you'll need a visa. So you'll need to do that first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the visa fails, there's usually a rejection reason telling you if you're denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, yes, get yourself an immigration lawyer. It might not be cheap, but they'll be far more likely to know little tips or changes you can do to your application to help you with the process. You don't want to make any more mistakes at this point - so get professional help with the application.  The internet is great, but it is unlikely to be a suitable substitute for an immigration professional in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T02:43:58.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-15T13:12:53.777" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is George, I am an African, married to a Polish lady, we have a child together. I  have a residence card( but not on the bases of marriage) what are the conditions i should be expecting when going to live and work in Norway? I mean documentations and rights to live and work in Norway&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8217" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T13:12:53.777" Title="As an African married to Polish lady, what are the conditions for living and working in Norway?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T23:30:06.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6958" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-15T13:14:19.837" Score="2" ViewCount="571" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living abroad in Europe.  No longer a US resident, I file taxes with a 2555 foreign earned income exemption and pay all taxes and social security in the country of residence--which has both tax treaties and totalization agreements with the US.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I consult for a US company, can they pay me in European Euros directly to my european bank account and, if so, do I need to fill out a W9 form? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main source of income is in Euro, being employed by a European company, in Europe where I reside. Although I am still, and only, an American citizen. The US consult is short-term temporary work; I prefer they pay me in Euros directly to my European bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8218" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-09-16T14:07:52.103" LastActivityDate="2015-09-22T15:05:01.617" Title="Does an American need to fill out W9 if paid in Euro to his European bank by a US co.?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6829" CreationDate="2015-09-15T13:58:00.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;rightmove.co.uk has a section for house shares, ie. renting a room. This is a well known legitimate site but despite that normal scam precautions should be taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's normally illegal to charge renters to view properties/rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6850" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T13:58:00.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6679" CreationDate="2015-09-15T14:21:30.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your simplest option may be to enroll on a Masters program and enter the UK as a student. However, your options for remaining after the course ends are limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a job in the UK from where you are now but the employer would have to show they cannot readily fill the vacancy with an EEA applicant in order to sponsor your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6850" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T14:21:30.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2015-09-16T06:42:24.410" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are not going to be taxed anywhere, as long as you do not stay in one country for more than 3 months and you do not receive a salary. If you do not take up permanent residency anywhere, and you do not receive a salary, you are not liable to pay taxes. If on the other hand you are paid a salary for your work, you will have to pay income tax on that salary even if you stay less than 3 months in one country.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8223" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T06:42:24.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6964" CreationDate="2015-09-17T00:19:38.307" Score="5" ViewCount="521" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian, looking to move to Ireland on a Working Holiday Authorization. My question is not taxation related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I possibly work for my company in Australia remotely (over the internet) while living in Ireland on a WHA, or is it a visa requirement to work for a company in Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presumed WHA gives one the right to work, but one could technically live there without work too as long as one can prove that they have sufficient funds? But, I read some conflicting information over the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reply from Embassy of Ireland in Australia&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no legal requirement for  you to work for an Irish based company.  You may need to talk to an accountant about where you will be tax-resident if working for an Australian company remotely in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should still not preclude you from travelling to Ireland on a WHA, the primary purpose of which is for an extended holiday allowing for casual work to support oneself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8227" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T00:04:11.130" Title="Working remotely for an offshore company while on a working holiday visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6963" CreationDate="2015-09-17T03:04:56.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only information I found from any source including &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/travel/visas/working-holiday-visas/&quot;&gt;DFA&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants must have sufficient funds to support themselves for at least the initial part of the holiday or in the event of failing to secure employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There doesn't seem to be a requirement that you must secure employment in order continue remaining in the country under the Working Holiday Authorization scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be court decisions that have been made w.r.t. the WHA but if that is the case they are not public domain even though they are probably a public record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T03:04:56.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6864" CreationDate="2015-09-17T07:41:09.653" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a similar problem when I moved to Singapore for work a couple months ago. Here are my conclusions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The offer you got sounds like what the employer is obliged to provide for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/~/media/mom/documents/services-forms/passes/employer_medical_obligations_-_sp.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;S-Pass holders&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/work-permit-for-foreign-worker/sector-specific-rules/medical-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Work Permit holders&lt;/a&gt;. In this case, it will cover your medical costs of up to at least 15'000 $. If you are however under an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/~/media/mom/documents/services-forms/passes/employer_medical_obligations_-_ep.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment Pass&lt;/a&gt;, then this is an extra benefit that your employer provides you voluntarily. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend you to ask for the detailed information on the insurance, as their coverage might vary a lot. Health insurances here tend to come with a lot of caveats and might not cover some things such as pregnancies, existing conditions or STDs which would be covered in the EU. The maximum amount they cover also varies a lot. Another factor to look out for is the type of ward you will be eligible for (See here for different &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sgh.com.sg/Patient-Services/Charges-Payment/Pages/types-wards.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;types of wards&lt;/a&gt;) and whether you want to use private or public hospitals. (Both are of excellent quality as far as I can tell). Also note that for outpatient visits to GPs your insurance might only pay for certain clinics on a panel list. However, in my case this panel list is so exhaustive, that I doubt I'll ever be further than 15 minutes from the closest clinic I can go to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if you want to compare your maximum cover to the actual costs, I suggest you have a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/costs_and_financing/HospitalBillSize.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of average prices for hospital treatment&lt;/a&gt; of the Ministry of Health or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sgh.com.sg/patient-services/charges-payment/pages/outpatient-charges.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;outpatient charges&lt;/a&gt; at a public hospital. Note that if you go to a GP outside the hospital, this can be a lot cheaper. I usually go to a doctor in a residential neighbourhood (public housing) and the consultation cost is about 20-30$. Of course this will probably be higher if you live in a posh area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So I'd say, definitely read through your policy very carefully before you decide whether you want to get extra coverage or not, take special note of exclusions and price limits.&lt;/strong&gt; In the end only you can decide whether this is enough coverage for you or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for prescribed medicine, you will very likely be given your medicine directly by your GP or your hospital. Quite interestingly, contrary to what I'm used to from Switzerland, you get the exact amount of pills you are prescribed in a ziploc bag instead of the whole pack, which makes them quite a bit cheaper. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also contrary to what is common in Europe, you will in most cases have to pay medical bill first and then you can claim the amount from your insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall I can say (after several visits to a hospital and a GP), that the health system is of very high quality, on par with anything you can find in Europe, and the prices quite affordable (compared to Switzerland at least). It is also very convenient as there are lots of GP clinics in residential areas and most of them run on a walk-in basis, so no need to take an appointment. Just (as with everything in Singapore), be prepared to queue up for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T07:41:09.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-18T11:24:34.220" Score="2" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in South Korea and here, foreign movies in cinema are not dubbed (as it would be in some other countries like France) but subtitled in Korean. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of learning Korean by watching Korean dramas and movies with English subtitles, I would like to do it the other way around: watch English movies with Korean subtitles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a collection of movies at home, and I probably can find amateur-made subtitles on Internet. But having learned English with French movies with English, I know that amateur work is far from perfection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;: is there a place where I can obtain, for free or for a small price, the subtitles that Korean movie theaters use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2138" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T11:24:34.220" Title="Is there a place where I can find official Korean subtitles for non-Korean movies" Tags="&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T12:11:24.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3265" CreationDate="2015-09-18T13:38:44.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned above, technically it would only need to be the primary applicant that gets a skills assessment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But just to provide an other angle for looking at this, if you think of it in terms of how many points you get back for the amount of money spent, submitting your partners skills for assessment costs around $500 AUD for just 5 extra points. So pretty poor return on investment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can manage it, scoring highly in the IELTS represents better value for money.  You can get a maximum of 20 points if you score 8 or above in each category. It costs around £160 GBP ($340 AUD) to sit the test, so in my opinion focussing your efforts on a great score in the IELTS gives you more bang for your buck. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, 60 points is the minimum for a 189 Visa and you could get selected faster if you have more points than that, so any extra points you can get are useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8231" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T13:38:44.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6974" CreationDate="2015-09-18T14:05:32.997" Score="1" ViewCount="6139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Italy with my wife who is an Italian and I have Italian residence permit card, can I apply for a Norweigian reisidence permit if my mother lives in Norway and is it possible to hold the two residence permits at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="6685" LastEditDate="2017-05-06T19:23:03.707" LastActivityDate="2017-05-06T19:23:03.707" Title="Can I have two residence permits in two different EU countries?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6972" CreationDate="2015-09-18T14:45:11.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Common sense suggests it's difficult to fully “reside“ in two countries at once. Either you care for your mother (the main way to qualify for a family member permit for extended family) and being there every other week isn't enough or you actually live with your wife. Splitting your time equally between both countries might just meet the standard for residence in each of them but it feels like you would be awfully close to lying about your intents when applying for a permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you can certainly apply for a new residence card elsewhere, there is no rule against that (that's also what you would be doing if you were to move permanently to Norway and never come back to Italy) and, to my knowledge, no system to exchange information between countries about those residence cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; happen is that, come the time to renew your Italian residence card, it would be refused because you don't meet the definition of a resident anymore or are found to have effectively left the country. There are several reasons why it might still work in this case but that's what you should worry about. And vice versa for Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T15:00:01.080" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T15:00:01.080" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6976" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11708" CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:13:38.317" Score="1" ViewCount="3319" Body="&lt;p&gt;Im an engineering grad student under F1 status planning to graduate in 3 months. I haven't started my OPT process but plan to as soon as possible to obtain it by January. On job applications, the following two questions consistently appear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) If hired, can you furnish proof that you are eligible to work in the country where the job resides?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for an immigration-related employment benefit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to make sure I am not lying by answering 1) Yes and 2) No. The following will justify my answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Yes, I can furnish proof on the grounds that my OPT will be done by the time I graduate and I can thus provide this proof given a certain timeframe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) No, I will not &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; sponsorship after my OPT expires. If the employer judges my work worth an H1B sponsorship, I will gladly accept it, however I do not now, or in the future require the employer to do anything on my behalf. Of course, I would &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; to have sponsorship but I do not &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if I am answering these questions truthfully, bearing in mind that any other combination of answers automatically disqualifies my application on the grounds that I require sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T21:47:08.887" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:02:38.570" Title="As an F1 student, what if I'm allowed to work in the US but won't need H1B sponsorship from employers?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T23:50:33.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-19T11:52:13.350" Score="1" ViewCount="624" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an European student living and studying as an undergraduate in the UK, my question is how can I buy myself a car, what is the procedure, what type of taxes I have to pay.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where I should register the car?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8236" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-21T02:21:32.760" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T14:47:52.127" Title="How can i buy car in the UK as a european student?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6978" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6979" CreationDate="2015-09-19T15:00:04.203" Score="2" ViewCount="700" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to US to get TN visa and employer sent me email to complete &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newi9.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-9 form&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;***Please complete the following process for filling in the I-9 form prior to Day 1 as you will not have access to complete this process at&#xA;  the office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying, but it's required to enter my US address, which I don't have yet. When I try to use Canadian address, I get the following errors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iZpuS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iZpuS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't call to employer, because it's weekend now and I'm going to cross border tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I complete this form later or it's required before getting TN?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/E3en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this instruction&lt;/a&gt; it's written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Each newly hired employee should complete and sign Section 1 no later&#xA;  than the first day of employment, regardless of his or her immigration&#xA;  status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="2243" LastEditDate="2015-09-19T19:02:54.537" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T04:00:53.747" Title="How to complete I-9 form?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6978" CreationDate="2015-09-19T15:08:06.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;From the instructions to the Form&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens. Both employees and employers (or authorized representatives of the employer) must complete the form. On the form, an employee must attest to his or her employment authorization. The employee must also present his or her employer with acceptable documents evidencing identity and employment authorization. The employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s) reasonably appear to be genuine and to relate to the employee and record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form. Employers must retain Form I-9 for a designated period and make it available for inspection by authorized government officers. NOTE: State agencies may use Form I-9. Also, some agricultural recruiters and referrers for a fee may be required to use Form I-9.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no requirement for an I-9 to be completed for obtaining a TN visa but your employer must have one on file for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the only time you're able to use a Canadian address is if you're a &quot;border commuter&quot; or living in Canada but working in the US.  So i would suggest getting a place to live and then filling out the form.  I don't think you intend to live on the streets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T15:08:06.967" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6980" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6981" CreationDate="2015-09-19T17:58:52.917" Score="5" ViewCount="2736" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for the Skilled Independent (Subclass 189) Australian Visa over the next few years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read about the process of applying for this visa on the Australian immigration website, where I have found that the process is basically as follows (correct me please if I am wrong here): the applicant must send an Expression of Interest in which he/she makes statements about several things, such as education, health and character aspects etc. EoI is done online, and has no cost apart from any cost that is from having the necessary documents translated. The applicant has to sum up everything here that he/she can be awarded points for, as described in the pointing table, and these statements must be supported by some sort of evidence. As a result of uploading everything related to EoI, the applicant's points can be calculated, and if he/she meets the point requirement, which is right now 60 points, he/she &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be invited for application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess the chance behind the word &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; differs based on the number of people applying for the same visa with the same nominated skilled occupation, but I am not sure about this, so please verify/correct me about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main question is, after the EoI being revised by the authority, one might be invited to actually apply for the visa, which does have a cost, at the time of writing this, 3600 AUD. However, as I understand this, there still is no warranty of the application being accepted. So what chances does (if the occupation matters, a software developer holding an Bolognean System MSc degree) someone have of having his/her visa accepted? If it is refused, is the application cost lost?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastEditorUserId="6825" LastEditDate="2016-08-06T17:23:16.603" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T17:23:16.603" Title="Australian Skilled Independent Visa - What are the chances of my application getting accepted" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6980" CreationDate="2015-09-20T03:07:32.373" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed that EOI does not cost, but to be eligible to apply the EOI, you first will have to get your qualification and work experience assessed from ACS (&lt;a href=&quot;https://acs.org.au/&quot;&gt;https://acs.org.au/&lt;/a&gt;) which costs A$ 500. You also will need to have proof of competent English (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Lega/Lega/Form/Immi-FAQs/how-can-i-prove-i-have-competent-english&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/Lega/Lega/Form/Immi-FAQs/how-can-i-prove-i-have-competent-english&lt;/a&gt;) and the tests for which (IELTS and PTE-A being popular choices among applicants) cost around A$ 200.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only with a positive assessment and competent English can you file your EOI. It will result in an invitation depending on your occupation, and number or points. Once invited you have 60 days to pay up the A$ 3600 and apply for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is never a warranty, but at least it is certain that you will get the visa if you followed the process correctly and claimed the right amount of points for your skills and English (according to your assessment and English results). The only factors that might lead to visa refusal are -[a] character failure (resulting from your police clearance requirements), [b] failure in the medical tests, or [c] over claimed points (i.e. you were not eligible for this points based skilled migration visa in the first place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T03:07:32.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6983" CreationDate="2015-09-20T09:14:51.537" Score="4" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;i've been living in uk for one year now and i would like to buy a used car. Since i don't even now whom should i ask for such information, do i need to do something with my license car in order to drive here in uk before my purchase?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't remember but maybe i've read somewhere that maybe the italian license could be valid for one year, this is why im asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other question... except the insurance what other documentation i need to be sure i don't receive any fine while i drive in uk?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T20:17:35.453" Title="Migration italian driving license to uk driving license? What documentation i need for the car?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6982" CreationDate="2015-09-20T16:29:56.400" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Italian licence is valid to drive in the UK until it expires. You can exchange it at any time for a UK licence, but this is not obligatory. You can see this at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/european-union&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/european-union&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to drive in the UK, you will need to pay VED (Vehicle Excise Duty or &quot;car tax&quot;) and ensure the car has a valid MOT (technical check), as well as insurance. You also need to have your driving licence and the vehicle registration papers, however you don't need to carry these while you are driving (you can present them at a police station within 7 days if required). Further information about the MOT is available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot&lt;/a&gt;, and information about VED is available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving/car-tax-discs&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving/car-tax-discs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T16:29:56.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6945" CreationDate="2015-09-20T20:26:07.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have already submitted your visa documents which haven't been processed yet, firstly you must &lt;strong&gt;inform your university&lt;/strong&gt; as soon as possible. Discuss if you can send UKVI a message detailing the error. Different universities have different way of dealing with this, so check with your International Students support service. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shef.ac.uk/ssid/international/immigration/sic-faq#22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Sheffield University&lt;/a&gt; suggests:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What if I made a mistake on my form?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... If you have completed the form and paid and therefore submitted the form online, you will have to write a covering letter to explain what mistake you have made and send this letter together with your supporting documents. If you have already submitted your supporting documents, then you can write a letter explaining the mistake you made and send the letter to this address using the details below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PO Box 179,&#xA;BOOTLE,&#xA;L80 4WF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the mistake is minor (e.g. everything in your application is correct but you ticked the wrong box in one section), you might be able to write a brief but formal cover letter to the consulate where you submitted your documents. You should include in the letter your&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;application number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;application date&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;date of birth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;passport number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the mistake is likely to be significant (e.g. you ticked the wrong box, then omitted all the subsequent travel details), it would be better to withdraw your application and apply again. A withdrawn application won't affect future applications, whereas a refusal will be logged on your UKVI records and may complicate future applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/46209/uk-visa-in-the-philippines-submitted-with-clerical-error&quot;&gt;Gayot Fow's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T02:53:26.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6977" CreationDate="2015-09-21T11:18:23.767" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To buy a UK car in the United Kingdom you need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A valid UK address.&lt;/strong&gt; This is so both the DVLA and the Insurance company you chose will know where you live. This should be permanent, as any time you move you have to update this record with both of them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Money&lt;/strong&gt;. To buy the car, vehicle tax and insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Valid driving licence&lt;/strong&gt;. Otherwise you won't be able to drive it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can buy your car from either a private seller (e.g. someone selling his/her own car), or from a dealer. Most of the steps are the same, but in case you are buying from a dealer they will most likely be able to help with the registration of the car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, once you buy a car you have to make sure it is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Re-registered in your name&lt;/strong&gt;. This is either done by the dealer, or if you bought it from a private seller by filling out the appropriate rows in the registration certificate, and sending it to the DVLA. You will get your own certificate by post, but you can already drive the car.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxed&lt;/strong&gt;. You have to pay tax every year (unless it's CO2 emission is under 100g/km as of 2015), and you can pay the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax online&lt;/a&gt;. You have to pay it before you can legally use it on the road.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Insured&lt;/strong&gt;. You can shop around with insurance companies, and you have to pay the premium every year usually. If you are from the EU, and you had a car in your home country you might be able to move your &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2812/can-you-move-your-no-claims-bonus-between-eu-countries&quot;&gt;No Claims Bonus&lt;/a&gt; as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once these are done you can use and drive it. There might be additional costs involved, especially if you live in an area where you need to get a parking permit to actually park your car. Also the car needs to be checked every year for roadworthyness (called MOT), so if there isn't much time left on the car's MOT, you will have to probably get it as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-09-21T11:18:23.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6982" CreationDate="2015-09-21T11:51:40.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're intent on staying in the UK long-term, I would recommend taking out the UK licence regardless of any UK licences you might already have. While you can use your Italian licence as much as you like, until it expires (provided it's one of the new card EU licences, as opposed to any old form you country might have used before), some things are more complicated with a non-UK licence. One example is given by Edd in the comment to his answer; another is what happened to me when applied for Zipcar membership -- my Croatian licence (in the card form) was issued less then a year before, and they wanted me to provide them with a written confirmation that I have actually had the licence for the past 30 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I lost my licence card, and I wasn't able to get one in Croatia at all as I have registered as a resident in the UK, so I took out the UK one, and now I regularly use Zipcar. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2015-09-21T11:51:40.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-21T13:43:12.817" Score="4" ViewCount="1069" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU law says non-EU spouses of EU citizens enjoy &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement rights&lt;/a&gt;. They can move to an EU country* with their partner and work there without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for a marriage realized in a third country to be recognized regarding these rights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a sworn translation of the marriage certificate enough? Can it be made in any country? Does the document need to go through some special process in a consulate before the couple enter the EU Country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Except if it's in the partner's country of nationality, in which case national law applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-21T18:18:32.587" Title="How to make a marriage certificate valid in the EU (if it was issued in a third country)?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6988" CreationDate="2015-09-21T14:36:06.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can look a the site for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.getmarriedindenmark.com/faqs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Danish Island Weddings&lt;/a&gt; to get the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is the marriage valid worldwide?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely. However, we strongly believe that international couples really ought to have their marriage certificate “apostilled”. An apostille is a validation by the Danish Foreign Ministry in accordance with the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention which gives an extra level of international acceptability. We are so convinced that our couples should have this done that we automatically include this service in all our packages – fees included. It takes up to 2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically the country that issued you your marriage certificate if there is one has to &amp;quot;apostille&amp;quot; it in accordance with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1961 Hague Convention&lt;/a&gt; and then original along with apostilled one can be presented to verify that your marriage is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-21T18:18:32.587" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-21T20:39:54.743" Score="1" ViewCount="302" Body="&lt;p&gt;My company is sponsoring my Tier 2 visa to the UK. They are saying that the visa application cannot be submitted earlier than 45 days from the intended date of travel. Although, this website says that the visa can be applied upto 3 months before the intended date of travel: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long it will take&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the date you travel to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what the generally recommended duration is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8245" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T19:11:17.730" Title="What is the earliest that a Tier 2 (General) Visa to the UK can be applied for?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-22T10:26:36.060" Score="4" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and have residency in Norway. Because of FATCA regulations, Skandiabanken will no longer let me buy funds or equities with them. I can switch the account over to another bank but I am asked to fill out a W-9 form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I fill in the form, who will get what information and what will it allow for? I report everything to the IRS, but I still want to know what I am filling out and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8248" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-23T02:29:53.443" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T19:06:33.130" Title="US citizen opening brokerage account in Norway must fill in W-9 form" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2015-09-22T14:26:33.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to fill it out for the European Bank but to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;provide them with your SSN&lt;/a&gt; as part of the FATCA reporting.  So yes you will need to fill one out but not because you're paid in Euro but because you have an account in a European Bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-09-22T15:05:01.617" LastActivityDate="2015-09-22T15:05:01.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6978" CreationDate="2015-09-23T04:00:53.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Completing I-9 form:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In dropdown States you can choose Canada option and then you can use your Canadian address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When you get TN, you get I-94 Number, which is required for completing form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's enough for completing Section 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T04:00:53.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:19:14.733" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in Japan. I will briefly visit the US (1 week) and will simultaneously get a fairly sizable chunk of cash while there. Rather than carrying US dollars over to Japan with me (and potentially raising the eyebrows of Japanese customs agents), I would rather deposit it in my US Citibank account and then do a wire transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Japan, ATMs in convenient stores are super convenient and will let you deposit large sums of cash (thousands of dollars). It's been 12 years since I did any cash-related banking in the US so I am totally oblivious to what my options are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally the method would:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not require a visit to a bank branch (because I will have very little time in the US during banking hours)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a low chance of complication (since I will be out of the US if something goes wrong)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T14:19:14.733" Title="Depositing a large amount of cash during a short visit to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:25:39.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:42:55.347" Score="3" ViewCount="773" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious to see if I am eligible for British citizenship. My brothers and I were born in the US between 1957 and 1961 to an English mother (she was born in England) and a British father (he was naturalized at an early age). Both parents are now deceased. I still do have Aunts and Uncles as well as most of my cousins living in England and Wales (although I doubt this has any bearing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8258" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-09-24T11:14:49.940" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T01:13:46.763" Title="Do I have British citizenship by descent?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6982" CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:17:35.453" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your car must be registered with you as the owner so you pay your car tax every year (around £150, depending on the car), but the seller of the car will insist on this anyway, unless they are stupid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, you need an MOT once a year, and you are responsible for that, and you need car insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T20:17:35.453" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7003" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7005" CreationDate="2015-09-24T01:13:24.660" Score="1" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering getting a PhD in the US (mainly East or West coast universities), and I am debating on the importance of getting a driving license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did my undergraduate studies in the UK, where there was an excellent public transport system of buses, metro and trains. As such, I was able to travel to and around Europe, as well as around individual cities, without needing a driver's license at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have heard many stories that due to the ubiquity of cars in the US, public transport systems are terrible in comparison to Europe. One of my friends (who also lacked a license) ended up paying over a hundred dollars for an airport transfer to his university, due to the lack of public transport options. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How necessary is a car in the transport of an average American PhD student? &#xA;Is it cost-effective to get a driving license solely for the purposes of travelling around the US during the 5-6 years of PhD study? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4871" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-09-24T02:50:26.777" LastActivityDate="2015-09-24T03:57:19.307" Title="How cost-effective is getting a driving license as a PhD student in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7003" CreationDate="2015-09-24T02:43:30.417" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you say &quot;in the US&quot;, the answer will vary considerably depending on exactly where you will be. The US is a huge country, comparable in size to Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are living in downtown Manhattan, you would be crazy to buy a car. If you live in rural Kentucky you would not be able to do much without one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a driving licence is more than the ability to drive - it also serves as ID or proof of age, without having to carry a passport with you at all times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that if you have the opportunity to get a driving licence, then it is worth getting one. Apart from anything else, you would be able to hire a car and go driving around during holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-09-24T02:43:30.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7003" CreationDate="2015-09-24T03:57:19.307" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Scott Earle says it's highly situational whether you need to drive or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I must disagree with the rest of his answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need a driver's license for ID or proof of age, the DMV also issues an equivalent (and almost identical) document that serves all secondary purposes of a driver's license but does not allow you to drive.  These are also cheaper to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for renting a car on holiday--if you don't otherwise drive you won't have insurance and thus will have to take the horribly overpriced offering from the rental car company.  This is likely more than the cost of renting the car itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2015-09-24T03:57:19.307" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-24T08:29:43.897" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to move to the Netherlands. I have a full-time working contract valid 1 year. I will not be able to join the &quot;Higly skilled migrant&quot; scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to also work as a freelancer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8202" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-28T09:09:47.550" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T09:25:14.033" Title="More than one job/type of work as EU citizen in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7001" CreationDate="2015-09-24T09:46:43.863" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one of the cases where the government's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;citizenship checker&lt;/a&gt; is not really helpful, but let's try to answer the questions newertheless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;When were you born?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before 1 January 1983&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you were born before 1983&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Were you born in the UK or a qualifying territory?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, the US is not one of the qualifying territories&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Were you a UK and Colonies citizen on 31 December 1982 with right of abode in the UK?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this is the tricky question. This basically asks you whether you are a British citizen or not, so to answer it you need to check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/56/pdfs/ukpga_19480056_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 5 of the 1948 nationality act&lt;/a&gt;. Based on this you are already a British citizen &lt;strong&gt;by descent&lt;/strong&gt;, if your father was a British citizen &lt;strong&gt;not by descent&lt;/strong&gt; before you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've said that your father has been naturalized as British citizen, so he is a British citizen not by descent. If he had done this &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; you were born, then you are &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; a British citizen by descent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2717/can-i-get-a-uk-passport/2718#2718&quot;&gt;my other answer&lt;/a&gt; on how to apply for your first British passport from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father naturalized after you have been born, then you are not a British citizen, as mothers could not pass on citizenship before 1983. However, you can try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/born-before-1983-to-british-mother&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;register as British citizen&lt;/a&gt;. To register you need to have all of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You were born before 1 January 1983&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is okay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You would have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by&#xA;descent if women had been able to pass on citizenship to their children&#xA;in the same way as men at the time of your birth&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also okay, as your mother was a British citizen not by descent when you were born&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You have right of abode&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have multiple ways where you can get this, fortunately as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;your mother was, at the time of your birth, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by birth, legal adoption, naturalisation or registration in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;applies to you, this part is okay. And finally &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; the Secretary of State is satisfied that you are of good character.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you haven't commited a crime, act of terrorism, and you haven't tried to illegally enter the UK previously, etc. then this should be okay as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all of this aplies you have to register for British citizenship using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-as-a-british-citizen-form-ukm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form UKM&lt;/a&gt;. Fortunately you only need to pay the ceremony, which is £80 as of 2015 per adult. You will also need two referees to sign the form, which has it's own rules. You should defintiely read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432790/UKM_Guide_May_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form UKM guides&lt;/a&gt; and maybe also hire a solicitor to help you with it to make sure everything is in order. The guide will also contain where to send the application form and related documents (like your current passport), which is as of 2015:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Department 1 &#xA;UK Visas and Immigration &#xA;PO BOX 306 &#xA;Liverpool &#xA;L2 0QN &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-10-16T20:16:51.727" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-24T17:33:59.323" Score="1" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having Aufenthaltstitel visa with Aufenthaltserlaubnis status the validity as mentioned on the visa is 16-08-2017. I worked at Germany for 9 months after that I came to India and stayed for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I now enter Germany with the same permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8265" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-09T16:04:14.193" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T16:04:14.193" Title="Regarding Aufenthaltserlaubnis German visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6758" CreationDate="2015-09-24T20:47:05.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First you should know that the Government of Canada (federal) has final say on immigration matters. Quoting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/permanent-workers/official-immigration-application/permanent-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quebec Immigration&lt;/a&gt; page on this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Government of Canada has jurisdiction over the final admission of&#xA;applicants. After obtaining your Certificat de sélection du Québec&#xA;(CSQ – Québec Selection Certificate), you must submit an application&#xA;for permanent residence (visa) as a skilled worker selected by Québec&#xA;to the Centralized Intake Office in Canada, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#p&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;glossary&lt;/a&gt; page of the CIC, a principal applicant is simply the main person applying and the one who bears the PR fees. It has more significance if you have children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a few definitions from their page for more info&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Principal applicant:&lt;/strong&gt; When a family applies together, one member must&#xA;be the main or “principal” applicant. For example, a mother applying&#xA;for permanent residence with her three children would be the principal&#xA;applicant. When parents are included in an application, dependent&#xA;children cannot be principal applicants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accompanying family member&lt;/strong&gt; (Related term: Accompanying dependant):&#xA;A spouse, common-law partner, dependent child or dependent child of a dependent child (grandchild), who plans to immigrate to Canada with the principal applicant. Accompanying family members are included on the&#xA;application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Right of permanent residence fee&lt;/strong&gt;: A charge paid by a principal applicant (with some exceptions), and a spouse or common-law partner&#xA;travelling with them, before the applicant can become a permanent&#xA;resident of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2194" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-09-24T20:47:05.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-25T12:33:16.153" Score="4" ViewCount="943" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to write in first person to make it easier to explain the situation, though it doesn't refer to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am the spouse of an EU citizen (not Croatian), but I am not an EU citizen myself.  We moved to France earlier this year, my spouse has a fixed-term work contract here.  Getting a residence permit is proving to be a nightmare for me.  After more than 5 months I still haven't received it, I am unable to get any information on how long it will take, and the Prefecture keeps being inconsistent in their requirements (they request documents by post that they &lt;em&gt;assured&lt;/em&gt; me they absolutely don't need when I brought them in person earlier, etc.).  It is also very hard to deal with them because we do not speak any French, while all their employees who deal with foreigners seems to only speak French and nothing else.  Not having the residence permit means that I cannot travel out of the country (which I need to do to honour family commitments) and I can only get a temporary work-contract, which cannot be renewed indefinitely this I might lose my job.  These things are causing me considerable stress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that spouses of EU citizens are entitled &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;to the same treatment&lt;/a&gt; as EU citizens themselves:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During their stay in your new country, your non-EU spouse, (grand)children or (grand)parents should be treated as nationals, notably as regards access to employment, pay and benefits facilitating access to work, enrolment in schools, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under what conditions does this apply?  Is my treatment here in France illegal? (I.e. in practice I cannot get a fixed-term work contract because the residence permit is a requirement, and it doesn't seem like I will get it any time soon. I also don't have freedom of movement.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have seen comments online that according to EU law the residence permit (of a spouse of an EU citizen) cannot be delayed for more than a certain amount of time.  What is the exact legal situation?  For how long can they delay it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if there are EU laws that require that the residence permit should be issued within a certain amount of time, I have a bad feeling that France might simply not respect them.  What can I do &lt;em&gt;in practice&lt;/em&gt; to move this along?  At the Prefecture everyone seems to be denying personal responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the exact conditions under which I can get the residence permit? They were asking for several payslips of my spouse before they even started processing my request.  This was taking a very long time.  What other options are there?  Is it possible to simply show that I have enough funds to support myself through a bank statement (they didn't seem to be open to this option), and does it go faster?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to check on the status of the application?  At the Prefecture I was told that this is not possible, and that I will not even be notified when it is ready.  They said I must go and check in person which means that I need to take a full day off and queue for several hours just to be told that they still have no idea when it will be ready.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, are there any EU laws that I can practically use to obtain a French residence permit in a timely manner as a spouse of an EU citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8266" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:04:09.217" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:04:09.217" Title="Rights for spouses of EU citizens; French residence permit in a timely manner?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7010" CreationDate="2015-09-25T13:49:38.047" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, EU law does not create any practical way to speed up the process. I might add a few details later but I will first try to answer your specific questions as good as I can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess equal treatment applies as soon as your spouse makes use of her treaty rights. But you haven't been denied anything and there is no law in France preventing the spouse of an EU citizen from working or moving in and out of the country. That, and in particular access to all the financial benefits granted by the state, is mostly what equal treatment is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to realise that achieving equal treatment for people who already have their residence card required and still requires a lot of work all over Europe. So as long as your application is ultimately successful, a bit of delay in the formalities will look like a minor breach to the people who have to enforce EU law, no matter how inconvenient it is to the people who have to deal with it in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the spouses of French citizens have to deal with similar issues so there is no discrimination against EU citizens from that perspective either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Article 10 of directive 2004/38/EC provides that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The right of residence of family members of a Union citizen who are not nationals of a Member State shall be evidenced by the issuing of a document called &quot;Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen&quot; no later than six months from the date on which they submit the application. A certificate of application for the residence card shall be issued immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So at this point, after 5 months, France is not even in breach of the directive. And that's a relatively soft target, it does not directly create any practical way to get a card quickly if your &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; happens to be unable to meet it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not much you can do. Stay polite no matter what, provide what they ask, do suggest they double-check or look for alternatives when you think they are wrong but do not get angry or act entitled. That's easier said than done, especially when they make your life difficult and you don't speak the language, but that's the most effective way to deal with bureaucracies (governmental or otherwise) everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Briefly, under EU law, an EU citizen has a right to reside in another country as a worker, economically non-active person or as a student (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;this answer on the politics website&lt;/a&gt; for some background). So your spouse can indeed show that she has a right to reside in France as an economically non-active person and sponsor you on that basis. You can find more details on that option in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5707/can-we-move-to-france-although-we-dont-live-in-the-eu&quot;&gt;Can We Move To France Although We Don&amp;#39;t Live In The EU?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no easy way to check the status of your application to my knowledge (certainly no national website or anything like that).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T08:16:35.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-25T19:48:41.793" Score="4" ViewCount="4617" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EEA citizen, working in the UK, and my wife will apply to a EEA Family Permit to join me. I understand that it is categorized as a non-settlement visa, in the official website, but the visa centre doing the interview requires a subscription, and their categories differ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which would apply to the EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hesitate mostly between the Family Visitor &amp;lt; 6 months, and Settlement (See below)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the categories on the visa centre website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Settlement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Settling means you can stay in the UK without any time restrictions.&#xA;You can apply, if your situation is one of the following (if you have&#xA;a visa as the dependant of someone else, select their visa):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are the family member or partner of a British citizen;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are the family member or partner of someone who has settled in the UK;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a visitor visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a study visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a work visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a UK Ancestry visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a Retired Person visa;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have been settled in the UK before;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have Discretionary Leave;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are in or have been in HM Forces;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are on the 10-year Private Life route;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have been in the UK legally for 10 years (Long Residence).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family Visitor &amp;lt; 6 months:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a Standard Visitor visa if you want to visit the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for leisure, eg on holiday or to see your family and friends;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for business, or to take part in sports or creative events;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for another reason, eg to receive private medical treatment.&#xA;The Standard Visitor visa has replaced the Family Visitor visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family Visitor &amp;gt; 6 months:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are planning on coming to the UK to visit members of your family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other non settlement:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are invited to come to the UK due to your particular skills or&#xA;expertise. You may apply to come to the UK for up to 1 month without&#xA;the need to be sponsored under the points-based system. This category&#xA;is for visiting examiners or assessors; lecturers; overseas designated&#xA;pilot examiners; qualified lawyers; and professional artists,&#xA;entertainers, and sportspersons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visitor &amp;lt; 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are wanting to come and do business in the UK for a short time.&#xA;This includes academic visitors, visiting professors, overseas news&#xA;media representatives and film crews on location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visitor &amp;gt; 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are planning to come to the UK as a tourist or to visit friends&#xA;for a period of less than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The remaining categories are Tier 1, 2, 3, 4, Student and Transit. I doubt those apply to my wife (she's not a student, and the UK would be her &amp;quot;final stop&amp;quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: The visa centre website is the following: uk.tlscontact.com/ru/ROV/index.php&#xA;I believe it requires to register before selecting the type of visa applied. That is why I copied/pasted the types in the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T01:56:07.113" Title="What is the type of visa for the EEA Family Permit in a visa centre?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3281" CreationDate="2015-09-25T23:40:49.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Egypt is cheap and you can get three-month tourist residence visas and essentially keep renewing them forever (although recently it seems that the gov't has been making some half-hearted attempts to enforce a six-month max in one year policy, not sure that will stick). I've been living here for around 7 years. A lot of expats earn a living working under the table at english language schools or giving private english lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8270" LastActivityDate="2015-09-25T23:40:49.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-26T17:14:22.273" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the United States and my friend lives over in England with his family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a very good chance that I'm going to be living with them somewhere down the line. I'll be working for my friend's father along with my friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of Visa would I need? This would most definitely be more than a 6 month stay and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't exactly know where to begin - what preparations (paperwork-wise) would I need? Like a passport and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8277" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-09-29T08:12:39.737" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T08:12:39.737" Title="What do I need to do to move in with a friend and his family in another country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-09-29T13:50:36.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6289" CreationDate="2015-09-26T19:12:32.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The patient fee varies depending on if you visit a primary health care provider or an emergency room, and can also vary between different parts of Sweden. The fees are very low though; usually vary between 100-300 SEK. You pay either with a credit/debit card, cash, or they send you a bill. There is also a cap at 1800 SEK for the maximum amount you pay for health care and prescription meds during a year. Private health care is generally not necessary. With private insurance, you will get care faster for non-emergencies such as knee replacements that are not prioritized by the national health care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8278" LastActivityDate="2015-09-26T19:12:32.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-27T10:23:15.770" Score="0" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and my age is 25. I'm student and graduated from a reputed university of U.K. I came back to India after completing my degree and a week before my student visa was supposed to expire. Currently I'm living in a rented accommodation in new delhi and I'm financially dependent on my father as I'm still studying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father is a EEA national and wishes to travel to U.K.  and I want to travel with him through the EEA family permit. My father has never been to U.K. before and would face a language barrier too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anybody please tell me if it is possible for me to travel to U.K. with him?  I was thinking about using EEA family permit for dependent. I can provide proofs of being financially dependent on my father like bank transactions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the chances of being refused for EEA family permit? Please advise me on this and provide me with some better alternative way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8281" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T12:06:02.207" Title="EEA Family permit for dependent child" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6991" CreationDate="2015-09-27T19:11:17.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say apply as early as possible, up to 3 months before the intended date of travel (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&lt;/a&gt;). It could take some time to process your visa, depending on where and what time of year you apply. Please try to clarify the application date with your company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some important things to think about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the approx. visa processing times for your country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it give you enough time to make arrangements to travel / relocate to the UK? (It's strongly recommended that you make travel arrangements &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you receive your visa.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you make it in time for your job start date?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the chance that your visa is delayed or refused, will you have time to make a fresh application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T19:11:17.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7006" CreationDate="2015-09-28T09:25:14.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As EU citizen (except if you come from Croatia, for the time being), you are in principle allowed to take on any job you like anywhere in the EU and also to freelance on a par with locals (with a few restrictions for sensitive jobs, e.g. in the military and sometimes some complications to have your credentials recognised if yours is a regulated profession). You &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/work-permits/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;do not need a work permit&lt;/a&gt; and should &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/equal-treatment-with-nationals/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;be treated like native workers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, EU countries can ask EU citizens to leave if they don't work and don't have financial resources but that's not an issue for you as you do have a job (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3004/moving-to-germany-with-fianc%C3%A9e-both-eu-citizens-because-of-work-reasons-what&quot;&gt;Moving to Germany with fianc&amp;#233;e (both EU citizens) because of work reasons. What if she does not find a job?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job?rq=1&quot;&gt;US Citizen with EU Spouse who doesn&amp;#39;t yet have a job&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;this answer on the politics website&lt;/a&gt; for more). If you will, you need a job to have a right to reside but you don't need anything to have a right to work or freelance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:54:43.693" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T09:25:14.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7019" CreationDate="2015-09-28T12:06:02.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;In assessing an application from an EEA national’s direct family member, the entry clearance officer(ECO) should be satisfied that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the applicant is the family member of the EEA national (marriage certificate, birth certificate or other evidence of family link)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...the EEA national intends to travel to the UK within 6 months and will have a right to reside under the Regulations on arrival, and the non-EEA national will be accompanying or joining the EEA national; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the EEA national is residing in the UK in accordance with the EEA Regulations (as qualified person (exercising treaty rights) if more than 3 months) and the non-EEA national is joining them; or &#xA;.&#xA;.&#xA;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if applying as dependent family members (dependent children 21 and over and dependent relatives) they are dependent on the EEA national or the EEA national’s spouse or civil partner;...&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun29-how-do-i-establish-dependency-under-the-eea-regulations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun29-how-do-i-establish-dependency-under-the-eea-regulations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can demonstrate your dependent status with certainty, it looks pretty feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T12:06:02.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-28T19:04:06.547" Score="3" ViewCount="286" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a circus artist from Canada and I currently have a P1 visa, where I perform in the USA as part of a performance team. I am applying for an O-1B visa because I have been offered another employment opportunity in the same city, as an individual performer, with a separate company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can have a P and O visa at same time but can I be &lt;strong&gt;working for separate companies under each visa at same time&lt;/strong&gt;? I heard I can only work for one company at a time since they require different visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work/performances I do under the P1 visa is only part time and so I have lots of time off throughout the week to be working elsewhere. I want to make the most of my time here in the USA and so would like to be working/performing with both companies at same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something specific I need to do on my form I-129 to show that I would like to get a concurrent visa but in a different category than a P1? Do I need to leave the USA and come back in under the new visa just to get the visa stamp in my passport? ( Canadians do not need to get actual visas into their passports for temporary work permits)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8287" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T18:26:11.717" Title="Can I have a P1 Visa and O1-B visa in the USA at same time?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7017" CreationDate="2015-09-29T01:51:13.150" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK doesn't have a visa for trial relationships or for open-ended cohab with friends.  The question comes up all the time, and people are invariably disappointed to learn about the expense and the rigmarole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending upon the relationship you have with your friend, you will need either a fiance visa (6 months) or a spouse visa (a probationary term of 30 months).  Both of those require that your friend earn at least 18.6k in salary along with accommodation and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it isn't a romantic thing, then you would need a Tier 2 visa to work for your friend's father.  That requires that you have a really great skill and will earn a minimum of 35k salary. It also requires your friend's father to have a sponsor license and those are hard to get.  Since you're asking on the net about it, I assume your friend's father hasn't been briefed about the rigmarole to import a worker.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try to go for a while as a Tier 4 student.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You got &lt;a href=&quot;http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=86099.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some advice on UK-Yankee&lt;/a&gt;, that's a site with very decent expertise in 'friends' of US/UK nationalities.  Their answers will be the same as mine, but they have a forum format and this site is questions/answers.  Given that you do not have a passport yet, it's really the best forum for you at the moment.  We can help if something gets very technical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-09-29T02:07:42.297" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T02:07:42.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7012" CreationDate="2015-09-29T02:03:20.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are asking where the EEA family permit fits in to the UK visa regime.  It doesn't.  You can use it to visit or to settle, the choice is yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for a family permit, you should create an account at the UK visa portal, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/home/welcome&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa4UK&lt;/a&gt;.  Once you have created an account, the site uses 'wizard' software to guide you through the process.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/2440/phoog&quot;&gt;Phoog&lt;/a&gt; (to whom thanks) has pointed out that the initial pages contain some drop down selections, follow phoog's advice.  Once you have entered that selection the software will know what to do after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screen shot of the application where you specify your  visa type...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/15EeJ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/15EeJ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important: your other option is to apply as a family visitor; this option lets you visit for up to 6 months, but does not lead to settlement. You would be expected to leave before this type of visa expires.  To apply as a family visitor, you would fill out the application like this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxu6k.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxu6k.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these options are available to you and you can select either depending upon your ultimate objectives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T01:56:07.113" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7027" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-29T05:50:52.157" Score="10" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;Credit card applications usually say &quot;must be a U.S. resident&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a U.S. citizen moves abroad temporarily, and he doesn't want to use his friends' or relatives' U.S. addresses to get his mail, and his foreign address is uncertain, or is in a country with unreliable mail, what happens to his bank and credit accounts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Must he give them up? Can and should he use an accountant or an attorney in the U.S. to handle his finances (and if so how much would that cost, typically)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a standard name for this service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8290" LastEditorUserId="8290" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T08:46:03.960" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T08:46:03.960" Title="Does a U.S. citizen have to give up his credit cards and bank accounts when he moves abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;credit&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7027" CreationDate="2015-09-29T07:47:38.740" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hiring an attorney merely to be able to continue to use a credit card would seem very expensive, you only need a post office box or something like that (USPS calls companies offering this service “commercial mail receiving agencies”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as the credit card company doesn't notice you moved abroad, you should in any case be able to continue to use the card. I have done so without trouble, paying the balance every month in full (albeit not with a US-based card). I imagine making insurance claims could however be difficult (if being a foreign resident is a problem in the first place, which might not even be the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T13:33:33.327" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T13:33:33.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-29T13:35:28.843" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the US and relocating across the country for work.  I am not able to go to the new location to see apartments in person nor does my employer offer any relocation assistance.  In this situation, how does one find an apartment or rental house?  Without seeing a property how does one ensure they are not simply being scammed by someone posting a fake apartment ad and asking for deposit money or personal information for a background check?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8292" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T23:32:43.913" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T23:32:43.913" Title="How to safely apartment hunt remotely in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7027" CreationDate="2015-09-29T15:11:09.210" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no reason to keep your move secret or to engage a lawyer.  And there is no standard name for the service other than 'moving'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know from personal experience that American Express, MasterCard, and Visa cards originally issued in the USA continue to work after you move to Europe and change your address.  I have done it in three different countries outside the USA: Germany, Russia, and the UK.  The only time I had an issue was visiting Las Vegas and American Express called me and asked to confirm that I was really stateside.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use 'go paperless' and always keep your current address up-to-date.  It's smart to do that so they will not think your charges are suspicious and should be blocked.  When I first moved to Russia, the card issuers were trying to confirm all the time until I changed my address to a Russian one.   You can (or should be able to) pay your cards via on-line banking seamlessly.  There is no reason to rely upon snail mail in this era except to send you new cards when your current ones expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-09-29T16:41:03.227" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T16:41:03.227" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2015-09-29T18:46:41.123" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cheapest fax machine would cost less then $35 and can be ordered online to be delivered at your place. Just hook it up with your phone line and send a fax from your own number if you are not comfortable sending an electronic fax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;$35 is going to be a lot cheaper then making a 6 hour journey or going to the nearest consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6323" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T18:46:41.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7027" CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:31:21.103" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally use my parents place as my US address. Then I go paperless and pay my accounts through a bank that I transfer money into from where I am now. Anything important is mailed to me by my parents. Initially you will get alerts or phone calls that you've made a foreign transaction. Just explain to them you will be out of the country for a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8295" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T04:31:21.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-30T07:27:59.467" Score="2" ViewCount="1632" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my H1B Visa stamped last year and it is (was?) valid till 2017. It was through my earlier employer ABC. I have changed the job and my new employer got my Visa transferred. Now, it is valid till 2016 (so not 2017 anymore).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going back for vacation. My colleagues told me that I need to go to US embassy to get the Visa stamped as I have changed the employer. I talked regarding this with the employer. My employer in turn contacted their attorney. I got the reply that I don't need to go to Embassy for stamping. He said that when I will come back then at port of entry my Visa (and I-94) will be updated.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am totally confused who is right. Can you guys please let me know, do I need to go for stamping? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8297" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T23:31:12.777" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T11:55:20.907" Title="After employer change, do I have to go to US Embassy for visa stamping again?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-30T09:58:25.257" Score="6" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe there will be a change in applying for indefinite leave to stay in the UK from 2016 so that minimum income is £35,000. What about maintaining it if I already have it - do I still need to make £35,000? Does that mean even though I've been here nearly 20 years I cannot retire here on an income less than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8300" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T01:16:42.923" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T23:22:14.193" Title="Income needed to maintain indefinite leave to stay in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-30T16:58:22.307" Score="4" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a circus artist from Canada and I currently have a P1 visa, where I perform in the USA as part of a performance team. I am applying for an O-1B visa because I have been offered another employment opportunity, as an individual performer, with a separate company. I know I can have a P and O visa at same time but &lt;strong&gt;can I be working for separate companies under each visa at same time while I am in the USA&lt;/strong&gt;? I heard I can only work for one company at a time since they require different visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work/performances I do under the P1 visa is only part time and so I have lots of time off throughout the week to be working elsewhere. I want to make the most of my time here in the USA and so would like to be working/performing with both companies at same time. &#xA;Thanks so much for any insight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8288" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T16:58:22.307" Title="P and O visas for performers" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-19T07:03:22.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7036" CreationDate="2015-09-30T20:19:10.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/420536/20150406_immigration_rules_appendix_i_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;changes&lt;/a&gt; only apply for &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; for ILR status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants  will need  to  meet  the  Rules  in  force at  the  date  of  application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have obtained the ILR status you are considered settled, and can remain in the country &lt;em&gt;indefinitely&lt;/em&gt;, and can usually only lose this status if you commit an offence, or leave the country for more than two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your other nationality allows it, and you have the funds for it, it might be advised to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;naturalize&lt;/a&gt; as a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T23:22:14.193" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T23:22:14.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6071" CreationDate="2015-10-01T01:18:55.340" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You seem to be out of luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have worked in Norway, you are only able to get your pension once you reach retirement age (67) if you have worked in Norway for &lt;strong&gt;more than 3 years&lt;/strong&gt;. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uio.no/english/for-employees/employment/international-researchers/stay/pension/&quot;&gt;webpage from the University of Oslo&lt;/a&gt; for its international employees explains this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3 years of employment is required to get a pension from the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund and the National Pension Fund (one year for EEA-citizens)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And under the &lt;em&gt;What happens when you leave&lt;/em&gt; section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Pension contributions can not be transferred to any other pension fund or refunded to contributers moving abroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Contributions will only be paid out when the contributor reaches retirement age according to Norwegian law.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So even if you worked there for 3 years, you could not get the money refunded, but would have to wait until you reach retirement age and then contact the Norwegian authorities to claim your pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T01:40:23.873" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T01:40:23.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7040" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7044" CreationDate="2015-10-01T08:20:04.387" Score="3" ViewCount="6238" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are planning to return to Australia and I was wondering if the &lt;em&gt;ETA (subclass 601)&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;eVisitor (subclass 651)&lt;/em&gt; can have the &quot;no further stay&quot; condition attached (as could be the case with Work &amp;amp; Holiday visas). I am aware that you can only stay for 3 months in a 12 month period, but is it technically possible to apply for another visa (e.g. Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) through employer nomination), while being in the country on this simple eVisitor class?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that you can apply for Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) onshore and that you can apply for a bridging visa while your application is being reviewed. However, this is only possible if your visa does NOT have a &quot;no further stay&quot; condition, hence my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official information available &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/52b-nfc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; does state this condition is mandatory for Visitor visas (subclass 600), &lt;strong&gt;but says nothing about the eVisitor visa (subclass 651)&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is also a way to check imposed visa conditions online here:&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastEditorUserId="8282" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T10:19:48.520" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T11:55:07.947" Title="Does an Australia ETA (subclass 601) or eVisitor (subclass 651) visa ever have a no further stay condition?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2837" CreationDate="2015-10-01T08:31:36.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can - &lt;strong&gt;under certain requirements&lt;/strong&gt; - apply for this visa inside Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in contrast to @deppfx statement you are &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; even allowed to apply for this if you have the &lt;code&gt;No further stay&lt;/code&gt; condition on your visa. It is not just about leaving the country and returning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information on visa subclass 457 is available here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for this visa if you already hold another visa that&#xA;  has a ‘No further stay’ condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you apply for this visa in Australia, you could be eligible for a&#xA;  Bridging visa that allows you to stay in the country lawfully while&#xA;  your application is processed. If you are given a Bridging visa A, you&#xA;  can apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Visas/Pages/020-Bridging-Visa-B-BVB.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bridging visa B (BVB)&lt;/a&gt; to travel outside Australia&#xA;  while you wait for a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information regarding the &lt;code&gt;No further stay condition&lt;/code&gt; can be found here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/52b-nfc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/52b-nfc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Condition 8503 is a mandatory condition of the following visas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visitor visa (subclass 600) for the following streams:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;sponsored family stream&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;approved destination status scheme stream    operating out of the People's Republic of China&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;tourist stream for applicants who have sponsorship imposed on them &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Training and Research visa (subclass 402) for the professional development stream only&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) if you have previously held two subclass 462 visas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also check if your visa contains such conditions here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastEditorUserId="8282" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T09:26:30.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T09:26:30.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2587" CreationDate="2015-10-01T09:42:47.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;he went to the Rotterdam International Secondary School (RISS) in the end.  We arrived in October.  He had to wait until after winter break for a spot.  We tried Grotius College but they didn't feel comfortable with the short duration.   And my son has some learning problems (suspected ADD, but never confirmed).  We stopped hearing from the after going for an interview.  And we didn't have other options than RISS.  My son loves RISS, though.  It's a little expensive and a little far, but I think honestly it suits him better. The school is small and his current classmates are inclusive.  He gets up before 7 to take a bus there.  But it's the first school I've seen him like.  So it worked out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8306" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T09:42:47.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7029" CreationDate="2015-10-01T11:38:26.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A secure first step might be to find yourself a &lt;strong&gt;real-estate agent&lt;/strong&gt; that can assist you on location. They will generally be able to do all of the paperwork for you and it &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; shouldn't cost you anything either. &lt;em&gt;(They tend to take a payment from the landlord for finding them a tenant - at least that's what it was like for us.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you need to be sure you find a reliable agent - so stick to some bigger recognisable agencies in the area and you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would still strongly advice to &lt;strong&gt;book a hotel&lt;/strong&gt; for 2 weeks and go around looking for a place (using an agent will make it easier to find listings in this case as well). Two weeks could be enough time to find &quot;something&quot;, but that will depend on where in the US you are planning to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally - you know that the landlords (and real estate agents) face the same problem as you. Without ever meeting you, how do they know you are not making everything up and I never heard of a tenant asking the landlord for a background check (it's usually the other way around to make sure you have an income to pay the rent).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, I was told you &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; have to &lt;strong&gt;see&lt;/strong&gt; the place before they give it to you, since they don't want you to turn it down last minute. (They even asked my wife and me to show up together, because if she has objections, it's best to know before picking a place.) So, at least for us, there was no way to find a &lt;em&gt;proper&lt;/em&gt; place without showing up in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T11:38:26.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7040" CreationDate="2015-10-01T11:55:07.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just applied for an eVisitor (subclass 651) which took all of 20min to come through and is free of charge. I then looked up the imposed visa conditions and there was &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; condition regarding &lt;code&gt;No further stay&lt;/code&gt; applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So the answer is, there generally is no condition applied preventing you from applying for another visa onshore (in Australia), which is great!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I also would advice that the Visitor visa (subclass 600) will generally have this condition (8503) regarding &lt;code&gt;no further stay&lt;/code&gt; attached to the visa. As mentioned before, you can always check all conditions applying to your personal visa right here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/check-your-visa-and-work-entitlements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T11:55:07.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-01T09:06:38.983" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of August 1st, my wife has a J1 visa as a post-doctoral student in the USA. As of the same date, I found a job at a consultancy firm in the USA. I applied for the J2 visa early August, but it has not yet been granted (I was informed this process can take up to 3 months). However, I started working at the firm since September 1st, because I was told this was not a problem while I am on ESTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am, however, starting to doubt now. Am I working illegally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Andy" LastEditorUserId="8282" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T12:03:16.627" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T12:03:16.627" Title="Working as ESTA while J2 application is pending" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6214" CreationDate="2015-10-01T20:24:44.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you may be talking about a TN visa, which allows a national of a NAFTA country to gain employment in another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/cross-border.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC&lt;/a&gt; on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While U.S. citizens seeking a work permit as a NAFTA professional,&#xA;intra-company transferee or a trader/investor, are eligible to apply&#xA;for a work permit at the border, they can obtain advance determination&#xA;by applying to CIC. For business visitors, NEXUS represents a&#xA;mechanism by which they can obtain advance adjudication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with any border admission, the decision lies with the agent. They most probably have access to CIC info in order to grant you TN status. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/admin/general/multiple.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC&lt;/a&gt; you are allowed to have multiple ongoing applications, and you can choose to withdraw one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Procedures for the processing of multiple general applications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are times when clients decide to file a second application when they&#xA;already have an active application for the same case type. [...] In&#xA;general, the CPC-S accepts the second application and enters a bring&#xA;forward (BF) date until the outcome of the first application is known.&#xA;The second application will remain on hold pending the outcome of the&#xA;first application. The CPC-S usually contacts the holder of the&#xA;initial file to determine what action should be taken depending on the&#xA;circumstances of the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Withdrawal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the client chooses to withdraw the first application,&#xA;the CPC-S will send a withdrawal form to the client. Once the signed&#xA;withdrawal form is received, the CPC-S will inform the local office.&#xA;The local office will return the first file to the CPC-S who will&#xA;close off the file and proceed with any refunds. The CPC-S will enter&#xA;the second application into the system and send it to the local office&#xA;for processing. If the client chooses to withdraw the second&#xA;application, the CPC-S will send a withdrawal form to the client. The&#xA;CPC-S will close off the file and proceed with any refunds once the&#xA;signed withdrawal form is received. If the application is withdrawn&#xA;before the “capture” stage is completed, the total fee is returned. If&#xA;the application is closed off after the “capture” stage is completed,&#xA;then only the Right of Citizenship fee is refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2194" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user2194" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T20:31:43.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5942" CreationDate="2015-10-02T01:49:12.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.portaldascomunidades.mne.pt/pt/servicos-consulares/cartao-de-cidadao#quais-os-documentos-necess%C3%A1rios-para-solicitar-o-cart%C3%A3o-de-cidad%C3%A3o&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;portal of foreign affairs of Portugal&lt;/a&gt;, you can indeed apply for the Cartão de Cidadão at the consular section of the embassy in New Delhi. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents you need to take will depend on whether you are older than 12, whether you can present your old card and whether you are mentally sound. The complete requirements in Portuguese are specified under the above link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are over 12 years old, and don't have your previous card or apply for the first time you have the following options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;foreign ID, Cartão de Cidadão, driving license, passport or your registration document,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;two original documents (same as above) from immediate family (parents, siblings, spouse, grandparents, children),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be accompanied by two members of immediate family who can identify themselves with ID, Cartão de Cidadão or registration document,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be accompanied by two witnesses who can identify themselves with ID, Cartão de Cidadão or registration document.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you actually speak Portuguese, you might want to check the list for yourself, as I relied on Google translate for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portugal-india.com/en/content/visa-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;embassy of Portugal writes on their page&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For any other consular service (renewal of passports and identity cards, power of attorney, or the issuing of various types of certificates), you are requested to appear personally at the Consular Section of the Embassy of Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you might have to take an appointment at the embassy to get more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2015-10-06T04:22:17.873" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T04:22:17.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5942" CreationDate="2015-10-02T08:33:10.607" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finally, I was able to get both my Portuguese citizenship card and passport after a one and a half month long process. I am posting the entire process which I went through at Portugal Consulate - New Delhi India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I emailed the consulate for an appointment and list of required documents, to which they replied that there is no need for an appointment, you can walk-in at the Consulate and the application slots are provided on a first-come-first-serve basis until 12 PM. If you do not find any appointment slots available or if you are not able to reach the Consulate before 12PM, then you will be asked to come again on next working day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Consulate asked me to bring the following documents for citizenship card &lt;strong&gt;Cartao de Cidadao application&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Portuguese Birth Registration - called &lt;code&gt;Nascimento&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Indian Citizenship proof - i.e. your current valid Indian Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Permanent/Current Address proof - should match the one mentioned in Indian passport, I provided my bank account statement and driving license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 recent passport size photographs - 4.5cm x 3.5cm&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They also asked for my Power of Attorney which I had sent to my lawyer in Portugal during my birth registration application. They said it is mandatory, so please ask your lawyer/agent to provide it to you before you visit the consulate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this, I paid the citizenship card application fee, they took my photograph and finger prints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They told me it will take 2 weeks for the citizenship card Cartao de Cidado to arrive to the New Delhi Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 2 weeks I sent them an email to know the status of my citizenship card. They responded to me after 3 weeks confirming that it has arrived at the Consulate and I can collect it anytime during a Consulate working day - again no appointment is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I went there again, collected my citizenship card Cartao de Cidadao and at the same day applied for my Portuguese Passport, no need for any appointment this time as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 3 weeks I sent them an email again, this time to know the status of my passport. After multiple emails, they replied me back that my Portuguese passport has arrived at the Consulate. So I went again to collect my Portuguese passport - no need for any appointment this time as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When collecting the citizenship card and applying for passport, do remember to take all the receipts and any other documents provided by the Consulate during the citizenship card application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="6367" LastEditDate="2021-01-26T16:59:50.030" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T16:59:50.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-02T08:49:29.317" Score="3" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a New Zealand Passport holder and my spouse is a UK passport holder. We have just moved to Spain where she has found work as have I but I am waiting through the very hard process to get my work permit and residency. Is there a way I can get it through her? Even if it's via marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8312" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T09:47:25.153" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T11:56:18.943" Title="How can I get my Spanish work permit and residency through my partner who is British and I am a New Zealander?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7051" CreationDate="2015-10-02T09:54:25.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this situation, you are indeed entitled to residence card as family member of an EU citizen, which should generally be easier to obtain than a residence permit for work. It's definitely the case if you are married or in some form of registered civil partnership, possibly also if you can simply prove that you have a long-term relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details you can look at previous questions covering these aspects of EU law with respect to other countries (but the rules are supposed to be the same everywhere), e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2441/can-a-non-eu-citizen-with-a-eu-partner-live-and-work-in-the-eu?rq=1&quot;&gt;Can a non-EU citizen with a EU partner live and work in the EU?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5645/moving-to-frankfurt-with-my-swedish-wife-i-am-not-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;Moving to Frankfurt with my Swedish wife, I am not EU citizen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2500/what-is-the-process-of-getting-a-uk-visa-and-a-work-permit-for-a-non-eu-citizen?lq=1&quot;&gt;What is the process of getting a UK visa and a work permit for a non-EU citizen married to an EU citizen?&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job?lq=1&quot;&gt;US Citizen with EU Spouse who doesn&amp;#39;t yet have a job&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding Spain specifically, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/spain/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is a brief summary in English&lt;/a&gt; on the EU Commission's website and &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/InformacionProcedimientos/CiudadanosComunitarios/hoja103/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;all the details in Spanish&lt;/a&gt; on the website of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T11:56:18.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7046" CreationDate="2015-10-02T10:23:24.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;ESTA is &lt;strong&gt;clearly&lt;/strong&gt; not a work visa - it only allows for business or tourism activities. You are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; allowed to regularly work in the US if you are currently there on this visa - in my opinion (certainly I am not a legal expert on this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask yourself if either of the following is true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have an employment contract in the states with the US company you mentioned?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you receive a salary (taxable income) from this US company for work you are doing (inside the US)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are allowed to visit the company for business purposes, but if you started working before you receive the appropriate visa, that is generally illegal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A very good answer to this possible related question can also be found over here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/9245/uk-citizen-us-company-living-in-uk-can-i-use-an-esta&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/9245/uk-citizen-us-company-living-in-uk-can-i-use-an-esta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In essence, you can not work for a company, unless they already employed you in another country and you are just there for a business trip. If you have no prior employment relationship (in another country) with this firm - things really become pretty clear - in a way that you are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; allowed to work in the US right now!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T10:23:24.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7035" CreationDate="2015-10-02T11:55:20.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Online sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/h1-transfer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;immihelp&lt;/a&gt; state that you ONLY need to get a new visa stamp if your current one has expired, where USCIS might also ask you to exit the country and come back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your visa stamp is current and not expired, you don't need a new stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/h1-visa-transfer-faq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;More information is available in their FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T11:55:20.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6817" CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:46:55.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sharing documents I found to support @Gala's response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:EN:PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DIRECTIVE 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, the basis of EU free movement, says family members shall be granted entry but may be required a visa based on national laws. That is contradictory and must be the source of all confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU Directive&lt;/a&gt; defines goals, and they must be implemented (or &quot;transposed&quot;) by national law, which will define means to achieve those goals. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later on a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0313:FIN:EN:PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Communication from the European Commission&lt;/a&gt;&quot; says &quot;the overall transposition of the Directive was rather disappointing&quot; and (this communication) intends to &quot;guide for better transposition and application&quot;. Now this document provides much more detail on the entry of third country family members. According to it, they have the &lt;strong&gt;right to obtain&lt;/strong&gt; a visa if necessary. And only the passport and evidence of family link may be asked, &quot;no proof of accomodation, sufficient resources, an invitation letter or return ticket, can be required&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_effect_of_European_Union_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a Directive has legal effect&lt;/a&gt;: When national law fails to implement it, people can go (and they have) to court against Member States. However, I haven't found any source about whether or not a &quot;Communication&quot; has the same value. I hope it does, otherwise Member States can just ignore it and it's pointeless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it might also be good to check UK specific laws implementing the Directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="7080" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T23:47:11.920" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T23:47:11.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6977" CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:47:52.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't strictly need a driving license in order to buy a car. A friend or family member could drive it for you as long as they have your permission, a driving license, and adequate insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8313" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T14:47:52.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7057" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-02T17:47:46.930" Score="1" ViewCount="1107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Dubai with a tourist visa and had to exit UAE-to-Oman for a visa change. I got a job in Dubai and had to get my Employment Visa stamped. So I went from Dubai to Oman to &quot;exit&quot;. However in Oman, I somehow found my self in the airport straight to my flight's gate possibly not getting into the stamp section. So I didn't get my passport stamped. I only knew that I had to get my passport stamped when I asked the other passengers who are also exiting. When I went to Dubai, the immigration office still stamped on my Employment Visa. I'm not sure if the Oman stamps weren't required or he didn't notice it. Or the only thing he needed to see is the Dubai exit stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be in trouble for this? Will my Employment Visa be completed or are the Oman entry/exit stamps required when processing my visa change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8314" LastActivityDate="2021-05-28T01:04:10.483" Title="Did not get passport stamped in Oman to UAE" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-02T18:17:35.470" Score="1" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father and my grandfather both were born in India. My father then shifted in Pakistan and after in Bangladesh. My mother is a Bangladeshi. By born I am also a Bangladeshi. My relatives on my father's side are still living in India. Now can I get Indian citizenship or nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8315" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-10-03T21:10:01.183" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T21:10:01.183" Title="My father and my grandfather both were born in India and I born in Bangladesh, Can I get Indian citizenship or nationality?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-05T12:01:16.930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-03T01:21:59.017" Score="4" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother and I have a PLC in Estonia from which we recieve dividends. Dividend tax is currently paid towards Estonia in its fullness. However we plan to move to Spain the next year and work from there. The company would be still seated in Estonia. Though we're residents of a third EEA country, our stay in Spain would exceed 183 days every calendar year. What is the additional tax rate we'll be required to pay towards Spain from the dividends? We both have 50% share in the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8318" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T01:21:59.017" Title="How much dividend tax is to be paid in Spain as a resident alien after dividends from Estonia?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-09T00:29:15.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6415" CreationDate="2015-10-03T01:24:50.810" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're totally correct to answer honestly - NO, your spouse is not included on your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in doubt, tell the truth, and if you're worried about their understanding, include a note / additional letter. I've done this for multiple applications (I've moved countries a bit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have colleagues and friends who moved overseas without their spouses for a year to work, even though they're married, and the spouse would not be joining them. It's perfectly common, and you're fully entitled to answer 'no' even if you're 'married' but separated - it doesn't matter - the application form is to cover those applying to enter.  You are, your spouse is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck, and enjoy Canada - it's a beautiful country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T01:24:50.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-03T20:23:56.520" Score="6" ViewCount="932" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen. I work for a German company on a common work permit, &lt;em&gt;not the blue card&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to be on business trip to South America for 4 to 5 months. At the end of the project I will go back to Germany, which is my country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how long can I stay outside Germany with this type of visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T15:56:32.477" LastActivityDate="2018-09-23T13:53:16.343" Title="How long can I stay outside Germany with a regular German work permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-03T20:48:35.343" Score="6" ViewCount="394" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Amsterdam and here it's very common for expats to get active assistance from real estate agents who will select rental properties based on your requirements/preferences and then take you for an afternoon/day to view these properties.&#xA;Do they also do this in Melbourne? And if so, can anyone recommend me some agencies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, what expectations should I have regarding the time it will take me to find a rental? I was thinking to arrive in Melbourne 10 days before having my first working day at my new job, thinking that would be enough to find an apartment and get settled. Am I being unrealistic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8322" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T17:37:20.510" Title="Do real estate agents in Melbourne actively help you find a rental?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T08:17:31.290" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from China. I received the hard copies of Work Permit and invitation letter. Now, I am going to apply for Chinese Z VISA (work VISA) at Kolkata, India with these hard copies in original. I am just wondering if we stil require the work permit with us while passing through immigration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8325" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T06:31:09.913" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T06:31:09.913" Title="Do I need to take my Work Permit while passing through immigration?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6520" CreationDate="2015-10-04T09:30:26.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not specifically knowledgeable about your situation, but generally matters for citizens of EU countries, like registration of a marriage, happen in your own country. They are then honoured in all other EU countries.&#xA;So based on this, you should register the marriage in Romania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2015-10-04T09:30:26.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T11:10:02.950" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Cherry living in Indonesia I am married Netherlands since 2 years ago. And we had registered our marriage in the &lt;em&gt;gemeente&lt;/em&gt; in the Netherlands. I have 4 children, the oldest 27 yo, 25 yo, 22 yo, 17 yo. I have a Schengen multi-entry visa valid until 2018 and I have visited my husband a few times. My husband has got a job as a technician near Belgium and living in Netherlands for now. But he wants to move to Belgium next month and asked me and my children to come to Netherlands and then we would be moving together in to Belgium together. What documents would be needed to prepared from Indonesia for me and my children to get a family reunion visa in Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8327" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-13T13:23:44.897" LastActivityDate="2015-12-13T13:28:55.877" Title="What additional documents do I need to bring from Indonesia to Belgium to apply for a family reunion visa with my husband (Dutch citizen)?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T12:03:37.620" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently moved to London and brought some foreign currency (namely, US dollars) in cash with me. What would be the best place to exchange these for pounds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll open a bank account soon, but I'm not sure if banks here provide good exchange rates (this is definitely not the case in my home country). In addition, I've heard many exchange offices charge very high commission, so I was wondering what's the &quot;standard practice&quot; here (e.g. is there a website that compares exchange rates that would allow me to find the best option)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7093" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T11:11:18.350" Title="How to find the best place for currency exchange in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T12:40:50.610" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the near future I'd like to emigrate from the UK. A lot of people have given me well-intentioned, but anecdotal information regarding living cost abroad. Where do people find legit and up-to-date information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8220" LastEditorUserId="8220" LastEditDate="2015-10-07T15:04:07.500" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T23:15:51.213" Title="Where to find non-anecdotal and up-to-date information regarding the cost of living in other countries?" Tags="&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T14:46:11.750" Score="1" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Bulgarian girlfriend and we are going to marry but am now in Egypt. What's the best solution to go to Bulgaria and marry her or she come to Egypt and then apply for D visa and then travel to Bulgaria and apply for residence? If I marry her in Egypt what requirements for me and her to make sure that I will get the D visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7131" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-10-06T13:06:17.677" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T13:06:17.677" Title="Apply for Bulgarian residence permit after marrying a Bulgarian woman?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T16:00:40.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7073" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-04T17:13:57.627" Score="5" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S. software developer looking to re-locate to Berlin. I will be seeking a limited residence permit (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;) which requires a local registration (&lt;em&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that one must apply for the &lt;em&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/em&gt; within 14 days of arrival in Berlin (this period varies by locality,) and to do so one must provide proof of German residence in addition to one's passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Articles which discuss this process frequently define such &quot;proof of residence&quot; as a lease or a rental contract.&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; I've found one in particular which expands on this criteria: &quot;Rental agreement, lease, or confirmation letter.&quot;&lt;sup&gt;[2]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the understanding that flat-shares often involve less formality than rents and sub-letting, my question is: &lt;strong&gt;can I reasonably expect to apply for the &lt;em&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/em&gt; as a resident of a &lt;em&gt;Wohngenmeinschaft&lt;/em&gt; flat-share?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I likely to find a WG which will include me in their rental agreement / contract / lease? Is there any difference between these, or do they just mean lease / lease / lease?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Notes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/residence.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mygermanexpert.com/2013/05/Anmeldung-at-the-Buergeramt.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://blog.mygermanexpert.com/2013/05/Anmeldung-at-the-Buergeramt.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8330" LastEditorUserId="11809" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T21:51:37.987" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T15:10:59.920" Title="Can I apply for a German registration certificate [Meldeschein] as a resident of a flat-share?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;lease&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7074" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7455" CreationDate="2015-10-04T17:40:07.987" Score="25" ViewCount="23730" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see here lots of questions regarding the Blue Card for Europe and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been researching a lot about the blue card and work permit for the purpose of employment in Germany and so far, I was unable to fully see &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; differences between the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an IT Specialist currently working in Germany under a regular residence permit for the purpose of employment, I don't have a degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pretty much would like to change jobs. I know it is possible with the blue card, but with the work permit, that was not very clear for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As there are those not so clear differences, my question is: What are all differences between the work permit and the Blue Card for IT Specialists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intention here more to clarify the benefits and limitation of the Residence Permit for the Purpose of Employment, because we all probably know the benefits of the blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to change jobs under the blue card vs How to Change Jobs under the Work Permit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T08:26:58.483" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T22:21:04.067" Title="Blue Card vs Work Permit for IT Specialists" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-05T09:22:12.157" Score="1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been looking for a used car for three weeks and i think i've finally found the one... I gave a deposit to the &quot;owner&quot; because it puzzled me a bit the difference between keeper and owner. However &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/167212/response/411848/attach/4/INS160.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; actually clarified to me the difference between &quot;keeper&quot; and &quot;legal owner&quot;. I learnt from my last viewing that the keeper of a car isn't necessary the legal owner, since from where i'm from this doesn't happen (as far as i know) i got curious and i would like to understand how to check the real owner of the car, and if i can't if this information could ever be necessary when i've to sell/buy a used car. People suggested me to check if the car has been stolen or not, to check the HPI etc, but i don't get the sense to make such distinction between keeper and owner... So for future reference i would like to get a deeper sense on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-10-05T12:44:54.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-05T12:44:54.227" Title="Car ownership detail UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-12-19T13:38:04.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7076" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7078" CreationDate="2015-10-05T12:00:30.570" Score="2" ViewCount="623" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and child applied for UK dependent visa (tier 2) but got refused. They applied for a review, the review team contacted and said they will reconsider their application and asked to submit the passports and other documents. My wife submitted those documents, but it is more than 1.5 months we couldn't get any answer from the review team. My wife contacted them again and asked whether they received the documents or not. They replied the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Every application is subject to mandatory checks which have to be made before a decision can be taken. A decision on your applications shall be made as soon as we receive the results of our enquiries. I am afraid it is not possible to tell you exactly when we will receive these results.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know how long it is going to take to get the results?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6364" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-10-05T15:32:30.793" LastActivityDate="2015-10-05T15:32:30.793" Title="What is the maximum time for UK Tier 2 dependent visa review?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7075" CreationDate="2015-10-05T12:26:26.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Owners Don't Necessarily Keep&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you have discovered, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q743.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the car owner is not necessarily the registered car keeper&lt;/a&gt;. Indeed, quoting from the linked police FAQ page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A registration document (V5) is not proof of ownership. The registered keeper should be the person who is actually using / keeping the vehicle and this is not necessarily the owner of the vehicle or the person who is paying for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is that the owner is the person who paid for the car, or received it as a gift. The car however can be legally used by a person other than the owner. Think of company cars: the owner is the company, the day to day keeper/user is the employee. Further quoting from the linked police QA page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DVLA make a point of saying that the person named on the registration document is not necessarily the owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is particularly true with a company car which is owned by the company, however the registration document should show the registered keeper, i.e. the day to day user (this may be an employee who has it as a permanent perk with his/her job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a car used by a married couple, ownership of any property is usually classed as joint and if the husband was stopped driving the vehicle without insurance the police would probably accept that he was joint owner and not look to the wife for additional offences, such as owner permitting no insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Checking the Vehicle&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several things you can, and should, do to check the vehicle prior to purchasing it. You should first check that the vehicle is not stolen. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/development/consumer-old/cars-and-other-vehicles/buying-a-car/buying-a-used-car/what-to-watch-out-for-when-buying-a-used-car/how-to-check-if-a-car-is-stolen-or-still-on-hire-purchase/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Citizen Advice Bureau webpage is very informative on the topic:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How can you tell if it's a stolen car?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be hard to tell whether a car is stolen, but you can look out for these warning signs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the seller can't produce the vehicle registration document (V5C)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there are spelling mistakes or alterations on the V5C, or it doesn't have a watermark&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the name and address on the V5C is different to what's on the seller's driving licence, passport, or recent gas or electricity bill&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the identifying numbers on the car don't match the numbers on the V5C&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the engine and VIN numbers have been tampered with. Look out for areas of glass that's been scratched off the windows, or stickers covering up alterations to the etching&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the seller cannot show you the insurance policy for the car.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If the seller can’t produce the registration document (V5C)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A common excuse is that the registration document has been sent to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) for updating. This may be true if, for example, the seller has changed address recently. However, you should be wary as this means you cannot check the car's ownership and identity details. It may be better to delay the purchase until the V5C has been returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the seller claims the car was bought recently and the V5 is with the DVLA for the change of ownership to be recorded, the seller should have a green slip. This applies only to cars issued with V5s from March 1997.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Checking the identifying numbers on the car&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Carefully check that the identifying numbers on the car match those on the V5C. These are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the number plate, called the vehicle registration mark&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the vehicle identification number (VIN) found on a metal plate, usually in the engine compartment, and stamped into the bodywork under the bonnet and the driver's seat. Some cars have the VIN etched on their windows or lamps&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the engine number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the numbers don’t match, it is likely that the car is stolen and you should walk away. If the seller is a dealer, you should report them to Trading Standards through the Citizens Advice consumer helpline. If the seller is a private seller, you should inform the police.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are sure that the car hasn't been stolen, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/development/consumer-old/cars-and-other-vehicles/buying-a-car/buying-a-used-car/what-to-watch-out-for-when-buying-a-used-car/how-to-check-a-car-s-history/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you should check it's history.&lt;/a&gt; For starters you can check the details, Road Tax and MOT status of the vehicle by typing it's registration plate in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the DVLA's brand new Vehicle Enquiry service&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also run a private HPI data check using various services out there. These will cost you around 20-30&lt;code&gt;GBP&lt;/code&gt;, and will tell you if, to their knowledge, the car is stolen/written off/scrapped/ringed/etc. For completeness sake, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rac.co.uk/buying-a-car/rac-car-data-check&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the RAC&lt;/a&gt; runs such checks, so does &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theaa.com/car-data-checks/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the AA&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://hpicheck.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HPI themselves&lt;/a&gt;. I cannot recommend any of these services, since I've never used them before. What I can say though is to use a reputable company so as to increase the likelihood of the information provided being trustworthy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-10-05T12:26:26.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7076" CreationDate="2015-10-05T15:31:04.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer you got is the best guess.  The review process is not subject to UKVI's customer standards of processing time.  In reality, they cannot give you an estimate because it may compromise their security and risk measurement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You wrote that the process has taken 1.5 months so far, after it has taken the full constitutionally mandated 90 days you can initiate a formal enquiry.  Bugging them about it before 90 days will invariably slow the process because somebody has to go and find your stuff.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all events, it's better if your sponsor initiate the enquiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-10-05T15:31:04.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11511" CreationDate="2015-10-05T16:29:26.377" Score="11" ViewCount="5622" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've already seen the questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6302/do-i-need-a-degree-in-it-to-apply-for-an-eu-blue-card-as-a-software-engineer-or&quot;&gt;Do I need a degree in IT to apply for an EU Blue Card as a software engineer or is any degree enough?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2938/whats-my-degree-worth-in-germany&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s my degree worth in Germany?&lt;/a&gt;. Both answers state that you'd have to get your degree recognized in order to work as a software engineer in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, on DAAD's website, there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/medien/deutschland/stipendien/formulare/sp-infoblatt_employment_2012_endfassung.pdf&quot;&gt;document&lt;/a&gt; (page 5) stating that for &quot;IT specialists&quot; and &quot;language teachers&quot;, there's no need for any degree at all: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For jobs requiring qualified professional training, approval may be issued for qualified workers with a recognised degree or a foreign university degree equivalent to a German university degree (Section 27 No. 1 Employment Regulation), to IT specialists (Section 27 No. 2 Employment Regulation) or language teachers (Section 26 Employment Regulation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, in the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7074/blue-card-vs-regular-work-permit-for-it-specialists&quot;&gt;Blue Card vs Regular Work Permit for IT Specialists&lt;/a&gt;, the OP states he already works as an &quot;IT specialist&quot; on a regular work permit in Germany but doesn't have any degree. So I'm quite confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One explanation I've come up with is that to apply for a &lt;em&gt;Blue Card&lt;/em&gt; you do still need a degree, while to apply for a &lt;em&gt;regular German work permit&lt;/em&gt; you don't need a degree. I'm not sure if such an interpretation of the above information makes much sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm not sure what the term &quot;IT specialist&quot; exactly means. It seems that any software engineer should classify but I can't find the place where an exact definition is given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="595" LastEditDate="2015-10-05T23:02:35.173" LastActivityDate="2020-09-10T08:11:06.597" Title="Is it true that you don't need a degree to work as an &quot;IT specialist&quot; in Germany? What exactly classifies as &quot;IT specialist&quot; in this context?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-05T16:35:39.577" Score="4" ViewCount="447" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be slightly confusing to me, because the regulations state that the job that a foreign student graduated from a Germany university can take &quot;should be related to his/her field of study&quot; which seems a bit vague. If I hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (classification A3), but later do a master's degree in another field (Master of Arts), can I still land a job as software engineer/&quot;IT specialist&quot; using my bachelor's degree as qualification? I think there shouldn't be any reason that the job has to be restricted by the graduate degree only, but I'm not totally sure about it. Also, a personnel from DAAD in my region gave me some confusing replies as well(he told me to ask the diploma-offering university in Germany for clarification).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:48:51.617" Title="Can I use my Bachelor's Degree as qualification to find a job in Germany, even if I do a Master's Degree there in another field?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-06T05:42:15.023" Score="8" ViewCount="1189" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I were a dual citizen of the United States and Italy and had a job in the Untied States that I could perform remotely, could I move to an EU country other than Italy and work remotely for the U.S. company while living in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would taxation and health insurance work? Does freedom of movement to work apply if the job is not actually based in the place you hope to move, but could be performed from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6674" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-10-07T22:15:20.000" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T19:56:50.373" Title="Can an EU citizen move to another EU country to work remotely at a job not in the EU?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5929" CreationDate="2015-10-06T10:46:39.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not at all. In fact, this was asked a while back over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/27431/withdraw-us-j1-visa-application&quot;&gt;travel.SE&lt;/a&gt;, and I answered it by contacting  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iep.com.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IEP&lt;/a&gt; who I used for my J1 Visa.  They deal with thousands of J1 visas a year, and confirmed that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi, no it wouldn’t be considered refused if they cancelled it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given they have students and others applying and changing degrees and getting jobs and more, I guarantee that they've dealt with it before (I used them 14 years ago), so they're a good authority on the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as it's not a refusal, you won't need to declare it in any future applications, unless SPECIFICALLY asked about, obviously - don't lie if a border agent asks if you've ever applied for one in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T10:46:39.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-06T21:14:14.580" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been on a J1 student intern visa this spring, visa covering the period from Feb 9, 2015 to Aug 7, 2015 (180 days, or 5 months and 25 days). Am I subject to the twelve months bar that comes with the J1 Research Scholar visa? I have not been able to find a definitive clear condition on the bar. Does it apply if the stay was &gt;=180 days, or &gt;=6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I used the 30 day grace period to get settled end of January and left early September, does this grace period count towards the J1 stay length?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if I am subject to this bar, is there any alternative? I might get offered a research position at a university and I'm looking at visa options. H1B might be another option but more lengthy and cumbersome to get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8336" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T06:37:49.413" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T06:37:49.413" Title="J1 Research Scholar visa and 12 months bar" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-19T01:40:07.400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7086" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-07T11:52:08.790" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a german car license issued 2010 , now i live in UK since last decemmber.&#xA;I checked that getting car insurance is much cheaper with UK license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So wanted to exchange german to british license&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will i get a issue date of british license from 2010 or will it be like a new one issue date 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;best regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8340" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T11:52:08.790" Title="Exchanging german driver licence with UK license" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-07T12:34:56.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7081" CreationDate="2015-10-07T14:35:24.983" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taxation will depend on the country into which you move. Some countries have mutual agreements against double taxations, aimed at avoiding charging residents twice. These usually don't include countries which are considered fiscal paradises/too fiscally advantageous, mainly to fight tax evasion. Since you mention Italy I'll use this country as an example. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finanze.it/export/finanze/Per_conoscere_il_fisco/fiscalita_Comunitaria_Internazionale/convenzioni_e_accordi/convenzioni_stipulate.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Italian Finance Ministry website has a page showing a list of all the mutual agreements signed by Italy.&lt;/a&gt; The point is that the information you are looking for is likely to be find in the mutual agreements between your country(ies) of citizenship(s) and your future country of residence. Note however that there is a distinction to be made between residence and fiscal residence: the place where you sleep at night is not necessarily the place in which you pay taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/U.S.-Citizens-and-Resident-Aliens-Abroad&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;being a US citizen also means that your revenue is subject to taxation in the US regardless of where you reside&lt;/a&gt;. As the IRS puts it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some fiscal advantages you can claim, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Earned Income Exclusion&lt;/a&gt; if you qualify for one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Foreign-Earned-Income-Exclusion---Requirements&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to the requirements&lt;/a&gt;. My personal piece of advice is that you get an accountant that know about dual citizens, US citizens and taxation in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T14:35:24.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-07T15:48:14.260" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Soon to be PhD Applied Math graduate looking to emigrate from UK. I hold a British passport and hence have access to the EU countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the UK doesn't seem to treat its STEM graduates very well. Given the number of years of education it has taken to gain these skills, and factoring in both the cost and lack of earning, the  compensation and stability is really very poor; particular so in engineering and academia. Let me be clear that I'm not looking to become mega rich or a free ride, however with the house prices, rental and living costs etc a middle class lifestyle in the UK is all but dead for my generation. I am also looking at quantitative finance jobs, however they are getting harder to come by. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am therefore looking to emigrate from UK, however I'm really struggling to find information on  PhD level jobs abroad in countries that offer a good standard of living. Has anyone else in a similar situation made this leap? Are there any website that offer advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8220" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T02:28:42.373" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T02:28:42.373" Title="Soon to be PhD Applied Math graduate looking to emigrate UK for better life quality. Just not sure where?" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T02:30:09.483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7071" CreationDate="2015-10-07T23:15:51.213" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've moved around a lot, between countries and cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the most convenient 'real' sources is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It allows you to compare COL between two cities, which is much more useful than UN indices of countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes real prices from people and summarises them in food, housing, clothes, transportation, personal care and entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've used it myself for comparisons and it's my go to site for not only moving, but also to get an indication when travelling on holiday to city x, to get an idea of how expensive the trip is going to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T23:15:51.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T04:55:01.333" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/egypt.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US-Egypt treaty&lt;/a&gt;, there is a condition that a person should come to the US for a period not expected to exceed 2 years. Is this decided based on the visa duration, the initial guaranteed contract, the project expected duration, the petition of the work visa, or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where a resident of one of the Contracting States is invited by the&#xA;  Government of the other Contracting State, a political subdivision, or&#xA;  a local authority thereof, or by a university or other recognized&#xA;  educational institution in that other Contracting State to come to&#xA;  that other Contracting State for a period not expected to exceed 2&#xA;  years for the purpose of teaching or engaging in research, or both, at&#xA;  a university or other recognized educational institution and such&#xA;  resident comes to that other Contracting State primarily for such&#xA;  purpose, his income from personal services for teaching or research at&#xA;  such university or educational institution shall be exempt from tax by&#xA;  that other Contracting State for a period not exceeding 2 years from&#xA;  the date of his arrival in that other Contracting State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8343" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-10-09T02:40:23.833" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T02:40:45.020" Title="Treaty Question between Egypt and the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T16:01:31.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T05:00:16.273" Score="3" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/Egypt---Tax-Treaty-Documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the tax treaty between the US and Egypt under article 22&lt;/a&gt; for the years 2012 and 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because I find the following conditions apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was a resident in Egypt before I came to the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am invited by a university (by Columbia University through an H-1B visa).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My work is in the public interest (funded by the department of defense).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The expected period of employment (at the time when I came) did not expected to exceed two years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I got an IRS audit that disallows the treaty because they claim condition 4 has not been met, because in my visa petition, it is mentioned that the intended period of employment is three years (my H-1B visa is three years by the way). My invitation letter also states that the project is expected to be for a minimum of two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my initial contract (and all subsequent contracts) was for one-year. My invitation letter was for one year as well. Yes, it states the project is expected to be for a minimum of two years, but this is not guaranteed because is depends on the funding and my performance.. etc. Additionally, my employer believes there was no expectation to exceed two years, and the three-year thing in my visa petition is just a routine done by the university for everybody to decrease the amount of possible future paperwork. The employer sent my auditor a letter indicating all of this to support my case, but the auditor is still inconvenienced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, who is right, the auditor or me? Should I appeal? I appreciate you help. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8343" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T12:33:09.577" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T12:33:09.577" Title="Am I entitled to benefit from the Egypt-US tax treaty?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T09:36:56.547" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the UK on a tier 2 general visa. This visa prevents you from undertaking a second employment unless you satisfy some rules. But the policy guideline does not say clearly whether such people are allowed to have extra income through other means which are not same as a second employment e.g. selling courses on Udemy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any experience in this area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T19:05:45.513" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T19:05:45.513" Title="Is it legal for UK Tier 2 General migrant to have extra income by means of online services like Udemy?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T16:00:15.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5835" CreationDate="2015-10-08T12:10:18.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it does. As a South African/Kiwi (I applied on my NZ passport), I too was eligible for an Ancestry Visa, and as it's not a temporary visa, but you're not settling, you'd select 'other non-settlement'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Settlement is &quot;indefinite leave to remain&quot; (source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK GOV&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ancestry gives you 5 years in the UK (source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK GOV&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can however apply to extend, OR apply for settlement (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;same source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T12:10:18.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T19:18:15.303" Score="8" ViewCount="1952" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being disabled, I don't really have to worry so much about funds or some of the more complicated issues with getting my partner over to the UK (from the USA). But there is one thing that concerns and confuses us: Proof of relationship/intention to marry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it help if we booked the marriage before applying for the visa? We have an arrival date (7th of May), we've considered every other angle we need to, I think (going crazy with that)... But I don't want us to be refused the Visa and this is one question hanging over our heads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're going to include letters from ourselves and whatever third parties we can that will serve to explain our relationship, but since we communicate over Skype (we've had calls going 24/7 for over four years, now), we don't have phone records.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any... Any information (especially from experience) would be helpful. We really want to make this work. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8345" LastEditorUserId="8345" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T19:39:36.813" LastActivityDate="2015-12-22T13:10:53.733" Title="What constitutes proof of relationship/intention to marry for a UK immigration visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T22:46:16.120" Score="13" ViewCount="1279" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African looking at the Australian 189 independent skilled visa. The visa requires a demonstration of English language abilities, with maximum points awarded for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Lega/Lega/Form/Immi-FAQs/how-can-i-prove-i-have-superior-english&quot;&gt;'superior' English&lt;/a&gt; as determined by grades on any of the following tests:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IELTS &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OET &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TOEFL iBT &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PTE Academic &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CAE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the practical purposes of working in Australia my English is more than sufficient. It is my home language, I've done all my schooling and 8 years of tertiary education in English, and I've visited the UK and Australia without any problems understanding or being understood. For the last 18 months I have worked for an American company, remotely - where voice communication is used for 90% of the collaboration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, I understand that achieving high scores on language tests is difficult even for native speakers. Of the tests above, which is likely to best represent my English-speaking abilities with the least trouble?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8347" LastEditorUserId="8347" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T23:15:26.893" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T11:01:27.517" Title="Best language test for first language English speaker to prove 'superior' English in Australia?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;toefl&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7097" CreationDate="2015-10-09T01:58:57.867" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You asked if you should get a provisional booking at the Registry Office (from this I assume that your gf is seeking a fiance visa). The answer is yes, it's always a good idea, but its evidential value is close to nil since it costs £35 and anybody can get one.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You asked about how to establish that your relationship is genuine. Since part of the rules for a fiance visa is proof that you met (and that means you met person-to-person in the physical, real-world) I assume that you have met. You will have some &lt;strong&gt;hard&lt;/strong&gt; evidence of this including, passport stamps, hotel and meal receipts, and a few photos together.  If you have visited together on multiple occasions, get that hard evidence also.  The more the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you will have (presumably) evidence of how you met on the net. If not, you will be able to explain it in a way that makes sense to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't want to see reams and reams of emails, and it can backfire if they read something and take it the wrong way.  It can also slow the whole process down if somebody has to read through piles and piles of crap.  Having a huge Skype log or similar can lead to the impression that you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersex&quot;&gt;addicted to cybersex&lt;/a&gt; and the relationship is not physically subsisting or viable.  Be careful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was doing casework for clients seeking a fiance visa, I would send the &lt;strong&gt;hard&lt;/strong&gt; evidence I listed above along with a MAX of 3 photos, and 3 emails spaced out over the length of the relationship.  I would include a cover letter that explained &lt;em&gt;in detail&lt;/em&gt; how the couple met (doing this is critically important). If the couple had progressed to intimacy, I would explain when and where that took place.  It's not a requirement, but it's an abrupt end to any questions about genuine relationship. Sham marriages and forced marriages do not have intimacy beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You asked about getting evidence from third parties, possibly an attestation that the relationship is genuine.  It's not appropriate. They will look at it and wonder why you thought it was necessary.  It's a poor idea. If the relationship is genuine, there will be a sufficient amount of &lt;strong&gt;hard&lt;/strong&gt; evidence readily available without having to rely upon third parties.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a US/UK relationship, they will not worry a lot about if the relationship is genuine or not.  The approval rate for family path applicants from the USA is about 98%.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2015-10-09T02:14:59.107" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T02:14:59.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6822" CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:55:57.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot drop your studies as you want. Your college/university is always informing the Border Services if you are currently enrolled in a semester on regular intervals. The only rule I remember from my studies is that you can have a maximum of 4 months drop between two semesters. And you need to finish at least 2 semesters consecutively before taking that drop. If you take a drop more than that your college/university &lt;strong&gt;WILL&lt;/strong&gt; inform the border services that you have come on a study visa but you aren't enrolled currently (which makes you technically an illegal immigrant). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that while being enrolled in a full time program you aren't allowed to work for more than 20 hours (part-time) while your semester is currently going on. So if you're thinking of doing work-study together, there's a limitation on that too. Check your student permit. They clearly mention this in the bottom. This work permit is called Off Campus Work Permit (OCWP) I believe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might get into trouble if you decide to apply for a Permanent Residence in the future. First of all, all programs that offer permanent residence require you to have basic &lt;em&gt;legal work experience&lt;/em&gt; and/or a college/university degree (which you were planning to skip). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/news/entry/cic-proposes-changes-to-international-student-program-01022013.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T15:55:57.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-10T15:17:27.503" Score="3" ViewCount="716" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I live in USA now, but have a Canadian driver licence, can I buy and register car here or I need to register and get car insurance in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I works in US by TN visa. I applied for SSN, but didn't get it yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question is: US driver licence is necessary for car registration? Or Canadian is okay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="2243" LastEditDate="2015-10-12T01:53:37.793" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T01:53:37.793" Title="buying car in USA with Canadian driver licence" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2589" CreationDate="2015-10-10T16:31:12.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother and father had an arranged marriage. My father is caucasian and my mother is Khmer. I was born in the States, but my mother was able to obtain Khmer citizenship for my siblings and I at the airport in Phnom Penh. All she did was tell the the people in charge of visas that we were her children and gave them a little extra $$ to give us citizenship. Unfortunately, it only lasts as long as the passport. So once your passport ends, the citizenship ends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8351" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T16:31:12.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-10T18:50:23.670" Score="1" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK born that moved to US, married and became naturalized early this year. I've been in the US for 13 years. My husband is a US citizen by birth.  I have two elementary aged kids that I believe automatically have dual citizenship too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are looking into relocation to UK and what it would take. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even though my kids are now dual citizens, is it truly automatic, or do we still have to apply/register them as UK citizens?  If we do have to apply, is this easier done before entering UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which route should be taken to adjust my husband's status? And how soon would he be able to work?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8354" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-12T00:11:50.503" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T00:11:50.503" Title="Dual citizenship uk/us. Moving back with family" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7104" CreationDate="2015-10-10T20:26:01.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q1. Even though my kids are now dual citizens, is it truly automatic, or do we still have to apply/register them as UK citizens? If we do have to apply, is this easier done before entering UK?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as they have British passports, there's nothing more to do.  If they need British passports, you should apply on their behalf.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q2. Which route should be taken to adjust my husbands status? And how soon would he be able to work?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He should apply for a spouse visa with you as the British sponsor.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the guidance&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/452965/Immigration_Directorate_Instruction_Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_August_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;financial requirement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He can work as soon as he arrives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T20:26:01.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:26:36.313" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son was born in Netherlands outside of marriage or registered partnership.&#xA;Father (Bulgarian) has disappeared with no contact. Is there a possibility to remove the Bulgarian nationality &amp;amp; maintain British (mothers nationality) only? The father has zero contact &amp;amp; makes no financial contribution&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8356" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-10-12T02:23:06.223" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T02:23:06.223" Title="Drop Bulgarian Nationality?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7106" CreationDate="2015-10-11T07:20:47.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is very unlikely that you will be able to renounce the child's Bulgarian citizenship for them. Almost no country in the world allows such a thing, and those that do allow minors to renounce have strict requirements to ensure that the child is making an independent decision and understands the ramifications.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find an English translation of specific Bulgarian nationality law with regards to renunciation by minors. There may not even be a provision. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;British nationality is not affected in any case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-10-11T07:20:47.540" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7109" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-11T21:26:33.620" Score="4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to relocate to the Netherlands next spring and stay there for about a year. I am moving there with my children, and would like to know whether they must attend local school?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to have the children at home, and teach them myself? (I would prefer them to learn to read and write in their native language during the year, instead of trying to learn a new language to speak.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8362" LastEditorUserId="107" LastEditDate="2015-10-12T08:38:54.450" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T08:38:54.450" Title="Studying in the Netherlands for one year; Must my children go to school?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7110" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-11T22:18:07.600" Score="1" ViewCount="609" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a freelance medical writer/editor and would like to live and work in France. I would plan to keep working for my Australian clients. In that situation would I need a visa to live in France? I can provide evidence of good income and ongoing commitments from Australian clients. If I am allowed to live there under these circumstances, would I be expected to pay tax in France on my Australian income? I assume I would have to have private health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8363" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-10-11T22:21:06.740" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T13:10:27.187" Title="Australian freelancer moving to France" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7110" CreationDate="2015-10-11T23:43:32.167" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you live in France (and either staying there for most of the year or having your main abode there would mean that you are considered a resident for tax purpose) then you most likely have to declare and pay taxes there (that's the general rule but you would also need to check whether there is a tax treaty between Australia and France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do in any case need a long-stay visa (&lt;em&gt;visa de long séjour&lt;/em&gt;) or residence permit (&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;) to live in France (or stay there for more than 3 months). That much is certain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things become complicated is that I am not sure what visa/permit would be available to you. A regular work permit require a work contract with a local company. A simple visitor visa requires you to certify you will not work in France and working for Australian clients is still working. So you need something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the best fits I could find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Residence permit as “travailleur &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15898&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;indépendant&lt;/a&gt;”. The main requirement seems to be a monthly before-tax income of EUR 1 457,52. I am not entirely sure but I think that you would not only owe income tax on your income but also that you would be expected to deal with whole French corporate tax structure and register yourself as an &lt;em&gt;auto-entrepreneur&lt;/em&gt; or create a French company. You would also have to pay the mandatory contributions to the “social security” (in France this covers healhcare insurance, old age pensions, insurance against work accidents and disability, and family benefits). On the flip side, you would obviously be insured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A variant of the previous one is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-au.org/Long-Stay-Visa-for-creating-and&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long Stay Visa for creating and running a business or a company in France&lt;/a&gt; if you chose to create a French corporation for your business (that's what many freelancers do in France). The annoying thing is that they want you to complete a whole lot of formalities, have some documents from a French bank, a business plan in French, etc. before entering France on the long-stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-au.org/The-Competences-et-Talents-Card&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;“compétence et talent” card&lt;/a&gt;. It's a long shot because they only issue a few hundreds of them a year. Writers specifically qualify but that's mostly for well-known authors of fiction. Apparently, you can also simply apply as a self-employed professional but you will in any case have to argue that you have exceptional qualifications in your field (and provide documentation to that effect, including a resume and “a portfolio”). And that permit can only be used for six years, in link with some specific project and with the intent to leave France afterwards (in practice, I think you get 3 years at first and can renew it once).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work holiday visa. It depends on your age and is only valid for a year but it could be an easy way to come to France with less hassle. I am not sure whether this really applies to your situation and whether it's possible to transition to another status after the first year but that's something to investigate as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T00:08:13.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7109" CreationDate="2015-10-12T04:52:20.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be rather difficult and only possible in certain cases. For more information on home schooling in the Netherlands, you should have a look at this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thuisonderwijs.nl/english/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; by the Netherlands Home Education Association (all quotes below are from this article).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic principle is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In principle, every child that resides in The Netherlands is subject to compulsory school attendance for his education from his fifth birthday on. This means that s/he must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. be enrolled at a government approved school;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b. attend this school whenever it is open, barring certain circumstances such as illness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the possibility of home schooling, although it is quite difficult to get permission for it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[..] exempts parents from registering their child at a school if they object to the orientation (richting) of the education given by all schools located within a reasonable distance from their home (from around 6 km for primary schools to around 20 km for secondary schools, depending on the child’s age).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[..] richting stands for the religious or life-philosophical orientation on which the school has been founded. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[..] However, expressing objections against educational methods or the legal set-up of schools does not qualify for exemption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems that only if you don't find a school whit an orientation you identify with, then you might be allowed to teach your kids at home. I encourage you to read the whole article, as it has a lot of informations on this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T04:52:20.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7065" CreationDate="2015-10-12T05:35:37.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finding an apartment on its own doesn't justify this being an expat question, but since I've done this myself AND know there are some expat issues with doing so, I'll address those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes time.  Many agents will just add you to their email lists for listings.  There might be some who will take you around, but most just run open homes and deal with the paperwork (in my experience).   In Australia, open homes are often on a Saturday morning, and the agents just won't let you see it another time. So now you have 5 you want to see between 10am and 12pm, which isn't possible as they're all over the city, so you pick and choose say two. Then you get there and find one is under offer, and basically the whole process is painful.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this applies to locals too.  What differs for expats is the application forms.  You're expected to provide recent addresses, sometimes references, and history of your former tenancies.  This gets tricky as you have no local history for them to verify with, and many are reluctant to call overseas to check references. However, respectable agencies should do this, it's just a concern with say, independent owners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also are expected to provide what is referred to as 100 points of ID.  Usually a passport and Aussie driver's license gets you pretty far, but other aspects of this include bank statements, previous utility bills &lt;em&gt;in Australia&lt;/em&gt;, and so on.  A letter from your company proving your employment, as well as your salary (contract will suffice) is invaluable in meeting these requirements, as is getting a bank account ASAP (you can walk into CBA and walk out an hour later with a bank account).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I moved to Melbourne from Vancouver, it took me 2-3 weeks to find a shared place that I wanted, and even then, it wasn't available for a couple of weeks.  So even if you find the place you want, it might not be ready for you immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2015-10-12T05:35:37.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-12T15:29:49.603" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen visiting my spouse who teaches in the UK on a Tier 2 visa and have been offered a consulting contract (and temporary visa sponsorship) with a college in the UK for the next 2 months.  I have been told by immigration professionals that I must return to the US to apply for a visa which would further delay and possibly negate my contract work opportunity.  What are my options since my spouse is only tier 2?  Is there any way for me, as a US citizen visiting the UK on my passport only, to get a temporary work or other visa while I am in the UK or do I have to return to the US to apply?  Thank you very much for your help!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8367" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T07:17:03.563" Title="Offered contract while visiting husband who teaches in England on Tier 2 visa. Options?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7116" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-13T05:54:00.203" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;More detailed version of the question&#xA;I am from Syria :(. I traveled to a Schengen country legally (to Spain) as a student, after one month that country, gave me a temporary residence permit (long term: 1 year). Note: i have not applied for Asylum in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i know i can travel to any other Schengen country using that resident permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: can i apply as Asylum seeker in a country that is different from the country that i have got the residence permit from, e.g. Norway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8368" LastEditorUserId="8368" LastEditDate="2015-10-13T09:33:22.290" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T09:33:22.290" Title="can i apply as Asylum seeker in a country that is different from the country that i have got the residence permit from?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-10-20T18:09:55.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7115" CreationDate="2015-10-13T07:17:03.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would have to apply for a visa which does mean that you would need leave the UK. On the plus side, the kind of visa I suspect the college is going to sponsor normally has a very quick turn-around on decisions (under 3 weeks). But there is simply no guarantee of that time frame at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T07:17:03.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-12T22:19:06.617" Score="4" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Syria. I traveled to a Schengen country legally, as a student, and after one month that country, received a temporary residence permit (long term: 1 year). I know I can travel to any other Schengen country using that resident permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: can I apply for asylum in a country that is different from the country that I have got the residence permit from? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Adigawolf" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-13T15:57:49.270" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T16:01:50.537" Title="Complicated situation:by a legal temporary resident" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7119" CreationDate="2015-10-13T08:32:55.177" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always apply wherever you find yourself. But in the EU there is a great chance that the country you apply to will try to use the Dublin regulation to force you to go back to the country that issued your residence permit (it's called a “take charge” request). If that happens, you would still be an asylum seeker and have a shot at refugee status, but in Spain. This system was specifically intended to prevent people in your situation from getting asylum in another EU country than Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the Dublin system has been under a lot of stress recently and, depending on the specifics, that might or might not be possible in practice but it's a risk. By leaving the country for an extended period of time (even if that's to wait to hear whether your asylum application will be processed) and failing to progress in your studies, you might also jeopardise your status as a student so if there is any chance that you could remain a student and transition to another status later on, you might risk that as well by going to Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Spain/Norway is not a very good combination for your purpose. Spain isn't under pressure to the level that Italy, Hungary or Greece are at the moment, consequently &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;they accept most Dublin requests&lt;/a&gt; (unlike Italy) and still receive many (unlike Hungary, because everybody knows asking Hungary is futile, or Greece, because the conditions are so bad that European courts ruled that sending an asylum seeker back there was not acceptable). And while there is much discussion about the future of the Dublin system, I also haven't heard anything suggesting Norway could stop using it while it lasts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-13T16:01:50.537" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T16:01:50.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7065" CreationDate="2015-10-13T11:15:23.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Sorry, &lt;strong&gt;expecting to find an apartment in 10 days is &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; unrealistic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, the background: in Australia, it's &lt;em&gt;illegal&lt;/em&gt; for a real estate agent to take a commission from a tenant, they make all their money from the landlord.  Second, Australian laws are structured so that it's very difficult for a landlord to kick out a tenant once they've moved in.  In practice, these two combine to mean it's &lt;em&gt;really difficult&lt;/em&gt; to find places to live, especially when you're from outside Australia and have no local credit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Australia, real estate agents will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; take you around, they get commission only for their own agency's properties and in fact they generally have insurance that prevents anybody else getting in their car.  So it's your job to schedule viewings and transport, which is greatly complicated by the facts that viewings last 15 minutes max (yes, seriously) and are &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; scheduled on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a species of specialized real estate agent called a &quot;relocation consultant&quot; who can advise you about the merits of various areas and can take you around to see sample properties.  You're generally looking at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mumsgone2aus.com/2012/03/07/australian-relocation-dilemmas-should-you-use-a-relocation-consultant/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;$1000 and up, up and away&lt;/a&gt; to hire one though!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So let's say you find a nice place and want to rent it -- but that's only the first step.  You'll then have to submit a &quot;rental application&quot;, where you disclose &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; about yourself (salary, finances, bank records, ID, ...) and hand it over to the agent, who will immediately move your application to the bottom of the pile because you're a foreigner with no credit history, no local references and (presumably) no permanent residence status in Australia, but will still take a number of days to tell you &quot;No&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to be discouraging, but them's the breaks and you need to be prepared for this.  When we moved to Melbourne, it took us a &lt;strong&gt;full month&lt;/strong&gt; of searching to find a decent place (and we seriously lucked out, since we got the first place we applied for...  although in retrospect we realized that was because we were paying way over the market rate!).  Our second move from Melbourne to Sydney was even worse, it took us 6 weeks to find a tolerable place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is that if you're single, you can find flat shares/subleases that shortcut all this bureaucracy pretty easily, because you're not renting directly.  So I'd advise to you find one of these and use it to get your bearings while you search for a &quot;real&quot; place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T11:15:23.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7098" CreationDate="2015-10-13T11:26:17.760" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your mileage may vary, but &lt;strong&gt;IELTS&lt;/strong&gt; is considered the gold standard in Australia.  Unlike some of the other tests, it involves freeform writing and talking to an actual human, so it's not possible to brute force rote learn your way through it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a native speaker, you're unlikely to have any significant trouble.  I went in cold, with no prep whatsoever, and scored the highest possible score (9 Expert User), although I did get 8's in some subcomponents.  At the end of the day, it's a test scored on points, so just brush up a bit on what grammatical structures etc they're expecting you to hit in the essay and when speaking and you'll breeze through it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2015-10-13T23:11:54.493" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T23:11:54.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7124" CreationDate="2015-10-13T16:07:21.960" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen currently working and resident in the UK on a Tier 2 General visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner is a citizen and resident of South Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the least hassle way for us to get married such that the relationship is recognised in Australia / Korea (at least) and preferably the UK as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a mixed sex couple planning to live in UK and in Australia long term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8372" LastEditorUserId="8372" LastEditDate="2015-10-16T13:46:38.720" LastActivityDate="2015-10-16T13:46:38.720" Title="Australian (UK resident) looking to marry a Korean (Korean resident)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7123" CreationDate="2015-10-13T18:48:31.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries will certainly recognise a conventional marriage performed in another country. For example, if you were to get married in the UK, it would certainly be recognised by Australia and very likely by South Korea (although I don't have direct experience with South Korea on that point, so you would want to double check with a primary source).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One exception would be if you and your partner are not of opposite sex. For example, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_South_Korea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Recognition of same-sex unions in South Korea&lt;/a&gt;, a same-sex union would not be recognised there, even if it were performed overseas where it would be permitted (i.e. in the UK). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T18:48:31.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-13T22:28:32.277" Score="2" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a permanent resident in the US. I've been offered a part-time job as an overseas software developer for a very small company in Spain. Their idea is that I'll give them invoices for the software I'd make, working from my home in the US. I don't have experience with taxes beyond being taxed as an employee in the US and my home country (not the US or Spain), and I wonder, is this even feasible and reasonable? I'm trying to find out if all the work setting everything up is worth the trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd have to register myself as an independent contractor in the US, first thing. Can I then bill somebody overseas? Do I have to file US and Spain tax returns? (I guess I don't have to file a Spain tax return since I'm not a resident). Is there something else I need to consider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8373" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-19T16:04:46.180" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T16:04:46.180" Title="US permanent resident working as an independent contractor in Spain" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-14T12:14:18.163" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living with some Polish roommates (not actually in Poland but Indonesia) and recently I went to bed ill. In the morning I ran into one, he knew I was sick and he did not ask anything to inform how I was or even say good morning but immediately reminded me of a household chore (which btw I always do timely, it's not some built-up annoyance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the first instance something like this happened. Is this normal behavior for Polish people and should I just grow a thicker skin when living in a house with them, or are they exceptional and can I talk to them about this? I am from The Netherlands, which is hardly considered a country where we have an abundance of social pleasantries, but to me this is still stone-cold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6520" LastActivityDate="2015-10-15T07:53:49.340" Title="Is not saying good morning and jumping straight to instructions considered normal in Poland?" Tags="&lt;poland&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-10-15T10:33:26.713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7081" CreationDate="2015-10-14T19:56:50.373" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/citizenship/docs/guide_free_movement_low.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;right to reside&lt;/a&gt; in another EU country, provided that you are either working or you have comprehensive health insurance and sufficient resources not to be a burden on the host country's social security system. In principle, I don't believe you have to be working &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; your host country to qualify under the &quot;worker&quot; condition. However, national health insurance / social security schemes are not well joined up, so you may find it easiest to take out private health insurance anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my personal experience, when I (UK national) was living in Spain and employed by a UK company I didn't have national health coverage in either country: I didn't qualify to register with the UK's NHS because I wasn't resident in the UK, but I couldn't get a social security number in Spain without either a contract from a Spanish company or proof of being self-employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taxes can be &lt;em&gt;interesting&lt;/em&gt; in this situation. I was being paid in GBP, but I had to declare my income in EUR so that Spain could tax me. The fun part was the exchange rate: I had to find an official exchange rate for &lt;em&gt;each payday&lt;/em&gt; and apply it to the earnings from that payslip. If you're being paid in USD then you'll need to get advice from a local accountant on how you need to calculate income for local tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T19:56:50.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-14T20:58:53.317" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a remote worker currently living in the UK, homeowner, with my own ltd company, working for UK clients.  I use things like upwork and freelancer sites to carry out my work, invoice etc and pay taxes to HMRC in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move next year and rent a place in Spain for probably more than the 90 days I keep hearing about, maybe 6 months, after renting out my place (all declared to UK above board etc) in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm struggling to understand and get others views on how they do it, to long term rent somewhere in Spain, with the view I may come back etc for work - but simply rent and not need to pay double tax?  I possibly will need insurances, a bank account and to buy a car etc, but I am not earning income or providing services within Spain - basically I'm just doing it to stay in warmer climes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any UK EU to EU experiences they can share?  I'm not trying to dodge taxes, local NI or responsibilities but I find it hard to see how remote workers get by?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8374" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-01-08T21:14:10.193" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T21:14:10.193" Title="Moving around EU as a UK EU citizen" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T12:29:56.593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7125" CreationDate="2015-10-14T22:07:56.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is to setup a business in the US. It can be very inexpensive, my wife and I created a company (LLC) and we are then taxed as a C-Corp. For you it may be enough to just set up as an LLC. &#xA;Have your company invoice the Spanish company for your work. you then tax your income in the US. The added benefit is that you can let your business pay for a new computer and other business related expenses. Those expenses are deducted before you pay any taxes.&#xA;Example: the company invoices and receives $20,000 in 2015. You buy a nice new computer that you need for $2,500, you buy office supplies for $500, perhaps a new desk and work chair for $1,000 and you need a fast internet connection at yoru home office ($60/months). That ends up leaving only $15,280 to pay taxes on. And I am sure you can find more business related expenses. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-10-19T13:13:34.497" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T13:13:34.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7126" CreationDate="2015-10-15T07:53:49.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Living in Poland ~3 months, and I'd say people there are mostly polite... unless you did something perhaps not offensive but unpleasant or unacceptable in any way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd ask him what's the matter. Sometimes we have no idea we did something wrong, but we can speak and solve the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6089" LastActivityDate="2015-10-15T07:53:49.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7134" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7135" CreationDate="2015-10-16T11:02:45.867" Score="12" ViewCount="1900" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two licenses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A full not expired Omani (foreign) licence that I have owned for 5 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A full not expired UK one I got by passing my test 1 month ago. I did this because a UK resident isn't allowed to use a foreign licence after 12 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renting a car with most companies in the UK requires you to have had a licence for at least 1 year. My UK licence doesn't meet this requirement but Omani one does. Conversely my Omani one isn't legal to drive with (as I am resident for more than 12 months) but my UK one is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I rent a car in the UK with my Omani Licence and if police stops me I show my UK licence as proof?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I be insured? I am worried my insurance is on my Omani Licence which is illegal to drive with since it's been 12 months residency so if I ever try and claim they will say I wasn't insured on my UK licence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I won't be insured from question 2, can I buy insurance against my UK licence so even if I hired a car using my Omani licence which invalidates the insurance provided by the car rental company I will still be covered by this new insurance I got? Normal insurances require you to give the car's number plate beforehand so not sure how this would work for car hire or if there even is a service like this available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that when talking to some companies like Hertz they basically said they will book on my Omani one and not put in the records I own a UK one or that my Omani one is invalid since I'm a resident, this is why I am most worried about whether I am insured or illegally driving with no insurance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10628" OwnerDisplayName="Molten Ice" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T17:04:14.273" Title="UK car rental 12 month resident having foreign and UK licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7134" CreationDate="2015-10-16T12:56:20.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that you are quite possibly breaking law the twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules are quite clear around driving licences and in your case you have done the correct thing by applying for a GB driving licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although your Omani driving licence may still be valid; according to the DVLA it is no longer a valid licence to drive in the UK as you have been a resident for over 12 months.  This means that if you would not be able to use it to hire a car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also cannot hire a car using your GB issued licence as you need to have held it for a minimum of 12 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were to hire a car using you Omani licence you would be breaking the law as you'd be driving without a valid licence. As you do not have a valid drivers licence to hire a car with, you would be breaking the law again as your insurance would not be valid; and you'd be driving without proper insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you hired a car on your GB licence you would be driving a hire car in breach of the Terms and Conditions of your rental company. Whilst not breaking UK driving law, I wouldn't recommend doing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid you will have to wait 11 months to hire a car. Your options are to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;purchase a car along with MOT and proper insurance using your GB issued licence &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;borrow a car from a friend as and when you need, ensuring that you are placed on their insurance as a named driver (their premiums will increase as a result of this) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could always call round various car hire companies and see what their policy is. I believe some hire companies do not have a minimum requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10629" OwnerDisplayName="codingbadger" LastEditorUserId="10629" LastEditDate="2016-11-04T17:04:14.273" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T17:04:14.273" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7134" CreationDate="2015-10-16T13:53:00.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would talk to the rental companies about this.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a UK license you are allowed to drive, so no problem there. The issue is whether the rental company will rent a car to you. That is entirely down to the terms and conditions of the rental company, and they are going to be different from company to company. It may well come down to the exact wording of the small print. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" OwnerDisplayName="DJClayworth" LastActivityDate="2015-10-16T13:53:00.783" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-16T13:18:04.507" Score="3" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen who just received an offer for a paid internship that has potential to turn into a full-time position later on (for now, the internship duration will be 3 months). Though it is an internship, since I am no longer an actual student, do I just apply for a normal, general employment visa or is there another visa I need to apply for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, do I need to be registered at a residence (Anmeldung) before I apply for the visa (I'm already staying in Berlin)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8622" OwnerDisplayName="Selena" LastActivityDate="2021-04-04T20:03:50.390" Title="Internship in Germany for recent US university graduate, visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7138" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-16T13:19:29.263" Score="2" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both my girlfriend and I are EU citizens (same country) and recently I moved to Spain as I got a job in Madrid. Now, we are planning for my girlfriend to also come along, but the problem is we couldn't find her a job a priori as her field of expertise is rather too specialized (bachelor in classical studies). Also all study programs like the bachelor, masters program at the local universities require a knowledge of spanish (B1 level), which she doesn't speak yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I talked to the Spanish consulate in my home country and they said it is possible for an EU person to live in Spain without having a job if they can prove they have the financial means to do so (but didn't clarify what this means, ie what amount of money etc) and a health insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem (and vicious circle) that I foresee is how can you prove you have the financial means to live there without a bank account, which you can only open if you are registered, which you can only do if you can prove you can afford to live there!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is: is it possible for an EU citizen to move to Spain for a long term (&gt;90 days) without a job or having been accepted to a university, but also manage to register properly with the authorities (get a NIE) and open a bank account and all that? If so can you share you experience and any possible options I missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS.1 A friend suggested contacting an abogado (lawyer) who specializes in these kinds of things, but before I do that I would like to get some input first :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS.2 I know she can come as a tourist for 90 days and then try to find something, but she is reluctant to do so I'm afraid... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="recently_moved_to_spain" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-17T22:00:31.930" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T22:35:46.350" Title="Options for EU person to move to Spain without a having secured apriori a job" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-16T18:20:38.163" Score="0" ViewCount="4123" Body="&lt;p&gt;How hard is for an european to move to the USA?&#xA;I want to hear someone else's experiences. How hard it was to find a job there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8381" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T16:52:22.703" Title="Portuguese wants to move to the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-12-17T10:44:34.217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7139" CreationDate="2015-10-16T21:56:52.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are basically two ways to move to the USA:&#xA;1) Get a green card (residency/work permit), then you look for job like you would in Europe.&#xA;2) Get a work visa like an H-1B. This is sponsored by a company and they do all the work. If you leave that company, you have to either find a new job within a very short time period or go back home. There is a limited number of them, and they are released only once a year. H-1B is time limited but can be extended, and you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; convert it to a green card after 5 years, but that is not that easy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you really want to move more or less permanently to the US you need to obtain a green card. There is a yearly lottery (diversity visa lottery). It is open once a year, for about 1 month. It is actually open right now, so you have about 2 more weeks to apply. It is free, and only use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&lt;/a&gt; to apply. Do not pay any scam companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you win is a chance to apply for a green card. If you win, you still need to be eligible (have enough education, not committed any crimes, etc). Around 100,000 applicants will win, and 50,000 green cards will be given out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-10-17T16:52:22.703" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T16:52:22.703" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-17T14:19:28.937" Score="2" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Bangladesh. I have received an undergraduate degree from UK. When I applied after that for a postgraduate program, I was refused as I took a TOEIC exam and they said I committed fraud. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to state that I renewed my visa twice before I was refused with the same TOEIC test reason. I was in detention for a while and I have got the appeal rights from my back home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I would like to apply for a US F1 visa. Is my UK visa refusal and detention going to affect my visa application? My passport doesn't have any sign of refusal. Please suggest to me what should I do. I have done my IELTS now and I made a score 6. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8386" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-10-18T11:18:18.957" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T06:34:54.120" Title="Student deport from UK want to move USA for study" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7138" CreationDate="2015-10-17T22:19:53.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a full answer but a two bits of information that might be helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Sufficient resources” for the purpose of settling in another EU country as an economically non-active EU citizen means that you should not “become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State”. I don't know exactly how it works in Spain, but in other countries (France, Germany) it means showing you have savings on the order of €10000 or €15000 for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to actually live off those savings and I am not aware of any requirement that the money be in a &lt;em&gt;Spanish&lt;/em&gt; bank account, you just need to be able to show that you have that much money at your disposal. As the Spanish consulate explained, you also need to have health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beside working, having sufficient resources to qualify as an economically non-active person and studying, there is a fourth way for EU citizens to qualify for residence in another EU country: accompanying another EU citizen. It's easier if you have some sort of registered partnership and of course if you are married but being able to document a long-term relationship might be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I am not saying you should marry just for that but I know some people who married more quickly than they might otherwise have for visa reasons and lived happy every after.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T22:19:53.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7138" CreationDate="2015-10-17T22:35:46.350" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also all study programs like the bachelor, masters program at the local universities require a knowledge of spanish (B1 level), which she doesn't speak yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not the biggest problem: she can probably get to B1 in Spanish before she can get her current degree &lt;em&gt;homologado&lt;/em&gt; by the Spanish ministry of education, which is a prerequisite for any public university to recognise that she's qualified to study for a masters. If there's a greater than 5% chance that she will want to do postgraduate study in Spain at any point in the future, she should start that process as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The main problem (and vicious circle) that I foresee is how can you prove you have the financial means to live there without a bank account, which you can only open if you are registered, which you can only do if you can prove you can afford to live there!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not so. You can move, get a NIE, get &lt;em&gt;empadronado&lt;/em&gt;, and open a bank account within 90 days quite easily. What you can't easily do without work is get a social security number and register with the health system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can you share you experience and any possible options I missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to Spain without having properly researched the legal details, naïvely thinking that the right to reside was absolute. I didn't register with the state employment agency (which formally you should do if you want to use the &lt;em&gt;worker&lt;/em&gt; qualification and you don't have a contract), but just joined the national association for my industry and started putting my CV around. No-one came knocking on my door after 90 days. I seriously doubt that anyone would have shown the least interest in whether I was qualified to remain there until May in the second year, when I had to file an income tax return for the first year. If I hadn't shown any income, it's possible that at that point questions would have been raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big option you seem to have missed is being self-employed. It's not the cheapest option, but apparently they have tried to make it cheaper for new &lt;em&gt;autónomos&lt;/em&gt;, so she should be able to be self-employed for 18 months paying 50€ per month in social security and combining whatever actual work she does with looking for employment &lt;em&gt;a cuenta ajena&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T22:35:46.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-18T09:14:42.167" Score="1" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was on a UK Tier 2 Work Visa which was issued for three years and which has just expired. I left the UK permanently on the day before the expiry date of the visa. The position I was working in (research) was a fixed-term contract (3 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for another position in the UK? If I am selected, naturally, the organization will apply for a Cert. of Sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I was recently given to understand that the UK does not allow for Work Permit holders whose permits have expired/ ended to apply for a new work permit for a period of 12 months from the date of expiry of their previous work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this accurate? I have not been able to find any such information on the Border Agency site but I was told this verbally by a UK Immigration Lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any inputs on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit (new): Above I mentioned the point about the 12 month timeframe. More accurately, I was told by this lawyer that the 12-month limit actually is from the day you leave the UK evidenced by the arrival stamp on your passport as the UK does not issue an exit stamp on your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I had posted this question to this site's sister site and was redirected here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8388" LastEditorUserId="8389" LastEditDate="2015-10-18T22:13:39.557" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T17:04:57.617" Title="Question of Tier 2 Work Visa - UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7143" CreationDate="2015-10-19T07:26:52.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa officials will judge everything on the balance of the evidence you present. One of the questions you will be asked is if you have ever been refused a visa? You may be asked to sign a waiver allowing them to get a copy of your immigration history from the UK. It would be naive to assume that this won't be considered. But it won't be the only thing considered. They will look at finances, in particular financial history, school performance, school quality and accreditation, overall character, work history, etc....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the biggest thing that would concern me if I was the case worker would be the overstay-until-deportation proceedings. No matter what went on beforehand, the United States is going to want to be sure that you will abide by the restrictions placed on your stay, even it is the result of unfair or unlucky visa refusal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-10-19T11:38:47.917" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T11:38:47.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7146" CreationDate="2015-10-19T07:35:17.683" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your lawyer was correct. The information can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/421842/Tier_2_Guidance_04_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;25.&#xA;  Where you left the UK before your last period of Tier 2 leave expired, the 12 month period during which you will not be able to reapply can start earlier than the date your leave expired but only if you can provide evidence of having not been in the UK for a period of 12 months &#xA;  immediately prior to that date. Acceptable evidence may include, but is not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;travel tickets or boarding card stubs, but only if your sponsor, or previous sponsor also submitted an SMS report at the time, confirming&#xA;  that your employment in the UK had  ended;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;exit or entry stamps in your passport which confirm that you were not in the UK;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a letter from your overseas employer confirming the date you started or restarted work overseas, after returning from the UK;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any other evidence that shows you were not in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where evidence is produced and accepted, we will calculate the cooling&#xA;  off period to start from the earliest date supported by that evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T07:35:17.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-19T08:04:01.890" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Czech national living just at the Polish border. I want to buy a laptop online at Polish online store called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.morele.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Morele.net&lt;/a&gt;. The store offers the goods to be sent to a Polish post office for pickup (Poczta Polska - Odbiór w Placówce). I am able to fill my Czech address on their site for invoicing and still get the &quot;pickup at post&quot; option. Am I eligible for the 14-day return period that is offered by the company (zwrot) just in case there is a problem with the goods?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The terms of the site are here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.morele.net/pokaz_pomoc/1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zwrot zakupionego towaru w ciągu 14 dni (odstąpienie od umowy)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;js=y&amp;amp;prev=_t&amp;amp;hl=cs&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.morele.net%2Fpokaz_pomoc%2F1%2F&amp;amp;edit-text=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zwrot zakupionego towaru w ciągu 14 dni - English translation by Google&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://download.morele.net/wzor_odstapienia_od_umowy_Morelenet.docx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wzór odstąpienia od umowy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://file:///D:/temp/Regulamin_sklepu_Morele.net_01.07.2015r.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Regulamin sklepu Morele.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main question is whether these conditions (and polish laws) apply for a non-polish national too when the business is done in Poland (pickup at post). I guess the 14-day return period is a part of polish law (Czech law has exactly the same thing too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience with such return? My guess would be since both Czech Republic and Poland are members of European Union, the terms should be the same for all EU citizens? In case of the return, I would simply send the laptop back to Morele from a Polish post office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="740" LastEditorUserId="740" LastEditDate="2015-10-19T08:27:29.420" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T21:44:08.663" Title="Returning goods bought online in Poland as foreigner" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7125" CreationDate="2015-10-19T11:49:05.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To augment Karl-Henry's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I then bill somebody overseas? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'd look up some decent e-billing software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have to file US and Spain tax returns? (I guess I don't have to file a Spain tax return since I'm not a resident). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S., yes. Spain, no because of the reason you mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T11:49:05.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-19T12:36:10.913" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian. I came alone to Italy for work with proper work permit valid for around a year.&#xA;Now I want to take my wife and child along with me. I am planning to take a tourist Visa for them and after they come to Italy, I would like to apply for Family Reunion so that they don't go back after 90 days validity of tourist Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? I have applied for Residence Permit (permisso di soggiorno) for myself and it may take three months to get that and apply for Family Reunion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the documents I have to prepare for Family Reunion before they travel to Italy as a tourist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8393" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T10:51:15.407" Title="Applying for Family Re Union for Italy while in Italy" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-19T14:59:12.880" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering buying an apartment in Amsterdam where I would stay for weekends while working in Switzerland during the week. I would not rent out the apartment nor reside in the Netherlands. Thus, would I need to pay the &quot;Box 3&quot; tax on property? Is it tax that you pay automatically as a property owner or you only need to pay it if you actually rent the apartment out? I am from a EU country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8394" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T14:59:12.880" Title="Do I need to pay the property tax under &quot;Box 3&quot; in the Netherlands if not renting out the apartment?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-18T22:24:16.607" Score="2" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can i change my visa status from a tourist visa to a Work Visa while here in the states? I'm from New Zealand. I can't find any clear answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="melody" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T20:01:53.137" Title="I want to change status from a tourist B2 visa to a Work Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7154" CreationDate="2015-10-18T23:02:52.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The primary source of information is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/employment.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Employment Visas&lt;/a&gt; page at the US Department of State site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visas classified as &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Temporary Worker Visas&lt;/a&gt; (H, L, O, P, Q) have either very specific requirements, or a waiting list and heaps of paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/exchange.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Exchange Visitor Visa&lt;/a&gt; has a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://nz.usembassy.gov/visas/study-exchange/new-zealand-and-australia-twelve-month-work-and-travel-program-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New Zealand and Australia 12-Month Work and Travel Program&lt;/a&gt; which might be a viable option for you. However, there is a limited list of sponsors and you can't just take up employment anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On that page is also &quot;Can I adjust to a different visa status once I am in the United States?&quot; which unhelpfully states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you are in the United States you are responsible for maintaining the correct immigration status with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). For further information on changing to a different visa status once in the United States, you may visit the USCIS website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;uscis.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finally found the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/visit-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status-category/change-my-nonimmigrant-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Change My Nonimmigrant Status&lt;/a&gt; page which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general, you may apply to change your nonimmigrant status if you were lawfully admitted to the United States with a nonimmigrant visa, your nonimmigrant status remains valid, you have not violated the conditions of your status, and you have not committed any crimes that would make you ineligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you find a temporary worker visa category that is applicable for you, then yes, you are allowed to apply for a change of status from B-2 to that work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" OwnerDisplayName="Greg Hewgill" LastActivityDate="2015-10-18T23:02:52.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7157" CreationDate="2015-10-20T07:09:00.897" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm married to an Italian citizen, and next week we will be going  to the Italian Consulate with jurisdiction in the place in which the marriage took place as we want to our marriage to be registered in Italy; my question is how long it will take our marriage to be transcribed in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8398" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-20T12:33:12.113" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T16:12:09.567" Title="Marriage transcription in Italy" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7156" CreationDate="2015-10-20T13:23:04.297" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is: Depends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the Italian Consulate accept your instance for the transcription (assuming you have all the required documents and translations) the Consulate will transmit all the documentation to the Italian City (Comune) where your partner has the residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the size and the workload of the office in that specific City, the time requested for the transcription can take from days to weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally after submitting the instance your partner should contact the City's office in order to check if they got the documentation in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="755" LastActivityDate="2015-10-20T13:23:04.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7159" CreationDate="2015-10-20T13:39:11.920" Score="4" ViewCount="1745" Body="&lt;p&gt;I finally got my carte de sejour in France.  It took nearly 7 months.  It is valid only for 1 year starting from the date of my application, i.e. valid for the next 5 months only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that the first time it took 7 months to process it, how long will it take to renew it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When do I have to apply for renewal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will the renewal process affect my ability to travel outside of France?  During the 7 months waiting period I could not leave without having to get a new visa and restart the whole process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8400" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T13:32:17.457" Title="How long does it take to renew carte de sejour?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7158" CreationDate="2015-10-20T15:11:43.220" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory, it should be shorter and in any case take less than four months because there is an implicit refusal after four months. But as you have seen the first time around, there is a huge gap between theory and practice and this four-month rule is routinely ignored. The time it takes also depends a lot on the place where you live (i.e. whether the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; is overloaded or not) and possibly on your exact status (student, &lt;em&gt;vie privée et familiale&lt;/em&gt;, etc.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse case I have personally heard about was over 9 months, which means living most of the time with a &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt; but no valid &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; since you have to start all over again a couple of months after getting the new &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; because, as you already noticed, its validity period always starts on the date of your application even if you get it many months later. That was in Seine-Saint-Denis, which is notorious for its poor treatment of foreign residents. But I also know people who got theirs in one month (in Meurthe-et-Moselle for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is one big difference between the first application and renewals: You are allowed to leave France and reenter with a &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt; for a renewal (together with the expired &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;), see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/48715/travelling-with-the-application-receipt-for-a-french-residence-permit&quot;&gt;this question on the travel website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-10-20T21:50:00.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1270" CreationDate="2015-10-20T18:06:03.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may have misunderstood the question, especially in light of some comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question is: What is the process and what are the prerequisites to &#xA;  apply for and get a green card (or other life-long legal residence) &#xA;  while not residing in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;my question is about not living or moving to the US while obtaining a&#xA;  greencard. I would like to know how one can get a green card while living&#xA;  outside of the US, if that is even possible. Gaining a visa implied &#xA;  moving first, so sure, that's an option, but not what I am looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You pretty much always start the process from outside the US. Exceptions are of course if you already have a work/residency permit and want to adjust status, like applying for a green card while on H-1B visa or similar. But you already said that is not what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to get a real green card (permanent residency) from outside the US, you have two main options: marry an american citizen (I am sure your wife won't like that idea) and to sign up for the greencard lottery. It happens to be that the lottery is open right now, for about 2 more weeks. So hurry upp and apply. Only use the official .gov site, it is free. Don't pay for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastActivityDate="2015-10-20T18:06:03.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:28:19.440" Score="0" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife has an UK ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) and while a naturalized US Citizen, has been returning to the UK every two years (in fact every year or more frequently).  So as far as we know, her ILR is still currently valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our son (US Citizen) is considering college options in the UK or EU, he is currently 15. (He will be just past 18 when he finishes high school, in the US). Is he eligible to apply for a UK ILR currently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8404" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T18:39:42.887" Title="ILR application for child?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7161" CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:46:36.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-re-the-family-member-or-partner-of-someone-who-has-settled-in-the-uk/some-other-way/child-under-18-and-children-who-have-turned-18-since-first-applying&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply to Settle in the UK&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;You can apply as a child under 18&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible for settlement (‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’re under 18 and you live in the UK with 1 of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both your parents who are British citizens or settled in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your parents who is settled or settling in the UK and the other parent is dead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your parents who is settled or settling in the UK and has sole responsibility for looking after you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one parent or relative who is settled or settling in the UK and there are compelling reasons why you should be allowed to stay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Eligibility&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have or have had permission to be in the UK and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are or will be living with your parent or parents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if your son will not actually be living with both parents in the UK, then he is probably not eligible for an ILR straight away. However, I made assumptions about your situation when answering the questions on gov.uk, so please run through it yourself to get the most accurate information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-10-20T23:46:36.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7161" CreationDate="2015-10-21T07:04:16.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My wife has an UK ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) and while a naturalized US Citizen, has been returning to the UK every two years (in fact every year or more frequently). So as far as we know, her ILR is still currently valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they have been letting her in using her ILR, then she could still claim to have it. It may have been cancelled without her realizing it though if she was allowed in as a visitor and they did not recognize her as a permanent resident. Such things have happened to the dismay and later surprise of people before. The biggest problem is that the UK has now introduced exit controls. If your wife is just visiting for a few brief periods of time over a period of years, the UK is fully within its right to say she is no longer resident, much less a permanent resident. And this would all come to light in your son's ILR application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should know that the UK ILR has absolutely zero value in the rest of the EU, except perhaps to expedite Schengen visitor visas. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2015-10-21T09:52:51.017" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T09:52:51.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-21T13:24:59.717" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and my husband is South African and we reside in South Africa.  We are looking to relocate to Europe, possibly France.  Ok let me reword. The figure you mention here is quite reachable for us but does one have to find work within 3 months? We are not &quot;professionals&quot; but have worked all our lives and have experience. Myself in the office admin environment my husband would like to work for himself as handyman kind of thing. He also makes and restores wooden furniture and is a bit of an artist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8406" LastEditorUserId="8406" LastEditDate="2015-10-22T13:36:34.703" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T13:36:34.703" Title="british and non eu spouse migration" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-10-21T22:19:34.363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7166" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7183" CreationDate="2015-10-21T20:46:03.030" Score="2" ViewCount="684" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working as a Software Engineer for an American company in India for the past 5 years, and have been offered a Program Manager position at Headquarters for the product I currently use in my daily job. (For instance, I use Visual Studio in India, and have been offered a PM position on the Visual Studio team)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Informally I've heard that a L1B is used primarily for moving without a change in role...  is a role change atypical and will it result in needless complexity during the visa interviews,etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="762" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T04:02:23.420" Title="L1B with a role change" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7169" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-22T11:37:25.233" Score="0" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;My IELTS score is as under&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listening : 8.5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reading : 6.5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking : 7.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing  : 7.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am i eligible for applying for the express entry program for immigration to canada&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8411" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-10-22T14:03:26.063" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T07:02:09.323" Title="Express entry for canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-22T15:01:25.737" Score="4" ViewCount="483" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in Italy in 1926 and 1) came to the USA as a minor then 2) was naturalized as a minor when my Italian grandparents obtained US citizenship.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I obtain Italian citizenship through my grandfather?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8412" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2015-10-22T15:29:59.800" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T09:12:52.463" Title="Can I obtain Italian citizenship through my grandfather?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7172" CreationDate="2015-10-21T17:04:08.257" Score="5" ViewCount="491" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on a working holiday visa in France and employed, and I have been offered a CDI (permanent contract) along with visa sponsorship. But I wanted to know how I go about processing this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I cannot extend the Working Holiday Visa, but all the information I can find on standard working visas indicate I'll need to go back to Australia to hand in my passport/file the paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I not just apply to have the paperwork done here, and activate the new visa the next time I hop over to the UK and back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if I am Australian and have been offered a CDI in France along with visa sponsorship, can I make the visa applications in Europe somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8428" OwnerDisplayName="Chris Le Petit" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T04:00:39.760" Title="As an Australian, can I get a work visa for France without returning to Australia?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7171" CreationDate="2015-10-22T22:12:32.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot obtain a regular long-stay visa from within France but you don't necessarily need to go back to Australia to transition to a long-term status. There are at least two solutions you could explore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applying for a French visa from another European country. Channel hopping at the end of the procedure is not enough, you need to be a resident/have some sort of long-term status and proof of address where you apply. But you could try something like a working holiday visa in the Netherlands to save you the trip back to Australia and discover another European country. Be aware that the application can take several months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applying for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; directly. The rules are complex, students can do it under certain conditions for example (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15898&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15898&lt;/a&gt;) and it's also possible for a &lt;em&gt;vie privée et familiale&lt;/em&gt; permit (partners of French citizens) no matter your current status. I am not sure whether it's allowed in this particular case but you do have a long-stay visa already so it might be worth a try.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to try to switch status before the expiration of your current visa. Once it's expired and even if you are staying perfectly legally on the visa-free Schengen allowance, you won't be allowed to apply for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; as worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the problem is that returning to Australia is inconvenient right now, do note that, as an Australian citizen, you may stay in France for 90 days at the end of the visa, under the regular Schengen short-stay regulations. However, you cannot work during this time. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen&quot;&gt;this question on the travel website&lt;/a&gt; for more on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a bit of bad news: even if you do return to Australia to apply for the visa, it's important to realize that having a sponsor does not guarantee that you will get it. The authorities can rule that enough local candidates (EU/French citizens or residents) are available to do the job. So your prospective employer should be careful to describe it in a way that suggests that you are especially qualified to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T04:00:39.760" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7170" CreationDate="2015-10-22T23:25:41.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationality_law#Acquisition_of_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;by birth to an Italian parent&lt;/a&gt; in line with the principle of jus sanguinis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8240" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T23:25:41.603" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7170" CreationDate="2015-10-23T08:57:15.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't have Italian citizenship, because your father automatically lost his Italian citizenship upon naturalizing in the US when his parents naturalized. Therefore, he had no Italian citizenship when you were born, and could not pass it onto you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are lots of guides on the Internet about this topic. I will show a few:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some more information, you can look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/NR/rdonlyres/7FACAAC6-3251-477B-9937-B0EC17A26AA8/0/CitizenshipSF.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this guide&lt;/a&gt; from the Italian consulate in SF. On page 4 is the chart for someone born in the US. If you follow it, Were you born after January 1, 1948? -&gt; Yes/No -&gt; Was your father an Italian citizen at the time of your birth? (The next page has further explanations on how to answer this question. None of the &quot;Yes&quot; situations apply, including &quot;Your father was born in Italy and he did not become naturalized as an American citizen before your birth.&quot;, which doesn't apply to you.) -&gt; No -&gt; ACQUISITION (i.e. you don't have Italian citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can follow the chart for your father (on page 3). Were you born after January 1, 1948? -&gt; No -&gt; Was your father an Italian citizen at the time of your birth? -&gt; Yes -&gt; Did you become naturalized as an American citizen? -&gt; Yes -&gt; Before 1992? -&gt; Yes -&gt; REAQUISITION (i.e. your father doesn't have Italian citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some more sources if you want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.italianamericancitizenship.com/id5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian Dual Citizenship - Italian Citizenship by Descent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q. My Italian-born ascendant naturalized along with his or her minor children. Does that count as renouncing their Italian citizenship if they were minors?&#xA;  A. If your ancestor was naturalized as a minor, he or she effectively renounced his or her right to Italian citizenship. This means that your ancestor was unable to pass Italian citizenship jure sanguinis to his or her children as an adult. Unfortunately, no exceptions are made in these cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.italyheritage.com/genealogy/citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian Citizenship for descentants of Italians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you were born in the United States, you may be eligible for Italian citizenship if any of the following situations pertains to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A. Your father was an Italian citizen at the time of your birth* and you have never renounced your Italian citizenship. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;*If your father was naturalized before your birth, you are not entitled to Italian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-10-24T07:43:28.760" LastActivityDate="2015-10-24T07:43:28.760" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-24T11:21:54.600" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non EU, we did marriage in Sri Lanka. My wife having Swedish passport now working in France, so I applied my long stay Visa application as a spouse of European National, to live in France, they issued me short stay visa (3 months) and told you come and apply your residence permit in prefecture. Now I am in France. It is normal process but now we found out that she is also having valid French ID Card as she born in France but after she moved Sweden and lived there until recently, so we don't know that my application as a spouse of EU national will work or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand if I present my application as the spouse of a French national, there are two main difficulties, which are mentioned in embassy sites and other locations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spouse of French national must have long stay visa (more than 3 months) to able to apply residence permit. (which I don't have)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marriage must be register in France. I don’t know how to register our marriage in France because I have only 2 weeks left in my short stay Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any idea would be great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8402" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-24T13:54:17.927" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T07:39:10.783" Title="Spouse have French and Swedish nationality which residence permit non EU should apply?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-24T16:37:34.473" Score="2" ViewCount="879" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Pakistani, and I have an Italian work permit for unlimited period. My uncle with whom I live in Italy has Italian citizenship. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My uncle (brother of my mother) is an Italian national; can I apply for an EEA family permit as the extended family member of Italian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What proof should I present to relate myself to my uncle?  I have some documents such as my birth certificate and the birth certificates of my uncle and my mother.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a certificate from the municipality (&lt;em&gt;comune&lt;/em&gt;) that shows that my uncle and I have lived in the same house in Italy for more than 3 years&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My uncle is self employed, so he has sufficient funds to support me during the visit to the UK. We can document this with bank statements, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other documents required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8416" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-12-30T15:21:46.967" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T17:34:47.927" Title="Family permit as extended family member of EEA/EU national" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-24T23:34:29.053" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA and pursuing for Employment based Green Card. I came to know that experience letters are required. I have totally 10 years of experiance. I got experience letter for most of my employers till past 8 years. How ever the first organization where I have worked for 2 years that I worked was closed and I am not able to reach any one from management of that organization. Hence my question is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I unable to get the experience letter for those 2 years, how it is impacting my GC? If there is any negative impact how can I minimize it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T03:59:32.090" Title="How can I minimize negative impact on GC if I unable to provide experience letter for few years in my Career?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7181" CreationDate="2015-10-25T03:59:32.090" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For EB3, the experience/education requirements are similar to H1b, so if you got the H1b visa - there will probably not be an issue for GC as well. Even for EB2, 8 documented years of experience is more than enough, if you have a 4-year degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T03:59:32.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7166" CreationDate="2015-10-25T04:02:23.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, L1 is a visa to transfer people with specific knowledge/expertise between the branches. So if you're transferring into a new position, and your expertise for that position is of a &quot;user&quot;, expect troubles explaining why you're needed in the US both to the USCIS (may be easier given lawyers will write tons of stuff which may have nothing to do with reality) and to the visa officer (that's where you may get stuck).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T04:02:23.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-25T13:53:22.337" Score="1" ViewCount="414" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a software developer in India (specialized knowledge employee) moves to a program manager role in US (which ends up being a functional manager along-with a specialized knowledge employee in many cases), usually, will the person be granted a L1A or L1B visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8424" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T21:26:03.747" Title="Moving from specialized knowledge role in India to a functional manager in US -- L1B or L1A" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7184" CreationDate="2015-10-25T21:26:03.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;L1A is for international execs, L1B is for special knowledge. For L1A you'll need to show that you manage work of other people and budgets across borders. Generally, L1A requires prior management position before transfer (at least all the L1A's I've met had to show that). If you're individual contributor or a junior manager (i.e.: team-lead level), even as a program manager you'll probably get L1b.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T21:26:03.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="566" CreationDate="2015-10-26T08:36:20.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, Schwab can accommodate anyone with an anywhere in the world address. Here is the link for information and application process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://international.schwab.com/public/international/accounts_products/accounts/brokerage_account&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://international.schwab.com/public/international/accounts_products/accounts/brokerage_account&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8426" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T08:36:20.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="963" CreationDate="2015-10-26T08:57:40.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat and have several brokerage accounts at TD Ameritrade using my foreign address. They fully support this, including tax sheltered accounts such as Roth IRA and Traditional IRA for overseas addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8426" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T08:57:40.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7191" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:49:29.497" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working in Italy for a company that provides me health insurance while in Italy (and my family was able to get into the Italian public healthcare system).  However, when we go back to the US for a visit, we have no coverage.  Are there plans for people in this type of situation, and are they pretty expensive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3675" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T14:13:48.727" Title="Health insurance for US trips when working abroad" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7202" CreationDate="2015-10-26T15:30:01.957" Score="2" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have study visa (Italy) which is valid for half year more. I am done with my studies and got an offer to work in Switzerland for 120 days, internship. Do I need a work visa to work there? If I need that what should be the correct procedure, as I am already in Schengen region, with student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8430" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T04:09:48.243" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T09:43:19.390" Title="Have valid study visa from a Schengen country. Do I need work visa for Swiss for a short internship?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7193" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7207" CreationDate="2015-10-26T15:47:16.550" Score="2" ViewCount="3070" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU-citizen (Polish) and I'm starting my first full-time job in Germany in one week. I've already found a place to stay, but still without formal registration (Anmeldung). The HR person of the company I will be working for claims that I have to find a place to stay and be officially registered before I start my job there. They say that my contract will be vaild only if I will have that registration and I won't be able to open a bank account, register in social insurance system and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, that sounds pretty scary, because the situation on the flat market is very bad in Berlin right now. It's very hard to find something in affordable price and the landlords usually don't want to register people, due to risks, like being not able to evict people that are not paying on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is: do I really need to be registered, &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; I start my job there, or is there some period I can work without bothering about registration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;The berlin.de website states that there is a 14-days period after the arrival, when the registration must be done. It is also said that landlords have to make registration possible, but in practice nobody force them to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8429" LastEditorUserId="8429" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T08:44:37.000" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T13:30:21.407" Title="EU-citizen, moving to work in Germany, registration issues" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-26T16:10:22.820" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid study Schengen visa. I stay in EU country. I have finished my studies and I have got an internship for 120 days in Switzerland. Do I need another work visa? If yes, should I be applying in the country where I have stay permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the period is less than 90, will I still need work permit in Swiss (if the previous Schengen is valid)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8430" LastEditorUserId="8430" LastEditDate="2015-10-26T23:01:22.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T23:01:22.227" Title="Converting Study visa Schengen to Work visa for short period?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-10-27T09:32:32.387" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-26T17:08:13.730" Score="2" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope someone can help with a step-by-step explanation as I haven't got a clear understanding as a result of my communication with Turkish and Italian consulates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Turkish national. I've been living in the UK for 10 years (no British passport) and married for 1.5 years to an Italian citizen (practicing his EU treaty, 7 years). We have decided to move to Milano, Italy, in two months and intend to stay there permanently. In the meantime, I hold a residence card of family member of an EU citizen, issued by the UK. This enables me to live and work in the UK and travel in the EU without a visa (under the EU law and not UK law). So, I don't have any problem entering Italy without a visa for short visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, we still haven't got our marriage registered in AIRE, the Italian consulate in London yet. We're wondering whether it makes sense to register it here in London or when we arrive in Italy, considering we have only 2 months left here. I don't want to be told that I should have done it in London when I am already in Italy. Also, I am scared that it might take months if we do it through AIRE.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to apply for a visa or a residence card (similar to what I have here in the UK) to remain in Italy with my husband? Do I need to apply for it at the Italian consulate in London or in Italy? Where in Italy if so?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other documents/certifications I should obtain while in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8433" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:49:23.343" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:49:23.343" Title="Non-EU citizen living in the UK, moving to Italy with Italian husband" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7197" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-26T22:13:51.233" Score="0" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry to bother you! I'm a fifteen year old girl living in America. My great-grandmother was Italian, and at some point in her life she became an American citizen. I don't know when, or if it was before or after she gave birth to my grandmother. Everyone else in my great-grandmother's family were Italians. I speak decent Italian, as well as Spanish and German. What exactly do I need to acquire Italian citizenship through Jus Sanguinis? &#xA;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8435" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T11:29:51.387" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T11:29:51.387" Title="Italian Citizenship through Jus Sanguinis" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7197" CreationDate="2015-10-26T23:20:16.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The part about whether she naturalized before or after giving birth to your grandmother is important, because naturalizing in the US would cause her to lose Italian citizenship, so it can only be passed on to your grandmother if the naturalization was after giving birth to your grandmother. You need to go research this in your family records.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that transmission of Italian citizenship from the mother to the child could only happen since 1948. Prior to that, it could only be transmitted from the father. I don't know how long ago your grandmother was born, and how long ago the next-generation parent was born, but if any of those was before 1948, those links cannot be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T23:20:16.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7200" CreationDate="2015-10-27T00:08:49.073" Score="4" ViewCount="1136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Canada and work at my company's Canadian office. My company also has an office in the USA which I have already worked at and have a valid TN visa. My question is I want to get a SSN for future usages if I go work back in my company in the USA, can I go to the nearest US city and enter in with a tourist visa and apply for an SSN or do I need to enter in with my TN visa even though I will not be working I just want to apply for an SSN and then leave?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8436" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T01:09:26.653" Title="Applying for SSN with TN visa or Tourist visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7199" CreationDate="2015-10-27T01:09:26.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Original Card for a Noncitizen Adult&lt;/a&gt; (click on &amp;quot;Noncitizen&amp;quot; on the left):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, only noncitizens who have permission to work from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can apply for a Social Security number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Immigration status&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your current U.S. immigration document, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Form I-551 (Lawful Permanent Resident Card, Machine Readable Immigrant Visa) with your unexpired foreign passport;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I-766 (Employment Authorization Document, EAD, work permit); or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) or admission stamp in the unexpired foreign passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It follows from the above that you would be unlikely to be able to apply for an SSN after having entered the US as a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, US border agents do not take a favourable view toward Canadians who wish to enter the US with TN status and intend turn around and leave again. I would suggest applying for an SSN at the SSA office nearest your place of employment, the next time you need to work at your company's US office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T01:09:26.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7191" CreationDate="2015-10-27T04:03:37.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are presumably confused by the fact that you are a US citizen and do not think of this visit as a regular vacation but since you are an Italian resident, you would typically be eligible for a regular travel (health) insurance contract from any private Italian insurer just like Europeans who go on a trip to the US. That's what those are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T14:13:48.727" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T14:13:48.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7192" CreationDate="2015-10-27T04:09:13.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Schengen area, “short” means less than 90 days. Your Italian student visa does allow you to visit Switzerland for up to 90 days but not to work there. To the extent that an internship is considered work in Switzerland (it's likely to be but the rules differ from one country to the next), you would therefore need a separate work authorization/permit even if for a short internship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But since your internship is longer than 90 days, it counts as a long stay and you definitely cannot use your Italian visa to cover your stay in Switzerland. You need another visa/residence permit in any case. You can apply for it through the Swiss embassy/consulates in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T09:43:19.390" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T09:43:19.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-27T09:49:56.720" Score="3" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm Australian, but living as a Permanent Resident in The Netherlands. I know I'm free to work anywhere in the Schengen zone with certain conditions etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT - how about non-Schengen countries like the UK? They say you must be an EU &lt;strong&gt;CITIZEN&lt;/strong&gt; in order to work in the UK and that they do not recognise permanent residents as being &quot;citizens&quot; and they only look at the passport of the person coming to the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is from the un-Help desk on the Home Office phone line, so I'm not sure this is correct, but the consulate won't help either. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8437" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T12:32:54.640" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T14:32:04.797" Title="Can an EU 'Permanent Resident' work in non-Schengen country like the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-27T12:02:40.337" Score="6" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m an expat in the Netherlands and staying here as a high skill immigrant. Today I received a mail from IND (Immigration department), which saying that I must take action, otherwise they will revoke my permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This problem caused by I had a gap time of 18 days, between the time I terminated the working contract with my old company and before starting contract with the new company, and somehow this violated their rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I made this decision, I already called them to ask if it is allowed to do it or not, they said it is totally fine, now they put me to problem because of some rule, condition I never heard before. And even not in english. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They asked for evidence to against their action. My question is does anyone here have this problem before and how you solve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8438" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T12:22:51.257" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T12:22:51.257" Title="Free gap time between two employers for expat in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T16:00:30.417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7203" CreationDate="2015-10-27T12:32:05.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules you are referring to stem from directive 2003/109/EC and are wholly unrelated to the Schengen regulations (&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:l23034&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;summary here&lt;/a&gt;). So they do apply to some non-Schengen countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Cyprus) but not even to all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the UK and Ireland have opted out from it. &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32003L0109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;From the motivation of the directive itself&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(25) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and without prejudice to Article 4 of the said Protocol, these Member States are not participating in the adoption of this Directive and are not bound by or subject to its application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denmark, which is part of the EU and Schengen area, also opted out. Finally, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein are also part of the Schengen area but are not EU members and apparently &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/peti/cm/907/907487/907487en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not bound by this directive&lt;/a&gt;. As far as those countries are concerned, you are starting from scratch when it comes to work visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T14:32:04.797" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T14:32:04.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7193" CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:38:57.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you arrive to Germany you will have to register your residence at the City Hall in one weeks time. You do it in 10 minutes and it costs nothing. You just use address where you are in Germany. From then on it's your legal address. Previously it was enough to just show up with the filled in form and passport, and they would register you. You may need a proof of residence, in a form of rent contract or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just be aware that for rented apartments the procedure is changed a bit, and your landlord is now required to provide you with the rent statement that has to be used for registration when moving in and out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T14:38:57.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7210" CreationDate="2015-10-27T21:42:05.153" Score="7" ViewCount="1060" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen currently in Colombia, and will soon be married to a Colombian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After getting married, we want to move to Germany. I seem to be reading a lot of conflicting information online about how we can do this. There are three broad scenarios I think may be true based on my reading from various sources (including blogs, official government websites, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;, all of which seem to have slightly incomplete, vague or contradictory info)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can both just fly to Germany, and because she is my wife she'll just be let in &lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt; she can enter on a tourist visa (no Schengen visa will be required for Colombians when we move next year so she'll have a 'free' 90 days anyway) and then as long as I get both an address and a job in Germany within 3 months, we can then both apply for residency, and then be residents there as long as I'm working.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can do as above but she'll have to apply for some sort of special spousal visa in Colombia first, to let German Immigration know that becoming residents is our intention, but I won't need to be in Germany, or have an address or job there for such a visa to be approved. Then when we get to Germany, so long as I get a job and address within 3 months we can apply for and be granted residency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will have to be in Germany, have an address and job there, and be a registered resident there, before she can even apply for a spousal visa in Colombia. Once this visa is granted she can then come and join me, and then apply for her residency once there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know which, if any, of these three is accurate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8444" LastEditorUserId="8444" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T01:29:30.643" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T11:06:48.060" Title="As a UK citizen, can I just turn up in Germany with my Colombian wife, get a job, then get residency for us both?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7209" CreationDate="2015-10-28T00:21:52.177" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that Colombian citizens are exempted from the short-stay visa requirement for the Schengen area, the closest to the truth is scenario 1, with a few nuances. Your wife will then be able to use her 90 days to enter Germany and deal with the rest later. Before that, you were in something like scenario 2, except that the “spousal visa” is only a special type of Schengen short-stay visa (you would apply with the same form but with different requirements).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you, as a British citizen, do not apply for anything. You won't even get any document confirming that you are making use of your treaty rights (such a document, called a &lt;em&gt;Freizügigkeitsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;, did exist a few years ago, but no more – another source of confusion). You simply have an implicit right to stay for as long as you want by virtue of the fact that you are working. You do have to register with the municipality within a week or two of settling in the country, a procedure that has no direct equivalent in the UK but is mandatory for everybody in Germany, including German citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, your wife, as a Colombian citizen, does need to complete some additional formalities. Technically, she would not really &lt;em&gt;apply&lt;/em&gt; for a “permit”. Instead she is required to get a “card” to which she is &lt;em&gt;entitled&lt;/em&gt;, specifically an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte für Familienangehörige eines Unionsbürgers&lt;/em&gt; (the fact that it's called &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; is supposed to underline this distinction). But in practice she needs to fill in a form and submit it to the authorities together with some documents all the same. You, the British citizen, will have to document your situation (i.e. produce a work contract) when applying for your wife's card since she is only entitled to it because you are working and sponsoring her. Your wife will then get a plastic card documenting her status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if you don't have a job after 90 days, you will need another solution to ensure that your wife has a right to live in Germany (legally, as long as she really qualifies for the card – i.e. she is the spouse of an EU citizen with a right of residence in Germany – she does not risk deportation but only a fine, even if she failed to apply for the residence card in a timely manner). One option to qualify even without looking for work is to show that you qualify for residence as an “economically non-active” EU citizen, which means showing you have enough money/income and health insurance for both of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This status (family member of an EU citizen, working or not) also gives your wife the right to work in Germany without any additional authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the contradictions between different sources, it's important to realize that there are at least three very different situations here so people might mean different things when they talk about “spousal visas” or might not even realize how their situation differs from that of others:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouses of German citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spouses of other EU citizens with two sub-cases&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.1. The spouse is visa-exempt based on their citizenship, you can enter and sort things out later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.2. The spouse requires a visa to enter the Schengen area. Accompanying or joining an EU citizen should in principle make obtaining that visa simpler but it needs to be done from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spouses of third-country nationals residing in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only info specifically about situation 2 applies to you and your family. It's typically the best one to be in, people in situation 1 and 3 generally have to apply for a visa from abroad, might have to prove they know some German, have enough income to support the family, etc. (and to make everything even more complex, there are special cases and exceptions in situation 1 and 3 as well) So if you are reading a blog post from the Indian wife of a US citizen or the American husband of a Japanese citizen or the Canadian spouse of a German citizen, those people are in fact in completely different situations, legally speaking (as a matter of fact, the rules that apply to you and your wife are defined in an entirely separate statute).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Info on europa.eu tends to be dependable but it sometime paints a somewhat rosy picture based on a strict reading of EU law, which some countries do not apply fully. Germany is however quite good in this regard so if you find a job and are able to document your marriage to their satisfaction (beware of potential translation, legalization, authentication, etc. requirements), I would not expect any complication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T11:06:48.060" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T11:06:48.060" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-28T07:33:04.003" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian citizen, moving to Germany with highly skilled visa / work permit. I want my kids (accompanied by wife) to study in Holland, is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8447" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T08:15:47.570" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T15:49:19.467" Title="I am Indian citizen, moving to germany with highly skilled visa / work permit. I want my kids to study in Holland is that possible?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7211" CreationDate="2015-10-28T08:15:24.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife and kids will need a visa/residence permit to reside in the Netherlands and they won't be able to get a dependent/family member permit if you are yourself a resident of Germany. German long-stay visas do open the right to visit other European (Schengen) countries but they are not valid for longer stays in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not mean that it's impossible for your kids to study in the Netherlands but you will have to look at the requirements to get a Dutch visa. I don't know the details but like most countries, the Netherlands offer students' visas. You haven't specified your kids' age and what type of schooling/studies you would be looking at but I assume it's also possible to get such a visa for a secondary school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife's situation is more difficult. She won't be able to stay as a student but you cannot sponsor her as your dependent so she will need to reside in the Netherlands under some sort of long-term visitor/non-worker status. Once again, I don't know the details but even that ought to be possible. But that's usually quite difficult (e.g. it requires significant wealth). Alternatively, there might be some “caretaker” status (your kids would sponsor their mother, as it were) but that would only work if your kids already have the right to reside in the Netherlands (very often such permits are intended for non-citizen parents of citizens). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You certainly cannot do that easily based on your situation in Germany and might even need to hire a Dutch lawyer to navigate the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T15:49:19.467" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T15:49:19.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7213" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7225" CreationDate="2015-10-28T11:55:38.720" Score="6" ViewCount="809" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my boyfriend are both non-EU citizens (I'm a Russian citizen and he is a Colombian citizen). Currently we are living in the Netherlands with working permits as knowledge migrants and we are also registered as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/family-law/contents/marriage-registered-partnership-and-cohabitation-agreements&quot;&gt;partners&lt;/a&gt;, which is an equivalent of &lt;em&gt;pareja de hecho&lt;/em&gt; in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer in Barcelona, and now the company that is going to contract me started with a paperwork of getting a working visa for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the easiest way to bring my partner with me? Can he also apply to Spanish visa based on my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="557" LastEditorUserId="557" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T12:01:34.317" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T22:17:10.163" Title="Moving to Spain with non-EU partner" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7217" CreationDate="2015-10-28T14:07:12.993" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many (most?) states in the USA, people can drive alone legally at age &lt;strong&gt;16&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Typically at 15 they can drive under supervision of an adult driver, and then on the 16th birthday can pass a test so as to drive fully alone.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i) is there a US state where the drive-alone age is younger than 16?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;Setting aside&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;hardship&quot; licenses: in some eg. rural areas people can get a driver's license before 16 if especially needed because of, eg., medical issues etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ii) indeed, setting aside the US, is there a 1st or 2nd world country where, again, one can get a license to drive (alone) younger than 16?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really couldn't find a &quot;list of driver's license ages&quot; on a worldwide basis, nor on an intra-US basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2357" LastEditorUserId="2357" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T14:16:47.727" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T20:46:13.500" Title="US state (or other country) with sub-16 driver's license?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-10-30T10:13:11.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7214" CreationDate="2015-10-28T14:28:17.147" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In fact, I found the question well-answered by these lists:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_minimum_driving_age&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;international&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_license_in_the_United_States#Licenses_for_adults_and_minors.3B_GDL_laws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;intra-USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, South Dakota (the USA state) has, I believe, the lowest-age for legal driving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2357" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T14:28:17.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7214" CreationDate="2015-10-28T20:46:13.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia articles, as Joe Blow notes, have enough information to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to &quot;hardship&quot; licenses, there is a more common distinction between &quot;restricted&quot; or &quot;provisional&quot; licenses and full licenses.  The limitations of provisional licenses vary by state; they typically comprise some combination of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;restrictions against driving at night&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;restrictions against carrying passengers, which may be based on the number of passengers or their age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;probationary rules that delay the acquisition of a full license if the driver commits any violations while holding the restricted license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the list, no US state offers a full license to drivers younger than 16 years old.  The following states offer restricted licenses to younger drivers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15 years, 6 months&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;South Carolina&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wisconsin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15 years&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Idaho&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kansas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Montana&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;North Dakota&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;14 years, 6 months&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;South Dakota (reduced to 14 years, 3 months after completion of a driver's education course)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_license_in_the_United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_license_in_the_United_States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the US states noted above, the following jurisdictions permit drivers younger 16 years old to drive without supervision:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;El Salvador (15 years)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Malaysia (15 years for &quot;light vehicles&quot; and &quot;commercial vehicles&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sweden (15 years for &quot;EPA-Traktors&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Wikipedia page lists the minimum age in the Northern Mariana Islands as &quot;15/16&quot;, but this appears to be a misreading of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/bystate/nmi.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cited source&lt;/a&gt;, which gives &quot;15/6&quot; (that is, 15 years, 6 months) as the minimum age for a learner's permit, and reports &quot;no data&quot; for other stages and restrictions of the jurisdiction's graduated licensing scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_minimum_driving_age&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_minimum_driving_age&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T20:46:13.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7220" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-30T11:30:18.260" Score="2" ViewCount="636" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a complex question as so it seems the rules have not been fully made up for settlement in 2018, but I come from a non-EU country and my wife is a British citizen with no other nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have applied for my visa under the spouse new rules (after July 2012) and have already done it twice (first leave to remain, followed by second leave to remain). I will complete 5 years under the new rules in 2018, where I'll be eligible for settlement. The new rules state that your sponsor (the British citizen) should earn £18,600 to successfully sponsor you (additional to other relationship requirements etc..) and once you are in the UK, both of your incomes can sum up together to complete the £18,600. We have already gone through this process and completed the first two steps using income from paid employment all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules regarding settlement are a bit vague now and don't have concrete answer to what evidence is required to settle under the new rules (at least in the financial aspect), but it is very likely that they will require you to show the same £18,600 using the same criteria that it is needed for the Limited leave to remain rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is our projected situation for the time we apply for settlement in 2018:&#xA;My wife is doing a PhD and receives a stipend/grant every month. She will continue her PhD until about September 2018, but that's her only income and according to the rules for leave to remain, they will not accept evidence for grants if you can't prove that you are going to receive the grant for 12 months after application date (so if say we apply in February 2018, there will only be 7 months more of stipend income). I'm very sure even if we provide them evidence that she will get a postdoctorate that earns more than enough as soon as she finishes her degree that won't count either (they won't accept promises of future employment unless it's an entry clearance application and the offer is for the sponsor coming from abroad and within 3 months of visa date). So in this case we are a bit stuck and we can't use her income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm self-employed and will probably earn more than enough each year until we apply, but if the rules are to be the same as the leave to remain rules, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit confused to know what documents to show (and this is where my question goes):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it suffice to prove this requirement by only showing the following?:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accounts certified by your accountant for the previous tax year (which I suppose must be 2016/17 because the year 2017/18 will only finish in April 2018, correct?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Letter from HMRC with your UTR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tax return for that year (2016/17) which will show evidence of NIC payments and your income after taxes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope if someone had experience applying under the new rules (July 2012) for entry clearance and leave to remain, using self-employment income can confirm this is correct/enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8454" LastEditorUserId="8454" LastEditDate="2015-10-31T11:26:41.007" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T17:57:39.643" Title="Finances to Settle in the UK under spouse visa new rules (after 2018) as self-employed" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7224" CreationDate="2015-10-30T17:35:24.483" Score="3" ViewCount="6947" Body="&lt;p&gt;From career aspect, I am a front-end web developer, received &lt;em&gt;Permanent Residence&lt;/em&gt; status for both New Zealand and Saskatchewan (Canada). Currently a citizen of India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot move out of Saskatchewan province, for next 3 years, as per the PR norms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New Zealand has better climate.&#xA;Canada is a better place for IT jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, in the long term, which one is the better place to live as a family man?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T01:15:58.760" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T01:15:58.760" Title="New Zealand or Canada, which is the better destination?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-11-12T13:56:30.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-30T17:41:50.710" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that the average salary for researchers in France (see for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://blitiri.blogspot.fr/2013/01/the-wages-of-cnrs-researchers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; lower than the average salary for professors (with both teaching and research duties) in any other western country (in particular, US, UK, Germany, Switzerland). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this difference motivated by substantially lower living expenses&#xA;  (e.g., real estate market, public transport, income taxes) compared to&#xA;  the aforementioned countries? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where can one find data (or other information) on this topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I spent several month in France, but in the form of many short (academic) stays, so I'm not able to evaluate precisely the cost of living permanenty there. However, I'm interested in moving to France, and I'm trying to make an informed choice. Therefore, another question is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where can one find useful information about living in France aimed&#xA;  precisely at scholars (e.g., dealing with two-body problem)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user8456" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T17:41:50.710" Title="Living in France as a researcher" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T15:50:25.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7590" CreationDate="2015-10-30T17:46:56.273" Score="6" ViewCount="1263" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine (US citizen) in Berlin was just laid off after 9 days on the job. It was not performance-related, as the company is quite obviously struggling and let go of many people on the same day. In case the context is helpful, she's a UI/UX designer with 5+ years of experience working in San Francisco, CA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's been in Germany for 33 days and had a valid residence/working permit for 10 days prior to the layoff, ergo, she'd 'used up' 23 days of her tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Based on an &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen&quot;&gt;earlier post&lt;/a&gt;, h/t @Gala, at a minimum, she should be allowed to stay in Germany for the 67 days remaining on her tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we haven't been able to confirm, though, is whether the permit she was given allows her to stay in Germany for 3 years but &lt;em&gt;without the right to work for another company unless otherwise granted&lt;/em&gt; (IOW, a situation where the work permit is tied to her previous employer only, but her residence permit remains valid unless explicitly revoked), OR whether both her working and residence permit expire in 2 weeks when she's officially no longer employed by the company that sponsored her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first page of the permit, which has work-related info, reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Beschäftigung nicht gestattet mit Ausnahme der Tätigkeit als UX/UI Designer bei [redacted], 10*** Berlin bis zum 14.10.2018. &#xA;Selbstständige Tätigkeit gestattet&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...which Google Translate renders to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Employment not permitted except for activity as a UX / UI Designer at [redacted] 10*** Berlin until 14.10.2018.&#xA;Independent work permitted&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: reads as though she's also allowed to freelance, which is good news because it's common in her field).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second page of the permit, titled Aufenthaltstitel (Residence Permit), shows the Gültig Bis (Date of Expiry) as 14.11.18. The Art des Titels (type of permit) in this section is Aufenhaltserlaubnis (again, Residence Permit). There's no mention of her employer on this page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An optimistic reading of these 2 pages is that while her working permit allows work only with her previous employer (and potentially, freelance work too), her residence permit is valid for 3 years regardless of her employment status, so she's at least free to remain in Germany during that time to try to find full-time work, at which point the new company would need to help her secure an updated work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-18T08:59:19.263" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T08:59:19.263" Title="Is a residence permit (but not working permit) still valid after being laid off in Germany (US citizen)?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7221" CreationDate="2015-10-30T20:17:11.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/labr67i-eng.htm&quot;&gt;Employment by major industry group, seasonally adjusted, by province&lt;/a&gt;. The main industries I know so far over there are agriculture and fishing. Since you are in IT, if you were to go in SK, the chances of getting a job in your field might be less. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the winters are &lt;em&gt;brutal&lt;/em&gt; in SK. I have some friends over there but they are not in IT so they wouldn't know about the industry over there. (PS I am in Toronto). I have seen very early snowfall over there. And the weather is unpredictable (That stands for most of Canada by the way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about New Zealand, but I could find &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/work-in-nz/nz-jobs-industries&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; about the employment diversities over there. Engineering is the &lt;strong&gt;fourth ranked industry&lt;/strong&gt; over there. Also Auckland has some promising companies on their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workhere.co.nz/region/auckland/work-here&quot;&gt;employment page&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For career, I would say SK is not the best option. I would recommend you to move to some other province like Ontario, Alberta, Quebec or British Columbia; but since you can't move outside for three years, that goes out of the picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a family, the winters are going to be hard. You and your family will struggle adjusting to the weather here. Again this is from my personal experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there is not much difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.ca/search?q=nzd+inr&quot;&gt;NZD&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.ca/search?q=cad+inr&quot;&gt;CAD&lt;/a&gt; if you're thinking about the finances too. So if you hopefully find a job in Auckland or any other major cities, you're off to having better chances over there than Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T20:17:11.140" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7213" CreationDate="2015-10-30T22:17:10.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short version: yes, but not for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarise the &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/informacioninteres/InformacionProcedimientos/Ciudadanosnocomunitarios/hoja012/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official guidance&lt;/a&gt; about the right to reunion for non-EU citizens:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person who is already resident in Spain (i.e. you) must have sufficient income to support the person who is applying to join them. To bring one family member over you need a monthly income of 800€.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have resided in Spain for at least a year and have obtained authorisation to reside for at least another year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The usual stuff about criminal records etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The right does apply to registered partners.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Se considera relación análoga a la conyugal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cuando está inscrita en un registro público y no se haya cancelado la inscripción, o ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This approach would not enable your boyfriend to work legally in Spain (although if his employer in the Netherlands is happy for him to work remotely, it might be worth getting professional legal advice as to whether that is an option).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other options are to check your boyfriend's genealogy very carefully to see whether he can apply for Spanish citizenship by inheritance; for him to try to find a job from the Netherlands; or for you both to hope that Cataluña separates from Spain and decides to implement a very open immigration policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T22:17:10.163" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7180" CreationDate="2015-10-31T06:58:52.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, you can apply for an EEA family permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To prove your relationship to your uncle, you can use your birth certificate and those of your mother and uncle (what other proof could there possibly be?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The certificate showing that you are a member of your uncle's household should establish that you qualify as an extended family member.  The criterion is (emphasis added) &quot;you must be able to show that you’re dependent on the EEA citizen &lt;strong&gt;or are a member of their household,&lt;/strong&gt; or have a serious health condition and rely on them to care for you.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Okay, but to qualify for the EEA family permit, you need only to establish that you qualify as an extended family member. There is no test of financial means.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are other documents required.  For example, you have to document the fact that your uncle is an EEA citizen.  His passport or identity card will do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at the guidance published by the UK authorities, and let us know what specific questions you have about the guidance: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-01-29T16:37:21.140" LastActivityDate="2016-01-29T16:37:21.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-31T12:16:19.637" Score="5" ViewCount="519" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian citizen looking to work in Singapore. I believe I would meet the requirements for an Employment Pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the self assessment tool I met the criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed some advertised positions specifically mention visa sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a position does not mention sponsorship, is it worth applying? I do not technically have the right to work in Singapore.  Is it a usual process for HR departments to assist with obtaining an Employment Pass?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="540" LastEditorUserId="540" LastEditDate="2015-11-05T11:24:36.183" LastActivityDate="2020-01-24T11:04:01.033" Title="Applying for jobs in Singapore without Employment Pass?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6165" CreationDate="2015-10-31T12:20:45.953" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Paragraph 8.1.10 of the immigration directorate instructions for appendix FM 5 year routes state that :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When considering paragraph E-ECP.2.10. and paragraph E-LTRP.1.10., the&#xA;  decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant and their partner&#xA;  intend to live together permanently &lt;strong&gt;in the UK&lt;/strong&gt;. Under paragraph 6 of&#xA;  the Immigration Rules “intention to live together permanently with the&#xA;  other” or “intend to live together permanently” means an intention to&#xA;  live together, evidenced by a clear commitment from both parties that&#xA;  they will live together permanently in the UK immediately following&#xA;  the outcome of the application in question or as soon as circumstances&#xA;  permit thereafter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you will have failed that requirement during some part of your stay the Immigration Office may have the right to cancel or curtail your visa. But like Gayot Fow said, it all depends on the Immigration Officer, and what questions he asks you. Because you're intending not to come back to the UK I would suggest you apply for a visitors visa and explain in detail all your circumstances, including your current relationship situation, why you are not living in the UK anymore, and what new ties you have to the place where you live (e.g. work, study). You will need enough evidence to convince the Case worker that you have a stable life in your new country, you have enough money to travel and come back, you have no intention to remain in the UK, and additionally enough details about your relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The caseworker may decide to cancel your current visa and give you a visitor one, or just give you a visitor one or request an interview to clarify the situation, but I think that's the best way to proceed if you really want to go to the UK again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8454" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T12:20:45.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-31T13:44:24.443" Score="1" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen married to a non EU, and I want to move to live and work in Germany, my question is what is the easiest why to bring my wife with me to Germany and how can I apply for a residence permit card for my wife&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8458" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T18:54:45.417" Title="An EU Citizen wants to bring a non EU citizen with him to live in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-11-02T11:44:38.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-31T17:32:59.137" Score="5" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm traveling to London for what will be about a 5 month trip. I'm a UK citizen (by descent), and have never lived in the UK. With me will be my son, a US citizen (and not UK), who is 4 years old. Will it be possible to enroll him in (preferably a public) school? Alternatively, what other kinds of non-formal educational environments could I look into? (I.e. day programs that an adult can accompany a child to). My apologies if this is not the right Stack Exchange site for this question. I realize it might not qualify as an expatriate-related question, but I figured many expatriates might have done a similar process to the one I mention. Any help or tips are greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8459" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T11:41:14.657" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T13:48:01.623" Title="Traveling to London for 5+ months, can I enroll my son in school?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7231" CreationDate="2015-10-31T18:31:37.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply for a &quot;Residence card for family members of EU (except Germany) and EEA citizens.&quot;  See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324282/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324282/en/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your spouse is a &quot;visa national,&quot; requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area, you will need to apply for a visa before entering Germany.  Under the relevant EU directive, this visa must be issued free of charge, but a cursory search of the web site of the German Consulate in New York did not locate the correct page with the details.  The EU rules are explained here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-10-31T18:54:45.417" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T18:54:45.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7234" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7237" CreationDate="2015-10-31T19:31:07.260" Score="2" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a Green Card through my marriage and as we all know, that it is two step process&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You receive conditional Green Card for 2 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File I -751 to remove the conditional status from it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You receive a Green Card for 10 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I did file my I-751 and and they sent me a Notice of Action (I-797) which says that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your conditional resident status is extended for a period of one year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure why is that. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-01T18:29:22.443" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T18:29:22.443" Title="I sent I-751 to remove 2 year conditoinal but USCIS extended it for 1 year" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7235" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7236" CreationDate="2015-11-01T09:59:46.080" Score="8" ViewCount="1728" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian citizen and my grandfather served in the French army for 4.5 years in France in second world war time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandfather registered only my paternal uncle as French citizen and he is currently living in France. Since my grandfather's death, my father stayed in India itself as Indian national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we eligible to get French citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8465" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T01:26:02.153" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T12:43:44.130" Title="Grandfather served in the French army for 4.5 years: Can I get French nationality?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7235" CreationDate="2015-11-01T11:12:36.717" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell based on the information you present but my guess is that &lt;strong&gt;you will not be able to use your French citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, if you have it. The reasons for that are a bit complex but I will try to explain the rules as well as I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Serving in the French army is not directly relevant as such. There are provisions to become French &lt;em&gt;par le sang versé&lt;/em&gt; (literally “through spilled blood”) if you are injured or died in service but those are much more recent than World War II. On the other hand, soldiers (including those in the Foreign legion) could always apply for a regular naturalization and it's possible that it's what your grandfather did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the case may be, the fact that your paternal uncle apparently is a French citizen by birth does suggest that your paternal grandfather was himself a French citizen (but you ought to check that with your uncle, if he naturalized then that's something else). If your grandfather became a French citizen before your father's birth then your father is also a French citizen. He might have some trouble proving it but there is no registration needed to remain a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far so good but the problem is that there are rules that make it impossible for your father to transmit his French citizenship to his children if he lived for more than 50 years abroad without &lt;em&gt;possession d'état [de français]&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;em&gt;Possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;” means acting as a French citizen, like holding a passport or voting in French elections, irrespective of whether you are a French citizen or not. You can have &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; without citizenship if the French government treats you like a citizen by mistake. Conversely, you can be a citizen without &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; if you don't make use of your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if your father never used his citizenship (e.g. by getting a French passport) then his children are not considered French citizens. But if your father is still alive, he might still be able to apply for a passport or otherwise get &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; and my understanding is that you could then use your French citizenship too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases like that, where the link with France is tenuous and difficult to prove, it can be difficult to avail yourself of your citizenship, even if you really do have it. So you have to expect a long procedure and ideally hire a lawyer familiar with such matters to help you get a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it might sound like nitpicking but legally you cannot be “eligible to get French citizenship” through your grandfather; you either already have it and need to prove it or you don't and then the only options are all the usual routes to citizenship (naturalization, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-01T19:22:05.190" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T19:22:05.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7234" CreationDate="2015-11-01T18:28:57.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is normal. You will remain a conditional permanent resident for as long as the Removal of Conditions application is pending. The Removal of Conditions application could take anywhere from 6 months to a year, but could be longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your green card will be expired soon, and you won't have a proof of permanent residency after that during the pendency of the Removal of Conditions application until it is approved and you receive the 10-year non-conditional green card. So they made the receipt of the I-751 application also serve as a 1-year extension of the green card to serve as a proof of permanent residency in the interim. If for some reason your application is still pending close to the end of that one year, you can continue to get further proof of permanent residency in the form of an I-551 stamp in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T18:28:57.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7240" CreationDate="2015-11-01T19:31:30.600" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a plan to move to saskatchewan(CANADA) with PR status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be moving alone to Saskatchewan and my family members would be joining me after my job settlement. I would prefer sharing accomodation that costs not more than 300 CAD per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On regular basis, I would be attending job interviews in saskatoon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know the town that is nearest(less expensive) from saskatoon, in less than 150 KM radius. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My whole intent to stay in nearest town is to avail reasonable rental price for accomodation and maintain less cost of living. I can manage to travel by road everyday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T01:22:20.780" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T05:26:13.057" Title="Which is the nearest town to saskatoon(SK) for economic living?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7221" CreationDate="2015-11-01T21:14:38.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll try to address some of your specific points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New Zealand has better climate. Canada is a better place for IT jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada is a really big place. While Canada as a whole you might consider &quot;better&quot; for IT jobs, if you are restricted to Saskatchewan then you will find your options greatly limited. On the other hand, Auckland has a thriving software development community, and you could move anywhere in New Zealand if you wanted to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But my family would like to be in touch with indian society/festival. Unlike Canada, NZ has such problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Auckland is a multicultural city and has a wide range of cultural influences from India. As an example, the recent &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aucklandnz.com/diwali&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Auckland Diwali Festival&lt;/a&gt; attracted &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/thousands-flock-to-aucklands-diwali-festival-2015101709&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;thousands of people&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;It's a demonstration of our diverse and accepting culture that it is also a festival that many other New Zealanders of all ethnic groups eagerly await,&quot; Mr Lotu-Iiga [Minister for Ethnic Communities] says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If connection with Indian culture is important to you and your family, and it sounds like it is, I would strongly suggest considering your options in Auckland (largest city in the country, ~1.3 million people), versus your choice of much smaller city in Saskatchewan (max. ~200k people).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google tells me that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=indian%20population%20auckland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Indian population within Auckland&lt;/a&gt; is roughly 146,500 people. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Saskatchewan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South Asian population within the entire province of Saskatchewan&lt;/a&gt; is only 5,130. (Keep in mind that when you're looking up things like this, the term &quot;Indian&quot; in Canada has historically been used to refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;indigenous peoples&lt;/a&gt;, but the terms &quot;aboriginal&quot; or &quot;First Nations&quot; are preferred for those people today. People from the country of India are often referred to as &quot;East Indian&quot; or &quot;South Asian&quot;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming from a country with essentially no snow and warm climate (India), the Saskatoon winters are going to be &lt;em&gt;shocking&lt;/em&gt;. From about November through March, the average daily maximum temperature is below freezing (below 0&amp;deg; C). Snow can fall anytime from October through about May, sometimes quite a lot (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://globalnews.ca/news/1962200/spring-snow-storm-hits-central-saskatchewan/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;news story from April 2015&lt;/a&gt;). Driving will be difficult or impossible on some winter days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T21:14:38.210" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7238" CreationDate="2015-11-02T05:26:13.057" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Saskatoon is fairly small town (pop. 220K), with no other towns of size anywhere nearby.  I don't think you will be able to get a meaningfully lower rent by driving even 150 km.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please bear in mind that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gas in Canada costs about $1/liter, so there is a significant cost to driving that far&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Winter driving can be very slow and dangerous, particularly if you are not used to it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T05:26:13.057" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-02T13:02:14.547" Score="1" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does any body have an idea about the demand of front end web development work of IT sector in Saskatchewan? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am moving to this province with PR status with these technical skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T07:21:16.387" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T07:21:16.387" Title="Front-end web development - work demand in Saskatchewan" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7232" CreationDate="2015-11-02T13:48:01.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the information you have provided, you will not be able to enroll him in state education (cf &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-admissions-applications-from-overseas-children&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-admissions-applications-from-overseas-children&lt;/a&gt;). UK schools start recpetion, something like a cross between pre-k and kindergarten, has a cut off of turning 4 by 1 september, so depending on your son's birthday he may not be eligible no matter his nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many parents in the UK do not send their children to reception, but rather keep them in nursery. For example, when my son left nursery for reception about 1/4 of his nursery class stayed behind and skipped reception. For a 5 month visit, starting late into the year, this might be a better option than a fee-based school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T13:48:01.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7248" CreationDate="2015-11-02T14:14:53.793" Score="7" ViewCount="371" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EU citizen living in UK since 2012 on a Tier 2 General Migrant visa. I got my visa extended in May 2015 through my company lawyer and was issued a BRP (Biometric Residence Permit). The BRP is valid until May 2018. However, I noticed that there is not any renewed visa vignette on my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, if BRP is itself a visa and can it be used to go out of and back to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6007" LastActivityDate="2020-05-04T08:12:45.197" Title="Is Biometric Residence Permit issued in UK actually a visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7244" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9074" CreationDate="2015-11-02T15:15:32.317" Score="3" ViewCount="2560" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;post-graduation work permit&lt;/a&gt; two months ago. Current processing times seem to be between four and five months, while my study permit expires at the end of this month. So there will be some time where I do not have a valid immigration document and have to rely on implied status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already started working, and I have two trips planned (one to the US and one to Japan) that would likely fall in this period. I know that implied status is typically granted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/section-186.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;paragraph 186(u)&lt;/a&gt; of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which specifies that the person may not leave Canada (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;186&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(u) until a decision is made on an application made by them under subsection 201(1), &lt;strong&gt;if they have remained in Canada&lt;/strong&gt; after the expiry of their work permit and they have continued to comply with the conditions set out on the expired work permit, other than the expiry date;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, implied status for post-graduation work permits seems to fall under paragraph 186(w) instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;186&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(w) if they are or were the holder of a study permit who has completed their program of study and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) they met the requirements set out in paragraph (v), and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) they applied for a work permit before the expiry of that study permit and a decision has not yet been made in respect of their application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This paragraph makes no mention of remaining in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While waiting for my post-graduate work permit, am I allowed to work under implied status after leaving and returning to Canada?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8472" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T04:40:11.777" Title="Travel outside Canada while waiting for Post-Graduation Work Permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7244" CreationDate="2015-11-02T15:35:28.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=474&amp;amp;t=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC&lt;/a&gt;'s official website clearly says that you &lt;strong&gt;MUST stay in Canada&lt;/strong&gt; while you have an &lt;em&gt;implied&lt;/em&gt; status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting from CIC:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must stay in Canada and meet the conditions of your original work permit. If you applied for a work permit extension before your work permit expired, you can keep working under the same conditions as your existing permit until CIC decides on your application, even if you have applied to extend your stay under another category of temporary resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also includes going to the USA. Since some work permit holders have confusions between if they can go to the USA and come back without a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going out of Canada wouldn't be that much of a problem if you have the visa for your respective destination countries. But re-entering Canada with an implied status is unfortunately not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However one option I can think of is that if your study permit (and the visa) has not expired yet, you can go on the basis of that document and re-enter Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you &lt;strong&gt;WILL&lt;/strong&gt; need an official travel document (work permit or student permit and respective visa) to re-enter Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you should always contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC customer service&lt;/a&gt; and confirm. Number: 1 (888) 242-2100 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T04:38:39.763" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T04:38:39.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7241" CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:03:58.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some of the job search pages and websites that I found for you which I use in Ontario for job search. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCLAIMER:&lt;/strong&gt; While these job portals seem to provide many jobs, not all jobs you see are real on these portals. Watch out for money&#xA;  launderers, scams, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indeed.ca&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Indeed Canada&lt;/a&gt;: This is where you will find the most (that includes fake postings, scams, etc) jobs. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ca.indeed.com/IT-jobs-in-Saskatchewan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jobs for SK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.saskjobs.ca/jsp/joborder/listing.jsp?filter_by=2&amp;amp;noc_skill_type=2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SaskJobs&lt;/a&gt; This shows roughly 350 jobs at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/job_search_results.do?searchstring=web+development&amp;amp;action=Search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government job site&lt;/a&gt; Shows around 2K jobs right now but I doubt most of them are not real.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.glassdoor.ca/Job/saskatoon-web-developer-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,9_IC2291672_KO10,23.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Glassdoor&lt;/a&gt; shows just 1 search result. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/it-jobs/saskatchewan-canada&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Workopolis&lt;/a&gt; again shows just 1 job as of now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jobs.cips.ca/jobseeker/search/results/state/Saskatchewan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CIPS&lt;/a&gt; shows promising results. However again watch out for fake postings. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simplyhired.ca/search?q=Software&amp;amp;l=Saskatchewan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Simply Hired&lt;/a&gt; shows around 700 jobs as of now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wowjobs.ca/BrowseJobsCity.aspx?p=SK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wow Jobs&lt;/a&gt; shows some jobs however I am not aware of the quality of the jobs they have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jobsearch.monster.ca/Saskatchewan_1?sf=21&amp;amp;q=web-development&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Monster&lt;/a&gt; shows less than 10 results which includes jobs in Regina.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kijiji.ca/b-programmer-computer-jobs/saskatchewan/c54l9009&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kijiji&lt;/a&gt; I would not recommend this as a lot of people have not recommended me to use Kijiji; However to contradict myself, I found the job that I currently work at Kijiji.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I let you make the best decision with these numbers. You can compare these numbers with other provinces if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T17:03:58.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7243" CreationDate="2015-11-03T06:30:46.887" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The residence permit is not a visa; it's a residence permit.  Because it is evidence of your permission to reside in the UK, it can be used to enter the UK.  For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/457650/Final_v_3_BRP_-_In-Country_information_leaflet_post.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/457650/Final_v_3_BRP_-_In-Country_information_leaflet_post.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant excerpts (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biometric residence permit is proof of the holder’s right to stay, work or study in the UK. It can also be used as a form of identification (for example, if they wish to open a bank account in the UK). The holder is not required to carry their permit at all times, but they must show it &lt;strong&gt;at the border, together with their passport, when travelling outside of, and when returning to, the UK.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I use my biometric residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your biometric residence permit is evidence of your permission to stay in the United Kingdom, and shows the conditions of your stay. It enables you to confirm your identity and your rights to study and/or work here, and to access public services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must show the permit to your employer or approved education provider before you start to work or study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You must take your permit with you if you go abroad&lt;/strong&gt; while you have permission to stay in the United Kingdom. You may have to show the permit to an immigration officer at the border when you leave the United Kingdom. &lt;strong&gt;You will also have to show it as well as your valid national passport or travel document&lt;/strong&gt; before you begin your return journey, and again &lt;strong&gt;when you re-enter the United Kingdom.&lt;/strong&gt; The permit proves that you are allowed to return to the United Kingdom, but it cannot be used instead of a passport or travel document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T06:43:04.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-03T23:01:05.930" Score="4" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our family has sent us a (Halloween...) parcel to Spain from overseas. This parcel contains a collection of our own things from before we moved to Spain, each of insignificant value. Unfortunately, it has been delayed in customs, and it appears we are due to undergo a complex procedure with the goal of paying import tax or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are confused. The parcel is already ours, we're not buying it from overseas. Worse, we're required to provide receipt and proof of payment, even the approximate cost of the package would be difficult to evaluate. We bought some of these things years ago, so these documents are very much lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the instructions are very confusing. We essentially must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fill in the form on paper.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scan it with the receipt and enter into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://adtpostales.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;specified website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Receive a quote by email.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Walk to the nearest Correos office and pay it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go home and wait for the parcel.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone encounter something like this in Spain? Is this supposed to happen to personal things? Would it be possible to explain to the post office that the parcel contains personal things? What would be the best course of action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is enclosed the original letter from Correos, with the personal information removed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QAntI.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QAntI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Page 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEXtx.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aEXtx.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Page 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8477" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T07:50:02.527" Title="Parcel from family delayed in Spanish customs, as if merchandise. What to do?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7249" CreationDate="2015-11-04T07:30:38.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot read Spanish very well and I have no first-hand experience with this in Spain so I cannot tell you exactly what to do in this case but note that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no allowance for parcels like there is for air travel. If you carry things for your personal use with you by air, even things you just bought abroad, and they are worth less than €430, you don't have to declare them. Under EU law, if you get the same things sent to you by post, you can be charged VAT and/or customs duties, even if they aren't worth much. It happened to a friend of mine in another EU country for a single book!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can typically import many things without paying any taxes or duties when you move to the country from abroad but usually you have to import all your belongings within a specific time frame (e.g. within one year of becoming a resident) and/or submit a full list to the customs when entering or importing things for the first time (i.e. you can finish moving later but you can't add things as you go). I don't know the exact rules for that in Spain but that's the way it works in several other EU countries and I expect Spain to be broadly similar in this respect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have an unlimited right to import things that belong to you but were left abroad.&lt;/strong&gt; It does not really matter that you bought them years ago or before your move to Spain, if you did not import them as part of the move then they would be treated exactly like things you bought later or completely new goods you are having delivered to you from abroad (with the caveat that something old would typically have lost some value).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, since you haven't ordered these things recently and don't have an invoice, it's much more difficult in practice so I don't know exactly how you should proceed now. But, legally speaking, I think the Spanish customs administration would have solid grounds to demand some documentation and/or payment as applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T07:50:02.527" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T07:50:02.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-03T08:59:26.470" Score="1" ViewCount="947" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Afghanistan and I would like to immigrant to Alaska,&#xA;here it is possible to get the Russia visa but I would like to know: is there any way to leave Russia and get to Alaska?  I don't have a visa for the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I have plan a trip from Alaska to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please let me know which way this is possible, if at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="mohammad elyas" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T07:42:52.520" Title="Crossing from Russia to Alaska, no US visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2021-05-26T14:45:39.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7251" CreationDate="2015-11-03T11:00:05.673" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Impossible.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby&quot;&gt;extremely well trained&lt;/a&gt;, it is not possible to travel between Russia and Alaska without taking regular, scheduled flights.  You will not be able to board those flights without a US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an alternative, I would recommend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34602208&quot;&gt;cycling from Russia to Norway&lt;/a&gt;.  Many refugees from Syria and Afghanistan have discovered this route.  Take the train to Murmansk, then &lt;s&gt;train&lt;/s&gt;¹ bus to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nikel&quot;&gt;Nikel&lt;/a&gt;, then ride a bicycle to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storskog&quot;&gt;Storskog border crossing&lt;/a&gt; where you can seek refugee status (travelling on foot is not allowed and hitch-hiking will get the driver into trouble, but taxis reportedly can bring you to 100 metre from the border).  Note that it will soon be winter and temperatures well below -20°C are quite possible, so you might want to wait until spring (that means June).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹Apparently, passenger trains to Nikel have been cut.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" OwnerDisplayName="gerrit" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T11:05:58.093" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7228" CreationDate="2015-11-04T10:19:41.937" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Singapore is a small country with lots of foreigners working in all sorts of jobs.  As a rule, for professional roles, &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; the job posting states &quot;Singaporeans &amp;amp; PRs only&quot; (and many do), it's worth at least enquiring whether they will sponsor an Employment Pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, Singapore has ratcheted up &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/employment-pass/eligibility&quot;&gt;the requirements for getting an EP considerably over the last few years&lt;/a&gt;, and unless you're at the very top of the income bracket (fixed monthly salary S$12,000+), getting a pass is no longer guaranteed.  So you will still be at a disadvantage when applying for any job if you are competing against locals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T10:19:41.937" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:15:03.320" Score="5" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came in on a tourist visa from the states via Ireland to the UK. Due to being blind I was not aware that they gave me a stamp in my passport in Ireland but not when I flew on the same day into the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am wanting to apply for a residence card here inside the UK as I am married to a German National who lives and works here but not sure if this will become a problem with the home office having only an Irish stamp in my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8481" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:02:12.920" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T11:45:54.527" Title="Irish stamp but living in UK residence card application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7255" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-11-04T16:02:43.833" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:02:43.833" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:02:43.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7256" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-11-04T16:02:43.833" Score="0" Body="Where you are not an EU citizen yourself, but your spouse or long-time partner is." OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-04T23:17:51.813" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T23:17:51.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-04T23:32:27.483" Score="4" ViewCount="842" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen currently staying with family in England. However, I wish to obtain a French Working visa so I can live my dream of working in a ski resort. Is it possible for me to apply for a French working visa while I'm currently in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked into this a bit and I'm confused as to whether I can get around this or not. I have two options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for the visa to the French consul in Sydney Australia where the problem arises with the meeting as im not sure if they will let me apply to the Sydney office then have my appointment in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply to the French consul here in London where the issue is that I don't have a residence permit. Which is required when applying online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extra information: I have a youth mobility visa for the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has had a similar kind of problem please provide me with some insight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8484" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T09:17:04.883" Title="An Australian staying in UK applying for French working visa" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-05T07:42:44.600" Score="1" ViewCount="1859" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have savings that I want to put into a deposit to buy a house in the Netherlands. I heard that saving above 21K is taxable at 1.2%. Is this true or is it exempted if you have the 30% tax ruling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8486" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T11:28:15.563" Title="Do you get tax on you savings in the Netherlands if you are on the 30% tax ruling?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7259" CreationDate="2015-11-05T08:36:44.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's true that savings above 21K are taxed at 1.2%, this is called “box 3 inkomsten”. The logic is that savings and other assets are assumed to bring you 4% interest and you have to pay 30% tax on this (fictional) income, no matter the effective interest rate. That's the general case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there is indeed an exception for people who benefit from the 30% ruling. You can choose to have a “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/partiele_buitenlandse_belastingplicht/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;partial non-resident status&lt;/a&gt;”, in which case investments and savings (assets in box 2 and 3) are taxed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/fiscale_regelingen/kiezen_voor_binnenlandse_belastingplicht/buitenlandse_belastingplicht_tot_en_met_2014/buitenlandse_belastingplicht_tot_en_met_2014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;following the rules for non-residents&lt;/a&gt; (whereas wages and other box 1 income are still taxed according to the regular rules, minus the 30% rebate). It means that you are only taxed on your assets and income &lt;em&gt;sourced in the Netherlands&lt;/em&gt;. Additionally, there is an exception for bank accounts, life insurance policies, etc. so you would really &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/fiscale_regelingen/kiezen_voor_binnenlandse_belastingplicht/buitenlandse_belastingplicht_tot_en_met_2014/welke_gegevens_vult+u_in_uw_aangifte_in/bezittingen_box_3/bezittingen_in_box_3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;only pay taxes on real estate and ownership of Dutch companies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, this is apparently something you have to apply for explicitly so it would make sense to hire a tax advisor to go over this and help you with the formalities. You are not supposed to simply put the money aside and do nothing, as far as I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the box 3 income tax is a tax on &lt;em&gt;net&lt;/em&gt; wealth, and not directly a tax on money held in savings account or elsewhere. So you can also discount (some of?) your debts before computing the basis for the tax. I have no first-hand experience with this so I don't know how it works in details but that's something else to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-06T11:28:15.563" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T11:28:15.563" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7261" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7264" CreationDate="2015-11-05T09:41:06.533" Score="4" ViewCount="1363" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the main differences between living in Lausanne and Zürich?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, in terms of taxes, difficulty and affordability of renting/buying a (family) accomodation in a near town, internal public transport, and commuting from near towns, childcare, support for families, education system, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that the language spoken in  Zürich is German, while in Lausanne is French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where can I find (official) data and (sufficiently) precise&#xA;  information on this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user8456" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T05:48:39.330" Title="Main differences between living in Lausanne and Zürich" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-06T04:23:02.277" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling out the i-864ez for my wife, who is applying for a green card. On section 5.a., it requires 1 or 3 years of federal income, but I did not fill out federal income tax for 3 years or make more then 20K.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But i have a good job now, but i haven't worked their long enough to file federal taxes.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What should i do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8489" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-06T05:52:08.187" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T05:52:08.187" Title="American Green Card i-864ez" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7261" CreationDate="2015-11-06T05:48:39.330" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is actually quite a tricky question, which will depend on a lot of aspects. Let me try to give you some ideas on where to get the information you are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Swiss taxes are quite complicated. As you are taxed on a federal, a cantonal (state) and a communal level, your taxes will vary a lot. Even if you live in the city itself or at a neighbouring town in the agglomeration, this can change a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To complicate matters the taxes are also dependent on your income (as in there is not one percentage for everyone) and deductions you can make. These may also depend on the location you live in. As a foreigner you will most probably be taxed at a fixed rate on your income, however you can ask for it to be recalculated to the more exact rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at this &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.comparis.ch/steuern/steuervergleich/steuervergleich.aspx&quot;&gt;tax calculator&lt;/a&gt; to estimate how much taxes you have to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rent a Flat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's several statistics about this. For instance have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comparis.ch/immobilien/news/2015/04/mietpreise-staedte-schweiz-vergleich.aspx&quot;&gt;this graph&lt;/a&gt;. Here's another &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.derbund.ch/datenblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2014/06/Mietpreise-Schweiz1.jpg&quot;&gt;graph&lt;/a&gt; which shows the average price of 110sqm flat in different parts of Switzerland. As you can see, both cities are quite expensive, but if you are okay with commuting, you can get cheaper flats in towns a bit further away. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Support for families&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will get a certain amount of money for each of your children every month. (Familienzulagen). Those are in the canton of Vaud (Lausanne) 200CHF up to age 16 and 250CHF up to age 25 if your child is studying. From the third child onwards, this is 370CHF and 420CHF. For the canton of Zurich this is 200CHF up to age 12 and 250CHF for older children. So this will only make a difference if you have more than 2 kids. Note that some of the agglomeration towns of Zurich are actually in different cantons. Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ak81.ch/Formulare/Leistungen-FAK-2012-D.pdf&quot;&gt;list with an overview&lt;/a&gt; of how much you get in each canton.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schooling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Schooling is a cantonal matter in Switzerland, so this might vary between the two places. I'm not very familiar with either system, but have a look &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vd.ch/themes/formation/schooling/&quot;&gt;here for the system in Lausanne&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/welcome-center/family/school-system.html&quot;&gt;here for the system in Zurich&lt;/a&gt;. Public schools will be free at least for the compulsory schools in either place and are generally of good quality. Note that the schools around Lausanne will be mostly in French and those in Zurich in German. Although there might be one or two French schools in Zurich and vice-versa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Language&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't speak French or German, I would not underestimate the language barrier. While you might be able to find a job where you don't need to speak either language, it will be a different matter for everyday life. While a lot of people do speak basic English, you will come across people who don't quite often as English is usually only taught as a third language and especially older people won't have had any form of formal English education. From my experience, the French speaking part of Switzerland fares worse here than the German part of Switzerland. (As is also confirmed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ef.co.uk/epi/regions/europe/switzerland/&quot;&gt;this study&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't really say much about child care or buying a house. As for transport, not to worry, both cities have an excellent transport system. If you are looking for a place to live and want to find out how long it takes you to the city, you can check connections on the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://sbb.ch&quot;&gt;federal railways&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T05:48:39.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7263" CreationDate="2015-11-06T05:51:46.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only reason that you can not file tax returns for a given year is if your (worldwide) income for that year was below the filing threshold. The filing threshold for each year can be found by looking at each year's tax Form 1040 instructions, in a section near the beginning called &quot;Who Must File&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did not file because you were not required to file because your income that year was below the threshold, then everything is fine. Per the I-864/I-864EZ instructions, in that case you would have to attach a statement explaining why you were not required to file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did not file and your income was above the threshold, you should file the back taxes ASAP first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What matters for determining sufficiency of the Affidavit of Support is your current income (i.e. salary of your current job). Since you say that you currently have a good job, that should be sufficient. Make sure to include an employer letter (if possible) and as many pay stubs as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T05:51:46.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:43:02.953" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software engineer with 8+ years of experience. My recent IELTS score was: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listening    6.50&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reading  7.50&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking 6.00&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing  6.00&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OverAllBandScore 6.50&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to apply for work visa for (a) Canada (b) New Zealand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8490" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:55:50.620" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:55:50.620" Title="My IELTS score and eligibility for Canada PR" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-11-08T20:05:59.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7267" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-06T13:54:34.307" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;My non-eu spouse and I plan to move to Germany next year. I am a British citizen, however currently we both live in South Korea, where we both work. We are intending to spend some time to travel together during the first part of next year which means that neither of us will be working directly prior to entering Germany, so won't be able to prove any current income on arrival. I would prefer not to find employment immediately on entering Germany as I will be working on a personal art project that will not bring any income for a few months. However, my wife would like to begin work immediately on entering Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both have savings which will total around 13,000-15,000 euro when entering Germany. Can I exercise my EU treaty rights as economically inactive in Germany with our savings and will this allow her to apply for a residence card allowing her to begin work immediately? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this isn't possible, I would seek a very minimal part time job, perhaps 10 or less hours per week, would this be sufficient in order for me to exercise my EU treaty rights enabling her to apply for a residence card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8493" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-07T08:31:03.660" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T08:35:59.393" Title="Economically inactive savings requirement Germany for non-EU spouse to get residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7267" CreationDate="2015-11-06T15:30:25.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both options are just barely OK but should work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As an economically non-active person, the standard is that you should not “become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State”. But the law does not include a predefined minimum and the amount should be decided based on the local costs of living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not being eligible for welfare benefits should in any case be sufficient and I think that €15000 is just enough for that in Germany. In 2015, the basic benefit (&lt;em&gt;Regelsatz&lt;/em&gt;) under the SGB II regulations was €360 per month per person for a couple so that's €8640 for both of you for a year but you need to add the costs of rent. The best place to get definitive information for a given place/province would be the local &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also beware: You need to show you have health insurance, so if you are not eligible for statutory cover through work or retirement, you probably need to pay for private insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A part-time job is also enough, the standard is that it must be “genuine and effective”. IIRC, case law from the EU Court of Justice established that something like 10 or 12 hours per week is enough, but less than that could be more difficult. So here again you would be very close to the limit but it should work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify, even as an economically non-active person, your wife can indeed work immediately without restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-07T08:35:59.393" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T08:35:59.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:44:28.560" Score="3" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed in UK for 15 months, because I was misguided by my immigration Lawyer. Now I am applying for a spouse visa to USA. Will my overstay affect my USA visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8494" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T08:25:32.987" Title="I overstayed in UK for 15 months.Will my overstay affect my USA Spouse visa process?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:45:09.490" Score="1" ViewCount="2875" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in United States on H1B Visa on a &quot;Computer Programmer&quot; role. If I change my role to something other than Computer programmer when my H1B goes into extension than do I need to go for LCA only or I have to go for Petition Amendment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, will the role change affect my salary in any way? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="891" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T17:13:20.837" Title="How does H1B role change works?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7269" CreationDate="2015-11-07T08:25:32.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It shouldn't have any effect on getting an immigrant visa to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T08:25:32.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8931" CreationDate="2015-11-07T14:20:43.287" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had the experience of renting an apartment from a housing association (boligforening) in Denmark? It seems from my research that it may take years to get an apartment, although I also read that those with families are prioritized. I would like to know how quick it is to get an apartment from boligforening, and whether it is possible to apply one before arriving in Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T10:29:42.597" Title="Is it possible to apply an apartment from boligforening in Denmark before arriving in the country?" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7270" CreationDate="2015-11-07T17:13:20.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to file an amendment when the candidate’s job title changes or gets a promotion, with no significant change in the employee’s job responsibilities.Reference: see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.h1bwiki.com/h-1b-amendment-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8495" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T17:13:20.837" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-08T05:36:40.127" Score="5" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is German, we have been living in Mexico (I am Mexican) and she got a job in Belgium. As we understand: in our case, Family Reunification will be governed by &quot;EU law&quot; since she is an EEA citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently she found out that there is the possibility for her to transfer (same company) to Germany with a new German contract. Doing a bit of research we found out that &quot;German law&quot; would apply for Family Reunification if she is working in Germany. But what happens when we first apply for Family Reunification in Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend of ours mentioned a something, and this is is particularly what I would like to ask here: She said that &lt;strong&gt;If an EEA resides/works in EU but outside of his/her country for a certain amount of time and that EEA person returns to reside/work to his/her country of citizenship, then EU law will apply instead of domestic law for Family Reunification.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone knows about this? what is it called? Where I can find more information about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8497" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T20:46:24.627" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T20:46:24.627" Title="An EEA returning to original country does &quot;EU law&quot; or &quot;Domestic law&quot; for Family Reunification" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7274" CreationDate="2015-11-08T09:22:39.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As explained by @phoog in a comment, this is called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinder_Singh_route&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;. It stems from a decision by the EU court of justice and not from a directive or regulation so you won't find a text spelling out the exact conditions. In some cases, it might even be necessary to go to court to obtain such a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original case and many subsequent uses of this principle happened in the UK and a handful of other countries that have especially restrictive rules for family reunification. Consequently the UK government published &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;extensive guidelines about this&lt;/a&gt;. Under their interpretation, you have to show that you moved the center of your life interests to another EU country (and did not merely go there to evade UK law), so anything that shows that can be useful to strengthen your case. I don't know how such cases are handled in Germany but in principle, the same logic should apply to any EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can always apply for a regular German family reunification visa (&lt;em&gt;Ehegattennachzug&lt;/em&gt;), living in Belgium does not make that impossible. The downside is that there are additional fees and conditions compared to family reunification under EU law, which is why many people pursued the Surinder Singh route in the first place. In particular, as a Mexican citizen, you would have to show that you speak some German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it does not spell out what the conditions are and how to avail yourself of this possibility, the website of the federal office for migrations and refugees &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Migration/EhepartnerFamilie/ehepartnerfamilie-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;explicitly acknowledges all this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keinen Sprachnachweis vor der Einreise müssen Sie zudem erbringen, wenn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ihr Ehegatte Deutscher ist und er zuvor durch einen längeren Aufenthalt in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat von seinem europäischen Freizügigkeitsrecht Gebrauch gemacht hat,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[…]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it says “&lt;em&gt;einen längeren Aufenthalt&lt;/em&gt;” (a “longer stay”) without naming a specific duration. Working in Belgium is enough for your wife to have “make use of [her] right to free movement” (“&lt;em&gt;von seinem europäischen Freizügigkeitsrecht Gebrauch machen&lt;/em&gt;”) so you have got that part covered in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T12:58:36.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7280" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7283" CreationDate="2015-11-09T09:38:40.490" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I heard that for some cases, the F-1 visa holder doesn't have to renew his visa if the visa is expired. But how about the following cases after the visa was expired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The holder transfers from a college to a college.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The holder moves from an undergrad school to a grad school of different university. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8502" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-09T18:45:22.943" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T18:45:22.943" Title="The policy over F-1 visa when the holder changes his academic program after the visa is expired" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2015-11-09T14:43:39.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is largely answered in the Wikipedia article on Jus Sanguinis &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6402" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T14:43:39.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7282" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7285" CreationDate="2015-11-09T17:51:00.047" Score="5" ViewCount="3541" Body="&lt;p&gt;My child was born outside the USA, and is possibly &lt;sup&gt;†&lt;/sup&gt; a USA citizen according to the rules. She is a UK citizen and has a UK passport she has travelled on within europe already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Must&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; my child travel on a USA passport (they already have a UK passport); and, therefore&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I register the birth with the embassy (i.e. obtain a CRBA) before taking my child to the USA?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links to the official documents that confirm/deny this are really what I need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/faqs/faq_children.html#001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;embassy FAQs&lt;/a&gt; (highlighting mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your child has a claim to U.S. citizenship, s/he &lt;strong&gt;is required&lt;/strong&gt; to enter and depart the United States on a valid U.S. passport. S/he &lt;strong&gt;should not&lt;/strong&gt; enter the United States on a foreign passport with a visa, or visa free under the Visa Waiver Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording here is confusing - one sentence says &quot;&lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, the other &quot;&lt;em&gt;should not&lt;/em&gt;&quot; (as opposed to &quot;&lt;em&gt;must not&lt;/em&gt;&quot; or &quot;&lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt;&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking as my child is under a year old and we have booked trips to see her grandparents in the USA for christmas. We were unaware of these potential rules and have not got her USA passport, SSN or CRBA yet. Does that therefore mean she &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; enter the USA on her UK passport? If so then we have a problem we need to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;†&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;em&gt;for the purposes of this question I will assume she is a US citizen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8504" LastEditorUserId="8504" LastEditDate="2015-11-21T20:54:02.400" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T17:20:20.690" Title="Must I register my child's birth outside the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7280" CreationDate="2015-11-09T18:45:11.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US visa is &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; for entry to the US. If the person does not need to enter the US, then they do not need a valid US visa. (That's also why US visas can only be gotten outside the US.) A US visa has no bearing on the person's status after entering the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person who is already in the US in F-1 status can transfer to different schools as much as they want as long as they get an I-20 from the new school. They will remain in F-1 status. A visa has nothing to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T18:45:11.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:36:50.253" Score="7" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope someone can help me untangle this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Husband: Non-EU citizen, from Brazil. High qualified engineer.&#xA;Wife: EU citizen - Portuguese. She is unemployed right now, taking care of our toddler. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now we live in Brazil, but I have an offer to work in and EU country for a determined time. The working permit will be issued independently of my wife. A resident permit would be issued to my wife IF she was non-EU too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT, she is an EU national. Further, she would not like to work right now or maybe she would study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder: After 3 months, what she is supposed to prove? I work and I bring the money, but I'm the non-EU. Does it matter or she is required to work/study/have money in account? The country we will live is not Portugal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, can I require the Blue Card in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8507" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T10:06:08.560" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T10:06:08.560" Title="Blue card doubt and financial evidence" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7282" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:42:04.720" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/abroad/events-and-records/birth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travel.state.gov: Birth of U.S. Citizens Abroad&lt;/a&gt; (highlighting added for relevant parts):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child’s parents should contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (CRBA) to document that the child is a U.S. citizen. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child’s parents may choose to &lt;strong&gt;apply for a U.S. passport for the child at the same time that they apply for a CRBA&lt;/strong&gt;. Parents may also &lt;strong&gt;choose to apply only for a U.S. passport&lt;/strong&gt; for the child. Like a CRBA, a full validity, unexpired U.S. passport is proof of U.S. citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Parents of a child born abroad to a U.S. citizen or citizens should apply for a CRBA and/or a U.S. passport for the child as soon as possible. Failure to promptly document a child who meets the statutory requirements for acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth may cause problems for the parents and the child when attempting to establish the child’s U.S. citizenship and eligibility for the rights and benefits of U.S. citizenship, including entry into the United States. &lt;strong&gt;By law, U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8507" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T13:46:36.663" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7282" CreationDate="2015-11-09T22:46:10.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/74/~/us-citizens---documents-needed-for-entry-into-the-u.s.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CPB's site&lt;/a&gt; if you enter the US by &lt;strong&gt;air&lt;/strong&gt; as a US citizen, you have to enter it using your passport, even if you are a child. If you enter the USA on &lt;strong&gt;land&lt;/strong&gt;, or by &lt;strong&gt;sea&lt;/strong&gt; (from Canada,  Mexico, or the Caribbean), then for a &lt;strong&gt;child aged 15 or less&lt;/strong&gt; the following is also enough:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;An original or copy of his or her birth certificate (issued by the Vital Records Department in the state where he or she was born)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Consular Report of Birth Abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A Naturalization Certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the child is a newborn and the actual birth certificate has not arrived from the Vital Records Department, we will accept a Hospital issued birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this if you only have a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), which might take less time to acquire than the actual passport, then you might get to the US with your child legally, if you take a detour and enter the States through Canada. This is because Flying to Canada with the UK passport should not cause any problems at all, and after that the &quot;by land&quot; entering applies, where a CRBA is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to fly to the US straight, or you won't have access to the CRBA, then unfortunately it is not possible to enter the States &lt;strong&gt;legally&lt;/strong&gt;, according to currrent rules. You might try entering the states with the UK passport (which &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; work in case at least one of the parents also enter with a non-US passport, thereby making it less possible for having confrontations with the border guards), but it is &lt;strong&gt;not legal&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; cause serious issues at the border, or later once your child wants to legally obtain his/her US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you want to remain legal, and taking a detour is not an option, the best thing would be to ask the local consulate in the UK for suggestions on how to proceed in the short timeframe provided, or how to expedite the passport process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T22:46:10.173" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7284" CreationDate="2015-11-09T23:06:43.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/document/files/guide-free-mo-2013_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page 28 of this document&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Access to the labour market&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your &lt;strong&gt;family members&lt;/strong&gt;, irrespective of their nationality, are &lt;strong&gt;entitled to take up employment&lt;/strong&gt; or self-employment in the host EU country. It &lt;strong&gt;does not matter&lt;/strong&gt; whether you work, study or &lt;strong&gt;just reside there&lt;/strong&gt;, your family members can start their economic activity with the same paperwork as nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means you have the right of work there, even if your partner is not a worker, but an &quot;economically inactive person&quot;. Once you are working, then she should hopefully be able to prove that you both have enough resources to stay in the country, even after the initial three months are over (given you are earning enough to support your family). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T23:06:43.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7284" CreationDate="2015-11-10T07:01:12.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To have an independent right of residence for more than three months under EU freedom of movement rules, your wife is indeed required to either work, study or have sufficient resources. Sufficient resources means an income high enough not to “become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State” &lt;em&gt;and health insurance&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, being above the threshold for basic welfare benefits is enough (to give you an idea, in countries like France or Germany, we are talking about an amount on the order of ~€500 a month per person, well under the minimum salary required to qualify for a blue card, which is more like €3000 or €4000 a month depending on the country and profession). Savings could work too, if they are accessible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if she would have to sponsor your residence permit, she would almost certainly be asked to show that she qualifies. But it seems you will have a residence permit of your own and are only worried about her status so things are a little different. What the rules say is that she does not have a right to stay and can be challenged and asked to leave. That does not mean that each and every EU citizen has to show they qualify and obtain a residence permit or leave immediately, lest they are illegally present in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike Brazilian and other third-country nationals, EU citizens do not generally need to secure a residence permit in advance and would certainly not face deportation even if they fail to complete some formalities in time. Procedure-wise, it works the other way around. So until you are challenged to prove that you qualify, you're fine to stay. But if you are asked to leave, then you cannot invoke your freedom of movement rights if you don't qualify in one of the ways listed at the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The formalities differ a bit but in practice, in many countries, you can therefore simply stay without doing anything special, as long as you don't attract attention to your situation. It's only if you need to sponsor a spouse, apply for welfare benefits or become undesirable in some way that your lack of a sound claim to residence under freedom of movement rules becomes relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's definitely the case in France or the UK for example, and more-or-less in Germany, the Netherlands or Belgium (except that in those countries everybody has to register their address with the authorities or risk a large fine, but that's unrelated to your status as an alien). You can check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt; to see if there are additional formalities in the country you are planning to settle in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are married and sharing an household, there is no reason that your income/wage would not count as sufficient resources for your wife to stay as an economically non-active EU citizen. Once again, if she needed to sponsor your residence permit you would have a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem and it's not clear that she would qualify because you cannot prove you have an income before getting your work permit. But if you get your permit on your own, once you work and have an income, all that is moot. If needed, she could then prove that you have sufficient resources and hopefully she will get health insurance through your work as well (here again, it depends a bit on the specific country, the systems differ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that your status in the country might have some legal consequences down the line. If you stay for a few months in Sweden under freedom of movement rules, you could use the “Surinder Singh route“ to move back to Portugal under the same rules (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7274/an-eea-returning-to-original-country-does-eu-law-or-domestic-law-for-family&quot;&gt;An EEA returning to original country does &amp;quot;EU law&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Domestic law&amp;quot; for Family Reunification&lt;/a&gt;). You would also get a residence card as “family member of an EU citizen” which would grant you visa-free entrance to the UK under some conditions (not very relevant for Brazilian citizens but useful for others). And after five years you would become a permanent resident with very strong rights to stay in the country even if your situation changes. None of this is true to the same extent for blue card holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-11-10T15:41:22.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6878" CreationDate="2015-11-10T15:11:47.003" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, it took awhile to get through the process, but I have an update. Here's how I handled my situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I contacted a public-private organization called Berlin Partner for Business and Technology with my details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin-partner.de/en/our-services/talent-services/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin-partner.de/en/our-services/talent-services/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Berlin Partner was willing to take on my case (free of charge--they're gov't funded), and they handled all communication with the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;. It's not uncommon for them to take cases from 'temporary representatives' who will be on projects in Berlin for an extended period of time, working for a company without a Germany entity. This accurately describes my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My employer needed to provide Berlin Partner with a handful of documents verifying my position and my right to represent the company in Berlin. There wasn't really anything out of the ordinary that required special lawyering, though. I did pay a professional translator about $200 USD to translate my US employment contract to German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After Berlin Partner submitted my case, the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; was willing to offer me a Blue Card so long as I first enrolled in German private health insurance, as the coverage is more comprehensive than the 'international' plans popular among expats. I ended up working with a broker (strongly recommended), and I am using Allianz to fulfill my insurance requirement. Note that I needed to see a doctor and a dentist for basic exams in order to be accepted by Allianz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After getting confirmation of insurance coverage from Allianz, I scheduled an appointment with the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;, and during the appointment, they placed an order for my Blue Card. I received a 3-month temporary work permit in my passport since the Blue Card takes 3-4 weeks to arrive. They're going to email me so I can pick up the Blue Card once it's ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the process is nearly complete (though, to be clear, I don't quite have my Blue Card in hand yet). From start to finish, it took approximately 60 days to get to this point (20 days in the States, 40 days in Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T09:53:08.887" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-10T16:02:38.577" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am I covered by G.H.I. Blue Cross/Blue Shield if I move to Italy under an elective residency visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8505" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T02:44:10.463" LastActivityDate="2020-06-17T02:44:10.463" Title="Health Insurance for ex-pats" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7282" CreationDate="2015-11-10T19:49:48.700" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Must my child travel on a USA passport (they already have a UK passport);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to US law (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1185#b&quot;&gt;8 USC 1185(b)&lt;/a&gt;), it is &quot;unlawful&quot; for a US citizen to enter and leave the US without bearing a US passport, with some exceptions (e.g. enhanced driver's licenses, NEXUS cards, and children born in the US under 16 crossing a land border) which don't apply to your case. However, there is no consequence for violating this law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child is clearly a US citizen (e.g. born in the US), or a US government has determined that the child is a US citizen (e.g. a proof of citizenship has been issued for the child), then traveling to the US without a US passport might raise questions. But if the child is born outside the US and a US consulate has not yet determined, or is in the process of determining, the person's US citizenship, it is okay to travel on a visa or visa waiver in the interim. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/30204/entering-the-us-with-us-citizenship-pending&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for a similar case. (This person was similarly a US citizen at birth, born abroad, and was in the process of applying for a US passport; the person's own answer contains a response from the US consulate saying it is okay.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not going to try to adjudicate a child born abroad's US citizenship at the border because that depends on so many factors (e.g. the US citizen parent's periods of physical presence in the US prior to the birth) that involve a very long process to examine. Plus, even if we take the hypothetical assumption that they somehow can instantly know for sure that the child is a US citizen (which as above, is impossible to do at the border), what can go wrong? They cannot deny entry to a US citizen (they could give you a lecture, but they cannot deny entry under any circumstances if it is established that you are a US citizen). So in any case, the child would still be able to enter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;must I register the birth with the embassy before taking my child to the USA?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have to &quot;register&quot; the birth. But if your child needs to get a US passport, how is your child going to get a US passport without going to the US consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-10T19:49:48.700" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-11T00:40:03.017" Score="1" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my colleague came to U.S. earlier this year on H1B, now his location and project has got changed and he is working on a different project for a different client who is located in a different State from last 2 months. His H1B (I-797) petitioner and employer (from which he is getting his salary is still the same). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does he or his organization needs to file H1B amendment in this case or only LCA is sufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, while this whole thing of filing H1B Amendment and LCA is in progress or not yet initiated, can he visit India for 2-3 weeks?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already gone through this &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7270/how-does-h1b-role-change-works&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.h1bwiki.com/h-1b-amendment-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, but not able to understand whether amendment is required in this case or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8513" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T22:07:35.750" Title="H1B Amendment required or not?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-11T13:34:51.253" Score="6" ViewCount="641" Body="&lt;p&gt;My native country Pakistan has dual nationality arrangements with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dgip.gov.pk/files/immigration.aspx#DualNationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;16 countries&lt;/a&gt;. What happens if I acquire a citizenship of a country which is not in this list?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do not renounce my Pakistani citizenship, will I be still a citizen of Pakistan or will I automatically lose Pakistani citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user8359" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-11-12T13:57:22.680" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T13:57:22.680" Title="My native country of Pakistan does not accept dual nationality, am I still a citizen?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-11T16:58:34.997" Score="6" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employer is going to be sponsoring me to transfer from Canada to Australia under a Subclass 457 visa and will be lodging it shortly. Before this even came to be, I was planning a trip to Australia in January and would be leaving for New Zealand in February. I had bought a one-way ticket to Sydney this past April, but still haven't purchased my ETA yet. My question is, &lt;strong&gt;can I still make this trip to AU under an ETA while my 457 is under review, or is that not permitted?&lt;/strong&gt; Any help understanding this would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8516" LastEditorUserId="12098" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T01:21:55.253" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T04:02:04.727" Title="Can I be in Australia on an ETA while my Subclass 457 in under review?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7299" CreationDate="2015-11-11T17:28:03.177" Score="3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an US citizen for over ten years now and my parents just became citizens, what do they need to do to get social security benefit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.: &quot;they have their tax ids for 9y&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information is appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T11:35:05.293" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T11:35:05.293" Title="If I'm a US citizen and my parents just became US citizens, can they get social security?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7298" CreationDate="2015-11-11T17:55:45.230" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;They need to pay FICA taxes enough to accumulate 40 credits (i.e.: 10 years with ~16K taxable wages/year). They do not have to be citizens for that, so taxes they already paid also count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, if they're over 65 they'll be eligible for medicare 5 years after getting their green card, but may need to pay the premium for medicare part A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T17:55:45.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-11T19:04:42.453" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone here know a good school on where I can study a course to like TEFL for me to teach English in Thailand? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8518" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-11-12T03:13:49.000" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T03:13:49.000" Title="Good School for teaching English" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-11-12T13:58:01.133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7296" CreationDate="2015-11-11T23:21:24.263" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_nationality_law&quot;&gt;Pakistani nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;s.14  Dual Citizenship or nationality not permitted.  If you hold a citizenship outside of Pakistan the Pakistani citizenship is terminated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one decides to renounce the other&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one has citizenship in Britain or its colonies&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one is a female married to a man who is not a Pakistani citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;s.14A     Renunciation of citizenship.    If a person pledges allegiance or becomes a citizen of another country they have forfeited their Pakistani citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The exception is if a child (under the age of 21) who does not have his Pakistani citizenship and would like to resume it after turning 21 is allowed to do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above text is copied from Wikipedia but there are links to the actual text of the Pakistani Citizenship Act of 1951 which says the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T23:21:24.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7300" CreationDate="2015-11-12T03:13:02.707" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to assume that you do not hold Thai citizenship, and that you want to teach in Thailand legally, since not doing so can have serious consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to legally teach English as a foreigner in Thailand, you need to get a Teaching Licence and a Work Permit. A teaching licence requires you to have a bachelor's degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Work Permit in Thailand is tied to a specific job, at a specific location. This is usually not a problem if you work as a teacher, as you will be teaching for one school at one location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not earn more than a specified amount (varies depending on your nationality - but usually between 40,000 and 65,000 THB per month) then you will not be able to get yearly extensions of stay based on employment. This means that every time you enter Thailand you will get an entry stamp giving you 90 days before you have to leave. You can leave then come immediately back and get another 90 days, but still need to do this border run every 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you DO earn more than the threshold amount for your nationality, then you would qualify for annual extensions, and would not need to leave Thailand during that year. These can be done indefinitely, as long as you keep renewing the Work Permit every year, and get the annual extensions of stay. If you do intend to leave (e.g. to go on holiday) you would need to get a re-entry permit when you get your extension, otherwise you would need to start all over again as soon as you leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Office workers and teachers in larger schools have all the paperwork done for them by their employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do find a school willing to employ a foreigner, make sure that they are prepared to provide you with a Work Permit. Otherwise you would be working illegally, and could be deported, fined, and possibly even blacklisted from entering ever again. Some less scrupulous schools will claim that you don't need a WP, but they are lying - everyone working in Thailand (even voluntary work, as highlighted in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami) requires a Work Permit in order to do so legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T03:13:02.707" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5881" CreationDate="2015-11-12T04:27:26.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most places are cat-friendly. Only a few of the more pricey condos don't allow pets. Some will restrict the maximum size of dogs. So you see a lot of little yappy dogs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main issue with cats in Thailand is that it is hot here, and my cats (which I brought from Seattle) had a difficult time adjusting to the heat and the bugs. You need to be a lot more careful with the insects here, and you need to make sure your cats have a lot of water available. Also, you can't leave their food out: ants like cat food a lot (and you can find ants everywhere, even on the 30th floor of pretty much any condo - they like to hitch rides on fruit). Plus, the warm humid climate makes food go off quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8522" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T04:27:26.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7069" CreationDate="2015-11-12T17:21:29.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you need to legalize your marriage and kids birth certificates in the Belgium embassy/consulate in Jakarta.  Give them a call and ask. This I think is the most important. Amro&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8524" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T17:21:29.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7282" CreationDate="2015-11-13T03:54:08.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience, it is strongly recommended you submit the consular report of birth abroad (CRBA) with the consulate and get a passport before going to the US. It takes a few weeks but isn't difficult. (Unless the baby was conceived using IVF, but that's another issue) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since the child is already a UK citizen, the child can enter and leave the US using their UK passport as a UK citizen - so long as they are not registered as a US citizen. The question comes down to &quot;Do I want the child to have US citizenship?&quot; If the answer is yes, jump through the hoops. If not, then there is no reason to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8522" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T03:54:08.070" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-13T07:45:03.773" Score="2" ViewCount="435" Body="&lt;p&gt;What NFQ level is a university lecturer position? It is a PhD level post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8519" LastEditorUserId="11291" LastEditDate="2017-03-08T00:19:40.980" LastActivityDate="2017-03-08T00:19:40.980" Title="Tier 2 UK Visa for university lecturer position" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7317" CreationDate="2015-11-13T08:01:44.707" Score="6" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose a US citizen is married to a foreigner.  The foreigner has lived in the US with nonimmigrant G4 status for 18 years.  They married four years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The foreign spouse, after retirement, will need to apply for permanent resident status in order to continue living in the US.  There appear to be two options, namely, either to apply for adjustment of status while remaining in the US or to leave the US and apply for a spouse visa.  The first option requires filing form I-485, which has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;$1070 filing fee&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fees for the visa route seem to add up to considerably less than $1070, but there also seem to be several different fees and it is not clear to me that I've been able to identify them all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference in total cost between the two routes, and are there significant benefits or risks associated with either route that should be weighed against the costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T21:36:44.330" Title="Spouse of US citizen green card application: adjust status or leave and apply for visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-13T10:45:37.293" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is a British citizen, but I'm an Iranian citizen. He wants to immigrate to Spain. I want to know should I go with him or he must go first and find a job? Does it take too long? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8526" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-13T10:54:11.790" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T13:36:15.390" Title="Immigrate to spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-12T20:32:26.280" Score="5" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently bought the air plane ticket to attend an interview. The company says they will give me a check for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in F1 visa status. Can I accept this money from the company, as I remember that I am not authorized to accept money for any work until I am authorized for employment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a normal thing? Accepting a check for reimbursement for travel expenses while on f1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sush" LastEditorUserId="790" LastEditDate="2015-11-14T09:10:50.777" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T09:10:50.777" Title="Student on F1 visa. May I accept reimbursement for interview travel expenses?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7311" CreationDate="2015-11-12T20:53:29.740" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not accepting payment for work, you're accepting reimbursement for your expenses. You are allowed to look for a job while on F1 visa, you're not allowed to actually work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" OwnerDisplayName="littleadv" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T20:53:29.740" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7310" CreationDate="2015-11-13T13:36:15.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since your husband needs a job to have a right to stay in Spain and sponsor your residence card beyond the first 3/6 months, it would seem easier if he got a job first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if you have enough savings, you could apply for a residence card as the spouse of an “economically non-active” EU citizen immediately. You could even work yourself on that basis, even if your husband does not have a job yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T13:36:15.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-13T16:39:48.647" Score="2" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen, currently living there, and I will relocate to Germany because of a job that requires relocation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if the relocation expenses are tax deductible--and to which extent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some websites mention that the deduction is for any case including abroad-to-Germany, while other websites mention that this is possible only for Germany-to-Germany or Germany-abroad relocations. So, I am confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8527" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T05:50:23.430" Title="Are relocation expenses tax deductible in Germany for an Italy-Germany transfer (for job purposes)?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7315" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-13T18:02:15.903" Score="1" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, only your employer can see if you pay the Church tax in Germany, as the employer detracts the tax from your salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the Church actually see if I pay the tax, and how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who else can access this information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8527" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T09:26:41.493" Title="Who can see if you pay the Church tax (Kirchensteuer) in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7308" CreationDate="2015-11-13T18:03:12.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Qualifications_Framework#England.2C_Wales_and_Northern_Ireland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;According to Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, a PhD is equivalent to NQF level 8.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/423732/codes_of_practice_april_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Codes of Practice for Skilled Workers&lt;/a&gt; talks about &quot;occupations skilled to PhD level&quot; rather than NFQs above 6, but (page 33) includes university lecturer positions in this category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T18:03:12.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7309" CreationDate="2015-11-13T23:29:28.643" Score="7" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adjustment of Status will get permanent residency much faster. Since they are in the Immediate Relative category with no wait for visa numbers, I-130 petition and I-485 for Adjustment of Status can be filed concurrently. The two applications will be approved together in a few months, all while staying in the US. Consular processing would require first filing the I-130 petition, wait for a few months for it to be approved, and only then it goes to NVC and the consulate for a few more months, resulting in about a year of time until getting the immigrant visa. Also, they may have trouble visiting the US during this time, so they would have to stay in the home country during this time, or stay in the US in the beginning (assuming they are still in status), and go to the home country during the consulate part.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is true that the cost for Consular Processing is somewhat less than for Adjustment of Status, but it's still expensive. Whereas for AOS it costs $1760 ($535 for I-130 and $1225 for I-485, not counting costs for medical); for Consular Processing you would still pay the $535 for I-130, then I believe there's the immigrant visa application fee of $325, the Affidavit of Support processing fee of $120, and a USCIS immigrant fee of $220 before they will send you your green card, for a total of $1200 (again, not counting costs for medical). Less, but only by a third. That's not considering the cost for travel to and from, and stay in, the home country in the case of Consular Processing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Fees updated for Dec 23, 2016.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-12-23T21:36:44.330" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T21:36:44.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-14T04:20:37.793" Score="5" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to marry my Indonesian girlfriend in Indonesia within the next couple of years or so. She has a 4-year old daughter from a previous relationship, they were never married and he vanished pretty much as soon as the daughter was born. Since then my girlfriend and the father of her child have never made any contact what so ever nor has he made any attempt to contact her or his daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pretty much know the process of getting married so what I need to know is can I or my wife apply to have both the mother and daughter come to the United Kingdom together or is she only allowed to join me first, then after the first two or so years she is able to bring her daughter to join us in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The daughter is so adorable it breaks my heart to think I'm separating them, from birth she hasn't had a dad and now her mother has met me and I've half kind of become a fatherly figure, it may look like to the poor thing I'm taking her mother away from her, it's just heartbreaking so surely there is a system in place for both mother and daughter to come here in the UK together right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8531" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-14T07:24:41.287" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T07:24:41.287" Title="Can my Indonesian girlfriend's daughter come to the UK to live with us after the marriage?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7318" CreationDate="2015-11-14T06:41:53.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the UK's official site describing eligibility requirements for those applying to join family living permanently in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bringing your children&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your children must be under 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must name your children on your application, but you’ll need to apply for them separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page also lists other requirements, including the financial criteria the family must meet to qualify for the visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joining your partner&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must prove that you and your partner are 18 or over and in a genuine relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;married or civil partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;living together in a relationship for 2 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;engaged to be married or to become civil partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must prove that any previous relationships you or your partner had are permanently broken down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also meet the financial requirement of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;£18,600 per year if you’re applying only for yourself&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;£22,400 per year for you and one child&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;£2,400 per year for each additional child&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is more information on this page, along with links to other documents.  It is also one of several pages that describe other aspects of the program, so you will definitely want to visit the site yourself.  The landing page for family visas in general is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/family-visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T06:41:53.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7315" CreationDate="2015-11-14T09:26:41.493" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether someone is a member of a church that may raise taxes (&lt;em&gt;öffentlich-rechtliche Religionsgemeinschaft&lt;/em&gt;) is stored in the register of residents (&lt;em&gt;Melderegister&lt;/em&gt;) with the municipality they are living in. The churches are notified of all changes to said register that pertain to their members; each church will keep a register of members based on these notifications from the municipalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers have access to this and some other pieces of information that are relevant for tax purposes via a system called &lt;em&gt;ELStAM&lt;/em&gt;. Accordingly, they are required by law to withhold a certain part of the salary and pay it to the tax office, which will forward the money to the employee’s church. This ensures that the employee can’t fail to fulfill their tax duties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, although there is no direct communication between the employer and the employee’s church, the church can be sure that all their members pay taxes (if they are employed). It will not normally know how much each of its members paid in taxes, nor, equivalently, what their salary was. The tax office, of course, does know this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8307" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T09:26:41.493" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7321" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7333" CreationDate="2015-11-14T21:12:32.053" Score="1" ViewCount="589" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I've got the green card can I petition for my parents if they were in the US out of status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any info will be profusely appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorDisplayName="anon" LastEditDate="2015-11-16T10:22:28.947" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T18:18:09.847" Title="Petitioning green card for out of status parents" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-14T23:47:18.423" Score="2" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an academic and I find myself moving from country to country every couple years (EU + Switzerland). I would like to take a life insurance (death/disability) that will cover me when I move. This is for my family, in case something happens to me. Do you know of such an insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8533" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T23:47:18.423" Title="International (or European) life insurance?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T12:35:12.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7321" CreationDate="2015-11-15T06:03:02.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot petition for your parents at all, unless you're a US citizen. Once you are a naturalized US citizen - you may petition for them. If they're undocumented in the US (i.e.: entered the country illegally), they may be required to go back home and go through a visa interview at the US consulate. That visa may even be denied, despite your USCIS petition being approved. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/become-permanent-resident-through-citizen-child.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are special &quot;waiver&quot; committees, but you'll need to work with an immigration attorney on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T06:03:02.347" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7332" CreationDate="2015-11-15T12:35:23.240" Score="10" ViewCount="11044" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife applied for EEA family permit for coming to join me in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is from India and I also lived in India before coming to UK. I acquired my Portuguese nationality and then came to UK in July 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are married to each other since December 2014 but we were in a relationship since December 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We provided every evidence to support her application except the conversation medium which we used after I arrived in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what the refusal letter says :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BlkWw.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BlkWw.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for reason 1 I understand that we did not provide sufficient evidence, so next time I am going to put every thing from our chat history in Skype, Whatsapp, Viber and phone logs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do not understand how to justify or provide evidence for the second reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, we got the refusal last week and I am thinking to reapply in next instead of going for appeal as this takes much more time to process. Do you know if there any specific time limit under which I cannot make a new visa application if I am already refused visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="6367" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T16:10:56.757" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T08:14:16.597" Title="UK EEA Family permit refused for spouse - reapply or appeal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-15T16:20:39.270" Score="2" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is to seek your assistance regarding a visa cancellation issue. I used to work for a company under Saifzone. I worked there only for couple of months then I had to go back to my homeland urgently due to severe health issues of my mother. Later I sent an email to my employer stating my resignation as it was not possible for me to continue working in the UAE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After an year and half, I am planning to come back to UAE again, but I came to know that my employer didn't cancel my visa and will not help me get back. I would like to know if there is any other way to cancel my residence visa so that I can get a new visiting visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8534" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-09T16:06:10.907" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T16:06:10.907" Title="How can I cancel my residence visa without getting my employer involved?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7326" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-15T17:53:35.233" Score="4" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any scheme by EU countries for highly skilled workers to apply for temporary residence permit without having a job offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the US equivalent is O Visa, as someone can get a temporary residence merely based on his qualifications and work history; then trying to find a job when residing in the target country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to move to a country then try to find a job through small projects with local businesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8536" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-15T20:44:04.693" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T21:06:48.647" Title="EU residence &quot;blue card&quot; without job?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-15T17:58:37.943" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am entrepreneur working on online businesses for local markets, and had some successful projects before. Now I wish to move to a EU or North America, and start a new business there, but most entrepreneurship visas are based on direct investment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any visa scheme with which I can apply based on my ideas and past successful entrepreneurship projects?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8536" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T17:51:58.477" Title="Entrepreneurship visa/migration without investment?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7324" CreationDate="2015-11-15T19:52:38.037" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;An appeal only helps if a mistake was being made in the decision. For example, if they said &quot;we have no evidence for X&quot; when you actually gave them evidence for X, but they lost it. That doesn't seem to be the case here, so an appeal would be useless. Much more promising to supply evidence of contact, like email history, skype history, huge phone bill, and so on, and to apply again with the added evidence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then they tell you: &quot;We didn't accept your application because we didn't have evidence of family. We also considered if there were exceptional circumstances where you should have accepted your application even without this evidence, and there weren't any&quot;. It's most likely that there are no exceptional circumstances in your case, because exceptional circumstances are exceptional. (Say you never talked to your wife because you were in hospital with a coma for 12 months, that would surely be exceptional). But you don't need this, just the evidence of contact with your wife. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply as often as you like. They told you that you left out evidence that they wanted to see, so you apply again with that evidence added. Then they might find something else that's wrong, so you correct that and try again. A rejected application isn't held against you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T19:52:38.037" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-15T18:00:09.387" Score="3" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter is a Canadian citizen/resident who also has a UK/EU passport. She's going to study in France for 4 months next January. Can she obtain a European Health Insurance Card and if so, how would she apply for it? I looked at the EHIC application form on the UK NHS website and it says she must be ordinarily a UK resident to use that form. Obviously that is not the case as she resides in Canada so I don't know which channels she should apply through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Rosalie" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2015-11-17T17:25:50.577" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T17:25:50.577" Title="Can Canada-UK dual citizen get EHIC?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7329" CreationDate="2015-11-15T18:36:18.427" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get a European Health Insurance Card, you need to be covered by a statutory health care/health insurance system in one of the participating countries. In the UK, it basically means being a resident. Citizenship is not relevant, non-citizens can have access to the NHS and get an EHIC if they reside in the UK. But British citizens are not automatically entitled to one if they don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without EHIC and since she is a student, she might be eligible for statutory health insurance (&lt;em&gt;sécurité sociale étudiante&lt;/em&gt;) instead. It's not very expensive (€215 for a full year) so it could be an easy solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also possible that there is a reciprocity agreement with your insurance in Canada (there is one with Québec for example) that would work a bit like the EHIC system. You might want to look into that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2015-11-17T13:25:24.353" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T13:25:24.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7326" CreationDate="2015-11-15T20:49:53.837" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having a work contract or binding offer is a strict requirement for the EU blue card, see article 5(1)(a) of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32009L0050&amp;amp;from=EN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Blue card directive&lt;/a&gt;. There is even a minimum salary requirement. So the Blue card is definitely out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's left are therefore the national visas/residence permits and the rules differ widely from country to country, you need to be a little more specific about your situation and destination to find out what's available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T20:49:53.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7324" CreationDate="2015-11-16T06:10:42.340" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be inclined to appeal, though I say that without enough awareness of the associated costs, so I can't actually recommend one way or the other whether you should appeal or reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The refusal strikes me as scandalous.  Consider the guidance for evaluating your application under which the entry clearance operator was working (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EUN2.10 What if I suspect a marriage / civil partnership of convenience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘civil partner’ in the EEA Regulations does not include someone who has entered into a marriage / civil partnership of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a marriage / civil partnership of convenience is suspected, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; However, in these cases the ECO is entitled to &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;interview the applicant.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Factors to consider include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an adverse immigration history;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doubts about the validity of documentation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;application follows soon after the marriage / civil partnership;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no previous evidence of the relationship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ECO should not consider the following cases as marriages / civil partnerships of convenience where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is a child of the relationship;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is evidence to suggest cohabitation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun210-what-if-i-suspect-a-marriage--civil-partnership-of-convenience&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun210-what-if-i-suspect-a-marriage--civil-partnership-of-convenience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key phrase here is &lt;em&gt;the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO.&lt;/em&gt;  In fact, the ECO has responded as if the burden of proof were on &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;quot;reasonable to expect ... no evidence provided to demonstrate&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that your application came a few months after your marriage is, I suppose, sufficient to invoke the third &amp;quot;factor to consider,&amp;quot; but the ECO should have made some effort to develop evidence to satisfy &lt;em&gt;his or her burden of proof,&lt;/em&gt; and did not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have the two of you ever lived together?  If so, and if either you reapply or your appeal raises the question of additional evidence, I would skip the chat histories and phone logs, and instead rely on the last bullet point, which should be much easier and quicker to show.  In addition, it will be a more reliable defense against any suggestion that yours is a marriage of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an EU perspective on the question, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/eu-free-movement-handbook-on-alleged-marriages-of-convenience/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/eu-free-movement-handbook-on-alleged-marriages-of-convenience/&lt;/a&gt;.  A selection (emphasis removed):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Burden of proof is on the national authorities to prove abuse&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Married couples cannot be obliged or required, as a rule, to present evidence that their marriage is not abusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU citizens and their family members enjoy the benefit of assumption, meaning that they do not need to provide evidence that their marriage is genuine. To require this would go beyond the requirement to present proof that their marriage is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This reflects the principle of law that the person who lays charges has to prove the charges (‘semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit‘).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The burden of proof clearly rests on the national authorities who suspect that a non-EU national has entered into a marriage of convenience with an EU citizen for the sole purpose of being granted an EU right to free movement to prove that the marriage is of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a story of a successful appeal, in which the court awarded the cost of the appeal to the appellant: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/won-vs-marriage-of-convenience-details-inside-now-t124572.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/won-vs-marriage-of-convenience-details-inside-now-t124572.html&lt;/a&gt;.  A selection:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applied in June for EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rejected - marriage of convenience&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Appealed and Reapplied&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2nd application Rejected in July - same reason with very aggressive and bad wording&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today i got Letter from HM court and Tribunal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They decided in my favor and gave my 80 Euro back&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read down a bit, you can see the (very poorly scanned) text of the appeal decision.  That makes it clear that the ECO has a burden to prove a &lt;em&gt;reasonable suspicion&lt;/em&gt; that the marriage is one of convenience, at which point the burden shifts to the visa application to prove that it is not.  I do not know whether the amount of time between your marriage and the application is sufficient evidence of reasonable suspicion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T06:43:08.997" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7321" CreationDate="2015-11-16T06:19:59.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, as others have answered in answers and comments, US permanent residents cannot petition for parents. Only US citizens can petition for parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, a petition is only about verifying the relationship; your parents' status, location, history, etc. are absolutely irrelevant to the petition itself. Once you become a citizen and have turned 21 and can petition for them, the petitions will be approved as long as the parent-child relationship between you and them is satisfactorily established. It's the next step (Adjustment of Status in the US, or Consular Processing outside the US) where their status may matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you said in comments that your parents entered the US legally, if they are still in the US by the time you become a citizen, they should do Adjustment of Status in the US. That they are out of status is not relevant, because they are in the Immediate Relative category. Your I-130 petition and the I-485 for Adjustment of Status should be filed together. They should definitely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; leave the US until they get Advance Parole or green card because doing so will almost certainly incur a ban due to accrued unlawful presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-16T18:18:09.847" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T18:18:09.847" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-16T11:59:47.690" Score="1" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India. My student visa to Australia was refused 17 years ago, since then I haven't applied to any country. The letter I received from Australia High Commission is not specific and says &quot;you do not meet the requirements set in Para C of attachment A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Para C states the reason can be either of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;education background&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;employment history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;level of English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;relevance of proposed study/ employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inconsistency of info with previous application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;intention to comply with visa condition and leave Australia on completion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have got admission to New Zealand university and will be applying for student visa shortly, will it affect my visa processing? Should I attach the letter sent by Australian High Commission while applying for visa to New Zealand?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8540" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-11-16T13:45:37.043" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T19:00:00.030" Title="Australian student visa refusal" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-16T17:39:41.673" Score="4" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why I'm coming to Canada:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a fourth year undergraduate engineering student holding an &lt;strong&gt;Indian passport&lt;/strong&gt;. I've been accepted for a 6-month &lt;strong&gt;thesis&lt;/strong&gt; at Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, &lt;strong&gt;Quebec&lt;/strong&gt;. The thesis is an &lt;strong&gt;academic requirement of my university&lt;/strong&gt;, and comprises the last semester of my undergraduate studies. My university requires me to do a thesis for &lt;strong&gt;at least 4 months&lt;/strong&gt;, although &lt;strong&gt;preferably 5 to 5-1/2 months&lt;/strong&gt; to get the most out of my thesis. My university has &lt;strong&gt;no tie ups&lt;/strong&gt; with any Canadian universities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What benefits I'm being offered:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My offer letter states that I will be provided a 5000$ allowance for flight tickets and accommodation (which I will have to arrange myself), and the &lt;em&gt;possibility&lt;/em&gt; of a 3000$ scholarship, based on my performance during the first 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I've looked at so far:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At present, I'm confused about whether I will require a work visa, a study permit, or neither. Since I'm not getting a stipend per se, as far as I can tell, I will not require a work visa, but I'm not very sure. Also, as per the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship website, it seems that a study permit will not be required for a short-term course (6 months or less). Does this mean that I require neither visa? If I require neither, then what type of visa would I require?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8542" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:42:54.407" Title="Does a student coming to Canada for less than 6 months with a travel allowance need a work visa or study permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7335" CreationDate="2015-11-16T19:00:00.030" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question D4 of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/study/application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New Zealand Student Visa Application (INZ 1012)&lt;/a&gt; asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;D4. Have you ever been refused a visa/permit to visit, work, study or reside in any country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To this question you must answer Yes. (If you answer No, and they discover you lied, then you will have bigger problems.) Answering Yes will not automatically cause your application to be denied. The visa processing officer will take your entire case into consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The section continues with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have answered yes to any of the questions above give full details. This includes full details of any charges,&#xA;  convictions and the sentence or penalty imposed. Continue on a separate piece of paper if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where you would explain about your Australian visa refusal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T19:00:00.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-16T21:15:00.483" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently work for Company X on H1B and am planning to switch jobs to Company Y. Company Y has already filed for an H1B petition (under premium processing) for me which has also already been approved and I've received an I-797 with a begin date of Nov.16. My Company X's H1B peition is also going to be active for another year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to work for Company X until Dec.2 and then quit and leave the country on Dec.3. My start date with Company Y is Jan.4. I plan to the return to the US on Dec. 18. Is it ok to re-enter on that date considering my employment with Company Y doesn't begin until Jan 4?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8544" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T21:15:00.483" Title="Entering US after H1B petition start date but before employment start date" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:03:18.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-16T21:18:36.990" Score="5" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen, have a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if I have overstayed in Denmark, very confused as I thought originally as a UK citizen I could stay there for as long as wanted unless I am working/studying/wanting citizenship/benefits... None of which I have asked for nor claimed. I have been staying with Danish family and travelling. &#xA;It has now come to my attention that there is all this stuff about the Schengen zone and that someone with a non-EU passport can only stay for certain period of time and there seems to be conflicting information on an EU passport holders position if they aren't working or claiming anything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: What happens if you have stayed longer than 3 months but are, as said, NOT working/studying/claiming any benefits and intend to go back to home country at a certain point... But have not registered with any authorities in this time? Is there punishments for this and what to do about it if in that situation? &#xA;I am really worried that I have done something stupid without intention&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I need some kind of permit or agreement? Because the only reason I did not seek out this was as I thought it was for someone intending to stay in a country andor get work there, which I didn't intend at this time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8543" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-17T08:04:42.913" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T13:43:25.330" Title="Don't understand the Schengen area visa system, for staying Denmark? Not sure if I have overstayed?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7339" CreationDate="2015-11-16T21:29:13.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statsforvaltning.dk/site.aspx?p=6028&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Statsforvaltningen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you may freely enter Denmark and remain in this country for up to 3 months without an EU residence document (registration certificate). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes on to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you expect that your stay in Denmark will last more than 3 months, you have to apply for an EU residence document before the expiry of the three months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear what kind of penalties there might be for not having completed registration after staying for three months. But, if you apply now that you are aware of the requirement, there may either be no actual penalty or maybe a small one. If you did something (such as got arrested) where the police would expect you to have registered, you might have bigger problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2015-11-16T21:34:37.523" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T21:34:37.523" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7343" CreationDate="2015-11-16T23:52:32.760" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I no longer live in Singapore; however, I occasionally use some services (mostly banking) that require a Singaporean number for text message verification.  &lt;strong&gt;What's the cheapest way I can retain a Singaporean number valid for this?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For time being I've kept my regular Singtel SIM, but even the cheapest postpaid plan is &gt;$20/month.  I'd prefer to avoid prepaid numbers, because I'm leery about them running out of credit/validity and not being able to renew while overseas, but I'm open to suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T01:39:02.773" Title="Cheapest way to receive Singaporean SMS overseas" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7342" CreationDate="2015-11-17T01:39:02.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think an option for you might be a SIM-only plan. Normal postpaid plans in Singapore are unnecessarily expensive, because they need to finance your free phone upgrade every year or so. Unfortunately, there's not that many options for plans without phone. Here's what I found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Starhub has a new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.starhub.com/personal/mobile/sim-only.html#300&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SIM-only 4G plan&lt;/a&gt; which apparently starts at S$13.95 a month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Singtel has a configurable &lt;a href=&quot;http://info.singtel.com/personal/phones-plans/mobile/postpaid/simonly&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SIM-only plan&lt;/a&gt;, which starts at $S20, maybe that's the one you already have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't actually used any of those, so I'm not entirely sure whether there are any hidden costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are considering prepaid, &lt;a href=&quot;https://topup.m1.com.sg/enet/topup.jsp#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;all&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.starhub.com/personal/mobile/prepaid-plans/top-up-methods/online-top-up.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://info.singtel.com/personal/phones-plans/mobile/prepaid/top-up-and-manage-account#what-is-selfserve&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;providers&lt;/a&gt; allow you to top up online with a credit card, so you shouldn't have to worry about that. However, they have this funny thing where your credit comes with a validity date. For instance if you buy a S$10 M1 top-up, it will be valid for 120 days, (See on &lt;a href=&quot;https://topup.m1.com.sg/enet/topup.jsp#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; under FAQ) which would be significantly cheaper than the cheapest price plan with the downside that you'd have to remember to buy credit every 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T01:39:02.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7339" CreationDate="2015-11-17T08:37:40.227" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot really “overstay” in the way third-country citizens can. As a British citizen, the most that can happen if you stay longer than 3 months without doing anything in another EU country is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might be asked to leave.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might have to pay a fine if you failed to complete some formalities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the answer will explain how all this works but the most important thing is that you cannot be banned, detained or removed merely because you failed to complete some formalities in time or disregarded this three-month threshold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The distinction is subtle but the three-month threshold does not quite work like a short-stay visa for non-EU citizens and this has important consequences for you. After three months, you need to qualify in one of four ways (more on that below) to have a &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; to stay under EU freedom of movement rules (that's completely unrelated to Schengen and also applies to other EU citizens in the UK, incidentally). But even if you don't, you are not accruing illegal presence or risking removal by staying in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's only if the authorities ask you to justify your right to stay than the rules become relevant. In countries like France and the UK, you can therefore basically stay indefinitely and fully legally as long as you don't attract attention to yourself or somehow make yourself undesirable. One way this could happen is if you apply for welfare benefits or free healthcare coverage. If you do not qualify for residence under freedom of movement rules, you are not entitled to welfare benefits so the authorities will usually ask you to show that you do when you apply for them and could even ask you to leave the country if you don't. But as long as you don't do that, nobody will check whether you qualify and you can stay for as long as you wish without trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denmark is a little different because, unlike France or the UK, they require EU citizens &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/denmark/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;to register their presence&lt;/a&gt; and get a “certificate of residence” within three to six months of their entry into the country so it's more difficult to ‘fly under the radar’ and remain in the country without worrying about all this. At this point, since you have stayed more than three months, you are theoretically liable for a fine (I don't know about Denmark but in other countries I have heard about ~€500 fines so not completely insignificant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statsforvaltningen.dk/site.aspx?p=6116&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;applying for this certificate of residence&lt;/a&gt; requires showing that you qualify for residence under EU freedom of movement rules so that might not be possible for you. And you would probably have to pay the fine anyway. But if you don't and are somehow found out, you could be asked to leave and would certainly be fined. And if you find a job, applying for the certificate and paying the fine will probably be necessary as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever happens, you cannot be banned from Denmark merely for having stayed too long without registering properly. Even if you are asked/forced to leave the country, you could always come back for a short stay or, if you qualify, for a long stay. But escaping the fine could be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have used the phrase “qualify for EU freedom of movement” several times without clearly explaining what it means. You mentioned working and studying in your question and those are indeed two major ways to be covered by the EU freedom of movement. But there are a few others like being self-employed, living together with another EU citizen who qualifies or simply having sufficient financial resources to stay without becoming “a burden on the social assistance system” of the host state. So besides working or studying, you might still qualify if you show you have some savings or live with your British (or other EU citizen but not Danish) girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statsforvaltningen.dk/site.aspx?p=6116&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page from the Statsforvaltningen&lt;/a&gt; I linked to above also details how you can qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that – perhaps counterintuitively if you compare your situation to that of third-country nationals – working would help you, not hurt you. It's not a crime for you to work in Denmark and you don't need any permit or special qualification (in practice you probably need to register – and possibly pay a fine since you are now too late – to get a tax/social insurance number that your employer will require but those are just formalities). And once you work, you are covered by freedom of movement so you cannot be asked to leave unless there is a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; serious reason (basically national security and the like).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, if you now intend to work and settle in Denmark but you are concerned about the fine and not in a hurry, one thing you could do is leave for another EU country or go back to the UK for a few months and then return to Denmark later, ideally with a job lined up or perhaps to search for one intensively. You could then complete all formalities by the book starting from your new entry. Whether you would be fined for your previous stay/unregistered residence would depend on how much of a paper trail you have left and how diligently they check but my guess is that nobody will care about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-17T13:43:25.330" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T13:43:25.330" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7284" CreationDate="2015-11-17T21:28:07.993" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to reinforce what the others said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Me and my wife are from Brazil, and we live in Luxembourg. I had to apply to blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have a co-worker from Brazil who came in the same situation as yours. His wife is from Portugal. He didn't need to apply for a blue card, as he is considered member of a european family and can work regularly. She doesn't work and is not obligated too.&#xA;Government here didn't ask her to prove resources, although he got a contract to prove income. But we heard that yes, this can happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know differences from Sweden, but besides proving resources, have in mind some things that apply in Luxembourg that may apply there too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to enter as a member of her family, you need to show up together at the country. She needs to declare residence here. You cannot come alone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;of course she can travel, and even stay long periods in Brazil, but to declare residence she needs to live  at least 180 days of a year in the place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bringing a signed work contract helps, and they will probably ask for that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your salary deductions will cover her. She'll have access to public health services&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3808" LastActivityDate="2015-11-17T21:28:07.993" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-18T07:02:45.067" Score="3" ViewCount="785" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for a Russian national to convert a Chinese visitor (L) visa to a work (Z) visa while in China? The visitor visa expires in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6887" LastEditorUserId="6887" LastEditDate="2015-11-18T15:29:14.403" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T13:25:16.110" Title="Change China tourist visa to work visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-18T07:55:02.327" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Canadian with UK passport living in France for 10 months.  We have been here for 3 already.  I would like to know if I and my dependents qualify for an EHIC card.  We are not residents of France, we are residents of Yukon Canada.  I think the answer is no based on questions already asked on this exchange, but want to double check.  Thank you.&#xA;Dominic Bradford&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8548" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T15:18:42.527" Title="Health Insurance dual UK and Canadian Citizen long term stay in France" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6706" CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:05:23.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can figure it out easily here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pwc.ie/campaigns/budget/irish-budget-2015-2016/2016-calculator.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pwc.ie/campaigns/budget/irish-budget-2015-2016/2016-calculator.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8553" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T15:05:23.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7349" CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:10:10.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to be covered by an EU health scheme to get an EHIC.  Because you are not a resident of the UK, you are not eligible for the NHS.  You might buy insurance in France, though, while you are there; this would, I believe, entitle you to get an EHIC so your emergency care is covered in case you travel elsewhere in Europe during your stay in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have coverage in Canada, you should check whether it is valid in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-11-18T15:18:42.527" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T15:18:42.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7376" CreationDate="2015-11-18T11:21:31.010" Score="3" ViewCount="813" Body="&lt;p&gt;When renewing an F1 visa with a valid I20 (valid upto 2017) at the consulate in india what are the supporting documents needed? Immigration help only lists supporting documents as supporting documents for the visa type which includes GRE scores and all. Does anyone know what documents are needed for visa interview for F1 renewal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8572" OwnerDisplayName="Sajin Koroth" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-19T00:06:09.883" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T10:58:32.963" Title="F1 visa renewal - documents required for visa interview" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7357" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-18T19:23:01.973" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am attempting to apply for a Belgium long stay (D) visa for a study abroad program. Since March 2, 2015 an additional contribution of 215 Euro is required to be paid to the Immigration Office bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contribution needs to be net 215 Euro on the Immigration Office bank account side. I have the bank fee for my originating bank, the bank fee for the intermediary bank, but my US bank is unable to determine the bank fee on the Belgium side. I need to know what, if any, the international wire fee for the Immigration office bank account at bpost is. I have contacted Consulate General for Belgium in both New York and Atlanta and they have no information. I have an email out to bpost, but no response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone successfully completed a net 215 Euro to the Immigration Office of Belgium and if yes, how did you accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8554" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T19:23:01.973" Title="Belgium long stay (D) visa additional contribution requirement" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5538" CreationDate="2015-11-19T03:15:49.017" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To provide an update and back up the answer provided by littleadv:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife completed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I-407&lt;/a&gt; form, went to an interview (scheduled) with the US embassy here in Korea, and relinquished her permanent residence status. The official gave her back a signed copy of the form showing that she had given up her status. A short time later, we applied for an ESTA so she could visit the US and it was approved. When it came time to actually visit the US, the customs and immigration officer reviewed her papers and admitted her without trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize this is anecdotal, but it does confirm that, under normal circumstances (i.e. no criminal history, overstays of past visas, or other irregularities), former PR holders can re-enter the US as tourists (and even get an ESTA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5963" LastEditorUserId="5963" LastEditDate="2015-11-19T03:24:46.093" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T03:24:46.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-19T05:06:28.563" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find myself in a weird situation which I need clarification for. I was born in May 1983 in Zimbabwe and have a Zimbabwe passport. Both my parents hold a British passport and were British from birth. My Grandfather was a British citizen. Does this qualify me as British Citizen? If so what would be the procedure to obtain a passport and citizenship from abroad, specifically from Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8555" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T11:02:05.820" Title="Zimbabwean with both parents from the UK - Citizenship" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7359" CreationDate="2015-11-19T11:02:05.820" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are born abroad in 1983 then you are a British citizen (by descent) if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your mother was a British citizen by birth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your father was a British citizen by birth, and he was married to your mother when you were born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;British citizen by birth means that they were born in the UK and Colonies. Unfortunately, Rhodesia (North or South) was not considered as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268040/ukandcolonies.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK and Colonies since 1949&lt;/a&gt; (the Southern part was considered as an independent Commonwealth state), meaning they are most likely not British citizens by birth, which would also mean you are not a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here I was always assuming that both of your parents were born after 1949. If they were born before 1949, then there might be a few (very complex) changes, that might apply, but in most cases it would still mean you are not considered as a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T11:02:05.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7348" CreationDate="2015-11-19T13:13:08.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Typically not. Any conversions of L visas to Z visas need to be done outside the country. Most people go to Hong Kong for a few days to get it sorted out. You should get the Z visa paperwork from your company, then go to Hong Kong and apply. Usually only takes a couple of days, and you can turn around and come on back. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8557" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T13:13:08.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3166" CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:17:32.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You both need to register at the skatteverket (tax office) first and get your personnummer (personal id number), since you both have a valid visa then this is more of a technical step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time after that (days to weeks) you'll get your id number and card, only than you can go to Försäkringskassan and register there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this registration is approved (again days to weeks) you can get the same benefits as any other Swedish. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T14:17:32.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7368" CreationDate="2015-11-19T21:01:03.050" Score="3" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say a guy with a European ID moves to Sweden. Does he need to declare anything to anyone, or can he just rent a place (assuming you already know a person who would rent it) and live there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's necessary to declare something to someone, what are the implications if you do not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8560" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-11-20T09:47:44.263" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T10:01:01.610" Title="EU citizen moving to Sweden- declaration?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-20T01:19:58.540" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have US H4 EAD. Can I take maths classes in my apartment. If so,is there any limit of children. Mine is a single bedroom apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8562" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-11-20T01:36:40.007" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T01:36:40.007" Title="Can I teach maths classes for children in my apartment?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7366" CreationDate="2015-11-20T01:36:15.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have an unrestricted EAD, so you are authorized to do any kind of employment (including self-employment) in the US, as far as immigration is concerned. Of course, if you earn any income, make sure to report it on your taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether someone in general can teach children math in an apartment, that is a separate question. Perhaps your apartment lease has something that prohibits you from using it for a commercial purpose (not sure if this would count as a commercial purpose)? Or maybe there are restrictions on what you can do in your apartment from zoning laws in your city? Or the fire department has restrictions on how many people can be in your apartment? Maybe you should check if you need any license to be able to earn money teaching? I don't know about these kinds of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T01:36:15.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7364" CreationDate="2015-11-20T09:49:24.810" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; As EU citizen, you don't need to worry about getting a permit or facing serious consequences like detention or removal but you might indeed have to complete some formalities. If you don't, you risk a fine (on the order of €500 in the countries I know). Depending on the country, you have between a few days and a few months to do this but you never have to do anything in advance and can certainly just rent a place and start from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;EU rules&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many countries in the EU have a generic population register. Citizens have to report any change of address to the authorities (usually within a week or so) and if you move there with the intent to reside in the country for more than three months, you do too. On top of that, EU countries might require EU citizens to get some sort of specific ‘registration certificate’. In that case, you will often be asked to prove that you qualify for residence (i.e. have a job or have health insurance and enough resources).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, the penalty for failing to complete these formalities in time should be “proportionate and non-discriminatory”, which means no ban or no detention but at most a fine that should not be higher than what locals could face if they failed to register or to hold an ID (that's also mandatory in some countries). If you do qualify for residence under EU law (e.g. you have sufficient financial means), you cannot be asked to leave merely because you failed to register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Country-specific info&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To find out about the exact rules in a given country, the EU Commission has &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/registering-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a useful website&lt;/a&gt; providing specific country-by-country information but its quality varies depending on the submission by each member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;Sweden&lt;/strong&gt;, you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migrationsverket.se/4.5e83388f141c129ba631035.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;do not need to register in any way&lt;/a&gt; to reside for a few months but you need to register in the population register and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/servicelankar/otherlanguages/inenglish/individualsandemployees/livinginsweden/movingtosweden.4.7be5268414bea064694c40c.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;get a tax number if you are staying longer than a year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Norway&lt;/strong&gt; isn't in the EU and hasn't provided any information to the commission but it is bound by association agreements with the EU and therefore grants broadly similar rights to EU citizens. Apparently, there is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/the-registration-scheme-for-eueea-nationals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mandatory registration&lt;/a&gt; there. More info on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifeinnorway.net/expats/immigration-europe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lifeinnorway.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-20T10:01:01.610" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T10:01:01.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2015-11-20T14:37:26.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm used to move from one country to another... and desperately used to make new local and expats friends. It helps a lot concerning tips and advices, places to go and visit, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite easy to join an expat group on facebook, internations or meetup, but then you'll have to dare going there when you don't know anybody yet.&#xA;Try to find &quot;newcomers&quot; events, there are many in big cities, at least once a month ! That way you would be happy to get to know people who also just arrived and want to discover places and visit the city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you just arrived in a new city? Try to find the best tips online and dare joining !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8565" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-11-21T14:16:14.897" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T14:16:14.897" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-20T20:53:16.543" Score="1" ViewCount="677" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swedish citizen, J1 visa holder in the US since 15 months, so for immigration and tax purposes I am a non-immigrant, non-resident alien. I'm going to rent a car over Thanksgiving, and found that the rates are extremely different depending on if I select USA or Sweden as country of residence - a factor 3 cheaper for Swedes, and that includes liability insurance, which is not included when you are American. I have both a US driving license and a Swedish driving license, but the Swedish license is not valid to use here anymore since I have been here for more than a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rental car company (Alamo) says that they consider you as a resident of the country for which you have a license - so then I am a resident of both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I rent the car showing my Swedish license and still be covered by the liability insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8567" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T20:53:16.543" Title="USA: Car rental residency country for J1 holder" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-20T23:34:02.277" Score="4" ViewCount="784" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am curious if anyone has found a solution to staying in the E.U. as a stateless person, with rights to reside and work? A U.S. citizen is allowed to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship at any U.S. embassy, WITHOUT first having another citizenship, thereby becoming stateless. Would such a person then be permitted to remain in the E.U., obtain housing and employment? Or would they be placed into detention indefinitely? (They couldn't be deported back to the U.S., no longer being a U.S. citizen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8568" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T14:35:52.823" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T14:35:52.823" Title="Can stateless individuals in the European Union legally reside and work there?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-21T00:56:59.843" Score="3" ViewCount="566" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father immigrated to France from Poland in 1973 with his family when he was 13 and became a French citizen.  He them came to the U.S. in 1978 and became a U.S. citizen in the late 90's.  He was a dual citizen of both France and the U.S. all of these years.  Recently, he passed away.  All of his family is in France.  Could I become a French citizen as his son, since he was a French citizen?  I was born in the U.S. and my mother is American.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8569" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-21T09:06:39.073" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T09:26:38.363" Title="My deceased father was a French citizen, I was born in the U.S. Can I become a French citizen?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7371" CreationDate="2015-11-21T06:09:06.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might still be deported to the US. It's more complicated and would require the consent of the US but I remember that the website of the State department suggested it does still happen even after you renounce your citizenship. Not sure about the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might get a residence permit just like any other non-national, according to the usual rules (for work, studies, family, investor, etc.) or simply because you prove you are stateless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to travel, you can also get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Convention_travel_document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1954 Convention document&lt;/a&gt; or some other alien's travel document. Since you don't have a passport anymore, your country of residence provides you with a passport-like document, even if you are not a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to become a citizen. Again, you need to qualify for that in one of the usual ways but there are also some special paths to citizenship (e.g. with reduced residence conditions) for stateless people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not all countries practice indefinite detention. For example, if you are detained in France and the authorities cannot find any way to deport you within 40 days (e.g. no safe country would take you), you have to be released. Typically, you would then get a visa for 8 days with the obligation to leave the country yourself but in practice you can obviously remain illegally after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of this is directly regulated by the EU, each EU country has its own rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T06:09:06.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7372" CreationDate="2015-11-21T09:14:56.223" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You almost certainly are a French citizen already (and if you are, it would be because you have been one since your birth). If you wish to use that citizenship and perhaps pass it on to your children, you will need to apply for a passport, ID card and/or a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt; at the nearest consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise doing that now rather than later because there is a 50-year clock that may cause people living abroad to lose their French citizenship under some conditions (I don't think it would apply to you in this case but it might apply to your – current or future – children and since your father left France in 1978, it has not been 50 years yet so that applying for a French ID now would make the whole issue moot).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, the &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt; is the strongest form of evidence of French citizenship and would be a useful document to have if you or your descendants ever want to make use of that citizenship. However, it does not replace an ID if you want to vote, travel as French citizen, become a resident in another EU country, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-21T09:26:38.363" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T09:26:38.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7356" CreationDate="2015-11-21T10:58:32.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty much the same documents as you took first time. Valid I-20, financial support document, etc. I would also carry a copy of resume, transcript, letter from advisor or you department saying you are in good standing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also check with you international student advisor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8571" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T10:58:32.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7382" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-22T11:28:38.890" Score="-2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Malay but some Chinese and Indian friends also consider studying overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We heard racist hate crimes are common in the West, like Indian students killed in Australia, shooting blacks in the USA and attacks on Muslims in Europe. Our literature text by David Hare shows British assault Indians. Even worse is attacking Chinese mistaken for Japanese or Sikhs mistaken for Muslims.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Singapore, general crime rate is low and we are taught how to protect from crimes. Every country has racism but in Singapore it is milder than the West and hate crimes almost never happen here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course tourists and international students also crime targets for non racist reasons. Advice on this is also welcome since how to protect from crimes in Singapore may not work overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8576" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T11:48:13.870" Title="How can Singaporeans studying in a Western country protect themselves from racist hate crime?" Tags="&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2015-11-22T13:44:19.077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7382" CreationDate="2015-11-22T11:48:13.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly I don't think this is a realistic world view. I think studying abroad will show you that the world is a much nicer place outside of your country than what the media makes it out to be. That pretty much goes for all places on the world. Sure, things happen but the odds of it happening to you are incredibly low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: personal experience after traveling in 5 continents. But it's not hard to do the statistics lookup yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6520" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T11:48:13.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-23T00:03:30.427" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is living in Australia. He wants to notarize a self-declared affidavit and send it to the USA. Where are the places he can have that affidavit notarized?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T08:49:40.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T08:49:40.323" Title="How to get a document notarized in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-11-23T13:44:51.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7385" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11888" CreationDate="2015-11-23T10:54:03.577" Score="4" ViewCount="986" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a copy of the same question I asked on the travel forum and there they asked me to ask about it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian student residing in Italy, my girlfriend is also a student from India residing in Vienna, today her wallet containing her passport (with visa) and residence permit were stolen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We promptly filed a report at the local police station, where the police office told us that the report is enough for travelling to Vienna (she left today).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I printed out the last and front pages of the passport as well as the the visa and attached them to the report, hoping that will be enough for her return trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand from previous posts that the Embassy at Vienna will issue her a temporary passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am a bit scared, as she has no other documents with her. Not even the residence permit. How would she go about regenerating everything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now we decided that she will go to the local police station in vienna and file another report before proceeding to the embassy for a temporary passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what happens from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8577" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-11-02T22:16:52.330" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T00:13:29.523" Title="I've lost my passport and residence permit while staying in Austria. What are my next steps?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7393" CreationDate="2015-11-23T12:27:29.317" Score="4" ViewCount="759" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently employed in the US with an approved H1B Visa (valid upto 2017). But, I am thinking of switching jobs. My question is : &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Will I be able to take a vacation outside the US while I am between jobs and then re-enter using the old H1-B Visa + the offer letter of new job ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in the longer run, I am aware that I'd have to transfer the H1B to new employer. But, it is not clear to me if I will be able to convince my new employer to initiate such a transfer before my formal joining date. Hence the question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8578" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T14:55:25.357" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T07:09:47.383" Title="Travelling Between jobs when on H1B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7390" CreationDate="2015-11-23T14:57:59.687" Score="7" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left the U.S. to live and work in Berlin, Germany. I arrived 5 days ago.  On the German side, everything is well organized, and moving along.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However until now, I hadn't reflected on which U.S. agencies, if any, I need to inform about my re-location abroad. I just found someone to take over my lease, and forwarded my mail to a relative, and left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What U.S. agencies should I inform, if any, that I left the U.S. to live abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far all I've found is that I should inform the IRS that my address has changed -- presumably, I would provide them with my new German address, not a state-side relative's, but I'm working on confirming this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I supposed to inform anyone else? It seems too easy, to just leave. Surely it's harder than this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8330" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T19:03:40.257" Title="What U.S. agencies should I inform on leaving the U.S. to live abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7388" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7389" CreationDate="2015-11-23T17:47:24.997" Score="6" ViewCount="2854" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Argentina, and I have some papers proving that he was an Estonian citizen, would it be possible for me to get EU citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here where I live there is no Estonian embassy, unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8581" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T19:26:49.440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T12:05:41.190" Title="My grandfather was an Estonian, can I get a EU Citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7388" CreationDate="2015-11-23T18:25:41.770" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your grandfather cannot pass the citizenship to you directly according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/530102013074/consolide&quot;&gt;Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt;, only to your parents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Chapter 2&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Conditions for acquisition of Estonian citizenship&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 5.  Acquisition of Estonian citizenship by birth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) Estonian citizenship is acquired by birth by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) any child at least one of whose parents holds Estonian citizenship at the time of the birth of the child;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) any child who is born after the death of his or her father who, at the time of his death, held Estonian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your father or mother has to make sure they have Estonian citizenship prior to passing it on to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the same act states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) No one may be deprived of an Estonian citizenship acquired by birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to check with the Estonian Embassy (Closest one is in Brasilia) that the following paragraph doesn't apply to their or your situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;§ 29.  Loss of Estonian citizenship due to acceptance of the citizenship of another state or renunciation of Estonian citizenship&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person is deemed by the governmental authority authorised by the Government of the Republic to have ceased to be an Estonian citizen when the person accepts the citizenship of another state or when he or she renounces Estonian citizenship in favour of the citizenship of another state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T19:11:28.393" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T19:11:28.393" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7387" CreationDate="2015-11-23T18:50:36.307" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to inform anyone, other than to keep correspondents such as the IRS informed of your mailing address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can register with the state department.  This is voluntary, and is available to all travelers, not just those who move abroad.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://step.state.gov/step/&quot;&gt;https://step.state.gov/step/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to vote by absentee ballot, you'll need to register with the state you last lived in before you left the country.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fvap.gov&quot;&gt;http://www.fvap.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I lived abroad, I leaned of both of these programs from the US consulate in my city, so Karlson's comment is a good one.  The consulate or the embassy's consular section will be a good source of information about US government programs for citizens living abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T19:03:40.257" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T19:03:40.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4421" CreationDate="2015-11-23T22:29:18.793" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not have a Social Security number, then you could not have told it to who ever employs you or does your banking, so there's no way for them to report your income &amp;amp; assets to the US IRS.  If you &lt;strong&gt;wanted&lt;/strong&gt; to pay taxes, you'd have to do a bit of work just to make it possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T22:29:18.793" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7386" CreationDate="2015-11-24T07:09:47.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you won't. Since you left your job - your H1b is no longer valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need the new employer to apply for a new H1b authorization for you. You can then travel with the new I-797, even if the visa sticker has the old number on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you travel while in between jobs and without the new I-797, you'll be turned away at the port of entry since your visa is not valid in that situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T07:09:47.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7395" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7396" CreationDate="2015-11-24T13:59:53.923" Score="8" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not quite sure about this but I was wondering I am currently 22 years old and I am a software developer in South Africa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The recent political tension and instability in the country is forcing me to consider working and possibly immigrating to another country more and more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the best way to do this? And how? Are there any agencies out there that specialize in finding you a job abroad? Is there anything I should look out for like a red flag? For example I don't want to work in a country for 5 years and not get citizenship. Perhaps a guide to follow would be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was hoping there would be like an agency that you can give your CV to with countries that you would be interested in then they try to find you a job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8587" LastEditorUserId="6171" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T02:37:08.550" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T02:37:08.550" Title="How to become an expat at 22 in a stable 1st world country" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7395" CreationDate="2015-11-24T17:03:11.220" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there might be very specific agencies that handle the research for you globally, the best thing for you is to first limit the list of countries, and more importantly cities / regions where you would like to move. There are quite a few things to consider, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The language you have to use during your work and generally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The country's visa laws (for South Africans)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citizenship laws&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to bring a partner / childrens / family what laws apply to them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What kind of jobs are available&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The salary range you can expect (and whether that salary range is enough to obtain the visa in the first place)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether the locals are friendly when encountering expats, or not&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wheter you would like the climate of the region&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And lots of other things. Generally you might want to go there as a tourist first to check it out whether you actually want or could live there, or not&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Internet forums, and sites like this one would be a good start for this, but don't expect a comprehensive list, as they would all depend on your circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you managed to get the list down to a few candidates, you should contact some job sites and headhunters who operate in that region, send them your CV and ask them about advice. Depends on the region (especially on the shortage of the local/easily hireable developers) they might be interested or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately it will be up the the company you'll be working for to decide whether you are good enough to warrant the extra risk and costs in hiring you. Usually the more experience you have, the better your chances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to give you some specific example: I'm usually involved in a few interviews in London, United Kingdom, and we do interview and hire people who don't yet have the right to work in the country (we do have South Africans working here as well for example), but mostly for mid, senior (and higher) level positions. For graduate and junior level there are usually enough local or EU based applicants, who are much easier to hire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionall in the UK if you can get the work visa, then as a Commonwealth citizen you'll get some additional rights (for example voting on national elections, something that is usualy not allowed for expats without citizenships in most countries), that might be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said the best thing you could do is is to start looking around, and get more experience in a field where there are shortages in your chosen region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-11-25T14:41:25.977" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T14:41:25.977" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7404" CreationDate="2015-11-24T22:38:01.300" Score="2" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m American and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6826/am-i-a-uk-citizen-by-descent-and-can-i-get-a-passport-as-an-adult&quot;&gt;British citizen by descent&lt;/a&gt;, but I haven’t received my British passport yet. I’ve read about fines, or even being branded an illegal alien if you overstay the 90-limit. I’ve submitted the application, but expect a few weeks for processing and mailing before I receive the passport—but I only have a little over 30 days left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I still need to leave the Schengen Area at the end of 90-days to avoid penalty?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there another way I can prove my British citizenship to stay (and travel) within the EU after the 90-day limit while I await my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/em&gt; I am in Portugal at the moment, but will be in Switzerland when the 90-day limit is reached.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T15:35:52.077" Title="Can I stay in the EU longer than 90 days while waiting for my British Passport?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-24T22:11:08.373" Score="10" ViewCount="1101" Body="&lt;p&gt;My case is my visa will expire on Dec 23 2015. I got pregnant and my due date is january 9 2016. I am already 34 weeks in my pregnancy. Can I still travel by plane for 20 hours to get home to my home country from here in norway? If not then it is possible I will be overstaying until I give birth. How much is the fine for this? Will I get deported? And how long is the ban from Norway? Or I am also be banned in the rest of the shengen countries for overstaying here in norway? I hope somebody could answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8591" OwnerDisplayName="Annika" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2016-08-09T16:17:41.790" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T16:17:41.790" Title="Overstaying in Norway?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3245" CreationDate="2015-11-25T06:18:48.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Dutch consulate general in New York recommends a nearby photographer.  When the consulate moved a year or two ago, they started recommending a different photographer who was nearby the new location. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-11-26T04:46:31.457" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T04:46:31.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-25T06:49:59.663" Score="17" ViewCount="611" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Dutch citizen who is also a citizen of another country will lose Dutch nationality after living outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the EU for ten years.  The ten-year clock can be reset by, among other things, getting a passport.  People in this situation therefore typically have to be certain that they apply for a new passport every ten years, making sure that there is enough time for the new one to be issued before ten years elapse from the date of issue of the previous one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an exception, however, for those who are outside the Kingdom and the EU &lt;em&gt;in the service of the Netherlands or of an international organization to which the Netherlands belongs.&lt;/em&gt;  This exception also extends to those who are living with a spouse or domestic partner who is in such service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone who is burdened by this requirement might wish to make use of the exception for those in foreign service.  My question is about those married to or in a partnership with a staff member of an international organization.  To qualify for this exception, are there any requirements regarding the staff member's nationality, or the nature of the position?  In particular, must the staff member have some connection to the Kingdom (beyond working for an organization of which the Kingdom is a member)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, would a Dutch/American dual national living in New York be able to retain Dutch nationality without applying for a passport, by virtue of being married to a UN staff member?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it matter whether the staff member had American citizenship, some non-Dutch EU citizenship, or some non-EU citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T14:56:07.917" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T12:25:18.880" Title="Dutch dual citizens' loss of Dutch citizenship — can it be avoided if married to a UN employee?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7398" CreationDate="2015-11-25T11:09:39.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clearly, since you are a British citizen, you are under no obligation to leave after 90 days and certainly could not be considered an illegal alien, let alone be banned or removed merely because you still find yourself in the Schengen area. Furthermore, once you have your British passport, the whole issue will become moot. You will be able to leave and enter the Schengen area with it, won't get stamps anymore nor have to prove when you entered or be asked any question about all this so that nobody will know or care that you did not have a passport at some point in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main question is what would happen if you encounter a police check inside the Schengen area in the meantime. Even if you are treated as an illegal alien all the way to a ban and removal (which I would consider very unlikely for a short overstay – even if you had no claim to British citizenship – as removing someone is expensive), you should logically be able to clear your name after the fact since you were a British citizen all along and as such entitled to stay even if you could not prove it at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, EU directive 2004/38/EC on the freedom of movement for EU citizens contains language like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Where a Union citizen, or a family member who is not a national of a Member State, does not have the necessary travel documents or, if required, the necessary visas, the Member State concerned shall, before turning them back, give such persons every reasonable opportunity to obtain the necessary documents or have them brought to them within a reasonable period of time or to corroborate or prove by other means that they are covered by the right of free movement and residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as a British citizen, you enjoy extensive rights, even without your passport and you should be offered the possibility to prove your citizenship by other means if need be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, you are in principle supposed to have a passport when staying in another EU country, if only to prove your British citizenship. There is at least one EU country where carrying ID on you at all times is technically mandatory (the Netherlands), another one where holding an officially sanctioned form of ID is (Germany), some where getting a residence card is mandatory for EU citizens staying longer than 90 days and many where you are supposed to register your address with the authorities. You might therefore be liable for a fine, even as a British citizen, not because your stay is illegal but because holding some specific ID or document is mandatory in itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, my guess is that your situation would be as much of a headache for the police as it is for you. In the unlikely event that someone asks for your ID, they would probably be more than happy to seize on any excuse to let you go with a verbal warning rather than go to the trouble of figuring out what to do with you. So I agree with @phoog that carrying your passport application, birth certificate or any other document that suggests you are British citizen would probably be enough to avoid any trouble (but don't act entitled, just suggest it gently while being ostensibly embarrassed about the fact you don't have the right document, it has always worked for me in similar situations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as you probably know, Switzerland is not part of the EU. It is bound by several association agreements with the EU, is part of the Schengen area and does not actively police its land border with France or run systematic ID check on air passengers coming from the Schengen area but it still has a special permit system for residents from other EU countries. I don't think the risk of getting in trouble is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; bigger there than in the EU itself but I would still avoid it if at all possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-26T15:35:52.077" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T15:35:52.077" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-25T16:01:30.623" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a recent graduate with an internship offer in Berlin, Germany. I'm putting together my visa application and it appears they would like proof of my qualifications (which I'm guessing is my college diploma). The form says I can turn these in within two weeks of handing in my visa application, but it doesn't specify exactly how I can do this. It says to turn it in to the relevant employment office. Does that mean the Bundesagentur für Arbeit? Do I have to make an appointment to do that, and how long will it take me? Can I just drop it off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8594" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T09:00:22.150" Title="Work Visa Application Germany - How do I turn in my certified Copy of Diploma?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-25T21:09:10.690" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian citizen residing and working in the Netherlands. My wife is Brazilian. Does she need to pass a &quot;Civic Integration exam&quot; in order to join me in the Netherlands and apply for residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to ind.nl, the procedure to obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/family/marriage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;residence permit&quot; or &quot;mvv&quot;&lt;/a&gt; requires such exam. But to obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/eu/third-country-nationals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;certificate of lawful residence&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (which is specific for family members of EU citizens) no such requirement is mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, these are two alternate means for her to reside: one more general, another under EU &quot;free movement&quot; laws. Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this exam really not necessary in our case then (if we take the &quot;certificate of lawful residence&quot; path)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="7080" LastEditDate="2015-11-25T21:22:47.563" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T07:33:01.507" Title="Is Civic Integration exam needed for (non-EU) wife of Italian citizen to join him in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7406" CreationDate="2015-11-25T21:53:04.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your understanding is correct, there are two routes and your wife would in fact receive a different document in each case, with the EU citizen family member status usually more advantageous in several ways. A civic integration course (or language test as is often required in other countries/situations) should not be required for your wife but you will need to prove that you, the sponsor, have the right to reside in the Netherlands under EU free movement rules (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;that you have a job&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T07:33:01.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7405" CreationDate="2015-11-26T15:46:03.680" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it says Proof of Qualifications than you need your Diploma to be assessed by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/assessment_of_higher_education_certificates.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ZAB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should follow the instructions in their site. Basically you need to fill out a form and mail the required documents to them. Do not send the original ones, make legal copies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will mail you back a certification if your education is University, Faculty etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your employee will also need to make an application to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit and needs these documents (I mean your diploma) so make sure to make extra copies of the legal copies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user8598" LastEditorDisplayName="user8598" LastEditDate="2015-12-02T09:00:22.150" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T09:00:22.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-26T19:11:51.653" Score="0" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am buying a motor home that has Slovakian Plates it has been in the UK for 2 months and I will have it here for 3 weeks then take it to Spain. How can I insure it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The owner is legit and has all the relevant documents. But I'm getting conflicting advice DVLA say I may need to insure it in Slovakia AND the U.K.! The Slovakian police have said I need to go in person to Slovakia!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ultimately want to register it in Spain but it's getting very complex!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8600" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-11-26T19:31:29.813" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T22:55:33.863" Title="Help! I'm buying a car registered in Slovakia for use in Spain and the Uk" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7395" CreationDate="2015-11-26T21:10:52.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a university degree and have been schooled entirely in English for at least 12 years, you could come to Japan first as an English teacher, which is normally very easy (Just Google It™). Of course you probably don't want to do this long-term, but it will allow you to stay in the country for an indefinite amount of time (as long as you are willing to put up with it...), during which you can attend a Japanese language school to learn the language, and job-hunt for development jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Japanese citizenship is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law#Naturalization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very easy to obtain&lt;/a&gt;, if you are willing to renounce your current citizenship (at least in principle...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T21:10:52.337" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7412" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8827" CreationDate="2015-11-27T08:32:26.343" Score="6" ViewCount="406" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (f) am a dual citizen of Netherlands and Belgium, born in Netherlands. I only hold a Dutch passport but I have all rights to apply for a Belgian passport. My husband is a UK citizen. We are considering moving to the USA. What would the nationality of a child born there be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume he or she would have all four nationalities at least till the age of 26, where the child would lose Dutch and/or Belgian nationality if they haven't lived there or applied for a passport. Is my assumption true or am I missing any rules? Does the fact that I don't hold a Belgian passport make a difference? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8606" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T03:58:41.097" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T22:06:49.557" Title="Would our child have four nationalities?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7413" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7451" CreationDate="2015-11-27T16:21:06.053" Score="3" ViewCount="443" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the UK and 3.5 years through the duration of my Ancestry Visa.  I am employed full time as a web designer and have been since approx. 8 months after my visa was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have an opportunity to relocate to somewhere much cheaper to live and I am quite keen to investigate options which would give me time to pursue my other interests, which is the ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if freelancing/self-employment or part time work would be satisfactory to fulfil the working requirements of the visa in order to either renew for another 5 years or apply for ILR, as I want to stay in the UK permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked the .gov website and the visa requirements document isnt so specific as to say whether there is a minimum number of hours that would be needed to work, or if self employment is an option.  Does anyone have any experience or knowledge that could shed a little more light on this for me?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8608" LastActivityDate="2015-12-06T12:57:06.613" Title="Satisfying Ancestry Visa working requirements" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7416" CreationDate="2015-11-28T09:46:57.587" Score="3" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a mexican citizen who is married to a Polish citizen. My husband got a job in the UK to start at the beginning of january. We are very happy for the proposal but now I am facing a difficult situation because it seems that I need to have an EEA family permission before I join my husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since I'm Mexican, I'm entitled to stay in the UK for a period of three months. I would like to know if it's possible to obtain the EEA family permit once we are already in the UK. I am aware that to obtain such permit it's required to prove my husband has been working in the UK for at least three months. So, we were planning to submit all the required papers before my time in the UK expires. Is it possible to do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how long does it take to get this EEA family permit from the moment you submit the papers to the moment you receive it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T17:41:34.400" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T17:43:24.867" Title="Non-EU resident moving to the UK with his EU citizen husband" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7415" CreationDate="2015-11-28T11:24:24.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot apply for an EEA family permit from within the UK, it says so explicitly on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the official gov.uk website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must be outside the UK to apply for an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the good news is that you probably don't need to. I think you can apply directly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;for a residence card&lt;/a&gt; instead, which has many advantages. Technically, even this is supposed to be optional but having a residence card would make it much easier to leave and reenter the country. The EEA family permit is really intended for people who cannot enter the UK at all without entry clearance (i.e. visa nationals), which is not your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there is no requirement to have worked for three months in the UK before getting one, it's only that working makes your husband and his family eligible to stay for more than three months. In principle, a work contract lasting more than three months should therefore be enough, from day one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note that border guards are likely to check that you are indeed entitled to reside under EU rules so have all &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the necessary documents&lt;/a&gt; with you when crossing the border. Specifically, you need a marriage certificate or some other document that proves your husband is really your husband (possibly translated as applicable) and a copy of your husband's work contract to prove he is really a worker. Your husband must obviously hold some ID proving he is a Polish citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T17:43:24.867" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T17:43:24.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7409" CreationDate="2015-11-28T22:39:52.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are in the UK, and only want insurance for the UK and Spain, you can re-register the vehicle in the UK as an imported vehicle.  It would then be issued with a &amp;quot;Q&amp;quot; prefix number plate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;( This is relatively common across the EU.   Germany (certainly used to) require vehicles owned by ex-pat residents to be re-registered with German plates, for example. See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The vehicle is then a UK vehicle, and you can do all your insuring in the UK, or in the UK and Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/vat-and-tax-vehicles-from-within-the-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/vat-and-tax-vehicles-from-within-the-eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a legal &lt;em&gt;requirement&lt;/em&gt; as long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don’t need to report the arrival of the vehicle using NOVA if any of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the vehicle is in the UK for less than 6 months in a 12-month period and you normally live in the EU (one single visit, or several shorter visits adding up to a 6-month period)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes 4 weeks to complete the process, generally speaking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T22:55:33.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5804" CreationDate="2015-11-28T23:03:11.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the deliverables are provided to a location outside the EU, and the invoicing is done in a location outside the EU, by a legal entity based outside the EU, then it &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Somewhat analogous to Amazon taking orders on a .co.uk site from a UK resident, for items which are then delivered to a UK location from a UK warehouse, and then claiming that because the invoice processing happens in Luxembourg, the work itself happened in Luxembourg).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could then receive unearned income (share dividends, etc) from the company that invoiced the client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will need to clear this with legal or accountancy professionals with specific experience of the Irish jurisdiction.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been recent changes to EU regulations for remote work delivered electronically without substantial human involvement to non-business end-customers within the EU - the VATMOSS regulations - but you are the opposite case.  Your clients are businesses, and they are outwith the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8612" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T23:03:11.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-29T13:33:03.503" Score="3" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU national, currently residing on a Critical Skills work permit in Ireland, together with my spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A company in Portugal (I'm in IT) is going to make me an offer this week, to relocate there. They are willing to sponsor me for a work permit. I'd just like to check on the process for myself and my wife:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 1:&lt;/strong&gt; The company applies for a work permit for me. Does anyone know how long this might take to be approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2:&lt;/strong&gt; We need to get visas to land in Portugal from the local Portugese embassy. The thing is - we're from a country whose nationals don't need visas to land in Schengen agreement countries for tourist visits. Would this pertain to our case as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3:&lt;/strong&gt; After we land in Portugal, we need to apply for residence permits straight away - I've heard the approval process can last up to 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know more about this? Also, would my wife be able to go to Portugal alone before me, to sort out an apartment (we have some friends there)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2203" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-29T01:48:25.997" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T01:48:25.997" Title="Work permit and visa for Portugal?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-30T23:59:59.620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1292" CreationDate="2015-11-30T05:53:49.043" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see you can do it if your CoS is for 3 months or less... As per the latest April 2015 update, Cooling-off Period doesn't apply if your CoS is for 3 months or less.&#xA;Hope this helps&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8617" LastActivityDate="2015-11-30T05:53:49.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7428" CreationDate="2015-11-30T08:23:19.853" Score="4" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 29, unmarried, having 6+ Years of experience as a Software Engineer in India.&#xA;How can I get a job in NZ before I apply for visa under 'Skilled Migrant' category?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8618" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T16:21:03.953" Title="Can I go as a Skilled Migrant to NZ?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-30T10:51:02.097" Score="3" ViewCount="465" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I need a visa or I can use the VWP (ESTA) to get married to an F1 or H1b visa holder? Is it possible to stay in the USA after that or I have to go back to my European Union country? Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8620" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-12-01T10:36:14.110" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T23:48:21.413" Title="marriage to a F1 or H1B visa holder" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-30T12:52:38.827" Score="3" ViewCount="3210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen and my Grandfather was born in the UK and am therefore eligible to apply for an ancestry visa. However when applying there does not seem to be an ancestry visa category. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RvKAz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RvKAz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When i select the work category, a that is what i intend to do the only options are...&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Do8c.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Do8c.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to select when applying for an ancestry visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8621" LastEditorUserId="8621" LastEditDate="2015-11-30T13:21:31.487" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T18:28:08.043" Title="What visa type should I select when applying for a ancestry visa? (For the UK)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-30T16:30:12.717" Score="4" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen applying for a work visa at the Auslanderbehorde in Berlin. Aside from the listed required forms (registered residence, passport, passport photos, residence permit application, job description form, permission for job application, job offer/contract, rental agreement, bank statement, proof of health insurance, and copies and copies and copies of some of these), are there any other forms I need? I keep reading in various blogs/accounts that people have been sent back because they're missing &quot;some specific form&quot; - but no one has said WHAT those forms are. What are some other forms/documents they might ask for? I've read about maybe needing a &quot;certificate of good conduct&quot; and a &quot;certificate of good health&quot; on older blogs, but the document requirements on my registration page say NOTHING about it. Do I need them? And other forms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8622" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T15:02:25.497" Title="Other forms needed at the Auslanderbehorde for work visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7424" CreationDate="2015-11-30T19:34:44.107" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many jobs in New Zealand are offered on one of the big job sites, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seek.co.nz/&quot;&gt;http://www.seek.co.nz/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trademe.co.nz/jobs&quot;&gt;http://www.trademe.co.nz/jobs&lt;/a&gt;. As a software engineer, there are also NZ jobs listed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://careers.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;https://careers.stackoverflow.com/&lt;/a&gt; (those all seem to be Auckland-based when I checked while writing this answer). You can also contact recruiting agencies and companies individually (look for &quot;jobs&quot;, &quot;careers&quot;, or &quot;vacancies&quot; on their web site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may find that many jobs offered say something like &quot;Applicant must have the right to work in New Zealand&quot;, which means you need a work visa first. What you can do is try to apply for a skilled migrant visa without the benefit of having a job offer. If you have enough points, this is possible. You can then come to New Zealand on a visitor visa, look for a job (this is a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; easier when you can do in-person interviews), then when you get a job offer you can get a temporary work visa. Having a job will then make your skilled migrant visa process much more quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other possible ways to arrange this too. If you have a university degree and 6 years experience, you're definitely on the right track. When I did this many years ago, I found the staff at Immigration very helpful in explaining what I needed to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-11-30T19:34:44.107" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-01T11:04:41.017" Score="2" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents were born in Goa and were married in Goa and have settled in Pakistan. They were born in 1930 and 1931. They had to surrender their Portuguese passport in order to get the Pakistani passport. Can we children apply for the Portuguese passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8626" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-27T08:12:49.500" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T08:12:49.500" Title="Portuguese passport for the children of former Goa residents who became Pakistani citizens" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-01T11:50:18.520" Score="2" ViewCount="979" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from a Dubai-based company with a salary of 8000 AED/Month + Annual Air ticket and basic benefits as UAE labor low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am working in UK base consulting firm in Mumbai and i am earning 75000 INR (Approx. 4139.93 AED)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to know what is the cost of living in Dubai? Is 8000 AED enough for me to survive in Dubai and send some money to my family in India also?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are my details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Willing to share accommodation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare my own food&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can very much adapt to medium facilities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm a bachelor now, maybe will marry after 1 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2082" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T11:50:18.520" Title="8000 AED is good offer to living in Dubai?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-12-15T09:27:05.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-01T12:22:00.117" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born on 1996 outside the UK to a British mother. Do I qualify for UK citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandmother was born in London, UK in 1938. My mother was registered in the UK on 12 August 1983.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8628" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-01T14:06:30.793" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T14:06:30.793" Title="British citizenship for someone born abroad in 1996" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2015-12-01T21:24:07.460" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-01T13:16:31.200" Score="3" ViewCount="606" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm in the second Master year in Germany and have a student residence permit. I know that according to German law, I cannot obtain a work permit in Germany as long as I have not finished my degree. My question here is, if I get a job offer from outside Germany, for example: France or England, can I obtain a French/England working visa when I stay in Germany, and quit the program without finishing the final thesis? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8629" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T01:15:53.473" Title="Can I quit my Master program in Germany halfway and obtain a working visa in another country from Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7425" CreationDate="2015-12-01T23:14:56.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you enter on the VWP, you'll have to leave the US after you are married, to apply for an F-2 or H-4 visa.  Those who have entered on the VWP are not permitted to extend their stay or change to another nonimmigrant status; see &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There are exceptions.  For example, one can extend one's stay if required to do so by a medical emergency, but that is not relevant to your question.  Immediate family members of US citizens can also adjust status despite having entered under the VWP, but that doesn't help you since you are planning to marry a nonimmigrant.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you enter on a B-2 or other nonimmigrant visa, you will be eligible to apply to change your nonimmigrant status to F-2 or H-4. Changing status is more expensive, though, so you have to weigh that cost against the cost of travel if you take the VWP route.  For more information about changing nonimmigrant status, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/C2en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/C2en.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fee for B and F visa applications is currently $160, while the fee for H visa applications is $190 (source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/fees-visa-services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/fees-visa-services.html&lt;/a&gt;).  The fee for a change of status application is $290 (source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/i-539&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.uscis.gov/i-539&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, you should probably discuss this with an immigration lawyer, as there are probably other factors you'll want to consider.  A lawyer might be able to advise you on the processing time you could expect with each option, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-12-01T23:48:21.413" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T23:48:21.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7440" CreationDate="2015-12-02T14:23:24.797" Score="5" ViewCount="739" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an American, my tourist visa for Germany expires December 22. However, I'm turning in my application for a work visa this week. While I wait for visa approval, do I have to stay (thus receiving some form of temporary visa or something), or do I have to leave and wait for approval from my local consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8622" LastActivityDate="2015-12-03T16:23:05.713" Title="While waiting for work visa approval in Germany, can I stay or do I have to leave?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-02T15:43:07.530" Score="12" ViewCount="284" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having a problem, big problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Syria, and as you know, nowadays all the media is on Syria and what's going on there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am in Europe, I am not refugee at all, I work to support myself. I refused to be a refugee though that would've saved me a lot of efforts to work and support myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is that whenever you meet new people (and I want (need really)) new people, I tell them I am from Syria, so directly, they get the idea that either I am a terrorist, or at least they try to avoid hang up with me. Some of them are really nice, but still they don't want to contact with me. They think directly that I am Muslim, but I am not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I deal with this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem is that they think I am a refugee, and for example, I can't tell anyone I meet that hey I work, like let's say I met someone in the metro, I can't say hey I am Michael, from Syria, I work, I am not refugee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8633" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-03T05:41:47.427" LastActivityDate="2015-12-03T11:31:38.277" Title="How to meet/deal with people when you are from a “special” country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7437" CreationDate="2015-12-02T20:43:08.770" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;One way to handle this is to answer in a more general way than with specific facts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where are you from?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I'm from the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, you can refer to a more general timeframe, implying that you left your country of origin a while ago:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where are you from?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I grew up in Syria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can even embellish this with words that describe your new situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where are you from?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I'm originally from Syria, but this is home now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also mention that you &quot;just speak English&quot;, and you're in Europe - so I'm assuming that the local language is not English. In this case other people might assume that you are a tourist, or with the current situation, a newly arrived refugee. A way to avoid that impression might be to make a dedicated effort to learn and use the local language. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T20:43:08.770" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7437" CreationDate="2015-12-03T11:31:38.277" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a situation similar to you. Not from Syria, but from a Country which is listed third in Germany by refugee applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I found helpful from my experience was: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Body Language: You are a foreigner and need to adapt to your new surroundings. Try to understand what is different and keep that in mind. They become a habit easily.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clothes: Wearing clothes that are very different from everyday life of the country will make you look odd. Of course you are free to have your own style, but I found it easy to purchase some everyday clothes from H&amp;amp;M, Zara etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Toiletries: This may sound weird, but when I first came here people smelled different and I probably did smell different to them. Just start using local brands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be my advice for subconscious signals. On how to socialize:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be proud: When they ask me where are you from I always answer with a big smile exactly where I am from. If I am confident, they don't have any reason to assume I am hiding something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now how to react: If they make assumptions let them know. &lt;em&gt;It's sad that there are still some people who think that of [Country]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be the first to bring it up: &lt;em&gt;Did you know that in Syria we always stand up when we meet another person, that was strange for me when I first came to [Country]. You people stand seated, laugh&lt;/em&gt; - This way not only you make it clear that you will not take it to be prejudiced, but actually stir up a conversation about small cultural exchange talks. This will lead to them being interested on what you do etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are working, and I believe you had your fare share of hard time getting a job in another country, you have to understand that it is you who has accomplished something. And you can't let people make you feel bad. People in Western Europe are very open to discussion, if they assume something wrong don't blame them, help them understand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you meet impolite people &lt;em&gt;(or another bad word)&lt;/em&gt; just let it past you, it's not worth your time and your country has those type of people also. It's just the way it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user8598" LastActivityDate="2015-12-03T11:31:38.277" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7436" CreationDate="2015-12-03T16:17:31.817" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can stay in Germany, until your application has been processed, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__81.html&quot;&gt;§ 81 Abs. 3 Satz 1 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a foreigner who is legally resident in the federal territory and does not possess a residence title applies for a residence title, his or her residence shall be deemed to be permitted up to the time of the decision by the foreigners authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To certify this right you get a &lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; when you apply, Abs. 6:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The foreigner shall be issued a certificate confirming the effect of his or her application (provisional residence document).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not allow you to work during that time .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastEditorUserId="6700" LastEditDate="2015-12-03T16:23:05.713" LastActivityDate="2015-12-03T16:23:05.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-04T00:53:09.600" Score="5" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some friends of mine married in the UK (one a British citizen, the other non-EU non-USA), then moved over to the USA not long after. They've been there for a couple of years now. Sadly things haven't gone too well for them, and some sort of separation looks on the cards, possibly even divorce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What isn't clear, at least from a cursory google, is where a divorce (if needed) would happen. Would it need to be a UK divorce, as that's where they married + that's the citizenship of one of them? Would it need to be a US divorce, as that's where they live together now? Or is it something they could choose between? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Or is it a complicated state matter, varying depending on the US state they live in?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-04T09:25:41.580" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T09:25:41.580" Title="Can you get divorced in the USA, as permanent residents who married elsewhere?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7441" CreationDate="2015-12-04T01:29:55.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If their current domicile is in the Unites States, then they can get divorced there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T01:29:55.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7441" CreationDate="2015-12-04T08:01:11.440" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;They most likely need to get divorced in the jurisdiction where they reside.  For example, in New York State, at least one spouse must have resided in the state, generally for one year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before a New York Court can give you a divorce, you need to show that you and/or your spouse have lived in New York State for a certain amount of time, without interruption, generally for one year. For more information on the residency requirement, see pp. 1-3 of the Uncontested Divorce Forms Packet Instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other US states, the particulars will vary, but the general principle that one must be a resident will be consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Hyperlinks removed.  Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nycourts.gov/divorce/info_faqs.shtml&quot;&gt;https://www.nycourts.gov/divorce/info_faqs.shtml&lt;/a&gt;; see &lt;em&gt;To start a divorce case, what legal requirements do I need to meet?&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, to get a divorce in England and Wales,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have a marriage that is legally recognised in the UK, and have a permanent home in England or Wales.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/divorce/overview&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/divorce/overview&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the question, it appears that neither spouse has a permanent home in England or Wales, so that won't be an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T08:01:11.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-04T16:47:59.533" Score="4" ViewCount="1807" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has &lt;a href=&quot;https://global-entry.beta.homeoffice.gov.uk/register-to-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;recently been added to the countries eligible&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Global Entry program&lt;/a&gt;. As part of the Global Entry application, background checks are done to ensure that you're a &quot;low risk traveller&quot;, and normally those involve checks with where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CBP eligibility page&lt;/a&gt;, it says that GE is open to US citizens, without making mention of their country of residency. It also (as of quite recently) says it's open to British citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply as a British (UK) citizen, you have to first get the UK government to complete background checks on you, and only then are you allowed to apply &lt;a href=&quot;https://goes-app.cbp.dhs.gov/main/goes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;through the US GOES system&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://global-entry.beta.homeoffice.gov.uk/register-to-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK application site for the background check&lt;/a&gt; says it's for British Citizens only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the situation for US citizens living in the UK, can they still apply for Global Entry? And if so, do they skip the need for the UK background check, or if not then when process do they need to follow to get it done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T14:54:31.167" Title="Can a US citizen living in the UK apply for US Global Entry?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7444" CreationDate="2015-12-04T19:11:40.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Global entry membership eligibility is based primarily on citizenship.  Permanent residents of the US are eligible for the program regardless of their citizenship, but US citizens (and others who qualify based on their citizenship) are not rendered ineligible by virtue of taking up residence in some other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents and citizens of a few other countries are eligible for Global Entry membership. Global Entry is also available to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citizens of Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citizens of the Netherlands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citizens of Panama&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citizens of South Korea&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mexican nationals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may not be eligible for participation in the Global Entry program if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide false or incomplete information on the application;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have been convicted of any criminal offense or have pending criminal charges or outstanding warrants (to include driving under the influence);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have been found in violation of any customs, immigration or agriculture regulations or laws in any country;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are the subject of an ongoing investigation by any federal, state or local law enforcement agency;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are inadmissible to the United States under immigration regulation, including applicants with approved waivers of inadmissibility or parole documentation; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cannot satisfy CBP of your low-risk status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a US citizen, the next-to-last item would not be applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not clear why anyone would think a US citizen resident in the UK would need a UK background check to apply.  That is a requirement for British citizens, and a US citizen resident in the UK is not a British citizen.  (Even if that person is a dual national, he is not a British citizen in the eyes of the US government.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T19:11:40.850" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-05T03:00:25.067" Score="5" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to study in Canada as an exchange student for the Spring semester (January-April). It is okay to study in travel visa which allows me to stay at Canada for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my plan is study+travel so I'm planning to travel Canada after the study (May-July). As it takes longer than 6 months, I need a visa. Could I get a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8642" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-07T15:36:56.433" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T18:03:01.080" Title="Student visa for an exchange program combined with tourism in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2015-12-05T07:29:12.930" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Philippines, there are two modes of acquiring Filipino citizenship: by birth and by naturalization. Article IV on Citizenship of the 1987 Constitution reads:&#xA;Section 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines: &#xA;1.  Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution;&#xA;2.  Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines;&#xA;3.  Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and&#xA;4.  Those who are naturalized in accordance with law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8644" LastActivityDate="2015-12-05T07:29:12.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7426" CreationDate="2015-12-05T22:43:16.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's under Work -&gt; Non Points Based Working Visas -&gt; UK Ancestry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8649" LastActivityDate="2015-12-05T22:43:16.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7070" CreationDate="2015-12-05T23:27:42.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use a foreign exchange comparison site such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/holiday-money/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/holiday-money/&lt;/a&gt; (Select the Buyback link for foreign currency to UK pounds transactions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8649" LastActivityDate="2015-12-05T23:27:42.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7413" CreationDate="2015-12-06T12:57:06.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I am aware there is no strict requirements on working throughout the 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the ILR application form &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477945/SET_O__Version_11-15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SET(O)&lt;/a&gt;, the only specific requirements for Ancestry applicants relating to work is that you must supply (Page 77):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Document(s) showing that you are able to work and intend to take or seek employment in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-5-working-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;immigration rules&lt;/a&gt; are similar in that they state:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of United Kingdom ancestry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;192.Indefinite leave to remain may be granted, on application, to a Commonwealth citizen with a United Kingdom born grandparent provided the applicant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i)meets the requirements of paragraph 186 (i)-(v);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;of which the only relevant condition is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;186&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(iv) is able to work and intends to take or seek employment in the United Kingdom&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence there is no minimum hours requirement nor is there any distinction between self employed and salaried work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact according to the wording of the rules it could be argued that there is not even a requirement to work, only that you are able to and intend to take or seek it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8649" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2015-12-06T12:57:06.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-06T21:21:44.497" Score="6" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are planning to move away from Switzerland and we would like to ship most of our belongings from Germany. We will have about 25 boxes to be shipped and I was wondering how to approach customs on entering Germany (from Switzerland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find out how and where to register our goods as being destined for another (non-EU) country. I will send them off the same day and return back into Switzerland straight away, so if there is any &quot;shipping receipt&quot; required, I could easily present this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume it's similar to moving to another country (let's say the Netherlands) and just crossing through Germany on the way there. If anyone has moved belongings themselves, how did you deal with the customs requirements on the border to Germany? How did you register your goods?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[UPDATE]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alright, so I called the German Customs today and was told the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When transporting goods through Germany that are destined for another country, you generally can use the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;T1 Versandverfahren&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;, with which you register your goods at the customs office upon entering Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;T1&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; registration is that the goods are under &quot;customs supervision&quot; and are obviously not to be left inside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, you are then transporting the goods to an Airport or Harbour or some Shipping company that &lt;strong&gt;should process the export for you&lt;/strong&gt; and you'll get proof that you have exported them again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in my situation I was considering going with DHL and they might not do this or at least its not clear how the process would work right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, you can also announce the export yourself through a so called &quot;Ausfuhrverfahren&quot; using &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Form 033025&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;, which you can find on www.zoll.de&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The remaining question is in which order should this happen?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The kind lady on the phone said I should immediately when importing the goods start the &quot;T1&quot; and launch the &quot;Form 033025&quot; &lt;strong&gt;at the same time&lt;/strong&gt;. It makes more sense to me, though, to first launch the &quot;T1&quot;, then ship the goods and return to the customs officer to process the &quot;Form 033025&quot; for export when I can actually proof that I just shipped them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know if anyone has done this - it would be a great help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8282" LastEditorUserId="8282" LastEditDate="2015-12-07T08:53:56.857" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T16:08:42.040" Title="What are customs requirements when transferring goods through Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-07T13:45:31.347" Score="7" ViewCount="840" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am returning to the US soon after more than 10 years abroad in the UK. I am looking to purchase a house in the US and will need a mortgage to do so. I currently own a home in the UK that will be sold in the next few months, allowing a relatively sizable down payment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone can provide advice on what I need to consider, and rough estimates of timelines, for getting a mortgage in the US as a returning expat, it would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8659" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-07T15:34:30.120" LastActivityDate="2015-12-08T03:34:43.600" Title="Returning to the US - Mortgage Approval Considerations" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7074" CreationDate="2015-12-07T17:27:40.607" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends where you live actually. But pretty much this link can be useful somehow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8660" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T17:27:40.607" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7454" CreationDate="2015-12-08T03:34:43.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just went through this process. The key thing I did not realize is that UK credit, credit history, debts and earnings are separate from the US. This means I was able to qualify for a US mortgage even without selling my home in the UK. It also meant that having filed my US taxes was key as that proved my earnings. I would suggest making sure all of your taxes are up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping your credit report clean is important and not having new lines of credit, and credit enquires, is helpful. This meant I used my existing UK credit card until I closed on my house instead of opening a new US credit card account. Similarly, I want with a pay monthly no contract cell phone. You may want to hold off on buying/leasing a car and if you really need one, buy a cheap one for cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lender will need to source the funds of your down payment. You will want the down payment in a US bank ideally for 30-90 days or for it to be wired from a UK bank where the money has been for 30-90 days. Do not fly over with a large sum of cash as that will make sourcing the money difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US housing market moves quickly. Going from offer to closing (completion in UK speak) generally happens in 30-60 days. In compete markets you will need a prequalification letter from the lender to make a competitive offer. You will need cash on hand at the time of the offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2015-12-08T03:34:43.600" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7678" CreationDate="2015-12-08T09:22:57.660" Score="5" ViewCount="390" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just completed my undergraduate BSc degree in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in my home country (South Africa). I am continuing my studies next year and starting my postgraduate studies (Honours Degree and Masters Degree) in the same country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My long term goal, however, is to complete my PhD and remain in academics (lecturing, doing research etc). My wish, is to complete my PhD studies abroad (my thoughts are between countries such as Germany, UK or France). I know that it is possible for me to go over and do my PhD, however, I would wish to remain in the country and work in academia there on a permanent basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this at all possible? And if so, how likely is it that I will be able to get a permanent job in academics in one of those countries? Would I be able to obtain a &quot;working permit&quot; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note: I do not currently have any form of dual citizenship or ancestry in the above mentioned countries &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8661" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T17:20:03.477" Title="Permanent immigration with academics - is this possible?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2021-01-25T14:32:47.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6032" CreationDate="2015-12-08T21:59:59.993" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now clear that an EU citizen who has resided in another EU country continuosly for 5 years is entitled to permanent resident status ( calle Daueraufenthalt in Germany).&#xA;l am not sure whether the Applicant must have worked throghout this period of 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8665" LastActivityDate="2015-12-08T21:59:59.993" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-09T07:18:11.497" Score="1" ViewCount="623" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen, who lived in the US for 6 years before and now in Europe. I've a travel(B1) visa to the US valid till 2024, and I'm awaiting my work visa (J1), which will start from January 15, as far as I know. January 15 is also the start date of my job in the US, and I'd like to enter a little early, say around January 5. The travel visa allows me to enter the US multiple times, without staying longer than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Will they automatically cancel my B1 when they give me my J1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer to is yes, then, no need to proceed further!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Will I be able to enter the US around January 5 with my travel visa? The way I'm thinking of a positive answer here is: since I already have a travel visa, I can enter and say I'm here to travel. And then, when my work visa starts, I'm all okay. Is this really so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If the answer to 2) is yes, will I have to find an excuse to travel? For example, attending a conference, or visiting friends, or show them that I've a proof of accommodation? I'll have the excuse and the proof of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Let's say that I show the immigration only the travel visa on my passport, but what if they browse through my passport and also find the work visa? What will happen then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6856" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2015-12-11T01:29:50.063" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T01:29:50.063" Title="Slightly earlier entry to the US before starting a work (J1) visa and possibly having a travel(B1) visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7462" CreationDate="2015-12-09T07:36:57.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;By the way, B1 is business visitor visa. B2 is pleasure visitor visa. You may also have B1/B2 visa in which case you can either as either B1 or B2. If you just have a B1 visa you cannot use it to enter without a business purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, someone with a J visa can enter up to 30 days before the start of their program, so there should be no reason to use another visa to enter 10 days early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) will they automatically cancel my B1 when they give me my J1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe they will, maybe they won't. Probably they won't cancel it, because the B1 visa is still valid for so long and it's reasonable to still need to use it after the J1 program is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) will I be able to enter the US around January 5 with my travel&#xA;  visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, for B2. Yes for B1 if you have a business purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The way I'm thinking of a positive answer here is: since I already&#xA;  have a travel visa, I can enter and say I'm here to travel. And then,&#xA;  when my work visa starts, I'm all okay. Is this really so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. You cannot work on B status. You can only work on your internship in J1 status. There are two ways to get on a particular status: 1) enter the US on the respective visa (J1 visa), or 2) apply for Change of Status in the US and get approved. Note that Change of Status costs hundreds of dollars and takes months to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3) If the answer to 2) is yes, will I have to find an excuse to&#xA;  travel? For example, attending a conference, or visiting friends, or&#xA;  show them that I've a proof of accommodation? I'll have the excuse and&#xA;  the proof of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For B2, any personal reason to visit is fine. For B1, you will need a business purpose like a conference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;4) Let's say that I show the immigration only the travel visa on my&#xA;  passport, but what if they browse through my passport and also find&#xA;  the work visa? What will happen then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing happens. You can't hide it anyway. They know what visas you have. They may ask you about it in which case you would be honest about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T07:36:57.250" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-09T11:00:30.517" Score="5" ViewCount="539" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little more of background. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Two non EU citizens (Serbia)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Been in a relationship for 4 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any form of same sex relationship not recognized in Citizenship Country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One partner gets the Blue Card in Germany (Köln)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the other partner join?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes me be uncertain is &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/de-facto-unions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8669" LastEditorDisplayName="user8598" LastEditDate="2015-12-12T16:23:21.290" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T20:08:56.113" Title="Can an international Blue Card holder take his non registered partner with him?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-09T15:34:21.720" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have currently moved to Ohio, US. I was planning to start renting cars month on month since my company would be reimbursing it. But they refused to reimburse for insurance. So I have to pay the CDW and Liability Protection from my own pocket. My Credit card covers CDW but I am losing my brains over what to do with liability protection. &#xA;I have started inquiring about non owner auto policy, but GEICO refused me cover since I am renting cars too frequently and for long duration. I would be calling up other insurance providers and check. Should I remain hopeful? If I have to pay $300-400 for liability every month, It would be better to buy or lease a car isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8671" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2015-12-09T16:17:55.950" LastActivityDate="2015-12-12T00:49:18.557" Title="Liability insurance for frequent car rentals" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-12-15T09:27:21.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7470" CreationDate="2015-12-10T09:07:51.883" Score="3" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to apply for an Australian Skilled Independent Visa during the years to come. The Immigration&amp;amp;Border protection site of the Australian Government writes that X years of work experience awards extra points for the applicant. It also notes that one has to have worked in the nominated skilled occupation or in any closely related one, at lest 20 paid hours per week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it does not state whether working as a student (with the involvement of a student job agency) is acceptable. Can anyone please clear it up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a related question, in this situation, my 'real' employer is the student agency - that is, my salary is transferred from them and I am registered as if I was their employee - though I'm actually doing work for a separate business. (I am not sure if this is clear for everyone, this is how working as a student works in my country, it's a completely legal way, this is pretty much like a labor hire - or however it is said). So given this, who has to supply papers about my employment, the student agency or the company I'm actually working for, maybe both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastEditorUserId="6825" LastEditDate="2017-02-16T18:07:48.340" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T18:07:48.340" Title="Australian Skilled Independent Visa - Does working as a student count into work experience?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6188" CreationDate="2015-12-10T10:28:45.463" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering my own question to say what happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I was only planning to stay in Germany for marginally more than 90 days, the &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt; just gave me a &lt;em&gt;Grenzübertrittbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; that lets me stay until the end of the term at the institute I'm visiting.  (This is less paperwork hassle and certainly cheaper than getting either a work permit or a long-term visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6571" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T10:28:45.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7467" CreationDate="2015-12-10T11:29:04.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you please post the link where it says 24 hours? From what I know, it was 20 hours. Whether or not your work as a student will be considered depends on the assessing body which gives you the skills assessment award. I suggest you look up which one applies to you and then study their website to understand better. Occupations and their assessing bodies can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, in your situation, you will need documents to support your claim of having worked from both the organisations. Job reference letter from the business to prove you possess those skills relevant to your chosen occupation; and payslips, tax documents, employment contract, etc. from your agency to prove paid employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T11:29:04.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7471" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7472" CreationDate="2015-12-10T06:02:19.883" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I Raise 2 H1B petitions for myself through 2 different employers? If yes, How does it affect my chances in the Lottery?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8685" OwnerDisplayName="MozenRath" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-12-11T01:29:30.947" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T01:29:30.947" Title="Multiple H1B Petitions" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7471" CreationDate="2015-12-10T17:11:13.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If these are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.murthy.com/2015/02/11/h1b-cap-season-reminder-multiple-h1b-filings-for-same-beneficiary/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;independent and unrelated positions&lt;/a&gt;, then it should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this may trigger some Requests for Evidence (RFEs) which lead to the employers discovering about each other and potentially voiding their offers to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2015-12-11T00:01:43.110" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T00:01:43.110" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7473" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7476" CreationDate="2015-12-11T05:56:08.987" Score="11" ViewCount="4355" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been a Singapore PR for quite some time now, and I do plan to stay for as long as I can still find employment. However, I don't think I would ever be able to get a property of my own here, and without it spending retirement in Singapore doesn't look realistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried to research this online, but every single piece of information I could find deals with how to &lt;em&gt;withdraw&lt;/em&gt; your CPF savings when or if you leave SG.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if it's possible to retire to other country (not Malaysia) but &lt;em&gt;keep&lt;/em&gt; your money in CPF and still receive your CPF Life payouts for the rest of your life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, more general question, do you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to withdraw your savings from CPF if you no longer reside in Singapore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3654" LastEditorUserId="3654" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T17:48:04.673" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T17:48:04.673" Title="Can (former?) Singapore PR retire abroad and still receive CPF Life payouts?" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;cpf&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-11T07:17:29.107" Score="8" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been browsing other similar questions, and I am hoping to find a more certain answer because I'm sure someone has had the same experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S. citizen who moved to France 4 months ago for my husband's job. I hold a carte de sejour, which includes a work permit so I am legal to work here. But I have been continuing to work remotely for my company in the States, and now they are asking questions and I fear that is not legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any input is greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8681" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T12:09:26.807" Title="U.S. citizen living in France w/ French work permit - is it illegal to keep working for U.S. company?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7474" CreationDate="2015-12-11T07:58:13.430" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First point is that if you work in France, you are supposed to be affiliated to French “social protection” system. That entails paying income-dependent mandatory contributions but also benefits (health insurance, retirement pension, unemployment insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the US company you're working for does not have any legal entity in France, you are in the case of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.urssaf.fr/portail/home/employeur/creer/quelle-urssaf-pour-votre-entrepr/firmes-etrangeres.html&quot;&gt;firme étrangère&lt;/a&gt;. The company should declare your status and pay their part of tax. That might require some efforts on their side to deal with the French authorities. The process is described (in French) in the linked page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the US company has a legal entity in France, that entity should be your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you are not a permanent employee of the US company but a freelancer/contractor, it is your duty to setup a legal framework in France that allow you such freelancing. First point is still valid. There are several ways to setup such framework, the simplest one being &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economie.gouv.fr/cedef/auto-entrepreneur&quot;&gt;auto entrepreneur&lt;/a&gt;, but it depends on the annual turnover you get from this activity, and various other issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-11T12:09:26.807" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T12:09:26.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7473" CreationDate="2015-12-11T12:45:14.920" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, you can keep your savings in CPF essentially forever even if you leave Singapore.  (Or that's the rule at the moment, anyway; you have no control over CPF investments and are subject to the whims of the Singapore government here.)  In fact, the process of getting your CPF money out is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cpf.gov.sg/Members/Schemes/schemes/other-matters/cpf-withdrawals-on-other-grounds#Item1699&quot;&gt;rather bureaucratic&lt;/a&gt; and will definitely not &quot;just happen&quot; on its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are several notable complications:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maintaining PR outside Singapore requires a valid Re-Entry Permit (REP).   REPs have to be renewed every 5 years, and essentially require that you're living in Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CPF LIFE payouts can only be made into Singaporean bank accounts.  These are very difficult to open if you're not a Singaporean resident -- although once opened, nobody will check to see if you're still one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T12:45:14.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-11T14:01:31.387" Score="6" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an exchange student in Germany, with a type D visa for the length of the semester (around 5 months), however, I was offered an internship as well as I am applying for an intensive Germany course for the period of 7 months. I went to the Foreigners Office and they told me it is possible to apply for a residence permit if I provide them with a proof from the deutschkurse or the internship, proof of accommodation, and proof of subsistence. However, a friend of mine just came back from the same Foreigners' Office asking for the same thing and they told him that he would have to go back to our country of origin (Egypt) and then reapply for a new visa? I am a little worried now and I would like to know if I can actually get a residence permit in this condition or not? I have to decide soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8683" OwnerDisplayName="Omar Hedeya" LastEditorUserId="186" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T06:00:55.497" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T06:00:55.497" Title="Applying for residence permit in Germany with type D visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7477" CreationDate="2015-12-11T16:25:27.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;More of a comment, but I need space to quote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§16(2)1 says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Während des Aufenthalts nach Absatz 1 oder 1a soll in der Regel keine Aufenthaltserlaubnis für einen anderen Aufenthaltszweck erteilt oder verlängert werden, sofern nicht ein gesetzlicher Anspruch besteht.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means roughly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During a stay in accordance with section 1 or 1a generally another stay for another purpose shall not be given or extended unless there is a legal requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under which section did you get your initial student visa, and is the internship legally considered a paid job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2015-12-11T16:25:27.643" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7465" CreationDate="2015-12-12T00:49:18.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in similar situation, I've talked with GEICO and Progressive as suggested in answer to this question: «&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3096/california-car-insurance-for-rental-cars&quot;&gt;California car insurance for rental cars?&lt;/a&gt;»&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, what I have learned is that you cannot get their insurance unless you own a car. Once you have insurance for your own car, it does cover rentals to some extent. But it's not possible to get an insurance that would cover &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; rental cars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-12-12T00:49:18.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7070" CreationDate="2015-12-12T15:46:00.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as a baseline: In a department store (Debenhams) the exchange rate now is $1.4715 to sell and $1.6252 to buy right now, which means exchanging pounds to dollars and back gets you 90.5% of your money back, without any effort. I believe their selling rate is decent (because they have lots of competitors), but their buying rate is awful (because the customers are usually people with foreign money left over from a holiday and no use for it), even your bank will likely pay you more. For much better buying rates see for example &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bankexchangerates.co.uk/2012/03/barclays-exchange-rates.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bankexchangerates.co.uk/2012/03/barclays-exchange-rates.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2015-12-12T15:46:00.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-12T20:07:32.237" Score="7" ViewCount="501" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Iran and I am 18 in third grade of high school and planning to emigrate to America.  The actual problem is that I can't afford to apply for university there,  I was hoping that I can go there for study and work to save  the minimum money,  so what is necessary for me to go there?  Do I need a very high score in high school?  How can I get scholarship?  Do I need to be a part of a specific science activity for getting the scholarship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="yasamin" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T01:17:40.190" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T15:38:17.957" Title="How can I study in the US without a lot of money?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7482" CreationDate="2015-12-13T01:11:20.253" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You get scholarship by qualifying for it. Different scholarships have different qualifications. Some (many, if not most) require academic excellency, i.e.: you must be a very good student. But some are based not only (or at all) on your achievements but (also...) your background, your community affiliations, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the excellency scholarships, you may want to check out the Iranian diaspora organizations that may want to support you, or specific scholarships for specific areas of study (or geographical areas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get to the US as a student, you must be able to show that you can pay for your studies and living expenses &lt;strong&gt;without&lt;/strong&gt; working. It is illegal to work as a student, unless certain conditions are met (up to 20 hours, on campus, with the school approval, as long as you're still a full-time student in good standing, etc - not something that you can do to pay off your studies and living, more like ice-cream and movies spending).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-12-13T01:11:20.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7491" CreationDate="2015-12-13T05:00:52.467" Score="12" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say someone dies abroad, in most cases the family would want to bury/cremate that person in the country of origin and the cost would be covered by insurance or themselves. But assuming repatriation is not a requirement for any relatives/friends, is there any international law saying the body should be repatriated to the country of origin? Or are there many countries that have laws concerning this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6520" LastEditorUserId="6520" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T08:08:21.320" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T08:08:21.320" Title="Dying abroad, is anyone legally required to repatriate the body (under international law or common local laws)" Tags="&lt;international-law&gt;&lt;repatriation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-13T14:58:14.343" Score="7" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;My kid's H4 visa is stamped with a surname which is not there on the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So on the passport the given name is there: Abhinav Singh and the surname is blank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the visa, the given name is Abhinav and the surname is Singh. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I want to know whether this would be a problem  while travelling to US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the visa was attached to one of the page of his passport by the embassy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8690" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-03-05T18:42:02.603" LastActivityDate="2016-03-05T18:42:02.603" Title="Surname is different on passport and visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-13T16:08:31.233" Score="5" ViewCount="1143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered with excitement &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1409/transporting-a-large-number-of-books-from-usa-to-uk?rq=1&quot;&gt;a post&lt;/a&gt; describing ISAL M-bags to ship a large amount of books abroad from the US. However when looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#2522322&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USPS documentation&lt;/a&gt; indicated in the same post, ISAL M-bags figure in the &quot;Commercial prices&quot; rather than the &quot;retail prices&quot;. So could someone confirm that ISAL M-bags are available for individuals? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The USPS offices I phoned in NYC did not know about these ISAL M-bags, or suggested it was for businesses and not available for individuals, and others said only airmail M-bag were available and ISAL M-bags were discontinued. If ISAL M-bags are indeed available for individuals, does anyone know of a USPS office in NYC which actually knows about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In general USPS officers have no clues what ISAL M-bags are exactly, and will give different answers in each different branches (even branch managers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From what I could gather from the multiple different explanations, this service exists in theory, but is not available because of the latest update of the USPS software used in branches&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8691" LastEditorUserId="8691" LastEditDate="2017-09-14T10:35:52.810" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T10:35:52.810" Title="Are ISAL M-bags (for shipping books abroad from USA) available for individuals?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7324" CreationDate="2015-12-13T16:09:00.000" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We reapplied for EEA Family permit and my wife got the visa this time in 20 days approximately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I followed the guidelines from above answers by @gnasher729 and @phoog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reapplied for my wife using our previous documents and this time I submitted more documents to prove our communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took screenshots from my mobile phone from applications that we  used to communicate with (e.g. whatsapp, skype, viber, etc.) showing different dates in such a way that I had 2 screenshots from each calendar month since our marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also provided phone call logs from my mobile phone operator since my arrival in UK and highlighted my wife's number, call date and duration with a highlighter pen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also added train tickets that we used during our journeys while in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="6367" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T08:14:16.597" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T08:14:16.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7529" CreationDate="2015-12-13T16:31:01.143" Score="7" ViewCount="2492" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my grand mother who is around 80 and lives in India with my brother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mom is a Portuguese national and she sponsored my dad to come to UK as my dad holds Indian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advised by local agents, we applied for my grand mother as dependent member of EEA national as my mom sends money to her every month and visit her in once in a couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We applied for her 4 times and it got rejected every time with almost similar reasons like you are not financially dependent, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is the refusal reason from her latest (fourth) attempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dsx3C.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dsx3C.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Refusal letter grand mother&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not sure what to do now. Thinking to appeal this time but not sure if that will be a good choice given we have to pay huge fees to solicitors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise what next we should try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was advised by one of our relative that I should try to sponsor my grand mother as I am also a Portuguese citizen living in UK. But I recently got visa for my wife on my sponsorship ( Spouse - EEA Family Member).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if that will help, since we have been showing that my grand mother as dependent on my mother for her 4 applications and also as I have sponsored already my wife as dependent on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice on that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2015-12-22T10:35:13.207" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T21:15:07.233" Title="EEA Family Permit Refused for Mother-In-Law - next steps?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6056" CreationDate="2015-12-13T19:12:07.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It turned out not to be an issue since my husband got a job and I ended up doing a Residence permit after we arrived here in Germany as his spouse. I was able to start my job before doing all of the necessary paperwork because that's how the educational institution wanted to do things. They find it easier to help you with the paperwork once you're already in the office. The only thing that ended up being challenging is that in the city we're living it's very hard to get an appointment for the residence registration (Anmeldung) within the 2 week window that is &quot;required&quot;. As everything is difficult to do without this piece of paperwork it took a little bit of effort but ended up not being too bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8692" LastActivityDate="2015-12-13T19:12:07.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7484" CreationDate="2015-12-13T22:24:01.087" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, there's no such requirement, &lt;a href=&quot;http://smartraveller.gov.au/guide/all-travellers/birth-death-marriage/death-overseas.html&quot;&gt;the family can choose to either repatriate or bury/cremate locally&lt;/a&gt;.  Assuming nobody claims the body, local authorities will give the local equivalent of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauper%27s_funeral&quot;&gt;pauper's funeral&lt;/a&gt; and the remains will stay in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2015-12-13T22:24:01.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-13T23:30:18.020" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA and pursuing Employment based green card. Below are my qualifications&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I hold 4 years engineering degree with electrical and electronics department. I did my engineering in India.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am working in IT industry and I have approximately 10 years of experience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Out of 10 years 4 years in USA and 6 years in India.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the above qualifications, Am I eligible to apply EB2 category?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T04:20:10.767" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T04:54:58.357" Title="Am I eligible to apply US green Card under EB2 Category?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7492" CreationDate="2015-12-14T04:54:58.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The eligibility is not for you, it's for you &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The job must require at least 5 years of experience following a 4-year degree, or an advanced degree, and you must not include any degrees or experience earned while working on that job (if you're already in the position for which the petition is made).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the degree must be relevant (don't know if EE degree is considered relevant for IT jobs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T04:54:58.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-14T08:23:22.490" Score="5" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a question regarding the papers I will need to live legally in the UK with my husband, a Polish citizen. I've got pretty good answers that guided me towards the right steps. So I have been reading a lot about the &quot;registration certificate or residence card as the family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss national&quot; which I think this is my case. However, in the guide to fill out the application, it is mentioned that it is not mandatory to obtain it but it makes thinks easier. Anyway, I am planning to follow the steps and to obtain such paper to make our lives easier.One of the papers I need to send with my application is at least three payslips which will take three months to gather them. It means that I will be there for three months or more without working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is the following: if in the guidance of the  &quot;registration certificate or residence card as the family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss national&quot; is stated that this is an optional paper, does that mean that I can work as long as I can prove I am married to a EEA citizen? Do you have any idea about this subject?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T10:06:25.340" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T11:31:40.500" Title="What papers do I need so I can start working in the UK as fast as possible?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7497" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8440" CreationDate="2015-12-14T10:06:59.260" Score="11" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_%28European_Union%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt; holder, if I marry after my resident permit is issued, can my spouse apply for his resident permit from within the territory of Germany? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A little more background: My situation is &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7464/can-an-international-blue-card-holder-take-his-non-registered-partner-with-him&quot;&gt;&quot;Can an international Blue Card holder take his non registered partner with him?&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and based on the comments in that question, plus I took some advice from a lawyer it is best for me to marry or get a civil union. Since my situation is a little particular, we intend to marry in Denmark. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also related to this question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6534/who-not-eu-citizen-can-apply-for-residence-permit-visa-from-within-germany&quot;&gt;&quot;Who (not EU citizen) can apply for residence permit/visa from within Germany?&quot;&lt;/a&gt; which has a very &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/6536/8669&quot;&gt;good answer and some mentions to my case&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;strong&gt;no concrete reference&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8669" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T21:43:46.900" Title="Can spouses apply for a resident permit within Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7494" CreationDate="2015-12-14T17:23:52.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The whole process is clearly laid out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, with the specified documents listed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;step #3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the overview it is stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don’t need to apply for a residence card as a family member but it can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;show employers you’re allowed to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastEditorUserId="143" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T17:50:07.927" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T17:50:07.927" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7473" CreationDate="2015-12-15T07:51:27.830" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will post an answer of my own as well for completeness sake. I sent the same question to CPF directly, here's what they said: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, you are right in saying that your Singapore Permanent Resident&#xA;  (SPR) status will be revoked when you are no longer residing in&#xA;  Singapore for a substantial amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We would like to clarify that you can withdraw your CPF savings at any&#xA;  time when you choose to reside in other countries besides Singapore&#xA;  and Malaysia once your SPR status have been revoked. Hence, you will&#xA;  be able to keep your monies in your CPF account to earn the high&#xA;  interest respectively, which will also help to build your retirement&#xA;  savings. You can click on this link for more information on the&#xA;  withdrawal:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cpf.gov.sg/members/schemes/schemes/other-matters/cpf-withdrawals-on-other-grounds#Item1699&quot;&gt;https://www.cpf.gov.sg/members/schemes/schemes/other-matters/cpf-withdrawals-on-other-grounds#Item1699&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are no longer an SPR and have already joined CPF LIFE, you will&#xA;  still be able to receive these payouts for as long as you live.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As CPF LIFE is for Singaporeans and SPR, if you are not a SPR when you&#xA;  are 55 years old, you would not be joining CPF LIFE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3654" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T07:51:27.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-15T14:16:34.847" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a Tier 2 visa which is expiring on 27th April 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a Schengen visa valid till February 14th, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Can I travel to the European Union and return to the UK in the first week of February 2016, considering by then my UK visa would be valid for less than 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any special restriction on travel for the last 3 months of a UK visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current passport is Valid till October 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8702" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-07-29T14:07:43.297" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:07:43.297" Title="EU travel restrictions, during last 3 months of UK visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-07-30T08:56:56.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7012" CreationDate="2015-12-15T17:09:34.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the end, the visa application worked, and to register on the visa centre website, we used the type &lt;strong&gt;Family Visitor &amp;lt; 6 months&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7092" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T17:09:34.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7513" CreationDate="2015-12-15T19:01:43.427" Score="11" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 29 years old and I am working in the Netherlands as a knowledge migrant and my current salary satisfies the salary requirement for the below 30 criteria. I have a residence permit valid until 2020. I will be turing 30 soon, so should my salary satisfy the above 30 requirement for my current residence permit to be valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8686" LastEditorUserId="8686" LastEditDate="2015-12-17T14:15:23.340" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T14:15:23.340" Title="What happens to me Salary requirement for Dutch knowledge migrant once I turn 30?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7507" CreationDate="2015-12-15T21:59:13.443" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope you can guide me on this one. &#xA;I was wondering if I can work as fast as possible in the UK just by showing I'm married to an EEA national. Basically, my question is the following: do you know whether employers can or will accept other evidence of eligibility to work, or is the residence card the only document they can consider? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if I can start working in the mean time as a baby sitter or waitress just by showing I am married to an EEA national. Can you guive me some guidance please? I really don't want to be out of work for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-15T22:14:53.273" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:40:16.937" Title="Do you know whether employers can or will accept other evidence of eligibility to work, or is the residence card the only document they can consider?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-16T09:24:02.443" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a relation with a polish girl who is working in uk..its a distance relationship since 2011..she came to meet me in india this year ...we are planning to get married in 2016..i want to know the procedure ..on what visa can she come to india to marry me...also would i be able to get a spouse visa for uk after this...we are even ok to move  to some other country in europe.pls help...what are the requirements/eligibility. She is in the uk for more than 2 years now.pls help me with the conditions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8707" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T09:24:02.443" Title="Indian citizen marriage with european" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-12-16T11:31:51.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7505" CreationDate="2015-12-16T12:40:16.937" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The magic search term you want is &quot;right to work&quot;. You'll likely want the employers guides, rather than the employee ones, as that'll help you work out the options better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the full details, you can read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide&quot;&gt;Right to work checks: an employer's guide&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide&quot;&gt;Acceptable right to work documents: an employer's guide&lt;/a&gt;. For a quick summary, there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work&quot;&gt;Check a job applicant's 'right to work' documents&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll really need to read through those, and work out what (if any) of the things you have are the ones that Employers are legally protected from fines if they see + record. Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide&quot;&gt;page 16 of the Acceptable right to work documents: an employer's guide&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like biometric residency cards are the normal way for non-EEA family members of EEA-citizens, but I haven't checked the list fully and I don't know what else you have!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T12:40:16.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7525" CreationDate="2015-12-16T16:31:46.370" Score="9" ViewCount="9600" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you know how long does it take to get the &quot;registration certificate or residence card as the family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss national&quot; I have collected very useful information from your answers and from the official UK immigration website. However, I haven't found information related to the time it takes to get the actual residence card. Also, I would like to know whether I can process this application as soon as I get to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can prove all what is requested as my husband will have a permanent contract. Basically, what worries me is that I don't know how long I will have to wait before I can start working again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T18:26:55.610" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T18:42:50.023" Title="How long does it take to get the registration certificate or residence card as the family member of a European Economic Area?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5658" CreationDate="2015-12-17T00:37:38.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you apply for healthcare on the New York State of Health website outside of Open Enrollment, it asks if you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. I selected the option that I had recently moved to NY. I was not asked for any supporting documentation for this, and was allowed to apply for a healthcare plan on that marketplace. My assertion that I had moved was never questioned by the marketplace or the insurance company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My experience, however, was short, and is only one anecdote. (Fortunately for me, I haven't been able to test it by filing a major claim.) But I was apparently able to get a Special Enrollment Period, with no friction or problems, by simply stating (correctly, in my opinion) that I had moved from another country back to the State of New York.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T00:37:38.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6922" CreationDate="2015-12-17T13:20:05.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to your question, one of the main changes is surrounding the genuine student test and applications can be still refused if the Official acting on behalf of the Home Office believes you are not a genuine student. There has been an increase on the number of applications being refused on those grounds, and it is way for the Home Office now to challenge those wishing to study in the UK or not. There is a high chance you may be interviewed on the telephone or in person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming to issues on CAS, I agree with some of the responses given, as each information needs to match with with what you are providing. Photographs can be maximum 6 months old as per the immigration rules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T13:20:05.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7511" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-17T13:22:28.457" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a British passort which was obtained afer the birth of my son who is now 5 years old. So I had an indefinite leave to remain when I gave birth to him in Ghana. He lives in Ghana. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a British passort for him in the UK or in Ghana?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8716" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2015-12-19T02:22:25.447" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T02:22:25.447" Title="UK passport and immigration" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7511" CreationDate="2015-12-17T13:57:12.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form that seems relevant to your case is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it is not so clear if you will be successful in your application.  But it does appear possible to try.  You'd be relying on the discretion of the British Home Secretary because your child does not appear to qualify under any of the specific rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some things that might impact the decision:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether you live in the UK presently, with your son, and for how long.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether your wife is also a UK citizen now, and living in the UK with you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether you intend to remain in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T13:57:12.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7504" CreationDate="2015-12-17T14:14:54.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got a Reply from the IND after a long time. The jist is if I remain with the same company it does not matter, I have to just maintain the below 30 salary requirement even after i turn 30. But if i change companies after turning 30 then i have to satisfy the above 30 requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8686" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T14:14:54.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6690" CreationDate="2015-12-17T16:45:06.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to your question, the general grounds of refusal does consider conduct issues, as with all immigration applications because they need to ensure you would not be abusing the immigration system in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you need to understand that the visit visas has different requirements then to the Tier 2 General. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further to that, Tier 2 has a new policy where it considers the genuine vacancy test and applications can also be refused on those grounds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastEditorUserId="8694" LastEditDate="2015-12-17T23:23:12.903" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T23:23:12.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-17T17:00:53.913" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you have any idea how much does it cost to get some help from an immigration lawyer? I believe my case is kind of simple as we can prove all what immigration ask in order to obtain a residence card for a EEA family member. However, some sections of the application are confusing to me. I believe immigration lawyers have lots of exerience in this matter and know better how to fill out the applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T23:28:33.093" Title="How much does it cost to get some help from an immigration lawyer?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-12-18T06:14:57.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7517" CreationDate="2015-12-17T17:36:31.837" Score="3" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;re-entry stamp in passport valid minimum 3 months after expiry of the visa&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what does re-entry stamp in this sentence mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T01:21:35.283" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T01:21:35.283" Title="What does &quot;re-entry stamp&quot; in this sentence mean?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;kenya&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7516" CreationDate="2015-12-17T18:43:13.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This provision probably does not apply to you, since you are a Somali citizen (as you have indicated in the comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The provision, I just now realized, seems to be designed to ensure two things: First, that the applicant is legally resident in Kenya, and second, that the applicant will be able to return to Kenya after the expiration of the Schengen visa.  (That is, I suspect that the &quot;visa&quot; referred to in &quot;minimum 3 months after the expiry of the visa&quot; is the visa &lt;em&gt;for which you are applying.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those resident in Somalia, the facts of residence and admissibility presumably need to be proved with respect to Somalia rather than Kenya.  As a Somali citizen, you obviously require no residence permit or visa or other passport stamp before being admitted to Somalia, so you should probably just ignore this item on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, a zealous and ill-informed employee of the consulate or of VFS Global might not understand the reasoning I've just outlined (if it is indeed correct).  I therefore suggest that you ask someone whether that list item applies to you, or if you should substitute something else.  If they say that you need to provide a residence permit or show a stamp, explain your situation and why those things do not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T18:43:13.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7511" CreationDate="2015-12-17T23:11:00.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to the question, you have become a British national after the birth of your child, so it cannot be simply passed on. British nationality is not retrospective; therefore only the child may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain but this would be an issue depending on whether the mother is going to return to the UK. To be honest, it is better you get some specialist help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally those children who wish to register must be free from immigration control and at the moment, I believe your child may not have an entitlement to register as a British national. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T23:11:00.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7523" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-12-18T01:22:37.063" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T01:22:37.063" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T01:22:37.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7524" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-12-18T01:22:37.063" Score="0" Body="For questions about or regarding Kenya" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T05:44:05.843" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T05:44:05.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7508" CreationDate="2015-12-18T10:27:35.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to your question, EU residence card applications usually takes maximum 6 months to process, however when you submit your application to the Home Office, they normally issue a letter confirming your application and giving you a document to confirm your rights to live and work in the UK. That document can be used to show to your employers that you have permission to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that your husband must be employed prior to the date of application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further to that, as soon as you enter the UK, you can submit your application for the EU residence card. You do not need to wait any time, however as long as you apply before your EU family permit expires, then that is fine also. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T10:27:35.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-18T16:18:00.423" Score="5" ViewCount="599" Body="&lt;p&gt;We used to live in Pakistan, while my aunt has been in the USA for 20+ years. My aunt sponsored my dad almost 10 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our case is of type &lt;em&gt;brother or sister (F4)&lt;/em&gt;. We got immigrant visas and we all (total of 4 people) traveled to the USA on 10th September 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We submitted green card fees after 3 or 4 days, and received an estimate that we would get our green cards in &lt;em&gt;one month or less&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But today, 18th December, it has been &lt;em&gt;more than 3 months&lt;/em&gt;, and we still have not received our green cards yet. We inquired about it and they said that they are still in process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask some related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How much longer could it take to get our green cards? Some of us have to move back to Pakistan in about 30 days due to some personal reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know a green card expires in 6 months if you stay outside the U.S. How many days would it take if we apply for extensions of our green cards after we receive them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For how long we can get extensions of the green cards? 2 years? or more?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8247" LastEditorUserId="8247" LastEditDate="2015-12-19T12:56:47.633" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T12:56:47.633" Title="How much longer can it take to get our green cards?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7488" CreationDate="2015-12-18T17:08:52.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The refusal letter shows that there was not enough evidences to calculate your grandmother's basic living costs, to determine her cost of living and how much is being contributed by the sponsor. When the case workers consider whether your grandmother is financially dependent, they consider the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464872/Direct_Family_Members_v3_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Direct Family Members Guidance&lt;/a&gt; document:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essential Needs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must consider the following:&#xA;does the applicant need financial support to meet their essential needs from the EEA national;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the applicant cannot meet their essential living needs without the financial support of the EEA national, they must be considered dependent even if they also receive financial support or income somewhere else&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essential needs include accommodation, utilities and food. Dependency must be shown by financial documents that show money being sent by the sponsor to the applicant. If the applicant is receiving financial support from the EEA national as well as others, they must show that the support from the EEA national is supporting their essential needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant does not need to be dependent on the relevant EEA national to meet all or most of their essential needs. For example an applicant can still be considered dependent if they receive a pension to cover half of their essential needs and money from the relevant EEA national to cover the other half.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to respond on whether you should become the sponsor, it may be seen as convenience and also there will not be a history of financial dependency. The rule does not prevent you sponsoring your grandmother as long as you have the financial capability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T21:15:07.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-18T19:04:24.053" Score="5" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a dual German/US citizen and will be conducting research under a grant funded by the French government in Paris for 9 months. I hope to be able to join her, but would need to work while there in order to support us. I am a US citizen working as a full-time freelancer/consultant with US clients. My work is remote and so in theory is not difficult to take with me anywhere, but I understand that the implications of working in Europe may mean double taxation or perhaps breaking the law. My intention is to operate legally, but it is difficult to find the proper path in terms of visa application, residency status, and tax status to make that happen. Does anybody have experience with a situation similar to this or perhaps knowledge of the proper path to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ari" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T06:20:02.747" Title="Living in France for 9 months with German wife as a Freelancer/Consultant" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7527" CreationDate="2015-12-19T02:05:54.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How much longer could it take to get our green cards? Some of us have to move back to Pakistan in about 30 days due to some personal&#xA;  reasons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to say, but how long it takes for you to get the card should not have any effect on any of your plans. You already became a permanent resident the moment you entered the US with your immigrant visa. The immigrant visa, upon being stamped on entry, is no longer a visa (immigrant visas are single use anyway), but rather turned into a temporary green card (I-551) valid for one year from the date of entry. This is equivalent to the plastic card (which is also an I-551) in every way, for all purposes, including working and traveling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even if you don't have the plastic card beyond a year (it shouldn't take that long, but it's possible for it to get lost, etc.), as a permanent resident you can always go into a USCIS office and get an I-551 stamp which again will be valid for one year and you can use it for all purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure to never describe your immigrant visa as a &quot;visa&quot; anymore because that will confuse people who will look at its expiration date. (The visa is invalid anyway.) Rather, always describe it as proof of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I know a green card expires in 6 months if you stay outside the U.S. How many days would it take if we apply for extensions of our&#xA;  green cards after we receive them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing. The card expires in 10 years, and can be renewed when it's about to expire. Your &lt;em&gt;permanent resident status&lt;/em&gt; never expires, even if the card is expired. Your permanent resident status can however be lost if you fail to maintain residence in the US (regardless of whether you have a valid card or not). There is no set amount of time outside the US that determines failure to maintain residence. It is determined by the totality of the circumstances and your intentions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Separately, an I-551 (whether the plastic card, stamp, or endorsed immigrant visa) by itself, without anything else, is valid for re-entry after an absence of at most 1 year. If you get a Re-entry Permit, it is valid for re-entry for the duration of validity of the Re-entry Permit (a Re-entry Permit has a validity of at most 2 years). CBP may, however, admit you at their discretion even if you don't meet the above requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the above documents are valid for re-entry &lt;em&gt;given that you haven't abandoned permanent residency by failing to maintain residence&lt;/em&gt;. If CBP determines that you have abandoned permanent residency, then they can put you into removal proceedings no matter how short your absence was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How many times can we get extensions of the green cards? 2 years? or more?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be renewed infinite times. Each time the card will be valid for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T02:05:54.307" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7534" CreationDate="2015-12-19T02:37:31.543" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an F-1 Visa holder under OPT. I have received a job offer from an employer who does not appear to participate in E-verify (company name not in E-Verify Employers Search Tool on uscis.gov website). What does this mean for me as a prospective employee? Does this mean I cannot work for this employer? Does it mean the employer needs to enroll in E-Verify? I am very new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T09:06:54.897" Title="Everify and employers who hire OPT students" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7533" CreationDate="2015-12-19T09:06:54.897" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can work for any employer for regular (12-month) OPT. It's only for the additional 17-month STEM OPT extension that the employer needs E-Verify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-19T09:06:54.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-19T09:20:55.190" Score="5" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the new mandatory MediShield Life insurance policy, every citizen and PR in Singapore is now covered for basic hospitalization in governmental hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have a private insurance, courtesy of my employer, which can cover up to 70-85% of private hospital's bill (can't cancel out of it and they would charge me for it regardless). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know whether I would be able to utilize MediShield to cover the rest of the bill, similar to how I could use MediSave before that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3654" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T05:23:54.703" Title="In Singapore, can I use MediShield Life together with private insurance to cover co-insurance parts of both?" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-19T17:30:07.933" Score="3" ViewCount="2562" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a L2 visa holder stay back in US while the L1 spouse travels out of the country on work for a few weeks/months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a L2 visa holder travel alone out of US and return alone while the L1 spouse continues working in the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8728" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T02:56:29.167" Title="Is someone on L2 visa in the US allowed to stay or travel without spousal L1 partner?" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7539" CreationDate="2015-12-20T00:04:22.383" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an F-1 student still awaiting arrival of my EAD (Employment Authorization Document Card) for OPT. I have told my potential employer that I can begin work starting on the date I listed in my OPT application, which is in about 3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I sign an employment contract prior to arrival of the EAD card? with a work start date identical to the start date I requested on my OPT application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The catch here is I am not sure that the EAD card will arrive on time, as USCIS does not guarantee EAD card arrival by the requested date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastEditorUserId="8234" LastEditDate="2015-12-20T03:52:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T10:41:29.063" Title="Anticipated OPT: Question regarding work contract" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7536" CreationDate="2015-12-20T01:05:46.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as L1 is in status, so is L2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T01:05:46.783" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7537" CreationDate="2015-12-20T10:41:29.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can sign whatever you want. You cannot work before your EAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T10:41:29.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-20T10:43:49.677" Score="5" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a British passport. &#xA;My wife is Japanese and has an indefinite leave to remain (she is currently awaiting  her British passport) - she has lived in UK for 15 years or more.&#xA;I also have a daughter with British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've stayed in Portugal for around 70 days. We're heading back to UK for 2 weeks and then will come back to Portugal for another 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering is there likely to be any problem on re-entry to Portugal? I'm guessing there won't be (because I'm allowed up to 6 months before needing to register here and my wife (I'm hoping) assumes the same conditions as me (since we are married).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8731" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T15:56:35.717" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T15:56:35.717" Title="Staying over 90 days in Portugal, as any EU national and non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7254" CreationDate="2015-12-20T11:45:54.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to your question, this is quite a common issue, whereby you have not been stamped in the UK. However coming to apply for your EU Residence Card will not be an issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should provide a cover letter as well as airline ticket confirming your entry to the UK. The Home Office will not penalise you for this and in line with the EEA Reg 2006, which governs free movement rights, you do not need to have a valid permit to enter the UK, if you are a family member of an EEA national. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T11:45:54.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7543" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7545" CreationDate="2015-12-20T18:06:10.340" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Dutch visa at the Dutch embassy in Sri Lanka, as a non-EU family member joining his spouse in the Netherlands, so they collected my biometric data and visa application form, and they told me that they will send the data to their regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and they will handle the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is after the visa is approved is there any way for the visa to be sent online? Or how do you think the process of this visa will be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8725" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T02:34:35.237" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T02:34:35.237" Title="Is there any way that visas can be sent online?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7544" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11705" CreationDate="2015-12-20T20:48:21.797" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am still waiting for my OPT to process and do not expect that my EAD card will arrive until in about 6 weeks. It is my impression that there is no guarantee for the EAD to arrive from USCIS. However my employer is pressuring me to provide a fixed start date so we can sign a contract. Can I provide such a date? i.e can USCIS guarantee that I can begin work at a certain predefined date (through EAD or interim EAD for example). Does the interim EAD still exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:41:53.463" Title="Pending OPT: Employer needs a start date" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7543" CreationDate="2015-12-20T21:38:33.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa will have to be endorsed into the passport, so the visa cannot be sent online. Once a decision is made, then the Dutch Embassy will make contact with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T21:38:33.950" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7540" CreationDate="2015-12-21T03:04:17.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should not have any trouble.  You may be asked for documentation to show that your wife is in fact your wife, but as long as you have that, she enjoys a derivative right of freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, because of that, the two of you can use the EU passports queue when you arrive in any Schengen port of entry, even if she is traveling with a non-EU passport.  This is explicit in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/LKD/?uri=celex:32006R0562&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schengen borders code&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-12-21T03:04:17.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:35:01.533" Score="4" ViewCount="898" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious about the question: if one had two genral IELTS Scores which are still valid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;first general IELTS: L8 S8 R6 W6&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;second general IELTS: L6 S6 R7.5 W7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;like best will be: L8 S8 R7.5 W7?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can they consider best of two or three if one had 3 tests? if yes, is that written anywhere on CIC website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is related to Express Entry and QSW.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help is appreciated.Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-12-21T08:31:45.160" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T10:23:56.930" Title="Best of 2 IELTS Scores?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="572" CreationDate="2015-12-21T17:23:01.560" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many debates about that, and several law firms who says that this is a possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://immigration.lawyers.com/ask-a-lawyer/can-i-work-for-my-home-country-while-on-f2-dependent-visa-451936.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://immigration.lawyers.com/ask-a-lawyer/can-i-work-for-my-home-country-while-on-f2-dependent-visa-451936.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationofimmigrators.com/employment-based-immigration/immigration-lawyers-arguing-can-i-work-from-home-for-a-foreign-employer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.nationofimmigrators.com/employment-based-immigration/immigration-lawyers-arguing-can-i-work-from-home-for-a-foreign-employer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8739" LastActivityDate="2015-12-21T17:23:01.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-21T17:57:22.003" Score="2" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Pakistan and I have got immigrant visa to USA and I want to submit Green Card fee before leaving to USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://public-prod-elis2.uscis.dhs.gov/efile/app/app/iv/#!/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is the link where I have to submit fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After entering required information, there are only 2 options,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pay Via Bank Account (ACH)&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Pay Via Plastic Card (PC) (ex: American Express, Discover, Mastercard, VISA)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is, how can I submit fee from here? I have bank account in Pakistan and &lt;em&gt;VISA Debit cards&lt;/em&gt; but I don't think I can pay using them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedesidesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Allied-Bank-Cash-Shop.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is a sample debit card, I have same one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8247" LastEditorUserId="8247" LastEditDate="2015-12-22T11:11:20.250" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T21:27:05.937" Title="How can I pay my USA's Green Card fee from Pakistan before leaving?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7554" CreationDate="2015-12-22T01:10:05.510" Score="3" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering working in the USA. A lot of the job offers list their salaries as $X annually. In my country, salary is often mentioned by base monthly salary and doesn't include bonuses and benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, does the annual salary include bonus? Does it include tax? Benefits, pension scheme? If a salary is listed as $120k, would that be $10k per month?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8740" LastActivityDate="2015-12-22T02:04:43.523" Title="How is USA salary calculated?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-12-22T04:08:23.730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7553" CreationDate="2015-12-22T02:04:43.523" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;US salary figures are typically gross, and do not include bonuses, though a bonus may be mentioned in addition.  Bonuses vary widely by industry and by the type of employer.  Many jobs will have no bonus; others will have a small end-of-year bonus of similar value to a small gift ($50, say).  Still others will have bonuses that will run into the thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonuses are typically variable, usually based on some measure or measures of performance, which is why they can't figure too prominently in a salary negotiation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Income tax and payroll taxes are deducted from the gross figure.  The employer pays additional payroll tax on top of the salary figure; this is not included in the figure you are quoted.  For example, if your salary is $100,000, you and your employer will each have to pay $7,650 in social security and medicare taxes.  After this deduction, your pay pay will be $92,350, but there are additional deductions to consider, including income tax withholding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Income tax withholding will depend on the level of your salary, as well as your filing status and the number of dependents you have.  These factors have a significant impact on your income tax liability, so they have a significant impact on tax withholding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some benefits may be deducted from your pay, as well.  The amount of money employees need to contribute to their health care coverage varies from employer to employer.  Some still have 100% employer-paid plans, but this is no longer common.  Employee contributions are generally deducted &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; income tax is calculated.  Employer contributions are not included in the gross salary figure, and the level of these contributions does not affect the employee's tax liability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Defined-benefit pension schemes are rare these days.  Instead, most employers have 401(k) plans, where the employee contributes from the paycheck.  Most employers match up to a certain percentage (4% or 5%, for example) of the contribution.  The tax arrangements vary; the classic 401(k) allows you to invest pre-tax income, and any earnings on those investments are taxed when they are withdrawn in retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, if your gross annual salary is $120K, your gross monthly pay will be $10,000 a month, or $4,615 every two weeks (two-week pay periods are common).  But your take-home pay will be considerably less than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-12-22T02:04:43.523" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7556" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7562" CreationDate="2015-12-22T19:15:39.913" Score="7" ViewCount="458" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in my 1st year of a PhD in France. I can barely communicate in French. I had to visit the administrative office where 1 out of 3 knows English (call her &lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt;) and the other two speaks only French (call them &lt;strong&gt;F1&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;F2&lt;/strong&gt;). I asked &lt;strong&gt;F1&lt;/strong&gt; how do I get the train and bus travel card, using by which students can travel in subsidized rates. &lt;strong&gt;F1&lt;/strong&gt; gave me a form to fill up, I asked her if it is enough for the card (I had to use google translate to make her understand what I was asking for) and she said yes. Then &lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt; came and said me this is enough and asked me if I had a travel card. I said no, in fact I doubted the relevance of her question since I came for the exact thing she is asking. &lt;em&gt;Then the following happens.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She said an immediate big &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NO&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. It is clear from her body language that she is not in a good mood. I was stunned and said I don't understand. Again a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NO&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with a tone change and a big shake of head, went to her chair, put on her coat, said something in French with an angry &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NO&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; again. Two of her colleagues came to the room (it was almost lunch time) and said something her in French looking at me. &lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt; was clearly angry and I felt like crying. She stormed out with &lt;strong&gt;F2. F1&lt;/strong&gt; was there, she took out an application by another student showing the copy of the card, she said me I had to apply the card from the railway station and then the university will make authorisation (&lt;em&gt;google translate again&lt;/em&gt;). I thanked her and went out deeply shaken. In fact, one other student told me some days back that I had to go to the station for the application but I completely forgot that information at that moment. My adviser told me they were not the right people for my purpose (I didn't told her the whole tense scenario).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't stop thinking about it. I kept thinking that it may be because I annoyed them with my ignorance in their language and with my lack of time sense (it was almost lunch time). I tried to mentally justify &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;E's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; actions. I put me in her place and I cannot justify her. I thought of writing her a letter how I felt. I understand that part of it is my mistake, I should have remembered an acquaintance telling me I had to take the form, I completely missed that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should have I done? Should I write her a letter saying how I felt and this is not the right way to react? Should I tell my adviser how I felt? &lt;em&gt;May be its just me or my personality thereby making the scenario highly subjective, I feel myself a sensitive person&lt;/em&gt;, but I can't get over it. I wish to know if anyone had similar instances and how to deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8744" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-23T14:50:37.390" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T10:12:31.893" Title="Coping with an emotional shock as a Foreign student in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7556" CreationDate="2015-12-22T21:24:58.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France, you must accept that it is somewhat common to treat others rudely. And it is typical to get incomplete or inaccurate information from office people.&#xA;Ask your adviser to help you through the entire process. There is no way for us to know what E was upset about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorUserId="6247" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T10:35:40.673" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T10:35:40.673" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7565" CreationDate="2015-12-23T00:43:23.467" Score="7" ViewCount="2406" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a short stay in Japan (90 days or less) no visa is needed, only proof that the stay will be shorter than 90 days is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During this time, work in Japan is not permitted, but what about working for an online, American company, receiving payment from the company to an American bank?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a limit to the number of times I can leave and re-enter Japan, thus effectively resetting the 90 day limit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8747" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2015-12-26T15:43:00.833" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T15:43:00.833" Title="Frequency of short stays in Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7558" CreationDate="2015-12-23T00:51:58.350" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Japan (And many countries):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It depends. Lots of people do it, but technically your visa is for tourist purposes, and you're meant to be doing that, not working. If you're working during your stay, you're arguably violating that.  It's a grey area, as a lot of people do it (See people working in Chiang Mai, Thailand).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In theory, no. However, it's going to start raising questions - they'll wonder if you're trying to 'live' there or 'work' there without getting residence / avoiding tax.  At which point they might start wanting evidence of a job back home, or that you have a home elsewhere and that you do plan on leaving eventually.  Same with most countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2015-12-23T10:31:19.043" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T10:31:19.043" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7556" CreationDate="2015-12-23T11:59:41.897" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not find this weird. I am not arguing on the rudeness, I tend to think French people may be rude for no reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you should understand that in France, administration and responsibilities are really divided into roles. And one role is fulfilled by one person. Asking a school administration for train discount cards is not expected, I would even describe the feeling as a lack of respect to the school administration.&#xA;You should not react too abruptly to such behaviour or you will very soon feel so homesick you cannot stand France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best solution is to find someone nice and helpful that can help you with all your questions. There are a lot, they can be friends, sometimes even school administration personnel. But don't be too intrusive with an administration, their job is not to be your personal assistant but to help with school stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as @Gagravarr suggested, there are times you should avoid (unless it is urgent or you're only free during these times) certain times to talk to small administrations. The first half hour of the day, after 11.30 in the morning, the first 15 minutes in the afternoon and after 4.30pm, people may want to check their emails, take a coffee in the morning or leave office early in the afternoon. That's part of the culture, people may be moody at these times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your specific case, I would recommend you to also ask your questions on travel.SE, there are many people pretty familiar with French trains and their tricks. Don't hesitate to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2015-12-23T15:05:45.543" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T15:05:45.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7550" CreationDate="2015-12-23T14:53:18.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only one Test Result Form, the one which you submit and is valid at that time will be considered. No matter if it is old, new, better, worse, only requirement is it should be valid at the time of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;*Test Result Form = TRF = IELTS Score Card.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Most of the time TRFs are valid for two years from the exam date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastEditorUserId="8749" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T10:23:56.930" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T10:23:56.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7556" CreationDate="2015-12-23T15:02:34.267" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to know exactly what happened. It's entirely possible that you met some rude people and that miscommunication made things worse or that your interlocutors felt bad about the situation for some reason and reacted aggressively as a result. You already received some good advice on how to approach similar situations and avoid unpleasant confrontations in the future but even if you made some mistakes, that's not a reason to be treated badly and you should certainly not feel responsible for all this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, feeling overwhelmed or depressed is pretty common for both students and expats, doubly so if you just moved from abroad to start a PhD in a foreign country without speaking the language. I personally think it's totally worth it but the truth is that it can be tough. Trying to get some support is the right thing to do when you feel bad!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Paris, the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ciup.fr/access/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cité internationale universitaire de Paris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; has staff to assist foreign students and research staff at French universities (including with administrative formalities). In particular, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ciup.fr/en/access-en/rsi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;International social center&lt;/a&gt; (RSI in French) is here to provide support if you need urgent help (e.g. serious financial, psychological or family issues). The website mentions “multilingual staff” so I suppose you should at least find someone speaking English there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere in France, there might be some local initiatives but I am not aware of any nationwide organisation offering similar support to foreign students. All students in France can however talk to a psychologist free of charge by going through one of the “Bureau d'aide psychologique universitaire”). You can use google to find the contact/address of the nearest one but I doubt you will always find someone speaking English there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2015-12-27T17:51:41.480" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T17:51:41.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-24T06:14:45.537" Score="6" ViewCount="1979" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen, and my wife has US and and Hungarian citizenship.  We live in the U.S., but we'd like to relocate to Switzerland.  As we understand it, it's common to go there on a 90-day visa and look for a job, and then obtain the proper permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't actually need a Swiss job; my US company will let me keep my current job and work remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being the case, can my wife, as an EU citizen, obtain a permit to live in Switzerland without having to have a job there?  As the spouse of an EU citizen, can I obtain one as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(We have kids too, who have both US and Hungarian citizenship.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T12:26:22.933" Title="If married to an EU citizen, can I move to Switzerland but work remotely for a U.S. company?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:20:36.923" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;We would like to make an expended trip to Spain with our car and caravan. We had hoped to stay in Spain for 1 year traveling to different areas.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been reading on this forum that you can take a UK registered vehicle to another EU country for only 6 months. Is there anyway around this so that I can stay in Spain for 1 year?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not moving there, I just want to holiday there for an extended time. Is the 6 month rule in any year or any 12 month period, in other words, could I go for the last 6 months of 2016 and continue into the first 6 months of 2017?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a retired couple we were looking forward to exploring Spain for a year with our car and caravan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8753" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2015-12-25T17:41:43.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T19:33:16.230" Title="Extended trip to Spain with a UK vehicle" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7558" CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:52:48.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bigger limit you'll eventually run into is the half-year limit. If you're staying more than 50% of the year within a country, it becomes your primary place of residence, which entails a bunch of rules. Most notably, you must be taxed in your primary country of residence, which is somewhat impossible if you're there as a tourist. So, you cannot spend more than about 180 days per year on a tourist/temporary visa in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Constantly coming and going shouldn't be an issue, as long as you stay under the 50% limit. It might raise some eyebrows if you're indeed constantly coming and going, but technically there's nothing anyone would do about it besides perhaps asking some more questions. Practically speaking, if you're coming and going often enough within half a year to raise eyebrows, you're probably spending a fortune on plane tickets; and if you have enough money to do that, you are probably in a position to get some actual visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I know of &quot;tourists&quot; who did the &quot;Korea run&quot; a few times; flying over to Korea to come back on a new visa. They always maxed out their 90 day visas, they didn't go back and forth enough to test out any limits. I know that in some cases, they were allowed back in a third time (270 days total), but with a stern warning, and never a fourth time (I don't think anyone was dumb enough to try). Such exceptions are entirely at the discretion of the immigration officers, who will judge you on your individual situation, and it's certainly not something you should expect or push your luck on. It's also been a number of years since, I don't know what the current climate is like; they may be much stricter these days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; hear of someone who was dumb enough to declare he was working (in Japan, for a Japanese company) while applying for a tourist visa; he was send back home immediately...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastEditorUserId="818" LastEditDate="2015-12-24T21:21:05.223" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T21:21:05.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7327" CreationDate="2015-12-24T17:51:58.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to your question, the most closest scheme that the UK authority has is the graduate entrepreneur visa, which can be valid up to 2 years. However the only clause to that visa, is that you need to study in the UK, must complete a degree with a University and will then be able to put forward your idea for the sponsorship. As part of that application, there is a requirement to provide evidences of any previous experience you may have. Given that you do, this would support your application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other route available would be the Tier 1 entrepreneur visa, however, it would be correct that you need to investment. However if you do not have any funds of your own, you can ask the following bodies in the UK, to invest a minimum of £50,000 in your business idea:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) a UK entrepreneurial seed funding competition endorsed by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) a UK government department making funds available for the purpose of setting up or expanding a UK business&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c) venture capital firm registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T17:51:58.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7571" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7573" CreationDate="2015-12-25T07:11:35.650" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;My visa will expire at the start of next February, I applied for Extension of Period of Stay in Japan a few weeks ago and should be receiving my new visa in middle January. However, due to some unexpected circumstance, I have quit my current job, and my contract will be terminated at the end of January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, my current employer would no longer want to vouch for my new visa. But considered that I have already send all necessary documents to Immigration Bureau, does that mean I can still get a new visa, or could my current employer block it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastEditorUserId="8758" LastEditDate="2015-12-29T17:01:58.867" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T17:01:58.867" Title="Contract termination after applying for Extension of Period of Stay in Japan" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-25T14:45:12.190" Score="1" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can any one help us with regarding IELTS score?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am VFX artist with 7 years of experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my IELTS Score and am the secondary applicant. My wife already got the required band score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking: 5.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listening: 5.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing: 5.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reading: 3.5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall score: 4.5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarify me whether I am eligible to apply for the express entry visa as a secondary applicant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8760" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2015-12-25T17:06:12.337" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T19:16:30.603" Title="A Query on IELTS score for express entry Canada, as a secondary applicant" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7571" CreationDate="2015-12-25T17:38:26.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see two possible cases, depending on whether the extension (which is not a new visa, by the way) is granted before or after your contract is terminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is granted before, you are probably safe (but remember that in any case, your status can be revoked if you are out of a job for three months). It could raise eyebrows when you report the termination of your contract soon after your status has been extended, but it is unlikely that they would press the issue further: if you stay too long without a job, they can kick you out anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you report the termination of your contract before the extension is granted, however, it is likely that they will just deny it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2015-12-25T17:38:26.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-26T03:48:15.760" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is &quot;demande d’extrait de matrice cadastrale&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R18819&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R18819&lt;/a&gt;) a right form to request info on property ownership in France? If not - what is? If it is, will it work if only either a reference cadastrale/addresse or personne inscrite, but not both is known? What kind of a mandate is required from an applicant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8762" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T08:31:56.527" Title="Requesting info from Service de publicité foncière - France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6766" CreationDate="2015-12-26T08:24:05.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am also applying for job seeker visa next month. According  to my consultant, it is not necessary to show them accommodation in Germany. The main things for this visa are your qualifications and bank statement. You also need to show them the job experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8764" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T13:24:01.213" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T13:24:01.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7578" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7579" CreationDate="2015-12-26T11:22:15.950" Score="3" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an EU citizen want to get British citizenship, does he have to live 5 years in UK to be eligible or there are any relaxed rules for the EU citizens (not married to any British citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if an EU citizen studies (Bachelor/masters) in UK, would that time count towards the citizenship period? Or there is any requirement that the time counts only after having job etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8765" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T10:35:25.153" Title="British Citizenship law for EU citizens?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7578" CreationDate="2015-12-26T15:51:42.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you get married to a UK citizen (in which case different laws apply), the earliest you can get a citizenship is after &lt;strong&gt;six (6)&lt;/strong&gt; years after you have first arrived in the UK for the purpose of living there. It doesn't matter whether you are studying, working, or just living in the country on your own being self-sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why six? It is because you need to be a Permanent Resident for at least &lt;strong&gt;one year&lt;/strong&gt; before you can obtain a citizenhsip, and you only become a Permanent Resident after living &lt;strong&gt;five years&lt;/strong&gt; in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find the criteria to get naturalized in detail &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, more specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;been granted (...) permanent residence if you’re an EEA national (and you have a permanent residence card or document that shows you have permanent residence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;had (...) permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt; if you’re an EEA national in the UK &lt;strong&gt;for the last 12 months&lt;/strong&gt; with a permanent residence card or document that shows you have permanent residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not broken any immigration laws while in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you can find details about Permanent Residence &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445508/EEA_PR__07-15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; stating explicitly that being a student is also fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must normally have lived in the UK for a &lt;strong&gt;continuous period of five years&lt;/strong&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;an EEA national ‘qualified person’ (worker, self-employed, self-sufficient, student or jobseeker)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the definition of 'student' is not as simple as it first appears (from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/4/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d)“student” means a person who—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i)is enrolled at a private or public establishment, included on the Department for Education and Skills' Register of Education and Training Providers(2) or     financed from public funds, for the principal purpose of following a course of study, including vocational training;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii)has comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the United Kingdom; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii)assures the Secretary of State, by means of a declaration, or by such equivalent means as the person may choose, that he has sufficient resources not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the United Kingdom during his period of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expect to have to prove you had health insurance whilst you were a student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, if you are not an EEA citizen similar laws apply, but you need to have an ILR instead of a PR to be eligible for naturalization&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Side note: it is true that the original laws are misleading, as they only state you need to be in the UK for five years, and only later tell you about the extra requirement of having a PR for a year, which in itself takes 5 years to obtain. However this six years rule is explicitly stated in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481983/AN_Booklet_-__November_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AN Guide Booklet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But remember that, unless you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen, you should normally have held permanent resident status for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. &lt;strong&gt;This means that you may need to wait until you have been in the United Kingdom for 6 years before you can apply.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="10728" LastEditDate="2016-11-25T10:35:25.153" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T10:35:25.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7572" CreationDate="2015-12-26T19:16:30.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A score of 5 in any module of IELTS means that the person could mostly understand the question, but can answer in very vague terms, like circling around, but not to the point. i.e. if the question is about Rose, person is talking just about a garden in his answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;9 bands means using english like a native speaker, 8 means handling complex language almost every time. 7 means most of the time, 6.5 means half of the times, 6 some times, 5 very few times and 5 means handling structural complex english very occasionally. 4.5 &amp;amp; 4 questions the user's ability to understand question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall score of 4.5 is very low IMHO, but we can not answer without knowing the complete details of your case and the rules of your selected visa category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T19:16:30.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7581" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7584" CreationDate="2015-12-26T19:30:06.243" Score="4" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm spanish and I'm moving for some time to Heidelberg, Germany in a few months. I'm already looking for a place to live but I don't know exactly how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't speak German so I'm looking for websites in english preferably. I know that is very usual in Germany just to rent a room in a flat and that is my choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been reccomended &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wg-gesucht.de/en/wg-zimmer-in-Heidelberg.59.0.1.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WG-Gesucht&lt;/a&gt; but I would like to know which are the standard websites to look for a place to live in Germany because I haven't found anything that suits me in WG so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8767" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T15:21:24.740" Title="Which websites are useful for looking for a room in a shared flat in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7552" CreationDate="2015-12-26T21:20:28.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.abl.com/personal-banking/credit-debit-cards/allied-cashshop-visa-debit-card/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Your bank&lt;/a&gt; claims that this is a Visa Debit card (not a Visa Electron, which can only be used at ATMs in the US, not for purchases).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this card should work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is most likely that, because the charge to the card is coming from the United States, that your bank has blocked it for being an unexpected foreign transaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution is to contact your bank and inform them that you are trying to use the card to make a purchase from the United States. You can call them at 0800-22522. They should then be able to allow the card to make the foreign purchase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="790" LastEditDate="2015-12-26T21:27:05.937" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T21:27:05.937" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7574" CreationDate="2015-12-27T08:10:39.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The document you are mentioning in your question will only tell you who is paying taxes on a given property, so it might either be outdated or not reflecting the real owner(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to be sure of the owner of a property is to go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17759&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;service de publicité foncière&lt;/a&gt;. This can be accomplished remotely or by going to the appropriate office. There's usually a fee associated with these requests. It is unfortunately not clear which of the proposed forms will be required for the purpose of identifying the owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can identify address, cadastral section and number from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cadastre.gouv.fr/scpc/accueil.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cadastre website&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;geoportail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See related question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3156/proof-of-property-ownership-for-a-landlord-in-france&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T13:22:52.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7581" CreationDate="2015-12-27T15:06:37.327" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wg-gesucht.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wg-gesucht.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is actually one of &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; standard websites when you're looking for a shared apartment in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the term you'd be searching for is &lt;strong&gt;WG&lt;/strong&gt; (short for &lt;strong&gt;Wohngemeinschaft&lt;/strong&gt;). This way, you'll find a few more like &lt;a href=&quot;http://wg-suche.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wg-suche.de&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://wohngemeinschaft.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wohngemeinschaft.de&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://easywg.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;easywg.de&lt;/a&gt; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try a few &lt;strong&gt;general real estate websites&lt;/strong&gt; like &lt;a href=&quot;http://immobilienscout24.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;immobilienscout24.de&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://immonet.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;immonet.de&lt;/a&gt; -- they also provide the option to explicitly search for WGs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the housing situation in Heidelberg is rather difficult. In this city, the rental prices are among the highest in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could also be worthwhile to check &lt;strong&gt;local newspapers&lt;/strong&gt;. For Heidelberg, this would be the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. This newspaper is also availble online, and in the real estate section there is an option to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rnz.de/immobilien/mietgesuche.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; for a &quot;WG-Zimmer&quot; (room in a shared apartment). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be relevant to your question what you'll be doing in Heidelberg and how long you're planning to stay:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'll be a member of the University, check with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/courses/contact/aaa/aaa_services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;International Relations Office&lt;/a&gt; to see if they can provide any further assistance. You can also try contacting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.studentenwerk.uni-heidelberg.de/de/international_kontakt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;international department&lt;/a&gt; of the Studentenwerk Heidelberg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In Germany, a Studentenwerk is responsible for providing additional services to students of a university, most notably housing, i.e. dorms.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8768" LastEditorUserId="8768" LastEditDate="2015-12-27T15:21:24.740" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T15:21:24.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7585" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7586" CreationDate="2015-12-28T10:06:09.787" Score="7" ViewCount="1410" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Australia under PR (Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) visa.&#xA;Does this make me eligible for working in New Zealand also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank You&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8774" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T10:54:15.293" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T12:12:32.920" Title="Australian PR : Can I work in New Zealand" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7585" CreationDate="2015-12-28T12:12:32.920" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you will be eligible to work in New Zealand too.&#xA;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://glossary.immigration.govt.nz/australiancitizensandresidents.htm&quot;&gt;http://glossary.immigration.govt.nz/australiancitizensandresidents.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T12:12:32.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7592" CreationDate="2015-12-28T18:39:56.897" Score="1" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on an H1b visa in the United States and on my LCA(Labor Condition Application), multiple work locations are mentioned, out of which I work at one of the locations the most. The question is, which city should I be paying the city tax to given that the locations mentioned in the LCA are different cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8775" LastEditorUserId="8775" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T19:38:04.773" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T08:46:45.607" Title="H1b city tax, multiple locations of work" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7587" CreationDate="2015-12-28T18:44:04.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most cities have no income tax.  For those that do, however, the amount of tax you pay will generally depend on how many days you actually work in that city.  For example, if you work 25% of your work days in a given city, then roughly 25% of your income will be taxable by that city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same principle generally applies to states, too, in case your places of work are in different states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T18:44:04.630" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7589" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7598" CreationDate="2015-12-28T21:12:13.683" Score="2" ViewCount="748" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name was printed incorrectly on my Indian passport (Validity: Dec 2017)and due to that I am facing lot of issues in the US. Now, I am planning to get the passport corrected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Name as mentioned on passport currently: Given Name: YYY ZZZ Surname: [Blank]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Name as it should be: Given Name: YYY Surname: ZZZ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is that whether after name correction, I will be issued the passport with validity Dec 2017 or will I be issued a passport with validity 10 years from the date the name split application will be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8775" LastEditorUserId="8775" LastEditDate="2015-12-28T21:36:53.633" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T15:18:34.017" Title="Name split on passport validity" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7223" CreationDate="2015-12-28T22:14:54.047" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, we have a resolution. I'm sure that no two cases are the same, and so I certainly recommend seeking professional legal advice if you find yourself in a similar situation. That said, here's what we learned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Fortunately, my friend's company provided her with a lawyer to help navigate her permits (private practice, not in-house) and paid for fees without limit. This was quite generous. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• First thing, &lt;em&gt;the lawyer advised&lt;/em&gt; my friend that &lt;strong&gt;remaining days on the '90/180 days visa-exempt' was no longer valid in any capacity, and my friend essentially forfeited her remaining 90/180 days when she accepted her working and residence permit.&lt;/strong&gt; This means that my friend had only 2 weeks while she was still technically employed to figure out a permit extension or get a new job; after 2 weeks, technically, she wouldn't be allowed to stay in Germany / &lt;em&gt;Schengen&lt;/em&gt; Area any longer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• The lawyer immediately prepared to file a request with the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; to grant a 6-month permit extension in order for my friend to search for a new job in Germany. In the 2-week period while she was still technically employed by her first company, my friend landed a number of interviews in Berlin, and these interviews helped the lawyer make a case for why my friend should be granted a short-term permit extension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Before the end of the 2-week period, my friend received and accepted a job offer from one of the companies that interviewed her. The lawyer passed news of the job offer along to the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;, and the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; communicated directly to the lawyer that my friend was free to travel in and out of / stay in Germany even before a permit for her new job came through. So, to be clear, there was a ~3 week gap between 'when my friend was technically still employed by the first company' and 'when the permit for the new job came through', but the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; gave the lawyer a verbal OK that my friend could stay in Germany and could travel freely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Within a couple weeks, my friend received a Blue Card for her new position, and she's already started at her new job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to be succinct in my recap, I'm happy to provide more information if I can. I should note that much of the communication happened directly between the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; and the lawyer (the lawyer seemed to be there on a daily basis, which makes sense), and my friend often got a paraphrased version of events from the lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, to be clear, my friend was not able to verify via another (human) source that the lawyer's advice regarding the invalidation of the remaining 90/180 days visa-exempt after accepting a residence/labor permit. It's possible that the lawyer was correct and that my friend's case was, in fact, different than what we expected, but the lawyer did a poor job of communicating how it was different. It's also possible the lawyer misunderstood the case and gave inaccurate advice. For example, we can see that page 5 in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:182:0001:0018:EN:PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; shows a 2013 amendment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;1a. For the purposes of implementing paragraph 1, the date of entry&#xA;  shall be considered as the first day of stay on the territory of the&#xA;  Member States and the date of exit shall be considered as the last day&#xA;  of stay on the territory of the Member States. Periods of stay&#xA;  authorised under a residence permit or a long-stay visa shall not be&#xA;  taken into account in the calculation of the duration of stay on the&#xA;  territory of the Member States.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My friend chose to make decisions regarding her legal status--such as taking the first job offered to her vs. continuing to search for something that might've been a better fit--as if the lawyer's advice was accurate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="7141" LastEditDate="2015-12-29T08:09:05.787" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T08:09:05.787" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7593" CreationDate="2015-12-29T06:07:11.900" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, so here's a pretty complex case (kudos to those who would bother to read through the whole thing at all).&#xA;I was born in Hong Kong in September 1995 (still a British colony at the time) and my parents (at the time of my birth) are NOT British citizens yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, through the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 my parents both became British Citizens (since my father is of Indian descent) in December 1995. My parents claimed that they have applied on my behalf (as I was still an infant) but they actually forgot to collect the certificate from the British embassy. This leaves a large question mark concerning on whether my application 20 years ago is successful at all and I am unsure how I should proceed. Any suggestions on what to do next?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8776" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-01-01T01:23:34.517" LastActivityDate="2016-01-01T01:23:34.517" Title="British Citizenship of HKSAR resident" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7587" CreationDate="2015-12-29T08:46:45.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, you pay tax to two sets of jurisdictions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where you're resident&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where you perform the work&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, most jurisdictions tax their residents on their worldwide income, so if the city you're tax resident of has income tax - it is likely to tax your &lt;em&gt;whole&lt;/em&gt; income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not the tax resident of the city in question, they will only tax your income earned while working there, which means you need to maintain a log where you write down what days you work where, and how much you earned at each place. Year-end - a lot of accounting to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer should report each jurisdiction you worked in on your W2 at the end of the year, and you should verify that it matches your log. The tax authority will go by the report on W2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most cities that have income taxes, the respective States are tasked with the collection and audits, and the city tax return is part of the State tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many States, like California, cities are not allowed to impose income taxes at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LCA? Irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T08:46:45.607" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7591" CreationDate="2015-12-29T10:53:23.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way forward would be to make a formal representation to the deciding post, where your parents had applied for your British registration certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the decision was to grant you British nationality was approved, then it should not be an issue, as you would be able to receive your certificate from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2015-12-30T06:02:05.277" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T06:02:05.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7594" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7595" CreationDate="2015-12-29T13:23:38.323" Score="4" ViewCount="5111" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister is a British citizen by descent, her children are not British as they have been born abroad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check if you're a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She wants to move to the UK and settle here, her children are younger than 9 years old and as a mother she is not willing to move and leave them behind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which type of visa the children need to apply for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check if you need a UK visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v9fpZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v9fpZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The children are citizens of a third world country and they need a visa but which one? is there a different procedure for them since they are minors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6849" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T00:42:39.010" Title="Which type of UK visa a child of a British citizen by descent need to apply for in order to settle in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7594" CreationDate="2015-12-29T13:57:52.427" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The children need a &quot;family of a settled person&quot; visa.  Even though their mother is not yet settled in the UK, she qualifies as a settled person because she is a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The category to select in the image is &quot;Join partner or family for a long stay.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SztupY has given useful information about the requirements and the high cost of this visa, as well as about another option, which is for the children to enter on a standard visitor visa and then apply for leave to remain.  This is also an expensive option.  For two children, you're looking at fees in the range of £2,000 to £3,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the cost is prohibitive, or even just a significant factor, there is yet another option, however, commonly known as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;, which involves moving to another EU or EEA country for a period of time.  When you do that, you can move back to the UK under the EU freedom of movement regime instead of the UK immigration laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify for this, you will be able to move your children with you to the UK using an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/a&gt;, which is free of charge, and then apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;, which costs £65 per person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify for the Surinder Singh route, however, you need to be able to show that you have established yourself in another country under the EU freedom of movement rules.  Obviously, for some, the intangible costs of moving to another EU country for several months or more may outweigh the £2,000 or £3,000 extra that they would spend to move directly to the UK.  For others, the prospect of living in another EU country for a year or two might be appealing.  In other cases, the intangible costs might be negligible, for example if they already live in another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2015-12-29T17:05:13.390" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T17:05:13.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7594" CreationDate="2015-12-29T14:13:27.663" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;They would need a &quot;Join partner or family for a long stay&quot; visa, as it's description says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa if your family member or&#xA;  partner is either &lt;strong&gt;a British citizen&lt;/strong&gt; or from outside the European&#xA;  Economic Area (EEA) and settled in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note however that the visa eligibility does include that you have to prove that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you and your family will have an adequate place to live in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which might not be true if she wants to enter the country the same time as the children, hence the visa might be refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternate option is to obtain a basic visitor visa (&quot;Tourism, including visiting friends or family&quot;), and once everyone is in the country &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-re-the-family-member-or-partner-of-a-british-citizen/no/child-under-18-and-children-who-have-turned-18-since-first-applying&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for an ILR for the children&lt;/a&gt;. This route is more costly however, as a family joining visa costs around £1000 for each child, the standard visa plus ILR will cost around £1600 per child (fees as of December 2015), and if the ILR application fails the children need to leave the country during the 6 months the visitor visa is eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that either both parents need to come to the UK, or she needs to prove that she is the sole responsible guardian of the children, otherwise the settlement visas for the children might be refused as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there are uncertainties and hefty fees involved her best course of action would be to contact an immigration lawyer to know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T14:13:27.663" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7563" CreationDate="2015-12-29T17:55:13.290" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the first 6 months, you will not need any Swiss permit. This is because of your US residency. Your income will be still attributable to your US permanent establishment, as you will still have your address, and be employed for the US company, regardless where you else travel in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all Swiss based income, that you perform for Swiss company, you will be taxable in Switzerland and you need permission to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you pass the 181 days being in Switzerland, your permanent establishment has changed and you should regulate your employment in the US, also in Switzerland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding taxes, you will have to take care, to lessen taxes, by correctly submitting income reports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/swiss.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/swiss.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8784" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T17:55:13.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7589" CreationDate="2015-12-29T19:25:43.080" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any new passport applications for Indian Passport need standard fees and are issued for 10 years from the date of passport application, no matter how many days are remaining on existing one. The existing one will be stamped Cancelled and few embassies also punch a hole, or cut one corner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, you may apply for name split, and you will get a new 10 year valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In exceptional cases, embassies issue new passport free of cost with same validity as earlier's if it is a clerical mistake and has been brought in attention in few days of issuance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I also have same issue, using FNU as first name for US Visas (First Name Unavailable) as recommended in DS-160 form website. Inquired from Indian Embassy about split, no issues, standard fees, but then in future DS-160s,need to declare that I was also known as FNU, LastName&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastEditorUserId="8749" LastEditDate="2015-12-30T01:49:23.577" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T01:49:23.577" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7594" CreationDate="2015-12-30T04:56:01.727" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has your sister lived in the UK for some continuous period of 3 years (during which she was not absent for more than 270 days) some time in her life (not necessarily recently) before the children's birth? Was one of your sister's parents a British citizen otherwise than by descent? If these two are true, then she can choose to register her children as British citizens right now, while they are still minors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T04:56:01.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7601" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7602" CreationDate="2015-12-30T05:52:41.350" Score="1" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious about how &quot;Native&quot; status is determined for the purposes of the US DV.  Assume the person in question was born in Kuwait, but has Pakistani citizenship / passport, and has been working for the last 15 years Kuwait (never changing to Kuwaiti citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DV lottery seems to focus on &quot;Native&quot; status.  Since 2002, natives of Pakistan are forbidden from receiving visas through the US Diversity Immigration Lottery [ref &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa#Ineligible_countries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;].  Will birth location (and not the country of their passport) allow someone in this situation to apply for the DV lottery?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="587" LastEditorUserId="587" LastEditDate="2015-12-31T07:08:57.170" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T07:08:57.170" Title="How is &quot;Native&quot; status determined for the US DV lottery?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7601" CreationDate="2015-12-30T06:01:22.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Native, in this context, means your original place of birth. It doesn't matter what citizenship you have or where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus if the DV recipient was born in Kuwait, he is eligible for DV; however, if he was born in Pakistan, he would not be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="587" LastEditDate="2015-12-31T06:26:20.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T06:26:20.820" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7603" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7604" CreationDate="2015-12-30T20:52:35.170" Score="2" ViewCount="1830" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the USA on an H4 visa and then switched to H1B after a while. I filed my tax returns using an ITIN but now that I have received an SSN, should I rescind the ITIN?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8775" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T00:41:03.910" Title="Is rescinding an ITIN mandatory after receiving an SSN?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7603" CreationDate="2015-12-31T00:41:03.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get an SSN, you must use that number for tax purposes from then on, so your ITIN cannot be used anymore. IRS recommends that you inform the IRS once you get an SSN so they can combine all your records under the same number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Additional-ITIN-Information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Additional-ITIN-Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do I do when I am assigned a social security number (SSN)?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you receive a SSN, you must use that number for tax purposes and&#xA;  discontinue using your ITIN.  It is improper to use both the ITIN and&#xA;  the SSN assigned to the same person to file tax returns.  It is your&#xA;  responsibility to notify the IRS so we can combine all of your tax&#xA;  records under one identification number.  If you do not notify the IRS&#xA;  when you are assigned a SSN, you may not receive credit for all wages&#xA;  paid and taxes withheld which could reduce the amount of any refund&#xA;  due.  You can visit a local IRS office or write a letter explaining&#xA;  that you have now been assigned a SSN and want your tax records&#xA;  combined.  Include your complete name, mailing address, and ITIN along&#xA;  with a copy of your social security card and a copy of the CP 565,&#xA;  Notice of ITIN Assignment, if available.  The IRS will void the ITIN&#xA;  and associate all prior tax information filed under the ITIN with the&#xA;  SSN.  Send your letter to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Internal Revenue Service &#xA; Austin, TX 73301-0057&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T00:41:03.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7608" CreationDate="2016-01-01T14:01:05.327" Score="5" ViewCount="5299" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working in France as an Expat. Having received my last pay-check for 2015, I would like to calculate how much income tax I will have to pay for the 2015 fiscal year. Is there a way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T14:35:14.067" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T14:35:14.067" Title="Is there a way to calculate how much income tax I will pay in France?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;online-resources&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7607" CreationDate="2016-01-01T14:01:05.327" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do this online. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup?typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_705&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The French government has an Impots website, which allows you to calculate your income tax, based on the information you have (in French).&lt;/a&gt; You can compute the taxes for the current fiscal year and for the three previous years by clicking on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/simulateurs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Accéder au simulateur&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. It is worthy to note that the website calls this a simulation rather than a calculation since the real amount you'll have to pay will be the one marked on the official document you'll receive after filing in your declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two types of income tax declaration forms: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup;jsessionid=FYAYTHCQA04HZQFIEIPSFFA?espId=&amp;amp;typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_335&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;simplified and complete&lt;/a&gt;. The one you use depends on the sources of your income (quoting from the linked website in French):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Le modèle simplifié (déclaration n° 2042)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Vous pouvez utiliser le modèle simplifié, si vos revenus comprennent seulement :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des salaires&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des pensions ou retraites&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des revenus de valeurs et capitaux mobiliers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des revenus fonciers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des plus-values et gains divers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ou si, par exemple , vous déclarez les charges suivantes :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;pensions alimentaires&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;dons aux oeuvres&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;enfants à charge poursuivant des études (collège, lycée, enseignement supérieur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;frais de garde d'enfants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;emploi d'un salarié à domicile&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Le modèle complet&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si certains de vos revenus ou charges n'entrent pas tous dans la déclaration &quot;de base&quot; (2042), vous devez utiliser le modèle complet.&#xA;  C'est le cas si vous avez :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des revenus d'activité autre que salariée (commerciale, libérale, agricole,...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des investissements locatifs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;des déficits globaux (déficits professionnels,...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Le modèle complet reprend la déclaration &quot;de base&quot; à laquelle s'ajoutent les déclarations complémentaires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;js=y&amp;amp;prev=_t&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impots.gouv.fr%2Fportal%2Fdgi%2Fpublic%2Fpopup%3Bjsessionid%3DFYAYTHCQA04HZQFIEIPSFFA%3FespId%3D%26typePage%3Dcpr02%26docOid%3Ddocumentstandard_335&amp;amp;edit-text=&amp;amp;act=url&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is the google-translate English version of this same web page.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various other websites provide similar simulators, however I would stick with the governmental one for a matter of accuracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T14:34:57.387" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T14:34:57.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7609" PostTypeId="7" CreationDate="2016-01-02T03:45:24.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;Specific issues experienced as an expatriate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;Real problems or questions that you’ve encountered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-01-02T03:45:24.663" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T03:45:24.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7612" CreationDate="2016-01-02T04:59:22.663" Score="6" ViewCount="918" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Canadian and American citizenships and plan on obtaining a third citizenship in a country that requires me to renounce my present two citizenships. I want to know about the process to get back my Canadian and American citizenships after obtaining the third. I plan on obtaining a Republic of China citizenship. I assume it is essentially a formality and I will only temporarily lose citizenship, fill out some forms and then immediately gain them back. Is this the case or what is it like? The reason I would renounce any citizenship is to get a third since the Republic of China requires it, I would gain Taiwanese citizenship via residency since I and both my parents are originally Canadian.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8791" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-01-03T14:09:28.673" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T21:22:46.140" Title="Getting back a renounced citizenship" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-02T05:34:55.980" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overview&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My fiancée and I are both living in Vancouver Canada with a study permit issued in August 2014. We both started our PhD but she decided to stopped her PhD a few months ago and to start a Master degree (in a slightly different field, in a different University) in September 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She will know only late Spring whether she will be accepted for this Master (although it feels unlikely to us that she would not be accepted).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She will be taking courses online (Khan Academy and EdX) and will eventually work aside (in the department offering the Master degree).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are fiancée (getting married next summer) and we have been together for long enough to be considered &quot;common-law&quot; (not exactly sure of the term though). I am on a study visa and this might facilitates future application for her.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are both swiss. She is also french (bi-national) but currently lives in Canada as a swiss citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have never lived in Canada before coming with our study visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To my understanding&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my understanding, she is allowed to work with her visa but only in parallel of her studies. If I am not mistaken, she can changes her field of studies without notice but I am not sure. I have no idea how this particular case should be treated though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you recommend we do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Must she cancel her current study visa, apply for a new visa for 6 months only and then apply for a new study visa for her Master degree?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Must the change of plans be communicated to CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastEditorUserId="1008" LastEditDate="2016-01-03T01:14:02.163" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T21:11:12.920" Title="Changing study program with a study permit in Canada" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-23T10:33:25.397" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7610" CreationDate="2016-01-02T08:17:23.430" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I assume it is essentially a formality and I will only temporarily lose citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;fill out some forms and then immediately gain them back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actively renouncing citizenship means you renounce any rights and entitlements that come with the citizenship. It's not a &quot;mere formality&quot;. You become a non-citizen, just as any other non-citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a US citizenship you'll need to go through the naturalization process, which, for most parts, requires 3-5 years (depending on the path) of permanent residency in the US as a prerequisite. To get a permanent residency in the US is not a very easy task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canadian naturalization process is similar, except that the time on permanent residency required before naturalization is shorter, and getting the permanent residency is somewhat easier (not by much, though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that if Taiwan doesn't allow dual citizenship, you'll have to renounce your Taiwanese citizenship if you get any other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T08:17:23.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-02T08:19:41.453" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to keep and use Medicare benefits while living abroad in the Philippines? I'm permanently disabled and collecting Social Security.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8792" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T19:02:41.380" Title="Useing Medicare benefits while living abroad" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7613" CreationDate="2016-01-02T08:21:29.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there are medical providers that accept medicare patients - then sure. The chances that there are any are hovering somewhere around 0%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Had there been a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/agreements_overview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;totalization agreement&lt;/a&gt; between the US and the Philippines, then you would be able to use the local social security network instead, but there's no such agreement (yet?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T08:21:29.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7664" CreationDate="2016-01-02T16:11:52.663" Score="4" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Syrian passport holder and a resident in Turkey. I was offered a job in the UK and I want to move there. My question is how good are my chances considering the current situation in Syria? And what can I do to improve them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the fact that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/refugee-crisis-thousands-of-syrians-have-uk-visa-requests-rejected-by-home-office-10492206.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;acceptance rate dropped from ~70% to ~40% in the last 3 years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some background: I'm a Software Engineer with ~4 years of experience, a B.Sc. holder from a British university (studied remotely), and I've never been to the UK or any EEA country before; I'm 23, and my financial situation is considerably good. I'll be applying for a Tier 2 (General) visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8793" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T17:58:38.043" Title="As a Syrian passport holder, how good are my chances in getting a UK residency, and what can I do to improve them?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-02T18:38:55.313" Score="4" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Egypt. Would I be allowed to get married in Bulgaria while visiting Bulgaria on a tourist visa? If it matters, my fiancée is Bulgarian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what will be easier to marry her in Egypt or in Bulgaria? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8795" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-01-04T01:10:38.947" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T20:42:39.367" Title="Am I allowed to marry while travelling to Bulgaria on a tourist visa" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7626" CreationDate="2016-01-02T18:56:19.287" Score="6" ViewCount="12340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen, married to non-EU citizen. We currently live in the Caribbean and are planning on moving shortly to London. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will I have to do to enable my wife to accompany, and stay with me in England? What permits or visas do we have to apply for and how soon can it be done? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8796" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-18T15:17:55.167" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T15:17:55.167" Title="How can my non-EU citizen wife settle with me in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="292" CreationDate="2016-01-03T12:00:34.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Outside of EU/EEA/Switzerland, mentioned by &lt;strong&gt;SztupY&lt;/strong&gt; above, one of the few countries with a truly liberal visa policy is &lt;strong&gt;Georgia&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can stay in the country for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Georgia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;up to 365&#xA;days&lt;/a&gt; and by&#xA;traveling elsewhere once a year you can essentially stay there&#xA;forever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Purchasing a piece of real estate (which can be as low as 10000 euros&#xA;for a small apartment), allows you to apply for permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's even &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/4413/is-it-really-permitted-for-travellers-to-work-while-visiting-georgia-on-a-touris&quot;&gt;possible to work&lt;/a&gt; on a tourist visa (according to information from 2014), although the salaries are most likely mediocre for the average Frenchman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-01-03T12:00:34.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7610" CreationDate="2016-01-03T13:51:15.433" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To formalise the legal answer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here's the page on renunciation&lt;/a&gt;, and it's important to note this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, those contemplating a renunciation of U.S. citizenship should&#xA;  understand that *the act is irrevocable**, except as provided in section&#xA;  351 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1483), and cannot be canceled or set aside&#xA;  absent successful administrative or judicial appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short, you'd have to go through the process of getting citizenship - the long, arduous process - like any other non-US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2016-01-03T13:51:15.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-03T23:33:30.577" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working under H1B in USA. I have almost lived 4 years in USA. Now I am planning to apply Green Card under EB2 category. My employer is planning to apply for labour on January-2016. I am aware that after labour I need to file I-140.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time it takes to get it approved labor and file I-140 and get I-140 approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T00:19:16.827" Title="Time lines for getting I-140 for US Green Card?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7621" CreationDate="2016-01-04T00:19:16.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best resource, IMHO, would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trackitt.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;trackitt&lt;/a&gt;. Since the actual answer depends on way too many variables, you should just go to trackitt and check how long it took for people with similar parameters as yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T00:19:16.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7617" CreationDate="2016-01-04T13:48:34.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that you are an EU national who is not a British national, then you will be applying for an EU family permit which is provided for 6 months. After that, she would be able to apply for a 5 years EU Residence card from the UK but you will need to be employed at the date of application or prove other ways that you are exercising your treaty rights in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that some people have mentioned that you may be a British national and the case of Surinder Singh can be applied. This policy can only be applied if you have lived at a Member State for more than 6 months with your wife, either you was employed or self employed and was returning to the UK, then you can apply under that route. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T13:48:34.257" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7617" CreationDate="2016-01-04T16:53:14.997" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have indicated in a comment to another answer that you are Polish, this answer does not cover the case of a British citizen wanting to move to the UK with a non-EU/EEA family member.  The rules are somewhat different in that case.  This answer applies to citizens of any EU or EEA country, and to citizens of Switzerland; it outlines the process for bringing a family member to live with you in the United Kingdom under the EU right of freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will also assume that the narrow grounds for excluding EU nationals do not apply to you or your wife.  That is, I assume that neither of you could represent a threat to public health, safety, or policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You want to bring your spouse to live with you in the United Kingdom.  The first step is to get her into the country.  You have not indicated her nationality, which is significant.  Depending on her nationality, she will fall into one of two groups:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who need a visa to enter the United Kingdom (for example, citzens of India)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who do not need visas to enter the United Kingdom (for example, citizens of the United States)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she falls into the second category, you can ignore everything to do with EEA Family Permits.  Instead, you can just travel to the United Kingdom along with evidence to show that she is your wife, and apply for entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she falls into the first category, she will need a visa to travel to the UK.  In this case, you will need to present the evidence of your marriage as part of your application for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/a&gt;.  This is free of chaarge, and should be issued on the basis of an &quot;expedited procedure.&quot;  (My mother in law received one of these last spring, as the dependent parent of my wife; if I recall correctly, it took a week or two.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask how soon you can apply for the EEA Family Permit.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligibility page&lt;/a&gt;, you can apply up to six months before you intend to travel to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The eligibility page also mentions that the EU family member needs to be a &quot;qualified person&quot; or a permanent resident if he or she has been in the UK for more than three months.  Since you are not yet in the UK, this does not apply to you.  The only criterion you need to meet is that of being an EU citizen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have entered the UK, your wife will most likely want to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Residence Card&lt;/a&gt;.  She doesn't &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; the card unless she wants to work, but she can use it to enter the UK after the EEA Family Permit expires (or if she did not require one in the first place), and it will serve as proof of her status in the country.  The cost is £65.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before she can apply for the residence card, you must become a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  This means that you fall into one of the EU freedom-of-movement categories: you're employed, self-employed, self-sufficient, or studying, or you qualify as a job seeker under EU rules.  The details of how to prove this are covered in the uk.gov pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence card is also helpful because it will help your wife qualify for a right of permanent residence.  You and your wife gain this right after living in the UK for five years, and your wife's right of permanent residence is independent of yours.  Details of permanent resident status are also noted in the uk.gov pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Postscript:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching online, one can find stories of people whose EEA Family Permit applications were denied on the grounds that there marriage was, or was suspected to be, a marriage of convenience.  The burden of proof in these cases &lt;em&gt;rests with the ECO,&lt;/em&gt; so you should not at first concern yourself with proving your marriage to be genuine, unless perhaps your wedding was very recent.  If this might be a concern for you, you can have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/7332/2440&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/7324/2440&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about a rejected EEA Family Permit application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T17:01:53.593" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-04T20:57:29.990" Score="2" ViewCount="840" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the British law a non-EEA spouse of an EEA citizen is not required to apply for a family permit or any other visa to enter the UK as long as he/she possesses an EU residence card. I'm wondering if &quot;EEA&quot; in this context include British nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EEA national (who would normally require a visa to enter the UK) married to a British citizen and we both have been living in Portugal for 6 months. My spouse has been working full time for over 5 months now. I was issued an EU residence card as a family member of an EU citizen. We are considering moving to the UK in 3 months time. The question is: Do I have to apply for a family permit (which could take around 6 months to be issued) or shall we try to enter the UK without one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8810" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T17:44:13.153" Title="British citizen returning to the UK (from Europe) with non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7627" CreationDate="2016-01-04T22:24:02.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;EEA in this context includes British citizens only if they have been living in another EU/EEA country under freedom of movement rules.  Since your spouse has been living in Portugal, you would seem to qualify, though strictly speaking the British spouse must have his or her &quot;centre of life&quot; in the other EU/EEA country to qualify.  The relatively brief time you've been in Portugal might put this point in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The provision that EU nationals can be treated as such in their own country is due to the case of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinder_Singh_route&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/a&gt;.  The UK government has information on the so-called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;.  Although this information is for those seeking an EEA Family Permit, it illustrates the things you'll need to prove to show that your British spouse has been exercising freedom-of-movement rights in Portugal, and therefore qualifies to be treated under EU rules instead of UK rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the fact that you don't &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; a permit doesn't mean you can't apply for one, and it's free of charge, so it might be a good way for you to establish your eligibility for the Surinder Singh route before you invest in a move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T22:24:02.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-05T00:44:37.247" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 19, I have Scottish qualifications (No University degree/College diploma) and the only work experience I carry is a paperboy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do know more than the basics of Dutch as I have Dutch friends and have been speaking with them and been actively learning Dutch on and off for the past 6 months. So I'm fluent in English and basic Dutch. How would I go about finding a job? Prefererrably in the IT/Engineering field. I would looking to be living in Groningen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not picky on the job, for me anything that would help get the bills paid legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't particularly have a lot of money, I'd probably be able to save enough for 1-2 month rent max.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks alot for any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8812" LastActivityDate="2016-01-05T00:44:37.247" Title="English speaker finding work in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-01-05T03:31:14.620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7564" CreationDate="2016-01-05T22:56:16.660" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've got bigger problems than the vehicle. As an EU citizen, making an extended stay in Spain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after three months in Spain, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/ciudadanos-de-la-union-europea/estancia-y-residencia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you are considered resident&lt;/a&gt; (Spanish-only, I'm afraid). You must apply to be included in the Central Register of Foreigners before the three months are up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after six months, you must have imported your car, which can be expensive because they charge you according to their tables of what that model and year should be worth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and you will also be resident for tax purposes. Spanish tax years match calendar years, so you'll want professional advice about how the double-taxation treaty between the UK and Spain affects the January-April overlap of tax years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after three months outside of the UK, &lt;a href=&quot;http://midessexccg.nhs.uk/your-nhs/medicines-management/prescribing-policy-statements/doc_download/356-eligibility-for-nhs-prescriptions-and-living-abroad-april-2015&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you will no longer be entitled to receive treatment for pre-existing medical conditions with your NHS EHIC&lt;/a&gt;, although in your case of a long holiday you would be able to resume NHS coverage on your return to the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, many British expats in particular choose to ignore some or all of the above, and in general they seem to get away with it. It's up to you whether you want to take the risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastEditorUserId="2325" LastEditDate="2016-01-05T23:32:00.977" LastActivityDate="2016-01-05T23:32:00.977" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-06T00:03:14.387" Score="2" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Software engineer working remotely within an US Company. I'm planning to visit Germany in holiday for about 5 days , but I'm not sure if I will get my Schengen Visa because of my work type, since I have applied before for UK visa and they refused to grant me the the visa because my work did not approve that I would come back to my home country. I usually withdraw my earning in different dates , I don't do that at the end of each month, which means my bank statements will show different income amount in random dates.  Any idea guys or suggestion, so make my visa application more powerful .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8819" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T23:40:24.193" Title="Germany Tourist Schengen Visa application as remote employee for US Company" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-06T12:45:16.270" Score="2" ViewCount="764" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in London with my partner and our son, after my first trip to California in September, I am now desperate to move there. I approached a few immigration lawyers/attorneys for advice, they all want a substantial sum for a consultation. I am reluctant to pay a large sum of money when I have no idea of my chances, I don't want to be strung along, plus I'm aware of a lot of scams so it's put me off even more! (how do you know these companies are verified/legit?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intention is to immigrate to CA to work/live on a permanent basis, we have no immediate family that can sponsor us (yet), it could be years before my partner's father has his citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before anyone says &quot;just wait a few years&quot;, we don't want to, we are fed up with the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my only option is to approach this as a 'non-immigrant' and look at temp visa options, what would people recommend? In my position, should someone look to enter the US on a Tourism visa then casually look for work? If you found a job could you even get employed as you aren't a resident, you are basically on a long holiday. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice on this would be great, apologies if I haven't been clear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if anyone could recommend a legitimate immigration firm to speak with, that would be great. I've read that someone in a similar position approached their local consulate however their advice resulted in them being denied entry so I may avoid this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8822" OwnerDisplayName="Mdominguez14" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-26T16:41:08.260" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T16:41:08.260" Title="Moving from London To California, what are my options?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7638" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-08T16:42:51.307" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is going to apply for the Doctorate Extension Scheme under Tier 4. The maintenance requirement is £2530 for 28 days. She has two accounts summing up to roughly £2500. She also has a Chinese credit card, which is more like a prepaid card with more or less £1000 equivalent. This is the money she overpaid and can be spent as normal bank account balance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am quite paranoid about this because the Tier 4 policy guidance clearly states that &quot;Other accounts or financial instruments such as shares, bonds, overdrafts, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;credit cards&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and pension funds are not acceptable.&quot; My girlfriend tends to think that means &quot;credit card (limits)&quot; because that comes right after &quot;overdrafts&quot;. She certainly has a point. It is understandable that either credit card limits or overdraft facilities cannot be used as fund proofs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the following question in SE, but it not exactly the same as her case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45648/can-i-convince-embassies-to-accept-my-overpaid-credit-card-as-a-proof-of-funds&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45648/can-i-convince-embassies-to-accept-my-overpaid-credit-card-as-a-proof-of-funds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have a certain answer about this matter? Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8828" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-01-08T16:42:51.307" Title="Can I use prepaid credit card balance for tier 4 visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-08T23:27:51.730" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;What steps are necessary for a person born in China, who as an adult has been living in Australia for many years and has Australian Citizenship, who would like to return to China to visit elderly parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This person also has a 20 year old son, who would like to accompany his parent, and visit his grandparents. Both Chinese parents were living in Australia when he was born. Following their separation a couple of years ago, the other parent returned to China. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long term: If they so desired, would it be possible for both to resettle in China?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8832" LastActivityDate="2016-01-08T23:27:51.730" Title="Expatriate's Return to China" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-03T05:33:59.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5890" CreationDate="2016-01-10T03:41:51.890" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it is when I am using the Tor browser and the country of origin is not the key item. Of note, CVS also only wants registered Twitter users who are followers to see their tweets. So, I expect this is about a U.S. company wanting to be able to track potential and current customers rather than welcome open access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8837" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2020-12-25T11:56:54.153" LastActivityDate="2020-12-25T11:56:54.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-10T14:01:25.810" Score="4" ViewCount="8016" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is like my first post in here .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am planning to send my documents to ACS for skills assessment and I am a bit confused regarding the kind of documents that I should send them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before going into the types of documents that I am going to send them , I would like to give a brief overview of the education system in Nepal.&#xA;In Nepal , after completing grade 10 we appear for School Leaving Certificate (S.L.C.) examinations . Upon completing the exams we get a S.L.C marksheet and a character certificate. After grade 10, we normally join a college to complete grade 11 and 12 . After completing grade 12 we get a combined transcript of grade 11 and 12 and also a character certificate (one character certificate for both grade 11 and 12 ). Then in bachelors aswell we get one transcript and a character certificates. Besides these we also get various other certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I have worked in three companies as a software engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I would like to list the documents that I am planning to send over to ACS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;S.L.C. : character certificate and marksheet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;11 and 12 :character certificate and marksheet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bachelors : character certificate , transcript and certificate indicating the completion of my bachelors that I received in my convocation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My experience letter of Company a&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My experience letter of Company b&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My experience letter of Company c.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per my understanding my documents are of 6 episodes (I am not totally sure) . Is that so ? Also will these documents be enough or do I need to send more documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly the next question that I have is can I file one application stating that I want 189 and 190 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also for 190 is Victoria or NSW good? (As I am a software engineer , I would like to go to such states which has good opportunites for me to work )&#xA;Any suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8840" LastActivityDate="2016-02-29T06:50:36.703" Title="Confusion regarding docuents to send to ACS for skill assessment" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6612" CreationDate="2016-01-11T13:46:34.723" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically the passport office won't issue anyone a passport unless the name in all of their passports (foreign) is the same, and the same as the name will be in the UK passport. They have made a &lt;em&gt;few&lt;/em&gt; exceptions for married women, but very few, and it has been a long hard fought process in those cases. You may be able to get the Home office to issue a passport with a special annotation noting the difference, but they will only do this under exceptional circumstances. Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T13:46:34.723" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7636" CreationDate="2016-01-11T16:04:32.067" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an expert, but here are a couple of thoughts based on yoru question and the comments to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) You talk about your partner. You better get married, if you are just living together, you getting a visa will not give your partner a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) You should at least try the lottery. You just missed it, it closed in early November last year. It is free to apply.&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Edit: Anyone born in the UK (except Northern ireland)are not eligable for the DV lottery: &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017%20Instructions%20and%20FAQs.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017%20Instructions%20and%20FAQs.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If you go to the US on a tourist visa (or in the case of the UK on Visa Waiver), you are not allowed to work. If you are found out you will be deported and banned from returning for (usually) 10 years.&#xA;There are also penalties for any company hiring you, so no reputable company would give you a job without you having a valid work permit.&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Edit: It is permitted to visit the US for a job interview on a B-1 Business visa, but the immigration officer may suspect that you don't intend to leave the US, so he/she may deny you entry if he is in that mood: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/98901-Can-I-travel-on-B1-visa-for-Job-Interview-in-US&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/98901-Can-I-travel-on-B1-visa-for-Job-Interview-in-US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) There are (as Hilmar says) really just a few ways to immigrate to the US legally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marry an american citizen and have him/her petition for you to get a&#xA;green card &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Win a green card (your wife and child would get one then&#xA;automatically as well) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be a specialist in your field and have a US&#xA;company sponsor an H-1B visa. They also need to prove that you have&#xA;skills that can't be found in the US by americans. I &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; your&#xA;wife would get a visa then too, allowing her to work. This is not a permanent visa, it is only valid for 3 years, with the option to extend it. If you lose your job you have 30 days to find a new job and a company willing to sponsor you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be a person of extraordinary skills, and apply for a EB visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Start a company with at least 1 millon dollar invested and 10 employees. This is also not a permament visa, if you close the business you have to leave.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is plenty of information available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscis.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.uscis.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="6542" LastEditDate="2016-01-11T21:18:58.427" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T21:18:58.427" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7556" CreationDate="2016-01-12T10:02:39.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also a 1st year PhD student in France, also can't speak French. Also had very similar experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You really need to abuse google and university resources and find out precisely what you need in order to get things done. There's a very strict 'way' of doing things in France, and typically people will be happy to do &lt;em&gt;their part&lt;/em&gt; of these things for you, but they aren't going to like it if you expect them to hold your hand. Especially before lunch when they're trying to leave. Especially if you're not speaking their language, and especially if they can't speak yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, and I hate to say it, but a certain degree of rudeness is expected here. It's hard, especially if you have social anxieties. But you really need to get used to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also advise writing people questions in the form of emails in French, so it looks like you're trying &lt;em&gt;even if you're just using Google Translate until you learn properly&lt;/em&gt;. But you really need to learn properly, and this goes for both of us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you were trying to get the student Navigo card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, my final secret involves being VERY nice to the admin people. I bring them baked goods. This is a good tip for ANY PhD student anywhere, but especially a foreign one who needs a lot of help and can't speak the language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2016-01-12T10:12:31.893" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T10:12:31.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7486" CreationDate="2016-01-12T13:37:24.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my response below, seems I was wrong. USPS M-bags are for everyone (and available at a local USPS office). ISAL M-bags are for commercial use: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_039.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_039.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;293 International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;293.1 Description&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;293.11 General&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) service, including ISAL M-bags,&#xA;  is a commercial service designed for volume mailings of all&#xA;  First-Class Mail International postcards, letters, and large envelopes&#xA;  (flats), and for volume mailings of First-Class Package International&#xA;  Service packages (small packets).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it that you specifically want ISAL M-bags rather than USPS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My old reply is below the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, they are available for retail customers. I'll find a source and edit my response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But anecdotally, I used an M-bag to mail my books to myself when I moved from Oregon to the UK 5 years ago. I have also found a few websites stating that M-bags are fine, you just need to verify that the bags are available at your local PO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2016-01-12T13:43:19.490" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T13:43:19.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-12T15:31:47.250" Score="1" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that under the Common Travel Area a UK Citizen can live and work/retire in Ireland, but what i'm trying to determine is how would that apply to the spouse of the uk citizen if they are a non-eu spouse? I know under the current EU free movement that it won't matter, but I'm trying to find out under the CTA in case the UK ends up voting to leave the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8850" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T01:09:46.103" Title="Non-eu spouse of UK Citzen under Common Travel Area" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7653" CreationDate="2016-01-12T17:23:13.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;British citizens are apparently &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Travel_Area#British_citizens_in_Ireland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;immune from deportation from Ireland&lt;/a&gt;.  Under Irish law, they have many of the rights afforded to Irish citizens.  Since this state of affairs is not due to the countries' EU membership, it seems likely that the law would remain the same should the UK leave the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the non-EU spouse, it seems likely that Ireland would impose the same rules that they now impose on the non-EU spouses of Irish citizens.  They could also make up new and different rules, however; we can only guess.  I do not know enough about the pre-EU laws to know whether they would offer any guidance about the likely approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information about immigration for non-EU spouses of Irish citizens is available here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000024&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T01:09:46.103" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T01:09:46.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7655" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7708" CreationDate="2016-01-12T21:48:44.807" Score="2" ViewCount="1282" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 31-yo european citizen. I would like to immigrate to Canada as soon as possible.&#xA;I am thinking about Express Entry (Skilled Worker), but my score isn't high enough to be drawn any soon. I think it may take a lot of time before I get a VISA.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Another option would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;International Experience Canada&lt;/a&gt;. With this I could stay for 1 year (max 6 months working allowed - this is fine to me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK I subscribe to both pools? What if I'm in Canada with IEC and then the government grants me a EE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8852" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:12:25.573" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:12:25.573" Title="Are Express Entry and Internation Experience Canada pools compatible?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7656" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7687" CreationDate="2016-01-12T21:54:17.180" Score="0" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a lawyer or immigration agent required to fill a Express Entry application?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can I apply by myself?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is there any difference in scoring or evaluation between an application self-submitted and one made by a lawyer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8852" LastEditorUserId="2384" LastEditDate="2016-01-18T05:21:57.220" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T03:34:59.360" Title="Is a lawyer/immigration agent required to fill a Express Entry application?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-13T00:41:27.877" Score="3" ViewCount="503" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an EEA Family Permit that starts on 2/6.  I have a flight to London on 1/31.  My plan is to visit my husband for a couple days and then fly to Denmark from 2/5-2/7 returning to the UK to live once my permit has started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am American and don't need a visa to be a tourist in the UK, can I visit as a tourist before my permit starts as long as I leave the country before it is active?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8853" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T18:22:30.137" Title="Can I enter the UK before my EEA Family Permit is active?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-13T19:10:04.537" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I married my husband in June 2013 and came to the UK in September 2013 with a spouse visa. I am extending it in March and believe that I now have to pay a £500 surcharge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this right even though I am working and pay national insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8857" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T05:03:30.017" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T17:39:07.423" Title="does a visa extension have to have a health surcharge" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-13T23:13:25.363" Score="3" ViewCount="650" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen with Australian residency. My Australian fiance and I are having our wedding in the US in June, before returning to Australia where we will continue to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Australian fiance is not immigrating to the US and therefore doesn't need a green card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does he need a K-1 Fiance visa since he is not planning to stay in the US? Can we legally get married without one? Should we just have a legal ceremony in Australia and a mock wedding in the US to save the paperwork / cost / chance of missing K-1 deadlines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8859" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T18:46:30.297" Title="American with Australian residency, marrying Australian in America, but returning to live in Australia" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7660" CreationDate="2016-01-14T01:18:04.423" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can marry legally in the US regardless of your immigration status.  The K-1 visa is for those who intend to settle in the US.  Since your fiance will not be adjusting immigration status, and will be leaving the country before the expiration of the allowed period of stay, you will have no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your fiance does not need a K-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's not much to support this on US government sites, other than the fact that discussions of K-1 visas invariably include discussions of how to go about adjusting status to permanent resident after the wedding.  However, you can find immigration law sites that support this, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visapro.com/green-card-family/getting-married-on-a-tourist-visa.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.visapro.com/green-card-family/getting-married-on-a-tourist-visa.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Articles such as this invariably discuss the risks for people who are intending to immigrate to the US after getting married, but since this is not your intention, these risks do not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, late in 2013, the US actually relaxed its policy to &lt;em&gt;allow&lt;/em&gt; VWP nationals to enter the US on the VWP, marry a US citizen, and then apply for adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://immigrationview.foxrothschild.com/general-immigration-news-and-updates/visa-waiver-policy-change-makes-planning-life-in-the-us-much-easier/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://immigrationview.foxrothschild.com/general-immigration-news-and-updates/visa-waiver-policy-change-makes-planning-life-in-the-us-much-easier/&lt;/a&gt; for more information.  Since your fiance would be allowed to enter on the VWP even if you intended to immigrate, he will certainly be allowed to enter given that your real intention is to return to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the relatively recent vintage of this policy change, it's likely that the information you've found on the internet that indicates otherwise is out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the validity of the marriage, there should be no question, as even illegal immigrants can marry in the US.  See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/can-undocumented-illegal-immigrant-marry-citizen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/can-undocumented-illegal-immigrant-marry-citizen.html&lt;/a&gt;.  In articles like this, the validity of the marriage is never in question.  The issue at hand is whether the non-citizen spouse can regularize his or her immigration status after the marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T18:46:30.297" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T18:46:30.297" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7658" CreationDate="2016-01-14T01:20:43.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is entirely within the rules.  As an American citizen, you don't even need an EEA Family Permit.  You could enter the UK without a visa and apply directly for a residence permit.  There should be no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, if your EEA family member is with you, or in the UK, you have a legal right to enter the country under EU freedom of movement, regardless of the validity of your EEA Family Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't think you'll need to leave before the permit becomes active.  If the Denmark trip is just a visa run because you're worried about being in the records as a tourist, just apply for admission at the border as the spouse of an EEA national and cancel the trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(When you cross any Schengen border with your husband, or if you are traveling to join him in the Schengen area, you are entitled to use the EU passport queue; this is explicit in the Schengen Borders Code.  In the UK, I think it's less clear, but it seems that at least if you are traveling together you can use the EU queue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to ouflak's skepticism, here is some guidance from September 29th of last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464872/Direct_Family_Members_v3_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464872/Direct_Family_Members_v3_0.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It states in part that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An EEA or Swiss national and their direct family members’ right of residence does not depend on holding a document issued under these regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[I]t is possible for [non-EEA family members] to demonstrate their right of admission under EU law at the UK border if they do not have [an EEA family permit, residence card, or permanent residence card].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T18:22:30.137" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T18:22:30.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7615" CreationDate="2016-01-14T17:58:38.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out not to be so bad. I was accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You just need to show that you have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a clean history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a sustainable job &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sufficient funds (so that they know they won't be spending money on you next year.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8793" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T17:58:38.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-15T05:36:50.463" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living with my Mexican wife in Mexico. We have no plans to live in the US, but much of my work is there. We would like to be able to legally work together in US, but work visas appear to be for specific jobs or for emigrating to US. Which type visa would be appropriate to allow us to work together on projects in US and allow us to remain in Mexico?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8851" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-01-15T08:20:54.147" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T16:49:48.320" Title="What is the proper visa for a Mexican citizen to work along with husband in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7665" CreationDate="2016-01-15T07:10:30.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no such visa. She can get a green card as your wife, but that requires actually moving to the US. There's no other immigration benefit your citizenship can get her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T07:10:30.303" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-15T13:52:57.807" Score="3" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an F-1 student in the U.S.  On Dec 28th last year, I left the U.S. temporarily for Japan, where I am a national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something was strange with the airport through which I flew out of the U.S.  For one thing, there was no officials there to stamp my passport.  Apparently this made me look suspicious to a custom official at the Japanese airport, who checked my baggage, something that does not happen always.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am returning back to the U.S. very soon and I am expecting a similar hiccup at the U.S. airport (by the way, I am returning to the same airport).  How can I minimize the possible damage?  Is there something I should prepare?  Is there something that I should avoid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For example, I carry my pillow around when I travel, and I do not want it to be ripped by officials to check the contents.  I also carry similar childish items usually and I do not want to be embarrassed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8867" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T14:03:22.153" Title="My passport not stamped when I left the U.S. How can I reenter?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7667" CreationDate="2016-01-15T14:03:22.153" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike Japan, the US does not stamp your passport (and generally does not require any special procedure) upon exit. There is absolutely nothing abnormal here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know for certain that the Japanese customs inspector decided to inspect you because you had no exit stamp from the US? I find that difficult to believe, so unless you have very strong evidence, you should regard the two events as unrelated. Likewise, you are no more likely than any other person to be inspected when you are back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T14:03:22.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7669" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-16T11:51:36.857" Score="4" ViewCount="417" Body="&lt;p&gt;All Dutch nationals have the right of abode in the European Netherlands, however only those with a connection to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom have the right of abode in the Caribbean Netherlands. So is it possible for Dutch nationals of European origin to somehow &quot;internally&quot; naturalise as citizens of say, Curacao?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8869" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T18:36:06.860" Title="Naturalisation in the Caribbean Netherlands for European Dutch" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7659" CreationDate="2016-01-16T17:39:07.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that would be correct. Immigration Health Surcharge is required for any extension applications . You will not have to pay for this at the time you apply for your indefinite leave to remain. The system, in our view, is quite unfair and this is one of the most common questions we are asked when someone is contributing through taxes and NI. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T17:39:07.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-16T19:46:40.317" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand their is another question on this subject but mine is more specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently a resident in the Netherland and considering the possibility of emigrating to Malta for a job opportunity, where I will not be in the country for the required 183 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non Maltese residents, in order to obtain tax residency in Malta, one needs to reside in Malta for a period of 183 days in a calendar year. Until this period elapses, the applicable rates of tax for non-residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But&#xA;1. Under Maltese General Tax Law&#xA;Non Maltese-domiciled EU Nationals have the right to reside in Malta and are entitled to a very favourable tax treatment:&#xA;- Capital and overseas capital gains can be remitted tax-free. So if you can live off capital, you pay no tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if my Maltese employer pays my salary into an offshore bank account say in the Netherlands where I'm then no longer a resident, could I be double taxed because my resident will default to the Netherlands and in Malta because I'm a non-residents? Or could I be exempt from tax in Malta and be taxed in the Netherland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for some clarity on subject!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8871" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-01-16T23:31:40.233" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T23:31:40.233" Title="Income tax question, I have a possible job based in Malta but working 55%+ worldwide" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-17T00:04:24.033" Score="5" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been confusing me for years. My mom and dad were not born in the UK, but both got British Citizenship within a British overseas Territory. I was also born outside of the UK, in 1986 and have gone to University in the UK for three years. With all of this, am I eligible to gain British Citizenship through my parents at my age?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8872" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-04-11T13:51:03.303" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T13:51:03.303" Title="Do i have British Citizenship by Descent if parents were born in a British overseas territory?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-04-11T19:52:34.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7673" CreationDate="2016-01-17T00:24:17.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what the UK says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under current legislation, British citizenship will normally descend through one generation to children born&#xA;  abroad. Such children are British citizens by descent and are generally unable to transmit their citizenship&#xA;  to subsequent generations born abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your parents were not born in the UK then you are not British yourself even if they were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where I got it from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322367/GUIDE_NS_-_June_2014-update.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Home Office - Confirmation of British nationality status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3669" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T00:24:17.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-17T16:44:38.150" Score="1" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got Daad scholarship for PhD at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt). And I have applied for student visa, which I will get next week. However, the institute people are saying that I should apply for guest scientist visa. What should I do now? Is it possible to change from student to guest scientist visa after reaching Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8873" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T16:56:29.793" Title="German student visa to guest scientist visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7675" CreationDate="2016-01-17T16:56:29.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you the same person who posted this exact same question a few days ago?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, the answer is going to be heavily dependent on what country you're from. Since you didn't state that in this post or in the other one, we don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need a visa if you are from the EEA or if you are from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2. Citizens from countries not requiring a visa&#xA;&#xA;If you belong to a country mentioned below you do not need a visa but only a valid passport.&#xA;&#xA;Australia&#xA;&#xA;Honduras&#xA;&#xA;Israel&#xA;&#xA;Japan&#xA;&#xA;Canada&#xA;&#xA;New Zealand&#xA;&#xA;Republic of Korea&#xA;&#xA;United States of America&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/uploads/media/Visa_and_Residence_Permit_Germany_31.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/uploads/media/Visa_and_Residence_Permit_Germany_31.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, based on some cursory searching, it would seem that PhD students need student &quot;Visum zu Studienzwecken“, as you have already applied for. This is different in some countries (I needed a French scientist visa as a PhD student in France). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The source for my reply re: Germany &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/uploads/media/Visa_and_Residence_Permit_Germany_31.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/uploads/media/Visa_and_Residence_Permit_Germany_31.pdf&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/en/9199-visa-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/en/9199-visa-application/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.study-in.de/en/plan-your-studies/requirements/visa-and-residence-permit_26604.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.study-in.de/en/plan-your-studies/requirements/visa-and-residence-permit_26604.php&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France, I was told that I could apply for a student visa or a scientist visa, although the scientist visa was technically the correct one. I would imagine that if you applied for a scientist visa, you wouldn't be necessarily turned away. However since you are already applying for a student visa, and that appears to be the correct route, you're fine anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the people you should really be asking (rather than us) will be the people at your local German embassy, followed by the human resources/admin people at your Institution. If there is conflict between these two opinions, always go with the embassy once you have a confirmation of correctness from more than one person there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T16:56:29.793" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7457" CreationDate="2016-01-17T17:20:03.477" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in this situation now, so I'll tell you what I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France in particular, you are eligible to apply for French citizenship if you fluently speak French and can pass a test after 5 years of living in France. However, for people who do Masters or PhD in France, this time period is reduced to 2 years (meaning you could apply in the second year of your PhD). However this is misleading; you also need to submit evidence of 3 French tax returns (which happen once per year) meaning you will actually only be able to apply in your third year in the country (bearing in mind that the PhD only lasts 3 years). It is possible to extend your Scientific Researcher visa for a postdoctoral position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the tricky part about academia is that it's generally expected that you will work in several institutions for postdocs before settling down into a 'permanent' (not permanent) academic position, which may well mean moving countries, which will reset the 'residence' timer for citizenship. See the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, your best bet would be to do a PhD in a country which offers a similar citizenship pipeline (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/training-learning/study/studying-in-germany-and-after/residence-permits-for-postgraduates&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany, for example&lt;/a&gt;, will let you extend your stay to find employment, as will France), and then do your first and perhaps even second postdoc in that country. But given the job market in your field and in academia in general, this may be difficult or even impossible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The laws are different in every country. For example, Switzerland has a 12 year residency requirement, which isn't compatible with many academic career timelines unless you never leave Switzerland. The UK is also making it exceedingly difficult for any non-European to live there, via a recent initiative requiring that any non-EEA resident make at least £36000 per year, or they'll be deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, your position is a common one. And I'm in it too. My &quot;solution&quot; is that I am trying get Portuguese citizenship via Ancestry (Portuguese grandfather), which is both costly and time-consuming. Examine your family tree and see if perhaps you're eligible for anything similar based on the heritage of your parents or grandparents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T17:20:03.477" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-17T17:21:30.273" Score="4" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family is hoping to relocate to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by this summer. We currently live in Stockholm, Sweden. We are planning on registering our son, who will be 14 and entering 9th grade in the fall, in a public school (possibly international).&#xA;I have the following questions and would appreciate any perspective or advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I register him for public school&lt;/strong&gt;? I am concerned about the timing and about having the right paperwork.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is the &quot;mentality&quot;/teaching style of the public education in Amsterdam as compared to the US and/or Sweden&lt;/strong&gt;? We are originally from Seattle, WA. I was raised in France and I am concerned that Amsterdam may be too strict and demanding for my son.&#xA;To clarify, the education in the United States (or at least in the school districts my son has attended) tend to follow the lots of content-lots of homework framework and the teachers tend to be in over their heads with both the curriculum and the class sizes. They do not have the time to assist the kids that fall behind, making it easy for the children to get lost in the subject matter. Furthermore, teachers tend to be very passive-aggressive with very strict student-teacher relationships and the fear of always being politically-correct makes communication awkward and often humor has little to no place in the classroom by fear of offending someone. The teaching method in the States tends to be teacher-centered where the teacher is in front of the class and presents the lesson to the class, and the students are to &quot;play around&quot; with the subject content on their own time. &#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Education in Sweden is quite different&lt;/strong&gt;. It seems that a lot of the school work is handled at school with very little homework given. A lot of the teachers use humor and a very open-ended method of teaching, where children are encouraged to express their opinions and where the students have an almost friend-to-friend relationship with their teachers. Problem-solving skills, creativity, group work, and communication between students seem to be pillars of the education here. The teachers tend to be more moderators and tutors in the classroom than anything else. The kids are encouraged to find the information on their own and to come up with the answer on their own, the teachers being there mostly for guidance and additional explanation that could be necessary. &lt;strong&gt;France's education methods tend to be a lot more in line with the States' methods&lt;/strong&gt; but with teachers being a lot more strict and creativity being perceived as a &quot;bad thing&quot;. All this is, of course, my take on it. I would be interested to hear what a typical teaching approach or a typical workload is for a middle school class in Amsterdam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any additional advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated&lt;/strong&gt;. I've read quite a few expat blogs on this subject, however I haven't quite found what I'm looking for yet (most info seems to be for younger children).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much!&#xA;- Christel&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8874" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-12-02T10:04:30.643" LastActivityDate="2017-12-02T10:04:30.643" Title="Putting my 14-year-old son in school when moving to to Amesterdam from Sweden" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7682" CreationDate="2016-01-17T18:27:35.567" Score="5" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen employed at a company that is very flexible with working remotely. My girlfriend is a UK citizen and I want to live with her while continuing to work for my American employer in the UK for 1 year, and I intend to move back to the USA at the end of the visit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current understanding is that I can visit the UK for up to 6 months out of the year. Is that correct? Is there any other way to extend the stay up to a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is not possible to extend my stay up to 6 months, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/43767/uk-visitor-visa-required-time-or-interval-between-visits/43776#43776&quot;&gt;would it be possible to stay for 6 months, go back to the USA for a week or two, and then go back to the UK&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45092/where-can-i-travel-for-prolonged-periods-of-time-while-legally-working-remotely/45492#45492&quot;&gt;As a visitor is there any problem working remote/freelance while in the UK?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any problem with renting property in the UK as a US visitor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8875" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T01:08:51.190" Title="US citizen looking to visit UK for 1 year" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7679" CreationDate="2016-01-18T07:15:30.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of I'm British and have moved back and forth to the Netherlands quite a few times now. Amsterdam is a mixed community and most areas are very friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your child will probably just be starting secondary school.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/move/dutch-education-system/secondary-school&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/move/dutch-education-system/secondary-school&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For information on Amsterdam there is an expatcenter where all your questions could be addressed:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/expatcenter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/expatcenter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't say much to the teaching style but there are 31 schools in Amsterdam, so plenty of choice. The education system in the Netherlands is very adaptive to your childs level and they can move between each at the end of each school year. With a final placing at varying levels of college and universities after secondary school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Craig&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8871" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T07:15:30.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7680" CreationDate="2016-01-18T11:08:49.500" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK for 5 years, and when I moved out of the country, I left my EEA partner there. In the end, I was never able to visit him because of this stuff. So I know a thing or two about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be allowed into the country with the visa waiver program for 6 months, as you mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are physically in the UK while you are doing work, it's considered working and would violate the terms of your UK visitor visa. Even if your work is unpaid, it's still classed as 'work' and would be seen as violation as long as you're doing it when you're in the UK. If you told the border agent this, I have serious doubts that they would let you in at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, would you be detected doing this? I don't know, it's probably quite difficult to catch people in this situation. But it's still a violation of the legal terms of the visitor visa, and if you told a border agent this, you would not be allowed entry. You'd definitely be breaking a few laws to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the 6 month to one year situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can extend your visit to one year if you pay and apply (I'm not sure if 'visiting a girlfriend' counts as valid reason, though), but I doubt that you will be able to just leave in the middle of your 'stay' and try to get in again. The UK border force are cracking down on non-EU migration, and your case has several red flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visiting a girlfriend (this would indicate to the border agent that you intend to overstay to be with her, even if you aren't).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Planning to work, against the terms of your visa (this would indicate the same thing; you can sustain yourself inside the UK, and your partner is there, so why would you leave?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Several instances of 1x visa waiver entry, which indicates to the border agent that you are attempting to 'live' in the UK. This is one of the first things they look for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no information online concerning how many times / how frequently a US citizen can enter the UK on the visa waiver program. It is up to the discretion of the border agent re: how much of a risk they think you are. Your case, as you've outlined it here, seems quite risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For context: I was in the UK on a 5 year student visa. I graduated, and then left the country for a conference. When I returned, I intended to pack up my things and leave two months later. My visa did not expire for 5 more months. I was detained because I was &quot;presenting the risk of overstaying&quot; and &quot;once you graduate, you should have immediately left&quot;. I graduated the week before the conference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen also, and I was told that admission under the visa waiver does not GUARANTEE entry. I was eventually let in with a 6 month visitor visa, but only barely, and only so I could pack up my things and leave immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renting: You won't be able to do this legitimately with the terms you have outlined here. Tenant checks are in place and landlords are required to report that their tenants are in the UK legally. If you tried to sign a lease for a flat for a year when you're only there on a six month visitor visa, you will be turned down. You may also need a cosigner since you will have no UK credit information. Your cosigner would need to be a homeowner in the UK. You'd need to pay your deposit and all your rent up front. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're surprised, I was too. The UK government really hates non-EU immigration unless you are rich.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2016-01-18T14:55:29.650" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T14:55:29.650" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7680" CreationDate="2016-01-18T12:56:56.317" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My current understanding is that I can visit the UK for up to 6 months out of the year. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is generally true, but if you are obviously staying for a relatively longer period of time, they will ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any other way to extend the stay up to a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only for the most extreme emergencies, typically medical reasons requiring extended intensive care hospitalization/treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it is not possible to extend my stay up to 6 months, would it be possible to stay for 6 months, go back to the USA for a week or two, and then go back to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you were allowed in for the full 6 months, which I doubt (though they might just wave you through), they are now conducting exit checks. They will know instantly if anybody is trying something like this. Not only would you almost certainly be denied re-entry, this would probably leave a nice black mark on the system against you. You could probably forget about visiting the UK again without having to apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a visitor is there any problem working remote/freelance while in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No problem at all. You just can't do it as a normal visitor (visa waiver national. Business visitors are an obvious exception.) One of the first questions that will come up is how your are going to pay for this trip. Unless you can show verifiable bank accounts in your name with easy access to big piles of money, you will need to prove that you are going to be able to survive 6 months without needing any public assistance. You will also need to prove that your are returning to the U.S. after your visit and that you have several good reasons to do so. This all leads back to your job and the natural question that will be asked, &quot;Do you intend to work while in the UK?&quot;. There won't be anyway around that question, and don't EVER LIE. They will find out the truth, and if they can't find out, they'll just send you back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any problem with renting property in the UK as a US visitor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you can pay the entire amount of the lease + deposit + renter insurance right up front, you can probably forget about that happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-15T01:08:51.190" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T01:08:51.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7371" CreationDate="2016-01-18T13:41:11.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the country is a member of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_relating_to_the_Status_of_Stateless_Persons&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;1954 UN Convention Relating to the Status of  Stateless Persons&lt;/a&gt; they have to follow the rules of that convention.  Read it, and you will know what is required by their laws.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT, not all member countries have created a formal stateless recognition process so you could end up in a bit of limbo.  You can contact the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unhcr.org/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;UNHCR&lt;/a&gt; office that covers the country you are planning to live in beforehand.  And be sure you know the details of their process before you take the step of renouncing.  Also read &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5412a7be4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stateless Determination Procedures&lt;/a&gt; and on the UNHCR site you can view by country their statistics and notes from the UNHCR about that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another good site is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statelessness.eu/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;statelessness.eu&lt;/a&gt; which posts updates about countries in the EU.  They &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/53162a2f4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;published another status document&lt;/a&gt; in 2013 that is worth reading.  And you can find information about someone else who did the same thing in Europe in 2008, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gogulski&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mike Gogulski&lt;/a&gt; and maybe talk to him an others in a Facebook group of people who are in the same category, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/TheStatelessClub&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stateless Club&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure you do specific research on an individual country, because you need to be sure they have no detainment &amp;amp; no deportation policies for stateless and do not have any exclusions about people who are intentionally stateless.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Known successes so far for intentional statelessness (renouncing from the USA) have been in Slovakia, Paraguay, and Uruguay (&lt;em&gt;that is where I became stateless&lt;/em&gt;).  And research into Spain and Hungary both looked like possible places, although Hungary doesn't have the best handling of stateless they do have an official procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not for everyone, but someone who can do the work to figure out the details, build relationships, lobby for help, and is brave...  you can work through it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8766" LastEditorUserId="8766" LastEditDate="2016-01-18T21:58:07.930" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T21:58:07.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-18T17:36:28.937" Score="3" ViewCount="1423" Body="&lt;p&gt;Next April I will move to US (from Brazil) for a one-year exchange program. I am diabetic and insulin dependent. I intend to bring with me sufficient amount of insulin needed for the whole period abroad. My question is if there is any restriction on the amount of insulin that I can bring to US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8879" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T17:34:20.507" Title="Bringing insulin into US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-18T21:33:40.613" Score="4" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently moved in the United States, and I have a health insurance through my local employer. How to be sure a medical appointment will be fully covered by my health insurance in the United States? (or at least that I will only have to pay a fixed copayment.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the options I have considered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if I call the health insurance's customer service prior to my appointment, neither I nor the customer service can guess in advance the diagnosis and procedure codes the physician will bill me for. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if I call the physician prior to my appointment, they cannot guess in advance diagnosis and procedure codes they will bill me, because it depends on what will happen during the appointment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the health insurance &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/6348/31&quot;&gt;refuses to provide a listing of procedure and diagnosis codes that are covered upon request&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking the physician whether the appointment is covered is pointless as &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/6222/31&quot;&gt;nothing legally bound&lt;/a&gt; the physician to be correct regarding insurance coverage, and he may simply say he does not know.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of these options work. What shall I do? Bills can be pretty expensive in this country, even a simple medical appointment may be bill for ~500 USD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering mkennedy's comment: I can check (and I do check) whether the physician is in-network prior to the appointment. But even an in-network physician may result in an uncovered appointment (first-hand experience). Co-workers do share some information, but of course nothing legally binding and information is partial, so it's really not enough. Also it's not so great for patients' privacy. HRs refer me to the insurance's customer service&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T02:31:32.653" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T03:39:30.670" Title="How to be sure a medical appointment will be fully covered by a health insurance in the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7656" CreationDate="2016-01-19T03:34:59.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you don't need to have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-12-01.asp#29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lawyer or immigration agent&lt;/a&gt; help you fill out a Canadian Express Entry application. You can definitely apply on your own. There will be no difference in scoring or evaluation between a self-submitted or immigration-agent-submitted application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you feel uncomfortable or confused by the application instructions, you might engage an agent to help you understand the instructions and to make sure you have all the paperwork compiled properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T03:34:59.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-19T05:38:49.157" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation: I have applied for a change of status from a J1 visa to F1. My university start dates is this Tuesday and I still have not heard back from USCIS. I have spoken to both my home university and university in the U.S. and they are both happy to transfer me to fall semester.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions is what do I do? If my COS is eventually approved do I still have to go back to Australia now that my semester start date is well over 5 months away and start a new visa application or do I just give USCIS my new I-20? Should I even bother waiting for a reply now that it is too late or if I leave the US and abandon my application will this reflect badly when I go home to apply for F1 again? Is it likely my application will now be denied anyway because I have missed the semester start date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please if anyone can help with even a little bit of information it would be great! I am so worried and confused about what to do not to mention upset I will miss start date. I have called to find information but the officers aren't very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8884" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-01-19T06:25:52.437" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T06:25:52.437" Title="Change Of Visa Status From J1 to F1: No Reply From USCIS and About To Miss Semester Start Dates" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7686" CreationDate="2016-01-19T07:41:05.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should know from your insurer what is your co-pay, and what is your deductible. Co-pay is what you pay each visit. Deductible is what you pay before the insurance kicks in. There's also the annual cap on the maximum out of pocket payment, after which the insurance will pay everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health insurance only covers medically necessary treatments/procedures, so you will not be covered for elective things (although some are explicitly covered). Usually, when you go to see a doctor, you have a general idea why. If the procedure they suggest is not medically necessary - you can ask them to run it through the insurance first. Dentists do it routinely, medical doctors however usually bill insurance after the fact. They will ask for insurance pre-approval if you're willing to wait and not going to die while waiting, if you ask them to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2016-01-20T17:50:17.660" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T17:50:17.660" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-20T00:44:49.710" Score="5" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work as a faculty in a university in USA. My H1B was filed by my university, and was approved in last October 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I recently interviewed a company, the new employer wanted to know if my H1B is transferable (to the new industry employer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I know this? Does my H1B approval notice has any code to tell me this? If not, what exactly should I ask to my lawyer (who processed my H1B) to learn this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8889" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:34:35.233" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:34:35.233" Title="How do I know if my H1B is transferable?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7691" CreationDate="2016-01-20T05:03:56.940" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My H1B was filed by my university, and was approved in last October 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's how. There was no quota in October 2015 available, i.e.: your H1b wasn't subject to quota. You cannot transfer non-quota H1b to a quota H1b.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also part of the H1b paperwork (shows as cap-exempt or something like that in the documents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T05:03:56.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-21T04:21:40.943" Score="0" ViewCount="554" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in Sutherland Global Services (BPO) as an IT consultant. Is there any way to get a work permit for Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a graduate with commerce and had 5 years experience in financial services back in India and now 3 years here in BPO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest something reliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8896" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-09-04T12:49:54.840" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T12:49:54.840" Title="How to get a work permit for Canada from Malaysia (Indian passport holder)?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7695" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7997" CreationDate="2016-01-21T11:44:09.683" Score="9" ViewCount="2020" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've successfully received a UK Tier 2 (General) Visa and I'm traveling there this week. &#xA;Do I need to take anything other than my passport with me?&#xA;What are the things I should do once I arrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone told me that I should also have my signed work contract with me.&#xA;I was also told that I should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a NI number&lt;/a&gt; as soon as possible. Can anyone shed some light on the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8793" LastEditorUserId="8793" LastEditDate="2016-03-14T11:44:58.470" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T22:46:28.200" Title="Got a Tier 2 UK Visa. Now what?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-21T14:31:45.307" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;i only have australian passport. i am in spain and want to stay longer. my girlfriend of 6 years is here aswell and she has work. what is the easiest way for me to stay here and possibly work aswell&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8898" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T16:04:10.907" Title="my partner has a job in spain. she has eu passport. i have australia. easiest way for me to stay there with her" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7697" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-21T14:44:47.800" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;is there any way to get a port of entry stamp in Spain. specifically Mallorca. i need it in my UK passport to apply for a nie (tax number). &#xA;i entered on a Australian passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8899" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T17:45:27.607" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T17:45:27.607" Title="applying for nie spain. port of entry stamp" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7696" CreationDate="2016-01-21T16:04:10.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on the nature of your relationship, you may qualify as your girlfriend's &quot;family member&quot; for the purpose of EU freedom of movement rights.  That means that you also enjoy freedom of movement rights.  Significantly,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Family members do not need a work permit to work, even if they are non-EU nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&amp;amp;langId=en&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is whether yours is a &quot;durable relationship&quot; (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/other-family-members-who-are-beneficiaries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/other-family-members-who-are-beneficiaries/&lt;/a&gt; for a discussion).  As you have been together for six years, it seems likely that you would be able to prove that this is true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/61636/19400&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; you &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/7697/2440&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt; imply that you are a dual national, that is, that you also hold a UK passport.  If that is the case, then &lt;em&gt;none of this applies to you, since you enjoy freedom of movement in your own right.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T16:04:10.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7697" CreationDate="2016-01-21T16:17:30.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  Citizens of the European Union do not get passport stamps when they enter other European Union countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, it is extremely unlikely that anyone would tell you that you need such a stamp for your application.  Where did you get this information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, in fact, you can apply for a residence certificate and NIE at the same time, although the residence certificate is not required.  For a discussion, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://spain.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/nie-the-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://spain.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/nie-the-application/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://spain.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://spain.angloinfo.com/moving/residency/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T16:17:30.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-21T18:32:37.277" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Tier 4 student. Doing my masters in one of the Universities in UK. Recently I failed to attend one of the written exams. I need submit mitigating form. I submitted it. I did not give any medical evidence at that time, I don't have any such reason. I was going to the wrong venue. I did not get any email alerts about the change of venue. I believe that the exam is in the same venue, that I have attended the exam. Now they rejected the mitigation form. I need to appeal it within 5 days. But it will not give me a favorable decision, that they told. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Due to academic issues I have been removed from the course that my visa is attached.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any chance to remain in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or Is it possible to get a Tie2 sponsorship without completing a master degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Already I am working in the web development field. 4 of my friends are interested to sponsor me. But without holding a master course is it possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I overcome this situation?. Any chance to change visa status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8901" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T13:10:42.350" Title="About mitigating circumstance" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-21T20:01:45.007" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm having a hard time finding information about this online. I'm Canadian and I want to apply for a working holiday visa in France. They say that you can only apply up to three months in advance. I want to travel Asia for 4-5 months before arriving in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply in June and ask for my visa to start in September but I actually end up arriving in France in November. Will they refuse my entry? Or will my visa only be valid for 10 months instead of the original year because I got there two months late?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if anyone has any personal experience about how long it took them to receive an answer once they went through the application/ interview process, that would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8903" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-31T19:57:08.360" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T19:57:08.360" Title="Canadian applying for a French working holiday visa: How long in advance?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7694" CreationDate="2016-01-22T06:33:40.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you checked out the official Citizenship and Immigration Canada web pages on this, e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/permit.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/permit.asp&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question depends a lot on whether you want to work in Canada temporarily (for 2 years, can be extended to 4 years, search for Work Permit) or permanently (search for Permanent Residency). Note that it is possible to get a temporary Work Permit and to apply for Permanent Residency later, after you've &quot;tried out&quot; Canada and you decided you want to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8909" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T06:33:40.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3322" CreationDate="2016-01-22T06:42:20.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;CIC has a tool to calculate the points that you get for your language test: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-tool.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-tool.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8909" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T06:42:20.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6924" CreationDate="2016-01-22T06:54:51.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That depends on whether you want the points from both the Bachelor degree and the 10+2 degree counted for Express Entry or only one of them. I suggest you try to estimate the points you would earn for each degree using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp&lt;/a&gt; Then you can make a decision based on how many CRS points you have overall (without the ECA's), how many points each ECA would get you, and how many points you probably need to get the Invitation to Apply. For the latter, you can check the previous Rounds of Invitations:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/past-rounds.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/past-rounds.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also depends on which program you want to apply for. For the Federal Skilled Workers program, for example, you must get an ECA for at least one of your degrees. But for the Canadian Experience Class, you don't necessarily need any ECA (if you have enough points otherwise).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, if you decide you want to get an ECA for both degrees, then you need to get them separately. You cannot combine two degrees in one ECA. You must get a separate ECA for each degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8909" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T06:54:51.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7169" CreationDate="2016-01-22T07:02:09.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being eligible to apply for Express Entry depends not only on your language test results, but also on a number of other factors. Please use the Come to Canada Tool provided by CIC to check if you are eligible for Express Entry:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/cometocanada.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/cometocanada.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CIC also has a tool to compute how many CRS points you will get for your language test results:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-tool.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-tool.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8909" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T07:02:09.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7655" CreationDate="2016-01-22T07:38:46.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if you're a citizen of the EU, you don't need a visa to &lt;em&gt;come&lt;/em&gt; to Canada. You only need a permit to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is possible and (as far as I know) legal to apply for both IEC and Express Entry at the same time. But mkennedy is right, Express Entry is only the first step toward Permanent Residency (PR) and getting PR might take a while (even though CIC recently said they want to process applications in six months or less).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to consider coming to Canada on an &lt;strong&gt;IEC&lt;/strong&gt;, then finding a job as soon as possible, and applying for a temporary &lt;strong&gt;Work Permit&lt;/strong&gt;, so you can stay and work for another 2 years. That would give you enough time to apply for &lt;strong&gt;PR&lt;/strong&gt;. Note that applying for a Work Permit can take some time too, since your company might have to get a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) to prove that you're not taking away jobs from Canadians. This can take a couple months. (I speak from experience.) Once you have the LMIA, you could speed things up by going to a Port of Entry (i.e. the border) and applying for a Work Permit there. Then they will process your application immediately and you will have a decision within an hour or so. (Again, I speak from experience.) Also note that the Work Permit may be limited to the employer who got you the LMIA, so you might not be allowed to change jobs until you get PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to come to Canada on an &lt;strong&gt;IEC&lt;/strong&gt;, find a permanent job, apply through Express Entry, get an Invitation to Apply, actually apply for &lt;strong&gt;PR&lt;/strong&gt;, and while you're application is being processed, you can apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Bridging Open Work Permit&lt;/strong&gt; (BOWP). The BOWP allows you to stay in Canada and keep working until your PR application has been decided. This option is a little less safe because it is not entirely clear whether your PR application must have passed the completeness check before you can apply for a BOWP. My immigration lawyer said different CIC officers handle this differently. And it seems that CIC has recently decided to speed up the PR application process by postponing the completeness check until they make the final decision on the application. So, the completeness check might only be done when your PR application is receiving its final decision, but the completeness check might be required to get a BOWP, which you would need before you are granted PR. (Yes, this would lead to a contradiction.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8909" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T07:38:46.323" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7702" CreationDate="2016-01-22T09:08:32.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only extend your leave if you are offered a new CAS, with the current or another University, so you would be able to extend your leave if the current course provider withdraws you from the course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To switch your leave into the Tier 2, you will need to complete your degree as this is a requirement. If you do not, then you will need to leave the UK and apply for entry clearance under the Tier 2. However this would mean the employer will have to apply for a restricted CoS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T09:08:32.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-22T09:42:51.987" Score="1" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian who has been living in UK for more than one year now, in some year (I don't know how many) I hope i will manage how to find a job in the states (since it is my &quot;ultimate dream&quot;). I heard that the green card is necessary to work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to get this green card?&#xA;How much does it cost?&#xA;Any other useful information would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T22:49:12.743" Title="Green card, how to get it?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="492" CreationDate="2016-01-22T12:59:43.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I emailed the Consulate General of Italy in London with a similar issue - the difference being I already had my paper version but I needed the plastic card version before I could open a bank account (they wouldn't accept the paper version during a webcam verification).  The response I received was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;...I am sorry, but we  do not have this service, here.&#xA;However you can delegate somebody  who lives in Italy  to accept the plastic card on you behalf...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Classic 'chicken and egg' :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8913" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T12:59:43.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-22T13:25:01.067" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU (Italian) national. I would like to know if the uncle of my wife can apply for a visa to Italy as non-EU extended family member and live here with us in Italy since he is dependent on us!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8914" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T13:25:01.067" Title="visa for extended non-EU family members" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-18T02:13:08.610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7453" CreationDate="2016-01-22T16:08:42.040" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you may be over complicating the situation. Switzerland is a member of EFTA so when it comes to moving goods it is like being inside the EU. Therefore you can move whatever you like wherever you like ( as long as it's nit an illegal product. Then when they are leaving Germany you tell the customs in Germany they are leaving outside EU. I imported belongings from Asia to UK. Did customs declaration for entering UK which covers all EU. Then the same shipper moved them on to Poland by land subsequently another shipper moved them to another EU country (crossing 3 countries enroute) for which no documentation is necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8900" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T16:08:42.040" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7710" CreationDate="2016-01-22T22:49:12.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;1)  Marry an American.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2)  Have your child marry an American and then apply for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3)  Diversity lottery.  This is quite a longshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4)  H1-B work visa assuming you are in a field in demand.  You might be able to convert that to a green card.  Again, a lottery but with much better odds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also investor visas but they're for people funding a business, not for employees.  The amount you must invest is beyond the means of the average person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T22:49:12.743" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7718" CreationDate="2016-01-22T23:29:30.083" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received two job offers from two distinct companies in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7471/multiple-h1b-petitions&quot;&gt;I can let both companies send an application for my H1-B visa&lt;/a&gt;. However I'm wondering: are my chances of obtaining a visa doubling? Or does the lottery works by person, and not by application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And should I tell each company that I'm applying for the same visa twice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8917" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-23T03:45:29.540" Title="What happens if I file two H1-B visa application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7717" CreationDate="2016-01-23T03:45:29.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The lottery is for applications. The only caveat is that if you submit multiple applications &lt;em&gt;for the same&lt;/em&gt; position - they will all be disqualified, even if through different employers (this is to combat the abuse of people paying various &quot;contractor mills&quot; to submit them for the same employer who agreed to hire them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to telling them - up to you, but they may discover it through RFEs if both the applications are selected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-01-23T03:45:29.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-23T04:10:03.710" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine needs to get out of the country and is going to Cuba. His destination is Canada to receive asylum. He is going to run his case in IOM in Cuba. All he is worried about is how long will it take for him to get his case approval and if IOM provides accommodation for him there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: &lt;a href=&quot;http://costarica.iom.int/en/cuba/mission_more_information/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IOM is International Organization for Migration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8918" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-01-23T14:01:40.810" LastActivityDate="2016-01-23T14:01:40.810" Title="Does IOM provide accomodation for asylum seekers in Cuba?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;&lt;cuba&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-02T22:17:13.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-24T06:07:44.803" Score="2" ViewCount="1339" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in FRANCE almost 1 year(from 2011 to 2012). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that when I came back to my country, I didn't close my bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As people know, French bank have bank charges for storage, and I'm really afraid of cumulative effect of charges for 5 years....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I wanna ask you is :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does french bank accounts have self-closing system?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because of my bank account, would I have disadvantage in any way when I go back to france again?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8921" LastActivityDate="2016-01-24T06:07:44.803" Title="what If I leave France without closing my account of french bank?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T22:36:52.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-25T04:05:18.723" Score="1" ViewCount="1361" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm registered in Germany and it's an obligation to have health insurance (which is very expensive 200€ a month for the basics)&#xA;I was previously registered in Belgium and I wonder if I can register myself in Belgium and pay the insurance again and apply for German government to accept this as a valid health insurance to be in Berlin, at least for a year until. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somebody with any experience on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8924" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-08T08:44:17.803" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T08:44:17.803" Title="Is it possible to be register in two EU countries for health insurance?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7531" CreationDate="2016-01-25T06:20:02.747" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As your wife is an EU citizen exercising treaty rights by working in another member state, you are entitled to an automatic  carte de séjour de membre de la famille d un citoyen de l’union - which you need apply for within 3 months of your arrival in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does however, normally take them 6-12 months to issue this so is unlikely you will receive it before you leave. But you can work from the day you arrive as is is an EU right.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8925" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T06:20:02.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-25T10:33:59.140" Score="5" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/COHDN.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/COHDN.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last year I had been granted a visa to travel to America, once I arrived in America I was stopped at immigration. I had my visa revoked and was given a 5 year ban for America. I want to know if this will affect my chances of obtaining a UK working visa. Also I know when applying for visa’s that one question is if I have ever been refused a visa, in this circumstance I am unsure of what answer to put as my visa was revoked. Is this the same as been refused a visa?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8927" LastEditorUserId="8928" LastEditDate="2016-01-25T15:34:05.580" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T20:36:46.397" Title="Revoked visa and given a 5 year ban" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7724" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7735" CreationDate="2016-01-25T14:17:19.773" Score="5" ViewCount="4143" Body="&lt;p&gt;The numbers in the picture below is confusing to me, I have lived in different flats in London and never came across a similar system.&#xA;Do they refer to the floor? the flat number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I have sent a parcel to Glasgow from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mbe.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mail Boxes Etc&lt;/a&gt;  office and it came back because the address is so confusing that they themselves have got it wrong even when they send hundreds of parcels everyday.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add to that that various high-profile companies/websites like Argos reject the &quot;/&quot; when you enter the address manually, so you are either lucky to have the address already in their database or you need to substitute the &quot;/&quot; with an equivalent of letters. I have used &quot;of&quot; three times so far, the postman hasn't understand that twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RXpSt.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RXpSt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6849" LastEditorUserId="6849" LastEditDate="2016-01-25T17:19:41.573" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T11:43:39.067" Title="What is the &quot;/&quot; in the addresses in Scotland stand for?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-01-28T14:01:11.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7731" CreationDate="2016-01-25T14:17:47.637" Score="3" ViewCount="2453" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for a Schengen visa holder expiring soon to get married to a German citizen in Germany without having to leave and reentering the country?&#xA;In any case, what will be the problems one will face if his visa expired in this situtation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8929" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T08:19:49.923" Title="Getting married in Germany with a Schengen visa expiring soon" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-25T15:03:25.820" Score="1" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU Citizen(Finland). My husband is having &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit in Finland.Now he got a job in Ireland.Does he need visa/work permit to work in Ireland?&#xA;Does My EU citizenship help him to move to Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8930" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:12:17.943" LastActivityDate="2019-05-30T16:03:40.473" Title="Getting Irish visa/work permit with EU residence permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-25T19:50:16.770" Score="7" ViewCount="32932" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could you help me discover if I have a chance to obtain a Dutch passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All four of my grandparents were born in Holland. They immigrated to Canada after WWII. Both of my parents were born in Canada. My mom's parents had naturalized before she was born. My father's mother naturalized after he was born (not sure about his father).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither of my parents ever held a Dutch passport, but I was told that my father may in fact have been born with Dutch nationality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one can seem to find the true answer tot his question. Would you know? My blood is 100% Dutch, yet it seems weird that I do not have authority to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8931" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-05-07T12:47:08.413" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T12:55:43.270" Title="Dutch citizenship through grandparents" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7723" CreationDate="2016-01-25T20:36:46.397" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;On UK visa forms you can expect to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299663/VAF9-Personal_Details.pdf&quot;&gt;this wording&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;6.3 Have you ever been refused a visa for any country&#xA;  including the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;6.7 Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise&#xA;  required to leave any country, including the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, they ask both about being refused the visa before arrival, and being removed/deported upon or after arrival. Your case would be the second. There is room for additional information as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving it off is not even a consideration - the UK and US share information and they would certainly spot it. Your visa would be summarily rejected, putting you in a worse situation than before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will of course have a negative effect on your application - they will question whether you will abide by the rules of your UK visa when you didn't abide by the rules of your US visa. The rest of your application would have to be &lt;i&gt;spotless&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T20:36:46.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7727" CreationDate="2016-01-25T22:00:11.250" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;To start with, my knowledge of Dutch nationality law is based on my own research because my circumstances are similar to yours.  My circumstances are not the same as yours, though, and I am not very active in keeping my knowledge up to date, so please take this as a starting point in your own research, and not as a definitive answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize, I'm afraid that the answer does not look good for you: You may have been Dutch when you were born, but, if so, you probably lost your Dutch citizenship on 1 April 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To determine definitively whether that is the case, it is critical to determine whether your paternal grandfather ever became Canadian, and, if so, when.  In general, voluntarily acquiring another nationality results in the automatic loss of Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mother's parents most likely lost their Dutch nationality when they naturalized in Canada.  Since they did this before her birth, she did not have Dutch nationality at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father's parents were married, then his mother's naturalization is unimportant, as he would only be able to inherit Dutch citizenship from his father.  If his father naturalized before he was born, he would not have been Dutch at birth.  Otherwise, he was Dutch at birth.  If your father's parents were not married, the situation is more complicated, but in such a case he could have inherited his mother's Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of this assumes that your father was Dutch when he was born.  If he was not, then the following is not relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under this assumption, the next question is whether your father was &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; Dutch when you were born.  Since he was born in Canada, he did not aquire that citizenship voluntarily, so he was a dual national at birth.  However, since he was born outside the kingdom, under the 1892 nationality law he lost his Dutch citizenship by residing outside the kingdom for ten years after he turned 21.  He was born in 1955, so this happened in 1986, after you were born. (Or, if the ten-year period was reset when the law changed in 1985, he lost his Dutch nationality in 1995; that's still after you were born, of course.)  You were probably therefore Dutch when you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I also assume that your father never had a Dutch passport or other document showing Dutch nationality; if he did, that would have reset the 10-year clock, and things get fairly complicated in that case, because of the following.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The provision for dual citizens losing Dutch nationality based on residence outside the kingdom was tweaked a few times, starting in the 1980s.  From 1985, a dual national born in the country of the other nationality would lose Dutch nationality by living for ten years in that country.  The ten years began when the person turned 18.  This would have applied to you when you turned 28 in 2010, except for the fact that this law was changed in 2003.  You were therefore Dutch in 2003, and we need to look at the changed rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 2003 rule provides that a Dutch citizen who holds another nationality and lives anywhere outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the EU for an uninterrupted period of ten years loses Dutch nationality.  The ten year period starts on April 1, 2003, or on the 18th birthday, whichever is later.  (The ten year period can be reset, however, by acquiring a passport or other nationality document such as a consular declaration of Dutch nationality.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You turned 18 in 2000, so your ten year period started on April 1, 2003.  If the assumption about your grandfather is true, and if my analysis concluding that you were Dutch on April 1, 2003 is correct, and if you never got a Dutch passport or lived in the EU or the Carribean Netherlands for a year or longer between 2003 and 2013, then I'm afraid you would have lost your Dutch nationality on April 1, 2013.  (There is another &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7403/dutch-dual-citizens-loss-of-dutch-citizenship?rq=1&quot;&gt;exception&lt;/a&gt; that probably doesn't apply: marrying someone who is abroad in the service of the Dutch government or an international organization to which the Netherlands belongs, or being such a person's unmarried partner.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there are several ways for former Dutch citizens to regain their Dutch nationality.  Most of the simplified procedures appear not to apply to you, but it seems that if you can get a non-temporary residence permit in the Netherlands for one year, you can apply to regain your Dutch nationality without having to be naturalized.  Follow the links below for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To conclude, as you can see, this is all very complicated.  If you want to be sure not to leave any stone unturned in your effort to become a Dutch citizen, you should probably do the following, and consider working with a Dutch lawyer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Determine if and when your paternal grandfather naturalized in Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read the law yourself to see whether there is some aspect of it that applies to you but which I might have glossed over under the assumption that it is irrelevant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply to the Dutch consulate for a declaration of Dutch nationality, to get an official ruling (rather than relying on this lay analysis)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the Dutch authorities find that you are in fact a former Dutch citizen, investigate the options available to you to regain Dutch citizenship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijkswet_op_het_Nederlanderschap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijkswet_op_het_Nederlanderschap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pvmarkus.home.xs4all.nl/wet.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pvmarkus.home.xs4all.nl/wet.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Official information about Dutch nationality and regaining lost Dutch nationality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/becoming-a-dutch-national&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/becoming-a-dutch-national&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/dutch-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/dutch-citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/Documents/8074.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/EN/Documents/8074.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T22:00:11.250" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7725" CreationDate="2016-01-26T06:47:14.813" Score="5" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Foreigners who want to marry in Germany have to show documents from their homeland that they &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; legally marry, e.g. that there are no previous marriages or that they are properly divorced. Getting those documents on short notice could be difficult.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriages for the sole purpose of gaining immigration status (Scheinehe) may be dissolved by the courts, using them to gain immigration permits may be punishable for &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; partners. On the other hand, genuine marriages are protected by the constitution and laws, the two partners have a right to live together as a family. In a case like yours, questions would be raised. Can you answer them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who are getting married have to prove their identity to the registrar. They have to show their papers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summarized, I don't think your idea is practical. In the few cases I know personally, the non-EU partner had always applied for a temporary residency permit first. This gave the time for the bureaucratic steps and gave the family time to apply for &lt;em&gt;tourist&lt;/em&gt; visa for the celebrations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastEditorUserId="8198" LastEditDate="2016-02-02T16:57:31.040" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T16:57:31.040" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7732" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7742" CreationDate="2016-01-26T21:13:46.123" Score="0" ViewCount="715" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to move to Malta in the summer with my non EU husband. He will arrive there on a visa as the spouse of an EU citizen. However, once there we both plan to apply for residence cards since we will stay more than 3 months. During the waiting period for these residence cards, does he have the right to work? Jobs often ask for a work permit but if he does not need a work permit then what documentation is to be provided?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;** the Maltese immigration office said that when the application for a RC is accepted an 'interim receipt' will be given but what does this mean. Is it like a temporary card which gives permission for my non EU husband to work??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8940" LastEditorUserId="8940" LastEditDate="2016-01-29T18:38:17.377" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T00:00:49.900" Title="Non EU spouse working rights" Tags="&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7734" CreationDate="2016-01-26T22:06:39.960" Score="2" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got a job offer to work in Denmark, the contract says: &quot;DKR 37500&quot;, however I'm not sure if that is the net amount of money, most likely not and I should deduct the taxes. Didn't contact them yet, wanted to know if it's a common practice to write down the salary amount without adding any extra details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8581" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T14:31:37.263" Title="Doubt about salary" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7733" CreationDate="2016-01-27T04:18:10.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most places in the world it is usual to quote salaries as gross (i.e. before any taxes or social security payments), simply because everyone's tax situation could potentially be very different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can estimate the amount of tax you would be required to pay by looking at the tax rates, and also see if there are any other deductions that will be taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often there will be a 'pay as you earn'-type scheme, where the taxes etc. will be taken out at source, and then any discrepancies between the amount paid and the amount required to be paid will be made up at the end of the tax year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T04:18:10.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7724" CreationDate="2016-01-27T11:43:39.067" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mkennedy says, it's the floor/flat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I lived in Glasgow it was in the top floor flat (4 floors) on the right, so the address was &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flat 4/2, 129 XXXXX Road, Glasgow G12 XXX&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't an explicit numbering in the flats, but usual to number from the left (stair) side, so left would be /1, and so on until you include all flats on the floor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T11:43:39.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7733" CreationDate="2016-01-27T14:31:37.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've worked in a few EU countries, and in all of them common practice is to display your gross salary, either monthly, or yearly. When paying they will deduct the taxes you have to pay, and only pay you the rest. (This usually only applies for workers, and not contractors or self-employed people)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are unsure about the local taxes salary calculator websites are usually available (although I couldn't find a good one for Denmark yet), where you can enter your weekly/monthly/yearly salary, some of your additional details, and it will tell you how much will be deducted from your paycheck (or how much you'll have to pay). The actual amount you have to tax might be different though, especially if you start working in the middle of the tax year, which you usually get back (or have to pay in addition) at the end of the tax year when doing the tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T14:31:37.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6221" CreationDate="2016-01-28T00:05:32.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Brazil (hello, neighbour) and I work for a company based in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here in Brazil, I had to create a small company in my name in order to receive money from abroad. An accountant helped me with the legal issues. I don't know how it is in Argentina, but maybe an accountant or a lawyer would help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus tip: if you're going to &lt;strong&gt;visit&lt;/strong&gt; your employer some day, you're probably going to need a &lt;strong&gt;business visa&lt;/strong&gt; in that country. Don't confuse &quot;business&quot; and &quot;work&quot; at immigration if that day comes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8946" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T00:05:32.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-28T20:00:13.847" Score="1" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a serious problem and quite a long story but here goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About 6-7 years ago, my girlfriend (from indonesia) come to malaysia(my place) with a social visit pass but work here illegally. She came here with her ex husband. Before departing to Malaysia, her agent gave her passport to her which does not contain her details(name, date of birth, etc.), it is someone else information. To make it short, it is not her passport but contain her fingerprint details in it. Despite the conflict, she departed to malaysia anyway with her ex husband. 4 years later(she was already divorced at this time), she made a work permit which allow her to work at malaysia and the permit need to be renewed every year. Thats when we met. But her boss is holding her permit and passport for some unknown reason, which make it difficult for us to meet each another and doing fun things like watching movie, going to the park and such. so i ask her to stop renewing her work permit and go back to indonesia and return here with a normal social visit instead so we can get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this is the part where it stresses me, her passport is almost expired so she get it renewed but she were not allowed to change the information on the passport. So the passport got renewed for another 5 years with the same information. Since we want to get married, i need to register her properly as my wife-to-be at the malaysias custom, etc. before we can arrange a proper marriage. i was born in 1991 and she was born in 1992. But her passport says, she was born in 1986. That is way older. Not to mention, the wrong name, address, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as for a direct question, is there a way to dump her current passport and create a new passport with the correct details? it is very urgent. please help me. at least direct me to something which can lead me to an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8952" LastActivityDate="2016-01-29T02:40:06.377" Title="My overseas girlfriend are not using her own passport but we need to get married? so how?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7685" CreationDate="2016-01-28T20:01:11.993" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I empathise with your need to do this here, because the US medical system is very expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government &quot;advises&quot; people coming to the US to bring no more than a 90 day supply. You also need to bring a note from your doctor, and everything needs to be in the original containers. I'm not sure about the rules concerning needles in carry-on luggage, but I think most of them should be checked. The rule is &quot;only bring enough for your own personal use&quot;, but apparently a year's worth of insulin would exceed this even if it really is for your personal use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Prescription medications should be in their original containers with&#xA;  the doctor's prescription printed on the container.  It is advised&#xA;  that you travel with no more than personal use quantities, a rule of&#xA;  thumb is no more than a 90 day supply.  If your medications or devices&#xA;  are not in their original containers, you must have a copy of your&#xA;  prescription with you or a letter from your doctor.  A valid&#xA;  prescription or doctors note is required on all medication entering&#xA;  the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/67/~/traveling-with-or-mailing-medications-and-medical-devices,-such-as-needles-or&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/67/~/traveling-with-or-mailing-medications-and-medical-devices,-such-as-needles-or&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to how to save money on your medicine, perhaps you can go home in the middle of your visit, and bring back 3 more months? I know that only covers you for 6 months, but it's better than 3. In any case, you will need medical insurance, and I think you will probably need to get your medicine in the US unless you can go back home every 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T20:01:11.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7739" CreationDate="2016-01-29T02:40:06.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One possible way around this could be to get married in Indonesia - that way she does not need a passport to prove her identity, but you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then she could change her name to use yours (if she would like to do that), and apply for a passport with her new name and correct details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problems could arise because her biometric details would match her older bogus identity. Unfortunately, it is possible that the only way to make this problem go away might be the same way that the original identity was made, through the age-old tradition of government corruption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(NOTE: I am not condoning bribery and corruption, but it would seem that that may be how the situation came about in the first place)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-01-29T02:40:06.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7732" CreationDate="2016-01-29T18:49:57.553" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you are an EU citizen, and not a citizen of Malta, your presence in Malta is governed by EU freedom of movement rights.  Accordingly, your husband has a right to work as soon as he arrives with you (or joins you) in Malta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Family members do not need a work permit to work, even if they are non-EU nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&amp;amp;langId=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For citizens of Malta, EU freedom of movement doesn't necessarily apply, in which case the conditions for working are controlled by Maltese law.  This is why the answer depends on whether you are a citizen of Malta.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-01-29T18:49:57.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7744" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-30T04:46:09.293" Score="0" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did my UG in engg from India and worked as media specialist for 1.5 years. Is it advisable to do a post graduate certificate program on Advertising - Creative &amp;amp; Digital Strategy from centennial or should I do masters. Will I get work permit after that. How about job opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8958" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T16:19:09.220" Title="Canada certificate program" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7644" CreationDate="2016-01-30T05:51:27.097" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For ACS, all you need is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bachelors (or higher) qualification documents relevant to your nominated occupation. So, 10'th, 12'th, character, etc are not required. As for the education documents - you will need transcripts (marksheets) and degree passing certificate (which shows the date you completed the degree).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment documents: Reference letters from employers with details of your skills to prove that you possess the skills required for the nominated occupation. If not from your employers, you can ask your managers/ supervisors to state these for you in notarised statutory declarations. In case of statutory declarations, you will need to submit either the employment contract, service certificate, or 2 payslips on the employers' letterheads. ANZSCO-Descriptions-2015.pdf and Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf from the ACS website has more details about these.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your skills assessment is not tied to 189, 190, 489, etc. With this (and English proficiency test results) you would be eligible to apply for an Expression of Interest (EOI) in the SkillSelect system and you can choose either 189, 190, 489, or all of these options in the same EOI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T05:51:27.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-30T06:08:53.623" Score="2" ViewCount="769" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine travelled to France on a Schengen Visa as she was already pregnant to a French national. They plan to marry but are having problems with the relevant paperwork, including having the paperwork translated into French. The baby is due in March and the Schengen visa expires in February. Can the Schengen visa be extended on the grounds of the late stage of pregnancy? Can they get married in France under these circumstances, in other words, can she be granted a Temporary Resident's Permit without leaving France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8959" LastActivityDate="2019-10-28T18:15:01.503" Title="Is it possible for a visitor on a Schengen visa to have the visa extended under extenuating circumstances?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-30T08:09:15.557" Score="3" ViewCount="798" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has taken a job in India. I will be there for at least a year, if not longer.  I have savings accounts in the USA I want to continue to contribute to, as well as some financial obligations, such as a storage unit in the USA, that I'll need to continue paying for while in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked at the currency in India, and it's declining at a steady rate, so even though some savings account interest rates are 7% APR, I would lose the gains with the inflation rate. Thus, any money intended for savings is something I want to move out of India as soon as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, opening a savings account in India is something I would look at only for short term savings, where I intend to use the money within one year, not long term savings, like real estate investing, go to hell funds, or retirement savings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the stuff I've seen on the Internet is geared for sending money from USA to India, but I need to go the other way.  My pay would be in Indian rupees, so I don't need to transfer money to India, I need to transfer money &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;from India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; not &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at Citibank and HSBC, which both offer global transfer between Citibank/HSBC accounts opened in both countries, but it involves tying up thousands of dollars in accounts in both countries in order to avoid paying monthly maintenance fees on each account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone is an expat in India or has experience with transferring money out of India to the USA, what is a good procedure to follow to not lose on exchange rates and fees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T00:07:33.150" Title="How can an American citizen working in India easily and cheaply send money to a bank account in the USA?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7748" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7753" CreationDate="2016-01-30T16:02:44.463" Score="8" ViewCount="380" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched and commented on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3/how-do-i-deal-with-ppaca-obamacare-as-an-expatriate-us-citizen/106?noredirect=1#comment10665_106&quot;&gt;another question here&lt;/a&gt;, and was prompted to ask my own question separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you may be aware, US citizens without health insurance, as of this coming Sunday 31st January, are liable for the individual shared responsibility payment, described &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.healthcare.gov/fees/fee-for-not-being-covered/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that there are ways around this for expats, listed &lt;a href=&quot;https://americansabroad.org/issues/taxation/another-new-tax-form-americans-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as such&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Affordable Care Act will impact US taxpayers for the first time in&#xA;  fiscal year 2014, for which US income tax returns are filed in 2015.&#xA;  Americans living overseas should be aware of the important need to&#xA;  attach a completed Form 8965 (new) to their 1040. Form 8965 allows you&#xA;  to describe your status as an overseas resident, which indicates to&#xA;  the IRS that you benefit from &quot;deemed covered&quot; status by a foreign&#xA;  health plan and do not need to participate in a US plan. If you do not&#xA;  attach Form 8965, you may be subject to the $600 penalty for not&#xA;  having US health coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;US citizens living abroad are subject to the individual &quot;shared&#xA;  responsibility&quot; provision under the Affordable Care Act. However, US&#xA;  citizens who are NOT physically present in the United States for at&#xA;  least 330 full days within a 12-month period are treated as having&#xA;  &quot;minimum essential coverage&quot; for that 12-month period regardless of&#xA;  whether they enroll in any healthcare coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addtion, US citizens who are bona fide residents of a foreign&#xA;  country for an entire taxble year are treated as having minimum&#xA;  essential coverage for that year. (In general, these individuals&#xA;  qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion under Section 911.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Individuals may qualify for this rule even if they cannot use the&#xA;  Section 911 exclusion for all of their foreign earned income because,&#xA;  for example, they are employees of the United States Government.&#xA;  Individulas who qualify for this rule need take no further action to&#xA;  comply with the individual share responasibility provision during the&#xA;  months when they qualify. They will report their status with their&#xA;  federal income tax return on Form 8965.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;US citizens who do not meet the foreign physical presence or foreign&#xA;  residency requirements must have essential coverage, or qualify for a&#xA;  coverage exemption, or make an individual shared responsibility&#xA;  payment when they file their federal income tax returns. Note that&#xA;  &quot;minimum essential coverage&quot; includes a group health plan provided by&#xA;  an overseas employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My situation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Given that I visited family in the US twice this year (Christmas and briefly during summer), &lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt; those visits were in excess of 30 days (I'm not sure, have to check), does that mean I have to pay this fee?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a permanent resident in my current country of residence, but I am a legal, tax-paying resident &lt;em&gt;as of 3 months in this country and 5 years in the last&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;I am legally entitled to remain here in excess of one year (3 to be specific&lt;/em&gt;). I have been living outside the US for 5 years; I was on a student visa in the UK for the first 5 years, and I moved to France directly from the UK in October, where I am on a scientist visa for the next three years, which is liable to extension. Three years ago, it is possible that I spent 30 days in the US (the longest was 1.5 months in a summer 3 years ago) because I was doing temp work for a US company (I paid income tax on this). Since then, I've only been home for a maximum of two weeks, although I need to check my plane tickets and verify this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am earning income in France and will be filing a tax return to this end. Before this October, I earned no income as I was a student.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do I have to pay this fee&lt;/em&gt; or purchase health insurance in the US? I have no reason to do this outside of legal obligation. I am recieving excellent health care in France, and I am legally entitled to bringing my prescription medication home with me for short visits, so I have had no need to see a doctor in America for the past 5 years. If I need to do this, &lt;em&gt;what do I need to do by tomorrow?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am eligible for the exemption, &lt;em&gt;how do I prove this&lt;/em&gt;? Do I have to do anything in particular &lt;em&gt;before the deadline tomorrow&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a further complication: I do not have a carte vitale (medical green card) in France yet, but since the process takes several  months, I am allowed to see a doctor here, paying out of pocket, and I am reimbursed later. So I don't actually have &lt;em&gt;proof&lt;/em&gt; of my health coverage in France yet, as it is dependent on receiving a social security number -- which takes an extremely long time to get, because France. However I have verified that my right to health coverage began on the first day of my contract in France. Is this going to affect my &lt;em&gt;eligibility&lt;/em&gt;? I can imagine many US expats on temporary contracts abroad may run into a similar issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &quot;per year&quot; in reference to fiscal/tax year or calendar year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I stay in the US for more than 30 days in a given year (e.g. family emergency) am I obligated to hold US health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance, and I hope other expats also find this useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T19:00:32.147" Title="PPACA &quot;no insurance&quot; fee for American expats living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7746" CreationDate="2016-01-30T16:32:31.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very nuanced question and I don't think anybody here is going to be qualified enough to answer it definitively. According to the French government, under no circumstances should a person stay past the expiration of their 90 day visitor visa. If they are forced to do so, by &quot;an act of god&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Consequently, if you consider that you are obliged to extend your stay&#xA;  in France after your visa has expired for reasons of force majeure,&#xA;  you must, before the date of expiry of your visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;submit an application for “prolongation de visa” (visa extension) with documentary evidence to the prefectural authority in your&#xA;  location;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;comply with the decision taken by the prefectural authority.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is unclear whether a late stage pregnancy would be considered 'force majeure' in this situation. Especially since she presumably knew about her pregnancy before coming for the visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How are they having problems with this process? It is a pain to get things translated into French, but should just take one trip to the apostille/transducteur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend should do three things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Go immediately to OFII. I'd say to call them, but it's extremely difficult to actually get them on the phone. They can expect to stand outside for a long time, which won't be fun for a pregnant partner, but I think a face-to-face conversation is necessary. Have her bring her partner for translation and support purposes. This is not the time to delay, and not the time to mess around. Find out if this situation could constitute some kind of extenuating circumstance. Ask what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Your friend should not illegally overstay. She could end up with a bad mark on her record, even with the situation, and it could affect her ability to see her husband and the father of her son. That isn't good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Go to the Traducteur Assermenté, just get everything translated. It's expensive, but it's less expensive than a trip home. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ceticap.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt; a list of the ones in Paris. Google will tell you about other places. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T16:32:31.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7748" CreationDate="2016-01-30T17:06:07.643" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; foreign resident.  (The fact that you are not a &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; resident is irrelevant.)  Therefore the physical presence test does not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you were a student (or otherwise without earned income) is irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you moved from one foreign country to another is also irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to pay the penalty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow's deadline is the deadline for obtaining coverage, if you need it.  You do not, therefore you should not worry about it. The deadline for informing the IRS of your foreign resident status is the tax filing deadline; you just need to include form 8965 with your tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the comments, there is some controversy as to whether you qualify as a bona fide resident.  I made that statement because it appears that you have no intention to return to the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you in fact qualify as a bona fide foreign resident is most likely a topic for discussion between you and a tax advisor who has experience with people in academic and/or research fields.  The most likely reason for a denial of your bona fide status would be if your position in France has a fixed term, meaning that your stay there is not &quot;indefinite&quot;; you have indicated, however, that your visa is eligible for extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, if your &quot;purpose&quot; in leaving the United States was to pursue an academic career in Europe, then having a fixed-term appointment might not disqualify your residence in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, it appears that you qualify for the foreign presence test; a stay in the US of 45 days, three years ago, would not disqualify you under that test for tax returns filed for last year or this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-01-31T17:37:39.977" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T17:37:39.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2772" CreationDate="2016-01-30T19:35:34.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in the US for almost a year now and paid Australian taxes for the last year in Australia so I decided to share my experience here to help others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer by @SztupY is correct. I moved to USA in February 2015 so my tax residency in Australia for the tax year 2014-15 was 8 months (July 2014 to February 2015). I also became a US tax resident. So this is what I had to declare in my Australian tax return:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I declared my whole income until Feb 2015 as all of it was earned in Australia.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I also declared my Australian only income for months March to June (this was basically just interest from bank accounts in my case).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't have to declare any US income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My tax return was prepared by a professional accountant so the above is not just my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2330" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T19:35:34.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-31T10:02:12.507" Score="2" ViewCount="717" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a tourist Schengen visa and I intend to my fiancé in Italy and get married while I am there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we need to do, and what papers are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a EU citizen, and she is a student living with her mother. My Schengen visa was issued by the French Consulate and is valid for 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8965" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-13T14:50:05.863" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T15:40:23.587" Title="How can I marry an Italian citizen while I'm in Italy on a tourist visa?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7748" CreationDate="2016-01-31T17:20:57.947" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case you can't claim to be a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; foreign resident*, it would be good to take a closer look at how situations like yours and the &quot;Shared Responsibility Payment&quot; interact. I expect you would owe very little.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm basing the following on information in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8965.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the instructions for Form 8965&lt;/a&gt;, with you as the only person in your tax household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing to understand is that the penalty is essentially divided into the 12 months of the year (see Worksheet A on p.17), so you will only need to pay for the months in which no coverage exemption applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Foreign insurance&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any month in which you have health coverage from your foreign employer, even if only for one day of that month (&lt;em&gt;Timing&lt;/em&gt; on p.4), that month is covered and you will not owe the IRS for it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general, coverage provided by a foreign employer to its employees and related individuals is minimum essential coverage. … However, coverage that an individual purchases directly from a foreign health insurance issuer or that is provided by the government of a foreign country doesn't qualify as minimum essential coverage unless it's recognized as minimum essential coverage by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand this to mean that you will not need to worry about the Shared Responsibility Payment for future visits to the US, as long as you are still residing overseas and given health insurance through your employer. I could be wrong about this; if so, you still would probably not owe anything from a short trip because of the &quot;short coverage gap&quot; exemption (p.9–11).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Physical presence test&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 12 months for the physical presence test are counted from any day of any month of a year, and end on the day before the next year (i.e. July 10th, 2014 to July 9th, 2015). You can choose whichever day helps you the best, if you have at least 330 full days in foreign countries during that period. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch04.html#en_US_2015_publink100047432&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Publication 54&lt;/a&gt;.) According to the Form 8965 instructions (&lt;em&gt;Citizens living abroad and certain noncitizens (code “C”)&lt;/em&gt; on p.11),&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can claim the coverage exemption for any month during your tax year that is included in the 12­-month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand this to mean that each &lt;em&gt;whole&lt;/em&gt; calendar month being exempted needs to be included as part of the 12-month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example, inspired by the information in your question (but &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a definite answer for you, because I'm making these dates up). If you were&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;present in a foreign country for 330 full days from Aug. 13, 2014 to Aug. 12, 2015&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;covered by your employer starting on Oct. 24, 2015 through the present date&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; resident of a foreign country*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the months of January through July are covered by the physical presence test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for the months of October through December, you have minimum essential coverage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you pay only for the months of August and September, 1/6 of the amount.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Your situation might or might not count for &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; residency; I don't know. On the one hand, your intents and purposes are an important part of determining this, but they're missing (or at least not clear to me) from your question. On the other hand, the IRS will also have to decide if they will accept you declaring yourself a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; foreign resident. The IRS can't read your mind, either, and unless they suspect something won't ask for much or any documentation. So I couldn't even guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;A note about documentation/proof&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see nothing asking for documentation or proof of what you claim on Form 8965. This is fairly normal, and reminds me of other IRS forms I've had to file in the past. It's not a question of being able to provide documentary proof right now. Instead, make sure that you're being truthful in what you claim (or fail to claim) on your tax return. Collect and save documentation when you can, in case you're asked about it in the future. When in doubt, consult a real accountant, of course!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-01-31T19:00:32.147" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T19:00:32.147" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7747" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:15:37.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do notice you are asking for people's personal experience sending from India. I cannot claim personal experience but I think there is a good chance this will work, having done this successfully from other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Open a PayPal account in the USA, and link that account to your bank account. The process takes about a week. Meanwhile, do the same thing in India, registering a different email address for the Indian account.  Then, you can send PayPal transactions from one persona to the other as needed.  To withdraw the money from PayPal into either bank account takes a few days; but you can spend the money instantly if you are shopping from a vendor who accepts PayPal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm going to answer a question that you didn't ask: My advice is not to go chasing after the currency rates. The INR can come back UP against the dollar just as fast as it can go down. Currency speculation is considered one of the highest risk categories for investors, which should mean to you and me: Do not try to predict the foreign exchange market (i.e. assume it will keep going down and make plans based on that). Instead, think about your needs for Rupees in India, and your need for USD in the USA, and try to plan for never having to double back and swap any money more than once. Whenever you would swap from A-&gt;B-&gt;A, you stand to either gain or lose a lot of value by the changing rates, and you will always pay the fees twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T21:15:37.740" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7401" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:31:25.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming the child has now been born in Norway, you no longer have a problem. For the benefit of others, I will answer as if it is still December 2015 and your visa has not yet expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have missed the chance to renew your visa, and you cannot renew it by briefly leaving the country (which in this case of course you couldn't), then it is &lt;strong&gt;generally optimal to overstay and to ask for assistance from the immigration authority&lt;/strong&gt;. This is especially true with your extenuating circumstance of 9th month of pregnancy -- it is medically risky to travel by air transport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I overstayed a visa once and didn't notice until I was out of my host country on a business trip -- and what happened to me is that I became homeless until my employer procured a new work permit for me. Trust me, that sucked. If I had simply stayed put, there would have been multiple options open to be to reapply from within the host country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Except for sharing my personal experience, I am not qualified to provide immigration advice. I am also not qualified to provide medical advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T21:31:25.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6767" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:53:17.440" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is simply implicit in what the UKBA asks the interviewee to bring along.  If they ask for bank statements, you can expect questions along the lines of &quot;show us the bank statements....&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand they say &quot;don't bring anything with you,&quot; as was the case in my own UKBA interview, then their questions will be limited to personally identifying questions, such as &quot;when did you first apply&quot; or &quot;have you ever had a previous name?&quot; The point is that they will ask questions that they reasonably believe that nobody else in the world would know; and they will check the answers against the information they have received in the course of the application process (or from other government sources).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T21:53:17.440" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-01T03:23:04.327" Score="2" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American and my boyfriend is German. We plan to get married here in San Francisco before I move to Germany in September, which removes my company from the visa process. My SF company wants to keep me on as a headcount and is willing to let me work remotely in Germany for 1 year. After that the German location will take me on as their headcount and I will be on their payroll/benefits. If there is a deal made between the two locations can I remain on the US payroll/benefits for 1 year if I am living in Germany with my spouse? If this is a possibility, will the US location be taxed as if I am an expatriate, even though I plan on residing in Germany permanently? I understand that there is the Tax Treaty USA/Germany and I would have to file my taxes with both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at other questions but haven't found one that mirrors my situation. Any information on this would be very helpful! Thank you so much!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8972" LastEditorUserId="8972" LastEditDate="2016-02-01T03:29:30.203" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T03:29:30.203" Title="Can a US Citizen (married to a German) work remotely for a US company and stay on US payroll/benefits and not be an expat?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:19:02.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7763" CreationDate="2016-02-01T15:42:41.347" Score="1" ViewCount="578" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife has joined me in UK (I am an EEA National), after applying for EEA Family permit, she being a Non EEA national. She has 6 months of validity for her EEA Family Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I want to apply for her residence card, but not sure when to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply now? My wife has arrived in UK less than a month ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or shall I wait for expiry of the EEA Family Permit? Or may be apply 1-2 months before the expiry date of EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T07:43:33.167" Title="Apply for UK Residence Card for non EEA family member of an EEA national" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8386" CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:21:39.090" Score="3" ViewCount="1181" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BACKGROUND:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Post Graduate work permit&lt;/a&gt; valid up to 2018. I have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/QuickSearch.aspx?val65=2175&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NOC class A 2175&lt;/a&gt; job and I am planning to apply for permanent residence. My employer has already filed a pre-screen application under the International Student with a job offer category under &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/pnp/OI_PNPSTUDENTS_JOB.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OINP&lt;/a&gt; in January. The processing time for this application is 90 days. After the approval of this, I have to apply for a Nominee application, the processing time for which is 90 days again which will give me 600 points in my &lt;strong&gt;Express Entry&lt;/strong&gt; profile. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got married in January. My wife is in India and I want to get her in Canada as soon as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically I can think of couple of options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) File my Nominee application as married and wait to get the permanent residence under Express Entry which will take me at least 8 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Apply for a work permit for my wife as my dependent. Somebody suggested that this process is quick and generally takes only a month. However I could not find a proper link on CIC to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to show any balance in my bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does she need to give IELTS or similar exam before coming here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link explaining all of this would be really great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) Any other option that I am not aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 1&lt;/strong&gt; I have tried calling CIC inquiring this and I have asked a couple questions regarding this. When asked they sent me a generic email dumping all the information in it but not giving answers to my specific questions, so my question still remains the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 2&lt;/strong&gt; I have tried talking to CIC customer service again today to apply for a spousal work permit making my wife as my dependent. Upon talking to them, I told them I had opened up a MyCIC account under my wife's name and that the application showed that I had to upload the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM1295E.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IMM1295&lt;/a&gt; but it isn't asking for any information regarding my job which isn't right because the work permit is dependent on the type of job I have. Upon asking CIC customer service representative about the details about where do I need to provide the information about my job and other info, I was told you have to submit it as optional documents with the application which doesn't seem right as these are the most important documents required for this application. I am really hoping I get some help here because other sources are not being helpful right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-02-03T19:45:47.013" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T17:09:12.687" Title="Canada PGWP - Immigrate my spouse to Canada, What are my options?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6767" CreationDate="2016-02-01T19:57:51.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;    Tier-1 Entrepreneur Interview Form&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;    Created 23-3-2015&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Question (insert number/write question)  Answer (capture applicant's response)  &#xA;&#xA;1. Have you brought any documents with you today that you wish me to see?  &#xA;&#xA;Immigration History  &#xA;2. How long have you been in the UK?  &#xA;3. Can you give me a brief history of your immigration status while in the UK?  &#xA;4. What are your long term aims of remaining in the UK?  Do you intend to apply for settlement or do you plan on returning to your country of origin?  &#xA;&#xA;Experience  &#xA;5. What is your educational background?  &#xA;6. Do you have a degree?  If yes, is your degree linked to your business?  &#xA;7. If you have a UK qualification, what elements of this have helped you in the planning and implementation of your new business venture?  &#xA;8. What have you been doing since you obtained your degree?  &#xA;9. Do you have any previous employment or business experience?  If yes, what is this? Is it linked to your business?  &#xA;10. During your last period of leave, what genuine credible steps have you taken to prepare, plan, develop and launch your business in the UK?  &#xA;11. What will your role be in the business? What will you do?  &#xA;&#xA;Team members  &#xA;12. Are there any team members in your business plan?  &#xA;13. How did you become a team?  &#xA;14. What is their educational and business experience?  &#xA;15. What will their role be in the business? What will they do?  &#xA;&#xA;Business development  &#xA;16. Has the business been set up?  &#xA;17. Have you registered your business with the appropriate UK bodies? if so, who? Does your business require any mandatory accreditation?  If so, have you completed this?  &#xA;18. As you are providing services to the public, have you already gained your employer's liability insurance?  &#xA;19. Where will you work?  If working from home address: &#xA;20. Does your lease allow you to work from home?  &#xA;21. What facilities do you have at home to allow you to run the business?  &#xA;22. Where do you conduct client meetings?  &#xA;&#xA;Market research: &#xA;23. What market research have you done?  &#xA;24. What was this market research?  &#xA;25. What was the result of this market research?  &#xA;26. What did the market research identify about the need for your business?  &#xA;27. How many other businesses exist in your local area that offer the same services that you do?  &#xA;28. What evidence have you gathered that you will attract a percentage share of the market?  &#xA;29. How many adverts are currently live for your business? How many responses have you had?  &#xA;&#xA;Contracts: &#xA;30. Since the date of application, how many new business contracts have been signed and how much money are they generating for your business?  &#xA;31. How was contact made between your company and your clients?  &#xA;&#xA;Third Party funding: &#xA;32. Where did you get the money from?  &#xA;33. Why did they give you the money?  &#xA;34. What is your relationship to them?  &#xA;35. How long have you known them?  &#xA;36. What was the basis of the arrangement?  &#xA;37. When did they give it to you?  &#xA;38. What if they want the money back?  &#xA;39. How long have you had the money for?  &#xA;40. Where are the funds now?  &#xA;41. How many separate third parties are providing funding? Why is there more than one?  &#xA;&#xA;Money: &#xA;42. Is the money held in a bank account in the UK or overseas?  &#xA;43. Why is the money held overseas?  &#xA;44. Has a percentage or the whole amount of funds from overseas been transferred into the UK?  &#xA;45. Have you set up a UK business bank account?  &#xA;46. Is the money held in more than one account? If so, why?  &#xA;47. Since the date of application, have you invested any of the £200k/£50k into the business?  If not, are the funds still available to you?  &#xA;&#xA;Staff: &#xA;48. What arrangements have you made to begin the recruitment of settled workers into your business?  &#xA;49. How many staff do you intend to recruit?  &#xA;50. What work will they be doing?  &#xA;51. When do you intend to recruit them?  &#xA;52. Where will your staff work?  &#xA;&#xA;Contingency plans/support:  &#xA;53. How do you plan to support yourself while your business is in its infancy in terms of financial commitments?  &#xA;54. What is your current employment status at present?  &#xA;55. If you are not currently employed, how have you been maintaining yourself?  &#xA;56. Have you prepared a contingency in case your initial business idea does not yield the expected returns?  &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Some/all/none of these questions may be asked, the interview may go into more depth in some areas and/or omit other areas. Consequently treat this information &lt;em&gt;as indicative only&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2016-02-01T20:10:20.133" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T20:10:20.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7759" CreationDate="2016-02-01T20:59:15.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't really matter when when your wife applies for the residence card, because the residence card is not mandatory:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don’t need to apply for a residence card as a family member ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She probably wants the card anyway, of course, because among other things it will document her right to work and to enter the UK if she travels internationally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she is concerned about having a gap between the expiration of the EEA family permit and the receipt of the residence card, then she should apply as soon as possible.  On the other hand, if she'd rather delay the expense associated with the application, she can do so.  I do not know how long a residence card application is likely to take, but if you can find out, you and your wife will be able to decide for yourselves whether it makes sense to delay the submission of her application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The decision on when to apply may also depend on your own status, since you must be able to prove that you are a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  You've probably already done that, since she has an EEA family permit.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T20:59:15.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7732" CreationDate="2016-02-02T00:00:49.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under EU law, your husband has a right to work from day one by virtue of being your husband (i.e. he does not need “permission” &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;) and the receipt is supposed to document his claim to be covered by this rule while the paperwork is being processed. Even the actual residence card is called a &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt; because formally it's not a “permit” that would be “granted” but simply an official recognition of a pre-existing right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically an “interim receipt” would be an A4 printout or something like that (whereas residence permits are mostly plastic cards nowadays) so not really a temporary &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt; nor a permit but a proof that he applied for a proper card as EU citizen. In some EU countries, you get something like that on the spot or possibly within a few days by post. That's how it should work in Malta too but I have no idea how well it works in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, YMMV. Even if everything goes well, I would not be surprised if some employers get cold feet when they don't see the residence card they are used to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T00:00:49.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2016-02-02T00:11:57.660" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you return to the US as a visitor, you drive with your country of residence's driver's license if that country is a party to the &lt;em&gt;Multilateral Convention on International Road Traffic&lt;/em&gt; (1949). You may need to get an International Driver's License (IDL) if your foreign license is not in English, which is really just a translation of your foreign license. You can drive on your foreign license for a period of up to one year. However, if you become something other than a visitor, i.e. you start working, or otherwise become a resident of a particular state, you probably need to get a license from your new US state of residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8978" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T00:11:57.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-02T07:14:56.717" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read that most of the J-1 visas come with the 2 year home residency requirement. Is it possible to know in advance if my program J-1 visa would have such requirements? I'm a master degree (IT) student in an European university and interested to go on a student exchange program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8981" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T19:11:54.827" Title="J-1 visa home country residency requirement" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7744" CreationDate="2016-02-02T14:50:46.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your comment, I think you have a couple options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Option 1&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for permanent residence under &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Express Entry&lt;/a&gt;. &#xA;It works on a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)&lt;/a&gt;. Under this system, there are various factors considered to award you points. And based on this point system, CIC does 2 draws every month. If your points are over the cut off points, you will get an invitation to apply for permanent residence to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this factors like &lt;em&gt;age, level of education, official languages proficiency, Canadian work experience&lt;/em&gt; are considered. Moreover you can score extra points if you have a spouse or common law partner. The average points have been around 450-500 points recently. But its never sure.&#xA;I think your current job experience puts you in the category &lt;a href=&quot;http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileQuickSearch.aspx?val=1&amp;amp;val1=1123&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1123 Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileQuickSearch.aspx?val1=0124&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;0124 Advertising, marketing and public relations managers&lt;/a&gt; category. However I am not too sure about this. Take a look at the link for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Option 2&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a long journey to go but it is still an option. You can consider taking a masters program or a 2 year diploma program. I leave that decision to you. But after graduating you will be able to get a work permit and get a job in Canada. If everything works out for you, you can apply under provincial nomination which will give you 600 points in the CRS system. This is going to be a lengthy process because you will be studying and working for atleast 2 years. In any way you will need to apply under Express Entry to immigrate ASAP to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T14:50:46.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7767" CreationDate="2016-02-02T18:13:33.143" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student/residency-waiver/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; page appears to be one of the clearer sites that discusses this. The two-year home country requirement usually depends on the following issues: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government funded Exchange Program - You participated in an exchange&#xA;program that was funded in whole or in part by a U.S. government&#xA;agency, your home country’s government, or an international&#xA;organization that received funding from the U.S. government or your&#xA;home country’s government. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Specialized Knowledge or Skill – You participated in an exchange program involving an area of study or field of specialized knowledge that has been designated as necessary for further development of your home country and appears on the Exchange Visitor Skills List for your home country. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Graduate Medical Education/Training - You participated in an exchange program to receive graduate medical education or training.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can avoid bullet 1 (direct or indirect governmental funding), you then need to check on whether your area of study is considered a specialized knowledge or skill in your home country. You can look up that information &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/exchange/exchange-visitor-skills-list/visa-exchange-skills.cid.IN.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I've preselected India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the same page as the first link, it also lists how you can apply for a waiver. Some ways include proving hardship to a US citizen or permanent resident, a &quot;no objection&quot; letter from your government, request by an interested US government agency, persecution, and several medical-training related reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you came as a student, as opposed to a research scholar or intern, there's &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/college-and-university-student/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this interesting statement&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be financed directly or indirectly by the U.S. government, the&#xA;  government of their home country, an international organization of&#xA;  which the United States is a member by treaty or statute, or supported&#xA;  substantially by funding from any source other than personal or family&#xA;  funds;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's more information on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;J1visa website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T18:13:33.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-03T18:54:59.120" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am doing a Ph.D. which is fully paid by the Government. I want to apply for Australian PR. Will my research experience be counted as work experience, or do I need to show post-study experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8991" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-10T14:50:49.567" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T16:31:24.793" Title="Work experience" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-03T21:06:43.020" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good day, My name is Abike, please assist clarify. My partner is the primary applicant for immigration application to Canada. However, is it necessary for me to verify my degree with WES to enable it boost his points?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8992" LastActivityDate="2016-02-03T21:51:30.660" Title="common law partner requirement" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7775" CreationDate="2016-02-03T21:51:30.660" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; link gives all the information about verifying your degree. In short, in order to boost your points in the Comprehensive Ranking System under Express Entry, you &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; verify your degree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wes.org/ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WES&lt;/a&gt;. Express Entry only considers degrees verified in a similar fashion to give you the points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Its not a compulsion to verify your degree&lt;/em&gt; If you don't you just won't get the points for your education. So if you think you have enough points, then you don't need to verify your degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cut off points for the Express Entry draw have been pretty low lately ranging around 450-500. So now would be a good time to apply for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2016-02-03T21:51:30.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7778" CreationDate="2016-02-04T01:58:12.223" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to domestic problem, I have decided to withdraw my visa application for extending  of my stay from home office which was gone for extension couple of months ago. While my lawyer tell me there won't be any issue. I been told by my family member that When you withdraw it, they stamp &quot;Withdrawal&quot; and update the reason in system thus making it hard to apply again. I am in a kind of limbo because my son will be in uk while I am at other country and think it will be harder for me to get visa for uk. My spouse is a Portuguese national and I am dependent on my partner. &#xA;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastEditorUserId="8993" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T11:44:34.443" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T15:47:46.020" Title="Downside of withdrawing you passport" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7777" CreationDate="2016-02-04T15:47:46.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For an EEA family permit, the criteria for evaluating the application are very minimal, owing to the EU right of free movement.  A future application would only be jeopardized if your withdrawal raises additional suspicions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether your family member is an EEA national&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether your family member is (or will be) in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether your family member is a &quot;qualified person&quot; or has a permanent right of residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether your relationship with your family member is genuine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether you pose a threat to public safety, public health, or public policy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T15:47:46.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-04T23:28:54.927" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Context: I am male, 22 years old, and engaged to a lady from Colorado, USA. I have volunteered and worked in playgroups and preschool settings in the UK, and when I am in the US (currently applying for the K-1 visa), I wish to continue working in preschool settings (possibly nannying but most likely preschools). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My understanding is that I will need an AAS degree up to pre-K, or a masters for Kingergarden+.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How will my experience working with children &lt;strong&gt;as a (young) man&lt;/strong&gt; differ in the USA as opposed to the UK?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My experience of discomfort/discrimination in the UK is primarily suspicious looks, the ladies I've worked with have all been fine with it or enthusiastic to have a man for the children)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will there be more resistance/discomfort with a man? From staff? Parents? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would that be more implicit or explicit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be protected by any discrimination laws differently from the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience with their own children in the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8999" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T17:44:45.823" Title="Gender in USA Childcare vs UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-05T07:35:10.637" Score="1" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US citizenship.  My Chinese passport will expire in two years.  I know dual citizenship won't work.  I'm considering renouncing my US citizenship in order to renew my Chinese passport.  Will China regard me as a non-citizen even if I give up my US citizenship, therefore not renewing my passport?  Bottomline question: was it game over as far as my Chinese citizenship goes the moment I became a US citizen?  Will giving up US citizenship help nothing in Chinese government's eyes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9001" LastEditorUserId="9005" LastEditDate="2016-02-06T02:43:15.847" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T02:43:15.847" Title="Can I renew chinese passport if I renounce US citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7783" CreationDate="2016-02-05T10:02:08.200" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If by China you mean the People's Republic of China, Article 9 of the PRC Nationality law says that a PRC citizen residing abroad who voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality automatically loses PRC nationality. It is automatic, so yes, the moment you naturalized, your PRC nationality was gone. It doesn't come back just because you renounced your other nationalities. It doesn't matter if your passport is unexpired -- you cannot use it as a proof of nationality anymore. Article 13 supposedly says that foreigners who were once PRC nationals could apply to regain PRC nationality if they have a legitimate reason, and if approved, cannot retain foreign nationality; but I am not sure if there is a procedure to do this in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by China you mean the Republic of China, ROC nationality is not automatically lost upon acquiring a foreign nationality, and you should be able to get / renew ROC passports with no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, keep in mind that applying to renounce US citizenship costs a lot in fees, may subject you to expatriation tax, and can only be done at a US consulate outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-02-05T21:02:18.697" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T21:02:18.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-05T01:40:56.183" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently waiting on my partner to receive his next visa, my first year working holiday visa for New Zealand will be up in march, when he receives his I am going to apply for a de facto visa/partnership visa but what happens if it gets refused and I have no savings for a flight back to my country ?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have spoken to an immigration agent who told me not to apply for my visa until my partner receives his, so we are still currently waiting, his is still being processed so fingers crossed it will be any day now.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am just worried that mine will be refused and I have no savings to afford a flight out of here, can anyone suggest what to do if this does happen? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="neeve" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-02-05T14:01:23.047" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T14:10:03.673" Title="What happens if my second year visa gets refused while I am in New Zealand and have no money for a flight out of the country?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7785" CreationDate="2016-02-05T14:10:03.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should contact &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; embassy or consulate in the host country. One of the jobs of the consular staff is to help their citizens when they are in trouble. The embassy might extend a loan to buy a ticket home. (At least European nations do that, you didn't mention where you come from.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If and how they will help depends on the circumstances, and your government will do its best to get the money back once you're home. So you'd be in debt, but without the overstay on your record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T14:10:03.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-05T14:47:52.123" Score="0" ViewCount="1272" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there countries, in which, a visiting foreigner under some kind of visa, is able to change their name, through that country's laws (and not the laws of their country of origin)? Or is this available only to permanent residents? It can be a new name just to use while being in that country. Like issuing a certificate of a temporary alternative name. I guess the passport name won't change because it's issued by the home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9003" LastEditorUserId="9003" LastEditDate="2016-02-06T10:45:27.837" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T16:12:08.440" Title="Are there countries that allow a foreigner to change their name through their laws while in that country, without PR Status?" Tags="&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7787" CreationDate="2016-02-06T16:12:08.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK you don't need to do anything to change your name, just start calling yourself something different, but institutions usually require to use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Deed Poll&lt;/a&gt; to have something officially looking that shows your new name. You can fill in a deed poll even if you're new to the country and don't plan on settle down, although it's usefulness is of course limited that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then use the deed poll to change your name on your driving licence, which is usually accepted at most institutions. However some of them might still want to check your passport, and won't like it if your name there is different to the one on your passport, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3075/is-it-legal-for-dual-citizens-to-have-two-completely-different-official-names-in/3077#3077&quot;&gt;see my answer on a different question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T16:12:08.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7780" CreationDate="2016-02-06T17:44:45.823" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to throw out some commentary, but I wouldn't consider this a complete answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would be covered under sex (gender) discrimination laws which include race, national origin, religion, citizenship. These and more are considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;protected classes.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a very heightened awareness about child abuse in the US. At a kid's camp that my company runs during our huge conference, they always tried to have both female and male counselors/teachers in order to accompany children to the bathrooms. The kids were not allowed to go on their own because they were publicly accessible. Because of that, I would get a police report/clearance or the equivalent from the UK that you can provide to prospective employers. Or pay for a background check in the UK from a company that will be willing to send the report directly to requestors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any job involving children, you will likely have to have a US background check run and this may help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have the details on educational requirements, but for public schools (government-run/funded), you need to be certified. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;main page&lt;/a&gt; for Colorado. Based on a quick look that requires the equivalent of Bachelor's degree. Sometimes school districts will hire uncertified teachers, particularly for a shortage area like science or math, but it's frowned upon, and the teachers are strongly encouraged to become certified as quickly as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many teachers do get a master's or Ph.D later, but an advanced degree is not required for initial certification. An advanced degree will increase your pay, and if you want to move into administration (principal), it's almost required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be thrilled if there were a male teacher at the day care my kids go to. One of my boys seems to prefer men, although he loves his female teachers. But, yes, you're sure to get some, &quot;really?&quot; comments. It'll likely be implicit, or indirect from parents or other teachers. I think some parents will be more likely to complain to the owner/manager/head teacher that they'd rather prefer a woman for their kid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also run into dismissive or derogatory comments from other men. Not so much if you're teaching post-kindergarten/elementary school, but more likely if you say you're working at a preschool or day care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T17:44:45.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-06T18:49:35.357" Score="3" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in England 1970.  By birthright of my father, I became a US citizen in 1991 and moved to the US.  Unfortunately I let my UK passport expire.  I would like to renew as I might possibly move to New Zealand which is a commonwealth and would be able to apply for a work visa under this law. What I would like to know is, am I still able to renew my British passport?  US does not recognize dual citizenship but I am not sure about England.  Thank you for the advise.&#xA;~N~&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Naomi" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-09T06:59:03.910" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T06:59:03.910" Title="Dual Citizenship between US and England" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7792" CreationDate="2016-02-06T21:02:19.867" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a British citizen. First of all, from what you said (&quot;birthright&quot;), you didn't &quot;become a US citizen in 1991&quot; -- you were a US citizen from birth. Second, even if you acquired a foreign nationality after birth, since 1948, British citizenship is not lost upon voluntarily acquiring a foreign nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-02-07T09:07:06.863" LastActivityDate="2016-02-07T09:07:06.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7792" CreationDate="2016-02-07T02:00:44.540" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't lose British nationality simply by having dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;renewing your expired British passport&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your previous passport had a red cover, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/usa/renewing_new/adult&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;renew it online&lt;/a&gt;. The cost is £102.86 (£110.86 for 48 pages) and you should expect to receive it in about 4 weeks after your supporting documents are received in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your previous passport is old and had a black or blue cover, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/usa/renewing_old/adult/united-kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also renew it online&lt;/a&gt;. The cost is the same but the processing time is 6 weeks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either case you fill out an application and make payment online, then post your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/462239/OS_Guidance_Gp1_09.15.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;supporting documents&lt;/a&gt; to HM Passport Office in the UK. In your case, this is your old British passport, &lt;em&gt;color copies&lt;/em&gt; of every page of your US passport including blank pages, and two passport photos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Hampton" LastActivityDate="2016-02-07T02:00:44.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-07T16:43:38.760" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in the Netherlands, but working remote for a non-dutch company from abroad and receiving income from them based on hours worked, on a freelance basis. The contract stipulates that I have to take care of the taxes in my country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused by the taxation schemes with regards to this situation.  How should I approach the topic of registering this activity and which taxation scheme applies? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9012" LastEditorUserId="9012" LastEditDate="2016-02-07T17:11:44.373" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T13:39:42.263" Title="Under which dutch taxation scheme does the following activity fall into?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-07T19:28:00.260" Score="6" ViewCount="1736" Body="&lt;p&gt;In March I'm starting life as a digital nomad, and I'm doing research about taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm originally from Poland. I had full-time job for 3 years and I was self-employed for 2 years there. Later I moved to the UK, and I've been working for 1 year and 4 months there at a full-time job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Starting in March, I'm going to work for a maximum of 2 days per week, and travelling around the world. My first country is Mexico. I'm not going to spend more than 3 months in any one country. What's the best option for me for paying taxes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9014" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2016-02-10T08:00:27.277" LastActivityDate="2016-03-21T01:25:33.703" Title="Can I be a tax nomad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:09:10.470" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What's for me the best option for paying taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On time, preferably electronically. That would be the best option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm not going to spend more than 3 months in 1 country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you'll have to pay taxes to at least 4 different countries at any give year...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you talk to tax advisers familiar with the relevant countries' tax laws to plan your travels better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General rules are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay taxes to the country in which you do the work, for the earnings you got for that work&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay taxes on real-estate related income to the country where the real estate is located&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay capital gains taxes to the country(ies) where you're tax residents&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay dividend income tax to the country where the dividend payer is located&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay worldwide income tax to the countr(ies) where you're tax resident,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You pay worldwide income tax to the US if you're a US citizen/green card holder&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax treaties may affect these rules depending on the countries involved. Double taxation/tax credits depend on the countries involved (may or may not exist) and treaties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Countries determine &quot;tax residency&quot; differently, so you may most definitely be a resident of more than one country. Some countries keep you as a tax resident unless you establish residency elsewhere, and the US treats its citizens/permanent residents as tax residents regardless of where they physically are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T00:09:10.470" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-08T04:58:56.830" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently heard about the 'Real Property Tax' in the Philippines. It appears to be a tax based on value of owned 'real property' that goes to the local government. Unfortunately I can't really find out much more about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear what counts as 'real property' -- in my particular case I'd like to know if a condo unit counts and who (if anyone) is liable for the tax but any general, clear, and preferably official information would be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it safe to assume that if I'm due to pay tax that someone will inform me somehow? I.e. if I haven't got any demand for money I don't need to pay any -- that would seem to make sense but it wouldn't surprise me if that's not the way it works. I know, in most places, ignorance of the tax law is no excuse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to get answers from other avenues, and I'll post if I have any success, but I don't really want to pay someone to look at this -- the information must be freely available somewhere, no? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-09T06:41:16.950" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T17:48:36.463" Title="Ex-pats in the Philippines and the 'Real Property Tax'" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-08T05:53:46.003" Score="0" ViewCount="1105" Body="&lt;p&gt;When one is living single overseas does it make sense to list an emergency contact who lives in the country of origin (assume it to be at least a 8 hour flight)? Does it make more sense to list a new, but close, friend in the country of residence as the emergency contact, so he or she can show up in person if needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="580" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T10:29:19.740" Title="Who to list as an emergency contact when living overseas?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7800" CreationDate="2016-02-08T10:29:19.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put a close friend in the country in which I live, if I have one that I'd trust to immediately get into contact with family (etc) in the event of something bad happening. The idea being that if police/hospital need to immediately know things about me (medical history or suchlike) they have a person they can get in touch with without having to worry about time zones, flights, etc. And then that person knows &lt;em&gt;how to get in touch with everyone else&lt;/em&gt; important (this is the main thing). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you have to be able to trust that person to get in touch with your close family abroad, if you have them. If you don't have anyone close enough in your current country, I'd just list abroad family directly, instead of a 'meh' friend or somebody you're not very close with, or who wouldn't be comfortable ringing your family saying &quot;so and so had bad thing x happen&quot;. That would have to be a pretty close friend or a partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T10:29:19.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7802" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7803" CreationDate="2016-02-08T21:50:30.410" Score="2" ViewCount="1326" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Little concern related to original identification papers. I am married to an EU national and we are already living together in the UK. In order to have my residence card, I need to apply for a &quot;registration certificate or&#xA;residence card as the family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss&#xA;national&quot; We filled out the application form and now we just have to send it with our passports,  my husband's and mine, to the address indicated in the application form:&#xA;Home Office – EEA applications&#xA;PO Box 590&#xA;Durham,&#xA;DH99 1AD&#xA;Although we know this is a government address, I feel worry about putting our passports in an envelop without knowing when will they be back or whether they will get to the right address safely. &#xA;Our Passport and national IDs are the most important pieces of identification we have. This is the reason why we are concerned about sending them away from us. &#xA;According to the application form, it is a requirement to send my passport and my sponsor's. &#xA;Can you make me feel better about this please?&#xA;Is it really safe to send such important documents away from the owner?&#xA;How long will they take to come back to us ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T10:24:24.640" Title="Is it safe to send my passport my national ID with my application for a residence card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7802" CreationDate="2016-02-08T22:46:06.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is certainly a legitimate concern. However, the Royal Mail service can be trusted to deliver your papers reliably. For additional assurance, you can send your envelope/package using the &quot;Royal Mail Signed For&quot; service, which provides you confirmation of delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have sent my passport by mail several times for renewals etc, and have never had a problem. I always choose to use a tracked courier service similar to &quot;Signed For&quot; (I'm not in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T22:46:06.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2016-02-09T01:40:51.383" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any Ford or Mazda Dealers can lease it to you. However Ford only lease until the expire date of your visa but Mazda can lease it by your I-94 date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9018" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T01:40:51.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-09T06:36:25.447" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also bear in mind that it is strictly illegal in some countries, to work while you are located in that country if you do not have a work permit. This is usually because they have no way of taxing you if you don't have a work permit, but the procedure for getting one can be long and drawn out, and require you to have an employer in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because you don't think you are 'working in a country', if you are located in that country and working then you might be, by that country's definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, I live in Thailand. People working here without a work permit can be prosecuted and deported. While working as a &quot;digital nomad&quot; can mean that you stay below the radar, it is generally considered to be working - and if you were in Thailand and someone discovered that that was what you were doing, you could be fined, imprisoned, and deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T06:36:25.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7796" CreationDate="2016-02-09T06:49:31.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are not an EU citizen, it is quite likely that you will need a Dutch work permit in order to work in the Netherlands. This is usually something best organised before you actually start to do any work, in case it turns into a bureaucratic nightmare (or an impossibility).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules for EU citizens are almost certainly different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T06:49:31.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7774" CreationDate="2016-02-09T09:01:12.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as a guess, I'd say, yes it does. I base this on the fact that here, in Hungary, you need to give lectures and classes during your PhD studies. I don't know how this works in your country, but I guess this is universal in the Bolognean system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason is that most of the people who do PhD will end up doing researches and giving university lectures/classes to make their living, it is pretty much their occupation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, who could really answer this is your skills assessing authority. Try looking this information up on their website or contact them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T09:01:12.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-09T10:57:57.190" Score="1" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a New York drivers license and have been living in the UK for 3 years and have to renew it. Unfortunately my permanent address is currently in California, so I am unable to renew the New York one. How am I able to get a California drivers license without going back to the US? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9019" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-02-10T10:13:14.967" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T10:13:14.967" Title="Changing States to renew driving licence while living abroad" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-09T23:02:44.690" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;If you're in a country for &lt;strong&gt;less than 6 months&lt;/strong&gt;, you &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;don't have to pay taxes&lt;/strong&gt;, even if you're working there &lt;strong&gt;as a digital nomad&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nomadforum.io/t/if-you-dont-have-a-residence-where-do-you-pay-taxes-as-a-european-citizen/1746/8?u=jakeberger&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;If you don’t have a residence, where do you pay taxes as a European citizen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-resident Taxation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/thinking-beyond-borders-2011/ies-tbb-2011-mexico.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;page 2, column 2 &quot;Tax trigger points&quot; bullets&lt;/em&gt;): indeterminate (source is targeted at non-nomads)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Europe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in most EU countries, if you earn income while in the country, you're supposed to pay taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/austria/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Austria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: only on income earned in Austria&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/be/finance/Tax-rulings-which-benefit-expats-in-Belgium_103422.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Belgium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Belgian source income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/bulgaria/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bulgaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: income earned in Bulgaria&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/thinking-beyond-borders-2011/ies-tbb-2011-czech-republic.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:  income generated from sources in the Czech Republic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.french-property.com/guides/france/finance-taxation/taxation/top-tips/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: if you earn income in France you are required to make a French income tax declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Germany#Income_tax_for_non-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: (Exempt.) Individuals who are neither resident of Germany nor have their normal place of abode there are only liable to pay tax in Germany if they earn income there which has a close domestic (German) context. This includes in particular income from real estate in Germany or from a permanent establishment in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/es/finance/tax/Taxation-in-Spain_471614.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: taxed on the income earned in Spain;  As of 2015, flat tax rate for non-residents is 24%. EU/EEA state citizen: 19%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9025" LastEditorUserId="9025" LastEditDate="2016-02-22T15:49:42.720" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T15:49:42.720" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-10T04:05:00.877" Score="1" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some expert advice to decide my next course of action. I am currently in US on L1B for the last 4 years and this year I need to decide if I should go for H1B or ask my employer to file for a green card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per maximum stay, I can only stay for 5 years on L1 and 6 years in H1, so if I choose H1 and if everything works out in my favor then I will be getting just one more year to stay in US. Can I instead use this time to get my GC processed? I ask this because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will getting just one additional year (subject to clearing the&#xA;lottery) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cost of H1 has increased significantly so I am not sure if&#xA;this is worth for one extra year. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I use this time (5th year) to get GC filed so that I will not have to go through the lottery and is more worth investment for my company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I don't have much information on the time it takes for green card processing and I'm not sure if one year of time is enough for me to get to point where they allow me an extension since my application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I am from India so the current priority date for GC is 2008 but I just need to be at a point before the end of my 5 years where I get an extension with GC in processing. Please suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9027" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-02-10T21:28:53.047" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T21:28:53.047" Title="H1B or Green Card - Please help" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-10T04:30:59.110" Score="8" ViewCount="597" Body="&lt;p&gt;Essentially, I have just received a job offer to do research in Beijing. I do not know a word of Chinese Mandarin. I applied for the job in a rather sporadic way (this was at the end of a PhD, where one usually deals with the existential crisis of unemployment). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, it's at a great institute with a figure head in my chosen field and from an academic point of view this is a great opportunity, however I remain a little worried I won't be able to survive without knowing chinese. This is not to say I won't learn, but I can't imagine knowing such a language before leaving (3-4 months), if I were to accept. Once I have settled down, I would indeed learn as much as I can but I don't see myself being fluent, but perhaps enough to survive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I guess real question is, &lt;strong&gt;how hard are those first couple months going to be? Has any anyone else been in a similar situation and can tell me what it was like?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would imagine being close to the universities, Tsing Hua, Peking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9028" OwnerDisplayName="user40008" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-02-10T10:14:21.347" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T10:14:49.537" Title="Can a english(non-chinese) speaker survive living in Beijing?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7812" CreationDate="2016-02-10T06:57:26.637" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I lived in Shanghai for five years and toured Beijing and other Chinese cities.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English is spoken in high-end Western establishments.  Elsewhere written and spoken English is very rare.  Basic Chinese (numbers, taxi directions, common foods) is very helpful to surviving in China.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, your attitude is key to the quality of your experience.  Having traveled in many countries, language is rarely a barrier to getting things done.   It's much more important to know how to find help (online, friends, etc)  and get a bearing for your environment.   Actually, you can survive just about anywhere - hotels and grocery stores can be found by sight.  But enjoying a strange new country means learning to leave your comfort zone and embracing uncertainty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9063" OwnerDisplayName="David Veksler" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T06:57:26.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7810" CreationDate="2016-02-10T09:24:03.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no question. If you have an option to have the employer file GC for you - you have the employer file GC for you. Why on Earth would you even be considering anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T09:24:03.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7808" CreationDate="2016-02-10T09:25:23.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't. You'll need to physically show up at the DMV with your New York license to exchange it for the California one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T09:25:23.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7810" CreationDate="2016-02-10T17:26:36.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will getting just one additional year (subject to clearing the lottery) &#xA;That is correct. The time you spend in the US on L1 is used to determine H1B validity, so you will only get 1 yr more unless (see below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cost of H1 has increased significantly so I am not sure if this is worth for one extra year. &#xA;Really depends on what you want. If you are willing to move back to India, there is no point applying for an H1B. H1B allows job portability and moving between employers. H1B can be extended beyond the 6 year term in the following conditions:&#xA;(a) the foreign national must be the beneficiary of a Labor  filing made 365 days prior (or I-140 in those cases that do not need the LC filing); or &#xA;(b) the LC and I-140 must be approved, with no visa number (based upon the priority date) available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first step towards a GC is applying for Labor Certification using PERM. The day DOJ receives your application is your priority date. If you do not have 1 year after this priority date, you will be unable to extend your H1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I use this time (5th year) to get GC filed so that I will not have to go through the lottery and is more worth investment for my company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not how it works. If you do not have permanent lawful residence, the only way to stay in the US is on a Visa. L1B has 5 yr limit as you know, you can not skip lottery just by filing a GC application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to file H1B, hope you get selected for lottery and file PERM towards obtaining Labor Ceritfication ASAP. As far as I know you should be able to get this done even while on L1B while you wait for H1B. once you have an H1B your LCert will be pending &gt; 1 yr and you should be able to get h1b extensions for 1 yr at a time. This iwll be 3 yrs at a time once I-140 is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;**Please note this is not legal opinion and you should consult your lawyer **&#xA;Source: I was employed in the US for 5yrs on H1B, moved out for 5yrs and am moving back on L1B this year and will be applying for H1B next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9030" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T17:26:36.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-10T20:54:17.097" Score="3" ViewCount="437" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone of you could help me or give me some advice with the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Austrian citizen currently living with my American girlfriend in the US. In early March I am going to move to Berlin for work, while she stays back in the US for a couple of months. In Summer however, I'd like her to join me in Berlin for several months, and maybe even permanently (thought that's not decided yet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main concern is, will she somehow be able to work as well when she eventually follows me to Berlin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were talking about getting married for a while now. And after reading this page (&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link 1&lt;/a&gt;) and this page (&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/worker-pensioner/non-eu-family-members/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link 2&lt;/a&gt;) it seems that getting married would be a legitimate option to enable her to look for work in Germany (remember, I am Austrian and hence EU laws would apply). Please correct me if I have misinterpreted things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, does it matter where we would get married? Because we might actually do it while I am still here in the US, as long as Germany/EU recognizes our marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much for all your help and guidance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9033" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T20:12:31.817" Title="Non-EU girlfriend (wife?) following me to Germany - how can she work?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-10T21:00:23.930" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is Paula.  I am Colombian.  I have stayed in the United Kingdom with a tourist visa for 5 months of the permitted 6 months.  Now I want to go back to Colombia and apply for a student visa, to follow a course of study in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I leave with my tourist visa and come back in a month with a student visa? If so, can it be the short term student or the tier 4?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9034" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-02-11T01:00:33.300" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T01:06:49.830" Title="restriction about leaving with visitor visa an comback with short term student visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-02-11T13:34:28.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7818" CreationDate="2016-02-11T01:06:49.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the visa is granted, you will be able to enter.  If your 5-month stay in the UK makes you ineligible to enter, then your visa application will be denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be true regardless of whether you apply for a short-term student visa or a Tier 4 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the eligibility requirements do not make reference to previous stays in the United Kingdom, I suspect that your earlier trip to the UK will not have a significant effect on the success of your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/study-visit-visa/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/study-visit-visa/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T01:06:49.830" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7817" CreationDate="2016-02-11T01:12:46.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your understanding seems to be correct.  EU freedom of movement rights extend to non-EU family members who accompany EU citizens.  Under these rights, non-EU family members have a right to work, just as EU citizens do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to qualify as family members without getting married, but it will certainly be simpler if you do get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get married anywhere, but if you marry in the US (or anywhere outside the EU), you'll need to do a bit of paperwork to get the marriage license &quot;legitimized&quot; for use in Germany.  I did this in New York City, for example, and it was fairly painless.  They seem to do it frequently enough that they know just which office you need to go to next; if I recall correctly, they even have a sheet with step-by-step instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get married in a smaller jurisdiction, however, you may have to do a little more work to find out the procedures you need to follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you choose to marry in Austria, I do not know whether there would be a similar procedure necessary to legitimize the Austrian document for the German authorities.  I've seen something about doing away with these sorts of things within the EU, but I don't know whether it has been enacted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-02-16T20:12:31.817" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T20:12:31.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-11T01:22:21.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you might be able to live your life without becoming a tax resident under any country's laws, though you might want to look carefully at the tax laws of the countries you are leaving.  I don't know about the UK or Poland but Canada, for example, makes it a little tough to become a non-resident for tax purposes even if you aren't physically present in the country if you haven't actually established a residence in some other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides this, however, what matters more is what you haven't said, which is how are you going to earn an income, where will it come from and how will you be paid?  The country where you earn your income may want to tax it even if you aren't physically present, or if not then the country where you are paid (e.g. whose bank the payment is processed through) may be interested in you.  Generally you don't avoid taxes by avoiding establishing a residence anywhere, you do so by establishing a tax presence (personal or corporate) in a country that doesn't tax the kind of income you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to Mexico in particular, note that if you enter Mexico as a visitor you may not legally do any work there, they try hard to be strict about this and their definition of &quot;work&quot; is very broad.  I became an officer of a Mexican charitable foundation and had to become a Mexican resident with permission to do that particular &quot;work&quot; even though it was occasional and unpaid.  I'm also not sure a visitor can open a bank account any more; HSBC opened one for me as a visitor quite a few years ago based on my having a US HSBC account, but the Mexican bank later got a US fine for money laundering so I think they're all way more strict now.  Should you wish to become a Mexican resident for your three months there (not entirely impossible, I guess, and my experience with Mexican immigration is that they are quite friendly and helpful) be aware they will want to tax you not only on Mexico-source income but also your global income unless you can show you also have a residence elsewhere and make a majority of your income there (with other complexities), which requires that you have a home somewhere else, which is apparently what you are trying not to have.  And if you enter as a visitor you'll be counting on them to assume you have a home somewhere else too, since if they knew you didn't they might suspect you weren't coming as a visitor.  That said, if you enter as a visitor, work remotely for someone outside the country and have a way to access your earnings for living expenses, they may not notice.  Just don't go boasting that this is what you're doing, if it is what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see why what you seem to want to do might be interesting and fun, but I don't think you should expect it to be tax-efficient as well; just limiting your time in any country doesn't somehow immunize you from paying taxes.  It also doesn't seem very secure.  No country needs to allow you to enter, if you are entering as a visitor and are asked where you live you may not do well if you tell the exact truth, but telling an immigration officer an untruth can sometimes be the start of a really unpleasant experience.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9035" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T01:22:21.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-11T06:51:21.327" Score="5" ViewCount="664" Body="&lt;p&gt;My child is born in Macau, I am Australian, and my wife is from Mainland China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My children by law can not be Macanese citizens or residents as neither the mother nor the father has Macanese Residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid being stateless, I've applied for Australian passports for my child, and presented this at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macau to get a Chinese Visa to travel to Beijing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To cut a long story short, these were the things they've told me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;no he can't have China Visas as he is Chinese (obviously the birth was shared with the mainland authorities or perhaps they just saw my wife is from the mainland)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they are Chinese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;no they aren't&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ok, they are of questionable nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;we will give the child a Chinese Travel document and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you must denounce the Chinese or Australian citizenship when he is 2 years old&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anybody been in this situation, and does anybody know the process to denounce the Chinese Citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife tells me they have to go back to Beijing to do this, but that may see them trapped in China during a process of an unknown time period, so I need to do this while he is living in Macau using an Australian passport which carries his Visa to Macau... also arguable part &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9036" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-02-11T12:32:48.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T12:32:48.630" Title="What is the process to cancel my child's Chinese citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7823" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-02-11T09:49:16.323" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-02-11T09:49:16.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T09:49:16.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7824" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-02-11T09:49:16.323" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding the renouncing of citizenship" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-12T01:20:31.017" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T01:20:31.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7822" CreationDate="2016-02-11T11:19:19.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as &quot;Macanese citizen&quot;. There are only Chinese (PRC) citizens and foreign citizens, and separately there is the concept of Macau permanent residents (who can be Chinese citizens or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Article 4 of the PRC Nationality Law, any child born in China (Macau is part of China) to at least one Chinese-citizen parent automatically has PRC nationality at birth. So your child has Chinese nationality. According to Article 24 of the Macau Basic Law, a Chinese citizen born in Macau automatically has Macau permanent residency. So your child is also a Macau permanent resident (regardless of whether either of you are).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What they said about your child's status is correct. I am not sure why you are averse to your child's Chinese citizenship. Is it because you think it is a hassle to apply for a Chinese Travel Document? Though, as your child is a Chinese citizen who is also a Macau permanent resident, they may be able to get a &quot;Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents&quot; to travel to the Mainland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to apply to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dsi.gov.mo/nationality_e.jsp#bm2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;renounce Chinese citizenship&lt;/a&gt; in Macau. I am not sure whether the process applies to small children though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T11:19:19.693" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-11T23:29:10.457" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am enrolled to a international internship in TU-Chemnitz, Germany, as its a compulsory internship (with work permit) towards my degree completion. Its unpaid also. Can I do a part-time/Minijob to manage my expense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9040" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T23:29:10.457" Title="Part-time job along with an internship in University to manage expense?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:10:17.857" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-12T02:15:14.830" Score="0" ViewCount="3951" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Australian student visa was rejected on GTE (Genuine Temporary Entrant) grounds. Will it affect a New Zealand student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, do I need to declare that I have had a previous student visa rejection? What if I don't?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9041" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-12T03:53:03.463" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T18:01:44.987" Title="Australian student visa rejected because of GTE. Will it affect New Zealand student visa?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2016-02-12T10:26:07.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like the Big5/eyes agreement between USA, UK, Australia, Canada and France (?), Australia and New Zealand may also have some kind of immigration data sharing agreement, most likely, because they are neighbors, but at same time Big5/eye concentrates more on security risks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If New Zealand's (or for that matter, any country's) visa form asks for previous rejections/deportations/refusals, it is never a good idea to lie. State the facts, because caught lieing may open another can of immigration problems, and will, most probably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL:DR; Aussie refusal may effect Kiwi application outcome, Never lie on immigration forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-07-15T18:01:44.987" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T18:01:44.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7831" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-13T13:55:25.347" Score="1" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was refused a tiers 4 visa to the UK and any application will be automatically refused under a general ground refusals 320 (7A) (7B) using false document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I would like to make an appeal because it may harm any future application and also the document in question was not fake it was an administrative error that I can provide in my administrative review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the question is if I am accepted by Irish University and apply for a student visa would this previous refusal be prejudicial to the next application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9048" LastActivityDate="2016-02-14T13:29:19.850" Title="Ireland student visa after UK tier 4 refused" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-14T10:34:06.607" Score="3" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm non-EU spouse of an EU (Italian) citizen. I have a residence card issued by the Italian authorities, stating that I'm a non-EU family member. My question is can I travel to Sweden without my spouse and stay up to 90 days there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8725" LastActivityDate="2017-04-26T18:39:52.130" Title="Traveling without the EU spouse!" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7831" CreationDate="2016-02-14T10:37:17.373" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It could be held against you. Most countries of the world ask for details on previous refusals of visas or entry. Although they normally can't find out the specific details unless you sign a release, you can never be certain of what information sharing agreements might exist, especially among neighboring countries that already have travel agreements in place. This doesn't necessarily mean an automatic refusal in every case. But it will draw extra scrutiny and &quot;give them an excuse&quot; if they find anything at all, however trivial or normally easily resolved, to refuse you yet again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;La femme Cosmique's recommendation is correct in my opinion. Fight it if it is winnable and get your record clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-02-14T13:29:19.850" LastActivityDate="2016-02-14T13:29:19.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-14T14:04:57.010" Score="3" ViewCount="972" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying to New South Wales (NSW) state sponsorship (subclass 190) [Australia] with 55 points. My point breakdown is as follows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Age: 30 pts&#xA;Education: 15pts&#xA;IELTS: (W:7, S:7, R:8.5, L:9): 10&#xA;&#xA;Total: 55 points + SS points (5) = 60&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think that I would have to wait longer with this point total?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8840" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-02-14T18:17:42.320" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T11:52:32.787" Title="Applying to NSW State sponsorship with 55 points" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7837" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7838" CreationDate="2016-02-15T08:17:15.210" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I have been approved for a global transfer of my AMEX card from the UK to the US and I know it will take time to build credit rating/scoring.&#xA;I am also wondering if it is as good idea to apply for another credit card? Will it harm or do any damage to my non credit rating at the moment or when credit does finally start to build? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I would like another card is simply due to the benefits I can get (membership benefits) compared to the current AMEX card I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8974" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-02-15T12:00:42.050" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T19:18:12.120" Title="Credit card - &quot;building credit&quot; and applying for cards" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7837" CreationDate="2016-02-15T19:18:12.120" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule if you have no credit history in the US and you apply for a random unsecured credit card you will be turned down.  That you have had an application declined won't appear in your credit report, but the fact that you applied will and this might have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/2011/09/14/being-turned-down-does-not-hurt-credit-scores/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;small, temporary negative effect&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course your situation is a bit different in that, thanks to American Express, you will have some US credit history.  I have no personal experience so I don't know if this by itself is sufficient for an application for another card to be successful, but if no one who's been in your situation has a more authoritative answer it might not hurt much to apply for a card you want once you are settled to see how it goes (and report back on the result?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn't go well then you'll want to wait a while for your credit history to lengthen before trying again.  If you really want a second card in the mean time and aren't fussy about exactly what card it is, a US bank which is a sibling of a UK bank you have a history with might be willing to give you an unsecured card based on your UK history if you open accounts with them (I know HSBC and Citibank sometimes will do this; I have had experience with HSBC for this in other countries).  Otherwise a secured credit card is generally the only option for people with little or no (or bad) US credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9057" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T19:18:12.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-15T22:13:53.850" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to open a bank account in Chile with with US dollars as currency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9058" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2016-02-17T01:00:23.397" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T01:00:23.397" Title="As a legal foreigner, how I can open a US dollar bank account in Chile?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;currency&gt;&lt;chile&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6337" CreationDate="2016-02-15T22:27:56.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are lots of employment agencies in South Korea. However, I haven't seen any that specialize in expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some resources off Google:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jobpostingkorea.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jobpostingkorea.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/list/country/south_korea/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/list/country/south_korea/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, it really depends on several factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where will you be? Seoul or elsewhere?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long will you be there for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What kinds of jobs are you looking for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are your qualifications?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What will your visa status be?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I went to Seoul for 8 months and my goal was to get hired as an English tutor. All it took me was a few minutes of Googling to find some numbers to call. Mind you, this was 8 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9056" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T22:27:56.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7812" CreationDate="2016-02-16T00:42:00.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll be able to do quite a lot of things in English, but your time will be much more enjoyable if you are able to learn a few simple words and phrases. There are situations you'll find yourself in where this will be useful. For example, purchasing train tickets and eating at local restaurants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience of living in China, the locals will sometimes step forward and offer to help act as an interpreter if they are bilingual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other trick is to learn a few Chinese characters - at least the numbers. Since the city that I lived in had quite a few bus routes that displayed the route numbers in Chinese rather than Hindu-Arabic. So being able to read the numbers was a handy skill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in a previous answer, if you visit high-end places, then you'll find that English won't be a problem. For example, I used to do my grocery shopping at a specialist Western supermarket, and all of the checkout operators there spoke perfect English. You'll pay much higher prices for your groceries as a result. So you do end up paying for the convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway by being immersed in the culture you will pick up the language very quickly, and the pleasure from speaking to someone in a new language and having them understand you and respond is very rewarding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9059" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T00:42:00.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7839" CreationDate="2016-02-16T04:15:11.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As suggested in the comment to your question, the first place to go is a bank, and ask them &quot;Can I open an account in USD please?&quot;. The answer might vary, depending on the banking regulations, but they WILL have an answer for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(As an aside, some countries are more strict than others regarding the opening of bank accounts. Where I live you can only usually open a bank account if you have a work permit. I am not sure if Chile is as strict as that though.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T04:15:11.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7854" CreationDate="2016-02-16T11:05:34.263" Score="4" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am United States citizen and looking to move to the UK. Currently, applying to graduate school there, which would start in October this year. However, I would like to go as soon as March to join my significant other, who is an EU national working / settled in London. I want to be able to work during this period, ideally paid work. I am looking for advice on visas and programs - the best way to legally get me there quickly and allow me to be more than just a tourist for the next 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visitor visa: Is it allowed to enter on a standard visitor visa, look for work, and then switch to the appropriate visa? Would I have to leave the UK in between?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Partner visa: Based on the rules, I do not think our relationship will convince immigration, as we have not officially lived together nor do we have any other proof of combined assets. Are these stipulations strictly enforced, or might we have a shot just saying we have been a couple since 2014?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work visa: I'm guessing I have no chance at a serious sponsorship knowing that I want to be in school instead in a matter of months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work visa, such as Tier 5 temporary work: From my research, I am hoping I could have a fixed-term internship, research position, or job for a few months with this visa. If so, what is the best way to find one? I would love some advice on job searching from outside the UK. Should I apply for internships as normal from job websites; or is there a smarter way to find vacancies? Can I contact Tier 5 sponsorship bodies directly for help? Should I approach companies or universities directly for opportunities or research positions? Do I have any hope of being taken seriously, or finding something in a timely manner?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other potential routes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering and significant research experience with neuroscience and data science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9060" LastEditorUserId="9060" LastEditDate="2016-02-17T09:04:40.137" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T13:58:13.523" Title="US citizen coming to UK for work and subsequent studies" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7817" CreationDate="2016-02-16T12:40:30.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My (now ex) girlfriend, a US citizen, came to live in Berlin by herself and got a work permit without any problem whatsoever and got it extended multiple times. In fact, authorities seem keen to acquire qualified workers and keep them in Germany - I'm guessing tax payers are very welcome. This is &lt;em&gt;by far&lt;/em&gt; not as strict as applying for a visa in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your girlfriend has a job offer, just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erwerbstaetigkeit/beschaeftigung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;get in touch with the Ausländerbehörde and file the application&lt;/a&gt;. You'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8939" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T12:40:30.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7846" CreationDate="2016-02-16T12:57:21.633" Score="4" ViewCount="1172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have searched this but couldn't find a satisfactory answer.&#xA;I am an exchange student in Germany and go back home almost every month. I am non-EU so I am here on a Student Visa. Is it possible to get tax refund for the items I have purchased here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9021" OwnerDisplayName="Mert Karakaya" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T17:03:14.803" Title="Tax Refund from Germany on Student Visa" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7845" CreationDate="2016-02-16T14:12:54.857" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zoll.de/EN/Private-individuals/Travel/Entering-Germany/Duties-and-taxes/Tax-free-shopping/tax-free-shopping_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The official web page&lt;/a&gt; explains the process quite clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your nationality seems to be irrelevant. &lt;strong&gt;What is important, however, is whether you have a &lt;em&gt;residence permit&lt;/em&gt; or not&lt;/strong&gt;. You should have already applied for it if you are staying in Germany for longer than 3 months. &lt;strong&gt;Without having a residence permit, VAT refunds are possible if you can prove that your place of residence is outside the EU, but if you have a residence permit for Germany, the you cannot get a tax refund&lt;/strong&gt;. There are many conditions connected to a VAT tax refund, and you will need to check with the vendor before the sale that you will be issued the necessary documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="DCTLib" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2016-12-25T17:03:14.803" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T17:03:14.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-17T05:24:19.910" Score="4" ViewCount="652" Body="&lt;p&gt;I, a non-eu student, going to study in the Netherlands the next year. I want to live with my Dutch boyfriend with whom we are going to register partnership in several months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to move in, but his place is far away from my university, so it's quite expensive with a usual ov-chipkaart. At the same time, in the Netherlands there is a special ov-chipcaart for students which offers a good discount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I, as a partner of eu citizen, apply for it? We were looking for this information with my boyfriend, but couldn't find a clear explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to your advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9064" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T15:21:44.280" Title="Ov-chipkaart for non-eu student with Dutch partner" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7847" CreationDate="2016-02-17T06:39:41.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anna, the first search giving me next links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/apply-1/students.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/apply-1/students.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.studentenreisproduct.nl/detail/ov-chipkaartnummer-doorgeven/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.studentenreisproduct.nl/detail/ov-chipkaartnummer-doorgeven/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://services.studentenreisproduct.nl/koppel/checklist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://services.studentenreisproduct.nl/koppel/checklist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on It I assume you're eligible to have student ov-card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T06:39:41.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7847" CreationDate="2016-02-17T08:58:47.667" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The organisation which handles this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duo.nl/&quot;&gt;DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)&lt;/a&gt;, they arrange the student grants. The help for travelling is called the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.studentenreisproduct.nl/&quot;&gt;travel product (reisproduct)&lt;/a&gt;, and to be able to get this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duo.nl/particulier/international-student/student-travel-product/collecting-your-student-travel-product.jsp&quot;&gt;you have to&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duo.nl/particulier/international-student/student-finance/applying-for-student-finance.jsp&quot;&gt;First apply for student finance.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Buy a personal OV-chipkaart. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Register your OV-chipkaart number. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Load the student travel product onto your OV-chipkaart. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duo.nl/particulier/international-student/student-finance/applying-for-student-finance.jsp&quot;&gt;apply for finance&lt;/a&gt; you have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duo.nl/particulier/international-student/student-finance/how-does-it-work.jsp&quot;&gt;meet the nationality requirements&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are not a national of an EU/EEA-country or Switzerland, you can still qualify for student finance if you have a residence permit type II, III or IV. Check the nationality chart below if you have another type of permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check if you are entitled &lt;a href=&quot;https://tools.duo.nl/studiepunt/nationaliteitenschema/natschema.asp?taal=en&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8675" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T08:58:47.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2016-02-17T12:34:05.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Germany from the UK and had no plans to stay. I was advised to go private due to my income. I married and had 4 kids. It would have been better (cheaper) to go public. There are advantages to private insurance. I got an appointment with one doctor for the following week. A friend was quoted a date &lt;strong&gt;1 year&lt;/strong&gt; later! She is publicly insured. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having grown up with the UK's NHS, I feel awkward about private insurance and would often like to change to public. This is not easy if not impossible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522" LastEditorUserId="522" LastEditDate="2016-02-18T11:06:15.817" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T11:06:15.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7866" CreationDate="2016-02-17T12:50:41.690" Score="2" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're thinking of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;applying to become a British Citizen&lt;/a&gt;, two of the requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK (this means there’s no specific date that you have to leave) or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national (and you have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/a&gt; or document that shows you have permanent residence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/a&gt; or document that shows you have permanent residence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my reading, that means that if you're a citizen of an EEA country, you don't need to apply for or be granted indefinite leave to stay, instead you need something around permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;follow the link given about permanent residence cards&lt;/a&gt;, it only talks about family members of EEA nationals in the Eligibility section. I can't see anything there about EEA nationals themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're an EEA national who's been in the UK for 5+ years, and you're pondering applying to become a British Citizen, what should you be doing on the proof of permanent residency front? Do you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ignore the eligibility section on the &quot;Apply for a UK residence card&quot; page&lt;/a&gt; and apply for the card anyway? Or is there an alternate route you should be taking? Perhaps the &lt;em&gt;document that shows you have permanent residence&lt;/em&gt; or section kicks in here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T21:42:29.860" Title="As an EEA national in the UK for 5+ years, how do you get a &quot;permanent residence card&quot; or &quot;document that shows you have permanent residence&quot;?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7843" CreationDate="2016-02-17T13:25:32.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Visitor visa: Is it allowed to enter on a standard visitor visa, look for work, and then switch to the appropriate visa? Would I have&#xA;  to leave the UK in between?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No switching allowed whatsoever in country. And to be frank, it is very unlikely they will let you enter if the reason is to look for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Partner visa: Based on the rules, I do not think our relationship will convince immigration, as we have not officially lived together&#xA;  nor do we have any other proof of combined assets. Are these&#xA;  stipulations strictly enforced, or might we have a shot just saying we&#xA;  have been a couple since 2014?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are correct. They are very, very, strict on this, and this visa is indeed quite rarely obtained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Work visa: I'm guessing I have no chance at a serious sponsorship knowing that I want to be in school instead in a matter of months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's probably true though it really depends on what the employer is looking for. For example there might exist internship jobs for graduate students in your field. There might even be a partnership program in place with the school(s) you are in interested in. You should really look into this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Work visa, such as Tier 5 temporary work: From my research, I am hoping I could have a fixed-term internship, research position, or job&#xA;  for a few months with this visa. If so, what is the best way to find&#xA;  one? I would love some advice on job searching from outside the UK.&#xA;  Should I apply for internships as normal from job websites; or is&#xA;  there a smarter way to find vacancies? Can I contact Tier 5&#xA;  sponsorship bodies directly for help? Should I approach companies or&#xA;  universities directly for opportunities or research positions? Do I&#xA;  have any hope of being taken seriously, or finding something in a&#xA;  timely manner?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a real possibility (I'm making some assumptions on your age). Further, with this visa, you can actually switch in country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As SztupY sort of pointed out, I notice you did not even list any of the obvious marriage routes. I'm guessing it is safe to assume that this is not an option you are at all considering. In which case, you seem to have covered all of the bases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own advice would be to go ahead and get all of the graduate student stuff sorted out, and come when you are scheduled to start that course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-02-17T13:36:54.237" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T13:36:54.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7796" CreationDate="2016-02-17T13:39:42.263" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The page of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dutch tax authority (belastingdienst)&lt;/a&gt; explains clearly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/tax_arrangements/income_from_abroad/income_from_abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;that you should pay your tax in the Netherlands if you live there&lt;/a&gt; (and also stated &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/moving_internationally/immigration/immigration_and_tax_issues/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you live in the Netherlands, you must state your complete worldwide income in your tax return. Your income from abroad is also part of your worldwide income (for example income from employment or foreign property).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/tax_arrangements/income_from_abroad/regulations_to_avoid_double_taxation/regulations_to_avoid_double_taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;agreements with other countries&lt;/a&gt; to avoid double taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you immigrate you will have to do &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/moving_internationally/immigration/what_do_you_have_to_do_if_you_immigrate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;several things&lt;/a&gt;, the things related to working are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obtain a &lt;em&gt;Citizen service number&lt;/em&gt;:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will be given this number by the local authorities where you live. The municipal authority will pass on your details to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Account number&lt;/em&gt;: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you will need an account with a Dutch bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8675" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T13:39:42.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7881" CreationDate="2016-02-17T16:17:19.600" Score="2" ViewCount="1185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to move to Sydney and seek a job. Currently, I generally use motorcycle to go around city. I am thinking about buying a motorcycle as soon as I reach there. But I have no idea about the viewpoint of people and the convenience of using a motorcycle in Sydney. Is motor riding popular in there? What is the process to buy and use a motor in Australia?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:52:16.317" Title="Riding motorcycle in Sydney" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-17T17:54:19.053" Score="2" ViewCount="1634" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/careers/resume?dept=intern-engineering&amp;amp;req=a0IA000000G2ySNMAZ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Facebook job description based in the US&lt;/a&gt; and read: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please indicate whether you are either a citizen or lawful permanent&#xA;  resident of any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea,&#xA;  Syria or Sudan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[] Yes           [] No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NOTE: Facebook is asking this question, and will use your response,&#xA;  for the exclusive and limited purpose of compliance with federal&#xA;  export control laws and regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTMax.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTMax.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the repercussion of being a citizen or lawful permanent resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or Sudan when applying for a job in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T06:35:04.487" Title="What's the repercussion of being a citizen or lawful permanent resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or Sudan when applying for a job in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7669" CreationDate="2016-02-17T18:36:06.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Summary:&lt;/em&gt; The islands have slightly different rules, but they all require a residence and working permit if you want to live and work there. The permits have some requirements (such as having an employer), you can apply for admission by right, which can last as long as you meet the requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;European Dutch can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rsonac.org/caribbean-visa/2.-long-stay-mvv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;at most stay 90 days&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign nationals who intend to stay in the Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curaçao for a period longer than 90 days in total or 30 days per island need to apply for a residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curaçao:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The applicant applies for a residence permit directly with the island authorities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;One of the requirements is that the applicant needs to submit proof of his/her financial means to cover the intended stay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The future employer needs to initiate the application for the work permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba (BES-Islands):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The applicant applies for a residence permit directly with the respective island authorities. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The future employer will need to initiate the application for a work permit through the respective island authorities (if applicable).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You must apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksdienstcn.com/rijksdienstcn.com/up1/ZyahqpxIS_MBES08_EN_aanvraag_verklaring_rechtswege.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Verklaring van Rechtswege&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the island you can apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doingbusinessdutchcaribbean.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;admission by right&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Aruba: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After five years of residence in Aruba on the basis of a temporary residence permit, Dutch citizens are eligible for admission by right (toelating van rechtswege). ... Admission by right is granted for an indefinite period of time as long as  certain requirements are fulfilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bonnaire, Saba, and St. Eustasius: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An application for admission by right is granted to Dutch citizens under the following conditions:Certificate of good conduct; Housing; and Sufficient means of support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Curacao, St. Maarten: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dutch nationals applying for admission by right are granted admission ... for an indefinite period of time as long as they fulfill certain requirements. Depending on the purpose of the residence, admission by right may be granted for a certain period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rsonac.org/caribbean-visa/2.-long-stay-mvv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Residence Permit for the Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten or Curaçao&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksdienstcn.com/en/immigration-and-naturalization-service/dutch-nationals-from-elsewhere&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland - Dutch Nationals from elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doingbusinessdutchcaribbean.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Guides to doing business in the Dutch Caribbean and Suriname&lt;/a&gt; (check per island: Immigration Requirements &gt; Dutch citizens)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8675" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T18:36:06.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7857" CreationDate="2016-02-17T19:32:07.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't find any indications that this could result in flat out denial of visas but it's more than likely that additional scrutiny would take place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://iran.usembassy.gov/visas/niv-iranians.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Virtual US Embassy in Iran&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://iran.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-faqs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for more details as well as special information pages for &lt;a href=&quot;http://abudhabi.usembassy.gov/note-to-iranians.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Iranian applicants at processing centers such as Abu Dhabi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could check with an immigration attorney regarding additional details of USCIS processing of such visas but it is possible to receive it but could entail additional security checks and possible restricted access due to export restrictions (but this is a guess, I haven't found any hard data).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T19:32:07.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-17T19:48:48.720" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are EU citizens. I am employed by a Dutch company. This company may hire my wife indirectly as a freelancer through a US based company to work remotely from home. Essentially they would pay the USA company, who would then pay her. Would she be liable for any tax in the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9070" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T20:55:10.840" Title="Working for a dutch company through a US company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7860" CreationDate="2016-02-18T02:23:23.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the answer to this depends on issues you haven't mentioned, like your wife's country of residence, whether she has connections to the US (green card or recent physical presence there) and stuff like how the US company is accounting for the payments, it isn't possible to answer this authoritatively.  However, even knowing that, the answer is going to be complicated enough that you might not get a good  response here, so maybe a more general answer will help get you started?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, a non-resident foreigner's income from a US source will be subject to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/Businesses/U.S.-Tax-Withholding-on-Payments-to-Foreign-Persons&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;withholding tax&lt;/a&gt; unless there is some other arrangement which avoids that.  The US payor will be responsible to remit the withholding tax to the US government, so you'll know the income may be taxable in the US when the US company takes taxes from it.  Note that a tax treaty between the US and the country your wife lives in, should one exist, may reduce or conceivably eliminate the US tax payable and will almost certainly allow her to avoid being double-taxed when she declares the income in her home country, but if the company paying her takes the full withholding tax anyway the only way to get the overpayment back will be to file a non-resident tax return in the US asking for a refund on the overpayment.  All of this sucks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the place to start is probably to find out if the US company is going to be deducting withholding tax, or any other amount of US income tax, from her payments.  If the answer is &quot;no&quot; then your wife will have no problem with the US and will only need to report the income where she lives.  If the answer is &quot;yes&quot; then she'll be paying US taxes but may be able to get some of that back, or write off the US payments against taxes owing in her home country, if a tax treaty between her country of residence and the US exists.  Unfortunately, my experience with this situation suggests that, unless she is much smarter than I am, she'll probably need to hire an expert to figure out what taxes she should be paying, and where, under the treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I should have noted that if your wife's income is going to be taxed the US company will (or should) ask her to fill out an IRS &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-W-8BEN,-Certificate-of-Foreign-Status-of-Beneficial-Owner-for-United-States-Tax-Withholding&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W-8BEN&lt;/a&gt; form, which is how the US will know it is your wife who is being paid and is also where the claim to the benefits of a tax treaty can be asserted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2016-02-19T20:55:10.840" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T20:55:10.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7862" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7864" CreationDate="2016-02-18T17:56:04.053" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner and I just got to Canada and I'd like to live here for the next couple of years. I'm wondering what the best approach is to legally stay in Canada for 3+ years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 29 years old, male and German Citizen. I make my living as a freelance programmer the last years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner is 34, female and Canadian Citizen, she's a registered nurse, currently not working, got some saving, she will most likely study the next 2-4 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been together for about a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any specific suggestions, what the best way is to approach this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9073" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T20:16:32.263" Title="Canadian Residency" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-18T20:15:30.527" Score="0" ViewCount="723" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to renew my H1B visa, and while it is suggested I do this in the US consulate in the country where my passport was issued (New Zealand), I have heard of other types of visas (Eg E3) being renewed, without issue, in Caribbean countries that have US embassies/consulates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in NY, so it would be difficult to get time off work and very expensive to go all the way back to New Zealand for the visa stamping. So, is it possible to renew my H1B in a Caribbean country that is not my home country and where I am not a resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This question has been shifted from Travel.StackExchange as it was suggested it would be better suited here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9074" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T10:52:10.950" Title="Is it possible to renew an H1B visa in a Caribbean country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7862" CreationDate="2016-02-18T20:16:32.263" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Canadian government has a fairly handy web site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/cometocanada.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; which lets you fill in a questionnaire and then gives you some possibilities.  Since you are German, young enough and without dependents(?) you might look at a work permit via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;International Experience Canada&lt;/a&gt; to get started.  A &quot;working holiday&quot; work permit is only good for 1 year (you might be able to apply again as a &quot;young professional&quot; for a second year if you qualify), but you could use that time to organize what you need (e.g. an appropriate job offer) to stay longer.  By reputation the working holiday used to be relatively quick and easy to get, though I notice they've very recently changed the application procedure so I don't know if that's changed.  It also would have been better if you had applied ahead of time from outside Canada, but you didn't so you'll need to start from where you are...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll also just observe that getting married or documenting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=347&amp;amp;top=14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;common-law partnership&lt;/a&gt; at some point would expand your options and is the only way I know to take advantage of the fact that your partner is Canadian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T20:16:32.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-18T21:42:23.377" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get the Dutch citizenship now having a Dutch mother and a German father and being born in 1978?&#xA;And if yes would your own children get the Dutch citizenship as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9076" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T21:42:23.377" Title="Dutch citizenship after years" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T02:39:59.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7853" CreationDate="2016-02-18T21:42:29.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to ignore the eligibility section and simply submit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445508/EEA_PR__07-15.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;application form&lt;/a&gt; -- you are automatically eligible as a EEA citizen.. If you have been working or otherwise certified during those five years, the following statement (in section 3) should apply to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I’ve lived in the UK for a continuous period of five years as an EEA national qualified person, the family member or extended family member of a qualified person, or a combination of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is so you need to complete the appropriate sections of the form (namely 5, 9, 16, 17, 18 and 19), where you will give all the details about your life in the UK, with any required documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T21:42:29.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-18T17:56:37.473" Score="5" ViewCount="1661" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/syQJt.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/syQJt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never had problems traveling around Europe and the UK. But I lied this last time about lots of things (how long I was staying, about my fiance...) and I got refused to enter. I received a letter and they sent me back. In the letter it's said that any other applications will be refused automatically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Brazil. No criminal records or anything like that. I was going to the Isle of Man to marry him, although I did not intend to live there. As the register office there stated, it's not forbidden to get married. But, as fear (of course) of being refused entrance, I lied about the reason I was going there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have a letter that says: &quot;Refused entry under paragraph 6.2, 3.6 and [V3.7-V3.9] of appendix V of the immigration rules for visitors. any further applications will also be automatically refused under paragraph [V3.7-V3.9] until [1,2,5 or 10 years]&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to try to apply for my spouse visa. Do I have to wait for a certain time for the refusal to &quot;expire&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9085" OwnerDisplayName="karol" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-01-03T14:12:05.163" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T19:49:09.760" Title="Refused leave to enter UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7867" CreationDate="2016-02-18T22:55:56.410" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;One reason for being denied entry is: &amp;quot;using deception in an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or remain.&amp;quot; This is, according to your description, your case. It does not matter what was your motivation. For some reason you thought it was a good idea, and the UK thought it was not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above situation results in an entry ban for 1 to 10 years. If you have used deception in an entry clearance application (which you have), there is a mandatory refusal for 10 years. That means that any visa application, for whatever reason, is automatically denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refusal of entry clearance or leave to enter the United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(d) using Deception in an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or remain, or in order to obtain documents from the Secretary of State or a third party required in support of the application (whether successful or not);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;unless the applicant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) used Deception in an application for entry clearance more than 10 years ago;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, &lt;strong&gt;there is an exception&lt;/strong&gt;. The ban must not be applied automatically in the case of family reunification under &lt;strong&gt;appendix FM.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that requires that OP's partner is British, earns more than £18,600/yr, among other factors.&#xA;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-family-members&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules Appendix FM: family members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The marriage would not pre-date the ban. The OP has a bad immigration record and has contrived to frustrate the immigration rules. That's not a good beginning. If she marries her partner, she will still have trouble proving that her relationship is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------- UPDATE following comments  ----------&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not lie in your visa application, since you did not apply for a visa. But the rule says: &amp;quot;entry clearance, leave to entry or remain.&amp;quot; You have lied when seeking a leave to entry, according to your depiction and the letter above. That does not change your situation at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you marry your boyfriend, you could try and get a spouse visa. But you'll need to prove that your marriage is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were in the UK, you could apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa. Now you'll have to apply from abroad, paying a fee of between £100 and £1,100 (depending on the length of the visit), and no right of appeal if it is denied. There is a laundry list of conditions to be met, and documents to be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not put too much weight on the &amp;quot;they will be separating a family, which is against the law...right?&amp;quot; part. No, it's not illegal. And they are not separating you, they are just imposing conditions on you moving into the UK. You could marry your boyfriend and establish a family in Brazil. You have a right to family life, but it must not be established in the UK at the British taxpayer's expense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you decide to do, you'll need to ask a solicitor accredited by the UK Law Society and specializing in UK immigration law for detailed advice and possible solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9077" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T13:13:30.913" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7863" CreationDate="2016-02-19T03:41:28.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check the US consulate in the relevant Caribbean country. I know for a fact that non-residents can apply in US consulates in Mexico and Canada (maybe cheaper to go to Toronto from New York than Caribbean?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T03:41:28.490" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7863" CreationDate="2016-02-19T03:42:17.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on comments on your question, it appears that you do not need to renew your US visa, and your question is based on your incorrect belief that a US visa is needed for you to stay in the US, which is completely false. A US visa is solely for entry to the US. That is the reason that a US visa can only be gotten outside the US (because if you are already in the US, you do not need to &quot;enter&quot;). You will only need to renew your US visa if you plan to travel outside the US and return to the US after your current visa expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your ability to stay in the US is determined by your status (in your case, H-1b status), the duration of which is determined by your I-94. H-1b status usually extends to the end of validity of your H-1b petition. If the time given on your I-94 is expiring soon (which you have no indicated is the case), your company should apply to extend your H-1b petition and status. Once the application to extend your status is filed, you can continue to stay and work in the US while the application is being processed; and when it is approved, you will receive a new I-94 which determines the new extent of your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next time you leave the US to go back to New Zealand or go to somewhere else (however long in the future that is), and need to come back to the US to continue to work, you will need to get an H-1b visa at a US consulate abroad, if they accept visa applications from non-residents. If you do not need to leave the US, you do not need to get a US visa, ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you leave the US to try to get an H-1b visa abroad, you will need a valid H-1b petition to get an H-1b visa, and when you come back to the US, your I-94 will be limited to the validity of your H-1b petition, so if your petition is expiring, then you will need your company to apply to extend your H-1b petition anyway; otherwise, getting an H-1b visa and/or re-entering the US will be completely useless, as it will not extend the amount of time you can stay in the US beyond what you can currently. And if the petition is already expired or in the process of being extended, you will not be able to get an H-1b visa abroad until the new petition gets approved, which could take a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only cases in which one might want to get a US visa in a nearby country, is 1) if you have plans to travel abroad, but the time in that country is too brief to apply for a US visa at the US consulate there (e.g. an academic conference), or the consulate there does not accept visa applications from non-resident applicants; or 2) you need to apply for a visa to a third country, which requires you to have a valid US visa before they will issue you their visa (not many countries have such a requirement). In these cases, people commonly go to US consulates in Canada or Mexico, which are generally the most convenient to reach from the US. Caribbean countries might work similarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-02-19T10:52:10.950" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T10:52:10.950" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7857" CreationDate="2016-02-19T06:35:04.487" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at the page you quoted.  The issue is export laws, not merely working in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I have not paid attention to the details I know there are laws about the export of cryptography, although nowhere near as bad as they used to be.  (Under the laws of some time back taking any modern browser out of the United States was treated as arms smuggling!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly suspect that Facebook could get in trouble if they hired someone from one of those countries to work on code that used cryptography that's subject to export restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T06:35:04.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7882" CreationDate="2016-02-19T17:16:14.610" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently sent my application to the home office  for a resident card as the family member of an Eu citizen , but my husband has to go on business trip and now we need his Passport. The company bought his ticket already. Any idea how can I and where can I ask for it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T15:26:03.747" Title="How can I ask the home office to send my husband's passport back before they do it?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7867" CreationDate="2016-02-19T22:35:20.060" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the [1, 2, 5 or 10 year ...] automatic refusal period is covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-offender-rfl05-paragraph-3207b-and-a320/immigration-offender-rfl05-paragraph-3207b-and-a320&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these rules&lt;/a&gt; at RFL5.2.  If your flight back was at your own (or the airline's) expense and since, as you point out, the deception concerned leave to enter rather than an entry clearance application, it looks like the automatic refusal will continue for 1 year only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-02-19T22:35:20.060" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="566" CreationDate="2016-02-20T01:41:48.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not true.  Schwab has an 'international' division that will let you open a brokerage (not bank) account if you reside outside of the US.  It is a service geared towards foreign investors, not US expats.&#xA;Schwab US bank and brokerage will close your accounts if you tell them you are moving outside the US - even if you are a US citizen.  They told me that today in a phone conversation.&#xA;Same for Vanguard - I also asked them that question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9086" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T01:41:48.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-20T02:40:01.227" Score="1" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;When filing visa applications in the United States, one sometime needs to provide certified translations of official documents from the country of birth. Is there any online resources that would give translation templates or examples for French official documents such as birth certificate, diplomas, or transcriptsm into English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2016-02-20T20:22:15.293" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T08:46:41.047" Title="Resources to translate official French documents (diplomas, birth certificate, etc.) into English" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2016-02-20T10:52:25.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must declare any rejections and application.  If you do not, it will undoubtedly be counted against you. The government officials will not overlook dishonesty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can tell you, before entering the country, they will have you sit off to the side or in a secure location and check your information if your visa is flagged. I was asked to sit in an area for 1 1/2 hours after I visited my family in the US, at the time I had a spousal visa. Even though I had a valid spousal visa, my file showed I had previously been rejected my first spousal visa application as the law changed at the time I applied while i had a valid student visa. While waiting in the area, they spoke with my husband who was waiting for me on the other side to check out the validity of my statements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only implore you be completely honest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9088" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T10:52:25.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7802" CreationDate="2016-02-20T10:58:30.380" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend sending it special delivery. I have had no problem sending my US passport with UK visas through the post. I've also done it for my dual citizen daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9088" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T10:58:30.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7856" CreationDate="2016-02-20T14:11:33.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General things&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'll be coming in on a permanent visa, you have three months to convert your foreign license to an Australian license.  The good news is that this is a fairly straightforward process; you should be able to walk into the nearest DMV office and walk out an hour or so later with an Australian license.  And as long as you're over 25 years old you shouldn't have any trouble getting an open/unrestricted license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bad news is that if you've held your local motorcycle license for less than 3 years &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; are under 25 you'll get stuck with a 'Provisional' license instead of an unrestricted one.  If you end up with a provisional license there will be a number of restrictions both in terms of what kind of motorcycles you can ride (i.e. only ones that are &quot;approved for novice riders&quot;) and how you can operate them (i.e. not exceeding 90km/h even if the posted limit is higher, etc.).  You'll also get hit with very strict rules with respect to demerit points, blood-alcohol limits, and so on.  In short, you really don't want a provisional license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details here:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/licence/moving-to-nsw.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/licence/moving-to-nsw.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is motor riding popular?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can't say for sure.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However motorcycling has a bit of an image problem in Australia, unfortunately.  There's a near-constant stream of articles concerning &quot;outlaw bikies&quot; and the heroic efforts of law enforcement and politicians to bring them under control.  Some states have fairly draconian laws on the books that make it an offence to even be &lt;em&gt;associated with&lt;/em&gt; any group that's deemed an &quot;outlaw motorcycle club&quot; by the political powers-that-be, even if no &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; crimes have been committed by the accused.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are still plenty of motorcycle riders around.  And with the traffic situation in Sydney, a motorcycle is certainly a more sensible option than putting another car on the road.  A push-bike or using public transport would be even better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the process to buy and use a motor in Australia?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fairly comparable to the process in most other locales, probably.  First, see the bit about getting an Australian motorcycle license.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've got that down, you can purchase your desired bike from either a dealer or a private seller.  If buying a used vehicle, it will/should already be registered, so you shouldn't need to worry about any extra costs until the existing rego expires, at which point you'll be on the hook for registration fees and also a CTP (Compulsory Third Party) insurance premium (covers you for liability should you kill/injure someone in a crash).  With new vehicles, you may need to pay this outright on top of the purchase price (and if you're buying from a dealer, they'll walk you through the process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest option is to look for dealer vehicles advertised with a &quot;Drive-away&quot; price.  That means that the listed price includes the cost of the vehicle, registration, CTP, and any other required fees/charges so that you can just pay your cash, fill out the paperwork, and ride home on your new motorcycle.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to look at augmenting the mandatory CTP insurance with a private comprehensive insurance policy (to cover things like damage to your vehicle regardless of who's at fault), but that's optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9089" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T14:11:33.813" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7873" CreationDate="2016-02-20T15:26:03.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible, but it might involve having to cancel your application, and you also may lose the application fee. The normal time it takes for them to get back to you is quoted as 'within ten working days'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you apply depends on whether or not you applied from inside or outside the UK. Inside the UK involves an online form, if you applied outside the UK you should contact the visa application centre you used to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details of both methods can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visa-documents-returned&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T15:26:03.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7893" CreationDate="2016-02-20T21:04:45.083" Score="3" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 21 year old British female who, upon graduation of my masters in September, will be moving to the Netherlands to live with my partner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am hoping to boost my career in freelance writing upon moving, and currently work for a couple of people over here in the UK. I have received a substantial number of offers to work on a full-time formal basis when I graduate, and I'm hoping to take them up on the offer despite the fact that I will be living abroad, as all work can be completed remotely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only issue is that of the Dutch tax system. How (if it's even possible, or worth it) would I go about living in the Netherlands, yet working for UK clients and earning pounds sterling by doing so? Also, what is the protocol for working freelance in the Netherlands? Could anyone help me with this? Any information or advice whatsoever would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9090" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T15:38:01.273" Title="Living in the Netherlands, working in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-20T22:00:31.943" Score="1" ViewCount="685" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a EU citizen residing in the UK. I have an european passport so I'm allowed to live and work here. My girlfriend of four months is Brazilian and her visa is expiring in two months and we've recently found out that she is pregnant. We didn't plan this but since she's a catholic we're having the baby. Obviously, we both got our lives here and since she is having my child, the last thing I want is her having to return back to her country to give birth. She was married before but because she divorced, her visa will not be valid anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything we can do to extend her visa to make sure she stays with me until our baby is born?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9091" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:12:10.157" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:12:10.157" Title="UK visa for pregnant partner" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="566" CreationDate="2016-02-20T23:34:53.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it is possible there are other reasons, I think one reason they want a US address is for tax reporting.  They may need to report your income to your US state of residence, but if they don't have an address for you in some state they have no idea which state they should be reporting to.  Thus, while the foreign address could be for the obvious reason, that you've moved overseas, it could maybe also be seen as an attempt to obscure your state of residence to avoid taxes there.  They seem to not want to figure out the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is that I'm a former US resident but not a US citizen.  When we moved but decided to keep some accounts in the US we found, I think not coincidentally, that the banks where the account was in the name of a California trust, rather than directly in our own names, were happy to take our foreign address, but the bank where we'd opened an account in our own names insisted on a US address; we kept that account only because we had an address we could use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the banks are aware we no longer live in the US (or at least that we are no longer &quot;US persons&quot; for tax purposes) since we filled out a W-8BEN and were asked to state a purpose for each account.  They don't seem to care, and I'm certain would have even less reason to care if we were Americans.  They seem, however, to want to be able to associate the account with a US state in all cases (the trust is a California &quot;resident&quot; even if the trustees aren't), and to demand a US address when the US state isn't otherwise clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T23:34:53.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7876" CreationDate="2016-02-21T08:46:41.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty. I used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rev.com/translation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;REV&lt;/a&gt;, but there are countless other similar services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, &quot;certified&quot; means the translator certifies that he/she knows both languages well enough to translate, and that's it. Rarely you'd need an &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;notarized&lt;/em&gt; translation in the US. So if you have a friend who's fluent in French and English - they can do the translation for you, and certify that they know the languages well enough. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here's a USCIS example for a certification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T08:46:41.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7884" CreationDate="2016-02-21T09:27:45.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;She will have to inform the government and apply for her own visa.  I strongly recommend having her talk with an immigration lawyer or Citizen aAdvice Bureau.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visas-when-you-separate-or-divorce&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/visas-when-you-separate-or-divorce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9088" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T09:27:45.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-21T10:47:46.237" Score="2" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to volunteer as WorkAway or HelpXer in UK and Ireland, but it seems that UK law only lets you volunteer for a registered charity.  Most of the hosts on these sites are not registered charities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9093" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T10:47:46.237" Title="How do WorkAway and HelpXers do volunteer work for individuals when UK requires Visa and charity sponsorship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:04:51.997" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-21T16:21:10.593" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's possible. It's what I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, you have to pay taxes whenever you work in a country. And you are classified as a &quot;permanent resident&quot; if you spend more than 183 days in a country (default thumbrule). &#xA;But no goverment or country will ever care. Neither do they know. It's not illegal to be on vacation for 3 months in a country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to take into consideration on How severe a country sees tax obligations. &#xA;Physical contract on operations in a country (i.e. in france working on a france resturant with a contract) = tax comittment&#xA;Permanent Residence = tax commitment&#xA;Short stay as considered a vacation = Non tax commitment whatsoever&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is usually how governments provoke tax obligations.&#xA;ANd trust me when I say, they will not have a close look at all ISPs to see if theres people on vacation working there. ANd neither is it worth any prosecution if you don't submit a declaration.&#xA;Estimated price to prosecute you for any crime: ~10k USD&#xA;Your estimated tax to be paid there: 2k ?&#xA;Total government loss: 8k&#xA;And neither will they try to chase you in a jurisdiction where they have no power. You will not get deported for working on your vacation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get a grip of reality for the love of god.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I forgot to ask you, do you work as an employee or are you freelancing? It was under my impression that you are freelancing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9094" LastEditorUserId="9094" LastEditDate="2016-02-21T16:33:17.627" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T16:33:17.627" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-22T05:10:02.187" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know what to do but distance and lack of visa is keeping me away from my loved one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a venezuelan resident with no other nationality, I met her quite a while ag and we have had a long distance relationship because she is studying in the US, and she wants to stay there after finishing her studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marrying is not an option as she is just a student with a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't even have an American visa because last time it was rejected. That was about 4 years ago, so I am trying again but because the Venezuelan government sent home most of the workers from the US embassy, it takes a long time to even get an appointment (I just received the date for mine and it is 8 months from now) and that is only for a tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my chances and options of actually going the US and live with her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ps: I don't have the money for investing (unfortunate venezuelan exchange)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to go and find a job anywhere in the US before I can move with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9097" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T05:41:18.717" Title="Korean partner studying the in the US, I want to move with her" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7890" CreationDate="2016-02-22T05:31:50.417" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're married you can get a &quot;dependent&quot; visa of whatever status she's on (F2 if she's on F1 or J2 if she's on J1). Your status will be directly tied to her, and in case of J2 - you'll be able to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If marrying is not an option then you're out of options, tell you the truth. Theoretically, there's a &quot;partner&quot; visa, a semi-official way for unmarried partners to get an extended stay on a regular B2 tourist visa. But given your background and the fact that the relationship is mainly long-distance - I suspect that the visa officer would not believe you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, even if you get that option - you won't be able to work and you and your partner (who is also not allowed to work) will need to figure out how to support yourself. Which is another reason for your visa application to likely be rejected even if the VO does believe you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-02-22T05:41:18.717" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T05:41:18.717" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-22T14:07:46.227" Score="1" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;Irish national living in NZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a working holiday visa and it runs out in September. Can I apply for a New Zealand Visa with a remote job? Should I get paid in Euro into my European account ? Very confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9099" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-02-22T20:25:15.257" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:46:50.140" Title="I live in New Zealand and have a job offer from an Australian company. It's a remote position. Can I stay in New Zealand and work?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7883" CreationDate="2016-02-22T15:38:01.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to keep working on freelance basis you could start your own business. Starting a business in the Netherlands is, in my experience as a native, fairly easy and inexpensive (around €65 in total). You can find more information at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kvk.nl/english/starting-a-business/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.kvk.nl/english/starting-a-business/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*The Kamer van Koophandel (KvK / Chamber of Commerce) is the institution where you register your business in The Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to The Netherlands and Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9101" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T15:38:01.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7613" CreationDate="2016-02-22T19:02:41.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you visiting and &quot;living abroad&quot; or have you &quot;set up a residence&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe some of the Medicare Supplemental Insurance coverages can provide overseas benefits.  For instance, my Massachusetts BCBS Direct-Billed Medex Policy states:&#xA; &quot;... When Medicare does not cover these services, your Direct-Billed Medex Policy provides both the Medex benefits and the benefits that are normally paid by Medicare for covered services. But, if you set up a residence outside of the United States, your Direct-Billed Medex Policy will not provide any benefits.&quot; [Mass BCBS R08-836]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that last sentence.  It appears to me that with my supplemental insurance 'visiting' is OK, but having a permanent residence is a No-No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9104" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T19:02:41.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7444" CreationDate="2016-02-22T19:14:57.003" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, a US Citizen may apply for US Global entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your problem will be in getting the interview appointment.  I have not seen mention of any US Consulate offices (or other facilities) having this capability overseas.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meaning you will probably need to coordinate the Global Entry in-person interview with a trip home to the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9104" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T19:14:57.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-23T01:24:27.013" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a reply to TTP wrote above, some good points;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example Croatia, taxes only Residents. You are a non-resident unless you carry a permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Personal taxation:&#xA;Basis – Residents are taxed on worldwide&#xA;income; nonresidents are taxed only on&#xA;Croatia-source income. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Croatia-source income is ment money earned from AND in Croatia. Example a physical job from a croatian company. Money earned abroad is not liable to taxation.&#xA;I know Bulgaria and Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, and the list goes on, uses the same principles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/hr/Documents/germandesk/hr_german.desk_croatia_highlights_2015_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/hr/Documents/germandesk/hr_german.desk_croatia_highlights_2015_en.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I guess TTP tried to say is; alot of countries go by this principle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9105" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T01:24:27.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7892" CreationDate="2016-02-23T04:59:58.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry Dara, but I don't think you've got many options to stay permanently if you want to take the Aussie job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By far the most straightforward options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;go and work in Australia and get a working holiday initially, or get sponsored to stay by your new company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;apply for a local job in NZ and get sponsored to stay by a local company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if you're under 35 and you've been on a standard working holiday visa, you could potentially look at getting an IEP visa to extend your time in NZ by a year? It's not a long term solution though, and there seems to be no definitive answer on whether you should work remotely on that visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've made your life in NZ or have a partner here and want to stay put, I'd look at local employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did take the Aussie job, moved over there and eventually qualified for PR, you would be eligible to come back and work in NZ whenever you like :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9106" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T04:59:58.490" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7898" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7899" CreationDate="2016-02-23T09:06:59.007" Score="0" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. I am going to travel to Tel Aviv for long term. So my company is going to apply for a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it safe to live long-term in Tel Aviv and would it be safe to bring my family after 1 year?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the salary range for a senior technical consultant in the banking industry?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please share the cost of living for a bachelor. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any racism in Tel Aviv?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any terrorism in Tel Aviv?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it be possible to apply for a job in Saudi Arabia or any Arab countries after a long stay in Israel?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9108" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-30T10:35:24.963" LastActivityDate="2018-06-30T10:35:24.963" Title="Tel Aviv safety, cost of living, etc" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;safety&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-02-25T04:46:42.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7898" CreationDate="2016-02-23T09:28:37.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, Tel Aviv and Israel is relatively safe for families, as in any other place in the world there are places you don't want to go.&#xA;Please define Senior Technical Consultant to get a better estimation, you can use search for &quot;סקר שכר&quot; (salary survey in Hebrew) and use Google/Bing translate to read it.&#xA;Cost of living can widely vary, Tel Aviv itself is very expensive but costs drops significantly if you live further away. Again you will need to add more information here about your needs and expectations.&#xA;There is some racism in Tel Aviv, but since Israel is a multi cultural nation I don't think it is something to worry about.&#xA;Read the papers about terrorism- it happens, but again it is usually not something the average person worries about too much.&#xA;I can't answer #6, but I suppose the answerd would be no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T09:28:37.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-23T16:08:26.373" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife needs to be in Turkey for her PhD research for about 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I talked my employer saying that I want to work from Turkey around 6 months every year during that 3 year period. They refused me allowing working from Turkey. They stated that there will be tax implications with Turkish government and they dont have any offices there to build that relationship for an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This really didnt make much sense to me considering I would be there 2-3 month periods twice a year. My taxes still will be paid to US and I don't need to declare anything to Turkey because I have dual citizenship (I wouldn't need a Turkish visa to stay there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me to elaborate my issue to prove my employer that I can work there with no legal consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can also seek legal help if you can provide a good lawyer on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9112" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-02-23T20:06:49.340" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T00:46:37.837" Title="Can I work from Turkey temporarily for a US employer (Telework)?" Tags="&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-24T03:12:18.360" Score="4" ViewCount="935" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved from France to the United States of Amercia with my wife a couple of months ago. I'm on a J1 Visa, working for an University as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/professor-and-research-scholar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Research Scholar&lt;/a&gt; and my wife is on a &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/basics/j2-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;J2 visa&lt;/a&gt;. She does not work, and we are both French citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we informed our French bank that we moved to the USA, they asked us to fill &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/formw8ben&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W8-BEN&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-W9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W9&lt;/a&gt; forms, depending if we were &lt;em&gt;US person&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Non Us person&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation was &quot;easy&quot; and common: I registered at the Foreign National Information System (FNIS), filled a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.socialsecurity.gov/online/ss-5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SS-5&lt;/a&gt; to get a Social Security Number (SSN), and then completed a W8-BEN and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/form8233&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form 8233&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;certification for withholding exemption&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife's situation is more complex, as it seems. It seems that she needs a SSN or a ITIN to fill a W8-BEN or a W9. She can't apply for a SSN, as she does not work, so we filled a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-W7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W7 form&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number&lt;/em&gt;). It came back with a rejection letter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We received your application for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) but have rejected it because you didn't provide an exception number or correct information in check box (h).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The aforementioned box contains&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Additional information for &lt;strong&gt;a&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;f&lt;/strong&gt;: Enter Treaty Country : … and treaty article number: …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we are in the &lt;strong&gt;a&lt;/strong&gt; case (&lt;em&gt;Nonresident alien required to get ITIN to claim tax treaty benefit&lt;/em&gt;), we indicated in those fields respectively &quot;France&quot; and &quot;Article #20 (J2-dependant)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called the IRS this morning, and I've been told that our application was rejected because we did not provide the original documents needed (among which, her passport), so that we had to come in person to one of the IRS office. The person I had on the phone did not seem really informed of our situation, and I'm really puzzled by the mismatch between his answer and what's written in the rejection letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the long background, my question is:&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;do we need her to fill a W8-BEN to please our French bank or to make a joint tax return? If so, how can we get a ITIN number for her?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2018-06-29T15:21:21.983" Title="W8-BEN / W9 mandatory for J2 (J1-dependent)? If so, how to get an ITIN?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7903" CreationDate="2016-02-24T03:39:18.920" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you do. I don't see how the article 20 in the French treaty applies to your wife. It only seems to apply to you. But apparently &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2015_publink1000222140&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the IRS considers her exempt as well&lt;/a&gt;, so you can use that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On J2, it may be worth to make an effort and get an SSN. She can get EAD which will allow her to apply for SSN. With the recent changes in the ITIN rules, it may be even easier to go that route...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-02-24T06:35:43.993" LastActivityDate="2016-02-24T06:35:43.993" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7905" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-02-24T03:49:13.873" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-02-24T03:49:13.873" LastActivityDate="2016-02-24T03:49:13.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7906" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-02-24T03:49:13.873" Score="0" Body="For questions related to living in Zambia as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-25T13:29:24.123" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T13:29:24.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7797" CreationDate="2016-02-24T04:26:49.883" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have bank in your home country, you have a tourist visa and not employed by the employer from country you are visiting you don't need to care about taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First reason is that as a tourist you are not a tax-resident, second is that your bank shares information only with tax authorities of the country where it reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6554" LastActivityDate="2016-02-24T04:26:49.883" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7912" CreationDate="2016-02-24T21:06:33.157" Score="0" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, in USA, I have to show that I can pay the tuition fee and also support myself. If I receive tuition waiver,I need not pay tuition fee, but I have to support myself. If I receive a TAship offer, then I can show that and say that I have my means to support myself in USA. The TAship amount is enough for the living expenses in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I face the visa interview, will I have to bring bank statement to show some amount of money? How much?  My economic condition is not good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9122" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-25T02:16:49.727" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T10:26:12.100" Title="F1 Visa and Bank statement requirement" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7910" CreationDate="2016-02-25T04:33:06.590" Score="3" ViewCount="513" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US citizen (or green card holder) marries a G-4 visa holder.  The G-4 spouse works for an international organization in the US and pays no income tax.  How does such a couple file with the IRS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Must the US spouse file as &quot;married filing separately&quot;?  If it is possible to file jointly, will it be necessary to report the G-4 spouse's income?  Would that income become taxable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T07:12:41.757" Title="Income tax status for US citizen married to G-4 visa holder" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7909" CreationDate="2016-02-25T07:12:41.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The G-4 spouse is an &quot;exempt individual&quot; (exempt from the Substantial Presence Test), which would make the G-4 spouse a nonresident alien.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The couple can each file as Married Filing Separately, or, they can choose to treat the G-4 spouse as a resident alien and file as Married Filing Jointly, using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2015_publink1000222193&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nonresident Spouse Treated as Resident&lt;/a&gt; election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the income will remain non-taxable. The G-4 spouse income is currently exempt from tax either due to a tax treaty or a general provision of US law. Tax treaty provisions sometimes also apply to resident aliens; you would need to look at the exceptions to the &quot;saving clause&quot; of the specific tax treaty to make sure. Even if a tax treaty doesn't apply, generally non-US-citizen, non-permanent-resident &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch10.html#en_US_2015_publink1000222749&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;employees of foreign governments&lt;/a&gt; are not taxed on their salary, regardless of whether they are resident alien or nonresident alien, as long as they perform similar work to what US government employees perform in that country, and the same exemption is granted to those employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T07:12:41.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-25T08:24:02.687" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard there is a possibility for obtaining residence permit in Germany if someone else guarantees to be caretaker, and shows enough proof their income is at least 2100 eur. per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the name of this type of residence permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the legal bounds for the person who agrees to be the &quot;caretaker&quot; in such a situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9131" LastEditorUserId="9131" LastEditDate="2016-07-18T11:21:40.347" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T16:29:14.600" Title="Obtaining German residence permit when someone guarantees" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7908" CreationDate="2016-02-25T10:26:12.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you can only work 10 hours a week on F1 visa. And, it is barely enough to cover your living expenses actually. I would suggest contacting International Students Office and ask them about your current situation and how much you need to declare to get your SEVIS and I-20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case I declared a year of tuition + estimated living expenses, which amounted to $46500. You however, do not have to put this money into a US bank or whatsoever. You just have to show that you have &lt;em&gt;sufficient&lt;/em&gt; funds to support yourself and won't be taking advantage of wellfare or working illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9021" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T10:26:12.100" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7913" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7915" CreationDate="2016-02-25T10:36:40.950" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my home country, Portugal, there is a job title that translates into something like &quot;Health and Safety at Work Technician&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This technician is someone that works for a company and knows about security laws and standards that must be regarded at work, ensuring that at the company the security measures are being applied, workers are safe and the company doesn't break any security law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the corresponding job for this in the UK? If I was to look for a job having these qualifications, what should I look for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7128" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T14:46:41.383" Title="What is the UK correspondence to this job" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7913" CreationDate="2016-02-25T13:56:22.470" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use job websites such as reed, monster to look for jobs that of similiar. The main UK Gov website that you can check which is the closet to your job role can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/soc2010/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/soc2010/index.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T13:56:22.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7913" CreationDate="2016-02-25T14:46:41.383" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &quot;health and safety officer&quot; would fit nicely. I have known people with that job title before, and they were required to know all the latest 'health and safety in the workplace' legislation and regulations, as well as recommendations and guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T14:46:41.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7919" CreationDate="2016-02-25T18:24:28.643" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sent my non-EU direct family member application to the Home office one week ago. I know I have to wait around 6 months before I can get the actual residence card. As far as I know, the Home office issues a certificate that that states whether I am allowed to live and work legally in the UK. How long does one normally wait before getting this certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-02-28T06:38:08.937" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T06:38:08.937" Title="Waiting time for the Certificate of Application for non-EU residence card application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2016-02-25T18:51:34.947" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, you can 'work' with the J1 Trainee or Intern visa. An internship or Trainee Program means to work with a small wage and expand your knowledge in those months spent in the US. It's just that the programs are not intended for making money, but to help you expand your knowledge in your related field and as a cultural exchange as well, which would benefit both your country and US citizens that you interact with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-25T18:51:34.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-25T19:24:35.613" Score="1" ViewCount="832" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just arrived in USA 2 days ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have family-visa F4 category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to know that will I have to apply for SSN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or I will receive my SSN automatically because I requested for SSN when I filled my &lt;code&gt;DS-260 form&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8247" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-02-25T20:23:21.733" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T18:20:03.383" Title="Will I get SSN automatically or I have to apply for it?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7916" CreationDate="2016-02-26T12:43:03.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally within three weeks of your completed biometric enrollment. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-residence-card-applications-certificates-of-application/eea-residence-card-applications-certificates-of-application&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA residence COA.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T12:43:03.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7918" CreationDate="2016-02-26T18:20:03.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you asked for an SSN on the DS-260 the SSA will automatically mail the card to the address where you'll receive your green card once they are notified that you have entered the US.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnvisa/Handout_11_1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This reference&lt;/a&gt; says you should complain if you don't get the card within 3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T18:20:03.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6933" CreationDate="2016-02-26T20:32:16.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know many Malaysians in Germany and Czech Republic and even speak Malinglish =), but will avoid confusing other folk here and keep things straight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have broken no law and thus unlikely to have got a negative record. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Had you arrived here and they denied you entry, that would be more serious - but legally applying and they legally decline at most means you have a record showing your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you seek an employer who might sponsor you (DHL is an example as they have big facilities in Malaysia, Germany and Czech Republic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best of luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9143" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T20:32:16.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7635" CreationDate="2016-02-26T20:42:38.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with @xiang-ji above&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you would be a tourist, just apply for a tourist visa and don't confuse the situation any more than you need to - thus if asked are you employed, then the answer is yes. Do you have funds to cover your stay, answer is yes. Who do you work for? Give the name of the US company (chances are, Shengen will not know that the US company do not have an office in Morocco - don't state unless asked). Proof of salary/income? Provide bank statements or pay slips. If having a face to face interview, relax, smile, be calm. They are not trying to trick you out. Their only concern is that you are not a burden or risk to society so if you have your own money and you are not bringing trouble, you have nothing to worry about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh! The UK is not Shengen, so your experience there does not effect your application here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they ask, always be truthful as lie's can reveal doubts, and an officer will pick up on this at your cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best of luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9143" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T20:42:38.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-27T10:54:40.287" Score="0" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student and I got a scholarship to live in Portugal (Lisbon) for 9 months. The scholarship covers accommodation, health insurance as well as books and fees for the university. So basically I will need to pay for food, transportation and fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are giving me 300 euros each month. Will that be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't ask my family for money because they can't help. So I will await any advice here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9147" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-29T05:42:50.903" LastActivityDate="2016-02-29T05:42:50.903" Title="Is 300 euros a month enough to live on in Portugal?" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-03-02T11:13:10.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7923" CreationDate="2016-02-27T11:13:26.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt that the university would give such a scholarship and stipend without considering that you should be able to survive there. Talk to them and make sure they haven't made any assumptions (such as that you would be able to get help from your family). That said, I think you can do it, but you have to be very careful with your money. No big trips. Just basic food and local touristy sites. It is unlikely you will get many more opportunities in this life. Probably best to just go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-02-27T11:13:26.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-27T18:13:40.180" Score="0" ViewCount="500" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know the take-home from a 150k$ salary in California, after all kind of deductions, including a good health insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My second question is the estimated cost for renting a studio or small 1-2br flat in SF or Santa Clara, San Jose. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9148" LastEditorDisplayName="user9148" LastEditDate="2018-04-28T17:10:21.947" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T17:10:21.947" Title="What is my net salary in California out of 150k$?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;california&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-03-02T11:14:00.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7927" CreationDate="2016-02-27T21:35:16.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both questions cannot really be answered without more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find tax estimators online (you can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paycheckcity.com/calculator/salary/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;paycheck estimators&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hrblock.com/get-answers/tax-calculators.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tax estimators&lt;/a&gt;) to get an idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Re rents - just look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/sby/apa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;craigslist&lt;/a&gt; for units that seem to fit your criteria and check the prices. Keep in mind that there's a 1-2 hours driving distance between some areas in San Francisco and some areas in San Jose (depending on the time of day).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-27T21:35:16.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-28T02:34:17.280" Score="6" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Finnish citizen and have spent the last 6 years in the US. I finished a Ph.D. in May last year and I was on a J-1 visa until February last year. At that point I switched over to a G-4 visa due to my wife's work. Since graduation I've worked in the US as a G-4 dependent on an EAD, so I owe US taxes for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my problem is that the IRS has the so called &quot;substantial presence test&quot;. Last year and in the years before that, I always satisfied the substantial presence test, so I was considered a resident for tax purposes. The problem with the G-4 visa is that days spent in the US in that status are not counted for the test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I traveled quite a bit in 2014/2013 visiting a few research institutes abroad for extended periods of time, so that when I do the substantial presence test for last year, I don't go over the limit, i.e. the test doesn't consider me a tax resident. The problem is that I'm not resident anywhere now it seems. Finland doesn't even require me to file taxes anymore, because I've been abroad long enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a requirement to be a tax resident somewhere? Should it be the US in my case? How do I communicate such a thing to the IRS in my tax return if that is the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9150" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-29T05:46:59.433" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T17:36:11.700" Title="Trying to figure out my tax residency" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;finnish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-28T02:55:29.700" Score="-1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;With 3 year degree from India and 20+ years work experience in Office Administration from Software company, Can I get  H1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9151" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-29T05:50:06.497" LastActivityDate="2016-02-29T05:50:06.497" Title="3 year Degree from India and 20 years experience" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-03-02T11:12:33.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7929" CreationDate="2016-02-28T04:16:08.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't meet the Substantial Presence Test (which you wouldn't meet even if you spent the whole year in the US, because as you've said, you're on G-4 which makes you an exempt individual) or the Green Card Test then you are not a resident alien for US tax purposes, regardless of whether you are considered a tax resident in any other country's tax law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T04:16:08.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7930" CreationDate="2016-02-28T05:41:07.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to tell if you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; get it. You &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be able to qualify for it if the 20 years of experience (with at least 3 of them after your graduation) are relevant to the position you are seeking, and the lawyers can write it up so that the USCIS will accept that in lieu of the missing year of education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T05:41:07.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-28T11:56:16.457" Score="4" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just wondering if I as white South African would to move to the US would I have any right to call myself an African American?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9152" LastEditorUserId="9152" LastEditDate="2016-02-28T12:07:32.427" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T07:41:13.843" Title="Is it possible to be a white African American?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7933" CreationDate="2016-02-28T13:26:45.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;African American is generally used to refer to one's race or ethnicity, not immigration history. It's a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Black American&lt;/a&gt;. Calling yourself this as a joke would be understood by most everyone. I'm sure you will find people who would say you would be &quot;technically correct&quot; to call yourself an African American, but the normal usage of &quot;African American&quot; is to distinguish Americans considered black from those who are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could correctly call yourself a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Americans&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;South African American&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of situations, like the census, where people are asked to self-identify their ethnic group. In a very limited sense, I suppose you could say that you self-identify with whichever ethnic group you want. But this could cause problems in situations where you might benefit from identifying with an ethnic group, but many people would dispute that you belong to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-02-28T13:56:11.447" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T13:56:11.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-28T20:02:44.817" Score="4" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm non EU citizen and I will marry Italian girl soon. &#xA;So I need to know if I've the right to work in another EU country without the need of that my wife move me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to work in Germany and my future wife can't move now because she need to get her diploma first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8965" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:12:02.443" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:12:02.443" Title="Non EU-citizen spouse working rights" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7935" CreationDate="2016-02-28T20:36:11.030" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A non-EU family member of an EU citizen enjoys freedom of movement only when accompanying or joining the EU citizen.  You would not have a right to move to Germany or to work there unless your wife were also living in Germany.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T20:36:11.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7937" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-02-29T05:47:31.357" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-02-29T05:47:31.357" LastActivityDate="2016-02-29T05:47:31.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7938" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-02-29T05:47:31.357" Score="0" Body="For questions about or related to citizens of Finland" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-02-29T09:27:12.727" LastActivityDate="2016-02-29T09:27:12.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7933" CreationDate="2016-03-01T07:41:13.843" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You would simply be an &quot;African.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be an African American, two criteria must be met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must be of African ancestry or heritage. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must be, obviously, American.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't (yet) fit the second criteria.  If you later acquire US Citizenship, you could then refer to yourself as &quot;African American.&quot; (Why you would want to, don't know, but that's another question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even so, depending on the context or social setting, it could be considered unusual to refer to a foreigner who has acquired American citizenship as an &quot;American.&quot; Colloquially, it would likely be more commonly simply to refer to you as a South African with US Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have children in the US, who are therefore US Citizens by birth, they would be unequivocally American, and thus could be called &quot;African American.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T07:41:13.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7929" CreationDate="2016-03-01T17:36:11.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are not a &quot;US person&quot; for tax purposes you can tell the IRS that by filing a 1040NR (non-resident) tax return.  If you decide to do this you should also replace all the W-9 forms you've filled in (providing your SSN to the employer/bank for tax reporting) with W-8BEN forms so that tax withholding is done properly.  It is the 1040NR that will ask you to confirm that you are not a &quot;US person&quot;.  These forms will also ask about a tax treaty you claim to benefit from, but if you aren't filing taxes elsewhere you won't be able to claim a benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are alternatively free to not do this, to leave the W-9's in place and continue to file a regular 1040 tax return. The 1040 doesn't ask you to confirm that you are a &quot;US person&quot; so it is always appropriate to file this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 1040NR changes how your US income is taxed and may not be to your benefit.  Figuring out which of these alternatives is better for you gets you deep into skilled tax accountant territory (I'm not sure you can get H&amp;amp;R Block to do a 1040NR return for you).  While the 1040NR exempts you from paying tax on non-US income, and perhaps certain US investment income (i.e. long term capital gains) as well, it will generally subject ordinary US income to withholding tax which is a flat rate 30% on all such income.  If you have significant non-US income or you are a hedge fund manager and most of your income is carried interest filing as a non-resident may be lucrative; if the bulk of your income is from US employment, however, there's a pretty good chance continuing to file a normal 1040 will save you money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T17:36:11.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-01T20:28:28.820" Score="3" ViewCount="947" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen currently enrolled in an Erasmus Mundus MSc 2 year program. Under this program I have to study in 2 different European countries for 1 year each. The MSc program consists of getting two Master degrees from each of the two countries which collectively form the MSc (&lt;em&gt;I don't get the any final degree until I finish my second year&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my first year, I did Master-2 in France and then moved to UK to do the 2nd year of the program. I could not apply for APS (&lt;em&gt;&quot;autorisation provisoire de séjour&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) while I was in France because &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; my course wasn't finished (&lt;em&gt;and I didn't get the degree from France as it's only awarded after completing two years program&lt;/em&gt;). This year my course will get over and I will get the Master-2 from France as well as a Master's degree from UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My French Visa has already expired so I don't have carte de sejour however, I can get an attestation from the University in France stating that I had to leave France for 2nd year of the program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be possible for me to apply for and APS now, after I get my Master-2 degree from France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9164" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T20:28:28.820" Title="Is it possible to get &quot;autorisation provisoire de séjour&quot; (APS) after leaving France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;erasmus&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7944" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-02T05:13:50.017" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would I legally be able to do consulting work on location in Ireland during a short stay (visa-free under 3 months), billed to my home country as a foreign service provider (rather than being paid a salary)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does that require a working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Home country &amp;amp; citizenship: Canadian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9165" LastEditorUserId="9165" LastEditDate="2016-03-02T21:00:39.903" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T04:03:50.437" Title="Ireland - Temporary consulting work needs visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-02T04:01:44.400" Score="3" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand from the Australia government webpage, we are allow to bring in AUS$900 per adult. So example, if I brought a laptop from Singapore that cost AUD$1200+ and did not get a GST/Tax refund in Singapore, do I still need to pay for tax at Australia airport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have to pay for tax but have either loss or throw the receipt away for the laptop, how will customs charge me for the tax? How is it able for custom to tell if the item is new? Or if the items has been brought for a year or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I received gifts from my friends at the airport in Singapore and bring it back to Australia, do I need to pay tax? But what if the gifts were given a year ago, do I need to pay tax?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="PCWX" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-03-03T01:07:52.200" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T12:09:04.480" Title="Paying of Tax at the Airport in Australia?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7945" CreationDate="2016-03-02T11:29:21.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're confusing two different things: &lt;strong&gt;tax&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;duty&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Singapore imposes 10% GST on all goods sold, and allows duty-free concessions for travelers taking them out of the country.   &lt;strong&gt;Australia does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; care whether you paid tax or not in Singapor&lt;/strong&gt;e, that's not their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Australia &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; care about people buying expensive products overseas and bringing them to Australia, instead of buying them in Australia and paying Australian tax on them.  For example, if you could buy cars overseas and bring them to Australia tax-free, it would be much cheaper for you, but the government would lost a whole lot of money and all Australian car dealers who pay taxes would lose their jobs.  To enforce this, Australia imposes &lt;strong&gt;customs duties&lt;/strong&gt; if the value of your purchases exceeds the limit of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Duty-Free-concessions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;duty-free concessions&lt;/a&gt;, which is $900 for general goods.  Note that the duty is on &lt;em&gt;value&lt;/em&gt;: what matters is not the cost of the laptop ($0 for a gift), but its retail price (value).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best way to demonstrate the actual origin and value of a product is to show a sales receipt for it.  If you can't, Customs reserves the right to do both.  Lying is a &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; bad idea, as it's usually fairly straightforward to tell where a product comes from: in addition to obvious giveaways like charger plugs, many serial numbers are country-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="jpatokal" LastActivityDate="2016-03-02T11:29:21.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-02T11:52:22.850" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got job offer in Dec'15 from one of Employer in Dubai, And I accepted the job offer on Jan'16. I hope they apply my visa on 25 Feb 2016, Now it's almost 6 weeks and they're saying they are still waiting for my visa so I want to know how much time Dubai Ministry will take to give a employment visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More on Can I check my visa status online based on my passport number? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Company who offer me job is located in Dubai Silicon Oasis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2082" LastEditorUserId="2082" LastEditDate="2016-03-04T07:12:58.150" LastActivityDate="2016-03-04T07:12:58.150" Title="How much time Dubai Ministry will take to give a employment visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7948" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9546" CreationDate="2016-03-02T14:45:13.023" Score="7" ViewCount="6422" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, residing in Belgium as a dependent to my spouse (non-EU as well). Recently I got admitted to a Masters course in Netherlands for fall 2016. The university will be applying for my student visa/student residence ID to the Netherlands. As I will be living 4 nights in Netherlands and the weekend 3 nights in Belgium is it ok or legal to possess two residence IDs? One as a dependent in Belgium and one as a student in Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9169" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T08:24:59.970" LastActivityDate="2017-05-15T22:42:14.993" Title="Possessing two residence IDs of different Schengen countries" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7949" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7953" CreationDate="2016-03-02T15:03:16.470" Score="3" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a researcher on a J1 visa employed by a US university.  The USA has a tax treaty with my country, Romania, based on which I believe my income in the USA is exempt from tax &quot;for a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of his arrival in that other Contracting State&quot; (in the exact words of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/romania.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;treaty&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Six years ago, I visited a different US university for 4 weeks on a B1 visa.  It was a short research visit (i.e. I was not employed, but accommodation and a per diem was provided). I hadn't been back to the USA until I got this J1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that previous visit on a B1 visa affect the tax treaty benefits at all?  Specifically, what is the interpretation of &quot;from the date of his arrival&quot;?  Should it be counted from 6 years ago (meaning that the period of 2 years have long expired), or should it be counted from when I arrived on the J1 visa?  Most importantly, I am looking for references clarifying this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9170" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-02T21:08:02.600" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T09:35:14.580" Title="Tax treaty benefits: when was my &quot;date of arrival&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7949" CreationDate="2016-03-02T22:10:05.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this statement is specifically in the Teachers chapter, I would say it means date of arrival as a &quot;Teacher&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-03-02T22:10:05.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7949" CreationDate="2016-03-03T09:35:14.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually you would find the detailed explanation in the &quot;Technical Explanation&quot; or another similarly named document coming with the treaty. Unfortunately, the IRS site doesn't list such a document for Romania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For other countries, the date of arrival is usually the first date of arrival &lt;em&gt;in the capacity referred to in the article&lt;/em&gt;, with some treaties explicitly mentioning &lt;strong&gt;the first&lt;/strong&gt; date of arrival (i.e.: you can only claim the benefit once). The Romanian tax treaty doesn't seem to mention such a limitation, so I'd go with the first date of arrival in J-1 status for the current engagement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T09:35:14.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-03T13:42:22.450" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone tell me what's the waiting time for the biometric appoinment? I sent my application for a residence card as a non EU direct family member. It's been two weeks already and I haven't received any news from them not even the letter for the biometric appointment. I think when I receive it, I will feel better. At least I will know what's going on. Plus right now I can't work, so it makes longer the wait. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T13:42:22.450" Title="what's the waiting time for the biometric appoinment?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7485" CreationDate="2016-03-04T10:49:27.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically, yes, this will be a problem. But there is a way to resolve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes: &#xA;Because the surnames on both documents are not the same, the immigration/customs officer may not think that this is the same person or may think that the visa is fake. This has happened to my family member before because of the maiden name vs. non-maiden name. She had 2 official documents within the passport but with 2 different surnames (similar to your situation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way she resolved it was by getting a notarized letter from the embassy explicitly stating that the person with 2 different names are in fact the same person. She generally only presented the letter whenever the immigration/customs officer asked. So sometimes, the officer didn't notice. But if they did, she always had the document as a backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9180" LastActivityDate="2016-03-04T10:49:27.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-04T16:17:59.973" Score="4" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual Australian / British citizen living in the United States on a G-4 spousal visa.  I am classed as a non-resident alien in the US so fill out a 1040NR and only pay tax on US based income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: Where am I resident for tax purposes?  I left Australia 7 years ago on an L1A but changed to G4 a year later in March 2010&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I in no man's land for tax residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9183" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-03-05T18:40:34.243" LastActivityDate="2016-04-09T01:16:44.410" Title="Where am I resident for tax purposes?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-05T13:20:28.440" Score="5" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;[Question was previously on Travel]&#xA;I live in Germany, and applied for a job (in science) in Lisbon. My husband (German too), a programmer, would come too. He's insured by TK (the main state health insurance in Germany) and had chemo for a chronic Lymphoma about two years ago. Right now, he needs regular checkups and we just need to know that he would get good treatment, should he need it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have three related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is health insurance in Lisbon? Could we expect that he gets quality treatment and all the necessary checkups (blood tests, flow cytometry, ultrasounds)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it suffice to get the Portuguese state health insurance, or would we need a private one? I know of some excellent cancer clinics (the Champalimaud centre) but I think it's only accessible through private insurance. I assume that private insurances would be too expensive with a pre-existing condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way that he can stay in the German system (we would be willing to pay for the time we're away)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9190" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:51.460" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:51.460" Title="Healthcare in Portugal for Germans" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-18T03:13:26.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-05T16:42:02.500" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen, my partner is a British citizen, and we want to drive from the U.K. into France and onwards to Berlin for a few days. My license is (obviously) Australian, but I am a U.K. permanent resident, and my passport shows I have right to abode—basically forever. My partner doesn't drive, but our car is UK registered with road tax, MOT and insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is would I still require a international driving permit? Bear in mind, I live in the U.K., so I can no longer obtain one through Australia, as you collect in person from state recognised motor clubs. And to obtain one in the U.K. I require a UK license, but our trip is planned for next week, and would be unable to get the new license in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9191" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-07T02:36:03.313" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T12:41:14.317" Title="EU - IDP License query!" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7966" CreationDate="2016-03-06T14:32:31.297" Score="0" ViewCount="5456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just received an offer letter from Canada for my student visa. How long would it take for me to receive the visa if I apply today? Also, how much earlier than the intake time (September) would I be able to enter the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9195" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-06T16:13:34.150" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T00:56:50.043" Title="How long does it take to get a Canadian student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7964" CreationDate="2016-03-06T16:53:57.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can check the application processing times for every kind of application &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It depends on which country you are applying from. Also you might want to check the document checklist for applying a student visa &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5483E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can enter Canada on the first day of your Visa approval i.e. the date of issue which is written on the visa that you get on the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-03-07T00:56:50.043" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T00:56:50.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-06T20:01:09.493" Score="6" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual US/UK citizenship, and I was looking into the visa requirements for moving my wife and children (all exclusively US citizens) to the UK. We would all be moving there from the US at the same time, and it would appear to me that they should apply for 'family of a settled person' visas (&quot;settled&quot; in this case meaning I have the right to settle, even though I am not currently resident). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a financial requirement for that visa, detailed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469692/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_August_2015.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and it looks like it can either be satisfied with a bank balance (which we have currently, but haven't had for the requisite 6 months) or through employment. I make more than the required amount for a spouse + 2 children (£24,800), and I have been at the same job for 5+ years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few categories for qualification, and it seems that I would best match &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.2. Category A: With current employer for 6 months or more – overseas sponsor returning to the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two parts to that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt;, the applicant’s partner must be in employment at the date of&#xA;  application and have been with the same employer for at least 6 months&#xA;  prior to the date of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Check!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second&lt;/strong&gt;, the applicant’s partner must also have a confirmed offer of&#xA;  salaried or nonsalaried employment in the UK, starting within 3 months&#xA;  of their return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hmmmmm....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I was considering (and my supervisor has indicated he is amenable to in the past), is continuing in the same position I have now, but working remotely. It is a US-only company, and while I am expecting to pay UK taxes and insurance (I'm sure I'll have other questions on those fronts soon), I don't know whether this satisfies the second condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this plan seem workable to get that visa, or would it require me to find a position with a UK firm?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7098" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T11:44:50.763" Title="Does a UK family visa require employment with a UK firm?" Tags="&lt;financial&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-07T11:50:13.840" Score="0" ViewCount="1589" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me &amp;amp; my husband approached IELTS for FSW last month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My results:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Listening:  8.0&#xA;Reading:    7.0&#xA;Writing:    6.5&#xA;Speaking:   7.0&#xA;------------------&#xA;Overall:    7.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband's results:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Listening:  6.0&#xA;Reading:    7.0&#xA;Writing:    5.5&#xA;Speaking:   6.0&#xA;-------------------&#xA;Overall:    6.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;one of a consultancy suggested me that either of us should get a 7 (primary applicant) n t other can be minimum 5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case are we eligible for FSW with me as primary applicant and my husband will be secondary applicant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or else should he write the exam to get min score of 6 in each section? Please suggest us!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9204" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-03-08T01:27:29.523" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T01:27:29.523" Title="IELTS score | secondary applicant &amp; primary applicant" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7963" CreationDate="2016-03-07T12:34:26.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you do not have an EU issued, or an EU converted licence, national laws will apply. If you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1459&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;intend to drive in France&lt;/a&gt; this means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you come to France for a short stay (for holidays, for example), you can drive with your license. It must be valid and be written in French or accompanied by a translation or an international permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Germany you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.australien.diplo.de/Vertretung/australien/en/04/Consular__Service__A__Z/seite__zu__f_C3_BChrerschein.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;also need it to be translated&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When staying in Germany on a temporary basis (e.g. as a tourist), you are permitted to drive a motor vehicle if you have a valid Australian state/territory licence together with an official translation into German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while you don't need to have an IDP, you need to have some kind of &lt;strong&gt;official&lt;/strong&gt; translation of your licence to both French and German. (I haven't checked the laws of Belgium and the Netherlands, but if you're trying to get from France to Germany using those countries I guess similar laws would apply, and you'll need to have a Dutch translation as well). I'm not sure where you would be able to get those translations though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these are what you should do officially, in practice an English language licence is usually enough to drive in the EU, but you won't be able to count on this if you encounter a strict police officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you intend to stay in the UK for long term, you should definitely convert your licence to a UK one. You can still drive your car while the conversion is in progress (as in the UK you don't need to have your licence with you while driving), and you'll be able to use that licence easily while in the EU. Note that your converted licence is still only valid for short term trips in the EU! You have to do the conversion while your licence is valid, and within the first 5 years of you moving to the UK, after which you would need to retake the driving exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-03-07T12:41:14.317" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T12:41:14.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7968" CreationDate="2016-03-07T13:41:33.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off I want to clear it out that there is no &lt;em&gt;minimum&lt;/em&gt; requirement for the dependent (in this case your husband). So as long as you are meeting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CLB 7&lt;/a&gt; requirement (which you are) you should be okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However to improve your profile, you can always give the test again and have a higher score and better profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T13:41:33.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-07T19:28:18.673" Score="4" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is as above: Is a change from &quot;J-1 Short-Term Scholar&quot; to &quot;J-1 Research Scholar&quot;, both with the primary purpose of &quot;Conducting Research&quot;, a &quot;Change of Status&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-539.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Form I-539&lt;/a&gt; makes me think &quot;no&quot;, because on page 2, part 2, 2.b (&quot;The change of status I am requesting&quot;), one can select only &quot;J1 - EXCHANGE VISITORS - OTHERS&quot;. So there is no way to tell Short-Term Scholar apart from Research Scholar. [Ok, bad example: &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/short-term-scholar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;No change of category will be considered&lt;/a&gt; for Short-Term Scholars. But the question remains the same with similar J-1 types such as Professor.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the Windstar tax software seems to think differently. Let's look at the case of a Short-Term Scholar (first half of the year) who became a Research Scholar (second half of the year):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reestablishing Residency is required to start the benefits over after acquiring a new status/purpose! [explain] &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Examining visit: J-1 CONDUCTING RESEARCH 7/1/2015 12/31/2015 [...] &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Examining visit: J-1 CONDUCTING RESEARCH 1/1/2015 6/30/2015 [...] &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Treaty Benefits end prior to this tax year. Treaty benefits denied. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So Windstar seems to think the Scholar has changed &quot;status&quot; or &quot;purpose&quot; (where the purpose is &quot;CONDUCTING RESEARCH&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taxanalysts.com/www/features.nsf/Articles/95F66D36BB745FD6852579C700800842?OpenDocument&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; has a lot of information about this, see section D, &quot;Impact of Change in Status&quot;. However, the article mostly talks about using different sections of the tax treaty (for students vs. professors, for example), which is not (necessarily) the case for a researcher changing from Short-Term to Research Scholar. What exactly a &quot;change of status&quot; is, remains unclear. Even footnote 157 says &quot;An explanation of this policy is not included in IRS Publication 901, U.S. Tax Treaties.&quot; I do not have access to any of the other references in that footnote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt;: I have asked the Windstar people, too. I'll update this questions as soon as I hear back from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9208" OwnerDisplayName="bers" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-03-08T01:26:53.213" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T01:26:53.213" Title="Is a change from &quot;J-1 Short-Term Scholar&quot; to &quot;J-1 Research Scholar&quot; a &quot;Change of Status&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-08T16:39:58.087" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working for a company which will provide me with a car, but I will be working abroad for a couple of years. Can someone explain how the car should be registered (owner vs keeper) in order to avoid the foreign authorities demand the car be registered locally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9212" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T21:35:03.747" Title="How should a car be registered to a UK company in order to drive it while working on the continent?" Tags="&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7977" CreationDate="2016-03-08T21:35:03.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find a definite answer around this issue, but couldn't really, so anything below is mainly speculation, and assumes that by &quot;the continent&quot; you mean an EU state in mainland Europe. Norwey, Switzerland and other non-EU countries might be different, and there local laws will apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you check the EU's site, they say the 6 month compulsory registration &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;doesn't seem to affect company cars&lt;/a&gt; (see section Self-Employed Cross Border Workers), and even if the company is outside of the EU (even if they are Schengen countries like Norway or Switzerland) you should be able to use it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eversheds.com/global/en/what/publications/shownews.page?News=en/switzerland/en/20150520_RBO_non_eu_company_vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;for work related purposes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, if you have a company car registered outside of the country you are in, you should only use it for work. (If the company is outside of the EU personal use is illegal, if inside the EU occasional personal use is okay. If the UK decides to leave the EU this might be an extra concern of you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this I guess having a car registered in the UK is fine, especially if the company doesn't have a subsidiary in the country you'll be living/working in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand there are a lot of other things a company might consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxation: company car taxes might be more strict or more relaxed in the chosen country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Insurance: finding an insurance company that allows you to drive your car abroad for more than 6 months is hard in the UK, and they might be prohibitively expensive. On the other hand a local insurance company insuring a local company car is usually much cheaper&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The car itself: In the UK you'll probably can only buy a right hand drive car as a company car, which might be very annoying to drive on the continent itself long term (although you can use to it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case both the owner and the keeper should be the company itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anecdotally I know of a dual Hungarian/British company who all use Hungarian based cars in the UK (because the costs - especially insurance - are much much lower in Hungary), and they've been doing this for quite a few years now without any issues from the UK authorities. The cars are only used for work related purposes by the employees of the company though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T21:35:03.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-09T08:20:36.343" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am originally from Massachusetts but moved to Dallas, Texas for work several years ago. At that time, I switched my MA license to a TX license. Since then, I have moved to Asia. Two weeks ago, while traveling for work, my wallet - with my license - was stolen. I have two questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I cannot prove residency in Texas anymore since I don't live there... but my license should still be valid, it's just stolen. How do I get a replacement? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My MA license expired last year. The RMV website says I can renew a license up to four years after it expires. Can I still do this even though I switched license from MA to TX? I still have mail that goes to an address in MA as I have family there - I can use this a residency. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help! This is such a pain... I am an American and want a driver's license for when I go back (unfortunately this year I will not be going to Texas OR Massachusetts...) but without a permanent residency it is proving really difficult!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9216" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T08:20:36.343" Title="Driver's license stolen... from a state I no longer have any connection to... how do I get a replacement?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-03-09T20:08:30.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-09T11:55:42.937" Score="3" ViewCount="772" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a funded position to undertake a PhD, with two years in Spain and one in Italy. Both my partner and I are Australian citizens, and while we are not married I don't think we would have any problem proving the relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it likely that we would be able to get a visa for my partner which would enable her to work while in Spain? If so, which visa category should we apply for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9218" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T21:35:14.780" Title="Can my partner get a working visa for Spain to accompany me while I undertake a PhD?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7980" CreationDate="2016-03-09T12:05:05.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a work visa. For that your partner should accept a position then the company should apply to work permit. After the necessary documents are completed, she should apply for work visa before her arrival in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://spain.embassy.gov.au/madrcastellano/visas_spain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Embassy:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Australian Citizens wanting to work or reside in Spain must apply for the appropriate visa from the nearest Spanish Embassy or Consulate. You should apply for the relevant visa from outside of Spain, if you do not, you will be issued the standard ‘Schengen Visa’ upon arrival which does not grant you the right to reside or work in Spain. Spanish immigration authorities will not generally grant a work or residence visa to Australian citizens who enter Spain on a ‘Schengen Visa’. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/es/visas-and-permits/Work-in-Spain-Guide-to-Spanish-work-visas_103258.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Work in Spain Guide:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In most cases, you’ll need to get a work permit if you are hired as an employee in Spain; see below for exceptions to this rule. Before you can get a work permit, you must first get a job.After you have secured a job, your employer must request authorisation – a work permit – for you to legally work in Spain. This will be granted if the job is listed as a Shortage Occupation or if the vacancy has been advertised and there are no other suitable candidates from Spain or the EU. Once authorisation to work has been granted, which will be combined with your residence permit, you can apply for a visa.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were married, it would be easier since, she could get a resident permit through you, and then a work permit when she takes the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Phoog mentioned that, unmarried couples can use the right of unification, however you would need to have a residence permit dating back at least a year which would extend for at least a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://%20extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/FolletosInformativos/archivos/triptico_reagrupacion_familia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Re-unification:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;unmarried partners are also eligible for family reunification, but foreigners can only serve as sponsors for family reunification after living in Spain for one year, and then only if they are authorized for at least another year of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9021" LastEditorUserId="9021" LastEditDate="2016-03-09T16:35:09.960" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T16:35:09.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-09T17:24:24.990" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I work for a company in the Netherlands but I am working remotely from Ireland. I am currently being taxed 52% until I provide a BSN number. As far as I am aware to get this number I need to live in the Netherlands - so this is impossible for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone tell me what can I do in this situation? Is there another way to get my tax bracket normalized to a fairer tariff? I cannot continue to work for less than half my wage. I asked my HR but I'm waiting for a reply and if I can speed up the process by getting some information that would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9219" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T20:53:09.857" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T08:07:15.300" Title="Working from Ireland for a company in the Netherlands - Tax Bracket" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7948" CreationDate="2016-03-09T21:06:54.260" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Belgium and Netherlands are both Schengen area... so you can study there but you will need another resident permit as student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T21:06:54.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7980" CreationDate="2016-03-09T21:35:14.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked in a comment (now deleted):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you asked the administrators of the PhD program? They must likely have someone who handles immigration formalities and would know the answer to your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's because, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/FolletosInformativos/archivos/triptico_reagrupacion_familiar_eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Spanish government's brochure on family reunification&lt;/a&gt;, foreigners may generally sponsor relatives for family reunification only after having lived in Spain for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an exception for &quot;beneficiaries of the special&#xA;regime for researchers,&quot; however, and I suspect that you may be such a beneficiary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person most likely to know is the person who handles immigration matters on behalf of the PhD program.  This would be the person responsible for arranging the documents that the program needs to provide in order to serve as &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; sponsor.  Such a person is most likely to be familiar with immigration laws as they apply to your position, since they have probably helped others who have been in the exact same position you are now in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are not married, and seem not to be in a formally registered partnership, you will have the additional burden of proving the nature of your relationship.  Even if you have no problem to do it, as you assume, it will still be more work than you'd have if you were married, and the possibility of failure is probably somewhat higher.  Unfortunately, I do not know the criteria by which the Spanish authorities judge unmarried partnerships, so I can't comment further.  That would probably make a good question in its own right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T21:35:14.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-10T14:46:46.440" Score="3" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen and I've moved to London. At some point I'm going to need a bank account here. If I use my usual information-seeking resources (mostly Google searches) I find that everyone and his dog are willing to write me an article informing me that most banks are unwilling to do business with US persons these days because of FATCA. I have yet to find a resource or article telling me which banks &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; willing to do business with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously I could just try identifying all the banks there are in London and calling them up one at a time to inquire, but are there any resources I can use to expedite my search?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1032" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T02:31:35.250" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T02:31:35.250" Title="How do I find a London bank that offers accounts to a US person?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-11T15:42:27.153" Score="9" ViewCount="4871" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read everything I can find, but still don't have a definitive answer, so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen, USA and Australia. I am about to leave Australia, but just noticed my Australian passport is expired. Can I leave on my USA passport? I&#xA;am not concerned about reentry, just the leaving part. If I ever want to go back (not planning on it now), I realize I will have to renew the Australian passport to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read both &quot;should leave on Australian passport&quot; and &quot;must leave on Australian passport&quot;, and the Australian High Commission in the UK says it is possible- &#xA;Q: I am an Australian citizen but as I did not obtain an Australian passport before departing Australia,&quot;   ...... &#xA;A: &quot;In the absence of an Australian passport, airlines are unable to assess a person's claim to Australian citizenship at the time of check-in and may decline to carry the traveller. It would  therefore be in your best interests to apply for an Australian passport to enable you to return to Australia.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody have first-hand knowledge of what happens? Would I actually be denied the ability to return to my country? Would I just become a prisoner in Australia destined to live in the airport or at the US embassy?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read all the 'should-s' and 'must-s', but what actually happens if you do try to leave on your foreign passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9226" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-03-15T18:01:22.327" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T11:12:38.333" Title="Leaving Australia on a foreign passport" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7988" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7990" CreationDate="2016-03-11T15:50:20.133" Score="2" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an italian guy that wants to move away from my country to Germany (actually Berlin) for a lot of good reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will not list the pro and cons, but just the fact i want to move to become a musician.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far i have been in a lot of bands here and currently i am creating a new one that's doing pretty well.&#xA;The fact is... that i decided to go away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a big news, people around me knew already for years that i wanted to move but after being in Berlin, it's now a fact, and the problem is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I don't really now how to handle this thing with my personal life.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know when i will move. But to me it doesn't make sense to develop new friendships or playing with my band knowing that sooner or later i will leave them behind; moreover not telling them anything will make me feel guilty, but on the other side i don't want to live the -i hope &lt;em&gt;months&lt;/em&gt;- here in Italy (i already have contacts and everything but i have still a lot of things to do) with a sort of alienated isolationism just waiting for the move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the question is too broad and i don't know if it fits the current community purposes and i am not also sure if it fits the Q&amp;amp;A format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So i will ask again: &lt;em&gt;how to handle personal life (family, work, friends, in my case -but more importantly- my band) when deciding to move (i hope forever!) in another country (by your experience of being an expat)?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9225" LastActivityDate="2016-03-11T16:56:47.260" Title="How to manage personal life when deciding to move in another country?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7988" CreationDate="2016-03-11T16:56:47.260" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Talk about your plans with your friends so they can prepare themselves emotionally for your eventual departure.  Similarly, you meet new acquaintances, mention your plans early on so they know what they're dealing with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your plans become more definite, for example when you pick a date for your move, mention them to your friends, and discuss them with those who show interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's probably no need to stop playing with your band, but you can stop now if you want.  It depends on your relationship with the band, I suppose.  You will have to stop at some point; it could just as well be now as 9 months from now, or whenever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel like you or the band are investing a lot of time and effort into the band's future, and you don't want to put this effort into a band you're about to leave, then maybe you should leave sooner rather than later.  On the other hand, if you like the band and want to keep playing with them as long as possible, do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-03-11T16:56:47.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7991" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7995" CreationDate="2016-03-11T16:59:04.643" Score="4" ViewCount="10442" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (US Citizen) applied for my permanent residence (change of status) on July 13, 2015. We submitted i-130 and i-485 to the USCIS at the same time. I had my biometrics fingerprint taken 2 months later. But since then USCIS has been reporting &lt;code&gt;Case Is Ready To Be Scheduled For An Interview&lt;/code&gt; and its already been 7 months now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please give me a hint on when should I expect to be called for an interview? I think the visa bulletin does not apply to me because my wife and I are both in the United States and me being an immediate relative (of my wife's) don't have to wait for a visa to be available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9227" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T21:58:21.507" Title="Actual wait time for interview on immediate relative sponsorship" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7998" CreationDate="2016-03-11T18:59:00.393" Score="0" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some tax treaties, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/Businesses/International-Businesses/Germany----Tax-Treaty-Documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the one between the US and Germany&lt;/a&gt;, have different articles for professors/teachers/researchers and recipients of scholarships. In the aforementioned case, these are articles 20(1) and 20(3), with some mutual exclusions. In the 2006 version, these read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 20 (Visiting Professors and Teachers; Students and Trainees)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1. Remuneration that a professor or teacher who is a resident of a Contracting State and who is temporarily present in the other Contracting State for the primary purpose of carrying out advanced study or research or for teaching at an accredited university or other recognized educational institution, or an institution engaged in research for the public benefit, receives for such work shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years from the date of his arrival. This Article shall not apply to income from research if such research is undertaken not in the public interest but primarily for the private benefit of a specific person or persons. &lt;em&gt;The benefits provided in this paragraph shall not be granted to an individual who, during the immediately preceding period, enjoyed the benefits of paragraph 2, 3, or 4.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  [...] &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3. Payment other than compensation for personal services that a person who is or was immediately before visiting a Contracting State a resident of the other Contracting State receives as a grant, allowance, or award from a non-profit religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational private organization or a comparable public institution shall not be taxed in the first-mentioned State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when receiving a scholarship as a professor, teacher or researcher, both articles may apply. Can one choose to claim an exemption under (1) even if (3) is applicable? If not, this would mean one could lose the possibility of claiming an exemption for future remuneration which is not a scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follow-up question&lt;/strong&gt;: can one choose not to claim tax-treaty benefits for some income (for example, said scholarship) in order to avoid losing later benefits for teacher remuneration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9208" LastEditorUserId="9208" LastEditDate="2016-03-11T20:08:18.960" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T07:12:39.940" Title="Tax treaty exemption for scholarship as a researcher: can I choose the tax treaty article?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-11T17:20:26.190" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to move to Germany for a masters in Computer Science. I am looking for the amount of money needed to deposit in order to move to Germany. Please guide. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T00:19:08.720" Title="How much money does one need to deposit in order to move to Germany for education?" Tags="&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7991" CreationDate="2016-03-11T22:33:54.300" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It varies for everybody. It can take as long as a year (or in rare cases more) for some people in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS processing times&lt;/a&gt; for your local office? (Select your local office under &quot;Field Office&quot; and look at the processing time for I-485. Remember that the times are not constantly updated so the date you see is the filing dates they were processing at the time the processing times were last reported.) Is your application beyond the timeframe for the office? Even if it is beyond the timeframe for that office, your particular case could be slower than the average because they are doing extra security checks or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your case becomes really behind, you can contact your congressman or senator and/or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/topic/cis-ombudsman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CIS Ombudsman&lt;/a&gt; to see if they can help move it along. But if it's within normal processing times, they're not likely going to do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, you applied for an EAD (with I-765) and Advance Parole (with I-131) with your Adjustment of Status application. They are free to apply for and with them you can work and travel and has most of the benefits of permanent residency, so it doesn't matter as much how long it takes for your AOS to be approved. If you haven't applied for them yet, you can still apply for them for free; but it takes about 90 days from applying to get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-03-13T21:58:21.507" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T21:58:21.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2507" CreationDate="2016-03-12T09:03:24.047" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to IRS.GOV, A US citizen who lives abroad must file a return. However, if he/she is living in a country that has a tax treaty with the US, he/she must earn less than 108,000 USD to avoid paying US taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9231" LastActivityDate="2016-03-12T09:03:24.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7695" CreationDate="2016-03-13T00:29:13.780" Score="14" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Arrival&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably have a reasonably easy entry into the country, since you have a visa. You will need your passport, visa, and any supporting documents (eg: copies of contracts with your employer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you have things like your employer's phone number written on paper, not on your phone/laptop. You don't want to have to try charge your phone to get through immigration control!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you come from a country that requires TB scans before arrival, make sure that you have all that paperwork too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in doubt, take anything you could possibly need - but make sure that you've got certified &quot;backup copies&quot; of everything in your home country in case you leave your bag at a stopover!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;You first few days&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's going to be a stressful time, but overall you've got to manage a few key priorities. Certain things take a while to organise, so you need to apply for them even if things are a bit crazy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a mobile phone. For now you will probably need to get a Pay as You Go provider. You don't have any credit history, so you probably won't be able to get a contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a &quot;mobile internet&quot; device - look for something called a &quot;mifi&quot; device on Pay as you Go. Note that going to Argos and getting one most likely means you can avoid lots of paperwork that you'd have to do if you went to the mobile provider store. I use an EE 4g mobile device.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Proof of Address Documents&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the primary problems that you're going to have is the &quot;proof of address&quot; system. In the UK there's no official ID document - so you have to prove your identity with letters from a Bank or Electricity provider written to you at your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You this need a place to start getting those mails as soon as possible. The longer you don't have a place to stay, the longer it's going to take to sort this all out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Short Term Place to Stay&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a short term place to stay (family or friends) you should strongly consider using it as a temporary place to address all your correspondence. This will help all the other things move forward more quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/85/how-to-open-up-your-first-uk-bank-account-without-proof-of-address&quot;&gt;Open a bank account&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Put in your application for your National Insurance Number (BTW: you used the abbreviation NINO - I've not heard it referred to as that before). You may have to use a temporary address for this, and then change it once you've got a more permanent place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a Starbucks card - you can then use their wifi for free. You can also use wifi for free at McDonalds and many other places.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;National Insurance&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the National Insurance process does not technically have to happen before you start work, some employers and recruiters will want you to have an NI number - it gives them a level of comfort that they can hire you. Further, if you don't have an NI number you may be taxed at a higher rate than you should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get your NI number, you need to apply for an appointment (we did it by phone). You give them your postcode/address, and they will give you a booking at a location near you and a specific time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will tell you what to take to the appointment - but the core things are your passport and Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the appointment they will verify your identity and paperwork. You should then get a letter stating you've applied for an NI number. This may be sufficient to start work. You will then receive a plastic NI card with a unique number on it in the post a few days later. You'll need to give this to your Employer and all future Employers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Finding a Place to Rent&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask people at work or friends/family where you should think of staying. It's going to be hard to decide, since you have very little context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're in London, be prepared for a much longer commute. Consider cycling! Also: be prepared to make an offer on a rental on the day. It's a competitive market. There's no real way to &quot;think about it&quot; for a few days - so you'll have to have a good idea of a reasonable price and location going in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll need to take local Council Tax into consideration when budgeting. It varies from area to area - make sure you get it from the Agent when deciding whether to see a place. Try and get somewhere with double-glazed windows and decent insulation, since it'll reduce your heating costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a house-share it'll certainly reduce your costs. However it makes certain other things more difficult in the long term - you won't have a Gas or Electricity bill with your name on it. That makes Getting a Credit Score difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Once Moved In&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site moneysavingexpert.com is full of great advice on finding the best deals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take photos of your Gas, Water, and Electricity meters so that you have a record of them the day you moved in.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you've not managed to open a bank account or got your National Insurance number, you should definitely apply for them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for internet. This can take a few weeks to arrive, so the sooner you order it the better. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register for Council tax.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find the cheapest Gas and Electricity. Change the provider for the house if necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register for a GP. Note that some GPs might have rules about whether you can register or not as someone new to the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for your TV license. If you don't have a TV, make sure you notify the TV license authority that you don't have a TV so that they don't write you letters.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register your name and address at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/&lt;/a&gt; so that you don't get junk mail. The sooner you do this the better!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once your internet/phone number is installed, opt out of junk calls at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Getting On the Grid - Getting a Credit Score&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're in a new country and you have no credit score. Even getting things like a mobile contract can be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can, register to vote, so that you're on the Voter's Roll. This is the first step to having a credit score. EU citizens can register to vote in EU elections. Commonwealth citizens can register to vote in all elections.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a permanent address where you can put the Electricity and Gas bills into your name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you've shown a track record of paying your bill, you will be able to start opening up other types of accounts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can track your credit score and similar by ordering a copy of your credit score info for free once a year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T22:46:28.200" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7993" CreationDate="2016-03-13T07:12:39.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, both articles do not apply. Scholarship is not salary, so only 20(3) applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The treaty doesn't seem to provide an &quot;opt-out&quot; option, so no - you cannot choose to not apply the treaty in the period of scholarship to be able to apply it in the following period of salaried employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, in legaleese, &quot;&lt;em&gt;shall&lt;/em&gt;&quot; or &quot;&lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt;&quot; mean that there's no other option (as opposed to &quot;&lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt;&quot; or mentioning an explicit election).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T07:12:39.940" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-13T19:25:38.693" Score="3" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold SA and UK Citizenship but I was born in Namibia and am entitled to citizenship there as well. My SA / UK citizenship is all above board with the necessary exemption from Home Affairs. If I apply for Namibian Citizenship will I have to give up my SA or UK Citizenship as both countries allow &quot;Dual Citizenship&quot; - I cannot find evidence of &quot;Multiple Citizenship&quot; anywhere ? Or do I just let Home Affairs know that I am applying for Namibian Citizenship, get the letter and Bob's your aunty ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9233" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T13:31:29.193" Title="Looking at 3rd Citizenship" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2016-03-14T07:37:24.887" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can you leave on your non-Australian passport? It has no entry stamp to say you entered Australia, and it has no 'must leave by' date in there. As far as your passport is concerned, you never entered Australia, because you did not use your non-Australian passport to get a visa to enter Australia, and use it to enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you never entered, then you can't leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only people who are legally in Australia without a valid stamp in their passport, are Australians. And if they need to leave Australia, they need to get a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T07:37:24.887" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7999" CreationDate="2016-03-14T13:31:29.193" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on your status in Namibian law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: this answer is based entirely on Wikipedia; I have no first-hand (or second-hand) knowledge or experience in Namibian or South African nationality law; I have some second-hand knowledge of the state of affairs in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, the UK does not regulate multiple nationalities, so you're fine on that front.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, on your &amp;quot;entitlement&amp;quot; to Namibian citizenship, are you certain of that?  It seems more likely that you already &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; a Namibian citizen.  This is important in both Namibian and South African law.  Wikipedia says that those born &amp;quot;in Namibia to a citizen parent or to a parent who is ordinarily and legally resident in the country&amp;quot; are Namibian citizens.  If this applies to you, you already &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; Namibian, you simply don't yet have a Namibian passport or another document showing that Namibia has recognized your Namibian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it may be that you aren't actually Namibian, but are entitled to apply for naturalization.  This answer will look at both situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, assume you are already Namibian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multiple citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Section 26 of the 1990 Act states that no Namibian citizen may also be a citizen of a foreign country. However, this section of the act states that it is subject to the provisions of other laws. In a 2011 High Court case, Judge Dave Smuts ruled that a Namibian citizen by birth or descent could not be deprived of citizenship without consent, effectively legalising multiple citizenship for those citizens. Applicants for naturalisation, however, must still renounce all their other citizenships under Section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also from Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a South African citizen who by a formal and voluntary act acquires the citizenship of another country, automatically loses his or her South African citizenship unless they apply for, and receive permission to retain their South African citizenship before acquiring the citizenship of another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the assumption that you are already a Namibian citizen, the South African requirement &lt;em&gt;doesn't actually apply to you,&lt;/em&gt; and you &lt;em&gt;don't need to get permission&lt;/em&gt; to retain your South African nationality.  That's because you are not &lt;em&gt;acquiring&lt;/em&gt; Namibian citizenship by a &amp;quot;formal and voluntary act&amp;quot;; you &lt;em&gt;already have it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Still, it's not hard to see that this line of reasoning might be contested, and you doubtless want to avoid a court case, so it might be a good idea to apply for permission anyway.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if we assume that you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; already have Namibian citizenship, but are somehow eligible for naturalization, the situation looks rather different.  In South Africa, you &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; need to apply for permission, but that doesn't matter, because &lt;em&gt;Namibia wouldn't naturalize you unless you renounce both your British and South African citizenship.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate, therefore, the answer depends entirely on whether you are, as you say, &amp;quot;entitled&amp;quot; to Namibian citizenship, or are instead actually already a Namibian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T13:31:29.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8003" CreationDate="2016-03-15T13:59:50.347" Score="2" ViewCount="978" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an IT guy from Italy and I like to move to UK with my wife to find better work conditions - and, well, a lot of other stuffs - but we are a bit worried about the Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to look for a job now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, in the event of a real Brexit, would I be in a better situation being there before the referendum outcome?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extra info: I already have a NI number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9238" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T18:47:13.227" Title="Move to UK before Brexit referendum. Do I need to wait?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-03-19T07:11:57.763" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8002" CreationDate="2016-03-15T18:24:48.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is bit speculative but I think it can be answered. We don't know precisely what would happen but the worst case scenario is that you would be forced to leave your new job and return to Italy in a couple of years. The risk is there but, no matter the outcome, it seems quite small and it's extremely unlikely that anything would happen overnight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the UK leaves the EU, things like retirement pension or the status of non-EU family members when you return to your country of origin could also become more complicated. So if you are concerned about leaving your current job and not being able to find something you like in some years and absolutely cannot tolerate that uncertainty, waiting for the outcome of the referendum makes sense. But then again, switching jobs and especially countries always carries a risk that things don't go exactly as planned so if you are that risk-averse, maybe expatriation is not for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On other hand, it's conceivable that even if the UK leaves the EU, it will first introduce some kind of transition regime to “grandfather” EU workers who are already present in the country into the country's new visa/residence system. No matter the outcome, it's also extremely unlikely that immigrating would become any easier so from that perspective there is no reason to wait. And as @phoog commented, it's entirely possible that people who gained permanent residence or stayed for a yet-to-be-defined period of time before the transition would benefit from a special status so “starting the clock” as soon as possible might actually be advantageous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-03-16T18:47:13.227" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T18:47:13.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-15T22:40:32.753" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask if it was possible for me to get a British passport. I was born in the UK but both me and my parents are not British. So am I able to get a passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9242" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-03-16T02:19:06.457" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T02:19:06.457" Title="Am I able to get a UK passport" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2016-03-16T13:58:33.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-16T15:58:19.797" Score="6" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume a European Union citizen who is not a citizen of France has moved to France for a period longer than 90 days, with his or her spouse.  The spouse is not an EU citizen, and has received a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour «membre de la famille d'un citoyen de l'Union»&lt;/em&gt; with a validity of five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The couple leave France after a year.  Three years later, they return.  Is the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; still valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, when did it lose its validity, and why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:35.203" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:35.203" Title="Validity after leaving France of the &quot;Carte de séjour membre de famille d'un citoyen de l'union&quot;" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-16T16:36:27.937" Score="4" ViewCount="992" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany my family name goes on the door bell name tag (&lt;code&gt;Türklingel Namensschilder&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Klingelschilder&lt;/code&gt;) and mailboxes name tag (&lt;code&gt;Briefkasten Namensschild&lt;/code&gt;) for identification purposes and for the correct handling of the post office mail. In my country there are multiple family names (some from the mothers family and some from the father family) and not only one, so I might be receiving mail using abbreviated forms or just the name followed by the last family name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any rules/laws regarding the naming system on these tags? If I do abbreviate will be postal worker allowed to place in mail for me? If me and my wife have the same surnames[last names] should I place the standard abbreviated name and family name separated by slashes to denote different persons regardless of the family name being the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8419" LastEditorUserId="2190" LastEditDate="2016-03-17T10:01:02.563" LastActivityDate="2016-03-17T10:01:02.563" Title="Is there any rule or standard for the names that should go on the mailbox and door bell?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-03-19T07:09:43.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-16T19:51:43.423" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My birth certificate from India does not have my name on it. In certain cultures they do not name the kid until later. Hence this case. How can this be taken care of for any immigration purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9247" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T12:02:47.427" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T12:02:47.427" Title="Birth certificate does not have a name for Change of Status Greencard" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:05:21.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-16T20:20:11.893" Score="1" ViewCount="688" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good evening!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, you could advise on my question. I recently changed my surname to my husband's. My bio metric residence permit was obtained after we already got married. I have applied for the change of bio metric residence permit, but the earliest available appointment is on March 30. The question is can I go abroad and enter the UK back with my old bio metric residence permit before 30 March. I have booked a holiday and bought ticket long time ago. Many thanks for your reply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS I am not a European Union citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9206" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:29.743" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:29.743" Title="Can I travel with a BRP on a maiden name?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6927" CreationDate="2016-03-17T04:50:42.070" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legal alien here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;No, nothing to try afterwards, you should have tried &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Sure you're entitled to a legal action, but, well, I foresee tears and lost money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have always lived in rented places in Spain. About 7 with full contracts and security deposits. Only one gave me back the full deposit but it was a short term rent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Few returned part of it back. Those and the ones who didn't always said something akin to &quot;for the damages&quot;. The very first one, yes, I was using an office chair that damaged the synthetic floor emulating wood, and place was brand new; payed without pain and lady was elegant enough to return a small part. On the next one, same floor, I bought an acrylic surface to put my chair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even before Spain, I'm really positive all my past landlords will write down &lt;em&gt;&quot;yes, this guy doesn't fail its payments&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. And I'm not a rockstar that goes on rage rampages over the furniture, I just live in the places and use my fair share but the fact of &quot;living&quot; does leave its marks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the most successful strategy is, one month before leaving the place, call the landlord to visit your place and do a full review and assessment of the &quot;damages&quot;. Put the place pristine beforehand.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Only then we're able to reach a fair final agreement because we'll try to exchange the last month payment for the guarantee deposit and that's a power position. Otherwise, better to consider it &lt;em&gt;non-refundable&lt;/em&gt; and really don't hold your breath and have it accounted on your initial budget.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a crude reality: &lt;em&gt;One Does Not Want to Enter Legal Battles on Latin Countries&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I cannot vouch for this or that country, but most of them in Europe and America, yeah, do not do that if you can avoid it. If not avoidable, go with all you have because at least there is some legal system in place (&lt;em&gt;caveat emptor modus operandi&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8773" LastActivityDate="2016-03-17T04:50:42.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8009" CreationDate="2016-03-17T15:38:12.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your old Biometric permit is still valid. Applying for a new one does invalidate the old one. Also, there is nothing that I can find in the immigration rules that states that the name in your passport must absolutely match the name in you BRP, a point that wouldn't apply to you anyway. You may face some issues later when/if you ever decide to get another passport, especially a UK one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-03-17T15:38:12.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-17T04:28:25.247" Score="5" ViewCount="3944" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen currently enrolled as a graduate student in an university in Canada. My professor here is moving to a university in the US and has asked me to accompany him. I have to apply to that university. So I will terminate my education here after the summer term. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a valid Canadian study permit till Dec 2017. Can I apply for the US visa (F1) from Canada? Can I complete all the formalities while I am here and enter US directly from Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I go back to India and apply for the US visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9250" OwnerDisplayName="Daddu123" LastEditorUserId="9250" LastEditDate="2016-05-03T04:52:12.030" LastActivityDate="2020-02-26T05:05:13.703" Title="Applying for US student visa (F1) from a foreign country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8012" CreationDate="2016-03-17T06:04:02.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US does not restrict where you may apply for a &lt;em&gt;nonimmigrant&lt;/em&gt; visa (such as a student visa) from. You may do so in any country you've legally entered, even if as a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;From the US State Department&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must schedule an appointment for your visa interview, generally, at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where you live. You may schedule your interview at any U.S. Embassy or Consulate, but be aware that it may be difficult to qualify for a visa outside of your place of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do apply in Canada, take the time and effort to be sure that your visa application is exceptionally high quality. &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/50502/3221&quot;&gt;In the past&lt;/a&gt;, the Canadian embassy has also warned applicants of a higher refusal rate for applicants who are not residents of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you successfully obtain the visa, you may enter the US directly from Canada, or from anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Hampton" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-03-17T06:04:02.777" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8014" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-18T09:19:24.590" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to the Buergeramt 6+ weeks ago and jumped through the hoops to convert my U.S. license to a German one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone who's gone through that tell me how long it took for their German license to arrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Bürgeramt Tempelhof, Berlin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9253" LastEditorUserId="9253" LastEditDate="2016-03-18T10:02:26.867" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T21:02:05.203" Title="Waiting time to receive German license" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-19T05:10:51.610" Score="1" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse has a US H1 visa stamped until 2018. I have the H4 stamped until 2018. I reached US recently and at the port of entry, the seal that was put says &quot;admit until end September 2016&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to extend my stay beyond September 2016? If yes, what is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7040" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T05:10:51.610" Title="How long I can legally stay in US with H4?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-18T17:54:08.747" Score="1" ViewCount="929" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bit weird and complicated question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently an F1 student in US doing my MS. I got an offer and my Employer is filing H1-B for me ahead of my joining the company (also, I didn't get my joining date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this is where things get complicated, since I didn't know my joining date, I didn't apply for OPT. And thus, my H1-B will be applied without my EAD card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my H1-B gets approved before I graduate (say I extended my graduation from May to August), then how is it going to impact my immigration status. And also how it is going to impact my OPT, suppose if I go back to school in the future to pursue my PhD? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my H1-B gets reject before I graduate (say I extended my graduation from May to August), then how is it going to impact my immigration status. And also how it is going to impact my OPT, suppose if I go back to school in the future to pursue my PhD? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9268" OwnerDisplayName="ikis" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-03-19T09:15:32.970" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T08:17:00.063" Title="Apply for H1B from F1 without OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7563" CreationDate="2016-03-19T12:20:46.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As we understand it, it's common to go there on a 90-day visa and look for a job, and then obtain the proper permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is correct &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you are an EU/EFTA citizen, sort of. For this you need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/eu_efta/ausweis_l_eu_efta.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;L-permit&lt;/a&gt;. It is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/working-switzerland-eu-efta/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;likely you will be asked to prove you have sufficient funds to support yourself&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since 1 April 2015, citizens of European Union (EU) or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries seeking employment in Switzerland can only obtain a residence permit if they have sufficient funds to support themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An L-permit is valid for a year, usually. I suspect therefore you will be required to prove you have sufficient funds to live for a year in Switzerland (I student I know was asked to prove they have around 20,000 CHF). After this time, if you have a normal full-time job, your permit converts to a B-permit (right to reside and work). There are various other possibilities depending on your employment status and going through them all here would be impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, everyone in Switzerland who has accommodation is required to announce themselves in their local commune on arrival within 8 days, including the Swiss. This is because tax (and actually Swiss nationality) is divided between commune, canton and the federal state. As such, as soon as you move and register your arrival the process will start and you'll be issued an L-permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that covers your wife :) As a US citizen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben/visa/liste1_staatsangehoerigkeit/u.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you do not need a visa for a 90-day stay but you do need one for longer&lt;/a&gt; than that (and a residence permit if you reside). However, according to expatica, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/ch/visas-and-permits/Guide-for-EU-EFTA-citizens-and-family-moving-to-Switzerland_443220.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;if your wife has a permit of residence in Switzerland you are also entitled to a permit and may join her here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure how this would work if you are moving on a short-term basis without a job and I cannot find much info online. I believe that if expatica are correct you will be treated as an EU citzen, but without explicit confirmation I think that the best thing to do would be to talk to your nearest Swiss embassy or consulate, particularly as they can explain what (if anything) you might require. If you are in Switzerland, you can talk to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/ueberuns/kontakt/kantonale_behoerden/adressen_kantone_und.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cantonal authorities in your region&lt;/a&gt;. They should be able to give you a clear answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various comments have mentioned a vote in 2014. Said vote was the &quot;against mass immigration&quot; initiative, which requires the federal government to re-introduce quotas on all foreign nationals entering Switzerland to live, including EU citizens. This is obviously incompatible with the Schengen treaty and quite how it will all work out is entirely unknown. There are counter initiatives working their way through the Swiss political system and Swiss-EU negotiations are currently stalled waiting for the outcome of Brexit. The vote was contentious in Switzerland itself (won by a very narrow margin) and a recent vote to automatically deport foreigners who have been imprisoned once their term is over was more thoroughly rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous answer mentions the tax situation. As a resident of Switzerland you must pay tax on your worldwide income. As both you and your wife are &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_person&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US persons&lt;/a&gt; you will also have to (potentially) pay tax to the IRS. As I understand it, you must calculate your tax return to the US authorities and then you pay the difference, taking into account your tax burden in Switzerland. This would apply no matter where you moved to live in the world. I am not a US person and I'm sure there are more detailed answers on the nuances of this around the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9211" LastEditorUserId="9211" LastEditDate="2016-03-19T12:26:22.933" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T12:26:22.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-20T01:39:47.617" Score="4" ViewCount="1105" Body="&lt;p&gt;From your experience, &lt;strong&gt;how long does it take&lt;/strong&gt; to get your plastic Green Card in the mailbox from the moment of entering the United States on immigrant visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/file-online/uscis-immigrant-fee#Track%20Card%20Status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt; website specifies that if you don't get your card in 45 days after admission to the United States (considering the USCIS immigrant fee is already paid), you should request assistance. However, on some other website pages I found much longer processing times (from several weeks to several months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any indications regarding this matter will be greatly appreciated (please, specify the port of entry in your case, since different service centers may have different processing times).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9257" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T01:53:22.977" Title="Processing time for Green Card after admission to US on immigrant visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-20T06:01:06.283" Score="6" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I've lived in Taiwan for 3 years now, always with an ARC (as I've always been employed by a Taiwanese company with the power to apply for an ARC for me up until now). I've applied for a 6th month ARC extension for &quot;seeking work&quot; since I quit my last job, but I won't be getting another job with a company that can apply for a visa for me, so I'm looking to start doing the whole &quot;leave the country every 3 months&quot; thing that I've heard so much about (I am from a visa-exempt country [I'm a US citizen], so from what I understand I can stay in the country for 90 days without an ARC.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From other answers I've read (Taiwan maximum stay rules with reentry) it would seem that this isn't frowned upon and can be done rather regularly and quickly (in a one-day visa run to HK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Do I have to actually go through a visa application process to do this, or is what I would really by doing just leaving the country and coming back, relying on my passport for 90 day visa-exempt entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Do I have to go to HK or can I go to any country, like Japan? Would China even count, since they don't like to admit Taiwan is a separate country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9259" LastActivityDate="2016-03-25T01:31:15.313" Title="Does a visa run in Taiwan really involve applying for a new visa every time, or just relying on visa-exempt passport entry?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8019" CreationDate="2016-03-22T01:53:22.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Data point:  I know someone who got theirs about 5 months after entry.  The official timelines have quite a fantasy component.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T01:53:22.977" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2016-03-22T04:07:05.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not going to get a &quot;definitive answer&quot;, because the practical answer is: &lt;strong&gt;it depends&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The letter of the law is clear: &lt;strong&gt;if you are Australian, you have to use an Australian passport to arrive in and depart from Australia&lt;/strong&gt;.  And if you're a single national, you don't really have any other options, so end of story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a dual national, things get more interesting.  From a legal point of view, it makes no difference since Australian law applies to Australians even if they hold other nationalities...  but in practice, it does make it &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; to enter and depart.  So it's going to come down to convincing the border officer that letting you in or out without a valid passport is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First-hand experience: my son, an Australian citizen, was &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3227/leaving-australia-as-dual-national-but-without-an-australian-passport&quot;&gt;allowed to leave Australia without his passport&lt;/a&gt; because he's a dual national and still had a valid re-entry permit that (through bureaucratic oversight) had not been cancelled.  I'm also pretty sure that if you show up at the airport with a recently-expired Aussie passport and a pressing need to travel (wedding, funeral, etc), you'll &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; be let through with a telling off and advised to renew your passport ASAP at your destination.  But if you rock up the airport, make it clear that you're doing this intentionally and start attempting to assert your (in this case, non-existent) rights as an American citizen, you will equally likely be told to go pound sand and apply for an Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All things told, the safest option is to &lt;em&gt;just apply for the new Australian passport&lt;/em&gt;.  Using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.passports.gov.au/urgentapplications/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;priority service&lt;/a&gt;, it will be ready in just two days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T04:07:05.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8029" CreationDate="2016-03-22T07:44:33.277" Score="8" ViewCount="2049" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I find out that I'm supposed to notify the Immigration Bureau of Japan within 14 days of my job transfer. &#xA;I'm about 1 month late now, am I toasted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-26T15:50:01.433" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T15:50:01.433" Title="Forgot to notify Immigration Bureau of Japan about job transfer" Tags="&lt;employment&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8017" CreationDate="2016-03-22T08:17:00.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In either case it will have no effect on your &lt;em&gt;current&lt;/em&gt; immigration status. If your F1 status is terminated prior to the H1b start date - you'll have to either go out of country, or change the status to something else (B2, probably). If you want to start working prior the H1b start date - you'll have to apply for OPT and then get the OPT EAD before you can start working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T08:17:00.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8026" CreationDate="2016-03-22T14:09:00.717" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, you could face a fine of up to 200,000 yen (that's in the same category as, for example, not carrying your residence card when you go out); in practice I have never heard of anybody who was fined for this. In any case, you do not face imprisonment or deportation (that would have been the case if you had made a false notification, as opposed to no notificstion at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirement for this notification is set forth in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&amp;amp;vm=&amp;amp;id=2647#en_ch4sc1sb2at14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 19-16 of the Immigration Act&lt;/a&gt;, which reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Notification Relating to the Organization of Affiliation, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 19-16　Any mid to long resident who is residing in Japan with a&#xA;  status of residence listed in the following items shall, where the&#xA;  cause provided for in the respective item occurs with regard to the&#xA;  category of the status of residence listed therein, notify the&#xA;  Minister of Justice to such effect and of the matters provided for in&#xA;  an Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice in accordance with the&#xA;  procedures provided for in the Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice&#xA;  within 14 days of the date of the occurrence of such cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i)　&quot;Professor&quot;, &quot;Highly Skilled Professional&quot; (limited to those&#xA;  pertaining to item (i), sub-item (c) or item (ii) (limited to cases of&#xA;  engaging in the activities listed in sub-item (c) of the same item) in&#xA;  the right-hand column under &quot;Highly Skilled Professional&quot; of Appended&#xA;  Table I (2)), &quot;Business Manager&quot;, &quot; Legal/Accounting Services&quot;,&#xA;  &quot;Medical Services&quot;, &quot;Instructor&quot;, Intra-company Transferee&quot;,&#xA;  &quot;Technical Intern Training&quot;, &quot;Student&quot; or &quot;Trainee&quot;:　change in the&#xA;  name or location, or extinction of the public or private organization&#xA;  in Japan at which the activities listed respectively in the right-hand&#xA;  column of Appended Table I with regard to the status of residence are&#xA;  being carried out, or when leaving or being transferred from the&#xA;  organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii)　&quot;Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those&#xA;  pertaining to item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) or item (ii) (limited to&#xA;  cases of engaging in the activities listed in sub-item (a) or (b) of&#xA;  the same item) in the right-hand column under &quot;Highly Skilled&#xA;  Professional&quot; of Appended Table I (2)), &quot;Researcher&quot;,&#xA;  &quot;Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/ International Services&quot;,&#xA;  &quot;Entertainer&quot; (limited to cases of engaging in the activities&#xA;  pertaining to the status of residence based on a contract with a&#xA;  public or private organization in Japan) or &quot;Skilled Labor&quot;:　change in&#xA;  the name or location, or extinction of the public or private&#xA;  organization in Japan which is the other party to the contract (with&#xA;  regard to the status of residence of &quot;Highly Skilled Professional&quot;&#xA;  (limited to those pertaining to item (i), sub-item (a) in the&#xA;  right-hand column under &quot;Highly Skilled Professional&quot; of the same&#xA;  Table), the public or private organization in Japan designated by the&#xA;  Minister of Justice), or the termination of the contract or conclusion&#xA;  of a new contract with the organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii)　&quot;Dependent&quot; (limited to&#xA;  those pertaining to persons who are able to engage in daily activities&#xA;  as a spouse), &quot;Spouse or Child of Japanese National&quot; (limited to those&#xA;  pertaining to persons with the status of the spouse of a Japanese&#xA;  national) or &quot;Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident&quot; (limited to those&#xA;  pertaining to persons with the status of the spouse of a person&#xA;  residing with the status of residence of &quot;Permanent Resident&quot; or&#xA;  &quot;Special Permanent Resident&quot; (hereinafter referred to as &quot;Permanent&#xA;  Resident, etc.&quot;):　death of or divorce from the spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the fine of up to 200,000 yen for not fulfilling this requirement is set forth in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&amp;amp;vm=&amp;amp;id=2647#ja_ch12at5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 71-3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 71-3　Any person who falls under any of the following items&#xA;  shall be punished with a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii)　A person who has violated the provisions of Article 19-10,&#xA;  paragraph (1), Article 19-15 (except for paragraph (4)) or Article&#xA;  19-16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2017-03-25T07:55:52.487" LastActivityDate="2017-03-25T07:55:52.487" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-22T14:59:09.620" Score="4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently studying in the UK. I will graduate this July. I am Korean, studying with Tier 4 via and about to apply tier 5 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have Tier 4 visa which is valid until 1st NOV 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am about to apply Tier 5 visa because the Government Certificate for Tier 5 is valid until 2nd June. ( I visited my home country during Easter Holiday to apply for the Tier 5 Visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I could ask to set my starting date of the Tier 5 (3 months late from when I make application ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have the Tier 4 already, so I would like to set my starting date as late as possible. If I set my starting (Validation) date of Tier 5 from 25th June, is it possible to come back London after Easter holiday (3rd April) to finish my course with Tier 4 visa as it is valid until 1st Nov?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(On 3rd April When I enter to the UK, I will have Tier 4 Visa on Passport (valid until 1st NOV) and I will have Tier 5 visa on Passport (which is not valid but will be valid from 25th JUNE).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I will leave the UK before my tier 5 starts and will come back after when it starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible? I already asked several places (including uni, visa center etc..) but they didn't give me a clear answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9269" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T07:00:18.380" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T17:15:30.037" Title="Can I use previous Visa(still Valid) before new visa becomes valid?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8034" CreationDate="2016-03-22T18:46:38.790" Score="7" ViewCount="9900" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a basic question about mail delivery which has been vexing me, and for which I can find no good answer. Before marking this off-topic please note that this is likely not a problem I would be having if I were not living overseas (in France, specifically, though the question is more general).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to send some documents back to the US from France in order to receive an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.la.gov/NotaryAndCertifications/Certifications/AuthenticateSignaturesOfLouisianaOfficials/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt; from the State of Louisiana.  Along with this I need to send a pre-paid envelope for return service.  What's troubling me is how I should go about this.  Can I just include an envelope with French postage on it?  Will the US mail service mail a parcel paid for with French postage?  And if so how does that work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past when I've needed return service domestically I've just sent a pre-printed label via FedEx, but FedEx from France to the US is prohibitively expensive. I just don't know how to do this otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T18:37:11.120" Title="Mailing an envelope overseas with return postage" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-22T18:52:58.163" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to immigrate to Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My primary aim is to have some diploma in livestock farming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After finishing my diploma, Can I obtain some land on lease from the government to do some livestock farming?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which province would be best for farming and agriculture?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T20:55:51.513" Title="Can I obtain some land on lease from the government to do some livestock farming?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8032" CreationDate="2016-03-22T19:25:27.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The common solution to the general problem of how to send mail to a recipient in a foreign country and pay for them to send it back to you is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Reply Coupon&lt;/a&gt;, which is overseen by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Universal Postal Union&lt;/a&gt; (of which France and the United States are both members). From Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter of up to twenty grams sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;UPU member postal services are obliged to exchange an IRC for postage, but are not obliged to sell them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The purpose of the IRC is to allow a person to send someone in another country a letter, along with the cost of postage for a reply. If the addressee is within the same country, there is no need for an IRC because a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or return postcard will suffice; but if the addressee is in another country an IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France, IRCs can be purchased &lt;a href=&quot;https://boutique.laposte.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;online from La Poste&lt;/a&gt; for 1,30 euros plus shipping (search for &quot;coupon-réponse international&quot;). You can also try to ask at a post office, but in my experience it is likely that they won't even know what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, looking at the provided link it is unclear whether the recipient will accept an IRC as postage; in general one should always confirm this with the recipient beforehand since the recipient still has to exchange the IRC for actual stamps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2016-03-22T20:44:04.753" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T20:44:04.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8033" CreationDate="2016-03-23T01:38:09.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is indeed a vast swath of Canada which is &lt;em&gt;crown land&lt;/em&gt;. Most of it is in the North of the country. According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/crown-land/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;web site&lt;/a&gt; it is indeed more than 90% of the land. But bear in mind that most if it is either forest, tundra or ice.&#xA;The province of Ontario maintains a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/page/buy-or-rent-crown-land&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;web site&lt;/a&gt; which gives your more information.&#xA;The interesting part of the text might be this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Crown land is no longer actively marketed, rented or sold for private&#xA;  recreational or residential use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using search engines revealed several sources. It definitely seems that you have to go to the provinces. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/agribusiness-farmers-and-ranchers/crown-lands/lease-crown-land&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Saskatchewan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/land/crown-land/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Manitoba&lt;/a&gt; have at least the subject of land lease for agriculture on their web sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems you have to be Permanent Resident or Citizen to farm here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="909" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T20:55:51.513" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T20:55:51.513" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-23T03:02:35.770" Score="6" ViewCount="493" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a US citizen renounces, they must first swear or affirm their intent to a Consul Officer, and fill out a &quot;Loss of Nationality&quot; certificate. There are of course requirements leading up to the above. My question is about the timelime that comes afterward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a period of time, the certificate of loss of nationality is &quot;approved&quot; but the expatriate is not notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After another period of time, the certificate of loss of nationality is returned to the expatriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the above delay times, the status of the expatriate is unclear and this causes potential difficulty in both US tax planning and travel to the USA. How long do these events take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T06:37:22.540" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T11:31:26.473" Title="How long does US expatriation take?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8036" CreationDate="2016-03-23T03:02:35.770" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I affirmed the intent to lose nationality to the consular officer in July 2015. This date later became the effective date of renunciation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The CLN was stamped with approval by the Department of State in September 2015 (2 months).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whatever final checks were performed, and the document was returned to me in March 2016 (6 months). I received a text message from the embassy and the document was delivered the next day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, the quarterly publication of the Federal Register &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate&quot;&gt;https://www.federalregister.gov/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate&lt;/a&gt; does not list the relevant entry in any of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2015-07-31&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2015-10-27 (which claims to cover 2015Q3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2016-02-08 (which claims to cover 2015Q4)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this extra information is really interesting because I think it means that the number of US citizens expatriating (which we read about in the newspapers) is actually under-reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible, that in a clerical error only my application was missed. But it is more likely that the under-reporting is a result of maxmimum workload on the workers who process renunciations; and that the reported figures (460, 1426, 1058, respectively) are simply the number of documents that have been able to pass a certain part of the approval or counting process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T03:02:35.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8026" CreationDate="2016-03-23T03:44:58.750" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;fkraiem has already provided a fantastic answer, I just want to add my personal experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I notified the Immigration Bureau of Japan via their e-system. They said on their site that additional inquiry will be made if deemed necessary. However, I've received an email today which only said that my notification has been recorded. I guess I'm clear now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just in case someone stumbled on this question later, here's the link to their e-system, just click on the orange button on the lower left corner. I really recommend that, saved me a trip to Shinagawa and from taking a day off. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/i-ens/faq/faq_a_ja.html&quot;&gt;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/i-ens/faq/faq_a_ja.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastEditorUserId="8758" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T07:21:12.633" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T07:21:12.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17473" CreationDate="2016-03-23T06:35:17.850" Score="8" ViewCount="1308" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are US citizens. My wife has been accepted to study abroad as an undergraduate for 1 school year (September'16 - May'17) in London, UK under PBS Tier 4 Student Visa. I intend to travel there with her. I will be her primary means of financial support while there. I'm a software engineer, so my work will be done entirely remotely online for a US based company involving only US bank accounts (I mentioned this since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/3o95bt/living_in_uk_on_tourist_visa_while_working/&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; suggests that these are the main concerns with remote &quot;work&quot; in the UK.) Also as I understand it, I can apply as a dependant to travel to the UK with her. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: will I be allowed to work remotely for a US company receiving payment to a US only bank account while living in the UK as a dependant of a US exchange student? If not, then under what visa/immigration-policy would this be doable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9271" LastActivityDate="2019-05-31T17:50:41.630" Title="UK Immigration - is it legal to work remotely from UK as a dependent of a spouse holding a Student Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-23T07:31:04.290" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just finished a J1 internship visa and was wondering if I can apply to an H1B to work with the same company directly after (starting in October).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I'm from France so I don't have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student/residency-waiver.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2 years rule&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9272" OwnerDisplayName="damio" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-27T14:45:40.253" LastActivityDate="2016-03-27T14:45:40.253" Title="Is there a mandatory delay between a J1 and an H1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8040" CreationDate="2016-03-23T07:45:13.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's tricky trying to find something that explicitly allows this, because trying to prove something is legal is often like trying to prove something is negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you seem to have anticipated the primary issue, which is the foreign residency requirement. If your country is exempt, then there is mandatory period during which you are ineligible to apply or hold for an H-1B visa simply because you've held a J-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll of course need to meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/h-1b-specialty-occupation/understanding-h-1b-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the usual requirements&lt;/a&gt; for an H-1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8171" OwnerDisplayName="jimsug" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T07:45:13.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8039" CreationDate="2016-03-23T11:32:07.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the description you've given, I'm assuming that she is in a degree level course. The problem is that if her visa has been granted for less than 12 months, any dependents would not be able to work. If you are a dependent of a spouse holding a student visa granted for 12 months or more at a university degree level course, then yes, you may work remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to stay with her in the United Kingdom, you will need visa of some kind. The scrutiny of your finances will be very high in this case. It might be best to stay in the U.S. Traveling with her should be fine to help her get settled in the first week or two of her stay. Maybe even come back to help her return. This whole working-abroad concept is still new to most immigration agencies so the default response is that work is work no matter what it's nature might be (funding, location of resulting product, base of company, etc...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T11:32:07.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8030" CreationDate="2016-03-23T11:45:24.110" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you are entering the country genuinely within the spirit of the visas you've been given, then this will be fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T11:45:24.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="27" CreationDate="2016-03-23T17:39:53.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;First, some theory.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any foreigner can get a credit card &amp;amp; a credit rating in Mexico as long as you have FM2 or FM3, which are similar to resident cards, and the actual resident cards (which are new). You also need some way to prove your income (payroll slips, tax reports, or debit/checking card deposits for 3 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of affordable credit cards in the market, you just need to look for them because most foreign banks (like BBVA, American Express, and Banamex/Citibank) are highly rent-seeking and will charge high fees, high interest rates, and will market them very aggressively. That is why you see them everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is relevant to say that the market is somewhat regulated and every card-issuer is mandated by law to issue a 'basic' card that caps the credit limit to around 11,000 MXN, does not allow cash withdrawl or additionals, and charges no fees or commissions. &#xA;However, they charge variable interest rates that are calculated on the market rate (called TIIE) plus several percentage points (for example a rate of TIIE + 40 means that if TIIE is 2%, they charge you 42%. To soften this up they would say its 3.5 per month although it's crazy high!). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Now, what card you should get?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the documents, you can get almost any card. If you plan on paying off the entire balance each month, then a card with no annual fee is your best bet. Pick any &lt;em&gt;basica&lt;/em&gt; or if you need a larger credit line, I recommend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inbursa bank, &lt;em&gt;Clasica&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.inbursa.com/storage/Folleto_Oro.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With no annual fee, this is a good card to have. International coverage through VISA and benefits of Visa gold. Inbursa bank has branches in any Sanborn's shop and in any Walmart store, as well as standalone branches in cities across the nation. The good thing about Inbursa is that it is such a small bank that customer service is really great: there's almost no waiting time on the phone and there's rarely a queue at a branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan on paying less than full balance, there's two references you should consider. The lowest interest rate and a government mandated calculation called CAT (Total Annual Cost, which considers all costs, not just the interest rate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lowest CAT card is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Banorte bank, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.banorte.com/wps/wcm/connect/banorte/4a6f7eda-3046-4b13-8724-0f7013c8646e/Folleto+informativo+TDC+F%C3%A1cil_Mayo+25+2015.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&amp;amp;ContentCache=NONE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;fácil&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Annual interest rate is fixed, so it's not pegged on the TIIE market rate. It's 19.9% per year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lowest interest rate card is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;BBVA Bancomer Visa Infinite&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Interest rate is TIIE + 10, so its about 14% these days. However, they ask you to prove income of 150,000 mxn / month, and the annual fee is almost 5,000 pesos. Most inifinite cards have similar conditions, and after those, the cheapest card is Banorte fácil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Credit files and credit rating agencies&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They've been operating successfully for decades, all banks will make you sign an authorization to look up your info before opening your credit account. There's two credit rating agencies for individuals: Buro de Crédito and Círculo de Crédito. They will look you up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a downside to all of this though, it's all in Spanish. Have a Mexican friend help you or bite the bullet and go to the foreigners section of American Express, Banamex, or Santander. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9273" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T23:24:53.003" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T23:24:53.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8047" CreationDate="2016-03-23T21:53:07.727" Score="4" ViewCount="2856" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a French citizen living in the USA, with my wife and our two children (who are French as well).&#xA;I have a J1 Visa (Research Scholar) expiring the 30th of September 2016. My employer offered to renew my contract for one year.&#xA;The other member of my family have a J2 visa with the same expiration date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &quot;responsible officer&quot; told me that he could extend my DS-2019 with proper dates, so that I would be fine as long as I'm not leaving the country. I guess this is what is meant by &quot;Reinstatement&quot; at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/current/adjustments-and-extensions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Adjustments and Extensions webpage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if it would be reasonable not to renew my visa, and I'm asking myself a couple of questions which are not in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;J1 faq&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does a new visa voids the old one?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would be the dates range in which I could go renew my visa? For instance, would 3 months after (or before) the beginning of my new contract be too late (or too early)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I renew my visa without renewing the visa of my wife and my children? Can my wife renew her visa if I don't renew mine? Can I renew the visa of my children if I'm in France, but they didn't left the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we don't renew our visa, would that make more complicated to get new visas next year, for instance in 2018, in the case of another extension of my contract?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suppose an unplanned event makes us leave the country. How long would it take for us to make the appropriate arrangement so that we could take an appointment at Paris'US embassy?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not subject to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student/residency-waiver.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Two-Year Home-Country&lt;/a&gt; rule.&#xA;There are not a lot of questions directly related here, although &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/6303/9116&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; (surprisingly) seems to suggest that there is a delay between the expiration of a J1 visa and getting another one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-12-18T18:56:19.937" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T18:56:19.937" Title="Renewing J-1 and J-2 visas" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8046" CreationDate="2016-03-24T03:40:30.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before addressing your questions, I would like to mention the difference between having a valid visa and having valid status. The visa has &lt;em&gt;no bearing whatsoever on whether you are allowed to stay in the US.&lt;/em&gt; It allows you to travel to the US and apply for entry.  Therefore, you don't need a valid visa unless you're planning to leave and reenter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/visa-expiration-date.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/visa-expiration-date.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does a new visa void the old one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps not automatically, but if they issue a new visa before the old one is expired, they will stamp &quot;cancelled&quot; on the old visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What would be the dates range in which I could go renew my visa? For instance, would 3 months after (or before) the beginning of my new contract be too late (or too early)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not completely sure about this, but I believe that as long as you have the paperwork to show you're eligible for J1 status, you can get a J-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I renew my visa without renewing the visa of my wife and my children?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can my wife renew her visa if I don't renew mine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, as long as you maintain J1 status. For example, if after your visas expire she leaves the country while you remain, she would need to get a new visa, and you would be unable to get a new visa. Because you remain in the US in J1 status, your wife is eligible to receive a new J-2 visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I renew the visa of my children if I'm in France, but they didn't left the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not. J visas, like almost all other visas, can only be renewed outside the US.  Of course, if they remain in the US, they won't need a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If we don't renew our visa, would that make more complicated to get new visas next year, for instance in 2018, in the case of another extension of my contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Suppose an unplanned event makes us leave the country. How long would it take for us to make the appropriate arrangement so that we could take an appointment at Paris'US embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know anything about the workings of the US embassy in Paris, but I do know that the possibility of an unplanned urgent trip is the most compelling reason for maintaining a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An unfortunate corollary to this is that if you ever want to travel out of the US after your visas expire, you need to plan your trip around visiting a US consulate to get a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T14:13:33.563" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T14:13:33.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:18:07.607" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having this experience (but a few years back), I have an Iranian and Australian passport. Those time they didnt even know I have an Australian passport and I could travel on my Iranian passport in and out with no problem (I just didn't want  my Aussie passport be stamped all over:)).&#xA;These days, they have records of your dual citizenship, and they will tell you we will prefer you to travel on your Australian passport but not if you couldn't provide it or possibly if it is expired. Most likely they will not stop you leaving the country. On the other hand if you are an Australian citizen, they will never stop you entering the country even if you lose your passport or even expired. You can renew your Australian passport out of the country in the embassy though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just in case you want to mess around with two passports, they have all your travel history. Even though you use different passport they will know when you entered and when left. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9279" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:18:07.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7961" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:38:13.817" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will be a very hard question to answer as you need an accountant specializing in all 3 countries to give you the right answer. However, I help you with Australian one so you may work out the rest by doing more research (although it should be fairly similar to Australia).&#xA;In Australia you can declare to be a resident or a non resident. The normal requirement is to stay more than 180 days in a financial year in the country. However, even if you do fly in fly out jobs they will consider you a resident and make you to pay tax on your foreign income (made law by Rudd/Guillard government since 2009).&#xA;If you have a high Australian income it is in your benefit to choose becoming a resident (considering you are a citizen it is possible) as your income tax rate is a lot lower than when you are a non resident.&#xA;In any case, any of these countries will ask you to pay income on your foreign income unless you have gone around being a resident in the US somehow. The tax office in Australia never gives you a straight answer in grey areas and they will try to get as mush as tax they can from you.&#xA;To me it seems you make your money in Australia while you live in the US. In this case, it is a trade off to see which way you pay less tax: 1- Be an Australian resident and pay less tax on your Australian income while you also have to pay tax on foreign income if any (soon or later OECD countries will exchange your financial information which makes it too difficult to avoid paying tax). 2- Be a non resident and pay more tax in Australia while paying no tax on other income.&#xA;What bigger countries like Apple do: make the head office in a country with very low tax rate such as Ireland. Sell your product from Ireland to Australia double the price. Pay tax in Ireland for the income (which is much lower than Australia). Show that you had no income in Australia from selling iPhones (say you buy from Apple Ireland for $650 and sell in Apple Australian shop for $655).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9279" LastEditorUserId="9279" LastEditDate="2016-04-09T01:16:44.410" LastActivityDate="2016-04-09T01:16:44.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7892" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:46:50.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming NZ visa rules are similar to Australia you need to show you have regular income. However, you need to pay tax. As long as you pay tax their immigration office will make it possible to stay. It is just a matter of whether it is worth to get an income overseas and live n NZ or Australia. Usually it is the other way around as these two countries are quite expensive to live but can male good salaries. Although the tax kills it.&#xA;I would suggest write an email or call them. It is unlikely if there is no specific rule (like the ones in the UK which asks you to work so many specific hours to renew your visa) anyone will give you a definitive answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9279" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:46:50.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7856" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:52:16.317" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Motorcycles are used by many people in Australia (even many rich people like my boss love to have fast and expensive motorbikes). &#xA;You can buy a motorbike or car using a foreign license (as long as it is in English or you have its translation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9279" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:52:16.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:59:02.250" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia and NZ have very similar visa assessment approach. From a risk management approach:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think NZ will reject your visa since they require similar condition&#xA;to Australia, definitely don't mention it. It is worth being caught&#xA;and still they will give you a chance to say why you lied and you can tell I was afraid to be rejected.&#xA;If you think NZ entry is easier than Australia and your circumstances have changed and you can prove better situation maybe it is not worth taking the risk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way the simple answer is yes. It will definitely raise their concern why you were rejected. Again, if you have many families in Australia, they may consider you are not going to stay in NZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9279" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T12:59:02.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7444" CreationDate="2016-03-24T14:54:31.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could also apply for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NEXUS&lt;/a&gt;, which provides the same Global Entry benefits when entering the US as well as equivalent benefits when entering Canada.  At $50 for 5 years it is half the price of Global Entry alone, though the cost is that the in-person interview can only be done at the subset of Global Entry locations where CBSA officers are also present (mostly at land border crossings and Canadian airports with US pre-clearance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason this is relevant to your question is that, while NEXUS used to have a residence requirement for members, it is now explicitly open to Canadians and Americans no matter where they live as indicated by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/elig-admis-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CBSA web site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be eligible for the NEXUS, you must be a citizen or permanent&#xA;  resident of Canada or the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Effective June 30, 2012, Canadian and American citizens living outside&#xA;  of Canada or the United States or who have recently returned to either&#xA;  country and have not previously been able to meet the three-year&#xA;  residency requirement are now eligible to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that NEXUS used to be a program separate from Global Entry (NEXUS members couldn't use the Global Entry kiosks at US airports) but got turned into GE+Canada when the US opened GE to foreigners.  I believe the change to eliminate the residence requirement was done to make it match what GE allowed for Americans already; it is certainly clear that the US would not allow Canadians living in random countries to use GE machines when entering the US if they denied Americans the same privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are a US citizen you can apply for Global Entry where ever you reside without a prior requirement for a background check from that country.  I had an American co-worker living in Hong Kong who joined Global Entry while there, so I'm sure even residence in a place with privacy laws that likely preclude such checks from abroad doesn't disqualify an American.  While it could be that there are certain countries of residence which would cause them to decline a GE application from a US citizen, it is pretty certain that the UK won't be one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T14:54:31.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7961" CreationDate="2016-03-24T20:45:18.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer nor a tax advisor&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS “visitor” status is not imply IRS “non-resident alien” status. IRS has what it calls &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Substantial-Presence-Test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Substantial Presence Test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will be considered a United States &lt;strong&gt;resident for tax purposes&lt;/strong&gt; if you meet the substantial presence test for the calendar year. To meet this test, you must be physically present in the United States (U.S.) on at least:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;31 days during the current year, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current year and the 2 years immediately before that, counting:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;All the days you were present in the current year, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1/3 of the days you were present in the first year before the current year, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1/6 of the days you were present in the second year before the current year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in you particular case, since you say that you're on G-4 visa, it would seem that you're exempt from being resident (therefore a “non-resident alien”):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An individual temporarily present in the U.S. as a foreign government-related individual under an “A” or “G” visa, other than individuals holding “A-3” or “G-5” class visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being IRS “non-resident alien” might not always be a good thing, in fact you loose the posibility of using many tax decuctions and credits, ending up paying significanly higher taxes in US. On the other hand you don't pay US taxes on your income earned outside of US.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2016-04-07T21:48:03.610" LastActivityDate="2016-04-07T21:48:03.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8060" CreationDate="2016-03-24T20:53:14.787" Score="4" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our family (3 over 18, 4 under 18) is planning to move to Mexico to work long-term as volunteers setting up a church/mission/community work. We are New Zealand citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be part supported/sponsored by a church in the USA and we'll need to be able to travel regularly to the USA from Mexico to attend church and other meetings, as well as shopping/R&amp;amp;R etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we likely to qualify for a US Religious Visa even though we will be living in Mexico. The work has the potential to be conducted on either side of the border initially until we're fully set up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not a Religious Visa, then what would be our best option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been told that a tourist visa is probably not the best option if we are receiving any money from the US (in the way of donated support rather than paid income). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted a similar question regarding Mexico Visas here - &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8058/what-visa-do-we-need-for-mexico-as-new-zealanders&quot;&gt;What Visa do we need for Mexico as New Zealanders?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T22:08:18.810" Title="What Visa do we need for the USA as NZ citizens?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8076" CreationDate="2016-03-24T20:58:19.237" Score="4" ViewCount="361" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our family (3 over 18, 4 under 18) is planning to move to Mexico to work long-term as volunteers setting up a church/mission/community work. We are New Zealand citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be part supported/sponsored by a church in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What Visa would be best for us to get for living and volunteer working in Mexico for a religious organisation? Does Mexico have Religious Visas and do these need to be supported by a Mexican religious organisation or would a US one be sufficient? Over time a Mexican organisation will be set up but this is not currently in existence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been told that a tourist visa is probably not the best option if we are receiving any money from the US (in the way of donated support rather than paid income).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted a similar question regarding US Visas here - &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/8057/9277&quot;&gt;What Visa do we need for the USA as NZ Citizens?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T21:12:41.460" Title="What Visa do we need for Mexico as New Zealanders?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7149" CreationDate="2016-03-24T21:20:14.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I'm am not a lawyer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Polish Civil Procedure Rules (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arslege.pl/kodeks-postepowania-cywilnego/k14/s775/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kodeks Postępowania Cywilnego&lt;/a&gt;) establishes jurisdiction to be Poland defendant's residence is in Poland, or if the case is related to consumer contracts, either defendant or the plaintiff resides in Poland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this case it's clear that this falls under Polish jurisdiction, therefore Polish law applies. Including the &lt;em&gt;Consumer Rights Act&lt;/em&gt; (Ustawa o Prawach Konsumenta) you're referring to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T21:44:08.663" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T21:44:08.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8057" CreationDate="2016-03-24T22:03:10.633" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're just attending meetings, you should be able to enter in B1 or B2 status using the Visa Waiver Program.  If you want to stay for more than 90 days at a time, you would need to get a B1/B2 visa, which is the normal visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More detail: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The R visa for religious workers is for those who will be &lt;em&gt;employed&lt;/em&gt; in the US.  If your work is in Mexico and you're only attending occasional meetings in the US, you'd be considered to be employed in Mexico.  If, on the other hand, you'll be spending a good amount of time doing work in the US for which you are receiving a salary, I expect you'd need an R visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/religious.html&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/religious.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T22:08:18.810" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T22:08:18.810" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-24T22:51:52.050" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moved to the UK indefinitely from Hong Kong and about to apply to convert my HK driving license to a UK. I have held my license in HK for over 5 years.&#xA;My question is whether the converted UK license show my HK license start date as the date I got my license or will it show the new conversion date - this will have a huge impact on car insurance as I will esentially be a brand new driver if the later option.&#xA;Many thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9283" LastActivityDate="2016-03-26T10:34:03.550" Title="HK to UK Driving license" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8020" CreationDate="2016-03-25T01:31:15.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can do it without applying for a new visa, but as you said, you would be relying on your 90 days visa exemption period. During that period you will officially be a tourist, which mean you won't be allowed to have a job.&#xA;See this page for details: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1443&amp;amp;ctNode=779&amp;amp;mp=2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1443&amp;amp;ctNode=779&amp;amp;mp=2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You just need to get out of Taiwan and get back in. I don't know why most people go to HK there are other countries that close, but any country would do. If I remember well, to fly to China you need to pass the immigration and get in the international zone so it should work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9285" LastActivityDate="2016-03-25T01:31:15.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2016-03-25T04:50:53.343" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Brastel offers a decent exchange service. Become a free member of Brastel, you get a login where you can add your Germany Bank account details. For every Germany account you add, a dummy Japan bank account will be generated. Now you can transfer your money from Japan account to the dummy respective account, Brastel will transfer from your dummy account to respective Germany account. They also offer a JP transfer in ATMs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://brastelremit.jp/eng/howitworks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;See here to know in detail.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://brastelremit.jp/eng/rates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;You can check the rates here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://brastelremit.jp/eng/fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Transaction fees here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9179" LastActivityDate="2016-03-25T04:50:53.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8061" CreationDate="2016-03-25T20:12:44.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't give a full answer, because I don't have experience doing it the same way round. But I have exchanged my UK licence for a Spanish one, and there are some promising hints:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The new licence lists the date of exchange as its own &quot;Valid from&quot; date, but lists the date of the original licence as the &quot;Valid from&quot; date for the category of vehicles which I'm qualified to drive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More importantly, in the &quot;Observations&quot; field it includes a code &quot;70&quot; followed by part of my old licence number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that a UK government site &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/information-codes-your-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;describes code &quot;70&quot;&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;exchange of licence&quot;. I see this as promising evidence that whatever &quot;Valid from&quot; date your new licence has, the observations will also contain a link back to your old one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise you to scan your old licence while you still have it, so that you can print copies should you need them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2016-03-25T20:12:44.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11741" CreationDate="2016-03-26T02:39:56.460" Score="4" ViewCount="1063" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in the US but am a German citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some years ago, I got a new 'Personalausweis' (German citizen ID card), with the new &lt;strong&gt;'electronic signature function'&lt;/strong&gt; (I chose 'yes' when asked).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems  that this was not enough - when trying to use it, it needs some 'activation'. All sources I could find tell me to go to the local authorities and 'get it activated' - but I live in the US and don't want to fly over the Atlantic just for that; especially as the potential success and usefulness is unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I get this function 'activated'?&lt;/strong&gt; I have a card reader in my laptop, and it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; recognize my 'Personalausweis'. But I cannot get any further. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I would like to use it for is reviewing my social security/pension history and details at the corresponding government authority ('Rentenversicherungsanstalt'). That seems to need this function...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-08-09T19:09:19.693" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T07:05:04.510" Title="How to activate electronic signature of German 'Personalausweis' (while abroad)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8061" CreationDate="2016-03-26T10:34:03.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've exchanged my Hungarian one to a UK one last year. The valid from date remained the original, and everyone (insurance and car rental companies) accepted my licence to be &gt;10 years old. The only thing showing that this is an exchange is a code in section 12, stating where you did your driving exam originally&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-03-26T10:34:03.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-26T22:45:54.383" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a H-1B visa holder(work visa) and my family holds H4 visa(dependent visa). So, what is the minimum and maximum period to process a green card after applying for it specifically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9292" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T20:50:34.317" Title="How long does it take to process a green card for a H-1B holder?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-27T07:40:29.573" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in UK on Tier 2 General visa and I have,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;7 weeks of annual holidays&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Additional 4 weeks unpaid parental holidays approved by employer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I take these holidays to go to India ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;reading 26.19 from here&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492799/Tier_25_guidance_11-15_word_v1_1_addendum.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492799/Tier_25_guidance_11-15_word_v1_1_addendum.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;26.19 The only other exceptions to this rule are:&#xA;a) where the reduction is due to the migrant taking a period of:&#xA; maternity leave&#xA; paternity leave&#xA; shared parental leave&#xA; adoption leave&#xA; long-term sick leave in excess of one continuous calendar month&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this include this,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/parental-leave/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/parental-leave/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9293" OwnerDisplayName="Change" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-03-29T11:32:37.893" LastActivityDate="2016-03-29T15:50:28.333" Title="Traveling to India (home country) from UK on Tier 2" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-28T00:08:28.037" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA on H1B VISA. My son was born in USA. He is 2 years old now. He currently has PIO card. When he visited India last time, He got &quot;LIFE TIME&quot; stamp on PIO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation is it mandatory to convert his PIO card to OCI? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="10420" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T02:37:54.560" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T02:37:54.560" Title="Is is mandatory to convert status from PIO (Person of Indian Origin) to OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-28T13:20:09.217" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a British Citizen and holds a British passport and Australian passport. My mother is from the Philippines. &#xA;I was born before they officially got married, however I am still able to hold my Australian passport and have citizenship for this country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I have an Australian and Philippine Passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in the Philippines, but I reside in Hong Kong and go to school here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both my grandparents from my Father's side are British citizens, however they moved to Australia after deciding to leave the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9296" LastActivityDate="2016-03-28T13:20:09.217" Title="Am I eligible for a British Passport if my father was British, but I was born before my parents' married?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-03-29T08:56:45.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8068" CreationDate="2016-03-29T15:44:25.043" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the link on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Shared Parental Leave.&lt;/a&gt; A quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared &amp;gt; Parental Pay (ShPP) if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;your baby is due on or after 5 April 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you adopt a child on or after 5 April 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re eligible for SPL you can use it to take leave in blocks separated by periods of work, instead of taking it all in one go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start SPL or ShPP the mother must end her maternity leave (for SPL) or her Maternity Allowance or maternity pay (for ShPP). If she doesn’t get maternity leave (but she ends her Maternity Allowance or pay early) her partner might still get SPL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re adopting then you or your partner must end any adoption leave or adoption pay early instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the (very sparse) link on Unpaid Parental Leave:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligible employees can take unpaid parental leave to look after their child’s welfare, eg to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;spend more time with their children&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;look at new schools&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;settle children into new childcare arrangements&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;spend more time with family, such as visiting grandparents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Unpaid Parental Leave is not specifically mentioned in the Tier 2 guidance, and these two types of leave do seem to be for rather distinctive purposes, I would guess that this would not be an allowed exception. All of the Tier 2 salary exceptions, including Shared Parental Leave, are focused on Maternity/Paternity/adoption/sickness. Not just general family parenting scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-03-29T15:50:28.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8073" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-29T20:59:04.193" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Guatemala for almost 30 years and am now about to claim SS. I checked on-line and I have sufficient credits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My local embassy is less than helpful (not to mention rude) and they told me  to go on-line directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I texted SSA and they form-lettered me to contact IRS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I texted IRS and they form-lettered me to contact SSA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not had enough income for the last few years to file  a tax return. (Under $3950)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would like to know if I should file a return anyway, just to facilitate the approval of benefits.&lt;/strong&gt; I would prefer not to do this as my wife is a foreign national and IRS is requiring all kinds of information on her (such as ITIN) and this is difficult to do from here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9121" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T11:43:05.540" Title="Does the US Social Security Administration need to see IRS returns for the 3 years previous before approving benefits?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8097" CreationDate="2016-03-30T15:39:08.140" Score="5" ViewCount="1596" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am South African and have been in the UK on an ancestry visa for the last few years. However, I arrived in the UK three months after my visa started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that when my visa ends, I will not have been in the UK for 5 years - only for 4 years and 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that, in order to completely the 5-year residence period necessary to settle, I must apply to extend my ancestry visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or can I apply for settlement just before my visa ends - is there leeway in the 5-year period, or is it strict?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks, Louise :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9307" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T23:40:03.430" Title="UK Ancestry Visa - arrived 3 months after visa started - do I need to extend visa to apply to settle?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8058" CreationDate="2016-03-30T21:12:41.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not really qualified to answer this since, while I am a Mexican Permanent Resident, Mexico dramatically changed its immigration system in 2012 and I was grandfathered into that status as part of the transition from the old system.  I thought you should get an answer, however, since you do need to apply for visas to live in Mexico long term and you may need to do this before you leave your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I've not found an official source, an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mexperience.com/lifestyle/living-in-mexico/visas-and-immigration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;unofficial overview of Mexico immigration is available here&lt;/a&gt;.  You need to apply for a Temporary Resident visa if you are planning to stay for more than 6 months.  Under the old system you were able to enter Mexico as a tourist and change your status once you got there but under the new system at least some of you must apply for this from outside Mexico (I think the close family members of a Temporary Resident are able to apply inside Mexico later if there's a reason to do this).  I don't know if &quot;outside Mexico&quot; can be anywhere or must be be your country of residence, so you really need to figure this out before you leave home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Mexico doesn't have different visa types for different purposes; instead the activities you are allowed to do while in Mexico get attached to your Temporary Resident visa.  The &quot;normal&quot; applications would be for employment purposes, which you would document with a letter of offer from a Mexican employer registered with the IMN to allow them to hire foreigners and which would allow you to do that job, or as a &quot;rentista&quot; (a person of independent means, e.g. a retiree with income from outside the country), which you would document by showing bank statements with a sufficiently high balance or sufficiently large income and which would allow you to live in the country without working there.  Your own purpose is clearly neither of these, and is complicated because the (Mexican) organization you'll ultimately be doing volunteer work for doesn't exist yet, so I'm pretty sure you are well into territory where you'll need a local lawyer to help with both to establish the organization and to do the paper work to get permission to conduct your work with the organization attached to your Temporary Resident visa.  My situation was vaguely similar to this (I became a board member of a Mexican charitable foundation and needed to become a temporary resident with permission to do that &quot;work&quot; despite it being unpaid) and I couldn't have arranged this without a lawyer to produce the papers I needed.  Since getting this done yourself is likely impossible outside of Mexico, and if your sponsor isn't doing some of the ground work for you, you may need to apply as a rentista and hope they won't mind what you are doing while you work with a lawyer to establish your ultimate status and get yourself ok'd for that.  Or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The initial Temporary Resident visa will be for 1 year.  What you'll get before entry to Mexico is a stamp in your passport indicating the consulate approved your application; you'll need to visit the IMN office where you live once you enter to complete the application and obtain the Temporary Resident card, which you'll need for things like opening a bank account or getting a driver's license.  After the year you can apply to extend it to 1, 2 or 3 years more.  Once you've spent 4 years in Mexico as a Temporary Resident you'll need to apply to be a Permanent Resident instead.  If you think you'll stay that long, be aware that becoming a Permanent Resident will change some of the conditions of your stay.  The particular issue some people have is that while a Temporary Resident can possess and drive a foreign vehicle in Mexico (and it is generally cheaper to buy a vehicle in the US) a Permanent Resident cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck! While Mexico can sometimes be excessively bureaucratic I've always found the immigration people to be friendly and helpful so there's no reason to fear any of this. Also, don't treat anything I've said as authoritative other than the fact that you need visas to live securely in Mexico and you need to organize that before you go. The Mexican embassy where you live may provide better help if you can find someone to explain your situation to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T21:12:41.460" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-30T22:31:40.083" Score="5" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Belgian citizen. My American girlfriend comes to visit me for three months at a time but the plan is for her to eventually stay here permanently. When the time comes that she meets the requirements for a cohabitation visa, can she request the necessary documents/procedures and submit the visa application here during her visit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask simply because it seems like an unnecessary annoyance for her to have to travel to a different state to visit a Belgian consulate in the US in person when she's legally staying here for extended periods of time anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9309" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T23:37:24.533" Title="Is it possible to apply for a long-stay visa in Belgium while you are there on short-stay?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-30T10:30:29.423" Score="3" ViewCount="468" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I will be going to Canada to work, while I understand that I will need to go to the immigration checkpoint to get my permit, do I need to get an ETA beforehand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9316" OwnerDisplayName="dissidia" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T09:33:58.113" Title="Do I need to have an ETA if I am getting work permit?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8078" CreationDate="2016-03-30T11:33:41.337" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No - if you need an ETA they will issue it with your workpermit&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=206&amp;amp;top=16&quot;&gt;See CIC website here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9312" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T11:33:41.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-01T14:14:48.963" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid ICT Visa till Aug 2016 and I recently moved back to India in Jan 2016 and my employer has informed UKBA about my movement back to India and end of assignment and also filled returns about my exit from UK, but now we have immediate requirement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel back to UK on the same visa?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Should my employer inform UKBA again ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Hafeez" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T18:22:29.540" Title="ICT Tier 2 Move back to UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-01T18:43:35.403" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancé and I are planning to get married in my Caribbean country but would want to reside in his uk home what is the procedure needed &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9317" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-04-06T05:54:41.147" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T05:54:41.147" Title="My fiancé is British and am from the Caribbean" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-04-06T06:08:39.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8067" CreationDate="2016-04-01T22:32:35.007" Score="7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Between 1 and 15 years&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on number of factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if your employer is paying for premium processing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if your application is subject to additional auditing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;green card preference class&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 phases&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Labor Certification (aka PERM)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preparation by attorneys (including getting papers translated if necessary etc). A couple of months. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recruitment Period (as in your company posts offer to demonstrate that they can't find US resident for the position) — minimum of 90 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Processing by Department of Labor — 6-8 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(if unlucky) Additional DoL audit — 10-12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I-140 Immigration Visa Petition&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preparation by attorneys — couple of days / weeks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;USCIS processing queue depending on country of origin and Green Card preference class (EB-2, EB-3 etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be checked in &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dept. of State's Visa Bulletin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as of now: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;India — 7-11 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;China (mainland) — 1-8 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Philippines — up to 6 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;all other countries — no wait&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Processing by USCIS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4-6 months regular&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1-15 days premium&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I-485 Adjustment of Status&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preparation by attorneys — couple of weeks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;USCIS decision — 4-8 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EAD: 90 days &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AP: 90 days  (I have no idea if EAD and AP can be filed at same time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I-140 &amp;amp; I-485 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/concurrent-filing-form-i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be filed in parallel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131" LastEditorUserId="131" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T20:50:34.317" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T20:50:34.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8087" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8088" CreationDate="2016-04-02T02:46:57.023" Score="4" ViewCount="486" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered the US on a F-1 visa several years ago. Whilst on OPT, my employer submitted a I-129 Petition for Change of Status to E-3, for which I am the beneficiary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was recently notified that my case was approved(!), and expect to soon receive a I-797A with a new I-94 with validity period corresponding to the period on my LCA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Visa Type/Class&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, keeping in mind that &quot;status&quot; is a separate from a &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;(i.e. see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/2732/9319&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer for example), what is the &lt;em&gt;class&lt;/em&gt; of my existing visa &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; my status was changed from F-1 to E-3?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/nhEiDTa.png&quot; alt=&quot;visa overview&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, my visa stamp says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Visa Type/Class&#xA;R    F-1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you refer to my current visa, &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; a change of status, &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the visa expires? Here's my best guess as to how one might describe my current document:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's a visa that permits entry to the US under F-1 status until mm/dd/yyyy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9319" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-04-02T06:17:18.777" Title="&quot;Visa Type/Class&quot; after I-129 Change of Status approved" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8087" CreationDate="2016-04-02T06:17:18.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your current visa has regular (R) visa type, and F-1 visa class. That's what it says on your visa. That doesn't change, no matter what you do with your &lt;em&gt;status&lt;/em&gt; in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A US visa is for entering the US. Having an F-1 visa means if you leave the US, you can use it (before it expires) to enter the US into F-1 status if you wish to continue studies in the US and you have a valid I-20 for the educational program you will be pursuing. That seems unlikely for you at this point since you have already finished your studies and you have started working and your employer has gone to the trouble of getting you a work status that lasts a few years. Therefore, your F-1 visa is basically useless, even though it is still valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ever leave the US during this job, you will probably want to return to the US into E-3 status. Therefore, you will need to get a new E-3 visa at a US consulate outside the US before you can return. When you apply for the new visa, they may or may not cancel your existing F-1 visa (if it is not already expired at that point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-04-02T06:17:18.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-02T11:52:22.183" Score="1" ViewCount="691" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a full scholarship to do a PhD in the US. The immigration specialist asked me to send mine and my fiancee's details to send the I-20 forms for the both of us. I have received them now and in my fiancee's it says that the relationship to me is &quot;spouse&quot; although we are not yet married but will be about a month before leaving to the US. Will this create a problem during the visa (F1,F2) interviews as the date of marriage comes after the date of issue of the I-20 of my fiancee. Please help me out. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9321" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:27:20.580" Title="Dependent I-20 issued to Fiancee" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-03T03:43:07.407" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual national. My B-1 is on one passport, and I have a Caribbean passport and I wish to have F-1 visa. While applying to embassy for F-1 what should be said and will they cancel my B-1 on other passport? B-1 was valid 2025 though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sagar" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-04-04T18:33:14.943" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T18:33:14.943" Title="Dual national with B-1 visa, now need F-1 but on other passport" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8091" CreationDate="2016-04-03T04:38:47.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everything about US immigration law applies to you as a person, not to each of your passports. When you apply for the F-1 visa, you'll be asked on the form whether you have ever visited the US and been issued a US visa. You should answer these questions honestly (fraud on a visa application can result in a lifetime ban) and report the details for your B-1 visa and previous visits as requested. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They may well cancel your B-1 visa if they issue you the F-1 (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/43704/i-have-b1-visa-can-i-apply-for-f1-visa&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;), though &lt;a href=&quot;http://santodomingo.usembassy.gov/atc-090316.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it is possible&lt;/a&gt; to hold more than one US non-immigrant visa at the same time. If you do retain both visas, it is very important to &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/28970/can-i-retain-b1-b2-visa-status-along-with-a-f1-visa-to-enter-us-more-than-30-day&quot;&gt;enter on the right visa&lt;/a&gt; based on the purpose of your visit, or you may not be allowed to study. It is possible to have both visas, but it is only possible to be in the US under one status (business visitor or student) at a time. Entering the US on the B-1 visa when you plan to study will create a substantial headache that you don't want to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your B-1 is cancelled, the cancellation shouldn't be held against you (as it would be if it was cancelled for fraud or an overstay) if you apply for a new one after you complete your studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9329" OwnerDisplayName="Zach Lipton" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-04-03T18:19:15.157" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-04T22:28:00.973" Score="4" ViewCount="449" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got married , and then applied for a passport. The passport has my husband's name as my surname. But in the rest of my documents I have my father's name as my surname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be an issue while I apply for uk spouse visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I fill my husband's name as my surname in the UK visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9333" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-04-05T07:25:53.713" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T07:25:53.713" Title="Query regarding surnames and UK Visa applications" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8094" CreationDate="2016-04-04T22:38:33.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a problem. The relevant questions from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274029/VAF4A.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family Settlement Application Form&lt;/a&gt; are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.2 &lt;strong&gt;Family name&lt;/strong&gt; (as shown in your passport)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.3 &lt;strong&gt;Other names&lt;/strong&gt; (including any other names you are known by and/or any other names that you have been known by)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Other forms for other visa types all seem similar, if you're filling out a different one then follow the directions on that form.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In question 1.2, enter your husband's surname. In question 1.3, enter your full name with your father's surname. You will also submit your marriage certificate which should clarify the matter further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T22:44:16.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8075" CreationDate="2016-04-05T22:25:59.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Introduction&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should consider getting legal advice on this, as the stakes are quite high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Arriving in the UK later than expected may indeed be a problem: when we moved the UK on Ancestry our immigration lawyer warned us we had to arrive as quickly as possible after the effective date of the visa, so as to avoid the cost of having to extend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Effective Date&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you will need to calculate the days elapsed based on the &amp;quot;effective date&amp;quot; of the visa (when you're allowed to first arrive), not on the &amp;quot;issuance date&amp;quot; (the date the visa was granted in the first place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The eligibility rule depends exactly how many &lt;strong&gt;days&lt;/strong&gt; you were absent - you mention &amp;quot;3 months&amp;quot;, but you will need to be more precise than that to know if you're eligible for ILR or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;IRL Application Date&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also worth noting that you you have some leeway about when you apply for the ILR - it may be worth holding off submitting your application until just before it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the period your ILR application is pending at the Home Office you are allowed to remain in the country: The earliest that you can apply for ILR is 28 days before you're eligible - but the postal ILR application can take 6 months to be approved. So there's a period where your visa could expire, but you're waiting for ILR approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;obviously&lt;/strong&gt; need to be very sure that you have all your documents and paperwork sorted out before doing this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Day Calculation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the document &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488180/ILRcont_periods_v12.0_EXT_clean.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Indefinite leave to remain: calculating continuous period in UK&lt;/a&gt; (page 22) the guidance reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Period between the issue of entry clearance and entering the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The period between entry clearance being issued and the applicant entering the UK may be counted toward the qualifying period, as long as it does not exceed 90 days. This can occur if the applicant is delayed travelling to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The period of delay will not be counted as an absence from the UK if it does not exceed 90 days. You must only include whole days in this calculation. Part day absences, for example, less than 24 hours, are not counted. Therefore if the applicant arrived in the UK on day 91, the period would not exceed 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the delay is more than 90 days, none of the period between entry clearance being issued and the applicant entering the UK can be included in the continuous period calculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatforum.com/expats/britain-expat-forum-expats-living-uk/651434-extension-uk-ancestry-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ExpatForum post&lt;/a&gt;, if the delay was for compassionate reasons you may be able to ask them for further leeway. I've not found reference to this in the guidance, though, so your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've exceeded 90 days, you will unfortunately need to pay for an extension of your Ancestry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T22:25:59.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8124" CreationDate="2016-04-06T12:19:55.270" Score="2" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a researcher in J-1 status in the USA. In 2014 I filed a resident tax return. In 2015, I spent only four months in the USA, after which I left and never returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not obtain a sailing permit. My understanding is that this is not required for people in J-1 status doing authorized work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not clear how I need to file for 2015.  Should it be resident or dual-status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reasoning so far is that it should be dual-status based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2015_publink1000222182&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this part&lt;/a&gt; of publication 519:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a U.S. resident in 2015 but are not a U.S. resident during any part of 2016, you cease to be a U.S. resident on your residency termination date. Your residency termination date is December 31, 2015, unless you qualify for an earlier date as discussed next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earlier residency termination date.   You may qualify for a residency termination date that is earlier than December 31. This date is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The last day in 2015 that you are physically present in the United States, if you met the substantial presence test,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use this date only if, for the remainder of 2015, your tax home was in a foreign country and you had a closer connection to that foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did meet the substantial presence test for 2015. I took up employment in a different country immediately after departing the USA and I need to pay taxes there.  This means the above applies, and my residency terminates on the date of my departure.  This means that I was a resident for the first 4 months but not after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am having an uncomfortable feeling that I am misinterpreting or missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9337" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-12T08:53:52.617" Title="J-1 researcher, departed USA in middle of 2015. How to file 2015 tax return?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-06T14:16:34.177" Score="7" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am about to apply for a visa to visit the US for a friend's graduation this summer. I am a non-eu national living and working in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of the application, I need to check a box indicating if I have any arrests, criminal convictions etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a criminal record but I have ever been issued a fine for a driving offense. The charge was posted to me and I was to be arraigned before court but I had moved house when the charge sheet was posted so did not receive it. A warrant was issued for my arrest and I had the police calling to inform me. I turned up at the police station and was processed for court that morning where I was fined by the judge - it was an issue with misunderstanding over how insurance works in the UK and it was on a car I was purchasing, nothing criminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prevent any misunderstanding at the US visa office, I was looking at getting a police certificate but that form is just too long and frighteningly difficult to fill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question therefore is if a driving misdemeanor constitutes a criminal offense and if it's worth the gamble applying for a tourist visa without a police certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Sorry for the lengthy question]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9340" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T10:53:19.940" Title="Driving fine and US visa application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8103" CreationDate="2016-04-06T22:31:29.377" Score="3" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various IT jobs were recently added to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486107/Shortage_Occupation_List_-_November_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Shortage Occupation list&lt;/a&gt;. However, a set of additional requirements for sponsoring organisations is included on Page 14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question revolves around this specific point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The sponsor must&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) have between 20 and 250 employees (or have fewer than 20 employees and have included the letter from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) confirming that UKTI have been working with the company and support the application in relation to the company’s trade or investment activity); [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Large and Small Sponsors&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that a small organisation (less than 20 people) or a large organisation (more than 250 people) cannot sponsor people in these roles at all? (I'm not sure how this would be tenable for a large organisation, unless the intent of the rule is to try and support small business.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does this just mean that the sponsor will have to advertise the job, and the applicant will not get the full benefit of filling a &amp;quot;shortage occupation&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-07T05:31:11.010" Title="UK Tier 2 visa sponsorship for an IT role by a small or large organisation" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8102" CreationDate="2016-04-07T05:31:11.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, fewer than 250 employees is the official mark for a SME (Small or Medium Enterprise), and there are often policies aimed at assisting this end of the market. Points b and c on that document are also aimed at stopping larger businesses getting around this by creating smaller offshoot companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A job does not have to be on the Shortage Occupation List in order to sponsor a Tier 2 visa; it just means that the company would have to perform a Resident Labour Market Test (e.g. advertise the job within the UK first). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I can't see anything that would stop a larger company sponsoring in these categories, it's just that the situation from their point of view would be the same as before the occupations were added to the shortage list, whereas from a SME's point of view the process has just been made a little easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-04-07T05:31:11.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-07T13:04:06.740" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a permanent resident permit in France ( I am an non EU national), that is it is valid for 10 years renewable. I am working full time on CDI for one employer in France since 6 years. Have been here in France almost 8 years. I have a prospective job offer based in Germany which is interesting. However, I want to know if I can work in Germany and relocate there hassle free with the residency card that I have. My fiancée and live in partner in France is a British Citizen although we don't plan to marry right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to tell this potential employer that I have right to work in Germany? Do I have to go through application of whole new Germany residency card?&#xA;Also, I am interested in working in the UK as my partner would like to go back to his home country- in this case I suppose the French permanent residency doesn't help at all or does it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9345" LastActivityDate="2016-04-07T13:04:06.740" Title="Permanent resident in France with Job offer in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:11:58.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-08T09:52:17.140" Score="7" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a bit of an odd one, but I'm just checking so I don't get into too much trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had two driving licenses: &lt;strong&gt;Israeli&lt;/strong&gt; + &lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt; (took tests in both countries). In the UK I also took the automatic &lt;strong&gt;bike&lt;/strong&gt; test up to 125cc as well (category A or something like that. I believe it's automatically upgraded to 500cc after a couple of years, but I moved out of the UK since).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I moved to Germany a few years ago, I exchanged my Israeli license to a German one. So I now have both &lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;German&lt;/strong&gt; licenses. The German license however doesn't include the bike license, because my Israeli one didn't have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My UK license is about to expire, and as far as I understand it, I cannot renew it unless I'm a UK resident. I am therefore considering exchanging it in Germany. I'm a bit concerned about &lt;strong&gt;already having one German license&lt;/strong&gt; however... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I just go with my UK license and try to exchange it?&#xA;Should I show my German license upfront, or only if asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be nice to &quot;keep&quot; two licenses, since I did take several tests and kinda &quot;earned&quot; it, but it's not a major concern even if I &quot;lose&quot; one of them. Mostly trying to figure out how to go about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9350" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T22:50:56.540" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T22:50:56.540" Title="How to convert two different driving licenses into a single German license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;israeli-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:18:25.947" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8108" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8404" CreationDate="2016-04-08T16:26:49.557" Score="4" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Sweden this coming fall to purse a master's degree. Currently living and working in the U.S., with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, I will be automatically insured if I can acquire an European Health Insurance Card. I believe that I have to be residing in Finland in order to apply for one, ruling that option out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also believe that in order to apply for a personnummer in Sweden, I have to prove that I am currently insured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that the only way for me to &quot;successfully&quot; move to Stockholm is to find a private health insurance provider in either Finland or the U.S. which will cover me for the first few months of living in Sweden?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9352" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T07:46:08.557" Title="Acquiring Health Insurance (Moving to Sweden, living in US, dual citizen of US and Finland)" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-09T05:59:22.653" Score="2" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I married a Bulgarian girl, and I will apply for visa D and apply for family residence there. Can i know exactly how many years I need to get permanent residence and citizenship? I searched a lot but I found various articles. Some says family permanent residence after 2 years and other articles says after 5 years. Please if anyone have specific information about that or trusted reference, that will be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9356" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2016-04-11T12:21:16.343" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T14:32:47.263" Title="Bulgarian permanent residence and citizenship" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-10T06:40:39.783" Score="0" ViewCount="1113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do i have to take oath of allegiance (verbal and/or written) with France while acquiring French dual citizenship through naturalization ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9358" LastActivityDate="2016-04-12T17:01:58.613" Title="Oath of allegiance while acquiring French citizenship through naturalization" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8114" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8121" CreationDate="2016-04-10T17:28:40.393" Score="7" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Brit living in Germany. I just received confimation of my divorce from the German court. (I was married in Germany to a German national and we have never lived in the UK during the marriage.) Attached to the document was a sticker telling me to inform the authorities in my country of the divorce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just been searching fco.gov.uk for some info but cannot find any indication about who should be informed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who should be told?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522" LastEditorUserId="522" LastEditDate="2016-04-13T05:09:07.787" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T05:09:07.787" Title="Who to inform (in UK) following a divorce abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-10T20:42:28.870" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone out there have experience with this? I've got a daydream of supporting myself selling paintings or teaching drawing rather than being an English teacher forever and I've heard little hints about a supposedly very generous tax on self-employed people here. But as anyone who lives here knows, Russian bureaucracy is never easy and particularly for foreigners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9359" LastActivityDate="2016-04-10T20:42:28.870" Title="Self-employed status in Moscow for residence card holders" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:05:47.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8113" CreationDate="2016-04-10T23:01:33.090" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a kind of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15868&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ceremony&lt;/a&gt; during which new French citizens are given a “charter” of their rights and obligations. That's not presented as a condition for naturalisation and only happens after the decision has been made. I don't think you are expected to formally say or sign anything in public at this occasion and it's not even mandatory to attend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the naturalisation process involves several interviews with various parts of the government (at least the relevant department at the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; and someone from the police, possibly someone from your municipality of residence as well). A lack of “allegiance” is actually a valid reason to deny someone French citizenship as “&lt;em&gt;adhésion aux valeurs de la République&lt;/em&gt;” is one of the requirements. In theory, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you are supposed to sign something to that effect&lt;/a&gt; during one of the interviews but based on what I heard from friends who became French recently, it's not always the case in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-12T17:01:58.613" LastActivityDate="2016-04-12T17:01:58.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-11T08:34:28.413" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a greencard but I can't find a job in the US so I have never worked there or moved. I just entered with the inmigrant visa snd then received the card in the mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9363" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2016-04-11T17:08:27.973" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T17:08:27.973" Title="How long have greencard holders to move in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8118" CreationDate="2016-04-11T09:15:31.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You become a permanent resident the moment you enter with your immigrant visa.  As a permanent resident, you can move wherever you want, whenever you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you're talking about moving &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; the US, there's no restriction on the timing of this move, but there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; restrictions on the length of time you may remain out of the country without losing your permanent resident status. You can apply for permission to exceed these limits.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-04-11T11:11:45.800" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T11:11:45.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8120" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8140" CreationDate="2016-04-11T10:42:24.937" Score="3" ViewCount="2132" Body="&lt;p&gt;My biometric information was sent to the home office last saturday. Im applying for EEA family member permit and I wonder how long is the waiting time to obtain it.&#xA;Is there any way to check how my permit process is going?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T07:48:30.707" Title="What's the waiting time after the biometric information is sent to the home office?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8114" CreationDate="2016-04-11T11:23:47.927" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The sticker is presumably a reminder intended for, among others, people who were married in a foreign jurisdiction, so the records of the marriage can be amended with the information that the marriage has ended.  In your case, since you were married in Germany, that's not relevant to your &quot;home country.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Bureaucratic instructions like this often assume a certain set of circumstances without considering odd corner cases, or even cases that might be perfectly common, such as this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you weren't married in the UK, you should probably take this as a reminder to inform any UK authorities (or indeed any other authorities) whom you have informed of your marriage.  If there are no such authorities, then you can no doubt ignore the sticker entirely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T11:23:47.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-11T21:50:02.807" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently received a Visto Permanente and can stay in Brazil for at least nine years. Now, I want to set up a MEI via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portaldoempreendedor.gov.br&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;, but am told I first need to check with SEBREA, where I find &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sebrae.com.br/sites/PortalSebrae/ufs/ap/artigos/%C3%89-estrangeiro%3F-Voc%C3%AA-tamb%C3%A9m-pode-ser-um-MEI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, which tells me I first need to get a &quot;Declaração do Imposto de Renda Pessoa Física&quot;. However, they don't tell me how I get this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get a Declaração do Imposto de Renda Pessoa Física?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: The software to fill in this &quot;Declaracao&quot; can be downloaded from &lt;a href=&quot;http://idg.receita.fazenda.gov.br/interface/cidadao/irpf/2016/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. However, because my CPF was not yet 'active' last year, filling in this declaration and submitting it is not accepted by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="942" LastEditorUserId="942" LastEditDate="2016-04-19T03:00:53.113" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T03:00:53.113" Title="How to set up a MEI in Brazil" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-12T06:30:05.960" Score="2" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per ITIN request form W-7, we have to attach our federal return with it, which cannot be filled until we receive Form 1042-S (which I received late in March). This implies that it is not possible for me to have ITIN before the tax filing date for NC, which is April 18.&#xA;As per NCDOR website, the applicant must have SSN or ITIN for filing tax return, and even for tax payments.&#xA;Since I don't have that, what can I do to avoid penalties and interest that would be levied on the due amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9369" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-04-12T07:03:41.843" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T17:11:49.473" Title="NC State Tax return without ITIN" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8099" CreationDate="2016-04-12T08:53:52.617" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you got it right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(By the way, it's possible you might be able to be a nonresident the entire year -- since you were in the US less than 183 days in the year, even though you met the Substantial Presence Test, if you could establish Closer Connection to a Foreign Country, you could be a nonresident; though you may not qualify. In any case, it doesn't matter because there isn't much difference in your case between dual-status and nonresident the entire year -- either way you would be subject to US tax on your US income when you were in the US, and not subject to US tax on your foreign income after you have left the US.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-04-12T08:53:52.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8139" CreationDate="2016-04-12T11:50:17.900" Score="5" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I have been living and working in the UK for over five years on Tier 2 visas.  Now we plan to apply to settle in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will our application be affected negatively if we move to a location 50 miles away from the job my wife was sponsored for?  The information on applying to settle states as a requirement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;your employer (sponsor) still needs you for your job&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So presumably intent to continue the same employment is part of the decision process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The circumstances are that my wife is on maternity leave, and we want to temporarily move to a location near my work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T07:51:04.013" Title="Will living 50 miles away from one's sponsored job affect an application to settle in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-12T12:03:36.747" Score="4" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question has already probably been asked before, but I'm looking for some insight into my specific situation. Some basics on me - I'm a Canadian citizen, am not married and am 23 years old. Two years ago in April 2014 I was denied entry to the UK. I was travelling through Dublin to reach Belfast where I was to stay in a hostel for one month. In exchange for manning the front desk of the hostel for a couple of hours each day, I would be allowed to stay in one of their beds for free. The immigration officer saw this as work, and coupled with the fact that I did not have much money and no ticket to leave, I was denied entry. I was denied entry to the UK, but it all happened in Dublin. I totally understand the reasons for this, it was exceptionally stupid on my part. I have since been granted entry to Ireland twice, but I have not tried to go back to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've been accepted to study my Master's degree at King's College London. It would be a dream come true to study there. My plan is to defer for a year so that I can have as much time as possible to sort out my visa and to gather as much money as I can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: will my student visa be rejected because of this past incident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9371" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2016-04-13T15:04:10.083" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T22:34:29.713" Title="Denied entry to the UK two years ago - will this affect my Student Visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-12T12:05:11.763" Score="1" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;was based in germany and with german HUK COBURG private health care since 2004. Just back to the UK (april 2016) - having NEVER had cause to use it (lucky) BUT what are my options? I will have the benefit of Private Health with my new company in the UK. Is there any way to get anything from them after all the years of paying in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9372" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-04-15T10:01:08.777" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T13:31:43.567" Title="German Private Health Insurance since 2004 NOW moving back to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6347" CreationDate="2016-04-13T02:01:48.750" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not meant to address tax implications, solely the implications of working in Canada while under another type of permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working remotely for a company located outside of Canada, where the worker is also remunerated outside of Canada, is not considered to be work for the purposes of requiring a work permit. See the section labeled '&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/about.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;What kind of activities are not considered to be &quot;work&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;' on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's website. I have also confirmed this interpretation with the CIC officer at the nearest border crossing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wrinkle in your case would be you saying it is your &quot;own&quot; company. It basically comes down to whether you are competing with Canadians and therefore impacting the labour market. Are you the only employee of your company? Presumably in that case you are not impacting the labour market because there is no market for additional employees, at least outside the US (assuming that is true). Are you competing with Canadians? It depends on how you find work, and whether those customers are located in the US, Canada or elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9378" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T02:01:48.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-13T03:53:54.963" Score="2" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply a working visa in Spain. I'm not an EU citizen. I got a chance to work as an internship last year until this past March. Now I'm in my country. My employer wants to hire me again as a full-time employee. Now they are working on documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know what are the exact processes of applying for the working visa.&#xA;First, Do I need to wait for the work permit before I applying for the visa from my country? Is this process going to be difficult? I mean I already worked with them. They know me. We talked everything about me coming back. I have read that the employer has to do some stuff to get me the work permit which is sometimes difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I get the work permit, I just have to bring it to apply for the visa to come to Spain, right?&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9379" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T11:28:16.260" LastActivityDate="2017-05-28T02:28:35.273" Title="Applying a visa for working in Spain" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8122" CreationDate="2016-04-13T12:46:01.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you have in fact submitted a declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, this may help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have security code + certificate you can use this link (&lt;a href=&quot;https://cav.receita.fazenda.gov.br/eCAC/publico/login.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://cav.receita.fazenda.gov.br/eCAC/publico/login.aspx&lt;/a&gt;) to log in and get the copy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you filled your tax in the computer you can try to find a copy in the computer itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take a photo id with you and head to the Receita Federal office in your city to get a copy. You have to make an appointment either through the phone number 146 or online (&lt;a href=&quot;https://idg.receita.fazenda.gov.br/interface/agendamento/agendamento&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://idg.receita.fazenda.gov.br/interface/agendamento/agendamento&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info can be found here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.konkero.com.br/financas-pessoais/seus-direitos/como-tirar-2a-via-da-declaracao-de-imposto-de-renda&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.konkero.com.br/financas-pessoais/seus-direitos/como-tirar-2a-via-da-declaracao-de-imposto-de-renda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9382" LastEditorUserId="9382" LastEditDate="2016-04-13T14:22:17.233" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T14:22:17.233" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8129" CreationDate="2016-04-13T14:13:45.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;0. Secure a Job&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First things first, you'll have to secure a job with a Spanish employer. This means having a confirmation of employment and a drafted contract. Once you have this, your employer will have to start the employment procedures in Spain, while you patiently wait at home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Obtain a Work Permit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for a work visa &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/es/visas-and-permits/Work-in-Spain-Guide-to-Spanish-work-visas_103258.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you'll need a work permit&lt;/a&gt;. This is a document authorising you to work in Spain. You'll have to attach this document to your work visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer will have to apply for a work permit to the provincial office of the Ministry of Labour (Delegación Provincial del Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración) on your behalf. They'll have to prove that you are employable in Spain and will have to go through a few bureaucratic procedures. Processing work permits is something that can take a while so plan ahead. Work permits aren't exactly easy to obtain. Nevertheless several are handed out each year so it's not at all impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Apply for a Type-D Work Visa&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enter the Schengen Area for purposes other than tourism and for stays longer than 90 days you'll need a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/LOSANGELES/en/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Pages/VisadosDeLargaDuracion.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schengen Type-D Long Term Visa&lt;/a&gt;. You'll need to apply for this at your local Spanish diplomatic mission back home. When applying you'll need to provide &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/LOSANGELES/en/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Pages/Work-Employment-Visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the following documents, according to the Spanish consulate in Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;DOCUMENTATION TO SUBMIT&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visa application form and visa Documents Checklist​​ (Original and photocopy): The application form must be filled out in capital letters and signed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One passport-type photo. See specifications here&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Passport or Travel Document. (Original and photocopy of the main page). Passport should be no older than 10 years. Please make sure your passport has at least one blank page for the new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I.D. Card that proves your place of residence is within the jurisdiction of the Spanish Consulate of Los Angeles (Original and a photocopy). You can provide one of the following documents: U.S. Driver license, State I.D. card, Voter’s Registration Card, current Student I.D.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Non-US Citizens only) Alien Registration Card or long term U.S. Visa. (Original and a photocopy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holders of B-1 and B-2 Visas cannot apply in the United States; they must apply in their country of residence or country of origin. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applicants holding Student Visas must also submit their I-20 signed by the university on the last page and a copy of their F-1 Visa.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Authorization of work and residence permit approval (comunicación de autorización de trabajo y residencia) issued by the Oficina de Extranjeros o Dirección General de Inmigración of the Ministry of Labor (Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración) in Spain. This document cannot be older than 30 days&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work Contract proving the fulfillment of minimal  economic funds during time in Spain (Original and a photocopy)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Certification of “absence of police records” (18 years of age or older) (Original, a photocopy and a translation into Spanish): verified by fingerprints. This document is valid for 3 months in reference to the date that it was issued. The document can be issued by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a) The State Justice Department (all states where the applicant has resided in the last 5 years) and the document must be legalized with the “Apostille of The Hague” by the Secretary of State of said state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b) The U.S. Justice Department– FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be legalized with the “Apostille of The Hague” by the Secretary of State of the corresponding state.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Medical Certificate: (Original, photocopy and a translation): It must be recent (Issued within the last 3 months), include letter-head and handwritten signature of a doctor (M.D. or D.O.) with the following format  (Please see specifications attached) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer duly signed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Payment of the Visa Fees is accepted with money orders. Money orders are to be addressed to the General Consulate of Spain Los Angeles. See the following link for fees. Money will not be reimbursed even if the visa is not granted or is cancelled.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Once You Arrive in Spain&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Apply for a Foreigner's Identity Number&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you enter Spain with your Work Visa, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/es/visas-and-permits/Moving-to-Spain-Guide-to-Spanish-visas-and-permits_102354.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you'll have 30 days to obtain a Foreigner’s Identity Number&lt;/a&gt; (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) or NIE. This is a mandatory step. You can do so at your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.policia.es/documentacion/oficinas/oficinas_extran.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Local Police station&lt;/a&gt; which will also register the fact that you are staying in their jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Apply for a National Security Number&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To work in Spain you'll have to register with the General Social Security Fund (Dirección General de la Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social – TGSS). Usually your employer will do this for you, unless you are self-employed in which case you'll have to do this yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T14:13:45.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8112" CreationDate="2016-04-13T14:32:47.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several official references out there (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-bulgaria&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Governmental website&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=13&amp;amp;cad=rja&amp;amp;uact=8&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjUjs7l5ovMAhVCORoKHblUAes4ChAWCCkwAg&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fdgs%2Fhome-affairs%2Fwhat-we-do%2Fnetworks%2Feuropean_migration_network%2Freports%2Fdocs%2Fad-hoc-queries%2Ffamily-reunification%2F274_emn_ad-hoc_query_marriage_-_entry_rights__residence_22nov2010_wider_dissemination_en.pdf&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFOFiCo99zVLH96-KUcWozUQSmnBw&amp;amp;bvm=bv.119408272,d.d2s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PDF document from Europa.eu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://eu.mvr.bg/en/How_change/eucitizens.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bulgarian Governmental website&lt;/a&gt;) seem to suggest that in order to apply for a permanent Bulgarian residence you have to have resided in Bulgaria for five years. Now, &lt;a href=&quot;http://eu.mvr.bg/en/How_change/eucitizens.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Bulgarian governmental website&lt;/a&gt; also states a particular condition which applies to foreigners who married a Bulgarian national:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;foreign nationals who married either a Bulgarian national, or a foreign national residing permanently in Bulgaria since two years; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I understand this is that &lt;strong&gt;if you married a Bulgarian national you can apply for permanent residence straight away&lt;/strong&gt;. You can also do so if you married a foreigner who's been residing permanently in Bulgaria for the past two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also echoed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=13&amp;amp;cad=rja&amp;amp;uact=8&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjUjs7l5ovMAhVCORoKHblUAes4ChAWCCkwAg&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fdgs%2Fhome-affairs%2Fwhat-we-do%2Fnetworks%2Feuropean_migration_network%2Freports%2Fdocs%2Fad-hoc-queries%2Ffamily-reunification%2F274_emn_ad-hoc_query_marriage_-_entry_rights__residence_22nov2010_wider_dissemination_en.pdf&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFOFiCo99zVLH96-KUcWozUQSmnBw&amp;amp;bvm=bv.119408272,d.d2s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the PDF I linked from Europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;, which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a) b) Yes, citizens or persons granted permanent residence in the Republic of Bulgaria can bring non-EU spouses. People resident in the&#xA;  Bulgaria who are Bulgarian citizens by birth or who have acquired citizenship are all permitted to bring the following family members to&#xA;  the Bulgaria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a spouse;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, if you still have doubts, the best way to go about this is to contact your local Bulgarian diplomatic mission and ask them. Personally, that's what I would do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T14:32:47.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8127" CreationDate="2016-04-13T18:17:45.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience in the UK and US, private healthcare never really works this way regardless. Private healthcare is how it sounds, your money goes to a company that acts as a middleman between private hospitals/doctors and yourself, the idea is the more people who use that private healthcare provider without needing to use the services, the cheaper that healthcare copays or deductibles will be for you as someone who pays into the pool and needs the service. So the amounts you paid into German private healthcare will have given benefit to other people signed up to that company's health scheme, but will only be relevant within the contexts of that service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are in the UK now anyway, private healthcare is a luxury rather than necessity - I have had it one year of the five I have lived here and cancelled it for it never having relevance, but if you have a chronic health condition like my partner that requires frequent consultations and surgeries, you would certainly do well to have it just to speed things up. Otherwise 99% of your needs are covered fully by NHS anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9374" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T18:17:45.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8134" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-13T21:50:19.183" Score="2" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I would like to work remotely (I'm in CS and she's in accounting). Our idea is to travel in about two-month increments from country to country. We have NO idea what kind of restrictions we're going to face. We are U.S. citizens, we'll have U.S. jobs that are remote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to keep our house in Oregon, but move freely about the world, doing our jobs remotely. We would like to return to the U.S. at least once a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a typical cycle might be: Canada, Japan, U.K., Germany, Mexico, U.S. @ 2 months in each place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of issues (if any) am I going to hit and how do I get past them? This could be taxes, U.S. citizenship issues, Duration of Stay, etc... I am 100% new to this idea so any good links or advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9385" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T11:28:22.353" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T11:28:22.353" Title="US Citizen, Working remotely for a U.S. Company, travelling globally" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-04-17T22:35:49.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8126" CreationDate="2016-04-13T22:34:29.713" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since nobody with more knowledge has answered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were apparently honest about what you intended to do, but did not realize it was not permitted. That means you have not damaged your credibility. If you have the paperwork, there may be a reference number that will be useful on your future applications. In any case, be careful to fill in the application accurately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;King's College London admits a lot of international students. Not surprisingly, it has services to support them: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/services/student-advice-support/how/intlstudentsupport/index.aspx&quot;&gt;International Student Support&lt;/a&gt;. They will know more about your specific situation, and how best to handle it, than anyone here. &quot;Entry Clearance problems&quot; is right at the top of the list of topics on which they advise. I strongly recommend asking them for help as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-04-13T22:34:29.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8125" CreationDate="2016-04-14T07:16:26.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. It's your commute, and there may very well be case workers who have longer ones than that to get to their job. If they ask, you can explain it, but that is a readily defensible situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The scenarios that normally raise eyebrows are ones where the immigrant has never lived close to their work and lives hundreds of miles away. And even that is drawing less scrutiny these days for certain professions where the work doesn't necessarily require on-site presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T07:51:04.013" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T07:51:04.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8120" CreationDate="2016-04-14T07:48:30.707" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the location you are applying from, but the UK offers detailed information on waiting times here (after selecting location, select other non-settlement visas and then EEA family permits):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visa-processing-times&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/visa-processing-times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't a mechanism to inquire about the progress of a visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T07:48:30.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-13T23:13:33.337" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to an EU spouse and living in Germany. I have my residence permit already. I traveled to my country of citizenship but when I tried to go back to Germany they said I can't fly. They said I should come to their consulate. I went there and after they verified my residence permit, they interviewed me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They said I need to fill out a re-entry visa form which I did. They also said I must get a new passport. They kept my residence permit. They said they would give me a re-entry visa and when I got to Germany, I should apply for another residence permit. My residence permit was ordinary paper and they said I would get a plastic residence permit. I am worried whether they will give me the re-entry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="John" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T18:39:28.907" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T18:39:28.907" Title="Problem with my passport" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-14T14:18:49.643" Score="2" ViewCount="3637" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are US citizens living in the States. He is a college professor and has accepted a fellowship in France during his sabbatical year from September 2016 to May 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working full time for an US based company. I would like to join him with our one-year-old son to France, but will need to keep my job in order to support us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure what type of visa I will need for this. Would a long-term visa allow me to work for an US company while in France? What's the tax implication? Or do I need to leave the country every 90 days in order to keep it legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9387" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T22:32:59.390" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T12:27:37.510" Title="US citizen working remotely for a US company wanting to stay in France for 9 month" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8142" CreationDate="2016-04-14T15:45:15.313" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will most likely be entitled to a long-term visa, but that does not necessarily give you the right to work in France.  It does however relieve you of the need to worry about leaving the country periodically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you are not able to secure a long-term visa, then your presence in France will be limited to 90 days in any 180-day period, so yes, you'd have to leave after 90 days &lt;em&gt;and remain outside the Schengen area for 90 days before you can reenter.&lt;/em&gt;  This has nothing to do with whether you are working or not; it has only to do with your presence in the Schengen area.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration law has emphatically not kept pace with remote work.  Even if your visa comes with a right to work, I think there's actually no legal way for you to do what you're proposing unless your company has a legal presence in France and can hire you as a French employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, French labor law gives employees much greater protection than US labor law.  It is probably illegal for your company to employ you in France without giving you these protections.  Additionally, the law probably calls for your employer to pay French payroll taxes, which your employer is unlikely to be set up for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to deal with these considerations is probably for you to set up a French company to work for your employer as a contractor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for tax implications, your absence from the US might qualify you for the foreign earned income exclusion.  You would probably be liable to pay French income tax even if you are getting paid in the US.  Obviously, if you are set up as an employee or a contractor getting paid in France, you will certainly be liable for French income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T15:45:15.313" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8141" CreationDate="2016-04-14T16:30:46.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is not very clear, but perhaps this will help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are &lt;strong&gt;currently&lt;/strong&gt; married to an EU citizen working in Germany, you are probably entitled to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufenthaltskarte_%28Deutschland%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/a&gt;. In 2011 there was a change from a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Aufenthaltskarte-vorderseite.jpg&amp;amp;filetimestamp=20101119160932&amp;amp;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;paper&lt;/a&gt; format to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aufenthaltskarte.JPG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;plastic card&lt;/a&gt;. Did you have the old paper card? Then you need a new plastic card. Getting one should be no problem if the family situation is still the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T16:30:46.747" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-14T21:40:12.610" Score="2" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am F-1 US Visa-holding student with OPT authorization that is good May 9th through August 15th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an opportunity to broker an investment in a manufacturing company registered in Nevada, USA. Am I eligible to claim brokerage on such an effort? Or does my F-1 visa prevent me from collecting such compensation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9390" LastEditorUserId="9390" LastEditDate="2016-04-15T18:11:08.947" LastActivityDate="2016-04-15T18:11:08.947" Title="Brokering Investment on F-1 OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-15T22:29:36.780" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently overheard people discussing, &quot;if (X person) became president they would move to Y&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognize it ignores the privilege americans have in traveling and is insensitive to the many refuge crises etc, but it got me thinking, and I was wondering where those people could actually work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reading this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3281/what-countries-are-easy-for-a-us-citizen-to-move-to&quot;&gt;What countries are easy for a US citizen to move to?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen a few questions / answers like that but they tend to pertain to study/work, very low qualifications such as the above question, etc. I'm hoping for a slightly more specific to the people I've seen say that they will move. I'm essentially looking for a list of nations (if any) that the people who express those sentiments would be allowed to work / live in. As in is it feasibly and where could they go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example Scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;US Citizen&#xA;No ancestral connection to the country they're trying to move to&#xA;No criminal issues / debt / etc (nothing derogatory)&#xA;Single (no need to move a family etc)&#xA;mid 20's (I heard something about age being limited on some visas)&#xA;Well compensated (low six figures) STEM profession in US at top company&#xA;Bachelors STEM degree from good US university&#xA;Cash assets let's say 3-400k&#xA;Assume companies in the country would be willing to hire said person&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my experience I've previously been offered positions in Canada / England and told that work visas wouldn't be a problem etc. Is that true, I wasn't sure if the recruiters were just saying that (I know US ones do sometimes)? Where else would it not be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of my friends who are US citizens work abroad but they have familial ties to those countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please ignore the probable changes in income / taxes / etc. But if you have insights into changes in quality of life of a country (ex STEM has a low value and job opportunities would be low if at all) if you know any. Also please state if the country requires a company sponsorship to enter, or any other insights. Example country 1 will let any well off american in with at least 100k, or country 2 will only allow those with company sponsorship in, or country 3 offers 2 months to find a job etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9392" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-04-15T22:29:36.780" Title="Where can a skilled and upper middle class US citizen work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-04-25T06:44:09.740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-16T06:09:31.940" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for UK dependant visa under Tier 2 Dependant. Regarding the supporting documents,  is marriage certificate endorsement by Ministry of External Affairs required? I am applying from India. Kindly answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9333" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T03:36:41.377" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T17:28:21.770" Title="UK dependant Visa Supporting Documents" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6758" CreationDate="2016-04-16T20:59:38.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my case, my wife &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; be the primary applicant because her status is derived from my status or in other words she is dependent on me (not financially but in legal terms).&#xA;I confirmed this during a session on immigration in my college and recently she called the immigration office to get an account created for MonProject where the immigration officer told that she cannot be the primary applicant as she is dependent on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7034" LastActivityDate="2016-04-16T20:59:38.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-17T17:01:33.907" Score="5" ViewCount="969" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received &lt;em&gt;J1-visa&lt;/em&gt; and was marked as a &lt;em&gt;subject to two-year home-country physical presence rule&lt;/em&gt;. At that time I was still a citizen of Kazakhstan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to Europe (Czech Republic) immediately after J1-visa expiration and &lt;em&gt;became a citizen of CZE&lt;/em&gt;, meaning, I can't normally go back to KAZ (home country in J1-visa) in order to fulfill 2-year residence requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I participated in &lt;em&gt;USA-sponsored program&lt;/em&gt;. From what I've heard, they don't grant waivers in this case. &quot;The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program, funded by the U.S. Department of State, provides scholarships for secondary school students (age 15-17) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend one academic year in the United States.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean that I am banned forever and cannot immigrate to USA ? How exactly is USA government going to verify the fulfillment of this requirement, e.g. there is a global travel history for every citizen of every country  ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9400" LastEditorUserId="9400" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T17:29:02.620" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T17:29:02.620" Title="Fulfilling J1-visa two-year residence, when you are no longer a citizen of &quot;home country&quot;" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8154" CreationDate="2016-04-18T06:29:05.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The home country that the 2 years must be spent in is the country of the person's nationality (at the time of admission into J1 status), or the country of the person's permanent residence (at the time of admission into J1 status), if it is different from the country of nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Were you a permanent resident of Czechia (&amp;lt;- now official name ;)) when you went to the US on J1? (Otherwise how did you get Czech citizenship so fast after you returned from the US?) If so, then Czechia is the country you should spend the 2 years in, and not Kazakhstan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How exactly is USA government going to verify the fulfillment of this&#xA;  requirement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were to apply for an H or L visa or permanent residency in the US, the burden would be upon you to prove that you spent at least 2 years in your home country, and not in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T06:29:05.703" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T14:26:28.370" Score="4" ViewCount="693" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good morning. My wife and I are Australian expats living the the US since 2013. We have our family home still in Australia which we are renting out while abroad. We are reporting the income on this property on both AUS and US tax returns (getting foreign tax credit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year our tax accountant has advised that because we paid down some of our AUD home mortgage during the year, the IRS is entitled to tax us on the FX gain (between taking out the mortgage in 2011 and today) on the movement on our mortgage balance. As any Australian knows the AUD to USD have moved considerable over this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note we have not sold the property, nor refinanced or extinguished the mortgage just paid down the balance by $100k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had similar experience and is this the correct treatment? I have been unable to find any solid tax ruling on this. Its being included on Form 8949 of the IRS return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the support. Sounds like it's still a grey area. To answer some of the questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the funds came from a transfer of USD to AUD during the year but the rest came purely from the payment of the mortgage using funds received from the tenant. The monthly mortgage repayments were interest plus principal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I spoke to the accountant (Big 4), I asked him if I had have left the mortgage balance the same and but the excess funds in a term deposit or such would this be an issue and he said no. All I would be liable for would be the tax in term deposit earnings!! Just crazy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also just to clarify, the property was not and will not be sold while we are living in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DJohnM - I had seen this article but per someone else's comment, had assumed it related to sale of asset not just mortgage movements over course of loan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm seeking additional advice this week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9403" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-04-20T05:23:04.013" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T05:23:04.013" Title="Aussie Expat living in US - taxed on paying off foreign mortgage" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T14:45:38.850" Score="2" ViewCount="1295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen marrying a German citizen and want to move to Germany to live but I have a criminal record an owe child support in the US. Is there a way to accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9404" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T17:54:24.787" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T18:18:06.680" Title="Immigrating to Germany as a US citizen with a criminal record and a German spouse" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8158" CreationDate="2016-04-18T17:53:48.660" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A criminal record is actually less of an issue for spousal visas than for any other type of visa so it's definitely possible to accomplish this. The reason for that is that the courts have to balance the interests of society in general against the right to a family life, which is also strongly protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the mere fact you have a record does not automatically disqualify you, it will come down to the severity of the crime and any other indication that you currently present a danger to society. I don't actually know this for a fact but I also suspect that paying what you owe would help make your case stronger (unlike a record, not paying child support speaks to your current conduct) so settle any debt you may have and make sure not to miss any payment, as applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, I would urge you to instruct a lawyer with a practice in German immigration law. You have to be very careful about the way you argue your case and random advice you get on the web can only bring you so far in complex situations like this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-20T18:18:06.680" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T18:18:06.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T21:53:07.050" Score="0" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on a J1 visa working in the United States, my Visa is valid until the end of November but I am considering leaving my job early, maybe during August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning on traveling to other places, but want to come back to the United States on a holiday with some friends for a few weeks at the end of October. Because I would have left my job can I return on my J1 Visa (which would still be valid) or could I apply for an ESTA? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9406" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T05:25:20.643" Title="Leaving a J1 program early, but returning on an ESTA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-19T03:33:11.927" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software developer who wants to apply to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I graduated as a Systems Engineering (original name in Spanish &quot;Ingeniería de Sistemas&quot;) 1 year ago (5 1/2 years of studies). In my career we learnt about 2 main fields: programming (software) and network infrastructure (Cisco-related stuff). Every student had to learn both, but some acquired more experience in one field than the other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I chose the software one, so that's why I'm a developer as I mentioned. I'm interested in knowing if Quebec would consider my Systems Engineering degree equivalent to a &quot;Computer Science&quot; or &quot;Computer Engineering&quot; degree or would it count as a &quot;Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering&quot; degree based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/publications/en/diverses/list-training.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Area of Training table (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the first two would give me 16 points towards the skilled worker program while the third one would give me 12 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my current knowledge and experience (2+ years working as a developer), influence what area of training my degree would fit into when I apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/forms/search-title/comparative-evaluation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Comparative evaluation of studies done ouside Quebec&quot;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9295" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T11:39:20.733" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T11:39:20.733" Title="Studies Outside Quebec" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:32:30.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8160" CreationDate="2016-04-19T05:25:20.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your J1 visa is still valid, but you cannot use it to enter the US unless you are returning to resume your J1 program, which you are not doing. You could visit on the Visa Waiver Program if you are eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T05:25:20.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8157" CreationDate="2016-04-19T07:42:42.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Has anyone had similar experience and is this the correct treatment? I&#xA;  have been unable to find any solid tax ruling on this. Its being&#xA;  included on Form 8949 of the IRS return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is correct treatment. You should get a statement from the bank servicing your loan as to how much &lt;em&gt;interest&lt;/em&gt; you paid during the year, and you get to deduct that interest (after currency conversion) on your Schedule E from the rental income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you didn't sell the house, then why would you be filing the form 8949? And why would a change in your US$ value of the loan be of any of the IRS business? I don't know why the accountant would say that, and from the facts you've mentioned in the question - it doesn't sound right. I suggest asking for clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T07:42:42.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8157" CreationDate="2016-04-19T08:47:43.497" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at it his way:  in 2011 you borrowed some AUD and bought the house. You've paid interest on the loan, and accounted for it in your taxes as a cost against the rental income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've also paid back some principal, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the AUD/USD exchange rate has changed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose you borrowed 1 000 000 AUD at a time when the exchange rate was 1 to 1.  So the IRS sees a debt of 1 000 000 USD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You start to pay back principal, as the AUD tanks.  Suppose you pay back 400 000 AUD, with an average exchange rate over the payments of 1 AUD = 0.75 USD, and at that point, the exchange rate has dropped to 1 AUD = 0.5 USD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the point of view of the Australians, you now owe 600 000 AUD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the point of view of the IRS, you borrowed 1 000 000 USD, paid back 300 000 USD (0.75 times 400 000), and now owe 300 000 USD (0.5 times 600 000).  400 000 USD appeared out of nowhere, and the IRS wants their share...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this site &lt;a href=&quot;https://renounceuscitizenship.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/how-fluctuating-fx-rates-generate-capital-gains-taxes-on-the-discharge-of-debt-us-citizens-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://renounceuscitizenship.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/how-fluctuating-fx-rates-generate-capital-gains-taxes-on-the-discharge-of-debt-us-citizens-abroad/&lt;/a&gt; for more horrible details...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2115" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T08:47:43.497" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-19T09:44:43.540" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good morning (it's early in the UK...),&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone here had experience with teaching English abroad without being a native of an English speaking country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm Swedish with work-experience in both South Korea (bartending whilst studying at SNU) and am currently working a Software Engineering job in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm fluent in English, Swedish and know myself around Japanese, Korean and French as well as having some elementary Farsi. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9410" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T05:44:38.170" Title="Non-native English speaker teaching English in Asia" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-02-11T08:25:47.077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2573" CreationDate="2016-04-19T10:42:44.313" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest checking the rules for the states you intend to visit. For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&amp;amp;urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/dl/dl_info#international&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;California DMV&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The State of California does not recognize an International Driving&#xA;  Permit (IDP) as a valid driver license. California does recognize a&#xA;  valid driver license that is issued by a foreign jurisdiction&#xA;  (country, state, territory) of which the license holder is a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The IDP is only a translation of information contained on a person's&#xA;  foreign driver license and is not required to operate a motor vehicle&#xA;  in California. Citations issued to a person in California who has an&#xA;  IDP, but does not have a California driver license will be placed on&#xA;  the Department of Motor Vehicle database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For driving in California, if you are living in Japan, it looks as though you should just get a Japanese license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T10:42:44.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-19T12:00:58.490" Score="3" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you always need a Danish CPR number in order to rent an apartment in Denmark? Is it possible to finalise a rental agreement from abroad, i.e. when you do not yet have a CPR number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T12:00:58.490" Title="Is it possible to rent an apartment in Denmark without a CPR number?" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8165" CreationDate="2016-04-19T14:09:44.357" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Japan, being a &quot;native speaker&quot; is required to obtain Instructor status, which is necessary to teach foreign languages in elementary, junior high and high schools. Technically, what is required is that you have received at least 12 years of education entirely in the language you want to teach (and not just language classes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No such requirement exists for teaching at any other place (yes, including universities). Of course, this is only the requirements set by immigration, employers may and do set additional requirements to hire you. The only non-native English speaker I know who is teaching English in Japan has several English teaching certifications, and is teaching at a preschool, which is probably not for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many websites such as GaijinPot where job ads aimed at foreigners are listed, with most of them unsurprisingly being for English teaching, so you can have a look to see what employers normally demand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T14:09:44.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8177" CreationDate="2016-04-20T07:45:22.283" Score="2" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my Canadian residency in April 2006 and I stayed out of the country due to unavoidable reasons. I only stayed in the country of Canada for 5 days.&#xA;My PR card expired in April 2011. I am a citizen of India. Is it possible to renew the card or do I have to reapply ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9414" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T00:24:14.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T00:24:14.447" Title="Expired PR Card of Canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8172" CreationDate="2016-04-19T21:07:45.580" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to travel to Spain in order to visit relatives and friends there. I am an Austrian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any definite plans about how long my trip will last in total as well as how long I will stay at each of my destinations individually. For instance, I might first go to see my aunt and stay with her family for some weeks, then move on to my cousin and again stay there for some weeks and finally change location to stay with friends of mine for another more or less indefinite amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any laws (on any level, i.e. EU or Spain) that regulate how long one can stay at a place before special measures have to be taken (such as informing an authority or landlord)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9417" OwnerDisplayName="seble" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T11:40:34.433" Title="Living with relatives &amp; friends for an indefinite amount of time in Spain as an EU citizen" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8171" CreationDate="2016-04-20T00:53:27.257" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there any laws (on any level, i.e. EU or Spain) that regulate how long one can stay at a place before special measures&#xA;  have to be taken ..?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 90 Days you need to register and apply for a NIE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From 2007 Spain requires (Royal Decree 240/07) that all EU citizens planning to reside in Spain for more than 3 months should register in person at the &lt;em&gt;Oficina de Extranjeros&lt;/em&gt; in their province of residence or at designated Police stations. You will be issued an A4 printed Residence Certificate stating your name, address, nationality, NIE number (&lt;em&gt;Número de Identificación Extranjeros&lt;/em&gt;) and date of registration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also be issued a card that is acts like an ID card . Valid Max 5 years &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A small note : Since European members can not decree / legislate / regulate issues in conflict with the EU law , it is safe to assume that these regulations exists on some European level or another. I can find the source but I do not think it is really the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why do you need it ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well , as many argue you don't - you will need this card in order to complete other procedures , like opening a bank account, opening a Business, applying for a job, legally buy a SIM card plan, or even apply for visas at other embassies without the need to return to your home country .&#xA;It is true that almost all those things can be also achieved without the card - ( evidenced by the many &lt;code&gt;sin-papeles&lt;/code&gt; living there ) It is much easier with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it only a burocratic procedure?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. Since 2012 Spain passed some decree that allows (not require) local officials to ask for proof of sufficient financial means of support, and also proof of public healthcare insurance. Most likely, being a EU citizen, you will not be asked for one. But just know you might .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legal Implications  ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legal trouble - Most likely NOT.&#xA;The EU Citizens has a &lt;code&gt;freedom of movement&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Note : &lt;code&gt;Movement&lt;/code&gt;. Not residency&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there are no border controls - No one can really know when you arrived or how long you stayed . So Legal issues are not likely to occur .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW - regarding this freedom of movement - It is not inclusive for all states - there are some phases (or were) of the implementation of movement - but it applied to non original members and abolished in 2011 (only Germany and your home country Austria actually applied it as far as 2011).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that A person can have only ONE residency (as opposed to multiple citizenships) - So effectively - Your Spanish residency will expire your Austrian one . That is not a real problem if you really live there. You can also always reverse that process with ease .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't have any definite plans about how long my trip will last in&#xA;  total as well as how long I will stay at each of my destinations&#xA;  individually I suggest you wait a bit before applying .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion - See if things go well for you there  - and only after you will see that you really want to stay - apply for the ID and go through the process. &#xA;Don't rush into it before you are sure you stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a personal note - Spain is a really great country to live in. You will have a great time!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Obmerk Kronen" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-20T11:40:34.433" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T11:40:34.433" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T20:28:04.067" Score="2" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India, doing my master's in Italy. My permesso di soggiorno is getting expired on 29th September 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I had booked my tickets to India with the date of return as 29th September 16:35 itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my studio visto of type D with Multiple entries which is valid till 7th October 2016. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this scenario, do I have issue when coming back to Italy? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hoping for a solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Velu Prabhakar" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T01:08:42.913" Title="Can I travel out of Italy and re enter if my type D visa is still valid and permesso di soggiorno is expired?" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8176" CreationDate="2016-04-20T13:36:27.190" Score="5" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live and work in Austria.  I need to travel from Austria to England for a meeting (and come back).  However, my Austrian residence permit will expire during my stay in England.  I will apply for an extension of my residence permit well in advance, but from my previous experience, I will not be allowed to collect my new residence permit before the old one expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this cause any trouble to my journey in any way?  In particular, will I be refused to board either of the flights?  And will I be denied entry to England or Austria?  If this situation turns out to be problematic, then is there a solution to the problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it matters, my passport allows me to stay in the EU visa-free for 90 days, and it is likely that by the time I travel to England, I will have a notification letter (in German) from the Austrian authorities stating that the extension of my residence permit is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if there are websites of authorities that I can show the airline/immigration officer in case of an argument.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9415" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T00:29:22.277" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T00:29:22.277" Title="Residence permit expires while travelling" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-20T16:19:18.577" Score="2" ViewCount="1548" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I would like to relocate to Europe for several years.  Our lives are busy and we would like to give our children (11 and 4) some real culture and change in pace.  Having visited Ireland and the UK we know that those would be at the top of our list.  Germany &amp;amp; the Netherlands would come in close behind.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband has a very stable job with a good income in the states and we would like for him to keep this position.  He has the ability to work remotely from anywhere.  However, with the research I've done it looks like this might be impossible.  His company does own a small company outside of Amsterdam that we had hoped would allow them to somehow sponsor a work Visa but its not looking like that would be possible.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have ideas on how to make the situation work like we hope it will or which route to take in trying to find a position with a European company that will sponsor a visa?  He is a software engineer, so in most countries he would qualify for a &quot;critical skills&quot; position. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9416" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T00:22:44.070" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T21:02:31.670" Title="Working remotely with US company in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands or Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8174" CreationDate="2016-04-20T18:10:29.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being eligible for visa-free entry in the Schengen area is a huge help here. Travelling for up to 90 days after the expiry of your residence permit is perfectly kosher so airlines should have no issues with it, &lt;em&gt;even if you did not have any plan to renew your residence permit&lt;/em&gt;. This also means you should not need any proof that your renewal application has been approved either. First-hand reports and legal details can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-working-holiday-visa-ends-in-schengen?lq=1&quot;&gt;travel sister site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you reach Austria, I would show the letter and/or expired permit to the border police to avoid being treated as a visitor. I am not sure whether you are supposed to get an entry stamp or not, it might help you avoid it (although it would not be a big deal either way for a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; resident).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T18:10:29.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8170" CreationDate="2016-04-20T20:34:10.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After being outside Canada for 10 years, you have probably lost your permanent resident status. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Understand permanent resident status&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you are a permanent resident, you can live outside of Canada, but must live in Canada for at least two years in a five-year period. If you live outside of Canada for longer, you may lose your permanent resident status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Losing your PR status is not automatic though, and the following from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp#appendixA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IMM 5445 Appendix A&lt;/a&gt; may apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are unable to meet the residency obligation, CIC will consider any compelling humanitarian and compassionate factors in your individual circumstances that may justify the retention of permanent resident status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your PR card has expired, you will certainly need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/travel-document/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply for a new one&lt;/a&gt; before attempting to return to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T20:34:10.117" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8175" CreationDate="2016-04-21T09:49:56.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well you've got several barriers regarding your basic plan. For one, most countries set up immigration schemes with the idea that the immigrant will come and &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt; (immigrate). Temporary schemes are meant to fulfill local/regional requirements and are normally very short term. There isn't really an in-between ground here as there is simply no reason for any country to offer such a thing, with the exception of perhaps certain cultural exchange programs (usually aimed at students) and inter company transfers, and even those are limited in duration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem here, as you seem to have uncovered in your research, is that most countries don't yet really have a good concept of remote working outside of their own country (and even remote work inside a country is still not well considered). There don't exist visas for this, or atleast none that really cover this concept completely for any of the countries you've listed, and maybe no country on earth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This all leads to a third issue which you have alluded to, that of him trying to find a job that will sponsor him for a position. I just don't know how many companies anywhere will want someone to join for just a couple of years and leave, which sounds like what you want to do for your children to experience these varying cultures. That's a terrible investment for any company to make. There are contracting companies out there that target migrants, but this is risky 'work' and these companies are questionable in nature on several levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to make a discrete plan and look into the details for each country specifically and decide whether this is really a viable route for you and your family. You said you already live busy lives. It's hard for me to imagine that dealing with a stream of immigration applications after immigration application after immigration application will help that aspect of your life in this regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T10:15:32.387" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T10:15:32.387" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-21T16:18:51.113" Score="2" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian full time uni student in the UK and I want my father and sister to visit me here (They are non-eea nationals, but in possession of an indefinite leave to remain in Italy)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have requested for an EEA Family permit as my family members but it has been refused because they do not qualify as such. Now they are preparing another application, and this time as my extended family members and I have a few questions in regards to that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the qualifying criterias of an &quot;extended family member&quot; is proving that they are members of my household, is a Family Status certificate enough to prove that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you advice mentioning the regulation that makes them qualify as extended family members, to further validate their application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are copies of my bank statements and european health insurance card enough proof of self-sufficiency (so, not dependent on public funds)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My tuition fee is funded by the UK government (tuition fee loan), is that a form of dependency on public funds? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9423" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-04-21T18:59:49.847" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T14:44:14.040" Title="EEA Family permit- extended family members" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8183" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-22T08:33:35.053" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand about ACS and IELTS/PTE steps to be followed before applying for Visa (189- Skilled Migrant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have below mentioned questions - [1]All the sites about Australia Migration mention IELTS. Not sure if PTE is accepted and what is the minimum PTE score required for this. I understand for IELTS it is 7 points in each section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] Police clearance requirements - What kind of docs are expected to be submitted to fulfill this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[3] Medical tests - What medical tests are expected to be performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9426" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T09:27:55.247" Title="Skilled Migrant - AUS" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8186" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-22T15:32:00.973" Score="2" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to prove that I've been residing outside the Netherlands for a period of 24 months in order to apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://tax-consultants-international.com/read/30_percent_regulation_netherla#6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;30%-ruling&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some suggestions I got were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Payslips&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registration on a city hall&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Declaration of leave provided by you to a government&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other ways would there be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7080" LastEditorUserId="7080" LastEditDate="2016-04-23T14:51:59.113" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T14:51:59.113" Title="How to prove that you've been living outside a country during a period?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-09T12:13:56.007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8187" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8189" CreationDate="2016-04-22T21:48:16.123" Score="5" ViewCount="2355" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK, I have a British passport, my parents were married when I was born, are married, both have British passports and I lived in the UK until age 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have however lived outside of the UK for over 4 years without going back. I therefore fall outside the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/458559/RDR3_govuk_hyperlink__updated_078500.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Statuatory Residency Test&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I still go back to the UK and work permanently at anytime that I choose without having to pay for a new visa or any other fines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other implications are there of not being a UK resident other than tax benefits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9428" LastEditorUserId="9428" LastEditDate="2016-04-25T19:49:37.177" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T22:43:34.647" Title="UK Citizen, Implications of losing my UK Residency?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8187" CreationDate="2016-04-22T22:09:32.467" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have a British passport, you are very very likely a British citizen, hence you don't need a visa to enter the country, nor would you ever need one. You can simply enter the country with your current British passport, and can also start work, study, etc. immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SRT is to check whether you are a Resident or not, which you are not, and generally, for all purposes you'll become one after 6 months. There are cases where this is a hard limit (for example if you want to obtain a driving licence), and there are cases when it's a soft one (for example to be entitled for free NHS hospital care it's enough to have an address, and register at a GP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not being a resident however doesn't hinder you entering the country, nor your rights to work and study, especially sinc the only way to become a resident is to come to the UK and start living here as your main place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-04-22T22:58:45.340" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T22:58:45.340" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8187" CreationDate="2016-04-22T22:10:32.060" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The document referenced in the question is about determining whether are a UK resident or not for tax purposes in a given tax year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is separate from whether you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode/overview&quot;&gt;right of abode&lt;/a&gt; in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Having right of abode means you’re allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;All British citizens automatically have right of abode in the UK.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T22:10:32.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-22T23:26:13.197" Score="6" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a UK and Brazilian citizen with a British and a Brazilian passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have lived in Brazil since December 2013 and have not &#xA;returned to the UK since. In this time, I have worked in Brazil for over a year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I intend to be in the UK from 28th Apr to 5th Aug (99 days although could push it to 90 if necessary with some weekend travels), working for 60 of those days for 8 hours per day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My tax years therefore look like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;Apr 2016 - 2017: This year plan to work for 60 days, 8 hours per day.&#xA;                 Plan to live in UK in rented house for 90 days.&#xA;Apr 2015 - 2016: Non-UK resident. 0 days in UK.&#xA;Apr 2014 - 2015: Non-UK resident. 0 days in UK.&#xA;Apr 2013 - 2014: UK Resident&#xA;                 Worked for 3 months in the UK lived for about 5 months.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/458559/RDR3_govuk_hyperlink__updated_078500.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Statutory Residency Test&lt;/a&gt; in depth I believe I qualify as a &lt;strong&gt;non UK resident&lt;/strong&gt; because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not meet automatic overseas tests as I was a UK resident in one of the previous 3 tax years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not meet automatic UK tests as: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First Automatic Test 1.23:&lt;/strong&gt; I will spend less than 183 days in the UK this tax year. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second Automatic Test 1.24:&lt;/strong&gt; I do not own a home in the UK, (although my parents do). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third Automatic Test 1.36:&lt;/strong&gt; I will not work for 365 days this tax year. I will work in the UK for 62 days for 8 hours a day this tax year giving me a net UK hours of 496. I will ensure that I do not work abroad for more than 260 days in this tax year. This caps my hours per week in the UK at a maximum of 34 hpw which puts me below the threshold of 35 hours per week.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which leaves it to the number of significant ties test for which I require at least 3 significant ties. I believe I have just one significant tie, the work tie:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Maybe) A family tie 2.1:&lt;/strong&gt; I have no wife, civil partner or child. I do have an english girlfriend who is still a UK resident. I live with her but we are not registered as civil partners and we do not consider each other husband and wife. Not sure if this counts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accommodation tie 2.11:&lt;/strong&gt; While I could potentially stay at the home of my parents for 91 days, I will endeavour to stay there for no more than 16 nights.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;check; Work tie 2.15:&lt;/strong&gt; I will be doing more than 40 days full time work in the UK this tax year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;90-day tie 2.16:&lt;/strong&gt; I have not spent 90 days in last two tax years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Country tie 2.17:&lt;/strong&gt; I will endeavour to spend more days in Brazil or Portugal than in the UK this year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9428" LastEditorUserId="9428" LastEditDate="2016-04-24T18:00:24.100" LastActivityDate="2016-04-24T18:00:24.100" Title="Am I UK non-resident based on significant ties?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8191" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8200" CreationDate="2016-04-23T10:16:19.773" Score="2" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding an Engineer Visa in Japan that is expiring in June. I have changed my job since February and did not immediately notify immigration. After reading posts on this site, I sent notification via E-notification. Could this late notification affect my visa extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9432" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-25T17:05:55.627" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T13:02:49.400" Title="Visa extension in Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11828" CreationDate="2016-04-22T07:42:36.340" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many places with information on J-1 I read that the validity period of the J-1 visa may not coincide with the validity of the DS-2019 form that indicates the start and end date of the program; and that status (being allowed to be in the US) differs from visa (being allowed to enter the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find any information, though, on how long a J-1 visa is going to be (typically) valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have some experience here? For example, with a DS-2019 that specifies a program duration of one years, how long will the issued visa be valid? What if the program specifies two years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9752" OwnerDisplayName="Joachim Breitner" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T17:24:31.203" Title="Typical validity period of a J-1 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8187" CreationDate="2016-04-23T16:35:23.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it wasn't mentioned in any previous answers, I will add that if you want to study you may be required to pay international fees instead of local resident fees. You will also have to pay standard NHS fees. This will be true until you 'pass' the residency test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: Here is a link on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-rules-to-improve-overseas-visitors-contributions-to-nhs-care&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;recent rules changes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quote: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens who return to the UK on a settled basis will be classed as ordinarily resident, and will be eligible for free NHS care immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are coming back to &lt;em&gt;stay permanently&lt;/em&gt;, you will be alright. If it is just a short visit and not for settlement, you will likely be considered to have to pay for any NHS care. Since you mention working permanently, I believe you will qualify as returning on a settled basis. Hopefully you won't need the NHS though so it won't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-24T21:22:26.223" LastActivityDate="2016-04-24T21:22:26.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11704" CreationDate="2016-04-24T22:26:05.580" Score="2" ViewCount="824" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an F1 PhD student in the United States, I have read this email today, sent to all students of my university:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Graduate Student Council (GSC) has recently been informed by several individual graduate students that the rules regarding work authorization for summer internships for graduate students have changed this year. We have been told that as a result of this change, F-1 international students can no longer use Curricular Practical Training (CPT) to secure work authorization for summer internships as they have in past years. F-1 international students are being advised to use Optional Practical Training (OPT) to secure summer work authorization instead. We understand that the problem here is that CPT authorization could be secured in approximately 3 weeks in past years, while OPT authorizations takes 2 to 3 months. OPT authorization is therefore not a feasible pathway to get work authorization for internships beginning in June 2016 (about 5 weeks from now). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't F-1 PhD international students no longer use Curricular Practical Training (CPT) to secure work authorization for summer internships, as that used to be able to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2016-04-25T14:53:20.980" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:37:21.737" Title="Why can't F-1 PhD international students no longer use CPT for summer internships anymore?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8199" CreationDate="2016-04-25T07:56:29.787" Score="2" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a German Blue Card since 1.4.2015 for company ABC.&#xA;I just received a project in Sweden under ABC's contract for company XYZ (as the client of my company).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to apply for a working visa in Sweden?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks&#xA;Best Regards&#xA;Linh&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9441" LastEditorUserId="9441" LastEditDate="2016-04-25T08:19:44.417" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T08:54:06.557" Title="German Blue Card - working for a project in Sweden" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8197" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-25T12:26:55.277" Score="4" ViewCount="862" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently been accepted as a postdoc fellow in an American university.&#xA;I have heard rumors that I might have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://internationalaffairs.uchicago.edu/twoyearreq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;come back to my own country&lt;/a&gt; after finishing my research with the J-1 visa I'm about to receive. I will be funded by that private university but they receive their research funding from the government. I am not currently on the 'country skill list'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can I request any other type of Visa or is there a way to know that I will be subject to the 2 year return rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the &quot;Two-Year Home Residency Requirement&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) If the J-1 receives funding from the U.S. government, home government or an international organization to use for the J-1 program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) If the J-1 worked or studied in a field that appears on the &quot;skills list.&quot; This is a list of fields of specialized knowledge and skills that are needed in the J-1's country of last permanent residence for its development. Canada, Australia and Germany are examples of countries that are not on the list. China, India and South Korea are examples of countries that have many skills on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3) If the J-1 participated in a graduate medical training program in the United States under the sponsorship of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9442" LastEditorUserId="2384" LastEditDate="2017-02-22T15:13:49.597" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T15:47:02.130" Title="Will I be subject to the 2 year J-1 Visa program?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8196" CreationDate="2016-04-26T06:53:25.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to stay and work in Germany for atleast 18 months after the date you received your Blue Card before you can live and work in any other EU country. You won't need a visa as long as the Blue Card is still valid. But you won't be able to stay in any other EU country until 1.10.2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-26T08:54:06.557" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T08:54:06.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8191" CreationDate="2016-04-26T06:58:44.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not clear that you will have any problems regarding the date of this notification. You are required to give notification, but it does seem that as long as you do so, there will be no negative repercussions as regards to your current status. Your job was consistent with the work you were originally given the visa (and Certificate of Eligibility) for. Since you've honored the spirit of your original visa and even provided the notification, I believe this will likely be considered a positive in your future applications (&lt;strong&gt;not so fast, see edit below&lt;/strong&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: I've added a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/19.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; here which is the best English description. There are plenty of sites that state what I state (I've basically paraphrased), and forums with people whose own accounts are consistent with this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://visanavijapan.com/work-in-japan/changing-jobs-in-japan/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another anecdote&lt;/a&gt; from a failed extension (who did notify in time!). Seeing that, I would definitely recommend looking into getting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/10.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certificate of authorized employment&lt;/a&gt; to be on the safe side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did not apply for a Certificate of Authorized Employment before changing companies, there could be problems. See my second link. This certificate isn't required (if the translation from the official Japanese immigration site is accurate), but it is highly recommended apparently. I don't know if you are eligible to apply for this now that you have already started your new employment (though it is implied that you can). You may want to contact a specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit 2: I'm providing &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8026/forgot-to-notify-immigration-bureau-of-japan-about-job-transfer/8029#8029&quot;&gt;another link&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/2075/fkraiem&quot;&gt;fkraiem&lt;/a&gt;'s related answer on the punitive measures. Doesn't discuss future extensions, but may give you some peace of mind as far as your current status is concerned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T13:02:49.400" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8203" CreationDate="2016-04-26T07:08:29.363" Score="4" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my children are UK citizens, my wife is S.Korean and had ILR in UK. I have been on international contract for last 4.5 years in China with my family. During that time my family have returned to UK for visits, approx 3 weeks, approx every 12 to 18 months. Has my wife lost ILR? If so, should she apply for Returning Resident Visa before we leave china or can we sort it out when we get to UK? Surely she would not be denied entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9444" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T20:10:05.257" Title="UK Citizen, wife had ILR. Been away 4.5 years on International Contract, what happens when we return?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-26T10:45:47.873" Score="4" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Master Degree in Physics  and want to apply to the Australia Skilled visa, I don't know what exactly type of visa will be better for me but looks like Australia Skilled Independent visa: Permanent (subclass 189) will be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main purpose is to live (with my wife). I happened to hear that if education is not matching to ICT there will be deduction in experience. I have 9 years of experience as software engineer. In my case, how many year will be deducted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9446" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-01-01T16:33:30.703" LastActivityDate="2017-01-01T16:33:30.703" Title="How many years will be deducted, if education in MSc Physics and experience in software engineer" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8201" CreationDate="2016-04-26T10:57:46.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the rules, she has lost ILR. The issue is whether she was classed as a visitor or a returning resident on each of her returns. You can probably look in her passport and see how it was stamped. It is very likely she was classed as a visitor and in that moment, she lost her ILR. This is especially more likely now as the UK started conducting exit checks last year and one of the key issues they are targeting is the return-briefly-to-maintain-ILR scheme. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can try to apply for the Returning Resident visa but it is notoriously difficult to acquire. I've never actually heard of anybody getting one. Yes, she could be denied entry. The typical experience in this scenario seems to be that the spouse is allowed in as a visitor with the caveat they must leave within some short period of time to return to their home country and apply to join their family from there. Note: You cannot switch from a visitor to any other visa type in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to re-establish a residence in the UK, the 'safest' route is to get as much sorted out as possible before you attempt to return to the UK and apply for (and get) a spouse visa. I think the biggest concern you then face is whether that application can be made from South Korea. I believe the answer is yes, but you may have to contact the local consulate to verify that. In any case, do whatever you can to get that visa in hand (or verify that the ILR is still valid) before you attempt to return. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: Here is a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/returning-residents-set09/returning-residents-set-09&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official government site of returning residents&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-26T20:10:05.257" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T20:10:05.257" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8197" CreationDate="2016-04-26T12:14:32.290" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are going through J1 visa, you have to come back to India after finishing the research program. If you want 2 years, try searching H1B sponsor companies as this will allow you to stay there for 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T12:14:32.290" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-26T20:00:00.577" Score="5" ViewCount="1049" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some details/set-up: This past weekend I did a visa run from Chile to Argentina (a weekend in Mendoza) and back. I've done that bus route twice now, as well as flight to Lima and back (as well as extension the first time, but I read those can't be done twice in a row).  Coming back on bus from Mendoza, Chilean immigration hasn't even asked me any questions about how long I'm staying, but some of the other interactions have made me nervous: a bit of a grimace at the airport when responding to how long I'd be staying (&quot;I'd like to stay the full 90 days&quot;); exiting Chile on my way to Mendoza at about day ~87 and the lady giving me a rough time about supposedly going over the 90 days; several questions by two Argentina customs guys when entering this last time (after looking through my passport and seeing all the similar stamps) about why was I going to Mendoza? (&quot;touristing&quot;), I'm living in Argentina, right? (&quot;no&quot;), and why was I living in Chile? (&quot;I'm technically not living there, just there temporarily&quot;), and was I working there? (&quot;no&quot;), etc. One seemed to loosen up when I informed him that my brother and sister-in-law are here in Chile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the last interaction made me nervous I might get in trouble or something, &lt;strong&gt;my question is&lt;/strong&gt;, is it better for me to just be totally honest about the fact that I'm just traveling for the sake of a visa run? Or is it better to try to be coy and ambiguous as I've been doing so far?  I don't know if visa runs are frowned upon here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, I'm a gringo (U.S.), I'm not working here, and I sincerely have no designs to stay in Chile long-term, but it's where I'm staying for the moment (the moment being about a year longer than anticipated, but, ya know, life). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9448" LastEditorUserId="9448" LastEditDate="2016-04-26T20:09:37.200" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T12:09:49.007" Title="Better to be honest about visa run when crossing border? (Chile-Argentina)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;&lt;chile&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T10:22:22.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-27T00:00:06.130" Score="6" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen by birth and a US permanent resident holder. Last year my husband and I adopted my stepdaughters baby, who has lived with us since his birth. Is he entitled to British citizenship? Is it automatic or do I need to apply? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9451" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-04-27T13:35:05.387" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T13:35:05.387" Title="British citizenship of adopted son. I'm British by birth and live in America" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8207" CreationDate="2016-04-27T01:19:05.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like it is possible that your son can gain British citizenship, but you will have to apply. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-how-adopted-children-can-become-british/intercountry-adoption-and-british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Intercountry adoption and British citizenship&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;an application will normally be approved if each of the following criteria is satisfied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;at least one of the adoptive parents is a British citizen otherwise than by descent (i.e. by virtue of his or her birth, adoption, registration or naturalisation in the United Kingdom)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the adoptive parents have consented to the registration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;there is no reason to refuse registration on grounds of the child’s character&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the Home Secretary is satisfied that all relevant adoption laws have been complied with. This includes the laws of the country in which the adoption has taken place, the country of origin of the child and the country in which the adoptive parents are habitually resident&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the Home Secretary is satisfied that the adoption is not one of convenience arranged to facilitate the child’s admission to the United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T01:19:05.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8289" CreationDate="2016-04-27T09:14:09.500" Score="10" ViewCount="1251" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's more detail on my background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• I'm a US citizen living in Berlin, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• I was issued a Blue Card in November 2015 to work as a 'posted employee' for a US company. The Blue Card is valid until November 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• I am in the German private healthcare system (through Allianz)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• I have a lease on an apartment here in Berlin (not temporary housing--a 'regular' rental contract)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• I have more than sufficient savings in the bank to support myself in Berlin for a year or so (in case immigration authorities would like to see that--not sure if relevant, but I've been told it's something they might ask for)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• As for background: before moving to Berlin, I spent 7 years in San Francisco / Silicon Valley working in product management roles for tech companies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current job isn't a good fit for me, and I am going to leave it to search for different job here in Berlin. Ideally, I'd like to take one month off in between jobs to complete an intensive German language course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My specific question: if I leave my current job &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; I find a new job in order to take time off and take the language course, will I need to forfeit my Blue Card then 'start from scratch' with regard to getting a work and residence permit? Or will I be able to keep the Blue Card then transfer it to a new company once I find a new job? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to determine whether it's worth it to wait to find a new job before leaving my current job so that I can keep my Blue Card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If handling the situation is complicated, I'll likely end up working with a lawyer, but I am doing some independent research first to see whether hiring a lawyer is necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T12:42:54.900" Title="What are the permit implications of voluntarily leaving a job as a US citizen Blue Card-holder in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-27T10:51:56.693" Score="7" ViewCount="1273" Body="&lt;p&gt;In February I was denied a UK General Visitor Visa because &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't have sufficient funds &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't provide a letter of consent from who I would be staying with &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't provide enough evidence of ties to my home country (USA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the visa application I had visited my boyfriend a total of 3 times- 5 days, 7 days, and 10 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In March I tried to visit my boyfriend after being denied and they held me and interviewed me for a total of 7 hours. I was eventually let in and stayed with him for 5 weeks. I just got back yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have been accepted to University in London to study psychology. The course starts on October 16th. Will the recent visitor visa refusal affect my application?&#xA;Will they think I'm not a genuine student?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have sufficient funds from my parents to pay and I will be staying at the dorms at the university. My goal is to study and be closer to my boyfriend. I am a genuine student who just wants to study and be closer to my s/o. &#xA;How are my chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9454" OwnerDisplayName="Kat" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T13:57:29.263" Title="Refused UK Visit Visa - now I want to study there" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8211" CreationDate="2016-04-27T13:41:10.647" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your prior refusal of entry will be investigated and your chances will depend on the reason(s) you were denied entry. When you were denied entry, I believe, you should have gotten a refusal letter with a bunch of tick boxes. If the letter indicates you were not forth coming with answers or attempted to use deception, your chances are greatly reduced than if you were open with the immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you were let in at a later date, somewhat amazes me, and is a very good sign. The fact that you left when you were supposed to is another good sign. Hopefully you got a passport stamp from the US on your return. If not, you will want to keep you tickets showing you left. If you can afford it, a quick trip to canada, mexico, or the Caribbean could help prove you left the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your capitalization of University in London is a bit odd. University of London is a well respected school, but there are other universities in London with questionable track records with international students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing to do is to fill in the immigration paperwork truthfullyand provide all supporting documents. As your situation is slightly tricky due to the prior refusal and the presence of a boy friend, and you may be better served by using an immigration specialist/laywer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T13:41:10.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8211" CreationDate="2016-04-27T13:41:27.223" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The previous refusal will be considered, but if your application stands on its own merit, it should be approved. There is no prohibition to someone who visits deciding to later study, even if that reason is obviously to be with one's partner. I'm assuming that the school and course are legitimate and fully accredited within the UK, and that your course of study leads to a recognized degree/certificate. Visit visa refusals are the least likely to cause problems as long as there was no deception involved (as is evidenced by your subsequent entry recently). You may be held and interviewed again. Just tell the truth, if your visa was approved, that should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-04-27T13:57:29.263" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T13:57:29.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-27T17:59:28.203" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expatriate in Vancouver, BC, Canada (PhD candidate at UBC). I would like to invite my little sister to spend a summer (probably in 2016) with me and my wife at Vancouver. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My little sister is a teenager. She's living in Switzerland and she has (almost) never left the country. Her mother tongue is French and she is learning English (and German and Portuguese) at school. In English, she is able to make very simple sentences but is not able to have a conversation. I would like to consider her stay as a good opportunity for her to improve her English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can think of thousands of things we can do together during the weekend. The issue is that I will not have plenty of free time during the week to do things with my sister. I am asking for &lt;strong&gt;general advice in order to plan my sister's weekday activities&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could you give me recommendation of activities and several days trips/camps that take place during the weekdays and that she could do without me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you know good associations that I should be aware of?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T22:48:05.567" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T22:48:05.567" Title="Activities in Vancouver for my visiting sister" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8214" CreationDate="2016-04-27T18:30:26.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Summer day or resident camps. Museums, schools, others may have specialty camps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was earlier in the year, she might have been able to get a place as a counselor-in-training, although her English skill might not be enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look for a summer program for international students to improve their English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T18:30:26.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8216" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-27T19:08:03.323" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a spouse of an EU citizen and we are thinking of going to Ireland.  I know if I want to stay there more than three months I have to get the Residence Card For a qualifying family member of a Union citizen, so my questions are the following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In real life how long aprox does it take to be given. In the page said maximum 6 months, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do they give a certificate that validates that you are waiting for the residency? If that is the case can yu work with that?. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My real concern is that the residency can take up to six month for the response and that the appliant has to wait for that to be able to work. Is that the case or there are other options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9458" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-04-27T22:31:24.830" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T22:31:24.830" Title="Is it possible for the spouse of an EU citizen to work in Ireland while the residence permit application is pending?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-28T00:14:26.857" Score="9" ViewCount="3660" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long-time foreigners in Japan walk around with their small zairyu card (&quot;&lt;em&gt;gaijin card&lt;/em&gt;&quot;) rather than having to carry their bulky passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when taking the plane within Japan (for instance Sapporo-Naha), is the zairyu card enough?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Or can I be prevented from flying if I don't have my passport too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95" LastEditorUserId="95" LastEditDate="2016-05-09T06:19:22.347" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T10:22:59.660" Title="When flying within Japan, is the zairyu card enough? Do I need my passport too?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8217" CreationDate="2016-04-28T07:22:15.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The card is sufficient.  I've flown intra-Japan many times, and never brought along my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="918" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T07:22:15.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="985" CreationDate="2016-04-28T18:00:27.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case when you need to do nothing to get your pension currently and it automatically goes into your bank account all the time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although one approach is to seek whether you can have these funds sent to your bank in your current country of residence instead, another approach is to simply keep the bank accounts and cards associated with it and either withdraw the funds in an ATM or simply use said cards to make payments online/in shops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now in this case you will ask me &quot;oh wait but what happens when the card expires?!&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some banks may allow you to specify a foreign address where you could get those cards sent to but another option would be to &quot;forget about the cards&quot;, if you have access to internet-banking or telephone-banking you can just make payments from your bank account without having a card associated with it (for example sending it abroad to where you currently reside or a much cheaper option would be to use internet websites such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Transferwise&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if you have a person you trust completely (family member?) still being in those countries you can go to a notary and ask them to produce an official document (not entirely sure how to properly call it) that would grant certain rights to a specified person, e.g. withdrawing cash from a bank account or being able to have complete control of that bank account. That person could simply come to the bank with that notary produced letter and get the cash or could get new debit cards in your name and use those to get cash or simply send those new debit cards to you. And in case that trusted person gets the cash for you he can transfer them to you in practically any possible way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So in short:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can use cards to withdraw the funds in another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can use internet-banking and send these funds to another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can use internet websites, such as Transferwise, to send the money abroad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can legally give rights to your bank account to another human being that could then either assist you in getting bank cards renewed (and sending them to you) or withdrawing cash there and sending them to you in whichever way is preferred for you both&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Although I'm not a pensioner but I personally transferred/used my funds using every method I've mentioned above when I moved to the UK having bank accounts in Estonia (but I imagine this should work with most countries).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastEditorUserId="9430" LastEditDate="2016-04-28T18:05:43.117" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T18:05:43.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6429" CreationDate="2016-04-28T18:32:28.090" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a EU citizen you primarily need 2 things sorted to work in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NIN (National Insurance Number)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although you can start working without any of the above mentioned you will need to sort them out as soon as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T18:32:28.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8217" CreationDate="2016-04-29T03:16:13.947" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Domestic flights in Japan do not require ID of any kind&lt;/strong&gt;, there are no (regular) ID checks at check-in or on the plane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Japanese law requires you to carry your zairyu card at all times, whether flying on a plane or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2016-04-29T03:16:13.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8223" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-29T11:20:12.063" Score="3" ViewCount="1064" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been reading some posts related but I'm still not quite sure, so I'll just throw my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have dual nationality (Peruvian and Spanish), I have been living in Spain for 6 years and have a good job (this mean that I can afford 2 persons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, &lt;em&gt;How can I effectively bring my girlfriend from Perú permanently with a work permit&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has already been here for 6 months doing an Erasmus (with Student visa) and we lived together during that time. Now that she is back to Perú, after she finish her last year of university, we decided that she would come and look for a job here, but we are not really sure what would be our best options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My thoughts so far were making myself &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.serautonomo.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;self-employed (autónomo)&lt;/a&gt; together with my already paid employment (I know this is possible) so I could send her a job offer then she can come and arrange all the necessary paperwork to stay and look for another (real) job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I know that this will cost me an important amount of euros, I also thought about the possibility that she could start looking for a job through internet and doing online interviews, I'm just a bit worried that this is highly difficult, not because of her skills but because of the lack of support from companies here that will need to do a lot of paperwork. (I forgot to mention that she will be looking for a job related to her career, graphic design).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not feeling to get married just to get her the residence, but if helps we were thinking of becoming officially partners (&lt;a href=&quot;https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareja_de_hecho&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pareja de hecho&lt;/a&gt;), but I'm afraid that we cannot prove it the way the law requires (the proof we lived together for at least 12 months)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9466" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T09:25:07.533" Title="How to bring my girlfriend permantly to Spain without getting married" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;peru&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8223" CreationDate="2016-04-29T15:10:39.193" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do (and I am no expert on the matter) do NOT execute your plan of setting up a business and hiring her as an employee in order to get your partner there. This might have severe repercussions if immigration finds out (and they likely will considering you lived together before).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes you say you cannot proe you already lived together for 12 months? Did you or did you not? Since you are already in Spain for 6 years and she only spent 6 months there according to you, that would have had to be before then, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6520" LastActivityDate="2016-04-29T15:10:39.193" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-29T18:10:26.450" Score="1" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been assessed by EA for my work experience. EA has given me 2 years of positive assessment even though I have 4 years of work experience, by saying that my first two years of work experience was on student visa. I'm an expatriate in Qatar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is that can I still go ahead and apply to DIBP claiming points for 4 years as I have heard DIBP assesses the work experience independently. I have reference letters and pay slips from the company but I do not have bank statement as I was paid in cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9470" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T10:55:53.410" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T10:55:53.410" Title="Engineers Australia work experience assessment" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-06T13:04:28.653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8228" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8272" CreationDate="2016-04-30T06:52:41.617" Score="2" ViewCount="6750" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK Tier 2 visa expires at the end of May. In the meantime, I am waiting for my work permit to Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case I do not get my Danish work permit by the end of May, how long can I legally overstay in the UK after my visa expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T17:55:52.107" Title="How long can I legally overstay in the UK after my Tier 2 visa expires?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8257" CreationDate="2016-04-30T06:56:36.080" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be joining a fully funded graduate program in the US next fall. However, I had planned to go early (mid June) to do research in the summer for a couple of months. I also received an official offer letter (with guarantee of summer funding) with June 16 as the start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I applied for an F-1 visa with the following dates&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Coming to the US: 18 June 2016 (acc. to my flight)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leaving the US: 15 August 2021&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The leaving date field could not be left blank so I took a period of 5 years (typical PhD completion time at the institution is 5~6 years). My passport expires in October 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I just received the I-20 sometime back and the program start date on it is given as 1 August 2016 and the program end date is 1 August 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I need an updated I-20 to obtain a visa starting 18 June or is the offer letter + current I-20 sufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, can the passport expiration date be an issue? I was planning to renew my passport while re-visiting my home country (India) after 2-3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9475" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T10:28:07.363" Title="Dates for F-1 visa: Offer letter does not match I-20" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-30T11:30:05.637" Score="0" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are planning to migrate and settle in Canada, however,I have doubt that , If become the primary applicant, my husband will be allowed to work in Canada or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9477" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T05:37:31.057" Title="Canada immigration" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8228" CreationDate="2016-04-30T12:16:09.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK there is no such thing as a 'legal overstay' without another pending application for the UK. I was in this situation last summer; student visa was expiring and I was waiting on a French work visa, did not want to go back to the US in the meantime for financial and logistical reasons. The UK border force was extremely reluctant to even let me into the country with this information because &quot;if your visa is delayed, you cannot overstay&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I take from this, and what I think you should as well, is that unless you apply for and are granted an extension, you cannot overstay whilst waiting for another visa unless that visa is a UK visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://immigrationmatters.co.uk/visa-overstayers-will-be-refused-under-new-uk-immigration-rules.html/comment-page-2&quot;&gt;28 day grace period&lt;/a&gt;, but that is for people whose tier 2 visas are ending and who are applying for another UK visa (not the case for you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly advise you to leave the UK before your visa expires, or you could be barred from further entry and further visa applications. This overstay infraction would be noted on your UK immigration record, and there is a strong possibility of information-sharing between UK and Schengen or other countries. Therefore it would also look bad for any country you want to move to in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-04-30T12:16:09.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-30T19:45:18.700" Score="4" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been granted Trainee Work permit by UDI(Norwegian Directorate of Immigration). I applied for visa up till 11th July as my Employment Contract ends on 10th July. As for Norway, you get a temporary visa first, where end date of the permit is not mentioned so I didn't know that UDI has actually given me visa up until 10th July (as this date was mentioned in my employment contract). I booked return flight back home in the morning of 11th July.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still have to go to police station to get residence card which would actually have VALID TILL written on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ques 1. Can I tell police this problem and they might add another day to my permit end date? Do they have power? Or is there any other legal solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ques 2. If nothing happens and I reach the airport on 10th July before midnight and talk to immigration office about my problem, would he/she allow me to check-in without any penalty as I would be able to check-in only after flight counter has opened and my luggage is checked-in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ques 3. If I do online check-in and do bag drop at self-service counters? How much early do self-service bag drop start? My flight is at 7:50 AM from Trondheim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9480" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T15:02:58.417" Title="Overstaying residence visa(work permit issued by UDI) in Norway by 1 day(5-6 hrs actually)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-30T23:35:20.320" Score="1" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking to move to USA and understand that i would ideally need a good credit history to get  a decent mortgage loan. There are some answers regarding getting a &quot;Secured Credit Card&quot;. Can i know how this work because this is the first time i heard of it. Does it work like a debit card where i spend only the money that i have put in the bank? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a previous posting, a few years ago, on a specific bank to use for this purpose, is that advice still valid? or can i use Bank of America for the above purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not currently hold any American Express cards therefore cannot leverage on the possibility of backdating the credit history as proposed in some of the answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, is 6 months still the period required for a good credit history buildup before i can apply for mortgage loan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9482" LastActivityDate="2016-04-30T23:35:20.320" Title="How to get a secured credit card in USA as foreigner?" Tags="&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:24:02.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-01T00:01:56.330" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am using for many years, aVisa card issued in Italy since I lived overseas, can I have the informations about my visa card and payments,  being evaluated, to have my USA credit score increased?&#xA;In Italy is not in use to give a credit score. The banks keep the customers information on computer, to know if a person is a good payer or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9484" LastActivityDate="2016-05-01T07:37:44.100" Title="I am using a Visa card, I lived overseas, can I have the information about my visa being evaluated to have my USA credit score increased?" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8234" CreationDate="2016-05-01T07:37:44.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An American credit rating (FICO) is created by the reporting agencies (TransUnion, Experian) based on information provided to them by American financial entities. Foreign accounts are not reported to the agencies so they have no effect on a USA credit score. Some international banks will consider your foreign credit history with them as a basis for them to establish an initial US credit account, which will then allow you to start building a USA credit score (FICO). I'm sure there are others, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://online.citi.com/US/JRS/pands/detail.do?ID=MovingtoUS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Citi seems to have such a program&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: No, your foreign credit history is irrelevant to a USA credit score, but it may assist you in establishing a USA FICO score depending on your bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9476" LastActivityDate="2016-05-01T07:37:44.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-01T17:27:59.453" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;In February I was refused a UK Visitor Visa because I didn't have enough money, I didn't provide enough ties to my home country (USA) and I didn't include a sponsor letter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm going to apply for UK study visa. I know the basic questions the immigration officer will ask. But what questions will they ask in regards to the refused visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9454" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:38:52.870" Title="What kinds of questions will the immigration officer ask?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-01T23:42:35.113" Score="0" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen and a Norwegian Permanent Resident. I am exploring an opportunity to remotely (from Norway) work for a UK company and I am confused about the type of visa, if any, that I need to apply in UK. Do I need to apply for any Visa, such as Tier-2, to work for the UK employer while I am resident in Norway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your comments!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9490" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T12:29:29.593" Title="Visa requirements for a Norwegian Permanent Resident to remotely work for a UK employer" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8246" CreationDate="2016-05-02T06:04:33.227" Score="3" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who permanently moved abroad. As such, I am eligible to vote by fax. I received my ballot my snail mail with instructions for voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &quot;Faxed ballot oath&quot; document, I am asked for my &quot;Residence Address&quot;. In this form, the country is pre-filled with the letters &quot;U.S.A.&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which address am I expected to write?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The ballot is to be sent to the Los Angeles County, if it matters)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T11:25:16.283" Title="Address on US faxed ballot oath" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8244" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8245" CreationDate="2016-05-02T07:14:17.347" Score="7" ViewCount="7381" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ofii.fr/venir_en_france_obtenir_son_titre_de_sejour_vls_ts_193/le_visa_long_sejour_valant_titre_de_sejour_vls_ts_915.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;OFII&lt;/a&gt; and other resources I've run across, I'm required after entering France to apply for a carte de séjour as well.  This isn't a question about &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do that--I've already begun the process.  I'm just wondering what it does for me or why it's required.  As I understand it, a &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; in general is any document that gives me the right to live and work in France, and my long-stay visa (for research) already serves that purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My long-stay visa is valid for a year, but should be possible to renew.  However, I &lt;em&gt;am&lt;/em&gt; planning on staying in France for longer than a year (indefinitely even). If I have a carte de séjour  will I also need to renew my visa, or will it take the place of my visa as my official permit to live and work in France (I understand I will still need to renew my carte de séjour  as well, but if I need a visa &lt;em&gt;in addition&lt;/em&gt; to it what even is the point??)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; This update is a little off-topic from my original question, but I wanted to add a brief update on my visit to the OFII office for my visa de long séjour dispensant de titre de séjour (known as &quot;VLS/TS&quot;), since it might be helpful/interesting to anyone who runs across this.  My nearest OFII office is in Créteil, so your mileage may vary at different offices.  I was given an appointment to be there at 1:00 P.M. sharp, but upon arriving there was already a long line at the door, and the office itself did not open until 1:00.  After the doors opened they started letting people near the front in one at a time, but there was a huge crunch around the door and the line became more of a morass.  I was toward the back and couldn't really understand what was going on, nor hear what the sole OFII employee standing at the door was saying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually, about half an hour later, I was close enough to hear to him call out if anyone had a rendez-vous.  I shouted that I did and waved my appointment paper around.  He waved me over and I had to literally shove my way through the crowd to get up to the door (some people helped by pushing me from behind).  The man let me through, and sent me right up to the front desk.  They looked at my paper and had the &lt;em&gt;gall&lt;/em&gt; to ask me why I was &lt;em&gt;late&lt;/em&gt;.  I told them, in my limited French, that I was there since 12:50 and was just in the back of the line and was trying to be polite.  It was not clear that because I had a written appointment I could skip the line (for all I knew all those people had appointments too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they honored my appointment, and though I had to wait a little longer everything else went smoothly, and all the staff on the &lt;em&gt;second&lt;/em&gt; floor were very friendly and helpful.  I did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have to have a medical checkup.  I'm not sure why not--maybe a privilege of being an American--they reviewed my paperwork which was all correct, and put the sticker in my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sticker is largely redundant with the VLS, but as others have pointed out the VLS is relatively new, so the procedures may not be fully sync'd up yet.  It is also slightly different insofar as it has my permanent address in France on it, as well as a personal registration number particular to OFII, which I assume will be used to track my future applications.  They told me that when my VLS expires I can get this renewed in the form of a proper &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;.  For anyone curious, the sticker looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Js4dr7eOzelcjuww4xYvyoPFSyiKNZDDfO_D8tLpimY8RpLRjnjKPBUOZ7C715V3ii7u0SMXXnhnRsnPRD_4zGCLU2HqV9tId71zGFX6cdWbW3rpd5FtWoNIFSKHHhgCu2c6Lh0sWhdVWk2Vcv4GcTxYA1JIz_ARFkNX0vwxwqAF0Mjru84-82RI-r01SqLJPjy8TOKGD_fxRDg1j8R0C_2Ci7PjOJCEmdsyLO8HYVTgHnqmXgC5t2sQbg-xB4eNJr9mlRRTzaTz1J0G_iMhNP2NranZODw4NiW6bwKm6kTQD2NTP-maquT5QQhRVdvg6no6thiNgEMN90cWFsXscHjtr4kyD8a1sGwowNTViH4QGlgsV4wdnCi9lWKUWCqxr2ako5DVp_MzLiQeF1npPYTVzo-Wlwe0m694TaF20r7GSKJCFmu9bpBqtlGwD5Om-MDc_fPK2am1WJBfQyJBR7mdgD12mApEa36_ppc5GW8X9WEHrFvlDUAHQLFX08s7iRuKqvDyOGdNhUbN579gq3qdNiYBoBn-Wu2N5-AFTNiUthfZBhadGTRe3lBPf-d9EzY-pB2IQdO9VuUzK63lTN1y6bkXD5w=w916-h611-no&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They just pasted it on the page of my passport after the page my visa is on (kind of a waste of a page IMO but oh well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="9171" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T13:12:12.400" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T14:01:47.797" Title="Carte de séjour in France if I already have a long-stay visa--what's the point?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8244" CreationDate="2016-05-02T07:36:49.970" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a full answer for you, or a full understanding of the situation, but here are a few useful bits of information based on personal experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The carte de séjour will also serve as a visa after you get it. It will allow you to travel in and out of the country, as well as travel to other Schengen countries (and also to a few non-Schengen ones which happen to accept Schengen visas).  You should get a carte de séjour and won't need a visa anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, things &lt;em&gt;take time&lt;/em&gt; in France, so it's a good idea to apply for a carte de séjour immediately. However, there are time limits on issuing it: if I remember right, in principle you must get it in no more than 4 months or be refused.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When your carte de séjour is due for renewal, be sure to get an appointment &lt;em&gt;well in advance&lt;/em&gt;.  In our case online appointments were given only for 5 months later (!) and it was some trouble to be able to get an appointment for the date of expiration (3.5 months later).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look for an Euraxess service point in your city, which should be able to answer many of these questions or maybe even help you deal with this paperwork to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T07:36:49.970" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8243" CreationDate="2016-05-02T11:25:16.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's your inhabited last address in the US before you moved. IIRC it is used to determine your residency, and to make sure that your vote goes to the right state/county/whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fvap.gov/info/laws/voting-residency-guidelines&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T11:25:16.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8244" CreationDate="2016-05-02T11:25:21.990" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether it is absolutely impossible to renew the visa but that's not the way it's usually done. The regular process is: long-stay visa to enter then &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; that you renew every year until you get either citizenship (if you want that, obviously) or some way to qualify for a &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt; or at least a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; with a longer validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a French &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;, you won't need any visa to enter either France or the rest of the Schengen area. The idea is definitely not to hold both the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and the visa indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, originally many long-stay visas had a shorter validity, it's only recently that the &quot;&lt;em&gt;visa long séjour valant titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;&quot; was created, thus eshewing the need to get a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; for the first year and creating this somewhat unusual situation. But the system was designed around the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and you are still expected to get one eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-02T11:33:29.567" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T11:33:29.567" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8251" CreationDate="2016-05-02T11:56:18.160" Score="5" ViewCount="1313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (not French) currently living in France and working for a French employer.  I do not need or have a work permit or residence card to do this.  My non-EU-citizen spouse (who needs a visa) is staying with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, could I work as a freelancer in the future, staying in France, but doing work for clients who are abroad?  Would I need any special permission from the French government to do this?  If yes, could you give me a few general pointers on where I can learn more about this, preferably in English?  Will it be a severe hindrance that I do not speak French?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to do this, would it impact the residence permit of my spouse? When applying for this residence permit, it was not sufficient to prove that I am an EU citizen.  I also needed to show that I have a paying job.  Will this be a problem if I switch to freelancing?  Will it be a problem if there is a period of a couple of months during which I am unemployed, especially if this coincides with the time when my spouse's residence permit needs to be renewed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9492" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T13:18:03.057" Title="Working as a freelancer in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8242" CreationDate="2016-05-02T12:29:29.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only need UK visa if you are going to be resident in the UK for any period of time. Note that this may include short business visits depending on your nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T12:29:29.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8248" CreationDate="2016-05-02T12:31:08.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need anything to stay in France and work as a freelancer (no visa or permission needed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few things that are going to be more complicated however:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to take care of all the tax/insurance formalities for freelancers, which does involve quite a bit of interaction with the bureaucracy. It's not insurmountable (especially if you go for the &lt;em&gt;auto-entrepreneur&lt;/em&gt; status) but there is a lot of information to digest, not all of it available in English, and you will need to do all the formalities in French (but the good news is that it's mostly on the web, which is not too bad as far as French bureaucracy goes!).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to be able to prove you have some genuine activity to secure your spouse's visa or residence permit (i.e. you have to show that you did not merely &lt;em&gt;register&lt;/em&gt; as a freelancer to get a residence permit for your spouse but that you have real paying clients). If you can do that, you still count as a worker, so no income/funds requirement. Working as an employee is easier because you only need to show your work contract (and a proof of your relationship), no questions asked (at least in theory). Alternatively, you can also sponsor your spouse as a &quot;economically non-active&quot; EU citizen and that's where the income and health insurance requirements kick in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Working solely for clients abroad might be difficult. I guess it depends a bit on where your clients are located (EU or not) but I personally had to give up a very interesting opportunity in Switzerland because of this. My prospective client needed some standard form proving I was registered as a freelancer and paying the mandatory contributions to the French health and social insurance system and the organisation in charge of that would not issue the relevant document before I could show that I had been active as a freelancer &lt;em&gt;in France&lt;/em&gt; for a year or so (IIRC), which was not the case at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two alternative ideas you might want to explore to stay in France while waiting on your future job:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Getting a job in the meantime, any job. It can be part-time (like 10/12 hours a week) or short-term (i.e. CDD), with a very low salary, it does not matter. If you are a worker, there is no requirement to have sufficient funds or anything else. Your spouse will be able to stay in France under the same status as before (and work in France if they wish) and you can freelance on the side, but the work contract will take care of the residence issue. If you end up working less than you did until now, think about applying for unemployment benefits (you are also entitled to that for &quot;partial&quot; unemployment, i.e. taking a part-time job after you lost a full-time one).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look up the rules for unemployment benefits. Doing contract work has some advantages over being unemployed but if you worked long enough in France (i.e. more than 4 months), you should be entitled to benefits for the same length of time (up to 2 years). This would both give you some income and health insurance coverage for the transition period and be enough to sponsor your spouse (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16003&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;), at least as long as you are actively looking for work and registered with &lt;em&gt;Pôle emploi&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-05T13:18:03.057" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T13:18:03.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8248" CreationDate="2016-05-02T13:47:15.033" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In this situation, could I work as a freelancer in the future, staying in France, but doing work for clients who are abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think so: I'm doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I need any special permission from the French government to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think so, well some ordinary permission anyway: because I think you're expected to pay taxes, e.g. income tax if you're earning income and are resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And apart from income tax there's also pension/retirement benefit payment, health insurance, and family-and-unemployment-etc insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I think that the income tax is relatively tiny compared to the various social security payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might (I don't know) have to fuss with VAT as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If yes, could you give me a few general pointers on where I can learn more about this, preferably in English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you earn less than about 30,000 euros per year you can work under a simplified scheme called &lt;em&gt;autoentrepreneur&lt;/em&gt;. Otherwise I think you're required to have an accountant who prepares your returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either case I think you might start by registering at your nearest &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.urssaf.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.urssaf.fr&lt;/a&gt; office. They have brochures and/or you can read their web sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus you need to register elsewhere for health insurance, and elsewhere again for pension ... I can't tell you where because which organization it is will vary depending on what type of work you do (in my case I'm a programmer which is a &lt;em&gt;profession libérale&lt;/em&gt; so for me it's the RSI and CIPAV).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will it be a severe hindrance that I do not speak French?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can find someone bilingual to guide you? An accountant for example, who will also prepare your taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Chrome (web browser) is quite good at translating French web pages?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be someone in an office who speaks some English, even if not everyone does?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't answer that from much experience though because I can speak French. I suppose there are English-language publications and/or communities and/or professionals (as a random and maybe suboptimal example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.connexionfrance.com/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.connexionfrance.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt; has advertisements in the paper) but I can't recommend one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The finances of self-employment are quite complicated to understand, I found (e.g. reduced/deferred payments due on the first year of income, which may be an unwelcome surprise later when they ask for regularization payments on your income from two years ago); and all the various official/bureaucratic acronyms are things you won't have learned in school; and some things (e.g. getting a &lt;em&gt;carte vital&lt;/em&gt;) may take a good long while to process, like a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I heard that becoming a freelancer in France is not bureaucratically easy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found it fairly easy actually in retrospect:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Figure out who (which organizations, three or four of them) I need to register with&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to their (each) office in person&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain myself to the receptionist&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show ID (e.g. a suitable passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let the receptionist register me (using their own computer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go home and answer the mail (which includes sending them cheques) about 12 times per year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess answering the mail (e.g. their requests for payments) might be difficult if you don't speak French, unless that's something an accountant/translator/office assistant can do for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just the figuring out which organizations I needed to register with took a bit of reading (many hours).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't have the additional complication of a non-EU spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9493" LastEditorUserId="9493" LastEditDate="2016-05-02T14:31:02.623" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T14:31:02.623" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-02T15:51:36.553" Score="3" ViewCount="701" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello I am unsure of the rules regarding bring my wife in to the uk.&#xA;My wife is from Nepal and has been working in Cyprus for 16 months.&#xA;I am British and in full time work here. &#xA;I would like to know what visa or work permit I need to get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been told we need to change her permit in Cyprus as we are now married but not easy to find out how to do it in Cyprus. They keep talking about pink and yellow slips, I don't know what they mean either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9495" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-03T06:12:03.317" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T06:12:03.317" Title="Married in Cyprus" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8252" CreationDate="2016-05-02T23:03:42.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on how long you have been living in Cyprus, you may be eligible to bring your wife to the UK under European Union rules instead of under British law.  This is much less expensive (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/a&gt; is free of charge, while a &quot;join your partner or spouse&quot; visa &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;costs £1,195&lt;/a&gt;) and requires less paperwork (you don't have to show a certain level of income, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a British citizen brings family to the UK under EU rules, it's called the &lt;em&gt;Surinder Singh route.&lt;/em&gt;  You can read more about it on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Government's web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't been in Cyprus for very long, though, or if you haven't been married for very long, you may have difficulty qualifying under the Surinder Singh ruling.  In that case, you could either work at overcoming those difficulties or, if they seem particularly burdensome to overcome, just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apply under the UK legislation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A brief internet search suggests that a pink slip is, in Cyprus, a residence permit for a non-EU citizen, while the yellow slip is the resident card for a EU citizens and their family.  Presumably, your wife has a pink slip now, but has become eligible for a yellow slip by marrying you.  Changing your wife's permit in Cyprus is unlikely to be relevant to your bringing her to the UK, however; it's just about obtaining documents to show her new status in Cypriot and European law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, before she married you, her permission to be in Cyprus depended (I presume) on her employment.  Now, instead, she has a &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; to be in Cyprus as the wife of an EU citizen (you).  This is obviously a stronger position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other benefits to documenting her new status.  For example, if you remain in Cyprus, and if she gets the so-called &quot;article 10&quot; residence card of a family member of an EU citizen, she would be able to travel with you to the UK (and to any other EU country) without needing a visa.  (The &quot;pink slip&quot; most likely serves as the article 10 card.)  Since the EEA family permit is free, that's not necessarily a huge benefit, but it could be if you plan to travel a lot around the EU over a period of several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan to move to the UK relatively soon, it may not be worthwhile to go through the process of obtaining the family member card for Cyprus, though; you could just get the EEA family permit and move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-05-02T23:16:09.273" LastActivityDate="2016-05-02T23:16:09.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8012" CreationDate="2016-05-03T04:47:39.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I just want to provide a closure to this thread) I did apply from Canada with all the valid documents. It was a gamble and it paid off. I got the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for providing all the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9250" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T04:47:39.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-03T09:25:30.960" Score="4" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am in the process of renouncing my American citizenship.Born in USA but came to Europe at age 18 &amp;amp; have lived here for 50 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For renunciation to go through I have to file 5 yrs back tax.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To file taxes I need a social security number. I have no card but I believe I may have had one when I graduated HS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To get a replacement SS number requires American ID. I have no American ID. [I handed in my passport to the American Embassy when I renounced earlier this year. The SSA does not apparently accept PDFs.] I have TONS of UK ID. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also it seems that to get a SSN or replacement I need to be in America. This is expensive as well as inconvenient. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have asked the American Embassy for advice but they refer me to the IRS/SSA. Any ideas? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9498" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T18:06:52.673" Title="Replacement American SS Number with no American ID?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8229" CreationDate="2016-05-03T10:28:07.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will I need an updated I-20 to obtain a visa starting 18 June or is the offer letter + current I-20 sufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The office-in-charge immediately amended the original I-20 and sent it via express post. So it must mean that the incorrectly dated I-20 + letter combination was insufficient for obtaining an early visa. I also received a letter stating the change in the I-20 start date from the admissions office, in case it is needed to explain the situation during the visa interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, the SEVIS number is unchanged which means the DS-160 does not need to be filled again (which can be quite time-consuming) and the visa appointment (if you've already made one) can proceed normally and you don't need to pay the visa fee of $160 again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, can the passport expiration date be an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was informed by the Director of the international students office that this will not be an issue and that I can renew the passport some time in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9475" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T10:28:07.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8256" CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:19:48.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SSA has offices in US embassies. The list &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/foreign.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; has a phone number and email address for the London embassy unit. I think a US birth certificate and UK ID matching the name should be sufficient to identify you, particularly if you also have expatriation paperwork. If you finished high school in the US you almost certainly have a number already and just need someone to tell you what it is. I would hope that if you call the SSA office in the embassy they'll be more helpful than the state department was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T13:19:48.587" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-04T19:01:35.243" Score="4" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 63 years old self employed having proprietary business in Frankfurt Germany for last 16 years. I am insured with one private insurance company but can not maintain premiums for poor business condition. I am afraid of my medical treatment at this age as I can not provide cost of treatment before hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I switch over to statutory insurance plan if close down or transfer my business in the name of my wife to establish my earning much below the limit i.e. 50850 Euro per annum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9501" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-05T13:15:34.790" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T13:15:34.790" Title="Switching to statutory health insurance from private in old age in Germany" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8262" CreationDate="2016-05-04T21:18:19.383" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you stop paying private insurance premiums the contract can't be terminated (you still accrue debt) though at some point they will switch you into the &lt;em&gt;Notlagentarif&lt;/em&gt; which offers much reduced benefits. It will cover all acute pain treatment and chronic diseases but that's pretty much it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as you are older than 55 and have been privately insured for at least the last five years, the only possibilities to switch from private to public insurance are the following two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You move into another European country with compulsory insurance for more than 12 months. After moving back to Germany you have a three-month window to enroll in German public insurance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your spouse is publicly insured and you fulfill the criteria for family insurance (including earning less than 415 € a month, or 450 € in case of a mini-job).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also some options at your private insurer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you earn less than 50 850 € and have been insured for more than 10 years you can switch to the &lt;em&gt;Standardtarif&lt;/em&gt; which has similar benefits as public insurance. It has a price cap 618,68 € a month although most insured need to pay much less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the possibility to switch to the similar &lt;em&gt;Basistarif&lt;/em&gt; which has a price cap of currently 665,29 € per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also discuss other options with your insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T21:18:19.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8271" CreationDate="2016-05-04T23:04:23.700" Score="2" ViewCount="653" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Wife is here on a H4 Visa, I have a H-1B Visa, we are both Mexican citizens, I have a current stamped H1-B Visa valid till the end of this month(by the time Wife returns my own Visa will be expired if that is relevant), and my Wife has a expired H4 Visa. We both have I-797 with attached i-94s Valid until January 2019. None of the Visas in our passport are with my current employer, but of course our i-797s are with my current employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked my company lawyers about this, and researched everywhere online, including the USCIS website, and can't find a good answer. I also have a PERM that was filed a couple weeks ago. As far as I know the PERM has no impact whatsoever on this, but wanted to mention it just in case. I have obtained a proper current employment verification letter for them, and I also have a full copy of my H-1B Visa petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We used to have TN Visa, and until then almost every single time we went out of the U.S. we would get a new Visa, because as Mexican citizens we can only get a Visa (either TN or H-1B) valid for up to 1 year because of the reciprocity agreement with Mexico. We learned about this relative new thing called Automatic Visa Revalidation, no lawyer had ever mention this to us, but I have done my research and asked around and I know for a fact it is a real thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Wife intends to travel to Mexico for a period of 28 days, just within the 30 days max for the Automatic Visa Revalidation, however and this is the part that is extremely unclear to me is, &lt;strong&gt;if she leaves the U.S. by land (car), how can she prove that she only left for a period of 28 days?&lt;/strong&gt;. I know with a flight ticket this would be easier, as there is proof of when she left the U.S., but what about leaving by land?, how can she prove that she qualifies for Automatic Visa Revalidation, because she has an expired H4 from my old employer and a current i-797 from my current employer?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing I could find, is that you could stop in the border before crossing to Mexico and let them know that you are exiting and plan to return using AVR, I read this on some U.S. university website, I really don't think this is a real thing, there is no line or queue with a officer in the border where you could do such a thing as far as I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9502" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T15:07:32.770" Title="Traveling to Mexico while in the U.S. with H4 Visa and returning using Automatic Visa Revalidation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8276" CreationDate="2016-05-04T15:53:53.520" Score="2" ViewCount="703" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a permanent resident of Canada. I am planning to sponsor my parents to come and live with me in Canada as permanent residents. Looking at this page, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/parents.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/parents.asp&lt;/a&gt; it says that the sponsored parents should not seek social assistance. Does medical insurance in Canada qualify as social assistance? Does that I mean I can't get medical insurance for them after they come and settle here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9685" OwnerDisplayName="user2601814" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T22:06:36.330" Title="Medical insurance for permanent resident parents Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-04T23:52:25.830" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am American citizen living in Mexico on a permanent resident visa.  I am to marry a Mexican national.  As we have no immediate plans after marriage to live in the USA, I assume a Visitor's Visa would suffice if, in fact, would be our only option.  A related question is if, and when, we should decide we perhaps wanted to live in the USA, would it require me to be living in the USA for her to enter on a spousal visa?  Thank you for a reply that will make me perhaps more confident of our plan of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9503" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T10:00:49.327" Title="Immigrant Visa or Tourist Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8266" CreationDate="2016-05-05T02:08:10.807" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For visiting, a visitor visa is appropriate, although being the spouse of a US citizen may make it slightly harder to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you petition your spouse to immigrate, you will need to show that you intend to re-establish domicile in the US, at least by the time your spouse arrives in the US. You can go to the US together with, or before, your spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T02:08:10.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8266" CreationDate="2016-05-05T10:00:49.327" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll speak from personal experience. We are permanently resident in the UK. My wife, at the time an Indian citizen, was given a 10 year visitor's visa no problem. Our situation was basically identical to yours except we were married and live in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've been in a genuine marriage for more than two or three years, getting a 'green card' is likewise very straightforward and likely to be processed quickly as it was for us. You will not need to have an established domicile in the U.S., but they will ask for a address for certain contact purposes. I gave my mother's. Just keep in mind that the intention is that you will be living primarily in the U.S. They expect you to honor that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T10:00:49.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8264" CreationDate="2016-05-05T14:35:27.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an apology for the previous answer, in my defence I'll just note there is a difference between processing of visa-exempt and visa-required entries that always causes me cognitive dissonance. If you are visa-exempt and get an I-797 extending your status, the CBP officer you see on reentry looks at your I-797 and allows you entry based on that; the I-797 behaves like a travel document for practical purposes. If you are visa-required, however, a Department of State officer instead looks at the I-797 and gives you a visa based on that, and the CBP looks at the visa to grant you entry. I'm sure there's a logic to that but I've never quite gotten it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case Automatic Visa Revalidation, and the 30 day limit, applies when your only (travel) status in the US is an unexpired I-94 and you lack whatever you need for a new entry. You get 30 days no matter how you leave the US, but if you leave via a land border they may not record an exit and will only realize you left when you attempt to reenter. In this case, when they know they lack exit data, they generally have no choice but to rely on your own report of when you left, though it is good to try to keep any records (receipts, credit card or ATM transactions, toll payments) that place you in the US on or before the date you report in case the officer is in a mood to dispute what you say.  Note that for third-country nationals they apparently do now get exit reports from Canada and Mexico even though they don't appear on I-94 records, so the question of when you left may be more of a truth test, but Canadians and Mexicans crossing their own border may not (yet) get ratted out by their governments so they must ultimately give you the benefit of the doubt when there is one and they have no evidence contradicting you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2016-05-05T17:28:54.950" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T17:28:54.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8228" CreationDate="2016-05-05T15:25:24.700" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I called the Home Office today to explain about my case and I was told that I could stay in the UK for up to 28 days after my Tier 2 visa expires. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T15:25:24.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9835" CreationDate="2016-05-06T06:37:00.530" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a 4 year bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from a university in England. I also have one year of internship experience working in a software company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning on moving to Australia and doing a Masters degree in a software related field, using &lt;code&gt;Higher Education Sector visa (subclass 573)&lt;/code&gt;. Most masters degrees are 2 to 4 years long, part time. I understand that I can work part time in Australia once my course commences. After my course finishes, I'll hopefully be working in Australia and will be able to apply for &lt;code&gt;Skilled—Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476)&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489)&lt;/code&gt; and later on apply for PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My end goal is to get a related job and settle down in Australia. My question is, is this approach correct. If not, I'll have to work in my current country for a few years (gaining experience) and then apply for migration through a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9509" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T11:15:43.587" Title="Moving to Australia after Bachelor's" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-06T15:10:11.300" Score="5" ViewCount="2946" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a company based in the UK but I'm very fortunate to be in a position where I work predominantly from home (with a meeting or two at the office each month). As I can do my job from anywhere in the world so long as I have a good internet connection, I'm investigating moving to the Netherlands while remaining in my current job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will such a move impact me from a tax perspective? Will I need to pay Dutch or UK income tax? Do I keep paying National Insurance in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a citizen of the UK, I assume I won't need special visas/permits to work in the Netherlands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the implications (if any) for my employer? Are there any other implications for myself that I should be aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T14:02:13.687" Title="Moving to the Netherlands while working for a UK company" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-06T19:29:38.697" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to US on H1 in March. I purchase Travel insurance for 2 months from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company is providing health care insurance for family. I have to pay insurance amount from my salary for my wife and son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health insurance can be start as date of hire (in March) or loss of current coverage (in my case its Travel insurance). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I can start after loss of current coverage then I don't have to pay insurance amount for 2 months, which I already paid in India (for travel insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know that, if I start my health care in May (after my travel insurance) then I have to pay penalty when I file income tax return next year or there is no penalty because I already cover insurance (travel) when I was in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can start my insurance in company as my date of hire (in March) and start my spouse and son insurance in May (after travel insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9510" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T05:03:01.783" Title="Travel insurance cover under Obama Health or not" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8265" CreationDate="2016-05-06T22:06:36.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Canada the term &quot;social assistance&quot; is a politer synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;http://canadianimmigrant.ca/featured/what-is-welfare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;welfare&lt;/a&gt;, which are benefits provided based on need. Provincial health insurance is a benefit available to all residents whether they &quot;need&quot; it or not.  The rules for qualifying vary by province but it is generally available after 3 months of residence (in Ontario this is true if one is absent from the province no more than 30 days in the first 6 months); you may need to find private insurance to cover them until then if you don't want to gamble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T22:06:36.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-08T03:12:31.400" Score="2" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and have been living in Australia for three years where I have been sponsored and have been on a 457 visa for the last two of those years. My partner is American and we are now planning a move to the US. I am hoping to continue working for the Australian company I am currently employed with, working remotely while in America. &#xA;The American visa I will be on will be an ESTA/B1 visa to start with, but my partner and I intend to get engaged and married within the year. &#xA;Is it possible to continuing working for the Australian company while living in America on an ESTA or B1 visa? And do I have to stay on my 457 visa in Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="F Mae" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-30T17:13:45.557" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T22:44:03.617" Title="UK Citizen working and living in Australia moving to America but continuing to work for Aus company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-08T15:47:34.450" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do removal companies ask whether my company or myself is paying for the move? Is the quoted price going to be different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am moving from the UK to another country within Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastEditorUserId="55" LastEditDate="2016-05-09T05:45:04.253" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T05:45:04.253" Title="Why do removal companies ask whether my company or myself is paying for the move?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6379" CreationDate="2016-05-08T15:55:54.770" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Children, regardless of age, count as accompanying family members and pay the same residence permit fee as other accompanying family members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for a residence permit, there are however additional fees that one must pay on top of the permit fee itself, and children under 18 are exempt for certain application categories.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-05-08T15:55:54.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8279" CreationDate="2016-05-09T03:28:33.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't say where you are, but it is quite possible that the rate they charge a VAT-registered company may not include the VAT - whereas a consumer would have to pay the VAT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is required in the UK (and I believe across the EU) to advertise prices for goods and services inclusive of all applicable taxes. This is not the case when giving quotations to business who do not have to pay the VAT, so you will see advertisements for trucks that are VAT free (as they are commercial vehicles), but regular cars are usually advertised inclusive of the VAT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T03:28:33.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8275" CreationDate="2016-05-09T06:14:53.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll need to check the travel insurance terms. Usually these kinds of policies will only cover &lt;em&gt;emergency&lt;/em&gt; care, and require returning to your home country for continued care. So if something happens to you - your travel insurance would rather fly you back to India and treat you there, which may not be exactly what you had in mind when you started crossing the road just before that car hit you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you're trying to justify your sunk cost. Forget about the travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obamacare penalty is irrelevant. You should be thinking about what's best for you and your family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T06:14:53.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8230" CreationDate="2016-05-09T17:35:00.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you apply to the skilled worker program then yes, both of you receive a permanent residence that allows you to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's another type of visa, you have to check on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/&lt;/a&gt; for the conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9520" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T17:35:00.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8285" CreationDate="2016-05-09T17:48:41.457" Score="3" ViewCount="12174" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Joo3B.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Joo3B.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Good day all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am polish national living in UK. My wife is about to  apply for an EEA FP to join me. In the application they ask for my EEA National Registration Certificate Number, I do not have this as I have only been in the UK just over 3 months. Now the question is,do I have to have this or can she still apply without there being any problems? Can we just put N/A in that part of the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8796" LastEditorUserId="8796" LastEditDate="2016-05-09T20:14:52.337" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T22:10:03.210" Title="EEA family permit &amp; EEA National Registration Certificate Number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8284" CreationDate="2016-05-09T18:16:21.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270530/vaf5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pdf application&lt;/a&gt;, which you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;probably not using&lt;/a&gt;, actually asks for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.1.11 EEA National Registration Certificate number (if held)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This clearly indicates that the certificate number is not mandatory.  It's not mandatory because the certificate itself is not mandatory; the guidance at the end of the file reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.1.11 EEA National Registration Certificate number (if held)&#xA;  This is a certificate that confirms the EEA National’s residence in&#xA;  the UK. It is not compulsory to hold this certificate. The number&#xA;  is in the top right hand corner and is in the following format UK&#xA;  X1234567.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that the better course of action is to leave this item blank, but if that is not acceptable for any reason, N/A is probably the second best response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T18:16:21.130" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8286" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8287" CreationDate="2016-05-09T19:42:21.720" Score="4" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 70 years US Citizen and my wife is a 65 years Indian Citizen.  I frequently visit India.  Can I petition I-130 for my  wife  -(along with G-325A for me and my wife) while I am in India and can I give my Indian Address in I-130. I will stay in India until this process is over.  Can I send form I-130 to Chicago?  What about I-485 and I-864?  When are these forms required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9523" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-07T16:51:28.010" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T16:51:28.010" Title="Green Card for Indian spouse" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8286" CreationDate="2016-05-09T20:00:30.167" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can file the petition while you are in India, but you have to intend to re-establish domicile in the US concurrently with, or before, your wife enters the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, a standalone I-130 filed from outside the US goes to the Chicago Lockbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife will go through Consular Processing in India. I-485 is for applying for Adjustment of Status in the US, which is not what your wife is going through; it is not used in this process. I-864 Affidavit of Support will be asked of you during the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T20:00:30.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8209" CreationDate="2016-05-10T10:56:46.230" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, I wasn't able to find an answer to my question through my own research, so I sought out 2 different lawyers and paid each of them about 100 EUR for a consultation (which amounted to an hour in an office reviewing my case and answering any of my specific questions). The price worth it to me for peace of mind and a thorough understanding of my options. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guidance I received differed between the two, and so I'll break out two separate ways one might handle a 'leaving the job voluntarily' situation as a Blue Card holder in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, for context: on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, the question 'What happens if I lose my job?' section identifies job loss notification requirements for Blue Card holders according to the letter of the law. In terms of the requirements listed here, &quot;losing one's job&quot; and &quot;leaving one's job&quot; is functionally the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to make one other thing clear: I intend to start searching for a new job immediately, and in fact, my application / interview process is already underway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without further ado, here's a paraphrase of the legal advice I received. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lawyer 1:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;We'll notify the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; that you decided to leave your job and that you are currently searching for another one. We should provide them with your CV, a record of your bank savings (to show you're self-sustaining), and interaction you've had with potential employers showing that you're getting requests for interviews--screenshots of emails are suitable here. There is a very, very good chance they'll let you keep the Blue Card (residence permit) and give you 6 months to find another job. There's a very, very small chance they'll ask you to leave the country. Since you're a US citizen, you could always come back in a few months.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lawyer 2:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;Although technically, you're supposed to notify the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; if you have a Blue Card and leave or lose a job, failing to notify is not a criminal offense! And really, they'd have no recourse against you if you didn't notify. So if you leave your current role, I recommend you continue with your search, don't mention your change in job status to the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;, and simply go to them with your new work contract when you find a new role here in Berlin. They very likely won't ask any questions or give you a hard time.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There you have it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fine print:&lt;/strong&gt; Although I'm sharing advice that I received from legal professionals, this advice was specific to my set of circumstances, which are almost certainly in some way different from your set of circumstances. So if you have questions about your situation, or especially if you intend to leave a job and notify the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;, I emphatically recommend hiring a lawyer to help you with the process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="7141" LastEditDate="2016-05-10T12:42:54.900" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T12:42:54.900" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8300" CreationDate="2016-05-10T11:28:51.623" Score="3" ViewCount="415" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Uk Tier 2 Sponsorship visa from Employer. However recently I have seen that the company status has changed to IN LIQUIDATION from Active . However still I have never received any confirmation about company closure from Company it self or any letter from Home Office about curtailment of my leave. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I still continue to work for same company until its status changes to DISSOLVED ? Well, TBH nothing has changed at all, I am getting paid same regularly, same job description and same work place. However internally they are moving all things under new company name while the old company is in Liquidation Status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, they have stopped giving me payslips. I have tried to ask multiple times , said they will sort it out soon. Tax is deducted each month from my pay as before but no payslips . It all looks complicated now . Some one please advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have already started to look for new jobs. However I am not sure me working for this company while it's in Liquidations is Okay or not ? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once I leave the country I am sure I will not be able to enter UK if the company status is in Liquidation ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9527" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-05-10T22:18:43.227" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T12:33:39.577" Title="Employment Continuation if UK Tier 2 Sponsor/Company in Liquidation" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-10T12:26:20.433" Score="3" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Luxembourgish freelancer and I'm working at home as a programmer.I'd like to go live in France (Lorraine) where accommodation is much cheaper than here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am wondering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I continue paying my social security charges in Luxembourg? (provided that I live quite close to Luxembourg so that I can use only Luxembourg's medical services) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is not possible,  which administration in France should I contact to get more information to make arrangments for the move? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9528" LastEditorUserId="9528" LastEditDate="2016-05-10T12:31:27.433" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T14:09:07.340" Title="Can I live in France and pay social security in Luxembourg?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8291" CreationDate="2016-05-10T14:09:07.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, you &lt;em&gt;have to&lt;/em&gt; pay contributions to the health and retirement system in the country where you work. But you are free to get healthcare in France as well, even if you work in Luxembourg and do not pay anything to the French statutory health insurance system directly. Income taxes could be more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will find much info about this with respect to employees, and that's also the situation with which I am most familiar, but the same (EU) rules apply to self-employed people, as far as I know. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/personal_tax/crossborder_workers/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page from the EU commission&lt;/a&gt; and europa.eu pages on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/cross-border-commuters/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cross-border commuters&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/unemployment-and-benefits/country-coverage/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;social security cover abroad&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lesfrontaliers.lu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Lesfrontaliers.lu&lt;/a&gt; might also be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T14:09:07.340" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-10T14:15:16.263" Score="4" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a year-long student visa for Spain (Madrid), all my records and documents are fine. I have no problem with any sort of requirement for the visa (passport, background check, etc); however, I've been to Spain this year already and I overstayed the 90-day limit by about 2 weeks.  I never stayed there for more than 90 days consecutively if that helps, I did leave the Schengen zone in the middle of my stay and had no problems when I went through the airport to go back to the US. I'm interested to know how much I should be worried about my visa application, I know Spain is very relaxed but I'm still nervous. Somebody mentioned I could get a new passport so that the stamps wouldn't be visible but that just seems sketchy as they could look up my past travels and then wonder why I have a new passport all of a sudden. I know my decision to overstay was absolutely idiotic but any advice would be incredible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9526" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T08:13:09.740" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T01:53:31.607" Title="Applying for Spain Student Visa from USA but I've overstayed in the past" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8274" CreationDate="2016-05-10T17:57:26.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing is for sure. Wherever you have gainful residence you are obliged to pay the tax. In NL you will be required to pay tax on your worldwide income. So please check this very carefully. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly I am just saying from my research which is driven by exactly same dilemma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T17:57:26.593" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8274" CreationDate="2016-05-10T21:19:04.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the exception of United States and Eritrean citizens (unsure on second) tax status from employment (and other sources of income) is (usually) based on residency. The previous answer calls this &quot;gainful residence&quot;. So if you are resident in the Netherlands you pay tax and social security there. To be clear, as the other answer (+1) has stated this will be your worldwide income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference for US citizens is that they must still file tax returns to the US. In my case for example I am British, live and work in Switzerland so I pay all tax to the Swiss authorities and am declared nonresident with HMRC. To explain how this also affects me, if I were rich enough to own property in the UK I would have to pay tax on this to the Swiss authorities. Rental earnings should there be any would also be taxable in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it is more complicated working for a firm in a different country. In particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the company has an in-country subsidiary the simplest route might be to be employed via them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are still employed via the UK your company will still make deductions according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/paying-employees-working-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;. You will then need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-leaving-the-uk-getting-your-tax-right-p85&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;declare yourself nonresident with P85&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may need to settle how you deal with pension contributions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-if-you-go-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;You can make voluntary NI payments while abroad&lt;/a&gt;. However most EU countries have exchange agreements with the UK whereby contributions to local obligatory state pension systems can be exchanged should you return to the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should also look at local income tax rules and how this will apply to you. You will almost definitely be liable for local income tax; there may or may not be gotchas locally to consider (there are for example in Switzerland).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option people often consider in this scenario is to become self employed. depending on the country in which you are resident you must be careful with this. The UK has IR35 for this purpose: contractors who look and smell like employees are taxed like it. The Netherlands &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aame.nl/en/page/296&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;appear to have a similar rule&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally you must also consider currency as an issue. Inside the Eurozone Euro-Euro bank transfers are done through SEPA which limits fees even &quot;internationally&quot;. This will not apply for sterling - euro transactions. Your company might be able to handle this for you or may wish to pay an account in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9211" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T21:19:04.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-11T00:13:19.280" Score="0" ViewCount="945" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Georgia Driver's License has expired, and Georgia regulations specify I need to take a vision test if I am 64 or older, which I am.  I fly in to California on the 14th of June 2016 and I plan on driving cross country to Ga.  Does anyone know a way I can get a temporary license and also apply for insurance on my automobile ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9532" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T05:09:38.197" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T18:31:54.700" Title="Driver's License Renewal" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8290" CreationDate="2016-05-11T08:00:35.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once the company is dissolved, obviously their license will go with them. I can find no way a sponsor license can be transferred and I've certainly never heard of such a thing. The 'new' company will need to apply for a new license if it wishes to continue to act as a sponsor I believe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, as long as the company holds a valid license as a sponsor, then they can act as a sponsor for you. Being in liquidation does not necessarily cancel that license. Indeed some people are hired specifically by a company to handle liquidations, and other employees have their roles specifically extended to deal with closing things down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest problem is the lack of payslips. By UK law, every company must supply an employee with a payslip. Buy violating that law, they are also in violation their sponsor license. And I'm fairly certain that 'sorting it out soon' is not a defense against breaking that law. Once the UK government finds out about that, I think their license will be in immediate jeopardy. Further, if the new company is effectively just another incarnation of the old one, it's hard to imagine that that previous violation of UK employment law wouldn't be held against them when/if they should try to acquire another sponsor license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T12:33:39.577" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T12:33:39.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-11T09:38:04.977" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for migration to Australia. I have done Msc in physics and have 9 years of experience as a software engineer. So could anybody tell me how many year will be deducted from experience for Msc physics.Please let me know, if need more details&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9446" LastEditorUserId="9446" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T09:46:28.753" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T10:59:39.693" Title="Australia migration for Msc physics" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8298" CreationDate="2016-05-11T18:43:17.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the first part, it may be unlikely that you could be issued a temporary US drivers license. If you live outside the US (since you posted on the Expat site), are you in a position to acquire an international driving license? That would solve the issue of driving while in the US. As for insurance, rental car agreements offer that as an add-on option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you make the very long drive across country to renew your Georgia license, note that the state now issues a license that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005. It now requires that you present two documents verifying your residency in the state (e.g., bank statement, utility bill(s), rental agreement).  In addition, you need a document proving your identify (original or certified copy of a valid US passport, birth certificate or citizenship certificate), and a document proving your social security number (original Social Security card, W-2 form, social security annual statement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your license expired more than two years ago, you would have to repeat all the tests (road signs, road rules, driving) along with the eye test. Georgia has made the process much easier, providing a tool to check-list your documents www.dds.ga.gov/secureid/index.aspx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can expedite the process by creating an account and completing an online form (a questionnaire) no more than 30 days in advance (bring your confirmation number with you): &lt;a href=&quot;https://online.dds.ga.gov/onlineservices/account/login.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://online.dds.ga.gov/onlineservices/account/login.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you have to take the road test, you can book an appointment in advance using the online tool. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of your visit to a service center, you receive a temporary Xerox-type copy of the new license; the actual license is mailed to the address for which you provided proof of residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using these tools, my experience at the Norcross service center took all of 35 minutes and the new license arrived in the mail eight days later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T18:43:17.320" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8298" CreationDate="2016-05-11T20:40:32.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since your entry to the US seems to be California an alternative, if you have a California address you can use, might be to apply for a California driver's license. Information about applying can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, while the requirements for a license are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&amp;amp;urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl05&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. You will need to produce an identity document (e.g. passport) and provide them with your social security number, but I don't think there is a requirement to document your address (ignore the &quot;AB60&quot; stuff, that is for people who can't prove legal presence). You will need to take the written test and an eye test, but they will waive the driving test if you have had a California license in the past or possess an out-of-state license now; an expired out-of-state license is acceptable, though I'm not sure if there's a limit on how long it can be expired.  Once you've done this they'll give you a paper version of the license to use until they deliver the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having obtained this there shouldn't be an issue insuring your vehicle and driving it. Once you get to Georgia you can move the insurance and swap the California license back for a Georgia license. The latter may require waiting for the California card to arrive (at the California address) and having whomever is there to receive it forward the license to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't bother with all of this if you have a valid foreign license and IDP you can use for the drive back to Georgia. You'll need a valid license from somewhere for the drive, however, and you'll need to apply for that in person, so a California license will avoid the need for a trip to Georgia and back to renew that license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T20:40:32.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-11T22:26:03.283" Score="3" ViewCount="869" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long do I have to wait for a decision to be made on my application for Italian citizenship through marriage to an Italian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8725" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T20:57:17.217" Title="Italian citizenship processing time" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8320" CreationDate="2016-05-12T07:33:35.893" Score="13" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Japan as a student. I have been working with a program that has advisors that are great 95% of the time, but this advisor has the power to tell me at anytime that I have to buy a plane ticket and return home, if for example I break any of the program's rules. (For example, I am not allowed to drive for insurance reasons.) In my case my advisor has a temper that will rise up out of nowhere over things that would have not ever been an issue before. (I have to write a report every month for my program, and it always has been typed two pages. Last month I was yelled at twice for 10 to 20 minutes at a time because it was typed. So this month I hand wrote it and it was still two pages and he proceeded to yell that it needed to be one page for 20 minutes. This was never addressed before in any manner. Each time he yelled until I was able to escape to the woman's restroom.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the laws for emotional abused in Japan regarding students and people who have power over their actions? At this point I am afraid to walk around my campus for fear of running into him. Is there any part of Japanese laws that can help me stand up to him with out the fear that he will demand my return home?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this is long and confusing but I am begging you for help I am terrified of him, and the repercussions from standing up to him.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6359" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-05-13T12:07:17.187" LastActivityDate="2016-05-15T13:32:00.487" Title="Status of emotional abuse laws in Japan" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-13T04:59:22.130" Score="3" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what proof you have to give that your father was French?  He passed away years ago.  He served in the French Navy.  Would proof of that be good enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9543" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-06-08T00:48:46.430" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T00:48:46.430" Title="Born in USA to French father - how do I prove it?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-13T05:20:03.510" Score="3" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I obtain Australian or New Zealand permanent residence through the skilled independent category:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When must I move to the country?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What will happen if I don't ever move?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the permanent residence gets canceled by the country, can I apply for a new one later?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9544" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-05-14T05:31:28.880" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T12:18:06.930" Title="Australia / New Zealand skilled permanent residence" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-13T10:56:14.080" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a 5th year university student in the UK, and as you can see from the date, it's quite close to graduation and degree awarding time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is really complex and I will try to explain it well. When I first applied to my university, it was a 4-year program and hence I got a 4-year tier 4 visa for this. And after second year, I changed my program to a 5-year Master's program (I was qualified for this academically). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it came to the end of my 4 year visa (Summer 2015), I started to apply for an extension with the CAS given by the uni. My first application was refused in August and then I found a nice lawyer to prepare the second application for me. This is all legal since my last visa's expiry date is Sep 2015. But then things went terrible. Due to the home office's &quot;amazing&quot; speed of processing, I had to start my new semester while waiting for the result. The application was later refused in January 2016 and I applied for the 1st administrative review. And then they gave a result based on a totally wrong immigration law hence I applied for a 2nd administrative review. I have kept the university immigration office and international office informed during this period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now I'm in my exam period, and I just received the refusal for the application again. There is no more chance for administrative review and I have no legal right to stay in UK. I am really afraid to inform the university about this since they may have to suspend my student status and not award me a degree. But I know that they will eventually find out. And my lawyer is unable to give me any further advice on this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What should I do now?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sorry that I used a guest account to ask this question by mistake and now I cannot reply to you guys directly. I will put all the updates here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dan Getz: My Goal is only to get my degree in the end. I have just &lt;strong&gt;finished all my exams&lt;/strong&gt;. Hence the only thing that worries me is whether I can get my degree as expected. But whether this can be realized is unsure, the answer I get from multiple departments of the unit are all vague and no one can really answer this. And I am studying at the university of Edinburgh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Patricia Shanahan: Yes, my lawyer has informed me of all the necessary law-relevant issues. This also includes the info that I can overstay for around 28 days likely without being punished. And during this period, I have finished my exam (I am not sure if this can be regarded as &quot;complete the program&quot;). As I said in the reply above, the answers from university are all vague. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9545" LastEditorUserId="9546" LastEditDate="2016-05-25T13:28:11.747" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T13:28:11.747" Title="Can I still get my degree when my tier 4 visa extension application refused?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-13T15:38:07.220" Score="8" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual citizen - I maintain both Irish and Australian passports. I currently live in Australia with my boyfriend. If we were to be married in New Zealand (a country that allows same sex marriage) can we then migrate to London where he would be able to live and work as my spouse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has only an Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9548" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-05-13T16:54:58.647" LastActivityDate="2016-05-13T19:08:15.840" Title="Immigrating to UK after New Zealand same-sex marriage" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-13T18:24:57.113" Score="5" ViewCount="1244" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Tijuana, Mexico from the US. I want to take my car with me. How do I deal with the registration? I would like to keep US tags on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9550" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T00:41:36.033" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T06:07:48.580" Title="Moving my car to Tijuana, Mexico from the US" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8313" CreationDate="2016-05-13T19:00:00.497" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If we were to be married in New Zealand (a country that allows same sex marriage) can we then migrate to London where he would be able to live and work as my spouse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of issues here, and it's hard to know which you're asking about, so I will touch on a few of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, as you may know, the complicated history between Great Britain and Ireland has resulted in a situation in which Irish citizens can readily settle in the United Kingdom.  Furthermore, Ireland and the United Kingdom are both members of the European Union, which means that EU directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Al33152&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, establishing a right of freedom of movement within the EU, will apply to your case.  If the UK leaves the EU, of course, the situation may change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The full consolidated text of the directive is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot;&gt;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC actually concerns &quot;the right of citizens of the Union &lt;em&gt;and their family members&lt;/em&gt; to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States&quot; (emphasis added).  In fact, while it defines &quot;family member&quot; to include spouses and registered partners, it also extends free movement rights to &quot;the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It therefore may be unnecessary for you to get married in New Zealand as a prerequisite to moving together to London.  Assuming your relationship qualifies as &quot;durable,&quot; you could move together to London and then marry there (but &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom&quot;&gt;not in Northern Ireland&lt;/a&gt;), or not marry at all, and your boyfriend would enjoy the same right to live with you and to take employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, the burden of proof is somewhat higher for unmarried partners, but on the other hand, if you apply for freedom of movement rights soon after your marriage, you may be suspected of a marriage of convenience, in which case your burden of proof will be similar: you'll have to show that you've been living together as a couple for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK has developed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; to serve as entry clearance for non-EU family members of EU/EEA/Swiss citizens.  Your boyfriend doesn't need one of these to enter the UK because, traveling on his Australian passport, he will not need a visa.  The family permit is free of charge, however, and can be useful: it gives you an opportunity to document your relationship officially while you are still in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you move to London, your boyfriend will need to get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  The residence card is optional if you are married or in a registered partnership, but required if you remain unregistered partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Even if you're married, it would be a good idea to get the card, because without it your then-husband would have to show &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; passport and his/your marriage license every time he wanted to assert his 2004/38/EC rights, for example when applying for work or traveling with you in the EU.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK.gov pages for the EEA family permit and the residence card include information about the documents you need to submit and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence card will be endorsed &quot;family member of an EEA national,&quot; making it an Article 10 residence card (after artice 10 of directive 2004/38/EC).  EU border officers, or at least Schengen border officers, are not supposed to stamp the passport of someone traveling with such a card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another little-known benefit of the right of free movement for non-EEA family members is that they are entitled to use the &quot;EU passports&quot; lines at Schengen border posts.  This is explicit in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R0562-20160412&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/a&gt;.  This is true even if they do not have a residence card, as long as they are traveling with or joining their EU family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In practice, using the EU line when &lt;em&gt;joining&lt;/em&gt; the EU family member would probably cause more trouble than it would be worth, since you'd have to prove the relationship as well as the location of the EU family member.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-05-13T19:08:15.840" LastActivityDate="2016-05-13T19:08:15.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8256" CreationDate="2016-05-14T01:47:26.393" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you've already renounced citizenship and surrendered your passport, you may be able to resolve the issue by applying to the IRS for an Individual Tax Identification Number, as a non-resident alien who is required to file US taxes.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/General-ITIN-Information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/General-ITIN-Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T01:47:26.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-14T08:06:00.367" Score="3" ViewCount="5193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I have a salary of 150,000$ in the US, in the San Francisco Bay area. I would like to have a better idea of my take-home pay if I move to Zurich or Geneva, compared to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are an expat in Zurich or Geneva, would you like to comment on this comparison and to share the details on your mandatory expenses on your Swiss salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9148" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-07-29T08:36:06.240" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T08:36:06.240" Title="Swiss salaries compared to US salaries" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-07-29T08:36:13.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8305" CreationDate="2016-05-15T13:32:00.487" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry, but unless this escalates into violence or sexual harassment, I'm afraid you likely have &lt;strong&gt;little to no legal recourse&lt;/strong&gt;.  &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japanintercultural.com/en/news/default.aspx?newsID=292&quot;&gt;Power harassment&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (パワハラ) and authoritarian bosses like yours are endemic in Japan, and since you're a student, even employment laws and &lt;a href=&quot;http://pawahara.blogspot.com.au/&quot;&gt;the usual channels for dealing with it&lt;/a&gt; don't apply.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have essentially two options, both of which I'm afraid you'll find unpalatable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be a doormat, don't attempt to defend yourself, just apologize and promise to try harder next time.  This is the societal expectation and how a Japanese employee would react to criticism from their boss, and if you do this, it's virtually certain you will not be forced out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't be a doormat, stand up for yourself, try to pull in external authorities, file a formal complaint etc.  (In that order: the further you go, the higher the stakes for both of you.)  This is a crapshoot: he might shut up and mend his ways, but he might also escalate the harassment.  I think it's unlikely that he will &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; force you to leave, because that would reflect badly on him, but if you cause him to lose enough face, it's a possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm just a random stranger speculating on the Internet, so &lt;strong&gt;I'd advise you to find a trusted person familiar with your boss to discuss the situation&lt;/strong&gt;.  For example, in a typical Japanese university lab setting, the lab secretary/office manager will know &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; and is very much worth taking out to lunch.   Does he treat other students the same way?  If yes, talk to them and see what do they do and think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2016-05-15T13:32:00.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-15T18:01:52.140" Score="2" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm British, planning on moving to Gibraltar with my non-EU girlfriend who holds a 3 year UK family reunion visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will she be able to make day trips into Spain without a Schengen visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T16:43:08.380" Title="Does a non-EEA national, resident in Gibraltar, need a visa to visit Spain?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8321" CreationDate="2016-05-16T01:07:22.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume your girlfriend is a Schengen &amp;quot;visa national&amp;quot; because you wouldn't be asking this question otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is exempted from the visa requirement only if she holds a so-called &amp;quot;article 10 residence card,&amp;quot; which is a residence card endorsed &amp;quot;family member of an EEA national.&amp;quot;  Her family reunification visa is not an article 10 card because it is issued under UK immigration law rather than EU freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, Spain can and should require her to have a visa.  You are in theory able to get it at the border rather than at the consulate, but that might be more of a hassle.  Or maybe not.  You can always try and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa should be free of charge because, as your partner in a durable relationship, your girlfriend enjoys EU freedom of movement when she travels with you.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009R0810-20160412&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Visa Code&lt;/a&gt; provides a maximum validity of only 15 days for visas issued at the border (Art. 35(3)).  It's not clear that this limit should apply to visas issued for travel under the free movement directive, but it still could be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also apparent from some information here and at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt; that France, at least, would not issue a visa in this case; they would just admit the person.  Spain might do the same.  But if the border officers do insist on issuing a visa, it may not be useful for subsequent trips.  In that case, for frequent day trips, it might be better to get a visa at a consulate, to avoid filling up the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event. the limited validity of the visa would not affect the right to stay in the Schengen area with you, however, because the visa is only required for entry (under Article 5 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement directive&lt;/a&gt;).  The rights of residence covered in Articles 6 and 7 do not depend on the possession of a visa.  In particular, the right of residence for up to three months depends only on possession of a passport.  Article 6 (in full):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 6&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right of residence for up to three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to family members in possession of a valid passport who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T16:43:08.380" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-16T04:36:34.000" Score="4" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen.  My spouse has Hungarian citizenship (as well as US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, I know I can apply for permanent residence in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the hitch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to go over first, to find us a place to live.  Then I'd bring her and the kids over afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But all the information I find about applying calls it &quot;family reunification&quot; and reads as though the EU spouse has to already live in Germany before I apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I go over first and apply for permanent residence in Germany on the basis of my EU spouse, or does she actually have to be physically present in Germany first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T07:14:10.473" Title="Residence in Germany with an EU spouse - can the non-EU spouse go over first?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8323" CreationDate="2016-05-16T05:49:49.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;She has to be in Germany before you can apply for your residence permit. But you could go with your 90-days-in-180 visa-free stay as a US citizen, and lay the groundwork.  Once she joins you, you can apply for your residence permit. You won't need to leave Germany to do that; as soon as she arrives, you get the EU right of freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your wife to stay longer than 90 days, she'll need to show that she is either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Studying&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looking for work, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wealthy enough to support herself without working&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your ability to stay will be dependent on hers, at least for the first five years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-05-16T07:14:10.473" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T07:14:10.473" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-16T10:08:10.587" Score="3" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a cry for help! We cannot figure out how to amend our situation. Maybe someone out there can help us with legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've done tons of research online, but things change so quickly and here in France the left hand never talks to the right hand when it comes to government documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In March 2014, my husband and I married in Normandy, France, after fighting through the immense amount of documentation they needed supplied and translated, only planning to stay here until we were married then move back to England as a family. My then 5 year-old son (not genetically my husband's son, but he's his daddy) and I are American. My husband is British, born and raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this point on my son and I have had no legal need for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; technically, as family members of EU citizens do not need them as long as they entered the EU country legally. My son and I were given a 3-month visitor's visa. We moved from Normandy, France to Vendée, France. A major change of day-to-day temperature, financial situation, and all matters of life for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We happened upon an offer that seemed to be too good to be true, so we decided to stay in France and attempt to start a business repairing and running a gite. My husband has been desperately trying to get work and stay in work since May 2014 as the offer turned out to be a farce, but has only had possibly 10 months total of work up to today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not renting out the house my husband inherited and are living on this income alone and have been since about June 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My son and I have left and entered France a total of 5 times in total including first entering France until today, with little to no trouble, outside of two occasions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The time we entered England to go to my father-in-law's funeral, where I was kept aside and questioned for about four hours, since we hadn't booked returned ferry tickets, as we were not exactly certain how long all affairs would take to get in order. It was a nightmare. We were finally given just 9 days to settle everything and burry my father-in-law then return to France. Which we did.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The last time my son and I went to visit family back in Colorado, USA in summer 2015, where we were nearly turned around at CDG airport for not having a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; -- even with my documents showing we were legal to remain. We have no health insurance, no governmental financial aid, and no &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; or social security numbers for France -- not even my husband... as we just cannot understand what rights we do or do not have and how to go about sorting everything out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pregnant, due in mid August, and we are drowning in every bill imaginable. We are waiting for an appeal on our UK family permits, but that's looking rather dark as the UK referendum is looking at leaving the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, I forgot to mention I had a grand mal seizure, first time in my life, and spent 4 days in the hospital and am now only a high dose medication daily until I give birth where even more tests must be done after I give birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1a. How do we get health coverage through England? Is it possible? What documents are needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1b. How do we get health coverage before I give birth, if we're not eligible for coverage through England? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do we push for our appeals to go through quicker, as they have both been put on hold since February?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we end up needing to stay in France, what are my and my son's legal rights in Vendée, France?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9562" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T03:25:38.443" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T03:25:38.443" Title="What are my legal rights in France?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-16T11:33:57.843" Score="5" ViewCount="405" Body="&lt;p&gt;and thank you in advance to anyone who responds to this post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied in November 2015 from within the UK for an EEA Family Residence Card to join my Austrian partner here in London. However, this got refused last week, and I have until this Wednesday to decide whether to appeal the decision or not. (I was late getting my paperwork back from my lawyer, and even getting the news of the refusal.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My lawyer (whom I've since let go of) unfortunately misguided me throughout my application, so I was under the assumption that I would definitely get it, as I felt we had proven sufficiently that my partner and I are in a durable relationship, and he assured me that we had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since unfortunately we were living together in South Africa, we have very little official documentation to prove that we were co-habiting during our time there. It's a third world country that doesn't have the same thorough legal status as here in the UK. To compensate, we added Facebook conversation logs (filtering through over 10 000 messages!) and a plethora of photographs of us together. This was unfortunately not sufficient, which I can understand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my questions are these: &#xA;1) Do I have enough grounds to appeal their decision simply because I feel their decision is wrong? Do they need to have broken some sort of law for me to be allowed to appeal? &#xA;2) Am I allowed to submit new evidence in the appeal to attempt to counter their points of refusal?&#xA;3) Would it be better for me to fly home and to reapply from there instead of appealing while I am still here in the UK? (Even though they are allowed to send me home whenever they want)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help, at all, would be appreciated immeasurably. I understand that the time frame is very tight, but I'm hoping someone can lead me in the right direction.&#xA;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9565" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T11:33:57.843" Title="EEA Family Residence Card Refused - Should I appeal?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-27T22:52:53.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-17T01:02:15.717" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My DS-2019 form requires me to return back to my home country after the completion of my work program considering the fact that I receive government financing (i.e. salary from an institution funded by the U.S. government) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to obtain a waiver for this kind of rule? Does this mean that I'll return to my home country and stay there for two years after the expiration of my one year J-1 visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9568" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T01:02:15.717" Title="Can I obtain a waiver for my J-1's 2 year residence requirement based on government financing?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5848" CreationDate="2016-05-17T13:40:34.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirement for university applicants to affirm their high school diploma (aka &lt;em&gt;nostrification&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1998-111/zneni-20160901&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;will be abolished&lt;/a&gt; on September 1st 2016. The relevant paragraph from the updated law is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;d) zahraničním dokladem o zahraničním středoškolském vzdělání, který byl získán absolvováním studia ve středoškolském vzdělávacím programu na zahraniční střední škole působící podle právních předpisů cizího státu a který v daném cizím státě opravňuje jeho držitele k přístupu ke studiu v bakalářském studijním programu nebo v magisterském studijním programu, který nenavazuje na bakalářský studijní program; ustanovení § 90 odst. 2 věty druhé a § 90 odst. 3 se použijí obdobně, přičemž vysoká škola může také vyžadovat předložení doplňující informace o obsahu a rozsahu zahraničního středoškolského studia a potvrzení příslušné zahraniční střední školy nebo jiného příslušného zahraničního orgánu o tom, že absolvent studia ve středoškolském vzdělávacím programu dané zahraniční střední školy je v uvedeném cizím státě oprávněn ucházet se o přijetí ke studiu v bakalářském studijním programu nebo v magisterském studijním programu, který nenavazuje na bakalářský studijní program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universities can now accept legalized and translated copies of high school diplomas, instead of the nostrificated version.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universities may request additional information from the applicant, such as a list of studied subjects.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The high school diploma must be sufficient to enter a university in your home country. So if you graduated high school in Russia, that particular diploma must be good enough to study in Russian universities. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universities may request an official confirmation regarding the paragraph above&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the exact requirements are is essentially up to each individual university, however what matters is the process is now under their full control. While this wouldn't help any of the current applicants, future students can now stop worrying about this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-05-17T16:59:55.653" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T16:59:55.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8344" CreationDate="2016-05-17T15:52:43.353" Score="4" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are likely to be in an EU country for 10 months starting in the autumn, and my Maryland driver's license is scheduled to expire during that time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since all four of our parents live in Michigan, and since we probably plan to move to that region after coming back, is there a way for me to get a Michigan driver's license? Or do I need to get a Maryland license for now, then convert after we move back?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9570" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T22:15:34.503" Title="Michigan driver's license" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3155" CreationDate="2016-05-17T17:11:41.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Type D residency permits are essentially equivalent to short-term Schengen visas when it comes to other countries. The Czech consulate to say in New York has the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mzv.cz/consulate.newyork/en/visa_and_consular_information/visa/short_term_visa_stay_up_to_90_days/visa_for_a_stay_up_to_90_days_for_the.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;following to say&lt;/a&gt; about working on a short-term visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;employment&lt;/strong&gt; (work permit issued by the Employment Office or employment contract, if the type of work is exempt from the work permit in accordance with Act. No. 435/2004 Coll. on employment)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of exemptions from needing a work permit is available at paragraph 98 of law No. 435/2004, none which unfortunately applies to your particular situation, regardless of whether the internship is paid or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore the answer is: &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, you cannot legally work in Czech Republic without applying for additional visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T17:11:41.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-17T23:24:26.533" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British by descent and my child born outside the uk. Now I am in uk with my child, how do I apply for my child's settlement. Which is the most suitable way and quick too. Please help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9573" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T00:33:51.393" Title="Child settlement in uk" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6362" CreationDate="2016-05-17T23:47:22.457" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your wife has more CSR points, she should be the primary applicant. However, the secondary applicant needs to arrive in Canada first. You can get around this by flying with your wife to Canada, going through the landing process, and having her return to your current country until you find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both applicants get PR through express entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://15miles.info/cic-express-entry/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I immigrated through express entry this year and wrote about it in depth&lt;/a&gt;. It might answer some of your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9574" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T23:47:22.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5902" CreationDate="2016-05-17T23:53:05.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Express Entry calculator only counts official ECAs, so it will show as zero points until you get your official results back. Until then, it will show you as ineligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;calculate your score on your own&lt;/a&gt; using the criteria on the CIC website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9574" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T23:53:05.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2016-05-18T00:33:51.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your child can get British citizenship in the following ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register under section 3(2):&lt;/strong&gt; To qualify for this, you need to have a parent (the child's grandparent) who was a British citizen otherwise than by descent, and you need to have lived in the UK for a period of 3 years some time in your life before the child's birth, during which you were not absent for more than 270 days. The child becomes a British citizen by descent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register under section 3(5):&lt;/strong&gt; To qualify for this, the child and both parents must have been living in the UK for the 3 years immediately preceding the application. The child becomes a British citizen otherwise than by descent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your child is already in the UK, if you plan to be there for a while (at least 3 years), section 3(5) has the slight advantage that the child becomes a British citizen otherwise than by descent, so won't have the same problem you had in transmitting British citizenship to children born abroad in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T00:33:51.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8346" CreationDate="2016-05-18T14:44:33.640" Score="4" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not sure if this question is appropriate for this site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Travel SE&lt;/a&gt;, both or neither.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a great many amenities which are useful to most people (e.g. bank accounts), you need to supply a &quot;permanent&quot; address of some kind, and oftentimes Bad Things will happen if you supply an address which is either not available or unreliable: For example, at least in the UK, banks will freeze your account if your post is returned to the bank as &quot;undeliverable&quot;, and the excitement of living a nomadic lifestyle will be somewhat dampened when you're e.g. in the middle of the Mongolian steppe and can't speak Mongolian/Chinese/Russian and suddenly have no money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For someone who wants to lead a truly nomadic life, then, what are the solutions to the dilemma of needing a geographic address for e.g. banks, insurance companies, etc.? Family and/or friends are always one possibility, but are there no solutions which are more &quot;professional&quot; and/or &quot;official&quot; so that said persons don't need to be responsible for my stuff?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in some countries, it is required to &quot;register&quot; your primary residence in some way; Although this can obviously be more difficult than dealing with private companies, is there no solution for this, e.g. some way of &quot;officially&quot; being on the move? Of course, solutions to this, second and more specific problem will likely be country-specific and so may be too broad to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastActivityDate="2016-05-19T09:12:58.187" Title="Postal address without fixed abode?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-18T15:40:31.227" Score="2" ViewCount="1065" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Right now on STEM OPT, valid till 10/28/2016, applied for further 7 months extension&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working full time for Company A, applied for H1B, not picked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Company B also applied for H1B, which GOT PICKED&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now got offer from Company C, wants to send me to UK for training as soon as I join&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thinking of applying for H1B transfer to Company C, once approved asap ( which Company B applied)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think need H1B Stamp to come back to US after training from UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What I have read online says I can come back only before 10 days mentioned in I-767 start date ( i.e. 10/01/2016)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So can I make H1B transfer from Company B to Company C without Paystubs before Oct’ 1, 2016?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I join Company C before transfer is done, as I am on STEM OPT (OPT is valid till 10/28/2016, can be extended to 05/28/2017)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to attend the training  in UK before Oct 1st,?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to come back safely to US from UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it true I can only re-enter US 10 days before mentioned in I-767? But OPT is valid till Oct’ 13, 2016&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are my options?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9578" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T08:18:32.993" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T18:31:37.587" Title="H1B Transfer Before Oct 1st" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8341" CreationDate="2016-05-18T17:06:51.293" Score="4" ViewCount="1847" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L321r.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L321r.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is filling our her EEa FP and on the EEA National page there is this question &quot;what is your permanent residential address and contact details&quot; my question is who's address do we put there the EEA'S national address or my wife address. Also what should be put for the following question. Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8796" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T17:23:13.180" Title="EEA Family permit application... please help" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8340" CreationDate="2016-05-18T17:20:40.503" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The page refers elsewhere to &quot;the EEA national&quot; in the third person.  One is therefore tempted to conclude that the second person (&quot;you&quot;) refers to the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I used this form a little over a year ago, and I remember that it's truly awful.  If I recall correctly, there are places where &quot;you&quot; is clearly used (improperly, in my opinion) to refer to the EEA national.  It is also difficult to give too much credence to grammar-based arguments regarding an application that asks ungrammatical questions like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What is your permanent residential address and contact details?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are your correspondence address different ... ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Does EEA national currently living in UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I filled out this form, I resolved several ambiguities by making reference to the paper form: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270530/vaf5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270530/vaf5.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That form asks for contact details for the EEA national, including permanent home address and correspondence address.  This supports the conclusion that the page you are asking about seeks that information as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's no other place in the online application that seeks the EEA national's address, then I would conclude that the screen you show implements section 8.3 of the paper application, and you should enter the EEA national's address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the unlikely event that you want to take time to be a test case, you can fill it out with the applicant's address.  Take a screen shot of the page with the applicant's information.  Submit that with your application to show that you had reason to believe that you were being asked for the applicant's address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-05-18T17:45:50.237" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T17:45:50.237" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6362" CreationDate="2016-05-18T17:55:08.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter. Actually they will ask you to sign two forms: one with you and one with her as primary applicant and they will decide which one will be according to the number of points (they will pick what is more convenient for you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You both get permanent residence it doesn't matter who is the primary applicant.&#xA;You both have to come at the same time, you will receive an one-entry visa that is only valid if you come as a couple. There's only one exception: if one of you dies. You cannot come separated, I know someone who got divorced and his wife didn't want to come, he was not allowed to enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to come both and one of you wants to return then you will have to wait for 3 months for the permanent residence card to arrive, because you can leave but you cannot enter Canada again without it (visa is for one-entry only)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9520" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T17:55:08.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8331" CreationDate="2016-05-18T22:15:34.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually states require a proof of residency in the state in order to convert out of state driver's license (along with possible other requirements)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Applying_for_lic_or_ID_SOS_428_222146_7.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Michigan requires 2 pieces&lt;/a&gt; submitted to the Secretary of State office which usually require a utility bill or something similar to prove that you actually live in the state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for simplicity I would renew my Maryland Driver's License and then when you move back to the states obtain your Michigan one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T22:15:34.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-19T01:51:05.467" Score="3" ViewCount="917" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in Glasgow Scotland, I also have her birth certificate. My father born Burma but was a British citizen prior to migrating to Australia in 1951.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Australia in 1952. My Question is: am I a British citizen by descent or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9581" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-05-19T08:57:34.040" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T08:47:42.103" Title="Am I a British citizen by descent?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8338" CreationDate="2016-05-19T09:12:58.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your best bet is a mail scanning and forwarding service.  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mail%20scanning%20and%20forwarding%20service&quot;&gt;Google it&lt;/a&gt;, there are many, and I haven't used one to recommend.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most will:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give you a 'personal' address, intended to be professional looking; I.e. A street address with a 'Suite' number or equivalent for your personal account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide a website for viewing all scanned/photoed envelopes/packages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Choose to open and scan, shred or forward any specific items you choose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Costs $15-$30/mo for most services I looked at (in the USA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may still be problematic with some of the bureaucracy of 'proving' your 'residency address'.  I.e. the Bank may still require you to 'prove' this is your address with a utility bill or equivalent, which may be difficult in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are sometimes loopholes though.  You mention the UK, and in the UK my bank accepted a letter from my employer as 'proof' of my address at temporary accommodations when I did not yet have an address or any other proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8158" LastActivityDate="2016-05-19T09:12:58.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8345" CreationDate="2016-05-19T09:22:06.850" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you were born before 1983 the government's citizenship checker is not that useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question to answer is whether Australia was a British Overseas Territory in 1952 or not. Unfortunately for you it was not anymore, so you are definitely not a British citizen otherwise than by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we have to check whether you are a British citizen by descent. For this the next question to answer is whether your father was a British citizen by descent or a British citizen otherwise than by descent. If he was the latter, then you are already a British citizen, as your father could give you his citizenship. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2717/can-i-get-a-uk-passport&quot;&gt;See this other answer&lt;/a&gt; on how to obtain a British passport if you would require one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father was a British citizen by descent, then he couldn't have given you his citizenship, and unfortunately before 1983 mothers could not pass on their citizenships. The best you can try to do in this case is to register as a British citizen, which you can do if your mother was a British citizen otherwise than by descent, which she probably was, as she was born in Scotland. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7001/do-i-have-british-citizenship-by-descent/7007#7007&quot;&gt;See this other answer&lt;/a&gt; for more details on this route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that while you might not be a British Citizen, depending on your current citizenship (as you were born in Australia you probably are at least an Australian citizen), you might have right of abode, which means you can live and work in the UK without needing a visa. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode/commonwealth-citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The main requirements are&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;one of your parents was born in the UK and a citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies when you were born or adopted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is true, both of your parents were British citizens&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you were a Commonwealth citizen on 31 December 1982 and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you didn’t stop being a Commonwealth citizen (even temporarily) at any point after 31 December 1982&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have Australian citizenship from your birth then this also applies to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode/apply-for-a-certificate-of-entitlement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a certificate&lt;/a&gt; proving that you have the right of abode in the UK, meaning you can enter, live and work without restrictions in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T08:47:42.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-19T10:33:27.780" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Short-Term Study visa recently to study a short course in the UK. I haven't received a decision on my visa application yet but usually the visa is valid for 6 months. Can I stay on in the UK to study another short course at a different university once my course at the first university finishes? Both courses will amount to only 10 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I made my visa application, I only declared my intention to study at the first university as the second one had not offered me a place. Now that they have, I am not sure whether I can accept their offer without getting into trouble with my visa (under Paragraph A57D (b)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this is the right place to ask! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9583" LastActivityDate="2016-05-19T10:33:27.780" Title="Can I study at two universities using a single Short-Term Study visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-20T07:46:28.070" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have friend of mine who received notification through the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website that he has been selected for further processing in the Diversity Immigrant Visa ( &lt;strong&gt;DV-2017&lt;/strong&gt; ) Program so i need to Submit him for a Visa Application (Submit his Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for that i checked the website of &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected/submit-your-ds-260-online-application.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected/submit-your-ds-260-online-application.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;they said that : After submitting the Form &lt;strong&gt;DS-260 online&lt;/strong&gt;, print&#xA;  the confirmation page. You must bring the confirmation page to your&#xA;  visa interview. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so i went there &lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/&lt;/a&gt; but i found&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NONIMMIGRANT&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DS-1648, Online A, G, or NATO Application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check My Visa Application Status&#xA;:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;IMMIGRANT&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DS-261, Online Choice of Address and AgentFee Payment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check My Visa Application Status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question i don't know what i choice to submit him in &lt;strong&gt;DS-260 online&lt;/strong&gt; knowing that he is a single he had master's degree in mathematics and living in morroco&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9587" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T17:32:06.083" Title="The Diversity Visa Process" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8339" CreationDate="2016-05-20T08:20:24.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So can I make H1B transfer from Company B to Company C without Paystubs before Oct’ 1, 2016?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I join Company C before transfer is done, as I am on STEM OPT (OPT is valid till 10/28/2016, can be extended to 05/28/2017)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're going to be H1B on Oct 1st, so you don't need to extend the OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to attend the training in UK before Oct 1st,?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By plane or ship. If you can get to France/Belgium, you can also reach the UK by train.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to come back safely to US from UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No trains there. Planes or ships will work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it true I can only re-enter US 10 days before mentioned in I-767? But OPT is valid till Oct’ 13, 2016&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get H1b - you're out of OPT. With the H1b visa you can not enter earlier than 10 days before the start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-05-30T11:46:08.033" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T11:46:08.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8363" CreationDate="2016-05-20T08:32:50.603" Score="6" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;When one applies for naturalisation in France, if they fulfill the requirements in terms of time spent in the country, there are other requirements for things to be shown such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of three 'good' French tax returns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of your employment as well as your contribution to French society&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of linguistic ability in the French language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a submission of your CAF records&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it is the last point which I am enquiring about. It is not explicitly stated on any website of the French government, but I have read online that having claimed social benefit at any point during your stay in France excludes you from naturalising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not yet to the point where I can naturalise (the time requirements are a few years away from me still) but I will be eligible due to completing a PhD in France. Assuming that all of my other requirements have been fulfilled, the question becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is there any information available on the effect of having claimed social benefit in France on naturalisation applications?&lt;/em&gt; So far, all information I've found has been personal accounts from the Internet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it makes a difference, I have not CLAIMED social benefits (read: &lt;em&gt;I have never gotten any money&lt;/em&gt;). I &lt;em&gt;made an application&lt;/em&gt; under the encouragement of others during a hard financial period, and the application was approved. Further documentation was required which I did not send in. I was not aware, at the time, that this would have a negative effect on my immigration record. I just had a PhD stipend and was spending more money than I was getting (US student loan payments = half of my stipend and the rest was rent) and colleagues recommended the scheme, so I thought I'd try. I haven't done anything with the application since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this count as having claimed social benefit? What effect will this have on my application if all other requirements are fulfilled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T08:44:28.737" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T11:10:02.193" Title="French naturalisation and CAF history - benefits an exclusion cause?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8353" CreationDate="2016-05-20T10:18:49.923" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are leaving the UK. Which governmental bodies must I inform about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T10:29:42.577" Title="Which governmental bodies to inform if leaving UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8352" CreationDate="2016-05-20T10:29:42.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;GOV.UK has a webpage about moving abroad: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/moving-or-retiring-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/moving-or-retiring-abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you will have to inform&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your local council&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;relevant benefits offices&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the International Pension Centre&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T10:29:42.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8358" CreationDate="2016-05-20T13:15:06.360" Score="2" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Romanian citizen and I would like to know what are the restrictions on Romanian citizens in the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that Romanians needed work permits in some of the countries in the EU until 2014, but these restrictions have been lifted. I wonder what restrictions hadn't been lifted yet - and when they will be lifted? (for example: can we buy real-estate / study in other countries in the EU? Can we pass the borders like other EU citizens?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9591" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T15:32:49.783" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T06:19:05.017" Title="What are the restrictions on Romanian citizens in the EU?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-20T13:37:25.737" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a residence permit somehow &quot;tied&quot; to the citizenship you have/had when applying for and/or receiving said permit or is it legally independent of it? For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A person applies for and receives a residence permit for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert#Elbonia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Elbonia&lt;/a&gt; as a citizen of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruritania&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ruritania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While residing in Elbonia, said person loses Ruritanian citizenship for whatever reason but&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they (still) are not a citizen of Elbonia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are not a citizen of any country for which Elbonia has a freedom-of-movement agreement (e.g. not like Spain with Malta, with both being in the EU)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the residence status of this person change?-- Do they have to re-apply for residence or somehow &quot;change&quot; their residence permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastEditorUserId="9486" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T17:03:53.340" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T17:03:53.340" Title="Is (current) residence status conditional to one's citizenship(s)?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-05-20T20:07:50.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8365" CreationDate="2016-05-20T14:56:54.280" Score="4" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will have a one year internship in Olomouc with 500$ / month. Is it possible to live alone there with such salary ( Paying Bills of : Rental/ Electricity/ Gas/ Internet/ Food and transport ) and try to economize some money till the end of internship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9594" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T09:45:05.393" Title="Is 500$/month sufficient to live in Olomouc (Czech Republic)?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8355" CreationDate="2016-05-20T15:31:48.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually when a country joins the EU all of it's citizens get the same benefits as citizens of other EU countries. But other countries can impose moratoriums in some aspects (usually for a limited time period).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most well known from these laws is a moratorium against being able to freely work in other EU countries, imposed for 7 years after a country joins the EU. This was lifted for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens in 2014 (and will lift for Croatian citizens in 2020). There weren't many other laws similar to this, which would massively affect Romanian citizens (compared to other EU citizens), but to answer your points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generally one can buy real estate in other EU countries, but there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Al24404&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some exceptions&lt;/a&gt; in some countries around agricultural land and second homes. These exceptions apply to everyone (who is not local), not just Romanian citizens though&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You could study in any of the EU countries given you can pass the exams and pay for your studies (where required). This was possible from day 1.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Passing borders: You could pass the EU borders like any other EU citizen from day 1. However, Romania is still not part of the Schengen area, meaning if you want to travel from/to other countries, you'll need to pass border control, and need to have your passport or identity card with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are inside the Schengen area (or the CTZ, if travelling to the UK) you can freely pass the borders as any other EU citizen. Similarly any EU citizen planning to visit Romania needs to pass the border as they are leaving the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date when Romania will join the Schengen area is yet unknown, as other Schengen countries haven't voted in favour of it yet (it was vetoed in October 2015 as far as I know). Whether Romania will join with Bulgaria or without is also unknown. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T16:00:27.413" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T16:00:27.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8367" CreationDate="2016-05-20T15:42:00.290" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will have an internship in Czech Republic. I heard that with ISIC, I will have some discounts in Transports  Food / Clothes / Rental...&#xA;Can you please give me some more details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9594" LastEditorUserId="426" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T17:25:17.560" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T09:50:52.510" Title="Benefits of ISIC in EU (International Student Identity Card)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8355" CreationDate="2016-05-20T16:38:06.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;@SztupY's answer is thorough and accurate but the short answer is &quot;none&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;There are no special restrictions to the rights of Romanian citizens in the EU anymore.&lt;/strong&gt; The membership agreement foresaw a 7-year transition period with complex rules but that's over and Romanian citizens can now fully enjoy their rights as EU citizens (and especially the freedom of movement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the extent that something like buying real estate or taking up a specific job isn't permitted, it should be because general EU law allows it and it should apply to all other EU citizens alike (e.g. a few key defence or policy position – but not the full civil service – can be restricted to nationals only, but in that case this restriction would apply equally to citizens from “old” member states).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-05-21T06:19:05.017" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T06:19:05.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-20T21:35:02.653" Score="3" ViewCount="742" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of moving to Vienna to work. I'm married and not from an EU country/Schengen. But we don't need a visa to go there (up to 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My work permit would mostly be under the &quot;red-white-red&quot; permit. Reading the oficial website here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration-red-white-red-card/family-reunification.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Family reunification&lt;/a&gt; there's a section &lt;code&gt;Providing evidence of German language skills (“German prior to immigration”)&lt;/code&gt; that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals have to provide evidence of German language&#xA;  skills on A1 level according to the Common European Framework of&#xA;  Reference for Languages, when first applying for one of the following&#xA;  residence titles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Red-White-Red Card plus&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Family Member (and more..)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as I understand, my wife would need to provide an A1 German certificate along with her paperwork for the Family Member residence title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But speaking with some people, and also people that went through the same steps, they said that if she has an university degree/diploma (which she has) can &quot;skip&quot; the A1 requirement on the first permit. Of course when the permit expires she'll need to prove German, that's already clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was hoping someone clarify that for me. I couldn't find any information online so I'm a bit confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt;: We both have 0 German Skills. I'm fluent in English. She is not fluent in English but can get around herself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9597" LastActivityDate="2019-08-22T08:40:21.240" Title="Austria Family reunification - A1 German level for spouse" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8361" CreationDate="2016-05-21T06:39:02.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site you quoted says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Evidence of adequate German language skills does not need to be provided by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Family members of holders of a residence title “Red-White-Red Card” for Very Highly Qualified Workers, of holders of a residence title “EU Blue Card” or of holders of a residence title “Long-term Resident - EC”. The latter shall only apply if their sponsor originally held a residence title “EU Blue Card”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you a &lt;em&gt;Very Highly Qualified Worker&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T06:39:02.820" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8351" CreationDate="2016-05-21T06:49:11.287" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.formulaires.modernisation.gouv.fr/gf/getNotice.do?cerfaNotice=51148%2302&amp;amp;cerfaFormulaire=12753*02&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;notice d'information&lt;/a&gt; mentions (on page 4) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si vous percevez des prestations sociales : le dernier bordereau de&#xA;  versement ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that this means (if strictly interpreted) &lt;em&gt;if you are currently benefiting&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;if you ever benefited&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a French native speaker, I would consider that if you benefited from prestations sociales a few years before presenting your &lt;em&gt;demande de naturalisation&lt;/em&gt;, you don't have to mention it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find any explicit authoritative document that would answer your question on the potential effect on your application, but I would think that this is a grey zone where there's a difference between :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have benefited of &lt;em&gt;APL&lt;/em&gt; for three years, that was two years ago and I now make enough money and don't need it anymore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have been benefiting of &lt;em&gt;RSA&lt;/em&gt; for five years, and will probably continue for the coming years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why these issue should be taken into account for your application remains to be explained as even if your application is rejected, you can benefit from them as long as you have a legal status as foreigner in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.caf.fr/sites/default/files/cnaf/Documents/Dser/essentiel/146%20-%20essentiel%20-%20beneficiaires%20PL.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;statistics&lt;/a&gt; show that in 2013, almost half of french population benefited of one or more &lt;em&gt;prestations&lt;/em&gt;, so that is something that is not extraordinary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking comments into account (edit) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea behind checking if you benefit from CAF is part of checking your &lt;em&gt;insertion professionnelle&lt;/em&gt; as @Gala commented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you never got any money, you wouldn't have to mention it as you must mention what you have actually received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As in most countries I believe, the better your work status and income, the better your chances that your application is accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2016-05-21T11:10:02.193" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T11:10:02.193" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8357" CreationDate="2016-05-21T09:45:05.393" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question #1: Can you make it on $500? Short answer: &lt;strong&gt;It's going to be tight, but yes&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question #2: Can you save a reasonable amount of money? &lt;strong&gt;Probably not&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Salary after tax&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before we start, we need to calculate the amount of tax you will pay. As of 2016, 500$ equals ~12100CZK, which &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finance.cz/dane-a-mzda/kalkulacky-a-aplikace/mzdovy-kalkulator/?vysledek=1&amp;amp;vase_hruba_mzda=12100&amp;amp;pocet_deti=&amp;amp;dite_ZTP=0&amp;amp;dite1=0&amp;amp;dite2=0&amp;amp;dite3=0&amp;amp;dite4=0&amp;amp;dite5=0&amp;amp;invalida12=0&amp;amp;invalida3=0&amp;amp;ZTP=0&amp;amp;student=0&amp;amp;cena_auta=&amp;amp;duchodce_student_zena=0&amp;amp;submit=0#submit&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;after tax&lt;/a&gt; would be ~&lt;strong&gt;10400CZK&lt;/strong&gt;. I'll be using the Czech currency from now onwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Accommodation&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Renting your own flat can be done &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sreality.cz/detail/pronajem/byt/1+kk/olomouc-neredin-jary-da-cimrmana/13336924#img=4&amp;amp;fullscreen=false&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;as cheap as 5000CZK&lt;/a&gt;, including utilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Living in a dorm as a non-student &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skm.upol.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/SKM-dokumenty/ceniky/2014-11-01_SKUPINY_OSTATNI.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;would be too expensive&lt;/a&gt;, so that's out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Getting a room in a shared flat can be done for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sreality.cz/detail/pronajem/byt/pokoj/olomouc-olomouc-8--kvetna/781095260#img=0&amp;amp;fullscreen=false&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;around 2500 CZK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Public transport&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A monthly ticket for public transport costs &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dpmo.cz/pdf/Tarif%20IDSOK%20platn%C3%BD%20od%2013.%20%2012.%20%202015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;230 CZK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Food&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From personal experience, you can easily cook at home for around &lt;strong&gt;3000CZK&lt;/strong&gt; per month, assuming you don't buy caviar or alcohol every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Phone&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A basic phone plan is around &lt;strong&gt;200CZK&lt;/strong&gt; per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other expenses&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll probably need stuff like toothpaste, washing liquids, occasional pair of socks, etc, but that's really hard to calculate. Assume that the prices are whatever they are in your country + 20% tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To cover the basic expenses (and live in a personal flat) you will need: 5000+3000+230+200 = &lt;strong&gt;8430CZK&lt;/strong&gt;, which leaves ~&lt;strong&gt;2000CZK&lt;/strong&gt; per month for other expenses. You could also save an extra 2500CZK by living with flatmates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Saving money&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since non-essential expenses will inevitably crop up, I'd be surprised if you've managed to save more than a few hundred bucks over the whole year. A flight from Tunisia to Prague is around 300$, so perhaps you could cover that, but not much more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T09:45:05.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-21T09:46:45.450" Score="1" ViewCount="511" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask about which type of visa I should apply for if I want to work as an intern in Spain, for over 6 months with salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not from the EU, but I am now studying in the UK (holding a tier 4 student visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, what documents are needed for my application? I have checked the Spanish embassy website which mentions that a student visa only allows a student to work an unpaid internship, but there's nothing related to a paid internship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9598" LastEditorUserId="9413" LastEditDate="2016-06-05T18:01:24.053" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T18:01:24.053" Title="Paid internship in Spain" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8359" CreationDate="2016-05-21T09:50:52.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aside from what's listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isic.cz/en/discounts/discounts-in-the-czech-republic/?dmLimit=20&amp;amp;dmSeed=7443&amp;amp;dmDisplay=list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on the official ISIC site&lt;/a&gt;, you can usually get a 50% discount at most Czech museums and exhibitions. Some student parties might also have free entry for those with a valid ISIC card. And some bus companies have a small discount for those with an ISIC. Nothing related to accommodation or public transport, though, as that usually requires being a local student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is: bring it, but don't count on getting much value out of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T09:50:52.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-21T20:14:26.613" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some money coming in from the sale of my mother's apartment in France. The notaire tells me the transfer has to be direct bank to bank, which will be expensive as I live in the US. I was planing to use Transferwise. So I will need to have a bank account in France. I do not reside in France and have no bank account there. I have US citizenship and am registered at the French consulate in the US. How can I accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9599" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-05-23T06:51:07.340" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T06:51:07.340" Title="Opening a French bank account in France for a French/USA dual citizen living in the USA" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-21T21:32:45.707" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an indefinite leave to remain in UK since March 2016. I have children born in UK whom I will register as British citizens. If my children have British citizenship, can I apply for the British citizenship before I finish 12 months holding ILR? I have a job offer outside the UK that starts in October 2016 and, if I stay till March 2017, I may lose it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9600" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-05-24T10:28:50.890" LastActivityDate="2016-05-24T10:28:50.890" Title="Holding ILR and having a child with British citizenship, can I be British before 12 months" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-22T07:13:51.500" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 79 year old British Citizen living permanently in Spain with my 58 year old Russian born wife who holds a Russian passport. We both hold an NIE number and have registered the Padron.   We don´t have an income as we live off my pension and UK Benefit.   My wife is concerned about what would happen to her if and when I die (most likely that I would go first!).  Would she be able to remain living in Spain or would they make her return to Russia.&#xA;We have lived in Spain for 5 years in rented properties.    Also what is likely to happen to us if the UK votes to leave the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9601" LastEditorUserId="10018" LastEditDate="2021-03-13T11:12:27.677" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T11:12:27.677" Title="Foreign wife of British citizen in Spain" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-22T21:04:02.320" Score="1" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend in Belgium that wants to move here to the US. She has a passport.   She does work at the UN there, but is not in a professional field. And where she is moving to, there are no (UN) offices close to work at. So she will change fields. We are trying to figure out how do do this. And what is needed after she gets here so she can stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9604" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T13:57:52.443" Title="I have a friend in Belgium that wants to move here to the US. She has a passport. We are trying to figure out how do do this" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-23T00:27:35.930" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Italy now but I don't have any document or permission to stay here (I am non-EU citizen). &#xA;If I married an Italian woman here in Italy can I get permission to live here (if so how can I apply for it).&#xA;My GF is Italian so she wanted to know before we get married, so it would be great help for me if you have any solution for this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9606" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2016-05-23T01:01:03.420" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T13:03:10.533" Title="Get permission to live in italy" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-11T04:54:30.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8369" CreationDate="2016-05-23T06:42:54.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. A descendant child's status is not taken into consideration for adult citizenship applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T06:42:54.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2016-05-23T09:23:54.013" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since January 1st 2016, the French healthcare system has been simplified with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/droits-et-demarches/la-protection-universelle-maladie.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;la protection universelle maladie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting the official website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Le 1er janvier 2016, la protection universelle maladie entre en application. Cette réforme garantit à toute personne qui travaille ou réside en France de manière stable et régulière, un droit à la prise en charge de ses frais de santé à titre personnel et de manière continue tout au long de la vie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that anyone who works in France or is a stable and legal resident in France is entitled to personal healthcare benefits. The website explains that one does not need to work to get benefits: residence is enough to qualify. Healthcare is both for illness and pregnancy (&lt;em&gt;maladie et maternité&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For people who do not work (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ameli.fr/assures/soins-et-remboursements/cmu-et-complementaires-sante/la-cmu-de-base-n-existe-plus/l-affiliation-sur-critere-de-residence.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;affiliation sur critère de résidence&lt;/a&gt;), being a stable resident means having stayed uninterruptedly in France for the last three months (&lt;em&gt;de manière ininterrompue depuis plus de trois mois&lt;/em&gt;). The page mentions some exceptions where the 3 month rule is waived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And don't forget to get a &quot;&lt;strong&gt;carte de séjour UE&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. As a non-EU citizen dependant of a EU citizen, you are required to get one (and possibly one for your son too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9608" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-05-23T12:36:46.120" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T12:36:46.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8375" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8385" CreationDate="2016-05-23T07:20:49.267" Score="6" ViewCount="25264" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a Tier 2 Visa working in the UK. My wife and two kids are on the Tier 2 dependant visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are expecting a newborn in July and I have a few questions regarding his/her visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to apply for a Tier 2  dependant visa for new baby?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to pay for NHS for new baby, or will baby qualify for NHS since he is born here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9607" OwnerDisplayName="Captain0" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-26T08:59:30.137" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T08:59:30.137" Title="Visa for baby born in UK, parents on Tier 2 visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2016-05-23T15:04:33.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of this depends on the citizenship(s) of you and your wife. In general, being born in the UK is not sufficient to become a UK citizen. Assuming, the newborn is not a UK (or EU) citizen, it is not clear if you technically need to apply for a visa for your newborn: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have children while you’re in the UK, you can apply for permission for them to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must do this if you want to travel in and out of the UK with your child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan on never leaving the UK (even for a holiday), potentially the newborn baby might be able to get away without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will likely have to get a passport for the baby prior to applying for the dependent visa. When I completed the application for my son, the process was a bit tricky since it is not clear if it is the sponsor or the dependent who is applying. We used a immigration lawyer to help with the paperwork. Further, the question regarding &amp;quot;how did you enter the UK&amp;quot; is a bit tricky to answer since your only choices are air, sea, channel tunnel, and overland. My wife would not let me choose channel tunnel, despite my arguments that it was the most accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will likely have to pay the NHS surcharge for the new baby, but everyone should have access to the NHS. It is important that you and your wife have valid visas and are qualified for the NHS at the time of birth so you do not get charged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T15:04:33.503" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8030" CreationDate="2016-05-23T17:15:30.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to give an answer based not on information available online (because this is not explicitly stated anywhere) but based instead on my experience as a tier 4 student who was detained and wasn't allowed in, and what I was told by the border agents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Once you graduate&lt;/strong&gt;, and you leave the UK, your visa is no longer valid (not even the three months grace). I left 4 days after graduating for a conference (after having a student visa for 5 years), and I was detained on the border when attempting to return to my home to prepare my departure from the UK. I was allowed in again, but only on a visa-on-arrival (US citizen) after a very long time, and only because I produced my work contract for a job I just accepted. I was told at the border that &lt;em&gt;the expectation for tier 4 students, once they graduate, is that they leave the country and go back to their home country as soon as possible&lt;/em&gt;. Once you leave, post graduation, you are considered as having waived the remaining time in your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have not graduated or completed your course, you can re-enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you graduate and you do NOT leave the country, you can stay until the visa expires. So you're fine to remain in the country and even change to another visa type, but if you leave, you will need to apply for a visitor visa. And you won't be able to swap from the visitor visa to the other one (meaning: I'm pretty sure you can't apply for another type of visa whilst in the country on a visitor visa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happened to me in July 2015 at Cardiff airport. You MAY be allowed through, but I was told this policy very specifically by the border agent. If I was you, I wouldn't risk it. Just get another visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, this type of treatment by border agents is both legal and commonplace, as I was later told by the international office at my former university. I would definitely expect this at any airport. It's a new(er) practice and is not stated anywhere in the rules (it's all a bit nebulous). However, it happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T17:15:30.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8378" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8380" CreationDate="2016-05-23T17:49:47.667" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living off-the-grid for 15+ years on my sail boat traveling the globe. During my travels I've suffered theft of my documents. Will it be possible or problematic entering the US again? I've heard about 9/11 and other stuff that has made the country a bit guarded. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*This is a question by proxy. I only have contact with the real person by ham radio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9610" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T19:26:38.440" Title="Will it be a problem proving US citizenship if you've been away for 15+ years?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2016-05-23T17:59:16.770" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the benefit of anybody in this situation who is wondering, and would like a real data point instead of conjecture or pontification, here is what actually happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When trying to check out through immigration my 'lack of entry' was noticed, and I was sent to another line for exceptions. This seconds line was fairly well populated and was pretty dynamic as well, so there were more than a few 'exceptions'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They asked (with no prompting or input from me) if I entered on an Australian passport and if it was expired.  I said yes, and offered a photocopy of the info page of my Australian passport which I took along with me. I had the actual passport as well, but on the advice of another person who thought they may keep the expired passport if I showed it, I only offered the photocopy. They used the number on it to look up something on their computer, talked to each other for a few seconds, then said 'have a nice trip', and I was on my way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole process took about 30 seconds, both sides maintained a pleasant demeanor, there was no indication of risk or issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9226" LastEditorUserId="9226" LastEditDate="2016-08-27T12:35:51.977" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T12:35:51.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8378" CreationDate="2016-05-23T19:26:38.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is likely going to be extremely difficult to regain your identity. It is not uncommon for the homeless to lose all their identification documents. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nlchp.org/documents/ID_Barriers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NLCHP&lt;/a&gt; outlines how 9/11 has made it more difficult for the homeless to obtain any form of identification. For example, both VA and FL require a certified copy of your birth certificate to get a state issued photo ID and a state issued photo ID to get a certified copy of your birth certificate. Assuming you are starting from outside the country, things will be even more difficult. Your best bet is to contact a lawyer who specializes in these sorts of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T19:26:38.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8370" CreationDate="2016-05-23T20:19:38.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you've lived in Spain for over five years, your wife has acquired a right of permanent residence independent of her marriage to you.  She will retain this if your marriage ends, whether by your death or by divorce, or even if you leave Spain while she remains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; specifies, among other rights of residence, a &amp;quot;right of permanent residence in the territory of the Member States for Union citizens and their family members.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife will have an easier time asserting this right if she holds a residence card that notes that she is the family member of an EU citizen.  If her residence card does not say this, you may want to get one that does, or at least consider whether to discuss the matter with a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if she cannot establish five years' residence meeting the conditions for establishing a permanent right of residence, she may be able to benefit from the provisions of article 12 (or, in the event of divorce, of article 13).  Article 12 concerns the &amp;quot;retention of the right of residence by family members in the event of death or departure of the Union citizen.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chapter IV concerns the &amp;quot;right of permanent residence&amp;quot;; its first two paragraphs are the most significant, so I will quote them here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens who have resided legally for a continuous period of five years in the host Member State shall have the right of permanent residence there. This right shall not be subject to the conditions provided for in Chapter III.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paragraph 1 shall apply also to family members who are not nationals of a Member State and have legally resided with the Union citizen in the host Member State for a continuous period of five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your wife has held an EU-family residence card for 5 years, she should probably apply for a permanent residence card as noted at &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-permanent-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent residence (&amp;gt;5 years) for non-EU family members&lt;/a&gt;.  This will document her right, independent of yours, to live in Spain permanently, without conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To address your last question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is likely to happen to us if the UK votes to leave the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would guess that those who've already aquired permanent residence under 2004/38/EC will continue to enjoy that right, but it's really impossible to know.  If the UK were to try to expel those who enjoy permanent residence in the UK under that provision, then it would obviously be far more likely that British citizens permanently resident in EU countries might find themselves facing additional conditions or constraints.  They might be required to justify their ability to support themselves, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T22:50:34.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8383" CreationDate="2016-05-23T22:19:17.100" Score="1" ViewCount="2129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what are the options that can someone consider to resolve the problem if he is under the following circumstances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the international med school students are not too many in the US so their immigration status is a little ambiguous. Actually, I know someone who is in med school but he is done with the coursework and his F-1 visa that he has been using since his undergrad has expired. Meanwhile he had to take the step examination so the school advised him to apply for a B1-B2 tourist visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He got the tourist visa but right after the examination the time was too short to exit the country and apply for a new J-1 visa in order to start a required rotation in a hospital. So he applied for both a change of status and i-94 extension while staying in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The extension was accepted however they gave him a short one and it's expiring soon, whereas the change of status application is still pending..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the gov websites if someone exits the country the application will be automatically denied plus the rotation program is very intensive and a student can't take permission to leave..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am wondering what can someone do in such situation knowing that the application is pending since more than 7 months and whenever he calls the uscis they tell him that they are experiencing a large number of applications and currently they are processing applications from February and March 2015..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9612" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-05-25T09:53:40.647" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T09:53:40.647" Title="Pending change of status and extended i-94 about to expire" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8382" CreationDate="2016-05-23T22:41:44.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as there is a pending change of status application, it is not necessary to leave the country.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/C2en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/C2en.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What if I file for change of status on time but USCIS does not make a decision before my I-94 expires?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your lawful nonimmigrant status ends and you are out of status when your Form I-94 expires, even if you have timely applied to change your nonimmigrant status. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generally, as a matter of discretion, USCIS will defer any removal proceedings until after the petition is adjudicated and USCIS decides your change of nonimmigrant status request.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Nevertheless, DHS may bring a removal proceeding against you, even if you have an application for change of status pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though you are not actually in a lawful nonimmigrant status, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;you do not accrue “unlawful presence” for purposes of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Act, while your change of status application is pending if it was filed prior to the expiration of your Form I-94.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your application for a change of status is approved, the change of status will relate back to the date your Form I-94 expired, and your status during the pendency of your application will then be considered to have been lawful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your application is denied, you may be required to depart the United States immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, the student would be out of status after the I-94 expires, but would not be be &amp;quot;unlawfully present.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T22:41:44.323" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8384" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8415" CreationDate="2016-05-24T07:30:05.537" Score="6" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the common clothing for a job interview in Australia (as an engineer or technician)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine says that you rarely see a man in formal suit in Sydney streets (including any of the software companies for which he's been invited to interview). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T06:19:23.870" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T06:19:23.870" Title="What is the proper clothing for a job interview in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;clothing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2016-05-24T11:01:41.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only need a visa for the child if you even intend to travel outside of the United Kingdom with the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your intention is to eventually acquire ILR, and you will do that before any intention of traveling outside of the UK with the child, then you can wait until after you have acquired ILR and register the child for citizenship if you so wish. If you do not wish to register the child, then before any travel outside of the UK, you will have to acquire a passport for the child of the appropriate nationality (presumably the nationality of one or both of the parents) and then apply for either ILR (along with your application) or a dependent visa. NOTE: &lt;em&gt;You do not need a passport to apply for a visa or ILR, ONLY if you are traveling outside of the UK with the child.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child's health care costs are free for the first 3 months of life. If you apply for the child's dependent visa, you will have to pay the NHS charge in accordance with the visa. After the child has ILR/citizenship, then NHS is free as long as they are normally resident. All of your wife's treatment is covered as you have already paid the charges. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-01-12T09:47:57.067" LastActivityDate="2019-01-12T09:47:57.067" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7761" CreationDate="2016-05-24T15:23:30.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will leave an answer if this helps future visitors. I applied the work permit through a consultancy firm which asked me this as the document checklist. I got the work permit finally after the processing time ( 2 months)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documentary Evidence to be supplied by Student/Worker In Canada on Temporary Residence Visa (Work Permit or Study Permit):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of status In Canada : Copy of  Valid Work Permit/Study Permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of Valid Passport ( All Stamp Pages).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of income i.e. Letter from current employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Last 6 months of Payslips and  6 months Checking Account Bank&#xA;Statement to verify the salary deposited.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most Recent   T-1 General (Income Tax Return) &amp;amp; Notice of Assessment&#xA;from Revenue Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most Recent  T-4 Statement of Remuneration.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof  Of Funds In Canadian Bank Account. (Recommended Funds $&#xA;12000.00 in Saving Accounts).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of your Final Transcript &amp;amp; Diploma From College/University.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forms to be completed by  Main Applicant outside Canada:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Application for Temporary Resident Visa [IMM 5257]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family Information [IMM 5645]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Schedule 1 – Application for Temporary Resident Visa [IMM 5257 –&#xA;Schedule 1]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Statutory Declaration of Common-law Union [IMM 5409] ( If Applicable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IMM 5476-Use of Representative form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documentary Evidence to be Supplied by Main Applicant outside Canada:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$255.00 Visa Processing Fee (Online Payment Required Credit Card&#xA;Details).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of Birth Certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One passport size Digital Scan photograph.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of passport (All stamped page).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of Marriage Certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of Divorce Certificate (if applicable).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment Confirmation Letter from Current Employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Holiday/Leave Letter from current Employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Last 6 months of Payslips and 6 months Checking Account Bank&#xA;Statement to verify the salary deposited&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most Recent Year Income Tax Return - Main Applicant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All Bank Passbook with recent entries in your Home Country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All the Fixed Deposit Copies in your Home Country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Current Dated Valuation Reports of Property in your Home country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most Recent  Year Income Tax Return - (Parents or In-laws, If&#xA;applicable to  Support source of income and funds).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Immigration E-Medical Examination.(Original Confirmation) &#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Police Clearance Certificate for each country you have lived in for&#xA;more than six months since the age of 18.&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all of these things are required ofcourse, but this a generic checklist they asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-05-29T17:09:12.687" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T17:09:12.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8388" CreationDate="2016-05-24T17:21:03.570" Score="4" ViewCount="426" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish (EEA) National, married to an Australian, living in Canada, and job-hunting in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, my wife will need a EEA family permit to come to the UK with me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: is there a way for us to get the EEA family permit prior to our departure for the UK? According to the EEA family permit application form, I seem to need something called a EEA National Registration Certificate number, which I need to be physically in the UK to obtain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it simply a case that we need to land in the UK and apply on the spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9616" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-05-24T19:10:00.927" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T01:58:11.073" Title="Getting family permit form for non-EEA spouse in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8387" CreationDate="2016-05-25T01:58:11.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As I understand it, my wife will need a EEA family permit to come to the UK with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is incorrect.  As an Australian national, she does not need a visa to enter the UK, so she can just fly with you to the UK and present there the same proofs that would normally be required for an EEA family permit application.  She can even fly to the border by herself and present those proofs, if you are in the UK when she does so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a way for us to get the EEA family permit prior to our departure for the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  In fact, you can &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; apply for the EEA Family Permit when you are outside the UK, because it is the functional equivalent of a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; the UK, whether you've arrived there with a family permit or not, your wife will want to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;residence card of a family member of an EEA national&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I seem to need something called a EEA National Registration Certificate number, which I need to be physically in the UK to obtain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the EEA family permit application, and even for the residence card application, you do not need an EEA National Registration Certificate number; the EEA National Registration Certificate is an &lt;em&gt;optional document.&lt;/em&gt;  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;relevant page on gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the entry is required on the web form, respond with &quot;N/A&quot; or &quot;none held&quot; or some such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although your wife does not require an EEA family permit, she may wish to apply for one anyway.  There is no charge, and, among other benefits, the family permit application may be less stressful than just applying for entry at the border.  When you apply at the border, you are likely to be tired from traveling and under stress because of the possibility of being refused entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, if your wife wants to look for work early on, having the family permit could make that easier.  Without it, she will have to wait until the residence card application has been filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a tip: when you travel with your wife to any Schengen country, you can use the &quot;EEA/EU/CH&quot; passport lane even though she does not hold such a passport, because when she travels with you she is a &quot;person enjoying freedom of movement.&quot;  This is true even without the EEA family permit or the residence card, though strictly speaking without those documents you could be asked to prove that you are married.  In practice, though, I doubt that you'd commonly be asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T01:58:11.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8371" CreationDate="2016-05-25T03:45:02.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following are pretty much only the following ways your friend could move/immigrate to the US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Marry an American citizen or green card holder (permanent resident). Requires affidavid of support from someone in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Get a company to sponsor a work visa, e.g. an H-1B. There are a limited number of them, most being used by Microsoft, Google and other big companies to import foreign engineers/programmers. These visas are time limited. They can be converted into green card/permanent residency if the employer sponsors that as well. Unless she is a very skilled worker with unique skills, this is unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Get a transfer within the UN (G visa) or within another company where she has been working for at least one year (L visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Win the right to apply for a gren card in the diversity visa lottery (a.k.a. green card lottery). It should open again in October 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are of course a number of very specialized visas, you can find a good overview here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States#Classes_of_nonimmigrant_visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States#Classes_of_nonimmigrant_visas&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;About green card: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most people the only ways to move to the US are the same: marriage, work transfer, sponsoring by a company or winning the green card lottery. There are also investment visas, but I have heard rumors that due to mis-use of them, they may go away soon.&#xA;On top of that you have a number of much more specialized visa types, for artists, professors, au-pair, etc. But for most I woudl say that the ones listed above are the ones available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="6542" LastEditDate="2016-05-26T13:57:52.443" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T13:57:52.443" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8392" CreationDate="2016-05-24T11:05:14.300" Score="13" ViewCount="850" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a German national visa (employment) from India. Annexure for employment visa has a question: &quot;Have you &lt;strong&gt;lived&lt;/strong&gt; in Germany before?&quot;.&#xA;I've earlier stayed in Germany for 20 days on a business Visa, but never had a Residence permit there. How to answer this?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is a question in the Visa application itself - &quot;Have you ever &lt;em&gt;been&lt;/em&gt; to Germany before?&quot;, and I have answered 'Yes'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9624" OwnerDisplayName="abksrv" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-05-26T09:42:10.840" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T16:02:38.153" Title="Germany Employment Visa - &quot;Have you lived in Germany before?&quot; What is considered as living?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8391" CreationDate="2016-05-24T12:35:58.350" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form is asking if you have ever been in Germany on a settlement track.  This would include spouse visas, family permits, work permits, asylum claims, study visas, and the like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, in your application you should answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q: &quot;Have you lived in Germany before?&quot; - &lt;strong&gt;A: No&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q: &quot;Have you ever been to Germany before?&quot; - &lt;strong&gt;A: Yes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" OwnerDisplayName="JoErNanO" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-05-26T08:15:44.293" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T08:15:44.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-25T18:10:06.340" Score="3" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to France in a few months and I'm looking for accommodation. I'm interested either in renting an apartment or in renting a room. I am from Spain and I don't know which websites are the most useful for this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried googling something like &quot;louer apartement Paris&quot; or &quot;louer chambre Paris&quot; and I got some results but I would like to know which are the most common websites to rent apartments or rooms in France (as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealista.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Idealista&lt;/a&gt; is in Spain).  in general. If the response varies from region to region I am interested in the Paris area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8767" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T08:38:09.793" Title="How to find long term accomodation online in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2016-05-25T19:04:45.740" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing to be aware of is that there are two main legal frameworks for long term rental in France : 'meublé' (furnished) or 'vide' (empty). A 'meublé' will include all furniture (bed, chairs, table, maybe tv set, ...,) whereas a 'vide' rental might include some kitchen stuff (oven, fridge, ...) but no other furniture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some clues &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1165&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on 'meublé' vs 'vide'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most important difference : if you rent a 'meublé', the contract is for one year, whereas the contract for a 'vide' apartment is for three years. French law is quite protective for the renter (I mean you, not the owner), especially for 'vide' rentals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, when renting, you have to take into account 'charges' (that might be or not included in the displayed price, look for 'charge comprises' or not. This is what you pay for various stuff mainly related to maintenance of the building/place you're renting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then come taxes. You will probably required after one year to pay for 'taxe d'habitation'. That is what the city you are living in will ask for taking charge of city's duties (garbage, streets, ...). It is based on a complex and outdated algorithm mostly related to the surface of the the flat/house, but it's ratio varies from town to town. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this established, looking for a rent in the Paris area is a difficult (unless you have excellent credentials and a large amount of money) task. Even for native french. The way thing goes :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you find an interesting announce&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you contact the owner (or it's&#xA;representative) to actually visit the place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they ask for a bunch of documents (mostly based on the idea you are a french national, that include payslips, tax documents, proof that someone will pay for your rent in case you cannot, ...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after a while, they say 'yes' or 'no'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, to the question :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.leboncoin.fr/locations/offres/ile_de_france/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.leboncoin.fr/locations/offres/ile_de_france/&lt;/a&gt; is a starting point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pap.fr/annonce/location-appartement-maison-ile-de-france-g471&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pap.fr/annonce/location-appartement-maison-ile-de-france-g471&lt;/a&gt; is another option&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="9608" LastEditDate="2016-05-26T11:51:09.873" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T11:51:09.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2016-05-26T08:13:44.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sites that are useful for long term renting and buying include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seloger.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.seloger.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.avendrealouer.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.avendrealouer.fr/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9608" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T08:13:44.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-26T18:14:24.207" Score="5" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that this question has been asked before, but I'd like to explain our situation and get some feedback on this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are an American family; my husband has dual citizenship (American/Irish) based on ancestry.  The rest of us do not have dual citizenship.  Our youngest daughter (currently 15 years old) is interested in finishing up her high school years in the UK.  We'll be spending a few weeks in the UK this summer, looking at four state sixth-form colleges that offer the IB (International Baccalaureate) program.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a civil servant for the state of Oregon.  I can take early retirement next year.  I would received a pension.  As well, we have some retirement savings.  Having said that, we would consider relocating to the UK for 1 or more years; but my husband and I would probably need to find some kind of employment to supplement our income.  I work in the environmental sector and we've both taught English to non-native speakers, so we might be able to come up with something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that my daughter and I would get the EEA Family Permit to get into the UK and for obtaining residency.  What I'm unclear about is whether we have to have proof of comprehensive health insurance -- and if so if this is something that would be temporary (a few months) or whether we would have to maintain this throughout our stay.  The bottom line question is whether (or not) we would have access to the NHS.  I appreciate all responses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you,&#xA;Shari &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9628" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-05-26T20:45:19.613" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T12:23:34.660" Title="Healthcare in the UK -- would we have access to the NHS?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8398" CreationDate="2016-05-26T19:29:50.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you are entitled to NHS services or not doesn't depend on your citizenship (not even if you are British), only on where you are ordinary resident. The rules are simple: if you are an ordinary resident of the UK, then you are entitled for NHS care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules to determine whether you are an ordinary resident &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/496967/lawfully-resident-uk.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;are a bit complex&lt;/a&gt; for non-EEA citizens, but basically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband is an EEA citizen, so if he intends to stay in the UK, then he is fine, and can get free NHS care. He should register at a GP as soon as possible after entering the country and having a place to live.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and your daughter are considered as direct family members, who are entitled for NHS care in case your husband is exercising his treaty rights. This generally means he is working, studying or is generally self-sufficient (he has enough money to support you and your daughter). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For EEA citizens ordinary residence generally means you need to be registered at a GP (hospitals usually believe you are an ordinary resident if you tell them you have a GP), who will usually ask for proofs that you are indeed living in the UK for long term purposes. Some proof of address is usually enough. As someone recently coming to the UK your NI appointment letter should be the first thing that you can obtain which usually satisfies GPs. Registering at the GP should be done for all of you at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that although once your husband comes to the country with the intent of staying here he should be considered ordinary resident (which would also mean you and your daughter are fine using his status), in the first few days/weeks (until you get yourself registered at the GP) you might encounter issues if you do need care. They might ask you for money upfront in case you need to go to a hospital (unless it's an emergency), which you need to claim back from the NHS, once you have all the proofs that you are ordinary resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-05-27T12:23:34.660" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T12:23:34.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-27T08:02:42.840" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an approved US petition but it's taking forever for that elusive interview. Now, I have an approved multiple tourist visa. Is there another way for me and my family to just go there and work right away and probably convert that visa to a working visa and eventually wait for that interview in the US to come along?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9630" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-05-29T12:16:01.533" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T12:16:01.533" Title="Can I go and work in the US while I wait for interview of an approved US petition?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8349" CreationDate="2016-05-27T17:32:06.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question i don't know what i choice to submit him in DS-260 online&#xA;  knowing that he is a single he had master's degree in mathematics and&#xA;  living in morroco&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what you are actually asking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You use option 5, &quot;DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application&quot;, login using his case number and fill out the form. Since I don't have his case number I have no idea what the form looks like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the others who suggested to have either an experienced immigration lawer or at least someone with a very good understanding of English (as well as about the immigration/green card process) to fill out the application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example. where they ask about country of residence, put Morrocco. If he was born in another country, put that country in &quot;country of birth&quot;, etc. If you don't understand the difference between &quot;country of birth&quot;, &quot;country of citizenship&quot; and &quot;country of residency&quot;, you are probably going to mess up, and he might be denied his green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T17:32:06.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8256" CreationDate="2016-05-27T18:06:52.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finally found the answer! There exits a top secret Federal Benefits Unit which operates at the American Embassy in London (I live in the UK.). Took me weeks to find them but they have been helpful.&#xA;They have discovered that I was issued with a SS Number in 1963 and, more unbelievably, will accept my UK passport as ID! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Email them at &lt;strong&gt;FBU.London@ssa.gov&lt;/strong&gt;  They apparently can't afford a telephone.&#xA;Thanks to everyone who tried to help. &#xA;Kind regards, Virginia Slim &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9498" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T18:06:52.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8108" CreationDate="2016-05-27T20:29:43.167" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;An updated answer for future readers:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Private individuals cannot seek insurance through Kammarkollegiet, it seems. Organizations such as universities &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt;, and if you are a tuition-paying student will probably do so for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I was able to acquire a personnummer smoothly with only my Finnish passport thanks to the Inter-Nordic agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are an expat from the EU and have been residing in the U.S. (or anywhere else, I suppose) for the past few years, you're in a series of catch-22s regarding personnummer, health insurance, employment, and a bunch of other things. I've found multiple articles and posts around the Internet of people in that boat, and the best solution seems to be to get a taxable income in Sweden so that you'll &quot;automatically&quot; be registered with skatteverket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Old answer below:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alright, we contacted Your Europe Advice for help. Here's the short version of what we were told. Keep in mind that this is for our specific case, and may not apply to everyone in a similar situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In Sweden a registration with the tax board is necessary to obtain a personal number. Swedish personal number identity is the starting point for a variety of services and registrations in the Swedish society. Without access to this personal number (pin number) civil society life is very difficult in Sweden. The difficulties of getting the personal number is often linked to the registration with the population (census) and are often linked to the requirement of being resident for at least one year in Sweden and being fully covered by an insurance (1). &#xA;  In order to be protected by the EU social security and be issued an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) under the EU legislation (provided by Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 coordinating the social security within the EU) it is not a question of nationality or citizenship. You are protected by the social security of one EU country if you have been registered in a national social security system (2). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As I have been living outside the EU...&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have therefore not not been insured under the EU social system in Finland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cannot obtain an EHIC from Finland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be protected while I am living, traveling, and studying in the EU/Sweden in order to obtain a personal number (personnummer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We recommend therefore that you take an insurance with the &quot;Kammarkollegiet&quot; in Sweden. These insurances for students give not only a protection in Sweden but also when you travel in the EU. You will find these insurances on: &#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kammarkollegiet.se/english/insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.kammarkollegiet.se/english/insurance&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9352" LastEditorUserId="9352" LastEditDate="2017-04-06T07:46:08.557" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T07:46:08.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-28T00:50:47.380" Score="7" ViewCount="359" Body="&lt;p&gt;About 10 years ago I worked in Orlando on a Q1 visa. I was given an SSN number at the time and my visa expired after a year, at which point I moved back to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A decade on and my husband is working in California on a 01B visa. I'm here on an 03 (spouse - non-working visa). When we applied for our health insurance through his company they needed a SSN for me (I'm pregnant so it was essential we got it sorted out quickly). I read that I could get an ITIN number and use that instead so I called the IRS. They said that by law, an alien individual cannot have both an ITIN and a SSN so I had to use my old SSN number as I already had one and they could not issue a ITIN number. They advised me to double check with Social Security that this was ok. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I called Social Security and said as I'm not allowed to work can I use the SSN and they said, &quot;yes, it follows you through life, but you'll need to get your name changed to your married name when you arrive.&quot; I thought great. So we applied for the insurance and that was fine, I got set up with my bank when I arrived a couple of weeks back, and have just started driving lessons. I went to our local Social security office today and they said they can't change my name on the SSN as I'm not allowed to work. I said, I know, I don't want to work. She said yeah, but you can't apply for benefits. I said, I don't want benefits. She said health insurance and a driving license are benefits of living in the US and you aren't allowed them without a work visa so we can't change your name and you aren't allowed to use the SSN number for anything. I asked her what I should do and she just repeated the same mantra about not working and not being allowed benefits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I'm now panicking. She also said I couldn't get an ITIN. I called our health insurance and they told me everything was set up their end and it looked fine. They said as it was through my husband's employment, it would be fine but even they were baffled by what she'd said. In fact when I told the SS lady that I'd spoken to both the IRS and social Security on the phone, she said &quot;oh they are central and don't know all the rules.&quot; Now I'm so confused. I'm going to try calling again next week (even though she says they don't know all the rules), but if anyone has a similar situation with an old SSN and a current non-working spouse visa, it would be great to hear how you handled the situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9636" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-05-28T18:40:05.607" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T12:19:09.377" Title="Prior SSN now on spouse visa - do I need an ITIN" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8405" CreationDate="2016-05-28T03:04:14.493" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;She said health insurance and a driving license are benefits of living in the US and you aren't allowed them without a work visa so we can't change your name and you aren't allowed to use the SSN number for anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be untrue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Driving license is not a benefit, is a right. In California, you don't even have to be in a legal immigration status to get a driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health insurance is not a Social Security benefit, it is a benefit a private company extends to you. The SSA has nothing to do with it and it is none of their business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SS card should say &quot;Not allowed to work without DHS authorization&quot; or something of that kind, that's all that matters. The Social Security Number you have is assigned to you, and should reflect your real name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get to a supervisor or call some more central office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if the health insurance company doesn't complain - just leave it at it. You may have issues if you're applying for credit cards/loans and they notice the name mismatch so you'll need to fix it if you have such plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-05-29T12:19:09.377" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T12:19:09.377" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8401" CreationDate="2016-05-28T18:35:01.263" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No,&lt;/strong&gt; you should not enter the country on your tourist visa to work ahead of your interview. It's not allowed, very possibly might not work, and could have serious repercussions for your immigration process. You are allowed to visit the US with your tourist visa, but&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can't work while visiting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you might be refused entry anyhow&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is any other option, aside from your tourist visa, for you to enter the country before your interview. (Checking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/all-visa-categories.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of all visa types&lt;/a&gt;, I don't see any other visa types you could apply for to arrive earlier.) When you have your interview, that will lead to a new visa, which will allow you to immigrate to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Working while a tourist&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The State Department says&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;Visitors are not permitted to accept employment or work in the United States.&quot; So if you were to enter the country as a visitor, and then work, you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would be working illegally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would be breaking the terms of your visitor visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There can be repercussions for this. For example, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-485instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the instructions for Form I-485&lt;/a&gt;, anyone who &quot;[was] employed in the United States without USCIS authorization prior to filing this application&quot; is &quot;not eligible for adjustment of status&quot;. (&quot;Adjustment of status&quot; is a process where a person already inside the US switches from being a visitor to being a resident.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Entering the country&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were to enter the country ahead of your interview, there's a real chance you could be denied entry. A CBP officer will ask you what you're intending to do on your trip, and where you'll stay. They will know that you have a petition and are waiting for your interview. If they are not convinced that you'll be only a visitor, they can refuse you entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make untrue statements about what your plans are to a government official, such as that CBP officer, this can be considered willful misrepresentation or fraud. If caught, those make a person inadmissible to the United States in the future. Being inadmissible to the United States means no visas, residence, or entry to the US in the future (without a waiver). You'd be risking your path to residence via petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read more about what the USCIS considers &quot;fraud&quot; or &quot;willful misrepresentation&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume8-PartJ-Chapter2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;their Policy Manual&lt;/a&gt;. But for real advice about the relative risks and legalities of things like this, you should consult a knowledgeable lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2016-05-28T18:35:01.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8405" CreationDate="2016-05-28T23:58:18.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I have SSNs as previous non-immigrant residents of the US. My wife may have had work authorization for a while in the 1990's but spent most of our time in the US without it. While living there both of us provided the SSNs on tax returns, when applying for drivers licenses (New York, Virginia and California), to my employers' health insurers, when opening bank accounts and applying for credit cards, and pretty much any other time we were required to provide a number. While non-working my wife opened her own credit accounts and had a slightly better credit score than I did. We still file non-resident tax returns using the same SSNs, and still have bank accounts in the US that occasionally ask for the numbers on W-8BENs (a Canadian bank also made us fill out W-8BENs), despite the fact we currently have no status there at all now. I also don't think my wife has seen her physical social security card for many years, but no one has ever asked to see it either. Just knowing the number is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the title question, then, while you can't get an ITIN, because you already have a SSN, you also don't need an ITIN, because you already have a SSN. There is no constraint against using the SSN you have already for anything that someone without work authorization would need a SSN for; for tax purposes, as you already know, you are required to use the SSN, and it is useful for credit purposes. The sole difference between your situation and my wife's is the name issue: my wife still uses the name her SSN was issued with while you changed yours, so your name is mismatched with the SSA record. Any problems that arise will be associated with the mismatching name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, there is some chance the name mismatch will eventually cause you problems. For example while, fortunately, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&amp;amp;urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl05&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;California does not require a drivers license applicant to have a SSN if their immigration status doesn't allow them to obtain one&lt;/a&gt;, as is true of you in your current status, they do require those who have been issued one to provide it for name verification purposes which is a catch 22 in your case, so there might be an issue if you provide the SSN before the name mismatch is resolved (I won't mention the obvious workaround, though the implication in your post that you already have a California learner's permit might suggest you are okay anyway; since you'll be renewing the license frequently and in person as a non-immigrant you will have many opportunities to provide the SSN once the name is fixed).  Also credit providers, including utility companies, often submit your name and SSN to the SSA for verification, which may fail due to the name mismatch; your husband can apply for these instead but it would be better if you could do so independently if you need to. And you'll be required to file (joint) tax returns using the SSN but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.taxact.com/support/360/irs-reject-codes---name-birthdate-ssn-mismatch/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IRS may kick out returns where there's a name mismatch with the SSN&lt;/a&gt; (they certainly will for the primary taxpayer, I'm not sure about the spouse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there would be some benefit in continuing to pursue the issue of the name change in the SSA files (you don't need a new card, which they won't give you anyway, you just need the name in their file changed), but I have no idea how one would go about this. What astounds me is that the SSA's own &lt;a href=&quot;https://faq.ssa.gov/link/portal/34011/34019/article/3749/how-do-i-change-or-correct-my-name-on-my-social-security-number-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAQ entry about name changes&lt;/a&gt; seems to explicitly allow changes in cases like your's: if you follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Learn what documents you need&lt;/a&gt; link and select Adult-Corrected-Noncitizen it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, if we assigned you a Social Security number for non-work purposes, special rules apply. If DHS did not authorize you, we will change your name on our records but we cannot issue you a corrected card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is exactly what you need done. I do note that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;application you need to fill out for the name change&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you check “Legal Alien Not Allowed to Work” or “Other,” you must provide a document from a U.S. Federal, State, or local government agency that explains why you need a Social Security number and that you meet all the requirements for the government benefit. NOTE: Most agencies do not require that you have a Social Security number. Contact us to see if your reason qualifies for a Social Security number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so if you could find or obtain an IRS document stating that you'll need to use your already-assigned SSN for the tax returns they'll obligate you to file the SSA might be more cooperative(?) if it is clear you only want them to change the name in their records and don't need a new card. Unfortunately, the SSA and IRS are top competition in the &quot;government agency that sucks the most&quot; contest (the California Franchise Tax Board ranks highly too) so I don't expect this to be easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can get the name associated with your SSN updated my experience is that you'll be good to go, just using the SSN whenever a number is required. I wish I could be more helpful about how to go about persuading the SSA to change the name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-05-28T23:58:18.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8311" CreationDate="2016-05-30T05:41:19.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience in 2014: Your visa will have the &amp;quot;Must enter before:&amp;quot; date, that's the latest date you must cross the border to activate your visa. Usually, it's 1 year after your medical examination date (or 6 months if you have some health problems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will make this border crossing you can return to your country and you will have 4 years to move into AU (from the date of visa issue). It will be in your visa in &amp;quot;Must not arrive after:&amp;quot; field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My research on that question back in 2014: In that case, your cannot use your visa for entering Australia. If your visa was activated, you will be able to apply for Return Resident Visa, but I'm not sure that it'll be successful if you spent too little time in AU in that 4 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My opinion: I think you can apply, but the result will depend on reason of cancellation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9643" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-05-31T12:34:38.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8384" CreationDate="2016-05-30T06:31:11.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on my australian experience, a formal suit is the best choice unless stated otherwise in an interview invitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9643" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T06:31:11.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8411" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8414" CreationDate="2016-05-30T14:10:37.983" Score="6" ViewCount="3812" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to USA 2 months ago with a Family Visa (F4 category), my aunt sponsored my dad, we lived with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I  got a permanent residence stamp (acting as a GC) at the time of entering USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my SSN, Green Card, and a Bank Account in USA as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I moved back to Pakistan for some family reason 1 month ago, right now I am in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know how long can I stay in Pakistan so that my Green Card does not become invalid? or I am denied to enter into USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard I can stay for a year, but if I go back to USA, immigration officers may ask many questions reason of staying in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Software Engineer, and work as a freelancer on Upwork.com, I get paid into the bank I have in USA, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone told me this is also a big point in my favor that I am doing my business in USA and keeping my money in USA. Is this thing in my favor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8247" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T00:03:44.240" Title="How long can I stay outside USA after having a Green Card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8411" CreationDate="2016-05-30T19:38:00.327" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an lawful permanent resident (LPR) you are expected to take up residence in the US and you are not allowed to do so in another country. You are allowed to leave the US &lt;em&gt;temporarily&lt;/em&gt;, there is no legal definition how long &lt;em&gt;temporary&lt;/em&gt; is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave the US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for one year or more your green card will no longer be a valid document to reenter the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for anything shorter than one year the CBP officer might ask you questions to determine if you have abandoned your residency in the US. The longer you stay away (especially 6 months or longer), the more probable and tougher the questioning will be. If the CBP officer believes that you have abandoned your LPR status he/she will pressure you to give up your green card voluntarily. If you refuse, you might be taken to Immigration Court for a judge to determine whether you have lost your LPR status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prove that you have not abandoned your residency in the US, you should have good answers to the questions on why you have been gone so long and what ties did you keep to the US. Getting payed into a US account and having a home in the US is very beneficial here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to add that it is not enough to fly to the US every couple of months and stay for a month or so, you actually need to live in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can file for a reentry permit (Form I-131), which allows you live in another country for up to two years. The reentry permit can also be renewed. You are supposed to file the reentry permit before you leave the US, but you don't have to stay in the US for the processing. They will also take your biometrics (photo, fingerprints), I don't know if you can do this in Pakistan or only in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9586" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T19:38:00.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8413" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8418" CreationDate="2016-05-31T14:42:35.050" Score="2" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was living in the UK under a tier 2 General work visa, but left my job. I am planning to apply for Further leave to remain as a spouse of a UK citizen (my wife is english), but I haven't received a curtailment letter yet, and I understand that this can take a while, or may not even happen unless I request it by mail. I would rather just get through the process now rather than wait until some indeterminate time when I receive the letter, but I have been told when I called the Immigration service that I needed the letter before I book or send my application for FLR. Anyone know if that is true, ie. do I absolutely need the letter, or can I just go on and apply now ?&#xA;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9645" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T09:23:11.873" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T13:02:41.530" Title="Do I need curtailment letter to apply for Further leave to remain in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8411" CreationDate="2016-05-31T19:28:06.053" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone who had gone through a similar situation, I know it can be difficult to find the correct answer. The answer given by @sitic is a very good one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I came to the USA with the green card just before my last semester at college. I stayed in the country for a month and flew back to my previous country to finish that semester. I stayed roughly 7 months outside the country so when I came back the visa check officer made an extensive questionnaire about the reasons I stayed that long. After that, they sent me to the immigration office inside the airport and I stayed there for another hour. They asked me a couple questions and allowed me to leave without problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will ask you many questions, and your answers must prove that the intent of your travel was justified and was only provisional. If the family reasons you mention cover those aspects (like taking care of a family member hospitalized) and you can prove it, I don't think you will have any problem as long as your stay is less than a year. As @sitic has mentioned, if your stay outside the country is less than 180 days per year, they won't ask that many questions. If your stay is more than 6 months (and less than a year) and the temporal status of your travels cannot be proven, they can send you to a jury to see if they have to revoke your permanent resident status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have more information at:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/820/~/can-a-u.s.-lawful-permanent-resident-leave-multiple-times-and-return&quot;&gt;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/820/~/can-a-u.s.-lawful-permanent-resident-leave-multiple-times-and-return&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find a very good guide in:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lawandborder.com/risk-abandoning-green-card-abroad-6-months/&quot;&gt;http://lawandborder.com/risk-abandoning-green-card-abroad-6-months/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9646" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T00:03:44.240" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T00:03:44.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8384" CreationDate="2016-06-01T08:14:26.610" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should always assume formal unless you have been advised otherwise. It's generally ok to end up a little overdressed, but it's not ok to end up underdressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, software companies can vary. It is going to depend greatly on the culture of the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can, do some research on the culture before the interview. Is there a &quot;team&quot; page on their website? How are the employees dressed? Is there a certain &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrikin&quot;&gt;larrikin'ism&lt;/a&gt; evident in any of them? Or, can you find any team shots of them at work or play on the company's social media sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will give you some sort of insight into what it's like to work there, how they dress, and accordingly how you might be able to dress for the interview. I must stress: don't wear a t-shirt just because one person has in a photo; &lt;em&gt;you want to always lean to the safe side&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an anecdote, I once went for an interview where I wore a collared shirt and dress shoes - but with &lt;em&gt;jeans&lt;/em&gt; (nice ones!) It's kinda like the hipster way of dressing nicely. I only did it because I knew the company was laid back, and the boss actually commented that he appreciated I wasn't in a suit. Suits can portray an air of unfamiliarity, potential cultural mismatch &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; a lack of research - &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the company culture is a laid back one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9413" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T08:14:26.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-01T11:21:41.200" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (an Australian citizen) am going on exchange to the Netherlands. Apparently it is much cheaper (about $400AUD) and much less paperwork to get a working holiday visa than a residence visa. However, the info sent by my university says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As Dutch embassies in Canada, Australia and New-Zealand have frequently discouraged the use of the WHP and WHS for an exchange study period, we strongly advise to NOT consult the Dutch embassy on this subject and simply travel to the Netherlands with all required documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How serious a risk am I taking by relying on receiving a working holiday visa on arrival?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9647" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T20:35:08.383" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T20:35:08.383" Title="Exchange in the Netherlands - Working Holiday or Residence Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:20:51.403" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8417" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8421" CreationDate="2016-06-01T12:32:28.113" Score="4" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the US for an internship in a university from May to August 2014, not being paid, on a J1 short-term scholar visa. From August 2014 to October 2015 I returned to France to finish my Ph.D.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now on a J1 research scholar visa since November 2015 and I receive a salary from the university in which I work. It seems that I'm no longer eligible to the 2 years tax treaty with France because they consider the arrival date of my first J1, even if I was not paid and if I came back to France in the meantime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I contest this decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9648" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T18:29:51.267" Title="Tax treaty with France and two J1 visa" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8413" CreationDate="2016-06-01T13:43:41.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You can apply right now if you like. No curtailment letter necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T13:43:41.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8419" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8511" CreationDate="2016-06-01T20:30:03.373" Score="3" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw in an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.escapehere.com/esp/inspiracion/consejos-de-viaje/los-ocho-paises-mas-accesibles-para-vivir-despues-de-jubilarse/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online &quot;slideshow&quot;&lt;/a&gt; that 3 Central/South American countries are listed among the top 8 to retire to, namely Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mexico is an old standby for many Americans, too, but the thing about Mexico that kind of puts me off is the &quot;guilty until proven innocent&quot; justice system that prevails there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador the same as Mexico in that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option could be Cuba - can anybody tell me what the [dis]advantages might be for a Spanish-speaking retiree to settle in Cuba?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9652" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T06:48:41.267" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T06:48:41.267" Title="How do the legal systyems of Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador compare to Mexico for retirees from the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;cuba&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8417" CreationDate="2016-06-02T06:22:09.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What decision are you referring to? Did the IRS notify you of your resident alien status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2014 it seems like based on the amount of time you spent in the US, you were already a nonresident alien and wouldn't have needed to use an exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T06:22:09.540" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-02T10:06:08.577" Score="5" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is studying in the UK till next September. He has a valid Tier 4 visa, and I have a valid Tier 4 dependent visa, both valid till January. &#xA;We had a baby there, then I had to leave with the baby to have an operation in my home country. &#xA;Now I want to re-join my husband, and take my baby with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My baby has a British birth certificate, but of course no citizenship. &#xA;Which kind of visa would have more chance of acceptance for our baby? A Tier 4 dependent visa? We will go in July, and the studies end in September. Would my husband still have the right to ask for dependents?&#xA;Or would it be better to apply for a visitor visa? How much money should we show that we have for the baby's stay in case we apply for visitor visa for 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9656" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-06-02T13:16:02.480" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T06:23:24.300" Title="UK visa for a baby which type is better? And how much required" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8423" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8426" CreationDate="2016-06-02T13:35:42.773" Score="3" ViewCount="353" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be working in Canada for a short (36 month) contract. This means that, at least according to the following resources, I should be able to keep my US license, registration, and insurance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/after-transportation-driving.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/after-transportation-driving.asp&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.riv.ca/RIVExemptions.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.riv.ca/RIVExemptions.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that seems fine, but I'm not actually going to maintain my address in the US during this 36 month period. I'm going to be in Canada full time. Hence, I think I'll be breaking all sorts of state laws by keeping these three things at a former address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a loan on the car, so I also can't import it unless I refinance it in Canada. (I could get a cosigner, but with the weakness of the CAD right now, I might take a huge hit if it recovers over the 36 months I'm living there.) This car has been a good investment and I'm not looking to sell it, do I have other options? Can I keep all of my documentation as US legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9657" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T22:20:11.367" Title="US license, registration, etc. in Canada" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-04T00:52:58.810" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in New Zealand for about three years. Every time I go visit my home country I take the opportunity to bring to NZ some things I left there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been mostly books, small household items, clothes, but now I want to start moving some old family items that I think could be considered antiques: silverware, tableware, ornaments, figurines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe these items have significant money value but they are very dear to me. I'm willing to risk dispatching them in my luggage (and take some with me in my hand luggage) because I don't have money to use a moving company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;is there a safer/better way to do this, but still cheap?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to declare these items? How is Customs supposed to know if I'm moving my personal items and not smuggling antiques?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6264" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T00:52:58.810" Title="How do I move family items, antiques, art?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T23:50:55.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-04T13:08:03.050" Score="5" ViewCount="375" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is British and also an EEA national exercising her treaty right. We came back to UK and I  applied for a residence card but has been refused on the grounds that I did not prove my wife's marital status. UK border alerted me that my wife was married before but what UKBA didn't know was she was divorced before we got married. UK border also said I have no right of appeal. What can I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9663" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-11-01T17:33:58.440" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T17:33:58.440" Title="EEA spouse residence card refused. What can I do?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-03T05:34:35.610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8423" CreationDate="2016-06-04T22:20:11.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would clearly be cleaner if you fully moved everything to Canada (and I wouldn't be too confident that the Canadian dollar is as low as it can go) but I think you'll be okay if you do it your way. I actually think your greyest legal areas will be in Canada, rather than the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't necessarily lose your state of residence when you move out of the US for a period. For example, you retain the right to vote when you leave but voting requires state registration so you'll remain a resident of the state you left for that purpose. Some expats, in fact, have the opposite problem, that they no longer want to be considered a resident of the state they left so they don't have to file resident state tax returns but the state will use their voter registration, drivers license, address in the state and whatever else they have there to argue that they continue to be residents even while not present (California, New Mexico, South Carolina and Virginia are famously bad for this). While the laws about residence vary by state, for a drivers license you will generally be perfectly fine if you just assert that you remain a resident of the state in your absence, if you'll receive mail they send to the in-state address you give them and, to be completely anal about it, if you retain whatever they would ask for if you applied for a new license there (if they want a bill or statement with the address, maybe leaving a bank account or credit card there might do it). In fact, you might want to contact the DMV to see if they have a way to register the fact you'll be away for a while so they'll know you will be voting absentee and that you won't be available for jury duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the car the issue is even more straight forward, since you don't even have to be a resident of a state to have a car registered there and the registration in the state is more of a benefit for the state than it is for you. You may have to take the car back to the state if it needs an inspection when you renew the registration, and you'll need to make very sure your insurance will cover you if you spend extended periods away. Beyond this, no one there has much reason to object if the car isn't present in the state all that often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is in Canada where the issues get fuzzier. The second link you cite does indeed allow you to temporarily import the car for 3 years without registering it in Canada, but that is federal law while driver's licence and vehicle registration requirements are governed by provincial law. The exact laws may vary by province; I'll stick to Ontario since it is the only province I'm familiar with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ontario law says you must get an Ontario driver's licence &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section1.1.0.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;within 60 days of taking up Ontario residence&lt;/a&gt; but you cannot do this since, while they would take your US license in exchange for the Ontario one, you would no longer have the US license and there are restrictions on what an Ontario-licensed driver can do with a US-registered vehicle in Ontario; you would mostly be restricted to using it to do the things you would need to get done to re-register it in Ontario. Your position, then, needs to be that you are just temporarily resident (i.e. visiting) in the province while you are there, so as a visitor you can continue to drive your US car with your US license. The fact that the border officer allowed you to temporarily import the vehicle for your stay without RIV registration (it would be good if they gave you a paper indicating this, though I'm not sure they will), requiring you to keep the US license to continue driving the car, should be offered as evidence that your stay is temporary and your continued use of the US license is proper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difficulty with this position is the cognitive dissonance caused by the fact that you almost certainly will be calling yourself a resident of the province for other purposes, in particular for income tax and for provincial health insurance (I'm positive you'll need the latter; even if your employer offers health benefits they will only cover what the provincial health insurance doesn't cover). A Canadian resident moving between provinces would normally change their driver's licence and vehicle registration at about the same time that they changed their health insurance. Fortunately the exact definition of &quot;resident&quot; tends to vary from benefit to benefit (or obligation to obligation), so I don't believe they can necessarily use the former as evidence that you should be considered a resident for driver's licence purposes as well. In practice you should be okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key take-away from the link above, however, is that you should get an IDP to go along with your US license, since one is required if you are going to be driving as a visitor, in Ontario at least, for more than 3 months. This requirement is nonsensical, in that being in the country for more than 3 months doesn't increase their need for a translation of your license that no one will need to look at in any case, but I think is their way of &quot;encouraging&quot; you to get a local license instead. If you aren't going to be getting the local licence you'll need to be scrupulous about keeping the IDP current (I think they generally only have 1 year of validity) to avoid any risk of being &quot;encouraged&quot; with a charge of driving without a licence. If you do this they shouldn't be able to find much to complain about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T22:20:11.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8428" CreationDate="2016-06-05T08:43:33.843" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are moving from Switzerland to UK in a couple of months and I'm worried about adjusting to the nhs way of doing things. We would like to have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Direct access to a (specific) gynecologist for my wife&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Direct access to a (specific) pediatrician for my 1 month old baby&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible through the nhs or do I always have to visit a GP and he decides whether we are referred? Would a private insurance cover this? I have found that they have very little information on their websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8533" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T18:22:11.693" Title="Getting a private health insurance in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8427" CreationDate="2016-06-05T18:22:11.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK health system is very GP based (and even on top of that nurse based). Most private insurance is &quot;top up&quot; insurance and adds features to the standard NHS care. In London, and some other cities, you can get insurance that covers more or less anything. That said, you need to weigh the costs and benefits carefully. You may be better off paying out of pocket for regular visits to the gynecologist and pediatrician than using insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to be in the UK for a while, you may want to work on getting used to the way they do things. It is easier said than done, but in the long run probably worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T18:22:11.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-05T18:52:47.487" Score="0" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in France of French parents who moved to the US and became US citizens. I lived in France until the age of 10. I now live in the US but would like to hold a French passport as well. I do have a birth certificate and French passports from my grandparents, and of course am fluent in French but I don't know how to proceed further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9667" LastEditorUserId="67" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T02:28:04.880" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T06:17:55.203" Title="French citizen living abroad, how to get my French passport?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8429" CreationDate="2016-06-06T01:18:00.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure is detailed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F14929&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; (check the “À l'étranger” tab). The only somewhat problematic item is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Acte de naissance (copie intégrale ou extrait avec filiation) de moins de 3 mois : original&#xA;  (sauf en cas de naissance à l'étranger ou dans une ville dont l'état civil est dématérialisé )&#xA;  + Justificatif de nationalité française si l'acte de naissance ne suffit pas à prouver la nationalité : original + photocopie&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, your birth certificate should be enough to prove your French citizenship. Specifically, it is definitely enough if at least one of your parents was also born in France. If not, you are still a French citizen (because at least one of your parents was French at the time of your birth) but you need to prove that (I can detail how if that's your case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if your purpose is having some document suggesting you are French, voting, or using your French citizenship anywhere in the EU, a national ID card is enough and much cheaper (free if you never had one, otherwise there is a €25 if you cannot present the previous one). And if you want to have definite proof that you are a French citizen (e.g. to make it easier for your children born abroad to prove they are French citizens themselves), then a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt; is the best document to have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you will need a US passport to reenter the US anyway, a French passport is only ever required to travel to a third country and avoid a reciprocity fee, go to a place where French citizens don't need a visa but US citizens do (Venezuela being the only one I can think of at the moment) or perhaps if you want to avoid revealing that you are US citizen or hide some entry stamps present in either passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T06:17:55.203" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T06:17:55.203" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8422" CreationDate="2016-06-06T06:13:30.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would apply for the visitor visa, on the basis that you can demonstrate that the visit is for less than six months. A dependent visa is intended for stays over six months, and would normally be the applicable choice, assuming that you are eligible based on your husband's course of study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in this scenario it seems that a trip from July to September (three months) is properly characterised as a 'visit'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course as a visitor you must properly demonstrate ties to your home country and an intention to return, as there may be a assumption that with all three of you in the country, you will overstay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Info at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Visas-and-Immigration/Dependants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Visas-and-Immigration/Dependants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9669" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T06:13:30.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T09:50:26.923" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked for 8 months in France (as a contractor) where I get monthly fees (Tax free income based on a Tunisian-French tax treaty) in Euro and my monthly salary in Tunisia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able after consulting the tax consultant to provide all the proof about the money I earned in France because of the online banking facilities, but for the Tunisian income during that year, it would be harder to request my account history for that year and get back those document here in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it really worth to prove how much I earned in Tunisia and would it get me a better tax refund? Thank you for your advice.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6813" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T19:31:34.503" Title="Is the more you prove abroad income earnings the better you get a tax deduction or it's the opposite?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T16:47:41.197" Score="2" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where does an American living in Israel have to submit taxes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can think of three possibilities*:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most/all taxes are filed in the US &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most/all taxes are filed in Israel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxes are filed in both the US and Israel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*I don't know the first thing about tax law for living abroad and I gather it varies by country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9670" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T08:53:29.670" Title="US citizen living in Israel – taxed where?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8310" CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:16:59.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;France has double ius soli, which means that a child born in France to at least one French-born parent is legally a French citizen. Therefore, if you can prove that your father and one of his parents were born in France, you would have French citizenship. If you can get hold of any official document that states the place of birth, that would help your cause – preferrably one issued by a French authority. If you don't have documents but know their place of birth, you might be able to get a copy of the birth certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T19:16:59.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8432" CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:25:33.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;German tax office wants your world wide income to calculate the rate at which you are taxed for your German income. So you will pay more tax the higher your foreign income. On the other hand, not stating your foreign income would be tax evasion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, you don't need to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; your income, you have to make them believe what you say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(To explain: If you make €20,000 in Germany, and €10,000 elsewhere, they calculate the tax rate in percent that someone with €30,000 income in Germany would pay, and you pay that percentage of €20,000. If you make €20,000 in Germany, and €100,000 elsewhere, they calculate the much higher tax rate in percent that someone with €120,000 income in Germany would pay, and you pay that percentage of €20,000. )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T19:31:34.503" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T19:31:34.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7193" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:13:04.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are moving within the Schengen area, you can live in another state for up to 90 days without registration. If you rent an apartment, you may be required to register within a much shorter period – that varies from Bundesland to Bundesland. In any case, that countdown doesn't start until you actually move in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, the registration procedure in Germany is fairly simple. You need a valid ID and possibly proof of residence. Requirements which other EU states have, such as proving you have a source of income and valid social/health insurance, are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; required to register in Germany as an EU citizen. (Personal experience from supporting a Lithuanian citizen in the process.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer should not normally be concerned with any of this, unless your contract states otherwise. You should still be able to open a bank account, though some restrictions may apply if you're not registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:13:04.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5578" CreationDate="2016-06-06T21:00:52.053" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your friend would, in any case, need a &lt;strong&gt;Certificate of Conformity (CoC)&lt;/strong&gt; for the vehicle he is purchasing. This is available for every new vehicle sold in the EU since around 1996 and states that the car can be registered in any EU state which drives on the right and uses metric units for the speedometer, without any need for technical modifications. In the past the document was often kept by the authorities upon registration, thus he would need to get it reissued by the manufacturer. This may come at a fee in the € 50 range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, he would need to &lt;strong&gt;prove ownership&lt;/strong&gt;. If he lives in Germany, it is easiest to register it in his name there – the whole procedure should cost no more than € 100 – then take it to Belgium and register it there. If he is not registered in Germany, he would still be able to get export plates and have German registration papers in his name. Otherwise, a contract might be sufficient – but he would need to check with Belgian authorities for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, he would obviously need &lt;strong&gt;insurance&lt;/strong&gt;, as for a used car purchased in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some states (not sure about Belgium) charge a &lt;strong&gt;tax on first registration&lt;/strong&gt; in that state. If that is the case in Belgium, then the tax would be due here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, he would likely need to take the car in for &lt;strong&gt;inspection&lt;/strong&gt;. For a car with a CoC, the procedure is likely the same as the periodic inspection for any car with a Belgian registration. Your friend should be careful to point out that he has a CoC for the vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With all of these, your friend should then be able to register the car in Belgium. He might want to check with German authorities to find out if he needs to cancel the German registration explicitly after registering the car in Belgium (there is a chance the Belgian authorities report the registration back to Germany, and he doesn't have to do it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the above is based on my experience taking a car from Italy (where it was registered in my name, as I was relocating) to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T21:00:52.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5972" CreationDate="2016-06-06T22:01:39.133" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany should still let you in on a recently expired ID (I believe somewhere between 6 months and one year past the expiration date), but returning to the UK may be problematic. Here are your options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Request a passport from the German embassy or Consulate General. If you are still registered in Germany, they will need to get an authorization from the place in which you are registered, but that should not prevent you from getting a passport. (I have obtained a new German passport in Italy that way.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you need a document urgently, you can get a temporary passport, which is valid for a year and can be issued on the same day. IIRC this also requires that the consulate get an authorization from Germany if you are still registered there. (Again, I have obtained a temporary German passoirt in Italy that way.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To return from Germany to the UK, the Bundespolizei at the airport can issue you a travel document, valid together with your identity card. (I once got this document issued at Munich airport and flew to Stanstead on it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T22:01:39.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8433" CreationDate="2016-06-07T08:47:50.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're an Israeli resident (i.e.: permanent or temporary resident or an Israeli citizen living in the country) then you're taxed by the Israeli Tax Authority on your worldwide income. Otherwise, you're only taxed by Israel on the income sourced to Israel (earned while in the country or from investments in Israel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of that you're taxed on your worldwide income by the IRS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a tax treaty between the US and Israel, which would probably not apply to you for most parts if you're a dual citizen, but some provisions may escape the savings clause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both countries have foreign tax credit, the US also has the earned income exclusion that may be useful. Keep in mind that some income that is considered tax-free in Israel, is taxed by the US. Specifically, your employer's retirement/savings contributions are going to be taxed by the US as current income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of US-licensed tax advisers in Israel, the US embassy once had a list, you can try to look on the website if it is still there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A list of abbreviations to look up and get scared: PFIC, FBAR, FEIE, FTC, FATCA. Forms: 3520, 3520A, 8938, 5471, 114.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T08:53:29.670" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T08:53:29.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7497" CreationDate="2016-06-07T21:43:46.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to this question depends on the specific visa situation of the spouse. Only for cases listed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__39.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;§§ 39, 41 AufenthV&lt;/a&gt; a residence permit can be applied for from within Germany. Among others (likely irrelevant ones) this applies if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) he or she possesses a national visa (Section 6 (4) of the Residence Act) or a residence permit,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) he or she is exempted from the requirement for a residence title and the exemption is not restricted to a certain part of the Federal territory or to a stay of no longer than six months,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3) he or she is a national of a state specified in Annex II to regulation (EC) no. 539/2001 and is lawfully resident in the Federal territory or possesses a valid Schengen visa for short stays (Section 6 (1), no. 2 of the Residence Act), provided that the conditions pertaining to an entitlement to a residence title are met after his or her entry into the Federal territory, [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;6) he or she holds a residence title issued by another Schengen state and, by virtue of this residence title is entitled to reside in the Federal territory, [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the partner holds a short-term Schengen visa or can enter Schengen visa-free one might be inclined to think that the number 3 applies. Unfortunately this is not the case if the marriage happens outside Germany. This case is explicitly spelled out in the administrative regulation for the German Residence Act (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Themen/MigrationIntegration/AsylZuwanderung/AufenthG_VwV.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nr. 30.0.9 VwV-AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;) which also is confirmed in a few court cases (with a slightly different premise, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bverwg.de/entscheidungen/verwandte_dokumente.php?az=BVerwG%201%20C%2023.09&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BVerwG, 11.1.2011 − 1 C 23/09&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ein Ausländer, der mit einem Schengen-Visum ins Bundesgebiet einreist und nach einer Eheschließung im Schengengebiet (z. B. Dänemark) ins Bundesgebiet zurückreist, reist i. S. d. § 39 Nummer 3 AufenthV ein. Der Einreisebegriff des § 39 Nummer 3 AufenthV ist nicht schengenrechtlich zu verstehen, da es hier um eine Zuständigkeitsfestlegung (auch) für den Bereich nationaler Visa geht. In diesem Bereich gibt es – vorbehaltlich spezifischer Harmonisierungen – kein Gebot gemeinschaftsrechtsfreundlicher Auslegung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which translated and without the legalese basically means that if one marries outside Germany §&amp;nbsp;39 Nr. 3 AufenthV doesn't apply as the conditions for an entitlement to a residence title were not met within Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that those two references only explicitly talk about cases were visa are required. However the same also applies for non-visa nationals as Nr. 3 requires a lawful residence for those. If one enters Schengen with the intention of staying longer than the allowed visa-free period then the entry was not lawful in the first place (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://lrbw.juris.de/cgi-bin/laender_rechtsprechung/document.py?Gericht=bw&amp;amp;nr=14792&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VGH Baden-Württemberg 14.9.2011 –11 S 2438/11&lt;/a&gt;).  If one would enter Schengen &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; the intention of marriage and then decides to marry outside Germany I don't know the answer and don't think such a case was ever decided on a high level but I think that should be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception would be if leaving Germany to apply is deemed unreasonable (within the meaning of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0058&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;§ 5 Abs. 2 S. 2 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;). This is normally the case if the applicant (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Themen/MigrationIntegration/AsylZuwanderung/AufenthG_VwV.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nr. 5.2.3 VwV-AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is caring for people in the household which can't be ensured otherwise&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can't travel safely to their home country or there is no German embassy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is pregnant, sick, disabled, or of high age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;High cost alone is not a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T21:43:46.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-07T22:54:15.623" Score="3" ViewCount="1335" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying to work in the UK and the first thing you see in the official website for immegrations and visa is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://check-biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://check-biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what does biometric residence permit mean please ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sorry for my bad knowledge, this is the first time i apply for a visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9677" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T21:47:35.830" Title="what does Biometric residence permit mean?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8446" CreationDate="2016-06-07T23:08:48.197" Score="3" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Syrian and I have a student residence permission to EU issued from Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer for 6 months in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company asked me to have a sponsor. I do have someone in the UK to sponsor me, but I don't know how the process works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was checking the types of visas and I found this page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know to which one I have to apply, or if I need something else to prof that I have a sponsor &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you help please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T10:47:51.933" Title="What kind of visa do I need to have a temporary job in London?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-07T23:25:13.193" Score="9" ViewCount="1638" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wonder if you guys can help me. My wife (Albanian National) was refused an EEA family permit on the grounds that the ECO believes that this is a marriage of convenience. Link to image: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pasteboard.co/1w1SDRuX.jpg&quot;&gt;http://pasteboard.co/1w1SDRuX.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a short, rough timeline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We met in 1998, married in 1999. We had two kids, one in 2001 and the other 2004. We have lived in Greece since 1998.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to the UK in September 2015, started working full time October 2015. I’m currently employed and I earn about £1100 after tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My kids joined me in February 2016, one has started school and the other is awaiting a placement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my wife's application we included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her passport, my passport, marriage certificate, a joint bank statement from Greece, her right of residence card from Greece (which is given on the basis of being married to a Greek Citizen), my utility bills, council tax, payslips, p60, letter from employer/accountant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically the ground for refusal is that she has not provided any documents to demonstrate that we are in a genuine subsisting relationship. Considering I have been married with her for so long, having had two kids and lived together in Greece just before I came here I thought that would be enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I generally speak to her for 2-3 hours a day using skype on a VOIP app from the i phone so I have no idea how to get the logs from these apps to show that I am in contact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done a little bit of searching and found this article, which by the sounds of it her application should not have been refused, this is taken from : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun210-what-if-i-suspect-a-marriage--civil-partnership-of-convenience&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;EUN2.10 What if I suspect a marriage / civil partnership of convenience? When a marriage / civil partnership of convenience is&#xA;  suspected, the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO.&#xA;  However, in these cases the ECO is entitled to interview the&#xA;  applicant. Factors to consider include:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;an adverse immigration history; doubts about the validity of&#xA;  documentation; application follows soon after the marriage / civil&#xA;  partnership; no previous evidence of the relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The ECO should not consider the following cases as marriages / civil partnerships of convenience where: there is a child of the&#xA;  relationship; there is evidence to suggest cohabitation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an appeal form in there but I think that route is too long and I believe re-applying might be a better solution, my questions are these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I include the refusal letter of the first application&#xA;indicating the mistake (if indeed it is a mistake) that the fact&#xA;that we have two kids together has been overlooked? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I include family photos stretching back the last 17 years or so? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will screenshots of the conversations help? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I include a family certificate?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What else can I include to strengthen my case?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit based on answers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know how i can make an informal complaint to the British consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to have any doubts on my mind of not submitting enough information this time round so maybe including more evidence might be a good thing just to show that i am providing things which they felt were &quot;missing&quot; also what are the chances that my next application will be assigned to the same ECO?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before i apply i will post a picture of the letter i will write to them just so that you can guide me as i do not want to be seen as putting the blame or telling them how to do their jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also from the letter i posted there were &quot; no specific circumstances defined that gave the ECO a reasonable ground to suspect that the marriage is one of convenience&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot; First, there is no burden on the claimant in an application for a family permit to establish that she was not party to a marriage of convenience unless the circumstances known to the decision maker give reasonable ground for suspecting that this was the case. Absent such a basis for suspicion the application should be granted without more on production of the documents set out in Article 10 of the Directive. Where there is such suspicion the matter requires further investigation and the claimant should be invited to respond to the basis of suspicion by producing evidential material to dispel it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess the above is correct, but no invitation was received by them? should i include Article 10 to my letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit based on answer 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for that, i posted an answer as the comment field was very limited in characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have spoken with my wife and she told me that from the list of documents we provided they have kept everything apart from her passport and some utility bills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they've kept a the original marriage cert,  my payslips/p60 letter from employer and also a Sponsorship declaration i did from a solicitor in the Uk (cost me £75). is there a reason as to why they do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also how do i go about sending this letter, i have no address or where to send it. Do you believe that it is necessary considering i'll be making a fresh application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks once again&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9678" LastEditorUserId="9678" LastEditDate="2016-06-08T22:10:44.870" LastActivityDate="2016-12-04T06:05:05.040" Title="UK EEA Family Permit Refused - Urgent HELP needed - Marriage of convenience" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8443" CreationDate="2016-06-08T03:04:54.420" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe they're hoping they can keep you out until after the UK leaves the EU.  The decision is, as you have laid out, completely illegal and noncompliant with the UK's own guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should I include the refusal letter of the first application indicating the mistake (if indeed it is a mistake) that the fact that we have two kids together has been overlooked?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  I wouldn't discuss whether it is a mistake.  Just point out that you have two kids, and that their guidance says that this means your marriage is not one of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should I include family photos stretching back the last 17 years or so?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Prove your kids' existence with their birth certificates.  If you give superfluous evidence like photographs, you won't help your application, and you could hurt it if they find something that appears &quot;inconsistent.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Will screenshots of the conversations help?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, see answer for #2.  Keep it simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should I include a family certificate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a family certificate?  If you mean your marriage certificate and your childrens' birth certificates, then yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What else can I include to strengthen my case?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should include nothing else.  Your case is simple (not to mention ironclad); keep the application simple.  Prove only the facts you need to prove:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are an EU or EEA or Swiss national&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're married to your wife&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have two children with your wife&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, another reason not to add additional evidence is that it makes it more likely that the ECO will miss the crucial evidence: the legal documents.  The ECO should thank you, too, for not including extra evidence, because you will have reduced the ECO's workload.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to consider appealing the decision concurrently with your new application, in case the new application is also denied.  There are stories floating around on the internet where multiple EEA FP applications were denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you appeal formally, however, or even reapply, you might want to make an informal complaint to the British consulate (specifically to the Entry Clearance Manager [ECM]) calling attention to the fact that the the ECO has not met the burden of proof to establish a suspicion that your marriage is one of convenience, and that in light of your two children, the decision doesn't comply with the guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The presumption that you should have presented evidence substantiating a genuine marriage when you've been married for nearly 2 decades is preposterous, even in the absence of children.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example of this approach, have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/refusal-of-eea-family-permit-reapply-or-appeal-t106017.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/refusal-of-eea-family-permit-reapply-or-appeal-t106017.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to read &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/7332/2440&quot;&gt;these&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/7626/2440&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; of mine and follow the links in them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T03:40:56.383" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8441" CreationDate="2016-06-08T03:49:42.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A biometric residence permit is an identification card that also shows your status as a resident of the United Kingdom.  It's called &lt;em&gt;biometric&lt;/em&gt; because it includes some information about your physical characteristics, namely your fingerprints and your digitally encoded photograph, encoded on an RFID chip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is similar to a biometric passport, and indeed the card bears the same &quot;e-passport&quot; symbol, as shown in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261497/brp-information-leaflet.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261497/brp-information-leaflet.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I typed &lt;em&gt;biometric residence permit&lt;/em&gt; into a search engine, and the first result it returned was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/need-brp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/need-brp&lt;/a&gt;.  There, you can learn that the card includes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your name, date and place of birth &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your fingerprints and a photo of your face (this is your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/personal-data&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;biometric information&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your immigration status and any conditions of your stay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;whether you can access public funds, eg benefits and health services&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T03:49:42.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8442" CreationDate="2016-06-08T10:42:50.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to check myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need visa either Tier 2 or Tier 5, as described here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/uk/uk-immigration-tier-system.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.workpermit.com/uk/uk-immigration-tier-system.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sponsor must be a licensed sponsor employer, which can be found here &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(the list and the link is being updated daily)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastEditorUserId="8637" LastEditDate="2016-06-08T10:47:51.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T10:47:51.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T16:11:26.330" Score="1" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Australian student visa was declined in March 2016. After that I applied for a New Zealand student visa in june 2016 and it was also declined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do now? Can I reapply again in both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9684" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-06-08T21:52:34.137" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T01:19:14.813" Title="My Australian and New Zealand student visas were declined" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T16:22:47.737" Score="2" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;An American friend of mine, who's a permanent UK resident and currently sorting out their US tax return, has just come across a new term from &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_foreign_investment_company&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC)&lt;/a&gt;. Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://thunfinancial.com/why-americans-should-never-ever-own-shares-in-a-non-us-incorporated-mutual-fund/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this article from some tax advisors&lt;/a&gt; (which may therefore not be entirely neutral), they're starting to wonder about their UK pension and this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are all UK pensions automatically counted as &lt;em&gt;qualified&lt;/em&gt;, and therefore excluded from the need to fill out the PFIC-related form 8621 as part of a tax return? Or if it's only some UK pensions, how would my friend go about working out if their pensions count or not? (I think they've got something like a stakeholder one through their current work, something else from a previous one, and a SIPP...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T14:39:04.413" Title="UK Pensions for US citizens - is an IRS Form 8621 (PFIC) ever needed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8450" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T16:31:59.007" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, there's a group of tax-efficient savings accounts known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Savings_Account&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ISAs&lt;/a&gt; (Individual Savings Account). They can be used to save a certain amount (new) money each year, free of tax on interest (cash ISAs), and free of dividend and capital gains taxes (share ISAs). They are generally recommended and widely used, and their use is actively encouraged by the UK Government. According to Wikipedia, they're broadly similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Savings_Account#Similar_schemes_in_other_countries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Roth IRAs and Roth 401(k)&lt;/a&gt; accounts in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would a US citizen who's a UK permanent resident treat an ISA on their US tax return? For example, do they get any of the tax benefits against their US return, or just the UK one? And do stocks-and-shares ISAs get any friendly treatment, or do they run the risk of being classed a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_foreign_investment_company&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PFIC&lt;/a&gt; (Passive Foreign Investment Company) + risk needing a form 8621 filling out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T16:31:59.007" Title="How are UK ISAs treated for UK-resident US-citizens on their US tax returns?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8448" CreationDate="2016-06-08T17:43:15.577" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can reapply, but unless your new applications are significantly different, you will be refused again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to figure out why your applications were refused.  If you were refused because your circumstances do not allow you to qualify as a student, then you should not reapply until your circumstances change.  If you were refused because deficiencies in the application caused it not to represent your circumstances accurately, then you should identify and correct those deficiencies before reapplying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T17:43:15.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8449" CreationDate="2016-06-09T04:48:00.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;PFIC has nothing to do with FATCA, and was there way way before FATCA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PFIC is a real thing, and avoiding investing in funds/holding companies to avoid PFIC qualification is a very good advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically with pensions you may also be dealing with foreign trusts, which is another can of worms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend should hire a US-licensed tax adviser who's familiar with the UK economy and terms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW: Your friend should also familiarize themselves with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/report-of-foreign-bank-and-financial-accounts-fbar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T09:26:34.883" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T09:26:34.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-09T07:25:12.793" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband a non Eea national  will be coming to the UK soon as he was recently granted his EEA FP &#xA;how long should a non- Eea national who is on an EEA Family Permit wait before applying for a resident card and also how long does it take to get it. And should we books tickets for a full 6 months or is it ok if we just book or a few months then change ticket. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9688" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T07:25:12.793" Title="EEA Resident Card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-06-09T21:24:27.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8455" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8470" CreationDate="2016-06-09T08:51:33.903" Score="3" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife was recently granted an EEA FP but it is valid from the 21st of June she is only able to get a flight to the UK for the 23rd. If the UK leave the EU will it be a problem for her to get a resident card afterwards also is it a problem that she has there on the 23rd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8796" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T19:09:48.643" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T19:09:48.643" Title="EEA Family permit and UK referendum" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T13:34:42.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-09T09:58:19.150" Score="2" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American and I'm marrying an Italian citizen in Italy in the middle of September and also moving there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We know that I need to get my birth certificate translated to Italian and have submitted it to be translated. My main question is, what do I need to get an Apostille stamp on? My birth certificate AND the translation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also unsure of where to get the Apostille stamp. Does it need to be done by the state that my birth certificate originally came from, or the state that I currently live? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help. &#xA;Cheers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9687" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T10:17:50.847" Title="American marrying Italian in Italy- Document Translation and Apostille questions" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8455" CreationDate="2016-06-09T10:07:06.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although the UK referendum is on the 23rd of June, nothing will change &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; regardless of the outcome to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the result is to remain, nothing will radically change any time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the result is to leave:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the short term, nothing will radically change.  It will take years to negotiate the new status.  The Leave campaign has not provided a proposal with any consensus, and any proposal would have to pass through Parliament and be negotiated with the EU and its member states.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the long term, nobody currently (9 June 2016) knows what will happen so we cannot answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T10:07:06.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7948" CreationDate="2016-06-09T13:49:32.757" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all if you need a visa &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studyinholland.nl/practical-matters/visas-and-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;depends on&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your nationality – as stated on your passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The duration of your stay: shorter or longer than three months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your purpose of stay: we assume that you will come to Holland to study or to do a preparatory year. For any other purpose of stay, please check the website of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) for the requirements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/study/higher-education-and-university/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;immigration office website&lt;/a&gt; explains:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To come to the Netherlands, you will require a Provisional Residence Permit (mvv). An mvv is a visa that allows you entry to the Netherlands. You or your sponsor apply for an mvv and a residence permit at the same time. This is called the Entry and Residence Procedure (TEV procedure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are some &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/procedure#paragraph1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;exceptions when you &lt;strong&gt;do not require&lt;/strong&gt; this &lt;em&gt;mvv&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You currently hold a (valid) residence permit for the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have the nationality of one of the following countries:&lt;/strong&gt; Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, South Korea, United States of America or Vatican City.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You have the nationality of one of the following EU/EEA member states or Switzerland: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are a family member of an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen, but you yourself have another nationality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You currently have a permanent residence permit as a 'long-term resident-EC CE' issued by another EU member state.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/procedure#paragraph1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;For the full list go to ind.nl page.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I marked in bold the options which might apply to you; I understood that you already have an residence permit in Belgium, an other EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, you probably will not need an extra permit if the countries you are living, and the country you are studying are in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8675" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T13:49:32.757" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-10T10:44:46.343" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wasn't born in the UK, but I lived there for 4 years, and I have a full UK driving license which expires in 2025. I recently moved to Pakistan. If I travel to another European or Scandinavian country on holidays, can I drive a car there on this license? What if I live permanently in a European or Scandinavian country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9696" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T22:52:58.283" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T07:19:42.717" Title="Driving in the EU on UK licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-10T12:19:44.407" Score="3" ViewCount="953" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in Germany since February, 2016 and I have a blue card which is valid till 2020. Due to some reasons am resigning my current job and leaving Germany permanently and moving back to my home country (non EU country). I know I have to inform foreign office if I switch jobs within first two years of getting a blue card. But there are no clear rules about what to do with the blue card while leaving Germany? I checked the foreign office website and there are no details regarding this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" LastActivityDate="2018-05-24T08:21:45.323" Title="How to inform foreign office in Germany regarding Blue card when leaving Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8467" CreationDate="2016-06-10T13:44:59.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally a Blue Card is obtained after you pass some strict requirements. This gives you a residence and work permit in Germany for the first 2 years of your stay, plus access to other benefits. No integration course needed, proof of German language, etc.... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not currently working, it's required that you notify the Ausländerbehörde about this. The reason the Blue Card exists is to attract skilled workers when the internal market lacks such individuals.  I would also inform them of the reason why are you leaving, including your nationality, as this can help them prevent such things from happening in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have a public phone number you can call, or email them, or you can write them via post.  Their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/wir-ueber-uns/artikel.286363.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;public contact&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8669" LastEditorDisplayName="user8598" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T18:08:07.777" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T18:08:07.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8462" CreationDate="2016-06-10T14:17:14.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From Gov.UK Website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Driving in Europe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use your Great Britain (GB) or Northern Ireland driving licence in all &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EU or European Economic Area (EEA) countries &lt;/a&gt;, and Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For rules in other European countries check with a motoring organisation like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/overseas/countrybycountry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AA&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rac.co.uk/driving-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;RAC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So obviously yes, you can!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8725" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T14:17:14.193" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8455" CreationDate="2016-06-10T15:41:49.883" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK will most likely remain a member of the EU until at least 2018. All of the current EU/EEA laws still apply until that date. No one knows what will happen afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Long answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the referendum is passed, nothing much will change overnight. As of 24/06/2016 the current plan is to invoke Article 50 around October 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Invoking this article will &lt;em&gt;start&lt;/em&gt; the withdrawal process, and the two parties (UK and the rest of the EU) will have two years to get an arrangement on the future. Until that arrangement is made (or the two year period is passed without any resolution), the UK will still remain a member of the EU, and all EU treaties will still apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is possible that there will be an arrangement within a few months of invoking Article 50, as there are a lot of treaties to renegotiate, it is more likely it will take the full two years for everything to settle, until which date the UK is still part of the EU, and all of the EU treaties still apply. It might also be possible that because of the amount of treaties involved the two parties will extend the two year deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will happen after the arrangement has made: no one knows. Whether you or your wife will need new visas, or can still remain in the country will depend on the new rules that will be made during this period. The best thing you can do is to constantly check upon the news on the new laws and regulations that will be in place once the UK leaves the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T08:59:50.007" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T08:59:50.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-10T18:21:58.920" Score="3" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to a bank for applying for secure credit card for my H4 spouse (she has a valid ITIN). Bank associate told me that she has to show some income in order to apply. I told them that legally she can't earn and can't make any money, but she is added to my checking account in which I receive my salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the bank associate said you can enter part of your salary as her income in the credit card application form and so bank associate entered half of my annual income in her application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know is this legally right to do such a thing? As H4 holders are not allowed to work, earn and show any salary; so can this thing be considered against the rules and can it impact mine or her visa status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Associate also said that you might have to show income proof if the bank credit card department asks for it. Have anyone done such a thing and is it right to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8514" LastEditorUserId="136" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T02:29:20.640" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T22:51:47.997" Title="Can H1B share salary with his/her H4 dependent?" Tags="&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8474" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10316" CreationDate="2016-06-11T10:30:14.490" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a recent expatriate to the Netherlands (specifically, Amsterdam). My eyeglasses got sort of bent, and I need to try and fix the frame and/or replace it. I went to one shop when this happened to me and they said they were worried they might break because a joint was cracked, so they didn't do much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'm looking for someplace which would be brave and skilled enough to do delicate work on a potentially-cracked frame joint, but wise enough to not recklessly risk it. At the same time I should probably get a spare frame in case this one really breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed there are optician shop networks, and there are smaller opticians/optometrists, and I'm wondering how to choose. Back home I would go to someone I trust who sold me my current frame - nearly 10 years ago, actually - but here I have no idea. Also, I'm not sure how I can check price ranges for glass frames, since there seems to be so much variety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case it matters, the eyeglasses are uni-focal. The frame is by 'REPLAY'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-02-22T10:57:26.407" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T10:57:26.407" Title="Choosing a place to fix/replace eyeglass frames" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-12-21T15:05:57.410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7982" CreationDate="2016-06-11T19:52:06.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, I would look for information on such matters at the Irish state's organ responsible for collecting personal income tax, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.revenue.ie/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cain agus Custaim na hElreann&lt;/a&gt; - either on their website, or even go down to your local tax office and ask for a consultation. Many people don't realize this, but those tax clerks: 1. Know that tax code and 2. Tell you have to report things correctly, what you owe and what you don't. Now, sure, they will probably provide a strict interpretation of laws and regulations, but unless you're doing financially-complex business this shouldn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, &lt;strong&gt;it seems that you should not be paying any income tax in the Netherlands income tax &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - but rather pay your taxes in Ireland. You see, the Netherlands and Ireland have a(t least one) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/double/netherlands.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bilateral agreement on taxation&lt;/a&gt;. Either Article 13 or Article 14 should apply to you, and they say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Article 13 Independent Personal Services&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Income derived by a resident of one of the States in respect of professional services ...shall be taxable only in that State ... &#xA;      The term &quot;professional services&quot; includes independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the&#xA;  independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects,&#xA;  dentists and accountants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Article 14 Dependent Personal Services&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... salaries, wages and other similar remuneration&#xA;  derived by a resident of one of the States in respect of an employment&#xA;  shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised&#xA;  in the other State. If the employment is so exercised, such&#xA;  remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.&#xA;  ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, indeed, @RemoGerlich 's speculation seems to be true. The fact that they asked for a BSN means their systems assume all employees live in the Netherlands, which explains why they would tax you by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will emphasize that &lt;em&gt;I am not a tax expert&lt;/em&gt; and my answer is based solely on common sense and reading that treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T19:52:06.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8472" CreationDate="2016-06-11T22:13:28.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would seriously question the statement of the bank associate. The visa status and source of income are irrelevant to her application. In order to build credit history however I would recommend you to consider a &quot;secured credit card&quot; with a security deposit as collateral.  This should be no problem to establish and will enable your spouse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2430" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T22:13:28.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7982" CreationDate="2016-06-11T23:38:38.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not completely sure I fully understand your tax situation so I am not going to comment on that. But you will almost certainly need a BSN for any dealings with the Dutch tax office, I don't think there is an easy way around that. Fortunately, being a resident is not a requirement to get a BSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that you should simply &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-is-de-registratie-niet-ingezetenen-rni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;register yourself in the &lt;em&gt;Basisregistratie personen&lt;/em&gt; (BRP) as a non-resident&lt;/a&gt;. Registering is mandatory for people living in the Netherlands so many foreign citizens do indeed get their BSN as a consequence of becoming a resident, but it's not the only way. You do however need to present yourself in person at one of 20 or so large municipalities in the Netherlands, you cannot do it entirely from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-12T08:07:15.300" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T08:07:15.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8462" CreationDate="2016-06-11T23:52:21.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are visiting an EU country, you can use your UK license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move permanently to another EU country, you can use your UK license for some time. The rules regarding exactly how long are a bit complicated but if you have a 10-year license, you should be able to use it until it expires. After that, you should be able to get a local license relatively easily on the basis of your UK driving exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your citizenship and current residence outside of the European Union do not matter, as long as you obtained your license in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of this applies if you obtained your UK license in exchange for another, non-EU, license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T23:52:21.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8481" CreationDate="2016-06-12T07:45:35.137" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the next few weeks I will be moving to Amsterdam to work for an indefinite amount of time. To apply for the 30% ruling in the Netherlands I need some sort of government form that says I have been a South African resident for the last 24 months. Where would I get such a form and what would it be called?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have be to my local Home Affairs office and was told they could give me a &lt;code&gt;Declaration of Citizenship&lt;/code&gt; but I have been told that this is not the correct form. So what would the correct form be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: For future South Africans needing this information, if you have been working for two or more years go to SARS and ask for your tax number, a form will be given to you with your registration date, address and tax number. This is a valid proof of residence for Netherlands 30% Ruling :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9708" LastEditorUserId="9708" LastEditDate="2016-06-19T16:52:09.160" LastActivityDate="2016-07-19T22:04:53.777" Title="Emigrating to Netherlands from ZA, how to get proof of residence in ZA?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8480" CreationDate="2016-06-12T08:27:26.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Below are examples of what can be accepted as a proof of residence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Recent Utility Bill (i.e. telephone, gas, electric) (Please note that a mobile phone bill will not be accepted as a valid Proof of Residence).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Recent Bank Statement, Recent Mortgage Statement, Signed Lease Agreement still within term Bank, Investment Letter, Rental checks, Credit card, Pay check stub Rent payment, voter registration card.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A utility bill shows you get service at that address under your name, it's usually accepted, but not always - it has to be accompanied by a photo id with the same address to get your credit report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/publication/154/proof_of_residence_pdf_29621.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;THIS LINK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is an example of how you can prove your residence through Voter registration card!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8725" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2016-07-19T22:04:53.777" LastActivityDate="2016-07-19T22:04:53.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8484" CreationDate="2016-06-12T14:59:43.370" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are chances to get a full-time work permit (read work visa) after a completing a year-long English language courses program at VGC in Vancouver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If to be more specific, I'm planning a trip, a long one, and Canada is my first stop. So, my main priority is to improve my English skills and move on, but in a case I want to stay a little longer and continue my education there, I would need money to support myself. Incidentally, I already have the Specialist Degree (which is very close to Master Degree) in Applied Computer Science which I got in Saint Petersburg, Russia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9712" LastEditorUserId="9712" LastEditDate="2016-06-12T15:05:31.043" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T11:57:36.620" Title="Getting a full time work permit in Canada after a language school?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8483" CreationDate="2016-06-12T20:29:15.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; gives all the information about who can apply for a post grad work permit (PGWP). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it depends. If you are doing a program from a sketchy college, CIC just might reject your application and not issue a work permit at all. CIC takes all factors into consideration while issuing a work permit. These factors include but are not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reputation of the college you studied from.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The similarities of the program you studied back home and the program you studied in Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have successfully met the requirements of the program that you are in. CIC will ask for a confirmation from the college and/or graduation certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your program must be a minimum of 8 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to point out to the second point and explain further that the program you have in mind is an English program and the program you studied back home are not related at all. CIC just might reject your study permit in the first place. So I would advice you to be careful while applying for the study permit. In the past I have seen cases where CIC rejected study permits on the basis of that and also rejected work permits or shrinked the duration of work permits to what is originally applied for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I would advice you to be careful while selecting the college. There are some very sketchy colleges in Canada. Some of them are not even approved or are illegally running just so they can get students. I don't know the reputation of the college that you have mentioned but I would definitely advice you to be careful while selecting it. What I would recommend is talk to a consultant (You don't have to necessarily apply through the consultant) and see what works out best for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck with your trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-06-13T11:57:36.620" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T11:57:36.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-13T10:48:10.797" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are American citizens with permits to permanently reside in the UK.  We have lived here since 2001 (my husband) and 2004 (myself).  We wish to move to France for retirement.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of permits and documentation are required for us to relocate and reside permanently in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9716" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T06:07:46.340" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T06:07:46.340" Title="American long-term resident of UK retire to France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-13T09:06:35.253" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) valid till Feb 2017, whereas vignette on passport is valid till April 2016. Can I visit UK again on BRP I have? If not do I have to follow any other process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9758" OwnerDisplayName="Amol Bhuvad" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T02:28:52.997" Title="Use of Biometric Residence Permit for multiple visit to UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8488" CreationDate="2016-06-13T10:51:17.570" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can use your Biometric Residence Permit to visit UK again. The permit prove that you are allowed to return to UK again. But it can't be use instead of your passport or any other travel documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9720" OwnerDisplayName="Eva Jackson" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T10:51:17.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-14T01:25:40.457" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;My New Zealand student visa was refused due to poor knowledge of my course. If I first apply for a foundation course in that field, then what are my chances for visa approval with New Zealand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9684" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T10:55:26.393" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T13:07:55.270" Title="My Australian student visa was refused and subsequently my New Zealand student visa was refused" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8488" CreationDate="2016-06-14T02:12:30.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the status indicated by the biometric residence permit, and possibly on sok other facts.  From Timatic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Passport required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Passports and other documents accepted for entry issued to residents of the United Kingdom must be valid on arrival.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa required, except for Passengers with a Biometric Resident Permit issued by the United Kingdom if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the last leave (permission) to enter or remain in the United Kingdom has not expired and was given for a period of more than six months; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the last leave has not expired and was given by the stamp which reads: &quot;Given leave to enter to complete previous leave Section 3(3)(b) ; or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;alien resident is a permanent resident of the United Kingdom returning within two years (SEE NOTE 52453) of last departure; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;alien resident has the right of abode in the United Kingdom confirmed by a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode&quot; vignette in the passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NOTE 52453: The two year restriction does not apply to &#xA;  accompanying spouses and children of military personnel returning to the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa required, except for Passengers with an EEA Family Residence Card issued by the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa required, except for Passengers with an EEA Family Permit issued by the United Kingdom if the holder is traveling with, or to join the EEA or Swiss national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T02:28:52.997" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T02:28:52.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8491" CreationDate="2016-06-14T06:14:51.233" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Work to improve your knowledge of the field that wish to study in a demonstrable way. Not only should you be able to demonstrate that knowledge with obvious understanding on your own part, you should even be able to provide evidence that other credible sources verify your accomplishment. Then apply again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T06:14:51.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7759" CreationDate="2016-06-14T07:43:33.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you have to apply 1-2 month before the expire date of EEU family permit as it may take some time to process and approve your new permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9720" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T07:43:33.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="771" CreationDate="2016-06-14T23:46:45.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will want to set up a domicile in the state that has the tax laws you want. When it comes to voting, you normally vote following the regulations of the state you most recently were a residence of if you are not a resident of any state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We live in Mexico and there are a lot of people here that have South Dakota tags on their cars. You can register your car in South Dakota through the mail and set up 'residency' in South Dakota by staying one night in a hotel or campground and then show the receipt to the clerk when you apply for your driver's license the next day. Then you are allowed to vote in SD as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are companies that specialize in providing a 'residential address' for you in South Dakota. They mostly do this for the RV crowd that travel the US and use SD as their base (SD also has really low vehicle taxes/fees on RV's). So with no personal income tax, you can set up residency in South Dakota.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/?q=south%20dakota%20mail%20forwarding%20services&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mail Forwarding Services - Google Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dps.sd.gov/licensing/driver_licensing/obtain_a_license.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SD Drivers License - Note &quot;People who travel full time&quot; toward the bottom of the page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are probably other states that you can do this in as well, but SD is the one I am most familiar with because it is so prominent with so many people around me here in Mexico. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8639" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2016-06-15T06:13:47.133" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T06:13:47.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T03:16:10.267" Score="2" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have BSc in Civil engineering and Msc in Transportation System (ITS) and I have 3+ years of working experience as Software developer. I appeared in IELTS and made score 7 in all sections. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be eligible to apply for PR (subclass 189) as IT professional in Australia provided I have different educational background ? It not, are there other paths I could take, for example, if I get another MSc in Computer science/ Information technology, will I be able to attain the requirement ? Please, advise.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9723" LastEditorUserId="9723" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T12:40:54.477" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T13:11:25.867" Title="Can I apply for Australian PR (subclass 189) as IT professional if I have BSc in Civil Engg. and MSc in Transportation System?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T05:34:03.260" Score="4" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone who responded to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8425/eea-spouse-residence-card-refused-what-can-i-do&quot;&gt;the question about my EEA application in the UK&lt;/a&gt;. That first application was refused on the grounds that my wife was on the Home Office records as still married to her previous husband. The home office didn't know that they had divorced a long time ago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have sent a fresh EEA spouse family residence application to the Home Office about a month ago. This new application included my wife's divorce papers and all the other supporting documents. The Home Office has not even acknowledged this new application. I think they are intentionally refusing to accept it. This application's postage is tracked and Royal Mail confirmed that they have delivered it to the Home Office.  Should I take any action against the Home Office because they are refusing to accept my new application. What can I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9663" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T07:01:36.820" Title="EEA application for British Spouse - Second time with divorce papers included" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-10T11:34:51.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8506" CreationDate="2016-06-15T05:34:04.107" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to Washington DC in a few weeks, I want to know how can one obtain a phone sim card in the US? Can I get from the nearest store? or do I have to go to the telecom company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9472" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T05:44:42.103" Title="How do visitors apply for a sim card in the U.S.?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-16T00:07:10.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8505" CreationDate="2016-06-15T05:44:42.103" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Telecom companies have stores, in abundance. You can also buy pre-paid phones in any grocery store or gas station.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a &quot;post-paid&quot; contract, you may need to put a deposit since you probably don't have any credit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T05:44:42.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T08:18:20.400" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen and I'll be attending the first semester of my Master's in France from Sept '16 - Jan '17. As I'm part of a mobility programme, I'll be moving to UK for my second and third semesters (Jan - Jan '18). Technically, I'll have to apply for my UK Student visa from France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that to apply from another place other than my home country, I'll have to be &quot;normally resident&quot; (=&gt; visa for more than six months). However, my period of study is only 5 months at the maximum. How can I go around this, since I do not have any break between semesters to be able to go back and apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was under the impression that having a Long Stay visa in itself was a temporary residence permit and that it would suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. I'm on an Erasmus Mundus scholarship if that helps in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9725" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T08:18:20.400" Title="Applying for UK Student Visa while on French Long Stay Visa" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T18:00:21.013" Score="1" ViewCount="3229" Body="&lt;p&gt;As part of applying for Permanent Residence in Canada, the applicant must undergo an FBI background check to obtain a police certificate: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/united-states.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/united-states.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long will this certificate be valid?  I can't find any information about the lifespan of this document.  I'm looking into applying for PR status soon and I'd like to get a head start on this process, but I don't want the certificate to expire before my PR application finishes processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9730" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T17:18:14.203" Title="US to Canada immigration: How long is an FBI police certificate valid?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T20:56:18.267" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking a question on behalf of my elderly mother who returned from Spain in Dec 2014 after 15+ years. First some facts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother had Spanish residency for most of the period she lived in Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother had a valid Spanish driving license on her return to the UK - in fact Valid until Sept 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother is 70+&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother has just decided to buy a small car in the UK and therefore exchange her Spanish License for a UK license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She followed the process fully via the DVLA, completing all necessary forms&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The DVLA required conformation that her Spanish license was 'valid'. They had to get this confirmation from the Spanish DGT. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The DVLA applied to the DGT for this information. As is typical with Spain, they got no response. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eventually, the DVLA accessed some form of DGT database which for some unknown reason declared her Spanish licence invalid - no known reason why. Note her license says that it was valid until Sep 2016. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The DVLA then returned her Spanish license to the DGT in Madrid!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is now in no mans land! No license and no way forward without taking a full UK test again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas why this seems to have so horribly wrong for her. By the way, no convictions of any sort. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9731" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T06:51:44.907" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T12:57:23.573" Title="Driving License Issue" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T21:59:39.323" Score="4" ViewCount="589" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Djibouti and my father was born before the independence. We have helped him reclaim his French citizenship and now it seems that he is giving us the cold shoulder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We found out that he never filled out our birth certificates with the embassy and he has no intention of doing so. I was able to dig deep and found copy of his passport and RMI registration. He put down single with no kids. We have our birth certificates issued by the local courts, indicating that he is our father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I legally declare that he is our father or can we file the papers ourselves? He is not willing to file our birth certificates with the consulate and I am not holding my breath. I would like to know if there is way to force his hands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9732" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-30T17:14:10.003" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T17:32:28.860" Title="How to prove my father is a French citizen if he refuses to confirm we are his children?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8419" CreationDate="2016-06-16T00:33:39.573" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived and done business in Panama for 12 years.  There are hundreds of thousands of retirees in a tiny country of only 3 million people. Foreigners are considered as &quot;superior&quot; and are generally well respected by the authorities.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Panama, there are many networking opportunities with thousands of expats participating.  One such network is Internations that has thousands of members &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internations.org/panama-expats&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.internations.org/panama-expats&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a video siting 48 Reasons why Panama is a good place to retire:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://asset-protection-panama-visa.wistia.com/medias/wj7u0coo29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://asset-protection-panama-visa.wistia.com/medias/wj7u0coo29&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9733" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T00:33:39.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8512" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8514" CreationDate="2016-06-16T10:41:42.257" Score="1" ViewCount="898" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, I have the right to reunite with my family members, even if they are non-EU citizens. So if an embassy isn't fulfilling their responsibilities and never gives a valid reason for not considering my case, or even respond to my emails and phone calls, can I sue them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-13T16:18:04.867" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T16:18:04.867" Title="Can I sue an embasssy for failing to consider my request for family reunification?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8512" CreationDate="2016-06-16T11:43:07.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot &quot;sue&quot; the embassy &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; and you certainly cannot (effectively) do that in front of foreign courts. What you can do will depend entirely on the country in question (even within the EU) but basically it will be similar to what you can do against adverse decisions (or silence) from the authorities back in the sending country (not the country where the embassy is located but the country it represents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details vary a lot, some countries, including Italy, have an entirely separate court system (administrative courts) for that purpose. But if it goes that far, you will definitely need a lawyer and he or she should be able to advise you on the options available (going through some informal or formal appeal process might also be worthwhile or even necessary before going to court).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T17:00:09.867" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T17:00:09.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-16T11:49:20.420" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for a spouse visa for myself and my daughter after my fiancé and I get married in August this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been dating for 2 years now and have been visiting each other back and forth. He is British and he meets the financial requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if its ok to submit the application immediately after we get the marriage certificate, and which documents we need to provide to prove our relationship (apart from the marriage certificate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9735" LastEditorUserId="9413" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T11:32:28.877" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T11:32:28.877" Title="UK spouse visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8311" CreationDate="2016-06-16T12:13:04.077" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience this year, being granted a Permanent Resident &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)&lt;/a&gt; for Australia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The visa has a &quot;must visit Australia on or before&quot; date, which is one year from the earliest date of your medical or police check. If you do not visit Australia before this date, the visa is (I believe) cancelled. The date cannot be changed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you never move, well, you never move. See 1. :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what scenario do you envisage the PR getting cancelled? Certainly Australia may opt to &lt;em&gt;deport&lt;/em&gt; Permanent Residents (who have not taken citizenship) if they commit certain crimes (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/i-thought-i-was-australian-brisbane-man-on-his-deportation-to-chile-20151212-glm26s.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;). But I'm not aware of scenarios where a PR visa can be cancelled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(bonus answer) If you are an Australian Permanent Resident you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/australian-resident-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;freely live and work in New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;. (Note that the reverse of this does not apply)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9737" LastEditorUserId="9737" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T12:18:06.930" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T12:18:06.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8517" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-16T17:07:30.047" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently received my certificate of application for a EU citizen family member residence card. Although the certificate states I am allowed to work, I have had many difficulties to be hired due to the fact that my passport is still with the Home Office. Even if I am allowed to work, the fact of not having my passport with me makes it very difficult as there is no other official way for me to prove my identity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This certificate states that my residence card will be decided within six months of the application date. I applied the second week of February and I sent my Biometric information on April 1st. Taking this information into account, does anyone have any idea how long more I have to wait for the residence card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8607" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T06:31:29.290" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T06:31:29.290" Title="What's the waiting time for the residence card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-17T02:35:19.483" Score="2" ViewCount="3213" Body="&lt;p&gt;I obtained an F1 visa in the United States. In the process, I have received a I-797 (USCIS Approval Notice) for my F1 reinstatement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TONJ7.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TONJ7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any point in keeping the I-797, or can I safely throw it away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T23:07:19.587" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T06:06:39.387" Title="Should I keep my I-797 (USCIS Approval Notice) even after I obtained the corresponding F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8519" CreationDate="2016-06-17T03:03:21.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would keep it, at least until the corresponding visa expires. If you really feel compelled to discard the physical paper now, then keeping a scanned copy should be sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T03:03:21.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-17T07:29:35.943" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;My biological father was French - but my mother divorced him when I was three. She remarried and was so angry at my French father that she got rid of every photo of him, and never even told me anything about him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was not until I was 18 that I was able to locate him. I was still so young and not really aware any laws - plus my adopted father had just passed away so I was really in a state of shock. Thinking about citizenship was the last thing on my mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have lived most of my adult life overseas, and now the way things are going in the United States, I do not feel safe living there - nor do I feel safe for my son anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe I have read that if you do not apply before the age of 18 you can not get citizenship - despite having a French parent as I was not born in France but in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I did not know my father until after my 18th birthday? Do you think if I provide the details to the French embassy - along with witness statments - that I might still be eligible? This case seems different and I was wondering if an exception might be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9738" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T14:12:09.673" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T14:12:09.673" Title="French Father - but adopted by American" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8509" CreationDate="2016-06-17T12:57:23.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My guess would be the main problem with her licence was that it was already a converted one (which is much harder to validate during a licence exchange situation). But, since she passed her driving test in the UK the best thing she can do is contact DVLA again whether they still have any information about her original test and probably original licence. If they do, that should be enough proof for her to apply for a new licence using the D1 form citing her original pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T12:57:23.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8519" CreationDate="2016-06-17T23:13:22.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should keep it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, one of the requirements for Adjustment of Status (the process of getting US permanent residency from within the US) is that you've never been out of status in the US in any past trips (except if you are an Immediate Relative of a US citizen in which case you don't have to be in status). So if there's even a remote possibility of you applying for this (for example, if you will be in the US on a work visa and apply for permanent residency from the US) at some later point in your life, you want to make sure to retain all I-20s and I-797s to prove you were continuously in status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T23:13:22.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-18T07:48:49.700" Score="8" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked for a company in the UK on Tier 2 (General) work visa which is expiring in 2017. After working for some time I resigned from the job and returned to my country (after one month from last day of working) without waiting for any notice of curtailment from home office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now its been more than 1 year since I have left the UK and have got a new job offer from another company. The company is a sponsored employer and when they applied for COS they were told I am still employed under Tier 2 visa, which is not correct. Does this mean my previous employer failed to inform home office that I no longer work for them. How would it affect me if they did not inform ? Will home office refuse my application for new visa ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9742" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T13:18:10.920" Title="Previous employer did not inform home office (UK) about my resignation" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8512" CreationDate="2016-06-18T11:23:59.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you're asking the wrong question. Assuming your main goal is to actually get your family EU citizenship/residence/entrance, what you may need to consider is legal action within the legal system of the specific EU state of which you are a resident (and which you also want your family to move to). That is, if an administrative organ is not carrying out its function, you can usually ask a court of law to order that an action be taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you would need to consult a lawyer or at least someone with relevant legal experience on this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to try to &quot;punish&quot; or demand some sort of accountability or compensation, that may or may not be possible, but as other answers suggest it will definitely be very difficult. Try getting in contact with civil society legal-oriented NGOs which deal with immigration rights, which might be able to suggest avenues of struggle against such practices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, remember that you are obviously biased in favor of yourself, so before you consider any 'offensive' action (such as a lawsuit) you should be able to convince neutral parties well enough of the validity of your arguments against how the embassy handled your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-10-11T15:35:49.627" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T15:35:49.627" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-18T11:31:23.927" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Japan, Russia or Sweden their eligibility criteria  for citizenship are One must live in there for 5 years, would it be possible if I live there on tourist visa for 5 years am I eligible to apply for citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9744" LastEditorUserId="9744" LastEditDate="2016-06-18T14:16:02.950" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T06:28:36.690" Title="living in specific country on tourist visa and getting citizenship" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-18T14:30:59.490" Score="6" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is our situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a dual US and EU (non-German) citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife is a US citizen and we married in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We relocated here for my wife's work. She works for an American company and has a work/residence visa. She is technically on a temporary assignment and is paid in USD.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my wife becomes pregnant, are we automatically eligible for Germany's pre- and post-natal healthcare services?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will my wife be eligible for German Maternity Leave and Job Protection?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9746" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T12:38:48.433" Title="Does my wife qualify for German pre- and post-natal care?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-18T15:08:26.037" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know the question is trivial, but I cant seem to find the answer to it online :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone holds a Work permit to work in Ireland, are they also allowed to attend college as a part time student from a visa\permit perspective?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="762" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T20:21:58.737" Title="Studying on a work permit in Ireland" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2016-06-18T20:12:46.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One important thing is that your parents need not have claimed their European citizenship or have even known that they were entitled to it. So, when somebody says, &quot;One of your parents must be a citizen of country X,&quot; that doesn't mean that country X must presently know that your parent is entitled to citizenship. An application for citizenship can be used to prove that your parents and even grandparents were entitled to citizenship. What nobody has mentioned is that the first generation born outside of country X (e.g. in the US) must have been born before the immigrant ancestor naturalized (i.e. while they were still a citizen of country x). In the case of Germany, your ancestor must not have left Germany prior to 1904. The bulk of emigration from Germany took place before 1890, making most ethnic Germans in the Americas and Australia ineligible to claim German citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9747" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T20:12:46.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8528" CreationDate="2016-06-19T06:28:36.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, the residency requirements are for &lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; residency. I.e.: you should be a legal permanent resident for 5 years when you apply for naturalization. This is true for Russia and the US, not familiar with Japan or Sweden - but I assume it's similar. Overstaying a tourist entry permit is not generally considered &quot;&lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; residency&quot; for immigration purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Russia specifically has an exception for people who arrived to Russia and stayed without permanent residency before July 2002, but all of those, I assume, have naturalized already. The date is the date at which the current immigration law took effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T06:28:36.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-19T17:11:24.333" Score="2" ViewCount="2379" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coming from Germany, I’m used to have a Personal Liability Insurance (Privathaftpflicht). It is not mandatory, but very recommended to have and not expensive (30-50€ per year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the situation in the US: Are such insurances common place in the US? What is the right term to look for? And what else might be surprising for a German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9752" LastEditorUserId="9752" LastEditDate="2016-06-20T07:55:48.030" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T12:53:36.087" Title="Personal Liability insurance in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-19T18:02:04.833" Score="3" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employer in the US provides sufficient health insurance in the US. But my job (and my private live) involves short-term travels to other parts of the world, including my original country (Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the right name for the kind of insurance I need there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In Germany, I would get a „Auslandsreisekrankenversicherung“, which covers all travels abroad for ~8€ a year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9752" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T04:54:18.463" Title="Travel insurance in the US when domestic health insurance is provided by the employer" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8866" CreationDate="2016-06-19T18:08:55.907" Score="2" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen who moved to Rostock two years ago. &#xA;I work as a full-time employee for a local company so everything (including my Krakenkasse registration) has been sorted out already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rarely get ill (on average I saw my doctor back in Italy maybe once every 2-3 years) but I you never know when you might happen to need a doctor... and it would be better to have already someone you know (I might also ask for a general check-up to build some sort of medical history here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is that my German is still basically non-existant (I speak in English in the office).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the Krakenkasse and they provided a website which lists doctors in the area, but there is no indication of language they are proficient with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there any way to find out except by trying to contact them first (by email or traditional mail, maybe) and describe my situation? Is there any particular strategy you are supposed to adopt in looking for a doctor, or do you just walk in the studio, talk to them and then they take you as a patient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In Italy it is semi-automatically assigned by area residence, even if you can subsequently change it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course an Italian-speaking doctor would be even better, but I suppose that my chances would be even lower in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3797" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T16:04:40.943" Title="How to find an English-speaking general practitioner in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-19T23:15:37.943" Score="1" ViewCount="1104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to renew my Indian passport as it is going to expire with in a year. The passport section asking to provide 2 friends are relatives address and phone numbers. From the below list who are considered as valid relatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Parents who are sharing same as my permanent address&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Brothers  and sisters&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In laws and Co-brothers&#xA;Maternal and Peternal uncle and aunt&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2016-06-19T23:24:07.203" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T22:15:28.897" Title="Question related to Indian Passport renewal in USA" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-21T22:03:05.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-20T01:05:11.663" Score="4" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope to move from a 110-volt area (the U.S.A.) to a 220-volt area. I am interested in bringing electrical devices with me but am concerned because my understanding is that some stateside devices cannot be used at all under 220 volts, some can but only with a transformer, and some can with just a plug adapter — but which are which? (Ideally, I'd also like to know why.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392" OwnerDisplayName="msh210" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T10:40:20.923" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T12:57:16.140" Title="What electrical goods can I bring from the States, and how can I use them?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8529" CreationDate="2016-06-20T07:27:33.600" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any maternity related costs are usually covered by your &lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt;, your health insurance. Typically one requirement for holding a long-term visa is the enrolment in a healthcare plan; you either had to proof that you have a foreign health insurance which covers your costs while in Germany, but since that's rather unlikely over the long term, you most likely had to sign up with a German insurance provider. Perhaps your wife's employer did this, or you've signed up for a &lt;em&gt;freiwillige gesetzliche Krankenversicherung&lt;/em&gt; or a private insurance yourself. Note that one of you may also be covered by the other's insurance (&lt;em&gt;familienversichert&lt;/em&gt;); though that usually only covers unemployed family members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pretty much any German insurance should cover any maternity related costs, including visits to the doctor pre and post, hospital stays, a midwife and other related things. There may be a certain &lt;em&gt;Selbstbeteiligung&lt;/em&gt;, an amount you have to cover yourself before the insurance kicks in and covers the rest; that's usually the case with private insurances. What a foreign insurance may or may not cover is up to it; either way, check the details of your healthcare plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're paying taxes within Germany (which you should be, if it's your primary place of residence), you should also be eligible for &lt;em&gt;Kindergeld&lt;/em&gt; (monthly payments for each child), &lt;em&gt;Elterngeld&lt;/em&gt; and perhaps other &lt;em&gt;-gelder&lt;/em&gt;. Check with your local municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German maternity leave rules pretty much only apply to companies operating in Germany. If your wife's company is entirely operating in the US and you just happen to live in Germany, German rules don't apply, US rules do. Which likely means you get little to no maternity leave. If your wife is employed in some form under German rules (perhaps a local branch office), German rules may apply. First and foremost check with the company, secondarily inquire with your local municipality for more information, or information about whom to contact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am not a lawyer, but my personal situation is somewhat similar, and these are my experiences and gatherings.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastEditorUserId="818" LastEditDate="2016-06-20T12:38:48.433" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T12:38:48.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-20T12:48:49.983" Score="5" ViewCount="1670" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Australian PR under sub class 189/190. The assessment body is ACS (Australian Computing Society). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have gone through their requirements, but I could not find anything about the following questions (or certain things about them were not clear).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please advise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Certified documents: is it acceptable for a solicitor to certify all copies?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you prove your work experience if you worked as a freelancer? I can see they are asking for reference letters on company letterhead stating I worked for them as a freelancer. Is there anything else I can provide to support this further, and are there any complications with this? Most of the people I worked for are not registered as companies or are no longer active (or were freelancers themselves).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you have to submit the original Passport and hard copies as well?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9757" LastEditorUserId="9413" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T07:44:06.987" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T06:45:42.833" Title="Australian Skill Assessment (ACS) document certification" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-17T21:04:56.017" Score="4" ViewCount="2943" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got what seems like a once in a lifetime offer to start a PhD at EPFL Lausanne under a world renown scientist running perhaps the leading research group in the world in this field. This is a bit of a dream come true, but there's an issue: I have a wife who neither speak french nor has any higher degree and we also have two small children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The starting salary is 51k CHF/year, which I've heard is on the low end for Swiss salaries and would be lower than a job in industry in my European home country. That sum is non-negotiable, right? I'm wondering whether it would even be theoretically possible for us to accept this offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard the job market is fairly xenophobic for openings outside of engineering/tech and again and it will probably take a while for my wife to learn french - how  hard will it be for her to find something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it takes a while for her to find a job, how hard will it be for us to live a decent existence in the meanwhile? We will be able to rent out our home while abroad, but I can't count on that netting more than 400-500 CHF/month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard Swiss universities give their employees &quot;family allowances&quot;, and that you're also entitled to child subsidies from the Swiss government. Is this true? How about scholarships and other financial aids? How about TA:ing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the daycare offered at campus work? Can the university help out in any way with housing or even employment for the spouse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like I said, this is an opportunity at a level I'm very likely not to receive ever again. So if it would be possible to somehow make it work, I would love to find a way. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated, especially from those with personal experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Prospective PhD" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T14:49:57.590" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T14:49:57.590" Title="Details on financial situation for EPFL PhD student" Tags="&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8543" CreationDate="2016-06-18T00:41:43.990" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;As requested: (&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;) feeding a family with two children is technically feasible on the income in your offer letter; EPFL's PhD/Postdoc union (ACIDE) can help answer a lot of your more detailed questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a foreign employee, unlike Swiss citizens, your income will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travailler-en-suisse.ch/emploi-suisse/salaire-suisse/impot-a-la-source&quot;&gt;taxed at source&lt;/a&gt;, meaning that your take home pay will be somewhere around 41K CHF/year (I don't have the precise number available, so you will need to do some research to find the exact tax rate for your income level). Now, with two kids, you will probably receive somewhere between 5000 - 10000 in &quot;allocation familiales&quot; (again, I don't have the precise number available, if you contact the professor who gave you the offer, his secretary can probably find out from HR for you). You can I think count on around at least 46K take home pay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, for expenses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A two bedroom apartment in the Lausanne area runs (depends on location and size) anywhere between 1400 -- 3000 per month. In Switzerland (for complicated reasons) the landlords will be likely quite picky. With 50K/annum income you can likely only get accepted at an apartment that cost right on the low end (1.4K - 1.5K). Luckily, unlike regular employees, as a PhD student you can qualify for housing designated to be rented out at &quot;student rates&quot; (my understanding is that the landlord gets some tax benefits from that). Unfortunately for you, most of those are studio or one bedroom apartments. You will have to depend a bit on luck here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife doesn't work, you don't have to worry about day care for the two kids. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another large expense which you may not be aware of is health insurance. Recently the EPFL ACIDE (union of &quot;intermediate&quot; employees; meaning mostly PhD and postdocs) has managed to secure preferred rates for health insurance. Without it you can expect to pay around 14K per year for the mandatory health insurance for your whole family. But under the preferred rate you can get away with around 7K or less (the health insurance premium depends on your home address; if you live in a wealthier neighborhood you are expected to pay more) for two adults and two kids. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With your family size you will probably pay around 1500 for food and utilities (TV/internet/water/local garbage tax etc) per month; again, if you shop at bargain stores like Aldi instead of the local Swiss stores like Migros or Coop, you can probably spend as little as half that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So overall, I think that with your family size you should be able to just get by, and possibly save a little money, if you really watch your expenditures (don't spend money on unnecessary things, shop for deals in groceries etc.) It may be tight, but doable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hard thing will be finding housing. The university proper cannot help that much. Your future professor's secretary, however, should have access to the internal posting as well as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://acide.epfl.ch/services/habitation-searching/&quot;&gt;ACIDE postings&lt;/a&gt;. That can be a good place to look.  (Actually, you should look around on the ACIDE website, since there are a lot of useful information there. And if you e-mail them, they may be able to find out the current numbers for you to replace the ones I quote here from memory.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The university does not help out with employment for the spouse (not even for permanent employees in general when the spouse is not in academia). I am not sure if it would be a good idea for your spouse to work: daycare is really, really expensive. I don't know your situation, but if you have two toddlers it can be easily in the range of 5000 CHF/month, which would be likely more than a starting income for whatever job your spouse can find. Now, there are socially subsidized daycare in the greater Lausanne area (I think at least one or two of those are on campus; if I remember correctly the &lt;a href=&quot;http://information.epfl.ch/childcare&quot;&gt;first two on this list&lt;/a&gt; have available socially subsidized daycare positions). For the subsidized daycare options the charge is progressively proportional to your income. As a PhD student in Lausanne with 51K salary, you will pay very little for childcare (as little as 1500 - 2000 for full time care for two kids)... provided you get a spot. The waiting list can be as long as 18 months (though since you are &quot;low income&quot; you will get prioritized somewhat; but unless your spouse also has a job, there will be people ahead of you). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TA'ing will not get you extra income, as far as I know. PhD students' employment contracts usually have teaching assistantships written in as part of the time commitment, unless your professor has funds to fully pay you 100% for research. (If you are not sure, you can e-mail the professor to ask what your expected split between teaching/research is.) If your professor is paying you full time for research, he or she will not be that happy with you spending time on other employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do take the position: the public transportation system in Switzerland is very reliable and relatively affordable (compared to everything else there). The upside is that you don't have to live in the city even if you don't have a car, so if you see a reasonably priced apartment in a village somewhere, don't be discouraged by the commute. And as a PhD student at EPFL, you will be officially an employee of the Swiss Federation, so you can get discounted rates for train tickets and such (ask the secretary about the demi-tarif). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, if you don't intend to stay in Switzerland: one thing people often overlook is that by law you are required to contribute the the deuxieme pillar (part of the Swiss retirement fund system). The basic social security, like taxes, is lost to you. But the second pillar (as a PhD student over 3 years you will contribute probably just under 10K CHF) can be withdrawn if you leave Switzerland permanently to a non-EU country, or transferred to an equivalent retirement savings account if you go to a EU country. So even though money may be on the tight side while you are a student, you will come out with a little bit of savings, as opposed to absolutely zero. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Willie Wong" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T13:05:53.263" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8540" CreationDate="2016-06-20T17:24:39.333" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're lucky, all of your devices will have a label stating what electrical conditions they work under. Your big care is voltage. (I can't speak so much to frequency.)  Here are a few real labels to give you an idea of what you might encounter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Examples&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Input: 110V ~60Hz 7W&lt;/code&gt; : Won't work in the 220V area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Input: 220V ~50Hz 7W&lt;/code&gt; : Will work in the 220V, but you can't take it home to the 110V area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;AC Input: 115/230V 8A/4A 50/60Hz&lt;/code&gt; : Works in both areas, but you probably need to flip a switch to change modes. If there's a brown out and the power sags to, say 160V, it won't work. This is from the label on a desktop power source.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Input: 100-240VAC 50/60Hz&lt;/code&gt; : Works in both areas and continues working if there's a voltage drop. This is from the label on a desktop power source.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Input: AC 100-240V, 0.27A 50-60Hz&lt;/code&gt; : Works in both areas even with voltage drop. This is the label from the a USB cell phone charger.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Rules of Thumb&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two generalizations we can use to guess if a device will work on both even if we haven't looked at the label.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything with an &lt;strong&gt;electric motor&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;heating element&lt;/strong&gt; can't switch over. This includes mixers, blenders, fridges, corded drills, massagers, electronic razors, toasters, panini presses, rice cookers. Most appliances will not work in both places. By their very nature, these devices are calibrated to take in a specific sinusoidal wave to function correctly. If they get anything different, their sensitive insides will probably melt and never work again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything with that just needs &lt;strong&gt;DC current&lt;/strong&gt; should be able to work with multiple voltages. This includes almost anything with a wall wart, power brick or batteries: cell or computer chargers, LED lights, most computer equipment, cordless drill. These devices need a built-in transformer to convert AC to DC, and, as a manufacturer, it's pretty easy to take multiple AC voltages while they're at it. But be careful: some electronics manufacturers will take the cheap route and put in transformers that only accept one voltage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check the label. These are only for guessing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Accidents Destroy Devices&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need an adapter to physically plug your devices into the new outlets (depending on the region), or you may find yourself in a place where every outlet accepts basically any plug. If you accidentally plug your incompatible device into the wrong voltage outlet, you will likely destroy it. Take steps to keep yourself from having to think too hard. Save your heartache by pre-labeling all your devices and outlets with color in three categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Works in both &lt;code&gt;purple&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;110-120V only &lt;code&gt;red&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;200-240V only &lt;code&gt;blue&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many expats have sad tales of ruining an irreplaceable device by plugging when they were tired or thought a regular adapter was actually a transformer. (Transformers tend to be huge, heavy efficiency sappers.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, when I say &quot;it works,&quot; I mean that the device will operate well once you plug it in. (Caveat: sometimes it requires an adapter to make the wires fit right, but that's not the same as needing a transformer.) For most devices, even if I don't grant one &quot;it works&quot; status, it will work with the right transformer. (E.g., if you're in a 220V region with a 110V device, you'll need a transformer that takes in 220V and outputs 110V---and can handle the wattage, but that's for another post). There do exist devices that depend on specific frequencies (e.g., 50 or 60Hz), a problem that most transformers won't address, but I don't have experience with them. One thing I can say, though, is that if the device's frequency matches the region's frequency, you should be fine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for evidence, let the votes speak for themselves. That's what this style of Q&amp;amp;A is for. I have coursework in electrical engineering and worked as a system administrator for an American NGO in Cameroon, West Africa. We dealt with this issue every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3726" LastEditorUserId="3726" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T18:10:39.677" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T18:10:39.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-20T18:22:08.483" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is French but now lives in the U.S. He just sold an apartment in Lyon, but wants to send the money to the U.S. Is there a limit to how much can be sent over. Is there a bank we could use to pay bills in the U.S. How does this work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9760" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T22:14:49.463" Title="Money transferred from France to the U.S" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-20T22:59:04.040" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a USA citizen wanting to live in Spain for more than three months.  I looked at several websites about it.  The process as described by each is fairly consistent except for one detail: some sites say I have to do it at a consulate before going to Spain, and others say I must go to a comisaria or oficina de extranjería in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is it?  I am retired with more than enough income and do not plan to work, except for intermittent unpaid (volunteer) tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I re-read all the websites, and I think the answer is that I need an other-than-average-tourist visa before I arrive, but I have to go to the authorities in Spain after arrival for the rest of the paperwork.  But it still isn't 100% clear.  If my interpretation is correct, why do all these websites omit half of the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T12:01:35.557" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T07:16:13.437" Title="Where to go to obtain Spanish residency" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T00:18:41.683" Score="2" ViewCount="568" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the information I found on the internet regarding the H-1B visa leads me to believe that the spouse of an H-1B visa holder is automatically eligible for an H4 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;H-1B visa holders can bring their spouse and children under 21 years of age to the US under the H4 Visa category as dependents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/us/us_h1b.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;workpermit.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age may seek admission in the H-4 nonimmigrant classification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;uscis.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When applying for an H4 visa, is there any discrimination against (or disqualification of) spouses who very recently got married to an H-1B visa holder?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I'm interested is because there is a crucial benefit at my current job that I would have to trade off if I get married. The transition between jobs would be a perfect time to for me to (legally) get married, but if that hurt my spouse's chances at getting an H4 visa, we would have to rethink that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9762" LastEditorUserId="9762" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T04:50:25.283" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T21:50:59.167" Title="Is it feasible for a newlywed spouse to get an H4 visa granted?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8549" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8551" CreationDate="2016-06-21T08:16:04.323" Score="2" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m moving to California on an L1 visa soon. My wife will also be traveling with me. We have the following in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She travels to US with me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applies for the EAD work permit and comes back to India.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resumes her job in India until she actually gets the work permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once she get’s the work permit, she quits her job in India, travels back to the US, and tries to find a job there ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this legal ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9763" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T10:42:57.753" Title="Can an L2 visa holder go back to their native country and resume their job wile waiting for the EAD work authorization?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8549" CreationDate="2016-06-21T10:42:57.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US work authorizations is only relevant for when the person is in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T10:42:57.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8547" CreationDate="2016-06-21T13:46:26.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process is different if you apply for temporary or permanent residence. For temporary residence you have to apply at a consular office. For permanent residence, you do it in Spain as you are supposed to have been resident for five years (or other EU country,  I don't know the exact rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The authoritative source in this case should be the Spanish government :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/InformacionProcedimientos/Ciudadanosnocomunitarios/hoja010/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/InformacionProcedimientos/Ciudadanosnocomunitarios/hoja010/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/InformacionProcedimientos/Ciudadanosnocomunitarios/hoja046/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/InformacionProcedimientos/Ciudadanosnocomunitarios/hoja046/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In Spanish)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2016-07-14T07:16:13.437" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T07:16:13.437" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8559" CreationDate="2016-06-21T13:52:42.047" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to the Netherlands and I would like to apply for an RNI (Registratie Niet Ingezetenen) in English online. Is this possible? If not where is the easiest place to book an appointment so that once I am there I can do it ASAP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to email the address on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/official-matters/amsterdam-city-districts/stadsdeel-centrum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; but I have not received a reply in a week.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9708" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T17:38:32.000" Title="Applying for Netherlands RNI abroad in english" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T18:30:47.917" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, international students can't work off-campus in the USA (according to the law). What about Google AdSense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been working on my personal websites and I have activated AdSense on these websites. I have been getting paid in my native country (bank acount address is in my local address)and Google sends the payment to my local bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I link my US bank account after I reach there? Will it be considered as off-campus job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm not allowed to get the money in the USA, I want to get that continuously in my native country as I'm recieveing right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9767" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T02:59:41.110" Title="Off-campus job and Internet earning" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T20:39:37.700" Score="4" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen married to a Romanian woman. We have a two-month-old child. I have been living in Romania for the last 6 and a half months. I have a Temporary Residence Permit from Romanian authorities. Now we would like to relocate to London together to find work and settle. My wife and son don't need a visa to enter and remain in the United Kingdom. Can I enter the UK with my residence permit or do I need some kind of visa? If I do need a visa, which visa do I need and how do I apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9770" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-27T15:32:11.530" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T15:32:11.530" Title="Do I need a visa to enter the UK as the non-EEA spouse of an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8555" CreationDate="2016-06-21T21:28:45.380" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply, be careful to include the fact that you and your wife have a child together.  There is apparently a strong tendency for applications to be refused because the entry clearance officer (ECO) suspects a marriage of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK's own guidance to ECOs explicitly says that couples who have children together must not be suspected of having a marriage of convenience, so this is your best strategy to avoid a refusal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you arrive in the UK, you will need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; as evidence of your continued right to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T21:28:45.380" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T22:10:48.393" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title pretty much says it all.  I've been searching for a list of Canadian POEs but have so far come up empty-handed.  I'm hoping to apply for a NAFTA work visa (which can be applied for at a POE) and I'm trying to figure out the most convenient location and time to cross the border.  Specifically, I'm curious if international airports are considered POEs and if they only open for business during certain hours of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9730" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T23:16:06.650" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T18:51:05.723" Title="Where can I find a list of Canadian Ports of Entry (POE) and their operating hours?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8553" CreationDate="2016-06-21T22:45:06.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for it online, it's necessary to show up in person. Since you are moving to the Netherlands, the usual way to get a BSN would be to register with your new municipality of residence as soon as you settle in the country (it's mandatory anyway). You will automatically get a BSN (and a proof of registration, which you would also need for some formalities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really feel you need to register as a non-resident before moving, you still need to show up at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-is-de-registratie-niet-ingezetenen-rni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;one of 19 municipalities&lt;/a&gt; including Amsterdam. The page you found suggest that you don't need an appointment for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information available in Dutch is understandably more comprehensive but you will almost certainly find someone who speaks English and is willing to help you in that language at the municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T17:38:32.000" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T17:38:32.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8558" CreationDate="2016-06-21T22:50:19.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada Border Services Agency has a list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/services/aoe-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Airport of Entry (AOE)&lt;/a&gt; locations which include operating hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an airport, anytime a commercial passenger flight might land, there will be CBSA agents available to process arriving passengers. It's probably a good idea to call them before you arrive to confirm that they can handle your application at the time and place you intend to arrive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/services/menu-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;other services offered by CBSA&lt;/a&gt; which include arrivals by other means of transportation (eg. by ferry, seaplane, road, rail, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T18:51:05.723" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T18:51:05.723" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8554" CreationDate="2016-06-22T02:59:41.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could I link my US bank account after I reach there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will it be considered as off-campus job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. As long as you do anything on these sites - you're doing work. If you don't touch them &lt;strong&gt;at all&lt;/strong&gt;, not even maintenance - then it would not be considered work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I'm not allowed to get the money in the USA, I want to get that continuously in my native country as I'm recieveing right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where you get paid - doesn't matter. It's where you're doing the work that counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T02:59:41.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8564" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8565" CreationDate="2016-06-22T04:16:29.323" Score="3" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Palestine and have a Palestinian passport. &#xA;Recently due to sharia law my life has become in danger and I must move to any country and ask for a refugee status. I contacted related authorities but my country was of little help, even against me so I am stuck taking action on my own.&#xA;I tried applying for a visitors visa in Norway but got refused after 8 weeks of waiting.&#xA;Is there a reasonable plan I can take to move away and ask for a refugee status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9772" OwnerDisplayName="Dana sami" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T08:05:48.023" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T08:05:48.023" Title="A Palestinian trying to escape and get refugee status" Tags="&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8564" CreationDate="2016-06-22T05:51:26.150" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The immediate choice would be Jordan. If your life is in danger &lt;em&gt;from the state itself&lt;/em&gt; then Jordan can not refuse refugee status to you, that's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees&quot;&gt;convention&lt;/a&gt;. You need to convince them of this, however. Details on getting to Jordan can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;https://kamelhawwash.com/2015/08/24/for-palestinians-crossing-the-allenby-bridge-tofrom-jordan-is-ultimate-humiliation/&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; . Be safe and best of luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are only in danger from your family then you need to find ways to safety in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: if you have a genuine convention refugee claim then the generic problem is that airlines won't allow you to board if they believe the destination country won't admit you because they would need to transport you back and would be fined. So you need a country where this is not a problem. As you can -- possibly -- reach Jordan on land, this is not a problem and also Jordan allows you without visa. Wikipedia has a great list about  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Palestinian_citizens&quot;&gt;the Visa requirements for Palestinian citizens&lt;/a&gt;. If you can get to Tel Aviv and have the money to fly, then perhaps try for an eVisa from Georgia, there are several direct flights. You just need to get to another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T07:21:28.033" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T07:21:28.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-22T19:53:35.067" Score="3" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian and I'm moving to Germany for work; I will also take my wife and 4 year old son.&#xA;  How do I proceed to register residency? And once I register can my son go to school right away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details: Do I need a proper rent contract? Right now I don't have a rent contract since I've reserved an Airbnb; and I actually intend on staying in this same Airbnb at least until the end of the year (since my project is expected to end in December or January, if it extends or if I get another project or longer term employment then I'll probably look for a permanent place (buy or long'period rent) but right now I can't make a long term commitment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T10:32:59.903" Title="How to register residency in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8568" CreationDate="2016-06-22T20:33:00.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, EU citizens can stay in another EU country (e.g. Germany) up to three months without registering. If you know you want to stay longer, you have to register at the authorities of the town you live in, which are usually called Bürgeramt, Bürgerbüro or similar, and may be situated in the Stadthaus or Rathaus. You will find the address on your town's web site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To register you need a Vermieterbescheinigung (if you have a rent contract). In my town it was also possible to let a third person confirm that you live in his or her house. Just ask for this form at the Bürgeramt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9779" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T20:33:00.470" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-22T22:14:59.083" Score="2" ViewCount="432" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a short term under 18 student visa but it was refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Syria and have lived in UAE for the past 4 years. I finshed my gcse o-levels since I came from Syria. My English language was bad so I was struggling with my studies because I am studying the British curriculum. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a visa to do an English course in an accredited English school 1 month ago. I gave all the documents they wanted including a &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;photo copy of my father's 5 years ongoing visa  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;father's bank statement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;invitation letter from the English school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;letter from my current school in UAE that says I am registered for the next academy year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;letter from my dad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was refused for the following reasons: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have not provided any evidence of previous English studying &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there are English courses in Egypt for less expense &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't say how will the course help me in future &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also they said that I have been studying at an English curriculum school since 2011 and because I stated I am struggling so they said this contradicts with what I wrote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end they wrote the following: that I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your student visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please answer and advise me on what to include in my future application &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9780" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T12:36:27.560" LastActivityDate="2016-11-27T20:42:36.247" Title="My uk visa got refused" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-23T04:53:44.727" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Indian and will be getting married to my Romanian boyfriend in India. He is currently working in Winchester, England and that's where we plan to stay together after we are married. That's why we would like to get the marriage registered in UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can anyone please guide me as to what are the procedures to carry out the same? Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9784" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T08:03:00.083" Title="Registering a Marriage in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8572" CreationDate="2016-06-23T08:03:00.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There used to be a service where it was possible to lodge copies of foreign marriage certificates with the GRO, but this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/marriage-certificate-registry-service-discontinued-for-overseas-brits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has now been discontinued&lt;/a&gt;, and was only ever for UK citizens in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK government will recognise a foreign marriage, given a few basic requirements, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The marriage is legal under local law&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both parties have capacity to marry according to the laws of their country of domicile (i.e. are of age) and any previous marriages have been legally terminated (i.e. by divorce) in the eyes of the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can provide proof of the marriage in the form of a marriage certificate or equivalent (if not already in English, then you will need some sort of certified translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T08:03:00.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6404" CreationDate="2016-06-23T09:24:18.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;if you insure an imported car in the UK you have to prove to the insurance company within a certain time period, usually 6 weeks that you have cancelled insurance for that vehicle in the country you imported it from, else your Uk insurance is invalid!!! telling fibs to any insurance company is not a good thing to do. the prrof of cancellation will have to come from your ex insurance company with all the driving history and relevant references that insurance companies ue to swop  and register information .... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9787" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T09:24:18.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8582" CreationDate="2016-06-23T09:25:21.420" Score="9" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a dream to relocate to Australia in the next 5 to 10 years. My wife and I are planning to do this together with another married couple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, we're gathering as much information we can about the migration process, and the requirements for Australia. One thing I haven't really come across is migrating together with people who are not your relatives (children / spouse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One the key ingredients of my dream to move to Australia is that this particular couple is there as well. I can't imagine that I (or my wife) will be happy if we are isolated completely from everyone we know. So, to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/115/9786&quot;&gt;combat depression&lt;/a&gt; I only want to migrate if the other couple can migrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I doubt Australia recognises the four of us as a single 'family' wanting to migrate. I expect them to treat us as two married couples and each of us has to obtain visas individually. We'll most likely apply for Skilled Independent visas, but depending on the demand in 5 to 10 years, we might be able to apply for sponsored visas. It's likely to change in the future so I can't really provide more information regarding visas at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do to 'synchronise' our migration as much as possible? Once we enter the migration process, are there ways to keep the progress of all applications going at the same pace?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T09:26:41.623" Title="Migrating to Australia with another couple" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-23T10:45:51.593" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a french citizen currently residing in the US as a non-resident alien. I will soon move back to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before that, I am considering buying a laptop here in the US instead of buying it in France, as it is significantly cheaper. It seems that french tourists visiting the US are required to declare and pay 20% VAT on goods they bought during their stay (above a certain threshold, which would certainly be reached here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: if I buy a laptop in the US while I am living in the US, and then go back to France permanently at the end of my visa, am I required to declare it and pay the 20% VAT at the customs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would seem slightly ridiculous, as I suspect people living in the US for 3-5 years would not and could not declare everything they bought in the US during their stay at the expiration of their visa...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ps: I first asked this question at &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/11143/vat-going-from-the-us-to-france&quot;&gt;https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/11143/vat-going-from-the-us-to-france&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T13:00:25.370" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T11:41:09.593" Title="VAT going from the US to France as a non-resident alien" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8542" CreationDate="2016-06-23T12:35:18.057" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just been assessed by ACS so I can help with 2 out of three. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; A solicitor certified photocopies of my documents and that was fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; A certified copy of the identity page of the passport was required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for point 2 that is difficult. I'm a permanent employee and always have been and I struggled to get the references. A minimal reference is not acceptable. I was advised it must have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dates of employment &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A description of duties that match to the employment category you are going for &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And be on headed notepaper—ACS are fussy about that&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are alternatives—getting someone who you worked with to vouch for you—but I don't know any more details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-06-23T17:01:43.867" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T17:01:43.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8503" CreationDate="2016-06-23T13:11:25.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could do. Vendor certifications are accepted as IT qualifications by the ACS (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;page 10 of guidelines&lt;/a&gt;). It would be quicker to get a Microsoft/Cisco etc.. qualification than a Masters. Note though it is a full certification you need not just passing one of the exams - well that is the case with the MS exams which I'm most familiar with. You can even get a positive assessment result with no IT qualifications at all by completing a Recognition of Prior Learning (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;again see guidelines&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind though the lower your qualification the more years of experience you will need to offset this. Someone without an IT qualification would need 6 years more experience than someone with a BSc or Masters in IT in order to score the same points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with your application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T13:11:25.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-23T13:42:51.200" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm expatriated from Israel/Palestine to the Netherlands. I have a 2-year residence, a BSN number, an address and some sort of local not-so-cheap health insurance with IAK (about which I can provide more details if necessary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also insured in Israel, continuing to pay my premiums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm about to go on a week-long trip abroad - to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the Dutch health insurance cover me, typically?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is &quot;it depends&quot;, how do I check? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-06-23T15:54:36.197" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T15:54:36.197" Title="Ex-patriated in the Netherlands, travelling to third country - health insurance?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8579" CreationDate="2016-06-23T15:54:23.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, here is the answer I got from my insurer (IAK)'s customer support line. (I assume it is true for other insurers as well, typically, but don't take my word for it and ask.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By default, your health care coverage does not include medical care which needs to be administered out of the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can purchase a pretty cheap addendum for such coverage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are two tiers of coverage w.r.t. geographical area: EU-only, or entire-world. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A month's worth of coverage in the entire world cost something like 3.84 EUR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can pay extra for: Sporting activity insurance; &quot;Cancel all my credit cards since my wallet was stolen&quot; service, and car ride coverage abroad. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how good this coverage addendum actually is, since I haven't gotten the full text of the policy and it'll probably be in Dutch, but that's basically that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, many (most? all?) Israeli health care providers / health insurers don't offer a similar arrangement unless you're departing to and returning from Israel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T15:54:23.913" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8575" CreationDate="2016-06-23T17:15:07.077" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a related issue where I am trying to time a visa to the end of an academic year and not leave before (my wife is a teacher). So assuming that you are all applying for 189 visas these are the areas where you can time it or delay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applying for skills assessments. These can take a while or be really quick. ACS (computers) was almost immediate. The teaching one took months. But you can wait it out till everyone has their's&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English test. I would take this as soon as you can. There are often wait times of a month or two for slots - i found. Also someone might struggle to get the grades and require retakes. Although it is a hassle do it at the same time as the skills assessment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expression of Interest. The great unknown. One cannot tell how long it will take to be picked from the pool. A migration agent might have insights but it will be an estimate. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But once you have an Invitation to Apply you get 60 days to file it. It's an opportunity to delay to allow others to catch up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Medicals/Police checks. This sets the clock ticking. You have a year to enter the country from the earliest day of all of these.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The happy news is that even if it all goes horribly wrong and one couple gets the visa and the other is delayed by a long time it's recoverable. As long as you visit Australia in that year it will activate the visa. You then have 4 years to enter (i think - a long time anyway). Extreme delays could cause issues with resident return visas. But that would be long delays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as an aside - if you know where you want to live you could apply for skilled regional (489) or skilled nominated (190). Once you have been selected by the state then you would be selected straight away from the EOI pool. Bit of an extreme way to time it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the number of applications required - it would be two applications one for each couple. On each application you have the main application plus spouse (or long term partner) plus children that you have a legal guardianship for (your own plus adopted in effect). Pick your main applicant from whichever will score most points/be the easiest applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My migration agent was very helpful with timings. Anyway I'm sure it will work out and good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastEditorUserId="9788" LastEditDate="2016-06-29T09:26:41.623" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T09:26:41.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8535" CreationDate="2016-06-23T22:09:24.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best in my opinion is to get this kind of insurance while still in Germany and keep it in when you are in the US - just check that the insurance you purchase is valid worldwide without temporal limitation, even if you move abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked before moving to the states, and there is nothing comparable to a Haftpflichtversicherung in the German sense (the US insurances are more expensive, don't cover some risks and/or cover other thinks that I don't consider to be worthy to insure).&#xA;I chose the Interrisk XXL Haftplicht (see below), but there are probably other providers that also offer worldwide coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;===&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer, but I based my choice on how they define their coverage in foreign countries (&quot;Bedingungen zur Privathaftpflichtversicherung XXL / Verbindliche Erläuterungen zu den B68 / Zu § 1 Versichertes Risiko&quot;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Versichert sind sämtliche Risiken des täglichen Lebens als Privatperson, also beispielsweise [...] während Auslandsaufenthalten ohne zeitliche Begrenzung&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe my interpretation of this definition is wrong, so you should consult with the insurance company, or with a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="774" LastEditorUserId="774" LastEditDate="2016-07-07T12:53:36.087" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T12:53:36.087" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-23T22:55:39.903" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a UK Tier-4 Student visa pursuing master's degree. When my CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies) was issued, the course duration was over 6 months but less than 12 months. So, I was issued visa for 2 months extra time after the end of the course. Now, the university has changed the course end date and the course duration has become over 12 months. Now my course end date is the same as the expiry date of my visa. Also, as now my course is over 12 months, I should be entitled to 4 months extra time after my course end. However, it is not reflected in my current biometric residence permit (BRP). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to flag this as a mistake in the duration of BRP, and get a replacement BRP with the extended expiry date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9164" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T01:14:23.620" Title="Modify uk biometric-residence-permit (BRP) after change in course duration (from less than 12 months to over 12 months)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T01:46:15.163" Score="1" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the US and I have both US and Italian passports. I moved to the UK at the age of 13 and lived, studied and worked there for 9 years. I went to university in the UK, and moved back to the US exactly a year ago. I have been wanting to move back to the UK at some point in the near future - I don't know if this will be possible if the UK decides to leave the EU. Does anyone know what this would mean for me if I wanted to move back there, as I still have my university loan to pay back among other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9793" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T01:46:15.163" Title="What would the EU referendum mean for me if I wanted to move back to the UK?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T05:15:30.923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8588" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T06:58:01.817" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi somebody tell now uk is not in a European Union anymore and I have a ticket of 30th June from Romania to London with my wife and son actually I am Indian my wife from Romania we going from the EU rules and apply the EEA FAMILY PERMIT now Wats the new rule to get the EEA FAMILY PERMIT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9771" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T19:05:21.800" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T19:05:21.800" Title="Now we get the EEA family permit London now not in a European countries" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T08:57:14.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8588" CreationDate="2016-06-24T08:50:36.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK is still in the European Union, and will continue being so for at least the next 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No rules have changed today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T08:50:36.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5529" CreationDate="2016-06-24T12:36:47.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have successfully extended my residence permit based on self-employment. I had to bring a bunch of papers (some helpful guidance can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://medium.com/@imcatnoone/how-to-get-your-german-freelance-visa-without-losing-your-sanity-8fa68b39431a#.e0kym0e16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but be sure to consult local Ausländerbehörde (for me it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erwerbstaetigkeit/selbststaendige-taetigkeit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Berlin&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave me the visa based on business plan, recommendation letters and a sheet of profit and loss and a personal statement, and I needed to register with pension and medical insurances and bring confirmations for these too. I only got the extension for 1 year and will need to provide my tax return papers to Ausländerbehörde for the extension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to note – the mark regarding “Selbständige Tätigkeit gestattet” in my visa did not allow to become self-employed, but rather to have some self-employment along with my main job at a company. I needed ausländerbehörde to specifically allow &quot;Erwerbstätigkeit&quot; (more about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erwerbstaetigkeit/beschaeftigung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;), which I think means any jobs, employed or self-employed, are allowed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T12:36:47.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T13:10:05.713" Score="16" ViewCount="704" Body="&lt;p&gt;On 23rd of June, 2016, the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016&quot;&gt;voted in a referendum to leave the EU&lt;/a&gt;. This leads to the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are UK citizens working in the EU affected?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are EU citizens working in the UK affected?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are non-EU citizens working in the UK affected?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What other consequences might 'Brexit' have on EU/UK citizens?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/72026/the-uk-has-voted-to-leave-the-eu-how-does-brexit-affect-people-traveling-to-the&quot;&gt;related post&lt;/a&gt; on Travel.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-06-26T07:53:12.820" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T12:50:55.593" Title="The UK has voted to leave the EU. How does this affect UK/EU (and other) citizens living/working in the UK and vice-versa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8593" CreationDate="2016-06-24T13:34:32.433" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK will most likely remain a member of the EU until at least 2018, potentially leaving the bloc 29 March 2019 11pm UK time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the current EU/EEA laws still apply until that date. No one really knows what will happen afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know#applying-for-settled-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;set up a newsletter&lt;/a&gt; for EU citizens living in the UK, which you can join to get updates, including when and if the new so called &quot;settled&quot; status will go live, which will hopefully replace the current Permanent Residence status which will lose its validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Long answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the referendum is passed, and Article 50 has been invoked, there are still not many hard facts regarding what will change. Based on our current (as of 29 March 2018) understanding, the UK government and the EU delegates will try to get an agreement until around October 2018 leaving enough time for it to be voted on and ratified by all parties by the two-year cut-off date of March 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that while Article 50 was invoked on the 29 March 2017, it only means that the formal withdrawal process has been &lt;em&gt;started&lt;/em&gt;, and the two parties (UK and the rest of the EU) will have two years to get an arrangement on the future, but even that two-year period is subject to modification by unanimous agreement of the parties. Until that arrangement is made (or the two year period is passed without any resolution), the UK will still remain a full member of the EU, and all EU treaties will still fully apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is possible that there will be an arrangement within a few months of invoking Article 50, because there are a lot of treaties to renegotiate, it is more likely it will actually take the full two years for everything to settle, until which date the UK is still part of the EU, and all of the EU treaties still apply. It is also possible that because of the amount of treaties involved the two parties might extend the two year deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will happen after the arrangement has been made: no one knows. Whether EU citizens living in the UK, and UK citizens living in EU will need new visas, or can still remain in the country will depend on the new rules that will be made during this period. The best thing to do is to constantly check upon the news on the new laws and regulations that will be in place once the UK leaves the EU in both the UK and in the rest of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 1 April 2018 the following four options are the most likely scenarios to happen (in decreasing order of likeliness):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The UK and the EU agree to a non-EEA&lt;/strong&gt; (usually called Canada-plus-plus) &lt;strong&gt;style deal&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;For EU citizens living in the UK&lt;/em&gt;: In this scenario a new Settlement status comes into play for EU citizens already living in the country before the cutoff date (29 March 2019). Anyone living in the country before the cutoff date can live and work freely, and after 5 years apply for Settlement status (which will be similar to an ILR), while people arriving after this date (which potentially includes people leaving for more than two years and returning) will be subject to immigration control.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;For UK citizens living in the EU&lt;/em&gt;: They will be able to remain in their chosen EU country, and similarly they will be able to apply for Permanent Residency. However as of current agreements, they might lose their rights to move to another EU country, and will be subject to immigration control if they wish to move to another one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The UK and the EU do not agree to any kind of deal&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For EU citizens living in the UK&lt;/em&gt;: This would mean EU citizens living in the UK will possibly get into a legal limbo after the Brexit day. However it is likely that the EU Withdrawal Bill will come into force, which will put all EU regulations (including ones for immigration control) into UK law, meaning their rights will be preserved for a while. Afterwards it is still likely the UK government will replace these provisions with a Settlement status as described above.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For UK citizens living in the EU&lt;/em&gt;: similarly they will get into a legal limbo after Brexit day, with their status dependent on the country they are living in. However it is still likely that in this scenario they will get a similar deal as described above meaning they will be able to remain in the country they are living, but won't be able to freely move to another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The UK and the EU agree to a Norway style&lt;/strong&gt; (usually called Norway-minus) &lt;strong&gt;deal&lt;/strong&gt;, and will remain in the EEA but not the EU:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For EU citizens living in the UK&lt;/em&gt;: Most likely in this case the UK will remain in the EEA, all current laws will remain in force, and free movement will continue, however there might be slight restrictions on newcomers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For UK citizens living in the UK&lt;/em&gt;: Similarly EEA laws will still apply, and UK citizens in the EU will be able to move freely, but there might be slight restrictions on newcomers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The UK remains in the EU&lt;/strong&gt;: Nothing will change&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How To Guarantee Your Stay&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until we know more of the new laws and regulations at the moment there is one and only one for sure way for an EU citizen to remain in the UK after Brexit - naturalisation as a British citizen. For that the EU citizen needs to have been living in the UK lawfully(*) for 6 years (5 years to obtain Permanent Residence, and one more year in the PR status to be eligible for naturalisation). Or 5 years if married to a British citizen (5 years to obtain Permanent Residence, and then you can apply for naturalisation immediately)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*): note that this includes you have Comprehensive Health Insurance cover for the full 5 year period until you get the PR status. If you are working full-time for the entire period this is most likely okay, but if you've been unemployed, or a student you might have issues obtaining PR. You also have to prove at least 5 years worth of residence and 5 years worth of having an income (or Comprehensive Health Insurance), so even in the best case scenario at least 10 documents (for example 5 years worth of council tax statement, and 5 P60s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on current details although the PR status will lose its validity on Brexit day, there are plans to introduce a new status, called &quot;settled&quot;, which will have very similar rights to the current PR status. However this status is not yet formalised and not yet voted on, so how it will exactly work is currently unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other Hopes For Securing Your Stay&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be also one other possible route if you have been living in the UK long enough: if you have been legally living in the country for 10 year then in case of a Brexit, even without any other legal status on hand (for example if every PR is invalidated), you should still be able to settle and obtain an ILR &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/long-residence/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;applying via the long residence route&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-09T12:05:09.390" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T12:05:09.390" CommentCount="11" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-06-24T13:34:32.433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T13:58:18.610" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note this is not a duplicate question to the other one here &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8593/the-uk-has-voted-to-leave-the-eu-how-does-this-affect-eu-nationals-living-worki&quot;&gt;Other similar question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the results are out confirming Brexit, what would happen to EU citizens currently wokring and leaving in UK and holding a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA Registration Certificate document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This document confirms the right to work for an EU national living in UK, but I assume this is issued under EEA laws and not UK laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what about family members of EEA national having EEA Residence Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T14:20:28.953" Title="Brexit - What happens to EU citizens holding EEA Registration Certificate" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T16:18:42.927" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8596" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-06-24T14:35:30.367" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is used for questions regarding the departure of the UK from the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 24/6/16 no one knows what rules will be enforced to the UK, to EU citizens living in the UK and to UK citizens living in the EU. Until a question with this tag can be answered, it will be tagged with this tag and closed as duplicate of  &lt;a href=&quot;http://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8593/the-uk-has-voted-to-leave-the-eu-how-does-this-affect-eu-eea-nationals-living-w&quot;&gt;The UK has voted to leave the EU. How does this affect EU/EEA nationals living/working in the UK and vice-versa?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once more information is known specific to the question it might be reopened and answered&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T19:08:05.643" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T19:08:05.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8597" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-06-24T14:35:30.367" Score="0" Body="This tag is used for questions regarding the departure of the UK from the EU. Note that unless the question can be answered without speculation it will be closed. It might be reopened once more information is available" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-24T19:08:05.643" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T19:08:05.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8598" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T15:50:22.417" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My toursit visa will expire next month while I am waiting for an EEA family member residence card, does this make me an overstayer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9802" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T07:32:59.760" Title="If my leave has expired while awaiting a decision, will I become an overstayer?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8601" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8610" CreationDate="2016-06-24T21:57:53.943" Score="1" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation is relatively simple: I am a single Canadian citizen. My parents are alive. My brother and his family and our parents are living in Hungary. If push comes to shove (which, as of today, thanks to the enlightened UK voters have moved from &quot;impossible&quot; to &quot;who knows&quot;) I would like to get my brother over here. I read &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp&lt;/a&gt; and I do not understand. I frankly don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 1 is &quot;You can sponsor close relatives, related by blood or adoption, such as brothers... nephews, nieces ... if they meet all of the following conditions &quot; -- well, I have a brother, a nephew and a niece but neither of the three are orphaned so Option 1 is out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 2 is You may sponsor one relative, related by blood or adoption, of any age if you meet all of the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you do not have a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner, or one of the following living relatives you could sponsor instead:&#xA;parent,...&#xA;brother or sister,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have a brother I'd like to sponsor! I do not get it. Can I or can I not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Money is not a problem.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2016-06-25T20:13:28.260" Title="Any way to get my brother to Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-25T01:18:10.770" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask you some help for marriage. I live in France with a visa Scientifique Chercheur which is soon going to expire on 19 September 2016. Before it expires, I'm going to submit my document to prefecture to renew it for the next year to get a carte de sejour which is surely going to be renewed. I want to marry my girlfriend; she is from Mauritius. I don't want to return to Mauritius and come back again as this is very expensive, a round-trip ticket costs at least 1500 euros for one person. So, I want to marry in France itself, and I have the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this possible? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to wait to get my new carte de sejour&#xA;    before marrying?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will my girlfriend allowed to come here in France&#xA;    for marriage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9806" LastActivityDate="2016-06-25T01:18:10.770" Title="Foreigners Marriage in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:54:20.427" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8605" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-25T13:13:46.863" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm married to a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I got accepted for a visitor visa to the UK to visit my wife, is there any legal way I could stay and not come back to my country after the visa expired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9807" LastEditorUserId="9413" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T13:18:47.690" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T07:41:26.417" Title="Staying in the UK with my wife" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8606" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8609" CreationDate="2016-06-25T14:29:45.160" Score="4" ViewCount="534" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a lot of German job adverts with &quot;(m/w)&quot; after the title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Web Developer (m/w) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please could someone tell me what it means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And also what &quot;(m/f)&quot; means in the same context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9808" LastEditorUserId="595" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T12:31:59.543" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T12:31:59.543" Title="What does (m/w) mean on German job adverts?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-25T14:44:43.973" Score="5" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen in Italy with an automatic Schengen visa (or visa waiver, I'm not sure it's called. But I can stay for 3 months). My wife is an EU citizen, but not Italian. We would like to get residency here. From what I've read on this website and on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/10930-European_Union_citizens&quot;&gt;site of the Italian police&lt;/a&gt;, we should be able to apply for residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't speak Italian and so fearing the actual details of doing this, we went to talk with an immigration lawyer. He insisted that I needed to go back home, wait until my wife registered as a resident, and then apply for the family reunion visa. Now I'm confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what the actual mechanics are for us getting residency here? Do I have to apply for a visa or can I simply register for residency like the website seems to imply? Has anyone done this and can tell me what to expect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9809" LastActivityDate="2016-06-25T14:44:43.973" Title="Getting a residency card in Italy as non EU spouse" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-25T16:30:26.767" Score="1" ViewCount="287" Body="&lt;p&gt;My close friend is considering moving to the U.K.- well, England actually. She's here in Parkersburg, Western Virginia, USA (where I'm from) right now but was considering moving to the UK following a rather nasty breakup (too long to go into detail on that, complicated story). She's 32, and has a Canadian mom, dad born here, so technically dual U.S./Canadian citizenship IIRC (AFAIK she has both). She was born in Canada but lived here since she was five. I've known her since she was 13 (if it's relevant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, she's wanted to move to the UK for a long time now; she's visited several times since she was about 15-16, seen a lot of areas (not just London and Buckingham Palace) and was considering moving to one of these cities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Warrington, Cheshire (not sure what city would be around its size) ; she's visited it a few times, likes the leafiness of the area and thinks the people are friendly. She looked at areas like Birchwood, Sankey (? not sure if I spelt it right) and Risley/Glazebrook (I think Glazebrook's a backwater town, AFAIK)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tyldesley (near Wigan/Manchester). She said it seems pleasant enough, and that there seems to be some sense of community there. and that it was a good little town.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Urmston/Trafford. As with the other two - leafy avenues, community spirit etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's visited these areas when going to the U.K. so knows them - OK, not that well, but at least knows the basics of where it is on Google maps (roads, malls etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's told me that she's got no romantic ideals about the U.K. - she knows it's not going to be easy nor cheap to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My friend does have skills which would be relevant in the U.K. - she has IT qualifications and some other ones as well (AFAIK it was maths and some business-y related stuff) but now the &quot;Brexit&quot; has come (I saw CNN's Robyn Curnow and Becky Anderson discussing this a few days ago) how would it affect her in terms of immigration? In terms of wealth, she's middle-class (don't know if owning a big Chevy SUV with a V8 and a Chrysler 300 sedan and a large house counts as wealthy or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK Kelly Evans from CNBC is an expat or was an expat in the UK but I think the info's outdated. Not certain though. Wikipedia claims she is but this is unreliable given that it's Wikipedia...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know immigration is a hot-button issue in England (but would my friend face anti-immigration sentiment for being American)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She said she wanted to keep her U.S./Canadian citizenship and gain British citizenship too so she can still visit home and Canada (her mom's Canadian, grandparents are Canadian, as are some of her cousins).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, would she face too many problems as an expat there and would it be easy for her to get a job? She said she would have moved years ago if the U.K didn't have onerous visa restrictions on Americans working there and said she hopes the &quot;Brexit&quot; will work and that she could get a job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there has been dollar-pound instability etc. as a result of this &quot;Brexit&quot; and AFAIK it'll be two years before everything's known about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's gone on vacation now so that's why I'm asking on her behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My basic question is... would it be easy for my friend to move to the U.K. with all the Brexit issues and immigration as hot-button topic in the U.K.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9811" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2016-07-19T21:41:09.047" LastActivityDate="2016-07-19T21:41:09.047" Title="Moving to the UK and &quot;Brexit&quot;?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8606" CreationDate="2016-06-25T17:48:26.183" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt; stands for &lt;em&gt;männlich&lt;/em&gt; (= male), &lt;em&gt;w&lt;/em&gt; stands for &lt;em&gt;weiblich&lt;/em&gt; (= female).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions aside, job advertisements have to be formulated in a ‎gender-neutral way. There are three common ways how to do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use a term that is gender-neutral (the English term &quot;Web Developer&quot; would work, but the German translation &quot;Webentwickler&quot; not, as it could refer to male web developers only).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the female and the male term (e.g., &quot;Webentwickler / Webentwicklerin&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Append &quot;(m/w)&quot; to a term that can be understood in a gender-specific way, which then denotes that it refers to both genders (e.g., &quot;Webentwickler (m/w)&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think &quot;(m/f)&quot; is the English translation for &quot;(m/w)&quot; (i.e., male/female).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="595" LastActivityDate="2016-06-25T17:48:26.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8601" CreationDate="2016-06-25T20:13:28.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Option 2 is (very slightly) easier to read in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-26.html#h-77&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;actual regulations, at 117(1)(h)&lt;/a&gt;. Essentially it says you could sponsor your brother if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you have no other relatives already in Canada, and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;there is no one you could sponsor under some other paragraph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you have parents you could sponsor under 117(1)(c) I don't think you are eligible to sponsor your brother under 117(1)(h). This only barely makes sense because, of course, it is the government...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-06-25T20:13:28.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-26T01:48:07.960" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a very good opinion of public services in the UK, maybe because I come from Southern Europe, where the public sector can be agonisingly inefficient. What astounds me is the ludicrous GP service provided by the NHS. Going to my GP practice means finding always a different doctor I have never met before, then explaining them who I am and why I came, with the disheartening certainty I will have to go though the very same process again when I am back for a follow-up visit. Why? Because I will find another random guy who hasn't got a clue of who I am, and I cannot reject them in favour of another one who happens to be nicer and more competent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no bloody way this pathetic excuse of a healthcare can work. I am already starting to choose to neglect my health problems rather than interacting with that inane assembly line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options? In the country I come from the GP is not this sort of demotivated and dull automaton: she or he has an empowered role and effectively devises a long-term strategy for dealing with the patients and their needs. Even though one doctor has many patients, each patient has one and exactly one doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I reproduce this coherent scenario here in the UK? Would private GP practices do, or I am basically screwed and this is the way Britons think they take care of themselves?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9813" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T07:20:49.520" Title="NHS GP services are miserably inadequate: what are my alternatives?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8608" CreationDate="2016-06-26T07:01:16.103" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a checklist perspective, Brexit would not effect your friend since she is a US citizen and would have to jump through (at least) the same number of hoops before or after Brexit.  For EU nationals things are different since they were able to just show up without any visa restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend should become &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; familiar with the UK visa restrictions, there can be employment restrictions depending on the visa type and they recently did away with the visa points system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend should consider the additional burden of filing taxes. The US has Universal Taxation, and she will still need to file income tax returns every year.  In addition, she will need to report any bank accounts on a FBAR form (high and low amounts during the year).  Many expats have complained about the filing costs of being a US citizen and being overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually getting visa sponsorship is not the easiest thing to do in the best of times, and given things are so unsettled it's anyone's guess what might happen. In the lead up to the Scottish Referendum, employers stopped hiring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK and US allow dual citizenship. To get a British passport will take 5 years of paying employment taxes until she gets Indefinite Leave To Remain then another year to become a Settled Resident before she can take the test.  During the first 5 years she will have &quot;No Recourse to Public Funds&quot;, and this will be stamped in her passport.  However, in the event she got married, it would only take 3 years to get citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise that your friend have a job in hand before moving to the UK if she can.  She should talk to some headhunters in her field in the UK before coming over, maybe they can set up interviews for her.  If she has connections into a company so much the better.  If she is on an employer sponsored visa, she will be bound to that employer.  If something should happen, her visa will be effected.  She would be able to move jobs as long as the next employer is willing to sponsor her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with any move, it's never easy, and moving country makes things that much more complex.  Even more complex and demanding than moving to San Francisco.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless she is dead set on moving quickly to the UK, she might want to consider spending more time in the area she's thinking of moving to. Possibly taking a course and coming in on a student visa which gives her a longer stay than a tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8678" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T07:01:16.103" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8611" CreationDate="2016-06-26T07:20:49.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard similar comments from friends of mine comparing their national health systems with the NHS.  Unfortunately, there does seem to be a range of experiences with the NHS and do keep in mind it is an enormous organisation with mind boggling complexity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going private has certain advantages, basically you can skip queues and get seen by a specialist faster.  Often the specialists in private practice may be the same as the specialists you would get in the NHS. The choices of treatments are different e.g. tooth fillings or implants. The hospitals may be different e.g. The Portland in London if you're having a baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going private, one also has the advantage of seeing the same physician every time you go to the doctor's, this does not generally happen through the NHS though you may request seeing a particular physician.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes private is not an option depending on where you live.  For example, there isn't any private paediatrics in Scotland.  Private practices are usually centered around large cities, particularly London (Harley Street).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can afford it, try going private and see if it meets your expectation better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8678" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T07:20:49.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8598" CreationDate="2016-06-26T07:32:59.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you can prove you are waiting for a decision you will not be penalized as an overstayer.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you have to show your case number, but am only recalling from memory.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, don't leave the country you may not get back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the decision comes back unfavourably, you will need to leave as soon as practical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8678" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T07:32:59.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-26T07:52:01.723" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to temporarily retire in South Eastern Asia, (with my family - wife 2 kids) for a year or two. I am planning to live for about half of year in each Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, to try them out and see where I fit in best and then possibly settle in the one we feel is best for us. I am planning to start with Vietnam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would have around 1k EUR of passive income per month, no plans to work, citizenship is EU (Lithuania), no plans to change citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do people retire in Vietnam? What paperwork do I need to be able to live permanently?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2016-06-26T19:05:38.790" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T19:05:38.790" Title="Becoming Expat in Vietnam, How do people retire in Vietnam? What paperwork do I need to be able to live permanently?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T23:21:31.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-26T17:15:48.257" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are reasonable areas to live in Bangkok with respect to nearby employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, Silom is the manufacturing district. What other places might I chose to live in to be close to potential employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9817" LastEditorUserId="9413" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T13:19:03.923" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T00:59:41.430" Title="Where to live in Bangkok to be close to potential employment" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8620" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8623" CreationDate="2016-06-26T19:20:28.533" Score="2" ViewCount="408" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 20 year old UK citizen (where I have lived all my life) and my mother had a French passport when she was a child but not since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to apply for French citizenship on blood grounds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Any naturalisation etc isn't possible b/c language/residence)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9818" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T03:49:30.357" Title="Attaining nationality from expat mother" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8540" CreationDate="2016-06-26T21:28:11.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just the &quot;why&quot;: Some equipment uses the voltage supplied directly, like a light bulb, washing machine, lawn mower. To run properly, you need Watts. And Watt = Volt times Ampere. To get the same number of Watts with half the Volts, US devices are designed to use twice the current (Ampere) of a European device. Plug that kind of 110 Volt device into 220 Volt, and it still takes twice the Ampere, which means twice the power it is designed for. Which is unhealthy for the device and possibly for you. The other way round is mostly harmless, a European light bulb would just be very dim in the USA, your water heater would take ages to heat the water. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other equipment has to reduce the voltage to something much lower that it can use. Typically computers, mobile phones, etc. Your computer will have a transformer that reduces 110 Volt to say 12 Volt. Many such transformers work purely electronically and automatically take just as much voltage as they need, no matter how much you put in (within reason). Since the voltage has to be reduced anyway, it's not difficult to design this in a way that a wide range of voltages can be used. And that means the manufacturer doesn't need two designs for different areas of the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Transformers that reduce 220 Volt to 110 Volt are big, ugly, and expensive. Some devices &quot;just work&quot;. Some devices that come with cheap external transformers may need a new transformer which you get in a decent electronic shop or on eBay. For other items (say a coffee machine), buying a transformer is probably much too expensive. It would likely be better to sell things and buy new in the new country, especially if you consider transport cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need some new plugs; you can probably do with travel adapters. They are designed to use with a 1000 Watt hair dryer, so you should have no problems there. Consider bringing some power strips with you, so all you need to change is one plug and then you can plug in four or six devices from your home country. (And I actually found a US power strip on eBay UK for £12). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T12:57:16.140" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T12:57:16.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8620" CreationDate="2016-06-26T23:29:02.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming your mother was born in France, was a French national and did not renounce her nationality, my understanding is that you are already a citizen and don't need to &quot;apply&quot; for citizenship. To prove it to the authorities that would grant you a passport though, you might have to do some work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your mother had the foresight of having your birth certificate transcribed to a French Livret de famille when you were born, then the Service central d'état-civil should already be able to deliver a birth certificate to you. You can order one online here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/dali/index2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/dali/index2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you would need to get a certificate of French nationality from the &quot;Service de la nationalité des Français nés et établis hors de France&quot; as described here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Update] You've clarified in comments that your mother was not born in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to what I could read about the certificate of French nationality, obtaining it can be a long process lasting more than one year. In order to constitute an application, you need to (a) prove your filiation to your French ancestor, and then (b) to prove that they had French nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do (a) you need to provide birth certificates and marriage certificates of everyone up to the ancestor whose citizenship you can prove. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the first question you should answer is, can you prove your mother's French nationality directly, ie do you have documents, such as a former passport of hers, that could be used to prove her nationality? I assume you don't, which means that since she was born out of France, you'll need to go back up to your grandmother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also going to assume you don't have any documents pertaining to your grandmother. To prove that she is or was French, in addition to her birth certificate, you would need her own parent's birth certificates and marriage certificate (they would be your French great-grandparents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For documents less than 100 years old, birth certificates are issued by the Mairie of the city of birth and marriage certificates are issued by the Mairie of the city in which the marriage was celebrated. For documents more than 100 years old, these documents are issued by the direction departmental des archives. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might sound like a lot of work. Also when going back so far up, there aren't any written hard-and-fast rules. Maybe you'll want the advice of counsel with experience in this domain. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the information here is repurposed from this document published by the French consulate in Argentina: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.embafrancia-argentina.org/IMG/pdf/CNF.pdf?3513/b39e2934f8d6bcccea534569a5241a35407fc931&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.embafrancia-argentina.org/IMG/pdf/CNF.pdf?3513/b39e2934f8d6bcccea534569a5241a35407fc931&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastEditorUserId="9655" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T03:49:30.357" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T03:49:30.357" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T00:36:49.417" Score="2" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B VISA. I am from India. Now I am applying passport renewal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the renewal application form, there is a section where I have to give 2 of my relatives/friends address who live India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of this section and what Indian Government will do with these addresses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T00:41:36.483" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T15:52:12.647" Title="What is the purpose of relative addresses in Passport application?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8535" CreationDate="2016-06-27T01:01:43.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In America such coverage is usually not sold separately, but rather it's part of either homeowner's insurance or renter's insurance.  (The difference is that renter's insurance doesn't cover the property itself.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Umbrella insurance mentioned in the comments also provides liability protection (wider coverage than what you appear to be describing) but it's not something you would ever buy by itself and they would be negligent if they sold it to you by itself.  The thing is umbrella insurance is meant to go on top of your homeowner's and vehicle insurance.  I carry an umbrella policy--and it has a $300k deductible on it.  (This matches the $300k limits on my homeowner's and vehicle insurance.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T01:01:43.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8540" CreationDate="2016-06-27T01:26:11.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I must disagree with gnasher729's answer but this is too big for a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As he says, power = volts * amps.  However, in dealing with simple devices amps = volts / resistance.  Thus power is volts * volts / resistance.  Note that volts appears twice--when you plug a 110V device into a 220V circuit it doesn't draw twice as much power, but rather four times as much.  The device isn't designed for this kind of power, it almost certainly melts quite quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complex devices capable of regulating their own power draw will do fine so long as the extra voltage doesn't exceed the breakdown voltage of some part of the device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T01:26:11.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8536" CreationDate="2016-06-27T04:54:18.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a travel insurance policy covering medical emergencies and possible repatriation. Policies normally also cover trip cancelation, lost baggage, accidents etc. Single trip and multiple trip policies are available. Multiple trip policies are usually cheaper if you make several trips a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9822" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T04:54:18.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8275" CreationDate="2016-06-27T05:03:01.783" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My reply is too late to help you but may be helpful to others. There can be a short term gap in Obamacare coverage without penalty, see for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-coverage-gap-exemption/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-coverage-gap-exemption/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9822" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T05:03:01.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8629" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10278" CreationDate="2016-06-27T09:28:31.617" Score="3" ViewCount="599" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are looking to move to Mexico to do volunteer/charity work, and my current employer (in New Zealand) has asked if they could keep me on as a contractor/consultant to do work for them remotely via internet as required - maybe a handful of hours per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I need to get a Mexico work permit for this?  Or would I still technically be employed in NZ?  We are in the process of applying for temporary residents visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T19:19:31.283" LastActivityDate="2017-02-17T20:52:41.593" Title="Remote international contract work - visa requirements" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T11:57:03.413" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the UK &lt;a href=&quot;http://jackofkent.com/2016/06/why-the-article-50-notification-is-important/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not yet having triggered Article 50&lt;/a&gt;, and there being &lt;a href=&quot;http://jackofkent.com/2016/06/where-we-are-now-with-article-50-decision-notify-and-devolution-issues/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;enough potential issues&lt;/a&gt; (legal and political) that it looks like nothing may happen before the Autumn at the earliest, most likely it'll be quite some time until rules on EU citizens already living in the UK become clear. Understandably, that's causing worry &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/brexit&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and elsewhere due to the uncertainty, many of my EU friends included!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we wait for news of any new rules, what about the existing ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, UK citizenship and passport - how long would an EU citizen have to have been living and working in the UK to be able to apply, and what's the process they'd need to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, for EU citizens who've been living and working in the UK for a number of years, who don't want to get a UK passport (eg because they'd then have to give up their other one), are there any other permanent statuses they could get to safeguard / cement their rights to live in the UK? And if so, what and how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T09:19:11.723" Title="EU Citizens living and working in the UK, and current / pre-existing rules for permanent status?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8630" CreationDate="2016-06-27T12:18:00.420" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until we know more of the new laws and regulations there is at the moment one and only one sure way of an EU citizen to remain in the UK after Brexit, which is naturalising as a citizen. For this they need to live in the UK lawfully for 6 years (5 years to obtain Permanent Residence, and one more year in PR status to be eligible for naturalisation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the question specifies that naturalisation might not be an option, unfortunately all the other statuses an EU citizen can obtain, especially Permanent Residence is tied to EU citizens, meaning it's legal status might change after a Brexit. EU citizens also cannot apply for an ILR. Of course it is  highly likely that the Permanent Residence status an EU citizen obtains after 5 years of being resident in the UK will convert to an ILR status (or something similar) once Brexit happens, but it is still unknown whether this will be the case, and if yes, whether it will be automatic or tied to some specific extra rules (like minimum salary requirements, life-in-the-uk tests, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one exception though: if an EU citizen is living in the country for 10 years, then in case of a Brexit, even without any other legal status (if for example their PR will be invalidated), they could still settle and obtain an ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T12:27:14.340" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T12:27:14.340" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T18:43:37.563" Score="1" ViewCount="2035" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen living in the USA. I have three first names, which are separated with commas in my passport and spaces in my birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When filing forms in the USA (e.g., visa applications, driving license, etc.), should I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use my first first name only&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use all my first names separated with commas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use all my first names separated with spaces&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T14:29:10.323" Title="Should my French first names be separated with commas or just spaces when used in the USA? Or should I simply use my first first name only?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8593" CreationDate="2016-06-27T18:52:28.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deloitte.co.uk/email/wqv31t9kqm.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deloitte's a guide to Brexit&lt;/a&gt; gives a good overview, which echoes SztupY's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/emVW1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/emVW1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T18:52:28.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T21:45:44.773" Score="1" ViewCount="871" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi there my girlfriend is from France and I'm an Australian guy and was wondering if anybody had applied for a spouse visa to live in France or something similar and what the process is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9825" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T19:02:38.407" Title="French girlfriend to an Australian moving to france" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T22:16:42.950" Score="3" ViewCount="348" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen (&lt;strong&gt;also hold a Bangladeshi passport - dual citizen&lt;/strong&gt;), currently working in USA with my TN status. Since my wife is a bangladeshi citizen (we married recently), she applied for TD visa from Bangladesh, however she was rejected. So I found that TD visa is not very known in US embassy at Bangladesh (since TD/TN is for canadians/mexicans), so they refused on the ground of 214(b). I have never heard of a TD visa refusals but those applications were made in Canada, may be that is the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now there is a new situation. I am moving to UK now and applied for &lt;strong&gt;Tier 5 Govt Authorized Exchange work visa&lt;/strong&gt; for 2 years duration. I got the visa and now my wife will apply for visa as a dependent of mine (we plan to arrive to uk on the same day (I from usa and she for Bangladesh) ). I am confused while filling out her visa application for UK. It is asking for the information that if she was ever refused for any country in last 10 years. I have a feeling that answering it ‘yes’ may reduce the chance of her UK visa (since US visa was refused due to lack of tie to her home country which does not make any sense though ). Answering it ‘no’ will be a lie but will increase the chances of visa it seems. Can someone plz suggest w&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the problem is to convince that my wife has non immigrant intent and will not stay in uk after visa is over. for usa, the officer was not convinced abt her tie to home country since i can go back to canada but she cant as a bangladeshi citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;note that we are newly married (6 months) and her canadian immigration is in process but will take longer.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9827" LastEditorUserId="9828" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T12:19:36.917" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T12:19:36.917" Title="USA TD visa refused for 214(b) - new UK visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:21:28.647" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8619" CreationDate="2016-06-28T00:59:41.430" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The worrying word here is 'potential'. You make it sound like you are unemployed, and you are thinking of moving to Bangkok with the hope of landing yourself a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a foreigner in Thailand, getting a legal job is very difficult. If you have never lived in Thailand before, your chances of getting a job are very slim indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do NOT consider working illegally or 'under the radar'. Some people do this, and every now and then some of them are caught, fined, imprisoned and later deported with their name on a blacklist. Also be careful about what type of visa you get - you can not work on a 'visa-exempt entry' or a tourist visa. Even if you were able to find employment with a company that will get you a work permit, you would need to leave the country and get a 'proper' business visa first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Never overstay your permitted length of stay - that can now lead to being imprisoned, deported and blacklisted, if you overstay more than a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The traditional 'easy' job for a foreigner to do in Thailand was that of teaching English. Unfortunately, there have been enough incidents over the years, that now in order to get a work permit as an English teacher you mush have a university degree. And while many schools would be more than happy to employ you without getting you the work permit, see the above statement about illegal employment (i.e. don't do it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bangkok used to be an inexpensive place to live. Those days are long gone. Bangkok is now an expensive city to live in, unless you live out in the middle of nowhere. Having said that, if you are looking for a place to live with good connections to most of the city centre, your best bet is next to the BTS or MRT systems, or maybe the Airport Link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, to reiterate what I said above - if you are hoping to come to Bangkok and find a job straight away, be aware that it is really not as easy as it sounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T00:59:41.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T21:02:51.267" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Filipino Citizen and live in Canada. I got a job offer in Qatar and visa approved. What do I need to bring to show immigration in Qatar upon arrival?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Leigh Brosas" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T01:10:41.117" Title="What documents to show upon arrival in Doha, Qatar?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8640" CreationDate="2016-06-28T01:01:25.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Work Visa, your employer need to send you a visa aproval/entry permit (pdf), which will mention your name and details and work related information on an online print obtained from a government website, in arabic and english. Also, near the travel date, employer need to notify airline (or its partner airline) in Qatar to have no objection of your arrival, also known as &quot;Ok to Board&quot; notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Airline will ask you for this permit, and will verify the &quot;Ok To Board&quot;, and will let you travel. Once here, you need to show this permit and passport to immigration officer, and a stamp will be put in your passport, with relatively no questions, with a number and note that employer need to start the residence permit process in 7 days or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every employer has a team of the PROs (Public Relation Officer), as soon as you report to work (same day or next day of your arrival), your HR will request your passport and a blood group report from a local clinic. In a week or something you will get Medical Test appointment, and if all ok, in another week it will be fingerprints, and a week after you will get your residence permit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: Personal experience &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" OwnerDisplayName="Davinder" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T01:01:25.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8636" CreationDate="2016-06-28T01:45:16.423" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, in France, you have to be married to ask for a spouse visa (or about to get married).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, the process could be long and painful. My first advice would be to ask/print for all official papers (in Australia, like birth certificate, etc.). Then contact an attorney in France which will handle the paperwork for you if you are already in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The legal documents from Australia have to be translated and certified, before you can apply for anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are still in Australia, you can apply to the French Consulate. The website for the Consulate-General in Sydney says this about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ambafrance-au.org/Long-stay-visa-for-France&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the long stay visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This visa is convenient for the spouse of a French citizen who wishes to settle in France for more than 90 days. Evidence regarding the wedding (a French marriage certificate &amp;quot;Copie Intégrale de l’Acte de Mariage&amp;quot;) and information about the French citizen (identity, French nationality, residence) will be required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Notice :&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This visa is not open to people who are in a french Civil Partnership (PACS) or any other civil union partnership as de facto. In this case, a long stay visa (visitor) should be applied for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9829" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T04:27:07.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T02:25:49.737" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am traveling pretty soon on my Advance Parole, which is a combo card with my employment authorization document (EAD), and it does not expire until September 20, 2016. My travel dates are between July 2 and July 19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While leaving the United States, do I have to find an immigration officer or someone to look at my AP and have them stamp or approve my travel? How does this work? What are the steps I would need to take, and how do I make sure that I would have no problems getting back into the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a legit job and no criminal history. I will be taking my EAD card with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9227" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T18:18:34.470" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:51:07.880" Title="Traveling abroad on Advance Parole" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T23:31:38.683" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was accepted into a Master's Program starting in the fall semester. I've already received my Québec Acceptance Certificate and had my application for a study permit approved. (I understand I can only receive my study permit upon entry to Canada.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an invitation from a friend who lives near Montreal to stay with them for a while before my program starts. It'd be nice to be able to look around the city a bit before I have to worry about finding an apartment and all the other stresses that come with an international move, and I'm a U.S. Citizen so I should be able to visit as a tourist with just my passport. My main point of confusion is that the CAQ lists an effective start and end date for my stay, while the letter notifying me of my successful study permit application only lists a date by which I must leave Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if I fly into Montreal before the start date on my CAQ, can I be issued my study permit on first arrival? Failing that, can I enter as a tourist and then drive down to the US/Canada border to get my study permit after my CAQ start date? Would this raise any eyebrows among the immigration officers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I'd be going to visit in mid-July, whereas the start date on my CAQ is the first of August, so this would only be for a week or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9840" OwnerDisplayName="onesevennine" LastEditorUserId="9840" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T19:55:08.063" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:55:21.373" Title="Studying in Montreal this Fall; can I visit as a tourist before the start date on my CAQ?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T09:37:47.637" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband was invited to move to the Netherlands to work as IT specialist. We are moving with him (me and 2-year old son). I need to know what documents are required to be translated/apostilled/ notarially confirmed for me to be able to find a job? We are from Russia.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9832" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T12:28:54.307" Title="Moving to Netherlands. Job required documents" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8648" CreationDate="2016-06-28T10:34:55.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't have children so that the papers list might be slightly different. We are from Ukraine, but I think there should not be much difference for Russian people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need any document to find a job. You need be visa to have on-site interview if it is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When job offer is secured and contract is signed. Then also to getting working permit you need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth certificate translated and apostilled&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage certificate translated and apostilled&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you need birth certificate for child as well, but it is better to ask IND. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T10:34:55.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8634" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:29:10.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most administrative forms, you will see a field for &quot;middle name&quot;. That's where you'd put your second and third given names, separated by spaces. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non-governmental business, eg bank, phone company, etc., usage of anything but your first given name is not usually required. I'd recommend not using your middle names as it can cause confusion: for example people might mistake one of your middle names for part of your last name, especially if they're used to the Hispanic practice of using two last names (paternal and maternal).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For immigration, federal tax and other federal business, you should use all your names to make sure you don't run into trouble verifying your identity with your passport. Depending on the state you live in, you may also have to use all your names on a driver's license (it's the case in California with their &quot;true full name&quot; requirement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On freeform documents (when you're not filling out a form), Americans do not usually place commas between given names, eg &quot;Charles François Marie DUPONT&quot;. Then again it would be rare to use all your names except on an administrative form. There can be a comma if you're writing last name first, eg &quot;DUPONT, Charles François Marie&quot;. Regardless of first names, you may want to capitalize your last name in all-caps to clarify where the last name begins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T14:29:10.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T18:31:26.130" Score="1" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have H4 visa to the US, but I would like to keep my job and work remotely to a European company and pay my tax in a European country. If there any possibility to 'cheat' with the US law which says &quot;no work is permitted in US land, however it is remote for a non-us company&quot;? What if I work in my home country on paper and get my salary to a domestic (EU) bank account? Is it possible or expected that IRS will check my account as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9839" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-06-29T02:43:17.003" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T02:45:37.513" Title="Work in the US with H4 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T19:43:17.570" Score="2" ViewCount="2877" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are photos with rounded corners accepted for US passports (or other forms asking for passport size photos)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1EHtF.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1EHtF.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I have found so far is inconclusive:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The official requirements do not mention whether they accept or reject rounded corners (&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photos.html&lt;/a&gt;), though none of the example photos shown have rounded corners. The official FAQ doesn't mention rounded corners either: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/frequently-asked-questions.html#Photo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/frequently-asked-questions.html#Photo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-28827.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immihelp.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-28827.html&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;Rounded corners photographs are not acceptable. &quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/passport-photo-for-green-card--i-485---643428.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/passport-photo-for-green-card--i-485---643428.html&lt;/a&gt; : &quot;Yes, your photos should be okay.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to email the US passport services, but they referred me to the website requirements, and mentioned that in the end of the day it's up to the discretion of the agency who receives my application (a.k.a. question closed as primarily opinion based):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;---------- Forwarded message ----------&lt;BR/&gt; From: NPIC, Passport &lt;BR/&gt; Date: 28 June 2016 at 22:59&lt;BR/&gt; Subject: RE:&#xA;  Are photos with rounded corners accepted for US passports?&lt;BR/&gt; To: me&#xA;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for contacting the National Passport Information&#xA;  Center.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For passport photo requirements, visit:&#xA;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; The acceptance of your photo is at the discretion of the&#xA;  U.S. passport agency where you apply for a passport or U.S. embassy or&#xA;  consulate where you apply for a visa.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For further information, please refer to our website&#xA;  www.travel.state.gov or call (877) 487-2778, for TDD/TTY users&#xA;  1-888-874-7793 (Mon-Fri 8:00AM to 10:00PM ET; excluding federal&#xA;  holidays). If you need to contact us again by email, please include&#xA;  all prior messages/correspondence in your reply so we can review what&#xA;  has previously taken place.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; Thank you.&lt;BR/&gt; National&#xA;  Passport Information Center&lt;BR/&gt; Agent #[retracted]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&#xA;  -----Original Message-----&lt;BR/&gt; From: me [mailto:f@gmail.com]&lt;BR/&gt; Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:51 PM&lt;BR/&gt; To: NPIC, Passport&lt;BR/&gt;&#xA;  Subject: Are photos with rounded corners accepted for US&#xA;  passports?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are photos with rounded corners accepted for US passports or&#xA;  I-485?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6AQf0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6AQf0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;BR/&gt; Me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried calling the US passport services ((877) 487-2778), they didn't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/&lt;/a&gt;'s chatbot, it wasn't useful either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Hi, I’m Emma. I’m here to help you with your questions about this site. What would you like to ask me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are photos with rounded corners accepted for I-485 applications?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Certain processes require that you submit two standard, passport-style color photographs with your application. Acceptable&#xA;  photographs must have been taken within 30 days of the date they are&#xA;  sent to USCIS and be unmounted and printed on thin paper, on a white&#xA;  background, with a full frontal view of your face. Your head should be&#xA;  bare unless you are required by your religious beliefs to wear a&#xA;  headcovering. In all cases, your facial features must be visible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm trying to determine whether I have to go back to see the photograph who gave me the pictures and ask her to redo with square corners.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T19:27:24.137" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T17:42:42.197" Title="Are photos with rounded corners ok for US passports?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8653" CreationDate="2016-06-28T21:41:49.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My guess is that the amount of rounding you have here is probably ok but frankly I wouldn't take the risk of additional delays or fees for the cost of a photo. I'd just get it done to spec: square corners according to the examples in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photo-composition-template.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos/photo-composition-template.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I found is that testing the boundaries with with USCIS is just asking for trouble. All the examples in the spec have square corners, so why don't you just do that? My advice is to print a photo with square edges and choose another battle to fight. But if you want to risk wasting your time and/or application fee to test the acceptable rounded corner policy, go right ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T19:20:16.580" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T19:20:16.580" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8570" CreationDate="2016-06-29T02:24:09.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess your question answers itself. The ECO mentioned the reasons already why you were refused. If you apply again make sure you address all of those comment with STRONG reasons in your new application. Since you could not justify your course, the ECO thought you have an immigration intent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9828" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T02:24:09.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8652" CreationDate="2016-06-29T02:45:37.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If there any possibility to 'cheat' with the US law which says &quot;no work is permitted in US land, however it is remote for a non-us company&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What if I work in my home country on paper and get my salary to a domestic (EU) bank account? Is it possible or expected that IRS will check my account as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course. Not only the IRS, also ICE (the USCIS law enforcement arm). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a prison sentence for the tax evasion, and deportation after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, it's possible if you're willing to bear the consequences and a constant fear that even if you haven't been caught &lt;strong&gt;yet&lt;/strong&gt;, it only takes a single disgruntled friend/ex/neighbor to remedy the situation and have all your US immigration privileges revoked and you deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T02:45:37.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T07:17:41.087" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in taking Chinese lessons in Shanghai, China for a 6 month period. I have paid for the lessons and been issued a &quot;Letter of Acceptance&quot; (potentially different from an &quot;Admission Notice&quot;) from the school and have been told to apply for an X2 visa as that's what their previous Australian students have done in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have visited the Chinese Service Center in Melbourne, Australia twice in an attempt to acquire the X2 visa, but they have rejected it on the grounds that the Letter of Acceptance isn't an Admission Notice, and that the school's course as a whole isn't applicable to X2. That is it's not a higher education institute like university. Fair enough, that makes sense, but I can't find anything that explicitly states it needs to be higher education, only &quot;study&quot; which I believe this course qualifies for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead they've offered me an F visa which I have not accepted at this point as the Chinese school insists that I should be able to acquire an X2 visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question I have is has anyone else in Australia had this kind of experience, and if so, how did they resolve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definitions&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;X2 Visa&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;- issued to those who intend to study in China for a period of no more than 180 days.&#xA;Supporting Documents:&#xA;Original and photocopy of Admission Notice issued by a school or other entities in China.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;F Visa&lt;/strong&gt; - *Issued to those who are invited to China for exchanges, visits, study tours and other activities. &#xA;Supporting Documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China. The invitation should contain:&#xA;Information on the applicant (full name, gender, date of birth, etc.)&#xA;Information on the planned visit (purpose of visit, arrival and departure dates, place(s) to be visited, relations between the applicant and the inviting entity or individual, financial source for expenditures)&#xA;Information on the inviting entity or individual (name, contact telephone number, address, official stamp, signature of the legal representative or the inviting individual)*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9842" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-06-29T08:42:46.623" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T08:42:46.623" Title="X2 Visa for Chinese Course in Shanghai as an Australian?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T08:56:25.680" Score="8" ViewCount="1634" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Anmeldung (citizen registration) is required for opening a bank account. I am currently staying at an AirBnb. I have read that landlord confirmation is required to receive an Anmeldung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that it might be possible to register my company's office as my address. Is this possible? Will the registration office ask questions about the nature of the address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2065" LastEditorDisplayName="user9879" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T12:19:53.793" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T17:15:54.260" Title="In Germany, can I register for an Anmeldung before I have found permanent accomodation?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8648" CreationDate="2016-06-29T12:28:54.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information you need starts at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/family/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; at the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Family&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You wish to stay in the Netherlands to stay with a family member for more than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is possible to join your family member in the Netherlands when you are married or are in a registered partnership, when you wish to stay with your unmarried partner or as a minor child to stay with your parent(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stay with your spouse or registered partner&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Stay with your unmarried partner&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Minor child to stay with your parent(s)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Child born in the Netherlands&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The links leading from the 1st and 4th sections apply to you, but is far too much information to quote here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as Eugen commented, the company may be able to help you out; they may know what is required for wives and children of their foreign employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T12:28:54.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T12:31:03.577" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA with H1B. My employer initiated my green card process and my I-140 is in progress. I am working at client location and my employer is vendor to current client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Client shown interest to me giving an opportunity of full time Employe position. I am considering this opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this context, below is my questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I-140 approved can I change my Employer? If yes what is the process?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can I change my employer Immediately or I have to serve any waiting period after my I-140 approved?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I would like to retain my I-140 status and also my priority Date. What my new employer has to do in order to do that and what I have to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T12:31:03.577" Title="Switching the Employer after I-140 approved" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T12:55:22.053" Score="2" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my husband are moving to Germany for his new job near Stuttgart. Currently we live in The Netherlands and have a big problem renting the apartment from abroad. Basicly nobody want's to rent us the apartment without viewing it first, even though my husband can provide a job contract and a contact person in his new company, who can confirm his employment and answer all questions. Unfortunately we can't come to Germany earlier to just look for apartments and our time to move is becoming very limited. What can we do in this situation? We need to move in in August and so far we have no place to stay and move our belongings. I checked some of the temporary accommodation agencies, but their prices and deposits are crazy!!! I really count on Your advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9844" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T10:18:02.937" Title="How to rent an appartment in Germany from Abroad? Need help!" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T11:37:01.247" Score="3" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and have a Hungarian residence permit valid till the end of July. My Swedish residence permit kicks in on the 15th of August. Its too expensive to travel back to India and was wondering if I can stay on for these 15 days in the middle, without a visa. Please let me know if anyone has done this before!&#xA;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sai Siddharth" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-06-30T00:26:03.573" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:34:30.817" Title="Overstaying between residence permits" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8662" CreationDate="2016-06-29T11:48:51.030" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not without an additional visa. I guess however, since it is just to bridge the gap between two residence permits, that it should be no problem for you to get a short-term (type C) visa for the period from August 1st to 14th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" OwnerDisplayName="jarnbjo" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T11:58:14.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8664" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T17:22:24.590" Score="2" ViewCount="2294" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen planning to go to Seoul as a tourist for a month or two, and, if I like it, enroll in a three-month Korean language course through one of the universities there (making a total stay of five months, more than the 90 days I can get visa-free).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I'm in Seoul as a tourist, what are my options for extending my stay in order to take a language course? Do I need to apply for a visa? Can I do this in the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9845" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-06-30T00:51:20.737" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:51:20.737" Title="How can I extend my tourist stay in South Korea for the purpose of language learning?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8662" CreationDate="2016-06-30T00:34:30.817" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Never overstay your permission to stay anywhere in any circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply for a visa, your history is looked into in detail, and they are looking for reasons to reject the application. If they find that you have ever previously overstayed your permission to stay anywhere in the world, you just gave them a reason to reject your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:34:30.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8664" CreationDate="2016-06-30T00:50:21.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many countries have different categories of visa. The simplest is the transit visa, which gives you a very short stay while you are waiting to travel somewhere else. Next is the tourist visa, which allows you a longer stay for the purpose of tourism (just visiting). Then there are the more 'serious' visas like business visas, study visas and longer-term family visit visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the checks done for a tourist visa (they basically just want to be sure that you will leave by the end of your permission to stay) are much less than those done for a business visa - the intention of the tourist visa is that you will visit, then leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you intend to study you should apply for a study visa. Check &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr/en/sub/overseas_info/guide/guide_visa.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; out for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing anything outside of what is permitted by your visa is usually a very serious offence, so it is important to get the right visa for your stay - penalties can include a fine, deportation and imprisonment while the case is being dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:50:21.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8643" CreationDate="2016-06-30T00:51:07.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Advance Parole means you already have approval to leave the United States and return without abandoning your application to adjust status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need to carry the card with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to present the card when &lt;em&gt;leaving&lt;/em&gt; the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; need to present the card when &lt;em&gt;returning&lt;/em&gt; to the United States. You must present it to the airline at check-in, so that they know that you are authorized to travel to the United States. You must also present it to a CBP officer at immigration when you arrive back in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:51:07.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8661" CreationDate="2016-06-30T00:57:51.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest putting your belongings (assuming you have quite a lot of stuff to move) into storage, and staying in hotels for a short time until you find somewhere to rent. That gives you the flexibility to temporarily try out different areas in and around the city, as well as gauging such things as traffic, public transport, local facilities etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are there, it should not take too long to find somewhere to stay, and while hotels are not known for being cheap, shouldn't some of the cost of this be borne by your husband's new employer anyway? He is relocating to another country for them, after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T00:57:51.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-30T15:02:12.733" Score="4" ViewCount="835" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Singapore PR has expired as I moved out of Singapore and I have relocated abroad. I am not planning to withdraw my CPF money for another 10 years and allow it to let it grow in Special account. My question is: Will my CPF money continue to earn interest in my account even though my SPR has expired? My thinking is, the CPF is separate from PR status. As long as I don't wish to withdraw my CPF amount, even if I'am not interested in applying for SPR again, I can retain my money in CPF account and can withdraw it any time. Can someone please clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9853" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T00:47:01.197" Title="cpf money in Singapore when Singapore PR expires" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;cpf&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8653" CreationDate="2016-06-30T19:47:22.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you need to be careful if you plan on submitting a rounded corner passport photo. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110210555&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Social Security Administration RM 10210.555&lt;/a&gt; provides guidelines for reviewing US passports. According to these guidelines, a valid machine readable Passport will have &quot;rounded photograph corners&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I interpret this to mean that the 2x2 inch passport photo that you submit will be slightly cropped/trimmed to provide the exact rounded corners. I would assume that the corners of the photo do not need to be perfect (as I think that is impossible with a paper photo), but can only have so much curvature. As the response you got said, how much is too much depends on the individual who reviews the photo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T19:47:22.987" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-30T20:53:47.197" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son was born in the UK, but we have immigrated back to the US. Does the US consular report of birth abroad form substitute for a birth certificate, or is there a reason to have a copy of his UK birth certificate. If the UK birth certificate is needed, do we need the long or short version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T20:53:47.197" Title="Consular report of birth abroad or birth certificate" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6070" CreationDate="2016-07-01T09:26:04.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is, as of 1 July 2016, explicty stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nongkhai.immigration.go.th/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nong Khai Immigration&lt;/a&gt; web site that this is possible (see screenshot below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I telephoned Nong Khai immigration to check, to make absolutely sure, and they said that it is. They also said that the re-entry desk is open until 10pm, I think on weekdays. But you would want to check this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I got a re-entry permit from Thai border control at the friendship bridge myself in June 2016. I got the permit during regular working hours, i.e. before 16:30.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aA2DX.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aA2DX.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Nong Khai Immigration web site&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9854" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T09:26:04.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-01T23:26:05.583" Score="0" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in Nigeria and I wish to travel to Canada to work. Can someone help me with the link up or agent or Canada government protocol to follow to apply for the working permit visa? I'm sponsoring myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9856" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T01:23:34.737" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T01:23:34.737" Title="How to get a work permit for Canada?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-07-03T19:44:32.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-03T03:00:05.840" Score="3" ViewCount="2277" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of the Philippines. I am currently employed by a US company  and working remotely for them as a contractor. Is it possible to immigrate to Canada and maintain the same setup?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will be at home, working for a US company as a contractor. No job is taken away from any eligible Canadian.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will be filing income taxes in Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, what would be the visa appropriate for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9861" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:43:24.447" LastActivityDate="2019-11-24T21:01:20.187" Title="Working for US-based company remotely in Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8674" CreationDate="2016-07-03T08:32:10.627" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You haven't specified what sort of job you'll be looking for, which makes it hard to give any more than generic advice. As with many countries, eligibility for work permits is strongly dependent on your specific training, skills and experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should read carefully all the information on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/work.asp&quot;&gt;official government site&lt;/a&gt; as well as their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/results-by-topic.asp?top=17&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; on work permits. There are many work visa scams, so please also read their information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/notice-fraud.asp&quot;&gt;common scams&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;No agent is necessary. No agent can guarantee you a work permit.&lt;/strong&gt; If you are uncertain if an offer is genuine or not, please feel free to start a question here about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most Canadian work permits require you to have a job offer from an employer. They will generally need a 'Labour Market Impact Assessment' (showing that they can't hire for that job locally) unless you fall into one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/apply-who-permit.asp&quot;&gt;exempt areas&lt;/a&gt;.  There is a '&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=177&amp;amp;top=17&quot;&gt;open work permit&lt;/a&gt;' which doesn't require an employer but this is generally for people already working in Canada who need to extend their work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well as the central immigration route, individual provinces have programs to encourage skilled workers to move to specific areas. Each province has specific requirements and job categories for nomination, which will depend on their needs. If you qualify through one of these programs, they can apparently be a quicker route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links to all the provincial websites can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/apply-who.asp&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-07-03T08:32:10.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6397" CreationDate="2016-07-04T10:46:08.080" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Common sense says that you don't buy water or electricity at your rented or bought apartment or home in Germany. You buy information, entertainment, sports etc. which are intangible goods.  And all those things you can buy from another European provider, the one that fits your needs (language or else) and wallet.  See the case of Irish landlady Karen Murphy who lost her similar case at the Irish courts. She took her fight for the right to use a cheaper provider (a broadcast company from Greece!) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which ruled in October 2011 that “having an exclusive system Iin Ireland, Germany or any European country that is) was contrary to EU law”. See the link, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054&lt;/a&gt;. The moral of the story is find a cheaper one from the rest of the European countries that fits your needs/wallet, which I intend to do myself.  Theo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9867" LastActivityDate="2016-07-04T10:46:08.080" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8680" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-04T16:54:46.043" Score="7" ViewCount="5412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a successful Youtuber in Canada.  I will be going to college in the US this fall.  Am I allowed to continue posting my Youtube videos while on an F-1 Visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9873" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T16:02:53.980" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T22:13:22.353" Title="Can I make money from uploading Youtube videos as a foreign student on an F-1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-05T01:18:16.127" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 75 year old Brit who has worked in developing countries for 47 years, the last 17 in Cambodia where I still am. I have been married to a Cambodian lady for 14 years and have taken care of her daughter who is now 24 and very well educated, 2 degrees in accountancy and office management. I plan to retire to UK with my wife (60)and have no problem satisfying the financial aspects. We would like to have our daughter with us to assist us in our old age and I would plan pay to put our daughter in college and she would live with us. Would this be possible? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9877" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T11:26:07.333" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T11:26:07.333" Title="Supporting my step daughter to come with me to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;cambodian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8683" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-07-05T01:22:51.700" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T01:22:51.700" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T01:22:51.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8684" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-07-05T01:22:51.700" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Cambodia." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T12:19:58.700" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T12:19:58.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8658" CreationDate="2016-07-05T10:24:02.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you would confirm false data to the government, which is a criminal offence, so don't do that, even if the probability of being punished is low. Second, your company could get problems and they won't be happy about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK it's not required to show a contract to Einwohnermeldeamt, but it might be required to show some proof you actually live there (you should have some confirmation from AirBnb you've booked your current appartment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any doubts, you should ask in Einwohnermeldeamt, and going there, simply take booking and payment confirmation, just in case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T10:24:02.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8661" CreationDate="2016-07-05T10:29:27.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's very unlikely to rent an appartment from private landlord without meeting them in person. Renting a flat is a great risk for a landlord, once you do, you can terminate the contract only under very specific circumstances (tenant not paying one of them), while the tenant can terminate on will. Because of that, people don't want to rent appartments to complete strangers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have more chance with corporate landlords, but there are not many of them, and they are mostly specialized in renting rooms (Wohnen auf Zeit), often with lower standard, often you're not allowed to stamp your name on letterbox (which makes receiving letters difficult, and if the sender is not willing to send letter as C/A, impossible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T10:18:02.937" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T10:18:02.937" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8687" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8692" CreationDate="2016-07-05T13:49:39.550" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few months ago, I submitted a notification to the Immigration Bureau of Japan regarding my job transfer via their website. However, I think that I might have made a mistake when entering my new employer's address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to check my notification's details? And if it it not possible, should I just go ahead a resubmit a new notification just to be sure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9881" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T00:52:19.753" Title="Should I resubmit a notification to the Immigration Bureau of Japan?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8688" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8690" CreationDate="2016-07-05T14:36:12.307" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've left my previous sponsor, and I have my CoS and an appointment with UK Visas &amp;amp; Immigration in a few days. In the interim, I've been told I can legally do up to 16 hours of work per week. I'm unable to find supporting documentation. Does anyone know where this information is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="862" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-07-05T17:49:19.030" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T17:49:19.030" Title="My Tier 2 is getting transferred to another company. Can I work in the interim?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-05T17:35:17.260" Score="8" ViewCount="7469" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EEA citizen. I just got a job offer in Amsterdam with a monthly salary of€3,000 before tax. How much will I get per month? Is that enough for typical costs of living, i.e. food and board for just myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the pic that I found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R3YBN.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R3YBN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I have to pay 40% tax on an annual salary of €36,000?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sorry for the silly questions, but really in my country we don't have income tax.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9882" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T06:26:45.493" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T09:26:17.223" Title="What is my net salary on a gross salary of 3,000 EUR in Holland? Can I live on that in Amsterdam?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8688" CreationDate="2016-07-05T17:48:32.620" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot work until you have your visa. You were wise to research this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T17:48:32.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8687" CreationDate="2016-07-05T19:21:50.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No and no. What you should do is contact or visit your local immigration bureau and explain the situation to them. If you did make a mistake, they can then correct your record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T19:21:50.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8687" CreationDate="2016-07-06T00:52:19.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your questions are covered in their e-Notification System manual, which can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/i-ens/faq/FAQ02_ENGLISH.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q71: Is it possible to view notification (contents of notification) submitted using the &quot;e-Notification System&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A: Though you can view the history of notifications submitted in the past in the &quot;届出状況参照画面 (View Notification Status screen)&quot;, you cannot view the detail contents of information you submitted. Please save the contents of notification for confirmation by printing the confirmation screen displayed after entering notification or saving a hard copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot check your notification details, at least not via the e-Notification System.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q73: Is it possible to change the information submitted using the &quot;e-Notification System&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A: No, once it is submitted, you cannot change the information of the notification. When you find errors in entry or contents in the notification you submitted, re-submit a new notification after entering correct information. If you submitted exactly the same notification multiple &#xA;  times in one day, only the last notification will be valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q74: I realized that I submitted a notification with incorrect information. Can I change the information? Also, after submitting a notification, can I cancel the notification?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A: When you find errors in entry or contents in the notification you submitted, re-submit a new notification after entering correct information. If you want to cancel the notification, you need to contact the Help Desk of the “e-Notification System”, because you cannot cancel your notification using the &quot;e-Notification System&quot;. The Help Desk &#xA;  will give you information on the nearest Regional &#xA;  Immigration Bureau. The contact information for the Help Desk is shown at the top screen of the &quot;e-Notification System&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to their FAQ, re-submitting a new notification is the right way to fix any mistake in your old one. You only need to contact your local immigration bureau in case you want to cancel your notification altogether. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T00:52:19.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8693" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8700" CreationDate="2016-07-06T01:49:20.113" Score="5" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in US on H1B visa and my green card application just became &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-july-2016.html&quot;&gt;current&lt;/a&gt;. I haven't done anything after that (e.g. I still need to get vaccinations from USCIS approved doctor and my immigration attorney has not filed i-485, but told me that this is the next thing to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I have emergency back in my home country and I plan to go there in 5 weeks for a total of 3-4 months. Though, I would prefer to get my Green Card as soon as possible before traveling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assuming that I go to USCIS approved doctor tomorrow and there is no delay on my side gathering copies of other documents (birth certificate, copies of payrolls etc), then how much time would it take to get past this travel blackout period so that I could safely go back to my home country? Is this something doable in 5 weeks from the state I am in right now?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Would I also need to apply for the Advance Parole?&lt;/strong&gt; I am not sure that I fully understand its purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. In the mean time I also sent an email to my immigration attorney.  Haven't received an answer yet, but based on past interaction with him I think he will say it depends on various factors. So I would like to hear what folks that have went through this process have to say about their timelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9884" LastEditorUserId="9884" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T02:38:20.640" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T07:44:40.477" Title="For how long and when in the green card application timeline does this travel blackout period exists?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8695" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-07-06T03:07:37.947" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T03:07:37.947" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T03:07:37.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8696" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-07-06T03:07:37.947" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Singapore" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-07-08T17:09:52.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T17:09:52.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8697" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8705" CreationDate="2016-07-06T04:21:09.810" Score="6" ViewCount="1341" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a studio now in Utrecht, I saw posts with (registration allowed) and some not mentioned it. What is mean by Registration ? and what are its benefits? And Is it required for bank account ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T10:06:32.037" Title="Netherlands Renting Registration" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8689" CreationDate="2016-07-06T06:50:52.310" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The proposed salary is almost spot on what is referred to as 'modaal inkomen', or the median income: the most common income in the country. Therefore, you should be able to live on this salary just fine! But it really all depends on your lifestyle, of course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind there are other things that will be taken out of your salary too, like in most countries. But you may also be eligible for tax deductions and other benefits provided by the state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you're asking about the applicable income tax rate, here is how the system works in the Netherlands and most other countries that have bracketed tax systems: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You get 36,000 euros per year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The amount up to 19,922 euros is taxed at 36.55% = 7,281.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The amount above 19,922 euros and until 66,421 is taxed at 40.4% = 6,495.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You would be left with 1,852 euros per month to live on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen, but live elsewhere. I remember the rate of 42%, which you mentioned in a comment to @EugonMartynov. I think this tool may still be using outdated rates, as the rates mentioned on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/inkomstenbelasting/heffingskortingen_boxen_tarieven/boxen_en_tarieven/overzicht_tarieven_en_schijven/u_hebt_in_2016_de_aow_leeftijd_nog_niet_bereikt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst)&lt;/a&gt; website are different. I have used these ones in my calculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9888" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T16:17:13.513" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T16:17:13.513" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-06T07:08:52.203" Score="2" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Aufenthaltstitel which is valid till next year. I was in Germany till october 2015, and then I returned back to India. I want to pursue employment opportunities in Germany, is it possible for me to visit Germany based on my current Residence Permit? Also how much is it easy/difficult to get Employment in Germany based on this Visa. Please help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9889" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:22.923" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:22.923" Title="I have Aufenthaltstitel (German Residence Permit) and I am in India, can I visit Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-03T05:34:29.643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8693" CreationDate="2016-07-06T07:44:40.477" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you have an Advance Parole, or you have H1b/H4/L1b/L2 status, leaving the US while your Adjustment of Status (I-485) is pending will cause your Adjustment of Status to be automatically abandoned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For people without H or L status, this basically means that they need to wait until they have Advance Parole (or green card) before they can leave the US. However, since you are in H1b status, you can leave the US without Advance Parole, and your Adjustment of Status will not be abandoned, as long as you return the US with an H1b visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though you can leave the US and re-enter without Advance Parole, there is no downside to applying for Advance Parole anyway; it's free and you don't have to use it if you get it; but it could be useful if you really need it, e.g. in an unexpected situation where you lose your H1b job or change jobs or something, or your H1b visa expires or is lost and it takes too long to get another H1b visa at the consulate. Advance Parole (which is usually applied together with EAD, which is also free) takes about 90 days to get after applying, so you cannot wait until you need it to apply; you should apply for them together with the I-485.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the I-485 can only be filed when you are in the US. So you must plan for it to be filed either before you leave (and allow enough time for the mail to get there and for USCIS to officially mark it received before you leave) or after you return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T07:44:40.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2016-07-06T09:06:39.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a decent Internet connection its easy -  Use Sky or UKTV4ITALIA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a real or normal TV experience watching through your TV, UKTV4ITALIA do a box that you plug into your hdmi port on your TV and also the internet and you can get all the UK free to air channels and lots more, including all the UK radio channels, 14 day catch up and recording.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.followthesteps.net/sky-contact-phone-number/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sky&lt;/a&gt; has adverts, similar to Youtube (thats where they make their money, and if you try and watch on a big TV screen its a bit grainy (put fine on an iPad) and there is an annoying Sky Logo always on the screen. Not bad for free though!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UKTV4ITALIA does not have advertising or screen logo and its a normal TV experience but the cost is about £10 a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need about 1.2 Mbps download speed (in the evening) for standard definition and you can check your internet by using  speedtest .net  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9890" LastEditorUserId="9890" LastEditDate="2016-07-11T12:55:34.860" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T12:55:34.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-06T09:16:35.910" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My IELTS scores are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;reading 5.5 &#xA;speaking 6.0 &#xA;listening 5.5 &#xA;writing 4.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have 2 years of Canadian experience. My job is at NOC B level. Why was my application rejected? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9891" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-07-08T02:46:34.767" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T19:57:46.960" Title="Canadian permanent residence under experience class" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8689" CreationDate="2016-07-06T09:19:36.630" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It all depends on how cheap an apartment you'll manage to find. Your salary is low (about 1,800 Euro/month), which gives you little flexibility. AFAIK the cost of renting a flat in Amsterdam is over 1,000 Euros (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Netherlands&amp;amp;city=Amsterdam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Netherlands&amp;amp;city=Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt; confirms that), but there are always some cheaper occasions. However, if you look in nearby cities like Haarlem, you should be able to manage it to have some money for extra expenses and even put something aside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you need to stay somewhere during the apartment search, and your salary doesn't give you any reserve for that, you should ask your company for support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The decision is up to you, but you should expect to live rather sparingly on that salary, unless you'll manage to save on renting, for example renting a bigger apartment with 2-3 other people and share the costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T16:20:25.923" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T16:20:25.923" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8704" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-06T09:22:59.393" Score="3" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was accepted to work in a company in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understood that there is 30% ruling new law, which is applied to people who have a master degree and under 30 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 26 years old, but I will be graduated from my master program 2 months after starting working with the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I get my master certificate, can I apply for the 30% ruling so I can get a better net salary ? or I'd need to wait until the next contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T21:17:57.173" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T21:17:57.173" Title="Netherlands acquiring 30% ruling after two months of starting the job" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8697" CreationDate="2016-07-06T10:06:32.037" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This means the rental is potentially legit.  Some people illegally sublet apartments, which means the intermediate remains registered at the address and will not permit the tenant to register.  If the tenant registers anyway, the authorities will realise a “collision” at the address and you will both run into trouble.  Subletting is a bad idea for many reasons, and this is one of them.  Do not sublet unless (1) the landlord permits it, and (2) the municipality permits it, or you know exactly what you are doing and you have no other choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I legally sublet my student apartment in The Netherlands in 2005 for six months.  I didn't inform the authorities I was living abroad, because the period was less than six months.  After I returned, the municipality contacted me because they had indications that I was no longer living at the address, but someone else was living there instead.  I replied and explained the situation, and it was OK, but it does show that the authorities &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; pay attention to this sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T10:06:32.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8568" CreationDate="2016-07-06T10:32:59.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The registration is the most important thing to do after arriving to Germany. Once you do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your children are elligible for German schools and adaptation courses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can open bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can register for social security and tax number (without it, you can't legally work in Germany)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your children are not fluent in German, consider letting them stay in Italy until you know if you'll get a permanent position. Adapting to new language environment is quite stressful even for an adult. German schools are prepared to deal with children who are need to be taught German, but it might be difficult for a child being unable to freely communicate with other children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T10:32:59.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-06T14:46:12.427" Score="6" ViewCount="3590" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is the USCIS number (&lt;em&gt;USCIS#&lt;/em&gt;) on a green card a sensitive piece of information? If so, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that some people blurry it, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-day-i-got-my-green-card-1467385905&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;e.g.&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bNqiB.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bNqiB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T14:53:23.737" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T10:08:20.490" Title="Is the USCIS number on a green card a sensitive piece of information?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8704" CreationDate="2016-07-06T18:38:31.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had the experience of getting the 30% ruling a while after I started working - so retroactive requests are not a problem (though they might be if you cross the boundary of a tax year; not sure about that point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, [&lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt;] a Master's degree and being under 30 merely reduce the salary minimum to apply the 30% ruling. As explained, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/official-matters/highly-skilled-migrants/thirty-percent-ruling/30-percent-ruling-indepth&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, the criteria are (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You must be &lt;strong&gt;an employee&lt;/strong&gt; of a company in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You have specific &lt;strong&gt;professional expertise&lt;/strong&gt; that is scarce or not available in the Netherlands. Highly skilled migrants are deemed to have such expertise when their income meets the &lt;strong&gt;salary requirements&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You and your employer &lt;strong&gt;agree in writing&lt;/strong&gt; that the 30% ruling applies to your situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You have been &lt;strong&gt;recruited or transferred from abroad&lt;/strong&gt; (and you have lived more than 150 km from the Dutch border for more than 24 months prior to working in the Netherlands.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and as @Gala points out, the salary limit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/conditions_30_p_facility/you_possess_a_specific_expertise&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;is lower for people with a Master's who are under 30&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like what you need is some kind of agreement or confirmation from your employer that you qualify. I don't think you can apply for the 30% ruling on your own without employer involvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T19:53:25.187" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T19:53:25.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9066" CreationDate="2016-07-07T02:22:14.510" Score="1" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Volkswagen car lease in Canada, which should finish soon. But now I live and work in US. Can I return car here to VW or I should go to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I asked in VW dealership, but they said to call to VW, I tried to call, but it's too long to wait when somebody replied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-07-07T16:51:56.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T03:19:24.050" Title="Can I return my Canadian leased Volkswagen car in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;lease&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8711" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8745" CreationDate="2016-07-07T04:34:23.197" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for F1 visa and got the visa. Few weeks later I got married and the University is sending an I-20 for me again under the same SEVIS number adding a dependent and another for my spouse. What do I do with my old I-20? Do I have to inform the embassy that I have received a new I-20? Do I have to pay the SEVIS fee again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9715" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:33:42.083" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:33:42.083" Title="What to do when I-20 information is update" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6593" CreationDate="2016-07-07T08:56:12.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Employers need to exercise caution here. For example German residence permit cards and Italian identity cards are issued to residents of those countries but they don't prove citizenship, in fact in the former case quite the opposite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9893" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T08:56:12.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8716" CreationDate="2016-07-07T09:55:12.377" Score="5" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to search for an accommodation now in Netherlands, I am still not move to Netherlands yet, I contact with someone but he asked me that if I want to complete the reservation I must send a deposit (700 EUR) to his bank account before we meet to just be sure that I will take the apartment. He sent to me copy of his passport and he told me that it should be enough that my money safe !!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is a bad Idea, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there an official government office I can verify that this man is the owner of this apartment?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I send money, how can I guarantee the transaction?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the passport good enough proof of anything?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-09-01T10:12:48.650" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T10:12:48.650" Title="Netherlands housing rental - I might be getting scammed, how to avoid that?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1232" CreationDate="2016-07-07T16:31:23.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are not allowed to work in the USA, until either your permanent residency is granted or you have been granted Employment Authorization to work while your permanent residency application is pending. This is regardless of whether you are being paid by a local US firm or from outside the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9895" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T16:31:23.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5470" CreationDate="2016-07-07T16:38:08.367" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No you can not. This is because AFTER arrival on a k-1 visa you may not depart the USA until AFTER either your green card is approved and issued, or until you are granted Advance Parole. Advance Parole provides you with specific permission to exit/enter while the green card is in process. When applying for Advance Parole, you ALSO have the option to apply for Employment Authorization. Employment Authorization allows you to work while the green card is in process. Both employment authorization and advance parole are granted the SAME time. In fact a single card is issued for both. This means the EARLIEST date you are allowed to leave (advance parole) is ALSO the earliest date you are eligible to work,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9895" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T16:38:08.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8713" CreationDate="2016-07-07T18:54:15.367" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's 99% certainly a scam. The exact same thing happened to me twice when I was in your position, including the passport scan. Guy said he was working in the UK and wanted to rent out his apartment, in a very good location in Amsterdam, for a low price. Don't bother verifying his passport. I'm sorry to have to break it to you; I realize you wanted the apartment, but it's just not going to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you contacted him via a rental search website, contact the administrators and say that you are worried about this case, asking &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; to look into his account and identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, for the 1% chance it is not a scam: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask him for photos of the apartment; compare them against Google Street View if that's available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tell him you will have someone come look at the apartment before you commit to it; if he says yes (he will refuse, I'm sure) get someone you know in NL to do you this favor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggest a bank cheque, dated forward appropriately, instead of a direct transfer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A passport proves nothing. Ask to see official proof of ownership.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask for the contact info of the current tenant. If he says it's unoccupied, be suspicious... and ask for the contact info of the last tenant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I'm sure it's a scam - these are just a bunch of things he should fail to be able to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-07-07T18:59:41.413" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T18:59:41.413" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8689" CreationDate="2016-07-07T20:15:42.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would be able to get by, but not save anything, I would think. As of 2018, I live alone, my salary is ~3,850 before taxes (not counting an annual allowance/bonus/vacation pay/etc.), I enjoy the 30% ruling, and manage to save about 1,000 EUR per month or so. I rent a 1.5-bedroom apartment for 1,275 EUR a month, ride a bike to work, and I'm pretty frugal in my expenses (I think), except for a visit to my home country every few months. Adjusting for your details would bring me to just about breaking even.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, that would not really be sustainable for the long term, since occasionally you have larger expenses; and you probably want to save money for when you go back home, or want to by a house/apartment etc. So, for now, I would suggest sharing a flat with someone. That would not only reduce your rent, but also your bills - and would allow you more freedom of choice with respect to the region in which you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-05-20T09:26:17.223" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T09:26:17.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7721" CreationDate="2016-07-07T20:48:39.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone through that in the other way, while leaving Germany. Under new regulations in EU, you are obliged to have health insurance in any EU country, which means you are not allowed to unregister until you prove you've got another health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other way, you are not allowed to voluntarily register when you have health insurance in other country (in my case, it meant, I was stuck with expensive German health insurance until I find job in Poland, which I solved by registering a company and getting cheap insurance from it). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It means, if you're from EU, and you don't work or run a company in Germany, you're insured with your old insurance. If you get a job, things got more tricky. In Poland you would be automatically insured by your employer, but German law gives you the option: either you'll be insured by your employer, or you get insured private, in which case you should ask, if it need to be German insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you must take into account, health insurance in other EU countries is meant to work in emergency cases, not on regular basis. Each case can be checked, if it was necessary for you to use health service abroad, or you could as well go back to your country. You can find it difficult to get sick leave. You won't have German electronic insurance card, which is your password to quick access to your doctor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9896" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T20:48:39.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-07T22:56:05.380" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been issued 2 years Tier 2 (formerly work permit) visa and I will need to extend my visa next year. Now, if I apply for maximum possible extension, it will take my total Tier 2 stay beyond 3 years 1 month therefore I need to apply under experienced rate salary (according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules Appendix J&lt;/a&gt; =&gt; Appropriate salary rates paragraph 14).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My query is can I apply for just one more year under 'new entrant rate' which will make my total stay in Tier 2, current 2 years + 1 year = 3 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9897" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T22:56:05.380" Title="UK Tier 2 Visa Extension Under 'Experienced Rate Salary' vs 'New Entrant Rate Salary'" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-08T11:24:32.040" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be working in the Netherlands, I want to open a bank account there. Id like to ask you for banks suggestions please .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having an English version for the online bank website is a critical issue for me because I've been living in Portugal for two years and I have a Santander Totta account, which is not the same as Santander, but they don't have anything in English. I struggled a lot to learn how to deal with complex operations in Portuguese.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And would your suggestions be different if I put the language thing aside ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T17:38:45.030" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T17:38:45.030" Title="Banks suggestions in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11820" CreationDate="2016-07-08T17:24:57.043" Score="2" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backstory:&lt;/strong&gt; I am on H1B visa working in the US currently and I switched my job last year to another employer. My H1B was transferred to this new employer that I am currently working with. My H1B expires in August 2018. My wife has H4 visa from my previous employer. She has traveled to the US once in December 2015 with the H4 from my previous employer. At that time, I was working with the new employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Situation:&lt;/strong&gt; She is traveling on August 5th, 2016 and her visa is expiring on September 16th, 2016. Her visa is H4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is she ok to travel? Would she face any issues from the immigration since her visa is expiring soon?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she is here in August, I am planning to extend her H4 with this new employer of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6193" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T22:06:44.550" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:28:17.563" Title="Can my wife travel to the US with her existing H4 visa in this situation?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-08T20:57:32.820" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to expatriate to Switzerland. I have a car which I'd like to take with me. From what I've heard you're allowed to take one car with you, and you have one year to change plates and security to Swiss one, but you need to report that car to the customs when you enter Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true? If so, it's problematic, because I don't know if I keep that car or sell it withing first year and buy more decent one in Switzerland (in that case I'd like to sell the car in Poland). If it's really necessary to declare I want to take that car with me already at start, am I allowed to change my mind, and what are the consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9896" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T11:44:32.157" Title="Expatriating to Switzerland with your own car" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2016-07-08T21:34:19.607" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know how much are living costs in US, but I suppose, by the same salary, it's better to stay there. Switzerland is very expensive. The taxes (by such income) will consume about 1/3 of your salary. A single appartment may cost as much as 2000 CHF/month. Food is very expensive, a regular meal outside will cost from 20CHF, fast food like McDonald or Kebab about 10CHF. You can get away cheaper cooking by yourself, but it still will be about thrice as much as in Germany, for example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gasoline costs about 1,5 CHF/liter. Simply having a car is expensive, in many cities like Zurich there are no free parking places, you can either rent one if it's available or park on private parkplaces, both options expensive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for that money, you have the priviledge to live in a very beautiful and secure country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9896" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T21:34:19.607" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-09T00:19:30.830" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an international student newly admitted to a US university. The university already has shipped my I-20 to me. Unfortunately, it happened that they didn't sign my I-20 at all. Mistakenly so, obviously. In my visa interview, the counsel officer noticed that but afterwards she said my visa is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions is: will this lack of signature possibly hinder my entrance to the US at the airport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9903" LastActivityDate="2016-07-09T00:19:30.830" Title="The university didn't sign my I-20. Is that a serious issue?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-09T05:33:26.327" Score="4" ViewCount="533" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a dual Australian/Italian citizen, if I get married to my current boyfriend, who is British, he automatically becomes an Italian citizen.&#xA;Is he allowed to hold three citizenships? He will get naturalised Australian (we live here) already holds British citizenship, and will become an Italian citizen.&#xA;Will he have to renounce one of his citizenships? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9905" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T20:35:10.220" Title="Can I hold Italian, Australian and Uk citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8721" CreationDate="2016-07-09T08:50:15.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an account with ABN-AMRO. I can't really compare them to any other banks, but they do have most of everything in English, including their website(s), and I've never had trouble getting help in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Amsterdam, I think they have a reasonable spread of branches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand I feel I'm getting shafted with the annual credit card usage fee, but: 1. You don't have to get one if you have a credit card from your state of origin and a local debit card, and 2. It's possible that this high fee is the same elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About other issues - interest rates on savings and loans, international transaction speed etc. - again I can't comment since I have nothing to compare against.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-07-09T11:21:34.957" LastActivityDate="2016-07-09T11:21:34.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1092" CreationDate="2016-07-09T08:57:42.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved to msterdam (in 2015) it took me a month and a half to find a place to stay. I only went to the Expat Center (at the World Trade Center near Station Zuid, where I actually properly registered, got my BSN number etc.) sometime after the first week I think. When I got there I told them the truth - &quot;I'm looking for an apartment to rent&quot; - and gave them my workplace address. Then I went there again after I got a place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So although I'm not sure about the official situation, in practice the authorities obviously realize that you can't be expected to find permanent accommodation immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your plan is &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; ok.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Showing up to register vs reporting a permanent address - two separate things.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try to have a temporary address to report.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-09-10T08:49:02.813" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T08:49:02.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8734" CreationDate="2016-07-09T15:59:23.167" Score="1" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to rent studio in Netherlands now, and I saw in some posts that Minimum rental period 12 months, I don't know my job conditions, may be I have to change the city, How this point in contract will Obligate me to continue renting the studio and what if i want to move to another studio or apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T12:12:06.033" Title="Renting Studio with Minimum rental period" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8731" CreationDate="2016-07-09T19:47:05.253" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finding a new tenant is a time-consuming procedure, with the risk of the gap where you get no money but still have costs. It's obvious the landlords are interested in finding long-term tenant rather then short-term ones. It doesn't matter for landlord that it is inconvenient for you as long as he can find other tenant that will accept long-term lease. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This marks the difference between the market of the tenant and the market of the landlord. Netherlands, as many other Western European countries, is the market of the landlord and therefore the convenience of the landlord has the higher ground. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But normally, you can end lease at any time, as long as you can find the next tenant that will accept the same agreement. For example, if your one-year rental ends in December 2016, and you find the next tenant that will accept one-year rental until July 2017, there's no need for landlord to object. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, even on the landlord market not all landlords are so picky. You can search for short-term rentals or negotiate the deal, but expect to find an offer that is somehow 'worse' (either lower standard, bad location, or more expensive) than the 'regular' ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9896" LastActivityDate="2016-07-09T19:47:05.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8731" CreationDate="2016-07-09T23:22:14.397" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;em&gt;randstad&lt;/em&gt; (the most populous part of the country), most properties will be rented out within &lt;em&gt;days&lt;/em&gt; of being put on the market (certainly if you are talking about small-to-medium size, affordable housing, demand for larger units is a bit weaker, which gives you some leverage). So it's basically a landlord's market, they are in a position to ask a lot (within the law).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, it's not untypical for a flat to have a single viewing session with many prospective tenants, each of them expected to submit an application the next day if they are interested. And this application should include some proof of your income for the last three months, a certificate from your employer, etc. The landlord or their representative won't plan around your schedule, wait for you to make a decision or gather all the papers, they will just give the flat to whoever is first and/or have several to choose from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why having a short-term contract or uncertainty about the stability of your professional situation is more likely to prompt a landlord not to rent to you at all rather than convince him to be more lenient. After all, chances are that someone else with a more stable situation is also interested in renting the flat. At best, you might be able to rent it anyway, with the one-year clause very much included in the contract &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; an extra guarantor or a larger deposit to reassure the landlord that he will get his money if you decide to move out or become penniless before the term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is no financial “penalty” for renting another flat and usually no obligation to live in the property, your main obligation is to pay the rent every month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2016-07-10T12:12:06.033" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T12:12:06.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-10T13:37:10.270" Score="4" ViewCount="422" Body="&lt;p&gt;... And how difficult is it/how does it work? I am confused about how you could get a job for a work visa? What happens if your income comes from an independant/freelance career (e.g. like a photographer or artist)... Could it still be possible to get a residency permit (and eventually become a citizen)...? I intended to move once I was financially stable/had some savings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone could explain how it works, any information, I would appreciate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen but in case UK citizens become non-EU citizens after the Brexit vote, I want to prepare for the worst (which would be becoming a non-EU citizen) and make sure I am able to move country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have basic Danish language skills and trying to learn Danish still. I have lived in Denmark for 3 months before. I was also considering Faroe Islands as a place to move to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any kind &amp;amp; helpful replies&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9907" LastEditorUserId="9907" LastEditDate="2016-07-10T16:45:59.503" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T04:32:08.413" Title="How can a non-EU citizen become a Danish citizen?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8736" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8824" CreationDate="2016-07-10T16:44:02.133" Score="2" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to go to Colombia, in search of work and live there as my girlfriend's from there, from what I searched, I think TP-13 is my best option. Can someone share his/her experience with the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point's that my matter,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have worked in Colombia (TP-6) &amp;amp; Brazil for one year each before,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm Indian but currently I'm in Canada, and I will be applying for the visa from here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I contacted the embassy for the visa documents they said I need to show funds in a local bank account approximately 1500 CAD/month for tourist visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9911" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T00:39:13.443" LastActivityDate="2017-07-05T00:41:16.567" Title="Colombian TP-13 Visa Category" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8702" CreationDate="2016-07-10T19:57:46.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a job classification of NOC B and applying under the Canadian Experience class, you have to have English language scores that equal a Canadian Language Board (CLB) of CLB 5 or 6. The equivalent IELTS scores are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;IELTS&#xA;&#xA;NOC   CLB Level      Test results for each ability&#xA;                    Listening  Reading  Writing  Speaking&#xA;B         6            5.5       5.0      5.5      5.5 &#xA;B         5            5.0       4.0      5.0      5.0 &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Language testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because your Writing score is 4.0, you do not appear to meet the English qualification. There may be other reasons why your application was refused, but this is almost certainly one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T19:57:46.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8735" CreationDate="2016-07-10T20:05:54.073" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the very &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt; thing you should do is find a job and move to Denmark. Then when the formal announcement is made, the position of UK citizens living in the EU, and EU citizens living in the UK, will be a chief negotiating point for both parties. Most likely both sides will want each citizen to retain the right of abode that they already exercise on the effective date of the declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon arrival set yourself up with an EU residence permit. See: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statsforvaltning.dk/site.aspx?p=6028&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.statsforvaltning.dk/site.aspx?p=6028&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second thing you should do is, once settled in Denmark, research how to get on an immigration path to citizenship there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that there is a strong Eurosceptic political feeling in Denmark; it would not be outlandish to see them exit the EU in the future. So, nothing is certain so think about your goals, and how happy you would be with various future outcomes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Final note: based on your name I'm assuming you are male.  If I am wrong and you are female, I would strongly advise you to go to Faroe instead. Because of the shortage on women in Faroe, there is a strong chance for you to find a marriage there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T20:05:54.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2016-07-10T20:24:04.890" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a huge difference missed by all the answers here - in the US your employment is generally high risk; i.e. you can be fired at any time and will receive no more than two week's of pay or notice.  Whereas in France, employees often have 60 or 90 days of notice period. So the lower French salary can in fact be much more stable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Europe your largest costs are likely transportation and food; whereas in NYC or SF your largest costs might be rent and health care. So, be sure total up all the expenses including taxes, and shop in advance for suitable living accommodation. In the USA, you should expect to pay no more than 33% of your net salary on rent. The quality of the apartment you can thus afford (adding up housing costs and transportation costs for each option) will give you an idea whether this will be a comfortable life for you or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorUserId="6247" LastEditDate="2018-03-01T17:35:28.380" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T17:35:28.380" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8723" CreationDate="2016-07-10T20:32:15.253" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do not bring the car to Switzerland. Just sell it and rent one if you need one for the first week or so.&#xA;When you import the car you will pay a huge Swiss tax. If you don't have a strong reason to keep the car then forget this idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorUserId="6247" LastEditDate="2016-07-13T20:55:20.387" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T20:55:20.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8727" CreationDate="2016-07-10T20:35:10.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, none of the countries involved (UK, Australia, Italy) prohibit multiple citizenship today. So if you continue with your plan, your boyfriend will not have to renounce anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments above, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Italian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; there does not seem to be any automatic acquisition of Italian citizenship upon marriage (although, historically, &quot;&lt;em&gt;Foreign women who married an Italian citizen before 27 April 1983 were automatically granted Italian citizenship.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, from your question it sounds like he intends to naturalise as an Australian citizen. That should be no problem. After you have been married for a few years (depending on where you live and whether you have children), he could apply for Italian citizenship through marriage. However, he would only need to do this if that's something you want for your family, there's no requirement for him to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, as long as each country permits multiple citizenship, there's no difference between holding two or three or even more citizenships. The only things one might be mindful of are any applicable obligations of citizenship (eg. taxation, military service, voting, and so on).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T20:35:10.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8711" CreationDate="2016-07-10T21:30:13.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is quite common for you to receive new I-20 forms throughout your academic career. For instance, you'll receive a new one if you change your major. You do not need to do anything except remember to use the new I-20 instead of the old I-20 when traveling (and, if you're already in the US, have the I-20 endorsed for travel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to give the new I-20 to the consulate unless you need a new visa. But you will need the new I-20 at the border to enter the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for old I-20s, you should keep these in a safe place, as they may be required for certain things (such as OPT, or H-1B visa applications).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T21:30:13.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-11T00:03:03.633" Score="6" ViewCount="2799" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. I started a consultancy assignment in my home country about 9 months ago and since then have travelled back to London multiple times. I want to know that if I return within two years to living here permanently, would my ILR be under any threat of revocation? I don't intend to continue this consultancy work beyond 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9914" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-13T17:15:34.960" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T17:15:34.960" Title="Maintaining ILR" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8747" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8752" CreationDate="2016-07-11T05:39:14.830" Score="6" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a EU citizen living in Brazil. My salary is paid to a Brazilian bank account in Reais (the local currency). I still have a loan my bank in the EU, so I have to transfer some money to them every month. To avoid exchange rate fees and bureaucracy, I found an expat that is now living in Brazil, but is paid with Euros to his bank account in the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the win/win situation is for me to transfer Reais to his bank account in Brazil using my Brazilian account, and for him to wire me Euro from his EU bank account to my EU bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are exchanging around 1000-1500 Euros every month. I have to pay back a bit less than 1000 Euros on the loan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Is it legal to do that, or can I be in trouble at some point? I tried Google but it's hard to find the correct wording and so far didn't find anything related to my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The loan will be paid back at the beginning of next year and then I'll transfer those 1500 Euros as savings, in case the economy shifts in Brazil. That way I don't have all my eggs in the same basket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9915" LastEditorUserId="10018" LastEditDate="2021-03-13T11:12:46.143" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T11:12:46.143" Title="Exchanging money with an expat" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8746" CreationDate="2016-07-11T09:07:35.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory, your ILR is always under threat of being revoked if you have indeed actually moved your center of life out of the UK. As long as you continue to demonstrate and genuinely have your center of life in the UK, you should be fine. Make sure you never get stamped as a 'visitor'. If asked, always explain clearly that you are doing short-term consultancy that requires your presence. Maintain a residence in the UK or a storage unit for your things, and have that paperwork on you every trip. The 2 year limit is sort of an acknowledgement that sometimes life happens, and people may have to leave the country for significant periods of time to deal with that sort of thing. As long as your intention is to return to live within two years, and you actually do so, there should be no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-07-11T11:20:05.843" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T11:20:05.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8749" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8751" CreationDate="2016-07-11T16:31:07.250" Score="5" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;We live in London, their mother is from Northern Ireland. As you know many Britons apply for Irish passports since the referendum results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to drag the children all the way to Ireland in order to apply for their first Irish passports? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6849" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-07-11T18:32:11.040" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T20:23:12.790" Title="Do I have to take my children to Ireland in order to apply for their first Irish passport?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-11T18:58:28.143" Score="0" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I am PhD student in Switzerland, recently I got Postdoc position for four years in King college London with salary around 30K. I am a bit worried about living cost in London. I did some search and found out that rent is very expensive in London, more higher than Switzerland, however the salary is high in Switzerland and even as PhD student you have a comfortable life. Since I am not swiss and Switzerland has difficult rule for immigration, I made decision to leave Switzerland for my future carrier. I am going to move with my boyfriend and he is mechanic. I am wondering if both of us can rely on my postdoc salary until my boyfriend find a job. Is will be easy for my boy friend to find a job as mechanic in London? I would be thankful if you could give me some ideas about this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9917" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T20:59:24.943" Title="living cost in London" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8749" CreationDate="2016-07-11T20:23:12.790" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, it appears you don't have to drag them to Ireland to apply ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/passports/passports-for-children/&quot;&gt;Embassy of Ireland's page on Children's passports&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Embassy of Ireland Passport Office London, is located at:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  114a Cromwell Road, London, SW7 4ES&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The Passport Office is open to the public from 09.30 - 16.30 Monday to Friday.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you choose to post your application, we strongly recommend that you use registered mail or a reputable courier service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that last paragraph there, you don't even need to drag them to the Passport office in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page I linked to above has full details about what your application will require. In your situation, assuming their mother was born in Ireland, it looks like you'll just need the children's &quot;original long-form birth certificate[s]&quot; and the &quot;civil marriage certificate (if applicable) of your [children's] Irish-born parent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Passport application forms are available from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/media/embassylondon/passports/Passport-Application-Forms-are-available-from-the-following-Irish-Groups.pdf&quot;&gt;these locations&lt;/a&gt; (PDF) or by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/contact-us/passport-queries/&quot;&gt;contacting the embassy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9413" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T20:23:12.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8747" CreationDate="2016-07-11T20:34:39.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing illegal about exchanging money with a friend. Similar arrangements can be used for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;money laundering&lt;/a&gt; which &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; illegal, but these are often more complex - and your arrangement is rather simple, above board, regular, and traceable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not related to the legality at all, I would just make sure that you are both getting a decent exchange rate, and that you keep an eye on exchange rate fluctuations so that one of you doesn't benefit from the other's loss. You're saving on fees because the situation is beneficial to both of you, but obviously, those savings shouldn't extend to getting a &quot;better&quot; rate than the market, because then one of you would be losing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in regards to legalities, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;IANAL/TINLA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9413" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T20:34:39.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8750" CreationDate="2016-07-11T20:59:24.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Information on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/average-income-tax-payers-borough&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;median income in the UK&lt;/a&gt; is available for 2013-2014. The data are for personal income and not household income. For the inner boroughs of London, an income of £30,000 would put you above the median income in Greenwich, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and below in Camden, Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Westminster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your boyfriend finding a job, this will largely depend on his citizenship (or at least on his right to work) and soon on the Brexit. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/unemployment-rate-region&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Unemployment data&lt;/a&gt; are also available. Unemployment in London is about 6%, so it is not trivial to find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also be aware that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ucu.org.uk/fescales_england&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UCU salaries&lt;/a&gt; are publicly available. In general a post doc would be expected to start at point 23 (£23,256 per year) with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/1978/FE-London-allowance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;London allowance&lt;/a&gt; of £2,725, so 30K is on the high side of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T20:59:24.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-12T02:41:43.760" Score="4" ViewCount="463" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, from Angola and I'm about to marry my Romanian girlfriend who she will come to my country soon to do the marriage papers here in my country, we have intentions to live in Sweden together and i was thinking what the best way to do that? Is it that she will go back to Romania and then apply for family reunion visa there and after go to lice together in Sweden? Or she should go to Sweden and directly apply for family reunion visa there? Keep in mind that in Romania she is qualified to be granted family reunion visa,  as she have a job and an apartment. And to be qualified in Sweden is hard as she have to go alone and live there and work for six months before i can apply for the visa to join her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9919" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-12T08:02:51.473" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T21:32:11.050" Title="Moving from Romania to Sweden with a non-EU partner" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8754" CreationDate="2016-07-12T08:05:47.783" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, having resided together in Romania basically makes no difference as far as Sweden is concerned. It would be much easier to stay there long-time if your wife would get a job there (under EU rules, she could then sponsor your residence permit without any other requirement and certainly without any six-month waiting period) but in any case, there is no point in using Romania as a “stepping stone”, if your goal is to go to Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-13T11:44:49.290" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T11:44:49.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-12T14:02:17.033" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have just registered our company in the uk. My partner and co-director is a non uk citizen. He is Zimbabwean. What kind of visa does he need to be able to come to the uk for the purpose of negotiating business deals with African region customers and meet UK business suppliers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9920" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T14:46:13.393" Title="UK Business Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8756" CreationDate="2016-07-12T14:46:13.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Negotiating deals and attending meetings are both permitted under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt;.  As long as your partner doesn't want to stay in the UK for more than six months at a time, or to spend more than half of his time in the UK, that's the visa he should apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T14:46:13.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-12T15:14:30.373" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in the UK and have savings in GBP, but am just about to move to Europe (Germany). Which companies offer multi-currency (EUR/GBP, other) accounts for people who aren't millionaires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Modern iOS app and web site, with English translation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Call centre I can speak to in English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Low monthly fees (or better free, if I pay my salary into at least &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; of the accounts)    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Standing orders/giro payments routable in and out via IBAN/BIC &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; Sort Code/Account number (i.e., a UK service provider shouldn't know or care it's an &quot;overseas&quot; account)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reasonable spread/fees when transferring between accounts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2047" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T19:21:17.503" Title="Which companies offer good multi-currency bank accounts for the 99%?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-12T18:05:59.453" Score="4" ViewCount="347" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for an answer on the following question. I'm starting a study next September in Denmark (not in Copenhagen) and my parents want to give me a car to drive so I can come home a few times during the year (I'm dutch). It will be registered on their name, and I'll probably won't be driving it a lot in Denmark. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it officially won't be my car, will I still get problems with it not being Danish? I can't really find any information on that particular matter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you can help me on a short notice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With kind regards, &#xA;Annemarie &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9922" LastActivityDate="2020-08-23T15:29:47.893" Title="Bringing my parents car to Denmark" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8758" CreationDate="2016-07-12T19:21:17.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;HSBC is always an option. We use them for our UK-based business account. We opened the account while I still had a UK-based personal account, and there were no issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For international transfers, we use Global Webpay (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalwebpay.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.globalwebpay.com/&lt;/a&gt;) - less than five q to move any amount of money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9923" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T19:21:17.503" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-12T20:23:56.983" Score="2" ViewCount="1344" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, and have been offered a contract to work for a company that is based in the US. The contract is remote working and I would be paid into a UK bank account, but I was wondering if I could visit the US and work from the company's offices while there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To slightly complicate matters, I am currently awaiting approval of a K-1 Fiancee visa to the US, where my fiancee is a citizen. So once that gets approved and I enter the country under that visa, I would have to wait until I get my EAD to work for the company full time if I chose to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My thinking is to just wait out the visa application and hope the company would still hire me once I get my EAD, rather than complicate matters by entering the country and continuing to work &quot;remotely&quot; for a US company while in the US, albeit being paid into a UK bank account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry if this sounds confusing or I've not explained it well. I'm just trying to get my head around my options. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9924" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T16:28:15.277" Title="Working for US company remotely from UK, can I work from their office while visiting?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8767" CreationDate="2016-07-12T21:57:41.343" Score="3" ViewCount="1527" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from a Dutch company and I've received what my salary slip would look like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will post it here and hide the actual values for privacy, I would appreciate if you guide me on the meaning of each entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P3OQl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P3OQl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1JUqF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1JUqF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the number in the red box my net salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T11:38:42.117" Title="How to read this Dutch salary slip" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8746" CreationDate="2016-07-12T23:50:42.727" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your ILR is under threat of revocation, yes, but you are probably fine so long as you return frequently, you have proof of your ongoing life in the UK, and your intention on returning each time is to continue living in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking online, there are numerous &lt;strong&gt;older&lt;/strong&gt; stories of people that have attempted to maintain their status by returning occasionally, only to have their ILR revoked and replaced with a short-term visit visa. In some cases it seems like this was because they were incorrectly granted a visitor visa at the border. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigrationboards.com/indefinite-leave-to-remain/ilr-returning-to-uk-within-2-years-told-to-re-apply-t47306.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Example 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ukresident.com/forums/topic/83481-appeal-successful-after-ilr-canceled-at-the-border/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Example 2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revoking-an-indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk-process&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Revoking of Indefinite Leave to Remain&lt;/a&gt; document will probably be of use to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the absence of recent examples, it's possible that the guidance has changed over time, and UKBA are now less likely to revoke ILR than they were a few years ago. I've no clear proof of that, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given historical commentary on sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems that it's up to the (senior) border agents that interview you to determine whether you are indeed still permanently resident in the UK. If the agent determines that you have moved, or that you do not intend to remain in the UK, they could revoke your ILR. Like all situations where individual judgement is involved, there's a chance the decision could go either way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Note that if at any stage you are out of the country for 2 years, you &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; lose your ILR. See the official guidance for details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Additionally, if you enter the country on any other class of visa (eg, a visitor visa), it invalidates your ILR.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, my suggestion is that you go through the process of getting British Citizenship. Given the current uncertainty around Brexit, it's unlikely that gaining citizenship will be made either easier and cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that unless you have very unusual circumstances you won't need a lawyer. You can do the primary paperwork yourself, and then use the very affordable &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nationality-checking-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality Checking Service&lt;/a&gt; to verify your paperwork and details for around £80. They will also return your passport and other documents to you immediately, and the application process is faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will, however, have to pay the full &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fees-for-citizenship-applications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fees for Citizenship Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do apply for citizenship, it's important to note that you should be very aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/714/can-a-naturalised-british-citizen-live-anywhere-in-the-world-without-losing-uk-c/1032#1032&quot;&gt;Can a naturalised British citizen live anywhere in the world without losing UK citizenship?&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;when dealing with the naturalisation process, especially if you are travelling back and forth from your origin country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T23:50:42.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8759" CreationDate="2016-07-13T00:22:52.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a process, a form to complete, and a payment (DKK 400), with comprehensive all the information found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://skat.dk/SKAT.aspx?oId=1716067&amp;amp;vId=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SKAT.dk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Application for permission to drive a foreign-registered motor vehicle in Denmark, Form no. 21.059 EN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About this form&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You must complete this form to apply for permission to drive a foreign-registered vehicle in Denmark. You will typically need this permission if you are staying temporarily in Denmark as a student or because of short-term employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please complete the form and send it to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SKAT, Motor&lt;br/&gt; &#xA;  Helgeshøj Allé 9&lt;br/&gt; &#xA;  2630 Taastrup&lt;br/&gt; &#xA;  Denmark&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A fee of DKK 400 is charged for applying for the permission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can pay the DKK 400 by transferring the amount via online banking using &quot;card type: +73&quot; and &quot;account no.: 86984156&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please attach the following information in the payment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;applicant's CPR number (civil reg. no.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;applicant's name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;vehicle registration number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;reference number (if applicable)&#xA;  We need this information to be able to identify which payment relates to your application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: Please enclose the following documents when submitting your application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Copy of the vehicle registration certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Documentation of your stay in Denmark, for example an employment contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Receipt for paying the DKK 400 fee.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Complete the form online by clicking the first field and filling it in. Use the tab key to jump to the next field. Remember to enclose a copy of the vehicle registration certificate and documentation of the purpose and duration of your stay, for example an employment contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Remember to state your civil registration number (CPR number). If you do not provide your civil registration number, your application cannot be processed  - unless in special circumstances, if for example you are working in Denmark for a foreign company which is registered in the Register of Foreign Service Providers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Persons residing in Denmark&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person residing in Denmark is generally not allowed to use a foreign-registered vehicle for driving in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permission may be granted to persons residing in Denmark, but working outside Denmark on weekdays. The permission only covers driving from a border crossing to the person's residence in Denmark and back in connection with holidays. The vehicle may not be used for any other transport in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreigner coming to live in Denmark may use a foreign-registered vehicle in Denmark for a period of 30 days from the date of entry to Denmark, after which the vehicle must be either registered in Denmark or transported out of Denmark, or be deregistered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Persons residing abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person coming to Denmark for a limited period of up to 185 days may apply for permission to drive a foreign-registered vehicle during the stay in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the stay is your first in Denmark, and it is not expected to exceed 185 days, you may drive a foreign-registered vehicle during your stay in Denmark. You must always bring documentation for the duration of your stay with you while driving (for example a copy of your employment contract). You do not need to apply for permission in such situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your stay exceeds 185 days, the vehicle must generally be registered in Denmark (and you must pay registration tax) or be transported out of Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your stay in Denmark exceeds 185 days, but you are on a fixed-term assignment in Denmark, you may pay quarterly a proportion of the normal vehicle registration tax. For this purpose, you must complete form no. 21.033 EN.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Double domicile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you reside in Denmark and another country at the same time, it must be determined which residence can be regarded as your usual place of residence, which is defined as the residence to which you have the strongest ties, i.e. the country where you are considered to be domiciled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This determination includes considering business and private ties and the amount of time spent in the particular country. If your strongest ties are to -Denmark, you will be considered to be residing in Denmark and may therefore not use a vehicle with foreign number plates in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;PDF version    &lt;a href=&quot;https://skat.dk/getFile.aspx?Id=130238&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Application 21.059 EN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T00:22:52.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8762" CreationDate="2016-07-13T11:28:48.613" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nettoloon&lt;/em&gt; is indeed your net salary and more-or-less the amount of money that will be transferred to your bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your wages haven't been garnished to cover some debt and depending on the applicable collective bargaining agreement (CAO), what can still come in-between includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health insurance premiums&lt;/strong&gt;, if you are using your employer's collective contract and they are collected directly from your salary (otherwise you'll have to pay that directly to your insurer). Note that insurance premium do not cover the entirety of the healthcare system's costs; besides copayment and deductibles, some of the money also comes from tax-like mandatory contribution marked as WG.HEFF.ZVW (for &quot;&lt;em&gt;werkgeversheffing zorgverzekeringswet&lt;/em&gt;&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Small contributions&lt;/strong&gt; to things like coffee machines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Commute costs contribution&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;tegemoetkoming reiskosten woon-werkverkeer&lt;/em&gt;) paid to you tax-free by your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reimbursment for travel costs&lt;/strong&gt; and the like, also paid tax-free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without getting into the details (as I am not 100% sure about some items), the rest of the things mentioned on your salary slip are taxes and mandatory contributions (e.g. to the statutory old-age and invalidity pension systems). Everything with the word TOESL. (for &lt;em&gt;toeslag&lt;/em&gt;) is a bonus (and especially calculations related to the &quot;holiday bonus&quot; usually paid in May). ARBEIDSKORT. presumably stands for &lt;em&gt;arbeidskorting&lt;/em&gt;, a tax credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-13T11:38:42.117" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T11:38:42.117" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-13T22:03:36.920" Score="2" ViewCount="615" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian currently on a Tier 2 general Visa. I'm changing employers on Tier 2 visa- I gave notice 7 weeks ago (I'm a teacher hence the long notice period) and my contract will end with the current employer on 31st August. My new job is waiting for the new CoS to come through but have just been told it could be up to 18 weeks!? I am meant to be starting my new job in September however if this doesn't come through in time I may not be able to start the job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions:&#xA;1) How long do I have after my visa expires on 31st August before I have to leave the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Will I have to leave before this? &#xA;Or is there a '28 day grace period' (I read about this on this website)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Can I apply for my new Tier 2 from anywhere outside the UK or will I have to go back to Australia to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9932" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T22:03:36.920" Title="Changing employers on TIer 2 visa- How long do I have if new CoS doesn't come through before my current Tier 2 visa expires?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-14T02:28:23.263" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to own shares in a company as an international student on study permit? The majority of the shares will owned be by a Canadian resident. Also can this help me get a PR through any program such as the startup visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9934" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T02:28:23.263" Title="Can I own shares in a company while under a study permit in Canada and can the company sponsor or assist me in getting a PR?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;startups&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-17T03:42:35.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-14T03:06:17.740" Score="6" ViewCount="8495" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you quit your job in Thailand and the employer has to cancel your visa, do we necessarily have to give them the original passport so that they can cancel the visa or can it be done on a copy of the employee's passport, without giving the original passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9817" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T19:31:32.417" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T20:19:57.317" Title="Visa cancellation when you quit your job in Thailand" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8774" CreationDate="2016-07-14T07:10:21.200" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living in the UK and am looking forward to voting in this year's election, if I can figure it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was living in Pennsylvania for five years and then to do my visa I moved in with my parents for a month and a half in Georgia before moving to the UK. My driver's license and US mail all goes to Georgia, but I was last registered to vote in Pennsylvania, so I am wondering if I get an absentee in Pennsylvania or do I change my voting registration to Georgia and then get an absentee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help with what's appropriate would be useful!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1001" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T13:25:24.697" Title="Which state do I vote in and how do I do it? (USA)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8773" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8775" CreationDate="2016-07-14T08:47:16.463" Score="2" ViewCount="823" Body="&lt;p&gt;My driving licence is about to expire, I read time ago how to exchange it with a UK driving licence, is the process different for the renewal instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T15:46:25.497" Title="My Italian driving licence is about to expire, how to renew it in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8772" CreationDate="2016-07-14T13:25:24.697" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fvap.gov/&quot;&gt;https://www.fvap.gov/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are supposed to vote in the state in which you were last domiciled, which doesn't have to be the last state in which you were registered to vote.  My guess is that this is Georgia, since you took a Georgia driver's license.  On the other hand, you could probably argue that your stay in Georgia does not establish it as your domicile since it was intended to be temporary.  I think therefore that you can choose either state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T13:25:24.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8773" CreationDate="2016-07-14T13:26:23.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a resident in the UK, then you won't be able to renew your Italian licence and keep it as Italian, you have to exchange it to a UK one. This is &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-renewal-exchange/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;global to all EU countries&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you move to another EU country and the validity of your EU driving licence expires, you will have to renew your licence in the country where you are normally resident&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you exchange the licence they will actually send you a new one, with the original categories from your old licence, but with a new validity date. In the UK this is usually for 10 years, unless you are nearing 70 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-07-14T15:46:25.497" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T15:46:25.497" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8771" CreationDate="2016-07-15T02:05:52.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many people get confused about the difference between a visa and an extension of stay. A visa is obtained overseas that gives permission to enter the country; an extension of stay is obtained within the country and allows you to stay until a specified date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually when getting a work permit, an extension of stay based on employment is issued with a 'must leave by' date that is the same as the expiry date as the work permit. If you already have an extension of stay for another reason (e.g. based on marriage) then either the previous extension is cancelled, or no new extension is issued. They generally prefer to cancel any previous extension and issue a new one, simply because it then means that there is only one date when you need to update the work permit and extension of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you leave a job in Thailand and you are staying in the country on an extension of stay based on employment, your employer is responsible for taking you to the immigration office and cancelling your extension of stay. You must leave Thailand on the same day unless you apply for a seven-day extension that will automatically be given, at the standard cost of 1,900 THB. Your work permit will be cancelled at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are on an extension of stay for any other reason (e.g. marriage), or if you do not have an extension at all and just have a visa, then they can not cancel your stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to cancel an extension of stay, they require your original passport, so they can enter the new stamps to say that your extension is no longer valid, and also to give you a new stamp containing the date by which you must leave Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-07-15T02:05:52.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8777" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-15T14:52:01.570" Score="5" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an actress (non-EU national), married to an EU citizen, currently living and working in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for auditions/parts in other EU countries on my own right? I am self-employed, and the nature of the profession means that any job is done on fixed term contracts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a place where I can find information on how the rules work for people working as independent workers in arts/film areas? I've been searching but cannot find information related to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9938" LastActivityDate="2016-07-15T14:52:01.570" Title="Non-EU citizen spouse, working in other EU countries on project-based contracts" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-27T22:52:47.473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8778" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-15T18:30:42.790" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering employing Brazilians to work as IT contractors in the UK will they need to have Tier 2 work permit? What else will they need legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9428" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T07:26:57.230" Title="Do Brazilians need a work permit to work in the UK for under 6 months?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-15T19:15:02.487" Score="6" ViewCount="3711" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU-citizen studying in Amsterdam who did an exchange semester in Germany. Since I am not a EU citizen, I had to get a National Visa (D) for my exchange Semester in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember quite well the officer at the German embassy in Amsterdam telling me that address registration wasn't necessary since I was planning to stay in Germany just for one semester (covered by the validity of my D-visa), not to extend my residence permit, and that they will just send a copy of forms to the city council. Therefore I finished my semester in Germany and now I'm moving back to Amsterdam without having register my address. But I'm starting to have doubts about this and I'm afraid I may have done something irregular. Is it normal? Would this affect my future application for a German visa if want to continue my studies there, e.g, a master or PhD? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9939" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2016-07-16T02:57:54.207" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T09:46:17.583" Title="Living without registration of address in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-15T23:52:45.383" Score="3" ViewCount="405" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandmother married her second husband many years before I was born and he is from Martinique, which means he has French citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make it clear, my father is the child of my grandmother's first marriage. My  grandfather from Martinique came into the family by marriage, we have no blood relationship with him. However, he has been in the family for decades. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, can my father and I possibly apply for french citizenships since he is technically my step-grandfather and his step-father?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9940" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T15:53:27.047" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T15:53:27.047" Title="Obtaining French Citizenship through a married grandfather" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7812" CreationDate="2016-07-16T02:18:41.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, no problem at all. At least, it will be of similar difficulty to moving to any city where you don't speak the local language - be it Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Paris, or Beijing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people speak English in Beijing. If the person you are speaking to doesn't speak English, generally there is someone else nearby who does, who will be quickly called to 'deal' with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learn languages very slowly, I just don't have any talent for it. After 5 years I'm doing ok, but it really wasn't necessary to learn to speak Chinese. It has been fun though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy your studies!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9942" LastEditorUserId="9942" LastEditDate="2016-07-17T10:14:49.537" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T10:14:49.537" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="369" CreationDate="2016-07-16T05:13:36.530" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like @kaishiro and @ChrisTavers answers, but I'd like to try to &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; address your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in China for example, what is acceptable to say without running afoul of the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;In summary, in China &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt; in everyday conversation will cause your arrest or imprisonment.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Growing up in the US, I was taught as &amp;quot;common knowledge&amp;quot; that in communist countries, there are secret police watching and listening to your every word, and lurking in a shadow, just waiting for one wrong word, then jumping to arrest you and send you to Siberia or some other awful place. I can assure you that as of 2016 in China, this is &lt;em&gt;absolutely not the case&lt;/em&gt;. People are generally to busy to care about your attitudes. There will be no monitoring that is more invasive then that which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance#United_States_government&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;performed by the US authorities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country/china.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US State department travel advisory&lt;/a&gt;, if I recall correctly, used to suggests refraining from conversation about Taiwan, Tibet, or the South China Sea while in China. In my experience, even these statements are overly cautious and somewhat paranoid; perhaps that's why they are not currently listed on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this only applies to casual conversation. If you are involved in organizing an anti-government uprising, trying to over through the government, starting a religious movement, or some other sort of large scale organizing, there is a good chance you will have some trouble. I suggest that China is not a good place for foreigners to engage in any sort political organization. Perhaps even speaking before a large audience, some discretion is advised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that's how to avoid &amp;quot;running afoul of the authorities.&amp;quot; A second question is, what specific political topics are sensitive to ordinary Chinese people, and how to handle them?  I very much like and agree with your attitude:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we could live by the rule of &amp;quot;When you are a guest in another country you should keep your negative opinions to yourself&amp;quot; but that is not really ideal because they basically prevents having any philosophical conversations with anyone while living abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is awesome; it is important to develop relationships with people, and to learn and understand their opinions about important topics. It is also important to share your own understanding of the world. It's a win-win situation. In this vein, I'll speak about my experience with some of the big topics below. If you want my to know about my experiences with any additional topics, please leave me a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South China Sea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year, I can't get on an intercity train or eat lunch with a new friend without somebody asking me my opinion about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South China Sea Issue&lt;/a&gt;. As a person who loves to speak about politics, I find this topic very tiresome. In the past, I have tried to bring up the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Iceland Exclusive Economic Zone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the US and Canada in regulating the Georges Bank&lt;/a&gt;. Thus far, nobody cared about these topics at all, nor saw their relevance to China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. I have also tried to speak about &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1898%E2%80%931946)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;historical colonial motives for the US&lt;/a&gt; in controlling this area, but also, thus far nobody cared to speak about this either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turns out, that people generally are not really interested conversing about this issue in depth, nor are they interested in international law. They tend to simply repeat in one way or another their support for the PRC's stance on the issue, and sometimes view me as a representative of US foreign policy.  This makes me very uncomfortable, so lately, I try to terminate conversations about the South China Sea as quickly as possible. My favorite answer is &amp;quot;It is so far away from the US, I can't imagine why the US government is involved in this issue. I really don't know much about it.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tibet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Free_Tibet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free Tibet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; movement is another wedge issue, but very rarely is it brought up in conversation. Most Chinese people I have met are only vaguely aware that there is a free Tibet movement, and will not have many interesting attitudes about it. For most Chinese, it is an issue as small as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Texas Secession Movement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes younger, college aged people who are have been reading English language sites on the internet will know about the Free Tibet movement. These conversations can be fun, and I think it is fine to speak in depth. However, at some point in the conversation, make absolutely clear that as a foreigner, you really don't know the fine points of the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Great Leap Forward&lt;/a&gt; was a horrible tragedy; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cultural Revolution&lt;/a&gt; was a very difficult time. Most families will know many who passed away during the GLF, and many people had major problems during the Cultural Revolution. The scars from these event for many people have not yet healed. Like speaking about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Holocaust&lt;/a&gt; with WWII survivors, these topics are not for light conversation. Do not speak about these topics in jest or with disrespect; in fact, it is wise not to bring these topics up until you have a strong relationship with somebody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are lucky enough to have a strong relationship with somebody who lived through these events, there is much to be learned. Ask kind questions, and understand that generally people will only discuss issues that they are comfortable with. Be very sensitive to attempts to change the conversation away from these difficult topics. It someone is willing to talk, listen closely, and generally speaking, do not argue about the geo-political broad domestic implications; instead focus on what your friend is speaking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Zhou Enlai, and current leaders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, conversations about these people can be very open and frank. Be aware that any opinions you may have about these people may be vastly different that what you hear. It is a good idea to accept that people who are Chinese understand these people and their impact on China better than you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Communism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also is a topic that is not very sensitive. Every CCP member I've met has been very kind, down to earth, and open minded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &amp;quot;Police State&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very few police in China; they generally do not have guns. If propaganda related to the &amp;quot;strong police state&amp;quot; that we've heard for years in the Western press is repeated, the most likely response will be bewilderment. However, people who lived during the cultural revolution might have a different opinion. I'd say don't bring this topic up. If someone else brings it up, speak more about the relationship between police and people in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Corruption&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Xi Jinping recently started the anti-corruption drive, this is a somewhat popular topic. It is a good idea to mention the corruption in your own country. As a US citizen, I will generally point out that a multi-party democracy has tons of corruption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Religion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US is isn't rare to meet people who try to convert you to their religion via argument. This is never appropriate in China. It is also not appropriate to speak about your religious beliefs before a large audience. It is not acceptable to found a new religious movement in China either. However, if you make a close friend, it is entirely acceptable to speak about your personal beliefs in private conversation. Be aware that for many parts of China, death is a taboo subject, so don't push to hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing in normal conversation will cause your arrest; do not be afraid. Some topics require some level of special attention in normal conversation, primarily to allow your conversation partner to be comfortable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T04:53:07.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8778" CreationDate="2016-07-16T07:26:57.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly you will need a license as an employer who can issue Certificates of Sponsorship. You will be allotted a certain number depending on your qualifications. Once these are issued to the future employee, they can then apply for a Tier 2 visa. There are many requirements such as minimum pay requirement, RMLT as well as the demonstrated skills to do the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T07:26:57.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-16T12:55:59.993" Score="4" ViewCount="922" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My previous passport which has 5 years of multiple visas, which my employer kept, on the basis of which I gave resignation. They accepted my resignation letter, and reprimanded me for the passport that they will give me back this day. Now, they have refused to give me my passport, and have issued the ticket and are forcefully asking me to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I leave on my current passport, will this weaken my case? Will I loose my previous passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will I be able to recover my previous passport by law or legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9817" LastEditorUserId="9945" LastEditDate="2016-07-17T08:17:14.850" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T01:01:21.453" Title="My employer is holding my passport" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8784" CreationDate="2016-07-16T13:35:23.437" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Talk to your embassy and the police&lt;/strong&gt;, in that order. The passport is the property of your country, not you, and the company has absolutely no right to hold onto it. A stern phone call from either will likely convince the company to cooperate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you really should never have given them your passport in the first place, but it's a little late to fix that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T13:35:23.437" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-16T19:55:06.340" Score="0" ViewCount="1237" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I have already found the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/visa-expiration-date.html#1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;, but be better safe than sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bought an airplane ticket to my home country (in Europe) and only now I realized that my H1b visa expires 2 days after my return ticket back to the US. &lt;strong&gt;Will I be admitted back in US without any problems? Will this affect my i-94 duration of stay somehow?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my green card case has been current for a year, but I haven't filed i-485. Plan to do this once I return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9884" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T21:39:13.710" Title="Re-entering US on H1B visa just before expiration date?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8786" CreationDate="2016-07-16T21:39:13.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US visa is for entry to the US, and is thus usable any day up to, and including, the day it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For H1b, you will generally be admitted until the expiration of your H1b petition (unless your passport expires sooner in which case that will limit how long you are admitted until). So the question is, when does your H1b petition expire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An H1b visa is usually issued until the expiration of the H1b petition you had when you applied for the visa. So the day your visa expires is probably also the day your original H1b petition expires. If your H1b petition hasn't been extended, then you can only be admitted for 2 days, in which case I am not sure whether the offer will let you in. If your H1b petition has already been extended, then you will be admitted until the date when your new petition expires; and the expiration date of your visa is not a problem at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T21:39:13.710" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T01:39:30.293" Score="3" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Eindhoven a good city to live for non Dutch young working man and don't speak Dutch for now ?, I mean I will find activities, events, meetups, shopping centers and enable to make new friends .. or it is boring city and hard to meet someone there or doing something new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T21:01:45.383" Title="Is Eindhoven a good city for non Dutch?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-07-20T18:56:41.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8789" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T01:21:49.603" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the US for vacation and fly back to Germany on the 20th. Unfortunately, on the 14th, my visa expired. I had applied for a new one before I left so its in progress but I've heard nothing back, and its been well over a month. I'm still employed in Germany and have a flat. Will I still be able to enter Germany with the expired visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lexi" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-07-18T14:06:43.613" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T19:41:54.083" Title="Will I be allowed back into Germany with an expired visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8788" CreationDate="2016-07-17T06:15:12.570" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is personal, individual and quite broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know a lot of expats living in Eindhoven or area. Eindhoven is relatively big city and all his inhabitants definitely &quot;survive&quot; there with supermarkets, hospitals, restaurants, cultural live. As well, Netherlands is a quite small country with good transportation, so you're not limited by the Eindhoven area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will you able to make friends? It depends on my factors, mostly on your personality and attitude. Dutch known as one of the closest nation to external - whether it is an expat or Dutch. But Nord Brabant province is well known for hospitality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2016-07-18T21:01:45.383" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T21:01:45.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T08:05:18.310" Score="3" ViewCount="424" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen wishing to study for my master's degree in the Czech Republic. I have BS in computer science, so I would almost definitely qualify as a skilled worked for a Blue Card if that would be helpful. I can work as either a traditional employee or a 1099. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9951" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T20:28:03.490" Title="Can a US citizen work remotely for a US company while studying in Czech Republic on a student visa?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5889" CreationDate="2016-07-17T19:57:12.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;With all due respect - the fact that you do not know the IDF well enough to realize it only uses Hebrew is a sign to wait before trying to volunteer. Not only is it possible that you simply won't be able too (there's isn't an equivalent of the French &quot;Foreign Legion&quot;); you might not yet realize what you might do there are more importantly, for exactly which purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T19:57:12.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8784" CreationDate="2016-07-18T01:01:21.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Companies in Thailand like to hold your work permit, as it is possible that they might be asked by immigration to show it to them. They will sometimes take your passport if they need to apply for an extension of stay or to extend your work permit - or if they will get a visa for you to visit another country for business purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, be aware that as a foreigner in Thailand you are required to carry your passport with you at all times as a form of identification, and so police can check that you are in the country legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, your passport (despite how much money you paid for it) belongs to the country that issued it, and not to you. By holding it when they do not strictly need to, your company is holding it illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you, I would go to the Department of Labour and explain your case to them, as they are FIRMLY on the side of employees when there are disputes with their employers, and they can put sanctions on (and fine or even close) companies that mistreat their employees. They can probably sort everything out within a couple of days. Of course, everything is closed this week with the beginning of Buddhist Lent, but on Wednesday or Thursday everything should be up and running again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T01:01:21.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-18T11:29:50.490" Score="4" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the least painful, but still financially not (that much) burdening way for returning (income) tax in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have still not filed for tax returns for 2015. I started working in Germany in late 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learned that if you are to fill the documents on your own the deadline is the 31 May of the following year -- 31 May 2016 in this case -- which has passed already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise if you have Steuerberater (tax advisor) the deadline is 31 December of the following year -- 31 Dec 2016 in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advisor might be costly but the colleagues argued that he can do a much better job than a person on his own, on the other hand I heard there is an &quot;easy to use&quot; software which one can use to fill the tax return on his own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any experience on the topic, and what is the best option to go for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9131" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T10:39:01.523" Title="The least painful way for tax returns in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8789" CreationDate="2016-07-18T19:41:54.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You say you applied for your new visa before you left, which implies that you applied for it in Germany.  If so, you did not apply for a new visa, but rather a new residence permit.  Visas can only be sought and granted outside of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was probably not a good idea for you to have traveled out of Germany while the application was pending, but, regardless, you won't be able to get back in without one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid residence permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid visa in your passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a passport from a country whose citizens do not need visas to enter the Schengen area&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should call the German consulate to ask them about this.  If you don't meet the third criterion, they may be able to issue a visa so you can return to Germany and pick up your residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T19:41:54.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-18T21:34:04.083" Score="1" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is police clearance documents required for a person who is a citizen &amp;amp; passport-holder of Bangladesh, lives in Germany (0.5 – 3 years) and now wants to apply for study permit/visa to study in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Question:&lt;/strong&gt; Which country would be convenient for his Visa application, Bangladesh or Germany? Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastEditorDisplayName="user9270" LastEditDate="2016-07-18T22:06:08.990" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T14:04:05.467" Title="Is police clearance required for study permit/visa for Canada?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-19T10:01:26.583" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK, I a dual citizen UK/Australian returning to the UK after 20 years. I have a NI number, and will be drawing government OAP next year. Am I deemed a resident of the UK from day one of arrival?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9964" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T02:39:18.147" Title="Dual Citzen returning to the UK after 20 years can I claim being a resident from day one?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-19T23:44:58.207" Score="1" ViewCount="3913" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a refugee in Scandinavia and have to attend an online university post-graduate program from France (three years). I want to go to France and ask for a residence permit to learn French in order to apply for citizenship. I have read that if you finish two years college, whether online or offline, in France then you can ask citizenship after two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What process do I need? Is this information correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9966" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-20T19:11:49.123" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T18:50:56.407" Title="Studying in France and becoming a French citizen for a refugee with a Swedish residence permit" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-20T03:03:22.233" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancé and I are getting ready to apply for a U.K. Fiancé visa but there is a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We meet the financial requirements and accommodation requirements but how we met and his circumstances are tricky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We met online 2 years ago while he was still with his ex girlfriend. We talked everyday for a year before becoming romantically involved. However he only officially broke up with his ex girlfriend one month ago so he could bring me over and we could get married. Their relationship was emotionally and physically over before he met me but they never officially broke it off for their 2 kids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They were renting the same flat together and were still living together up until a month ago when he got enough money together to comfortably leave. The 2 kids who live with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I visited him in October and November 2015 and January and March 2016. He visited me in June 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though their relationship was unofficially over for a long time it only became official a month ago so he technically cheated on her with me. They were never married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we explain this to the officer who will be reviewing our case? Will the officer be more inclined to refuse if he did technically cheat on her with me? We've been in a genuine relationship for over a year and only want to be able to live and be together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9968" LastActivityDate="2016-07-20T13:03:23.033" Title="UK Fiancé Visa Complication" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-13T23:28:44.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8803" CreationDate="2016-07-20T13:44:12.037" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know next to nothing about French immigration law, but I have worked briefly at the Swedish Immigration  Board. If you have a residence permit as a refugee in any of the Scandinavian countries, you effectively have a residence permit for any and all of the EU-countries, including France. Even if your residence permit is from a non-EU Scandinavian country (i.e. Norway or Iceland), the &quot;Schengen&quot; treaty will give you the right to reside in any EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have not yet been issued a residence permit in the country where you are, you should wait until you have it before moving to France. You should also direct your question the (1.) the immigration authority with which you have filed for a refugee status residence permit and (2.) the French immigration authorities to get the latest and most accurate information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9975" LastActivityDate="2016-07-20T13:44:12.037" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-20T15:40:57.733" Score="1" ViewCount="929" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my partner (Greek citizen) decided to apply for a EEA Family Permit but unfortunately were refused two times so far. And now we are looking for somone  to help us to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I’ve already mentioned my EEA FAMILY PERMIT APPLICATION (as an unmarried partner) was refused two times in the last two months (first application submitted on 09 May 2016, refusal on: 25 May 2016 – second application submitted on 17 June 2016, refusal on: 6 July 2016).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When my first application was refused I decided to apply for a second time with adding more evidence of relationship with my unmarried partner (EU citizen) - we added more descriptions in our letters, a testimony letter from my sister saying that this a genuine relationship and we added more private Facebook and WhatsApp conversations and photos of both of us from our travels around Europe in the last 4 years.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the second refusal we failed to give a proof of cohabitation for at least two years. The Clearance Officer also stated that the office attempted to contact my sponsor without success on the mobile number I provided with my application, but that was because she was travelling outside the UK. They left 2 voice messages saying that they will contact her again but that never happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowt I have some questions that I am concerned about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other visa type that can help me to get with my partner?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will lawyer assistance guarantee me to get this Visa? How high the chances are?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the fees for this kind of assistance?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it better for me to make a new application or to appeal for the second one (appeal for eea family permit)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How possible is it to prove the cohabitation with my partner since I work in Morocco and my partner works in the UK and I can’t leave my job and go and stay together for two years?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9976" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T09:57:33.030" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T12:30:44.003" Title="UK EEA Family permit refused twice" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8593" CreationDate="2016-07-20T17:11:54.097" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another short answer is &quot;it will not affect us at all&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, the referendum was about leaving the EU. The EEA is a separate treaty, and the UK is not leaving it, as far as we know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9975" LastActivityDate="2016-07-20T17:11:54.097" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7832" CreationDate="2016-07-20T19:00:59.027" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Up to 90 days in any EU country. You could go to Norway for a day and do another 90, really, if you'd like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't ask important questions like these on the web. Ask the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migrationsverket.se/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;proper authorities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9975" LastActivityDate="2016-07-20T19:00:59.027" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8803" CreationDate="2016-07-20T19:04:01.187" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information you received is kind of correct but it's probably a lot more difficult than you realize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, you have to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;resided in France for five years before applying for naturalisation&lt;/a&gt;. That requirement is reduced to two years if you have successfully studied for two years at a French higher education institution (that's the rule you heard about).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you have to realize that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's only a basic requirement to &lt;em&gt;apply&lt;/em&gt; for naturalisation. Most applications satisfying this requirement are ultimately rejected or at least adjourned (for a long time it was about 50% then peaked at 75% rejection, not sure about the current stats). Among other things, you need to show you speak French, have a stable situation and permanent job (&lt;em&gt;contrat à durée indéterminée&lt;/em&gt;), no past illegal stay in France, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's intended for people who have studied (e.g. at a university) &lt;em&gt;in France&lt;/em&gt; for two years (and therefore effectively resided for four years already, as time under a student visa/permit typically does not count). I am not so sure your study would count (What is it exactly? You talk about an online program but also make it sound like a language course) and even if it is not categorically ruled out, it would not look good on your application for citizenship (remember that two years is an absolute minimum before you can &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; and it's not common for people to get naturalized that quickly, the authorities legally have quite a bit of discretion in this procedure).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1375&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;need a French permit or visa to stay in France long-term&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. more than three months, even for study. Assuming you somehow manage to follow this online learning program from Sweden, you would at the very least need a regular residence permit to accrue residence counting towards the 2+ years requirement and wait out the results of the application. Depending on your citizenship and your situation, it might not be trivial to get that permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T21:04:24.763" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T21:04:24.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-21T09:34:52.547" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a french student who will spend the next year in Sweden as an exchange student so I tried to make some friends from there by using language learning app / website but.. It's really difficult to get some attention of people from Scandinavian countries. It seems that there is a specific way to get in touch with them, I mean people from western european countries are way more 'direct' I guess. So I would like to know if there are some things I shouldn't talk about with someone from Sweden. I am quite afraid that it's the same when I'll be there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9973" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T16:14:49.100" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T16:14:49.100" Title="French exchange year in Sweden" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T09:44:09.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8809" CreationDate="2016-07-21T09:51:11.373" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any other visa type that can help me to get with my partner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, the EU does not offer anything like an unmarried partner permit. The UK is very strict with their version. So unless you wish to enter via means that is not related or dependent on your partner, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will lawyer assistance guarantee me to get this Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing guarantees any UK visa, certainly not a lawyer. Every case is judged on its own merit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How possible is it to prove the cohabitation with my partner since I work in Morocco and my partner works in the UK and I can’t leave my job and go and stay together for two years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot prove cohabitation since you are not actually cohabiting. Hence you do not qualify for this particular visa. The UK is very conservative on their interpretation of the phrase 'akin to marriage'. And their interpretation is not likely to change anytime soon for any reason at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T10:01:06.860" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T10:01:06.860" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8802" CreationDate="2016-07-21T11:52:54.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does depend, as phoog said, on what aspect of residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, you need to be in the UK for 6 months before being considered a resident. For example, you are NOT entitled to free NHS care for the first 6 months, so avoid mentioning your recent arrival to your doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax is complicated, very complicated, More information is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.hmrc.gov.uk/rift/screen/SRT+-+Combined/en-GB/summary?user=guest&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://tools.hmrc.gov.uk/rift/screen/SRT+-+Combined/en-GB/summary?user=guest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For opening bank accounts etc, you'll need a recent proof of address, but they won't check that you've been there for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastEditorUserId="498" LastEditDate="2016-07-23T02:39:18.147" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T02:39:18.147" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8818" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11633" CreationDate="2016-07-21T12:10:29.870" Score="5" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation in bullet points:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm British, living in the Philippines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My gf of 4 years is a Filipina (pause for inevitable joke ... ).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We wish to permanently relocate to Spain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We asked the Spanish consulate in Manila for the procedure to apply for permanent residence, and they asked us to submit a standard Schengen visa application form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We did this with all of the usual proof of relationship, finance, health, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has now been issued a 90-day Schengen visa, marked 'vis estancia'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not knowing what to do next, we asked the consulate again and their reply was &quot;she needs to apply to the local authorities in Spain for a residence permit&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, &lt;strong&gt;what do we do now?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems wrong to enter Spain on a visitors visa when it is our stated intention to remain there permanently, however that appears to be the advice we're being given. Does anybody know what/where/to whom we should apply once in Spain, and what exactly are we applying for? I'm confident that we meet the relationship criteria as specified in 2004/38/EU and also the Spanish equivalent (Royal Decree 240/2007). However are we likely to hit any bureaucratic issues because local officials only understand certified marriage/partnerships?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:09:44.043" Title="How to convert a Spanish 90-day to a permanent visa for an EU family member?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8820" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-21T13:07:03.033" Score="2" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mom married my Romanian born step father in 2007. He is part of the family but we're not technically related. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 18 and when they got married I was 9. My mom is not a Romanian citizen only a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I still get Romanian citizenship by blood?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9980" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-07-22T01:20:36.010" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T16:08:03.103" Title="Can I get Romanian citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8294" CreationDate="2016-07-22T00:05:27.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Overstay is not an issue as long as you can provide a valid reason for the same, What I would suggest is to explain the reason for overstay in your letter of intent/ statement of purpose when submitting the visa application to explain your situation to the visa officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9911" LastActivityDate="2016-07-22T00:05:27.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8798" CreationDate="2016-07-22T00:12:35.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is advised to apply from the home country, so that they can verify all the details, like what are your ties to the country and your financial stability, etc.&#xA;Thus applying for Bangladesh would be much better than applying from Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also they verify all the details, so a police clearance might be sought. See &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/delay.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Avoiding Delays in Study Permit Processing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9911" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T14:04:05.467" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T14:04:05.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8736" CreationDate="2016-07-22T05:08:02.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like the best way to get a TP-13 is via a company, without which the Embassy wont provide the TP-13 visa to show my expertise in my skill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9911" LastActivityDate="2016-07-22T05:08:02.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2016-07-23T08:38:20.407" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Estonia does not have any limitations. All children of an Estonian citizen are Estonian citizens by birth. And the constitution is saying that &quot;the citizenship obtained by birth can't be taken away&quot;. Which means it is not possible to be a descendant of an Estonian citizen and not be an Estonian citizen by birthright. It is a small country, they probably do not understand that such &quot;constitutional&quot; generosity can mean tens of millions Estonian citizens in hundred years while population of Estonia is only one million.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9985" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T08:38:20.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7412" CreationDate="2016-07-23T12:07:57.883" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They would have &lt;strong&gt;three&lt;/strong&gt; citizenships automatically, although you would need to do the paperwork to register them in all the countries.  More specifically, all children born in the US are Americans (with some rare exceptions for diplomats etc), and all children born to Dutch or UK nationals inherit those citizenships as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Belgium&lt;/strong&gt; would be the exception here, since they do not grant citizenship automatically to children both outside Belgium. Their nationality law is convoluted, and we'd need to know your place and date of birth to give an accurate answer, but as you yourself were borrn outside Belgium, most likely you would have to apply to register your child within 5 years of birth. This in turn would require some clear evidence that you're a Belgian citizen: not necessarily a passport, mind you, but that would likely be the easiest option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2016-07-23T22:06:49.557" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T22:06:49.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-23T19:15:04.523" Score="1" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the complete and specific requirements for an Asian citizen who intends to immigrate to Iceland. I am seeking for professional and authentic guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9590" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T23:29:30.350" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T23:29:30.350" Title="What are the basic immigration requirements for Iceland for a non EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;iceland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-23T21:53:45.320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8831" CreationDate="2016-07-23T22:42:40.023" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to this site and this is my first post. I apologize in advance for this lengthy inquiry but I must confess I am having difficulty finding accurate answers to the questions I ask below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bit about me:&#xA;I am a dual British/Canadian citizen holding both passports but have lived in Canada most of my life, live there currently and will continue to call Canada my home for at least 7 months per year for the next 10 years or so until I retire. I visit England regularly and my partner and I are planning to buy a used camper van on our next trip over to England to explore the country more fully with the aim of finding a piece of land to buy and homestead and ultimately move to permanently when I retire. &#xA;We would park this vehicle on a relatives driveway when  we leave several months later until we return on subsequent trips to England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My PRIMARY questions are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Can a NON-UK resident buy and register a used vehicle in the UK?&#xA;2) Would I be able to DRIVE and INSURE it using my CANADIAN DRIVERS LICENCE?&#xA;3) If this is possible does anyone know the process involved?&#xA;4) Does that fact that I hold both Canadian and British passports help in the above questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice from anyone else who has experience as a non-resident buying a used vehicle in England, registering and insuring it etc. would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks and regards,&#xA;David Shurvell &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9990" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T01:37:36.003" Title="Buying, registering, MOT and insuring a camper van in England as a long term visiter dual Brit/Canadian citizen" Tags="&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8830" CreationDate="2016-07-24T00:09:17.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm also dual Canadian/British, have spent most of my life in the UK, but just moved back to Canada, so have been in a similar (although opposite) position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buying a vehicle&lt;/strong&gt; - no problem in purchasing, the only thing they will be bothered about is you have insurance and can show them a cover letter before taking the camper away (most insurance in the UK is online, so you can quote, buy and get a cover letter in a few mins). You will also normally need to pay for the vehicle using a UK bank card/draft. A difference to note is that VAT (the equivalent of HST or sales tax) only applies to NEW vehicles and will be shown in the quoted price. If the dealer tries to charge you on top or on a used vehicle they are cheating you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registering&lt;/strong&gt; - The dealer will give you the V55 registration doc section to fill in and send to the dvla (they send the rest), you can put your relative's address with your name and the new V55 registration doc will be sent there.  The dealer will also arrange the road tax initially (you'll be charged for it) and you can manage it online (paying monthly through your UK bank if you wish). Once the vehicle is 3 years old it will need a yearly inspection (the MOT), and this needs to be done before road tax renews, but when this is done the garage will notify the dvla so the road tax can continue, so you don't need to be involved in sending forms etc.  You can declare the vehicle off road, but will need the MOT to get the tax before you get it back on.  Also if the vehicle is already 3 years+ make sure to ask the dealer how long is left on the MOT, a good dealer will get the test done as part of the sale giving you the full year before you need to worry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Licence&lt;/strong&gt; - this is likely your biggest issue.  In each country you can only drive for 60 days on your foreign drivers licence, and although you will qualify to gain the other licence without a test the process is &lt;strong&gt;AN EXCHANGE&lt;/strong&gt;, you need to hand in your Canadian licence when they process your UK one (and having just spent 6 1/2 hours in a queue waiting to exchange my UK one in Ontario you don't want to do this every 6 months). They will send it back to the other licence authority so I don't think you can game it by using one to get the other and then replacing the original one, you'll likely nullify one country's insurance cover&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Insurance&lt;/strong&gt; - you have an address in the UK to use so only two likely issues, first is credit history, the insurance company will credit search you, mostly in case you want to pay monthly, but may want to charge you more (or decline you) if your credit is non-existent (I used to work for a large UK insurance company and this happens).  They will also want paid from a UK bank, even if you are using a credit card to pay.  Second issue is they will want you to have the UK licence before you can get the insurance (you may be able to enter your Canadian licence in the quote form but guaranteed the quote will be 10x what you'll be quoted for a UK licence).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Passports&lt;/strong&gt; - main advantage will be in opening the relevant bank account, the bank in the UK will prefer the UK passport as proof of ID.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Process wise, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open your bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get plastic sorted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get UK licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find a camper&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get quotes online&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;buy camper&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;buy insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get covering letter&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pick up camper&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;enjoy!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have avoided the private sale scenario, but I'm sure you can work out where it varies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastEditorUserId="2443" LastEditDate="2016-07-24T01:37:36.003" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T01:37:36.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8848" CreationDate="2016-07-24T14:55:58.383" Score="0" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family were thinking of moving to Bavaria, specifically Regensburg.  While we were there on vacation we were very impressed with the city and the people.  The work/life balance displayed by the native Germans we saw was very appealing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is a good website to look up real estate information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. What some tips to watch out for in a listing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. Is it common for children to share a room in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to make &quot;Friends&quot;?  Although we found people friendly we were curious how the locals would be with longer term interactions ie: Dinner Parties, Drinking Friends etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. We saw lots of Grilling Equipment in the shops is there a good outdoor eating and cooking culture amount the locals?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is getting a drivers license hard?  What are the specific steps for people with a US drivers license?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you live in Germany are your children entitled to schooling?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although I would probably be working remotely for a US company, is it an issue to work for a local company if the opportunity comes about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. Is the paperwork straight forward or do I need a lawyer?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taxes: I hear I would pay both German taxes and US taxes what are the specifics?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What type of culture shock would be in store for a white middle class american family from southern New Jersey face? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank You for the information we don't know who to actually talk to about this and your help is appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9991" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T10:16:46.350" Title="Thinking of moving to Germany (Bavaria)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-07-27T20:35:37.430" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8820" CreationDate="2016-07-24T16:08:03.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt you can get it by blood, because your mother has only US citizienship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get your Romanian citizienship if, either of these are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are adopted by your Romanian father&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you were born in Romania&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you give proof that you live in Romania (either by submitting a rental contract or buying contract) and must &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you promote Romania by special activities like sport, olympics, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website is the National Authority for Citizienship and you can ask them there &lt;a href=&quot;http://cetatenie.just.ro/index.php/ro/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://cetatenie.just.ro/index.php/ro/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3690" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T16:08:03.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="664" CreationDate="2016-07-24T23:37:57.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most US televisions (including HDTVs) do not support 50Hz video.  Name brand manufactures disable this capability.  I suspect its because the US consumer market is very price competitive and they don't want cheap US market TV sets driving down prices and their profits in other markets. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9993" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T23:37:57.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-25T03:13:04.317" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Iowa for academic purposes but will not be taking a domestic flight directly to Iowa but will be going out from Chicago, spending few days in Indiana and then taking the bus to Iowa. Will this be an issue and will I be questioned as to why I am leaving in Chicago? I heard that strict investigations are done when people do this and that we have to show proof and justify why we are getting out in a place that is not mentioned on the I-20&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9715" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T20:39:52.013" Title="Does port of entry to the US matter?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8836" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-25T04:51:34.810" Score="2" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an american living in Ca. My fiance lives in Mexico and is a Mexican citizen. He does have a tourist visa now, but we want to marry in the next 6 months. My question is this: Is there a benefit to getting married in the states or can we marry in Mexico ? Which is the wisest choice for immigration and possibly practicing dentistry in the states (of course with necessary documentation).&#xA;Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9994" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T05:18:04.597" Title="I am an american and want to marry my Mexican fiance. He lives in Mexico, but has a tourist visa now. Does it matter where me marry?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8836" CreationDate="2016-07-25T05:18:04.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some different ways you could do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marry in Mexico, your spouse does Consular Processing for an immigrant visa in Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your fiance enters the US on the tourist visa, marry in the US, return to Mexico, your spouse does Consular Processing for an immigrant visa in Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your fiance gets a US fiance visa, enters the US on that, marries, and does Adjustment of Status in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 and 2 are basically the same thing -- both of them do Consular Processing in Mexico. The location of the marriage doesn't matter (it could equally have been done in a third country other than US or Mexico for that matter); a marriage from anywhere is automatically recognized the same way. It is fine to marry in the US on a tourist visa as long as you are not intending to immigrate during that visit (i.e. you are leaving after the visit); though there is some risk of denial of entry as the officer might not believe you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3 is different that the others as it gets a fiance visa and does Adjustment of Status, and in this case the marriage must be in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T05:18:04.597" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2928" CreationDate="2016-07-25T07:46:03.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The refusal criteria are, for a reason, usually kept very confident, but the typical reasons for non-credibility are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;low income&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fixed-term positions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permanent position for shorter than (usually) 1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other debts, especially in shadow banking institutions &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;previous refusals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By trying to take credit in many banks in the same time, you're probably hurting your credibility, so the best way would be to wait until your situation stabilize. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T07:46:03.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8835" CreationDate="2016-07-25T09:07:17.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Very doubtful. The family of Chicago airports are a major hub internationally for many destinations in and around the U.S. There is certainly no rule that an international traveler must always enter at the location closest to their final destination. Many final destinations might not even have airport service anyway. With today's system of competing airlines and online customization of journeys, it's probably not even possible in most cases. You just fly into some hub and find your way onward as best as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T09:07:17.223" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8846" CreationDate="2016-07-25T16:29:47.790" Score="0" ViewCount="437" Body="&lt;p&gt;While applying for the Canadian visa/permit, applicants need to fill-up &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM1294E.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IMM1294E.pdf&lt;/a&gt; form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;Employment&lt;/strong&gt;-section, it is written that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Give details of your employment for the past 10 years, including if&#xA;  you have held any government positions (such as civil servant, judge,&#xA;  police officer, mayor, member of parliament, hospital administrator.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, suppose one/more of applicant's previous employers have low opinions about the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Isn't it detrimental to the application-process to provide the complete employment history of the applicant?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the applicant doesn't provide true/complete information, what would be the consequence in the long run?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastEditorDisplayName="user9270" LastEditDate="2016-07-25T21:12:23.930" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T07:41:42.603" Title="History of employment while applying for a visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8835" CreationDate="2016-07-25T20:39:52.013" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will pass through immigration once, at your port of entry. The immigration officer will probably ask you where you are going, and might ask you to show how you plan to get there. As long as you have a plan (either a bus ticket itinerary, or you can show that you clearly have the means to buy a bus ticket later), then you should be fine. There is certainly no requirement for you to &lt;em&gt;fly&lt;/em&gt; to your final destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T20:39:52.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="120" CreationDate="2016-07-25T22:28:18.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like this topic is  couple years old.... don't know if anyone will see my answer.  I went from Canada in the middle of an icy, snowy winter, to hot tropical Thailand in less than 24 hours.  Back in 2013. &#xA;   Before leaving, I had studied &quot;Acclimatization&quot;.... about the body adjusting to new climates.  When I got to hot tropical Thailand, I bought light, thin, roomy clothing that &quot;breathes&quot; and wicks moisture away so to speak... ditched the shoes and socks and got a good pair of walking sandals with arch support and heel strap, so my feet would be exposed to the air and be cooler and dryer than they would be if cooped up in socks and shoes. Always had a bottle of drinking water with me.  I bought electrolyte replacement powder, but did not use a lot of it.... mixing just a bit into the water.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Wore a hat in the sun... &#xA;   IMPORTANT:   I did NOT use airconditioning....I only used fans in my residence room.   Because I found out if you spend hours in air-conditioning.... you confuse your body's systems and you will perhaps NEVER acclimatize and NEVER get used to the tropical heat and humidity. &#xA;    For the first approximately three weeks... I was suffering in the heat, very uncomfortable, sweating profusely, constantly drinking water with a bit of electrolyte powder in it... (I didn't use as much electrolyte powder as it calls for, I don't like taking in a lot of salt which is in it.) &#xA;    But after about three weeks.... my sweating slowed down.. .and I started to feel a lot better.  I still felt the heat but now I didn't suffer in it. I spent four months in Thailand.... and now... I swear off of air-conditioning for hot seasons or hot climates.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the hottest part of the Thailand year, around the time of Songkran I felt okay in the heat, and sweated only a little. We had several days of 104 degrees F. (40 C.)  Maybe it even went higher, I don't know. Temperatures in the mid 90's F, around 35 C, were normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was funny seeing the tourists coming out from their pricy air-condtitioned hotels, and sweating and suffering in the heat, not dressed properly, over-eating, suffering and soaked in sweat, and I was fine, not soaked in sweat and used to the heat and humidity. Dress properly for the climate or hot summers at home, drink lots of water, eat smaller portion  meals, lots of fresh fruits and vegatables, not so much meat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also lost about 25 lbs in weight in the four months I was there, walking a lot and eating like Thai people....  and I'm sure the weight loss also helped me.  I ended up feeling a lot younger.... I was 61 at the time.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me about three weeks to adjust. Maybe a couple of days longer... and that's it. &#xA;    Study &quot;Acclimatization&quot; before you go..  and ditch your hot sweaty shoes and socks, let your feet breath and dry in the air, and get some sun, proper sandals, not cheap flip flops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I warn you.. if you always use cool air-conditioning, your chances of acclimatizing will be slim.. to none.   And you will always suffer in the heat. Nice while your in the air-conditioning.. then feel like you're in a blast furnace when you go outside.  That's not for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9999" LastEditorUserId="9999" LastEditDate="2016-07-25T22:46:38.470" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T22:46:38.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-26T03:02:26.920" Score="7" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen living in Taiwan for roughly 8 years now. In that time I have been employed by my Taiwanese father-in-law in the family owned business and have filed only Taiwan taxes. I have not filed US taxes since I left the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Taiwan based income is not very high due to the fact that all of my living expenses are covered and claimed by the family business. I don't particularly have any plans to move back to the US, but I have a feeling I'm digging myself into a deeper hole each year I don't file. As far as I know, I've been completely off the books since I left. None of my credit reports list any employment information beyond 8 years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cleared out my US based 401K last year, so I'm sure I'm back on the radar now. This is part of the reason I want to start filing again. I need to pay a percentage of the 401K I cleared out before the IRS comes after me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, while attempting a routine international back transfer from my Taiwanese bank back to my US bank about a year ago and was handed some forms pertaining to the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). I actually had to sign a release allowing my Taiwan based bank to share my account information with the IRS in order to complete my bank transfer. So if the 401K didn't raise any red flags, signing the FATCA release probably did. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody know where to start cleaning up this mess of procrastination I've created?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10000" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T08:21:53.420" Title="Paying back taxes to the US. How deep have I dug my hole?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-26T04:22:52.537" Score="2" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French, and I am currently working in the US as a postdoctoral researcher under a J1 visa. I am planning to go back to France in August for research purpose, but I don't know exactly what document I need. I am especially trying to find out if there is something special to do for a more than 30 days leave, and what is the exact definition of the 30 days limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a valid visa, a valid DS2019, and a signature on it which allows me to travel. However until now, all my travels were way less than 30 days so I never had to solve this question. But to my understanding, if I am traveling more than 30 days I need a special document to be signed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 1:&lt;/strong&gt; Is that true and if yes, what is that document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tricky thing in my case, is that I would like to travel exactly 30 days (flights are cheaper on the selected dates than happen to be exactly 30 days). So I have 2 questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 2:&lt;/strong&gt; What happens if my first flight US-&gt;France leaves US at 1pm on July 30, 2016, and I am flying back on August 28, 2016, arriving in the US at 11am (if I am not mistaken it corresponds exactly to 30 days, and is less than 30*24 hours)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 3:&lt;/strong&gt; What happens if my first flight US-&gt;France leaves US at 1pm on July 30, 2016, and I am flying back on August 28, 2016, arriving in the US at 9pm (if I am not mistaken it corresponds exactly to 30 days, but more than 30*24 hours)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3750" LastEditorUserId="3750" LastEditDate="2016-07-26T07:34:28.860" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T07:34:28.860" Title="Travelling outside the US with a J1 visa: exact definition of the 30 days" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8841" CreationDate="2016-07-26T07:41:42.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is detrimental to the application process to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; provide the requested information. You should always complete the visa application truthfully and completely. Take extra precaution to ensure that you have not omitted any information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't provide true and complete information, Canada may consider this misrepresentation. In such a case, your visa application is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/visa/processing/refusals.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;refused&lt;/a&gt; under section A40 and you are automatically banned from Canada for &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/page-9.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;five years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;40 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible for misrepresentation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) for directly or indirectly misrepresenting or withholding material facts relating to a relevant matter that induces or could induce an error in the administration of this Act;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) The following provisions govern subsection (1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the permanent resident or the foreign national continues to be inadmissible for misrepresentation for a period of five years following, in the case of a determination outside Canada, a final determination of inadmissibility under subsection (1) or, in the case of a determination in Canada, the date the removal order is enforced&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... which means that if you get caught later, after entering Canada, you will be deported, and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; banned for five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T07:41:42.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8844" CreationDate="2016-07-26T08:21:53.420" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would probably want to talk to a EA/CPA licensed in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My Taiwan based income is not very high due to the fact that all of my living expenses are covered and claimed by the family business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your living expenses that are covered by the family business - are part of your income. The fact that you got it in milk and cookies from your inlaws and not cash doesn't really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if your &lt;em&gt;total&lt;/em&gt; compensation (including the living expenses) is under the FEIE (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion), you'll probably end up with no tax to pay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 401(k) withdrawal however doesn't fall under the FEIE, so that will be taxable based on your marginal rate (which is calculated based on your total income, regardless of the exclusion) + penalties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your unfiled years result in no tax liability - then it's probably not a big issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that you probably also need to file FBAR (bank accounts report to FinCEN). That can actually land you in more trouble than the tax returns, if not filed on time or correctly. So when you talk to that EA/CPA - ask about that as well, as there may be some ways to mitigate problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The penalties for &quot;fixing it&quot; once caught, especially with FBAR, are much higher than when you voluntarily try to come into compliance. Since FATCA has probably lead to you being exposed to the IRS/FinCEN - you should probably try to back-file before they come to you with questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T08:21:53.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8832" CreationDate="2016-07-26T10:16:46.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 a. What some tips to watch out for in a listing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to buy, you should get a real estate agent. If you rent you just go over to immobilienscout24.de or similar. Old people do listings in newspapers, because they are not so familiar with &quot;that internet thing&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 b. Is it common for children to share a room in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say it is normal to an age up to 6 - 9. Kids normally then have their own room&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to make &quot;Friends&quot;? Although we found people friendly we were&#xA;  curious how the locals would be with longer term interactions ie:&#xA;  Dinner Parties, Drinking Friends etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess you will make most of your friends through a) work or b) sport activities. Join some club. If you are not into physical activities, there are also clubs for chess etc. Meetup.com is not really big except for the largest cities, but it is always worth a try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. We saw lots of Grilling Equipment in the shops is there a good&#xA;  outdoor eating and cooking culture amount the locals?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are right. That is a thing. People meet in parks to have BBQ, but as soon as you have a garden, you tend to host people there. Dinner parties are really common of course or just go out to clubs, have a bicycle tour together, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is getting a drivers license hard? What are the specific steps for&#xA;  people with a US drivers license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use a US license for 6 months in Germany (can be extended for additional 6 months), but afterwards you have to get the German one. According to that list, you have to do some theoretical test depending on the US state you mare your US license [0][1]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you live in Germany are your children entitled to schooling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Children have to go to school. Homeschooling is absolutely not common. You find international schools in bigger cities. AFAIK you might pay some administrational fee for schools, but the education itself is free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although I would probably be working remotely for a US company, is it&#xA;  an issue to work for a local company if the opportunity comes about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. Is the paperwork straight forward or do I need a lawyer? Taxes: I&#xA;  hear I would pay both German taxes and US taxes what are the&#xA;  specifics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a tax consultant should be enough. (the next statements are with a lot of hand-waving) If you are working for a freelancer for the US company, you can pay the income tax in Germany, which would make it easy to accept local companies as customers. I have no idea how it works if you are employed by the US company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What type of culture shock would be in store for a white middle class&#xA;  american family from southern New Jersey face?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking about the prejudices Germans have towards US citizens and reversing that, the biggest shocks might be:&#xA;If you ask a friend &quot;how are you&quot; they might actually respond to the question, not just saying &quot;I'm fine, and you?&quot;. Germans can be direct and say straight to your face if something bugs them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that helped you to get some overview. You should definetly drill down each question at a time after doing thoroughly research.&#xA;Wish you the best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.adac.de/_mmm/pdf/2016-Staatenliste-nach-Anlage-11-%2BFeV_129770.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.adac.de/_mmm/pdf/2016-Staatenliste-nach-Anlage-11-%2BFeV_129770.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.adac.de/infotestrat/ratgeber-verkehr/fuehrerschein/fuehrerscheinerwerb-usa/umschreibung-usa-fuehrerschein/default.aspx?ComponentId=35153&amp;amp;SourcePageId=48382&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.adac.de/infotestrat/ratgeber-verkehr/fuehrerschein/fuehrerscheinerwerb-usa/umschreibung-usa-fuehrerschein/default.aspx?ComponentId=35153&amp;amp;SourcePageId=48382&lt;/a&gt; (German, sorry)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10001" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T10:16:46.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-09T21:17:55.053" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in Germany since February, 2016 and I have a blue card which is valid till 2020. Due to some reasons am resigning my current job and leaving Germany permanently and moving back to my home country (non EU country). I know I have to inform foreign office if I switch jobs within first two years of getting a blue card. But there are no clear rules about what to do with the blue card while leaving Germany? I checked the foreign office website and there are no details regarding this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" OwnerDisplayName="siva" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T14:05:21.710" Title="How to inform foreign office in Germany regarding Blue card when leaving Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-26T15:29:16.920" Score="2" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is 17 years old this year. Both his father's parents were Dutch and lived in Hengelo. They immigrated to South Africa in the 1950s. Does Dutch law allow him to apply for citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10003" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T11:05:17.483" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T11:05:17.483" Title="South African to apply for Dutch citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8852" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8864" CreationDate="2016-07-26T19:38:42.093" Score="4" ViewCount="970" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have signed up for Canadian Express Entry. My wife is the lead applicant as she has the most points. I am named as the spouse.&#xA;We both have over 7.5 in each of our IELTS tests.&#xA;We've done our research and want to move to Ottawa, Ontario.&#xA;We are UK nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife now has access to the jobbank.gc.ca and can apply for jobs available to foreign nationals.&#xA;I cannot get access to the jobbank (&lt;em&gt;unless you know differently&lt;/em&gt;) and neither can I set up a separate application naming her as the spouse. Sadly this seems to be because my skill set is only in the category C section. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q&lt;/strong&gt;: What I want to know is, whilst we are sat in the PR pool waiting for my wife to get a job offer is there anything I can do to apply for jobs in Canada that won't jeopardise the original application but may help us to get in whilst we wait for PR.&#xA;For instance, temporary work permits, sites as good as jobbank, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9979" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-07-28T06:24:07.760" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T14:59:35.443" Title="We are applying for Canadian Express entry. How to I (the spouse) apply for jobs whilst waiting for PR?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-26T20:37:00.643" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a recommendation for a good medical insurance company in Netherlands (Eindhoven), I am expatriate and will stay in Netherlands for a year ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-28T23:17:07.357" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T23:17:07.357" Title="Netherlands Medical Insurance" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-14T06:07:56.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8855" CreationDate="2016-07-27T02:44:52.613" Score="4" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a personal ov-chipkaart, I bought it yesterday and I used it today. I checked in Amsterdam and I was travelling to Utrecht.&#xA;The officer checked my card and said that I didn't check in and I must pay a penalty.&#xA;I have two inquiries in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I paid cash as I afraid to effect in my work permit?! Can it effect or not?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't speak and read Dutch, what are the messages that I should get when checking in and out? I remember that machine gave me yellow message?!  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2016-07-27T13:52:30.007" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T09:14:53.733" Title="GVB Train Penalty" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8854" CreationDate="2016-07-27T04:44:57.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, welcome to de Nederland!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time, you try to express that you just arrived and your Dutch is not sufficient that you're not sure what status was of your check in. They usually are kind people and use common sense in such questions. Don't afraid about people in uniform here, they are much less burocratic than in our home lands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't think that such small crime (if it would be crime) can trigger permit revoking. I was not able to find &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/other-information/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; circumstances for this case. So if you worried just call IND.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't remember any yellow message while checking. Here is educational &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8WhBGzt74&amp;amp;index=7&amp;amp;list=PLydxBWhud95LvLltVPVYAxHAiGkGhxUyQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; about using ov with NS. Here is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ns.nl/en/customer-service/forgotten/forgetting-to-check-in-or-out.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;information&lt;/a&gt; what to do if you forgot to chek in/out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pay attention that on some stations GVB (Amsterdam Amstel) checkin points are together with ns, so you might checkin/checkout wrongly. Also on some NS stations are red check in points to pick up special ticket for fast train between Amsterdam and Breda (Schiphol, Rotterdam, Breda).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Small correction: GVB is the transport provider in the Amsterdam and NS is the trains provider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-18T09:14:53.733" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T09:14:53.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T06:34:15.540" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for my French student/long stay Visa in India earlier this month (biometrics on 4th). I did pay for the sms and e-mail updates, though I have received none to date. Upon using the website link for tracking applications, I was informed that it was forwarded to the appropriate consulate on the 6th of July. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not heard anything from the VFS or had any change in the update. What should I do to find out the status or is it just enough to wait and have the courier come home one fine day? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9725" LastEditorUserId="9725" LastEditDate="2016-07-27T09:04:32.193" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T10:21:57.897" Title="French Long Stay Visa Tracking in India" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T09:37:21.350" Score="2" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for a Job Visa in Hong Kong, should I provide an official translation of all my french official documents required for the application (diplomas in particular) ? Nothing is indicated on the HK immigration website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean by official translation: in France there are official translators, registered at the government level, that provide translations of documents but they are extremely expensive (~40€/$ per diplomas). In the US the equivalent would be notarized translations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10011" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T16:47:25.423" Title="Hong Kong Visa: official translation of documents?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T10:24:27.750" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/3093/5968&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; lists out the requirements for a Chinese driver's license saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will need your ... driver's license from your country in original and copy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it matter if said license is expired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5968" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T21:08:25.410" LastActivityDate="2020-06-13T22:00:25.093" Title="Obtaining China Driver's License with Other Country's Expired License" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T12:51:13.620" Score="0" ViewCount="464" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may be moving from the US to the London for a job offer and I'd like my girlfriend to come with me.  We would live there for a few years at least, so she'd like to find a job there.  What options are available for this situation regarding visas?  Should I tell my company about her, hoping they'll help?  We don't want to get married, but have lived together for a while so I consider it a substantive relationship.  We're both US citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="bcf" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T18:09:58.570" Title="Moving girlfriend with me from US to UK - visas?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8854" CreationDate="2016-07-27T20:01:15.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can absolutely not effect your work permit. But unlike @EugenMartynov, I would not contact IND to make a bigger matter out of this than it already is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as a general rule about similar incidents (not just in the Netherlands):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are not taken aside/off the train and detained, not informed that you will be summoned, and not given some official document - then you are not going to charged with a criminal offense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're not charged with a criminal offense, nor formally charged with breach of your residence conditions - your status in a given state will not be affected.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're required to pay cash on the spot for some infraction, it is extremely likely the authorities will be satisfied by this payment/fine and you will hear nothing of it in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this is based on my own experience, and while that includes some litigation, it's not Dutch litigation, so &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ymmv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;YMMV&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T20:01:15.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T22:11:32.943" Score="1" ViewCount="737" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the US with a green card (over 10 years). My plan is to apply for US citizenship soon and have my girlfriend come to US with ESTA at the end of September (she was already in US in June for 2.5 weeks). When she comes here, and if all goes well between us two, after two months or so of her being in US we would get married and then start filling out paperwork for her legal immigration status and eventually for her green card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that legally she can only be in US for 90 days, but that the paperwork for her immigration will take more than 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, will it create any problems if her legal 90 day status ends and she becomes illegal, but the paperwork is underway already? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, US Citizen + ESTA tourist = marriage during 90 day period: issues? concerns? works? doesn't work? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10020" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T21:23:58.103" Title="To US with ESTA and then marriage" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-28T02:17:10.727" Score="4" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the cheapest way to convert Chinese Yuan to US Dollars? The amount is between 35,000 and 300,000 CNY; a fairly large amount.  Anyone have any tips about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(FYI- asking for a friend; I don't have this sort of money!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1154/what-is-the-cheapest-way-to-send-large-amounts-of-money-from-eu-to-us&quot;&gt;This older question&lt;/a&gt; covers the broad context. I'm hoping for China specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T14:38:58.673" Title="Transfering Money From China to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8861" CreationDate="2016-07-28T02:33:06.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, if she enters on WVP (which is what ESTA means), she cannot apply for any extensions or status changes. It is a pretty strict rule. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She may also be refused entry since there's a specific visa for this purpose (K visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you apply for citizenship now, the chances for you to complete the process within a couple of months (until the end of September, it's end of July now) are pretty slim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T02:33:06.377" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8852" CreationDate="2016-07-28T11:51:59.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any Canadian job posted online will have a basic requirement that you are eligible to work in Canada (This includes minimum wage jobs too). That means either you are a Citizen/Permanent Resident of Canada or have a valid work permit. Basically you have limited options right now. The only jobs available to foreign nationals might be the ones on job bank or the ones that support sponsoring of the employee (you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=163&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LMIA&lt;/a&gt;, you need the companies, employers that are ready to file an LMIA for you.  If you have a valid LMIA, you can get a work permit on the basis of that. LMIA even gets you &lt;strong&gt;600 extra points&lt;/strong&gt; on your Express Entry Profile. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your other option is to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/apply-how.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;work permit online&lt;/a&gt;. Without an LMIA or any other support, the chances for getting this kind of work permit are slim. You could still try though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the job sites, you should check out my old answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/7246/6637&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The links I posted there are focused on Saskatchewan but they have jobs all over Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T11:51:59.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8859" CreationDate="2016-07-28T15:20:19.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are not married, she will have to get a general visitors visa. If your company is paying for housing/ relocation, I believe that you must tell them your situation. They are NOT LIKELY to help financially, but they may be able to give you some more information about the transition with a domestic partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the visa will be good for up to six months, but during her stay, she will NOT be able to work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10025" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T15:20:19.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8537" CreationDate="2016-07-28T16:04:40.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Aerztekammer Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has a search for doctors that accepts a city and the type of doctor you want. It's at &lt;a href=&quot;http://217.91.151.230/Arztsuche/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://217.91.151.230/Arztsuche/&lt;/a&gt;. You cannot select the language, and it's a bit tedious, but for general doctors (&lt;em&gt;Allgemeinmedizin&lt;/em&gt;) there are only 121 pages of results. It's worth a shot to go through them to pre-screen by name. I believe spotting an Italian-looking name should not be too hard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T16:04:40.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-28T17:01:11.443" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working in Thailand, I had some problems at my home so I resigned at the company, the employer said he is not accepting my resignation and is not cancelling my visa or work permit either. They kept my passport (old one which had all my visas and shows my travel history) which they have still not returned to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to go back to take some action against them but I want to go on my own visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know how can I figure out if they have cancelled my work permit and visa to Thailand? What way can I confirm if they have or have not cancelled my work permit and visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9817" LastEditorUserId="10029" LastEditDate="2016-08-01T14:06:46.900" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T14:06:46.900" Title="visa and passport" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8861" CreationDate="2016-07-28T21:23:58.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone cannot enter on VWP (or any other nonimmigrant status except H, L, and a few others) with the intention to do Adjustment of Status in the US during that trip. CBP is required to assume that any nonimmigrant applying for entry is a potential immigrant, and it is the burden of the entering foreigner to prove that they do not intend to immigrate during this trip, to the satisfaction of the CBP officer, or they will be denied entry. If the officer asks about the purpose of the trip, and she answers truthfully, there is a good chance they will find out the plans to apply to immigrate during this trip, and they will deny her entry. (And lying to immigration is a huge no-no.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she gets into the US (she didn't lie to immigration and they let her in), she could apply for Adjustment of Status once you guys are married and once you become a US citizen. Someone who entered on VWP is not eligible for Adjustment of Status unless they are in the Immediate Relative category (spouse, under-21 child, or parent of US citizen), and that is why she needs to wait until you become a US citizen before she can file. Once she applies for Adjustment of Status (i.e. I-485 form is received), she will be authorized to stay in the US for as long as I-485 is pending. It doesn't matter if this is filed before or after her status expires; though she would really have to trust you to overstay to wait for you to become a US citizen and file with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T21:23:58.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T07:16:27.563" Score="3" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm non-EU citizen doing a postdoc at a US university, and I'm not from one of the countries with a relatively strong passport. My goal is to get a job in a EU country that issues a Blue Card and eventually get myself one. I'm trying to see here if I can get closer to my goal by taking the following route: suppose I get a position as a researcher with more than 400,000 annual DKK salary. (I've good chance in getting that). By the &quot;pay limit scheme&quot; mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justlanded.com/english/Denmark/Denmark-Guide/Visas-Permits/Residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.justlanded.com/english/Denmark/Denmark-Guide/Visas-Permits/Residence-permits&lt;/a&gt;, I can get a Danish work and residency permit. However, my goal is to move outside DK and get a position in EU minus DK in the first year itself. I'd like to know how much mobility does the Danish residence card holders have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: if I terminate the job contract in before the end, will they terminate my Danish permit as well after 14 days? Or will it still be valid? In the second case, can I use this Danish permit to search for jobs, say in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6856" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-07-29T23:31:27.040" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T06:46:52.133" Title="Will my Danish residency permit be revoked if I end my Danish researcher's position earlier and if not, will it allow me to work outside Denmark?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;danish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8223" CreationDate="2016-07-29T09:25:07.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Student visa can work up to 20 hours a week after asking for authorization at the police (they usually give it). We went with the pareja de hecho thing in madrid and it went without a problem (got the residency approved in 3 weeks after the date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she's already empadronada with you, they won't check too much into it, but take into account that the pareja de hecho register usually gives out date with a 6-7 month delay (In madrid, so today you'd probably get one for january and you need to have some papers that assures them you're both single).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend you to not going through the job offer route because if the police suspects anything they could fine you big time (6-7K€ I was told when we tried gaming the system). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10017" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T09:25:07.533" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8862" CreationDate="2016-07-29T14:38:58.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are numerous ways to move money internationally, but China puts restrictions on how much currency can be moved out of the country in a given year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most direct way is to process an IBAN/SWIFT/Wire transfer from a Chinese bank to a U.S. account.  This requires that your friend has a USD-denominated bank account to receive the money, and the bank charges a commission, but that commission usually has a cap.  China Construction, ICBC, Bank of China, etc. all support this method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less direct is to convert the money into a digital currency that can be moved more easily.  One common method is to operate a U.S. and an international PayPal account simultaneously.  Yet again, you'll need a U.S.-based bank account tied to a U.S. PayPal account, and a Chinese PayPal account tied to a UnionPay-compatible bank account.  Send the money from your bank to your international PayPal, then from your international PayPal to your U.S. PayPal account.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less direct, still, but perfectly doable is to purchase bitcoins with RMB, then sell them for USD from the U.S.  That has no commission aside from transactional costs involved in conversion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10030" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T14:38:58.673" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T15:19:39.317" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (German citizen) have been accepted to a university in St Petersburg and would like to rent an apartment with my girlfriend (Russian citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does this work roughly? What paperwork will be necessary for this? We are looking for an apartment now and will contact the realtor who is offering it. What documents will I need to rent an apartment apart from my passport and study visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I will have moved in, do I need to register in some government office? Since I am spending the majority of my time in Russia, will this apartment be my &lt;em&gt;main residence&lt;/em&gt; [Hauptwohnsitz], or should this anyway remain in Germany, while I am registered in the Russian apartment as my second residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9909" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T15:19:39.317" Title="Moving to Russia from Germany" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T16:29:35.100" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left my home country St Lucia and came in Britain in 2007 at the age of 8 with my dad and my sister. To my knowledge now, they overstayed but then applied for the right to remain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We went to a lawyer and they offered to support our case. We sent in all the stuff they asked for and paid all the fees needed, then ten years later after I turned 18 in February 8 2016, they denied us the right to remain then during the process of returning we found out that the lawyer never sent in any of our documents to support me and my dad that I was my dad's daughter, so the lawyer lied and stole our money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now after returning to my home country I am now being threatened by people which we owed money to and they are after me to kill me and I don't feel safe at all in my home county, the police wouldn't do anything to protect me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to apply as a refugee in Britain  as it's the only country I know and have family there do you think I would be granted it or not? As I have a 2 year ban also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10031" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T16:29:35.100" Title="Want to apply for asylum but I have 2 year ban" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T12:29:48.823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8874" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8875" CreationDate="2016-07-28T10:22:09.717" Score="72" ViewCount="4654" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently speaking to a German about learning the language, and he said not to bother – whether planning a permanent move or only a short visit, you can get by just fine, as everyone there speaks English anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering: How true is that? Does really everyone know English? How much of the population is comfortable speaking it? Are people happy speaking English casually, or do most people still prefer to converse in German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Benubird" LastActivityDate="2019-05-18T10:37:55.483" Title="How important is knowing German in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="19" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T11:23:11.357" Score="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is correct that you can get by just fine with English, but if you are looking to build relationships with people, you need to work on conversing in their native language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With English, you will be able to get through life, buy what you need to buy, and get done what you need to get done. However, you will never become a part of all common life relationships - people know and speak English, but they will have limits expressing themselves, and especially in larger settings will find it bothersome to speak English all the time. For example, if you are at a party, everyone will speak German; if you get into a discussion, they probably will speak English with you. But you miss on all the discussions in German going on around you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I estimate that less than 5% of Germans are able to express all their interaction needs in English without limitations; all others will just -- more or less -- limit how much and what they talk about accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it is easier in cities and gets worse in the countryside. But that is not the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" OwnerDisplayName="Aganju" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T15:47:03.543" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T11:26:50.683" Score="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a foreigner having lived in Germany for about 20 years, I would imagine it to be very difficult to cope in everyday life without knowing the German language. For a short visit as a tourist, you can of course get along well with English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, English proficiency varies greatly and depends e.g. on age, education level and to some extent where in Germany the speaker comes from. Younger persons and persons with higher education are more likely to have at least knowledge in English required for casual conversation. Persons who grew up and attended school in East Germany before the German unification, may very well have no knowledge in English at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to move and settle here, you will at some point most likely need to enter legal contracts (e.g. for tenancy or employment). You can not expect these to be available in English. You can also not take it for granted that you will be able to interact with the authorities in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" OwnerDisplayName="jarnbjo" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T11:26:50.683" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T13:06:29.330" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Slightly different angle than the accepted answer: For a shot or medium visit: don't bother. German is actually a pretty difficult language to learn. This only makes sense if you think you can get to a point that you speak better German than most Germans speak English. In most areas, that's a pretty high bar to meet and it would take a significant amount of effort and time to match this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even my 87 old mother who lives in the middle of nowhere and has been out of the country less then 10 times can converse pleasantly enough in English with the US partners of her grandkids when they visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to live there, you should absolutely learn the language: but that's more or less true for any country you you live in. Speaking the local language is a huge benefit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15686" OwnerDisplayName="Hilmar" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T13:06:29.330" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T13:23:25.400" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I depends where you go.  Even my half-remembered high-school German was very useful, possibly even essential when visiting a small town in the former East on business.  The engineers spoke fluent English.  The younger staff spoke pretty good English. The shift foreman spoke next to no English (but fluent Russian).  &lt;em&gt;Hotel and restaurant staff&lt;/em&gt; varied from passable English to none at all (with most knowing just enough to handle check-in and ordering food).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was a few years ago (2009, some the demographics will have shifted a little, but not much) in an area that got quite a few visitors especially cycle touring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the former West, you'd get by absolutely fine without any German, but you'll have a better time even in the tourist areas if you can be polite in the local language and have a go (my opinion, but a general rule for me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10048" OwnerDisplayName="Chris H" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T13:23:25.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T16:25:17.607" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;After four months experience in Austria and Germany combined, it was shared experience that if a German-speaking person knew English well, it was because they were Austrian (or Swiss).  Most (90%?) Germans did not know English well enough for recreational conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(addendum)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While being a tourist in Germany, even in big cities (Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne) English was useful for the basics (&lt;em&gt;where is the WC?&lt;/em&gt;) but German quickly became better for everything else.  In small towns&amp;mdash;where I tended to spend most of my time&amp;mdash;English was of little use.  This was mostly in 1999, though more recent trips in 2006, 2009, and 2014 have done little to change my impression.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in Austria where every student learns at least four years of English (since at least the 1950s), small mountain villages are full of people rusty to very challenged using English:  a little bit of German goes a long way to making them more comfortable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="wallyk" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T17:39:16.610" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-28T23:41:42.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a german more used to reading and writing (but just occasionally talking) in English I can confirm most of the answers here. You might find that when asking Germans beforehand how good their English was the answer usually would be a harsh overestimation of their own actual capabilities in doing so, mostly because they had good grades in school (where they kept talking German all the way usually). So if you write something down probably many people will understand you, but better dont expect them to answer in a way that wouldn't remind you of a kid with a very limited vocabulary.&#xA;It depends a lot on education of course. The average Joe around here will tell you that he doesn't speak English. In Frankfurt you might find many more speakers, because it's Frankfurt (shouldn't compare to any other German city). So if you exclude Frankfurt, where you might just do ok, the chance that you meet a person with good enough English for a solid conversation is maybe 2-5% (Frankfurt more like 5 - 10), best. If you want to raise this number you should limit yourself to sentences like &quot;I will go to a café and get a coke&quot; using mainly simple expressions, which might not satisfy you much. And you should speak slowhowly. You will even find people trying to talk to you thinking their English is good enough for it. Usually they are wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR if you want anything more from social events than getting you need for survival, better try to learn German. Else you will find yourself sitting around alone most of the times.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Clydefrog" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T23:41:42.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-29T11:03:23.373" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl;dr&lt;/strong&gt;: Use every chance life gives you to learn something new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your german friend felt for wishful thinking, when he assumes knowing german in Germany will bring you no benefits. Also it seems like learning something new looks like a burden, which it is if you think of endless courses to fully comprehend all words and rules (which will neer happen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is incredibly hard to learn any language without actually using, so every time you visit &lt;strong&gt;ANY&lt;/strong&gt; country it's an opportunity you should definitely take. Learn at least this six phrases (no excuses allowed):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hello&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Goodbye&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sorry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thank You&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not a language person write it on a piece of paper. You can extent your vocabulary at any amount. How much to extent is influenced by several factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The people you spend your time with (young, smart, international, west-oriented people rather speak english)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The time you will stay there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The intensity of your stay (personal and business)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your learning skills&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your learning opportunities (local intense courses)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly, you will figure out if you feel the need to learn more or decide you have better things to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Karsten Gutjahr" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T11:03:23.373" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-29T13:06:18.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Compare where you want to live or travel. If you want to be in a bigger city like Berlin then it is not important to speak German because almost everyone is kind of international there and in almost every community you find people from overseas or people who speak English. But if you want to travel through the country and visit the smaller villages and stuff like that you definitely need to have some kind of basic German skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.&#xA;What I also hear from many friends who speak only English and start to learn German, when you ask something in German (of course you have an accent) you mostly get an English answer back. So don’t be upset with that. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10193" OwnerDisplayName="papa" LastEditorUserId="915" LastEditDate="2016-08-01T06:49:51.123" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T06:49:51.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-07-29T14:40:34.910" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I spent a year of my degree scheme working in Erlangen, located in the traditional and often stubborn Franconia. I turned up with limited German, and had intended to learn the language in situ. However, due to my employment there being in an international office and language learning becoming a more expensive mission than anticipated, I ended up not leaving fluent, as I had initially anticipated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To relate this to your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was wondering: How true is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English has Germanic roots. You'll be surprised how much vocabulary you'll be able to translate through guesswork. A guidebook for reference along the way may 'save' you from ever truley needing to learn the language while still surviving (it worked great for me!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does really everyone know English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Big cities and what was West Germany has a very high percentage of English speakers. In the old East Germany and 'traditional' states you may find that the older generations (i.e. those 40+) do not speak English well or at all, especially away from the big towns, but anyone below 30 or so has had to complete compulsory English at school so will almost certainly have stronger English than you will German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How much of the population is comfortable speaking it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially if you have some basic German, politely try and say that you'd be able to communicate better in English, I never found anyone that wouldn't give a bit of English a go. Occasionally their English was poor, but they were 1 in 100 cases. Anyone in medicine or engineering will almost certainly speak English very well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are people happy speaking English casually, or do most people still&#xA;  prefer to converse in German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I began a system at parties where I would be spoken to in German and respond in English. People will of course prefer to speak in their own language, but if you are a foreigner and making friends, I found almost all I met to be very accommodating and supportive folk, willing to communicate in the most mutually beneficial language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be polite and learn enough German to buy dinner and ask for directions, but for almost all other responsibilities I believe that it is true that many Germans would find you struggling with their language endearing but ultimately a waste of time when they can and will speak in English with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="ajfstuart" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T14:40:34.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T20:27:20.497" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software developer and I got a job offer from a Czech company. I'm having issues authenticating my degree due to summer vacations and I don't want to make my employer wait for too long. So, I decided to apply for a work permit (employee card) because I read that it is not necessary to have a degree for it (as opposed to the blue card). My future employer is providing the proof of accommodation and other requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, while some official pages list &quot;proof of qualification for the job&quot; as an optional requirement, other (also official) pages mention it as a regular requirement. This is confusing me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is this: Is it possible to get the employee card to work in the IT field without any diploma, provided I have all the other requirements? Would I need some proof of previous jobs? As far as I know, software development is not a regulated profession.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10033" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T10:35:38.967" Title="Do I need to provide proof of qualification for a Czech work permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T20:46:41.010" Score="0" ViewCount="569" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hope you all are fine, i have done Msc Operations and Supply chain management from school of engineering and technology University of Hertfordshire Hatfield UK. Moreover, i have checked it that my degree is accredited from Engineering council UK. but i have some confusion it comes under washington accord? and will i be eligible for Skilled—Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476)?&#xA;tell me as soon as possible &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10034" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T08:13:48.997" Title="Skilled—Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8888" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8890" CreationDate="2016-07-30T06:20:40.303" Score="4" ViewCount="870" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a bank account with ABN AMRO in the Netherlands. Since it's Euro-denominated and the app doesn't suck, I thought I'd just keep using it now I've moved to Germany. But this doesn't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two direct debit authorisations so far (Vodafone mobile/cable account, Amex card) have insisted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bank_Account_Number#IBAN_formats_by_country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;German-format&lt;/a&gt; (22 digit) IBANs, and it looks like my debit card isn't accepted in POS terminals here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't the whole point of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SEPA&lt;/a&gt; that things like this Just Work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2047" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T09:39:38.560" LastActivityDate="2017-12-02T11:41:17.653" Title="Can't use my Dutch bank account in Germany. Is SEPA a total lie?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2016-07-30T08:43:49.887" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you have found here regarding direct debit is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/FAQ/2012-04-25-sepa-faq.html#doc31134bodyText10&quot;&gt;IBAN discrimination&lt;/a&gt; and is against the law. Specifically, against &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02012R0260-20140131&quot;&gt;article 9 of EU Regulation 260/2012&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A payer making a credit transfer to a payee holding a payment account located within the Union shall not specify the Member State in which that payment account is to be located, provided that the payment account is reachable in accordance with Article 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A payee accepting a credit transfer or using a direct debit to collect funds from a payer holding a payment account located within the Union shall not specify the Member State in which that payment account is to be located, provided that the payment account is reachable in accordance with Article 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant German authorities are aware of it but the mills of bureaucracy grind slowly as we say in German. Unfortunately, even many public institutions like the collector of the broadcast fee and health funds practice this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should direct your complaints to the relevant supervisory body if there is one. For Amex, that's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bafin.de/EN/Verbraucher/BeschwerdenAnsprechpartner/beschwerdenansprechpartner_node_en.html#doc7858222bodyText5&quot;&gt;BaFin&lt;/a&gt; which is aware of this problem and known to take it seriously. For Vodafone, complaints can go to any customer protection association, such as a Verbraucherzentrale but I don't know if they do anything with such complaints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the bank card in shops, no store is required to accept any card and some (especially smaller ones) only take ones badged with the German Girocard system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6700" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T08:43:49.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8957" CreationDate="2016-07-31T22:13:16.613" Score="15" ViewCount="2317" Body="&lt;p&gt;(This post was edited and related to a travel matter with details on the Travel Forum &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/74772/after-my-girlfriends-visa-being-cancelled-at-uk-border-will-her-uk-visa-applic&quot;&gt;After my girlfriend's visa being cancelled at UK border, will her UK visa application be banned?&lt;/a&gt;. This post is more about seeking for settlement options)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend's UK Visitor Visa was cancelled because we naively expanded our plans after getting a visitor visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her visa got cancelled at the UK border. If we get married and get her a dependent visa, would this change the situation? If not, I'm also wondering if me getting British citizenship would change the matter, because I'm eligible to apply for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really appreciate people reading this post and giving us any official pointers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10044" OwnerDisplayName="Max" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T09:36:33.657" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T09:36:33.657" Title="After my girlfriend's visa being cancelled at UK border, can I get her a dependent visa via marriage?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-01T13:27:01.143" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just moved to France with a 'Blue Card' work permit with my son and wife. We have type D visas (3 months to begin with) running out this week and have already applied for our first carte de séjour. As of right now, we have the receipts for our carte, which allow us to travel within the EU freely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now here's the problem: I have a trip planned to Dubai (Turkish airlines via Istanbul) during the time when I don't have the carte de séjour. I have been granted a temporary extended visa for my professional visits, but that doesn't extend to my wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife, however, has an overlapping Schengen type C visa, that was granted prior to the type D and expires long after the type D.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, my question is: can my wife come into France on the type C Schengen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarifications:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both my wife and I have applied for our first carte de séjour. We&#xA;have receipts which act as proxy visas within the EU, but not to&#xA;enter the EU (for your first Carte DS). Application for my son can&#xA;only be done once we get ours because he is 7 months old&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of us have carte de séjour yet. I have been given an extended&#xA;'return visa' which is given under exceptional circumstances such as&#xA;medical emergencies or for professional reasons. I was able to get a&#xA;letter from my employer to prove professional reasons. My wife&#xA;doesn't have this return visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My son doesn't need the visa because, as a minor, once he has a&#xA;document called the 'DECM' which allows him to travel into the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has a Schengen which should still be active. It was issued in&#xA;Sep'15 up to Sep'16. We got our type D visa from May 16 to Aug 16.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10047" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T13:27:01.143" Title="Old Type C Schengen expires after type D" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-01T14:51:42.330" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also have a NHS card from when I lived in London 2 years ago, but am moving from California. What kind of health insurance can I get? I don't seem to fit any of the normal boxes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10049" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T06:38:09.617" Title="Health Insurance for someone over 28 w/ dual US/German citizenship, moving to Paris from California for 4-8 months to study at the Sorbonne" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-02T09:11:01.057" Score="2" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;this is my first post here. I was kinda hesitant on posting the question because I think I exhausted every channel already, but I guess I don't lose anything by &quot;just asking&quot; and know your experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the past three years I've been living in Brazil (I have a permanent visa now), and for the past two I've been &lt;strong&gt;working remotely for a US company&lt;/strong&gt;, the contract has &lt;strong&gt;no expiration date&lt;/strong&gt;, and it's a company where I can stay for years, so it's &lt;strong&gt;pretty stable&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;My income&lt;/strong&gt; (in USD), before taxes, is &lt;strong&gt;above the average&lt;/strong&gt;. And I work as a System Engineer (Although I don't have a degree) consultant. I'm 31 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to my family, I have Austrian roots, but all the documentation was lost between WWI and WWII, so there's no way I can prove that (believe me, I've tried)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of the Mercosur, I can stay in Brazil as long as I want, but &lt;strong&gt;I really want to move to The Netherlands&lt;/strong&gt;, Amsterdam to be more specific, it's a city I love, and I've been there around 6 times, so there's little surprise for me in the day to day basis (meaning that I already have an idea on how a &quot;normal life-not tourist&quot; would be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been to the immigration services in Amsterdam last time I went there and tried to get as much information as possible, and the only two things I've got in clean (to get a resident visa) were these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I want to enter The Netherlands as a hard worker guy, I need to fill a lot of paperwork, &lt;strong&gt;present myself as a start up&lt;/strong&gt;, present and idea and a plan to the government and tell them how new and fresh my company idea is, what's in it for The Netherlands government, a detailed economy plan, how many Dutch employees I plan to have, a Dutch business partner, and a big list of etceteras that, honestly, sounds bizarre. Not to mention that the government will accept around &lt;strong&gt;100 applications per year&lt;/strong&gt; and they'll review them all and let around 10 of those applications in. So it's basically a no.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get a partner&lt;/strong&gt;, any partner, no matter the gender, register under the same address, show the government that you live together, &lt;strong&gt;no need to marry her/him&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, on my next trip, coming next September, &lt;strong&gt;I'll be staying almost three months in Amsterdam&lt;/strong&gt; (tourist visa is 90 days max for me), so I'll be trying to achieve point 2 while I look for an alternative, since point 1 looks impossible. I'm just a simple consultant and I don't have the infrastructure of a &lt;em&gt;Start up&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never thought this was going to be easy, but never it was going to be this hard! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;strong&gt;my question is&lt;/strong&gt;: Does it really come to this for me? Considering I have stability, I work remotely, I have a good salary, I'm single (so no strings attached), I want to do everything &lt;strong&gt;the legal way&lt;/strong&gt;, isn't there another way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks a lot in advance for reading this and for any replies you post here!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10019" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:24:07.307" Title="Argentinian working remotely for the US by contract, trying to move to The Netherlands, but how?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;argentine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7258" CreationDate="2016-08-02T09:17:04.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one else has answered this yet, so I am going to answer based on what I was told at the visa processing centre in London. I'm aware that you may no longer be requiring this assistance, but perhaps it can be useful in the future for somebody else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;maybe&lt;/strong&gt; (see below), but you should try to speak to TLSContact (the contractor which handles French visa applications) as well as the embassy in Sydney, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residents in the UK can apply for French visas through the London embassy if they have a valid residence permit in the UK.&lt;/strong&gt; The residence permit &lt;strong&gt;must be currently valid and expiring &amp;lt; 10 days after the date the application is given&lt;/strong&gt; (the day you show up for your appointment in London). This will be checked by the front desk people when you first enter TLScontact, after being searched and after sitting in the front queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source of this response:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no online source for this. I was also in a similar situation and I had no idea, and had to go and hope for the best. I was given this information by a gentleman at the front desk who checked my documents. In my case, my student visa was expiring in 10 days (although it was actually revoked by a border control officer, and I was in the country on a tourist visa-on-arrival). I was still allowed to process my application, in spite of the fact that my application was against the rules in a strict sense. This is why I encourage you to check whether they are willing to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you should do in this situation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no publicly available phone number for TLScontact. You would first create your application &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tlscontact.com/gbLON2fr/login.php?l=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. You would then submit your application and then follow the link in your account to send an enquiry to TLSContact. In your enquiry you would give a brief overview and request urgently that they call you on your phone number. Several hours later, they usually comply. You would ask your question to that individual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In parallel, you should email or call the consulate in Sydney with the same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tlscontact.com/gbLON2fr/login.php?l=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2- WHO CAN APPLY FOR A VISA&#xA;  Citizens from some non-EU countries are required to hold a visa when travelling to the Schengen area – to apply here, you must be resident in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take this to mean 'ordinarily resident', for which a tourist visa (your situation) would not count. You'd need to be in the UK on a work permit or student visa. &lt;em&gt;But I may be wrong on that front, and perhaps they can make exceptions&lt;/em&gt;, so you should call them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conjecture alert: I think this is because your passport is taken during your application, and if you don't have a BRP (biometric residence permit), a tourist would effectively have no identification and would be impossible for the UK to deport. I think this is why they don't want to process people who are nonresidents, but that's just my guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T09:17:04.883" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:09:16.750" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone I would like help from someone who has had the same situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm Lebanese and my wife is British. We live in Dubai. My wife got a job in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Lebanese citizen, I need a visa to enter Germany. As my wife is British,  does anyone know what is the correct and easiest way to move together to Germany? Or can she go and then help me move there later? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10053" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T08:43:23.840" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T08:43:23.840" Title="Moving to Germany" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8900" CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:24:12.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the husband of an EU citizen, you are entitled to a free visa.  In the application, you will have to show that you are married to your wife, of course.  Beyond that, there are only very limited grounds for refusal of the visa.  See the EU information page at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&lt;/a&gt;.  With this visa, you can move to Germany together with your wife.  There is no need for her to go before you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you move to Germany, you will need to apply for a residence permit; this will also be a relatively painless process because of the right of free movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are living in Dubai, you will apply at the German consulate general in Dubai.  They have some information relevant to your situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/sid_49BB4B029F43C4D3E92B5EB78B5A607D/EN/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/01aa-Visa-Unionsb%C3%BCrger.html?nn=480902&quot;&gt;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/sid_49BB4B029F43C4D3E92B5EB78B5A607D/EN/Infoservice/FAQ/VisumFuerD/01aa-Visa-Unionsb%C3%BCrger.html?nn=480902&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page states that you will benefit from the &quot;facilitated procedure&quot; but does not offer any additional information, other than telling you to ask at the consulate.  The home page is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dubai.diplo.de/Vertretung/dubai/en/Startseite.html&quot;&gt;http://www.dubai.diplo.de/Vertretung/dubai/en/Startseite.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T12:24:12.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9076" CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:31:26.267" Score="2" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an EU citizen and currently I am doing a PhD in Switzerland possessing a B permit. I plan to terminate my contract and start PhD anew in Prague (3+ years). As I understood my B permit will be cancelled after termination of my PhD in Switzerland. Should I apply for a student visa, or directly apply for a long-term residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am afraid to have a situation when I apply for a student permit, which by some random missing paper may be declined after 2 months and then a new application for long-term permit and/or student permit will result in an extra two month waiting time period, while I am allowed to stay in Czech republic only 90 days after arrival to the country. So, I can easily exceed that 3 month limit which will result in troubles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10055" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T10:29:40.893" Title="Residence permit for PhD student" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8898" CreationDate="2016-08-02T19:39:53.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are other options to work here. I know there are umbrella companies that can hire you and get part of your money from US company to make your stay legal here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it will look like they make a contract with US company and hire you to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all of then will arrange you a permit. But should be doable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T19:39:53.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T02:40:10.043" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once issued a student visa for the Schengen countries, how many days prior to the course starting will a student typically be allowed in the country? Is it safe to say, 5 days before? I just applied for a visa and of all goes well, it will be issued very, very close to the course start date. I'd like to arrange a ticket beforehand, it would be cheaper to buy now even with change fees then days before I am supposed to leave! Thanks!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10062" LastEditorUserId="10063" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T08:43:51.980" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T08:43:51.980" Title="How many days before are you allowed to enter the EU with a student visa?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T04:18:45.763" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian moving to France on a scientific research visa for 2 years. My girlfriend (also Australian) is coming with me. She has a Dutch passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are trying to work out what to do about health insurance for her. From reading the other answers on this website, I have surmised the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since she is not covered by another EU country she will be not be covered in France. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If she gets a job working more than 60 hours per month she will be covered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no guarantee she will be able to find a job straight away. Should she buy health insurance? Or is it possible to 3 months and apply for &quot;couverture maladie universelle&quot; or is that not applicable? Is there some way she could be covered by being my partner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10064" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T04:18:45.763" Title="France health insurance for non-EU resident with EU passport" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T10:10:01.660" Score="6" ViewCount="485" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national going to UK for a course starting in October 2016.The Tier 4 Visa stamped on my passport is starting from September 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the interesting part is I plan to travel from India to London in August (Tourist Visa)and then fly to Brasil and back to London on 1st September. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. Will I be allowed entry to UK on a one way ticket on a tourist visa (when i travel in august from India)?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;b. Can I enter UK on tourist visa  on 1st september and shift to Tier 4  (somehow)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fyi : I have booked my tickets already(some schedule constraints) and have been a constant traveller to UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10066" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T20:26:33.697" Title="Is it possible to switch to UK Tier 4 visa from UK tourist visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8910" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:20:11.347" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the papers needed for France long stay visa? Is there any exhaustive list? Do you need all or some papers in French or need to be translated from English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T18:56:16.943" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T16:45:35.643" Title="Visa Papers for Long Stay in France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-08-19T14:43:25.373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:23:57.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;One can get the idea by the fact that you hardly can get a job in Germany if you declare that you don't know English- it is almost impossible from online applications for the jobs while German companies are much responsive, very straight forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case there is no substitute to speak to a local in his own language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T14:23:57.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8908" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:50:33.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our family just recently got our long-stay visas from the consulate in Los Angeles. If you look at the websites for any of the consulates in the United States, they have very detailed lists of what is needed for the long-stay visa — and most of the stuff is very consistent. Some consulates require slightly different things (e.g. global insurance coverage details may vary from one consulate to another; or a police/FBI background check may be required by one consulate and not another).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to look at the consular site that covers where you have your residence (as that is where you’ll need to apply) to build out a list of documents. Follow the instructions exactly as stated, have photocopies of everything, paperclip the copies to the originals. If applying for multiple family members, have a full and separate dossier for each person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had translations prepared for all of our documents, per the advice of a relocation specialist we were working with. However, our consulate in Los Angeles returned the translations to us, saying that they only need those for applicants for stays in the overseas departments and collectivities. (They said that it’s possible that OFII will need the translations once we have our appointment with them after arrival in France, though, so we’ve kept ahold of the translations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are applying for a long-stay TOURIST visa, the instructions will ask that you include a letter explaining why you want a long-stay tourist visa, as well as a letter saying you will not seek work in France. These need to be two separate letters. And you will need to provide 2-3 months of bank statements showing you have sufficient funds to cover your stay in France without needed to work. (There is no specific measure for “sufficient” funds; this may vary depending on a given consular officer’s judgment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s a lot of paperwork. For our family of three, the pile of documents and copies was over 2 inches (5 cm).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10069" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T14:50:33.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T15:54:43.867" Score="2" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a permanent resident of an EU member state, but not yet a citizen of that country as the process will take another year or so (bureaucracy, sigh). So, I don't think I qualify as an &quot;EU national&quot; and am unsure what my status is if I want to formally move to another EU country... Since I am self-employed and not bound to an office, I've been spending most of my time outside of my country of residency rather informally for over a year now (dealing with local landlords, or AirBNB, never bothering to register with local authorities), but now I'd like to relocate to Berlin for the near future, and do it properly, and I see it is rather hard to do much of anything without an Anmeldung (open a bank account, get my own Internet connection, etc...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most posts I find are about &quot;working in Germany as an EU resident&quot; etc... but I think my case is a little different. Am I eligible to apply for an Anmeldung, or am I going to have to live the hapless AirBNB lifestyle for another year or so? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I did find this, and it seems promising:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325475/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325475/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10072" LastEditorUserId="10072" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T18:39:10.640" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:20:31.723" Title="Rights of EU/EC permanent residents - can I formally move?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8907" CreationDate="2016-08-03T16:57:21.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Tourists cannot stay and switch to other types of visas. You have to go home first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you come to the UK with permission as a visitor, you cannot apply to switch to a student category in the UK, you will need to return home to apply for permission to study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/informationForInternationalStudents/visasAndImmigration/ifYouHaveANon-StudentVisa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;Source&quot;&gt;src&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, somebody arriving on a tourist visa with no return ticket is something they look out for. I have a sneaking suspicion you'd have your visa revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T16:57:21.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8913" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9099" CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:24:51.563" Score="2" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming an Israeli citizen needs a &quot;lack of criminal record&quot; while abroad, how can they get one from their local consulate? The official websites are a bit confusing as to how the procedure works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T18:34:27.757" Title="How to get a &quot;lack of criminal record&quot; certificate from an Israeli consulate?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;israel&gt;&lt;israeli-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-04T03:02:31.657" Score="2" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: This is not a serious question on me; I just wonder.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are male and get a nationality of South Korea, are you obliged to serve for military service in South Korea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have often heard that some Korean boys try hard to get another country's citizenship to avoid the potential military service. But I wonder what is the opposite of the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory or exempt? Or does it differ by ages?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T13:24:54.243" Title="Do you have to serve for military service if you get South Korea citizenship?" Tags="&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8918" CreationDate="2016-08-04T03:11:17.737" Score="3" ViewCount="1946" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 23 years old, I've been married for three years and have two children (ages 6mo and 2.5yrs). I just recently started a new job working at Aetna in customer service (in the U.S.) and my wife and I have been in pretty serious talk over the last few months of wanting to permanently relocate our family to England. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are so many different Visa options out there that I'm not sure what would work best or even what I'd need to do. I've asked HR and my supervisor for some info and expressed my interested in wanting to relocate, but seeing as I'm in a customer service position I am almost 100% certain that an international transfer would be shot down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know from what I've read thus far, in order for me to get a sponsorship my company would need to prove that my job can't be filled by a current U.K. resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based off of that, what other options do I have to get a visa in hopes of becoming permanent residents after five years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to understand if it really is as hard as it sounds, given that the other criteria are being a skilled worker in a shortage job, entrepreneur, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: My wife currently runs a bakery out of our home certified kitchen but it's not full-time per se (seeing as she raises the children while I work) and she only brings in an extra $1,000-$1,200 for those reasons. She has a bachelors degree in business and I'm nearing completion on my associates degree in graphic design. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10077" LastEditorUserId="10077" LastEditDate="2016-08-04T06:19:04.107" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T21:22:39.710" Title="What is the best way to move my family to the U.K. permanently?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="434" CreationDate="2016-08-04T03:59:04.740" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest place to buy Vegemite from is 'The Australian Food Shop' - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theaustralianfoodshop.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.theaustralianfoodshop.com/&lt;/a&gt; they ship from Australian and deliver it to your door step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10078" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T03:59:04.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8920" CreationDate="2016-08-04T04:56:41.497" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many banks in the USA and UK have a policy of charging for &quot;features&quot; like overdrafts and low balance fees, neither of which are desired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to find one &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simple.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;American bank&lt;/a&gt; that provided no-frills banking services, but it was unavailable to international students since it required a minimum of a green card. Are there any alternatives? My school is in New York state, but nationwide answers may also be helpful for other users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4871" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:21:41.680" Title="No-frills banking for international student in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8915" CreationDate="2016-08-04T06:54:57.697" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most straightforward route is &lt;strong&gt;working at a Tier 2 sponsored position for five years, followed by an application to settle in the UK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should read the detailed guidance on the gov.uk website (specific links below), but the following are the requirements that are likely to be most important for your situation.  &lt;strong&gt;Note that these are current requirements.  Expect them to change in coming years--especially since the UK has just voted to leave the EU, and this will almost certainly result in changes to the visa system.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/overview&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A company has to offer you a job and be willing to sponsor you for a visa.&lt;/strong&gt;  Officially, they have to state that no one in the European Union can fill the position.  In practice, this is subjective, and if they want you they can typically sponsor you.  But they do have to think you are worth jumping through the extra hoops of visa sponsorship, so you have to outperform any EU citizen candidates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have to make at least a £20,800 annual salary initially.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The same person has to be sponsored for the entire time you are in the UK on this visa.&lt;/strong&gt;  You can't switch from you to your wife being the sponsored worker--you would have to leave the UK and re-enter, resetting the five year clock for permanent residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will have to pay total visa fees of at least £4500 for your family&lt;/strong&gt; over five years of sponsorship (at current rates).  The employer can't pay this for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The sponsored individual can change jobs, but you have to get a new sponsorship from your new employer.&lt;/strong&gt; And pay visa fees of &gt;£2500 again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The spouse who is not sponsored will be free to work without any additional requirements.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Settling in the UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The sponsored individual must make £35,000 annually (or be in a PhD level or shortage occupation).&lt;/strong&gt;  This is a controversial new requirement.  It means that the tier 2 visa isn't necessarily a path to permanent residence.  If you successfully come to the UK on a tier 2 visa, yet don't end up with the required salary, you can't apply to stay.  You can stay in the UK on this visa for a maximum of six years, and after that you would simply have to return home.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will have to pay another £7500 in fees.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is coming on a student visa, but you would then have to have enough money to support yourself and pay considerable fees for your education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, I would say that &lt;strong&gt;this is unlikely to be a feasible path at your current education and experience level.&lt;/strong&gt;  You need to build up a good enough CV that an employer thinks you are worth the extra effort of sponsorship, and so that you can command a salary of £35,000, or nearly that (if your plan is to stay permanently, I would not come unless you are sure at the start that you will be able to meet the salary requirement for settlement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say, &lt;strong&gt;work for a few years in the U.S. to build up your CV, while monitoring the situation.&lt;/strong&gt;  Especially, keep an eye out for changes to the rules.  It's possible that the UK leaving the EU may result in a new visa regime that is a lower barrier for non-EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastEditorUserId="9370" LastEditDate="2016-08-04T07:24:54.260" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T07:24:54.260" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8911" CreationDate="2016-08-04T08:20:31.723" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your edit seems to have answered your question, and the answer is &lt;em&gt;yes.&lt;/em&gt;  The relevant directive is &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot;&gt;2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It gives you a right to a residence permit in Germany, unless your current country of residence is the United Kingdom, Denmark, or Ireland.  These three countries have not implemented the directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During your period of temporary residence in Germany, you retain your status as a permanent resident of the original country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:20:31.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8917" CreationDate="2016-08-04T08:21:41.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask the student support services at your university.&lt;/strong&gt;  They may be aware of banks that offer free student accounts, for which you as an international student, might qualify.  This would be especially helpful if your foreign student status is making it hard to find an option.  However, I wouldn't count on the university having the best information; I would want to do my own research, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Search local banks for free checking.&lt;/strong&gt;  Just about every bank offers some sort of free account option.  As you point out, an annoyance these days is that there is often a default monthly fee, with some requirements you must meet in order to have it waived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be possible to find a free student account that doesn't have any fees at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, look for an account that has a very easy way to waive the monthly fee (for some accounts this is as minimal as making one transaction of any kind per month.  In other cases you have to have some money put in your account each month by direct deposit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:21:41.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8898" CreationDate="2016-08-04T08:24:07.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to stay in The Netherlands, or anyway else in EU, the consequence is, you'll became a &lt;strong&gt;tax resident&lt;/strong&gt; there. The consequence - you must be taxed there! No way around it, anything you find out, even if it seems legit at the beginning, could eventually cost you a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there are 2 option: either the company you work for register her filiae in The Netherlands, or you work for her through other company registered there &#xA;or you register as contractor - which means opening your own company - more paper work and because you trade with offshore partner, more things could go wrong and cost you a lot of money (wrongly filled declaration, wrongly classified income etc. - you need a good bookkeeper).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T08:24:07.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8908" CreationDate="2016-08-04T16:45:35.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you mean you (and spouse) will be on a tourist long-stay visa while your child will be a student: This is our situation. Each of you will have to prepare separate visa applications (though the child's application will need a letter of acceptance from a school instead of the &quot;promise not to work&quot; letters that you and your spouse will need; and your child will not need to show &quot;sufficient&quot; funds, since only the parents are responsible for that). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please note that you will almost certainly need to have THREE separate visa appointments at the consulate; most of the consulates don't do &quot;group&quot; bookings and require 1 appointment per individual visa requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a relocation specialist necessary? No, but it's helpful. Ours helped us lease an apartment as we were getting all the visa paperwork sorted; yyou generally will be asked to present a signed rental agreement when you're applying for the visa, but some landlords are reluctant to lease to someone who doesn't yet have a visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10070" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T16:45:35.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-04T17:46:11.240" Score="4" ViewCount="1047" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife will be joining a company for work in Luxembourg soon and she will get an EU Blue Card. I will also be applying for a residence permit and assume that I will also qualify for a blue card by virtue of being the spouse. Will I need a work permit to be sponsored by a future employer in Luxembourg or will the features and benefits of a blue card suffice for me? Are there any other limitations for me to work as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10083" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T06:59:41.820" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T11:01:51.503" Title="Work permit for spouse of EU Blue card holder in Luxembourg" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-05T02:25:49.687" Score="0" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been reading up on license laws, and it seems that in all of the countries I have looked up (Singapore, Malaysia, US, UK, Germany) they require you to turn in your foreign driver license, or alternatively retake the driving test in the new country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the rationale of such a law? I was unable to find any indication of the reasons behind such legislation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4871" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T12:52:56.760" Title="Why are people required to turn in driving licenses from other countries?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8925" CreationDate="2016-08-05T05:23:20.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe you misunderstood the wording of the laws. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People can use their license to drive in other countries as a visitor. Once you become a permanent resident or stay longer than a set period of time, you must get a local license. Most of the time that's just a formality, you show your original license and you get a new local one for a little fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From then on, in &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; country, you &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; use their &lt;em&gt;local&lt;/em&gt; license. You are not allowed to use your original license. However, that's for that one country. You still got your old license you can still use your old license anywhere else in the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale is that each state has a register of their own license holders. They record traffic violations and if or when a license is revoked. So each state makes sure that when you are there for longer, you get to be in &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; register. They don't want you to just draw your foreign license when you are caught for a violation. And they want to make sure &quot;revoked&quot; means revoked. They cannot revoke other countries licenses, but they can make sure you have to use the local one, the one they &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; revoke if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T05:28:39.823" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T05:28:39.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2016-08-05T07:09:47.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.eu-bluecard.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Spouses of residence permit holders or EU Blue Card holders are entitled to the same permit as their spouses without exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems that your assumption is correct in that you will qualify for a blue card by virtue of being a spouse. I'm assuming that the same restrictions due to nationality are waived in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T07:09:47.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-05T07:44:08.333" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the links: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/&lt;/a&gt;, and &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.apply.eu/BlueCard/Luxembourg/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.apply.eu/BlueCard/Luxembourg/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it appears that in Luxembourg and Germany, there's a category of 'shortage jobs' that goes in favor of non-EU people to have not so high salary in order to obtain EU Blue Card. That is, they could earn less than the minimum salary requirement for a Blue Card, and can still apply for and get one. However, I don't see the same in the corresponding links for France, Belgium or Switzerland (which doesn't issue a Blue Card but does give selected permanent residence and work permit etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: even if it's not mentioned, is there a category of 'shortage jobs' for France, Belgium and Switzerland that'd go in favor of non-EU people applying for positions in those 'shortage areas'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6856" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T22:10:39.697" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T22:10:39.697" Title="Is there a category of 'shortage jobs' in either France, Belgium or Switzerland, and is it easier to get permits for them if you qualify?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T08:32:49.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-05T08:05:04.363" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Netherlands with my family about a month ago. I am on the US payroll and receive bi-weekly pay checks in the US. Do I need to pay income tax in Netherlands? In order for me to get housing, I had to apply for the resident number(BSN), so I suppose I am considered a resident here. Also, if I do have to pay tax, then how do I file for the 30% ruling? My company is headquartered in USA, with a small regional office in the Netherlands. However, I am still under the USA contract. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10087" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T22:09:54.583" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T22:09:54.583" Title="Just moved to Netherlands for a couple of years, but I am on US payroll. Do I need to pay dutch tax?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7272" CreationDate="2016-08-05T10:29:42.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, technically it is possible to apply for an apartment from a housing association before arriving in the country. However, you will need to supply a local address, which could be a future address, if you have one, or your work address. It may take more than a month before you get your first offer, so indeed you can save a bit of time by applying earlier than your arrival in Denmark. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T10:29:42.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8932" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8933" CreationDate="2016-08-05T11:18:35.107" Score="7" ViewCount="2325" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my family plan to move to Austria. We have underage children.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they have to join the Austrian military? What they need to do exactly?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is there any way around it?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: This is intended to be a self-answered question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Multiple people already asked me something like that, so I decided to make this here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T11:45:35.583" Title="Military service in Austria" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8932" CreationDate="2016-08-05T11:19:10.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is mandatory to do &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; mainly depends on citizenship, gender and age, and it is relevant to both minors and adults. But even if, this &quot;something&quot; does not have to be military.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, some short facts:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're planning to live in Austria without acquiring Austrian citizenship, you don't need to worry about anything. It's both unnecessary and impossible to participate in all of the following things. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mandatory parts here are only relevant for males (just in case: biological males according to a doctor). Women can participate voluntarily, but don't have to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone with Austrian citizenship acquires a different citizenship and loses the Austrian one at the same time, he/she can forget about it too, independent if a part of the process below was already done or not.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case of multiple citizenships, it depends. When in doubt, see (or call) the next base with a &quot;Stellungskommissionen&quot; or a lawyer.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While holding Austrian citizenship, any form of &lt;em&gt;voluntary&lt;/em&gt; military service in another country leads to losing said sitizenship.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For male Austrian &lt;em&gt;citizens&lt;/em&gt;, following steps are mandatory. Failure to comply, even after they forcefully pick you up at home, can lead to prison (up to one year). For all parts, being able to speak German is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; helpful (They have courses too, but the expected progress speed is pretty harsh.)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 1: Musterung / Examination&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;All males have to undergo a two-day examination at a military base.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, this happens between the 17. and 18. birthday. A letter with details, including date and place, will be sent some months before. Reasons like eg. being sick at this date is a valid excuse to move the date (but not multiple times).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In case someone got Austrian citizenship after the 18. but before the 35. birthday, it still can happen (or you get off easy, if they think they have enough people already). If the citizenship is acquired after the 35. birthday, you can just forget it, nothing happens anymore.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;People with Austrian citizenship, but living abroad permanently, will get the letter as soon as the move back to Austria (if they do, and if it is before their 35. birthday).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bed and food will be provided, as well as compensation for bus/train tickets if shown.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The examination itself contains medical (eyes, ears, blood test, ECG, ...) and psychological (questionare and talk with a psychologist) parts, as well as tests of arm and leg strength, reaction speed, ability to differ between targets, etc. It is strongly advised to come &quot;clean&quot; of pretty much anything (eg. one week prison because showing up drunk happens). If you have glasses, or anything else relevant to health, take them with you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end, you'll either pass (&quot;tauglich&quot;) or not (&quot;untauglich&quot;). With some temporary disability like a cast, it also could be that they want to see you again at a later date.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If being &quot;untauglich&quot; / failed, the whole procedure is over. Otherwise, you have the possibiliy to specify on a form (now, or later per post) what kind of service you want: See below.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 2: Basic Service itself&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon after the examination (but not before the 18. birthday), the people who passed get another letter when they should start their selected variant.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things like finishing a school year are valid delay reasons (as long as they are communicated properly). Not living in Austria is no excuse this time; if you were at the examination you're expected to come for this part too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;a) Military&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Basically 6 month of basic training. Between monday and friday, being at the assigned base is mandatory (bed and food etc. provided again), saturday and sunday can bei either at home or at the base.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a (very small) monthly salary of ca. 310€: it's expected that you don't need to pay rent for something etc. because you still live with your parents, and food etc. during the week is free. A nice perk is that some (not all) can get a driving license paid by the military.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you choose to stay (extended training, officer / specialist training, permanent employment), it's over after this 6 months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;b) Community service (&quot;Zivildienst&quot;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you signed up for this instead, you have to work at eg. hospitals / ambulance, elderly care etc. (there's a specific list what kind of institutions are allowed, most of them are in the mentioned areas). Unlike the 6 month of variant 2a above, this is 9 or 12 months (depending on the kind of job), usually no bed and food but still the same small salary, no free driving license, ... yeah, they don't want too much people choosing it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you need to know for the job is taught by the institution. There are both office and practical jobs, latter range from eg. ambulance car staff down to things like cleaning, cooking and gardening. Another note: Going this path, a job at the police becomes impossible.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 3: In case of a war etc.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If the full-time part and the current basic service soldiers are not enough for something, people who did variant 2a can be drafted anytime, until the age of 50. For some specialist roles, it's up to 65.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources (not the easiest, but most complete ones):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&amp;amp;Gesetzesnummer=20001612&quot;&gt;Wehrgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&amp;amp;Gesetzesnummer=10005603&quot;&gt;Zivildienstgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastEditorUserId="10088" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T11:45:35.583" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T11:45:35.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8934" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8937" CreationDate="2016-08-05T11:23:14.637" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to New York in September as I won the green card lottery last year. I need to find a place to stay. I've searched some rental websites but was unable to find something good for a reasonable price ($650 cmp).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you share some tips I perhaps haven't considered to find nice, peaceful place to live in New York? I can't pay more than mentioned above, because it will take some time to find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you can give me advice which part of the city is better? I mean not too expensive, finding jobs easily, etc....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10089" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-26T16:28:04.003" LastActivityDate="2016-11-26T16:28:04.003" Title="Find accommodations in New York" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8935" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8946" CreationDate="2016-08-05T15:51:45.320" Score="4" ViewCount="971" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone could give a small summary of what happens at the medical test at the OFII in France. I have read a few comments on the internet and one of them mentioned that they give the option of producing a chest X-ray taken in the native country (in my case, India). Since I'd be taking a copy of the chest X-ray to apply for an UK Visa later on, I was curious if I could just produce one such to the French authorities as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9725" LastEditorUserId="9725" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T19:10:15.270" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T19:49:27.020" Title="Medical test OFII in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8934" CreationDate="2016-08-05T17:24:24.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're going about it backwards.  You need to find a place to work and then look for a place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could probably start by looking at the job sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.monster.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Monster&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hotjobs.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hotjobs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stackoverflow.com/jobs&quot;&gt;Stackoverflow Jobs&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dice.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dice&lt;/a&gt; to see where positions that you might be interested in are and then start looking for a place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apartments.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Apartments.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rent.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rent.com&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zillow.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zillow&lt;/a&gt; that could get you started in looking for a place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now as far as NY is concerned there are very few places that would meet your price range criteria but if you want to find a place like that you are better off having someone local who can look for a place for you because not everything would be listed online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T17:24:24.900" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-05T20:17:32.637" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just been to the Skatteverket to apply for a personnummer. Apparently it can take 6 weeks. I need a bank account a lot more urgently than that. Where can I go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a contract for a permanent Swedish job and my British (Non-nordic EU) passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10093" LastEditorUserId="10093" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T20:36:28.117" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T20:46:55.103" Title="How do I get a bank account without a person number?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8938" CreationDate="2016-08-05T20:29:59.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Go to SEB&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Today's walking adventure:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Went to SEB (in Tegnérgatan), told I couldn't open an account. Handelsbanken, ditto. Same again at Nordea. &lt;strong&gt;Turned up at the Odenplan branch of SEB and opened an account without difficultly&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I opened a &lt;a href=&quot;http://seb.se/privat/betala/konton/privatkonto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;private account&lt;/a&gt; with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://seb.se/privat/betala/kort/maestro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Maestro card&lt;/a&gt; without the ability to buy  things online (card fee of 15kr per month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They looked at my passport and work contract. I don't know whether the second was essential. I don't know how this would have played differently if I wasn't an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never tried Swedbank, I'm still a bit confused by the initial rejection at SEB and things may have changed since August 2016, so please do give answers with your own experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10093" LastEditorUserId="10093" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T20:46:55.103" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T20:46:55.103" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8942" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9833" CreationDate="2016-08-06T17:19:42.353" Score="3" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to apply for either the Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored) or the subclass 190 (Skilled Nominated) Visa some time in the near future. My nominated skilled occupation would be 'Software and Applications Programmers' which is assessed by ACS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two things that I'd like to find out about the skills assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7324/Summary-of-Criteria-2014.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This ACS document&lt;/a&gt; writes that in order to even get assessed by this authority, the candidate must have at least 2 years of working experience in the nominated occupation or in a closely related one (never mind the other options listed there, it is the first white row that applies to me). &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This more comprehensive document&lt;/a&gt; explains that they only consider working experience the time that the applicant has spent in the nominated occupation &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; obtaining some sort of certificate, such as a BSc degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation: I have an IT BSc and MSc degree. I started working 1 year after I had obtained my BSc degree, while I was still doing my MSc studies. During this time I had been working in my to-be-nominated skilled occupation, but as a student, with the involvement of a student job agency (24-28 paid hours a week on avg.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the ACS even recognize employment as a student if I can provide them with the necessary documents (reference letters, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If so, is it an option that I only attach my BSc degree to my EOI despite that I also have an MSc one? In other words, can they find out that I also have an MSc one (I didn't do my studies in Australia) and if so, can this cause any problems, or will they simply say 'OK, if he only wants to attach his BSc degree that's fine with us'? (I'd do this because like this I would only need to wait 1 more year to hand in my EOI since I already have 1 year of working experience which I had obtained before I finished my MSC studies.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastEditorUserId="6825" LastEditDate="2017-03-08T08:42:43.090" LastActivityDate="2017-03-08T08:42:43.090" Title="Does ACS recognize student employment?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-06T20:18:42.027" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be spending the next four months in Toronto, Canada on an academic sabbatical, during which period I will have health coverage through my US employer. I have a work permit to do academic research in Canada. I am also diabetic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My insurance will cover 90 days of insulin at a time, so one solution is to bring 90 days with me and return to the US for another 90 days shortly before that runs out. It would certainly be more convenient to purchase it in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What must one do to get a prescription from a US doctor to a Canadian pharmacy which will be covered by American insurance? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;EDIT&lt;/b&gt; Having done some more research, it looks like I need to have a Canadian doctor co-sign the prescription and there are a lot of regulations about this. Is this something which is easy to arrange? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is very hard to search for this, because I am swamped by information about Canadian online pharmacies, and people buying drugs to take back to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10098" LastEditorUserId="10098" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T01:11:33.913" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T01:11:33.913" Title="Purchasing insulin in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-10-27T22:51:45.427" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8935" CreationDate="2016-08-06T21:48:14.347" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It consists of chest x-ray and then a stop in a doctor's office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The chest x-ray is to detect TB. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The doctor's visit (beyond looking at the x-ray) is for prevention purposes only: they ask you questions about life habits (smoking, drinking, etc.), about possible undiagnosed eyesight problems, etc. It is possible that you get a very quick eyesight check as well, but I've only had that happen to me on one such visit (because I've done two...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your question, it is possible that they accept your chest x-ray, but in all cases that will not free you from the visit unfortunately :) As it has a wider purpose. All in all it takes a few hours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10099" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T21:48:14.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-06T17:37:47.777" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 20F living in India. I was born in USA and moved here when I was five. I came here on a 5 year Indian Visa that expired ten years ago. As I was a minor at the time, I was not aware of the consequences. How do I renew my Visa/apply for an OCI card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Varna Suresh" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:48:04.283" Title="How do I renew my Visa/apply for an OCI card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-07T07:33:42.260" Score="1" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an question, my boyfriend is Slovenian (I'm Dutch) and he is working and living in Belgium. He is fully registered and paying Belgium taxes etc. Now we got the opportunity to live in the Netherlands. Does anyone know if he can register in the Netherlands if he is working in Belgium while being Slovenian?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10101" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T21:35:11.893" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T14:57:25.413" Title="Slovenian working in Belgium living in The Netherlands" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8934" CreationDate="2016-08-07T13:02:29.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A good place to start is &lt;a href=&quot;https://newyork.craigslist.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Craig's List&lt;/a&gt; and look for a roommate. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://newyork.craigslist.org/search/roo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;roommate page is here,&lt;/a&gt; but there are other options on this website also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Craig's List is a decent place to find a place to live in New York - and other cities - beware of scams. Do a reasonable amount of research about the place, and don't wire money; wait until you meet the other flatmates before you contribute even one cent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9942" LastEditorUserId="9942" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T22:26:29.000" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T22:26:29.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-07T14:18:58.953" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the UK and had my wallet stolen. I'm wondering whether there's anything I can do to get a new French my card remotely (by submitting documents via post or email) since the nearest consulate is quite far and I currently do not have any time to go there in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10103" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T21:24:59.027" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T21:34:45.877" Title="Replacing a stolen French ID card remotely (no consulate nearby)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8951" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-07T20:16:13.967" Score="0" ViewCount="781" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for an MVV visa to NL. My sponsor is recognized sponsor by IND. I have been told that because it is a recognized sponsor, it will take two weeks. Until now it is been three weeks and no answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10105" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T18:08:35.233" Title="is it normal MVV takes three weeks?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8950" CreationDate="2016-08-07T21:34:45.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to go to the consulate (or an embassy with a &lt;em&gt;section consulaire&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1759&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in person&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Votre présence est exigée lors du dépôt de la demande pour procéder à la prise d'empreintes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, you actually need to go there twice, they won't send it by post either. However, many consulates organise a &quot;tour&quot; to make this easier: Consular officers travel to the main cities in the country once every six months or so. You might want to check if your consulate does something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you have a passport, you don't really need a national ID card so you can easily wait for a convenient time (maybe until you have another reason to go to the cities where the consulate is located?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T21:34:45.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8953" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-07T21:50:00.013" Score="4" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Asking on behalf of a friend; I will phrase this as though it were me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied for I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization) among others, with the U.S. CIS.  However, I may have had a mixup with the address submitted on the form.  My attorney may have submitted a change of address procedure for me, but I cannot be sure and I am having difficulty reaching this attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I check which address the CIS currently has on record?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10107" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:37:50.483" Title="How can I check the address registered with US Citizenship and Immigration Services?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8948" CreationDate="2016-08-07T22:06:27.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no reason it should be a problem. He will not qualify as a worker but EU citizens also have a right to reside in other EU countries if they have sufficient income and health insurance (and his Belgian job will take care of that) so he will be covered by the free movement directive even if he does not have a job in the Netherlands. As a cross-border worker, he will be entitled to health insurance coverage through the Belgian statutory health insurance system even he does not reside in Belgium, which should satisfy the Dutch health insurance requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, as he is an EU citizen, he will just have to present a rental contract or some such (if he is going to live with you, you will have to sign a  special form and give a copy of your ID like you would for a regular Dutch citizen or resident) and an ID. He should not be asked for a &lt;em&gt;verblijfsvergunning&lt;/em&gt; or to prove that he is in fact entitled to reside in the Netherlands (i.e. if he would not qualify based on his income/health insurance status, he could be asked to leave as far as EU law is concerned but the Netherlands is not actively enforcing this restriction AFAIK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax implications can be complex however and I imagine dealing with Belgian bureaucracy might be too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T22:28:03.830" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T22:28:03.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8965" CreationDate="2016-08-08T18:16:01.240" Score="3" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Issue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I grew up in Switzerland where I ate &lt;a href=&quot;https://produkte.migros.ch/blevita-5-korngebaeck-mit-sesam-110181500000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these biscuits (Blevita from Migros)&lt;/a&gt;  with a glass of milk every night before going to bed. I am a bit addicted to these simple biscuits :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now been living in Vancouver, BC, Canada for 2 years and I fail to find biscuits that are in any way similar. &lt;strong&gt;Do you know where I could find similar biscuits?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description of the biscuits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://produkte.migros.ch/blevita-5-korngebaeck-mit-sesam-110181500000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The above link&lt;/a&gt; gives the following information about nutritional facts (German only).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cOg11m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cOg11m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They contain very little sugar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They contain little salt (in comparison to anything I could find so far).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They are much thicker, more dense and solid than standard crackers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They quickly suck up all the spit (hence the glass of milk).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have a good taste of sesame but I would not be too picky if the substitute you suggest taste flax, oat, spelt or whatever.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastEditorUserId="1008" LastEditDate="2016-08-09T21:39:41.117" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T19:40:27.177" Title="Where can I find this kind of sugar free and low sodium biscuit?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-09T00:29:19.107" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take an ROC-born, naturalized American citizen who hasn't lived in Taiwan for 30+ years. She hasn't renounced ROC citizenship but, by not maintaining household registration, IIUC she no longer has a right of abode in Taiwan. How easy would it be for her to get a permanent residency in Taiwan? What about for her (non-ROC-national) family members?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T06:36:28.440" Title="ROC (Taiwan) residency for nationals and families of nationals" Tags="&lt;repatriation&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8892" CreationDate="2016-08-09T00:35:35.417" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updated on 06 / Mar / 2017:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We got married, and my wife's visa has just passed (we got it in 2 weeks)! I would now accept my own answer because this works. Hopefully this answer would help anyone with similar experiences. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How to pass the visa:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you meet all the criteria, according to our solicitor, all you need to do is just applying for the visa properly, and they would have no reasons to refuse your visa. (Because this is under Appendix FM)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying properly means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make sure documents are up to date according to the guidelines&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be honest about the previous refusal / removal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide enough evidences to show your relationship is genuine. Our solicitor told us that this is the only single thing they can pick on us, so we &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1) supplied photos of us together with family members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2) took screenshots of monthly web chat communication&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3) supplied marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth using solicitor services to help getting things right. We attached a letter from our solicitor, which included a section to politely explain the previous application (solely using this opportunity to honestly explain we made mistakes because we didn't know the immigration rules. The point is not to argue about the previous case because it didn't matter). We specifically attached the content below to remind the Entry Clarence Officer that the result from the previous application should not affect our new application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A320. Paragraphs 320 (except subparagraph (3), (10) and (11)) and 322&#xA;  do not apply to an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or&#xA;  leave to remain as a Family Member under Appendix FM&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The result&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife received a visa (lasts for 1 month) with a letter. The letter explains that after she comes over, she can collect a permit that lasts for 2 years 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Please refer to the content below for further explanation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19 / Aug / 2016&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some investigation, here's what I have found out based on official immigration documentation. Hope this helps anybody that has similar worries and also put dependent visa as an option for consideration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't cover how to execute, and it's purely academic (so if you have real experience, please help contributing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Dealing with &quot;False representation&quot;:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517628/ggfr_sec1_v26_0_ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;General grounds for refusal Section&lt;/a&gt; provides definition and consequences of refusal reasons, e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;False representation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a person lies or &lt;strong&gt;makes a false statement&lt;/strong&gt; in their application,&#xA;  either orally or in writing you must consider refusing entry or leave&#xA;  to remain. When you have evidence that a person has done this, either&#xA;  as part of their &lt;strong&gt;current or previous&lt;/strong&gt; application, the Immigration&#xA;  Rules state you &lt;strong&gt;must refuse&lt;/strong&gt; the application &lt;strong&gt;unless the particular&#xA;  paragraph of the rules allow you to use discretion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Further examples about false representation are hidden in their document)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you provided false document (thank god it's not my case), you'll likely get a 10 years ban (I have seen a happy post on the internet saying they subsequently still got a visa by asking lawyers to help applying a family visa AGAIN)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fraud and forgery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a person submits a document or information with an application which is independently verified as being forged or&#xA;  not genuine, you must consider refusing entry or leave to remain. When&#xA;  you have evidence that a person has done this, either as part of their&#xA;  current or previous application, the Immigration Rules state that you&#xA;  should refuse the application &lt;strong&gt;unless the deception related to an&#xA;  application over 10 years ago.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules part 9: grounds for refusal&lt;/a&gt; specified that Family Member under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-family-members&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix FM&lt;/a&gt; has less restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A320. Paragraphs 320 (except subparagraph (3), (10) and (11)) and 322&#xA;  do not apply to an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or&#xA;  leave to remain as a Family Member under Appendix FM&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;320 (7A) and 320 (7B) in the document covers previous false representations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the safest way is to apply a family visa under Appendix FM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Exceptional Circumstances (if your case is serious):&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the above, there is something called &lt;strong&gt;Exceptional Circumstances&lt;/strong&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-fm-family-members&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules Appendix FM: family members&lt;/a&gt; Section EX has EX.1 b) and EX.2, which applies if: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you apply for a marriage visa (5 years or 10 years route)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you never have any criminal conviction&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you never have overstaying history (this may need more clarification)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only applies when it's a serious case and you really need to use human right as a tool to help you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Marriage visa&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 2 routes for a marriage visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10 years route: can only be applied in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 years route: the only option for applications outside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3.1 - 10 years route&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/452912/Family_Life__as_a_Partner_or_Parent__and_Private_Life_-_10-year_routes_guidance_August_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix FM 1.0 Family Life (as a Partner or Parent) and Private Life: 10-Year Routes August 2015&lt;/a&gt; well explained what &quot;Exceptional Circumstances&quot; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exceptional circumstances must be considered in all cases that fall&#xA;  for refusal under the Immigration Rules. Where the Rules are not met&#xA;  but there are exceptional circumstances, leave outside the Rules&#xA;  should be granted. For guidance on exceptional circumstances, see Section 9&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;exceptional&quot; means circumstances in which refusal would result in&#xA;  unjustifiably harsh consequences for the individual or their family&#xA;  such that refusal of the application would not be proportionate under&#xA;  Article 8.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The decision maker should not usually make a decision that forces a family to split if there is no criminality to add weight to the public&#xA;  interest in removal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3.2 - 5 years route&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/452915/Appendix_FM_Section_1_0a_5-year_Partner_and_Parent_Routes_August_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix FM 1.0 Family Life (as a Partner or Parent): 5-Year Routes&#xA;August 2015&lt;/a&gt; refers to the 10 years route for &quot;exceptional circumstances&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;10.2.2. Refusing leave to remain as a partner or fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The decision maker should go on to consider whether an applicant&#xA;  failing to meet the requirements of the 5-year partner route can meet&#xA;  the requirements for leave to remain under the 10-year partner, parent&#xA;  and private life routes, or on the basis of exceptional circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For further guidance, see: Family Life (as a Partner or Parent) and&#xA;  Private Life: 10-Year Routes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth pointing out the document also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: A visitor who has overstayed (by any period of time) cannot&#xA;  qualify for the 5-year route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is overstay then? (The following is in the same document)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.5.2. Consideration of overstaying The 28-day period of overstaying is calculated from the latest of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the end of the last period of entry clearance or leave to remain granted;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the end of any extension of leave under sections 3C or 3D of the Immigration Act 1971;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the point that a migrant is deemed to have received a written notice of invalidity/rejection,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in accordance with paragraph 34C or 34CA of the Immigration Rules, in relation to an intime application for leave to remain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;4. Can you meet financial requirements?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to also point out an unofficial news page that I found (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/08/immigration-rules-couples-stark-choice&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stark choice under immigration rules&lt;/a&gt;), which indicates that you need to watch out your income and finance, so check carefully if you meet the criteria from official documentation (not covered in this answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;5. If you worry about whether you would get a re-entry bans&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270043/chapter62.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 62 – Re-entry Bans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, these are the main possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 year ban: if you 1) voluntarily leave, 2) overstay by more than 90 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 years ban: 1) voluntarily leave, 2) overstay by 90 days to 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 years ban: 1) voluntarily leave, 2) overstay by more than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10 years ban: Enforced removal or deportation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;5. Deception flow chart&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I would like to put this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/257803/rfl3207a-flowchart.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;nice flow chart&lt;/a&gt; from the official website. If you don't get a letter saying 1) False representations or information, 2) Material facts not disclosed, or 3) False documents, then you wouldn't even need to worry so much about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vaNHq.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vaNHq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me to correct this answer if there is anything not accurate. I really hope this answer would not only help people who really need to use Appendix FM, but also help others to avoid some naive mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10044" LastEditorUserId="10044" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T11:10:56.733" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T11:10:56.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-09T09:27:57.603" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen but have been living in Asia for awhile. Recently I wanted to relocate back to EU for an mechanical engineering career, and Netherlands is one of the place that I am considering. I have started applied couple dozens of engineering positions online, but most of the HR/agency that I spoke with wanted me move to Netherlands first, as the application process would be more convenient for interviews and such. But since I don't really have a place to stay in UK/EU anymore, I am a little confused about what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I find a temporary apartment and moved there first while I try to seek a job there? How difficult is it to find a cheap temporary housing in Netherlands? The concerned that after I moved there and I am still not be able to find a job in a relatively short time. So I wondered if I could intern/volunteer in a smaller/local company while I am staying there for job hunt, thus my CV won't be empty in case of the initial unsuccessful job hunt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I can't speak Dutch at all yet, I don't mind learning another language. I have studied some basic German before, which might helps to learn Dutch a little bit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there national career service or something similar in Netherlands that I could speak to for advice? If you have any tips for applying jobs aboard please share as well. Thank you for your help in advanced. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10028" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T16:53:42.613" Title="Job hunting in Netherlands for a foreigner (while abroad)" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="493" CreationDate="2016-08-09T11:05:39.537" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process of exchanging for a UK license requires dealing with UK authorities, who are not able to renew your Italian license. To renew your Italian license, you have to deal with Italian authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10111" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T11:05:39.537" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-08T06:23:17.243" Score="15" ViewCount="1240" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Syrian refugee who escaped the war! In my country I am considered an outlaw for doing this. I currently live in Romania and I need to visit the embassy to renew my Syrian passport as they officially announced that they are renewing passports, even for people who are outlaws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, could I be arrested for breaking the Syrian law inside the embassy of Syria in Romania? And maybe later be transferred back to Syria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9193" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-08-12T05:35:19.510" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T16:15:52.243" Title="Is it possible for my country's embassy to arrest me abroad?" Tags="&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9177" CreationDate="2016-08-09T23:13:10.107" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a D type visa to study in Czech Republic. It starts on September 11th. But I would like to go there earlier. When applying to a C type (toursitic) Schengen visa, the issuing country obviously wants me to come back to my country after the expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if I have a C type visa from another Schengen country from August 20th to September 12th? Should I as well come back and go again, or can I just activate my D type by the alien police and stay there after expiration of my C type visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A slightly related problem that I am facing is, is it possible to have a C type visa starts before a D type?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10118" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T13:44:25.057" Title="Can I have a C type and a D type visa end-to-end?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11788" CreationDate="2016-08-09T23:51:41.160" Score="6" ViewCount="882" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Mexican J1-visa holder (PhD student) that studies in the US. I have been checking my options on buying a car to use in Northern California and it seems that the cheapest –– by a big margin –– would be to buy a car in Mexico and use it in the US. My plan is to return with the car to Mexico after I finish the PhD. Let me give you an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Toyota Prius 2016 in the US: starts at 24,200 USD. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Toyota Prius 2016 in Mexico: starts at ~ 17,900 USD.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As California, Mexico City has very strict emission standards so my guess is that companies like Toyota or Honda produce cars that pollute in similar amounts in Mexico and in the US so emissions seem not to be a problem. This gives me several questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Is it possible to take your car from Mexico to the US for a long period of time? Say, 4 or 5 years for example? What are the requirements and costs to take such an endeavour?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Am I allowed to exit the US without my car (by plane), leave my car in the US, while taking short trips in Mexico?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit [1 year after]: Thanks everyone for the comments and answers. Because it is quite difficult to import a car to the US, I decided to buy a car in the US. Let's hope that the new NAFTA brings more integration (yeah, right... :&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10119" LastEditorUserId="10119" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T20:47:00.930" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T20:47:00.930" Title="Entering the US with car using J-visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8955" CreationDate="2016-08-10T00:34:50.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may not be able to find this exact same brand imported in Vancouver, but it sounds like you're open to substitutes. Here's a few things I'd look into:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vancouver has a Whole Foods Market. That brand of stores often carries healthier snacks including (likely) similar &quot;multigrain thins&quot; as these would be called.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazon carries a few similar multigrain biscuits with low added salt and low fat content such as Finn Crisps or Suzie's whole grain thin cakes, with nutritional information to compare.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T00:34:50.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8966" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-10T06:28:50.123" Score="0" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can my &quot;underage&quot; partner be included in a retirement visa for Thailand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, how do I go about doing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8891" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T03:37:04.207" Title="Younger partner inclusion on a Thai retirement visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8925" CreationDate="2016-08-10T12:38:07.350" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As nvoigt says, you can use the home licence as a visitor for a set period of time.  In the UK and Canada it is 60 days. Any longer and you need to exchange the licence for the country's.  Normally this is a straight exchange, no driving is tested (although they may do a vision test).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you return to your original licenced country, you use the foreign one for the grace period again, then have to do the exchange the other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale for this is simple, if you can keep both, it'd be easy for you to pull out your foreign licence if pulled over, and have any offence lost (these things rarely go back internationally).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in Ireland there was an arrest warrant out for Ireland's worst foreign driver, a Polish man named &quot;Prawo Jazdy&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What they eventually found was that the officers had been recording the info from the foreign licence wrong and that &quot;Prawo Jazdy&quot; means &quot;Driving Licence&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;more details here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BBC News - &#xA;The mystery of Ireland's worst driver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastEditorUserId="2443" LastEditDate="2016-08-10T12:52:56.760" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T12:52:56.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8959" CreationDate="2016-08-10T14:34:09.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Temporary = hotel or hostel. Cheap = hostel. Many people stay in hostel while they look for job, many continue to live there afterwards because finding permanent appartment is difficult, and sometimes it's cheaper to stay in hostel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Netherlands are a small country, and smaller countries tend to be more 'internationalized', so not speaking Dutch will be not a big issue by many companies (while it's hardly possible to find a job in UK without speaking English, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brexit could be more an issue, but as long as UK stays in EU, you won't need job permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's to be expected HR agency would want you to move to The Netherlands first, but if you contact your future employer directly, it should be possible to take interview per skype first, and then invite you to their HQ for final interview, which, unless you mess something up, should be just a formality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T14:34:09.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2016-08-11T08:38:09.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are your main options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An unfurnished apartment by yourself&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A furnished apartment by yourself&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;friendly&quot; apartment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Student housing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A roommate situation&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unfurnished apartments&lt;/strong&gt;. the law protects renters so much that most landlords will demand certain guarantees. You would typically need to show a stable source of income amounting to 3x rent, or (as a student) have a guarantor in France with 3x rent in disposable income or significant assets. If you can show this much income / guarantor, you can use sites like pap.fr, avendrealouer.fr or leboncoin.fr.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Furnished apartments&lt;/strong&gt; are less regulated. If you're going there for a few months, this may be a good option. The same sites might have good listings. Still, it's a little tricky to secure these ahead of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Friendly&quot; apartments&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm talking about informal arrangements here—find your &quot;tribe&quot; and make it work for you. Ask around at your university, anyone you know through your network—you never know who may be going away for a few months and needs house-sitting or would do a sublet. Maybe someone from your university in Spain did a similar trip a year before and kept in touch with their landlord, with whom they had a good experience? Try also expat websites such as FUSAC. If you're affiliated with some religion, make it work for you... some people report finding good deals in publications such as &quot;famille chrétienne&quot; or on the (physical) bulletin board of the American Church in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Student housing&lt;/strong&gt;. These are usually good deals if you can stand the communal living spaces. Look into your school / university's resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Roommate situation&lt;/strong&gt;. This may be the most flexible setup as it's relatively informal, though a few months may be a bit too short for most roommates. Use school bulletin boards and leboncoin.fr.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid absolutely&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;list vendors&quot; (&lt;em&gt;marchands de listes&lt;/em&gt;). These are shops (online and physical) who will sell you, in exchange for an upfront fee, a list of owners of supposedly attractive and available apartments so that you can hit them up for a private, commission-less deal. You may find out after calling a few that the apartments aren't actually available anymore, and the shop will claim that it's the owner's fault for not letting them know before. These services work well in other places but I've never heard anybody say anything good about them in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T08:38:09.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-11T08:52:33.513" Score="2" ViewCount="2095" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to change the address in the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) online? Can it be done from abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10132" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T13:51:04.033" Title="How to change Address in Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket)?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8973" CreationDate="2016-08-11T13:51:04.033" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can be done online if you use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteverket.se/privat/sjalvservice/allaetjanster/omelegitimation/utgivareavelegitimation.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc8000736.html&quot;&gt;e-legitimation&lt;/a&gt;.  This is provided through banks, so as long as you have a bank-account and an operating system supported by your banks e-legitimation, you can do it from anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, it can only be done on paper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T13:51:04.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8962" CreationDate="2016-08-12T08:14:31.997" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if they 'arrest' you, they will still have to detain you in some kind of a facility, something unlikely to be a part of any embassy, and that's assuming they even have the personnel available to conduct such an arrest and detention. Also, they still have to transport you through Romanian territory to Syria. Whether or not you have sought protection, that would require some kind of agreement between Syrian and Romanian authorities to allow that to take place. There is an extradition treaty between Syria and Romania, but that is for crimes of a very serious nature and I'm not sure how that applies anyway since you would have been arrested by, and in custody of, Syrians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. I think your biggest issues are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they would issue you another passport at all (some countries deny passports to those accused of crimes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether letting the embassy know your location would not invoke a response from Syria asking Romania to take you into custody and extradite you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments above, if you have applied for refugee status in Romania because you fear persecution from the Syrian government, then you would very likely lose that status (or relinquish the claim thereof) if you avail yourself to that same Syrian government for consular services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-03T16:15:52.243" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T16:15:52.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-30T11:01:39.040" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a one-year student visa to study at a university in Scotland. I lived there first in a rented accomodation for 5 months and then as a guest at my friend's for five as she was going through an emotional crisis and begged me to move into her association flat with her, free of rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing this as a financial opportunity  and emotional support for my friend I agreed. I didn't pay rent but I did pay all the bills and food expenses so it was almost the same amount. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my one-year visa has ended and I am back in my country. I was out before my visa ended. When I moved in with my friend I had informed the council and university, so I don't think it was a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have gotten a progression into a three year course and I am applying for a visa again from my home country. I have the required funds in my account and meet all the requirements for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if my living as a guest with my friend would cause them to reject me. Because I have the money and this time I am renting a flat for a whole year. Even if I had rented an association flat it was not against the law but I didn't, I was just a guest making sure my friend was fine. I have never ever had an overdraft or any kind of debt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I'm abroad I'm still paying all my contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Rida" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T02:22:51.350" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T02:22:51.350" Title="Would staying as a guest at a friend's affect my visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-02T14:20:09.130" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm relocating from Canada to Brazil to be with my common-law partner, who is Brazilian and is currently there. I would like to take some of our household goods, books and mementos with me when I fly as extra luggage, because it is cheaper than shipping it. &#xA;I would like to know if I can bring in household goods on a travel visa, as I will be applying for permanent resident status once in Brazil. &#xA;I have called and emailed the Brazilian Consulate here and have not heard back. &#xA;Does anyone have experience moving to Brazil under similar circumstances?&#xA;Any advice will be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Monika" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T06:48:43.567" Title="Moving household goods to Brazil on tourist visa" Tags="&lt;regulations&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-12T17:36:22.253" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a job offer from Japan, I'll be relocating with family, 2 adults, 3 kids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a visa requirement, I have to mention entry and departure dates on the visa form. What do I put in the case of a work visa (stay for more than 1 year)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the visa application, does booking of ticket (not buying) will be ok, or do I need to buy for all 5 family members? Surely I'll be buying them, but after we get the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I buy one-way tickets or do I need to buy return tickets? I want to save money here. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10140" OwnerDisplayName="emkays" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T02:40:38.743" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T15:48:53.817" Title="Japan work visa and tickets for 5 family members?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8981" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8985" CreationDate="2016-08-13T07:44:19.780" Score="0" ViewCount="944" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been issued an E-2 5 years multiple entries visa and i was wondering if i can get health insurance in the US for myself and my family (Who also have a E2 5 years multiple entries visa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the process of health insurance when i arrive in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10143" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T18:46:50.660" Title="I am an E-2 Visa holder. Can i get any health insurance" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8983" CreationDate="2016-08-13T13:23:03.330" Score="5" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was at lunch with an associate the other day and he mentioned that he had managed to get his kids dutch passports simply because their grandparents were born and raised in the NL.  I think in the world of global travel having a dutch passport with free travel within the EU would be extremely handy. I've done some research on the naturalisation process with the NL but I can't see how this applies to me.  Here's my situation and I'm hoping someone can either dispel the myth or point me in the right direction:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) My parents are both from holland. My dad was born in 1933 and my mom 1936.  They immigrated to Canada after WWII and both have landed immigrant status in Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) I was born in 1969 in Canada. I've never held anything but a Canadian passport and I've never lived abroad.  I am married to a Canadian who has been in Canada for generations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) My children were born in 2002 and 2004 and are Canadian citizens as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my reading I can't see how I could apply for dutch passports for my kids simply because their grandparents were born in the NL.  If anyone can clarify this for me I'd appreciate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10144" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T17:42:59.177" Title="Applying for NL Passport" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8982" CreationDate="2016-08-13T17:28:16.637" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your associate was oversimplifying his story.  Nobody can get a Dutch passport &quot;simply because their grandparents were born and raised in the Netherlands.&quot;  However, if a person's grandparents were Dutch citizens, there's a chance that that person is also a Dutch citizen, in which case she would be able to get a Dutch passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key thing is to establish that the person who wants a Dutch passport is a Dutch citizen.  If Dutch grandparents are involved, you will need to show that the person's &lt;em&gt;parent&lt;/em&gt; was also a Dutch citizen.  (This does not depend on whether the parent ever acquired a Dutch passport or other evidence of Dutch nationality.)  Essentially, you have to show that each generation held Dutch citizenship when the subsequent generation was born, and that the conditions existed for the child to acquire Dutch citizenship by birth.  This means that each parent must not have lost Dutch nationality before the birth of the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general if the grandparents were naturalized elsewhere, that is, if they voluntarily acquired another nationality, they will have lost their Dutch nationality.  Since your parents are &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; landed immigrants, they are &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; Dutch citizens, and were at the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you were born in 1969, therefore, you were also a Dutch citizen.  You probably lost that citizenship when you turned 28 (10 years after becoming 18).  That happened in 1997.  There are several things that would have prevented you from losing your Dutch nationality for 10 years, such as living in the Netherlands or the EU for at least one year, or getting a Dutch passport or certificate of citizenship.  You never did either of these things, it seems, but if you had, you would have triggered a new 10-year period at the end of which you would have lost your Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules around the 10-year period and loss of nationality changed a couple of times in the last few decades, but I don't think the details will help you.  The only thing I can think that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; help you is that the current rules include an exception for people married to someone serving in an international organization (such as the UN) of which the Netherlands is a member.  So if your spouse works for an organization like that, you might be in luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you lost your Dutch nationality at age 28, your daughters, who were born after that, are not Dutch citizens, and therefore aren't eligible for Dutch passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a more thorough analysis with regard to the specific nationality law that was in effect when you were born, at each point when you might have lost your Dutch nationality, and when your daughters were born, you can apply at the Dutch consulate.  They will tell you what evidence they need to determine whether you are a Dutch national and when, if ever, you lost Dutch nationality.  If you lost it after your daughters' birth, then they are Dutch citizens and can get Dutch passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-08-13T17:42:59.177" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T17:42:59.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-13T17:48:41.477" Score="3" ViewCount="559" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a non-EU citizen. I have an offer from a company for work. The company stated that I will have to apply for a German national category-d visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am a holder of German national category d visa (employment visa), then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can my spouse who is also highly skilled worker in Germany without any restrictions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10146" LastEditorUserId="10146" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T16:02:34.247" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T07:52:57.680" Title="German national visa - category d, can spouse work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8981" CreationDate="2016-08-13T18:46:50.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually your employer will offer health insurance for you and your spouse and children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they do not, then you can purchase insurance from your state's health insurance (Obamacare) exchange, or purchase insurance directly from insurance companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T18:46:50.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-14T03:03:16.973" Score="1" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I submitted my Tier 4 visa application form, I put the application number instead of CAS (&lt;em&gt;Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies&lt;/em&gt;) number.&lt;br /&gt;I &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; included a copy of the CAS  with my documents. Will I get a visa refusal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10148" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-17T16:28:15.447" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T03:57:53.663" Title="Providing a wrong CAS number into the visa application form" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8542" CreationDate="2016-08-14T06:45:42.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For self employment you need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One self statutory declaration stating your dates, projects, clients,&#xA;and most importantly the skills you utilised on those projects.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One skills reference per client stating the dates, your roles and&#xA;skills.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A reference letter from your accountant stating the nature of&lt;br&gt;&#xA;business.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any additional document you think will help prove your self employed&#xA;status- business registration documents, tax documents, company&#xA;account statement, purchase orders/ invoices.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T06:45:42.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8202" CreationDate="2016-08-14T06:50:01.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;6 years will be deducted under the RPL type application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Source- Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf from the ACS website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastEditorUserId="7037" LastEditDate="2016-08-14T15:28:39.217" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T15:28:39.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-14T13:21:59.980" Score="2" ViewCount="666" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is Adliy Romany. I was born in 1983 and my nationality is Egyptian. &#xA;I am an Engineer and I worked from more than 11 years abroad my country.&#xA;Now I live in Romania, because I am married to a Romanian woman and also I have Romanian Residence Permit for living and work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After our marriage, my wife, received a job offer in the UK. She wants to relocate to this country as she has already free access to live and work there, because she is EU citizen. So, I must relocate and settle down with her also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Romanian officials, from Romanian Government, told us that I can travel with her to UK, due to the fact I possess a residence permit of working and living released by an EU country and I don't need anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this assurance, from the Romanian government, I contacted British Airways, to check ticket prices and availability, and they told me that only documents i need (more than passport) are Romanian Residence Permit and marriage certificate in original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, to be 100% percent sure, I called at British Embassy in Romania and they told me that I can't travel like this and I will need a Join Partner Visa, but I can't apply to them directly and also I will need some documents to support my application, like: proof of my wife's working contract (which I don't know if she will sign before travelling or once she arrives in the UK), proof of address in the UK where we will live (and, I sadly discovered, that we can't rent a place until we are actually there; so I can't have it before), bank statement, marriage certificate, etc. (which I can provide).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am very confused and I don't know who is right and who is not and also what I can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to travel with my wife (we can't be separated), I need to be legal (to have right to work), because with my experience it's a big chance I can find work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, please, kindly, tell me if I need visa to travel there or not and, in case I need visa, for which kind of visa should I apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10149" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-08-15T20:21:45.087" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T11:00:51.760" Title="Egyptian married with Eu citizen, having already EU Residence Permit, can i travel to UK without visa? What about working there?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8980" CreationDate="2016-08-14T14:37:59.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Talk to your employer. Have they gotten a certificate of eligibility for you yet? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/visa/CoE.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Japanese Embassy in the UK&lt;/a&gt; states are required to apply for a work visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once a Certificate of Eligibility has been obtained, the applicant should bring in:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1. Valid passport&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2. One visa application form (sample), completed and signed&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3. One passport-sized photograph approx. 45mm x 45mm (taken within the last 6 months)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  4. Original Certificate of Eligibility&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  5. One photocopy of Certificate of Eligibility &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your local embassy may have different requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T02:42:55.517" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T02:42:55.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8951" CreationDate="2016-08-14T18:08:35.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got approval on mvv, it took three weeks to get the approval letter so I think it's fine.&#xA;After that I have had to go to the Dutch embassy to get an mvv sticker on my passport, and that takes 1 or 2 weeks (it  goes to Washington, and I'm in south America)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10152" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T18:08:35.233" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-15T22:05:01.920" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is currently in India and her name is wrongly printed on her passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Passport:&#xA;Firstname = ABC DEF&#xA;Surname = Blank&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H4 visa:&#xA;Firstname = FNU&#xA;Surname = ABC DEF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, since she is in India, so I am thinking of getting her passport corrected, i.e. splitting name in her passport. But the concern is, can she travel to USA with visa in old passport and updated name in new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8514" LastActivityDate="2016-08-15T22:05:01.920" Title="Can H4 visa holder travel with new name over passport" Tags="&lt;names&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8995" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11687" CreationDate="2016-08-16T06:29:10.900" Score="7" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living in the Netherlands with an indefinite work contract and work permit. I'm looking for new work, and I want to understand my legal rights once I have either verbally accepted a new position, or signed a new employment contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At either stage (verbal agreement or signed contract) am I within my rights to pull out before the start date of the new position?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that verbal agreements are often considered binding in the Netherlands, and I also understand that employment laws are sometimes different for foreign workers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not within my legal rights, what are the possible consequences of doing so any way? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I'm not asking if this is strictly a &quot;good idea&quot;, or whether it's good manners or ethical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="28" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T12:05:27.787" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T11:50:23.183" Title="Can I legally back out on a job offer after accepting?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-16T09:19:11.730" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in an apartment in Germany. The whole building belongs to a private company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My rental contract ends at the end of a month. I asked to move out at the middle of the month (still paying for the whole month).&#xA;They want to charge me an extra 50€ for this &quot;special appointment&quot;, and I have to pay in cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a common practice in Germany? Is it even legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6186" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T09:19:11.730" Title="Is is legal to pay an extra fee for moving out early of an apartment in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2017-07-18T02:11:54.573" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8991" CreationDate="2016-08-16T10:30:40.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both are soemwhat wrong, in different ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contrary to what the Romanian official told you, you do need a visa to enter the UK.*&lt;/strong&gt; Because your wife is Romanian and you live in Romania, what you have is probably a regular Romanian residence permit, not a residence card for &quot;members of the family of an EU citizen&quot; (or &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article 10 residence card&quot;&lt;/a&gt;). You can therefore be required to apply for a visa to enter the UK, depending on your citizenship (Egyptian citizens need one). However, if, for some reason, you do have an article 10 residence card (e.g. because you &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department)_v_Immigration_Appeal_Tribunal_and_Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;previously lived with your wife in another EU country&lt;/a&gt;), then you should be able to accompany your wife to the UK without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But the advice from the British embassy was not very helpful.&lt;/strong&gt; Whether you need a visa or not, since your wife is an EU citizen and EU law still fully applies to the UK in spite of the recent referendum, you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; covered by the EU freedom of movement. This means that the right visa for you is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;. That's good because it should be easier to obtain and is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; cheaper than, e.g., the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;'family of a settled person' visa&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. 0 vs. GBP 1000+).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-17T11:00:51.760" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T11:00:51.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8999" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9005" CreationDate="2016-08-16T12:15:37.543" Score="5" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation is next one. My previous employer made a mistake and instead of deducting 300 EUR a month for my train subscription, they were paying me it extra.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I treated this amount as their compensation for traveling and several times contacted HR that I don't see a deduction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left this company and finally they found the mistake. Right now they are asking me to pay around 5000 EUR back. I can not and don't want to pay this amount in one time. I tried to negotiate it to pay in smaller amounts. They are fine that I pay it partially but asking to pay in bigger chunks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I got a letter starting with &quot;Politely I ask your attention for the following...&quot; and it comes from their lawyer. I assume it might come to the court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a small hope that someone could give me thoughts about my rights. I also applied for legal insurance but it will start only in 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-17T06:22:15.193" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T21:13:15.487" Title="In the Netherlands, am I obligated to refund a previous employer for missing deductions?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;labor-law&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-16T13:48:01.863" Score="3" ViewCount="455" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Employment visa from India with first week of July as Employment start date. I have got the visa for first 3 months and moved to Germany. Since there is a delay in starting the Project, the Employer wants to change the Contract start date to first week of September. The employer suggests to use the new Contract to apply for Blue card in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been taking German language course during this time. I work in IT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this change in Employment start date cause any issues with my Blue card application? Please suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10162" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T13:48:01.863" Title="Applying for Blue card in Germany - Change in Employment contract date" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-16T16:51:08.833" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am dual citizen French-US living in US since 1961, now retired, with a small savings in Paris credit union.  Savings is from French parents’ inheritance, not from earned income.  Paris Credit Union is requesting filled US W-9 form to give me my balance amount.  Will the IRS tax me on the yearly income or the whole balance?  Since husband has Alzheimer am not planning many trips to Paris – should I close Paris account and wire it back to US? Will I be taxed on whole account, or should I just leave it there and use it on trips to Paris?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10163" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T21:41:01.953" Title="US taxes on French/US retiree Paris savings account will be for whole balance or yearly income?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8886" CreationDate="2016-08-16T19:30:18.950" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, By looking at your question u did &quot;MSc from Hertfordshire university&quot;. No UK masters degree comes under Washington accord  accredited. it only shows your university is recognised or not, well Hertfordshire university is recognised university.&#xA;secondly, comes to your specialisation &quot;Operations and supply chain management&quot; you need to contact some consultant or DIBP AUSTRALIA. I am sure it is not listed in the recognised course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10164" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T19:30:18.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8999" CreationDate="2016-08-16T20:52:50.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very partial answer, because while I live in the Netherlands, all of my labor law experience is knowledge is from a different state and legal culture (Israel). Still, it might be useful to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You must at least reply&lt;/strong&gt;. Regardless of whether you reach the conclusion that you owe them the money, or reach the conclusion that you don't owe it (or owe only some of it), you must reply to their letter within a reasonable amount of time and state (perhaps even explain) your position.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't assume you were &quot;paid extra&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. If I understood correctly, it's not that you got +300 EUR for a train subscription and the train subscription itself, but rather that you got the subscription but they did not make a corresponding deduction. It is &lt;em&gt;not at all clear&lt;/em&gt; that the situation is that you were &quot;paid extra&quot; - and do not concede that this is the case even if they tell you it is. You have to scrutinize your written contract and its exact wording on this matter; and whatever collective agreements are in effect (see also my next point).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consult the relevant union&lt;/strong&gt;. In the Netherlands, most employees are represented by a union in some way or another. Sometimes your union rep is someone down the hall, sometime you just hear about union negotiations with management on the national level. At any rate, try to figure out which union you were represented by, and go talk to them. (Doing this online is not always useful, it would probably be best to do it in person and with someone who speaks Dutch.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The custom may trump the contract, legally&lt;/strong&gt; - it's possible that even if originally your employment contract mandated a deduction, your employees non-deduction cannot be legally undone after the passage of this much time. This depends on Dutch law, especially labor law: Is the employer considered to have been aware of what it was doing, after enough time has passed? Which party is responsible for an employer's negligence? Is there legal significance to the fact that you had made expenses based on the knowledge that your salary is X rather than X - 300? It's possible (but not certain!) that the law in this case might mandate you not having to return the money, or only having to return upto a certain amount, or upto a certain time into the past etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are actually threatened with a lawsuit, consult a lawyer.&lt;/strong&gt; 5,000 EUR is enough money to merit at least a one-time consultation with a lawyer. And it is not unlikely that the relevant union could help you with this, either with free legal consultation, free representation vis-a-vis the employer, or suggestions regarding lawyers to contact.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Even if somehow you end up acknowledging you owe them, insist on a gradual refund&lt;/strong&gt;. I would almost bet that even if you owe them the money, they cannot legally expect it to be paid immediately. So at worst you can at least insist, I would think, on paying back not significantly more than a certain fraction of your current wage. Again - I can't be certain, it's just my legal intuition.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T22:35:45.273" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T22:35:45.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9003" CreationDate="2016-08-16T21:41:01.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't have to pay taxes on it, as inheritance and gifts are generally exempt, but you do have to report it.&#xA;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/gifts-from-foreign-person&quot;&gt;IRS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a U.S. person who received foreign gifts of money or other property, you may need to report these gifts on Form 3520, Annual Return to Report Transactions with Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts. Form 3520 is an information return, not a tax return, because foreign gifts are not subject to income tax.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to consult with a tax professional as you decide what works best for you, and before you file next year's tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T21:41:01.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9009" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11784" CreationDate="2016-08-17T14:49:32.163" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Mexican citizen and have a job offer from a US company. I was wondering how a request letter from my employer (so I can take it to my visa application interview) should look like. Will the offer letter itself suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI: I'm applying for a TN-1 Visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10171" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T11:57:22.557" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T17:08:56.720" Title="How should a request letter from employer look like" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8988" CreationDate="2016-08-18T09:31:57.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that the Border Agency official will be checking the CAS certificate you provided as well as your supporting documents.  If all is in order, you should not be refused for inserting the incorrect number on the application form. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10173" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T09:31:57.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8792" CreationDate="2016-08-18T13:32:15.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three separate questions here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are non-EU citizen students allowed to work in the Czech Republic? The answer is &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, you may work for as many hours as you want. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://portal.mpsv.cz/sz/zahr_zam/zz_zamest_cizincu/zz_zvlastni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; for proof:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No employment permit, Employee Card or Blue Card is required from a foreigner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;who is systematically preparing for a future occupation in the territory of the Czech Republic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are non-EU citizens allowed to work for foreign companies? Absolutely, as long as they register as a self-employed person and pay taxes locally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can you continue paying taxes back in the US? No, as a full-time student you will become a tax resident of Czech Republic and here is where most of the tax would be paid. I am aware that the US taxes its citizens worldwide, but luckily for you there exists a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/czech-republic-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; between the US and Czech Republic, allowing you to deduct Czech taxes from whatever you owe to the US government. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-12-26T20:28:03.490" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T20:28:03.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8955" CreationDate="2016-08-18T19:40:27.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest you go to your nearest Walmart and try out some of the (many!) cracker products there; you should be able to find something reasonably close to Blevita there.  At least at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.walmart.ca/en/pantry-households-pets/chips-snacks/cookies-crackers/N-347&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.walmart.ca/en/pantry-households-pets/chips-snacks/cookies-crackers/N-347&lt;/a&gt; they seem to have a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; large assortment to choose from!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10177" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T19:40:27.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-19T09:32:22.017" Score="6" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a tier 2 general visa which expires on 30/09/16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I needed to extend the visa, so recently I applied the visa in while I was on vacation in my home country( outside UK). So the visa got approved, and I got a new visa sticker (vignette) which is valid from15/09/16-14/10/16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my airplane arrives in UK at 31/08/16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I enter UK on the date? The date 31 Aug is before the valid start date for new visa, while it is also before the expire date of my old visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is my old visa still valid at 31/08/16? Or is it no longer valid since I got a new one? I am curious whether I must postpone my airplane or not... ( If I have to postpone, it will also cause some trouble for my job..)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your answer in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10178" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T16:45:39.377" Title="Visa questions regarding extension and entry" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-19T15:12:16.940" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK national living in Germany with a British driving license from 1991. I can't renew or update my British license (as confirmed by DVLA)  as I don't have an address in Great Britain. However, the old license has no photo, contains my maiden name and my last address in Great Britain. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10181" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T18:40:11.660" Title="British driving license from 1991 but living in Germany" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8361" CreationDate="2016-08-19T15:22:14.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to close this question. I do not know the exact answer to this issue, but I did not fall under the &quot;Highly Qualified Workers&quot; and my wife was required to prove A1 German prior to immigration. The &quot;Highly Qualified Workers&quot; besides degree and years of experience also takes into consideration the position you are applying to: Mostly Manager positions. I fulfill the &quot;technical&quot; requirements but I'm not in a manager position. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9597" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T15:22:14.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-19T18:35:40.260" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it necessary to travel (or necessary stamping done) to Belgium within 4 months from work permit start date (the work permit is valid for one year) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10182" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:13.913" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:13.913" Title="Belgium Travel - Work Permit condition" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9016" CreationDate="2016-08-19T18:40:11.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as the UK is still part of the EU, your drivers license is valid in Germany for as long as it is valid in the UK. So from the legal site you are fine.&#xA;But, as mentioned above, with a European drivers license you have the right to exchange it to a drivers license from the country you moved to (Germany). So with Brexit in mind, maybe it helps to get it changed soon.&#xA;For that you can just make an appointment at the Bürgeramt of the city you are living in and bring a biometric photo, your passport, a medical okay from a doctor and a short check up at the eye doctor. The list probably depends on your city and they might have prefilled forms, so check on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10002" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T18:40:11.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8999" CreationDate="2016-08-19T21:13:15.487" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You worked for the company and received payment. You thought you were paid well, that's why you stayed with the company for 16 months. If your pay had been lower, you might have looked for a job elsewhere. Now they claim that your pay was actually €5,000 less than you believed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be greatly to your disadvantage. Even if they were right, by paying you more than your actual salary all the time, they made you believe you were paid well and made you not look for better paying jobs. And you didn't put that money into savings, you spent it because you relied on them getting your salary right. So you have some excellent arguments why you shouldn't have to return that money, because if you had to pay it back, their incompetence would be to your huge disadvantage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Talk to a lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T21:13:15.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-20T09:01:52.023" Score="0" ViewCount="377" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving back to the USA after a few decades living and working abroad. I have a question about shipping my kitchen stuff. Am I permitted to ship my kitchen spices? I have googled this and not found a definitive answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if the shipping company will allow it, if US customs will allow it, and if the US food/agricultural rules allow it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my doubt area and the reason for the thread. I made a shipment of personal effects to the USA about two months ago. By mistake I checked a wrong box on one of the forms. I believe I indicated by this erroneous check that I was &quot;importing goods&quot; into the USA and that the contents of the suitcase were not personal effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, in the case of importing goods, one of the items I had shipped, a pair of sunglasses, has to pass a special test for shatterproof glass or something like that. If it's a personal effect, no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My son, whom I shipped to, called customs in New Jersey and cleared up the mistake. But from what I understand, the whole shipment was held up, due to this error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to include any dodgy item (a kitchen spice for example), which could hold up the whole shipment. I have no idea what happens in the situation where there is one &quot;prohibited&quot; item. I mean, yeah, ok, remove the offending item and throw it away, fine. But I'm not sure if it works that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10184" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T22:51:18.160" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T22:51:18.160" Title="Household goods shipping back to USA" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-21T02:31:06.260" Score="2" ViewCount="2242" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are RSU's included in the &quot;base salary&quot; information included on an H1B visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone gone through the process and matched up the dollar amount in the offer from the company with the information on the visa application? Or has created a compensation package for someone your company sponsored and done this comparison too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10186" LastActivityDate="2016-08-21T06:57:55.863" Title="Does the &quot;base salary&quot; information reported on an H1B Visa application include RSUs?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9023" CreationDate="2016-08-21T06:57:55.863" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;RSU's are not reported as &quot;base salary&quot;　because they're not base salary. RSUs are bonuses, and cannot be &quot;base salary&quot; by definition - since they're restricted. RSU's are generally awarded as a retention award, and vest during the period of the time the company is interested in your staying. Similarly, any other discretionary or conditional bonus cannot be and is not considered as &quot;base salary&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The base salary on the visa application must match the base salary on your payslip. As such, this is easy to confirm and will be checked during DOL audits, when the employee applies for a new sticker, an extension or a green card. I don't think anyone would want to play with this - this is the easiest thing to catch and any VO at any consulate will ask for your recent payslips any time you come by them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In another thread you mentioned that the IRS treatment of RSU vest as salary confused you. The IRS treats any compensation as salary, and that includes RSUs, bonuses, and any other reward you're getting in return to your personal services. But &quot;salary&quot; is not the same as &quot;base salary&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-08-21T06:57:55.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-21T12:35:18.260" Score="1" ViewCount="392" Body="&lt;p&gt;By birth, I am a Bangladeshi citizen and have a valid passport. I also have Italian citizenship and thus also carry an Italian passport. I have been living in the UK for a certain time, and I want to be a British citizen as well. How many valid passports can I carry at a time? &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5945/what-is-the-highest-number-of-citizenships-one-can-hold/5948#5948&quot;&gt;There is already a question on how many citizenship one can hold.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10160" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T13:19:47.753" Title="How many passports can I have?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2016-08-22T13:05:51.640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-21T13:10:10.273" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I am in UK for 1 year ICT tier 2 visa. I got. Schengen visa valid from April to Sep 25. My UK visa ends by Nov 25,2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard I cant come back to UK next time, if I travel to any Schengen country and not return before 3 months of UK visa expiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say suppose, if I go to France by Sep 10 and return Sep 15(valid schengen visa period) to UK. Sep 15 is not with in 3 months of UK visa expiry Nov 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do like this I won't be eligible to come back to UK next time may be year or later. Is there any such rules are available? Googled a lot and coudnt get clear picture on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure I can book a trip or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10188" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T06:15:54.290" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T06:15:54.290" Title="Can I return to the UK if my Tier 2 visa expires in less than 2 days?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9027" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-22T01:35:23.027" Score="2" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ukrainian national, holding an ILR UK visa. My husband of 10 years and our 2-year-old son are both British. We have lived and worked in Thailand since 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband has already relocated back to the UK, setting up a new home for us and I am planning to follow next month with our son and two adopted dogs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What sort of permit or visa, if any, would I require, as I have been away from the UK for more than 2 years? My ILR is in my old Ukrainian passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10189" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-21T00:20:19.703" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T00:20:19.703" Title="How can a former holder of ILR return to the UK after 6 years abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-22T12:26:37.883" Score="4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a USA national. My wife is a French national (children dual). We reside in the USA. My wife is a professor and has received a sabbatical. We will accompany my wife on her sabbatical. We intend to spend the first part in South Africa. We intend to be there for very nearly three months and then go to France. From what I have read, I am supposed to apply for my French long-stay visa (for spouse of French national) in my country of residence and within three months of arriving in France. This leaves a very narrow window in which to secure a visa at the consulate here in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other information: We will be in France for ~4.5 months. I am a software developer and will continue to work for my USA company while in France. I will have business in Spain (attending conference) during my stay in France. I may want to visit countries outside the Schengen area while staying in France (e.g. Morocco).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read what official resources there are about visas that are provided in English. I know there is more information in French but I do not read French well enough to navigate those resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there any way I can either, apply for the long-stay visa while in South Africa or apply for it after I arrive in France (which would, by default, be on a short-stay visa)? Any other ideas? I would prefer to stay within proscribed procedures rather than taking any chances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10192" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T04:24:59.383" Title="Can I get a French long-stay visa after entering on a short-stay visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9027" CreationDate="2016-08-22T12:32:00.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Considering how much time has passed since you have left, I think your possibilities are going to be strained if you want to go to the UK next month. To be honest, it will be a bit enthusiastic to think you will be returning next month and actually allowed into the UK without a visa in hand. Your ILR has thoroughly lapsed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the Returning Resident application, but the problems with this are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is notoriously difficult, if not impossible, to get this visa. I've only seen one success story myself, and that was after an appeal of the initial refusal with a very good lawyer (and maybe a bit of luck and a judge who was in a liberal mood that day).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It takes time to get this visa, easily weeks to months before a decision is reached, not to mention the time it takes to prepare the application and send it off. If it is not successful, which it most likely will not be, you will again be at square one unless you make an appeal that is likely to fail anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Spouse Visa&lt;/a&gt;. Your husband has to provide certain minimum evidence of his ability to support you (son is excluded as he is BC) including meeting certain minimum financial qualifications. I'm assuming he qualifies, although concerned about the time he may have worked with his current employer as some minimum pay details require evidence. He may have a big fat bank account however, so won't go further into that. Therefore, your big issue again is just time. This visa is quicker and many cases have been sorted out in weeks (website says usually within 12 weeks), but it can take longer, even for 'straightforward' applications. Apply now, be ready to wait that full 12 weeks, and wait and wait....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-22T12:43:51.697" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T12:43:51.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8779" CreationDate="2016-08-22T18:09:50.507" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a specialist on law but I can give you my intuition as someone who has moved in and out of Germany a couple of times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my knowledge there are quite a lot of people (Germans) who moved to a city and &quot;forgot&quot; to register. Technically there is a fine on it but I think it's rather rarely applied. The case of the fine arises only when you go to the Bürgeramt to get your new address registered. Once all that is already in the past, I feel like it looses a lot of importance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more thing: The concept of Hauptwohnsitz (main residence) has a relatively unclear defintion in German law. Usually, the main residence is considered to be the place where you have the center of your life (if that makes any sense). It can be totally legal for a German student to study in Berlin and have a small apartment in Berlin while he still has his main residence in Potsdam because his parents have a house there and he still has a room there. I think a semester abroad in Germany might be a similar case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would have happened if you had lived in hotels or other temporary places the whole time? You definitely cannot register those as your residence either…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10002" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-22T20:03:46.213" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T20:03:46.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9033" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9034" CreationDate="2016-08-22T18:34:04.920" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend from Russia who is working on his PhD. He has a US student visa (F-1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have received a job to create a mobile application for our local government in which we would both receive a fairly large payment. He has informed me that his visa restricts him to only working for the university at a maximum of 20 hours per week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there anyway he could receive payment? Small loop hole?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My plan was to create my own business and allow them to 1099 me. If he could be paid through this method that would be ideal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10194" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T15:15:21.473" Title="Receive payment outside university when on F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9033" CreationDate="2016-08-23T05:16:18.617" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there anyway he could receive payment? Small loop hole?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My plan was to create my own business and allow them to 1099 me. If he could be paid through this method that would be ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he has any desires to ever stay in the US after his PHD is over - he should probably step away from this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T05:16:18.617" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8576" CreationDate="2016-08-23T09:15:35.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules are described in the page &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.douane.gouv.fr/articles/a10786-vous-souhaitez-transferer-en-france-votre-residence-principale&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Vous souhaitez transférer en France votre résidence principale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; from the French customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a nutshell, you only qualify for an exemption if you stayed in the US for &lt;strong&gt;at least 12 months&lt;/strong&gt; (whether you were considered a &quot;resident alien&quot; under US law - or more generally qualified as a resident for some purpose in any foreign country - need not impact the French definition of a foreign resident) and it only covers goods you acquired &lt;strong&gt;more than 6 months before moving&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most other situations, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/travellers/enter_eu/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the usual rules for French/EU residents returning from a visit abroad&lt;/a&gt; would apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few special rules for alcohol, tobacco, cars, horses, boats, etc. and three important procedural rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have 12 months from the date of the move to import goods under this exemption.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't need to import all your stuff at once but you must provide a full list to the customs with the first shipment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are not allowed to sell goods that benefited from this exemption in the first 12 months after you imported them. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to fill in a special form and provide evidence that you resided in the US for long enough (I assume something like a US visa and utility bills would be enough for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-08-23T11:41:09.593" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T11:41:09.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9037" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9044" CreationDate="2016-08-23T15:33:18.590" Score="5" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I have this very nice offer in the Netherlands (Work permit included). I will be there next week to negotiate, but I really want to know if it possible to take my wife with me and if she will also be able to work there? I am from Latin America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10155" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-24T06:52:46.727" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T06:52:46.727" Title="I have a job offer in the Netherlands. Can I bring my wife and can she work?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-23T19:57:00.343" Score="3" ViewCount="400" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who was born in the UK and has lived there for 18 years. I am about to move to attend college in the US and I have some questions about addresses etc. When applying for bank accounts, I've been asked for a legal/residential address (US only). Since I've never lived here, I'm not sure what to put. I have a SSN but I'm not sure what address could be connected to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also been dealing with credit cards and am wondering what the address associated with my credit score would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, now that I will have a permanent address (my university), can I start putting that as my legal address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this is not the wrong place to post this but wasn't sure where else to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10197" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T20:29:26.110" Title="What is my legal address if I've never lived in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9038" CreationDate="2016-08-23T20:29:26.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Legal address&quot; is used often but it does not have any special meaning when it refers to a person's address. It simply denotes a place where you can receive mail and where the police can possibly find you if they happen to be looking for you. You should specify a place where you know you can receive some mail in the US. Perhaps, the university office responsible for your orientation and settling in? And then update your address as soon as you find a place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A SSN relates only to a person and is not &quot;connected&quot; to any address. So there is no wrong answer there. (When you get close to retirement age, the Social Security administration will start to send you money to the address they have on file -- but you can worry about setting this address long in the future).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for credit cards: Credit Card transactions as a part of the payment card industry's anti-fraud measures, links a &quot;transaction billing address&quot; to the cardholder's payment address. These must match up in order for the transaction to go through. So for the credit card address the most important detail is consistency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will not have any US credit history until you begin to make transactions in the US (or more specifically, establish a billing address and start to make repayments on loans). Your US credit history is a very important record for living a normal life in the USA. The record consists of name variants, addresses, accounts and payments associated with you over time - and the &quot;Credit score&quot; is just a simplified way of summarizing how good or bad your history is. If you pay your bills on time, you will have an excellent credit score. If you open credit accounts with numerous pseudonyms, move around a lot and pay bills more than 30 days late, you will have a bad looking credit history and a corresponding low score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;permanent address&quot; universities refer to is intended to be your parents' address.  This is the address the university will write to whenever they want to communicate with you after you have graduated. Although it is called &quot;permanent,&quot; you can update this address any time you want so it does not need to be different from your ordinary mailing address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T20:29:26.110" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9022" CreationDate="2016-08-23T20:37:31.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is fine to ship your personal dried spice rack to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just go through them and remove anything that contains any kind of meat product: so gelatine leaves, or bouillon cubes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then discard any item that contains a dried version of something that is generally sold fresh in the USA. So, throw away desiccated onions, dried chiles, tangerine peels, etc. But flakes of basil, pepper, etc. etc. etc. should be no issue. In the reference below, they do not mean scientific definition of &quot;fruit&quot; and &quot;vegetable&quot; but rather, the table/household terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference page from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection: &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/335/~/importing-coffee-tea-or-spices-for-personal-use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Importing coffee, tea or spices for personal use&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T14:03:36.663" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T14:03:36.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3231" CreationDate="2016-08-23T20:43:59.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this mattress idea sounds like a real waste of energy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, decide on which country you are moving to, then take a trip there and/or research what even are the standard available bed sizes. It would be stupid to import a mattress only to find there are no reasonably compatible boxspring or bed frame to support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your air bed requires electricity to power the pump? Check on the provision of electricity in the kind of home you would want to live in and see whether the voltage and AC frequency are within the manufacturer's tolerances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sounds like a much more expensive proposition than simply buying a luxurious mattress after arriving at your destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T20:43:59.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-23T22:17:30.613" Score="12" ViewCount="2129" Body="&lt;p&gt;After working in Australia some time ago and moving back to the United States, I received a cheque from the Reserve Bank of Australia for my superannuation funds.  Unfortunately, I'm having a problem depositing this with my US bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem is that the cheque is marked &quot;Not Negotiable&quot; vertically along its face.  My understand of this term within the Australian banking system is that it simply means the check cannot be endorsed to another party; it can only be deposited by the named person (i.e. me).  But in the US, &quot;non-negotiable&quot; means it's not a valid check and my bank won't touch it.  I've talked to another bank and they gave me the same response.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to get around this issue?  Perhaps there is another bank in the US that is more used to dealing with Australian cheques?  Has anyone else found a way to deal with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6125" LastEditorUserId="6125" LastEditDate="2016-08-23T22:44:29.460" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T23:17:15.203" Title="Depositing a &quot;not negotiable&quot; Australian cheque in the US?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9037" CreationDate="2016-08-23T22:37:14.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can indeed bring your wife and children - and I know this for a fact because I have colleagues who have done that, based on their own work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you should also check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/individuals/residence-wizard/family/marriage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official information&lt;/a&gt; on this matter at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ind.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, your wife has to apply for a residence permit, which you will sponsor. She has to meet a list of conditions which she is very likely to meet (e.g. actually married to you, valid travel document, no threat to public safety etc.), in which case she will most probably get the permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife is likely to be able to work - but this depends on your own work status and the IND suggests there may be some kind of restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-08-23T22:45:40.190" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T22:45:40.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-24T03:22:06.550" Score="3" ViewCount="571" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each visa granted includes the following visa condition: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8504       The holder must enter Australia as the holder of the visa&#xA;  to which the condition applies before a date specified by the&#xA;  Minister.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its very important for me to know whether one can arrive in Australia exactly on the IED date, or should be there a day before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-04-23T13:32:26.943" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T13:32:26.943" Title="Visa Initial Entry Date (IED)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9030" CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:24:59.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the page on long-term visas (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16162&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cas particulier du visa de l'époux de Français&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;À savoir :&#xA;si vous êtes entré en France démuni du VLS-TS, vous pouvez néanmoins recevoir une carte de séjour vie privée et familiale, sous certaines conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means, more or less:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you entered France without a long-term visa, you can nonetheless get a family residence permit under certain conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page on family residence permits is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2209&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2209&lt;/a&gt;, and it lists these conditions.  One of the conditions is that you live at least six months together in France.  Your question indicates that you will only be in France for about four and a half months, so this does not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would make an application to the consulate in whose territory you reside in the US, perhaps one month before you leave for South Africa, explaining that you will be outside the US.  If they cannot take you a month early, maybe they can do it a day or two early; the application does not take long to process.  For example, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/Delais-de-procedure#sommaire_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/Delais-de-procedure#sommaire_1&lt;/a&gt;, the consulate in New York can issue the visa in just one day if your application is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they can't process your application at all, perhaps they can arrange to have your application processed in South Africa.  For short-term Schengen visas, at least, the visa code requires consulates to handle applications from travelers who are away from home because of legitimate long-term travel plans, so they are not in a position where they cannot apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T04:24:59.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-24T06:53:55.363" Score="3" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK Citizen by birth who moved to Nigeria in the early eighties and would now like to relocate back to the UK with my kids (who have British Passports too) and my wife (who is Nigerian). Would I be able to apply for a spouse visa for my wife while we are both still in Nigeria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reasoning behind this is that I want us to relocate together as a family and not have to maintain two disparate homes for her and our children while filing for her visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10085" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-24T11:59:31.867" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T13:39:19.033" Title="Apply for UK spouse visa for wife while we both live in Nigeria" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9048" CreationDate="2016-08-24T13:39:19.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Your wife can apply for this visa while you are both in Nigeria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&lt;/a&gt;.  This explains how to &amp;quot;join family in the UK,&amp;quot; but as you can see from the list of qualifying conditions, the family member can also simply be a British citizen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family member can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have settled in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have asylum or humanitarian protection in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T13:39:19.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-24T17:03:40.257" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-eea spouse of a Hungarian citizen. We are based here in the UK and I have a residence card.  Is it possible to apply an EEA family permit to my children (15 and 13 years old). They are my children from my previous marriage. We would like to invite them for 3 weeks visit on December.  Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10204" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:11:03.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:11:03.133" Title="Applying for eea family permit for the children of the non-eea spouse of an EEA national" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-24T18:04:32.597" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that, for a married couple, both are on an independent H1-B visa with one of their I-140 approved. Suppose now that it is the end of 6 years for both. By virtue of the I-140, one spouse can get his/her H1B renewed. The other might have to go on to the H4 visa. Given the recent change that H4 spouses can work, is there are 6-year limit there too? Does that fact that the spouse has already used up 6 years prevent him/her from getting the H4 work ability?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10205" LastActivityDate="2016-08-26T19:17:00.607" Title="Going from H1-B to H4 but still work" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9051" CreationDate="2016-08-24T18:40:36.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can apply for an EEA family permit for your children.  Here is the pertinent part of the UK government's web page describing qualifying relationships:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Qualifying as a family member&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must be the EEA citizen’s spouse or civil partner, or related to them &lt;strong&gt;(or their spouse or civil partner)&lt;/strong&gt; as their:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;child or grandchild under 21 years old, or dependent child or grandchild of any age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;dependent parent or grandparent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;; emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are the spouse of an EEA national, your children are the children of a spouse of an EEA national (who is presumably a &quot;qualified person&quot; since you have a residence card).  They are therefore eligible to apply for an EEA family permit.  Because your children are under 21 years of age, they do not need to be dependent on you or your spouse in order to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T18:40:36.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3231" CreationDate="2016-08-25T09:19:33.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me suggest an alternative:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays, mattresses are sometimes/often(?) shipped highly compressed, with all the air out. Find a company that sells these and ask them if they ship to Africa. If yes, buy one and try it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In two years time, buy another one and have it shipped to your new address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is more expensive. Your 'loss' is that you are using one mattress for 2 years whereas its lifetime may be 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T09:19:33.523" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9059" CreationDate="2016-08-25T09:34:27.130" Score="6" ViewCount="6867" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for an Australian citizen to acquire German citizenship and keep their Australian citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(All the links I've been able to find are going the other way—about Germans retaining their German citizenship upon taking up Australian.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2047" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T16:56:44.157" Title="Can I obtain German citizenship and retain my Australian citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-25T12:50:58.197" Score="0" ViewCount="2602" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, a Turkish citizen buys a Spanish-registered car in Spain, but he is a non-resident of Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to register the car on the bearer's Turkish passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the Turkish citizen insure the car using his Turkish passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10209" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-14T14:09:47.443" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T14:09:47.443" Title="Can you buy a car in Spain as a non-resident?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9057" CreationDate="2016-08-25T16:50:30.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany does generally &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; allow dual Citizenship, so they will ask you to resign the Australian citizenship first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are exceptions, of course:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some countries' citizenship cannot be resigned&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some countries citizenship is by birth, so even if you resign it, you get it automatically back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some countries theoretically allow resigning, but the process results in harrassment, jail, or worse&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can apply for an exception, for various personal reasons, but it's not too easy and 'just because you'd really like to keep the other one' is not considered a sufficient reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an exception, typically you need to prove strong personal bindings to &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; countries, significant employment consequences (limitations), or specific financial hardships that would come from not having either citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personal bindings could be ongoing longterm relationships, family, etc.; be ready to prove it - 'we are phoning all the time' is not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employment consequences could be you cannot apply for a significant part of your qualified jobmarket without the citizenship, like missing security clearances that only citizens can get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Financial Hardship could be you have a mortgage in the country and you would not be able to refinance without being a citizen, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list is not exclusive, but should give an idea of the level of convincing arguments needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastEditorUserId="9290" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T16:56:44.157" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T16:56:44.157" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-25T17:14:21.153" Score="4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to start working for the NHS before the year ends. My CoS doesn't cover my dependant (husband). I asked my agency (home based) about applying for the Dependant Visa (after I've read about it in the UKVI website) just to confirm, and they said I need to wait 3 months before I can go ahead and apply. For a second opinion, I asked my UK based agency about it, too. They said I need to wait 6 months before I can apply. Now I know from the UKVI website that this isn't true because I can apply with my dependant at the same time. Question is, if I missed something in the numerous guides in the UKVI. Does anyone know about a 3-6 month rule before applying for a dependant? I've insisted to both my agencies that the wait isn't necessary and they'd just answer with a &quot;No, you'll have to wait.&quot; and I don't want to waste time because if I can apply with my husband for both our visas at the same time, why would we wait for 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another question is, do we have to provide accommodation requirements? My friend is residing in the UK and she's offered to take us in until we find an apartment. Thing is, she's in a flat share. She'll rent out one of the rooms for us to stay in until we are able to find suitable accommodation. Would a letter from her suffice for the dependant visa application  in terms of proving that we've got the accommodation covered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to provide relationship proof, too? We've been married for 8months, and we've been together 3 years before that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10211" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T19:36:08.020" Title="Is there a waiting period prior to applying for a Tier 2 Dependant Visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-25T17:28:58.667" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;for example, a turkish citizen living in georgia (country) will import a car from Spain to georgia (country). the car will come via Hungary to have the Hungarian export registration number plates issued (Z-***** in format)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the car will then get georgian registration number plates in rustavi. how much does it charge for importing a car from Spain to georgia (country)? (including hungarian export registration number plate cost and taxes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the turkish citizen will bring the car to georgia via hungary by driving it, not by ship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for the tax the engine displacement of the car is: 3,598 cc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10209" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T17:28:58.667" Title="importing a car from Spain to Georgia (country)" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;imports&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9046" CreationDate="2016-08-26T05:46:19.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can arrive exactly on the same day before midnight, i.e. before the day changes at the local port of arrival. If still in doubt, your grant pdf should have a phone number or an email address and you can contact the department and have this clarified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7037" LastActivityDate="2016-08-26T05:46:19.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-26T13:48:27.727" Score="0" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been looking for this for a while, I tried contacting people from the German embassy in my country (Morocco) to know more about it, but unfortunately no clear answer was given, since all they say is everything is clear on our website…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I recently graduated from Morocco as a GIS engineer and I would like to know if my degree can allow me to work in Germany, and if someone has more information about this, what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I have a B1 certificate in German from Goethe, is it enough to apply for work there or should I keep learning the language?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10213" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-10T13:38:51.463" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T13:38:51.463" Title="Can I work in Germany with a foreign (non EU) Engineering degree?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9052" CreationDate="2016-08-26T19:17:00.607" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The H4 spouse can apply for EAD. This situation (both spouses working, only one eligible for future extensions while pursuing a green card application that would benefit both)  is exactly the issue the H4 EAD was meant to address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The H4 EAD is not an extension of H-1B status, it is general permission to work. There is no tie to a particular employer and one's prior H-1B history isn't relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-08-26T19:17:00.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8710" CreationDate="2016-08-27T03:19:24.050" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is, no, you cannot. The car may or may not be in the US illegally to begin with; certainly VW would have something to say about it if they were made aware of it, which they definitely would be if you tried to return it in the US. Your insurance situation is also probably tenuous at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should return the car in Canada and then if you intend to continue residing in the US (which is what you are doing; it sounds like you are only spending a minimal amount of days each month in Canada, and the US considers you to be a resident if you spend only about half the year here, let alone nearly all of it) then get a US-based car and US insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you don't get deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9378" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T03:19:24.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8675" CreationDate="2016-08-27T03:27:46.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doing all work for a US company that has no Canadian ties (no locations, no customers, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Being paid in US funds through a US bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doing the work remotely, i.e. via telephone or internet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will continue to be eligible to work for the US company (this is the big thing, based on your post; if you are no longer in the US, will the company still be allowed to employ you?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to work in Canada under any type of visa that you are otherwise authorized for and should not need a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See CIC's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/about.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;definition of work&lt;/a&gt; for immigration purposes, which exempts working remotely through a foreign company where remuneration is also made in that company's country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9378" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T03:27:46.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8508" CreationDate="2016-08-27T03:44:04.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's take me as an example. I lived in the US from birth until age 33. I have now lived in Canada for 2 continuous years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need the FBI background check to have been issued after the last time I lived in the US (so issued sometime in the last two years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I still lived in the US, it would have to have been issued within the six months prior to my application being submitted. Once you submit the application, that time stops ticking, because you no longer meet the condition of &quot;before you apply&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9378" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T03:44:04.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T18:01:24.017" Score="3" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Greek PhD student living and studying in London. In one year from now I am required to do a &quot;secondment&quot; in a certain university in Germany which has a six-month duration. Having a Greek passport means that I'm a EU/EEA citizen. My girlfriend is also Greek with a Greek passport. We are not married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is the following: Can I bring my girlfriend to Germany for the 6-month duration of my secondment without any restrictions? Will she be allowed to stay for this long, without having a job, just being my partner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10215" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:54.347" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:54.347" Title="Can I bring my girlfriend to Germany for 6 months?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T19:45:46.293" Score="3" ViewCount="758" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have signed a rental contract in Germany, but I don't like the location that much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contract start September first, 2016. According to the terms I have to give a 3 months notice period before leaving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't even entered the apartment, since when I ask this question is August 27th. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything I can do to avoid entering it? If not, how can I notify them that I want to leave in 3 months? Is this a letter I need to sign and send over to them, or, is there anything I can do quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS.: I have found another apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the following clauses in my contract( under Kündigungsfristen&#xA;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bei unbestimmter Mietdauer sind beide Parteien berechtigt, diesen Mietvertrag schriftlich spätestens am 03. Werktag eines Kalendermonats (entscheidend für die Wahrung der Frist ist der Eingang bei dem Vertragspartner) zum Ablauf des übernächsten Monats zu kündigen. Die Kündigungsfrist des Vermieters verlängert sich nach Ablauf von fünf bzw. acht Jahren seit Beginn des Mietverhältnisses um jeweils drei Monate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nach Ablauf des Verzichts auf die Ausübung des Kündigungsrechts läuft das Mietverhältnis auf unbestimmte Zeit, wenn es nicht rechtzeitig zuvor zum Zeitpunkt dieses Ablaufes oder zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt gekündigt worden ist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Setzt der Mieter nach Beendigung des Mietverhältnisses den Gebrauch der Mieträume fort, so verlängert sich das Mietverhältnis abweichend von § 545 BGB nicht.&#xA;__&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the following Web site giving some tips on how to finish the Contract:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mieterverband.ch/mv/mietrecht-beratung/ratgeber-mietrecht/top-themen/kuendigung-durch-mieter.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.mieterverband.ch/mv/mietrecht-beratung/ratgeber-mietrecht/top-themen/kuendigung-durch-mieter.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a template of the letter of resignation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is: How do I ensure the Landlord Received it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in My case - there is a company taking care, and making the communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2016-08-28T12:17:26.237" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T02:13:47.507" Title="Resign Rental Contract Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T21:45:20.120" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to Sweden in early 2014 to visit a friend. I was 18 y/o and, due to problems back home, I ended up staying there for a year. I then left in late 2015 without any problems. I went back to visit again in 2015, was allowed in without any problems, and stayed another year leaving in 2016 without any problems. What i didn't know was that I could only stay there for 3 months on my passport. Since I never got in trouble or anything, I didn't think it was an issue. It's only now when I'm thinking about getting a work permit over there that I came to realize that I need a resident permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm wondering what might happen if I apply for the resident permit since they need to see the stamps on my passport? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10217" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-28T11:21:22.243" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T09:14:58.940" Title="Overstaying In Schengen area for about 2 years without knowing" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7244" CreationDate="2016-08-28T02:53:25.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually ended up going to an immigration lawyer for advice on this issue. After reviewing the applicable law, she did not see anything that would prevent me from working under 186(w) after leaving Canada and returning, and was willing to provide me with a letter to this effect that I could present to the immigration officer upon returning to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, all this ended up not being necessary: my work permit arrived well before my trips (which also means I haven't tested this theory at the border - try it at your own risk!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update (July 2018):&lt;/strong&gt; She has since written &lt;a href=&quot;https://ronaleecareylaw.ca/newsletter-archive/99-finished-school-and-ready-to-work-read-this-before-appylying-for-your-post-graduate-work-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a newsletter&lt;/a&gt; with more detailed information, including the following quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Of note is that this authority to work is not based on having implied status after submitting an application. For this reason, even if graduates travel outside Canada during the processing of their applications, they will be permitted to work upon return. For more, see the IRCC Help Centre page titled ‘&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1309&amp;amp;top=15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I’m waiting for my post-graduation work permit. Can I travel outside Canada and come back with my student visa?&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8472" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T04:40:11.777" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T04:40:11.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9082" CreationDate="2016-08-28T10:19:30.407" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;A relative of mine who is a non-EU citizen is about to retire with considerable savings. He would like to settle down somewhere within Europe (the Schengen area).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do any Schengen countries allow people to simply live indefinitely without having a local job/business? My relative can buy local health insurance as well as show a proof of funds. However he would prefer not to buy expensive (100k+ euros) real estate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T16:25:26.197" Title="Do any Schengen countries allow for residence of foreign pensioners?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8902" CreationDate="2016-08-28T10:29:40.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Czech authorities don't care about your Swiss residency permit outside of the scope of short-term travel. Therefore you should apply for a Czech student visa or residency permit. Usually people get a visa first and then change it to a residency permit when inside the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for Czech visas or first-time residency permits inside the country, so you'd have to go to Vienna as correctly suggested by the Ministry of Interior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T10:29:40.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8885" CreationDate="2016-08-28T10:35:38.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you have to provide proof of qualification. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/employee-card-682810.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Interior&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documents proving the professional qualifications for performance of the desired job, if this condition follows from the nature of the employment or an international agreement sets such a condition, particularly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a document proving the required education (such as a diploma); in justified cases, particularly if reasonable doubt exists as to whether you have the required education or whether your education is appropriate for the nature of employment, you will be obliged, at the request of an administrative authority, to prove and submit a document certifying that your foreign education has been recognised by the relevant authority of the CR,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a document proving the required professional qualifications, if such qualifications are required according to other legal regulations (for example, a fork-lift truck operator licence or the appropriate driving license for a tram/bus driver, etc.),&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a document proving that you meet the requirements for performing an occupation referred to as “regulated occupation”, if your application concerns this kind of occupation; if you do not already hold such a document, you must apply to the relevant recognition authority of the CR for recognition of your professional qualifications, after filing the application for an employee card. Issuance of the employee card is contingent on your submission of an affirmative decision of the recognition authority&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually only non-qualified jobs (e.g. construction workers) are exempted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T10:35:38.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9072" CreationDate="2016-08-28T11:39:16.003" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They might see that you overstayed your visa twice previously, interpret that to mean that you have an obvious disregard for their immigration laws, and deny you your visa. That's pretty much the worst case scenario. They might completely disregard your previous overstays, especially as it appears that you have left on your cognizance, and grant you the visa. That's pretty much the best case scenario. There aren't a whole of in-betweens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asking what they &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; do, you may just have to apply and find out. Since you never seem to have entered their overstay system, it may be that it only affects such things as long term resident permit applications or citizenship applications where they are likely to dig deeper. A quick google of cases similar to yours, in country and basic situation, look like they've worked out in favor of the immigrant as long as there was a high degree of complete honesty. Consider getting a Swedish immigration attorney to handle this matter for you. You chances improve vastly if you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T09:14:58.940" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T09:14:58.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9080" CreationDate="2016-08-28T11:54:51.337" Score="1" ViewCount="1029" Body="&lt;p&gt;My [Chinese] wife was granted an IR1 visa to immigrate into the USA.  As is typical, she has about a 6 month window to enter, this is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long would she need to stay minimum on this first entry?  They say the actual green card would be mailed within 45 days, however I do not want her to have to sit in the USA for 45 days, we've already registered my daughter in school in Shanghai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we enter, and turn around and leave without any issues even though the physical green card has not been received?  Is there any official documentation about this?  I've searched, and I see forum posts (and have not yet found actual documentation from gov sites about this) that go both ways, I just want to know the actual legal situation on it today, in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back story:&#xA;I'm a USA citizen, born and bred, but living in Shanghai.  Years ago, my wife overstayed her visa by a couple weeks, inadvertently (because our daughter was in school in the USA, and is definitely a USA citizen) and was refused every single visa since even though it was stamped &quot;cancelled without prejudice&quot;, the persons refusing her told her the only way is to get a &quot;green card&quot; and so here we are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We started this process in 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10219" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T15:15:03.543" Title="What's the minimum length of time on an IR1 visa entry to USA?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9079" CreationDate="2016-08-28T15:15:03.543" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When she enters, the immigrant visa will generally convert into a temporary I-551. In other words, a temporary &quot;green card.&quot; This is valid for one year. So she will be able to leave the US immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out in a comment, she will then need to worry about abandoning her status as a permanent resident. If she's not actually residing in the US, it could be a significant problem. If you haven't already spoken to a US immigration lawyer, you should probably do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T15:15:03.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-28T15:37:26.717" Score="8" ViewCount="3358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from a non-EU country and I have a blue card from Germany and I'm working there. Both my passport and the blue card are going to expire at the same time in a year from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When my passport expires, I won't be able to renew for at least 9 months after the expiry time. That's because my country's embassy will not renew my passport unless I provided them with a specific document which I won't be able to obtain except after 9 months of the expiry of my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to renew my blue card even if my passport is already expired ? or maybe is there any way to temporarily extend my blue card for these 9 months till I actually get a new passport ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe, is there any alternative identification document that I can apply for from the German authorities that I can use when renewing my blue card ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if the same situation happened but I've a permanent residency instead of a blue card, are there any difference ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm basically trying to find a legal way to allow me to stay in Germany and work there during these 9 months where both my passport and blue card has already expired. I don't care about my ability to travel abroad during this time, only about my ability to stay in Germany and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10221" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T14:20:54.463" Title="Can I renew my blue card (from Germany) even if my passport expired?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9075" CreationDate="2016-08-28T16:25:26.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, he can, depending on the country, and without investing in a business or property. Retirees have a certain advantage, as they're not going to work (or allowed to) and their income will support the local economy. Spain, for example, has a retirement visa scheme. For France, you have to apply for the carte de sejour from your home country before relocating. Italy has an elective residency visa for foreign retirees. Generally, you have to prove financial means (significant is an advantage) and medical insurance coverage and, in some cases, a rental agreement. There may have additional requirements, such as a health exam or criminal background check.  Once established as a resident, the expat retiree may become eligible to access the country's national health plan, such as in France and Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a suggestion, have your relative outline his requirements, such as cost of living (including cost and availability of rentals), ease of access (major airports, need for a car, ground transportation), local expat community, healthcare facilities, climate, language. In my own planning, I found it easiest to search 'country' and 'retiree visa.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T16:25:26.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-28T18:41:54.683" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to shift to the Detroit area for job search as the recruiting companies for my job role are all located in the surrounding area (Farmington Hills, Dearborn, Livonia, Troy, Novi, Plymouth, etc). The problem is that I want to move temporarily because I may get a job even outside Detroit. Most home searches I found require signing a lease for like a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which area within the Detroit area is safe and economical? Asking because I would not be earning for that time and would be depending mostly on my savings.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any websites/groups/forums, etc where I can search for homes that require only monthly payment?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my post is not appropriate for this forum then please suggest an alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6118" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T14:56:38.127" Title="Moving to Detroit temporarily?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9071" CreationDate="2016-08-29T02:13:47.507" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is correct that the contract binds you to pay for three months, even if you cancel it right now, before moving in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, typically landlords in Germany are willing to accept a &lt;em&gt;qualified&lt;/em&gt; replacement for you ('Nachmieter') - they are not forced in any way, but it is quite common; from my experience, 1/2 - 3/4 of all rental 'notice periods' end short with the renter presenting one or more appropriate replacements to the landlord. Consider that after your notice period, the landlord would like to have a renter right away, and you do the work for him by finding and presenting them right now, he should be glad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should try to find someone who is willing to rent the location for the same conditions as you have, and present him to the landlord as a potential replacement. Note the word &lt;em&gt;qualified&lt;/em&gt; - ability to pay the rent and other criteria will be applied by the landlord, he would not go for worse than you in any way, why should he.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if the landlord doesn't want to do that (for whatever reason), you are just out of luck. However, if you give him the keys or never move in, and he &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; rent it out (behind your back) within that period, you no longer own rent - the landlord cannot double-dip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T02:13:47.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9086" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9087" CreationDate="2016-08-29T14:00:12.973" Score="4" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen. Is it possible for me to get a driver's license in Germany without knowing German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't already have a driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9762" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T14:12:59.450" Title="Is it possible as an EU citizen to get a driver's license in Germany without knowing German?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9086" CreationDate="2016-08-29T14:12:59.450" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Appendix 7 of the German driving license regulations &lt;em&gt;(Fahrerlaubnisverordnung)&lt;/em&gt;, you can take the theoretical examination in German, English, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Croatian, Spanish, or Turkish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user3716" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T14:12:59.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9058" CreationDate="2016-08-29T17:26:23.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to be a resident in Spain, as you will need to provide you foreign resident number alongside your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to the official documentation at gob.es :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sede.dgt.gob.es/Galerias/tramites-y-multas/tu-coche/matriculacion/08/08-Matriculacion-ordinaria-vehiculos-INGLES-04-04-2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://sede.dgt.gob.es/Galerias/tramites-y-multas/tu-coche/matriculacion/08/08-Matriculacion-ordinaria-vehiculos-INGLES-04-04-2016.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T17:26:23.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9089" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9385" CreationDate="2016-08-29T18:20:56.197" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (German citizen) will study in Russia for 2 years. Is there a registration in a governmental office (e.g. embassy, police office, ..) required after entering the country with a study visa? Also, what documents are necessary (possibly copy of the rental agreement)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9909" LastActivityDate="2016-10-07T08:56:15.023" Title="Registration in Russia during 2 year study stay" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9090" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9092" CreationDate="2016-08-29T23:02:34.470" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;i am wondering if there is any requirement for minimum time left on a passport when re-entering the united states on an e3 visa.  I have heard that you must have a minimum of 6 months remaining on a passport to enter but i cannot find this requirement documented in any searches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10229" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T00:42:23.970" Title="Do you need 6 months validity on passport to return to USA from Canada on E3 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1292" CreationDate="2016-08-29T23:49:17.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the current Tier 2 ICT work permit categories allow one to leave and reenter the UK, but this doesn't make them Multiple Entry Work Permits. A Multiple Entry Work Permit is (or was?) instead granted to workers who live and primarily work outside the UK but are required by their employer to come to the UK periodically to work for short periods, kind of like a visitor visa for a worker. The best description I could find is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reedsmith.com/files/Publication/e1b1d7bb-3bd3-492f-a317-b9b85140ef5b/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/7dcbded6-631f-4477-b455-9f6cb115cee7/Business%20Immigration%20-%20Information%20Sheet%206.doc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this third-party document&lt;/a&gt;. The fact that I can't find a mention of this in the current immigration rules may mean that it no longer exists and the reference is obsolete (or I am blind).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, if the ICT Short-term work permits they have allow the workers to bring dependents and accrue presence for ILR then those are not Multiple Entry Work Permits and they may apply for leave to remain as ICT Long Term workers while in the UK in their current status. The immigration rule corresponding to that text is 245GD(b)(i)(4).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T23:49:17.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9090" CreationDate="2016-08-30T00:31:40.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a six month requirement in the US, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Six%20Month%20Club%20Update_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;many countries, including Australia, are exempt from the requirement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On an E-3 you should be fine as long as the passport is valid when you reenter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2016-08-31T00:42:23.970" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T00:42:23.970" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-30T14:44:10.823" Score="1" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a foreigner student who will do a master's degree in germany but as you know I need a health insurance plan. I looked up a little and found out that there are various options. One of them is AOK but it's 83 euros fee (aprox) which seems too much for me so I'd like to know in your experience which are the best economic options for students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10230" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T21:39:45.407" Title="Economic options of health insurance for a foreigner student in germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-30T17:38:34.150" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I am currently on student visa in UK, and in my final year of PhD in UK. The IELTS (academic-has expired two years ago). What are my choices of fulfilling english requirements for Spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10232" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T12:57:51.550" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T12:57:51.550" Title="UK spouse visa -English language requirements" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9094" CreationDate="2016-08-30T18:08:05.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-koll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;immigration rules Appendix KoLL&lt;/a&gt; says that having an academic degree taught in English is sufficient, with the degree itself being the documentary evidence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.2 For the purposes of paragraph 2.1, an applicant demonstrates sufficient knowledge of the English language if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iii) the applicant has obtained an academic qualification(not a professional or vocational qualification), which is deemed by UK NARIC to meet the recognised standard of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or PhD in the UK, from an educational establishment in one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Ireland; Jamaica; New Zealand; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and The Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; the UK; the USA; and provides the specified documents;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T18:08:05.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-31T01:50:10.020" Score="3" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in New Jersey, I have a Green Card, a French passport, and an expired UK driver license. (I lived there for many years.) I was initially told by the local DMV  that all I needed to get a NJ license was to pass the knowledge test. I just did today, and another employee told me that because my UK license has expired I am not allowed to drive without another adult present for the next 3 months AND I need to take the road test. I live in the suburbs with kids, just got a job I need to drive to, and this would really wreck my life. Every employee gives me a different answer. So -- is there ANY WAY I can get a basic US license without all the supervised driving and road test ringmarole? Could I renew my UK license without a UK passport, and if so would it solve the problem? Loads of thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10233" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T15:00:31.740" Title="NJ driving license with expired UK license and French passport" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-31T06:27:22.147" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the typical processing times for an application to settle in the UK?  I'm specifically interested in applications made by post from within the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most types of visas, UKVI gives helpful information such as the percent of applications decided within 30, 60, and 90 days.  But for applications to settle from within the UK, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/about-our-services&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the only information they give&lt;/a&gt; is a service promise of 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/waiting_times_for_settlement_vis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;freedom of information request a few years ago&lt;/a&gt; resulted in them disclosing a median processing time of 37 calendar days, and an average time of 47 calendar days.  However, the visa regime has changed significantly since then.  A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/current_waiting_times_for_settle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;more recent similar request&lt;/a&gt; was not successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any knowledge of actual processing times?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T11:59:55.517" Title="Processing Times for Application to Settle in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T10:24:59.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-31T10:24:18.210" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;becoming an italian consultant (independent contractor) i.e. invoicing the UK company monthly in order to pay taxes in Italy only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;keeping the contract in UK as employee and pay double taxes. If so how to proceed with that considering the Brexit? who to refer to to apply for the double taxation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10234" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T16:37:49.063" Title="Working for an English company , moving to Italy as home based. What's the best way to avoid too many taxes?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8913" CreationDate="2016-08-31T10:45:54.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've completed the process so now I can post my own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, you have to go to the local Israeli embassy/consulate and apply for an &amp;quot;absence of criminal records&amp;quot; certificate. To apply you need the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Israeli passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filled out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mfa.gov.il/MFA_Graphics/MFA%20Gallery/Consular%20forms/AbsenceCriminalRecord.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form&lt;/a&gt;. I've only filled out the fields in English and the consulate employee filled-in the rest.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Address of the entity requesting the certificate. In my case it was the address of a local court.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cash for paying the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apostille&lt;/a&gt; fee. It was 10 Euros at the embassy in Prague.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Address/phone of a local translator, assuming you need it in a language other than English/Hebrew. I didn't have it on hand, so I've sent them an email with the address later on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way the process works is as following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You apply for the certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After 3 weeks, the certificate arrives from Israel to the consulate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an English version is acceptable, the consulate will forward it to the address of the entity which requested the certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, the consulate will forward it to the chosen translator.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The translator will translate the document into the language of your choosing and mail it to the final recipient. I've also requested the translator to attach an explanation letter so that the local court could quickly understand why they've received this document.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall it's a fairly straightforward process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T18:34:27.757" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T18:34:27.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-23T17:59:49.340" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to move from Curitiba (Brazil) to Brussels (Belgium) by the end of the year, and have 7 dogs that I'd like to take with me. I'm looking for a cheap, reliable and safe way to transport them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a quote from a vet specialised in pet shipping, but it's cost prohibitive, R$ 35.000 just the for the dogs. It's more than I have saved for the travel for my wife and I.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried looking for freighter shipping (I don't mind taking the ship with them, if it means I can care for them), but the ticket prices for a person are more expensive than air travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone suggested uShip.com, but if I understood correctly, they just connect a customer to a shipping company, and I have no way of knowing how reliable and safe it will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm totally lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10257" OwnerDisplayName="boobsbr" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T11:22:29.600" Title="What is a cheap, safe way to ship 7 dogs from Brazil to Belgium?" Tags="&lt;pets&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8036" CreationDate="2016-08-31T11:31:26.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As another data point, my CLN was submitted at the US embassy in Stockholm on October 8, 2013 and stamped as approved on &quot;09/Oct 2013&quot; - the very next day.  I don't recall when I received it back in the mail and can't seem to find the envelope it came in to check the postmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't mean that it was quick overall, of course.  It took me nearly a year from my first attempt to contact the embassy (late October 2012) until I was able to perform the formal renunciation (early October 2013).  It was then a further seven months before I was published in the Federal Register, on May 2, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10235" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T11:31:26.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-31T12:22:36.617" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US Citizen currently living in the EU with my EU Citizen wife but may have a job offer in the UK. Is it possible to accept that job offer if I am not currently living in the UK with a UK Residence permit? From my understanding it would not be a problem for me to work in the UK if my wife received a job offer or was a job seeker living in the UK. Is it possible for me to accept that job offer and if so what would the process be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9468" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T17:04:09.763" Title="Can I accept a job offer in the UK if I am a non-eu spouse (US Citizen) married to an EU Citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9096" CreationDate="2016-08-31T15:00:31.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems unlikely you will be able to avoid the supervised driving and road test, so the objective should be to prevent that from wrecking your life. Here are some potential solutions to sub-problems. I am sure you will be able to think of others that fit your specific situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Carpool to work. You need to find at least one colleague living reasonably near you who is willing to help out. Assuming the colleague is a licensed driver, it can operate as a normal carpool, except that, when it is your turn to drive, the carpool has to leave from, and return to, your house.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delivery services. Depending on your area, you may be able to get groceries delivered. Amazon has an amazing range of non-perishable stuff that can just appear on your doorstep with no driving required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Joint shopping trips. Go shopping with a friend or neighbor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;School carpool. If at least one child can neither walk nor use school buses, you will need to work with parents of other children at the same school.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Special cases and emergencies - there is always Uber.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One key to getting the help you will need from friends and neighbors is to be willing to help others. Be the driver for any group social outings that include at least one adult licensed driver. Offer rides to any adult licensed driver in your social circle who is temporarily disabled. You don't necessarily have to repay directly the people who are helping you, if you are seen to be helping others as much as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T15:00:31.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6866" CreationDate="2016-08-31T15:49:18.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;At my university the process is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Birth certificate, translated and certified by a traducteur assermenté. It cost me 50 euros for mine, plus 12 euros per copy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A letter from your university or tutor saying that you are making adequate progress and will proceed to the next part of your course.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next year's registration paperwork, if available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Quittance de loyer&quot; or a receipt for at least the past 3 months of your rent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of your housing insurance form, has to say something about &quot;responsibilité civil&quot; on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your passport and your visa and your 'vignette'.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of your rental contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bank statements for at least the past three months, or proof of your income if you have a scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A transcript.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two copies of all of this, certifications not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may or may not be exhaustive. It seems that this differs which each university and each préfecture. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your first step should really to go to the international office in your university and ask them. They probably have an office constantly facilitating this. At my university, you'd get a list of the documents, and you'd make an appointment to show your documents to the university people, who would then create an appointment for you at the préfecture. (Effectively an appointment to make an appointment, bienvenue en France!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may have left out a few things because my visa isn't a student visa, but I know the process pretty well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/document/pdf/titre_sejour_renewal_required_documents.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;and some references seem to agree.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forgot to answer the rest of the question. Once you show these documents to your university, they will create an appointment for you at the sous-préfecture (or an antenna office thereof). You will then show up, hand over everything &lt;strong&gt;(with two copies of every document and all of your originals as well)&lt;/strong&gt; and hopefully get your first carte de sejour (a visa and a vignette in one). They will also ask you to bring an interpreter if you don't speak French very well. Go early, because they threaten to cancel all appointments for which you are &gt; 5 minutes late.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2016-08-31T17:56:24.367" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T17:56:24.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9102" CreationDate="2016-08-31T17:04:09.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see why you could not &lt;em&gt;accept&lt;/em&gt; the offer. Whether your wife moves there first and you are joining her, you have a job lined up from the start or you find a job after entering the UK, your rights as the spouse of an EU citizen and the procedure to follow are, for the time being, more-or-less the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you to be able to use that route however your wife must (come to) live in the UK with you. Otherwise, your status would be completely different. And if your wife does not work at all, there are some restrictions (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7138/options-for-eu-person-to-move-to-spain-without-a-having-secured-apriori-a-job/7144#7144&quot;&gt;Options for EU person to move to Spain without a having secured apriori a job&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T17:04:09.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9107" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9111" CreationDate="2016-09-01T03:03:55.267" Score="3" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some info on the situation: My partner and I want to move and work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have double nationality, I'm Swiss/Brazilian and enjoy all the rights of a Swiss national (documents, passport, etc). My partner is brazilian, and we have a civil partnership (same sex) and have been living together for 4 years. I believe we meet all the criteria for the &quot;civil partnership&quot; definition, we also have countless proof of our relationship being real if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as far as I know, I can move to the UK without a visa due to being Swiss.&#xA;So what does my partner need to come with me? We'd want to move together, if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10241" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-02T09:01:31.163" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T09:01:31.163" Title="Can my Non-EEA civil partner move to UK with me? What do we need?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-01T10:54:56.983" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get a vaccine shot every month, and I get to store the doses in my fridge. However now at the end of September I am travelling to the UK to study there. I am from Spain and I was told by my doctor that people have previously done it and translated all the required documents to English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I don't know who I should contact there and how to arrange it. I also don't know how I would take the vaccines with me because they must be in the fridge at all times. They can be out of the fridge for like an hour / hour and a half. No more. And the trip from here to when I reach my destination and get to a fridge will be a lot of hours. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10244" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:57:57.400" Title="I'm travelling to the UK to study and I must continue a vaccine treatment, how do I do it?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9098" CreationDate="2016-09-01T12:02:11.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to pay low amounts of tax, you are probably in the wrong country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realistically, especially post-brexit, you probably need to invoice through a company. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lawyersitaly.eu/dividend-tax-in-italy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;There is a corporate tax rate of 31.4%, and a dividend tax rate of 26%&lt;/a&gt;. That means for every 100 euros you bill, you will receive 50.76 of them, assuming you don't write off any expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can remain an employee of the company, but I am almost certain they would need to register to pay tax in Italy, and they would have to pay things like payroll tax. Dependent on how Brexit happens that may or may not continue to be possible. You touched on paying UK tax, and while if you company was requiring you to work abroad you could have some number of years continuing to pay UK social contributions, and UK tax, this would expire and isn't really relevant to your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10246" LastEditorUserId="10246" LastEditDate="2016-09-01T13:58:53.010" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:58:53.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9108" CreationDate="2016-09-01T13:57:57.400" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite a few products are designed to keep medication (such as insulin) cool while travelling, some for as long as 48 hours, and which might work for you. A quick search on Amazon turned up any number of choices such as  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.es/Paquete-hielo-reutilizable-Thermafreeze-grandes/dp/B003ET2G74/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1472482190&amp;amp;sr=8-24&amp;amp;keywords=Techni-ICE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ThermaFreeze&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.es/Frio-Bolsa-isot%C3%A9rmica-mantener-insulina/dp/B001LNUSCK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1472482521&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=frio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Frio&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.friouk.com/shop.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Frio website&lt;/a&gt; has lots of other options, helpful FAQs and links about travelling with medications, and a vendor in Madrid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check ahead with your airline, advising them what you are carrying, as well as looking at the regulations in Spain. Have them in your carry-on luggage, not in checked baggage. Generally, you advise security that you are carrying essential medication, have a letter from your physician (original, not a copy) and the prescription. Both should be accompanied by English translations for entry into the UK.  And a suggestion: review the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/travelling-controlled-drugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK regulations regarding what may not be brought into the country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, similarly, on your departure from England, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/hand-luggage-restrictions/essential-medicines-and-medical-equipment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gov.uk guidance&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can take medical equipment with you if it's essential for your journey. The equipment is screened seperately and you must show documentation from a qualified medical professional, such as a letter from your doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:57:57.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9107" CreationDate="2016-09-01T16:11:30.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your partner can apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  It's not necessary, however, because your partner, being a Brazilian citizen, is eligible to enter the UK without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantage of the EEA family permit is that it allows you to get an official evaluation of all your documents &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you travel to the UK -- without one, you would present these documents at the border, and while the risk of rejection is low, the associated &lt;em&gt;cost&lt;/em&gt; is much higher if you're applying for entry at the border.  In addition, the EEA family permit is free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA family permit regime is the UK's implementation of European Union directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Al33152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  The rules are therefore &lt;em&gt;likely to change&lt;/em&gt; at some point in the next two or three years as the UK works out the implications of the &amp;quot;Brexit&amp;quot; referendum.  There's a significant chance that the UK will leave the freedom-of-movement regime, since immigration was a major issue in the referendum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked in a comment whether your partnership is officially registered.  That makes a difference because, if it is, your partner falls under the official definition of &amp;quot;family member,&amp;quot; from Article 2, paragraph (2)(b).  However, as I re-read the paragraph, it seems that registration only counts if it is done in a &amp;quot;member state&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So under EU law, if your partnership is registered in Brazil, the UK may not be required to recognize it, though the UK may choose to recognize it anyway.  It seems perhaps that this is the case, since their own guidance says simply that &amp;quot;civil partners&amp;quot; are eligible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Qualifying as a family member&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be the EEA citizen’s spouse or civil partner, or [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if your partnership is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; officially registered, however, you ought to be able to qualify as an &amp;quot;extended family member or unmarried partner.&amp;quot;  From the EU directive, Article 3, paragraph (2)(b):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) [...];&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, from the UK guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Qualifying as an extended family member or unmarried partner&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply as an unmarried partner if you can show that you’re in a lasting relationship with the EEA national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference here is that if you have registration documents, you are generally relieved of the requirement to show that your relationship is genuine; in that case, you should only be required to offer evidence of a genuine relationship if the visa officer can &lt;em&gt;demonstrate&lt;/em&gt; a suspicion that yours is a civil partnership &amp;quot;of convenience.&amp;quot;  This might reasonably happen if your partnership was registered recently, but if you registered soon after beginning to live together four years ago, it is far less likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T16:11:30.267" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-01T17:38:02.540" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can my Tier 2 General Visa sponsor employer force me to stay and work with them during the contract period?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any penalty for me if I switch my employer under the same category before the contract ends?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I switch employers whenever I want?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the cooling off period? Does that affect me if I want to switch employers during the first 12-month of my tier 2 general visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10248" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T17:38:02.540" Title="Can the Tier 2 General Visa sponsor employer force me to stay and work with them during the contract period?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-09-12T13:57:35.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-01T18:10:52.863" Score="4" ViewCount="542" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I'll be moving there on a work visa, what happens in the event that I get a better job offer from a different company than I work for? Can I just submit my notice, serve the notice period and then quit and go work for another company? Should I stay with the employer for a specific period of time before I can switch employers? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because I currently live in Qatar. The employers actively restrict them from quitting and working elsewhere. If one jumps jobs, it is a crime punishable by immediate deportation. What's the law in UK? Can the employers force penalties in case the workforce wants to leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10249" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T22:21:17.190" Title="Moving to UK under Tier 2 General Visa – Can I switch employers easily?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-01T19:40:17.477" Score="2" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Portuguese citizen through descent. My son is also registered as a EU national. We stay in Goa as I am a computer teacher. I will be shifting to UK in December. I wish to travel with my son and wife. My wife though is from Goa, India. She is an Indian national. Can she get residency in UK as she has to look after my son when I work. Do I apply for family permit and take her with me ?? Or do I have to stay in UK for the initial right of residency and then apply after I'm a 'qualified' person...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10250" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-02T08:49:31.017" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T08:49:31.017" Title="Question about family permit for non EU spouse and son" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9113" CreationDate="2016-09-01T20:36:38.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, it is not a crime to quit your job. If you do not honor your contract (i.e., notice period), you can be responsible for &quot;damages&quot;. Your employment rights are governed by UK and EU labor laws and are not affected by the fact that your are an expat. At the point at which you quit your job, the UKBA will potentially &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514054/Tier_2_Policy_Guidance_04_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;curtail your leave to remain&lt;/a&gt;. If the UKBA decides to curtail your leave, you will have 60 days to leave the UK, so &quot;immediate deportation&quot; should not be a concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as switching employers, it is a little more complicated. You will need to apply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;extend your visa&lt;/a&gt;. This requires you to still be employed by your &quot;previous/current&quot; sponsor. You cannot quit your current job and then look for work during the 60 days you have to leave and still apply for an extension. Nor can you Tier 2 have expired. Your new employer will have to generate a certificate of sponsorship (just like your current employer did). Once you have that, you can apply to extend your Tier 2. Once you have your Tier 2, you can serve your notice period and then finally start your new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T20:36:38.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9115" CreationDate="2016-09-01T23:23:19.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to stay in the UK before your wife can join you; you can travel to the UK together.  From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying as a family member or extended family member&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA citizen you’re joining must either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be in the UK already&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be travelling with you to the UK within 6 months of the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they’ve been in the UK for more than 3 months they must either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a ‘qualified person’ (working, looking for work, self-employed, studying or self-sufficient)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a permanent right of residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the requirement to be a qualified person exists only if you've been in the UK for more than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you search online you will see that some people have had EEA family permits refused because the sponsor was not a qualified person.  These are either old stories, from when the UK was not properly honoring the EU directive, or they are incorrect refusals.  If you receive such a refusal, you should complain so it can be corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T23:23:19.983" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9118" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11572" CreationDate="2016-09-02T11:44:23.440" Score="1" ViewCount="554" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to use this opportunity to thank the moderators and contributors of this forum. You guys are doing a wonderful job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding accommodation requirement for UK Spouse Visa. All the other requirements have been met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm the applicant. I live abroad. My wife has ILR and daughter has British citizenship and they are both resident in the UK. They presently live in a 2 bedroom and 1 living room apartment with my Father-in-law. We are scared of a refusal. So we want to rent a 2bedroom apartment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the problem: Is it acceptable to use this newly rented apartment to meet the accommodation requirement by providing only Tenancy agreement and letter from landlord with permission for me to live in the apartment? It is a newly rented apartment. So no utility bills. And we don't want to wait until we have utility bills for the apartment. Also, is a property inspection necessary for this apartment, given that it would be occupied by only my wife and daughter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10252" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T06:38:59.360" Title="UK Spouse Visa Accommodation requirement" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9147" CreationDate="2016-09-02T12:43:37.117" Score="2" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine, a Swedish national, is moving to London, and has decided to apply for an optional residence permit, info about which is found here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: what form does it actually take? Is it a visa-type sticker in the passport, an A4 paper sheet, or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a sticker, how is it issued if you apply for it on the basis of an ID Card, rather than a passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2016-09-05T23:12:20.567" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T12:02:43.587" Title="What does the optional UK residence permit for EU/EFTA nationals look like?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9119" CreationDate="2016-09-02T13:18:09.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/GBR-HO-02001/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PRADO indicates it is a sticker&lt;/a&gt; (which is kind of odd, considering the fact that holding a passport is by no means necessary for most EU citizens living in the UK). The website provides extensive details about its appearance and security features, along with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/prado-documents/gbr/h/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of related documents&lt;/a&gt; (cards for family members, permanent residence cards, accession worker card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-02T13:24:28.433" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T13:24:28.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21590" CreationDate="2016-09-02T13:28:02.800" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an italian citizen. I am going to live in England for three years to study (the university will pay me a substantial amount of money), and for personal reasons I would like to be a resident there during this period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Do I automatically obtain the residence in UK, do I have to compile a certificate, or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) About healthcare, how does it work? I am sure italian healthcare will not provide for me in those years and that my EHIC italian card will stop being valid, and I am sure the university guarantees me basic healthcare on UK soil. But do I get a european healthcare (say for example I travel to Germany), do I get an english EHIC card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reason for the question: I asked three different offices and received three different answers, so I would like someone well informed or someone who directly experienced that to answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10254" LastEditorUserId="10254" LastEditDate="2021-01-24T16:16:15.120" LastActivityDate="2021-01-24T16:16:15.120" Title="UK Residence and Healthcare" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9121" CreationDate="2016-09-02T19:29:41.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In regards to residence, you do not need to file any paperwork with the UKBA/Home Office. In terms of healthcare, from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/uk-visitors/moving-to-england/Pages/moving-to-england-from-the-eea.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NHS website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a student from the EEA or Switzerland, you will need a valid EHIC issued by your home country. You'll need to present the card every time that medical care becomes necessary while you complete your course in England. This will ensure that you are not charged when NHS charges for hospital care would otherwise apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to register with a GP once you get to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T19:29:41.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9124" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9150" CreationDate="2016-09-03T05:49:27.183" Score="2" ViewCount="511" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are moving to Mexico soon from NZ (have temporary resident visa - Residencia Temporal) and are trying to determine the best way to acquire a car for use primarily in Mexico (occasional use in USA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been struggling to find whether we must have a Mexican driver license in order to buy or register a car in Mexico.  Some people have told us we do, some have told us we don't.  We will be living in Baja California if that makes any difference.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we can't buy a car in Mexico until we have a Mexican license we will have to look at whether we can buy one in California and then bring that across the border, although I guess we'll run into difficulty with regards to insurance and possibly registration of the vehicle in California.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, is it possible (legal) to buy a car in Mexico without a Mexico license?  Or register a US bought car in Mexico?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T21:22:52.203" Title="Buy/Register car in Mexico" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-03T07:59:38.287" Score="2" ViewCount="4113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm aware of &quot;reciprocity agreements&quot; some states of America have with other countries. I wish to move to America, but not to go through the hell of getting a license again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Australia: All of my search results are for coming to Australia from America, but I want to do the opposite. What states of America will allow a transfer of driver's license (Probably through a reciprocity agreement) from Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to Washington, Seattle, but based on dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/moving.html I'd have to do all of the tests again, which is why I'm asking about other states (So I can move to them temporarilly, get a licence, and move back to Washington. The nearest state to Washington which will allow what I need would be the best option).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With an account problem and my low reputation, I couldn't directly comment to the answers, so did so via edits here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dorothy (2016-09-03 16:48:06) I thought about British Columbia, but it's a part of Canada, not America. I would have to go through visa/green card stuff and everything else twice. It'd be ideal to move to a different country once (America) and between its states to do what's needed. British Columbia would be my last option, if I can't find any others inside America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dennis (2016-09-03 19:00:55) I couldn't find the information you were talking about on the page you linked to, it was only listing other states of America which they'll transfer from, not other countries. Maybe I missed it. Will Virginia really allow a transfer from Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@jpakotal (2016.09.10 12:55:55) and @Dorothy (2016.09.11 02:23:53) I had to go through years of hell for my licence the first time, so I don't want to throw all of that out by having to restart the physical test (They kept lying about the physical tests, so they could fail me, and I'd have to pay more. I had to make legal action, which I won, so they'd stop that). I'd be okay if I have to redo the mental test again, to transfer my licence, but not the physical test (As I don't trust what happened won't happen again).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dennis (2016-09-10 22:21:14) From what I'm reading on the page you linked: I only need to have residence in America generally, not Washington DC specifically, so simply being in Seattle, as I will be, would be enough (If I'm right). It's exactly what I need, but nearer options would be better (If I have to temporarily move to one of them, this is okay too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10261" LastEditorUserId="10261" LastEditDate="2016-10-03T13:46:46.273" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T13:46:46.273" Title="From Australia to America driver's license transfer" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-03T09:19:54.647" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in Amsterdam for several months and have postponed clothes shopping for a while. Now I need to get some... so, I know there's the area famous for department stores and large brand stores, around Dam square - but I'm not in the market for something expensive and from some fancy brand. I have passed a couple of smaller stores a few times cycling around, but I haven't gone into any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in which kinds of stores / which areas of the city would I look for reasonable-quality but not high-end/famous-brand men's wear (shirts and pants mostly)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I'm from Israel/Palestine, I don't dress traditionally or 'up-dress' (e.g. a proper suite would be too fancy for me) , I guess you could say that dress-wise you couldn't tell me apart from a nondescript local on the street.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-09-03T10:17:25.573" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T14:31:24.753" Title="In the Netherlands, in what kind of stores do I look for everyday men's clothes?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;&lt;clothes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-03T14:13:55.477" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am really confused as I have done 3 years diploma in textiles and then 3 years degree in computers. For acs, I am giving degree certificate but my semester started from 3rd be cause of lateral entry so should I give diploma details as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10262" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T20:04:18.543" Title="Confused about education assessment documents for ACS" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9125" CreationDate="2016-09-03T16:48:06.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not hell, intended to punish those with non-US licenses; it's the equal-opportunity bureaucracy that torments everyone, Americans included, when they relocate to another state. Residents are required to get a license issued by the state in which the live, usually within 30-90 days of moving there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short term, you would be able to drive in the US with your Australian permit, since it is a party to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Traffic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic&lt;/a&gt;. Since you plan to live/work/study in the US, you have to get a driving license (the same 30-90 days would apply to you).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Temporary residence in another state might let you avoid the some of the requirements that Washington State imposes, but those have similar requirements on residency and eligibility. The two states which immediately border Washington are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/pages/faqs/sb1080.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://itd.idaho.gov/dmv/driverservices/driver_license_facts.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Idaho&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might consider an easier alternative, moving to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/Pages/Moving-from-another-country.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Columbia&lt;/a&gt;, Washington's neighbor to the North and with which the State does have reciprocity, just as Canada has with Australia.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-09-04T00:47:08.223" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T00:47:08.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-03T18:15:50.170" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would be the best way to move household stuff from Bangalore to Nepal? Household stuff includes six medium steel boxes, television, refrigerator and 3 sets of roof fans. My father was working in the Indian army (Gurkha regiment) and now he would like to settle in Nepal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know especially about customs rules as well as shipping options for moving these electronic items from India to Nepal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to load everything on the same train in which we will be travelling and after reaching Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) we are not sure what to do further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other ways like hiring packers and movers which can directly deliver the stuff to Nepal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10263" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-09-06T07:22:41.223" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T07:22:41.223" Title="Moving household stuff from Bangalore(India) to Nepal(Chitwan district)" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-17T03:42:13.597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9191" CreationDate="2016-09-04T08:59:39.713" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the best option to open a foreign currency bank account in the UK?&#xA;I have cash savings of around 5k USD that I don't plan on using and would like to keep them somewhere safe without paying excessive fees for the account or for depositing/withdrawing them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Tohiko&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10266" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:58:08.650" Title="Foreign Currency bank account" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-04T11:47:57.157" Score="0" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Austria on a Visa D multiple entry, which expires next month. I am a Philippine passport holder, and was in Canada when I applied for the visa. I have not yet completed my German course and want to remain in the country to continue it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I able to extend the Visa D while I'm here in Austria? Or do I have to  leave Austria and make an application from the Philippines? I just ask this since I am here already in Austria and I don't want to go back to my home country just to apply again for a new visa. It's not practical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10268" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-26T16:30:15.673" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T13:20:18.457" Title="Is Visa D-Mult in Austria renewable? or possible to apply new one while I am inside Austria?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-04T16:38:45.553" Score="4" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my application, there was a clerical error that I managed to correct for in my printed application in relation to the question &quot;Have you been refused a visa for any country, including the UK, in the last 10 years?&quot;. In particular, the online application was stated &quot;NO&quot; but I managed to correct it in the printed form to &quot;YES&quot; and I gave my attached reasoning as &quot;Missing document&quot; with pen. That said, apparently the online requires three more follow-up responses (country, visa type and date) which I did not managed to account for in the printed application form since they were not available to me on the paper when I was in the application center when you switched to Yes. Would this cause them significant difficulty (p.s. I only had one refusal in the past which was a Tier 4 UK visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10273" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-07T09:50:34.270" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T23:27:12.233" Title="Clerical error on student visa application query" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9134" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-04T23:44:15.510" Score="1" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on H1-B visa and I'm in the middle of EB-2 process. I just got my EAD card by USPS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it is valid only as long as I am employed at my current employer. However if I perform any work (paid or non-paid) which does not violate any other rule (non-competing agreements, NDAs etc.) do I violate any US immigration rules? If yes, what is this card for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. I'm generally interested in various volunteering efforts which might have be deemed &quot;work&quot; in eyes of USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10274" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T04:17:43.977" Title="I have EAD - does it mean that I can work in US?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-05T02:18:14.793" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had two applications and only one was signed. I submitted the unsigned visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am already on purchased priority service processing. It has been two days since my passport was submitted to UKVI. (5-10 working days guaranteed decision).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?! I supplied a electronic signature during biometrics, along with all possible supporting documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my visa be rejected/refused?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10275" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T21:23:16.160" LastActivityDate="2019-08-30T20:42:20.680" Title="I accidentally submitted an unsigned Tier 4 Visa Application. What should I do?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9134" CreationDate="2016-09-05T04:17:43.977" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;On what basis did you get an EAD? People working on H1b do not get EADs. Probably what happened is that you applied for Adjustment of Status (the process of getting permanent residency within the US), and you applied for an EAD on the basis of being an Adjustment of Status applicant. You are probably applying for permanent residency based on the employer petition you mentioned earlier that is in the EB2 category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EAD is for you to work for any employer(s) you want. The EAD has nothing to do with your current employer and you do not need an EAD to work for your current employer as you are working for them under H1b. You would only need an EAD to work for another employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that since you are applying for Adjustment of Status under an employer-based category, switching jobs during the process could affect the Adjustment of Status (which in turn affects the EAD which is based on your AOS). Specifically, if you switch jobs less than 180 days after the AOS is filed (and it is still pending), the previous employer's petition would no longer be valid and your pending AOS would be denied. But if you switch jobs more than 180 days after the AOS is filed (and it is still pending), and your new job is similar to the original job, your petition remains valid and your Adjustment of Status can continue to be adjudicated. You can work for the new job(s) with your EAD and not need them to sponsor you for H1b or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T04:17:43.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-05T14:42:43.160" Score="2" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the planning stages of moving to Guatemala. Since the climate in Antigua (where I plan to move to) is very similar to my native Sweden, I thought it would be nice to bring a small amount of seeds into Guatemala for growing some plans I am used to from back home. I currently live in Texas and it is way too hot here for those plants...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So am I allowed to bring a couple of envelopes with non-native berries and/or vegetables? I am for example considering these miniature strawberries:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSnpE.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSnpE.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Swedish &amp;quot;smultron&amp;quot; berries&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="6542" LastEditDate="2016-09-05T14:59:01.733" LastActivityDate="2017-06-23T13:10:51.123" Title="What are the rules for bringing seeds into Guatemala?" Tags="&lt;guatemala&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T11:10:33.073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9138" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-09-05T14:43:49.243" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-09-05T14:43:49.243" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T14:43:49.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9139" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-09-05T14:43:49.243" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Guatemala " OwnerUserId="6542" LastEditorUserId="6542" LastEditDate="2016-09-10T14:00:40.570" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T14:00:40.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9083" CreationDate="2016-09-05T14:56:38.127" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most US apartment complexes and other houses for rent requires a 12 month lease. Some also offers a 6 month lease at a higher monthly rent.&#xA;It is very rare to find a month-to-month lease, and if you do they are usually much more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know you only want to rent for 2-3 months initially you can rent a furnished apartment, perhaps through HomeAway or Airbnb. It will be a bit more expensive, but then you don't have to buy furniture, cookware, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6542" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T14:56:38.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9144" CreationDate="2016-09-05T19:23:21.080" Score="6" ViewCount="3513" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I learned, I can get a Pennsylvania driver’s license without further tests (besides) vision, given that I have a German license, due to a reciprocal agreement between Pennsylvania and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of places on the internet say that I will have to surrender my German license. But I very confidentially recall reading that a recent change in legislation (possibly a federal law or court ruling) states that one may keep a foreign drivers license. Unfortunately, I cannot find where I read about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone confirm the existence of such a ruling? Also, can someone manage to find the actual text of the reciprocity agreement between Pennsylvania and Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on a J-1 visa, but not as a student, but Post-Doc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9752" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-09-06T15:35:46.100" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T19:49:57.110" Title="Not having to surrender a German drivers license when getting a US license" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-05T22:16:06.743" Score="3" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian Citizen looking to apply for fulltime/ internship in United State. I am a university graduate student and want to work in the Computer science and Electrical Engineering field. (eg, companies like google, facebook, qualcomm, etc....)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From google, I saw Canadian might need TN visa. Some websites say Canadian would need to get H1 (lottery) Visa just like other foriegn countries... Some says we don't need anything at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very confused. I am currently applying for a job, and it asks me if I would need &quot;sponsorship&quot; in order to work in this company. I don't know what to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10279" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T09:34:08.457" Title="Canadian Working in US (Need VISA)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9142" CreationDate="2016-09-06T00:44:46.637" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the relevant section of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/dvspubsforms/BDL/BDL%20Manuals/Manuals/PA%20Drivers%20Manual%20By%20Chapter/English/chapter_1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regulations&lt;/a&gt; that references the reciprocity agreement with Germany (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO NEEDS A PENNSYLVANIA DRIVER’S LICENSE?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Individuals who possess a valid foreign driver's license from their country are authorized to drive in Pennsylvania for up to one year from their date of entry into the United States, or upon expiration of their foreign license, whichever comes first. International driving permits are strongly recommended, but not required. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reciprocity agreements exist with the countries of France and Germany allowing for the transfer of a valid non-commercial driver’s license without Road or Knowledge testing; however, a Vision Test will be administered.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (Transfer of a driver’s license from Puerto Rico, France, or Germany cannot be completed the same day.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• People living in Pennsylvania who are at least 16 years of age and want to drive a motor vehicle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• People who just moved into Pennsylvania and are establishing Pennsylvania residency - if you hold a valid driver’s license from another state or Canada, &lt;em&gt;you must get a Pennsylvania driver’s license within 60 days after moving to Pennsylvania and surrender your out-of-state driver’s license&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first bullet point applies to your circumstances, which makes no mention of having to surrender that license. The third point describes individuals who have a driving license issued by another state in the USA. Additionally, the non-immigrant visa documentation you'll be required to provide supports that you are not relocating permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;: after Facebook messaging the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he chooses to have a PA license, he will have to surrender the German license, which will be sent back to the DMV in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is as follows: He would come in with a completed application for PA license. He would then have his German license verified by the German DMV, and have his immigration status verified at the same time – this process can take several weeks, depending on how long it takes Germany to get back to our us with a positive response on his German license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once verified, he would be eligible for his PA license, but he would have to surrender his German license at that time, which we would return to the German DMV. Presumably he would be allowed to get that German license back upon his return to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also note, though, that a valid foreign driver’s license is acceptable to drive in PA for one year from the date of your most recent entry, or the expiration of your foreign driving license, whichever ends sooner.  The one-year time frame starts anew every time you enter the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If choosing the second option, [he] could also obtain an International Driving Permit from an issuing entity in Germany. While the IDP is not required in PA, we do recommend it so he could present it in the event of any traffic stop by law enforcement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T20:23:32.193" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9145" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-06T01:16:50.440" Score="6" ViewCount="866" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was granted Australian permanent residence visa (189) this March. It has an initial entry date for October 2016. I landed Australia in March this year and stayed for 3 days and exited Australia. I am planning to move to Australia permanently in January next year (which is well past my initial entry date of October).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As there are no other conditions on my visa, Am I fine with it? Do I have to be in Australia on the day of &quot;first entry date&quot;? Can anyone confirm me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10280" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T01:01:08.600" Title="Initial entry requirement for Australia PR Visa" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9119" CreationDate="2016-09-06T12:02:43.587" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's neither a plastic card, nor a sticker. It's a piece of paper (blue actually) which has three pages with usual info; the third page has the name, picture and the usual details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441957/employers_guide_to_acceptable_right_to_work_documents_v5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441957/employers_guide_to_acceptable_right_to_work_documents_v5.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(page 15)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7145" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T12:02:43.587" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-06T13:22:54.437" Score="9" ViewCount="1797" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was married with a French person for 7 years, and applied for French citizenship on the sixth year of our marriage - long after obtaining the legal right for application. However, we got divorced one month after I got the French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the law, if you end your marriage within 12 months of acquiring citizenship, it is assumed that you presented your case for naturalization in a fraudulent manner. Does this apply to all cases, or each case shall be elaborated individually? Is there a way to keep my citizenship, since the marriage itself was not a fraud?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10282" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-15T01:00:50.383" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T08:10:52.873" Title="Will I keep the French nationality after divorce?" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-06T15:44:43.847" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was accepted in the 42 program in Fremont (programming school), but they offer no help for getting a Visa. So I want to know what are my options as a Canadian to stay in the US for long period of time. I already spent one month this summer at Fremont. Can I just be there 5 more months, come back to Canada, and go back after a unknown period of time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10283" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T21:57:28.720" Title="How can I stay, as a Canadian, in the US for 3 years?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9124" CreationDate="2016-09-06T21:22:52.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was waiting to see if anyone with actual facts to offer would answer this, but since not I'll offer an opinion that may be a little light on facts. As in the US, in Mexico vehicle registration and driver licensing is the responsibility of the individual Mexican states and requirements may vary from state to state (Baja has two, Sur and norte). That said, I don't believe the problem with not having a Mexican license is that you can't actually buy a car but rather, if there is one, is either with registering the car or buying the insurance you'll need to register the car. For a data point I know my brother-in-law got interested in a driver's license only after he bought a car in Sonora and began to deal with registering it in Guerrero, so that may have been a requirement there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start with the last question, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bajainsider.com/article/how-import-your-car-mexico&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;it is now possible to import certain US vehicles into Mexico&lt;/a&gt; but only if the car is a NAFTA vehicle between 5 and 10 years old. There'll be taxes and brokerage fees to pay. It isn't quite clear to me what this fixes, however, since the imported car still needs to be registered in your state of residence which will have the same requirements for it as a car bought in Mexico. If the idea is to register the car in the US, use it that way now and import it later, you'll need to check the legality of this if you don't have a US license since there is a Mexican federal law restricting who can drive foreign-registered cars in Mexico. For a US-registered car I know US license holders who aren't permanent residents can while Mexican license holders can't, but I have no idea which group you, as a third-country licensee, would be in. Worse, you'll now be looking to buy two insurance policies for the car without an appropriate license, one for the US registration and an additional one to cover your use in Mexico. I'm pretty sure you can get the former without a US license (for a price), but I'm not sure about the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, plus the fact that you are a Mexican resident entitled to apply for a license, I'm wondering why the solution to the problem of no Mexican driver's license isn't instead to just get a Mexican driver's license? I'm pretty sure that when you step off the plane in Mexico as a resident you'll have just about all the documents you need to apply for one (know your blood type and bring a birth certificate!) save something showing your residential address, and opening a bank account with your address(-of-convenience) might provide that. If your Spanish is bad find a translator to help fill out the application form and go to the office with you. Spanish is not required to drive. It is possible they won't require tests, but if you need to do a written knowledge test the state may very well have an English version (maybe no English study material, but if there's only one English test a couple of tries might get you past that) or, failing that, see if they'll accommodate you by letting your translator help or, failing that, ask if they'll waive the test because they don't have one in English or, failing that, see if you can find and memorize the question pool in Spanish or, failing that, make your first Spanish lessons be about understanding enough of the test to pass or, failing that, maybe you can find someone (e.g. the dealer wanting to sell you a car?) who knows someone who can &quot;help&quot; with the application (you can tell I lived in Guerrero...). If they also want a road test, just do it. If you treat getting the license as something you just have to get done now by any means necessary I suspect you'll find it doesn't require months of study, only some perseverance early on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally think you are much better off buying the car in Mexico in any case, and if that really does require you to get a license first you should just deal with that. Make sure the insurance policy you get covers you for short trips to the US and you'll be fine for that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T21:22:52.203" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9149" CreationDate="2016-09-06T21:57:28.720" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot study unless you enter the US in F-1 or M-1 status.  As a Canadian, you do not require a visa, but your entry to the US is still classified according to the same system, and you must still qualify for that status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify for F-1 or M-1 status, you need a document from your school called an I-20.  Your program says it offers no help getting a visa, which certainly means it does not issue I-20 forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you'll be unable to qualify for F-1 or M-1 status, you would be admitted as a B-2 visitor (that is, as a tourist).  Tourists can enroll in short courses of study only if they are incidental to the purpose of travel, which is not your case.  For more substantial courses of study, here's what the US government has to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Special Instructions for B-1/B-2 Visitors Who Want to Enroll in School&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Is it permissible to enroll in school while in B-1/B-2 status?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it is not.  The regulations, at 8 CFR 214.2(b)(7), specifically prohibit study in the United States while in B-1 or B-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before enrolling in classes, individuals who are in B-1 or B-2 status must first acquire F-1 (academic student) or M-1 (vocational student) status.  Enrolling in classes while in B-1/B-2 status will result in a status violation.  Individuals in B-1 or B-2 status, who have violated their nonimmigrant status by enrolling in classes, are not eligible to extend their B status or change to F-1 or M-1 status. These regulations provide no exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/special-instructions-b-1b-2-visitors-who-want-enroll-school&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/special-instructions-b-1b-2-visitors-who-want-enroll-school&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T21:57:28.720" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-07T02:08:05.087" Score="4" ViewCount="1243" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on H1B visa and my Visa will expire on 09/2017 .  I am getting married soon but my fiance doesn't have passport yet.  What is the process to bring my wife ( of course after marriage :) ) to USA.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find step by step process of this. Here is what I am guessing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apply for Passport&lt;/strong&gt; :   Can she do this before getting married? Generally wife needs to change her last name after marriage. Will this be an issue?   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apply for Visa&lt;/strong&gt; : Once we get the passport she will apply for H4 visa. ( H4 visa am I right here? ).  Can this process be initiated before marriage?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flight Tickets&lt;/strong&gt; : If all goes well and she gets the visa then get flight tickets. :)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the correct process? Am I missing some step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8297" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:22:14.693" Title="Getting married while on H1B Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9154" CreationDate="2016-09-07T10:38:10.517" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, sorry for the silly question, I came from a third world country, undeveloped country, so we don't have all this. (Not just for this question, but for the other questions that I am planing to ask)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am renting an apartment because I got a job contract, and I can see online there are two main words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commission and Guarantee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read and I got the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commission is what I should pay to the real estate because it helps me to fine the accommodation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guarantee is what I pay to the owner of the accommodation so if I destroy the accommodation, but when the contract finishes, if I haven't destroyed the apartment, he will give me the guaranettee back, right? (Sometime I see Deposit, which I think is the same concept as Guarantee, right?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it normal they are asking me for the cost of one month as a commission? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10287" LastEditorUserId="10287" LastEditDate="2016-09-07T11:55:51.580" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T12:41:04.220" Title="Commission vs Guarantee" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9153" CreationDate="2016-09-07T12:35:23.157" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One month rent as a fee (&lt;em&gt;vergoeding&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;bemiddelingskosten&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;huurkosten&lt;/em&gt;) for a place advertised by an agency is pretty standard (can be a lower set fee for cheap accommodation, I don't recall seeing more). Another model is for the landlord or landlady to pay for the agency fee, in which case the tenant does not have to pay anything. Yet, another model is to pay an agency some pre-defined fee upfront and have them look for unlisted places for you (not sure how common this really is but many agencies offer it). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Borgsom&lt;/em&gt; (the usual translation is &quot;deposit&quot;, I have never heard &quot;guarantee&quot; but I suppose it might be the same) is indeed a sum of money you give to the landlord or landlady to cover damages to the property &lt;em&gt;or rent arrears&lt;/em&gt;. You should get this money back at the end of the contract, if you make sure to end it following the procedure laid out in the contract (probably by certified mail, with one month notice). Here again, one month rent is standard but if you have a low income (compared to the rent) or a temporary job, you might be required to pay more (or, alternatively, to find a guarantor living in the Netherlands but that might be difficult for an expat).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some agencies will also ask you for some form of registration fee (before letting you even see properties) or a prepayment to confirm your interest in a property (at that point, you might still be refused by the landlord or landlady and get that money back but you cannot walk out without losing it). If you do get the property you were interested in, such a prepayment would be counted towards the deposit and agency fees and you would only have to pay the difference before moving in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that unless it's a vacation rental, you will rarely find anybody willing to rent you their property for one month, certainly through an agency (if you are introduced to the landlord by the current tenant or you are subrenting, it might be possible but would still seem rather uncommon). All rental contracts I have ever seen in this country specify a one-year minimum rental period. It's only after the end of the first year that you can step out of the contract with one month notice (typically).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-07T12:41:04.220" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T12:41:04.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-07T23:10:01.203" Score="-1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marrying in the Canary Islands and returning to US. What would be next step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10291" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-08T15:21:57.567" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T15:21:57.567" Title="I'm an American, marrying a Brit in the Canary Islands" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-09-12T13:55:52.237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9157" CreationDate="2016-09-07T23:23:51.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would need to follow the procedure for obtaining a &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/immediate-relative.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CR-1 visa (Immigrant Visa for a Spouse of a U.S. Citizen)&lt;/a&gt; for your spouse. The CR-1 would apply (instead of the IR-1) because you will probably have been married for less than two years at the time you make the application (see the section on &quot;Conditional Residence&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T23:23:51.540" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8735" CreationDate="2016-09-08T04:32:08.413" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Denmark and was married to a Danish citizen. We both live in the US now. Denmark is making it very difficult for non-EU residents to live in Denmark, let alone becoming Danish citizens. However, you have two things in your favor. First, British citizens remain popular in Denmark, and the UK is still in the EU and will be for another two years. (Gee, why doesn't GB re-vote?) Anyway, speed is of the essence. Learn as much Danish as possible. It is a requirement for citizenship, and it is granted far less than residency. But for your purposes, residency is a viable option. I read the other post about the Faroes, but that is complicated. Plus, you'd have better luck finding a job on Neptune. Finally, if you have friends in DK, visit and explore your additional options. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10292" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T04:32:08.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T06:57:19.603" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S citizen living in Mexico. My wife is a Mexican citizen and has no plans to work in the U.S. We just want to travel. Can I just get a tourist visa for her? We don't need the residence visa as we have no plans to work or live in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10293" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-09T13:45:05.577" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T13:45:05.577" Title="Wife wants a tourist visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T08:50:49.460" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the areas that expat live in, in Leiden&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using wikipedia, I found that Leiden has the following suburbs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer office is located at Jupiterlaan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information about Leiden accommodation is appreciated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10287" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T08:50:49.460" Title="residential areas for expat in Leiden" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-10T22:11:07.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T10:47:04.747" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would I know that there is a ban on my travel to UK or any other country? Is there some means such as an endorsement in the passport or the like? I ask because my tier 2 visa recently got refused due to an invalid document. I'm guessing my agent gave incorrect details, but in my refusal it only states an invalid document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10295" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-08T12:32:29.987" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T12:32:29.987" Title="Ban on travel to any commonwealth country" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9163" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9830" CreationDate="2016-09-08T10:56:51.180" Score="10" ViewCount="44962" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Australian PR and the 1st step I got to do is &quot;ACS Skill Assessment&quot; by uploading my &lt;strong&gt;PASSPORT&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;DEGREE CERTIFICATE&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;WORK EXPERIENCE LETTER&lt;/strong&gt;. My question is regarding Work Experience Letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Total Experience                   :   6.8 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experience in Current company      : Past 2.8 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experience in 1st company          : 4 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just have my Experience Letter for my 1st Company which doesn't specify my roles and responsibilities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q1 :  Should it be a problem? If so, then what needs to be done? I cant get it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2 :  If I submitted all the docs, and further clarification or any docs needed from me, whether ACS will intimate me to get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expecting a reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10294" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T09:34:36.483" Title="Experience Reference Letter for ACS Skill Assessment (for 189 type Visa)" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9162" CreationDate="2016-09-08T12:11:18.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every country has its own immigration rules and punitive measures. The commonwealth does not share immigration responsibilities. That said, other countries, commonwealth or not, may ask if you have ever been refused a visa before and why. You will likely have to deal with that for most of your future travels and it may lead to refusals (not bans, unless you lie and are found to be lying later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T12:11:18.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9064" CreationDate="2016-09-08T13:51:51.433" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;PS: I have a B1 certificate in German from Goethe, is it enough to apply for work there or should I keep learning the language ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever level you are, you should always make an effort to keep learning the language. B1 is a good starter position but there are many job adverts which you can find online that specify B2 or even C1 as a minimum requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand there are also opportunities, particularly in bigger cities, that are advertised in English for companies who work with English as their business language. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9524" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T13:51:51.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9166" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T14:35:46.493" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm writing a funding proposal for a year of travel in Montreal and potentially Sweden, and I need to budget all the expenses I could possibly have during this time (the funding is to fully support all expenses). How would one go about constructing a thorough budget? What are unexpected expenses that typically crop up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10288" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T14:35:46.493" Title="Preparing a funding proposal for a year in Montreal" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-17T03:42:23.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9064" CreationDate="2016-09-08T15:20:14.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; possible to get a visa as a highly-qualified applicant with a non-EU degree (there is no blanket ban or some such) but Germany has a rather bureaucratic system to assess your degree. If your degree is included in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kmk.org/themen/anerkennung-auslaendischer-abschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ZAB database&lt;/a&gt; and deemed sufficient and you fulfill the other conditions then you could apply for a visa or EU Blue Card. If you cannot find it in there, the ZAB can evaluate it (for a fee). The consulate won't do this for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are rather stringent salary requirements as well for an EU Blue Card but if you qualify, there are no language requirements. There are other routes to immigration (e.g. family reunion) where the degree is not relevant but then you do have to satisfy some language requirements and that does not sound relevant to your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-10T13:35:35.560" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T13:35:35.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T18:43:28.107" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the best-known supermarkets that are in the Netherlands, particularly in the Leiden area? I'm looking for regular grocery stores for food, bread, vegetables, shampoo. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10287" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-09-10T14:00:33.607" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T14:00:33.607" Title="Supermarket in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9160" CreationDate="2016-09-08T22:49:20.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The embassy will most likely ask for evidence of her stability in Mexico to establish that she is not an overstay risk. This is normally done by submitting bank account details, letters from work or school, contact details for people she knows or will be visiting in the US, and conducting an interview at the embassy. If she is unemployed and doesn't have much money in the bank, there could be difficulty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There could also be issues if they suspect she is visiting to marry you. They will most likely ask her to swear she isn't visiting to marry, and if you do they could use her statement to invalidate the marriage visa application and deport her anyway. I'm not implying that you would, but it is best to not try to game the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9373" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T22:49:20.080" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9172" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11535" CreationDate="2016-09-08T23:58:06.190" Score="0" ViewCount="8059" Body="&lt;p&gt;My maternal aunt (US citizen) had filed for a Family Preference Immigrant Visa (F4 visa) for my family with a priority date of October 2003. She had petitioned for the following family members:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother (petitioner's sister and the actual beneficiary).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My father (petitioner's brother-in-law).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My younger sister (petitioner's niece).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Myself (petitioner's niece).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date the petitioner received a Welcome Letter (PAOSF) from the National Visa Center on September 4, 2015. I was 26 years old on that date, it made sense to me that my name was not on the list at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a few weeks, we received an invoice from the National Visa Center asking us to pay the visa processing fees for my mother, father and my younger sister (then under 21). I went ahead and paid all the fees. The invoice also said only to pay the fees for the persons listed in the invoice and that's why I paid the fees for all three of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA; I received a notice for interview on August 31, 2016, which only lists my mother and my father. My sister, who is now over 21, has not been asked to appear in the interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;When the NVC asked me to pay tje fees for my younger sister, she was under 21, and she was entitled to receive an interview notice. I don't think that it's our fault the interview notice came a year afyet paying processing fees. I called the NVC customer service and the customer service agent has  recommended me to ask the visa interview counselor to run the CSPA Formula.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My parent's interview is not until next month and I am really worried that my younger sister will be left behind while my parents emigrate to the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT-1:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;What is the CSPA formula and how can my parents convince the interviewer (counselor) to grant a visa for my younger sister as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9227" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-28T08:22:32.997" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T11:18:44.117" Title="Family Preference Immigrant Visa (F4 visa) interview not scheduled for a recent 21 year old" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9170" CreationDate="2016-09-09T02:32:03.497" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, the biggest and probably most famous (in the Netherlands) is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Heijn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Albert Heijn&lt;/a&gt; (with their logo being &quot;ah&quot; glued together), which was established in 1887. Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_the_Netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, and Gala's comment, I wouldn't presume to list the &quot;top 5&quot;, but certainly in addition to Albert Heijn you have PLUS, Jumbo, Lidl, Aldi, SPAR being somewhat frequent in various regions. Most or all of these you should probably find Leiden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, it looks like there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_supermarkten#Nederland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;longer list&lt;/a&gt; on Dutch Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-09-09T14:47:48.523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T14:47:48.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T02:42:42.267" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not in Sydney right now, but when I compare the price of some stuffs (laptop for example) the prices on Amazon.com (product price+shipping cost) are far less than the price of exactly the same product on Australian online shopping web sites. This seems odd. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please provide some guideline regarding online shopping in Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T12:49:57.473" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T12:49:57.473" Title="Amazon's prices are significantly less that Australian online-shops" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9160" CreationDate="2016-09-09T06:42:01.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. I and my wife are in the exact same position (except her nationality) and she was given a 10 year multi-visit visa no problem. There are many expats around the world who are in this position and who visit the U.S. all the time with the non-citizen spouses in tow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-09T06:47:26.517" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T06:47:26.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T11:10:06.237" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi there I will be heading to Switzerland for an exchange program. The embassy &amp;amp; the school recommends that the process be applied asap as processing takes 2 - 3 months (or more if more proof etc. is needed). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The semester starts officially in end-Feb so is now too early to apply ? As in would the embassy accept the application since for Schengen tourist visas (type C) you can only do so earliest 3 months before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10305" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T06:16:18.487" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T06:16:18.487" Title="How early can I apply for a Swiss long-term visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8963" CreationDate="2016-09-09T11:13:21.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you have to return to your home country but for the last question on &quot;is it possible to have a C type visa before a D type&quot; I would say it is possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm in a similar situation - where my school term starts on end feb (&amp;amp; I don't want to go there too early) however I would like to visit Europe in January so I sent an enquiry to the embassy for the country which I would be staying in the longest - and they said it's possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10305" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T11:13:21.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T13:31:59.303" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to work in Switzerland with a French residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8492" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-09-11T17:34:36.853" LastActivityDate="2016-09-11T17:34:36.853" Title="Working in Switzerland with French residence permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T15:55:28.037" Score="2" ViewCount="1673" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from a non-EU country and I have been in a Civil Partnership with my Spanish spouse for three years. We plan to move to UK together. Do I have to apply a EEA family permit prior to the UK Residence Card or will it be possible to enter UK on a tourist visa (during the 6 months validity period) while applying the UK Residence Card as a family member of the EU? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10306" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T05:04:39.893" Title="Do I have to apply a EEA family permit prior to the application of UK Residence Card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9179" CreationDate="2016-09-09T17:08:53.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you do not have to have an EEA family permit to apply for a residence card.  You just need to show that you meet the requirements for a residence card.  These are essentially that you are the family member of the EEA national and that the EEA national is either a permanent resident of the UK or a &amp;quot;qualified person.&amp;quot;  For more information, see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't already have a tourist visa, though, you may want to get an EEA family permit instead.  They're free of charge, unlike tourist visas.  They also have less stringent criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a national of a visa-exempt country, you may want to apply for an EEA family permit &lt;em&gt;anyway.&lt;/em&gt;  This will reduce the chance that you'll be refused entry at the border.  On the other hand, that chance is probably pretty small, so as long as you have your civil partnership certificate with you when you arrive in the UK, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addendum: Since the UK has had a referendum to leave the EU, it seems the above links may break sooner rather than later.  Here are some relevant excerpts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Eligibility&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a residence card if you’re both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the family member, or extended family member, of an EEA national who is a permanent resident or ‘qualified person’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you’re a family member or an extended family member affects the form you use when you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be eligible for a residence card if you have a ‘retained right of residence’ or apply as a ‘Surinder Singh’ case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Qualified persons&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A qualified person is someone who is in the UK and one of the following applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they’re working&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they’re self-employed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they’re self-sufficient&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they’re studying&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. Documents you must provide&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For each person on the application you’ll need to provide:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a current passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 passport size colour photographs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one passport size colour photograph of your European Economic Area (EEA) national (or British citizen) sponsor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your EEA family member’s valid passport or national identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of your relationship to your EEA family member - eg marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate, birth certificate, or proof that you’ve lived together for 2 years if you’re unmarried&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to provide proof of one of the following, depending on your eligibility:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that your EEA family member has a permanent right of residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that your EEA family member is a ‘qualified person’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that you qualify because of a ‘retained right of residence’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that you qualify as a ‘Surinder Singh’ case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll need to provide a certified translation of any documents that aren’t in English or Welsh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need to provide additional documents depending on your circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T17:15:50.933" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9174" CreationDate="2016-09-10T12:53:34.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup, that's the famous Australia Tax: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Tax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, because it's a small, wealthy and largely captive market, with expensive labour and transport costs, buying &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; in Australia is generally expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, online shopping is one common way around this, especially since many merchants have free shipping and there is no duty or GST on most goods under $1000 (although this may change in 2017).  The savings aren't as good as they used to be thanks to the current weak Australian dollar, but buying direct from China via eBay or Aliexpress can still provide incredible bargains though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that Amazon.com.au sells virtual goods only, you'll need to use Amazon.com for physical products.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T05:29:39.947" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T05:29:39.947" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-11T17:58:21.900" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;So essentially, I'm looking at the possibilities to working within Australia as a permanent resident. I have done a lot of research into the skilled visa, and, although this does sound like what I need, the cost and time it takes may be a little off-putting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, I want to move to Australia within the next few months. If, I apply for a skilled visa, more than likely I would have to make a Expression of Interest, then submit my visa and finally wait to be sponsored. If I cannot find a sponsor, this would be very timely. My occupation is on the list of skills that are in high demand, and also I have enough points to secure a visa, but this does not mean you can just enter Australia to look for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So.. I have read about the &quot;Work Travel Visas&quot; but these seem to be around people who are backpacking and who want jobs, rather than careers. My aim is to continue my career, but do it in Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Let's say I applied for a Working holiday visa, found a job that is within my career then after my probation, if I like the city and the job then I will apply for a skilled visa to give me permanent resident in a hope that the company offers me a full, permanent contract and sponsorship. Is this allowed on the &quot;working holiday visa&quot; or is this visa just for backpackers who want to seek less permanent jobs and want to travel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. The main attraction of the working holiday visa, I could potentially find a contract based job for around 3-6 months, with a hope to be more permanent. Also, if the experience does not work out, I haven't spent over $3000AUD on a skilled visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10313" LastActivityDate="2016-09-11T17:58:21.900" Title="Australia - Travel-Work Visa -- What are the limitations?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9183" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-10T07:15:37.163" Score="5" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I use a long-term single-entry visitors visa to look for work in Dubai?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="kenneth" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T13:01:01.753" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T13:01:01.753" Title="Can I search for a job in Dubai while on a visitor's visa?" Tags="&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9183" CreationDate="2016-09-11T04:19:10.820" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have googled for clarification of what activities are covered by a long-term visa without success. The signs are that Dubai may not care much what 'type' of activity one gets up to once allowed into the country. I have a suspicion, whether or not strictly illegal, they will be happy to turn a 'blind eye' almost all the time – but might come down with draconian repercussions at any moment that suited, whether or not 'strictly' legal. In effect, the law is what happens to be convenient at the time.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there is precedent from other countries where job hunting is considered covered by &quot;tourism&quot;, so there is no real risk in my opinion. And there is evidence that others have looked for jobs while in the country as a 'Tourist', for example a post by Fida Karim from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tips-job-hunting-uae-hunting-prog-proj-mgn-t-m-e-qc-research&quot;&gt;Jan 28, 2015&lt;/a&gt; opens with:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most of us, if not all go to the UAE on a visit or tourist visa for Job Hunting!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anybody thinking of job hunting in Dubai on this basis I suggest that whole post is worth reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="pnuts" LastActivityDate="2016-09-11T04:19:10.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-10T21:46:06.850" Score="4" ViewCount="2402" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking at different working visas for Australia and the current cost of a skilled working visa is quite expensive and timely with no guarantee that you will be given one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been looking into the expression of interest and they will invite you to make a visa application if you are successful. However, I can't find any information on how much this costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as a sub question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you apply for other types of visas whilst waiting? For example, if you have found a job where someone will sponsor you? Or if you wanted to apply for a working holiday visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10313" OwnerDisplayName="Phorce" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T05:17:15.123" Title="Cost of Australian Expression of Interest?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9172" CreationDate="2016-09-12T05:26:12.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The aging out formula in CSPA is that the amount of time the petition has been pending (time from when the petition was filed to when it was approved) is subtracted from the person's age. So for example, if the petition took one year to approve, then the person does not age out until age 22; if the petition took 4 years to approve, then the person does not age out until age 25. (Yes, that means the slower the processing of the petition, the better for aging-out purposes.) You have not mentioned when the I-130 petition was approved, so it is impossible to determine from your description whether your sister (or you) has aged out or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure why the consular has not scheduled an interview for your sister. If you believe your sister (or you) has still not aged out as of right now, according to the rules, your parents should contact the consular to add her to the case and schedule an interview for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T05:26:12.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9190" CreationDate="2016-09-12T13:05:18.077" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the visa I am referring to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Apply to join family living permanently in the UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find anything about the fees being refundable or not&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6849" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:43:05.943" Title="My father will apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa, can he get a refund if his application wasn't successful?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-12T13:15:19.247" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the requirement for a work permit visa for UK from Ghana?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work with a multinational company and I would like to have the experience working outside Ghana.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10315" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T10:29:21.450" LastActivityDate="2017-02-10T13:42:44.367" Title="What are the requirements work permit visa from Ghana?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9188" CreationDate="2016-09-12T15:37:21.227" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only circumstances where you can expect a refund are when you cancel the application &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; it is processed. Cancelled applications made in the UK are not refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can only get your fee refunded if your application hasn’t been processed yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/cancel-visa&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/cancel-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are applying through any third party commercial agency, the answer depends at least partly on their terms and conditions. My expectation is that they often don't refund applicants their fees even if there is a cancellation of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not &lt;em&gt;buying&lt;/em&gt; a visa, you are paying for someones time to process your application, regardless of outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" LastEditorUserId="8420" LastEditDate="2016-09-12T15:43:05.943" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:43:05.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9130" CreationDate="2016-09-12T15:58:08.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have sterling current account with a UK bank you can ask them about their foreign currency accounts&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.barclays.co.uk/Otheraccounts/Currencyaccounts/ForeignCurrencyAccount/P1242557963858&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are likely to be fees (e.g. £7/quarter if quarterly average balance &amp;lt; $2000 USD]. £6 per transfer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:58:08.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9419" CreationDate="2016-09-12T19:09:40.760" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the US under a J1 and my home country has a tax treaty with the US. Therefore I am currently exempted from federal taxes and some other taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am getting married soon and want to apply for an Adjustment of Status. My question is, how does this affect my tax status for the current job (J1)? Will I have to pay taxes for whole salary I earned or is this still &quot;tax-free&quot;? Is this different if I would apply for AOS at Jan 1st? When does the Tax exemption end?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Tax treaty Germany USA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/germany.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Article 20(1)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Remuneration that a professor or teacher who is a resident of a Contracting State and who is present in the other Contracting State for a period not exceeding two years for the purpose of carrying out advanced study or research or for teaching at an accredited university, college, school, or other educational institution, or a public research institution or other institution engaged in research for the public benefit, receives for such work shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State. This Article shall not apply to income from research if such research is undertaken not in the public interest but primarily for the private benefit of a specific person or persons. The benefits provided in this paragraph shall not be granted to an individual who, during the immediately preceding period, enjoyed the benefits of paragraph 2, 3, or 4.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10285" LastEditorUserId="10285" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T02:19:39.603" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T04:09:39.840" Title="Paying taxes after AOS?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-12T20:14:23.400" Score="3" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American who's relocated to Germany, along with my son.  He's in 6th grade at a Gymnasium now.  He brought home a list of his classes, and I'm baffled by the abbreviations.  Can anyone help me figure them out?  I've listed the few I was able to figure out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;D&lt;/strong&gt; Deutsch&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Mus&lt;/strong&gt; Music&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;M&lt;/strong&gt; Math&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt; Sport&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Geo&lt;/strong&gt; Geography&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;BNTPr&lt;/strong&gt; Biologie/Naturwissenschaft/Technik/?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt; Geschichte&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;F&lt;/strong&gt; French&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;QM&lt;/strong&gt; Qualifikations Mathematik(?) - Remedial Math&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;KL&lt;/strong&gt; Homeroom&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;QD&lt;/strong&gt; Qualifikation Deutsch(?) - Remedial Deutsch&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Bk&lt;/strong&gt; Visual Art&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Rel&lt;/strong&gt; Religion  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like these must be common if the school doesn't give a key to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastEditorUserId="892" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T15:33:32.873" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T15:33:32.873" Title="What do these Gymnasium subject abbreviations stand for?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9143" CreationDate="2016-09-12T22:26:07.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TN status&lt;/a&gt; for Canadian (and Mexican) is very simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get the offer, prepare education documents and go to the border. There you have 20-30 min interview with custom officer, pay $50 and get paper in your Canadian passport. It's valid for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you profession should be in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-17197/0-0-0-21051.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NAFTA list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need sponsorship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For Mexicans, the process is slightly more complicated because it's necessary to have a visa sticker. The documents must therefore be presented with a visa application at a US consulate.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-10-14T09:34:08.457" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T09:34:08.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9195" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-13T08:00:44.243" Score="3" ViewCount="2380" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is an annaul salary of EUR 53000 (before tax) sufficient for a family to live in Eindhoven area? It is a family of four with two school-going kids under 12.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the case of not getting the benefit of 30% ruling (or all foreign workers get it?), considering not a lavish but sort of frugal lifestyle, expenses like initial rental deposit, 2 bedroom house rental, transportation, utilities, school fees (I heard English schools are very expensive!), insurance, local govt/municipal taxes if any, and any other mandatory expenses, would there be anything left to save?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given all that and if the job contract is for a year or so, is it okay to move the family or better stay alone? Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user10316" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T12:14:55.110" Title="Netherlands: is EUR 53000 salary enough for a family of 4?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9195" CreationDate="2016-09-13T09:59:47.533" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some numbers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The average Dutch salary in The Netherlands in 2014 is €35.000/yr (&lt;a href=&quot;http://hoegeldmaken.nl/geldzaken/wat-het-gemiddeld-salaris-nederland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The modal Dutch salary in The Netherlands in 2015 is €35.500/yr  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gemiddeld-inkomen.nl/modaal-inkomen-2015/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The modal Dutch salary in The Netherlands in 2016 is €36.500/yr  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gemiddeld-inkomen.nl/modaal-inkomen-2016/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The average income &lt;em&gt;per household&lt;/em&gt; for 2 adults + 2 kids under 18 in 2011 was €82,400 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://modaal-inkomen.nl/meer-cijfers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of extra information can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.nl/search?q=cost+of+living+in+the+netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Googling for &quot;Cost of living in The Netherlands&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt; gives a detailed list of sample items (note: no research data, just user contributed info). They claim:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cost of living in Netherlands is 1.82% higher than in United States (aggregate data for all cities, rent is not taken into account). Rent in Netherlands is 14.65% lower than in United States (average data for all cities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some remarks from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatarrivals.com/the-netherlands/cost-of-living-in-the-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ExpatArrivals&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Expats living in the Netherlands must purchase health insurance from a Dutch provider. Costs vary depending on the package chosen but can range from around 100 to 350 EUR and up.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Liability insurance, which is usually included in household insurance, is also a must. If a person, their child or their dog damages anybody else’s property they will be held responsible and will be expected to have this&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Tuition at local schools is free, but international schools are expensive, and can easily cost 15,000 EUR per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Eindhoven, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/nl/education/Listing-of-international-schools-in-the-Netherlands_102018.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;there seems to be only one international school&lt;/a&gt;. This is what they say about their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isecampus.nl/Flex/Site/Page.aspx?PageID=7314&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tuition&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary school fees are only (a minimum of) €450. Formally speaking this is a voluntary contribution, but you can't really not pay this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Secondary schools are a different story: That's €6500 and not voluntary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Expatistan&lt;/a&gt; has a 'Cost of living index' which shows you that you are 17% cheaper of in Eindhoven than in Amsterdam ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since many households live on one salary, and your kids are still in primary school, your number sounds 'doable'. I would hesitate if they were in secondary school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's your decision (also based on non-financial arguments). Make a list of monthly expenses and decide based on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T12:14:55.110" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T12:14:55.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9193" CreationDate="2016-09-13T10:19:08.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Baden-Württemberg's secretary of education does not publish a uniform list of abbreviations as other German states do. But she does publish a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecher/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of classes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which are taught throughout the state's public schools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that each school or each district might be using their own unique set of acronyms. Your itemization looks good for most of the classes. This is what I can add to address your direct question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;BK&quot; is likely to be &quot;Bildende Kunst&quot; - visual arts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;BNT is a combined / interdisciplinary science class, not certain what &quot;Pr&quot; is in this context, might be something like &quot;Praxis&quot; or &quot;Praktikum&quot; - i.e. hands-on&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No idea about QM, KL QD, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that most (if not all) schools will call parents for a ~2-hour information meeting / evening in the first month of the school year, where class teachers get to introduce themselves, questions will be asked and answered, the planned school trip will be discussed and some paperwork will be done. So you might wait for the invitation and get some basic questions answered there if you are more or less fluent in German. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not or if you have many questions to ask which might not fit well into such an event, my ultimate advice would be to just ring up the class teacher for a short meeting at the school (or give your kid a note with your phone number on it so the class teacher can call you). They generally are very open to such requests and surely will be able to accommodate a half-hour meeting within a couple of days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10317" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T10:25:48.993" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T10:25:48.993" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1189" CreationDate="2016-09-13T12:47:57.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no way to check online for the status once the US Embassy gets it.  I have emailed them some questions and waiting for a reply now.  Beyond emailing them, there is no other way to find out information as when you call the main number, they direct you to &quot;that branch&quot; which is the Visa department.  You cannot call them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying that the visa process doesn't start until you submit the DS160 is like splitting hairs and I think a bit erroneous.  Maybe semantics proves me wrong, but IMO the process starts when you submit to the USCIS because you CAN be denied at that level or be requested for RFE's, etc.  So, there is a process underway.  The K1 visa goes through the NVC quick, in a matter of days, to the US Embassy.  But other visas like work, petitioning for a family member, etc., will take weeks. It's always a good sign when you get to the US Embassy because it seems to me that you are essentially guaranteed an interview so long as your Packet 3 is submitted without any issue.  Then it's up to you at that point.  Just remember, their job is to make sure you have a sincere relationship so try and relax for the interview, unless you are trying to hide something which is not a good thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10319" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T12:47:57.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9200" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-09-13T15:56:27.103" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-09-13T15:56:27.103" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T15:56:27.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9201" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-09-13T15:56:27.103" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigration and immigration of family members including visas, ancestry visas, schools, employment, insurance and related family topics." OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-23T08:50:15.153" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T08:50:15.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-13T16:23:23.683" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under which condition and visa type can I conduct my own academic research sponsored by a non-UK HEI  and also be paid by a small UK-based company which does not have a sponsor certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Russian citizen doing a PhD in Italy. Within my PhD program, I am planning to have a research traineeship in the UK at a company which is not a certified sponsor, and offers a monthly payment. I am also waiting for the Erasmus scholarship results for Tier 4 visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10321" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T16:23:23.683" Title="UK visa legal traineeship payment without a work visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-13T16:27:18.643" Score="2" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian national and I live and work in London. I'm marrying my American fiancee in Italy at the beginning of next year, but after getting married we plan on setting roots in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is what's the best way to fly her out to Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's cheaper and a much easier to fly to London from the US, I thought the best solution would be to fly her to London, then stay there for a few days, then fly to Italy and finally get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that point she'll apply for an EEA family permit and we'll fly together back to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think this is ok to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, once her passport is stamped at the UK border, she's basically free to travel everywhere in Europe for 6 months, but it is ok to fly to Italy get married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10322" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T16:27:18.643" Title="American marrying an Italian in Italy, then move to London" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-13T16:54:40.057" Score="0" ViewCount="424" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much bank deposit do I need to show to apply for one year of study permit in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somebody told me that, the amount (Canadian $) I need to show is, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;(Tuition Fee for one year) + (Living cost for one year * 2 persons). &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Yes, what is the rationale?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T19:49:27.437" Title="How much bank deposit do I need to show to apply for one year of study permit in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-13T17:37:41.797" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Polish citizen and my wife-to-be is Colombian. We've lived in the USA for 3 years (legally, just in case someone asked) and we want to move to UK after we get married. How can my future wife get her work permit in the UK? I've seen a similar question here before but my case seems to be a little different, the question was asked 2 years ago, and laws change. I have never been in the UK, neither has my wife to be. I haven't been to my home country in over three years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10323" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T09:28:40.590" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T09:28:40.590" Title="Polish citizen wants to move to England with non-EU citizen wife" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-09-25T09:22:48.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9204" CreationDate="2016-09-13T19:49:27.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government of Canada&lt;/a&gt; expects you to show that you have enough money to pay for your tuition fees, living expenses for yourself (and any family members who go with you) and that you have return transportation for yourself (and any family members with you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educanada.ca/index.aspx?lang=eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;EduCanada&lt;/a&gt; provides all the information you need and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://w03.educanada.ca/index.aspx?action=programsearch-rechercheprogramme&amp;amp;lang=eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Step-1-2-3 tool&lt;/a&gt; to help you estimate tuition and living expenses, both of which will depend on the school, where it is located, whether it has campus housing, meal plans, and so on. Once you select the school(s) you're interested in, it will show the tuition and fees, cost of on-campus housing options (which can be in the range of C$8,000-12,000), meal plans and the like. If you live off campus, rental cost may be lower but you would have to add the expense of necessities (food), furniture, utilities (water, electric, phone, internet, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-13T19:49:27.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9207" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10466" CreationDate="2016-09-13T23:20:41.777" Score="1" ViewCount="433" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone give some good guidance about a living cost in Al-khobar, KSA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;such as rent decent 2-3 bedroom house/apartment, bills, transportation, cost of car etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in the UK, and in the process in considering a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9609" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T18:45:44.487" Title="Living cost in Al-khobar, Saudi Arabia" Tags="&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T01:52:57.343" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I married an Irish citizen who works and lives in UK. The marriage had to be approved by the Home Office because I am subject to immigration control due to overstaying a visitor's visa by two years. How long does it take to process my resident permit here in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10325" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T07:35:12.160" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T07:35:12.160" Title="I live in the UK but my nationality is Nigerian and I have married an Irish citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T04:56:20.437" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have refugee status in Romania, a temporary residence of 3 years and refugee travel document (Convention 1951). I traveled from Romania to the Republic of Moldova using my Romanian travel document. When I needed to make a declaration from a notary (and to receive money from Western Union in a bank), they would not accept my Romanian document and told me that they required a passport or other identification document, that my Convention 1951 document can only be used for travel purposes. Immigration authorities in Romania told me that I have the same rights and obligations as Romanian citizens. When and how can I use my Romanian travel document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10327" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T14:30:06.517" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T14:30:06.517" Title="Refugee travel document as identity document" Tags="&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9209" CreationDate="2016-09-14T07:10:41.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Immigration authorities in Romania told me that I have the same rights and obligations as Romanian citizens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A kind sincere sentiment, but not practically true. Obviously you are expected to obey the laws, and are given many of the same freedoms and access to state services, but there is a significant and critical difference between being a citizen and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; being a citizen. One of those differences has to do with access to a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When and how can I use my Romanian travel document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For exactly the purpose it was meant for: to be able to travel in and out of the country from which you have been granted refugee protection. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 1951 convention established that as a way for refugees to travel abroad with some limitations. Signatories to that convention (such as Moldova) have agreed to accept it for these purposes. However the convention does not state that any other country must recognize it for any other purpose than for travel, even a purpose for which an actual passport would often be used (proof of indentification for example). That is strictly up to those countries to decide for themselves, and since they may have no specific policy on the matter, it may be left up to individual organizations to decide for themselves. Even Romania, the country that has given you protection and issued the document, technically doesn't have to consider this document as firm proof of identification or require anybody else inside the country to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a limitation you may have to live with for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T08:26:39.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T08:26:39.323" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T17:20:33.177" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for an apartment to rent in Germany about four months from now - that is, starting January or February - as the period of notice on the current rental agreement is three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it turns out, virtually all apartments available via familiar sites such as ImmoScout are offered for rental starting immediately, in October or perhaps November. I don't see how I could find an apartment so that I would be able to sign the new contract before cancelling the current agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my view, landlords will always prefer a tenant who would be able to move in immediately, so the apartment doesn't remain untenanted for too long, which puts me in a not so good position to negotiate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to move out of my current apartment ASAP as it's impossibly expensive for just one person (roommate moved out unexpectedly). Also, my job situation changed recently - it's quite a hassle commuting, so I'm looking for an apartment closer to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do about this situation? Would it be wise to terminate the current contract in the hopes of finding a suitable offer eventually?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that winter season might have something to do with things - probably nobody likes moving on New Year's Eve, so hardly any apartments are available for January. Am I just forced to wait for another one or two months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8768" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T22:05:05.613" Title="How to find an apartment well in advance?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9212" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9218" CreationDate="2016-09-14T18:51:02.703" Score="3" ViewCount="1473" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in France and have a residence card (spouse of EU citizen) that mentions that I am allowed to work.  I am currently working part-time for an employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to my current job, I want to do some occasional work through some of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Freelance_marketplace_websites&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the usual freelancing websites&lt;/a&gt;.  In this situation, work is done for international clients (in practice none of them are likely to be French).  Interaction with clients, including payments, is handled by the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to do any paperwork to be able to do this?  Do I need special permission from the government or tax office, or obtain a special status (e.g. auto-entrepreneur)?  Or is it sufficient to declare this income at the usual time in May?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am having difficulties finding this information because I do not speak much French (my job doesn't require it, nor does any of the freelance work I plan to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this would be a small amount of work and small income, I would prefer to keep things as simple as possible, and avoid going through bureaucracy as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10330" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-03T16:40:18.067" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T16:40:18.067" Title="Doing freelance work in France--permission needed?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9212" CreationDate="2016-09-14T20:10:46.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do have to do some paperwork to do this. Just declaring the income is not legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When working in France, besides income taxes, you also have to pay income related taxes for benefits (health insurance, retirement, etc.). Besides, when working as a freelance, you must bill your clients, that requires to have a 'SIRET' number (an identifying number for your business) and deal with VAT issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like given your situation as you described it, the 'auto-entrepreneur' status should be appropriate without too much hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find a definitive answer about the right for someone with your status (spouse of EU citizen) to use the auto-entrepreneur status although it looks like it should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T20:21:29.680" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T20:21:29.680" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T21:00:33.857" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a recent graduate from an American University, and I am looking to travel abroad. I am not looking to move away permanently, but I would like to work for a few years in a different place. I work as a software developer, so it seems that I would have opportunity to find work elsewhere. The problem I am running into is that I have no connections in the foreign country which I would want to work in (South Africa, specifically). I do not know the best way to find connections overseas without knowing someone directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told that it would be beneficial for me to look into work for American companies which have operations internationally rather than to try and find local companies, as this will make for easier connections back home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What resources, sites, and methods would one use to effectively find international work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10331" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T21:00:33.857" Title="Making connections abroad" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-17T05:47:16.833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9215" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9216" CreationDate="2016-09-15T00:15:11.637" Score="2" ViewCount="1848" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving back to Canada (where I am a citizen) from the United States (where I have been working for two years under TN status). I have been planning to ship the majority of my personal belongings to Canada using the United States Postal Service. When I went to the post office with the first package, they requested that I fill out a USPS Customs Declaration and Dispatch Notice (&lt;a href=&quot;https://about.usps.com/forms/ps2976r.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PS Form 2976-R, April 2016&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This customs form seems to require an itemized list of everything I'm sending, with weight and cost for each of them. This would be an enormous pain. The boxes contain everything from disorganized bags of lego and trading cards, various personal electronics, assorted clothing, books and magazines, cookware, sports equipment, and other things. I do not know the value of most of these items, and some may not have a clear specific value. (Although for what it's worth, all but a few are individually not very expensive.) I also don't have a postage scale (I was intending to use the one at the post office to weigh the boxes in their entirety, not expecting to need to weigh every item individually), though I could buy one if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this actually necessary for shipping existing personal belongings to myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that such declarations are necessary for sending new items as gifts, or items that are being shipped for commercial purposes, but it doesn't feel correct for simply moving my own possessions from one location to another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="428" LastActivityDate="2016-10-29T18:25:57.407" Title="Customs requirements for shipping personal belongings from US to Canada via USPS" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9215" CreationDate="2016-09-15T04:05:16.093" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you need to fill out those forms. You need a list of all the items you are bringing to Canada to apply for the tax and duty exemption a returning resident is entitled to, and a copy of those forms will supply that. I've not done this with USPS, but the process with a mover is similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you move to Canada with a mover, as they load stuff on the truck they will make a list of each individual item they put on the truck. Once it is packed you take a copy of that list and attach it to a filled in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf186-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;form BSF186&lt;/a&gt;. When you subsequently enter Canada you declare that you have goods to follow and give them that package. They'll put stamps on it. When the truck shows up you meet it at a customs bond facility and give your stamped BSF186 and list to the customs officer there. She'll make sure the stuff you declared is the same as the stuff on the truck, then put her stamps on the forms to mark it arrived and release it from customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not exactly sure how it will work with stuff sent by mail but my guess would be that if they don't deliver it directly you'll need the stamped BSF186 and copies of the USPS forms to get it out of the Canada Post customs bond without paying duty. So you need the detailed list of items that copies the USPS forms will provide to claim the duty exemption for the goods and perhaps persuade Canada Post you needn't pay tax on the delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T04:05:16.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-15T05:58:21.617" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I got a job offer, from a tiny startup in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would absolutely love to work with this company, and move over here. However, it's a tiny startup with no legal team. How difficult would it be for this company to sponsor my visa? How much would it cost them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and what kind of visa would I need? (I'm a web developer), some college but no degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current visa expires late November. With such a short time frame is it even possible to pursue this job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that greencards are probably exhausted by now for sure. I think the h-2B visas start October. Would that be an option or would I even qualify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate some help in this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10334" LastEditorUserId="10338" LastEditDate="2016-09-15T20:25:06.790" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T03:52:12.553" Title="Got offered a job in the US as a B2 visa traveller" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9212" CreationDate="2016-09-15T06:08:40.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @audionuma explained, if you are freelancing, you are effectively running a business as far as the law is concerned and you are expected to register accordingly. You also need to have a status allowing you to work in France, but as the spouse of an EU citizen you are covered in this respect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the status you choose, you would &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; declare the additional income as part of your income tax return at the end of the year or pay income tax right away (&lt;em&gt;prélévement libératoire&lt;/em&gt;) but that's not enough. The important difference are the mandatory tax-like contributions to the state insurance system (&lt;em&gt;sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt;, which covers health, unemployment, old-age pensions, work accidents and occupational illnesses, and family benefits) and corporate tax. As an employee, your employer takes care of all that for you but you are not allowed to simply circumvent the whole system because you're freelancing (or selling things abroad)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;em&gt;Auto-entrepreneur&lt;/em&gt;” is precisely a status to make all this (relatively) easy when your freelancing activity is limited (in theory, it's intended for people who are just starting or doing it besides a regular job, even though there is a bit of abuse going on). Unless your employment contract has a very restrictive non-compete clause, doing that beside a job should not be a problem at all (certainly not as far as the state is concerned). The main limitation is that your yearly turnover should be under a certain threshold (depends on the type of activity, for services it's something like €35k). If you exceed that threshold, you will have to switch to another status (with heavier bookkeeping requirements, proper VAT accounting and many choices to make regarding taxes and the like).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Concretely, you register on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lautoentrepreneur.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the official website&lt;/a&gt;, your registration will be transmitted to the relevant authorities and you will get a number of letters confirming that, a SIRET number, etc. After that, you can declare your freelancing income directly on the website and pay the relevant taxes and contributions automatically. You are out of the VAT system (i.e. you don't have to worry about it, you pay VAT like a private customer, you don't charge it to your clients) and you have limited accounting obligations (basically you need to issue invoices with a few key pieces of information – stuff like “TVA non applicable - article 293 B du CGI”; no proper double-entry bookkeeping).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It really is quite easy (and completely free, except perhaps sending out one or two letters, you only start to pay something once you have a contract/client) but the main issue in your case will be the fact that you expect most of your clients to be abroad. If they are inside the EU (and associated states), you are supposed to get some sort of special document attesting that you are covered by the French state insurance system (so your clients don't need to pay similar contributions in their country and/or can prove they are not trying to defraud their country's statutory insurance system by hiring a freelancer abroad) and I never managed that. After much back and forth to find out who could actually issue this document, it seems you first need a certain level of activity in France before you can get it and I lost an interesting contract in Switzerland that way. On the other hand, if your clients are completely outside the EU, maybe that's not relevant and you could just send them a regular invoice and be done with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A small note: Once you register, you will be listed on official lists of business owners, which are public. Because of that, you will receive a number of scam attempts, official-looking forms with a letter demanding a ~€100 payment to be added to some directory or other, which are neither mandatory nor really useful. Ignore them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T13:28:38.210" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T13:28:38.210" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9220" CreationDate="2016-09-15T13:04:57.460" Score="7" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a US citizen, living in France on a work visa (which is renewed annually), obtains the nationality of another European country on the basis of their ancestry, what effect (if any) will this have on their visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ostensibly, their visa would be unchanged due to it being tied to their US passport (presumably the case for any non-European holding a visa). Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would they still be required to renew their visa, or would it be permissible to allow the visa to expire without renewal, since they would have the right of free movement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:44.407" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:44.407" Title="Obtaining another European nationality while living in France with a visa and a non-EU passport" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9219" CreationDate="2016-09-15T13:57:59.730" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that you're never required to renew a visa, you're required to either have some title to stay or leave. Usually, you want to renew the visa but in that case it would seem unnecessary as staying as an EU citizen is generally simpler and more beneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One common situation in which you let a visa expire and nothing happens is if you gained &lt;em&gt;French&lt;/em&gt; citizenship in the meantime. That's common, they know how to handle it. In theory, I think you are supposed to surrender your &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; but I know some people who could hold onto it. Of course being French also comes with more fundamental changes to your relationship with the French state so it's not exactly comparable. And, in practical terms, one major differences is that the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; will not learn about your new citizenship automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I think the absolute worse that could happen is that you receive an &lt;em&gt;obligation de quitter le territoire français&lt;/em&gt; a few months after the expiry of your current visa/residence permit at which point you can still send a letter pointing out their mistake. Your rights as EU citizen are very strong and cannot possibly be denied because of some procedural details. To forego the whole unpleasantness, I would probably send them a letter informing them about the change and apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16003&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour EU&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (which is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; mandatory but is completely free) as soon as possible. That way hopefully someone at the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; will notice before they make their periodical sweep through the files to find potential overstayers and it would at least provide you with a paper trail if any question arises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, I can't see why your visa would cease to be valid or you would be legally forced to switch to another status so you could in theory go for a renewal, I guess. But of course doing so would probably create some surprise and confusion if the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; learns about your new citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-15T14:03:08.953" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T14:03:08.953" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-16T06:14:20.537" Score="1" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a New Zealand Student Visa in April this year. I had to attend a Telephone Interview taken by an New Zealand immigration officer. Some days after that, I got a refusal letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get a copy/recording/transcript of the telephone interview?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please reply asap. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10337" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T01:10:04.220" Title="Am I allowed get a copy/transcript/recording of New Zealand Student Visa interview?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9192" CreationDate="2016-09-16T21:39:53.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;IRS 901 says the following about tax treaties:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tax treaties reduce the U.S. taxes of residents of foreign countries.&#xA;  With certain exceptions, they do not reduce the U.S. taxes of U.S.&#xA;  citizens or residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and is supposed to cover the situations such as when you're in US, and receiving income from either abroad, or US governmental program (such as teaching in your case), you wouldn't be liable to US federal taxes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the German teacher-specific exemption says the same:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A professor or teacher who is a resident of Germany and who is&#xA;  temporarily in the United States...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However after your adjustment of status is approved (since you mentioned marriage, it is assumed you're becoming US permanent resident), you're considered the resident of US, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc851.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;according to IRS&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The green card test - You are considered to have met the green card&#xA;  test &lt;strong&gt;if at any time during the calendar year&lt;/strong&gt; you were a lawful&#xA;  permanent resident of the United States according to the immigration&#xA;  laws&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that even if you got permanent resident status in Dec 2016, you're considered US tax resident for the whole 2016 (not just for Dec), so your whole 2016 income is taxable (because you been also present in the USA for &gt;183 days at that moment). However your 2015 and earlier income is not taxable because of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An accountant review, of course, is highly recommended if the amount is worth it. Accountants working with immigrant communities are very familiar with this topic, and would be more helpful than, for example, HR block type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10329" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T21:39:53.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8886" CreationDate="2016-09-17T14:34:59.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a 100% answer, but will at least give you some more information. I first looked up the Washington Accord and found that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ieagreements.org/Washington-Accord/Accredited.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IET&lt;/a&gt; is the accrediting body in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then looked at IET's website. You can search their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.engc.org.uk/education-skills/course-search/acad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ACAD database&lt;/a&gt; to find accredited courses. I only put Hertfordshire in as a search term. Here's your course:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Course Title  Operations and Supply Chain Management  Course Ref  10649  Section  CEng  &#xA;&#xA;Type              Award  Intake Year   Accredited By    Section &#xA;1 years Full time  MSc   2011-2016       IET             CEng  &#xA;2 years Part time  MSc   2011-2016       IET             CEng  &#xA;&#xA;Public Note(s) •Accredited further learning for CEng&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this listing is whether a course is appropriate for licensing as a Civil Engineer which else states that a Msc in Civil Engineering would also need a BSc CEng for licensing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think, as pratap suggested, you will need to contact DIBP to clarify. Giving them this information may make it easier for them to give you an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T14:34:59.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9230" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9233" CreationDate="2016-09-17T22:18:58.993" Score="5" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/stateless-people&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/stateless-people&lt;/a&gt; —&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to register as a British citizen if you don’t have any&#xA;  form of citizenship or nationality - that is, if you’re a ‘stateless&#xA;  person’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to apply depends on when and where you were born. In all cases you&#xA;  must be stateless and have always been stateless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would a person be born without any citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T14:35:15.907" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T14:35:15.907" Title="Who has &quot;always been stateless&quot;?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-17T22:40:36.020" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK in 1937 and emigrated to Canada in 1967. Do I automatically have British citizenship or do I have to apply? I presently have a Canadian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10354" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-18T13:28:07.373" LastActivityDate="2016-09-18T13:28:07.373" Title="british citizenship is it automatic.Or do i have to apply" Tags="&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9230" CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:23:47.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An individual is born in a country that does not grant citizenship by virtue of being born there (jus solis) to parents whose birth country/countries don't grant/recognize birthright citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T23:23:47.780" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9230" CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:24:08.447" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Statelessness is a kind of negative state (falling through the cracks as it were) so I am not sure a full list can be created but here are some (actual, not merely theoretical) cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Born to parents who are themselves stateless.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Born to an unmarried mother with a citizenship transmitted solely through males (a common problem, there are dozens of those).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Born to parents who cannot transmit their citizenship for another reason (e.g. British citizens by descent, under certain conditions, although that can usually be fixed, indeed that's what the form S2 referred on the page you found is about).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this would only apply if the birth in question happens in a country with strictly no &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; and no fall-back clause. I don't know precisely how common this is elsewhere but in many European countries, even those that are comparatively restrictive about dual citizenship and &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt;, the law stipulates that someone born to unknown parents or with no other citizenship is a citizen (there are exception, though, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/339644&quot;&gt;Austria&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Americas generally have unconditional &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; so the problem does not arise there at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-17T23:43:15.313" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T23:43:15.313" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9231" CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:40:02.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't lose British citizenship upon naturalization in a foreign country after 1948. Since you naturalized in Canada after 1948, you did not lose British citizenship, and still have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T23:40:02.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9235" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9239" CreationDate="2016-09-18T08:45:26.707" Score="4" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S. Citizen current living in the Netherlands for the last year on a knowledgeable worker visa, with my wife who is a Spanish citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just left my company, but would like to stay in the Netherlands.  What is the procedure to change my visa from a knowledgable worker visa, to a spouse-sponsored residence permit? The instructions &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/family/marriage&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; assume that I am out of the country during the application process. How is this process different while living in the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2016-09-18T14:50:03.043" Title="Converting from Work visa to Spouse visa in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-18T10:40:35.937" Score="3" ViewCount="1131" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine told me that it is possible to get a driver's license in Germany in around one week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He says there are those &quot;one week courses&quot;, that I could go and obtain my license faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a driver's license from Brazil. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true? How does it work? What would be the faster way for me to get my driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T16:41:42.010" Title="Getting driver's license faster in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-18T12:49:09.900" Score="3" ViewCount="1484" Body="&lt;p&gt;I submitted my acs application but while uploading reference letters, I uploaded statutory declaration under reference heading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is that a big mistake and cannot be corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10262" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-14T06:24:12.280" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T06:28:48.860" Title="Mistakes made in acs application" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-18T14:18:38.497" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was about to graduate from my University in 2013 but due to doing a startup I couldn't. From September 2014 I started a job while I had still not completed my degree and still continuing that full time job. I completed my degree in April 2016 after giving the last exam. I am now trying to move to Australia. Will my experience gained before completing the degree count towards immigration? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T10:42:26.197" Title="Will my job experience while completing degree count?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9235" CreationDate="2016-09-18T14:50:03.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're looking at the wrong page. That page describes Dutch immigration law, which does not apply to you.  Instead, you are covered by the EU section, for, although you are not an EU national, you are the family member of one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/eu/third-country-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/eu/third-country-nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a residence permit directly, without leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-09-18T14:50:03.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-18T14:54:52.190" Score="3" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;My niece is married to a US citizen and will be moving to the US on an immigrant visa in the next 2 months. She already has a Pakistani ID card and a passport under her father's name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In applying for US visa, can she use her current passport, or should she have a new one issued under husband's name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10357" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T21:08:18.460" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T21:08:18.460" Title="Do spouses need to change name on passport after marriage?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T16:07:20.370" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in Germany approx. 80 days and am waiting for my approval of citizenship. It could show up any day now. I am a Canadian citizen and have a applied for dual citizenship as I have German heritage - mother and father had German Citizenship when I was born in Canada. If I do not receive it before my 90 days is up would I have to go back to Canada or would it be ok if I stayed until I receive my German Citizenship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="R.Christen" LastActivityDate="2016-09-24T18:25:31.170" Title="90 day stay is almost up but waiting for citizenship papers" Tags="&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:50:43.740" Score="5" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living with my partner for more than a year now but we are in the closet so we don't have an address to our name or a joint bank statement. We have lots and lots of pictures but I don't think those would suffice in convincing the UKBA of the seriousness of our relationship. What else can my partner show as proof of relationship? Please help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Xyz" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:46:47.313" Title="I am a Pakistani, in a same sex relationship, applying for a Tier 2 visa soon. What proof can my partner provide to apply for Tier 2 dependent?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-18T17:52:33.200" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Pakistan right now. I need an extra 5 points to move to Australia. These points could be gained using 3 years of experience in Pakistan or by 1 year of experience in Australia. If I work remotely from Pakistan for an Australian employer, will it be called Australian experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T11:29:58.857" Title="If I work remotely in Pakistan for Australian employer, will the embassy see it as Australian work experience while moving to Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9248" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T00:24:57.643" Score="4" ViewCount="4818" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen wanting to move to the UK. I currently have my own business and make plenty of money to support myself in the UK. Can I get a visa as a self employed individual, or must I obtain a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa proving I have at least 50,000 pounds in my bank account, or just go for a sponsored visa? I'm 34 years old so I don't qualify as a &quot;youth&quot;. Thank you for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10362" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T18:26:04.327" Title="Can I get a UK visa as self employed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T00:40:08.810" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Irish boyfriend and I are planning to get married soon. He lives in Turkey and I am currently working in the USA (on a work visa). We might get married in court here in The USA. After marriage, we are planning to move to Ireland but have work related queries. When will I be able to start working in Ireland? Also, he is more leaning towards moving to Spain (instead of Ireland). How will it work out with respect to work and residency visa and how soon I can start working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10363" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T12:54:02.273" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T12:54:02.273" Title="Indian citizen working in USA (on a work Visa) planning to get married to a citizen of Ireland" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T09:36:50.177" Score="1" ViewCount="541" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Leiden, as a new expat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, is there any place to iron my clothes? I have an important meeting and i would like to iron my suit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Leiden doesn't have such a place, where in Amsterdam can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I need to know if this place available on Saturdays and Sundays. I will arrive on Saturday morning and I need the suit ready by Sunday night at the latest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may seem a silly question, but it is necessary for me. I will have an 18-hours flight and if Leiden doesn't have such a place, nor Amsterdam (open during  weekends) I do that in my country :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9677" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T06:06:51.943" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T06:06:51.943" Title="Places to iron clothes in Leiden or Amsterdam" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;clothing&gt;&lt;clothes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9251" CreationDate="2016-09-19T10:24:23.617" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's a service offered by dry cleaners, usually after cleaning your suit (but I guess that only ironing already clean clothes is also possible, have never done that). That kind of store is called a &lt;strong&gt;stomerij&lt;/strong&gt; in Dutch. They are usually open on Saturdays, but will definitely be &lt;strong&gt;closed on Sundays&lt;/strong&gt;. There will be several in all cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A search for &quot;stomerij leiden&quot; on Google Maps shows about 15, most of them will be able to help you for a few euro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if it were me this is not the sort of thing I would want to be doing after an 18 hour flight into a new country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6889" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T10:24:23.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9251" CreationDate="2016-09-19T11:28:43.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look for a dry cleaner (that's called &lt;em&gt;stomerij&lt;/em&gt; in Dutch). Most will be open on Saturday and closed on Sunday (some are even open on Sunday but the one I know is in Rotterdam…) Regular service is not same-day however, usually more like 2 or 3. I assume some express service might be available for a premium in some places but I never needed it so I am not able to provide additional info on that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy an iron and ironing board. Not ideal for a suit (see comments) but possibly a back-up solution. Personally I need an iron (for shirts, not suits) regularly but of course if you never ever iron your clothes, it will feel like a waste of money. You should find some in many household items and electronics store, some of which might even be opened on Sunday (depends on the city and on the store, you need to look it up). For example: Blokker, MediaMarkt, BCC.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clean and iron your suit wherever you are before (possibly using hotel service if you're staying at an hotel) and take it with you. You should not fold it but there are different ways to keep it in a decent state during travel: rolling it, hanging it, wearing it (yes, that's usually better than folding, although 18 hours is a bit long!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T06:05:04.980" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T06:05:04.980" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9245" CreationDate="2016-09-19T11:29:58.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; Australian work experience can only be gained by legally working in Australia for an entity with an Australian business number (ABN/ACN) and having the Australian tax records to prove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can your Australian company sponsor you to come to Australia on a 457 visa? Then you wouldn't need to worry about points anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T11:29:58.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:38:56.977" Score="4" ViewCount="650" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EEA national in a Civil Union with my Spanish partner. I hold a Residence Card which was issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC (the ‘Free Movement Directive’). On the back of my Residence Card states that I'm a Family Member of a Union Member. Will I be able to enter and visit the UK with my partner with my Article 10 Residence Card even though my Partner has not exercised his free movements rights in another EEA state? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10365" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T17:32:52.640" Title="Entering UK with a Article 10 Residence Card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9255" CreationDate="2016-09-19T17:32:52.640" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Your Spanish partner is exercising free movement rights simply by traveling to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;2. What you are allowed to do with a residence card&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A valid, genuine Article 10 (or Article 20) residence card allows the non-EEA national family member of an EEA national to travel to the UK without the requirement to obtain an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, in order to be admitted to the UK you will need to demonstrate that you have a right of admission under EU law. Without evidence that you have a right of admission, you will not be allowed to enter to the UK on the basis of your residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;3. Evidence you need to bring in addition to your residence card&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to be admitted to the UK, we would expect to see the following in addition to your valid residence card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your valid passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence that you are the family member of an EEA national (for example, your marriage certificate or birth certificate)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addition, if you are not travelling with your EEA national family member, you will also need to show:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence that your EEA national family member is in the UK, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence that they have a right of residence in the UK because:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they have been in the UK for less than three months, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they are in the UK as a worker, self-employed person, self-sufficient person or student, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they have acquired a right of permanent residence in the UK under EU law.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you cannot satisfy the Border Officer that you have a right of admission to the UK under EU law, you will not be allowed to enter the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T17:32:52.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9248" CreationDate="2016-09-19T18:26:04.327" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/overview&quot;&gt;Tier 1 Entrepreneur&lt;/a&gt; visa is for individuals that want to set up or run a business in the UK. It is the appropriate visa for a self-employeed individual. This requires you to have £50,000. Ideally this comes from approved sources in the UK, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/access-to-50000-investment-funds&quot;&gt;short guidance&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can also apply if you’ve already invested £50,000 in a UK business. You must have invested the funds less than 12 months before you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This clause, however, appears absent in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/513958/T1__E__Guidance_04_2016.pdf&quot;&gt;full guidance&lt;/a&gt;. If the money is simply in your bank account, you may in fact need £200,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot;&gt;Tier 2 General&lt;/a&gt; is a sponsored visa, but requires you to have a job offer from an employer willing, and allowed, to sponsor you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-09-19T18:26:04.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T03:31:05.390" Score="4" ViewCount="937" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planing for rent an accommodation in the Netherlands for one year. What are the rules to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I pay in advance for the whole year (indeed if I had that money, I would not be working abroad)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know about the extra one month commision, but how many months in advance usually I should pay? (one, two, more? )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my contract is for one year (and that is the normal minimum i think) can I pay each month? (because i will be working and I can pay each month individually) but i can't pay the whole year in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help and tips please, I am baby in these stuff and I afraid they cheat on me &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10105" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T20:02:52.033" Title="What are the rules to pay for rent in the netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T06:53:05.030" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen who has been out of the country (working in Japan) for the last three years. I wish to apply for the working holiday visa to France (visa 3D category), but am required to be covered by the provincial health care in addition to travel insurance for the duration of my stay in France. Since I have been out of the country for so long, my insurance has expired, and according to the health Ontario website, they won’t cover me out-of-country unless I stay in Canada for two years prior to my trip. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has any Canadian been able to successfully go on any working holiday immediately after living for some time out of Canada? If I were to get comprehensive coverage from an insurance provider will the provincial coverage be negligible? Any advice from people with past experiences in this situation would be greatly appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10370" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T01:48:00.003" Title="Canadian Provincial Health Care for Working Holiday is 100% necessary?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-19T02:40:01.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9258" CreationDate="2016-09-20T08:56:15.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The contract would usually specify that but I have never heard of any other arrangement than monthly payment. Before moving in, you pay the deposit (one month rent is typical, possibly more if you cannot present sufficient guarantees like a work contract), any fees/commission and the first month's rent. Then, before the beginning of each month, you pay the rent for the coming month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's specific about a one-year contract is that you can't stop it during that first year. You don't have to pay in advance but you will owe the landlord one year's worth of rent in any case. After the first year, everything goes on in the same way, but you have the right to stop the contract at any time (typically with one month notice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-20T09:03:24.720" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T09:03:24.720" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T08:57:53.470" Score="-2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;How best can i apply to get a work permit to work in UK. I have a 2 years visitors visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work with a multinational company in Ghana.APM Terminals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10372" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T14:53:25.237" Title="Work permit visa to work in UK" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-09-20T16:35:04.430" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T11:50:51.403" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know an adult Lebanese that wants to immigrate to Canada, and I just want to know what are the requirements for him to do so. Does he need a Visa? Does he have to pay for anything? What are the general requirements for him to immigrate to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10374" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T14:21:53.900" Title="Immigration to Canada requirements" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9263" CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:21:53.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;With more than 60 different Canadian visa categories, yes, he may be able to immigrate to Canada and, yes, there may be a fee.  Without knowing specifics, it's difficult to provide anything but a general answer. It would be better to use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/getting-started.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government of Canada Immigration and Citizenship tools&lt;/a&gt; to determine whether your friend is eligible, what type of visa, how much it will cost, and how to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Find out if you are eligible to apply&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you want to work, study, visit, travel through or live permanently in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Answer a few questions to find out what immigration programs you can apply for. Each immigration program has different application and eligibility requirements. You will need about 10-15 minutes to complete the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be asked questions about your:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;language ability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;family members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;work experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;income and/or net worth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;details on any job offer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Based on your answers, we will tell you what programs you may be eligible for, so be as accurate as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are eligible, we will give you a detailed list of instructions on what to do next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T14:21:53.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9189" CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:53:25.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are most likely asking about a UK Tier 2 (General) visa for which you will need to have a job offer, a certificate of sponsorship from that employer, and be able to pass an assessment system. To evaluate your eligibility, and for step-by-step guidance, your primary resource is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UK Government's detailed information on work visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T14:53:25.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T15:28:42.117" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a developer programmer and my husband is software engineer. We are planning for PR in subclass of 189. I want to know how the questions will be in ACS skill assessment. Is there any link for sample question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10376" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T18:41:00.140" Title="AUSTRALIAN PR process" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9236" CreationDate="2016-09-20T20:23:07.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just typed &quot;Führerschein in einer Woche&quot; into google, and there are plenty of places that offer courses that should get you a driver's license in about a week (plus a few days maybe). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's one week of full time lessons from morning to evening. It will be hard, hard work, and it will be expensive. You just go through the same training in a week that others do in three months or six months. You'll need to pass one theory test, and one practical test, and once they are passed it takes no time to get the license papers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T20:23:07.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9266" CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:41:00.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australian Computer Society (ACS) has several documents on their website that explain the process. I personally don't think they're as clear as they could be, but you should read through them, then ask specific questions here, or better, email ACS if you need clarification. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One landing page is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/migration-skills-assessment/information-for-applicants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; which has links to a FAQs, topics, checklist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A very important document is the Skills Assessment Guidelines document &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can tell, there's no interview and generally no questions on specific skills to answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to have a letter that includes your name, dates of employment, job titles and possibly duties from each company that you are using to claim skills. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to provide any educational diplomas plus transcripts if you have educational qualifications. Vendor certifications are also counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not have educational qualifications in the field you may have to also fill out detailed reports that describe projects worked on. This is if you are going the &quot;Recognition of Prior Learning&quot; route--only needed if you have no relevant (Information and Communication Technology) ICT tertiary education. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: As of 21 September 2016, the ACS website says that there will be a new version of the website as of 26 September, so links may no longer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T18:41:00.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9275" CreationDate="2016-09-22T10:52:17.413" Score="3" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know questions like this one have been asked before, but my question is specifically in regards to healthcare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a Swedish citizen. She has also acquired permanent residency in the UK by having lived there for 10 years. She and I are moving to Berlin, and will be registering ourselves there, however we're also trying to get pregnant. For both legal and personal reasons, we would like to come back to the UK to give birth when the time comes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, when we go to Berlin, register our home and get health insurance, will that automatically unregister her with the local GP? Is there any reason (both practical or legal) she wouldn't be able to come back and use the healthcare system as if she never left? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't think it matters, but assume we give birth before the UK leaves the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10389" LastEditorUserId="10389" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T10:58:19.890" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T12:07:23.527" Title="Can an EU national hold residence in two other EU countries?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9281" CreationDate="2016-09-22T11:37:50.980" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a French citizen with passport who has recently returned to France after not living here since she was a child.  She works full time as a freelance artist, and currently only for American clients.  In fact, since moving to France her only job was one for an American client that she started before moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a French citizen, is there anything she needs to do to declare her status in France?  There was much good discussion in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9212/doing-freelance-work-in-france-permission-needed&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but it's not clear that it applies to her as a citizen.  (I would say that even though she's native French this is still an expat issue as she has never worked in France and not lived here as an adult; I am non-citizen and am in France on a work visa currently).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T12:54:11.510" Title="Working as a freelancer as a recently returned French citizen having never worked in France before" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-22T12:03:44.923" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently been invited to apply for the Australian Skilled Independent Visa (subclass 189) visa.  However, I would like clarification on this item: I claimed 5 points with my 1-year work experience here in Australia, which is related to my field. Do I need skill assessment for the 1-year experience in Australia? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10391" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T09:24:00.490" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:48:09.943" Title="Confusion regarding Related Employment Assessment" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9272" CreationDate="2016-09-22T12:07:23.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no unified concept of residence for all purposes (immigration, taxes, healthcare) and no harmonization or coordination at the EU level. This means that registering in Germany or getting insurance there doesn't &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; mean that you cannot be considered a resident elsewhere for some purpose. The UK authorities or the NHS won't be notified of it. In that sense, an EU national &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; theoretically be a resident in two EU countries, at least for some time and some purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, as soon as you move somewhere else with the intention of spending most of your time and living there &lt;em&gt;permanently&lt;/em&gt;, you are probably not considered a resident in the UK for most purposes anymore. The relevant fact here is not so much that you would be registered in Germany and considered a resident there but simply that the center of your interests (job, main home, etc.) are materially outside the UK. It doesn't really matter what else you are doing, that Germany is in the EU, etc. if you don't live in the UK, you don't live in the UK and that's usually the relevant test for the NHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, if you get German statutory insurance (&lt;em&gt;Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung&lt;/em&gt; - but not private insurance), you will also get a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which you can use to get access to the NHS during a visit to the UK (even people who have no special link with UK/have never lived there can). It does cover routine maternity care &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1073.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;but explicitly would not cover you if you go to the UK specifically to get treatment or give birth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; so it would not solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that immigration law is somewhat different in that you wouldn't lose the right of permanent residence as an EU citizen immediately but only after two years of absence from the country. My understanding is that during those two years you should be able to return to the UK and register yourself with the NHS again, no questions asked. After that, you would need a job or some other legal basis to become a (regular) resident again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the NHS might not notice immediately but &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are supposed to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/movingabroad/Pages/Introduction.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;let your GP know&lt;/a&gt;. If you can make a good case that it's temporary (e.g. you're a student or you will work on a specific project for your UK-based employer), you may be able to argue that the move is not permanent and stay registered but otherwise, you will have to leave the NHS. Apparently, there is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Entitlement-to-NHS-Hospital-Treatment-for-Non-Resident-UK-Citizens.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a special rule&lt;/a&gt; for people who have lived at least 10 years in the UK that lets you resume coverage if you have worked less than 5 years abroad and could provide you a bit of leeway. That's probably your best shot but apart from that, the NHS is a residence-based system and residence is determined by your material situation so it's difficult to see how your could live in Berlin and legally benefit from it without misrepresenting your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T12:07:23.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9273" CreationDate="2016-09-22T15:21:29.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US-based French consulates have good resources for what a French national needs to do when repatriating to France. Here is the Los Angeles consular page for specifically this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?rubrique450&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?rubrique450&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first item in the list (the “simulateur”) will walk her through all the questions about her status (how long she’s been gone, type of degree, whether she has French health insurance, etc.), then will provide a year-long list of administrative items to bring her to compliance with the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10070" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T15:21:29.893" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2016-09-22T15:21:51.727" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the same situation some years ago.  Eventually I gave up and went back to driving school in France and got a car and motorcycle permit.  Based on what I went through I advise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get the International Drivers Permit from the AAA.  It lasts one year, in theory.  Even though your license expires when you leave the US that little detail might not be so clearly marked on your international permit.  (The front cover says &quot;good for one year starting on {issue date}).  So if you are actually stopped in France there's a good chance they'll just look at the date on the cover and not the text on your license that says invalid-when-this-person-leaves.  Don't forget to end all sentences with &quot;..., monsieur.&quot; while he's thumbing through your papers and considering whether you are the one he'll drag back to the &quot;caserne&quot; in order to fill his quota of scuzzbuckets or whether he'll wait for something better to come along.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1a.  The AAA, on the other hand, might give you trouble.  You will have to convince them that you intend to come back to the US or else they might refuse to issue the permit.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your permit really does become invalid don't bother trying to exchange it.  The fonctionnaires (bureaucrats) who handle the paperwork are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; keen on dates, unlike the gendarmes, and it is highly likely they will see it and reject your request.  They won't tell you right off the bat.  First they'll make you go get all relevant paperwork (the license, maybe your birth certificate) translated into French, which costs about fifty euros per page from a &quot;traducteur assermenté&quot;  (govt. approved translator).  Having obtained this expensive paperwork they will then proceed to reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pay the money and get your French Driver's license.  It's expensive but the exams are difficult (written and practical) and the driving schools are very good at making sure all their students pass.  It is only &quot;work&quot; in the sense that you have to study and attend the practical lessons.  They take care of all the bureaucracy.  After some class instruction they run you through simulations of the written exam on computers and monitor your progress.  Once they judge that you can pass they take care of everything else, you just have to show up for the exams, written and practical.  I did 104 exam simulations before they judged me ready for the written exam, for example.  You definitely get your money's worth.  The practical part is also excellent.  I already had several hundred thousand kms of experience in cars and on motorcycles but no-way would I have passed the exams without going through the driving school.  Gala's comment is also correct, the driver schools scoop just about all of the exam slots and it's just about a state secret how you can take the exam without going through the schools.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other points that are not immediately relevant to the solution I proposed, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't put too much faith in what French embassy web sites say.  Or even what their personnel say.  They are not paid to explain how things work inside France.  They may have put something on their site (et bravo if they do) but they are under no obligation to ensure that it is up to date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The départements in France handle motor vehicle issues. Their websites are much more likely to be correct.  Find the web site of the préfecture (department government) you will be moving to.  Even then it may not be &quot;correct,&quot; in the sense that when you actually go there to do something it is the person handling your request who has the final say and they can contradict what is on the web site.  Your best bet is to call and get a live person and ask them to confirm the details on the web site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Everything auto-related is more expensive in France than in the US.  But there are other things in France that are less expensive.  It's all about the Benjamins, or the Hamiltons in my case, ha ha ha.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The exception to the above rule is insurance.  Definitely bring all your insurance paperwork with you and shop around until you find an insurer that accepts your paperwork that proves you are an excellent driver.  You won't have to translate it if it's in English, just point out the relevant phrases (&quot;zero claims while insured with us&quot;) etc.  I got wildly different quotations for the same basic car insurance based on whether the insurer took the paperwork seriously or not.  Some of them won't and that's that.  Just go to the next insurer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having obtained a French license from scratch, a person can still keep and (maybe) renew their original permit.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you have fulfilled residency requirements you can go get your license.  (in your case you're an EU citizen so you've already got them)  Whatever delays exist on paper are not actually enforced.  Besides, it will take months to get the CdS and some more months to do all that schooling.  So it will probably be a year before you get your French permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10392" LastEditorUserId="10392" LastEditDate="2016-09-23T07:44:28.637" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T07:44:28.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11248" CreationDate="2016-09-23T06:17:09.300" Score="4" ViewCount="618" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting married with my fiancée, who is a Romanian girl. Since we live in Germany (I'm not German either - I'm Italian), we chose to marry under German law, therefore we also chose her to get my surname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since she will change her surname, she will need to reapply for each document she has (I guess by the consulate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the Romanian consulate in Germany accept a marriage certificate in German (apparently they do, but that consulate is not famous to be very precise about the info they give)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can she write her residency here in Germany on her ID?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do contracts and other documents made here in Germany automatically update, or do we need to notify every single entity?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10396" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-23T06:42:52.487" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T08:28:16.447" Title="Romanian documents after marriage in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9273" CreationDate="2016-09-23T12:54:11.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to (legally) work as a freelancer in France when you are a french citizen ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest path is to go to the auto-entrepreneur status. Minimal paperwork. There's a limit on the maximum sales revenue you can make while on this status. You can nevertheless change status if needed (like if fortunately your sales go above the maximum for auto-entrepreneur).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I just declare my income ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you can't. Working in France implies some social taxes (retirement, health, ...) that must be payed before the income taxes stage. It means you need some sort of legal status to actually work in France as a freelancer. You will then declare your income for income taxes purposes (with most social taxes taken out).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What if I am an artist ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France (as in most of EU I think), there's a special status for 'artists'. What's an artist ? It is someone who is mainly producing art stuff ;-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Practically, if you are a graphic designer, making a logo for a (client) company, you can either sell them your work and give them all rights to publish, modify, do whatever they want ... (then, you are not an artist) or just give them the right to use this work for a dedicated purpose, asking for more money if they use it in another purpose or context (You are then an artist). There are really different rules in Europe vs USA in this subject, so if that is your case, you should carefully check contract terms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in France, it means you will have a different status (artist vs freelancer). As this is related to how much of your income is from 'art' or not, and as current clients are from USA, I would suggest to go into the non-artist path and adapt after a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T12:54:11.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9274" CreationDate="2016-09-23T17:06:51.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guidelines&lt;/a&gt;, yes, all claimed work experience needs to be assessed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There can be extra points awarded if you have an Australian degree with 1 year or more post-graduation work experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T17:06:51.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-24T02:39:17.020" Score="3" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently refused twice for a Tier 4 student visa. In the first application, my step-father had provided all the required documents for proof of money. However, our connection was doubted and, therefore, I had no proof of funds.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lHnMr.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lHnMr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;In the second, my mother had provided savings accounts as proof of funds; the university had looked through it all and provided me with a second CAS. Again, this was refused, on the grounds that apparently 6-8 of the accounts have already been used for another UK tier 4 visa. This makes no sense considering that this was my mother and the money was in savings account for my benefit.&#xA;We did not use an agent and as far as my research shows, the bank is not on the list of untrusted banks.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AzkU1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AzkU1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand there can be an administrative review, but what are my chances of succeeding? If I were to apply again for next academic year, will my chances be hurt by these refusals?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10404" LastActivityDate="2016-09-24T02:39:17.020" Title="UK student visa refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-24T06:30:25.417" Score="3" ViewCount="579" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for skill assessment via ACS (Australian Computer Society) and have some confusion regarding the names which are mentioned on my degree, marksheets and employer reference letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) The names mentioned on my college marksheets for my bachelor's degree are Ganjoo Suvin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) The names mentioned on my university marksheets for my bachelor's degree are Ganjoo Suvin Sohan Lal Rajni (Surname First name Fathers's name and Mother's name)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) The names mentioned on my Degree is (Ganjoo Suvin Sohan Lal Rajni)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) The names mentioned on my employer reference is Suvin Ganjoo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note, that in India, marksheets for the first year (two semesters) and last year (two semesters) are issued directly by University and, hence, points 1 and 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these variations going to create a problem in the skill assessment and the results? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10406" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T09:24:28.017" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T16:57:23.153" Title="Name mismatch in my degree, marksheets and employer reference for ACS skill assesment" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9285" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-24T14:51:54.033" Score="3" ViewCount="370" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a Tier 2 ICT long term visa and my wife is on a student Tier 4 visa. We have a child born in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are thinking of bringing him back to our home nation for a short trip and back to the UK come December 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will, however, stay in the UK until July 2017, when my wife has completed her studies and we will return to our country for good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, it does not make sense for my child to apply for a dependent visa under Tier 2; he does not qualify to apply as a dependent under my wife's Tier 4 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we and our child will effectively be in the UK for less than 6 months, is it possible for him to re-enter the UK with a visitor visa rather than applying for a dependent visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Lionel&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10407" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T09:23:36.097" LastActivityDate="2016-09-25T09:23:36.097" Title="Baby Born in the UK, parent on Tier 2 and Tier 4 Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9243" CreationDate="2016-09-24T18:25:31.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need help from us. You need to contact a qualified immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is entirely baseless advice, but in my personal experience overstaying a visa in the UK, I was advised by a lawyer after I left that I would have been in a much better negotiating position had I stayed in the UK and tried to make amends from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-09-24T18:25:31.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9287" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-09-25T00:15:45.930" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T00:15:45.930" LastActivityDate="2016-09-25T00:15:45.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9288" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-09-25T00:15:45.930" Score="0" Body="Questions related to visas, working permits and expatriate life in Singapore." OwnerUserId="6977" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T15:32:48.217" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T15:32:48.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8670" CreationDate="2016-09-25T00:27:07.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;CPF will not cancel your account or instruct the providers of your Special Account unless you specifically request them to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not Malaysian and residing in West Malaysia and then even so, withdrawal should be straight forward.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you email the the CPF board and clarify: member@cpf.gov.sg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6977" LastActivityDate="2016-09-25T00:27:07.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-25T07:23:12.720" Score="1" ViewCount="836" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any credit card issuer in the NL where I can have some cash back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cash back credit/debit cards are such that award customers an occasional rebate equal to a percentage of their purchases. It's not literally &quot;cash&quot; in the sense of physical currency - usually a check or a credit on your account - but it's different from cards that offer rebates in other forms, such as airline miles. Specific examples from the US are Chase Freedom and Quicksilver, which give a 1.5% rebate rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10105" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-03T05:58:25.937" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T05:58:25.937" Title="Cash back credit cards in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-10-03T16:44:25.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-25T09:23:19.640" Score="2" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen married to a US/UK dual citizen: we both live in the UK. It is possible my husband's career could take him to the US some time in the future. We'd like to understand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whether I could gain the right to work in the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whether I'd need a job offer to get it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;most importantly, whether we can start the process of my gaining the right to work now, in order to avoid long delays (perhaps while living in separate countries) in the future. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/immigration/usa/us-visas-spouses&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, which says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to bring your foreign spouse to the US, but you are&#xA;  currently living outside the US, you must submit a visa petition (form&#xA;  I-130) to either your local US Citizenship and Immigration Services&#xA;  (USCIS) office or directly to the US Embassy where your foreign spouse&#xA;  resides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that suggests that I could at least gain the right to live in the US, but it's not clear whether I could work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you and your spouse are planning to remain outside the US&#xA;  indefinitely, it is not recommended that you apply for a Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not planning to remain outside the US indefinitely, but nor do we know - currently - when we might go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure if it's relevant, but I'm a software engineer so could almost certainly get a job offer if needed - but I would much rather start any job hunt with the right to work in the US!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10410" LastActivityDate="2016-09-25T15:31:56.463" Title="Getting US visa for spouse of US citizen, living outside US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-25T10:21:18.603" Score="2" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am traveling in France for an extended period, just on holiday and probably staying to live after. Do I need a job to open a bank account here? I have UK and New Zealand passports and I have come here after living in NZ. I tried to open an account with Rhône-Alpes but they said I needed to be a student or have a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an address I can use so that is not a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10411" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T10:33:39.087" LastActivityDate="2017-12-31T22:54:42.387" Title="Job needed for French bank account?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-25T14:45:44.493" Score="1" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will lease a car in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need in order to get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the procedures, documents needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And last question is: I don't want to do any payment, of any percentage of the car. I was in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sixt-leasing.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.sixt-leasing.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like it is possible, to &quot;just lease&quot;. Is that really possible, or do I need to do downpayment of let's say 20%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T06:56:48.343" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T10:23:51.350" Title="How to go about leasing a car in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;lease&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T00:51:32.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9291" CreationDate="2016-09-25T15:31:56.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The submission of Form I-130 is the first step in the process. Once approved by the USCIS, you then file for a green card (lawful permanent residence), enabling you to work.  You may be able to do this while you are still outside the country, using consular processing (but not if you are unsure when you'll go to the US). Done once you arrive in the US, it takes about a month to receive the card and, thus, the ability to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, you could job hunt immediately. You'd be in the US lawfully and, in a matter of weeks, your green card will arrive. Prospective employers wouldn't see that as an obstacle to offering you employment. You simply couldn't begin until work authorization is in place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-25T15:31:56.463" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-25T20:35:34.393" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had problems hiring an internet provider in Germany (Unitymedia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize, they told me that the services were available at my building, and at the end, no service was available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I hired one of their plans, and over weeks I got to discover that cable internet was not available, and in order to be, The whole building infrastructure would have to change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as I got to know that, I called them, and said that this situation was unacceptable. They told me I could cancel, all I needed to do was to send an email with my story and Customer Service, which I immediately did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then hired another provider. I now know that my contract was not cancelled yet, and to cancel I need to send letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all a ridiculous situation, and I cannot trust this letter will really cancel my contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any Institution for Customer Protection in Germany, which can help me solve the issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Brazil there is one names PROCON, which is quite effective and usually does solve the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T16:04:24.950" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T08:02:41.167" Title="Germany Customer Protection Institution" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9299" CreationDate="2016-09-25T23:38:50.520" Score="4" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is going to study in the US, but will enter 2-3 months in advance to explore his new home and prepare for things. Therefore he is planning to get a B2 &quot;prospective student&quot; visa and then change Status to F1 before he starts school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that the USCIS doesn't issue visa stickers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person takes a short trip to Canada or Latin America whilst in School (i.e. after having switched to F1 Status), how can he re-enter the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(my understanding is that re-entering after a trip of max 30 days to Canada or Mexico is completely painless, but what about if he were to go somewhere else, such as to Brazil for a week?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T07:14:48.623" Title="How do you re-enter the US if changing status and then taking a short trip abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9296" CreationDate="2016-09-26T01:50:12.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the person takes a short trip to Canada or Latin America whilst in School (i.e. after having switched to F1 Status), how can he re-enter the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;F-1 visa are normally multiple entry so where one takes a trip should not be an issue. In some cases, the individual may need the school's authorization to depart and return to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend should indicate &quot;prospective student&quot; on his application for the B1-2 visa. Even if he does so, there may be problems associated with his intention to use the B1-2 to enter the US more than the 30 days permitted to the F-1 visa holder. If he already has been admitted to the university, that documentation will show that he intended to be in the US as an F-1 student, and he may be subjected to a more rigorous process when he wants to change status from B1-2 to F-1. This change of status can be extremely challenging, and he may risk delays, or worse, that affect his study plans. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" OwnerDisplayName="Dorothy" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T01:50:12.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9296" CreationDate="2016-09-26T02:02:25.683" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the person takes a short trip to Canada or Latin America whilst in School (i.e. after having switched to F1 Status), how can he re-enter the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He will need a valid F-1 visa. If he doesn't have one when he leaves the US, he will need to plan his trip so that it includes enough time in the vicinity of a US consulate to apply for a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both of the following are true, he may be able to benefit from automatic visa revalidation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the trip is under 30 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the traveler remains in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T04:58:48.303" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9296" CreationDate="2016-09-26T04:25:10.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your friend's proposed travel plans, I think he would be best served by &lt;em&gt;leaving the US&lt;/em&gt; after his tour and obtaining a separate F-1 visa to return as a student, instead of changing status in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary reason for this is: While he can re-enter under &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1218/~/automatic-revalidation-for-certain-temporary-visitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;automatic revalidation&lt;/a&gt; if he travels to Canada, Mexico and adjacent islands for 30 days or less, travel to anywhere else would require he return on a student visa. CBP will not allow him to enter in student status without a student visa, valid I-20 and being active in SEVIS. So, he would need to get the F-1 visa anyway, which would put a real dent in whatever trip he was taking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondarily, he won't be allowed to start classes until the change of status is approved. Unfortunately, a change of status application can take a lot longer than obtaining a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The international office of whatever university he applies to should be able to explain these issues. For example: University of Washington explains &lt;a href=&quot;https://iss.washington.edu/procedures/change-status/b-1-b-2-to-f-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;how to change from B-1/B-2 to F-1 status&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://iss.washington.edu/procedures/change-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pros and cons of changing status versus obtaining a new visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Hampton" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T04:25:10.430" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-26T05:51:34.090" Score="6" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking for clarity on the following. I have been granted a Tier 1 Visa for exceptional talent. This gives me 5 years and 4 months. Upon sending my application in for processing I indicated that my intended date of arrival was the 3rd of November 2016. Since submitting this, I have been offered work in my field and will need to arrive on the the 5th of October 2016. This will see me entering 4 weeks earlier than intended. Should I have a letter to take with me supporting this reason for earlier entry? I was given endorsement from the Arts Council of England in August of this year and am awaiting my physical visa and passport back within the next few days. Not sure where I stand on this matter with entering earlier? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user51681" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2016-09-26T14:02:36.777" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T14:02:36.777" Title="Entering the UK on a Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) 5 year visa earlier than the originally submitted 'intended date of arrival'" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9300" CreationDate="2016-09-26T06:20:01.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have an entry clearance starting in November, but want to arrive 4 weeks before its start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two things that factor in to this question. The first is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;Paragraph 30C of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An Immigration Officer may cancel an entry clearance which is capable&#xA;  of having effect as leave to enter if the holder arrives in the United&#xA;  Kingdom before the day on which the entry clearance becomes effective&#xA;  or if the holder seeks to enter the United Kingdom for a purpose other&#xA;  than the purpose specified in the entry clearance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...which means the IO has the &lt;em&gt;option&lt;/em&gt;, but not the &lt;em&gt;obligation&lt;/em&gt;, to cancel your T1 entry clearance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other thing that factors into the situation is more obscure. Since the IO cannot change the length of a T1 entry clearance, if you enter 4 weeks early, your leave will also expire 4 weeks early and you will become an over stayer in 5 years 3 months time.  To avoid that, you will have to apply early for your ILR and at that point they will go back and see if those 4 weeks qualify as lawful residence for ILR purposes.  If not you will need to apply in some other category. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I have a letter to take with me supporting this reason for&#xA;  earlier entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;best practices&quot; advice is to go back to the consulate and get them to change your entry clearance so that everything syncs up.  That's the place to send your letter.  Failing that advice, it's taking your chances with Paragraph 30C and a non-straight-forward case when you ultimately apply for ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T06:20:01.980" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9292" CreationDate="2016-09-26T10:26:23.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you do not need a job to open a bank account with a French bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, the only requirements to open an account with a popular online bank are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;aged 18 or older&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resident of France &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;minimum initial deposit of 300&#xA;euros&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for asking a international Visa card are a bit more strict but do not require any income (either a 2500 euros positive balance on your account at the time of asking or an income of 1000 euros per month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boursorama.com/aide/assistance/devenir-client/conditions/conditions-requises/quelles-sont-les-conditions-requises-pour-devenir-client--1659#assistance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Boursorama Banque&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9608" LastEditorUserId="9608" LastEditDate="2016-09-27T10:02:01.950" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T10:02:01.950" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-26T17:58:38.860" Score="5" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citized living in the UK. When I lived in my home country, I had a driving conviction which resulted in points, a fine and a withheld licence for 3 months. These fines and penalties were of course paid back then, learning my lesson.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the points (e.g. from speeding, drink driving etc) on an EU licence related only to the country where the offence happened, or do they legally apply also in the UK, and as a result they should be mentioned when asked? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking because whether you have a conviction in the previous 5 years is a question asked by insurance companies when you apply for car insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know the answer, but you know where should I ask about it (besides an insurance company because I might be tricked), please tell me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10417" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-27T11:27:28.483" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T11:27:28.483" Title="Do EU driving licence points count in the UK?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9304" CreationDate="2016-09-26T18:41:36.263" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a conviction in the last five years, you should answer &quot;yes&quot; regardless of whether the points are visible on your UK driving record. Otherwise, you run the risk of being denied coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider that the question is about whether you've been convicted, not about whether you have points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you claim not to have been convicted, you can expect to pay less for your insurance.  However, if you then have an accident, the insurer may look at you more closely and discover the conviction.  Because you will have obtained your coverage fraudulently by lying on the application, your claim will be denied.  Civil and/or criminal penalties will likely follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt you want to risk that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T18:41:36.263" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-26T19:23:59.357" Score="3" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend wanted to follow me to Canada, Québec for 4 months (from september to december), where I'm staying as an exchange student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She originally planned to subscribe to distance courses at her university for one year, so she would still be covered by social welfare as she would still be a student. In the end, for some reasons, she couldn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;She's now in Canada without any social welfare&lt;/strong&gt; (well, she will be 4 days from now) and I'm very worried . The consequence is that she will no longer have any status in France, so I believe that put her in an illegal situation in Canada. Is there any solution? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g. I'm registered at the RAMQ due to agreement between France and Québec. Is there any way she could benefit from that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll add that she's a French citizen and got a tourism visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user10418" LastEditorDisplayName="user10418" LastEditDate="2016-09-26T19:50:24.803" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T21:34:45.183" Title="My girlfriend is with me in Canada and couldn't register to the university in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9306" CreationDate="2016-09-26T21:34:45.183" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The coverage you are receiving from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrants-foreign-workers-students/health-insurance/Pages/eligibility.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;La Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ)&lt;/a&gt; is specific to you, as a student, in this instance from France, with which Québec has concluded a social security agreement providing for student coverage. RAMQ explicitly notes that those who are &lt;em&gt;ineligible&lt;/em&gt; for the Health Insurance Plan include tourists (among others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Canada welcomes visitors, it does not offer health insurance or benefits to them, and social benefits in another country do not travel with an individual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health care is expensive in Canada  and, should your friend need to access it, she will be expected to pay for it. As is noted in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=424&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;information provided to those who apply for a tourism visa&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Canada does not pay for hospital or medical services for visitors. You should get health insurance to cover any medical costs before you come to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing illegal about her visit with you in Canada. As you point out, she's a French citizen who received a Canadian tourist visa. As long as she doesn't violate any of her visa conditions (e.g., doesn't work, doesn't overstay), she'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bon chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T21:34:45.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9309" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-27T00:55:58.940" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Citizen USA, retired.  My tentative plans for next year are to go to Spain early in the year and find a low-cost apartment, probably in Navarra or La Rioja.  Most of the year will be spent wandering around on hiking trails, improving my Spanish, and acquiring Chinese and/or Dutch online. I will likely volunteer at one or more albergues on Camino de Santiago, though nothing has been scheduled there.  One of them has already offered to write a letter for me.  Also, part of the year, do Camino Francés by bicycle.  And occasional short trips to other parts of Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A website that I read said that if I have official approval for such a stay from a Schengen country, that it would authorize free travel for the duration to any other.  However,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/79494/both-tourist-and-language-course-visa/79547&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/79494/both-tourist-and-language-course-visa/79547&lt;/a&gt; says that I would still be subject to the 90/180 rule for all the others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different pieces of advice I've been given (opinions of the &quot;advisor,&quot; not necessarily mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retirement visa—easy to get, no conditions on what you do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a cheap language school as your reason.  The school will help with the paperwork.  Maybe Spain will do like USA does—if you drop out of school, you're not in violation for a year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't tell them the entire plan.  Just tell them one thing and they won't care what else you do. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't worry about the 90/180 because no one checks except in an airport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't worry about a visa because Spain never checks (from someone who lived there for several long periods).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing odd is that the government website listed a huge amount of documentation and said everything must be in Spanish.  But the application for itself is in English.  I'm pretty good at Spanish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to go to U.K. for a couple of days at the beginning, so I will go from there to Spain by bike, bus, and/or ferry.  Most likely through France but there are ferries to Spain.  Considering a cruise ship or freighter to U.K. (cost comparable to airfare plus meals/lodging for same number of days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would want multiple-entry, so I can visit Andorra and Gibraltar.  (Possibly U.K. again, and/or Morocco.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &quot;hoard&quot; expense receipts, so not afraid of questions on where I have been and when.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that's all the gory details, but the question again is (more verbosely), &quot;What is the best type/method of visa application for an American to go to Spain for almost a year and have flexibility for the rest of Europe?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T12:13:40.727" Title="Which visa for about a year in Spain with flexibility for Schengen?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-27T04:05:22.307" Score="5" ViewCount="790" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm travelling in Taiwan, currently in a little village on the east coast with quite a few expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just ran into one acquaintance from the US who tells me he thinks he's lost his passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that the US has good relations with Taiwan but does not have true embassies or consulates here, I'm assuming there must be at least a slightly different way to deal with a lost passport situation compared to being in a fully recognized country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-27T11:25:17.003" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T11:25:17.003" Title="What's the procedure for somebody who has lost their US passport while living in Taiwan?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;passports&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9310" CreationDate="2016-09-27T04:46:19.320" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US (as well as many other countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the ROC) has an embassy in all but name in Taiwan. It's called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ait.org.tw/en/&quot;&gt;American Institute in Taiwan&lt;/a&gt; (AIT). It is staffed with US diplomatic personnel like other US embassies, handles the usual embassy and consulate business like issuing US passports and visas, the &quot;director&quot; is paid the same as a US ambassador, and the website has the exact same design and style as websites of US embassies, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And conversely, the ROC maintains embassies and consulates in all but name in the US and other countries it does not have diplomatic relations with, called the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO, for consulates) or Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO, for embassies)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T04:46:19.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-27T08:44:31.477" Score="3" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be moving to Nepal from India (Bangalore ) along with household stuff including few old electronics items ( Like 42 inch LCD TV , 2 sets of fans ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please elaborate the process of passing all the items through the saunali border (Uttar pardesh) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically I would like to know if I can carry all the mentioned items using truck through the border . What would be the tax levied on the items and where I should be careful while moving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10263" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T06:57:57.500" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T06:57:57.500" Title="What are the rules for importing personal items when relocating from Nepal to India?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;nepal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9309" CreationDate="2016-09-27T12:13:40.727" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Schengen system is (mostly) concerned with short stays (defined as stays under 90 days of duration). There is no visa or permit that would allow a third-country national to stay in the &lt;em&gt;whole&lt;/em&gt; Schengen area for more than that, only authorizations to stay &lt;em&gt;in a single country&lt;/em&gt;. Such an authorization can come in the form of a long-stay visa or a &quot;residence&quot; permit, be temporary or renewable, but in any case it can only be issued by a given country for a stay on the territory of that country (i.e. there is nothing that Spain could issue that would legally allow you to take up residence, say, in France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Schengen countries haven't agreed on harmonized rules for long stays and are still (mostly) free to set their own requirements for these long-stay visas. That's why most of the things you read about Schengen visas (including the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/79494/both-tourist-and-language-course-visa/79547&quot;&gt;Both tourist and language course visa&lt;/a&gt; question) would not apply to you but also why the 90/180 rule very much would. For if you were not restricted in your travels to other countries in the Schengen area, any country in the area could effectively grant anybody the right to reside anywhere else in the area and people could use that to circumvent the requirements set by each country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, passports are not stamped during trips inside the Schengen area and there is no way for the authorities to be automatically alerted if you spent a little longer than you should somewhere else but legally speaking, your position is clear: You need a Spanish (&quot;type D&quot;) visa. I don't know much about those but a retirement visa would indeed seem like a good option and, since it's a national visa, it's not particularly odd that it would have other requirements than Schengen visas or that the documentation must be in Spanish. You would still be allowed to travel in the Schengen area but would also be expected to spend most of the time in Spain, there is no way to have more flexibility than this (short of getting another citizenship or a spouse covered by the EU freedom of movement, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T12:13:40.727" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8624" CreationDate="2016-09-27T14:24:36.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the verification process the passport office might contact them to ensure that the details furnished by you are indeed correct and up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, these names / details will be kept on your file with the Ministry of External Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10420" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T14:24:36.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T02:43:54.080" Score="1" ViewCount="481" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in H1B VISA. My current employer applied Employer based Green card for me in EB3 and it was got approved in July-2016. My current H1B reaches 6years at the end of 2017. My current client is offering full time position. I have below questions related to changing employers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard a candidate has to stay minimum 6 months with the company which initiated Green card before switching Employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory to stay 6 months with the Employer who initiated Green Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T03:42:03.993" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T03:42:03.993" Title="Is it mandatory to wait 6 months after I-140 approval to change Employers?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9320" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10573" CreationDate="2016-09-28T09:55:15.150" Score="1" ViewCount="1200" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I'm moving from one country to another one, on a different continent. I'm taking a flight with a bunch of suitcases; I may or may not send some boxes using a parcel service or the state post of my country of origin; and I may or may not contract some shipping company for sending more stuff within a joint freight container.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm thinking about taking my bike with me. What would be the best method for shipping that? By &quot;best&quot; I mostly mean cheap, quick and safe, in that order of significance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also open to ideas other than the means of transporting items which I listed above, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T02:00:17.647" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T02:00:17.647" Title="Moving my bicycle to another country" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T12:12:02.927" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to a British national and would like to apply for a spouse visa for me and my daughter ( my husband is not the father) the child's birth certificate does not have fathers name. I am take sole care of the child. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is do i need a letter from the father to consent her travelling? Apart from Birth certificate and passport what other documents do I need?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note we meet the other requirements &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are Kenyans and I don't have any legal documents saying I have sole responsibility. I practically live with her and I make all decisions in regards to her. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10427" LastEditorUserId="10427" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T04:08:23.700" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T04:08:23.700" Title="Uk Spouse Visa/Dependant" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-19T02:39:35.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T15:38:10.433" Score="1" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather Jean Jacques Mialocq, was born Oct. 11, 1859 in Maslacq, France to two French citizens.  My father, Urbain Leopold “Frenchy” Mialocq, born in San Francisco in 1914, was a dual French/American citizen by birth to his two French parents, Jean-Jacques Mialocq , and his wife, Catherine Bourdeu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was then born in San Francisco, to Urbain Mialocq and Mary Celoni  in 1942. Urbain was a dual French/American citizen.   At that time ,and for the first 30 years of my life, no French law existed requiring my father to register my birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SECTION I Articles 18 to 18-1 Of French Persons by Parentage Art. 18 (Ord. no 2005-759 of 4 July 2005) IS FRENCH A CHILD ONE PARENT OF WHOM AT LEAST IS FRENCH.  Acquisition at birth occurs either if the person is born in France or abroad. The 1973 Law established gender equality for the transmission of French nationality at birth. Parentage has an effect on the transmission of nationality if it is established before the age of 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, I was born a legal dual French/American citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to relocate to France and need a Certificate of Nationality to do so.  An attorney advised me that the 50-year rule prevents that.  My research shows the following:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Starting in 1973, the acquisition of foreign citizenship did not affect French nationality for both men and women. The only way to lose French citizenship was through an EXPLICIT REQUEST, as dual nationality is officially recognized by the French state. French people&#xA;living abroad can transmit French nationality to their children for an infinite number of  generations, although a procedure (article 23-6 of the Civil Code).for certifying the loss of French nationality exists for descendants of French citizens long-established in a foreign country (Lagarde 1997).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Art. 23-6 (Act #73-42 of 9 Jan 1973)&#xA;The loss of French nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ONLY way to lose French citizenship is through an explicit request, as dual nationality is officially recognized by the French state.  To date, there has NEVER been such a request. I have not lost my birthright due to  declaration as I would never declare anything but loyalty to and love for France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NO SPECIFIC REQUEST HAS EVER BEEN MADE SO MY FRENCH CITIZENSHIP STATUS WHICH I ACQUIRED AT BIRTH REMAINS INTACT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the ONLY remaining way for me to lose my citizenship is the clause that says:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“This section allows for the loss of my citizenship if my ancestor from whom I hold French nationality, “had not themselves the apparent status of French.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no question about my grandfather.  He was President of the Ligue Henri IV in San Francisco which promoted French art and culture in America.  He introduced the first french language classes in San Francisco.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem:  My grandfather was killed when my dad was only 3.  My dad knew only that he was French and did not know of the existence or location of his family in France.  Later in life he traveled to France to locate our family but was unsuccessful.  He died in 1993.  The attorney tells me that he fails the “possession d'état de Français”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Urbain used the name FRENCHY MIALOCQ throughout his life.  His Social Security Death Certificate reads URBAIN FRENCHY MIALOCQ and I have a newspaper article about his work for the needy and the headline reads &quot;Frenchy:  Always Willing to Lift a Hand for the Needy&quot;.  This certainly indicates that he gave the &quot;apparent status of being French&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe I am still a dual French/American citizen and entitled to a Certificate of Nationality.  Am I right?  Your response is anticipated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10430" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T09:02:15.253" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T09:02:15.253" Title="Am I A Legal French Citizen?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9323" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9324" CreationDate="2016-09-28T18:07:53.377" Score="4" ViewCount="540" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen and got married to a French citizen while we were both resident in Sweden in 2012.  Presently we are living in England, United Kingdom.  How do we inform the relevant authorities such that we are legally married in the UK?  Do we at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gov.UK&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contact the local authorities in the country where you want to get married or enter into a civil partnership to find out what you need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your marriage or civil partnership should be recognised in the UK if you follow the correct process according to local law - you won’t need to register it in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm confused by &lt;em&gt;should be recognised&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;won't need to register&lt;/em&gt;.  That seems contradictory.  How can the UK “recognise” the marriage if the Register Office are not informed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect it should be relevant for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/relationships/living-together-marriage-and-civil-partnership/living-together-and-marriage-legal-differences/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;banking, inheritance, tenancies, medical decisions when either partner is unconscious, and perhaps other situations&lt;/a&gt;.  Is there any form of UK registration required, or do we simply show (a certified translation of) our Swedish marriage certificate / civil status extract for any of those situations?  It seems odd that our marital status in the UK civil registry does not say that we are legally married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T22:15:11.910" Title="Dutch and French national got married in Sweden and are resident in the UK. Are they legally married in the UK for practical purposes?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9323" CreationDate="2016-09-28T18:22:37.790" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally you just say you are married when anyone asks you, in most cases they will just simply believe you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they need proof you just have to show them your foreign marriage certificate. If it doesn't have an English translation you should translate it using an official translator though, otherwise they won't know what it means. Some foreign registrars (like the Hungarian) already include English (and maybe others, like French or German) translation on their certificates, not sure about the Swedish one, as I couldn't find a template for it, if it does include English translation on the certificate, it is usually enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually if you have to provide proof, they will tell you so beforehand, and this process is actually the same regardless whether you were married in the UK or abroad (e.g. they usually ask for proof for everyone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was one case at an insurance company where they asked if we were married, and I had to send an image of my certificate on their website to them, which was accepted by them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T21:00:24.810" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T21:00:24.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9323" CreationDate="2016-09-28T19:07:55.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, when you get married elsewhere you need to translate the documents to the language of the country you want to register your marriage in and get to the proper state office that does this kind of recognition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that both of you aren't from the UK, makes me think that you already went thru this with your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth to take a look at every country regulation around the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the quote you've posted, UK only recognize marriages that were registered in the UK, so you have to go thru the recognition process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10432" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T19:07:55.153" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9322" CreationDate="2016-09-28T20:37:40.587" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading about all this in English is a bit confusing. “Possession d'état de Français” has a more specific meaning: It means being treated as a French citizen &lt;em&gt;by the French authorities&lt;/em&gt;. Concretely, you need something like having been granted a passport, voting, or serving in the French army. As far as I can tell from your question, nobody in your family has done anything like that since 1914 and if that is indeed the case, the 50-year rule definitely applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Promoting French culture abroad, locating (or trying to locate) your family in France, feeling a strong bond to the country, being called “Frenchy” by your friends, etc. simply isn't relevant and &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; establish the “apparent status of being French” as you call it. In practice, this type of reasoning won't impress the &lt;em&gt;Service de la nationalité des Français nés et établis hors de France&lt;/em&gt; and if you would apply for a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité&lt;/em&gt;, you would almost certainly attract a refusal. You would then need to go to court, which is always uncertain and costly under the best of circumstances and seems pointless if even your attorney does not believe in your case. So unfortunately I share the conclusion that &lt;strong&gt;you will not be able to make use of your French citizenship.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T08:37:16.207" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T08:37:16.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9323" CreationDate="2016-09-28T21:46:11.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The registration process you quoted from gov.uk is only relevant to British citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All countries generally recognize marriages established other countries. (Excepting new stuff like gay marriages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T21:46:11.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T15:30:30.790" Score="8" ViewCount="1011" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen in my final year of an undergraduate degree in the UK. I am considering doing a Master's degree in mainland Europe, which would be two years long. However, I am also looking into the option of returning to the UK later for a PhD and am concerned that this will make me ineligible for funding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the funding bodies for the hard sciences seem to require that a potential PhD student has been &quot;ordinarily resident&quot; in the UK for the past three years, but it is unclear how this applies to students. For example, if I claimed that my parents' house (where my bank accounts etc are still registered to, as I do not have a stable address as a student) was my &quot;ordinary residence&quot;, and that I had returned to the UK on short trips over the course of my masters degree, would that be accepted? Could I claim that I am only in Europe for the purposes of study and my &quot;ordinary residence&quot; is the UK because that is where I hold citizenship? Or once you finish an undergraduate degree and study abroad can you no longer claim this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user62493" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T03:06:14.477" Title="Am I still &quot;ordinarily resident&quot; in the UK if I do a Master's degree abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9328" CreationDate="2016-09-28T16:20:59.253" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance/fees/what-my-fee-status&quot;&gt;What is my Fee Status? - University of Cambridge&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Being absent from the UK/EU due to study abroad is usually considered a temporary absence and does not affect ordinary residence if the home/permanent address is within the UK/EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, this &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430967/OR_Tool__1_.pdf&quot;&gt;Determining if a person is properly settled in the UK in order to establish if they are ordinarily resident here&lt;/a&gt;&quot; document from the Department of Health says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finite periods of volunteering, missionary work or study abroad while the person remains a UK resident will not prevent a person being ordinarily resident&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9083" OwnerDisplayName="ff524" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T16:20:59.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T12:03:21.190" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have worked in Paris from &lt;strong&gt;Jan&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;Aug&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;8 months total&lt;/strong&gt; - French company) before moving back to London this September. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you can pay your taxes online if you have registered in person the first time, but since this will be my first time paying tax in France I cannot do that. And since I am not a resident anymore, I won't be able to go in person to my local office next June to do the registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do? I do not speak French so I cannot find any information!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional information: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian national (but I have never accrued a salary in Italy, always in the UK). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do not have a Carte Vitale: I have applied for it in January and nothing has arrived since then.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do not speak French - which I know will make this process a lot more difficult!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated. I obviously want to pay my tax to avoid any issues in the future, but I also hope I won't have to go through hell to get this done - my 8 months there made me lose any hope in French bureaucracy! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10434" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T12:42:11.290" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T12:42:11.290" Title="I lived in France for 8 months and then moved to the UK, how will I pay my tax next June?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T12:16:10.727" Score="2" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the Netherlands as a Skilled Migrant worker (Kennismigrant). My residence permit expires in 2020.  Since moving here, I've decided to change employers. My new employer is not set up to sponsor me in the Netherlands. &lt;strong&gt;Does this matter?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan was to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/9235/28&quot;&gt;switch to a spouse visa&lt;/a&gt; to remain in the Netherlands, but my reading in a few places suggests that once I have a residence card as a skilled migrant, I can work essentially anywhere, with no further sponsorship requirements. Is this accurate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Employers are generally required to obtain a work permit before they can hire employees from outside the EU to work in the Netherlands. An exception is the skilled migrant category where the employer does not need to apply for a work permit. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visaversa.com/en/netherlands/dutch-work-visa/twv-work-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, other sources seem to contradict this understanding (and seem more in line with what I would expect):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are not able to find a new job within the three months - one that matches the requirements of your permit - your residence permit will be withdrawn with retroactive effect as from the termination date. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/career/articles/losing-your-job-expat-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T15:34:56.330" Title="Do I need to change my residence status in the NL?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9331" CreationDate="2016-09-29T13:34:06.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure the sources necessarily contradict each other but, based on my reading of the info available on IND.nl, my understanding is that there is a distinction between work permit (&lt;em&gt;tewerkstellingsvergunning&lt;/em&gt;) and residence permit and, for employers, between applying for a &lt;em&gt;tewerkstellingsvergunning&lt;/em&gt; to hire a foreigner for a non-skilled position and being registered as an employer for &lt;em&gt;kennismigranten&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;referent&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;em&gt;kennismigrant&lt;/em&gt;, you should therefore be able to work in any &quot;skilled&quot; position without applying for a change of your residence permit. It is not tied to a specific job or employer and if you leave your job, you have three months to find another one fulfilling the regular &lt;em&gt;kennismigrant&lt;/em&gt; requirements like the salary threshold and, indeed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.everaert.nl/nl/nieuws/20-nieuws-werkgevers-nl/582-kennismigrant-makkelijker-op-zoek-naar-nieuwe-baan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;employer registration as &lt;em&gt;referent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. But you do not need a &lt;em&gt;tewerkstellingsvergunning&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also means that you are not free to take &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; job (&lt;a href=&quot;https://kdw.ind.nl/OverviewDetail.aspx?knowledge_id=SubschermKennismigrantenNietMVV_plichtig&amp;amp;maintab=3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;except if you are a Japanese citizen&lt;/a&gt;). If you want to take a job below the salary threshold or work for a non-registered employer, then you do need this work permit (&lt;em&gt;tewerkstellingsvergunning&lt;/em&gt;) on top of your current residence permit. So the fact that your employer is not set up to sponsor you may matter, if what they mean by that is that they are not &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/zakelijk/werkgever/kennismigranten/erkenning-referent/Paginas/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;recognized as &lt;em&gt;referent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or at least it would matter to others in your situation, but as discussed elsewhere, your status as the spouse of an EU citizen should make all this moot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T15:34:56.330" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T15:34:56.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T17:00:30.563" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am submitting my student visa application. I have some confusion regarding these points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my brother is permanent resident, does it affect my application in any bad way?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What other information regarding my brother should I provide the embassy, along with my application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10436" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T18:06:23.223" Title="study visa application for Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9334" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9335" CreationDate="2016-09-29T17:19:36.023" Score="2" ViewCount="1102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to France and brought my car (2009, 5 cv) from other EU country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pay a lot for my car insurance (about 140 euro per month) so I want to quite that and get a French insurance. But to get a cheap french insurance (which can be as low as 35 euro per month) most insurance companies require a French registration number (or 'plaque' as its called here), and it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/simulateur/calcul/cout-certificat-immatriculation#main&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;costs&lt;/a&gt; about 220 euros for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to decide whether it worth all the costs and paper works of getting a French plaque, I need to know the car's annual tax in France. Obviously if the tax is to high comparing with my home country I would not bother to get a french plaque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I could not find any info for the car tax rates. So appreciate if you could tell me roughly how much annual car tax should I expect or refer me to an online simulator for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9528" LastEditorUserId="9528" LastEditDate="2016-09-29T17:41:22.330" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T19:13:49.393" Title="How much is car tax in France?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9334" CreationDate="2016-09-29T19:13:49.393" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have your &quot;carte grise&quot; and your physical numberplate on the car, it's all good for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have nothing to pay annually except your car insurance of course&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Road tax has been abolished in France in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10438" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T19:13:49.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T21:34:20.410" Score="3" ViewCount="306" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boyfriend and myself are just about to complete the International Experience Canada application but we are hesitant because we aren't looking to go to Canada for another 10 months. If we are successful and get awarded a visa, do we have a certain amount of time in which to go to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10439" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T21:42:16.593" Title="How many months do you have to move to Canada if you get awarded an IEC visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T23:41:53.337" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to buy an apartment in Germany, and I live on the blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I do it? If not possible now, when  will it be? What is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-03T05:52:32.583" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T05:52:32.583" Title="How to Buy an Apartment in Germany living on the blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T02:39:35.323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-30T00:10:04.947" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who's going through her adjustment of status proceedings. She says they've asked her for her I-94 number from the passport she entered with in Miami in 2005. But she doesn't know it, can't find it, and there's nothing indicating she was given one (I'm sure she was).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also no date on her admittance stamp, only the date she entered. She never left, because she's raised a family with a US citizen whom she married back then, and isn't sure why it's so hard to find out this number, or where she can find it to complete application. Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Chelsea Welter" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T14:53:27.640" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T00:52:38.847" Title="Lost I-94 number from 2005 (no 'admitted until' date) on the POE stamp" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9339" CreationDate="2016-09-30T00:30:24.313" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If her entry stamp in the passport doesn't satisfy the USCIS, then unfortunately, her only hope might be applying for a replacement by completing and sending &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-102.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form I-102&lt;/a&gt; to the USCIS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has to provide as much proof of her entry as possible, or, if not possible, a good explanation letter clarifying why she cannot submit proof of her entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instructions are provided &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-102instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If approved, she will get a new arrival number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T14:54:56.940" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T14:54:56.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-30T09:53:44.923" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father's USA immigrant visa date mentioned on his passport got expired and he could not go as my grand mother was sick. Rest of my family migrated and are green card holders now.&#xA;My father wants to go too now &#xA;What should he be doing now ? &#xA;Whom should he contact or email .... &#xA;It's been 4 and a half month since his visa got expired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10442" OwnerDisplayName="user51901" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T14:37:13.763" Title="Immigrant visa expiry" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9341" CreationDate="2016-09-30T14:37:13.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the US Embassy in Moscow,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;12&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if my visa expired and I didn’t use it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please contact U.S. Embassy Moscow to find out whether your visa may be re-issued and to receive further instructions. E-mail inquiries may be addressed to consulmo@state.gov.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://moscow.usembassy.gov/iv-faq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://moscow.usembassy.gov/iv-faq.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, if your father's immigrant visa was issued by a different mission, your father should get in touch with that mission instead of the Moscow embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T14:37:13.763" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-30T15:19:26.183" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;After trying and being refused twice for tier 4 visa in the UK, both on finance reasons, my plight can be read about here (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9283/uk-student-visa-refusal&quot;&gt;UK student visa refusal&lt;/a&gt;)&#xA;I'm looking at applying to university else where in Europe, and the Netherlands have a couple universities that I like. Will it be a problem for me if I declare everything and is truthful on my application form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10404" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T17:17:51.283" Title="Can I get NL Student visa after UK visa refusal?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9346" CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:13:15.073" Score="2" ViewCount="596" Body="&lt;p&gt;The registration period for the Diversity Immigrant Visa program 2018 (DV-2018) will begin shortly, on Oct 4, 12pm EDT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How exactly is the lottery green card different from &quot;normal&quot; green cards? What exactly is the benefit of the program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, a non-US citizen would be able to obtain a US working visa if she happened to enter into a work contract with an US-based company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if some non-US citizen would win a green card in the &quot;lottery&quot; and would therefore be allowed to live and work in the US, she would still need to find a job in the US in order to make a living (on a permanent basis).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves me with the impression that for a non-US citizen to be able to live in the US, it mainly depends on an employer's choice to hire that person or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It makes me wonder which practical benefits the &quot;lottery&quot; green card provides from the point of view of an (potential) expat who would like to live and work in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8768" LastEditorUserId="8768" LastEditDate="2016-10-03T09:02:38.263" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T15:38:07.713" Title="What benefit has the Diversity Immigrant Visa program? (Green Card Lottery)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9343" CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:17:51.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK refusals should not be a problem of themselves.  The most likely possibility is that the circumstances you showed to the UK, which were inadequate and resulted in a refusal, will also be inadequate for the requirements of the Netherlands, and will therefore result in a refusal there as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it's possible that the Netherlands evaluates such circumstances differently, and might therefore accept your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Above all, you should not try to hide your history with the UK.  You will very likely be found out, and a visa refusal for deception will make it difficult for you to get a visa &lt;em&gt;anywhere&lt;/em&gt; for a very long time, perhaps for the rest of your life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your experience with the UK shows that your financial situation is complicated, and that your applications were not always optimally prepared (in particular, you didn't always have a full understanding of the rules governing your application).  You are likely to have a better shot at approval if you hire a reputable professional to prepare the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should most likely look for an immigration lawyer &lt;em&gt;in the Netherlands&lt;/em&gt; rather than an agent in your home country, since we have heard many stories of such agents being unscrupulous, or at least insufficiently familiar with the rules of the foreign country with which the visa application is being filed.  For a local lawyer, the country isn't foreign, and the lawyer is a specialist in the law of that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T17:17:51.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9344" CreationDate="2016-09-30T18:04:59.220" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get a working visa, a prospective employee has to find a job with an employer that meets the qualifications for visa sponsorship.  After some years in the working visa status, the employee may become eligible to apply for permanent residence.  In other words, someone who comes on an H-1B visa, for exmaple, cannot get a green card before working in the US for several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the green card lottery, once an applicant wins the lottery and passes the approval process, an immigrant visa is issued.  Upon entering the US, the immigrant immediately becomes a permanent resident.  The permanent resident can apply for &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; job, without burdening the employer with requirements of sponsorship.  This makes the permanent resident a more desirable employee and therefore gives a better position in the job market.  It also gives access to a larger segment of the job market: it allows the permanent resident to apply for jobs that would not be possible with a working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lottery green card is no different from a &quot;normal&quot; green card, once you have it.  But a lottery visa is a much more certain -- and shorter -- path to a green card than the path through a working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, for someone with good skills in an appropriate line of work, it will be more probable to find an employer willing to sponsor for a work visa than it will be to win the green card lottery.  Furthermore, many people are completely ineligible for the green card lottery because they were born in the &quot;wrong&quot; country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, your question seems to oppose lottery green cards to work-based green cards, but there are other ways of getting a green card to consider, such as family-sponsored immigration and asylum.  These routes will generally have a higher probability for success, for those who qualify, than either employer sponsorship or the lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-09-30T18:11:26.783" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T18:11:26.783" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9347" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-01T13:22:29.957" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-US and non-EU national employed in USA with a non-immigrant J1 visa. My spouse is a Netherlands resident and that's why I am eligible for getting a dutch dependent visa. After getting the visa, I have to register in Netherlands as a resident. But can I hold both visa simultaneously i.e. remain employed in US with J1 visa and use the dutch dependent visa to show as a resident in Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10444" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T11:32:30.610" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T11:32:30.610" Title="Holding non-immigrant J1 visa and dutch dependent visa simultaneously" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11407" CreationDate="2016-10-01T14:59:59.090" Score="3" ViewCount="1105" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK tier 4 general student visa was curtailed till December 2016. I received the curtailment letter at my home address outside UK while I was in my home country. The curtailment letter says that &quot;Your &lt;strong&gt;leave to enter&lt;/strong&gt; has been curtailed so that it now expires on xx December 2016.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Friends have told me that now I cannot enter the UK without a new visa. My question is why would then the curtailment letter set out a curtailment date and why it would say &lt;strong&gt;leave to enter&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone help me understand why I can't enter the UK to finish up or apply for an extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10445" OwnerDisplayName="Adnan Ali" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T03:50:44.417" Title="Help on UK Tier 4 Visa Curtailment" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9290" CreationDate="2016-10-01T18:27:46.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you are unlikely to find such cards offered in the Netherlands. The reason is that for a credit card company to offer 1.5% rebate on purchases, those purchases must have a high mark-up to begin with, or alternatively an extra-high fee for credit card use. As the Netherlands &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/Netherlands/comments/1v6kzg/debit_cards_in_the_netherlands/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;is more&lt;/a&gt; of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDEAL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;debit-card&lt;/a&gt; culture, the former would be rare - you are most likely to find lower markups with no possibility of paying with a credit card at all. When credit cards are allowed, you will likely notice the credit card use fee, and I would think businesses/credit card companies would not be motivated to hike that up further for you to get your &quot;cash back&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line: You probably won't be using credit cards much anyway, so don't bother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T18:27:46.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-01T20:57:42.370" Score="2" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an offer from a German employer and the salary is 63K Euros. I am in India right now, and want to understand the correct visa process and ability to work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During a conversation with an HR person, I was told to obtain a travel visa which is valid for 3 months. When this visa is granted, I'm supposed to travel to Germany and complete my joining formalities. After that, they will initiate a process for obtaining my Blue Card, which will allow me to remain in Germany and work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not heard of this procedure before. I did some research on the Blue Card, and it looked alright, but I'm still concerned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the answers that I want to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What kind of visa would be raised when I have to travel from India to Germany? Is it the same as Schengen visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this visa process legitimate? I mean, the process of getting a visa to travel from India to Germany and then applying for a Bluecard.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much money would be required to be shown in account to obtain the visa for travel from India to Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10447" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T16:26:21.533" Title="German visa and Blue Card" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9336" CreationDate="2016-10-01T21:42:16.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's some information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=846&amp;amp;top=25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For International Experience Canada (IEC) participants only:&lt;/strong&gt; Your Letter of Introduction will normally be valid for 12 months. If you&#xA;  underwent a medical exam, it will be valid until the expiry date of&#xA;  your medical exam or for 12 months, whichever is less. When you enter&#xA;  Canada, the officer will give you a work permit that will be valid for&#xA;  the time allowed by the agreement between Canada and your country. If,&#xA;  on arrival, you did not receive the total time you are entitled to as&#xA;  per your country agreement, you will be allowed to extend your work&#xA;  permit for a time period that adds up to – but does not exceed – the&#xA;  maximum allocated time for your country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T21:42:16.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-02T04:05:07.420" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm tagging this Spain, but I suspect they're not the only country doing this.  Three-page info sheet on visa application for long-stay includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Only applications IN PERSON are accepted …&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  … process may take approximately 2 months from the day all documents are presented …&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ORIGINAL and ONE PHOTOCOPY of each of the following …&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3. Original Passport: Valid passp…. Your passport may remain at the Consulate.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  8. House property or leasing contract in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if I take this literally, I am supposed to buy a round-trip ticket, skip classes to go to to Spain, find a house or apartment, buy it or sign a lease, return to USA and go in person to the consulate to seek permission to go live in it?  And I have to tell the seller or landlord that if I get permission, I won't move in for at least two months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm told that I can't buy or rent without a bank account and an NIE, and can't get a bank account or NIE¹ without an address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are Americans and other non-Spanish living there, so it must not be as silly as it sounds.  Advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹Número de Identificación de Extranjero (Foreigner's ID number)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2016-10-02T04:05:07.420" Title="Must have bought or leased before applying for entry?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-08-18T03:15:49.723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-02T13:47:47.960" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I (Canadian citizens) have been volunteering in Brazil since February under a VITEM I visa. Due to ignorance on our part, we failed to register at the PF within 30 days and because of this, when we returned after travelling outside of the country in September, our visas were cancelled upon re-entry. We are contemplating whether to reapply or to just take an early exit from our volunteer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how does Brazil usually deal with visa applications with history of cancellation? Are we pretty much out of luck in trying for another one? Or do we have a decent chance at success?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastActivityDate="2016-10-02T13:47:47.960" Title="Reapplying for a Brazilian VITEM I after cancellation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T00:51:10.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9350" CreationDate="2016-10-02T23:19:28.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting a visa to enter the country and then applying for the actual residence permit is the regular procedure for (prospective) EU Blue card holders in Germany (and in many other EU countries). From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/FAQ/ArbeitLebenDeutschland/02a-Blue%20Card%20EU.html?nn=350374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die Blaue Karte EU wird in Deutschland ausschließlich von den Ausländerbehörden ausgestellt. Visumpflichtigen Drittstaatern wird für die Einreise in den Fällen, in denen ein Anspruch auf die Erteilung der Blauen Karte EU besteht, ein nationales Visum zur Beschäftigungseinreise von der jeweils zuständigen deutschen Auslandsvertretung erteilt. Das Visum wird nach der Einreise von der zuständigen Ausländerbehörde durch eine Blaue Karte EU ersetzt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only question is which specific visa you need. The three-month validity you mention in your question suggests they are thinking about a short-stay Schengen visa and I am not completely sure this would be the right visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-11-21T16:26:21.533" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T16:26:21.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-03T06:23:06.783" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for the IEC young professional work permit at the moment so that I can travel and work in Canada. What happens if I want to change jobs when I get out there, do I have to reapply for a different work permit? Or is the work permit open? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10439" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:10:28.897" Title="If you apply for an IEC work permit with a letter of offer can you change jobs once you get there?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9357" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-03T07:33:25.127" Score="0" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Work permit for the IEC to go to Canada, I do not fall under any of the jobs on the list that require a medical but I am going for over 6 months, do I need a medical? I have lived in the UK all my life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10439" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T19:36:23.003" Title="Do I need a medical exam for an IEC Canada work permit?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-03T14:49:00.023" Score="3" ViewCount="1114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national on a student visa in the UK. My boyfriend is from Hungary. We have been in a relationship for 7 months, living together for 5 months. He is working in the U.K.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My university will be done in January 2017 and we are planning to get married in March 2017. My UK student visa is valid until April 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Can I get married in the UK while I am here on my student visa?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2) Is it necessary to have a wedding in the UK, or can I have a wedding in India and get it registered in the UK?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;3) Will I be able to work in the UK after getting married to my boyfriend who is Hungarian?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me out with the queries!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;thanks :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10453" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T07:05:41.913" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T09:30:16.280" Title="Can an Indian national get married to an EU citizen while living in the UK on a student visa and work in UK on a dependent visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9357" CreationDate="2016-10-03T19:36:23.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you don't, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-temp.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Government of Canada Medical exam requirements for temporary residents (visitors, students and workers)&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you plan to visit for more than six months:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You will need a medical exam if &lt;em&gt;you have lived temporarily for six or more consecutive months&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in one or more of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/dcl.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these countries or territories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in the one year immediately before the date you want to enter Canada. (This applies even if you are a citizen of a country that does not need a visa to enter Canada.) &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a bit of an awkward construct which takes more than one read. More directly: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will need a medical exam if you have lived in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/dcl.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;one of these countries.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;During the year before you enter Canada, you will stay in one of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/dcl.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;those countries&lt;/a&gt; without leaving for at least six months (or more).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T19:36:23.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-03T21:58:58.187" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm exploring a job transfer opportunity within my organization that would involve working for the UK branch of my US-based company (incorporated as a UK org). I'm interested in living within and telecommuting from the Schengen Area, not the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could use some insight into the mechanics behind this, if achievable. I assume my family and I would need to petition for residency and cite this company as the means for sustaining ourselves? Is there a mechanism that would allow my spouse to work legally in-country as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand this is rather vague, as I haven't specified the destination country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10454" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T21:58:58.187" Title="US American citizen living in the EU (Schengen Area) working for a UK-based company" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-23T23:42:06.387" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9363" CreationDate="2016-10-03T23:14:46.480" Score="2" ViewCount="414" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the continuous debate between me and my wife - what kind of paper can be recycled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife says that we should recycle only pure paper - newspapers, carton boxes, some magazines, envelopes. And not glossy or laminated paper - like milk packages, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we can recycle all paper except we should remove all plastic, metal from it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who is right? Is there a good list explaining what can be recycled and what can not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T00:28:27.267" Title="Trash sorting - paper" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-10-05T20:06:32.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9362" CreationDate="2016-10-04T00:28:27.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this depends on the municipality, but in central Amsterdam, at least, milk cartons go with the plastic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Drankkartons&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Drankkartons kunt u aanbieden bij het plastic verpakkingsmateriaal. In de&#xA;  fabriek worden de drankkartons eruit gehaald en apart verwerkt.&#xA;  Drankkartons horen dus niet bij het oud papier. Het is belangrijk dat de&#xA;  pakken leeg zijn. Verpakkingen van chemisch afval zoals terpentineflessen,&#xA;  folies zoals chipszakken en piepschuim mogen niet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amsterdam.nl/afval/afvalwijzers/afvalwijzer-centrum/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.amsterdam.nl/afval/afvalwijzers/afvalwijzer-centrum/&lt;/a&gt; (or actually from the PDF document linked at that page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amsterdam.nl/publish/pages/692048/afvalwijzer_centrum_2016-2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.amsterdam.nl/publish/pages/692048/afvalwijzer_centrum_2016-2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently that document is available in English, but I didn't see it, so I offer my own translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Drink cartons&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can recycle drink cartons with plastic packaging.  In the recycling facility, the cartons are taken out and processed separately.  Drink cartons therefore don't belong with the paper.  It is important that the cartons be empty.  Packages for chemical waste such as terpentine bottles, foils such as bags of chips, and styrofoam are not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paper rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Papier en karton&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Papier en karton (schoon, droog en zonder plastic omslag) kunt u kwijt in de&#xA;  papiercontainer. Grote stukken karton maakt u klein zodat het door de&#xA;  opening past. Lukt dit niet? Zet het dan niet naast de container maar biedt&#xA;  het aan bij uw huisvuil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tip: wilt u minder papier, maar wel op de hoogte blijven van alle&#xA;  aanbiedingen? Download dan de gratis app Spotta en haal de gratis&#xA;  nee/nee sticker op bij een van de stadsloketten. Zo blijft u toch op de&#xA;  hoogte van alle aanbiedingen in uw buurt. Dat scheelt een hoop!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Paper and cardboard&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can deposit paper and cardboard (clean, dry, and without plastic covering) in the paper container.  Large pieces of cardboard must be broken into smaller pieces to fit through the opening.  If you cannot make the cardboard fit in the opening, do not leave it by the container, but put it with your household trash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tip: If you want less paper, but still want to know about offers, download the free Spotta app and get the free &quot;nee/nee&quot; sticker from one of the &lt;em&gt;stadsloketten.&lt;/em&gt;  This way, you'll stay on top of all the offers in your neighborhood.  That will save you a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The leaflet doesn't mention this, but in the recycling programs I'm familiar with, magazine-type glossy paper &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; permitted; it does not contain plastic.  My usual test is to tear it -- this usually makes it obvious whether the paper has a plastic coating or some other form of glossy coating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T00:28:27.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9365" CreationDate="2016-10-04T02:24:03.993" Score="3" ViewCount="2410" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the same year sometimes you live in one country, sometimes in another, have apartment in both, driver licence and car in each country and pay taxes in both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T02:31:50.420" Title="Can you be resident in several countries at the same time?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9364" CreationDate="2016-10-04T02:31:50.420" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each country defines what it means to be &quot;resident&quot;, and for what purpose. Sometimes, a country will define residency as &quot;present in the country for 183 days in a calendar year&quot;. Or &quot;6 months&quot;, if less precise. Sometimes, a country might define residency as &quot;registered with the local municipality as living in a house&quot;. Sometimes, residency for tax purposes is different than, say, residency for qualifying for reduced university tuition rates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general answer to your question is yes, you can almost certainly be considered &quot;resident&quot; in two or more places at once. Whether this will be beneficial or not, to you, would depend on which countries and your own personal circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T02:31:50.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9358" CreationDate="2016-10-04T09:30:16.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I get married in the UK while I am here on my student visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're already legally in the UK, and you can legally remain in the UK until you are married, then yes, you can marry in the UK. However if you only have a student visa, you will be in &quot;status C&quot;, which means you don't have the proper immigration status. This doesn't &lt;em&gt;prohibit&lt;/em&gt; your marrying, but according to the Northern Ireland's government's site you should give notice at a registrar's office as early as possible (preferably &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/marriagecivil-partnership-and-immigration-control&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;at least 70 days&lt;/a&gt;) to get the proper clearance from the Home Office (note that you also cannot give &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; than 90 days of notice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fees to get married might also be higher than usual, for example to marry in England and Wales it's £47 if you are only on a student visa, instead of the usual £35 (prices as of October 2016). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it necessary to have a wedding in the UK, or can I have a wedding in India and get it registered in the UK?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you don't need to get married in the UK, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9323/dutch-and-french-national-got-married-in-sweden-and-are-resident-in-the-uk-are/9324#9324&quot;&gt;the UK will accept any proper marriage certificate&lt;/a&gt; as long as it has an English translation as a proof of your marriage. However see the next section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will I be able to work in the UK after getting married to my boyfriend who is Hungarian?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but you might need to prove the authorities that your marriage is not of convenience. Having proofs that you are living together in the UK for a long time, and actually marrying somewhere in the UK instead of India might help in this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T09:30:16.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9295" CreationDate="2016-10-04T13:20:33.823" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's called &lt;em&gt;Verbraucherschutzzentrale&lt;/em&gt;. Those are organized per state, but there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a general website&lt;/a&gt;. I've never dealt with them, but they do this kind of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also contact one of the large IT magazines. They sometimes pick up stories like yours and help. &lt;a href=&quot;http://heise.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Heise Verlag's&lt;/a&gt; c't does this, though I don't know how to contact them for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also get a German from work whom you trust involved to call and properly tell them in German again what happend. That might do the trick. Besides that, &lt;strong&gt;document everything that you did&lt;/strong&gt;. Keep copies of every letter. Send your cancellation with &lt;em&gt;Enschreiben&lt;/em&gt; so you get a confirmation receipt. When you talk to them on the phone, always write down the agent's name and when you talked to them and what was said. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastEditorUserId="6777" LastEditDate="2017-06-14T08:02:41.167" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T08:02:41.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9081" CreationDate="2016-10-04T13:30:23.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, you can renew your passport before it expires if you have the right documents. Do that in your embassy in Germany. Tell your local &lt;em&gt;Auslaenderbehoerde&lt;/em&gt; that you are going to do that. Your old passport will still be valid until it's date is past, unless they invalidate it (i.e. they make holes in it). In any case, tell your embassy you want to keep it. Then go to Auslaenderbehoerde as soon as you know your new passport number and tell them it changed. They will issue you a temporary paper for your 19a blue card visa, and start producing a new physical &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; card for you. You will have to pay for that and it will take a month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you don't have that card, you cannot leave Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I helped someone do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastEditorUserId="6777" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T15:19:24.087" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T15:19:24.087" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-04T22:04:03.630" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the movement/changes to take note of between September visa bulletin and the current visa bulletin for October published by the USCIS and how that affects immigrants and potential immigrants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10458" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T22:04:03.630" Title="Movement between September visa bulletin and the current visa bulletin for October by USCIS" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T16:09:19.713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-04T23:59:53.090" Score="5" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am very interested in an apartment in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the land lords want 3 years contract with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They say it is minimum. Is this legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T23:13:46.283" Title="Renting an Appartment in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-04T18:52:40.127" Score="1" ViewCount="768" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian student studying in Italy on an Italian long-term student visa (multiple entry). I recently received an admission from a German university and wish to migrate to Germany. Can I move to Germany from Italy without applying for German visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10481" OwnerDisplayName="Kruti" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-09T21:40:14.573" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T15:45:07.530" Title="Switching to another Schengen country for my studies: Do I need another visa?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-05T11:24:36.687" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few years ago, a family member of mine moved from England out to Australia, and has decided they'll be there for good now. Before they moved, they had made a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_and_testament&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Will&lt;/a&gt; in England, which at the time was simple as they lived there and had all their stuff there. Now they've been out in Australia for a while, most of their finances are out there too, but some remain UK-based and likely always will be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're about to update their Will, and have received conflicting advice from Expat friends. Some people have told them to do one Will for their UK-based stuff left with a solicitor in the UK + a second Will for their Aussie stuff with someone out there. Others have said to just write one Australian will which breaks out what's in what country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the situation when moving from one Common Law country to another WRT Wills? One in each country? One for where you live covering things everywhere? Special handling in all cases? Other?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-10-05T14:29:22.083" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T14:29:22.083" Title="Wills, when moving to another Common Law country" Tags="&lt;financial&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9371" CreationDate="2016-10-05T15:31:36.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an Italian D visa, you are allowed to travel to Germany as if you had a Schengen C multiple-entry visa. That means you can only stay 90 days out of every 180 days, you cannot take a job there, etc. This will not be enough to become a student in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will probably be unable to enroll at the university without residency in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will be difficult to attend all necessary classes, exams, and meetings in the 90/180 rule. It might be possible if you commute every weekend. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will not be able to rent a normal flat from a &lt;em&gt;reputable&lt;/em&gt; landlord. Hotels or tourist housing will be more expensive on the long run. Also, you will be required to register your primary place of residence with the municipal authorities. That makes dodging the 90/180 rule difficult.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T15:31:36.550" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-05T15:42:56.163" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a permanent citizen of the United Kingdom and I desire to immigrate to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I can only really do such things by getting a work VISA and essentially finding an employer who will sponsor me to immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I go about finding such employers? are there any services or agencies which will consulate with me and look for jobs on my behalf?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10461" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T15:42:56.163" Title="UK Citizen wanting to immigrate to USA and work" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9376" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9395" CreationDate="2016-10-05T21:37:13.723" Score="7" ViewCount="1576" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it difficult to rent an apartment in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say the country you come from, to the Land Lord, and suddenly they say to you by email: &quot;Sorry, the apartment was reserved&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also difficult to get them to responde back to you, when you send request for visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a difficulty for everybody living in Germany, or just for immigrants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or even just for Brazilians?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any trick?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T10:12:02.900" Title="Why is it difficult to rent an apartment in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-10-09T21:40:47.270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T00:27:01.137" Score="1" ViewCount="1029" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend just entered the diversity visa lottery, and I've informed her about most of the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something I do ask myself, however, is: what exactly does the sealed envelope you get from the embassy contain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The concerned person has never been married, served in the military, been convicted or arrested...nothing, so she'll only need to provide the very &quot;basic&quot; documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, my understanding is that she needs to provide the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Medical exam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 photographs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;High School diploma&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Full birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Police certificate (which will be &quot;empty&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bank account Statement (to prove she won't become a public charge)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Photocopy of passport's ID page? Not stated in the diversity visa section of the website, but is stated in the general immigrant visa section)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will all of these be in the envelope, and will there be anything other than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, what does the envelope actually contain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T13:16:34.633" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T13:16:34.633" Title="What does the US immigrant visa envelope contain?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9378" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9383" CreationDate="2016-10-06T04:46:05.240" Score="5" ViewCount="1358" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a USA citizen, if you enter the country and establish residency with the visa status 'Employee on Assignment' (Salarié en Mission) what happens if you and the company that brought you into the country decide to part ways (such as you leave/quit, not fired). Are you then forced to depart France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10454" LastEditorUserId="10454" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T04:57:09.753" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T17:03:03.117" Title="France: What happens to your immigration status when you leave the job that brought you over (visa)?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T08:02:21.617" Score="5" ViewCount="5733" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my admission letter from a French Business School in August and after compiling my visa application with the mandatory documents I applied for France Long Stay Student Visa on 29/08/2016. My visa was refused on 02/09/2016 and there was no reason mentioned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I traced back my documents and after some counselling, with VFS folks they pointed out that my application had a &quot;Provisional Edu-Loan Sanction Letter&quot; and not an Edu-Loan Sanction Letter. As I had very little time to compile my visa documents the Bank issued me a provisional sanction letter that stated the loan amount applied for and also that my documents for Edu loan have been accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I got my sanction letter from the Bank and re-applied for my visa on 13/09/2016. I got my 2nd refusal on 21/09/2016 and this one like the previous one also did not have any reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I knew that I was going to miss my orientation week starting from 26/09/2016 so I asked for a delayed arrival certificate from my Business School and they issued me one. This time, I went to Y-axis consultancy in New Delhi and applied with their help and paid them a good amount of money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After going through my documents they could hardly find any glitch to refuse my application and within a week I applied again on 28/09/2016. This time, I showed a sum of INR 3,66,000 in my parent's account which in earlier 2 cases was around INR 1,50,000 and I had a different cover letter prepared by Y-axis consultancy. Again, I got my visa refused on 30/09/2016 (i.e. in just one day). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to lodge an appeal against the embassy but I need some assistance before doing that, because I don't want my appeal to vanish just like my visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ankit Koul" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T16:23:11.407" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T14:43:36.333" Title="France long stay student visa refused 3 times without any reason by French embassy New Delhi" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9379" CreationDate="2016-10-06T11:34:53.017" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly, the most reasonable thing to do at this point is to find another school in another country, that's how bad the process is. If you still have any interest in France after this, it will be easier to immigrate later, maybe on a work visa or using some EU law dispositions or even try your luck again with a French business school after collecting additional experience abroad rather than fight for a student visa now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, it's perfectly legal for the consulate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not to provide any explanation when they refuse a student visa&lt;/a&gt;. Schengen refusals have to be motivated, family visa refusals have to be motivated, but not student visa refusals. And, unlike for, say, family visas, consulates have a lot of discretion in granting the visa or not (and that's not a coincidence: if you applied for a visa to which you are entitled based on your situation, they would have to explain why they think you don't qualify). You have to submit a cover letter and a resume and the consulate is legally empowered to evaluate that independently, &lt;strong&gt;an acceptance letter from a French university or higher education institution is no guarantee that you will get a visa.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, you always have the right to appeal if you think the refusal was illegal. In practice, you can of course ask the consulate what their reason was and they are allowed to tell you... but they don't have to do it if they don't want to or to provide any justification in writing. And it's obviously very difficult to appeal effectively if you are not entitled to a visa in the first place and you don't know why it was refused!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the appeal procedure itself also makes things very difficult, even if you have strong arguments on paper (which is probably not your case, as we just established). You can lodge a &lt;em&gt;recours gracieux&lt;/em&gt; asking the consulate to reconsider its decision and you could probably try that, as it does not cost anything. On the other hand, for a student visa, it will almost certainly be ignored. You do need to find some cogent arguments and to write in French, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, if you really want to exhaust all legal means, you will want to make a &lt;em&gt;recours contentieux&lt;/em&gt;, i.e. go to court. But you can't do that directly, you first need to send your appeal to the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lannuaire.service-public.fr/centres-contact/R99&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Commission de recours contre les refus de visa d'entrée en France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. In practice, it's not very helpful as it just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.senat.fr/questions/base/2015/qSEQ15021053S.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;confirms 98% of the decisions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; it evaluates and struggles to give an opinion within the two months the law prescribes. But you don't have a choice: you must first formulate an appeal in front the &lt;em&gt;commission&lt;/em&gt; and wait for a two-month delay to elapse before you can actually go to court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then the real fun starts. All visa cases have to be treated by one specific court, the &lt;em&gt;tribunal administratif&lt;/em&gt; in Nantes. Once you have lodged your appeal there, the foreign ministry has a certain amount time to present its arguments (something like 4 or 6 months, not sure anymore). It routinely ignores this delay but the court still waits for it. And it's overloaded anyway, what I read suggests that visa cases usually take &lt;strong&gt;one and a half year&lt;/strong&gt; to reach a decision (and anecdotal evidence from friends and relatives bears this out).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This delay is bad enough in itself but it's even worse for you, as your admission letter probably won't be worth much in two years from now and you personal project will be less plausible if you just sit idly waiting for the decision. This means that even if you would manage to get the court to void the last refusal, the consulate would be perfectly justified in refusing again based on your new situation. And the odds are not good: The tribunal only finds in favour of the applicant in something like 20% of the cases (sorry, lost the source for that number) and that's only from the fraction of cases that are brought to its attention, i.e. the people with the strongest legal case for their appeal, the vast majority of unsuccessful visa applicants understandably don't bother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the icing on the cake is that the state can pull its decision at any time. In theory, it's not a stupid idea: If the state reviews your case and finds the original decision was wrong, it can correct things immediately. But in practice, it can be bad for you because the TA in Nantesd does not award the costs in this case (even though it should). Worse, I actually know someone who brought a case against a similar decision (it was not about a visa but a related procedure), was (probably) about to win it and then, after several months, the ministry suddenly reversed its original decision... and issued a new refusal, on another ground! She was stuck with her lawyer fees for the first appeal and had to start a new one from scratch. She eventually succeeded but that's the kind of things you have to brace for and, for a student visa, it probably does not make sense to put yourself through this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T15:11:11.213" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T15:11:11.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T12:57:28.037" Score="3" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in German - German Resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not from Europe, I am from Brazil. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get a driver's license in other European country? So that it is maybe faster and it would still be valid in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T16:56:26.200" Title="Driver's License in European Union" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9381" CreationDate="2016-10-06T15:12:04.700" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the EU, you should by default get a license from the country you live in. EU countries are not supposed to let you pass the exam or to issue a license if you are not a resident. Conversely, if you lose your license, it gets stolen or expires, you should apply for a replacement to the authorities of the country where you live, and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; from the country where it was originally obtained (if necessary by submitting evidence that you passed the exam elsewhere). That's a general principle defined in the relevant EU directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, EU countries have to recognize driving licenses from other EU countries. So a license from another EU country (e.g. a license obtained before moving to Germany) is in principle valid in Germany or can at least be exchanged easily when it expires. That's another general principle that's valid EU-wide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things become complicated is what happens if you do manage to get a license from another EU country while living in Germany. It's not supposed to happen but in practice, not every country enforces the residence requirement very strictly and legally it's not entirely clear whether it's up to the receiving country to enforce as well. It's a sensitive topic in Germany because it has a particularly stringent penalty point/license cancellation system so that many German citizens try to (ab)use the system to recover a license and there are several court cases about this. I don't remember all the details but you should not presume that you will easily be able to get a license elsewhere and use it in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rules for licenses originally obtained outside of the EU (like the Australian license discussed in the comments) are more complicated and vary from one country to the next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T16:56:26.200" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T16:56:26.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9378" CreationDate="2016-10-06T15:53:36.193" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A general principle in France is that you are never forced to leave while your &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; or long-stay visa is valid. There is none of the automatic loss of status or super-short grace period you see in other countries, the authorities must first take action before you have to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; does have the power to cancel your visa prematurely, in which case you would be notified by mail (and probably receive an &lt;em&gt;obligation de quitter le territoire français&lt;/em&gt; at the same time, at which point you have 30 days to leave before facing real trouble) but this would take some time and I don't think they do it as a matter of course when people lose their job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mainly, the choke point is when your current residence title expires and you need to get or renew a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; (or possibly when renewing an &lt;em&gt;autorisation de travail&lt;/em&gt;). That's when many people end up receiving an OQTF and/or staying illegally (&lt;em&gt;sans-papier&lt;/em&gt;). For a permit as &lt;em&gt;salarié&lt;/em&gt; and provided you lost your job involuntarily, you can actually get at least one additional year to look for an alternate job, possibly more if you qualify for longer unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, what little information I could find online suggests that this is not the case for a &lt;em&gt;salarié en mission&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pole-emploi.org/file/galleryelement/pj/84/4d/51/49/bope2011-3078644407696300873.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;depending on your exact situation&lt;/a&gt; (and specifically whether your employer is a French business or not), you might not even be eligible to register as &quot;looking for a job&quot; (&lt;em&gt;demandeur d'emploi&lt;/em&gt;), which means no unemployment benefits and, presumably, no right to work for another employer without applying for a new permission from scratch. So you would not be forced to leave &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; but finding something to stay after the expiration date of your current visa or transitioning to another status might be somewhat difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T17:03:03.117" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T17:03:03.117" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9384" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9386" CreationDate="2016-10-06T17:26:00.697" Score="1" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering whether someone from France, travelling to the US on a visa waiver program (ESTA) to attend short-term training, should pay US federal taxes on the reimbursement of expenses incidental to their stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clearer, I am talking about this business category in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ESTA program&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;attend short-term training (you may not be paid by any source in the&#xA;  United States with the exception of expenses incidental to your stay)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10466" LastEditorUserId="10466" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T17:50:51.637" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T15:10:26.683" Title="Traveling on ESTA, are there taxes on reimbursement of expenses incidental to the stay" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9089" CreationDate="2016-10-07T08:56:15.023" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, the inviting party (in this case the university) will register you in the place of residence. It is important to contact the responsible migration office in the university max. 3 business days after arriving. Required documents are your passport, visa and migration card that was handed to you at the border. Foreign students are registered either in a student dormitory or at the address of the university itself, in case they chose to privately rent an apartment. The rent contract etc is not necessary to show.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In return, you will need to pick up the registration (a document stating some information about you which includes your registration address) and keep it. Police can ask to see these documents (passport, migration card, visa and registration) at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9909" LastActivityDate="2016-10-07T08:56:15.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9384" CreationDate="2016-10-07T14:25:23.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following our clarifying exchange of comments (I've deleted mine to streamline the content), here is the relevant information from the university. In this instance, the source is Vanderbilt, the location of the conference, but it would not differ at other institutions, as all must adhere to the same regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gss/international-tax/payments_conference_attendees.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Payments to Conference Participants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Conference Attendees&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A conference attendee is a person who attends a conference but is not an invited speaker or panelist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Travel reimbursements for conference attendees are considered to be taxable income by the US Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The reimbursement is a “travel grant” or “travel award” and is a non-service payment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Travel expense reimbursements provided to international conference attendees are subject to US income tax. If income tax withholding is required, Vanderbilt University must withhold the tax from the reimbursement and forward the payment to the IRS. This means that the international conference attendee will not receive a full reimbursement of their travel expenses and travel should be planned with a firm understanding of this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The amount of income tax withheld depends on a number of factors including the visa status of the attendee; tax treaties benefits; and the length of physical presence in the USA; it normally ranges from 14% - 30% of the travel reimbursement. If you would like to receive an income tax assessment prior to arranging travel, please complete [the] Business Visitor Questionnaire (BVQ) as quickly as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Travel reimbursements to domestic (“US residents and US residents for tax purposes”) conference attendees are also income. However, domestic conference attendees are required to self-report the receipt of the travel reimbursement on their annual tax return. [The university] is not required to withhold income tax at the time the travel reimbursement is provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gss/international-tax/reimburse-travel.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Reimbursement Of Travel Expenses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  All international visitors can receive travel reimbursements.  However, whether those payments are business expenses or taxable income depends on the visa category of the visitor and the services performed.  There may also be restrictions on what activities an international visitor may engage in while in the USA.  If a travel expense is not taxable, Windstar completion is not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Taxable Travel Expenses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invited speaker or consultant hired by [the] university&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If an international person has been invited to speak, present a paper, or otherwise actively conduct an educational or academic activity (in whole or in part), travel reimbursement expenses are not considered to be taxable income. Instead, they are categorized as business expenses since the international visitor was invited on campus by [the] university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Attach a copy of the letter of invitation (or copy of brochure showing individual on the program itinerary/agenda) to the check request (CR) or consultant form along with all documents required by Disbursements.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving expenses for employees who meet IRS &quot;time and distance&quot; and  &quot;qualified travel expense&quot; definitions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Attach receipts and document that payment is for relocation expense.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Job-related interview expenses (this does not include students visiting campus for enrollment purposes or recruitment of graduate students)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Attach documents that demonstrate the purpose of the expense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxable Travel Expenses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Non-employee or contractor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Conference or seminar attendees who are not speakers or presenters&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Students traveling to seminars outside of [the] university&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Short-term trainees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Prospective students&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Employee non-business related travel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Living expenses for short-term employees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Moving expenses that do not meet IRS requirements&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Expense reimbursements are taxable if there is no quantifiable service provided to [the university] by the individual.  Another way of stating this is that, if there is no compensatory relationship or business relationship the reimbursement is taxable.  In these situations, the payee is neither an employee nor independent contractor.  Whether or not any other wage or honorarium is provided is not relevant to the tax withholding assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Addendum:&lt;/strong&gt; &#xA;For convenience, here is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://Taxation%20of%20Nonresident%20Aliens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information on Taxation of Nonresident Aliens&lt;/a&gt;, including links to related publications and forms. Often, non-immigrant foreigners don't file a return after their departure. They may be unaware that they're due a refund, even when the amount of taxes withheld is not significant.  The result is a huge overpayment of US taxes by foreign nationals. Filing a tax return doesn't require a tax preparer, although some may opt to pay for such a service. It can be done online, e.g., and any monies due can be transmitted electronically directly to a person's bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-08T15:10:26.683" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T15:10:26.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-07T15:47:24.943" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for a Austrian Student Residence Permit to join my university. Since the courses have started this week, I want to be there as early as possible. Usually, it takes 3 months to process a RP, after which they provide an entry visa, and the applicant is supposed to complete the RP procedures in Austria. Is it possible to apply simultaneously for the visa and residence permit, enabling me to enter Austria while the RP is in process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10469" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-08T06:50:22.343" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T00:42:00.367" Title="Austria Residence Permit/Visa" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-07T16:49:37.973" Score="7" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am employed in Thailand with Thai based company. I resigned from my previous employer (Thai based) as I got a better opportunity and gave them my notice period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However previously I submitted to them my passport for a Schengen visa to the company travel co-coordinator. When I asked for the passport they kept saying it is not with them as it has been forwarded to the embassy for visa processing. But from internal resources I came to know that it was never submitted for any visa and it was still with the employer. When I pressured them to return my passport, they said it still has a valid USA visa (B1/B2) and you cannot enter the USA on this visa for another company to work as it was issued through them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forced them to return my passport. &lt;strong&gt;But they removed the U.S. visa stamp/sticker which was in it&lt;/strong&gt;. I asked them for it and at first they kept saying that they didn’t know about it. Later they said they disposed of it as they couldn't allow me to utilize this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is my visa no longer valid&lt;/strong&gt;, as my previous employer stated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I visit the US Embassy and inform them about the loss of the stamp, &lt;strong&gt;can they re-issue a new stamp&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Or will I have to apply for an entirely new visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10470" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-08T11:27:04.690" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T02:58:44.277" Title="Is my valid US visa wasted due to the removal of physical visa stamp/sticker on my passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8707" CreationDate="2016-10-07T19:27:20.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The blurred out number is known as the &quot;A&quot; number or Alien Registration number.  It's a unique number that USCIS gives a noncitizen when he or she applies for a benefit, such as a green card.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person's A-number is like a person's social security number.  It is considered to be sensitive personally identifiable information, which is information that, alone or in conjunction with other information, can be traced to the identity of an individual.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The A-number is linked to a person's application(s) for immigration benefits.  Some of the information that the U.S. government requires a noncitizen to disclose in such an application is private and sensitive information that could be used to cause further harm to the person.  For example, an applicant for permanent residency must share identifying information such as his social security number and mother's maiden name, as well as information about his medical history and finances.  If the A-number is compromised, a person's privacy is compromised, and the information disclosed may cause harm, if not embarrassment, to the person.  The USCIS #/A-number is blurred in order to protect the privacy of the individual. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy/Guidance/handbookforsafeguardingsensitivePII_march_2012_webversion.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy/Guidance/handbookforsafeguardingsensitivePII_march_2012_webversion.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastEditorUserId="10472" LastEditDate="2016-10-08T02:10:58.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T02:10:58.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-07T20:13:49.637" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Berlin for work in November and I have a single question I'd like answered. I've never lived in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My biggest question is this: I was hired by a company, after a long and painful process, I got my work permit. Everything seemed to be ok. After all the process. Several changes agreed between me and company happened and I was upset and suspicious, but even so I decide to go.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens that I get a better job offer from a different company. I am really excited with opportunity and would like to accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in my country yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask what the best way to process with my visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I just notice the first company e accept the new contract and use the visa for the new company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will need a new visa and new process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10473" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-07T21:05:32.117" LastActivityDate="2017-05-28T20:51:44.210" Title="Switch employers easily before moving to Berlin?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9393" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9396" CreationDate="2016-10-08T14:36:36.963" Score="-1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/79938/47623&quot;&gt;follows&lt;/a&gt; my earlier question. For libraries &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; in the the London Libraries Consortium:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Would my grandparents need to search each library's catalogue? How can they search more efficiently? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Peradventure would the librarians have more efficient search engines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) My grandparents have called some libraries and confirmed that these libraries charge fees for interlibrary loans that they must avoid (they are not rich). Thus please suggest or recommend other solutions, excluding the inconvenience of  registering with, and then travelling to, different boroughs depending on which has the book(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10477" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T23:11:12.567" Title="How to search catalogues and avoid interlibrary loan fees, for libraries outside the London Libraries Consortium?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-10-09T21:41:21.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9376" CreationDate="2016-10-08T18:49:40.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are asking why it is difficult to rent, the answer is rent regulation. Rental prices are limited by the federal legislation in Germany, and in many places also by local legislation. When landlords cannot raise the price to maximise their profits and cut off the least wealthy tenants, they are put in a position when they can choose between numerous tenants (from what I've heard, the number of people expressing the wish to rent an apartment in the first days after it hits the market can often be as high as twenty). Not surprisingly the typical landlord wishes to choose the most reliable tenant, judging from their occupation, family size and other details the tenants usually provide. This reduces the chances of people with a temporary job contract or debts, immigrants, families with children or pets to get the apartments that are most lucrative in terms of price, location and amenities (and forces them to choose less attractive options).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10479" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T18:49:40.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9393" CreationDate="2016-10-08T23:11:12.567" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest a two-pronged approach. Start with the London Libraries Consortium. With 6 million items, that will get them access to almost all materials one would expect to find in local libraries, but not to specialized reference materials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep notes of materials they want to read and cannot access that way. If that is a significant list, check it against the British Library catalog. They may be able to qualify for a British Library &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-get-a-reader-pass&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Reader Pass&lt;/a&gt;. My own grandfather used the British Library when he was writing geography textbooks. That will not let them borrow books, only read them at the library, but would give them access to materials that are too specialized for the London Libraries Consortium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T23:11:12.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9376" CreationDate="2016-10-09T10:02:20.490" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, there is no trick&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you need to distinguish between a &lt;em&gt;private landlord&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;large companies&lt;/em&gt;. Those behave differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first case, that person might own from one or two apartments up to a few apartment buildings. Usually they would vet the applicants very closely and make a decision based on several factors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can you pay the rent (that one is obvious)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how long are you planing to stay (because finding new tenants is a costly process)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;will you still be able to pay the rent later (also obvious)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how will you affect the other tenants and the house&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last one can be broken down into a bunch of things. For example, if there are no children in the house yet, you wouldn't want to have a young couple where one or both is working. They might soon get a child, which is loud, and that would make everyone else unhappy. If you have to choose between a single man and a single woman, many landlords chose the woman because it they might think that a woman takes better care of the place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A large company will essentially ask themselves the same questions, but they are easier to satisfy. Since you're a foreigner, you have a visa. That visa has a duration. If you can prove with your work contract and the type of visa you have that you're going to stay long and be allowed to stay long, that's usually fine. A company is used to those things, while a single, private citizen is not. So why would the private person bother if they can just rent to someone else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can help you in any case are the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If this is not your first apartment, get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mietvertrag_(Deutschland)#Mietverh.C3.A4ltnisse_.C3.BCber_Gewerberaum.2C_gewerbliche_Nutzung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (long word, basically a letter saying that you were never late paying your rent) from your previous landlord(s); there are free templates on the web for that, and usually it's no problem to get the old landlord to sign it if you are really debt-free&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schufa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Schufa&lt;/a&gt; score up front, even if they don't ask for it; usually that's a bit hard for newly arrived foreigners because there is no information about you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a letter from your company saying that your contract is unlimited (if it is) and how you are important to them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have someone from your company help you search for apartments or make the initial contact through real estate sites like immobilienscout24.de with their company email and name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take a German with you when you go to check an apartment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the landlord always has a choice (until you sign a contract), they will go for the safe and easy option. And that's their right. &lt;strong&gt;So make them feel comfortable with you&lt;/strong&gt;. For example, if it's an old lady that announced the vacancy in the newspaper, call and try to speak German, or have a friend call instead of writing an email, even if there is an address. In fact, always try German first, even if it's with Google translate help. Few people speak English in Germany. Germans have to do the same thing, they just have a head start because they speak the same language and might have more experience and are allowed to stay in Germany indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the lack of responses, let me give you an anecdote. I am German, and I recently moved to Berlin from another city. I could not be in Berlin on working days when I was looking for apartments, so I wrote that down. Most places I contacted didn't respond. Some replied with texts like &quot;the place is open for visitors on Tuesday from 3 to 4pm&quot;. So I wrote back or called, and said &quot;can I have an appointment on the weekend, I live in a different city&quot;. The usual response, if there was one, went along the lines if &quot;no&quot; or &quot;bad luck&quot;. It's business to them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one apartment in Berlin or Hamburg, there are probably from 100 to 200 people who want it. Half of them probably can't even pay the rent but they try anyway. Landlords need to filter, just like when you are looking for a job. So they filter on easy criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastEditorUserId="6777" LastEditDate="2016-10-09T10:12:02.900" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T10:12:02.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9399" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-09T17:00:16.123" Score="3" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat in Leiden searching for accommodation. I am willing to share with other expats or students (since Leiden is a student city). What I am looking for is a room in an apartment (or house) where the other rooms are occupied by other people (expats or students)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I find a place to share? Any websites for searching (registering)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10287" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T08:18:56.310" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T17:42:03.593" Title="How to find a place to share with other expats or students in Leiden" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9400" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9404" CreationDate="2016-10-09T18:02:07.997" Score="6" ViewCount="1011" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is a permanent resident of an EU state other than Germany (e.g. Czech Republic), what documents are needed for them to work in Germany? The German Federal Office for Migration &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/DasBAMF/Aufgaben/Daueraufenthalt/daueraufenthalt-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mentions&lt;/a&gt; that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence permit for third-country nationals who have acquired the&#xA;&amp;quot;permanent EC resident&amp;quot; title in another EU Member State&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This residence permit will be granted to a third-country national who&#xA;wishes to live in Germany for longer than three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it isn't clear if an EU resident can start working in Germany without any additional documents and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; apply for a residency if deciding to stay for more than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An equivalent Czech law mentions that it's possible to work without a visa if the person in question has been a permanent resident of the EU for more than 1 year. Unfortunately I don't know enough German to dig up the equivalent German law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T12:20:54.097" Title="What documents are needed for an EU permanent resident to work in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9401" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9402" CreationDate="2016-10-09T20:42:14.000" Score="3" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to download in advance the documents I will need to fill to register in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I do not speak German, I might need a bit of time to fill the documents as I will need to translate every word. Is there a website from where I can download them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried looking on the website of the town I am going to register but it is all written in German only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T15:08:02.267" Title="Documents to register in Germany (Anmeldung)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9401" CreationDate="2016-10-10T06:58:33.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To register you need your passport and visa if you are a person that needs one, a copy of your current or future rental agreement and a completed registration form (this sometimes can be downloaded in advance from the website of your Einwohnermeldeamt). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also possible to get it there and fill it out there. Sometimes you got some nice people working there that might help you fill it out with you quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filled out Meldebestätigung (Registration form)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are no problems, you will be given a confirmation form (Anmeldebestätigung) as proof of your registration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10460" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T06:58:33.737" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9371" CreationDate="2016-10-10T08:23:42.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are definitely not allowed to study for more than 90 days (or otherwise reside) in Germany on your Italian visa. It would sometimes be possible to enter the country using that visa and to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6517/switch-from-schengen-visa-to-a-student-visa-in-germany&quot;&gt;apply directly for a residence permit&lt;/a&gt;, thus saving some time, but it does not appear to be the case for you, as an Indian citizen coming to study in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, &lt;strong&gt;you need to apply for a German visa outside of the country&lt;/strong&gt;. However, you do not necessarily need to do that in your country of origin/citizenship. Consulates generally serve people &lt;em&gt;residing&lt;/em&gt; in the relevant area and it is definitely possible to apply for a German visa in Italy or &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6492/applying-for-a-student-visa-in-germany-from-netherlands-as-a-non-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;elsewhere in the EU&lt;/a&gt;. You will need to check with the German consulate what they require to establish that you are a resident but I assume that a long-stay visa should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T15:45:07.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9400" CreationDate="2016-10-10T08:40:46.617" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlaubnis_zum_Daueraufenthalt-EU_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia (in German) has an extensive discussion of this issue&lt;/a&gt;. Basically, the answer is &lt;strong&gt;no, you are not allowed to work before you get an authorisation from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur fur Arbeit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and you might not even be allowed to stay in Germany unless you find a job that satisfies their requirements (highly qualified, etc.) or are able to show sufficient financial means to cover your needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two differences between long-term EC residents and other third-country nationals:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Long-term residents don't need a visa before entering Germany and can complete all the formalities from within the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; they satisfy the conditions, they have a right to a residence permit (i.e. no discretion or &lt;em&gt;Ermessen&lt;/em&gt; on the part of the authorities). But that's a big &quot;if&quot;, in particular the nature of the job you intend to take will be evaluated by the authorities before granting the authorisation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all rooted in EU law, specifically &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;, which does not require EU member states to let long-term residents in another member state work immediately and allows them to apply all the regular rules on labour market tests, language courses, etc. (cf. article 14).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T11:46:50.780" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T11:46:50.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9406" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9575" CreationDate="2016-10-10T12:27:34.327" Score="2" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is a permanent resident of an EU state other than Netherlands (e.g. Czech Republic), what documents are needed for them to work in Netherlands? The Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/long-term-third-country-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mentions&lt;/a&gt; that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have been granted the status of long-term resident-EC in&#xA;  another EU Member state, and you wish to move to the Netherlands, you&#xA;  will be exempt from the mvv requirement. You  or your sponsor can then&#xA;  apply for a residence permit directly upon arrival in the Netherlands.&#xA;  Your sponsor can also submit the application while you are not yet in&#xA;  the Netherlands. You will have to choose a purpose of stay and meet&#xA;  the conditions accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it isn't clear if an EU resident can start working in Netherlands without any additional documents and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; apply for a residency if deciding to stay for more than three months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An equivalent Czech law mentions that it's possible to work without a visa if the person in question has been a permanent resident of the EU for more than 1 year. Unfortunately I don't know enough Dutch to dig up the equivalent Netherlands law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T14:47:33.787" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T21:23:37.200" Title="What documents are needed for an EU permanent resident to work in Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-10T12:36:20.690" Score="7" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the import charges or fees moving to the USA?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short Question:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be moving to the USA on a K-1 Fiance(e) Visa in December, to then get a Green Card. I will be flying with some luggage in the plane, the rest will be surface shipped. It will be leaving the UK about a fortnight before I leave, and arriving in the US about a fortnight after I arrive. What will I have to pay to get my belongings over the border?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visa Context&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my interview date for a K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa in November and have a provisional wedding date with my lovely bride set for the end of December. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Why so little time? The medical process took more than two months longer than usual which is why the timescale seems a little short - under normal circumstances the interview would have been around September. We applied for the visa and decided on the wedding date during Winter 2015-16, the alternative was Summer 2017. Winter 2017 was a reasonable date and we still have time despite about 10 weeks unexpected delays.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this question is not about the visa or the heavy visa charges (several thousand in-all). If the interview fails, the shipping company to not charge for cancelling or postponing shipping provided they have over 10 days notice before the pick-up date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shipping Contents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to ship approximately £4,500-£5,000 worth of my personal belongings. My provisional estimate for valuation is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Musical Instruments (£3000)&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Guitars (£200 electric, £670 electric, £280 electro-acoustic, £800 electric bass), each in a hard case worth £80,&#xA;  Keyboard (£250), &#xA;  Electric Guitar Amplifier (£250), &#xA;  Effects Pedals (£75, x2), &#xA;  Cables, stands, etc. worth approx. £100&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Books (£800)&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Approximately 10 antiques, 10 academic textbooks, and 10 hardback rulebooks, with detailed valuations totalling £500, plus about 100 mundane second-hand paperbacks (estimating £3 value each to replace)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clothing (£375):&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Approximately ten T-shirts (£5 ea), ten shirts (£15), five trousers (£15), five warm tops (£20), approximate value&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other (£236):&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Three Antique/Ornamental Swords (the shipping company have confirmed they will take them), worth £81 together but the old auction valuations need updating as some restoration has been done., &#xA;  Box files with printed material, papers and writings from my hobbies, education, and personal stuff (letters, birthday cards) etc., approximately twenty boxes, valued at £5 each (cost to rebuy blank paper and empty box files),  One beautiful handmade scrapbook made by my sweet bride, valued at £30 (the raw materials)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Media (£175):&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Approx. 10 CDs, 5 DVD sets, 5 PC Games, approximate values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be taking insurance with the shipping company's partner at a cost of 4 or 4.5% of the total value for my items, which covers partial and total damage, loss, theft, etc., which is comforting. I include this detail above in case it is relevant. For example, if printed matter has no duty, but musical instruments do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shipping Company Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company terms and conditions state: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our quotation, unless otherwise stated, does not include insurance, cancellation/postponement waivers, &lt;strong&gt;customs duties, port charges&lt;/strong&gt; including (but not limited to) demurrage, inspections, or any fees, or taxes payable to government bodies or agencies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis mine&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quotation from the shipping company includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;UK Export Documentation and UK Customs Electronic Filing Fees £39.00.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USA Customs Clearance and advance Homeland Security Filing Fees £120.00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Customs information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may import furniture, dishes, linens, libraries, artwork and similar household furnishings for your personal use free of duty. To be eligible for duty-free exemption, the articles must have either been available for your use or used in a household where you were a resident for one year. The year of use does not need to be continuous, nor does it need to be the year immediately before the date of importation. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/354/~/moving-to-the-u.s.---duty-free-entry-of-unaccompanied-goods%2C-firearms%2C-gift&quot;&gt;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/354/~/moving-to-the-u.s.---duty-free-entry-of-unaccompanied-goods%2C-firearms%2C-gift&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I assume by books will come under that - if I can prove that they were in my household use for a year. (How on earth DO I prove that? Will I be asked to?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same link describes &quot;Tools of the Trade&quot; as being duty free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I count my music kit as &quot;tools of the trade&quot;? I do not use them to make a living. My day job is actually a preschool assistant, music is a hobby I'd one day like to get paid for (I've only gigged for free and not recently). I am about to begin playing regularly (unpaid) in my church as part of the worship team, too. Does that make a difference? I have some free demos out online and have done unpaid gigs with friends before - do they count now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if, in the next few weeks, I recorded and released an album and put it out available to buy? I actually already have recordings, I've just haven't released them (yet). If I released some music commercially, could they then be tools of the trade?, or would I have to be doing it full-time to count?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What Customs Duties and Port Charges, or any other similar costs such as taxes, could I incur, in the circumstances and for the items I will be shipping?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8999" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T14:41:41.850" Title="What are the import charges or fees moving to the USA?**" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11144" CreationDate="2016-10-10T14:07:29.353" Score="5" ViewCount="974" Body="&lt;p&gt;While looking for flats to rent I saw that someone aks for a SCHUFA.&#xA;What do I need to do in that case? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T10:33:01.303" Title="Renting in Germany: how do I get a SCHUFA?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-10T14:54:16.157" Score="1" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an interesting situation, I do have a Blue Card already, but they are saying it was issued wrongly. The Foreigner Office is checking what they can do. I already live and work here. They say potentially, they need to give me another visa. What will happen to me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there new changes applied to the blue card requirements in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get a blue card if I don't have an University Degree, but having a high salary, eg.: 75k&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get the blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an IT specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I of course want the Blue Card Advantages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a very interesting link, but I still don't fully understand it:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beschv_2013/BJNR149910013.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beschv_2013/BJNR149910013.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T17:43:08.787" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T17:43:08.787" Title="Are there new conditions for Getting the EU Blue Card in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;labor-law&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-10T17:14:03.673" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a good bank account with mobile banking. I move a lot and have clients from e.g. Spain and Italy. I am an EU citizen and mostly move around the Eurozone. There is no point in opening n bank accounts in n countries, since I would not be able to keep track of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer EUR and SEK accounts, since these currencies are AFAIK fairly stable.&#xA;I was thinking about using PayPal or an equivalent to receive my salary, but that would feel rather uncomfortable, I think. Most companies are obliged to keep track of their spending, therefore they require some kind of bank connection if you want to come work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard about Nemea Bank and similar institutions taking the innovative approach, but some of them seem... unreliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/business/business_news/64780/nemea_bank_releases_annual_figures_were_profitable_and_highly_liquid&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/business/business_news/64780/nemea_bank_releases_annual_figures_were_profitable_and_highly_liquid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's your experience with that? Any sensible recommendations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10489" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:29.807" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:29.807" Title="European bank account" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-06T22:55:57.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9408" CreationDate="2016-10-10T17:23:56.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a prospective tenant, the landlord is expecting you to obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.meineschufa.de/downloads/SCHUFA_Infoblatt-BA-Antrag-englisch.pdf&quot;&gt;credit report&lt;/a&gt;, through the German credit bureau, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.meineschufa.de/index.php&quot;&gt;SCHUFA&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T18:11:46.330" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T18:11:46.330" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-10T20:07:12.303" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I want to study abroad in France. For both of us it's one of those bucket list things. We're planning to leave in the Spring of 2018. I will be 30, and she will be 31 at the time of our departure. Both of us are US citizens. I plan on going to a University for my masters and she will do a PhD program. In our &quot;dream&quot; phase of this planning we wanted to leave early say April and do a bunch of traveling in Europe before our classes start. Now that we've been researching this plan we're not too sure that we will be able to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From usa.campusfrance.org it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usa.campusfrance.org/en/page/applying-a-student-visa-%E2%80%93-step-step-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Campus France Step By Step Visa&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;You must schedule an in-person appointment at your assigned consulate via its official website. The consulate website features an online calendar that shows available timeslots.  Appointments for visa applications are available in the morning only. Your visa appointment must take place no more than 90 days before your departure to France.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the application for the French Consulate in Washington DC, US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/IMG/pdf/application_requirements_student_visa_washington-2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;French Consulate Washington DC Application&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;The starting date of the visa cannot be earlier than 3 weeks before the starting date as written on your official letter of enrollment.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems like the earliest we can fly to France is 3 weeks prior to classes starting. So I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can make my appointment 90 days prior to my departure date. With processing, say I enter France 60 days before my start date. Will I be able to do this with a short term visa and then it would seamlessly transition to my student visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sign up for Summer French Classes at the University I plan on attending for my academic studies and get my visa set for an earlier date. I will plan so that I start classes in June, but I've seen courses that are only a couple weeks long. So could hypothetically take the rest of the summer off and travel? According to Campus France this sounds like a possibility: &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usa.campusfrance.org/en/page/applying-a-student-visa-%E2%80%93-step-step-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Campus France Step By Step Visa&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;If you plan to complete two consecutive programs (such as a program in French as a foreign language, followed by an academic program), obtain admission to both programs before applying for your visa. That will ensure that your visa will be valid for the full length of your period of study.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2197" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T20:07:12.303" Title="Study Abroad - When can I move to France?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-10T20:49:01.307" Score="2" ViewCount="1357" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it feasible getting a permanent permit for Canada without a degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering I would have a couple of years of experience and required field, and having the highest scores in IELTS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T19:37:43.310" Title="Do I need a degree for the Express Entry Program in Canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9407" CreationDate="2016-10-10T21:58:36.917" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't predict what, if anything, you will be charged. I can report some practical experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have got very, very good results, and no bills, from US customs by being absolutely straight and honest. That includes arriving with thousands of dollars in inherited jewelry, and receiving a shipment of paintings, furniture, glassware, etc. that my mother sent me after my father died. Neither situation cost me any duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I declare everything the customs form asks about. I do not try to disguise anything - I just answer all questions as accurately as I can. Where possible, I carry documentation of how I acquired the property and its value, but they have never asked to see that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T21:58:36.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-11T11:44:56.967" Score="1" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to migrate to Australia and applying for Skill Independent Sub-Class 189. &#xA;I have done my BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering but have Three Years plus more experience  in Software Field(Senior Software Engineer). I want to know if I apply for my Skill assessment through ACS will it be Accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10491" LastEditorUserId="10491" LastEditDate="2016-10-11T13:02:40.323" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T21:04:16.667" Title="Migrate to Australia Under Section 189(Skill Independant)" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9388" CreationDate="2016-10-11T13:20:03.723" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a high concern about fraud when it comes to lost, stolen, or damaged visas.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/frequently-asked-questions/about-visas-the-basics.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;State Department instructs people to re-apply for a new visa&lt;/a&gt; if their visa is damaged in any way.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a visa removed from your passport by someone else, I would think, qualifies it as stolen, if not damaged (physical harm to the document which impairs its value).  Stolen visas are supposed to be reported to the police and the consulate or embassy that issued the visa, according to the State Dept's FAQ webpage above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there is no way to reinstate a previously issued visa in your passport after it is reported lost or stolen, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/visa_lost.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;you have to apply for a new one&lt;/a&gt;, then it can be inferred that your visa is no longer valid.  The consulate in HK reference may not be the issuing consulate in your jurisdiction, but the information refers to U.S. visa regulations in general, which would apply to consulates and embassies all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-12T12:35:06.293" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T12:35:06.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9407" CreationDate="2016-10-11T14:41:41.850" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The shipping company has that disclaimer because they cannot predict the custom fees and do not want to be on the hook for missing something. Everything you have is in quantities that you should not have a problem. If anything is new (for example maybe you have a new work outfit or wedding outfit with the tags on), it might raise a flag regardless of how long you have owned it. The one thing I would think twice about is your swords. You may want to ship them separately since they may want to look at your swords to confirm they are legal to import. Even if legal, an inspection can cost money and result in delays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T14:41:41.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-12T00:04:22.840" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and I have a wife and children who are living in Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to bring my wife, an Afghan national, to Germany, under the Surinder Singh route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My three children, who are 6, 8, and 9 years old, want to remain in Afghanistan and live with my mother, at least for the time being. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is German immigration going to ask me about my children, and why I didn't request that they immigrate with my wife? Is this going to be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10496" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T20:46:48.880" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T20:46:48.880" Title="Bring my wife to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9192" CreationDate="2016-10-12T04:09:39.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer my own question. I spoke with the tax professional at my workplace and the information is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't pay any taxes retroactive. I begin paying taxes as soon as my status has officially changed (the start date of the green card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10285" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T04:09:39.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9420" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9427" CreationDate="2016-10-12T06:21:09.627" Score="2" ViewCount="2337" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got an extension for my J-1 visa. This means, that I got another DS-2019 form. Since I didn't leave the country, I did not get an updated visa stamp in my passport. Now I want to renew my DL and the DMV asks me to provide them with my visa &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; my DS-2019. Obviously, I don't have a valid visa stamp. Will they still accept my expired visa stamp?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10285" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-10-12T14:59:52.220" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T15:26:07.153" Title="Renew CA Drivers License without valid VISA stamp but valid DS-2019" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-12T08:56:47.827" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian national working towards a Master's degree in the US (F1 visa). I may apply for an H1B visa later. Would visiting countries which are on not on so great a terms with the US affect such an application? Case in point - North Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10498" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-14T06:14:01.773" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T06:14:01.773" Title="H1B application after visiting the DPRK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9420" CreationDate="2016-10-12T11:52:55.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I renewed my driving license with little more than my I-797 and I'm on an H1b.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My original visa has expired and new one granted, but since I haven't left the US I don't have the actual visa in my passport.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This was no issue for the GA drivers license dept.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Check the web site of the licensing dept of the state you're in for a list of documentation you require since different states may have different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T11:52:55.127" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-12T12:12:36.777" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a Turkish citizen, would I be able to buy, insure, and register a car in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq? Luxury vehicles (and the petrol/gasoline prices) are much less expensive there than in Turkey. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I enter on my Turkish passport, the passport stamp says that you have to visit the Directorate of Residence within 10 days of entering the country. Does that mean you're allowed to purchase a vehicle, too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to take the car with you when you return to Turkey? Turkish laws allows you to drive a foreign plated car up to 24 months (2 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10209" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-14T09:18:14.843" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T09:18:14.843" Title="Can I buy a car in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and take it to Turkey?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:36:03.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-11T02:21:30.883" Score="8" ViewCount="1036" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in dire need to get my UK visa, tier 5, temporary visa for sports. I am a US citizen applying for a UK visa. I am a recent college student and unfortunately left my job thinking this process would not be this difficult. I reside in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my 2nd application, I need help to understand, If I resubmit my visa will they automatically refuse?  There is usage of language that says &quot;may be refused under 320(7b)&quot; and &quot;ATTRACTS&quot; an automatic ban up to 10 years. This does not say directly, I am banned.  How do I clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VISA APPLICATION #1&#xA;My first application was denied because the I was provided with a Certificate of Sponsorship that was not the correct document.  I had no way to validate this.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- I submitted a Visa administrative review to advise them and provided a letter from the agency to document the error.  They also provided me with the COS reference number. My first application was still denied and I had to resubmit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VISA APPLICATION #2 (EXPEDITED)&#xA;I submitted the 2nd visa application and attached the required documents.  There is one questions that is included with the &quot;criminal, broke law&quot; section that asked if I had been refused for any visas, including UK?  I made a mistake and said no. I have been in constant contact with UK support by email and paid phone previously and in no way was I trying to be deceptive.  My 2nd visa was rejected with the attached statement.  SEE IMAGE FOR REJECTION REASON&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need help to understand, If I resubmit my visa will they automatically refuse?  There is usage of language that says &quot;ATTRACTS&quot; an automatic ban up to 10 years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should/can I do?  I have paid for 2 applications (1 expedited) and I was suppose to be there in September.  I have graduated from college and left my job and this was my desire to play basketball.  I need help, please give me any advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v7lap.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v7lap.png&quot; alt=&quot;Transcript of General Grounds for Refusal&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Designerd2" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T20:29:29.780" Title="Refused twice for UK visa, second time under 320(7A) (deception)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9424" CreationDate="2016-10-11T08:51:26.563" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Awkward history for this question. It was posted in Travel (where it is most topical) and then reviewed for a being a duplicate. It's not a duplicate IMHO because there was a previous refusal. Then moved to Expats by an inept moderator (without submission to the review queue), thus separating it from all of the related questions involving Paragraph 320 (7A). The OP does not have an account on Expats and neither do some of those who made valuable comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all of that, the type of visa (a T5 in this case) is almost totally irrelevant. All visa applications are subject to refusal where evidence of deception is found. The comments above contain a nice analysis of the situation, and just to recap...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You got refused under Paragraph 320 (7A) for deception. You do not have a ban currently in effect. When somebody gets a refusal like this, they reserve the right to use Paragraph 320 (7B) the next time the person applies.  That paragraph imposes a 10 year ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also got refused under Paragraph 245ZO(a), which is something of a tautology in this case. It's not relevant at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have been in constant contact with UK support by email and paid&#xA;  phone previously and in no way was I trying to be deceptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Phone calls and emails are a waste of time.  &lt;em&gt;Everybody in the world&lt;/em&gt; says it was a mistake, a clerical error, a misunderstanding, and what-have-you when they get caught in deception. I had an American once who (foolishly and against my advice) got their US Senator to write them a letter, they don't care. You cannot get them to reverse a decision with phone calls and emails, it's against the law for them to do that.  Plus you are dealing with crown servants who do not trust you, what do you expect to accomplish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I resubmit my visa will they automatically refuse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, they will not 'automatically refuse' Your next application will take place under a Sword of Damocles (if you'll forgive the metaphor) because it may result in a 10 year ban.  It would be unacceptably adventurous to attempt such an application solo and the standard remedy is to instruct an acknowledged specialist in failed Tier 5 applications like (Pat Saini or etc) to represent you. And yes, as comments have suggested, it will be bloody expensive. Breathtakingly so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should/can I do? I have paid for 2 applications (1 expedited) and&#xA;  I was suppose to be there in September. I have graduated from college&#xA;  and left my job and this was my desire to play basketball. I need&#xA;  help, please give me any advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This basketball season is water over the dam; get a solicitor and try for next year. You would have been aware that you had a previous refusal because you were making a second application, right? You even pursued an Administrative Review and that would strengthen your memory of having a previous refusal.  Lots of people have problems with their COS on their first application, it's very common; the vast majority fix it with a fresh application. It didn't work for you because they got you on something else and now matters are worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't get a ban, but if you do, we have an answer for how to get it lifted at:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/64097/what-can-i-do-to-lift-a-10-year-ban-for-making-a-mistake-in-my-uk-visa-applicati&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/64097/what-can-i-do-to-lift-a-10-year-ban-for-making-a-mistake-in-my-uk-visa-applicati&lt;/a&gt;. There is also a great work-around if you were under 18 at the time of the offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/77813/uk-visa-refused-once-under-3207a-false-or-forged-document-and-i-want-to-app&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/77813/uk-visa-refused-once-under-3207a-false-or-forged-document-and-i-want-to-app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T20:29:29.780" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9418" CreationDate="2016-10-12T14:53:39.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a British citizen moving to Germany, you do not need to be concerned with the Surinder Singh judgment.  This case only applies to EU citizens who are moving &lt;em&gt;to their country of citizenship&lt;/em&gt; with family members who are not EU citizens.  It will therefore apply to you if you want to move to the UK after living in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, you are automatically covered by the freedom of movement directive (2004/38/EC).  This gives you a right to move to Germany that can only be denied under very limited circumstances.  You also have a right to bring your wife and children with you, but it's not necessary to bring them all at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know how likely it is that German immigration will ask about your children.  It should not be a problem, though, if they do, as long as your mother is in a position to care for the children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T14:53:39.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9420" CreationDate="2016-10-12T15:26:07.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#BDLP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#BDLP&lt;/a&gt;, the proof of birth date and &quot;legal presence&quot; that most likely applies to you is &lt;em&gt;Valid foreign passport with a valid Record of Arrival/Departure (form I-94).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they want to see your visa and DS-2019, they probably understand that a visa can be expired once you've entered the US.  As long as your passport, I-94, and DS-2019 are valid, you should have no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I quote from the letter: &quot;Copies of your Visa, your unexpired passport, your i94 (front and back) and your DS-2019 (valid 60 days or more)&quot; just after quoting this, I feel the visa can be expired. I should've looked more at the details...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are correct.  They ask explicitly for an &lt;em&gt;unexpired&lt;/em&gt; passport, but put no such condition on the visa.  A copy of your expired visa will therefore be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T15:26:07.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9421" CreationDate="2016-10-12T15:38:39.233" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, of course it will affect your application.  With any luck, however, the effect will be minimal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The officer examining your application will want to know why you visited the country in question, and the reason for the visit may cause them to look in more detail into whether to approve the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your visit was legitimate, however, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.  Just answer any questions truthfully.  Having been in North Korea will not be an automatic problem, but being discovered in a lie will result in automatic refusal of your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T15:38:39.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9429" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9656" CreationDate="2016-10-12T14:17:18.730" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Latvian guy I know entered Georgia yesterday on his ID Card, having been accepted for a study program at Tbilisi state University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to get a residence permit, the public service hall states that he needs a document certifying that he entered Georgia legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that his ID card was merely scanned at Kutaisi airport, how can he get such a document? Should he go back to the airport and request it from the border police?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He does have his original boarding pass, which alone is not sufficient. Still, what can he do go get the necessary document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2016-10-12T15:51:44.643" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T18:08:25.707" Title="How can an ID card holder get a document certifying having legally entered Georgia?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T03:12:29.327" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens when a non-EU student living in an EU country has his temporary resident permit expired (Type-D Study visa is also expired) but doesn't renew it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the worst case scenario for him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the best case scenario for him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastEditorDisplayName="user9270" LastEditDate="2016-10-13T03:17:35.750" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T19:52:11.223" Title="What would be the consequence if a non-EU student living in an EU country has his temporary resident card expired but doesn't renew it?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T07:05:39.117" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and I would like to know when Brexit is going to happen. And when it happens, is the law going to stay the same or going to change? I'm asking this because I want to bring my non-EEA wife to Germany next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10496" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-10-13T13:24:15.070" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T13:24:15.070" Title="When is Brexit going to happen?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-13T13:22:06.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9430" CreationDate="2016-10-13T09:10:20.697" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends a lot on where you are; There are a few principles that apply to most of the EU, defined in the so-called &quot;return directive&quot; but most of the rules are defined at the national level and implementation might even differ between areas in the same country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse case scenario is that you would immediately receive a return decision enjoining you to leave the country. This would, in all likelihood, give you a delay for voluntary departure. After that delay, you could be detained and/or removed and in some places the police might actively look for you (e.g. by checking your last known address). When you go through the removal process, you might receive a fine or even a ban from the whole Schengen area (for Schengen countries) for a number of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best case scenario is being able to stay illegally for some time before finding another solution. You could still potentially face the process described above at any time (if you are caught after a period of illegal stay, you would probably not be given any delay for voluntary departure and face immediate detention until the authorities find a plane to send you to whichever country would accept you). There are two ways out of this situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leaving voluntarily. Legally, it's still possible to receive a fine or even a ban upon leaving but not all countries use this aggressively, so the best case scenario is that you leave and nothing much happens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finding a legal status. If you live many years in a country, maybe build a family, etc. you might be eligible for some sort of amnesty or a residence permit on humanitarian grounds. Here again, it all depends on your exact situation and the country where you are but that would another best case scenario (it's not easy and it would be foolish to rely on it but it does happen regularly).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that once you stayed illegally in a country, you can still face negative consequences many years after the fact, even if you escape the worse immediate consequences and manage to leave and/or find some legal status to stay. For example, an earlier period of illegal stay can be valid grounds to refuse a naturalisation decades later. Getting another visa could also become (much) more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-13T19:52:11.223" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T19:52:11.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9431" CreationDate="2016-10-13T11:05:43.013" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Theresa May has recently set the approximate date of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=2&amp;amp;cad=rja&amp;amp;uact=8&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjQh-2G0dfPAhUhB8AKHdGODqMQFggiMAE&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2016%2F10%2F02%2Fnews%2Feconomy%2Fbrexit-article-50-theresa-may%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGSihzFYvrnsfhKq2_frXqyS5SA1g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;March 2017&lt;/a&gt; to initiate formal proceedings, which means a final exit in March 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T11:05:43.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-14T11:22:58.907" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK visitors visa was issued in my passport which has my maiden name. My flight was booked for last night and, as I arrived at the home affairs counter (immigration) at the airport, they said that my passport was reported stolen, that I cannot travel, and also that I should obtain new passport with my married name on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never reported my passport stolen, but it is on record. What do I have to do now? Can they transfer my visa to my new passport? How do I do that and what is the cost involved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10503" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-14T16:16:19.663" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T16:16:19.663" Title="My UK visa issued in maiden name passport" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9435" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9437" CreationDate="2016-10-14T11:55:28.777" Score="2" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;What kind of visa can I acquire in this situation? Which steps can I now make to get a visa with which I can work full time in the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10504" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-15T13:28:36.283" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T13:28:36.283" Title="My husband's getting a H1B visa, can I expect any type of work permit in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9435" CreationDate="2016-10-14T16:51:03.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the only derived status the spouse of an H-1B can automatically acquire is an H-4, which allows one to live in the US but generally not to work. The exception to the last bit is that, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/employment-authorization-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses&quot;&gt;if the H-1B's employer begins the process of sponsoring the H-1B for permanent residence the H-4 spouse can apply for employment authorization&lt;/a&gt;, but as a practical matter many employers will only do this when the H-1B is getting close to the 6 year limit that status allows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond this the only alternative is to be offered a job which allows you to independently obtain your own employment visa. This might need to be an employer-sponsored visa like the H-1B, though certain nationalities (Canadian, Mexican, Australian that I know of) can qualify for visas that are slightly less challenging to get. Most of the possibilities will require professional qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T16:51:03.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9442" CreationDate="2016-10-14T19:59:42.963" Score="5" ViewCount="1036" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this question I asked about new conditions or changes for the blue card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9409/are-there-new-conditions-for-getting-the-eu-blue-card-in-germany&quot;&gt;Are there new conditions for Getting the EU Blue Card in Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to know, if I don't have the blue card, and I am working with IT in Germany, with a regular/alternative permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the steps I need to take to get the &lt;strong&gt;Permanent Residence Permit&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2020-09-05T15:20:58.607" Title="Getting the Permanent Residence Permit In Germany with and without the Blue Card" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3227" CreationDate="2016-10-15T06:00:50.533" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just attended the ceremony not long ago and will be leaving for overseas tomorrow. I did not apply for an Australian passport for various reasons. All I can tell is when I checked online using VEVO, about 2 weeks after my citizenship ceremony, my Australia PR visa got cancelled and is showing visa class: null; visa type: permanent resident/citizen. I will report back if I exit Australia successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, in the previous answer, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As of April 2015, the Immigration and Citizenship people don't talk to each other, so even after your citizenship bit is flipped, any old visas in previous passports remain perfectly valid by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above is not true anymore, and the date now is October 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10508" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T04:36:39.100" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T04:36:39.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-15T10:39:51.563" Score="0" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to work abroad and be paid by a US organization. They are paying into my UK bank account which charges £6 for receiving a foreign payment. I have the option of being paid in USD or another currency. Their exchange rate should be fair as it's not a commercial company. Should I ask to be paid in GBP, or USD and risk whatever exchange rate my bank has at the time of being paid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10510" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-15T12:40:27.017" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T11:46:58.347" Title="Working abroad, get paid in USD or GBP?" Tags="&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-15T11:04:18.380" Score="1" ViewCount="2357" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I was hoping someone might be able to shed some light on this situation for me. I have searched relentlessly but have been unable to find a clear answer to my query. &#xA;My mother's mother was born in Holland on the 13/02/1939 and emigrated to Australia in 1956. She became an Australian citizen in 1958 or 1959. She was married to an Australian man when my mother was born in 1965 as was my mother when I was born in 1993.&#xA;Am I eligible for a Dutch passport? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10509" LastEditorUserId="10509" LastEditDate="2016-10-17T08:13:57.657" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T14:13:10.270" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9438" CreationDate="2016-10-15T11:15:22.320" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;After 5 years, you will become a “long-term resident” under EU law but it does not make all that much of a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 5 years, you can also apply for a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; but there are a number of conditions to meet, most importantly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having contributed to the social security system for 60 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Knowing (some) German&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having a job, sufficient means of existence and room to live in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Good morality (and in particular no criminal conviction) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for Blue card holders are somewhat lighter (e.g. 21 or 33 months instead of 60, depending on your knowledge of German). “Simple” knowledge of German is required in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is permanent in the sense that once you have it, you have a stronger protection against any removal and don't need to regularly renew it and prove you still meet the conditions (you do need to get a new document with a new photo once in a while, including when you get a new passport but that's a formality). You are also free to take any job or stop working without threatening your right to stay in the country. You can however lose it if you leave Germany for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T22:06:38.903" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T22:06:38.903" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9440" CreationDate="2016-10-15T12:37:48.570" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are probably no less than a dozen different banks that will allow you to open an account today and be happy that you are making regular deposits into that account, all without ever charging you a penny. If your bank is charging for that, they are either crazy, or ripping you off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now as to your question, I've found it to generally be cheaper to have transfers be in the currency of the bank &lt;em&gt;receiving&lt;/em&gt; the money. So if your primary account is based in the UK, you're probably best off getting paid in GBP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-15T15:35:15.640" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T15:35:15.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9446" CreationDate="2016-10-15T19:11:00.490" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American. I was born in the US, but I didn't live 4 consecutive years on US soil since then. I married a non-American abroad, and I'm living with him outside America. What is my status in giving him the US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't relocate to US because of his work arrangement. Is there any possibility I give him the nationality while we are still abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help,&#xA;Thanks a lot,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10512" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T20:21:55.857" Title="My Husband is not American, I live outside America, and I lived less than 4 years at the US. Can he get the nationality?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9444" CreationDate="2016-10-15T20:21:55.857" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirements for the naturalization of the spouse of a US citizen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/naturalization-spouses-us-citizens&quot;&gt;are described here&lt;/a&gt; and will usually require him to have been a permanent resident (green card holder) living with you in the US for at least 3 years, and to have spent at least half that period physically present in the US. There are some exceptions to the 3 year requirement that might apply if you were employed overseas by the US military, the US government or certain other US organizations, but even these require the spouse to be a permanent resident at the time of application. I'm also guessing none of these will be useful to your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this I think the only way for him to use his relationship to you to acquire US citizenship is for you to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sponsor your spouse for US permanent residence (there will be some complexity with this since you yourself don't live there), and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move to the US and live there with him for the time it takes for him to become eligible for naturalization.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want US citizenship for him so he can eventually move to the US with you, you can't do that but can always apply for a green card for him at a time when you'd like to move. If you want US citizenship for him only, say, because a US passport is a more convenient travel document than the one he has now, this is not something you can do at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T20:21:55.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9458" CreationDate="2016-10-15T21:54:03.267" Score="2" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to apply for a USA h1b visa as a Programmer? Do I have any chances to actually get such kind of visa if formally I can apply (and as I understand formally I can).&#xA;I mean  if they [company] have additional problems while I don't have special degree (that's why they'll prefere somebody else who is less experienced but has a degree)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10504" LastEditorUserId="10504" LastEditDate="2016-10-16T12:32:28.973" LastActivityDate="2016-10-17T20:34:24.103" Title="I have a master degree in Chemistry, experienced in Programming but don't have any degree in CS" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9448" CreationDate="2016-10-16T13:11:50.220" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you find a company that wants to hire you, they will apply for that visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main point is not what qualifications you have in detail, but that &lt;em&gt;they cannot find equivalently qualified resources on the US market&lt;/em&gt;. Although there is some supposed  weakness in the execution of these rules, that is all that should count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you should look at is if there will be jobs that you qualify well for and not many US people qualify. The exact title of your education is of little importance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2016-10-16T13:11:50.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-17T03:43:54.107" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person has both U.S. and EU citizenship (say Germany), and is currently living and working in the EU, pay any taxes on income to the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, apparently no matter what, the person needs to file U.S. tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6250" LastEditorUserId="6250" LastEditDate="2016-10-17T13:37:35.537" LastActivityDate="2016-10-17T13:37:35.537" Title="Does U.S. citizen that also has EU citizenship and is living in the EU pay taxes to the U.S.?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9451" CreationDate="2016-10-17T04:02:49.950" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The United States of America is one of the only countries that taxes based on citizenship, rather than residency. In fact, it might now be the only country that does this. (Eritrea also used to, but I believe that this may have changed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if you are a US citizen regardless of where you live in the world, you need to pay (federal) tax to the US government, as well as paying tax to the country where you are resident. You do not need to pay State tax, just Federal tax. And there is a threshold of foreign earnings below which you do not need to pay anything (around $100K per year plus or minus a few thousand).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You DO need to file your tax return every year, even if it is just tell the IRS that you did not earn enough to have to pay federal tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2016-10-17T04:02:49.950" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9441" CreationDate="2016-10-17T15:57:09.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be able to become a Dutch citizen, but I am skeptical.   if so, you'll need your mother's cooperation.  I am not able to answer the question with certainty because the law is very complex and I am more familiar with the rules surrounding paternal transmission of Dutch nationality.  This should give you enough information to start with, though.  You should probably continue by consulting with a Dutch immigration lawyer, though you could also go directly to the Dutch consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start with, your grandmother must have been a Dutch national when your mother was born.  Because your grandmother was naturalized before she turned 21, she may have retained her Dutch nationality.  However, she may have lost her Dutch nationality if her &lt;em&gt;parents&lt;/em&gt; naturalized before she turned 21, so you'll need to find out about her parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also unsure whether she would have lost her Dutch nationality when she married your Australian grandfather at some point before your mother was born.  If she did not, your mother may be able to apply for Dutch nationality through the &amp;quot;option procedure.&amp;quot;  For an overview, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/becoming-a-dutch-national&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/becoming-a-dutch-national&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For specific information on the option procedure, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/dutch-citizenship/option&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/dutch-citizenship/option&lt;/a&gt;.  Your mother would qualify under the last bullet point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were born or adopted before 1 January 1985. Your (adoptive) mother is Dutch and your (adoptive) father is not (latent Dutch).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not certain whether the option procedure would grant your mother retroactive nationality.  If it does, then you would qualify under direct operation of law, because the law changed on January 1, 1985, before your birth.  From &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/dutch-citizenship/citizenship-by-law/Pages/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/EN/individuals/residence-wizard/dutch-citizenship/citizenship-by-law/Pages/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each child is a Dutch citizen when at the time of birth:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mother is a Dutch citizen and the child was born after 31 December 1984 (the child does not have to be born in the Netherlands), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect, though, that your mother's Dutch nationality would not be retroactive, in which case you would be out of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warning:&lt;/strong&gt; you should take care of this before you turn 28.  If you are a dual national, you will lose your Dutch nationality after 10 years of living outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the EU.  This 10-year period begins when you reach the age of 18 years, so it expires on your 28th birthday.  You can stop the 10-year clock by getting a Dutch passport or other official document attesting to your Dutch nationality.  When you get such a document, the clock starts ticking again immediately.  In practice, this generally means that you must get a passport every 10 years, and you cannot allow the passport (which is valid for 10 years) to expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-10-17T15:57:09.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9448" CreationDate="2016-10-17T20:34:24.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;H1b qualification requirements from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/h-1b-specialty-occupation/understanding-h-1b-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;USCIS website&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A bachelor’s degree or higher degree or its equivalent is normally the minimum requirement for the particular position;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The degree requirement is common for this position in the industry, or the job is so complex or unique that it can only be performed by someone with at least a bachelor's degree in a field related to the position;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The employer normally requires a degree or its equivalent for the position; or  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The nature of the specific duties is so specialized and complex that the knowledge required to perform the duties is usually associated with the attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, they don't specifically require &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; to have a bachelors degree in the field you'd be working in, but it should normally be the case that a person filling this role would have one.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's then up to the company to decide &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; they're prepared to employ you and sponsor your visa even though you don't have a relevant degree.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It would probably help if you could somehow leverage your chemistry degree by looking for programming jobs in the chemical industry or even jobs which would directly fit your chemistry qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2016-10-17T20:34:24.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11441" CreationDate="2016-10-18T02:47:25.043" Score="1" ViewCount="414" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a longer-than-ninety-days visa to Spain, the Houston Spanish Consulate requires a raft of documents, all with &quot;certified translation into Spanish.&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if the original is in Spanish, wouldn't they accept that?  I speak and write Spanish, but I'm afraid that if I ask them, they'll get suspicious and reject what I write claiming I wrote it in English and didn't pay a &quot;certified translator&quot; forty bucks a page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; My Spanish-speaking lawyer friend says that the translator just has to self-certify that he/she is fluent in the language.  But he apparently based that on requirements of the &lt;strong&gt;U.S.&lt;/strong&gt; State Department.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T06:58:35.407" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T14:13:08.280" Title="Do I really need a &quot;certified translation&quot; for the Spanish consulate if my documents are already in Spanish?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-18T05:58:02.297" Score="3" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say, while you're on vacation (within the 3-month limit for tourist stay), that you got a job offer from a Japanese company. Is it possible to have your tourist visa converted to a work visa without leaving Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sidharta Gautama" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T09:26:25.333" Title="In Japan, is it possible to have a tourist visa converted to a work visa?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-20T23:17:49.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-18T08:37:03.083" Score="1" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the U.S, where I lived for the first year of my life only. Have never lived there since. I am a citizen of Canada, where I lived for the first half of my life and now of Israel, where I have lived for the last 24 years. I don't have a social security number. Can the U.S. force me to apply for one and pay taxes on my income earned in Israel? if yes, is there a double taxation agreement between the U.S. and Israel? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10528" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-18T11:02:53.723" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T22:29:53.060" Title="Can U.S. citizens without a social security number be taxed?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9461" CreationDate="2016-10-18T08:58:41.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen, you are subject to US federal taxes no matter where you live. If your income for a particular year was above a certain minimum threshold (something like $10K-20K depending on your filing status and other conditions, see the section in the beginning of the relevant tax year's Form 1040 instructions called &quot;Do You Have To File?&quot;), you are required to file a US federal tax return. Whether you have a Social Security number is irrelevant to this requirement. Since you live permanently abroad, you will likely be able to use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to exclude the first about $100K of earned income from US taxes, but to use this you must still file and report the income to make use of this (and you can use Foreign Tax Credit on any income you could not use Foreign Earned Income Exclusion on, but again you have to file and report it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are required to file taxes, then you will be required to apply for a Social Security number and use it on your tax return since you are eligible for one. (Only people not eligible for SSNs are eligible to apply for ITINs.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/israel-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US-Israel tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; but I am not familiar with the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T08:58:41.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9460" CreationDate="2016-10-18T09:26:25.333" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not possible to “convert” travel visa you have, but you are able to look for a job that provides visa sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once employer agrees to hire you, you or they will have to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/01.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Certificate of Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;. Having that issued you can get a work visa, change your immigrant status and be hired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole process takes much time (several months), which would probably exceed the time allowed by travel visa. It is not problem because most important thing is to get hired, then it's just a paper work and waiting time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also look for a job remotely, but if you think there're more chances to get hired when you're onsite, then consider getting study visa first (e.x. Japanese language schools), which allows you to be in Japan for 3 to 12 months or even more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10519" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T09:26:25.333" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9413" CreationDate="2016-10-18T12:31:17.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it feasible getting a permanent permit for Canada without a degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well education is a high scoring area, so you need to make up those points in other areas. You can see your score by creating a free profile &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/profile.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/profile.asp&lt;/a&gt; then look here for the scores required in the past to be &quot;drawn&quot; (invited to apply) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/rounds.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/rounds.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to get more than enough points is to get 600 from a Provincial Nomination as even with a basic degree, it may not be possible to get drawn. For example, I have a bachelors degree and I would not have been drawn without a provincial nomination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the Provincial Nomination programs have their own criteria which may also heavily weight education. For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://novascotiaimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/AppGuide-NSNP-NSDEE-English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nova Scotia program&lt;/a&gt; requires a minimum of 67/100 points and they award just 5 points for a high school education and 21 for a bachelors, out of a maximum of 25 for education. With only 2 years experience, you will lose another 4 points there. So you can only afford to lose another 9 points in other areas, which is a very tall order unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10525" LastEditorUserId="10525" LastEditDate="2016-10-18T19:37:43.310" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T19:37:43.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8852" CreationDate="2016-10-18T12:51:54.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know what you do Dave, so my situation may not be the same as yours, I am also the principal applicant, but it made no difference in the way I approached this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reached out to potential employers direct (job bank didn't work for me anyway). I explained that as soon as I am in Canada I will be able to work and just asked about upcoming opportunities in the next 6 months (insert your own time frame there!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made good connections at that point and ended up working for one of those companies I spoke to many months prior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10525" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T12:51:54.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9469" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-18T15:38:57.180" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm British and I wish to marry by Mexican girlfriend, who I have been dating for two years. The first year was a long-distance relationship, but for the last 12 months she has been living in the UK on a Tier 4 Student Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that when applying to marry we need to provide certain documents. The Camden website says the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proof of address (separate document for each person giving notice)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an original (not self-printed) utility bill dated in the last 3 months; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an original (not self-printed) bank statement dated in the last 1 month; or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an original (not self-printed) council tax or mortgage statement dated in the last 12 months; or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid British driving licence (all parts)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you don’t live permanently in UK but are setting up residency for at least 7 days especially to give notice, you need proof of your permanent address (see any of above) plus a signed and dated letter from the owner or proprietor of the property where you are staying at which confirms how long you have been staying at their property for and states their name and address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone explain to me &lt;em&gt;precisely&lt;/em&gt; what we need to bring with us to the appointment? If, for example, I bring a utility bill in my name, and she brings her bank statements, and they are both original and both correspond to the same address, would that be sufficient? Or is it necessary for us to bring &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of the above with us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to Camden Website Marriages-section below..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/community-and-living/births--deaths-and-marriages/marriages/?page=9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Camden Council&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10533" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T19:43:12.330" Title="UK Resident marrying Mexican student - Necessary Documents for Camden Council" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-18T16:14:46.900" Score="3" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a particular situation. I entered the US with a 3 month-stay visa in 2004 and stayed there until 2013. I don't remember the exact date I entered the US; I was probably 14 years old, since I started high school there. I renewed my French passport in the US in 2013 in order to return to France, because I was tired of being an immigrant with no papers/visa. I also wanted to see my close relatives after being apart 9 years away. Now that I am back in France, all I think about is returning to the US because life in France isn't what I expected. I got used to the American way of life and I miss it a lot. I didn't graduate from high school; I left and went off to work in a fast food restaurant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They didn't even stamp my passport when I came back to France, so my passport is as clean as water, nothing on it. Don't know if that helps or not so just wanted to point that out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to go back to the US? A friend of mine told me to buy a ticket to the US to see if I can enter the US again? What are some steps for me to check if I can enter the US? I paid to check with ESTA to see if I can, I put the information of my passport and everything but I answered &quot;No&quot; to all the questions such as &quot;have you ever stayed in the US&quot; and apparently my passport's good to go since I got authorization to enter the US from ESTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S : I was not arrested nor did anything out of the ordinary&lt;br&gt;&#xA;P.S 2 : I left the US willingly by myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Christopher Yu" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T20:31:51.240" Title="In need of some answers about returning to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9470" CreationDate="2016-10-18T16:27:49.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You were given an entry stamp for a 3-month stay but ended up living there for 9 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enter visa-free for 90 days, obviously your family must have stated that you're travelling for tourism, business or transit (or else the CBP would &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; have let you in), which was likely not the truth in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, when you apply at an embassy for a visa and are interviewed, all the staff needs to refer to is section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the immigration law to summarily deny you a visa. It states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general.-Any alien who, by fraud or willfully &lt;strong&gt;misrepresenting a material fact&lt;/strong&gt;, seeks to procure (or has sought to procure or has procured) a visa, other documentation, or &lt;strong&gt;admission into the United States&lt;/strong&gt; or other benefit provided under this Act is &lt;strong&gt;inadmissible&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;independent&lt;/strong&gt; of whether you exited voluntarily or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they deny you on this basis, you will need to specifically request that they instruct you on how to obtain a waiver, which is basically legal forgiveness. Takes a long time and in my opinion, even if you plan to move in, say, one year, it will certainly pay off to start getting this sorted out now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on how serious they consider your case to be, you may or may not need to hire an immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your ESTA, it is &lt;strong&gt;invalid&lt;/strong&gt;. It doesn't matter that it says it's approved. You lied on it and as such it is invalid, full stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you would probably get away with - if you did not want to &lt;strong&gt;move back&lt;/strong&gt; to the States, but only &lt;strong&gt;visit&lt;/strong&gt;. However, because you talk about &lt;strong&gt;moving back&lt;/strong&gt; there, a 9-year overstay &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt; lying on an ESTA is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a good combination, since when applying for a visa to move there, your entire US immigration record will be analysed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T20:31:51.240" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T20:31:51.240" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-18T21:20:12.073" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;A quick question what What is the best and easiest way to stay in Malaysia for 8-12 months without getting going back to home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard we can do via crossing borders , if. If we do in that way we need visa of Singapore or Thai Thailand, if yes which category visa we need visit or transit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it will be on arrival visa or i need to get that visa from malaysia ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if there is any further way to do that so Malaysia ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10534" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T14:34:29.927" Title="Staying for 8-12 months on Visit Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T16:10:29.730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9461" CreationDate="2016-10-18T22:29:53.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll try to answer this from the point of view of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/israel-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;US-Israel tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; since, when there is a treaty, the answer is usually simpler. The tax treaty with Israel is more-or-less standard and guarantees that you'll be taxed in the US the same way a non-US-citizen Israeli would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 3, &quot;Fiscal Residence&quot;, defines where your tax residence is. The first clause (subtracting the corporate stuff) says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. In this Convention:&#xA;  (a) The term &quot;resident of Israel&quot; means:&#xA;    (ii) Any other person resident in Israel for purposes of Israeli tax&#xA;  (b) The, term &quot;resident of the United States&quot; means:&#xA;    (ii) Any other person resident in the United States for purposes of United States tax&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case you are both of these. You are a tax resident of Israel because you live there, and you are a tax resident of the US since the US tax code declares a US citizen to be &quot;US person&quot;. In this case the tie breaker rules apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;2. Where by reason of the provisions of paragraph (1) an individual is a resident of both Contracting States:&#xA;    (a) He shall he deemed to be a resident of that Contracting State in which he maintains his permanent home. If he has a permanent home in both Contracting States or in neither of the Contracting States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of that Contracting State with which his personal and economic relations are closest (center of vital interests). In the case of a person who is an &quot;oleh&quot; (as defined in section 9(16) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance), his center of vital interests shall be deemed to be in Israel.&#xA;    (b) If the Contracting State in which he has his center of vital interests cannot be determined, he shall be deemed to be a resident of that Contracting State in which he has a habitual abode;&#xA;    (c) If he has a habitual abode in both Contracting States or in neither of the Contracting States, he shall be deemed to be a resident of the Contracting State of which he is a citizen; and&#xA;    (d) If he is a citizen of both Contracting States or of neither Contracting State, the competent authorities of the Contracting States shall settle the question by mutual agreement.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you live in Israel and don't live in the US you are deemed to be a tax resident of Israel by this bit the treaty. What this means for the taxes you'll pay in the US is summarized in Article 6, &quot;General Rules of Taxation&quot;, as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. A resident of one of the Contracting States may be taxed by the other Contracting State on any income from sources within that other Contracting State and only on such income, subject to any limitations set forth in this Convention. For this purpose, the rules set forth in Article 4 (Source of Income) shall be applied to determine the source of income.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This says you, like other Israelis and, in fact, all non-US people, will only owe US federal tax on certain US-source income. If you have no such US income you won't owe any US tax. For most US citizens residing in a second country having a tax treaty with the US the result will be the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difficulty with this is that the fact that you won't owe US taxes does not mean you are exempt from filing a US tax return. Since a US citizen is defined to be a &quot;US person&quot; for tax purposes a tax return declaring your worldwide income, along with the associated forms declaring overseas assets and accounts, is still required of you by US law. At some point in there you'll be able to use the tax treaty to zero out your tax owing, but as a US citizen you are still required to file the return to demonstrate you don't owe any tax. I don't know what the penalty is if you fail to file tax returns (the big penalties come from failing to pay taxes you owe but you likely don't owe any) but the law requires you to make the filing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SSN is irrelevant. You need a SSN to file tax returns, but you are required to file tax returns and free to apply for a SSN so you can satisfy your obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T22:29:53.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9470" CreationDate="2016-10-19T04:03:39.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For purposes of this answer, I'm ignoring the overstay and false information in the ESTA application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of routes to getting lawful permanent residence in the US, but they tend to be difficult. For example, one of the commonest is H-1B, but that takes a job in an occupation that normally requires at least a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Advanced degrees make it more likely that an employer will sponsor you. You have a long way to go educationally for that to be practical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, living in the US may not be the only solution to your real problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;.. life in France isn't what I expected. I got used to the American&#xA;  way of life and I miss it a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you explored different areas of France? From my limited tourist experience, Paris and Alsace seemed very, very different. As an EU citizen, you have freedom of movement. You can visit anywhere you like in the EU, and stay there if you find a job. If you don't find anywhere you like in France, try other EU counties. I don't recommend the UK right now, because of Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option may be to work on a cruise ship, especially if you have, or can get, food service experience and are fluent in both English and French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T04:03:39.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7110" CreationDate="2016-10-19T10:18:29.890" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Freelancing is available to Australian Professionals in select fields, such as IT, Engineering, Medicine (etc). Freelancers do not need to join the Social Security system, however Freelancing is not well understood by the French locals, so you need to know your stuff because you're going to have to explain it to them. And in France you dont have presumption of innocence, you have to prove your entitlement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EXACT legal term (in your contract) for Freelancing in Europe is &quot;INdependent Contractor&quot;, and is much the same thing as &quot;INdependent Contractor&quot; means in Australia. You must use only this EXACT term when discussing and negotiating your situation for legal purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HOWEVER, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT TURNS PEOPLE AWAY FROM FREELANCING IN EUROPE: What Australian law calls an &quot;employee&quot; is known all over Europe as &quot;DEpendent Contractor&quot;, or just &quot;Contractor&quot;. You must not sign a contract describing you as a &quot;Contractor&quot; or &quot;DEpendent Contractor&quot;. These are employment positions and you pay 25% more tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is only one legal term for &quot;employee&quot; in Europe and that is &quot;Contractor&quot;. They are all known as &quot;Contractor&quot;s, not &quot;employees&quot;. Locals who trade as a locally registered business are just about the only other kind of Contractors there are, and called &quot;INdependent Contractor&quot;. But &quot;Contractor&quot; by itself means &quot;employee&quot; in any discussions. If you talk to anyone in Eurpoe about &quot;contracting&quot; they will think you want a permanent employee position. I kid you not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The jargon &quot;Freelance&quot; is used widely in job ads to make the distinction clear. But you should not use &quot;Freelance&quot; in negotiations because that word cannot appear in your contract, and you may sign up to a &quot;Contract&quot; without the word &quot;INdependent&quot; by mistake. Omitting &quot;INdependent&quot; means you will be required to pay an extra 25% tax. I cannot stress too much how important it is to use the word INdependent&quot; in your negotiations. You should always use the term &quot;INdependent&quot; when talking about the type of contract you are seeking as a Freelancer in Europe). &quot;INdependent&quot; &quot;INdependent&quot; &quot;INdependent&quot; &quot;INdependent&quot; !!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being an INdependent Contractor is what exempts you from the additional 25% taxes joining the Social Security system will cost you. As an &quot;INdependent Contractor&quot; you only pay tax at about 22%, and you need your prove you have your own health and medical insurance (add 4%). As a &quot;Contractor&quot; (aka &quot;DEpendent Contractor&quot;) you will pay total taxes close to 50% for a health system that takes 2 years to qualify for and you cant take advantage of from your home country (Australia). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the Laws change all the time. Dont take any notice of what I've just written above. It could all change overnight. In Jan 2016 I seem to recall that Australian Professionals did not require a Blue Card (check this) but a new law came into effect in March 2016 affecting foreigners working in France. The best people to speak to are probably the Blue Card help line but make sure they understand you are talking about Freelancing, not Contracting !!! I have found that not even the recruitment agencies understand this area, nor do they really care - they expect you to know your stuff and have all the necessary documents in place. Because making a mistake wont affect them. It will affect you. Big Time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have established your eligibility to Freelance and have your work visa and/or BlueCard and/or apostilled documents (if necessary) in place before you leave, you can start working when you arrive and can have up to 3 months (depends on the country) to provide copies your documents if required. When you sign the contract, you will only be asked to check a box or agree to the effect that you are able to work freelance, but dont take this checkbox/paragraph lightly. Make sure you can. Not knowing is the same as not eligible, even if you are but dont have the right documents. Documentary proof is everything in Europe and unlike Australia, they are REALLY officious about it. That said, you may never need to provide those documents. Frustrating isnt it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You claim to be the professional so demonstrate it by doing your homework and taking the lead. YOU must be the expert in Freelancing law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10535" LastEditorUserId="10535" LastEditDate="2016-10-19T13:10:27.187" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T13:10:27.187" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-19T14:10:34.690" Score="2" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Austria. I would like to keep my US drivers license. I don't mind going to the US to renew but I want to make sure I can renew them before I take this trip just to find out that I can't. Does anyone have suggestions or answers, it would be much appreciated . Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Syrena.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10537" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T14:10:34.690" Title="renewing drivers license living abroad" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-06-05T09:47:29.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9472" CreationDate="2016-10-19T14:21:26.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without knowing your nationality, it's difficult to point you in the right direction. However, the answer to your basic visa question can be found on this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.2malaysia.com/visa.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Malaysia tourism guide&lt;/a&gt;, which outlines visa and visa-on-arrival options, country by country, including exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tripadvisor.com/members-forums/PaperStoneScissors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PaperStoneScissors&lt;/a&gt; offered this response yesterday to your query on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293951-i7006-k9944628-Staying_for_8_12_months_on_Visit_Visa-Malaysia.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TripAdvisor Malaysia forum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To live in Malaysia as a foreigner you need either a work permit or MM2H (Malaysia My Second Home) Visa. Neither are available to you. Trying to live here by doing visa runs may get you stopped by immigration and eventually you will be refused entry. Not a good idea to try it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-19T14:34:29.927" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T14:34:29.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-19T18:30:37.777" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since April 2016, I have had an FTC contract that is good until November 2016,  earning 17880 per annum. I also have a permanent, part time role which pays me a 100 a month; this also started in April. I have had a word with my part time employer and he has offered me a full time role after my fixed term contract; the amount per annum is above 18600. Could I use this contract now as spouse visa, as it will be a permanent role, or do I have to wait another 6 months even though I've already been working there part time? I also currently hold 6 months payslips from the FTC and part time roles which exceed 18600.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10539" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-20T04:35:29.937" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T04:35:29.937" Title="US to UK spouse visa financial requirement" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-19T21:33:47.653" Score="6" ViewCount="452" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was deported from the UK in 2013. Now I am back in my country, Portugal, working as  a international lorry driver. The company I work for often has to load/unload in the UK and in Ireland. Will I be stopped and denied entry, when driving to the UK just for temporary and business purposes? The only way to get to Ireland is through the UK. Can someone clarify, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10540" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-20T00:58:37.640" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T11:25:49.693" Title="Deported from the UK in 2013: Can I come back for work?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9482" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9486" CreationDate="2016-10-20T10:38:44.867" Score="1" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Russian driving license and additional to it International Driving Permit.&#xA;I'm moving for USA with h1 visa and I wish to know how long I can use my driving documents there and if I can get local driving permit and how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10504" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T00:41:49.747" Title="Driving license in USA. International driving permit and getting local license" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9488" CreationDate="2016-10-20T14:29:11.437" Score="6" ViewCount="1568" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a EU citizen living in the UK since 2001. In 2014 I obtained the permanent residency certificate for EU/EEA citizens, using application form EEA(PR). This form asks to prove whether the applicant fulfils residence requirements in terms of presence in the UK. Specifically, it asks to list all travel in the five years prior to the application and sets a limit to the number of days spent outside the UK. Specifically, these are:&#xA;&quot;To satisfy the residence requirement you should not have been absent for more than 90 days in the last 12 months. And the total number of days absence for the whole 5 year period should not exceed 450.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fulfilled these requirements and obtained a permanent residency permit. I believe that once permanent residency is acquired, one is able to travel in and out of the UK without restriction, provided the absence period does not exceed 2 years, in which case the permanent residency status is lost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From July 2014 to September 2015 I have attended a graduate course at a EU university. During this time, I have come back to the UK only sporadically. I have been back in the UK since September 2015 but I have since travelled extensively within the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would now like to apply for British citizenship. Section 2 of the AN form asks the same information that I needed to provide for the permanent residency application. It also asks, for EU/EEA citizens, to provide the details of the permanent residency permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a permanent resident, do I need to provide this evidence, even    though the permanent residency status allows me to travel in and out of the UK without restrictions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As I studied abroad and I have also travelled extensively, I may not meet the residence requirements set out above. However I do have    a permanent residency status. How is this apparent conflict resolved?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched extensively, but I haven't been able to find any clarity regarding the above, expecially point 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the great answers below and in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see how, formally, there may not be a conflict between the PR and the citizenship's residence requirements, but I still cannot get my head around the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PR and citizenship are not handled by different government departments. Both applications go to the Home Office. It's the Home Office that decides in both cases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The residence requirements are the same for PR and citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have fulfilled the PR requirements and I have had a PR certificate since 2014 confirming that. Given that i'm one person, how could I both be permanent resident and not permanent resident at the same time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The PR application and citizenship application for EEA/EU citizens have now been directly and explicitly linked by the Home Office by asking for the PR certificate to be obtained before an application for citizenship can be made. The number of the certificate is asked for in the citizenship application form. What is the purpose of that if the same requirements need to be proven again?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps i'm just not getting some finer points of the law, but this  still seems like an inconsistency to me. I suspect it may just be one of those bureaucratic inconsistencies that just have to be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6800" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T19:21:11.737" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T19:21:11.737" Title="EU citizen, permanent resident in UK, applying for British citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-20T16:10:59.407" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that with a long stay student visa in France, you can work 964 hours per year. Does that include working on a contract as an Independent Contractor? On that contract, I would be traveling to a number of countries on the European River ships. As long as I stay within the 90 day Schengen limitations in the other countries, is that ok?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10543" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T16:18:40.857" Title="France study &amp; working" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7799" CreationDate="2016-10-20T17:48:36.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a tax levied on each property by the local government (municipio). As a condominium owner, you have to pay RPT on your unit, plus a share of the RPT for the building. The latter is usually included in your association dues. You won't receive any demand for payment. You'll find that in the Philippines, you're just &quot;supposed to know&quot;. It's payable quarterly, although most people pay it annually to get a discount. If it's not paid there is penalty interest and in extreme cases, the municipio can apply to the court to place a lien on your property. You'll find it difficult to sell your unit with unpaid RPT. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T17:48:36.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9482" CreationDate="2016-10-20T23:30:17.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Washingtonian; you are going to love the DC metro area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you, neither Russia (nor any part of the former USSR) was party to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic which would allow you to drive in the US for up to a year with a foreign driving licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can drive with your IDP, accompanied by your Russian permit, but will need to go through the process of obtaining a State-issued permit. In both locations, however, the road skills test might be waived but the testing center would have to confirm that for you. While that may be so, I've left that requirement, as stated in the relevant sources, because there may be variables in your circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#eligibility.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Virginia requires&lt;/a&gt;, that within 60 days of moving to the State, you must obtain a Virginia driver's license. There is a fee, currently $32.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are age 18 or older and you hold a valid driver's license issued by a country other than Canada, France, Germany, or South Korea, you may not be required to show proof of successful completion of driver education or hold a learner's permit for 60 days. However, you must pass the two-part &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/drivers/#know_exam.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;knowledge exam&lt;/a&gt;, road skills test and a vision screening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documentation you will need to provide to prove your&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identity (e.g. birth certificate, passport, government-issued ID card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Legal presence in the U.S. (e.g. U.S. passport, permanent resident card, foreign passport and I-94 print out)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;VA residency (e.g. rental agreement, recent bank statement, recent paycheck stub)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SSN, if you have one (e.g. Social Security card, paycheck stub, Social Security statement)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Name change, if applicable (e.g. marriage certificate, divorce decree, court order)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/webdoc/pdf/dmv141.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VA DMV's list of required and accepted documents&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/service/driver-licenses&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;District of Columbia has two different licenses&lt;/a&gt;, the REAL ID driver license and the Limited Purpose ID driver license. The latter is for those who do not have a Social Security number (never have had one, won't be getting one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/node/185742&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;documentation and requirements&lt;/a&gt; are similar and, again, there is a fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must also bring the documents that prove you are eligible for a driver license. The documents required are listed below, and DC DMV will not accept any documents that are not listed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/node/1115566&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Proof of identity and age&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/node/1115502&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Two documents that prove you reside&lt;/a&gt; in the District&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of your Social Security number &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Vision Screening&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dmv.dc.gov/node/1119296&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Knowledge Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Road Skills Test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Non-US citizens may obtain a DC DMV REAL ID driver license or DC DMV REAL ID identification card if they possess a USCIS Notice of Action, Form I-797, reflecting that they have applied for an employment authorization card, permanent resident card, or adjustment of status or any other unexpired document issued by USCIS or US Department of State allowing lawful presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-21T00:41:49.747" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T00:41:49.747" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9483" CreationDate="2016-10-21T07:00:15.830" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't really a conflict here although that may not be obvioius. Citizenship is not a visa and is handled by a different government department. Hence their considerations are decididly neutral. The basic requirements for presence in the UK during the qualifying period(s) apply to everybody equally regardless of how they may have gotten to the stage where they might qualify for citizenship. So while your residency is safely established, you may not qualify for citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your particular case, that is a pretty large absence. However, if you can demonstrate regular residence over the previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554378/AN_Booklet_-__September_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;7 years overall&lt;/a&gt; (look at section 5), I think discretion will likely be in your favor. From your description, especially as you were able to qualify for PR, it looks good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind though, that this is discretionary. You mention several trips in and out of the UK in this previous year. UK Citizenship is not in any way tied to EU anything, and where you've gone is irrelevant. The total number of days absent/present in the UK during the various qualifying periods will be considered on their face value alone. If you were hoping for otherwise, that simply will not be the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional comments&lt;/strong&gt; (response):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are many departments in the Home Office agency. One department handles all visas. Another separate department handles citizenship applications. They are independent of each other by design.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While it may be true that there are similar residency requirements, that doesn't mean that UK applies the same leniency with how to deal with excessive absences. The ILR/PR department will forgive some things, according to its own guidelines, that the citizenship department won't according to its guidelines. And vice versa. One notable difference is that you can lose ILR/PR after excessive absence (normally 2 years). You will never lose citizenship due to absence of any kind once it's acquired.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Permanent residence is one specific requirement to qualify for citizenship. Separately, there are also requirements for actual presence in the country. Separately, there are also requirements for good character, a clean immigration history, etc... It is entirely possible to be a permanent resident for the entirety of your life and never qualify for citizenship because of any one of these conditions never being met. Heck there are many citizens who would probably never qualify for ILR/PR! They are separate things.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Again ILR/PR is merely one qualifier. There are others. Each qualifying point is considered, they are all taken together, and that's it. Where there is discretion possible, it is taken into consideration. You either qualify or you don't. What the ILR/PR folks might forgive, the citizenship folk will not even consider. They are very different relationships to the UK government. Citizenship is priviledge that the UK may bestow by any means it sees fit, or not at all. I know that some would like for this not to be true or perhaps be different (more subject to their own particular circumstances), but it is what it is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T21:51:43.967" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T21:51:43.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9440" CreationDate="2016-10-21T11:46:58.347" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are living in US and do not have any payments in UK I think is more reliable for you to get paid in US dollars in a US bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see how sterling pound is going down, maybe you can make more cash in the future moving your savings to UK in a cheaper currency using low charges websites like Transferwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did few times from £ to € and viceversa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10138" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T11:46:58.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-21T10:38:33.610" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Pakistan. My fiancée visa for the UK was rejected last year, and the engagement was broken off. Now, I want to apply for a Tier 2 visa because of an intra-company transfer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been doing the job here in Pakistan for the last two years, working in a well-known designer shop. It has 3 or 4 branches in the UK. They want me to work for them in the UK and are going to sponsor me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? Can I apply for a work permit or an intra-company transfer visa after these two rejection stamps for the fiancée visa? The rejections happened a year ago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether I can get the Tier 2 visa after the fiancée visa rejection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="janina sakot" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-21T14:55:02.590" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T23:51:55.560" Title="UK Tier 2 visa after rejection of fiancée visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9492" CreationDate="2016-10-21T23:51:55.560" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have been refused for a fiance visa, we don't know why. You now want to apply for a Tier 2 Inter-company Transfer (T2 ICT).  And your question is...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A T2 ICT is laid out such that you are actually a minor player. The host company does all of the heavy lifting by getting their license and then by issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship (COS). This makes them stakeholders in the outcome because a refusal will get logged against their license and make it more difficult to renew it.  Moreover they will have to find a replacement for the work you would be doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your immediate role is to get the refusal letter for your fiance visa and send it to the host company so that they make an informed judgement before issuing the COS.  Not doing this would be unprofessional and likely get them upset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they decide to proceed with the COS, then it's down to you to make the application and follow through on it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally UKVI eschews issuing a temporary visa when the applicant has previously failed on a settlement visa because they can suspect a secondary agenda (i.e., settlement) make appear once you arrive in the UK. But if the host company knows about it and they are willing to proceed, you do not have a lot to lose except a refusal on the PBS side to accompany your refusal on the family formation side. We don't know enough about your personal circumstances to help you make that decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the best practices advice is to send your refusal letter and if they still want to proceed, then ask them to instruct a solicitor on your behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T23:51:55.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9480" CreationDate="2016-10-22T03:21:43.220" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are an EEA national who was deported from the UK after a period of incarceration greater than one year. It's different from the run-of-the-mill cases of &lt;em&gt;removals&lt;/em&gt; that we often get in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions&quot;&gt;TSE&lt;/a&gt;. It's a grave event. I saw Gala's comments (to whom thanks) above and I agree with them.  Deportation is a messy affair and I never took a live case, so my answer relies solely on theory.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time in 2013 when they informed you about their intent to serve deportation papers, you would have received a brochure that said...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not appeal, or if an appeal is dsmissed, consideration will&#xA;  be given to obtaining a deportation order. You will have a further&#xA;  right of appeal against destination only if you did not exercise your&#xA;  right of appeal when the notice of ~ntention to deport you was served.&#xA;  It is our practice to endeavour to complete our action prior to the&#xA;  completion of any sentence so that your deportation, if appropriate,&#xA;  coincides with your release from prison. However, if this is not&#xA;  possible a decision will be taken on whether you need to be detained&#xA;  under immigration powers after your sentence is finished. If it is&#xA;  decided that continued detention is appropriate you will be informed&#xA;  of this and given regular updates on the progress of your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So nothing is going to happen with the deportation order until you lodge an appeal (if a path is still available to you) and the appeal is resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The company I work for often has to load/unload in the UK and in&#xA;  Ireland. Will I be stopped and denied entry, when driving to the UK&#xA;  just for temporary and business purposes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, and they can get Portugal to revoke your passport altogether. They do not allow temporary admission for business or pleasure because it is not in the public interest to do that.  The controlling reference is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-13-deportation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraph 362 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A deportation order requires the subject to leave the United Kingdom&#xA;  and authorises his detention until he is removed. It also prohibits&#xA;  him from re-entering the country for as long as it is in force and&#xA;  invalidates any leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom given&#xA;  him before the Order is made or while it is in force.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for the order to be lifted when you qualify under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_of_Offenders_Act_1974&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/a&gt;. I can attempt the math (you do not get time off the sentence calculation for your early release)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4 years rehab + 27 months sentence = 6 years 3 months minus 3 years 11 months rehab already committed = 72 - 47 = 25 months remaining. Or about 2 years. That's a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;rough guess&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, you would need a solicitor with a practice area in deportation to get an exact reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option is to apply for entry clearance. I mention it for completeness only because the application falls to be refused under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraph 322 of the rules.&lt;/a&gt;..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) they have been convicted of an offence for which they have been&#xA;  sentenced to imprisonment for at least 12 months but less than 4&#xA;  years, unless a period of 15 years has passed since the end of the&#xA;  sentence; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's not an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please if anyone here have any positive ideas that may help me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The courts have traditionally been liberal on deportation cases but they seem to have entered a regressive era. &lt;strong&gt;But on a positive note&lt;/strong&gt; you can get in touch with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jcwi.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;JCWI&lt;/a&gt; and ask if a case worker can review your stuff and give you a more accurate reading. They have some clever people there who know what to do in situations like yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I am now and have been a member of the JCWI for a long time. I do not receive consideration for recommending them (that would be illegal in the first instance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-10-22T04:12:35.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-22T13:52:14.503" Score="7" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a student who has completed my bachelors at an Australian affiliated university in Sri Lanka. I'm working in my family business. I tried to go through an agent to apply for my masters and to continue in London, as I have relatives there. The agent suggested an (family?) EEA visa, which I agreed with because I had the perception that if there is a relative there, I can just go there as a dependent. But I got refused saying I'm financially stable and I don't have to be a dependent on my relatives. I want to focus on completing my masters. Therefore I will try for Australia. Will this previous refusal be an issue or create any problems when applying for that visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10551" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T10:27:12.743" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T10:27:12.743" Title="Australian visa issues regarding a previous EEA permit refusal?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-23T03:28:42.760" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian who finished their Youth Mobility Visa in July 2016. I was diagnosed with PTSD 5 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner is still in the UK proceeding with residency application - he has the right to work and awaiting the residency application outcome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I exited UK in compliance with law and on the specified date. I am in Republic of Ireland.I want to return to be with my partner due to health issues (diagnosed in UK), and continuing mental health issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have private health insurance until the end of 2016. I would be a private paying client for health issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot safely lean on my family, who are documented in therapists letter as physically and emotionally abusive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to get a tourist visa based on those grounds? To undertake private therapy and private medical treatment for health issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I literally have noone else to rely or lean on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot go back to Australia there is noone who can support me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10554" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T03:28:42.760" Title="Australian PTSD dependant on UK based partner - can I return?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1074" CreationDate="2016-10-23T06:21:09.603" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A foreign national cannot own land in Thailand.....  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But&lt;/em&gt;, you can &lt;strong&gt;LEASE&lt;/strong&gt; the land for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;up to 30 years&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and then build what you want on top of it.  You can also add a provision to have the right to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;renew the lease for 30 more years&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  You can then also sub-lease the land or pass on the lease rights to another foreign national.  But this lease needs to be registered in the local/provincial land office in order put an encumbrance on the land title.  This is the most important aspect, so that the lessor or new owner does not come back later and claim that you are merely squatting on their land.  How long do you plan to actually exist on this planet in an able-body capacity (e.g. not hooked up to life support or bed rest)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put it in perspective, do you really want to OWN property in a particular location?  Or do you want to &lt;em&gt;control&lt;/em&gt; who gets to stay there, what you can do with it, etc?  In your home country, even if you do not currently have any outstanding mortgage or liens, try not paying property taxes for a year and see who really &quot;owns&quot; your property.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure how trusts would work with foreign nationals.  That was something I wanted to explore:  To have a house for my half-Thai son that I would have the right to stay there and manage it at least until he turns 20 years old (lease it from the trust if needed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you really want to OWN the land....either you need to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;obtain Thai citizenship.....or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get married to a Thai national and then you can own up to 1 rai of land &lt;em&gt;upon their death&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll get in touch with my lawyer friend who consults for a top Thai legal firm to confirm exactly how that works (if it is an automatic entitlement of the surviving spouse, if a judge has to sign off on it, is a will required, etc).  I'll also inquire about the trust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T06:21:09.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-23T07:12:28.573" Score="5" ViewCount="2628" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I was in my native country, I was getting paid for showing Google ads on my website. After I came to the USA, I stopped ads on the website because I'm an F1 student and I'm not allowed to work in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the website is related to personal interests, I continued posting content without any ads, and didn't get any income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I met a woman who is a US citizen, a classmate, and now my girlfriend. Since she can work in the USA, she opened an account with her email address and SSN number in the Google Adsense. I post the content on the website, and the money is going into her account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She spends the whole amount to watch movies or buying products for both of us; the amount is around $300 to $500 per month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this earning under her name and social security number, but on my website, a problem? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10556" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T17:34:10.040" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T17:34:10.040" Title="Adsense income (Online Blogging) issue for a F1 student" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-23T12:26:50.630" Score="2" ViewCount="16295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in USA under H1B. I am from India. My H1B has recently extended. I am planning to visit India in February 2017. I have to go to for visa stamping since my H1B is expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if I can fill DS-160 and submit it now and schedule appointment for February or fill DS-160 and submit and schedule appointment for February in December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many days the submitted is the DS-160 valid for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-10-23T13:46:11.697" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T19:43:40.110" Title="How long submitted DS-160 is valid?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9500" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9510" CreationDate="2016-10-23T13:45:01.197" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received interest from a Dutch company in the Netherlands that wishes to hire me as an Intern. The company is in civil engineering research and development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a student and a non-EU citizen. My prospective employer has informed me that this would not entitle me  to an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visaversa.com/en/netherlands/dutch-work-visa/internship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;internship under normal Dutch regulations.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other construct can I use in this case? The salary is way low as this is an internship (probably below minimum wage). I am however very interested in this company and they have asked me to do some research beforehand. I have seen one for &quot;Highly Skilled Worker&quot; in the ind.nl website but this category has minimum wage requirements which I probably won't fit into. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T14:10:48.043" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:10:48.043" Title="Internship in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-20T17:44:21.620" Score="6" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Germany since 2010 with a permanent residence card, which must be renewed every 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My passport expired in August, so the same happened with my residence card, because of the bureaucracy of my country I requested the new passport in advance (end of April) but am still waiting and &lt;strong&gt;the embassy just put a stamp on my old expired passport making it valid for another year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany is waiting for the new pass (is a new pass number) to give me a new residence card for another 2 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I go in December for Christmas to Peru and Paraguay and then come back to Germany with no immigration issues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" OwnerDisplayName="ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T16:05:28.073" Title="Can I travel with an expired German resident card?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;peru&gt;&lt;paraguay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9501" CreationDate="2016-10-20T20:57:51.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot travel outside the Schengen area without a valid passport. Likewise you cannot enter the Schengen area without a valid visa, unless your passport allows you visa-free entry into the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" OwnerDisplayName="JonathanReez" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T20:57:51.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9499" CreationDate="2016-10-23T19:43:40.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a response published in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bar-code-valid-as-long-as-information-given-is-accurate/article798766.ece&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Hindu Ask the Consul&lt;/a&gt;, a weekly feature in which US Consulate officials reply to those with any queries about visas or services. While not recent, the article includes a contact e-mail for the Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The bar code on your DS-160 confirmation page is valid as long as the information you listed in the DS-160 form is accurate. You may only use a bar code once. If you need to update your DS-160 to reflect a new job, to correct information, or to upload a more recent photo, a new confirmation page with a new bar code will be generated. If you schedule an appointment with the old barcode and later update your DS-160 and receive a new barcode, you will need to bring both confirmation pages with you to the Consulate General at the time of your appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T19:43:40.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9498" CreationDate="2016-10-24T03:16:48.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technically&lt;/em&gt; this shouldn't be allowed, but it is very unlikely that authorities will notice it, especially since the earnings are relatively low. In fact, it sounds like she is not transferring any funds from these earnings to you, which is the key aspect of this set-up that makes it unlikely for you to get in trouble. Bear in mind that your girlfriend will have to report this income when she files taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It shouldn't be allowed because you are still doing the work, and it's as if you are employed by your girlfriend. Both of you might be breaking some rule (as she should technically declare herself as a business/employer), but I couldn't imagine someone to care enough to go after you (just like no-one goes after students who get compensated for baby-sitting or yard work, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;F-1 students cannot earn any funds whatsoever (no freelancing, no online shops, no sale of any products through a retailer, even earning funds abroad while physically in the US is not permitted), unless you obtain CPT (Curriculum Practical Training) or OPT (Optional Practical Training).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Web development is a very marketable skill and my advice to you is to apply for Web/software development internships after your first year of studies in the US by getting the CPT authorization - this way you will earn a lot more money and you wouldn't be breaking any laws. If you are close to graduating, you may continue to earn from your projects under your own name when you receive the OPT authorization (see F-1 Students and Entrepreneurship on &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/training-opportunities-in-the-united-states&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/training-opportunities-in-the-united-states&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, every school in the US has staff members who are specifically trained to guide international students, so you should check in with your school about your options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I've been an international student in the US for 8 years now and counting... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10557" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T03:16:48.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-24T03:49:53.823" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Master’s degree, and want to apply for PhD. I want to find a position during the gap year. It is also possible to do 2 years. But I am not in USA or Canada. So, How do I find a research assistant position? &lt;strong&gt;Is it possible for unpaid job to get an visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10558" LastEditorUserId="10558" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T04:43:26.557" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T04:43:26.557" Title="Is it possible for unpaid job to get an visa? I want to find a research assistant position in USA or Canada but I am in another country?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9217" CreationDate="2016-10-24T03:52:12.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As pointed out in the comments, you cannot work under B-2 status, and accepting an employment offer while physically present in the US will most likely violate the B-2 visa requirements, because it is a non-immigrant visa and you had to prove that you intend to return to your home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot qualify for an H2B visa, because this is designated for jobs that are seasonal in nature (tourism, construction, etc.), and Web-development would not count as such. The only viable option is to get a H1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The startup will have to hire lawyers to file applications for the H1B visa for you while you will be back in Denmark, so they don't have to have a legal department. The cost of sponsoring the H1B includes application filing fees and attorney fees. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-2017/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-2017/&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;the H1B filing fee can vary anywhere from $1,600 USD to $7,400 USD + Attorney Fee&quot;, where immigration attorney fee is usually in the range of a few thousand dollars. Note that you cannot pay any of these fees yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, once they pay the filing and attorney fees, your application will be entered in the infamous H1B lottery. The yearly quota for H1B visas handed out is 65,000, and, just for reference, in 2016 there were over 200,000 applications. If you don't get selected, you may re-apply the following year, but your company will have to pay all these fees again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quick note: you do not necessarily need to have a degree. Proving that you have enough experience that would be equivalent to obtaining a US bachelor's degree is enough. See &quot;Can I qualify without a bachelor's degree?&quot; at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/h-1b-specialty-occupation/understanding-h-1b-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/h-1b-specialty-occupation/understanding-h-1b-requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mentioned Green cards. You cannot simply apply for a Green card with no history of being in the US. After 3 years of H1B status you may apply for Permanent Residency (Green card), or you need to marry an American. There are other ways, but most people don't qualify (for example, getting a Green card after being granted asylum).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10557" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T03:52:12.553" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-24T11:48:17.217" Score="7" ViewCount="477" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife has a residence permit in Denmark, as accompanying spouse. My residence permit is a normal work permit. This permit is not (yet) permanent; we've moved recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is she eligible to study in Denmark free of charge? (She is looking for a Master's degree). I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://studyindenmark.dk/study-options/tuition-fees-scholarships&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this information&lt;/a&gt;, and it looks like #2 is our case &lt;code&gt;Temporary residence permit that can be upgraded to a permanent one (&quot;midlertidig opholdstilladelse mmf varigt ophold&quot;)&lt;/code&gt;. But something in the wording is a bit weird, so I wanted to check, is this our case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, are there any other requirements that apply to her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10159" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T16:16:40.430" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T16:16:40.430" Title="Does an accompanying spouse need to pay a fee to study in Denmark?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7802" CreationDate="2016-10-24T13:56:25.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is essentially no way to avoid sending your IDs in the post. You can use &lt;em&gt;signed for&lt;/em&gt; service so it is better tracked, but there is no way to guarantee that it will not get lost. The important thing to realize, at least in my mind, is that while your passport and national ID card might be &quot; are the most important pieces of identification we have&quot;, they can be replaced. Every country has a different process for replacing a lost or stolen passport. As an expat, you should be aware of these requirements and make sure you have additional forms of documentation (e.g., birth certificate and driver's license are two common forms of ID) and scanned copies of the documents you are sending. Having all the needed documentation in advance will make replacing your passport much less difficult if it does get lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T13:56:25.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9500" CreationDate="2016-10-24T17:02:02.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, options seem to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Internship - but that requires you to be enrolled in some kind of academic/study program. Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://businessculture.org/western-europe/business-culture-in-netherlands/internship-and-placement-in-netherlands/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; with a bit more information and links.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Direct employment (&quot;highly-skilled&quot; migrant is not as highly skilled as you might think. Check the exact criteria.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment in your home country, so that your stay in the Netherlands would officially be a visit - but you'll need to check how long you can stay here with that status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You becoming a freelance consultant with them contracting you. I'm not sure if that's far-fetched or practical, but it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businesslegalconsultancy.com/en/3204/self-employed-residence-permit-in-the-netherlands-holland-ind.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;is an option&lt;/a&gt; which can grant you temporary residence here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat Emptor: I'm not that well-versed in Dutch immigration law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hollandalumni.nl/career/files/practicalities/quick-guide-hiring-an-intl-intern&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; table, which suggests it's possible for an employer to apply on your behalf for, well, I guess it's sort of a work+residence visa specifically for the case of an internship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T17:08:01.473" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T17:08:01.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T09:28:53.427" Score="5" ViewCount="2557" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently residing in Pakistan. I applied for a long term visa at German embassy on 21st of October and got a call today from the embassy to get my degree verified from ZAB. Although my degree is present in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;anabin database&lt;/a&gt; but still embassy is asking for the degree evaluation certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found out that it takes around 3 months for the certificate and my joining date is 1st December. How should I proceed about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I even emailed the screenshots from the anabin database to the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-12-08T17:54:58.157" Title="German embassy asking for ZAB degree evaluation certificate" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T10:42:27.873" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, the &quot;residente temporal&quot; status in Mexico has a limitation for how long you can use it - 4 years; after that you have to abandon it or apply for the &quot;residente permanente&quot; status.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I wonder if &quot;residente permanente&quot; has similar limitations? I can't find any information about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3648" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T23:44:36.517" Title="&quot;Residente permanente&quot; - any max period of use limitation?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T12:24:12.247" Score="1" ViewCount="447" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I started an application for my wife to join me, I thought the date of arrival in the UK would be around 20 October 2016. Since I hadn't yet obtained a  National Insurance Number, I could not complete the application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I had the number, I finished the application, but I forgot to change the planned date of arrival in the UK and can't edit the application. I also overlooked that I listed two different address in the UK (first at hotel where I stayed when I arrived in the UK, the second where I am currently).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now? Should I take the application to the TLS Centre or should I create a new account and complete the form without mistakes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wgfdb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wgfdb.png&quot; alt=&quot;This is TLScontact centre where i selected longterm visa&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10571" LastEditorUserId="10571" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T08:56:57.707" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T08:56:57.707" Title="Apply for Family Member of an EEA National" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ClosedDate="2017-08-19T07:05:54.613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1360" CreationDate="2016-10-25T14:22:41.777" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No such websites exist in English. Use the Google Translate functionality built into Google Chrome to use German comparison sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:22:41.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2767" CreationDate="2016-10-25T14:27:42.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to OP:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Well! I got the spouse visa, but the Danes sure took their time. It&#xA;  was granted 6 months after the application! The delay was the most&#xA;  unpleasant thing ever! But it was all good in the end! Sorry for the&#xA;  'very' late reply though!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:27:42.463" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2912" CreationDate="2016-10-25T14:33:57.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, you might as well be a citizen of Timbuktu as far as France is concerned. Just make sure to notify the authority which issued your Residency Permit of this change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As of 2016 there have been no such reports&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, dual citizenship is allowed in Russia. France doesn't care as long as you don't apply for French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T14:33:57.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3013" CreationDate="2016-10-25T15:01:37.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the EHIC serves a different purpose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The European Health Insurance Card (or EHIC) is issued free of charge and allows anyone who is insured by or covered by a statutory social security scheme of the EEA countries and Switzerland to receive medical treatment in another member state free or at a reduced cost, &lt;strong&gt;if that treatment becomes necessary during their visit&lt;/strong&gt; (for example, due to illness or an accident), &lt;strong&gt;or if they have a chronic pre-existing condition which requires care such as kidney dialysis&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, you won't be able to move &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; to get treatment. However assuming you find a job and settle in a different country you can get health insurance there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T15:01:37.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9522" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T15:06:54.297" Score="1" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently got express entry ITA for permanent resident. I'm currently at the document upload step. While uploading Education (diplomas/degrees) document for my spouse, I found they asked to upload post secondary diplomas/degrees. In help option i found this info- &quot;You must provide proof that you completed your post-secondary education.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the problem is, my spouse currently pursuing her post secondary/bachelor degree that's why she doesn't have any post-secondary diploma/degree certificate. She only has her High School diploma/degree certificate. Can anyone please suggest what to do in this case? would that be ok to just upload the high school certificate? Please note, i'm not claiming any points for my spouse. And also I'm falling under Canadian Experience class and PNP category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10572" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T15:14:11.473" Title="Can I just upload High School certificate of my spouse for express entry?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9525" CreationDate="2016-10-25T18:26:26.990" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask which type of visa is better to apply for because I have a stable relationship (Not Married) with an European guy (I am not European and I need a visa to visit him in UK). Now we live together in Europe. He will work for 6 months in UK, but there exists a possibility that the contract will be extended for one year (or more), but it is only a possibility. I want to go with him no matter if the contract is extended or not. If they give me the visa I will live with him in UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case that the contract won't be extended, we will return to Europe, then that's why I don't want to search for a job in UK right now (and I don't think in short time I can find a job). But in the case that the contract will be extended, I want to stay with him, but I also want to work in the meantime (qualified work). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't know which type of visa is better to apply for.&lt;/strong&gt; I was thinking 2 options, but If you know a better way, please tell me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My options and my doubts about those options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) Apply for EEA family permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a)&lt;/strong&gt; Do you think I'm eligible to ask for EEA family permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;b)&lt;/strong&gt; In the case that I apply for EEA family permit, Do you know if I can work in the meantime? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;c)&lt;/strong&gt; In the case that I apply for EEA family permit, If I cannot work in the meantime: &#xA;  * Can I convert my visa to a working visa [only in the case his contract will be extended and I found a job (qualified job)]. &#xA;  * Do I have to leave UK before the application of the working permit? &#xA;  * How long do I have to stay outside UK before apply for a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2) If I apply for a tourism visa, instead of the EEA family permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a)&lt;/strong&gt; If I ask for a tourism visa, Can I ask right after a working visa in the case his contract will be extended and I found a job (qualified job)? Do I have to leave UK for some time before asking the working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;b)&lt;/strong&gt; It would be a problem if I apply for a working visa right after my tourist visa expires (or before the tourism visa expires) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you know a better way, please let me know.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" OwnerDisplayName="Marce" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T23:09:10.617" Title="Type of visa UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9523" CreationDate="2016-10-25T19:35:31.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you think I'm eligible to ask for EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly.  If you are in a &quot;durable relationship,&quot; you qualify.  My understanding is that the UK interprets this to mean that your relationship must be at least two years old.  If your relationship is older than that then you probably have a good chance of qualifying, especially if you have lived together for longer than two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the case that I apply for EEA family permit, Do you know if I can work in the meantime?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an EEA family permit, you can work after you arrive in the UK.  (You cannot work in the UK while the application is pending because you won't be in the UK at that time.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't know which type of visa is better to apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for a tourism visa because you are not intending to be a tourist.  There is a short-term &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-visit-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;family visit visa&lt;/a&gt;, which would suit your needs if his contract is not extended.  Do not apply for a tourism visa, because you will be denied and it will look bad on your record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not qualify for an EEA family permit, and want to avoid potential problems if his contract is extended, the correct visa would be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;family of a settled person visa&lt;/a&gt;.  These are very expensive (the cost is over £1000).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, you should definitely try to qualify for the EEA family permit, since the conditions are much less burdensome, and the fee (or rather, the fact that there is no fee) is much more attractive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T19:51:13.390" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T19:51:13.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T01:42:54.223" Score="4" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be spending the first three months of 2017 in the UK (near London), possibly longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What documents exactly would a potential landlord want to see? &#xA;Could a landlord demand a higher deposit since I am new in the UK (and less predictable)? Or maybe a bank guarantee?&#xA;Would an agency or private landlord be more flexible?&#xA;Would it be easier to find something if I it has a time limit. This way, they know they get rid of the tenant, if it happens that he doesn't pay. Or do they prefer long term tenants?&#xA;The French company I work for has no offices in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10574" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T19:33:43.860" Title="Documents required to rent a flat in the UK" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9527" CreationDate="2016-10-26T05:19:46.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a rental period of about 3 months, they're likely to just ask you for all 3 months rent up front. They'll also want a deposit of 1-1.5 months rent, which you'd get back when you return the flat in a good condition (including cleaning).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation wise, assuming you've already paid, the main things they now need (following a recent-ish government change to the law) is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents/who-to-check&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;proof that you're in the UK legally (right to rent check)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a private landlord willing to do a short rent, they might be willing to let you pay 1 month at a time (as would be common for longer lets), in which case they might want someone to act as guaranteur for you as you won't have any credit history in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you could look at Serviced Apartments and other short-stay things like holiday lets - they'll be more expensive, but better setup to handle someone wanting to stay for just a few months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There's quite a few fees, many paid by the landlord, involved in renting a flat out and changing over tenants, which is why many don't want to bother with only a 3 month tenancy)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T05:19:46.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9513" CreationDate="2016-10-26T09:57:34.927" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three &quot;equivalence categories&quot; in the anabin database: &lt;em&gt;Bedingt vergleichbar&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Entspricht&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Gleichwertig&lt;/em&gt;. Based on your comments, the entry for your diploma mentions a German 3-year bachelor degree with the category &quot;&lt;em&gt;Entspricht&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the official website&lt;/a&gt; describes this category:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Entspricht&quot; ist eine neutrale Einstufung, die aussagt, dass der ausländische Abschluss formal einem deutschen Abschluss zugeordnet werden kann, über die Gleichwertigkeit wird keine Aussage getroffen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, in English, (approximate translation):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Corresponds&quot; is a neutral assessment, which certifies that the foreign diploma can be formally related to the German diploma. No conclusion as to equivalence is provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a distinction between &lt;em&gt;formal&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;material&lt;/em&gt; equivalence, &quot;&lt;em&gt;Entspricht&lt;/em&gt;&quot; only covers the former. Apparently, the consulate requires full equivalence (&lt;em&gt;Gleichwertig&lt;/em&gt;, which entails both) and you still need to get your degree evaluated for that. I have no idea how likely you are to succeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T11:24:23.643" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T11:24:23.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9531" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9533" CreationDate="2016-10-26T08:05:56.803" Score="2" ViewCount="489" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a relationship (2 years and 7 months/NotMarried) with an European (I’m from South America, then I need a visa only to enter to UK. We live together in Europe since one year (1 year and 5 months more or less). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He will work for 6 months in UK, but there exists a possibility that the contract will be extended for one year (or more), but it is only a possibility. I want to go with him no matter if the contract is extended or not. If they give me the visa I will live with him in UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case that the contract won't be extended, we will return to Europe, then that's why I don't want to search for a job in UK right now (and I don't think in short time I can find a job). But in the case that the contract will be extended, I want to stay with him, but I also want to work in the meantime (qualified work). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I'm not sure if they accept my application as EEA Family Permit, I want to know if for example I go with tourism visa and if his contract will be extended, &lt;strong&gt;can I change my tourist visa to a EEA family permit?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to I will be living with him for almost 2 years at that time, maybe then I have more chance to apply to the EEA family permit and also by that time we maybe get married. Because If I apply directly to the EEA family permit maybe they denied my visa and I heard that it would be a problem if you apply again (because in your historial exists a denied visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know what happened if I ask for the tourism visa and then I apply for the EEA family permit, Do I have to leave UK if I want to apply to the EEA family permit after the tourism visa? What would be the consequences? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" OwnerDisplayName="Marce S" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T11:52:34.667" Title="What would be the problems to change Tourism UK visa to EEA family permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9531" CreationDate="2016-10-26T08:39:45.950" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;At first it doesn't look good. According to gov.uk,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot;&gt;You must be outside the UK to apply for an EEA family permit.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the family permit is just for &lt;em&gt;entering&lt;/em&gt; the UK, not for &lt;em&gt;remaining&lt;/em&gt; there once you're already in (your right to remain would derive directly from your boyfriend's freedom-of-movement rights).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're already inside the UK, you can apply directly for a residence card rather than a family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However,&lt;/strong&gt; your plan to arrive on a &quot;tourism&quot; visa in the first place is rather troubling. If you apply for a visa with a premise of &quot;I'm going to be a tourist&quot; rather that &quot;I'm going to live with my boyfriend&quot;, you will have &lt;strong&gt;lied in a visa application&lt;/strong&gt; -- a complete no-no, which will have deleterious consequences for your ability to return to the UK again if/when they find out. (And they certainly will find out if you apply for a residence card during your stay!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand, you tell the truth in the visa application, you run into the problem that staying with a boyfriend for an extended/indeterminate period of time is &lt;em&gt;not a recognized visitor activity&lt;/em&gt;, and can't be the basis for issuing a visitor visa.  Even non-visa nationals are regularly refused entry at the border if they let slip at their landing interview that they have such plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that you best course of action will be to marry. Or else apply for the family permit and hope your relationship can qualify as &quot;durable&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10579" OwnerDisplayName="Henning Makholm" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T08:48:35.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9531" CreationDate="2016-10-26T10:10:32.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you are in the UK, you don't need an EEA family permit anymore so the question is moot. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; your relationship is sufficient to qualify for EU freedom of movement rights (and therefore for the EEA family permit), you can also appy for a residence card directly (it is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; required for married partners, but it would be in your case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are however two difficulties:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not being married, you will need to show your relationship is a durable one. If I understand you correctly, you have only lived together for six months, which might not be enough, even with strong evidence (the exact rules are complicated but usually, you need to have lived together &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554777/Extended_family_members_of_EEA_nationals_v3.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;for at least two years&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When applying for a Standard Visitor visa, your relationship might be held against you, because it casts doubt on the premise for your trip (tourism/temporary visit) and on your intent to leave the UK in time &lt;em&gt;even if that relationship is not strong enough to qualify for the EEA family permit&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, if you do qualify, the EEA family permit should in principle be easier/cheaper to get and certainly covers visits as well, so there is no reason to consider a Standard Visitor visa instead. It's obviously a big step but a marriage &lt;strong&gt;or civil partnership&lt;/strong&gt; would also solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" OwnerDisplayName="Gala" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T11:52:34.667" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T11:52:34.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:04:37.093" Score="3" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the standard notice period for a tenant for terminating a lease in France?  The apartment in question is unfurnished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it used to be 3 months for unfurnished and 1 month for furnished.  However, I was told that recently (within the past year) this has been dropped to 1 month even for unfurnished apartments, but only in certain popular areas in some cities.  Is this correct?  I am unable to find any references online. I am interested in Lyon and Villeurbanne in particular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in a situation where I may not know 3 months in advance whether I will be able to keep a job in the same city or whether I will need to move (likely away from France).  Either way I am going to talk to the landlord well in advance and see if we can come to some agreement.  However, I do not expect that they will do anything for me beyond what is legally required.  So first I want to have a better understanding of the regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10580" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T11:22:39.900" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T11:22:39.900" Title="Notice period for terminating lease in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T23:18:18.150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:44:34.817" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completed my Bachelor's in business and am currently working in my family business. I planned to do my Master's in London. So when I went to an agent, they directed me to apply for an EEA visa. I was refused twice, for the reason that I'm financially strong, and that I do not need to be a dependent. Now I'm planning to apply to Australia for my studies. I understand I was directed into wrong the category. Will this be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10551" OwnerDisplayName="ilakkiya" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T16:13:08.980" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T16:13:08.980" Title="Visa refusal - Will this be a problem?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-26T17:53:45.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6189" CreationDate="2016-10-26T17:17:10.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My letting agent ran an international credit check (or rather they asked another company to do this) based on my previous address in Canada (which I had to list as “current address”).  They also asked my previous landlord for evidence that I had no outstanding debts and had been a good tenant.  Together with the job contract and other documentation, this was sufficient for me to sign the contract, although one might want to push the old landlord to respond fast for letting agent and credit check bureau are not particularly patient.  My wife in The North (of England) had an even smoother experience to get past the letting agent requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T19:33:35.977" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T19:33:35.977" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-27T00:49:01.527" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in need of information on what is the correct visa for my fiancée. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen and my partner is Malaysian. She is looking to join me in the UK next year. We intend to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of visa should she apply for? She needs to work in the UK as she has to support family in Malaysia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10581" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T02:22:27.650" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T19:28:55.390" Title="What visa does my fiancée need to come to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;malaysian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9539" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-10-27T02:23:52.113" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T02:23:52.113" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T02:23:52.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9540" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-10-27T02:23:52.113" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Malaysia" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T07:34:42.340" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T07:34:42.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-27T08:06:02.573" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian guy working for a company that has 3 offices outside of Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of these offices is in the US. Basically, the company is giving me the opportunity to spend some time in one of the international offices (I can choose which one) as an exchange program (the main purpose is to practice English). They will give me an extra budget to be spent for renting a room there and the flight. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company is not happy about applying for a work visa. I will work under an Italian contract, and I know that it is quite common for some companies to arrange some training in its international offices. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is will this be acceptable? Can I apply only for the travel visa (3 months) or will it be rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is relevant, I am a statistician with a Master's degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10583" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T22:50:59.903" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T22:50:59.903" Title="3 months of working at a US office of an EU company (EU working contract)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-27T08:16:00.700" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure about what I have to do in order to work in UK with an EEA family permit in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can a non European work in UK with an EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I work immediately?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is required in order to work in UK with this permit? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the rights with an EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How does the health insurance work for a non European? Do I have to buy one? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I heard that we need some kind of number to give to the employer in order to work. Do you know what is that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-10-27T19:24:26.773" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T19:24:26.773" Title="Working with an EEA family permit in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6627" CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:16:16.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest solution is to simply buy a throwaway ticket out of Poland, e.g. a 20 euro Ryanair flight to the UK. You will have a peace of mind and something to show to immigration should they ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T14:16:16.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9126" CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:31:24.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend checking out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esprit.com/storefinder?lang_code=nl&amp;amp;country_code=NL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Esprit&lt;/a&gt;. They are of reasonable quality, have a great online store, and have physical shops in major Dutch cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise H&amp;amp;M or Zara are staples of budget European clothing and are worth checking out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T14:31:24.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7948" CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:40:26.133" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can hold two EU/Schengen residence IDs at once. I've previously held both a Finnish and a Czech residency card, without any concerns from the Finnish embassy or the Czech government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a separate rule for not holding two simultaneous Schengen short-term visas, but that doesn't apply to residency permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T14:40:26.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8232" CreationDate="2016-10-27T15:02:58.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you come from a country that can enter the Schengen area visa-free, you could stay in Norway for up to 90 days past your expiration date. If not, read on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, unless you're prevented from leaving the country due to serious circumstances, such as illness&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sleepinginairports.net/europe/trondheim-airport.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sleeping In Airports&lt;/a&gt;, Trondheim Airport closes overnight. So, no, they won't let you in that early.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you fly on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flysas.com/en/travel-info/check-in/online/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SAS&lt;/a&gt;, you can check-in your bags 22 hours in advance. However this won't help you in the case of Trondheim airport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the proper answer is: change your flight or book another one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T15:02:58.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9549" CreationDate="2016-10-27T18:26:32.803" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a freelancer ( web dev ) and a student from India. The company I work for ( in USA ), asked me for a internship. The company is a bit small ( Don't know much about visa ). I researched in google, that I need j1 visa to travel to USA for that internship. But I don't know any sponsor or even don't know where do I find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should the company?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  What should I do?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Who are the sponsor and host?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am having no guide in this. Can anyone guide me on this? Thank you very much in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10585" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T12:22:39.220" Title="J1 visa - Confusion in how to apply" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9548" CreationDate="2016-10-27T23:57:57.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we discussed in chat, you are a university student who does part time work for a US employer. Should that employer wish to bring you to the US to work for it for a short period, paid or unpaid, you would need a work visa and the company would need to file a petition for a non-immigrant worker on your behalf. As you realized, this is not quite the right fit for undergraduates, nor would it be a good idea to try to obtain a J-1 visa just to enter the US and work at your part-time employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better, I would encourage you to continue to explore the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) independent of any connection with that company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://j1visa.state.gov/basics/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Exchange Visitor (J) non-immigrant visa category&lt;/a&gt; is for individuals approved to participate in work-and study-based exchange visitor programs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The EVP provides opportunities for around 300,000 foreign visitors per year to experience United States (U.S.) society and culture and engage with Americans. There are fifteen different categories under the J-1 visa program, of which, thirteen categories include privately-funded programs that are implemented under the auspices of the Office of Private Sector Exchange in the Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Department designates more than 1,400 for-profit, non-profit, or federal, state, and local government entities to conduct such private sector programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exchange visitors on private sector programs may study, teach, do research, share their specialized skills, or receive on-the-job training for periods ranging from a few weeks to several years. In addition to the thirteen private sector exchange categories listed below, the J-1 visa program also includes two categories that are publicly funded: International Visitors and Government Visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://j1visa.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FactSheet_J1Visa.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who Comes on the EVP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EVP participants are young leaders and entrepreneurs, students, fledgling and more seasoned professionals eager to hone their skills, strengthen their English language abilities, connect with Americans, and learn more about the U.S. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EVP requires sponsorship and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/sponsor-search/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Designated Sponsors&lt;/a&gt; are organizations throughout the US. Many sponsors can place participants anywhere in the United States, regardless of their official location. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T23:57:57.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8771" CreationDate="2016-10-28T02:30:15.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) Don't confuse a &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; (obtained outside of Thailand at embassy or consulate) with an &lt;strong&gt;extension of stay&lt;/strong&gt; (obtained within thailand at a local immigration office).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) You are on an extension of stay for a specific reason:  In this case employment.  The day that you quit or the day that you are terminated, your extension is technically invalid on that day.  But in practice, it may take a few days for your employer to notify immigration, ministry of labor, etc.  Some employers may never actually contact immigration.  That doesn't mean it is valid.  It's just that it works in your favor as the computer still shows a valid extension.  But I don't recommend relying on this as you risk being in an overstay condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) You can do what a friend recently did:  do an out-in border run immediately.  If questioned, explain to the border official that you quit your job or you are getting a new job, so the current extension is not valid anymore.  Because they might think you are simply wanting to leave, but forgot to get a re-entry permit as the computer still shows a valid extension.  You can also go to local immigration to ensure the existing extension is cancelled and get 7 day extension for 1900 baht.   But I would try a border run first.  Usually cheaper and gives you more options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Another tip:  if you are married to a Thai national, do the extension based on marriage.  This way if you have a fallout with your employer, your extension is unaffected.  OR get a multiple entry non-&quot;O&quot; or &quot;B&quot; &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; .  You would have to do border runs every 90 days vs 90 day reports at local immigration.  But your &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; is still valid in case you part ways with employer or get a divorce.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is getting more difficult now to get multiple non-immigrant visa than in the past, but for legitimate marriage, work, or retirement, you should still be able to get it.  Only time will tell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastEditorUserId="10555" LastEditDate="2016-10-28T02:37:41.667" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T02:37:41.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9388" CreationDate="2016-10-28T02:58:44.277" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Email the US embassy in Bangkok or and simply tell them that your [country] passport was stolen and the US visa that was issued is missing.   Ask them if you can get a replacement visa and what steps are needed.  All the circumstances around how the visa was stolen or damages is mostly irrelevant drama.  Keep the email simple and avoid ranting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have to reapply for visa, but you may be able to get it expedited vs having to do the entire process.  Hopefully you made a copy of this visa.  They will likely tell you to get a police report.  The police report is where you tell them a summary of the circumstances regarding your stolen visa.  The only thing you know for sure is that you gave your boss your passport with a visa inside and when it was returned, the visa was removed from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, keep the passport yourself.  You are only supposed to hand them the passport to conduct a specific task (mainly for identity purposes or to make a copy) and then it is returned to you immediately.  Very few countries actually allow the employer to hold the passport indefinitely until you leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your passport is still undamaged (no pages actually ripped out or torn), you can likely still use it without suspicion.   But if you want to make an extra trip to your own country's embassy (likely in bangkok, pattaya, or phuket), you can ask them if you need a new passport.  Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T02:58:44.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8966" CreationDate="2016-10-28T03:37:04.207" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming underage you mean younger than the 50 year minimum retirement age requirement:  Yes.  You will have to provide proof of dependency status, which is usually a marriage certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not yet in thailand, each person needs to be able to enter on their own passport.  In other words, each dependent over the age of 15 will need a visa or qualify for Visa Exempt stamp.  You did not mention what country you/your dependent is from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you both are already in Thailand, then you do this when you apply for an extension of stay (not visa) at the local immigration office.  Only the retiree needs to provide the proof of income, not the dependent (either 65k THB monthly or 800k THB seasoned in Thai bank for 2 months for first application, 3 months seasoning for each renewal).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the dependent becomes 50 years of age, you can still opt to have one of the persons be a dependent of the other retiree.  No requirement to do separate retiree applications (and have separate proof of income for &lt;strong&gt;each&lt;/strong&gt; retiree)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*I recommend updating the question to say &quot;younger&quot;  The word &lt;em&gt;underage&lt;/em&gt; can have other more negative implications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T03:37:04.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9553" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-22T10:18:10.940" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the Netherlands for almost a year and I hold a EU/Bulgarian passport. My passport is expiring soon and I have lost my ID card. Soon, I'll go to my embassy for it to issue a new ID card and new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm waiting for my new documents, I'll be left without an identification. Can I use the expired passport for identification within the Netherlands, should it be needed, until the new one is issued? I'm a Bulgarian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Anonimniot" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T08:14:30.033" Title="I live in the Netherlands and I hold an EU passport, but my passport is expiring soon and I lost my id card" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9553" CreationDate="2016-10-22T13:34:17.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, you do not have and do not need a visa to stay in the Netherlands. As a person staying in the Netherlands, you are required by law to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/identification-documents/contents/compulsory-identification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;carry identification documents&lt;/a&gt; with you and to present them to certain officials on demand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your passport has not expired &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt;, no problem. It can substitue for the ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2016-10-22T13:34:17.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2752" CreationDate="2016-10-28T13:19:49.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;2k pounds is not too bad.  Remember, the person has to eat and stay somewhere as well and prepare themselves to leave.  I don't know other parts of the circumstances, such as if there are unpaid medical bills or a dependent involved.  What will he do once he is back in his home country?  Needs some cash for that also.  Of course today 2k pounds is worth about 20-30% less than it was 2 years ago thanks to Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed you can handle an overstay yourself.  Never go to a land border.  Go to an international airport with a ticket in hand and arrive about 3-4 hours prior to departure.  You do need the 500 THB/day (20,000 THB maximum) cash in hand when you go through departure immigration. The immigration officer will steer you to the overstay room where you pay a fine, get a stamp, and be on your way to the terminal to await your flight.  But with the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/887079-%E2%80%9Cgood-guys-in-bad-guys-out%E2%80%9D-says-thailand-immigration-chief/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Good Guys In, Bad Guys Out&lt;/a&gt; program....casual overstaying &gt;90 days is now subject to blacklisting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past, you could overstay for years [sic] and just show up at airport with 20k baht and be on your way.  You could literally come back into Thailand the same or next day.  But now if you turn yourself in at an airport 'border' you get blacklisted for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&gt;90 days overstay = 1 year blacklist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&gt;1 year overstay  = 3 years blacklist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&gt;3 years overstay = 5 years blacklist&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&gt;5 years overstay = 10 years blacklist&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get caught out casually and they find out you are on overstay, it is more severe:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;\&amp;lt;1 year overstay = 5 years blacklist&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&gt;1 year overstay = 10 years blacklist&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lawyer can help, but really it would only be necessary if you wish to avoid the blacklisting.  A Thai judge can actually reduce the overstay fine and remove some or all of the blacklisting time that you have accumulated.  But it is not guaranteed...you are rolling the dice. It would probably be better to leave first, then retain a legit thai lawyer once abroad that will then work to reduce your 'blacklist' sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was all writing on the wall anyway.  Did visitors really think that a country trying to develop itself and trade with other developed countries could just openly allow unlimited overstay without any serious penalty?  And even those who were barely legal with unlimited Visa Exempt stamps....it was good while it lasted.  But that loophole has tightened as well over the last 3 years or so.  You can still come to thailand easily on a Visa Exempt or Tourist Visa.  But to stay long term, you have to think long term (visiting family, retirement, business, certain educational goals, or save up for the Elite Visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T13:19:49.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1424" CreationDate="2016-10-28T13:51:03.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bangkokbank.com/BangkokBank/PersonalBanking/DailyBanking/TransferingFunds/TransferringIntoThailand/Pages/TransferringintoThailand.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bangkok Bank&lt;/a&gt; is the only Thai bank that can allow direct deposits from USA, UK, Switzerland, Japan, and Korea.  And especially US/UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So BKB is reliable and relatively cheap to get funds into thailand initially or on a regular basis.  But you may want to consider &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ktb.co.th/ktb/(S(z5rfqq45gip2lh45yogqclbj))/en/personal.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Krung Thai bank&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krungsri.com/bank/en/PersonalBanking.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bank of Ayudhya (Krung Sri&lt;/a&gt; [See]), or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kasikornbank.com/EN/Personal/Pages/Personal.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kasikorn Bank&lt;/a&gt;.  Krung Thai and Krung Sri have very polished Internet Banking with Western Union integrated in.  Krung Thai is also gov't owned, so it is least likely to fail in case crap hits the fan.  Most of the banks are pretty stable anyway here, as it is a cash-based society.  You could even WU from the atm machine. Kasikorn bank I like the way the uniform looks on the ladies that work there :).  Their mobile banking app is actually independent of their internet banking login which might be more secure.  But it also means you can't do as much via mobile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very important that you setup internet banking and get a debit card while you are opening up account. Better to get it out of the way and verify it is all working.  (test atm deposit/withdraw, login to online banking and perform a transaction, to a test spend with debit card, etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other options besides SWIFT wire transfer that I know of are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) &lt;em&gt;Banks&lt;/em&gt; will sometimes have option to &lt;strong&gt;pre-convert money&lt;/strong&gt; or otherwise send it as the receiving currency.  I don't know the name of this method.  But it is wise to check out the conversion rate and compare it to sending SWIFT wire or other methods.  I found it might actually be worth it in some places, and it shows up in the bank account within a few hours sometimes but usually not longer than 1 business day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) &lt;strong&gt;private money transfer&lt;/strong&gt;, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TransferWise&lt;/a&gt;.  Takes a few days, but exchange rates are excellent without any hidden fees or tricks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) &lt;strong&gt;Western Union / Money Gram&lt;/strong&gt;  Not bad rates Thailand, and funds are available instantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) &lt;strong&gt;Cash withdrawal from ATM&lt;/strong&gt;: try to use a bank with 0% or 1% foreign transaction fee and either 0 atm fee or even a reimbursement on atm fees.  Many banks charge 3% + $5 &lt;strong&gt;per&lt;/strong&gt; atm transaction....damn.  Remember this is separate from the 200 baht fee the Thai atm will charge you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) Paypal.  But transfers from Thailand Paypal acct to Thai bank account take 7 calendar days.  You can literally count 7 days from when you request the funds and then suddenly they will arrive in bank acct.  Exchange rates suck.  Considering the time delay, WU looks more attractive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6) Alternate currencies, such as Bitcoin and Webmoney.  There are local exchangers that will exchange this for you.....but be prepared to pay up to 10% for the convenience.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastEditorUserId="10555" LastEditDate="2016-10-28T14:07:03.010" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T14:07:03.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9567" CreationDate="2016-10-28T15:23:51.757" Score="3" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have bought a flat in Rotterdam. I have dealt with getting energy suppliers and other required stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was signing the contract notary told me that I will be contacted by VVE (Vereniging van Eigenaars - local Homeowner Association) to pay fees for local repairs cleaning and such. However they never contacted me. Now it's been more than 3 months, and I am getting worried that I will get a hefty bill (of accumulated payments) and might also get into other legal trouble, due to some document getting lost or something…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I get contact details of VvE?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-10-29T11:04:54.143" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T04:51:52.387" Title="How to get VVE (Vereniging van Eigenaars/Homeowner association) contact details in Holland?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9538" CreationDate="2016-10-28T19:28:55.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;She needs a ‘family of a settled person’ visa. It's not cheap though £1,195. &#xA;See more at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T19:28:55.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9527" CreationDate="2016-10-28T19:33:43.860" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For your 3 months, you could book an apartment with AirBnb, that would the simplest way. No hassle, no documents to provide. You would have to pay AirBnb the whole amount upfront though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T19:33:43.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8570" CreationDate="2016-10-28T20:31:39.777" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If they are not satisfied with your intention to leave the UK at the end of your student visa, maybe next time you apply, include a return flight ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T20:31:39.777" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9563" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11794" CreationDate="2016-10-29T11:49:58.410" Score="9" ViewCount="2949" Body="&lt;p&gt;I spend time each week to read about others who are in the same situation as me but I cannot find the word that describes it properly. My problem stems from not being able to identify with any nation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Romania in an area where there has existed a Hungarian minority for centuries; but I hardly speak the Romanian language. My parents are Hungarian but Hungarians outcast me saying I am not a real Hungarian - and indeed I do not share the same mindset. I currently live in Denmark but I do not speak the language properly and quite a few things are strange for me, i.e. not my mindset. My primary language is English but I have never been in an English-speaking country. On the legal side, I have both Hungarian and Romanian citizenship and passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to research the term of 'no nationality' that I can say to others without shame, but I did not find the exact word.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stateless -&gt; I am not stateless because I actually have two states&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Third culture individual -&gt; I was raised in the same area as my parents were.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identity crisis -&gt; Although I feel very uncomfortable talking about my nationality, I would not use the term when presenting myself as it sounds extremely depressing and negative.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not even sure if there is a word that describes the situation. I try to simply use 'international' but people don't generally accept it. I hope to see your suggestions. Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10592" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T14:52:34.693" Title="What do you call someone without a nationality?" Tags="&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9563" CreationDate="2016-10-29T12:23:22.570" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can say Romanian/Hungarian without shame. You just aren't around the right people. In any case there is, for several countries, an actual legal distinction between 'nationality' and 'citizenship'. You are a dual citizen of both Romania and Hungaria. Anybody who has citizenship of a country also has that nationality. The obverse is not necessarily true. For your case, you have dual nationality as well as dual citizenship by the standards of any countries that make the legal distinction. You may personally feel otherwise. If you are asking if there is an expression in English for how you &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt;, then I think maybe your question is better suited for &lt;a href=&quot;http://english.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;english.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="10592" LastEditDate="2016-10-29T15:45:12.533" LastActivityDate="2016-10-29T15:45:12.533" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-29T13:45:21.910" Score="5" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking on behalf of my brother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My brother is a British national. He brought his wife from Afghanistan to Germany where he has been living and working for the last 4 months. Now, he is planning on coming to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does he need to be working in the UK before he applies for a visa for his wife to enter the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What document(s) does he need in applying for his wife's UK visa? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When his wife comes to the UK, when does she apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain or a British passport? In the future, will she need to pass the English language test?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10496" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-10-30T09:15:47.387" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T09:15:47.387" Title="Bring wife from Germany to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9215" CreationDate="2016-10-29T18:25:57.407" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same information is required (down to forks and knives) when moving to Canada from the US and driving your items in. The price is what I like to call &quot;garage sale&quot; price. And then whatever is over $10K is when taxes come in. I even had to make sure the list included items that were coming later. This was due to my husband moving up with us in 3 months. I did not have included weight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10594" LastActivityDate="2016-10-29T18:25:57.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9557" CreationDate="2016-10-29T21:11:44.890" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All VVEs must register themselves at the local Chamber of Commerce (&quot;Kamer van Koophandel&quot; or &quot;KVK&quot;). That doesn't mean that all of them do, but a block of flats probably has a registered VVE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can search for registered entitites at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kvk.nl/orderstraat/bedrijf-kiezen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.kvk.nl/orderstraat/bedrijf-kiezen/&lt;/a&gt; . Try your street name and see if your flat comes up; most VVEs have names like &quot;Vereniging van Eigenaren -some address number A to B-&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you buy a short extract (&quot;Uittreksel&quot;) containing the address of the VVE and the names of the people currently running it (if they've kept it up to date) for &quot;starting at&quot; € 2.65. Then hopefully you can find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the formal way. But I would really ask the neighbours. Most people really aren't that bad when asked a simple question at a normal time of day, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6889" LastActivityDate="2016-10-29T21:11:44.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8277" CreationDate="2016-10-30T15:41:26.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De jure&lt;/em&gt; there are dozens of complex laws and regulations regarding remote employment, under which you may or may not need a special visa in order to work in a given country. Tax laws are an additional complication, where countries such as the UK can deem you as a tax resident for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spending as little as 16 days&lt;/a&gt; on British soil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De facto&lt;/em&gt;, as long as you don't mention your remote job to immigration personnel at the airport, there's a 99.99% chance no one will ever find out. There are millions of people breaking the law by being employed at &lt;em&gt;on-site&lt;/em&gt; jobs in any given country, so digital nomads are a pretty low priority for law enforcement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your Australian visa — no, you won't need to have one if you're not working from Australia. However be aware to notify your employer that you're moving away, as many companies are not completely aware of how the visa rules work and might need to consult with their lawyer before allowing you to work without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T15:41:26.183" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8761" CreationDate="2016-10-30T15:44:49.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De jure&lt;/em&gt; there are dozens of complex laws and regulations regarding remote employment, under which you may or may not need a special visa in order to work in a given country. Tax laws are an additional complication, where countries such as the UK can deem you as a tax resident for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spending as little as 16 days&lt;/a&gt; on British soil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De facto&lt;/em&gt;, as long as you don't mention your remote job to immigration personnel at the airport, there's a 99.99% chance no one will ever find out. There are millions of people breaking the law by being employed at &lt;em&gt;on-site&lt;/em&gt; jobs in any given country, so digital nomads are a pretty low priority for law enforcement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However be aware that the company would likely not want you working &lt;strong&gt;in their office&lt;/strong&gt; without a valid visa, as they would receive a big fine if someone were to find out. I would recommend waiting out for your EAD to be issued before switching to on-site work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T15:44:49.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7616" CreationDate="2016-10-30T15:51:15.860" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will be easier in Bulgaria because the level of bureaucracy in Egypt is likely to be higher. It would also be easier to have your marriage recognized for the purposes of moving to Bulgaria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T15:51:15.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8425" CreationDate="2016-10-30T17:16:22.643" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply again submitting the proper documentary evidence to support the fact that she was previously married and divorced. You can do this at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T17:16:22.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8629" CreationDate="2016-10-30T19:29:37.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De jure&lt;/em&gt; there are dozens of complex laws and regulations regarding remote employment, under which you may or may not need a special visa in order to work in a given country. Tax laws are an additional complication, where countries such as the UK can deem you as a tax resident for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spending as little as 16 days&lt;/a&gt; on British soil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De facto&lt;/em&gt;, as long as you don't mention your remote job to immigration personnel at the airport, there's a 99.99% chance no one will ever find out. There are millions of people breaking the law by being employed at &lt;em&gt;on-site&lt;/em&gt; jobs in any given country, so digital nomads are a pretty low priority for law enforcement. This especially valid in a country like Mexico where law enforcement isn't particularly worried about foreign tourists working during their travels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T19:29:37.713" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9406" CreationDate="2016-10-30T21:23:37.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my case, I'm Syrian and I have a resident permit to EU issued from Portugal because I was a student there. I got a job in the Netherlands, my employer applied for my MVV visa and working permit in the same application. My employer is a recognized sponsor by IND. You still need the MVV but the difference is that you don't need to put a sticker on your passport &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; coming to the Netherlands since you're already allowed to enter the Netherlands due to your other EU residence card. You'd need to have an appointment in IND, there they'll put the sticker on your passport and take your fingerprints and after a week or so, they'll send you your residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only required documents they asked for are: passport, job contract, and your other EU card. Please be aware that later on your employer may ask for a criminal record and when you register in the municipality you need a birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also advise you to bring any document to state your previous address so you can take your BSN (citizenship security number) even before having rented a property in the Netherlands &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that helps you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T21:23:37.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-30T21:49:52.000" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on a UK Tier 2 General visa, which expires in March 2017. I would expect to continue in my current role with my existing lawyer, at the same level i.e. without a change of the assigned SOC code on my existing Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was looking ahead on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;eligibility criteria for Tier 2&lt;/a&gt; which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must also have £945 in savings - this is to prove you can support&#xA;  yourself. You must have had this in your bank account for 90 days&#xA;  before you apply, &lt;strong&gt;unless you’re exempt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the complete &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514054/Tier_2_Policy_Guidance_04_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Policy Guidance document&lt;/a&gt;, under &lt;em&gt;Part 7: Points available for Maintenance (Funds)&lt;/em&gt; (on page 40):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will be awarded 10 points if: &lt;strong&gt;you currently have entry clearance,&#xA;  leave to enter, or leave to remain as a Tier 2 skilled worker&lt;/strong&gt;; work&#xA;  permit holder; Jewish Agency Employee; Member of the Operational&#xA;  Ground Staff of an Overseas-owned Airline; Minister of Religion;&#xA;  Missionary; Member of a Religious Order; or Representative of an&#xA;  Overseas Newspaper, News Agency or Broadcasting Organisation; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct to interpret that &quot;Tier 2 skilled worker&quot; above means in my situation, I'm exempt from demonstrating maintenance of funds through cash in my bank account? (Asking because I mostly move all of my spare cash into Stocks and Shares ISAs rather than my current account.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2016-10-30T21:49:52.000" Title="&quot;Maintenance of funds&quot; rules for extending UK Tier 2 visas" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8605" CreationDate="2016-10-31T07:41:26.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You cannot switch from a visitor visa into any other category from within the UK. You should apply for a family visa to join your spouse. Any attempt at 'visiting' your wife with the goal of remaining in the country after gaining entry beyond the terms of your visa could be seen as deception and get you a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T07:41:26.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8510" CreationDate="2016-10-31T08:23:23.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory, there is no requirement to register anything with the consulate and you don't need your father to file anything for you. Doing that immediately after birth makes a lot of things easier down the line but does not &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; change your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to present good evidence of all the relevant facts and that might obviously be more difficult without his help but that's all there is to it. In fact, your father's testimony does not carry much weight, a friend of mine had a lot of trouble registering her daughter's birth because of some bureaucratic issue, what you really need is proper documentation, nothing more, nothing less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, you need to establish that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your father is your father&lt;/strong&gt; and you are his son. Legally speaking, your local birth certificate should be good for that, even if I personally know some French consulates making difficulties to accept some local documents – not a birth certificate in my case – for no good reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your father was a French citizen &lt;em&gt;at the time of your birth&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; His passport and birth certificate, while not incontrovertible proof of citizenship, are relevant here. And if his birth was registered with the &lt;em&gt;Service central d'état civil&lt;/em&gt; (which, again, is not mandatory), as his son, you can even get an extract of his French birth certificate without his help. But you need to be sure that he was French &lt;em&gt;when you were born&lt;/em&gt;. The phrasing of your question (“reclaim his citizenship”) initially threw me off but your last comments suggest he was already French then. Whatever the case may be, that's what you need to establish, his becoming French later on would be no good for you. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If relevant (if both of you have lived abroad for more than 50 years), that &lt;strong&gt;your father and/or yourself have had &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at some point in the last 50 years (see, e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7235/grandfather-served-in-the-french-army-for-4-5-years-can-i-get-french-nationalit?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;Grandfather served in the French army for 4.5 years: Can I get French nationality?&lt;/a&gt; for more details on what that means). Your father's passport is helpful for that (with the caveat that you only have a copy and that I have no idea how all this works with Djibouti, which hasn't even been independent for 50 years).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T17:32:28.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-31T11:30:57.190" Score="6" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Irish citizen; my girlfriend and I live in London. Last Christmas, we tried to go to Ireland on the boat, but my girlfriend didn't have her passport with her (she is Turkish and has a UK Self-Employed Visa). The immigration team at the port stopped her and sent her back on the boat as she didn't have the right documents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave her a 2-page document: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The first page was directed to the Ship Company - a Carrier's Removal Direction under section 5(10)(b) of the Immigration Act 2003;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The second page was addressed to her under the Immigration Act: &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(g) that the non-national is not in possession of a valid passport or other equivalent document, issued by or on behalf of an authority recognised by the Government, which establishes his or her identity and nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has had tourist visas to Ireland twice before and the person at Port immigration told us that this sort of removal was not a big deal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now she is again applying for an Irish tourist visa, and one of the questions asks about removal from a port in Ireland. How will last year's removal affect getting a tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, most importantly, she will be applying for an indefinite visa in the UK in February. How will this situation effects her ILR application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10599" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T00:37:43.860" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T00:37:43.860" Title="Port Removal from Ireland and ILR Application in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-31T16:27:14.143" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am American and have a PhD in computer science. I would like move to France for 1 year to improve my French and work on a tech-scientific project, completely self-funded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the &quot;Skill and Talent&quot; (Carte Compétences &amp;amp; Talents) the best visa for me? If so, how difficult is it to prove the project contributes to France's scientific goals and get the visa request approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10601" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T16:27:14.143" Title="1-Year “Skills and Talent” France Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9587" CreationDate="2016-10-31T16:46:44.607" Score="3" ViewCount="4984" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found some information here on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:l23034&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eur-Lex page&lt;/a&gt; but was not sure about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20161030142207/http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/FAQs/DE/Themen/Migration/Auslaenderrecht/04.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permanent residence from Germany&lt;/a&gt;, if he moves with it to another EU country for a new job, can he convert his PR to the second country's PR, or he has to go through the whole process again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8882" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T12:23:37.937" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T20:04:16.340" Title="Does moving to a second EU country with a permanent residence from the another country, grant permanent residence permit for second country as well?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9586" CreationDate="2016-10-31T17:15:25.767" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may want to look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/long-term-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/long-term-residents&lt;/a&gt; as well; this is the page describing long term residency for the general public rather than for a law audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German permanent resident is entitled to a residence permit in another EU country, but does not immediately become a permanent resident in that country.  Instead, the permanent resident retains a right to return to Germany.  After living in the second country for five years, the resident can apply for permanent residence in the second country.  When that status is granted, the German permanent residence ceases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person remains outside the state of permanent residence for six years, the right of permanent residence is lost, even if it has not been acquired elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is controlled by directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;, especially chapter III.  Chapter III also provides for certain conditions that can be imposed for the issuance of a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few EU countries have opted out of this directive, so this answer does not apply to those countries.  As noted in paragraphs 25 and 26 of the preamble, the countries opting out of the directive are the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-04-26T20:04:16.340" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T20:04:16.340" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9588" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-31T18:51:33.933" Score="4" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you you have let's say a 1 year working holiday visa in Netherlands and a 1 year working holiday visa in Germany, Belgium, Estonia etc. at the same time? or can you only have one at a time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10603" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:02.857" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:02.857" Title="Can you have multiple Working Holiday Visas (WHV) in Europe?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9590" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9593" CreationDate="2016-10-31T22:58:44.380" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently moved to Germany, working as an expatriate. I have some investment money in my home country, which I would like to transfer it to here. However, I'm not really sure about the procedure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I inform/declare the money to be transferred to anyone (e.g. my bank, tax office)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the tax situation for the money that I'm receiving here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8192" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T13:01:06.427" Title="Transferring investment money from home country" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T02:43:56.033" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to make sure I'm applying for the right visa.&#xA;I am a US citizen who has been married to a EU citizen from the UK for almost a month now. We plan to move to Germany together and plan to reside there for a long while. What do we need to do? Would I be applying for a residence permit to join him in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10607" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-11-01T16:45:04.927" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T16:45:04.927" Title="I am a US citizen and want to move to Germany with my husband who is a EU citizen of the UK. Do I require a residence or spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-01T09:27:38.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9590" CreationDate="2016-11-01T09:35:23.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I know it strongly depends on your home country laws (in my country in this case I have to inform goverment(!!) about my foren bank account and other operations with my money) and on particular bank position (not sure). If you don't recieve any other answers, I would reccoment you first to ask your bank manager (it wouldn't be bad for you any way and it is a chance to recieve valid information in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10504" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T09:35:23.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9590" CreationDate="2016-11-01T13:01:06.427" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the money already belongs to you (and you can prove it), I don't think the transfer would be relevant from a tax point of view. Some countries do have a wealth tax (and actually transfering the money into the country might alert the tax office of previously undeclared wealth) but that's not the case (anymore) in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if we are talking about tens of thousands of euros, the transaction might be flagged by the bank and reported to the relevant financial intelligence unit. Based on a quick Google search, it seems that in Germany banks have to perform some due dilligence and keep a record of your identity (but not necessarily report it) for any transaction above €15000 so I guess it would make sense to approach them beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T13:01:06.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T14:19:04.673" Score="5" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keeping the following in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have moved to the UK in 2001, and been in paid employment since 2002&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did apply for the PR certificate and obtained it in 2014. My application form was based on the period 2009-2014, but arguably i did achieve PR status in 2007. (5 years of residency)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since 2014 i have been in and out of the country for study and work. &#xA;Never for more than 2 years, so I haven't lost PR, but I might not fulfil the residency requirements for BC if based on the last 5 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the above, my question is: can i shop around for the qualifying period for British Citizenship? In other words, can i base my BC application on the period, say, 2003-2008, given that by 2008 i had already had PR status for 1 years. Or can it only be based on the last 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6800" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-01T20:30:14.763" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T14:59:03.787" Title="Qualifying period for British Citizenship application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9594" CreationDate="2016-11-01T15:40:02.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the UK government site, the five-year period is that immediately preceding your application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you must usually have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you note, you also must usually have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may therefore have to wait a few years before you can apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T15:40:02.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T16:40:45.180" Score="2" ViewCount="2248" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Tier 2 General UK visa which is valid until 2019. Can I travel to Ireland (Dublin, Belfast) without an Irish visa? It would be for a short holiday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10610" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-30T15:16:20.413" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T15:16:20.413" Title="Can Tier 2 General UK visa holders travel to Ireland without an Irish visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T17:00:40.750" Score="4" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;With Brexit looming, it seems lots of EEA nationals want to apply for permanent residence and subsequently British nationality.  While this has always been an option for EEA nationals, few have felt the need until now. Many would prefer to do this before Brexit happens thereby avoiding a perilous immigration status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But these types of applications require precision as to the person's qualifying date. The web documentation does not cover how a person would establish this. And because of 'free movement', this is not covered in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British Nationality Act 1981&lt;/a&gt; or any of its amendments through the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;: how can an EEA applicant confirm the date (in a way that is acceptable to Home Office caseworkers) on which they are &quot;deemed&quot; to have acquired permanent residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T11:09:25.277" Title="How does an EEA national establish permanent residence in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9598" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T17:48:59.220" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American, but currently hold residency in Berlin, Germany with a work visa. My fiance is from Florence, Italy where we will be getting married this month, and where I will be moving to. How do I change my residency to Florence? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10611" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T19:19:11.003" Title="(Non-EU) Acquiring Residency in Florence, Italy after Marriage" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9594" CreationDate="2016-11-01T18:33:24.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sort of. Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554378/AN_Booklet_-__September_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 5 of the AN guidance&lt;/a&gt; for the various ways you can meet the residency qualification requirements. I think the 7 years route might be your best bet. Keep in mind though that they are quite strict about the previous 12 months. Anything over 100 days absent puts your application in more of a discretionary position and you will have to defend those excessive absence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T18:33:24.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9598" CreationDate="2016-11-01T19:19:11.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, you just move there.  Under directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, you have the legal right to accompany your spouse everywhere in the EU except for Italy (because you are the spouse of an Italian).  Italy has extended this right to the family members of its citizens, however, so you are in luck: you do not have to meet any financial requirements, language requirements, or social integration requirements.  Once you are married, you are almost completely protected against deportation; failure to comply with administrative requirements such as registration can only be punished with a fine, just as if you were an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can inform the German authorities that you are leaving.  I don't know whether it's required to de-register from your municipality, but I suppose it's a good idea.  If I were in your shoes I'd also approach the foreigners' office, but I wouldn't be surprised if they said there's no need for official notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you get to Italy, you'll need to visit the immigration office there, to apply for your residence card.  You may also be required to register with the municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T19:19:11.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T19:44:53.857" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;A spouse application has three parts: the passport, the form, and the supporting documents.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure is that the applicant makes an appointment and reports to their cognisant application centre for their biometrics enrolment. What should they do with those various parts when they attend their appointment?  I.e., what is the applicant required to have at that time? And what happens to their stuff after their biometrics have been enrolled? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T19:44:53.857" Title="Applying for a UK Spousal Visa from Moscow" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-01T20:01:32.630" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK national in my late twenties, currently working in London but planning to move to Hong Kong. I have 4 years experience working in IT consultancy. I work for a global company, but there does not seem to be a possibility for me to transfer internally any time soon. I have had minimal luck with applications made for HK roles over the last 7 months while I've been working in the UK (believe my remote location situation may be screening me out of some immediately).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to resign from my UK job and turn up at a HK airport in a month's time, how likely would I be to find a comparable role within 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without going in to specifics of my exact skills, experience and desired salary, some pointers from experienced expats on the following would be highly valued:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For someone requiring visa sponsorship, what is the likelihood is of finding a role in a professional occupation in HK within 3 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it commonly achievable to do so without making a trade-off on living standards?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any advice for me to de-risk this move in general?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10614" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-07T07:31:46.737" LastActivityDate="2020-04-29T06:46:03.967" Title="Do I need to be locally based to get a job in Hong Kong?" Tags="&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9606" CreationDate="2016-11-01T21:48:55.210" Score="1" ViewCount="788" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Post-Graduation Work Permit on Jan 15, 2017. And I am considering traveling back to my home country between Jan 20 and Feb 12. My study permit expires in Dec 2017 which is one more year to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is what if the work permit gets issued before Feb 11 and I actually have it with me while entering the border, I will only have my study permit. Will it still be valid at that point, or does it become invalid when a post-grad work permit is issued? My Temporary Resident Visa also expires in Dec 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/7244/10615&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; by Mangara asking about the same matter, some answers were about implied status, which I don't think will be a issue for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me out please? &#xA;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10615" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T14:41:54.937" Title="Travel outside Canada during Post-Graduation Work Permit transition period" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7433" CreationDate="2016-11-02T01:15:53.473" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you can satisfy the conditions of receiving a work permit outside Germany, you are free to leave the country. Germany has no control over your status abroad and likewise other countries don't care about your German residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be other issues (e.g. employers in France might prefer to see a Masters degree), but that's out of the scope of your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T01:15:53.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9604" CreationDate="2016-11-02T12:31:59.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had the exact same situation as you. I decided to go anyway and I didn't face any problem while coming back to Canada. According to CIC as long as your study permit is valid and you have a valid work permit, this should not be a problem. Your study permit is still valid but make sure you have valid visa too. Without a valid visa a study permit serves no use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, note that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC application processing times&lt;/a&gt; vary. The chances however are less that you will get a work permit that quickly. Also having a work permit does not make your study permit invalid or something. Study permit and work permits are documents stating that you have valid status in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Additionally what you can do is (and I would highly recommend) to get a letter from your college/university stating that you have applied for a post graduate work permit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7244/travel-outside-canada-while-waiting-for-post-graduation-work-permit/7245#7245&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; by me that you linked, very well answers your question too. The bottom line is that as long as you have a valid study permit and a valid visa, you should not be facing much difficulty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you should always contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC customer service&lt;/a&gt; and confirm. Number: 1 (888) 242-2100&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T12:31:59.367" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9604" CreationDate="2016-11-02T14:41:54.937" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I phoned CIC again this morning, they tell me to bring all the docs proving I am in process of pgwp and my financial fundings that I have enough money to support my stay in Canada.&#xA;One more thing worth attention is that once I leave Canada after applying pgwp, I cannot work full time during transition period until granted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10615" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T14:41:54.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-02T21:17:07.043" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US expat holding a 3-year German Aufenthaltserlaubnis, and an unlimited work contract as a software developer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm planning to re-negotiate my working contract to reduce my working hours&lt;/strong&gt; from 40 hours to something like 24.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tzbfg/__8.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;per TzBfG&lt;/a&gt;, because I've worked at my company for longer than 6 months, and because it employs at least 15 people, I have the right to request part-time hours, and my employer must negotiate with me, unless they can cite significant &quot;operational reasons&quot; why the request can't be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm unsure whether reduced working hours and reduced salary could have implications for my visa status.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Minimum salary?&lt;/em&gt; For instance, I know that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/fileadmin/content/make-it-in-germany/PDF/Arbeiten/Guide-to-Working-in-Germany_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card for &quot;MINT&quot; workers requires a minimum salary of 37,752 €&lt;/a&gt;. So far I've found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gutefrage.net/frage/mindestgehalt-fuer-unbefristete-aufenthaltserlaubnis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;no such minimum for the Aufenthaltserlaubnis.&lt;/a&gt; Does such a minimum salary, or for example a minimum hourly work week, exist for the Aufenthaltserlaubnis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are there other concerns I haven't listed?&lt;/em&gt; For instance, will I need to contact the Ausländerbehörde when my contract changes? Would my visa status need to be reviewed? Could it adversely affect me when it's time to renew my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Separately, I would not be at all surprised if they attempt to refuse my request,&lt;/em&gt; since I am a key member of a small team. However &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frankfurt-main.ihk.de/recht/themen/arbeitsrecht/teilzeitarbeitsgesetz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a second about TzBfG suggests that it is very difficult&lt;/a&gt; for an employer to prove that the costs / consequences of reduced working hours are &quot;disproportionate.&quot; Does anyone have experience with this process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8330" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T21:17:07.043" Title="I have a 3 year German Aufenthaltserlaubnis in IT and I want to renegotiate my hours. What should I look out for?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-03T11:03:20.810" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a US client remotely from home in India. My cousin who has a business in USA has invited me to visit USA for 6 months. I will be staying with him and we both will be visiting many cities in USA as tourists. He will be paying for all of my trip as I do not have sufficient funds to fund my trip on my own.&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Can I work remotely for my US employer while in US?&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Will I have any issues getting B-2 visa as I am working remotely for my US employer?&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Should I mention in immigration that I will be working remotely?&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Will I have to pay taxes in US if I work remotely for my employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10621" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T11:03:20.810" Title="Can I work remotely for US client while visiting US on Travel (B-2) visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-14T23:57:56.950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9620" CreationDate="2016-11-03T14:27:02.153" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coming here from &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/81935/problems-when-exiting-schengen-area-on-expired-residence-permit&quot;&gt;my question on travel.stackexchange&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is a Mexican passport holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She studied in Netherlands for her masters and she possesses a residence card/permit from The Netherlands (the expiry date on the card says 1st Dec. 2016).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is living with me at the moment in Berlin and already has her tickets to fly back to Mexico on 30th Nov. 2016 (1 day before the &quot;expiry date&quot; on her Dutch residence card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She received an email yesterday (2nd Nov. 2016) from her University in Netherlands that because she's not a student at the University anymore, her status has been informed to the IND (Immigration and Naturalization service of Netherlands) and that her residence card is invalid from 1st Sept. 2016 (we both graduated in Aug./Sep. 2016) doesn't matter what &quot;expiry date&quot; is mentioned on her residence card. So technically she's leaving illegally since past two months in Berlin with me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Would there be an issue when she'll go through border/passport control in Berlin (on 30th Nov. 2016)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that Mexican nationals enjoy 90 days in 6 months tourist stay in Schengen but this period doesn't automatically start after your long-term residence permit or visa expires. So is it necessary that she leaves Schengen area (to lets say UK) and enter again as a tourist before her flight out of Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10623" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T10:06:49.743" Title="Probable issues when exiting Schengen area on expired residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-03T18:08:47.547" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen message threads on the net refer to a 28 day grace period for disregarding overstaying when a person applies for further leave to remain (FLR) and indefinite leave to remain (ILR).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone confirm this? If so, does the person have to give any sort of explanation for why their application is out-of-time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T16:11:37.853" Title="Grace period for overstayers in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-03T18:17:54.593" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current income threshold specified in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-8-appendix-fm-family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix FM&lt;/a&gt; is £18,600. And there is an increment added to the threshold for each dependent child. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case where the &lt;em&gt;sponsor&lt;/em&gt; has children from a previous marriage or relationship, does the increment need to be applied for these? Or is it applied only for children of the primary applicant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T16:24:29.787" Title="UK Appendix FM Income Thresholds and Children" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9614" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9622" CreationDate="2016-11-03T18:29:30.520" Score="3" ViewCount="304" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that if a person has a debt to the NHS over a certain amount that their entry clearance application can be refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a mandatory refusal or a discretionary one?  And what is the trigger amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:49:35.387" Title="NHS Debt and Entry Clearance Refusals" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9613" CreationDate="2016-11-04T07:31:30.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the sponsor's children are UK citizens or have permanent residence in the UK, then they are not considered. Also if the children are EEA nationals, they do not count towards the support requirements. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525708/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Reference here&lt;/a&gt; (section 2.8).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-04T12:15:11.383" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T12:15:11.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9612" CreationDate="2016-11-04T07:39:05.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is discretionary, but in general honored for applications within that time frame. This grace period was introduced to allow for some leniency with regards to any variety of external reasons why an applicant might not have gotten an application in before their current leave expired although that isn't really officially stated. It just makes sense. Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488199/Overstayers_v6.0EXT_clean.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link to the general guidance for case workers on the subject, page 5&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted, this does not mean that any of those 28 days are simply forgiven. For citizenship applications, they still may be considered and held against the applicant. 3C may not apply. And if the application ultimately fails, those 28 days are included into the entire period of overstay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-04T07:44:18.437" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T07:44:18.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-04T09:09:08.110" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Lithuanian citizen that lives in UK, I have bought a flat in Holland, and there is possibility that I will be leaving the country for some time to SE Asia, so I was planning on renting it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never payed tax before in Netherlands and not sure how the whole thing works. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatax.nl/box-3.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;From here as I understand&lt;/a&gt; I would be paying 1.2% of property value per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have Dutch bank account open and BSN. I am currently still in UK so still could come to Holland in person to set things up. But after January chances are I would have to fly from SE Asia if I would need to deal with matters in person, so would rather prepare everything now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a way to set up all the tax accounts and pay the tax remotelly?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-11-14T14:28:12.273" Title="How to remotely pay property tax in Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9610" CreationDate="2016-11-04T10:06:49.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not obvious that she is actually staying illegally in Berlin at the moment. This requirement to exit and reenter to trigger the 90-day visa-free short stay is nowhere to be found in the Schengen regulations. It's true that the Netherlands officially considers this to be necessary but other countries do not. Furthermore, invalidating a student residence permit before its expiration is also something not all countries do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, it's not at all clear how all this is supposed to be enforced. Some countries are definitely fine with doing what your girlfriend did but even if Germany isn't when it comes to its own residents, I don't think there is any easy way for the border guards in Berlin to decide which rules apply or check the status of her Dutch residence permit. For all these reasons, I think she is unlikely to encounter any problem if she exits the Schengen area through any other country than the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, doing a round trip to the UK to get some peace of mind could be a good idea &lt;em&gt;if your girlfriend's permit hadn't expired yet&lt;/em&gt;. But now that it has, there is no point in doing that: She would also need to go through a regular Schengen exit check so that in the unlikely event that she would in fact run into trouble, she would be stuck in the UK and unable to use her ticket to Mexico!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T10:06:49.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-04T12:43:58.667" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;During I-485 process the case has shown &quot;Response To USCIS' Request For Evidence Was Received&quot; since July'2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this normal, I would have expected them to accept or reject the information I've sent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When (or will) the status change to whatever is the next step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10627" LastEditorUserId="10627" LastEditDate="2016-11-04T12:58:11.957" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T12:58:11.957" Title="US Immigration I-485 Application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:45:03.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9614" CreationDate="2016-11-04T14:39:59.317" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/529333/GGFR-sec2-v26.0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Home Office guidance based on the Immigration Rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General Grounds for Refusal Section 2 of 5: Considering entry clearance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General grounds for refusal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Entry clearance: discretionary refusals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page [46] lists the discretionary general grounds for refusal under paragraph 320 of the Immigration Rules (or, for visitors, part V3 of Appendix V). It also sets out when you must refer an application before you refuse entry clearance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Page 48]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refusal paragraph&lt;/strong&gt;: 320 (22) &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refusal paragraph under part V3 for visitors&lt;/strong&gt;: V 3.14 &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you should normally refuse entry clearance&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refusing the applicant or applicant’s entry clearance to the UK where one or more relevant National Health Service (NHS) body has notified the Secretary of State that the person seeking entry or leave to enter has an outstanding healthcare debt or cumulative debt of £1000 or more incurred between 1 November 2011 and 5 April 2016, or debts of £500 or more incurred on or after 6 April 2016&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refer before you refuse?&lt;/strong&gt; No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @ouflak has offered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that if the applicant has made arrangements to pay off the debt and has honored those arrangements (and can demonstrate that with NHS confirmation), they will not be refused on these grounds. Life happens and sometimes you have medical bills to pay. That alone is not a reason to refuse anybody as long as they are making a reasonable effort to handle the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And with the ever-invaluable guidance of @GayotFow, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement Policy paper &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc667-3-november-2016&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC667, 3 November 2016&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The debt threshold was lowered to £500 (previously £1000) when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One or more relevant NHS bodies has notified the Secretary of State that the applicant has failed to pay charges in accordance with the relevant NHS regulations on charges to overseas visitors and the outstanding charges have a total value of at least £500.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:49:35.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7134" CreationDate="2016-11-04T16:35:51.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I had no problem renting a car from multiple different UK agencies in equivalent circumstances.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After newly obtaining a UK licence, after many years of holding a US one, I was immediately able to hire a car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to present your UK licence, as this is the one that allows you to legally drive in country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also bring your other licence to provide evidence that you have held a valid licence for more than a year, in case they question this.  They never did with me, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if your plans depend on being able to have a car, it wouldn't hurt to check ahead of time with the rental company and make sure it is ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: as I understand it the 12 month requirement is simply rental car policy, not UK law.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T16:35:51.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-05T09:41:07.080" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know the bank statement requirements for a U.K. study visa. Are they the same as a visit visa? Should the statement show stability and source?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10633" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-05T14:31:18.713" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T14:31:18.713" Title="Tier 4 bank statement requirements" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-05T10:13:18.033" Score="2" ViewCount="344" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&lt;/a&gt; it states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need a ‘family of a settled person’ visa if you want to stay (‘remain’) with a family member or partner (for example, spouse) who’s living in the UK permanently and you’re:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;already in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/exceptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/exceptions&lt;/a&gt; it states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re already in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can’t apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa - you must apply to remain in the UK with family instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These statements seem to contradict each other. Can you apply for a 'family of a settled person' visa if you're already in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10632" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T18:41:41.930" Title="UK 'family of a settled person' visa: can apply when in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-05T14:22:16.387" Score="2" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a driver's license study guide for Germany in the Pakistani language. I currently reside in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10634" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-05T14:28:05.020" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T17:43:16.473" Title="Driver's license study guide for Germany in the Pakistani language" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-11-07T21:34:49.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9624" CreationDate="2016-11-05T14:26:32.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The financial documentation that has to accompany a Tier 4 student visa application is far greater than what is needed for a visit visa. You have to have all of the course fees for the first academic year and the living costs for each month of the course (up to a maximum of 9 months).  For example, if your fees are £12,000, and 9-months maintenance is £11,385 (£1,265.00 for each month), you would have to show a total of £23,385 in your account. Any deposit already paid to the university would be deducted from that amount and stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) which is also submitted with the Tier 4 application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Carefully review and follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540421/T4_Migrant_Guidance_July_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Policy Guidance (pages 42 through 51)&lt;/a&gt; on what financial statements are required.  Many Tier 4 visa refusals are because students do not have the required amount of money in their account or have not provided the correct evidence of the funds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T14:26:32.210" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9626" CreationDate="2016-11-05T14:41:52.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the information found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1396/in-which-languages-can-i-take-the-theory-exam-for-driving-license-in-germany&quot;&gt;this question here&lt;/a&gt;, the test cannot be taken in Pakistani (Urdu). However, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lehrboegen.de/lehrboegen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another linked site in an answer on that question&lt;/a&gt;, you can purchase study material in Urdu for 95 euros. Viel Glück.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T18:00:59.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-04T15:44:55.353" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many car rental companies only rent cars to people who have had their license for 1 year.  Some have a 3 year requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have had a license for 9¾ years and it expires soon.  I passed the test in The Netherlands, but live in the United Kingdom now, so I will transfer it to a UK license.  How can I rent a car after that?  Will the UK license show the original date that I passed my test in The Netherlands, or will I need to carry a document from the relevant Dutch authorities to attest that I have had my license since 2007?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" OwnerDisplayName="gerrit" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2016-11-06T23:39:15.110" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T23:39:15.110" Title="How does the &quot;must have had license for x years&quot; requirement work when I renew or transfer my license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9629" CreationDate="2016-11-04T16:02:56.027" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was not able to find information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official site&lt;/a&gt;, but some people here mention that when they exchanged their licences for a UK one, &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.confused.com/confusedcom/topics/how-exchanging-eu-driving-licence-to-uk-licence-will-affect-car-insurance-cost&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the dates on the back of the licence reflected when they were first able to drive a car, while the date on the front was the date of UK issue&lt;/a&gt;.  So your licence should show that you have held a valid licence for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a practical matter, car rental companies are unlikely to care much.  I got a new UK licence after having a US one.  This wasn't a transfer; I had to take the UK driving test, and all dates on my licence start at that point.  But I was still able to rent a car in the UK (from a couple of different agencies) immediately after this.  I did have my old US licence in case they wanted to check, but none ever did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you'll have any problem with this.  A copy of your Netherlands licence, just to be on the safe side, might be a good idea.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9370" OwnerDisplayName="dan1111" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T16:02:56.027" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9632" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-05T20:42:11.497" Score="1" ViewCount="2353" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've a job offer in South Korea and I would like to know if I have the needed qualifications for the E-7 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 5 years and 2 months of experience in IT. The company that is going to sponsor my visa is also in the IT field. I completed a 3-year Associate Degree program, but the final exam is still pending. Because of that, I don't have a diploma yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will that affect being granted the E-7 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10636" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T07:03:37.513" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T20:23:53.723" Title="What are the qualifications for the Korean E-7 visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9523" CreationDate="2016-11-05T23:09:10.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should check &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&lt;/a&gt;, as &quot;family&quot; includes partners&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T23:09:10.617" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8187" CreationDate="2016-11-05T23:11:26.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a British passport then you are a British citizen. The UK doesn't force its citizen to live in the UK in order to retain their citizenship. That would be nuts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-11-05T23:11:26.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-06T08:50:20.913" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to work out the best route/procedure for my partner, a student on a Tier 4 (general) student visa, to remain in the UK after the visa expiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm a UK citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner is a US citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner is a student on Tier 4 visa, which expires October 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have been living together for less than 2 years (and will have been living together less than 2 years when the visa expires)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are planning on getting married ~July 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are our options in terms of visas/procedures for remaining together in the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If applying for a family visa, can we apply before we're married?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to give any sort of notice before getting married?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long do decisions take?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If required to attend interviews, how long does it usually take to get an appointment?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10632" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-06T15:11:42.337" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T15:12:27.530" Title="UK Tier 4 Switch to Family Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9636" CreationDate="2016-11-06T14:56:22.220" Score="5" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you are married, she can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Leave to Remain in the UK with Family&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You cannot apply for this visa before marriage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will have to give 28 days public notice of your intention to be married with the local registar. The Home Office may choose to extend this if they suspect a marriage of convenience. Make sure you have bills and other evidence in both your names at your current address. Set that up &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These particular visas are usually pretty quickly handled, but be mentally prepared for it to take the full 90 days they state it will be decided within.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there are going to be appointments, they will usually set the appointments and you can negotiate the time if needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-06T15:12:27.530" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T15:12:27.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-06T22:04:24.487" Score="1" ViewCount="1100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to threats in my home country, I ran away from my country. I went to Qatar on a tourist visa. But I need long-term shelter. I worked in politics in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can someone help me on writing this as a letter in meaningful way?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10641" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-22T10:25:42.270" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T10:25:42.270" Title="How to request refugee status/asylum in Qatar due to a threat in home country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9639" CreationDate="2016-11-06T23:08:49.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may have a difficulty directly seeking asylum in Qatar. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/528345c24.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The State of Qatar has not ratified either the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol (hereinafter jointly referred to as the 1951 Refugee Convention). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Qatar has not adopted any national protection mechanisms for asylum-seekers and refugees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Qatar is not a State party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The functional responsibilities for all aspects related to refugee status determination in Qatar are carried out by UNHCR from its office in Saudi Arabia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Address your request to:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UNHCR Regional Representative in Saudi Arabia&lt;br&gt;&#xA;P.O.Box 94003, 11693 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Telephone: 966 11 488 0049 Facsimile: 966 11 482 8737&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Email: sauri@unhcr.org&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T23:08:49.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9603" CreationDate="2016-11-07T06:19:41.537" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did this, though I was within the engineering field. It took me around 12 months to find a company that was willing to provide sponsorship. I found out that some commonwealth countries such as the UK, Australia and Canada have a holiday working Visa for under 30. Hong Kong reciprocates this. 3 months is also a typical probation period of a company....  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation is to sort this visa and contact a few recruiters within your area of experience. Along with directly hitting up professionals on LinkedIn and finding out where they're doing CPD training and what not. That will allow you to really hit the ground running. Another suggestion as well would be to get a job quickly as rent is expensive. Then if the job doesn't suit you, trade up later on for something better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out HK facebook groups for expatriates and geoexpat.hk; all fairly active with similar questions to yours.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10643" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-07T07:35:24.487" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T07:35:24.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-07T23:52:21.573" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if there is a product in the USA or Canada that is similar to the European Clourethan Product? Also, if there is such a product what is the name and a source for purchasing it? I appreciate any recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10646" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T00:20:18.970" Title="Clourethan Product in USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9644" CreationDate="2016-11-08T00:20:18.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US, the generic name for a comparable product is polyurethane and one widely-known brand is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minwax.com/wood-products/clear-protective-finishes/interior/minwax-fastdrying-polyurethane&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Minwax&lt;/a&gt;. Polyurethane can be found in home improvements centers (Home Depot, Lowe's), dedicated painting supply stores (Sherwin Williams, PPG, Glidden), hardware stores (Ace), and in home improvement sections of stores such as Walmart and Target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T00:20:18.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T01:15:47.080" Score="4" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in the USA on an H-1B visa with my family. My visa got recently extended to 3 years and I got a valid I-797. I am planning to visit India to get a new visa in my passport. However, my family needs to stay here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my family if my visa stamping is rejected in India? Do they immediately leave USA? Or can they stay? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2016-11-08T16:21:41.067" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:38:03.513" Title="What happens to my family in America if my H1B visa is not restamped?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9603" CreationDate="2016-11-08T02:11:34.627" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For someone requiring visa sponsorship, what is the likelihood is of finding a role in a professional occupation in HK within 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Three months is too short, I think; without an employer, it takes more like 8-12 months. But with that said, you can't know exactly; if you are lucky and you found an employer who needs your specialty, it can be done in 1 month's time. But prepare for the worst.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it commonly achievable to do so without making a trade-off on living standards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends on your living standards. In HK (which has one of the most expensive rent in the world), apartment are old, expensive and small (I am speaking overall). You should really look at examples of the real estate market (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.spacious.hk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.squarefoot.com.hk/rent/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;) to get you an idea. The rent will be the biggest part of your budget.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the food, if you go for Chinese food, it can be cheap; Western food is a bit more expensive (everything is imported), but overall you can manage and tweak this expense. Aim for a shared apartment; there are a lot of those there due to the crazy rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any advice for me to de-risk this move in general?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be prepared to live for 1 year without a job, I would say.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Aim at first for a shared apartment to reduce the cost.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make contacts before you arrive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can try to make some contacts, schedule meetings during a two-week period, and come only for those 2 weeks, to see how things go. It will give you better insight, and you might be lucky and get positive feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look on Facebook; there are a lot of pages where you can ask questions (Expat, shared apartment ...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10649" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-05-21T10:31:46.567" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T10:31:46.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T02:14:00.697" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 18 years old and live in the U.S. but my visa expired 2 years ago. I've been abandoned by my mother (here in the US), and I don't know what to do. My father lives in England, although I don't know him well. I guess I'd be able to go live with him, so I can at least go to school and work and keep out of his way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My nationality is Commonwealth of Dominica (not Dominican Republic), so I don't need a visa to enter the UK. Other than that, will there be issues in going to live there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10650" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-08T14:39:49.187" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T16:37:15.860" Title="Migrating to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8526" CreationDate="2016-11-08T13:18:10.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically and legally, the onus is on the employer to report this change of situation. As long as you have acted in good faith, there is no reason your application should be refused because of that. That said, if the company cannot acquire a COS, then you can't apply anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T13:18:10.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T13:48:13.273" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not currently a PhD student but I'm seeking out ways to gain work experience while studying PhD as a Chinese citizen. I read that F-1 visa is just for study, not work. Are there any ways for international students on F-1 visa to work off-campus?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10638" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T14:03:15.437" Title="Working during the summer while studying PhD" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9652" CreationDate="2016-11-08T14:03:15.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the F1 student visa does not permit off campus employment during the first year studying in the US. After a year, US Citizenship &amp;amp; Immigration Services (USCIS) may give permission to work off-campus, but only in specified types of employment, all of which has to be directly related to the student’s major area of study. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;F-1 students may not work off-campus during the first academic year, but may accept on-campus employment subject to certain conditions and restrictions. After the first academic year, F-1 students may engage in three types of off-campus employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Curricular Practical Training (CPT)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/optional-practical-training&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Optional Practical Training (OPT) (pre-completion or post-completion)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/stem-opt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training Extension&lt;/a&gt; (OPT)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T14:03:15.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9429" CreationDate="2016-11-08T18:08:25.707" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out you can apply for an extract from the border crossing system at the Service Agency, which, in Tbilisi, is located at Petre Kavtaradze Street 5a. Takes a few days to issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T18:08:25.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-09T09:53:13.613" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; website states that you need a valid travel document to apply for the visa but it doesn't state any minimum validity. Do I need to have more than 6 months in my passport before I apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8793" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T11:19:15.830" Title="Can I apply for a Tier 2 (General) visa if my passport will expire in less than 6 months?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9648" CreationDate="2016-11-09T16:37:15.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an expert, but as far as I can tell you cannot go live in the UK with your father at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were under 18, and your father were able and willing to support you, you could have applied for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family of Settled Person&lt;/a&gt; visa, category &quot;Joining your parents&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to enter the UK for a short visit without a visa, but you would have to convince the UK authorities that you were planning to leave at the end of the visit. With a parent in the UK, a US visa overstay extending past your 18th birthday, and no job, education plans, or commitments outside the UK, that would be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it practical for you to go to the Commonwealth of Dominica? Do you have any relatives there? Could your father send money to help support you there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T16:37:15.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-09T19:58:07.430" Score="4" ViewCount="2904" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partners and I are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.morethantwo.com/polyamory.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;polyamorous&lt;/a&gt;: we all have multiple serious dating relationships, with the knowledge and approval of all parties. One of my partners is an Australian citizen living in the state of Victoria. All of her partners are foreigners living overseas. Currently, no one is married to anyone or in any relationship that would be recognised as de facto under Victorian law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner's fiance wants to move to Australia and marry my partner. He's planning to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/300-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;prospective marriage visa&lt;/a&gt;, followed by a partner visa once they are married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The partner migration booklet lists &quot;a mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife &lt;strong&gt;to the exclusion of all others&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; as a visa requirement for married couples. (For de facto couples it's &quot;a mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others&quot;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is needed to meet this requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course they can't marry any other people, but that's already in marriage law. Do my partner and I have to break up, or would lesser restrictions (e.g. remaining long-distance, not sharing money, not going out as a couple) be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, if we break up, we would like to stay friends, which implies calling each other often and visiting each other. It seems difficult to prove that the calls and visits are purely friendly and we are not simply hiding a continuing relationship. Would these actions make it impossible for my partner and her fiance to prove that they are now exclusive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to find a migration agent with experience on this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10662" LastEditorUserId="10662" LastEditDate="2016-11-09T21:58:29.970" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T21:58:29.970" Title="What does &quot;to the exclusion of all others&quot; entail for partner migration to Australia?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:20:58.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-10T07:26:05.643" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Withdrawing-General-Skilled-Migration-Visa-Applications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Withdrawing-General-Skilled-Migration-Visa-Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refund of the Visa Application Charge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mandatory refund&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may request a refund of the visa application charge, however there&#xA;are very limited circumstances where the visa application charge must&#xA;be refunded. These include the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;your application was 'unnecessary' at the time it was made&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your application is made because of a mistake made by the department&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the applicant dies before a decision is made.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the next paragraph it says,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa application must have been &lt;strong&gt;unnecessary&lt;/strong&gt; at the time it was&#xA;made. The visa application will not be considered unnecessary if, for&#xA;example, you no longer need a visa because you no longer want to&#xA;migrate to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they did't make it clear what could be those &lt;code&gt;unnecessary&lt;/code&gt; circumstances in which the refund would be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please guide me as it sounds very ambiguous to me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10122" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T01:10:44.940" Title="What does &quot;application was 'unnecessary' at the time it was made&quot; imply in while requesting a Refund for Australia visa application" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9664" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T19:38:53.260" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-nationals-eun01/eea-nationals-eun01#eun13-what-rights-do-eea-nationals-have-to-live-and-work-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The home Office Website&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EUN1.10 Can EEA nationals apply under the Immigration Rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. If an EEA national wishes to apply under the immigration rules, they are entitled to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: if I do this, as opposed to applying under EEA regulations, how would it affect the way I'm processed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T09:15:50.610" Title="How is an EEA national processed if he/she applies for entry to the UK under the UK immigration rules rather than EEA regulations?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-10T13:45:03.587" Score="5" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to move in the US soon to work for US employer and live there. But I also have clients in other countries (Russia in particular, I'm Russian citizen) and they are paying all the taxes for me locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read something about double-taxation, but couldn't find information that would answer my questions. Once I'm in the US should I pay taxes for that income there as well? Or what options do I have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10519" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T16:03:05.423" Title="Do I have to pay taxes in the US if I work remotely for company in other country and pay taxes there?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9666" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9667" CreationDate="2016-11-10T17:52:41.783" Score="5" ViewCount="6409" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently it is the custom, when you speak Chinese, to give full names as &lt;em&gt;Family-Name Given-Name&lt;/em&gt;, unlike the European (and Arabic etc.) order. However, people with Chinese names interacting in English, with Europeans, sometimes reverse their names to conform to the common European practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: When you see a Chinese name (translitered, of course) - how can you tell which name has been placed first (if that is at all possible)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2016-11-10T19:14:50.067" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T11:31:53.520" Title="How can I tell whether a Chinese person is putting their family name or given name first?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9666" CreationDate="2016-11-10T18:58:08.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most common type of Chinese name uses &lt;strong&gt;one character or syllable for the family name and two characters or syllables for the given name&lt;/strong&gt;. E.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MAO Zedong&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Enlai&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ZHOU Enlai&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XI Jinping&lt;/a&gt;. If this applied to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Chinese names, it would be easy to figure out which part is the family name and which part is the given name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;names consisting of one character / syllable for the family name and one character / syllable for the given name&lt;/strong&gt; also exist, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Li&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GONG Li&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_De&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ZHU De&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ming_(footballer,_born_1971)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LI Ming&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_Ma_Yan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MA Yan&lt;/a&gt;. In this case, you need to know the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;most common Chinese family names&lt;/a&gt; that use just one character (e.g. Ma / 马). (This can be done more reliably in Chinese characters than in transcriptions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, Chinese &lt;strong&gt;family names that consist of two characters&lt;/strong&gt; also exist, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouyang_Yuqian&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OUYANG Yuqian&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szeto_Kam-Yuen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SZETO Kam-Yuen&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you want to be certain, you need to ask. Or you can hope that they wrote their &lt;strong&gt;family name in uppercase&lt;/strong&gt;, as I have done in the above examples. (Or learn Chinese in order to learn to recognise common names...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10067" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2016-11-15T21:01:59.863" LastActivityDate="2016-11-15T21:01:59.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9669" CreationDate="2016-11-10T22:05:04.440" Score="3" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am originally from Egypt. I know how to drive and I have an Egyptian driving license. But unfortunately it is not valid in Germany, where I live at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a driving license in Germany is really expensive. I would have to pay almost 1000 EUR in the process, even if I bypass some steps by translating my Egyptian driving license. Also the practical test is difficult and many pass in their second or even third time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard that getting a driving license from the US is fairly easy and costs only 20 USD, I am visiting the for two weeks in about 6 months. Also the city where I live in Germany is about 2 hours away from Italy. I could do the test there, which is also easier and cheaper. And both are valid in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any previous experience with that? would this work? I couldn't find help online.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8462" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T19:27:50.823" Title="Living in Germany and getting a driving license from Italy or USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9668" CreationDate="2016-11-10T23:28:17.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is certainly not allowed and seems somewhat unlikely (although by no means impossible) to work in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An Italian license would indeed be valid in Germany but you should not be allowed to get a license in Italy. I am not sure whether you could get away with it in practice, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9381/drivers-license-in-european-union&quot;&gt;EU rules are clear&lt;/a&gt;: Your country of residence should handle all driving license questions. Italy should not issue a license to a resident of another EU country and Germany is actively fighting against that for various reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you could legally obtain a US license an use it in Germany is a little more complicated as the rules are defined at the state level and recognition in Germany could also depend on specific agreements. First, it could be difficult to obtain such a license in the first place, depending on local requirements (cf. @phoog comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And once you have a license, it would also be difficult to use it in Germany. Unlike an Italian or other EU license (which can be used for 10-15 years before you need to renew them), a US license will need to be exchanged for a German license within 6 months. And German law, like that of other countries, specifies that a foreign license obtained while you were already a German resident cannot be exchanged (i.e. it's only possible for people who obtained a license while living in the US and then come to reside in Germany and not for people who try to use a visit to circumvent the rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T23:28:17.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-11T05:49:38.443" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, I went to German Embassy in New Delhi to submit my documents for a blue card visa. The visa officer told me that, since I have lived in Germany in past and am now I’m applying again, they would ask the officials in Germany to do a verification of my previous stay and, after the verification report, she will issue me the visa. The officer couldn't specify how long the verification takes, only that it could be from 3 to 5 weeks, or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in Germany for a year under the blue card employment scheme before coming back to India. I got another job in a different company and am applying for a visa again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone with the same situation have any clue about what this verification is all about and how much time it usually takes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10664" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-12T23:17:10.603" LastActivityDate="2016-11-12T23:17:10.603" Title="How long does it take to verify previous immigration history in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9672" CreationDate="2016-11-11T09:55:19.983" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I finish my work contract in the UK, can I still visit a GP paid by the NHS before I leave the country? In my case it is still within the same calendar month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10665" LastEditorUserId="10665" LastEditDate="2016-11-11T11:25:52.617" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T11:25:52.617" Title="When my working contract terminates, am I still covered by NHS?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9671" CreationDate="2016-11-11T10:41:38.810" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are an EU citizen you have a &quot;route to settlement&quot;, meaning for you NHS services are free if you are considered an ordinary resident of the UK. This means if you have been living in the UK for the past time, especially if you have been working, then you are still a resident. The fact that you are no longer working does not matter here, as you are still a resident until you actually move out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only applies if you have been living in the UK while working. If you are a cross border, or posted worker it is possible that you are still a resident in your original country. In this case however you should be having your health insurance cover from your originating country and in the UK your EHIC card should be used to tell the GP that you are covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T10:41:38.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9668" CreationDate="2016-11-11T10:53:52.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to add to @Gala's post, in general you cannot get a driver licence in a different jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in most places this law is not (or not really) enforced, or they don't really care about it. For example in the UK you just have to tick a box in the form stating you are a resident (even if you are not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of Germany however they &lt;strong&gt;explicitly&lt;/strong&gt; have in their respective local law, that any foreign licence obtained while living in Germany is void in Germany. This is in order to combat what they call &quot;driving licence tourism&quot;, as they know that the rules of obtaining a licence is harder and more expensive in Germany than in some other countries of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Artikel/LA/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html?nn=68908#doc61604bodyText7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source from the BMVI site:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreign driving licence &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; entitle you to drive or ride a&#xA;  motor vehicle in the Federal Republic of Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;if your normal residence was in the Federal Republic of Germany at the&#xA;  time you obtained the foreign licence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-11-11T19:27:50.823" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T19:27:50.823" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-11T11:14:19.820" Score="4" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, my mom moved from Italy to the Uk to be with me and open a new business. I need to add her to my address in order to start all the paperwork (NIN, business documents, and so on). How can I add her to my current address? Who do I need to contact for that? Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10666" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T09:22:43.740" Title="How can I add my mom to my address" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-11T18:54:25.040" Score="1" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to apply for Australia subclass 189 visa for myself and my partner and am looking to confirm some of the details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the Skilled Occupations Lists: I know that my skill should be on the nominated skills list for us to get 5 points. Should our skills be the same skills or do the partner's skills matter? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Skilled Occupations List is very specific, and the university information is general. How can I know which skills on the list are matched with my degree? For example, if the degree is in economics, which skills does it match? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone gets 60 points, what percentage is needed to be accepted?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I'm living in a country that does not charge taxes, what documents should be provided to prove work experience?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10657" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-11T23:44:32.173" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T12:45:31.530" Title="Australian visa subclass 189" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9676" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9705" CreationDate="2016-11-11T21:19:03.890" Score="4" ViewCount="942" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anybody ever dealt with Spanish Customs for importing personal effects?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a shipping company in Barcelona trying to charge me 1300eur for VAT, even though my understanding is that personal effects are VAT-free. They're asking me to produce a &quot;document from the consul in the country of origin to certify that I am no longer a resident in that country&quot;. I have no idea what such a document would look like or how I can possibly ask a consulate to prepare such a thing. NB I'm a Brit and my country of origin is the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastEditorUserId="498" LastEditDate="2016-11-21T16:05:41.153" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T16:05:41.153" Title="VAT on imported personal effects in Spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9677" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12064" CreationDate="2016-11-12T07:17:12.160" Score="5" ViewCount="431" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are both citizens of a non-EU country. Her new employer took care of German employment authority approvals and she will apply for a national visa next week. My current company is looking for a job for me in Germany, but it will take some time. I am also considering a career change so I am applying for some jobs myself as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I apply with her, basing my application on her work visa? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it be a problem if I get the German national visa while continuing to work for my current employer in a non-EU country for at least a couple more months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10667" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-12T23:19:01.183" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T11:42:43.513" Title="Wife found job in Germany, while I am still looking. Should I apply for a permit with her now?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-12T18:53:42.037" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently obtained a CoS from a company, I have not yet signed any contracts with them, nor have I applied for the Tier 2 visa with them. Am I obliged to work for them now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have studied in UK for a very long while now and I have previously worked under Tier 2. At the moment, I am on Tier 4. And I am in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8211" LastEditorUserId="8211" LastEditDate="2016-11-12T23:29:45.373" LastActivityDate="2016-11-12T23:30:57.403" Title="UK -Obtained Certificate of Sponsorship Number, am I obliged to work for that company now?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9678" CreationDate="2016-11-12T23:26:47.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You can inform that company that you've changed your mind and there is not a thing they can do about. The Tier-2 visa is not a work contract with the company. It is a legal agreement between you and the government of the United Kingdom (it is likewise such for the company as well). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-11-12T23:30:57.403" LastActivityDate="2016-11-12T23:30:57.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-13T01:04:25.757" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bit of a dumb question. I need to request a couple of copies of a Georgia birth certificate to use as proof of US citizenship but the top of the form is confusing me: &lt;a href=&quot;https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/Birth-Certificate-Request-Form.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/Birth-Certificate-Request-Form.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I put in all of the boxes if I want 2 copies? Something like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ 2 ] full size copies [ 2 ] total number of copies [ 2 ] amount received&#xA;                                                          $30&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or are some of these supposed to be checkboxes? I figure the &lt;code&gt;Photocopy of valid ID&lt;/code&gt; field is just to remind me to include one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9309" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T01:04:25.757" Title="How do I properly fill out the Georgia birth certificate request form?" Tags="&lt;birth-certificate&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T00:52:35.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9659" CreationDate="2016-11-13T11:19:15.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked my lawyers and apparently yes I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8793" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T11:19:15.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9684" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9687" CreationDate="2016-11-13T16:51:59.750" Score="1" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Iran and I'm a senior android developer in the company for which I currently work. There are tons of jobs in the US and Australia that I am qualified for, and for which I'd like to apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I apply and arrange an interview when I'm not able to go to those countries? How could I get a visa to work in either of these countries? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10549" LastEditorUserId="10549" LastEditDate="2016-11-14T12:54:35.677" LastActivityDate="2016-11-15T19:02:52.767" Title="How to get a job in the USA or Australia when I live in Iran?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9685" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9688" CreationDate="2016-11-13T17:40:54.280" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is an EU citizen, under which condition are their (non-EU) elderly parents treated as &quot;EU Family Members&quot;? E.g. the Czech Ministry of the Interior &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/eu-citizens-and-their-family-members.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;says the following&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;descendant or ancestor or else descendant or ancestor of a spouse of an EU citizen, &lt;strong&gt;who is due to meeting his basic needs dependent on nutrition or on other necessary care provided by this EU citizen or his spouse&lt;/strong&gt;, or was dependent on this nutrition or care immediately prior to entering the territory, in a state of which the person concerned is a citizen or in a state in which the person concerned has permitted stay. (Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic no longer sets the condition of dependency in the context of a dependent person).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that as long as the EU citizen is paying for the living expenses of his parents, he is entitled to bring them over into the EU? Or do those parents need to have some sort of a lasting disability that requires constant care?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References to EU case law would be particularly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:59:35.877" Title="What are the exact conditions under which an EU citizen may be entitled to bring his (elderly) parents into the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9666" CreationDate="2016-11-14T21:47:44.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always write my family name first, but in capital letters. This way it should be pretty clear to people that is my surname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise there's simply no reliable way to tell. One-character names are very common (in fact it was the only type of first name up to until about 1000 years ago, when due to influence from northern minorities two-character names were introduced). Also, Pinyin spellings for surnames can very well be used to mean some other characters that constitute first names. Some surname characters can even be routinely used in first names as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no. There's no universal way to tell unless for example they write their surnames in capital letters. I really wish people would adapt a common standard. The current situation is just chaotic. It doesn't help that in the past 10-20 years for some reason English names were very popular for Chinese, at a time when most Chinese speak horrible oral English; it makes no sense and muddles the water further. Though from what I observe, in recent years there has been a movement to use original names once again and write surnames first in general, especially for Chinese living in the US at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2016-11-14T21:47:44.213" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9684" CreationDate="2016-11-15T15:53:46.390" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to emigrate to either the United States of America or Australia, based on employment, the company, and you, have to prove that you have the required skills and expertise, and that hiring you wouldn't displace someone already in the country and eligible for the same job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a huge difference between jobs for which you're qualified, and jobs for which a foreign-national would be considered for employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that reason, I'd suggest that you review the US employment-based immigration categories, to see what would fit with your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Permanent Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Approximately 140,000 immigrant visas are available each fiscal year for aliens (and their spouses and children) who seek to immigrate based on their job skills. If you have the right combination of skills, education, and/or work experience and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to live permanently in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, the Goverment of Australia offers work-based opportunities to allow individuals such as you to live and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/immigration-and-visas/migration-to-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Migration to Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live overseas and you’d like the opportunity to live and work in Australia, the first step is to find out more about the visa options that are available to you. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/immigration-and-visas/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Work visas for skilled migration visa options&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@mkennedy makes a good point, addressing your question regarding interviews, which can easily be accomplished via &lt;em&gt;Skype or other video-enabled app&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that matter, candidates, whether in the country or abroad, are often initially interviewed by phone. Should the discussions become serious, there are visa categories which do allow visits for the express purpose of interviewing for positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-15T19:02:52.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9685" CreationDate="2016-11-15T20:25:48.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is controlled by directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Article 3&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Beneficiaries&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members as defined in point 2 of Article 2 who accompany or join them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) any other family members, irrespective of their nationality, not falling under the definition in point 2 of Article 2 who, in the country from which they have come, are dependants or members of the household of the Union citizen having the primary right of residence, or where serious health grounds strictly require the personal care of the family member by the Union citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The host Member State shall undertake an extensive examination of the personal circumstances and shall justify any denial of entry or residence to these people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what article 2, point 2, has to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;‘family member’ means:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Items (a) through (c) are not relevant.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(d) the dependent direct relatives in the ascending line and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question of dependence is mentioned in the prefatory material:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(6)&#xA;In order to maintain the unity of the family in a broader sense and without prejudice to the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality, the situation of those persons who are not included in the definition of family members under this Directive, and who therefore do not enjoy an automatic right of entry and residence in the host Member State, should be examined by the host Member State on the basis of its own national legislation, in order to decide whether entry and residence could be granted to such persons, taking into consideration their relationship with the Union citizen or any other circumstances, such as their financial or physical dependence on the Union citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if they are financially or physically dependent, they fall under article 3(1); if they are not, but are members of the household, they fall under article 3(2)(a).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The criteria for determining dependence and household membership are left to the individual countries.  There may be court decisions constraining this, but I checked the &amp;quot;affected by case&amp;quot; list on the document information page, and didn't see any relevant cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, the UK disucsses this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02#eun29-how-do-i-establish-dependency-under-the-eea-regulations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUN2.9&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EUN2.9 How do I establish dependency under the EEA Regulations?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Direct family members must be wholly or mainly financially dependent on the EEA principal to meet his or her essential needs in order to qualify for an EEA family permit, (children under 21, spouses, civil partners do not need to provide any evidence to show dependency on the EEA national).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extended family members must be wholly or mainly financially dependent on the EEA principal to meet his or her essential needs in order to qualify for an EEA family permit (durable partners do not need to provide evidence to show dependency on the EEA national). Emotional dependence to the EEA national would also be expected in order for an extended family member to qualify for an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst the following criteria are not in themselves grounds for refusal, they should be taken into consideration when assessing dependent relatives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether there are any other close relatives in the country of origin from whom the family member receives material support. If a family member receives funds from the EEA national but, for example, is living in the same household as another relative who provides their food and accommodation, the family member cannot be said to need the financial support of the EEA national in order to meet his / her essential needs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether the family member leading an independent life. For example, if a direct descendent 21 or over is married (and especially if they have children), it may be questionable as to whether the EEA national is supporting the essential needs of both the family member and their spouse and children. In such cases additional attention should be paid to ensure that the financial essential needs of the family are being met by the EEA national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:59:35.877" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9697" CreationDate="2016-11-15T23:06:38.420" Score="3" ViewCount="1913" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm married to an EEA national, a Romanian. We've been together for 3 years and 8 months (44 months), and have been married a year ago, on the 11th Nov 2015. My wife has visited me twice in my country, Algeria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied to the UK for an EEA Family Permit on 19th Oct 2016, and provided a full file to show that we have a genuine marriage. I was aware that the supporting documents are crucial, and included photographs of my wife pictured with my parents, brothers and cousins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep in touch with my wife daily, but didn't know how to attach that sort of evidence to the visa application (download and print, download FB and Skype coversations onto USB flash?). I went ahead and applied without any proof of our communication. I got a refusal and both my wife and I are devastated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The refusal says that I have the right to appeal within 28 days, I'm requesting another  appointment and re-applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I show the proof of our constant communication?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4ruM.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4ruM.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;EEA FP Resufal - Lack of Communication Evidences&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have stated that you have met in person on 2 occasions. The photographs in support of your application are of your wedding and other occasions where you claim to have met. In the covering letter from your sponsor, she has stated that she met you in person when she visited you in December 2014. She goes onto further state that she visited you again in October 2015 and returned back to the UK in December 2015. Given the fact you have been in a relationship for 43 months and spent the vast majority of your relationship living apart from one another, I would expect to see other means of contact between you to cover these periods. You claim to keep in contact via the internet however you have provided no evidence to support this. It is only reasonable to expect that in a genuine subsisting, supportive and affectionate relationship, which you claim has existed since March 2013, that there would be significant evidence of regular contact, in the form of chat and call records. Given the background to your relationship, lack of evidence of any correspondence between you, I am not satisfied that you have genuinely formed a relationship, that you have been in regular contact, and that your marriage is subsisting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In view of your failure to provide satisfactory evidence, I am not satisfied that you are the family member of an EEA national in accordance with Regulation 7 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10674" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:44:51.683" Title="UK EEA Family Permit Refusal for Lack of Communication Evidence" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-16T08:09:34.867" Score="1" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last July I applied for naturalization in the US. At the time my application was received, I created an online account with the USCIS to track my case. When logged in, I see the status that USCIS received my application and a biometrics appointment was scheduled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, I already went to the biometrics appt. That was in August. But the status at the website never changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife went through the process last year, at the same office. She applied on August and by this time she already got her invitation for an interview and test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to inquire about the case status, other than physically getting to an appointment at their office?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10677" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T19:04:13.630" Title="How to inquire about the status of US Naturalization application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9666" CreationDate="2016-11-16T11:31:53.520" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, basically you have to ask. But usually when they are speaking English they tend to give they surname last, but speaking in Chinese is easier because they always say the surname first. So you have to ask to be sure what the person's surname is. Besides that, you have a list of common Chinese surnames, and if you see them then you know those are surnames. Examples are MA, SUN, CHUN, ZHANG, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9479" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T11:31:53.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7193" CreationDate="2016-11-16T13:30:21.407" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can work without being registered; in fact; you don't really have to register ever if you don't want to actually live there (if you decide you want to commute to Germany and maintain your Polish residency, for example).&#xA;  I'm Italian and I needed to register only really because I wanted actually move here and my son needs to go to school and everything; but if I was single and wanted to maintain my Italian residency without any special benefits from Germany, it wouldn't have been a real problem (there are some rules about how much time you spend in each country to determine your residency, but to be honest I think that only needs to be taken seriously for purposes of tax and benefits).&#xA;  Now let's assume, because it seems to be your case anyway, that you are moving to Germany and will settle down here; so you do need to register, but you CAN start work without it (unless there is some restriction between Germany and Poland, which I highly-highly doubt since both are full members of the EU.&#xA;  My employment here in Germany was first registered with my Italian address and once I registered my residency here I sent the company the residency document and they updated my registration.&#xA;  I first arrived here in the 1st of July but rented a temp apartment for the first month while I got a feeling of the city and everything; went back to Italy (where my family was still getting stuff sorted for the move) every weekend and only really moved with wife and son around the 20th so only then we went to the apartment that we decided to rent for the first year; the owner of this apartment filled out a document with all our information and the date that we arrived there (20th July) so when I registered for my residency on the 27th, I was still within the 14 days since I &quot;really&quot; moved in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first pay slip came with my Italian address and Italian bank account; only the second one came with my German address and bank... but the company would have had no problem keeping it all Italian if I didn't want to &quot;move&quot; to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note: you will probably have to register at the Polish consulate once you establish your residency (Italians certainly need to; they got really mad at me when I went there only 2 months later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T13:30:21.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9625" CreationDate="2016-11-16T18:41:41.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question is Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two quotes you have given are for different pages - 'Apply to &lt;strong&gt;join&lt;/strong&gt; family living permanently in the UK' and 'Apply to &lt;strong&gt;remain&lt;/strong&gt; in the UK with family'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The former applies when you are already in the UK. The latter applies when you are not in the UK, and hence points out that if you are already there you should rather apply to remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are two different processes and have different requirements, application forms and costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8649" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T18:41:41.930" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-16T19:50:16.547" Score="2" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen and my wife is Filipina. She received a visa so that she can come and join me in Spain and live here with me, as is her right as the spouse of an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She made it clear in her application that she was applying for a visa for residence but the visa she was given is a Type C Schengen Visa. From what I can see this is a short-term visa and she would need a Type D for residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it doesn't matter once she's in the country as she can apply for her Resident's Card but I'm worried that they're not going to let her fly or enter at the border with a Type C visa if she doesn't have proof that she's returning to the Philippines after 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the embassy when she was first issued the visa and they confirmed it was the correct type. However, she was advised by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (basically the Filipino government agency for people who are emigrating) that it was a tourist visa and she was unlikely to be able to enter Spain without providing proof of return flights and all that. I contacted the embassy again to triple check and they again confirmed that she had the right visa type, but really I'm not sure I trust what they say as they messed us around a bit with her visa application and didn't follow the law properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this normal for a visa for family reunification for the spouse of an EU citizen? Is it possible she'll have any problems flying on a Type C visa when she isn't intending to return after 90 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help or advice with would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10681" LastEditorUserId="10681" LastEditDate="2016-11-18T10:37:23.467" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T10:37:23.467" Title="Wife issued short-term visa for residence in Spain as spouse of EU citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9695" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-16T20:15:38.920" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is a permanent resident of an EU state other than Sweden (e.g. Czech Republic), what documents are needed for them to work in Sweden? The Swedish Migration Agency &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/EU-citizens-and-long-term-residents/Long-term-residents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mentions&lt;/a&gt; that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have previously held long-term resident status in another EU country and now fulfil the requirements for long-term resident status in Sweden, you may apply to transfer the status from the other country to Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This raises the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to start working in Sweden and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; apply for a Swedish residence permit? Or do you have to apply for one in advance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does &quot;transfer the status&quot; mean? Are you going to lose your old EU permanent residency card when you receive your Swedish one?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What documents are needed to apply for a residency permit for the purpose of work? Is a work contract sufficient?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long does the process of receiving a Swedish residency card take for EU residents?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T20:15:38.920" Title="What documents are needed for an EU permanent resident to work in Sweden?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:44:37.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9701" CreationDate="2016-11-16T21:42:17.753" Score="6" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;An Israeli citizen left Israel with their parents before the age of 16. Neither they or their parents returned to Israel since. The Israeli army doesn't consider said person a deserter and the consulate extends their passport without issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following questions then arise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can said person return to Israel for a short visit without triggering the need to serve in the army?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From which age are they fully exempt from the mandatory service, even if returning for permanent residence?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T10:50:18.513" Title="From which age are Israeli citizens returning to Israel exempt from service in the army?" Tags="&lt;israel&gt;&lt;israeli-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9689" CreationDate="2016-11-16T21:44:51.683" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This looks a little fishy.  According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUN02&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a marriage / civil partnership of convenience is suspected, the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have use the refusal formula that corresponds with inadequate evidence to support your claim of relationship, but you have submitted the marriage certificate, which should &lt;em&gt;by itself&lt;/em&gt; be sufficient evidence unless they suspect a marriage of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect, though, that given your lack of cohabitation, they would probably persist with their suspicion.  In other words, they would hold that the ECO had met the high burden of proof to suspect a marriage of convenience.  This would mean that it would still fall to you to show evidence rebutting their suspicion.  To put it another way, they probably used the wrong formula, but it's not clear that they have come to the wrong conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The formula they should have used is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;‘The definition of ‘spouse’ in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 does not include a party to a marriage of convenience. I am satisfied that you are party to a marriage of convenience and are therefore not the family member of an EEA national in accordance with Regulation 7 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.’&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In saying this, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that your circumstances trigger the third or fourth factors below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Factors to consider include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an adverse immigration history;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doubts about the validity of documentation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;application follows soon after the marriage / civil partnership;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no previous evidence of the relationship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your quickest route to acceptance is probably to reapply, including your Facebook and Skype records.  You may also want to write to the Entry Clearance Manager, though, and ask why you were rejected when&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are clearly married, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No suspicion was raised of a marriage of convenience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a chance that an informal appeal to the ECM would be faster than a new application (and, if successful, it will certainly save you the trouble of having to compile all that evidence).  You can pursue both strategies concurrently, or try them one at a time, as you prefer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:44:51.683" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9698" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9699" CreationDate="2016-11-16T22:13:04.207" Score="2" ViewCount="1736" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a citizen of the USA gets a working visa to Ireland, can he bring his wife and under 18 children?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2016-11-16T22:19:06.317" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T23:38:51.807" Title="Can I bring my family if I get a working visa to Ireland?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9698" CreationDate="2016-11-16T23:38:51.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As provided by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizens Information Board&lt;/a&gt;, which gives information on public services and entitlements in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/rights_of_residence_in_ireland/residence_rights_of_family_members.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence rights of family members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-EEA citizens&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are from outside the EEA or Switzerland, then your right to have family members come to live with you depends on the rules governing your presence in Ireland. At present, there is no legislation governing rights of residence for this group. The description here is of the current administrative arrangements. It is open to you to apply to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) for anyone (including a partner) to be allowed join you in Ireland - see 'How to apply.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family members are generally spouses, civil partners and children under the age of 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a Critical Skills Employment Permit, you may bring your family to live with you in Ireland immediately. Your spouse, civil partner and dependants may then get Dependant/Partner/Spousal Employment Permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a General Employment Permit, you may be able to bring your family to live here after you have been legally working here for a year. You also have to be able to show that you will be able to support them. In practice, you need to be earning an income above the limits for Family Income Supplement. Your spouse, civil partner and dependants aged under 18 may apply for a General Employment Permit once they are legally resident in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T23:38:51.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-17T08:53:45.540" Score="3" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen working in Denmark and my boyfriend is also an EU citizen, studying (not working) in Denmark. We are not married, but live together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently came across &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.su.dk/english/su-as-a-foreign-citizen/equal-status-according-to-eu-law/you-are-married-or-are-in-a-registered-partnership-with-an-eu-or-eea-citizen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; and I am wondering whether my partner is eligible for SU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is sharing an address considered enough proof that we are a couple? For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/familyreunification/spouses/spouses.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here it is stated&lt;/a&gt; that &quot;‘spouse’ is used as an umbrella term for both spouse and cohabiting partner.&quot; If not, is a marriage certificate the only option or is there another legal document we could obtain? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10684" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-18T10:04:05.977" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T19:52:50.803" Title="Spouse without marriage in Denmark" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9696" CreationDate="2016-11-17T09:44:59.040" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The key word here is &quot;ben mehagrim&quot; status. This status is obtained by Israeli citizens who fulfill &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moia.gov.il/Publications/idf_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the following conditions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A “ben mehagrim” is a person&#xA;  whom the Army classifies as child of Israeli citizens residing&#xA;  overseas who departed Israel with their parents before the age&#xA;  of 16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to maintain this status one must fulfill the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/army-national-service/information-ben-mehagrim/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;following conditions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ben Mehager must be in Israel no more than 120 days in a calendar year&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also the option of spending up to 365 days in Israel without losing the status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Ben Mehager is granted a one-time Shnat Shehiya (a year in Israel which will not affect one’s Age of Arrival).  This is defined as a visit to Israel for a duration of 121-365 days. Prior to using a Shnat Shehiya a Ben Mehager must be outside of Israel for 60 days, and they must stay out of Israel for the 60 days following their year. This is in order to create a clear distinction between visits to Israel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nefesh B'Nefesh then provides a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/army-national-service/information-ben-mehagrim/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;convenient chart&lt;/a&gt; detailing the length of time in the army, depending on the age:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W8tkP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W8tkP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer the questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can visit for up to 120 days per calendar year, or visit for up to 365 days at once without breaks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They're exempt from the age of 28, unless they're &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/employment-israel/professions-index-employment-israel/medicine-health/physicians/#army&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;doctors or dentists&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-02-15T10:50:18.513" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T10:50:18.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9700" CreationDate="2016-11-17T17:54:10.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Denmark has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.su.dk/english/state-educational-grant-and-loan-scheme-su/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme&lt;/a&gt; (SU). It provides funds to Danish citizens for post-secondary education. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denmark further has a scheme that allows non-citizens with certain qualifications to apply to be treated as if they are citizens and qualify for SU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, you are interested in rights that an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.su.dk/english/su-as-a-foreign-citizen/equal-status-according-to-eu-law/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU citizen or relative/spouse of EU citizen&lt;/a&gt; can claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone is an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen, he or she has to have lived in Denmark for 5 years or have been working in Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone is related to an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen, there are other qualifications: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are the child of an EU/EEA citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are married to an EU/EEA citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have been a resident of Denmark for five years  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are the parent of an EU/EEA citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply, you must have a civil registration number. You apply plus fill out a separate form for foreigners. That, along with any requested documentation is turned into your educational facility. The authorities will check the national register, tax records, immigration records, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you receive any educational support from your country of citizenship, you are not eligible for SU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find the statement again, but it did state that your &quot;spouse&quot; must have be exercising their right of free movement when they moved to Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm having more difficulty finding information on what constitutes a partner. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/familyreunification/spouses/spouses.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, which is really about family reunification, there is this statement: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you and your partner are not legally married, your relationship must be of a permanent and lasting nature. Normally, you must be able to document that you have lived with your partner for at least 18 months at a shared address. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many more restrictions if entering under family reunification (pass a Danish test within 6 months, sponsor must post a bond, etc.). There is also a requirement that both people are over 24 years of age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Minimum I would make an enquiry to the SU agency on whether your partnership needs to be officially registered, does the 18 month clock start then, do you need to file taxes as partners, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T17:54:10.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9690" CreationDate="2016-11-17T19:04:13.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can check the processing times of your local USCIS office &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (select your office under &quot;Field Office&quot;, then on the next page look at the date for &quot;N-400&quot;, compared to the date when they updated this information, for a sense of the timeframe). But 4 months seems well within the timeframe of most N-400 cases, so it doesn't seem unusual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T19:04:13.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9676" CreationDate="2016-11-18T12:08:52.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what I now know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If relocating to Spain, having been outside Spain for &gt; 12 months. VAT (IVA) should be waived. The issue I have is that Customs (aduana) are asking for proof by way of a &quot;baja&quot; which is something that Spanish Consuls can issue to Spaniards. The law states that they should be asking for &quot;baja OR other documents which are acceptable in law&quot;. It seems I'm just dealing with one or both of a lazy customs officer combined with a customs agent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also learnt that I also need to provide a &quot;padron&quot; and a NIE. Significantly, the NIE must also be registered for tax at the local Oficina de Hacienda, who will issue some stickers &quot;etiquetas fiscales&quot; which need to be attached to the paperwork (DUA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- paste --&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer of residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In accordance with the provisions of Article 28 of the LIVA and Article 15 of the Regulation regulating said tax, imports of personal property belonging to natural persons who move their habitual residence from a third territory to Spain are exempt. &#xA;Article 28 of the LIVA is responsible for regulating the various requirements relating to transfers of residence. Firstly, those who move their residence must have had their residence outside the Community for at least the 12 consecutive months prior to the transfer (11). Secondly, imported goods must be used in the new residence for the same uses or purposes as the previous one. &#xA;Goods in the country of origin must have been acquired under normal conditions of taxation in the country of origin or provenance, without having benefited from any exemption or reimbursement of the contributions due upon departure from that country. These goods must also be in the possession of the interested parties (or, in the case of non-consumable goods, they must have been used by him) with a six months prior to the transfer, although in the case of automobiles, motorcycles, boats and airplanes, And the transfer being carried out by diplomats, the possession must have a precedence of twelve months. &#xA;The importation of the goods must be made within a maximum period of twelve months from the date of transfer of residence they can not be transferred, assigned or leased imported goods exempt during the twelve months following the importation, except in cases Justified (13). &#xA;Are excluded from the application of the exemption the following products: snuff and alcohol products, except in certain quantities to which we will refer later; Means of transport of an industrial character and industrial or mixed-use vehicles; And materials for professional use except, as we have indicated, portable instruments intended for the exercise of the profession, art or trade of the importer. &#xA;In any case, the importer must submit a detailed list of the goods to be imported, as well as a certificate of removal from his habitual residence outside the Community, being able to carry out the importation in one or several times and by one or several Customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T12:08:52.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9707" CreationDate="2016-11-19T02:28:09.007" Score="1" ViewCount="1153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen working in the U.S. on a TN visa. I am changing my job (employer). Would I need to reenter the U.S. on a new TN visa? There is a gap between the end date of my previous job and the start date of my next job. Would I have to leave the U.S. during this gap?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10693" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2016-11-19T21:55:41.707" LastActivityDate="2016-11-19T21:55:41.707" Title="Changing employer while on TN" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9706" CreationDate="2016-11-19T04:01:20.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you leave the employer for which you got your current TN status, that status disappears and you need to apply for a new TN for the new employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe you absolutely need to leave the US to apply for the new TN, I think you could instead file for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an I-129 change of status&lt;/a&gt; (from TN to TN) while remaining in the US. The downsides of doing it this way are that the I-129 application fee is $325 and it will take god-knows-how-long for them to process the application so you can go to work, while if you take a trip to the border it only costs $50 and you'll be done in 45 minutes. When I compared these options when changing jobs I always ended up travelling to the border, though I did get the company to file the I-129 for an extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do opt for the border trip there is the question of what status (if any) you have in the US once you've left your previous job (and TN) but before you get the new TN.  If your current I-94 expires during the gap you certainly want to leave by that date. Otherwise, one of the CBP officers who processed my TN told me I had 30 days to leave the US if I left my job, and while I know of no authoritative source for that number I certainly don't think you should wait any longer than that to travel to the border if you decide to do it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2016-11-19T13:08:24.917" LastActivityDate="2016-11-19T13:08:24.917" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-19T12:09:33.057" Score="0" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in the IT sector and have a bachelor degree in Computer Science.&#xA;How many years of work experience would be necessary in order to be considered by an american company for a H1B visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that work experience is not strictly necessary (for instance &lt;a href=&quot;http://redbus2us.com/is-it-mandatory-to-have-work-experience-to-apply-for-h1-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) but all job offers offering a visa say 3+ years experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also is it correct that I am not allowed to pay the visa by myself, the company interested in hiring me has to do it applying for the lottery? (Example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-the-foreign-applicant-pay-the-h-1b-filing-fees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2016-11-19T17:24:16.427" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T20:40:19.380" Title="USA visa - how many years of working experience after bachelor degree?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-20T00:16:09.907" Score="6" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been getting much of my health care from the U.S. Veteran's Administration (VA).  They tell me that they will pay for services if I am more than forty miles (68 KM) from a VA facility.  (I suspect that only applies within USA.)  I do know they cover emergencies anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone non-disabled getting non-emergency healthcare paid for by VA outside of U.S. territory?  What is covered and what is &quot;on your own&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't waste bandwidth telling me VA care is sub-standard.  I already know.  I'm just trying to figure out how much insurance to buy before I go to Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: To my surprise, someone from the VA not only responded, but responded after midnight!  Unfortunately, all they gave me was a URI for a page about care for service-connected disabilities.  I was able to find in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that the V.A. &quot;may contract with&quot; other providers.  Don't know whether that means they make a deal with a local provider as needed for a specific veteran or whether they only pay for care by providers they made deals with for general service in some area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2016-11-20T16:36:56.403" LastActivityDate="2016-11-20T18:31:53.407" Title="U.S.V.A. health coverage outside of CONUS?" Tags="&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-20T01:43:24.673" Score="4" ViewCount="5350" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to buy a used car in Italy and export it to another EU state, and am wondering how to register the car to take it home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The regular way (for residents) is to go to a &lt;em&gt;studio di consulenza automobilistica&lt;/em&gt; with the previous owner, where both request the &lt;em&gt;trapasso&lt;/em&gt;, i.e. registration of ownership change. The &lt;em&gt;studio&lt;/em&gt; issues a written statement that the procedure is ongoing, and the new owner can drive off with the new car immediately. After about a week, the new owner returns to the &lt;em&gt;studio&lt;/em&gt;, where a sticker with his details is placed in the registration certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being an EU citizen, I could do the same, even without being a resident of Italy. However, that would require me to pay the &lt;em&gt;IPT&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;imposta privinciale di trascrizione&lt;/em&gt;, a registration tax due for every &lt;em&gt;trapasso&lt;/em&gt;) of several hundred euros and get a regular one-year insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I have no residence in Italy, I understand I could get EE (export) plates for the car, for which I wouldn't have to pay the &lt;em&gt;IPT&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How is the procedure for that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will any regular &lt;em&gt;studio di consulenza automobilistica&lt;/em&gt; issue these plates for me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where do I get insurance for an EE-registered car?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long does the procedure take?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much does it cost?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T12:45:51.817" Title="Importing used car from Italy, how to get export plates" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-20T08:44:31.393" Score="0" ViewCount="348" Body="&lt;p&gt;I submitted my application successfully within the August 16-22, 2016, intake period. The IELTS information I provided was based on academic, not general training, scores (Speaking 5.5, Listening, Reading and Writing 6). I did this because my IELTS GT was out of date, and I wasn't able to sit another test before the August deadline. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this going to be a problem?  Would I be able to take another IELTS and provide updated scores? My other factors (i.e., education, qualifications etc.) are okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-20T16:36:39.667" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T14:11:46.737" Title="Mon projet Québec immigration application IELTS confusion" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-20T16:17:21.350" Score="4" ViewCount="493" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working as a Front End Developer at a Canadian company from Pakistan. They are registered in Pakistan too. I want to move to Australia and I found that for skilled worker immigration, the worker class that I can come under is &quot;Developer Programmer.&quot; I want to verify does &quot;Front End Developer&quot; come under this category?&#xA;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:14:29.553" Title="Does 'Front End Developer' or 'Marketing Developer' come under &quot;Developer Programmer&quot; category in skilled worker occupation?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9710" CreationDate="2016-11-20T18:31:53.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.benefits.va.gov/persona/veteran-abroad.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Veterans Administration, regarding benefits for veterans living abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reimbursed medical care for U.S. Veterans residing or traveling in Canada and other foreign countries is limited to treatment for VA rated service-connected disabilities only. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Foreign Medical Program (FMP) Office is responsible for determining eligibility for reimbursed medical treatment while traveling or residing abroad, except in the Philippines. Generally, as long as the service is medically necessary for the treatment of a VA rated service-connected condition, it will be covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va.gov/purchasedcare/programs/veterans/fmp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Medical Program (FMP)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Foreign Medical Program (FMP) is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits program for U.S. Veterans who are residing or traveling abroad and have VA-rated, service-connected disabilities. Under FMP, VA assumes payment responsibility for certain necessary health care services received in foreign countries and associated with the treatment of service-connected disabilities, or any disability associated with and held to be aggravating a service-connected condition. Additionally, VA may authorize necessary foreign medical services for any condition for a veteran participating in the VA Vocational Rehabilitation Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-20T18:31:53.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9712" CreationDate="2016-11-20T22:35:04.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't find a direct reference on the Quebec immigration site, except that you must have at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/permanent-workers/requirements-programs/language-knowledge.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CLB level 5&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/language/charts.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;main Canadian immigration site&lt;/a&gt; has an equivalency chart for only the general IELTS test, not the Academic version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a note on another page that after submitting your application that you should have received an email that would allow you update certain information. It looks like you might be able to update the language test scores but perhaps only within 90 days of submission. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/informations/questions-answers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 1.2 Language Knowledge&lt;/a&gt; on the Questions and Answers page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-11-20T22:35:04.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9716" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10949" CreationDate="2016-11-20T23:00:20.717" Score="9" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;The United Kingdom has opted to leave the European Union, this may make travelling and visiting my holiday home abroad more difficult, or even stop me from working abroad in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother is about about to get an Irish passport, as her mother (my grandmother) is Irish. After the paperwork is complete I can also apply for an Irish passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; What negative things may happen if we get a second passport? I do not want to have to fight in the army, face any tax issues on my savings, nor would I want to lose any of my inheritance money if my mother were to pass on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional info:&lt;/strong&gt; I am 22, a British citizen with a UK passport, I was born in UK along with both parents. I spend almost all my time within UK, except maybe a short holiday every few years. Currently I am a university student, but in future I will just work an ordinary 9 to 5 job, I do not believe I will operate a business or invest in anything more serious then a few Funds. This also applies to my mother. All our banking is within UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10699" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-17T01:00:53.207" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T01:00:53.207" Title="Reasons for UK citizen to not get an Irish passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-20T23:33:09.277" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in England to American parents.I have dual citizenship.I have lived in the US for 47 years.I now wish to move back to England. My child passports have been lost. What do I need to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10701" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T18:41:12.017" Title="Dual citizen born in England wishes to move back after 47 years in US" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9718" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9721" CreationDate="2016-11-21T08:36:19.583" Score="5" ViewCount="353" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is Swedish, she's lived in the UK for 10 years and we're pregnant. I assumed her permanent resident status (lived in the UK for more than 5 years) would automatically grant our children British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I just read the language of the rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Children born: on or after 30 April 2006 will be British citizens if at least one parent [who is an EEA national, but not a UK citizen] lived in the UK continuously for five years pursuant to their rights under European law prior to the birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a &quot;permanent resident&quot; and kept a bank account and her &quot;primary address&quot; is in the UK, and now we're back, but she spent in the neighborhood of 22 months (cumulative) traveling the world with me. We went back to the UK 3 different times, but not for more than about 1-2 months each time (longest continuous absence was 13 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess my questions are, do those 5 years have to be directly prior to the birth of the child? Or anytime prior? And if it's directly prior, will having kept a permanent address in the UK suffice? She spent a full eight years both studying and working before traveling. Will British citizenship be a given for my child or are we going to have something to prove?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I want to jump to conclusions just yet, but I just found this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200511/nationality_and_citizenship/1695/nationality_checking_service_ncs/4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200511/nationality_and_citizenship/1695/nationality_checking_service_ncs/4&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Evidence that one parent has exercised treaty rights in the UK for 5 years&quot; doesn't imply in the 5 years directly prior to the birth of the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any conflicting info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10389" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-22T17:32:10.920" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T17:32:10.920" Title="Will a child of a a long-term UK resident EU national, born in the UK, be British?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9718" CreationDate="2016-11-21T16:21:42.107" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We now have the concept of &quot;normally resident&quot; in the UK; a term whose full implications are not intuitive, but it means your permanent &quot;home&quot; is the UK and anywhere else you resided, you always called the UK home. If it sounds vague and nebulous, that's because it is, but thankfully, proving &quot;normal residency&quot; isn't that difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to know this quite recently, having returned to the UK from four years overseas working, to do an postgraduate degree, however to pay the UK student fee (and not the foreigner fee) at the university, I had to have been &quot;normally resident&quot; in the UK for five years prior to starting my studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To resolve this, I produced my employment contracts - both of which included my UK address, and my UK bank statements, which proved I was &quot;normally resident&quot; in the UK, and I was granted UK feepayer status as a result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr: if she's permanently resident in the UK, produce documents proving as much when you apply for the child's birth cerfificate/passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, congratulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10705" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T16:21:42.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9717" CreationDate="2016-11-21T18:41:12.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need some documentary proof of your British nationality.  According to the UK's citizenship checker, you can prove that you are British by showing that you were born in the UK before 1983.  (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen/y/before-1-january-1983/yes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen/y/before-1-january-1983/yes&lt;/a&gt;.)  Therefore, as implied by user102008, a birth certificate will do.  Most likely, though, you'll want to get a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your birth certificate is also lost, you can find out how to get a new copy at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for a UK passport while you are in the US, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&lt;/a&gt;.  There, you can choose &quot;replacing a lost or stolen passport&quot;; you will also find links to the application guidance and to a list of supporting documents you will need to submit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T18:41:12.017" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9708" CreationDate="2016-11-21T19:01:02.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;H-1B requirements include the requirement that the worker has &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;theoretical and practical knowledge of a specialty occupation&quot;&lt;/a&gt; generally requiring a post-secondary degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you're correct that it's not explicitly required, but many employers will want to have experienced employees who can immediately be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers, if they have more than a certain number of H-1B employees or have otherwise run afoul of regulations, have to attest as part of the Labor Condition Application (a requirement of the H-1B petition) that they are not displacing US workers and have attempted to hire a US worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not allowed to pay for an H-1B visa and a company cannot charge you for it. A company also applies for the visa, using information that you provide. The lottery only occurs if more petitions are received in the first 5 days of the H-1B petition process. However, the lottery has occurred for years, and that's not likely to change in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-11-21T20:40:19.380" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T20:40:19.380" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-21T23:22:59.497" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in J-1 status (since 2010), currently doing Academic training. I came to the US in 2010 and got bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been working for almost a year in my post-school academic training and my company wants to keep me. We are thinking about applying for H1B visa. My question is regarding traveling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it ok to travel outside the US for Christmas and then apply for H1B visa after returning? I ask because I'd be re-entering the US in J-1 status but I don't know if applying for H1B, say within a month of re-entering the US, could negatively affect my application (if it could be seen as having pre-conceived intent to change status)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, it's not pre-conceived intent when you think that I've had this J-1 visa for 6 years and when I initially got it, I proved no intent to have a different status other than J-1 but I am not sure if by leaving for Christmas and coming back forces me to again show intent to keep J-1 status or 'clears' the intent I had when I got the visa for the first time 6 years earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10707" LastActivityDate="2016-11-21T23:22:59.497" Title="Possible H1B visa application" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-22T06:01:03.353" Score="5" ViewCount="443" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do people mean after or before income tax when they quote salary figures in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, do salary quotes in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/london-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IM1035_KO7,24.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;glassdoor&lt;/a&gt; or other salary sites are take-home salaries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering this because they do quote product prices after &quot;sales&quot; tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10708" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T13:21:15.397" Title="When people quote salary figures in Europe*, do they mean after or before income tax?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9726" CreationDate="2016-11-22T13:21:15.397" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the same gross salary can and will result in very different net payments to the employee, it does not make much sense to discuss salaries in 'net'. In any job description or offer, and in most discussions, salaries mentioned are therefore &lt;em&gt;gross&lt;/em&gt; values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends of course of the circumstances - a job that somebody currently &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; results in a well defined net payment to &lt;em&gt;him&lt;/em&gt;, and he might tell his friends &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; net payments. However, as anyone else in the same position for the same company would probably get a different net payment, the information is not very useful, and a gross salary would actually give more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will never get a job offer or description with a &lt;em&gt;net&lt;/em&gt; payment, it does not make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T13:21:15.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-22T15:19:44.187" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I desperately need advice!  I am married to a Haitian woman, we have a 10-month-old son. We have been married for exactly 1 year, and have known each other for nearly 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I spend approximately 11 months of the year in Haiti,and one month at home, where I have a house which is paid for.  I work in Haiti for The Haitiano American Institute.  However, the salaries here are extremely low, $800.00, but good, relative to the cost of living. I have savings of £47,000.00 in a UK bank.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to get my family out of Haiti; it is incredibly dangerous here for non-blacks, kidnaps are not infrequent, and we worry for our son's safety.  My wife and I want better for our boy and we want to return to the UK as a family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get my family to the UK? My wife has a Haitian passport, and I'm going to apply for a UK passport for my son. In addition, I have a medical issue which requires treatment in the UK. I can document this, along with the documents related to my relationship and son's birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10712" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-22T16:58:52.977" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T16:58:52.977" Title="Bringing my Haitian wife and little boy to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-30T09:53:40.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9730" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9734" CreationDate="2016-11-22T17:40:08.260" Score="3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was on E1 visa and am waiting for approval to change it to B2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to go out of the country and come back later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10715" LastActivityDate="2016-11-23T09:32:24.040" Title="Can I go out of the US and come back during a pending application of change of status?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9730" CreationDate="2016-11-22T17:40:08.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I talked to the USCIS. I will need to request a new visa from the embassy in that case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More interesting, even if I travel out of the country after the change of status is approved, I would still need to request a new visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10715" LastEditorUserId="10715" LastEditDate="2016-11-22T23:18:31.157" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T23:18:31.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7220" CreationDate="2016-11-22T17:57:39.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student applying under this route. If you check the appedix the equivalent tax-free amount your stipend needs to be is actually only 15800. Note that if it is under this then you'll have to make up the difference with your self-employed gross profit. All of the docs you need for that are listed. Not a lawyer but in literally the same situation! &#xA;Hope that helps ! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10716" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T17:57:39.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-22T18:06:49.317" Score="6" ViewCount="7379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for UK citizenship, I am an EU national and have studied in the UK for 6 years, with one year interruption (so: 1 year, abroad for a year,  and then another 5 years in the UK). My girlfriend (and soon to be wife) is a British citizen. However, being an EU national, I never entered the UK using my passports, but only my identity card, i.e. I don't have any passport stamps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other evidence could I use? Since I studied in the UK, I thought a note from my uni might do? Or will this not suffice? Any other advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10717" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T17:29:26.183" Title="UK immigration application: Evidence / Proof that I lived there (EU citizen, no passport stamps)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9730" CreationDate="2016-11-22T18:43:54.607" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Status&quot; is something you only have while in the US, and determines your ability to stay in the US on that trip. Once you leave the US, you have no status anymore, and there is no &quot;status&quot; to change or &quot;extend&quot; anymore. (Any pending application becomes irrelevant and are automatically abandoned.) Even if you have already changed or extended your status, it doesn't matter anymore as you no longer have status after you leave the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of what status you may have had in previous visits, you will always need a valid visa to enter the US (with some exceptions like automatic revalidation after short trips to Canada or Mexico, or for Canadian citizens or people entering on VWP who don't need a visa), and the visa needs to be of the classification you want to enter into. So if you want to enter into B2 status, you will need a valid B2 or B1/B2 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-11-23T09:32:24.040" LastActivityDate="2016-11-23T09:32:24.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9733" CreationDate="2016-11-22T19:31:38.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if you had entered using your passport, you would have no passport stamps, because EU countries do not stamp the passports of EU citizens.  The problem of having no passport stamps is therefore one that applies to &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen who wants to prove presence in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will first need to apply to have the UK recognize your status as a permanent resident.  This is outlined on the relevant gov.uk page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;becoming a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different ways to become a British citizen. The most common is called ‘naturalisation’.&#xA;You can apply for British citizenship by naturalisation if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re 18 or over&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re of good character, for example, you don’t have a serious or recent criminal record, and you haven’t tried to deceive the Home Office or been involved in immigration offences in the last 10 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ll continue to live in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you meet the residency requirement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you must usually have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had settlement (‘indefinite leave to remain’) in the UK for the last 12 months if you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;had permanent residence status for the last 12 months if you’re a citizen of an EEA country - you need to provide a permanent residence document&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not broken any immigration laws while in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Emphasis added.)  The item in bold means that you'll need to get a permanent residence document and then wait at least a year before you can apply for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different requirements if your spouse or civil partner is a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That bit links to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/if-your-spouse-is-a-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;next page&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to say that once you marry your girlfriend, the 12-month waiting period no longer applies, but you'll still need the permanent residence card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re married to, or the civil partner of, a British citizen, you can apply for citizenship if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re 18 or over&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re of sound mind, you’re able to think and make decisions for yourself&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re of good character, for example you don’t have a serious or recent criminal record&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve been granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK (this means there’s no specific date that you have to leave) or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national (and you have a permanent residence card or document that shows you have permanent residence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you meet the residency requirement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless your spouse or civil partner works abroad either for the UK government or for an organisation closely linked to government, you must usually also have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lived in the UK for at least the 3 years before your application is received&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 270 days outside the UK in those 3 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not broken any immigration laws while in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate/permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;getting a permanent residence card&lt;/a&gt; confirms this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only use your permanent residence document to apply for British citizenship after you’ve lived in the UK for 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you must wait another 12 months if you’ve only lived in the UK for 5 years when you get your document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you can apply immediately if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve already lived in the UK for 6 years when you get your document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your husband, wife or civil partner is a British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid your first year of study in the UK doesn't count, since you left for a year.  That lengthy absence, I believe, means that your 5-year period of qualifying residence started after you returned, which means that for the purposes of acquiring permanent residence and qualifying to apply for naturalization, you have lived in the UK for only 5 years.  I am not completely certain about this, though, so you may want to look at that question more closely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to answer the question you posted, the page on getting a permanent residence card mentions some types of evidence you'll need and examples of documents you can use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence that you’ve been living in the UK, such as gas, electricity and council tax bills, and letters from government departments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence that you’ve been working, studying, self-employed, self-sufficient or looking for work, such as payslips, P60 forms and bank statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page also notes that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll need to send other documents depending on your situation - check the form and guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to apply online, or you may need to submit a paper application form.  This depends on whether you, as a student, are reliant on someone else for financial support, or are providing financial support to someone else:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/eea-pr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online for a permanent residence document&lt;/a&gt; if you’re from the EEA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can’t use this service if you’re a student or self-sufficient person and you’re either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reliant on a family member for financial support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;financially responsible for any other family members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-document-certifying-permanent-residence-or-permanent-residence-card-form-eea-pr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Download and complete form EEA (PR)&lt;/a&gt; if you can’t apply online. Read the guidance before you fill in the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post it to the Home Office address on the form, with the £65 fee and supporting documents listed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;download and complete&amp;quot; link above links to a page from which you can download both the form and the guidance.  Do not overlook the advice to &lt;em&gt;read the guidance before you fill in the form.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-22T19:45:17.473" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-22T20:51:22.710" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married since the beginning of 2016, but just this month my wife joined me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Tax category changed from &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get the refund of the whole year as if I was in category 3 from the beginning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the deadlines for filing my request of refund for the year of 2016?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When does the Tax institution or however it is called returns the taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2017-02-19T20:10:40.960" LastActivityDate="2017-02-19T20:10:40.960" Title="File Tax Refund in Germany - 2016 Tax Declaration Germany and Tax Return" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:44:19.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9712" CreationDate="2016-11-23T13:48:06.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you talking about the actual English IELTS  test ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are applying at immigration from anywhere within &lt;strong&gt;QUEBEC&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(extension of stay following  skilled contract, Permanent residency or citizenship)&lt;/em&gt; You are required to pass the &lt;strong&gt;FRENCH&lt;/strong&gt; test, and the English become secondary when it comes to Immigration purpose. It is the only province that requires it and that does not prioritize English. Again, this is toward long term stay. You will have a written test as well as spoken/listen for a time frame of every 3-6 months (depending on your progress). They are really serious about this and if you do not show any significant progress, you permit might be revoked and your immigration demand refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might not answer exactly your question,but no matter on what you based your information, it isn't a strong requirements as in Ontario. I want to make sure you got all the information, as I know people that have been mislead like that and were only caring for English and they had poor outcomes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Believe me, I know how they work, been dealing with them more than enough. I was in charge of immigration department and all government matters for 7 years with my previous company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10721" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-01-03T14:11:46.737" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T14:11:46.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-23T13:51:12.650" Score="3" ViewCount="483" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen and my wife has a resident permit as an EU-national spouse.&#xA;She now wants to change her surname to take mine and will have to get a new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will she lose her current resident permit since it's affixed to her old passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6454" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-23T15:11:39.260" LastActivityDate="2016-11-23T15:11:39.260" Title="Will a surname change after marriage invalidate the UK resident permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9738" CreationDate="2016-11-23T13:59:32.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally she'll get the cancelled passport back and be able to continue using the residence permit. Regardless, she retains her right of residence even without the permit. To minimize confusion and hassle, however, it might be worthwhile to pay the £65 for a new permit in her new name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-11-23T13:59:32.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9674" CreationDate="2016-11-23T17:00:37.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In UK there is nothing like the Italian &quot;anagrafe&quot;. The only way to prove your address is with utility bill or bank statements.&#xA;In case she doesn't have any bank account/contract in her name, you can write a letter stating that she lives with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not accepted everywhere and you usually need an &quot;official&quot; document but you can use it to request the NIN (that's what my wife did). Check &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt; for how to apply for NIN. They will send you a letter (which you can use as proof of address in some cases) and invite your mother for an appointment.&#xA;In other cases you can use normal correspondence showing her name and address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Requesting a driving licence doesn't require proof of address and you will get a document with her address on. You need to get the relevant form from the post office: she cannot apply on-line since she doesn't have a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then use the provisional driving licence to open a bank account in her name.&#xA;The use the bank account statement (and the driving licence) as proof of address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6454" LastEditorUserId="6454" LastEditDate="2016-11-24T09:22:43.740" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T09:22:43.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-23T22:23:27.640" Score="2" ViewCount="425" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have finished my rental contract in Germany, and have done so at the end of last month - October 2016. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My notice period is 3 months, therefore the end of contract is at January 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far so good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then received a letter back from the landlord saying the following to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wir bestätigen den Eingang des oben genannten Schreibens sowie das&#xA;  Mietvertragsende zum 31.01.2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bitte vereinbaren Sie rechtzeitig vor Vertragsende einen&#xA;  Übergabetermin mit unserem Büro. Wir empfehlen eine frühzeitige&#xA;  Übergabe, damit eventuelle Mängel noch behoben werden können, ohne dass&#xA;  Nutzungsausfall anfällt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wir weisen darauf hin, dass die Nebenkostenabrechnungen stets gegen&#xA;  Ende des Jahres, welches auf das Abrechnungsjahr folgt, erstellt&#xA;  werden, da normalerweise erst zu diesem Zeitpunkt die&#xA;  Heizkostenabrechnung vorliegt. Wir bitten insoweit also um etwas Geduld.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Abschließend benotigen wir für die Kautionsabrechnung sowie für die&#xA;  folgenden Nebenkostenabrechnung Ihre neue Anschrift sowie (falls sich&#xA;  diese ändert) Ihre Telefonnummer, unter der Sie tagsüber erreichbar&#xA;  sind, auch um ggf. Termine mit Nachmietinteressenten zu vereinbaren.&#xA;  Eine Kundennummer Ihres Energieversorgers zur Stromummeldung wäre&#xA;  hilfreich.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wir bedanken uns bereits jetzt fur das angenehme Mietverhaltnis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the last month I have to pay the rental? January or December?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wir weisen darauf hin, dass die Nebenkostenabrechnungen stets gegen&#xA;  Ende des Jahres, welches auf das Abrechnungsjahr folgt, erstellt&#xA;  werden, da normalerweise erst zu diesem Zeitpunkt die&#xA;  Heizkostenabrechnung vorliegt. Wir bitten insoweit also um etwas Geduld.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean I have to pay the entire year of 2017 regarding the heating costs? Is this legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="11922" LastEditDate="2017-06-18T05:40:19.127" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T05:40:19.127" Title="End of rental contract in Germany - Nebenkosten" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9742" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-24T05:26:05.763" Score="2" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian student graduating from a US university. As far as I know, I have two visa options when it comes employment in the industry: F-1 OPT and TN. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? For one thing, I know that OPT allows me to work for multiple employers for an unrestricted amount of time each day for a year (before extension), but TN restricts me to one employer only. I need to pay a ~$400 USCIS processing fee however, for OPT. Are there other considerations in choosing between the two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10722" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T05:26:05.763" Title="Graduating Canadian F-1 Student: TN vs. OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T20:15:00.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-24T09:57:25.417" Score="6" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a postdoc position in Sweden starting January next year, and signed the contract already. My fiance and I (we're both German nationals) planned to move to Sweden, me in January, she by the end of the year, and planned to stay there prospectively, provided she can find a job as well, and then slowly start thinking about starting a family. We planned to get married sometime in September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As life goes, the doctor told us today that if we ever want to have kids, it has to be now or never, so she might move there with me beginning 2017. My question is what the situation would be for her, insurance-wise and in terms of maternity services and benefits, especially since she'd be moving there without a job offer or prior residence under her belt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10725" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2016-11-24T10:36:56.847" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T10:36:56.847" Title="Maternity in Sweden, on short notice" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9733" CreationDate="2016-11-24T12:29:36.007" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shortly after the Brexit Referendum, the Open Society Justice Initiative circulated a practice note to various people in the UK legal community. Its contents are embargoed, but generally it advises solicitors with EU, EEA, or Swiss clients to...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get an EU/EEA permanent residence card &lt;em&gt;for the UK&lt;/em&gt; if doing so&#xA;presents no harm to them; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare quality evidence that their qualifying period ended at least&#xA;1 year ago. This will enable the client to naturalise immediately&#xA;upon receipt of the card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clients already holding an EU/EEA permanent residence card &lt;em&gt;for the UK&lt;/em&gt; should create a timetable for when they will qualify for naturalisation and determine if it is in their benefit to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Historically, the Home Office has had a policy of giving more&#xA;favourable treatment to clients who made an unrelated application&#xA;prior to a given date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some EU/EEA/Swiss nationals will be able to qualify for UK permanent&#xA;residence before 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In addition to the above, clients with a connection to Scotland&#xA;should continue to fortify evidence that supports a claim to Scots&#xA;nationality. Similarly, work or connections to Northern Ireland and the Islands should be fortified with evidence as there may be constitutional changes giving favourable treatment in some cases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T12:29:36.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9733" CreationDate="2016-11-24T16:37:26.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did you have health insurance? Can you prove it? A non-UK EHIC is OK for a short time (six months I think), but not for your whole stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, @phoog seems to be correct. I will assume not, as most students do not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/4/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/4/made&lt;/a&gt; you do not seem to qualify for permanent residence and your qualifying period has not started. You must have 'comprehensive sickness insurance' to meet the definition of 'student' and to count as exercising your EU treaty rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you plan on looking for working very soon you should perhaps consider getting insurance. Once you're looking for work you no longer need (but you will need to prove you were looking for work). If you have insurance you don't have to use it - you're entitled to NHS care as a resident - but you need to have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should still look up the permanent residence certificate application form and conditions, however. They require a lot of information - such as a list of all the dates you were out of the UK - that you should begin to collect. Keep everything - bills, bank statements, job offer and interview letters, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am not a lawyer, I should add - but my girlfriend has encountered this problem when preparing an application and we had to research this stuff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10728" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T16:37:26.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-24T22:12:06.320" Score="1" ViewCount="350" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen married to a German national. I am about to move to Germany and to start the application process to obtain a residence/work permit via my German spouse with a local German &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt; as directed by the consulate general in New York. For US citizens, the process may be started, as a special case, after entering Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The set of rules to follow to obtain the permit (per the consulate) is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.germany.info/contentblob/4574158/Daten/5678142/MoveGermanyGermanSpouse.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.germany.info/contentblob/4574158/Daten/5678142/MoveGermanyGermanSpouse.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom there is a section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Work will be automatically permitted on approval of the residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: What kind of residence/work permit will be granted? Is it valid for Germany or anywhere in the EU (including or excluding &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/content/dam/data/sem/eu/fza/broschueren/blau-europaeer-in-ch-e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;?), and does it have a time limit? I cannot find any details about what sort of permit will be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user10729" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-11-25T09:05:23.197" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T09:16:47.323" Title="US citizen married to German: work permit valid across the EU?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-24T22:34:42.900" Score="1" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is British, but I am an EU citizen. I would love to become British &amp;amp; naturalise and move to the UK with her at some point in my life, but I'm not sure whether this is possible. If I marry her abroad, is there any way to apply for citizenship and become British &lt;em&gt;abroad&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: I have lived in the Uk for 5 years, but then moved away. Will this count for anything or are these years lost now (with regards to my application)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10717" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T23:21:37.280" Title="Can I attain British citizenship abroad by marrying my girlfriend?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9746" CreationDate="2016-11-25T09:16:47.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the EU, a work permit can only ever be valid in a single country. Depending on your situation, you might or might not have a right to work in other countries but would still need to complete some formalities &lt;em&gt;in that country&lt;/em&gt;. Specifically, if your German spouse moves to another EU country, you have an automatic right to live and work there (the same rules more-or-less apply to Switzerland). But you cannot use your German permit to work in Switzerland or move there so easily without your spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permit itself will definitely have a limited period of validity. I am not sure exactly how long the validity of the first permit is going to be but it should be renewed as a matter of course as long as you are still married and living in Germany with your spouse. After three years, you would qualify for a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;, which is valid for ten years and a kind of permanent status in the sense that the ten-year card should be renewed without reexamining your circumanstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T09:16:47.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-25T10:17:41.413" Score="4" ViewCount="1274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to Germany and I currently live in a house shared with the landlords, whereby I pay a fixed &quot;Warmmiete&quot; every month and don't have to pay anything extra for electricity, gas, internet etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just received a letter from ARD 2DF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice asking about the Rundfunkbeitrag. It seems to state that under the new 2013 regulation, it's &quot;Eine Wohnung - ein Beitrag&quot;. Therefore, it seems to me that I shouldn't have to pay any extra under this situation, and thus should select &quot;Ein Familienangehöriger/Mitbewohner zahlt für diese Wohnung bereits Rundfunkbeiträge&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website then asks me &quot;Die Beitragsnummer lautet&quot;... Does this mean I'll have to ask the landlords for the Beitragsnummer of their payment and fill it in, or does it refer to something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what should I do once I move out of this address? If I inform the Bürgeramt, will they automatically inform the television and then they send me another letter? Or do I have to manually make changes on their website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="9131" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T21:50:08.520" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:50:08.520" Title="Do I still have to pay the Runkfunkbeitrag as a tenant sharing a house with landlords, while paying the &quot;Warmmiete&quot; already?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9752" CreationDate="2016-11-25T10:35:12.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, it would seem to depend on two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have a separate &quot;appartment&quot;? I don't know if there is an official definition for that, but intuitively, it seems that a separate entrance, kitchen and sanitary would make a dwelling an appartment but I don't know that for a fact.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does your landlord already pay the &lt;em&gt;Rundfunkbeitrag&lt;/em&gt;? That's indeed what the &lt;em&gt;Beitragsnummer&lt;/em&gt; business is about.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/informationen/buergerinnen_und_buerger/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt; says is that you only need to pay once if you share an appartment, be it as a &quot;WG&quot; or a subletter. But it's up to you and your landlord/flatmates to figure out who pays and make sure it's done. What it does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; say is that the landlord is responsible for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T10:35:12.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-25T11:36:09.083" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I intend to work and travel in/through the UK once I complete my degree, and I would like to know if I can apply for British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an 18 year old (born 1997) South African, and I've lived in South Africa my entire life. My father is a UK citizen (born 1955), however he has lived in South Africa for 20+ years (after marrying my mother, a SA citizen). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandparents (on my fathers side) are both British, but served in the colonial service in Tanzania. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All my research thus far has yielded ambiguous forum answers, extortionate heritage tracing fees, and no clear answer. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10736" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T11:36:09.083" Title="Can I claim British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-11-26T10:48:15.393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9755" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-25T22:32:15.443" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;My car is 2km away from the nearest petrol station, but is completely empty. I really don't want to push it manually there. Therefore my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it legal at all to buy fuel (unleaded) at petrol station without a car?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I pour fuel into a random container like plastic 5 litre water bottle?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If answer to 2nd question is &quot;no&quot;, then what is the quickest way of buying a jerrycan?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="901" LastActivityDate="2016-11-26T03:24:44.673" Title="How do I legally bring fuel to my empty car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-11-26T10:41:10.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-26T00:07:05.093" Score="4" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 28 years old, and gave birth to a beautiful girl named Angel. The father is a British citizen. He has recently abandoned me and our little baby here in Cameroon. I wish to know what measures I can take to make him provide for his daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10738" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-26T17:34:20.787" LastActivityDate="2016-11-27T09:56:41.503" Title="How to make a British-citizen father take responsibility for child in Africa" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9756" CreationDate="2016-11-26T18:43:26.957" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the absence of expanded details asked by @ouflak whether you were married to this individual and whether his name is on the child's birth certificate, you may have the option of requesting a child support order in Cameroon.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Understand that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance-if-one-parent-lives-abroad/paying-parent-lives-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK courts may not be able to enforce such an order&lt;/a&gt; since Cameroon does not participate in what are known as Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (REMO). Should you get a child maintenance order in Cameroon, your ex-partner could go through the UK courts to challenge the decision.  However you decide to proceed, you may want &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/find-a-legal-adviser&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance of a solicitor in the UK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-26T18:43:26.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9760" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-27T03:17:28.873" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last month I went to Canada to visit a friend. I fell in love with the place, so much so that we talked about me moving there. I plan to move there for maybe a year, perhaps longer, depending on how things are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am able to enter Canada and stay for 180 days. After that, how long do I have to be in the US before being able to re-enter Canada for another 180 days? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="joey" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T15:08:39.103" Title="Moving From the US to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9762" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-27T09:51:08.347" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have downloaded BBC programmes from iPlayer on to my computer, will the different broadcast standards between the UK and US prevent their being successfully played on a US TV using HDMI?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10743" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T09:50:43.627" Title="Can downloaded BBC iPlayer content be replayed abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-11-28T22:20:12.313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9756" CreationDate="2016-11-27T09:56:41.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you and the child's other parent cannot agree on maintenance, or if the other parent is recalcitrant, you can submit an application to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://childmaintenanceservice.direct.gov.uk/public/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Child Maintenance Service&lt;/a&gt;. This is a publicly funded service available to UK residents.  There is also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Support_Agency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Child Support Agency&lt;/a&gt; which is available for especially difficult cases.  They have a cadre of enforcers with foreign contacts who can be ruthless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 'best practices' advice is to examine the rules and see if you qualify to submit an application. The starting page for you is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/child-maintenance/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Use the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency (CSA)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take note that these agencies have been hit hard by budget cuts and most of their services will be ended in 2017, so you need to hurry.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9756/how-to-make-a-british-citizen-father-take-responsibility-for-child-in-africa/9758#9758&quot;&gt;answer provided by Dorothy&lt;/a&gt; (to whom a tip of the hat), explains that a solicitor can be helpful. This is great advice and should be heeded with alacrity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-27T09:56:41.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-27T14:00:17.783" Score="-1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for visa (re-applying to the UK for EEA FM) tomorrow and I've attached this letter which I want to enhance. Can you please help me with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my letter to the consulate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To whom it may concern,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  I am writing to you to clarify my situation why I did not provide satisfactory evidence of my relationship with my wife what led to a refusal, and all respectfully demanding you to review the decision you took towards us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am the EEA national family member, (my name), I am married to a Romanian, (my parter's name) who is settled in the UK, arriving there on the 9th February 2014. &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  We've been together for 3 years and 8 months (44 months), and have been married a year ago, on the 11th Nov 2015. My wife has visited me twice in my country, Algeria.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  I applied to the UK for an EEA Family Permit on 19th Oct 2016, and provided a file to show that we have a genuine marriage. I was aware that the supporting documents are crucial, and included photographs of my wife pictured with my parents, brothers and cousins. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On the cover letter we’ve listed what documents we were providing, the communication evidence was included, I keep in touch with my wife daily, but we did not show the proof of  communication for the reason that how difficult it is to back to the year 2013, since our relationship began and go through such long period of 44 months to obtain the conversation history, we didn’t give it such significance that the Family Permit request would be refused due to it.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Another reason why I did not include our communication proof is that I didn't know how to attach that sort of evidence to the visa application (download and print or download FB and Skype conversations onto USB flash?). I went ahead and applied without any proof of our communication. &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  I had the right to appeal against the refusal, but my wife and I have chosen to re-apply as you stated that you’re expecting to see our communication evidence covering up the period we’ve been together. This time we did include the evidence of our chat history.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  We strongly believe that refusal was wrongly taken, thus we are re-applying again, including what you are expecting of evidence to prove our marriage is genuine, none of a sham marriage or relationship of convenience. We hope that you examine our application, and revise the decision you gave towards us.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  We would appreciate your attention to this matter.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Faithfully yours, &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  My name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10674" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2016-11-30T17:23:32.610" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T17:23:32.610" Title="Help needed if possible!" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-11-30T19:54:18.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9764" CreationDate="2016-11-27T17:31:02.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I would suggest brevity, and not repeating what is already known; no 'hot' words like 'demand' etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To whom it may concern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am writing to ask for clarification on what led to a refusal of my visa application, and requesting a review of the decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am the family member of an EEA national family member, married to a Romanian, (my parter's name) who settled in the UK, arriving on the 9th February 2014. We have been together for 3 years and 8 months, and were married on the 11th November 2015. My wife has visited me twice in Algeria. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied to the UK for an EEA Family Permit on 19th Oct 2016, and provided a file to document our relationship and marriage, along with family photographs which include my wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although my wife and I are in daily communication, we failed to include evidence of our conversation history, particularly since much of it has been via Facebook and Skype.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I had the right to appeal the refusal decision, my wife and I have chosen to re-apply and have taken care to include our communication evidence throughout the time we’ve been together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do hope that your review of our application will result in a favorable decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your consideration.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Respectfully, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;My name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-11-27T17:31:02.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-28T02:02:49.190" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related, but not sure they fit exactly:&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1409/transporting-a-large-number-of-books-from-usa-to-uk&quot;&gt;Transporting a large number of books from USA to UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6680/sending-myself-things-from-the-us-to-europe-how-do-import-taxes-work&quot;&gt;Sending myself things from the US to Europe: how do import taxes work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have maybe three cubic meters of stuff that I haven't yet had time to sort through, so I'd like to bring it with me rather than store it for however long I'm on the road.  (It is what's left of sixty years of accumulation by me and my late wife, both not-quite-hoarders but pretty close.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not changing permanent residence because I don't have one.  Sold it when I retired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some books, some clothes, some electronic parts, more than ten photo albums, and &lt;strong&gt;lots&lt;/strong&gt; of paper (files).  I'm guessing three cubic meters.  Certainly far less than ten.  Resale value less than a hundred US dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel with it on a freighter without paying a fortune?  I noticed that some of the luxury cruises have luggage limits almost as stingy as airlines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iContainers.com quotes US$ 350 and up (assuming 50 KG &amp;amp; 3 m³) but I'd have to come up with a big enough box myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T16:51:50.820" Title="Cheapest way to ship three cubic meters from Oklahoma to Spain?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-21T05:21:30.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9767" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11569" CreationDate="2016-11-28T02:29:32.320" Score="2" ViewCount="530" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've determined that I need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9309/which-visa-for-about-a-year-in-spain-with-flexibility-for-schengen&quot;&gt;visa de jubilado&lt;/a&gt; but interference from other things is greatly slowing the process. So I was thinking of going in January (no visa required for ninety days) and coming back when the application is approved (or denied; hope not!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to get an NIE¹ if I have paperwork showing that I am promised a particular rental house and that I have applied for the visa? To the best of my knowledge, I can't apply for the visa there. I have to spend money to go back to the USA for it (even though they sent the application to Spain for processing!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My lease is supposed to start in January, but I need the NIE and a bank account to finalize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹&lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt;úmero de &lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;dentificación de &lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt;xtranjero&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T00:49:53.447" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T06:59:19.740" Title="Can an American citizen get an NIE in Spain while on a no-visa 90-day visit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9713" CreationDate="2016-11-28T09:33:01.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The final determination will be made by Immigration, but &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;,  that should qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you may also need to have a skills assessment done to confirm that you do indeed have the skills and experience needed for the role &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T09:33:01.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9762" CreationDate="2016-11-28T09:50:43.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're using the official BBC application to do this, yes, you can watch programs you've already downloaded even when you're overseas. See official guidance:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/watch_outside_uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/watch_outside_uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot download any further programs, and the programs you've downloaded will only remain for 30 days. This is checked via IP. The idea presumably being that a UK resident (with a current TV license) can download shows and watch them while on holiday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HDMI is just the method by which you connect your TV to your computer, what you see on the TV is a mirror of your computer screen, and there's no difference between UK and US TVs in that way. So if you have a laptop on which a program was downloaded, and you plug it directly into a TV with HDMI to watch, that should work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T09:50:43.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9612" CreationDate="2016-11-28T16:11:37.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 28 day 'grace period' for overstayers is no longer a part of the rules as of 24 November 2016...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;removal of the 28 day grace period for overstayers (which is&#xA;  permitted for applications for renewal of leave from those who have&#xA;  overstayed their leave to be in the UK), replaced with a provision to&#xA;  disregard overstaying in a limited set of circumstances&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Immigration Rules were amended with effect from 24 November 2016&#xA;  to abolish the 28 day grace period, under which applications for leave&#xA;  to remain were not refused on the basis of overstaying if made within&#xA;  28 day of the expiry of leave. The Immigration Rules now provide for&#xA;  current overstaying to be disregarded in a limited number of scenarios&#xA;  but otherwise it is a now a ground for refusal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572646/Overstayers-v7.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Revised Guidance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guidance goes on to list the 'limited number of scenarios'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T16:11:37.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9613" CreationDate="2016-11-28T16:24:29.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is no longer the case. As of now, changes to the immigration rules take effect...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The provisions on minimum income thresholds are amended so that these&#xA;  have to be met in respect of all relevant children, that is, to&#xA;  include any dependent child of the applicant’s parent’s partner as&#xA;  well as the applicant’s parent.  This applies to applications made on&#xA;  or after 24 November 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/564933/57079_-_HC_667_-_Web_Accessible.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2016-11-28T16:24:29.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-28T23:07:22.660" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife applied for an EEA Family Visa 2 weeks ago, and today she received notice that she has been refused. The letter said that we did not provide enough evidence of our relationship, such as photos or documents that show that we have lived together. We can appeal the decision, but this will take time. We also want to re-apply but the earliest available date is 24 December and we don't want to wait that long. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are thinking about meeting in France and going by bus to the UK, bringing with us the proof of our relationship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the risk of my wife being refused entry at a land border point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10571" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-29T00:34:08.263" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T00:34:08.263" Title="Trying to enter the UK with an EEA Spouse without any visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9774" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9780" CreationDate="2016-11-29T09:56:56.460" Score="10" ViewCount="3808" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are preparing to travel back from Japan together to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation itself isn't easy, but we check all the boxes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, why are the costs for this so expensive? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to my new job starting in January, for us to leave together would require faster processing, with the IHS service charge we're looking at over 2,000 pounds for just the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whereas in Japan, it would cost us somewhere in the region of 40 pounds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just curious why its so expensive? Are these arbitrary amounts produced by government to put people off? Are they eventually leading to benefits for the people paying taxes in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10748" LastEditorUserId="10748" LastEditDate="2016-11-29T10:08:35.760" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T23:28:25.753" Title="Why are the British visa fees so expensive?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-29T15:59:48.903" Score="3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been renting an apartment in Denmark for almost a half a year. Recently, the landlord contacted me asking to resign the contract, because of an oversight: they did not include rent price adjustment according to CPI for each year. He sent me the new contract with the new paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Lejen fastsættes i henhold til boligreguleringslovens § 5, stk. 2. Lejer erklærer sig ved sin&#xA;underskrift af nærværende lejekontrakt enig i, at den i nærværende lejekontrakt fastsatte husleje &#xA;svarer til det lejedes værdi. &#xA;&#xA;Den til enhver tid gældende leje reguleres hvert år med virkning fra den 1/1, første gang 1. &#xA;januar 2017 med den procentvise stigning i nettoprisindekset fra oktober måned i det foregående &#xA;år til oktober måned året forud. Pristalsreguleringen sker af den umiddelbart før &#xA;reguleringstidspunktet gældende leje. Den årlige regulering gennemføres alene ved udlejers &#xA;skriftlige meddelelse til lejer. Udover pristalsreguleringen, reguleres lejen med eventuelle &#xA;ændringer i skatter og afgifter jf. LL § 50-51.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He asked me to sign ASAP, but this sounds a bit fishy, so I asked for some time to check. Is this a normal practice in DK and should I sign?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is hard for me to figure this out, especially since I do not speak Danish, and have few friends here who rent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not mind the adjustment; according to my calculations, it was about 40 dkk for the last year. It doesn't look like a problem, but I do not want to aleinate my landlord. At the time, I don't trust my landlord enough to sign everything he asks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10159" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-29T16:07:30.787" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T16:07:30.787" Title="Renting in Denmark. Landlord wants to adjust the price according to CPI" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-29T16:59:48.130" Score="4" ViewCount="1819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Italian citizenship. I have been living in the UK for about 1.5 years and I did not subscribe to AIRE (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/aire.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registry of Italians Resident Abroad&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first, it was because I wasn't sure how long I would stay abroad (6 months probation at work), then because I received the wrong info that it was not necessary. Also, I didn't want to lose the option of going to my doctor in Italy during holidays. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to enroll in AIRE I would have had to take a couple of days off to travel to London and complete the request at the consular office (the online process wasn't available yet). Furthermore I also had to change apartment and so the confirmation letter would have been sent to the wrong address. Another reason for not applying before was that I was supposed to transfer to another office (in the States, so another address change). Eventually, I enrolled online, and it takes 6-8 months for this new online request to be processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently made my taxes declaration 2015 (late as usual paying a small fee - 25€) and found out that I have to pay the difference between the British taxes and the Italian ones. I started working abroad in 2015 and continued through 2016, so I'm not covered for 6 months + 1 day under AIRE. Therefore, for 2015 and 2016, I will end up paying thousands of euro (&lt;strong&gt;PS. a total of 7.000 €&lt;/strong&gt;) just because I didn't enroll in AIRE. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it possible to DEMONSTRATE THAT I HAVE BEEN LIVING ABROAD according to everyday debit card payments, work contract, rent contract, bills, etc&lt;/strong&gt; and therefore ask for a refund?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:50:52.620" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:50:52.620" Title="I never enrolled in AIRE for almost 2 years - killer taxes" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-06-17T17:49:37.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9391" CreationDate="2016-11-29T18:15:49.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my problem solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just notice the company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to embassy again and start a new visa process, they will cancel you first visa and issue again :).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10473" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T18:15:49.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9779" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9921" CreationDate="2016-11-29T21:20:03.337" Score="0" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to very similar questions, such as this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2474/exchanging-an-american-driving-license-for-a-french-one&quot;&gt;Exchanging an American driving license for a French one&lt;/a&gt; Though slightly different as I am a US citizen with a valid US driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have a specific question.  I have gathered up most of what I &lt;em&gt;thought&lt;/em&gt; I needed to do the exchange, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All the required forms&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copies of all the required identification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copies (front/back) of my current driver's license &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; the required official translations (again, front/back)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm all set to go to the prefecture office and try to do this, but I did a double check online of what I would need, and I noticed something that I hadn't seen mentioned before at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1460&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1460&lt;/a&gt;  (under &quot;Pièces à fournir&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 attestation récente de vos droits à conduire établie par l'État de délivrance de votre permis mentionnant l'origine, l'étendue et la validité de vos droits à conduire et, si besoin, sa traduction officielle&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or in English:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 a recent statement of your driving rights, drawn up by the State issuing your license, stating the origin, scope and validity of your driving rights and, if necessary, its official translation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What?  No other site I've looked at or testimonial I've read has specifically mentioned something like this.  Not even the embassy (which I know isn't necessarily up-to-date) mentions anything like this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article376&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article376&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a new law or something, or it just overstated?  Has anyone else experienced this directly?  I really need to get this done since I only have about 1 month left on my time limit to do it, and horror stories like this one make me wary: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10028731/Want-a-French-driving-licence-Take-a-deep-breath....html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10028731/Want-a-French-driving-licence-Take-a-deep-breath....html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T15:02:12.723" Title="What exactly do I need as a US citizen to exchange my US driver's license for a French one?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9774" CreationDate="2016-11-30T11:12:45.413" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Results from a 2013 consultation on fees may interest you:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fees-and-charging-immigration-and-visas-consultation&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fees-and-charging-immigration-and-visas-consultation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The money does go to maintain the immigration system generally, but it is not linked directly to the actual cost of processing your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have an income target to meet, so fees are balanced to take in enough money while keeping various sectors happy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g. Universities and other educational institutions want student visas to be easier and cheaper; businesses want sponsoring work visas to cost them less; the tourism sector doesn't want any increase to visit visas, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T11:12:45.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-30T12:19:10.950" Score="5" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been scouring the Internet for an answer to my situation but have come up short.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen currently in Spain under Highly Qualified based on the Law 14/2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been told that this is equivalent to the EU blue card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would like to know is:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Do I need to apply for the EU blue card?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(2) If I do, can I just apply to transfer the permit?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(3) Would my current work permit allow me to easily look for jobs in other EU countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10752" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-11-30T14:16:32.893" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T14:16:32.893" Title="Does my Spanish work permit relate to an EU Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9776" CreationDate="2016-11-30T21:26:31.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Consulate in San Francisco has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/consolato_sanfrancisco/en/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/anagrafe/1-aire-e-chi-deve-iscriversi.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page of FAQs&lt;/a&gt; about AIRE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of them includes this statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that the AIRE registration date cannot be retroactive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another one states that you must register within 90 days of arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I voted to close the question because there's another similar question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2508/do-italian-citizens-living-abroad-have-to-pay-taxes-to-italy&quot;&gt;Do Italian Citizens living abroad have to pay taxes to Italy?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The accepted answer to that question doesn't really answer this one as @phoog pointed out, but the other answer and its comment do apply. Two Italians state that unless you register in AIRE, you are liable for paying Italian taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-12-01T20:10:11.193" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-01T00:27:48.987" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from the Caribbean and my fiancé is Dutch. We plan to be married and stay in the Netherlands. What is the process for me being from the Caribbean? Can I obtain a work visa for the length of time nessesary to apply for residency? What is the step by step process for us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10755" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-12-01T08:19:39.823" LastActivityDate="2016-12-01T08:19:39.823" Title="I need to understand the process for immigrating to the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T10:25:10.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-01T19:12:27.980" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Kenya in the next month, and I have an &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.apple.com/kb/SP718?locale=en_US&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;enormous 27&quot; iMac&lt;/a&gt;. I want to take it with me (I'm a software developer), but I'm doubtful that I can fit it in my luggage, so I'm thinking of shipping it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The shipping costs seem affordable (†), but Kenyan customs fees are a mystery to me. This is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a new iMac. Should I expect to pay duty or taxes on it? How much? Are my customs-associated risks higher if I ship it than if I check it as luggage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;† &lt;strong&gt;Detail&lt;/strong&gt;: A site like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.myus.com/pricing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;myus.com&lt;/a&gt; quotes me ~$200 to send it, which is cheaper than &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3726" LastActivityDate="2016-12-01T19:12:27.980" Title="What duty should I expect to pay on a used iMac from USA to Kenya?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;kenya&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:43:12.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6604" CreationDate="2016-12-02T08:06:34.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The above answer is absolutely wrong. You are not entitled to permanent Residency (NE) because of your husband. You have to stay in Germany for 5 years in order to become permanent resident or get your own blue card and follow similar path as of your husband. But of course once your husband get a NE you also get a time-limited residence permit (Don't know the length of the permit you get though)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10759" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-12-04T09:33:07.327" LastActivityDate="2016-12-04T09:33:07.327" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-02T11:56:59.850" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are in Japan, moving back to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm preparing everything for moving, and finding it harder and harder to get Japanese companies to provide what we need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prove my partner and I are living together I'm providing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marriage Certificate (original &amp;amp; translated),&#xA;Photos of us together, the ceremony we had (small) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to this, our landlord agency have stated that they cannot provide any evidence to show that my wife and I have been living together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tenancy agreement is a huge messy contract in Japanese, that has both names, but would cost a fortune to translate into English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have stated that I can create a document in English, that they will have someone review, stamp/sign to validate the document. In Japan, stamps are much more authoritative then signatures. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this sufficient as evidence? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is, I find myself doing this for a number of people to just 'Sign off' and its worrying me that it will all end up being useless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10748" LastEditorUserId="10748" LastEditDate="2016-12-02T13:57:34.633" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T13:57:34.633" Title="Creating documents on behalf of companies who subsequently sign/stamp the document (UK Visa)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T21:59:23.440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12077" CreationDate="2016-12-04T05:12:30.403" Score="1" ViewCount="1320" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting an employment visa (long term) for Germany. My wife will be traveling with me as dependent on &quot;Family reunion&quot; visa. Both of us will be getting eAT (Electronic residence permit) once we land in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, is it possible for my spouse to get a job and work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10766" LastEditorUserId="10766" LastEditDate="2016-12-07T10:36:07.577" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T08:01:03.263" Title="Can a person travel on the dependent visa and work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-04T21:24:06.457" Score="2" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was refused a UK visitor visa due to an overstay on my Tier 4 visa. I was in the UK on the Tier 4 visa from February 2012 to March 2014, at which time I applied for an extension and stayed in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was notified in September 2014 that my case had been assigned to an officer. In January, when I had heard nothing further, I asked to withdraw my application and was first told that my documents would be returned to me. Shortly after that, I was told by email that my documents had been lost in the mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In April 2015, I received another email saying that UKBA was holding my documents. Again, I asked for them to be returned to me so that I could leave the country. I returned to India on 17th May 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now they have refused my visit visa, asking what I was doing in the UK between  September 2014 to May 2015, after my sponsor's license had been revoked. I left the UK voluntarily and bought my own ticket. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should apply again for the visit visa, and also attach all the emails I received from UKBA between September 2014 and May 2015?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10769" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-05T00:21:47.367" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T00:21:47.367" Title="Applying after UK visa refusal" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:22:57.907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-04T23:58:39.330" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;A recent &lt;em&gt;Washington Times&lt;/em&gt; Web feature presents a sample of questions as being from a US Citizenship test, including &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtontimes.com/quiz/2015/feb/11/us-citizenship-test-could-you-pass/how-many-justices-are-supreme-court/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How many justices are on the Supreme Court?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer choices are 7, 8, 9, or 12, and 9 is marked as the correct answer.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a person were taking the test today, should they answer a question like this with &lt;strong&gt;9&lt;/strong&gt; (the number of available positions) or &lt;strong&gt;8&lt;/strong&gt; (the number of justices actually on the Supreme Court)?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Are other questions on citizenship tests generally updated to reflect current events?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;While this particular question came from a US test, answers about other countries' tests are welcome too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8169" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2016-12-05T05:45:02.820" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T05:45:02.820" Title="Are citizenship test questions updated?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9792" CreationDate="2016-12-05T03:26:11.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The questions do not change but the answers to some of the questions definitely do change over time. For example, the answers to the questions about the identities of various officials (e.g. President, Vice President, Chief Justice, Speaker of the House, your Congressman or Senator, governor of your state, etc.) will change whenever a new person takes the office. You are expected to answer each question based on the correct answer at the time you take the test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think what you are saying is that the wording of this question is ambiguous. If the test-taker is unsure what is being asked, they can always ask the interviewer what precisely is meant. But I think if a person takes the test today they should answer 8, because that is the answer to the literal question, although maybe some interviewers will also accept 9 (not sure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T03:26:11.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-05T09:10:11.110" Score="-1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some advice on how to send a gift to my family and friends as now I live abroad. Delivery takes much time, usually. And I need to send gifts asap&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10770" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T14:38:27.940" Title="How can I send a gift to my homeland quick and easy?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-12-11T00:55:28.900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-05T09:12:53.833" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements for a tier 5 UK visa is to have at least 945£ as savings for 3 months in the bank.Is it acceptable to put that sum in one deposit into the bank account? Or it should reflect salary savings? Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10633" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T01:10:20.660" Title="Tier 5 UK visa financial evidence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-05T11:38:22.283" Score="4" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a doctor planning to apply for a specialization in surgery in Germany. I have just been  diagnosed as herpes positive during a checkup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the visa-required medical examination, I know that they usually check for HIV, hepatitis B and C, TB, syphilis and gonorrhea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found that, in the US, having herpes is not considered an issue when applying for similar placement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unable to determine whether it is of concern for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10772" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-05T14:48:37.260" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T14:48:37.260" Title="Do they check for herpes during the medical exam for a visa for Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9794" CreationDate="2016-12-05T14:38:27.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As suggested in a comment by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/120/gagravarr&quot;&gt;Gagravarr&lt;/a&gt;, order on line from a retailer in the same country as the recipient. Specify the recipient's address as the delivery address, but your own address as the billing address. I live in the US and have been doing this for several years to send toys to young relatives in the UK. I use amazon.co.uk - not a recommendation, but an example of a business that can deliver quickly and cheaply to UK addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check your credit card terms for foreign transaction fees. You may need to notify the credit card company because of security checks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T14:38:27.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9795" CreationDate="2016-12-06T01:10:20.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must have had the 945£ in your bank account for 90 days before you apply, so if you make a lump sum payment like a month for example before submitting your application, I am not sure it would be acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10589" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T01:10:20.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-06T07:26:56.450" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered the states in 2002, got married in 2004 and obtained my conditional green card that way. After about 2 years I received my permanent card which is valid for 10 years. Now that I'm renewing the card within 6 months of expiration, do I need to change the admission class from IR6 to something else, or just leave it be as it is on the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10777" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T09:41:13.347" Title="What forms to submit to change the class from IR6 (through marriage) to another (divorced)?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9804" CreationDate="2016-12-06T09:41:13.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Your class of admission won't change. The code reflects how you got permanent residency, and a later divorce doesn't change that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T09:41:13.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9809" CreationDate="2016-12-06T11:52:58.673" Score="4" ViewCount="2443" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been given my K-1 fiancé(e) visa and will be moving to the USA (Colorado) and marrying my fiancée this month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A K-1 lets me enter the US for 90 days, marry, apply for a GC, and then &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;remain in the United States while USCIS processes the application.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; [&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas]&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to be able to answer the question in the situation that an official or police officer asks &quot;&lt;em&gt;how are you legally here&lt;/em&gt;?&quot; at all stages of this process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before I'm married, I can say &quot;&lt;em&gt;I'm on a K-1 visa and about to get married&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. Easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once I'm married, I'll apply for the Green Card. Until my 90 days runs out I can still answer &quot;&lt;em&gt;I'm on a K-1 visa, just got married, and am applying for a Green Card&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the 90 days but BEFORE the GC application comes through (which can take months or even years), what do I say?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once I get the GC after 6 months or so, I can say &quot;&lt;em&gt;I'm on a Green Card&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the K-1 will expire after being married but before receiving the Green Card, I am concerned an official not familiar with the process (such as a police officer on patrol) will say: &quot;&lt;em&gt;This visa stamp says it expired [date]. I don't care if you're 'waiting for your application to be approved', that means you haven't got one, you can't be in the US if you have neither a current visa or a GC&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there some name or legal title for myself, or some document I can show after my 90 days but before receiving the GC?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that the GC application give me a receipt of some kind but I haven't had this confirmed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8999" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T23:25:16.873" Title="What is my legal status in between K-1 visa and Permanent Resident (USA)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6792" CreationDate="2016-12-06T12:59:34.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to my knowledge, you may get Visa, but for sure you won't be able to open bank account and rent a flat anymore. As you have to be debt free for those matters. In order to fix all those issues you may need to contact Schufa organization in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10779" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T12:59:34.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9806" CreationDate="2016-12-06T17:57:23.680" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, nobody you will run into in daily life will ask you &quot;How are you legally here&quot;. Local police and other regular officials generally do not (unless maybe if you are in Arizona or one of those states with the crazy laws) deal with or understand immigration law (with is federal law and very complex). The only situation you might run into in the interior of the US that might reasonably ask you this is if you go through one of the CBP interior checkpoints within 100 miles of the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, once your K-1 status expires (note: status and visa are different; your visa can be expired and you can be in status, and vice versa; how long your status lasts is determined by your I-94, and has nothing to do with the visa's expiration), you have no legal status. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing though it might sound bad. You &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; allowed to stay in the US with a pending Adjustment of Status application, regardless of whether you are in status. There isn't a formal &quot;name&quot; for this; some people will say they are in &quot;AOS status&quot; or &quot;AOS pending&quot; but technically there are no such statuses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if you are talking to an official who understands immigration law, if you show them the I-485 receipt they will know what situation you are in and that you're legal, assuming your application is still pending (which they can check if they are an immigration officer). And if you are talking to someone who doesn't understand immigration law, well, then all bets are off. You can tell them you have a pending AOS application but they might not accept that; you can show them your I-485 receipt but it says on the receipt that it does not confer any benefits (plus a receipt of filing doesn't prove it is still pending), so they will probably not accept it if they already don't know what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, what matters is that you are not going to be deported in your situation. Anyone can run into ignorant officials who make mistakes based on lack of understanding of the law (even immigration officers can be wrong sometimes), but what matters is that there is ultimately a recourse. In the worst case if they bring you to ICE or CBP, they will drop it, once they see you have a pending AOS application. Or if you are brought into removal proceedings, the immigration judge will not deport you while your AOS application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T17:57:23.680" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9813" CreationDate="2016-12-07T07:29:50.097" Score="1" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father received a certificate from the embassy in 2003 titled &quot;Confirmation of the acquisition of Dutch citizenship by option,&quot; stating that he has Dutch citizenship. However, he never applied for a Dutch passport; he died in 2007. I am now 19 years old and my sister is 13. Will either of us be able to obtain Dutch citizenship? Does he have to be alive to declare this for us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10780" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T15:48:09.317" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T15:48:09.317" Title="Can I obtain Dutch citizenship if my father received it &quot;by option&quot; without a request?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9810" CreationDate="2016-12-07T10:12:00.223" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends, it depends on where you live and have lived.  You also may have to renounce your existing citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not you are eligible for the &quot;option&quot; to become dutch depends on these criteria: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/option.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an adult it sounds like it's unlikely for you and perhaps possible for your sister as a minor.  I would reach out to your local dutch embassy or consulate for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10783" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T10:12:00.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-07T13:39:23.167" Score="0" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am renewing my Permesso di Soggiorno.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to travel to Germany for Christmas vacation to visit my sister, but I'm waiting for the renewal of my Permesso di Soggiorno to be complete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to get temporary Permesso di Soggiorno?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10785" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T16:48:48.297" Title="How to get temporary Permesso di Soggiorno?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9810" CreationDate="2016-12-07T14:00:40.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may depend on &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; your father was able to use the option procedure to acquire Dutch citizenship; at least some option procedures are retroactive.  More importantly, it depends on whether your father was Dutch &lt;em&gt;when you and your sister were born.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if your father was Dutch from birth, but lost that nationality because he was born abroad and lived abroad for more than 10 years after his 18th birthday, then his option procedure will have restored his Dutch citizenship retroactively (&quot;met terugwerkende kracht&quot;).  In this case, it does not matter when you and your sister were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father's option procedure is not retroactive, then you and your sister can be Dutch only if you were born when &lt;em&gt;he&lt;/em&gt; was Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, he must have been married to your mother or else he must have acknowledged you formally as his children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these conditions were met, then you &lt;em&gt;are already Dutch&lt;/em&gt; and all you need to do is apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only declaration that might be needed would be the &quot;acknowledgement&quot; that you are his children, which isn't necessary if he was married to your mother at the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T14:00:40.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-07T16:36:31.817" Score="8" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a German citizen who has lived in the UK since 2006. With Brexit and all, I thought it was about time I got my permanent residence document. I started as a high school student in 2006, and graduated from Uni in 2013. I've been either self-employed or unemployed since then (with other odd jobs and global travels sprinkled in).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I acquired permanent residence status in January of 2011, however, I like so many other students, only now realize they must have been covered by comprehensive sickness insurance (CSI) to qualify for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know some have said if I got a residence card before the CSI requirement kicked in in June of 2011, I would still be covered. I didn't do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the kicker: My earliest letter from a school dates to January of 2006, and so theoretically, I acquired the status in 2011 - 6 months before the new law went into affect. Now my thinking is that once I have the status, no one can take it away from me as long as I'm physically present in the country and never gone for more than 2 years (the time period set by the EU for loss of permanent residence). So, I should be able to apply for the proof document without showing proof of insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the language I've read is confusing. It seems that maybe the requirement was always there, but before they didn't require it for the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that only &quot;new permanent residents&quot; after 2011 need CSI? Or are they saying this was always the case..the only difference now is they're going to ask for proof of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that question make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10786" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T23:36:21.393" Title="Do I qualify as a Permanent Resident of the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9812" CreationDate="2016-12-07T16:48:48.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Italy does not issue a temporary Permesso but allows you to travel (and re-enter) as follows, per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sicurincitta.it/articolo/10722&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polizia di Stato d'Italia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements for immigrants leaving Italy temporarily&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigners awaiting &lt;strong&gt;renewal of their residence permits&lt;/strong&gt; can leave and re-enter Italy if they hold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the receipt issued by Italian Post offices (Poste Italiane S.p.A) certifying the submission of the application for renewal of their residence permit or EC residence permit for long-term residents;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the expired residence permit;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;their passport or other equivalent travel document .&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T16:48:48.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-07T23:50:20.033" Score="4" ViewCount="1223" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, do I need a address in Lithuania in order to register a car there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.regitra.lt/mobile/en/m_vehicle_registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Regitra&lt;/a&gt; just states that owner data will be verified against the Lithuanian Register of Residents, and if one is not registered as a resident, the owner needs to provide some proof for the address which will appear in the registration papers, such as an identity card or an apartment rental contract. It doesn't specifically rule out addresses outside of Lithuania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about temporary import/export plates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T17:08:50.083" Title="Registering a car in Lithuania without being a resident" Tags="&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;lithuania&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-08T09:37:49.190" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for an Ireland visa under Conference/Event sometime back. My visa not refused, but it was not granted and I was given the right to appeal and included missing documentation. I did not appeal because, by that time, the conference deadline had passed. The Consulate of Ireland consulate did stamp my passport as having applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am planning to apply for a German student visa and I want to know whether my previous visa status would have an affect on this visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10791" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-08T14:56:58.987" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T14:56:58.987" Title="Would Ireland visa application affect a German student visa application?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-08T16:11:38.530" Score="2" ViewCount="1159" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are headed to Germany with my company. We will have residents permits and understand my husband is authorized to work there on his spousal visa. However, as a software engineer he would like to work for a US company remotely (no presence in Germany). We're having a hard time finding specific information about this scenario. Here are our questions:&#xA;1. Would this jeopardize my visa?&#xA;2. Would this compromise the US employer's compliance with any regulations, tax or otherwise?&#xA;3. If it is in fact allowed, does my husband pay German universal tax or are his W2 wages exempt under the US German tax treaty? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&#xA;K&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10757" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:45:43.863" Title="US software engineer living in Germany on spousal visa. Can he work remotely for US company?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-08T18:45:55.257" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a British national and live and work in Germany. I have four children, 9/7/5/1 years old who are British citizens by descent and have British passports. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and my mother (58 y/o) are both non-EEA citizens and they, along with my children, live in Afghanistan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since they are all my dependents, can I bring them to live with me in Germany? How would I begin to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10496" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-08T19:16:26.997" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T19:16:26.997" Title="Bringing wife, children, and mother to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-26T00:50:02.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9820" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-08T19:23:39.147" Score="4" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am neither a US citizen nor a permanent resident. I am holding F-1 student visa right now. When I apply for jobs, I am usually ask if I am eligible to work. I always answer &quot;No&quot;. But today I encountered a different question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are not a citizen of the U.S., are you eligible for a resident&#xA;  alien status which would allow you to accept permanent employment in&#xA;  the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When filing tax returns, I am a resident alien since I have been here for 5 years. But I am not eligible to work. But am I eligible for a resident alien... to &quot;accept&quot; permanent employment? I am confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10793" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T22:07:12.800" Title="&quot;Resident Alien Status&quot; in job search in US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9820" CreationDate="2016-12-08T22:07:12.800" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question might seem profoundly ambiguous (to anyone who isn't an immigration lawyer, which I am not) but I think the keywords &quot;resident alien&quot; and &quot;permanent employment&quot; in the same sentence suggest what they are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that US tax law and immigration law are quite independent; it is possible to be what tax law might call a &quot;resident alien&quot; (or a &quot;US person&quot;) while having no legal immigration status in the country at all. For the purposes of legally accepting employment, however, tax law is irrelevant and it is the definition of &quot;resident alien&quot; in immigration law that matters. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/resident-alien&quot;&gt;definition that USCIS uses is here&lt;/a&gt;, where it basically refers to someone with a green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the odd wording about &quot;eligible&quot; and &quot;permanent employment&quot; is meant to qualify not only green card holders but those with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/employment-authorization-document&quot;&gt;Employment Authorization Documents&lt;/a&gt; who are free to take any work they can find. People with an EAD are generally (but not always) the beneficiaries of an application for immigrant status which is pending but not yet approved. My guess would be that the &quot;permanent employment&quot; part is meant to disqualify those who would need to acquire a nonimmigrant visa to do the work since nonimmigrants can only accept work for a limited term (TN applicants are sometimes disappointed when the offer letter is for a &quot;permanent&quot; position).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hence think the correct answer to that question in your case would be &quot;No&quot;, since that would tell the employer that they need to sponsor you for a nonimmigrant status and I think that is what the asker is trying to find out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T22:07:12.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9713" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:14:29.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it does, I have applied for &lt;code&gt;Developer Programmer (261312)&lt;/code&gt; specialisation and it basically is catch all... I have worked variety of areas (frontend, backend, databases you name it...) and have reference got accepted or rejected was based on 'correct' reference format, and not on the title...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When providing references you need to follow specific standard of letter, below are 2 examples one that got rejected other accepted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Successful:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Failed:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you make forms for each company that look like former example, then get originals to Australian embassy for notarization (17GBP per page) and you should be solid...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:14:29.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9675" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:30:44.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You do not get points for 'Nominated Skill' - you can not apply if it is not in the list. You get 5 points from that specific state if they are looking for people in that profession. There is slight difference...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before you choose one, you need to think what kind of references and diploma you can provide to get most points. Look for requirements in specific agency in Australia that is responsible for 'validating' your references your diploma etc, in my case it was &lt;a href=&quot;https://more.acs.org.au/migration-skills-assessment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ACS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every month they will go through all applicants and will first get those who have 75 points, if there are places they will go though 70, 65... then if they filled quota for that month but not all apllicants lets say at 65 got invited, they will keep uninvited 65s on the applicant list ordered by application date for the next month... then rince and repeat each month.. If they have to many 70 they might bump requirement to 70... Point I am trying to make 60 is not static...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your references in following format (for ASC, for other agency format is likelly to be different)... you will have to get originals the to Australian Embasy to get notarized...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:30:44.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9415" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:34:43.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will get points for your work experience but not your diploma or you could apply as one of 'skills' that would accept you diploma but not work experience...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Batchelor you get 15 points while for 3 years programming (if you can provide references) only 5, so....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:34:43.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9284" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:39:30.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my name misspelled (a typo) on one of my references and IELTS exam and they got accepted by ASC, so you should be fine...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They expect to get references sometimes with full name sometimes not....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:39:30.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9274" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:48:09.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am confused a bit SkillSelect usually read directly from agency that assessed your skills (in my case ACS) and then get you the points...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With report from SkillSelect you then make application to get the Visa...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rz55n.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rz55n.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In example above you can see how points are being assigned (by the ASC by references that you had to provide to get the points in the first place), once you get your points from SkillSelect only then you apply for visa, or am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:48:09.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9238" CreationDate="2016-12-09T09:56:57.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you can get references in correct format they will count just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They need to be (for ACS) in following format and originals notarised by Australian Embassy (17 GBP per page)... Check what skill experience need to be listed for your profession, then make a form for your employer...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T09:56:57.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9237" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:05:07.140" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it will be ok (you might be asked to resubmit it to proper catgory although I doubt they will bother, they seem to be lenient in regards to applicant ignorance), at first I have submitted not notarised copies of my references and diploma they came back with following letter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N959m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N959m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically they gave me a month to fix the mess I have made (while they could have taken the money and rejected), which is much appreciated...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; It is worth noting that IMMI is not as professional or forgiving as ACS so thread carefully...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-07-14T06:27:20.927" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T06:27:20.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9185" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:15:29.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Expression of interest is free... It costs to get to it though... let me explain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get Expression of interest(EOI) when you apply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://skillselect.gov.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SkillSelect&lt;/a&gt; with your notarized references and diploma and report form agency (in my case ACS)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EOI is a farther step in the process of applying to get visa... where once you know (hope) you have sufficient points from your assessor (ACS), then you go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://skillselect.gov.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SkillSelect&lt;/a&gt; and give them you IELTS reference, ACS reference, all the other point scoring details (this is you showing EOI), and then you get your points report based on what you have submitted (see bellow)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rz55n.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rz55n.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you then wait for email that asks you to apply for visa where you have to submit everything again...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is where it will &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/190-#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_ProductQuestionsPanel_VisaDetailsPageTrimmingControl3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;actually will COST you&lt;/a&gt;... 2k+ and they can give you different points &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10326/under-which-clause-can-i-get-back-australian-visa-application-fee-if-skillselect#answer-10974&quot;&gt;and you cannot appeal&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-12-19T05:17:15.123" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T05:17:15.123" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9163" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:21:14.310" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is a problem...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When providing references you need to follow specific standard of letter, below are 2 examples one that got rejected other accepted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Successful:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Failed:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when you fail you get following...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/danFh.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/danFh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you make forms for each company that look like former example, then get originals to Australian embassy for notarisation (17GBP per page) and you should be solid...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T10:21:14.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9127" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:25:28.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not have your diploma chances are you will not get any points for it.... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would still submit copies of whatever paperwork you have from your teaching institution (I would even add textiles too...) get them notarised and send them across, worst that can happen they will not be 'deemed acceptable'... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T10:25:28.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8942" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:37:49.663" Score="3" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As long as your employment letter is correct format they will be accepted...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKCgi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attach everything, you cannot get points taken away only added, I have MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) and I was pondering is it worth adding it as certification, so I just printed a page with credentials (see below) and they gave me 5 points for it... I didn't even notarise it...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3aLdo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3aLdo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best of luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T10:37:49.663" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8301" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:59:39.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing can be deducted only added... If your physics diploma will be deemed relevant then you will get points, if not, then you will get 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW diploma gets you 15 points, while work experience (if you will be able to get references in correct format) can get up to 15 but it's unlikely. In my case I managed to only get 3 to 5 years (5 points) out of 11 years experience, due to companies going bust, ignoring or simply refusing to provide references in correct format. So my suggestion would be to look for 'skill' that fits your diploma rather than work experience... as those 15 points are granted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9163/experience-reference-letter-for-acs-skill-assessment-for-189-type-visa/9830#9830&quot;&gt;relevant answer you might want to glance over.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T10:59:39.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8273" CreationDate="2016-12-09T11:07:21.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You get points based on your age, diploma, work experience and IELTS exam score (You can also get points for certificates and such)... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most points you will get for age, then for diploma, then IELTS, then experience... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points for age:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;18-24 (inclusive)   25&#xA;25-32 (inclusive)   30&#xA;33-39 (inclusive)   25&#xA;40-44 (inclusive)   15&#xA;45-49 (inclusive)   0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points for IELTS (you need min 6 to apply): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;All 8 . 20&#xA;All 7 . 10&#xA;All 6 . 0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points for diploma:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Doctor. 20&#xA;At least a Bachelor degree. 15&#xA;Diploma or trade qualification. 10&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points for work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;At least eight and up to 10 years (of past 10 years).   15&#xA;At least five but less than eight years (of past 10 years). 10&#xA;At least three but less than five years (of past 10 years). 5&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visabureau.com/australia/immigration-points-test.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can find more info on points&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2016-12-09T11:15:43.587" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T11:15:43.587" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7834" CreationDate="2016-12-09T11:49:26.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Processing works in a way that they send invitations to candidates with most points lets say 75, then if quota isn't met to those with 70 then 65 and then to 60. If some of 60s didn't fit into this month they will be first on the list for next month (after all the 75, 70s ans 65s). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also had raised amount of points to apply in the past...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I suggest you don't even try... Australian system is rigged in such a way that they can report that you have some amount points (say 60), but then after you have paid application fee 2k USD, they can change them (to 55) and you cannot complain about it &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10326/under-which-clause-can-i-get-back-australian-visa-application-fee-if-skillselect/10974#10974&quot;&gt;because they get to decide everything&lt;/a&gt;... You can't even appeal it or complain to anyone... they can just take your money and there is nothing you can do about it... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-05-20T11:09:32.773" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T11:09:32.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9058" CreationDate="2016-12-09T12:24:24.377" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without knowing the situation in Spain in detail, there are basically three options. I assume that you are asking about a non-resident buying a car in Spain and then taking it to his home country. This may vary heavily depending on the countries involved, but basically your options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take the car home with its current registration (in the name of the previous owner). &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; some owners might be reluctant to do this (as they might get into trouble for any traffic violations you commit), you'd need to prove ownership (preferably via a written contract), and your destination country might not allow its residents to drive a foreign-registered car (or have extra bureaucratic requirements for such cases).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Regular registration in the state in which you bought the car. &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; as mentioned above, this may require you to be a resident (or at least have an address there), and some states change heavy taxes for each ownership change.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Export/temporary plates issued by the state in which you bought the car. Where available, export plates tend to have laxer requirements on residency (as they are intended for the very purpose of buying a car in the country and taking it abroad). &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; not all states offer such plates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Import/temporary plates issued by the state you are taking the car to. If you are a resident of that state, there shouldn't be a problem. &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; again, not all states offer export plates, and for temporary ones, some states require that the car be physically within their borders already.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Regular registration in the state to which you are taking the car. &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; if you need to take the car through customs, this may not be possible before the car is actually in the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Temporary (or even permanent) registration in a third state where residency and/or the car being abroad is not an issue, preferrably one that is in a customs union with one of the two states involved. &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; language barriers, in addition to that really being a non-standard procedure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take the car home on a trailer or flatbed, after canceling its current registration, and register it in your home country once you get there. This may be your last option if you can't get a valid registration. &lt;strong&gt;Issue here:&lt;/strong&gt; this is a costly option.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T12:24:24.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9839" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-12-09T22:15:22.920" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-12-09T22:15:22.920" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T22:15:22.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9840" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-12-09T22:15:22.920" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Lithuania." OwnerUserId="9671" LastEditorUserId="9671" LastEditDate="2016-12-12T00:22:28.090" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T00:22:28.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9845" CreationDate="2016-12-10T10:16:33.947" Score="1" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is known that the Russian Post Service (Почта России) is notoriously unreliable and slow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are some other ways to send mail (envelope of documents or light parcel of small customs value) to private address in Russia from the EU? What are their performance regarding reliability and speed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9909" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T15:44:43.193" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T17:39:43.517" Title="What are reliable ways to send mail from the EU to Russia?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9711" CreationDate="2016-12-10T12:35:59.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the dealer in Italy the other day, who contacted the agency through which they do the registrations. Turns out EE plates have been abolished some time ago. Therefore the only options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the car is still registered in the previous owner's name, drive it across the border with that registration and re-register it upon arrival. Some owners may be reluctant to do this, though, as it would entail various risks for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cough up several hundred euro for an Italian registration, in addition to a regular insurance and the annual motor vehicle tax.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a registration from the country of destination – not an option for me, as I'm taking the car to Germany, which requires the car to be physically within its borders in order to register it there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take the car to Germany on a trailer or flatbed, which is an equally costly option.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find another state which will register a car which is currently abroad and whose owner does is not a resident, and which does not charge exorbitant taxes for the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-12-10T12:35:59.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-11T13:45:39.677" Score="0" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied to extend my visa in one Schengen country but failed to meet the requirements (did not achieve enough study credits and didn't provide a reason).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of transferring my credits to new university in another Schengen country, or may just apply to a new program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this refusal affect my future visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10804" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2016-12-12T20:46:17.517" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T23:04:27.710" Title="Will student visa extension refusal affect future visa application?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9841" CreationDate="2016-12-11T15:29:00.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is known that the Russian Post Service (Почта России) is notoriously unreliable and slow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, that's no longer true. In November 2016 I've sent two heavy packages using the cheapest regular mail service from Czech Republic to a middle-sized city in Russia. The packages took 3 days to leave the Czech Republic and then took only 10 days to get delivered to the recipient. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hhTKd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tracking screenshot&lt;/a&gt; so that you don't have to believe me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unless you need the package to be delivered urgently, simply mail them at the post office in your home country. They should arrive within 2-3 weeks at the latest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you explicitly don't trust the Russian Mail Service no matter what, you can try express shipment options. However, some companies like DHL Express &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.goshippo.com/hc/en-us/articles/217760563-DHL-shipping-restrictions-Russia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;do not ship express parcels to Russia since 2014 due to complications on the customs&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25878869&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Same for FedEx&lt;/a&gt;. This usually does not affect shipping of documents, which is still possible with DHL Express.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among other express shipping companies, UPS may be a good choice, hopefully they still ship to Russia. Other products (EMS) are not significantly better than the regular postal service.  There are also some cheap good options to send packages &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; Russia (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dimex.ws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dimex&lt;/a&gt;), but they don't accept shipments in the other direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2019-02-04T17:39:43.517" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T17:39:43.517" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9844" CreationDate="2016-12-12T11:24:04.067" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the reason why it has been refused is only due to not enough funds, this refusal won't produce future denials. However, your application is likely to be checked more carefully and you could experience some delays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10807" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-12T22:38:01.580" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T22:38:01.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-12T12:04:54.467" Score="3" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian who develops video games that run on a USA based game website. I plan on moving to Japan for 2 years to study Japanese as a student! I'm trying to figure out if I am allowed to continue doing my work whilst in Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I develop video games for a video game portal, and if my games do well, I get paid more, and if they don't do well, I could make nothing. (So I'm not technically an employee, I am paid via PayPal as a contractor)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information would be appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10806" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T12:04:54.467" Title="Doing Remote Contract Work Residing In Japan?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="169" CreationDate="2016-12-12T23:54:05.390" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This website &lt;a href=&quot;http://uktestpass.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://uktestpass.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; has practice tests. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real test has 24 questions, picked at random, and you need to get 75% of the questions right, that is 18 out of 24. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just do the first test on the site, check each answer, write down your score. Then you do the second test, check each answer, write down your score. Don't worry about what the score is at that point. Don't worry about questions where you had no idea what the correct answer is. Just do all the tests on the site. You should get through the whole series of tests in around two hours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are done, you start all over again. Maybe on the next day :-) You will notice that you remember some answers to the questions that you wouldn't have known on the first round. So write down all your scores, they should have become better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You repeat until you regularly get 21 out of 24 questions right, and never fail to get 18 out of 24 right. Then you are ready to pass the test for real. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you need to pass the theory test to get your driving license, that's exactly the method to use as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T23:54:05.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-13T04:00:51.930" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a degree in chemical Engineering but I've been working as a reservoir engineer specifically in enhanced oil recovery. Can I get points for work experience for Australia immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10811" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2016-12-13T16:36:33.137" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T16:36:33.137" Title="Australian work visa points for degree in chemical Engineering while working as a reservoir engineer" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9850" CreationDate="2016-12-13T10:27:20.767" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you are talking about skilled worker visas....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can if you find a 'Profession' to which your work in oil industry and your diploma would be considered relevant by the organization that is doing the assessment... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your diploma is Bachelor degree then I would look for 'Profession' that makes your diploma relevant as that is +15 points&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get same points from work experience you would &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/immigration/australia/australian-skilled-immigration-points-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;need to have 8+ years.&lt;/a&gt;...&#xA;And you would have to get references in specific format from all companies you have worked for, then get originals to Australian embassy and get them notarised (17GBP per page), only then they will be assepted by your assessor....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ofc best would be to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/article/2016/05/17/want-migrate-australia-2016-17-skilled-occupations-list-sol-announced&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;find a skillsed that would cover both fronts&lt;/a&gt;....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2016-12-13T10:32:41.520" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T10:32:41.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-13T19:54:15.327" Score="2" ViewCount="614" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living and working in Mexico for three years. I was notified by the Virginia DMV that my drivers license (valid until January 2018) would be suspended because they believe I no longer live in Virginia. I contacted DMV and they said I needed to send them proof of my employment in Mexico. I did so, but received the following reply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. Exceptions are granted if documentation provides evidence of why you are relocated out of state, along with documented proof that you are a residence and still maintain residency in the Commonwealth.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand how I'm supposed to maintain a valid US drivers license while living out of the country if I don't have an additional residence in the US. Any suggestions or ideas would be very gratefully accepted. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10813" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-12-13T20:02:47.910" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T20:02:47.910" Title="Virginia Drivers License suspended while living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9855" CreationDate="2016-12-14T01:16:37.050" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Israeli who's about to get a Romanian passport. I want to know if I have the option to work in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I just enter the country and am able to work, for example, as a waiter in a restaurant? I would be really glad if I could get some clear details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10814" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-14T03:05:54.830" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T23:10:53.393" Title="Can Romanian passport holder work in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9854" CreationDate="2016-12-14T10:16:27.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking you are allowed to work in Switzerland without restrictions but you do need to get a permit to work for more than three months. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/working-switzerland-eu-efta/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ch.ch/en/working-switzerland-eu-efta/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that while Switzerland is covered by the EU freedom of movement, it's not an EU member and only implements these rules via a special agreement. Because of this, the transition period for Bulgarian and Romanian citizens lasted until mid-2016 (as opposed to 2014 at most for EU member states) and Switzerland still has the right to introduce a quota until 2019 if there is a large increase in the number of Bulgarian or Romanian citizens coming to the country (it's the so-called &quot;safety clause&quot;, which also applied until 2014 to all EU citizens). Right now however, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.24heures.ch/suisse/roumains-bulgares-fin-dispositions-transitoires/story/20438889&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there is no such quota&lt;/a&gt; (the next review of the situation is planned for May 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the Swiss people voted three years ago to limit immigration in general which seemed to set the country up for a major clash with the EU and could have consequences for EU citizens living in Switzerland. But the federal council (which is tasked with implementing the decision coming out of the referendum) announced earlier this year that it would first seek very modest measures and steer clear of any binding quantitative limit in an attempt to avoid endangering the relationship with the EU. Whether that's enough to keep the agreement alive and/or satisfy the voters and parties who are unhappy with the current situation remains to be seen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given all this, if you are specifically interested in securing a future for yourself in Switzerland, it seems like a good idea to move as soon as possible. Should any restrictive rules be introduced in the coming years (either within the framework of the current agreement, through a new agreement or outside of any agreement), you would have some hope to be in a better position than those trying to enter afterwards. It's obviously not guaranteed but not altogether unlikely that any more restrictive system would come with exceptions or transition rules allowing people already in the country to be grandfathered in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2016-12-14T23:10:53.393" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T23:10:53.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9058" CreationDate="2016-12-14T11:28:17.827" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spain is one of the most benevolent countries in EU..&#xA;For almost all those things you will need to be &quot;empadronado&quot; that only means you have to be registered in the &quot;Foreign authority&quot; and give a valid address where they suppose to find you....&#xA;The fun fact is, you don't even need to be legal in Spain to do that..  you just can do it.. &#xA;After you get that paper you are free to get car or even get the benefits of health care from the state...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T11:28:17.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-15T07:35:16.110" Score="3" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a family reunion visa and forgot to cancel my appointment with the German Embassy in Manila. I cannot cancel it anymore. What do I do? I have been calling the embassy but no answer and I sent an email as well (but it will take time for them to respond). I need to book another appointment and it is not allowing me because of the previous appointment set up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10818" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T05:29:07.353" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T05:29:07.353" Title="Forgot to Cancel My Appointment" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-15T07:54:13.083" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to time constraints, my wife and I have submitted everything for her UK Spouse visa using the priority service. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In our documentation, we provided copies of my mothers accommodation evidence as she will be housing us for the first few weeks whilst I locate a property for us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I (preferably we) need to be back in the UK by the 5th of January, I asked my mum to send the originals in the post, and I submitted the documents as copies whilst waiting for the originals. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have now received the originals. Is there anyway I can submit these originals to the ECO/Application center? I know they like to have the originals (although not mandatory for everything). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: This is a Japan based application. The hub is in Manila. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10748" LastEditorUserId="10748" LastEditDate="2016-12-15T08:56:07.190" LastActivityDate="2016-12-15T08:56:07.190" Title="Submitting additional documents UK Spouse Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-15T20:09:58.287" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm offered a 12+ month long freelance work in Alicante, Spain with €3160 per month after tax. I know that this is a good salary, but I'd like to know how much of this I'll spend for everyday costs of living?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm EU citizen, 37 years old male. I'll be living in Spain alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I perfectly understand that these costs may vary much, based on how much do I spend on food, how will I be travelling (I don't plan to rent a car) and where I'll be living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why I'm only asking for a very general information -- general average or medium range. I.e. will I spend €1000, €1500, €2000 or more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that may help -- I'll be staying alone and picking medium / cheap solutions where ever possible. I want to save as much as possible to support my abroad family and to visit them as often as possible (which requires a lot of air traveling and generates costs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any website or service (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.areavibes.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;areavibes.com&lt;/a&gt; for USA) which could allow me to estimate costs of living in Spain for single person? Or is there anyone here, who could shed any light of this topic? Even very general information will do, as I completely don't know where to start searching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10823" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T11:56:46.600" Title="12+ month business stay in Spain -- cost of life" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-15T23:47:35.033" Score="5" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few jobs being offered here in Mexico City for fluent English speakers but they require a work permit. Is it possible to get a work permit here before I have a job offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10824" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:05:45.113" Title="Is it possible to get a work permit in Mexico without a job offer?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9862" CreationDate="2016-12-16T11:56:46.600" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this cannot really be answered, as it depends on your style of living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are millions of people in spain that live on less than 1000 €, so obviously it is possible. If you are willing to do with that level, only you can answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T11:56:46.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-16T16:50:30.027" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to send a cheque for my habitation tax in France. What parts of the pay slip (SEPA?) do I need sign and include? I know that I could pay by other methods instead of sending a cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10829" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-16T18:39:30.743" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T09:19:17.143" Title="Paying habitation tax in France" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9869" CreationDate="2016-12-16T22:24:24.273" Score="1" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it's a bit of a strange question, but can a US permanent resident (green-card holder) apply for another visa, for example an L-1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of why this can be useful is because getting an L-1 visa is a quick process which includes L-2 visas for the spouse and children, while using a green card to get immigrant or dual intent visas for the family is a longer process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10831" LastActivityDate="2016-12-17T00:25:17.800" Title="Can a green-card holder apply for another visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9816" CreationDate="2016-12-16T22:45:24.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got an answer from Regitra today: Temporary/transit plates (red letters on white background) can be assigned to anyone, including persons who cannot provide a proof of residence or regular abode in Lithuania. They have a validity of one month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regular (black-on-white) plates require a registered residence in Lithuania. There is a way to get a six-month registration without being officially registered as a resident; this, however, requires some proof of abode such as a rental contract. Bottom line: regular plates are not available to non-residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, registering a vehicle requires the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of TA (techninė apžiūra – vehicle inspection), &lt;strong&gt;except&lt;/strong&gt; when getting transit plates (red plates) for the first time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of vehicle identity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ID of the person registering the vehicle&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Previous registration certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of ownership (e.g. sales contract), &lt;strong&gt;unless&lt;/strong&gt; the previous registration was already in the requester's name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Previous license plates, unless they were lost or returned to the issuing authority&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9671" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T22:45:24.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9866" CreationDate="2016-12-16T23:53:52.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think people who are already permanent residents can get a nonimmigrant visa or otherwise change into nonimmigrant status without first abandoning permanent residency (by filing I-407 at a US consulate abroad, which requires you to declare you have no intention of residing in the us). This is because all nonimmigrant statuses are intended to be temporary, and this is not consistent with permanent residency, which requires the person to maintain residence in the US. (There might be &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040202.html#M402_2_4_B_10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an exception&lt;/a&gt; where a B2 visitor visa can be issued to a permanent resident for an emergency temporary visit, but I don't think this applies to longer-term statuses like L status.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050410.html#M504_10_3_C_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;allowed&lt;/a&gt; for a permanent resident to be petitioned again and get another immigrant visa and &quot;re-immigrate&quot; through the new petition. So presumably you could try to go through the same process that you used to immigrate the first time (or immigrate through some other route), and your now spouse and children would be able to be derivative beneficiaries. However, depending on the category there may be waiting times involved, or if you immigrated through your employer, your employer may not want to go through the trouble of getting you to immigrate when you have already immigrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T23:53:52.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9866" CreationDate="2016-12-17T00:25:17.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked an immigration lawyer and they said the two are mutually exclusive - a permanent resident may not request a visa (even a dual-purpose one like an L-1), and an L-1 holder getting a green card is no longer considered an L-1 holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10831" LastActivityDate="2016-12-17T00:25:17.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9865" CreationDate="2016-12-17T08:56:52.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned here : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup;jsessionid=DGELSDHW1OYZVQFIEIQCFFI?typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;espId=1&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_613&amp;amp;temNvlPopUp=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup;jsessionid=DGELSDHW1OYZVQFIEIQCFFI?typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;espId=1&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_613&amp;amp;temNvlPopUp=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDITED 2017/08 : the above link is dead. You can have informations here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/les-autres-moyens-de-paiement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/les-autres-moyens-de-paiement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the maximum amount you can pay by &lt;em&gt;chèque&lt;/em&gt; is now 2000 €.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Vous pouvez payer par chèque dans la limite de 2 000 €.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;En 2017, les montants supérieurs à 2 000 € doivent obligatoirement&#xA;  être payés par prélèvement mensuel ou à l'échéance ou par paiement&#xA;  direct en ligne sur le site impots.gouv.fr ou par smartphone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ce montant sera progressivement abaissé à 1 000 € en 2018 et 300 € en&#xA;  2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;END OF 2017/08 EDIT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Le paiement par chèque&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Vous pouvez payer par chèque dans la limite de 10 000 €.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si vous utilisez ce mode de paiement ou si vous souhaitez payer un&#xA;  montant différent de celui indiqué sur votre avis d'impôt :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;libellez votre chèque à l'ordre du Trésor public ;&#xA;joignez le talon de paiement, pour servir de référence à votre paiement sans le signer, ni l'agrafer, ou le coller ;&#xA;envoyez votre chèque accompagné du talon de paiement, sans autre document, en utilisant l'enveloppe retour jointe à votre avis.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Le paiement par chèque est encaissé dès réception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which can be approximately translated to :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;set the &lt;em&gt;chèque&lt;/em&gt; payable to &lt;em&gt;Trésor Public&lt;/em&gt; and write the appropriate&#xA;amount&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;join the part that you can detach from the letter (it displays&#xA;various references number needed) without signing it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;send your &lt;em&gt;chèque&lt;/em&gt; and the reference document in the return envelope&#xA;that is included in the &lt;em&gt;impots&lt;/em&gt; letter without any other documents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T09:19:17.143" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T09:19:17.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-17T17:40:54.350" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to San Francisco in January to study at UCB. I used to live for about a year in Boston some time ago. &#xA;The visa starts mid-January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I would like to fly to Boston to meet up with old friends, enter the US there with my visa and then continue to SF a week later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this pose a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10835" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T07:05:21.937" Title="US J1 visa, port of entry different from final destination" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9881" CreationDate="2016-12-17T18:46:35.597" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a J1 visa for the US. &#xA;I am studying in Switzerland but I am not a permanent resident there. I am German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for the visa, to which embassy/consulate do I need to go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am German and my German home address is my permanent one I would assume that I would have to go to a German consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10835" LastActivityDate="2016-12-18T23:48:19.460" Title="German national, studying in Switzerland, J1 visa for the US, which embassy/consulate?" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-17T19:58:41.190" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are looking to immigrate to the US. I know to get a lease  or any kind of credit you need a credit score. We do have relatives but not directly and I feel like asking them to sign surety is a bit much. How does one that does not have a credit record build one from SA or lease an apartment without a credit score?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10837" LastActivityDate="2016-12-17T19:58:41.190" Title="Credit score for immigrants from SA to Us" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-12-19T00:51:48.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-17T23:28:10.630" Score="1" ViewCount="1777" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person has dual citizenship (Canada and US), what will the foreign national potential spouse (from Europe) have to go through in order to be legally residing in the US? Would they even be allowed to be a resident and immigrate to the US or would it be Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8974" LastActivityDate="2016-12-20T20:53:23.023" Title="Dual citizenship and marriage" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-18T13:24:50.550" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a class of residence (but not work) permits (non lucrativa / non-working / visitor / retiree) for people with stable income sources outside of the country. This kind of residence permit should be perfect for people with remote jobs who want to stay for more than 3 months in a country they like, but don't have relatives or a job there. However, it's hard to find a lot of info on this topic, except for Spain: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anepiceducation.com/non-lucrative-residency-visa-for-spain-our-story/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twobadtourists.com/get-help-applying-for-your-non-lucrative-spanish-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judging from those articles, there are plenty of hidden obstacles (like you need to sign the lease before you get the permit; and what to do with it if you're refused?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or in Cyprus, you should apply for residence permit (&quot;pink slip&quot;) on the place, so it's not clear how you apply for long term visa to get there. And after you apply for a permit, there is a several months waiting period - what if your visa expires? Should you leave or stay? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, are there countries where it's actually straightforward to get a visa and then a temporary residence permit for a person with remote job or passive income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10840" LastEditorUserId="10840" LastEditDate="2016-12-19T10:08:48.593" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T10:08:48.593" Title="Which EU countries have a well defined process of obtaining a visa + residence permit on the basis of income from remote job for non-EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-18T17:48:49.083" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that I'll be staying for a year or more at Southern Poland (actually Upper Silesia's capital city -- Katowice). What are the medium costs of living there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I perfectly understand that these costs may vary much, based on how much do I spend on food, how will I be travelling (I don't plan to rent a car) and where I'll be living. That's why I'm only asking for a very general information -- general average or medium range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My basic life style:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;eat at home (mostly),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;live alone (no roommate),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a movie, dinner once a month,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;standard private medical insurance and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;occasional road trip to nearby attractions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone draw me an expected medium monthly expenses for above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10823" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T08:52:58.737" Title="Costs of life for 12 month stay in Southern Poland" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9878" CreationDate="2016-12-18T17:48:49.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even within mentioned life style there are dozen of possibilities so you must assume that below calculations may vary even up to 50% based on real situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you may expect (for Katowice and nearby cities and for single person):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basic monthly costs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1000 PLN (225 EUR) for food, assuming your own preparation mostly,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from 1000 PLN (225 EUR) for single-room flat to 2000 PLN (450 EUR) for triple-room flat,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;100-200 PLN (25-45 EUR) for standard, single-person private medical insurance,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;200 PLN (45 EUR) for monthly bus/tram ticket (trains not included, no metro here).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice, that we use total room count, not bedroom count, in flat rent business. Single room flat (&quot;kawalerka&quot; in Polish) means that you eat, sleep and live in the very same room. You have a kitchen (either full or kitchen annex in that room) and bathroom, but you have a single room at all. It &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; mean single bedroom plus any kind of living room as this counts as two-room flat in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other example expenses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5+ PLN (1+ EUR) beer, 15+ PLN (3.5+ EUR) drink or 20 cigarettes,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;around 50-70 PLN (14 EUR) for lunch or diner at a restaurant,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;25-30 PLN (6 EUR) for single cinema ticket,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;300 PLN (70 EUR) for fuel for single-person used car just to get to work and back (car hire itself not included, as this is a whole different story -- look on Polish subsites of car hire websites).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put together, we have: 1000 PLN (food) + 1500 PLN (medium flat rent) + 200 PLN (bus/tram ticket) + 200 PLN (medical insurance) ~= 3000 PLN (675 EUR) per month - &lt;strong&gt;36000 PLN (8100 EUR) for a year as a complete minimum&lt;/strong&gt; to live here (with extra costs and/or a bit better lifestyle &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; included). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PLN-to-EUR calculation assumes today's medium exchange rate of 1 PLN = 0.23 EUR.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Katowice / Southern Poland is not that expensive in compare to other parts of Poland. More famous cities (like capital Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław, Poznań, Łodż, Gdańsk etc.) are by far more expensive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10823" LastEditorUserId="6215" LastEditDate="2017-01-13T08:52:58.737" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T08:52:58.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9877" CreationDate="2016-12-18T22:39:26.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what you want exists in any county. If you are living and working there, they will want to tax you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite what you might have found in a random site (link broken), it doesn't exist in Spain. None of the valid forms of visa applies to you; if you are working while in Spain, regardless of who is paying you and where they are, you need a worker visa in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closest option would be &quot;Visado de residencia y trabajo en el marco de prestaciones transnacionales de servicios&quot;  which means that you work for a foreign employer while in Spain, but it is your employer who has to request it, and there is a limited list of accepted reasons. Other visa types are self employed, working for a Spanish employer or self sufficient.  The latter means that you have enough means to sustain yourself and dependants while in Spain without the need to work at all, wich is not the case here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links from Spanish government sites (in Spanish) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/LIMA/es/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/IELima/Visados-trabajo.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;List of valid visas at the Spanish consulate in Lima&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/ELCAIRO/es/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Documents/LD%252008%2520de%2520residencia%2520y%2520trabajo%2520en%2520el%2520marco%2520de%2520prestaciones%2520transnacionales%2520de%2520servicios.pdf&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjUpcLZ4_7QAhWaOlAKHeGnDdAQFggcMAE&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFHSWj2DS_aAePxsKBcx7UnhRW9FQ&amp;amp;sig2=Y-V0Xy6cNCYLukN8pDzJmQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Requirements for remote foreign workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2016-12-18T22:39:26.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9873" CreationDate="2016-12-18T23:48:19.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ustraveldocs.com/ch/ch-gen-faq.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Travel Docs website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Applicants are generally advised to apply in their country of nationality or residence. Any person who is legally present in Switzerland may apply for a visa in Switzerland&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, you can apply either in Switzerland or Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastActivityDate="2016-12-18T23:48:19.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6940" CreationDate="2016-12-19T10:53:59.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an addition to @kpatil answer I would like to stress how important it is to have reference letters in required standard...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below you will find two examples one that got accepted other rejected ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Successful:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R0fK4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Failed:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioEuI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you make forms for each company that look like former example. You then take originals to Australian embassy for notarization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T10:53:59.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11355" CreationDate="2016-12-19T11:40:10.397" Score="5" ViewCount="824" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no claims bonus on my car insurance in UK which drops my premium substantially, there is possibility of me ending up in Australia... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure I am not first person to move and I was wondering has anyone successfully moved their no claims bonus to Australian insurance company (or this is unheard of)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can no claims bonus be transferred from UK to Australia?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T06:35:26.367" Title="Can no claims bonus be transferred from UK to Australia?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11384" CreationDate="2016-12-19T11:42:47.103" Score="5" ViewCount="294" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have quite a good credit rating in UK which allows me to get mortgages approved more easily, getting credit cards and such,... there is possibility of me ending up in Australia... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure I am not first person to move and I was wondering has anyone successfully 'moved' their credit score to Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can credit score be transferred from UK to Australia?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T23:00:55.703" Title="Can credit score be transferred from UK to Australia?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9885" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9887" CreationDate="2016-12-19T11:54:56.190" Score="5" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from family of 4 (two adults, two children (5 and 7)). I was looking into Australian work visas and was wondering how many persons to I need to pay for when applying for (190) visa... I would be the only person who works from my family...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In visa fee &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/190-#ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_ProductQuestionsPanel_VisaDetailsPageTrimmingControl3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;calculator here&lt;/a&gt; (screenshot below) one can select applicants over and under 18, which seem to imply that if I want to bring my family over to Australia I will have to pay ~1,800.00 AUD for adult and ~900.00 AUD for child. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fMTUt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fMTUt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are 'additional applicants' when applying for Australian work visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T18:24:33.323" Title="Do I need to pay for my family, who are 'additional applicants' when applying for Australian work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9885" CreationDate="2016-12-19T18:24:33.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have it correctly. After a bit of searching I found the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Fees/explanation-of-visa-application-charges/examples-visa-pricing-charges&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Examples visa pricing charges&lt;/a&gt; page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two examples and both detail that partners/spouses and children are considered additional applicants. It also points out that there's a surcharge if you pay by credit card (currently 0.98% VISA/Mastercard, 1.5% American Express, and 2.0% Diners Club International). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an excerpt from the main applicant with spouse and children example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Paul applies for an Independent ELICOS Sector (subclass 570) visa in&#xA;  his home country, by lodging a paper application. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;When he applies,&#xA;  he includes his 30-year old wife and 2-year old child as additional&#xA;  visa applicants. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Paul must pay the base application charge for this&#xA;  visa as the main applicant, the additional applicant charge for his&#xA;  wife (additional applicant 18 years or over) and the additional&#xA;  applicant charge for his child (additional applicant under 18 years&#xA;  old) as additional applicants.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T18:24:33.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-20T13:26:02.353" Score="4" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1982 in Libya. At the time, my father, a Libyan, was living in the UK on a normal visa. He eventually acquired British citizenship in 1986. I am Libyan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get British citizenship as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10844" LastEditorUserId="83" LastEditDate="2016-12-22T09:48:59.017" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T22:56:20.173" Title="Can I get British citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9876" CreationDate="2016-12-20T20:53:23.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a person has dual citizenship (Canada and US), what will the foreign national potential spouse (from Europe) have to go through in order to be legally residing in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is the same as for the spouse of any US citizen.  The fact that the US citizen holds another nationality is not relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three possibilities, depending on where the couple plan to marry.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the couple plan to marry in the US, the potential spouse should get a K-1 visa. After the foreign national enters the US in K-1 status, the couple must marry within 90 days, whereupon the foreign national applies for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance-k-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance-k-1.html&lt;/a&gt;.  While the K-1 visa is classed as a &quot;nonimmigrant visa,&quot; the end result of the process is a green card for the foreign national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the couple plan to marry outside the US, then there are two possibilities to choose from after they are married.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possibility is for the US citizen to sponsor the spouse for an IR-1 or CR-1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a US citizen.  The CR-1 visa applies if the marriage is less than two years old, in which case the permanent residence will be conditional on the continuation of the marriage.  In this case, all the processing is done through the consulate (&quot;consular processing&quot;), and the foreign national becomes a lawful permanent resident immediately upon entering the US.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/immediate-relative.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/immediate-relative.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other possibility is for the US citizen to sponsor the spouse for a K-3 nonimmigrant visa.  Similar to a K-1 fiancé(e) visa, this allows the foreign national to enter the US and subsequently apply for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/spouse-citizen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/spouse-citizen.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would they even be allowed to be a resident and immigrate to the US ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are circumstances that would cause the US to deny the petition and refuse the visa, but absent any such circumstances, the answer is yes, they would be allowed to be a resident and immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... or would it be Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US will certainly not require the spouse to immigrate to Canada, as it has no power to do so.  The US also won't deny an immigrant petition simply because the sponsor holds another nationality.  As mentioned above, though, they might deny immigration for some other reason, in which case the couple might try their luck in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sponsor the spouse for immigration to Canada, however, the dual citizen would probably have to move to Canada.  Furthermore, if there are grounds for the US to refuse immigration, Canada would likely refuse immigration too, on the same grounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2016-12-20T20:53:23.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9891" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-21T20:49:24.563" Score="1" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born (1944) in the USA to a British Father and an American Mother.  She wants to know what she needs to do to become a UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was born in wedlock, her father was born in the UK to UK citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10846" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2017-01-24T22:48:14.973" LastActivityDate="2017-04-18T05:47:37.770" Title="Become a UK resident?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9891" CreationDate="2016-12-21T21:43:47.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions like this, I would normally steer you to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&lt;/a&gt;. For people born before 1983, things are &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#Before_1983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;messy&lt;/a&gt;. The two issues are if her parents were married and if her father's citizenship could be transmitted to his children. For example, today, citizens by descent do not automatically pass on citizenship to their children. Your best bet is to talk to an immigration lawyer familiar with UK law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your grandfather was born in the UK to UK citizens (i.e., your great grand parents) and was in wedlock with your grandmother, she is eligible to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;register as a citizen&lt;/a&gt;. Given her circumstances her citizenship will not pass down to her children. She cannot become a resident until she registers as a citizen. I cannot find any guidance as to whether she can register from within the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T21:39:06.137" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T21:39:06.137" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-22T03:38:34.603" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen considering a move abroad, and feel like I'm seeing conflicting things about the tax treatment of capital gains.  We're not sure the move would be permanent, so might not sell our house in the US right away.  Some sources seem to suggest that if we sold our house in the US while living in Canada, we wouldn't get the usual capital gains deduction, while some don't mention this issue.  The IRS says you can't get the exemption if you are &quot;subject to expatriate tax&quot; but I can't figure out what that phrase means (they refer to the guide for aliens, which makes me hope it doesn't apply to US citizens abroad).  Can anyone clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10847" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T18:58:09.850" Title="Capital gains on US property while living abroad" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9597" CreationDate="2016-12-22T10:37:17.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/4821/obtaining-british-citizenship-through-naturalization-as-eea-citizen&quot;&gt;Taken from here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify for naturalisation as a British national you need to have at least one year with permanent residence, i.e. 5 years to get PR plus 1 &gt;with PR = 6 to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see this link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements is that you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;· “had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months (or permanent residence if you’re an EEA national)”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to be more precise go can see the Schedule 1 (2) (c ) of the BNA1981 which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c)that he was not at any time in the period of twelve months so ending subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for &gt;which he might remain in the United Kingdom;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the info is very confusing but you need 12 months with PR to qualify.&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;You need &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to apply for Permanent Residentship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (5 years required) first and then after a year for Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to proving your 5 years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One form that is accepted is letters from employers, educational establishments or other Government Departments indicating your presence in the United Kingdom during the last five years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were employed, letters from your employer. If not, letters from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of Work and Pensions&lt;/a&gt; stating you were receiving benefits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also should have registered (1k fine if you didn't) on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/get-on-electoral-register&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;electoral roll in your council&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;(This one I am not 100% sure about, but I have heard people talk that it's also acceptable, which makes it easier than finding all P45s and going through all employers that might gone bust in those 5 years...) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/529577/AN_Guide_-_June_2016.pdf#page=15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;More info in this guide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T13:00:25.370" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T11:09:25.277" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-22T19:09:33.103" Score="1" ViewCount="985" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in Canada on a Work permit. I am planning to apply for my parents visitor visa to Canada. Currently my parents are in Mumbai, India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for my parents visa &lt;strong&gt;from Canada&lt;/strong&gt; without involving an agent? Do I need a sponsor letter and should it be notarized?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10852" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T07:09:11.110" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T07:09:11.110" Title="What is the procedure to apply for Canadian visitor visa for parents from Canada?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-22T00:22:19.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-22T20:19:17.777" Score="1" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;My I-94 is expiring on 23rd Dec but I applied for visa extension on 5th Dec. I spoke to an immigration lawyer and she told me I can stay as long as my decision is pending. If the decision is Yes, then all good, otherwise I'll have to leave immediately. Is that how it works? I'm on a B1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10566" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T20:31:06.273" Title="Can I stay in US legally after my I-94 date if I have applied for Visa Extension 20 days back?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9898" CreationDate="2016-12-22T20:31:06.273" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, if you have timely filed (i.e. USCIS received it before your status expired) a non-frivolous extension of status application, you can stay in the US for as long as it is pending, regardless of whether your status has expired or not. It currently takes a few months for them to give a decision on the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T20:31:06.273" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T15:47:25.550" Score="5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. I have a valid Canadian Student visa valid from April 2016 to March 2018. I am planning to travel to Canada in early 2017. The validity of my medical test performed for the issuance of the said visa is till December 2016 (as it was done in December 2015).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to travel to Canada in early 2017 without having to undergo the medical test again? Can I do the medical test after I arrive in Canada in case I am required to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10853" LastEditorUserId="10853" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T15:54:50.703" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T17:34:31.030" Title="Medical test for travel to Canada" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9893" CreationDate="2016-12-23T18:58:09.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For US taxes, you'll be able to utilize the capital gains tax exemption as long as you've lived in the house as your primary residence for 2 of the previous 5 years, which means you have 3 years to decide what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Canadian taxes, you don't have to pay capital gains taxes on a home for any period of time it was your permanent residence. Calculating it is a little tricky, but you'd only owe capital gains taxes on the portion of the gains after you moved, not the period it was your primary residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just recently made the move from the US to Canada myself and am working on a tax guide. It'll be up on &lt;a href=&quot;http://15miles.info/move-to-canada/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;my site&lt;/a&gt; soon. I'm not an accountant or an attorney, though, so I'm basing this off information available through the IRS and CRA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9574" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T18:58:09.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T14:08:20.643" Score="2" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. I have a Canadian student visa valid from April 2016 to March 2018. I am planning to travel to Canada in early 2017. The validity of my medical test performed for the issuance of the said visa is until December 2016 (as it was done in December 2015).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to travel to Canada to enter as a student in early 2017 without having to undergo the medical test again? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10853" OwnerDisplayName="Aakash" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-28T17:12:55.117" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T22:00:15.717" Title="Medical test for travel to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:54:07.117" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7685" CreationDate="2016-12-23T20:24:06.880" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both syringes and insulin vials are officially permitted as carry-on. It would defeat the purpose with medication of this nature if you can't bring it on your person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you, I'd divide my medication between all my suitcases, and bring as much with me as needed for a year.  Easier to apologize than ask for permission.  The 3 month rule is arbitrary, and kind of goes back to what insurance companies cover.  Customs has the principle of personal use and it sounds like you have a good story to convince the custom's people that this is indeed for personal use.  Besides, there's no street market for insulin. It's available OTC in any pharmacy. Cheaper with insurance, yes, but readily available without a prescription. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I know this is a late reply, but thought I'd give another, and more accurate perspective for others)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10854" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T20:24:06.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T20:39:15.987" Score="3" ViewCount="430" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any duplicates in the suggestions, but some of my previous questions (listed below) are somewhat related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consulate website says I can have a “duly accredited representative” do my visa application—but only under certain circumstances.  Otherwise, I have to personally go to Houston both to apply, and to pick up the visa.  And that they keep my passport, preventing me from taking advantage of the ninety-day no-visa option (citizen of USA) while I wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, as part of the application, I have to include a lease or purchase agreement proving that I already have a place to live in Spain.  (Spain has no hotels?)  So I am supposed to go to Spain, buy or lease a home, then return to USA for two or more months to get permission to live in it!  (And pay for it for those two months that I am not using it!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They say that all documents must have “certified” translations into Spanish.  Does that mean I’m not allowed to translate them myself even though my Spanish is good enough to survive in remote parts of Mexico, Spain, and Peru for periods of time?  (BTDT)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm puzzled to see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatriatecafe.com/index.php?topic=3375.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on another forum&lt;/a&gt; someone claiming that the consulate’s website is wrong, that English is good enough and you don’t need an appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a ticket to Barcelona for 8 Jan 2017.  Is there any way i can avoid coming back for two months after finding an apartment?   Even going into France, England, Italy, etc. would be preferable to going all the way to Houston.  (I say Houston because I have a mailing address in Oklahoma, even though I don’t currently have a home anywhere.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I should have also mentioned that my income exceeds the €25K requirement, that I have insurance to return me to USA if some urgent need arises, that my medical coverage covers emergencies anywhere, and that I plan to purchase insurance in Spain for routine care (even though I can afford to be self-pay).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions somewhat related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9766/cheapest-way-to-ship-three-cubic-meters-from-oklahoma-to-spain&quot;&gt;Cheapest way to ship three cubic meters from Oklahoma to Spain?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9767/can-american-citizen-get-an-nie-in-spain-while-on-no-visa-90-day-visit&quot;&gt;Can American citizen get an NIE in Spain while on no-visa 90-day visit?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9710/u-s-v-a-health-coverage-outside-of-conus&quot;&gt;U.S.V.A. health coverage outside of CONUS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9352/must-have-bought-or-leased-before-applying-for-entry&quot;&gt;Must have bought or leased before applying for entry?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9309/which-visa-for-about-a-year-in-spain-with-flexibility-for-schengen&quot;&gt;Which visa for about a year in Spain with flexibility for Schengen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8547/where-to-go-to-obtain-spanish-residency&quot;&gt;Where to go to obtain Spanish residency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5878/can-a-nomadic-us-citizen-have-bona-fide-resident-status&quot;&gt;Can a nomadic US citizen have &amp;quot;bona-fide resident&amp;quot; status?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T12:06:04.633" Title="Temporary Residency in Spain: Is there a better way?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T20:42:43.720" Score="9" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish citizen living in the USA with a permanent resident card. I own a house in Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long can I stay in Canada at one time before returning to USA?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if I return to USA how soon can I turn around and go back to Canada, and for how long can I stay? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Louisa Mayock" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T04:26:17.260" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:26:17.260" Title="How long can I stay in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9910" CreationDate="2016-12-26T16:23:49.833" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an 18 year old software developer from The Netherlands interested in moving to Prague. &#xA;I'm wondering in which order I should go about moving to Prague in terms of getting visas, work permits, renting a apartment, getting health insurance, finding a job and other stuff. At this moment I'm confused in what order I should start arranging things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance if anyone can help me clarify!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10861" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T16:02:19.973" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T19:15:12.553" Title="Preparation for moving to Prague: what comes first?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9908" CreationDate="2016-12-26T20:50:02.117" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend to start by looking for a job. First, it will be less stressful to move into a new country if you already have a job lined up; second, your employer will probably be able to help you with all the paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a Dutch citizen, you won't need a visa or a work permit (as @svick points out in their comment). You need health insurance from the first day living in the Czech Republic (unless you're on social benefits, for which you're not eligible) so that's another reason to find a paying job first. Getting an apartment can prove difficult if you don't have a steady income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117" LastActivityDate="2016-12-26T20:50:02.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-26T23:53:55.337" Score="2" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a US citizen retires to Italy, becoming a resident in Italy, and using Italy as the country of tax residence, how will distributions from an IRA/401K be viewed by US IRS?   How is it viewed in Italy?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10862" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T16:03:50.983" LastActivityDate="2016-12-27T16:03:50.983" Title="Tax implication for US based IRA/401K when retiring to Italy" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:19:39.763" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9912" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9913" CreationDate="2016-12-27T07:17:37.513" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to go on a vacation to Spain during spring break next year from March 13 - 21. I currently have a valid F1 visa, and have a job offer. The company would be applying for the H1B on my behalf in the next cycle, &lt;em&gt;i.e.&lt;/em&gt; April 1, 2017. Would leaving the country be a problem, or interfere in the visa application process in any way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is it would not, but I would still like to confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10863" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T15:59:22.730" LastActivityDate="2016-12-27T22:04:41.740" Title="Travelling from US before H1B application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9912" CreationDate="2016-12-27T10:03:48.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your actual question, no, the pending H-1B application should not affect your travels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt;, here are the minimum requirements to re-enter the United States on F-1 status: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Form I-20, endorsed for travel and signed by your DSO (designated school official)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have been out of the United States for less than five months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A current passport valid for at least six months after the date of your reentry or, if you are from one of the countries listed below, a passport that is current through the date of entry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A valid, current visa or you travelled to contiguous country or adjacent island for less than thirty days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial information showing proof of necessary funds to cover tuition and living expenses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note the requirement for a valid, current visa. Your initial visa got you into the US in F-1 status, which you're still in. If the visa has expired, it will not get you back into the US if you travel farther than Canada, Mexico, or some Caribbean countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another FAQ says that the Department of State suggests that you apply for another visa from your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet another possible gotcha is whether you'll have graduated by the time of travel. That could mean you're out of F-1 status and into the 60 days you get to leave the US. You will likely not be able to re-enter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will you be on OPT (optional practical training) or have applied for OPT at the time? Then you should have your EAD (employment authorization document) and letter of employment when re-entering the US. If the EAD was pending, it'll get sent to your US address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T22:04:41.740" LastActivityDate="2016-12-27T22:04:41.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9914" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9915" CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:15:53.250" Score="3" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am liable to pay taxe d'habitation on a flat for the time period of 2016, and I have since moved to another département. I understand that in most départements, this was due around November.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I submitted my lodging information alongside my income tax payment for 2015 earlier this year, and I received back an information request concerning my lodging, which I also returned -- &lt;em&gt;about a week later than I was supposed to&lt;/em&gt;, due to forgetting to mail it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never received a bill or a request for payment of taxe d'habitation. I still have access to the mailbox and I am certain that nothing has come concerning this tax. My landlord has also heard nothing about this, though previous tenants did pay taxe d'habitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should a person do in this situation?&lt;/strong&gt; Where possible, I do not want to pay a late fee / penalty, because I never received the request for payment in the mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T10:38:45.853" Title="French rental tax ('taxe d'habitation') payment was never requested. How to rectify / consequences?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9914" CreationDate="2016-12-28T10:38:45.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you have to ask your local &quot;centre des impôts&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, you should hurry up because the payment deadline was either &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup?espId=0&amp;amp;typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_6341&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on November 15 or December 15&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then if you have access to your taxes online, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/popup?espId=0&amp;amp;typePage=cpr02&amp;amp;docOid=documentstandard_5093&amp;amp;temNvlPopUp=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;go check there&lt;/a&gt;. You will be able to print a copy of the original &quot;avis&quot; if it was actually given to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have friends to whom it happened. They were never asked later to pay, but what they did is they went to the tax office, the local &quot;centre des impôts&quot; and they asked for the &quot;avis&quot;. The tax agent said &quot;don't worry, they forgot you&quot; or something of the like. My friends insisted and asked for a receipt proving they did not have to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should do the same and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/public/contactspart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;go to your local tax office&lt;/a&gt; and ask, to make sure they didn't make a mistake. It is indeed important to pay your taxes, or you could be in troubles later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T10:38:45.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7151" CreationDate="2016-12-28T10:51:15.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to update for others who might seek this info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to bring my family on a tourist visa, and apply for residence permit in Italy. I already had a residence permit for myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your family is in Italy on a short term visa, and if they dont want to go back leaving you, then you can apply for the residence permit for the spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mandatory before your spouse come to Italy is the legalized and translated marriage certificate at the Italy consulate in home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8393" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T10:51:15.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9917" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-28T16:55:19.697" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find out if it's possible to apply for French/Dual Citizenship. I live in the UK and my mother was born in France. She was evacuated during WWII when she was 9 to London. Her father was Scottish making her half french, she sadly passed away in 1986.  Her mother was French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this enough for me to apply for French Citizenship? I've recently started looking into this and as I thought it's a minefield on the internet. Any advice on where to start would be much appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10866" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T09:19:16.857" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T09:19:16.857" Title="Applying for French citizenship" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T10:50:51.150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9918" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10001" CreationDate="2016-12-29T08:13:50.547" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been accused (I believe), by a security guard of assaulting him.  I did not do this, and was no where near him at the time of the alleged offense.  However he has made a false denuncia, and has accessed his companies data base to get my details.  The Guardia has not 'interviewed' me, only telling me that this man made a denuncia against me.  I have not heard back from the Guardia in over two weeks now.  What annoys me is that there is a denuncia with my name on it, and no one seems to be dealing with it.  I cannot afford a lawyer to act on my behalf.  Does anyone have any suggestions and advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10867" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T12:35:05.223" Title="Accused in Spain, but no police interview" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7564" CreationDate="2016-12-29T08:45:50.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Peter Taylor is correct. However please note that, in Spain, both your car and caravan need to be registered.  So, let's say you do import/register your car in Spain, you can't simply tow your UK caravan; you will need to get that registered as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Brexit, the Spanish authorities have really started to clamp down on UK cars.  In the past, it was mainly in the over populated ex-pat areas that the police/Guardia would check how long your vehicle had been in the country. Now, it is advisable to follow the law wherever you live.  The six-month rule means that for 6 months out of any 365 days, not from one year's end to the start of the next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10867" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T19:33:16.230" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T19:33:16.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-29T12:09:45.000" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example if you hold an F1 visa and you want to study abroad (Australia for example) for one semester ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10869" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T21:03:38.027" Title="Can you hold 2 student visas at once?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9779" CreationDate="2016-12-29T15:02:12.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having now successfully gone through the process I think I can self-answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, all of the paperwork listed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1460&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1460&lt;/a&gt; were required in my case. Any resources on this topic in English should not neglect to mention the required proof of validity of your current license. In fact in my case they asked me specifically for this and scrutinized it probably more than anything else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This aside is more for flavor: They scrutinized my Maryland driving record printout and its accompanying translation more than anything, in part, because every state/country's proof of validity probably looks different. At first they weren't even entirely clear what it was I was showing them, and the woman at the front desk even asked a colleague over to help her scan through it. It seemed like they were looking for certain keywords. I pointed them specifically to the part where it says my current status is valid, but they were also looking for some other bits of legalese which they finally found. I wish I could tell you exactly what they were looking for.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government website linked above says that some préfectures may ask for a self-addressed and stamped envelope. I brought one just in case but did not put the stamp on the envelope in case they didn't end up asking for it. At my prefecture (Essonne) they did not ask for an envelope. Instead you have to come back in person once your license is ready. This is inconvenient, but has reason: it allows you to keep your current license until the new one is ready. And once you retrieve your new license you have to trade in your old one. You're not allowed to hold both licenses simultaneously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T15:02:12.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9920" CreationDate="2016-12-29T21:03:38.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the information &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like the answer is yes if you stay 5 months or less. The US doesn't care if you have an Australian visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you need to get the approval of the designated school official (DSO) who will endorse your I-20 for travel, and make sure your SEVIS record is up-to-date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to make sure that your original entry visa is still valid, or obtain a new one to re-enter the US. Simply being in F-1 status is not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your passport (depending on its country of origin) should also be valid for at least 6 months when you re-enter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T21:03:38.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-29T22:22:59.847" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were born in Germany (for example), and you are on a H1B visa and your employer is willing you to sponsor you for a green card ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10869" LastEditorUserId="10869" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T22:34:00.920" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T22:34:00.920" Title="What is the waiting time for a Green Card in the EB2 category for people born in countries within the European Union?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T06:48:10.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-30T01:34:14.933" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I paid Rapidvisa.com for a premium account and will be starting my I-130 paper work for my wife in Mexico to come to the USA. Is there anyway to get her here as soon as possible while I am doing the paper work? I prefer not to wait 6 to 8 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10873" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2016-12-30T23:17:12.187" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T23:17:12.187" Title="Can I get my Mexican wife from Mexico to the USA while doing the I-130?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9924" CreationDate="2016-12-30T04:45:51.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;She can try to get a visitor visa to come visit briefly and leave the US on time. She would need to show ties to Mexico to the visa officer and convince the officer that she would return to Mexico and not, for example, apply for Adjustment of Status during her stay in the US (which she is eligible to do at any time if she changes her mind while in the US). Keep in mind that Mexicans are often denied US visas and it may be especially difficult for her due to difficulty to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent in her case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T04:45:51.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-30T18:14:42.600" Score="2" ViewCount="679" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife, who is a French citizen, and I (a US citizen) married in the US.  We have since moved to France and would like to make sure our marriage is formally recognized in France as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, all we need is to have the marriage recorded in a &lt;em&gt;livret de famille&lt;/em&gt;.  And it seems, that for marriages abroad, it is the US Consulate for the jurisdiction in which we got married that would issue our &lt;em&gt;livret&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, for us it would be the consulate tied to the embassy in Washington, D.C. but I can't find good information on exactly what they need from us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, it seems almost simpler for us to just get married again in France, but I'm not so sure that this is actually legal.  For example, it is necessary to sign a &quot;ATTESTATION TENANT LIEU DE CERTIFICAT DE COUTUME ET DE CELIBAT&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://photos.state.gov/libraries/france/45994/acs/usc_paris-coutume-celibat.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://photos.state.gov/libraries/france/45994/acs/usc_paris-coutume-celibat.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) which seems to not allow the case where we are, in fact, married to each other (just in the US).  So it seems one would almost have to lie about our current status, which is also not good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I go through the proper steps with the consulate, or try to get married in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T18:14:42.600" Title="Recognizing US marriage to French citizen in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:20:12.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9929" CreationDate="2016-12-30T20:55:19.057" Score="9" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse and I are both US citizens who have lived in Canada for many years. We are seeking to open a joint brokerage account at an institution we haven't banked with before, and a W-9 is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read the instructions for the W-9 carefully, and it seems clear that we are supposed to fill out only one form for the joint account, listing both of our names but giving the TIN only of the first person listed on the account (whose name is also supposed to be circled).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the institution is insisting that we submit two forms, one in each of our names, as though we were opening separate accounts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have no problem with providing the information required, but we're very uncomfortable with being told by a third party to fill out an IRS form in a way that violates the IRS's instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we do what the bank says and submit two forms, is this likely to cause us problems with the IRS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10874" LastActivityDate="2016-12-31T23:19:49.380" Title="Canadian bank claims that a joint account requires two W-9 forms" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9927" CreationDate="2016-12-31T23:19:49.380" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am really not an expert and barely understand this, but I think you need to give them the two W9's. The reason for this is that the Canadian bank uses the information in a slightly different way than a US bank (for which the W9 instructions were written) would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A US bank uses the TIN from the W9 form to report income from the account to the IRS. The reason they only need one TIN for this is that the bank has no way to apportion the income among the individual account holders' TINs so they just assign it all to one of them. In the very most common case, that the joint account holders are also filing a joint tax return, this makes no difference, while in cases where the account holders are filing separately the account holders file some extra paperwork with the IRS to justify a split of the joint income between them (not that I know what that is, I've not done it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Canadian bank, however, does not report income directly to the IRS. It instead reports the income to the CRA along with the SINs of all account holders and, in the case of US persons, the corresponding TINs from the W9's. The CRA, in turn, &lt;a href=&quot;http://gedeonlawcpa.com/canadianaustralian-bank-request-w-9w-8ben/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;uses the W9 information to report information from each US person's Canadian tax return to the IRS&lt;/a&gt;, including the income from the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference this causes comes from the fact that, as you'll know, Canada doesn't do joint tax returns. The account holders must instead divide the income from the joint account among themselves for the purposes of filing their separate returns. I believe it is this separated income that the CRA reports to the IRS, so they need all the TINs to separately report the income the way it is attributed on the Canadian returns (this also allows them to separate out the income of a non-US-person joint account holder, which is none of the IRS's business).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the Canadian bank needs the TINs of all US person account holders so the CRA can report their shares of the account income to the IRS separately. Hence the multiple W9's. This separate reporting makes no difference at all if you file a joint US return since all income ends up in one pot anyway; if you file separately you will likely need to split the account income the same way you did in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2016-12-31T23:19:49.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9936" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T17:15:07.040" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is American, I'm Italian and I'm living in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I met my girlfriend at the end of March 2015, we started living together from the 1st of July 2015. A few months ago she had to move back to the States and so we're seeing each other every 2/3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would she be able to get a &lt;strong&gt;Partner Visa&lt;/strong&gt; in the UK this year, &lt;strong&gt;after Brexit&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When could we apply for it? Do we have to wait for the date stated on the first proof she has that states that she was living at my same address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And how long would it take to get this kind of visa?&#xA;I read around the internet that it could take from a few weeks to several months (and that the price increased of 25% this year). Any more precise estimate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T17:18:53.877" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T17:18:53.877" Title="After Brexit - Partner visa for American girlfriend of an Italian living in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T09:52:13.203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9937" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T18:20:16.993" Score="1" ViewCount="732" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know the total cost of immigration for a skilled worker to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T21:44:00.497" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T21:54:40.337" Title="How much does Canadian skilled worker immigration cost?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9292" CreationDate="2017-01-02T18:25:37.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the same situation once upon a time.&#xA;French banks can initially refuse your business, but if you cannot find a bank then you can go to the Banque de France and ask them to assign you a bank.  (as Gagravarr suggested) They will pick one for you and that bank would then have to give you an account, free of charge, with no-charge basic services.  (bank card, so you can withdraw money from their bank machines and a chequebook).  Expect the assigned bank to look down their nose at you.  Prepare a few polite but pointed remarks about your rights if they give you a hassle.  They have three days to open the account for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law in question is articles D312-5 and D312-6 of the Code Monétaire et Financier.  The only requirement is that you are a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you go to the Banque de France you'll need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of residency (carte de séjour/nationalité)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof you live somewhere, the famous &quot;justicatif de domicile&quot;, which is usually a telephone or electricity bill no more than three months old.  Other documents are acceptable, you could call the BdF and ask before going there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &quot;attestation de refus&quot;, a document from a bank that says they won't give you an account.  The BdF wants proof that you at least tried.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to fill out their request form, which is quite straightforward.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go see www.banque-france.fr and look up &quot;droit au compte,&quot; probably under the &quot;particuliers&quot; somewhere, to get more details and a copy of their request form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that I just went to La Poste (now le Banque Postale), which once upon a time was the government banque for people.  They gave me an real account, and with a smile and no hassle.  And I was &quot;fresh off the boat,&quot; so to speak.  So I didn't have to go through the BdF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10392" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T18:25:37.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8636" CreationDate="2017-01-02T19:02:38.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Been there, done that.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Short anwser:  First get married, in France.  Then apply.  Relative inexpensive, no lawyer needed, but you will be doing paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some years married you can apply for nationality.  You'll have to get lots of papers together, and all at the same time.  Things like....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth certificates (yours, hers, both your parents'.  If she was not born in France then they want all her grandparents' birth certifictes too)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rap sheet from your home country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage documents (good thing you got married in France, nudge nudge)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your bride's previous marriage(s) details.  (ah, she's not used goods?  Lucky you :-)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof you've been living together since getting married.  This means a telephone or electrical bills covering your entire marriage period and the bills have to have your name &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; her name on them.  If you don't have something with both your names on it you can have it switched as long as you do it soon after getting married.  Ask the phone company or EDF for details.  If you don't do it right away they get really stuck up and you might have to &lt;em&gt;cancel&lt;/em&gt; your contract and re-install the same contract with both your names, ($$$ plus lack of telephone/electricity for a while).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See? you don't need a lawyer for any of that.  But... whatever of those documents is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; in French has to be translated into French by a &quot;traducteur assermenté&quot; (i.e. an officially recognized translator).  These guys are scum, they charge ~fifty euros per translated page.  Someday the French government will just google-translate the documents but that day has not yet come.  Still, in the big scheme of things that's still pretty cheap to get citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fun part is that all these documents have to be dated no more than three months apart from each other.  So you'll have to do a time-on-target strategy like they do for nuclear annhiliation and time your requests so that all these documents arrive in your mailbox at about the same time.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that there are some character interviews:  One by a government agent and one by a gendarme.  Dress nice, smile, use complete sentences, bring some pics of you and the missus on vacation somewhere in France, and you'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; go to the French Consulate/Embassy in your home country.  Chances are they won't know sh1t, especially since there are slight variations on the procedure depending on where you live in France.  That is not their field of expertise.  Start with the website of whatever préfecture you will apply to (in Paris it's the police that handle these types of requests but that's the only exception).  These web sites are 90% correct.  For the other ten percent you'll have to show up in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonne chance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10392" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T19:02:38.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T20:17:36.407" Score="1" ViewCount="2619" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen living inside the UK. I wish to immigrate to Canada and become a Canadian citizen. I am in a long distance relationship with my partner who I have visited before and wish to stay with in Canada, and we plan to eventually apply for civil partnership or common law partnership (I am unsure as to the differences between these two partnerships, if any).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am over the age of 18 and have a Level 6 qualification (BSc Software Engineering), and I currently work as a software developer with some work experience under my belt. I have no debts to pay other than my student loans. I don't drive as of yet however I plan to begin lessons very soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked online for steps that I would need to take to become a Canadian citizen, but nothing is in one place and conflicting information can be confusing. I would greatly appreciate some help on the matter, and can give additional information on my current situation on request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the information. I've looked up my immigration options, and according to my choices (on the Government of Canada site - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/getting-started.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/getting-started.asp&lt;/a&gt;) I'd be able to sign up for Express Entry, but I'd only be able to do so if I have had two years of continuous employment in my current position (Skill level A, Software development). I did some more digging around regarding this, and found this article:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=664&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=664&amp;amp;top=29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“Full-time” means at least 30 hours of paid work in one week. One year of full-time work is at least 1560 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, where I work, I put in 40+ hours a week. Does this mean that I will be able to accrue enough hours to equal the equivalent of 2 years of full-time work in just 1.5 years? Also, does it factor in paid holidays?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10884" LastEditorUserId="10884" LastEditDate="2017-01-10T12:42:47.237" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T08:03:14.700" Title="British Citizen applying for Canadian citizenship" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9937" CreationDate="2017-01-02T21:42:15.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Various fees are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Express Entry (or other &quot;economic class&quot;-based visas) application:&lt;/strong&gt; $550&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a spouse/partner: $550&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For dependents under 19 (or disabled dependants over 18): $150&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Permanent resident fee for principal applicant or spouse/partner:&lt;/strong&gt; $490&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dependents: free&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to pay third-party companies or agencies for these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;c) Other fees. You may have to pay fees to third parties for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;language testing,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Educational Credential Assessments,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your medical exam, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;police checks/clearances and certificates, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;translation of documents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I think you also need to have money to support yourself (and family) for some period of time when you enter the country too. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; it is. The amount changes every year. The money cannot be borrowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Number of Family Members   Funds Required (in Canadian dollars)&#xA;1                          $12,164&#xA;2                          $15,143&#xA;3                          $18,617&#xA;4                          $22,603&#xA;5                          $25,636&#xA;6                          $28,913&#xA;7 or more                  $32,191&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T21:54:40.337" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T21:54:40.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9942" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T21:55:32.380" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Italian citizenship, and would like to know what documents do I need in order to be able to sign a rental contract in Brussels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10886" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T22:03:01.963" Title="What documents do I need to be able to sign a rental contract Brussels, Belgium?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-03T02:40:30.197" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a serious matter for which I hope I can get help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have three children who are British by descent and have British passports.  My wife is an Afghan national who can't speak English which seems to make it impossible to bring her to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told by a solicitor that I can bring her to the UK on a settlement visa without her taking the English test. The solicitor offers a no-win no-fee contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is whether there is any law or article or anything else that says that my wife can come to the UK without taking the English test, or is this guy wasting my time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10496" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-01-05T01:03:21.710" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T01:03:21.710" Title="Settlement visa without taking the English test" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-17T12:25:13.310" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9131" CreationDate="2017-01-03T13:20:18.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not possible from within Austria. Quote from: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmeia.gv.at/reise-aufenthalt/einreise-und-aufenthalt-in-oesterreich/einreise-und-visum/visum-d/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bmeia.gv.at/reise-aufenthalt/einreise-und-aufenthalt-in-oesterreich/einreise-und-visum/visum-d/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine Verlängerung eines Visums D in&#xA;  Österreich nicht vorgesehen ist.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that a D visa in not meant to be extended in Austria.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T13:20:18.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-03T20:55:52.953" Score="5" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying to immigrate to Canada. It would be great if I could take my brother along with me. I am single. Can I take my brother along with me? Would he be considred family?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T19:12:31.417" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T19:12:31.417" Title="Does a brother counts as close family for immigration to Canada?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9946" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-03T22:34:07.820" Score="1" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/arrival-proof-of-funds-vs-arranged-employment-t27178.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that previously one either needed proof of funds or arranged employment. However, when I took the online evaluation of whether I can move to Canada without funds but with arranged employment, they declined my application. Whats the requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T16:01:41.487" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T17:49:12.887" Title="Is proof of fund not required if you have arranged employment in Canada?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9945" CreationDate="2017-01-03T23:40:26.620" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A sibling does not count. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=343&amp;amp;top=14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These family members can come with you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your spouse or common-law partner,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your dependent child,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your spouse or common-law partner’s dependent child, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a dependent child of a dependent child.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These family members can’t come with you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your parents,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;grandparents,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;brother or sister,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;uncle or aunt,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;nephew or niece, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;other relatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to sponsor them &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; you immigrate to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you become a permanent resident or citizen, you would only be able to sponsor your brother if he's under 18, orphaned, and not married/partnered/etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T07:22:40.350" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T07:22:40.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9946" CreationDate="2017-01-04T18:37:44.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirement is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Unless you are currently authorized to work in Canada &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; have a&#xA;  valid job offer from an employer in Canada, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you have been invited to apply under the Canadian Experience Class&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way you've lived in Canada before. Having a job offer gives you more points, but doesn't remove the funds requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T18:37:44.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9942" CreationDate="2017-01-04T23:40:34.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After doing some research on the Belgium's official work site, I found an article talking about foreigner who want to work in Belgium. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to take with you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-The visa for your stay in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-The work permission document from Belgium (which is called &quot;permis de travail&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Your driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emploi.belgique.be/defaultTab.aspx?id=4888&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.emploi.belgique.be/defaultTab.aspx?id=4888&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10898" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-01-07T11:35:20.707" LastActivityDate="2017-01-07T11:35:20.707" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9951" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T06:18:29.193" Score="6" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the UK for more than 10 years and received permanent residence in 2009. Since 2015, I have traveled between the UK and my country of origin and, most of the time, I've been living there instead of in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One week ago, I re-entered the UK so that I could return to my home country and bring my child with me. Since I only planned to stay in my UK house for one week, I filled in the landing card showing a one-week stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At Heathrow Airport passport control, the officer and I had a conversation as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Officer: &quot;So you back to the UK?&quot;&#xA;Me: &quot;Yes.&quot;&#xA;Officer: &quot;Where did you fly from?&quot;&#xA;Me: (I told him from where.)&#xA;Officer: &quot;When did you leave the UK last time?&quot;&#xA;Me: &quot;In the middle of August. About 4 months ago.&quot;&#xA;Officer: &quot;So you live in your country now?&quot;&#xA;Me: &quot;No. I just stay there temporarily. My family is in the UK.&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, I wanted to explain my situation but it seemed that the officer did not care. He then wrote some comments on the back of the landing card and stamped on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my understanding, as long as I return to the UK regularly, for example, once a year, the Indefinite Leave to Remain should be valid. I checked the latest immigration rules, but that part has changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I don't know whether it's okay for me to keep returning to the UK every year. I am also quite worried about the officer's comments. Will this affect me on my next return or even my IRL? BTW, the stamp on my passport is same as before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10902" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-01-05T18:23:30.087" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T21:49:23.913" Title="Is my UK permanent residence (ILR) at risk?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9951" CreationDate="2017-01-05T09:09:57.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to return after leaving the UK for more than two years, you will need a &quot;Returning Resident Visa&quot;. There seems to be no clear rules how long you can be outside the UK in total. However, for tax purposes you are a UK resident if you are present in the country for 183 or more days in a tax year. If you are present less than that, I'd be careful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T09:09:57.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T17:10:04.133" Score="1" ViewCount="848" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the USA in 2013 and my J1 visa was valid until 31 December 2016. In the last week of December 2016, I received an H1B visa. I'm still in the US as of 4 January 2017. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During my 3 years in the US, I got my new passport (renewed) and didn't leave the country. Due to this, my new passport's I-94 shows no record of entry and H1B visa has not been stamped in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My US employer has asked me stay at home, in the US, until H1B is active, which takes 1 month. The other option is to go India and get the H1B stamping done there, which can take 3-4 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best solution to get H1B visa activated as early as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10909" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-05T23:13:54.670" LastActivityDate="2017-01-06T08:12:37.160" Title="I-94, H1B visa not activated" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T18:58:40.663" Score="4" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a UK resident and both me and my partner are EU nationals. We have jobs here, but she will soon go on maternity leave. Her limited duration contract will end while she's on maternity leave and it might or might not be renewed (we don't know yet due to unexpected circumstances). She will receive some maternity allowance and also statutory maternity pay (SMP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been thinking about moving to Germany for a while, but are not sure about the timing. On the one hand, the fact that she'll potentially have to look for another job seems to be a good opportunity to move as she wouldn't lose much by leaving the UK now, but having a little child complicates our situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK Government website says that benefits such as maternity allowance and SMP are transferable to Germany (for UK citizens, but I assume this would apply to us as well), but I am a bit worried about the period after that. First, would the fact that only one of us works while the other is taking care of our child be a problem for our residency permit? Also, it seems that moms of little children who return to work relatively soon after giving birth are frowned upon and places in nurseries and kindergartens are difficult to get, which brings me to my second concern: in your experience, would she be able to return  work after say 12 months of maternity leave? She'd much rather have a job and not rely on benefits, but if that's absolutely not possible, would we be entitled to any kind of financial support from the government?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We won't definitely move until summer at least, but I would like to hear about your opinion/experience whether this is a very bad moment to go to Germany and we should rather wait for our child to be a bit older.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'd prefer to move to (or close to) a city such as Berlin or Munich which offers more job opportunities and we won't attempt moving unless at least one of us has a job offer there. I am also aware that there might be regional differences in how working moms are perceived. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10910" LastEditorUserId="10910" LastEditDate="2017-01-05T19:04:38.840" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T00:19:15.810" Title="Moving to Germany with partner and small child" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T08:47:24.700" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9954" CreationDate="2017-01-06T08:12:37.160" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is confusing because you seem to be using some terminology incorrectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said &quot;I received an H1B visa.&quot; But it's not possible to receive a US visa inside the US (rare exceptions for diplomatic visas which are not relevant here), because you can only get US visas at US consulates abroad, as US visas are solely for &lt;em&gt;entering&lt;/em&gt; the US, and you don't need to &quot;enter&quot; if you are already in the US. The &quot;visa&quot; is the physical sticker that is affixed to a page on your passport. When you said &quot;H1B visa has not been stamped&quot;, what you actually mean is that you do not have an H1b visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you probably meant was that you got H1b status while in the US, by doing a Change of Status inside the US. Or you meant that your employer applied for an H1b petition for you and it was approved. Because you were in the US when your employer applied for an H1b petition, it almost certainly also requested a Change of Status, so with your H1b petition approval you should have received a new paper I-94 attached with it, indicating H1b status and the period of admission. That paper I-94 is the I-94 you should use from now on, and all previous (electronic or paper) I-94s you may have received are now invalid. By getting the I-94, that means that you are now in H1b status (unless the I-94 indicates a start date in the future), and there is no &quot;activating&quot; or anything else. (You may be confused because you are looking at CBP's I-94 website, which only has electronic I-94s from entries to the US. But I-94s from Change of Status are not going to show up on there as Change of Status is handled by USCIS which is a different agency from CBP and which issues paper I-94s.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-06T08:12:37.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-06T19:32:58.260" Score="1" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. If I stay in U.S.A for 1 year then I can bring my parents &lt;strong&gt;for 1 year&lt;/strong&gt; to U.S.A using the &quot;B2 visa for household members&quot;. See for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040202.html#M402_2_4_B_5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;or the last answer of &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/64096/can-i-be-admitted-for-more-than-six-months-on-a-b-2-visa&quot;&gt;this stack exchange question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does such kind of permit/visa exists for Canada and UK? That is, if I go to Canada or UK, can I get a suitable visa to bring my parents to Canada or UK for &lt;strong&gt;1 year&lt;/strong&gt;. I searched over the internet and I came to know that for 6 months this &lt;em&gt;is possible&lt;/em&gt; using a tourist or &quot;visitor&quot; visa. My intention is to bring my parents for 1 year. For U.S.A, this is also possible for 1 year as I explained above. I want to know whether similar thing is possible for Canada and UK. Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10915" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2017-07-05T09:45:45.920" Title="Possibility of visa for &quot;household members&quot; for Canada and UK for 1 year-similar to U.S.A?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T12:06:25.927" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I are looking to live in Europe, somewhere in the Schengen region, for one year from mid 2017. I'm aware of the 90 of 180 days allowance within these countries for people without EU visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any de facto visa exemptions available for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are from Australia, and I only have an AU passport, however my girlfriend has an EU passport (dual citizenship) and so is able to live and work anywhere in the UK or EU, without restriction. We've been in a serious relationship for 5 years and living together for almost 2 years. My girlfriend is planning to work for the year, and I will be completing an Australian university course online, and hoping to work part time, but I probably won't be a in a position to secure a job from here and apply for any type of working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Joe and Lucy" LastActivityDate="2017-01-07T15:01:23.427" Title="Are there any visa exemptions available for an Australian wanting to work for a year in the Schengen area who has a dual-citizenship girlfriend?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9962" CreationDate="2017-01-05T13:07:41.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an expert on this but I would think 1 year and planning to work is probably enough to count as &quot;taking up residence&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AIUI if you marry your girlfriend and she takes up residence in an EU country other than her own then she can get you a residence permit as a &quot;family member of an EU citizen&quot;. It may be possible to do this without marrying but AIUI your legal position is then much weaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she takes up residence in her home country then local laws apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8585" OwnerDisplayName="Peter Green" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T17:04:08.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9962" CreationDate="2017-01-05T13:40:28.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;as an European lawyer, I believe I can shed some light on the matter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your girlfriend, as an EU citizen, can reside in any EU country, she would need to register her presence in the country, but that is usually just a formality;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the EU and the Schengen space and two different areas, as for example, the UK is not part of the Schengen space, but (still) is part of the EU;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can either apply for a student/work visa depending on your activity as a non-EU citizen, or can get a visa as &quot;the partner of an EU citizen&quot; (you don't need to be married). The latter usually means that your girlfriend would have to take responsibility for you and take included healthcare (or if you can prove you have separate means/coverage). Good luck!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Teodora" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T13:40:28.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-08T09:25:18.443" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;What subtype visa for settlement to apply for civil partner? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which type of visa (settlement) to apply for where a person already has a civil partnership in the UK, is it family reunion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is, what title should I put in applying for a settlement visa as I'm so confused on what to apply for (subtype-settlement) and I can't afford to make a mistake this time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is, I'm already married in the UK via civil partnership and I'm so confused on what to select under settlement category. My partner is a British citizen and I'm applying for this visa in the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10922" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T09:25:18.443" Title="What subtype visa for settlement to apply for civil partner" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:41:47.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9946" CreationDate="2017-01-08T17:49:12.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, I came across this content on Canadian Immigration's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. Here is what it says,&#xA;You do not have to show that you have these funds if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have a valid offer of arranged employment in Canada AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are currently working or authorized to work in Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T17:49:12.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-08T23:30:50.143" Score="5" ViewCount="1780" Body="&lt;p&gt;While in France, I got to watch a lot of cool TV: sports, documentaries, talk shows, etc. through my smart TV and SFR internet provider. I know that certain programming is geographically limited, but is there a way for me to watch French (internet) TV from my internet connection in the US? I miss watching the European cycling classics, as well as some old French TV series.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10758" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T11:33:58.330" Title="How can I watch French TV programs on American internet?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9967" CreationDate="2017-01-09T05:45:48.317" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer will be different for different kinds of content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;YouTube has a ton of good stuff. It can be a good place to start, especially for old TV series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;TV channels' own websites or apps have some content available, usually in the catch-up window (or &quot;replay&quot; as it's called in France) i.e. for a limited time following original broadcast. If there's a program you particularly like, you may be able to watch it everytime this way. These sites almost never carry movies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;iTunes and Google Play will carry some movies, though not usually a lot. Netflix used to carry French classics and arthouse movies online, but last time I checked they didn't have any of that available anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports, particularly live or close-to-live sports, are the hardest to come by. The rights to broadcast them in the US are typically sold to a US broadcaster such as a cable sports channel or a pay per view operator. Whereas you can get other forms of content online, for sports, based on what you like to watch you may have to pay a cable or satellite TV subscription and maybe an additional package on top of that. It depends on the sport, so you should research your own...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's TV5 Monde which is part of some &quot;international&quot; cable packages but it's a very limited selection of content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally I've heard some people use torrent sites and VPNs to get around restrictions. I'm not &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; motivated to watch TV, so haven't tried...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chances are you'll be watching a lot of content that's only available online so I'd advise a setup that lets you watch on your TV from the internet. Personally I use a Chromecast for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T05:45:48.317" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9970" CreationDate="2017-01-09T07:02:44.913" Score="4" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the country of X, and just became US citizen. My original X country doesn't allow dual citizenship. Law in X country says my X citizenship would be automatically dropped if I get naturalized in other country. But I haven't renounced my X citizenship yet, and still have an un-expired passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: if I want to make working visa to France (a third country). Can I still use my X passport? Or would France care about the fact that X country doesn't recognize dual citizenship and thus deny my visa application? My X passport is not expired and I did tell French embassy that I am dual citizen of US and country X right now. I am in US right now making visa to go to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10926" LastEditorUserId="10926" LastEditDate="2017-01-09T07:16:27.897" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T10:15:19.660" Title="Natualized US citizen, with un-renounced X country citizenship, making French visa, which passport?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9969" CreationDate="2017-01-09T07:23:16.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds unlikely that the branch of the French government who is in charge of processing your visa would care to make a determination on behalf of country X about your citizenship there. So in other words I don't think they would care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, unless they are explicitly asking for every one of your nationalities, you are not necessarily obliged to tell all of them to the French visa office. For example I know dual citizens of US and country Y, but when dealing with government of a third country such as France they only write USA in the country of citizenship box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't really understand why you'd want to use the passport of country X for you visa, in spite of the fact that, if I understand correctly, you're not quite positive you can get that passport renewed. Take a hypothetical situation where that passport expires or gets lost or stolen while you're in France. You next go to the consulate for country X in order to get it reissued. Might the consulate be able to figure your US naturalization and then refuse your passport application? At which point your visa file with the French government might be useless or at least a pain to deal with. I'm only hypothesizing here, and generally I don't like to answer questions this way, but might using the US passport from now on not be more prudent? (In other words, if you already believe that country X would no longer consider you a national were they to know your US naturalization, then why not respect that and act accordingly?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T07:23:16.250" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9969" CreationDate="2017-01-09T10:00:01.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legally, it seems you are not a citizen of X anymore. If that is indeed the case, by applying as a citizen of X, you would be misrepresenting your situation and using an invalid document fraudulently. You did write that you told the French consulate about your “dual” citizenship but if you are not actually a citizen of country X and even if it issued the passport and it looks completely fine, its validity is questionable at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with @qoba that the French consulate is not particularly likely to act on this when issuing the visa but given the fact that you are now moving to France and that you have much more than a short tourism visit at stake, I would still be concerned about the possibility that it somehow creates problems later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-09T10:15:19.660" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T10:15:19.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9974" CreationDate="2017-01-09T11:15:54.383" Score="7" ViewCount="6298" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title pretty much says it.  In many cases I see things that say someone must have at least 6 months left on their passport to enter a country.  In this case, I am interested in whether a permanent resident (with a Dutch passport) faces that requirement or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found a number of forums which suggest it's not a problem, but I'd like to see a reference to an actual official source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10927" LastEditorUserId="10927" LastEditDate="2017-01-09T12:01:20.120" LastActivityDate="2019-03-08T01:44:32.427" Title="Can a green card holder enter the US with a passport having less than 6 months remaining?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-09T12:03:51.447" Score="4" ViewCount="2654" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to immigrate to Canada. My father is willing to give (not borrow but give) money required for it. Will it be ok to take money from him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T00:59:20.833" Title="Can father send me the amount of proof of funds required for immigration?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9972" CreationDate="2017-01-09T12:39:30.073" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; need a passport to enter the US when you have a Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident&lt;/a&gt; for the official text:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What documents do I need to present to reenter the United States?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If seeking to enter the United States after temporary travel abroad,&#xA;  you will need to present a valid, unexpired “green card” (Form I-551,&#xA;  Permanent Resident Card). When arriving at a port of entry, a U.S.&#xA;  Customs and Border Protection Officer will review your permanent&#xA;  resident card and any other identity documents you present, such as a&#xA;  passport, foreign national I.D. card or U.S. Driver’s License, and&#xA;  determine if you can enter the United States.  For information&#xA;  pertaining to entry into the United States, see U.S. Customs and&#xA;  Border Protection’s webpage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says 'or US Driver's license', so it will be good enough in combination with the Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From own experience, I have multiple times travelled to Europe and back to the US, only needing the destination country's local ID card and the Green Card. Although they typically &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; for your passport, it is ok to not have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T12:39:30.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9975" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-09T14:04:56.267" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in the UK and my passport is at the Home Office for a extension as a partner of an EU national. Some issue came up and I was sent back the document and I have to send them back. My problem is that I cannot drive; it has been 2 years since I originally left. I just have my Social Security number and I work full time. Is there any way I can get my license as I don't have my home country license as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T03:38:50.343" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T10:32:33.323" Title="How to get a UK driving license as a non-UK national if your passport is with the Home Office?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-10T04:19:26.937" Score="3" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 24 yrs old and single. I am self employed and work from home as a webcam model for an online website. I want to move to London, England. What all do I need to do to move from the U.S. to the UK? And would I be able to continue being self employed as a cam girl?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10933" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-01-10T07:28:24.097" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T13:44:43.843" Title="Being a cam girl from home and moving to the U.K" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T05:17:44.703" Score="2" ViewCount="849" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am struggling to work out the appropriate visa to apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently completing my Masters of Social work in Australia as a full time student.&#xA;A compulsory part of the degree is a 500 hour (roughly 3 month) unpaid placement within an organisation&#xA;I am planning to complete this in New York with an organisation that has indicated their willingness to take me on for 500 hours as required by my Australian university.&#xA;I am unsure of the correct visa to apply for as I will not be engaged with any American university (student visa), nor will I be a paid worker of the organisation (working visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10939" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:30:00.443" Title="What Visa do I need to complete an unpaid internship in New York" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T10:10:18.473" Score="1" ViewCount="1138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a professional software developer with an experience of 5 years. I am currently in Karachi, Pakistan. I got an offer from Munich Germany company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get the Visa from the German General Consulate (Karachi), they are asking for the &lt;strong&gt;Education Equivalency of my education from ANABIN&lt;/strong&gt;. I have completed high school (12th standard) and my bachelor's degree is in progress, I have completed 2 years of my bachelor's degree and 2 years are remaining. I also got clearance from ZAV (Bundesagentur für arbeit) and I am allowed to work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you be so kind to suggest which equivalency certificate should I apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10943" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-11T11:05:24.603" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T16:21:21.343" Title="Which ANABIN Certificate do I need for Work Visa? If I want Aufenthaltserlaubnis (Resident permit) Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T10:21:39.043" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not live in Europe, so I have no idea what living costs are. I would like to know whether a salary of about 5000 euro per month would be sufficient to live in Söll, Austria? Now I know there are many factors to take into consideration, but I'm just looking for a ball park figure / an average.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10941" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-11T11:08:23.683" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T11:08:23.683" Title="Austria - How much if enough" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2017-01-11T12:39:57.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T16:26:17.107" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to use my Netherlands credit card overseas, to withdraw money in local currency in some non-European states (specifically: USA, Israel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are, or how do I determine, the (typical) fees and conversion rate for doing this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are all credit cards, by all banks / credit card companies in the Netherlands, the same with respect to these fees and exchange rates?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd like to answer more specifically about one bank/credit card: I'm with ABN-AMRO, and I have an ICS MasterCard of theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T08:34:02.097" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T08:34:02.097" Title="How to determine the fees when using a Dutch bank card overseas?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;currency&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:41:39.520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T20:30:12.317" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does Canada issue Study Permits for Part-time graduate programs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For international students from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and so on)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To study Masters and PhD?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T22:54:52.393" Title="Does Canada issue Study Permits for Part-time graduate programs?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9984" CreationDate="2017-01-11T22:54:52.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it does, and a student's country of origin is not the consideration but, rather, the program into which one is accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/students/consider.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of Canada information on&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full-time versus part-time studies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definition of full-time or part-time varies depending on the educational institution. A study permit may be issued whether or not the student’s studies are on a full-time or part-time basis (i.e., the condition that study permit holders must actively pursue studies does not require them to be enrolled on a full-time basis), as long as they are enrolled at a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/students/design.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;designated learning institution&lt;/a&gt;. However, the student must have a full-time status in order to work on or off campus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T22:54:52.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9967" CreationDate="2017-01-12T00:23:12.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rely on Film On to see most of my European channels. SD watching is free, you pay for HD quality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.filmon.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.filmon.com&lt;/a&gt; for browser streaming, and they have got a pretty good and free app for multiple platforms, from iOS, Android, LG TV, OS/X, Windows, Roku, xbox, Apple TV. Pretty amazing. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.filmon.com/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are pretty organised, and have groups of popular channels of different nationalities. They also have some groups based on interests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For French TV, they have got Arte, BFM, France 3, RTS, M6, TV5, and France 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SD quality is normally enough for my needs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also when abroad have the option of doing a VPN for my country, and watching TV either with my account or my parents account using the software TV of the cable package we are paying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Needless to say, Film On is more convenient to use, and faster without needing a VPN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filmon-free-live-television/id994645555?mt=8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Film On for iPhone and iPad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10942" LastEditorUserId="10942" LastEditDate="2017-01-12T22:28:14.153" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T22:28:14.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9990" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9999" CreationDate="2017-01-12T13:07:01.430" Score="4" ViewCount="5423" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is the right SE to ask this question. If somebody finds it inappropriate please point it out/move it to the right SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I currently live in Germany and I have a bank account (Sperrkonto for international students) with Deutsche Bank. This is the first time I tried to buy something on amazon.de with this bank account (previous online shoppings in Germany were all carried out with my previous credit card via PayPal).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything seemed to be going well and I received the item yesterday. However, today I received an email from Amazon. Apparently, for some unknown reason („kein Grund angegeben&quot;), my bank somehow rejected the billing from Amazon and returned the money to my own account. I queried my account on DB's website immediately and this is indeed the case, as can be shown by the screenshot about my personal account below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HZ8Nv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HZ8Nv.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the email Amazon demanded that I transfer the EUR 189.99 manually, plus EUR 3.00 for &quot;Rücklastschriftentgelts&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Guten Tag,&#xA;&#xA;wie vereinbart haben wir versucht den Betrag für Ihre Bestellung bei Amazon.de von Ihrem Konto abzubuchen. Die Bezahlung dieser Bestellung konnte nicht abgeschlossen werden. &#xA;&#xA;Wir fordern Sie hiermit höflich auf, den ausstehenden Betrag in Höhe von EUR 192.99 bis spätestens 26.01.2017 (Zahlungseingangsdatum) unter Angabe des Verwendungszwecks 29574032592945 auf folgendes Konto zu überweisen:&#xA;&#xA;Empfänger           Amazon EU S.à.r.l.&#xA;Kreditinstitut      HSBC Trinkaus und Burkhardt&#xA;IBAN                DE93300308800013441006&#xA;SWIFT/BIC           TUBDDEDDXXX&#xA;Verwendungszweck    (redacted)&#xA;&#xA;Der Betrag setzt sich wie folgt zusammen:&#xA;Bestellnummer            Betrag              Rücklastschriftsgrund                   &#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;(redacted)      EUR 189.99          Unbekannt                               &#xA;Rücklastschriftentgelt   EUR 3.00                &#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;Gesamtbetrag             EUR 192.99              &#xA;&#xA;Bestellte Artikel:&#xA;(redacted),Kindle Voyage eReader, 15,2 cm (6 Zoll) hochauflösendes Display (300 ppi) mit integriertem intelligenten Frontlicht, PagePress-Sensoren, WLAN&#xA;&#xA;Geben Sie bitte ausschließlich (redacted) als Verwendungszweck an. Nur so können wir Ihre Zahlung eindeutig zuordnen. &#xA;&#xA;Sollten Sie den Betrag inzwischen überwiesen haben, betrachten Sie dieses Schreiben bitte als gegenstandslos.&#xA;&#xA;Hinweis:&#xA;Sie können diese Bestellung/en jederzeit über &quot;Mein Konto&quot; auf der Website (http://www.amazon.de/) einsehen.&#xA;&#xA;Wir freuen uns auf Ihren nächsten Besuch!&#xA;Amazon.de&#xA;&#xA;Tel Deutschland         0800 1875611 (kostenfreie Rufnummer)&#xA;Tel Österreich          0800 298392 (kostenfreie Rufnummer)&#xA;Email                   lastschriftservice@amazon.de&#xA;Servicezeiten           Montag  - Freitag       08:00 bis 19:30&#xA;                        Samstag - Sonntag       10:00 bis 16:00&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then, after I emailed back asking why they can't just charge me again and why do I need to pay the EUR 3.00 extra even though I apparently did nothing wrong at all, this is the reply I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nachricht vom Kundenservice&#xA;  Guten Tag,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;wir haben versucht, für die Bestellung (redacted) den Rechnungsbetrag von EUR 189,99 von Ihrem Bankkonto abzubuchen. Ihre Bank hat jedoch den Einzug zurückgegeben und uns die folgende Begründung mitgeteilt: „kein Grund angegeben“.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Für den Fall, dass Sie den genauen Grund für das Scheitern der Abbuchung wissen möchten, setzen Sie sich bitte mit Ihrer Hausbank in Verbindung.&#xA;  Nur diese kann Ihnen genau mitteilen, warum sie die Abbuchung hat scheitern lassen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wir bitten Sie, den ausstehenden Betrag von EUR 192,99 - einschließlich des Rücklastschriftentgelts von EUR 3,00 - auf unser Konto zu überweisen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Empfänger: Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Kreditinstitut: HSBC Trinkaus &amp;amp; Burkhardt           &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IBAN: DE87300308801908262006&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;BIC: TUBDDEDDXXX&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bitte geben Sie bei Ihrer Überweisung ausschließlich den Verwendungszweck  an. Nur so können wir Ihre Zahlung eindeutig zuordnen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ich hoffe, ich konnte Ihnen weiterhelfen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has made me quite upset, not because of only EUR 3.00, which is quite a small amount, but the nature of this episode which just seems to have come out of nowhere. I just normally added my bank account to Amazon and paid, and received the goods, yet this occurred. It makes me wonder whether I should trust Deutsche Bank as a payment method when shopping here after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the cause of this issue? Is there anything I can pay attention/improve to in order to avoid similar misfortunes in the future (e.g. is there an option for transaction limit or something)? Could this have anything to do with the nature of my Sperrkonto account besides the monthly withdrawal limit, which I'm quite sure I didn't surpass (if there are, they were never made explicit to me)? Is Deutsche Bank savings account reliable to use as an online payment method, or is it better for me to just use PayPal all the time from now on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="6155" LastEditDate="2017-01-14T09:04:03.110" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T15:15:55.950" Title="Deutsche Bank rejected Amazon's bill on my account, and now I must pay Amazon EUR 3.00 more for &quot;Rücklastschriftentgelts&quot;?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9990" CreationDate="2017-01-12T17:55:44.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You simply cannot use &lt;em&gt;savings&lt;/em&gt; accounts for electronic transfers. It is not a service offered.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As this was your failure, you will have to rectify it, either by paying the 3 Euro fee, or in another way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T17:55:44.363" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9994" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10734" CreationDate="2017-01-12T22:18:45.730" Score="5" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK passport will expire this year, so I need to get it renewed. The process requires me to send my current passport to the UK, and it will be returned by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it will certainly be delivered during working hours, when I'm not in, meaning that I will have to collect it from the post office, and they will require an identity document. The only document I have which is likely to satisfy them is my passport, and that will be inside the envelope I'm trying to collect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I explained the situation to a post office worker and their reply was that the rules say that it must be an original document; their suggestion was to make a photocopy of my passport and hope that I get lucky and the person behind the desk when I try to collect will accept it. That's obviously a fairly risky strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What solutions are there to this catch-22?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastEditorUserId="2325" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T22:06:30.150" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T20:24:37.773" Title="Proving my identity while my passport is being renewed" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-13T08:50:30.500" Score="4" ViewCount="2011" Body="&lt;p&gt;Need to travel to Prague for employment. &#xA;I'm very confused about whether I should I apply for a blue card or an Employment card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10950" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T09:49:50.327" Title="What is the difference between Employment card and Blue card of Czech Republic ?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10000" CreationDate="2017-01-13T10:32:47.240" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a dilemma I have been given two offers of work one in CBD and other one in Hornsby both Sydney. I have a brother living in CBD so there for I would stay at first at his place, the time distance from his apartment to the office in CBD is 20 minutes by foot and to Hornsby 1,5 hour by public transport. The difference in salary is 30k annually. The one in CBD is 110k package and one in Hornsby is 140k package. What is a better choice? Earn less and live near CBD or earn more and live in Hornsby ? Please help I have a big problem with doing cons and pros over here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10951" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T03:01:17.207" Title="What is better choice living place or salary in Sydney?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-01-20T03:40:28.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-13T12:36:15.530" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is Brazilian and is finishing obtaining her Italian citizenship. She is currently in the UK under a temporary 6 months visa (currently on the 2nd month). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her Italian Citizenship is just the documents that prove she is an Italian Citizen; thus, after that, she still needs to request her travel documents and for that she must register on AIRE to request Italian documents here in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for her to register on AIRE in the UK under a 6 months visitor/tourist visa? We intend to relocate to UK and going back to Brazil just to wait the AIRE process and apply for an Italian passport would be too lengthy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don’t see why there would be any problem is this scenario but I want to make sure this is possible. Note that AIRE has a maximum processing time of 180 days, although it typically goes much faster depending on the italian comune. I am also not sure if there's a way of requesting a visa extension just to wait for AIRE and her italian passport/ID, since she would already have her italian citizenship documents ready (thus being an EU citizen, but without her travel documents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone can help me with any input it would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10953" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:54:33.443" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:54:33.443" Title="AIRE processing while on UK temporary visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-17T12:24:50.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9990" CreationDate="2017-01-13T16:02:13.383" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amazon charged you 189€. Your bank refused that for reasons they did not share with Amazon. If that happens (somebody trying to charge you and your bank refusing for whatever reason) &lt;em&gt;the bank&lt;/em&gt; will charge the company a fee. The 3€ are the fee &lt;em&gt;the bank charged Amazon&lt;/em&gt; because they tried to get money from an account where this was not possible. Amazon is now charging you those 3€ to break even. The 3€ charge is not a fee from Amazon. Best case for them is they will come out at zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now why did your bank refuse to pay? Well, it did not share the reason with Amazon so we cannot know. One possible reason is you simply did not have the 189€ inside your current credit limit.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed you have a &lt;em&gt;Sperrkonto&lt;/em&gt; (literally translated a &quot;locked account&quot;). The money on this account is locked so Germany has proof that you have enough money for your stay. You cannot freely spend this money. You have a monthly allowance so that you have enough money for the duration of your whole stay here. If your account holds more money than you need by law, you can spend this amount over the legal limit freely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that you thought you could spend all of that money at any time. But you get a monthly allowance at the first of each month. And most likely, the 189€ was more than what was left of your monthly allowance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T16:02:13.383" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9996" CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:55:20.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take the one with shorter travel distance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This exact issue has been disused &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Am-6-jzR68&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on vlogbrothers by Hank&lt;/a&gt; quite recently &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources (taken from vlogbrothers):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Homeownership doesn't increase happiness:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/rea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/rea&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Short Commute = $40,000 raise &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/1415144&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/1415144&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Commuting Linked to Lower Life Satisfaction&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://uwaterloo.ca/recreation-and-l&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://uwaterloo.ca/recreation-and-l&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Commuting and Metabolic / Cardiovascular Health&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S07&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S07&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Commuting related to lower social activity and lower general trust&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;10 Things Commuting Does to your Body&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://time.com/9912/10-things-your-c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://time.com/9912/10-things-your-c&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-01-14T03:01:17.207" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T03:01:17.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9918" CreationDate="2017-01-14T12:35:05.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To find out the status you can go to the court's &lt;em&gt;decanato&lt;/em&gt; and say that you want details of a &lt;em&gt;denuncia&lt;/em&gt; which you believe has been made against you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the Spanish justice system is very slow but expects everyone else to be very fast. It's quite possible that nothing will happen for three months and then you'll get a notification of a trial date in a week's time. Only when they give that notification do they give you a copy of the &lt;em&gt;denuncia&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's for anything more serious than a &lt;em&gt;delito leve&lt;/em&gt; then you can must have a lawyer, and the court will provide one. I don't know exactly how that works out in terms of proving inability to pay. If it's a &lt;em&gt;delito leve&lt;/em&gt; then they will tell you that you have the choice of coming with a lawyer or not but that the court won't provide one, and will possibly even tell you that you don't need to have one, it's no big deal. That's a lie: only your lawyer can cross-examine the other party and their witnesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T12:35:05.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9977" CreationDate="2017-01-14T13:44:43.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK visa system no longer has the Tier 1 visa which permits someone to enter the UK and be self-employed. Tier 1 Entrepreneur is to attract people to invest in the United Kingdom by setting up or taking over, and being actively involved in the running of, one or more businesses. Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa are ideal for entrepreneurs with some money to invest in the UK. In practice most people who apply will need to have £200,000 of available funds held in a regulated financial institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Tier 1 Entrepreneur sub-category is perfect for those individuals wishing to start a business in the UK who can meet the criteria. Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) is for non-European migrants who want to invest in the UK by setting up or taking over, and being actively involved in the running of a business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A 'business' means an enterprise as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a sole trader&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a partnership, or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a company registered in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your application for a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa to be successful you must score a total of 95 points and meet all the other requirements under the Immigration Rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8694" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T13:44:43.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9994" CreationDate="2017-01-14T15:09:48.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you mention &quot;working hours&quot;, have it delivered at work, ie with you and your company's name on it, allowing the receptionist to accept it. UKPA may ask you for a letter from senior officers of your employer on company letterhead, or other similar proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastEditorUserId="9655" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T23:30:11.337" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T23:30:11.337" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-15T20:01:11.700" Score="7" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German resident of the Netherlands and need to request a German “erweitertes Führungszeugnis” (extended certificate of good conduct) for helping with a summer camp in Germany. (The organizers explicitly requested the eFZ in a way that the Dutch “Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag” is not in the scope of this question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bundesjustizamt.de/DE/SharedDocs/Publikationen/BZR/antrag_en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the corresponding request form&lt;/a&gt;, to be sent to the Bundesamt für Justiz, &lt;em&gt;“The personal details and the signature must be&#xA;officially certified. Such official certification, which must be of a recent date, can be issued by a German&#xA;diplomatic or consular representation, by a &lt;strong&gt;foreign authority&lt;/strong&gt;, or by a notary public.”&lt;/em&gt; (emphasis mine, from the Notes page of the form.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The personal details requested on the form are implicitly the personal home address, and explicitly listed under “my personal details are” the surname at birth, surname, first name(s), date of birth, place of birth and nationality – which are all available in my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What Dutch authority is able to officially certify my personal details and signature on a the form to the German Bundesamt für Justiz?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4862" LastEditorUserId="4862" LastEditDate="2017-01-16T15:44:03.153" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T07:37:12.737" Title="What Dutch authority can certify my personal details for German agency?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-16T14:52:01.253" Score="2" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was told that I need an NIE (foreigner's ID number) to rent an apartment but I need a residence address to get an NIE.  The advice was to use a friend's address and then change it after getting the apartment.  I don't have any close friends there but there are people I can ask.  But I don't want to ask if it would result in them getting a bunch of mail from the government--mail addressed to me when I wouldn't be there to receive it (and in fact they wouldn't be there to give it to me because they are temporarily out of the country)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2017-04-29T18:01:04.263" Title="What does Spain &quot;do&quot; with the address on an NIE?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10013" CreationDate="2017-01-16T17:08:47.323" Score="3" ViewCount="804" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British having a baby with my German girlfriend. She was told that I would need to have my international birth certificate to be added to the baby's birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are unmarried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The baby will be born in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:I can't find anything about this document, is it true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10969" LastEditorUserId="10969" LastEditDate="2017-01-16T17:38:56.223" LastActivityDate="2018-09-30T13:57:58.040" Title="International birth certificate" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10008" CreationDate="2017-01-16T18:05:15.410" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they mean a document according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Issue_of_Multilingual_Extracts_from_Civil_Status_Records&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Convention on the Issue of Multilingual Extracts from Civil Status Records&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I needed it once in Poland, it should be available in the same way as &quot;normal&quot; national birth certificate, it has the same information but in several languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastActivityDate="2017-01-16T18:05:15.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-16T18:16:48.403" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother, infirm and living in the US, wants to transfer ownership of property in France to me. What legal documents do I have to show French authorities to transfer that property into my name? Who are those authorities, anyway? Will I have to produce those documents personally at some French office? Will I need to hire a lawyer to process the paperwork?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10758" LastActivityDate="2017-01-16T18:16:48.403" Title="Inheriting French Property. Is it Possible From the US?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T23:28:21.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10011" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10012" CreationDate="2017-01-16T20:31:37.707" Score="4" ViewCount="725" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living and working in the US for 1 1/2 years, on an H1-B visa. My employer is a State University (I teach and do research). The visa expires in late June this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While in the US, I fell in love with a US citizen and we are possibly going to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is the following: if we got married soon (say, before my visa expires), could I stay in the US and keep working here (for the university or another employer)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10972" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T00:24:13.397" Title="H1B visa marrying a US citizen: can stay in US and work?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10011" CreationDate="2017-01-17T00:24:13.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for Adjustment of Status. Basically, after marrying, forms I-130 and I-485 can be filed together (your spouse fills out I-130 and you fill out I-485). Each form has many required documents and forms so read the instructions carefully. It doesn't make a difference if you file before or after your status expires. It is recommended to also file I-765 for EAD and I-131 for Advance Parole, for free, together with those forms, so you can work and/or travel while your AOS application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T00:24:13.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10008" CreationDate="2017-01-17T01:49:50.520" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably need to get an &lt;em&gt;apostille,&lt;/em&gt; which is a certification by the country where your birth certificate was issued that the document is genuine.  The apostille is governed by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the EU has plans for an intra-EU system to simplify this sort of thing, which have not yet been put into place.  I don't know, though, since all of my civil documents are from a non-EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible that, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10008/international-birth-certificate?noredirect=1#comment16668_10009&quot;&gt;gnasher729 suggests&lt;/a&gt;, you can just use a certified translation of your birth certificate.  The way to find out is to ask the German authorities who need your birth certificate exactly what form it should take.  If you need to get an apostille, they'll tell you.  If you need to get a certified translation, they'll tell you.  Babies are born to non-German parents quite frequently in Germany, probably every day.  The workers at the civil registry will certainly know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T01:49:50.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-17T12:38:46.340" Score="2" ViewCount="1407" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without asking any legal advice at this stage. I was thinking with my partner whether it would be best and less time consuming and probably a better investment if both married this year in London. As a British Citizen and in a long and committed relationship since 2012 with my partner who is a EU Citizen; we thought that maybe marriage will simply resolve all those legal issues in relation to her right to remain in the UK after Brexit.  Can I marry as a British Citizen to a EU Citizen so that my partner can get the right to live with me here in the UK? (no sham marriage)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10977" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-17T15:26:35.927" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T17:02:27.307" Title="British Citizen wanted to marry EU Citizen Partner" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10015" CreationDate="2017-01-17T15:46:31.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment, there is no way to know for sure what rules will apply when the UK leaves the European Union. In fact, according to media reports from the last couple of days, what will happen to citizens from other EU countries currently living in the UK and to Britons living elsewhere in the EU is shaping up to become one of the major issues in the upcoming negotiations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I cannot really see how marrying could weaken your position. In general, the right to live with your family is strongly protected (this is actually enshrined in article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which is completely unrelated to the EU). It's also possible to come to the UK on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unmarried-and-same-sex-partners-set05/unmarried-and-same-sex-partners-set05&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the basis of a stable relationship&lt;/a&gt; but it's always somewhat easier if you are married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, marrying now can also be advantageous. If you have been married for several years whenever the issue comes up, it will be more difficult to dismiss your marriage as a sham marriage designed to game the visa or residence system (although being able to document that you have effectively been in a relationship or lived together for several years is always required and would also be a strong argument without being married so think about that too!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, being married does not immediately &quot;solve&quot; all issues. The UK is among the most restrictive countries in Europe in that respect and gaining the right to stay in the UK for third-country (i.e. non-EU) citizens involves quite a bit of paperwork, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not insignificant fees&lt;/a&gt; and meeting other requirements (minimum income, knowledge of English). In fact, this system is so restrictive compared to EU law that it's become common to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;use the latter to circumvent it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary: It's possible to sponsor one's spouse visa or residence permit and that's why marrying might be useful to secure his or her right to stay in the UK but it's not as easy as the current regime for EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-17T17:02:27.307" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T17:02:27.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-17T18:27:01.507" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a self employed (Coach, I work via the internet, from any location) US citizen get a long-term visa for the UK? -Scotland specifically.&#xA;For at least 1 year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if so, what is the procedure?&#xA;I can't seem to find this information anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10979" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T15:54:17.260" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T15:54:17.260" Title="Self employed US citizen looking to reside in the UK for at least 1 year" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-17T18:43:01.637" Score="3" ViewCount="516" Body="&lt;p&gt;I forgot to pick up my BRP card when I was in London. What should I do and how can I get it so I can work?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10980" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-17T21:32:19.593" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T21:32:19.593" Title="Forgot to pick up my Biometric Residence Permit; what can I do?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10018" CreationDate="2017-01-17T19:05:27.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason you can't find any information is that there's no such visa. Long-term visas are, generally speaking, for family (spouse/fiance visas, etc), students, or work visas (inc. charity work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most classes of long-term visa require a sponsor (university, charity, employer, etc). You can't get a work visa as a self-employed person, unless you have a significant amount of money and are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;planning to start up a business&lt;/a&gt; in the UK. If you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-investor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;millions of pounds to invest&lt;/a&gt;, that's another route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T19:05:27.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10019" CreationDate="2017-01-17T19:12:56.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you have your decision letter? It should have told you which post office your BRP was to be collected from, or if you were to collect it from your sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your options if you were supposed to collect it in London and you're not currently in London would be (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/collect&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel back to the original collection location, pick it up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder&quot;&gt;local Post Office branch&lt;/a&gt; that offers &quot;BRP collection service&quot;, arrange to have it sent there instead (involves a fee).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're only supposed to nominate someone to collect for you if you have a disability or illness that prevents you going yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't sure where you were supposed to pick up your BRP, you can report a collection problem: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/collection/where&quot;&gt;https://www.biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/collection/where&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T19:12:56.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-09T08:46:20.787" Score="6" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone flees their country to another country as a refugee due to war , outbreak of disease , civil unrest etc , without any visa , is it legal for them to stay, work and have home etc as any other citizen of that inhabiting country ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6062" OwnerDisplayName="Yatin" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T20:58:44.180" Title="Can refugees work and live in the country they flee to?" Tags="&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="31" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10022" CreationDate="2017-01-17T20:58:44.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries (if not all) allow refugees to stay, work, and establish a home, though not necessarily with the same rights as citizens.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hague Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951&lt;/a&gt;, which most countries have implemented, provides that refugees should be treated like citizens in some respects, and like other non-citizens in other respects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their right to stay is governed by protection against expulsion and the principle of non-refoulement (articles 32 and 33).  These protections differ from those afforded to a country's own citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their right to work is the same as other non-nationals.  This is governed by articles 17 through 19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their rights to own property, to housing, and to freedom of movement and of choice of residence are the same as other non-nationals, and are governed by articles 13, 21, and 26.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Countries that are not parties to the convention, including the US, nonetheless grant similar rights to refugees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T20:58:44.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-17T21:14:38.567" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;In January 2016, a friend submitted an application for a UK Tier 2 visa. The first response from the Home Office indicated that the case was complicated, in response to an inquiry sent via a solicitor. The second response from the Home Office in October 2016 indicated that a decision would be communicated in 6-8 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of January 2017, there is still nothing further, although the applicant has made inquiries via an MP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would it take so long and what can one do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10982" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-17T21:30:24.177" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T21:30:24.177" Title="What to do when the UK Tier 2 visa application is taking more than a year to be processed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-19T07:03:59.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-18T08:19:03.337" Score="2" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Chinese citizen moved to the Netherlands some years ago to enter a &quot;living together&quot; contract with a Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some time, they decided to &quot;take a break&quot; due to issues in the relationship, without breaking the contract so that the Chinese can continue to work and to be able to come back in case of change of minds. This happened about 9 months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the break, 7 months ago, the Chinese met another person (EU citizen, non-Dutch) and now decided to break the contract and start living with the new person (&quot;living together&quot; contract or marriage, both are open). By breaking the previous contract, the residence permit (specifically dependent on the Dutch citizen) expires and two weeks are given to leave the country. The number of years in the country were insufficient to acquire citizenship. The original 3-month visa is also expired (no visa needed if a residence permit is available).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denmark is known to require very little documentation for weddings (passport for EU citizens, passport plus valid visa or residence permit of any kind for non-EU citizens) and to be able to arrange ceremonies in as little as 5 days. However, no visa is available in this case, and no residence permit because it was bound to the &quot;living together&quot; contract, now broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that the Chinese has no options but to go back to China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there, however, I understand that getting a visa to Netherlands is very difficult (especially if the country was left after ending a relationship). This is the list of visa types for the Netherlands: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.tlscontact.com/cn/can/page.php?pid=visa_types_and_documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://nl.tlscontact.com/cn/can/page.php?pid=visa_types_and_documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long stay visas are also possible for getting married, but the couple must prove to have lived together for 6 months. In this case that's not possible, since the Chinese was formally engaged in another relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tourist visa (cannot post direct link, use the previous one to get the specific list) for non-employed Chinese require a letter from the parents or the sponsor (point 19 of the list), but it's not clear whether the future-partner can be a sponsor and whether the explanation letter can explicitly cite the marriage. Point 21 for unemployed unmarried applicants required a copy of the contract of the parents, also not possible in this case (retired parents). It looks therefore that a touristic visa is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A visa for meeting friends (cannot post direct link, use the previous one to get the specific list) requires an invitation letter (easy, but unclear whether marriage can be explicitly mentioned), a proof of regular income (not possible since unemployed after returning to China), and again same requirements as the touristic visa (points 23, 25).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like the requirements for Danish touristic visa are equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing the opposite and getting married in China may be an even longer trip within the Chinese bureaucracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to get married? or, how to ease the visa process to get the Chinese in the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10983" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-01-18T09:45:47.753" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T09:45:47.753" Title="Fastest way for EU member to marry non-resident Chinese national?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:20:37.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12305" CreationDate="2017-01-18T08:24:52.393" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a titre de sejour (TDS) -- a card separate from my passport -- in France which is valid for another 2 years. I recently renewed my [non-European] passport. I have my old passport which has been cancelled (holes in the cover), but which holds my vignette (what acted as a TDS in my first year in France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I need to carry/present my TDS when I enter France, but before I renewed my old passport, I noticed that at the border, the officer always opens my passport to the page where the vignette is anyway to check that, even though I have presented my (newer) TDS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do I have to carry my old passport which is where my vignette is?&lt;/em&gt; Or am I okay to just travel with my new passport and TDS alone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T13:14:52.403" Title="French carte de sejour holder with new passport, need to carry old passport with vignette when travelling?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10028" CreationDate="2017-01-18T09:33:29.657" Score="4" ViewCount="353" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen currently staying in France since 1 year with a &quot;visitor&quot; visa without employment. See the link &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article799&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article799&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also renewed my visa for 1 more year, that is, now I have the &quot;carte de sejour&quot; valid for another one year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is how many times can I renew my carte de sejour. I actually want to stay in France for 4 more years. Will it be possible to renew my carte de sejour 4 times (i.e a total of 6 years in France), once at the end of each year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10915" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-18T10:22:55.983" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T10:42:11.957" Title="Number of times one can renew &quot;carte de sejour&quot; in France as a Visitor" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10027" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:42:11.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no hard limit, but you have to renew the permit every year. This means that the authorities will reevaluate whether you meet the requirements and could refuse to renew it. If you still have sufficient resources and your situation hasn't changed, it can be renewed indefinitely (although at some point you would also qualify for some other status or even citizenship, if you were so inclined).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T10:42:11.957" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-18T15:49:32.613" Score="0" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphics Design (4 year degree) of a H+ certified school that I found in Anabin &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html&lt;/a&gt; and would like to apply for a Blue Card in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find my degree in the database (or any Fine Arts for that matter) so I'm thinking of going through the process of obtaining &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kmk.org/kmk/information-in-english/statement-of-comparability-for-foreign-higher-education-qualifications.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.kmk.org/kmk/information-in-english/statement-of-comparability-for-foreign-higher-education-qualifications.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here done this and has experiences to share? Is this even possible with a Bachelor of Fine Arts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My official job title will be Software Developer while I'm there, since I transition from a Design heavy role to more Developer oriented one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10986" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T11:05:57.307" Title="Blue Card and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T06:47:15.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-18T19:51:09.600" Score="5" ViewCount="1223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some help urgently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Mauritius and I have a permanent job confirmed in Dusseldorf, Germany. I have contract and confirmation letter from the company and some other documents from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to London for 1 week to visit my relatives before going there and, today, I travelled to Dusseldorf but I was refused access because I do not have a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was supposed to have my appointment at the German foreign office this Friday (organised by the company) for the residence permit but i was refused entry because i do not have a work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, I do not need a visa to enter Germany for a duration of 90 days. I came to Germany last month without problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, as I was refused access, there is a stamp on my passport as below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/8f76zertj/IMG_20170118_0001.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/8f76zertj/IMG_20170118_0001.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone ever encountered this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think that i will be able to make my application for my visa from London or should I go back to my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I still be able to enter Germany with this stamp on my passport? I really don't know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If i didn't detour to London. I would have been deported back to Mauritius on a 13 hour flight... :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any Advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are other documents that the officer gave me before deporting me. it's in german and i do not understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/5wlhyq63b/IMG_20170118_0002_1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/5wlhyq63b/IMG_20170118_0002_1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/ah7odnpsn/IMG_20170118_0003_1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/ah7odnpsn/IMG_20170118_0003_1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/9dnk1p55j/IMG_20170118_0004_1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://s29.postimg.org/9dnk1p55j/IMG_20170118_0004_1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These two reasons were checked: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ohne gueltiges Visum oder gueltigen Aufenthaltstitel (Google Translate: without valid visa or valid residence permit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;stellt eine Gefahr fuer die oeffentliche Ordnung, die innere Sicherheit, die oeffentliche internationalen Beziehungen eines oder mehrerer Schengenstaaten dar (Google Translate: constitutes a threat to the public order, to internal security, to the public international relations of one or more Schengen States)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: umlauts were converted to base vowel + e)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10989" LastEditorUserId="10989" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T09:27:47.490" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T13:39:07.837" Title="Travelling for work and refused entry to Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10031" CreationDate="2017-01-19T00:50:18.483" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last page you uploaded, starting with &quot;Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung&quot; has a blank field for your signature to the left of the officer's signature. Did you sign here on the copy retained by the immigration authorities? With that signature, you acknowledged that you have received an oral, English translation of the documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents you have downloaded are two distinct, official decisions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refusal of entry, Einreiseverweigerung (page 2)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your translation of the resons for entry refusals are correct. The official English text for the reasons (C) and (I) are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(C) has no valid visa or residence permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(I) is concidered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of one or more of the Member States of the European Union&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following the list of checkboxes is the following remark:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Intended residency and employment in the territory of the Federal Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason (I) for refusal may sound harsher than it actually is. German immigration authorities often consider illegal employment to be a 'threat to public policy'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can appeal against the decision within one month. I am not a lawyer, you may want to consult a lawyer for a more qualified advice, but I don't see any realistic justification for an appeal. As I already told in my comment, you generally cannot apply for a residence or work permit from within Germany, but have to do this at the consulate competent for your place of residence. This also means that you will not be able to get the paperwork done in London, but will have to go the German consulate in Mauritius. You must anyway expect that the processing of your application will take several months. It's difficult to tell what kind of meeting your future employer has setup for you with the German authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Provision of security, Niederschrift Sicherheitsleistung (pages 3-4)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This document explains that you are liable for all expenditures relating to your refusal and that you have made a partial payment of 55€. After determining the actual costs, you are likely to receive a claim on the remaining amount. You can appeal against this decision as well within one month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You further ask if you are still able to enter Germany. There is nothing in this decision implying an entry ban. You have 'simply' been refused entry because the purpose of your visit is not covered by your right to enter without a visa. You must however realize that from the point of view of the German immigration authorities, you have already once tried to violate the conditions for stay. If it was a mistake because you have been misguided by your future employer is not so important, it is solely your responsibility to adhere to the immigration requirements. You must assume that this entry refusal will weigh against you in any future residence or work permit applications and that you will be subject to more thorough immigration checks every time you try to enter the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T00:50:18.483" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10034" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11748" CreationDate="2017-01-19T06:09:44.890" Score="4" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen by birth.  My wife is a Colombian national by birth and naturalized British. We have just had a child, born in Colombia, where we are currently residing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly our child is considered to be British by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to figure out how best to get a passport for the child: should I do it in Britain when I am next there where, it appears, I just have to submit the numbers of my own and my wife's British passports, or do I need to do it from Colombia where, it appears, I need to submit both our birth certificates, our marriage certificate and a whole lot more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10710" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T03:31:47.000" Title="Passport for UK child born abroad" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-08-18T03:21:46.697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-19T18:43:06.357" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in Italy from September 2016. - May 2017.  From September 2016 to December 2016 I will be in Italy less than 183 days, as I will be making visit to the UK.  From January 2017-May 2017 again I will be in Italy less than 183 days.  I want to remain uk resident and someone said today that as I will be in Italy for over 183 days in 12 month period(although it goes over 2 tax years)this makes me Italian resident?&#xA;Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10994" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:23:11.873" Title="Paying Italian Taxes" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-19T18:50:47.913" Score="1" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner and I migrated from Poland to England four years ago, and here we got married. Wife wants to take my name, and while this is a simple procedure in England, Poland is very problematic, and to sort all the paperwork would be time and money consuming (would require at least two trips just to get that done) so we are looking at alternative routes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we've considered is for her to change the name on English documents (drivers license, doctor offices, etc. ), and leave polish ones alone, but I am not sure what will be implications of that. Namely, we are expecting a second child, and our worry is that we won't be able to get Polish passport for that children as wife's name on the birth certificate will be different from the one on her Polish documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience with a situation like that, and know whether it's worth the hassle? Our second option is to wait for two years when we can take the test and become British citizens, in which case we won't need Polish passports anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10992" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T22:14:41.850" Title="Changing name in country of residency but not in country of birth" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;names&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-19T21:37:06.783" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently looking for an apartment in London and it occurred to me that there are websites that can provide information for tenants-to-be about a specific location or area based on postcode (or general location) alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What information can I find out about a potential future apartment based on its location (postcode), in regards to bills and other expenses and quality of life overall?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7093" LastEditorUserId="7093" LastEditDate="2017-05-07T23:45:41.887" LastActivityDate="2019-09-30T18:06:59.040" Title="In London, what information can I get about an apartment based on location (postcode)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-05-19T09:32:59.007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10037" CreationDate="2017-01-19T22:14:41.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Assuming your wife is a Polish citizen. Things might be more complicated in case of dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is something that should be handled by the Polish embassy in your country of residence, the UK in this case. Assuming you have the required paperwork, the process shouldn't require you to travel to Poland and will be handled by your embassy in exchange for a fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you already got married in another country, what you're looking for is not a name change, as you should first request that the marriage certificate be recorded in the Polish register of marriages. Unfortunately, I failed to find any information on this on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.london.mfa.gov.pl/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the London embassy&lt;/a&gt;, but there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edinburgh.mfa.gov.pl/en/consular_information/legal_issues/registration_of_the_marriage_certificate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;useful article&lt;/a&gt; on the website of the one in Edinburgh. This bit should be of interest to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When a Polish citizen gets married in a foreign registry office, he or&#xA;  she must submit a statement regarding his or her surname, together&#xA;  with an application requesting that the marriage certificate be&#xA;  recorded in the Polish register of marriages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to this, it seems possible that your wife can request a name change in the UK and then provide proof of this when recording your marriage in the embassy. However, I strongly recommend contacting the embassy in London to get more information about the whole process before taking this route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7093" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T22:14:41.850" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10042" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10048" CreationDate="2017-01-20T00:26:13.443" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen and live in the US and I want to apply for and use a Carte Bleu from Societe Generale where I have an account. Will they send it to my address in the US and will I be able to use this credit card to make purchases from the US? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10758" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T16:13:51.280" Title="Can I use a Carte Bleu for French purchases made from the US?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-20T03:07:26.887" Score="5" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the US for 18 months on an H-1B visa from 2014 to 2015. For personal reasons, I returned to India. Now, I'm planning to pursue my career in the US; my visa is valid until March 1st, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My H-1B petition is with XYZ company and I am no longer associated with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another company, XXXX, is asking me to reenter the US with the existing H-1B visa and has stated it will transfer the petition to its name and apply for an extension once I am in the USA. It also said it will provide a client invitation letter and necessary documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have verified, petition is not revoked yet by my old employer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10996" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T21:03:56.823" Title="Traveling to US for new employer with existing H-1B visa without applying for H-1B transfer" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10045" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-18T18:33:15.383" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some help urgently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Mauritius and I have a permanent job confirmed in Dusseldorf, Germany. I have contract and confirmation letter from the company and some other documents from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to London for 1 week and, today, I travelled to Dusseldorf but I was refused access because I do not have a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was deported back to London and I was allowed to enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was supposed to have my appointment at the German foreign office this Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, I do not need a visa to enter Germany if my purpose is for tourism. If I entered as a tourist, I would be able to go to the foreign office and do all the paperwork for the work visa, as I understood it. I didn't know this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, as I was refused access, there is a stamp on my passport that looks like this (a cross on the stamp).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IhNni.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IhNni.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone ever encountered this? Can I make application for my visa from London or should I go back to my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I still be able to enter Germany with this stamp on my passport? I really don't know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10989" OwnerDisplayName="user2707590" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T08:55:38.203" Title="Travelling for work and refused access" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-01-20T17:26:24.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11494" CreationDate="2017-01-20T11:20:34.777" Score="9" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen living in France since 2006. My daughter was born in France (her father is French). Before applying for a British passport for her I need to know whether I qualify as a British citizen 'otherwise than by descent'. The reason for asking is that I was born in Tanzania in 1969. My parents were married, both British and born in Britain. My father had a contract with Britain's Overseas Development Agency to teach in a secondary school in Dodoma. If this counts as 'crown service or similar', does this mean I can pass British citizenship to my daughter? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10998" LastEditorUserId="10998" LastEditDate="2017-07-22T08:56:28.717" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T05:53:55.193" Title="Is my daughter a British citizen?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2017-01-20T15:02:55.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in PR/marketing in the fashion industry. I literally started as an intern at 21 and worked up to an account manager at 26. Making $65k. That would never happen in france. I live in paris now and my level gets around $44k max.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In LA, I was an assistant at an ad agency making $55k... in paris same role gets 35k in Euros. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BIG difference just in terms of now much people get paid in france vs US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not consider cost of living or conversion of currency. You generally make A LOT less in paris. The industries just dont seem to be booming as much here in paris. There is so much many thrown around even to assistants in LA and NYC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT in the US i got hardly no vacation days and here in paris i get the whole of August off and I live in a city where everyone is not burned out from work..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... you have to weigh it up I guess! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm dual btw, british pakistani with american residency from my dad. My MOTHER makes only 40k in pounds and has been at her job just outside of london, and she's been there for 10 years! so the brits pay NOTHING too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my experience for you, after living in London, NY, LA and now Paris in my 28 years:) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope it helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11000" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T15:02:55.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10042" CreationDate="2017-01-20T16:13:51.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could use it in the US, but there are fees for using your SocGen card outside the Eurozone. I find the SocGen card to be unreliable for uses other than with a merchant. Online my transactions are declined unpredictably, and contactless payments are similarly randomly accepted or declined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether they'll send you a card to the US... not sure. When we got out accounts last year, it was mandatory to pick up your &quot;moyens de paiement&quot; (e.g. Carte bleue and checkbook) at your local bank office. They've now changed policy and will mail cards to your residence (I got a replacement card in December this way -- but I live in Paris).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further complicating matters is if your are a dual citizen of the US. The US requires non-US banks to collect and share data on American citizens' overseas accounts, and banks are hesitant to bother with the extra paperwork. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10070" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T16:13:51.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-20T21:02:05.550" Score="7" ViewCount="5390" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may be moving to the UK in the near future. I do not plan to get a driver license there right away because I will be using public transportation. I will be traveling back to Colorado frequently as that is where my family resides. I really need to be able to drive in Colorado while I am there visiting. I currently have a Colorado Issued Drivers License. My question is: How do I maintain my license so that I can continue to drive here while visiting family? Thank you for any help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11001" LastActivityDate="2019-02-01T03:02:25.370" Title="Maintaining a Driver license from abroad." Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9904" CreationDate="2017-01-20T21:06:19.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, this is not a complete answer, but it's a start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Spain, everyone agreed with some of the websites: get the NIE from the police.  And the realtors and bankers also agreed with the websites, that they can't do anything for me until I have the NIE.  But the websites and friends also said you can't get an NIE unless you already have a domicile.  And one friend says the police show up every other month to verify that they actually live where the NIE says they live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought, well, obviously I need to find out the straight scoop from the police.  Maybe a &quot;promise&quot; of an apartment is sufficient.  Well, earlier in the month, the NIE handling was moved from the police to another government building, and &quot;mornings only.&quot;  So I had to wait another day and they said to just list the hotel I'm at and my phone number.  They will notify me by SMS when it's ready.  Not by e-mail, even though the form asks for an e-mail address.  And not by paper mail, even though there's a place for that address and a check box to authorize electronic notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I had to buy a phone.  Also, they want a photocopy of every page in the passport that has content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE:&#xA;Back to the Oficina de Extranjeros with the copies and the phone number.  Change &quot;purpose&quot; from the reason I want to be in Spain to the reason I need the number (para tramitar negocios).  Then she says I have to walk two blocks to pay the fee and bring back the receipt.  The Caja Laboral says I can't pay without an NIF which is different from NIE.  BACK to the NIE office, where they say they're the same, but they agree that in fifteen days when it's ready, they'll tell me the number so I can pay before picking it up.  I think I will have to write up this procedure in bullets somewhere for the amusement of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2017-01-23T12:06:04.633" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T12:06:04.633" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10051" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10053" CreationDate="2017-01-21T00:36:03.440" Score="5" ViewCount="2078" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who lives and works in the US. My fiance is a Greek citizen who currently lives in Greece. We intend to get married in Greece later this year and then she will join me as a permanent resident in the US. We want her to move to the US with me immediately after the wedding celebrations are over. I have looked into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/k-1-process-step-step&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;K-1 fiance visa&lt;/a&gt; but it appears that the marriage must take place inside US borders for that to take effect. Our wedding will be in Greece.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also checked out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/spouse/bringing-spouses-live-united-states-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this guide on bringing spouses to the US&lt;/a&gt;. It looks like I would have to fill out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-130&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-130, Petition for Alien Relative&lt;/a&gt; just to establish the relationship and then fill out an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-485, Application for Permanent Status&lt;/a&gt;. However, I get the impression that we need to be married before applying for this and there would be a significant waiting period after our marriage before she would be allowed to immigrate to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any type of petition/form/visa that we can apply for &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; we are married? We would love to start on immigration now and have it more or less ready to go so that we can get married and just both move the US together. However, I've had difficulty finding any information on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11002" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T05:01:21.223" Title="Can a foreign spouse move to US immediately after wedding?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10051" CreationDate="2017-01-21T03:38:47.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only petition/form/visa you can apply for before marriage, excluding the K-1 fiance visa, is one in which she files under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/other-ways-get-green-card/green-card-through-diversity-immigration-visa-program/green-card-through-diversity-immigrant-visa-program&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diversity Immigrant Visa Program&lt;/a&gt;. This, however, is strictly up for grabs as a &quot;lottery&quot; and there really isn't much of a guarantee that her petition will be approved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are, of course, other potential avenues to pursue, but they typically fall under very special categories, such as &quot;refugee,&quot; &quot;informant,&quot; etc... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The waiting period is different for everyone. I was a member of the military when we did my wife's paperwork overseas. I remember being told that I wasn't going to receive any sort of special treatment as a result of this, but I do recall that within a few weeks we got permission for her to immigrate. It actually surprised me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, we had our ducks in a row for the entire process. Her background check, vaccinations, all necessary translated documents, etc... were ready to go before we even applied. So, it may have just been a matter of making things easy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One difficult thing is if you haven't physically met your wife for more than 2 years on the date of your application. For this, stricter criteria is required to prove that you're not attempting some form of human trafficking or that YOU aren't being paid by her or some other nefarious character to get her to the United States. The process for this may or may not have changed, and since it wasn't specifically asked about in the original question, I won't go into further details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other recommendations... When you get to the US and continue your paperwork, I would HIGHLY recommend performing all correspondence through a registered P.O. Box. USCIS does not offer specialized shipping of Green Cards or other important documents that you think should require signatures upon delivery. You can track the package (to a degree), but if the Post Office stuffs the Green Card in the wrong mailbox, you have to start the whole process over again if your neighbor tosses it in the trash. I know because I just had to redo the entire I-90 process over with my wife (including the $450 fee) because of this. We were advised by USCIS to do everything via PO Box at that point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to scope out the U.S. Embassy in your area on your scheduled appointment dates. I know we arrived an hour early at the gates one day in the country we were in. It happened to be the day the U.S. invaded Iraq (in 2003) and there were massive protests, people yelling at us, etc... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11003" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T03:38:47.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10051" CreationDate="2017-01-21T05:01:21.223" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no way to have a spouse move to the US immediately after marrying a US citizen abroad. The way to apply for immigration for a spouse who is abroad is to file the I-130 petition, wait for it to be approved, and then it goes to NVC and the consulate for processing, at the end of which the foreigner spouse gets an immigrant visa from the US consulate in their home country. The whole process from I-130 filing to getting the immigrant visa takes around a year (the timeframe varies somewhat depending on consulate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I-485 is not involved in the above process. I-485 is to apply for Adjustment of Status, which is the process to apply to immigrant from within the US. Since she is not in the US, she would be doing Consular Processing abroad which does not involve I-485. If she somehow makes it into the US, then she could file I-485 and stay in the US while it is pending; however, she has no way of entering the US for the purpose of doing this -- except for H-1 and L-1 work visas (which I am guessing she does not have as she is not working in the US), and K-1 fiance visa, she cannot use other nonimmigrant visas to enter the US with intent to file I-485 during that trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing maybe you could perhaps do is go the K-1 fiance visa route, and hold a reception or ceremony in Greece for the relatives and friends but don't actually get legally married so she can still come on K-1, and then actually get legally married in the US after entering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T05:01:21.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-21T07:09:59.743" Score="0" ViewCount="1672" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know about the green card but I heard this term &quot;yellow card&quot; from relatives that s/he gets a yellow card. They are saying that it means s/he has no problems for eight years. Is it true? Is there any term like yellow card or similar in the process of getting a green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11005" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-21T14:46:28.100" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T07:35:06.620" Title="Is there anything called a yellow card for temporary residence in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10031" CreationDate="2017-01-21T13:33:54.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;@jarnbjo already provided a detailed explanation on what happened, with additional details in comments. But as far as what you can do now, the answer is quite simple: &lt;strong&gt;You need to return to the country where you are a resident (Mauritius?) and apply for the proper visa from there&lt;/strong&gt;, possibly with the help of a German lawyer to double check your application and avoid any further difficulties. If that fails, then it will be time to consider some form of appeal (and you definitely need a lawyer familiar with this specific area of the law for that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I personally think the specific reason invoked for the decision at the border was not entirely kosher (they should have invoked another one), the fact remain that even if you did manage to enter, you would not have been able to get a residence permit from within Germany. So there is no point in relitigating the issue or wondering whether some details of your situation haven't been properly communicated or why and how your employer, the police or the consulate might have provided misleading advice. You need to get that long-stay visa, that's the only solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-01-21T13:39:07.837" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T13:39:07.837" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-21T16:52:29.020" Score="0" ViewCount="353" Body="&lt;p&gt;Greetings from Turkey;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a fully funded PhD offer from Illinois Institute of Technology on last April. I applied for an F1 visa to enroll in for Fall 2016 semester. Even though I got an approval on my interview, my application status remained under administrative processing for almost six months. I had to defer my admission twice, regardless of my efforts and the university's efforts to contact the embassy several times, since they were extremely indifferent and unhelpful. I regularly reminded them of my case and received the same generic answer. Also, I contacted an immigration attorney, who reached out the US Department of State and they told him that they will enquire with the US embassy in Turkey and that I should contact them as well. I did that again, and still got the same answer (that I have to wait and wait). Finally I sent them two letters, one from my supervisor who clearly pointed out the focus of his research (that he wasn't making explosives or biological weapons) and why he needs me, and one from the international office of the university. This time, they told me that I shouldn't have sent them those documents, because I wasn't asked to. This made me think that my case was lost or ignored forever. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end, I got really upset and sent the embassy a veeeeery long e-mail that contained literal sentences like &quot;I can't take this anymore&quot;, &quot;WHAT COULD I HAVE EVER DONE TO DESERVE THIS?&quot; and &quot;Even if I get cancer and the only cure is in the US, I will never set foot in your country&quot; (I wasn't drunk or high). At the end of the e-mail I requested the withdrawal of my application, which they instantly agreed to like they had been waiting for me to give up already. I am not proud of what I did, but what is done cannot be undone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My supervisor is trying very hard to help me and he is the coolest person on earth. So, I don't want to let this chance slip away. My question is, what would happen if I tried to apply at the same embassy. %100 administrative processing again? refusal for life? Should I apply for this visa at a different country with a valid excuse? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I may never enter the US for my entire life, so I started applying to schools in other countries, but how would this thing affect my chances of getting a student visa from any other country in the future, especially the FVEY countries? I am worried about the fact that some countries have shared intelligence database. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11006" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T01:38:14.050" Title="A very complicated F1 administrative processing issue. What are my chances if I reapply (or apply for any other country's student visa in the future)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-02-03T02:56:52.633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10057" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-21T22:04:39.277" Score="5" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has lived outside the US for many years and I am trying to obtain a green card for my wife, via form I-130 and the IR-1 visa.  We have documents such as apartment contracts, bank and utility statements, etc. showing a &quot;bona fide&quot; relationship but almost none are in English.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the USCIS do not require notarized translations or originals, but do they require the translation of the entire document? For example, an apartment lease is very long, and even the first page has hundreds of technical words that are irrelevant to the main claim that we leased an apartment together.  Would a marked-up copy showing our names in English be enough, even if it left the rest in the native language? Similarly for utilities, do I really need to translate the cost per kWH and tips for saving electricity that are written on my electrical bill?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="904" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T01:07:11.037" Title="How complete must the translation be for documents showing evidence of a bona fide marriage?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10057" CreationDate="2017-01-22T01:07:11.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, USCIS asks for a &lt;strong&gt;&quot;full&quot; translation.&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, it makes logical sense to me too that for some documents, they wouldn't really need the whole thing. But I can find no mention of them acknowledging this. On the contrary, they say you should translate in full all documents you send them, not just certain ones. The USCIS help center &lt;a href=&quot;https://my.uscis.gov/helpcenter/article/can-i-submit-foreign-documents-or-do-they-need-to-be-translated&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;says&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS must be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Their wording here comes straight from the law books, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-11630/0-0-0-11646.html#0-0-0-9457&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;em&gt;Adjudicator's Field Manual&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-2061/0-0-0-2253.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;similarly says&lt;/a&gt; &quot;All documents submitted in support of an application or petition must include complete translation into English.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever you have alternative foreign-language documents showing the same thing, you might consider choosing the shorter ones. That's what I was able to do when I worked on this process. For example, I asked the bank for a letter confirming the joint ownership of an account, which turned out to be shorter and easier to translate than a full statement. (That's not why I had asked for the letter, but I was glad it turned out that way!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T01:07:11.037" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10056" CreationDate="2017-01-22T01:38:14.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've asked two questions: what might happen should you reapply for a visa, and will information about your first application be shared with other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one can predict what will happen. The best suggestion is to keep it simple and behave. Even in your question, you've continued your critique. Remove hot words, don't interfere in the process or harass or bully or annoy. As you are painfully aware, none of that is helpful or productive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the second question, you did not get a refusal, you withdrew your application which keeps your record clean. While your e-tantrum may be out there, it is highly unlikely that it has been, or will be shared with the intelligence community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a better &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/83130/do-embassies-know-about-visa-refusal-in-other-countries/83137#83137&quot;&gt;overview, I'll defer to the expertise of @GayotFow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The US and the UK are connected by the &quot;Five Eyes Treaty&quot; and the UK and Ireland are connected by the 2011 Agreement. The amount and type of data that gets flushed through these connections is indeterminate; the various governments do not make that information public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T01:38:14.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10054" CreationDate="2017-01-22T07:35:06.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whoever is telling you this is conning you. There is no such thing in the US. If it had been the UK, it could mean a yellow registration certificate for Croatians who are going to study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the US? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T07:35:06.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10062" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-22T11:39:39.243" Score="5" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ukrainian citizen currently studying in Germany and I have my Aufenthaltstitel valid till October 2017. &#xA;I am taking academic leave for pregnancy for couple of years starting from the next semester in April.&#xA;However, I have an important journey planned in April to Spain, Germany and Netherlands and I need to use my Aufenthaltstitel for this journey, as the procedure of getting tourist visa in Ukraine is rather unreliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: if I take my academic leave from the university, but I don't de-register from my German address and I continue to pay my student medical insurance, will I be able to travel in April with my aufenthaltstitel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. and will my Aufenthaltstitel will be valid till October if I de-register from the address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11011" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T11:39:39.243" Title="Will I lose my student Aufenthaltstitel if I take an academic leave for pregnancy?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T08:11:22.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-22T16:36:17.657" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are filling in the VAF4A application form for family settlement for a spouse visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We came across a question related to past visas for the UK which asks who was the issuing authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is Brazilian, so she does not need a visa to enter the UK for up to 6 months as a visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For her visits, does the 6-month stamp count as the visa and, if so, who is the  issuing authority? Would it be border control?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She also had a Tier 4 student visa (to study an MSc.) which was issued in Rio de Janeiro, but it does not state the Issuing Authority on it. Who would be the issuing Authority?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11012" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-22T18:27:54.863" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T18:27:54.863" Title="Questions about VAF4A regarding Issuing Authority and visitor stamps" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10063" CreationDate="2017-01-22T18:27:23.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After Reading multiple forums looking for examples of people with the similar problem...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems in this case it would UKBA - RIO DE JANEIRO ( up until the date that UKBA became UKVI ) - However I can not categorically state if this is correct...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phoog&lt;/strong&gt; identified that a passport stamp is leave to enter and not a visa, which also makes sense within the remits of the form, considering that Brazilians do not need a Visa to travel to and visit the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11012" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T18:27:23.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10312" CreationDate="2017-01-22T21:06:02.483" Score="1" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is a US citizen and is travelling to India from USA on a one way ticket. He has a valid visa(entry visa, type X). Please let me know if anybody sees any concerns with this journey with respect to boarding a direct flight and entry into India. Also, if there is anything to keep in mind while performing this journey. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8775" LastActivityDate="2017-03-24T10:07:54.897" Title="One way ticket to India" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10067" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10084" CreationDate="2017-01-23T12:54:27.600" Score="4" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current Aufenthaltserlaubnis gives me unrestricted access to the job market, but it is befristet and expires in 3 years. There is nothing on it that states I have no access to state funds, unlike with my last Aufenthaltstitel that also restricted me to working for only 1 company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've paid into the Arbeitslosenversicherung for 1 year as a full-time employee, can I now claim Arbeitslosengeld I while looking for a new job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11017" LastActivityDate="2017-01-26T14:08:54.987" Title="I am on a &quot;befristete Aufenthaltserlaubnis&quot; but have paid Arbeitslosenversicherung for 1 year. Can I claim Arbeitslosengeld I?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10069" CreationDate="2017-01-23T16:54:40.427" Score="5" ViewCount="5926" Body="&lt;p&gt;I submitted an application for UK Permanent Residence as a single EU citizen living and working in UK for more than 5 years. According to Royal Mail tracking, my application has been delivered to Home Office on 19/12/2016. The fee has been deducted from my bank account, so my application is processed. I just didn't receive any confirmation letter from them; shouldn't they have sent it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main concern is that I'm due to have a holiday abroad in 27/02/2017 and I would need my passport back as I already bought the plane ticket and I booked the hotel room. Is any chance for my application to be finished by then, or at least to get my passport back? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I contact them in order to request my passport back?  I thought they make copies of my proof documents and that they send back the originals within 15-20 days, but one month has already passed and nothing has happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11018" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-23T18:11:30.540" LastActivityDate="2018-12-28T15:38:54.413" Title="How can I get my passport back while my application for UK Permanent Residence is under process?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10068" CreationDate="2017-01-23T18:20:49.303" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are able to have your documents returned to you (emphasis mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visa-documents-returned&quot;&gt;Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can ask for your passport and other documents to be returned if you’ve sent them with your application but need them urgently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How you do this depends on whether you applied in the UK or not, and what type of application you’ve made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You might have to cancel your application - you’ll be told if you have to do this when you ask for your documents back.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you applied in the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Complete the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/Return_of_Documents.ofml&quot;&gt;online form to get your documents returned&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can’t use this form if you’ve applied for asylum or your application has been refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll usually get your documents back within 10 working days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can get your documents back quicker if you ask for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/faster-reply-visa-application&quot;&gt;faster decision on your application&lt;/a&gt;. This costs £400, in addition to the application fee you’ve already paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T18:20:49.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10043" CreationDate="2017-01-23T21:03:56.823" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your old visa is only valid for as long as you are employed by the company which sponsored it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Using that visa to try to enter the USA is visa fraud and &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; get you sent back home - the fact the that old company has failed in their responsibility and not yet notified USCIS of your circumstances doesn't change this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you do manage to enter the USA with this visa (by lying to the the immigration officer), you can't 'transfer' to a new company because in order to transfer, you must be present in the USA &lt;em&gt;legally&lt;/em&gt; - which would not be the case for you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I 'transferred' my H1-B to a different employer about a year and a half ago, I had to provide evidence that at the time the new employer submitted the necessary paperwork I was still employed by the previous company and I was therefore still legally present in the USA.  I could show my monthly pay statements to prove this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should have your new company talk to a competent immigration attorney before going any further with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T21:03:56.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10071" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10072" CreationDate="2017-01-23T21:57:52.917" Score="0" ViewCount="634" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking on the behalf of a French friend who can speak English and who's still learning Japanese with a private teacher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This person wants to live in Japan. She has already visited for vacation twice. Considering her disabled condition (having a wheelchair and needing at least 1 caregiver to remain with her), she'd like to know if there's any kind of long-term visa that would allow her to stay in Japan for at least 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would she be able to get a working holiday visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already tried to ask both the Embassy of France in Japan and the Embassy of Japan in France. They both told us that they have no idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who wonder why I decided to ask on her behalf (since it already happened), it's because she's disabled and has a typing speed of 12 words per minute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10962" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-04T09:35:55.327" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T09:35:55.327" Title="Getting a long term visa in Japan as a foreign disabled person" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10071" CreationDate="2017-01-24T02:12:17.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As she has a mobility device and a carer, it may be difficult to qualify for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Working Holiday Visa&lt;/a&gt;. Should she have sufficient funds of her own to underwrite a year in Japan, there may be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/long/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other visa categories that would fit&lt;/a&gt;. If you're looking for Japan to offer the infrastructure and support she requires, it may be more challenging to sort out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What might be useful is &lt;a href=&quot;https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54986b19e4b0b8fc5c5564b4/t/57268628c6fc08d7201b8b83/1462142504313/Participants+Bios-+Inclusive+Education+for+Children+with+Disabilities-+J....pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this information on Japanese participants in conference on inclusive education&lt;/a&gt; for children with disabilities, which was held in the United States. Those listed below can communicate in English and I would suggest you contact them directly to ask for their suggestions and recommendations and, if possible, assistance in arranging an exchange or study program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the link has the full details and mailing addresses, here are the salient contacts and excerpts of their affiliations and involvements: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ms. Reiko Ichiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Associate Professor, Tsukuba University of Technology&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Email: reiko-giappone@nifty.com&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Concurrent Positions&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br&gt; &#xA;Visiting Lecturer, Mie University Department of Education&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Policy Advisor, Aichi Disability Forum&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Educational Advisor, Aichi Prefecture Council of Organizations for the Severely Disabled&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Steering Committee Member, National Council for Inclusive Education for Disabled Children&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ms. Chieko Utsumi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Program Coordinator, Ai-no Jikko Undo (Love in Action)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Email: utsumi@aju-cil.com&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Concurrent Positions&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Member, Committee on Barrier Free Town Planning, Aichi Prefectural Government&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Reserve Member, Examination Board for Recognition and Classification of Disability Levels, Nagoya City Government&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Previous Positions: Coordinator, Center for Independent Living Kodaira, 2010-2013&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Munehisa Yoshitoshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Associate Professor, Okayama University Faculty of Education&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Email: yositosi@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Memberships:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The Japanese Association of Special Education&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Japanese Society for Special Needs&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Japanese Association for the Study of Developmental Disabilities&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Japanese Educational Research Association&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T02:12:17.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2017-01-24T10:31:20.907" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://broadstreet.nl/30-ruling/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;30% ruling&lt;/a&gt; only applies for expats working in the Netherlands. It doesnt apply for Dutch people working abroad. Check if the country you currently work in has special tax rulings for expats. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11021" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T10:31:20.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-24T19:37:59.407" Score="2" ViewCount="1412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I intend to move to Iceland for my graduate studies. Iceland, however does not issue work permits with student visas (student residence permits). My university site says that a part time work permit has to be obtained through the prospective employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official website of Immigration in Iceland says that you need to apply beforehand and that it is not possible to apply once you come into the country without leaving and reapplying. Can someone clarify the correct way to obtain a work permit with my student residence permit in Iceland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is important to me as I intend to finance myself through my studies by working part time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11024" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T23:27:41.607" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T23:27:41.607" Title="Work Permit with Student Residence Permit in Iceland" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;iceland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-25T06:27:40.130" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it necessary to get a loan only from a nationalised bank in order to secure a visa to Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10469" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T00:01:01.937" Title="Are loans to be taken from nationalised banks?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10077" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10078" CreationDate="2017-01-25T11:13:52.690" Score="3" ViewCount="2267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like some advice regarding immigration for my mother who is dependent on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She lives in Pakistan and she is 56, divorced, all her children including me are British citizen and are settled in England. She does not have any assets on her name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am single and currently reside in England however I have been offered a job in Republic of Ireland and will be moving there in a few weeks of time to settle in Ireland. I will be living there on rent basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I will be all alone in Ireland and I have to send money to Pakistan for her to be looked after at a care home for old people, I want her to live with me in Ireland instead and my other brother can also move in with me to look after her which is the best thing for my mother instead of care home that I do not trust. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what are the chances of her to get visa in Ireland and what route can I actually take? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11030" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T23:01:38.300" Title="Can I bring my mother to Republic of Ireland?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10077" CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:29:40.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you are a British citizen, and because your mother is dependent on you, and because Ireland and the UK are both (still) in the EU, your mother can accompany you in Ireland under the European Union right of freedom of movement, as specified in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do this, she will apply for a visa, exempt from the fee, and after she arrives in Ireland, she will apply for a residence permit.  Details can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Family+Members+of+EU_EEA+_Swiss+citizens&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Family+Members+of+EU_EEA+_Swiss+citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, note the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you wish to have your visa application considered under the Directive on the basis that you are a family member of an EU citizen exercising or planning to exercise free movement rights &lt;strong&gt;you must state this clearly on your application.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directive provides, in article 6, for a &quot;right of residence of up to three months&quot; for union citizens and for &quot;family members in possession of a valid passport who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Family members&quot; are defined in article 2; the definition includes &quot;the dependent direct relatives in the ascending line.&quot;  This means that parents are included if they are dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 7 concerns the &quot;right of residence for more than three months,&quot; which applies (among others) to union citizens who &quot;are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State&quot; and &quot;to family members who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen in the host Member State, provided that such Union citizen&quot; also enjoys the right of residence for more than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most visa applications serve to authorize an applicant to apply for the &lt;em&gt;privilege&lt;/em&gt; of entering the country issuing the visa, but in this case it concerns a legal &lt;em&gt;right,&lt;/em&gt; which is much stronger than a privilege.  Accordingly, the visa may only be refused under very limited circumstances.  These are covered in article 5, which concerns the &quot;right of entry&quot;; it specifies that &quot;such visas shall be issued free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 27 concerns the grounds under which a visa may be refused, which are limited: &quot;Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, Member States may restrict the freedom of movement and residence of Union citizens and their family members, irrespective of nationality, on grounds of public policy, public security or public health. These grounds shall not be invoked to serve economic ends.&quot;  This restriction of grounds of refusal means, for example, that you and your mother cannot be asked to meet any financial criteria as a condition of granting her a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T14:16:32.820" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T14:16:32.820" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10081" CreationDate="2017-01-25T15:28:58.457" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Egyptian married to a German, same-sex marriage. I cannot renew my passport at the embassy because I have reached the age of compulsory military. My residency ID in Germany expires with my passport, next year. And we cannot find a way to avoid the issue of me being forced to leave. It is dangerous for me to be admitted into the military in Egypt as a gay man or even return there. We don't know what to do. Is there anything we can do? We asked at the townhall if it is possible to have an ID with a validity that exceeds or not tied to the validity of my passport, but the answer we got was no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11033" LastEditorUserId="11033" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T16:37:09.033" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T16:40:23.370" Title="Cannot renew my passport" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10079" CreationDate="2017-01-25T15:36:03.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand this. As a spouse of an EU citizen, you have the right of abode in the EU, in the same country where your spouse is living and working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems you need the assistance of an immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T15:36:03.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10079" CreationDate="2017-01-25T16:40:23.370" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have never heard of being issued a shortened &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;em&gt;Familienzusammenführung&lt;/em&gt; because your passport is not valid for the whole duration. That seems fishy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that is not really your problem. Your problem is that you &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; a valid national passport from your home country at all times accompanying your residency permit. The residency permit, although it looks a lot like one, is &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; German ID and it does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; replace the need for you to have an ID with you. Even if your residency title was for 3 years, you'd still be in trouble without your valid native ID. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot say anything about how to get a new Egyptian passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Familienzusammenführung&lt;/em&gt; assumes you have a valid ID. If you cannot get one, you should definitely get a specialized lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T16:40:23.370" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-26T06:08:05.743" Score="5" ViewCount="1729" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was a French citizen but he passed away in 1992 in India. He lived in France and passed away during his visit to India. My mom and I are still Indians as we couldn't track my dad's documents. He had French citizenship at the time of my birth. Now we have found his French passport. I am 32 years old. Can I claim for French citizenship using my dad's French passport and other relevant documents? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11035" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T05:48:12.640" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T09:24:09.913" Title="Can I claim French citizenship by descent if my French father passed away in 1992?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10083" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10125" CreationDate="2017-01-26T07:49:02.377" Score="6" ViewCount="2642" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a web developer at an intermediate level (some experience but not senior) and I'm about to receive a job offer from an employer in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this purpose, I would require a work permit. However, I do not have any university degree or any training certificate as I've learned the skills necessary by myself, which is fairly common in this profession.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the Blue Card is not for me so I won't be asking about it. However, the employer and I would like to get a sense of the process and whether I could get the work permit based only on my skills and a contract, without any education certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? If so, what's the procedure for both employee and employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11063" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-26T14:27:38.613" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T17:47:16.833" Title="How to obtain a German work permit for a software engineer without educational background" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10067" CreationDate="2017-01-26T14:08:54.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well ... if you fulfill the normal requirements, independent of your nationality etc., why not?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is probably no law paragraph for your specific situation, so I can't quote it ... but basically, if you legally worked and paid the insurance, you should be able to get something out of it too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important conditions are  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;360 or more days employed in the last five years  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;360 or more days employed since the last time you got ALG (if ever)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unemployed (of course)    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telling the Arbeitsagentur than you're unemployed as soon as possible  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are actively searching for a new job, and if the Arbeitsagentur knows some reasonable job for you, you don't refuse. (If you do, because you don't think it's reasonable or whatever, it's not completely gone; there are temporary bans too)         &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A acceptable end ob your old job: reason, notice periods, etc. (A &quot;I hit my boss on the nose and then never came back and ignored the phone&quot; is proven to be bad :p Also, with a &quot;everything was alright, but there was a job with more money, and I quit before getting accepted&quot; you could have a hard time convincing them)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/Arbeitslosigkeit/Arbeitslosengeld/DauerdesAnspruchs/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/Arbeitslosigkeit/Arbeitslosengeld/DauerdesAnspruchs/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/Arbeitslosigkeit/Arbeitslosengeld/Sperrzeit/AblehnungeinerangebotenenArbeit/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/Arbeitslosigkeit/Arbeitslosengeld/Sperrzeit/AblehnungeinerangebotenenArbeit/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;and other points in the navigation to the left.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your Aufenthaltsgenehmigung, it shouldn't affect anything as long it doesn't expire. If, at this point, you have no job &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; already used up the ALG, ie. you get &quot;Hartz4&quot;, that could be a bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastActivityDate="2017-01-26T14:08:54.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-26T19:08:07.700" Score="3" ViewCount="668" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen on a J1 visa in the USA, and recently became a resident alien.&#xA;As such, I will be taxed. If I read correctly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxation-of-resident-aliens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the IRS page&lt;/a&gt;, I can claim exemption for my wife and our two kids (all of them being residents as well, and on J2 visas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as they say,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CAUTION: Your spouse and each dependent must have either a Social&#xA;  Security Number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number in&#xA;  order to be claimed as an exemption or a dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10096.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;According to this brochure&lt;/a&gt; (second paragraph), my wife can't get a SSN because she is not authorized to to work in the US by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We're going to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/7903/9116&quot;&gt;re-submit a demand for an ITIN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think that our children are allowed to get an SSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that correct: can children on a J2 visa ask for an SSN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any advantage to obtain an SSN rather than an ITIN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit / Update&lt;/strong&gt;: as it turns out, I used the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/france-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax treaty between France and the USA&lt;/a&gt; to be completely exempted from taxes, and hence didn't need to claim any exemption. Consequently, there was no need for ITIN for my dependants, since they weren't claimed as exemptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastEditorUserId="9116" LastEditDate="2017-05-13T19:20:08.280" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T19:20:08.280" Title="Exemption for children in the USA: should I get an ITIN or a SSN for them?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10086" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-26T20:39:51.923" Score="6" ViewCount="740" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the tax year 2016, am I considered a New Jersey resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tgi-ee/git6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this official document&lt;/a&gt; but one point in there is not clear to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen who has lived in NJ since September 2015. I am in the US on a 2-year H1-B visa. So I am  currently considered a temporary visitor in the US (not a resident), however I am a resident alien for US tax purposes (according to the substantial presence test).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, for New Jersey, whether I am a resident or not depends on the notion of &lt;strong&gt;domicile&lt;/strong&gt; and of &lt;strong&gt;permanent home&lt;/strong&gt;: I am considered a resident if either NJ is my domicile, or it's not my domicile but it's my permanent home (and I spent more than 183 days there in 2016, which is the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tgi-ee/git6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;official document&lt;/a&gt; gives the definitions of domicile and permanent home but I find them somewhat confusing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They start by saying &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Domicile&lt;/strong&gt; is the place you consider your permanent home&lt;/em&gt;&quot; (!!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;permanent home&lt;/strong&gt; is a residence that you maintain permanently as your household&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. Great.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In spite of the poor wording, after reading the full thing, I believe that NJ is considered neither my domicile nor my permanent home, since I am only here temporarily (for 2 years -maybe 3). But I am not certain because I find the definitions confusing (e.g. I fail to understand the difference between &quot;domicile&quot; and &quot;permanent home&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please confirm my situation? Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10971" LastActivityDate="2020-09-23T06:03:40.333" Title="Am I a New Jersey resident for tax purposes?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10085" CreationDate="2017-01-26T21:07:45.680" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, except for rare cases, you can only get an SSN when you are authorized to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People on J-2 (including both spouses and children of the J-1) have the option to apply for EADs (note that it is not cheap; the fee for I-765 is $410), in which case after they get the EADs they would be authorized to work and can get SSNs based on that; but without an EAD, they are not authorized to work and generally cannot get an SSN if they do not already have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An SSN is not needed for tax filing purposes. When someone who doesn't have an SSN, and who is not eligible to get one, needs to file a tax return, or is claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return, they use an ITIN (they would apply for the ITIN together with the tax return if they don't already have an ITIN). Note that if you are eligible for an SSN, you can't get an ITIN or use an ITIN on your tax return, so it's not a choice -- you are only eligible to use one or the other at a given time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One disadvantage of ITINs is that it is somewhat of a hassle to apply for one. The person either has to mail their original passport with the application (so they wouldn't have access to the passport for a while and sometimes it gets lost in the mail), or mail a copy certified by the issuing agency of the passport (most countries' passport issuing agencies do not certify), or you have to line up at one of a few select IRS authenticating taxpayer assistance centers that accept the application in person with the passport and can certify it and give it back to you the same day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they will get SSNs within the next 3 years, another solution would be to file without them for now (file Married Filing Separately and don't claim the kids as dependents) and amend the return later when they have SSNs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-26T21:07:45.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-26T23:31:45.173" Score="5" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a green card holder. My family and I migrated to USA with EB-5 program. Now I'm married and my wife is in Iran. We started the process of getting a green card for her and have been waiting for one year and four months. We also have Homeland Security's confirmation and we were just waiting for the visa to get issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what should we do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of us is in another part of the world. We planned our lives around migrating here. I left my university and school in Iran to come here. We sold our house and everything to invest here. Our decision wasn't illegal as the rules were that if a green card holder decided to get married he or she can bring their spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Text&lt;/a&gt; of the executive order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11040" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T17:43:44.003" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T17:43:44.003" Title="Visa bans on Iranians according to new presidential executive order" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-26T23:42:09.280" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating from Europe (Italy) to Japan, and I will ship most of my personal belongings to my new residence in Japan (a guesthouse in a research institute). Most of the boxes are filled with clothes, and a few electronic devices and some musical instruments. I will ship it with MBE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to pay custom charges for moving my personal belongings?&#xA;I will declare the approximate value of my stuff, because I would prefer to have an  insurance coverage in case of damage/loss.&#xA;Consider that my name appears in both the &quot;sender&quot; and the &quot;recipient&quot; field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10978" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T01:11:02.273" Title="Do I need to pay custom charges for moving my personal stuff from Europe to Japan?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10090" CreationDate="2017-01-27T01:11:02.273" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should not have to pay customs charges for your personal effects that you are sending to Japan. While MBE should provide you with the regulations and documents, this &lt;a href=&quot;http://webportal.atlasintl.com/Customs%20Docs/japan.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fact sheet from Atlas International&lt;/a&gt;, a US shipper, is an excellent summary of what is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Customs Regulations&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Narita Airport Customs officials follow strict enforcement of packing list descriptions/values. Clear descriptions/quantities and value for every item drastically reduces likelihood of having added fees/charges. Proof of overseas residence of more than 6 months; either the visa or Residence Permit must show both the effective date and expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Required Documents&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Passport Copy – All stamped pages including photo page, entry stamp (must match date on the C5360/2 Form) &amp;amp; visa pages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Japanese Visa – Copy; must be valid for 1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residence Permit - copy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;OBL/AWB or Express Release/Waybill&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Comprehensive Valued Inventory List - in English or Japanese, descriptions such as PBO, HHG, MISC are not allowed; list must contain value, count and description i.e. 9 pants, 25 shirts, 3 coats&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.customs.go.jp/kaisei/youshiki/form_C/C5360-B.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Customs Form C5360-2&lt;/a&gt; for non-Japanese or Form 5360 for returning Japanese citizens&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     o Obtained on airplane or at the Customs counter at airport of entry&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     o Must complete two sets and submit to Japanese Customs at the airport&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     o Fill out occupation with name of the company&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     o Customs will stamp both will receive a seal, keep one original to be sent to Destination Agent in Japan (copies or faxed copies not accepted)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Delivery address and telephone number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T01:11:02.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10092" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11585" CreationDate="2017-01-27T08:02:50.927" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are a couple of Spaniards who plan to move to Chile. I will be hired there by a Chilean (public) university. This concerns the working status of my wife. She is a nurse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) How can my wife get a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) How can she get a worker visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Does she need a job offer prior to applying for the work permit/worker visa? If she does, is there any intermediate procedure to get some sort of &quot;temporary work permit?&quot; I've been told there may be, but I'm unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="843" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-27T15:07:33.793" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:01:25.987" Title="Worker visa/ work permit in Chile" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;chile&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-27T10:00:45.490" Score="1" ViewCount="760" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-EU Asian (Graduate from Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Blue Card which is valid for 2 years; it expires in three months. My company told me that it will not extend my work contract at the end of these two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I don't find another job within these 3 months, would I be able to extend my visa? What are the conditions that would allow for me to extend my visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11041" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-27T16:01:31.463" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T16:01:31.463" Title="Can I get a German visa extension when my Blue Card expires?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:40:55.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10094" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10098" CreationDate="2017-01-27T11:14:03.060" Score="4" ViewCount="3862" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does a VLS/TS long stay residence permit issued for a student (not research scholar), grant rights to bring his/her partner into France? If so, is the partner allowed to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please mention if this is possible in the first year upon arrival itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-professionnelle.gouv.fr/en/new-provisions/sheet/long-stay-visa-equivalent-to-a-residence-permit-vls-ts&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; link, it may or may not be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Permit issued to the family&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Depending upon the case:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;VLS-TS for &quot;visitors&quot; the first year. This visa does not give&#xA;  authorisation to work. Dispenses with the CAI. Temporary Residence&#xA;  Permit for &quot;visitors&quot; upon renewal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please give an update on the current situation. Please note I am a citizen of Sri Lanka.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11024" LastActivityDate="2019-01-16T17:20:22.330" Title="Spouse visa with long stay student residence permit in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-27T11:31:54.590" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm now in USA coming from Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have an unlocked smartphone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to have a contract phone. What are my options? Do I need to buy a phone to get a local sim card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7079" LastEditorUserId="7079" LastEditDate="2017-01-27T11:41:52.880" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T05:27:00.537" Title="How to get a contract SIM card in USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6393" CreationDate="2017-01-27T11:51:02.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an address in Uk and still are a UK resident, possibly here on temp work\contract, then the Customs will let you get away with it. If stopped, they will look up your tax records and see if your paying tax here etc.... I was stopped after over a year here with a UK registered car but no action taken. I had a UK driving license with a UK address (Owned house) and was here on temporary work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other people haven't been so lucky. If you're Irish and stopped driving a UK car here, then you will be fined and given 7 days to pay import tax. My garage said one women was stopped and had to pay 4.5k for the import tax. &#xA;Technically, my UK car is an EU car. I paid my car's tax in the country (UK) of purchase as per EU law. However Ireland rejected these EU rules and wants cars taxed here for the revenue. Of course you can fill out a form and claim your tax back from UK for the car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's up to you. But if you're living here permanently, then it is best to register the vehicle here and pay the import tax. As of Jan 2017, 1800 cars are registered on average each week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11042" LastEditorUserId="11042" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T08:24:30.893" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T08:24:30.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10083" CreationDate="2017-01-27T15:15:57.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/visa/quick-check&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany requires skilled workers in a number of industries&lt;/a&gt;. As a result, in the summer of 2013 a number of policies were introduced to make it easier for non-EU citizens with non-academic vocational qualifications to work in Germany. Since then, you have been able to take up employment if you meet the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A whitelist of such professions is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/wcm/idc/groups/public/documents/webdatei/mdaw/mtm5/~edisp/l6019022dstbai777367.pdf?_ba.sid=L6019022DSTBAI777372&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;available here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have received a binding job offer. A list of vacancies is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/working/job-listings&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;available here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your qualification has been recognised as being equivalent to a German qualification. Further information on the recognition of vocational credentials is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/working/job-listings&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;available here&lt;/a&gt;. You will have to apply to have your qualifications recognised while you’re still in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the assessment authority decides that you require practical experience in order to obtain full recognition (e.g. practical work as part of an adaptation period), you can apply for a limited residence permit for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T15:15:57.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10094" CreationDate="2017-01-27T15:19:44.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. I did this. I did a 2 year engineering degree and my wife lived with me. I showed that I had plenty of resources to support her, and she didn't work. I did not bring her into France later, she was accepted for her long-term visitor's visa at the same time as I was accepted for my student visa. Again, her visa does not allow her to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11044" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T15:19:44.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-27T17:16:10.347" Score="0" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Belgian citizen and here in the USA to spend the holidays with my daughter's family. I have ESTA and allowed to stay until Feb 23, 2017.  My daughter has submitted a petition for an alien relative (that's me) (I-130) and is still underway.  Should I leave before my 90 days or should I wait for the result of my daughter's petition. Note: The petition application did mention Feb. 23, 2017 as the last day I am allowed to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user56637" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-01-27T18:53:28.880" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T20:31:58.407" Title="I am in the USA on ESTA. Should I exit the USA before my 90 days is over or should I wait for the petition to be approved?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10100" CreationDate="2017-01-27T17:32:31.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Exchange before your time is up. Adjustment of status under ESTA for immediate relatives of petitioners (like in your case) have previously been approved however many have also been denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is particularly dangerous about trying to adjust status while under ESTA is that if it is refused, you have no right to appeal or go before an immigration judge and you become removable immediately your petition is denied. See USCIS memo in the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-lawyer-us.com/images/PM-602-0093.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immigration-lawyer-us.com/images/PM-602-0093.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, if possible you do not want to try to adjust status under an ESTA. It is better to go back to your country and go through consular processing, or to return with a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" OwnerDisplayName="Paul the Sheik" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T17:32:31.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10100" CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:51:55.847" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You didn't mention what is your plan for immigrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to immigrate without leaving the US, you guys should have filed I-130 and I-485 together. If you didn't file I-485, you can file it now with the I-130 receipt. Filing the I-485 should generally allow you to stay (although it's somewhat tricky when you're on VWP as you cannot challenge a removal). Filing the I-130 petition by itself doesn't give you any ability to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If instead you want to leave and go through consular processing at the US consulate abroad for an immigrant visa, then you wouldn't do anything now and leave and contact USCIS to have them change the petition from Adjustment of Status to Consular Processing (since they assumed you were going to do AOS because you were in the country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-01-27T20:31:58.407" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T20:31:58.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10104" CreationDate="2017-01-28T02:13:33.043" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got to the point where I have paid the application fee, and passed the health check. Now I have been asked to submit all the documents again however when I try to attach document I get an error...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VxTuh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VxTuh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already contacted them but it's been 4 days and no response, since I am proactive kind of person &lt;strong&gt;is there a way to work around this problem?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T02:25:20.787" Title="How to upload documents using Australian immigration website?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10103" CreationDate="2017-01-28T02:25:20.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes there is!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to choose a file and then wait long enough (minutes) until file name changes from text to link, (it must be uploading in the background..).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A8TnC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A8TnC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You then can click 'Add attachment' and it uploads document correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps someone, as it has caused me substantial amount of unnecessary frustration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T02:25:20.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10095" CreationDate="2017-01-28T05:27:00.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you're going to get one.  The problem is you have no credit rating in the US and no income in the US.  That basically limits you to pay-as-you-go service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T05:27:00.537" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-28T07:28:06.273" Score="2" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long story short. Unfortunately, I was removed from the UK by the authorities. I understand that there is definitely going to be a ban on me to the UK. Am I liable to get visa from other countries denied on the basis of that ban (such as New Zealand, Canada or the USA)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main concern is to find out whether New Zealand would ban me since my fiance is from New Zealand. Is there going to be an issue in getting a NZ visa because of a possible ban from the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11048" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T01:01:53.997" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T01:01:53.997" Title="Would UK visa/entry problems affect getting a visa for other countries?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10106" CreationDate="2017-01-28T15:03:16.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All of the countries you've listed require that you disclose your immigration history, including removals, refusals, and bans. Not doing so is a bad idea, and can result in visa denials, refusals, bans. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New Zealand is the same: you have to reveal your UK history and removal or risk not being issued a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You noted on SETravel that you do not have a fiance in New Zealand but, rather, there is an individual who may be willing to marry. Culturally arranged marriage visas are issued by New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/criteria/culturally-arranged-marriage-visitor-visa?nationality=nationality-IND&amp;amp;country=residence-IND&amp;amp;applying=no&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New Zealand Immigration&lt;/a&gt; requires that you submit your passport (which may show the UK removal) and demonstrate your character (provide a Police Certificate from your home country, as well as from any country in which you lived for a year or more; that would include the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to prove that you've met (as well as her immigration status, among other things). Is she planning to meet you outside of New Zealand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your broad question, whether information is shared among countries such as the UK, Canada, the US, New Zealand, Australia, the answer is yes: all of these countries share intelligence information. No one knows what, or how much. Is immigration information shared? Who knows? Could be, but the bottom line is don't let that affect where you apply for a visa, or what you do or don't include in an application. Failing to disclose the facts, lying may result in visa refusals and can mean that you're not going anywhere for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T15:03:16.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10089" CreationDate="2017-01-28T17:50:54.850" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that your wife will not be able to come for at least 90 days, maybe longer. The ban affects both immigrants and nonimmigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-28T17:50:54.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10110" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10116" CreationDate="2017-01-28T20:27:16.300" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a message from the local town (gemeente). It is in Dutch and, although  I've translated it, I didn't understand it entirely. It is related to taxes, and says that I must pay a certain amount of money before the end of February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pay my taxes monthly from my salary. What other tax is it referring to? Should I go ahead and pay? The problem is that the amount is odd. It's not very large, so I am sure that it is not the tax that is taken out of my salary check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: I've asked a friend and am told that these are municipal taxes (garbage collecting ... etc.) and it is assessed yearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-29T15:08:41.800" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T15:08:41.800" Title="Are town taxes in the Netherlands separate from those deducted from my salary?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10112" CreationDate="2017-01-28T22:56:17.853" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Iraqi national and have a bachelor's degree in Information Technology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the migration opportunities and regulations (student visas,&#xA;work permits) in Turkey as of January 2017 for educated Iraqis&#xA;currently living abroad?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once living and studying/working there, how many years have to&#xA;elapse until an Iraqi can be naturalized (acquire the Turkish&#xA;nationality and passport)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the current country of residence dictate one's chances of&#xA;migrating to Turkey?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inquiries about visas/permits&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are student visas obtainable after arrival in Turkey, or must they&#xA;be obtained prior to arrival?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once there, does buying a property in Turkey qualify an Iraqi to&#xA;obtain a residence permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9082" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T00:44:19.397" Title="Migration to Turkey for Iraqis" Tags="&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10111" CreationDate="2017-01-29T00:44:19.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 2016, Iraqi nationals have to pre-apply for either an electronic or a paper visa to enter the country. Those who hold a valid visa or residence permit issued by the US, UK, Ireland or a Schengen country are able to travel to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Turkey with only an electronic visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who don't have to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik/visa_917_1059&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a visa online&lt;/a&gt; and then obtain it from a Turkish diplomatic consular mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goc.gov.tr/main/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Migration Management&lt;/a&gt; web site provides a wealth of information, with easy links to visa application, residency requirements,  migration policies, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turkey has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goc.gov.tr/main/Eng_3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6 types of residence permits&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;short term residence permit: up to 2 years (which includes those who own property)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;family residence permit: up to 3 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;student residence permit: for the duration of education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;long term residence permit: indefinite (after having lived in Turkey for 8 years)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;humanitarian residence permit: up to 1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;human trafficking victims residence permit: up to 3 years with 6 months renewals, initial permit 30 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T00:44:19.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-29T02:16:12.450" Score="4" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;A number of countries' citizenship laws state that a person will lose citizenship if they acquire another citizenship voluntarily. These countries include Austria, Azerbaijan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Montenegro. (Exceptions exist for a few of these countries but they're generally quite tricky.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm curious how an adult would involuntarily acquire a citizenship. There are the obvious ways to get citizenships involuntarily, like by birth on the soil of that nation/jus soli, or by birth to parents of that nation/jus sanguinis, but everything I can think of suggests involuntary citizenship only happens at birth and is not possible for adults.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, &lt;strong&gt;Is there any way an adult would gain citizenship involuntarily?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11052" LastEditorUserId="11052" LastEditDate="2017-01-29T02:37:16.723" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T09:10:38.480" Title="How can an adult get citizenship involuntarily?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10113" CreationDate="2017-01-29T02:26:11.617" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Things I've thought of so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A non-Iranian woman who marries an Iranian man involuntarily, instantaneously and automatically receives Iranian citizenship [0].&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An adult adopted by another adult may receive citizenship, although I don't know for which countries this is the case, or if it happens involuntarily. (If you know of any countries that do this, comment please!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who holds a significant office in the Vatican or works there permanently seems to be granted Vatican City citizenship involuntarily (at least temporarily.) I don't speak Italian (aside from a few words) but this document from the Vatican website seems to confirm this [2].&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other options seem to be all based on naturalization, investment, religion, or marriage, but as far as Google can tell me those all involve a voluntary component.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[0] &quot;Civil Code of Iran (last amended 1985)&quot;. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved 2007-06-24. &quot;Article 976 - The following persons are considered to be Iranian subjects: [...] (6) Every woman of foreign nationality who marries an Iranian husband.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] Citizenship by holding an office (jus oficii). In the case of Vatican City, citizenship is based on holding an office, with Vatican citizenship held by the Pope, cardinals residing in Vatican City, active members of the Holy See's diplomatic service, and other directors of Vatican offices and services. Vatican citizenship is lost when the office term comes to an end, and children cannot inherit it from their parents. Since Vatican citizenship is time-limited, dual citizenship is allowed, and persons who would become stateless because of loss of Vatican citizenship automatically become Italian citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/cittadinanza_it.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/cittadinanza_it.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11052" LastEditorUserId="11052" LastEditDate="2017-01-29T02:33:31.293" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T02:33:31.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10110" CreationDate="2017-01-29T09:31:14.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, municipal taxes are separate from the income tax (which is national) and other deductions from your salary (like retirement benefits contribution, which isn't a tax). You should go ahead and pay the municipal tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before paying you may consider taking the time to make sure you've been charged the correct amount; you can talk to your land-lord (if you're renting), or try contacting your municipality to ask for an explanation regarding why the sum is what it is. ... or you could just be trusting and pay :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T09:31:14.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-29T16:44:52.960" Score="5" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen. Years ago, I was working in the US for a large company on an H1B visa, and the company strongly encouraged me to go through the Green Card process. Some steps were completed, but I quit the company long before the process got very far (that was in 2009 in case that matters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am faced with a US government form, on a completely unrelated matter, that asks me &quot;have you ever applied for a green card&quot;. Their official definition of having applied for a green card is filing form I-485.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how to answer this question truthfully. I am almost certain that the only green-card-process step that was completed is &quot;labor certification&quot;, and that I never did file I485, but the problem is that I'm not 100% sure. Most of the steps were done by the company's lawyers and I don't have a good recollection of what exactly happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question: &lt;strong&gt;Is there some way I can request my records from the INS and find out whether I ever submitted an I-485 or not?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11054" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T17:35:11.997" Title="How can I find out if I ever filed an I-485 (a step in the green card process)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10118" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10120" CreationDate="2017-01-29T17:34:01.120" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a european visiting the UK, am I allowed to drive a car registered to a family member in another EU country or does the car have to be registered to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found information on the links below, but they do not give me any clarity on this matter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Car registration in another EU country&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;del&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/united-kingdom/index_en.htm&lt;/del&gt;: dead link (verified on 26.12.2020) but see &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registration of cars and motorised vehicles in the EU - Your Europe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11055" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2020-12-27T19:12:44.483" LastActivityDate="2020-12-27T19:12:44.483" Title="Driving a car in the UK which registered to a family member in another EU country" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10117" CreationDate="2017-01-29T17:35:11.997" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can file an FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request with USCIS to obtain your file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T17:35:11.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10118" CreationDate="2017-01-29T18:25:04.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hughesguides.com/foreignvehicles.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hughes Guides&lt;/a&gt;, which publishes UK technical traffic &amp;amp; criminal legal guides: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign Vehicles in the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;by K. Mark Hughes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign registered vehicles from any country may be brought into and used in the UK on a temporary basis by persons who are not resident here for up to 6 months at a time, extensions to this period can be arranged. This concession, negotiated under Chapter III of the Convention on Road Traffic at Vienna on 8th November 1968, permits non-residents, such as tourists, people visiting businesses, friends or family etc. to use their vehicle on UK Roads without the need to re-register it here providing certain conditions are complied with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the vehicle's registration certificate is carried by the driver, and, if the vehicles is not registered in the name of an occupant of the vehicle, proof of the driver's right to be in possession of the vehicle must be produced, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the registration number is displayed at the front and rear of the vehicles (motorcycles rear only),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;registration numbers must be displayed in Latin characters and Arabic numerals,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a distinguishing sign of the country of registration is displayed on the rear of the vehicle. This sign may be incorporated into the registration plate or placed separately,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the vehicle must be legal for road use in the country of registration.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is the keeper's responsibility to show they are allowed to use the vehicle in the UK without registering and taxing it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-01-29T18:25:04.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T01:15:16.670" Score="1" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Tier 2 long term visa and it is in process but I want to change my travel date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I submitted my visa application on 27 Jan and planned start date is 1 March but I want to travel by 1 April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please let me know the process to apply for a travel date replacement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11057" LastEditorUserId="11057" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T16:53:04.340" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T14:19:13.943" Title="Is it possible to change travel date after I receive UK visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T06:30:15.597" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen living overseas, how do I open a US Bank Account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11059" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T06:30:15.597" Title="As a US citizen living abroad, how do I obtain a US bank account?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T02:02:37.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10178" CreationDate="2017-01-30T07:16:35.030" Score="5" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Canadian Residence visa was approved a long time ago. I landed and stayed a week. I never received my residence card at the address given which remained valid even after I left. It may have gotten lost in the mail and was never received at the address I had given. I did not fulfill the residence requirements and my residence expired. I am now visiting Canada for a job interview. As a citizen of New Zealand I applied for an eTA but was asked to either renounce my residence or request an extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would renouncing my residence consequences be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have any other choice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11060" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T12:26:07.067" Title="Long expired Canadian residence" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T15:20:24.523" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a non-EU national whose application for a permit to live and work in Sweden has just been approved, the subsequent steps are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;visit Migrationsverket (Migration Agency) or a consulate/embassy to be fingerprinted and photographed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;receive a residence permit card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;visit Skatteverket (Tax Agency) to apply for an ID card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;receive ID card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At which point in this process is it possible to formally enter into a contract with one's employer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that a &lt;em&gt;personnummer&lt;/em&gt; (ID number) is required before one can receive a salary, since the personnummer is needed for taxation. Even if this is the case, is it possible, for example, to begin the period of employment while waiting for the permit card or ID card, defer the salary payment until the ID card is issued, whereupon the salary for the period between the initiation of the contract and the issuing of the ID can be properly taxed and paid out in bulk?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Links or references to official documents that back your answer and/or personal anectodes are appreciated.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11062" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T15:33:00.097" Title="Documents required to begin employment in Sweden" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10083" CreationDate="2017-01-30T16:59:35.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following a little research I found the answer specific to my condition:&#xA;A citizen of any of these countries: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;United States of America, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can basically apply without any requirements for a certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon receiving a binding job offer &amp;amp; contract, the employer has to send the contract, along with 2 documents and (preferably) a copy of the candidate's CV:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die benötigten Formulare für die Vorabprüfung finden Sie unter&#xA;  folgendem &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/Formulare/Detail/index.htm?dfContentId=L6019022DSTBAI516421&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die Standortübersicht mit den Kontaktdaten finden Sie unter folgendem&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/ArbeitundBeruf/ArbeitsJobsuche/ArbeitinDeutschland/Arbeitsmarktzulassung/Detail/index.htm?dfContentId=L6019022DSTBAI531395&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für arbeit&lt;/em&gt;. The contract will be examined and the agency will have around 2 weeks to look for a suitable candidate who has an EU citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they fail to find one, the contract will be approved and the candidate will be able to proceed to obtain a residence permit for the purpose of taking up employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The major difference between citizens from the countries listed above to any other, non EU citizens, are these two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The citizens from these countries (as listed) are not required to introduce any vocational training certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They are allowed to enter Germany before the process is complete (and before it is started) and start/continue it there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*The information above has been received from &lt;em&gt;Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge&lt;/em&gt; and is available from their hotline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The hotline is available from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CET, Monday through Friday, and the telephone number +49 30 1815-1111.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documents explaining in German were received by email from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11063" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T17:47:16.833" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T17:47:16.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T20:09:02.157" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I checked every stack overflow community and this one seemed me the best fit. In Denmark, there are many second hand goods shops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rent a house and am looking for almost everything. Some of those are big items, like living room furniture. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I make a deal, are there any companies in the Odense, Denmark area which will deliver items like big living room furniture and for reasonable price?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11066" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T20:26:09.847" LastActivityDate="2017-01-30T20:26:09.847" Title="How to transport second-hand stuff in Denmark" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:14:38.290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T21:46:26.287" Score="2" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Argentine, and my fianceé has dual US/Mexico nationality. There is no USCIS office here in Argentina (only an Embassy), so getting the visa through the DCF process (Direct Consular Filing - incredibly faster than the traditional route) is not possible. But Mexico City has one. Is it at all possible, if we both move to Mexico, to get the visa that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11067" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T22:23:44.507" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T15:56:01.590" Title="Is it possible to use US Direct Consular Filing when not living one's own country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-30T23:23:53.867" Score="3" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen, EU and US. My husband is a US citizen and retired. We will be in the EU together for 90 days. A month later, my husband would like to re-enter the EU and stay for another two months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is he able to re-enter after so short a time? Would he be able to re-enter if I were to go with him? If we re-enter together, would he be able to stay in the EU without me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11069" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-01-30T23:46:20.333" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T16:54:55.443" Title="How soon can my non-EU spouse re-enter the EU after a 90-day stay?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10149" CreationDate="2017-01-31T03:40:53.343" Score="3" ViewCount="458" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I are moving to Denmark next month. Our move is being paid for by her employer. I'm trying to decide what appliances are worth bringing. Is it worth bringing our 65&quot; LCD tv and hooking it up to a transformer? Or should we sell large items here and just buy new ones there.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11072" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-01-31T12:02:14.727" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T22:07:49.393" Title="Moving TV and Appliances from US to Denmark" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10130" CreationDate="2017-01-31T08:13:06.360" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may be a matter of opinion, but I'll give you my advice from personal experience. Buy everything there in Denmark. If your move is relatively temporary, as in just a couple of years, you can store that stuff. If your move is permanent, sell it. It is vastly less hassle and long-term cost to just get most of your standard electronics locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T08:13:06.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10132" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10137" CreationDate="2017-01-31T10:49:18.470" Score="7" ViewCount="4599" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm French and my wife is Chinese. I work in the UK and she is in China. We just got married and we applied for the UK spouse visa, as she is a spouse of an EEA national. And... the application got rejected!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The decision maker is not &quot;convinced that we have been together.&quot; Indeed, we didn't supply anything other than a proof of wedding, as this is the European law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why this law applies is that the French Embassy already made some interviews to be sure before our wedding that we knew each other/were in a relationship and that it was not a wedding to get papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that our conversations were on WhatsApp or Skype etc... and we didn't keep everything. Our phones have died and we got new ones. How can we reapply successfully?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11075" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-22T05:02:42.927" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T04:22:48.220" Title="Should I provide &quot;proof of relationship&quot; when applying for a UK visa / spouse of EEA national?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-31T11:19:59.503" Score="2" ViewCount="3498" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Malaysia for few months now and want to buy a car for personal use. I have a monthly salary of 5000RM. Is it possible for expatriates to get a car loan in Malaysia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11076" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-02-01T04:54:06.190" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:25:32.480" Title="Can an expat get a car loan in Malaysia?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;loan&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10132" CreationDate="2017-01-31T13:19:29.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visa applications are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the time to be minimalistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attach &lt;strong&gt;every single proof&lt;/strong&gt; you have of being married and having lived together (flight tickets, photographs...everything!), along with an explanation letter about your phones having died and (this may sound odd) receipts of having bought new ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, attach proof of all WhatsApp and Skype convos that you &lt;strong&gt;did&lt;/strong&gt; save.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because they're now more or less convinced that you used deception (claiming you're in a lasting relationship, which they aren't convinced of) to try and get your wife a spousal visa, your credibility as an applicant just might be at stake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As such, to be completely honest with you, you should seek the aid of a qualified solicitor, and have them apply on your behalf&lt;/strong&gt;. Be 100% honest in admitting your mistakes, and go from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2017-01-31T16:09:42.857" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T16:09:42.857" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-31T14:44:01.987" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it safe to plug in a US (110v) surge protector in Europe to 220v outlet using a transformer - say 2000w? Basically to run a home entertainment center. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11072" LastEditorUserId="11072" LastEditDate="2017-02-01T01:00:22.040" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T01:00:22.040" Title="Has anyone tried using a 110v surge protector with a 220v step up transformer? Is its safe?" Tags="&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-02-03T02:56:41.283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10132" CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:32:34.013" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has adopted a definition of &lt;em&gt;spouse&lt;/em&gt; in the  that excludes parties to a marriage of convenience, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/regulation/2/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 2(1)&lt;/a&gt; of the  Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“spouse” does not include a party to a marriage of convenience;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is in contrast to the freedom of movement directive itself (&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;), which does not define &lt;em&gt;spouse.&lt;/em&gt;  However, it is certainly arguable that the definition is allowed under Article 35 of the directive, which reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abuse of rights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Member States may adopt the necessary measures to refuse, terminate or withdraw any right conferred by this Directive in the case of abuse of rights or fraud, such as marriages of convenience. Any such measure shall be proportionate and subject to the procedural safeguards provided for in Articles 30 and 31.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, unless you want to go to court to challenge the UK's definition of &lt;em&gt;spouse&lt;/em&gt; (a challenge which seems unlikely to succeed), you must accept that it excludes parties to a marriage of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exclusion of marriages of convenience implies an ability to investigate marriages to determine whether they are in fact marriages of convenience.  In that light, the UK's own &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-family-permits-eun02/eea-family-permit-eun02&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance&lt;/a&gt; on the issuing of EEA family permits says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EUN2.10 What if I suspect a marriage / civil partnership of convenience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘civil partner’ in the EEA Regulations does not include someone who has entered into a marriage / civil partnership of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a marriage / civil partnership of convenience is suspected, the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO. However, in these cases the ECO is entitled to interview the applicant. Factors to consider include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an adverse immigration history;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doubts about the validity of documentation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;application follows soon after the marriage / civil partnership;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no previous evidence of the relationship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ECO should not consider the following cases as marriages / civil partnerships of convenience where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is a child of the relationship;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is evidence to suggest cohabitation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your marriage fits one of the grounds for suspicion (application soon after marriage), and doesn't fit either of the grounds for non-consideration (you have no child and, I assume, you have not lived together).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; lived together, then you should submit evidence of that fact, which should suffice to overcome the officer's suspicions about the validity of your marriage.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have alluded to in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10132/should-i-provide-proof-of-relationship-when-applying-for-a-uk-visa-spouse-of/10137#comment16974_10132&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt;, there are many stories floating around the web of people whose applications were refused improperly on the grounds of marriage of convenience.  If the entry clearance officer (ECO) suspects a marriage of convenience, he or she is supposed to develop actual evidence to support that suspicion, and it sounds like that may not have been done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The refusal formula suggested in the guidance says &amp;quot;I am satisfied that you are party to a marriage of convenience,&amp;quot; which reflects the ECO's burden of proof to establish that a marriage of convenience exists.  If the ECO did not use this formula, instead saying &amp;quot;I am not satisfied that your marriage is genuine&amp;quot; or the like, you may have grounds for appeal.  Also, if the ECO used that formula but did not actually develop any evidence aside from the timing of your marriage, you may have grounds for appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, appeal requires payment of a fee, and may be time consuming.  It might be faster just to resubmit a new application, as advised in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/10134/2440&quot;&gt;Crazydre's answer&lt;/a&gt;, which is free of charge, including the evidence of your relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a third possibility: if the ECO clearly did not follow the guidance, you can get in touch with the Entry Clearance Manager (ECM) at the consulate or embassy and complain.  This has apparently been successful in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might therefore try a two-pronged approach: First, write to the ECM and, if that is unsuccessful, file an appeal; second, file a new application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am reluctant to offer specific advice in your case, however, as we have not seen your refusal notice, so we do not know exactly what the ECO said in refusing the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T18:32:34.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10139" CreationDate="2017-01-31T21:35:49.110" Score="1" ViewCount="520" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi Muslim students banned in the USA after Trump's executive order?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;, is there any problem they are going to face studying in the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9270" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T22:31:10.980" Title="Are Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi Muslim students banned in the USA after Trump's executive order?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10138" CreationDate="2017-01-31T22:31:10.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi Muslim students banned in the USA after Trump's executive order?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not yet.  As of now, the travel ban applies only to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.  However, there have been suggestions in the media that the list may be expanded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any problem they are going to face studying in the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume here that you mean to ask if there is any problem related to immigration status (and excluding personal problems that could apply to anyone, like being denied entry for a criminal history or the like).  The answer is that it's not possible to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of seven countries could be expanded to include India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh.  It's also possible that the executive order will be nullified by the courts.  If that happens, it's possible that a new executive order could be put in place.  Almost anything could happen, really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's therefore not possible to say whether students from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh might be subject to adverse US immigration policies in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T22:31:10.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10133" CreationDate="2017-02-01T04:52:29.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Thailand (your neighbour to the north!) for over 13 years, and it was several years before I was able to apply for a loan to buy a car here. Even then, I needed a Thai citizen to sign as guarantor to the loan. Obviously my experience is useful for Thailand, and maybe not so much for Malaysia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However - in general terms, before applying for any loan in any country, you will need to have a credit record in that country. Do you have any credit cards or other loans already? If you don't already have a credit card, I would recommend applying for one of those and keep it fully paid-up for a while (several months should be enough) before approaching a bank and applying for a loan for a car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also imagine that the bank would want to see a valid work permit, a statement from your employer saying how much they pay you and the length of your employment contract with them, and bank statements showing your salary being paid every month. In Thailand they usually ask for 3 or 6 months of bank statements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, a quick Google search found this link : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-malaysia-banking&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Malaysia - Banking&lt;/a&gt;. There is some very useful information in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T04:52:29.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-31T13:36:42.647" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for 32-day visit visa for the UK and was given six months to visit my wife's family. Upon arriving in UK, my wife got depressed due to a family loss and was put on anti-depressants by her GP and counsellor. From this reason, I had to extend my stay to five months to help her with her recovery before heading back home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It did not cross my mind to inform Immigration of the change. I left after five months. My wife is still on anti-depressants in the UK and I want to join her so &#xA;I plan to apply for a spouse visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the earlier length of visit affect my new application for a spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Hassan" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T19:09:14.570" Title="Could my recent UK visit affect my spouse visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10141" CreationDate="2017-01-31T14:06:14.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could my recent UK visit affect my spouse visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it will. You said you would stay 32 days and actually stayed five months, so your credibility is damaged. However that alone would not necessarily prevent you obtaining a visa (planning ahead always involves some uncertainty). You should explain the reasons and support these with appropriate documentation, such as a letter from her GP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/79989/4995&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; you may also have some explaining to do about your finances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="pnuts" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T17:15:28.120" CommentCount="36" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-01T11:20:52.007" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am foreigner having a non-European Union citizenship and I own a swiss B permit coming from my previous job. There is no much time left till the end of the permit to find a new job in my profession. Currently I am looking for a job to prolong the permit to have enough time to find something in my field. My question is, will I be able to get a permit by being accepted to any job? What if I find part-time position or some low paid position? In these case will my permit be still prolonged? Is there any quota on given professions and/or foreigners?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10055" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T20:56:03.150" Title="Swiss work permit regulations" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-03T00:36:21.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-01T17:10:28.323" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to many Turkish &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;js=y&amp;amp;prev=_t&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yeniehliyet.com%2Fnode%2F261&amp;amp;edit-text=&amp;amp;act=url&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recourses&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trafik.gov.tr/Sayfalar/SurucuIslem.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;more official source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com.tr/search?q=yeni%20turkish%20driving%20licence&amp;amp;espv=2&amp;amp;biw=1920&amp;amp;bih=949&amp;amp;source=lnms&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwidsta6se_RAhVKHxoKHQa3BGYQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&amp;amp;q=yeni%20%20ehliyet&amp;amp;imgrc=4iz6ErWOF-O7UM%3A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;new Turkish Driving Licence&lt;/a&gt;   is valid in many countries also Denmark . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I check Danish  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fyidenmark.com/drivinglicense.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;resources&lt;/a&gt; they say Turkey is in Group 2 and my Turkish driving licence is only valid for three months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I  think Turkish resources are wrong or I am missing something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you clarify if Turkish Driving licence for normal residence is valid or not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11066" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T17:10:28.323" Title="New Turkish Driving Licence is it valid in Denmark?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T16:01:17.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10130" CreationDate="2017-02-01T19:00:43.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some electronic appliances can work with both 110V 60hz and 220V 50hz (e.g. most laptop &amp;amp; phones power supplies, televisions, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check your TV specs: it may already be compatible with 220-240V 50hz that you find in Europe: you may just need a socket adapter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11082" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T19:00:43.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10141" CreationDate="2017-02-01T19:09:14.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You were on a visit visa to the UK and stayed for much longer than you had told them you would. You contemplate a spouse visa now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will the earlier length of visit affect my new application for a&#xA;  spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Not at all. Here's why...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A visit visa takes place under Appendix V of the rules and a spouse visa takes place under Paragraph 281/282 of the rules.  Different rules, different topology, different assumptions, &lt;strong&gt;and different ECO's&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even &lt;em&gt;overstaying&lt;/em&gt; on a visit visa doesn't affect a spouse visa. There's an explicit carve out in Part 9 of the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no reason why staying for a long time would counter-indicate your intention to settle in the UK. That's what settlement means right? You plan to live here permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worry about something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T19:09:14.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10130" CreationDate="2017-02-01T19:24:40.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My colleague brought his TV from Canada to Denmark, and brought a transformer from Canada.  The TV caught fire after about a week, we assume because the transformer wasn't adequate -- check the cost of a suitable transformer! If you intend to watch broadcast TV (rather than just DVDs/laptop etc) also check if the TV is compatible with European standards. Cable TV requires a subscription, broadcast (radio waves, usually through an antenna on the roof and a socket in the wall) is 'free'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Danish people would check &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pricerunner.dk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.pricerunner.dk/&lt;/a&gt; for new appliances, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elgiganten.dk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.elgiganten.dk/&lt;/a&gt; is one of the large electronics stores. Prices are likely to be higher than in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11085" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T19:24:40.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-01T21:56:05.167" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a French citizen, recently graduated from a French engineering school and actually performing an internship in San Diego.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received an internship offer for 6 months as a Software Engineer Intern in San Diego in the same company I work for actually. It's gonna be my 3rd internship in the US and I will stay in Canada and France during 90 days between the two internships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be paid $78k/year which, for me, seems as high as a Junior Software Engineer in San Diego.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any earning limit as a J-1 Intern that can trigger more explanation/issues during the visa interview at the embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11092" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-01T22:10:27.433" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T22:10:27.433" Title="Is there any earning limit as a J-1 Intern?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:20:19.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-01T20:44:21.183" Score="2" ViewCount="502" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US passport and long-term student visa for France. I want to go to the US for my spring break (half way through my visa validity). My visa is valid until July, I would go to the US for one week in April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I have any problem? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="frenchstudent" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T10:33:32.827" Title="Can I leave France and re-enter with French student visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10152" CreationDate="2017-02-01T21:31:06.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No you should not have any problems if you are still enrolled in school and abiding by the conditions attached with your students visa and as expected and you  have confirmed, it is a multiple entry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" OwnerDisplayName="Paul the Sheik" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T21:31:06.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10160" CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:04:08.180" Score="3" ViewCount="1491" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my first electric bill&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9EkvB.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9EkvB.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am used to get bank account number I need to pay into with my bill. I then usually can go and pay online, however I couldn't find any bank numbers on the slip...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does one pay electric bill in Thailand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T03:44:09.177" Title="How to pay electric bill in Thailand" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;payment&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10157" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10215" CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:10:45.097" Score="3" ViewCount="762" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my first water bill&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I4Gfj.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I4Gfj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a bill I am used to getting bank account number into which I need to pay money due. I then usually can go and pay online, however I couldn't find any bank numbers on the slip...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does one pay water bill in Thailand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T16:34:33.057" Title="How to pay water bill in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;payment&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10158" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:12:18.833" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-02-02T03:12:18.833" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T03:12:18.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10159" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:12:18.833" Score="0" Body="Electricity, natural gas, water, and sewage. Broadband internet services and phone are increasingly being included within the definition." OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T02:56:05.317" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T02:56:05.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10156" CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:44:09.177" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I apologize for an extended quotation, but there's really little to add to what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tielandtothailand.com/how-to-pay-thai-electric-bill/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; says. I've just highlighted the most outstanding details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By far the easiest way to pay an electric bill in Thailand is to go to your local &lt;strong&gt;7-Eleven or Tesco Lotus Express&lt;/strong&gt;, which can be found on practically every town block.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Make sure to bring the &lt;strong&gt;original bill&lt;/strong&gt; with you and go to any register.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The cashier will scan it and ring it up separately from any other purchases you may have.&#xA;There will be a small &lt;strong&gt;convenience fee&lt;/strong&gt; added to the bill (we’re talking only a few baht) and then the cashier will &lt;strong&gt;staple a receipt&lt;/strong&gt; to the original bill for you to keep after you’ve paid it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can pay the electric company directly at one of their offices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may find PEA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pea.co.th/en/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;office locations&lt;/a&gt; in your area&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zUhcr.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zUhcr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;PEA office&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;…which are easily recognized by the buildings’ white and purple exterior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you pay here, there’s a good chance that there will be a bit longer wait than if you were to pay at your local 7-Eleven or Tesco Lotus Express. It’s simply because these offices handle more than just monthly payments. On the plus side, you won’t be charged a convenience fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you first walk inside one of the PEA offices, you should spot either a &lt;strong&gt;number-generating kiosk&lt;/strong&gt; or a little table or podium with paper slips in numerical order. Grab a number and take a seat. Big offices are usually equipped with an announcing system and number &lt;strong&gt;display board&lt;/strong&gt; (similar to the DMV), so all you have to do is wait for your number and respective counter number to be called.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bring with you your original bill and the cash to the counter. You won’t have to say a word to the cashier. Just pass everything over and in less than a minute the cashier will return the bill along with a &lt;strong&gt;payment receipt&lt;/strong&gt; and any change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, make sure your payment doesn't go overdue. From the same article:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll have &lt;strong&gt;ten days to pay&lt;/strong&gt; your PEA electric bill after it’s been issued. The payment period (not just a single date) is listed at the bottom right hand corner of the receipt in the format:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DD-DD  MM YYYY     or    DD MM-DD MM YYYY&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your sample bill, &lt;strong&gt;08 ก.พ. 2560&lt;/strong&gt; stands for &lt;strong&gt;08/Feb/2017&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T03:44:09.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7535" CreationDate="2017-02-02T05:23:54.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, spoke to insurance agents and they told me you can't; has to be one or the other :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They could not provide any proof though, so I guess I will just have to wait and see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3654" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T05:23:54.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-02T21:21:25.183" Score="3" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a contractor for a company in the US and I work remotely from Europe. This company is sponsoring me for H-1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year I would like to travel very often to the US under WT status to see my girlfriend. I won't work while in the US, but I'll be using my Paid Time Off. It is my understanding that &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/BusinessVisa%20Purpose%20Listings%20March%202014%20flier.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;under WT status I cannot receive any money from a US company while I'm in the US&lt;/a&gt;, even if I'm not working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get past the lottery, &lt;strong&gt;when my H-1B petition is processed or during the interview, is it possible that the officer could notice that I received money while I was in the US?&lt;/strong&gt; In other words, what kind of investigation do they perform while checking my petition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now suppose that I want to spend February in the US and I'll be back in March. Something that I could do is to ask my company to hold the payments for February and then give me a double wage in March.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to my understanding, this would be legally permitted, because I would receive money only while in Europe, but one might say that this is like cheating. &lt;strong&gt;Is it possible that an officer could interpret this as a cheat?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11102" LastEditorUserId="11102" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T10:11:52.393" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T08:28:01.000" Title="How to get paid while being in the US and while waiting for H-1B?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-03T04:03:08.717" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are interested to know if one of our family members who is an old senior from Romania can permanently live with us in the UK. Does Brexit impose any restrictions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11107" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-17T01:02:28.980" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T17:59:43.490" Title="Does a Romanian senior citizen ( pensioner) need a special visa to permanently live in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-05-19T09:32:11.103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10164" CreationDate="2017-02-03T06:23:12.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no visa required at this time. Brexit has not occurred yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T06:23:12.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10152" CreationDate="2017-02-03T10:33:32.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you can exit and re-enter France depends on more circumstances than you have specified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long-stay visa holders (including students) must, within 3 months of their arrival in France, submit their information to the Immigration and Integration Office (OFII). Upon submission of their information, they are then called to an appointment at OFII for a medical examination, and are given a 'vignette'. An example of such a vignette is here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PIcdK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PIcdK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is quite confusing, because technically, your visa will only allow you to enter the country for 3 months (even with a multi-entry, year-long student visa). After that point you require your vignette as well as the visa in order to enter. This remains the case until your student visa expires. 3 months before that happens, you should apply for your titre de sejour, which replaces both, and is a small card separate from your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you have your vignette and your visa in your passport, you can exit and re-enter France, there should be no problems. If you do not, things may become more complicated. I have heard that in the worst case, one would need to re-apply for a totally new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are a US national, you have visa-free entry to France anyway. I do not know whether, at the border, the official would let you in or not without the vignette. I never tried to do that personally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T10:33:32.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10169" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-03T10:37:09.340" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen living in Nigeria, married to a Nigerian woman. We've been married for over 20 years, and have two 2 sons, aged 20 and 17. The 17-year-old is studying for his A levels in London. Can I get a UK family permit for my wife to accompany me on a trip to the UK to visit our son? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11109" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T15:04:06.920" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T15:04:06.920" Title="UK family permit for my wife to accompany me to visit our son in London" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10169" CreationDate="2017-02-03T13:08:09.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a visit of six months or shorter, she will need a Standard Visitor Visa. The EEA Family Permit is only applicable to the family of EU citizens who are exercising their freedom of movement rights under EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are returning from outside the EU to your country of citizenship, EU law is not implicated: you are exercising your right of abode under &lt;em&gt;domestic&lt;/em&gt; law, and your accompanying family member will be covered by domestic law as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T13:08:09.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10171" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-03T17:50:25.693" Score="5" ViewCount="4765" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I am still traveling in Europe I received I797 notice to appear for fingerprint appointment the next business day after the upcoming weekend. The letter says, if I don't show up, then my green card case will be considered abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are my options to reschedule biometrics appointment (mail, phone, online)?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initially my immigration attorney told me to reschedule appointment over phone. Unfortunately, I tried to call USCIS at +1(800)375-5283 and they told me that they can't reschedule these appointments over phone, because &quot;Alexandria office schedules them and they don't have any control&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am trying to understand - if I can ask a friend to send rescheduling request over mail &quot;the proper way&quot; by sending back the i797 form. However, it is already Friday and appointment is on Monday. &lt;strong&gt;If my friend sends it out will USCIS honor the send date even if they may receive letter later after the original appointment time?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S. #1 I am solving this case with my immigration attorney in the meantime, but it seems that rescheduling appointments is a corner case that at least my employer's immigration attorneys is not very aware of. So I would like to hear outside opinion.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S. #2 In the worst case I am considering to buy ticket tomorrow back  to the US, but that would be hassle I would like to avoid.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11111" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T12:35:49.170" Title="How to Reschedule Biometrics appointment for green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10175" CreationDate="2017-02-04T13:45:35.160" Score="1" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 22 years old and I was born and grew up in Hungary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few weeks ago, I found out that my father could have acquired French citizenship (in the years before I became 18), because his mother, my grandmother was originally from France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that I don't have any connection with my father, so it would be hard to acquire any documents from him. I think he wouldn't even share what is needed about himself, although I already have a proof of that he is my father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this enough to start the process of acquiring the citizenship and am entitled to it at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11118" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-04T19:21:45.127" LastActivityDate="2017-02-04T19:21:45.127" Title="Can I acquire French citizenship through my father without his help?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10174" CreationDate="2017-02-04T15:09:27.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;“Acquiring” French citizenship is not quite the right way to think about this. If your father was a French citizen at the time of your birth, you might be one too. If he wasn't, there is nothing he could do now to make you a French citizen. The fact that he could have “acquired” it is not relevant. The only way in which his cooperation would be useful is in gathering the documentation you'll need to apply for a French passport and effectively use the citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, you need to worry about two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether your grandmother and/or your father have lived abroad without using their citizenship for too long. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6618/will-it-be-possible-to-get-french-citizenship/6619#6619&quot;&gt;Will it be possible to get French citizenship?&lt;/a&gt; for more details about that. You haven't provided enough details to make a determination but I suspect this is very likely to be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Establishing the link between your grandmother, your father, and you. That could in fact be easier than you think as you don't need your father's help to get &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; birth certificate. If it was registered with the French authorities, you can request it yourself as his son, presumably by submitting your own birth certificate as evidence that you are his son. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8510/how-to-prove-my-father-is-a-french-citizen-if-he-refuses-to-confirm-we-are-his-c/9582#9582&quot;&gt;How to prove my father is a French citizen if he refuses to confirm we are his children?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-02-04T15:09:27.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-04T15:57:50.887" Score="2" ViewCount="448" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Canadian Student Visa valid from March, 2016 to March, 2018. The letter that I received along with the visa mentions nothing about the date within which I must enter Canada before it expires. In the letter the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Must enter Canada by&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; section is kept blank and in the another part of the letter and in another part of the letter &quot;&lt;strong&gt;You must seek entry to Canada to obtain study permit                    (yyyy/mm/dd/)&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; is also left blank. My question is if that is a typographical error or they generally leave it blank in the letter. I am planning to enter Canada in the May, 2017. I have attached segments of the letter with this question. Thanks.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kVq2x.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kVq2x.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cSxh0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cSxh0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10853" LastEditorUserId="10853" LastEditDate="2017-02-04T16:04:28.053" LastActivityDate="2017-02-04T16:04:28.053" Title="Confusion regarding entry date to Canada in the student visa cover letter" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-05T01:51:49.447" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can one move abroad while maintaining a &quot;work from home&quot; position with an American organization? What are the unforeseeable consequences of making such a move? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11122" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-06-18T14:07:46.337" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T14:07:46.337" Title="Is there a list of countries that recognize virtual workers who are from the US?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10123" CreationDate="2017-02-05T07:07:25.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Presently, you are still a permanent resident. If you visit Canada you'll be flagged as having been out of the country for too long. You'll be allowed to enter the country, but proceedings will be begun to strip you of your PR status, unless you had excellent reasons to be out of the country (e.g., caring for a sick parent - but this is unlikely to work for someone who was only in the country for a week). You'll have a limited length of time before being ordered out of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you are exempt in certain situations, such as working for an international organization or a Canadian company, or living with a Canadian spouse abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you renounce your permanent resident status now, you can apply for an eTA or a visa just as any foreign citizen can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't renounce your PR status, then since you don't have a PR card, you may not be allowed to board a direct flight to Canada. The right approach is to fly to the US and cross into Canada at a land crossing, either in a private vehicle or on foot (e.g. at Niagara Falls). The reason is that airlines (or ships, trains and buses) will refuse to carry you without an eTA and without a PR card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11124" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T07:07:25.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9960" CreationDate="2017-02-05T07:13:33.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Canada, any length of stay is theoretically possible on a visitor visa, but for visitors from developing countries the authorities are very exacting in demanding proof that they won't work and will return when their approved stay expires. This is usually easiest if the visitor has a large bank account and property in the home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11125" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T07:13:33.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9940" CreationDate="2017-02-05T07:27:54.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marry your partner to immigrate to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Live with your partner for at least one year in the UK or a third country, then apply for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Live with your partner in Canada for at least one year by getting a work or study visa for Canada, or even just a visitor visa. Then apply for permanent residence. Young people from the UK are often eligible for special work visas (International Experience Program). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Immigrate independently to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For options 2 and 3, you'll have to combine your lives to a certain extent (having a joint bank account, a joint lease, etc.) to prove that you're living maritally though not married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 4 is likely to take an inordinately long time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11126" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T07:27:54.103" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-05T10:24:13.540" Score="0" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm French, working in the UK. My wife is Chinese, living in China. We have been doing long distance relationship, now we are married and she is going to apply for the spouse visa (EEA family permit) to join the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the visa application, &lt;strong&gt;they ask how long she is going to stay&lt;/strong&gt;. The reality is we don't know. At least 6 months, but it could be 1 year, 2 years, ... we don't have a good idea. N.B: I'm under a permanent work contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will our answer to the question &quot;how long are you going to stay&quot; influence our chance to get the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are thinking that if we say &quot;3 years or more&quot; they are going to think &quot;this application is for people who want to immigrate definitely&quot; and have less chance to get it.&#xA;And if we say &quot;6 months/1 year&quot; they are going to think &quot;for such a short time they should rather not bother apply&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11075" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T09:27:05.310" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:27:59.430" Title="Applying for a UK spouse visa, how long should we say we are going to stay?" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-05T12:11:46.793" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am a PhD student in structural engineering. I am going to graduate this September, hopefully, and I am looking for job at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not consider myself to be an academician, so I decided to find job in an engineering firm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am interested in working in Canada, since I heard that the country is very friendly to immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to emigrate to Canada with academic qualifications but no work history? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11127" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-05T15:17:35.123" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T06:49:02.760" Title="Can I get a job in Canada with advanced degree but no work experience?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10182" CreationDate="2017-02-05T16:58:47.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;emigrate via the Federal skilled workers&lt;/a&gt;, as your Ph.D. would be 25 points of the 67 or more needed to qualify. In addition to education and experience, points are given for English and/or French skills, age, arranged employment in Canada and adaptability. You can check how many points you would have before applying to Canadian employers.  The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of Canada Express Entry&lt;/a&gt; tool has the information, contacts, and links that can facilitate settlement in the great land of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T16:58:47.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-05T22:37:21.960" Score="5" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen working in Iraq and want to move to the UK with my non-EU/EEA wife and my child. Right now, she is a refugee in Germany and has a 1-year residence permit and, with her, is my 16-month-old child. Although my child was born in Germany, she is a British citizen and also has a 1-year residence permit. How can I get my wife and child to England?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11129" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T00:17:51.090" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:05:11.180" Title="How can I move to the UK with my child and non-EU/EEA wife?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T03:37:02.580" Score="2" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to get in touch with Australian immigration on +61131881 (office based in Australia Canberra) in regards to my work visa application. I called on Monday ~1pm (Australian time - AEDT +11 hours) and wait time is 1 HOUR.... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I (in vain) tried looking online on what hours it's best to call them...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any resource on how busy Australian immigration call centre at what days and hours is?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T02:19:32.410" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:23:12.373" Title="What is best time to call Australian immigration call center?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10182" CreationDate="2017-02-06T04:38:54.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should be a comment, but I don't have the requisite reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should inquire about the requirements for foreign-trained individuals to join the provincial professional body that accredits engineers in your intended province of residence. This is essential if you intend to work as an engineer in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11130" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T04:38:54.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10187" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T06:21:05.453" Score="3" ViewCount="2122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of traveling to Malta for work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had my client apply for me and he &lt;strong&gt;submitted all my docs&lt;/strong&gt;(listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.com/malta/india/Long-Work.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) to Identity Malta (their foreign affairs people). My application was accepted and I received an approval letter. I am now to use this letter to get my passport stamped with a visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm not sure on how to go about doing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I go the Embassy or VFS? I emailed the Malta Embassy but they still haven't got back to me. And I only have 50 days remaining for me to complete this process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted VFS and they were talking to me as if I'm a new applicant, asking for all the docs I already submitted. I tried explaining to them but they wouldn't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what the letter looks like:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W7SZf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W7SZf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Letter&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11131" LastEditorUserId="11131" LastEditDate="2017-03-13T06:39:28.707" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T14:18:15.360" Title="Get Visa using approval letter" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T16:58:16.203" Score="3" ViewCount="754" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had to visit my mom and parents after 2 years in Canada and to my misfortune what was supposed to be a one month holiday got extended into 4 months due to my mom's health condition. I haven't completed my post secondary diploma due to several other reasons including this one as well. Theres only 15 days left in my visa and all I need is to grab my things I left there in Canada and return to my place and try to apply for extension from here. I have my flights booked from my hometown to Toronto and I am nervous whether I will be allowed to enter or not. Is it possible to apply for extension in the last 15 days in Canada? If I am allowed to enter in the first place that is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11132" LastEditorUserId="11132" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T17:25:15.443" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T15:37:46.597" Title="Will I be allowed to enter Canada with my almost expired Canadian student visa/permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T11:39:01.923" Score="2" ViewCount="1019" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for a spouse visa to Switzerland (family reunification visa) from India &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/countries/countries-content/india/en/Checklist_family%20reunification%20visa.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;seems to require&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original marriage certificate&lt;/strong&gt; issued by the Registrar of Marriages of&#xA;  the concerned State, duly legalized by the competent State Home&#xA;  Ministry and further legalized by the Ministry of External Affairs New&#xA;  Delhi and 2 copies of the same to be provided to the Embassy; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note, that no Marriage Deed will be accepted by the Embassy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does one go about getting the marriage certificate legalised by the State Home Ministry (Kerala) and the Ministry of External Affairs (New Delhi)? Are there any official channels or does one necessarily need an agent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Raziman T V" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T03:23:50.087" Title="Legalizing Indian marriage certificate for Swiss spouse visa" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T16:43:29.183" Score="2" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 1999 I lived in Germany with an unlimited Residence Visa. In 2010 I left the country and I am now living in India. Can I go back to Germany with the same Residence Visa that I already have? If I fly to Germany, will there be any problem at the destination airport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please give me proper guidance on this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nawaz K. P" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T15:53:47.233" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T19:04:16.723" Title="I have an unlimited German residence Visa, but I haven't been there for 6 years. Will I be able to go back with the same visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10190" CreationDate="2017-02-06T16:52:20.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that Germany does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; record entries and exits, and also (from what I've seen) doesn't stamp passports of residence permit holders, they're unlikely to know how long you've been out of the country for, unless you went to the authorities and de-registered your residence (which you probably didn't seeing as you still have your residence permit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're moving back to Germany, that shouldn't be an issue, but if you're just visiting and have no plans on moving back there, I'd say it's better to visit the German embassy, turn in your residence permit, and apply for a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T18:55:22.933" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T18:55:22.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-06T21:21:38.253" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently holding a J-1 visa, which I have to renew very soon in my home country (Germany). Previously, I was able to renew this visa via mail where I just mailed all my documents to the consulate, they processed it and sent the documents including my passport with a new visa back to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this still possible under the new executive order, or do I have to appear in person at the consulate now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10285" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T21:50:00.153" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:20:34.960" Title="Renewing US visa via mail still possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10184" CreationDate="2017-02-06T22:05:11.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For your wife to move with you to the UK, she will need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;‘family of a settled person’ visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wonder whether she qualifies for this visa because you are not now resident in the UK.  On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligibility page&lt;/a&gt;, you can see that British citizens qualify by virtue of their British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This visa is somewhat costly, the fee being £811 as of February 2017, plus a healthcare charge.  (Using the healthcare charge calculator with some assumptions, I arrived at a charge of £600, but the actual charge may of course be different for your actual circumstances.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can move with your wife to another EU country for at least six months before moving to the UK, you may instead be able to apply for a free &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; under the EU freedom of movement directive, using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;.  The EEA family permit is easier to qualify for because the EEA sponsor does not (that is, you do not) need to meet mfinancial criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the cost of the extra move could easily exceed the fees required to move directly, and the uncertainty associated with the UK's proposed departure from the EU also makes the EEA family permit approach less attractive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:05:11.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10192" CreationDate="2017-02-06T22:20:34.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, the executive order is not currently in force because a court has temporarily enjoined the administration from enforcing it.  The temporary restraining order could be lifted in the future, so the executive order might come into force again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the executive order, there is no change to visa procedures for those who aren't affected by it (that is, for those who are not refugees and are not &quot;from&quot; one of the affected countries; the lack of precision in this statement is because the interpretation of the order has been changing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this could change.  The order mandates a review of visa procedures, and it is possible that renewal by mail could be eliminated or curtailed in the future as a result of the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet, therefore, is to get in touch with the consulate and ask them.  If you do, please come back and post an answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:20:34.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10129" CreationDate="2017-02-07T01:34:24.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, a couple of points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Legally speaking, your husband enjoys freedom of movement in the EU only when he accompanies you there or is traveling to join you.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In calculating the time in the Schengen area for the 90-days-in-180 rule, there's no provision for excluding days that are spent in the area in the company of an EU-citizen family member.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, while your husband can remain in the the Schengen area &lt;em&gt;with you&lt;/em&gt; for longer than 90 days, he is nonetheless using up days for the purpose of calculating how long he can stay there &lt;em&gt;without you.&lt;/em&gt;  This means that if you leave after spending 85 days there together, he should leave within the next five days.  If you stay for 90 or more days together, he should leave when you leave.  If he leaves with you after 120 days and tries to return two months later, he will not have been outside the Schengen area for long enough, and he is liable to be refused entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the freedom-of-movement directive allows countries to require non-EU family members to get a residence card if they are staying for more than 90 days, and most countries do this.  If he does get a residence card, his days will not count against the 90/180 rule, because periods of stay under a residence permit or long-stay visa are excluded from that calculation.  If he can get a residence card, therefore, he ought to be able to stay for two months after you leave, or to return two months later for a two-month stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem, of course, is that it may not be possible to get the residence card in 120 days.  You haven't said which country you'll be in; I am most familiar with the situation in France, and from what I've heard, it can take quite a bit longer than 4 months for the card actually to be issued.  From your comments, it appears that you want to stay in Italy; perhaps you can ask another question here about the time required to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T16:54:55.443" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T16:54:55.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10197" CreationDate="2017-02-07T05:23:54.620" Score="1" ViewCount="2951" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in UK for some time and used to sell my stuff online via websites like Ebay and Gumtree... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect there to some equivalent in Thailand...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where does one sell stuff online in Thailand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2020-12-06T08:47:48.713" Title="Where does one sell his stuff online in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10196" CreationDate="2017-02-07T07:40:23.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As is usually the case in Thailand, just because you expect something to exist, doesn't mean that it does. The ebay.co.th domain name has been registered here in Thailand for over a decade (originally by Sanook, and used to redirect to one of their pages), and now just redirects you to a page in Thai about selling stuff as export.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few local sites for buying/selling online in Thailand. One of the more popular is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kaidee.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kaidee&lt;/a&gt;, although it's in Thai. It is, however, an excellent site. I have sold laptops on there very successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ever-present &lt;a href=&quot;http://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Craigslist&lt;/a&gt; seems to be a thing used by foreigners more than locals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thaivisa have their own area for buying and selling, &lt;a href=&quot;http://classifieds.thaivisa.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Thaivisa Classifieds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of all of these, the only one I have used myself is Kaidee, but you definitely need to be fairly proficient in written Thai language to get the most from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T07:40:23.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-07T08:13:33.603" Score="0" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get a job in Canada before I complete my studies. I am currently a student in a country not my own. I am interested in getting work experience after my graduation in September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I need a job offer, work permit, etc. to emigrate to Canada, but I don't know what should I do first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I able to apply for employment before receiving my degree certification?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11127" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T20:23:29.610" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T19:00:35.180" Title="Can I apply for jobs in Canada while still a student?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10199" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-07T09:42:33.453" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any experience or idea on time it takes for Immidiate family members (dependent parents) of EU citizen's residence card application after you submit it at IND office?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also called as Verification against EU laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody have any recent experience on timescale from application to approval / further clarification?&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11077" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T21:55:04.403" Title="Netherland IND waiting times for Residence card for family of EU citizen RC (EU Directive EC/38/2004)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-07T14:26:16.913" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied 1 month ago to a residence card, and now i got this letter with information that i'm able to work until they will make a decision on my application. Is it possible to open an bank account and a NINO with just this paper?&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFprn.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFprn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10571" LastEditorUserId="10571" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T14:35:27.093" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T14:35:27.093" Title="How it's possible to obtain a bank account and NINO without Passport in order to get a job?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2017-02-07T18:22:59.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For someone based out of Europe there are quite a few possibilities to consider. Eastern European countries are hot favorites for residency due to low taxation. TO overcome the challenge of social security tax you would have to incorporate to avoid those charges legally.&#xA;Estonia is one such country where you have the possibility of paying 0 taxes and distributed profits are taxed only once @ flat 20%. You shall never pay taxes until you make withdrawals. Estonia offers E-Residency which allows you to bag projects from anywhere in the world and receive payments in Estonia, without ever setting foot in the country. That should overcome your challenge of weather as occasional visits if needed would not bother you at all as Tallinn is just a few hours from any European city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Residency in Panama is a great option and Paraguay would work as a great destination as well to maintain residency and be able to avoid taxes on foreign income. Incorporate in Estonia and live in South America. Pay minimum salaries to justify yourself but never pay more than what is the bare minimum per hour of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11136" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T18:22:59.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10213" CreationDate="2017-02-08T01:17:48.960" Score="8" ViewCount="4201" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, the story is:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm currently working at a start up company A, and our company has run out of funding and cannot run the payroll after Nov 30, 2016. It has been two month till now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I recently got an offer from company B.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm still working at company A. I wonder if I'm in valid h1b status since I'm not getting paid?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I transfer my H1B to the new company B?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I join the new company, can I get the owned salary back from my current company A?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11142" LastActivityDate="2017-03-24T18:19:29.937" Title="Can I keep H1B status if my employer cannot pay me because the company runs out of money?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;startups&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10206" CreationDate="2017-02-08T01:19:38.537" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forces.ca/en/page/applynow-100&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.forces.ca/en/page/applynow-100&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To apply to the Forces, you must: Be a Canadian Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/grant/cfa.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/grant/cfa.asp&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This section is about granting citizenship to a person who is or was serving in or with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... what's going on here? (note: I am a Canadian citizen for ten months now, it's not like I am counting, just curious)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T01:41:45.210" Title="Gaining Canadian citizenship through the Army?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10205" CreationDate="2017-02-08T01:41:45.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why, yes, you can [emphasis mine] !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/about-policies-standards-defence-admin-orders-directives-5000/5002-1.page#qe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Defense Administrative Orders and Directives 5002-1, Enrolment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizenship&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3.3 An applicant is required to be:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. Canadian citizen; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;citizen of another country who has permanent resident status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     i. undertakes to become a Canadian citizen immediately when eligible to do so;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;      ii. provides service that satisfies a special need; and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;      iii.whose enrolment, in the opinion of the Commander (Comd) Canadian Forces Recruiting Group (CFRG), would not prejudice the national interest.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3.4 An applicant who is both a Canadian citizen and a citizen of another country may be enrolled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T01:41:45.210" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-08T09:02:55.323" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am retired, and been living outside of the UK for over 10 years. I spend most of my time in Greece (but under the 183 days tax requirement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the time, I spend in Asia and the UK, all under the tax requirement days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my bank is asking for the new CRS forms to be filled in with a tax number, or to give an explanation of why I don't have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the correct response to these questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11144" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T16:00:26.187" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T04:46:14.830" Title="What's my tax status?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-08T09:49:17.347" Score="3" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been married to a Japanese women for about 9 years. We have two kids and they have dual citizenship (USA and Japan). I myself am a US citizen. We were thinking about getting her a spouse visa / permanent visa .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, at this time we have no plans to actually live in the USA and just go for vacations. Having it would be just an emergency type of thing, in case of North Korea and China start bombing the hell out of Japan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I own a home in the USA and Japan, so we have a residence there but again no plans on living in the USA and only going for vacation every year for a month or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: If we don't go to the USA every year, will she lose her visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11145" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T15:57:04.933" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T17:16:27.360" Title="US citizen with Japanese wife" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;japanese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10208" CreationDate="2017-02-08T11:33:49.063" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a pretty new requirement. The EU only adopted this January 1, 2016. A reasonable answer would be that you hadn't heard of the requirement until now, which is probably the case for 99% percent of bank account holders in the relevant jurisdictions. There is also the point that you are apparently not actually resident, for tax purposes, in any country under the CRS. As long as you can demonstrate this clearly, that should suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T11:33:49.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10209" CreationDate="2017-02-08T11:37:55.233" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am speaking from direct experience with almost this exact situation. She will come under scrutiny and will likely lose her green card if you try this, especially now with immigration coming under a particular focus. A spouse visa isn't even the right type of visa anyway for what you want to do. It is best to get her a 10 visitor visa, unless your wife is from a VWP country, in which case just continue to visit as normal. Reasonably easy and cost effective process and, if when the time comes that you may want to live the states, the green card process will be very smooth considering how long you've been married and the fact that she has already done one set of biometrics (may not even have to do another although I'm sure about that bit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is an emergency of the nature which you describe, you can always change her status in the U.S. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T17:16:27.360" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T17:16:27.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10124" CreationDate="2017-02-08T14:50:32.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;[based on personal experience and undocumented ] Usually first time work permits are tied to a single employer, so I'm not sure what kind of permit do you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can work and get paid without a personnummer but the employer will deduct from it the maximum tax of around 60%, you can get extra tax paid back at the end of the year as part of the yearly tax declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T14:50:32.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10204" CreationDate="2017-02-08T20:15:54.767" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer you question, being a former H1B myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are in valid h1b status because you are working. Your employer however has violated the H1B statutes and Labor statutes by not paying you. At some point after not getting paid, and particularly finding out your company is out of funds, USCIS can reasonably infer that you were no longer employed/out of status. This situation of deferred salary cannot continue especially since it appears unlikely given the balances of the probability, that there will be funds to pay you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can transfer your H1B to company B however if USCIS requests pay stubs for the last three months (like they sometimes do) before approving your transfer, you can have some problems. If you can get some evidence to show you are working although you payment is being delayed, you would be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should definitely get back the money you were owed from Company A. If company A does not pay you, you can become a whistleblower to USCIS showing they have violated the H1B agreement. See:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/FactSheet62/whdfs62I.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/FactSheet62/whdfs62I.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also Per the new H1b rules which came to effect on January 17, you will be allowed 60 days period between leaving one company and joining another during which time you are unemployed.  See below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-31/pdf/2015-32666.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-31/pdf/2015-32666.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;DHS proposes to generally establish a one-time grace period, during an authorized validity period, of up to 60 days whenever employment ends for individuals holding E–1, E–2, E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, L– 1, or TN nonimmigrant status. This proposal would allow these high-skilled workers to more readily pursue new employment should they be eligible for other employer-sponsored nonimmigrant classifications or for the same classification with a new employer. Conversely, the proposal allows U.S. employers to more easily facilitate changes in employment for existing or newly recruited nonimmigrant workers. The individual may not work during the grace period, unless otherwise authorized by regulation. As needed, DHS in its discretion may eliminate or shorten the 60-day period on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should really &lt;strong&gt;resolve this fast&lt;/strong&gt; because you're more than two months without pay, and entering into problematic immigration territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastEditorUserId="11148" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T21:53:48.927" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T21:53:48.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10157" CreationDate="2017-02-09T08:00:23.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many condo buildings allow basic utilities (but not always electricity) to be paid at the condo management office. Looking at your bill, it looks like this is how you should pay this bill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T08:00:23.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10162" CreationDate="2017-02-09T08:28:01.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't have other status (J-1, L, OPT etc) then you cannot work in the US, period. I would not attempt to do to - if USCIS/CBP/ICE/etc discover that you have been, the penalties are severe (I believe up to a lifetime ban, although I have no source for this). Regardless, it is not worth the risk, &lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; with the current environment regarding immigration. This includes volunteering for a position that others would be paid to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you go through the border, the officer has authority to search you and all your possessions, this includes your laptop. You can be compelled to provide your password. They can do that, and find your pay stubs. I don't think they have access to tax records, but you never know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="896" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T08:28:01.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9584" CreationDate="2017-02-09T13:56:14.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any kind of removal is not viewed favorably. That is the bottom line. In her case although this might seem trivial to you, an immigration officer might view it as someone who doesn't care for following rules. So it will affect her negatively, however upon being interviewed and the immigration officer being able to fully assess her particular case, he could waive the infraction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once again will it affect her ILR approval? Yes it will, however I do not expect it to tip the balances in the favor of a refusal if she has the other factors for an indefinite stay weighing in her favor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not rely on what border immigration officers tell you. Their paramount concern is to remove you as expeditiously and calmly as possible and will many times tell you a lie like &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;don't worry, no big deal, you can come back easily with the right documents&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; so that you leave without too much of a fuss, only to find out later that it really is a big deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastEditorUserId="11148" LastEditDate="2017-02-09T14:03:30.543" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T14:03:30.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10188" CreationDate="2017-02-09T15:37:46.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing related to obtaining a visa or granted entry is entirely safe. Unless you have other issues you haven't mentioned, have not already graduated, etc you will be allowed entry. Make sure you have all your documents in order to present at the airport if requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-extend.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-extend.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to extend your stay in Canada as a student, you must apply before the expiry date on your study permit. Complete the Application to Change Conditions or Extend Your Stay in Canada. &lt;strong&gt;You should apply for renewal at least 30 days before your current permit expires&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T15:37:46.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10198" CreationDate="2017-02-10T14:18:55.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simple answer, yes you can. You can apply for employment before receiving your degree certification however the under that scenario a company would have to hire you, then help you apply for a work permit as a Young Professional or International Co-op (Internship), or you apply for a working holiday permit (if you're between 18-35) etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck hunting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastEditorUserId="11148" LastEditDate="2017-07-11T19:00:35.180" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T19:00:35.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-10T17:47:23.047" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;To explain the title: due to former political activity opposing the Erdogan administration, my Turkish citizenship has now been withdrawn. I was aware of the looming danger of this happening, for which reason I moved to Germany recently. Now I am faced with this situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a residence permit in Germany for about 3 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have no citizenship anywhere in the world&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My passport has been declared invalid by the Turkish government&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I might at some point get indicted for terrorism or something of that sort (my actual crime consists in signing a petition, mind you!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now here are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does the state of Germany deal with this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where can I get information about my status? (Which government agency in Germany is responsible for me? Where can I inquire?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are my options to get a citizenship in Europe (or anywhere for that matter) or any secure title of residence?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible that I may get deported to Turkey in case of indictment?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I still safely use my &quot;invalid&quot; passport (my only real legal document with a valid EU visa of course) in Germany where necessary, for example registration at another place of residence? Would this be considered fraud?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To clarify the last question: will the Turkish administration pass the information about them invalidating my passport on to European officials and how will these react?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11158" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T01:22:24.393" Title="Turkish ex-national currently living in Germany without citizenship anywhere" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-23T09:43:18.720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-10T22:26:00.107" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;In which of the following cities in Canada, it is easy to find part-time tech jobs for a CS PhD student?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Saint John, New Brunswick&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Guelph, Ontario&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windsor, Ontario&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Winnipeg, Manitoba&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please, tell me something about earning versus living expense ratio in those cities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastEditorDisplayName="user11149" LastEditDate="2017-02-11T01:35:51.770" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T18:55:01.560" Title="Studying in different cities in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10223" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-11T17:28:30.270" Score="10" ViewCount="1164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've moved / am moving, from a much warmer to a colder climate.&#xA;Previously I had lived on the coast of the Mediterranean, with winter temperatures are ~ 10°c-15°c midday and 2°c-8°c at midnight, or thereabouts. Now it's 2°c-8°c at midday and -4°c - 3°c at night.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's still not super-cold, but I'll also add that I'm personally sensitive to lower temperature and to wind, and catch a cold easily, my nose fills up and my sinuses flare etc. If that's not enough, I now use a bike to get around. And, finally, it rains here more frequently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have winter clothing from back home - but it is not remotely adequate to these conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there are some items I've already bought personally, but now is the first time I'm experiencing the height of winter here, and it's snowing, and windy, and, well - I'm cold!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what kind of items should I make sure I have, and what features of things like coats, gloves, caps etc. should I pay attention to when buying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I wanted to make this question non-country specific. The temperature range is mostly for illustration. If you think the details matter then say so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T20:05:11.303" Title="Moved to Northern Europe, walking and biking around, and I'm cold! How should I gear up?" Tags="&lt;clothing&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;winter&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-11T18:37:30.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a cyclist myself, I will say for cycling you want a &lt;strong&gt;windproof jacket&lt;/strong&gt;. For dressing at other times, the important thing is layering. With correct layering, you should be fine and the flexibility of eliminating layers as it gets warmer is great. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_clothing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_clothing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wool beanies are very good for protecting your head and ears.For gloves, if you're someone who uses a touch screen phone, try to get a glove which has the material for the thumb that touch screens are sensitive to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastActivityDate="2017-02-11T18:37:30.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-11T18:50:35.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer the layered approach. One advantage is flexibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is rainy, you'll want your outer layer to be waterproof, or at least water resistant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer thin woolen underwear.  Silk or synthetic base layers are also effective. I like the wool because it tends to smell a lot better and require far less frequent washing.  It is also somewhat warmer in my opinion, and it retains its insulating capacity better when damp, be that from perspiration or precipitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A long coat, or even one that hangs just below the hips, can be problematic on a bike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in Amsterdam for six winters. After the first, I never wore my heavy parka. Instead, I had a nylon waist-length jacket with polyester fleece lining. When the temperature was very cold, I would wear a t-shirt, a long-sleeved t-shirt, a button-down shirt (possibly flannel) and a medium or heavyweight knitted woolen sweater under the jacket.  On milder days I would omit the long underwear or the sweater. I would usually need to open my jacket after a few minutes on the bike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also had a woolen scarf and either a woolen or fleece hat. I had some cheap polyester fleece gloves. Oddly, I preferred them to windproof/waterproof gloves because they blocked enough wind to keep my hands warm on a cold day, but allowed enough perspiration to evaporate to keep my hands from overheating.  Still, on milder days, I would remove them.  You may obviously have a different preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the lower half of the body, you can take a similar approach. If you will be cycling in the rain, a pair of thin synthetic rain trousers is very useful. Nothing is worse than heavy warm trousers that have become waterlogged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-11T18:50:35.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-11T20:04:38.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's likely you're not so much &lt;em&gt;cold&lt;/em&gt; as &lt;em&gt;dry&lt;/em&gt;.  Something people from Mediterranean coastal climates don't realize is just how dry the air gets when the temperature falls below freezing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try wearing a scarf, a ski mask, or something else with a loose weave that you can pull over your mouth and nose.  At first, it will feel funny breathing through it, but it will pre-heat and humidify the air before it enters your lungs.  It will also keep the wind off your cheeks and nose, areas that are more sensitive than average to cold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11161" LastActivityDate="2017-02-11T20:04:38.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10222" CreationDate="2017-02-11T21:49:04.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your first place to look for this kind of information is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Statistics Canada website&lt;/a&gt;. For the 2006 census, it had information on employment by industry in each census metropolitan area (CMA), although I'm not sure whether it had the same in 2011. There should also be information about average wages in different CMAs, possibly per industry. If there isn't a comparison of the cost of living by CMA, the information about house prices by CMA may be available from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/index.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11162" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-11T23:46:29.917" LastActivityDate="2017-02-11T23:46:29.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-11T22:33:48.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When biking in the cold, I find that the first body part to get cold is always the hands (as they are exposed to the wind and you cannot put them in your pockets). I recommend wearing two pairs of gloves: a pair of thin cotton gloves underneath, and then a pair of regular winter gloves or mittens. Besides providing extra warmth, this has the additional advantage that when you have to do some task that requires manual dexterity (lock your bike, send a text, take a photo, withdraw some cash etc.) outdoors, you can remove only the outer layer and still have some minimal protection from the elements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11164" LastActivityDate="2017-02-11T22:33:48.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10231" CreationDate="2017-02-12T01:20:07.917" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Philly by the end of this month as visiting researcher at Upenn. I am bit concerned about the area before choosing a place to live as I might be living in a shady area that might not be safe, especially at night. Here are some options where I found some places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;46th street Market El Line&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upper Darby&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bustleton&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grays Ferry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German Town (But I suppose this is quite far from the city centre.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="11120" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T18:27:51.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T18:27:51.377" Title="Areas in Philadelphia - Safe?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10230" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10237" CreationDate="2017-02-12T01:37:43.327" Score="2" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I need to show bank deposit to the visa-office if I have secured TA or RA as a PhD student (i.e. I have means to pay off my living cost) in a Canadian university?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T19:36:14.573" Title="Bank deposit needed show to apply for study permit in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10229" CreationDate="2017-02-12T03:10:58.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a range of areas. 46th and Market and Grays Ferry are easy commutes to UPenn, the others are not. I haven't lived in Philly, or worked at UPenn, in a decade, but Grays Ferry is most definitely nicer/safer than 46th and Market. 46th and Market is about as rough as West Philly gets which is about as nice as North Philly gets (sorry Temple). Some people will feel comfortable there, others won't. Most Penn students do not live that far out. Typical student/post doc areas are Pine to Chestnut between 34th and 42nd and anything in Center City (including Grays Ferry). Some post docs live far out (e.g., German Town and Upper Darby), but that is the exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T03:10:58.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-12T04:43:25.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot comment on very specific clothing, but here is my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved from a climate similar to coastal one you mention, to Canada. Now I walk to and from work all year long, from +30 in the Summer to -30 and even -40 in the Winter. The specific clothing that works for you, you'll have to find. What I learned after a while, is what I need to wear for each temperature; I know what to wear if it's 0C,  -10C,  -20C, -30C, and to take into account the wind (and the humidity, although it's not such a factor here), and even the amount of snow in the ground.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A second factor is that, to a certain extent, you get used to it. I don't wear any more the snow boots and snow pants from my first couple winters. Also, you get used to the cold as the Winter progresses. When we get -15C  in October, everybody reacts like they are freezing to death; when in March, no one bats an eye.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, finally, and maybe more important : you cannot really expect to be outside in the Winter and not be cold. If you are warm in the first few minutes, you can be sure you'll be sweating a little later, or soon having to remove stuff. My own approach is that I already know my hands will freeze during the first km of my walk/run, and they will recover fast after that (the alternative would be to wear thicker gloves for the first km and then carry them the rest of the time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7022" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T17:26:59.000" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T17:26:59.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-12T05:33:49.477" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following is copied from my own &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/78265/41775&quot;&gt;answer on Travel SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I grew up in Norway. I've gone skiing, running, walking, playing, hiking, bicycling, etc. in the mountains there and in temperatures as cold as around -20 Celsius as a part of my childhood and youth. The single best tip I can give you is to wear wool. There is nothing like wool to keep you warm in a tough winter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a garment anyone living in a cold country is familiar with. It's a tight fitting woolen garment called woolen long-johns. Any sports/outdoor store in any cold place will have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dFGp2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dFGp2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of this, you can wear normal clothes like pants and a winter jacket, etc. If you're still cold, put on another layer of wool, like a woolen sweater or even pants. You'll be ready to spend the whole day outdoors in the cold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you may be thinking that wool next to your skin is itchy. It is, to some degree, but these days they have ways to treat the wool to make it less itchy. Also, you get used to it. I personally prefer a little bit of itching to being cold. If you cannot stand wool directly on your skin, however, there are synthetic alternatives. They look somewhat similar, but they are not actually wool. If doing this, compensate by wearing a thick woolen sweater and woolen pants on top of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Avoiding &lt;em&gt;wind&lt;/em&gt; is also very important. Make sure your jacket is windproof. Windproof pants also exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rain&lt;/em&gt; is another thing that can easily spoil your trip, so make sure you pack a solid raincoat and rain pants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's extremely important to keep your feet warm. Get woolen socks. You can wear them directly on the skin or outside cotton socks if you prefer. Keep solid boots and make sure you have rain boots in case it gets wet. Few things are worse than wet feet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T20:05:11.303" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T20:05:11.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-12T07:59:04.613" Score="-1" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a permanent employee position,  I received an offer letter from an Employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my first job in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Offer letter mentions,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Annual base salary as 1234 CAD subject to statutory deductions and payable in &#xA;  accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices in force from time to time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Restricted stock units as 66 USD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back in India, we had hra component as well. Hra - house rent allowance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I switch to another company, then the new compensation will be based on current compensation 1234 CAD + 66 USD or just 1234 CAD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1)&#xA;Is annual base salary the final amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2)&#xA;What is restricted stock unit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T12:33:52.427" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T17:11:01.167" Title="Salary structure in Canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10223" CreationDate="2017-02-12T08:28:31.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to layering mentioned in the other answers, I have a couple of extra tips (a finn, used to -20-30 C):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Protect extremities well. You can have a good jacket and trousers, but if you forget about the fragile bits, it won't help that much. You can find gloves designed especially for cycling in cold (extra padding) that may be worth a look.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get yourself a silk balaclava. This is an excellent way to protect your face from the cold. You can complement this with a scarf if it gets cold.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Equip your bike with studs. This is more of a safety measure (think insurance), but it will pay for itself when it gets icy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider getting studded shoes or cleats you can put over your existing shoes. Again, a safety measure, but it will help you to avoid getting hurt.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look into merino wool. It will cost more than synthetics, but I've found it to provide an excellent value. I wear a thin merino cap through the Winter just because it's so comfortable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare to invest into different temperature ranges. I have a heavy jacket for really cold, regular jacket for most, and a wind proof jacket for -10-+10C range. Wet conditions require some adaptation. A Gore-Tex jacket or equivalent may come in handy there due to breathing capabilities (important for exercise). There are also wet/dry cold weathers that may require some thought.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11166" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T08:28:31.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10230" CreationDate="2017-02-12T18:56:07.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-how-documents.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt; says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of financial support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must prove that you can support yourself and the family members&#xA;  who accompany you while you are in Canada. You can prove that you have&#xA;  sufficient funds to support yourself in Canada by showing some of the&#xA;  following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of a Canadian bank account in your name if money has been transferred to Canada;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of a student/education loan from a financial institution;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your bank statements for the past four months;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a bank draft in convertible currency;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of payment of tuition and accommodation fees;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a letter from the person or institution providing you with money; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of funding paid from within Canada if you have a scholarship or are in a Canadian-funded educational program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The list above had an 'and' in the next to last option. This is misleading as any or all of these options are acceptable. You could have a mix of cash, loan proceeds, scholarships, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-02-13T19:36:14.573" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T19:36:14.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10240" CreationDate="2017-02-12T20:27:31.570" Score="2" ViewCount="787" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend told me that there is a Dutch law obligate companies to handle the transportation expenses, Is that true or it is one of the company benefits and by agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kindly if there is something like that to provide a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T21:35:55.720" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T11:07:50.387" Title="Are Dutch companies obligated to pay employee's local transportation expenses?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-12T20:59:12.237" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen staying in Switzerland and my parents are living with my sister in Australia for 2-3 years, on long-term visas. They are planning to visit me from Australia directly. I know the visa procedure for an Indian applying from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-application-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find procedure to apply from Australia for non-Australian. Any lead on this will be helpful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11170" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T21:34:08.397" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T21:34:08.397" Title="How to apply for Europe visa for Indian staying in Australia on long-term visitor visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10238" CreationDate="2017-02-13T00:51:17.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the correct answer is in a comment, and the poster seems to misunderstand it: No, there is no legal obligation for a company in the Netherlands to pay the employee's transport cost for going from home to work and back from work to home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A company &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; pay that cost, and that payment will be tax free. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/expat-page/articles/wkr-new-rules-reimbursing-employee-expenses-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/expat-page/articles/wkr-new-rules-reimbursing-employee-expenses-netherlands&lt;/a&gt; and (in Dutch) at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.werkkostenregeling-wkr.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.werkkostenregeling-wkr.nl&lt;/a&gt; (thanks to Dorothy). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T11:07:50.387" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T11:07:50.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-12T21:50:24.137" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving from the Netherlands to the US for a long stay. Therefore I sold most of my belongings in Europe and now have a decent amount of money in my dutch bank account. I would like to make use of this money in the US (buy a car, set an emergency backup, rent an apartment, etc.) Which is the most efficient way to transfer money from the Netherlands to the US? I think of three main options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Withdraw my money from the bank and exchange in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bring Euros to the US and exchange them for US dollars.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open a bank account in the US and ask for a wired transfer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use my Dutch credit card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For options 1 and 2 I'm aware that I have to declare to the authorities if I'm traveling with more than $10.000. In any case, for security reasons, I wouldn't dare to travel with that amount of cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6088" OwnerDisplayName="je_b" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-29T00:06:36.043" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T00:06:36.043" Title="Exchanging a substantial amount of Euros into US dollars" Tags="&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10242" CreationDate="2017-02-12T22:04:42.700" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to open a bank account as a foreigner, especially if you go to one of the big Wall Street banks (Wells Fargo, Chase, US Bank, etc.) Once there, you can wire money through. (It is similar to a student studying abroad in the US). That is possibly the safest and most reliable way. You could bring Euros and convert them or go through a service like Western Union, but once you get to the US, you wouldn't want to carry all that money with you. You could also use your Dutch credit card, but if you're in a situation where only cash is allowed, or your bank freezes your account because you are abroad, then you'll be stuck without money.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11175" OwnerDisplayName="Michael C." LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T22:04:42.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10242" CreationDate="2017-02-12T22:05:04.790" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;By Efficient I assume you mean lowest transaction cost and substantial meaning over $10k. There are a few variables which will be peculiar to your bank and which foreign exchange service you seek to use and their rates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my somewhat extensive &lt;strong&gt;personal experience&lt;/strong&gt; in Europe, withdrawing my funds from ATM gives me the best rate compared to using foreign exchange services. By that I mean withdrawing € (out of my Bank of America account) from ATM's in Europe. I use ATM's from banks which are members of the Global ATM alliance and hence incur no fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ATM_Alliance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ATM_Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 1: Poor Exchange Rate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 2: Poor Exchange Rate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 3: Better Exchange rate, pay wire transfer fee ~$40&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 4: Better Exchange rate, watch out for foreign transaction fees up to 3%. If you have cards with no foreign transaction fee, great! Cannot typically use a card to buy a car and for some transactions so you will be handicapped&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, Option 3 gives me the best efficiency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" OwnerDisplayName="Paul the Sheik" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T22:05:04.790" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10242" CreationDate="2017-02-12T22:21:47.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can read about opening an USA account as a tourist &lt;a href=&quot;https://bkpk.me/how-to-open-a-us-bank-account-as-a-tourist/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To summarize, you need to be present personally, not every branch will do it, you will need your original passport and visa but .nl doesn't need one), copy of my address proof from back home (any one of these: utility bill, bank statement, credit card statement) a small (&amp;lt; $100) amount of cash as an initial deposit, and preferably a US phone number (you can use any VoIP service like voip.ms or Google Voice to set one up).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cheapest transfer service is &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/help/article/2022261/paying-by-bank-transfer/sofort&quot;&gt;transferwise&lt;/a&gt;. I linked their SOFORT support page. You can send 25 000 EUR every 24 hours if paying with SOFORT. Since you are not in a rush you can be done with wiring in a few days / weeks depending. With Transferwise, you can just type the amount you are sending to see how much will arrive before committing to the service so you can see whether they give you a good deal (they do).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not even &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; of using Western Union they will fleece you badly for wiring this much money. You can't send more than 7500 USD in one go anyways. SWIFT is not bad but Transferwise is much better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Having this much money on you personally in the USA anywhere but an airport especially is very strongly not advised because there's a chance -- some say it's very small, I disagree -- of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States&quot;&gt;civil forfeiture&lt;/a&gt; and then good bye money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" OwnerDisplayName="chx" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T04:04:53.547" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10235" CreationDate="2017-02-13T13:38:46.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) Is annual base salary the final amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The annual base salary is pretty much what Dennis explained in his comment. The salary you will get will have CPP, EI (differs from province to province) deducted from it and so it will be considerably less than if you divide your annual salary by 12 months. Keep in mind that there are high tax rates in Canada and also the taxes differ from province to province. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.payworks.ca/payroll-legislation/CPPEI.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This website&lt;/a&gt; provides some numbers which are deducted yearly from your annual salary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.paymentevolution.com/payrollcalculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt; to check what my biweekly pay check would come down to. Its pretty accurate (to the cent in my case). This will help you to calculate what your take home salary will be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) What is restricted stock unit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again pretty much what Dennis said in his comment. RSUs basically means that the company will issue the stocks at some future vesting date. (This date may or may not be known depending on the company). RSUs are taxable when the value of the stock is declared which means you don't have to pay tax on RSUs if they are not declared in some specific taxable year. Also quoting Dennis:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;That income will be taxable at the market value of the shares when they vest. If the stock&#xA;is publicly traded you can't know how much income that will be beforehand (if the company&#xA;is private the price is a fiction and shouldn't be counted on to put cash in your account)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-02-13T17:11:01.167" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T17:11:01.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10248" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-13T20:38:50.153" Score="3" ViewCount="877" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this microwave which stutters and doesn't always work. I could theoretically go fix it somewhere but I got another one, and I want to get rid of the old one. Still, it's a shame (and environmentally unfriendly) to just set down outside in the rain and snow. It can either be recycled for parts or fixed/refurbished. I don't want any money for it. What's the responsible way to give it away / have it recycled / &quot;donate&quot; it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T00:30:08.600" Title="Where in Amsterdam can I dispose of unused/malfunctioning electrical appliances?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10248" CreationDate="2017-02-13T21:16:39.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the handy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;iAmsterdam site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/live/utilities-and-maintenance/refuse/refuse-centre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Amsterdam Centre District refuse collection&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bulky waste&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Either take bulky refuse to a waste collection point (in Dutch) or telephone 020 256 3555 to register it for free collection. There is no scheduled bulky waste collection in the Centre. Once you have arranged collection, put items on the pavement on the designated day ensuring the collection services can easily access the refuse. Waste from construction and demolition works needs to be put out for collection in a special ‘Big Bag’, available at your local DIY store. Electronics, electrical goods and furniture can be collected as bulky refuse or taken to a waste collection point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[M]any goods may be given a new life at your local second-hand store (kringloopwinkel). A list of licensed stores in Noord-Holland is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kringloop-info.nl/kringloopwinkels-provincie-noord-holland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available here&lt;/a&gt; (in Dutch). Also keep in mind that if you are purchasing new electrical goods or appliances, shops in the Netherlands can receive and recycle your old product – either at time of purchase or delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T00:30:08.600" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T00:30:08.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8995" CreationDate="2017-02-13T21:53:56.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case of you having only verbally accepted, and they have not already paid you anything nor made a lot of arrangements on your behalf, to my understanding you are perfectly within your rights - regardless of which country it is - to call and tell them you've reconsidered. Give a reason or make up a reasonable excuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically in the Netherlands, when you consider the trial period @Gala mentioned - which is in effect after both parties have signed and after work has already begun - I am absolutely certain you can recant your oral agreement.  It's not that an oral agreement is non-binding, it's just that parties can terminate agreements as their conditions change, and the question is under what circumstances, and with what penalties if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-07-11T12:48:14.130" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T12:48:14.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-14T00:25:08.360" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indonesian single mother with a daughter. I live in in the UK, and have a domestic worker visa. I'll be getting ILR in April. My child was born in the UK and is nearly 2 years old. She has an Indonesian passport and has a visa as my dependent, which will expire on 1 July 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have left her in Indonesia for the moment, and without her father's permission, because I couldn't support her by myself here. I didn't receive any support from her father, who is illegal in the UK, and I'm not entitled to any benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I committing a crime by doing all this? When would be the best time to bring her back to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11179" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T18:12:04.830" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T18:12:04.830" Title="What is the UK law about the child born in the UK of an Indonesian citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:19:40.707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-14T00:30:07.453" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Portugal and goin to move to the UK (Scotland) tomorrow. &#xA;My boyfriend found a job there, so his company will be taking care of most of the needed paperwork, but I will have to work as a freelancer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to set up as a sole trader it seems that I have to follow the instructions I found here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader&lt;/a&gt;, but I find myself with some doubts. &#xA;A lot of the information I find online is for people outside the EU and need Visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will need a national insurance number right? Where should I go to request one as a new UK resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that when applying for a Biometric Residence Permit, a national insurance number would be assigned to me, but as a EU citizen can I apply for a Biometric Residence Permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I cannot obtain a Biometric Residence Permit, what type of UK identification can I get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11178" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T11:05:15.710" Title="Registering as a sole trader and documentation needed - From Portugal to United Kingdom" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10252" CreationDate="2017-02-14T11:05:15.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nobody cares where you currently live - the question is what your nationality is. Are you a UK citizen, or a EU citizen? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get the NI number, assuming you are a EU citizen: Call the numbers given at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&lt;/a&gt; . You don't have and you don't need a &quot;Biometric Residence Permit&quot; if you have a EU passport. You have to be in the UK to apply, but you will get a number without any problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might consider starting a Limited Liability Company which has some tax advantages compared to being a sole trader, especially if you make more than about £40,000 a year. Check that out at &lt;a href=&quot;http://companieshouse.gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://companieshouse.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T11:05:15.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10257" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10341" CreationDate="2017-02-15T09:21:02.363" Score="2" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will apply for an Australian temporary worker visa (457) soon and my contract is for 6 months. I also plan to do some traveling around the country before and after the contract, so I will need a visa to cover the extra days. Is it possible to request those extra days during the application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T11:59:34.113" Title="When applying for an Australian temporary worker visa (457), how can you get extra days before and after the contract duration?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9995" CreationDate="2017-02-15T09:49:50.327" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Czech Ministry of the Interior &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/eu-blue-cards.aspx?q=Y2hudW09MQ%3D%3D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gives the following definition&lt;/a&gt; for the Blue Card (Modrá karta):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An EU Blue Card is a new residential status designed for a long-term&#xA;  stay involving the performance of a highly skilled job (§ 42i of the&#xA;  Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals). An EU Blue Card entitles a&#xA;  foreign national to stay and perform a job, i.e. the foreign national&#xA;  does not need a separate work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Duly completed university education or higher vocational education,&#xA;  the duration of which was at least 3 years, is deemed to be a high&#xA;  level of skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/employee-card-682810.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is the definition&lt;/a&gt; for the Employee Card (Zaměstnanecká karta):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An employee card is a new type of permit for long-time residence in&#xA;  the territory of the Czech Republic (CR) where the purpose of the&#xA;  foreign national’ stay (longer than 3 months) is employment. A foreign&#xA;  national who has an employee card is entitled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to reside in the territory of the CR and, at the same time,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to work in the job for which the employee card was issued, or&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to work in the job for which the Department for Asylum and Migration&#xA;  Policy of the Ministry of the Interior granted consent (in connection&#xA;  with changing employer, changing job, taking up employment with an&#xA;  additional employer or in an additional job).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantage of the Blue Card is that you can switch jobs without approval from the Department of the Interior. The condition for it is that you must be employed in a high-skilled job. If you're eligible for the Blue Card, you should definitely apply for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T09:49:50.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6365" CreationDate="2017-02-15T15:16:51.037" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American that has lived in Buenos Aires for the past year and a half. I can tell you that self-employed people in Argentina are called monotribuistas. AFIP, the Argentina agency in charge of customs and taxes, recently made changes to all of the rules regarding being a monotributo. You can read an articles about this, in Spanish, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lanacion.com.ar/monotributo-t49804&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;La Nacion under the &quot;Monotributo&quot; tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an Argentine DNI, though I have one because I'm in a graduate program here. While I can't tell you the paperwork that would be required in your specific case, I would suggest that you contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.celano.com.ar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Celano &amp;amp; Asociados&lt;/a&gt;. They are an Argentine law firm that specializes in helping foreigners with Argentine immigration issues. I also have a friend that is an Argentine accountant. If you are interested, I put you in contact with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T15:16:51.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10261" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:24:23.400" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an EEA Family permit (EEA FP) until June 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I work with the EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case that an employer hires me, What happens when the EEA family expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have the right to continue to work after my EEA family permit expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastEditorUserId="14175" LastEditDate="2018-05-12T05:12:09.240" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T05:12:09.240" Title="Can a employeer hire me if I have an EEA family permit. What happend if it expires?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:19:25.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:12:04.263" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;On I-751, it says that if I have ever been arrested or detained I need to submit a statement that no charges were filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last year, I was taken to hospital by police after an argument (I had been recently diagnosed with bipolar, it was argued that I was unstable, was found to be stable by all staff at the hospital and left after a few hours); I was never even specifically told I was detained (and police left as soon as I was in the ER area), although I imagine they would have stopped me had I tried to walk away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this count as detained? Do I need to mention it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, the police where I live provide a &quot;letter of good conduct&quot; - is this what I want? The other (and cheaper) service just states &quot;search for record&quot;, while the I-751 instructions says that the important part is confirming no charges were filed, so I'm not sure which I should be doing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11194" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T01:34:11.357" Title="I-751 - what counts as detained, and a letter of good conduct?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:11:01.297" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the UK on a &quot;Tier 2 General&quot; work permit. I am planning to get my family over for a trip to the UK. I am sponsoring their travel and accommodation both. I am providing the following documents to my family for submitting with their application in support of my sponsorship of their trip&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment reference&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 months bank statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of the above documents have my address on them. Do I need to submit a separate address proof like council tax receipt or a utility bill? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have submitted additional address proofs in past but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=2&amp;amp;cad=rja&amp;amp;uact=8&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwj-n_mvgZPSAhVKJMAKHdcmCvEQFggiMAE&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F549692%2FVisitor_Supporting_Documents_Guide_-_English_version.pdf&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE_72ywckQSGkOh5jynUlqX4TTpSA&amp;amp;sig2=tXtZatQUnVUCe_Nwojduuw&amp;amp;bvm=bv.147134024,d.d24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;latest guidance on this matter from UKBA&lt;/a&gt; suggests sponsors should not submit council tax receipts or utility bills. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T21:26:50.097" Title="Is separate address proof required for sponsor of UK visitor visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11455" CreationDate="2017-02-16T01:13:00.870" Score="1" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I am self-taught engineer without any equivalent of education.&#xA;I've been a working remotely for a US company (without contract, just hourly payments) for 2.5+ years.&#xA;They will to transfer me to US. So do I.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case I-129 Form is approved by USICS, can I apply and hope for Visa issuing without meeting basic requirements of H-1B visa programm? Which is Bachelor Degree or equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not stand any chance to make an equivalent of B.D. in Computer Science just by 3 years of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there any point for me to try to get visa without this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking that if employer is fine with my absence of diploma, and he still submits I-129 with rate of pate higher than 60.000$ per year, that this will make me &quot;exempt&quot; from Cap and rules to conform to B.D. requirement. Is that so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FMzM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FMzM.png&quot; alt=&quot;That is an extract from I-129 that grounded up my hope&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11196" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-22T15:02:59.430" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T19:20:21.197" Title="How to get an H-1B without a degree?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8456" CreationDate="2017-02-16T10:17:50.847" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just did this whole process, it is fairly simple. I would go to the Commune (ufficio) where you will be married, and ask your italian bride or husband to ASK THEM DIRECTLY what needs to be bollo'ed and stamped, and they should (hopefully) put an X on the documents that need a 16 or 32 or however much it costs now bollo (Mark).&#xA;Sincerely, and congrats,&#xA;Karl&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11199" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T10:17:50.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13821" CreationDate="2017-02-16T11:33:45.803" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia has a points-based system for migration where people are assessed based on the number of points they get. According to an online calculator I have 80 points and my profession is also on the list of qualified professions (software engineer). Does this mean I can automatically receive a residency visa without finding a job in advance? How does the system work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T13:17:06.990" Title="If you satisfy Australia's points-based system, do you automatically get a residency visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-16T11:45:12.920" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask for a Residence card. I have a 6 month EEA Family Permit.  I have some doubts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to open a UK bank account? I have a EU bank account. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to ask for a NIN (National Insurance Number)? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What other things should I do? What other documents are required other than the ones I used for the EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T11:45:12.920" Title="Residence Card for UK process" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:19:09.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10270" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10273" CreationDate="2017-02-16T12:53:26.570" Score="4" ViewCount="653" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British and currently settled in England. By the end of the month (28th Feb. 17), I will be settled in the Republic of Ireland and move there and thus would like to know how exactly and what steps do I have to take to become an EU citizen so that I can exercise my EU Treaty Rights. Such as do I need to apply for residence card or open a bank account which determines that I have now settled in an EU country and can exercise my EU Treaty Rights? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also be helpful to know how soon can I exercise my EU Treaty Rights once I have settled in an EU country by the end of this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11030" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T21:00:05.050" Title="How exactly can a British citizen exercise EU Treaty Rights. Any particular steps?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10272" CreationDate="2017-02-16T14:13:23.550" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an EEA Family permit (EEA FP) until June 2017. I arrived in UK almost 3 weeks ago and I am searching for a job as Software Engineer. Five recruitment agencies called me but all asked me to be SC Cleared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask if it is possible for me (Non European, married with an European and that lived 3 years and a half in Italy and worked in Italy) to obtain the SC Clearance, because I saw in internet that I cannot ask it for by myself, but a sponsor (an enterprise that is interested to hire me) has to ask it for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know what can I do? Because all the recruitment agencies say that I need to be SC Cleared, but, how can I be SC cleared if I have lived in England only for 3 weeks and I don't have a enterprise that ask the SC Clearance for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if there is another document that can replace the SC clearance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know how can I convince an enterprise to ask for me the SC clearance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me. I don't know what to do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T14:49:30.540" Title="SC Clearance in UK in order to work" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10271" CreationDate="2017-02-16T14:49:30.540" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to find a company who is willing to go for you through the hassle of getting you cleared. That usually means that you must be an extraordinary candidate, as simply put, there are a lot of great candidates out there who already underwent SC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best solution, if you cannot find a company who wishes to sponsor you, is to seek a job as a developer in a field that doesn't require SC. And that would be a vast majority of them, as very few companies work with secret+ assets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10992" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T14:49:30.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10270" CreationDate="2017-02-16T22:52:54.857" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are asking about EU freedom of movement, controlled by directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This directive defines several rights in connection with freedom of movement.  These rights extend to citizens of EU countries and to certain of their family members.  The rights extend to non-EU family members when the family member travels with, or to join, the EU citizen.  From Article 3 (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members as defined in point 2 of Article 2 &lt;strong&gt;who accompany or join them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the purpose of the directive, relatives in the ascending line qualify only if they are dependent on the relative from whom they derive their rights.  (The ascending line is parents, grandparents, great-grandparents etc.)  This answer assumes that your mother is in fact dependent on you, but you will need to demonstrate this to the Irish authorities in order for her to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among the rights defined in the directive are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a right of entry (Article 5)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a right of residence for up to three months (Article 6)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a right of residence for more than three months (Article 7)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rights can be limited on grounds of public safety, public health, or public policy; this means that they can be refused only in rare circumstances.  Furthermore, for visa nationals, the right of entry can be dependent on a requirement to hold a visa.  From Article 5:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Family members who are not nationals of a Member State shall only be required to have an entry visa in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law. [...]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this visa is supposed to be easy and quick to get, and it is free of charge.  Paragraph 5(2) goes on to say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...] Member States shall grant such persons every facility to obtain the necessary visas. Such visas shall be issued free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the non-EU family member is entering after the initial three-month period, it may be necessary to show that the EU citizen is complying with Article 7 (see below).  It is important to note, however, that if the EU citizen &lt;em&gt;has not yet resided in the country for three months, it should not be necessary to do this.&lt;/em&gt;  This follows from the simple definition in Article 6, quoted here in full:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to family members in possession of a valid passport who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan to bring your mother after three months, however, you may need to show that you are in compliance with Article 7, concerning the right of residence for more than three months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;All Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of longer than three months if they:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (a) are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (b) have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence and have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (c) [concerns students; omitted because it does not apply to parents]&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (d) are family members accompanying or joining a Union citizen who satisfies the conditions referred to in points (a), (b) or (c).  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The right of residence provided for in paragraph 1 shall extend to family members who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen in the host Member State, provided that such Union citizen satisfies the conditions referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) or (c).  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most likely paragraph to apply to you is (1)(a).  Namely, you are likely to have a job or be self employed.  If you are wealthy or retired and can afford not to work, paragraph (1)(b) applies instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have expressed some interest in returning to the UK using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;; a full discussion would warrant a new question, but this fact sheds some light on the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;do I need to apply for residence card or open a bank account which determines that I have now settled in an EU country and can exercise my EU Treaty Rights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, you're exercising your rights just by entering the country.  Your mother can join you in Ireland as soon as she gets a visa.  You can even get her a visa &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you move to Ireland, and she can arrive with you or anytime thereafter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for you to move back to the UK with your mother, the British authorities will want to see that you were &lt;em&gt;working&lt;/em&gt; (or otherwise covered under Article 7), so keep all of your pay stubs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T22:52:54.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-16T23:57:45.713" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (Irish) married to a US citizen living in the US with a 1yr old daughter born in the US and with a US passport. My wife's company has an office in Geneva and I am wondering how easy it would be to do the following: Move to France with my wife and daughter and for my wife to work in Geneva. I at first would not be working. We have savings that should cover the &quot;sufficient resources&quot; needed for France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How difficult would this be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11200" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T23:57:45.713" Title="EU citizen with US wife and Daughter moving to France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10177" CreationDate="2017-02-17T09:01:24.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Working permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to be employed in country X, you usually need a working permit in that  country. As a rule, not allowed on tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legal employment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must get employed under the laws of your country of residence. Normally it means that your company from US must open an affiliate, or you open an export company (you export your services).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Double taxation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless a special agreement between X and US, your income would be taxed both in X and US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11203" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-17T15:01:28.880" LastActivityDate="2017-02-17T15:01:28.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-17T17:30:23.663" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandparents are British, they moved to Mexico where my mother was born, she has British nationality, and now I want to know how my brother and I can obtain it too. I want to study and live in England, but as a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11207" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:04:32.607" Title="My grandparents are British, my mother too but not by birth" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8629" CreationDate="2017-02-17T20:52:41.593" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we are now living in Mexico, I thought I would answer to outline what ended up happening with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We applied for Resident Status (Visa de Residente Temporal) at the Mexican Consulate in New Zealand.  When we went in for our interviews I discussed the work situation with the Mexican Consul.  She made it quite clear that we did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have work permits, and that we could not work for any Mexican employer and get paid in Mexico.  We &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; however continue to work remotely for a NZ (or other country excluding Mexico) employer, as long as we were not paid in Mexico.  If any payments were made into a NZ bank account then it was quite legal and acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact she told us that it would help us in the long-term to have this income when we reapply for our Temporary Resident Visa (after the first year) to satisfy the economic solvency requirement.  As we are primarily in Mexico for voluntary/charity work, she said donations and sponsorship might not satisfy the economic solvency requirement (irrespective of the amount) as donations can stop any time without warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-02-17T20:52:41.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-17T22:00:09.993" Score="1" ViewCount="646" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this has been asked before, but I'd like to know if anything has changed since. Is it still required to have a graduate degree to get a German Blue Card? I'm from India, I'm sure that's required information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do all kinds of work permits require a graduate degree? I'm a (to be) drop out (dropping out for personal reasons) seeking a job in Germany, and I've gotten responses from quite a few companies. I'm afraid that my lack of degree is going to be a hindrance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11209" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:06:27.873" Title="Is a graduate degree required to get a blue card in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-18T02:42:08.573" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a New Zealand citizen with a UK Ancestry visa (5 years) with entry date into the UK being 1 May 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to travel to Italy before arriving from New Zealand into the UK, however the best available flights take me to London first on 24 April 2017, from where I will fly out to Italy and then back to London on 1 May 2017 being the entry date on my visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flights are not connecting, they are individual tickets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will arriving in the UK before my visa entry date, despite the fact that I will be flying out to Italy the same day and then re-entering the UK on my visa entry date, cause any issues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for you help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11210" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T05:34:15.490" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T05:36:56.667" Title="Entering the UK in transit to Italy before UK visa entry date" Tags="&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10280" CreationDate="2017-02-18T05:36:56.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It shouldn't be a problem. As a New Zealand citizen, you don't need a visa for transit in the UK, or even to enter for up to six months, so the fact that your visa isn't yet valid on April 24th doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T05:36:56.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-18T09:36:26.137" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in Germany for over 2 years and my Aufenthaltstittel is valid until 2019. I am disputing my termination in court. It has yet to go to trial. I'm wondering though if I am eligible to find another job as well as continue living in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11211" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T09:36:26.137" Title="Is my work visa in Germany still valid after being terminated from my job (I'm American)?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:33:30.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10177" CreationDate="2017-02-18T11:50:11.573" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For this Cambodia is the easy Country to do it in. You can get the work visa at the airport on arival there. Only 2 cities with the internet speed you would need. Very cheap to live there. A good number of expats there who do this.  Philippines is a good Country to do this on a long term visa. Renew every 6 months. You can work internet there as long as none is done inside the Philippines.  All contacts would need be outside of the Philippines You would need a major city for good internet. Not like were I am with only slow WiFi. Some seem to like Daveo for this work. As long as it is all online work. Check them both out. Philippines has the advantage of most speak English. Keep your pay in a U.S. account. Use your debit card for cash. No tax on money from overseas. You still need to pay U.S. tax on income. Maylasia you need hire 1 helper there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11213" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T11:50:11.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10157" CreationDate="2017-02-18T12:06:41.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most bigger stores will have a counter were you pay bills and, often, a money exchange, where you can load cards it sells. Many banks adjacent to their ATMs have a bill pay online; it is the machine door that opens up &amp;amp; you put cash into to pay. It's like an ATM, select bill pay on the screen above and it takes cash. You can also go to a bank and buy a prepaid debit card. You put money on it, then use the ATM machine at the bank to pay bills. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you need do is ask around; someone will tell you where to pay close to where you live. It is the Asian way of doing things. In Thailand, you'll find these machines where you can pay online in some 7-Elevens, almost all malls, and most banks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11214" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T16:34:33.057" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T16:34:33.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10133" CreationDate="2017-02-18T12:18:58.957" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would need a Malaysian citizen who is willing to co-sign, as too many expats skip out on loans. If the bank deals with Wells Fargo, you might get a American loan online from it, if you're an American. It charges a high interest rate on those loans, but I have met a few Americans in Asia who have done it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11215" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T16:38:12.597" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T16:38:12.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-18T13:03:21.947" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a quick summary of our situation, I tried to write down any info that could help answer my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a french born citizen who also has american citizenship, my&#xA;husband only has american citizenship and we both live in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I opened a bank account in France and later added my husband to it&#xA;and made it a joint account, he does not have any other account, that&#xA;is our sole account. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My husband recently received a letter from our bank asking to fill&#xA;out a W9 form because he is american.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our jobs are based in France, we're not hired by an american company&#xA;to work overseas, the companies we work for are French.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would fill out the form but we're not sure how, or if we need to fill out 2 of them, the puzzling things being:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I read somewhere that the &quot;main&quot; account owner needs to fill out the&#xA;form, but the letter was addressed to my husband. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also my bank doesn't seem to realize that I'm american as well since &#xA;I opened it using a French ID, so I'm guessing the IRS probably wants&#xA;to know my whereabouts as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And, this account being in both of our names, how do we need to fill&#xA;out this form?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to fill out 2 forms?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess to sum it up, do we need to file 2 forms, each with our respective information? Or do we need to just file 1 form together, and if so, how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help, this is a bit stressful and the information for situations like ours is not easy to find and not very clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11216" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T13:03:21.947" Title="How to fill out a W9 form for a joint account in France?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-14T23:58:57.047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-18T16:41:03.167" Score="3" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German but made the move to the UK in January of 1998. For the first two years I lived here as an AuPair, originally planning on returning to Germany. However, I ended up deciding to stay and made the permanent move in January 2000. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went straight into a Modern Apprenticeship, earning enough money to support myself. I worked full time in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and up until November 2005. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2003 I married my (British) husband. Due to his work we moved to Thailand for a period of almost two years. We lived there from 07/12/2005 to 22/11/2007, only returning to the UK for a short visit inbetween. However, we did own our property in the UK which we let whilst away, so I still had ties to this country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst in Thailand I gave birth to our first child. When we eventually moved back to the UK, I became a stay at home mum, as my husband was earning enough to make this possible. Other than Child Benefit I've never received or applied for any assistance. We had another child and I did not return to work until September 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to my questions: Am I right in thinking that the period from 2000 to 2005 qualified me for permanent residency? Would I then have lost that right when we lived in Thailand, or was I just within the time frame to hold on to it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have lost it, should I have had Comprehensive Sickness Insurance during the time I stayed at home with my children? Despite being married to a Brit and having paid NI before moving to Thailand? To be honest, I had never even heard of CSI before last week, when I looked up info about requirements for permanent residency due to Brexit worries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess the main question is, do I currently have or qualify for permanent residency? I am just really confused right now over my status and how the Brexit will affect my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11218" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T18:21:20.897" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T22:54:59.270" Title="Permanent resident of the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-19T15:02:43.320" Score="9" ViewCount="900" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on Tier 2 Sponsorship visa living with my wife in the UK since 2011. They don't count my full-time work on Post Study Work Visa, so that I am not eligible for ILR. My wife is now pregnant and she is planning to give birth in our home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a straightforward process for my newborn baby to get dependant visa? Does this happen through the usual dependant application in my home country by applying at the UK Embassy?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can my wife, as a dependant, leave the UK for more than 90 days and not have problems when applying for ILR (when they count days)? I thought this rule applies to main applicants only, i.e. myself. Can my wife leave the UK, for instance, for 6 consecutive months, then return to the UK and, when it is time, apply for ILR?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will my grandchildren have to go through same immigration process as I do now because my child (their parent) will be born outside of the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11223" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-19T15:57:09.290" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T03:40:05.293" Title="How does a newborn baby get a UK visa?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-19T22:17:12.503" Score="2" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask because I was born in the US and am a US citizen. However, if I want to move to another country I don't want to give up my US citizenship. If I move, I want to pick a country where I can have dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11228" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-02-20T09:56:43.217" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T11:37:25.850" Title="Which citizenship can I get without giving up my US citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-20T12:21:44.780" Score="5" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am looking for a new accommodation, I don't have much experience in renting (this is my first year in Europe), Kindly I will be appreciated if you share your experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what should I take care of when viewing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contract rules that I should take care of?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did you face any bad experience before (share it if possible) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T19:47:20.953" Title="Apartment viewing Tips?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-03-01T03:32:24.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-20T14:33:20.337" Score="2" ViewCount="1459" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have completed my Master's in Germany. I have got an offer from a company, which I should accept within 5 days. There is positive feedback from another company, but no offer has been made yet and it is unlikely that one will be made within 5 days time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contract I have now says that there will be a probation period of 6 months and if I decide to quit in the first month of joining, the notice period is only 2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to sign the contract and accept the offer. However, is there a possibility to quit without having personally gone to the office on the first working day? The contract does not explicity state what happens if I am a no-show.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, does this 2 week notice period commence from the date of entry or from the date of signing the contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just further information, the starting date mentioned in the received contract is two months from the date of signing the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it matters, the job applicant is a non-EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11233" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-06T08:16:15.313" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T08:16:15.313" Title="Quitting a job after signing the contract in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10294" CreationDate="2017-02-20T18:54:19.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your specific question, you cannot lose your US citizenship unless you explicitly state &lt;em&gt;intent&lt;/em&gt; to relinquish your citizenship. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Advice about Possible Loss of U.S. Nationality and Dual Nationality&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Section 349 of the INA (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001483----000-.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 U.S.C. 1481&lt;/a&gt;), as amended, states that U.S. nationals are subject to loss of nationality if they perform certain &lt;em&gt;specified&lt;/em&gt; acts &lt;em&gt;voluntarily&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;with the intention to relinquish&lt;/em&gt; U.S. nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes on to say that a consular officer will ask whether the person intends to relinquish U.S. nationality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the answer to the question regarding intent to relinquish nationality is yes, the person concerned will be asked to complete a questionnaire to ascertain his or her intent toward U.S. nationality. When the questionnaire is completed and the voluntary relinquishment statement is signed, the consular officer will proceed to prepare a Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States.  The certificate will be forwarded to the Department of State for consideration and, if appropriate, approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page makes it clear that the default position is that U.S. citizens do not intend to give up their U.S. citizenship. The only exceptions are when an individual:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;formally renounces U.S. nationality before a consular officer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;serves in the armed forces of a foreign state engaged in hostilities with the United States;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;takes a policy level position in a foreign state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;is convicted of treason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may acquire any other citizenship (according to the laws of the other country of course) without affecting your U.S. citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-02-20T18:54:19.290" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10296" CreationDate="2017-02-20T20:00:11.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is a quite subjective question, so here is my the quite subjective answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would look to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Price including agent fees and deposit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Neighbourhood: infrastructure, criminal situation, recreation areas or points of interest&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Time travel to workplace&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Owner's common sense and openness: I would discuss possible scenarios like broken washing machine, required balcony chairs, problems with hitting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Facilities in building and furniture in the apartment: is it fresh or recently re-decorated, how good isolated, double glassed, check mould in corners and bathroom&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read contract: what are termination conditions, what are rent increase conditions, what are procedure for deposit return&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, with the current situation on the rent market in Amsterdam and neighbourhood, I should much my criteria and make decisions super fast. I should also trust a lot my intuition since in such short amount of time brain can not make proper conclusions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have free money I would advise to go with an agent who will help you with finding, he will save your time, he will check your required conditions and can speak landlord or his agent language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2017-02-20T20:00:11.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9137" CreationDate="2017-02-20T20:17:55.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living in Antigua, and it's relatively easy to buy strawberry seeds here. That aside, you can pretty much bring a small amount of anything here. I brought some hard to find spices (including seeds), and have also imported some tomato seeds from the US without any hassle. If you want to bring those specific seeds, that should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with the move if it hasn't happened already!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11235" LastActivityDate="2017-02-20T20:17:55.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-21T03:05:36.687" Score="3" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form requires me to provide a Social Security Number, but I don't have one.  Also, I tried using my SEVIS ID displayed on the I20, but it won't accept that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11237" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-21T04:00:43.490" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T04:00:43.490" Title="I'm an F1 visa holder in the United States trying to fill out a volunteer work sheet" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:18:47.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10124" CreationDate="2017-02-21T13:45:02.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I now have some first-hand experience about this, and I'll share it in the form of an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to the main question (&lt;em&gt;&quot;At which point in this process is it possible to formally enter into a contract?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) is: &lt;strong&gt;right in the beginning, as soon as one can document that they have been granted a work permit (step 0).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, on the day that I received an e-mail from Migrationsverket saying that I will be granted a work permit, I went to Skatteverket (in person) with my (signed) contract and a print-out of Migrationsverket's e-mail. They gave me some forms to fill out, made me promise I'll come back and show them my residence permit card when it arrives, and confirmed that we can start the contract. I have been told that there should be no problems with taxation as long as the employer handles things correctly, since this is checked at the end of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11062" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T13:45:02.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10306" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11121" CreationDate="2017-02-21T15:23:27.413" Score="16" ViewCount="11676" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently moved to Germany and I am used to having unpaid lunch time; so I've been coming in at 8am; 1 hour lunch and leaving at 17 (5pm).&#xA;  But I've noticed some people here who, when they come in at 8, leave at 16 (4pm). &#xA;  So I'm wondering if I'm overstaying my work hours here (we don't do timesheets or any sort of control).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to ask around because it might seem like I'm pointing the finger and to be honest, these same people usually come in between 09:30 and 10:30; take 90m lunches and then leave at 17:00. So I can't really take them as examples but I noticed a vibe like &quot;hey everyone, look at me leaving early because I came in early today...&quot; on the 16:00 goodbyes.&#xA;  This made me feel a bit... &quot;well, I come in at 08:00 e-v-e-r-y day and I'm still here, until 17 at least with no overtime&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I don't mind that I don't get overtime (because I could if I raise the flag that there's too much work) I prefer not having to worry about timesheets and stuff, makes me feel free to come in later or leave early sometimes just because I need to and at the same time gives me freedom to stay late to finish what I need to finish without having to ask the Pope with explanations as to why the thing needs to be finished today.&#xA;  Really I just want to know if, on any normal day, I should be leaving earlier...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For detail: this is a standard employee contract (project-based) and all my contract says is that I will work 40 hours per week and working hours will be according to the client's schedule.&#xA;  In this client they need support from 08:00 but no end time has been informed since there really isn't one; some people come in later and leave later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-06-12T11:31:05.737" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T16:49:39.877" Title="In Germany, is lunch included in an 8 hour shift?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10296" CreationDate="2017-02-21T17:49:24.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's start with the &quot;bad experiences&quot; part of your question: This might be trivial for some, but: &lt;strong&gt;Never ever pay any money before you've physically seen the apartment.&lt;/strong&gt; There are quite a few rent scammers who will give you all sorts of excuses for why you need to pay before you've seen the place - don't be fooled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for some meta-advice: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask a Dutch friend to come-with: The locals always spot things that foreigners don't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't sign anything on the spot if you can help it: If necessary, make an excuse about having to get approval from somewhere/someone, or something else which takes the pressure off of you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Compare your contract with other people's, especially other neighbors in your building if you can manage it, other tenants of the same landlord, or the previous tenant in your own apartment. (But don't make the landlord think you're snooping around too much.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's an official (?) document of conditions which apply to all rental contract and follow from Dutch law, that has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tijdelijktweewoningen.nl/uploads/files/General%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20lease%20of%20housing%20accomodation_juli_2003%5b4%5d.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;translated into English&lt;/a&gt;. Read it. You don't need to insist to insert all of that into your actual contract, but you should make sure you're not agreeing to anything contrary to it - and that the landlord is passing off something he's required to do anyway as some sort of a great favor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the landlord about an estimate of the energy cost for the apartment over the past year or so; specifically, ask if there is anything which causes excessive costs. That's essentially &quot;fishing&quot;, but it's harder to lie about this than it is to just fail to mention it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask whether any recent rennovation of repair work has been done in the apartment over the past several years. &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If something was done, ask about the cause and what was fixed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If nothing was done, perhaps it's time to do some work on something (which you have previously thought of)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking of repair work - the way the apartment is right now is not entirely set in stone. It is not unacceptable to list issues that bother you and ask for them to be addressed; of course - there's a trade-off between the landlord wanting you to sign the contract and not wanting someone who'll nag him a lot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A tricky point which is not yet clear to me is, what kind of expenses is the landlord supposed to go to in fixing things, and how much are you supposed to chip in for things which naturally wear out or fail, due to regular daily use. Like changing worn-out carpeting, dust bins with a broken mechanism. or specialty lightbulbs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is somehow customary in many places in the Netherlands to have &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, the tenant, install your own &lt;em&gt;floorboards&lt;/em&gt;. Yes, you heard me right. That is i-n-s-a-n-e, utterly and completely - but it's a collective insanity, it's not just your individual landlord.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More tips might be coming. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T19:47:20.953" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T19:47:20.953" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10306" CreationDate="2017-02-21T18:29:58.817" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per labor law, if you work 8 hours, there's a pause of 45 min, not included in work time, split to 15 minutes breakfast pause, and 30 minutes lunch/dinner pause. So you'd be expected to work 8 hours 45 minutes, 45 minutes of which is the pause. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like the timesheets are not strongly enforced, and some people make use if it because they can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11203" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T18:29:58.817" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10313" CreationDate="2017-02-21T21:48:17.827" Score="6" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will start working in Rotterdam next month, but I will temporarily stay at an Airbnb room (for the first 3 weeks) while I search for an apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I need to open a bank account but I will not have an official address to provide it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I give the address of the company where I will be working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-02-24T00:23:05.263" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T15:28:41.337" Title="Can I open a bank account in the Netherlands using my workplace address?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9258" CreationDate="2017-02-21T22:35:12.420" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;IANADL (I am not a Dutch lawyer), but if we glance at the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tijdelijktweewoningen.nl/uploads/files/General%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20lease%20of%20housing%20accomodation_juli_2003%5B4%5D.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;terms applying to all rental contracts&lt;/a&gt; in the Netherlands (following from the law, translated into English; there's also the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duttendael.nl/files/downloads/3%20Huur%20&amp;amp;%20Verhuur/1%20Algemene%20bepalingen%20huurovereenkomst%20woonruimte.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dutch original&lt;/a&gt;) - it is not decreed that the rent be paid on a monthly basis. So, theoretically, it could be weekly, or by-monthly, or yearly; and you could agree to pay at the beginning of the period, sometime into it, or at the end of it. Still, the contracts I had been offered were all &quot;pay once per month at the beginning of the month&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the &quot;extra one month&quot; - you should separate a realtor (&quot;makelaar&quot;)'s commission and a deposit. The first kind you pay and forfeit, the second one you pay and get back when the contract is over - assuming you don't own the landlord for anything. The height of the deposit &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt;, unfortunately, be higher than a month's rent even when you can present proof of employment: Mine was two months' rent, but I re-negotiated that after a year and brought it down to one month's rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, and perhaps most importantly, A point in Gala's otherwise useful answer appears to be incorrect: In section 19 of the general terms it says very clearly that a tenant &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; terminate the rental agreement by giving notice of somewhere between 1 and 3 months in advance; so at worst, no more than 3 months in advance can be required; and AFAICT this is relevant for the first year as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-02-22T20:02:52.033" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T20:02:52.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-22T08:35:17.317" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner got a promotion proposition and we might be moving to Melbourne in the upcoming 6 months (I know it makes it short for me). I would like to know what type of Visa and requirement I should look for to be able to move with her there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are in a &lt;em&gt;de facto&lt;/em&gt; relationship;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are EU-citizen (Bulgaria and France), living in the Netherlands;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And if I cannot apply for anything &quot;using&quot; our relationship, I have a MSc in computer science, with little work experience, and could work for jobs on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SOL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11243" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T16:12:27.017" Title="Moving to Australia as a couple: Visa requirement" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:18:37.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10065" CreationDate="2017-02-22T09:41:34.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We travelled like this on a one way ticket and the only thing that was checked by the airline was the visa and the one way ticket. Since, it was not a business or a tourist visa, the airline allowed us to board the flight. Further, at immigration in India, no questions were asked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8775" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T09:41:34.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10309" CreationDate="2017-02-22T09:48:43.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can do this &lt;em&gt;if and only if&lt;/em&gt; you manage to obtain your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/other_subjects/citizen_service_number/what_is_a_citizen_service_number_bsn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BSN number&lt;/a&gt; before having a fixed address.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To open a bank account, you will be asked for a BSN number; and to get a BSN number you must register with the government using some address. Now, in some cases you are able to give your place of employment as a temporary address. This happened to me when I registered for a BSN, at the Amsterdam Expact Center (in 2015). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, in your case, I suggest to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask your employer where other people have done this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Failing to be informed by your employer, contact the phone or web support of the bank you're interested in (or of several banks), and ask them whether that's possible and at which branches&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Failing to get an ok from them, ask them for the details of a branch which caters to expatriates specifically, if they have one; or their central branch in Rotterdam - and go there to try and open the account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, you might want to check out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_Netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of banks in the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; and decide which one you want to try, or again - ask for recommendations from co-workers or even your employer's HR staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; OP reports in a comment he was unable to get a BSN with his workplace address. I'm not sure under which conditions doing so is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-04-06T15:28:41.337" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T15:28:41.337" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10314" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-02-22T09:58:08.240" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Roughly speaking, the beginning of the expatriation experience can be divided into several time periods: Consideration; pre-move arrangements; travel; arrival; settling in etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is intended for questions having to do with you having just arrived in the country to which you are expatriated and having to find your &quot;stable footing&quot; - making initial arrangements, avoiding culture shock, and generally making it through the first several days (or at most, several weeks). Beyond that, you have already &quot;arrived&quot; and should use other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T09:04:42.297" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T09:04:42.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10315" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-02-22T09:58:08.240" Score="0" Body="Questions about activities, events and challenges close to the time at which you arrive in the country in which you will be expatriated." OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-02-22T16:45:55.477" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T16:45:55.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8474" CreationDate="2017-02-22T10:56:55.833" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Eventually I just started arbitrarily going into optician's shops near where I live. At some point, one of them simply offered to try to bend my frame back into shape, and said he was pretty sure he would not break it. So I let him do that; he didn't charge anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, &quot;just try arbitrarily&quot; may not be a bad answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T10:56:55.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8197" CreationDate="2017-02-22T15:47:02.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2 year home residency requirement for J-1s is governed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/22CFR/HTML/22CFR/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-500/0-0-0-1363.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;INA 212E&lt;/a&gt;. If your funding is similar to NIH R01 grants in the name of your PI, then &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.klaskolaw.com/article/understanding-the-two-year-home-residence-requirement-and-waivers-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it is not considered a direct funding from government to you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you can get a (cap-exempt) H1-B visa as a postdoc. It depends on institutional policy and comes with it's own limitations (H1 transfer rules, 6 year limit and others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9602" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T15:47:02.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10320" CreationDate="2017-02-23T04:27:02.300" Score="1" ViewCount="1129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Australian visa 189 first assessing agency is ACS (Australian Computer Society) which assessed me as suitable for migration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4U8Ee.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4U8Ee.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I have submitted all the paperwork (IELTS, ACS result) to SkillSelect and again I got positive response&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ukY0P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ukY0P.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will after paying application fee&lt;/strong&gt; (family of 4 = 7920 AUD or ~6000 USD) &lt;strong&gt;I can be certain to get same points in my application?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T04:33:41.817" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T04:11:27.060" Title="When I get my Australian visa points from ASC and SkillSelect will I get same points upon submitting my application to Immi?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10319" CreationDate="2017-02-23T04:32:12.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No apparently it does not matter as agencies work separately and points that you are given by ACS and SkillSelect might greatly differ (you are likely to get less) from those you will get from Immi.gov.au by supplying same exact documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mcdsz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mcdsz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this saves you some money and time....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2017-02-25T08:03:27.070" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T08:03:27.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T04:42:56.263" Score="1" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Egyptian and I am trying to relocate to Germany and to get a Blue Card work visa. I have all my papers ready, as well as a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my country, the German Embassy is overloaded, so it means a long wait for the visa appointment. The first available date is at the end of March, and I may lose the job offer if wait that long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I, an Egyptian, request a Blue Card visa appointment in another country, travel there as a tourist, and apply through the German Embassy there?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11248" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T15:58:31.423" LastActivityDate="2017-06-26T08:08:25.373" Title="German Blue Card Work Visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T05:17:34.050" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a German internship visa recently and the process is in its final stages. My employer told me today that he would like to hire me full-time after the internship. So is it possible to get a new employment visa in Germany itself without coming back? What is the procedure to obtain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11249" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T05:17:34.050" Title="German internship visa to job visa conversion" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:17:44.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T07:50:52.110" Score="4" ViewCount="552" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was previously declared undesirable in South Africa for a period of 12 months from June 2014 to June 2015. For background, I overstayed my visa by 12 hours 4 days after the visa laws changed in 2014. I didn't appeal because I would be studying back in the USA for 12 months and was given legal advice that I did not need to spend up to 36 months and hundreds of dollars appealing it if I did not want to return to South Africa during the period for which I was banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flash forward to 2017. I have gotten a job back in South Africa and qualify for a Critical Skills visa. I have completed all necessary paperwork, spent dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars gathering paperwork and called several embassies in the US to confirm that my prior &quot;undesirable&quot; status would not be an issue for this current application. All embassies confirmed that since the ban on entry was for 12 months and expired in 2015, I would be fine with my current visa application. Confirmed this 2 months ago with DC, Chicago and New York.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I arrived yesterday in DC to submit my critical skills visa application. Only then did the consulate decide that I needed an additional letter from DHA confirming that my undesirable status was no longer in effect. I have contacted DHA overstay appeals office, but I am concerned that since my overstay was so long ago that they will not write the letter I now apparently need. SA consulate in DC seemed to think that if I was once declared undesirable, no matter for how long, then I was always &quot;undesirable&quot; without a letter from DHA even after the 12 month period listed on my paperwork had passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my critical skills visa application be fine without this letter? Am I really considered &quot;undesirable&quot; forever without a DHA letter despite the fact that all of my paperwork says 12 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11251" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T20:25:33.453" Title="Applying for critical skills visa to South Africa after being declared undesirable for 12 months in 2014" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10321" CreationDate="2017-02-23T11:11:23.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this would be en exception for Egyptians, but this rule applies to Brazilians and Italians alike:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only do these sort of things in the consulate that provides services to the region where you live. So if I need services from Italian consulate in Germany, I need to first register my residency here and then they will provide, otherwise they will tell me to go to Italy. Same for the Brazilian consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This actually applies even to regions within the same country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exceptions are emergencies (like lost passport while on a trip).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might wanna call up the consulate that you want to go to and ask if you can use their services even before you register the residency (don't tell them you just want to skip the queue in your local consulate!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T11:11:23.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10326" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10974" CreationDate="2017-02-23T11:26:58.997" Score="5" ViewCount="898" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Australian visa 189 first assessing agency is ACS (Australian Computer Society) which assessed me as suitable for migration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4U8Ee.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4U8Ee.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I have submitted all the paperwork (IELTS, ACS result) to SkillSelect and again I got positive response&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ukY0P.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ukY0P.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then paid application fee (family of 4 = 7920 AUD or ~6000 USD), did the health checks and police certificates, submitted all the same paperwork to &lt;a href=&quot;https://online.immi.gov.au&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australian immigration&lt;/a&gt; and got following response&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mcdsz.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mcdsz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked online and there seems to be a form (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/FormsAndDocuments/Documents/1424.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;1424&lt;/a&gt;) for application fee refund. &lt;strong&gt;Under which circumstances in part F could I claim successful refund?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T16:52:53.587" Title="Under which clause can I get back Australian Visa application fee if SkillSelect or ASC calculated my points wrong?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T14:33:30.607" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose, I have a TRC from &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;. Then, I go to London,&lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt; for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, can I apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Canadian&lt;/strong&gt; student Visa from London?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastEditorDisplayName="user11149" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T16:38:18.427" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:47:51.353" Title="EU Temporary Residence Card and Visa application" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10331" CreationDate="2017-02-23T15:30:38.793" Score="3" ViewCount="682" Body="&lt;p&gt;I majored in computer science (.NET software developer) and I would like to move to Brazil to work there for at least a year. I don't mind doing something else. I was working as labourer/farm worker in Melbourne and, recently, I started doing wedding/events videography, so I'm open to anything. How safe/easy would this be for me? Of course, I'm starting to learn the language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11253" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-02-23T15:49:39.713" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T22:22:47.393" Title="How hard is it for a European to work in Brazil?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T15:45:41.067" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and I am a mature student. I am 25 and currently I am enrolled in an open university here. I have been accepted at Birkbeck University for Theater and English BA program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I have been out of full time education, I was advised to take up a short foundation course before I take up full time education especially since my subject is English and Theater. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for the ELAS program at SOAS and have received an offer. So now I am applying for short term student visa. I am unemployed and I do not earn so my parents will be funding my studies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the documents I am enclosing &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;visa application &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;photograph&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SOAS offer letter, SOAS deposit payment letter and student visa letter &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birkbeck Offer Letter &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pearson Test Certificate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12th standard certificate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TB test certificate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bank statement Letters from my fathers fixed deposit and savings account. My mother has also enclosed her savings account statement and bank statement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My fathers salary statement &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Affidavit of Support from my parents &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open University Student ID card &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Short online courses certificates &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accommodation application print out (the accommodation isn't sure when I will receive an offer so they advised me to include the application status print out in case the confirmation status does not reach me before document submission day) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these documents sufficient or do I need to include more? Also, last year I had applied for a visitor visa to U.K but was refused because I had not provided an invitation letter by my aunt who lives in Birmingham. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have included my plans in the  application that I will return to India to apply for a Tier 4 visa for Birkbeck course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Pari" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:38:44.830" Title="UK Short Term Student Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T17:05:26.873" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a work permit or visa when I'm already in Russia with a 10-day tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user57791" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T11:25:31.737" Title="Can I apply for a work permit if I am already in Russia as a tourist?" Tags="&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10328" CreationDate="2017-02-23T17:32:53.657" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's definitely possible - I'm Polish and I moved to Brazil last year, but you'll need a lot of patience and strong will :) I also have a Belgian guy in my company and his experience was similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a temporary working visa for 2 years (Visto Temporario V), probably the only one you can get you need to have work permit from Ministry of Work. After 2 years this can be prolonged for 2 more. Visa can be only issued for a particular company and particular position, if you want to change your job you'll have to apply for a new visa. All the process should be done from your country (maybe except getting an actual visa) because you'll need to visit some places like your Ministry of Foreign Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Start learning Portuguese&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in center of Sao Paulo which is supposed to be one of more &amp;quot;international&amp;quot; places around here and I have hard time finding anyone speaking English outside my job and maybe museums and good restaurants. It'll help a lot during recruiting. Probably you'll be able to find a job speaking only in English, but you'll still need it in your everyday life, while registering as a foreigner etc. I lived in Portugal before which made it much easier for me, but still the difference between European and Brazilian Portuguese is quite big&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Choose a city&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In SP there's plenty of jobs but the city is less attractive (it's really good for life, plenty of nightlife, amazing parties, but not much to see). Rio de Janeiro might be more difficult and it's quite dangerous for foreigners. Places like Florianopolis, Curitiba are safe and beautiful, but don't have too many offers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find a job&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Software Developer you're lucky because the demand is high, at least in SP :) With other professions it's difficult to get hired as a foreigner because the process is long and the company has to be really motivated to hire you. There are plenty of offers on LinkedIn where you can apply, just be prepared that everyone will ask &amp;quot;why the hell you want to move to Brazil&amp;quot; - I love this country, but not all the people here agree. If you tell them you want to move only for a year they might be not happy, for you it might not be the best too because there are some work benefits (like holidays) which you only get after a year. Read about the work law here because it's quite different than in Europe (rather better for the employee). Taxes are higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get work permit from Ministry of Work in Brazil&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you get a job your company has to issue an invitation for you, and get your permit to come to Brazil. They'll also have to pay around 300-500 EUR in total for all the documentation and translations. This will require around 6-8 documents which you'll need to get authorized in your Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to a conference about Apostille which Brasil signed recently. It's around 15 EUR / document. You'll need birth certificate, master diploma or documentation of your last positions and several other which depend on every case. This may take 1-3 months because the Ministry will keep asking for new documents, signatures and approvals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With work permit you can apply for a visa. It usually costs 100 USD and takes up to a week to issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After arriving there, the actual bureaucratic fun begins&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm here for three months and during that time I had to visit many various offices to get all the numbers needed to buy anything, get monthly cellular plan (I only managed to do that two days ago) etc. Every document needs two other, no one really knows where to get them, so you have to get used to everything taking a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all that about bureaucracy I still think it's worth it, it's an amazing country, people are lovely and you can easily travel to more beautiful places on weekends :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people are coming here and working on tourist visa, but I don't recommend here because a) it's illegal, b) without work permit you can't do most simple things in life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T22:22:47.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10332" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10602" CreationDate="2017-02-23T18:23:13.233" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I live in an Recreational vehicle or mobile home in Canada on a full-time basis while I am on Student Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T21:58:45.747" Title="Living in RV (Recreational vehicle)" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T22:08:34.760" Score="1" ViewCount="455" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to understand what job codes are for (while applying for H-1B visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the immigration lawyer decide which job code to put on there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a minimum and maximum salary associated with each of these job codes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also it will be super helpful if someone can share a list of these job codes. I want in particular to find out for roles for folks with a CS background and EEE background (specifically semiconductors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initial research. - Most of my friends come from a Masters background. Few of my friends who have come here on L1 and then transitioned to H1 they have had to apply under a &quot;job code&quot;. The company with which they are applying usually decides the job code and the person does not have much transparency in this regard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To understand this process better I want to know the relevance of these job codes. These are some of the job codes I found by Googling&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/lca-occupation-codes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/lca-occupation-codes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted understand a further breakdown of these categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11255" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T22:08:34.760" Title="For H-1B visas, what are job codes, what are they for and how are they chosen?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-13T23:28:57.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T20:54:53.077" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;This might pose as a contradictory question but the situation is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hold an Indian Passport&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am currently residing in Germany and looking for employment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A decade or more ago my maternal aunt had filed a &lt;strong&gt;F4- alien relative immigration&lt;/strong&gt; petition for my mother and this year it seems to finally go through the &lt;strong&gt;National Visa Center&lt;/strong&gt;. I am a stated &lt;em&gt;dependent&lt;/em&gt; on my mother and would also be getting a Green Card&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would have to go back to India for an Interview at the U.S. Embassy and get a Green Card since all the paper work has gone through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very likely to get a Job in Europe and having stayed here for more than a couple of years I would like to stay here for a longer span of time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there provisions where the Embassy might grant me an exception of not having to immediately emigrate to the States or ask me to surrender my Green Card for a long term Visitor Visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there someone with similar situations who can shed some light on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Shan-Desai" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T22:50:45.580" Title="Provisions for US Green Card Applicants not planning to stay in US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10335" CreationDate="2017-02-23T22:50:45.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because you are a derivative beneficiary doesn't mean you have to immigrate when the principal beneficiary (your mother) immigrates. You are free to never immigrate through this petition, or to immigrate at at a later time after the principal beneficiary immigrates, as long as you still qualify as a derivative beneficiary (i.e. for a child, that means you must be under 21 and unmarried; you cannot take advantage of CSPA anymore as you didn't seek to immigrate within 1 year of it becoming available), the principal beneficiary is still a permanent resident (i.e. she hasn't abandoned residency or become a citizen yet), and a visa number is still available for the priority date and category of the petition  (since a visa number is available for the priority date now, that means it will remain available for the same priority date in the future, unless the dates retrogress severely; so basically it will remain available unless the F4 category is eliminated, which is in some immigration reform proposals).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T22:50:45.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-23T23:22:42.753" Score="3" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was convicted of a federal felony 14 years ago (and haven't been in trouble since), its a long story, I was unaware of the committing the crime when it happene but due to being charged as a co-consiprator, pleading guilty was my best option. At this time, I am in a relationship with a South African man and we have been talking a lot about moving there full time in the future. I am worried that this may not be a realistic expectation. If we were to get married, would I be able to obtain residency or citizenship in South Africa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="bittyb" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T16:45:36.793" Title="Immigrating to South Africa with a US Felony?" Tags="&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-24T07:38:58.043" Score="1" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a master candidate enrolled in a university in China, I'm going to visit Newcastle University for a five-month research exchange. When I fill in the online form to apply a short-term student visa of UK, there's some items makes me confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.Have you been unconditionally accepted or are you enrolled on a course of study in the UK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm going to do research as a student, no course of study will be&#xA;  taken. Right now I have an invitation letter from the research group&#xA;  at Newcastle University. Should I answer &lt;strong&gt;&quot;No&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; here? Or I should answer &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; with some kind of offer showing that I'm unconditionally accepted ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;2. What is the name of the course?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it OK to answer &quot;research training&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;3.What level of qualification is expected?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it OK to answer &quot;master research training&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help will be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11264" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T07:38:58.043" Title="Question about UK short-term student visa online application form" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:17:30.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10340" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-24T07:54:34.577" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I retire I plan to stay in UK with my British wife (already retired) but her pension doesn't meet the threshold.  My pension will be good, but will the threshold rule be applied to deny me leave to remain?  Have worked here for visiting forces for 15 out of past 26 years, we've no children, our home's paid for.  Have tried to penetrate the government site without success, so if anyone can help, I'd be grateful.  (Solicitor appointment next week.) Would dual citizenship present the same barriers?  Thanks in anticipation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11181" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-02-24T21:49:49.613" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T21:49:49.613" Title="ILR/US citizen: £18.6k threshold not met by wife's pension" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10257" CreationDate="2017-02-24T11:57:12.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a semi-answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anecdodal part: I applied for a 400 Temporary Highly Skilled Work Visa for some work I will be doing for a period of about 2 months. I asked for an extra two weeks in my application for tourist activities (NB: my personal time is before the work begins, not after). According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/400-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website for 400-class visas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Combining a holiday with your intended work or activity may be allowed if the holiday is of short term duration and secondary to the main purpose of your visit. You must indicate in your visa application if you intend to combine your work or activity with a holiday, as the period of stay considered will generally be only for the period that allows you to undertake the work or activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can consider applying for a Visitor visa to have your holiday in Australia. To do this, you may first apply for the Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visa (subclass 400) to undertake the work or activity and then a Visitor visa (once you are in Australia) for your holiday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, since my holiday was short and since it all fell within the lower 3 month boundary, I was granted the extra time. One should note that I also requested extra time in case my work is delayed, and that my tourist holiday was for before the work (normal and potential extra) began. Basically my model was 2 weeks of holiday before 2 months and maybe + 2 weeks of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was just today granted a three month duration visa which takes effect on the day that I land in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the case for you may be different because your contract is 6 months, and so your tourist time will push you further along than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, it would seem that you can apply for the visitor visa during your work time in Australia, from Australia, if it is not granted already by your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added a letter of clarification for the ECO in terms of my dates of work, including the proposed 'extra time' for the work, and the 'extra time' for tourist activities. In my case it seems to have worked, however I am from a country which constitutes 'low risk' (i.e. I am from a country which is able to get an ETA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your visa (457 rather than 400) is generally granted for a longer period of time, it's possible that the ECO will take your circumstances into account if you let them know that you are seeking extra tourist time (and the dates of said tourist time). I would encourage you to explain the circumstances in a letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they do not grant the visa including the proposed tourist time, I would encourage you to apply for a visitor visa whilst in Australia as per the guidelines above. Note that you cannot switch from an ETA to another type of visa while already in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard anecdotally that it's possible for you to enter on an ETA and then leave Australia, flying back to activate your new working visa before you work. But I can't seem to find any sources which confirm this, and you should call the embassy to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T11:59:34.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10196" CreationDate="2017-02-24T13:04:54.080" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bahtsold.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BahtSold&lt;/a&gt; is actually great because they target both thai and foreigner community.  Plus, they also have expanded territory in other SE Asian countries.  Make sure that you include at least 1 photo.  There are option to do things like bump your listing or showcase your listing for additional fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Scott Earle already mentioned ThaiVisa classifieds which is mostly foreigner audience and it looks like Kaidee is mostly Thai.  No one mentioned another thai electronics hangout, which is Pantip.  I do not know the rules for listing there if you actually have to have a physical shop at the Pantip plaza or such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was about online selling, but keep in mind that in Thailand certain items can be offloaded to 2nd hand shops or sold via word of mouth quickly:  Motorbikes in good condition, undamaged cell phones, tablets, etc are in high demand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T13:04:54.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10343" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10346" CreationDate="2017-02-24T14:44:07.520" Score="1" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen living in northern Europe. I am registered to vote in Los Angeles County, and have been voting regularly in non-local elections. I got a jury duty summons in the fall of last year, but my family didn't notify me until this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one section on the jury duty summons that says 'I am a resident of LA County y/n'. Saying no will get me out of jury duty, and any associated fines/warrants associated with replying late to the summons. But I'm concerned I won't be able to vote!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TLDR: Will saying I am not a resident of LA County on a jury duty summons mess with my voter registration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11266" LastEditorUserId="11266" LastEditDate="2017-03-01T14:38:33.823" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T14:38:33.823" Title="Will I lose my right to vote if I register as a non-resident to solve a jury duty call?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10344" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-24T16:49:41.713" Score="1" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Bangkok about 5 months ago and started using Tinder for going on dates and potentially finding a partner. Initially it seemed great and I had high hopes, but after 7-8 dates or so I realized that even though a fairly large percentage of the Thai women on Tinder have a university education and in some cases have studied a semester or two abroad, they are still very &quot;Thai&quot; in their way of reasoning and lack good english communication skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a few months of first-and-last-dates that were &quot;okay&quot; but just lacked something, I got bored and gave it up because I realized that I need to find someone who I can really communicate with and who  understands (for lack of a better expression) &quot;western&quot; thinking and reasoning. That probably means having lived abroad at least a few years, speaking and understanding english fluently and just being aware of (and at least somewhat interested in) what goes on outside the world of Facebook, online gossip and Thailand in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know they exist out there, often you can overhear someone having an interesting conversation in perfect english with a Thai woman on the metro, in the mall or somewhere else. So I'm thinking there must be a better way of meeting those kinds of people than sifting through 100's of uninspiring Tinder profiles that are either blank, or make it obvious that the english skills are not that good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any particular places or events (online or IRL in Thailand) that I haven't thought about, where the odds of meeting &quot;westernized&quot; Thais are better than just any random place? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9850" LastEditorUserId="9850" LastEditDate="2017-02-25T03:23:46.827" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T03:23:46.827" Title="Where to meet &quot;westernized&quot; Thais in Thailand?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-18T03:13:06.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-24T16:54:32.250" Score="1" ViewCount="581" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following information found here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;How long can I drive a EU-registered car in the UK?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question on this bit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;lease an EU-registered car and use this temporarily in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean? Does it cover car rented in another EU country from private owner (with rental agreement on paper and valid under this EU country law)? The information found in the answer to the question I link to (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/59&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/59&lt;/a&gt;) is no longer displayed on gov.uk and there are no references to the legislation to be found anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11267" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T18:58:49.483" Title="UK resident driving foreign-registered car" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10343" CreationDate="2017-02-24T17:07:33.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, for federal elections, if you reside outside the US, you vote in the place where you &lt;em&gt;last resided;&lt;/em&gt; it is not necessary to maintain residence there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Federal Voting Assistance Program has information at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The State Department also has a page on the topic, which discusses eligiblity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Voting Eligibility&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Almost all U.S. citizens 18 years or older who reside outside the United States are eligible to vote absentee for candidates for federal offices in U.S. primary and general elections. In addition, some states allow overseas citizens to vote for candidates for state and local offices, as well as for state and local referendums. For information regarding your specific state, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s Voting Assistance Guide or the Overseas Vote Foundation website. The Overseas Vote Foundation is a non-partisan voter advocacy organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For voting purposes, your state of legal residence is generally the state wherein you resided immediately before leaving the United States, even if you no longer own or rent property or intend to return there in the future. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia specifically allow U.S. citizens who have never resided in the United States to register where a parent would be eligible to vote. Direct your questions about eligibility to your local election officials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/abroad/legal-matters/benefits/voting.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/abroad/legal-matters/benefits/voting.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T17:07:33.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10324" CreationDate="2017-02-24T20:25:33.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems I'm able to answer my own question here! I'll outline the steps in this process so that hopefully anyone else undertaking it will be less confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Make sure you have all documents pertaining to your overstay (passport(s), DHA-46 Form 19, prior attempts to appeal, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: In addition to including documents from step 1 on your application, you'll need to use these documents apply to have your name cleared by DHA even if your period of undesirability has passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Email all documents from step 1 to overstayappeals@dha.gov.za.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Call to confirm the receipt of your documents. Beware, they hardly ever answer these phones. I had over 100 attempts over two days and only got an answer once. Do not give up and do not assume any of your emails will be answered without a follow up phone call! Be persistent. Make sure you talk to Hilda when you finally get someone to answer. I tried several different numbers I found referring to overstay appeals on the internet. I'll list here:&#xA;+270124064528&#xA;+270124064985&#xA;Two more numbers can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://m.facebook.com/Overstay-Appeal-RSA-Forum-to-help-persons-that-overstayed-879724122115082/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://m.facebook.com/Overstay-Appeal-RSA-Forum-to-help-persons-that-overstayed-879724122115082/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Eventually, you will get an email letter from DHA stating that your undesirability has been waived. You will NOT be able to apply for a visa or re-enter South Africa even after your undesirability period has passed without this waiver!! I was already in DC to submit my visa application when I discovered I needed this letter so I ended up hounding various people at DHA until I had several people working on getting this letter. It took me about 3 days in total to get the waiver letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) Include all of the documentation regarding your overstay ban with your visa application. Do not hide anything. Be open and honest and people are willing to work with you on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This process is for an overstay/ declaration of undesirability that has already passed without attempting an appeal while the ban on entry was in effect. I can't speak to how to appeal an active ban on entry. However, I would give the same advice of calling repeatedly until you speak to someone about your situation and get a firm timeline on the completion of the waiver or appeal process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you call your South African embassy and they do not mention this letter, assume you need it anyways. I spoke to every embassy in the US and they all had different things to say and no one was quite sure until I physically got to the office in DC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11272" LastActivityDate="2017-02-24T20:25:33.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-25T03:12:24.537" Score="2" ViewCount="2861" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm relocating from the Toronto area to Amsterdam in a few months, and there's some things I'd like to bring with me. I'm already hitting my checked-luggage allowance on other stuff (most notably a bicycle), but still would like to bring my computers (and peripherals, if possible) with me when I relocate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Punching in an approximate raw weight and size value for my equipment (2 desktops + 5 monitors) for Fedex/Purolator-type services gives me a shipping cost of about CAD$800. Private cargo forwarding services give me a quote for about $300 if I palletize the lot (which I'm willing to do - I have access to pallets and basically everything I'd need except a pump lift/forklift). If I can do it on a pallet, there's probably more I'd ship as well - a second bicycle, and likely some other odds and ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question is, does anyone here have any better ideas? Ideally, I'd like to avoid breaking down my gear if possible, just because of the amount of it and the fact that some of it is already rather temperamental (yes, really). Packing a bike for air travel is OK, but unscrewing computers into individual parts is not because it's a lot of work and more of a PITA than it's really worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11277" LastActivityDate="2017-05-18T23:24:10.897" Title="Moving from North America to Europe with Desktop Computer" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-25T15:34:24.140" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left Britain over 20 years ago after being homeless as a teenager. While living on the streets, I got involved in teenage criminality, was arrested and was sentenced for it. That with other harsh family situations made me leave England to start again elsewhere in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I live in Denmark and have not been involved in any criminal activities. I have worked and earned a living, until I became too sick to work and was put on medication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my past criminal record affect application to be Danish citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it will, how can my name be cleared in UK online, since my health cannot allow me to travel there personally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask since the form for application to be citizen indicates that one should mention any jail sentences or crimes for which one is yet to be sentenced in home country. I am English, but after Brexit, I must apply for citizenship in Denmark. Otherwise my wife (who is a foreigner from outside EU) and I risk our marriage, property, benefits and her job if the Brexit rules mean I must return to a homeless state in the UK. Just to mention that I have children here with my ex-wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11278" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T15:34:24.140" Title="Dual Citizenship and Brexit" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-17T12:15:01.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10350" CreationDate="2017-02-26T14:14:29.997" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Extra (additional) checked luggage cost typically 50 $ or 100 $ a piece, for 50 or even 70 pounds, depending on the airline. That seems to be the cheaper way to get additional stuff transported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the computers, unless it is bleeding-edge-hardware, the best is to remove and bring only the hard disk (or a backup of it). Towers are cheaper to buy than flying them around, and monitors anyway; and for both you would potentially need to buy expensive transformers in addition (which alone cost what a new monitor costs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-02-26T14:14:29.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-26T18:00:46.983" Score="1" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if there are travel restrictions for someone who has applied for a trades license in CZ, but not yet received it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told I could not travel into or out of the Czech republic while awaiting approval, but I have a D/VC/06 stamp issued 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11281" LastActivityDate="2017-02-26T18:00:46.983" Title="Zivnostensky visa travel restrictions in Czech Republic" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-04-05T20:16:55.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10357" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-26T21:24:31.220" Score="6" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently studying business (marketing) in Australia and I think I've hit a snag. I love it here and want to work here after graduation on a full time basis, but nobody wants to hire me because I do not have PR, yet I can't get PR without being sponsored by an employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have invested a massive amount of time on job hunting, applying to graduate programs, going to career fairs and trying to network, going to events held by the university and trying to network...all of them have pretty much hit a dead end. Most employers immediately stop talking to me when they realise that I do not have permanent residency, even if they were previously very excited to hear more about my work experience just moments before. I cannot even obtain an internship for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can apply for a work visa after graduation, but it is temporary (for a few years) and employers are simply not interested when I mention it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time it, it doesn't look like I can apply for PR unless I am studying in certain fields, which would require me to do post graduate studies in another field (e.g. law), which would take a LOT of money...money that I simply do not have. I don't think I'm eligible for any kind of student loans here either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short of some sort of miracle happening (getting married, winning the lottery, try to become a high level executive elsewhere first before migrating, etc), my dream seems out of reach. My Australian friends are sympathetic, but none of them are business owners or high level executives who can help. The ones who are working full time say they could put in a good word for me, but they don't have the seniority to do anything about company hiring policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seem to be stuck in a terrible catch 22 here. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could stay and work here after graduation? The only employers willing to hire me are the ones who have made it clear it would be a temporary basis only...places like Maccas or other retail establishments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11283" LastEditorDisplayName="user6037" LastEditDate="2017-03-09T15:54:48.483" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T15:54:48.483" Title="Permanent residency catch 22 : Can't get a job for PR, can't get PR without a job" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7388" CreationDate="2017-02-26T23:45:59.880" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can become a citizen if you can prove your relationship with your ancestor. But it is not easy to do, you have to appeal to the country's national archives. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11284" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-02-27T12:05:41.190" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T12:05:41.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10357" CreationDate="2017-02-27T01:00:10.960" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason they are not willing to sponsor you for PR is that they can find employees who are as good (or better) for the job, but do not come with such requirement. Generally speaking for an employer to go the extra mile for a potential employee, there either must be a shortage or that candidate must be extraordinary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that this may not be something you want to hear, as you say you've put a lot of effort towards making yourself attractive. But that is the reality of job markets that if you can't find a job, then that means that there are more suitable candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like your route to staying in Australia is to work the temporary jobs and, on the side, make yourself a lot more attractive to potential employers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10992" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T01:00:10.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10361" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10363" CreationDate="2017-02-27T10:31:29.827" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have wanted to study at a UK university for a long time and have worked hard in saving enough money to do so ever since I was 15, way before I even met my current boyfriend. I met him when I went to the UK to prepare for the CPE, we are still together and I have visited him twice, once staying with him for 2 months, and another for 2 weeks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was considering staying at his place during this one year, but I am now starting to question whether this is a good idea. In fact, I am starting to wonder if my relationship in itself will be detrimental for my visa application. I do not intend on lying as I know this would only make matters worse, but I need to know if I have a chance of being accepted or if they would just assume I am not a genuine student because of my relationship and outright refuse me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do intend on coming back to my country (Brazil), but whether Immigration would believe me is a different story, I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11287" LastEditorUserId="11287" LastEditDate="2017-02-27T12:58:33.103" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T14:55:11.680" Title="Looking into MA in UK, but could I be refused Tier 4 visa because of my LDR with boyfriend living in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11360" CreationDate="2017-02-27T12:26:07.783" Score="5" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost two years ago I began the journey of trying to help my mother in law visit us in the USA.  Here was that post for some background info if someone is interested: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6006/how-to-help-my-mother-in-law-migrate-no-lawyer-wanted&quot;&gt;How to help my mother in law migrate - no lawyer wanted!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fast forward to December 26, 2016 my mother in law was finally granted her visa and was allowed to come here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it was so late my mother in law had to wrap up some things back in Iraq before coming here.  After wrapping up some family matters she went to go purchase a ticket to come here and found out that her visa had expired already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't believe it since she got the visa December 26, 2016 but sure enough on the visa it had an issue date of December 26, 2016 and an expiration date of February 9, 2017.  This gave her only around 40 days to come to the USA.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her English is not so great so she never really noticed this and I never asked her for a visa copy or print out until today.  Now she has an expired visa and she had never left the country of Iraq.  I don't know how to proceed as I mentioned it took nearly two years and a lot of money to complete this process.  My wife is completely devastated about this as she was expecting to see her mother and show my mother in law her grand kids.  We have not seen her in close to 15 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my next steps now?  I am a bit confused on how to proceed.  This is an Immigrant Visa based on my wife bringing her mother here.  She was planning on coming mid January beginning of February  but I told her to hold off due to the Trump policy banning any form of immigration.  And now that she wants to come her visa has expired...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T13:38:27.003" Title="Made critical mistake regarding visa - didn't notice expiration for my mother in law - now in trouble?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;iraqi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10361" CreationDate="2017-02-27T14:55:11.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I am sure there are horror stories, most cases of refusal are because of people not being honest. Assuming you have been offered a place, the university is sponsoring your visa, and you can afford to live in the UK (it is likely much more expensive than Brazil), you should be fine. Being able to document that you have strong ties to Brazil (e.g., family and friends that live there) and being up front about your boyfriend would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also demonstrate that you understand the visa process and that you realize that if your plans change you would have to leave the country and apply for the appropriate visa. When I was first living as an expat in the UK I would simply hand my passport over. The first question I would get asked was always &quot;how long are you staying&quot; (once I started handing over my passport open to my visa, the conversation started with welcome back). I always saw this as a &quot;trick&quot; question. My response was always &quot;I do not plan on leaving, but will not overstay my visa that expires on X&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T14:55:11.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10362" CreationDate="2017-02-27T15:20:40.800" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not what you want to hear, but she has to apply for a new visa, document why she was not able to travel while her visa was valid. As a side observation, the immigrant visa validity periods are generally for six months; are you certain that her's was for six weeks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She will have to return the expired visa and the visa packet to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://iraq.usembassy.gov/faq6.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Embassy visa section in Baghdad&lt;/a&gt;. I would do that without hesitation, and ask for its guidance on her situation, if possible or practical (if may not be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigrant and fiancée visas are normally valid for six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under rare circumstances, we may let you apply for another visa if you cannot travel within the validity of your first visa.  You will probaby have to pay all fees again, and may need to obtain a new medical exam. We do not guarantee that we will reissue your visa.  You may have to start the entire process over at the beginning, including having to file a new petition with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T15:20:40.800" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10365" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-27T16:59:45.523" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian citizen, in a 4 years long relationship with a US citizen. We would like to get married by the end of this year, and ideally I would initially move to the USA and find a job there. We know that there are multiple options (getting a fiancé visa, getting married in Italy and applying for a spouse visa...) but we are somewhat lost on which one works best and what we should do in order to make this as painless and fast as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Avoiding huge fees with immigration lawyers would be nice but we are getting in touch with a few of them as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ideal requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;costs limited to the minimum necessary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;relative speed in the process: being able to set a date for a religious wedding (-&gt; at the same time or after the civil one) in the USA at the end of summer / in the fall&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;limiting the chance of being refused a visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dealing with as little bureaucracy as possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way and what are the steps required for it to work? Personal experiences highly welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible for us to have a religious wedding in the USA while I am in the United States only on the Visa Waiver program, while waiting for the results of a visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7104" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T16:59:45.523" Title="Visa for US citizen's fiancé/husband" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T00:16:23.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10367" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-28T14:06:42.743" Score="1" ViewCount="426" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really would appreciate any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My dad was born in Greece in 1951.  Both his parents were born in Greece.  He moved to South Africa to work for a relative in 1965, when he took up residence the same year.  He met my South African mother, they married and I was born in 1972.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2009 we tried to do an application in order for us children to get a Greek passport.  The application was rejected as The South African Department of Home Affairs made a mistake by omitting one letter in his surname.  Therefore, my maiden name was incorrect as per the Greek Authorities.  We were told that my father had to apply for Residency again under his correct surname, then marry my mother again, then have our birth certificates re-issued, in order for the process to be successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I have to re-marry my husband with the correct maiden surname and have my children's birth certificates re-issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a way one can apply for an ancestral visa, and ultimately obtain a Greek passport?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does one have to give up your current citizenship?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is dual South-African / Greek Citizenship allowed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really would appreciate any advise I can get.&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11289" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T19:40:33.097" Title="Is there such thing as a Greek ancestral visa/passport" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-28T15:09:58.973" Score="3" ViewCount="727" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the US holding a J-1 visa, which was stamped in the US embassy in Madrid on my Spanish passport and expires this summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to travel this summer to another country, and I was wondering if I can renew my J-1 visa in the US Embassy there, or I have to go to Madrid again and do it there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11292" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T16:49:15.183" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T16:49:15.183" Title="Renewal of J-1 visa in a different consulate" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10368" CreationDate="2017-02-28T17:52:40.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you may be able to renew your J-1 visa at a US consulate in a country other than your home country, as a 'third country national (TCN).'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all US consulates accept TCN, so you would need to check in advance with the specific consulate for its TCN policy.  The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usembassy.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the American Embassy&lt;/a&gt; in that country would have visa instructions in the non-immigrant section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are risks; should there be delays, you would have to stay in that country until the processing is complete; you could not reenter the US, of course, until the renewal is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a point of reference, you're able to do this since you are renewing the same type of visa which you received in your home country (i.e., that of your citizenship or residence). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T17:52:40.920" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10367" CreationDate="2017-02-28T19:40:33.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Greek nationality law&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A child of a Greek citizen acquires Greek nationality automatically at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can see, you would have been both a Greek citizen and a South African citizen at birth (and still are).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difficulty, as I see it, is that when your father took up residency in 1965, his name was recorded incorrectly by the South African Department of Home Affairs. Therefore, his name on your birth certificate is incorrect according to the Greek authorities, and so is your own name, so they refused your passport application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sounds like a terrible mess and it seems like you've identified a brute-force plan to fix it by reissuing a number of official documents under the correct names. If that's what the Greek authorities require, then that must be the way it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anything like an &quot;ancestral visa&quot; for Greece. Since Greece normally considers children of Greek citizens to also be Greek citizens, there normally wouldn't be a need for such a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to how I'm reading the laws, you already &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; both a Greek citizen and a South African citizen. So if you succeed in getting a Greek passport, you don't have to give up your South African citizenship (as you normally would if you &lt;em&gt;voluntarily&lt;/em&gt; acquired another foreign citizenship). Applying for a passport of a country where you are already a citizen is not the same as acquiring a new citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;South Africa does not normally allow dual citizenship, except for cases like yours where you already have more than one citizenship at birth. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South African nationality law&lt;/a&gt; for lots of details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T19:40:33.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-28T22:19:38.703" Score="3" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Italy last year and worked for 3 months there before moving to Germany for another job and live here since July.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will file a tax return here for sure (mainly because I know I will get a taxback since I was overtaxed one month for lack of local knowledge).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really want to bother doing so in Italy though... I earned quite a low income during those 3 months (as a salaried employee) and if I had any tax to get back it would be very low anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So all of my salary in Italy was as a salaried employee, but within the same year I got a second source of income which was my job in Germany (never at the same time, left one for the other) - also as a salaried employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have to file a tax return in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I'm an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;  This is not a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2508/do-italian-citizens-living-abroad-have-to-pay-taxes-to-italy&quot;&gt;Do Italian Citizens living abroad have to pay taxes to Italy?&lt;/a&gt; as that question asks in a very generic way if any citizen living outside the country need to file the return; my question is regarding a citizen who was a resident for a short period within the year and moved to another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per these instructions for &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/italy/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt; and these for &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/germany/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;, it is unclear, since the only source of income was as a formal employee but I have a residency move within the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T20:28:49.227" Title="Lived in Italy and moved to Germany, do I have to file a tax return in Italy?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10373" CreationDate="2017-03-01T06:43:44.220" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am about to rent house and I received the contract but I don't understand one of points even after translate it, so I hope someone explain this to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Deze  overeenkomst  is  aangegaan  voor  een korte  duur met  inachtneming  van  het  feit  dat  de verhuurder  i.v.m.  privé  omstandigheden  tijdelijk  geen  behoefte  heeft  aan het  gehuurde  en deze derhalve  ook  tijdelijk  niet  kan gebruiken  voor huisvesting. Mede  ter  voorkoming  van brand, inbraak en  andere  schade  acht  de  verhuurder  het  wenselijk  het  gehuurde  tijdelijk  in gebruik te  geven aan  huurder. Huurder  verklaart  op  de  hoogte  te  zijn  van  deze  beperkte  gebruiksduur en  heeft  hiertegen geen  bezwaar  aangezien huurder  voornemens is het  gehuurde  uitsluitend  voor  de  onder  3.1. genoemde  periode  te  gebruiken i.v.m. behoefte  aan  tijdelijke  woonruimte  in  verband  met tijdelijke  werkzaamheden  in  Nederland  xxxx .  Huurder  is  zich  bewust  van het  feit  dat het  gehuurde  slechts  tijdelijk gehuurd  kan  worden  en dat  huurder  geholpen is met  deze  tijdelijke  oplossing. Na beëindiging  van  deze  huurovereenkomst  wordt  het gehuurde  terstond  in gebruik genomen door de  verhuurder  bestemd  voor bewoning. Huurder  verklaart het  gehuurde  aan  het  einde  van  de  huurovereenkomst  vrij  en  ontruimd  - behoudens de  aan verhuurder  toebehorende  roerende  goederen  welke  in  het  gehuurde waren bij aanvang  der huur  -  en schoongemaakt  ter  vrije beschikking  van  verhuurder  te stellen.  Indien  en voorzover verhuurder  aan  het  einde  van  de  huurovereenkomst  niet  de vrije beschikking  heeft  over  het  gehuurde  door welke  oorzaak  dan  ook,  verklaart  huurder  nu reeds  voor alsdan  aan verhuurder  een  terstond  opeisbare boete  te  zullen voldoen  van  € 226,89  per  dag  voor elke  dag  dat huurder  het  gehuurde  na het  einde  van  de huurovereenkomst  niet  ter  vrije  beschikking  geeft,  zonder  dat  enige  ingebrekestelling  door  verhuurder  van  huurder  vereist  is  en  onverminderd het  recht  van  verhuurder  om  vergoeding van  geleden schade,  kosten  en  interesten  te  vorderen  van  huurder. Op grond  van  artikel 7:232  lid  2  BW  zijn  de  afdeling  7.4.5  van  het  BW  (te  weten artikelen 233  tot  en met  282  van Boek  7BW)  niet  van  toepassing  op  deze  huurovereenkomst  als  mede  de  Uitvoeringswet huurprijzen woonruimte  zijn  op  deze  overeenkomst  niet  van  toepassing, daar  het  hier een overeenkomst  betreft, die  uitdrukkelijk naar  zijn  aard  van  korte  duur is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-01T12:34:15.303" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T12:34:15.303" Title="Having trouble understanding a section of my rental contract in Dutch" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10372" CreationDate="2017-03-01T08:01:57.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The passage you consists of two parts: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Terms regarding the fact of the rental being for a short rather than long term&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Terms regarding the obligation to clearing the property of stuff when the rental period ends. This includes an obligation to pay a daily amount if the property is not clear at the end of the contract period - as (supposedly) the landlord cannot again freely use it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Deze%20overeenkomst%20is%20aangegaan%20voor%20een%20korte%20duur%20met%20inachtneming%20van%20het%20feit%20dat%20de%20verhuurder%20i.v.m.%20priv%C3%A9%20omstandigheden%20tijdelijk%20geen%20behoefte%20heeft%20aan%20het%20gehuurde%20en%20deze%20derhalve%20ook%20tijdelijk%20niet%20kan%20gebruiken%20voor%20huisvesting.%20Mede%20ter%20voorkoming%20van%20brand%2C%20inbraak%20en%20andere%20schade%20acht%20de%20verhuurder%20het%20wenselijk%20het%20gehuurde%20tijdelijk%20in%20gebruik%20te%20geven%20aan%20huurder.%20Huurder%20verklaart%20op%20de%20hoogte%20te%20zijn%20van%20deze%20beperkte%20gebruiksduur%20en%20heeft%20hiertegen%20geen%20bezwaar%20aangezien%20huurder%20voornemens%20is%20het%20gehuurde%20uitsluitend%20voor%20de%20onder%203.1.%20genoemde%20periode%20te%20gebruiken%20i.v.m.%20behoefte%20aan%20tijdelijke%20woonruimte%20in%20verband%20met%20tijdelijke%20werkzaamheden%20in%20Nederland%20xxxx%20.%20Huurder%20is%20zich%20bewust%20van%20het%20feit%20dat%20het%20gehuurde%20slechts%20tijdelijk%20gehuurd%20kan%20worden%20en%20dat%20huurder%20geholpen%20is%20met%20deze%20tijdelijke%20oplossing.%20Na%20be%C3%ABindiging%20van%20deze%20huurovereenkomst%20wordt%20het%20gehuurde%20terstond%20in%20gebruik%20genomen%20door%20de%20verhuurder%20bestemd%20voor%20bewoning.%20Huurder%20verklaart%20het%20gehuurde%20aan%20het%20einde%20van%20de%20huurovereenkomst%20vrij%20en%20ontruimd%20-%20behoudens%20de%20aan%20verhuurder%20toebehorende%20roerende%20goederen%20welke%20in%20het%20gehuurde%20waren%20bij%20aanvang%20der%20huur%20-%20en%20schoongemaakt%20ter%20vrije%20beschikking%20van%20verhuurder%20te%20stellen.%20Indien%20en%20voorzover%20verhuurder%20aan%20het%20einde%20van%20de%20huurovereenkomst%20niet%20de%20vrije%20beschikking%20heeft%20over%20het%20gehuurde%20door%20welke%20oorzaak%20dan%20ook%2C%20verklaart%20huurder%20nu%20reeds%20voor%20alsdan%20aan%20verhuurder%20een%20terstond%20opeisbare%20boete%20te%20zullen%20voldoen%20van%20%E2%82%AC%20226%2C89%20per%20dag%20voor%20elke%20dag%20dat%20huurder%20het%20gehuurde%20na%20het%20einde%20van%20de%20huurovereenkomst%20niet%20ter%20vrije%20beschikking%20geeft%2C%20zonder%20dat%20enige%20ingebrekestelling%20door%20verhuurder%20van%20huurder%20vereist%20is%20en%20onverminderd%20het%20recht%20van%20verhuurder%20om%20vergoeding%20van%20geleden%20schade%2C%20kosten%20en%20interesten%20te%20vorderen%20van%20huurder.%20Op%20grond%20van%20artikel%207%3A232%20lid%202%20BW%20zijn%20de%20afdeling%207.4.5%20van%20het%20BW%20(te%20weten%20artikelen%20233%20tot%20en%20met%20282%20van%20Boek%207BW)%20niet%20van%20toepassing%20op%20deze%20huurovereenkomst%20als%20mede%20de%20Uitvoeringswet%20huurprijzen%20woonruimte%20zijn%20op%20deze%20overeenkomst%20niet%20van%20toepassing%2C%20daar%20het%20hier%20een%20overeenkomst%20betreft%2C%20die%20uitdrukkelijk%20naar%20zijn%20aard%20van%20korte%20duur%20is.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Translation&lt;/a&gt; of the text is pretty clear...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-01T08:27:23.363" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T08:27:23.363" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10375" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-03-01T09:11:55.647" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When expatriated, you often need submit documents in the host country's official language and read and understand the implications of such documents. This is especially if they're legally binding (e.g. rental contracts, employment contracts etc.) Use this tag to ask about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The process of translation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Problems reading translated text (that cannot be resolved by &lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;automated web translation&lt;/a&gt; or a dictionary).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Translated text which, while clear to read, does not seem to make sense and you're not sure whether it's the content or the language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;either about the nuances of meaning, the proce&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-01T12:34:18.450" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T12:34:18.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10376" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-03-01T09:11:55.647" Score="0" Body="Issues with translating official or important documents to/from official languages." OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-01T12:34:09.173" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T12:34:09.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-01T11:20:52.243" Score="1" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a fully funded phd position in UK and I want to apply for UK Tier 4 visa.However I have been rejected for US student visa 5 years ago and after that I continued my studies in Europe. I wonder if I should mention my US visa rejection in my UK visa application? If yes will this rejection affect visa result? (I also got a canadian student visa after my US visa rejection which I didn't use and prefered to came to EU) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2807327" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T11:47:41.720" Title="Would a US student visa refusal affect my UK Tier 4 visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10619" CreationDate="2017-03-01T12:09:11.840" Score="4" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and will be doing so for 6 months. To make it easier and cheaper to travel around the city, I'm interested in getting a car. However, as I'm leaving the country in September, I need to get rid of the car before that. I have considered buying and renting/leasing a car. What are the various pros and cons of these options? Is there other options I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11184" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-06-04T08:17:01.313" LastActivityDate="2017-06-04T08:17:01.313" Title="What are the most practical ways I can get a car for 6 months in Addis Ababa?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;ethiopia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10382" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-03-02T05:01:07.590" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T05:01:07.590" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T05:01:07.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10383" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-03-02T05:01:07.590" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Ethiopia." OwnerUserId="11184" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T11:07:39.070" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T11:07:39.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10384" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-03-02T05:01:54.513" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T05:01:54.513" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T05:01:54.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10385" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-03-02T05:01:54.513" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding living in Addis Ababa as an expat." OwnerUserId="11184" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T11:07:54.263" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T11:07:54.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10957" CreationDate="2017-03-02T12:08:01.827" Score="0" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just arrived in Brussels with my new contract and I would like to bring my car from France. However, I was wondering how to get a cheap way of parking it wihtout having to register it in Belgium. The car is at my dad name so I can't get resident parking. I was wondering if there was other ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, do you have any idea on how to find garage spaces to rent ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11304" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T15:10:07.907" Title="Where and How to park for free in Ixelles (Brussels)?" Tags="&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10350" CreationDate="2017-03-02T14:41:52.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The universal answer for transporting items with high transport cost to value ratio is to sell them before relocating and buy new on destination. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the transport costs are about the half of the value of the desktop, you'll be better off selling it even a bit under market value than to pay that costs and loose your time for preparing transport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless it's really high end, but then you should go with specialized cargo services to prevent damage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9879" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T14:41:52.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-03T02:56:37.210" Score="3" ViewCount="2513" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I get my grandparents birth certificates for my UK Ancestry Visa Application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only information I have is my grandmothers first and maiden name and the age she was when my father was born. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried the GRO index search but without her month of birth it's just returns 0 results. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11301" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T15:17:04.080" Title="How do I obtain my grandparents UK birth certificate without knowing their birthdates" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="240" CreationDate="2017-03-03T09:35:09.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TLDR;&lt;/strong&gt; Your most recent Swedish address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent an email to Försäkringskassan regarding the address in Sweden on form FK5459, and this was their response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Utdelningsadress i Sverige är din senaste (folkbokförings-)adress i Sverige.&#xA;  /.../&#xA;  Din nationalitet spelar ingen roll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your Swedish Utdelningsaddress is your most recent (registered) address in Sweden. /.../ Your nationality does not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my translation above, registered means registered at Skatteverket. So you should write your most recent Swedish address in the field for &lt;em&gt;Utdelningsadress i Sverige&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11184" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T09:35:09.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10390" CreationDate="2017-03-03T15:17:04.080" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/birth-certificates-and-changing-your-name/birth-certificates/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizens Advice&lt;/a&gt; outlines the different methods and notes that, when you're unsure of the dates,  you have the option of sending the request on paper via the post (emphasis mine). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can get a copy of a birth certificate by post from the General Register Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should provide as much information about the birth as possible. &lt;em&gt;If you do not know your exact date of birth, a search will be made for one year either side of the year you give. If an entry cannot be traced, you will get a refund.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can download an application from the GOV.UK website at www.gov.uk or by emailing the General Register Office. You can pay the fee by credit or debit card or by a cheque payable to IPS. The contact details are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;General Register Office&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Certificate Services Section&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  PO Box 2&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Southport&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Merseyside&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  PR8 2JD&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Tel: 0300 123 1837 (Mon-Fri 8am-8pm; Sat 9am-4pm)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Email: certificate.services@ips.gsi.gov.uk&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Website: www.gro.gov.uk&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For details of fees for copies of birth certificates, go to the GOV UK website at www.gov.uk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T15:17:04.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-03T20:51:10.857" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my UK residence card last April 2016 and due to marriage procedure, I need to have the surname updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For doing my civil ceremony procedure I decided to split my given name on old passport into a first name and surname in January 2017 and changed my old passport, it's not I changed my name completely to different name but I amend given name on the passport to first name and second name (surname).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was applying for UK resident card I had a different passport number and on my UK resident card has given a name and no surname. So presently passport has given name and surname and UK residence card has only given a name . I want to report this change to home office UK but exactly don't know how to proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is my marriage is in two months time in another country and is not in the UK, and I have other travel after marriage for 10 days and no time to get the replacement residence card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I report this name and concern at immigration while traveling? I read that this change should be reported within three months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11314" LastEditorUserId="11314" LastEditDate="2017-03-04T22:19:20.510" LastActivityDate="2017-03-04T22:19:20.510" Title="Regarding changes in UK residence card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-10T01:09:04.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-04T02:23:45.667" Score="3" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living and working in China as a practicum student under an X2 visa with UIBE. I am actually working for a company that has a relationship with the university, rather than actually enrolled there. I wasn't told I would be on a X2 visa before I moved here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if my visa is connected to the University, or my employer? Meaning if I quit the current job, can my employer cancel my visa? I am looking to switch employers but there might be a gap between one visa to the next, which is a big no no here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11315" LastActivityDate="2017-03-04T02:23:45.667" Title="Working with an X2 visa in China" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-06T11:33:46.053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-04T13:25:57.633" Score="2" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be in Europe this summer on a Schengen visa. I have got offer for an internship where I'll be contributing code online and chat with mentor. It is paid. Am I allowed to work on it while I am in Schengen area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Organization paying is not based out of Europe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I have a Guest Scientist visa for Germany sponsored by a research lab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11319" LastEditorUserId="11319" LastEditDate="2017-03-07T04:21:50.733" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:08:52.587" Title="Can someone work on remote online internship, while on Schengen visa in Europe?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10399" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-04T14:41:42.460" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wondering if I'm going to have a legal situation on my hands? My husband (an EU citizen) and I retired to Europe from America in mid-2015. I was told by the US embassy before moving that I did not need a visa (I am American). We have since purchased a house in France (January 2016) and intend to stay here. I am in the middle of securing my Carte de Sejour and they keep asking for proof of my whereabouts all this time. Since I deal in cash and didn't know enough to keep receipts, I am coming up empty in the &quot;prove it&quot; department! Am I in default on the timing to get my residency permit? It's been over a year since we signed for the house, but we just moved in during October 2016, when I applied for my CDS. Any sound advice is appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to some comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea why the Prefecture is asking for my whereabouts since we arrived in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify, we traveled inside Europe from the time we arrived in the summer of 2015 until we moved into our new house in France in October of 2016 (15 months). I did not secure a residency permit anywhere, because we were staying with friends and didn't really have a permanent residence. Perhaps I should have applied for the CDS when we signed for the house in January 2016, even though we really weren't staying in France for extended periods. Just trying to find out if it's going be surmountable after all this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11320" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-03-06T20:47:27.683" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T21:03:54.823" Title="Residency as spouse of EU" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10400" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-05T11:09:48.477" Score="1" ViewCount="576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need help with the above question does bachelor degree of computer science from Egypt requires ECA (Education Credential Assessment ) to go Canada ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11323" LastActivityDate="2019-01-01T13:08:52.603" Title="Does bachelor degree of computer science required ECA?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10399" CreationDate="2017-03-05T23:28:55.067" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because your husband is not French, you should be applying for a &lt;em&gt;Carte de séjour &quot;de membre de la famille d'un citoyen de l'Union/EEE/Suisse&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F19315&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F19315&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear to me why they would care about the proof of your whereabouts, but there is a requirement to apply for the card within 90 days of your arrival in France.  If you apply after 90 days, the cost rises from €25 to €340.  If you apply within 90 days but they drag their feet, the cost should remain €25, so, because you moved in October and applied in October, you should be paying the lower fee.  There is no other penalty for a late application; in particular, you cannot be deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You write:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We traveled inside Europe from the time we arrived in the summer of 2015 until we moved into our new house in France in October of 2016 (15 months). I did not secure a residency permit anywhere, because we were staying with friends and didn't really have a permanent residence. Perhaps I should have applied for the CDS when we signed for the house in January 2016, even though we really weren't staying in France for extended periods. Just trying to find out if it's going be surmountable after all this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it will be surmountable.  As mentioned, the only real question is whether to charge you €25 or €340.  I do not know exactly what criteria they would use to assert that you owe the higher fee, however.  If you were never in France for more than 90 days, then they probably cannot charge the higher fee.  If you were in France for more than 90 days, uninterrupted, before filing your application, then they certainly can charge you the higher fee.  If you were in France for more than 90 days, and then left, and then moved to France, they might argue that the higher fee is due, and although I doubt that this would stand up in court, the cost of a court battle is not justified by the €315 difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 90 day period is triggered by your arrival in France, not your purchase of property.  If you were based in France for your 15-month travels in Europe, then you should arguably have applied for the card then; a short trip away from France would generally be held not to interrupt your period of residence.  On the other hand, if you were in France for just a few days, but spent most of your time in Germany or indeed anywhere else in the world, it would be difficult to argue that you had established yourself in France at that point or that your period of residence should be said to have started then.  In any event, their interest in your whereabouts seems consistent with an inquiry into whether to charge the higher fee, but whether that is the real reason or not is still unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems, however, that your major worry is whether they can deny the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; altogether.  In general, they cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More precisely, they can deny it only on very limited grounds, which almost certainly do not apply.  The grounds are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband is not an EU citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your marriage to your husband is not valid&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and your husband, as &quot;economically inactive&quot; people, are not able to support yourselves&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You or your husband are a danger to public health&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You or your husband are a danger to public safety&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your or your husband's presence in France is contrary to public policy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third item, being able to support yourselves, is only necessary for the first five years; after that time, you gain a right of permanent residence in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-03-06T21:03:54.823" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T21:03:54.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10400" CreationDate="2017-03-06T15:00:21.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you haven't clarified, here's an overview of Canada's Education Credential Assessment and how to obtain it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is used to verify that your foreign degree, diploma, certificate (or other proof of your credential) is valid and equal to a Canadian one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who needs an ECA?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate, you do not need to get an ECA for that credential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will need to get an ECA for your foreign degree, diploma or certificate if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. you want to be considered for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) under Express Entry, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you are a principal applicant, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you got your education outside Canada, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b. you want to receive Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for your foreign education &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for yourself as an Express Entry candidate, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for your spouse or common-law partner coming with you to Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be eligible under a) or to get points under b) you must include ECA results as part of your Express Entry profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The ECA report &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; show that your completed foreign credential (degree, diploma or certificate) is equal to a &lt;strong&gt;completed&lt;/strong&gt; Canadian secondary school (high school) or post-secondary credential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must submit an ECA for all levels of completed foreign education you want us to consider. It is up to you to decide which credentials to have assessed by a designated organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Depending on your case, you may want to have both your secondary and post-secondary credentials assessed, and not just your highest completed foreign credential. You will not get any points for your foreign education under the CRS in Express Entry or be eligible under the FSWP if the result on your ECA report does not match at least one of the results in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/eca-conversion.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;conversion table&lt;/a&gt;.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; An ECA can give you early feedback on how your credentials compare to those in Canada. It may also help when you are looking for a job. But, being assessed does not guarantee that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you will get a job in your field or at a certain level,&#xA;  your work experience and professional credentials are automatically recognized in Canada, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you will be licensed to practice in a regulated profession.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Where can I get an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We have a list of “designated” organizations that can assess your education. This means we recognize and accept their assessments. They will create a report that tells you what your education is equal to in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must use one of the organizations listed below. You can visit their websites to find out more about the services each provides and their costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We only accept assessments issued on or after the date the organizations were designated to do ECA reports for immigration purposes (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you got a report before that date, contact the organization to see if they will re-issue it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assessment of most foreign education&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://learn.utoronto.ca/international-professionals/comparative-education-service-ces&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparative Education Service: University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies&lt;/a&gt; (Date designated: April 17, 2013)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icascanada.ca/fsw&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Credential Assessment Service of Canada&lt;/a&gt; (Date designated: April 17, 2013)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wes.org/fswp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;World Education Services&lt;/a&gt; (Date designated: April 17, 2013)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Qualifications Assessment Service&lt;/a&gt; (Date designated: August 6, 2015) and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bcit.ca/ices/eca/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Credential Evaluation Service&lt;/a&gt; (Date designated: August 6, 2015)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most people will be able to choose one of these to do their ECA. If you are not sure, contact the organization using the information on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If an organization is not on this list, we can’t accept assessments from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T15:00:21.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-06T19:21:39.257" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Context&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a K-1 visa (passing a medical assessment), have entered the USA, and have married. We have sent in the documents to apply for Lawful Permanent Resident status. We are both currently unemployed and living with her parents in Weld County, Colorado. I have no significant long-term health problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I went to a state healthcare advisor to ask about my healthcare options. (I have travel insurance covering emergency care, but nothing else). The advisor asked 'if' we had applied for Medicaid yet and we said we had read I am not allowed to receive it or any kind of benefit. The advisor talked us through insurance options but also suggested a local clinic where the treatment prices were based on a sliding scale for income. We decided to register at this clinic so that we could pay for treatment as we need, rather than paying hundreds a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Care Program&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have received this paperwork for the clinic in preparation for a financial appointment with them this afternoon. Other pages refer to the system as a copay program, and ask for proofs of income etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Affidavit for Lawful Presence / Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, [name], swear or affirm under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Colorado, that (check one):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[tick either US Citizen OR LPR/lawfully present in federal law]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that this sworn statement is required by law &lt;strong&gt;because I have applied for a public benefit.&lt;/strong&gt; I understand that state law requires me to provide proof that I am lawfully present in the United States prior to &lt;strong&gt;receipt of this public benefit&lt;/strong&gt;. I further acknowledge that making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or misrepresentation in this sworn affidavit is punishable [under various laws, etc.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Square brackets and &lt;strong&gt;bold text&lt;/strong&gt; are mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I cannot receive certain government money such as Medicaid. However, as this is a &amp;quot;public benefit&amp;quot;, can I receive this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the aforementioned advisor asked if we had already applied for Medicaid, even though I can't, I do not trust that her direction to this copay program means I am allowed to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T00:05:47.990" Title="Can a K-1/Pending LPR receive discounted (copay) healthcare? (USA)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10406" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10407" CreationDate="2017-03-06T13:13:02.790" Score="5" ViewCount="367" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian applying for the Business Visa to France (~ 90 days) for a training at my parent company in France, I'm working for its subsidiary in India. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All my documents are verified by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfs-france.co.in/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;VFS Application center&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; are produced to Consulate General of France, Bangalore. My application was kept on hold for nearly 15 days and now they've asked for convention de stage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;http://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/convention_stage_tripartite.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this the right document&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it mandatory to get it signed by French Authority (DIRECCTE)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11332" OwnerDisplayName="krishna" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T20:53:56.047" Title="France Business Visa - Convention de Stage" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10406" CreationDate="2017-03-06T13:33:05.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The document linked in the point 1 is a sample internship convention (convention de stage). This document is kind of contract briefly describing what you'll do during your internship, how much you'll get in compensation of those tasks, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the internship lasts more than 3 months, then you'll need to have it approved by the Direccte. If it less than 3 months, then the consulate will validate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details can be found there :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17312&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17312&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Laurent" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T13:33:05.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-06T22:24:30.527" Score="6" ViewCount="38266" Body="&lt;p&gt;A work permit issued by Canada has some numbers that are not labelled explicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an 11-digit number (like BB123 456 789) in red ink at the top right, in a rounded box&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a 10 digit number (like U123456789) in black ink below the rounded box&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also these labelled numbers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OFF. FILE NO (like W123456789)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CLIENT ID. (like 1234 - 5678)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these numbers is the Work Permit number? And what are the other unlabelled numbers called?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fE8LG.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fE8LG.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T04:43:20.730" Title="On a Canadian work permit, which number is the work permit number?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10408" CreationDate="2017-03-07T13:35:55.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the one that says &lt;strong&gt;UCI&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Unique Client Identifier&lt;/strong&gt; which according to your question is the &lt;strong&gt;Client ID&lt;/strong&gt;. This is the number that is used everywhere (may it be for extending the work permit or applying for permanent residence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This number remains the same for your period of stay in Canada. If is of the format:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;four numbers, a hyphen and four more numbers (Example: 0000-0000) or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;two numbers, a hyphen, four numbers, a hyphen and four more numbers&#xA;(Example: 00-0000-0000)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more info about UCI &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=013&amp;amp;top=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=772&amp;amp;top=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am guessing the other numbers are used by CIC internally and I have never needed these numbers for anything in that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, this was the message written on one of the letter I received from CIC which was regarding my work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CnroL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CnroL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something provides personal information to my file, it should be the number that CIC would ask in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T23:25:01.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10411" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-08T21:51:00.200" Score="5" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada in the 80's and my parents gave me the family name Y X where Y stands for the family name of my mother and X stands for the family name of my father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then in the early 90's we moved to France and my parents had to do the &quot;Transcription de naissance&quot; (transcription of birth). There was a problem, however, because back in that time it was not possible to give the family name of the mother to her child. Hence my parents had to register me with the name X and not Y X like I was given in Canada. This made me having my family name differing on my Canadian and French passports as well as on official documents, i.e. my family name was different according to the country I was in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However on my French &quot;Copie d'acte de naissance&quot; (birth certificate), despite my &quot;Nom&quot; (family name) showing as X, there is a mention stating that my parents gave me the &quot;nom patronymique Y X&quot;. And now that I must renew my ID card (carte d'identité), I fell over an official webpage &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/glossaire/R10114&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/glossaire/R10114&lt;/a&gt; which states that the &quot;Nom&quot; (family name) is also called &quot;Nom de naissance&quot; and &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Nom patronymique&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. Therefore I understand that my family name according to France could well be Y X? If this is true then I'd like to modify my passport to show my &quot;real family name&quot; because this problem caused many problems when I lived in South America and also when I had a son and wanted to give him the family name X. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So right now I don't know what my family name is in France. Is it X or Y X? If you could shed some light I'd be happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11334" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T03:22:48.160" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T07:03:35.077" Title="Family name &quot;nightmare&quot; between Canada and France" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10405" CreationDate="2017-03-09T08:39:28.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several issues here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know I cannot receive certain government money such as Medicaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, it is not true that you cannot receive Medicaid. Nothing legally prevents &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; from receiving Medicaid if you are eligible according to the state's rules. It is true that you do not currently qualify for Medicaid as you are not yet a permanent resident (except Emergency Medicaid or pregnancy-only Medicaid), and many states do not allow someone on Medicaid for the first 5 years after becoming a permanent resident, but some states do allow someone on Medicaid in the first 5 years of permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your question about &quot;lawfully present&quot;, I don't know which definition they are using for this Colorado program, but since this is in the context of health insurance benefits, this may be referring to the same &quot;lawfully present&quot; that determines eligibility to use Obamacare exchanges, and applicability of the individual mandate. This is defined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/152.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;45 CFR 152.2&lt;/a&gt;; among the many included categories of people is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(vii) Aliens whose visa petitions have been approved and who have a&#xA;  pending application for adjustment of status;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you have an approved I-129F petition and have a pending Adjustment of Status, that may count. There is also &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii) Aliens who have been granted employment authorization under 8&#xA;  CFR 274a.12(c)(9), (10), (16), (18), (20), (22), or (24);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so once you get an AOS-based EAD (category (c)(9)), you will also qualify under that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One issue you might be thinking of is the I-864 Affidavit of Support, which your spouse (and any joint sponsor) signed as part of your Adjustment of Status process. You did not sign the Affidavit of Support and it does not affect what you can do. However, your spouse (and any joint sponsor) who signed it has obligations after you become a permanent resident and before the obligations end, and can be sued, either 1) by you, if they do not supplement your income until it reaches 125% of poverty level, or 2) by the government, for reimbursement if you receive need-based government assistance (as it would mean the sponsor(s) failed to supplement the immigrant's income per the affidavit). The first wouldn't happen unless you really hated them (and even then, you have to sue in federal court and it is expensive to do so); and the second has historically almost never happened, as there have only been one or two reports of states considering suing people, and they quickly abandoned it as it was too expensive to sue in federal court for it to be worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing of concern is deportability for becoming a &quot;public charge&quot;. INA 237(a)(5) says that you are deportable if you become a &quot;public charge&quot; within 5 years of entry, unless you can show it was due to causes that arose since entry. Current &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM030208.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of State&lt;/a&gt; policy regarding &quot;public charge&quot; is that they will not consider past or future use of non-cash benefits like Medicaid, WIC, Food Stamps, etc. when considering whether someone is likely to become a public charge. However, that may change under the Trump administration. One of the draft executive orders that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/25/14390106/leaked-drafts-trump-immigrants-executive-order&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;leaked&lt;/a&gt; in January, which has not yet been signed, said to change it so they consider all need-based benefits, not just non-cash benefits. It's not clear whether such a change will mean they will start considering deportability of permanent residents who use need-based benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T08:39:28.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-09T19:40:04.370" Score="4" ViewCount="836" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Schengen tourist visa, I want to marry my girlfriend but she lives in London. If she comes to Germany or the Netherlands can we get married? I have just a one month Schengen tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11339" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-03-10T13:31:02.183" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T15:36:07.590" Title="If I have schengen tourist visa, can I marry a British citizen in Germany.?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-03-21T21:15:24.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-09T20:21:09.203" Score="4" ViewCount="1005" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will become a “contractor” to the US based company and they will deposit my check into a UK bank account. I understand that my paycheck should not have US taxes (fed, state, ss) taken out. What might my UK tax rate be and do I have to register as self-employed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11341" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T14:26:08.050" Title="US citizen (on spouse visa) working for US company remotely from the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10413" CreationDate="2017-03-10T09:24:59.517" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;German authorities don't care on which visa you are in Germany, as long as it's legal. They did not even ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, German authorities require &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; (and by a lot I mean &lt;strong&gt;a lot&lt;/strong&gt;) of paperwork you will not get in a month. You both need to be physically present to swear that all your data is correct, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; you get an appointment to marry and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; you marry. You need all the paperwork to be in order to even get to the swearing/appointment getting part. Oh, did I mention that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; your paperwork has to be translated to German by a certified German translator? &lt;em&gt;And&lt;/em&gt; it needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostilles&lt;/a&gt; from your respective home countries. Oh, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; need to be translated as well. By a certified translator. English may be an official EU language, but that does not keep German authorities from refusing to accept it. Oh, and all of it has to be recent, nothing older than 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went through all this with one party being German national and one party being a non-EU foreigner. It took us half a year to get the paperwork and translations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;costs&lt;/em&gt; of the translations alone would have been enough for a two-person trip to Vegas including getting married by Elvis. And they don't want to see any of the paperwork either except for your ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot speak for the Netherlands, but don't try Germany. It was bad enough with one party German, you will not make any better progress when none of you is German. Navigating the German authorities is hard even when you have lifelong  experience. If you just want to marry &lt;em&gt;somewhere&lt;/em&gt;, make sure that &lt;em&gt;somewhere&lt;/em&gt; is not Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T09:24:59.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10414" CreationDate="2017-03-10T14:26:08.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Promoting comments to an answer, but with a big caveat - &lt;strong&gt;you need to talk to a proper advisor about this!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are only working for one single company long term, you are unlikely to be able to do that as self-employed in the UK. The term to google for is &lt;strong&gt;IR35&lt;/strong&gt;. Basically though, with one long-term company / client, you'll be deemed to be effectively an employee not self employed, and therefore owe the additional employers taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your US company has any kind of UK presence, you'd probably need to be employed through that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, you'd likely have to pay the employers taxes directly yourself, which is quite unusual in the UK. The term to google for is &lt;strong&gt;DPNI&lt;/strong&gt; (Direct Payment of National Insurance), start somewhere like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/gds/nic/work/embassy.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/gds/nic/work/embassy.htm&lt;/a&gt; for guideance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 main kinds of UK employment taxes - Income Tax (normally done as PAYE = Pay As You Earn), Employers National Insurance (paid by the company) and Employees National Insurance (paid by you, normally taken off by your company and sent direct to the government). You can use official tools like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmrc-tools-and-calculators&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmrc-tools-and-calculators&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-income-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-income-tax&lt;/a&gt; to estimate what those will be, to get an idea of your effective tax rate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Since you'll likely have a complicated situation, including things like earnings and interest from overseas, you'll likely also have to do a UK Self Assessment tax return once a year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll need to ensure that you're paying / not paying the right taxes on the US side, along with ensuring that you're correctly signed up for paying the UK taxes at the right time, including UK taxes that people don't normally pay themselves because their companies normally do it for them. That's why you need a proper advisor to ensure you do it all right!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and don't forget that you'll still have to do US tax returns as you're a US citizen, and you'll likely also have to tell bits of the US government about overseas bank accounts, overseas shareholdings if you have a UK pension etc. We have some questions on those things here, check those too&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T14:26:08.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-10T20:26:37.997" Score="4" ViewCount="2590" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an international Masters student at a university in the United States currently on F-1 visa. I am in my last semester of study and thus applying for Post-completion OPT. For this, one of the forms that I need to fill is form I-765. One of the fields in this form asks &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Place of last entry into the U.S.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to US from my home country in Aug 2015 in an Etihad flight which had a layover at Abu Dhabi airport before landing on SFO International Airport. Since, Abu Dhabi now has a facility to to process all immigration and customs clearance, I got my pre-clearance at Abu Dhabi by CBP officers and my visa was stamped with AUH(Abu Dhabi) code. Finally, I caught the connecting flight and landed into the US at the SFO Airport. My travel history document available on CBP website indicates the port of entry as Abu Dhabi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, coming back to my questions about the field in the form I-765, what should be my answer to the question:&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Place of last entry into the U.S.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should it be Abu Dhabi(International Airport) or San Francisco(International Airport)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11344" OwnerDisplayName="dm1530" LastEditorUserId="11344" LastEditDate="2017-03-11T23:44:17.870" LastActivityDate="2018-12-24T06:29:51.610" Title="Port of Entry vs Place of entry into the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10417" CreationDate="2017-03-10T20:47:20.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I could see a decent argument for either choice, several purported immigration lawyers &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/h4-ead-----place-of-last-entry-into-the-u-s---q-12-2215453.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;argue that it should not be Abu Dhabi&lt;/a&gt;. Another one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justanswer.com/immigration-law/9wfq6-place-entry-port-entry-two-separate.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recommends the same on a different forum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anecdotally, &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.desiopt.com/showthread.php/4488-Place-of-Entry-on-i765-form-for-OPT-filing-please-help&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;someone on this page&lt;/a&gt; says they put San Francisco in a similar situation and their application was approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't definitive guidance, which you could try to seek from the proper authorities, but it's something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9329" OwnerDisplayName="Zach Lipton" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T20:47:20.463" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-10T22:27:40.637" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am about to rent house in Netherlands and I'd like to take your opinions about some rules in the contract or may be you face this in your contract and I should take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maintenance: major on landlord and minor on tenant, I feel like this is very subjective and will lead to alot of problems but he refused to modify it or write specific things.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Tenant  is  obliged  under  the  law (Article 7:217 in  conjunction with 240 of  the  Civil  Code), the present Lease Contract  and  custom  to carry  out  minor  repairs  in, on  or about the Subjects  and  the  Landlord is  obliged  to remedy  other  defects  on  being asked to  do so, unless  this  is  either impossible or would require such an  outlay  of  costs  as  could not reasonably  be  required of  the  Landlord in the  circumstances. The parties  shall  promptly  and  properly, each at  his  own expense, attend  to the improvements, including renewals, required to  do so and which they  are obliged  to attend  to by  law, any  statutory  provision or contractual  obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The house has small garden: the maintenance of garden on tenant not owner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if I said I will leave and decided a check out date I should leave on date and be sure the house is clean and any day I will stay after that, I should pay fine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T13:07:39.077" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T18:46:32.587" Title="Rental contract concerns?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10419" CreationDate="2017-03-11T13:05:22.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that there is a common document of terms and conditions which (apply to / are the default template for) all rental contracts and supposedly follow from Dutch law; read its &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tijdelijktweewoningen.nl/uploads/files/General%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20lease%20of%20housing%20accomodation_juli_2003%5B4%5D.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;translation into English&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like at least your maintenance clause is taken directly from there - perhaps the entire thing is the separate document you mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording is definitely vague, but at least you'll know where that wording comes from and why your landlord doesn't want to change it. Maybe s/he's also uncomfortable writing formal documents in English and would rather stick to existing text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that with regard to your first point, you should try to clarify things without insisting on changing the text (and perhaps suggest an addendum). It's not that there's nothing to worry about, but you don't seem to have leverage to make him/her change his/her mind. Again, try to focus on what kind of maintenance you would want to avoid and see if you can get clarification about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your second point - it seems reasonable to me that if you rent a house or apartment with a garden, you'd be responsible for the daily maintenance of that garden. It's not as though these things are separate and somebody would just rent the garden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, about what happens when the contract expires: For the duration of the contract, you pay rent; after the duration of the contract either you pay nothing or you pay something - and that something is a fine. Now, spelling that out in a contract is not the most friendly thing to do, but it's common in many countries (and it's in my contract here). I would say the more interesting things to watch out for are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How steep is the fine per day (relative to the monthly rental divided by 30)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does the landlord hold against you with which s/he can materialize the fine (e.g. how high is the deposit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, though, it would be very suspicious if you started arguing about the height of the fine; it gives the impression that you intend to overstay the rent period. The &quot;trick&quot; is to be the person who drafts the contract, which makes the other side need to argue about these unsavory details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-13T18:46:32.587" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T18:46:32.587" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6779" CreationDate="2017-03-11T15:45:17.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently it was possible to bring them from the very beginning, but I should have made a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;family appointment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (not single one), and we are done&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7054" LastActivityDate="2017-03-11T15:45:17.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-11T19:15:45.130" Score="2" ViewCount="877" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I work remotely in the US as a salaried employee for a US company. My wife is considering a job in Norway which will last at least 3 years. Other than the obvious timezone change, what legal, tax, regulatory, etc. considerations do myself and my employer need to take into account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11349" LastEditorUserId="11349" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T17:50:02.347" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:21:00.987" Title="Remote Work in Norway" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-12T10:15:35.527" Score="2" ViewCount="674" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting married to my American fiancée in the US this summer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are currently living together outside of the US (and, should it matter, also outside of my own country of origin, Germany) and would be only visiting the US for a few weeks around the wedding, so an ESTA would be sufficient, time span-wise. I do not plan to stay in the states afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt; Should I still get an immigrant fiancé visa? If not, would I need to convince the immigration officer of my good intentions of not being an immigrant, and how would I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11355" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T17:53:00.230" Title="Getting married in the US on an ESTA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10435" CreationDate="2017-03-12T10:50:52.993" Score="2" ViewCount="359" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband's J2 visa expired and he has a valid job permit until Dec 2017. Our DS-2019 is also valid until DEC 2017. My question is, can he renew his visa inside the US? Or he has to go back to Venezuela in order to do so? Is it possible for him to renew that visa somewhere else? Like Mexico or Canada which are closer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11356" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-03-13T04:00:37.047" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T04:00:37.047" Title="J2 visa renewal" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10413" CreationDate="2017-03-12T15:25:20.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is one big problem with your plan: In Germany, you can only get married at the registry office of a place where one of the two prospective partners is a resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since one of you is living in London, and the other is living somewhere outside the EU, you cannot get married in Germany. Your girlfriend, as a British citizen, could move to Germany and become a resident there, and then you could get married in Germany. It doesn't matter that none is a German citizen, but one must be a resident in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything that nvoigt says still applies. Basically, the marriage must be legal according to German law, in this case legal according to British law, and legal according to the laws of your nationality. Legal according to German and British law is no particular problem; your country may or may not have interesting laws that you won't be able to get around. And everything well documented with German translations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When nvoigt says &quot;bad enough with one being German citizen&quot;, well, with two non-German citizens it just means twice as much paperwork. There are no particular problems because none is German, it's just two sets of paperwork instead of one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T15:36:07.590" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T15:36:07.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10426" CreationDate="2017-03-12T17:53:00.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you do not plan to immigrate to the US, you should not apply for a fiancé(e) visa, the point of which is to provide a path to a green card.  Instead, you can enter with ESTA under the visa waiver program.  You may be suspected of intending to immigrate, though, because the immigration officer is required by law to presume that it is your intention to do so.  You should therefore have evidence of your life at home, and probably also of your fiancée's life there, to overcome the presumption that you intend to immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useful evidence could include a lease or ownership papers for your home, evidence that you live there together, and evidence that you both have stable professional lives there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T17:53:00.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10424" CreationDate="2017-03-12T18:05:00.073" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For this duration, you would need to register in Norway and become a member of Norwegian social security. This would normally also mean that you would need to pay taxes in Norway. As the taxes in Norway are higher than in the US, this does normally imply that you do not need to pay taxes in the US for the duration of your stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that it would be the easiest to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/family-immigration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a residence permit based upon family reunion&lt;/a&gt; on the basis of your wife's right to be in the country. Alternatively, you could seek imigration as a skilled worker, register an enkelmannsforetak (a small company) and bill your current employeer for your work. Alternatively, your emloyer could register a subdivision in Norway and employ you directly. Note that this requires your employer to follow Norwegian law with regulations like minimum wage, paid sick leave and a minimum of 21 holidays a year, including National holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skatteetaten.no/en/About-Skatteetaten/Contact-us/Telephone/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;call Skatteetaten's (tax authority) helpline&lt;/a&gt; to find out more about the tax implications. You should get in touch with UDI (immigration authority) to find out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.udi.no/en/contact-us/applicants-with-questions-about-a-case-or-regulations/family-immigration/call-or-send-us-an-email/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you qualify for family migration&lt;/a&gt; which will depend on the type of your wife's visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T18:05:00.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6249" CreationDate="2017-03-12T18:06:36.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for helping. Doing it via Lawyer wasn't cost effective for me. Similarly, going to Pakistan wasn't a good option in my case. So, I ended up going to San Diego. Crossed the border with Mexico on foot and came back into US right-away an hour later. While coming back in, I went into the line for updating I-94, waited in line for 2 hours. (There was another long line there too. Don't waste time in wrong line).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration officers asked for offer letter from my employer for proof of my employment, proof of residence, pay stubs. Once they were satisfied, they stamped my old passport and issued me a new I-94.The immigration officer also asked with a surprised face, if I came to Mexico just for this? To which I said, &quot;Yes&quot;. He did not look happy. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They stamped by old passport instead of the new one because the officer maintained that they can only stamp the passport which has my visa affixed to and he asked me to keep both passports with myself while traveling. So, I have both passport stapled to each other now. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, the trip was interesting and I happen to spend some time in San Diego as well. But if I had Canadian visa, I would have travelled there instead of Mexico.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip No. 1:&lt;/strong&gt; While waiting in long line to enter back in US from Mexico, a Mexican couple told me to avoid traveling across US-Mexico border on weekends. They said that on weekends, the lines are much larger as people move a lot across the border for eating their favorite burritos or meet their loved ones. :D &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip No. 2:&lt;/strong&gt; If you are in US on H1b visa, you don't need a visa to travel to Mexico. (At-least, that was the case, when I went to Mexico for an hour in 2015). I never got a visa to Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip No. 3:&lt;/strong&gt; Whenever you get a new passport, always go for the one which has farther expiry date. Both time, I got passport which is valid for only 5 years. I heard some countries have passports valid for 10 years but you have to pay more for it. I think it is worth it to pay more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Safe travels!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6625" LastEditorUserId="6625" LastEditDate="2017-03-12T18:27:49.697" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T18:27:49.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-12T21:34:49.727" Score="0" ViewCount="686" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am receiving an offer from a German company as a Software Engineer, and I now have 90k as salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am under a normal work permit and have lived in Germany for 1 year and 4 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I accept this offer am entitled for Settlement Permit in Germany due to the Salary threshold?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does this regulation work for highly skilled workers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't have the Blue card, because my degree is not compared to a German one.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the website MakeIt In Germany said that Highly Qualified Professionals are entitled to live in Germany permanently: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/living-permanently-in-germany/settlement-permit#highly-qualified-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Settlement permit&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Note how this is not the same as Blue Card.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also read the page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/de/moving/visas/germany-work-visas-100900/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Getting a work visa or permit for Germany&lt;/a&gt; on Expatica.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at:  &amp;quot;Permits for highly skilled workers earning EUR 84,600+&amp;quot;. (Update, 28.12.2020: The quote is from an older version of the article and can no longer be found there.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2020-12-28T13:56:35.263" LastActivityDate="2020-12-28T13:56:35.263" Title="Settlement Permit in Germany Granted due to High Salary?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-12T22:26:43.967" Score="6" ViewCount="15766" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand, it is legal to drive in the United Kingdom with an EU/EEA licence until you are 70 years old, with no residence time limit. Are there reasons to exchange it to a GB license anyway? I can think of a few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cheaper car insurance. Is it enough to offset the £43 + various costs of exchanging?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The license needs renewal anyway, and reviewing it would be difficult or impossible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting an identity document other than a passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Brexit worries, but there should be plenty of time to exchange it if necessary later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10226" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T15:09:57.023" Title="What reasons are there to exchange an EU driving licence to a UK/GB one?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10427" CreationDate="2017-03-13T04:00:28.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not clear to me why he wants to renew his visa. A US visa is solely for entering the US. He needs to renew his visa only if he needs to re-enter the US in J-2 status. He cannot get a US visa inside the US, because, if he is already in the US, then he doesn't need to enter. The next time he leaves the US, if he wants to re-enter in J-2 status, then he will need to apply for a J-2 visa at a US consulate in whatever country he will be in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T04:00:28.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10433" CreationDate="2017-03-13T08:01:41.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are exceptions for refugees, blue card holders and holders of a German degree (none of which apply to you as far as I can tell) but generally speaking, you need to have been a resident for five years to apply for a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a kind of salary threshold in that &quot;financial security&quot; is one of the requirements but it does not exempt you from all the other requirements (including 5-year residency) and I am not aware of any special route based on income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T08:01:41.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-13T13:13:09.407" Score="5" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short-term study visa seems to fit the bill but I want to be extra careful as I may end up extending my stay. I've done my research already but am seeking to hear a few anecdotal experiences similar to mine before I apply for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not getting paid (which suggests short-term study) but I'd like as much freedom as possible and I'm going to be receiving a grant from home (in North Carolina). Would that count as compensation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the call?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user58586" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T16:23:33.757" Title="I am going to the UK as a visiting researcher and I might stay later. I'm funded by a grant from home (USA). What sort of visa should I get?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-13T14:05:06.140" Score="6" ViewCount="1753" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer from Germany and currently in the process of applying for visa. My employer has asked me to apply for visa to obtain a residence permit under act 18 (which is for employment). However, I am interested in applying for a EU Blue card. Do I have to mention it while applying for the work visa here in my home country or I apply for the Blue Card when I reach Germany? &#xA;P.S. - I fulfil the minimum requirements for the Blue Card.&#xA;Thank You!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11361" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T15:05:57.653" Title="How do I apply for EU Blue Card after receiving job offer from Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-13T15:04:01.737" Score="6" ViewCount="1809" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago, my boyfriend, who is a German citizen, and I were married in Denmark. Ours is a same-sex union, and we don't know what awaits us in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Yemeni citizen (a third-world country that is at war and executes gays). I am living in Turkey under a one-year short term tourist residency permit; I am not able to work with that permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Schengen visa through the German Embassy and got a visa valid for one month. Using this Schengen visa, I was able to enter Denmark and get married. However, we can't register this marriage in Germany. To do that, I would have to exit Germany and apply for a family reunion visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that the German authorities will ask me to exit the country and apply for a family reunion visa, even though I'm gay, Yemeni and my residency in Turkey will expire in August?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do that, I doubt they will ever grant me a visa again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if I applied for asylum;  would I still be able to live with my husband or I have to go to a refugee center?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11362" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T05:03:12.497" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T09:45:09.143" Title="Schengen visa to a residency permit for a same-sex marriage in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-14T04:52:37.700" Score="4" ViewCount="436" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am almost at the end of my 2-year International Experience Canada (IEC) work permit. I have applied for a change to Visitor Status so that I can stay in Canada a while longer. If my IEC work permit expires before I get a response then I think that I will have Implied Status. While having Implied Status, will I be allowed to continue working under the terms of my expired IEC work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T00:18:41.480" Title="Implied Status in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10443" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10455" CreationDate="2017-03-14T14:02:58.697" Score="9" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am interested in applying for a PhD in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main worry is after gaining on offer from wherever, I will be given an i-20(I think) and then would be able to apply for a F1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that the United States are very cutthroat when it comes to immigrants with a criminal record (I actually think I would be called a non-immigrant) and I am beginning to wonder whether it is worth the effort studying for the GRE's etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had any experience with this before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remark: The reason why I am posting this on here is that I believe that people who wish to study in the US, i.e on a temp basis, are treated differently to those who wish to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further remark: The offence was an assault and was committed approx 4 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11371" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T00:28:24.537" Title="Wishing to enter the United States to obtain a PhD with a criminal record in the UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-14T15:15:45.530" Score="5" ViewCount="881" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a British Citizen and I am South African and have been living and working (permanent placements) in Ireland for roughly 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife was asked about an internal move within her organisation that would also require us to move the UK. We started the EEA Family Permit process and provided everything the checklist indicated.&#xA;A week ago we received our 'notice of immigration decision' where it was indicated that our application has been refused on the below points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You state that your wife Kelly is residing in Ireland with you and is a British national. You have provided no evidence that she currently holds a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;her British passport was sent along with mine when the application was submitted. Could it have been overlooked simply because it was not part of the documents that were scanned in and sent immediately while our passports were sent separately via the VAC?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have failed to provide evidence that your EEA national family member is a qualified person in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016. I am, therefore, not satisfied that your EEA national family member is residing in the UK in accordance with the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when one reads &lt;strong&gt;Regulation 6 of the EEA Immigration Regulations 2016&lt;/strong&gt;, specifically 6(6) &quot;&lt;em&gt;Condition B is that the person provides evidence of seeking employment and having a genuine chance of being engaged.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; it should be clear that when having a signed letter from a senior HR Administrator within her company that confirms the process of an internal transfer to the London office for continuing her permanent employment that the second point for refusal should then also be an error&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been granted right to appeal but are unsure of the above. We would like to ask for assistance in deciding if we are to continue with the appeal or start a new application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance,&#xA;Ryan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11364" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-14T18:30:58.753" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T18:30:58.753" Title="Refusal of EEA Family Permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10448" CreationDate="2017-03-14T16:26:28.553" Score="2" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife has been working in UK full time for almost 3 years. We met one year ago and we recently got married. She has visited me in my home country 3 times in this year and stayed for 15 days. Since we are both working full time and she can't find a job in my country as she doesn't speak my language, we couldn't spend more time together than vacations. We speak daily via messages, voice and video calls since we've met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a plan to visit her family in her home country soon and then apply for an EEA FP to join her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After checking the procedure I found 2 things confusing and one thing scaring me:&#xA;,&#xA;Question 8.2.9&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you lived with the EEA National in a relationship like a marriage or civil partnership at any time (including since a wedding or civil partnership ceremony)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is our situation a yes or a no?!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 8.9.1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where do you and the EEA National plan to live in  the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is renting a room in London and if I am going to join her there we will rent our own place since I'm taking my savings with me to cover the rent and other expenses until I find a job. So I don't know how to answer this one either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important thing that I found in forums and that scares us is rejection on the ground of marriage of convenience. We have a genuine relationship and I don't know how to prove it, because they say applying after the marriage is considered as sham marriage. Are pictures of us together, and our conversations enough a proof? Printing all of this out would produce a novel!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11365" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T13:55:34.323" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T13:55:34.323" Title="Applying for EEA Family Permit UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-14T17:53:08.290" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying for a tourist visa as a Non-EU national to visit the UK with my husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of this process I will be required to provide entry/exit dates. As I did not buy my last exit ticket nor have contact with the person who did buy my flight - how do I find out this information? Will this data still be stored (from Jan 2015)? Does it matter that I have a new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11367" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T14:18:44.157" Title="Entry/Exit Data for UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10458" CreationDate="2017-03-14T18:23:09.293" Score="3" ViewCount="761" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the story. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife was born in Peru, according to Peruvian law that granted her citizenship according to Jus Soli, additionally we still have her original passport from Peru. She was adopted by American parents as an infant and became a naturalized citizen when she was 3. We have all the documentation proving this, Birth certificate, Naturalization papers, passports, etc. This all occurred in the early to mid 90's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, does she retain her citizenship to Peru? If her citizenship was renounced wouldn't we have official documentation showing it, issued from either the US or Peruvian governments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11368" OwnerDisplayName="JPeck89" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-15T03:31:59.167" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T19:34:13.117" Title="Does a person lose their original citizenship when they become a naturalized citizen in the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10445" CreationDate="2017-03-14T19:26:45.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 8.2.9: From your question, it appears that you have never lived with your wife.  You should therefore answer this question &quot;no.&quot;  They will suspect a marriage of convenience, so you will want to provide evidence that your relationship is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 8.9.1: I would just say &lt;em&gt;London.&lt;/em&gt;  If they need an address, give your wife's address and then, in the &quot;additional comments&quot; section or similar, indicate that your actual plans are to find another place to live if the permit is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot address your concerns about printing the evidence of your relationship, because I have no direct experience with this.  If you cannot afford a lawyer (which does seem like an excessive expense for something that is supposed to be a free application), then perhaps you can try offering a well chosen subset of your evidence that won't be a huge book.  Cover the important milestones, and include a few samples.  Maybe you can include a log showing the dates and times of the messages, with just a sample of the message content, and an invitation to ask for more messages if they are deemed necessary.  But this is all speculation.  Perhaps someone with a similar story will come along and offer a more certain answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T19:26:45.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10441" CreationDate="2017-03-14T19:35:59.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=474&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you applied for another work permit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You must stay in Canada and meet the conditions of your original work&#xA;  permit.&lt;/strong&gt; If you applied for a work permit extension before your work&#xA;  permit expired, you can keep working under the same conditions as your&#xA;  existing permit until CIC decides on your application, even if you&#xA;  have applied to extend your stay under another category of temporary&#xA;  resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you applied for a different kind of permit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You cannot do any of the activities allowed by the original work&#xA;  permit.&lt;/strong&gt; For example, you may have come to Canada as a worker and then&#xA;  applied for a study permit. If so, you must stop working once your&#xA;  work permit expires. After that, you cannot work or study until you&#xA;  get a new permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second part is related to your case I think which basically breaks down to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can work until your work permit expires or you get the visitor permit. After that your status changes to visitor so you can't work after that. Until then you are allowed to do all the activities that are allowed in your original work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-03-15T00:18:41.480" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T00:18:41.480" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14169" CreationDate="2017-03-14T19:19:24.997" Score="6" ViewCount="621" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a VITEM I, a temporary visa that requires registering with the Federal Police within 30 days of entering Brazil. The cost is 300 BRL, 200 BRL of which is for an ID. It doesn't make sense to me because, by the time the ID arrives, I will already have left the country and I don't plan to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, when I leave Brazil, I guess they will check my passport to stamp it. Are there fines for not registering the visa? I have read the articles regarding the registration but couldn't find info about fines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: my visa is for 90 days only and I will stay in the country for about 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11372" OwnerDisplayName="user4050" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T07:36:34.577" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T07:36:34.577" Title="Brazil fines for not registering visa with Federal Police" Tags="&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10451" CreationDate="2017-03-14T23:03:50.530" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find one complete source, but document from Ministry of Foreign Affair about &lt;a href=&quot;https://sistemas.mre.gov.br/kitweb/datafiles/SaoFrancisco/en-us/file/vitemI.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;VITEM I&lt;/a&gt; says in point 18.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Upon arrival in Brazil, bearers of a Temporary Visa I must register with the Brazilian Federal Police Department (Delegacia de Estrangeiros) within 30 days from date of arrival. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this &lt;a href=&quot;http://houston.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/vitem_i.xml#5.%20Notes&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Consulate's website&lt;/a&gt; (Houston in particular, but information on others is similar) says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Failing to register in time will result in daily fines. If you need to be registered, it will be written on the notes on your visa label.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it also seems you should make sure on your visa label that you indeed must register. On my visa it says explicitly that I have to register in 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find information about the amount of the fine for failing to register in Brazilian sources. If you don't prolong visa and stay over 90 days, the fine is 8,25 BRL / day, up to 827,75 BRL, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pf.gov.br/servicos-pf/estrangeiro/prorrogacao-de-prazo-de-estada-de-turista-e-viajante-a-negocios-temporario-ii-1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Police Website&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese), so I'm expecting it's similar amount, I'll update the answer if I find this info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From experience of my friends and mentioned websites I know that on the border you shouldn't have any problems, they will not imprison you or ban from entering the country again, you would only have to pay the fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T23:03:50.530" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9747" CreationDate="2017-03-14T23:21:37.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Second part: When did you move away? You have the right to permanent residence if you stay for five years (not 4 years and 11 1/2 months), and you lose it if you leave for more than two years. For citizenship, you need to get a certificate that shows you have the right to permanent residence, which you can apply for only if you live in the UK, and you need to have that certificate for more than a year before you can become a UK citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T23:21:37.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10443" CreationDate="2017-03-15T00:28:24.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A key question is whether your assault was &amp;quot;simple&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;aggravated&amp;quot;; the former is not considered to be a &amp;quot;crime involving moral turpitude,&amp;quot; so it does not make you inadmissible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if it were aggravated assault, a single conviction for a &amp;quot;crime of moral turpitude&amp;quot; does not by itself make you inadmissible if the maximum penalty you could have received was one year or less, and the actual penalty to which you were sentenced was six months or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/ineligibilities.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/ineligibilities.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The section that most concerns you is 212(a)(2)(A):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A) Conviction of certain crimes.-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) In general.-Except as provided in clause (ii), any alien convicted of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I) a crime involving moral turpitude (other than a purely political offense) or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime, or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(II) a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), is inadmissible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) Exception.-Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to an alien who committed only one crime if-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I) the crime was committed when the alien was under 18 years of age, and the crime was committed (and the alien released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than 5 years before the date of application for a visa or other documentation and the date of application for admission to the United States, or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(II) the maximum penalty possible for the crime of which the alien was convicted (or which the alien admits having committed or of which the acts that the alien admits having committed constituted the essential elements) did not exceed imprisonment for one year and, if the alien was convicted of such crime, the alien was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of 6 months (regardless of the extent to which the sentence was ultimately executed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can learn at the bottom of &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/ineligibilities.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;CBP's ineligibilities page&lt;/a&gt;, even if your conviction exceeds these limits, you can still apply for a waiver of inadmissibility.  Success is, of course, far from guaranteed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, you are correct that an F-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa.  Nonimmigrants are indeed treated differently from immigrants in many respects, but the standards of admissibility are fundamentally the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T00:28:24.537" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T01:56:40.927" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to work in the UK under a Tier 2 visa, and my residence permit is valid until December 2017.  I left my Job in October 2015 and left the country.  Now I want to visit the UK as a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, do I need a visit visa, or can I use the same residence permit which has validity till December 2017?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I never received the notice of curtailment from the Home Office and I am not sure if my former employer ever reported my resignation to the Home Office.  Will this cause any problem in the visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11373" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-03-15T12:59:36.777" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T12:59:36.777" Title="I have Residence Permit (Tier 2) from my former employer. I left UK and want to visit UK as a tourist" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;&lt;deception&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10456" CreationDate="2017-03-15T07:57:10.407" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your intentions for entering the UK should (by law) always match your visa type. So you will need to apply for visitor's visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T07:57:10.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10447" CreationDate="2017-03-15T08:03:34.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your general question in the topic line is: It depends on the country of citizenship. Some don't care and allow dual (multiple) citizenship, some have automatic loss of their citizenship upon acquisition of any other citizenship by any means, and some others have a more complicated response depending on whether the other citizenship was acquired via marriage or decendency, or purposely sought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your specific situation, she likely has now both American and Peruvian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia article on Peruvian Nationality Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In practice, multiple citizenship is acknowledged and accepted by Peru and its consular and diplomatic staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-10T19:34:13.117" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T19:34:13.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T08:11:59.500" Score="2" ViewCount="540" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please advise on the procedure for my renewal i.e. based on the title the renewal form is not so clear as in such the declaration states &quot; resident in UK&quot;&#xA;What to do?&#xA;John &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11375" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-15T09:48:42.260" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T09:48:42.260" Title="Renewal of expat driving licence now living in Greece and over 70, what to do?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10437" CreationDate="2017-03-15T08:19:15.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It really depends on what you mean by &quot;as much freedom as possible&quot;. As you've presubably already looked into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/study-visit-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Short-term study visa&lt;/a&gt;, you already know that you can't work, extend the visa, or bring along any dependents. If you think you might have to extend, you should either plan to leave the UK and return again (careful not to do this too many times or it raises flags), or get a more appropriate longer-term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm presuming your grant from North Carolina is directly tied to your research, or is part of a sabbatical. If not, you will have to explain/defend your source of income in perhaps greater detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T08:19:15.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10459" CreationDate="2017-03-15T08:22:55.147" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are living in Greece, then EU law expects you to renew your license in the country of your residence. So that's what you should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T08:22:55.147" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T10:44:28.973" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK Bio-metric Residence Permit &amp;amp; I will be out of the UK for one year.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it possible that I will lose my permit?&#xA;My wife is a UK citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11376" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2017-03-15T12:58:11.613" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T14:23:17.660" Title="Losing UK Residence Permit when not resident for a year" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10462" CreationDate="2017-03-15T14:23:17.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible. On returning, you will may to convince the border agent that you are returning permanently to your center of life, which is in the United Kingdom. Since you are within the 2 year limit, and depending on the reasons you were away for so long, it shouldn't be a problem as long as you are genuinely a returning resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T14:23:17.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10437" CreationDate="2017-03-15T16:23:33.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are a US citizen, then you do not need a visa for an academic visit of 6 months or less (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/usa/work/six_months_or_less&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/usa/work/six_months_or_less&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can stay in the UK for up to 6 months without a visa, but you can only do certain academic or business-related activities, eg: ... do academic research or accompany students on a study abroad programme&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen, you also do not need a visa for visiting as a tourist for up to 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your goal is to visit the UK for more than 6 months in a 12 month period, then you will need to apply for a visa. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/study-visit-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;short-term study visa&lt;/a&gt;, however, is only good for 6 months, unless you are taking an English language class (which I am guessing you would not be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T16:23:33.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9207" CreationDate="2017-03-15T18:45:44.487" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Al-Khobar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt; gives some estimates about prices of food, renting apartments etc. in Al-Khobar. Based on that you can estimate your monthly needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United%20States&amp;amp;country2=Saudi%20Arabia&amp;amp;city1=New%20York%2C%20NY&amp;amp;city2=Al%20Khobar&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;compare cost of living&lt;/a&gt; between chosen cities to compare prices with your current lifestyle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their estimates seems to be fresh and updated, as they say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These data are based on 487 entries in the past 18 months from 53 different contributors. Last update: March, 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T18:45:44.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T19:24:13.990" Score="4" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are the things I know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children born in the UK by EEA parents before they obtained PR status are not British Citizens, but once the parents obtain the status they can register to become one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children born in the UK by EEA parents after they obtained PR status are British Citizens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting PR status is supposedly automatic after excercising treaty rights for five years. However getting proof of this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/30/eu-citizens-in-uk-home-office-residency-applications-right-to-remain-before-brexit-talks&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;takes supposedly a long time&lt;/a&gt; as there is a huge backlog of PR applications yet to be processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what happens to children who were born after the parents obtained PR status but before they get the proper paperwork about it. Are they British citizens? If yes, how to prove this to obtain a British passport for them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T17:20:14.337" Title="Citizenship for a UK born child from EEA parents after 5 years" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10434" CreationDate="2017-03-15T20:19:31.160" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legally, you are not losing your original EU driving licence, you are registering it to a new address which happens to be in the UK and by doing that both your original issuing authority and the UK will have your details. The UK DVLA will then issue you with a UK version of your licence. All European licences carry a fine if found to be registered to an address where you are not resident, so the same applies to me in Spain, the other way round. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are required to register your licence with the driving authority of the country where you normally reside. If you are merely on an extended break and spend less than six months in any 12 in the UK, then it is not your country of residence  - however where you spend more than six months is... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the event you return to live permanently back where your original licence was issued, they are still the original issuing authority and will permit you to revert to an EU licence, unless you have legal restrictions that disqualify you (more than the acceptable number of points, banned from driving etc. etc.). So in essence, to drive legally, your driving licence must be registered to your actual place of residence (£500 fine if it isn't and you are caught). If your address is not in the same country that issued your licence, that issuing authority cannot change the address or renew your licence... It has to be done by the country you moved to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11378" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T20:19:31.160" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-16T11:35:06.090" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I put a Portuguese address on a UK driving license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11380" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T01:01:00.660" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T09:02:24.580" Title="Can I put a Portuguese address on a UK driving license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10471" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10656" CreationDate="2017-03-16T11:49:42.763" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;After how long will my Schengen visa finger prints will be destroyed from the Schengen system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11157" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T09:53:17.740" Title="Schengen visa fingers prints" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-16T13:27:58.760" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been issued a Schengen visa which is valid for, A - F - EE - I - LT - LV - MT - PL - SI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EE = Estonia&#xA;LT = Lithuania&#xA;LV= Latvia&#xA;MT= Malta&#xA;PL= Poland&#xA;SI= Slovenia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what do A, F and I stand for?&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vG8oZ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vG8oZ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11157" LastEditorUserId="11157" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T14:40:57.720" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T14:40:57.720" Title="Can you name those countries on the Schengen visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T00:30:52.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10434" CreationDate="2017-03-16T13:58:55.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you are not required&lt;/a&gt; to exchange your licence, and you won't benefit much by doing so. If your old licence has still a few years' validity left you might not want to bother. However if it's validity is close to the end date you can only renew it &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-renewal-exchange/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;where you are resident&lt;/a&gt;. Exchanging the licence will also automatically renew it, so any time you do the exchange you will get a new licence with a new validity (usually 10 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However once your old license is nearing it's expiry you &lt;strong&gt;have to&lt;/strong&gt; renew/exchange it in the country where you reside. Note that you should definitely do that before the old one expires to avoid any issues during the exchange. As stated the licence you get back will have a new validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One exception to the above is if you are exchanging an EU licence, that you obtained by exchanging a non-EU licence in your previous country. These licenses are not considered real EU driving licenses, and they will only allow you to drive in the UK for a year after entering the country, and you actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/3204/25&quot;&gt;have to retake the test&lt;/a&gt; to get a full driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One other exception is if you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-resident-of-great-britain/full-car-and-or-motorcycle/european-union-or-european-economic-area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;older than 67 when becoming a resident&lt;/a&gt;. In this case your old driving licence is only valid for a maximum of 3 years after becoming a resident, after which you have to exchange it to a UK one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3200/exchange-from-eu-to-uk-driving-licence-is-it-worth-it-will-that-make-the-insur&quot;&gt;insurance costs don't usually change&lt;/a&gt;, one huge benefit of having a UK licence is that it is probably the most convenient &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/85/how-to-open-up-your-first-uk-bank-account-without-proof-of-address&quot;&gt;Proof of Address&lt;/a&gt; you can have, which is usually required when doing business with banks and other institutions. Also note &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10434/what-reasons-are-there-to-exchange-an-eu-driving-licence-to-a-uk-gb-one#comment17596_10434&quot;&gt;gnasher's comment&lt;/a&gt; on getting speeding tickets:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you get a ticket for speeding, red traffic light etc. you can just accept a fine and points in your license without going to court, which is usually a lot cheaper than going to court. That's only available in the UK if you have a UK license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand having a UK license will make it much harder to prove that you are not a UK resident in case the police catches you &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk/59#comment49_59&quot;&gt;driving a non-UK licensed car&lt;/a&gt; in the UK (including if you moved out of the UK and are not in fact a resident, just visiting as a tourist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T09:14:35.097" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T09:14:35.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10474" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10477" CreationDate="2017-03-16T16:03:32.380" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I am married to a French citizen living in Germany. I was on a tourist visa when we got married in Denmark. I am going back to India for personal reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to live together in Germany, what shall we need to do? &#xA;we need to register our marriage in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what kind of visa should I apply for and what documents are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I benefit from being the partner of an EU citizen and does that mean my visa processing will be accelerated (or take months)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11381" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:14.030" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:14.030" Title="Indian partner of EU national wants to move Germany" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10809" CreationDate="2017-03-16T19:29:29.087" Score="9" ViewCount="437" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department)_v_Immigration_Appeal_Tribunal_and_Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh ruling&lt;/a&gt;, an EU citizen can choose to be treated under EU freedom of movement law in his or her own country after having exercised freedom of movement in another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is reflected in EU documents.  For example (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you are an EU citizen &lt;strong&gt;and have never lived in another EU country&lt;/strong&gt; only national rules will apply.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, materials from Germany seem to omit the possibility for Germans to be treated under EU law after living elsewhere in the EU.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hamburg.de/behoerdenfinder/hamburg/11387927/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Familienangehörige von Deutschen bekommen keine Aufenthaltskarte nach dem Freizügigkeitsgesetz....&lt;/a&gt; [translation: Family members of Germans cannot get a residence card according to the freedom of movement law....]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Germany in fact allow Germans to bring their family members to Germany under freedom of movement when they've lived elsewhere in the EU?  If so, is there an official source where this information is available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T20:39:55.583" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T12:23:12.293" Title="Does Germany recognize the Surinder Singh ruling?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10439" CreationDate="2017-03-16T19:29:53.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer assumes that your husband has never lived in another EU country.  If he &lt;em&gt;has,&lt;/em&gt; then you may be able to settle under the EU freedom-of-movement regime, about which there is more information below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that the German authorities will ask me to exit the country and apply for a family reunion visa, even though I'm gay, Yemeni and my residency in Turkey will expire in August?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know much about the German settlement rules for non-EU family members of German citizens, so I encourage anyone who does to add another answer with that information.  So I cannot answer this part of your question, but I will assume that the answer is &amp;quot;yes.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves two options, one of which you've asked about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Apply for asylum&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about this, but your claim has to be based on a fear of persecution in your country of citizenship.  It appears that you have such a fear, so it seems like a legitimate option for you to consider.  If you decide to pursue it, you should seek help from a lawyer who has experience with asylum claims.  The last thing you want is for the claim to be rejected because of some technical deficiency in your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Settle under EU freedom of movement&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You and your husband can go anywhere in the EU together, because, as his spouse, you are a &amp;quot;person enjoying freedom of movement under Union law&amp;quot; when you travel with him or travel to join him somewhere.  This is controlled by &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;; there are also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=uriserv:l33152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;summary&lt;/a&gt; of the legislation and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;public information page&lt;/a&gt; describing the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only place where you can't do this is Germany, because German citizens and their family fall under German national law rather than EU law.  There ought to be an exception if your husband has exercised his freedom of movement by living elsewhere in the EU, based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department)_v_Immigration_Appeal_Tribunal_and_Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh case&lt;/a&gt;, but I cannot find any evidence on German government websites that Germany has implemented procedures to comply with this ruling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use the second option as a fallback if your first option fails.  You might want to talk to a lawyer to make sure you will be able to avoid deportation to Yemen so you can get over the German border into another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, once you've lived elsewhere in the EU for six months or more, you should be able to move &lt;em&gt;back&lt;/em&gt; to Germany under EU freedom of movement, but if Germany has indeed failed to take the Surinder Singh ruling into account, you may have trouble with this.  I have asked a new &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/10475/2440&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T19:29:53.777" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10474" CreationDate="2017-03-16T19:38:53.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary for you to leave Germany.  You can apply for a residence card at the local Ausländerbehörde for your spouse's place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question says that you are going back to India anyway, however, so you should apply for a family reunion visa with the appropriate German consulate in India.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.india.diplo.de/contentblob/4575280/Daten/6442118/familyreunionspouse.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application checklist&lt;/a&gt;, you'll need to submit evidence that your spouse has been working in Germany for the last three months.  There are exceptions to that requirement under EU law, so if your spouse has not been working in Germany for the last three months, please post a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are applying as a family member of an EU citizen, the application and the visa will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/480896/publicationFile/150773/Gebuehrenmerkblatt.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free of charge&lt;/a&gt;, and it should be considered under an accelerated procedure.  You will need to show your marriage certificate as part of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you return to Germany, you will go to the Ausländerbehörde, as mentioned above, to apply for a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, here is the relevant page of the Ausländerbehörde in Hamburg:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hamburg.de/behoerdenfinder/hamburg/11387927/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.hamburg.de/behoerdenfinder/hamburg/11387927/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freedom of movement rules are set forth in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;; there are also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=uriserv:l33152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;summary&lt;/a&gt; of the legislation and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;public information page&lt;/a&gt; describing the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T19:44:27.103" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T19:44:27.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-16T15:00:38.633" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I am married to a French citizen living in Germany. I was on a tourist visa when we got married in Denmark. I am going back to India before the expiration of my visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to join my wife in Germany, what kind of visa should I apply for and what documents are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I benefit from being the partner of an EU citizen and does that mean my visa processing will be expedited (or take months)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11381" OwnerDisplayName="Rahul Mehra" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T20:02:27.100" Title="Indian partner of EU citizen applying to join wife in Germany" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2017-03-27T02:35:07.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10483" CreationDate="2017-03-16T21:34:44.723" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian citizen potentially relocating to the Czech Republic for a few months for my work and my employer is about to start the paperwork for a Czech visa but one thing I'm curious about... from what I hear from some people, I might be eligible for / actually already be an Irish citizen. If I am, wouldn't that would make the Czech visa process redundant as I could use my Irish citizenship to work in the Czech Republic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada, and my father was also born in Canada. However, my father's mother was born in Northern Ireland in the 1930s (subsequently emigrated to Canada in the 1950s). Apparently Ireland doesn't care about Republic vs. Northern when granting citizenship, and it seems grandchildren of Irish citizens are eligible for Irish citizenship but the stuff I've read on the internet is kinda ambiguous and I'm not sure what applies to me. Further, I'm not sure how much paperwork/fees would be involved in the process of getting the citizenship, if I am eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11384" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T14:19:00.513" Title="Am I an Irish citizen / eligible for Irish citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-17T01:25:00.553" Score="5" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a Canadian work permit says &quot;Valid until 17 MAR 2017&quot; then when exactly does it expire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you work nights, does it expire at midnight at the start or at the end of that date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T19:38:52.883" Title="Can you work on the expiry date of a Canadian Work Permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-17T11:14:11.423" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a B-1 visa that's valid for the next 2 years. I plan to apply for a J1 research scholars program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't decide which is the best way to go about applying for the J1. If I start the process in my country, would I still be able to travel to USA on my B1 while waiting for the J-1 to be approved? If I were able, and the J-1 were approved, would I have to go back to my home country and then re-enter the US on the J-1? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, is it better to apply for J-1 while I'm in the States? I read that this option might take much longer (6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Shustrik" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T13:57:36.980" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T23:11:50.947" Title="B-1 visa holder applying for J-1 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10479" CreationDate="2017-03-17T14:19:00.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are entitled to citizenship through descent, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizens Information&lt;/a&gt;, which provides comprehensive information on public services and entitlements in Ireland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Citizenship through descent from Irish grandparents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If one of your grandparents is an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland, but neither of your parents was born in Ireland, you may become an Irish citizen. You will need to have your birth registered in the Foreign Births Register – see below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your grandmother was an Irish citizen, born on/before 31 December 2004&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your father, her child, born outside of Ireland, is/was an Irish citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You, as the child/grandchild, is entitled to Irish citizenship, but you must first register in the Foreign Births Register.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign Births Register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you wish to be included in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Births Register&lt;/a&gt; you must use the online application facility. You can find information about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;making an online application, the documents required, the photographic requirements and the fees on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you have completed the online form you must send your printed application and required supporting documentation to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=285&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish embassy or consulate for the country in which you live&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once the process is completed, you will be provided with a certificate confirming your entry in the Irish Register of Foreign Births. This certificate can be used as proof of Irish citizenship when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_abroad/passports/applying_for_or_renewing_an_irish_passport.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;applying for an Irish passport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that Irish passport applications cannot be accepted at the same time as citizenship applications - these are 2 very distinct processes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fáilte roimh sa bhaile go hÉirinn !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T14:19:00.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-17T13:57:26.273" Score="3" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My H1B visa is expiring on Sep 30th 2017 and I am planning to travel to India now. So When I travel back to USA my visa duration will be less than 6 months. Is that will create a problem during immigration checking in USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11390" OwnerDisplayName="Abhi" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T15:34:26.230" Title="H1B valid period and travel to USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10484" CreationDate="2017-03-17T14:56:18.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you should not have any problems when crossing US border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa validity is determined by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/22CFR/HTML/22CFR/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-500/0-0-0-1810.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22CFR 41.112&lt;/a&gt;. First paragraph states that The alien may use the visa in making application for admission for the entire period of validity of a nonimmigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9602" LastEditorUserId="9602" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T15:34:26.230" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T15:34:26.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10486" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11697" CreationDate="2017-03-17T15:10:11.480" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;After some research and a couple of free consultations, my fiancée and I have decided that we will apply for a K-1 visa for me (Italian wanting to emigrate to the USA). We were mostly set on hiring an immigration lawyer, but a common friend who has gone through the process suggested that it's not necessary and we should maybe save that money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do have the money to pay for both the Visa and a lawyer, but saving $2000+ is still not something we would be fully opposed to. I have read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/k-1-process-step-step&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;step by step guide&lt;/a&gt; for the application process multiple times and it doesn't seem impossible. On the other hand I have been known not to be the best person to work my way through bureaucracy and we have heard some less than happy stories of mistakes or imprecisions, that led to relevant amounts of extra money spent to fix the issue, or even to the revocation of immigrant status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the lawyer's fee - flat fee by the way, which helps at least - worth it, or are we being overly cautions? I would ideally like to hear from people who have gone through the same process without assistance from a lawyer, but anyone's informed opinion is welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7104" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:42:06.583" Title="Immigration lawyer necessary/suggested for US fiancé visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5674" CreationDate="2017-03-17T16:44:39.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;MLC will have been writing to you to tell you your options.&#xA;You can have access to Australian Super from age 55.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If deemed a 'trivial amount' (I do not know threshold for this) it can be paid as lump sum, but you will have to see how HMRC treat the receipt of this - probably as income taxed at highest marginal rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If over threshold, can be paid as pension in AUD (but as likely still to be a relatively small size fund, expenses may be disproportionately high) or MAY be able to transfer to UK pension tax shelter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This last option likely to be by far the most attractive, despite likely non-trivial fees for 'laundering' the money into UK. You could investigate with Hargreaves Lansdown (who give me excellent service for a similar enquiry).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11389" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T16:44:39.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-17T22:25:31.063" Score="2" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I live in Poland; she is a Polish citizen and I have a Polish residence card. We want to apply for an EEA Family Permit to move to the UK. Can we apply online for the EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11392" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T05:36:48.487" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T05:36:48.487" Title="How can we apply for a UK EEA family permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10488" CreationDate="2017-03-17T22:44:42.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can apply for an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for an EEA family permit, you should start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&lt;/a&gt;.  You should read all of the pages except for those on &lt;em&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;derivative rights of residence&lt;/em&gt;, which do not apply to you.  (Surinder Singh applies to British citizens and their non-EU family members, and derivative rights apply to certain relationships other than marriage.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the pages includes the link for the application system (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T22:44:42.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-17T23:07:28.650" Score="3" ViewCount="1184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work and live in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am receiving an offer from another employer in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an IT Specialist, and this offer is within IT Field. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I don't hold a blue card, because I don't satisfy all requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I change employers in this case? Is it just a matter of going to ausladerbehorde(Immigration Office) with a new working contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I start working while waiting for the approval? If this is even possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T23:29:08.057" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T20:55:27.517" Title="I found a new Job, higher salary - Changing Employers under the Germany's Regular work permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-18T08:45:37.837" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Residence act in Germany, 19 a, talks about the blue card, and the requirements to obtain it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also part of the regulation to consider Work Experience to issue a Blue Card, however, no means to determine that were established.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any prevision on when this regulation will be considered, and when I will be able to use my work experience to get a Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;soweit durch Rechtsverordnung nach Absatz 2 bestimmt, eine durch eine&#xA;  mindestens fünfjährige Berufserfahrung nachgewiesene vergleichbare&#xA;  Qualifikation besitzt&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will the immigration be based on points?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/andrea-nahles-deutschland-probt-die-kontrollierte-einwanderung-14092398.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/andrea-nahles-deutschland-probt-die-kontrollierte-einwanderung-14092398.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resource&lt;/strong&gt;:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2017-03-19T13:26:51.303" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T08:32:17.540" Title="When will the immigration process change in Germany? New Blue Card Model, or Points Bases?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10494" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10495" CreationDate="2017-03-18T09:12:06.957" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to pay my Amsterdam municipal taxes. Instead of making one payment for the whole year, the municipality offers you this form to enable 8 monthly payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the thing is, it's a one-page form with no attached envelope. It says on the bottom:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stuur deze ingevulde machtiging naar de gemeente Amsterdam ... blah blah address here ... Een postzegel plakken is NIET nodig.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i.e. essentially &quot;Send this completed form, postage stamp not required&quot;. Well, ok, but - do I just drop this piece of paper in one of the orange postal boxes? Also, what about my account details appearing just like that for everyone to see? On the other hand, if I do put it in an envelope - won't the postal service expect a stamp?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T12:48:43.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T12:48:43.143" Title="Sending a 'SEPA direct debit' slip by post - without an envelope?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10494" CreationDate="2017-03-18T11:20:57.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post service won't expect a stamp if you are sending something to an “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.postnl.nl/zakelijke-oplossingen/ontvangen/antwoordnummer/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Antwoordnummer&lt;/a&gt;”. They can tell and decide who to charge based on the address itself. It doesn't matter if it's a loose reply card, an envelope with the address printed on it or something you prepared yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T11:20:57.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7610" CreationDate="2017-03-18T21:22:46.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting back formally renounced citizenships is difficult.  However, &lt;em&gt;claiming&lt;/em&gt; that you have renounced or will renounce other citizenships is easy, and in many countries this is all you need to do, since the new citizenship is typically granted before you renounce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with the process in Taiwan, so this may or may not apply to your specific situation.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T21:22:46.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10493" CreationDate="2017-03-19T13:47:11.113" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those are two distinct issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The possibility to get a Blue Card based solely on professional experience (without a recognised degree) is optional as far as EU law is concerned. Germany does not have to do it and, in spite of the provision in the statute, hasn't enacted the necessary &lt;em&gt;Rechtsverordnung&lt;/em&gt;. This has been going on for years now and it could go on forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's arguably quite cruel to have that provision in the law when it's not actually implemented but the reality is that it is simply impossible to get a Blue Card based on work experience in Germany. I see no reason to think it will change anytime soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A point-based system seems difficult to reconcile with the EU Blue Card system, it's a proposal to overhaul the national immigration system, in particular for people who are not eligible for a Blue Card (whose requirements are, by design, quite stringent). It could open a new route to a residence card that might be relevant to you but it still wouldn't give you a Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note however that according to the article you cited, a concrete job offer and higher-education diploma would still be absolute requirements and not something that could be compensated by stellar scores in other areas of the point-based system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter what happens to the possibility to apply for a Blue Card on the basis of professional experience on the one hand and to the point system on the other hand, these will remain two distinct systems, one rooted in EU law, the other in national law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T08:32:17.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10501" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10506" CreationDate="2017-03-20T04:52:58.823" Score="2" ViewCount="460" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone who held H4 visa previously visit USA again on B2 visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Came to USA on a H4 visa in 2015&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Went back to India in 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H4 visa has expired.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Awaiting a divorce so applying for a H4 visa again is not an option.&#xA;Can B2 visa be filed to visit USA for 2 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11404" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T21:59:10.893" Title="Can someone who held H4 visa previously visit USA on B2 visitor visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-20T07:35:35.223" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen currently living in the US. I have a B. Comm in Management and PGDM (considered MBA in India) in finance and around 7 years of experience as equity/financial analyst. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the last 6 months I have done a full stack development course here in the US and I have learned Python, MEAN and Ruby on Rails stacks as I am looking to transition into web development. Now my questions are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is is possible for me to migrate to Australia and at the same time make this career transition?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if I were to apply for Australian PR would my background be considered for web developer skill.    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial analyst is also a select skill so is it possible to apply as an analyst and get a web developer job once I get there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for the responses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11405" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T07:35:35.223" Title="Australia PR and career transition" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-18T06:51:15.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-20T18:27:39.630" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Chinese citizen and lived in the Netherlands before coming to the US. I hold a J-1 visa and do some research projects at Northhwestern University. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According the the Netherland-US treaty, I had a tax-exemption for the first two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, as I prepared the tax return form, the results showed that I would need repay the tax that would be exempt, because I will remain in the US for more than two-year time period. This was due to my program being extended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the Netherlands-US treaty, and found that they do have a rule about tax retroactivity if I stay in US exceeding 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, I found there are exceptions, one which states that &quot;If the visit exceeds two years, the first-mentioned State may tax the individual under its national law for the entire period of the visit, unless in a particular case the competent authorities of the States agree otherwise.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know whether my situation is this kind of exceptions, or how could apply it. How can I get this clarified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11408" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-21T00:15:46.203" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T00:15:46.203" Title="Netherlands tax return for former resident now in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10501" CreationDate="2017-03-20T21:59:10.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can always apply for a B2 visa if your purpose is to visit the US. But there is no guarantee you will get it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-03-20T21:59:10.893" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-21T05:04:23.563" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Ukrainian, my son and husband of 10 years are both British. In 2007 I came to the UK on spouse visa, I was granted ILR in 2009 but in 2010 we have moved to Thailand with my husband to work and travel. Our son was born here in 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband has been traveling between London and Thailand for a year, setting up a base for us to return home. He is self employed as he has been all his life. Now he has regular jobs its difficult to travel&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are planning to move permanently to the UK but not yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How likely am i to get visitors visa approved? A lawyer I consulted was not very optimistic and quoted £1200 to do the application for us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you guys ! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10189" LastActivityDate="2017-03-23T09:57:59.700" Title="Uk visitors visa after previously having ILR visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:12:17.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10511" CreationDate="2017-03-21T12:36:08.150" Score="7" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for British citizenship this year (currently ILR). My wife and myself both living in the UK and she's holding spouse visa (she got it this year - 2017). What happens to her visa when/if I get British passport? Does she need to apply for some other visa or just leave it as is? I am asking because when she got her spouse visa I was not a British citizen so I am a but confused&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11422" OwnerDisplayName="elnurcoot" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T17:49:27.813" Title="What happens to my wife's UK spouse visa if I get British passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6158" CreationDate="2017-03-21T16:29:03.020" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's much easier to get B1 for telecommuters: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/business-visa/permissible-prohibited-activities.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immihelp.com/business-visa/permissible-prohibited-activities.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11411" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T16:29:03.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-21T17:14:29.420" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from the US. I created, submitted online, and paid for my UK Tier 2 visa application. I have not yet had my biometric appointment nor sent the application in to the UK office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my online application I stated I'd be traveling with my family as that was the plan. Just recently, our plans have changed and my family will be following a couple months behind me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I can no longer edit the application, do I need to cancel it, request a refund, and recreate my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11412" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T17:14:29.420" Title="UK Visa - stated I'd be traveling with family, now I'm not" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10508" CreationDate="2017-03-21T17:49:27.813" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not affected. The semantics of the spouse visa rules are such that no difference is made between British citizens and ILR holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T17:49:27.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-21T21:21:03.557" Score="6" ViewCount="306" Body="&lt;p&gt;A business owner in the UK wants to hire me, a US citizen. He has submitted the sponsorship request, and we are eagerly awaiting a response. Assuming he is successful, how long should it take for me to get the visa once he provides the Sponsorship ID? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11414" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T04:14:57.363" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T04:14:57.363" Title="how long does it take a us citizen to get a UK tier 2 visa, after an employer has received a sponsorship ID?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10514" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-22T12:38:00.783" Score="4" ViewCount="516" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, EU citizens can move to the UK under the current laws and they will get same status after the Brexit. For how long they can move to UK under the current laws and when will be the new immigration law enforced? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11419" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:07.580" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:07.580" Title="Brexit: EU citizen moving to UK under current laws?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-03-22T14:43:57.490" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10514" CreationDate="2017-03-22T12:45:26.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Answer up-to-date as of 2017-03-22)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, EU citizens can move to the UK under the current laws &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and they will get same status after the Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wrong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post-Brexit status of current or future EU citizens in the UK is currently &lt;strong&gt;unknown&lt;/strong&gt;.  Analists consider it &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; that their status will eventually be guaranteed, but currently this is speculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For how long they can move to UK under the current laws and when will be the new immigration law enforced?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unknown&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The uncertainty facing EU citizens in the UK is one among many political issues in the UK.  The House of Lords tried to pass an amendment guaranteeing their (our) rights, but the House of Commons effectively overruled them (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39249721&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T14:02:30.890" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T14:02:30.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-22T12:43:57.637" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have work visa for Deutschland (Germany) which is valid till August and I plan to travel Romania for 3 days in April. Do I need Romania visa too? I don't have residence permit as of now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Natasha" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T13:57:09.017" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T18:24:17.593" Title="Travel to Romania with German Work visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10514" CreationDate="2017-03-22T14:14:40.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Current EU law still fully applies and the UK hasn't made any major change to its immigration regime since the Brexit referendum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as EU law is concerned, freedom of movement should apply until the actual Brexit happens, which should be two years after the UK triggers article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union. The British government stated plan is to notify the Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU on March 29, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, two things could alter this timeframe. Firstly, article 50 provides that the treaties cease to apply once the withdrawal agreement enters into force. So the UK could leave the EU before March 2019 if an agreement is reached earlier. Secondly, the same paragraph also allows the EU to extend the deadline of negotiation if all EU countries agree. Both of these presently seem unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the UK could also conceivably cease to apply EU law unilaterally, for example by introducing some new restrictions or requirements on EU citizens' residence. I recall that some MPs toyed with the idea but this would force the EU to retaliate and make negotiations even more difficult so I don't think it's very likely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, what will happen is even less clear. It's possible, although not particularly likely at this stage, that the EU and UK will enter some sort of Swiss-style association agreement with minimal changes to the immigration regime. It's also possible that it would create a completely different immigration regime but allow EU citizens currently in the UK to stay under EU rules, perhaps in exchange for reciprocity for the British citizens living in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, something like the current rules would still apply to some people for many years. It's also conceivable that this would only apply during some sort of transition period or perhaps only for people who already lived in the UK before the referendum or some other specific date set during the negotiation. But all this is obviously very speculative, there is no way to know at this stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T14:14:40.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10470" CreationDate="2017-03-22T14:40:57.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;No, you can't&lt;/a&gt;. The DVLA will only take UK addresses, and you must be UK resident to update your UK license to your current address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Adam Millerchip points out in the comments, and I hadn't realised, NI has a separate licensing authority (the DVA) but, in any case, they &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/keeping-your-driving-licence-date&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have the same rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11421" LastEditorUserId="11421" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T09:02:24.580" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T09:02:24.580" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-22T14:57:40.860" Score="9" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;If anyone has specific knowledge and/or experience with this, I would be grateful your input!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My business has recently received a status as a &quot;qualifying company&quot;. We have US citizen we want to hire who meets all the requirements for an SOC 2136, and I have submitted a request for a COS about 3 weeks ago. I understand these COS' are issued once per month (I was told my application missed last months approval considerations by a few days, and are waiting for next month). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My Question: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a monthly quota for the number of COS they can&#xA;issue? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Might my request for a COS, which meets all the requirements for SOC 2136, be rejected for no other reason than the government meet a monthly quota?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And if yes, does my request go into the queue for next month? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11414" LastEditorUserId="11414" LastEditDate="2017-03-23T18:01:07.753" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T03:49:41.007" Title="Can a COS sponsorship for a Tier 2 UK visa (meets all requirements) be delayed/denied because the UK reached its self-imposed monthly limit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10521" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10522" CreationDate="2017-03-22T18:14:11.440" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any odd rules or laws in Portugal regarding driving with a non-Portuguese (but EU) drivers license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, are there any important rules/laws regarding driving a non-Portuguese car (with non-PT, but EU license plates)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10938" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T18:16:18.867" Title="Driving in Portugal: Non-PT car / Non-PT Drivers License" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10521" CreationDate="2017-03-22T18:16:18.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are planning to drive a car with Portuguese registration and you have the documents to prove you are allowed (owner of the car or you have document showing the owner allows you, like a signed declaration) then everything is alright.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you have a local (Portuguese) drivers license and you are driving a foreign car (UK license plates, for example) then you might have a big problem. The traffic police might make an issue that the car is not imported if you are a Portuguese citizen with a Portuguese driver's license. They could confiscate your documents and issue a penalty for you to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind a lot of car traffic tickets issued by the police are very much disputable and my personal experience is that they tend to write tickets without any underlying legal basis. My explanation is that they do it because most of the people would not bother to dispute their tickets. In most cases, if you feel it is not right, you would be right. Research, ask for help and dispute! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I hope that you find this useful in any way. Boa Sorte!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10938" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T18:16:18.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10516" CreationDate="2017-03-22T18:24:17.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2040&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA'S WEBSITE;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Categories of third-state nationals also exempt from the requirement to be in possession of a Romanian short-stay visa are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Holders of biometric passports, nationals of the following states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;the Republic of Moldova; the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;&#xA;the Republic of Serbia, except for the passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Division (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava); the Republic of Montenegro (the non-biometric passports issued by this state are no longer valid).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The holders of Schengen visas with two or multiple entries, national visas or residence permits issued by Schengen Member States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attention!&lt;/strong&gt; The number of entries as well as the right of stay established as per the Schengen visas must not have been exhausted. The right of stay on the territory of Romania shall not exceed the right of stay granted as per the visas/residence permits issued by the Schengen Member States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The holders of permanent residence permits issued by the UK or Ireland. The right of stay on the territory of Romania shall not exceed the right of stay granted as per such residence permits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The holders of visas or residence permits issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attention!&lt;/strong&gt; The number of entries as well as the right of stay established as per such visas must not have been exhausted. The right of stay on the territory of Romania shall not exceed the right of stay granted as per such visas/residence permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so the answer to your question is &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;, you don't need a Romanian visa to enter Romania but instead you can enter Romania with the German work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T18:24:17.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2017-03-22T21:06:06.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The life in Switzerland is expensive, especially the real estate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Geneva, where there is a housing shortage, a studio of about 30 m2 is about 1000 CHF/month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Geneva, the cheapest health insurance (with accident coverage) is 469.80 CHF/month (with insurance deductible 300 CHF) but most health companies are above 500 CHF. By increasing the insurance deductible to 2500 CHF, the insurance is &quot;only&quot; 341.50 CHF, but you have to pay the first 2500 CHF of health cares if you have to  go to the doctor.  Beyond the franchise deductible, you have to pay 10% of your health expenses as well. And this is without supplementary insurance for private clinics a.s.o.&#xA;The dental cares, nor the glasses are covered by the standard health insurance, which is mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cost of the health insurance is increasing about 5% year over year, and even over 10% if you had a &quot;cheap&quot; insurance company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good thing for you is that the cost of the health insurance is flat, independent from your income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One hour with a general practitioner is about 200 CHF, and with a specialist about 350 - 400 CHF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lawyers are about 500 CHF/hour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Geneva, it is difficult to find parking places in streets.&#xA;A covered parking place is about 200 CHF to above 400 CHF a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11426" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T21:06:06.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-22T18:08:51.083" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen came to America for visiting 2 months. I want to apply for UK student visa from America itself. Is it possible? or Do I have to apply only from India? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Shiningstar" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T00:54:30.730" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T00:54:30.730" Title="Applying UK student visa while on visitor visa in the US?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10526" CreationDate="2017-03-22T23:15:11.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately NO you cannot apply for a student visa from the USA where you are just a visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/where-to-apply-ecb05/ecb5-where-to-apply-the-policy&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidance ECB05: : Where to Apply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applications for visit visas and EEA family permits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can make applications &lt;strong&gt;for a visit visa or EEA family permit&lt;/strong&gt; in&#xA;any visa application centre, British diplomatic mission or consular&#xA;post overseas where entry clearance applications are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applications for other entry clearance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applications for other types of entry clearance (except for Tier 5)&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;should be made in your country of residence&lt;/strong&gt;. If you have permission to stay in a country as a visitor for 6 months, for&#xA;example, you are &lt;strong&gt;not a resident&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" OwnerDisplayName="Paul the Sheik" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T00:47:25.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-23T20:50:29.513" Score="5" ViewCount="1247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've received a PhD scholarship offer from a German Professor&#xA;with a fixed stipend value of 1200 Euro/month for the period of 1 year,&#xA;which will either convert into 75 % of TVF-13, or will continue the same stipend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, now the major confusion in my mind is what type of visa I should apply for. Should I apply for a student visa, a work visa, or some other type of visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user59014" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T08:38:57.637" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T09:23:41.057" Title="Which visa type for PhD in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-23T22:32:37.910" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian applying for a green card.  Does USCIS/FBI get to use my biometrics to ask canada to run a criminal check on me?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11430" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-03-25T02:27:02.830" LastActivityDate="2017-03-25T02:27:02.830" Title="Does the FBI work with the RCMP to run criminal check on Canadians wishing to immigrate to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10482" CreationDate="2017-03-23T23:10:37.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to travel on B-1 until your J-1 is approved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest is a matter of personal preferences. Describe &quot;better&quot; and the answer will change. Both routes are possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9602" LastActivityDate="2017-03-23T23:10:37.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-24T04:39:25.540" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and I have applied to a vocational school in Berlin. I have been accepted and invited to an interview which is a part of their admission procedure. Upon my total acceptance, I intend to study there for one year. What visa should I apply for? I am not sure if I should apply for a schengen visa or a national visa. Can I extend the schengen visa once I am accepted? Are schengen visas and student visas the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11432" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-03-24T07:38:06.923" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T09:25:08.283" Title="Schengen visa extension" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10533" CreationDate="2017-03-24T09:14:49.807" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever you want to travel to Germany for study purposes, you have to apply for the appropriate German Visa, related to the purpose of your travel and stay there – studying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 (three) types of German Visas for study purposes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 - Language Course Visa (Visa for Language Learning) – is the perfect option for those that want or need to learn the German language in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 - Student Applicant Visa (Visum Zur Studienbewerbung) – if you want to study in Germany, but are still trying to find the right program or you still haven’t got the confirmation letter from your University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3 - Student Visa (Visum Zu Studienzwecken) – if you have already been accepted to a German university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11427" LastActivityDate="2017-03-24T09:14:49.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-25T08:24:31.583" Score="4" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really want to study in South Korea as it has been continuously voted as 1st place on the education system and literary tests for people my age. So, I've come to the conclusion that studying in Korea would be the best option for me in order to have a well educated future. The only problem being, that I can't find a suitable visa for me, so I'm starting to wonder if there is even one out there that fits my situation. My mother gives her full permission for me to go (but is still quite hesitant on coming herself) , I carry a New Zealand citizenship but I live in Australia (where I'll get a citizenship within the next year or so) and I'm only 13 years old. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if any one you know any visas that may be suitable for me, or if you know anything else that may help, please respond to this with the information.&#xA;Thank you :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Alisa" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T23:55:42.977" Title="Can I (a minor) travel to, live in and study in South Korea by myself?" Tags="&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10539" CreationDate="2017-03-25T12:07:05.033" Score="4" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EEA national (French) living in the UK since 2008 and exercising treaty rights. On that basis my non-EEA wife has a &quot;Resident card of a family member of an EEA national&quot; (expires 2019). Question: when travelling to either another European country or outside Europe, could we face any issue at customs due to Brexit? If so, what can we do about it beforehand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6723" OwnerDisplayName="drake035" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-26T15:48:34.990" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T15:48:34.990" Title="Could we face problems when coming back to the UK after Brexit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10538" CreationDate="2017-03-25T12:46:00.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Brexit and EEA Dependants: what to do&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;canonical&quot; recommended steps to take beforehand are...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Those EEA citizens or their family members in the UK who does not&#xA;have an EU/EEA permanent residence &lt;strong&gt;card for the UK&lt;/strong&gt; should&#xA;consider now whether to apply (or timetable for when they can apply)&#xA;and should do so unless there is clear harm in doing so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they are able to do so, they should prepare and provide evidence&#xA;to show that that the qualifying 5 years ended at least one year&#xA;ago. This will enable a naturalisation application to be submitted&#xA;immediately following receipt of the permanent residence card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Each such person who already has a permanent residence card for the&#xA;UK should consider whether to apply to be naturalized as British&#xA;(see note below on Scotland). NOTE: this may have disadvantages and&#xA;the trade-offs should be studied carefully (questions about the&#xA;trade-offs are off-topic on this site).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Those who are not yet eligible to apply for a permanent residence&#xA;card may wish to apply for a registration certificate, confirming&#xA;that they are exercising an extended right of residence, and also&#xA;ensure that they continue to retain sufficient evidence of&#xA;exercising treaty rights from now on until they are eligible&#xA;(further questions about this are off-topic on this site).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Notes:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will not have problems at the border at least until the end of&#xA;2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They will be looking for unbroken periods of exercising treaty rights&#xA;and they will need to see evidence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health insurance for dependants will be checked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The UK has, several times, given more favourable immigration&#xA;treatment based on people who made unrelated applications before a&#xA;certain date – ie at a time when they did not know that their&#xA;application would help them in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not expect them to announce a grandfathering date in advance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sign Posting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generally we are not the resource for residency questions. Please use&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions&quot;&gt;Expats&lt;/a&gt; for 2nd level enquiries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Further reading: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/resource/33112/ilpa-evidence-to-the-all-party-parliamentary-group-appg-on-migration-for-its-enquiry-into-brexit-and&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ILPA evidence to the All Party Parliamentary&#xA;Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-home-affairs-subcommittee/inquiries/parliament-2015/uk-eu-movement-of-people/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brexit: UK-EU movement of people&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" OwnerDisplayName="Gayot Fow" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-03-25T13:25:09.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-25T17:57:24.150" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have two middle school aged children who we'll be moving to Norway with in a few months and we are considering schooling options. In the town we're moving to (Bergen) there are international schools where they can continue their academic careers in English and then there are the local public schools which will get them up to speed on Norwegian before plunging them into the regular curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be in Norway at least 3 years, possibly more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: what are the plusses and minuses to each of the two possible approaches to their schooling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11349" LastActivityDate="2017-03-25T17:57:24.150" Title="International School vs. Full Immersion" Tags="&lt;education&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-26T05:26:54.523" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my wife, a French National, applied for a UK residence but, until now, nothing. It's going on five months and all we have gotten is an email stating that the application is received. I later got a letter from the home office for my biometric but since then nothing. Please could you advise on what to do next. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11441" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-26T15:51:23.487" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T15:51:23.487" Title="It's been about five months since me and my wife applied for a UK resident permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T10:20:51.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-26T14:52:53.697" Score="1" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S citizen who can't obtain a U.S. passport.&#xA;I want to move to Panama (prepared to give up us citizenship) and obtain a Panamanian passport to move about freely. I have employment opportunities and am financially sound.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is this done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11442" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T08:02:13.333" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T08:02:13.333" Title="How does a U.S. citizen move from the United States without a passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10542" CreationDate="2017-03-26T15:46:13.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, the only way to do this is illegally. The discussion of illegal activities is frowned upon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am not trying to be judgmental, I only mean that the reasons why a citizen of the US can't get a US passport are generally because the authorities do not want the person to leave. Therefore, the person wishing to leave can only do so against the wishes of the authorities - which means doing it illegally)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T15:46:13.123" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7636" CreationDate="2017-03-26T16:20:58.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer is specific to trying to work while on a B1/B2 visit visa or the equivalent visa waiver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very early in working at a legal, on-the-books job, usually in the first day, you will be asked to complete the employee information for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-9.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I9&lt;/a&gt;. You will lack any document establishing employment authorization - see List A and List C on the last page of the form. That will prevent you from working as an insurance agent or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are undocumented workers in California, but I would not recommend going that route, for many reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-03-26T16:20:58.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-26T17:53:15.343" Score="1" ViewCount="6412" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just received an email from CIC and they need me to provide them a study plan. I am not sure what kind of study plan they are looking for but here is what i got so far. Can someone kindly check for me and see if it is appropriate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;March 24, 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada Consulate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Singapore&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear Sir/Madam,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Travis Jude Fernandez, 21 years old. I am now working as an English and Science Teacher at the Stairway To Hope Learning Centre.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right after i finished high school and passed my SPM exam in year 20____,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I immediately set up my own business of a small stall selling drinks. But due to my lack of knowledge in managing the business, it was not doing well and sadly i have to close it. My mom who is the Project Manager of a school project under the &quot;Association of Helping Underprivileged Children&quot; (Persatuan Kabajikan Anak- Anak Miskin Sabah) that is the &quot;Stairway To Hope Learning Centre&quot; offered me to try to teach in that school while searching myself what i really want to be. My dream of being a successful entrepreneur is still in my mind. So  when my parents wanted to go and attend the pledge ceremony of my brother who passed the bar exam at New Brunswick, Canada,  i search online which school nearer to his place. I am the youngest in our family of 8 siblings. I am afraid to study abroad without my family members as i am very attached to my parents and siblings. So therefore i choose NBCC to be my school and with a short term three year diploma i will be able to go back to Malaysia to open my own business with the proper knowledge on how to start and invest on a business and manage it the right way. I also choose NBCC because i believe they have more advance teaching knowledge and technologies than in my home country and i also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;want to open a business that will help my country to create job opportunities to those who are jobless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sir/Madam, I will really treasure this opportunity that you will give me to further my studies in your country. Thank you much and wishing you all the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sincerely yours,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Travis Jude Fernandez&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15509" OwnerDisplayName="Nicole Fernandez" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-29T09:03:54.790" LastActivityDate="2018-03-29T09:03:54.790" Title="Study Plan for Study Permit Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-26T20:04:22.947" Score="4" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any help on this topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here is the situation. My wife and I are planning on going to England for 6 months to a year or so. We will be traveling to nearby countries as well here and there. I already know that you can visit the UK with no visa for up to 6 months. But we would like to stay longer and want to see if there is a way to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now here are some important factors...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a UK citizen (has UK/US dual citizenship) but she only is a UK citizen because of her mom who was born a UK citizen. My wife was born and has lived in the US but because of her mom she gets the dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We will be living with her Grandmother who has lived in England all her life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife works for an Engineering company who is allowing her to work 100% remote while she is over there. They technically have an office in England but she will be working for a project that is US based still. They decided not to &quot;transfer&quot; her to the UK office because she would get paid a lot less.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think regardless she can stay as long as she wants cause she has the dual citizenship, but we need to find a way for me to be able to stay longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the situation above, would I be able to get a spouse visa? Since she will technically be working on a US based project, will that not allow me to do that? Can she even tell immigration that she is doing that? Even though she has dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is not possible... her grandmother is 82 and is legally blind, is there some sort of caregiver visa I can get to help my wife take care of her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe sign up for a class and get a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just trying to figure out an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Branden&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11445" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T07:29:37.370" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T07:29:37.370" Title="Stay in England for more than 6 months (need visa advice)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T01:51:32.947" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10319" CreationDate="2017-03-27T04:11:27.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the face of it, your self-assessment of your points seems wrong to me based on what you have posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you have given yourself 5 points for having a post graduate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acacia-au.com/specialist-education-qualification-points.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Specialist Education Qualification&lt;/a&gt; - that is a Masters by research or a PhD in one of the nominated areas (Computer Science is one). ACS have equated your qualifications to a Bachelors degree - this doesn't cut it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have also claimed 5 points for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acacia-au.com/study-in-australia.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australian Study&lt;/a&gt; requirement. &lt;em&gt;Have&lt;/em&gt; you actually studied for 2 years &lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, assuming you have certified experience of between 3 and 5 years from ACS (I can only see 11 months in the letter but there may be more that you didn't post) you should have got 5 points for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be entitled to 55 points but probably not more than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11448" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T04:11:27.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-27T16:10:14.473" Score="7" ViewCount="1868" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software engineer from Lahore, Pakistan with a job offer from a Munich based German company. I full-fill the requirements of an EU Blue-card which requires an initial work visa from my country to travel to Germany. Upon initial inquiry, German Embassy in Pakistan has asked me to get an equivalence certificate from ZAB. I applied to ZAB more than a month ago, paid the fee and they told me to expect two weeks for processing but since then they have not responded to my emails. Now the appointment with Embassy is just around the corner and it does not look like I will get any news from ZAB before that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My degree is categorized as 'Entspricht' and the university is listed as H+ in Anabin database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess my options are limited in the sense that I can tell Embassy staff that I have applied for a ZAB certificate but I am still waiting. Would this be reason enough for them to turn down my application? The appointment cycle at German Embassy is very long and next attempt may not be available before a couple of months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other any options available? Appreciate response from people who have been in similar situation before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11455" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T10:56:26.877" Title="ZAB comparability statement for german EU blue card visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10553" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-03-27T20:43:05.397" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T20:43:05.397" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T20:43:05.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10554" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-03-27T20:43:05.397" Score="0" Body="The so-called &quot;Surinder Singh route&quot; is for questions related to obtaining an EEA Family Permit as a way to enter the UK to live." OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T05:34:57.277" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T05:34:57.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10545" CreationDate="2017-03-27T23:41:23.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;By googling 'cic canada &quot;study plan&quot; ', I found study permit instructions for several Canadian embassies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One description from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5836E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Manila instructions&lt;/a&gt; was: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A personal study plan: A description of your proposed program of&#xA;  studies as it relates to your academic, technical, or vocational&#xA;  background and future career goals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5850E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Singapore office&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Study Plan: Submit a one page study plan which answers the following questions and includes any other information relevant to the processing of your application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why do you wish to study in Canada in the program for which you have been&#xA;  accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is your overall educational goal?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are you not pursuing a similar program in your country of residence or&#xA;  citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How will this program enhance your employment opportunities in your country of residence or citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What ties do you have to your country of residence or citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it has been more than two years since you have left full-time education, please provide your C.V.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a minor applicant, what are your reasons for wishing to study in Canada? What is your parents or guardians immigration status in their current&#xA;  country of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T23:41:23.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10537" CreationDate="2017-03-27T23:55:42.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some things to think about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a minor, you're probably not going to be able to open a bank account nor sign an agreement for an apartment rental, let open start utilities for the apartment. You may also have problems getting a sim or local cell phone account. You may also have problems accessing medical care. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to look for &quot;boarding schools&quot; who would be set up to act as &quot;in loco parentis&quot; while you are attending the school. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T23:55:42.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-28T03:44:41.950" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boyfriend is a resident in Spain. I am a not from European Union.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't get married in our hometown because of some problems. Is it possible for us to get married is Spain or can he sponsor me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11460" LastEditorUserId="12119" LastEditDate="2017-07-17T12:10:58.010" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T12:10:58.010" Title="Can I marry a resident in Spain if I am not from European Union?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-28T09:09:02.930" Score="6" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are based in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has an interview (being held in London) for a teaching job in Australia (Ballarat, specifically), starting in January 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work as a Data Scientist and I understand that my profession is listed on the Skilled Occupations List, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming she gets the job, what options are there for me in terms of a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, assuming that I can go over with her and that everything is taken care of in terms of a visa, do we have to live in Ballarat or can we live anywhere (&quot;where&quot; we live isn't relevant in the context of this question)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read multiple texts stating that we will be limited to living only in the area where she acquires work for at least 2 years; is there a visa that we can apply for which will allow us to live anywhere, regardless of the job location?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11357" LastEditorUserId="11357" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T16:37:30.210" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T01:06:59.473" Title="My wife has an interview for a job in Australia (we are based in London). What can I do in terms of a visa if she is offered / takes the job?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2812" CreationDate="2017-03-28T13:24:25.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The insurance company is not obliged to accept a foreign no-claims certificate, but they may do so to get your custom. It's more usual for companies that work in both countries. But make sure you get it clear before you commit yourself. Don't believe a verbal assurance that they will refund you money later after they have examined the no-claims certificate. They will not, in my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11464" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T13:24:25.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-28T11:22:45.040" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the USA with a J-1 visa and I left the country after 4 months. How can I  check online to see I am subject to two-years home residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="h202" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T17:01:28.627" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T17:01:28.627" Title="J-1 visa and two-years home residency requirement" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10562" CreationDate="2017-03-28T16:54:27.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs gives guidance on how to seek an advisory opinion, should you be unclear of your obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not know whether the two-year home-country physical presence requirement applies to you, after having reviewed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student/residency-waiver/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eligibility Information webpage&lt;/a&gt;, you can request that the Department of State, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/glossary.html#advisory_opinion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Waiver Review Division conducts an Advisory Opinion&lt;/a&gt;. An Advisory Opinion is a review of your exchange visitor program documents to determine if you are subject to this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T16:54:27.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10560" CreationDate="2017-03-29T01:00:58.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's going to depend on the visa she gets.&lt;/strong&gt;  If she gets the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457)&lt;/a&gt;, which is the most likely option, as her partner you will have unrestricted work rights.  However, if she gets the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/489-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489)&lt;/a&gt;, your work and residency rights will also be restricted to the region; this means your employer has to be within the region as well.  The specific areas where you can live on a regional visa are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Allocation-dates-for-General-Skilled-Migration-applications/regional-growth&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;defined by postcode here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Ballarat is a small country town without much demand for data scientists.  However, it's (barely) within commuting distance from Melbourne (115 km by car, 1:40 by train), where you should be able to find a job fairly easily if your visa permits, and you could split the difference by living around the halfway mark at a place like &lt;a href=&quot;https://goo.gl/maps/K43f1Zjeb2u&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bacchus Marsh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final option would be for you to apply independently, either for your own 457 visa (fast, but requires a sponsoring employer) or a skilled migration visa (no sponsor needed, but very slow).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2017-03-29T01:06:59.473" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T01:06:59.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-28T23:41:51.200" Score="3" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;p&gt;I come from outside EU/Schengen and my Norwegian boyfriend and I want to get married in Norway. I checked the application process and necessary documents. We seem to fulfil all criteria, but there is one that causes some doubts. According to UDI website, he needs to &quot;have a house where I would live with him&quot; and provide this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Housing documentation&#xA;the lease or the deeds (in Norwegian: 'skjøte' or 'grunnboksutskrift') for the house/apartment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thing is, he doesn't own a house. He is renting a place, which is a case for the most of the young people here.&#xA;I don't quite understand what skjøte and grunnboksutskrift are. Is it satisfactory that he is renting a house or does he actually need to own one? &#xA;Can I  not get married if he is not a house owner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7018" OwnerDisplayName="nina" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-29T13:15:00.690" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T13:15:00.690" Title="Getting married in Norway - does my partner need to OWN A HOUSE?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10567" CreationDate="2017-03-29T00:00:59.600" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If he is renting, he probably has a &lt;em&gt;lease&lt;/em&gt;, the written agreement with the owner granting him tenancy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other situations, where there is no lease, you could substitute other documents, like utility bills or tax returns, but here it is important to show not only that your fiancé lives at that address but that &lt;em&gt;you can live there too&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your boyfriend does not have a lease, have him talk to his landlord and make one, backdated to the start of tenancy but with the correct dates on the signatures, and ideally have it notarized.  And of course, the lease should include a clause allowing you to live there as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Malvolio" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T00:00:59.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10569" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10576" CreationDate="2017-03-29T08:06:19.203" Score="4" ViewCount="992" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming an EU citizen wanted to grant their spouse EU citizenship as fast as possible, which EU country would be the best to do so? This is assuming the EU citizen will move to that country with their spouse under Article 10, so it excludes routes such as citizenship for investment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-03-29T08:14:05.337" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T20:04:31.453" Title="What is the fastest EU country for an EU citizen's spouse to get citizenship?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-29T08:34:30.520" Score="1" ViewCount="2637" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have left Netherlands and I couldn't close the bank account there as I still had some payments to be received. Now my account shows negative balance. What are the consequences of not closing the account and leaving it as it is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bank in questions is ING bank and I have a negative balance of about 4.40€. I have already left Netherlands as I was there as an exchange student and my Visa has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11467" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-03-31T09:20:55.130" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T16:06:17.230" Title="What are the consequences if I don't close an unused bank account in Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-29T09:26:36.483" Score="3" ViewCount="2786" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents were both Dutch citizens and relocated to South Africa in 1949.  They are both deceased.  My daughter wants to apply for a Dutch passport.  Her father and myself are South African citizens.  Where do I start with the process and would she qualify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11468" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-03-29T13:24:33.220" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T02:26:40.610" Title="Dutch Passport South African citizen" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9320" CreationDate="2017-03-29T10:07:24.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Final verdict: Sell the bike beforehand, even at a loss, rather than taking it with you. Too much hassle regardless of the cost. Like @DanubianSailor says, only for a super-expensive bike is worth considering anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T10:07:24.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10567" CreationDate="2017-03-29T12:18:26.757" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Skjøte and grunnboksutskrift are the Norwegian words for lease and the deeds. Your partner needs to present either one to prove that they can provide a place for you both to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer the question: no, your partner doesn't need to OWN the house. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be found in English on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/family-immigration/family-immigration-with-norwegian-or-nordic-citizen/those-who-are-getting-married/how-to-apply-for-a-family-immigration-getting-married/?k=0301&amp;amp;as=n&amp;amp;l=2&amp;amp;n=y&amp;amp;c=usa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;UDI website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Housing documentation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the lease or the deeds (in Norwegian: 'skjøte' or 'grunnboksutskrift')&#xA;  for the house/apartment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11470" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T12:18:26.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10571" CreationDate="2017-03-29T14:51:54.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;She would qualify only if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your parents were still Dutch citizens when you were born (making you a Dutch citizen at birth), and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You did not lose your Dutch nationality before your daughter was born, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your daughter acquired Dutch nationality at birth, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your daughter has not lost her Dutch nationality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules governing these things have changed over the years, so it depends a bit on when you were born and when she was born.  Other factors to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your parents were naturalized in South Africa before you were born, they probably lost their Dutch nationality, so you were never Dutch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your parents were naturalized after your birth, but before you reached the age of majority under Dutch law, you may have lost your nationality at that point.  (If you were naturalized in South Africa, independently from your parents, but you were at the time a minor under Dutch law, then you &lt;em&gt;retained&lt;/em&gt; Dutch nationality; if you had both South African and Dutch nationality from birth, then their being naturalized would have no effect on you, if I recall correctly.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were 28 or older when your daughter was born, you need to consider whether you lost your Dutch nationality under the rule about living outside the Netherlands for more than 10 years.  That rule has changed a couple of times over the years, so specific dates are important.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were married to your daughter's father when she was born, you may not have passed Dutch nationality to her, depending on when she was born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your daughter is over 28 years old, she has probably lost any Dutch nationality she may have had because of the rule about living outside the Netherlands for more than 10 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where do I start with the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At whichever Dutch consulate has jurisdiction over your place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T14:51:54.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10569" CreationDate="2017-03-29T20:04:31.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, gaining citizenship (as opposed to simply having the right to reside, work, etc.) might be the one thing where EU law isn't of much help or relevance. I am not aware of a single country with a fast-track to citizenship for EU citizens' spouses, the only way open to that person would typically be the regular naturalisation process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization#Other_countries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, the most accessible countries would therefore be Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, and Sweden, all of which have a five years minimum residence requirement. That, of course, is an absolute legal minimum and does not account for the duration of the procedure nor does it reflect all the other restrictions and requirements (renouncing your previous citizenship, learning the language, holding a job, etc.) that might apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in some cases it might be easier and faster to acquire the EU spouse's citizenship, even without residing in the country (that would for example be the case for the spouse of a French citizen). That's not always the case obviously, some countries even have residence requirements before granting citizenship through marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T20:04:31.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10577" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-30T09:09:01.197" Score="1" ViewCount="476" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian. Currently, I am on a WHV for 1 year. I want to extend it for another year, and it is said to be possible on the Government web site. Has anyone successfully done so? If yes, where did you go to extend your visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11473" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-30T13:07:06.323" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T17:09:19.537" Title="How can I extend my French working holiday visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10578" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10585" CreationDate="2017-03-30T09:51:46.110" Score="4" ViewCount="2569" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in France and both of her parents are French. She moved to the UK and married my (British) father. When she did this, she changed her surname to his. My parents were married when I was born but they divorced shortly after and my mother moved back to France. She stopped using her married surname when she moved back to France and I don't think the French government were ever made aware of the marriage or of my birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now 25. I was born in the UK and have always lived in the UK. I speak pretty good French but I'm not completely fluent. When I was 21, I changed my surname by deed poll. I have my English birth certificate in my old name, the deed poll and my British passport in my new name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can also get my mother's French birth certificate, French passport, English marriage certificate and English divorce certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am self employed in the UK and my Self Assessment will show an income well above the SMIC in the 16/17 tax year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to register my French nationality to get a French passport. The key motivation is to make travel within Europe as easy as possible after Brexit. I am also motivated, to a lesser extent, to have a French passport just to feel more a part of France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite &quot;being&quot; French, proving it and obtaining a French passport seems like a very complicated process. I'm trying to figure out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's even worth the effort (assuming Brexit doesn't automatically afford British subjects the right to travel in the Schengen zone and I continue to travel within the EU regularly),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe name changes are going to complicate this. Is the French government likely to recognise my deed poll, given changing one's name requires (I believe) a court order in France?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone confirm the only real hurdle to getting the passport is obtaining a CNF as described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;, which is simply a case of assembling documents and delivering them in person? Will I need to attend any language/culture tests?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would it be sensible to employ a solicitor to help?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11471" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T22:43:49.127" Title="Registering French nationality - name change and where to get help" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10579" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10586" CreationDate="2017-03-30T10:29:30.587" Score="5" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm British and living in Germany with my SO who is also British. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The prospect of brexit quite understandably has us in a weird emotional state somewhere between fear, anger and disgust. We don't plan on staying in Germany forever but nor do we want to move back to the UK and be stuck there. We want to keep European free movement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in our case there is a potential life line. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My SO's grandfather is Italian. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For her this means she can get an Italian passport pretty easily. She has never done this in the past as saw no point but the option is there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me things are more complicated but we are discussing getting married so I can share in her Italian Ness. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked the guidelines and apparently you need to be married for 3 years before you can get this (18 months with kids) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few questions. Some quite theoretical and not related to our situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: is there any probation on Italian citizenship? That is she could get it today and then marry me the day after and start the counter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2: what if we are married before she becomes Italian? Does the time I am married to her count or only the time I was married to an Italian? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3: purely theoretical as no plans for kids.... But if there was a kid involved how does this affect the counter? Say we are a year without and then we have one. It goes down to 18 months right away or it assumes I only have to wait 18 months or a proportional time off the wait is taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4: are there any language requirements? Both of us only know a few words of Italian. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5 : a potential complication I have only just became aware of. Her grandfather WAS Italian. To take British citizenship he had to renounce this as Italy did not accept dual citizenship in the past (they do now). &#xA;Does this affect things? Any dependency on whether her mother was born before or after this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11475" LastEditorUserId="11475" LastEditDate="2017-04-04T11:17:32.717" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T12:44:19.583" Title="Chain Italian citizenship" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-30T18:08:34.697" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a classic question that a lot of my peers in my university have and there's no good answer anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an international student at New York University(NYU) currently on my F-1 visa in the United States pursuing a Masters program. I am in my final semester thus I am in the states since last two years. I live in New Jersey and commute to New York for my classes and my part time job which is an on-campus job at NYU itself. I had this job during the year 2016 and thus have received form W-2 from NYU. I have already filed my federal taxes and I am confused about the state for which I should file the state tax. Should it be NJ since I live in NJ or NY since I work in NY or both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts would be extremely appreciated by a very huge community of students like me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11344" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T17:46:00.220" Title="US State Tax Filings for international student" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-30T22:20:41.053" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Germany, my 19-year-old daughter is Ugandan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a permanent residency and, since my daughter was about to travel, we did not apply together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got my PR within months, but hers took 5 months, and has been rejected. They said we did not provide the documents required. On her application form, I stated that all the documents had been provided in my own application, and that she was applying as my dependent. I did not think they would need the same documents a few months after I applied. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should she appeal, which costs £80.00, or reapply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11476" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-03-31T01:41:33.200" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T01:41:33.200" Title="EEA permanent residency denied for my non-EEA daughter" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T10:22:36.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3259" CreationDate="2017-03-31T10:44:13.950" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in South-Africa (Johannesburg) for 2 years and nothing really happened. Just be smart about it: Don't go to townships unaccompanied, don't flaunt that you have a lot of money and so on. For women it might be a bit different. But me as a man was able to walk to the gas-station at night (anywhere between 10pm - 3am) to get some cigarettes and not be scared that anything will happen. I too am into IT and am not too bulky, but if you carry yourself with confidence it will be all right. At the job I had I heard a few people got mugged and beat up, but these were also people who were scared of everything. JUST DONT TRUST ANYONE (EVEN COPS, since they are corrupt and try to get a littlebit of extra money however they can)! The worst thing that happened to me was that I got mugged at gunpoint while being out and about at a uncommon time (2am on a Tuesday) with my girlfriend, this is actually the only thing that ever happened. But nothing really happened, just give the little money you got on you (don't carry 100's of Rands with you, almost everywhere you can pay with card) and they will leave you alone. DO NOT FIGHT THEM, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF KILLING/STABBING YOU (sorry to say: Especially if you're white like I am)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11477" LastEditorUserId="11477" LastEditDate="2017-03-31T10:49:50.350" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T10:49:50.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10577" CreationDate="2017-03-31T17:09:19.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ca.ambafrance.org/Mobilite-des-jeunes-des-demarches-simplifiees-pour-venir-en-France&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French embassy in Canada&lt;/a&gt; is to be believed, your WHV can actually be extended for one year (and once again for a total maximum of 36 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A l’expiration de son visa délivré par le Consulat, le jeune canadien&#xA;devra se rendre à la préfecture de son lieu de résidence et solliciter&#xA;l’autorisation de prolonger son séjour dans le cadre de l’accord&#xA;franco-canadien d’échange de jeunes de 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;La préfecture délivrera alors une carte de séjour temporaire d’une&#xA;durée maximum de 12 mois pour les jeunes professionnels (mention :&#xA;travailleur temporaire), pour les étudiants (mention : étudiant) et&#xA;pour les stagiaires (mention : stagiaire).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to find the &amp;quot;Bureau des étrangers&amp;quot; ou &amp;quot;Service des étrangers&amp;quot; of the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;sous-préfecture&lt;/em&gt; from which you depend (ie depending on where you are living in France). Be aware that some of these offices are quite busy and getting an appointment might take some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T17:09:19.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10578" CreationDate="2017-03-31T19:39:39.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Absolutely no idea.&lt;/strong&gt; Few people can tell the future these days. However, you should be aware that the official policy in the EU is to avoid double nationalities. It's not strictly enforced, however. In other words, they can ask you to &quot;surrender&quot; your British passport (you can usually get another one rather quickly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. French law and administration have very limited recognition of &quot;private&quot; non-contractual legal documents such as a deed poll.&lt;/strong&gt; As for any civil status act you need the act of a civil authority to change your name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consequence:&lt;/strong&gt; Only documents emitted or signed by an authority will be taken into account without question. Any other documents will only &quot;support your claim&quot; but they can delay the procedure. Your French legal name will be your birth name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can normally apply for a &quot;name change&quot; when you claim the nationality. For this you need a valid reason. Changing your legal name to keep continuous use of a &quot;pseudonym&quot; or public name is usually a valid reason, especially if your profession in France mandates the use of your legal name (like some legal or medical professions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consequence 2:&lt;/strong&gt; You will need other documents to establish your identity and filiation, like an old passport, to get your CNF. While it's usually very easy if you have things like a &quot;Livret de famille&quot;, if you don't have them and your situation is complicated by name changes, you will need more.&#xA;You will definitely need your mother's French birth certificate, French passport, English marriage certificate and English divorce certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that outdated documents like passports, carte d'identité etc can sometimes be used to prove identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. No language or culture tests for you&lt;/strong&gt;, as you already are French in the sense of the French law (code civil, article 18).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. You can use a sollicitor's expertise,&lt;/strong&gt; but as I said French law and administration have very limited recognition of &quot;private&quot; non-contractual legal documents that a sollicitor usually redacts (there should be some limited recognition but I'm no specialist). In France we have civil law notaries which are very expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2448" LastEditorUserId="2448" LastEditDate="2017-03-31T19:52:11.483" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T19:52:11.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10579" CreationDate="2017-04-01T00:21:34.730" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;is there any probation on Italian citizenship? That is she could get&#xA;  it today and then marry me the day after and start the counter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no probation on the Italian citizenship which means the count down starts from the day you get marry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what if we are married before she becomes Italian? Does the time I am&#xA;  married to her count or only the time I was married to an Italian&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, if your SO's grandfather is Italian as you mentioned above, then your SO is already an Italian citizen and if you decide to get marry before she applies for the Italian passport it really doesn't matter, the time you're married to her will count!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;purely theoretical as no plans for kids.... But if there was a kid&#xA;  involved how does this affect the counter? Say we are a year without&#xA;  and then we have one. It goes down to 18 months right away or it&#xA;  assumes I only have to wait 18 months or a proportional time off the&#xA;  wait is taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/cittadinanza.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs's website&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The foreign spouse of an Italian citizen can claim Italian citizenship in the presence of the following requirements: a) in&#xA;  Italy: two years legal residence (permit to stay and enrolment in an&#xA;  official statistics office (Anagrafe)) after the wedding; abroad:&#xA;  three years after the wedding; the timeframes are reduced by half in&#xA;  the presence of children born or adopted by the spouses;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to reside abroad after getting married then you'll have to wait for 3 years but if you make a child​ in a year then you'll only have to wait until it's 18 months since the day you got married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;are there any language requirements? Both of us only know a few words&#xA;  of Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, there is no requirement to speak Italian or to pass any tests, unlike for instance, the UK, where a foreign spouse must pass the “Life in the UK” and English language tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;5 : a potential complication I have only just became aware of. Her&#xA;  grandfather WAS Italian. To take British citizenship he had to&#xA;  renounce this as Italy did not accept dual citizenship in the past&#xA;  (they do now). Does this affect things? Any dependency on whether her&#xA;  mother was born before or after this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it depends;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;your SO's mother &lt;strong&gt;might be&lt;/strong&gt; an Italian citizen if she was already born by the time your SO's grandfather naturalized as a British citizen, and she never renounced her right to Italian citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned in the comment box that your SO's mother didn't pay attention to the Italian citizenship it's likely that she didn't renounce her right to Italian citizenship, so the only thing relevant is whether she was born before or after your SO's grandfather renounced his Italian citizenship. Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="6685" LastEditDate="2017-04-05T10:45:34.957" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T10:45:34.957" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10570" CreationDate="2017-04-01T11:20:14.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close it and forget.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing the account remotely is the easiest solution. It won't take you more than a couple of minutes. There's no need to be physically present in The Netherlands to do it. First transfer some money into the account to bring the balance to 0 - you never know whether you'll need them again, so do not burn bridges. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ing.nl/particulier/betalen/betaalrekening-opzeggen/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is the Dutch page explaining how to cancel your personal account&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9077" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T16:06:17.230" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T16:06:17.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10588" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-01T11:44:43.590" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;When they say EEA citizens have the right to &quot;live, work, establish business and study&quot; in another EEA country and this right is &quot;up to three months&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no other immigration route exists (EU national on another EU state, for example): What happens after this period? And what if some EEA national stays 89 days and then another 89 during the same year? Under what conditions, can they deny foreign EEA citizens to stay longer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9077" LastActivityDate="2017-04-01T11:44:43.590" Title="Moving to an EEA country as an EEA citizen" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10590" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11724" CreationDate="2017-04-01T20:58:46.943" Score="5" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife has a family permit visa and we're now applying to get an EEA residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's required that we send our documents to prove identity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Proof of identity and nationality, such as&#xA;  a valid passport, travel document or national identity card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it also says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your application may take up to 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean we'll stay 6 months without our passports? That's not a huge deal for me as I have my EU ID card but her only valid document here is her passport. &#xA;What else can we use as a valid document for her if they'll keep it for 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11294" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T14:14:14.673" Title="What is a valid document for EEA residence card?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10717" CreationDate="2017-04-02T13:05:30.363" Score="2" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;My citizenship allows me to travel to New Zealand for a working holiday. On the surface it sounds great since salaries in NZ are very good and I could find a job easily as a software developer. However looking into the T&amp;amp;C it seems that you can't take a job for one employer for more than 3 months, which means most IT companies would not be interested in such an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what kind of jobs do people usually take during working holidays? Is it limited to unskilled stuff like berry picking? Is it mostly a 'holiday' rather than 'work'? Or do people simply ignore the 3 months limit and get permanent jobs all the time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-04-02T14:02:29.540" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T18:27:57.533" Title="What kind of jobs do people usually take during a Working Holiday, if you can't work for one employer for more than 3 months?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-02T15:34:59.580" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, now in Poland. I want to get a temporary packaging worker job in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the first thing I need to do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Find a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605099/2017-03-31_Tier_2_5_Register_of_Sponsors.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tier-5 sponsor company&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Get a job-offer from that company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Apply for tier-5 visa for UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastEditorDisplayName="user11149" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T03:17:43.333" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:32:47.890" Title="Doing a job in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-03T05:22:14.600" Score="1" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do the different Southeast Asian countries compare in terms of ease of long-term staying and legally working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some background info, I've been in Indonesia for a while now on a cultural study program, but I now want to start to do remote work, however the visa system does not make this easy. You can walk the legal route which is hard and costly (the cost alone is a small local salary every month) or even if you'd be willing to do it illegally, it's costly since you can stay only 6 months at a time and the paperwork for that is time-consuming and/or fairly expensive too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm looking for alternatives in Southeast Asia. These are of course all unique countries, but I like the culture in general, the climate and that life is cheap on average. I'd prefer to work part-time and be able to sustain a pretty simple life, while not flying out often just to renew visas. How do these countries compare for that? Any that really stand out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order not to have this too opinion-based, I am looking for a comparison of at least several of the countries in the region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6520" LastEditorUserId="6520" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T07:11:07.343" LastActivityDate="2017-04-04T04:07:09.380" Title="How do the different Southeast Asian countries compare in terms of ease of long-term staying and legally working?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-04-05T03:30:00.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-03T08:49:46.343" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Iranian student studying in Hungary with a 2-year residency permit. I have a project in Italy, which would take around 5 months. I came to Italy from Hungary on March 1st. Do you think I can leave Italy after 90 days and then come back again? Or is there any way to do this without asking for an Italian residency permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user59442" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T18:57:13.620" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T18:57:13.620" Title="Iranian student with Hungarian residency permit staying in Italy for more than 90 days" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10597" CreationDate="2017-04-03T10:55:45.723" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EU residence permit granted by a Schengen State will allow you to reside in another Schengen State for up to 90 days. To stay longer you must apply for a national residence permit from the other Member State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreigners who intend to stay in Italy for more than three months must apply for a residence permit. These permits allow foreigners to stay in Italy, under certain conditions depending on the category of the permit.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of whether expats apply for a working residence permit before or after they have arrived (the ability to do so depends on their nationality), they will have to report to their local immigration centre.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ON &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/who-does-what/what-does-the-eu-do/already-in-the-eu_en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving between EU countries during my long-term stay – more than three months&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you stay in an EU country for a long stay, usually for more than&#xA;  three months, you will generally be issued with a national long-stay&#xA;  visa and/or a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your long-stay visa or permit has been issued by a Schengen area&#xA;  country, you can travel to another Schengen area country for three&#xA;  months per six-month period. You must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;justify the purpose of your stay;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have sufficient financial resources for your stay and return;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not be considered a threat to public policy, public security or public health.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can also pass through other Schengen area countries on the way to&#xA;  your host country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To move from one Schengen area country to another for more than three&#xA;  months, you will need a long-term visa and/or a permit for that&#xA;  country. If you wish to work, study or join your family in the second&#xA;  country, you may have to fulfil more national conditions. To travel to&#xA;  a country that is not in the borderless Schengen area, you must get a&#xA;  separate national visa and meet all the necessary conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you think i can leave italy after 90 days and then come back again&#xA;  ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is no, at least not in 6 months period. Italy has really strict immigration, so if you try you run a good chance of being detected. You might get lucky, but you might also get fined (it's a federal offense) and there have also been cases where people were imprisoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="6685" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T14:12:47.177" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T14:12:47.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-03T12:35:37.020" Score="4" ViewCount="2688" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anybody who is not living in the United States and not a citizen of the United States, is classified by the US tax authorities as a &quot;non resident alien&quot;. Any of these NRAs who earn money in the United States, however, need to file taxes on that income with the form 1040NR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am filling out this form, as I have a few work related stock option benefits for which I have earned some small amount of dividends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of the form, I am asked to fill in my &quot;Occupation in the United States.&quot; The official instructions state, &quot;Be sure to date your return and enter your occupation in the United States.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a question here for anybody who may know:&#xA;What is my &quot;occupation in the united states&quot;?? Could it possibly be the same thing as my occupation, which is not in the United States? Or maybe is my occupation just &quot;investor&quot;? or Unemployed, or none?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I am a little uncomfortable giving the factual answer (&quot;investor&quot;), as my income in this occupation is only $100 and that is, in principle, lying because it &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;suggests&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a situation that is not true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T23:01:37.343" Title="US tax form 1040NR asks me to enter my &quot;Occupation in the United States&quot;" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10332" CreationDate="2017-04-03T21:58:45.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure you can.  I lived on a boat.  Note that you'll need a &lt;em&gt;residential&lt;/em&gt; mailing address to avoid all sorts of complications.  There are databases of addresses that indicate weather or not an address is residential and some services like credit cards that will insist on a residential address for a personal credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11491" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T21:58:45.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10599" CreationDate="2017-04-03T23:01:37.343" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can put me in the camp that thinks the answer to that question isn't very important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judged by my own returns, however, it appears that my accountant may think the answer should depend on whether there is employment income (i.e. income reported with a W-2) on line 8 of the return. On my last 1040NR I got some of that due to the exercise of old, left-over stock options and on that one he called me an &quot;Engineer&quot; which is what I was doing in the US when the options were granted. On the previous year's return I had nothing on line 8, all income was of the unearned variety on other lines, and he called me an &quot;N/A&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your income was in fact dividend income from stock acquired in some previous year (which wouldn't be reported on line 8) I think you are probably an &quot;N/A&quot; as well, independent of how or what you were doing when you acquired ownership of the stock.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T23:01:37.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10596" CreationDate="2017-04-04T04:07:09.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Thailand, and can only comment on my experience of living here for thirteen years. I have not lived in other countries in the region.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Thailand, in order to work legally, you need a work permit. A work permit is only issued if you work for a Thai company in a specified location (the place you are allowed to work is written in your work permit) and are paying Thai taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing any form of work (paid or unpaid) requires a work permit, and if you are found to be doing any form of work (be it 'remote working', volunteering, playing music in a bar, teaching English at a local school that told you that everything will be fine, etc.) without a work permit then deportation usually follows, along with a fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without a work permit, staying long-term means getting married to a local and having some money in the bank, being over 50 and having even more money in the bank, or studying. But the ED visa for studying is becoming more difficult to get, as the system has been consistently abused over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you are looking at tourist visas, but those strictly prohibit working. Again - get found working on a TR visa and you are looking at a fine and deportation again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet if you chose to work in Thailand would be to find a company that wants to employ you, and work for them, letting them sort out a work permit and doing the visa extensions for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working 'under the radar' is something many people do for long periods, but if anyone finds out and reports you for doing it, then again with the fine and deportation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that discussing illegal activity is frowned upon (and with good reason), but I would like to put a strong word against working in Thailand without a work permit. Don't do it, it's not worth the extreme possible consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-04-04T04:07:09.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10605" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-04T16:13:25.537" Score="2" ViewCount="446" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I entered US in year x month y with J1 visa, as a scholar/postdoctoral researcher. My question regards my status during year x+2: assuming that I also stay in US during full year x+2, is it true that during such year I will still be considered non-resident alien for tax purposes until month y-1, and therefore&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will still benefit from tax treaty article 20, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I won't pay social security/medicare tax&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;exactly until that month (as opposed to ending in previous calendar year),&#xA;because art. 20 is protected by saving clause in such treaty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For this same year, which form(s) of 1040 series will I have to file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT 3: MY CURRENT UNDERSTANDING: answer to 1 is positive, because of exemption from saving clause. For full year x+2, I will however be resident alien and therefore file 1040 and pay social sec/medicare. Now I don't see any contradiction, but please feel free to correct me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant links: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html#en_US_2016_publink1000222149&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;res vs non-res&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch09.html#en_US_2016_publink1000222739&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax treaty&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-student-liability-for-social-security-and-medicare-taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;soc sec&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11494" LastEditorUserId="11494" LastEditDate="2017-12-04T23:52:03.520" LastActivityDate="2017-12-04T23:52:03.520" Title="Tax treaty USA-Italy: scholar/teacher (art. 20) tax exemptions and implications" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-04T21:08:21.443" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a child was born in China by two Chinese parents but was adopted by two American parents, what citizenship does that child have? Does he/she retain the chinese citizenship?&#xA;Is it possible by adoption to have a duel citizenship of China and United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11495" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T08:04:54.190" Title="Citizenship with Adoption" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-04T18:51:03.713" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, one of my friends told me that Canada has a special program for IELTS test takers. If you can collect enough points, the Canadian embassy issues you a visa, although I am uncertain of the type of visa. Is there any truth to that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="D. Elp." LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-07T23:46:39.647" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T23:46:39.647" Title="Emigrating to Canada with IELTS" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10608" CreationDate="2017-04-04T20:01:30.673" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no visa program for Canada that allows people to immigrate based &lt;em&gt;solely&lt;/em&gt; on their English ability. However, an IELTS score (or an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiaf.org/frenchclasses/frenchexam-tef.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;equivalent French assessment test&lt;/a&gt;) may be required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/getting-started.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Do you want to come to Canada, or extend your stay?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be asked questions about your:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;language ability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;family members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;income and/or net worth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;details on any job offer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your answers, we will tell you what programs you may be eligible for, so be as accurate as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, &amp;quot;language ability&amp;quot; is just one of the kinds of things they might ask you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" OwnerDisplayName="Greg Hewgill" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-04T20:01:30.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10606" CreationDate="2017-04-05T08:04:54.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the little information provided, I would say the child is most likely a US citizen and isn't a Chinese citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child was born after 1983, and was in the US as a permanent resident, they would almost certainly have gained US citizenship through the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (if they hadn't already gained US citizenship before), by being a permanent resident under 18 living in the US with a US-citizen parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe gaining derivative US citizenship (i.e. US citizenship for minors gained after birth) generally causes loss of Chinese (PRC) nationality. It is a little unclear because the meaning of certain provisions in the Chinese law are not explained in detail. In particular, Article 9 of the PRC Nationality Law provides that if a Chinese citizen voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality, they automatically lose Chinese citizenship. The question is whether derivative US citizenship (which is gained automatically when all the conditions are met, without the child's action or choice) counts as voluntary. Although I cannot cite any authoritative explanation of the Chinese law, I believe it does, because in the case of Chinese-national permanent resident parents and children, where the parent naturalizes, causing the child to automatically derive US citizenship, I think it is pretty widely accepted that the child loses Chinese nationality in this case, and it is the same derivative citizenship process that would apply to the adopted child in this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that this is different from the case of children who automatically had US (or other foreign) nationality at birth, and also had Chinese nationality at birth; those children would likely retain dual nationality indefinitely as there is no provision for them to lose Chinese nationality. Article 9 doesn't apply as nationality at birth is obviously involuntary, and in any case foreign nationality at birth occurs simultaneously with Chinese nationality at birth so it wouldn't make sense to have loss of nationality anyway.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T08:04:54.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10608" CreationDate="2017-04-05T09:17:09.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;IELTS and French Assessment Test is one of the parameter where there total points are included in Express entry VISA. If you want to apply as a Skilled Worker VISA there is Point based system &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://canada-da.com/calculator.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://canada-da.com/calculator.html&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, majorly calculated on IELTS score, French Language known, any sibling/relatives in Canada, Money you bring in Canada, Education level, Age, Gender, Work Experience. There are also various VISA category you can check on CIC website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11501" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T09:17:09.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10579" CreationDate="2017-04-05T12:34:33.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough reputation to comment on Sayed's answer, but about the 5., it does affect things, and indeed your SO could not get the italian citizenship if her mother was born after her grandfather became British.&#xA;If she was born before but she never bothered on getting the italian citizenship, I'm pretty sure she (her mother) couldn't renounce to it as she never was in fact Italian (even though she could and has the right to be so). In this case, getting the Italian citizenship would be feasible if there's no other impediment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in sum, if her mother was born BEFORE her grandfather became British, she's good to go. Otherwise, I think it won't be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11504" LastEditorUserId="11504" LastEditDate="2017-04-05T12:44:19.583" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T12:44:19.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10620" CreationDate="2017-04-05T17:03:27.947" Score="3" ViewCount="2208" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Asking for a friend; yes, really.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a Japanese expat in Germany and I've lost my wallet in a DB train, including my id and visa (Aufenthaltstitel), credit cards and all. I've naturally cancelled all my cards already. What are the next steps I should do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I tried calling the DB lost and found office, but no number seems to connect (!?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I went to the police who told me they can't do anything for me without seeing my &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I went to city hall who would not replace my &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; without a police report. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I stuck between a rock and a hard place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818" LastActivityDate="2017-04-08T22:01:06.540" Title="Lost id/Aufenthaltstitel in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10605" CreationDate="2017-04-06T05:24:59.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I know someone in &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same situation who is wondering &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand -- I am not a certified tax expert, and this is not a consultation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Glacier tax system (an electronic system in use at some universities), you would count as a &lt;em&gt;resident alien&lt;/em&gt; for taxation purposes for tax year 2016 if you had arrived in US, e.g., in some month of 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, according to some people, the tax treaty between Italy and US does extend to 24 months (&lt;em&gt;possibly&lt;/em&gt; for the reason that you mention, that Art. 20 is exempt from the &quot;saving clause&quot;). So you would not be required to pay taxes for the period of 2016 covered by the tax treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, you may have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes &lt;em&gt;for the full year&lt;/em&gt;, if you count as a resident alien for taxation purposes in 2016. The tax treaty most likely does not cover these taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we say, there are lots of ifs and buts since I don't have full information and different sources provide contrasting information. I will update my answer if I get to know more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11508" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T05:24:59.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10379" CreationDate="2017-04-06T09:10:15.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the end, me and my girlfriend made a deal with a cab driver to drive us to work in the morning and back home in the evening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reasons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First and foremost, the traffic is quite different from what I'm used to, and it seems that the risk of accidents and personal injury is high. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Addis-Abeba/Reseinformation/Reseinformation-Etiopien/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa&lt;/a&gt; states that (my translation) &quot;&lt;em&gt;the aftermath of an accident can lead to long-term imprisonment for the driver&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It took a colleague 3-4 months to buy a car and sort everything out with registration, before it could be used. Assuming it takes a similar amount of time to sell a car, we wouldn't have time to use the car before we'd have to sell it. Remaining in Ethiopia until the car is sold is not an option.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Given the short time we're here, and the fact that we currently don't use transportation for much else than getting to work and back, this way we don't have to consider car insurance, blown tires, refilling gas, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11184" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T09:10:15.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10616" CreationDate="2017-04-06T09:28:55.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to the police who told me they can't do anything for me without seeing my Aufenthaltstitel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to city hall who would not replace my Aufenthaltstitel without a police report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is both bullshit from people that cannot think farther than their desks border. You don't file &lt;em&gt;lost&lt;/em&gt; stuff with the police, unless you think it might be &lt;em&gt;stolen&lt;/em&gt;. And police &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; have to take your report if you report your ID stolen. Who &lt;em&gt;else&lt;/em&gt; would do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what you should do is go the the town hall again and ask for the name and number of the individual that needs a police report. Then go to the police station and file said report. If they don't let you, tell them to call the individual in question and let them sort it out. Explain the catch-22 and tell them you won't leave until they tell you &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to get out of this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T09:28:55.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10621" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10630" CreationDate="2017-04-06T11:11:08.553" Score="7" ViewCount="753" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been searching for apartments in Rotterdam and I recently decided for one. I contacted the real estate agency and we agreed on the rental conditions, but they are asking me 350€ + VAT for Contract Costs. They said that the owner is already paying them a fee, but that I always have to pay them this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that this is illegal, but I also don't want to lose this house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to avoid paying this (illegal) costs without taking the risk of letting losing the opportunity to get this house?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I rented a house through an agency. At first, I saw the house and agreed with the price. Before they sent me the contract, I signed a document saying that I was committed to accept the house and pay one month in advance, plus one month for deposit, plus the fee for them. I signed that document because I really wanted the house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, they sent me the contract. But at that point they are already committed with the owner that they were representing. That means they know the owner has agreed to rent the house to me and pay the agency the fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is the key point. The agency doesn't want to lose the opportunity to rent the house. Therefore, you can press them. So I called them saying that a legal adviser told me that the fee is illegal. He argued otherwise and this discussion lasted for almost 10 minutes. At the end, he stand up to his position. So I asked for him to speak with his manager to not charge me the fee, and then give me a call. Next day he sent me an email saying that they would not charge me the fee, despite the document I signed said otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85" LastEditorUserId="85" LastEditDate="2017-07-14T11:44:20.923" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T09:09:41.020" Title="Netherlands - How can I avoid paying contract costs to real estate agency?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;costs&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10551" CreationDate="2017-04-06T11:48:57.703" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I have come back from German Embassy and no one else has posted an answer yet, I would try to summarize my findings in case it helps someone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So basically German Embassy needs the equivalence certificate from ZAB even if one's degree is listed as 'Entspricht' on Anabin database. This may be true for only a selected set of Embassies but for the commission in Islamabad, Pakistan that is surely the case. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Second point is that one can go to the Embassy without equivalence certificate, they would not reject the application but they will wait until the certificate arrives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So not the worst situation but still a waiting state. If only ZAB was more responsive, Sigh!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11455" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T11:48:57.703" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-06T16:05:25.310" Score="2" ViewCount="833" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is so screwed up. My partner and I are not married. We've been together 7 years and we have a 6-year-old son. Our son was coming with us on a visit to the US and we got him a tourist visa, no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my partner's return 3 weeks later for her interview they took our son's passport and stamped denied over his visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for this is, they said, as he could possibly be eligible for US citizenship, he cannot enter the US on a visa. We must register his birth abroad and get him a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is he won't qualify because it's almost 100% guaranteed that he is not my biological son. We are devastated and so is he. I have never intended to attempt to get him a passport but it seems ludicrous that he can't get a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The suggestion of the embassy was to remove me as his father on his birth certificate. I would never do that. What else can we do? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11513" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T08:01:33.117" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T08:04:16.427" Title="Filipino child of a US citizen refused a non-immigrant visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10623" CreationDate="2017-04-06T17:01:02.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're listed on his birth certificate then it doesn't matter whether you are biologically father and son; you are &lt;em&gt;legally&lt;/em&gt; father and son, so your son is a US citizen, and therefore ineligible for a US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What else can we do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for a US passport for your son.  If in fact the determination is made that your son isn't for some reason a US citizen, then you'll have that on the record, and subsequent visa applications should be processed normally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-06T18:02:54.753" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T18:02:54.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8123" CreationDate="2017-04-06T17:11:49.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an old question, but it's still relevant. I found something similar that applies for dependents without SSN that need to apply for ITIN in order to be included in a joint return. Your case should be similar to this one. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apnatriangle.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&amp;amp;view=topic&amp;amp;Itemid=248&amp;amp;catid=3&amp;amp;id=11712#11801&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, you should&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare your Federal return and attach Form W-7 following the instructions from the IRS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the North Carolina state tax, again prepare the return on paper normally. In the spot for SSN write &quot;Applied for ITIN&quot;. Attach a copy of your Federal return, including W-7 form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The NC State Department of Revenue should process the return and mail you a self-addressed envelope with a form that you need to send back once you get your ITIN in the mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11514" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T17:11:49.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10623" CreationDate="2017-04-06T18:12:08.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What else can we do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing you could do is apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for your son as if he were a US citizen, and tell them that he's not likely your biological son. They request a DNA test and it turns out he is not your biological son, and they deny the CRBA. You then take the denial as evidence he is not a US citizen when applying for a visa for him. (Or maybe you can just go and do a DNA test directly and use the result that he is not your biological son when applying for the visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T18:12:08.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-07T10:58:07.877" Score="1" ViewCount="1658" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Philippine passport holder and hold a Schengen Short Stay Visa with duration of 13 days. I intend to get married to a German citizen. Is it possible to apply for extension of duration of stay to maximum possible 90 days (or beyond that)? How can this be done legally while waiting for the processing of marriage documents which will surely take time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user59620" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T17:16:16.873" Title="Extension of Schengen Visa due to marriage with a German citizen" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-04-11T00:34:09.923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10628" CreationDate="2017-04-07T17:16:16.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To marry your German fiancé(e), you should follow the procedure outlined in this document from the German Embassy in Manila.  It appears that you cannot make this application while you are in Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618538/Daten/7244286/MB_marriage.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618538/Daten/7244286/MB_marriage.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The sponsor must visit the local Registry Office to register the marriage BEFORE the visa application is submitted at the&#xA;  Embassy. The Philippine fiancé(e) does not have to travel to Germany for this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The visa application must be immediately rejected if it is submitted without this proof of registration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get more general information about the process on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/Vertretung/manila/en/05/1_20Visabestimmungen/Visaprocedure__and__forms.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;appropriate webpage of the diplomatic service&lt;/a&gt;.  There is a &lt;em&gt;Marriage Visa&lt;/em&gt; section with the following links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618538/Daten/7244286/MB_marriage.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application requirements for a visa for marriage an subsequent permanent stay in Germany [pdf, 400.87k]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618414/Daten/4777782/ddatei_application_long_stay.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application form [pdf, 621.91k]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618532/Daten/6736302/MB_visa_appointment.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appointment system [pdf, 259.4k]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service2.diplo.de/rktermin/extern/choose_realmList.do?request_locale=en&amp;amp;locationCode=mani&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Online appointment system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/contentblob/3618434/Daten/6179269/ddatei_security_decl_jan16.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Information provided to applicants pursuant to Section 54 Residence Act [pdf, 327.96k]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manila.diplo.de/Vertretung/manila/en/05/1_20Visabestimmungen/Visa_20photo.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa photo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be interested in these blog posts outlining the procedure, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://pinayingermany.wordpress.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pinays in Germany&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pinayingermany.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/marriage-fiance-visa-getting-married-in-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marriage / Fiance Visa: Getting Married in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pinayingermany.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/getting-married-in-germany-marriage-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Getting Married in Germany: Marriage Visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T17:16:16.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10621" CreationDate="2017-04-07T17:41:31.823" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, get some evidence: A signed written requirement is best; a voice recording is good (and make a transcript); a clear email exchange is not so great, but might do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now for some actual suggestions: &lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Note that some are complementary while some are contradictory)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a &lt;strong&gt;Dutch person&lt;/strong&gt; to help you with this. Preferably a personal friend or co-worker, preferably an assertive person and/or one with a background in social activism / legal action. Any of the activities below would probably work better if you can bring another person with you (and even better the larger a group you are).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get in touch with &lt;strong&gt;the &quot;I Am-sterdam&quot; people&lt;/strong&gt; (who put up that website you linked to); maybe they can help you with directions of some sort.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contact  &lt;strong&gt;the police&lt;/strong&gt;. Complain about the rental agency trying to scam you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tell the rental agency you want the apartment, and when they demand the fee, &lt;strong&gt;threaten the rental agent with the police&lt;/strong&gt;: tell them that you're not paying, and if they don't skip the fee, you will report them to the police as having committed an offense. It's better if you've managed to figure out exactly which law they are breaking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talk to &lt;strong&gt;a (Dutch) lawyer&lt;/strong&gt; - just once, to ask for what you can do. Perhaps a threatening letter from a lawyer will do the trick.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to get the real-estate agency  to put you in contact with the owner - whether it's just the two of you or whether it's with the real estate agent present. &lt;strong&gt;Complain to the apartment owner&lt;/strong&gt; that the agency is trying to demand the illegal fee; maybe he'll get upset. If he doesn't care, perhaps threaten to report him to the police or to sue him (even if you don't intend to do it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/live/housing/rental-property/unjust-agency-fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; you linked to, explaining the illegality of the charge, has a link to a page entitled &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wswonen.nl/2015/04/meldpunt/how-to-reclaim-unjust-agency-fees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to reclaim unjust agency fees&lt;/a&gt;; and if you don't manage to avoid paying that fee, there might still be easier ways than an arduous legal procedure to get your money back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-04-07T17:47:37.547" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T17:47:37.547" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8142" CreationDate="2017-04-07T20:52:16.727" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an agreement on Social Security between France and the US, such that if the employee is sent for less than 5 yrs, he/she typically will be covered under the initial resident state (US) and only some fundamental labor protection laws apply (e.g., minimum salary, PTO) but not all Social Security coverage&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/french.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Texts/french.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11524" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T20:52:16.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10490" CreationDate="2017-04-07T23:07:38.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your current visa is restricted to your current employer, you have to go to the  immigration office and apply for a new visa. If your visa is not restricted, you can leave your current employer, according to the contract, and start working in the new company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-04-08T15:39:17.763" LastActivityDate="2017-04-08T15:39:17.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-08T03:59:00.777" Score="2" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some guidance. I am a German citizen and have been in Australia for almost 3 years. Last year, I received my partner visa; I have an Australian wife and 2 kids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to bring my brother and mother to live with me and, for him, to go to school. He is 9 years old and my mother is 52. Both are German citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What visa would they need to be eligible to stay and live with me ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11527" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-04-08T15:38:18.407" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T17:34:18.413" Title="I want my brother and mother to move to Australia" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10616" CreationDate="2017-04-08T22:01:06.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should definitely contact DB again to register your loss. If you can't reach them on the phone, use Email or chat or whatever means they offer on their website. It would probably help if they confirmed your registration of the loss in writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If neither the police nor the local authority are willing to help, contact your consular staff in Germany for assistance - you will probably have to appear in person at your consulate taking with you all papers able to identify you, your address and business/occupation. Once they help dealing with the German authorities or issue an official confirmation of your identity, things might get that bit easier to manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultima ratio is contacting a German lawyer for Ausländerrecht, but that will set you back several hundred Euros or more and should be avoided until really necessary.&#xA;In short: You will need to break up that pingpong game between the two - legally unconnected - authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11443" LastActivityDate="2017-04-08T22:01:06.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-08T22:17:16.440" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in UK in between 1997 to 2009 on work permit initially then later in 2003 i received British Passport. My wife got Indefinite stay in 2002, but she never applied for passport or naturalization. We left to India in 2009 under very difficult circumstances to save my wife life from the negligence of NHS trust. My daughter was born in India in 2001 (we were Indian citizens) and she obtained Indefinite stay in 2005/2006,however she never visited UK. My son was born in 2006 in UK and he received British passport. So me and my son are British, but not my wife and daughter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have returned to UK in Oct 2016 to find employment in IT sector. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the ILR expires if the person continuously lives in outside of UK, &#xA;1. what would be the best option to get my daughter to UK to study her A-levels? 2. Shall i able to renew her previous ILR some how? &#xA;3. or should i use the option of 'spouse or family of settled person' to get fresh visa?&#xA;4. What would be the minimum income i need to show to the home office?&#xA;5. or is getting her to EU first and then to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11532" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2017-04-10T14:43:04.140" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T14:43:04.140" Title="Bringing to the UK the daughter of a British Citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10350" CreationDate="2017-04-09T10:49:46.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some airlines allow a lot more pieces of checked luggage than others. While this depends on the origin and destination, you can sometimes go as far as up as 10 (!) pieces, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/53706/33321&quot;&gt;this question of mine&lt;/a&gt; from when I moved to the Netherlands. I brought a single desktop computer which I stored inside the box its case had come in, with the Styrofoam padding, and with space for the mouse, keyboard and some more stuff. It made the journey fine (although I did have all the data backed up just in case). I also dis-assembled and bubble-wrapped a monitor - but that wasn't a piece of checked luggage in itself; and I'd be more worried about those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have a look at some Dutch (online) stores for prices of monitors and other parts to see if the hassle, the transport costs and the risks are worth it: &lt;a href=&quot;http://alternate.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Alternate&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://afuture.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AFuture&lt;/a&gt; and others; &lt;a href=&quot;https://tweakers.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tweakers.Net&lt;/a&gt; has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;price comparison mechanism&lt;/a&gt;; and of course there's &lt;a href=&quot;http://marktplaats.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marktplaats&lt;/a&gt; for second-hand items. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:52:13.553" LastActivityDate="2017-04-09T10:49:46.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-09T14:22:22.893" Score="3" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I are both US citizens, and she was recently awarded a Fulbright that will pay for her to do research in Konstanze Germany for 10 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going with her sounds like an amazing opportunity to learn more about Germany and to practice my German, but I have a few questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would it be a bad idea for me to just go with a tourist visa and then apply for a work or study visa? The german consulate says Americans can do this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would taking classes in German in Konstanze constitute studying in Germany? How hard is it to get a study visa? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my girlfriend is able to pay most of our living expenses, what would I need to qualify for a work visa? What sort of employment could I look for before or after I arrive in Konstanze? How hard is it to get a work visa? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I need to buy health insurance while I am living in Germany? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11535" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T00:30:49.523" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T00:30:49.523" Title="My Girlfriend got a Fulbright to Konstanze Germany how can I go with her?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-04-13T18:28:36.583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-09T12:25:26.757" Score="1" ViewCount="7578" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian undergraduate student in my 3rd year,I have been accepted for an internship in a German University, I applied for a short term visa (Guest Scientist / Visiting Scholar) after gathering all the required [documents]: (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.india.diplo.de/contentblob/4002764/Daten/3548245/guest_scientists.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.india.diplo.de/contentblob/4002764/Daten/3548245/guest_scientists.pdf&lt;/a&gt;), but I got a call from German Embassy a few days later after applying and they need a ZAV certificate. My Prof. isn’t aware of ZAV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do to get a ZAV certificate from Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11539" OwnerDisplayName="Sanyam Phirani" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T15:12:34.440" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T15:12:34.440" Title="What is the step by step procedure to obtain a ZAV certificate for German Visa?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10642" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12006" CreationDate="2017-04-10T06:18:41.063" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming a foreigner is on a 6+ month contract starting from June (so they will spend more than 183 days in Australia in the tax year 2017), can they claim residency immediately after moving rather than receiving a refund at the end of the year? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is important because the tax rates are a lot higher for non-residents, so it will be nice to receive a salary with lower deductions from the very beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T18:30:17.470" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T11:26:21.947" Title="Can a foreigner moving to Australia for more than 6 months immediately claim themselves as a tax resident?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T05:06:18.943" Score="1" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India, I have got a job offer from Canada and they asked me to give all my details by mail as in &#xA;Name(s):&#xA;Date of Birth:&#xA;Gender:&#xA;Nationality:&#xA;Permanent Address:&#xA;Marital Status:&#xA;Mobile number: &#xA;Telephone Number:&#xA;Languages Spoken:&#xA;Guardian (Parent):&#xA;Passport Number:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And they said they will give a work visa, so should I provide those details to them? and they also said it will cost 35000 Rs only. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11550" OwnerDisplayName="Lucy Davis" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T10:29:30.137" Title="Work Visa for Canada" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10643" CreationDate="2017-04-10T14:15:54.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is probably a scam.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a company has offered you a job, they often do apply for visas on your behalf, and they would need this information. However they would virtually never ask you to pay money for it. The cost of applying for the visa is negligible compared with the other costs of bringing you to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should at the very least check out the legitimacy of the company before doing anything. As Patricia Shanahan puts it: Does this company really exist and do the kind of business that would make them hire me, and did the offer really come from them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did they interview you in person, at their office?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do they have a real website and a real office? Can you find the office on Google street view, with their name on it? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did they contact you from a company email or a free email?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you call the company on a number listed on the website (not one you ere given) do they know about your application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there press reports about this company showing they actually do what they claim to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple of website offering advice on how to spot scams:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://careerminer.infomine.com/scammers-are-constantly-on-the-prowl-how-to-spot-a-scam-job-from-a-real-job/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CareerMiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/scam-alert-the-company-is-real-but-the-job-offer-is-fake-022015.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ConsumerAffairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2017-04-10T17:01:22.993" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T17:01:22.993" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T14:49:26.237" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get my family to the UK for a 2-month stay with me. They have got their visa last week, however, due to some unforeseen circumstances, they are now only able to travel towards the end of their currently granted visa period. This means they will not be able to spend 2 months in the UK as we were originally planning. I was wondering if they can apply for another visa before their current visa expires on the grounds that they never used their current visa? Has anyone done this before? What are the chances of their application being successful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I managed to get a response from UKVI that my family can apply for another visa while their current visa is still running. This is on the basis that they have not travelled. I am not sure if I was very clear when I asked them the question in the first instance. This is because there was a limit to the number of words I could use to write up my question. I will give it another go&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastEditorUserId="241" LastEditDate="2017-04-24T10:04:19.017" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T21:58:18.883" Title="Can my family apply for another UK visitor visa before their current one has not expired?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T17:15:09.877" Score="4" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born to a French woman in Orleans, France, but was abandoned and adopted by an American soldier and his wife. The acte de naissance of 1958 says that he &quot;will cease to belong to his natural family.&quot; I assume this is a legitimative adoption which was replaced with plenary adoption in 1966. I want to know if my father lost his French citizenship/nationality as a result of this adoption. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:10:02.487" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:10:02.487" Title="Legitimative adoption and French nationality" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:33:05.417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10647" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T17:26:26.490" Score="0" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone with a B1/B2 valid for 10 years applies for green card, does the visa becomes invalid? Do they give work when you first apply, or are there other things that happen before the green card is received?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11543" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-04-10T17:44:50.470" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T18:44:22.193" Title="B1/B2 to green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10647" CreationDate="2017-04-10T18:44:22.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If someone with a B1/B2 valid for 10 years applies for green card,&#xA;  does the visa becomes invalid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, no. But the visa will become effectively unusable because someone entering as a visitor cannot have immigrant intent (i.e. intent to immigrate during that stay), and an immigration officer at entry is very likely to think that someone who has applied to immigrate in the recent past has immigrant intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are doing Adjustment of Status (AOS) in the US, you will abandon your AOS if you leave while it is pending unless you've been granted Advance Parole (in which case you would have to enter on that Advance Parole). So there isn't any chance to use your visitor visa unless you abandon the AOS first anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do they give work when you first apply, or are there other things that&#xA;  happen before the green card is received?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are doing Adjustment of Status in the US, you can choose to apply for an EAD (to allow work in the meantime) and Advance Parole (to allow leaving and re-entering the US in the meantime) for free together with the AOS application. EAD and AP usually take around 3 months after applying to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T18:44:22.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T18:51:22.893" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person applied for a green card from a certain visa type, but he had family members who have long term B1/B2 visa now staying outside US, Are they permitted to come, not questioned on the border? Because there’s another family member staying inside US applying for Green Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11544" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T00:35:15.510" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T12:41:21.370" Title="Green card processing time" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10649" CreationDate="2017-04-10T19:43:49.620" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, &lt;strong&gt;everybody&lt;/strong&gt; gets questioned at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A green card holder may &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-green-card-holders-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;petition for family members to immigrate&lt;/a&gt;, but this procedure is limited to immediate family (spouse or unmarried children). This kind of family member visa is limited in number per year. There will be a period of time to wait, possibly many years. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-and-priority-dates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Availability and Priority Dates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T19:43:49.620" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10649" CreationDate="2017-04-10T20:07:47.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The family members can come to the US in B-1 or B-2 status, as appropriate, but they will be subject to a normal interview like any other temporary visitor.  In fact, they might have a harder time: the fact that they have a relative applying for a green card may make it more likely for the immigration officer to suspect immigrant intent on the part of the family member who is seeking entry. &#xA; If the officer finds immigrant intent, the traveler will be unable to enter in B-1 or B-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T20:07:47.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T22:31:44.967" Score="4" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered US at 24 Jun, 2016. My I-94 was valid up until 23 Dec 2016. I applied for visa extension on 5th Dec 2015 and it was received at the Dallas Lockbox on 7th Dec 2015(Can be proved by FedEx). My request for extension was until 2nd Feb 2017, but I started to apply to schools and got in. I have Form I-20 ready to file for change of status but I have not received any single communication from USCIS about my previous application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The checks I attached with the application were cashed on 22nd March 2017, I asked the bank for a copy of the canceled check but they couldn't provide because it was done electronically. My lawyer is just waiting on receipt number from them to file for change of status which I haven't received. I have called USCIS twice in the meanwhile. I was told that immigration agent will get in touch with me about my application but to no avail. What are my current options in terms of having a lawful status in the country? I have an employer ready to file O1-A(Yes, I have that kind of profile) for me as well. But, even he can't do anything until then. Suggest some options. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11546" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T00:24:19.080" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T00:24:19.080" Title="How do I track a case at USCIS without getting receipt of acknowledgement?" Tags="&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T15:43:48.243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-11T04:38:31.547" Score="3" ViewCount="1199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm changing my citizenship to Portuguese but I don't want to surrender my Indian passport in India as I would also have to cancel my voter id and other documents. However if I surrender my passport outside the country I don't have to do that. &#xA;Now I will be traveling outside the country with a visa and on arrival I will show my Portuguese ID. In this case my Indian passport will have an exit stamp but no entry stamp.&#xA;In this scenario will the Indian embassy in Portugal give me a surrender certificate? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11548" OwnerDisplayName="user59683" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T05:12:46.383" Title="Will I be able to surrender my Indian passport" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10471" CreationDate="2017-04-11T09:53:17.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-information-system_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is my data in VIS protected?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Access to VIS data is limited to authorised staff in the performance&#xA;  of their tasks. They must ensure that the use of VIS data is limited&#xA;  to that which is necessary, appropriate and proportionate for carrying&#xA;  out their tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Data is kept in the VIS for &lt;strong&gt;five years&lt;/strong&gt;. This retention period starts&#xA;  from the expiry date of the issued visa, the date a negative decision&#xA;  is taken or the date a decision to modify an issued visa is taken. Any&#xA;  person has the right to be informed about his/her data in the VIS. Any&#xA;  person may request that inaccurate data about him/her is corrected and&#xA;  unlawfully recorded data is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T09:53:17.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-10T23:59:52.347" Score="18" ViewCount="1584" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 28-year-old male with a dual US/Russian citizenship who's going to be entering Russia for the first time in maybe 15 years. I'm slightly nervous about being able to get out once I'm in, since the US consulate won't be able to help me if something comes up. Details about me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I only have a (current) &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_passport&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;zagranichniy&lt;/em&gt; passport&lt;/a&gt;. My &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport_of_Russia&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;vnutreniy&lt;/em&gt; passport&lt;/a&gt; has long expired.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am (apparently) &lt;em&gt;propisan&lt;/em&gt; to a flat in St. Petersburg, even though I haven't lived there since I was a kid.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I attended university in the US and haven't been back to Russia during conscription age (18-27).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I'm concerned about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is &lt;em&gt;propiska&lt;/em&gt; the same thing as residency, according to the law? Will it &quot;override&quot; the fact that my permanent residence is actually in the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Constitutionally, Russians are legally allowed to enter and leave the country at will — unless they've been drafted. Does the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_commissariat&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;voyenkomat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; know about me if I'm &lt;em&gt;propisan&lt;/em&gt; to a flat but haven't lived in the country since the 90's? If there was a conscription notice sent to this address but I never signed for it, could I still be considered &quot;drafted&quot; by some definition of the word (and thus barred from leaving)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have there been any instances of males older than 27 being conscripted? (E.g. if the government thinks you dodged the draft.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I'm staying for less than 90 days, do I have to register as a dual citizen (as per the 2014 law)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could there be any complications if I leave the country directly into the Schengen zone or Japan (by train/ferry) using my US passport, as opposed to flying directly back to the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other risks I should be aware of?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully there won't be any problems, but I just want to make sure I have all my bases covered, since I don't know any male US/Russian citizens who are my age and have visited the motherland in recent years. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11547" OwnerDisplayName="anonymous_goose" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-03-13T02:15:16.330" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T02:15:16.330" Title="Male US/Russian dual citizen returning to Russia at 28. Possible risks?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;passports&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10659" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10664" CreationDate="2017-04-11T14:37:19.860" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French citizen working for a French company, I work remotely from Morocco where I have been living for five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to work for a Moroccan company, therefore taxes where taken from my monthly salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started working for a French company in September 2016. Income declarations are approaching and I don't know what I should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except for up to two weeks of vacation, I live exclusively in Morocco where I have a 10 years residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9776" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T03:53:02.687" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T04:00:33.330" Title="Where should I pay income taxes (Living abroad, working for a French company)" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;morocco&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T01:37:46.290" Score="3" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in the USA for six years and have never paid any tax on my superannuation back in Australia - I've always assumed it was a pension fund, and have never had a tax preparer ask me about it ever, but recently I was told that it's counted instead as a trust and I needed to pay taxes on the whole amount or the interest.  Does anyone know what the actual situation is with regard to the status of Australian superannuation being counted as foreign income on US taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11555" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T15:14:44.043" Title="Do I need to pay tax in the USA on my Australian superannuation?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10662" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-04-12T03:53:53.630" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T03:53:53.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T03:53:53.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10663" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-04-12T03:53:53.630" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Morocco" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T13:27:09.400" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T13:27:09.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10659" CreationDate="2017-04-12T04:00:33.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax expert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What usually happens is that you would be considered tax resident in Morocco, as you have lived there for 183 days or more in the year. This is especially true since you have been employed there and paid tax there before, and have a residence card there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that you should declare your earnings from the French company as overseas earnings when you prepare your Moroccan tax return. There is no need to file a tax return in France, as you are not considered resident in France for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T04:00:33.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10653" CreationDate="2017-04-12T09:23:55.690" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Breaking down your question into few parts to understand what exactly you are asking here &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;I'm changing my citizenship to Portuguese but I don't want to surrender my Indian passport in India as I would also have to cancel my voter id and other documents. However if I surrender my passport outside the country I don't have to do that.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK this makes sense. You can surrender your Indian passport at your local Indian Embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Now I will be traveling outside the country with a visa and on arrival I will show my Portuguese ID.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not clear - where you are travelling to and from where?  And using which passport will you be using?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;In this case my Indian passport will have an exit stamp but no entry stamp. In this scenario will the Indian embassy in Portugal give me a surrender certificate?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again - which exit stamp on Indian passport are you talking about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11427" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T09:23:55.690" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T09:43:30.207" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British passport holder living in India since one and half year.We planned UK holidays, done all the bookings only to realise that my UK driving license is overdue for renewal. I can't renew it any more as I am not a UK resident. I can't get international driving permit from India as I am an OCI card holder.&#xA;I called British embassy here but they don't deal with such matter. I need to rent a car in the UK...what should I do&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11559" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T10:01:04.487" Title="International driving permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10667" CreationDate="2017-04-12T10:01:04.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an Indian driving licence, then you can rent a car in the UK using that - assuming that the Indian Licence has English language on it to declare who you are and what driving entitlement you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done exactly this with my Thai driving licence because my UK licence similarly expired years ago. I got an International Driving Permit in Bangkok in anticipation of being asked to produce it when hiring a car. The girl at the car hire place said there was no need, as my Thai licence also has English on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T10:01:04.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10653" CreationDate="2017-04-12T10:08:53.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person has ever held an Indian passport and has obtained the passport of another country, they will be required to surrender their Indian passport immediately after gaining another country's nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After Renunciation of Indian Citizenship, it is necessary to apply for Surrender or a Renunciation certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While applying for consular services Visa or OCI, it is mandatory to provide proof of your cancelled Indian passport. If such evidence cannot be provided, applicants will be required to obtain a renunciation certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It should be noted that it is illegal to continue to use an Indian passport after the renunciation of Indian citizenship and defaulters will be faced with penalties.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Now I will be traveling outside the country with a visa and on arrival&#xA;  I will show my Portuguese ID. In this case my Indian passport will&#xA;  have an exit stamp but no entry stamp. In this scenario will the&#xA;  Indian embassy in Portugal give me a surrender certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it seems you might get fined but at the end of the day you'll manage to get the surrender certificate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T10:08:53.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10658" CreationDate="2017-04-12T12:39:24.387" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are most likely safe. Since you have not been in Russia for 15 years, you certainly do not hold a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0,_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D1%83_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%8E_%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D1%83&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;pripisnoe svidetel'stvo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Normally, one obtains it in his later teens, when he registers with the &lt;em&gt;voenkomat&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true that in recent years, the Russian laws have been changed to make the conscript responsible for picking up the conscription notice if it cannot be delivered. But since you are not registered with the &lt;em&gt;voenkomat&lt;/em&gt;, they do not even realize, that they need to send you such a notice. Most probably, they have sent notices for you to come and register when you were 16-17 years old, but that's not the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I have been in a more precarious situation. Shortly after relocating to Germany I visited Russia at the age of 23 (in 2012). To avoid problems, I timed my visit to be in between the drafting periods of spring and fall. I had no problems entering and leaving the country, however, anticipating that I would need to visit Russia several more times, the first thing I did was go to the police to deregister from my place of residence. After that, I headed to the &lt;em&gt;voenkomat&lt;/em&gt; to deregister there and they took my &lt;em&gt;pripisnoe svidetel'stvo&lt;/em&gt;. Now I was legally non-resident in Russia according to all possible documentation, which prevents me from being drafted regardless of age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, briefly, the remainder of your bullet points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the first approximation, the &lt;em&gt;propiska&lt;/em&gt; is residency. Perhaps, in more detail, since so many Russians have the &lt;em&gt;propiska&lt;/em&gt; in one place, but live in another, you may argue that you're not &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; a resident, but see below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I explained above, the &lt;em&gt;voenkomat&lt;/em&gt; most likely is not aware of you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, if you're permanently resident abroad, and not in Russia, on the grounds of dual citizenship (as opposed to a foreign residence permit issued to you as a Russian citizen), you are exempt from this. In any case, &quot;90 days&quot; are irrelevant to this, I believe, you have one or two months to register as a dual national, starting from the date of first entry to Russia since this law was introduced. The 90 days rule applies to the duty to register (the &lt;em&gt;propiska&lt;/em&gt; business) at your place of stay, if you're a Russian citizen (if not, you have one week). That said, I have never been secretive about my dual citizenship (UK) with officials at the border, most of the time they were annoyed &lt;em&gt;&quot;why are you showing me your second passport, give me your Russian one!&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or indifferent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will have no problems entering third countries. Here's how it goes: you show up at the Russian border, they stamp your &lt;em&gt;Russian&lt;/em&gt; passport on entry. As you leave, you get an exit stamp there as well. From there on, your Russian citizenship is irrelevant and they don't care, where you are heading. What the US might think of this, I don't know, but I imagine, they don't care much either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summarizing the above, I would advise you to deregister from your place of &quot;residence&quot; once you are in Russia. The most obvious implication of deregistering is ownership rights of the apartment in St.Petersburg, where you are registered. As inheritance from the Soviet era, many such apartments were not in the ownership of those, who lived in them. In the 21st century it became possible to privatize them. Such was also the case with the apartment in Moscow, where I was registered. Before I deregistered, my family privatized this apartment and now 25% of it is mine. After this is done, the &lt;em&gt;propiska&lt;/em&gt; is no longer relevant and is in fact more of a hindrance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11561" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T12:39:24.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11623" CreationDate="2017-04-12T12:39:51.627" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me out with this scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I left UK on 25th Nov 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I might be landing in UK on 21st May 2017 (i.e. 178 days)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This travel is for about 3 months, ending 19th August 2017 (i.e. 90 days)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa is valid until 22nd August 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is is valid to travel? and what else needs to be produced?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11507" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T19:05:27.300" Title="Is there a 180 days rule on UK ICT Short Term (1 year) Visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10687" CreationDate="2017-04-12T12:55:15.260" Score="2" ViewCount="620" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian citizen enrolled in a PhD programme at an Italian university, and I have to travel to Australia for a 6 months period, approximately planned from October 2017 to March 2018, to the University of Western Australia, Perth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which kind of visa should I apply to? From what I've read on the government website, student visas are for who will be &lt;em&gt;enrolled&lt;/em&gt; at an australian university, but that's not my case. I will only be visiting the australian institution, without any other formal ties (but I can obtain an official invitation letter, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also asked information about this issue to the professor who is going to supervise me during the visit, but we are already approaching May and I'm afraid it will be too late at some point, so I'm asking here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11563" OwnerDisplayName="gigabytes" LastEditorUserId="11563" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T13:42:03.733" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T13:42:03.733" Title="Which Australian visa for a visiting PhD student? (more than 3 months)" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T14:17:45.740" Score="0" ViewCount="683" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British Citizen with UK passport returning to UK after being in the EU for 7 years. &#xA;Can I apply for a change of address on driving licence straight away, or  am I under the 185 day rule?&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11562" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T09:36:57.913" Title="Expat returning to UK- Driving Licence" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T15:52:38.450" Score="2" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;for example, we bought a 2008 ford mustang GT-CS in the Netherlands. we deregistered it and had temporary registration number plates issued. we drove it through germany and austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so, can anyone tell me the import, insurance and registration process in Hungary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is it possible to register a car in Hungary as a non-resident? (i have my schengen visa issued on my turkish passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10209" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:09:13.147" Title="how to import and register a car in Hungary?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T17:23:09.663" Score="3" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born to a French woman but adopted shortly after birth by Americans. My father died young, before the expiration of the 50 year restriction mentioned in 30-3 of the civil code. I am only 30 years old. My question is, will this 50 year limit still pertain to my father, even though he died well before 50 years expired? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:55.623" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:55.623" Title="French Citizenship and article 30-3 of the Civil Code" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-12T19:59:01.240" Score="4" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in 1958 and adopted. He traveled from France as a baby and moved to Germany. He is deceased. What pieces of identification or official french documents (besides the acte de naissance) would be available and where do I go to request it? I live in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:38.567" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:38.567" Title="How to request official documents from France of deceased parent?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7611" CreationDate="2017-04-12T20:07:32.497" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, the spouse (including common law) should able to obtain an open work permit as long as the other are a full-time post-graduate student. You will need some documents to prove your relationship and the permit due date be align with the study permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T20:07:32.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10680" CreationDate="2017-04-12T20:24:34.750" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British Citizen and my daughter who was born in the Philippines came to join me in the UK and acquired British nationality through child registration as she was only 12 when she arrived. She went to the Philippines last year in July 2016 with her British passport and she is also registered in the Philippines Embassy in London with dual nationality.&#xA;She is attending school in the Philippines at the moment and my question is if she wants to complete her education in the Philippines would she loose her British Nationality for being away from the UK. I do not want her to lose her Citizenship as I know she wants to come back to the UK and settle here.&#xA;Can you kindly advise me as to the contrary I would have to make arrangements for the new school term starting this September and where she attended for a whole year from September 2015 to July 2016. I would appreciate any advice. &#xA;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11565" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T16:57:34.443" Title="Loss of Citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8956" CreationDate="2017-04-12T20:36:30.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taiwan's citizenship won't be gone without formal renouncement. It's possible to lose Taiwan citizenship involuntary if the citizen acquires mainland China's(PRC) citizenship. Taiwan's current law does allow dual citizenship unless the citizen works for Taiwan's government.  She can restore the status pretty easily as long as she has the appropriate documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T06:36:28.440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T06:36:28.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10678" CreationDate="2017-04-12T20:44:51.257" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A British citizen remains a British citizen for life unless specific steps are taken by the citizen to renounce that citizenship, or extraordinary steps are taken by the government to revoke a person's citizenship (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#Loss_of_British_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Loss of British nationality&lt;/a&gt; for full details). Your daughter will remain a British citizen for as long as she chooses to live overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She will, of course, probably need to renew her passport while overseas. This can be done by mail without having to return to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T21:37:36.020" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T21:37:36.020" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10683" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10690" CreationDate="2017-04-12T22:17:51.513" Score="6" ViewCount="1353" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10621/netherlands-how-can-i-avoid-paying-contract-costs-to-real-estate-agency/10630&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to see a house and I said I wanted to rent it. The real estate agency sent me an email asking if I would accept the rental proposal (just the rent values and contract costs). I said yes, that I agreed with the price conditions, so they could draft a contract to propose me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today (less than week after), they sent me the contract and also the details to make the money transfer, but I decided not to rent the house after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't sign or accept the contract but now they sent me an email saying that the Dutch law says that I have to stay with this house, because we had a verbal agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I'm not being entirely correct with them, but I believe that I am not obligated to accept and sign the contract, so I think that they are trying to force me illegally. Is this bluff from them or is it really a thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T06:28:36.277" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T06:28:36.277" Title="Netherlands - Rental agency is forcing me to accept a contract" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10683" CreationDate="2017-04-13T05:22:06.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a lawyer. I'm writing here to give you first support and I hope someone with proper knowledge will help you. Please do not take this answer as final.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, during my living in the Netherlands, I found that Dutch are operating a lot with common sense. The law is trying to protect the weakest party, which in this situation you are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know you personally, so I treat you from what I read. I also treat agency based the on text from the previous topic. As for me, they don't play well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you had a verbal agreement but I think for such types of contracts Dutch law prefers the written and signed contract. I don't have details of your verbal communication, but it sounds reasonable that you decided to stop with it as you got all details of the contract. I also found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amsadvocaten.com/blog/contract-law/how-to-conclude-a-legally-binding-contract-in-the-netherlands/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; which gives me hope that I'm right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not sure then pay 200 euro for a layer and get the proper answer. Ironic that I do remember that you wanted to save them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the worst case, you can sign and live in the apartment no longer than notice period in the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also advise you to get legal insurance. However, it will not help in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T05:28:43.913" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T05:28:43.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10623" CreationDate="2017-04-13T07:38:50.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Exonerated is all I can say. The USA embassy notified us today to return our son's passport to them. Seems my logic won over all that was said and done. Never give up. I appreciate some of the helpful posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11513" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T08:03:22.870" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T08:03:22.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10675" CreationDate="2017-04-13T08:36:00.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some courts decisions I read when preparing my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6618/will-it-be-possible-to-get-french-citizenship/6619#6619&quot;&gt;Will it be possible to get French citizenship?&lt;/a&gt; suggests that the 50-year delay is counted from the date you try to get your citizenship recognised. Even if the wording of article 30-3 is slightly different, that's also what article 23-6 suggests. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under this interpretation, the question becomes “Has your father held ‘&lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;’ or resided in France in the last fifty years?” and the answer is clearly no, even if he was already dead during some part of that period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:18.933" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T08:36:00.813" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10672" CreationDate="2017-04-13T09:03:01.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa requirements will depend on what you will be &lt;em&gt;doing&lt;/em&gt; in Australia.  You mentioned that you will have no formal ties to the university, but you will have a supervisor there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are performing research in Australia as part of your PhD, then the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/408-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Activity (subclass 408)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; visa may be appropriate.  Note that this is a sponsored visa, so the university will need to sponsor you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T09:03:01.207" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10673" CreationDate="2017-04-13T09:36:57.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to gov.uk, yo have to wait the 185 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click &quot;Start now&quot; and the first page clarifies it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T09:36:57.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-13T09:49:02.623" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this topic is a bit sensitive to be asked directly to the Chinese Embassy, I wonder if someone can answer or knows anyone with experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PRC (China) does not allow dual citizenship, so if you are a Chinese and get a different passport, you lose the Chinese citizenship. &#xA;My question is: What happens if the ex-Chinese citizen, after 2-3 years, decides that actually having a Chinese passport was better (for example: he/she wants to move back to China)?&#xA;Does anybody know if Chinese government would allow this person to give up the new passport and apply again for a Chinese one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="OjazosDiego" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T17:35:48.117" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T18:51:10.703" Title="Chinese passport" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10683" CreationDate="2017-04-13T12:12:06.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am also not a lawyer, not Dutch, and have no Dutch legal experience. Still, I am absolutely sure they have no legal basis to demand payment. Rental agreements which involve contracts are concluded only when all of the following happen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The contract is signed by both parties&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The apartment is cleared for use by the tenant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The keys are given to the tenant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first criterion is enough to let you walk away. Neither the owner nor the rental agency can have a valid expectation of a potential tenant not deciding to reneg during contract negotiations; this happens often. They did not even do something to indicate that they were reserving the apartment for you based on your acceptance, and they did not tell you explicitly that the agreement via email is binding, that it will require you to pay regardless of the contract etc. The reason they didn't do that is that if you have this kind of binding agreement, then it's binding &lt;em&gt;both ways&lt;/em&gt; - and you would be able to enter the apartment without agreeing to the terms of the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second criterion is not relevant to our case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third condition is quite significant, as much as the first I would say. You got nothing you could make use of by agreeing in principle. Specifically, you did not have access to the apartment. Another reason why they have no case IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Practical advice: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tell them you are surprised by their claim regarding Dutch law, and to your understanding this is not the case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Politely request that they quote the relevant parts of Dutch law, along with English translation, to justify their claim.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they don't do so, then &quot;the ball is in their court&quot;, and you haven't even refused to pay. If they do send you something, post it here, and perhaps you would need to see a lawyer (though I doubt it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I suspect that if you pay them at some point expecting them to return the money if you end up being right - you would never see that money in your life :-(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:24:35.690" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T12:24:35.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-13T13:56:51.960" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;The French &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article401&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long stay visa&lt;/a&gt; allows one to live in France without working/studying/doing business of any kind, as long as one has sufficient savings. In theory, does this visa allow one to acquire French permanent residency after 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32003L0109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Council Directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt; would force France to give out permanent residency to such people, but perhaps there's an exception for people who merely have a &quot;visa&quot; rather than a &quot;residency permit&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T13:56:51.960" Title="Can the French &quot;long stay&quot; visa be used to acquire permanent residency in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10704" CreationDate="2017-04-13T15:40:19.797" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was hesitant whether posting this here or in &lt;a href=&quot;https://pets.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;pets&lt;/a&gt; but I think it fits better here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was living in Colombia and moved to the Netherlands, I have made all the required tests to bring my cat with me as stated &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/pet-movement/eu-legislation/non-commercial-non-eu_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This questions goes specifically to the Rabies antibody test: &#xA;Everywhere I find the same information: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The test must be carried out on a sample collected by an authorised veterinarian at least 30 days after the date of vaccination and not less than three months before the date of movement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rabies vaccination was applied in september 2016 and the rabies antibody test was performed in november 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find anywhere when does this test expires! Can I still bring my cat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10155" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T17:34:04.417" Title="Moving my cat to the EU" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;pets&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-13T16:51:19.467" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married with EEA husband and I have been issued a residence card by the Greek authorities.  My husband is residing in the UK more than 3 months as a worker.  I want to travel to the UK with my husband.  Do I need an entry visa or can I travel just with my residence card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11575" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T17:26:10.430" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T17:27:41.613" Title="Biometric Residence permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10693" CreationDate="2017-04-13T17:20:37.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can travel without a visa if all of the following are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your residence card states that it is a residence card of the family member of an EEA national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can show evidence at the border of your relationship to your husband.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can show evidence at the border that your husband is in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last item can also be satisfied by traveling with your husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, it's possible that the immigration officer might ask for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that your husband is working in the UK (because he has been there for longer than three months), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that your husband is in fact an EEA national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are joining your husband, that is, if you are not traveling together, it would be best for your husband to be at the airport when you arrive, with a fully charged mobile phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/90032/19400&quot;&gt;Do I need a visa to visit the UK with my EU partner?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T17:27:41.613" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T17:27:41.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10689" CreationDate="2017-04-13T18:51:10.703" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, it's not the &lt;em&gt;passport&lt;/em&gt; that matters -- it's the nationality. If you are first a Chinese (PRC) citizen and then voluntarily acquire a foreign nationality, then by PRC law you automatically lose Chinese nationality at that point. Even if you naturalize in a foreign country and then don't get a passport, it wouldn't make a difference -- you would still have automatically lost Chinese nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're asking whether it's possible to re-acquire Chinese nationality after losing it, that's a harder question. Theoretically, the PRC Nationality Law, article 13, provides that foreigners who once had Chinese nationality can apply to re-acquire it with suitable reasons. However, I am not sure there is actually a publicly-available process to do this. I know that there have been a number of prominent scientists who have renounced US citizenship and regained Chinese citizenship, but I am not sure whether they were afforded special treatment or whether there is a process available to people in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T18:51:10.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10697" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-13T19:53:47.227" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication#PLC_Technology_Table&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Power-line communication&lt;/a&gt; is a family of technologies to send data around an apartment or a building over its electrical power line. Usually we're talking about Ethernet sockets which on their other end plug into power outlets, i.e.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2qLx4.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2qLx4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The above image shows a type A plug.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can certainly get these devices with a Schuko plug, but would Dutch apartments typically support them well enough? I'm particularly interested in older apartments, which sometimes don't have grounding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2020-12-21T23:26:18.903" LastActivityDate="2020-12-21T23:26:18.903" Title="Does Dutch apartment electrical infrastructure support power-line communications?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;&lt;telecommunications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-13T21:01:12.160" Score="1" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;My 18-year-old daughter was born in the USA to a German citizen (her father). We moved to Australia when she was 6 months of age and she became naturalised as a dual US/AU at about 5. She has spent time in Europe with her German family and would like to move to Germany for university when she graduates. She doesn't want her US citizenship, but would like to keep her Australian citizenship, as her sister and I still live here, plus she has friends etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she first revoked her US citizenship, then applied for German citizenship, how can she keep the Australian one? I know it is possible but my question is, how? For example, if she had an apartment in her name, would she be able to use real estate ties as a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, can she, through her father, somehow obtain permanent residency there, and would that be easier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11576" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T02:26:14.427" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T02:26:14.427" Title="Daughter wants German citizenship but wants to keep her naturalised Australian citizenship" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10683" CreationDate="2017-04-14T10:46:52.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Verbal contracts have some binding in most countries; but they cannot ever force you to sign a contract.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Worst case you are liable to pay for the effort they undertook in good faith to prepare everything for the contract after you verbally agreed.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Realistically, if they really sue you, they could maybe charge you two hours of work for running around and writing up the contract (assuming you didn't make them repaint the house in your favorite color or something like that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T10:46:52.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-14T14:16:33.890" Score="6" ViewCount="1220" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Turkish citizen was married to an EU (Estonian) citizen and got a divorce in Edinburgh (where I live ) couple of months ago. I am currently based in the UK(been living  and working here since 2015 January) and holding an EEA Family Member Permit, which will expire by 2020. However, on my return yesterday from a holiday abroad I told on the border that I am not married anymore (As I have been doing it each time  I enter to the country). This had been the case last month when I arrived at the Manchester airport where I again explained my current relationship status clearly and after an hour check they did let me in.&#xA;This time though, I was told the information I was given in Manchester border was wrong and  instead I got stamped a 6 months visa. I've been told my EEA family permit is no longer valid and I need to apply for another type of visa outside of the UK.&#xA;I was well aware my current EEA permit could have been invalid since my circumstances had changed ( after the divorce with my partner) but there was no clear guidance of what to do next and information on home office website didn't quite match with my situation.&#xA;Is there a way I could apply for any type of Visa without having to go back to Turkey?&#xA;I receive no public funds, I'm a tax payer, working  as a self employer teaching Turkish as well as got a part time job in an office (just got the job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would greatly appreciate if anyone has been through a similar situation or has got information on what to do next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nisa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastActivityDate="2019-09-04T15:20:39.297" Title="EEA Family permit no longer valid after a divorce and got a 6 months stamp on the border. Any advice on what to do next?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-14T15:58:16.017" Score="5" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is deceased. He was born in Orleans, France in 1958 to a French woman, was adopted as a baby and taken to Germany. I would like to find documents to confirm his identity, as his name was changed multiple times. What official documents, besides the acte de naissance, would have been produced for a baby in France around 1958--and where can I get them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:46.253" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:46.253" Title="What official documents would have been produced for a child born in France in 1958?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-09T12:13:11.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-14T16:47:55.597" Score="3" ViewCount="1168" Body="&lt;p&gt;does the term &quot;travel facility: multiple&quot; mean that I can enter Australia several times over a 12 month period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11579" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2017-04-15T10:08:18.890" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T17:31:35.907" Title="Multiple entries on an e-visitor 651 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10692" CreationDate="2017-04-14T17:34:04.417" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somehow I managed to turn up good information. I found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://english.nvwa.nl/topics/travelling-to-the-netherlands-with-your-dog-or-cat/contents/travelling-from-third-countries-to-the-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch government website&lt;/a&gt; about importing cats or dogs from third countries (not EU) into the Netherlands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It discusses requirements on whether the animal is coming from a low-risk- or high-risk-for-rabies country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will extract just the last few notes from the high-risk section which is what concerned the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the result of the test is good, meaning 0,5 IE/ml or higher, the dog or cat can enter the EU after another three (3) months after the blood drawing. This period is for the possible presence of rabies despite the vaccination and positive blood test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This 3-month period shall not apply to the re-entry of an EU pet animal whose passport certifies that the titration was carried out, with a positive result, before the animal left the territory of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The antibody test does not need to be renewed on a pet animal which has been revaccinated against rabies before the validity of the previous vaccination expires.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T17:34:04.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10707" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10714" CreationDate="2017-04-15T08:06:37.543" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on buying a cell phone soon in the US. Preferably, I would want a phone that has dual SIM card slots and quad frequency capability (850/900/1,800/1,900 MHz). Is this all I need hardware-wise for a phone to work in the UK (and possibly Europe in general)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, I would need the appropriate phone plan. Are there more requirements I need? Such as: do the WiFi bands in the US work with WiFi in the UK (that phones use, laptops, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11228" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T00:31:42.220" Title="What are the minimum cell phone specs needed to work in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;&lt;telecommunications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-04-24T23:47:44.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10698" CreationDate="2017-04-15T08:11:13.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rustag/__13.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;special rule to simplify naturalisation for former German citizens&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;reacquisition&lt;/em&gt;) and it does not seem to require giving up any other citizenship the applicant might have (all that stems from a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rustag/__10.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;distinct part of the law&lt;/a&gt; which doesn't seem to apply here). That would seem the logical route to try. Do note that this is a so-called &lt;em&gt;Kann-Einbürgerung&lt;/em&gt;, where the authorities have some freedom of appreciation, not an automatic right by any means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, the German embassy in Australia &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.australien.diplo.de/Vertretung/australien/en/03/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Page__Information__on__Reacquisition.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has a page on this procedure&lt;/a&gt;. It does suggest that while renouncing other citizenships is not a legal &lt;em&gt;requirement&lt;/em&gt;, they still take a skeptical view of dual citizenship when considering applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no point in renouncing US citizenship, at least from the perspective of German nationality law. Dual or multiple citizenships by birth are perfectly fine. It's naturalisation that's more complicated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a German citizen acquires another citizenship, they automatically lose their German citizenship, lest they apply for permission &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; gaining the other citizenship. That ship has long sailed. The law explicitly provides that this disposition covers children who gained another citizenship together with their parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Wikipedia suggests there are some pending court cases testing the constitutionality of this disposition and precedents exempting people who did not have a choice in acquiring that citizenship. Maybe there is a case to be built there but it's a long shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.australien.diplo.de/Vertretung/australien/de/03/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Seite__Wiedereinb_C3_BCrgerung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the German embassy in Australia&lt;/a&gt; also suggests that it's possible to &lt;em&gt;reacquire&lt;/em&gt; German citizenship more easily if the applicant would have met the conditions to retain their German citizenship at the time they lost it and still meets them today. That's where ties to Germany become relevant and they do not specify exactly what's required, although property is mentioned as one element. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two difficulties with that in this case: (1) There is a 12-year window to apply under this procedure and it seems your daughter just exceeded it and (2) a &lt;em&gt;Beibehaltungsgenehmigung&lt;/em&gt; (permission to retain German citizenship) would have been issued if you applied for it in time. The latter suggests that having ties to Germany now might not be enough if your daughter cannot show she had some back when she became an Australian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a foreign resident becomes German through the regular naturalisation process (i.e. §10, not §13), they have to renounce their former citizenship, except in a limited number of cases: EU and Swiss citizens, or if renouncing that citizenship is impossible or would create an undue burden for the person. None of this would seem to apply here so retaining Australian citizenship would seem impossible in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, regular naturalisation comes with a bunch of other requirements, speaking German, living in Germany for 8 years, etc. It's not a quick and easy route to residence and my understanding is that having a father who used to be German would not make any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-04-15T08:59:47.833" LastActivityDate="2017-04-15T08:59:47.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10623" CreationDate="2017-04-15T20:45:31.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If he is proven not to be your biological child, you could always adopt him and then use this method:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 allows certain foreign-born,&#xA;  biological and adopted children of American citizens to acquire&#xA;  American citizenship automatically. These children did not acquire&#xA;  American citizenship at birth, but they are granted citizenship when&#xA;  they enter the United States as lawful permanent residents (LPRs).. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q: What Are the Requirements of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The child must meet the following requirements: Have at least one&#xA;  American citizen parent by birth or naturalization; Be under 18 years&#xA;  of age; Live in the legal and physical custody of the American citizen&#xA;  parent; and Be admitted as an immigrant for lawful permanent&#xA;  residence. In addition, if the child is adopted, the adoption must be&#xA;  full and final.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/adoption-process/faqs/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/adoption-process/faqs/child-citizenship-act-of-2000.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11580" LastActivityDate="2017-04-15T20:45:31.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10711" CreationDate="2017-04-16T08:19:15.487" Score="4" ViewCount="347" Body="&lt;p&gt;So i wanted to spend my easter vacation in Barcelona but I ended up getting arrested by the German Police after arriving in Frankfurt on my way to Barcelona. I was charged with trying to illegally enter Germany!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is that on my Schengen it says &quot;Schengen States (-DE, EE, PT). I knew I cannot enter Germany, and was not intending to. All the papers i have orive that I was heading to Barcelona: flights, hotel booking, Areobus tickets... they told me in their report they'll mentione that it was not on purpose, and kept the documents as evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've traveled before ti europe, several times, and to USA. I've had several connecting flights and never went to Passport Control, but it seems in Frankfurt you will pass through passport control in all cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the German Police said they have no idea why it says &quot;-DE&quot;, they said there's nothing on their systems concerning me and they blamed Spanish Embassy since they should have saw that my flights are via Frankfurt. When I applied for the visa theh got my tickets and saw the itinerary. Also Luthansa should have not let me board the plane in Beirut. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German police were great and very respectful. Also they told me I can still use my visa to go to Spain but not through Germany. When i finally got my passport, which is when I landed in Beirut, the passport was stamped but with the letter &quot;C&quot; near it. Not sure how this will affect my future EU travels. It's my dream to go all over europe, and I've been to Greece, Italy and France so far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also should I contact the Spanish embassy and Lufthansa and ask for compensation? I will for sure contact the Spanish embassy and the EU offices to see why the &quot;-DE&quot; was present there, even though the German police said I was all clear and they had no idea why it's there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the feedback guys.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8FHv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11582" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-14T06:41:21.680" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T06:41:21.680" Title="Denied transit through Frankfurt" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10710" CreationDate="2017-04-16T10:28:46.707" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As counter-intuitive as it might seem to you, the German police's decision to deny entry makes sense. You were actually entering Germany, that's why you had to cross passport control in Frankfurt. Because of the way the Schengen area is organised, there is no sharp distinction between entering Germany and transiting to another Schengen country, tickets to Barcelona notwithstanding (transiting on a way to a non-Schengen destination like London is a completely different thing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you go through passport control at the first Schengen port of entry, there are no systematic border checks anymore. For example, in the last couple of weeks I went from the Netherlands to Portugal and from Belgium to Switzerland without showing my passport or ID to anyone (not even the airlines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because all this is legally sound, you are extremely unlikely to receive compensation from anyone. You could contact the Spanish embassy to enquire about this “-DE” but even getting an explanation might be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you found in your passport is a cancelled entry stamp, which is standard procedure when refusing entry. “C” corresponds to the reason for refusing entry, namely “No valid visa or residence permit” (as your visa does not cover Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding future travels to Europe, it seems that your visa is still valid.  It is entirely possible for the police to deny entry without cancelling a visa. But they can also cancel visas if they have a reason to. The fact they didn't should therefore play in your favour when travelling to Europe again as this imply they saw no reason to believe you are not meeting the requirements for your visa, let alone that you obtained it fraudulently or present a danger to the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Border guards will however see you were refused entry and will presumably enquire about it or examine your situation more carefully than you might have been used to before these events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2017-04-16T13:51:40.137" LastActivityDate="2017-04-16T13:51:40.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-16T14:25:44.810" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Romanian Citizen. I'm married with a South African man since 2002. We want to move to U.K. in Jan  2018 with our 3 children. What are his requirements to join us to Uk? Can he get a job while is in UK? Can he apply for permanent residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11584" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T10:36:16.153" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T10:36:16.153" Title="Visa for my South Africa husband" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-04-16T21:24:31.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10701" CreationDate="2017-04-16T19:52:41.080" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visas-when-you-separate-or-divorce/apply-stay-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;www.gov.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visas when you separate or divorce&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1. Tell the Home Office&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your&#xA;  partner if your visa is based on your relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must then either &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;apply for a new visa or leave the UK.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your visa is based on your relationship if you have permission to stay&#xA;  in the UK for a limited time as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a dependant on your partner’s UK visa &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a spouse or partner on a ‘family of a settled person’ visa &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the partner of a British citizen, EEA&#xA;  national, ‘settled’ person with indefinite leave to remain, or someone&#xA;  with refugee status or humanitarian protection.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2. Apply to stay in the UK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your visa is based on a relationship that’s ended, you must either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;leave the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;apply for a different visa to stay in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;for example, you may be able to apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for a work visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;to settle in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;as a parent of a child who’s British, settled in the UK or has lived in the UK for at least 7 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;based on your private life in the UK, eg you’ve lived in the UK for a long time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you can switch your current residence permit/visa to a different one within the UK and here's the available options for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Settle in the UK by yourself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Remain in the UK through the ‘parent route’&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Switch to a work visa if you’re employed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Other ways of staying&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other ways of getting a visa if you’ve been living in the UK for a long time. These routes are called ‘private life in the UK’, for example if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve lived continuously in the UK for at least 20 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re under 18 and have lived continuously in the UK for at least seven years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re between 18 and 24, and have spent at least half your life living continuously in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re over 18 and have no ties with the country that you’ve have to return to - this means you need to have no social, cultural or family ties with that country. Good luck.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2017-04-16T19:52:41.080" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10707" CreationDate="2017-04-17T00:31:42.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;WiFi should not be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing to watch for is that your phone needs to be GSM not CDMA, and needs to support at least the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The phone's manufacturer should have a website listing compatibility across carriers around the world. Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is Apple's page listing iPhone compatibility with LTE bands around the world&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T00:31:42.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10591" CreationDate="2017-04-17T18:27:57.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To post some answers from the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the NZ one works like the Aussie one, people aren't generally doing IT work, they're travelling/holidaying until they get low on cash, then doing whatever they find there to top up before moving on again! (Gagravarr)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In many cases it seems to me those are temporary works such as helping on a farm etc. Software developing will likely be a full-time job and will not likely apply in this case. (JI Xiang)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is that it's only meant for non-skilled work, rather than for serious long-term jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T18:27:57.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10718" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10719" CreationDate="2017-04-17T20:40:53.570" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;From December 2017 Romanian Citizens don't require Visa&#xA;Will they be able to find work and emigrate into Canada?&#xA;I'm married to South African man,we have 3kids.&#xA;He can't move free like I do .&#xA;How can he join us if I decide to move to Canada and not to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11584" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T21:56:24.577" Title="Canada open visa for Romanians from December 2017" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10718" CreationDate="2017-04-17T21:56:24.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1097&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;When will citizens from Brazil, Bulgaria and Romania be able to apply for an eTA?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On December 1, 2017, the Government of Canada intends to lift the visa requirements for all Romania and Bulgaria citizens. Further information will be available closer to that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What changes?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, as a Romanian citizen, you can visit Canada as a tourist by applying for a visitor visa. This requires the usual forms and application fee and photographs and so on, and may take some time to be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From December 1, 2017, if you would like to visit Canada as a tourist then you can apply for an eTA online. This application process is much faster and cheaper (CAD$7). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What does not change?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to move to Canada to live and work, the upcoming changes in December will not affect the process. Emigrating to Canada is possible for people of any nationality, but definitely requires a visa and a thorough application process. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigrate to Canada&lt;/a&gt; for full information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T21:56:24.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9891" CreationDate="2017-04-18T05:47:37.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the information provided after the edit, that she was born in wedlock and her father was a British citizen by birth in the UK, she is almost certainly currently a British citizen. She can apply for a British passport for purposes of moving to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-18T05:47:37.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-18T09:02:11.870" Score="4" ViewCount="1694" Body="&lt;p&gt;While filling up the work experience section of the express entry profile I came across this sentence,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not enter any work related to or performed during an apprenticeship&#xA;  process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know for sure this includes the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=394&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apprenticeship done while being a student&lt;/a&gt;, but&#xA;I cannot understand if it also refers to the professional paid apprenticeships or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have ~2.5 years of professional experience in Italy (out of which 2 years are full-time), on a work permit and paid. However, my work contract has a title like: Professional Apprenticeship (it's an Italian kind of contract). How can I determine if this work experience is eligible to be counted or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11593" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T08:00:27.663" Title="Professional Apprenticeship as Work Experience for Express Entry" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-18T10:24:03.893" Score="1" ViewCount="383" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was working on a Consulting capacity 8 years ago with a company who have closed their operations recently. Since this experience is vital for me to claim that 1 years of experience for my 5 extra points, can someone let me know what I could do show that experience in the ACS evaluation? I don't know anyone who was working with me since I was the only one representing them. Can anyone let me know what could be my further options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11594" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T15:32:04.840" Title="ACS Evaluation for a Company who has stopped working" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-18T14:29:14.390" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have changed my nationality from Indian to Portuguese and will be shifting to London shortly.  I have a motorcycle out here (a 1992 Enfield Bullet motorcycle) which belonged to my dad.  I would like to take it with me to London.  How do I go about doing that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11548" LastEditorUserId="11548" LastEditDate="2017-04-18T15:51:09.363" LastActivityDate="2017-04-18T15:51:09.363" Title="How to transport 1992 Enfield motorcycle from Goa(India) to London" Tags="&lt;india&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T04:31:27.307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10726" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10728" CreationDate="2017-04-18T16:12:15.300" Score="3" ViewCount="563" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a N.Z. born citizen that has been living overseas for the last 30 years. Left there at 27 yrs of age.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, once I renew my N.Z.passport, can I just roll up to N.Z. and live there again? Of course there will be the pension plan question, but I think that ought to be sorted due to having one from where I live now (Switzerland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask, as I think I once read it would involve quite a lot of paperwork, but that was some time ago and now I can't find anything relevant to my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11599" OwnerDisplayName="misplaced Kiwi" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2017-04-18T23:03:38.723" LastActivityDate="2017-04-18T23:03:38.723" Title="New Zealand citizen returning to N.Z. after long stay away" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;passports&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-18T16:44:17.110" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from India and I have 3 years of work experience. Can I have skill assessment through Engineers Australia instead of ACS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11598" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-05T01:41:21.300" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T12:12:59.157" Title="Which Australian skill assessment is correct for my degree?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10726" CreationDate="2017-04-18T20:02:36.990" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;After you renew your NZ passport, you may enter NZ and live there with no further paperwork required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on what you've said about your age, you would be eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/eligibility/seniors/superannuation/superannuation-overview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New Zealand Superannuation&lt;/a&gt; at age 65 (since you lived in NZ for 7 years already after age 20, and you need 10 years before age 65). That's the current rules - note that there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;amp;objectid=11812931&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;proposed changes to NZ Super&lt;/a&gt; which would affect your eligibility if the rules are changed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In another major policy change, immigrants will have to live in New Zealand for twice as long - 20 years - to get access to NZ Super, including five years after they turn 50. It would apply as soon as the law changed - next year if National remains in power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your Swiss pension, New Zealand &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/pensions/travelling-or-moving/social-security-agreements/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;does not have a Social Security Agreement with Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;. You will probably need to contact a financial professional (or Work and Income directly) to find out more about your individual circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, as always with moving countries, there will be a bunch of work involved in moving your finances and belongings from one country to another. However, once you have your NZ passport then there will be no further work from an immigration perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-04-18T20:02:36.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10729" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-19T00:20:09.337" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in USA, my employer has applied for a Canadian work permit which is expected to come in June-17. My legal allowed stay in USA is going to be end in June and, in case I dont get Canadian work permit in time, I will have to travel to India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: In that situation, will my workpermit be transferred to the Canadian consulate in India? Or will I have to restart the entire process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11601" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-19T06:38:11.207" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T06:38:11.207" Title="Canadian Work Permit process transfer from US to India" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-19T09:35:11.170" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in France using a season visa for 6 months now and before that I lived in France using a working holiday visa for one year.. my seasonal visa has almost expired. But I have received my carte de séjour recently and it doesn't expire until 2020. Does that mean I can continue to live and work in France using my carte de séjour once my original seasonal visa has expired? The specific carte is carte de séjour &quot;travailleur saisonnier&quot; i understand that means I can only work six months per year. But does that mean six months starting in January or starting of the original visa? Or start of the carte de séjour? Also can I stay in France during the time I'm not working using the carte de séjour? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11604" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-20T04:25:34.690" LastActivityDate="2017-04-20T04:25:34.690" Title="Can I stay in France using a Carte de Séjour Travailleur Saisonnier even when I am not working?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10737" CreationDate="2017-04-19T12:29:50.120" Score="1" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;In these days I want to apply for a &lt;strong&gt;K1 visa&lt;/strong&gt;. I got all the information I need from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide&lt;/a&gt; except for a better idea on the total time required (and the I-129F is not mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/processing-times/jacksonville-fl-field-office-processing-times.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for Florida).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read around that it can vary from 3 to 18 months but it's quite difficult to make plans with such a flexible timescale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the &lt;strong&gt;current average total time&lt;/strong&gt; since the US fiance' submits the I-129F form until the beneficiary can &lt;strong&gt;enter the US&lt;/strong&gt; with the issued K1?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that when the K1 is delivered to &lt;strong&gt;the beneficiary&lt;/strong&gt; the latter &lt;strong&gt;has 6 months to enter the US&lt;/strong&gt; plus max 3 months to get married once entered in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Applying from Florida does automatically involve the &lt;em&gt;Texas Service Center&lt;/em&gt; or could it be processed by the &lt;em&gt;California Service Center&lt;/em&gt; (way faster!) too? Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-04-19T16:31:29.353" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T19:28:30.533" Title="K1 visa - current total wait time for Jacksonville" Tags="&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10732" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10733" CreationDate="2017-04-19T12:45:35.503" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen but I live in the UK. I want to apply for a K1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I enter in the K1 forms an American &lt;strong&gt;consulate located in the UK&lt;/strong&gt; (Edinburgh or London) &lt;strong&gt;or am I obliged&lt;/strong&gt; to reference to an American consulate &lt;strong&gt;in Italy&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the consulate in the UK is not feasible which US consulate in Italy deals with K1 visas, only the one in &lt;strong&gt;Naples&lt;/strong&gt; or the one in &lt;strong&gt;Milan&lt;/strong&gt; too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T13:06:28.910" Title="K1 visa - Consulate" Tags="&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10732" CreationDate="2017-04-19T13:06:28.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply in the UK.  For example, see the USCIS page describing the process &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/k-1-process-step-step&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;step by step&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS sends the approved petition to the DOS National Visa Center (NVC), which forwards it to the embassy or consulate where the foreign fiancé/fiancée will apply for the K-1 visa (generally, the embassy or consulate in the area &lt;strong&gt;where the person lives&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T13:06:28.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9994" CreationDate="2017-04-19T13:50:18.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Correos offices accept driving licences (I've used both a UK provisional licence and a Spanish full licence) without question, as it's official government ID. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reference for Correos offices accepting driving licences as proof of ID while collecting a letter is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1999-24919&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Real Decreto 1829/1999&lt;/a&gt;, regarding the implementation of the liberalised postal market, which states in Article 32.1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;El destinatario o la persona autorizada que se haga cargo del envío postal tendrá que identificar su personalidad, ante el empleado del operador postal que efectúe la entrega, mediante la exhibición de su documento nacional de identidad, pasaporte, permiso de conducción o tarjeta de residencia, salvo notorio conocimiento del mismo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that is (my translation and bolding):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The addressee or the authorised person who collects the postal delivery will have to identify themselves before the employee of the postal operator which manages the delivery, using their National Identity Document (DNI), Passport, &lt;strong&gt;Driving Licence&lt;/strong&gt; or Residence Card, unless they are known personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus, a Spanish driving licence also shows your NIE so you can use it for proof of ID where that is required (eg when taking out a mobile phone contract or at the bank), and avoid having to carry the &quot;Certificado de registro de Ciudadano de la Unión&quot; with you to prove your NIE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastEditorUserId="6921" LastEditDate="2017-04-22T20:24:37.773" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T20:24:37.773" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10736" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10776" CreationDate="2017-04-19T15:03:51.100" Score="5" ViewCount="1944" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen and my wife is non EU. We are currently in Spain and undergoing the residency process. Eventually ( probably after 6 to 9 months' of self-sufficiency in Spain) we will come to the UK with her Article 10 res card but no family Permit. My question is, what do we say at the airport? Do we show the RC and say we are using Surinder Singh and then apply for the UK Rc asap, or do we just come in ( her) as a tourist and get the 6 month stamp. She is Argentinian so needs no visa and she has visited 4 times in the past and always left within time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="11606" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T09:10:20.223" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T15:41:09.700" Title="Entry into the UK with Article 10 EU residence card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10731" CreationDate="2017-04-19T16:27:16.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBV2v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBV2v.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;K1 visas are generally processed by these 2 Service Centers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Texas -&gt; Average wait for NOA2: about 200 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;California -&gt; Average wait for NOA2: 30-40 days (but even 3 weeks!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Destination for K1 visas is quite randomly selected between Texas and California though, doesn't matter where you send it from.&#xA;Also, when one center is behind on schedule requests are rerouted/moved to another Service Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*NOA2 = Notification Of Action 2 = I-129F processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These help too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rapidvisa.com/k1-visa-timeline/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://rapidvisa.com/k1-visa-timeline/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.soundimmigration.com/how-do-i-check-uscis-processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.soundimmigration.com/how-do-i-check-uscis-processing-times/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the K1 visa is granted the couple has 3 months to get married. After the marriage it takes between 2 and 3 months for the work permit and between 6 and 18 months for the Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-04-22T19:28:30.533" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T19:28:30.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-19T16:45:13.330" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancée will be moving to the UK from the US at the end of the year. She has a medical disorder, which took a long time to diagnose, for which she is now receiving treatment. This involves taking medication and regular visits to a specialist. All of this treatment is available on the NHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm hoping you can tell what is the most efficient way to transfer her treatment to the UK, so that she can be seen under the NHS when she is here? In particular, she is anxious to avoid having to go through all of the tests again and to have to be rediagnosed, which I assume would be the default position if she were just to show up at a GP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11607" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T18:17:44.643" Title="Transferring existing medical treatment from US to UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-19T16:54:32.060" Score="4" ViewCount="727" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen living in Germany with an Aufenthaltstitel (Residency Permit), which is pasted in my American passport. The permit was issued on January 13, 2017 and expired on April 15, 2017. I went today (April 19) to try to renew my permit, which takes two weeks time after filling out the necessary forms. The people at the city offices told me I am not allowed to travel outside of Germany until my residency permit is renewed and valid. I want to travel to Spain (Palma de Mallorca) on April 21 and back on April 23. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why am I not allowed to travel outside of Germany (even within the EU and Schengen) with an expired Aufenthaltstitel? Why can I not travel simply as an American passport holder while it is expired and being renewed? What parties would have a problem with this kind of travel (i.e. the airline, customs and border control, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11608" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-20T04:19:49.583" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T11:38:56.370" Title="Travel within EU with expired German Aufenthaltstitel (Residency Permit)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10480" CreationDate="2017-04-19T18:58:18.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per my experience, your Visa validity includes the date that it is listed for. So, your's is valid till 12 am of the 18th of March 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T18:58:18.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-19T14:51:06.300" Score="3" ViewCount="886" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question actually about my visa validity being a PhD research student. I heard from someone and need to verify it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My visa is valid until by the end of Jan 2018. I have my viva in end of May 2017. Someone says once I will submit my final copy of my thesis with correction, for instance in July then my visa will be reduced and then I will have to leave from UK right after 2 months of my thesis submission. Is this information correct? Or will my visa be valid until the end of Jan 2018? Shall be grateful to have this info because I need to apply for Schengen country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19730" OwnerDisplayName="smaz" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T06:14:24.903" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:41:34.403" Title="What happens to a Tier 4 PhD visa once you submit your thesis?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11568" CreationDate="2017-04-20T10:42:27.750" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got acceptance for a 2-year research program. Tuition fee is C$12692/year. Living expense is C$6000/year. Supervisor will give me C$5000 for the first year but that depends on my performance in the 1st semester.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, this variable commitment is not written on my acceptance-letter. Rather that is known through Email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much amount should I have to show in my bank to &lt;strong&gt;confirm&lt;/strong&gt; my visa on my first try to the embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would that be enough to show that amount in my father's account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastEditorDisplayName="user11149" LastEditDate="2017-04-20T10:55:59.060" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:50:58.813" Title="How much amount of money should I show to confirm graduate student visa for Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10744" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11790" CreationDate="2017-04-20T05:24:10.573" Score="4" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and will be studying abroad in Mexico for the academic year 2017-2018. School starts in August but the school has yet to send an acceptance letter which is needed to acquire a student visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be going to my girlfriend's graduation in Mexico City in May, and would like to remain in the country from that point on (until school is out in a year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been to Mexico several times before and each time was granted entry for 180 days. Assuming that I receive this same 180 day allowance, and I get the acceptance letter after my arrival in Mexico, can I apply for a student visa while I am already in the country as a tourist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11618" OwnerDisplayName="Michael McQuade" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T22:02:27.647" Title="If I enter Mexico as a tourist, can I get a student visa while there?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11527" CreationDate="2017-04-20T13:13:54.463" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am recently divorced and our children are staying with my ex-wife for the next 2 years. She moved to Berlin (studying) and that is where my children are now as well. We are all US citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Berlin, too, so I can stay close to my children. I don't have a salaried work right now (a co-founder in a start-up in US) but I do have sufficient funds in my banking accounts. I do plan to study at a University in Berlin, but this is not for this year (need to learn the language first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of visa would be best for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T17:03:36.053" Title="moving to Germany to stay closer to my children" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-20T13:30:40.730" Score="4" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that this maybe is not right website to ask this kind of question, but I couldn't find any better. Maybe if you know, you could recommend me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here is the situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father is living in Germany for 6 years already, he has osteoporosis and he can lift heavy things and move things around the house, he was in the hospital for 7 months before 2 years. His wife left him before 3 months and we plan for me to come and live with him, so I can help him and also I would really love to move to Germany. He can provide me with everything that I need to live there (place to sleep, eat and so on...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He didn't get citizenship yet. They extended his 'classic' visa two times for 3 years, and he expected citizenship and passport this year but he needs 2 more years of working experience to get it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am 20 years old from Serbia. I have finished high school of electrotechnics where I graduated as Electronics Technician. I also have Start Deutsch certificate 1 from Goethe-Institute. And my wish is to find some job or ausbildung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if anyone can tell me what are my options to get Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much!&#xA;Best Regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Filip Raus" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-04-20T16:31:29.267" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T14:27:02.393" Title="Non-EU Citizen. Can I get visa if my father live in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-20T14:03:52.060" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to search the Catastral in the Canary Islands for a Surname or Company name to find the address of that person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10867" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T13:55:28.333" Title="Searching the Catastral in the Canary Islands" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-20T14:39:38.020" Score="1" ViewCount="1722" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work remotely for a US company, and have been staying in Berlin. I'm applying for a language course visa, and one of the requirements is 'Proof of Secure Livelihood.' It specifies either an escrow account of more than 8136 euros or a third-party who can be confirmed as the primary source of income. My question is as how to answer this question. Is it OK for me to say that I am working for a US company remotely that does not German subsidiary (and on the visa application I noted that I am maintaining a permanent residence in the US I am returning to after the end of the visa (up to 1 year) )? Is it strictly legal, or a gray area? If not, what's the best way to deal with this question? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11616" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T06:48:23.117" Title="Working remotely for US company in Germany, can I obtain a language visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11755" CreationDate="2017-04-20T14:40:59.663" Score="2" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to the UK in a couple weeks.  My family (including my dog) aren't coming for another couple months.  We're having our stuff shipped out 2 weeks before my family flies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Filling out the ToR, the pet section asks if we're bringing a pet (we are).  It asks for the pet's &quot;Pet Passport and Identification Details&quot;.  The UK doesn't accept Pet Passports from the US so we're not getting one.  We are going to get an EU Health Certificate but the pet has to travel within 10 days of getting the Certificate so we don't have one yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if we can wait until we have that info to fill out the form since our stuff is being shipped before the dog flies out.  Should I wait as long as I can?  Or just fill it out now and put in the dog's microchip number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11413" OwnerDisplayName="pcg79" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T14:45:13.547" Title="UK Transfer of Residence form - pet section" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10751" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17713" CreationDate="2017-04-21T07:51:19.243" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and I'm currently doing an internship in Germany. The organization that gave me the internship also offered me a job now. Is it possible for me to change the status of my visa from an internship visa to a work visa from Germany itself? Or do I need to go back to India to do the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11621" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T12:09:46.900" Title="Is it possible to change an internship visa to a work visa in Germany without leaving the country?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:14:29.397" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are planning on living a digital nomad life for a couple of years. However we have a bunch of stuff (books[lots/expensive], clothes, electronics) we wish to keep, but not carry with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have access to storage (garage, not climate controlled), but we are worried that in this damp Irish climate, things might get mildew or worse. We want to use this garage, its free, and convenient (there are no self storage places nearby).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are our options for keeping our stuff in good condition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11622" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:35:07.700" Title="We are going abroad for a few years, how best to store our stuff" Tags="&lt;technology&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10752" CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:35:07.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Contact a removal company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removal companies are frequently in the business of storage as well.  It wouldn't be self-storage, but if you are going to be living as a digital nomad all over the world, you don't need 24 hour access to your stuff, do you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick Google Search &lt;em&gt;removal company storage ireland&lt;/em&gt; yields &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pickfords.co.uk/removals-and-storage-eire&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pickfords&lt;/a&gt; as a first link, advertising &lt;em&gt;Are you are planning to move home in Eire or looking for a storage company for long or short term storage?&lt;/em&gt;.  Surely they and many other companies would be happy to give you a quote for the exact situation you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:35:07.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10749" CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:44:22.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legal issues aside, I think you might be misinterpreting the requirements of the &quot;proof of secure livelihood&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I'm assuming you are talking about Berlin, this might be specific to the Bundesland:&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;submission of a declaration of commitment by a third party on an official form (Verpflichtungserklärung)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; the money, or you need to have a &lt;em&gt;guarantee&lt;/em&gt; from a third party. A working contract is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a guarantee. If you'd stop working, they'd stop paying. A guarantee is something that says &quot;we will pay for this persons costs, no matter what.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the easiest way might be to open that escrow account. You will need the money anyway, you might as well have it in a German bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:44:22.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10746" CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:57:02.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The obvious one would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familienzusammenf%C3%BChrung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Familienzusammenführung&lt;/a&gt;. If your father has a residency permit and a way to support you, that should be enough for you to get a residency permit (including working permit) as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a lawyer might seem costly, it will save you a lot of time doing it right. If you have the money, it might be well worth it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:57:02.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10760" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-21T16:18:45.243" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;i'm a Nigerian student studying in Istanbul, Turkey. I've been granted a one year national visa to Italy but i'm to enroll with the ERASMUS study program for a semester in Barcelona. Do i need to obtain a study schengen visa to proceed with my program or will the national visa suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Bamalli Usman" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T16:11:02.360" Title="can i use a national schengen visa for study purpose in another schengen state?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-21T16:31:41.837" Score="3" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;We were born in Iran. Then we decided to leave this country and start living in the EU. So we left Iran with a Tourist Schengen Visa to France. After two days we left France to Germany. We're here as refugees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been living here in Germany for about 4 months and 2 weeks. Now they say they're executing a rule named Dublin and they say we have to leave Germany and return to France. We don't have any family here and we want to stay in Germany. Is there a way to stay in Germany without hiring a lawyer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11626" OwnerDisplayName="Ali Gerami" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T02:44:27.250" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T02:44:27.250" Title="Dublin Regulation - is there a way we can stay in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10761" CreationDate="2017-04-21T18:12:24.827" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Probably not&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edited:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; As I understand it, you want to immigrate into Europe, specifically into Germany, you had a (now expired) Schengen type C visa issued by France, you are in Germany, and you are already in contact with the authorities in Germany who want to send you back to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To immigrate into Germany, you need an Aufenthaltstitel. This could be a Schengen type D visa, an Aufenthaltserlaubnis, or a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_(European_Union)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;. Getting one of those requires an application which is &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; done from your country of residence. (As a tourist, you are not resident in Germany or France at this point.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To get refugee status in Europe, you should have applied in the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; EU country you have entered, in your case in France. This is set down in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Regulation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dublin III Regulation&lt;/a&gt;. Germany had temporarily stopped enforcing the Dublin Regulation for refugees who landed in Greece or Italy and marched north, but these people generally had not been registered along the route. Your arrival in France has been registered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Germany has already notified you that they want to apply the Dublin rules, staying in Germany will be difficult. A lawyer might be able to help, but probably not. As a &lt;em&gt;refugee&lt;/em&gt;, you get no choice which European country is going to take you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-22T06:13:53.303" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10761" CreationDate="2017-04-22T05:50:53.523" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You really need a lawyer to deal with this. The best solution to know about your options and find a lawyer is to approach a refugee support group like the ones mentioned by Zach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as your immediate situation go, you have to read the letter very carefully. Typically, what happens is that you applied for protection and the authorities have determined they might have grounds to ask another country to take charge of your application. &lt;strong&gt;Germany has to inform you that it's trying to use the Dublin regulation&lt;/strong&gt; but, at this stage, you are under no obligation to leave. You can ask your lawyer to make representations on your behalf and Germany needs to wait for the French authorities to respond to its request anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's only after France accepts to take charge of your application and a decision is made that Germany will officially decline to process your application any further and may even detain you to bring you to France. You do have the right to make an appeal but, again, you really need a lawyer and even with a good one the chances of success are slim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you, France and Germany are two of the few countries where the Dublin systems still works and the facts of your case, as described in the question, do not look very promising. You really need to get in touch with someone who knows the law and local practice to navigate this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-04-23T22:20:46.377" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T22:20:46.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-22T12:16:08.483" Score="4" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non European, married with an European. We are now living in UK. I have the EEA Family Permit visa for 6 months and it expires in June. I want to ask for the Residence Card in May, but the problem is that exists the possibility that I have to travel outside UK in June and/or August. I read that the process takes 6 month (if I ask for it at mid of May, it would be ready for mid of November), leaving you without passport and without any possibility to travel outside UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I read that I can ask for my passport back, but the problem is that I have to resend it and the process would take more time (sometimes another 6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if that possibility I described before, is the same as this passport return option explained in the following link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&lt;/a&gt; In this link they say: The European passport return service is for EEA, Swiss nationals and their family members to keep their passport while their online application is being processed.They make a certified copy of a passport and it is given back to you. I am not sure this service can be used when you ask for the EEAFM Residence Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone done this before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if there is any possibility to keep your passport meanwhile I am waiting for the UK EEAFM Residence Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When is the best time to ask for the Residence Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T21:45:35.960" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T21:45:35.960" Title="Can I keep my passport while I am waiting for the European Economic Area Family Permit Residence Card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-22T15:29:33.937" Score="2" ViewCount="1130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student in Netherlands but I have decided not pursue my studies. So, I returned back to my home country. After consulting the IND website it seems that I have to notify IND about my leaving before I leave the country, return the residence permit and deregister my self with local authorities. Otherwise, there will be a penalty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I follow the above procedures, I have to return back to Netherlands and do everything which seems unrealistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do, now, to avoid any complication in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="StUdent" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T14:58:30.587" Title="How to return Dutch residence permit" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-23T00:30:57.520" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working for a German company. This company sent me to the USA for several years, unluckily there has been a leadership change, and the new leader decided not to renew my expat assignment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In two months I will be back to Germany, and I am not sure of my rights. Can someone give me guidance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In my last two salary reviews, I got a good salary increase. Do I have the right to keep that salary increase? Or can they force me to take the salary I got before the expat assignment?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During my expat assignment, my role has changed. My current role can be done with any issues from Europe, and that´s one of the reasons for not extending my expat assignment. Are they obliged to let me do my current role in Europe? Or can they force me to take my old role? What happens if the old role doesn't exist?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11629" LastEditorUserId="2125" LastEditDate="2017-06-24T23:06:05.383" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T23:06:05.383" Title="Can a German company change my salary and job position after finishing an expat assignment?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10769" CreationDate="2017-04-23T01:18:40.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can send the residence permit to the IND by mail, along with &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/forms/7597.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND Form #7597 that says you're changing your status&lt;/a&gt;.  You should do this within 4 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for local de-registration, most municipalities in the Netherlands let you do this online.  Check the website of your local gemeente, and if you don't see that option, contact the gemeente by phone or email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9488" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T01:18:40.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10007" CreationDate="2017-04-23T13:47:39.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Disclaimer: I'm an EU Citizen and don't have experience of doing this for a non-EU citizen - your experience may vary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Spanish Police/Ministry of the Interior themselves don't use the address on your NIE to send you any mail, however in order to get a NIE you need to present a Certificado de Empadronamiento (Population Register certificate) from your Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), and they do use it for voting, for tax purposes etc. You'd need some kind of authorisation from your friend saying that you're resident at their address in order to get your Certificado de Empadronamiento - and if you change that registration as soon as your have your own rental contract (and then change at the Foreigners' Office as well if required - I was told it wasn't in Barcelona but again your mileage may vary) then no post should go to your friends at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're an EU Citizen, you &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be able to sign a rental contract using your passport or national ID card as ID and using that number, then present that contract at the Ayuntamiento to get a Certificado de Empadronamiento, use that certificate to get a NIE and then finally provide that NIE to the landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option might be to apply for a NIE in your country of residence (assuming this isn't Spain) at the Spanish consulate, I've just checked the first consulate site I found on Google (Edinburgh) and they say it takes about three weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T13:47:39.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10769" CreationDate="2017-04-23T14:58:30.587" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you write IND the official written notification (see @JeffG's &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/10771/7110&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;) , add a note - on that form perhaps, in the empty area - saying you've destroyed your residence permit by cutting it up into small pieces. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am absolutely certain - although I have not done this myself - that this will satisfy them. And even if it doesn't - what are they going to do? It's not as though you can put it back together again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T14:58:30.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-23T15:56:51.820" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a United States citizen (California resident) that has been traveling as a tourist outside the United States for the past 1.5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now back in Ohio to visit my parents for two months. I need healthcare coverage during these two months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's no longer the Open Enrollment Period. Do I qualify for a SEP? And if not, what are my options for getting healthcare coverage during these two months that also satisfies the conditions of the ACA so I don't have to pay the penalty for not having coverage during these two months? I don't qualify for medicare or medicaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11631" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T15:56:51.820" Title="Extended overseas travel qualify for a Special Enrollment Period in USA?" Tags="&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T15:50:48.153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10770" CreationDate="2017-04-23T16:50:40.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This completely depends on the details in your contract. You should check the fine print of what you signed when starting the expat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I had in my contract (I would assume this is typical, but I have no real data base to say so):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are guaranteed a position equivalent to the one you had when you left&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are guaranteed a salary equivalent to the one you had when you left, plus the customary increases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; guaranteed the salary, salary increases, or position you reached in the foreign country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't sound too great, but in reality, most companies value the experience of the expat time high, and move homecoming people in a higher position (managerial, or if you were a manager when starting, senior management). There is no such promise or guarantee, of course. You are a valuable asset for the company, and they should be interested in putting you in a position of responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what really happens, depends a lot on your respective home-country manager / mentor and his intentions. If he doesn't care (or doesn't like you), it can end ugly. If you are afraid of that, I recommend to get in contact with as many senior management members in the home country as you can - anyone that knows you personally - and ask if they have a position to offer you. Most of them probably value what you bring, and would try to find a nice spot for you if they can. Don't rely exclusively on the manager whos job it should be to care about you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the previous paragraph assumes that you are a good performer. If you are a low performer (or if people think so), you might end up with the guaranteed minimum and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T16:50:40.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10736" CreationDate="2017-04-23T21:43:45.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment (and probably for the next two years), any EU citizen has the right to move to the UK and work there and bring their wife - except UK citizens. But having lived in Spain for 6 to 9 months, you can move to the UK not because you are a UK citizen, but because you make use of your EU citizen's right to move to any EU country, and bring your wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your wife wants to become a permanent resident in the UK, that is how you should proceed, and not let her come in as a tourist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what happens in 2019 when the UK leaves the EU, and what that will do to the Surinder Singh route, that's a very interesting question, and I suppose nobody knows the answer (except that UKIP will want your wife OUT). I'd study all the ways how she can get permanent residence in the UK and try to find what works quickest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T21:43:45.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9814" CreationDate="2017-04-23T22:04:43.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My interpretation of the rules is that as a EU citizen living in the UK, under the right circumstances you received unlimited leave to remain in the UK. Now, in 2017, you will want a &quot;document certifying permanent residence&quot;. To get this (that's my understanding) you need to prove that you &lt;em&gt;received&lt;/em&gt; unlimited leave to remain at any point after 2006, and that you didn't lose it by leaving the country for more than two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason you didn't acquire the right earlier, you still can qualify for the period from say Jan 2014 to Jan 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look for the online application form, which is a lot easier than the 85 page document they will want you to fill out. Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/next&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/next&lt;/a&gt; and if that doesn't work start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; and find your way to the online application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2017-04-30T23:36:21.393" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T23:36:21.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10007" CreationDate="2017-04-24T03:08:48.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I went to the Comisaría de Extranjería to ask about it, they told me to use the address of the hostel that I was staying in while I looked for an apartment.  And they sent the letter there (after insisting that they &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; notify by text message).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several non-EU people who had been there for years said you cannot buy or rent without a bank account and NIE and you cannot get a bank account without NIE.  Realtors and bankers confirmed this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But while waiting for the text message that never came, I opened a bank account and signed a lease.  The lights and water are also now in my name.  And I still don't have a NIE.  They saw the entrance stamp from April 2016 and without (apparently) looking further assumed an overstay and ordered me to leave.  Some immigrant advocacy group wrote a three-page letter quoting various laws, attaching my proof that I had not overstayed, and demanding they fix it within five days.  The Comisaría filed it and apparently ignored it over a month ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2017-04-29T18:01:04.263" LastActivityDate="2017-04-29T18:01:04.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-24T06:32:55.180" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in the EU. Last year I got married in the EU to an EU citizen. At the moment I have not informed the US of our marriage and at the moment we are not planning on moving to the US. However, if those plans change what paperwork do I need to file so that me and my spouse could move to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I would need to apply for a spouse visa. Is it the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-130&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-130&lt;/a&gt; that I would need to complete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11634" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-24T07:17:06.220" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T19:11:57.950" Title="American citizen married abroad: visa for foreign spouse" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-24T07:50:58.133" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian student planning to visit China for internship purpose. I was applying for Visa through a Visa agent in Chinese embassy in Delhi. I was just told by the agent that the embassy is demanding &quot;Alien registration card&quot;. I don't exactly know what it means. For all the previous students who did internship in China from India this was not required. Can anyone shed some light on the query? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian residing in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Shubham Ugare" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T00:26:04.740" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T00:26:04.740" Title="Alien registration card in China" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;internship&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10781" CreationDate="2017-04-24T09:13:46.140" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand it,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a non-Indian national residing in India and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You apply for a Chinese visa &lt;strong&gt;in India&lt;/strong&gt; (not in your home country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need an &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;alien registration&lt;/a&gt; card&quot; - presumably a kind of identity card issued by India to non-Indian nationals residing in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" OwnerDisplayName="RedGrittyBrick" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T09:13:46.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10761" CreationDate="2017-04-24T10:26:27.647" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a way to stay in Germany without hiring a lawyer?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you are unlikely to succeed in your aim without employing a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In EU document &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/asylum/examination-of-applicants_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Country responsible for asylum application (Dublin)&lt;/a&gt; it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Dublin Regulation establishes the Member State responsible for the examination of the asylum application. The criteria for establishing responsibility run, in hierarchical order, from family considerations, to recent possession of visa or residence permit in a Member State, to whether the applicant has entered EU irregularly, or regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one country receives disproportionate numbers above and beyond that reference (over 150% of the reference number), all further new applicants in that country would (regardless of nationality) be relocated, after an admissibility verification of their application, across the EU until the number of applications is back below that level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/proposal-implementation-package/docs/20160504/dublin_reform_proposal_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dublin IV proposals&lt;/a&gt; are intended in part to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;discourage  abuses  and  prevent  secondary  movements  of  the  applicants  within  the EU, in particular by including clear obligations for applicants to apply in the Member State  of first entry  and  remain in  the Member State  determined as  responsible.  This also  requires  proportionate  procedural  and  material  consequences  in  case  of  non-compliance with their obligations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see from commentary to other answers, this is a legal minefield which most people would find difficult to navigate without professional experienced help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T10:26:27.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10780" CreationDate="2017-04-24T19:11:57.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are correct.  You should file the I-130.  See the USCIS page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/spouse/bringing-spouses-live-united-states-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bringing Spouses to Live in the United States as Permanent Residents&lt;/a&gt;.  (Note, lower on the page, that special conditions may apply if you are a member of the US military.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the I-130 petition is approved, your spouse will generally apply for an immigrant visa using form DS-260.  There are other steps as well, so you may want to refer to the flow chart on the State Department's page &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Immigrant Visa Process&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you search on the internet, you will also find information on the K-3 visa, which would allow your spouse to travel to the US and then apply for adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident.  Apparently, K-3 processing takes around the same amount of time as immigrant visa processing, so it is not advised to pursue that route.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the immigrant visa application isn't strictly an application for a green card (I-551).  The way it works is that the immigrant gets an immigrant visa in his or her passport, which becomes a temporary I-551, valid for one year, as soon as the immigrant is lawfully admitted to the US.  At that point, the immigrant is a &quot;lawful permanent resident&quot; of the US.  The actual green card arrives in the mail some weeks later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T19:11:57.950" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-25T04:52:08.947" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am CTO of company, which just need to be created, though we have product already 8 months without company.&#xA;I am living in Armenia and I am 17 years old and want to go to USA for accelerators and other staff, my partner is vice president of North American headquarter of one worldwide very known company.&#xA;He is CEO of our company and can personally give me invitation, though I am thinking that we should officially create company and then as I am co founder he send me invitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is better personal invitation or company invitation?, please note that company is just just should be created and I will be co founder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask is it possible to be co-founder for non US resident which 17 years old? (sorry if not related to this stack exchange site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what is chances that I can get visa of USA for E-2 or O-1 or other types?, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that I can invest small amount (20K).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note that I have no things that can approve that I will return, though I am creating company and work places in USA. I am not going as worker, but I want to create business in USA.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11637" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T04:52:08.947" Title="Can I acquire USA visa if new created company will send invitation" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T03:44:53.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10790" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12002" CreationDate="2017-04-25T09:07:23.223" Score="7" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a follow-up of &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/10672/11563&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, I'm proceeding with the application for a &quot;Temporary activity visa (subclass 408)&quot;, in order to stay in Australia for circa six months from October 2017 to March 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I recently have been accepted to present a paper to a conference that will be held in Australia as well, from 19th to 24th of August. Since I'm an Italian citizen, I applied for an &quot;eVisitor (subclass 651)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is the following: will having an eVisitor for the August trip impact in any way the application for the &quot;Temporary activity&quot; visa that I'm requesting for the october-march visit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11563" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T22:44:08.447" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T11:55:03.540" Title="Australia: Can there be two contemporary applications for two visas of different types for different periods?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-25T10:38:31.010" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am renewing my French carte de sejour and want to change insurance to AXA.  Does anyone know if AXA Schengen Ins is acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Gve" LastEditorUserId="120" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T17:54:35.823" LastActivityDate="2017-04-26T06:02:22.460" Title="Is AXA insurance acceptable for long stay French Carte de Sejour?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10802" CreationDate="2017-04-25T15:37:30.403" Score="6" ViewCount="1946" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, from the dvlottery website :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;DV-2018 Entrants may enter their confirmation information through the link below starting at noon (EDT) on &lt;strong&gt;May 2, 2017&lt;/strong&gt;. The DV-2018 registration period opens on October 4, 2016, and closes on November 7, 2016. DV-2018 Entrants should keep their confirmation number until at least &lt;strong&gt;September 30, 2018&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the results available on May 2, 2017 the same as on September 30, 2018, or they are released by quota?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, if I check my number on May 2, 2017 and I find that I've not been selected, is there a chance that I will be selected before September 30, 2018 or it is a definitive result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance, and if the official website mentions something about this please attach it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11642" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-05T16:30:09.300" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T16:30:09.300" Title="Are the green card lottery (Diversity Visa) results final when released in May?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10791" CreationDate="2017-04-26T06:02:22.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt it is fit for long term residency (you mention Carte de Séjour) as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.axa-schengen.com/en/FAQ&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: I am living in a European country, can I buy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: Yes, you can. You&#xA;will be covered outside of your country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-26T06:02:22.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10798" CreationDate="2017-04-26T16:20:00.007" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one works in Australia on a 457 visa, can they access the public health insurance scheme? If not, can they get a refund of taxes paid for health insurance and social security?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T00:27:59.220" Title="Can temporary workers in Australia enroll into the public health insurance system?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7832" CreationDate="2017-04-26T18:11:42.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visa exemptions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your non-EU spouse, (grand)children or (grand)parents do not need to&#xA;get a visa from the country they are travelling to if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have a residence permit or visa from another country in the&#xA;border-free Schengen area (see list below) and the country they are&#xA;travelling to belongs to that area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V0mmc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V0mmc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Residence permits issued by countries outside the Schengen area do&#xA;not allow non-EU family members to travel visa-free to a Schengen area&#xA;country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer your question, NO, you don't need visa to travel to Sweden for up to 90 days in any 180 days period!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This assumes, however, that you haven't been in other Schengen countries.  Strictly speaking, with a residence permit you're still only allowed 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen area, not counting days when in the country that issued the permit.  In practice, though, there's no way to enforce this easily, because border crossings in the Schengen area are not tracked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(As an aside, the 90/180 rule does not apply when you are traveling with your EU family member; in that case you fall under the freedom of movement directive.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-26T18:39:52.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11646" CreationDate="2017-04-26T19:30:02.473" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to prepare my US taxes and want to check when I'm eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion. I'm a US citizen working in Canada. All I'm looking to do is to verify my border crossing information. CBP has the website &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/history-search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/history-search&lt;/a&gt; to view your travel history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the CBP site only returns results if you aren't a US citizen. Ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9657" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:46:47.957" Title="Anything like the I-94 website for citizens?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10795" CreationDate="2017-04-26T22:58:45.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/medicare-levy/medicare-levy-exemption/category-3--not-entitled-to-medicare-benefits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;temporary resident&lt;/a&gt; (a foreigner who is considered a resident for tax purposes), unless your country has a reciprocal​ agreement with Australia, you're not eligible to Medicare benefits, thus you can get a refund of your 2% Medicare levy at tax time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2017-04-28T00:27:59.220" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T00:27:59.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-27T04:54:13.237" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Green Card holder in U.S, originally from Nepal. I got married in a court in Australia 7 months ago with my girl friend, who is in Australia as a student, originally from Nepal. 2 months ago i filed form i-130. Was i suppose to change my marital status in U.S before filing for i-130? Our marital status is single in all other documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user60458" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T04:00:45.310" Title="Do i need to change my marital status in U.S before filing form i-130?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-27T14:08:48.350" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Dutch residency card for 5 years. I am married to an Italian. We used to live in the Netherlands. Now we want to move to Italy. What do I meed to do to get a new residency card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11649" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-21T04:18:11.950" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T04:18:11.950" Title="Getting a residency in italy" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-21T04:18:25.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10792" CreationDate="2017-04-27T21:32:45.233" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;And, hey, I was wrong! I don't believe this happens every year, so you should not rely on it, but for last year's diversity visa, DV-2017, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US government has announced&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you checked your Diversity Visa (DV) 2017 status recently?&#xA;  Additional entrants have been added to “selected” status! Check your&#xA;  status using your unique confirmation number on the Entrant Status&#xA;  Check (ESC) website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dvlottery.state.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;www.dvlottery.state.gov&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Selected entrants are encouraged to complete the online DS-260&#xA;  application immediately to schedule an interview appointment at the&#xA;  appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The adding of extra entrants could be due to a mistake in the lottery process (not enough people from particular countries were selected), the expected number of applicants isn't as high as predicted, or more applicants have been refused than expected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The diversity immigrant visa program does have a limited number of visas. It is possible for those visas to be used before someone who was selected is able to apply. You should always apply as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: there's no date on the page stating when the government added entrants to the DV-2017 approved list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-04-27T21:32:45.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-28T00:26:40.663" Score="2" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a PhD student studying in NZ. I'll visit a research institute in Australia only for a month. I'll be learning and do experiments in the lab. I'm a Malaysian citizen and eligible to apply for ETA. Is ETA visa appropriate? Similar questions have been asked but the visits are of 3 months or longer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/ArticleDocuments/184/Academic%20Scenario%20Guidance%20Sheet.pdf.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this guidance sheet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;600 Visitor Visa is appropriate for Academic (Unpaid research as part of course lasting less than three months), and Academic (undertaking unpaid research in field of expertise while not performing any “work”)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could unpaid research as a part of a course that is less than three months&#xA;include PhD students?&#xA;Yes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What if someone wants to perform research for more than three months? What&#xA;visa do they apply for?&#xA;Graduates may be eligible for a subclass 402 Training and Research – Occupational Trainee Stream; this subclass may be suitable if the applicant has graduated within 12 months of their application’s lodgement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11651" LastEditorUserId="11651" LastEditDate="2017-04-28T02:57:28.427" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T21:08:44.563" Title="Australian visa for a visiting PhD student (1 month)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;malaysian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10819" CreationDate="2017-04-28T01:38:55.077" Score="2" ViewCount="686" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi all my immigration expert buddies,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a doctor by profession and staying in the uk in tier 2 spouse visa with work permit ( restricted, no training facility ) for the last 3 months. I got a job of my own and i can work with my tier 2 spouse visa. But when I plan to apply for a training post, I have to change it. I need to learn a few things from anyone expert in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I have to change my visa status from Tier 2 spouse to Tier 2 general for training purpose, the time I spent in spouse visa will be counted for ILR or it will start from the begining?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can an organization apply for a COS for an employee in the middle of the contract? For example, I am not taking COS from my hospital now. Can I ask for it any time after I join?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to keep £ 945 in my bank account for 3 months to change my visa type even if the hospital is an A rated sponsor?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks . This group has always been helpful to me. Hope this time I get some help regarding my queries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11652" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-04-29T06:03:39.807" LastActivityDate="2017-04-29T06:52:52.023" Title="Tier 2 dependent visa" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10806" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-28T10:17:37.043" Score="3" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in the IT industry holding a blue card and after one and a half year, I received a promotion, which also included a salary raise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got to know about this promotion via e-mail in January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;January and February paychecks reflected already the new salary base, however, in March they decided I would need to sign an appendix to my contract in order to validate my promotion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not accept the new job description, as they were mandating me to perform tasks way outside my scope of work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the March paycheck, I saw they rolled back my salary retroactively. Hence, I received a very low income, as both January and February gains were discounted in the March paycheck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering is this is valid or against the laws? Also, did anyone already face a similar situation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11654" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-04-30T03:15:38.653" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T03:15:38.653" Title="Can my german employer rollback my promotion?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-09-08T16:11:44.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10847" CreationDate="2017-04-28T11:52:57.750" Score="3" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am about to sign a contract with the university that I'm currently studying in as a research assistant (HiWi). It seems that since the hours and salaries are below a legal standard, I am not required to make &lt;em&gt;compulsory&lt;/em&gt; contribution to Rentenversicherung. The secretary asked me whether I want make a 3.9% &lt;em&gt;voluntary&lt;/em&gt; contribution to the Rentenversicherung. She explained to me that this would add certain &quot;points&quot; to my Rentenversicherung account, which would be relevant to the amount of money I get after retirement, if I still remain in the German Rentenversicherung system by that time, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, she said it might not make that much sense since the current salary is low and the points contributed would be minimum. In the end, she asked me to come back next week with my decision, after I've done more research on the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual contribution might seem indeed minimum, since I only get several hundred Euros of payment each month anyways. However, AFAIK, in the legal documents that I've read about German residence and nationality, contribution to the pension scheme is regarded as an important/mandatory factor to consider regarding one's permanent residency or naturalization application. For example, in section 18b, item 3 of Residence Act, it is stated that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;he or she has paid compulsory or voluntary contributions into the statutory pension scheme for at least 24 months or furnishes evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently keeping permanent residency as a viable future option to consider after my graduation. In this case, would paying voluntary contribution to the pension scheme count towards these 24 months, and potentially help my future applications in these aspects? Or, is it the case that since the amount is too little and that I'm still a student, it would be of no use? I'm quite confused at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T08:23:12.787" Title="Does it make sense for foreign research assistants (HiWis) in German universities to voluntarily contribute to Rentenversicherung (pension scheme)?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10806" CreationDate="2017-04-28T11:56:03.717" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, a promotion and a salary increase &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; extensions to your contract that &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be accepted by &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; parties &lt;em&gt;in writing&lt;/em&gt;. This is no big deal normally, both sign the extra page, the employee walks out of the office happy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; agree, there was no promotion and no salary increase. Legally, it's not &lt;em&gt;rolled back&lt;/em&gt;, because legally, you never had it in the first place, because you did not sign it. The company will argue that the salary in excess of your normal salary was transferred in error (under the assumption you would sign the paperwork) and that transferring less than normal salary &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; corrected that error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need the help of a lawyer to find out if that was legal. But as you are the one who declined the promotion that was the reason for the salary increase, I guess you would need to argue that formal errors have been made in the process to keep the money paid in error. This is certainly not a constructive move and will be seen as very negative by the company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Courts in Germany are very sympathetic to the worker vs a company, but in this case, it was &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; decision to decline what was offered, so I don't think your chances are good to get anything you did not work for in the first place. You &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; have a case when you actually &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; that higher paid job for the two months. If &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; is the case, definitely get a lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-04-28T12:04:48.010" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T12:04:48.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10475" CreationDate="2017-04-28T12:23:12.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When trying to apply for &amp;quot;Familiennachzug&amp;quot; for your spouse from a non-EU country, Germany &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; recognize it follows EU instead of German law if you have lived in another EU country for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example your spouse does not need to prove language skills as she would have if German law applied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keinen Sprachnachweis vor der Einreise müssen Sie zudem erbringen, wenn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ihr Ehegatte Deutscher ist und er zuvor durch einen längeren Aufenthalt in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat von seinem europäischen Freizügigkeitsrecht Gebrauch gemacht hat,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Migration/EhepartnerFamilie/ehepartnerfamilie-node.html;jsessionid=734E5B598111D0051F82C30668A549BA.2_cid286&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your best bet is to get a lawyer to navigate German and EU law. Most likely it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; possible. But you need to get a professional and from my experience you don't need one to tell &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; that it's possible, but to tell &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; that it's possible. Because as unclear as it may seem to us... it's not like the German authorities have the secret handbook of laws and regulations where it's easy to look it up. It's just as unclear to &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just read your second link. It does not say that EU Freizügigkeit does not apply for the German. It only says if you are the non-EU relative/spouse of a EU citizen, &lt;em&gt;you yourself&lt;/em&gt; must apply for a normal German permit, not for &amp;quot;EU Freizügigkeit&amp;quot;.  Applying for EU Freizügigkeit for the relative/spouse only works if the relative/spouse is a EU citizen as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, go get a lawyer that can navigate German laws and language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T12:23:12.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-28T14:12:16.343" Score="2" ViewCount="3568" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Spain, in some months I will start working in Munich for an international organisation, and I want my girlfriend from Colombia to come with me. I have been told by friends living there that it is possible to marry in the Spanish consulate, so I am planning to send her an invitation letter as in Spain so that she can come three month and during that time we arrange everything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am wondering if the Verpflichtungserklärung would be enough or if I should send her something else too, and what should we do, after getting married, with the german authorities in order to get a visa in Germany for her. I believe that, as other international organisations, my new work will most likely help us providing some kind of special visa for her, but I would like to know what to do in case that is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11656" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T12:15:37.263" Title="How to bring girlfriend to germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10810" CreationDate="2017-04-28T14:44:14.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are a Spanish national and EU citizen, if you marry your girlfriend, she only has to do paperwork, there is basically nothing stopping you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a EU citizen you are free to travel to and work in Germany any time and for any duration you want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Source in German&lt;/a&gt; / &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=es&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Source in Spanish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are married (and you may be able to do this on a tourist visum for your girlfriend, at least in Germany, but that is Spanish national law, you need ask your consulate), you can apply for &quot;Familienzusammenführung&quot; visa for your spouse. As you are a EU citizen and not a German national, there are no restrictions. You have to have the marriage documents and ID papers and that's it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, this is dead easy. Just fill the forms. Doing it in practice is harder, knowing which forms to fill with what in which order. I still recommend a lawyer or other professional, because navigating German authorities is not easy, even if you &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T14:44:14.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10810" CreationDate="2017-04-28T18:02:21.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To expand on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/10811/2440&quot;&gt;nvoigt's answer&lt;/a&gt;, your future wife will be able to benefit from the EU's freedom of movement directive (&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;).  No Verpflichtungserklärung will be necessary, and she will have no requirements other than to prove her relationship to you and that you are a Spanish national living and working in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Colombian national, she does not require a visa to enter the Schengen area.  After you are married, she will enjoy freedom of movement under EU law whenever she is traveling with you or traveling to join you.  She can therefore go with you to Germany and apply for her residence card at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/Auslaenderwesen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ausländerbehörde München&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their relevant page may be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltungsreferat/Auslaenderwesen/Unionsbuerger-und-privilegierte-Staaten.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unionsbürger und privilegierte Staaten&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your girlfriend may also be able to enjoy freedom of movement even if you do not marry, because there is a provision for extending these rights to &quot;the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&quot;  I do not know the German authorities' interpretation of that phrase.  I also do not know, if you do marry, how likely they are to examine your marriage as a possible marriage of convenience.  This has been a problem in the UK, but I haven't heard of similar problems in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T18:02:21.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10813" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10816" CreationDate="2017-04-28T19:35:11.570" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read a lot about this topic and even though I am well informed, my case and question is quite specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Argentine and Italian citizen. I want to issue my wife's and daughter's citizenship and passport so we can move in to Europe, though probably not Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where do you think would be easier and faster to issue all this documents? My daughter is Argentine and my wife is Chilean with Argentine residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes a lot of time (probably more than a year) to do it in Argentina. Our marriage license and birth certificate from my daughter are from Argentina. Say we want to move to the Netherlands, where according to your own experiences, would you recommend I should start the process? here in Argentina? in Italy? or at the Italian consulate in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11658" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-05-07T19:26:53.173" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T19:26:53.173" Title="EU citizen living in a non-EU country issuing citizenship for wife and daughter. Where is easier and faster?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10815" CreationDate="2017-04-28T19:51:58.173" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of you might have heard about the removal of the two year conditional permanent resident status for spousal visas in Canada. Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-immigration-marriage-fraud-1.4084865&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;news article&lt;/a&gt; about the same. My question is if this is applicable for new visas only or is the change applicable for spouses already in Canada under the conditional two year permanent resident condition. Kindly elucidate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T20:51:09.360" Title="Repeal of conditional PR in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10814" CreationDate="2017-04-28T20:51:09.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the official Canadian government news release on 28 April 2017: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2017/04/government_of_canadaeliminatesconditionalpermanentresidenceforsp.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of Canada Eliminates Conditional Permanent Residence for Spouses and Partners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which states in part: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This change applies to anyone who was subject to the requirement, as&#xA;  well as to new spouses and partners who are sponsored as permanent&#xA;  residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T20:51:09.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10813" CreationDate="2017-04-28T21:24:53.680" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no personal experience with this, but I think the question can be analyzed without that based on the assumption that your primary concern is moving with your family to the Netherlands.  I conclude that you should decide where to file the application based on the date of your move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say that it will take up to one year to get all of the documents in Argentina.  Moving to the Netherlands will be easier if everyone has Italian passports, so you should apply for those in Argentina if you will be moving to the Netherlands in May 2018 or later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving to the Netherlands will not be significantly harder, however, if your wife and daughter are traveling on their Chilean and Argentine passports, because they enjoy freedom of movement under EU law when they are traveling with you or traveling to join you.  This is controlled by &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you don't want to worry about whether there is enough time for them to get Italian documents before you move, just move.  Citizens of both Argentina and Chile enjoy visa-free travel in the Schengen area, so they don't need to apply for a visa.  They only need the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your Italian passport (to prove that you are an EU citizen)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your wife's Chilean passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your marriage certificate (to prove your relationship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your daughter's Argentine passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your daughter's birth certificate (to prove your relationship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that you are already in the Netherlands if they are traveling without you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The marriage and birth certificates should have an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt;.  The agency that issues these documents should be able to refer you to the procedure for getting this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in the Netherlands, your non-EU family members must apply for a residence card within 90 days.  However, if they're actually Italian citizens, they don't need a card; they just need Italian documents.  You should therefore go to the Italian consulate there and apply for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The path for your wife to acquire Italian nationality depends on the date of your marriage.  She may already be an Italian citizen, or she may need to apply for naturalization.  If she needs to be naturalized, then she should apply for the residence card in the Netherlands while awaiting naturalization.  Once she is naturalized, she no longer needs the residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T21:24:53.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10800" CreationDate="2017-04-29T02:56:10.767" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you legally married anywhere in the world, you are considered married for the purposes of the US (except for things like polygamous marriages). There is nothing special you need to do, and you must answer that you are married from then on on all forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-04-29T02:56:10.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10804" CreationDate="2017-04-29T06:03:47.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is some good information &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/immigration/guide-to-uk-immigration/training-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here on the British Medical Association&lt;/a&gt; website. I'll try to summarize, but have a good look through there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your ILR for each category (PBS dependent, PBS general, etc...) 'clock' will reset everytime you switch, but your 10 year ILR clock will continue as long as you are able to meet the residency requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but you will have to go through the hurdles of switching visa types. This may mean leaving the country and applying from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK.gov Tier 2 website&lt;/a&gt; (at the bottom in fine print): &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You won't need savings if you have both a fully approved (‘A-rated’) sponsor AND a certificate of sponsorship stating that your sponsor will give you at least £945 to cover your costs for a month if you need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-04-29T06:52:52.023" LastActivityDate="2017-04-29T06:52:52.023" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10820" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-29T13:47:04.243" Score="0" ViewCount="4854" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian Citizen currently living in Bangalore. My husband recently got admission in one of the university of Berlin for MBA and the program starts in Sep 2017. He will be applying for his student visa soon and I have some questions regarding the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is it possible that my husband student visa and my spouse dependent visa can be applied together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If not then how long my husband has to stay in Germany before initiating dependent visa for me and how long the process take ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will really appreciate some help on the above queries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="devika" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T17:06:07.517" Title="Applying Germany student visa along with spouse visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10821" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10906" CreationDate="2017-04-29T20:04:24.250" Score="1" ViewCount="461" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm traveling to the UK from the US to work.  I already have my visa.  I'm filling out visa applications for my kids.  During the visa application process you have to prepay the Immigration Health Surcharge.  The IHS payment is based on how long your visa is.  I had a massive brain fart and instead of entering when my visa expires (2020) I entered when my visa entry expires (next week).  So the site charged me nothing for my kids' IHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK visa site will not let you go back and fix this.  I've already paid for the visa applications and set up their biometric collection appointments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this going to negatively affect their visa applications?  Is there a way to fix this short of canceling the applications, requesting a refund, and redoing them from scratch?  Can I pay via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/ego/#/register&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; once they get to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11413" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T13:46:19.930" Title="UK visa IHS payment" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10824" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10825" CreationDate="2017-04-30T07:02:30.383" Score="2" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good afternoon and best wishes to all who help in this forum :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I currently work for Company AAA in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was interviewed by Company BBB last February 2017, signed a contract with them, and they have sponsored my H1B visa 2018 application. I believe the H1B lottery has taken place last April 11, 2017 but results are yet to start coming out (being on the regular pool I expect that news if I got selected come until mid-June? And if selected it takes another 2 months to know if my case is approved - so wait until August?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now in my home a local Company CCC  has a great job offer for me. And for the purpose of sharpening my skills I want to temporarily join this Company CCC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is: If my H1B is not selected and approved then I will stay for good at Company CCC. If otherwise, of course I go with H1B with Company BBB and  will resign at Company CCC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have B1/B2 multiple entry Visa. Now if I join Company CCC, it is very possible that they will ask me to go to the US for 3 months on B1 (Business) Visa. Possible timeline will be early June until late August 2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might be asked by Company CCC to travel to the US from June- August on B1/B2 Visa. Given this, below are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Company CCC will ask me to travel to the US on B1/B2 Visa, assuming I got selected in the lottery. Will it affect my H1B application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Given it is already April 29, 2017, and I am still awaiting for H1B lottery results. If I join Company CCC, will it have any effect on my H1B in case I get selected? Will the interviewer at the US consular office ask why I had a short stay at Company CCC?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my H1B case is selected and approved, can I only take the H1B Visa interview in my home country? May I also request to take it while in the US assignment for CCC (assuming I am already being required by Company BBB)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" OwnerDisplayName="juniebonifacio" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T11:02:36.847" Title="Switching Job and Travel on B1/B2 while waiting for H1B lottery results" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10824" CreationDate="2017-04-30T10:52:30.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a CBP officer and I do not play one on television. I am just a random weirdo on the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, the chief concern of the CBP officer at the border is answering this question: are you here to work illegaly? What will they see? That you have a workplace ready for you! And somehow you are here to be trained by a different company? It is not hard to arrive to the conclusion that different company is not really different, it's really the same company just, you know how this goes, subsidiaries etc. The CBP officer needs to construct a story right there and the most likely story will lead to your entry being denied. Whether the story is correct or not doesn't matter much at this point. They will also evaluate your ties to your home country and, well, you are ready to move to the USA for year(s) on a H1B. Also, if they conclude that B and C are the different companies then that's a strike against you because you are seemingly changing employers at a breakneck speed so it's not like you have a strong tie via your employers either. Whatever angle you are looking at, it's not a good one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words: you need to prove somehow that you will not work illegally for your H1B sponsor while in the country and leave when your stay is up. How do you plan to do that? Pinkie swear?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This not, by far, a sure answer. But it's the logical one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" OwnerDisplayName="chx" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T10:58:13.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-30T18:34:59.980" Score="1" ViewCount="1011" Body="&lt;p&gt;In form DS-160 (for US F-1 visa) at the end it is mentioned that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: You have indicated that you will be studying in some capacity while in the United States. List at least two contacts in your country of residence who can verify the information that you have provided on this application. Do not list immediate family members or other relatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whose names can I possibly write here? Will those two persons be really contacted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional information : I am a masters' student in India going to US for PhD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11667" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T08:34:25.917" Title="DS-160: Contact person in home country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:17:57.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11415" CreationDate="2017-04-30T19:40:34.387" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to move the States and I need to get some documentation regarding my vaccinations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I request that? At the city council (&quot;comune&quot;) or at the ASL (&quot;Azienda sanitaria locale&quot; - local sanitary establishment)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get it translated in english in order to use it abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:08:37.740" Title="How to obtain a vaccinations certification in Italy valid abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10697" CreationDate="2017-05-01T00:04:26.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you use them without any problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of them want an earthed/grounded plug to reach maximum speed, but without that they still work (though slower).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for personal experience: I used a pair in a old flat (1950-ish build?) and in my parent house (1975-ish with lots of different power groups and 16 fuses. Basically one fuse per room). No problems in either location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11669" LastEditorUserId="11669" LastEditDate="2017-05-04T19:06:11.760" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T19:06:11.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10833" CreationDate="2017-05-01T13:23:15.183" Score="3" ViewCount="3513" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm hoping this is the appropriate place to ask; I've recently moved to Canada, and I want to move back home to the States for personal, mental health reasons. My study permit is valid for two years (through to March 2019), and I know there's no way I'll last to the end of this week, let alone the start of 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to withdraw from my courses and legally 'cancel' my study permit? If I do so, will I ever be able to return to Canada in the future, as a visitor or seeking some other type of residence? I'm terrified if I don't see this through right now, I'll be permanently barred from reentry. I have friends in Canada, and I don't want to never be able to visit...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be hugely appreciated! Thank you very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11671" LastActivityDate="2020-01-17T19:58:48.383" Title="Can I 'cancel' my study permit and still return to Canada in the future?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10831" CreationDate="2017-05-01T14:56:55.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Abandoning a course of study for personal reasons, whether temporarily or permanently, is not by itself a bar to future entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Of course, there is a small chance that the law could change, but the probability of such a change is so small as to be effectively zero.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One can imagine all sorts of reasons related to mental health that might cause you to abandon your studies and also pose a problem for reentry.  A thorough lawyer might qualify advice with reference to these possibilities, to ensure that you understand the situation fully.  For example, someone who committed a violent crime would be inadmissible to Canada.  But the fact that lawyers have to mention these things doesn't mean that they're necessarily going to be problems for you.  You are in the best position to know that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing that could affect you would be the impact that your story has on a border officer or visa officer evaluating your future application for entry.  Such a person might be led to a heightened suspicion that you meet some criterion of inadmissibility.  But, assuming you don't in fact meet any of those criteria, this would only mean that they look at you a little more closely, find that everything is okay, and admit you or grant your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a personal anecdote, somewhat related, that should help put your mind at ease, I can offer the story of someone I know who was approved to immigrate to Canada and then, after receiving all of her documents, decided not to go there so she could accept a position with the United Nations.  She now lives in New York, and has several friends in Canada whom she visits frequently.  Until a few years ago, she had to get a visa to travel to Canada, and at her visa interviews, she was always asked about why she abandoned her chance to immigrate.  After she explained, the visa officer always granted her visa, and she has never had trouble entering the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The decision to withdraw from a course of study is difficult and stressful.  You should not add to that by worrying about the effect it will have on your future ability to travel to Canada.  Do be certain to coordinate with the foreign student office at your institution.  Ask whether you need to inform the Canadian immigration authorities.  If they don't know, ask the immigration authorities directly.  It's likely that such a step is unnecessary, but you will sleep that much more easily if you know for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T14:56:55.223" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10838" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-03T02:06:26.610" Score="2" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an approved UK Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa for a start date of 10th of July. However, I'll be arriving on the 23rd of June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible to do? Am I able to arrive early on a tourist visa? If not, would I have to buy a flight out from say the 5th-10th and enter again on the official start date of my YM Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11684" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-18T15:08:13.010" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T15:08:13.010" Title="Can I enter the UK before the start date on my Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-03T06:43:53.307" Score="4" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in France to a French mother and was later adopted by Americans and was raised in America. He never returned to France. He died young, before reaching the age of 50. I am 33 years old. I would like to know how the time is counted for the descendent if the ascendent dies before 50 years? But more precisely, what is the likelihood that my request for a CNF will be approved given this obstacle?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:38.240" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:38.240" Title="Loss of French Nationality by desuetude (50 year rule)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T23:16:17.830" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10749" CreationDate="2017-05-03T06:48:23.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not have a German work permit you are not supposed to work while you are in Germany, no matter who is paying you or where they are located.  Working German residents are supposed to pay taxes.  Presumably, you will not be paying taxes against the money the US company is giving you.  THAT is the gray area you need to worry about, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11687" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T06:48:23.117" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10807" CreationDate="2017-05-04T06:29:00.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually the secretary sent me the Badem-Württemburg Erklärung zur Sozialversicherung form (42101s) which has a section that explains the issue. Basically, it says that paying this contribution will allow the working duration to be taken into consideration in various &quot;Mindesversicherungzeiten&quot; (minimum insured time) regulations when it comes to collecting benefits/retiring early etc. I'm not sure about the minimum time counting towards residency etc. but I suppose that should follow the same standard. Since it's not a lot of money I just decided to pay it anyways. It might turn out helpful later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the original 42101s form please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://lbv.landbw.de/vordrucke/#vordrucknummer=42101s.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lbv.landbw.de/vordrucke/#vordrucknummer=42101s.pdf&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/zentral/einrichtungen/zuv/personal/formulare/42101s.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/zentral/einrichtungen/zuv/personal/formulare/42101s.pdf&lt;/a&gt; The related explanations start from page 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T06:29:00.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-03T20:53:02.757" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a refugee document issued by Germany. Am I able to travel to Ireland and seek employment with just this, or do I need some sort of permission for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Zaid" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T07:59:20.063" Title="Can I enter Ireland and work, using my German-issued refugee document?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10848" CreationDate="2017-05-03T22:53:50.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your refugee travel document, also called Convention 1951  document, issued by Germany does allow you to enter Ireland, but only for a visit, not to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Convention%20travel%20documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Republic of Ireland Naturalisation and Immigration Service&lt;/a&gt; (updated on 20 Jan 2017):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A holder of a Convention travel document may not be subject to an Irish visa requirement for short stays of up to 90 days in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have immigration permission to stay in Ireland for longer than 90 days if you are a non-EU/EEA and non-Swiss citizen. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/immigration-permission-finder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;To request permission&lt;/a&gt;, submit an application via a scheme or programme. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" OwnerDisplayName="Dorothy" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T22:53:50.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10850" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10852" CreationDate="2017-05-04T08:14:00.143" Score="4" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m with company &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; (my current work) for more than couple years now, and now I have an H1B petition with company &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt;. If I don’t get selected on lottery, my contract with &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt; ends, and I can re-apply with B next year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now while waiting for the H1B lottery results, I have a good local job offer from &lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt; (with no H1B, this is just a local employment offer in my home country). If I resign with &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; to join &lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt; this May/June, will this local move affect my Visa interview? (assuming I get selected in the lottery).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it show I have weak ties in my company? Any other challenge I might face on the Visa interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T13:45:04.657" Title="I'm planning on switching job in my home country while waiting for H1B 2018 lottery results. Will this create any challenges on the Visa interview?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-04T11:02:17.220" Score="1" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;Article 20 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/france.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the USA-France tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; provides a benefit for teachers and researchers.  When they have been a resident of country A and go to country B to do research, their income from research is only taxable in country A.  (My understanding is that this applies both when A=France and B=USA, or the reverse.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting paragraph 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;An individual who is a resident of a Contracting State immediately before his visit to the other Contracting State and who, at the invitation of the Government of that other State or of a university or other recognized educational or research institution situated in that other State, visits that other State for the primary purpose of teaching or engaging in research, or both, at a university or other recognized educational or research institution shall be taxable only in the first- mentioned State on his income from personal services for such teaching or research &lt;strong&gt;for a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of his arrival&lt;/strong&gt; in the other State. &lt;strong&gt;An individual shall be entitled to the benefits of this paragraph only once.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;This benefit can only be claimed once.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;  What does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can it be claimed once for a period of two full years from the date of arrival? If so, then it would be claimed on up to 3 different tax returns, as this 2 year period typically overlaps with 3 tax years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or can it be claimed only on a single tax return (i.e. only in one of those three tax years)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To have a concrete example, suppose a date of arrival of 1 June 2000.  Then can this benefit be claimed for all of Jun 2000 - May 2002?  Or only for &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; of Jun-Dec 2000, Jan-Dec 2001, or Jan-May 2002?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for referenced answers.  References can be in English or French, and should clarify this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This kind of clause appears &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mtu.edu/fso/financial/tax/nonresidents/teacher-researcher/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in multiple tax treaties&lt;/a&gt;, but I have been unable to find a clear explanation of its meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11703" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T11:02:17.220" Title="USA-France tax treaty benefits for teachers/researcher: meaning of &quot;can be claimed only once&quot;" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:17:46.103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10850" CreationDate="2017-05-04T11:54:31.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;TLDR - Switching jobs shouldn't make much (if any) difference to your H-1B visa interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interview for an H-1B goes a little differently to that for a B-1/B-2 visa.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I know because I've done both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The premise of a B-1/B-2 interview is that the interviewer is supposed to start off assuming that you intend to immigrate to USA illegally - and its your responsibility to convince them otherwise.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But since the H-1B is recognized as a 'dual intent' visa (in other words there's a path to permanent residency through an H-1B) you don't need to show strong ties 'back home' - in fact you barely need to show any ties at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My original H-1B interview a few years ago and the renewal last year were virtually non-events.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In the first interview I was asked a little about the company I would be working for and the work I'd be doing, but since the interviewer can't really be qualified in every one of the 100,000's of different professions you could be performing the questions aren't too deep.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For my renewal, since I had just changed to a different H-1B sponsor company, I was asked a little about the difference between the old job and new - but nothing unusual or particularly probing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do need to be prepared to answer these questions accurately and confidently though.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There are plenty of people and companies who try to scam the H-1B system to get into the USA illegally and you need to avoid giving this impression.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2017-05-04T13:45:04.657" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T13:45:04.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-04T22:25:12.307" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK is holding a general election in 34 days. I'm a UK citizen, I have previously been registered to vote in the UK several times, some of those at distinct addresses, and I have lived abroad (but still in the EU) for less than a year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: At which of my previous UK addresses can I register to vote in the upcoming election? In particular, must it be the one where I most recently lived, or the one where I was most recently registered to vote? They are not the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to vote by proxy. Not sure if that makes a difference. Thanks a lot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11705" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-05T06:45:33.267" LastActivityDate="2017-05-05T06:45:33.267" Title="At what addresses can UK citizens living abroad register to vote in a general election?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10853" CreationDate="2017-05-04T22:39:51.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the (pdf) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501540/Register_to_vote__overseas_voter_-_originally_resident_in_England_or_Wales_.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;register-by-mail application&lt;/a&gt;, it asks about when and where you last registered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main UK government website, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Register to vote&lt;/a&gt; has an online application process as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For either process, you will need both your National Insurance number and your passport details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-05-04T22:39:51.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10857" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10859" CreationDate="2017-05-05T12:23:37.167" Score="2" ViewCount="2284" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I have bluecard from Poland and am currently working in Poland (non-EU IT professional). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if I get a job offer from Germany (or any other EU member) or if I'm laid off/fired from the Polish job and have to go out looking for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to just transfer the Poland bluecard to the German employer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or will it require the German employer to sponsor a brand new bluecard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11708" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T09:04:42.190" Title="Is a Polish bluecard transferable to Germany (and other EU countries)?" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-05T13:38:14.493" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say, I'm an IT professional with 10+ years experience. How easy or difficult would be for me to find a job in Poland (given I'm currently living in Wroclaw on TRP)? How long should I reasonably expect the job search to take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not have any Polish language (or any other EU language) skills whatsoever.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English is my second language but am reasonably fluent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't mind working at lower level jobs than my current (as long as it's IT). For example, I don't mind work as a team member even if currently I'm in lead roles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My IT skills are good enough but there's nothing that'd stand out in a huge way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't have any professional/social network in Poland.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm willing to move to any city.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have about a month to find a new job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11708" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T07:11:28.253" Title="How easy is it to find a job in Poland for an IT professional on temporary residence permit?" Tags="&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T15:57:26.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10857" CreationDate="2017-05-05T15:42:48.157" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two benefits of the Blue card that are intended to make moving between countries easier: You can move first and apply within a month (as opposed to waiting out the whole procedure before taking up employment) and periods of residence accrued in different member states count towards the five-year threshold for permanent resident status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, you must basically apply for a fresh EU blue card. It is still required to meet all the requirements and the procedure to get your foreign education recognised in Germany is somewhat cumbersome. Your employer does not need to “sponsor” you &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; but you must in any case have a job or job offer before you apply and that job must meet the minimum salary requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-05-05T15:42:48.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-05T22:35:29.820" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Mauritian staying in France and shall marry an indonesian. I am in France on the title &quot;Scientifique-Chercheur&quot;. I would like to know the procedures. Right now, the indonesian is doing the procedures in Indonesia and I will go there, we are going to marry and then we will get the Certificate on marriage. Also, my visa expires every year, this year, it is going to expire in September. From here, can I get some help how to proceed. Secondly, it is better that I make her procedures to go to Mauritius then from there come to France or it's better that she comes from Indonesia to France directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11710" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-05-06T00:04:33.517" LastActivityDate="2017-05-06T00:04:33.517" Title="Mauritian staying in France marrying Indonesian" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-06T03:34:59.083" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British citizen living and working in Dubai UAE. I am married to a Filipino lady and we are planning to move back to the UK to live. I haven't found a job to go to yet as it's difficult from the UAE. I have heard of a resident card for non eea. If so what does it require to apply for one for her or if not what is the visa I need?&#xA;Thanks&#xA;Stewart&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11711" LastActivityDate="2017-05-06T03:59:05.573" Title="Uk Immigration visas" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10861" CreationDate="2017-05-06T03:59:05.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you are a British citizen, your family members can only qualify for an EEA family permit if you have lived elsewhere in the European Union, and even then there are several hurdles to be overcome.  You can learn more about this on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UK.gov page&lt;/a&gt; on the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chief among the hurdles is that you and your spouse must have lived together elsewhere in the EU.  I don't remember whether this requirement has been upheld by the court, but if it hasn't you probably don't want to be the test case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we assume that you cannot qualify for the Surinder Singh route, then you will have to bring your wife to the UK using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family settlement route&lt;/a&gt;.  Don't worry about all the talk about being &quot;settled in the UK&quot; or &quot;living in the UK permanently&quot;; you qualify because you are a British citizen, full stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you, this route is much more expensive than the EU route, since it costs £1464 and you have to have a minimum income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try moving together to Ireland or France under EU freedom of movement, and then claiming the Surinder Singh status after that to move to the UK, but time is short for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-06T03:59:05.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-06T04:36:06.200" Score="1" ViewCount="287" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been researching this and so far it seems that all that it takes for a foreigner to start a business in Poland is to register a company (along with the relevant paperwork etc). But that doesn't sound right because in most countries a non-citizen starting a business is expected to provide some mandatory employment and investments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there a requirement for a business owned by a non-EU national (who does not have a Polish PR but has valid Polish TRP/BlueCard/Visa) in Poland to -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employ a certain number of polish citizens (or employees in general)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show a minimum amount of profits?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show that company is even doing some actual work?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a non-EU national in Poland on temporary residence permit just start/run a company without hiring anyone else and without showing any profits whatsoever?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11708" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:26:07.987" Title="Requirements for starting a non-EU national starting business in Poland?" Tags="&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-07T03:10:38.560" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian American born and raised in America.  My parents are also American citizens now, although they came from India.  Now I am considering applying for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's just one problem: I don't feel any allegiance or loyalty to the Indian government.  (I have lots of love for India itself, but not the current government known as the Republic of India.). So my question is, will I have to pledge loyalty to the Indian government in order to obtain OCI status?  Because I take my promises seriously, and I don't know whether I can take that such an oath in good conscience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If such an oath is required, is there any alternate status I can obtain without such an oath?  I know that Person of Indian Origin (PIO) status was abolished recently.  But are there any other alternatives if I want to be able to do things like easily owning land and traveling to India without applying for Visas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11715" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T08:34:02.350" Title="Does OCI require pledging loyalty to the Indian Government?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10867" CreationDate="2017-05-07T08:34:02.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. There are no oaths required of any kind. You just have to qualify for the status and be patient with Indian bureaucracy. It can take a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note: Make sure you get all of your details correct and have somebody proofread your application. It's a real pain to get anything updated once you've got OCI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T08:34:02.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-07T10:01:37.680" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Portugal, and I plan to move to the UK with my Russian fiancée - we will get married shortly. As I have been reading here and on gov.uk, we will need to apply for an EEA Family Permit; I understand that we can both go together or she can join me there, but we haven't decided about this yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is that we plan to do this quite soon, and my fiancée already has a UK Visa that she has obtained in order to work there on business trips, and it is still valid for a further 4 months. So my questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should we apply for the EEA Family Permit anyway if we want to move there together (or for her to join me there) after we get married, but before the work Visa expires? OR&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we move there with her current work Visa and then go apply for a residence card while we are there?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for any information or insight you might have on this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11717" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T10:01:37.680" Title="EEA Citizen, moving to the UK with my non-EEA wife - change visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-07T23:37:38.810" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working in USA on work visa and have a Canadian PR (Mar 2013 - Mar 2018). But I have never been to Canada since I got our PR and have not met the Residency Obligation (RO) which is to stay in Canada for 730 days within 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/92860/canada-immigration-requirements-for-alaska-cruise-ship&quot;&gt;my question on sister site for travel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Losing your permanent resident status&lt;/a&gt;, I am still a PR even though I have not met the RO and can still travel to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask these as I stay close to the border and I may vacation for few days at till my PR expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to know if my PR is invalid as of now (some website etc)? This will be helpful so I can plan my vacation accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the adjudicator determines that I'm no longer a PR at border / PoE (port of entry), would I immediately know that I'm reported for not fulfilling the RO? Do I lose my PR status immediately or after certain days (if so, how many days)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it a bad remark on my profile if I'm reported for not fulfilling the RO? If so, is it better that I myself renounce PR (from US, or at the border)? Would it affect my chances of getting a TRV in future?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11723" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T05:36:44.573" Title="Travel to Canada for vacation using PR when Residency Obligation not met" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10040" CreationDate="2017-05-07T23:51:34.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some websites that contain useful information and have a postcode-based search:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StreetCheck&lt;/a&gt; provides some good info about the area, in terms of housing types, demographics, crime, broadband quality and others.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://checkmypostcode.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check My Postcode&lt;/a&gt; similarly provides street view, census information and a short summary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mycounciltax.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mycounciltax.org.uk&lt;/a&gt; can show the Council Tax amount for a given postcode.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.met.police.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Metropolitan Police&lt;/a&gt; provides crime rate per area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;uSwitch&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.broadband.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;broadband.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; seem to provide information about internet providers for a given postcode.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.londonair.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;London Air&lt;/a&gt; displays realtime pollution levels per location.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.locrating.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Locrating&lt;/a&gt; shows the nearest schools (with ratings).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://quicksold.co.uk/area-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quicksold&lt;/a&gt; Housing information, residential data, crime statistics, sold house prices along with wealth and other ranks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7093" LastEditorUserId="17366" LastEditDate="2019-09-30T18:06:59.040" LastActivityDate="2019-09-30T18:06:59.040" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2017-05-07T23:51:34.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10877" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10891" CreationDate="2017-05-08T01:38:51.173" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a clarification related to EB5 visa which is made for Immigrant Investors. I live in the US on work visa. I have a Startup concept which i am working on it. Whether the amount to invest can be partial taken as a loan from the US Bank ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11724" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T13:21:36.743" Title="Clarification on EB5 Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-08T13:27:36.320" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got the PR and was considering whether to apply for UK citizenship. My question is about the language tests that I am supposed to perform. I work as a university lecturer, and part of my duties are to teach in English and write papers in English. I am also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Will any of this help me waive the language requirement or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11726" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T18:51:31.710" Title="UK citizenship language requirements" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10880" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-08T14:22:41.580" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rent condo in Bangkok and pay electricity bills at the 7-11. I will be out of country for about 3 months and have been advised not to turn off service while I'm gone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11727" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T16:38:58.823" Title="How does one pay electricity bill in advance to avoid turn-off?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10880" CreationDate="2017-05-08T16:38:58.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In fact, you have several options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contact your landlord and ask them to pay the bills while you're absent. You probably meet them anyway because you'll be paying the rent in advance, correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find PEA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pea.co.th/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;office location&lt;/a&gt; in your area and negotiate this with them (more instructions &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/10160/70&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). I believe you are not the first one who temporarily leaves the country, and PEA knows how to handle this;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just delegate this to your friend or neighbor you trust to. A friend who visits your place once a week is also a good security measure, too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T16:38:58.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8653" CreationDate="2017-05-08T17:42:42.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The picture I got taken by the passport agent has rounded corners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But - it was rejected because the head size was too large. So I am submitting my own this time, without rounded corners. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that since the original taken by a certified passport agent had rounded corners, that it would be acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11728" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T17:42:42.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10040" CreationDate="2017-05-08T19:53:33.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't forget good old Google Street View to check the area with your own eyes. Google maps will also show you nearby public transport facilities, and to a limited extent, shops, restaurants etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;, enter &quot;London + postal code&quot; like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shepherds+Bush+Rd,+London+W6+7LU,+UK/@51.5009358,-0.2243249,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48760fc5be7540e3:0xe36575eb574e433c!8m2!3d51.5008213!4d-0.2217039&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;London W6 7LU&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGDZ8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGDZ8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then click on that bottom left picture to enter Street View:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WADZ1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WADZ1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T19:53:33.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-09T01:30:43.087" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;My contract was supposed to end in June, but I told my landlord in February that I will be moving on in end of May. As my lease requires a 1 month notice only to terminate the contract, I sent a letter to my landlord on 28th April to terminate the contract. He replied that he received the request on 1st May. So I paid him the rent for the last month and he sent me back a rental receipt for 1st May-31st May. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He then has found a new tenant and is letting out on 20th May. He then requests me to vacate the house and handover the keys on 17th, but he is not paying me back the rent for the rest of the month. He threatens me that he could have actually charged me for the rent in June as well as the contract is supposed to end in June. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I liable to pay for the rent until 30th May even though he is re-letting the apartment on 20th?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11731" LastActivityDate="2017-05-09T01:30:43.087" Title="In France, do I have to pay rent even though the landlord re-let the apartment before the end of the contract?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2017-05-09T03:18:24.193" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;i am late to this thread. The outlying territories only allow a person to be a non citizen national unless they apply for US CITIZENSHIP. People born in the continental 48 states have DUAL citizenship status...they are a non citizen national (state national) and a US CITIZEN status, which is NOT the same as a citizen of the United States of America. He need not renounce his US CITIZENSHIP to declare he is a state national...he is both. All people who are both can &quot;travel&quot; in and out of both of these statuses, while maintaining their rights in the 13 amendments prior to the 14th, where legal fictions were created as US CITIZEN that has priveleges and immunities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11732" LastActivityDate="2017-05-09T03:18:24.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-09T09:40:09.707" Score="1" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a job in the UK. I would like to know if I qualify for and if so what visa should I apply for. My mother lives in the UK with a British passport. She and my grandparents were British citizens. All born in South Africa. My great-grandparents were born in Scotland. My mother was registered at birth as a British citizen. I was born before 1983. I am female. Do I qualify for any visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11734" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-05-09T22:30:03.713" LastActivityDate="2017-05-09T22:30:03.713" Title="What visa can you qualify for through double descent in UK" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:17:18.027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10877" CreationDate="2017-05-09T18:46:04.567" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;See About the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-eb-5-visa-classification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB-5 Visa Classification&lt;/a&gt;, and scroll down to &quot;Capital Investment Requirements&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Capital means cash, equipment, inventory, other tangible property,&#xA;  cash equivalents and indebtedness secured by assets owned by the alien&#xA;  entrepreneur, provided that the alien entrepreneur is personally and&#xA;  primarily liable and that the assets of the new commercial enterprise&#xA;  upon which the petition is based are not used to secure any of the&#xA;  indebtedness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears to me that they want the required capital to be your actual, personally owned, assets. If you owned a house, and financed the business by mortgaging it, that would be &quot;indebtedness secured by assets owned by the alien entrepreneur&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Money borrowed from a bank based on &quot;the assets of the new commercial enterprise&quot; does not appear to count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The do say &quot;Capital can include the immigrant investor’s promise to pay (a promissory note) under certain circumstances.&quot; without specifying the circumstances. If it is in the spirit of the rest of the rules, the circumstances will require the promissory note to be worth its face value, because of the signer's wealth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system appears to be about bringing in millionaires and investment money, not ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-05-09T18:46:04.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2017-05-09T21:57:04.477" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the new American laws.  Any person who gave up there U.S. citizenship. Can no longer enter America. So I do not think He can get a visa to come to America. These laws have been passed in the last 2 years under B.O. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11738" LastActivityDate="2017-05-09T21:57:04.477" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T07:45:42.423" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working in Kuwait for last seven years..had left from there due to some managerial issues. I dont have any loan or debt outstanding in Kuwait. But i have been informed by a friend of mine that due to internal politics company had filed a case with INTERPOL against me. Please can i get advise how this will affect me in future. If i travel to other GCC counties or for any international travel i will be blocked ? What will be their intention to file case against me with INTERPOL. I dont have any case against me in Kuwait. Is there any chance to check the case details that exists..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share the experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11739" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T07:43:08.293" Title="Suspect Interpol Case" Tags="&lt;international-law&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T07:58:29.453" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a valid German Working holiday visa. Is it possible to apply for, and receive, a volunteer visa to Hungary at the same time (application for residence permit for the purpose of volunteering)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Andrew" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-10T11:48:51.857" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T11:48:51.857" Title="Having an EU working holiday visa and a volunteer visa at the same time?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T13:51:26.513" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to do my german Steuererklärung from Argentina. I was living in Germany until September last year. &#xA;First I had to give the addresse of a friend in Germany, because they have to send me a password, and then they tell me that I can't do this from a computer in another country. I am using the software ELSTER. &#xA;Did someone tried? &#xA;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11740" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T13:51:26.513" Title="Steuererklärung from Argentina. German Taxes" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-12T01:39:49.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T03:39:39.627" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand when one wants to get &lt;a href=&quot;http://workinginhongkong.com/working-in-hong-kong/hong-kong-visas/#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;working permit in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt; he must already have job proposal, as well as...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Higher level educational background: a graduate degree and above would be preferable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Relevant experience that is deemed to be in short supply in Hong Kong.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reasonable salary level; a guide of US$40,000 per year is considered reasonable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How beneficial the individual is to Hong Kong’s economy, trade and industry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That a local or resident worker could not fill the position.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How the expatriate can benefit the local workforce (e.g. training).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I know that there are quite a few contractors in HK, so how do they manage to do that, or do they have all been in HK for 7 years and have permanent residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does one set himself up as contractor in Hong Kong?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-05-18T08:52:04.520" Title="How does one set himself up as contractor in Hong Kong?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-18T03:37:38.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T05:16:01.863" Score="3" ViewCount="4149" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &quot;Employment&quot; section of the Application for a Study Permit Outside of Canada (IMM 1294), the following question is asked and it's mandatory to fill out the duration, current activity/occupation, city, country and company/employer for at least one field. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Give details of your employment for the past 10 years, including if you have held any government positions (such as civil servant, judge, police officer, mayor, member of parliament, hospital administrator.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm a secondary school student and have no history in employment whatsoever, but the online form does not allow me to leave it blank or write N/A. In other words, I cannot &quot;validate&quot; the online form with my electronic signature and submit it without filling this information in. However, I don't have any dates or info to fill it in with, so what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11742" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:49:55.753" Title="History of Employment when applying for Canadian study permit" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10899" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T15:38:14.207" Score="6" ViewCount="661" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 22 years, born 18 July 1994&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandmother and grandfather were born and lived in The Netherlands, they moved to South Africa during World War 2.  My mother was born here in South Africa, she had a Dutch passport but never renewed it when she got married to my father which is a South African citizen.  My moms brother was born in The Netherlands and still has his passport.  Do I qualify for a Dutch passport or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mom was born 4 April 1960 Married in 1983&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11745" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-05-13T13:39:25.387" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T13:39:25.387" Title="Do I qualify for a Dutch passport?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T15:41:44.323" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been doing a lot of research on how to get a business visa for Kenya, but keep getting so many conflicting answers. I'm a US citizen and need to register a business in Kenya as the owner. What I'm most concerned about is the revenue requirement that I must show that we have 100k in a bank account. We're a very early stage startup and very bootstrapped, nowhere near 100k in the bank. Also do I have to register as a LLC or LLP?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11744" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-11T15:55:44.310" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:15:30.963" Title="Kenyan Business Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;kenya&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T17:31:42.243" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Polish, working in Brazil. I live here on working visa issued for 2 years (VITEM V). After my 2 years end I would like to stay in the country for 2-3 months more, just travelling around, not working at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally as a tourist I would be able to stay here for 90 days in every 180 days period (prolongable in some special cases).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that when my visa expires I have to leave Brazil. But if I come back e.g. a day later, can I stay for full 90 days as a tourist? Or do I need to leave Brazil for some longer period (90 days?) and only then come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T17:31:42.243" Title="Staying in Brazil as a tourist directly after working visa expires" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T17:47:36.913" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for Adult to change long stay student visa to long stay work visa without leaving Belgium?&#xA;Is there any condition for an adult to get long stay student visa to join school to study French as example for 1 or 2 years extensive studies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the other question, in case i get a job offer in Belgium and i am staying out of Belgium? which visa type is applicable to apply? i am non EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case i have a Schengen visa with multiple entries, is it possible to change it to long stay work visa if i get a job in Belgium without leaving the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11746" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T17:47:36.913" Title="Is it possible for Adult to change long stay student visa to long stay work visa without leaving Belgium?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:16:03.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-11T23:56:44.377" Score="2" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;A-1 visas are valid for 3 years, and are apparently extendable for an additional two years (allowing one to stay in Israel on such visas for a maximum of 5 years). According to AngloList (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anglo-list.com/aliyah-information/israel-visas?id=625&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.anglo-list.com/aliyah-information/israel-visas?id=625&lt;/a&gt;), one must apply to get their extension before the 3 year period is over. However, the criteria that makes one eligible to extend their visa to 5 years is not specified, nor is it specified how far in advance one must apply, nor where one is to go in order to apply for their extension. What are the regulations about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5946" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T20:06:29.487" Title="What are the eligibility requirements to extend an Israeli A1 visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10821" CreationDate="2017-05-12T09:11:56.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I called the UKVI helpline and it was explained to me that one of two things would happen if I went ahead with the applications:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applications would be rejected outright.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UKVI would call me and attempt to get my payment over the phone but that's sometimes difficult.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was advised that I cancel the applications, request a refund on the fees, and redo them correctly.  That's what I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11413" LastActivityDate="2017-05-12T09:11:56.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-12T10:27:26.850" Score="4" ViewCount="768" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born outside of France but moved to France as a child and became a citizen. Her ancestry is not French. When she was 18, she moved to the US, which is where I was later born. She has not lived in France since coming to the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now in my 20s and wondering if it's possible to acquire French citizenship through my mother and steps I would need to take. I've been trying to understand the laws but it's not completely clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11748" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-05-13T06:10:20.963" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T15:09:34.067" Title="French citizenship when born abroad to a naturalised French citizen" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10910" CreationDate="2017-05-12T15:42:44.147" Score="2" ViewCount="443" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen married to an EU citizen, holding a EEA FP visa for 6 months. As I want to remain here with my spouse, I need to ask for the residence card. My spouse works for an Italian Company with an Italian contract but she works in UK for the Italian company (the contract is Italian not UK). My spouse arrived in UK 6 months ago and I arrived 4 months ago. I called the help phone number for Europeans and what I understood is that if I want to keep my passport, instead of applying for a residence card, I have to apply for a Registration certificate (QP) with my wife online. With this service I can use the return passport service and keep my passport while they are processing the application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do that, do I have to apply also for a Residence Card? Or is the Registration certificate (QP) a kind of residence card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long does it take to get the Registration certificate (QP)? If I applied only for the Registration certificate (QP), for how long if this document valid? Can I work in the meantime only having the Registration certificate (QP)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very confused about whether the Registration certificate (QP) for my spouse and me is equivalent to a residence card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To remain in UK is it enough that we (my EU spouse and I) apply for the Registration certificate (QP) or do I have to apply also for the residence card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please help me to understand if it is possible to get a residence permit without leaving my passport for 6 months? That is the time the residence card process takes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to ask again for the EEA Family permit in Italy? How long do I have to be outside UK to ask again for the EEA Family permit in Italy? Is there any restriction about the number of times you can ask for the EEA FM Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-05-12T17:05:08.600" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T20:00:33.230" Title="Can the Registration certificate (QP) replace the residence card application of a non EU married with an EU and holding an EEA FM visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10909" CreationDate="2017-05-12T17:42:48.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-registration-certificate-as-a-qualified-person-form-eea-qp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registration Certificate&lt;/a&gt; is for EEA nationals only.  The way it works is that your &lt;em&gt;spouse&lt;/em&gt; applies for that includes you in the application.  If you're both approved, she gets the certificate and you get a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do this, your spouse must use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/eea-qp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online application&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your application you can include your spouse, civil partner, children and other relatives if they are currently in the UK with you and are dependent on you, or part of your household, even if they are a non-EEA national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601625/EEA_QP_-03-17.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;paper application&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You cannot include your family members on this form. If you have a partner, family members or other relatives, and they wish to apply for a registration certificate or residence card, they must apply separately and each pay the specified fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply online, you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Passport Return Service&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use this service if you are an EEA or Swiss national and you have applied online for a registration certificate or a document certifying permanent residence. You can also include any family members (of any nationality) who you have included in your online application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also note that you are not required to be in possession of a residence card or an EEA family permit to remain in the UK.  You can always prove your right to remain in the UK by proving your relationship to your spouse.  It therefore makes no sense to &quot;ask again for the EEA Family permit in Italy,&quot; unless you need to go to Italy for some reason and need a new one to get back into the UK.  There is no restriction on the number of times you can get an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-12T17:42:48.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10899" CreationDate="2017-05-12T19:09:22.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question of whether you can get a passport is equivalent to the question of whether you are, or can become, a Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Did your mother lose her Dutch nationality...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To that end, the first question is whether your mother was a Dutch citizen when you were born.  When your mother was married, Dutch nationality was controlled by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://pvmarkus.home.xs4all.nl/wet.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wet op het Nederlanderschap en het ingezetenschap&lt;/a&gt; of 1892.  This provides for several ways Dutch nationality can be lost:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;...through marriage?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that her marriage did not cause her to lose her nationality unless she made a declaration; this also depends on whether she became South African by marrying your father.  Article 8a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;De Nederlandse vrouw, die gehuwd is met een niet-Nederlander en dezelfde nationaliteit bezit als haar man, verliest het Nederlanderschap door haar wil daartoe te kennen te geven aan de bij artikel 12a bedoelde autoriteit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Dutch woman married to a non-Dutchman who possesses the same nationality as her husband loses Dutch nationality by declaring her will to the authority indicated in article 12a.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;...through naturalization?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She may also have lost her nationality under Article 7, paragraph 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nederlanderschap wordt verloren:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;door naturalisatie in een ander land ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dutch nationality is lost:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;through naturalization in another country ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;...through birth abroad and a ten-year residence abroad?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She may also have lost her Dutch nationality on her 31st birthday, through Article 7, paragraph 5 (I have deleted references to Indonesia because they were no longer applicable at the relevant time):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;voor zoveel betreft Nederlanders buiten het Koninkrijk geboren, door, behalve in dienst van het Koninkrijk, woonplaats te hebben buiten het Koninkrijk gedurende tien achtereenvolgende jaren, tenzij de afwezige voor het verstrijken van die termijn aan de bij artikel 12a bedoelde autoriteit kennis geeft, dat hij Nederlander wenst te blijven.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as far as Dutch nationals born outside the Kingdom are concerned, by, except in the service of the Kingdom, having residence outside the Kingdom during ten consecutive years, unless the absent person gives notice, before the expiration of the term, to the authority indicated in article 12a, that he wishes to remain a Dutch national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The age of majority in Dutch law was 21 &lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volwassene#Nederlandse_wet&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;from 1901 until 1988&lt;/a&gt;, so, assuming your mother never lived in the Netherlands after 4 April 1981, and never made the appropriate declaration, she would have lost her Dutch nationality on 4 April 1991.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any older siblings born before your mother's 31st birthday, you may want to talk to them about this.  They may be Dutch, and if they are they will most likely lose their Dutch nationality, through a similar provision that is currently in effect, on their own 28th birthdays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your mother, and any children she has who are already over 28, there are simplified procedures for the reacquisition of Dutch nationality.  There is an &lt;em&gt;option&lt;/em&gt; procedure available in some cases, and a simplified naturalization procedure available in others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information can be found at the Dutch government's page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/becoming-a-dutch-national&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Becoming a Dutch National&lt;/a&gt;.  Some of these procedures are available outside the Netherlands, as explained in the brochure &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Forms/8074.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;How can you regain your Dutch citizenship?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose there is a small chance that your mother's regaining her Dutch nationality might help you in your case, but I do not think that it is likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you shouldn't take my word for this.  I may have overlooked or misinterpreted some provision of the law.  There may be additional facts that I have not taken into account.  You can apply for a determination by a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/zuid-afrika&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch consulate&lt;/a&gt;; they will give you an official answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The embassy in Pretoria has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/zuid-afrika/over-ons/ambassade-in-pretoria&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;consular section&lt;/a&gt;, and there is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/zuid-afrika/over-ons/consulaat-generaal-kaapstad&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;consulate general in Cape Town&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-12T19:09:22.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10907" CreationDate="2017-05-12T19:48:35.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most likely you already acquired French citizenship when you were born.  This assumes that your mother never lost her French citizenship, and that the current law has not changed since you were born.  From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/Accueil-et-accompagnement/La-nationalite-francaise/Les-conditions-et-modalites-de-l-acquisition-de-la-nationalite-francaise&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Les conditions et modalités de l’acquisition de la nationalité française&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;L’acquisition de plein droit de la nationalité française&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) A la naissance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pour l’enfant né en France ou à l’étranger dont l’un au moins des parents est Français (droit du sang) ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pour l’enfant né en France lorsque l’un de ses parents au moins y est lui-même né (double droit du sol) ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pour l’enfant né en France de deux parents apatrides (simple droit du sol).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first bullet point applies to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for the child born in France or abroad of whose parents at least one is French&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should approach the &lt;a href=&quot;http://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article330&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French consulate responsible for your place of residence&lt;/a&gt; and ask them what you need to do to apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T15:02:33.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10907" CreationDate="2017-05-13T06:47:58.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;@phoog already provided an excellent answer but I have a few more details to add that are a bit long for a comment and possibly useful for others so I decided to post them here. Given that you are in your 20s, you are already French if your mother was herself still a French citizen when you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant disposition is now in article 18 of the &lt;em&gt;Code civil:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Est français l'enfant dont l'un des parents au moins est français.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child, at least one of whose parents is French, is French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Between 1973 and 1993, the rule was essentially the same by article 17 of the &lt;em&gt;Code de la nationalité française,&lt;/em&gt; with a slightly different wording, for historical reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Est Français l'enfant, légitime ou naturel, dont l'un des parents au moins est français.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child, legitmated or natural, at least one of whose parents is French, is French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.cnav.fr/Pages/texte.aspx?Nom=ORD_452447_19101945&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Between 1945 and 1973&lt;/a&gt;, the rules were very similar but with some distinctions between men and women and married or unmarried parents (which is why the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000684539&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1973 version&lt;/a&gt; stressed that the rule applies to both legitimate and illegitimate children, a precision that was dropped later) and I believe the rule to be even older. Since you are only in your 20s, none of that is relevant in this case however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's very clear and simple, so the only question is whether your mother was French when you were born. If she was, you don't have to worry about all the dispositions about becoming French and the like, they do not apply to you as you are already French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There aren't many ways to lose French citizenship. For example, gaining another citizenship or residing abroad would not deprive your mother of her citizenship. So unless she actively renounced it, she would almost certainly still have been French when you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you will read many things on this site and elsewhere on &lt;em&gt;désuétude&lt;/em&gt;. The details are complex but there are rules defined in article 23-6 and 30-3 of the &lt;em&gt;Code civil&lt;/em&gt; that make it possible for French citizenship to lapse if you reside abroad for 50 years and never use your citizenship (using your citizenship is called &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;). This could for example happen to your children if you never apply for a French passport. I believe this could not possibly apply to your mother as she wasn't born French. When she naturalised, she definitely had &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T15:09:34.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-13T09:00:21.297" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU national, my mother in law who is non-EU national  is waiting for the residency permit as an EU national family member, she had 90 days tourist visa type C which is already expired, my question is can she travel with me to another EU member state while while still waiting for her residency permit as an EU national family member? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11753" LastEditorUserId="11753" LastEditDate="2017-05-13T09:06:49.270" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T09:06:49.270" Title="Non-EU family member travelling with EU national!" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-15T04:31:19.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T10:00:10.243" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a 1 year mutilple entry tourist visa for India which allows me a maximum stay of 90 days. About 1 month after I reached India, I have secured a 3 month training at PGI. Now the total duration of my stay here will be around 4.5 months. How I can stay for an extended period and what will be the procedure to extend my visa to enable me to complete my training course?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Manifa afrin" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T13:49:01.643" Title="Extension of duration of @90days tourist visa (multiple entry-1yr)" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10916" CreationDate="2017-05-10T14:36:19.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a tourist visa, the standard 180-day visa with multiple entry, and participating in a training program is not allowed on that visa. That would require issuance of a new visa, for which you would have to exit and reenter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;India is extremely stringent with visa extensions. The rare  exceptions are those granted to individuals of Indian origin, or those who encounter an emergency (medical, stolen passport and, in it, the visa needed to exit). Changing the purpose of your stay in India would not be considered a valid reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ask about a 14-day extension at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mha.nic.in/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Home Affairs&lt;/a&gt; in Delhi, 26 Jaisalmer House, Man Singh Rd, 011-23385748 boihq@mha.nic.in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another alternative is the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office, Level 2, East Block 8, Sector 1, Rama Krishna Puram, Delhi, 011-26195530 ffrodli@nic.in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://boi.gov.in/content/frro-contact-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FRRO regional offices&lt;/a&gt;, it appears that smaller, local authorities are much less likely to entertain such requests. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: @DJClayworth contributed an important note: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just to point out to OP what I hope is obvious, if you have already started your training with your current visa, you are breaking the law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" OwnerDisplayName="Dorothy" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T16:19:07.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-13T12:33:15.077" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;This year my contract in Saudi Arabia will be over. I intend to apply for a student visa to the UK when I return to Lebanon to do a teaching diploma. My question is: Will my Saudi bank account be accepted for my financial evidence, in addition to that I will provide a letter from my employer to prove the source of my funds and a copy of my residence permit in Saudi Arabia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="saif" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T08:32:24.213" Title="Advice Regarding UK Student Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10918" CreationDate="2017-05-13T17:47:21.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Make sure it is a bank issued statement. All evidence of sound funding is good evidence. I don't think that the residence permit is really necessary, but that may depend on how long you plan to study in the UK. Best to include that as well to show that you are applying through the appropriate consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-14T08:32:24.213" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T08:32:24.213" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-13T19:15:48.773" Score="2" ViewCount="1430" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen, and have been on a J1 visa in the USA for a year-and-a-half, and will become a &quot;resident alien&quot; the 2nd of July 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will switch to a H1B visa soon, and need to fill a DS160 form. There is a question that I can't answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are you applying in the same country of location where the visa was&#xA;  issued, and is this country or location your place of principal of&#xA;  residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My visa was issued in France, and I will be applying in the same country,&#xA;but I think my principal place of residence is the USA (that's where I&#xA;actually live).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;=&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; What should I answer? What is my actual principal residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2021-05-28T19:08:00.743" Title="Place of principal residence when J1" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11769" CreationDate="2017-05-14T10:32:28.633" Score="5" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen, and my wife is a non-EEA citizen. She is applying to extend her spouse visa via FLR(M). Her current spouse visa expires in January 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our question is, would the extension be applied from January 2018, or from the date it is approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As my wife will apply for indefinite leave to remain after 5 years in total, that might change our decision to apply for the extension now, as we would waste several months of the current visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're confident the application will be approved as we meet the criteria, it's just a question of how the extension is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11755" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T23:24:39.910" Title="Is a UK FLR (M) Extension Visa added to the existing time, or started from now?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10923" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10925" CreationDate="2017-05-14T17:10:25.813" Score="5" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received the green card: what should I keep track of to be prepared to apply for naturalization in five years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, one needs to be able to provide the accurate travel history of the past five years. What else should I keep track of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T20:35:23.133" Title="I have received the green card: what should I keep track of to be prepared to apply for naturalization in five years?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-14T18:51:58.167" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Nigerian citizen and I came to France illegally.  I was refused asylum.  For five years now I have being renewing my one year card. I want to get the ten years card. The law said if you have stayed five years in France you can get the ten years resident card.  What do I need to do to get the ten years card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11759" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2017-05-15T11:11:29.927" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:13:52.773" Title="Titre de sejour" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10923" CreationDate="2017-05-14T20:35:23.133" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend that you get your hands on a copy of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/n-400&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400, Application for Naturalization&lt;/a&gt;.  This will indicate the things you will want to keep track of.  Among other things, it asks about the following&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment and school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Time spent outside the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marital history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US voting history (a few municipalities allow noncitizens to vote)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tax history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Organizational memberships&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last is a particularly broad question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with, any organization, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or in any other location in the world?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T20:35:23.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-15T00:40:29.803" Score="1" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently applying for a tier 2 visa. At the same time, I have applied for Chevening scholarship and shortlisted to the interview phase. &#xA;Will that reduce my visa application chance? In addition, does Entry Clearance Officer  go through my Chevening application details while assessing tier 2 visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10633" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T20:24:58.227" Title="Tier 2 UK visa + Chevening scholarship" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T04:33:18.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10927" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-05-15T01:47:55.497" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-15T01:47:55.497" LastActivityDate="2017-05-15T01:47:55.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10928" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-05-15T01:47:55.497" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding issues specific to citizens of Nigeria." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-19T09:36:17.633" LastActivityDate="2017-05-19T09:36:17.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10932" CreationDate="2017-05-15T15:50:26.307" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for the Registration certificate with my partner. We are married and one is EU and the other is non EU. The Family permit will be expired in 1 month, but we need to travel back and forth. We want to ask the registration certificate for the EU and add in the application the non EU spouse in order to get the residence card for the non EU. At the moment of the application, We are going to use the European passport return service, but We don't know if the NON EU passport of the spouse is being returned or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if they return both passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have to go with all the documents and submit them along with the certificated copy that they give us? or Do they give as the copy and then we have to submit the documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know If there is any problem if We fist ask the residence card and then the EEA FM in an EU country (not UK)? This assuming that they returned the passports. Because I searched in internet that is the only way to travel meanwhile the residence card is being processing for the non EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When Do We have to make the appointment for the passport return service? Before to apply online to the registration certificated or after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any suggestion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-05-20T11:27:41.553" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T17:01:43.877" Title="Someone know how is the process and processing times for the European passport return service?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10931" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-15T18:58:20.070" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please can anyone help me. I’m 23 years old, live in Albania, Europe and I am in a relationship with my boyfriend who lives in London, UK. He was born there. We have been together for a year and today he had to fly to come and visit me in Tirana, but they didn’t let him. His passport expired on June and he had to renew it three months earlier, but we didn’t know. &#xA;Today we decided to live together, me to move to the UK. I’ve been reading online about ‘joining your partner’ but I don’t know where to start. Please help me. Where do I start? Do they ask about my bank account, or only his bank account? &#xA;Help me please. &#xA;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11763" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-16T00:57:01.073" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T00:57:01.073" Title="Joining my partner in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10930" CreationDate="2017-05-15T19:09:43.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone know how is the process and processing times for the European passport return service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that you are asking because it you're concerned about how long you will have to be without your passport.  I am not sure of the processing times, but if I understand the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;service description&lt;/a&gt; correctly, you never leave your passports with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, you &amp;quot;take your passports to a participating local authority for verification and copying,&amp;quot; after which the local authority &amp;quot;send[s] the copy to the Home Office.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This implies that you are in possession of your passports when you leave the local authority office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if they return both passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely they must.  Otherwise, what would be the point of &amp;quot;includ[ing] any family members (of any nationality) who you have included in your online application&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have to go with all the documents and submit them along with the certificated copy that they give us?  Or do they give as the copy and then we have to submit the documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like they don't give you the certified copy, but rather send it directly to the Home Office (see above).  As to what you need to bring, the site has the answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to bring:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your original passports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a copy of your checklist and supporting documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a printed copy of your application form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note this warning:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must contact a local authority to book an appointment to use this service. You’ll need to attend an appointment with them within 5 working days of submitting your online application, so you may want to book one before you submit this application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would therefore recommend that you do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Book an appointment for the passport return service&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Five days before the appointment, submit your online application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assemble your checklist, supporting documents, and printed application form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bring this all with your passports to the appointment.  The local authority agent who assists you ought to know what needs to be done with each part of the paperwork&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-15T19:09:43.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10931" CreationDate="2017-05-15T19:25:53.973" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will want to start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&lt;/a&gt;.  That guide has several pages, some of which are linked below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligibility requirements&lt;/a&gt;.  This is a partial list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your partner must be a British citizen or settled in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must be engaged to be married or to become civil partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your partner's income must be at least £18,600 a year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a detailed look at the financial requirement in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525708/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;official guidance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-uk-visa-for-family-settlement-form-vaf4a&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;application guidance&lt;/a&gt; for more information about the facts you'll need to demonstrate and the documents you should use to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application itself is to be submitted through the UK's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/home/welcome&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;online system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-15T19:25:53.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10939" CreationDate="2017-05-16T01:21:43.517" Score="1" ViewCount="5860" Body="&lt;p&gt;A recruiter called me who is ready to offer 1100 Dinar per month (approx 2900 US$) as salary for a software developer role in Bahrain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a single guy currently working in India with 4.3 years of experience leading an average lifestyle. Is this a good salary to live in a decent clean safe home, eat a typical average Indian food, come home yearly once and save at least 50K INR (approx 780 US$) per month? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is low, please let me know what would be the right salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11766" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-16T12:00:57.990" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T10:41:04.193" Title="Decent salary in Bahrain" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;bahrain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10937" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-05-16T02:05:47.320" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-16T02:05:47.320" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T02:05:47.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10938" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-05-16T02:05:47.320" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Kingdom of Bahrain" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-19T09:36:22.313" LastActivityDate="2017-05-19T09:36:22.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10936" CreationDate="2017-05-16T05:11:36.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The exchange rate tells me that 1100 bahraini dinars a month over a year is 35k dollars a year. The bahraini dinar is the second highest value currency in the world, which makes the number look small. &#xA;According to my research and using conservative numbers you should be able to save 50k indian rupees a month. This is based on the average cost of living, and it may vary. Of course there is no harm in trying to negotiate a better salary.&#xA;You'd have to save 300 bahraini dollars a month to give 50k indian rupees.&#xA;The rent for an apartment in the city centre it seems is between 250 and 450 bahraini dinars a month and on average 345 bahraini dinars.&#xA;From looking at the expat arrivals forum, 950 bahraini dinars is decent for an indian with 3 or less years work experience. the source also says that food is at max 200 bd.&#xA;Anyways. At 13200 bd a year, you will be paid higher than the average salary of a software developer in bahrain which is only 10100bhd a year. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.payscale.com/research/BH/Job=Software_Developer/Salary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.payscale.com/research/BH/Job=Software_Developer/Salary&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Overall I think you can save 50k indian rupees.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11767" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T05:11:36.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-16T06:47:25.173" Score="1" ViewCount="945" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in France for an internship. I have a long-stay visa that expires after seven months. I was under the impression that a long-stay visa was valid for a year though. I obtained my carte de sèjour (or a titre de séjour? I'm not sure what the difference is, but this is a sticker in my passport) in the correct time frame and that is all set now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long does the carte de séjour last? Does it expire the same day my visa does, or does the carte allow me to extend my visit? Namely, I was hoping to stay for 8 months, nothing longer than that. But of course I want to be out of the country by the correct date. I'm just confused about the information I've found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11768" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-12T02:08:55.983" LastActivityDate="2018-08-12T02:08:55.983" Title="Does a carte de séjour extend your visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10940" CreationDate="2017-05-16T07:04:49.103" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; is literally something that allows you to stay in France. It's a legal concept and the title of a chapter in the &lt;em&gt;Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile&lt;/em&gt;. A &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; is a specific document and a type of &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; but there are others, like the &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt;. In practice, it will say “&lt;em&gt;Titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;” on the top of the document with the specific type down below, under the heading “&lt;em&gt;Nature du titre&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Roughly, a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; is a 1 to 3-year renewable residence permit and a &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt; is a long-term or permanent residence permit but there are many different types of &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; and a bunch of other special documents (&lt;em&gt;autorisation provisoire de séjour&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt; of an application or renewal of another document, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;, you don't need a visa anymore, the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; replaces it. Unlike the US for example, France does not require you to have a visa to (re)enter the country if you have a residence permit. Schengen countries also have similar rules and honour other Schengen residence permit so you can use your French residence permit to reenter through another country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, new residents enter France with a long-stay visa valid for one year and then secure a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; which they renew regularly. After that point, they don't need a visa anymore. But a long-stay visa need not be valid for one year, that's only the maximum. It can have any validity between three months (the threshold for short-stay visas) and one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; is valid until the date that's printed on it, unless the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; explicitely cancels it. Unlike many other countries, France does not have residence permits that implicitly lose their validity based on some external condition like losing your job. So the conclusion of all this is that you can have to go by the date printed on the last &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; you got (whether it's a visa or card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-12-12T11:32:55.777" LastActivityDate="2017-12-12T11:32:55.777" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10893" CreationDate="2017-05-16T13:28:52.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to have done some serious crimes to be flagged by interpol. I don't think that is the case. If at all a case was filed, it might be with the local police. However, this could affect you if you are immigrating to another country because you would have to provide a police clearance certificate from all the countries that you have stayed in previously for a period of more than 3 months. If there is a case filed against you, then that might affect your immigration. Depends on the severity of the crime however, and for a financial issue, again, I don't think that could also be a problem. You can check if your name is on interpol by doing a search &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.interpol.int/notice/search/wanted&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Inform me with a comment if you do. Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T13:28:52.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10944" CreationDate="2017-05-16T13:35:28.440" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ive posted on this site in the past about getting my mother in law from Iraq to visit us. I got some excellent help and she had obtained an immigrant visa. We were ready to have her here and she ran into issues at her home country causing her visa to expire. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fast forward a few more months and she has been finally able to renew her visa. Now she is finally ready to make the long trip to the United States. One thing she has that has a great value to her both in terms of family value and monetary value is gold in terms of jewelry.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She probably has about 10k dollars worth of gold that was given to her when she got married as well as when her mother past away. She is curious if it is okay to wear or bring her gold with her?  Does she need to claim anything about it when she arrives here. I don't know if there is any rules about such a thing. I simply told her to wear it and she should have no issues.  I think if you are bringing the gold as a gift you need to write this stuff off on your claims when coming to the country. This is not a gift so I am unsure if she needs to do this. Can she just wear it or put it in her purse?  She would rather not check it in due to theft in Iraq. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She also has about 10k in cash as well. If I remember correctly you can bring up to 10k without any issues?  I just would like to avoid any trouble when she is coming here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T17:17:49.617" Title="Mother in law coming to US what to do about Gold and cash?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10943" CreationDate="2017-05-16T17:17:49.617" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;CBP has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/354/~/moving-to-the-u.s.---duty-free-entry-of-unaccompanied-goods%2C-firearms%2C-gift&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The gist of it that you can import things free of duty if you owned them for at least a year.  This doesn't apply to things that will be given away to others, but this exception should not, as you note apply to your mother in law's gold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The limit on cash and cash instruments is indeed USD 10,000.  There's no duty or tax or other penalty if you bring more, however, just a requirement to declare it.  If the amount is close to the limit, you should count carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that gold coins must be included in this sum, but gold jewelry is not included.  Be careful to include foreign currency, which must be converted to USD and added to the total.  Also be careful to include any negotiable financial instruments (such as checks that can be cashed by the bearer).  For more information, see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/332/kw/10000%20dollars&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Currency / Monetary Instruments - Definition of &quot;Negotiable Monetary Instruments&quot; for currency reporting requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/195/kw/10000%20dollars&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Currency and Monetary Instruments - Amount that can be brought into or leave the U.S.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T17:17:49.617" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-16T16:58:37.247" Score="1" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK in 1992. Can apply for citizenship? At the time of my birth, my parents were in England on a multiple visit visa valid for 3 years. We returned to our home country, and never went back to the UK. Would I be eligible for citizenship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="sara" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-17T02:49:34.300" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T02:49:34.300" Title="Is Indefinite Leave to Remain equivalent to a multiple-entry visa for valid 3 years?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10945" CreationDate="2017-05-16T17:39:55.793" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is Indefinite Leave to Remain equivalent to a multiple-entry visa for valid 3 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, &quot;indefinate leave to remain&quot; is roughly the UK equivilent of what the US and Canada call &quot;permanent residence&quot;. There are ways to lose &quot;indefinate leave to remain&quot; but as long as they remain legitimately living in the UK someone with ILR can stay for the rest of their life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I be eligible for citizenship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 99% sure the answer is no (IANAL, this is not legal advice). There are some situations in which a child born to foreign parents in the UK can get british citizenship but I don't think you qualify for any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8585" OwnerDisplayName="Peter Green" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T17:39:55.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10164" CreationDate="2017-05-16T21:19:45.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Free movement remains in place during the transition period. So as an EU citizen he can come and live in the UK as long as he arrives before the end of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he wants to remain in the UK long term, he will need to apply to the EU settlement scheme. Initially he should be granted &quot;pre-settled&quot; status. He will then later need to apply again to get settled status once he has lived in the UK for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8585" LastEditorUserId="8585" LastEditDate="2020-04-02T17:59:43.490" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T17:59:43.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="10949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9716" CreationDate="2017-05-16T22:32:20.147" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Summary&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently there are no real negatives to gaining Irish Citizenship, other than:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The cost and hassle of registration on the foreign births register.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Cost of your first passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Renewal fees for your passport renewals on expiry every 10 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to The Wikipedia article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_diaspora&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Irish Diaspora&lt;/a&gt; there are about 3 million people living outside of Ireland with Irish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/big-demand-for-irish-passports-1.2699070&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish Times&lt;/a&gt; indicates that up to 6 million people in Britain could be eligible for Irish Citizenship. (The actual number may be lower.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that Ireland has &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_population_analysis&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;only 4.7 million residents in the country&lt;/a&gt;, they have great infrastructure for supporting citizens abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;To answer your specific questions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There has never been conscription to the Irish military, other than when enforced by the British. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Ireland&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Ireland&lt;/a&gt; for more history.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will only need to register for tax if you're resident/ordinarily resident/domiciled in Ireland. &lt;a href=&quot;http://irishabroad.com/Irish-World/Expats/Moving-to-Ireland/Working/taxation/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://irishabroad.com/Irish-World/Expats/Moving-to-Ireland/Working/taxation/&lt;/a&gt; has more information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do have to register for tax in Ireland, it has an extensive network of Tax Treaties that would stop double taxation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/tax-treaties.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/tax-treaties.html&lt;/a&gt; has more information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Areas which may need investigation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm unsure of the implications for inheritance tax. I expect that since neither you nor your family would be resident in Ireland it wouldn't be relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might have some complications if you buy Irish Funds, stocks, property, or open bank accounts there. They could have specific rules that cover your situation. However, if you are &quot;just a citizen&quot; but have no other real relationship with the financial/property system you should not have to register with the Irish tax system at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T22:32:20.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10953" CreationDate="2017-05-17T03:02:42.440" Score="1" ViewCount="3207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like some urgent advice. I recently submitted my PGWP application (on the 8th of May) to IRCC, I applied online. I am yet to hear back from them. However, I realized that I have made an error on my IMM5710E form. Instead of entering the Document Number for my study permit, I entered the document number for my TRV. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have a copy of my study permit attached to my application and both my UID and TRV Document Numbers are accurate (I triple checked), but I am concerned that because I entered the TRV document number instead of the Study Permit document number my application may be denied (or delayed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is in response to Question 4 (If possible, provide the document number of your most recent Visitor Record, Study Permit, Work Permit or Temporary Resident Permit issued to you&quot; of the section &quot;COMING INTO CANADA&quot; in the IMM5710 E form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, do you think I should reach out to CIC and petition them to update my application with the document number for the study permit? How would you suggest I do that? Or should I wait for them to respond?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11773" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T02:45:45.573" Title="How do I correct an error on my submitted IMM 5710E form for my Canadian Post Graduate Work Permit Application?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10951" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-17T05:42:22.227" Score="0" ViewCount="646" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to submit my last three years Form 16 (related to income tax returns) to apply for US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I was in UK for  more than a year in last three years span.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do have Form 16 for the year 2014 and 2016 but not 2015. What equivalent document from UK can I produce?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Aks.." LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T07:14:16.443" Title="What is the equivalent of India's Form 16 in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10950" CreationDate="2017-05-17T11:45:55.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a few options here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Call CIC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and ask them what's the procedure to change that information (be very specific while doing this). They will send you instructions via email&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alternatively you can fill out &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx#contentPlaceHolderMainContent_tbEnquiry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and explain them inside, the mistake you did. (This one might take a little more time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T11:45:55.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10387" CreationDate="2017-05-17T14:52:29.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not a good idea to use a foreign-registered car in Belgium for a significant length of time. You may, for example, have problems with getting insurance for the car, either in France or in Belgium. Your current insurance may also not be valid if you are not resident in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, parking in Brussels is tough if you don't have a garage. I only drive occasionally and I've spent 30+ minutes finding a space in the past. Brussels is very congested and has a very unpleasant driving culture - if you can, it's better not to have a car and to use public transport instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-16T15:10:07.907" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T15:10:07.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8948" CreationDate="2017-05-17T14:57:25.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;He can register in the Netherlands. There are many &lt;em&gt;grensarbeiders&lt;/em&gt;, including foreigners, who live in the Netherlands and work in Belgium or vice versa. However, I recommend he discusses his exact situation with an accountant who is knowledgeable about NL/BE cross border tax rules, to understand what tax he will pay and avoid any nasty surprises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T14:57:25.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3276" CreationDate="2017-05-17T14:59:41.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was able to get an internet connection from Proximus before I got my residents' card. In fact, I was never asked about my status. I don't think you will have any problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T14:59:41.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-17T18:01:27.160" Score="6" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like every expat scenario is little different. Here's mine. My husband and I are both US citizens and have never lived outside of the US. I have a 3 year full time position with the Norwegian government through a University starting in July. We do not need Visas. We will get resident cards when we get there. The process will be easy since I have been offered a job in Norway and  my husband will easily obtain resident status at the same time. Insurance is covered by the government for residents so we will have health insurance coverage.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband currently has a remote job with a US company and would like to take it with him when we move. He is considered a full time employee and not a contractor. We have not broached the subject with his company yet for fear that he would be terminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When in Norway, will he be paying taxes to the US or to Norway? I know the US has a taxation treaty with Norway but I can't figure out his situation. (I understand my taxation situation.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will his employer have to do to keep him on as an employee? We'd like to make this as painless as possible for them so that they have no reason to let him go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11363" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T07:01:25.260" Title="What are the logistics and taxation ramifications of working remotely for a US company while living in Norway?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11361" CreationDate="2017-05-18T13:36:01.160" Score="3" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother in law finally got her visa.  She probably will be taking Royal Jordanian airlines from EBL (Erbil, Iraq) to Amman, Jordan and then from Amman, Jordan to either Chicago, IL or if available Detroit, MI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does she need a visa to enter the country of Jordan?  She is a citizen of the country of Iraq.  She does not plan to stay in Jordan at all - at most she would be there for 5-10 hours in transit waiting on her flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="2384" LastEditDate="2017-05-18T16:40:23.613" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T09:42:51.677" Title="Do I need a visa to enter Jordan to get to the USA?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;iraqi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10350" CreationDate="2017-05-18T23:24:10.897" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved from Germany the the United States, I just sold my monitor and bought a new one. It wasn't worth the cost to transport it. I removed all the internal parts from the computer case (I knew how to put it back together again), shipped those, and put them back in another case when I got to my destination. I left the case and power supply, since those are both fairly cheap, but heavy and bulky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The internal components are the most expensive parts of the computer, but are also the smallest and lightest parts as well. That worked out well for me, but there were some things working in my favor. First of all, I had built the computer myself from parts. I don't know how easy it would be to do this with a manufactured computer; it might be hard to disassemble or there may not be a suitable replacement case available. Secondly, I know how to assemble a computer. If you don't know how or don't have access to someone who knows how, I wouldn't go this route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11783" LastActivityDate="2017-05-18T23:24:10.897" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10968" CreationDate="2017-05-19T11:50:53.123" Score="7" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian (sadly), and I'm planning to find a job in USA and move there. I'd love to do it before the end of September, and I'm trying to understand how visa and green card work and what are the involved timings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that to live in the USA I need a green card. I've found, too, that it exists an H-1B visa that seems to allow me to move to USA and work there for a certain period of time. But there are cases where bureaucracy is not my territory, so this time I'm sure more or less about nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Note: I know the concept of green card sponsors, but let's forget that for a moment.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically what I'm trying to understand is: suppose that I find a job in the USA. Can I move there and work with just the H-1B, and in the meantime request the green card? How difficult is to get the green card, by the way? Will the timings work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9596" OwnerDisplayName="motoDrizzt" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T22:42:26.103" Title="Working in USA, for a USA company, temporary without a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10967" CreationDate="2017-05-19T18:08:06.657" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The usual route to the USA with a job is through the H-1B visa. An H-1B visa is through a lottery system. You must find a company willing to hire you. The company submits an application in the spring. If the application is approved, you will be able to start work in the October of the same year. There is a huge demand for H-1B visas such that the application process opens and closes usually within a few days and the applications that will move forward are chosen via a lottery. There are only so many H-1B visas allowed each year. You generally need an advanced degree or 5 years experience after a bachelor's degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person who graduates from an American university with a Ph.D or master's gets an extra shot at an H-1B (but still a lottery). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Universities can hire people via an H-1B visa but these do not have a &quot;cap&quot;/are not in the lottery system and can occur any time during the year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few other visas that give right-to-work. An O visa is for someone with extraordinary skills or knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're working for a company with an office in the USA, you can try for an L visa (intracompany transfer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a link to the US Department of State on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/employment/temporary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Worker Visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigrant investor visas are possible but you need $500k to $1000k in capital to invest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet another possibility that leads directly to permanent residency is the Diversity Visa AKA &quot;Green card lottery&quot;. You apply in October, and find out the following May whether you've been chosen to apply. The odds are not good, like 1-2% and certain citizenships are excluded because of the high numbers of immigrants through other channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/instructions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa instructions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-06-02T22:42:26.103" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T22:42:26.103" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10970" CreationDate="2017-05-19T17:36:24.937" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a multi-entry type D visa from Poland, may I stay longer than 3 months in another Schengen state such as Germany for study purposes? Or, if I have to apply for a long term German national visa, can they extend my Polish visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, what should I do if I want to study in Germany and I have an D type Polish visa valid for a year's period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11790" OwnerDisplayName="Hikmat Ahmadli" LastActivityDate="2017-05-19T18:13:00.780" Title="Study in Germany with Polish D type visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10969" CreationDate="2017-05-19T18:10:19.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Studying in Germany on a Polish D visa will not be practical. You are only allowed to stay in Germany for 90 days out of 180, which will not be enough to attend the lectures and exams of a term (even if you commute back to Poland every weekend).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Germany cannot extend a Polish D visa, either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Germany can issue a German D visa, which is what you need. Being a legal resident of Poland &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; help you with the German application, depending on the particulars of your case. But you should ask on Expatriates SE for this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2017-05-19T18:10:19.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10972" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-20T09:43:19.887" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a EEA family permit that expires at the end of August. As I need to return to Italy in July, and I will be there 3 weeks, I want to take advantage of that and ask for the EEA family permit again, due to is the only way to travel ( I am also going to ask the residence card but after), and I need to travel meanwhile my residence card will be processed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask if it is possible to ask my EEA family permit during the travel in July ( in July I will have my current EEA family permit active, nor expired). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think they deny the new EEA family permit because I am a holder of an active EEA Family permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know the case of someone who has done this before? Do you know the outcome? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if they could say NO or deny my application (only because of the fact that at the moment of the application I have an EEA family permit already active)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case they accept to make a new EEA family permit, is the other one canceled? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T09:43:19.887" Title="Can I ask a EEA family permit in Italy for a second time, 2 months before my current one expires?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-10T22:11:32.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10326" CreationDate="2017-05-20T11:02:28.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can not, system is set up in such a way that even if you present evidence that it wasn't your fault... same person that rejects your application decides if you should be refunded and even if you can appeal or not...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZFzl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZFzl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Australian immigration is a huge scam that cannot be sued or complained against and they know it and just run wild...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are reading this it probably is to late, but if it is not.. &lt;strong&gt;Do not migrate to Australia&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T11:02:28.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10976" CreationDate="2017-05-20T09:41:41.103" Score="4" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;Been reading on this on many sites, including the official one (of course) and the wording is such that I'm not sure what the &lt;strong&gt;exact&lt;/strong&gt; answer is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have entered Germany as a US citizen (so no visa needed for up to 90 days) and plan to stay for a few years for studying. What kind of visa (if any) do I need to apply for in order to stay in Germany legally? What is the difference between residence visa and residence permit? Do I need to have a student visa to apply for residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please be specific in your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" OwnerDisplayName="YePhIcK" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T17:32:11.843" Title="US citizen in Germany - need visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10975" CreationDate="2017-05-20T10:14:03.573" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A residence permit is a card you get from an &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; within Germany, a visa is a sticker you get from a consulate &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; entering Germany. In general, you are not allowed to apply for a permit if you don't hold a long-stay visa (i.e. if you entered on a short-stay visa or without visa) but there are a number of exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And one of these exceptions covers US citizens so what you need to do now is approach the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; of your place of residence to apply directly for the permit (specifically: &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis zu Studienzwecken&lt;/em&gt;). By contrast, if you were not a US citizen, you could be required to return to your country of usual residence and apply there for the necessary visa, waiting for the decision outside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2017-05-20T17:32:11.843" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T17:32:11.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-21T12:27:52.117" Score="2" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently finished my 1st year of MSc in Marketing in Portugal and want to move abroad in order to start an international career in the United States as soon as possible. I'm presenting my thesis in September 2017 and I'm planning on working until September 2018, and then move. I've been searching for some internships and graduate programs in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Agencies and so on, and I know there are a lot of opportunities for locals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm feeling a little &quot;scared&quot; because from what I saw there are a lot of obstacles separating me from this goal: is it true that, in order to get a work visa, the employer must go to the immigration services and get it for me? Are you familiar with how to start this process? And how realistic is this goal? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to get an idea from someone who already did the jump from Europe to the US :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11793" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T12:27:52.117" Title="How can a Portuguese Graduate work in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-05-27T00:39:48.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-21T07:33:48.317" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied recently for a short term study visa to join a summer School at an English university. I submitted the following document:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The invitation from the university in England, confirming that I have paid the fees of the summer School which inclined the accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A letter from my supervisor confirming that I am working at his institute as a phd researcher.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;my residency permission in Germany which is valid for more three years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a flight ticket. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I unfortunately didn't submit my bank statement. The employee of the visa center didn't ask about it and I thought it is not required. I am very surprised to see online in many forums how important it is. Well my question, do you believe that what I have submitted can be enough to get a short study visa? Can I add a bank statement to my application, although I can see that my application has been sent from Germany to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sal85" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:13:30.353" Title="Adding additional evidence after submitting an application for a UK short-term study visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-21T12:08:47.710" Score="0" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Sri Lankan and I intend to apply for a skilled immigrant permanent resident visa in either Canada or Australia. For these countries, most of my skills are adequate to apply, but my recent travel has brought a new complication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently travelled to Russia for my sibling's convocation, but I was removed from the port without any reason given, after the interview with the Immigration officer. They said they have the right to withhold the reason. There is a cancelled stamp on my Russian visa, and my passport was not returned to me until I reached my country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to include this information in my Canada application form in the travel history. Will this incident count against me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user61437" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T15:40:27.763" Title="Permanent residency application with adverse travel history" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10980" CreationDate="2017-05-21T13:57:37.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question is almost certainly &lt;em&gt;yes, but not much.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When wealthy nations decide which immigrants they are going to accept, they look for things like age, education, economic success, and &lt;strong&gt;respect for laws and regulations.&lt;/strong&gt; People who have broken the law &lt;em&gt;elsewhere&lt;/em&gt; might be more likely to do so in their new home as well. People who are generally law-abiding and orderly might be more likely to behave that way in their new home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada and Australia are not especially fond of Russia these days, so the bad opinion of a Russian official will carry less weight than a similar event in the US or UK. But lying about it &lt;em&gt;to the Canadians or Australians&lt;/em&gt; would probaby wreck your chances if they find out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T13:57:37.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11513" CreationDate="2017-05-21T21:45:43.227" Score="1" ViewCount="360" Body="&lt;p&gt;The wording changed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Find out if you’re eligible to sponsor relatives&lt;/a&gt; perhaps in 2015 or so (I checked in the Internet Archive) and I do not comprehend the new one at all. First of all, I checked the &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/page-3.html?txthl=family+class#s-12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27)&lt;/a&gt; and all it says is the unhelpful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;12 (1) A foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, now I absolutely do not understand what rule governs the immigration of siblings as this page now only talks of them in negative:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may sponsor one relative, related by blood or adoption, of any age if you meet all of the conditions, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you don't have a living relative you could sponsor instead, such as a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;brother or sister&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have a brother who is above 18 and my parents and still alive but they don't want to immigrate while my brother just might. I am a Canadian citizen. So what's the rule now...? More importantly, what's the source of the rule, surely not this confusing webpage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-23.html#h-69&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-23.html#h-69&lt;/a&gt; also but I can't make heads or tails of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T17:03:53.650" Title="What's the Canada family immigration sibling rule now?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10983" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11951" CreationDate="2017-05-22T02:31:32.000" Score="5" ViewCount="855" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9124/buy-register-car-in-mexico&quot;&gt;Buy/Register car in Mexico&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advice given in the answer to that question was to get a Mexico license, which I think was the correct advice, however we have been delayed in that so now need an alternative solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been in Mexico now for over 6 months, and the registration on our California plated vehicle is about to expire (and therefore also our insurance).  The CA DMV will not let us register the car as we are not resident in CA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We began the Mex driver license process not long after our residency was signed-off and we got our ID cards (which was mid-January, about 2 months after we arrived).  Although we have started the process, we keep getting run around and being told different things, and the process is dragging.  It didn't help that we had to move from one city to another (still in Baja Norte) and they made us start the process all over again!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we are back to having to find a solution for a vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a legal Resident (RT) in Mexico can we, with our NZ driver licenses and residency cards, purchase, register, and insure a car to drive in Mexico and occasionally in the US?  Alternatively, are we allowed to drive someone else's Mexican car (registered and insured by them)?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer answers around the legality of it, as I have read many blogs and ex-pat type forums where some have said they've done it and others said they couldn't, but haven't had much luck finding if it's actually legal/allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T17:57:17.210" Title="Can a foreigner register a car in Baja California (Norte)?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10998" CreationDate="2017-05-22T07:31:56.033" Score="1" ViewCount="408" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered SENTRI totally by chance while looking for information about working in USA without actually living there, just by crossing the border back and forth every day. Which I supposed it would have required a visa, by the way, but I cannot find anything about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/969/~/sentri-eligibility-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CBP site&lt;/a&gt;, I've found that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is no citizenship or residency requirement to apply for SENTRI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is unclear to me, as the sentence immediately above states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SENTRI was established to expedite movement along the Southwest Land&#xA;  Border of eligible, pre-screened, low-risk, &lt;strong&gt;pre-approved&lt;/strong&gt; travelers&#xA;  through designated vehicle traffic lanes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/trusted-traveler-comparison-chart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a linked page&lt;/a&gt; it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eligibility Required: Proof of citizenship and admissibility documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried to google a bit, but I cannot find a page that relate SENTRI to visa, which sounds strange. SENTRI looks more like a speed up border transit pass, not a visa substitute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does someone have more detailed information on SENTRI pass?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9596" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-05-22T13:15:10.870" LastActivityDate="2017-05-28T02:22:37.797" Title="What's the deal with USA SENTRI pass?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10986" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10991" CreationDate="2017-05-22T09:10:15.563" Score="4" ViewCount="4102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Iranian citizen and my boyfriend is German. We're in love and have known each other for 2 years. He travels to Iran to visit me and my family. We're going to marry in Germany, but I have a tourist visa. Can we still get married there? It's a genuine marriage and not for resident permit purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11796" LastEditorUserId="11184" LastEditDate="2017-05-22T18:15:35.870" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T15:43:49.140" Title="Marriage on tourist visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-22T12:21:42.197" Score="3" ViewCount="518" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am on T2 General visa and my employer has put me on Gardening leave which ends on 10th August. They are notifying UKBA about the change of circumstances of my gardening leave now and then they will inform them again on 10th August about the termination of my employment. My question is- can I travel out of the UK and return back during my gardening leave? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11797" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T22:29:07.347" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T23:15:28.837" Title="Impact of Gardening leave on T2 General visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-22T12:32:31.317" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian undergraduate student living in Germany, and I came here to work on a research project which my undergraduate thesis is based on. My home university, however, is in India and I graduate from that program in June. Naturally, the residence permit I initially applied for was intended to suit that period and, therefore, expires on 30th June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, I have applied to a few Master programs at German universities and given their reputation and generous fee structures, I am tempted to join one if the offer suits my circumstances. However, given that most universities only declare their results in July, I would not be absolutely certain about such a choice before my residence permit expires in June. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands right now, I already have an offer from Humboldt University in Berlin, and if no better offers show up, I am likely to accept it. Given this situation, I &lt;strong&gt;would like to extend my permit &lt;em&gt;in my current city of residence&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, while I wait for some other results and ready an accommodation arrangement in Berlin, or whichever city I may later move to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTION: Can I do so on the basis of my acceptance letter from Humboldt University (and proofs of other applications)?&lt;/strong&gt; I am unsure how the rules or provisions within the German immigration code work for a situation like this, so any leads would be much appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: Please note that during this time, I plan to &lt;strong&gt;maintain my current residence&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;strong&gt;period of this &quot;transitional&quot; extension&lt;/strong&gt; would be no longer than 90 days, in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11798" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T16:32:22.660" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T16:32:22.660" Title="German Residence Permit: Extending it for a University Application Period" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T06:16:16.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10986" CreationDate="2017-05-22T13:17:42.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, as long as you are in Germany legally, you can marry your partner (personally, my partner was not even asked for her visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;But&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you thought &lt;em&gt;getting a visa&lt;/em&gt; might have been a lot of paperwork, let me quote myself from another &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10413/if-i-have-schengen-tourist-visa-can-i-marry-a-british-citizen-in-germany/10415#10415&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, German authorities require &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; (and by a lot I mean &lt;strong&gt;a lot&lt;/strong&gt;) of paperwork you will not get in a month. You both need to be physically present to swear that all your data is correct, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; you get an appointment to marry and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; you marry. You need all the paperwork to be in order to even get to the swearing/appointment getting part. Oh, did I mention that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; your paperwork has to be translated to German by a certified German translator? &lt;em&gt;And&lt;/em&gt; it needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostilles&lt;/a&gt; from your respective home countries. Oh, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; need to be translated as well. By a certified translator. English may be an official EU language, but that does not keep German authorities from refusing to accept it. Oh, and all of it has to be recent, nothing older than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went through all this with one party being German national and one party being a non-EU foreigner. It took us half a year to get the paperwork and translations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;costs&lt;/em&gt; of the translations alone would have been enough for a two-person trip to Vegas including getting married by Elvis. And they don't want to see any of the paperwork either except for your ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you can. But please make a solid plan and get all the documents and approvals or you are in for a big disappointment. It will take at least two trips or a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; solid planning. Don't expect to be able to &amp;quot;just marry&amp;quot; here and be in contact with the local &lt;em&gt;Standesamt&lt;/em&gt; all the time to double and triple check it. Germans are... uhm... fixated on their paperwork. Even a tiny little piece missing will make you go back unmarried and in for another trip. When I mentioned Vegas, that was no joke. It's sooooo much easier in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T15:29:06.567" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10992" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11009" CreationDate="2017-05-22T16:30:44.707" Score="2" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;My primary reason for posting is that I've gotten conflicting opinions from 2 different &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/em&gt; (who specialize in German taxes for expats) about my 2015 tax liability in Germany, and so I'm hoping for some guidance on a tax residency question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the relevant background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I moved to Germany from the US in September 2015 and was issued a Blue Card in Germany in November 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've lived in Germany continuously since moving here in September 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;- I was employed full-time and paid in USD by a US corporation that does not have a German entity between October 2015-July 2016. In July 2016, I changed jobs and started working for a German-headquartered GmbH.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the conflicting opinions from the &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In February 2016, I spoke to &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/em&gt; #1 about filing taxes in Germany for the tax year 2015, and he informed me that because my salary was paid from the US and had not been present in Germany for more than 6 months during the 2015 tax year, I did not have a tax liability in Germany. Therefore, I filed my 2015 taxes in the US as if it was a normal tax year there. Note that I was detailed in describing to the Steuerberater my Blue Card situation, long-term intentions to stay here, etc, before he gave me this recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just had a conversation with &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/em&gt; #2, who will be helping my wife and me file our 2016 taxes in Germany, and he informed me that I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;, in fact, owe income tax in Germany on the salary I earned during the 2015 tax year after I moved here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After doing more research of my own, I've more or less accepted that &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/em&gt; #2 is correct, and the best course of action is to file a 1040X on my 2015 US return, reclaim the federal income tax I paid on my 2015 foreign-earned income (I should qualify for the foreign-earned income exclusion under the physical presence test), then pay the relevant 2015 income tax in Germany as well as any penalties for lateness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if I don't have a tax liability in Germany in 2015, I don't want to go through the hassle. But if I do have a tax liability in Germany in 2015, then I want to pay it ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if I was a tax resident in Germany in 2015 and if I owe taxes in Germany on income earned during the ~3 months I worked here that year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7141" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T13:52:26.827" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T13:52:26.827" Title="German tax residency for US citizen present in Germany for less than 6 months during tax year with salary paid by US entity" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-22T19:57:05.207" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I spent 6 months in the UK last year (February to August 2016) under a Tier 2 Skills Transfer visa from the US on a US passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be starting the Tier 2 General visa process with my US employer to move to our UK office in the next month or so. Currently they are undergoing the labor market test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a close friend's wedding in the UK the first weekend of September and I am wondering if I will be able to enter the country while undergoing a separate visa application. I would enter the country after the 12 month cool down period from my visa last year and would have a return ticket to show them I am entering as a tourist (for now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I likely be allowed in? Will entering the UK complicate my current visa application at all? If everything goes smoothly, I should have visa stamp by the end of September or early October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kind regards,&#xA;JV&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11801" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T19:57:05.207" Title="Entering the UK while undergoing visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T09:03:11.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10967" CreationDate="2017-05-22T20:58:50.667" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please note that both H1B and &quot;Diversity Visa&quot; are lotteries, there is no guarantee that you succeed. I read about a situation of a Silicon Valley startup founder, who applied for H1B visa (as student in Stanford U), failed, and was not able to work in his own startup, only remotely from Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you willing to wait few years, hoping to win H1B visa? For company low success rate when applying for such visa it does not matter: if they know that current success rate is say 30%, they apply for 3 times as many positions as they have to fill (it just cost more). But for you, failure to win means one more year spent in limbo, waiting. Are you ready for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H1B application is quite expensive (company may need a lawyer to do it correctly), and success rate in GC Lottery is obviously rather low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another way. You can apply for immigration to Canada, which has saner and more predictable immigration policy (based on skills, and as a programmer, you have interesting skills they like). Even for non-programmers, Canada has point-based system, so aspiring immigrant can estimate own chance before paying lawyers. If accepted, you can live and work in Canada. From there, you can decide if you are just fine in Canada (make sure you look into what a mess is healthcare in USA - for me that was the ugliest surprise here), or after becoming Canadian, you can apply for TN visas (NAFTA) to live and work in USA. This way is much slower, but final outcome is much more predictable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet another way is to get a visa based on marriage (not sure if you are married now). If you have a friend in USA, you can get a fiancee visa, which allows you to enter USA and if you don't get married in few months, you return home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastEditorUserId="1030" LastEditDate="2017-05-24T13:58:37.420" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T13:58:37.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10960" CreationDate="2017-05-22T22:00:01.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an expert on this subject, but from what I understand there are generally two ways to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the company establish a subsidiary company in the foreign country and make your husband an employee of that subsidiary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband establishes his own company in foreign country and operates as an independent contractor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This interesting article talks about this issue and mentions a few countries that have some other options, although Norway is not mentioned: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/global-hr/pages/paying-employees-abroad.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/global-hr/pages/paying-employees-abroad.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering how Norway offers strong employee protections, my guess is that some sort of Norwegian corporation or self-employment setup is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 1 is a major pain for the employing company. Most companies probably would not bother unless they really value the employee or they were planning for a presence in that country anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 2 is a major pain for you. Setting up a company in Norway is likely to be complex and expensive. You'd also have to set up a business to business relationship with the company in the US rather than an employer-employee relationship. Your husband's company would have to be getting a much higher income, since it would have to pay taxes, pay for healthcare, and all the other benefits required by Norwegian law. On the other hand, the former employer wouldn't have to pay taxes and benefits anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An independent contractor means that the company they are working with cannot dictate things like vacation or benefits, but it does mean that they can do work for multiple clients. In fact, I believe that some places require that there be multiple clients to keep companies from cheaply hiring employees as independent contractors, but I have no idea how it works in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unless Norway has rules I'm not aware of, something is likely going to have to change. I recommend contacting an expert in Norway to get a better idea of what is possible and the specifics of Norwegian law. I'm also pretty sure there are businesses to help your husband set up his own company if you go that route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for taxation, taxes are usually paid to the country of residence almost everywhere. Most countries, Norway included, would not look kindly on undeclared income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United States is unusual in that it taxes citizens who don't live or work in the United States. However, since the first 90k of income is usually excluded, there's a tax treaty between the US and Norway, and Norway has higher taxes, it's very unlikely you'd have to pay anything to the IRS. US tax law is aimed mainly at wealthy US citizens who live in low-tax countries. You will have to file a tax return though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11783" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T22:00:01.373" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-22T23:59:13.733" Score="3" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good Evening,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a Turkish citizen, recently married to an Italian. I'm holding an Italian residence permit and I have moved my residency to my wife's address in Italy. Therefore I will be able to apply for italian citizenship after two years of marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With my wife we would like to live and work in Spain for a while (let's say one year), without her moving her residency. Would I be able to work in Spain without losing my already existing permit in Italy? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; we have some information but I couldn't find an answer to this specific question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have to move my residency to another Eu country the procedure of getting Italian citizenship would require more time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11803" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T16:18:41.480" Title="Working in another eu country as a non-eu spouse?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10984" CreationDate="2017-05-23T03:37:19.993" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SENTRI is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a US Visa&lt;/strong&gt;, it is a pre-approval to speed up the &lt;strong&gt;land border crossing between Mexico and the US&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you require a Visa to enter the United States, then you will still need this even if you get SENTRI pass.  In fact you will need the Visa before you apply for SENTRI (see the second-to-last bullet point here, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/sentri/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US CBP SENTRI Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reasons for Ineligibility&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may not be eligible for participation in the SENTRI program if&#xA;  you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Provide false or incomplete information on the application;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been convicted of any criminal offense or have pending criminal charges or outstanding warrants (to include driving under the&#xA;  influence);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been found in violation of any customs, immigration or agriculture regulations or laws in any country;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are the subject of an ongoing investigation by any federal, state or local law enforcement agency;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are inadmissible to the United States under immigration regulation, including applicants with approved waivers of inadmissibility or&#xA;  parole documentation; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Cannot satisfy CBP of your low risk status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also (from &lt;a href=&quot;http://usa.immigrationvisaforms.com/travel/sentri-pass-faqs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SENTRI Pass FAQs&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;am a Mexican citizen and have a SENTRI card. Can I travel to the USA without a visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  No, you will still have to apply a non-immigrant visa in an American embassy or consulate in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SENTRI pass can considerably cut the waiting time to enter the US - a drive across the border at somewhere like San Ysidro (Tijuana to San Diego) can take 3 hours (or more), but with SENTRI this time is usually less than 15 minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://usa.immigrationvisaforms.com/travel/sentri-pass&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SENTRI Pass Benefits&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The list of SENTRI pass benefits may be small but put simply, the time&#xA;  spent queuing at the US Mexico border particularly at peak times makes&#xA;  a SENTRI pass essential for anyone who crosses the border no matter&#xA;  how often. Some of the SENTRI program benefits are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Faster border crossing times even at peak periods.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Dedicated SENTRI lanes to expedite travel and save long queue times.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Faster border inspection time. Customs and Border Patrol estimate that it takes SENTRI card holders 10 seconds at the border guard’s&#xA;  inspection booth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Fewer questions by border agents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Less stress when traveling with children.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pre-screening/pre-approval of you and your vehicle is what helps speed up the process, coupled with the fact that a lot less people have the pass so there are less crossing the border through those lanes.  Part of the application process is an interview with CBP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is eligible for a SENTRI pass?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The SENTRI pass program is open to&#xA;  anybody who is a permanent resident or citizen of the USA or Mexico to&#xA;  apply. However, it is designed for low risk travelers. People with&#xA;  criminal convictions, penalties, and violations of any kind are not&#xA;  likely to be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T03:37:19.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10997" CreationDate="2017-05-23T03:40:05.793" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot enjoy freedom of movement unless you are accomoanying or joining your EU family member.  You therefore cannot get a Spanish residence permit under the freedom of movement regime unless your spouse establishes residence in Spain.  You will not be able to work unless you have a Spanish residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely that the two of you will be able to retain your Italian residency while you are not actually residing in Italy, and, in particular, it seems unlikely that you would be able to benefit from the accelerated citizenship procedure afforded to the spouses of Italian citizens who are living in Italy if you don't actually live in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a more authoritative answer, you may want to speak with an Italian or Spanish immigration lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T03:40:05.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T09:09:40.510" Score="2" ViewCount="1073" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My police clearance certificate from India was issued on 29th Jan, 2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Left for United Kingdom on 30th Jan, 2017 for three and half month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Back in India for 17 days in total before I submit an application for Tier 2 (General) visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the PCC issued before I left for UK is still valid to apply for Visa or do i need to get a new one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dr.Singh" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T16:02:05.243" Title="Police Clearance certificate for Tier 2 validity" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T11:49:37.037" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can my adult South African son join me here in UK. I am naturalised British Citizen of 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11804" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T13:51:58.873" Title="UK visa for adult son to move to UK" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T13:03:19.273" Score="2" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm quite confused about what the process is regarding getting settled in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once someone gets a work visa sponsored by a company, how does one get an apartment if the apartment requires a phone number and a bank account, the bank account requires a residence and the phone requires a bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like an recursive chicken-and-egg problem and I'm not sure which I'm supposed to get first without having the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any tips much appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11806" OwnerDisplayName="DaniG2k" LastActivityDate="2017-05-30T02:32:13.467" Title="Process for Japanese apartment, bank account and phone contract" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11002" CreationDate="2017-05-23T13:37:15.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use any address for bank account. Also you can use any phone number for apartment and not every apartment requires bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8284" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T13:37:15.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11001" CreationDate="2017-05-23T13:51:58.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlikely.  Your son only qualifies for a family visa based on his relationship to you if he is under 18 or in need of long-term care.  From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Joining your parents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be under 18 and all of the following must apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming to be cared for - you’re an adult dependent relative&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be dependent on a parent, grandchild, brother, sister, son or daughter who is living permanently in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must prove that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you need long-term care to do everyday personal and household tasks because of illness, disability or your age&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T13:51:58.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T16:08:34.473" Score="1" ViewCount="633" Body="&lt;p&gt;My visa application for a study permit has been refused yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are citing the reason that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I won't leave Canada after my stay because of my current employment situation. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My plan and progression of study don't make any sense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to submit the visa application again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What points do I need to work on to make sure that I am not refused for the second time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FAQs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What am I applying for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for study permit. I have an acceptance from a canadian university to study CS Masters by thesis program. My target is to get a Ph.D. But, the accptance I have right now, is for a Masters by research program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What did I submit along with my visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My financial papers, marriage certificate, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have strong family ties. My wife and daughter are in my country, I supplied my family photo, and I clearly described that I want to get back to my country after my Masters. But, I didn't tell them that I want to do a Ph.D. in Canada. Coz, I thought that may complicate the situation. But, still, they refused me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is my current employment situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left my job because of stress and went to a non-English speaking country for study. I don't have a job and I don't have any plan to do any job anytime soon in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is my academic situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to the country 'X' to (1) escape my then stressful job, (2) to get prepared for a Ph.D. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, then, I understood that (1) the academia of that country 'X' is tough to suit for me because of the difference in highereducational culture, and language. (2) the higher education of that country 'X' is considered inferior to Canada/North America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my Masters program is half done, and &lt;strong&gt;even if&lt;/strong&gt; I can't get to Canada, I don't intend to finish my study here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T00:26:30.133" Title="How to work on the cited reasons for the refusal of visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T16:36:13.213" Score="0" ViewCount="1386" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to do a degree from Canada. If I do a masters/MBA online from Coursera from a Canadian University, can I add it as Canadian education in my application for immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9603" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T21:44:53.573" Title="If I do an online degree from a Canadian University, can I add it in Canadian immigration as Canadian education?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="172" CreationDate="2017-05-23T17:34:07.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to what I understand, and, as someone above pointed out, if you are living abroad, then, technically, while you are still a US Citizen, you are no longer a resident of any state in the US. When abroad, no one has every asked me for any STATE Identification; they only care about the passport which is a national form of identification. Therefore it seems that there would be no reason to even have a drivers license from the US when you are living overseas as long as you have your valid passport, and whatever visas are deemed necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for driving when overseas, each country has their specific rules as to what form of licensing you need, and, you should be able to get some form of license where you are. You should also be able to get an International Drivers Permit for use in the US and other countries. Other than that (and, for the purpose of maintaining an address in the US for other reasons) there is no reason to hold a drivers license from any state in the US. As far as voting goes, I would check with the US Embassy in the country you are living in as there are special procedures for that, and these procedures are constantly changing (more than likely, if you are permanently living in a foreign country, you will only be worrying about the national elections.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that the problem with the US is unique; we are basically 51 (52) separate countries under the same flag with 51 (52) completely different sets of rules. Every other country in the world has a national identification card, and a national drivers license, and they also keep vital records, such as birth, death, marriage, and divorce on a national level. The US is the only country where each separate state issues identification; drivers licenses; and even keep their own vital statistics records, in whatever format is customary for the individual state, and, some states even require you to pay a state income tax. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example how this can be somewhat of a problem, a number of countries even require foreigners to submit proof from their governments that they are eligible to enter into a marriage when getting married overseas. The US is the ONLY country unable to provide such a document since everything is handled on a state level. So, the embassies/consulates have to provide an Affidavit in Lieu of... document, that not every locality will accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only foreseeable problem with having an expired drivers license from a specific state in the US is that, when/if you go back home, and attempt to renew the license, there might be late fees and reinstatement fees applied. But, as the US allows people to drive using an International Drivers Permit, there should be no problem unless you are planning on renewing the state document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11807" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T17:34:07.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10992" CreationDate="2017-05-23T18:18:23.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/germany/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; on the europa.eu website indicates that if you live in Germany for less than six months, you are not considered tax resident. However, you do need to pay taxes on any income earned in Germany during that year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That fits with how taxes in the US and Canada work. The new resident pays taxes for what they earned while in the country that year. Germany is not a country to miss any possible tax income, so I would recommend paying taxes .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm unsure if you were paid via a German subsidiary of the company or not. If so, the necessary taxes were certainly deducted from your paycheck and you'll have to settle the difference with the Finanzamt between what you paid and what they think you owe. If not, and it was paid by the US company into a US bank account, then you're going to have to pay some taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Here is the relevant German law which describes who is required to pay taxes: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__1.html&lt;/a&gt;. It says that anyone whose primary residence is in Germany is subject to taxation. The first sentence is the important one: the rest of it is all legalese to prevent anyone from using some sort of loophole (like living on a boat or artificial island) to claim that they weren't really a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German-American tax treaty means that the IRS will give you a credit for taxes paid in Germany, but the taxes still need to be paid. The tax treaty can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/germany.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/germany.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. It's pretty dull reading, but there are some interesting tidbits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11783" LastEditorUserId="11783" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T18:42:53.597" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T18:42:53.597" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T22:20:01.500" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask if it is possible for a non EU with an EEA residence card to remain in UK working after that the EU partner returns to her country (EU country different from UK). I wonder if the Non EU that has the EEA residence card and is working in UK loses the right to stay and to work in UK if the EU partner has to return to the EU country (different from UK). We will remain married, but as my EU wife has a contract for 1 year and after she doesn't know if the employee renews her contract. Maybe she returns to her EU country. In the case that she has to return, what happened with the NON EU husband that is working in UK with the residence card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can he (the Non EU) work in UK for the rest of the time that he has active the residence card? or Do you know if he (the non EU) has to come back to EU?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T22:20:01.500" Title="Can a Non EU that obtained the UK residence card for marriage remain in UK working in the case his EU wife return to EU?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11028" CreationDate="2017-05-24T06:31:08.297" Score="3" ViewCount="609" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask, After fulfilling the requirements to apply for Italian nationality, how long does the process take? How long does it take since you deliver the documents until they give you the nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T18:52:35.813" Title="How is the process to apply for Italian nationality by marriage, if you already fulfilled all the requirements?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11002" CreationDate="2017-05-24T06:35:49.403" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After some head bashing, it seems the process is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to get a temporary phone or SIM card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find an apartment that does not require paying via a Japanese bank account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once that's done, go to the local bureau and register as living there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They will write your address on your resident card (visa) and send a MyNumber card to that address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the bank with the details from your visa and your temporary phone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open a bank account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Return the temporary phone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open a phone contract using the newly created bank account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notify the bank of the changed phone number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite convoluted, and really seems Japan is still not exactly a foreigner-friendly country. These steps may also vary depending on what bank or apartment agent you are going through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11806" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T06:35:49.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10113" CreationDate="2017-05-24T08:57:08.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;An adult can gain a citizenship involuntarily if his/her &lt;strong&gt;hometown is annexed by another country&lt;/strong&gt;. The most recent example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation&lt;/a&gt;. Ukrainian online newspaper &lt;a href=&quot;http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/02/13/ukrainians-in-crimea-six-sanctions-for-refusing-a-russian-passport/#arvlbdata&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EuroMaidan Press&lt;/a&gt; reports that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;According to Article 4 of the Russian law from 23 March 2014 “On the&#xA;  Acceptance of Crimea into the Russian Federation” citizens of Ukraine who were permanently residing in Crimea as of March&#xA;  18, 2014 are recognized as citizens of Russia, unless they declare&#xA;  within one month (by April 18, 2014) their desire to maintain another&#xA;  citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Within only a month&lt;/strong&gt;, Crimeans were forced to make a difficult choice:&#xA;  to take Russian citizenship, granting them their existing rights in&#xA;  Crimea, and a Russian passport, or to refuse a Russian passport and&#xA;  identify as nationally Ukrainian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Crimeans who have officially renounced Russian citizenship, and those who simply do not ask for a Russian “Crimean” passport have encountered obstacles in daily life. Then, the article lists obstacles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Persecution for a pro-Ukrainian position&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Restricted access to healthcare&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dismissal from work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Impossibility to re-register vehicles&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Refusal to provide banking services&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Living without a residency permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11809" LastEditorUserId="11809" LastEditDate="2017-05-24T09:10:38.480" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T09:10:38.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2923" CreationDate="2017-05-24T21:04:34.557" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;PERM is not related to your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hooyou.com/lc/permfaq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q: Am I allowed to leave the U.S. while my PERM labor certification&#xA;  application is pending? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A: Yes, you can. However, note that just because your PERM labor&#xA;  certification application is filed and pending will not aid your&#xA;  re-entry into the U.S. You still will have to secure a visa for&#xA;  re-entry and resolve all related issues. To this end, prior to your&#xA;  departure, consult a seasoned immigration attorney who’s able to&#xA;  resolve all issues that could impact your re-entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11811" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-25T06:30:10.530" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T06:30:10.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11021" CreationDate="2017-05-25T06:05:36.847" Score="2" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American, and I recently took a job in Berlin.  I have a few questions regarding how to perform a transatlantic life transplant (see what I did there?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the best way I can move my money from USD to Euros?  I wasn't planning on closing my domestic bank account, but since I will be wanting to move the bulk of my money to Berlin, what is the best way to do this?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a. Recommendations on German bank accounts?  Reasons?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a gamer, and I have a custom-built desktop computer with 3x monitors.  How the hell do I bring this to Europe?  Do I?  Should I deconstruct it and reassemble over there?  Should I bring the hard drives, and build a new one completely over there?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cell phones.  I've already bought an unlocked phone for when I arrive.  Does this mean I just need to buy a SIM card at a cell provider, and I'm good to go?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a. Recommendations on a German/European Cell Provider?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for any help you can give.  I really need the advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11814" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-05-26T00:52:15.627" LastActivityDate="2017-05-27T22:29:38.397" Title="Moving to Berlin" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-06-05T09:46:09.520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11020" CreationDate="2017-05-25T06:37:05.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just my opinion and you can easily get a half dozen useful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The banking laws are very strict in Deutschland. Go for a bank that has European branches as well as branches throughout Germany and you should be ok for travel, exchange rates, ATM availability and that sort of thing. Have some cash on hand to deposit into your account when you open it, but transfer the bulk electronically. These days its fairly cheap and trivial to do. Keep your domestic account open with some credit in it. It's amazing how handy that is when travelling back stateside.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have great gear in Germany and a healthy gaming subculture (which you may already be aware of). If you are willing to lose the monitors, I'd just buy new stuff there. Are you using gaming laptops or full blown desktops? If laptops, just bring that stuff over. If desktops, break it down, lose the cases, keep the boards and ram (and obviously the drives), rebuild in Germany. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just pick a decent sized company. You wouldn't notice a major difference in service switching around. Again there's lots of regulation in this industry, so not a lot of variation in my opinion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-25T06:46:25.087" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T06:46:25.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11022" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-05-25T07:32:55.057" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ASEAN is the Association of South East Asian Nations, and currently has ten member states: Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T09:49:17.587" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T09:49:17.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11023" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-05-25T07:32:55.057" Score="0" Body="For questions related to countries in the ASEAN region" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T09:49:20.937" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T09:49:20.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-24T15:39:42.397" Score="2" ViewCount="795" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working in a software company in India; next month, I'm going to Belgium on a work permit. I want to take my widowed mother with me (I'm the only son).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other visa apart from tourist visa for her? If so, what's the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11842" OwnerDisplayName="user1995151" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T13:56:24.117" Title="Belgium visa for dependent mother?" Tags="&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11024" CreationDate="2017-05-24T16:10:48.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you and your mother, it seems that she can't qualify for a family visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A non EU ascendant can  not rejoin for instance his non EU son working in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ascendant&lt;/em&gt; means parent, grandparent, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commissioner.brussels/i-am-an-expat/residence-formalities/non-ue-citizen/79-residence-formalities-non-ue/86-family-reunification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.commissioner.brussels/i-am-an-expat/residence-formalities/non-ue-citizen/79-residence-formalities-non-ue/86-family-reunification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that your situation corresponds with the &quot;second situation&quot; covered by that page, &quot;a non-EU citizen rejoins a non-EU citizen.&quot;  (In the first case, dependent ascendants &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; included, but that does not apply to you because you are not an EU citizen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T18:53:57.097" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-25T22:13:24.883" Score="1" ViewCount="444" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is pretty obvious as mentioned in the title: currently I am on OPT, but my H1B just got selected from the lottery. Probably will be valid on October this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I currently do not feel comfortable working with my current team, so I am planning to move to a different team in the same company (similar job function, but different address). Will it affect my H1B visa? And do I need to do something with my lawyer about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11817" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T09:02:17.837" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T09:02:17.837" Title="H1b: Is it safe to move to different team (internal transfer) within same company before Oct 1st?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T02:15:22.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11012" CreationDate="2017-05-26T09:08:37.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;After having submitted your application for naturalization, the competent authorities will have to make a decision on your application within 730 days (2 years) to conclude the procedure for granting or refusing on the basis of the evaluation made as stated on the (&lt;a href=&quot;http://old.asgi.it/public/parser_download/save/d.p.r.362.1994.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 3 of D.P.R. No.362 / 1994&lt;/a&gt;) which says;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;''3. Definition of the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As foreseen in Articles 2 and 4 of Law 7 August 1990, no. 241, the time limit for the definition of the proceedings referred to in this&#xA;Regulation shall be &lt;strong&gt;seven hundred and thirty days&lt;/strong&gt;  from the date of&#xA;submission of the application.''&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check online the progress of your application for citizenship, a web service is available from the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just log on to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://nullaostalavoro.dlci.interno.it/Ministero/Index2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the service&lt;/a&gt;, which you enter in a reserved area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After clicking on the 'See Your Practice' link, you have to fill out the form provided by the computer system with your personal information. After completing the registration phase, the applicant must associate his / her user with the code assigned to the citizenship application (K10 and K10C).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the application was filed for marriage, that is because the foreigner is married to an Italian citizen (for others it's different) and the applicant does'nt get a response within 730 days he/she becomes entitled to full subjective right to the acquisition of Italian citizenship, since it is impossible to reject the claim beyond 730 days pursuant to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comune.jesi.an.it/MV/leggi/l91-92.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;art. 8, paragraph 2 of Law No. 91/92 on Citizenship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to assert this right, the foreigner resorts to the ordinary judge who, after verifying the legal requirements, recognizes the right of the alien to become an Italian citizen in case the Ministry has not adopted the decree of recognition or refusal of citizenship by the terms laid down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-05-26T13:00:35.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11029" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13419" CreationDate="2017-05-26T09:39:42.933" Score="3" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an italian citizen applying for a Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visa. The online application form asks for evidence of healthcare insurance, and that's ok. However, since Italy has reciprocal healthcare agreements with Australia, I will be covered by Medicare for six months since my arrival (and my visit is planned to last exactly six months). &#xA;This means that, in theory, I don't need a private insurance policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is explained at the website of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/408-#tab-content-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are responsible for all your health costs while you are in&#xA;  Australia. You will not be covered by Australia's national health&#xA;  scheme (Medicare) unless your country has a reciprocal health care&#xA;  agreement with Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;, Italy is listed as one of those countries. The documents needed to enroll in Medicare include the &lt;em&gt;European Health Insurance Card&lt;/em&gt;, which I do have. I suppose that this is the kind of evidence that the online form asks me to provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not entirely clear. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/408-/applicant-checklist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document checklist&lt;/a&gt; on the DIBP says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are staying in Australia for more than three months, you are&#xA;  required to provide evidence of adequate health insurance for the&#xA;  duration of your stay in Australia, such as: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a certification letter from your health insurer or broker &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence that you have enrolled&#xA;  with Medicare if your country has a reciprocal health arrangement with&#xA;  Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as far as I've read everywhere, enrollment in Medicare can be done at Medicare offices in Australia &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; my arrival, and I don't find how to enroll in Medicare online or similar. So do I have to provide evidence that I &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; enroll in Medicare, or evidence that I &lt;em&gt;have enrolled&lt;/em&gt; in Medicare?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize, in the online application form, is it sufficient to provide my &lt;em&gt;European Health Insurance Card&lt;/em&gt; as proof that I'm eligible to Medicare services?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11563" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T17:58:32.157" Title="Providing evidence of Medicare enrollment for countries with reciprocal healthcare agreement" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11020" CreationDate="2017-05-26T14:15:52.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the bank account, you should decide if you want someone to talk to. A lot of people end up with Deutsche Bank initially, because they needed a special type of account to get their visa that only Deutsche Bank provides. But they are also expensive later on. The normal bank account you need for your salary is called &lt;em&gt;Girokonto&lt;/em&gt;. There are banks that provide it for free and have physical branches, like Commerzbank. There are also online-only banks that do it for free. Some banks with branches charge up to 10 Euros a month for the account. It's up to you what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With your account you will get a Maestro debit card that works for paying with a PIN and taking money out of the ATM. Most banks charge a fee for using ATMs of different banks unless they are part of the same group (&lt;em&gt;cashgroup&lt;/em&gt; is one of them, where Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and others are part of it). The Sparkasse is something similar to a bank, with branches, and lots of ATMs everywhere, but they are limited to the city where you are. With an account at Berliner Sparkasse you will be able to use an ATM in the Sparkasse in Hamburg (Haspa) for free to take money out, but not go to the cashier in the branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bank accounts do not typically include credit cards, but there are some that provide a free credit card too. Usually you have to pay a yearly fee for credit cards. The acceptance for those is limited. If you do not want to pay cash, use the maestro card. And remember that change is quite valuable here, unlike in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how hard it is to get an account in an online-only bank. There are types of work visas like the blue card where you need to get the bank account fast. It's a bit hard to get started, especially if you don't have an address yet, and a bank with a branch that you can go to, and maybe take a new coworker with you to help with paperwork goes a long way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to 3, &lt;em&gt;it depends&lt;/em&gt;. In Germany we usually distinguish between so-called &lt;em&gt;contracts&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;prepaid&lt;/em&gt; top-ups. Decide what you need the phone for. Do you want to do a lot of calling to other countries over the phone network? Do you need a lot of mobile data? Do you want to send SMS? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment you can get decent rates with free unlimited calls and SMS pretty much on every network. Those are called &lt;em&gt;Flatrate&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Flat&lt;/em&gt; in German. Both the large traditional companies as well as cheap, mostly migrant-targeting prepaid providers have those and you can get a decent deal for 10 to 15 Euros a month easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the large, traditional providers include T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone. All of them also have prepaid, in which case the network coverage is mostly better than with the prepaid-only companies. Almost every discount supermarket chain offers prepaid, but the prices vary. Some of them are Lidl and ALDI. There are also prepaid-only companies that are ventures of the traditional ones, like Klarmobil or Congstar. Then there are the ones that target migrants and low-income people, like Lycamobile, and Lebara as well as maybe Turkcell. They offer special packages you can book after you've topped up to call certain countries for free or very cheap. There are deals for Turkey, the Middle East and northern Africa mostly. You can buy top up for those things in every little &lt;em&gt;Spätie&lt;/em&gt; store in Berlin and you can top up as little as 2.5 Euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically mobile data comes in packages of 300MB, 1GB, 3GB and 5GB and cost somewhere between 10 and 20 Euros per month. For the prepaid things, you typically top up, then send an SMS to activate one of the packages, which will then last for 30 days and might automatically re-book if you have enough credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to stay long and you have a secure job you can make a contract with a traditional carrier, but keep in mind that those usually come with a 2 year attachment, and the only way to get out of them early is to prove that you are moving away from Germany. If you're not sure, get prepaid with a large company, then later move your number over to a contract if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to travel within Germany the whole data roaming should not be an issue with any of the providers any more starting from the middle of June this year, as a new law will basically remove the costs and you will be able to use your data anywhere in Europe without extra charge (hopefully).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to that, if you want landline internet at home, you can either get DSL or cable (&lt;em&gt;Kabel&lt;/em&gt;). Again most companies will only make contracts that have a minimum duration of 24 months and you will have to pay a fee to change your address if you move around. You will also get a landline phone number, but you don't need to get an actual phone and connect it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastActivityDate="2017-05-26T14:15:52.693" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T13:13:09.317" Score="2" ViewCount="936" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my cousins applied for an immigration visa for his spouse. The application was refused and he filed an appeal. It has been more then 1 year since he filed the appeal; is there any way to track the appeal status? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11786" OwnerDisplayName="Nestsouls" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T07:48:46.023" Title="UK immigrant visa appeal status check" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T14:51:55.833" Score="1" ViewCount="870" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a job in Bahrain by a company.They would be applying for a visa for me shortly and have asked to me resign only once I receive the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have a notice period of 90 days with my current employer, i can only leave my current job and leave India only after 91 - 95 days once I get the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is is there a time period as per the immigration laws, within which I would need to enter Bahrain and join my sponsor company after receiving the visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11766" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T22:47:30.463" Title="Within how many days to enter Bahrain after getting visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;bahrain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T18:15:57.903" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any requirements that one must have to teach in a Viennese (Austria) public school?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need a college degree?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need some kind of credentials?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an American, For what it's worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11820" LastActivityDate="2017-05-26T18:15:57.903" Title="What are the requirements to teach in an Austrian public school?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T23:06:07.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11034" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T22:19:06.930" Score="3" ViewCount="525" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's come to my notice that getting a dependent visa for a parent of an EU citizen for the UK is very difficult. Does anyone have any knowledge in this matter?&#xA;I am a Portuguese citizen and would like to get my mother(who is Indian) to come and live with me in the UK because she is a widow and I am the only child she has.&#xA;Can anyone help me or point in towards the right direction please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11548" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:22.440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:22.440" Title="UK visa for parent of EU citizen" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T23:26:45.603" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen by birth who has been living in Australia for the last 25 years.  I now want to return to the UK with my Australian citizen partner of 20 years. Does anyone know the full process involved, type of visa required etc.  I was initially advised they need to apply for a settlement visa which seems more geared for when the UK citizen is already in the UK.  Any advice/help greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11822" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T09:01:10.433" Title="UK Expat returning to UK wih non UK/EU partner" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T09:01:15.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T17:48:42.887" Score="3" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's come to my notice that getting a dependent visa for a parent of an EU citizen for the UK is very difficult. Does anyone have any knowledge in this matter?&#xA;I am a Portuguese citizen and would like to get my mother(who is Indian) to come and live with me in the UK because she is a widow and I am the only child she has.&#xA;Can anyone help me or point in towards the right direction please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11548" OwnerDisplayName="user59683" LastActivityDate="2017-05-27T07:02:49.730" Title="UK visa for parent of EU citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-06-05T09:46:33.850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11038" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11039" CreationDate="2017-05-27T09:59:33.333" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a Dutch AM and B driving license. I've been residing and working in Spain for 4 months now, and I wonder:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to change my Dutch license for a Spanish one at some point?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spanish license holders automatically get an A1 license after 2 years, which allows them to ride a motorcycle. They do not have to get a new license for this, even if on the license it says they don't have A1, if the license has been given to them more than 2 years ago, it counts as a valid A1 license. Does the same thing apply to EU licenses without A1, but older than 2 years? And if not, would I be able to change my Dutch license into a Spanish one with A1 on it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11823" LastActivityDate="2017-05-27T22:13:51.887" Title="Can I drive a &quot;moto&quot; in Spain with an EU driving license?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11038" CreationDate="2017-05-27T16:36:54.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Dutch licence is valid to be used in Spain until it expires, or if it has no expiry date or is valid for more than 15 years, for two years after establishing residence in Spain. If it's a standard EU photo type licence valid for 10 years then there's no need to change it until it expires. Exchanging the licence costs around €28.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the second question, it's not quite as you describe - there is no A1 licence granted, however after three (not two) years - see the PDF below - of holding a B licence one can drive motorbikes up to 125cc within Spain (note that you can't ride a 125cc bike outside Spain unless you take and pass an A1 test). My understanding is that any EU B licence would give you the same rights - an ex-work colleague used to ride a 125cc scooter on a UK issued B licence - but I've not been able to find a government source for this so far. Given EU law and rights etc, and given that if you were to swap your Dutch licence for a Spanish one (and held B for at least 3 years) you'd be able to ride a 125cc bike, I don't believe there are any issues, but I'll continue to look for a source. To be 100% on the safe side, it's worth swapping the licence, but in general as long as you can get insurance you should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of page 8 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=11&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwiJqvqQwpDUAhWGhiwKHbQrD8k4ChAWCCMwAA&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coruna.gal%2Fdescarga%2F1453609629318%2FGuia-para-usuarios-de-motocicletas.pdf&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFo_SCiNJcDZhSjqZUXmE0WXHxCPg&amp;amp;sig2=emLGa2CCnsXEMHM3LCpuhg&amp;amp;cad=rja&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this pdf&lt;/a&gt;, it doesn't mention that the licence must be a Spanish one in order to drive a motorbike on a B licence (the document is aimed at Spanish learner drivers, but is the only official source I've found so far that says that it's valid).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(As an aside, the law says that the bike must be below 125cc, and with a maximum power of 11cv and a power/weight ratio of 0.1 cv/kg (just in case your bike doesn't meet all three of these requirements)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastEditorUserId="6921" LastEditDate="2017-05-27T22:13:51.887" LastActivityDate="2017-05-27T22:13:51.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-27T18:37:00.600" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was saving up money to apply for my spouse visa to the UK. I had 80,000 USD which a few months ago amounted to 65000 GBP, now unfortunately I noticed that it's at 62,200, which is 300 pounds under the minimum. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have savings of 1000 GBP in another bank account that have been there for over a year. Am I allowed to use more than one bank account or does it just have to be one? Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All The Best,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Waleed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12083" OwnerDisplayName="Waleed Hammad" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T20:09:03.780" Title="Savings in bank of 62500" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11020" CreationDate="2017-05-27T22:29:38.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a bank account, once you're a German resident, you can open an account with N26 fairly easily. They provide a Mastercard and a Maestro card (although not an EC Card/Girocard), and opening the account is easy (can be done from home and in English). Obviously there are other options (DKB and comdirect always get a lot of positive reviews) but from a simplicity point of view N26 work well for me - the account is managed via a smartphone app and everything is available in English. Alternatively, find out if your employer has any deal with the bank they bank with (mine does for example). I can't help with transferring USD to EUR unfortunately - I transferred my GBP to EUR with a standard bank transfer but obviously that's a bit different...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not sure here, sorry - is DHL/UPS or something an option?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, yes - the main question is do you need German voice calling or are you OK with just data? If just data, you can get pre-paid cards from O2 with 5Gb data for €25 a month or, for voice, with 1.5Gb data plus 200 minutes/SMS in Germany for €20 a month. There are cheaper options (check Ay Yildiz, Ortel or Lebara which are all virtual providers) but if you want to go for one of the big names then I found O2 to be the cheapest so far.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6921" LastActivityDate="2017-05-27T22:29:38.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-26T18:04:01.213" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the US a couple of months ago on a J1 visa. I am a professional freelance developer and have had three clients within three years. I got a job offer, but couldn't find out what the next step is. Can I apply for green card if this might be my permanent job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone guide me on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11825" OwnerDisplayName="slam book" LastActivityDate="2017-05-28T17:00:57.257" Title="I am 19 years old in USA in J1 visa. I got a job offer, should I apply for green-card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11046" CreationDate="2017-05-26T18:13:05.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If they're willing to sponsor you for a green card (which would be the best thing), then yes; however, it's usually H status you have to convert to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind, if you Switch to H status, then next time you travel abroad, you must get an H visa at the US embassy before re-entering the US. All paperwork pertaining to the employment should be brought for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Crazydre" LastActivityDate="2017-05-26T18:38:21.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11002" CreationDate="2017-05-29T14:40:01.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it is a Catch-22 but the key is that the phone number doesn't have to be yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been a few years since I did it now, but this is the order I think will be most effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a &lt;strong&gt;contact number&lt;/strong&gt; for yourself. You can register a 050 VOIP number via Skype, for example. You can also get a data-only SIM card if you want to be able to use it outside. Or you can use a friend's number, work number, whatever (but if you tell people it's not your personal number when registering for stuff, things could get awkward).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get an &lt;strong&gt;emergency contact&lt;/strong&gt; that speaks Japanese and has a phone number. Useful for forms. Maybe your employer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find &lt;strong&gt;somewhere to live&lt;/strong&gt;. It can be anywhere that doesn't mind you registering it as your residence. Register your address at the local authority and get it recorded on your residence card. (Yes, this is the step that also triggers your My Number generation - but that didn't exist when I did this so I'm not sure how it works for new residents).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy an &lt;strong&gt;inkan&lt;/strong&gt; of your name (or a butchered version of it that fits) to act as your Japanese signature.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use your address-inscribed residence card, contact number, and inkan to open a &lt;strong&gt;bank account&lt;/strong&gt; (catch-22 item #1)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want, use your residence card, contact number, and bank account to get an &lt;strong&gt;apartment&lt;/strong&gt; (catch-22 item #2). Be aware that many places also require a guarantor too - good luck with that&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Can be done before the bank account, if you pay by card). Use your residence card, contact number, and maybe bank account to get a proper &lt;strong&gt;phone number&lt;/strong&gt; that accepts calls and SMS (catch-22 item #3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use your new phone number to register a &lt;strong&gt;Line account&lt;/strong&gt; (catch-22 item #4)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you just need the holy-grail that is the Japanese credit card. My main advice for that would be to make sure that the work number your provide goes to the department that will actually confirm your employment details to the credit card company - not just a generic front desk or something. There are other non-credit plastic options that are easier to get - for example Rakuten Bank does a debit card, and Line Pay does a prepaid card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2017-05-30T02:32:13.467" LastActivityDate="2017-05-30T02:32:13.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2681" CreationDate="2017-05-29T15:10:13.003" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a resident of Japan you are required to sign up to the National Health Insurance Plan, which you pay for monthly and covers 70% of your healthcare costs. As you said, the first year is very cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as a foreigner you have more needs than a Japanese person, for example possible evacuation in a medical, natural, or political disaster, or getting into legal trouble. So you should also consider insurance in your home country that covers you for repatriation, legal fees, or anything else you may need in addition to the Japanese health insurance. Read the details carefully though - I discovered my one year travel insurance policy was invalid because I hadn't bought a return plane ticket!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T15:10:13.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11040" CreationDate="2017-05-29T19:39:43.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From personal experience, money being shown for any visa application to the UK need not be in the same bank account. Both the accounts should be in the name of the principal applicant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T19:39:43.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-30T09:14:28.957" Score="2" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to move with my boyfriend to Stuttgart in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation is that I am French, have spent part of my studies in Australia and finished my master's degree in the USA. My current job is in Belgium in a consulting group where some people don't speak the local language (French/Flemmish) but just English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I would like to find a job in Stuttgart related to supply chain management, I was wondering how to find a job where it would not be mandatory to speak the local language perfectly since my current level is intermediate in German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because as I started looking it up, job titles are in English and offers are in German which makes it hard to apply to anything. Even graduate programs are in German. Would someone have any clues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11304" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-05-30T14:54:39.963" LastActivityDate="2017-05-31T08:49:41.567" Title="Expatriating to Germany without speaking German as a French fluent in English" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11258" CreationDate="2017-05-30T09:16:03.480" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working in a company and moved to another company last March 2017. I already had a 30% ruling from my previous company. When HR in my new company tried to applied again for 30% ruling, Taxes office send a letter that my old company calculated my 30% ruling wrongly (they gave me extra money) and now there are pending money must be paid to taxes office. I've contacted my company and still waiting their feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did anyone face this problem before and what did you do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who should be responsible for this, company should pay as it is her mistake or i should pay (it is not small amount of money)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-07-01T17:25:21.123" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T17:41:46.853" Title="Previous company mis-calculated my taxes, Tax office now demands I pay" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-30T11:57:54.597" Score="1" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found my self in a very confusing situation and I really need to plan quickly.&#xA;I'm an Iranian citizen and I've been admitted in CEU in Budapest for a one year course starting from September. However, I'm planning to take part in two summer schools in Germany in August. The problem is that both cases there is a long procedure awaiting and also the time of each visa might overlap the other for a few days. furthermore, I'm waiting for another university to answer me and I might even change my mind.&#xA;Do you think that could justify my intention to apply for a 90 day stay and then apply for my Student permit inside Budapest? my courses in Germany finish on 28th of August and my classes in Budapest starts on 4th of September.So I don't really have time to go back to my country in between. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11833" LastActivityDate="2017-05-30T11:57:54.597" Title="Applying for a Student visa in Hungary?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11034" CreationDate="2017-05-30T13:36:46.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am somewhat perplexed by your statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's come to my notice that getting a dependent visa for a parent of an EU citizen for the UK is very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizens of the EU and of EEA countries can live in the UK under the EU freedom of movement directive, &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, which also applies to certain of their relatives.  This is supposed to make it easier for their relatives to move with them.  What information do you have to indicate that getting such a visa is difficult?  Is it said to be a result of legal or practical considerations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In light of looming Brexit, let us start with the practical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Practical considerations&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A. Brexit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK is in the process of negotiating its departure from the European Union.  Nobody knows precisely how this will affect EU citizens and their relatives living in the UK, but it is almost certain that it will affect them in some way.  You should be prepared for the possibility that your legal status will change when the UK finally leaves the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;B. Administrative obstruction&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK is notorious for applying unreasonable standards of proof to applications for EU relatives to move to the UK under the freedom of movement.  With approaching Brexit, they appear to be redoubling their efforts to apply the strictest standards to those seeking benefits under the EU directive.  You should plan to prepare your mother's applications very carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Legal considerations&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A. Dependence&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, it should be quite simple for your mother to join you in the UK.  More precisely, it should be virtually as simple as it is for you to show that she is dependent on you.  An excerpt from Article 2 of the directive, with emphasis added:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For the purposes of this Directive:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1. ‘Union citizen’ means any person having the nationality of a Member State;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2. ‘family member’ means:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (d) the &lt;strong&gt;dependent&lt;/strong&gt; direct relatives in the ascending line....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For relatives covered by the directive, the UK can only restrict the rights of entry and residence as laid out in Chapter VI, &quot;on grounds of public policy, public security or public health.&quot;  This means that there can be no financial test, nor of your mother's language skills.  The &quot;life in the UK&quot; test does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;B. Other criteria&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your mother to qualify under the directive, you will also have to prove that she is your mother and that you are an EU citizen.  For that, you'll need your birth certificate, properly translated and legitimized, and both of your passports.  You can find a list of the documents you'll need at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. The procedure&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting your mother to live with you in the UK is essentially a two-step process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A. EEA family permit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your mother to travel to the UK, she will need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  This is essentially a visa that allows her to enter the UK, but &lt;em&gt;only if you are traveling with her or are already in the UK.&lt;/em&gt;  In other words, she cannot use the EEA FP to enter the UK if you are in another country when she travels to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;B. Residence card&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After your mother arrives in the UK, she will probably want to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  It is not strictly necessary from a legal point of view, but it will make many practical aspects of living in the UK easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most practical way of applying for this card is probably to submit the application in connection with your own online application for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-registration-certificate-as-a-qualified-person-form-eea-qp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;registration certificate&lt;/a&gt;.  The registration certificate is also legally unnecessary for you, but applying for it will allow you both to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European passport return service&lt;/a&gt; so you can keep your passports while the application is being considered.  The certificate may also prove useful as the UK leaves the EU, depending on the specific cutoff dates applied to EU citizens living in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;4. Other options&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given Brexit, you may want to pursue getting a dependent visa for your mother under the &quot;normal&quot; immigration rules that apply to those who are unconnected with the EU.  This would require you to show a certain level of income (currently £18,600 yearly), and it would, I believe, subject your mother to the &quot;life in the UK&quot; test.  I do not know for certain, but I suspect that it would also require you first to obtain a Tier 2 or similar work visa, which may not even be possible for you as an EU citizen.  If you are interested in pursuing that route, or at least finding out whether it would give you greater security, you should speak with an immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-05-30T13:36:46.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-30T19:50:55.383" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is related to contracts when moving abroad as a US citizen working for a US organization (university). Starting September of this year I will be moving to the Netherlands and move in with my Dutch husband. My department wants me to continue working for them and also try to expand our relationships with European universities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is as follows, do I need a special contract if I want to stay with them? Should they hire me as a freelancer perhaps? Or can I keep a &quot;normal&quot; US contract? Anybody here been in a similar situation that has some advice? Our HR department has no experience with this unfortunately so I am trying to collect information myself as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, I do have a working permit and residents permit for the Netherlands but would love to remain with my current employer. The Netherlands only seems to look at your world income and has a treaty with the US to prevent double taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11838" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T16:44:18.760" Title="Working abroad as a US citizen for a US university" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11263" CreationDate="2017-05-31T07:09:06.797" Score="2" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Japan resident card is good until 2021, but my passport will expire in less than 6 months. I need to go on a business trip outside of Japan very soon and may not have enough time to renew my passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trip itself only lasts about 1 week so my passport will still be valid when I come back, but with less than 6 months of validity, will I be able to enter Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: the consensus is while I won't have trouble entering Japan with my soon to expired passport, it is possible that airline will deny me boarding. Because of that, I decided to play it safe and paid some extra money to have my passport renewed quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastEditorUserId="8758" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T06:05:50.900" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T06:05:50.900" Title="My passport will expired in less than 6 months, can I re-enter Japan?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11054" CreationDate="2017-05-31T08:49:41.567" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As I would like to find a job in Stuttgart related to supply chain management, I was wondering how to find a job where it would not be mandatory to speak the local language perfectly since my current level is intermediate in German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some insight on the &quot;mandatory&quot; part: I, too, have asked for &quot;excellent written and verbal German skills&quot; in job ads. &lt;em&gt;Not&lt;/em&gt; because the job needed them. But we have many immigrants and some will isolate themselves by living only in their own communities. They will be with their families and speak their original language, have their own stores and spare time activities. And simply put, some will be stuck with their simple German for the rest of their lives. Because they see no need to improve in their little bubble of &quot;home&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's super rare that a job actually needs &quot;excellent&quot; skills, but as a potential boss, I don't want to worry if someone can send a simple email without embarrassing the company. That's fine for starters, but it needs to improve, I cannot look over each and every communication for the rest of his or her working life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if a job ad says &quot;excellent German skills&quot; and it's not actually about writing poetry, what it &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; means is that we want to see that you can communicate properly. But that's a skill one can &lt;em&gt;learn&lt;/em&gt;. Even on the job or while already working in the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in the interview you can&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;speak some simple German&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;explain that your significant other is German and you speak German at home&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;explain that you are taking a course in German for business&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then in my eyes you are good. You may still not get hired over the native speaker with the same qualifications, but if your qualifications are better, you've got a good chance. Demonstrating that you will &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt; on your &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; is the key. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want a job where the project language is English, you need to find large enterprisey corporations. Filter for English skills. If excellent English is required, chances are they can compromise on your German skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-05-31T08:49:41.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11059" CreationDate="2017-05-31T11:52:32.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Japanese immigration passport should be valid on reentry day. Problem can be with airline if they use inconsistent information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8284" LastActivityDate="2017-05-31T11:52:32.320" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-31T13:58:35.863" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a one year student visa and a permesso di soggoirno which will all expire in October 2017. The student visa was issued to me last academic year but the DOV of my diploma was delayed and for that reason I couldn't enroll last academic year, now I have the DOV and a new admission letter. Enrollment for this academic year will start in September 2017 and my student visa expires in October 2017, can i use the same student visa to enroll? If not, I would appreciate if anyone can help me out, because I don't want to go back to my country and start the whole process again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11843" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T02:02:24.420" Title="can I use an unexpired student visa to enroll in the next academic year?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-31T16:47:27.293" Score="2" ViewCount="1218" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer to an earlier post of mine clarified the position of my non-EU wife entering the UK with an Article 10 Residence card. AS a follow-on question, I would like to know if she is required to apply for a UKRC or can reside with me as a family member. If so, does she need to make the application within 6 months ( the comparable time that a FP runs for) or can she do so at any point during its 5 year validity?&#xA;I am wondering if the card may lose its own validity from the originating country, Spain, if she is out of that country for a given period of time, thus invalidating its use in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-01T06:56:20.923" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T15:52:36.783" Title="Living in the UK with an Article 10 Residence Card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11055" CreationDate="2017-05-31T18:22:36.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the tax office is correct, I'm afraid that you will probably have to pay the money. In the end, you are liable for your taxes, not your employer. The only exception would be if you had a contract specifying a net salary - then your employer would be liable to make up your net salary to the contracted amount after the correct taxes have been paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should check whether your previous employer agrees with the judgement of the tax office - they are known to make mistakes. If it's a lot of money, you could also consult a tax expert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastActivityDate="2017-05-31T18:22:36.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11064" CreationDate="2017-05-31T18:35:13.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK is in the process of leaving the EU.  You write about the Spanish residence card's &amp;quot;5-year validity,&amp;quot; but you should realize that the legal framework at issue here will very likely cease to be applicable in the UK in two years or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/10776/2440&quot;&gt;earlier question&lt;/a&gt;, you note that you are a British citizen.  As such, your family members do not qualify to reside with you under EU law unless you can qualify under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh ruling&lt;/a&gt;.  The UK guidance on the application of that ruling keeps changing, but at the moment you must show that you have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... genuinely made your home in another EEA country. Both of you must prove that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it’s been your main residence or base for the ‘centre of your life’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve lived there together&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve integrated there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you wrote just over a month ago that you are &amp;quot;currently in Spain and undergoing the residency process,&amp;quot; I wonder whether you will be able to show that you've integrated in Spain before the UK leaves the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, let us look at your specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if she is required to apply for a UKRC or can reside with me as a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is not required to apply for a residence card.  She can reside with you as a family member, but without the residence card she will have difficulty finding work and entering the UK.  At any time, you might be required to prove your relationship and your eligibility for the Surinder Singh ruling.  The Spanish residence card might be of some help in that regard, but it might not.  It is certainly not enough by itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of the British residence card is to show that the British authorities have considered evidence of her circumstances and found that she (and you) meet the criteria for her to reside in the UK under EU law.  Her right to do so derives directly from the law if and only if the UK accepts your Surinder Singh claim.  You can press that claim at any point, but it makes the most sense to do that when you are ready to move to the UK, and before you move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, does she need to make the application within 6 months ( the comparable time that a FP runs for) or can she do so at any point during its 5 year validity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She doesn't need to apply for a residence card at any particular time.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&lt;/a&gt;, which states in part: &amp;quot;You don’t need to apply for a residence card as a family member but...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if the card may lose its own validity from the originating country, Spain, if she is out of that country for a given period of time, thus invalidating its use in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the UK is concerned, the Spanish residence card is valid for only one thing: excusing your wife from the requirement to have a visa when traveling to the UK under certain circumstances.  It does not permit her to remain there (rather, her right to do so derives from EU law and depends on certain facts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain probably considers that the card is invalid after you move away from Spain for one or two years.  After a cursory web search I was unable to find specific information.  But that is not particularly relevant to your wife's status in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it is of critical importance, let me stress once again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;your wife cannot reside in the UK under EU freedom-of-movement law unless you qualify under the Surinder Singh ruling.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, your wife's Spanish residence card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;does not automatically qualify you under the Surinder Singh ruling.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you and your wife want to move to the UK under the Surinder Singh ruling, your wife should probably apply for an EEA family permit before doing so.  If she chooses not to, she can enter without one and apply for a residence card after she arrives.  I am skeptical about her chances, however.  Trying to settle there without a UK residence card would likely be fraught with peril.  If your goal is to move to the UK, you really ought to talk to a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-06-01T15:37:30.127" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-01T11:54:48.487" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a Schengen visa, which is valid for 3 years. Can I work in Georgia on this Schengen visa without having any Georgian visa? If yes, for how long can I work in Georgia on a Schengen Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sanket" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T00:37:15.670" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T08:32:51.940" Title="Can I work in Georgia if I have a Schengen visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;georgia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-01T12:36:09.293" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing FBI form &lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.fbi.gov/identity-history-summary-checks-review/q384893984839334.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-783&lt;/a&gt; to request a criminal record check. The form asks for my &quot;Country of Residence&quot;. I have been living and working in the US for over a year on a work visa (E-1). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is my country of residence? Is it the US or my home country? USCIS does not consider me a resident, but the IRS and my state do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11846" LastActivityDate="2017-06-01T12:36:09.293" Title="&quot;Country of Residence&quot; for a Nonimmigrant residing in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11073" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-01T19:30:46.440" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;My 2017 H1B petition is approved with a validity of one year. It is valid until Oct 2017. But my H1B sponsor has stopped hiring and so I did't go for stamping yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a L1B and current working in US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I use the approved H1B petition to go 'cap exempt' and get a new H1B from a different employer.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11850" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T17:42:38.213" Title="I have an approved H1B petition, but my employer has stopped hiring. Can I get it transferred to a new employer?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-01T19:33:22.160" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I (both British) will shortly be moving to New Zealand for a period of between 3 and 6 months.  My wife will be travelling on a work visa, but I will be travelling via visa waiver due to my British citizenship - my intention for the duration is primarily holiday and visiting family and friends (I have ample independent funds for this duration, and will not be reliant on my wife for funds), but I also intend to expand my knowledge of certain software development approaches during the evenings and weekends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To this end, I plan on taking my laptop and four Mac Minis set up as Linux servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is this likely to cause me issue with NZ Customs or Immigration on entry?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concerns are two fold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that immigration may consider this to be a business or work aspect to my visit (it isnt, I will not be creating a product nor running a business while in the country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that Customs may see four Mac Minis as excessive and either challenge it, confiscate them or charge me duty/GST on entry (I read that I can claim this back on exit, so its not a huge issue - but I would love a heads up if this is the likely outcome).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11849" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T03:43:11.237" Title="Bringing multiple computers into NZ on a holiday visa - customs or immigration issues?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-02T16:55:44.477" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've​ heard that, Canada Government will reject these kind of files, if already masters is completed and applying for another masters. But that's MBA-IT and now I want to be in Management side in my career.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11855" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T03:17:30.823" Title="I've completed Masters of Engineering in Computer Science from India, can I apply for MBA in Canada?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-02T20:08:38.590" Score="1" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a USA diversity visa (dv) lottery winner. I have some past mistakes. I overstayed in UK for more than 2 years after my case was refused by the home office. They found me and had me removed from the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm worried that this mistake will affect my dv application? I'm from Nepal. I applied for UK pcc (police clearance certificate) that I'm waiting for as well. If anyone has any experience,  please share with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11856" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-06T00:20:16.800" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T00:20:16.800" Title="I won the dv lottery but will my past uk removal affect my application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-02T20:26:21.103" Score="2" ViewCount="489" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have never requested a driver's permit in Albania as I am under the impression that the Vienna, Austria permit is valid in Albania. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11857" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T15:53:49.630" Title="Living in Albania for the past seven years with a driver's licence obtained in Vienna, Austria in 2009. Is that Vienna driver's licence still valid?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11075" CreationDate="2017-06-03T02:39:11.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that the govt will reject a visa if you have been accepted into a valid university/college,have the required funds and all your documents are in order. Visa requirements have been further loosened in the last few months, so you need not worry if things are in order. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2017-06-03T02:39:11.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11071" CreationDate="2017-06-03T08:50:19.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way to answer this question would be to work through the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.geoconsul.gov.ge/HtmlPage/Html/View?id=956&amp;amp;lang=Eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Do I need a visa?&quot;&lt;/a&gt; wizard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The short answer seems to be &quot;Yes&quot;, on the basis of &lt;a href=&quot;https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/2867377&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ordinance 256&lt;/a&gt;, which gives a list of countries &quot;&lt;em&gt;whose visa and/or residence permit holders may enter Georgia without a visa for an appropriate period and under appropriate conditions&lt;/em&gt;&quot; &quot;&lt;em&gt;for 90 calendar days in any 180-day period.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To address the obvious point, I worked through the wizard on the basis of being a Moroccan citizen* with a French visa visiting for work purposes and it gave me a green light and a link to the text of the ordinance, so it seems that this ordinance does apply to working and not just to tourism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's still a good idea to work through the wizard yourself in case Georgia has some particular dispute with your country of citizenship and has made an exception in a different piece of legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* I just picked the first country I thought of which wasn't in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2017-06-03T08:50:19.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-04T05:48:30.423" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK CITIZENSHIP&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My parents and I are South African born. When I was 3 in 1961, my family left South Africa and my Dad took a civil service position in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He thereby obtained a British Overseas (Commonwealth) Passport and in 1967, we immigrated to the UK. The children were included on my mother’s South African passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst in the UK, I think 1968/69, he made application at the Home Office London for separate British Travel documents for me and my Mum as I was going to proceed on a school tour into Europe. Before this was received by me however he decided to return to Africa and I am told he then my Mum was issued a UK passport with a “Right of Abode” with me again included therein.&#xA;She still travels with a UK passport with no restrictions on residence.  My younger sister also travels on a UK passport as she was born after my dad received his Commonwealth one, but she does not have the “Right of Abode”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question I have is would I ever be able to find out if a decision was ever taken on my application and if one was, would it be enforceable now. I currently travel on a South African passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Visa anxious" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T00:37:46.843" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T00:37:46.843" Title="British Citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-04T09:27:04.367" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Im Indian and I had a &quot;refugee status&quot; in Brazil for 1 month.Now im in India.There is no marks in my passport other than Indian &amp;amp; Brazil immigration stamp.Will it be a problem if i apply for a Student Visa in Canada..??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.If yes, is there any solution..??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.If i apply for new passport and cancelling the present one,can it be helpful..?? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3.Is there any way to trace my travel history from cancelled passport number..??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*There is no criminal case against me in both countries till now.( India &amp;amp; Brazil)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help...!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11864" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T00:43:50.150" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:49:04.137" Title="Student Visa - Refugee" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11086" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-05T00:04:34.483" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently accepted a 2-year contract in Vancouver (British Columbia). However, I will be splitting my time between Canada and the US. I have a residence in PA, as well as a driver's license and vehicle. My new employer has secured a condo for me in Vancouver, and I've been told that I need to surrender my US driver's license within 90 days as part of that leasing agreement (I need to obtain a BC driver's license). I am a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not actually staying in Canada long enough for permanent residency, and I intend to return to the US full-time once the contract is over. What can I do to be able to work, live and drive in both locations? Anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Susan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11868" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-29T21:56:47.583" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T21:56:47.583" Title="Working and living in both the US and British Columbia (Canada)" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11087" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11088" CreationDate="2017-06-05T02:37:55.130" Score="3" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the USA when my parents were studying there, then when I was about 1 year old they returned to their country. I have visited the USA like 10 times in all my life. I've been married now for 15 years and I have a daughter 6 years old. We are planning to emigrate to the US, can I apply for DS-2029 (CRBA) for my daughter even though I don't have the 5 years requirement or should I apply for an I-130 for my husband and also for her. I'm currently not in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11869" LastEditorUserId="6155" LastEditDate="2017-06-06T10:37:25.717" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T10:37:25.717" Title="I was born in the US when my parents were studying there, lived there only 1 year after birth then my parents returned to their country" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11087" CreationDate="2017-06-05T03:00:38.090" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;CRBA is only for children who were already US citizens from birth. Your daughter was not a US citizen at birth, because you did not meet the conditions to pass US citizenship onto her. Therefore, CRBA is not applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your whole family is planning to immigrate to the US, the proper thing to do would be to petition (with I-130) your husband and your daughter to immigrate to the US (i.e. become US permanent residents). When they enter the US with their immigrant visas, they will automatically become US permanent residents, and your daughter will also at the same time automatically (without needing to do anything) become a US citizen, under INA 320, because she will be a permanent resident under 18 living in the US with a US citizen parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T03:00:38.090" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11089" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-06-05T09:53:04.157" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T09:53:04.157" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T09:53:04.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11090" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-06-05T09:53:04.157" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Georgia" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-06T10:37:28.567" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T10:37:28.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-05T13:14:36.307" Score="2" ViewCount="885" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Uk old style paper driving licence has expired due to being over 70, and I now permanently live in South Africe. Can I renew my UK driving licence and change it to a new photo style at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11871" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-07-03T15:54:05.167" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T15:54:05.167" Title="Renewing expired UK driving licence aged over 70 years and resident outside the UK" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11077" CreationDate="2017-06-05T21:48:52.043" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might affect, it might not, but you will not gain anything by waiting. You need to apply, disclose everything they ask (but do not volunteer anything). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have resources, consider hiring a good immigration lawyer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shusterman.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.shusterman.com/&lt;/a&gt; is top US immigration lawyer firm, and has huge amount of info on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you need to hurry. Every year they issue more DV visas, assuming that not all winner will apply, so they can run out of slots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T21:48:52.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10983" CreationDate="2017-06-06T07:30:40.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 'expediters' in MX who can assist you with registration of the car in other US states, including providing you with a mailing address in that state with notice forwarding to your address in MX. Ask around the expat community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11875" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T07:30:40.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T10:50:39.657" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;We'll be moving from the UK to Australia later this year, on a long-stay 457 visa which has been granted for 4 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My fiancée will be moving with me, and we'll be getting married at some point before the 4 years is up. (Likely back in the UK)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Duty-Free-concessions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Duty Free concessions page on border.gov.au&lt;/a&gt; I'm confused as to whether her ring would fall under the 'general goods' category. If so, it'd likely be well over the $900 personal limit, even if we combined our allowances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: Will we have to pay duty + taxes on it? If so, how much? I'm seeing conflicting information here online, and Google wasn't much help - all I could find was info on Australians travelling abroad to buy rings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Diamond ring with platinum band, bought this year &amp;lt; 12 months ago in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We paid around £3400 for it, and have the GIA certificates etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She'll be wearing it on her hand throughout the flight and immigration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We won't be selling it, and will be taking it back to the UK (or wherever we move onto next) in 4 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We'll be flying back once a year or so to visit friends and family&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11878" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:49:02.253" Title="Australian immigration long-stay 457 visa - do we need to pay tax on our engagement ring?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T11:49:43.420" Score="2" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new here and I need your help about EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Montenegrin citizen and my wife is both Serbian and Hungarian citizen, I have a brother who lives in UK and we want to move there. My brother wants to guarantee for us but he does not know how; he is married, has his own house, and him and his wife have good jobs. My brother should get citizenship UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know how to guarantee (example form) and if it can be guaranteed without a British passport, only with citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How important is the quadrature of the house and whether it should have a separate room for us?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Me and my wife are unemployed, we have some savings but it would therefore like to guarantee my brother for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11884" OwnerDisplayName="bato11" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T16:06:15.987" Title="I need help with EEA family permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11104" CreationDate="2017-06-06T13:18:45.010" Score="0" ViewCount="628" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm filing an i-130 for my spouse and daughter, I have completed the form however I'm not really sure what supporting documents do I have to file? Can they be copies of the originals? The documents are in Spanish, do they have to be translated by a certified official or they can be translated by anyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11869" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-06-06T16:04:00.080" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T16:19:52.570" Title="What documents do I have to include with my i-130 spouse and daughter petition, If I file from overseas?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T13:39:10.953" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need my husband passport if I'm applying to a Tier 2 General Dependent Visa for UK? My husband already got his Tier 2 and He have his GRP but his passport expired, Can I apply to the visa  only with his GRP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11880" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T03:41:12.337" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T09:23:37.750" Title="I need my husband passport if I'm applying to a Tier 2 General Dependent Visa for UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11099" CreationDate="2017-06-06T16:06:15.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your brother's circumstances are not relevant to your application.  He cannot help you with an EEA family permit, nor with immigration under the non-EEA route.  Your wife will be your sponsor for an EEA family permit, because she is Hungarian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration under the (non-EEA) immigration rules is not available because you are not your brother's spouse, partner, fiancé, child, or caregiver; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife can move to the UK and stay there for some time as a job seeker, but in fact she need not provide any justification for her presence in the UK for the first three months.  She has a right under EU law for you to accompany her, and this is the basis for your EEA family permit.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because your wife is not yet living in the UK, there is no need for you to answer any questions about employment, finances, or accommodations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To settle under the EEA regulations, your wife will need to find a job (there are other ways to qualify, but that is the most common), whereafter you can apply for a residence card.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are surely aware that the UK is in the process of leaving the EU.  This means that it is very likely that this legal framework will cease to apply, probably in 2019.  The options that would be available to you to remain in the UK at that point are uncertain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, even if your brother were an EEA national, it would be less secure for you to apply under his sponsorship because you would have to qualify as an &quot;extended family member,&quot; which is rather more difficult.  Also, if he becomes a British citizen, he will be unable to sponsor you under the EEA regulations because that route is not usually available to the family of British citizens; instead, they must apply under the immigration rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T16:06:15.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11100" CreationDate="2017-06-06T16:19:52.570" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everything should be a copy. If you send originals you will not get it back. Yes, you need to translate them if they are in a foreign language; anyone can translate it as long as they certify that they are fluent in English and the other language, and that the translation is an accurate translation of the original document (copies of both the original and translation attached). The necessary documents are described in the I-130 instructions, but here is a summary for your case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I-130 for your spouse:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;check for $535&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your US citizenship (you said in an earlier question that you were born in the US, in which case: a US birth certificate or a valid US passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Form I-130A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;two photographs of you and two photographs of your spouse (not sure about the photographs of your spouse as the instructions seem to imply that that is only necessary if they are in the US)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if either of you were previously married, evidence of termination of those marriages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;various evidence of bona fide marriage, including evidence of comingling of finances and assets like joint bank accounts, joint leases, insurance that cover both of you, putting each other as the beneficiary on various accounts; also birth certificates of children you had together; you can also show pictures of you guys together, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I-130 for your daughter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;check for $535&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your US citizenship (again, since you were born in the US: a US birth certificate or a valid US passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your daughter's birth certificate (since you are the mother)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Make sure you are using the 02/27/17 edition of the I-130 form (edition date is at the bottom of each page), because previous editions are not accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T16:19:52.570" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T19:44:26.957" Score="4" ViewCount="577" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am USA Citizen and a guy from Texas.  Simple minded in all my days in a complex profession.  would have preferred to be a Farmer!&#xA;I have traveled to many Countries over the years but primarily on vacation.  I worked in UK years back but all pay was handled within USA, my assignment was temp in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have alleged job offer from older company in UK.&#xA;I cannot find much on Maple Energy UK via Google as they are shown to have gone broke about 2015.  Now bankruptcy is common place in oil business these days.   The biggest companies are struggling many ways even.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course this company may be on the re-bound and I could be part of the come back along with other efforts of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This company has referred a Solicitor/Attorney to me to prepare Work VISA in UK.&#xA;This Solicitor has sent me some Immigration forms to fill out that has some info required typically one doesn't let out so easy such as my birth-date and info regarding my Parents.  They also want me to send them a Passport Pic for an ID accompanying the VISA request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whole deal seems a bit shady so what to worry about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11885" OwnerDisplayName="Chris Tolbert" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T01:09:52.040" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T01:17:13.327" Title="Job Offered in UK - is it legit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11110" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T22:28:31.000" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is on H4 VISA and is interested in doing ballon decoration for small birthday parties. Can she take such party decoration orders while on H 4 VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11886" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T00:42:46.620" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T13:49:52.507" Title="Can I take small party decoration orders on H4 VISA" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11186" CreationDate="2017-06-07T10:28:40.807" Score="5" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Germany on the 1st of July 2016 and started working immediately. &#xA;Recently I did Steuererklärung and today I got a mail from Finanzamt that I need to declare my income for the period of 0.1.01 - 30.06.2016. The problem is during that period I was living in Azerbaijan and working as a private business owner with a contract for some company and I was also a student. And I can't provide any official document regarding my income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas what should I do in this case ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I just send them a letter and say that I made x.xx money during that period ? Or what else ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11889" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T10:24:34.573" Title="German Tax Refund declaring foreign source income" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-08T13:46:33.740" Score="1" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm employed by a Dutch institution after having been granted a work (and residence) permit as a &quot;highly skilled migrant&quot; a couple of years ago. My contract will be up in several months. While it's possible I will want to move abroad, I might end up not wanting to do so, or wanting to do so only a while after my current contract is up. My residence permit - based on my employment - expires 2 days after my contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's my status, once that happens, if I do nothing? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long can I stay in the Netherlands with no further arrangements after my contract and residence permit expiration, without it being illegal/punishable?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I/can I get some kind of grace period to look for another employer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I need to do something to legally extend my stay, what can I do (other than through a new employer)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T10:14:04.220" Title="My employment contract as a highly skilled migrant ends; what now?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11115" CreationDate="2017-06-08T13:46:33.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what I know - which is also summarized by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/career/articles/losing-your-job-expat-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There seems to be an &lt;strong&gt;automatic 3-month grace period&lt;/strong&gt; for looking for another employer (assuming you weren't fired for inappropriate behavior etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is recommended to contact the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en?pk_campaign=header&amp;amp;pk_kwd=taal-selectie-en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND&lt;/a&gt; (Immigration and Naturalization Service) close to when the contract expires to claim eligibility for the new employment search period and state your intention to make use of it - even though it's supposed to be automatic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may be eligible to unemployment benefits - but you must apply for those with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uwv.nl/overuwv/english/index.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UWV&lt;/a&gt; (Employment Insurance Agency).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you find a new employer within the search period, you'll continue to benefit from the 30% tax break (but it's not clear to me whether you'll &quot;lose months&quot; due to the 3 months of unemployment or whether the 7-year period would be extended by the duration of your search).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do not find a job within the grace period you're in deep trouble, so look for more information (which I don't have) on what to do in this case; you may want to leave before that happens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some more (less-specific) information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/nl/visas-and-permits/When-your-residence-permit-expires-or-you-want-to-leave-the-Netherlands_108416.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Also note that the grace period seems to be a result of legislation changes from last year, so you should always make sure the information you're reading anywhere is up-to-date with legislative changes (including the advice here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T10:14:04.220" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T10:14:04.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-08T17:53:23.877" Score="1" ViewCount="948" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to my H-1B and wife's H-4 visa interview with my family to Vancouver, Canada. This is my third time here, and unfortunately got a 221(g) denial: The reason is my W-2 wage is $45000 more than my LCA wage. I am worried alot. Please let me know your views about my case in present situation and let me know where I can find more information about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa Officer took all my pay stubs, all my w2s, I 797 approval, DS 160 confirmation page, H-1B and H4 passports. He said my LCA wage is less than w2 and paystub amount and he wants to report that to labor department and see whether my employer is doing labor violation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11901" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T03:07:23.123" Title="USA - H1B visa stamping...221(g) in Vancouver with family.. LCA wage less than W-2 wage by $45K" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-08T20:05:15.567" Score="1" ViewCount="282" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am completing the file paperwork for my husband and daugther, but my passport is expired. I went to the embassy and paid the renewal fee, but it will take a month to receive the new passport. Do you think I can proceed with the I-130 filing with my passport expired?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no words to Thank you for all your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11869" LastActivityDate="2017-06-09T01:57:37.770" Title="Can I file and I-130 if my passport is expired?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11119" CreationDate="2017-06-09T01:57:37.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, a valid passport is not mandatory. You just need to provide one of the many forms of proof of US citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US birth certificate showing birth in the US (if born in the US)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificate of Naturalization, Certificate of Citizenship, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad (if born outside the US)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;valid unexpired US passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a valid unexpired US passport, you can use one of the other forms of proof of citizenship that is applicable to you. In another question you said you were born in the US, so you can just provide a copy of your birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-06-09T01:57:37.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10306" CreationDate="2017-06-09T13:52:10.847" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, the working time is limited by laws, in this case the general &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbzg/BJNR117100994.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;ArbZG&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§ 3 Arbeitszeit der Arbeitnehmer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Die werktägliche Arbeitszeit der Arbeitnehmer darf acht Stunden nicht überschreiten. Sie kann auf bis zu zehn Stunden nur verlängert werden, wenn [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation: the employee is not allowed to work more than 8 hours on a working day. [Exceptions apply].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§ 4 Ruhepausen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Die Arbeit ist durch im voraus feststehende Ruhepausen von mindestens 30 Minuten bei einer Arbeitszeit von mehr als sechs bis zu neun Stunden und 45 Minuten bei einer Arbeitszeit von mehr als neun Stunden insgesamt zu unterbrechen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your shifts have to have pre-scheduled breaks of at least 30 minutes if you are working 6-9 hours or 45 minutes when working more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So most Germans work 40h weeks (5 weekdays with 8 hours of work and 30 minutes of lunch break each day).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not allowed to skip the break. You cannot say &amp;quot;well, I come in at 8, work 8 hours and leave at 16:00, taking my break from 16:00 to 16:30 on my way home&amp;quot;. That is illegal. Your employer can get in hot water if he &lt;em&gt;allows&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somebody being at work for less than 8.5 hours is either having a different contract (maybe only 35h weeks) or maybe having worked overtime before and is catching up on time-off to actually reach his 40h per week, or is defrauding his employer, or is breaking the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, is lunch included in an 8 hour shift?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;. A lunch break is mandatory (30 minutes minimum in an 8 hour day) but unpaid. If you come in at 8:00 and have to work 8 hours, 16:30 is the earliest you can leave. If your lunch takes one hour, that obviously means 08:00 to 17:00.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-06-09T13:57:57.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-09T21:44:01.197" Score="3" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would someone, who initially entered the US with b2 visa and then changed to f1 visa, be eligible for revalidation of visa or to reenter the US if traveled to adjacent islands for less than 30 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11905" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-06-11T03:09:15.153" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T03:09:15.153" Title="B2 to F1 visa changed in the US eligibility for revalidation entry the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-10T09:06:49.297" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bob is a US citizen married to Lily a non-US resident.  They live together in Europe with their US citizen daughter (born abroad).   If Bob was to pass away, would his wife Lily be eligible to live in the US with their minor daughter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11906" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-06-11T03:09:23.310" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T03:09:23.310" Title="Death of a US citizen father of a US citizen child with a non-citizen wife" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11123" CreationDate="2017-06-10T10:00:09.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. He would have to sponsor her green card before passing away. He can do this now even if they are not currently residing in the U.S. Otherwise she will not have any special entitlement to reside in the U.S. with their daughter until the daughter is able to sponsor the parent upon reaching the age of 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-06-10T10:00:09.060" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-10T23:44:40.600" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen who moved to the Republic of Ireland and trying to bring my mother to Ireland to live with me who is a Pakistani national. I applied for my mother's visa on her behalf on the 21st February and now it has been nearly 4 months and I still have not recieved any response of the decision which I check it every Tuesday online:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Visa%20Decisions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Visa%20Decisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did contact the visamail@justice.ie and they simply responded with similar to what is already written on their website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application referred to is currently awaiting examination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the large volume of applications of this type, the visa office is&#xA;currently experiencing some delays in the processing of applications.&#xA;While every effort is made to process these applications as soon as&#xA;possible, processing times will vary, having regard to the volume of&#xA;applications, their complexity, the possible need for the visa office to&#xA;seek further information in relation to certain applications, and the&#xA;resources available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if that long wait is actually normal and if so, what is the maximum time wait that can be expected? My mother and I are both separated since nearly 4 months now and she is all alone at a old peoples care home and I really miss her and need her to be with me in Ireland instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stupid question but is there anything else I can do to speed up the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11030" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-06-10T23:44:40.600" Title="Visa response for Non-EEA family member of an EEA citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11123" CreationDate="2017-06-11T03:02:29.453" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Bob were to pass away, Lily can self-petition to immigrate to the US as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family/green-card-through-special-categories-family/widower&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;widow(er)&lt;/a&gt; of a US citizen within 2 years of Bob's death. (If Bob had filed a petition for Lily before his death, but she had not immigrated yet, it would automatically convert to a widow(er) petition; if no petition had been filed yet, then she has to file a new petition within 2 years of his death.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she misses the 2 years, then she can no longer has any path to immigrate to the US through Bob; she could see if her daughter will petition her when the daughter turns 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T03:02:29.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11122" CreationDate="2017-06-11T03:09:07.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, someone who did Change of Status in the US can use automatic revalidation to re-enter the US in the new status if they meet the conditions of automatic revalidation. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/auto_reva_3.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt; from the CBP:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The validity of an expired nonimmigrant visa may be considered to be&#xA;  automatically extended to the date of application for readmission at&#xA;  ports of entry. &lt;strong&gt;This includes cases where U.S. Citizenship and&#xA;  Immigration Services has changed the nonimmigrant classifications of&#xA;  an alien to another nonimmigrant classification.&lt;/strong&gt; The validity of an&#xA;  expired or unexpired nonimmigrant visa may be considered to be&#xA;  automatically extended to the date of readmission &lt;strong&gt;and the visa may&#xA;  be converted as necessary to that changed classification&lt;/strong&gt;. [22.C.F.R.&#xA;  41.112(d)]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added by me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T03:09:07.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-11T09:42:17.060" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/hungary/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Income taxes abroad – Hungary&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Living in Hungary? You must pay tax on your worldwide income there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your employer deducts income tax and social contributions from your wages, daily allowances or other remuneration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a Canadian-Hungarian dual citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am employed by a Canadian company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I work remotely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have officially closed down all my affairs in Hungary a decade ago, I do not have a proof of address card, I have done a final income tax report, I do not have health insurance -- the whole nine yards. The only official link left is my passport (and birth certificate).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Due to some real interesting twists of fate despite the above I now own a house in Hungary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might or might not spend more than 183 days next year in Hungary, I honestly have no idea of how things will go and I am wondering: how would they know? Given Schengen, it's awfully hard to keep track of who goes where. Also, how would my Canadian employer work ... Hungarian taxes? &#xA;That does not sound reasonable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2017-06-11T09:47:21.890" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T09:47:21.890" Title="CA-HU dual citizen tax residency rules" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-11T10:48:28.013" Score="1" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question I've been searching to find the answer to. My grandma fled France due to WW2 with her mom. She was from Strasbourg, but never gained citizenship in the US. I was born in the US and so was my mother, but she isn't wanting to gain citizenship in France. I am moving to France this year, but need to know if I have any way to gain citizenship through my grandma? Any advice or places to look would help! &#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11909" LastActivityDate="2017-06-11T10:48:28.013" Title="French Citizenship through Grandma" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T08:56:46.440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-11T15:47:47.047" Score="5" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last year I applied for my immigrant visa because I am married to an American. I was denied at the embassy during the interview because I stated that I stayed over 180 days on my previous visa which I had as a kid to follow my parents for their work. I was suppose to leave in 2005, but stayed until 2007. Therefore during my interview they told me I had a 10 year ban and had to wait to reapply. Now I am about four months from completing my 10 year ban and would like to reapply again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to the actual question : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the past 10 years, I have been in and out of the US as a tourist going via ESTA, and everything went well with customs. Now that I want to reapply for my immigrant visa, do you think they can hold it against me since I have been back to the US during my 10 year ban? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11912" OwnerDisplayName="Paul " LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T01:27:25.623" Title="Barred from the US for 10 years for unlawful presence, but have been traveling in and out of the country via the ESTA waiver program" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11131" CreationDate="2017-06-11T16:27:59.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need an immigration lawyer ASAP. You &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; have a permanent bar to entering the USA. For you own benefit ignore any answer that seeks to downplay the seriousness of your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-17138/0-0-0-18383.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aliens Unlawfully Present after Previous Immigration Violations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;B) Section 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Act - The Permanent Bar &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This provision renders an individual inadmissible, if he or she has&#xA;  been unlawfully present in the United States for an aggregate period&#xA;  of more than one (1) year, and who enters or attempts to reenter the&#xA;  United States without being admitted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An alien, who is inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the&#xA;  Act is &lt;strong&gt;permanently inadmissible&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case your attorney could argue your subsequent visits under ESTA were &lt;strong&gt;with inspection&lt;/strong&gt; and hence you do not have a permanent bar. The problem is that even then they may start tolling the ten year bar for you starting from your last entry, not when you left in 2007.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also ESTA requires you to answer some questions, including have you been previously removed from the USA. If you answered no, that would be fraud and thus that also brings its own bar for fraud/willful misrepresentation.which is also &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume8-PartJ-Chapter2.html#S-A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overview of Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;​The ​person​ will be barred ​from ​admission &lt;strong&gt;for the rest of his or&#xA;  her life​&lt;/strong&gt; unless​ ​the person ​qualifies for and is granted a waiver&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are waivers for that however they are hard to qualify for. See a qualified immigration attorney &lt;strong&gt;ASAP&lt;/strong&gt;. What I fear might happen is that last year when you went and were refused based on the 10 year bar, the consular officer was simply &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kick_the_can_down_the_road&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;kicking the can down the road&lt;/a&gt; regarding your unlawful entries on ESTA and that when that ten year bar &lt;strong&gt;supposedly&lt;/strong&gt; runs out and you apply again, you will then get hammered for those entries and they will go into the detailed law for consequences of those entries. They probably didn't want to deal with that complexity now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REFERENCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally know a person who in 2008 entered the USA unknowingly on an &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/visa-expiration-date.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;automatically voided visa&lt;/a&gt; because they had overstayed by a couple days on a previous visit. Now this person did not even have a bar like in your case, however they got into a world of hurt subsequently with USCIS. Your case is akin to entering on an automatically voided visa PLUS having an existing and in force bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastEditorUserId="11148" LastEditDate="2017-06-12T17:52:44.343" LastActivityDate="2017-06-12T17:52:44.343" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-11T16:49:22.777" Score="2" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Canadian citizenship and my wife is a Chinese citizen on a study permit, studying in a college. I am looking to apply for inland sponsorship for her. At the same time, because of our financial situation, we were considering if it could be possible for her to stop studying for a while until (hopefully) she becomes a permanent resident, so that we don't have to pay the high international student tuition fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question I have is, how to maintain her legal status in Canada if we submit a sponsorship application in the next couple of months and if she doesn't return to school in September? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My assumptions so far (from my very limited knowledge of the law) are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She might get &quot;implied status&quot; after I submit the sponsorship application package, but the implied status would still have the conditions of her original study permit (i.e. she needs to study at a DLI). Therefore, she would be in violation of her study permit conditions if she doesn't show up to school, even despite that there is a PR application in progress for her at the IRCC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She might not even get implied status right away, until I am approved as a sponsor, because until that time, neither her PR application, nor her application for an open work permit (&quot;change conditions of stay ... as a Worker&quot;) are even considered&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She must have a valid immigration status, as the CBSA will deport her even despite her having a PR application in progress (i.e. it is allowed to submit a PR application as part of a sponsorship even without a status, but it is still not allowed to stay... and as soon as she leaves the country and not allowed back, the inland sponsorship is refused automatically)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there is an application to &quot;change conditions of stay as a Visitor&quot; (IMM 5708). I was wondering if this is something anyone ever had to do, or if it sounds too unusual and likely to fail. Also, do any of my assumptions look incorrect, in your opinion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11910" LastActivityDate="2017-06-12T16:07:31.230" Title="Canadian &quot;inland&quot; spousal sponsorship and conditions of stay with a study permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11131" CreationDate="2017-06-11T16:50:47.540" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, there are no problems unless you lied on a form or to an officer during those subsequent visits. You should try to check the exact questions you were asked on your ESTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you were &quot;inadmissible&quot; during those subsequent visits so you shouldn't have been admitted. But you were nevertheless admitted, for whatever reason (whether by mistake or their systems didn't catch it or whatever). The reason doesn't matter. There is no ban for being admitted while inadmissible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your 10-year INA 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) ban continues to run regardless of whether you are in the US or outside the US. INA 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) says that if you accrue 1 year of &quot;unlawful presence&quot; and then depart the US, you are inadmissible for admission within 10 years of that departure. After those 10 years, you are no longer inadmissible under that particular ban, no matter where you were during those 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lifetime INA 212(a)(9)(C) ban is not relevant to you, because you have never entered, or tried to enter, the US without being admitted. As long as you presented yourself to an immigration officer and they let you in, you were admitted. Even if you had no visa or ESTA or any other documents that allows you to enter the US, if the officer let you in, you are considered to have been admitted. You would have to be doing something like jumping over the border fence, or hiding in the trunk, or something like that where an officer does not see you, to enter without being admitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-06-14T01:27:25.623" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T01:27:25.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-11T18:33:18.860" Score="3" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying for a nonimmigrant F-1 student visa and I'm currently filling out my DS-160 form. My parents plan to travel with me on tourist visas. They do not have a US visa at this point however, and will need to apply for tourist visas soon. My parents have booked tickets, both for arrival and for their return. We'll be going together and they'll be returning back to my home country after some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a doubt regarding the question which asks me to state if there are other persons traveling with me. I have typed out a 'yes' since my family members will accompany me and they will return back after some time. But they do not have visas yet, and I was wondering if it is a necessity for them to take their visa interviews along with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already booked my OFC and consular appointments. My parents have not started their applications for tourist visas as yet. I am aware that a family planning to go to the US together can book a family appointment together, but since I'm not too sure as to when my parents will find it suitable to take their appointments, I would not like to book a family appointment. More importantly, I do not think that they would now get the same visa dates that I now have. Would my situation be fine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11911" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:06:16.243" Title="Family members traveling with me: DS-160 query" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11133" CreationDate="2017-06-12T13:04:18.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you want to do is something called &lt;strong&gt;Inland Spousal/Common-Law Partner Sponsorship: Open Work Permit Pilot Program&lt;/strong&gt;. This is what they used to call it earlier. I don't know what the current term is as of now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1163&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, you can apply for an open work permit. To do so, you/your spouse has to apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/extend-worker.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application to Change Conditions or Extend Your Stay in Canada as a Worker&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first step to do here would be to determine your eligibility, to know if you can apply for sponsoring your partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once that is done, you can sponsor your partner and apply for a work permit at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do so, you must do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have not submitted your sponsorship application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Put the sponsorship, permanent residence and open work permit applications into one envelope. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You must also include: all supporting documents for all applications, and proof of payment, for all applications. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Send the&#xA;  envelope to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/canada/mississauga.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M),&#xA;  Ontario.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more information and requirements at this unofficial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadavisa.com/inland-spousal-common-law-sponsorship-open-work-permit-pilot-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; (no affiliation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-06-12T16:07:31.230" LastActivityDate="2017-06-12T16:07:31.230" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11138" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-12T15:51:38.163" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before anything I'd like to thank all the help you have provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm about to file the i-130 for my husband and this is the supporting evidence we are sending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;birth certificate of our firstborn who passed away 3 days after&#xA;birth (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;death certificate of our firstborn (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;birth certificate of our daughter (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;power of attorney my husband registered on my name to do various&#xA;legal paperwork (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;marriage certificate (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fiscal registry of the first apartment we bought (translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;registration of a company we started 12 years ago, still active&#xA;(translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 vehicle registration on my name with my married last name&#xA;(translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;43 photos of most of our 13 years together.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We never used joint accounts, as my husband always pays the biggest bills and I pay the groceries and smaller bills.&#xA;Do you suggest that we include the 3 affidavit letters? Do you suggest that I include anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you guys for your help, may god bless you all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11869" LastEditorUserId="11470" LastEditDate="2017-06-16T17:00:04.297" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T17:00:04.297" Title="Supporting evidence i-130" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:19:25.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T13:51:23.320" Score="2" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was issued a new driving license in Turkey. Could I use my new Turkish Driver's License to rent a car in Portugal from Avis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11920" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T02:35:57.130" Title="Turkish New Driver's License" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T21:18:10.960" Score="1" ViewCount="428" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m going to be moving to Japan from Germany soon. The PC I use most is a desktop; its PSU is specified at 220–240 V input as is the European standard. Japan uses 100 V mains power as we all know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that the lower voltage will mean that I will not be able to use my PC’s current PSU in Japan out of the box. What options do I have to make it work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I heavily use the PC and sometimes leave it churning through data overnight. Thus, any suggestion should be applicable for excessive usage, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T03:46:11.130" Title="What options do I have to use my European desktop PC in Japan?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9752" CreationDate="2017-06-13T22:37:21.450" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether or not you yourself have to pay the &lt;em&gt;Rundfunkbeitrag&lt;/em&gt; (broadcasting contribution) depends on whether or not the &lt;em&gt;Beitragsservice&lt;/em&gt; (formerly &lt;em&gt;GEZ)&lt;/em&gt; considers your place of residence to be its own flat or not. For the purpose of this answer, I am assuming that your landlord is law-abiding and pays the &lt;em&gt;Rundfunkbeitrag&lt;/em&gt; for the flat he is inhabiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main page of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/buergerinnen_und_buerger/informationen/index_ger.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rundfunkbeitrag.de&lt;/a&gt; gives a first hint in a slightly hidden manner: one occurance of &lt;em&gt;Wohnung&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;(flat&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;place of residence)&lt;/em&gt; is highlighted as a link and clicking on it reveals the following pop-up text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eine Wohnung ist eine ortsfeste, baulich abgeschlossene Einheit, die zum Wohnen oder Schlafen geeignet ist oder genutzt wird, einen eigenen Eingang hat und nicht ausschließlich über eine andere Wohnung begehbar ist. Beitragsfrei sind Zimmer oder Wohnungen in Gemeinschaftsunterkünften wie Internaten oder Kasernen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Loosely translated (I am not good at legalese):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A place of residence is a nonportable structually separated entity that can be used or is being used for living or sleeping, has its own entrance and can be entered by means other than exclusively via a different flat. Single rooms or flats in common housing such as boarding schools or barracks.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking further reveals an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/e175/e1584/Informationen_fuer_Studierende_englisch.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English language PDF with information written explicitly for students&lt;/a&gt; but whose contents are also applicable to the general public as the only ‘special’ thing about students is that they may not have to pay if they receive the government-funded student aid &lt;em&gt;BAFöG:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;I live in a student hall of residence. What do I need to do?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The licence fee of € 17.50* per month is payable for rooms in student halls of residence that are accessed via a public corridor. Single Rooms count as a residence - regardless of whether they have their own bathroom or kitchen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you live in a room of a shared flat in a student hall of residence, only one person per shared flat needs to pay the licence fee. However, this is only the case if the shared flat is separated from a public corridor or starwell by a door and only those living in the flat have a key for the door.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Condensing this all into a final answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Say you have a single room or a single room with your own hallway and bathroom in one corner of your landlord’s flat. You can lock the door to your room(s) with a key only you should have. However, unless you climb through the window there is no way of getting in or out without traversing the flat of your landlord — whether it be the hallway only or whether you have to go through the living room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; count as a &lt;em&gt;Wohnung,&lt;/em&gt; you do not have to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Say we are talking about a house with a front door and two doors leading away from the general hallway. One leads to your rooms, the other to the landlord’s rooms. While only the two parties have a key to the front door you can typically get in and out without them noticing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may get lucky but expect to have to pay for this as it &lt;strong&gt;would&lt;/strong&gt; count as a &lt;em&gt;Wohnung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you will have to pay &lt;strong&gt;independently&lt;/strong&gt; of whether your rooms have their own bathroom or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the situation is as described in the first bullet point, you will need to ask your landlord for their &lt;em&gt;Beitragsnummer&lt;/em&gt; (contribution number) and enter that into the field as requested. This number serves as confirmation that your landlord does indeed pay the contribution as is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T22:37:21.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9741" CreationDate="2017-06-13T22:52:37.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first sentence of the letter you received says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We [hereby] confirm […] that the rental contract will terminate on 31st January 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your contract will end at the &lt;em&gt;end&lt;/em&gt; of January and since rents are typically paid in advance in Germany, you will have to pay your rent for January, too. Depending on the exact modalities this will typically be some shortly after New Year’s.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your second quotation is slightly more extensive. Here is an approximate translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We hereby notify you that calculating the additional costs will always occur towards the end of the year following the year they are being calculated for. This is due to the timeframe after which we receive the heating invoices. Therefore, we kindly ask for your patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; mean you have to pay &lt;em&gt;Nebenkosten&lt;/em&gt; for the entire year 2017. That would indeed be illegal. However, you are a tenant of the flat for the month of January 2017 and you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; have to pay these fees (heating, water, potentially cable TV, etc. etc.) for that month of January. As always, they will collect the money (or require you to wire it) corresponding to one month of rent plus a flat advance fee on the additionals. As in any year, you will receive a full breakdown of the additional fees, how much you have to pay, how much the flat fee covered and how much is missing or too much. Since heating factors into these fees and since they do not receive the breakdown for heating of 2017 until well into 2018, they cannot provide you with any breakdown until late 2018. They are asking for your patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T22:52:37.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9408" CreationDate="2017-06-13T23:03:59.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It’s been a while (five years, to be exact) since I last applied for a flat. However, in my limited experience it is not &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; who provides the Schufa exerpt. Rather, you sign a slip giving the landlord permission to perform a Schufa lookup. The landlord then requests the details, submitting why he needs them, Schufa checks if they have a file on you and if so forwards only the information the landlord needs to know in a rather basic form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also check your own Schufa record. This requires filling out a form from the respective site, printing it, adding a return envelope with your address and sufficient stamps (iirc) and then sending it by mail. They will send you a much more detailed breakdown of their data on you, including who requested a lookup when. Under no circumstances should this extensive data be forwarded to the landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T23:03:59.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9370" CreationDate="2017-06-13T23:13:46.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no provision in Germany that a renting contract must cover a certain length. It is entirely possile to agree on a contract for one month or even less. (However, it may be impractical for both parties for a number of reasons.) This is based on freedom of contracts: unless there is another law specifying exceptions you are free to agree on contracts of any terms with any person (and you are free to refuse any contract).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, it seems the landlord wants to rent out the flat for at least three years. They are entirely entitled to do so — as the comments stated, minimum length contracts are legal if the minimum length does not exceed four years. It is their flat and within the legal boundaries they can rent it out as they please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is typically indeed a &lt;em&gt;minimal&lt;/em&gt; length contract — not to be confused with a fixed-length contract. At the end of the three years the contract automatically extends indefinitely. However, you can terminate it at three month’s notice. This is unless the contract &lt;strong&gt;explicitly&lt;/strong&gt; states that after three years the flat has to be returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be tough finding flats in Germany but unfortunately that’s the way it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T23:13:46.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9211" CreationDate="2017-06-13T23:21:17.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, there is no really easy way out. Most appartments offered on these sites are only offered &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the previous tenant has declared they are terminating the contract. So if they terminate three months ahead, the landlord will probably need two weeks to a month to get the administrative stuff going and then wants to take pictures of the flat for the offer. In the best case, this means that a flat can be offered something like ten weeks before it is available — in practice, it will be much later though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, fret not. It is entirely worth the trouble of asking. Be upfront about it, explain your situation. Worst that can happen is that they say ‘no’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And keep checking the sites as new offers will come in all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T23:21:17.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8779" CreationDate="2017-06-13T23:35:55.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have registered a place of residence, yes. This is covered in § 17(1) of the &lt;em&gt;Bundesmeldegesetz&lt;/em&gt; (federal law on registration):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) Wer eine Wohnung bezieht, hat sich innerhalb von zwei Wochen nach dem Einzug bei der Meldebehörde anzumelden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) A person who moves into a flat is required to register with the registration authority within two weeks after moving in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exceptions to this rule are people under the age of 16 and foreign diplomats. §54 of the same law states that you can be fined up to €1000 if you fail to fulfill the requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true, however, that occasionally even Germans ‘forget’ that they have to register. Some might even unregister even though they still live in Germany. In most cases, they will not be found and thus not fined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a bit hard to say whether or not it will make a difference if you decide to do a PhD in Germany. If you happen to draw a lucky card and get a very zealous civil servant, they may dig it up and give you a thorough questioning; they may even decide to fine you (I cannot tell you the limitation period). However, I would expect them to not care in most of the cases. They gain nothing from it since you would have also unregistered in the time being.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T23:35:55.300" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11140" CreationDate="2017-06-14T02:35:57.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My suspicions would be, Yes.  I tried to find the answers on-line but did not find it.  So I suggest you call them.  They have phone numbers in Turkey and in Portugal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avis.com/car-rental/content/display.ac?navId=T5M13S04&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T02:35:57.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11150" CreationDate="2017-06-14T09:01:25.367" Score="0" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen with a home in the States. Is it possible for me to get a &quot;green card&quot; in Germany so I can stay for an extended time, maybe even buy a home there as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it isn't possible for me to obtain a German citizenship and still keep my US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11924" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T10:13:20.610" Title="Is it possible to be a resident of two countries?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11149" CreationDate="2017-06-14T10:13:20.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Different countries have different notions of residence, sometimes even several of them for a single country. For example, one country might decide you are a resident for tax purposes because you own a home and draw most of your income from that country but do not qualify for naturalisation or some benefits like free tuition for your kids because you are not physically present in the country most of the time. That means that depending on the definitions, it could be possible to be a resident in two countries for some or most purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, residence permits for foreign nationals very often have physical presence requirements that make it difficult to retain them while spending significant time in another country. Case in point, you can lose the permanent right to reside in Germany (&lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;) if you are out of the country for six months. So keeping a home in the US is okay, going there for a couple of month two or three times a year too, more than that and you would have to restart the permanent residence process from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I glossed over some details and just took the &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; as an example, I don't know that you would qualify for that in your situation, at least not immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T10:13:20.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T18:47:37.700" Score="4" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed my 2-year UK Working Holiday visa by approximately 2 years. I left the country voluntarily with no ban. That was 10 years ago, in 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I want to apply for an Ancestary visa (I'm third generation). Are there going to be complications because of the previous overstay? I have a new passport and my surname has been changed. I am male and from South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user62524" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T08:04:12.357" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T15:54:27.940" Title="Can I get an Ancestry visa after a previous overstay?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T16:30:01.210" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, I submitted my application form to the Centre and, today, I realised I did not sign the declaration page. I did sign the e-signature and had my fingerprints scanned. Would this cause a refusal to my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jo Lee" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T08:19:45.913" Title="Missing signature on UK Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T22:03:55.880" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen who came to the U.S. on an F-1 visa to do my masters degree. I am now in OPT (Optional Practical Training) status and looking for a job. Can I go to the Dominican Republic for a trip?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="sumanth" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T12:30:07.480" Title="Can an OPT student go to the Dominican Republic?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11153" CreationDate="2017-06-13T23:25:24.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&amp;amp;VISA=on&amp;amp;PASSTYPES=PASS&amp;amp;NA=IN&amp;amp;DE=PUJ&amp;amp;DE=00&amp;amp;DE=00&amp;amp;DE=00&amp;amp;DE=00&amp;amp;AR=00&amp;amp;TR=00&amp;amp;TR=00&amp;amp;TR=00&amp;amp;TR=00&amp;amp;TR=00&amp;amp;user=FLIGHTWORX&amp;amp;subuser=FLIGHTWORX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to Timatic&lt;/a&gt;, the database used by airlines with visa requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa required, except for Passengers with a valid visa issued&#xA;  by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Romania, USA, United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State traveling as tourists for a maximum stay of 90 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa exempt visitors traveling as tourists must buy a&#xA;    Tourist Card on arrival. Fee: USD 10.- for 30 days.&#xA;    Extensions possible for addition fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Warning:&#xA;  - Visitors not holding return/onward tickets could be refused&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://drembassyusa.org/consular-f-a-q/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The website of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic&lt;/a&gt; confirms that a visa is not required if you &quot;can legally travel or reside in the United States.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this likely won't work if your US student visa has expired. You'll need your Indian passport, a round-trip or onward ticket out of the Dominican Republic, and will have to purchase a tourist card for $10, either at the airport when you arrive or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dgii.gov.do/Tturistaweb/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;. This will allow you to stay up to 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the above is specific to entering the Dominican Republic. Returning to the US is complicated, and it's extremely important to ensure you get it right. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/training/f-1/travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some relevant advice from UC Berkeley&lt;/a&gt; (starting with a recommendation you minimize unnecessary international travel). Since you're unemployed, it is very important to note that there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/training/f-1/unemployment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;limits&lt;/a&gt; on how long you can stay in status without a job under OPT, and the linked advice specifically recommends you carry proof of employment, which you don't have. In addition, the time you spend out of the US will count as part of your allowed days of unemployment under OPT.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, there are some fairly significant issues here, and while you can go to the Dominican Republic, it is important to ensure you can come back to the US too. I'd give serious consideration to, at least, waiting until you have a job. Consult the international students' office at your university for any relevant information they may have to offer, and consider the potential risks of this trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9329" OwnerDisplayName="Zach Lipton" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T08:52:41.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11155" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11157" CreationDate="2017-06-14T14:26:50.680" Score="3" ViewCount="422" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking this community to help me find a written source because various advisors from the Swedish Migration Agency have contradicted each other in their statements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Norwegian citizen. My wife is a Russian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to settle in Sweden for work. I want my wife to settle with me there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is currently in the Schengen area on a type C visa, so she can come with me to Sweden. But her visa expires on the 23rd of July.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I live and work in Sweden, she is entitled to stay with me under EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the Swedish Migration Agency have informed me that if we apply for such residency for her, the processing time can be up to ten months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various advisors from the Swedish Migration Agency have told me contradictory things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most commonly I have heard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A:&lt;/strong&gt; She is allowed to stay legally in Sweden while we wait for her application to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, today someone from the Swedish Migration Agency told me that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B:&lt;/strong&gt; She has to leave Sweden while her application is processing and can only return once it is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I have is these oral (contradictory) statements from various advisors at the Swedish Migration Agency. I need a written source stating clearly whether it is A or B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is what I am asking for in this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:09:11.990" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:09:11.990" Title="Can one stay in Sweden while an application for residency under EU freedom of movement law is processing?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21602" CreationDate="2017-06-14T18:16:35.813" Score="4" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m about to move to Japan from central Europe. I am a retro-console (speed) gamer and have fitted most of my consoles with the required Scart cables for them to output an RGB signal. For speed purposes, I prefer playing on CRTs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering CRTs are dated, I will probably be able to find lots to buy second-hand at a low price. What concerns me is that Japan is known to have its own JP-21 RGB standard which uses the same connector as Euroscart but a different pinout. Do CRTs exist in Japan which are capable of accepting Scart input and if so, how common are they? Or should I rather attempt to find a Scart to JP-21 converter because all TVs with that socket assume a JP-21 signal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T13:29:01.847" Title="How frequent are Scart-compatible CRT TVs in Japan?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11155" CreationDate="2017-06-14T19:51:27.960" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu&lt;/a&gt; it says;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During their &lt;strong&gt;first 3 months&lt;/strong&gt; in your host country, your family&#xA;  members who are not EU nationals &lt;strong&gt;cannot be required to apply for a&#xA;  residence card&lt;/strong&gt; confirming their right to live there - although in&#xA;  some countries they may have to report their presence upon arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 3 months in your host country, &lt;strong&gt;your non-EU family members must&#xA;  register&lt;/strong&gt; their residence with the relevant authorities (often the&#xA;  town hall or local police station). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To obtain a residence card, they will need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a valid passport&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your registration certificate as an EU national or any other proof of your residence in the country&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;proof of the family relationship with you (such as a marriage or birth certificate).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;for (grand)children, proof they are under 21 or dependent on you for (grand)parents, proof that they are dependent on you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;for other family members, proof that they are dependent on you or there are serious health ground requiring you to take personal care of&#xA;  them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;for unmarried partners, proof of a long-term or durable relationship with you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No other documents may be requested&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The authorities should make their decision to issue a residence card&#xA;  or not within 6 months. If they do not do so, you can call on&#xA;  our &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/eu-rights/enquiry-complaint-form/home?languageCode=en&amp;amp;origin=yec_living-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;assistance services&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;In any case, your non-EU family&#xA;  members cannot be expelled if their visa expired while their&#xA;  application is being processed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If their application is rejected, the authorities must give them the&#xA;  decision in writing, stating the grounds for the decision and its&#xA;  implications, and specifying how your relatives/partner can appeal and&#xA;  by when.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If their application is accepted, the residence card will often be&#xA;  issued free of charge. If fees are charged, they may not be more than&#xA;  those charged to nationals for similar documents, such as identity&#xA;  cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The document should clearly state that it is the residence card of an&#xA;  EU national family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The residence card should be valid for 5 years (or for your planned&#xA;  length of stay, if shorter). Any change of address may need to be&#xA;  reported to the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your family members may use their residence card to travel to another&#xA;  EU country but if they want to move to another EU country, they have&#xA;  to apply for another residence card in the new host country. And as&#xA;  long as they&lt;br&gt;&#xA;   - &lt;em&gt;your or your partner's unmarried children under 21 years of age&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;your or your partner's children over 21 years of age if they are dependent on you for financial support.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;your or your partner's parents who are financially dependent on you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you see your wife has the right to apply the residence card within Sweden without the need to leave the country!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="6685" LastEditDate="2017-06-23T21:53:50.980" LastActivityDate="2017-06-23T21:53:50.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T12:29:59.113" Score="1" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I accepted a job offer for position of front-end developer from a Berlin-based company and went to apply for a qualified-specialist visa. As per procedure, I sent my diploma to ZAB, ... and was turned down. ZAB believes that my Canadian diploma with study hours equivalent of a 3-year program does not amount to higher education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only chance to get visa is to apply for a general-employment visa for the whitelisted occupation &lt;em&gt;programmer.&lt;/em&gt; So far, I have not seen anybody who managed to get a general-employment visa in that occupation. Is there any info online that covers getting visa through this route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11928" LastEditorUserId="2043" LastEditDate="2017-06-16T09:36:56.510" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T14:54:56.847" Title="How to get a general-employment visa for Germany as a programmer?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T15:19:02.583" Score="6" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Nijmegen on 23.03.1943.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My mother before her marriage was Dutch and was born in Meppel.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;She married my father who had Belgian nationality at the time of their marriage and of my birth, so I acquired Belgian nationality involuntarily.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Both parents late in life became Dutch citizens in while living in South Africa where I still live and still have my Belgian nationality.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I would like to acquire Dutch citizenship as this is where I was born and I speak the language fluently.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it possible for me to obtain my Dutch nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11929" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T18:50:30.097" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T18:50:30.097" Title="Dutch-born, Belgian nationality, living in South Africa, can I get Dutch citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T17:53:05.573" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ukrainian citizen, studying in Poland on a D-type visa that expires in September 2017. As well I am holding a residence permit in Poland that expires in August 2018. I was qualified for Erasmus exchange programme to study in the UK from September 2018 to December 2018. I was wondering if I could apply for short-term study Visa from Poland itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11930" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T08:56:30.047" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T08:56:30.047" Title="Applying for UK short-term study visa from another country of origin" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-16T07:54:04.167" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a Chinese driving license that I got at the time I was living in China with a residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The driving license is about to expire but at present I hold a Q2 visa (my spouse is Chinese but I am working outside China).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I still renew the driving license I hold, showing the Q2 visa next time I go to China? Or it is mandatory to have a residence permit or another visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11935" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T01:37:01.030" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T01:37:01.030" Title="Renew Chinese driving license on a Q2 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11118" CreationDate="2017-06-16T18:06:42.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Interview date &amp;amp; Time: June 05 2017 at 7:45am&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case created : June 01 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First Status update:  June 13 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second Status update:  June 14 2017 at 9am. Status changed from Administrative Processing to Issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Got passport tracking mail with Waybill number at 12:15 noon on June 14 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Collected passport on June 15 2017 at 10am and came back to USA on June 15 2017 evening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Total 9 working days including interview day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11901" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T18:06:42.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9776" CreationDate="2017-06-17T01:44:23.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Late to the party (and done payments) but it seems like there's a convention between UK and Italy for which AIRE is not strictly necessary for tax purposes. If I only have income in the UK and live there for more than 6 months per year I don't have to pay taxes in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conventions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/498371/italy-dtc_-_in_force.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/498371/italy-dtc_-_in_force.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (English)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiscooggi.it/files/immagini_articoli/fnmold/regnounito-it.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.fiscooggi.it/files/immagini_articoli/fnmold/regnounito-it.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (Italian)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-18T15:31:30.993" LastActivityDate="2018-08-18T15:31:30.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11141" CreationDate="2017-06-17T02:16:41.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use your PC as is with an external 110-to-220V transformer.  Straightforward, but make sure the transformer's wattage is sufficient for your PC and that it's a high-quality model suitable for extended use.  (Cheap, underpowered ones have a disturbing tendency to catch fire if overloaded for long periods of time.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Replace your PC's power supply (PSU) with a Japanese model.  Power supplies are cheap and fairly standardized, so this is pretty straightforward and shouldn't require anything more than a screwdriver, but do double-check the physical dimensions, output voltage and the type and number of output plugs to make sure the replacement is compatible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2017-06-17T04:10:59.410" LastActivityDate="2017-06-17T04:10:59.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11169" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11229" CreationDate="2017-06-17T04:36:56.570" Score="1" ViewCount="4813" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen and I live in Ontario, Canada with a student visa. My car from the US was totaled. Insurance has written me a check and since I have no transportation (for instance, to go to MI to look for a car) and my home state (VA) is hundreds of miles away, I'm considering buying a new (used/pre-owned) car here. I called a few used car places and they've all told me their cars come with the emissions test completed that I would need when importing the car back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would the emissions test the dealerships perform be sufficient? Does Customs/Border Patrol require anything special?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By 'importing' I plan to simply drive it across the local border crossing (into Michigan, not home state). Will customs prepare the proper forms and duties I need to pay at the crossing? Or is there something I should have prepared?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I retain the Ontario plates until I'm able to title and register the car in Virginia? I have my VA plates off my totaled car. How does that work?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What financial burdens should I be aware of? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes: I don't plan on having the odometer / speedometer converted from KM to MI and KM/H to MI/H respectively. I can look at the smaller numbers on the speedometer and track my next oil change using kilometers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8269" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T07:00:03.023" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T07:00:03.023" Title="How do I buy and import a car from Canada to the US?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-17T21:39:14.813" Score="2" ViewCount="892" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a data engineer earning $110,000 (currently that is 99000 Euro) paying for my own health insurance in San Francisco. I have an offer from a startup in Netherlands for a similar position at 52000 euros + 8% of gross income as one time yearly payment and a $1000 moving allowance. I feel there is not enough data on Glassdoor or other sites for me to make a judgment on the average salary in Netherlands. Since the responsibility is similar in both jobs, is this salary a fair pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11941" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-20T10:06:48.720" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T10:06:48.720" Title="Salary comparison from SF to Amsterdam Data Engineer 2017" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;san-francisco&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T04:30:22.423" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I migrated to Australia in 1974 with my 5 month daughter on my British passport. This passport expired in 1984, was never renewed, and has been lost for many years.  For work reasons my daughter needs to provide the number of my passport. She has, in fact, lost her job even though she has her own British passport. Apparently someone in the human resource department where she was employed decided she is not eligible to work in Australia. I have searched everywhere I can think of but to no avail. Does anyone know where I might find this number??? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="David Davies" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-18T13:10:55.797" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:01:37.287" Title="Lost British Passport number" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-18T12:47:59.060" Score="3" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I win Green Card lottery, will I be able to take my child with me to the US?&#xA;I'm thinking about immigration to the USA and looking for any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11945" LastEditorUserId="527" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T21:17:43.443" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T11:42:31.657" Title="Can children accompany me if I win the Green Card lottery?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11175" CreationDate="2017-06-18T15:56:39.737" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you immigrate, any under-21 unmarried child you have at that time will be able to immigrate as a derivative beneficiary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you must list your spouse and all your children when you applied for the Diversity Visa lottery, regardless of whether they will immigrate with you or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DV-2016-Instructions-Translations/DV_2016_Instructions_English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2016 instructions&lt;/a&gt; (pdf): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all living natural children; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all living children legally adopted by&#xA;you; and, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all living step-children who are unmarried and under the&#xA;age of 21 on the date of your electronic entry, even if you are no&#xA;longer legally married to the child’s parent, and even if the child&#xA;does not currently reside with you and/or will not immigrate with&#xA;you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failure to list a spouse or child who could immigrate with you, even if they choose not to, will disqualify the applicant and all visas will be refused at the interview (if you're chosen to apply). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-06-20T22:30:39.927" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T22:30:39.927" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11178" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11180" CreationDate="2017-06-18T19:23:06.500" Score="2" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking at steps that a non-EU spouse (US citizen) needs to take in order to retire in Spain with their EU citizen partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems simple enough:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move to Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Request a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spainexpat.com/spain/information/eu_residency_in_spain_for_eu_citizens_and_their_family_members/#whattwo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU-family member residence card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turn the temporary residency permit into a permanent residency after five years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that all that needs to be done or is there something that I am overlooking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11634" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-19T07:40:55.453" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T13:51:58.713" Title="US citizen married to EU citizen retiring in Spain?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11170" CreationDate="2017-06-18T20:29:46.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure about the level of life in SF but I heard that housing, medicine and child care is quite expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for me, DS is a quite hot area and I would expect more high salaries than 56k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And 1000$ is not enough even for the ticket from SF to AMS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind also that US citizen might have to pay double taxes in NL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2017-06-19T12:52:37.657" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T12:52:37.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11178" CreationDate="2017-06-19T04:08:24.623" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is indeed fairly simple, though you'll need to keep in mind the documentary requirements.  You'll need the passport of the non-EU spouse and the passport or national ID card of the EU spouse.  You'll also need proof of the relationship, which for spouses will normally be the marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The marriage certificate and other documents, if needed, may need to be authenticated depending on where they were issued.  This is usually done by means of an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The governing EU legislation is &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  The source you link to is incorrect on a few points.  Most notably, it is not necessary for the non-EU spouse or partner to be economically dependent on the EU spouse or partner (Article 2, paragraph 2, items (a) and (b)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it imprecisely states that the EU partner &quot;must meet some financial criteria.&quot;  In fact, the criteria are not necessarily financial.  For example, if the EU spouse is employed in Spain, there are no financial requirements (Articles 7 and 8).  Retired people, however, can indeed be asked to show that they can support themselves (Article 8, paragraph 3), but this can only be required before they acquire permanent residence (Article 16, paragraph 1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-19T13:51:58.713" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T13:51:58.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11170" CreationDate="2017-06-19T14:32:08.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, Amsterdam is a fantastic city and the Netherlands is a great place to live. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EUR 52k per year gross is around EUR 2900 per month net. That's a decent salary in the Netherlands and somewhat above the average, but accommodation in Amsterdam is expensive. To give you some idea of costs - if you're renting a place on your own, you won't find much below EUR 1000 per month, but you can get cheaper sharing with other people (others can probably give more info on this). Health insurance is mandatory and costs around EUR 90-100 per month - everyone pays the same, regardless of age, pre-existing conditions, etc. It's likely that you won't need a car. Buy a bike and get around more or less for free (careful of the canals), or use the good and comprehensive public transport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also check out the 30% rule which allows foreigners taking skilled work to get 30% of their salary tax free in some circumstances. Your employer should know about this. It would be worth around EUR 600 per month extra to you. Also check whether your employer covers pension costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't compare with what you have now in San Francisco, but you can live well in the Netherlands for this kind of salary.&#xA;Edit: you could try negotiating a little more for relocation costs. USD 1000 is not very much given your circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastEditorUserId="11777" LastEditDate="2017-06-20T08:59:43.803" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T08:59:43.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11158" CreationDate="2017-06-19T14:54:56.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get all the information about visas at your local German embassy. Since you have a Canadian diploma, that would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/03/working.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.canada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/03/working.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a faq about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/faq.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recoginition in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your already have a job try calling the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11950" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T14:54:56.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11183" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11184" CreationDate="2017-06-19T16:14:07.587" Score="5" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Hong Kong and married a Canadian citizen in May 2016. We have been living in Canada since June 2015, and I applied for PR in Canada in June 2016. I have not received it yet, but let's assume that it comes through any month now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband is considering a move to the US for a job. Let's say that when my PR is granted, I want to move to be with him. According to a 2013 &lt;a href=&quot;http://immigrationcanada.pro/permanent-residence/maintain-permanent-residence-living-overseas/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;immigrationcanada.pro&lt;/a&gt; article, it is possible for me to keep my PR status (and in fact to accumulate &quot;days in Canada&quot; towards my citizenship) while living in the US with my husband:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you (as a PR) accompany a spouse or common law partner who is a Canadian citizen outside of Canada, then each day outside Canada is considered to be a day physically present in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have seen just how much misinformation is out there on immigration subjects, sometimes because the information is out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have corroborated the above quote with an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf23-eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;official document&lt;/a&gt; from 2015 that states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;R61(4) provides that each day a permanent resident is outside Canada accompanying (that is, ordinarily residing with) a Canadian citizen constitutes a day of physical presence in Canada, provided that the Canadian citizen they are accompanying is a spouse or commonlaw partner or parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the above information still true today, in June 2017?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How old is the policy in the quotes, and how likely is it to change in the future?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there anything that I am overlooking in this situation that may cause trouble or surprises?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11951" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T03:23:27.643" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T03:23:27.643" Title="Maintain Canadian PR while living with husband (CDN citizen) in US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11183" CreationDate="2017-06-19T18:18:21.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law your quotes are based on is Section 28 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/section-28.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The current version of the law is here&lt;/a&gt; and essentially says the same thing: days spent outside Canada accompanying a Canadian spouse are days that may be counted to meet your residency obligation to retain Permanent Resident status. That page also links older versions of the same law; from the oldest of these, from 2003, it appears that this part of the law has not changed in at least 14 years. Note that this is from the law itself (rather than, say, a departmental policy enabled by a delegation in the law) so it can change only if the law is amended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what the documentation requirements are for this but you'll probably want to keep track of any days your spouse is in Canada without you and subtract these off so they don't catch you in an error should they ever want to investigate whether you've met the obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should probably be pointed out that this part of the law is only relevant to retaining PR status and has nothing to do with the requirements for citizenship. To qualify for the latter you really do have to accumulate physical presence in Canada as a PR with very few exceptions (e.g. travel as a government employee), which you won't be doing if you live in the US. You will, however, retain the right to return to Canada to live as a PR even without physical presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T18:18:21.983" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-19T19:13:22.760" Score="6" ViewCount="2985" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please can anyone advise how to deal with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We applied for an EEA Family Permit for my wife to travel from Russia to join me in the UK. We enclosed our passports, my Permanent Residence certificate, and our marriage certificate (with certified translation from Russian to English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not even clear on what grounds the permit was refused, and the letter is appallingly worded. How to deal with this kind of incompetence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1XyTH.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1XyTH.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QpGN7.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QpGN7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11952" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T05:42:05.213" Title="EEA Family Permit refused - No clear reason given, appalling letter" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11112" CreationDate="2017-06-19T19:17:16.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and this is no legal advise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany income tax is based on your personal income, no matter from where it stems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you've earned money during 2016 abroad they take this into account to determine the tax percentage for your income tax 2016 in Germany&#xA;eg if you've earned 100€ abroad and 100€ in Germany you have to pay the tax rate equivalent to a yearly income of 200€, but ONLY on the 100€ you've earned in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have no proof of income they will estimate your earnings - usually in their favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you earn a significant amount of money you should go to a tax consultant. Taxes in Germany a really complicated issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11950" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T19:17:16.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7464" CreationDate="2017-06-19T20:08:56.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No!&#xA;A long-term relationship is not sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zuwanderung.sachsen.de/akzess/16064.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Partner aus einer eheähnlichen Lebensgemeinschaft haben keinen Anspruch auf einen Familiennachzug nach Deutschland.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lsvd.de/recht/ratgeber/auslaenderrecht/immigration-law.html#c11364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Same sex marriages, legally performed in other countries according to the local jurisdiction, are recognized as civil unions in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to have a registered civil union:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zuwanderung.sachsen.de/akzess/16064.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Beim Nachzug eines gleichgeschlechtlichen Lebenspartners muss es sich um eine &quot;eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft&quot; im Sinne des deutschen Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetzes oder um eine nach ausländischem Recht staatlich anerkannte Lebenspartnerschaft handeln.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not married while having the blue card the spouse gets a visa as soon as your same sex marriage is registered: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zuwanderung.sachsen.de/akzess/16064.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Erfolgt die Eheschließung/Eingehen der Lebenspartnerschaft erst nach dem Zuzug, kann der Ehegatte/Lebenspartner grundsätzlich erst nach zwei Jahren Aufenthalt des Ausländers in Deutschland nachziehen. Bei Hochqualifizierten, Inhabern einer Blauen Karte EU sowie Forschern ist der Nachzug sofort möglich&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you can get further information via email:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lsvd.de/recht/beratung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.lsvd.de/recht/beratung.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11950" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T20:08:56.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11185" CreationDate="2017-06-20T04:47:02.317" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The letter is a template that was not completed correctly (perhaps not at all).  For example, certain text should have been deleted by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) and replaced with more informative text.  These phrases include &quot;enter sponsor's name&quot; and &quot;enter the relevant regulation number(s) (see ECGs EUN2.23).&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note the self-contradictory nature of the letter: one paragraph explains that you may not appeal the decision, while the following section describes your right of appeal.  Similarly, the letter notes that &quot;it has not been necessary to interview you&quot; immediately before claiming that &quot;an interview with you&quot; was considered in making the decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most egregiously, the portion of the letter that should outline the ECO's reasoning is entirely absent.  This should appear between the heading &quot;The Decision&quot; and the concluding paragraph beginning &quot;I therefore refuse....&quot;  In this spot, however, there is only a single bullet with no associated text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should approach the Entry Clearance Manager (ECM) at the relevant consulate and request a properly completed notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/93879/19400&quot;&gt;UK visa blank refusal letter without reason for refusal&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-06-20T05:42:05.213" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T05:42:05.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-20T10:26:50.493" Score="4" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Starting from September, I will attend full-time classes at ESSEC Business School in Singapore. I saw that I have to get a Student pass (I don't have many details about it right now) and that it would allow me to work no more than 16 hours per week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this limit only applicable to jobs in Singapore or is it the same for remote working? For instance, can I work more than 16 hours a week if I'm working in Singapore for a company based in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11948" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T08:19:05.530" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:24:44.130" Title="As a student, are there specific work limitations for remote working in Singapore?" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-21T10:53:21.193" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Italian husband and I want to move to Italy. Unfortunately I can't speak Italian which would makes it difficult to find a job in Italy. How difficult would it be for me to work in a European country where they speak English? I am a nurse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11963" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T06:20:02.840" Title="Possibility of nursing in Europe...South African with Italian passport" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-21T13:40:10.237" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a Dutch citizen and was born of Dutch parents in Rotterdam, (i.e. grandfather and grandmother were both Dutch) and although he resides in South Africa did not give up his Dutch citizenship. He is married to a South African women (my mother) and adopted me soon after they were married. Both my father and mother have and travel on Dutch passports. Am I eligible for a Dutch passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11966" LastActivityDate="2017-06-21T13:40:10.237" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11197" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-21T17:22:57.567" Score="3" ViewCount="606" Body="&lt;p&gt;My South African husband has obtained an free Type C Visa as a spouse of an EU citizen for the duration of 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as I obtain my residency status (Residenza) in Italy on the grounds of being a citizen we will then apply for an extension of his Visa or for a 'Carta di soggiorno'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I right to assume that our financial status is irrilevant and that at least a two year Carta di soggiorno will be issued to him regardless of our employment status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We did not register our marriage at the consulate in Jhb because I had been married previously and consequently got divorced in 2004 and did not register that marriage with the Consulate so now the Consulate asked me to do that marriage and divorce transcription first before I can register this marriage but because of a difficulty in obtaining my previous unabridged marriage certificate and divorce papers (I have the divorce decree) we decided to try and do it in baby steps while in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I please need advise regarding the difficulty of the application of a 'Carta di soggiorno' for my husband while only in possession of our unabridged marriage certificate but lacking the Apostille which I am awaiting a friend to send for me from South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastActivityDate="2017-06-21T21:32:35.920" Title="Arrived in Italy on Tourist Visa as a Spouse" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11197" CreationDate="2017-06-21T18:44:27.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I right to assume that our financial status is irrilevant and that&#xA;  at least a two year Carta di soggiorno will be issued to him&#xA;  regardless of our employment status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're wrong, your financial status is relevant. The Questura (the Police) will ask you to submit the tax returns of the Italian citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example this year the amount of the social security allowance was set at 5.824,91 euros, so 5.824,91 euros is the minimum annual income that will have to prove who is applying for a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need the divorce certificate in order to apply for a residence card, as soon as you get the Apostille you can ask the Questura for the residence card. Below are the the required documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Passport or equivalent document in validity; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Documents attesting to the relationship (the marriage certificate in this case? ; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;4 recent photos of the person concerned; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stamp of € 16,00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tax returns (Dichiarazione dei redditi) or CUD (Certificato Unico Dipendente) of the Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Declaration of maintenance signed by the Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Certificate of residence or the application for registration of the Italian citizen at the local Commune, even in the case of an Italian citizen who moves from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the source from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=http://questure.poliziadistato.it/statics/49/carta-di-soggiorno-per-familiare-extracomunitario-ex-art.-2-3-10-d.l.vo-30-2007.pdf&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwiR_oXv78_UAhVkIMAKHR9EBx4QFggdMAA&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEWZ-xJS9F5kKj-f8TDu5tl044Rdg&amp;amp;sig2=gwRL9dmrLSQKNK-fVfnumg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Official Police Website (Polizia di Stato)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says by the meaning in English:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Documentation confirming the availability of income by EU / Italian&#xA;  citizen or, in the absence a statement on the reasons that led to the&#xA;  absence of income with the indication of the period and the amount of&#xA;  the latest income!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=http://questure.poliziadistato.it/statics/37/carta-di-soggiorno-per-i-familiari-del-cittadino-comunitario.pdf%3Flang%3Dit&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwiR_oXv78_UAhVkIMAKHR9EBx4QFggpMAE&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGiD0_f-6Y9ef_g7RW47qbc3oS4gQ&amp;amp;sig2=o7--0-MibgOEotOxfCGI1A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Another one here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastEditorUserId="6685" LastEditDate="2017-06-21T21:32:35.920" LastActivityDate="2017-06-21T21:32:35.920" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11201" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-22T13:41:35.417" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian who has recently been accepted into a Berlin University. I will be travelling around Spain and Portugal for a month and a half, and then travelling to Albania and Croatia for a few weeks before flying to Berlin. I am wondering how I can obtain entry into Germany and obtain a student visa there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told that I can't change a Schengen visa to a student visa when in Germany but am confused on how to enter without a Schengen visa. Any advice would be great. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11974" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-06-22T15:42:54.127" LastActivityDate="2017-06-23T03:22:26.867" Title="Australian student, travelling the Schengen area before studying in Germany, need advice on visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5956" CreationDate="2017-06-22T16:13:38.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best option might be to ask your employer to give you a longer contract, and explain to them that you can't open a bank account for them to pay your salary with a 1 year contract. They might understand and extend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10312" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T16:13:38.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10133" CreationDate="2017-06-22T16:17:43.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can easily get a bank loan if you put up more than 40% of the total capital of the item you want to buy, even without a guarantor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eg. You want to buy a car worth RM50K. Come up with 20K in cash and prove you can pay the monthly installment and you should be good to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10312" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T16:17:43.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-22T17:28:37.433" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Mauritian employed on a scientific-chercheur visa in France. I will be getting married soon to my fiancee who is an Indonesian.  I'm still deciding where to be legally married based on where the procedures are simplest. I know that Mauritius it is straight forward while in Indonesia it is really complex. I would really want to be legally married in Mauritius but I have a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I marry my fiancee in Mauritius, once married, it might take time before she gets the Mauritian nationality as it depends on the PM office. She will get residence in the meanwhile. For her to come to France with me, can she make her French visa application for &quot;regroupement familiale&quot; from French Embassy in Mauritius itself or does she has to go to Indonesia to do this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11710" OwnerDisplayName="user203788" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T17:57:37.187" Title="Marry and come to France with partner" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11201" CreationDate="2017-06-23T03:22:26.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A brief terminology tip: in the EU, as in many other countries, one cannot get a visa while in the country.  The document you get while you're in the country is generally called a residence permit (in Germany, &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The normal procedure is for the foreigner to get a visa allowing entry into Germany.  After entering Germany, the foreigner applies for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nationals of many countries, including Australia, can enter the Schengen area without a visa for short visits of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.  Most of these countries' nationals can use this visa exemption only for such visits; to apply for a residence permit, they need a visa.  However, citizens of a handful of countries, mostly &quot;industrialized&quot; countries with large economies, including  Australia, are permitted to arrive using the general short-term visa exemption and then apply for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These rules varying by nationality should explain the inconsistent information you've found.  Some specific points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am wondering how I can obtain entry into Germany...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Show up at passport control with your Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...and obtain a student [residence permit] there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you will do that at the local &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde,&lt;/em&gt; but your school's office for foreign students will surely know the specific details.  Do be certain to make your application before your 90th day in the Schengen area.  For example, if you spend 46 days in Spain and Portugal, you will need to file your application by your 44th day in Germany.  To avoid misunderstandings and other crises, it's of course best to file well in advance of the deadline. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have been told that I can't change a Schengen visa to a student visa when in Germany...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted above, that advice doesn't particularly apply to Australian citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...but am confused on how to enter without a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as noted above, this is normal for Australians, who are exempt from the Schengen visa requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the rules around residence permits and long-stay visas are set by national law rather than EU law, so they will vary from country to country.  The fact that an Australian can go to Germany for study without a visa and then apply for a residence permit does not imply that the same process pertains in, for example, France.  In fact, I think it does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-06-23T03:22:26.867" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-06T06:56:37.027" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a short stay tourist visa for France from 24th Dec 2016 to 24th March 2017. I was in France for the entire duration of my visa, minus 2 days. Now I want to apply for a long-stay visitor visa starting on 23rd June. Does the 90/180 rule affect my long stay visa? In short, do I have to wait for my 180 days to be over before applying for a long stay visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user62165" LastActivityDate="2017-06-23T09:08:37.490" Title="Long stay visa and 90/180 rule" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11208" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11270" CreationDate="2017-06-23T09:23:14.773" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rental agreement for an apartment I would like to rent in Vienna, Austria mentions that the agent acting for the landlord is a &quot;double broker&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Weiters ist festzuhalten, dass das Maklerunternehmen aufgrund des bestehenden Geschäftsgebrauches als Doppelmakler tätig ist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a double broker and what are the implications for the prospective tenant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11980" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T15:35:29.247" Title="Renting an apartment in Austria: what is a &quot;double broker&quot;?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-23T12:51:59.400" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;We may be moving to Barcelona for work and are looking at school options for our 5 &amp;amp; 8 year old kids. Our kids only speak english at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From our research, it seems most/all primary schools teach through Catalan, but were hoping that they would be taught through Castilian (Spanish).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any public primary schools in Barcelona that teach through Castilian?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;International private schools will probably be too expensive for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11622" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T12:41:05.277" Title="Primary school options with Castilian in/close to Barcelona" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-07T11:40:23.363" Score="2" ViewCount="563" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a student residence permit for Norway and I was granted a visa that is valid for the wrong dates.&#xA;There are two divisions to a semester in the school in Norway. The first is August Block which starts on August 14 and ends on September 1. The second is the Autumn parallel which starts on September 5 and ends on December 22. All the subjects that I have been granted by the school are on the Autumn parallel period (Sept. 5 - Dec. 22) and the problem is that my Schengen visa only allows me to study for the August Block period (August 14 - September 1) since I have been granted a visa valid for July 24 to September 1 only. Could this perhaps be a mistake on their part in that they may have overlooked the dates that I will be studying in Norway? What can I do to fix it? Should I re-apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Stupid" LastActivityDate="2019-05-07T07:40:15.250" Title="Schengen Visa Validity Date Mistake?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11212" CreationDate="2017-06-07T11:47:59.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Contact Norwegian embassy or consulate that has issued you the visa and explain them the situation. They may be able to fix this within days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11600" OwnerDisplayName="Oleksandr Kravchuk" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T11:47:59.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11211" CreationDate="2017-06-23T17:24:38.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation may have changed, but in 2015 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elconfidencialautonomico.com/cataluna/catalanes-estudiar-castellano-colegios-privados_0_2450754911.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it was reported&lt;/a&gt; that the only options for Spanish-language primary education in Cataluña were &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aebcatalunya.org/2015/02/23/listado-de-centros-privados-con-el-espanol-como-lengua-vehicular/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;34 private schools&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;, the same article also observes that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La LOMCE establece que si alguien no puede inscribir a sus hijos en un colegio público en el que se estudie en castellano o en bilingüe, porque la administración autonómica no lo contempla, el Estado les permite matricularlos en un colegio privado y luego se compromete a pagar a la familia ese coste.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The [Act to Improve the Quality of Education] disposes that if someone cannot register their children in a public school which teachs in Spanish or bilingually, because the [local] administration doesn't support it, the State allows them to register in a private school and commits itself to reimbursing that cost to the family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's slightly outside their remit, but you could try contacting the Catalan Assembly for Bilingual Education (see the second link above) to see whether they can give you updated information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: as of 2018-04-05, &lt;a href=&quot;https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/04/03/catalunya/1522757178_640031.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &lt;em&gt;Tribunal Constitucional&lt;/em&gt; has thrown out the relevant part of the LOMCE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastEditorUserId="2325" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T12:41:05.277" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T12:41:05.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11216" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-24T10:01:17.620" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone without a college degree but with a high-school diploma, some years of specialized work experience (as computer programmer) and a job offer from a reputable IT company, have problems while attempting to emigrate to Canada? I found the requirements for the visa to be very strict, and I'm wondering if the employer sponsorship is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole process is initiated and handled by the sponsor (the IT company based in Canada, which pays the fee, the travel costs etc). Also a common-law partner will emigrate as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The country of residence of the emigrant is Poland.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11983" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T05:27:14.820" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T05:27:14.820" Title="Emigrate to Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-24T10:14:24.300" Score="3" ViewCount="521" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently applying for a job in Germany. A company asked me to apply for Blue Card so that I'm eligible to work in Germany. Since I'm residing in Pakistan, I'm not sure how to proceed with this applying of Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My profession is unregulated in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The documents that I have readied for this purpose:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;University Diploma (original) already attested from Higher Education Commission in Pakistan. - This document is in English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;University Transcript (original) that contains courses and scores already attested from Higher Education Commission. - This document is in English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All the documents from my College and High School&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Job Contract letter&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 Passport size photographs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificate from law offices in Pakistan that I'm not a public, health or security threat and I haven't been arrested in my life.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Questions are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Can I apply for Blue Card while residing in Pakistan&lt;/code&gt; because &lt;em&gt;I have received the job contract&lt;/em&gt; or does the embassy offers some temporary visa so that I can go to Germany and upon arrival, I have to get Blue Card from Embassy in Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to get the &lt;code&gt;photocopies&lt;/code&gt; of my University Diploma and Transcript &lt;em&gt;attested from Higher Education Commission&lt;/em&gt;? The &lt;strong&gt;original&lt;/strong&gt; Diploma and Transcript are &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; attested and the attestation stamp is visible in the photocopies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to get the &lt;code&gt;photocopies&lt;/code&gt; of my College and High School documents attested from Higher Education Commission?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need health insurance certificate, if yes, how much should be the &lt;code&gt;value&lt;/code&gt; of the health insurance for traveling to Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Antrag auf Erteilung eines Aufenthaltstitels&lt;/code&gt; where can I get this? Does my employer has to provide this document because currently I'm residing in Pakistan.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the &lt;em&gt;statement of Comparability&lt;/em&gt;? Is it &lt;strong&gt;ZAB&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;What other documents and stuff should I get ready before I applying for EU blue card in Pakistan?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11982" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T13:17:24.207" Title="Apply for Blue card from Home country &amp; the documents required for it" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11112" CreationDate="2017-06-24T10:24:34.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When they ask you to declare your income in Azerbaijan, you don't need to provide evidence that you cannot provide - what you say will be taken as true unless there is a reason to believe that you are lying. Of course &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; saying the truth would be tax evasion and a very serious matter. And if the tax office thinks you should have the evidence then they can estimate your income. That's done mostly to convince you to come up with the evidence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much of an interest the tax office shows will depend on the money at stake. If you made €50,000 in Germany in six months and claim you made €1,000 in Azerbeidjan in the first six months, they might not believe you. If you made €20,000 in Germany in six months and claim you made €1,000 they are much more likely to either believe you or not to bother. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T10:24:34.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11220" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-25T03:58:14.730" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this on a forum that is supposed to be only about expats in Spain, but it seems that although plenty of people ask questions there, nobody ever answers any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I chuckle at the first sentence of Art. 25.2 of Spain's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2000/01/12/pdfs/A01139-01150.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ley Orgánica 4/2000 de 11 de enero&lt;/a&gt;:  Granting a visa will be regulated by regulations.  :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, that is in the left column of page five, and goes on to say that the visa process will take into consideration Spain's national interests and any international commitments Spain has made.  Also, that regulations will define the reasons that allow denial.  How can I find these regulations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the right column of the same page, Art. 20.2 appears to say that they have to give it to me if I can prove I am able to support myself without working (or one of three other conditions).  This suggests that any regulation that gives another reason is meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, 25.2 says &quot;visa&quot; and 29.2 says &quot;temporary residency&quot; so one might say &quot;two different things.&quot;  But Art. 23.2 says that to enter Spain, you must have a visa, unless a treaty says otherwise.  But 23.2 also says you don't need a visa if you have an authorization of residence or something similar.  So it's a bit confusing.  It sounds like if I am not indigent, they have to grant me residency, and then I don't need a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consulate says I have to show them the contract to buy or rent a place to live (no hotels in Spain?), but a lawyer said that's not the law and if I hire their firm, they'll make sure the consulate understands that.  :-)  But she did not offer any similar counter to the requirements for medical insurance, certificate of good health, and lack of criminal record.  (Actually, the law I cited above says that a crime cannot be used to deny residency if the sentence has already been completed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T21:06:32.620" Title="Conditions for temporary residency in Spain?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11216" CreationDate="2017-06-25T10:33:21.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration applications are never 100% certain until they are actually granted. Do not take any actions that are difficult to undo on the assumption you are moving to Canada until then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, your potential employer would not be spending time and money on the application unless they thought there was a reasonable chance of success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T10:33:21.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11222" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11223" CreationDate="2017-06-25T12:18:10.580" Score="1" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working as an academician in a EU country. I am planning to complete my 5 years to apply for permanent residence. However, later in my career I want to return back to my home country, which is non-EU. I am worried that in this case my permanent residence will be canceled after a certain period of time if I continue to live outside of EU (&lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/eu-nationals-permanent-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link to the information&lt;/a&gt;). And, the same thing applies to the ownership of EU Blue Card (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/validity/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;more info here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this, I conclude that it is not possible to maintain permanent residence in EU if one eventually plans to live in his/her home country that is non-EU. Only way seems to having citizenship of a EU country. I wonder if I have a lack of information on this. Anyone has something to add and share?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11991" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T13:27:08.060" Title="Is it possible to maintain the permanent residence in EU and continue to live in your origin non-EU country" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11222" CreationDate="2017-06-25T13:27:08.060" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, permanent residence is only valid for duration of your continued residence in the country in question. If you were to resettle abroad, you would lose your permanent residence after a period of time. Depending on the country, there are likely to be some exceptions, such as working abroad for a company headquartered back home, government employees (i.e. working in an embassy or consulate), or if you're on active duty in the military.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you've already touched on, the only way I know for sure to keep permanent residence indefinitely in Country A while living abroad in Country B is to acquire citizenship of Country A. Careful though, as some countries do not allow their citizens to have multiple nationalities. They may force you to renounce all other citizenship before granting theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3817" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T13:27:08.060" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11220" CreationDate="2017-06-25T21:06:32.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Ministry of the Interior (MinInt) has a web page which lists the basic legislation regulating immigration: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/normativa-basica-reguladora&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/normativa-basica-reguladora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the case which 23.2 is intended to cover is EU/EEA citizens. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/regimen-general/residencia-temporal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information about temporary residence&lt;/a&gt; provided by MinInt state that they are not applicable to EU/EEA citizens, and then state categorically&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;El extranjero que desee residir temporalmente en España sin realizar actividades laborales o profesionales, &lt;strong&gt;deberá solicitar&lt;/strong&gt;, personalmente, el correspondiente &lt;strong&gt;visado&lt;/strong&gt;, en la misión diplomática u oficina consular española de su demarcación de residencia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you need a visa. It goes on to say that the visa incorporates the initial authorisation to reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T21:06:32.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-26T05:44:13.373" Score="1" ViewCount="8525" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a student from China who is attending a PhD program in the US. I got my BS from the US, but in the DS 160 form, two additional points of contact from China are required. However, since I did my undergrad in the US, the points of contact to confirm my graduate study are all in the US and I don't know anyone who can confirm in China other than my parents. Then can I put someone in the US for that section of the form? If not, then can I put my high school teachers, who don't even know which grad school I'm attending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11992" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T19:00:39.327" Title="F1 visa DS 160: Contact person in home country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-26T07:00:41.130" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know whether my son is able to be eligible for a Dutch passport. My Grandmother still lives in Holland (she is 108 years old!!) and my mother lives in South Africa. She still has a Dutch passport and has citizenship. She still votes in Netherland and visits there once a year. She is 8o years old. &#xA;My son is 17 years old and he wants to study in Holland, and a Dutch passport will make it much easier. &#xA;Please help, because I've been through the whole process of getting a Dutch passport for me, but was then told that I am not eligible anymore. Apparently my son is still the right age. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11993" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:52:00.400" Title="Dutch citizenship for my son. His grandmother still has Dutch citizenship" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10321" CreationDate="2017-06-26T08:02:36.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm answering this for future visitors.  Here are the relevant details from the BAMF website&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;If you are currently outside Germany, you should apply to the competent German mission abroad for a visa for the purpose of employment before you enter Germany. As a matter of principle, this also applies in cases in which visa-free entry would otherwise be possible. See the next paragraph for details of exceptions. Under no circumstances should you enter Germany with a tourist visa, as this type of visa can only be extended in the form of a residence title in exceptional cases. As a rule, it is otherwise necessary to leave and then re-enter the country. The visa for the purpose of employment entitles you to enter Germany and then to apply to the immigration authority that is competent for your place of residence for the EU Blue Card to be issued. You will find the contact details of the German missions abroad worldwide here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Laenderinformationen/03-WebseitenAV/Uebersicht_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Laenderinformationen/03-WebseitenAV/Uebersicht_node.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions apply to nationals of Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United States of America. They can enter Germany on a visa-free basis and can apply to the competent immigration authority in Germany for their future place of residence for an EU Blue Card within three months of entering Germany.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are not eligible for one of these exceptions, you cannot apply for your Blucard in Germany directly and you will need to visit one of the German Missions in your country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HOWEVER, I think you should contact your future employer to see if they can do anything to help.  You should also make an appointment with your consulate NOW so that you at least have that.  You can always cancel it later if you find another means of getting the application in (I don't think you will, but not sure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ETA:  if you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; eligible for one of the exceptions outlined above, your employer should be able to file all the relevant paperwork ahead of your arrival which will speed the process along.  I'm American so I could get my permits after arriving, so my employer submitted my diplomas and work history, etc. and confirmed the approval for the work permit.  Then I just went to the Ausländerbehörde in Munich, registered myself as a resident, went upstairs and finished the paperwork for the residence permit/work permit.  I did indeed get the permits the same day, but that was because my application paperwork had already been reviewed and approved ahead of my arrival.  I never had to visit the German Mission in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11994" LastEditorUserId="11994" LastEditDate="2017-06-26T08:08:25.373" LastActivityDate="2017-06-26T08:08:25.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11169" CreationDate="2017-06-26T13:17:11.740" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried this, failed, pissed off a border guard, and wasted a not insignificant amount of money cleaning up the mess, so I recommend you act very carefully to make sure all the relevant pieces are in place before you attempt to import a vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would the emissions test the dealerships perform be sufficient? Does Customs/Border Patrol require anything special?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it is not sufficient, and do not believe anything a dealer tells you on this. They want to sell a car, not help you import it. In fact there are two standards you need to meet. The first is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EPA emissions standard&lt;/a&gt; you referred to. Many manufacturers will place a sticker in the door or under the hood to certify compliance. The link has info on how to find it. If this is present, then you are in good shape on this one. If not, you will need a compliance letter from the manufacturer. Generally, most recent Canadian vehicles will meet this standard, but you still have to prove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second standard is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;DOT vehicle safety standard&lt;/a&gt;. This is what will likely get you, because there are lots of little details (like tire pressure sensors on vehicles made after a particular year) that are often omitted in Canada (even when the car is partly manufactured in the US and is an otherwise identical model to one sold in the US). There might also be a sticker for this one, and if not, you will need another compliance letter from the manufacturer. These letters can take a while to get, so I advise you to do it well before you plan to take the car over the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By 'importing' I plan to simply drive it across the local border crossing (into Michigan, not home state). Will customs prepare the proper forms and duties I need to pay at the crossing? Or is there something I should have prepared?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CBP will prepare the forms for you, but you must prepare EPA form 3520-1 and DOT form HS-7 before you come. You will also need all the usual documentation for the car; insurance, bill of sale, registration. If the car was manufactured in Canada or the US and you intend to keep it for personal use, it will likely be duty-free. If not, CBP will compute the duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I retain the Ontario plates until I'm able to title and register the car in Virginia? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally yes, this will work just like moving a car from one state to another, with the added complication that you will need the import form from CBP. Check the VA DMV to know how long you have before you need to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have my VA plates off my totaled car. How does that work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is up to the Virginia DMV, but probably irrelevant to your new vehicle, which will need to be registered first in Ontario. In some states, you return these with proof the car has been totalled. In others you keep them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What financial burdens should I be aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IF&lt;/strong&gt; everything goes well, the car is compliant, and you don't have to pay duties, then the only extra costs will be transportation and registering the car in Virginia. If not, the costs could be significant; see my story below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I attempted to import a fairly recent (2009; this was in 2015) Chevrolet that was manufactured partly in the US and partly in Canada and was also sold in more or less identical configurations in the US. It was a cheap car as I was quite poor at the time, but it worked. At the border, I presented the EPA certification, but had missed that I needed safety certification as well. It was Sunday afternoon, all the manufacturer's offices were closed, the crossing was in the middle of nowhere, and I was faced with being denied entry to the US (at least, if I wanted to bring my car with me). After 3-4 hours of sweet-talking the CBP manager, she agreed to provisionally import the car, subject to my providing her with the DoT documentation ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A week later, I get notified from the manufacturer that the car is not compliant due to a missing tire pressure sensor and a missing airbag sensor that was required for vehicles post-2009. The CBP manager told me I then needed to either show her proof the vehicle was being brought into compliance or had been returned to Canada within the next 2 weeks. Calling around for some shops, I am eventually quoted a price of $5000 to bring the vehicle (which I bought for CA$3000) into compliance. So instead, I had to drive the vehicle to the nearest Canadian city and find a dealer that will buy a vehicle for cash (not trade). I got 3 nos, then someone offered me $500. Faced with closing business hours, the fact that it was obvious that I needed to sell this car, and no guarantee that I could sell it for more later, I took it, rather than paying for another night's stay in an expensive city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moral of the story: check with the &lt;strong&gt;manufacturer&lt;/strong&gt; that the vehicle is compliant to both standards before you buy. Preferably, look for both stickers on any vehicle you might buy. Or, even better if you can swing it, just buy a car in the states. You can drive it as long as you want in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11999" LastActivityDate="2017-06-26T13:17:11.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-26T15:31:37.633" Score="1" ViewCount="466" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in Saarbrücken for over a year and I am yet to find a good English speaking doctor. I have looked at many online links with them all leading me in circles or suggesting doctors who I know don't speak English! I'm having some slightly more complicated health queries where I need a doctor with good English and not just the basics. I've tried a few here, but they either don't speak good enough English or I really haven't liked them. Any recommendations would be so much help. Even if it is in the surrounding areas, I'm fine with traveling if they are good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12002" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T06:47:07.150" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T18:43:44.870" Title="English speaking doctors in Saarbrücken" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-26T21:34:11.767" Score="3" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently applied at the American Embassy, New Delhi, for a new F1 visa for my PhD program. After the interview, my passport was collected by the embassy and my case was put under Administrative Processing - 221(g).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I don't know if I will get my visa in time for my classes. However, I still have an F1 visa valid until 2018 from my previous program (different university, same SEVIS), so I was wondering if I could just withdraw my application, get my passport back and fly on that visa. Would this create any problems for me in the future? Or maybe has the embassy canceled my old visa when I submitted it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12003" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-19T05:12:42.140" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T08:50:53.007" Title="Using old F1 visa due to Administrative Processing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11141" CreationDate="2017-06-27T03:46:11.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most PC power supplies nowadays can take a wide range of voltages, without the need for a manual switch.  For example, the HP Z420 workstation cites an operating voltage range of 90–269 VAC, and a rated voltage range of 100-240 VAC.  (Importantly for the Japanese case, it can also take both 50 and 60 Hz AC.)  If your computer's from one of the big OEMs, this information should be available online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the first thing I'd do is look more closely at your current power supply and confirm that it won't work as-is.  If so, and you've got a standard ATX/EPS power supply, I'd then probably buy an appropriately-specced PSU before moving, to avoid the hassle of buying one &lt;em&gt;while&lt;/em&gt; trying to settle in a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, if you're anything like me, you'll want to bring your own keyboard.  Most keyboards in Japan are JIS, with some US ANSI.  ISO layout is almost nonexistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12004" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T03:46:11.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-27T04:33:39.527" Score="3" ViewCount="1138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been unable to find any info on this, but is there any way to get a temporary visa to enter Germany before my family reunion visa has been issued? My spouse is going up on a work visa today but my visa appointment for Family Reunion is only on the 4th of July and I've been told it usually takes 3 months to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturally this absolutely blows and I was hoping to take our cat up around the end of August. I'm also finishing a degree from a long-distance university and I was hoping to write my last examination in Germany. I would only be able to change my exam location until 31 July, so I'm screwed if I'm not in Germany by 20 October, when the exam takes place. It would delay getting my degree by another 6 months. A friend of mine married a German national and was over on a Schengen visa, flew down to South Africa to apply for his Family Reunion visa and flew back the same day. He insists that it's possible for me, but I'm not 100% sure. I know lots of people go up on 3 month visa and fly down to apply for the Family visa, but in all those cases they had a schengen first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible? Not even only for the above reasons, but that it would also just absolutely suck to be separated from my newlywed spouse (married 2 months ago) for so long and it's also going to cost a lot of money for us to live separate, as I have to continue renting an apartment here, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12005" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T08:28:04.100" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T16:03:48.973" Title="Apply for Schengen while waiting for Family Reunion visa (Germany)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-27T04:51:21.223" Score="2" ViewCount="2677" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living in the Philippines right now. A month ago we moved to another house that does not have a TV included, so I was thinking of buying one. But we are planing to move to Mexico in a year, and it would be a waste splashing out a lot of money on a new TV just to discover that it will not work in Mexico. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, a modern TV uses DC rather than AC so the power has to go into a DC converter at some point. I cannot think of a single good technical argument for making a TV with a 100-120v converter and a 200-240v instead of a 100-240 as you find in laptops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But its not always the technical arguments that win. Maybe Sony/Samsung/LG/Philips/Panasonic/etc... want to divide the markets so it not as easy to do imports between the continents or something? Does anybody know if this is now possible, or is it still impossible to run the same TV on 100v and 220v?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12006" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T06:53:06.683" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T09:43:37.380" Title="Are all modern TVs dual voltage? Moving from Asia to Mexico" Tags="&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11234" CreationDate="2017-06-27T07:49:01.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some TVs may be dual voltage but many are not. A dual voltage power supply is more expensive and few TVs are moved between countries. Check carefully before you buy a set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, also consider that TVs are not universal global products. A TV that you buy in one country is not necessarily the same as the TV in another for reasons other than voltage. The Philippines uses the Japanese ISDB-T standard for digital TV and Mexico uses the American ATSC standard. The two standards are substantially different, so a Filipino TV will not necessarily work in Mexico regardless of the voltage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T07:49:01.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11237" CreationDate="2017-06-27T09:38:47.160" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've received an offer from a corporation that is known for moving people to their American offices by employing them in Canada for 1 year, after which they're eligible for an L-1B visa in the US. The L1 visa can only be extended for 5 years, after which people must supposedly return to their original country of employment.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During those 5 years, is it possible to convert the L-1B into another type of visa that would eventually allow one to obtain a Green Card? Otherwise the offer would be unattractive to me as I'm only interested in permanent relocation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T16:43:25.967" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T16:45:05.747" Title="Is it possible to eventually convert an L-1B visa to a Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11236" CreationDate="2017-06-27T10:59:53.917" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;L-1B visas allow for a 'dual intent', meaning that they are at the same time a visa for a limited work period (of up to 3+2+2=7 years, they can be extended twice), and potential application to a Green Card.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Looking at alternatives, this is probably your best (legal) way to a permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, however, that this is not an automatic way; the company you work for (or the one you change to later) needs to &lt;em&gt;sponsor&lt;/em&gt; you green card. In a nutshell, you cannot get a green card without a company sponsor out of any visa (unless you have family that are US citizens).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are eligible, you should enter the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa program&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;green card lottery&quot;) every year; it can be done in parallel to any other visa situation, and it allows you to go from nothing to green card, bypassing all other processes (you have to win first of course, and you still need to have the qualifications, but they are easy to fulfill).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-06-27T16:45:05.747" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T16:45:05.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-27T23:55:25.293" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and hence hold an &lt;strong&gt;Indian Passport&lt;/strong&gt;. I am currently working in Ireland with &lt;strong&gt;critical skills employment permit&lt;/strong&gt; which is valid for 2 years after which I do not need a permit to work in Ireland and can take up permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company that I currently work for has its parent office in US. It has been around 8 months on Critical Skills visa for me in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an L1 visa is raised so that I can work with the parent company in US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Is my critical skills permit at risk?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Can I now not get Ireland stamp 4?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Is it possible to work on L1 visa in US and still hold my irish visa permits/rights?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;After working for some time in US on L1 visa, if I want to switch to another company in ireland, Will I have to apply for work visa&#xA;  again?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Does L1 visa changes my employer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Any insight to above will be helpful. I did research online but critical skills information on sites only talk about eligibility criteria and do not mention scenario which I am facing&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12012" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T19:58:18.087" Title="Status of Irish critical skills permit if work from USA office on L1 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-28T06:28:44.180" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada used to have at least 2 rounds of invitations every month. except for June this year, till today there is no invitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone know when is the next round of invitations, or why its been delayed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11841" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T06:00:09.140" Title="Canada immigration round of invitations" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11257" CreationDate="2017-06-28T10:53:23.023" Score="4" ViewCount="1725" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been granted a Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visa from Australia, but confusingly the document says nothing about what's the earliest date I can actually arrive to the country. There is a &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Must Not Arrive After&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; date and a &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Stay Period&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; of &quot;&lt;strong&gt;13 month(s) from the date of first arrival&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what is the earliest date I can actually arrive to the country? Could I go immediately, if I wanted? The contract for the 408 Activity position doesn't begin until July 10th, so I'm confused if I can arrive to the country beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;NB: I'm writing this question for a friend. I'm using the personal pronoun for easier readability.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-06-28T11:31:56.560" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T11:20:51.940" Title="My Australian visa has a &quot;Must Not Arrive After&quot; date, but not a &quot;Must Not Arrive Before&quot; date. Does this mean I can arrive immediately?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11244" CreationDate="2017-06-28T05:13:32.767" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from an UK employer which required me to apply for exempt visa for 3 years, at that time the offer looked really cool but just before few days I got another offer from Germany which is sponsoring Blue Card visa for me which seems better than exempt visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused because I have already submitted my passport for the exempt visa processing, is there any way I can proceed with Blue Card visa after I get my passport back with exempt visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11769" OwnerDisplayName="CodeYogi" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-06-28T12:39:02.530" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T12:44:38.337" Title="Can I apply for multiple visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11243" CreationDate="2017-06-28T12:44:38.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  The UK is not part of the Schengen area, so it is a separate jurisdiction as far as matters of immigration are concerned.  There's no prohibition against having two visas, one from each jurisdiction, at the same time.  If you decline the job in the UK, however, you may need to submit your passport to get the exempt visa cancelled.  This would be true regardless of whether you apply for another visa elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T12:44:38.337" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-28T16:24:23.960" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada in 1970. My father was born in the Netherlands in 1948 and came to Canada when he was five. He holds a Canadian passport. My mother was born in Germany in 1949 and came over when she was 7. She holds a Canadian passport. &lt;strong&gt;Is there anyway for me to obtain either a German or Netherlands passport as I would like to move to the EU?&lt;/strong&gt; The laws are seem extremely complicated and I everything I read says I cannot but I've met people who say they have been able to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12016" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T08:55:49.153" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T08:55:49.153" Title="How to get dual citizenship in the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T22:45:36.523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-28T19:03:32.253" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my fiancee will get married in Indonesia. I am Mauritian and she is Indonesian and we are both of the same religion. I live in France and after the marriage, she will have to apply for French Visa from Embassy of France in Indonesia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our marriage, both the legal and religious will be performed at the same place. Then we will be given the marriage certificate. Using this marriage certificate, will we able to use it directly at the french embassy ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11710" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T06:35:24.633" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T06:35:24.633" Title="Would a Muslim marriage from Indonesia be recognized for a French spouse visa application?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11240" CreationDate="2017-06-28T19:58:18.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't look like it's possible: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In accordance with section 24(1) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 as&#xA;  amended should a non-EEA national, for whatever reason, cease to be&#xA;  employed by the employer during the period of the Critical Skills or&#xA;  Green Card Employment Permit’s validity, the permit and the employer’s&#xA;  certified copy must be returned to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise&#xA;  and Innovation within four weeks from the date of termination or&#xA;  cessation. A permit holder or an employer who fails to comply with&#xA;  this subsection is guilty of an offence. All such permits which are&#xA;  returned to the Employment Permits Section in line with this will be&#xA;  changed to a Cancelled status on the Employment Permits Management&#xA;  System and these permits will no longer be valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be possible is you are still employed by the same Irish company, not officially employed by the US office but I don't know if that is allowed on an L-1 visa. You do have to have worked for the non-USA office for at least 1 year. Ask your company's (perhaps the parent company) immigration lawyers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T19:58:18.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9279" CreationDate="2017-06-28T22:38:02.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a Romanian citizen, your wife is obliged to do what is called a &quot;transcription&quot; of her German marriage certificate in Romanian civil status registers. She can go to www.econsulat.ro to do it for free at the nearest Consulate, or use a professional like www.romaniandocuments.net.&#xA;The German certificate will only be accepted directly if it is a &quot;Multilingual Extract&quot; (Mehrsprachiges Auszug). If not, it will have to be Apostilled and Translated authentically into Romanian before presentation.&#xA;After transcription she will get a corresponding Romanian marriage certificate, and a new Romanian passport on her new name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the ID, she cannot get a foreign address on Romanian ID cards, but she can apply for a &quot;Passport for Romanian Citizens Domiciled Abroad&quot;. To do this, www.econsulat.ro is also the solution. In this case, her passport will state &quot;Domicile: Germany&quot;, and then she can use the German ID / Residence card to prove her exact address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12017" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T22:38:02.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-28T05:38:35.757" Score="3" ViewCount="1924" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the United Stated on a travelers Visa but am in the process of converting it to a Student Visa. I currently use public transportation but in San Diego it's not very convenient. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to get a Driver's License without a SSN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to purchase a car without a SSN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help or insight would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Moonie Asemani" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-06-29T02:27:58.547" LastActivityDate="2017-06-29T21:13:54.027" Title="How to buy a car without SSN for someone on a student/travelers visa" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11249" CreationDate="2017-06-29T03:15:42.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In California you can apply for a driver's license without a SSN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl08&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you can prove legal presence (e.g. an F visa) but are ineligible for a SSN&lt;/a&gt;. Once you become eligible for a SSN you must obtain one and provide it to the DMV when you renew your license (which you will do frequently since California licenses for non-immigrants expire when their current legal presence does).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a license I don't believe a SSN is required to buy and register a car if you pay cash for it; you certainly won't get a loan without a SSN or ITIN since one of these is needed for a credit check. You'll need to make sure you can insure the car without a SSN, but I suspect this may not be a big problem since I don't recall having to provide mine to my own insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2017-06-29T21:13:54.027" LastActivityDate="2017-06-29T21:13:54.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-29T09:11:42.717" Score="3" ViewCount="3136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a job offer for a Software Developer position in Germany. I was asked by the German Embassy to get a ZAB assessment of my bachelor's degree in order for them to grant me a work visa. After sending my university documents and contract to the ZAB, they replied with the payment details and an initial review that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eine erste Durchsicht Ihrer Unterlagen hat ergeben, dass es für Ihren Abschluss keine Entsprechung im Hochschulbereich gibt. Nach derzeitigem Stand wird die Bewertung Ihres Abschlusses voraussichtlich auf der Ebene eines deutschen Reifezeugnisses sowie Teilen eines Grundstudiums in Informatik erfolgen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bitte überlegen Sie, ob Sie unter diesen Voraussetzungen die Ausstellung einer Zeugnisbewertung wünschen und geben Sie uns eine kurze Rückmeldung, ob wir mit der Bearbeitung Ihres Antrages fortfahren sollen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A first review of your documentation has shown that there is no equivalent in the higher education sector for your degree. According to the current state, the evaluation of your degree is expected to take place at the level of a German university degree as well as parts of a basic course in computer science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please consider whether you would like to receive a certificate evaluation under these conditions and give us a short confirmation as to whether we should continue to process your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused with this statement: &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;there is no equivalent in the higher education sector for your degree&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. As far as I understand the requirements for Blue card, I need to have an assessment which states that my degree is equivalent to a university degree in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My university is listed in Anabin with H+ status but my degree is not listed under the university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this initial review normal? Should I just send the a confirmation to continue my ZAB application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I understand correctly that they would compare my bachelor's degree with a German bachelor's degree as I requested in my application? &lt;em&gt;deutschen Reifezeugnisses&lt;/em&gt; has different translations in Google, sometimes it means &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;German school leaving certificate&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; other times it is &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;German university degree&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12021" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T11:12:01.187" Title="ZAB degree assessment initial review for blue card" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11253" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-29T15:26:22.847" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 15 year old who just finished his Segment One Course in Michigan. It says in order to apply for the Level One License, I need Proof of Residence, the problem is we don't live here anymore. I was born here and lived here for 8 years and we still own our house but I'm concerned I can't get my license simply because I don't live here? I have no plans driving overseas but just would like to drive everytime I'm back in the states. Is it possible for me to apply for a license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12023" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T09:35:08.473" Title="Michigan Level One License" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-12T03:39:23.933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11254" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12220" CreationDate="2017-06-30T05:15:15.793" Score="9" ViewCount="817" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently reside in the Netherlands as a scientific researcher. I have a valid residence card and employment contract. There are some prospects for me to begin a PhD at a large university here. However I would like to make sure that this will not jeopardize my ability to obtain Dutch citizenship in the next few years. In my current understanding and according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND website&lt;/a&gt; Naturalization requires that one reside in the Netherlands for an uninterrupted period of at least 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this only encompasses individuals with a valid residence permit for &quot;non-temporary purposes of stay...at the time of the naturalization ceremony&quot;. The definition of &quot;temporary&quot; versus &quot;non-temporary&quot; is given by &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/temporary-and-non-temporary-purposes-of-stay.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link lists &quot;Study&quot; as a &quot;Temporary&quot; purpose of stay. I therefore have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does a fully funded, 5-year technical PhD count as mere &quot;study&quot;? May I use 5 years as a PhD to justify citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If not, can an individual still apply for citizenship after the end of the PhD? Say for example I finished my PhD in 4 years and then secured a job, continuing to live in the Netherlands for another year under a regular employment contract. Would the years spent as a PhD candidate accrue and count as regular residency?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks and look forward to your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:19.477" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:19.477" Title="Dutch citizenship by naturalization regulations" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11217" CreationDate="2017-06-30T07:21:00.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;you &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; apply for your bluecard from your current location.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you need to do this through the local German Mission: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pakistan.diplo.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.pakistan.diplo.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this page specifically should give you an overview of the visa process with them:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pakistan.diplo.de/Vertretung/pakistan/en/06Legal/2__visa__longterm/__Visa__longterm.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.pakistan.diplo.de/Vertretung/pakistan/en/06Legal/2__visa__longterm/__Visa__longterm.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you should contact the mission with your questions because &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; will be handling your application, hence you need to meet their requirements.  Best way to do this is to get the information directly from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the faq for bluecard questions on the BAMF website gives a lot of information, too: sadly I can't post more than two links but I'm sure you can find it if you search for BAMF bluecard faq ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12025" LastActivityDate="2017-06-30T07:21:00.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7371" CreationDate="2017-06-30T15:45:17.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remember, any advice given is very YMMV but this is my understanding as it stands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The UK will give you stateless person status if you willfully renounce your citizenship, provided you meet all other requirements (per a publication on gov.uk dated 18 February 2016).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;France &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; give you stateless person status, as it is not prohibited in their law concerning stateless person status. L'Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (the French office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons) is the agency which is responsible for all claims of refugee status and subsidiary protection (which includes stateless persons). The procedure is defined in article 812-1 from CESEDA (Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile, or the Code of the entry and the residency of foreigners and right of asylum).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Slovakia has given a willfully stateless American stateless person's status (as in the case of Mike Gogulski), including a residency permit and a travel document.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finland &lt;strong&gt;MAY&lt;/strong&gt; refuse you stateless person status if you willfully renounced your citizenship. I remember reading this on the website of their migration service, Maahanmuuttovirasto, but I cannot find it again. If Finland is your intended destination, you really should read up on this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also one other thing you should know about: the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin Regulation is a piece of legislation that applies to applicants for asylum and applies in the EU, as well as Switzerland. Basically, it requires you to apply for asylum in the first EU member state (or Switzerland) you enter. Which is why there are a lot of refugees in Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, and Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the UK does not believe that the Dublin regulation applies to people who are stateless (as long as they have not applied for asylum), the actual text of the Dublin regulation may get you in trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, your mileage may vary. Do your homework, get an attorney, do your homework, prepare to learn another language, do your homework and remember, above all else, to &lt;strong&gt;DO YOUR HOMEWORK&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12028" LastActivityDate="2017-06-30T15:45:17.753" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11242" CreationDate="2017-07-01T11:20:51.940" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00068/Html/Volume_1#_Toc476579889&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 68 of the &lt;em&gt;Migration Act 1958&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sets out when a visa is in effect:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1)  Subject to subsection (2), a visa has effect as soon as it is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2)  A visa may provide that it comes into effect at the beginning of a day, being a day after its grant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a)  specified in the visa; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b)  when an event, specified in the visa, happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unless otherwise specified in the visa grant notice, you can enter Australia immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T11:20:51.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11055" CreationDate="2017-07-01T17:24:15.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: You'll probably need to pay, but see a lawyer if it's a lot of money.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Did anyone face this problem before and what did you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not this specific problem and not in the Netherlands, but I do have a bit of Israeli experience, both w.r.t. my own taxes and my limited legal background, on both of which I'll base my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Who should be responsible for this, company should pay as it is her mistake or i should pay (it is not small amount of money)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're mixing up several questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To what extent (if at all) is the state due the miscalculated taxes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(I'm adding this one:) How should the missing taxes be paid?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who should pay whom?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Is the (Dutch) state owed the tax miscalculation difference?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, the answer is Yes, as @anomuse' &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11065/7110&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; suggests. However, this may potentially be restricted by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A statute of limitation - In some states in the world, the tax authorities cannot demand unpaid taxes more than X years back, unless you committed some sort of fraud. I'm not sure whether that's the case in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An amount/fraction of your salary limit - In some states in the world, if a person made a good faith assumption that certain monies were due to him/her by the state, and it is discovered they aren't, s/he might argue to having &quot;relied&quot; on this money being available to him, and this can have legal implications regarding the amount owed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case I suspect none of these two would be relevant, but if we're talking about sufficiently large amounts, and if you did actually &quot;rely&quot; on them (e.g. you took out a mortgage or other such personal circumstances), a lawyer would tell you if that's an argument you can use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How should the missing taxes be paid?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are essentially 3 options here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You pay them everything in one go.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You pay them in arrears over a prolonged period.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They deduct what you owe them from what they owe you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 3 is usually irrelevant. Between option 1 and option 2, or within the details of option 2, there should be some room for negotiations and perhaps legally-mandated leeway for the tax authorities. Also, the &quot;reliance&quot; argument I mentioned above sometimes does not reduce them sum owed, but allows for slower repayment of the debt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are able to speak Dutch, consider discussing this with the tax authority directly. Otherwise, either try to get your HR to help you - if they're super friendly and willing to spend the time - or, again, see a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Who should pay whom?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are liable vis-a-vis the Dutch state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should make  sure the company did not somehow benefit in your case by avoiding some payments it should have made itself. For example, AFAIK the company does not make retirement fund contributions for the untaxed 30% (and neither do you). If that happened, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; should also be paying &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; - directly or by depositing more towards your retirement benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that they might owe you that money with some interest. Also, if you believe you have incurred losses due to the &quot;reliance&quot; situation I mentioned before, or if you are required by the tax authorities to pay a large amount of back-taxes at once, you may theoretically have ground to make compensation demands of the previous company or sue them for such compensation. I stress the &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; here, since this is just speculation. Again, if we're talking about large amounts of money - consult a lawyer about this. If not, just make sure you didn't get stiffed on your retirement benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T17:24:15.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-01T18:13:26.537" Score="2" ViewCount="970" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I buy a sapphire for an engagement ring during on a holiday in Sri Lanka will I have to declare it in the airport at customs (both leaving Sri Lanka and returning to the UK)? Will I have to pay fees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told so but it doesn't seem like that reading around on guides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance I didn't find useful information on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gic.gov.lk/gic/index.php?option=com_info&amp;amp;id=2279&amp;amp;task=info&amp;amp;lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Finance&#xA;Sri Lanka Customs Department&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;There they simply say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Gem stones purchased in Sri Lanka can be exported either by Air freight or hand carried by the owner.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.srilanka-botschaft.de/tourism/tips-for-travellers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German embassy page&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sri Lanka's most celebrated export Blue Sapphires, Cats Eyes, Rubies, Star Rubies, Star Sapphires, Alexandrites, Moonstones, Zircons, Garnets, Amethysts, Topaz, etc. are offered for sale at the Sri Lanka Gem &amp;amp; Jewellery Exchange, 310 Galle Road, Colombo 3. A free gem testing service is provided to tourists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the Gem Board offices in Colombo and Ratnapura can provide free taxation and official certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-07-03T16:26:14.217" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T16:26:14.217" Title="Declare at customs gems bought on holiday in Sri Lanka?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-02T06:02:00.200" Score="1" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only UK residents can renew the photocard, and the official advice for UK licence-holders living abroad is to get a licence in their new country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GB licence holders&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you’re moving abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can’t register your new address on your British driving licence.&#xA;  Contact the driving licence authority in your new country of&#xA;  residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/keeping-your-driving-licence-date&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NI licence holders&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you permanently move to another country, DVA can’t register your&#xA;  new address on your Northern Ireland driving licence. You’ll need to&#xA;  contact the driving licence authority in your country of residence for&#xA;  information on exchanging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves two questions which are not answered clearly on the government website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How should one drive when visiting the UK after the UK licence expires?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If one returns to the UK, can the expired licence be renewed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2017-07-02T08:05:06.590" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T08:05:06.590" Title="UK driving licence photocard expiring - implications for non-residents" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11260" CreationDate="2017-07-02T06:02:00.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Driving with an expired photocard is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/motorists-reminded-of-the-importance-in-renewing-their-photocard-driving-licences&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;illegal and can attract a £1000&lt;/a&gt; fine. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tool on gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; that seems to say that EU licences are (currently) valid in the UK, and that other licences* are valid for 1 year from entry. So the answer seems to be, drive in the UK on your foreign licence. The tool doesn't say anything about translation though - it might be a good idea to get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Driving Permit&lt;/a&gt;, just in case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems a grey area. It's the photocard that has expired, not the licence itself, so I assume it will be able to be renewed with DVLA/DVA with some explanation. There doesn't appear to be any offical information about this - it's probably handled on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* The tool actually asks &quot;Where did you pass your test?&quot;. If you exchanged a UK licence for a foreign one, the correct answer to this is &quot;EU&quot; (there is no UK option) even if you have a non-UK or non-EU licence. I'm assuming what it means to ask is what is the country that issued your licence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T06:02:00.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11092" CreationDate="2017-07-02T06:21:32.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You need to get a South African licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/renew-driving-licence-at-70&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use this service to renew your British driving licence if&#xA;  you’re 70 or over, or will be 70 in the next 90 days, and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your British licence has expired – or it’s going to expire within 90    days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re a resident of Great Britain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;And&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you’re moving abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can’t register your new address on your British driving licence.&#xA;  Contact the driving licence authority in your new country of&#xA;  residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T06:21:32.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11059" CreationDate="2017-07-02T07:32:34.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no 6 month validity requirement listed in the official guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/youken.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Requirements for foreigners entering Japan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigners must have a valid passport to enter Japanese territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/zyouriku.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Landing Procedures for foreign nationals&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreign national must satisfy the following conditions for landing&#xA;  in Japan (Article 7, Paragraph 1 of the Immigration Control Act)&#xA;  before he is permitted to enter the country with the status of&#xA;  residence and period of stay authorized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The foreign national must hold a valid passport with a valid visa issued by a Japanese counsular officer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T07:32:34.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11253" CreationDate="2017-07-02T09:35:08.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have emigrated from the US.  You are no longer eligible for a driving licence in the US.  You can apply for a driving licence in whatever country you currently reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, each US state has its own rules about foreign drivers (which you will be).  In particular, Michigan says that you must carry your non-US license, and if your license is not written in English, an International Driving Permit (which is useful in many states and countries, not just Michigan).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.michigan.gov/documents/reciprocity_chart_20508_7.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.michigan.gov/documents/reciprocity_chart_20508_7.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To more directly answer the question,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to apply for a license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not legally, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T09:35:08.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11234" CreationDate="2017-07-02T09:43:37.380" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most flat screen TVs are dual-voltage (100 to 240 VAC).  The input power is unlikely to be a problem, though obviously you must check the label before you try it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over-the-air TV inputs are region-specific, meaning that the TV you buy now may not accept antenna connections in other countries.  However, HDMI and other non-antenna-type connections like composite video or VGA are not region-specific.  So while you may need a converter box in your destination country, in practice this is not a big deal and often you would end up with one even if you bought a local set, e.g. for DVR or premium channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that can go wrong when you relocate a TV is that any &quot;smart&quot; features such as Netflix which the TV may contain may not work anymore.  For example, LG TVs made before 2012 had their Netflix region permanently set at the factory.  Again, this can be overcome by treating the TV as a dumb display and using an external video source via HDMI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T09:43:37.380" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-02T00:16:36.227" Score="0" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is someone in particular who is seriously considering moving to Japan as an English teacher, through either the J.E.T. program or a private company that has similar ESL positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this person has diabetes and has to take insulin.  While my understanding is that Japanese nationals are able to easily secure good health insurance and afford the medicine/treatment for this, I wasn't sure how easy it would be to get health insurance and be able to afford this as a foreign national coming to teach English at a job like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the health insurance and things like that would probably differ between companies and organizations, but this person would be reluctant to ask about it early on during an application process, and it would seem like there would be a general, relatively established trend among J.E.T. and similar groups about this for non-Japanese ESL teachers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general trend for this is and how easy is it / what is the general process for a diabetic coming in to Japan for this type of English-teaching position to secure health insurance and treatment/medicine, taking the kind of pay at these jobs into account? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12036" OwnerDisplayName="Panzercrisis" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T14:33:22.773" Title="American English teacher getting health coverage in Japan" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11259" CreationDate="2017-07-02T13:41:42.027" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen no indication of any export taxes for tourists taking individual gems out of Sri Lanka. In looking for information, I found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293961-i8983-k4156021-Be_Careful_when_Buying_Gems_in_Sri_Lanka-Sri_Lanka.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt; advice to only buy from a shop that will take the gem with you to the Gem Trading Board for valuation. That seems good advice, and you could ask about the taxation comment when you are there. It may be as benign as a VAT refund on export.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The value of the sapphire will matter for importing it into the UK. The duty free allowance for &quot;other goods&quot; from outside the EU is currently 390 pounds. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/arrivals-from-outside-the-eu&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bringing goods into the UK&lt;/a&gt; for more information. If you are exceeding any of the duty-free limits you need to take the red channel on leaving baggage claim and have information about the values etc. ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T13:41:42.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11266" CreationDate="2017-07-02T14:33:22.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question seems to be based on several misconceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While my understanding is that Japanese nationals are able to easily secure good health insurance and afford the medicine/treatment for this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, &quot;Japanese nationals are able to easily secure good health insurance&quot;; but so is everyone who legally resides in Japan, regardless of nationality or any other factor. Indeed, one is not merely able to, it is mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know that the health insurance and things like that would probably differ between companies and organizations&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cost and health care-related benefits of the mandatory health insurance are the same no matter what your employer is or even whether you have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you seem to think your situation is special and requires specific measures; it doesn't. You will enroll in health insurance just like everybody else does. I have no idea where your &quot;understanding&quot; of Japanese health insurance is coming from, but I suggest you consult a reputable source. Typically, it is best to consult with the organisation which provides your health insurance, which in your case would be your employer. If you are reluctant to do that, however, you can look for information about the National Health Insurance (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/current-students/healthinsurance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;), which is the one provided to unemployed people (including students, etc.). Your employer-provided health insurance will work in almost the same way, so information about the NHI should work well enough as a general guide, with the caveat that in your case all health insurance-related procedures will be done though your employer, not the government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T14:33:22.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11208" CreationDate="2017-07-02T19:15:42.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL/DR: It's normal.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;normal&quot; non-doppel Makler, when tasked with finding people to buy/rent a realty, is basically a salesperson with the goal to make the landlord happy (and not you).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Doppelmakler, on the other hand, wants to be a neutral middleman who tries to find the best fit for both sides, and who will tell you all disadvantages of a certain property too, and/or recommend properties of other landlords.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most Austrian Maklers in the realty business work as Doppelmakler.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for completeness: The word Makler alone doesn't necessarily imply realties for private persons. In other business areas, being a Doppelmakler isn't common, and of course not desired by the contractors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-07-03T15:35:29.247" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T15:35:29.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-03T15:17:26.360" Score="5" ViewCount="995" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandparents were Dutch and emigrated to Australia in 1960 with my mother who was a small child at the time. I was born in Australia in 1980 and my Dad is not Dutch. Does this make me &lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latente_Nederlanders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;latent Dutch&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;My grandfather never naturalized as Australian, my grandmother eventually did but not until 1990. My mother was Dutch at birth and naturalized in Australia independently of her parents at age 17. She was married to my Dad when I was born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding this may make me latent Dutch. Does anyone know what the factors would be in this situation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12043" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-16T10:52:15.160" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T13:16:49.827" Title="Do I qualify as a &quot;latent Dutch&quot; person?" Tags="&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-03T15:30:58.460" Score="3" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm based in the Netherlands - Amsterdam, specifically - but there's a possibility that within a few months I would need to move to California (SF Bay Area). I don't intend to move furniture over, but I do have, oh, between 3 to 5 cubic meters of personal belongings I'll be taking with me. Nothing is packed at the moment. but a large part of it could fit into plastic and cardboard boxes and fabric pseudo-boxes I had used to pack when moving here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I do this? Specifically,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there more than one kind of shipping option that I should consider? Say, sea vs air? Or maybe - different ports of destination? Price/speed tradeoffs?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where do I look for the appropriate moving company (and should it be Dutch)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it worthwhile to pack everything myself, or for the price I'm paying should I just let the movers take care of it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-09-25T22:26:07.573" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T22:26:07.573" Title="How should I move my personal belongings from Amsterdam to California?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11055" CreationDate="2017-07-03T17:41:46.853" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You had income, and there are laws that determine how much income tax you should pay for that income. And that's how much money the tax office wants to receive; what your company calculated is quite irrelevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as the money that your company deducted from your pay, and the money they sent to the tax office are the same, you will be responsible for all the taxes. Let's say we both should have paid €1,000 but your company incorrectly calculated that you should pay only €500. The result is that there was €500 more in your pocket than you should have had, and €500 more in your pocket than in mine, and €500 less in your account at the tax office, so all you have to do is hand over the money that you should have never had in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The way this works in the UK: Every month, your employer calculates your total income for the year, how much tax you should have to pay, how much tax you paid so far, and then they pay the difference to the tax office, limited to 50% of your income. So if your previous employer got the numbers wrong, the next employer fixes it automatically. If your previous employer withheld €500 less than they should, the next employer automatically pays €500 more of your money to the tax office. If your previous employer withheld €500 more than they should, the next employer automatically pays €500 less to the tax office and €500 more to you. More common than errors are situations where your salary changed (for example unemployment, or a big bonus). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T17:41:46.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-03T18:40:38.970" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and I want to know if I marry an European girl (Romanian), will I be able to get the nationality and work permit for Spain as she is living in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12045" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T20:36:15.223" Title="Getting work permit for Spain" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11275" CreationDate="2017-07-03T20:36:15.223" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nationality, not immediately.  Right to live and work in Spain, yes, unless the authorities determine that you entered into the relationship for the purpose of being able to live and work in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After living in Spain for some time, you will generally become eligible for naturalization, though there can be additional requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After living in Spain for five years, you will generally acquire a right of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T20:36:15.223" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-03T23:06:12.963" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is anyone aware of whether it is okay to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curricular_Practical_Training&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CPT&lt;/a&gt; (curricular practical training) while your &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optional_Practical_Training&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OPT&lt;/a&gt; (optional practical training) application is still pending? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently waiting for the cancellation of my OPT application to go through so that I can apply for CPT but my start date is coming up so I was wondering if it is fine to use the CPT even thought the OPT application is still pending (but soon to be cancelled)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12046" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-01T16:01:55.240" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T16:01:55.240" Title="Using CPT for summer work authorization on an F1 visa while OPT Application still Pending" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T14:19:18.860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11279" CreationDate="2017-07-04T04:26:21.440" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non EU citizen, and my girlfriend is from Romania living in Spain. She doesn't have Spanish citizenship but has been living there for last 10 years. We want to settle in Spain together but without getting married as we need some more time to finish her studies. &#xA;So, how can I get a work permit and what are the other requirements for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12048" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-04T11:05:44.280" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T11:05:44.280" Title="Permanent work permit for Spain" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11278" CreationDate="2017-07-04T11:04:51.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are planning on a PhD, then you should enter on that route and be able to support yourself according to Spain's requirements with the respective work limits for that visa. If you are asking as to whether your future intentions to someday qualify for a particular status will help in the present, then no. You will have to qualify on your own right and acquire any status related to your partner at that time when you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T11:04:51.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-04T14:36:03.617" Score="1" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a chemical engineer and I have plans for Master studies in France. I already have approval from the University and now it's time to apply for a student visa. I am from Tunisia by the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I traveled to the EU before for internships (Belgium for 3 months and Germany for a year). Near the end of my internship in Germany (end of 2015), my employer suggested a 3 months extension of my internship (possibility of employment by then and quite a load of work to handle by that time). The problem was that as a non-EU citizen I could not have an internship in Germany for more than a year. So I applied with a contract of ''vocational training'' along with the necessary documents (letter from the employer, forms...). I applied 2 weeks before the end of my visa and I had concerns that the application will take more time than that. Unfortunately, it did take a lot of time and I ended up waiting until the last day where I went there to check the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my application was denied. They said that the reason was that my income in the contract was not justified (even though that it's stated that I had a little more than the minimum wage). That day, I signed a document there saying that I understand the situation and that I had to leave Germany in 14 days max (they were very clear about that). I had that document with me at the airport and handed it to customs. I got a regular stamp on my passport and the agent wrote on top of it GÜS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what this means exactly? Is it considered as a visa refusal (I am reading that you get a refusal stamp in this case?)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking into account that I am applying for a student visa in France soon, can this affect my application? Should I state this as a visa refusal in the visa forms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Corrected spelling + Please let me know if a detail in my description is not clear enough. Thank you for your time :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT 2: Hello @lafemmecosmique and @phoog, I was just re-checking the documents that I received back then and I thought to update the info that I had. So I have a document from the Bundesagentur fur Arbeit (Labor Agency) and 2 other documents from the officer at the foreigner office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The document from the labor agency states clearly that my qualifications do not match my remuneration (I applied with a vocational training contract). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The interesting thing that I found out after translating the exact text from German in the document I signed in the foreigner office is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Date, address and name of the officer,&#xA;Mr XX speaks to the foreign authority in &lt;em&gt;city&lt;/em&gt; on this day without being asked.&#xA;Mr XX is pointed out that the employment agency has rejected his application for further employment. Mr XX is pointed out that he has to leave the federal territory. Mr XX decides to cancel the application for the extension of the residence permit from 18.08.2015.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you guys have new explanations based on this new information? It says that I decided to cancel my application to extend my residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank a lot for your time! I really appreciate your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12052" LastEditorUserId="12052" LastEditDate="2017-07-08T15:40:09.077" LastActivityDate="2017-07-08T15:40:09.077" Title="Applying for a student visa in France. I have a question regarding a previous visa and stay in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T23:50:11.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-04T16:31:31.777" Score="1" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to attend a student-visa interview after a few days. I applied to a Master programme in Informatics Engineering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean when visa officer asks the following question regarding the programme/course ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the scope of your Master course/programme?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please reply asap. Thanks a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12054" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T22:59:07.637" Title="Regarding student visa:-- What does it mean when visa officer asks ''What is the scope of your course''?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-04T16:57:57.253" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from Bahrain and will be moving there in another 50 odd days. Just would like to know if the recent Qatar issue has had any negative impact on Bahrain that an expat should be concerned of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11766" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T07:22:06.753" Title="Qatar issue impact on Bahrain" Tags="&lt;bahrain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11283" CreationDate="2017-07-04T17:28:42.300" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those are usually questions to assess your understanding of what you will be studying and to guarantee that you will succeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The scope of studies might mean: &#xA;- What kind of studies do you want to carry?&#xA;- How much time will it take?&#xA;- Why choose this country in particular?&#xA;- What do you want to do after graduating? (to check if your career goals match)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also expect questions: &#xA;- Regarding your previous studies (to see if it matches more or less your orientation).&#xA;- Regarding your awareness with what it takes financially, or if you master the language of the country you are going to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12052" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T17:28:42.300" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11286" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11596" CreationDate="2017-07-04T21:34:38.087" Score="5" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit: they did accept this degree as equivalent to an Australian Masters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am considering applying for an Australian skilled immigration Visa as a software engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a BA in History and an MSc in Computer Science (specifically &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2017/eng/msc-computer-science/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2017/eng/msc-computer-science/&lt;/a&gt;, but from 2007-2008), plus 7ish years of experience as a software engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I am concerned that my degree might not count towards the requirements (in which case I think I need to fill out an annoying recognition of prior learning form and won't get as many points).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The part which is confusing me is in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20-%20June%202017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidelines for Applications&lt;/a&gt;. It states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A post graduate qualification (Graduate Diploma or Masters) that do not require a Bachelor with an ICT&#xA;  major for entry into the course, must have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A minimum of 3 semesters or at least 1.5 years of full-time study&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My MSc was 180 credit points, where in the UK students normally take 120 credits worth of units a year, but it was only a 12 month course. I have no idea how many semesters you would call it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: how do I find out whether my degree is likely to be accepted? Paying $500 Australian and filling out all the forms only to be rejected would be quite annoying. And I presume somewhere the ACS must maintain a list of degrees which they accept for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12055" LastEditorUserId="12055" LastEditDate="2017-10-12T21:07:20.707" LastActivityDate="2017-10-12T21:07:20.707" Title="Does my Masters Conversion course count towards the Australian ACS requirements?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11283" CreationDate="2017-07-04T22:59:07.637" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The scope of your course means what is covered by your course. You'd be expected to be able to answer regarding the topics/subjects that you will study, and probably talk about things like how it will be structured, assessed and the length of the course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12056" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T22:59:07.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11288" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11540" CreationDate="2017-07-05T07:55:11.837" Score="3" ViewCount="4568" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of applying for a German 3 months work permit in order to be able to apply for a Blue Card. One of the requirements, as the embassy states, is that the university degree should be recognized in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anabin database&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm holding a 4-year software engineering degree from a university listed as H +/-&#xA; in the Anabin database. However, I couldn't find my &quot;exact&quot; degree title there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the degree listing, there were a lot of duplications with just different spellings! Seems like that there's a way to submit your degree and there's no actual reviewing there to recognize spelling errors, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found my degree category, but it only has 2 degrees listed; &quot;English literature&quot; and &quot;Environment Health&quot;. Non-related to software engineering. IMHO, it doesn't seem to be a matter of scientific recognition, the list is just incomplete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I going to be eligible for an EU blue card with a non-listed degree and H +/- university? Should I get a ZAB comparability statement instead? Embassy stated that your degree is either recognized or you're going to need a letter from &lt;em&gt;&quot;Kultusministerkonferenz&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. What's my next step? I'd appreciate any hints here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Seems like&lt;/a&gt; that ZAB is part of &quot;Kultusministerkonferenz&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2018-01-18T14:13:51.553" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T14:19:55.537" Title="Eligible for Germany bluecard with a non-anabin-listed degree and a H+/- university?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11284" CreationDate="2017-07-05T15:04:34.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In one word.. No.. Other than if you want to travel between the nations, that would be hard. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93Qatar_relations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Baharain-Qatar relations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-06T07:22:06.753" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T07:22:06.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-06T03:12:58.160" Score="3" ViewCount="772" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling my DS 160 form to schedule visa appointment in India for H1B visa stamping. My W2 wage is more than LCA wage by $27k. What salary should I enter in DS 160 form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12061" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T12:23:56.703" Title="USA - H1B Visa Stamping. What salary should I enter in DS 160 form if my W2 wage is more than LCA wage by $27k" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-06T09:24:26.797" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 6 months until the expiry of my Netherlands Residence Permit (RP) on 31st December. This allows me to start the process of having an extension for another 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I begin the process now, will the start date of my new RP be the date it is issued, or would it begin on 1st January, moving it forward two years from when the current one expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did try to get this information online, but in vain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12063" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T10:03:20.513" Title="What becomes the start date when a Residence Permit is extended?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-06T14:38:01.617" Score="4" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been accepted into the PhD program offered by the Molecular and Cell Biology department at a US university and I am supposed to join this August. My &lt;strong&gt;F1 visa&lt;/strong&gt; appointment is on 25th July.  Now classes at the university start on 21st August. Considering my department is Biology (although my research will be in Computational Biology), there is a very high chance for me to get the 221g which would delay getting the visa by a month (Most Biology students are getting the 221g of late since it is in the 'Technology Alert List'). As a result, I would arrive US possible after start of class, and seeing this there is very high probability that the immigration officer would deny me entry. I asked the officials at my university regarding arriving late and they said - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you arrive later than the &quot;report to school&quot; date on your I-20, the immigration officer at the port of entry has authority to turn you away. If you are allowed to enter the United States but are not allowed to register for classes, you will be in violation of your visa status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My attempts to solution-&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked some students I know who study in the US regarding this and one of them suggested - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What you can do is, travel on a tourist visa. Reach there, get your TB test done anywhere in the states and wait for your visa to come.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Also, write to the university, they'll be able to help you better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the school officials about this. They provided me a link related to the different visa types for students at the university (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.utdallas.edu/isso/non-fj/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.utdallas.edu/isso/non-fj/&lt;/a&gt;). I went through the link they provided and I understood the following - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My school permits qualified students with the B1/B2 visa (tourist visa) to enroll in classes, and to engage in degree-seeking study. However, immigration regulations specifically prohibit study in the U.S.  If you currently hold B-1/B-2 nonimmigrant status and would like to enroll in classes, you may apply for a change of status to F-1&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Processing for a change of status commonly requires approximately 6 months, so plan ahead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;​&#xA;So, ​since I can't study on tourist visa (according to immigration regulations), and change of visa to F1 generally takes 6 months, I would not be able to execute this plan right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question -&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question then is, can you suggest another course of action, given my current situation (&lt;em&gt;for example,&lt;/em&gt; is there something I can say to visa interviewer? OR can I travel by some other visa type? OR is there something wrong in my current analysis of the situation?). Any help would be really beneficial for me, as I do not wish delaying joining the institute by another semester.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12064" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T14:38:01.617" Title="Possible delay in F1 visa approval : What can I do?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-08-01T00:20:19.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-06T18:34:46.920" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking about moving to Canada for a while under the IEC (working holiday) visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a software engineer by trade and would look for work in that industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I fall in love with the work / the employer wants me to stay - can I change my status / visa to an employer sponsored visa so I can stay longer than the IEC visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12067" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T05:28:35.123" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T05:28:35.123" Title="Can I change an IEC visa to an employer sponsored visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11295" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11306" CreationDate="2017-07-06T20:20:57.537" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been accepted at an university in London and I will start my doctoral studies in the end of September. Given my financial situation as well as the cost of life in London, I decided to look for a room in a shared flat. My question is: how long in advance should I start looking for a flat? On the one hand, I don't want to leave things for the last moment, but on the other hand it seems to me that is quite difficult to secure a room many months in advance (most ads I have seen so far are looking for people for the next couple of weeks). It seems to me that this varies wildly from country to country (e.g. here in Germany people seem to start looking &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; more in advance than in other countries I have lived before), so what would be a reasonable time frame for me to start searching without becoming too stressed with the situation? Would a month suffice? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12068" LastEditorUserId="12068" LastEditDate="2017-07-06T20:29:07.740" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T06:08:51.703" Title="How long in advance to look for a shared flat in London" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-07T02:11:26.137" Score="2" ViewCount="812" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not yet convicted of a crime but I am being charged with a felony that will most likely be reduced to a misdemeanor with a year probation here in the United States. It's non violent, and not drug, theft, or firearm related that took place over two years ago. But yet it doesn't quality to be expunged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's basically trespassing but I'm fearful of my chances of moving to Berlin in the future when I graduate university. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get a visa and move to Germany with this on my record? Perhaps if I get a certificate of good conduct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12070" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-07-07T17:33:43.897" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T23:10:03.937" Title="Is it possible to work in Germany with a small criminal history?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11297" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11313" CreationDate="2017-07-07T06:41:58.867" Score="2" ViewCount="478" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm researching the situation with schools in Catalonia, Spain and am trying to understand if there is such thing as an affordable private school for children in terms of fees? Anything in the range &amp;lt;= 400-500 EUR per month for tuition? Or are they mostly expensive and even more expensive? I know I can check out lists and websites of schools themselves, but it is a bit difficult as there are multiple fees involved and it is not always clear to assess the full cost of education. I should admit though that, unlike with public schools, there are lots of lists of private schools in the internet which is somewhat helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12059" LastEditorUserId="12059" LastEditDate="2017-07-08T08:34:54.637" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T20:37:27.293" Title="Price ranges for private schools in Spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-12T03:39:08.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-07T07:44:21.670" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in France from December 2012 until February 2016. I was obviously paying taxes during this period. In March 2016, I left to work in the United States and did nothing about my French tax situation. However, I just noticed that they are collecting 34 euros from my account each month now for almost a year although I haven't declared anything since I don't work there anymore. What should I do in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12073" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-07T10:29:01.403" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:22:37.330" Title="I left France but they are still collecting taxes from my account" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11273" CreationDate="2017-07-07T10:04:24.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't moved from EU to USA, but I did the reverse, several years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, you can get the best overview of the options by simply googling &quot;international move&quot;, optionally with the start and end location included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not bring a lot of stuff either when I moved, and for my needs it was sufficient to book shipment of individual cartons which I had packed myself.  UPS ended up doing the actual shipping (via an intermediary), and the shipping company took care of all the customs forms, etc for me.  It was not too expensive and it only took a couple of weeks to get my things.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I do it this way again?  Maybe.  The problem with this method was that UPS seemed to use my boxes for boxing or wrestling practice or so.  They were very beat up on arrival, with crushed corners and holes and one was even ripped open on one end.  Strangely, nothing seemed to be missing but I would not use a box-shipping company again unless I was willing to invest in some &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; secure cartons and probably some kind of shrink wrap to further protect them.  This would be a hassle for sure.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option is some variation of freight shipping, which usually goes by sea, where your cartons will be packed into some other kind of container prior to the long haul move.  Often your boxes/furniture will be shrink wrapped on a palette, but there are also small shipping container options that you basically pack yourself, then they come pick up the whole container and send it on its way.  Here is an example of what I mean: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/moving/movecube/international/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/moving/movecube/international/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for larger moves you can arrange for a more traditional shipping container (full, half or quarter) but I think this is far beyond your needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The choice between having movers pack your things and doing it yourself, apart from the shipping, is up to you, obviously.  It will cost more, possibly a lot more, if you want this kind of &quot;full service&quot; move.  On the other hand, depending on the kind of insurance coverage you want to buy for your things, you may not have a choice in the matter.  Most freight movers/shippers do not offer breakage cover on items you've packed yourself as they don't want to take responsibility for your (bad) packing job. If I had used the freight option I would have merely taken the &quot;total loss&quot; cover to protect me if the container was lost or somehow destroyed, and I would have still packed everything myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just the basics, but for a small move, I think these are the important highlights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;re: price/time air/vs/sea - you really need to talk to a moving/shipping company to get quotes for cost and timing and weigh that against your personal needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12074" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T10:04:24.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-07T11:50:10.080" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am waiting for my decision of Swedish residence permit inside Sweden where I am allowed to live until I get a decision, but I want to travel using a Polish tourist visa in and out of the Schengen Zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a legal plan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12075" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-07-07T11:55:04.693" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T11:55:04.693" Title="Traveling on Polish tourist visa while waiting for Swedish residence permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T06:15:46.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11298" CreationDate="2017-07-07T13:15:35.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, in France, any monthly payment is an advance payment, similar to the way withholding works in other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For income tax, I think you were still supposed to file tax returns this year (2017), for the income you received in 2016. Presumably, it would have taken care of any excess payment, which would have been refunded. Unfortunately, the window to submit your tax return for 2016 has already closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For local taxes (&lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt;), you have to pay the whole year worth, based on where you lived on January 1st. It can work to your advantage or, in this case, mean that you have to pay the amount for a whole year even though you were only using that place for two months in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you are supposed to report relevant changes in your situation yourself. If you move from one place to another within France, there is a convenient online service to notify a number of agencies/departments at once but since you moved abroad, the only solution is to send a letter to the relevant tax office. You should definitely do that, it should at least stop the payments but I am not sure it will be enough to recover any money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what the rules exactly are but, unlike other countries, the French tax office is exceedingly unlikely to go after you merely because you failed to report the address change in the timely manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-03T14:22:37.330" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:22:37.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-07T15:23:50.380" Score="4" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a digital nomad and it is not possible for me to become a tax resident in the countries that I travel in, nor in my home country. However, not being a tax resident anywhere creates all kinds of difficult situations so I actually would like to become a tax resident, somewhere. Ideally, in a place that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does not require me to have strong links with their country. Or the most minimal type of links (I don't mind setting up a company, bank account, or visiting every now and then, but the fewer obligations, the better). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preferably has a low income tax rate / capital gains tax rate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preferably allows for me to declare and pay taxes online&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically I am looking for a country that is happy to take my taxes, but doesn't make my life too difficult. Are there any such countries? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please assume that I get my money either from dividend payouts or I could put myself on the payroll of my own company formed in any location. I am a Western European citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12076" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:10:58.647" Title="Where can I become a tax resident without being a resident there?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-08T22:39:15.633" Score="2" ViewCount="4049" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would be the citizenship status of a child born in India to an Indian father and Pakistani mother? My understanding is that he/she will remain both: an Indian and Pakistani until 18/21 years of age. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will Pakistani citizenship be automatically renounced when an Indian passport is obtained and vice versa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens when the Indian or Pakistani parent switches nationality? Will the child still have the option of choosing at 18/21?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will the child travel between the two countries? Will he be able to obtain ID documents (besides a passport) for both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child remains a dual citizen until 18/21, which of the two's passport is easier to obtain once the other's has been initially chosen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: It looks like both the Indian and Pakistani citizenship acts have been drafted by the same person--probably because it is just some tweaking of the relevant British laws. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Apparently, Pakistan only allows dual nationality with 19 countries and India is definitely not one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under normal circumstances, the child would have been able to obtain a NICOP for Pakistan and OCI for India which would have granted him/her all the rights of a citizen except voting. Unfortunately, neither of the two countries will grant this when the applicant has any ties with the other. India won't even grant an OCI to a child who has never held citizenship of Pakistan if any of his grandparents were ever Pakistani.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) So the child won't be able to chose whether he or she wishes to obtain Indian or Pakistani citizenship when he turns 21 if he/she gets a Pakistani passport? Is the same true for Pakistan? What happens if he/she gets a Pakistani passport before 21 and then decides to renounce it in favour of an Indian passport within the six months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) I know people who have been born in India and subsequently obtained Pakistani citizenship while being under 21 who required (and still require) Indian visas to enter. I also know people who have done the opposite. It seems that in practice, if you are an Indian you cannot be a Pakistani at the same time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which citizenship would give the child an easier time to switch the other if and when he/she decides to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7A. (1) The Central Government may, subject to such conditions, restrictions&#xA;  and manner as may be prescribed, on an application made in this behalf, register as an&#xA;  Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder—&#xA;  (a) any person of full age and capacity,—&#xA;  (i) who is a citizen of another country, but was a citizen of India at&#xA;  the time of, or at any time after the commencement of the Constitution;&#xA;  or&#xA;  (ii) who is a citizen of another country, but was eligible to become&#xA;  a citizen of India at the time of the commencement of the Constitution; or&#xA;  (iii) who is a citizen of another country, but belonged to a territory&#xA;  that became part of India after the 15th day of August,1947; or&#xA;  (iv) who is a child or a grandchild or a great grandchild of such a&#xA;  citizen; or&#xA;  (b) a person, who is a minor child of a person mentioned in clause (a); or&#xA;  (c) a person, who is a minor child, and whose both parents are citizens of&#xA;  India or one of the parents is a citizen of India; or&#xA;  (d) spouse of foreign origin of a citizen of India or spouse of foreign&#xA;  origin of an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder registered under section 7A&#xA;  and whose marriage has been registered and subsisted for a continuous period&#xA;  of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the&#xA;  application under this section:&#xA;   Provided that for the eligibility for registration as an Overseas Citizen of&#xA;  India Cardholder, such spouse shall be subjected to prior security clearance by&#xA;  a competent authority in India:&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Provided further that no person, who or either of whose parents or&#xA;  grandparents or great grandparents is or had been a citizen of Pakistan,&#xA;  Bangladesh or such other country as the Central Government may, by notification&#xA;  in the Official Gazette, specify, shall be eligible for registration as an Overseas&#xA;  Citizen of India Cardholder under this sub-section&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;Would the following setup work?&#xA;1) Get an Indian passport&#xA;2) Apply for a Pakistan CRC (child ID card)--the Pakistani mother's ID is all that is needed to apply for it.&#xA;3) Apply for a Pakistan visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In essence the child will be using a visa to travel into Pakistan where he will exercise the rights of a citizen. This way neither country will know he has documents from the other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12082" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T12:24:42.647" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T12:24:42.647" Title="Child born to Indian and Pakistani parents" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-08T22:59:28.070" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am preparing for my UK spouse visa application. Is there a minimum amount of time between me printing my official bank statement from the bank and submitting my application? I know I need to prove that the money's been in my account for 6 months and it's actually been in there for 9 months now, so I'm clear. But can I print a bank statement on the 15th of July then send in my application on the 20th of August, for example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12083" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-14T06:23:57.777" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:29:51.717" Title="How far apart should my bank statement date be and my application for spouse visa UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11316" CreationDate="2017-07-09T05:11:48.983" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll likely be moving to Michigan,USA soon, and will most likely spend a couple of years there. Coming from the tropics, I have very little knowledge of what to wear to prepare for the winter there, especially when I've heard comments about how it can get pretty chilly there in January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I was wondering how many winter clothes (jackets, long trousers...) I may have to pack, and how many layers of clothing is typically required when going outside on one of the colder days. For example, would three top layers be sufficient for keeping warm when walking outside on a really cold day there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12084" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T07:39:01.243" Title="How much winter clothing is needed when living in Michigan?" Tags="&lt;clothing&gt;&lt;winter&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11295" CreationDate="2017-07-09T06:08:51.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A month should suffice if you are looking on the general rental market but I advise you ask your university for their guidance. They may be able to give you a list of recommended estate agents, or link you up with fellow postgraduate students who are also looking for accommodation.&#xA;Be aware of fraud: never pay any money before you have visited the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T06:08:51.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11194" CreationDate="2017-07-09T06:20:02.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite the political situation in the UK, foreign nurses who can communicate in English are still in demand. If you both have Italian passports you can relocate to UK as soon as you are ready, and you can apply to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to register as a nurse. You would have to pass their 'adaptation' requirements which include a period of supervised practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T06:20:02.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11108" CreationDate="2017-07-09T06:30:43.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two currently trading companies which might be the one you applied to. Take a look at the UK government website &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/search?q=Maple+energy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/search?q=Maple+energy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware it could still be a scam: don't drop your guard too soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T06:30:43.513" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11303" CreationDate="2017-07-09T08:06:27.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would be the citizenship status of a child born in India to an Indian father and Pakistani mother?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indian citizen by birth. Pakistan would also recognize the child as a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens when the Indian or Pakistani parent switches nationality?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the nationality of the child is concerned, nothing. But this may have some other side effects with regards to travel in and out of the country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will Pakistani citizenship be automatically renounced when an Indian passport is obtained? Will the child still have the option of choosing at 18/21?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pakistan allows dual citizenship and, as far as I'm aware, there is no full-age requirement in this case. However, Pakistan only allows dual citizenship with a limited number of countries (16 - 19 countries depending on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://dlgimmigration.com/united-states-citizenship/list-of-countries-that-allow-or-disallow-dual-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;). India is not one of those countries. So it is most accurate to say that the child will never have been a Pakistani citizen rather than they 'renounced' it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will Indian citizenship be automatically renounced when an Pakistani passport is obtained? Will the child still have the option of choosing at 18/21?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, they will lose Indian citizenship upon acquiring a Pakistani passport (or any act of practicing Pakistani citizenship). Since the child was born in India, the child is Indian by birth, but must renounce any other citizenship they might possess within 6 months of their 18th birthday or lose Indian citizenship. A bit strange, but that seems to be the wording of the law. Since Pakistan does not allow dual citizenship with India, this may not apply in your child's case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will he be able to obtain ID documents (besides a passport) for both countries?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't answer for certain about travel between India and Pakistan as I really don't know. But I can say with certainty that the moment there is any actual practice of citizenship of another country by the child, is the moment the child loses Indian citizenship. This include obtaining a national ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally I would reference the &lt;a href=&quot;http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/citizenshipact1.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;India Citizen Act&lt;/a&gt;, but it is a bit of a difficult read, especially with some of its &lt;em&gt;apparent&lt;/em&gt; contradictions and constant references to 'passports' (a passport does not necessarily mean citizenship). There is a good discussion on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationboards.com/other-countries/child-s-nationality-status-after-both-parents-got-bc-t197556.html?hilit=India#p1268083&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this thread here&lt;/a&gt; that we simply can't have on this site due to our format. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully somebody will come along and help with the travel questions. I took a poke around and couldn't find any obvious way the child could obtain a right to enter Pakistan (something like the United Kingdom's ROA) without necessarily obtaining a Pakistani passport/ID . I can't imagine Pakistan would issue a visa to a citizen as that is simply non-sensical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: As the OP has updated the question, I'll post the update here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Travel between the countries?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know people who have been born in India and subsequently obtained Pakistani citizenship while being under 21 who required (and still require) Indian visas to enter. I also know people who have done the opposite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that seems to answer that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which citizenship would give the child an easier time to switch the other if and when he/she decides to do so?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be impossible to know. You might have to ask around and determine this best by word of mouth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-09T11:50:26.870" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T11:50:26.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11310" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11328" CreationDate="2017-07-09T08:42:25.797" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Respected Sir/Mam, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied for uk Tire 4 visa for LSE summer schools but i have got a refusel . I need suggestions before going for secound attempt . Let me draft a picture of visa application . &#xA;I have fully paid the accomodation as well as tution fee . I was self sponsored i got the funds from the companies where i was invested eariler . &#xA;So what changed should i make so that i will get visa . &#xA;If my father will be my sponsor will that be going to work ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RpdhY.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be really thankfull if i will get to know the reason s for refusal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12085" LastEditorUserId="12085" LastEditDate="2017-07-09T12:26:33.323" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T15:57:15.943" Title="Suggestion needed for uk visa 2nd attempt" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-09T17:28:32.240" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian with French dual citizenship currently in Europe with my Venezuelan girlfriend who is traveling on a 90 day schengen visa and we have decided that we would like to get married and relocate to Spain (We started our relationship 3 years ago in Canada) Once we have our marriage certificate from Denmark can I bring her to Spain with me and can she stay and work or must she return to her home country first which is in turmoil now. I've noticed that there is a &quot;Non EU citizen spouse law&quot; however I'm not sure if she'll be allowed to stay with me and work once we've filed the paperwork in Spain for her residency.Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12089" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T23:08:26.727" Title="Non-EU citizen spouse rights" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11297" CreationDate="2017-07-09T20:37:27.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Private schools in Spain may have public funding, which covers part of the tuition fees. This is called a &quot;colegio concertado&quot;, and you can expect to pay around 350€/mo. The catch is that those schools are heavily oversubscribed, so I wouldn't count on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, a fully private school would probaby cost you upwards of 700€/mo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This are rough figures based on personal experience in the Madrid and Barcelona areas; there will be some variation based on locality, but not much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T20:37:27.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11312" CreationDate="2017-07-09T23:08:26.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;She doesn't have to get back to Venezuela so long as she does not over stay her visa. She will be able to stay in Spain if you are married. When you arrive in Spain, first you have to register yourself with the office. You must prove that you are able to support yourself and her. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have 6.000 euros ( &lt;em&gt;in case you don't have a job&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are registered in Spain ( &lt;em&gt;Empadronamiento&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a private insurance in Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have registered yourself with the foreign office, she can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_card_of_a_family_member_of_a_Union_citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence Card of a Family Member of a Union Citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must make an appointment for her through the page of &lt;a href=&quot;https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/icpplus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once everything is done she would be able to work and live with you. The card issued is valid for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S : If you intend to come Spain to live I strongly recommend you to make your appointments and collect all the necessary documents beforehand. It can be painful and time consuming otherwise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12022" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T23:08:26.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11305" CreationDate="2017-07-10T07:39:01.243" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is hard to answer as we have no idea what you mean by &quot;top layers&quot;.  I am also not sure why you would want to (or how you even could) buy clothing in the tropics and try to adapt that to a winter in Michigan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the very least you will need a warm winter coat.  Dressing in layers is also a good idea, but the number of layers you'd need are totally dependent on how warm your coat is, how cold it is outside, what your layers are made of, your personal sensitivity to cold, and what you intend to do when you are outdoors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be much better off waiting until you are in Michigan to do your shopping.  Most importantly, stores will offer clothing that's actually suited to the climate, and you can ask local people for their advice on what you should buy, as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check a website like wunderground.com to see historical temperatures for your target location.  Describing Michigan as &quot;chilly&quot; in the winter makes me giggle as in reality it's quite cold.  Not as cold as many parts of Minnesota or Maine, but it is regularly below the freezing point in winter.  Also, in most northern areas of the US the chance for freezing temperatures does not end in February, more like end of March to sometime in April.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See here for an example for Detroit last winter:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDET/2016/2/10/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Detroit&amp;amp;req_state=MI&amp;amp;req_statename=&amp;amp;reqdb.zip=48201&amp;amp;reqdb.magic=1&amp;amp;reqdb.wmo=99999&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDET/2016/2/10/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Detroit&amp;amp;req_state=MI&amp;amp;req_statename=&amp;amp;reqdb.zip=48201&amp;amp;reqdb.magic=1&amp;amp;reqdb.wmo=99999&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12093" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T07:39:01.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11320" CreationDate="2017-07-10T07:49:40.950" Score="1" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to search for the brackets of taxation in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure there is a link somewhere but I am not good in Dutch. So, it would be great if someone share it with me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T16:47:11.673" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T10:45:00.870" Title="What are the current dutch tax brackets?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-10T09:46:10.420" Score="3" ViewCount="320" Body="&lt;p&gt;My situation is as follows: I have been resident in France for almost five years now, first on a student visa and then on a work permit. A few months ago as the date of expiry of my work permit approached, I followed procedure on the Prefects website and sent in my application for a new work permit. There was no response for almost six weeks and then ironically the day my work permit expired I got a letter from the Prefect informing me that my appointment to collect my &quot;récépissé&quot; (temporary work permit) is in six weeks. In the time I lived in Paris, the Prefect always made sure I was given a récépissé before my current permit expired. I have emailed them and they replied I should stick to the dates in my convocation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is between now and then I have no valid work permit. Is this a problem for my employer? I also live in a border town and am regularly stopped by the police and immigration (douane), will I be in trouble as I have nothing but an expired permit (titre de séjour) and a letter giving me an appointment in six weeks? I am also assuming this means I cannot cross the border at all? Is there anything I can do to get out of this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12094" LastEditorUserId="12094" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T09:55:00.233" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T09:55:00.233" Title="French Work Permit has expired and appointment to get récépissé is almost two months away" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8127" CreationDate="2017-07-10T13:31:43.567" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not clear what you are asking.  Are you hoping to get some kind of refund from your German health insurance because you never visited a doctor here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, no, it's actually &lt;em&gt;insurance&lt;/em&gt;.  Insurance is something you pay for regardless of whether you use the coverage or not.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12093" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T13:31:43.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11317" CreationDate="2017-07-10T15:10:14.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatax.nl/tax-rates-2017&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch tax brackets for 2017&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;+-----------------------+---------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+&#xA;| Taxable income        | Tax per | National  | Total  | Total per | Cumulative |&#xA;|                       | bracket | Insurance | rate   | bracket   |            |&#xA;|                       |         | Premium   |        |           |            |&#xA;+-----------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+&#xA;| Of at     | But less  |         |           |        |           |            |       &#xA;| least     | than      |         |           |        |           |            |       &#xA;+-----------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+&#xA;| €      0  | € 19,982  |  8.90%  |  27.65%   | 36.55% | €  7,303  |  €  7,303  |&#xA;| € 19,982  | € 33,791  | 13.15%  |  27.65%   | 40.80% | €  5,634  |  € 12,937  |&#xA;| € 33,791  | € 67,072  | 40.80%  |           | 40.80% | € 13,578  |  € 26,515  |&#xA;| € 67,072  |           | 52.00%  |           | 52.00% |           |            |&#xA;+-----------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T10:45:00.870" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T10:45:00.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-10T16:38:57.827" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be moving to the UK in August with Tier 2 long term visa. I'm an Indian passport holder. How long would it take for me to get a residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12096" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T16:38:57.827" Title="How long would it take to get residence permit in UK" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-14T06:23:44.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8244" CreationDate="2017-07-10T18:29:01.287" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ofii.fr/tests_197/est-ce_la_prefecture_qui_valide_mon_visa_en_titre_de_sejour_1163.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OFII&lt;/a&gt; website, the part that makes this whole process logical is explained by this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;L’accomplissement de l’ensemble des formalités est attesté par l’OFII par apposition d’une vignette-visa sur votre passeport. C’est cette validation qui donne valeur de titre de séjour à votre visa.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The completion of all the formalities with OFII is attested by the insertion of a sticker in your passport. &lt;strong&gt;It is this validation which transforms your visa into a residence permit (titre de séjour)&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole process seems illogical because of the false assumption that you (and many anglophones including me) made in your first paragraph: that the visa is a titre de séjour: &lt;strong&gt;it is not&lt;/strong&gt;. This was explained to me by the embassy in my country of origin; after three months in France, no matter what the expiry date on my visa, if I didn't have an OFII sticker by then, the visa would cease to allow me to stay in France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This might have been better as a comment but I don't have the rep :( )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12094" LastEditorUserId="12094" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T14:01:47.797" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T14:01:47.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-11T09:19:47.357" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen in the process of applying for a spouse visa to immigrate to the USA. It has been approved in principle, and I'm currently filling in my DS-260 form. My question is: is there a time limit for how long I have to complete this form? It has become apparent that for work-related reasons I will be staying in the UK for another year or so. It's already been 6 months since my visa was approved in principle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12099" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-07-11T12:11:24.800" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T10:43:57.817" Title="Amount of time permitted to fill in DS-260 form for USA spouse visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-25T08:54:21.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-11T13:40:46.350" Score="6" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat US national in Sweden and am trying to find out if I can drive a car/rent a car legally when I come back to visit in Ohio without using an Ohio or other US state driving license. My Ohio license is about to expire and I cannot renew it since I do not have a permanent Ohio address. I do have a legal Swedish driving license and understand I can also get an international one based upon this. Somewhere long ago I came across that this generally was a 'catch 22' type of situation – US citizens must drive on valid US licenses when in the US AND US citizens not permanently residing in a given state cannot get a drivers license. Not sure this is actually the law, hence hoping for some up-to-date info on this from the experienced here.  So (a) can I as a US citizen drive legally in the US (Ohio) on my Swedish driving license?  (b) Can I use, do I need or is it better to use an international driving license instead?  Sweden is listed as a signatory to the 1949 Multilateral Road Traffic Convention. And I cannot find an answer to my specific question on the Ohio BMV site. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12103" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T15:00:30.513" Title="How to drive legally while visiting in the US as an expat US citizen with no US state license" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11325" CreationDate="2017-07-11T15:00:30.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://publicsafety.ohio.gov/links/hsy7607.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ohio motor vehicle law&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Motorists who are residents of other nations and who are bona fide tourists visiting the United States may drive up to one year with their own national license plates (registration tags) on their vehicle and with their own driver license. (United States motorists may drive in foreign countries under the same conditions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes on to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Every  visiting  motorist  from  a  ratifying  country  should  also  carry  an International Driving Permit, but this is not obligatory. This permit, printed in the official languages of the United Nations, is helpful when local police speak only one language and may be essential in case of emergency. Even with an International Driving Permit, visiting motorists must have a valid license issued in their country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, I also could not find this info on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohiobmv.gov/forms-general.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ohio BMV&lt;/a&gt; but I got an answer from their online chat service in under a minute. I was pretty impressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T15:00:30.513" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11310" CreationDate="2017-07-11T15:57:15.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The letter seems pretty clear. They found inconsistencies in your application regarding your bank statement and claims about your income. This, possibly with other circumstances, has led to the conclusion that they think you will overstay. Your best bet is to work with a professional immigration lawyer who has expertise in these matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T15:57:15.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11108" CreationDate="2017-07-11T16:11:23.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming the job qualifies as a Tier 2 general work visa, the first step is you must obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Certificate of Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;. The UK keeps a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626763/2017-07-11_Tier_2_5_Register_of_Sponsors.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of legal sponsors&lt;/a&gt;. It doesn't look like Maple Energy is a licensed sponsor. If the company is not a licensed sponsor, this should raise red flags about what visa they are applying for on your behalf. You should ask then what name they are listed as a licensed sponsor under.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming they are a licensed sponsor, they need some information from you to issue the COS. The COS must be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/tier-2-visa-certificate-sponsorship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;clearly yours&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;em&gt;bear your name, age and other details as they appear on your passport&lt;/em&gt;. As far as I can tell, that is all the information they need from you. A passport picture and information about your parents is definitely not needed for the COS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the COS is issued, the visa application includes a lot more personal information. I would not provide anyone with this information until a COS is issued. If you are still feeling concerned, you can apply for a Tier 2 visa without their solicitor. You could either negotiate that they pay or simply pay for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-07-11T16:11:23.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11333" CreationDate="2017-07-12T03:14:45.163" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was curious if there was such a thing as filing or applying for a medical emergency card for a green card holder?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently had my wife petition to bring her mother here and she was granted I think they called it an I5 status which is mother of a US citizen daughter. She was given a green card immediately when entering the United States. She also recently got her SSN. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife keeps mentioning to me that I need to help my mother in law obtain an emergency medical card. However, I don't know if there is such a thing.  She is not a UN refugee I am responsible for her here on he US. So she does not get welfare or a bridge card or any benefits. However, my wife insists she can still apply for an emergency medical card. We are in the state of Michigan and cannot find much information about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is she really eligible to apply for an emergency medical card?  If so how or where?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastActivityDate="2017-07-12T06:47:03.663" Title="File for emergency card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-12T05:11:11.127" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from UK who is sponsoring me exempt visa to me and my wife. Since its an exempt visa I need to know the possibility of my wife working there and if she be also relieved from tax like me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be hard to find job in this visa category since the company can't deduct tax from her salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11769" LastActivityDate="2017-07-12T05:11:11.127" Title="Job possibilities for dependent exempt visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11331" CreationDate="2017-07-12T06:47:03.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They may be talking about Emergency Medicaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Medicaid is health insurance for low-income people. In most states, permanent residents have to wait 5 years after getting permanent residency to be eligible for regular Medicaid, though a few states offer it to permanent residents without a waiting period (I don't believe Michigan is one of them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Emergency Medicaid is offered to all people (who meet the income requirements) regardless of status (including illegal immigrants and visitors), but it's only for emergency treatment (not regular doctor visits).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-07-12T06:47:03.663" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-12T10:36:26.690" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I attended the J1 visa interview on 8th June 2017. I got my visa issued yesterday 11th July 17. In the visa, they have given expiration date as 9th August 2017. Now I have amended DS2019 certificate, asking to start on 4th August. Should I apply for J1 visa again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12111" LastActivityDate="2017-07-12T10:36:26.690" Title="J1 visa-Reapply" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-14T05:56:11.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-13T04:20:02.237" Score="3" ViewCount="976" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for L1 blanket visa and appeared for the interview on 5th July 2017 at U.S. Consulate General Chennai office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have cleared the interview and the visa officer said that my visa is approved and gave me two copies of I-129S  with an &lt;strong&gt;approved stamp, and took my passport&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I collected my passport from VFS Ahmedabad dropbox today, attached to it was a blue sheet of paper that says &lt;strong&gt;'Your Blanket L-1 application is not clearly approvable under section 8 CFR 214.2(l)(ii)(D) and INA 101(a)(15)(L).'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the visa officer returned I-129s with an approved stamp, why wasn't my passport also stamped? Do I need to submit any missing documents, or was there an issue with my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12117" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T18:40:54.940" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T18:40:54.940" Title="Why was my Blanket L1B visa denied and what can I do about it?" Tags="&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-27T10:22:48.490" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-13T05:31:26.587" Score="6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I found this website explaining how a German citizen can apply to vote while living outside of Germany: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2017/informationen-waehler/deutsche-im-ausland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2017/informationen-waehler/deutsche-im-ausland.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would fall into the category of people who are German citizens but have not lived there for longer than 3 months and would therefore have to prove that I &quot;have become familiar, personally and directly, with the political situation in the Federal Republic of Germany and are affected by it&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This PDF further explains what sorts of situations would qualify under that category:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/dam/jcr/49fd7b4e-436c-45c3-baed-e9d8ffb8c547/anwendungshinweise_12_bwg.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/dam/jcr/49fd7b4e-436c-45c3-baed-e9d8ffb8c547/anwendungshinweise_12_bwg.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, it says that if a person works with groups that deal with German culture, such as a Goethe Institute, that would make them qualify, but I can't tell if that only includes actual paid work, or if it would also include studies or volunteer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is anyone here who is familiar with these policies, can you confirm whether having a recent Bachelor's degree in German Studies and relatives living in Germany would be enough for a German citizen living abroad to be allowed to vote in Germany or if they would still have to come up with a more detailed argument than that for why they think they are &quot;familiar, personally and directly, with the political situation in the Federal Republic of Germany and are affected by it&quot;?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12118" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T23:55:02.667" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:55:02.667" Title="Voting in German elections not having lived in Germany (for a long time)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-13T16:19:15.743" Score="1" ViewCount="519" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Indian passport is currently expired and I have valid h1b until Aug , 2018. As per I 9 , am I legally eligible to work at clients location?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12120" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T19:06:55.880" Title="I have valid h1b but my passport is expired in USA. Can I work at clients location legally? I have applied for renewal of my passport." Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11339" CreationDate="2017-07-13T17:02:21.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-9instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-9 instructions&lt;/a&gt; do not say anything about the validity of the passport.  As long as your I-94 is valid, and it is endorsed such that you are permitted to work for that client, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T17:02:21.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11339" CreationDate="2017-07-13T18:25:05.390" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Authorization&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For a nonimmigrant alien authorized to work for a specific employer because of his or her status:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Foreign passport; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status as long as that period of endorsement has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict with any restrictions or limitations identified on the form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12122" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T18:25:05.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-14T05:08:57.387" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will a request for a CNF (certificate of French Nationality) require that American certificates be notarized by an apostille and/or a French translation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:54.027" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:54.027" Title="Requirements for the request for a Certificate of French Nationality from the US" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11272" CreationDate="2017-07-14T05:13:17.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would *appear so. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dutchcitizenship.com/dutch-citizenship/us/0/7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DutchCitizenship.com&lt;/a&gt; has a 4 point test, that you qualify IF:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since 2010 Latent Dutch Citizens can obtain Dutch nationality by&#xA;  following the Option Procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Born before January 1, 1985&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Born to a Dutch mother&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your mother was a Dutch citizen at the time of your birth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Born to a non-Dutch father&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;No option request has been filed previously&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you've not filed an option request, it would seem you qualify as a latent Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="15759" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T14:49:12.573" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T14:49:12.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11440" CreationDate="2017-07-14T05:31:32.220" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm reading up about Canadian Permanent Residency and it's a bit confusing. There seems to be an &quot;Express Entry&quot; program, where you can apply after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=664&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1 year of work experience&lt;/a&gt;. But what about other types of visas? E.g. what if you have a regular work permit or another type of visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T13:02:11.410" Title="What are the requirements for applying for Canadian Permanent Residency?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9905" CreationDate="2017-07-14T05:44:32.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well as an Irish citizen, at least, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration.ca/canada-visit-tourist-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you don't need a visa&lt;/a&gt;, but still need the ETA (do it online to prevent delays).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most visitors are admitted for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1016&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;six months&lt;/a&gt;, unless otherwise specified by the Border Officer at time of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long before your next trip? Depends on the border officer's view of your plans. Having a house will raise flags. He'll wonder if you're trying to 'live' in Canada without really living there (travelling in and out repeatedly).  So you may be required to provide evidence that you live in the US - bank accounts, utilities bill, contract of employment etc, and show the date you anticipate leaving Canada, possibly even evidence of your return ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(sources include those linked, and my personal experience after living there for a year, and several other trips)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T23:08:48.997" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T23:08:48.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10133" CreationDate="2017-07-14T05:48:03.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The applicable website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-malaysia-banking&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ExpatFocus&lt;/a&gt; notes that you'll need some evidence of good credit, documents etc, but otherwise should be possible for expats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With a valid visa and a decent credit rating, most expats are able to&#xA;  get loans from a Malaysian bank. The requirements are similar to those&#xA;  of a loan from an American institution. For an expat to apply for a&#xA;  loan, they should make sure they have these documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Photocopy of passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Paycheck stubs from the previous 3 months &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Latest tax return form (less than one year old) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;For salaried employees: letter of appointment or confirmation letter stating salary and other income &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Letter of Offer, Sale and Purchase Agreement, or Deposit or booking receipt from housing developer or private seller &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Copy of land title &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Bank statements going back six months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note : if you haven't been there for more than 3-6 months yet, it is still worth bringing your bank statements etc from your previous country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T04:25:32.480" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:25:32.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11241" CreationDate="2017-07-14T06:00:09.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would appear to have been running to end on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/index.asp#mi-pr-express&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;July 12, 2017&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's probably wise to keep an eye on that page for further updates and invitations to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/ita.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page lists all previous invitation dates&lt;/a&gt; that have occurred, which might give you an idea of when they happen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T06:00:09.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9043" CreationDate="2017-07-14T06:06:44.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few options available for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You could endorse the cheque to a friend in Australia, mail it to them (postage cost), they could then bank it, and transfer you the money over PayPal. The downside is PayPal takes a percentage, which could hurt.  (I'm writing this for other readers, as I realise your not-negotiable line removes it)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If however this isn't feasible for you, you can mail the cheque back and get the bank to wire you the money directly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you open an ING Direct bank account online on their website (Aussie bank), deposit the cheque to there, do an international transfer, and then close the account.  Probably get stung for about $30 in international transfer fees (I do by CBA).  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe Citibank allows free international withdrawals, so that could be another option - get an account, deposit, then pull it out an ATM in the US ;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T04:24:50.907" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:24:50.907" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11296" CreationDate="2017-07-14T06:13:12.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It'll most likely depend on the officer reviewing your application, however, you could include some references from people (do you know any cops, or lawyers?) saying you're basically a great person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wikitravel.org/en/Travelling_with_a_criminal_history&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It's noted that Germany does have some rules on applicants with a criminal history&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Countries like Germany have specific rules that state anyone convicted&#xA;  of an offense relating to public order with a sentence of more than 3&#xA;  years, a drug offense with a sentence of more than 2 years, and any&#xA;  offense related to alien smuggling is deport-able (a &quot;must deport&quot;).&#xA;  Like the UK they are more concerned with offenses committed in their&#xA;  country, rather than outside of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do though, don't lie to any officials in person or on paper. If you're caught lying, you're basically stuffed.  It might also be worth getting an immigration lawyer to help, as they'll have further ideas on how to polish up your application to make you sound good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T23:10:03.937" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T23:10:03.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8100" CreationDate="2017-07-14T06:29:29.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-waiver-program/additional-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Embassy website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a minor traffic offense which did not result in an arrest&#xA;  and/or conviction you may travel visa free under the Visa Waiver&#xA;  Program, provided you are otherwise qualified. If you are not sure&#xA;  whether or not you are eligible to travel visa free, the only way to&#xA;  resolve this question is to apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as you mentioned, you did briefly have a warrant for your arrest. That causes a small wrinkle, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/can-i-get-a-visa-to-usa-if-i-have-a-criminal-record/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these lawyers describe the conditions well&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ESTA, having an arrest warrant &quot;normally won’t provided that you pass the requirements of the ‘ESTA’; or Electronic System for Travel Authorization.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ESTA asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; or have been arrested or convicted for two or more offences for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more; or have been a controlled substance trafficker; or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as an unpaid traffic fine is not under this, you'll be ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(note, I am not a lawyer, I just quote their websites)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-16T10:53:19.940" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T10:53:19.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9883" CreationDate="2017-07-14T06:35:26.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, depending on the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/car-insurance-uk-no-claims-discounts-642879/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;several&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pomsinoz.com/topic/86013-no-claims-bonus-in-the-uk-using-australian-no-claims-bonus-for-car-insurance/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;examples&lt;/a&gt; online &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britzinoz.com/motoring-transfer-uk-no-claim-discount-to-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stating&lt;/a&gt; just this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the last link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many Australian Insurers will accept your British No Claims Discount,&#xA;  and some do not even need to see it, unless you have a claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At that point they will need it, and if you don’t have it, then&#xA;  technically they could invalidate your insurance, on the grounds that&#xA;  you gave them false information.  If you have the proof, give them a&#xA;  copy as soon as you can to cover that eventuality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note however, that some Australian insurers don't have No Claim Bonuses anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T06:35:26.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11362" CreationDate="2017-07-14T08:11:38.023" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planing to apply for F1 visa since I got my I-20 today. My spouse and child will apply for F2 (They got their I-20s too). However, my spouse is Syrian (My child and I are not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although my spouse's nationality is on the US ban, I have read that if one has a relative(such as a husband in her case) in the US, the ban does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we are applying together and at the moment of applying I won't be technicality &lt;em&gt;in the US&lt;/em&gt;. Will this deny her from getting the F2 visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it better that I go first and after I land in US and do all the required papers there then she apply? (This option is very tough for us)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the chance that her F2 get approved if we apply together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some useful information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;W know each other since more than 7 years. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We got married 2 years ago.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have 1 year old baby&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My I20 was given based on full scholarship(graduate research assistantships). I have very strong supporting letter from the dean of the faculty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have established job with a good salary and a good evidence that I will return back after my course finish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have all the documents that prove our marriage date including even the weeding photos (I read somewhere that they may ask for it!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are applying in Istanbul,Turkey.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12126" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T20:14:41.607" Title="F2 Visa for Syrian" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2017-07-14T09:22:31.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone we live in comano northern Italy.  We have a 1.2 metre dish and a invacom quad lnb.  We only use 1 feed for sky tv.  We get bbc channels from approx 0700 to 1700 hrs.  This also depends on weather.  The more cloud rain etc we lose signal.  Sky news remains on in bad weather.  We use a panasonic dsb 31 box. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a ex satelite installer from Spain and my advice would be try and go bigger with the dish we will when we have to change it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this info helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12127" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T09:22:31.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11338" CreationDate="2017-07-14T12:10:56.413" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ties to German institutions abroad does not seem to be about German culture. The Goethe institute (and most of the others listed in the exceptions) are paid for by the German &lt;em&gt;government&lt;/em&gt;. Basically, people who's &lt;em&gt;job&lt;/em&gt; depends on who is the next chancellor and whether s/he deems this job worth paying for are considered &quot;personally affected&quot; by default. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have become “familiar” personally “with the political situation” in the Federal Republic of Germany directly and because of what you have experienced. Passively participating in communication, for instance by consuming German-language media abroad, does not suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally means it has to be you, not your relatives. I would say that studying German &lt;em&gt;alone&lt;/em&gt; does not qualify you. It's passive consumption. Are you maybe a member of a German party? Maybe you write a political German blog? Are you participating &lt;em&gt;actively&lt;/em&gt; in German politics? Maybe you are a Journalist for a German newspaper?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your being “affected by the political situation” may result from the fact that you are currently subject to German sovereignty, but it is not restricted to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be otherwise directly affected. There are probably a thousand different ways. Maybe you live in Europe and drive to or through Germany to work every day? Maybe you are, for whatever reason, paying taxes in Germany? Own a property in Germany? Don't like how &quot;doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft&quot; is handled right now and are affected by that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what might or might not apply to you personally. And on top, the decision is made by the municipality and we all know that not all of them decide the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But German studies and having German relatives does not seem to be enough. You need to prove you know your way around German politics (basically to prove you know what you are doing when you cast your vote) and you need to show that you have a reason to vote (for example you are negatively affected by policies now or might be in the near future).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T12:10:56.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-14T13:04:01.397" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there anyway for border control Polizei to check if I overstayed in another EU country? I was staying with a friend for more than 90 days for reasons undisclosed and I am returning back to Germany next week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering if there's any direct way to know if somebody has overstayed their 90 days outside of Germany? (I am a third country person with a resident permit/aufenhaltstitel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12129" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T08:53:45.430" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T08:53:45.430" Title="Have a German Aufenhaltstitel, overstayed more than 90 days in another Schengen country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10362" CreationDate="2017-07-14T13:38:27.003" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to update everyone.  The process wasn't really that bad.  She sent back her visa to the embassy and she didn't necessarily have to reapply for everything.  She just needed to retake the medical exam.  Mother in law has been here in the US for around 3-4 weeks now!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T13:38:27.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10963" CreationDate="2017-07-14T13:39:46.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer was no to this - my mother in law was simply in transit and was not staying more than 24 hours in the country of Jordan so a visa was not necessary.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T13:39:46.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11356" CreationDate="2017-07-14T20:14:41.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://live.reuters.com/Event/Live_US_Politics/989297085&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Department of State cable&lt;/a&gt; with instructions on implementing the travel ban, the exemption based on bona fide relationship to an entity in the US applies to all nonimmigrant visa classifications other than B, C-1, D, I, or K, and includes derivatives of those classifications too. See within item 10.a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note:  If you determine an applicant has established eligibility for a&#xA;  nonimmigrant visa in a classification other than a B, C-1, D, I, or K&#xA;  visa, then the applicant is exempt from the E.O., as their bona fide&#xA;  relationship to a person or entity is inherent in the visa&#xA;  classification.   Eligible derivatives of these classifications are&#xA;  also exempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your spouse who qualifies for an F-2 visa should be exempt from the ban, since it is a derivative of F-1 classification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T20:14:41.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11363" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11364" CreationDate="2017-07-14T21:21:32.687" Score="3" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;My H1B is expiring on 30th September, I have filed for extension but need to go back to home country. Will extension be in progress and will be approved so that I can come back to US after September. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or will I need CAP exempt H1B to travel again. Also what is the cost of cap exempt visa. Is it same as extension or more than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12131" LastActivityDate="2017-07-15T07:37:09.720" Title="H1B extension filed with USCIS and then going back to home country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11363" CreationDate="2017-07-15T07:37:09.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a company filled out the I-129 petition, they selected either Extension of Status/Change of Status, or Consular Processing. Since you were in the US, they almost certainly selected Extension of Status/Change of Status, so there are actually two things that are applied for: 1) the H-1b petition itself, and 2) an Extension of Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, if you leave the US when a Change of Status or Extension of Status application is pending, it is automatically abandoned. This is because &quot;status&quot; is something that only exists while in the US, and if you leave, you have no &quot;status&quot; to change or extend anymore. Even if you were to return to the US under your old petition while the petition extension is pending, the Extension of Status application does not revive -- once it's abandoned it's gone. The only way to apply for an Extension of Status again is if your company files another I-129 when you are in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the H-1b petition extension application itself will continue regardless of how you travel in or out of the US, as it does not depend on where you are (e.g. people outside the US can be petitioned too). So what will likely happen is that the petition extension will eventually be approved, but with no Extension of Status (and thus no new period of stay).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to get a new period of stay would be to leave and re-enter the US using an H-1b visa. (Note that you will be admitted for the validity of the petition you have with you when you enter. So if you only have the old petition and the new petition isn't approved yet, you can only be admitted until the expiration of the old petition, and you must leave at that point because you have no pending Extension of Status application. If you enter after you have the approval of the new petition, you will be admitted until the expiration of the new petition. If your old petition is expired and the new petition is not yet approved, you will not be able to enter or stay in the US.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-07-15T07:37:09.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11367" CreationDate="2017-07-15T15:37:08.767" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I submitted my application to the UK tier 4 student visa 1 day ago online. I am a Chinese national and currently reside in Canada as a student with a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a question in the application form, asking me that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;HAVE YOU BEEN ISSUED ANY VISA FOR THE UK, UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OR COMMONWEALTH&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;COUNTRY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I put a no there, before realizing that Canada is one of the common wealth country!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I listed Canada as a country that I have been within the past ten years in the following questions though. So I am actually contradicting myself a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now? My visa appointment is next Wednesday, I have not yet submitted my passport. But I already paid the fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking about cancelling this application and reapply a new one. But I am not sure if this is a good idea. The UKVI is closed on weekends so there is really no way for me to verify with them now, until Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12135" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T03:48:28.937" Title="UK Tier Four Student Visa, Common Wealth Question Answered Incorrectly" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11366" CreationDate="2017-07-16T03:48:28.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you disclosed your trip to Canada, you can credibly claim that your incorrect answer to the first question was due to your having overlooked the fact that Canada was part of the Commonwealth.  In other words, it was an innocent mistake.  Just explain at your first opportunity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T03:48:28.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-16T04:06:10.667" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;What type of application a foreign potential spouse needs to prepare in order to be legally in the US and marry a person with dual-citizenship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12138" LastEditorUserId="12138" LastEditDate="2019-11-11T23:02:39.697" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T23:02:39.697" Title="Marriage and double-citizenship" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11368" CreationDate="2017-07-16T13:30:04.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries recognize marriages performed in other countries, and the US is no exception.  The couple can marry in any jurisdiction that will marry them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantage of marrying in the US is that they will not need to get the marriage license legitimized before presenting it with the application to the US federal government.  This may be a relatively small benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Italian nationality of one party may affect their ability to marry in Italy under Italian law (I do not know the requirements to get married in Italy), but it will not have any impact on recognition of the marriage in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific steps to legal residency depend on whether the foreign fiancee is already in the US (and, if so, in what status), and on whether the couple decide to marry in the US or elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T13:30:04.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11371" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11373" CreationDate="2017-07-16T22:54:47.453" Score="3" ViewCount="1004" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm EU citizen, my wife is not (but does not need visa for 90 days). Our plan is to spend almost one year in France, starting September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will start the Carte de Sejour application for her as soon as possible, but my understanding is that it can take a few months. Once she has used up her 90 days in the Schengen zone, can she travel with me inside/outside Schengen? We would like to make a couple of short-term trips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12141" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T19:11:19.200" Title="Travel while waiting for Carte de Sejour" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-17T01:14:41.707" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse has taken a two year assignment in London and I plan to continue my U.S. employment, spending time in both the U.K. and the U.S. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Tier 2 Partner Visa but would like to keep working for my employers U.S. entity and not have to transfer to the U.K. entity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse is on a two year assignment and we expect that I'll be traveling back and forth. Are there a specific number of days or working days that would trigger a need to transfer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, my employer has 17 entities, my clients are global and I sell services in North America, Europe and APAC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12142" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T03:00:31.567" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T03:08:27.683" Title="How many days can I work in the U.K. without changing my country of employment?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11371" CreationDate="2017-07-17T03:33:10.180" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, she can travel with you.  Just be sure to bring a copy of your marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She should not attempt to enter the Schengen area without you unless one of the following is true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She is traveling to join you in the Schengen area, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has not reached 90 days in the Schengen area during the previous 180 days, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has a valid &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is governed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  This outlines three rights:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The right to enter (Article 5):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to the provisions on travel documents applicable to national border controls, Member States shall grant Union citizens leave to enter their territory with a valid identity card or passport and shall grant family members who are not nationals of a Member State leave to enter their territory with a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The right to remain for up to three months (Article 6):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to family members in possession of a valid passport who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when your wife is with you, she can remain up to three months &lt;em&gt;in each EU country.&lt;/em&gt;  This doesn't, strictly speaking, apply to your home country, but it is unlikely to be a problem, especially if she has the receipt showing that her application for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she has her &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour,&lt;/em&gt; because it counts as a &amp;quot;residence permit&amp;quot; under the Schengen codes, she can also travel alone throughout the Schengen area, subject to the 90/180 rule, in addition to being able to travel with you in the EU, subject to directive 2004/38/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interplay between the Schengen rules and the directive can be somewhat complicated, but in practice you will almost certainly find that the fact that you are married and traveling together will be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T19:11:19.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10185" CreationDate="2017-07-17T05:45:57.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could probably do a statistical analysis on this, working out that most calls will probably come from :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;within Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;India perhaps? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;China&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other large populations of immigrants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this, you could look at timezones and work out that perhaps a Monday morning when it's still the weekend in Perth, India, UK, USA etc might be statistically an opportune time to call.  You could try 5 min before they open and then even if you sit in the queue on the line, at least you'd get through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T04:23:12.373" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:23:12.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10557" CreationDate="2017-07-17T10:33:24.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/es/family-essentials/Weddings-in-Spain-Getting-married-in-Spain_102734.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Getting married in Spain: Marriage and partnerships in Spain&lt;/a&gt;, yes it is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When neither of the parties is a Spanish citizen one of them must usually be legally resident in Spain for the previous two years. Obviously, if one of the couple is a Spanish citizen no residence period applies. There may be variations across Spanish regions and so it is advisable to check with the Civil Registry Office in the area where you wish to get married as to their specific requirements.   A list of Civil Registries and further information regarding civil marriage in Spain can by found by regions on the Spanish Ministry for Justice’s website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, note that in the last years many weddings were reported to be arranged solely for the purpose of obtaining residence. For this, Spanish authorities tend to very strict and perform a test to the couple in order to see if it is a real marriage or just some kind of arrangement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12119" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T10:33:24.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11376" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-17T12:13:48.143" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an indonesian marrying a Mauritian. The marriage will take place in Mauritius. To obtain my residence permit, they are asking for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Full Birth Certificate of applicant duly legalized/authenticated by&#xA;  competent authority/ bear the seal of  &quot;Apostille&quot; of the Hague&#xA;  Convention of 5th October 1961 (where applicable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indonesia is not part of the &lt;code&gt;Apostille Convention&lt;/code&gt;, I'm in Indonesia, how and where can I legalize my birth certificate by an authority ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11710" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T17:13:38.917" Title="Apostille document for from non-apostille countries" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-17T15:16:39.547" Score="1" ViewCount="562" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a company in Germany which is shutting down soon, and my employment will cease in about 6 weeks. I fully intend to find another job ASAP and have started applying already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I have to register as unemployed with the Agentur für Arbeit, or can I just pay my health insurance myself while I wait to start another job?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern about registering as unemployed is that it might count against me when applying for residence/citizenship in the future. I'm a UK citizen, so I expect to lose Freedom of Movement rights in 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12144" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-17T16:12:41.567" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T21:26:47.077" Title="Losing my job in Germany - Do I have to register as unemployed or can I self-fund?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6480" CreationDate="2017-07-17T15:30:59.660" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to the EU free movement rules, you can move to any country in the EU and bring your wife with you. So for a UK citizen to move to Spain with a Japanese wife is absolutely fine. If you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; in the UK then &quot;free movement&quot; doesn't apply because you are not moving - no automatic permission for your wife. The Surinder Singh route means that if you live in another EU country, and then move back to the UK, you can bring her. You must have lived &quot;properly&quot; in the other country which you seem to intend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bad news is that things will or may change when the UK leaves the EU. It depends on how much Theresa May gives in to the vicious Little Englanders who are afraid that foreigners take their jobs away (with the majority of them avoiding to get a job). If she totally f***s up things then you might have to leave Spain in March 2019. If she does things right you will have no problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T15:30:59.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11380" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11385" CreationDate="2017-07-17T15:46:44.670" Score="4" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is getting his citizenship through his grandfather who was born in the United Kingdom. As my dad was born in Canada, once he gets his citizenship, can I get my UK citizenship through him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12143" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T08:53:24.217" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T08:59:03.380" Title="Can I obtain citizenship through my great-grandfather?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11380" CreationDate="2017-07-17T16:10:42.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. There are considerable limits to just how far back the acquistion of UK citizenship by ancestry will reach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: Your father qualifies to acquire UK citizenship through several possible scenarios because he had a grandparent who was born in the UK. However, unless you've described your lineage incorrectly, you do not have a grandfather who was born in the UK (it would be your great-grandfather). As such, there is no path to UK citizenship by this means according to current British nationality law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T08:59:03.380" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T08:59:03.380" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11486" CreationDate="2017-07-17T16:23:59.457" Score="3" ViewCount="659" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I arrived at Germany for my studies in 2015, I applied for Residence Permit and for some reason got it stamped into my passport rather than obtaining the more common &lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Aufenthaltserlaubnis-Beschaeftigung.JPG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;separate Residence Permit ID card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, after I accidentally poured boiled water on my passport, the page where my Residence Permit is printed on doesn't look quite good (especially my face).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although, after this accident, German customs have checked my passport once on the border and didn't complain about my picture on Residence Permit page being partially washed, I still feel nervous about that. And generally, it's way more comfortable to have a separate Residence Permit ID rather than always carrying your travel document with you on local journeys, or even to the clubs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now I want to obtain a separate Residence Permit card like everyone else and I am curious about the procedure and costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11809" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T08:00:34.780" Title="Changing German Residence Permit Stamped into my Passport to the Normal Separate Residence Permit Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11378" CreationDate="2017-07-17T21:26:47.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not quite an answer to your immediate question but thinking about this some more, I reckon that registering as unemployed might actually benefit you. Obviously, I don't know what the rules are going to be and I cannot predict what will happen when the UK effectively leaves the EU but it seems reasonable to assume that people with “permanent residence” will be in a more favorable position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, to become a “permanent resident” under EU law, you must make use of your treaty rights for 5 years. And the crucial detail is that leaving the country can reset the clock but being involuntarily unemployed does not. Specifically, article 7(3) of directive 2004/38/EC reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), a Union citizen who is no longer a worker or self-employed person shall retain the status of worker or self-employed person in the following circumstances:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[…]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) he/she is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after having been employed for more than one year and has registered as a job-seeker with the relevant employment office;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) he/she is in duly recorded involuntary unemployment after completing a fixed-term employment contract of less than a year or after having become involuntarily unemployed during the first twelve months and has registered as a job-seeker with the relevant employment office.  In this case, the status of worker shall be retained for no less than six&#xA;months;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unemployment is not an issue &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; but, most importantly, registering with the relevant agency is a requirement to be considered a worker. During that period, you are still entitled to health insurance and fall under the rules for workers, which means that you have a right to stay irrespective of income (whereas economically inactive persons can be asked to show they have health insurance and sufficient resources to avoid any recourse to public funds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, in a completely different context, the requirements for &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; and citizenship for third-country (non-EU) citizens include sufficient resources at the time of the application (and not over the whole period of stay in Germany) and uninterrupted legal presence in the country. Here again, being unemployed (at least for a limited period of time) counts as legal presence and being able to document it is advantageous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, assuming you have worked long enough to open some rights to unemployment benefits (and ideally longer than a year), being properly registered is an easy way to document that you were still present in the country but also establish that you were still a worker under EU law, both of which might come in handy in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T21:26:47.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9884" CreationDate="2017-07-17T23:00:55.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeloanexperts.com.au/non-resident-mortgages/temporary-resident-mortgage/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;foreign citizen in Australia&lt;/a&gt;, your credit score on arrival is zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some people (google some forums to see the horror stories) this works out well for them, for others like yourself, it's just one of the many trials of moving countries (I feel your pain).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what you can do is get letters of recommendation from your bank, a print of your on-time payments etc, as that may help in any applications for loans in Australia if you can provide evidence of timely payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-17T23:00:55.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11380" CreationDate="2017-07-18T00:54:16.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As your father was born outside the UK, once he gets his citizenship he will be a &lt;em&gt;UK citizen by descent&lt;/em&gt;. UK citizens by descent generally cannot pass on citizenship to their children who are born outside the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is at least one exception however, in that if the UK citizen by descent lived in the UK for at least a 3 year period, they then can pass on citizenship. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200511/nationality_and_citizenship/1695/nationality_checking_service_ncs/5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200511/nationality_and_citizenship/1695/nationality_checking_service_ncs/5&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12058" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T00:54:16.470" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11372" CreationDate="2017-07-18T03:08:27.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if you work for a single day in the UK, the rules for HMRC kick in and you will be subject to them. Let's look at their explanation in this fragment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whether you need to pay depends on if you’re classed as ‘resident’ in&#xA;  the UK for tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re not UK resident, you won’t have to pay UK tax on your&#xA;  foreign income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re UK resident, you’ll normally pay tax on your foreign income.&#xA;  But you may not have to if your permanent home (‘domicile’) is abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax on Foreign Income&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The determination on whether you are resident or not are too cumbersome to attempt here, but if you are here for two years they will likely class you as a resident for part of your stay.  For sure you will need an NIN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not as dire as it sounds because there is a reciprocity agreement with the US such that nothing will be exposed to double taxation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is astonishingly simple to call them and present your circumstances and get a reading.  Call 0300 200 3300.  Try it, it's fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T03:08:27.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11074" CreationDate="2017-07-18T03:43:11.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea if this was just a &quot;lucky escape&quot; or if it helps someone else by putting their mind to rest, but I had no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the arrivals declaration form, I ticked the box which said I was bringing into the country goods purchased overseas worth more than $700 - this is probably true for most travellers, as a decent laptop, mobile phone and tablet will put you over it easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never saw an immigration official - as a British passport holder, I was directed to the electronic gates on entry and received my on-entry 6-month visa automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I handed my form to the customs official who directed me down a particular channel - my luggage was x-rayed (everyones was) and I was released into New Zealand without any further questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They were more interested in the fact that my wife had ticked &quot;yes&quot; to carrying food, but lost interest the moment she explained it was sealed commercial product (chocolate, marmite etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At no point were we asked any questions in regards to the $700 over seas goods answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11849" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T03:43:11.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T07:12:04.407" Score="1" ViewCount="698" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since July 1st Israel will &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.il/en/service/application_for_biometric_passport2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only issue biometric passports&lt;/a&gt; within Israel. And as far as I understand consulates are not equipped with biometric scanners, so from now on &lt;a href=&quot;http://embassies.gov.il/wellington/ConsularServices/Pages/Passports-Travel%20Documents.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;they will only issue 5 year regular passports&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm thinking of flying to Israel in person instead and getting a passport in person there. How long would it currently take me to sort things out there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T22:23:18.840" Title="How long does it currently take to get a new biometric Israeli passport if you visit Israel in person?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T07:18:35.313" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came from South Africa on an Italian spouse visa. I arrived on 8 June and the visa is valid for 90 days. I now wish to extend it. My wife is Italian and has residency in Italy and Carta di Identita.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We did not transcribe the marriage at the Consulate in Johannesburg. She had been married previously but had not declared that marriage to the consulate. When we wanted to transcribe our marriage, the Consulate told her she must first declare the first marriage and the divorce, and then transcribe the current marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, she had problems obtaining the previous marriage certificate. She could not remember the date of the marriage and, since the person had remarried and then passed away, South African Home Affairs had no record of her marriage details. She was told that her marriage had been overwritten by the system. She does have the divorce decree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, she decided to approach the Divorce Court hoping to obtain a copy of the divotce records. Again, the Department of Justice had a problem in releasing the documents, as they had contracted an independent company for storage and had issues retrieving the files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are in possession of our apostilled marriage certificate. Will that suffice or will the Italian authority ask again for documents relating to the previous marriage? The unabridged marriage certificate shows that she was previously divorced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:14:13.923" Title="Shengen Spouse Visa Extension or Conversion" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T08:26:38.423" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, I went to collect my BRP, but the post office would not give it to me because of a spelling mistake on the BRP card. My visa is set to expire in a few days. I have already gone through the UK.gov website and raised the appropriate issue for the mistake but have yet to get a response. Will I still be considered legally present according my visa conditions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And also want to know is this is the rule that post office person will be open that one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12149" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T08:44:53.357" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T09:22:08.917" Title="regarding brp card" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11667" CreationDate="2017-07-18T08:30:23.197" Score="3" ViewCount="675" Body="&lt;p&gt;Below are the documents I need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your maternal grandmother's birth certificate from Italy, also known&#xA;  as an estratto dell'atto di nascita&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your maternal grandfather's birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your grandparents' marriage certificate (If married outside of Italy,    you will need an apostille and a translation into Italian.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your maternal grandmother's certificate of naturalization OR Italian    passport and permanent resident card/green card (Click here&#xA;  if the    certificate of naturalization is not available.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your mother's birth certificate (with apostille and translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your father's birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your parents' marriage certificate (with apostille and translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your birth certificate (with apostille and translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your marriage certificate, if applicable (with apostille and    translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your spouse's birth certificate, if applicable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Birth certificates for all your children under the age of eighteen,    if applicable (with apostille and translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any applicable divorce decrees/certificates (with apostille and    translation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Death certificates for anyone listed above (with apostille and    translation, if for your mother or grandmother)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I can get all of these apart from my grandmas birth certificate. She left for the UK when she was 18(born 1935)after that there was a big earthquake in the village she was from and they lost pretty much everything. Will her birth be recorded anywhere else where I can get a copy? She is still alive if I need her to get any of this info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also read that I need my grandfathers documents too even if he wasn't born in Italy. But my grandad(deceased) is Polish and was liberated by the British army from a camp in WW2 so the only documents I can get from him are his original alien card when he came to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of my grandparents ever became British Citizens and although my mother has never claimed her Italian Citizenship she has never denounced it. My grandma is alive with an Italian passport will that be enough when going to the Italian consulate without her birth certificate or will I be denied? €300 isn't the end of the world being denied but wouldn't be best pleased wasting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12148" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T21:22:54.533" Title="Italian citizenship through grandmother, missing birth certificate" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T09:53:47.407" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen. From 2008 until Dec 2015 I lived in the UK, first as student, then employed. My understanding is that after 5 years of residency in the UK, I automatically acquired a permanent residency right analogous to indefinite leave to remain (ILR). This would be lost after living elsewhere for 2 years, ie at the end of this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I expect to start a permanent job in the UK in March 2018. Given the Brexit-uncertainties, it seems very desirable to retain my ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: What exactly counts as moving back to the UK for the purpose of retaining ILR? Would say getting a flat (and paying council tax) this year suffice, even if I spend most of January and February elsewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12151" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T04:33:09.733" Title="Maintaining permanent residency right in UK as EU citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11292" CreationDate="2017-07-18T09:56:45.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is somewhat older information (2013), but on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.buitenlandsepartner.nl/archive/index.php/t-50380-p-2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Dutch forum page&lt;/a&gt; several people report that their new 'Verblijfsvergunning Regulier' permit starts on the end date of the current one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how prolongation of licenses/permits usually works in The Netherlands.&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* Dutch people would never tolerate 'losing' days if the start date of the prolongation is before the end date of the previous period ;-)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T10:03:20.513" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T10:03:20.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T10:10:33.350" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a Jamaican immigrant living in the US. I'm not a green card holder nor am I a citizen but I do currently have DACA. I have family living in Sweden and would like to live there permanently. Would I need to obtain a visa from my home country and have it shipped to the US in order to travel to Sweden? Will I have any complications such as deportation at the airport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12154" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T19:12:20.540" Title="Will I need a visa to leave the US in order to live in Sweden permanently?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11428" CreationDate="2017-07-18T10:18:40.667" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family is planning to move to San Francisco and I was just wondering if I'd be accepted into Grade 12 there, after having completed Grade 11(A1 Levels) from the British Council or will I have to start over from Grade 11 in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12153" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T21:26:01.893" Title="Do schools in the USA accept a Student for Grade 12 when he's completed his A1 level (Grade 11 in the UK)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;san-francisco&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T12:37:57.977" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have quiet an odd question. So I have dual citzenship. I hold an American passport. I also hold a Palestian passport. I have traveled to Germany before visa free on my American passport and I am always granted a 3 month visa upon arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently married a German citizen who also hold dual citzenship as a palestianian. We were married in Palestine and all our documentation relating to our marriage including our marriage certificate is from Palestine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a family reunification visa appointment on the 27th with the German embassy in Palestine. I am going to apply for a visa on my Palestinian passport. Do you think they will refuse giving me a visa and tell me to just use my American passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I would prefer to use my Palestinian passport for this process is because I want to apply for a residence permit as a Palestinian. I want to be recognized as a Palestian and not an American. I plan on opening a business in Germany and all my information and money comes from Palestine. I am based in Palestine more then the United States. I have not lived there in over 15 years. Should this be an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12156" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T14:37:01.057" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T14:37:22.677" Title="Apply for a German visa on a different passport" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11398" CreationDate="2017-07-18T13:00:46.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you enter into Germany with an American passport, you have an implied visitor's visa. There is no way that this is the equivalent of a family reunification visa and I seriously doubt anybody in a consulate position would get the two confused or suggest an option that is potentially deceitful. As long as you have a valid passport(s), any passport will do. In fact, you technically could get a visa with just the appropriate travel documents. I mention that in particular because there are a number of people living in that region who are considered 'stateless'. The visa you seek is completely independent of the passport used to apply for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You won't have any issues with your previous entry into Germany as long as it was liegal and verifiable. That's the main reason they ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T14:37:22.677" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T14:37:22.677" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T17:30:16.153" Score="1" ViewCount="838" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Grandfather was born in the Netherlands and was a Dutch citizen until his recent death. He spent most of his life outside the Netherlands but never took up South African citizenship. Will I be eligible for a Dutch passport/citizenship if I work and live in the Netherlands for a couple of years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12161" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T19:40:03.810" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T19:40:03.810" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport through my grandfather who is a Dutch citizen?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-07T10:53:23.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11402" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T17:45:30.787" Score="4" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am deputed in Germany from an Indian Employer with work permit which is valid till January 2019. But now my employer wants me to come back to India before January 2019. My query is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Can I stay back in Germany till January 2019 on the same visa if I quit my job and look for another one if I can take care of my living expenditure.?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12162" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T11:06:53.620" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:06:53.620" Title="Quitting my job - Can I stay In Germany if my residence card is valid?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-07-23T23:44:40.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T20:14:09.537" Score="2" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;What other options are available under the immigration rules and directives, for a British citizen to bring his wife and two young children to UK from Afghanistan?&#xA;He cannot satisfy the income requirement of £18.600 and I wonder if he can rely on Surinder Singh route or Article 8: Right to Private and Family life based on exceptional cirumstances, compassionate grounds and for the best interest of the children?&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-07T05:29:20.543" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T05:29:20.543" Title="British citizen wants to bring his wife and children from Afghanistan" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;afghanistan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11404" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-18T20:54:54.647" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister has a visa for studies in Austria and she lost her permit residence document as well as other documents, but she still has her passeport. She filled the lost report at the police station and tomorrow she will ask for a duplicate of the permit residence. The problem is that she needs to come home to Morocco before the duplicate will be ready. She needs to know if there is any possibility that she can come to Morocco with any other type of travel document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12165" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T06:37:45.983" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T06:37:45.983" Title="Lost residence permit in Austria - can you leave the country and return?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-07-28T15:43:07.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11388" CreationDate="2017-07-18T22:09:27.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Population and Immigration Authority (רשות האוכלוסין וההגירה) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/questions_and_answer_for_biometric_documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guarantees&lt;/a&gt; delivery of your new passport within 10 working days by registered mail, which is the same as before the switch to mandatory biometric passports. However, since these passports undergo a more involved manufacturing process - not at local PIA officers - you can't get them by visiting your local PIA office again a day or two later, like you may have been used to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pity about this further invasion of privacy though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-07-18T22:23:18.840" LastActivityDate="2017-07-18T22:23:18.840" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9348" CreationDate="2017-07-19T03:31:06.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get a T4 curtailment letter you have two options: (1) find another school that will take you in and apply for a new T4; or (2) leave the UK. Thus once the curtailment date arrives you must either have a new visa or be gone (or become illegal).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question is why would then the curtailment letter set out a&#xA;  curtailment date&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There needs to be an absolute date because you cannot stay forever; they give you some time to close down your personal affairs (or find a new school).  The rules about setting the date and how much time they give you were set (implicitly) by Parliament and there is no latitude for discretion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;why it would say leave to enter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Admittedly, it sounds like an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxymoron&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;oxymoron&lt;/a&gt;, but 'leave' in this sense means 'permission'. In context, the whole phrase 'leave to enter' roughly means 'permission to enter or remain'.  They use that terminology because it needs to be consistent with the terminology in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Act 1971&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can someone help me understand why I can't enter the UK to finish up&#xA;  or apply for an extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your time to apply for an extension from within the UK finished on your curtailment date. And you cannot enter the UK to finish up because you need a T4 visa to do that and since you are outside of the UK it means your T4 needs to be issued in the form of an entry clearance, and Paragraph 28 says that an entry clearance can only be obtained from outside of the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that these things can seem like a cruel tautology, so it's best accepted as a part of &lt;strong&gt;WHAT IS&lt;/strong&gt;. None of the legal theory and variegated history of the T4 regime will progress your situation until you get a new T4. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not give the reason for your curtailment, but in most cases the school told UKVI that you were not attending classes or failing your classes or otherwise not performing like a student and they were done with you. They wrote you off and they were &lt;em&gt;legally&lt;/em&gt; required to tell UKVI about it.  It means UKVI was in reactive mode and was not the instigator.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One further note... I took a legal course devoted to T4 visas and the instructor advised us that if things reached the curtailment stage the person had generally burned their bridges with the school because the person was deemed an unacceptable risk.  So you should check with the Authorising Officer at your school to see if 'finishing up' is actually in the cards for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T03:50:44.417" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T03:50:44.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11409" CreationDate="2017-07-19T06:21:35.153" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got two job opportunities one from UK and another from Germany. For UK I needed exempt visa which I got easily but somehow I got confused and applied for blue card visa too for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last night one of my senior told me that the opportunity in UK is much better than Germany so I am thinking if I get my blue card visa can I still go to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11769" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T06:44:43.160" Title="What happens if I have two visas?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11408" CreationDate="2017-07-19T06:44:43.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany and the UK are separate countries with separate immigration systems (despite the fact that they are both EU countries).  If Germany approves your blue card application then you simply will not use that visa.  The UK won't care about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T06:44:43.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11403" CreationDate="2017-07-19T10:12:59.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;He can rely on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/a&gt;, but that means he will have to firmly establish residence in another EU country (meeting &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; standards for residence), bring his family to that country, where they also will need to establish residence, and then reenter the UK with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right to Private life normally has to do with people who are already present in the UK. Since the British citizen could presumbly go to Afghanistan to be with his family, a possibility the UK government will not deny or impede, it really can't be invoked in this case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other possibility I can think of is for the wife to qualify on her own right and be able bring her children with her. There are a variety of possibilities here including student visas and work visas. This is something they would have to explore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T10:12:59.533" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11165" CreationDate="2017-07-19T11:01:33.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/3093/12159&quot;&gt;this answer to a related question&lt;/a&gt;, it is possible to get a Chinese driving license on a Q2 visa as long as you have your proof of address in China. I therefore suppose it should certainly also be possible to renew your existing license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:01:33.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10828" CreationDate="2017-07-19T11:08:37.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A quick search turns up &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uslumbria1.gov.it/pagine/come-richiedere-il-certificato-delle-vaccinazioni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lettera43.it/it/comefare/istruzioni-pratiche/2016/10/19/come-richiedere-libretto-vaccinazioni/5944/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;results&lt;/a&gt; suggesting you need to consult your ASL/USL office. As usual in Italy there may be some local peculiarities depending on the region you live in.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also appears that the booklet released will be the standard yellow international version that is also in English, so no translation should be required. I have used a German version (with French and English translations of the standard fields) before in the US and it was accepted without ado. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:08:37.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10036" CreationDate="2017-07-19T11:23:11.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose there will be a double taxation treaty of Italy with the UK and if you did register correctly with the anagrafe in Italy (immediately after arriving in September 2016) and un-registered upon leaving then you should only pay taxes to Italy for that period. In the case that you only have one job in Italy and get paid directly from Italy, and that you don't have any incomes from interest, dividends or rent somewhere else, my belief is that you don't even have to make a tax declaration, but elsewise you should. This is a tricky thing and if you want to do things the correct way (which can be hard in Italy) you most likely require the help of a tax consultant. Try contacting a few until you get one who speaks sufficient English (unless your Italian is fluent) and seems trustworthy. By trustworthy I mean that your situation is likely complex and I would not trust a guy who tells me &quot;I know how to do this, no problem&quot; from the start, they will likely need to look stuff up themselves if they do it right. But then again, doing this right is certainly not the easiest of ways. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T11:23:11.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9093" CreationDate="2017-07-19T11:34:19.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internationale-studierende.de/gerade_angekommen/krankenversicherung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bar some exceptions&lt;/a&gt; (that likely do not apply and that I would not advise you to make use of even if they did) you have to sign up for a &quot;gesetzliche Krankenversicherung&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mawista.com/kvfas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statutory health insurance as opposed to private&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The monthly fee (and service) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/meine-krankenkasse/student/ausland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;varies very little between the different insurers&lt;/a&gt; and you will need to accept that cost as part of your studies. In exchange you get good health care that is fairly cheap (you are effectively receiving subsidies from the other participants in the insurance scheme that pay a percentage of their salary instead, typically much more than 83 EUR a month). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T21:39:45.407" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T21:39:45.407" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-19T18:32:58.817" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I spend 10 months working as a regular employee in Czech Republic. Then in November I find a new job in Germany and move to work there. I've spent more than 183 days in Czech Republic so I'm supposed to be a tax resident there in that year. On the other hand I've moved out of the country so my domicile is now in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do tax laws in the EU say something about such a situation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T01:00:52.030" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T21:11:48.613" Title="How does taxation work in the EU if you change countries in the middle of a tax year?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11395" CreationDate="2017-07-19T19:12:20.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to work with the embassy of the target country you want to move to, in the country you currently reside.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So in your case, that would be the Swedish Embassy in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traveling back to Jamaica would not help you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T19:12:20.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11418" CreationDate="2017-07-19T20:58:09.567" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The answer is simply no.&lt;/strong&gt; The EU has extensive rules about import duties (a common tariff) and VAT, some rules about the “social security” system (health insurance, retirement) but almost nothing on income and other taxes. That's an area that has always been politically sensitive and extraordinarily complicated so that very little progress has been made towards harmonization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EU countries do not even share the same tax year&lt;/strong&gt;, let alone the same definition of income or the same type of taxes! So there are places where the tax year is distinct from the civil year (e.g. the UK), flat taxes, taxes on income that are really wealth taxes (e.g. “box 3” in the Dutch income tax), you name it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many countries will have generally sensible rules (it's seldom as simple as a 183 days threshold), even interpreted in isolation, and many others will have tax treaties to avoid any issues but none of that is guaranteed, &lt;strong&gt;even within the EU&lt;/strong&gt;. So you really should not expect much and really need to look at the specifics of your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T22:26:56.867" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T22:26:56.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11421" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11481" CreationDate="2017-07-19T21:22:26.447" Score="2" ViewCount="929" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning a move to Canada and apparently you have to give up your old license in order to get a local one. This would be extremely inconvenient as I would then have issues with driving back in Czech Republic whenever I visit, since I won't give up my residency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the current penalty for driving in B.C. (Canada) for more than 3 months without exchanging your license? And is it common for police officers to enforce it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T09:21:21.173" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T08:40:49.697" Title="What happens if you drive in British Columbia on a foreign license for more than 3 months?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11422" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12866" CreationDate="2017-07-19T21:44:55.157" Score="3" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/Pages/Moving-from-another-country.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ICBC website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to B.C.! After moving here, you have 90 days to switch over your valid licence to a B.C. driver’s licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this limit apply to all of Canada or does it only apply for B.C.? E.g. if I were to fly to Alberta after staying in Canada for more than 3 months, could I still use my home license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T23:17:56.293" Title="Is the 3 month limit on driving with your foreign license valid for each individual province or for Canada as a whole?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11423" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11466" CreationDate="2017-07-20T08:47:19.100" Score="6" ViewCount="2406" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my refusal letter after applying for Tier 2 visa for the second time and the wordings are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On 26/04/17 your previous application for an Entry Clearance under Tier 2 (General) was refused for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;In support of your application I note that you provided a job offer letter from XXXXXXXXXXXX dated 13/01/17. This letter confirms that you were offered the position of “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” on 13/01/17.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your COS States that your employer advertised for your role on Universal JobMatch and Linkedin. However, Both adverts were placed on 12/01/17 with a closing date of 11/02/17. You were, therefore offered the position nearly a month before the closing date of the job adverts. There, regardless of any applications your sponsor might have received, your sponsor had already offered the job to you. I can only conclude that your sponsor placed these job adverts merely to meet the requirement of tier 2, rather than in a genuine attempt to employ a settled worker. Given the above I am not satisfied that your sponsor has conducted a genuine labor market test’ In Support of the of your current application you have submitted a letter from your sponsor dated 13/06/17 stating that a mistake was made on your previous job offer letter and an incorrect date was added. Whilst I acknowledge this statement, the information /documents submitted do not evidence your sponsors stated mistake or provide further details that evidence that the labor market test conducted as required. Subsequently, I am not satisfied that you have addressed the previous refusal and I have not awarded the points that you have claimed for your Certificate of Sponsorship in accordance with paragraph 76 to 84A of appendix A of the immigration Rules.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having provided, the refusal statement. I would like to ask what to do next because I know in earnestness that I was interviewed after the RLMT and offered the job much afterwards. it is very unfortunate that the mistake has been made and an impression of non genuine RLMT is been established because I have email correspondence throughout the time that I applied for the job, interviewed and offered. I would like to know how to move forward with another application. Do the sponsor need to run a new RLMT. your advise will be highly appreciated as I am quite new to this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12172" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T12:48:12.030" Title="Tier 2 visa refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-20T09:02:39.113" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I get a Dutch passport if my father was born in Holland and both grand parents were dutch?&#xA;I was born in New Zealand and my father immigrated here in the 1950's. My mother is Kiwi. Dad become a NZ citizen in the 1970's or 1980's.&#xA;I was born in 1962. If I am eligible how do I go about getting a passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12173" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T09:02:39.113" Title="Getting a Dutch Passport" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11426" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11427" CreationDate="2017-07-20T18:02:23.717" Score="6" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (Chinese, currently staying in France on a student visa, titre de séjour) and I (German, living in Germany), after applying for a German visa for family reunification to live together in Germany, found ourselves in the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The estimated date on which her (family reunification) visa application will be completed by the German embassy is after the expiration date of her current titre de séjour. There is a period of 20-30 days during which she will not have a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do in this situation? Is there some provisional visa she can apply for in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is a cross-post from &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/98494/is-there-a-type-of-french-visa-to-bridge-the-gap-between-two-visas?noredirect=1#comment235139_98494&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/98494/is-there-a-type-of-french-visa-to-bridge-the-gap-between-two-visas?noredirect=1#comment235139_98494&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12179" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-11-08T07:26:19.170" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T07:26:19.170" Title="Is there a type of French visa to bridge the gap between two visas?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11426" CreationDate="2017-07-20T19:48:06.507" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17319&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for an &lt;em&gt;autorisation provisoire de séjour&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Provided she graduated and her diploma meets the requirements, she can use that to look for work for up to 12 months. The fact she would soon cease to need it and move to Germany doesn't really matter. One drawback is that she would need to apply more than two months before the end of her student visa and I assume it's already too late for that (most student visas end in September).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go with her to another EU country than France or Germany. You would be making use of your right to free movement and your wife would have a derived right to stay with you. Some countries might require some formalities but she would in any case be protected from deportation. This only works if you (an EU citizen) are with her, not if she is staying alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were to stay in one country for more than three months under these rules, she would need to apply for a residence card and you would need a job or proof of income to sponsor her. But freedom of movement also covers visits (for tourism or otherwise) and if you stay less than three months, there are basically no requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to France to stay with her. Freedom of movement also applies but she might need to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F19315&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the residence card immediately&lt;/a&gt;, because she has already been present in France for a long time. That could be a problem as you would therefore need to prove you have sufficient income and health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A somewhat more creative idea is to apply anyway. Even if you do not qualify, they are extremely unlikely to refuse the residence card within 30 days. If and when they do, your wife would still have 30 days to leave the country and the whole thing would presumably be moot by then. You could even possibly pull the application once you have your German visa. And as long as it is pending, you would have some document allowing you to stay in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One drawback here is the risk of attracting a refusal. It should not make a difference as far as Germany is concerned and I don't think she would have any serious trouble in France given her status but she would probably have to report any refusal when applying for many visas in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An even hairier option is to ignore the whole thing and stay in France, alone. That's a bad idea for several reasons but could still work. She would start accruing illegal presence and that can have all sorts of unpleasant consequences in the future (for example if she would ever want to become a French citizen that could be held against her) but she would not risk all that much during the first 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she is caught, she would get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F18362&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OQTF&lt;/a&gt; and still have 30 days to leave France voluntarily. It's also possible that the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; would send her this OQTF as a matter of course at the expiration of her student visa to start the clock ticking. Detention and removal are not possible before the authorities went through this voluntary departure procedure, buying you time to wait out the German visa application. Most importantly, this should make no difference to her German visa application or her right to stay with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I certainly do not recommend this except as a last resort but it might be useful to know that this is how the law works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T17:51:58.880" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T17:51:58.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11396" CreationDate="2017-07-20T21:26:01.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your grade level placement will very much depend on what you have studied. In seeking admission to a US school, you'll present all of your school records. Those will be evaluated against what is required for US graduation with a standard diploma, you'll be given credit for subjects you've taken successfully in England, and you'll be placed accordingly, not in a grade that coincides with your age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In California, here's a overview of the minimum set of courses required for high school graduation. And keep in mind that these are the basics; you'll be given credit for coursework which exceeds them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/hsgrmin.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;California Department of Education State Minimum Course Requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EC 51225.3 states that all pupils receiving a diploma of graduation from a California high school must have completed all of the following courses, while in grades nine to twelve, inclusive:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unless otherwise specified, each course shall have a duration of one school year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Three courses in English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two courses in mathematics, including one year of Algebra I (EC Section 51224.5)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two courses in science, including biological and physical sciences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Three courses in social studies, including United States history and geography; world history, culture, and geography; a one-semester course in American government and civics, and a one-semester course in economics&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;One course in visual or performing arts,  foreign language, or commencing with the 2012-13 school year, career technical education. For the purpose of satisfying the minimum course requirement, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed a course in foreign language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been exempted pursuant to the provisions of EC Section 51241&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where you may fall short are in those pertaining to the US (history, geography, government/civics), but it is not unusual for transfer students to take all such classes concurrently; they do not need to be taken consecutively. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you bring with you a full and official transcript of your school records, showing subjects taken, grades and Grade Point Average (GPA), and, as appropriate, GCSE results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T21:26:01.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8538" CreationDate="2017-07-20T22:15:28.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;All of those listed are related to you, either directly (parents, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles) or through marriage (in-laws, co-brothers). As you're asked to include two, you can choose any or both from the list. You're also allowed to provide name(s) of close acquaintances or friends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These individuals serve as references, and you're meant to list those who live in the same place in India as you do, since the local authorities use them to verify your details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T22:15:28.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8829" CreationDate="2017-07-20T22:39:55.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcc.is/english/first-steps-in-iceland-none-eea/kaflar/nr/1713&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fjölmenningarsetur, the Multicultural and Information Centre&lt;/a&gt;, offers an overview and checklist that citizens of non EEA/EFTA countries need when intended to immigrate to Iceland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens of states that are not member states of the EEA or EFTA agreements must apply for a residence permit at the Directorate of Immigration if they intend to stay in Iceland for longer than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Basic conditions for a residence permit:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secure support&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant must be able to show secure support and that means any of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Employment wages or fixed regular payments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Private funds (for example in a bank account).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Payments from other close members of family (if the applicant is a child under 18 or a parent 67 or older).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If support is in the form of employment wages or fixed regular payments you must present an employment contract, payslips or a certificate from the employer on job percentage and duration of employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it is a question of private funds, which the applicant uses for support, they must be in a currency listed at the Central Bank of Iceland (www.sedlabanki.is). The same applies to student loans or education grants for students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Information on reference for minimum support can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.utl.is/index.php/en/basic-requirements1#support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directorate of Immigration's website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secure housing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By secure housing it means that the applicant can establish that he can stay in a house, that is registered as a resident housing in the real estate registry, with the consent of the registered owner. The registered owner of a house must sign a form which confirms this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant must buy a health insurance called medical expense insurance from an insurance company with an operating license in Iceland. The insurance must be valid for at least six months from the registration of a legal residence or until the person has gained the right to be medically insured in Iceland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T22:39:55.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9588" CreationDate="2017-07-21T07:01:31.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike short-term Schengen visas, long-term visas in the EU are regulated by each member state individually. This means that you can have as many long-term visas for Europe as you want, without anyone batting an eye. There are some exceptions to this, but they only kick-in for permanent residencies and family members of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T07:01:31.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9872" CreationDate="2017-07-21T07:05:21.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned by @Dorothy in the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long are you're entering the US not more than 30 days before the start date on your DS-2019, your port of arrival shouldn't be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T07:05:21.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9760" CreationDate="2017-07-21T07:08:33.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to settle down in Canada, you should go through the proper channels and apply for a long-term visa, rather that abusing the visa-free route. Also be aware that you're not allowed to work in Canada on a tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to learn which type of Canadian visa to apply for you may ask a separate question detailing your profession and intended length of stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T15:08:39.103" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T15:08:39.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11435" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11460" CreationDate="2017-07-21T08:14:47.583" Score="0" ViewCount="1110" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I moved to Malaysia for work few months ago and she loves bacon.I know its a country with a majority of Islamic followers but I have seen bacon in hotels which I makes me wonder if it is available to purchase here. I have looked in Tesco,Aeon and Giant but couldn't find it there. Any help is much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11076" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T00:37:40.253" Title="What stores sell bacon in malaysia?" Tags="&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T06:49:20.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10030" CreationDate="2017-07-21T11:05:57.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer here was &lt;code&gt;no&lt;/code&gt;. As long as your job title is &quot;Software Developer&quot; the actual degree didn't seem to matter (for reference: this was in Germany)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10986" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T11:05:57.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="160" CreationDate="2017-07-21T11:18:48.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a good answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/news/Pages/New-employment-statuses-allow-for-more-room-for-entrepreneurship.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, on the official website of IND.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 1 April 2017, highly skilled migrants, EU Blue Card holders,&#xA;foreign students studying in the Netherlands, as well as scientific&#xA;researchers who are in possession of a valid residence permit will be able to perform self-employed activities next to their main working activities for which their residence permit in the Netherlands has been initially granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main condition is that the requirements for the current residence status as a highly skilled migrant, EU Blue card holder, student, and scientific researcher remain fulfilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12182" LastEditorUserId="12182" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T08:40:41.000" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T08:40:41.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11485" CreationDate="2017-07-21T12:30:18.520" Score="9" ViewCount="3747" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the German &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence Act&lt;/a&gt; (Gesetz über den Aufenthalt, die Erwerbstätigkeit und die Integration von Ausländern im Bundesgebiet), it is stated in Section 9 that to obtain a permanent settlement permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis), the foreigner should have a sufficient command of the German language. Also, in Section 19, it is stated that the time required for holders of an EU Blue Card are to be issued with a permanent settlement permit can be reduced from 33 months to 21 months, if the foreigner has a sufficient command of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Act further defines &quot;sufficient command&quot; to mean B1 level in terms of CEFR. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I am not sure what would practically serve as a proof of this &quot;sufficient command of German&quot;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_rustag/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt; (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz) refers to exams leading to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zertifikat_Deutsch&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zertifikat Deutsch&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to basically be the B1 certificate issued by Goethe-Institut. However, there also exist other types of German exams, such as TestDaF and DSH, commonly used for university applications. I wonder whether results from those exams could also be used as a proof, and if so, what would the conversion scale be between their scores and B1 level. Also, I'm not sure if certificates issued from other organizations, such as the foreign language center from a German university, would count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue was a bit confusing for me since many German universities apparently prefer TestDaF or DSH to Goethe-Institut certificates. For example, University of Stuttgart requires Goethe C2 certificate... which sounds practically impossible. If this is the case, does that mean students who initially came to Germany with TestDaF would need to obtain the Zertifikat Deutsch again, just for the purpose of permanent settlement application? Could the reason for universities' aversion towards Goethe certificates be that they are easier to obtain than the other two exams (which I doubt)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a certificate from Goethe-Institut is required for the permanent residence permit/blue card application, then I guess I should start preparing towards them instead of TestDaF. I'm already studying in a German university in a program taught in English, so I didn't need those exams in the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="6155" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T12:56:17.727" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T15:10:35.240" Title="Which German language test would be more recognized as demonstrating &quot;command of the language&quot; when applying for the blue card/permanent residency?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11347" CreationDate="2017-07-21T12:54:44.657" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, having a Canadian work permit or not having it does not make a difference for some permanent residency programs in Canada like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Express Entry program&lt;/a&gt; because it is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)&lt;/a&gt; and you get points for Age, education, languages proficiency, work experience, etc.. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; it makes a whole lot of difference, if you have Canadian experience through a work permit. You can get more points for Canadian education, for having a higher level of language proficiency and/or having more work experience (Canadian/Non-Canadian both count).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding work permits, mainly there are two types of work permits&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open Work Permits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These type of work permits include Post Graduation Work permits, International Experience Canada work permits, and other open work permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employer-specific work permits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These type of work permits only allow you to work in Canada for a specific employer (The employers's name will be on the work permit so no other employer can hire you). These type of work permits allow employers to hire international talent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It must be noted that one can apply for permanent residence under any type of work under some or the other criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are on a work permit you or your employer can also apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=163&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Labour Market Impact Assessment&lt;/a&gt; which can score extra points in the CRS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Express Entry program is a new program developed by the government of Canada to address labour shortage in Canada and invite new immigrants based on their skill set. Express Entry targets finishing the processing of an application in under 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was all the information I am aware of about the Express Entry program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there are a lot of Provincial Nominee programs under which you can apply for permanent residence. Some provincial programs are directly connected to Express Entry programs which give you 600 points in the CRS system. For others, you still have to follow the old paper based system. One can find the procedure to do so &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/prov-apply-application.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements of each provincial nominee program differs by each province. Discussing that would make this answer a bit too broad. So I will give a list of all the provincial nominee programs that are available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.albertacanada.com/opportunity/immigrating/ainp.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Alberta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.welcomebc.ca/pnp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British Columbia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigratemanitoba.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Manitoba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.welcomenb.ca/content/wel-bien/en/immigrating/content/HowToImmigrate/NBProvincialNomineeProgram.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New Brunswick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nlpnp.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Newfoundland and Labrador&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigratenwt.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Northwest Territories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nova Scotia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/pnp/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ontario&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.pe.ca/immigration/index.php3?number=1014385&amp;amp;lang=E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prince Edward Island&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saskimmigrationcanada.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Saskatchewan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.education.gov.yk.ca/employers/ynp.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yukon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One can find more information about the Provincial Nominee Program &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/apply-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T13:02:11.410" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T13:02:11.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9459" CreationDate="2017-07-21T13:04:27.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a lot right in the comments, but I'll try to organize what I've learned since the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presenting a contract for a &lt;em&gt;vivienda&lt;/em&gt; is not a requirement in the actual law, and a lawyer in Madrid says if I hire her, she'll educate the consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The translations, according to the same lawyer, can only be accepted from someone on an official list.  The list comes from the Spanish government, not any individual consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Items where the original is Spanish don't have to be translated.  (It's obvious, but when dealing with bureaucrats, one should never assume...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the lawyer, presenting a translation for the agency to edit will not save any money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T14:13:08.280" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T14:13:08.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11393" CreationDate="2017-07-22T04:33:09.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only having a property and paying council tax will not count as residence. It is quite normal for people resident in other countries to have a holiday home here and having such does not make them UK residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T04:33:09.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11390" CreationDate="2017-07-22T09:22:08.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming this is a purely administrative error then you will still be lawfully present in the UK when your visa expires. Despite that, you will want to get it corrected as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T09:22:08.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-22T11:18:38.440" Score="1" ViewCount="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been KL for 6 months now. I could not network through out work due to my hectic work schedule, setting up the new team and work location changing few times etc. I barely have no connection no friends wasting times being bored alone. I was wondering how they build their biz connection here other than work places from other companies making valuable connections that can be your friends as well as mutually beneficial connections that turning into prospect job opportunity in the future for example US chamber event party, biz social meet up(meetup.com for KL was not very intriguing to me though) etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13186" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T11:18:38.440" Title="Any active business network community in KL Malaysia?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;socializing&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-07-24T05:05:20.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11484" CreationDate="2017-07-22T12:21:44.383" Score="6" ViewCount="414" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many apartments in Copenhagen say &quot;expat only&quot;. Yet the lease term appears as 1-2 years, which seems to be a standard length lease, also on many of the unrestricted apartments. Does anyone know why this restriction exists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13188" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T12:56:42.113" Title="Rentals to &quot;expats only&quot; in Copenhagen Denmark" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10279" CreationDate="2017-07-22T15:06:27.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a Bachelor's (undergrad) degree, not a Masters degree. From the BAMF website:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants must provide proof of having completed higher education. If the higher education qualification was not acquired in Germany, it must either be recognised or be comparable to a German higher education qualification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:06:27.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10398" CreationDate="2017-07-22T15:08:52.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De jure&lt;/em&gt; there are dozens of complex laws and regulations regarding remote employment, under which you may or may not need a special visa in order to work in a given country. Tax laws are an additional complication, where countries such as the UK can deem you as a tax resident for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spending as little as 16 days&lt;/a&gt; on British soil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;De facto&lt;/em&gt;, as long as you don't mention your remote job to immigration personnel at the airport, there's a 99.99% chance no one will ever find out. There are millions of people breaking the law by being employed at &lt;em&gt;on-site&lt;/em&gt; jobs in any given country, so digital nomads are a pretty low priority for law enforcement. This especially valid in a country like Mexico where law enforcement isn't particularly worried about foreign tourists working during their travels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:08:52.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10338" CreationDate="2017-07-22T16:45:36.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question very similar to yours on Expats' sister site, Travel Stack Exchange, has a response that addresses most, if not all, of your concerns, particularly as you are considering marriage, emigration and, perhaps, citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the permission of the author, @GayotFow discusses &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/43993/entry-into-south-africa-with-felony&quot;&gt;enty into South Africa when you have a felony on your record&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For people who require a visa prior to arriving in South Africa, a disclosure must be made on the application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For people who can obtain a visa upon arrival in South Africa, criminal history does not form part of the landing interview, so if it does not flag up when they scan your passport then you're good to go... with some reservations...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If something happens while you are inland which prompts them to investigate you further, and they learn of a prior conviction that you did not disclose, you could be facing detention and a removal order. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Another important consideration is whether or not you are entitled to deny a criminal history. And the answer to that will depend upon two things...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What you were convicted for; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What, if any custodial sentence resulted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;South Africa has a law &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/2008-065.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 65 of 2008&lt;/a&gt; which lists the number of years that must elapse before you can deny a conviction. It's a complex area of law, and your question does not provide enough detail for amateurs to make an assessment. Most convictions will roll off after either 5 or 10 years, but some convictions, especially those involving child sex will never roll off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In some cases you are entitled to deny a prior conviction for everything except immigration, but in most cases your entitlement includes everything except government job applications. Trying to get an accurate reading from amateurs on the net is risky because the rules are different with each country and generally opaque to those not versed in criminal law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note that the link in the preceding paragraph is merely an amendment to a larger act thus even if you were to edit your question to include all the relevant information it would not take the place of a qualified professional with a history of dealing in these matters. So if you are unsure about the level of candour you should use at your landing interview in South Africa, it's emphatically recommended to arrange an email or Skype consultation with a member of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lssa.org.za/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Law Society of South Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adding&lt;/strong&gt;: Anecdote, I once had a client who did nothing more than be at the scene of crime and the area was closed off and everyone had to wait until the police arrived. She was interviewed by the police for a witness statement. When they got her witness statement, she was id'd, and when they ran it, the poor girl had a prior conviction in the US. Bad news for her. Classic textbook case of wrong time/wrong place...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T16:45:36.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9900" CreationDate="2017-07-22T17:34:31.030" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-temp.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canada Immigration and Citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, the medical exam which Canada requires, whether it be for visiting, residency, or employment, must be valid when you present yourself at the border for entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exam results are valid for 12 months from when they were issued and, if you don't enter Canada as a visitor, student or worker within that time, you may need to have another exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you note that you plan to enter more than a year from the time your medical exam was conducted, you may want to check in advance with the Consulate that issued your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T17:34:31.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7446" CreationDate="2017-07-22T18:03:01.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to your plan, you'll enter Canada for an exchange program, and do not require a visa but can remain in Canada for up to a 6-month period. This suggests that you are a visa-free national and, were you to apply for a study visa for a short exchange program, you might be advised that you don't require one, as the exchange is for only 4 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather, once you are in Canada, consider applying for an extension, and doing so before the end of your authorized stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extend your stay in Canada as a visitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should apply 30 days before your status expires to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;extend your visitor, student or work status,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;change your permit type (for example, from a study permit to a work permit) or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;change your permit condition(s) (for example, if you are studying and you want to change schools, or if you are working and you want to change jobs).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Find out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend/visa.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how to extend your stay as a visitor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T18:03:01.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6993" CreationDate="2017-07-22T19:06:33.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Internal Revenue Service (2014)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is  required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (AITN).” &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This applies to Form 1099-INT and Form 1099-MISC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return” (p. 2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are required to fill out Form W-9 and submit it to your bank, keep a copy for yourself, and make sure you sign it, as it is one for which the IRS requires a signature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/report-of-foreign-bank-and-financial-accounts-fbar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Bank Secrecy Act requires U.S. persons who own a foreign bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, unit trust, or other financial account to file a Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Authority (FBAR), if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The person has financial interest in, signature authority, or other authority over one or more accounts in a foreign country, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The aggregate value of all foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T19:06:33.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10264" CreationDate="2017-07-22T19:20:21.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it the CAP exemption solely exempts you from the numerical cap on H-1B's in the law, instead letting you participate in a somewhat larger limit that comes from the regulations. Essentially all it does is improve your odds in the H-1B lottery; it doesn't reduce the required qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that &quot;equivalence&quot; to a 4 year undergraduate degree is covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-17197/0-0-0-18003.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(D)(5)&lt;/a&gt; and generally equates 1 year of post-secondary education with 3 years of relevant experience, so you may need 12 years of experience to match a Bachelor degree. A good lawyer can sometimes work miracles, but bridging that gap seems like a stretch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm confused about, however, is why you are fixating on an H-1B? Given that the move is with an employer you already work for it seems to me an L-1 might be a better bet; an L-1 still has a &quot;specialized knowledge&quot; requirement but that specialized knowledge can be about your employer's particular business rather than a strictly academic qualification, as I understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, your case has sufficient complications that if the company wants you they really need to hire a good lawyer to figure out whether and how to proceed. Trying to do this without one seems quite risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T19:20:21.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2561" CreationDate="2017-07-22T20:08:29.687" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dimasaruba.aw/en/registration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Directorate of Alien Integration, Policy and Admission (DIMAS):&lt;/a&gt; has an online system through which you can make an appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dimasaruba.aw/en/registration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registration&lt;/a&gt;, it allows you to register for an appointment for three types of services:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Long Stay (temporary/permanent)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Short Stay (and other products)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Information and Helpdesk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The appointment calendar shows time slots available 60  to 90 days in advance, so you should be able to register and make the request prior to arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DIMAS&#xA;Paardenbaaistraat # 11&#xA;Oranjestad, Aruba&#xA;Tel: +(297) 522 1500&#xA;Fax: +(297) 522 1505&#xA;E-mail: dimas@aruba.gov.aw&#xA;Website: www.dimasaruba.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T11:37:57.437" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T11:37:57.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2833" CreationDate="2017-07-22T20:28:34.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/417-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Working Holiday Visa&lt;/a&gt; will expire before your intended course of study, you cannot remain in Australia unless you make application for a new, substantive visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visi/Visi/Bridging-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bridging Visa&lt;/a&gt; to allow you to stay while your application for a student visa is being considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) grants a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/500-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Student Visa&lt;/a&gt; if the course is registered, or part of a registered course, on a full-time basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T20:28:34.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2793" CreationDate="2017-07-22T21:32:12.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Lexology overview of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=02d21736-d503-466d-9d14-3d662f6aa169&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;employment &amp;amp; labour law in Austria&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employees may take up to two weeks of paid time off per year in order to provide medical care to a close relative (e.g., spouse, civil partner or child).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employees can request family care leave/part-time employment in order to look after an ill family member. Family care leave/part-time employment can be used only to care for a close family member who is receiving a certain level of Austrian care allowance (known as ‘pflegegeld’).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/PF2_3_Additional_leave_entitlements_of_working_parents.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;report on leave entitlements&lt;/a&gt; notes that, in Austria, employees may be allowed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paid leave to care for a child under age 12: 2 weeks per year (100% of earnings);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paid leave to care for dependants other than children: 1 week per year (100% of earnings);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unpaid leave to care for terminally ill family members or seriously ill children; 6 months (extendable to 9 months) per episode.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, employers are not required to grant leave to attend to an uncle to whom you're close, but is not an immediate, dependant family member. You may be given permission for a paid or unpaid absence, but there is not a legal or regulatory requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T12:54:17.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11435" CreationDate="2017-07-23T00:37:40.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pork products are generally available in the non-halal section of many of the supermarkets in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in non-halal speciality shops and wet markets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick Google returned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aameatshop.com.my/ham.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AA Meat Shop&lt;/a&gt; with a whole assortment of pork products, including bacon (streaky and back), and has  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aameatshop.com.my/kl_branch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;four Kuala Lumpur outlets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.orientfreshdeli.com/our-products/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Orient Fresh Deli&lt;/a&gt;, also has streaky and back bacon, along with lots of other pork products (ham, sausage, cold cuts). It has a shop at 9 Jalan Camar, Kepong Baru, KL... called Mr. Bacon !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T00:37:40.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10006" CreationDate="2017-07-23T07:37:12.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to my Dutch municipality and requested a “Legitimatie Handtekening”, which is one of the standard tasks they do, on the request form. The Dutch stamp is very large compared to the space reserved for it on the form, but it was accepted without issues by the Bundesamt für Justiz and I received my eFZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4862" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T07:37:12.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10082" CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:28:36.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should contact your nearest French consulate. Here are some indicators:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Through_parentage_.28right_of_blood.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia on French Nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The child (legitimate or natural) is French if at least one parent is French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Parentage to the parent from whom the French nationality is claimed, must be established while the child is still a minor (under 18).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The french service public has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of required documents&lt;/a&gt; to issue a certificate of French nationality (click &lt;em&gt;&quot;Pièces à fournir&quot;&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&quot;Vous êtes né à l'étranger et l'un de vos parents est français&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, in French, you guessed it):  &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 photo d'identité,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 justificatif d'identité, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 justificatif de domicile (facture récente d'électricité, contrat de location, avis d'imposition...),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 copie intégrale de votre acte de naissance avec indication de votre filiation,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 copie intégrale de l'acte de naissance de chacun de vos parents,&#xA;  tous documents concernant vos parents justifiant de la possession d'état de Français (carte nationale d'identité, passeport, carte d'immatriculation consulaire, certificat de nationalité, livret militaire, carte d'électeur...),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 copie intégrale de l'acte de mariage de vos parents ou s'ils ne sont pas mariés 1 copie intégrale de l'acte de reconnaissance prouvant votre filiation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in my very loose translation that would be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a photo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an ID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a proof of residence (utilities bill, rent contract, ...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;full copy of your birth certificate with indication of your parentage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;full copy of both of your parents' birth certificates and all documents regarding the French nationality of your parents (ID card, passport, ...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fully copy of the marriage certificate of your parents or if unmarried a fully copy of proof of your descendance &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T08:28:36.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10082" CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:53:46.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since he lived in France, the passport isn't even needed (it would go some way towards establishing &lt;em&gt;possession d'état de Français&lt;/em&gt; but that's only relevant for people living abroad for a long time). The main hurdle for you is establishing that he is your father. Specifically, you need a birth certificate and, if that's not enough to establish he is your father, something certifying that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, you will need to gather a bunch of other documents and apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Among the documents you need is your father's birth certificate but you can obtain that yourself from the relevant municipality, provided you can prove he is indeed your father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T08:53:46.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11173" CreationDate="2017-07-23T09:10:23.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has come up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/45398/101&quot;&gt;Travel.SE before&lt;/a&gt;, and so I quote the relevant parts that apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you had pages of your passport certified by a solicitor or notary,&#xA;  they would also have taken a photocopy of the portrait page.  Law&#xA;  firms have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/help-for-solicitors/practice-advice-service/q-and-as/how-long-should-i-retain-my-closed-files-in-storage/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;varying retention framework&lt;/a&gt; unlike companies, and&#xA;  many like to preserve their archives for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If these fail, and as a last resort, you can file a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/your-right-of-access/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Subject Access&#xA;  Request&lt;/a&gt; with the Home Office.  There is a fee for this and you&#xA;  must clear hurdles imposed by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Data Protection Act&lt;/a&gt;.  A Subject&#xA;  Access Request obliges the Home Office to give you their records about&#xA;  you along with what they know about you...  &lt;em&gt;if they want to&lt;/em&gt;.  The&#xA;  SAR must be in writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="13201" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T13:01:37.287" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:01:37.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11423" CreationDate="2017-07-23T10:23:49.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Step 1: &lt;strong&gt;Stop making applications.&lt;/strong&gt; You risk attracting serious refusals that will not look good in your application history. At least for short-term visa this may lead to a worst case of a ban. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Step 2: &lt;strong&gt;Get a solicitor.&lt;/strong&gt; While we do not know all of your application history nor the full text of the refusal, there is enough evidence that neither you, nor the company that is offering you a position understand well enough what they are doing. Some hints:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your first application there was a mistake regarding some date and you had this corrected in your second application, but failed to provide any proof of such. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even though you messed up on some date in your first application and were therefore refused, they/you managed to mess up a similar (same?) matter again in the second application. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With such a history, any new application you will make, will attract extreme scrutiny and you must be convincing in every detail. On how to find a good solicitor to help you (depending on how much you trust the company that wrote your offer, they or you will want to reach out), have a look to our sister site Travel SE:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/89170/32134&quot;&gt;How do I find an immigration lawyer/solicitor to help with my UK Visa application?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;and start from there. This will involve a lot of money and they might only take on your case if they deem your chance of succeeding sufficiently high. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T10:33:15.373" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T10:33:15.373" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9975" CreationDate="2017-07-23T10:32:33.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;must send in an original ID document&lt;/a&gt; with your application for a UK driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must send in an identity document with your application unless you have a valid UK biometric passport (where the photograph and signature are on the same page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must send the following identity documents if you don’t have a biometric passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a current and valid passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a biometric residence permit (BRP) - formerly known as the identity card for foreign nationals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) national identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a travel document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must send the original document with your driving licence application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don’t have an EU or EEA passport, you’ll need to send in a visa that proves you have permission to live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can’t use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;photocopies or laminated certificates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;certified copies - including those certified by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/document-certification-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Post Office document certification service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don’t send in your passport if you need it within the next month - consider delaying your driving licence application until after you’ve travelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your passport is blocked by your other application and you do not have another means of ID listed above, then yes, you will have to wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T10:32:33.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6574" CreationDate="2017-07-23T12:31:29.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For shared flats the #1 resource is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wg-gesucht.de/en/wg-zimmer-in-Seligenstadt.3308.0.1.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WG-gesucht&lt;/a&gt; (available in English and the link already points to Seligenstadt. Much of the content is in German only though and it works better in the major cities. You typically contact tenants already in the flat and convince them you would make a good flatmate. Some will insist on getting to know you in person, some will be OK with meeting first via Skype.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;alternatively&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Facebook groups (search &quot;WG&quot; (Wohngemeinschaft = shared flat) + city name and you will find.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For renting a private place&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immobilienscout24.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;immobilienscout24.de&lt;/a&gt; as suggested by @benroth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;try to contact a local &quot;Makler&quot; to find you a place (at a fee that can be a few months' rent)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in general, see whether your employer (or whoever makes you move to Seligenstadt) can be of help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding pitfalls, you should know and understand what you sign (ask for a translation or a friend you trust to double-check) and be aware of the usual pitfalls in renting apartments. Craigslist has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.craigslist.org/about/scams?lang=en&amp;amp;cc=gb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;good list on avoiding scams&lt;/a&gt;, but it sure can be extended. On the sites mentioned above, if an offer looks too good to be true, it probably is a scam.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Even in legit situations, make sure the duration of contract and period of notice meet your needs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, why don't you consider a short stay solution first (Airbnb) and try to find a place once there, options will be better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T12:31:29.477" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-23T14:02:44.957" Score="5" ViewCount="451" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in Germany with a type D internship visa that covers the length of my stay (validity dates from arrival to departure, with duration of stay listed as XX).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it makes any difference, the remarks section on my visa says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Praktikum nach § 15 Nr. 5 Beschv bei [&lt;strong&gt;COMPANY NAME&lt;/strong&gt;] in [&lt;strong&gt;PLACE&lt;/strong&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aufenthaltsdauer entspricht Gültigkeit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've registered/have insurance/etc. I'm just wondering if getting a residence permit is mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13196" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T17:06:40.707" Title="Do I need to get a residence permit in Germany if my type D visa covers the length of my stay?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7073" CreationDate="2017-07-23T14:06:01.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To register you need a confirmation from the landlord called &quot;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&quot;. You can find pre-prints &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.starnberg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/starnberg/redakteure/Aemter_A-Z/Einwohnermeldeamt/Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;, also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studentenwerk-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/Daten/PDF_Wohnheime/Wohnungsgeberbest%C3%A4tigung/wohnen_wohnungsgeberbestaetigung_einzug_muster_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some in English&lt;/a&gt;. With that form you register at the &quot;Bürgerbehörde&quot; or &quot;Einwohnermeldeamt&quot;. It is definitely possible as part of a WG (shared flat), in fact I am registered that way right now. Just ask your landlord as soon as you sign the contract that you need the ceritification from them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T14:06:01.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11470" CreationDate="2017-07-23T17:06:40.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From all I can tell it depends on how long you are staying. &lt;strong&gt;If you are staying for more than 90 days, then you need to get a residence permit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justlanded.de/english/Germany/Germany-Guide/Visas-Permits/German-residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Justlanded Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Residency permits are handled by your local immigration office (Ausländeramt). In order to apply for a residence permit, first register your residence at the local Einwohnermeldeamt (registration office), where you can also get the application forms for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.study-in.de/en/plan-your-studies/requirements/visa-and-residence-permit_26604.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Study in Germany&lt;/a&gt; (sponsored by DAAD and federal ministry, refering to study stays but I suspect strongly the same holds for an internship)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to apply for a residence permit if you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are not a citizen of an EU member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Intend to study longer than 90 days&#xA;You have to apply for a residence permit at the Alien Registration Office in your university town within your first three months in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment regarding Aufenthaltsdauer seems unrelated to me, it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.udiregelverk.no/PageFiles/3487/Annex%2022_29.06.2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;translates&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;em&gt;length of stay to comply with period of validity as indicated in line 2&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Enquire with your local Ausländerbehörde. Get the residence permit to be on the safe side in case you are unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T17:06:40.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10330" CreationDate="2017-07-23T18:00:52.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely that you could accomplish that, as it takes longer than 10 days for a work permit to be issued after registration at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://xn--b1ab2a0a.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Directorate of Migratory Affairs&lt;/a&gt; of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation (GUVM, its acronym in Russian). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the employer requires permission to hire a foreign citizen. The best way to get a work permit is through the employer.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/ru/visas-and-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Expatica&lt;/a&gt; has a useful guide on what is needed to move to Russia and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatica.com/ru/visas-and-permits/How-to-get-a-work-permit-in-Moscow_104101.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how to get a work permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-23T18:00:52.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12499" CreationDate="2017-07-23T19:11:08.017" Score="7" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Norwegian citizen who lives and works in Norway, very near the Swedish border. It is so close that if I move across the border, I could comfortably commute every day to my work in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a Russian citizen. Due to very stringent rules in Norway, we do not qualify for family reunification in Norway at this point. (The Norwegian authorities (UDI) demand that in 2016 my salary should have been at a certain amount, and my salary was lower than that amount in 2016. Right now my salary is high enough, but that does not satisfy UDI. They consider the previous calendar year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, it would be good if I moved across the Swedish border, so that she could get a residence permit in Sweden under EU freedom of movement law. I would keep working in Norway, but live in Sweden with her. As far as I understand, this is allowed under EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about her health care. Would she be entitled to full public health care in Sweden? Or would we have to get a private health insurance for her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11477/if-i-live-in-sweden-but-work-in-norway-how-and-where-can-i-get-health-care&quot;&gt;If I live in Sweden but work in Norway, how and where can I get health care?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2017-07-23T20:27:30.443" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T10:47:40.413" Title="Working in Norway but living in Sweden. How and where will my wife get health care?" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11477" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12498" CreationDate="2017-07-23T19:17:23.697" Score="3" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Norwegian citizen. My work is in Norway, but very near the Swedish border. So, I could live in Sweden, and commute across the border every day to work in Norway. I would, of course, register as officially living in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such a situation, which public health care system can/must I use? The Swedish one, or the Norwegian one? Or both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about anything from a minor doctor's visit to serious treatment. And of course, only the public, (mostly) free health care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-06-30T09:27:37.483" LastActivityDate="2021-01-15T08:24:55.127" Title="If I live in Sweden but work in Norway, how and where can I get health care?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-23T22:26:23.163" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 80,000$ in my bank account but unfortunately they are oscillating around the £62500 limit for the spouse visa. Sometimes it's 62800, other times it plummets to 61500. So I'm asking, does the FCO just consider the rate on the date of the application or when exactly? The amount had been there for over 6 months as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12083" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T08:28:11.997" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T07:46:09.473" Title="Is the exchange rate on the date of my application for UK spouse visa what the ECO takes into account or which rate?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11421" CreationDate="2017-07-24T08:40:49.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/road-safety-rules-and-consequences/driving-without-valid-drivers-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BC government&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The consequences of driving without a valid driver’s licence are&#xA;  severe in this province. As a deterrent to individuals who continue to&#xA;  drive illegally, the consequences ramp up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1st time – The first time police find you driving unlicensed, you will&#xA;  receive a violation ticket for driving without a valid driver’s&#xA;  licence. You will not be permitted to drive the vehicle any further on&#xA;  the road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2nd time – When found a second time driving without a valid driver's&#xA;  licence, the notice on your driving record will inform the police that&#xA;  you have a previous 'No Driver’s Licence' conviction and state they&#xA;  will immediately impound the vehicle you are driving for seven days,&#xA;  whether it is owned by you or not. You will immediately be prohibited&#xA;  from driving. The driving prohibition period is indefinite – it will&#xA;  continue until you get a valid B.C. driver’s licence, meeting all&#xA;  other licensing requirements you may have had placed on you, such as&#xA;  paying any and all outstanding traffic fines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subsequently: If you continue to operate a motor vehicle after being&#xA;  prohibited from driving, you will be charged with ‘Driving While&#xA;  Prohibited’ which is punishable by a $500 fine and up to six months in&#xA;  jail for a first offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are more pdfs of the fines etc at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also worth noting a potentially more critical implication - if your license has 'expired' (as in you've been more than 90 days without changing it), you essentially have no license (as above).  What this means though, is in the event of an accident, you WILL NOT BE INSURED.  And that could be a far more costly experience than any small fine from the government, in the event of an incident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T08:40:49.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11447" CreationDate="2017-07-24T13:43:29.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect it often means slightly more than just expats, it means &quot;expats who are backed by a large company&quot;. The reasons are probably: Increased willingness to pay high rents, and less likelihood to take the landlord to court over rent disputes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13205" LastEditorUserId="13205" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T12:56:42.113" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T12:56:42.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11439" CreationDate="2017-07-24T14:43:31.010" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid the only valid answer is to see your Ausländerbehörde and &lt;strong&gt;ask them&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my experience, they will accept all kinds of certificates, because they will run their own simple test even if you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; a certificate. To quote them: &quot;Yes, well, certificates can be &lt;em&gt;bought&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to go ask them, and then don't focus too much on the certificate, but instead on actually learning the language. In theory, you don't need a certificate at all, if you can speak German well enough at the Amt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again (and I cannot stress this enough) &lt;strong&gt;go ask them&lt;/strong&gt;. Don't rely on information online. You cannot find any? That's because there is none. You found all there is to find. There's no official, final regulations. The person at the Amt can chose to accept your certificate or not. So ask them, before you spend money and time for the wrong thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T14:43:31.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11382" CreationDate="2017-07-24T15:13:45.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That thing in your passport normally is a &lt;em&gt;temporary&lt;/em&gt; solution so you can travel and have proof for the permit even though they are still working on creating that card for you. You &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; have gotten a page on how to fetch your card once it's ready and they &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; have sent you a letter when it's ready for you to pick up. This can take 6-8 weeks normally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what you should do is make an appointment with the Amt that granted you the residence permit (probably your local Ausländerbehörde) and simply ask them. I'm not sure what went wrong, but they will either have your card lying around because you missed to fetch it, or they will issue you a new one. As far as I remember that card was dirt cheap. I think it was either 7.50€ or 17.50€. Worst case you will need new id pictures taken for 9.99€ at the next street corner. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronischer_Aufenthaltstitel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; seems to contradict this, quoting the costs of the card at about 100€. I'm pretty sure we only paid pocket change when &lt;em&gt;fetching&lt;/em&gt; the card, but maybe we paid the larger part of the sum when we &lt;em&gt;applied&lt;/em&gt; for it, with all the paperwork, translations and costs at every corner, I'm not sure.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that that card is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; an official ID and you are required to have your original ID papers (probably passport) with you at all times. The residence permit card is not valid without your passport (I think it's even printed on there). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now as far as clubs go, they can accept whatever they please. If they want to  accept that card without your passport, they can. But German government or the police will not accept your residence permit in place of an ID. They want to see &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt;, permit &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources (eAT is the Eletronischer Aufenthaltstitel, the residency permit card):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/elektronischer-aufenthaltstitel/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Berlin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kann ich mich mit dem eAT ausweisen?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Für den Nachweis der Identität und des rechtmäßigen Aufenthalts gegenüber Behörden der Verwaltung (zum Beispiel Bürgeramt) oder der Polizei reicht es &lt;strong&gt;nicht&lt;/strong&gt; aus, nur die eAT-Karte vorzuzeigen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dafür muss der eAT zusammen mit dem Pass und dem Zusatzblatt vorgelegt werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kreis-dueren.de/kreishaus/amt/32/FAQ_eAT.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kreis Düren&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Muss ich auch weiterhin noch zusätzlich meinen Reisepass mitführen?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ja, der eAT ersetzt nicht die Verpflichtung Ihren Pass mit sich zu führen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to quote the BAMF directly, but their pages are a 404 mess right now, don't know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-07-24T15:56:51.220" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T15:56:51.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9236" CreationDate="2017-07-24T16:41:42.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a driver's license from Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, you can obtain an international drivers permit from your home country. If you have a valid Brazilian licence and an international drivers licence, you are allowed to drive in Germany as soon as you step out of the airport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need a German licence if you take residence in Germany or if your international licence is expiring and getting a local German one would be cheaper than flying back to Brazil to get it renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; take residence in Germany, there is a chance to have your Brazilian licence transferred to a German one. But Brazil does not seem to be in the list of exemptions, so you'd need to take both practical and theoretical tests, you just don't have to take the lessons. As you will surely fail at least the theory test without extra practice, you could as well do the regular German licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, a German drivers licence tests can theoretically be taken in days (theoretically even in one &lt;em&gt;very long&lt;/em&gt; day if you are pure Genius). You need to take a theory exam and a practical test. In addition you have to have three mandatory, multiple-hours special lessons with your instructor (night driving, Autobahn and Landstraße). At the end of the last, practical test, the tester (a third person from a German authority, not your private school instructor) will hand you the new licence papers right in the car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are driving schools that specialize in teaching all the material in two weeks or even one week. They target school kids that want to do that in the holidays mostly, but they will teach anyone who can pay their price. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have friends in Germany, your best bet might be to take some time and have them explain the differences and drive around in a car on your own for a while. Cramming that all in your head in just one week is not easy. Normal Germans do that when they go to school like once or twice a week for an hour or two and take months. As always with theory tests, just being able to drive here does not mean you can pass the theory test. I did some of the practice tests for fun with my non-German wife to see all the differences between her home and Germany and I have to say I would have failed it a few times as well. Not in any obvious way, like not knowing who's right of way it is, but it's been 20 years since I knew how to &lt;em&gt;calculate&lt;/em&gt; the distance to stop at a given speed. Nowadays kinda &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; it... without actually knowing it. And it's probably the same with you if you have had your licence for a longer time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T16:41:42.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-24T19:38:38.257" Score="2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering moving to the US or Canada and know that I will almost definitely have to buy a car to live there, but, for reasons I needn't expound, I feel extremely unsafe driving a car with an automatic transmission; &lt;strong&gt;How prevalent are manual transmissions on the quality used-car market?&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash; I know that at least in the late '90s you occasionally would still see &quot;normal&quot; stick-shifts (i.e. like the car below and not trucks, sportscars or tanks), but I'm afraid that cheap, reliable clutch-based transport may have gone the way of the dodo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QBKbk.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QBKbk.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Honda Accord EX sedan&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T15:08:25.483" Title="How easy is it to find a manual car in North America?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11488" CreationDate="2017-07-24T20:52:50.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general it's not a problem to find a manual car here in Canada. 8 years ago When I came over from Europe I got a used Hyundai Elantra. Kijiji lists ~95k automatic and ~15k manual cars for sale.&#xA;&lt;em&gt;But&lt;/em&gt; - my wife can't drive it, many other people can't drive manual. So you'll always be the designated driver :-).&#xA;Pricewise it's not cheaper, maybe even more expensive than an automatic. Today's automatic seem also to be more fuel efficient than a manual car. That was not the case in the past, but due to the recent development in electronics it's more difficult to beat the automatic.&#xA;Have fun driving around here. The signs are all different, the signal (if they signal at all) is a red light not a yellow one. There is no mandatory safety check on cars on a regular basis, so even the oldest, unsafest cars can still be driven. And speeding can be very expensive :-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To find out about the local market go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.autotrader.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;autotrader.ca&lt;/a&gt; or to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kijiji.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kijiji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="909" LastEditDate="2017-07-24T20:59:02.523" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T20:59:02.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-24T21:27:35.413" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a child born in UK. We have applied for her Tier 2 dependent visa and she has a valid Tier 2 dependent visa till end of July-2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we have our ILR but it takes few months to get my child citizenship. I wonder if can we use her Tier 2 dependent visa with our ILR to a two weeks holiday trip abroad? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13208" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T06:44:33.180" Title="Tier 2 dependent child and ILR" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11488" CreationDate="2017-07-24T22:07:44.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't looked at the used car market in a &lt;strong&gt;long&lt;/strong&gt; time but when I was car shopping in 2013 I started out looking at manuals.  Everybody I looked at had some but only at the low end of the scale and what they had tended to be rather bare bones also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long as you are looking at the cheap end I think you'll find something.  More expensive cars, you very well might not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T22:07:44.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2658" CreationDate="2017-07-25T02:56:45.433" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current employer will not be notified. The caseworker will check BOTH employers in the SMS.  If your T2 is an ICT, you will not get a relaxation on any applicable cooling-off periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People use a new CoS to change jobs all the time, there is nothing particularly unusual about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T02:56:45.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10046" CreationDate="2017-07-25T03:18:31.633" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are British, but do not know if you can transmit your nationality to your daughter because you may (or may not) be 'British by Descent', it's the type of British that cannot transmit their nationality.  The only people allowed to transmit British nationality are 'British Otherwise than by Descent' (i.e., born in the UK to settled parents, etc etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question of your nationality hinges upon whether or not the Overseas Development Agency was considered &lt;strong&gt;Crown Service in 1969&lt;/strong&gt;. If so, your daughter's British citizenship has already been transmitted and you should go ahead and register her. If not, you should investigate if your daughter can qualify under one of the precedent-based scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question is: for either of those options, there is no definitive answer and any answer you get will not be applicable to anyone else. This is because nationality law is so fiddly-bits, and the ultimate decision relies on caseworker's determination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a specialised casework unit called the &lt;em&gt;Permanent&#xA;Migration Directorate of UKVI&lt;/em&gt;. It is based in Liverpool and I highly recommend their work and their knowledge of nationality law. One of those caseworkers will have to &lt;strong&gt;dig back 47 years to learn your status&lt;/strong&gt;! Sadly, the contact details of the research unit are classified (heaven knows why, I never asked, it's just a part of &lt;strong&gt;WHAT IS&lt;/strong&gt;), so you will have to contact them via official channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, the most straight-forward way to do this is to apply on behalf of your daughter and to ask them to consider any of the precedent-based scenarios if her application does not succeed.  You can find information on how to register your child on the net.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can begin with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nationality-checking-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality Checking Service&lt;/a&gt; (who are also pretty good but will have to make a referral in your daughter's case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T05:53:55.193" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T05:53:55.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10291" CreationDate="2017-07-25T03:30:49.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it a straightforward process for my newborn baby to get dependant&#xA;  visa? Does this happen through the usual dependant application in my&#xA;  home country by applying at the UK Embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it is a straight-forward process and your child (i.e., YOU) should apply for entry clearance as a T2 dependent.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can my wife, as a dependant, leave the UK for more than 90 days and&#xA;  not have problems when applying for ILR (when they count days)? I&#xA;  thought this rule applies to main applicants only, i.e. myself. Can my&#xA;  wife leave the UK, for instance, for 6 consecutive months, then return&#xA;  to the UK and, when it is time, apply for ILR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. If she is outside of the rules with respect to day counts, she will not qualify for ILR and her application will be refused.  This could get expensive because then she will have to qualify for a spouse visa.  They will allow some slippage on day counts if, for example, a relative is mortally ill and there's lots of &lt;strong&gt;reliable&lt;/strong&gt; documentation to prove it.  ILR is a very rigorous application with lots of checks and little room for discretion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will my grandchildren have to go through same immigration process as I&#xA;  do now because my child (their parent) will be born outside of the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeterminate. Who knows?  You are asking a question about the children of a child who is not yet born.  Think about it. It's like 40 years into the future and we don't know what the new laws will bring even next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T03:40:05.293" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T03:40:05.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10519" CreationDate="2017-07-25T03:49:41.007" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the certificate cap is fully subscribed, they will not issue more certificates. It makes sense to do this because it jives with the purpose of having a certificate cap in the first instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a monthly quota for the number of COS they can issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certificates are issued to sponsors, and yes there is a cap.  The Ministerial Statements issued by then Minister Mark Harper are &lt;a href=&quot;https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/MemberContributions?house=Commons&amp;amp;memberId=1520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And if yes, does my request go into the queue for next month?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends upon the nature of your sponsor's business. You should ask the Authorising Officer at your prospective sponsor about the status of their certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your more general question about certificates and the quota imposed by Parliament, you can examine the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statistics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T03:49:41.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10512" CreationDate="2017-07-25T04:12:57.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once a certificate is issued, the process dissolves into a very standard entry clearance application.  As mentioned in comments, you can examine the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visa-processing-times&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;turn-around times for Americans here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in a real hurry you may be able to qualify for a premium service. They are very flexible and have premium packages up to GBP 15k, plus a lounge for your chauffeur. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T04:12:57.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11490" CreationDate="2017-07-25T06:44:33.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. The visa is valid, and you can even extend it as long as you acquired ILR via the Tier 2 PBS route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T06:44:33.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-25T08:29:14.767" Score="3" ViewCount="927" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask if there is any way to track UK EEA Family Member Residence card. I am worry about the application of my wife because we sent the documents 2 months ago and I read in internet that the biometric letter generally arrives at maximum one month after the payment is taken (I read the processing times of many people in many boards). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We talked with a friend and she delivered the documents in March, an email arrived her in May saying that they have her documents, after another month (in June) she received the Biometric letter, and two weeks ago (July), the COA letter arrived to her. It means that she had to wait for 4 months to get the COA. &lt;strong&gt;Is it normal?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She couldn't work for 2 months because she didn't have any document and neither the COA letter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know if there is a way to track the UK EEA Family Member Residence Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I call someone to ask for the status of my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think the case of my friend is special? Because her passport expires in December of this year and it suppose that she will get the residence card in November, maybe for that it takes so long.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you know why in this period the COA letter for the EEA Family Member Residence Card are taking so long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T01:36:24.827" Title="Is there any way to track the UK EEA Family Member Residence Card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11098" CreationDate="2017-07-25T08:58:01.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Declare it, but it's fairly obvious it's a personal item and is not to be sold.  457 isn't PR, so in theory you'll be leaving again with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Much like if you bring an expensive laptop or camera.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T08:58:01.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-25T14:16:30.670" Score="3" ViewCount="1130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a Canadian student visa but no medical done yet. I got my passport with visa stamp. Is this okay? Am I going to have any problem later when I arrive in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got my admission for Fall 2017 in a university in Toronto Mississauga. My visa process was done in Singapore and I applied from Bangladesh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be in Canada for 4 year undergrad course. The online application doesn't say anything about a medical exam. I got email confirmation of the approval of my visa and then got my passport with visa stamped. I was expecting a letter for medical test but didn't. So I am confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13217" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T14:48:21.637" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T14:48:21.637" Title="Got Canadian student visa without medical done!" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11233" CreationDate="2017-07-25T16:03:48.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To come back to this, I was told at the South African German Consulate that I am not allowed to apply for a tourist visa after handing in my application for a long-term visa. If anyone is in the same position, I suggest trying to get a schengen first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lucky for me, my visa was approved within a week anyway. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12005" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T16:03:48.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-25T17:56:08.137" Score="2" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been married to a Dutch citizen for 20 years. We live and work in South Africa. Can I apply for Dutch citizenship through marriage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13219" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T03:18:55.657" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T03:18:55.657" Title="Dutch citizenship through marriage" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9858" CreationDate="2017-07-26T00:49:52.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the world of embassies - I'm still waiting on a reply from the British one from early 2009 ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you can really do is persist. If it's possible to visit the embassy in person, that sometimes helps, but otherwise look for other outlets that they might have (not all will), including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Facebook page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;twitter&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;multiple phone numbers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;linkedin contacts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;address to send mail (express mail may help)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T00:49:52.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11294" CreationDate="2017-07-26T05:05:30.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not possible. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=172&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Can I apply for a work permit from inside Canada?&lt;/a&gt; is very clear in this: getting a work permit from inside Canada is very rarely allowed. You could check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/extend/iec.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extend or change your work permit – International Experience Canada&lt;/a&gt; page as well but from the very brief description you gave us I would think the answer is no here as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T05:05:30.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-26T05:17:32.027" Score="2" ViewCount="297" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite of hiring a very reputed emigration/visa agent (from France), my long visitor visa (was refused by consulate. The reason of refusal was :reason of stay is unreliable&quot;. Surely this is very shocking when it affects all your long term plans; and you have put everything in order along with school admission documents for children and very solid work and bank profiles. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While third party (TLS contact) accepting application mentioned that it might take 2 to 4 or even 6 weeks for such cases, the decision for my application was taken in merely 3 days without any regard to efforts and preparation gone in it. The same 3rd party (TLS Contact) also mentioned during application that authority speaks English. But when I was called from Consulate (in 2 days), she did not speak any word in English. I was lost before I could say anything and the call was dropped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next day I got mail to collect the passport, just to find out that visa was refused- all done in 3 days only for 4 passports, while even a plain schengen visa is issued in 1 week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what are the options I have, as I am very keen to apply for the same visa again. Should I appeal against the decision? Or its not worth it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa type applied was &lt;strong&gt;long Sejour (visitor)&lt;/strong&gt;. The children's application was asked to be changed to Student Visa during application from TLS contact. Indian national with sound finance and businesses in multiple countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastEditorUserId="8938" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T11:17:20.987" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:27:54.780" Title="Long visitor visa for France is refused" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-26T13:45:28.807" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just received my apostilled marriage certificate from South Africa and here in Italy the local authorities (Comune) says it needs to be translated as well.&#xA;The marriage Certificate is required to apply for my husband's Permesso di Soggiorno from the Questura.&#xA;My question is: where can I trace a recognized translator? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastEditorUserId="11393" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T14:11:02.367" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T16:28:42.933" Title="Traslation of Marriage Certificate in Italy" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10739" CreationDate="2017-07-26T14:02:58.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you applied to prolong your residence permit, and your old one will expire before the decision on the prolongation can be made, you have a right (§ 81 Abs. 5 AufenthG) to immediately obtain a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktionsbescheinigung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;Fiktionsbescheinigung&quot;&gt;&quot;Fiktionsbescheinigung&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (fictional certificate), which (very roughly speaking) will temporary make your old residence permit prolonged and valid until the fictional certificate expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your situation and the reasons/rights to prolong the residence permit you have, this fictional certificate can allow you to travel outside Germany (there are several different types of fictional certificates, one of them (§ 81 Abs. 4 AufenthG) lets you travel without any problems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T14:02:58.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7079" CreationDate="2017-07-26T14:47:04.110" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE: YES, from 01.03.2020 one does not need a degree to work as an IT specialist in Germany&lt;/strong&gt;. Please see the following information (in German) for details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/pro/fachkraefteeinwanderungsgesetz.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Details on the new law&lt;/a&gt;:&#xA;&amp;quot;Eine Ausnahme bilden derzeit nur IT-Fachkräfte: Sie können mit „ausgeprägten berufspraktischen Kenntnissen“ auch ohne Anerkennung einreisen und in Deutschland ihren Beruf ausüben&amp;quot;. Thus, either vocational degree or several years of working experience are still needed, but exact details depend on particular case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New § of the residence act allowing IT specialists to immigrate&#xA;without a degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Old answer left for the reference (the laws described below should still be valid, so that they are extended but not replaced with a new regulation) below (paragraph numbering in the law was changed after my answer, please double-check it yourself, e.g. former §19a is now §18c):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One explanation I've come up with is that to apply for a Blue Card you do still need a degree, while to apply for a regular German work permit you don't need a degree&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is partly right. A degree is not necessarily needed. However, it still could be that you need to have a degree to apply for any of these 2 types of residence permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Historically, in Germany, there was a regular residence permit for workers that is issued according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§18 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;. Then, after the EU introduced the Blue Card, a new paragraph was added to the immigration law: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, §19 in general describes the residence permit for highly-qualified persons (who are expected to have higher education), while §18 describes the residence permit for all kinds of workers in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, these paragraphs have different requirements and benefits (and I strongly advise you to dig into both of them). To get a Blue Card, a university degree is mandatory (please see details &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Blaue-Karte-EU-fuer-Drittstaatsangehoeriger-ohne-Hochschulabschluss--f225008.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but it could indeed have been updated since 2013). Theoretically, according to §18a, to get a residence permit for workers, 3 years of working experience could be enough (even without a degree), if you were already in Germany before you apply for it. Another option to get a residence permit for workers without having a degree could be an agreement between Germany and another country, or individual permission (§ 18 Abs. 3 AufenthG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yo do not have any kind of degree after school, and if there is no special agreement between your country and Germany, it could be more complicated but maybe still possible for you to get a residence permit as a worker. This now slowly becomes too complicated for me to dig into German laws at this point, so please double check the following on your own:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply for the regular residence permit for workers, in most cases, your application will be checked by a kind of job center (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), to check if you do not compete with Germans on the job market. For IT, there is a high demand for workers right now, so such a check should not be a problem, if you have a degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you do not have a degree, as far as I understand from § 18 Abs. 3 and §42 AufenthG, you can still get the permission after your qualifications are checked, but I'm not sure about it. Probably, for an IT position, you still have chances to get it, if you got a job offer already. The decision can depend on the salary or the specific requirements that a company has for a particular position, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/datei/dok_ba014306.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the document from the Arbeitsagentur&lt;/a&gt;, Section 2.2 for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-09-10T08:11:06.597" LastActivityDate="2020-09-10T08:11:06.597" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11509" CreationDate="2017-07-26T16:28:42.933" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you could ask the &lt;em&gt;Comune&lt;/em&gt;, they may know someone or even have list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that does not work, a simple google search for either of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;traduttore certificato + [name of your city / next major city / region]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;traduttore giurato + [name of your city / next major city / region]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will probably give you a few leads. If you don't specify a location, I also found websites that seem to offer such services (though likely only passing on to someone else in the end). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you need a certified translation. When you ask for a &lt;em&gt;preventivo&lt;/em&gt; (cost estimate), make sure to specify exactly what you need the translation for and convince yourself that they are able to deliver that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T16:28:42.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10982" CreationDate="2017-07-26T16:57:20.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's an art to reading Canada law that I don't really possess, but I'm pretty sure this is correct. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-23.html#h-69&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the web page you reference&lt;/a&gt; you can always sponsor a relative if they are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(a) a spouse or partner&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(b) a dependent child&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(c) a parent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(d) a grandparent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(f) an orphaned child who is a sibling, niece or nephew or grandchild&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(g) a legitimately adopted child&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paragraph (h) allows you to sponsor another relative under certain conditions. It starts with a big list of relatives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;spouse or partner&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;child&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;parent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;grandparent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;sibling&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;uncle or aunt&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;neice or nephew&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may sponsor any blood relative if the following conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1) you have no relative in the big list who already has a right to live in Canada, and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(2) there is no relative you could sponsor under paragraphs (a)-(g) instead, and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(3a) the relative you want to sponsor is in the big list, or&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(3b) the relative you want to sponsor is not in the big list and you have no relatives on the big list you could sponsor instead.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have living parents sponsoring your brother fails to qualify at (2). If you didn't you could sponsor your brother at (3a) but couldn't sponsor, say, your third cousin (because you have a brother).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aparsai.ca/english/?p=775&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;info-ad from a law firm&lt;/a&gt; specifically about sponsoring a brother matches that understanding. If you have parents you could sponsor you can't sponsor a brother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T17:03:53.650" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T17:03:53.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7074" CreationDate="2017-07-26T21:15:56.470" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one wants to have a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit for the purpose of employment&lt;/strong&gt; (if this is your main purpose of getting the residence permit) in Germany, it could be issued based on 2 paragraphs of the &amp;quot;residence law&amp;quot; (Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory, or Aufenthaltsgesetz, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act in English&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz auf Deutsch&lt;/a&gt; for details):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§19 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;, which describes the residence permit for highly qualified persons and includes the European Blue Card, which is described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§18 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;, which describes the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; residence permit for the purpose of employment (here and after just &amp;quot;regular residence permit&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many differences between these 2 ways of getting the residence permit, and I will try to highlight the most important of them (but I advice you to read the law for more details, cause my highlights probably won't cover all situations):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To apply for the Blue Card, you need to be highly qualified, e.g. have a higher education and a high salary (the salary border is less for some categories listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324659/standort/327437/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirements for the Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;, which is updated every year). In most cases, you will not be checked by the German job center (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To apply for the regular residence permit there are almost no requirements on the salary (except that it should be enough to fund yourself). In some cases you can get it even without higher education, please see my answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&quot;&gt;another question about residence permits&lt;/a&gt;. However, in many cases, you will be checked by that job center to prove that you do not create a competition for Germans. For IT specialists this is not a problem, since now there should be a lack of IT staff and more or less no registered unemployed IT people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the Blue Card, you will get the permanent residence permit in Germany after 21-33 months (depending on your knowledge of German).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the regular residence permit, you will get the permanent residence (&amp;quot;Niederlassungserlaubnis&amp;quot;) permit after 5 years. &lt;strong&gt;UPDATE valid since 01.03.2020&lt;/strong&gt;: after 4 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If after some time you will apply for &amp;quot;Daueraufenthalt EU&amp;quot; as a permanent residence permit, former Blue Card holders are allowed to leave Germany for 2 years without losing it (compared to 6 months for &amp;quot;Niederlassungserlaubnis&amp;quot; holders that lived less than 15 years in Germany)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a student, and you have a residence permit according to §16 AufenthG, you are not allowed to change the purpose of your stay in Germany until you finish your education. So, you cannot apply for the residence permit for the purpose of employment. However, if you already have another higher education degree, and are just getting second/next higher education degree in Germany, you are allowed to apply for the Blue Card even without getting/finishing your German degree (if you satisfy all Blue Card requirements with your another higher education degree) and without leaving Germany: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffentlichungen/themen/migration/hochqualifiziertenrichtlinie.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see page 5 of special notes of the &amp;quot;Federal Ministry of the Interior&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (BMI Hochqualifiziertenrichtlinie).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 1&lt;/strong&gt;: It seems that recent (from 01.08.2017) changes to §16 Abs. 4 may allow changing the residence permit also in case of cancelling the study without getting a degree, if one wants to work in a field where there is a lack of labour force (for example, IT) and his/her qualification is high enough. I.e., one can now try to apply for regular residence permit as well. However, this could very much depend on the particular situation, so I cannot provide any further suggestions on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blue Card is issued according to the European law, and it allows you to change the job within EU, so after some time (1-2 years) you can not only change the job, but also the country, and you will also have the right to get the permanent residence permit relatively fast in that new country. The regular residence permit is just for Germany, if you want to change the country within EU, you should check the law of that country and apply for the residence permit there more or less from scratch (and if you satisfy the requirements, you can apply for Blue Card at that country as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 2:&lt;/strong&gt; On 01.03.2020 the new law simplifying getting a residence permit for specialists is introduced. However, since it is neither a Blue Card nor &amp;quot;regular Work Permit&amp;quot; from the question, please see my other answer for details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&quot;&gt;residence permit for IT specialists without a degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-13T13:27:23.273" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T13:27:23.273" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8984" CreationDate="2017-07-26T21:44:06.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The German national category D visa is more or less given to you to enter Germany and apply for the residence permit. Then it depends on which residence permit you will get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, for your spouse to work in Germany, he/she should get first a visa, and then the residence permit and work permit. Usually, in such cases, he/she can apply for the visa and later for residence permit for the purpose of the family re-union. However, he/she can also apply for the other types of visa / residence permit (e.g., for the working purposes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case if he/she gets the residence permit for the purpose of the family re-union, and if you will have the residence permit for the purpose of employment or Blue Card EU, your spouse should get the same work permit as you (e.g., if the enterpreneurship is allowed/prohiited for you, the same could be for your spouse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T07:52:57.680" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T07:52:57.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10530" CreationDate="2017-07-27T07:13:18.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to apply for a German type D (National Schengen long stay visa) study visa.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pakistan.diplo.de/Vertretung/pakistan/en/06Legal/2__visa__longterm/2__Study__visa__Seite.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant page of the German embassy to Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an overview of the process, I found a very informative &lt;a href=&quot;http://m.india.diplo.de/contentblob/3651966/Daten/2650842/DAAD_Studying_in_Germany_PhD_DD.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sheet of the DAAD&lt;/a&gt; (German Academic Exchange Service) for India (so be aware that some details may be different, e.g. required documents, waiting times for visa) that explains also the academic environment for a PhD in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally I would also advise you to get in touch with the international office of your prospective university. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T07:13:18.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11479" CreationDate="2017-07-27T07:46:09.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would believe that the officers have a wide range of discretion regarding the date of the exchange rate they use (and such might be especially the case for a close call such as yours).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AzkU1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one example&lt;/a&gt; in our archives where (for a student visa) the exchange rate on the application date was used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may further take inspiration from &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/62192/32134&quot;&gt;this excellent post&lt;/a&gt; on Travel SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exchange rates in a visitor application are meant to be reasonable approximations and they will give a reasonable amount of leeway. So while it is not required, an applicant using &amp;quot;best practices&amp;quot; has the option of adding something like...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TO1rg.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TO1rg.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T07:46:09.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11152" CreationDate="2017-07-27T08:19:45.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to @GayotFow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No, at most they will reject (not refuse) and get you to sign it at the VSF &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T08:19:45.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11101" CreationDate="2017-07-27T09:23:37.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply with his expired passport. They will need that as well as the other supporting evidence for your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T09:23:37.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7064" CreationDate="2017-07-27T10:13:59.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would guess that what you have is called not work permit (also you have that as well) and not visa, rather it is called a residence permit for the purpose of employment (§18 AufenthG). Then you are allowed to leave Germany for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erloeschen-eines-aufenthaltstitels/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6 months&lt;/a&gt;. If needed, you can make an individual application to extend this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T20:38:04.847" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T20:38:04.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11522" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-27T11:39:43.770" Score="6" ViewCount="394" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have moved to Germany as an EU (British) citizen, and completed the standard &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt; upon arrival. I work remotely for an Italian employer. Are there any further bureaucratic processes to go through as an EU citizen&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; who plans to remain in Germany indefinitely? For instance in Austria, in addition to my &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt;, I had to get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/239/Seite.2394001.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anmeldebescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  (requiring proof of employment, etc.), in order to stay for longer than three months. Does Germany have something similar, or is the &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt; truly the only formality required for EU citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, I asked about this at my local &lt;em&gt;Meldeamt&lt;/em&gt; and was told verbally that the &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt; really is sufficient. However, the staff member who told me this seemed a little confused about the situation, and was clearly in a hurry to get through with me and on to the next person in the enormous queue at the counter. In any case, I think a firm written answer to this question would be useful for others in a similar situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;I realize that in my own case, Brexit may complicate things in the long run, but please ignore that factor for the purposes of this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13228" LastEditorUserId="13228" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T12:13:01.957" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:18:27.657" Title="EU citizens in Germany: is any registration required beyond Anmeldung?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6210" CreationDate="2017-07-27T11:57:42.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, if this is more than 90 days, then you need a residence permit, not a visa. And for the residence permit you may need to fund your stay. However, I'm not sure, which type of the residence permit you can apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The funding yourself could be done in a way, that you block the necessary amount of money (approx. 700 Euro x 6 months = 4200 Euro) on the account in the German bank, and you will be allowed to take no more than 700 Euro per month back from that account. The account should be open after you will get the German national visa and enter Germany, but before or during the time you apply for the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T11:57:42.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8796" CreationDate="2017-07-27T13:52:38.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The deadline was 31st of May in case if you were obliged to submit a tax declaration. In some cases (for example, you are an employee, never submitted it before, not married and have the tax class 1, etc.; please see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finanztip.de/steuererklaerung-abgabepflicht/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the full list in German here&lt;/a&gt;), you are not obliged to do a tax declaration.&#xA;In this case you can still submit the tax declaration on your own for up to 4 years back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can do it on your own (for free), or pay to the tax advisor. One more option is to join the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohnsteuerhilfeverein&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Lohnsteuerhilfeverein&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (tax help club), sometimes it could be cheaper. In the last two cases the service fee will reduce your taxable income, so you can get a part of the amount you paid to the tax advisor back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T16:29:58.080" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T16:29:58.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="430" CreationDate="2017-07-27T14:53:37.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Now the only permits available now are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatguideturkey.com/residence-permits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1 year renewable permits and 8 year long term permits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T14:53:37.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10760" CreationDate="2017-07-27T16:11:02.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To stay for more than 90 days in Spain (+ all other Schengen countries excluding Italy) you need a study visa from Spain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not clear what you have been granted the Italian visa for, but it is advised against using it for a completely different purpose than what you stated in your application. Studying in Barcelona instead of Italy would be such a case and it should be voided. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T16:11:02.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10745" CreationDate="2017-07-27T17:03:36.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to apply for a &lt;code&gt;family reunion&lt;/code&gt; visa only to make an officer extremely puzzled over my situation. She needed to consult (at length!) with her colleagues and her supervisor to get back to me and say: &quot;this visa is only for family members that stay with &lt;em&gt;adult&lt;/em&gt; family members&quot;. So if my children were 18+ - only then could I have used that option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So (scrambling for time) I went to the Foreigners' Registration Office at 2am (it is summer so crowds of students are applying) and ended up applying for a &lt;code&gt;studying the language&lt;/code&gt; visa for 1 year. This type of visa is extremely flexible and I can change it to either &lt;code&gt;studying at University&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;working&lt;/code&gt;, or any other type at any time with no penalties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T17:03:36.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7314" CreationDate="2017-07-28T05:50:23.430" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;With this type of expenses it is always worth trying, so do as user149408 says in their comment and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Save all your receipts and include the expenses, properly documented, in your first tax return as &quot;Werbungskosten&quot;. State that they were related to a relocation for work reasons. After that, it's up to the tax office to decide if they will refund you any taxes based on these expenses – the worst that can happen is that they say no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T05:50:23.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7066" CreationDate="2017-07-28T06:16:20.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take it with you just in case. While it will be unlikely that you will be asked for it, it is general best practice that one has the most complete documentation at hand when passing through immigration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T06:16:20.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7177" CreationDate="2017-07-28T07:39:10.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just converting Gala comment into an answer. Unfortunately, since your wife is a French citizen, the process is governed primarily by the laws of France and not the EU. You will have to go through that process instead, which involves a considerably different (and arguably more stringent) beauracracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T07:39:10.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11226" CreationDate="2017-07-28T09:37:08.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When your window of time to acquire citizenship elapsed, that ended line of citizenship according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch Nationality Law&lt;/a&gt;. Your son will have to go through the typical visa routes to study in Holland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T23:52:00.400" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:52:00.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11929" CreationDate="2017-07-28T14:42:06.083" Score="6" ViewCount="1116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African citizen. My wife can apply for a UK Ancestry visa and my child and I would like to apply as UK Ancestry dependents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please not that this is for a dependent visa application*, not a UK Ancestry visa as already covered here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7426/what-visa-type-should-i-select-when-applying-for-a-ancestry-visa-for-the-uk&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry Visa question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to apply on www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk but I'm unable to find the correct visa type and subtype for dependents. There are a few options for dependent visas, but I can't be certain which is the correct one for myself and which is the correct one for my child (they may very well be different).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the &quot;Contact Us&quot; link on www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk isn't working and gov.uk aren't able to assist me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does someone know for certain which the correct option is for UK Ancestry dependent visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13226" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T13:01:52.953" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T13:01:52.953" Title="Which visa type and subtype should I use when applying for a UK Ancestry dependent visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9172" CreationDate="2017-07-28T18:10:36.233" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, it turns out the &lt;code&gt;National Visa Center&lt;/code&gt; could not do anything on this matter. I contacted the US embassy and emailed them about the situation. After a couple of back and forth email where they were asking for the same personal information back and forth, they finally scheduled an interview and granted the immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9227" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T18:10:36.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11507" CreationDate="2017-07-28T18:43:34.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your options are limited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reapplying is unlikely to provide satisfaction, the consulate does not have to provide any justification and can promptly take the same decision. Maybe if your circumstances change and time passes, you would have more luck but I don't see them easily changing their mind. But if anything, that's what I would try, as it is not expensive and could theoretically be granted. This time, you should look for another agent, able to prepare an application in French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Appealing is even less likely to help. It takes at least a couple of years and definitely requires someone well-versed in French law. Worse, you have to find some basis to argue that you are entitled to this visa in the first place. Unlike, say, spouse visas, a regular long-stay &lt;em&gt;visiteur&lt;/em&gt; visa is not something you are entitled to as of right, consulates can legally refuse them without justification and judges have no reason to overturn these decisions. More details on that in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9379/france-long-stay-student-visa-refused-3-times-without-any-reason-by-french-embas/9380#9380&quot;&gt;France long stay student visa refused 3 times without any reason by French embassy New Delhi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually know someone who did this successfully but it was a very specific case (something akin to a “kafala”, which is not quite an adoption but there is case law in France stating it should be treated like one for visa purposes) and it was not easy, which is why I don't think you should hope an appeal would help in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet if you really want to come to France is to find another visa category with better prospects but obviously your circumstances do not necessarily fit any other visa category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:27:54.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7502" CreationDate="2017-07-29T08:36:46.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your visa is valid and there are no special curtailments placed on it due to its expiry date before &lt;em&gt;its expiry date&lt;/em&gt;. You will be able to travel as long as all of your travel documents are in order and you continue to meet the requirement of the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T08:36:46.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11539" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-28T10:00:44.990" Score="5" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a residence permit as a student in Greece, which expires on the &lt;strong&gt;31st of July.&lt;/strong&gt; I'm currently in Spain, waiting for appointment to get married to a Spanish citizen. We started the marriage procedure more than 3 months ago, beginning in March. We got the okay from the Court of Justice, but its schedule is full and we're still waiting for their call for us to sign the final papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I have problems if I stay in Spain until we get married and leave just after that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="zahira belkacemi" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T15:13:36.220" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T02:39:32.280" Title="Can I stay in Spain after my residence permit expires, but while waiting to get married?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11288" CreationDate="2017-07-29T13:26:23.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I could find out you gonna need a ZAB evaluation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your university is listed as H +/- in the Anabin database.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your degree's &lt;strong&gt;exact&lt;/strong&gt; title is not listed in the Anabin database.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even though your university is listed as a H+ and your exact degree title is there, you gonna need a ZAB evaluation if your local embassy is picky.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only source for the Anabin database is ZAB evaluation requests. So, if there were no body asked for an evaluation of the exact same degree before, you gonna need to do that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if ZAB provides you with a statement of comparability after the evaluation, you gonna be eligible for obtaining the blue card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If ZAB rejects your application and so you're left out without a university degree, you simply &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can not obtain a blue card from Germany&lt;/a&gt;. However, you can file a complaint to ZAB or try other bluecard countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2017-07-29T23:27:56.560" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T23:27:56.560" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11110" CreationDate="2017-07-29T13:49:52.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Individuals with an H-4 visa may work, but only after applying for, and being issued an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/employment-authorization-document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment Authorization Document (EAD/Form I-766)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/employment-authorization-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants can file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/node/41151&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization,&lt;/a&gt; if the H-1B nonimmigrant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Is the principal beneficiary of an approved &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/node/41155&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker&lt;/a&gt;; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Has been granted H-1B status under sections 106(a) and (b) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 as amended by the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (AC21).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses final rule (H-4 rule), effective on May 26, 2015, seeks to support the goals of attracting and retaining highly skilled foreign workers and minimizing the disruption to U.S. businesses resulting from H-1B nonimmigrants who choose not to remain in the United States and pursue LPR status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/faqs-employment-authorization-certain-h-4-dependent-spouses&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;For more information on the H-4 rule, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T13:49:52.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11135" CreationDate="2017-07-29T14:06:16.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The plan is that your parents will accompany you when you travel to the US, booking the same flights; you'll enter school and set up residence, they'll go home in several weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your visa application, respond 'yes,' you would be accompanied, that your parents plan to travel with you to help you settle in. Add an explanatory note, that they are applying, separately, for their visas, describe their planned itinerary. Discuss it during your interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family members should answer 'yes' to the same, or similar, questions in their visa applications, explain the circumstances, and discuss during their interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your interview and theirs would be scheduled separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:06:16.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11189" CreationDate="2017-07-29T14:24:44.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/work-pass-exemption-for-foreign-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Singapore Goverment Ministry of Manpower&lt;/a&gt; is specific about the conditions under which foreign students may work and, during the school term, those 16 hours must be part of your school's program requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are holding a Student Pass in Singapore, you are only allowed to work if you meet specific requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not allowed to work&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are not allowed to work if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are not studying in any of the approved institutions listed [&lt;em&gt;see full list on linked site&lt;/em&gt;].&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are an exchange student doing study modules in Singapore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Working during vacation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can work during your vacation without a work pass if you are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A full-time matriculated or registered student in one of the approved institutions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Holding a Student Pass issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Aged 14 years and above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Working during school term&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can work during the school term without a work pass if you meet all of the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are a full-time matriculated or registered student in one of the approved institutions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You hold a Student Pass issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Additionally, your work needs to meet one of these requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It is for a maximum of 16 hours a week.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It is under an industrial attachment programme conducted by your university or educational institution. The industrial attachment can be either compulsory or elective but it must contribute towards your graduation requirements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:24:44.130" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11230" CreationDate="2017-07-29T14:40:28.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US Consulate General in Frankfurt list of doctors and hospitals in &lt;a href=&quot;https://photos.state.gov/libraries/frankfurt/1020130/spahncx/List%20of%20Doctors%20and%20Hospitals%20in%20Saarland.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Saarland includes eight krankenhäuser und kliniken in Saarbrücken&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imprs-cs.de/lis/admin/medicine.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Max Planck Research School&lt;/a&gt; offers a list of English-speaking doctors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T14:40:28.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11550" CreationDate="2017-07-29T16:32:03.017" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother acquired his British citizenship/Passport abroad, he never stepped a foot in the UK before, he is coming to settle in the UK next week, can he work instantly the same day he arrives or he will have to wait till he gets an NI number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6849" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T21:30:18.000" Title="Can a British citizen work in the UK without an NI number?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6674" CreationDate="2017-07-29T17:50:28.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-765&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS I-765, Application for Employment Authorization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certain foreign nationals, who are eligible to work in the United States, use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-765&lt;/a&gt; to request an employment authorization document (EAD).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The filing fee for Form I-765 is $410. You must also pay an $85 biometric services fee, for a total of $495, if you are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Requesting consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA);&#xA;  A -  beneficiary of an approved employment-based immigrant petition and you are facing compelling circumstances; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A spouse or unmarried dependent child of a beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition who is facing compelling circumstances.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is no biometric services fee for any other eligibility category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some individuals may be exempt from paying fees. See the form instructions for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765instr.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instructions for Form I-765 (PDF, 332 KB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T17:50:28.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11225" CreationDate="2017-07-29T19:00:39.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As part of the section for those who are either a student or exchange visitor, you are asked for the name, address, phone, and email of two individuals in your home country. These cannot be family members or other relatives, but should be those whom you trust to vouch for you personally. They would not be asked details of your US studies, and educators from your high school years would be good choices. When you include such persons, it would be a courtesy to let them know you've listed them, however unlikely it might be that they would be contacted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T19:00:39.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8304" CreationDate="2017-07-29T21:16:07.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After the prerequisites (art. 5 of Law 91/1992), that the spouse may apply for Italian citizenship after he/she has legally resided in Italy for two years or after three years from the date of marriage if he/she resides abroad, it can take anywhere from six months to a year. It can take months for an appointment in which to make application, and processing can consume another 4-5 months. There are no prescribed timing or time limits within the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/cittadinanza.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO AN ITALIAN CITIZEN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The foreign spouse of an Italian citizen can claim Italian citizenship in the presence of the following requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a) in Italy: two years legal residence (permit to stay and enrolment in an official statistics office (Anagrafe)) after the wedding; abroad: three years after the wedding; the timeframes are reduced by half in the presence of children born or adopted by the spouses;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b) valid marriage certificate and permanence of marriage bond up until the issuance of citizenship;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c) absence of convictions for crimes leading to a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison or convictions by a foreign judiciary authority of more than one year for non-political crimes;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  d)  absence of convictions for any of the crimes listed in Book 2, Title I, items, I,II and III of the criminal code (crimes against government personnel);&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  e) absence of obstacles related to the security of the Republic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Claims to Italian citizenship, addressed to the Ministry of the Interior, must be submitted to the Prefecture of the Province of residence, if in Italy; if residence is abroad, to the diplomatic-consular mission. Claims must include the reasons for claiming the right to Italian citizenship accompanied by the following documentation, duly legalized and translated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;birth certificate containing all pertinent data or, in the case of the documented impossibility of producing that, an affidavit issued by the diplomatic-consular authorities of the country of origin stating all exact personal data (name, surname, date and place of birth), as well as those of the father and mother of the applicant;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;criminal record (or certified lack thereof) from country of origin and eventual third countries of residence;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of history of legal residence in Italy (with affixed tax stamp);  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;marriage certificate issued the Italian city where the related marriage act was registered (non-certified or copy of marriage certificate);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;legal certificate of citizenship of Italian spouse (with affixed tax stamp); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of criminal record (or lack thereof) in Italy (with affixed tax stamp);  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of charges pending in Italy (or certified lack thereof) issued by the State Prosecutor’s Office at the court authorised for the area of residence of the applicant (with affixed tax stamp); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;authenticated copy of residence permit (with affixed tax stamp); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;copy of passport (with attached official translation in Italian, where the document does not contain data, in addition to the original language, also in English or French), authenticated by the diplomatic-consular mission of the State that issued it;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;certificate of family status (with affixed tax stamp); &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Pursuant to Ministry of the Interior Directive of 7 March 2012, as from June 2012 authority to issue citizenship decrees is assigned to:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  a. the Prefect for applications submitted by foreigners legally residing in Italy;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. Head of the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration in the case of a foreign spouse residing abroad;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c. the Minister for the Interior in the case of reasons pertaining to the security of the Republic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-06-02T20:57:17.217" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T20:57:17.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11545" CreationDate="2017-07-29T21:30:18.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sort of. He can work, but he will be emergency taxed. This is a higher rate than normal tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for an NIN as soon as he lands: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13235" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T21:30:18.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11000" CreationDate="2017-07-29T22:02:56.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According the UK's National Police Chiefs' Council notes for applicants wishing to obtain a Police Certificate for immigration purposes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acro.police.uk/Police_Certificates_FAQs.aspx#How_long_is_my_Police_Certificate_valid_for?&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long is my Police Certificate valid for?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no set period of time for which the Police Certificate is considered to be valid. The Police Certificate is only truly accurate on the date of issue. Embassies, high commissions, consulates or other authorities will usually require you to produce a Police Certificate which has been issued less than six (6) months before your visa interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T22:02:56.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8680" CreationDate="2017-07-29T22:13:22.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you describe your income, it would not generally be acceptable under the conditions of an F-1 visa. Before continuing, you should discuss your online business with your school's designated official in the international student office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS has clear instructions regarding employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;F-1 students may not work off-campus during the first academic year, but may accept on-campus employment subject to certain conditions and restrictions. After the first academic year, F-1 students may engage in three types of off-campus employment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Curricular Practical Training (CPT)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Optional Practical Training (OPT) (pre-completion or post-completion)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training Extension (OPT)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;M-1 students may engage in practical training only after they have completed their studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For both F-1 and M-1 students any off-campus employment must be related to their area of study and must be authorized prior to starting any work by the Designated School Official (the person authorized to maintain the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)) and USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T22:13:22.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1191" CreationDate="2017-07-29T22:36:48.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without endorsing any specific carrier, insurers do offer plans for expats, as well as for those who require coverage in both their home country and abroad. As examples, searching on 'global health insurance:'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aetna.com/individuals-families/international-insurance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aetna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imglobal.com/international-health-insurance/global-medical-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IMG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cignaglobal.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cigna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/apply/expat-plan/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allianz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/geo-blue/xplorer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GeoBlue Global Medical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also returned in the Google search is this article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/health/best-companies.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;researching international health insurance companies.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T22:36:48.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-29T23:20:27.267" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a Netherlands Resident Permit (RP - High Skilled Migrant) and I am about to switch to another company here (IND registered). But I would have to serve a notice period of 3 months at my current company. My new company would take care of the RP extension, but is it possible to do this while serving the notice period at my current company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12063" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T23:20:27.267" Title="Can I extend my Netherlands Resident Permit while being on notice period?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9133" CreationDate="2017-07-29T23:27:12.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may cause some difficulty, how significant will be determined by the ECO who reviews your visa application. Applicants are expected to be truthful in answering relevant visa questions. Omitting an earlier, failed application, whether done mistakenly or deliberately, and whether corrected subsequently, may be cause for a refusal. More seriously, it could also affect future visa applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the outcome, as well as the reasons for any refusals, you may want to consult a UK solicitor which you can locate through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Law Society search tool&lt;/a&gt; or through the search option of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/pages/find-immigration-advice.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Law Practitioners' Association&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T23:27:12.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10893" CreationDate="2017-07-30T07:43:08.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only request you would raise on INTERPOL is an international arrest warrant. It is not trivial to get this, first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your employer has to file a case against you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The case has to be of criminal nature.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A court must decide if a warrant is necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A local warrant is issued first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Based on the request of the ministry of interior, a request for an international warrant is raised.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;INTERPOL reviews the request and issues an international notice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't do this for cases such as absconding (typically this is the case filed) or breach of trust (another common case against staff).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, first of all - find out what exactly is going on against you with the local ministry of interior. Unfortunately you can only do this if you still have a valid Civil ID, which if you have left the country you would not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next step is to ask someone (like a lawyer) to enquire on your behalf with your passport information if there are any outstanding warrants on you.  This is usually done at the Ministry of Justice. A competent lawyer can get this done within a day or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, you will need to find out the case details - again, you need a lawyer for this as this information is not released to relatives or friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have this case information - you will know if indeed INTERPOL has been informed or its just rumors floating around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is a simple case the lawyer may be able to settle it without your visit to Kuwait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2393" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T07:43:08.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11151" CreationDate="2017-07-30T15:54:27.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you may be eligible and apply to enter the UK under the Ancestry program, it is still a visa application process and you will need to provide quite a few  documents, in addition to your current passport. These include birth certificates, yours and your parent(s) and grandparent(s) upon which your ancestry claim is based. In addition, you will be required to disclose previous UK travel history, both the working holiday programme and the overstay. So, yes, your history may have an affect on this application, as full and open disclosure is expected, and anything less can have negative impact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to consult with a UK solicitor in advance of application, one knowledgeable in immigration law (e.g., via Skype). These can be located through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Law Society search tool&lt;/a&gt; or the search option of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/pages/find-immigration-advice.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T15:54:27.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11376" CreationDate="2017-07-30T17:13:38.917" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Documents from non-apostille countries are attested, or confirmed to be legal. In Indonesia, your birth certificate must be legalized by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kemenkumham.go.id/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Justice and Human Rights&lt;/a&gt; and by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kemlu.go.id/en/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;. A subsequent attestation or legalization may be required by Mauritius and, to be certain, you should check with the Mauritian Consulate in Jakarta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T17:13:38.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10926" CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:24:58.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the UK visa policy, only one type of permission can be valid at a time, and overlapping time periods are not allowed. The Entry Clearance Officer at the issuing post will be aware of concurrent applications and may require clarification from you. That you applied for a scholarship within the same time frame that you applied for a general visa is not cause for refusal; it may be a simple matter of adjusting plans and the timing of the visa process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T20:24:58.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:04:21.800" Score="2" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will I lose US Green Card if applying for Italian Elective residence visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Italian Elective Residence Visa is for foreigners – retired persons, persons with high self-sustaining incomes and financial assets - who have chosen Italy as the country of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13239" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T23:57:44.817" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:29:13.583" Title="Would permanent residence in Italy mean loss of my US Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11302" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:10:58.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are services that will give you a physical street address and hold or forward mail for you.  At least one of them has addresses in many countries, including Spain.  As an EU citizen, it is easy for you to get in an out of Spain, and you don't even need NIE to open a bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then file empadronamiento in the jurisdiction where your address is.  This should not be hard to do: the local group should be glad to increase their headcount, because even if you don't pay taxes, the head count affects how much they get for certain programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I would suggest consulting an immigration lawyer on the risks and nuances.  I paid only €50 for a one-hour Q&amp;amp;A session with a lawyer in Madrid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:10:58.647" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11488" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:15:26.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US, not so easy to find except for sports cars or very low end.  You will not find a US high or middle market  sedan or SUV with a manual transmission.  Having said that, American,  Japanese and Korean  automatic transmissions work very well and are completely safe.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13240" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:15:26.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10900" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:15:30.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you describe requires business registration and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kenyaembassy.com/businessreg.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;US website has a step-by-step guide:&#xA;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i.      Steps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Fill the Investment Application Form.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Engage legal advice in Kenya.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Register Your business&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Submit Application Form + Certificate of Incorporation + Articles and memorandum of association to KenInvest&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Issue of The Investment License&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ii.       Procedures for establishing a company in Kenya&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The principal types of business enterprises in Kenya are:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Registered Companies (Private and Public)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Branch offices of companies registered outside Kenya&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Partnerships Sole Proprietorships&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Co-operatives&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Companies are registered as limited liability companies as in 1 and 2 above, and regulated by the Companies Act (Cap 486). Kenya's legal system is based on English law and practice. A wide range of legal services are locally available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iii.      Company Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The initial step in forming a company is to register the proposed company name with the Registrar of Companies at the Attorney General's Chambers in Nairobi. The Memorandum and Articles of Association should be filed with the Registrar of Companies who, upon satisfaction, issues the Certificate of Incorporation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Opening a branch office of an overseas company&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  An overseas company wishing to open a branch office in Kenya should deliver the following to the Registrar of Companies:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A certified copy of the Charter, Statutes or Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, or other instruments defining the constitution of the company;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A list of the directors and secretary of the company, giving full names, nationality and other directorships of companies in Kenya;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A statement of all existing charges entered into by the company affecting properties in Kenya;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Names and postal addresses of one or more persons resident in Kenya authorised to accept, on behalf of the company, service of notices required to be served on the company;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Full address of the registered or principal office of the company in its home country; and,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Full address of place of business in Kenya.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Both private and public companies may allot shares for considerations other than cash. Companies should inform the Registrar of Companies of such allotments and submit a written contract constituting the title of the allottee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iv. Patents and Trade Marks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Patents are regulated by the Industrial Property Act and administered by the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), while trademarks are regulated by the Trade and Service Marks Act (Cap 506) and administered by the Registrar of Trademarks at KIPI. The duration of trademarks is seven years from the date of filing and renewable every 14 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;v.    Work permits&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The Government allows investors to have key expatriate staff in senior management positions or where locals with specific skills are not available. Work permits for such expatriates are issued by the Immigration Department and are valid for one to two years, renewable on application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;vi.   Import and export procedures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  There is no import licensing except for a few items restricted for security, health or environmental reasons detailed in the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies Act (Cap 502).&#xA;  During the Budget for Fiscal Year 2001/02 the Minister agreed to waive the 2.75% Import Declaration Form (IDF) fees applicable on imported goods used for manufacturing goods for exports under the Tax Remission for Export Office (TREO) scheme. Manufactures under the TREO will however have to pay Kshs. 5000 which is processing fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The World Bank, through its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and The International Development Association (IDA) are invaluable resources for global businesses. I would suggest you review its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/kenya/starting-a-business&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Doing Business&lt;/a&gt; report for a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[D]etailed summary of the bureaucratic and legal hurdles faced by entrepreneurs wishing to incorporate and register a new firm in Kenya. It examines the procedures, time and cost involved in launching a commercial or industrial firm with between 10 and 50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economy's per-capita gross national income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This information was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 190 economies. The most recent round of data collection was completed in June 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:15:30.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8073" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:22:14.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is No.  SSA has a record of your contributions.  You can view that record online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://SSA.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://SSA.gov&lt;/a&gt;, where you can also see a statement of whether or not you are eligible and an estimate of your benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, you say you have been living outside of USA for a long time.  If you were self-employed, and making the officially required contributions, you still might have a problem.  My friends who spend most of their time in Spain had to return to USA for six months every six years, or SSA would say, &quot;You were living there, so you should have been paying into &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; country's system.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously: they could lose all their benefits even though they had paid in all those years.  It is my understanding that this apples generally to American expatriates paying their own SS contributions (i.e. &quot;self-employed).&quot;  But the only thing I can find on it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mrnet.org/news/news-bulletin-social-security-and-missionaries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;specifically mentions missionaries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T11:43:05.540" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T11:43:05.540" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10743" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:50:58.813" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a tuition of $12,692, you would need to show that you have minimum resources of $10,000 in additional funds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Government &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-how-documents.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide to study in Canada&lt;/a&gt; lists what can be used to document your finances. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can prove your funds with:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of a Canadian bank account in your name, if you have transferred money to Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) from a participating Canadian financial institution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of a student/education &lt;strong&gt;loan&lt;/strong&gt; from a bank&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your bank statements for the past four months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a bank draft that can be converted to Canadian dollars&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof you paid tuition and housing fees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a letter from the person or school giving you money or&#xA;  proof of funding paid from within Canada, if you have a scholarship or are in a Canadian-funded educational program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minimum funds needed to support yourself as a student&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Amount of funds required per year (additional to the tuition): $10,000 ($11,000 for Quebec)&#xA;  Amount of funds required per month (additional to the tuition): $833 ($917 for Quebec)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the funds are not in an account owned by you, you should provide evidence that they are available to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T23:50:58.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9767" CreationDate="2017-07-30T23:53:16.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;.  I had been told by bankers and realtors that to get an NIE, you had to have an address, and to buy or rent a &lt;em&gt;vivienda&lt;/em&gt; you had to have an NIE and a bank account.  And you have to have NIE and address to get a bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All turns out to be false.  But because I had been told that, I went to the Comisaría to ask.  I knew no one in the area to ask to &quot;loan&quot; me their address.  The lady I spoke to told me to use the address of the hostel I was in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While waiting for the NIE, I signed a lease for a &lt;em&gt;piso&lt;/em&gt; without mentioning a bank account or NIE.  And then I opened a bank account without the NIE.  I switched the water and electricity to my name without it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get it, I did &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; have to have a visa or photos or a home contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two more &quot;impossibilities&quot;:  Most Spanish consulates say that to get a visa you must show them a contract to buy or lease a &lt;em&gt;vivienda&lt;/em&gt;.  I could not find that requirement in Spanish law, and a lawyer told me it is not a requirement.  (And they will &quot;explain it&quot; to the consulate if I hire them).   It also is constantly stated that you have to apply for the visa at the consulate near your &quot;official residence.&quot;  The law is written as if assuming you will do so, but it doesn't explicitly require it.  And one person told me that they did their application in Madrid and got the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: make the answer “yes” with qualifications.  In Spain, the law doesn’t mean much unless you actually go to court.  The law says they cannot deny you a NIE unless you are in “irregular situation” which apparently means overstaying your legal visit.  They denied me by &lt;em&gt;assuming&lt;/em&gt; I had overstayed.  BurgosAcoge wrote a three-page letter quoting various laws and pointing out the easy-to-read evidence of my legal exits and re-entrances and demanding they correct it within five days (the law also requires the process not take longer than five days).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two or three weeks later, I went in to inquire and got “I don’t know why no one has looked at this.”  Two or three more weeks, I was informed by e-mail &lt;strong&gt;at closing time&lt;/strong&gt; that it was approved.  They were nice enough to stay open while I ran to a bank to pay the fee, but then they said I had to come back in a few days to get the actual number.  The next day was my last legal day, but I did get the number on my next trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short version: the answer is yes according to law, but unless you’re willing to make an enemy demanding your rights, it could be “no” in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2018-06-30T17:05:45.043" LastActivityDate="2018-06-30T17:05:45.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10262" CreationDate="2017-07-31T01:34:11.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You were certainly detained when, against your will, the police took you to a emergency medical facility to be evaluated. It would have been logged by the police, they're required to make a record of all interactions, but it doesn't sound as though charges were filed against you. However, it would be advisable to request a record search so that you are clear on what you would need to include in your application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A certificate of good conduct, or lack of criminal record, is either a local police check or an FBI records check, or both. Since the I-751 is to remove conditions on permanent resident status and, as you are expected to be open and honest in the information you provide, you may need the more costly background check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T01:34:11.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9118" CreationDate="2017-07-31T06:38:59.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a child that age (14 months old at the time of posting), a two bedroom apartment is just fine. As long as you describe your situation in a letter, along with your rental agreement, that should suffice. Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa--2#maa9-assessing-adequate-accommodation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;most recent accommodation requirement&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T06:38:59.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5603" CreationDate="2017-07-31T10:53:26.930" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To do a full-time internship in the UK you would need a Tier 5 visa, not a Tier 2. And specifically, you would apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-government-authorised-exchange/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 5 (Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange) visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sponsor offering you the internship must be listed on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 5 sponsor register&lt;/a&gt; and you would need to meet the qualification requirements. As your question was posted over 2 1/2 years ago, I assume you would have learned this already, but should check the links anyway because there have been significant rule changes in the meantime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T10:53:26.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8953" CreationDate="2017-07-31T14:37:50.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;USCIS has an online tool, &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;myUSCIS&lt;/a&gt;, through which applicants can see the status of their case and its full history. Certain updates, such as address, can be made in the system, as having an incorrect or outdated address could affect the application process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Think of your myUSCIS account as your home page to view your case status and history for most of the applications and petitions you have filed with USCIS. Creating an account is free and allows you to easily save your receipt numbers and view your entire case history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Tools&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Change of Address&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/e-Request/Intro.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Submit a Case Enquiry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Processing Times Enquiry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Office Locations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:37:50.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9818" CreationDate="2017-07-31T14:45:43.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Would this jeopardize my visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understood you, he is with you and has a residence permit (which nowadays automatically includes a working permit, it should say so). No, I don't see why this would in any way interfere with your Visa, it's completely legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Would this compromise the US employer's compliance with any regulations, tax or otherwise?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not any German regulations. For US regulations, it doesn't compromise it's compliance with government regulations, but many large corporations have in-house compliance standards your employment profile might not work with. See the next point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If it is in fact allowed, does my husband pay German universal tax or are his W2 wages exempt under the US German tax treaty?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he gets to be a &lt;em&gt;regular employee of a US company&lt;/em&gt; (legal, but in-house compliance of the company may not like it) he pays taxes in the US and has to file taxes in Germany as well. However, he can file his taxes paid in the US to the German authorities, so he does not get taxed twice on the same salary. It's called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Themen/Steuern/Internationales_Steuerrecht/Staatenbezogene_Informationen/doppelbesteuerungsabkommen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DoppelBesteuerungsAbkommen&lt;/a&gt; and I suggest you get a German tax accountant to file for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, he can become a &lt;em&gt;Freiberufler&lt;/em&gt; (freelancer) or &lt;em&gt;Selbstständiger&lt;/em&gt; (S-Corp equivalent). This way he can write invoices to whoever he wants and only pays taxes in Germany. Whether the US company will accept freelancers from other countries invoicing them is a matter for their compliance department. Some do, some don't. Although the &lt;em&gt;Finanzamt&lt;/em&gt; (German IRS) is a big help and very forgiving to people starting a business, I would advise a tax accountant for this, too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a regular German employee, health insurance automatically comes as part of the job. With both models detailed above, you will need to find your own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:45:43.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10898" CreationDate="2017-07-31T14:49:55.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Put Not Applicable N/A in the title/details and put your birth date to current date as the date and explain in an optional letter of explanation why you don't have any employment history (because you never worked).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:49:55.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8645" CreationDate="2017-07-31T14:55:21.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be okay. I have seen cases where people entered a month early and CBSA allowed the entry. So just tell them honestly you want to go there early so you can find an apartment, etc. and hence need to go there a little early. They will give you a study permit then and there itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T14:55:21.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10438" CreationDate="2017-07-31T15:05:57.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card: Live &amp;amp; Work in Europe&lt;/a&gt; explains how and what to do &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/eu-blue-card-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I&lt;strong&gt;f You Have Found a Job in Germany&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have already found a job – either while in your home country or while in Germany, then the following are the documents you need when applying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;For unregulated professions  – a recognized university diploma,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In case of regulated profession – present the acquired certificate,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A work contract of at least one year in Germany,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof that your salary exceeds the average in Germany by 1.5 times or 1.2 times for professions in shortage,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A written declaration by your employer in Germany,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A valid travel document,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of no threat to the public policy, security or health of the hosting state,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;An application form, filled either by you or your German employer,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two passport-size personal photos, not older than 6 months,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of application fee payment,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/eu-blue-card-germany/#Health-Insurance-Germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Health insurance proof&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should apply by post at the authorized &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/migration-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Office for Migration or Employment&lt;/a&gt; in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who can Apply for EU Blue Card in Germany&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  EU citizens do not need a visa or a residency permit to neither enter nor start working within Germany. The same applies for the citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. A valid passport or identity card is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens of the following states can enter Germany without a visa but cannot take up employment before applying for the EU Blue Card: Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, the United States of America.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The time allowed to stay in Germany for the citizens of the aforementioned countries is approximately 3 months which is usually not sufficient to find employment therefore the request for an EU Blue Card is obligatory. You may apply during your stay in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens of the following states may apply for a work and residence permit after entering Germany without a visa: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Brunei, Darussalam, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco ,Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Taiwan, Uruguay, the Vatican, Venezuela&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Non-EU citizens, on the other hand, must apply for a visa – employment visa, visit, student, or other type of visa coherent with necessity – while still in their home countries. The required documentation for application should be completed in conformity with the rules of the German Embassy in your home country. Once the visa is obtained, it is obligatory to respect the period allowed to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In case you found a job before entering Germany, then you can immediately apply for the EU Blue Card while in your home country by the help of your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Candidates are categorized in the groups: Highly-qualified workers, Researchers, Students, Vocational Trainees, Seasonal Workers, Intra-Corporate Transferees&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Apply for Germany EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  To apply, more or less, the same criteria are important to be fulfilled by all EU Blue Card applicants:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A filled application form, by either you or your German employer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A recognized university diploma – for unrecognized professions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A valid work contract of at least one year in the hosting state&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;For regulated professions – the equivalent certificate or license of profession&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof that your salary exceeds the average in Germany by 1.5 times or 1.2 times for professions in shortage,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A written declaration by your employer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A valid travel document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Not pose any threat to the public policy, security or health of the hosting state&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two passport-size personal photos not older than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of application fee payment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In case of no university degree: 5 years of work experience in particular profession are required when applying for the EU Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;*Note: To prepare and gather the required documentation, such as the recognition of qualification or translation of documents and other similar documents, you will need approximately 4-6 months. Some member states may be quicker although you will need to keep this detail in mind when interested to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most of the member states require candidates to apply by setting appointments at the appropriate Embassies or Consulates in their home countries; few member states offer online applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application may be filled by you, your employer or law firm.&#xA;  The application fee payment for issuance is around 140€ while 100€ for renewal of the EU Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After handing in the application, you may have to wait for a maximum of 3 months/90 days until processing is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have the right to appeal against the decision of rejection or withdrawal within three weeks of the decision’s arrival – an attorney can also appeal on your behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T15:05:57.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9522" CreationDate="2017-07-31T15:14:11.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could theoretically get a proof of education (called bona fide certificate in the country I used to live in) that your spouse is currently pursuing her post secondary/bachelor degree from the university/college that she is studying in and can upload that along with the high school certificate. That should be sufficient for her Education since you are not claiming any points based on her Education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T15:14:11.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10723" CreationDate="2017-07-31T15:18:27.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=394&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC&lt;/a&gt; answers this question very clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Can I count work experience that was part of my education toward the work requirement?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No. Co-op terms and apprenticeships completed before graduating do not&#xA;  count as skilled work experience. They are considered part of an&#xA;  educational program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The work experience you can use to apply for the Canadian Experience&#xA;  Class must not have been gained while studying full time on a student&#xA;  permit (for example, experience gained while on a co-op work term).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T15:18:27.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9979" CreationDate="2017-07-31T16:21:21.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anabin&lt;/a&gt; certification you have been requested evaluates foreign education to classify it within the German education system. The database search higher education, university, and from another country’s state or state-recognized institutions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Completion of high school would not be assessed; if an associate degree was issued upon completion of two years of university, that might be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be best to contact Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB) directly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kmk.org/service/anerkennung-auslaendischer-abschluesse/zeugnisbewertung-fuer-auslaendische-hochschulqualifikationen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) in the Secretariat of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Graurheindorfer Straße 157 &lt;br&gt;&#xA;53117 Bonn &lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Postfach 2240, 53012 Bonn)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;E-mail: Zabservice@kmk.org&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Phone: 0228 501-664&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Mon, Tue, Thu: 10-12 hrs / 14-15 hrs &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Fri: 10-12 hrs&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T16:21:21.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6902" CreationDate="2017-07-31T16:33:48.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can enter with a valid B1/B2 visa, as a visitor and to attend a short conference. You may want to have a copy of the I-94, so that your university is able to verify the time you were in the US, and that you did not enter under the F-1, and so that it doesn't conflict with the issuance of the new I-20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T16:33:48.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11583" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-31T17:03:04.370" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will soon be applying for my Tier 4 and have hired the services of this &quot;UK visa advisor&quot; in my country in order to get things done correctly and efficently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thing is, I have a boyfriend in the UK and will be living with him throughout this 1 year and me and my advisor think differently on whether I should be up-front about it or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advisor responsible for my case said we should not mention my boyfriend in the application. My idea was to have a letter from him stating I would stay with him during this one year, but she said I should not mention him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: could this omission be considered deception? Deception, as I am aware, would REALLY lead me to be refused and even a 10 year ban. I am sure she has more experience on the subject than I have, but I can't shake the feeling this would get me in trouble. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing that worried me is the part in which I list the times I have been to the UK. I have gone to the country to visit my boyfriend three times, and have always been honest about it with immigration officers. In this part, I'm sure I'd get in trouble if I stated I went there for tourism, as that would be a lie in many ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be going to meet her on Wednesday, and I need some help on figuring out whether I should just go with her advice or stand my ground on this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11287" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T22:49:35.857" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T22:49:35.857" Title="Would not mentioning my boyfriend in my tier 4 application be seen as deception by UK immigration?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;deception&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6854" CreationDate="2017-07-31T18:16:02.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.medicareconsumerguide.com/moving-to-us-and-enrolling-in-medicare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Medicare Consumer Guide&lt;/a&gt; details the steps to take. As noted by @mkennedy, there may be additional requirements, and establishing competency and guardianship can be lengthy. Once any prerequisites and eligibility are met, the Social Security Administration process is quite immediate, taking 3-4 weeks. Should there be delays, benefits, if granted, are usually retroactive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medicare Eligibility If You Live Overseas or Are Moving Back to the U.S.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Typically, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents of at least five continuous years are eligible for Medicare when they turn 65 or at any age through disability. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you a returning U.S. citizen?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you didn’t sign up for Medicare because you were out of the country, you may be able to enroll in Part A and Part B after you return to the country and establish residency. [Y]ou must be either a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident of at least five continuous years to be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Generally, if you return to the U.S. after living abroad, you can sign up for Medicare Part A and/or Part B during the General Enrollment Period (January 1 through March 31). You might have to pay a late-enrollment penalty. But, in some cases, you might qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enrolling in Medicare after you return to the U.S.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Once you return to the U.S. and establish residency in the country, you may be eligible for Medicare Part A and/or Part B if you meet the above-mentioned citizenship and legal permanent residency requirements. You can sign up through the Social Security Administration:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Online: Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ssa.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ssa.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  By phone: Call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users call 1-800-325-0778), Monday through Friday, from 7AM to 7PM.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  In person: Visit your &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;local Social Security office&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T18:16:02.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10092" CreationDate="2017-07-31T19:01:25.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As she will accompany when you relocate to Chile, she has several advantages, a visa status that enables her to remain long term, Spanish language proficiency, and educational and licensure documentation that don’t require translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her credentials will need to be legalized and might be more easily accomplished once you’re in Chile, rather than in advance through its embassy in Spain. Nursing is among the regulated professions (medicine, dentistry, primary education, translation), so there are quite a few bureaucratic hoops through which to jump, which can be time consuming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The co-founder of airavirtual.com, Hester Borm, and an expat in Chile, has written an excellent summary on &lt;a href=&quot;https://medium.com/@hesterborm/how-to-find-a-job-in-chile-and-get-a-work-permit-along-the-way-7b827e596430&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to find a job in Chile (and get a work permit along the way)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:01:25.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11304" CreationDate="2017-07-31T19:29:51.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there is no specific minimum time frame, statements and other documents need to be proximate and current. Submitting an application with documents obtained within a reasonable time, a few days or weeks, is perfectly acceptable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:29:51.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11084" CreationDate="2017-07-31T19:49:04.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In applying for a student visa to Canada, you will need to detail your travel and immigration history, including your time in Brazil, and that you applied for and were granted refugee status. You may need to attach additional documents explaining the situation, and why you abandoned that claim. Omission of any relevant information can be cause for visa refusal or worse; refugee status by Brazil (or any country) is pertinent. A new passport will not avoid, or resolve, the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T19:49:04.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8530" CreationDate="2017-07-31T20:21:58.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The work visa alone has no prohibition on study. You may have to document your status in applying to a private college, and there are status criteria that have to be met in order to qualify for access to publicly-funded college education free of fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/education/third_level_education/fees_and_supports_for_third_level_education/fees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Third-level student fees and charges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free fees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  To qualify for free fees, you must meet criteria with regard to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residence and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Nationality and immigration status and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Course requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You must have been living in an EEA member state or Switzerland for at least 3 of the 5 years before starting your course. The members of the EEA (the European Economic Area) are the member states of the EU, along with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nationality and immigration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You must also fulfil &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; of the following 6 criteria as regards nationality and immigration status in Ireland:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be a citizen of an EEA member state (see above) or Switzerland or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have official refugee status or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be a family member of a refugee and have been granted permission to live in the State or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Be a family member of an EU national and have permission to live in the State, with a stamp “4EUFAM” on your residence card or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been granted humanitarian leave to remain in the State or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have been granted permission to remain in the State by the Minister for Justice and Equality, following a determination by the Minister not to make a deportation order under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T20:21:58.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-31T20:43:41.063" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just finished my MA in Germany and have 6 months left on my jobseeker resident permit. I am a non-EU national from Southeast Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I got a call from my old boss in Austria who wants to take me in as a business partner. I was then wondering if I can apply for a resident’s permit/self-employed visa in Austria while still being a German resident? Or does this mean that I have to go back to my home country and de-register from Germany completely to be able to do such an application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is I still have 6 months left as a German resident and of course there are risks of  getting denied the permit for my application to move to Austria - as such I still want to keep my options open as a jobseeker in Germany. Or to be able to apply for another EU country, I must de-register completely from my current residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone been in a similar situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12129" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T20:43:41.063" Title="Applying as a resident to another EU country with a still-valid EU resident permit? (Third party national)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9902" CreationDate="2017-07-31T22:00:15.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the time you plan to enter Canada, it will be more than a year since you were tested, as required for the issuance of your visa.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-temp.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of Canada Immigration&lt;/a&gt; notes that (added emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your medical exam results are &lt;strong&gt;valid for 12 months only.&lt;/strong&gt; If you do not come to Canada as a visitor, student or worker within that time, you may need to have another exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, it will not be valid when you attempt to enter Canada, and you might not be admitted. Prior to travel, it would be best to verify whether you need to have a repeat test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T22:00:15.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11583" CreationDate="2017-07-31T22:46:42.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11583/would-not-mentioning-my-boyfriend-in-my-tier-4-application-be-seen-as-deception#comment19486_11583&quot;&gt;commented by @Dennis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The generic rules when dealing with immigration are (i) answer any questions you are asked directly and truthfully, and (ii) don't answer questions you aren't being asked (if they want to know they will ask).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not bother to set up an UK visa account, but took the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/562969/vaf-2-oct-2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application form&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;people living in North Korea&lt;/a&gt; and will assume that in your application you might face similar questions. Let me also repeat that &lt;strong&gt;you should read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-4-student&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full guidance&lt;/a&gt; before you apply.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the application form feature a question that is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.1 Have you travelled to the UK in the last 10 years?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If yes, provide details of any trips in the UK. Include the date, destination, purpose and duration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Followed by a big box with plenty of space to write in. Now this is my personal opinion, but not mentioning visiting your boyfriend as a purpose seems a notch too far from the truth. I would definitely mention, especially given you will want to live with him. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, I would go as far and have second thoughts about the competence of your &quot;UK visa advisor&quot;. If you want to get someone with good and proven qualifications, look &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/89170/32134&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and be ready to spend money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T22:46:42.813" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9863" CreationDate="2017-08-01T00:05:45.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, to obtain a work visa, you need a job commitment first, The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justlanded.com/english/Mexico/Mexico-Guide/Visas-Permits/Work-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Just Landed&lt;/a&gt; guide explains.&#xA;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to work in Mexico you need a Mexican work permit from the Institute of Immigration (Instituto Nacional de Migración - INM). With the work permit you can apply for a residence visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since a change in legislation in 2012, you need to have a job offer or work contract from a company registered in Mexico to apply for a work permit. The company has to apply for the work permit with the INM and you can stay in Mexico on a tourist visa until you are cited to collect your visa in the Mexican consulate of your home country. You then have to leave Mexico and pass an interview at the consulate abroad, after which you get your work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For the application, the company has to submit various documents, e.g. a proof of tax payments, a list of employees and their nationalities, the personal identification of a designated representative. Furthermore, a copy of your passport or other ID has to be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once the application is accepted, the INM will process the case and make a decision within 20 days. If the application is approved by the INM you will have to go to your Mexican consulate and pass an interview to collect your work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After your arrival in Mexico you and your family members must register at the INM within 30 days. Your spouse and children will normally get dependant visas but they are not automatically granted a work permit. If your spouse wants to work in Mexico he or she will have to apply for their own work permit separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you convert your visitor status to a work status in Mexico?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Technically, no. Foreigners with a visitor status can have a company they want to work for apply for a Mexican work permit with the National Institute of Migration (Instituto Nacional de Migración). While the application is processed, visitors can stay in Mexico until they are cited by said Institute to collect the permit at the consulate of their home country. They have to leave Mexico and collect the permit. Only after that can you apply for a residence visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:05:45.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11563" CreationDate="2017-08-01T10:42:02.233" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US Green Card is an immigration permit, meaning it allows you to move into the US permanently. If you decide to move somewhere else permanently, you are considered to have abandoned your US immigration plans, as you cannot be a permanent resident in two places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, if you are outside of the US for more than a year, you are considered to have abandoned your Green Card, unless you have special reasons and apply for an exception &lt;em&gt;upfront&lt;/em&gt;. But even shorter times might be considered an abandonment: USCIS says (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;em&gt;&quot;You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it. You may be found to have abandoned your status if you: Move to another country, intending to live there permanently.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Applying for an Italian permanent residence permit could well be considered as &lt;em&gt;'intending to live there permanently'&lt;/em&gt;, and there's little to argue with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, you'll probably lose the Green Card. You can always apply again for it, if you change your mind again, but there is no guarantee that you get one again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you lived in the US five full years on the Green Card, you can apply for Citizenship. Once you are an American Citizen, you can move permanently to Italy without the risk of losing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastEditorUserId="9290" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T21:29:13.583" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:29:13.583" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3096" CreationDate="2017-08-01T10:44:55.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to California DMV, The following minimum liability insurance is required for private passenger vehicles: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;$15,000 for injury/death to one person. (Also known as bodily injury liability)&#xA;$30,000 for injury/death to more than one person.&#xA;$5,000 for damage to property. (Also known as product damage liability)&#xA;Third party liability insurance compensates a person other than the driver for personal injury or property damage. Comprehensive or collision insurance does not meet vehicle financial responsibility requirements. It covers the situation where you hit and break someone's leg (bodily injury) or run over someone's fence (property damage).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only required insurance coverage when renting cars in California is third party liability. Of course, many people choose to get insurance over and above what is legally required. Drivers must also carry proof of liability insurance (your own insurance card or the car rental contract if liability coverage was purchased) as that is required by law.&#xA;for more information visit our website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://breakdownrecoverywarrington.com/tyres-warrington/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tyres Warrington&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13248" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T10:44:55.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11286" CreationDate="2017-08-01T13:24:17.420" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obviously I can only go by my own experience and I am not an immigration consultant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was in this exact situation - I have a 1 year conversion from Sheffield University MSc Information Systems. ACS assessed it as being an relevant degree with a Major component of ICT. It was the highest level of qualification. As the comment says - because it is 12 months it counts as 3 semesters so you fit in with that description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best - hope it works out for you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T13:24:17.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-01T15:49:16.870" Score="2" ViewCount="7289" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I renew my New York driving license online. I am visiting the UK for a year right now, and it expires in 5 months. I do have my residence in New York. I have my US passport with me and my New York drivers license, but won't be able to return to the US for another 6 months, until after it expires.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13253" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-01T16:29:11.557" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T15:06:33.160" Title="How can I renew a New York driver license from outside the US?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;online-resources&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11598" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11693" CreationDate="2017-08-01T16:32:33.573" Score="5" ViewCount="699" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work remotely from India for a UK based company and have been staying in India. I am planning to go as soon as possible now because I want to keep travelling (only this time outside India) while working remotely to support my expenses each month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't travelled outside my home country before. I'm applying for a tourist visa (Schengen) so that I can visit my friend in Germany. My question is, is it OK for me to say that I am working remotely for a company, while I live in India, pay my taxes in India (it has only been 2 months since I'm working for the company, so I can't produce adequate data from my bank account statement for at least past 3-6 months, before this I was just doing gigs here and there(non-taxable)). I want to find a tourist visa for germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are the complications here and how can I resolve this?&#xA;If not, what's the best way to deal with this?&#xA;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13252" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T14:19:07.783" Title="I'm applying for Schengen Visa, while working remotely. Is it Legal?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6841" CreationDate="2017-08-01T16:59:48.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/south-korea/healthcare/health-system/health-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South Korea&lt;/a&gt; has a National Health Insurance (NHI) system, which is compulsory and required by Korean law. Everyone resident in the country is eligible regardless of nationality or profession. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhis.or.kr/retrieveHomeMain.xx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC)&lt;/a&gt; is the only public insurance institution operated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Korea Herald February 2015 coverage of this new requirement clarifies that it is, indeed, mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150204000920&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health insurance now mandatory for foreign students&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All foreign students in Korea will be required to subscribe to the national health insurance program as part of the state’s efforts to better secure their living conditions during their stay, welfare officials said Wednesday. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All foreign nationals with proof of staying in Korea for more than three months have been allowed to join the public health care system but the subscription has not been compulsory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to boost the health insurance subscription, the Health and Welfare Ministry said it would temporarily exempt the benefit-seeking foreign students from paying a late fee for the first two months. Under the national insurance law, those who belatedly apply for public insurance after their arrival are required to pay the premiums for the period of time they were here uninsured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;More than 89,000 foreign students on D-2 visas were studying in Korea as of November, with the number gradually rising, law officials said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;About 5,500 of them (62 percent) were Chinese, followed by Vietnamese and Mongolian, with some 4,900 and 3,700, respectively. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Self-employed or jobless foreigners who wish to join Korea’s health care system must pay the average monthly local insurance premium for three months to gain eligibility. The average amount is largely determined by the region they live in but is usually around 80,000 won ($74). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;D- and F-visa holders ― which include students, foreign spouses and ethnic Koreans ― are exempted from paying the three-month fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign employees belong to the work insurance category, in which half the premium is automatically deducted from the monthly paycheck and the other half is paid by the employer. The amount of the premium is proportional to income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By Lee Hyun-jeong (rene@heraldcorp.com)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T16:59:48.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11291" CreationDate="2017-08-01T17:05:44.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When asked for what you will be, or are, being paid as employee, the salary should be the actual amount to be earned. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/H1B_H1B1_E3_Round3FAQs.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Labor Certification Wage (LCA)&lt;/a&gt; for the position is used by &lt;strong&gt;employers&lt;/strong&gt; as supporting evidence for an H-1B petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-06T12:23:56.703" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T12:23:56.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9646" CreationDate="2017-08-01T17:17:54.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt; not be re-stamped, your family's H-4 visas would no longer be valid. Their visas are dependent on the primary visa holder's status, alone. Should you, the primary, no longer have a valid visa, they could not remain in the country. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/About%20Us/Electronic%20Reading%20Room/Customer%20Service%20Reference%20Guide/Nonimmigrant_Services.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Nonimmigrant Services uses the word 'immediately'&lt;/a&gt; but does not further define it in terms of hours/days/weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T00:38:03.513" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:38:03.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11602" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11668" CreationDate="2017-08-01T18:44:45.823" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;While applying for UK short term study visa for a period of three months, I came across this question: &quot;Total Monthly Income from savings, properties or other income, for example from stocks and shares&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my bank account, I receive a monthly salary S from my employer. In addition to this I have an X sum of money in my bank account which I received from various sources including family members at various times. This X sum of money is there for more than previous six months and is available for me to spend on my studies. However, it is not a MONTHLY income. How do I represent this money as answer to the visa form question stated above? Do I show the total X amount of money as monthly income which it is not? Or do I divide the X by, say, 3 (three month visa) and write the amount from X/3 as answer to MONTHLY income from other sources? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused and any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13254" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T21:51:57.553" Title="UK Short Term Study Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11007" CreationDate="2017-08-01T21:44:53.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While an online program might be accepted, it may still require assessment, as &quot;you got your education outside Canada.&quot; If the intention is the use a degree to enhance or expedite emigration, you should determine whether remote coursework is equivalent and whether the program is part of an accredited Canadian institution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've already completed the program, you may want to go ahead with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)&lt;/a&gt;, to verify acceptance of your credential, in advance of immigration application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, Coursera is a US-based program which doesn't currently list participation by any Canadian institutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T21:44:53.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11032" CreationDate="2017-08-01T22:47:30.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike a visitor visa which you must use within 30 days of issuance, the work visa is submitted to, and issued by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://lmra.bh/portal/en/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Labour Market Regulatory Authority&lt;/a&gt;. Your employer, in its sponsorship letter, had to include the duration of the contact being offered to you; the work visa coincides with that time period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;LMRA’s total processing time is between 1 and 10 business days, provided that all the submitted information and documents were correct and clear and that the requirements were fulfilled at the time of submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a 3-month notice required by your current employer, you may have to review your options, whether to resign immediately in anticipation of the new job, ask your new employer whether it’s willing to wait three months for you to begin, or accept any repercussions of leaving your current employer on short notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T22:47:30.463" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9889" CreationDate="2017-08-01T22:56:20.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you were born prior to your father obtaining British citizenship, you are probably not a British citizen. You would have to emigrate to the UK and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-citizen/check-if-you-can-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;qualify for naturalisation&lt;/a&gt;, It takes time and you should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;review the immigration options&lt;/a&gt; in advance of applying for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T22:56:20.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10075" CreationDate="2017-08-01T23:44:39.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.utl.is/index.php/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Iceland Directorate of Immigration&lt;/a&gt;, you would need to make &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.utl.is/files/Leyfi/atv_Vegna_nams.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for a work permit as a student&lt;/a&gt; and which is sent to Immigration. In that context, it suggests you do not have to leave the country. At the same time, you should coordinate this request with the international student office at your school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T23:44:39.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5969" CreationDate="2017-08-02T00:15:14.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is difficult to remain in the country on a residence permit without employment. If you leave your employer on poor terms, they may decide to have your residence permit cancelled, too. In this case, you will be required to go to your local Public Security Bureau Exit and Entry Administration Office with someone from your company (or its visa agent); you won't have choice. There, they will cancel your residence permit and hand you the confirmation paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it’s stamped cancelled on the residence permit page in your passport, at the same time you will be given an L visa valid for 10 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to find another job, you would need a release letter from the current employer so that you can change your resident permit to a new employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, quit your job and your company will cancel your work permit. You could ask them to keep your work and residence permits active until you find new employment; it’s unlikely they’d agree if it’s for 6 months and you don’t plan to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without a stamped release letter it will be difficult to be hired by another employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer may have your residence permit cancelled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you must leave the country immediately (you’re usually given the 10 days), you can use the cancellation paper at the Exit and Entry Administration Office to apply for a tourist visa (L Visa) to stay in China for another 30 days, and complete a Registration Form of Temporary Residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And don't give your passport to anyone: go to the Exit and Entry Administration Office with your ex-boss/agent if your residence permit is to be cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:15:14.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9145" CreationDate="2017-08-02T01:01:08.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australia's Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)&lt;/a&gt; is a permanent visa, allowing you to live, work in the country and, if you're eligible, eventually apply for citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, you can enter anytime on or after the date indicated, October 2016; the visa lasts indefinitely and any entry to Australia is sufficient for validation. You simply need to clear Immigration and passport control. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T01:01:08.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11597" CreationDate="2017-08-02T02:25:01.493" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like you might be able to renew it, even while you're out of the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/renew-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New York DMV website on renewing your license&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you try to renew online, your new driver's license will not be forwarded to your foreign address. Instead you should renew by mail. That will also allow you to send in a vision test report that you can have done locally. Here's what they say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Overseas (out of the country, abroad)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When overseas we recommend that you renew your driver license through&#xA;  the mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Send us:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the renewal notice we mailed you (MV-2) or if you don't have it, a completed Application for Permit, Driver License, or Non-driver ID&#xA;  (MV-44)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a Vision Test Report (MV-619) completed by an eye care professional &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a check or money order payable to ‘Commissioner of Motor Vehicles’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We also recommend that you send us a pre-addressed priority mail&#xA;  return envelope with your application (this will help ensure that we&#xA;  send your license to the correct address).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T02:25:01.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-02T03:08:58.620" Score="4" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an international student and graduating next year June and I was wondering if marrying my boyfriend (who will be on a tourist visa) in Canada after my graduation will affect my chance to be Permanent Resident in Canada? From what I know, after living in Canada for 3 years straight, I am eligible to apply for a PR. Would marrying my non-canadian boyfriend in any way affect my chances of attaining PR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15509" OwnerDisplayName="Nicole Fernandez" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T14:46:07.223" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T05:51:25.943" Title="Will it ruin my chances to be PR in Canada if I marry my foreign boyfriend?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9379" CreationDate="2017-08-02T11:37:28.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may be that they are questioning the reason for, and source of, the large transfer of money into your account without an apparent link of that money to pay for your education. You need to make sure all financial statements demonstrate the source of all income and its justification (this is also in part to prevent possible money laundering). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13261" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T14:43:36.333" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T14:43:36.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-02T12:15:00.237" Score="1" ViewCount="516" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied three times for a student visa and each time was refused for the same reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have not provided sufficient evidence to enable the consular authority that your stay in France for study purpose is not abusive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have not provided justification of your stay or unreal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have booked crous accommodation for 9-months , but I haven't any student loan because I have a sufficient amount to cover all my expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a large amount of money put in my account without any explanation creating the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13261" LastEditorUserId="13261" LastEditDate="2017-08-02T17:38:58.657" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T11:57:26.417" Title="France long stay student visa refusals" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6185" CreationDate="2017-08-02T17:40:44.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that was the process in the early days of the program. When first launched, and when your questions was posed, the NBPNP had a two-week time frame in which it accepted applications. Those were then reviewed promptly so that the selected candidates could apply in the following month. That system has been streamlined since it began early in 2015. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) has developed and launched its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.welcomenb.ca/content/dam/wel-bien/pdf/ExpressEntryGuide-E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Express Entry Labour Market Stream (EELMS)&lt;/a&gt;. This stream allows the NBPNP to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.welcomenb.ca/content/dam/wel-bien/pdf/ExpressEntryGuide-E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC’s Express Entry system&lt;/a&gt; to meet New Brunswick’s specific labour market and demographic needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please visit our website often as the dates we accept EOI forms may change, depending on volume and priorities. The EELMS may be paused occasionally to ensure we can process applications and respect our nomination allocation&lt;/strong&gt;. Therefore, only a portion of potential candidates will be invited to apply. Please keep in mind that meeting the minimum Program requirements does not ensure you get an invitation to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[N]ominated individuals may receive an invitation to apply for permanent residency from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). For more details on this process, please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC Express Entry website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T17:40:44.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6250" CreationDate="2017-08-02T18:18:13.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As pointed out by gala, residence permits are not processed within, or are interviews conducted at, embassies or consulates abroad. Managed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/DasBAMF/dasbamf-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Das Bundesamt und seine Aufgaben&lt;/a&gt;, interviews are conducted by Ausländerbehörde, according to locale. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking for a residence renewal when you are not in Germany, but in your home country on medical leave and receiving treatment (per your separate question), makes it unlikely that the an extension/renewal would be considered. With an illness that has postponed your return to Germany (and may necessitate a new medical exam and certificate), you should contact your school to confirm that you are still enrolled, that your visa status hasn’t been affected by your absence, and that you’re are still eligible to renew residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T18:18:13.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5606" CreationDate="2017-08-02T18:41:15.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An original needs to be just that, a document printed out and signed. In these circumstances, have the company correct, sign, and electronically send you the corrected version (identical expect for the spelling error). Take both with you, the original with the error and the corrected version. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along with all your other supporting documents, with your name spelled accurately, it is unlikely that stamping would be delayed or refused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T18:41:15.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10671" CreationDate="2017-08-02T19:05:27.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK does not have such a rule. However, the country has electronic records of all entries and exits and, if it appears that you’re trying to live there through frequent visits, or perform activities not permitted under your visa, you may be subjected to increased scrutiny at the border. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on circumstances, you can be allowed to enter and stay as planned, landed for only a specific amount of time and/or with conditions, or you can be refused entry (and your visa cancelled). Additionally, it could affect future visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is always advisable to bring with you the same documentation used in applying for the visa (as cumbersome as that may be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T19:05:27.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11563" CreationDate="2017-08-02T20:04:26.473" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US permanent resident is required to maintain residence in the US. Whether a person has abandoned residence is determined subjectively by looking at many factors, including time out of the US, pattern of previous absences, whether the person maintained access to a home in the US, whether the person had family in the US, whether the person maintained accounts in the US and filed taxes in the US if they had income (as a permanent resident is a resident alien no matter where they are), whether the intended activity abroad had a fixed termination date instead of being open-ended, whether the failure to return sooner was due to circumstances beyond the person's control, etc. There is no one factor (e.g. length of absence) that can absolutely say whether the person has abandoned residence or not (i.e. there is no length of absence above which absolutely means the person has abandoned residence, and no length of absence below which the person has absolutely maintained residence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no rule that having permanent resident status in another country necessarily precludes maintaining residence in the US -- it depends on what the person actually does with respect to residing in the US. The issue may be that the other country may require that their permanent residents spend a certain amount of time in that country (I am not sure what Italy requires), in which case it may be difficult to maintain permanent residence in both the US and that country. But even if the other country has such a rule, it is still not true that getting that country's permanent residency affects the person's US permanent residency, because the person might end up spending most of their time in the US and eventually lose the other country's permanent residency. Depending on the country, it's also possible that the other country doesn't require permanent residents to spend a certain amount of time in that country, or allow it to be spent in the US in certain circumstances (e.g. I know Canadian permanent residents can maintain residence abroad if they are living with a Canadian citizen spouse), in which case it may be possible to maintain both countries' permanent residency. So in conclusion, it's not the act of getting permanent residency that matters, but rather the overall actions of the person with respect to residence in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T20:04:26.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7291" CreationDate="2017-08-02T20:23:16.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would have to check with your provider to make sure that your plan has full coverage for you abroad. Insurers do offer plans for expats, and, if yours does not, you can try searching on 'global health insurance' for other that do. As examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aetna.com/individuals-families/international-insurance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aetna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imglobal.com/international-health-insurance/global-medical-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IMG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cignaglobal.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cigna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/apply/expat-plan/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allianz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/geo-blue/xplorer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GeoBlue Global Medical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also returned in the Google search is this article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalinsurance.com/health/best-companies.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;researching international health insurance companies.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T20:23:16.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4434" CreationDate="2017-08-02T21:01:16.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In requiring that you have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/temporary-residency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;proof of medical coverage prior to issuance of your visa&lt;/a&gt;, you would want to make sure that you have comprehensive coverage, including repatriation. An employer-offered health insurance plan may not cover immediately upon taking up employment, may have a grace period and, in addition, may exclude or limit any pre-existing conditions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In securing a travel plan, you may be asked to indicate travel dates; as you will take up employment, make sure that the insurer’s terms and conditions don’t have exclusions that would limit any claims. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If satisfying the visa requirement means that must prove enrollment for the duration of your visa, find an insurer that allows cancellation with with little or no penalty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An article by Peter Pallot in the 21 May 2010 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/expat-health/7733901/Expat-guide-to-South-Africa-health-care.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Telegraph offered an expat guide to South Africa healthcare&lt;/a&gt;, including coverage options in the republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:01:16.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9244" CreationDate="2017-08-02T21:46:47.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may be difficult, if not impossible, to include your partner as a Tier 2 dependent, as you would need to prove that you've been living together in a relationship similar to marriage, and that it has been at least two years. Documentary evidence would include joint leases or rental agreements, bills for shared utility accounts, important documents for each of you that show the same address (identity cards, driver's license, passport). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That may limit your options. Your partner may be able to apply independently for his own long term UK visa. Another alternative could be for both of you to emigrate to another country which does recognize your union and, after the appropriate time, several years, apply to emigrate to the UK under the Tier 2 (or other) scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T21:46:47.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-03T07:09:33.397" Score="2" ViewCount="545" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm exploring options to apply for German job seeker visa and stuck with below question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've a graduate degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication stream. Currently, I'm working in IT domain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the chances of my visa approval if my educational assessment isn't in par with work experience. I've seen few posts on internet where people mentioning about this criteria being the main root cause for their visa rejection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they accept Electronics and Communication engineering degree okay for an IT job? I agree Mechanical, Chemical and Civil engineering degrees aren't close to IT but I feel ECE is bit closer compared to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has someone's visa got accepted with this criteria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11795" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-03T14:26:51.123" LastActivityDate="2020-11-03T06:35:19.030" Title="Education and work experience sync for Germany job seeker visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8723" CreationDate="2017-08-03T09:09:38.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Liechtenstein, but the country shares the same customs law of Switzerland (Customs union).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved here with my car, and I register at the custom as a moving item, so I paid no tax on importation. I changed my matriculation plate for a temporary one, and I am allowed to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But moving a car here it can be tricky; I had to bring special paper and get my car checked by an &quot;Expert&quot; and paid the road taxes. In the end, it cost me around 850 CHF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After more than a year, I am going to bring back my car and sell it to take a new car on a leasing in Switzerland, because the leasing agreement here is worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will certainly depend on how long you are going to stay in Switzerland and which type of residential permit you got to make a proper decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will find more information here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/importations-cars-switzerland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ch.ch/en/importations-cars-switzerland/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13269" LastEditorUserId="13269" LastEditDate="2017-08-03T11:44:32.157" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T11:44:32.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5621" CreationDate="2017-08-03T12:12:51.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three aspects to your situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your right to work in Brazil&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your right to work in the EU / for an EU company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxation of your income&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You write you are a software developer. It will possibly make a huge difference if you will be hired as an employee by an EU company while you are living in Brazil (which would legally be possible but according to my experience in the field very unlikely) or if you will be providing a service on a contractual basis to a company in the EU, i.e. you will just agree on a compensation and write them an invoice for your services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to working as an employee, it may depend on the country you're hired in, but at least when it comes to Germany they would treat you like any German employee when it comes to taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will provide a remote service as a self-employed person, then all your taxation and paperwork will be in Brazil. And you don't even have to be an EU citizen to provide services from Brazil to an EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A way in-between might be to establish / keep a registered company in the EU which you will use to write your invoices. That would most likely make your live easier with certain big accounts in the EU as they are frequently highly sceptical against making contracts with non-EU companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T12:12:51.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8818" CreationDate="2017-08-03T13:04:34.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to those who commented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU applies for residencia using form EX-18 at the local policia.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Non-EU applies for Article 10 Resident Card using form EX-19 at Oficina de Extranjeria. This art. 10 RC is valid for 5 years and permits working.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a lot more detail between the lines, but these are the main items&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-03T14:09:44.043" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T14:09:44.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5745" CreationDate="2017-08-03T15:35:19.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The required documents table indicates that you must present letters of reference from all employers you have during the last 10 years. Those &lt;strong&gt;reference letters must be originals&lt;/strong&gt;, and may require that you contact a previous employer and request one, written on company letterhead, and signed.  You would want to keep a copy for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the next group (joining, relieving, appraisal letters, and 3-6 months of most recent payslips), take both an original and a copy of each and &lt;strong&gt;have them attested&lt;/strong&gt;. If any are multiple pages, each page should be attested separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form is meant to be printed by you, completed, signed and the &lt;strong&gt;original&lt;/strong&gt; accompanies your application. Again, you should keep a copy for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T15:35:19.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-03T19:26:30.393" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know if I can do the TB test for UK visa application outside of my country of origin.  I am currently in Hong Kong but I am from South Korea. Can I take the test in an approved clinic in Hong Kong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13272" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-04T04:13:05.153" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T04:13:05.153" Title="Can I take the TB (turberculosis) test for the UK visa outside of my home country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11629" CreationDate="2017-08-03T20:17:45.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends how far away are related  your degree and your laboral experience...&#xA;I mean e.g. if you are a Hardware Electronic developer but have been doing Embedded Software for years, then they probably wont take you to Hardware again...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So It can be difficult, but for sure not impossible to find a company that consider your experience more than your degree... (the most important thing they will need to be sure is:  you have theory/university-background supporting what you are doing)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can tell you based on my own experience: I have a Electronic ing. degree  and I work with IT... have colleagues from almost similar branches like mechatronic but we have people with physics, mathematics and informatic background too...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case apply!!! You have a good chance!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="9220" LastEditDate="2017-08-04T06:38:41.397" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T06:38:41.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2807" CreationDate="2017-08-03T20:24:12.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Brazilian national can enter the Schengen Area, including Spain, visa free for up to 3 months during a 6 month period following the date of first entry. However, visa-free entrance does not confer the right to work, either in Spain or any Schengen country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An individual can’t apply directly for a work permit. The employer in Spain has to do it, through the  Immigration Office (Oficina de Extranjeros) at the nearest &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.policia.es/documentacion/oficinas/oficinas_extran.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Subdelegación del Gobierno&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/UnidadGrandesEmpresas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unidad de Grandes Empresas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that has been accomplished, your friend would &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/MANILA/en/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Applying-for-Visa/LongtermVisas/Pages/Work-(employment)-Visa.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for the work visa (by employment)&lt;/a&gt; through the Spanish Consulate in his home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-03T20:24:12.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11640" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11764" CreationDate="2017-08-03T22:07:29.300" Score="3" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a  citizen of Poland, living permanently in Brazil. I don't pay any taxes in Poland and I'm not insured there now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon I'll be visiting Poland (and passing shortly in other European countries) for holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to buy some kind of travel insurance in Brazil or am I covered by Polish / European law by being a citizen, even while not being a resident there? When I lived in Poland I had European Health Insurance Card, but to get it you have to prove you're currently paying taxes there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm only interested in health insurance, nothing travel specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T09:52:09.433" Title="Health insurance in Europe for citizen of Poland living outside EU" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-04T00:26:33.293" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;We bought our car 2 years ago via bank financing (Public Bank) with loan terms of 60 months. This year, we are going back to our home country for good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are our options about the car ownership?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we &quot;purposely&quot; default the loan? i.e. we tell the bank that we cannot pay the rest of the loan and they'll repossess the car.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a 2nd hand car dealership pay off the balance to the bank? i.e. we won't get a single penny for the car and it'll be owned by them to resell&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other options?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all in advance for your help and advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13275" LastEditorUserId="13275" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T04:55:05.910" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T04:55:05.910" Title="&lt;EXPAT&gt; Car Loan in Malaysia" Tags="&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-04T01:40:29.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11063" CreationDate="2017-08-04T02:02:24.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Academic institutions, like employers, have a duty to perform due diligence on applicants and their eligibility to study or work with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, if your student visa expires during the time you'll be studying (and it sounds like it will), you'll need to work with the university and your government to see if there's a way to extend it.  Otherwise, you will need to get a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T02:02:24.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8239" CreationDate="2017-08-04T02:08:33.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration officers pretty much have the freedom to ask anything they feel is useful to evaluating how fit for the visa you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any diligent immigration officer who notes a previous refusal - it'd certainly be within their duty to ask about it. Odds are, specifically, that they'll ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reasons for the refusal (which you've mentioned to us)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for each of these reasons, what evidence do you have that you've remedied/documented them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;given the answers above, are you eligible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and then further questions about your study, where, how you'll support yourself, where you'll live and so on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-06T07:38:52.870" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:38:52.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10329" CreationDate="2017-08-04T02:11:54.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're always better off providing more documentation than specified, if you feel there's any chance of it helping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also probably going to want to include a letter documenting the refusal last year, the reason, and why this is not a problem for your student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your ultimate goal with the documents provided is to allay any fears and answer any questions they have about your application. So at a minimum, include ALL the documents they request, and then if you think there's any possible questions (eg about your previous refusal), add letters or documents to support / explain this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-06T07:38:44.830" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:38:44.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10797" CreationDate="2017-08-04T02:20:49.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you're right in that most websites seem to suggest the Freedom of Information Requests for foreign citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, US citizens can indeed do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chrisguillebeau.com/foia-request-for-travel-history/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chris Guillebeau documents his process of doing this&lt;/a&gt; and he's a US citizen (who has visited every country in the world).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He got back from his request:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A letter with an official response from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A long list (14 pages) of my international arrivals and departures&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Another long list (8 pages) of various flight data, discussed below&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-06T07:46:47.957" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T07:46:47.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11636" CreationDate="2017-08-04T04:12:06.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  In fact some countries don't even have an approved testing clinic, so they HAVE to go elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you get it done at one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa/countries-where-you-need-a-tb-test-to-enter-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the approved locations listed here&lt;/a&gt; you'll be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T04:12:06.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-04T10:44:52.757" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two visa right now one is Tier 2 from UK and other is blue card from Germany, I haven't been to Germany yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is after joining in UK I am thinking that the job is not good fit for me and deciding to go to Germany. My UK visa is valid for three months. Do I need to face any trouble to go to Germany and what happens when I want to come and work in Uk in near future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13277" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-04T13:53:51.297" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T13:53:51.297" Title="Multiple visas, want to switch jobs and countries" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-04T13:07:04.837" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-european studying in France on a Ph.D. and I renew my student residence permit every year. Actually I do an internship for 6 months in Switzerland that was signed as a convention between French and Swiss university and I have an L-permit.&#xA;Now the Swiss propose me to stay until December to finish the current project, but that will be the stay outside the dates of signed convention between universities.&#xA;Is there any danger to prolongate my swiss L-permit, if I plan to return to France and to re-apply for the student permit?&#xA;May it be considered by French authorities as the interruption of résidence habituelle?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13278" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T20:50:54.197" Title="French + Swiss residence permits for a non-EU citizen" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-04T14:39:45.967" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German and now I live in Europe. I entered United States on December 5th of 2013 under the Visa Waiver Program/ESTA that allows you to remain in the US for 3 months as a tourist. I overstayed, remaining the US for more than 3 years, until January of 2016. I got married there on January 3, 2016, and left the country four days later. My husband is a US citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to immigrate. I want to go back to study or work (get a Green Card). If that is too complicated, I would rather just go to study. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How and what can I do to emigrate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13279" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:47.027" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:47.027" Title="What do I need to go back to US to immigrate or study?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10820" CreationDate="2017-08-04T17:06:07.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/FAQ/Studium/09-Familiennachzug%20Studenten.html?nn=480902&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;accompany your spouse&lt;/a&gt; whose visa allows for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.study-in.de/en/on-arrival/first-steps/registration-and-residence-permit_27238.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for residence permit for purposes of study&lt;/a&gt;, you can apply for your visa at the same time. Since you are not EU or EEA citizens, there will be some additional requirements (sufficient living space, financial self-sufficiency). This may require written confirmation from his university and, generally, that his stay in Germany is expected to exceed a year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/03_Visabestimmungen/Visabestimmungen_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa application&lt;/a&gt;, you will also need your original marriage certificate with a certified German translation, and a copy of the letter confirming his enrollment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not apply jointly, you will need to have a copy of his passport which shows the valid residence permit. And whether you accompany him or join him later, you should bring a certified translation of your marriage certificate, as you will both to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/03_Visabestimmungen/Visabestimmungen_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;convert your own visa into a long-term residence permit&lt;/a&gt; once you arrive in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T17:06:07.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11651" CreationDate="2017-08-04T18:17:11.057" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you left the US after accruing more than 1 year of &quot;unlawful presence&quot;, you triggered a 10-year ban, which will end in January 2026. (Not sure why you left the US. If you stayed in the US after marriage, you would have been eligible to apply for Adjustment of Status in the US to become a permanent resident with no problems.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your husband can still petition you to immigrate, but you won't be able to get the immigrant visa until the ban is over or you get a waiver. If you want to immigrate within the next 8-9 years, you would need to get an immigrant waiver for this ban, which requires you to demonstrate &quot;extreme hardship&quot; to your spouse or parent who is a US citizen or permanent resident (probably just your US citizen spouse, assuming your parents don't have any US status) if you cannot be in the US. &quot;Extreme hardship&quot; is pretty hard to show.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even entering the US as a nonimmigrant during the ban requires a nonimmigrant waiver, which is decided by the officer adjudicating your visa. (You are no longer eligible to use the Visa Waiver Program since you overstayed the VWP in the past, so you need to get a visa.) However, given that you have a US citizen spouse living in the US, it would be difficult for you to overcome immigrant intent to get a visitor or student visa anyway (regardless of the ban).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-04T18:17:11.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6921" CreationDate="2017-08-05T00:56:47.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In considering Canadian immigration, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-computer-science-computer-engineering-and-software-engineering&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Timothy Lethbridge, Professor of Software Engineering and Computer Science&lt;/a&gt;, University of Ottawa offered the a particularly cogent overview on Quora. It should help you to decide what best suits your credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Software engineering and computer science are two of the five areas in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acm.org/education/curricula-recommendations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula&lt;/a&gt;. I helped write the software engineering part of that document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Essentially, software engineering degrees focus on teaching students to become expert at the various core tasks in the software lifecycle: Requirements, design, programming, etc. along with project management, user interface design, engineering economics and certain other topics. A full course (40 hour academic unit) would typically be devoted to each of these areas. In a computer science degree you would also expect to become a good programmer, but most computer science degrees would not focus a full required course on each of the above areas. Instead, a computer science degree would have full courses in many other areas of both theory (e.g. formal languages, complexity theory) and application areas or technologies (artificial intelligence, robotics, graphics, advanced databases, networking, etc.). A software engineering student might only have space in their program to take a small number of electives in these areas, since they would be spending most of their time studying the core SE topics in depth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Both CS and SE degrees would teach basic computer science concepts including basic data structures and algorithms. Usually there would be courses in operating systems in both types of degrees, and computer science degrees would almost always have one introductory course in software engineering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Software engineering degrees are extremely common in Canada, Australia and parts of Europe. They are also increasing in number in China. In the US there has been only slow growth, with most universities just offering computer science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In many jurisdictions, a software engineering degree can lead you to become licensed as a Professional Engineer (after you have practiced for some years following graduation). This is the case in Canada, and is becoming the case in many US states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the US, Computer Science programs and Software Engineering programs are accredited by ABET. Computer Science accredited degrees are recognized in many countries through the Seoul Accord, while Software Engineering programs are recognized through the Washington Accord. That means that if you move to another country in either of these accords, you may find it easier to obtain professional recognition. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In Canada, the CEAB accredits software engineering degrees (with recognition through the Washington Accord) and the CSAC accredits both kinds of degrees (with recognition through the Seoul Accord). I am currently the chair of CSAC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T00:56:47.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10979" CreationDate="2017-08-05T01:13:30.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may be sufficient, as your program is brief and within the sort of time frames given for other, general visitors and which allow some studies. It may be too late to amend the application, as it is no longer at the Consulate, but you can ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like you, many fail to notice an important link in the overview on how to apply for a UK visa, that for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visitor-visa-guide-to-supporting-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;supporting documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Documents you must provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you apply you’ll need to provide:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a current passport or other valid travel identification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence that you can support yourself during your trip, such as bank statements or payslips from the last 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visitor-visa-guide-to-supporting-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full list of supporting documents&lt;/a&gt; you can provide.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You might need to provide additional documents if you’re visiting the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for private medical treatment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;to apply as an organ donor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;as an academic on sabbatical and want to stay for 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;as a prospective entrepreneur&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;to take the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test or sit the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First published in 2012, annually updated (and with a added Chinese translation), this seven-page guide responds to many, if not all, of the most frequent queries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In just one page, it outlines fundamental documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Section 2: other documents you may want to provide – all visitors&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This section provides guidance on the types of documents that you may want to provide to help us consider your application against the Immigration Rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Previous travel documents/passports, which show previous travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Financial documents showing that you have sufficient funds available. These must clearly show that you have access to the funds, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;bank statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;building society book&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof of earnings such as a letter from employer confirming employment details (start date of employment, salary, role, company contact details)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;where a third party (who is either in the UK or who will be legally in the UK at the time of your visit) is providing financial support to you e.g. a business, a friend or a relative, documents to show they have sufficient resources to support you in addition to themselves and any dependant family should be&#xA;  provided&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Confirmation of legal residence, if you are not a national of the country in which you are applying or your right to reside there is not included in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Details of employment or studies where you have stated in your application that you are either employed or in full-time studies. This could include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a letter from your employer on company headed paper, detailing your role,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;salary and length of employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a letter from your education provider, on headed paper, confirming your enrolment and leave of absence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If self employed: business registration documents confirming the business owner’s name and the date the business started trading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Business activities – where you are coming to the UK in order to undertake activities relating to your occupation/employment outside the UK you should submit documents showing what you will be doing in the UK, including any letters from inviting organisations. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any business activities, e.g. letter from your employer outlining the reason for your visit, who you will be meeting and details of any payment/expenses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for performances and entertainment visitors, whether you work in this area as a professional or amateur , and what and where you will be performing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under 18s – we strongly recommend you submit the following information otherwise it may delay consideration of your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a Birth Certificate or legal document (such as adoption papers) showing the relationship between you and your parent or guardian If travelling unaccompanied or with someone other than your parent(s) you should&#xA;  provide:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a signed letter from your parent(s) confirming details of anyone accompanying you, and details of care and accommodation arranged in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a copy of your parent(s) or legal guardian’s biographical page of their passport, which includes their signature and passport number if your parent(s) do not&#xA;  have a passport then you must provide another official document which bears their signature&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What follows (Section 3) are additional documents for  specific visitor types:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;academics coming to undertake research (12 month visa)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;family accompanying academic coming to undertake research (12 month visa)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;private medical treatment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;organ donors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;prospective entrepreneur&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work related training&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;performers at permit free festivals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Approved Destination Scheme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permitted paid engagements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;visitor (marriage/civil partnership)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;transit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Section 4 lists documents that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;should not be sent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to support applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:13:30.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10863" CreationDate="2017-08-05T01:26:07.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justlanded.com/english/Poland/Poland-Guide/Business/Starting-a-business-in-Poland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Just Landed&lt;/a&gt; has a basic outline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting a business in Poland: Registration, taxes and subsidies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The economic development of Poland offers many opportunities for setting up new businesses. Investors can access subsidies and tax allowances, and there are special economic areas (Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna) within which development incentives are offered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, the worldwide economic recession has also hit Poland. Recent wage and price inflation have led to an increase in labour cost. Moreover, there are branches of the economy that lack highly skilled workers and it can take very long to fill a position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business registration in Poland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you want to start a small business or become self-employed, it is relatively easy to register at the appropriate town or community administrative office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The first step of the registration process is an application for an entry into the register of trade (wpis do ewidencji gospodarczej). This normally costs about 100 PLN. To register a business, you need to choose one or more categories from the classification of activity. After you receive a written confirmation of a trade registration, you have to go to the National Statistics Agency (Glówny Urzad Statystyczny, GUS) to apply for a REGON number. The REGON is used on a number of other forms so you will be blocked without it. You will then need to register at the ZUS (social insurance) and apply for a tax number (NIP) at the tax office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to get a subsidy for setting up your business. You will need to address the department of business development (Wydzial Promocji Gospodarczej). The programmes and subsidies offered change frequently. If you are an EU citizen, you should find out what EU-programmes are available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you have navigated through all of that you will finally be ready to kick off business!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that in general all documents have to be validated through signature and a company stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business taxes in Poland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Polish corporate and income tax are at 19%, respectively. Value Added Tax (VAT) is 22%. Companies with an annual turnover of less than €10.000 are exempt from VAT payments. Once your company's turnover has been more than €10.000 you have to make a tax declaration and will then have to pay the corresponding tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Of course, you are allowed to set your advertising costs and other expenses off against tax liability. It then is important that you keep all invoices for the respective year, since they have to be handed in with the tax declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a member of the EU and act as a sole trader (self-employment), you can make demands on a reduction of the ZUS-contributions (about 300 PLN instead of at least 900 PLN) when founding your first company in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general it is a good advice to find a competent accountancy office (biuro rachunkowe) to do your bookkeeping and deal with all of the administration for a fixed monthly price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other types of businesses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you are planning to launch a larger company or want to invest in Poland, you should use the help of an expert consulting company to get advice on the best legal form for the company, the optimization of taxes, etc. The success of your company will be closely linked to these issues. Although Polish company forms might sound familiar, there may be differences from similar structures in your home country. You may be able obtain help and advice from embassies and consulates in addition to &lt;a href=&quot;http://ahk.pl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;chambers of industry and commerce&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:26:07.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10594" CreationDate="2017-08-05T01:32:47.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your very question, asked at the same time on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-have-a-packaging-worker-job-Visa-in-the-UK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quora&lt;/a&gt;, received this feedback from David Osofsky (Lives in the UK. Knows more than the average bear):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have the order of events correct, but the problem is packaging workers are unlikely to be eligible for a Tier-2 visa. And there are no temporary work visas except for the Tier 5 visas, which are very specific, such as people under 30 from a small list of countries, entertainers, sportsmen, diplomats, or government exchange programmes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The rules for Tier 2 jobs are that they must be a skilled graduate-level job that pays at least £30,000 or the salary required for the job category, whichever is higher. Also now, employers will have to pay £1,000 per year Skills Charge for each migrant they sponsor, which decreases the chances that the employer will sponsor someone from outside the EU rather than train a UK or EU citizen for the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:32:47.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10727" CreationDate="2017-08-05T01:53:20.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ACS is the appropriate body to evaluate your skills, as your education and experience would appear to be within Information and Communications Technology (ICT)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/msa/information-for-applicants.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ACS ICT&lt;/a&gt; skills assessment will assess if your educational qualifications and work experience are at a professional ICT level and closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO) for migration purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/For-Migrants/Migration-Skills-Assessment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Engineering Australia&lt;/a&gt; assessment would be for building and engineering professionals, those, for example, with degrees and experience in civil, electrical, mechanical, production, and mining engineering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T01:53:20.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-05T12:08:41.857" Score="3" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;After two years living in Germany, working as a Software Engineer, I have been aggressively contacted by recruiters with Contract Jobs, paying rates around 700 EUR per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I have no EU Passport or Blue Card, just a regular Work Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official Germany immigration website states that it is possible to get a Visa for Freelancing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/visa/kinds-of-visa#visa-for-self-employment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/for-qualified-professionals/visa/kinds-of-visa#visa-for-self-employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I need to quit my Job to apply for the Freelancer Visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastEditorUserId="6855" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T12:01:48.893" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T08:42:11.890" Title="An Immigrant Wants to Work in Germany as a Contractor -?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10724" CreationDate="2017-08-05T15:32:04.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20-%20July%202017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ACS Skill Assessment&lt;/a&gt; recognizes that there may be circumstances in which applicants are unable to obtain the necessary information directly. In that case, the applicant can make a Statutory Declaration; see page 12, Section 11. STATUTORY DECLARATIONS AND AFFIDAVITS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A better understanding may be had from an earlier ACS document, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scribd.com/document/176491636/PASAGuidelinesforApplicants-July2011v2-0-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pre-Application Skills Assessment (PASA) Guidelines for Applicants&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1.2. Where past education providers and/or employers no longer exist and you need this information for your application, you may submit a personal statement on a properly signed and witnessed Statutory Declaration. The Statutory Declaration is to detail as a minimum:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ the reason/s why you are submitting a Statutory Declaration; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ all the necessary detail about your education and/or employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Important: If you provide a Statutory Declaration with your application, you must also provide some form of corroborative information from a third party for the claims made in the Statutory Declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T15:32:04.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9015" CreationDate="2017-08-05T16:45:39.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/92292/can-i-have-two-uk-visas-simultaneously&quot;&gt;According to TSE resident expert, @GayotFow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK works like Schengen does in that overlapping time periods are not allowed. This is a matter of policy and not spelled out in the rules. The policy is that only one type of permission can be valid at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens is that the issuing post will curtail the existing visa so that it ends before the new one starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T16:45:39.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8150" CreationDate="2017-08-05T17:28:21.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/562983/VAF2_Form_Guidance_October_2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance notes for applicants and dependents requires evidence&lt;/a&gt; of a marriage that is legally recognised and documented and continue to be currently married. For the document to be accepted in a country other than that in which it was issued, it generally requires an apostille or attestation. In India, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Ministry of External Affairs&lt;/a&gt; attests original documents//true copies of documents for use abroad. Attestation done by the Ministry of External Affairs is of two types:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Apostille:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  India, since 2005, is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 105 member-countries of the Convention (For more info please visit the website: www.hcch.net). Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. Any document Apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all the other 104 member-countries, signatory to the referred convention of 1961 thus greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Normal Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This is done for all the countries which are not a member of Hague Convention and where Apostille is not accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T17:28:21.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9399" CreationDate="2017-08-05T17:42:03.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Google search for sites and blogs targeted at expats and students. For example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.contrastleiden.nl/life-in-leiden-1-how-to-find-a-room/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Life in Leiden: How to find a room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We are glad you found your way to Leiden! The Life in Leiden blog is here to help you find your way around Leiden. This entry will be all about housing. We’d like to take you through the various options to find a room. We’ve listed some ways to go about this below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.studenthousing.leiden.edu/search-suggestions/leiden.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Universiteit Leiden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you are looking for a place to live in the private sector, you may find some useful suggestions on this page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://erasmusu.com/en/erasmus-leiden/roommate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Erasmus Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; roommate search&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T17:42:03.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9333" CreationDate="2017-08-05T18:06:23.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is routine in visa applications to be asked questions about family, and a relative in Canada may have a bearing on your application. You should provide all relevant information and how it might affect your application will depend on your individual circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you plan to live with your brother while attending school, is he in a position to sponsor you or to provide some financial support, do you intend to remain in Canada after your program ends to live, work, reside?  Visa applicants are expected to be open and honest; anything less can affect both your short and long term goals and aspirations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T18:06:23.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8084" CreationDate="2017-08-05T18:22:29.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the notification from your employer, the UKVI will have curtailed your permit, and you could not use it to re-enter the UK. Once you left the country and UKVI was so advised, your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-intracompany-transfer-worker-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer visa&lt;/a&gt; is no longer valid, regardless of the expiration date shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to return, you and your company would need repeat the visa application, sponsorship, certification, and issuance process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T18:22:29.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9060" CreationDate="2017-08-05T19:36:08.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your husband can apply at the same time as you do, or separately. However, you will have an added burden of proof, as your Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship does not include your husband. And, should it specifically excludes him, you may have to delay application until you are able to establish your own financial and accommodation guarantees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/603815/PBS_dependent_guidance_Jan_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidance for dependants of UK visa applicants (Tiers 1, 2, 4, 5)&lt;/a&gt; outlines in full what is needed (pages 13-14):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Family member of a Tier 2 Migrant&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;61&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must have £630 to support yourself. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This requirement can be met by:  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;having savings of £630 which must have been held for at least three months prior to the date of application; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the Tier 2 A-rated sponsor providing a written undertaking that, should it become necessary, it will maintain and accommodate the family member for a month. The undertaking may be limited 14 provided the limit is at least £630 per family member. A Tier 2 A-rated sponsor can do this by:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a) endorsing the certification on the Certificate of Sponsorship, or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b) providing the certification in a letter from the sponsor which includes: &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;i. the applicant’s name, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ii. the sponsor’s name and logo, and &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  iii. details of any limit&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;63&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, the Tier 2 Migrant is making an application at the same time as their spouse and two children. They must show that they have £630 for their spouse and a further £630 for each child, in addition to £945 required for their own support. In total the family will require evidence that they hold £2835 in available funds (£630 x 3 = £1890 + £945). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you apply at the same time as the main applicant, you are only required to provide evidence that you meet the maintenance requirement when the Tier 2 Migrant is also required to meet the maintenance requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you apply separately from the main applicant you will need to have the necessary funds to meet the maintenance requirement or have a written undertaking from an A-rated Sponsor, unless the main applicant already had leave in a Tier 2 category and when applying for their most recent period of Tier 2 leave was not required to show evidence of satisfying maintenance requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beginning on age 16, also look at &lt;strong&gt;Evidence for applications made as the dependant of a person with leave under Tier 1, 2 or 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T19:36:08.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11391" CreationDate="2017-08-05T21:22:54.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if your grandmother’s civil registration birth at the local registrar’s office (anagrafe) were damaged or destroyed, a copy would have been sent to the procura della repubblica in the provincial capital, in the repository or archive of the tribunale, the district court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, find out whether your nona’s village was part of a larger area, where records would have been kept in a nearby town. If it is or was, you may be able to find her records in there. The discrepancy in dates might be explained by when the birth was registered, usually does within several days of birth or baptism. Baptism date is usually part of the civil birth record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also Stato di famiglia, unique to Italy, which is a record of each family which has births, marriages, deaths, emigration, and is updated. These are maintained and updated by the commune. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can look, for free, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://familysearch.org/search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family Search&lt;/a&gt; which does have Italian civil registration historical records from many communes and provinces. Derived from state archives, many cover the time period you need. If not the actual record, an annual index may help narrow your search. (I have no affiliation, used it for family geneology.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T21:22:54.533" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11602" CreationDate="2017-08-05T21:51:57.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your monthly income is that which is deposited into your account from a regular source, in this case by your employer. That portion of your bank statement would be supported by accompanying pay slips. However, the question you've quoted isn't precisely that. Usually, there are two separate questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is your total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation, after tax? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you have savings, properties or other income, for example from stocks and shares?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is where you indicate your salary or independent income (e.g., from consulting or your professional services). The second is where you'd show other monies regularly deposited, either transferred in from your savings or not related to employment income (e.g., from rental properties). It would be misleading and confusing to multiply the total and divide (your X/3).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the various sources you're describing, including family, you may need to explain where those funds come from, and that you 'own' them. Take care that they haven't been placed in your account temporarily, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/39153/uk-visa-refusal-provenance-of-funds-parking&quot;&gt;funds parking&lt;/a&gt; as it's referred to on the sister site, Travel Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T21:51:57.553" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9942" CreationDate="2017-08-05T22:03:01.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU national as well, and I only needed my national ID card for the landlord to verify my identity. We used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immoweb.be/Mx_pdf/5058_2A8CA5B1-A9CA-BBC9-D2C8158452A3E14E_fr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this model contract&lt;/a&gt;, which as you can see, only requires your name and address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also had to sign forms (in quadruplicate!) for transitioning the utility contracts, which asked for my residence registration number. I didn't have one at the time (the process can take a while), but the utility's call center assured me I didn't need to fill that in, and I didn't receive any complaints from them after submitting the documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13282" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T22:03:01.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6435" CreationDate="2017-08-05T22:16:55.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posted Claudia Landini (in Italian on Expat Women at Work)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatwomenatwork.com/work-in-peru/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PROCEDURES TO WORK IN PERU AS A FOREIGNER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to stay in Peru for reasons other than tourism, the first step is to contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migraciones.gob.pe/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DIGEMIN&lt;/a&gt; to start the correct procedures. The main seat of DIGEMIN is in Av. España 730 Breña, Lima, but you can also go to any other DIGEMIN office in the provinces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigners who enter Peru on a tourist visa can stay in the country as long as the visa is valid. Should they stay longer, they’ll have to pay a fine equivalent to 1 US$ per exceeding day when they leave the country. Moreover, the Peruvian Government can apply all sanctions of Compulsory Exit and Expulsion established with the Ley de Extranjería. The authorization to stay in the country for tourism cannot be extended beyond 183 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigners who are in Peru as tourists, for business or any other reason, and want to stay on to work, change or develop any other kind of activity, must undergo the Cambio de Calidad Migratoria. This is governed by Law No. 689, which states that the foreigner who wishes to start working in Peru must obtain the required Visa Temporal de Trabajo o Residencia / Carné de Estranjeria. This migration status can be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a)  applied for in the passport country through the Peruvian Embassy;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b)  obtained by staying on in Peru, and initiating the procedures for the Cambio de Visa or Cambio de Calidad Migratoria.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are in Peru, this is what you have to do:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. Obtain a permit to sign a contract at DIGEMIN&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. Sign the contract and register it at the Ministry of Work;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c. Apply to the DIGEMIN for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migraciones.gob.pe/index.php/cambio-de-calidad-migratoria&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cambio de Visa or Cambio de Calidad Migratoria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  d. Register at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migraciones.gob.pe/index.php/registro-de-extranjeros&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registro de Estranjeros&lt;/a&gt; to obtain a Carné de Extranjeria&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During the process of approval of the “Change of Migratory Status”, the foreigner must obtain a Permiso Especial para Viajar. If the foreigner leaves the country without it, the procedure of Cambio de Calidad Migratoria will have to be started from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigners who want to start the procedure to work in Peru from abroad, have to be invited by any person in Peru, and then start the procedure for the Solicitud de Visa Temporal or Solicitud de Visa Permanente. This Temporary or Permanent Visa grants an authorization that can be extended for one year. Once approval is granted, DIGEMIN will send it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who in turn will send it to the Peruvian consulate which is closest to the country of the applicant. The consulate will stamp the passport with a visa that allows entry to Peru for working reasons. The person will then go to DIGEMIN for the accreditation of his migratory status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The temporary or permanent authorization granted by the visa or by the Change of Quality Status will be registered with a stamp on the passport or on the Foreign ID, after the fees for the operation have been paid.&#xA;  The migratory status obtained by the foreigner with the visa or through the Cambio de Calidad Migratoria can be extended to his family – spouse and children – following the relevant procedures if they are in Peru, or by applying for a Visa Temporal o Permanente if they are abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once the residency permit has been obtained by Visa or Cambio de Calidad Migratoria, this must be renewed every year through the procedure of Proroga de Residencia (Residency Extension). At the same time, the foreigner may, in some cases, have to pay the yearly Extranjéria tax.&#xA;  Should the foreigner be out of Peru for more than 183 consecutive days, or 183 days accumulated over a period of 12 months, the residency permit will be withdrawn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should the foreigner be compelled to stay out of Peru for more than 183 consecutive days or 183 days accumulated over 12 months, the procedure of Autorización de Ausencia por más de 183 días will have to be restarted, and a reason for the absence provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a foreigner leaves Peru with an expired residency permit, the permit will become invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should the foreigner with residency permit abandon Peru for good, the procedure of Cancelación de Residencia y Ficha definitiva de Salida will have to be started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For freelance workers:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Once you have obtained your residence permit you can work independently, issuing an invoice for every service/professional performance you carry out. All you have to do is to get a RUC (Peruvian VAT number) at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sunat.gob.pe/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SUNAT&lt;/a&gt;(main office: Av. Garcilaso de la Vega 1741, Lima, – check for your nearest office), by submitting your passport, residency permit or visa (original and a photocopy), and proof of address. Once you have your RUC, you can submit invoices &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sunat.gob.pe/cl-ta-itmenuagrupa/MenuInternet.htm?agrupacion=5&amp;amp;pestana=11&amp;amp;exec=2.1.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;, and once a year you’ll have to pay taxes on the total amount you earned (again through the SUNAT website).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-05T22:16:55.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9495" CreationDate="2017-08-06T08:12:13.867" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just moving phoog's comment to an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You got the family permit refusal because you applied for a visa you didn't qualify for, because of poor advice. Family members must be dependents or members of the household of the EEA sponsor unless they are the spouse or minor child of the sponsor. The refusal won't of itself affect a future visa application in other countries, nor should the reason for the refusal be a barrier to obtaining a visa in another country (as it would be if you were refused because of a criminal record, for example). You could also try for the correct visa in the UK, which would be a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T08:12:13.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6454" CreationDate="2017-08-06T13:09:47.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to enter the UK on the Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer, the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) must be valid; it cannot be expired. Additionally, you say ‘before the until date’ which implies that you’re referring to the validity period of the visa itself (&lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; one date, &lt;em&gt;until&lt;/em&gt; another date). If that is the case, and the Tier 2 visa validity period has passed, you and your company would have to repeat the visa process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T13:09:47.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-06T13:30:38.457" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my parents send me money, what is the procedure to do so without the (already tax-paid in India) funds coming under double taxation? Would I have to declare such 'income' and if so what is the process to indicate it is a gift and avail of any taxation treaties between US &amp;amp; India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a U.S. Green Card, if I switch to US citizenship in future how would this affect the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13285" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T15:29:47.747" Title="Avoiding double taxation during transfer of funds from India to US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11078" CreationDate="2017-08-06T13:50:48.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, according to both on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europa.EU&lt;/a&gt; and the UK's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/travel/country/albania/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Royal Auto Club (RAC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Driving licences issued in EU and EEA countries are accepted. You will need an International Driving Permit, IDP 1949 to drive in Albania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Source: All information in this document is sourced from the AIT (Alliance Internationale de Tourisme) &amp;amp; the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) and, to the best of the RAC’s knowledge, is correct at the time of publication (May 2016.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an official candidate for EU accession, Albania recognizes a driving licence issued by an EU country, but your national permit should be accompanied by an IDP, an identity document that allows you to drive in any country that recognises it, which Albania does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dpshtrr.gov.al/images/stories/dpshtrr/arkiva_ligjore/broshura_lejedrejtimi.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure General Directorate of Road Transport Services&lt;/a&gt; is responsible for driving permits. Within its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dpshtrr.gov.al/sherbimet/per-drejtuesit-e-mjeteve/lejet-e-drejtimit/informacion-per-lejet/153-njevlefshmerite-e-kategorive-te-lejedrejtimit-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, it references the EU licenses and their equivalencies, valid for driving in Albania (and please forgive the Google-lost-in-translation results).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the Europa.eu expanded information on &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU driving licences&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your driving licence is issued by an EU country, it's &lt;strong&gt;recognised throughout the EU&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So if you move to another EU country, you won't usually have to exchange your licence. You can drive in your new country on your current licence as long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;it is &lt;strong&gt;valid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you are old enough to drive a vehicle of the equivalent category&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;it is not &lt;strong&gt;suspended&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;restricted&lt;/strong&gt; and has not been &lt;strong&gt;revoked&lt;/strong&gt; in the issuing country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;categories&lt;/strong&gt; AM, A1, A2, A, B, BE, B1, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D and DE are also recognised in other EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Standard format&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since 2013, all driving licences issued in the EU have a standard format – a &lt;strong&gt;plastic, credit card-sized photocard&lt;/strong&gt;, with better security features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can still use your old-style licence, but it will be changed to the new format when you renew it (or at the latest by 2033).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are over 110 European types of driving licence valid in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Validity in different EU countries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When your driving licence expires, you must renew it in the country where you have your usual residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your new licence may have a &lt;strong&gt;different validity period&lt;/strong&gt; and will be subject to any restrictions or conditions that apply in your new country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recognition of EU driving licences issued in exchange for a non‑EU licence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have an EU driving licence that was issued in exchange for a non‑EU licence, and you wish to move to another EU country with your converted licence, you should be aware that your new licence &lt;strong&gt;may not be recognised&lt;/strong&gt; there. This is up to each EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T15:53:49.630" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T15:53:49.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11673" CreationDate="2017-08-06T15:29:47.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Money received as a gift might not be income, under the IRS rules. In general, income is money received for work or through investments. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/income-from-abroad-is-taxable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS is very clear: income from abroad is taxable&lt;/a&gt;, for both resident aliens and US citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your individual circumstances will determine whether you need to consult a tax attorney to ensure that you are reporting accurately and within the law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T15:29:47.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-06T15:53:35.800" Score="3" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an IT Professional with 12+ years of experience and hold an MBA degree from India and my wife is also an MBA degree holder and homemaker with no work experience. Currently, we are in the US on L1 visa and would like to apply for Express Entry to Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should both of us appear for IELTS and apply for ECA (degree validation) separately?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be the primary applicant (owing to the work experience) but my wife also intends to work once we move to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to apply for Express Entry separately or should we apply together, as a couple?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13286" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-06T16:25:30.350" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T02:07:20.597" Title="How should a couple apply for Express Entry when both qualify?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2444" CreationDate="2017-08-06T16:21:40.730" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As was noted, the retirement annuity pension is the only portion of the social security benefits that you may be able to claim. In order to determine whether you are entitled to cash out those contributions, you would need to contact the pension authorities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_1/LaSeguridadSocial/Quienessomos/InstitutoNacionalde29413/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instituto Nacional de Seguridad Social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social&lt;br&gt;&#xA;C/ Padre Damián, 4-6&lt;br&gt;&#xA;ES - 28036 MADRID&lt;br&gt; &#xA;Tel: +34 915 68 83 00&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain and India do not have a bilateral social security agreement, and one would have to have contributed to the pension scheme for 15 years to qualify for an annuity pension or lump sum payout, and at a certain age. To understand the implications of early withdrawal (e.g., taxes, penalties), you may wish to seek expert advice on what applies to your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T16:21:40.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-06T16:39:52.603" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;2 months ago, I was refused entry at the border due not meeting the General Visitor requirements Section 4.2. I was told I was not banned from re-entry to UK and my refusal letter makes no mention of a re-entry ban. The refusal letter summarises that I am being refused entry because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4oFFi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4oFFi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T1lcr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T1lcr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no mention of a re-entry ban in the letter as I have seen in other refusal letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now applied for the New Zealand Working Holiday Visa. I was asked to explain my refusal in the UK which I did by describing what happened and sending a scan of my refusal letter as well as my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They replied asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Please advise if you have been prohibited from re-entering the UK. We would appreciate if you could provide any supporting document confirming that you have not been banned from entering the UK again within 04 August 2017.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already supplied them with the complete refusal letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there another way I can explain or show that I am not barred re-entry to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13273" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T17:24:09.963" Title="How can I explain to New Zealand that I am not barred re-entry to UK?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-06T22:55:50.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11678" CreationDate="2017-08-06T17:24:09.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If what you have provided is insufficient to satisfy the authorities in New Zealand, you may wish to make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580093/SAR_Form_Dec_2016.docx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Subject Access Request (SAR)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Request your personal data from UK Visas and Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Data Protection Act 1998 determines how we process personal data (information relating to living people). The act means you can ask to access the information we hold about you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These requests are called subject access requests. You should expect a response from us within 40 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T17:24:09.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9469" CreationDate="2017-08-06T19:43:12.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've understood correctly: under proof of address, it requires a separate document for &lt;strong&gt;each&lt;/strong&gt; of you). The &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; at end of each line means you would bring one, not all, as described in your example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need one proof of residence. Since she is not a permanent resident, she needs two: the bank statement, as you suggest, and the signed and dated letter from the property owner/proprietor where she has been staying which indicates how long she has been at their property and includes the property owner's name and address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, as you already know, she needs other documentation regarding her status in the country, passport, visa, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T19:43:12.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11252" CreationDate="2017-08-06T20:16:04.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: What ZAB is answering you is that given their initial screening of documents they will most likely not consider your degree equivalent to a German university degree.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That is also why they are asking you whether you really want to proceed with the process, given that the outcome would most likely be unfavorable to you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translate is unable to capture the subtleties of legalese/bureacratic German in their first paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eine erste Durchsicht Ihrer Unterlagen hat ergeben, dass es für Ihren Abschluss keine Entsprechung im Hochschulbereich gibt. Nach derzeitigem Stand wird die Bewertung Ihres Abschlusses voraussichtlich auf der Ebene eines deutschen Reifezeugnisses sowie Teilen eines Grundstudiums in Informatik erfolgen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the first sentence means, is that for your degree there is no &lt;em&gt;&quot;equivalence&quot;&lt;/em&gt; in the university sector and I read that as your degree not being equivalent to a German university degree (not even a bachelors).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The second sentence confirms this, saying that by their preliminary analysis they would most likely classify your degree as equivalent to a university system entrance diploma (&quot;Reifezeugnis&quot;, they mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochschulreife&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hochschulreife&lt;/a&gt;, which is obtained e.g. by &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany#Admission&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Abitur in the German education system&lt;/a&gt;) and parts of the initial phase (&quot;Grundstudium&quot; = basic study period) of a bachelor course in computer science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T20:16:04.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9387" CreationDate="2017-08-06T22:05:14.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.austria.org/residence-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austrian Press &amp;amp; Information Service&lt;/a&gt; (in the United States), the application for the residence permit must be &lt;em&gt;approved&lt;/em&gt; before you can enter (added emphasis mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence Permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you intend to stay in Austria for a period longer than 6 months, &lt;strong&gt;you must apply for a residence permit and not for an entry permit (visa)&lt;/strong&gt;. Residence permits are issued by the authorities in Austria. They are solely issued for stays that exceed six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE NOTE&lt;/strong&gt; that you must file your application for a residence permit with the Austrian Embassy or Consulate General before you actually leave for Austria. In general, &lt;strong&gt;you are not allowed to go to Austria as long as your application has not been approved&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE NOTE&lt;/strong&gt; that visa-free travel under the visa-waiver program is limited to 90 days out of any 180 days within the entire Schengen territory! To avoid having to leave Austria because a residence permit is not completed within the visa-free period (90 days), we recommend applying for a residence permit before leaving for Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The residence permit, once issued, is to be picked up at the issuing authority in Austria. Part of the fee is payable at the time of the application and part of the fee at the time of the pick-up in Austria. In addition, (almost) all non-EU or non-EFTA citizens who both apply for a residence permit and intend to stay in Austria for more than 24 months must sign an Integration Agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T00:42:00.367" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T00:42:00.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11676" CreationDate="2017-08-07T02:07:20.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply as the primary applicant because you'll be able to get more points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the application is approved, both of you will get permanent residence and the right to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should both take the IELTS and have your degrees assessed because your maximum point totals are reduced because of your spouse, but depending on her scores and degree, she can make up the at least some of the points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless she has a job offer already, it's unlikely she would get enough points as  solo applicant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of points&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T02:07:20.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11522" CreationDate="2017-08-07T11:39:54.053" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you are asking if any further registration will be required, the question will be &quot;what for&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to your right to live in Germany indefinitely, the &quot;Anmeldung&quot; will indeed be all you need being a EU citizen. (Whatever will happen after Brexit when left aside.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think two other subject areas which come to mind include&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Healthcare&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would actually have the same questions if you were a German national living in Germany and working for an Itallian employer, by the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to taxation, the rule of thumb is: All your income worldwide is taxable in Germany. In case you pay any taxes on your italian income in Italy, google for &quot;Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen&quot;, which basically means that income shouldn't be taxed twice, but that does not mean that you will not have to deal with the German Finanzamt. You probably have to file an income tax report in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to healthcare, if you live in Germany I assume you want to see a doctor in Germany in case or be treated in a German hospital, which basically means you'd probably want to have German health insurance, unless you will have an italian health insurance through your employer which will cover expenses in Germany as well, but I'd be surprised if that would work out indefinitely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU Social Security and especially Health Insurance is a quite complex subject so it will be hard to tell to what treatments you would be entitled for in Germany with an Italian health insurance. Also you would have to convince the doctor or hospital in each and every case that you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you have been given a plastic card to proof your membership in Italian health insurance, check if the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=509&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eurpean Health Insurance Card&lt;/a&gt; is integrated on the backside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another approach might be to have the so-called &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/social-security-forms/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;S1 form&lt;/a&gt; issued by your italian health insurance provider, but you should double-check your entitlement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of experience, also be warned that the rights you have on paper and actually claiming them may be two different things and claiming your rights might at least be a time consuming process and not ad-hoc when needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastEditorUserId="13271" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T12:18:27.657" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:18:27.657" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7429" CreationDate="2017-08-07T11:48:08.837" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What matters most is whether your parents were still considered Portuguese citizens at the time of your birth and apparently, that wasn't the case. Proving they come from Goa might have allowed your parents to reclaim Portuguese citizenship if they became Indian citizens in 1961 but&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it would not necessarily make you, their children, Portuguese citizens and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's not what happened, by your telling they renounced their Portuguese citizenship voluntarily to become Pakistani citizens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I don't know Portugal's colonial history very well but not every resident in a European colony was a “citizen” as far as the laws of the colonial power were concerned (that distinction is a big part of what makes a colony a colony), that would also be something else to check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T11:48:08.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8995" CreationDate="2017-08-07T11:50:23.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most contracts will have a trial period, which you can use too (write a letter citing the relevant clause, you can legally walk out immediately). If not, the default notice period is one month. The fact that you did not start working does not matter, it's one month from notifying your intent in writing, not one month after the intended start date of your employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, the one-month notice means you have to show up for a few days/weeks and you don't do that, your employer could in principle sue you for damages (how much they can reasonably claim and how realistic this is, I have no idea). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T11:50:23.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="77" CreationDate="2017-08-07T12:34:32.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Talking about the 185 days rule one has to distinguish between renewing a license and obtaining a license for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live in Germany for &gt; 185 days (the date of your &quot;Anmeldung&quot;) and you &lt;strong&gt;make&lt;/strong&gt; your driving license for the first time (i.e. pass the examn) in Bulgaria, your license will not be valid in Germany. I also won't be valid if you make it in any other EU country, by the way. The rules have become quite strict to stop what was called &quot;Driver's License Tourism&quot; where formerly German people who lost their license for whatever reason just made a new one from sratch in the Czech republic for example. (There used to be agencies who arranged everything for you.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of cases where people who's background is in another EU country just didn't want to make their driving license in Germany because the cost is about 5 times what it costs in Bulgaria, then went to the German Führerscheinstelle and wanted to exchange their license into a German one. They came back with a huge sticker on their bulgarian license saying &quot;Not valid in Germany.&quot; But again, this is about when you were granted the license initially, not about renewal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check your license. On the front it says when the license document got issued, on the back it will list when you were granted each class.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:34:32.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7080" CreationDate="2017-08-07T12:48:51.617" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You write &quot;the regulations state that the job that a foreign student graduated from a Germany university can take &quot;should be related to his/her field of study&quot;. What regulations are that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the regulation under which you are currently allowed to live and study in Germany is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__16.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 16 Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG)&lt;/a&gt; in your case, I cannot find any regulation as to &lt;strong&gt;what field&lt;/strong&gt; you are allowed to work in. It just states that you may not work for more then 120 days / year as a general rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Believe it or not, law is more logical in Germany than one may think. Just get used to asking youself what the abuse of a law mihght be and you usually understand better what the idea behind a law is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case it's: If they would allow you to work full-time 365 days a year, please could easily circumvent any working visa and just register as a student in a German university (which would by the way provide some more goodies) but never actually study at all. It would take at least one year, in practice rather 2-3 years before the university would kick you out and as a result you'd loose your visa. And this is what they don't want. On the other hand they don't want to limit to opportunity to study to those who bring enough money to sustain their living in Germany for several years without any income. Thus the compromise that they allow you to work for 120 days / years which will hopefully be enough to cover your cost and leaves enough time for actually studying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T12:48:51.617" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-07T13:20:46.007" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software developer with a year of experience in &lt;strong&gt;Full Stack Web Development&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Android Development&lt;/strong&gt;. Because of some reasons, I wish to travel to the &lt;strong&gt;Philippines&lt;/strong&gt; and work there. I have applied for many companies but I am being rejected on the grounds of visa sponsorship.&#xA;My question here concerns what all should I do to get a job there so that I can pursue my career in the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just need to know slight about expats in the Philippines, the companies open to expats and what all are the top skills and requirements needed to work there and be successful.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13292" LastEditorUserId="13292" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T16:29:46.193" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T16:29:46.193" Title="How to pursue my IT career in the Philippines?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-08T02:39:42.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11690" CreationDate="2017-08-07T13:36:40.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If no Philippine company will sponsor you under 'pre arranged employment', do you have enough capital to enter as a businessman?&#xA;If your reasons (not stated in your post) to go there are to do with family, can the family member either recommend you to an employer, or could you get a spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T13:36:40.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11598" CreationDate="2017-08-07T14:49:43.987" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since UK doesn't come under Schengen area you are good. Be sure to show adequate employment proof and a detailed itinerary with focus on your return to continue your work in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had applied for a Schengen visa and got rejected the first time around because I didn't produce any proof of my then vocation (pursuing a full time master's degree in India) and since I said I was unemployed + traveling alone, all the red flags for illegal immigrant checked right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Schengen visa countries are interested in your legal reasons tying your return to your home country so they don't have to deal with another illegal immigrant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10482" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T14:49:43.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10171" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:19:16.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember receiving my letter and it had the exact instructions on how to reschedule your appointment if you cannot make it. So you need to just get a copy of your letter to check for those instructions. Infact that is the exact response that the USCIS website has as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://my.uscis.gov/helpcenter/article/what-happens-if-i-can-t-attend-my-scheduled-biometrics-appointment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://my.uscis.gov/helpcenter/article/what-happens-if-i-can-t-attend-my-scheduled-biometrics-appointment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just refer to that letter and follow those instructions accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;The above link is no longer available. &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20180221172050/https://my.uscis.gov/helpcenter/article/what-happens-if-i-can-t-attend-my-scheduled-biometrics-appointment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is an archive, but note it may no longer be relevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-03-15T12:35:49.170" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T12:35:49.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:25:10.003" Score="3" ViewCount="651" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen. I lived in the Netherlands for a few years but left months ago. In a few weeks I'll be moving to another country outside of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never closed my Dutch bank account. I like my bank, I'm happy with their service and their low fees. I have some savings (above 21K). I would like to keep using that account from abroad for as many years as possible, have my monthly income paid on that account etc. Can I do that if I'm not a Dutch national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how can I pay tax for the interest rates I get from my savings? Note that the last tax return I had to do was for the year 2016, and (I think) I don't have to do my taxes in the Netherlands again since I wasn't a resident after that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13295" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T12:57:15.927" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T12:57:15.927" Title="Can former expats in the NL keep their Dutch bank account if they move abroad and how do they pay taxes on interest?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10486" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:42:06.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have actually used the lawyers myself. I have experienced both the good and bad of it. My frank recommendation is it can go either way. A quick recommendation is to use this site - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avvo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.avvo.com/&lt;/a&gt; to check the lawyers recommendations to find a good lawyer that can work with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the lawyers fee a flat fee? For an application type thing it usually is, unless you need the lawyer on a retainer basis. That happens in cases which keep going on for many years and you need to keep following up on filings. I would just be upfront with them and ask for the detailed information, how much they would charge, how much time they would take. Just get a complete idea of how they will work your case. If possible do not pay the whole money in advance, spread it out through the process.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In terms of immigration I usually like to err on the side of caution. I was advised by others that I was overdoing it by going to the lawyers etc but these were the same people who had done immigration mistakes by not consulting the professionals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would ask myself how important is it for you to immigrate to the US. if this is something you are ok with that gets delayed due to any filing mistakes or misunderstanding and happy to do endless followups so be it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have heard of so many cases where a simple mistake drags the case forever.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus yes the lawyers do mess it up more often than not, so do your research. If possible get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tbls.org/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Board Certified lawyer&lt;/a&gt; which is specialized in your field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also all the free resources that I came along during my process I added to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://resources4allofus.blogspot.com/2017/08/immigration-related-assistance-free.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; here so feel free to take a look there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:42:06.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8947" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:48:04.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the government of India website for OCI application - &lt;a href=&quot;https://passport.gov.in/oci/welcome&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://passport.gov.in/oci/welcome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:48:04.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11073" CreationDate="2017-08-07T17:42:38.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, and a qualified yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as transfer of an H-1B, although some do refer to it as such. Nothing is transferred, not by one employer to another, and one doesn’t even have to know about the other. What moves from one to the other is the individual with the H1-B authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In actuality, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;new H1-B petition&lt;/a&gt; has to be filed the new employer, and it may be without the restriction of the cap. And, as with your previous filing, you would need to re-submit your documentation, as appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are already in the US on a non-immigrant visa as an employee of an international company with offices in both the US and abroad, you may want to seek the guidance of an immigration attorney in advance of a new petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T17:42:38.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6791" CreationDate="2017-08-07T18:21:48.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you may be able to get your own &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt; through employment, you may be unable to change your status within Germany. It can depend on conditions attached to your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) report on &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/EN/Publikationen/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Opportunities to change the residence title and the purpose of stay in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals usually need a residence title if they want to stay in Germany for a longer period of time. The issuance of a specific residence title and the rights and conditions attached to it depend on the purpose of the migrant’s stay. If the purpose of stay changes, the authorities will need to examine whether the residence title is still valid or can be extended, whether another type of residence title might be more appropriate or whether the rights and conditions linked to the residence title need to be changed due to the new purpose of stay. Changes of residence status may also be possible if the person in question has held a residence title for several years and meets certain other criteria to receive another one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not to say that you are unable to remain in Germany on your own, with an independent right of residence, and you would need to discuss your options through the authorities at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Willkommen/Aufenthalt/aufenthalt-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BAMF&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T18:21:48.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6560" CreationDate="2017-08-07T18:55:07.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As is noted by @Gala, &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU driving licences&lt;/a&gt; are recognised throughout the EU. Norway is EEA, not EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vegvesen.no/en/driving+licences/About+Driving+licences/foreign-driving-licences-in-norway/issued-outside-the-eu-eea/driving-in-norway&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Statens Vegvesen, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Driving with driving licences issued in non-EU/EEA c&lt;/strong&gt;ountries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may use your driving licence from any country for up to three months, during both temporary and permanent stays in Norway. The driving licence must be valid, and the Norwegian age requirements must be met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An international driving licence is required as a supplement to some driving licences. If you are not sure if your driving licence can be used in Norway without additional documentation, we recommend that you get an international driving licence pursuant to the Geneva or Vienna conventions (grey booklet with white pages) before you come to Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons who work for travelling circuses or fun fairs, and who have valid work permits, may use their national driving licence in Norway for up to six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vegvesen.no/en/driving+licences/About+Driving+licences/foreign-driving-licences-in-norway&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign driving licences in Norway&lt;/a&gt; as to how it applies to those with EU/EEA licences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In Norway, separate rules apply for driving licences issued in EU/EEA countries and driving licences issued in non-EU/EEA countries. There is also a difference between the right to drive in Norway with the foreign driving licence, and the right to exchange it for a Norwegian driving licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T18:55:07.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9978" CreationDate="2017-08-07T19:30:00.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/85932/what-visa-does-an-australian-need-to-complete-an-unpaid-internship-in-new-york&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt; site accepted answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to stay as a visitor in the United States over 90 days you need a B1/B2 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The volunteer situation is well described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/47943/is-volunteer-work-allowed-in-the-us-while-visting-under-the-vwp&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/47943/is-volunteer-work-allowed-in-the-us-while-visting-under-the-vwp&lt;/a&gt; (VWP or B1/B2 is the same):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most significant restriction is that you can only volunteer to do things that are normally done on a voluntary basis, i.e. without pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also can't do &amp;quot;anything that would benefit a commercial enterprise&amp;quot;, and there are restrictions on things like unpaid internships. However assuming that the Planetary Society of Pasadena is a not-for-profit you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See links at that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, and understand that I am not an USCIS officer and I do not even play one on TV, you have a pretty solid case to get this visa if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you can provide credible proof you have enough funds for a stay in New York this long. At least $20 a night for accommodation (expect to live in a cupboard under the stairs) and at least $10 to eat a day (hope you like ramen, anything better will be rare at $10). A more realistic number is $50 a day, at least. So 3000 or rather 5000 USD at 100 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the organization provides a letter, preferably notarized, stating their intent towards your placement and their non-profit status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:30:00.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8194" CreationDate="2017-08-07T19:37:21.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the USCIS rules and regulations I do not see that. I know that different universities kind of differ in their CPT rules though. You can always quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-correct-form-i-9/complete-section-1-employee-information-and-attestation/foreign-students#nonimmigrant%20status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page to the International students office and your department head and ask for more clarifications. Quoting from the page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An F-1 nonimmigrant student may begin CPT after the Designated School Official (DSO) has completed the Form I-20 endorsement page. CPT is any alternative work/study, internship, cooperative education, or other type of required internship or practicum that is offered by sponsoring employers through cooperative agreements with the school. CPT must be an integral part of an established curriculum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;F-1 nonimmigrant students participating in CPT must present the following three documents to establish identity and employment authorization: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unexpired foreign passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Form I-20 with the DSO’s endorsement for employment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Form I-94 or Form I-94A indicating F-1 nonimmigrant status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:37:21.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7544" CreationDate="2017-08-07T19:41:53.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all kudos to you on finding the job before applying for OPT. Most students always do vice versa and end up in not such a good situation. Since the regulations state &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may apply for OPT up to 90 days before your final semester ends,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would just take the worst case scenario and give the 90th date. By the way the obvious red flag there is the contract part. I would thoroughly check on what the contract is about. Remember contracts in US vs what some are signed in the other countries are different. So read closely anything before you sign. Also you can ask to include the clause there that this is pending receipt of OPT as issued by USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:41:53.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9240" CreationDate="2017-08-07T19:53:13.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Change of names post marriage for wives is a practice commonly followed outside US. In the US though it is commonly accepted if the wife does not change her name post marriage. It certainly though makes it easier from the process perspective and also builds confidence in the minds of visa officer if the name change occurs. Could not find anything in this regards on the USCIS website, although found some information about documentation on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-For-a-Dependent-Visa#Applying_for_an_H-4_Visa_Outside_the_U.S._sub&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other&lt;/a&gt; site which does not indicate anything about the name change&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T19:53:13.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6682" CreationDate="2017-08-07T20:02:06.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you certainly may, and it is not uncommon that parents contribute to student expenses, whether in whole or in part. As you do, you would want to your relationship to be documented within your application, that these are your parents and that the funds are available to you. If monies come from other relatives, it needs to be clear that the money is set aside for your exclusive use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What might be helpful, although not required, could be for your parents to pay the program fees/tuition, which often must be done in advance of visa consideration and issuance. That done, your own funds would likely be more than enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, for a thorough understanding of bank statements in relationship to visa applications, read &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/66104/should-i-submit-bank-statements-when-applying-for-a-uk-visa-what-do-they-say-ab&quot;&gt;What is the Purpose of Bank Statements&lt;/a&gt; on our sister site, Travel Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:02:06.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6976" CreationDate="2017-08-07T20:02:38.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are very standard questions in the job process. As a former F1 student myself, I would advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) If hired, can you furnish proof that you are eligible to work in&#xA;  the country where the job resides? -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer here would always be yes, cause without the eligibility proof there is no way you could start work anyways. The OPT serves as that proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for an&#xA;  immigration-related employment benefit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is a more trickier question. I believe the engineering OPT's now are about 36 months long. If the employer does like you and keeps you around for that long, they wont care whether you need sponsorship or no. They will find a way to keep you around. I know of great candidates who have missed out on opportunities because of the wrong response to this question. So leave it to you on this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:02:38.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6028" CreationDate="2017-08-07T20:05:07.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;F1 regulations are quite strict and many conditions need to be followed there. So it may not be straightforward. You can always transfer to another university but then only a certain amount of credit may be transferred.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would look in to the definition of &quot;visit&quot;, as long as you are maintaining the required load and following regulations of your current university and department you are fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:05:07.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9152" CreationDate="2017-08-07T20:22:14.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no law restricting you to get married while on a H1b visa (As far as I know)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apply for Passport&lt;/strong&gt; :   Can she do this before getting married? Generally wife needs to change her last name after marriage. Will this be an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not sure how soon you are going to do this but I believe between getting the passport and applying for visa etc will take a while. Name change usually should not be an issue as per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/H4-Visa-Is-it-mandatory-for-my-name-to-be-included-in-my-wifes-Indian-passport-for-her-to-obtain-an-H4-as-dependent-on-me-I-have-H1B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;quora&lt;/a&gt; answer here. Although read online for recent visa experiences on immihelp.com specially.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apply for Visa&lt;/strong&gt; : Once we get the passport she will apply for H4 visa. ( H4 visa am I right here? ).  Can this process be initiated before marriage?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H4 visa is the dependent visa - how would she be dependent on you if she is not even related to you, so I do not think so you can start the process before. I mean you can get the documentation in order. But take a look at the [checklist] and other one &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/h4-visa-documents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.h1bwiki.com/how-to-apply-for-h4-visa-documents-checklist/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She would need a letter from your employer,Wedding invitation card etc. If you are going to no longer be in work status after September, unsure how her dependent visa will be approved post September?&#xA;3. &lt;strong&gt;Flight Tickets&lt;/strong&gt; : If all goes well and she gets the visa then get flight tickets. :)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan to stay in the country then may need to focus on your status first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Personal opinion based on H1b visa holder myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T20:22:14.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8914" CreationDate="2017-08-07T21:03:03.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.easylaw.go.kr/CSM/SubCnpclsCmd.laf?csmSeq=720&amp;amp;ccfNo=4&amp;amp;cciNo=2&amp;amp;cnpClsNo=6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EasyLaw Korea&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=32750&amp;amp;lang=ENG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Statutes of the Republic of Korea (in English)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=32750&amp;amp;lang=ENG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Draft-age males&lt;/a&gt; who acquire Korean nationality must &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.easylaw.go.kr/CSM/SubCnpclsCmd.laf?csmSeq=720&amp;amp;ccfNo=4&amp;amp;cciNo=2&amp;amp;cnpClsNo=6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;complete or be exempted from military service&lt;/a&gt;. In Korea, dual nationality is not allowed, so those who acquire &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.easylaw.go.kr/CSM/SubCnpclsCmd.laf?csmSeq=720&amp;amp;ccfNo=4&amp;amp;cciNo=1&amp;amp;cnpClsNo=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South Korean nationality&lt;/a&gt; by naturalization are expected to forfeit their foreign nationality within six months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T13:24:54.243" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T13:24:54.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10987" CreationDate="2017-08-07T21:29:54.007" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can come and go, right up until the time of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/520300/curtailment_v15_0_ext_clean_a.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;curtailment of your Tier 2 visa&lt;/a&gt;. Upon curtailment by UKVI, you would be notified of the period of time in which you have to leave the UK. (UKBA was superseded by UK Visa and Immigration in 2013).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you note, you were given 90-days notice, and that your employer informed UKVI at the same time. Once UKVI is notified of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/300948/CoC__Migrant__04-14.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Change of Circumstances&lt;/a&gt;, it will then curtail your leave from the date of its decision. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take care, however, as you do: during garden leave, you continue to be fully bound by your employment conditions and you may need to notify your employer of your plans, or lack of availability by absence from the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T23:15:28.837" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T23:15:28.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11716" CreationDate="2017-08-07T22:22:43.507" Score="2" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;When UKBA say exchange rate for savings of £62500 has to match the amount in £ if the savings are in foreign currency, on the date of the application...what does it mean? Is it the date I submit my spouse visa application online or when I hand in my file and do biometrics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12083" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T13:06:47.293" Title="When UKBA say exchange rate for savings of £62500 has to match the amount in £ on the date of the application...what does it mean?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11714" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-07T22:38:12.643" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian who has accepted an offer in Germany. My visa is being processed, but if the visa is processed after the start date I'm unsure what I can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to work remotely for them while physically outside of Europe, or is this against the rules? I haven't found anything very clear on this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, in the past I have invoiced US customers for consulting from my Canadian corporation. Would I be able to do something similar to that in for DE? Perhaps I may need to register for business taxes there also, but I suspect it may be possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13301" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T16:58:37.553" Title="Working remote while waiting for a visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11713" CreationDate="2017-08-08T02:35:03.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;, in order to qualify for any family settlement visa (spouse, fiance, family dependent etc.), you must meet the financial requirements – by earning above the Income Threshold. You can do this by earning a minimum of £18,600 annually, or by having a minimum of £62,500 in cash savings (and you are allowed to combine your income with cash savings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using savings to meet the requirements, the full £62,500 must have been in the bank account for 6 months before applying for the visa (and then there is no income requirement). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that full amount must be in your bank account for six months, is there on the date you complete the online application, and continues to be there when you turn in your file and have your biometrics done, and is there when UKVI reviews and makes its determination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the funds not be in GBP, on the day of your online application, check your savings account and verify that it equals £62,500, according to that day's exchange rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T02:35:03.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11500" CreationDate="2017-08-08T09:01:13.663" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found that the times for the resident card are now longer. I don't know if it is normal, but I think that maybe the problem is the amount of requests due to the Brexit is increased. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can call to the Home Office: 0300 123 2241 but probably they will say only that your case is being processed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the Home Office send you a letter or an E-mail, they always give an ID. This ID can be used to track the application in this page: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10577" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T09:01:13.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6792" CreationDate="2017-08-08T10:16:28.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your unresolved debt will for sure not be a problem when it comes to your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may indeed cause you a problem when it comes to anything financial services in Germany (bank account, credit card) or if you want to let a flat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a central credit history register in Germany called Schufa (mentioned in one comment above). If you did not pay your bill, the question is if the company reported you to Schufa or not. The only way to tell is to get an excpert of the data they stored about you, though this may not be easy from abroad and if you don't read German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other problem there is: Let's assume you pay to close the case. It will stay on your Schufa records for three full years, unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; cause you problems if a landlord asks you to present a Schufa certificate, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T10:16:28.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-08T10:47:05.680" Score="2" ViewCount="325" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US/DE dual national living in NL for over a decade now. However, I only have a US driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to exchange my US license for an EU (DE) one? Ordinarily, the Europeans don't recognize the validity of the US licenses for stays over than six months. However, perhaps as an EU citizen the situation is different. I hope so…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13304" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T11:48:12.347" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T12:09:30.740" Title="US/EU dual national wants to exchange US driver's license for a European one" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-08T11:25:54.770" Score="4" ViewCount="745" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Ghanaian married to a Dutch woman for the past 6 years. We are currently living in the UK (since September, 2013) and so have successfully passed the test of 3 years continuous living together that is required in order for me to apply for the Dutch nationality. The only outstanding issue on the checklist is that of having evidence of Civic integration diploma or other proof of civic integration. Since we are living in the UK, I can only sit for the Civic Integration Exams abroad at the Dutch embassy in London. When I tried to register for this exams, it states that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is NOT the exam you need to do in order to apply for Dutch&#xA;  nationality&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now at a loss since the other civic integration exam can only be taken within the Netherlands. What are my options? Should I just go ahead with the exams here in the UK and submit it as &quot;other proof of civic integration&quot;. Has anyone ever applied for the Dutch nationality through this route before? Any pointers will be really appreciated. I have been calling the Dutch immigration service number but I get no response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13294" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T12:06:35.360" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T11:26:54.093" Title="Applying for the Dutch nationality (through naturalisation) outside of the Netherlands - which civic integration exams?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11721" CreationDate="2017-08-08T12:04:25.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think so. Residence can have all sorts of consequences but I am not aware of any driving-licence-related law that makes a distinction based on citizenship and official Dutch sources like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rdw.nl/Particulier/Paginas/Rijden-met-een-buitenlands-rijbewijs.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RDW&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/rijbewijs/vraag-en-antwoord/mag-ik-met-mijn-buitenlandse-rijbewijs-in-nederland-aan-het-verkeer-deelnemen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rijksoverheid.nl&lt;/a&gt; explicitly specify that what you may or may not do with foreign licenses depends on where they were obtained and how long you are staying but don't mention citizenship at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the EU, your country of residence is solely responsible for all driving licence-related matters. It should not be possible to take the exam or exchange the licence in Germany while living in the Netherlands and, should you nonetheless manage it, the RDW explicitly says that you would not be allowed to drive in the Netherlands with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rdw.nl/Particulier/Paginas/Rijbewijs-uit-%28niet-EU%2cEVA%29-land-geschikt-voor-omwisseling.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exchange a US licence for a Dutch driving license either&lt;/a&gt;, the only solution is to pass the theory and driving exams again in the Netherlands. And even if you would live in Germany for some time and exchange your licence for a German one in that time, I am not sure the Netherlands is necessarily bound to recognise it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T12:09:30.740" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T12:09:30.740" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10590" CreationDate="2017-08-08T14:14:14.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are an EU citizen (which is possible as you have an European ID Card) you might be able to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European passport return service&lt;/a&gt;. It's available if at least one of you is an EEA Citizen, in which case you can go to a local authority and show your passports, which they will copy, send to the Home Office and then give back to you. This would mean you can both apply for the appropriate Visas, and still have your passport with you while they process the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T14:14:14.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11722" CreationDate="2017-08-08T14:27:38.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;By my reading of &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/Nederlanderschap/Paginas/Naturalisatie.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the requirements&lt;/a&gt;, your three-year marriage excuses you from the requirement to have lived in the Netherlands for five years, but it does not excuse you from the requirement to hold a valid Dutch residence permit at the time of your application for naturalization.  In other words, you cannot take the integration test outside the Netherlands because you cannot be naturalized outside the Netherlands.  (The only exception I can see to that appears to apply to citizens of Suriname.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to establish Dutch residency with your wife and then immediately apply for naturalization.  I haven't thought that through, however, so I have no idea what complications might arise if you intend to move back to the UK immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than calling the Dutch immigration service, you should try the Dutch consulate responsible for your place of residence.  If I'm wrong, and you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; able to apply for naturalization while abroad, the consulate would be the office responsible for accepting the application.  They will therefore know what options are available to you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T14:27:38.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9" CreationDate="2017-08-08T14:29:13.690" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can Confirm that Ford, Jeep and others will only lease until your Visa Expiry. Mine was a 3 year visa and I could not obtain a 3 year lease once I had arrived. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stay away from IntlAutosource. Their rates for leases are uncompetitive and they gave me a lot of spiel about the rates on manufacturer websites being unavailable. The only benefit I saw was that I could get a 3 year lease. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Credit score is not an issue, as an expat they look past your lack of history but require lots of documentation to prove you have the job you say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time of writing with the 2018 models coming out there appear to be lots of great deals. Chevrolet has great 24 month lease offers on Traverses and other vehicles. (at the time of writing, Early August 2017)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13305" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T14:29:13.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11714" CreationDate="2017-08-08T16:53:23.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot work as an employee for them, if you don't have a working permit, which is included in your visa. Simply put you won't have a German tax-id and they need that to set up all the paperwork. Doing it without would be illegal on &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, if you can legally invoice customers in Canada (paying taxes in Canada etc), the German company might just accept your Canadian invoices. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, setting that up on their part will most likely be too much of a mess for the German company. They won't do it for just a few weeks. Keep them informed about the status of your visa application, so they know what is happening. Ask them to postpone your start date to the day you are actually able to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a little context info: German working contracts have long notice periods. Nobody expects you to start &lt;em&gt;tomorrow&lt;/em&gt; at a German company. Only unemployed people or expensive consultants could do that. A notice period of 3 &lt;em&gt;months&lt;/em&gt; is not unlikely, 6 weeks is the &lt;em&gt;minimum&lt;/em&gt;. Waiting for a visa for a few weeks compared to German notice periods is &lt;em&gt;peanuts&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2017-08-08T16:58:37.553" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T16:58:37.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10676" CreationDate="2017-08-08T18:56:48.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where stated &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1412&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in French&lt;/a&gt; on the websites of consulates, documents need to be translated into French by a certified translator, must be originals and be apostilled or legalised, as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Les documents en langue étrangère doivent faire l’objet d’une traduction assermentée en français. Il doit par ailleurs s’agir d’originaux ou de copies certifiées conformes à l’original par les autorités locaux. Les documents doivent être apostillés ou légalisés.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://washington.consulfrance.org/spip.php?article974&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French Consulate in the US Nationality Department&lt;/a&gt; offers guidance on the process and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://washington.consulfrance.org/spip.php?article983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt; for enquiries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NB: The application files of CNF (Certificat de Nationalité Française) are to be sent directly to the Courts of Instance. e &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Each case is specific and the situations sometimes complex, the files are treated exclusively by appointment which it is necessary to take beforehand by e-mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official directives can be found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Service-Public.fr Le site officiel de l'administration française&lt;/a&gt; and on &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justice.fr/fiche/certificat-nationalit%C3%A9-fran%C3%A7aise-cnf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Justice.fr Direction de l'information légale et administrative&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T18:56:48.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11729" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11731" CreationDate="2017-08-08T21:33:26.050" Score="3" ViewCount="7732" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for the US F4 visa (Family Preference Immigrant Visa) 13 years ago for my sister and her family. Her case was approved in 2009. After that, we didn't hear anything for years until, finally, we received a letter last month (July 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says that it's time for us to collect all the documents and pay the fees. However, when they sent the invoice to me it only names my sister and her spouse, not her children. At the time I applied, her boys wore 10 and 14 years old; now, both are over 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what to do. I called the National Visa Center and was told that the Embassy makes the decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What, if anything, can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13306" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-11T14:46:10.477" LastActivityDate="2019-10-14T18:44:32.983" Title="F4 visa was granted but my nephews aged out. What can we do?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8183" CreationDate="2017-08-08T21:57:13.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the expanded information for the Australia Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189-?modal=/Visas/supporting/Pages/skilled/english-language-ability.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English language ability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use one test result from any of the following English language test providers:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ielts.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International English Language Testing System (IELTS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Occupational English Test (OET)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/about&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://pearsonpte.com/testme&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/advanced/results/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cambridge Advanced English (CAE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Char&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Character&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are applying for temporary or permanent migration&#xA;  For the Australian Government to determine whether you are of good character, you might be asked to provide police certificates for each country you have lived in for 12 months or more, over the last 10 years (calculated immediately before the time the visa application is lodged), since turning 16 years of age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must declare all recorded offences to us. If you do not declare an offence and we become aware of this it might have a negative impact on your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I obtain a police certificate?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  For instructions on obtaining a certificate from an overseas government or law enforcement authority, refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Char&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant country information&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Heal/meeting-the-health-requirement/health-examinations#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Health examinations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What you need to do to meet the health requirement will depend on your personal circumstances and the visa that you have applied for. All permanent provisional and certain temporary visa applicants are required to undergo health examinations as part of the visa application process to determine if they meet the health requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you fail to meet the health requirement your visa may be refused, however this will depend on the visa subclass you have applied for. Some visa subclasses allow a health waiver to be exercised in certain circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Heal/meeting-the-health-requirement/health-examinations#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;table below outlines health examinations&lt;/a&gt;  that you and members of your family unit (if applying to migrate with you to Australia) will generally be required to undertake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T21:57:13.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11729" CreationDate="2017-08-08T21:57:23.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming the children are unmarried, whether they have aged out as derivative beneficiaries or not is determined by the formula in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). Specifically, the amount of time the petition was pending (time from when the I-130 petition was filed until it was approved) is subtracted from their age when determining whether they are under 21. To take advantage of the CSPA rules, they must &quot;seek to acquire&quot; the immigrant visa within 1 year of it becoming available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you filed 13 years ago, that was around 2004, and you said it was approved in 2009, so it was pending for about 5 years, in which case they haven't aged out as long as they're under 26 (this is approximate because we don't have exact dates; you should do the calculation with the exact dates). If they were 10 and 14 13 years ago, then they would be about 23 and 27 now, which means the younger one probably hasn't aged out, but the older one might have (again, you will need to do the calculation with the exact dates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure exactly how to contact them to add the younger child (and the older child if the calculation shows he hasn't aged out) to the case, but you can try writing a letter to NVC requesting a CSPA evaluation for the younger child, and to request an invoice to pay the fee for him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T21:57:23.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9515" CreationDate="2017-08-08T23:44:36.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gob.mx/tramites/ficha/cambio-de-residente-temporal-a-residente-permanente/INM823&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surviving Yucatan&lt;/a&gt; has an article with a good overview:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advantages and Disadvantages of Residente Permanente vs. Residente Temporal Immigration Permits for Mexico&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residente Permanente offers the ease of a single, one-time application/registration.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;There is only one payment needed for Residente Permanente vs. 4 years of Temporary Resident payments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residente Temporal card holders must change to Residente Permanente after four years of Temporary Residency anyway (or change to 6 month Visitor permits).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you have a Residente Permanente card, your Notary may approve you for the Home-owners exemption from paying the 25% gains tax on a future sale of your Mexican home – a potential savings of $10′s – $100′s thousands of dollars.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you are outside Mexico for part of the year, Residente Permanente keeps you from having to return to Mexico to deal with an expiring Residente Temporal card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residente Permanente allows you to work in Mexico, and to get an RFC from Hacienda.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Residente Permanente is a good stepping stone to becoming a Naturalized Citizen. Why?  If you have property under a Fidei Comiso, then getting Citizenship allows you to terminate the Fidei Comiso , saving you $ thousands in annual payments to the bank.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, while this article was posted in 2013, and the expat author chooses anonymity, the contents are current, e.g., with the most recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://yucalandia.com/answers-to-common-questions/new-rules-and-procedures-for-immigration-visiting-and-staying-in-mexico/#General&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;updates to Mexican immigration issues and rules&lt;/a&gt; published in June 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-08T23:44:36.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7994" CreationDate="2017-08-09T00:19:08.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your own link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.study-in.de/en/plan-your-studies/requirements/8000-euros-for-one-year_27533.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst&lt;/a&gt;, the German Academic Exchange Service, is under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.  The 8700 Euro is an estimate, based on the average amounts students need to cover food, accommodation, transportation, books, and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internationale-studierende.de/fragen_zur_vorbereitung/einreise/finanzierungsnachweis/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsches Studentenwerk&lt;/a&gt; confirms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to obtain a visa, you must prove that you can finance your studies. At least the first year of your studies must be fully funded. The German authorities assume a certain minimum amount that must be available in the month. At the moment this is 720 Euro per month, which is a total of 8640 Euro for the first year of study. However, higher proofs may also be required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there may be additional fees/tuition associated with Masters and PhD degrees and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/358/university-tuition-fees-and-living-costs-in-germany-low-cost-german-degrees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Masters Portal&lt;/a&gt; has resources to help you estimate what those might be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T00:19:08.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8173" CreationDate="2017-08-09T01:08:42.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After going through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portaleimmigrazione.it/ImmigrazioneNet/APR_Aggiornamento_CDS_en.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;process to renew your residency permit&lt;/a&gt;, it can take months for the card to be issued. Apply before leaving Italy, and make sure you keep the receipt from the post office or police department, confirming that you've applied for the new permesso. With a permesso that expires on the day of your return, and only a week before the expiration of your visa, you may have difficulty at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IATA (International Air Transport Association) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.timaticweb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Timatic&lt;/a&gt; database, used by airline check-in agents, notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Alien residents of Italy holding expired Residence Permits or a copy of an expired Residence Permit are permitted to re-enter Italy, provided also holding a receipt issued by the Italian Post Office or Police Department, confirming new permit has been applied for. Applications for renewal must be made within 60 days of expiring, otherwise immigration could refuse re-entry, even if holding confirmation of application. Holders [of] copies of an expired Residence Permit also require a statement, stating that they are holding a copy…”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is confirmed by Directive of the Italian Government’s Interior Ministry –&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A directive from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.poliziadistato.it/statics/31/carta_circular_9_8_06.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministero dell’Interno, 5 agosto 2006, N. Prot. 11050/M(8)&lt;/a&gt; states that one may leave and return to Italy with an expired Permesso di Soggiorno, as long as one has the receipt (ricevuta):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lo straniero in possesso del permesso di soggiorno, ancorché scaduto, e della ricevuta di presentazione dell’istanza di rinnovo, ha la facoltà di lasciare il territorio dello Stato e di farvi regolare rientro, alle condizioni più volte reiterate con le circolari del Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In translation: The foreigner who has the residence permit, even though it has expired, and the receipt of the renewal application, has the right to leave the territory of the state and to return, under the conditions stated previously within the Circulars of the Department of Public Affairs Safety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T01:08:42.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-09T06:26:42.877" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2007, My wife's uncle filled F4 immigration for my father-in-law. At that time she was 18years old. Now she is married to me and living with me in Canada. She doesn't have US visa. Now we are planning to apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In application there is question that did you ever apply for US immigration. In this situation what should I do? Mark yes or no. Because she was not primary applicant, just listed as a daughter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13307" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T09:41:11.157" Title="US visa application for tourist - listed in F4 application Of father" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11659" CreationDate="2017-08-09T08:42:11.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, I would for sure not quit your job unless you are sure you will receive the resident permit for self-employed work. Expect it to be a long process, depending on what kind of residence permit you have currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also be prepared to deal with one specific problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;German law knows the co-called &quot;Freie Berufe&quot; (which is meant by &quot;liberal professions&quot; in the link you provided. For most government officials in Germany this means medical doctors, lawyers and possibly architects, not necessarily &quot;IT people&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to IT people (I am one myself) you will find the term &quot;Engineer&quot; in the official list of &quot;liberal professions&quot; and will probably argue that what you are doing is &quot;like engineering&quot;. And you may be right with that, but you will have to proof it and explain it to people who will possibly not have the least idea what you are talking about and will use terms and ask questions which you may not understand. (And this will not be a German language problem.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To cut a long story short: A pretty high court has ruled that IT people may be engineers in the sense of the law on liberal professions. But you will at least have to demonstrate that you have gone through an education which is at least similar to that of an engineer, which usually means a university diploma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a final word from experience: Unless your experience is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; specific (like certified special aspects of SAP or similar) 700 EUR / day sound a lot to me. Expect rather 500 and you will not be disappointed in the end. Please also understand that this will be a gross income only for the days you will be working for a customer and you will have to cover all of your taxes and social security, pension plan and whatever other cost yourself. If you sell 180+ days / year at 500 EUR / day you will possibly be better of than the salary you receive now, but it's not as profitable as it may sound in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T08:42:11.890" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11696" CreationDate="2017-08-09T08:48:11.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can for sure keep your bank account even if you don't live in the Netherlands any more as long as your bank doesn't have any issues with a foreign address on the bank account. They will want to have an address of you where they could (at least theoretically) send smail mail to and IIUC they are even legally obliged to keep their customers address records updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's an entirely normal think for almost any bank to have foreign customers. And as banking is mostly online these days, you will have few practical problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About taxation: If you no longer live in the Netherlands, you will not be subject to taxation there any more. The bank may keep a so-called retention or withholding tax on the interest they pay you, so you may not receive 100% of your interest but only 80% or 75% in the first place. Usually you can claim the rest back, but the interest on 21K cannot be that much these days that it would be worth too much paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T08:48:11.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11735" CreationDate="2017-08-09T09:41:11.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When in doubt, disclose.  You will never get in trouble for including information about something you didn't need to include.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In this situation what should I do? Mark yes or no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark yes, and include as much information as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T09:41:11.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-09T10:25:46.660" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have given 1 month notice, so by my calculations HMRC will give me ~90-100 days to stay in the UK. While this happens I'm waiting for my new employer to organise the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/job-suitability&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;job suitability&lt;/a&gt; test and get the certificate of sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my legal time in UK expires, can I simply wait in any country, or will I need to go back to Australia for some paperwork (or biometrics)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While on my notice period I have a week or so of &quot;garden leave&quot;. Am I legally allowed to work the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/second-job&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;20hr 2nd job until&lt;/a&gt; at my new place up until I get the notice of visa termination from the HMRC?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="862" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T08:57:18.197" Title="Changing jobs from UK tier 2 to UK tier 2" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-09T12:24:56.817" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;A BBC article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40868315&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Irish vet's English fails Australian computer visa test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&lt;/strong&gt; talks about a speech test for residency visas in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It made me wonder, what if the applicant has a speech impediment that happens under stress, or rhotacism (difficulty in pronouncing the sound &lt;em&gt;r&lt;/em&gt;), or any other speech impediment? From how the article is written, there doesn't seem to be any leeway (or the availability of a non-computerized test).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13311" LastEditorUserId="13311" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T12:48:30.743" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T12:48:30.743" Title="What if someone is unable to pass the computerized speech test?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8065" CreationDate="2017-08-09T15:18:36.907" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The (kinda) new German &lt;em&gt;Personalausweis&lt;/em&gt; has two - separate - uses vaguely related to &quot;electronic signatures&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Online-Ausweisfunktion&quot; (on-line identification), also called eID (for &quot;electronic Identity&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.personalausweisportal.de/DE/Buergerinnen-und-Buerger/Der-Personalausweis/Funktionen/funktionen_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;[sic!]&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for one, you will indeed be asked, if you want to use this feature. If you answer &quot;yes&quot; (and are old enough), you should get a &quot;PIN-Brief&quot; (PIN letter), containing &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a five digit PIN for final activation of the feature (which will have to be changed to a six digit one during activation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a PUK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a password for deactivating the eID in case you lose the card!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using this feature, anyone registered with and authorized by the German authorities can electronically &quot;ask&quot; the &lt;em&gt;Personalausweis&lt;/em&gt; for certain information (like name and age of the bearer - the need for each piece of information will have to be proven to the authorities) and get a signed response from it, thus knowing that the information is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Unterschriftsfunktion&quot; (digital signature)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use this, one has to acquire a singing certificate (subject to German &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signaturgesetz_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Signaturgesetz&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) from one of the authorized suppliers of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using this certificate, one can electronically sign things, which then have basically the same legal standing as physical documents under German law.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The services of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eservice-drv.de/OnlineDiensteWeb/init.do?npa=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; seem to need the eID functionality, &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the signature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, what you need to do is&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Locate your &quot;PIN-Brief&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the &quot;Transport-PIN&quot; therein to activate your eID and set a PIN&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the eID with your PIN to use the services you want.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Everything depends on you still having this letter, though.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update for the clarified intent of the question:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;After &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ePerso-eID-auch-ohne-PIN-Brief-freischaltbar-1150430.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;researching a little&lt;/a&gt; it seems clear that, at least technically, there is a possibility to &lt;strong&gt;activate the eID function without the &lt;em&gt;PIN-Brief&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/de/03__Konsulate/Miami/00/Personalausweis_20Elektronisch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page for the Generalkonsulat Miami&lt;/a&gt;, which I suppose is the correct one in this case, a &lt;em&gt;Personalausweis&lt;/em&gt; can be ordered there and the PIN can be set there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As they have the technical means to do this, you should be able to set your PIN, when you - personally - take your &lt;em&gt;Personalausweis&lt;/em&gt; to their location. You will probably have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://service2.diplo.de/rktermin/extern/choose_realmList.do?locationCode=miam&amp;amp;request_locale=de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;make a date&lt;/a&gt; for that and pay them dearly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The only two possibilities for changing a PIN seem to be &quot;with a valid PIN or Transport-PIN&quot; or &quot;on-site of a German &lt;em&gt;Personalausweisbehörde&lt;/em&gt;&quot;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though I'm quite confident that this information is correct, I'd still call them and ask, before driving there...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13312" LastEditorUserId="13312" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T07:05:04.510" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T07:05:04.510" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7911" CreationDate="2017-08-09T16:29:14.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany does not have a residency category which allows immigration to to care for an individual who is not related to you, and is not a minor. Proof of income is not specific to a category but a general requirement when applying for a residence permit, that you have sufficient income and/or financial resources&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Willkommen/Aufenthalt/WichtigeInformationen/wichtigeinformationen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Office for Migration and Refugees&lt;/a&gt; outlines the purposes for which a resident permit may be obtained.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The residence permit is issued for a limited period of time. It is granted to persons who:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;would like to undergo training in Germany (sections 16-17 of the Residence Act [Aufenthaltsgesetz]),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;would like to work in Germany (sections 18-21 of the Residence Act),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are entitled to remain in Germany for humanitarian or political reasons or under international law (sections 22-26 of the Residence Act),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are immigrating to Germany for family reasons (sections 27-36 of the Residence Act),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are foreign nationals and former Germans who would like to return to Germany (sections 37 and 38 of the Residence Act), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;hold a permanent right of residence in another Member State of the European Union (section 38a of the Residence Act).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sections under which caretaker, or caregiver, would be applicable are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Family Reunification (Sections 28 and 29 – spouse, parent or underage child) – For family members who want to enter Germany in order to join family already living in Germany. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Settlement Permit (Section 9) – This is the permanent residence permit, usually granted only after 5 years residence in Germany, and which requires a certain level of language proficiency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://germanlawarchive.iuscomp.org/?p=281&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence Act&lt;/a&gt;, as it describes settlement for the purpose of care (or care and custody, or personal care), is referring to minor children and/or their parents. It is not a visa category or employment under which one can emigrate to Germany, for either short- or long-term residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T16:29:14.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9663" CreationDate="2017-08-09T19:55:59.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The expanded text on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Withdrawing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Withdrawing General Skilled Migration Visa Applications&lt;/a&gt; is more helpful, with the additional examples of when &lt;em&gt;refunds are not.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Requesting a refund would be weighed against when in the process the application is withdrawn and what factors you wish considered. The department would determine whether or not your request merits a refund, either mandatory or discretionary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Refund of the Visa Application Charge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mandatory refund&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You may request a refund of the visa application charge, however there are very limited circumstances where the visa application charge must be refunded. These include the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your application was 'unnecessary' at the time it was made&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your application is made because of a mistake made by the department&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the applicant dies before a decision is made.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A mandatory refund is not available if you change your mind about continuing your visa application after it has been made. The visa application must have been unnecessary at the time it was made. The visa application will not be considered unnecessary if, for example, you no longer need a visa because you no longer want to migrate to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discretionary refund&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The visa application charge may be refunded, if the visa application is made because of a mistake by the applicant, for example the visa applicant mistakenly applies for the wrong type of visa. The application must clearly have been mistakenly made. The migration delegate has absolute discretion to make a discretionary refund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A refund will not be given in situations where you subsequently decide that the visa application was a 'mistake' because, for example you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;change your mind about continuing the application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not satisfy a criterion for visa grant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;claim it was a mistake to have applied because your visa application was unsuccessful (that is, you state that you would never have applied for this visa had you known your application would not be successful)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;consider in retrospect that you applied for the wrong class of visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can make a written request for a refund stating the reasons why you consider your application fee should be refunded when sending your withdrawal letter to the office processing your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T19:55:59.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11031" CreationDate="2017-08-09T21:07:46.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without pertinent details, it is difficult to know where to direct you to check on the status of the appeal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enquire about an appeal, or for more information about the appeals system, contact:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals/first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;PO Box 6987&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Leicester&lt;br&gt;&#xA;LE1 6ZX&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Email: customer.service@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Telephone: +44 (0) 300 123 1711&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that during the initial appeals process, roughly between 30-90 working days after filing, your cousin would have been given official written notice whether the appeal would be heard, by what court or tribunal, where and when. That should give you what you need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/search/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;locate that court/tribunal&lt;/a&gt; and address your enquiry directly to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T21:07:46.970" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8077" CreationDate="2017-08-09T23:37:24.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/be/visas-and-permits/Moving-to-Belgium-Guide-to-Belgian-visas-and-permits_100069.html#LongTermVisa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Expatica&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re already in Belgium – perhaps because you don't need an entry visa for less than three months, or you have a residence card for another purpose – you should apply at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.belgium.be/fr/adresses_et_sites/overview.jsp?f=YXV0aG9yaXR5TGV2ZWw9L1ZpbGxlcyBldCBjb21tdW5lcw==&amp;amp;s=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;local Belgian municipal administration offices/&lt;/a&gt;town hall (maison communale/gemeentehuis).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll need to complete an &lt;a href=&quot;https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/Documents/Application_for_a_visa_for_a_long_stay_in_Belgium.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application form for a long-stay visa in Belgium&lt;/a&gt;, and also supply originals and copies of other documents, which may include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a valid passport/travel ID document;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a work permit, proof of registration at an educational institution, marriage/civil partnership or birth certificates (if applicable);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof that you can support yourself during your stay;&#xA;  proof of accommodation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a medical certificate to prove that you don’t have any disease which could endanger public health;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a certificate to show you don’t have a criminal record.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The visa takes the form of a sticker in your passport/travel ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information, in English, references &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agii.be/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Agentschap Integratie &amp;amp; Inburgering&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T23:37:24.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11005" CreationDate="2017-08-10T00:26:30.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My plan and progression of study don't make any sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is key: regardless of how it was expressed in your first application, you should resolve what you want to study, where, and why. You’re in a Master’s program, halfway through, and you don’t intend to complete the program: you left your own country, was admitted to an institution in another, and are abandoning that pursuit. You admit here (if not in your application either for a visa or university) that you really want a Canadian Ph.D., pretending (as you say) that you would return to your home country after obtain a Master’s. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Academics and entry clearance officers are adept at critical thinking: if what you have shared here is any indication, those reviewing your visa application believe, rightly, that you're not being straightforward. Applying for a Master's program when you're already in one is a bit confusing. Prior to reapplying, you should solidify your academic and career path (and an incomplete Master’s program may not improve your chances of a favorable decision).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is my current employment situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’re unemployed, resigned because of stress, enrolled in school out of country, left your family behind, don’t plan to get a job any time soon. You should appreciate that these decisions may not contribute to a successful visa application. How do you support yourself and your family, where are the considerable funds required of applicant who wishes to study in Canada (approximately $24,000)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is my academic situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the Master’s, you’re pursuing be 'inferior' to that of Canada (or the US), do you wish to have any of that course work be accepted by a program in Canada? Do you plan to begin an entire Master’s program in Canada? Would that make you an attractive candidate to a Canadian university? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize all of this may be tough to read but, realistically, you would want address and remedy any significant shortcomings identified in your refusal before reapplication to Canada (or another country and institution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T00:26:30.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11740" CreationDate="2017-08-10T00:52:33.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you'll find the answer currently is in the article - it counts (for now) as a fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is disappointing and will (if true - the article implies that's just her theory) surely affect a lot of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as it stands it'd be just like a fail for any other reason. You can re-apply, appeal (in writing), or as she seems to be doing, apply for another visa which she is eligible for (obviously not an option for everyone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully if it was due to the voice recognition failure, hopefully the process will be improved / changed in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T00:52:33.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10034" CreationDate="2017-08-10T03:31:47.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for all the comments here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is that you have to apply from where the child physically is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of documents you have to send, according to the HMPO website and email service is extensive and complete overkill.  A &lt;em&gt;phone call&lt;/em&gt; to HMPO will get personalised advice on what you actually need to send.  In my case I did NOT need to send physical passports, though was advised that colour photocopies &quot;might help&quot;, which I did.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Application was turned around within a week without problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10710" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T03:31:47.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-10T04:52:44.407" Score="3" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will take up studies in the UK this fall. Everything I have read about using a car a couple of months ago suited me very well. I was certain that according to the following website, I could use a car with foreign number plates for up to twelve months as a student. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I just checked back some days ago and the text must have been changed. More precisely I am pretty sure the sentence went like this before &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You might be able to use a vehicle with foreign number plates for&#xA;  longer than 6 months if &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now goes like this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You might be able to use a vehicle with foreign number plates for&#xA;  longer than 6 months if &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, one would need to fulfill THREE criteria in order to be able to drive with foreign number plates for more than six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These would be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you normally live outside the EU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re in the UK for a set period as a student or worker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you claim relief from VAT and duty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then again, the website of the EU states something entirely different, namely that EU students that go on to study in the UK do not have to register at all and don't worry about anything for the duration of their studies. &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/united-kingdom/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/taxes/united-kingdom/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what the currently applied procedure is? And how would you proof this when stopped by the police in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, as a follow up question in case I have actually to change plates after 6 months: What would be the procedure and costs? I don't really find my way through the jungle of english bureaucracy..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13316" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T10:27:05.583" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T19:49:05.820" Title="Change in law? EU students and driving cars in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-10T08:34:49.880" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Venezuela and currently i'm looking forward to study abroad (it could be either Spain or USA) however  I'm really really scared because last year i had a pretty big problem at immigration on Lisbon's airport. I was traveling to Spain and I was going to stay at a friend's house however she never said anything to me about issuing me the invitation letter and I thinking that she had to paid for this letter, didn't think it was worth the inconvenience, therefore i brought a 7 day reservation to an hotel(i was staying in spain for two months). Anyway i entered Europe through Portugal, there they asked me how much money I was bringing to my vacation, and apparently the money that i had wasn't enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They interrogated me for HOURS asking me all kinds of questions, asking me to describe the places where i was going to travel while I was in Europe, what were my parent's profession, etc, etc. At the end, they told me that they were going to return me to my country because what i said didn't make sense. At that point, I told them that I was going to stay at my friend's house but i didn't have an invitation letter. They contacted my friend, she sent her documents and they let me go to Spain normally. At the end, I was never denied entry to Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I know that what happened had to stay in my passport's record and now that i'm planning to possibly study in Spain I'm really scared that they deny me the visa because of the incident. What can I do? Do you guys have any similar experiences? Can this influence in my application to a student's visa either to Spain or the US? Should I contact the immigration at the Lisbon airport and ask them whether what happened can influence my entry to other countries?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13318" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T12:01:54.973" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T12:01:54.973" Title="Will I be able to enter other country again?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-08-10T08:54:47.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you haven't forgotten or misunderstood anything, I don't see any reason to worry. In actual fact, even entry denials are not recorded or shared across EU countries. You would get a stamp in your passport and that would be all. There is no “passport record” where this information would be recorded, at least no Europe-wide record or database (conceivably Portugal might keep a record of that, especially if you were moved to a detention area, but that's all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be recorded in a database and therefore available to the Spanish authorities would be a visa revocation or annulment or a formal ban. But none of that seem to have happened here as you have in fact been granted entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any reason why you should volunteer any information about this interview either. Some visa application forms include a question like “Have you ever been refused entry or deported from any country?” but that's not your case, you have simply been granted entry after an interview that was a little more thorough than usual, no big deal really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T11:38:52.450" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T11:38:52.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11722" CreationDate="2017-08-10T10:55:28.157" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We finally got a response back from the Dutch embassy in London after over 2 weeks. The answer is this (I used Google translate as the response is in Dutch):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for your email of July 25, 2017. It is indeed confusing because&#xA;  there are two different exams are: the civic integration examination&#xA;  abroad and the integration examination for naturalization. The first&#xA;  should be completed when applying for a MVV, the second when one wants&#xA;  to apply for Dutch citizenship. The required level for the integration&#xA;  examination for naturalization (A2) is therefore higher than that of&#xA;  the basic integration examination (A1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The civic integration examination for naturalization can be taken both&#xA;  at the embassy in the Netherlands. If your husband wants to take the&#xA;  civic integration examination in the Netherlands, you can at the&#xA;  Office of Education website (DUO) find more information about this&#xA;  exam, costs and exam locations ( www.inburgeren.nl ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The exam will be taken at the embassy described in the brochure you&#xA;  consulted on the IND website, provided that the Spoken Dutch now&#xA;  called Fluency. For this exam is not learning package provided by the&#xA;  government. Books and other materials can be found at www.nt2.nl .&#xA;  Make sure you search for material at A2 level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your husband wants to take the civic integration examination for&#xA;  naturalization at the embassy, he must subscribe to it personally at&#xA;  the embassy. The cost of the exam is € 350.00. This amount must be&#xA;  paid at registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Upon registration, he must submit a valid passport with a valid&#xA;  British residency. The passport must be valid at least six months&#xA;  after the date of notification. The notification is sent to the&#xA;  Education Executive Agency (DUO). DUO is responsible for making the&#xA;  appointment with the candidate. With an eye to the message was&#xA;  received on a possible change in the law by January 1, 2018 DUO that&#xA;  you must register before October 21, 2017 if you wish to take&#xA;  examination abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I hope this information has clarified the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original response from the Embassy in Dutch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dank voor uw email van 25 juli 2017.   Het is inderdaad verwarrend&#xA;  omdat er twee verschillende examens zijn: het basisexamen inburgering&#xA;  en het inburgeringsexamen voor naturalisatie. De eerste moet worden&#xA;  afgelegd wanneer men een MVV aanvraagt, de tweede wanneer men de&#xA;  Nederlandse nationaliteit wil aanvragen. Het benodigde niveau voor het&#xA;  inburgeringsexamen voor naturalisatie (A2) is dan ook hoger dan voor&#xA;  het basisexamen inburgering (A1).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Het inburgeringsexamen voor naturalisatie kan zowel op de ambassade&#xA;  als in Nederland worden afgelegd. Als uw man het inburgeringsexamen in&#xA;  Nederland wil afleggen, dan kunt u op de website van de Dienst&#xA;  Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO) meer informatie vinden over dit examen, de&#xA;  kosten en de examenlocaties (www.inburgeren.nl).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Het examen dat op de ambassade wordt afgenomen wordt beschreven in de&#xA;  door u geraadpleegde brochure op de website van de IND, met dien&#xA;  verstande dat de Toets Gesproken Nederlands nu Spreekvaardigheid wordt&#xA;  genoemd.  Voor dit examen is geen leerpakket ter beschikking gesteld&#xA;  door de overheid. Boeken en andere materialen kunt u vinden op&#xA;  www.nt2.nl. Zorg ervoor dat u zoekt naar materiaal op A2 niveau.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Als uw man het inburgeringsexamen voor naturalisatie op de ambassade&#xA;  wil afleggen moet hij zich hiervoor persoonlijk bij de ambassade&#xA;  aanmelden. De kosten van het examen bedragen €350,00. Dit bedrag moet&#xA;  bij de aanmelding worden voldaan. Bij de aanmelding moet hij een&#xA;  geldig paspoort met een geldige Britse verblijfsvergunning overleggen.&#xA;  Het paspoort moet tenminste geldig zijn tot zes maanden na de datum&#xA;  van aanmelding.  De aanmelding wordt doorgestuurd naar de Dienst&#xA;  Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO). DUO is verantwoordelijk voor het maken van&#xA;  de afspraak met de kandidaat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Met oog het op een mogelijke wetswijziging per 1 januari 2018 werd&#xA;  bericht ontvangen van DUO dat men zich vóór 21 oktober 2017 moet&#xA;  aanmelden als men examen in het buitenland wil afleggen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ik hoop dat deze informatie de situatie heeft verduidelijkt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13294" LastEditorUserId="13294" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T11:09:35.303" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T11:09:35.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10750" CreationDate="2017-08-10T14:45:13.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ended up putting in my dog's microchip ID and it was accepted fine.  I did not wait to do the Health Cert.  My dog has been in the UK with me for over a month now so it worked out fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11413" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T14:45:13.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10467" CreationDate="2017-08-10T17:20:14.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like the paperwork you need to send to the Home Office to obtain the citizenship for the child allows you to also submit the PR paperwork if you haven't gotten it yet, meaning one they accept it your child will get the Citizenship, and you will get the PR status at the same time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T17:20:14.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11757" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11759" CreationDate="2017-08-08T22:30:31.277" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I last entered the US in January 2016. The H1-B visa I had stamped in my passport was expiring in December 2016 and my passport is going to expire in third week of August 2017. After that, when my H1-B visa was about to expire (before December 2016), my employer filed H1-B visa extension for me and we got that approved before my previous H1-B visa expired. New I-797 (H-1B visa approval notice) also has I-94 on the bottom half page on page 1. That has got 'expiry date' of May 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, when I checked my electronically generated I-94 recently, it has the 'Admit until date' of August 2017, which matches with my passport expiration date. I have renewed my passport and now I have new passport with me, which is valid till 2027.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which is my current I-94 and the current Admit until date (one on electronically generated I-94 from CBP or the one on bottom half of I-797 received from USCIS)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I be out of status after 'Admit until date' on electronic I-94?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13324" OwnerDisplayName="Vikram" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T18:32:57.897" Title="Query regarding I-94" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11749" CreationDate="2017-08-10T18:27:26.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the europa.eu page you linked it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Students&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a student in the United Kingdom from another EU country you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;do not have to register your own car with the authorities here for your period of study. This also applies if the car is owned by your parents, who are not resident in the United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;do not have to pay registration and/or road taxes on it in the United Kingdom&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;do not have to buy additional car insurance for your period of study here, but this may depend on the cover you hold&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read this as meaning if you are studying even for several years you do not need to register your car in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note the item about insurance. It is a crime to drive without adequate insurance here. You may need to tell your insurer that you spend the majority of your time in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T09:01:21.223" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T09:01:21.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11757" CreationDate="2017-08-10T18:32:57.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Electronic I-94s and paper I-94s are both I-94s. When you got a new I-94 (the paper one came with your Extension of Status approval), that supercedes all previous I-94s (paper or electronic). The electronic I-94 on CBP's website you got from entry is now invalid. Your current I-94 is the one you got from Extension of Status which admits you until May 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CBP I-94 website only has electronic I-94s you get on entry to the US. Extension of Status and Change of Status are handled by USCIS, not CBP, and they will always give you a paper I-94; it will &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; show up on CBP's electronic I-94 website. That is normal and expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T18:32:57.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11539" CreationDate="2017-08-11T02:39:32.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once your visa expires, you could be considered “situación irregular” and, in Spain, some things are not so easy if you are ‘irregular.’ &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All non-EU-EEA and Swiss citizens who want to stay Spain for longer than three months have to apply for Tarjeta de Residencia (TIE), the residence card, doneat the Foreigner's Office (Oficina de Extranjeros) or police station in the province where you're living. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven’t done that and, now, no longer have a valid visa, the District Court (Juzgado) may finalize the marriage but, when you leave,  you could be hit with a requirement on how long you have to remain outside Spain, such as 12 months, not exactly ideal for newlyweds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wish to consult an attorney, after having a look at this Spanish Law Tribune article on &lt;a href=&quot;http://belegal.com/wordpress/getting-married-in-spain-general-overview-and-legal-issues-for-foreigners-in-irregular-situation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Getting Married In Spain: General Overview and Legal Issues For Foreigners In Irregular Situation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T02:39:32.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11762" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-11T03:28:18.417" Score="1" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last year I had H1B Petition with employer 'A' that was valid for 1 year, I traveled to the US for 2 months on that visa. After that, it expired. Now my employer is not ready to file cap exempt visa. What are the options for me to pursue my US career opportunity? &#xA;Can I simply switch my job and my new employer can file cap exempt or I need some approval from my old employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12131" LastEditorUserId="12131" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T14:48:01.517" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T09:55:58.127" Title="What are options for H1B after original petition has expired after 1 year of validity?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11640" CreationDate="2017-08-11T05:31:54.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you are only covered if you contribute to the health insurance in an EU country. In Poland, this is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The monthly contribution rate for health insurance is 9% of the assessment base. In the case of obligatory participation, the assessment base is equal to the individual's gross income decreased by the employee’s part of social security contributions. In the case of voluntary participation, the assessment base is declared by the insured individual but cannot be lower than the average salary in the enterprise’s sector for the previous quarter as published every quarter. The contribution to health insurance is deducted from the Polish PIT due; however, the deduction is limited to 7.75% of the assessment base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/ID/Poland-Individual-Other-taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/ID/Poland-Individual-Other-taxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T05:31:54.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11640" CreationDate="2017-08-11T06:41:22.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would not be covered by local health insurance in the EU country you will visit solely on the basis of citizenship. EU-wide coverage is based on reciprocity (if you are insured in one EU country, then you are covered, under certain conditions, during visits to the others) but you need to qualify in the first place and that typically requires being a resident and having the right kind of insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, you don't “need” to buy health insurance if you don't want to. Purchasing insurance is mandatory for visa holders and, in most places, for residents but as an EU citizen you are allowed to visit without health insurance. That's really up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget that your regular health insurance, if you have one, might cover emergency healthcare costs abroad. It's different from a proper travel health insurance in that it typically would not cover medical evacuation or the difference between local prices and healthcare costs back home but it would typically cover at least some of the expenses in my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, for completeness' sake, note that there are also bilateral agreement through which countries afford some coverage to citizens from the other country. Those are typically negotiated at the national level (not the EU level) and I am not aware of any with Brazil but such agreements do exist (for example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/NonEEAcountries/Pages/Non-EEAcountries.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the NHS has a list for the UK&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T09:52:09.433" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T09:52:09.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10747" CreationDate="2017-08-11T13:55:28.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.grafcan.es/2010/09/idecanarias-en-la-sede-electronica-del-catastro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.grafcan.es/2010/09/idecanarias-en-la-sede-electronica-del-catastro&lt;/a&gt; they talk about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sedecatastro.gob.es/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Catastro from the Spanish government&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there you can check &lt;a href=&quot;https://www1.sedecatastro.gob.es/OVCFrames.aspx?TIPO=CONSULTA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Consulta de Datos Catastrales. Referencia Catastral&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, that is, Check Cadastral Data. Cadastral reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that specific search box you can look for the cadastre reference of a given address, but not the contrary: given a name, you cannot get the address. This is explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catastro.minhap.gob.es/esp/faqs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQs from the Dirección general del catastro&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IV. Acceso a la información catastral&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;¿Es posible acceder a toda la información catastral de un inmueble? ¿Cómo?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cualquier persona puede acceder a la información catastral que no contenga datos protegidos: localización del inmueble, referencia catastral, superficie, uso o destino, clase de cultivo o aprovechamiento, calidad de la construcción o cartografía.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Solo el titular catastral y las personas o entidades autorizadas pueden acceder a los datos protegidos, que son:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;El nombre, apellidos, razón social, código de identificación y domicilio de quienes figuren inscritos en el Catastro como titulares.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;El valor catastral y los valores catastrales del suelo y, en su caso, de la construcción, de cada inmueble individualizado.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, it says that cadastral information such as full name and identifiable information, as well as its price, is just available to the owner and authorized people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12119" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T13:55:28.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11611" CreationDate="2017-08-11T14:41:39.070" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are married, you have to provide your spouse detail information as the co-applicant(extra fees and background checks like the criminal records).  In some cases, your spouse can add extra points for your PR application(e.g language exam score). You should consider all scenarios since that your marital status will definitely affect your eligibility in both positive or negative ways.  In general, that makes things a little more complex. Please consult the CIC official information as your guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;REF: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/criteria-crs.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC  Entry criteria and the Comprehensive Ranking System &#xA; &lt;/a&gt; Date Modified:  2017-07-14&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastEditorUserId="11564" LastEditDate="2017-08-12T05:51:25.943" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T05:51:25.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11767" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11772" CreationDate="2017-08-11T15:25:59.250" Score="9" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before I start, I want to say that I am asking this out of pure curiosity and interest. I am not in this situation, and I do not know anyone in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration can &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;js=y&amp;amp;prev=_t&amp;amp;hl=no&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogg.udi.no%2F2017%2F01%2F18%2Ftilbakekall-av-statsborgerskap-ved-grovt-identitetsjuks%2F&amp;amp;edit-text=&amp;amp;act=url&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;revoke previously issued citizenships&lt;/a&gt; (in some extreme cases). It turns out that Norway is not the only country that can do this. Other nations may also revoke the citizenships of naturalized citizens, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartL-Chapter2.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the US&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/revocation.asp&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canada&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migri.fi/finnish_citizenship/losing_your_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Finland&lt;/a&gt;. I am sure there are others as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this got me thinking. I know that having a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/Nationality.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;citizenship is a human right&lt;/a&gt;, so that leads me to assume that only dual nationals can have one of their citizenships revoked. Otherwise, revocation would render the person stateless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, let's say someone was under investigation for something serious enough to potentially lose them their naturalized citizenship. Could they then hurry up and renounce their native citizenship? This would then leave them with only one citizenship, the naturalized one. I figure that would make it impossible for the government to revoke it, because it would render them stateless, making revocation a violation of international human rights law. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related (Law SE): &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/21907/5276&quot;&gt;Could one become stateless by first renouncing one's native citizenship, and then having one's naturalization revoked?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T14:39:57.317" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T08:07:29.620" Title="Could one renounce one's native citizenship in order to prevent a second, naturalized citizenship from being revoked?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-11T16:51:37.570" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French, born and residing in the United States. I am preparing my request for a certificat de nationalité française (CNF) / Certificate of French Nationality. Does anyone know if I absolutely need to have my documents authenticated by an Apostille? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11542" LastEditorUserId="11542" LastEditDate="2017-08-12T19:20:49.377" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T19:20:49.377" Title="Do I need an Apostille for American documents in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-12-09T11:40:45.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10921" CreationDate="2017-08-11T17:25:02.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2nd FLR leg runs from the decision date, so you keep the current visa active until 28 days before it expires. You will 'waste time' anyway because the decisions are not instantaneous. It can take up to 4 - 5 months unless you use the premium service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601827/FLR_M_Guidance_Notes_-_April_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FLR(M) Guidance&lt;/a&gt; advises applying 28 days before the expiry date of her current visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The extension moves the date forward, but will start from the date of issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T23:24:39.910" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T23:24:39.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11767" CreationDate="2017-08-11T17:26:35.923" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, we need to clarify what you mean by &quot;revoke&quot; here. Several of countries that you claimed can &quot;revoke&quot; the citizenship of naturalized citizens, including the US and Canada, actually cannot involuntarily (i.e. without the person's intent) take away citizenship of naturalized citizens at all (in fact, for the US, it's constitutionally forbidden). What sometimes people mean when they talk about taking away citizenship of naturalized citizens is a finding of &lt;em&gt;fraudulent&lt;/em&gt; naturalization, i.e. the person was not eligible for naturalization at the time of naturalization. In this case, it is technically not &quot;revoking&quot; of citizenship, as the naturalization was invalid, and so the person was technically never a citizen at all. It seems that the article regarding Norwegian citizenship you linked to is also about fraud in naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think any country limits its ability to invalidate naturalization for reasons of fraud, based on whether the person will become stateless, because no benefits should be obtained through fraud. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Reduction_of_Statelessness&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness&lt;/a&gt;, which not many countries are party to, but even for those countries that are party to it, the convention itself specifically allows for deprivation of citizenship if it was obtained by misrepresentation or fraud (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/6_1_1961.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;convention text&lt;/a&gt;, Article 8(2)(b)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to actual revocation of citizenship that was properly obtained (not fraudulent), renouncing all other nationalities would prevent such revocation for countries that are party to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. (However, most countries in the world are not party to this convention.) For example, in the UK (which is a party to the Convention), the Home Secretary has the ability to revoke British citizenship for certain terrorism crimes, but only if the person is a dual national. However, situations like this are extremely rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T17:26:35.923" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11767" CreationDate="2017-08-11T23:21:23.797" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such a scenario is indeed possible. For example, I know several countries where the law allows the authorities to strip a recently naturalised citizen of their citizenship if they have been found guilty of a terrorism-related offense but do require that the person still has another citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, it does not mean that renouncing other citizenships would necessarily protect you in all cases. Having a citizenship is indeed broadly regarded as a human right (cf. article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) but human rights law has little teeth and you can easily find examples of loopholes or countries just ignoring this principle. Finally, some countries do not allow their citizens to renounce their citizenship at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T08:07:29.620" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T08:07:29.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-11T20:10:28.047" Score="2" ViewCount="1387" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just issued a tier 5 Visa that's valid from September 5th, a date which I picked assuming that the process would take longer than it did.&#xA;I've gotten this visa as a part of a process recommended to me by an immigration lawyer on the path to living with my wife in Scotland, who is a UK national (she doesn't make enough money for the spousal visa, or we would've gone that route).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've previously been issued a visa for 6th months leave to remain when I visited back in May, which would technically still be valid, since it hasn't run up yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, would I be able to enter the UK before September, and just not be legal to work until the start of the visa, or would this be be breaking some law that I'm not aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Micah" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T13:54:04.867" Title="Entering UK before Tier 5 Visa Start Date" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-12T09:46:13.620" Score="2" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious. If a person has only one citizenship can they renounce it? How? Is it even possible and what are the consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13315" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T21:46:32.803" Title="If a person has only one citizenship can they renounce it? What will happen after that?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11774" CreationDate="2017-08-12T10:14:15.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;They will be &lt;em&gt;stateless&lt;/em&gt;; not a citizen of any country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That can also happen if a country dissolves without a successor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries accept such people as travelers, some not. You could just normally apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can become quite complicated to get a passport, so typically, as a stateless person, you have to keep whatever paperwork you have that proves your identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check also in the wiki for stateless for many details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statelessness&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statelessness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T10:14:15.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-12T13:07:42.890" Score="3" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was given 30/30 and 10/10 points for the application but was refused because it says there has been no evidence of support from my parents for me to travel because I'm under 18.&#xA;However in the visa counter the Indian man gave my father a letter to sign and we have informed him that I am under 18. Also, I have not received any email asking for any missing documents they simply refused me. &#xA;Any recommendations? Should I appeal or just submit a new one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13328" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T19:37:11.957" Title="U.K. Student visa refusal" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11773" CreationDate="2017-08-12T13:54:04.867" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a T5 visa and you want to come early as a visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This situation is covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraph 30C of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;, which says...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;30C. An Immigration Officer may cancel an entry clearance which is&#xA;  capable of having effect as leave to enter if the holder arrives in&#xA;  the United Kingdom before the day on which the entry clearance becomes&#xA;  effective or if the holder seeks to enter the United Kingdom for a&#xA;  purpose other than the purpose specified in the entry clearance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally they don't like it because this type of thing is seen as an attempt to get more leave than you were issued.  Also you wrote...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've previously been issued a visa for 6th months leave to remain when&#xA;  I visited back in May, which would technically still be valid, since&#xA;  it hasn't run up yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, not if you were given leave to enter for 6 months or less. This is where &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraphs 20A and 20B&lt;/a&gt; kick in...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;20A. Leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom will usually lapse&#xA;  on the holder going to a country or territory outside the common&#xA;  travel area. However, under article 13 of the Immigration (Leave to&#xA;  Enter and Remain) Order 2000 such leave will not lapse where it was&#xA;  given for a period exceeding six months or where it was conferred by&#xA;  means of an entry clearance (other than a visit visa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;20B. Those who&#xA;  seek leave to enter the United Kingdom within the period of their&#xA;  earlier leave and for the same purpose as that for which that leave&#xA;  was granted, unless it (i) was for a period of six months or less; or&#xA;  (ii) was extended by statutory instrument or by section 3C of the&#xA;  Immigration Act 1971 (inserted by section 3 of the Immigration and&#xA;  Asylum Act 1999); do not need a visa to enter the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do have some discretionary latitude however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T13:54:04.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11774" CreationDate="2017-08-12T14:14:24.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, there's a great &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1efo6l/eli5_what_happens_if_youre_not_a_citizen_of_any/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;thread on reddit from a few years back on this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some key points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;most countries, including the US, will not allow voluntary renouncing of  citizenship unless you can provide evidence you have another citizenship to fall back onto&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;one of the commenters renounced their Soviet citizenship in 1990 and lived in Finland for 8 years before gaining Finnish citizenship, living on an &quot;Alien Passport&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;without citizenship, you won't have a valid document for travel, which will make movement throughout the world really difficult&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;most jobs require proof of citizenship, or valid issued work visa. If you don't have a work visa (in a valid passport), you will struggle to get employment as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T14:14:24.877" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11389" CreationDate="2017-08-12T14:39:41.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to my initial question: &#xA;The apostilled certificate has been translated and then stamped by a local magistrate court. Subsequently we have visited the Questura and the URP Office has accepted it and gave an appointment for 21th November for the Permesso di Soggiorno.&#xA;Then we handed the apostilled and translated marriage certificate at our local 'Comune' to have the marriage transcribed. &#xA;They heard the explanation we gave to them for not having transcribed it at the Italian Cosulate in Jhb and the officials were very helpful and agreed to do the transcription. So basically either the consulate in Jhb was being difficult when they required all the additional documentation pertaining to the my wife's first marriage in order for our marriage to be transcribed or perhaps they were indeed applying the burocracy to a T because the fault was of the italian citizen (my wife) for not having transcribed her first marriage and by doing so, having created this delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;''Il matrimonio contratto all'estero, secondo le forme del luogo, ha efficiacia in Italia (art. 115 CC) e il cittadino italiano che contragga matrimonio all'estero ha l'obbligo di provvedere - senza indugio - a far pervenire copia dell'atto di matrimonio, legalizzata e, distintamente, tradotta in forma ufficiale, all'autorita' diplomatica/consolare italiana nel luogo di celebrazione, ai fini delle prescritte registrazioni (= trascrizione) in Italia (art. 16 dPR 3/11/2000, n. 396).''&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastEditorUserId="11393" LastEditDate="2017-08-12T16:14:13.923" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:14:13.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11617" CreationDate="2017-08-12T15:40:04.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a Schengen refusal notice contains the reasons as you have stated them (and you were refused for the same on all three occasions), it indicates that the application has serious problems, as determined by the person(s) reviewing it. That, alone, is extremely serious and, after three refusals, it means that they don’t believe you and don’t trust you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, booking a flat serves no purpose, through the Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires (CROUS) or any other means. Nor does depositing money for purposes of convincing consular officials of your financial abilities; while not advisable and often one of the reasons for visa refusals, you now have a greater problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, to put it bluntly, if the latest refusal does actually says abusive’ (abuser), it might be unwise to re-apply any time in the near future to France (or perhaps any Schengen country) as you may attract a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T15:40:04.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10674" CreationDate="2017-08-12T16:09:13.147" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/hungary/transport/vehicle-ownership/importing-a-vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anglo Info&lt;/a&gt; states that car registration in Hungary requires both an address card and tax number, neither of which a non-resident would have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign residents in Hungary can use their car for up to six months, after which registration is obligatory. To register a foreign car, a person must have both a tax number (Adószám) and an Address Card (Lakcímkártya). Registering a foreign car is quite expensive and the process can take up to a week. There are several agents specialising in the paperwork involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addition, owners of cars registered outside the EU also have to pay duties when importing a vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technical Test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The first step in the registration process is having the car checked at a technical test station. Only a car which meets European standards can pass the technical test and be imported into Hungary. The current environment standard is the Euro 4 and the car must have a catalytic converter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a car fails the technical test, it can either be brought up to standard or used for spare parts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are two certified test stations (Járm?honosításra Felhatalmazott Vizsgálóállomás) in Budapest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;At: 1033 Budapest, Mozaik u. 5&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Tel: (01) 430 2718&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;At: 1195 Budapest, Vas Gereben u. 2-4&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Tel: (01) 348 2060&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An appointment, which can be booked over the telephone, can take a few hours and includes the following steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The registration procedure is started&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The car is tested for safety&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The vehicle's documents are checked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Payment of the fee for the test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following documents are required:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ID card or passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Address Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The car's original registration papers. If the car is from outside the EU, then an official translation is required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof that the car is no longer registered in the country of origin. If the car is still registered in the country of origin, the Hungarian authority can start the deregistration procedure&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration Tax&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If the car passes the technical test, then the next step is the customs office where registration tax is issued. This tax is calculated according to the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Age of the car&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Size of the engine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Fuel type&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To calculate registration tax: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.euvonal.hu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the car is being imported from outside the EU, duties are issued as well. If the car is new, VAT (ÁFA) of 27 percent is also due.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To find the nearest customs office: &lt;a href=&quot;http://nav.gov.hu//data/cms278746/59_2._fuzet_NAV_VP_Foigazgatosagok_es_Igazgatosagok_kozerdeku_informacioi.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once Customs has calculated all the taxes and duties, the amount has to be paid, generally by bank transfer. It is advisable to use OTP bank as it is the bank of the Tax Office (NAV) and the transfer is instant. Most Customs offices have &quot;mini banks&quot; on their premises. Once the payment is received, Customs issues the necessary papers for registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The final step is to go to the local Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services (Önkormányzati Okmányiroda) where the car can finally be registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New number plates and registration papers (forgalmi igazolvány) are issued on the spot, while a registration card (gépjármu törzslap) is sent later by post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is a fee for the registration papers and the number plates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:09:13.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10879" CreationDate="2017-08-12T16:23:12.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language/exemptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The UK guidance&lt;/a&gt; sets forth those do not need to prove their knowledge of English for citizenship (and setting):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who doesn't need to prove their knowledge of English&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don’t need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;aged 65 or over&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;unable to, because of a long-term physical or mental condition&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must provide a completed exemption form or letter from a doctor confirming your physical or mental condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nationalities that are exempt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You won’t need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re a citizen of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Antigua and Barbuda&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The Bahamas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Barbados&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Belize&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Dominica&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Grenada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Guyana&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Jamaica&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Republic of Ireland (for citizenship only)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;St Kitts and Nevis&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;St Lucia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;St Vincent and the Grenadines&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Trinidad and Tobago&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;USA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re from a country that’s not on the list you’ll need to prove your knowledge of English, even if English is an official language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you’re applying for citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are no other exemptions if you’re applying to become a British citizen. You must have a relevant English language qualification even if you were exempt when you were granted settlement.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; *&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exemptions if you’re applying to settle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You don’t need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re applying as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a victim of domestic violence as the partner or spouse of a British citizen or someone settled in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the partner or spouse of a person who has died who was either a British citizen or someone settled in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;an adult dependent relative between 18 and 64 of someone who is present and settled in the UK, is a refugee or has humanitarian protection&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a refugee living in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;someone living in the UK with discretionary leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;someone living in the UK for with humanitarian protection&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;someone who has permission to stay in the UK as a retired person of independent means&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a Commonwealth citizen on discharge from HM Forces, including Gurkhas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a highly skilled migrant applying under the terms of the highly skilled migrant program (HSMP) judicial review and your dependants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;someone in exceptional circumstances, eg as an orphan, widow or over-age dependant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Added emphasis mine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; *&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language/approved-english-language-qualifications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Approved English language qualifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can prove your knowledge of English by having a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recognised English test qualification&lt;/a&gt; from an approved test centre.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to have a certificate to prove you have the qualification, or be able to view your results online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language/degrees-in-english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;If your degree was taught or researched in English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can prove your knowledge of English by having a degree that was taught or researched in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a degree from a UK university, you only need your original degree certificate.&#xA;  If your degree isn’t from a UK university, you’ll need your original degree certificate and one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;an original letter or certificate from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naric.org.uk/visas%20and%20nationality/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK NARIC&lt;/a&gt; confirming the equivalent level of your degree, plus an official letter from your university with your name and degree confirming that your degree was taught in English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;an original and official certificate from your university confirming the degree was taught or researched in a majority English-speaking country (except Canada)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-12T18:51:31.710" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T18:51:31.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10181" CreationDate="2017-08-12T16:27:59.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the circumstances, wouldn't the answer be 'permanently?' Even if the visa is for for 2.5 years, she's applying for settlement as a spouse. You can add exactly what you noted here, that you have a permanent position in the UK etc. Shortly before the end of the visa, she can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/608678/FLR_M_-04-17.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply to remain in the UK with family&lt;/a&gt; (and do it while she's in the UK). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T16:27:59.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9009" CreationDate="2017-08-12T17:08:56.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) TN NAFTA Professionals, there are two nonimmigrant categories: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TN-1 are Canadian professionals, TN-2 are Mexican professionals&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer letter, in addition to offering you the position, has to demonstrate that you meet the requirements (your education and experience) of the position, measured against the professional standards and licensure (where appropriate), and the specific knowledge, skills, or experience demanded by the specific position. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, &lt;em&gt;both you and the employer have to prove the requirements have been met&lt;/em&gt; and, for that reason, the employer letter should cover all the bases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Position being offered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Requirements of the position (job description)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Position is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-17197/0-0-0-21051.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;qualifying professions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have necessary education and/or alternative credentials (degree, certificates, diploma,  professional license) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have necessary experience (as demonstrated by your specifics, which it outlines)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T17:08:56.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10580" CreationDate="2017-08-12T17:46:00.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you live in one state and work in another, you file both a resident return (New Jersey) and a nonresident return for the state where you work (New York), and you may have to pay taxes to both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For resident returns, the state can tax all of your income, even if you earned it in another state. Generally, nonresidents are taxed only what you earned in that state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax accountant or attorney, nor do I work for the IRS. When in doubt (especially about Federal regulations), or when it's complicated, obtain guidance from an appropriate professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T17:46:00.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10738" CreationDate="2017-08-12T18:17:44.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the United States, under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/medical-records/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act &lt;/a&gt; of 1996), only the individual has the right to access their records and, only with the patient's express consent, can the information be shared with other providers (or systems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most expeditious way is electronically, but both the US records and the UK provider must have to the ability to communicate electronically. &#xA;Before leaving the US, the patient would authorize disclosure for any and/or all records, and it may require it be to a specific provider, i.e., not a general authorization for anyone in another country and system (NHS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do it manually, the person would secure copies of any and all records, in all forms that they are kept (paper, films, cd-rom of scans etc.), and from all sources, and carry them along. This is not always rapid, and may take days or weeks, and there may be fees involved. Often, when individuals move within the United States, this is what is done, making sure they have their relevant medical history and documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T18:17:44.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-12T18:35:30.080" Score="2" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I need to de-register my motorcycle in my home country, outside the EU, before I can bring it to the UK, register it, and get a UK number plate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, can I freely travel by my bike to the UK with an international number plate and simply register it with Customs after paying VAT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13329" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T15:58:11.397" LastActivityDate="2021-04-17T02:47:30.203" Title="How do I import a vehicle from outside the EU to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8964" CreationDate="2017-08-12T19:27:13.657" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is yes, to both questions. To the second, of course you can leave your car in the US when going home for visits. It just needs to have met all the legal and regulatory requirements (tags, inspections, emissions, gas consumption, and any applicable import fees, etc.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the much larger question, bringing your personal vehicle from Mexico to the United States, for any time period longer than those allowed as a visitor, could be considered importing the vehicle. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would have to do a fair bit of homework in advance, and the USCIS has detailed information, with this an overview:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Importing a Motor Vehicle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Imported motor vehicles are subject to safety standards under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, revised under the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988; to bumper standards under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1972, which became effective in 1978; and to air pollution control standards under the Clean Air Act of 1968, as amended in 1977, and 1990.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If vehicles manufactured abroad conform to U.S. safety, bumper, and emission standards, it is because these vehicles are exported for sale in the United States. Therefore, it is unlikely that a vehicle obtained abroad meets all relevant standards. Be skeptical of claims by a foreign dealer or other seller that a vehicle meets these standards or can readily be brought into compliance. Vehicles entering the United States that do not conform with U.S. safety standards must be brought into compliance, exported, or destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This pamphlet provides essential information for U.S. residents, military or civilian government employees, and foreign nationals who are importing a vehicle into the U.S. It includes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements and those of other agencies whose regulations we enforce. Since Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements are subject to change, we recommend that you contact these agencies before buying a vehicle abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EPA has a detailed automotive fact manual describing emission requirements for imported vehicles. You may obtain a copy of this manual, called the Automotive Imports Facts Manual, or other information about importing motor vehicles by calling EPA's Imports Hotline at (734) 214-4100. EPA's page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Importing Vehicles and Engines&lt;/a&gt; contains additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may reach DOT's vehicle hotline at (202) 366-5291 or communicate by fax at (202) 366-1024. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dot.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DOT&lt;/a&gt; website can provide further assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free Entry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Nonresidents may import a vehicle duty-free for personal use up to (1) one year if the vehicle is imported in conjunction with the owner's arrival. Vehicles imported under this provision that do not conform to U.S. safety and emission standards must be exported within one year and may not be sold in the U.S. There is no exemption or extension of the export requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Driver's Plates and Permits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Imported cars should bear the International Registration Marker. The International Driving Permit, issued in five languages, is a valuable asset. Consult an international automobile federation or your local automobile club about these documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;U.S. residents importing a new or used car should consult the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in their state of residence about temporary license plates and what documentation their DMV would require from CBP.&#xA;  Nationals of Central and South American countries that have ratified the Inter-American Convention of 1943 may drive their cars in the U.S. for touring purposes for one year or for the period of the validity of the documents, whichever is shorter, without U.S. license plates or U.S. driver's permits, provided the car carries the International Registration Marker and registration card, and the driver has the International Driving Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Motorists visiting the United States as tourists from countries that have ratified the Convention on International Road Traffic of 1949 may drive in the U.S. for one year with their own national license plates (registration tags) on their own national license plates (registration tags) on their cars and with their own personal drivers' licenses.&#xA;  Motorists from Canada and Mexico are permitted to tour in the U.S. without U.S. license plates or U.S. driver's permits, under agreements between the United States and these countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Motorists from a country not a party to any of the above agreements must secure a driving permit in the U.S. after taking an examination.&#xA;  Foreign nationals employed in the U.S. may use their foreign license tags from the port of entry to their destination in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T19:27:13.657" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11774" CreationDate="2017-08-12T21:46:32.803" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a person has only one citizenship can they renounce it? How? Is it even possible&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the law of the country. Some countries (notably the United States) allows people to renounce citizenship even if it will make them stateless, although they will try to talk you out of it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/07FAM/07FAM1210.html#M1215&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;7 FAM 1215&lt;/a&gt;(e):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In making all these points clear to potentially stateless renunciants,&#xA;  the Department of State will, nevertheless, afford them their right to&#xA;  expatriate.  We will accept and approve renunciations of persons who&#xA;  do not already possess another nationality.  It should be noted,&#xA;  however, that if a foreign state deports such individuals, he or she&#xA;  may find themselves deported to the United States, the country of&#xA;  their former nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many other countries, including all the countries that are party to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, do not allow renunciation unless the person already has another nationality or is going to get another nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what are the consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main consequence is that it will be much harder to travel internationally without a passport, so you would be stuck in the country where you were when you made the renunciation. Some countries have non-citizen travel documents for their residents who cannot get a passport, but even if you can get that, not all countries accept those and you would probably have a hard time getting a visa even to countries that accept them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a permanent resident of the country you were in, you would be able to continue to stay and work there and daily life wouldn't change much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had only a temporary status in that country, then the question is what happens when that status ends. The country will try to deport you if you don't leave on time, but where would they deport you to? The above quote from the FAM seems to say that it may be possible for someone who has renounced US citizenship to be deported back to the US; I am not sure whether the US will always accept the person back in this case (and I am not sure what status the person will have in the US if they accept them back). Your former country of nationality might have some obligation to take you back since you used their passport to enter the country (but I am not sure). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T21:46:32.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10744" CreationDate="2017-08-12T22:02:27.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you're aware, citizens and residents of the US (and many other countries) may enter Mexico without a visa for periods of less than 180 days. That's what you plan to do to attend the event in Mexico City. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Study in Mexico for more than six months requires a visa. The “Temporary Resident Student Visa” (Residente Temporal Estudiante) is issued to those who will &lt;a href=&quot;https://consulmex2.sre.gob.mx/washington/images/2017/visas/eng/STUDENT.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;study in Mexico&lt;/a&gt; for more than six months. It is a single-entry visa placed in your passport and, with it, you enter and exchange it for a Temporary Resident Student Card, done within 30 days of your arrival (at the nearest &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gob.mx/inm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)&lt;/a&gt;. The temporary resident student card will be valid for one year and be for multiple entries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you decide to remain in Mexico, visa free, you would need to exit and re-enter, as now, with a visa, you're required to do so. Depending on circumstances, you may able to arrange to collect it at a Consulate other than the one to which you would apply (that closest to your residence). Among the dozens in the US, quite a few are close to the border (in California, Arizona, Texas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T22:02:27.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-13T05:29:00.257" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working as software developer in a company based in Europe and have MSc degree in an engineering discipline. I plan to take programmer analyst mobile and web application development diploma in the Montreal college of information technology. To make the point clear, My original intention is to settle down in Quebec and eventually, Canada and not the education itself. So, I'm willing to endure even if the quality of the education is modest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to file CSQ after completion of the program? I have scored in DELF B2 above 16/25 in both listening and the speaking section. I also have 1.5 years of working experience in the web development (Java stack). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm aware of the express entry program, I don't have enough points to secure a position there for now. I sincerely hope someone knowledgeable will help me out in this respect. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6903" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-13T08:53:39.427" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T14:50:49.137" Title="Will I be able to get CSQ after the completion of the diploma?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11793" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-13T09:43:39.237" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dual citizen of Finland and Zambia currently residing in Zambia, planning to move to UK. I would like my partner, a Zambian citizen, along with our child, who is also dual citizen of Finland and Zambia, to accompany. Should my partner apply for EEA family permit or would a standard visitor visa be better in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13333" LastEditorUserId="13333" LastEditDate="2017-08-13T15:02:34.073" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T20:32:04.207" Title="EEA Citizen planning move to UK -Can my Non-EEA partner move with me along with our EEA citizen child?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9563" CreationDate="2017-08-13T11:04:56.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm happy to find people with a similar problem. My story is very alike as well. I've been struggling with this for quite a while. I look for an answer, do research, ask on the internet, monitor any similar topic on the web all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used these options to call myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Global citizen / World citizen / Citizen of the world&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Independent from my heritage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Multi-local&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transcultural / Intercultural&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Universal soul&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extraneous&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some friends kindly called me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cosmopolitan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Natural born explorer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fair human being&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open-minded&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;International&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Free thinker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People in my &quot;home&quot; country called me (derogatory):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Outcast &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Special&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Renegade&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dissident&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turncoat&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Social pariah &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cast-away&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Black sheep&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alien&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People outside my &quot;home&quot; country called me (derogatory):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Laissez-faire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Guerrilla&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Global citizen&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Undefined&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Worldly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to me the most difficult question is &quot;where are you from?&quot; and all the follow up after it. And I still haven't found how to deal with it. Even sometimes I manage to deal with it, later on it still pops up, particularly in every work place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;After author's clarification, I'm adding the answers to the &quot;where are you from&quot; question.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some answers I use to give to the &quot;where are you from?&quot; (I somewhat tested most of them):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All over &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I moved around&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From different places&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm a universal soul/world citizen/global citizen/citizen of the&#xA;world (sometimes becomes a mocking topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I came from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a&#xA;mocking topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am from [name the last country visited] (sometimes becomes a&#xA;mocking topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am living/live in [country]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have no simple answers to short questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm multi-local&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't consider myself a part of any particular country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Funny&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm not (and then start asking personal questions or &quot;where are YOU&#xA;from?&quot;, &quot;oh, from the US, I like McDonald's&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Well, if you can't tell does it matter?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm am a mongrel/monggy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uh, you know, here... There... You know how it is..!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I wear many hats&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Krakozhia / Mordor / Tatooine / etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taiga / Europe / Asia etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rude&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That depends&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From my mom/a woman/womb&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's insignificant/inconsequential/unimportant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't care / It doesn't matter (to me)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My origin is unimportant to me&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it matter?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Depends on what do you mean and why do you want to know&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm not into labels&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why's this important right now?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Well, thank you (and then start asking personal questions i.e. &quot;are&#xA;you married?&quot;, &quot;why?&quot;, &quot;when are you going to get married?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time do you have?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pretentious&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perception stains reality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I possess no personal designation/categorisation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have no place of personal association&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suspiciously weird&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cannot answer this question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not my favourite topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question makes me feel uncomfortable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not helpful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lived in [name the countries you lived in]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Was born in [country] (but lived in [countries])&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Untested&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm anational/nationless (derived from your topic in English Stack&#xA;Exchange)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm cosmopolite/cosmopolitan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm transcultural/intercultural&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm extraneous&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who I am is completely independent from my heritage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't deem myself coming from a particular place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My home is where I am (stand)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My home is where I'm happy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't belong&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can't name any particular place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope we can somehow connect to share our experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13315" LastEditorUserId="13315" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T15:14:36.607" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T15:14:36.607" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10924" CreationDate="2017-08-13T13:13:52.773" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you seem to have overlooked is that you must have resided in France legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Service-Public.fr&lt;/a&gt; portal states that the card for &lt;strong&gt;résident de longue durée - UE&lt;/strong&gt; can be issued to a foreigner who is not a national of a European country, provided that they are residing in France &lt;strong&gt;&quot;legally&lt;/strong&gt; and continuously for at least the past 5 years.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the authorities can determine whether you are now considered eligible, and you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F17359&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for the card&lt;/a&gt; with the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your residence, within 2 months before the expiry date of your current residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:13:52.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10327" CreationDate="2017-08-13T13:47:51.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, you can apply from another country if you have been legally admitted and allowed to reside there. If there are circumstances which you feel need explanation, include a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1017&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statement on your application&lt;/a&gt; why you have not applied in your normal country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:47:51.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10121" CreationDate="2017-08-13T14:19:13.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may not need to change the date with the UKVI when you wish to postpone your arrival for only a month. Under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 general visa scheme&lt;/a&gt;, you would want your employer to agree to the delay. You're able to begin your UK stay up to 14 days before the start date on your certificate of sponsorship. That start date should help you decide whether any adjustment is even necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, should it be a major change of plans, ask the employer to update the certificate of sponsorship. It's an electronic record that has your details and those of the job. Your sponsor would have given you the reference number to include in your application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The certificate number can be used only once, within 3 months of getting it. So, a major change and a new certificate number could alter your plans significantly, and may not be needed, given what you've indicated here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T14:19:13.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7752" CreationDate="2017-08-13T15:40:23.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/statocivile/matrimonio.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian civil law&lt;/a&gt;, for a foreign citizen to marry an Italian, you would need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;valid passport/international identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a copy of your birth certificate from your country of origin, translated into Italian and certified at the Italian embassy/consulate in your country of origin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an affidavit (Dichiarazione Giurata) from your country of origin stating that there is no legal impediment to marriage; the certificate must also be both translated and certified at an Italian Embassy/Consulate in your country of origin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As appropriate, you may require evidence of the termination of any previous marriage/s (e.g., final divorce decree, annulment decree, or death certificate of former spouse). Those, too, would require translation and certification at an Italian Embassy/Consulate in order to have them accepted by the Ufficiale di Stato Civile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You present all documents to the Ufficio Matrimoni where the marriage will be take place, and make a Dichiarazione di Matrimonio before a registrar (ufficiale di stato civile).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The banns of marriage are then published, compulsory in Italy, after which there is at least a 10-day waiting period before the marriage can take place, a period which must include two Sundays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T15:40:23.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8857" CreationDate="2017-08-13T16:06:21.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Immigration Department G&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immd.gov.hk/pdforms/ID(E)991.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;uidebook for Professionals for Employment in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt; (at the foot of page 13):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important Notice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Where a document is not in Chinese or English, it must be accompanied by a Chinese or English translation certified as a true translation by a sworn translator, court translator, authorised public translator, certified translator, expert translator, or official translator.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T16:06:21.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8857" CreationDate="2017-08-13T16:47:25.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just translated myself and that was enough. You might want to clarify with your HR or immigration representative who's handling your application. But from my knowledge and experience it was always sufficient enough to just have any kind of translation. All my friends and colleagues did the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13315" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T16:47:25.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8907" CreationDate="2017-08-13T17:03:25.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I was able to fly straight back to UK from Brazil. They just want the visa stamped on your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10066" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-13T20:26:33.697" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T20:26:33.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10633" CreationDate="2017-08-13T17:34:18.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shortly after you asked the question, the Australian Government introduced a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Brin/Pare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;parent category visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On Friday 5 May 2017, the Government announced the introduction of the new temporary sponsored parent visa for parents of Australians during the 2017–18 Migration Programme year. The new visa will allow Australians to sponsor their parents to stay in Australia for up to five years at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For more information see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visi/temporary-sponsored-visa-parents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Introducing the temporary sponsored parent visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You might be eligible to apply for a parent category visa if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have a child who is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or an eligible New Zealand citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your child has been living in Australia lawfully for at least 2 years before you lodge your visa application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have a sponsor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you meet the Balance of family test criteria&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you meet health and character requirements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long can I stay in Australia on a parent category visa&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A parent category visa allows you to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;live in Australia for up to 2 years as a temporary resident, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;live in Australia as an Australian permanent resident.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this category makes no mention of inclusion of minor children, a visa for your brother may be included as Family Member or a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Brin/Chil#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;child whom you're sponsoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T17:34:18.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10187" CreationDate="2017-08-13T19:47:36.497" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the letter you received, it directs you to visit the Maltese Consulate (Delhi) to obtain your visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;High Commission of Malta&lt;br&gt;&#xA;N60 Panchsheel Park, New Delhi, Delhi 110017&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Hours: Monday to Friday from 0900hrs to 1700hrsbr&gt;&#xA;Email: maltahighcommission.newdelhi@gov.mt &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must then travel to Malta within 60 days (i.e., before March 13), to complete the remainder of the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attend the department for Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs,submit your biometrics, and present:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your residence in Malta&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;local health insurance coverage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your qualifications and reference letters (originals)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;chest X-ray&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T19:47:36.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8780" CreationDate="2017-08-13T21:33:24.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/france/moving/residency/french-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French nationality can be acquired&lt;/a&gt; in a number of ways, what you're describing would be jus sanguinis (right of blood) through a French parent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time of a child's birth, a parent must be French. In the case adoption, it would need to be a &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.notaires.fr/en/full-adoption&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full adoption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, under French nationality law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your father to be French, he would have had to be adopted before he was still a minor (under 18) by his stepfather. If that didn't take place, then neither he nor you would be French citizens by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T21:33:24.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10076" CreationDate="2017-08-14T00:01:01.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://oead.at/en/to-austria/entry-residence-and-employment/nationals-of-third-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OeAD&lt;/a&gt;, the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research, describes &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Proof of sufficient funds to finance your stay in Austria, e.g. savings or bank deposit, proof of purchase of traveller’s cheques, letter of guarantee of a person living in Austria or an institution domiciled in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need a loan, it would need to be done in advance, so that the entire amount appears in an bank account owned and/or available to you, and one which can be accessed from Austria. There is no separate requirement that a loan be secured from a nationalised bank, or other specific source. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to prove sufficient financial means to finance your stay: students up to 24 years of age have to prove that they have at least 491.43 euros per month ; students of 24 years of age or older have to prove that they have at least 889.84 euros per month [as of 2017] – these amounts have to be proved for a maximum of 12 months in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the costs for accommodation exceed 282,06 euros/month, you will have to prove additional funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T00:01:01.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8585" CreationDate="2017-08-14T00:16:16.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would want to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply to extend your Tier 4 (General) student visa&lt;/a&gt;. Your visa validity more than covered the program duration, as documented by the university in the original CAS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The subsequent prolongation was done by the university, as you describe it. For purposes of the visa extension application, you should request an amended CAS from the university, as it remains responsible for you until you leave the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have submitted a visa application to extend your permission in the UK, you would have to leave by the expiry date on your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T00:16:16.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10661" CreationDate="2017-08-14T15:14:44.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two things you can be certain of, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_taxes_(idiom)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;death and taxes&lt;/a&gt;, and you definitely want to protect yourself. When it comes to this subject, it is advisable to consult a tax attorney (I am not). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This article may point you in the right direction, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.castroandco.com/blog/2016/october/u-s-tax-treatment-of-australian-superannuation-f/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;written by a US law firm in Washington, DC, Castro &amp;amp; Co&lt;/a&gt;, which specializes in international tax law (again, no affiliation, the result of a Google search 'pay US taxes on Australia superannuation').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.castroandco.com/blog/2016/october/u-s-tax-treatment-of-australian-superannuation-f/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;U.S. Tax Treatment of Australian Superannuation Funds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How Are Australian Superannuation Funds Treated in the U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under domestic U.S. tax law, Australian Superannuation Funds can be treated as either a foreign grantor trust or an annuity depending on whether the assets within the fund are preserved or non-preserved. There may also be hybrid treatment where a portion of the Superannuation Fund is treated as an annuity and the other portion is treated as a foreign grantor trust. Generally, gains within a foreign grantor trust are taxable in the U.S., which can result in a tremendous tax burden, especially if an Australian national does a rollover from one Superannuation fund to another while a U.S. tax resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under the U.S.-Australia Income Tax Treaty, however, there is an opportunity to lawfully avoid U.S. taxation on Australian Superannuation Funds. By taking this legal position, Australia would have exclusive taxing rights over Australian Superannuation Funds, which effectively allows Australian nationals residing in the U.S. to lawfully exclude any gains within or even future distributions from their Australian Superannuation Fund from their U.S. federal income tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This not only makes the U.S. a more attractive retirement jurisdiction for Australian nationals, it also allows Australian nationals to work in the United States without concern that their tax-preferred Superannuation Funds will be unfairly taxed by the United States. As explained above, however, you are required to fully explain the legal basis of any treaty-based position on IRS Form 8833. Without the legal explanation of the position in Section 6 of IRS Form 8833, you risk an IRS audit, civil tax penalties, and even criminal tax prosecution unless there is a legal basis for not filing the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will My Funds Be Taxed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to obtain the legal basis to take this position regarding US tax Australian superannuation, it is necessary to obtain a tax opinion from our firm. A tax opinion is a legal opinion issued by a U.S. tax firm that shields taxpayers from certain tax penalties and interest thereon. The tax opinion also guarantees that, in the event of an audit, our firm will represent you without additional charge and fully defend the position to shield you from any and all liability. The tax opinion perpetually exempts the Australian Superannuation Fund from U.S. taxation regardless of the amount of gains within, distributions from, and income attributable to the fund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Moreover, if you’ve paid U.S. tax on your Australian Superannuation Fund in prior tax years, we can file amended tax returns to recover those taxes. Contact our firm today to obtain the tax opinion and shield your Australian Superannuation Fund from U.S. taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T15:14:44.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9484" CreationDate="2017-08-14T16:05:40.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France, &lt;a href=&quot;http://[Campus%20France][1],&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;all international students have the right to work&lt;/a&gt;, up to 964 hours a year. It starts with issuance of your student residence card or validation of VLS-TS (with some exceptions), by the Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII) within the first three months of arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2713&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exercise any paid activity&lt;/a&gt; without a work permit. However, the employer has to declare your name to either the prefecture of your residence (VLS-TS) or at the prefecture that granted your residence permit, and has to do this before you can start work.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work as an independent contractor may not qualify and, in particular, if the employer/employment is not based in France and/or cannot demonstrate adherence to SMIC (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance), including the mandatory taxation for France's social security benefits (20 percent deducted from the gross salary). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not an EU national, your French student visa may allow you access to the Schengen area, but the French law that allows you to work doesn't extend to unlimited employment throughout the Area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid jeopardizing your status, it would be advisable to consult both your university's international student office and the OFII. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T16:18:40.857" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T16:18:40.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8089" CreationDate="2017-08-14T18:27:54.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although there was a misunderstanding, you may be fortunate since you intend to marry before you leave for the US. However, as it will take place after the visa interviews, her visa could be delayed until you provide the evidence of the marriage. Without that, her visa status may be at risk (as might yours), as she is not eligible for an F-2 visa until you formalize the union. Nonimmigrant dependent family visas are not is given to those not married, whether they be engaged or domestic partners. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other methods: the partner either arranges for their own US sponsorship, through a university or employer, or applies for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2011/August/Cohabitating_Partners_PM_081711.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;B-2 tourist visa as a cohabitating partner&lt;/a&gt; (added emphasis and paragraph breaks for readability mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;9 FAM 402.2-4(B)(5)  (U) Cohabitating Partners, Extended Family Members, and Other Household Members not Eligible for Derivative Status&#xA;  (CT:VISA-193;   09-28-2016)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(U) The B-2 classification is appropriate for aliens who are members of the household of another alien &lt;strong&gt;in long-term nonimmigrant status, but who are not eligible for derivative status under that alien's visa classification&lt;/strong&gt;.  This is also an appropriate classification for aliens who are members of the household of a U.S. citizen who normally lives and works overseas, but is returning to the United States for a temporary time period.  Such aliens include, but are not limited to the following: &lt;strong&gt;cohabitating partners&lt;/strong&gt; or elderly parents of temporary workers, &lt;strong&gt;students&lt;/strong&gt;, diplomats posted to the United States, and accompanying parent(s) of minor F-1 child-student.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B-2 classification may also be&lt;/strong&gt; accorded to a spouse or child who qualifies for derivative status (other than derivative A or G status) &lt;strong&gt;but for whom it may be inconvenient or impossible to apply for the proper H-4, L-2, F-2,&lt;/strong&gt; or other derivative visa, provided that the derivative individual intends to maintain a residence outside the United States and otherwise meets the B visa eligibility requirements.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If such individuals plan to stay in the United States for more than six months, they should be advised to ask DHS for a one-year stay at the time they apply for admission.  If needed, they may thereafter apply for extensions of stay, in increments of up to six months, for the duration of the principal alien's nonimmigrant status in the United States.  You should consider annotating to indicate the purpose and length of stay in such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T18:27:54.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10189" CreationDate="2017-08-14T20:22:13.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of India Ministry of External Affairs web site&lt;/a&gt; gives full details of how, and where (and with all credit to RedBaron).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Ministry of External Affairs attests original documents//true copies of documents for use abroad. Attestation done by the Ministry of External Affairs is of two types:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Apostille:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;India, since 2005, is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 105 member-countries of the Convention (For more info please visit the website: www.hcch.net). Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. Any document Apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all the other 104 member-countries, signatory to the referred convention of 1961 thus greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Normal Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is done for all the countries which are not a member of Hague Convention and where Apostille is not accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Procedure for Attestation/Apostille&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A. E-sanad:&lt;/strong&gt; E-Sanad is a project aimed at online submission/verification of documents. CBSE Documents of years 2014 and onwards would be accepted through e-sanad only. The link for e-Sanad portal is : &lt;a href=&quot;http://esanad.nic.in&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://esanad.nic.in&lt;/a&gt;. Physical copy of CBSE documents of years 2014 and onwards would not be accepted for attestation / apostille after 5 June 2017.Further information can be obtained at this link:.pdf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B. Attestation/apostille of documents not covered under E-sanad:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 1 -&lt;/strong&gt; Authentication of documents: All original documents/copies requiring attestation or Apostille should be first authenticated by the designated authorities of the State/Union Territory from where the document has been issued. In case of personal documents, Home/General Administration Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory are the designated authorities. In case of educational documents, the documents should first be authenticated by the Education Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory. Commercial Documents are to be pre-authenticated by the respective Chambers of Commerce. The details of the Regional Authentication Centres (RACs) in the States/Union Territories from where the documents should first be authenticated are given below*.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What follows &lt;a href=&quot;http://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on the linked page&lt;/a&gt; is a comprehensive list of Regional Authentication Centres (RACs) for States/Union Territories, including twelve in Kerala, and five in Delhi.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T20:22:13.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11793" CreationDate="2017-08-14T20:32:04.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no good reason to apply for a visitor visa, and at least one good reason not to: a visitor's visa does not authorize the holder to move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many good reasons to apply for the EEA family permit, however, including the fact that it is free of charge and the fact that it should be issued quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for the EEA family permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T20:32:04.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10263" CreationDate="2017-08-14T21:26:50.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your family is able to meet the visa requirements without your support (even if you’re providing it), a simple statement of your address in the UK, proof that where you live has adequate space for them as defined by the Housing Act, a copy of your lease agreement, and that you have permission to have visitors (from the landlord or the council). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should your family be unable to satisfy the visa requirements without sponsorship, the guidance &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules Appendix V: visitor rules&lt;/a&gt; clarifies that the sponsor would have to submit all of the evidence that an applicant without sponsorship would submit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;V 4.3 A visitor’s travel, maintenance and accommodation may be provided by a third party where the decision maker is satisfied that they: (c) can and will provide support to the visitor for the intended duration of their stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best explanation of that comes from the expertise of @GayotFow on Expats sister site, Travel Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; they mean that the sponsor has to demonstrate their capacity for sponsorship by submitting all of the evidence that an applicant without sponsorship would submit. This includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Bank statements, salary slips, employment contracts, and anything else related to financial readiness. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS proof that there is sufficient accommodation without violating the Housing Act &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS if the housing is rented or provided by the council then evidence that the sponsor has permission to take in visitors. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS evidence of care if there are children or elderly involved. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; they mean that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you will collect them from the airport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS drop them off at the airport (and yes, we have refusals on those grounds in the archives here) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS provide all of the requisite maintenance and accommodation &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PLUS an attestation that you will be in the UK for the entire course of their visit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T21:26:50.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10645" CreationDate="2017-08-14T21:58:18.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they can apply for another UK visa and would want to include an explanation of the change in plans. UK policy allows only one type of permission at a time, so the issuing post would curtail the current (and unused) visa at the time it issues another visa to your family members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T21:58:18.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8089" CreationDate="2017-08-14T22:27:20.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You did not indicate when you intend to go for the visa interview so may have to adjust this answer. Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://internationalaffairs.uchicago.edu/page/adding-dependent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; very helpful FAQ in regards to F2 Visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final question in the article speaks directly to your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm Engaged.  Do I need to be married to receive a dependent&#xA;  I-20/DS-2019?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is acceptable to go through the process to add a dependent spouse&#xA;  to your SEVIS record before you actually marry. However, you must be&#xA;  married and have the marriage certificate in hand by the time you&#xA;  apply for the dependent visa, or for Canadian citizens, when you enter&#xA;  the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you have to be married and take the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immihelp.com/visas/studentvisa/f2-visa-documents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;marriage proof&lt;/a&gt; with you to the interview. Since you mentioned you will be married only a month before you depart. That would be cutting too close for the interview I would say. Earlier the better generally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal opinion on an alternative would be to do the court marriage atleast, that way you are married and can take the marriage proof along. But ensure to have the pictures etc with your spouse and family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:27:20.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8722" CreationDate="2017-08-14T22:28:17.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You wife can re-enter the US with her valid visa, and can right up until the day it expires; the visa allows her to enter..  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/visa-expiration-date.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs explanation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The visa expiration date is shown on the visa along with the visa issuance date. The time between visa issuance and expiration date is called your visa validity. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she has rejoined you, you would go through the necessary steps to take care of her immigration status and apply for an extension of stay at a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS service center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:28:17.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7336" CreationDate="2017-08-14T22:42:54.407" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;2017 update: as provided by the individual who posed the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation was resolved satisfactorily by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-how.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;making application to Canada as a tourist&lt;/a&gt;, and being granted a visa which allows residence in Canada for up to a six-month stay from the day of entry. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extension is permitted&lt;/a&gt; while in Canada, but must be applied for at least 30 days before the authorized end of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, he enrolled as a part-time student to fulfill the requirements of his home university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-who.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You can study at any school in Canada without a study permit if&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your course or program is for six months or less&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your studies aren’t part of a longer program and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you will complete all your studies within the time we approved you to stay in Canada (usually six months after you enter).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T22:42:54.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11791" CreationDate="2017-08-15T14:50:49.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a student in Canada, you are able to apply for both CSQ and PEQ, according to Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion Québec:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/informations/peq/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a &lt;strong&gt;Certificat de sélection du Québec&lt;/strong&gt; (CSQ – Québec selection certificate)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you wish to settle in Québec permanently and you are a foreign student, Québec graduate or skilled temporary foreign worker employed in Québec, you can apply for a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) in the skilled worker class. Note that you must be age 18 or older and plan to settle in Québec with the intention of being gainfully employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: If you are applying for a Certificat de sélection du Québec as a skilled worker, you must choose between the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec experience program) and the regular selection program for skilled workers. We provide a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/informations/peq/self-assessment-questionnaire.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;self-assessment questionnaire&lt;/a&gt; to direct you to the information and forms associated with the program that seems most appropriate in your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Programme de l’expérience québécoise&lt;/strong&gt; (PEQ – Québec experience program) (simplified process)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/stay-quebec/application-csq/students-peq/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PEQ – Québec graduate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This program is aimed at you if you have obtained an eligible Québec diploma, or you are in the process of doing so, and you have an advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regular selection program for skilled workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This program assesses your socio-occupational characteristics based on ten factors and also takes into account the characteristics of your spouse or de facto spouse included in your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/stay-quebec/application-csq/students-quebec/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign student in Québec&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The regular program applies to you if you are pursuing or have successfully completed a study program in Québec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T14:50:49.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11776" CreationDate="2017-08-15T15:49:42.333" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were refused under the points-based system, you would not have  a full right to appeal. You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/immigration-asylum-tribunal/appeal-from-outside-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for an administrative review&lt;/a&gt;, at no charge. Your refusal notice will include guidance on how to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your Tier 4 visa application is refused, and you think a mistake has been made, you can ask UK Visas &amp;amp; Immigration to check its decision. This is known as an administrative review and there is no charge. You must ask for an administrative review within 28 days from the date you receive the refusal notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you note, evidence of support was either not included or insufficient, and you may want to address that shortcoming before reapplying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-visitor-child-visitors-vat03/special-visitor-child-visitors-vat03&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Visas and Immigration&lt;/a&gt; can guide you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 came into force on 2 November 2009. It requires the UK Visas and Immigration to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in discharging its immigration, nationality and general customs functions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All applicants who are under the age of 18 must show that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they have adequate travel, reception and care arrangements for their stay in the UK;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they have a parent or guardian in their home country or country of habitual residence who is responsible for their care; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;their parent / guardian agrees to them travelling.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-child-matters-statutory-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parent / Guardian consent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[T]he ECO needs to establish and record that the parent / guardian is in the home country and that the parent / guardian agrees to the child travelling to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The ECO should therefore expect to see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A letter of consent from a parent or legal guardian consenting to the arrangements for their travel to, reception and care while in the UK. If a foster care arrangement exists, this is to include details of the intended foster carer - name, date of birth, address where child will be living, relationship of foster carer to child and authority from the parent or legal guardian for the foster carer to care for the child during their stay in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Where applicable, a letter from the school to include details of the foster care arrangement and that they have or will notify the local authority (and the reply from the LA if they have one).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The ECO should refuse the application if they have doubts about whether consent has been given, or where there is nothing from the parent or guardian and no reasonable explanation as to why this is so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are suitable travel, reception and care arrangements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will vary from application to application and depends on whether the child is accompanied or unaccompanied. In all cases a clear record of who is responsible for the child’s welfare in their home country and whilst in the UK is imperative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For host families the ECO needs to establish the identity and address of the hosts and must ensure that the care arrangements are satisfactory. In routine cases this could mean seeing a letter from the host family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Proviso details must be updated to show that satisfactory care arrangements are met and to include the name, address and telephone number of the intended family / carer, as well as the parents’ contact details. Failure to ensure this information is readily available may result in a lengthy delay for the child at the port of arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Child protection and duty of care is very much in the fore-front of Immigration Officers’ minds and where a child does not present any kind of paperwork concerning the care arrangements, officers will pursue enquiries as they see fit to satisfy themselves that the children are not at risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: &quot;Proviso&quot; refers to its internal system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-20T19:37:11.957" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T19:37:11.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="96" CreationDate="2017-08-15T16:28:06.490" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets begin here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, working for a US company which pays 100% of my&#xA;  health insurance costs with a US company. I'm living in Mexico, which&#xA;  has &quot;Social Security&quot;, which offers access to the government&#xA;  hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you are referring to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imss.gob.mx/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IMSS&lt;/a&gt; which is related to the universal coverage aspects in Mexico vs Seguro Popular which is primarily for the uninsured and can be bought without being part of the &quot;Social Security&quot; system in Mexico. I do provide some basic information in that regards towards the end of the answer though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consulting this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mexperience.com/lifestyle/healthcare/healthcare-services/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; which provides broad information about healthcare in Mexico and various options associated with it. It suggests that IMSS which is the Mexican universal coverage is not just due to &quot;living&quot; in Mexico. One of many ways you can qualify for it is working for a Mexican company which pays taxes and thus paying in to the system. Or there is an option for foreign residents to buy it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mexico’s Social Security System&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mexico’s social security system is called the Instituto Mexicano de&#xA;  Seguro Social, often abbreviated as just IMSS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mexico’s Social Security System is free at the point of delivery for&#xA;  Mexicans as well as foreign nationals with residency status who are in&#xA;  full-time employment by a company registered in the IMSS system&#xA;  (payroll taxes cover healthcare – see below). Foreigners resident in&#xA;  Mexico who are not working (e.g. retirees) or not working for company&#xA;  enrolled in IMSS may elect to purchase the IMSS health insurance&#xA;  separately for a modest monthly fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On to the next part of your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Aside from avoiding the hassle of sending medical bills to my US-based&#xA;  insurance provider (which covers &quot;normal and customary&quot; expenses, even&#xA;  outside of the US), is there any advantage to becoming registered with&#xA;  Mexican Social Security?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the case of an emergency, such as a car accident, would I receive&#xA;  better or different care if I was a member of the Mexican Social&#xA;  Security system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No direct answer there but it depends. Its advantages include the vast coverage it has. Although the quality of care varies due to a lot of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mexperience.com/how-to-access-the-mexican-healthcare-system-imss/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;factors&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Speed and Quality of Care&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are waiting periods for non-emergency procedures, and IMSS&#xA;  members who get their coverage as part of their formal employment are&#xA;  given priority over those who enrolled independently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can also depend on where you are in Mexico and what facilities are around you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reported quality of care varies, and the experience you have will&#xA;  likely depend on where you are in Mexico and what the wider local&#xA;  demand is on health services when you’re seeking treatment. Some&#xA;  foreign residents report good care from IMSS, others report&#xA;  disappointments and shortcomings. It’s fair to say—as with all large,&#xA;  publicly-funded healthcare systems world-wide—that the demand for&#xA;  services usually exceeds the supply of resources available and&#xA;  compromises must be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that IMSS could exclude certain pre-existing diseases and there can be a waiting period in which certain conditions may not be covered. Refer to its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imss.gob.mx/derechoH/enfermedad-seguros-familia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; for more details or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mexperience.com/how-to-access-the-mexican-healthcare-system-imss/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Preexisting Conditions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some preexisting conditions are not covered and these include&#xA;  malignant tumors, congenital diseases, chronic degenerative diseases,&#xA;  addictions, mental illness, and HIV—among others.  If you have any&#xA;  preexisting ‘excluded’ conditions, you cannot enroll into the IMSS&#xA;  insurance program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Other specific preexisting conditions are covered on ‘deferment’ and&#xA;  these don’t preclude you for joining the program, but are subject to&#xA;  specific waiting periods before you can seek healthcare services&#xA;  related to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your IMSS insurance does not cover eye care, dental, elective&#xA;  surgeries (e.g. plastic surgery, weight loss), infertility treatments,&#xA;  or treatments for self-inflicted injuries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SEGURO POPULAR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reading suggests that this may be an option you may want to consider. There is a special &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.topmexicorealestate.com/lets-retire-in-mexico/2015/05/seguro-popular-for-foreigners-residing-in-mexico-faqs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; here for foreign residents in Mexico considering this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Seguro Popular is an option for foreigners residing in Mexico, it is a&#xA;  medical service offered by the Mexican government for those&#xA;  individuals that do not have with any other form of state issued&#xA;  medical care such as: IMSS, ISSSTE, SEDENA, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following I would suggest is subjective, although it does seems you will need a good handle of Spanish based on the various reading I had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As you can see, Seguro Popular is another good option for health care&#xA;  in Mexico. Sadly most of the centers have mainly Spanish speaking&#xA;  staff, so be prepared to use your Spanish or ask a friend to go with&#xA;  you and translate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a nice &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mazinfo.com/infofiles/IMSS.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; written from a while back though but seems to echo the various points that may helpful to review before making a decision&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastEditorUserId="2190" LastEditDate="2017-08-15T17:41:51.790" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T17:41:51.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8192" CreationDate="2017-08-15T17:24:31.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The length of validity of the J-1 visa should be the length given for J-1 visas for your country of nationality in the Department of State's &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reciprocity tables&lt;/a&gt;, or until the end of your J-1 program, whichever is shorter. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040205.html#M402_5_6_E&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.5-6(E)&lt;/a&gt;(c):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should also note the program end date as it appears in the&#xA;  electronic record and ensure that the J visa is issued with a validity&#xA;  that corresponds to the program end or to the reciprocity schedule for&#xA;  the country of the applicant's nationality, whichever is shorter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040205.html#M402_5_6_I_7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.5-6(I)(7)&lt;/a&gt;(b):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;J-1 visas must be issued for the program dates listed on the Form&#xA;  DS-2019, unless where excepted in [...], or unless visa reciprocity&#xA;  only allows for a shorter validity period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said in the comments that the J-1 length in the reciprocity table for your country is 5 years, so if your program will end in less than 5 years, your J-1 visa should be valid until the end of your J-1 program; and if your program will end in more than 5 years, the visa should be valid for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T17:24:31.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6012" CreationDate="2017-08-15T17:26:03.933" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a little detail  that may be of interest to you. As per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Change of Status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Persons admitted under the Visa Waiver Program are&#xA;not permitted to change status in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus given that this visa is only issued for 90 days and persons entering on VWP cannot really extend their stay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extending Your Stay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Persons admitted under the Visa Waiver Program are not permitted to&#xA;extend their stays in the United States. See Extend Your Stay on the&#xA;U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website. You must&#xA;depart the United States on or before the date on your admission stamp&#xA;when you entered the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really consider that if you have time on your side to go with the Adjustment of Status process. Honestly it would be much more convenient in the long term and avoid any other complication. Also once both of you are in the country it can help to avoid any rush back for her to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T17:26:03.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9563" CreationDate="2017-08-15T17:40:50.217" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now becoming more common for people to be born or grow up in one location and end up living somewhere else and move many times every few years. Thus the question where are you from is getting hard to answer? Honestly, Its hard to use a single word, global-citizen comes very close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So usually I have a quick 30 sec elevator speech ready that helps provide context. You could say something like below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was born in Romania to Hungarian parents but my primary language is English.I have been in Denmark for last {x} many years. Thus I am a global citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T14:52:34.693" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T14:52:34.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11831" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-15T21:42:03.977" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually I'm a startup founder from &lt;strong&gt;Pakistan&lt;/strong&gt; and my team will be joining an accelerator program in Finland this Fall, which is hardly 1.5 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the problem is that there is &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; Finnish Embassy in Pakistan and consular matters are handled by the Dutch (Netherlands) Embassy, but it &lt;strong&gt;ONLY&lt;/strong&gt; handles Schengen Visa (Short Term 90 Days) while we'll be staying for almost 4 months and possibly longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My research and Dutch embassy says that we'll have to apply for a residence permit from Finnish embassies in either the UAE, India, China, Nepal etc. all of which require us to apply for visas also (no visa free entry). Even if we manage to apply and get a visa in lets says a week or so, then still the residency permit application takes at least &lt;strong&gt;3 MONTHS&lt;/strong&gt; to process! By then our accelerator program will be past midway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My research also said that one can apply for Residency in Finland itself in exceptional cases. Also that Residency Application in Finland are handled by Federal Immigration Department and &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; by embassies/consulates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is can we apply for a short-stay visa for Finland from the Dutch Embassy here and once we are in Finland apply for a Residency Permit? Is our case exceptional enough? FYI the final interview for the accelerator program was today, so there's no delay on our side, plus also there's no Finnish embassy in our country and applying elsewhere would not only cost us A LOT of money but also time which we don't have any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe our case qualifies as an exceptional case, but I would like to hear your thoughts and if this is really possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also we were in Finland exactly 1 month ago for a similar event for 5 days and another 3 days in France, this visa was issued by the local Dutch Embassy on behalf of Finland. But it was a 10 day single entry visa, so as we know the 90-days-in-180-days rule of EU, will those 10 days also count in the upcoming application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13344" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T21:42:03.977" Title="Can I apply for residency permit in Finland on a Schengen Visa?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-08-20T06:39:58.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10703" CreationDate="2017-08-16T01:13:44.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/651-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australia eVisitor (subclass 651)&lt;/a&gt; allows multiple entries, with each visit no more than 3 months duration (added emphasis mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your eVisitor lets you:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;enter Australia for up to three months during each visit during the 12 months from the date the eVisitor is granted&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have a holiday or visit family and friends in Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;study in Australia for up to three months in some circumstances&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;engage in business visitor activities while in Australia provided you:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not work for or provide services to, a business or organisation&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not sell goods or services to the public.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Business visitor activities include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;making general business or employment enquiries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;investigating, negotiating, signing or reviewing a business contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;activities carried out as part of an official government-to-government visit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;participating in conferences, trade fairs or seminars, as long as you are not being paid by the organisers for you participation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Volunteer work tourism schemes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general, an eVisitor does not allow you to work in Australia. However, you might be able to work as a volunteer if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your main purpose in visiting Australia is tourism and the voluntary work is incidental to tourism&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the work is genuinely voluntary and you are not paid for it, other than for meals, accommodation or out of pocket living expenses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the work would not otherwise be done in return for wages by an Australian resident&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T01:13:44.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11834" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11835" CreationDate="2017-08-16T04:43:20.397" Score="4" ViewCount="513" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied in 2015 for a tier 4 visa to study in the UK. I got refused due to insufficient funds (The real reason is that I didn't leave the money in the bank for 28 days). So I applied again last year (2016) without fast track and was granted a visa. I went to an international college so the visa only lasted for a year. Now this year, I want to apply again for another tier for a visa which lasts for the whole 3 years of my course. I want to find out if it is possible to fast track seeing as I was granted a visa just last year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13345" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T08:53:23.817" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T08:53:23.817" Title="Can I use fast track for a 3-year UK visa given my history?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11834" CreationDate="2017-08-16T05:54:34.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't say where you're applying from but nothing should stop you using the priority service. This won't change or influence the outcome of your visa at all, it only means that your application is placed at the front of the queue once it arrives for consideration. There is no guarantee it will be processed in a shorter time frame, especially if there are extenuating circumstances to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using the priority visa service does not imply or guarantee in any way that your visa application will be successful. All visa applicants must meet the requirements of the UK Immigration Rules. The amount paid for the priority service, as well as the visa application fee, is not refundable if the visa application is refused or, in exceptional cases, takes longer to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13198" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T05:54:34.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9563" CreationDate="2017-08-16T09:40:50.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is up to you to adopt which identity you really feel affiliated to. However, in my point of view, if you are asked your nationality, it does not matter much what citizenship you have or where you live. Where you were born matters even less. Only the nationality of your parents counts, and possibly in which environment you grew up. So in my opinion your are Hungarian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were asked &quot;where are you from&quot; however since you were apparently raised in Romania, you should answer that. However if you do not want them to think you are Romanian, you can specify : &lt;strong&gt;&quot;I'm a Hungarian from Romania&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people do not understand that, you have to educate them about ethnic minorities, and how Romania ended up annexing a large part of Hungary due to the lost first world war in 1918. Of course I understand explaining this story 100 times to everyone is becoming annoying, but that's the price to pay to not loose your identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not that uncommon - there is a lot of Austrians living in southern Tyrol (part of Italy), Germans living in Belgium (in the region of Eupen), up to 6% of Finland is populated by Swedes... As far as I'm aware Hungarians comes in large numbers in all countries bordering modern Hungary, the largest group being in Romania but smaller group existing in Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Your situation really isn't unique. &lt;strong&gt;People who assume that &quot;1 country = 1 language = 1 culture&quot; are really not educated and should learn how wrong they are.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6215" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T09:40:50.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-16T10:15:28.613" Score="0" ViewCount="610" Body="&lt;p&gt;I traveled to Vienna from Germany through flixbus showing my Aufenthaltstitels at the border. Unfortunately I lost it somewhere in the bus or afterwards. I registered at all lost and founds in Vienna without success. Biggest mistake I reckon I have done is traveling only with a photocopy of my Indian passport (fearing that I would lose the original which is in Germany now).  Now the Deutsche botschaft refuses to help me without my passport, and I am out of ideas. Is there a way out of this?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13347" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T18:50:39.907" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T18:50:39.907" Title="lost german aufenthaltstitel while travelling in vienna" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8856" CreationDate="2017-08-16T10:21:57.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Opening disclaimer: This answer is based on personal experience and things I was told at the time, which was in the UK, not from India, and was for a different long-stay visa than yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time, my long-stay visa was very delayed. I was told that there is nothing I could do besides wait. In my case I started work about 3 weeks late. They will email or text (if you sign up for this option) you when your passport is ready to be collected, and they will not specify whether the visa is accepted or rejected. You find that out when collecting your passport, which in my case could be done in person or in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're really in a pinch, check whether the website you used to start your application has a 'Contact Us' page. You can send an email and request that they call you. They will, sometimes, call you back after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: I was told by the agent that long-stay visas are sent to France (Nantes, IIRC) and processed there. So at some point, to the company, the process becomes a 'black box' and they won't know anything once it's sent, until it arrives back. Note also that the month of August is very slow in France, if you're aiming for around this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another poster on this SE had good results getting their university/lab to contact the visa office, but they were a researcher, so this may be less of a valid option for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have gotten to this point already, I would imagine it's quite unlikely that you will be denied. The company has already vetted your application, so it's looking good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonne chance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T10:21:57.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10446" CreationDate="2017-08-16T14:18:44.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should you find it necessary to provide exact details, you can obtain your entry and exit records directly from the UKVI. It is done through a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580093/SAR_Form_Dec_2016.docx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Subject Access Request (SAR)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Request your personal data from UK Visas and Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Data Protection Act 1998 determines how we process personal data (information relating to living people). The act means you can ask to access the information we hold about you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These requests are called subject access requests. You should expect a response from us within 40 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T14:18:44.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-16T14:40:32.420" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my first question here, don't know if it is off-topic and belongs to travel exchange.&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;After applying everywhere for jobs and countless rejections, I hit some luck and was picked up by a company in Poland. All the interview steps went good and they selected me. Now, I am an Indian citizen and the company has started to apply for my work permit. I am wondering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are work permits for Indian citizens granted at all by Poland? I mean is it problematic for the company to obtain a work permit for a non-EU citizen?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13349" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T14:59:18.967" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T14:59:22.650" Title="Poland : work permit application by employer" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7023" CreationDate="2017-08-16T18:26:11.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An individual can have more than one valid US nonimmigrant visa, as long as they are in different categories, as yours would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you can be in only one status at a time and, when entering the US, you have to state the purpose of your visit; the I-94 Record of Entry issued will reflect your answer. You can’t be admitted in two visa statuses simultaneously. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS temporary nonimmigrant category&lt;/a&gt; doesn’t describe any provision for that, nor for exceptions under the rules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that both employee and employer have Federal tax reporting obligations which would reveal a concurrent period when an individual was working in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, to remain in status, and avoid any risk to visas issued, you would want to depart and re-enter under the appropriate visa category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T18:26:11.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9632" CreationDate="2017-08-16T19:04:43.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Labor&lt;/a&gt;, the E-7 is granted to:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreigner who want to engage in occupations specially designated by the Ministry of Justice after making an employment contract with a public or private organization in Korea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applicants have to satisfy one of the following requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Master’s degree or higher in the relevant field&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of work experience in the relevant field&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At least 5 years of work experience in the relevant field&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your background does seem to fit; however, only those who review the application can determine whether the absence of the diploma would be  an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T19:04:43.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11837" CreationDate="2017-08-16T22:21:01.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go visit the Indian embassy in Vienna. See if they can give you a duplicate passport, or even a letter that you can take to the Germans, asking them to help you on their behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T22:21:01.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11787" CreationDate="2017-08-16T22:24:59.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask the DVLA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvla&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvla&lt;/a&gt;. You may also have to modify your motorcycle somewhat before it can be registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T22:24:59.443" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-16T23:06:00.983" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to send my passport to our embassy in Madrid. I live in the Netherlands. What are my options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PostNL? is it safe to send the passport using it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T01:40:23.477" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T06:40:06.770" Title="Is there a secure way to send a passport from the Netherlands to Spain?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-17T05:45:36.613" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to work in Canada on a work permit visa. Is there any work permit visa in Canada like USA H1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13354" LastEditorUserId="12159" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T07:44:43.603" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T17:57:03.487" Title="Work Permit Visa for Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11837" CreationDate="2017-08-17T13:09:04.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration checks are currently relatively common when entering Germany from Austria by land and even with your Aufenhaltstitel, I would expect that you are likely to experience unnecessary hazzle on the German border, if you try to enter without proper travel documents. The Aufenhaltstitel card is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; valid as an id or travel document and would have been required &lt;em&gt;in addition&lt;/em&gt; to your passport (and not only a copy of it) to prove your right to stay in the Schengen area. Any letters from the Indian embassy are not recognized as travel documents by the German authorities. If you end up being confronted by a strict immigration officer, you need, at least by the letter of the immigration law, a proper or emergency passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your easiest way out is probably, as Douglas Held suggested, to have your passport brought by a friend or sent by mail/courier to Vienna. With your proper passport, you could then go to the German embassy in Vienna and get a confirmation of your immigration status before travelling back to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T13:09:04.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-17T13:14:16.867" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU national holding a (indefinite leave to remain - permanent resident status)= PR since October 2016.&#xA;I would like to apply for UK citizenship.&#xA;In the AN citizenship form it asks for job/employer.&#xA;My two questions are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a PhD student in the UK apply (hence the person is not working)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a person who is unemployed (and not studying) at the moment of application apply?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13356" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T15:36:50.483" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T23:02:24.560" Title="UK citizenship requirements for EU nationals with PR - should you be working?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-17T14:14:06.200" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen working in Britain, self-employed, and I would like to bring my Asian wife here in a couple of months time in 2018.  Will the status of &quot;qualified person&quot; help me to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to have a minimum income of £18,600 in order to bring her on an EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13358" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T18:56:23.773" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T15:36:17.310" Title="Does EU citizen have to meet financial requirement for non-EEA spouse?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-17T14:29:22.500" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in France and lived there until the age of 3 then moved back to my country which is Iraq, so my question is what are the procedures that i need to follow to get the French passport if possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13359" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-18T09:23:09.197" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T09:24:07.147" Title="Born in France but left at an early age: Can I obtain the French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11853" CreationDate="2017-08-17T15:36:20.700" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your parents were themselves born in France, you have been French since your birth (&lt;em&gt;double droit du sol&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, there is no easy path to French citizenship. Without getting into irrelevant details, all the applicable procedures only cover people who grew up in France/spent most of their formative years in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like everyone else, you can of course use the regular naturalisation procedure but that requires living in France for several years (and therefore securing a visa allowing you to do it in the first place). Being born in the country does not confer any advantage in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-18T09:24:07.147" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T09:24:07.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11855" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11857" CreationDate="2017-08-17T16:41:12.090" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a US citizen from Virginia. We are living in Germany. When registering to vote in US elections, the information page at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fvap.gov/vao/vag/chapter2/virginia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.fvap.gov/vao/vag/chapter2/virginia&lt;/a&gt; states &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Overseas citizens whose return is not certain: Provide the name of your employer or the name of your spouse's or parent/guardian's employer. If you do not provide this, you will receive a ballot for federal offices only.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the intent behind this rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13360" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:16:16.670" Title="Why is the employer name required to register to vote in Virginia state elections?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11848" CreationDate="2017-08-17T17:57:03.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Government of Canada web site has a volume of information on ways to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;live and work to Canada&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigrate as a skilled worker through Express Entry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We choose skilled immigrants as permanent residents based on their ability to settle in Canada and take part in our economy. Our system to manage how people with skilled work experience apply to immigrate to Canada is called Express Entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T17:57:03.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11855" CreationDate="2017-08-17T18:00:40.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When registering to vote in US elections&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a loaded statement. The US, and specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformed_and_Overseas_Citizens_Absentee_Voting_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UOCAVA&lt;/a&gt;, covers federal elections and not state elections. The page and instructions you link to cover both. You do not need to provide an employer to register to vote in VA for federal elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The VA website provides &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/absentee-voting/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a list&lt;/a&gt; of ways to be eligible for an absentee ballot for local elections. Most non-military expats fall under categories 6C (former VA resident) and 6D (employed citizen who was never a VA resident). As your wife is from VA, if she was a VA resident in the past, then she would qualify under 6c and does not need to provide the name of her employer (but does need to provide the last date of residency). If you have never been a VA resident, then you may need to qualify under 6D and provide the name of your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most likely intent of requiring the employer name is that VA has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/expat-tax-returns-determining-virginia-state-residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;burdensome state tax code&lt;/a&gt; requiring anyone domiciled in VA to file a state tax return. In other words, VA lets employed expats vote in local elections because they will then potentially have to pay state income tax. They presumably do not let unemployed expats vote since they cannot collection state income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2017-08-17T19:16:16.670" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:16:16.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6103" CreationDate="2017-08-17T18:12:49.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-character-nationality-policy-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI published its &lt;strong&gt;Good character: nationality policy guidance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on 27 July 2017, it seems a good time to take up the gauntlet thrown down by @GayotFow (albeit long overdue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Annex D to chapter 18, in its very preface, makes clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is no definition of ‘good character’ in the British Nationality Act 1981 (‘the BNA 1981’) and therefore no statutory guidance as to how this should be interpreted or applied&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, there are the basics of what can be counted against an applicant (1.3 Aspects of the Requirement):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Failure to show respect for the law: any criminal behavior, whether suspected or convicted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;War crimes: in any way, shape or form, including involvement, association, crimes against humanity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial impropriety: including failure to pay taxes, bankruptcy, fraud, concealing assets&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notoriety: behavior and/or activities that risk the public order&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dishonesty (the big one): deliberately dishonest or deceptive in their dealings with the UK Government, including ‘assisted in the evasion of immigration control, previously been deprived of citizenship. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything else that cast doubts on an applicant’s character&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should an applicant fall short under any one of those points, it doesn’t bode well, when the guidance states: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The decision maker will not normally consider a person to be of good character if there is information to suggest [the above].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What this suggests is that any and all shortcomings, regardless of gravity, can and will be evaluated. This would include all of the examples in the question, what previously were viewed as minor and what may have been overlooked in the past, might impact the outcome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practical terms, a number of the considerations are apparent and understood to exhibit poor character: criminal activity of any measure, anywhere. Section 2 of the guidance is quite detailed, and discuss the finer points in addition to convictions. Those once viewed as less critical, could now be weighed more heavily, e.g., cautions, deferred sentences, admonitions, warnings, fines, reprimands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Financial integrity and reputation continue to be indicators of character. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When evidence includes debt recklessly incurred, use of public funds when not entitled to them, unreasonable failure to pay taxes, deception to avoid paying the correct rate, it can may be difficult to overlook those objections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notoriety may prove an even greater challenge to overcome: poor behavior in their local community, even if wouldn’t rise to the level of criminal activity. And, in some instances, the behavior of the person’s child could be held against them, if it considered that the parent either was complicit or negligent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of those are new, or surprising; what is new and significantly raises the bar is immigration history, when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They had been deliberately dishonest or deceptive in their dealings with the UK Government; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have assisted in the evasion of immigration control; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have previously been deprived of citizenship. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Section 9: Immigration Related Issues of the Annex D and reads as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.5 Illegal Entry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  In circumstances where an applicant entered the UK illegally, an application for citizenship should normally be refused for a period of 10 years from the date of entry, if it is known. If it is not known, the period of 10 years starts from the date on which the person first brought themselves to or came to the attention of the Home Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.6 Assisting Illegal Migration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The decision maker will normally refuse an application if there are grounds for believing that the person is currently, or has previously been, involved in an attempt to assist someone in the evasion of immigration control. This includes a person whose spouse’s/civil partner’s recent application for entry clearance has been refused on relationship grounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.7 Evasion of immigration control&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The decision maker will normally refuse an application if within the 10 years preceding the application the person has not been compliant with immigration requirements, including but not limited to having:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. failed to report&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. failed to comply with any conditions imposed under the Immigration Acts&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c. been detected working in the UK without permission&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For refugees with no legal way of reaching the UK, it would mean a minimum of  10 years before they qualify, instead of six. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Colin Yeo&lt;/a&gt;, widely regarded for his expertise in UK immigration and asylum law (as @GayotFow notes), voiced his concerns in early 2015, in response to changes to the good character test which raised the bar significantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/good-character-citizenship-criteria-quietly-tightened-up/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Good character citizenship criteria quietly tightened up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/tightening-of-british-citizenship-rules-not-aimed-at-refugees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tightening of British citizenship rules not aimed at refugees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editorials such as this suggest that the above policies may be the subject of legal challenges. Accordingly, this answer is limited to 2017 and 2018 only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T18:12:49.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11852" CreationDate="2017-08-17T18:27:10.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the status of &amp;quot;qualified person&amp;quot; help me to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to have a minimum income of £18,600 in order to bring her on an EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  All you need to show is that you are self employed.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must show that your EEA family member has a permanent right of residence or is one of the following if they’ve been in the UK for more than 3 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;working, for example an employment contract, wage slips or a letter from an employer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;self-employed (for example contracts, invoices or audited accounts with bank statements) and paying tax and National Insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;studying, for example a letter from the school, college or university&#xA;financially independent, for example bank statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T07:30:54.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9356" CreationDate="2017-08-17T19:10:28.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/index.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Experience Canada (IEC)&lt;/a&gt; provides youth with the opportunity to travel and work in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I change employers if I have an International Experience Canada work permit&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a work permit under the Working Holiday category, you can change employers whenever you want or need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under the Young Professionals and International Co-op (Internship) categories, you can only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/extend/iec.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change your employer&lt;/a&gt; if you have a valid reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:10:28.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10741" CreationDate="2017-08-17T19:41:34.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you would want to consult your university’s international student office to confirm how the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623341/T4_Migrant_Guidance_29_June_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI Tier 4 guidance&lt;/a&gt; affects you, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalstudents.cam.ac.uk/tier-4-responsibilities/finishing-your-studies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cambridge University&lt;/a&gt; has a clear example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When must you leave the UK?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The length of your Tier 4 visa depends on the length of your course, as stated in your Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS). The Home Office varies this leave if you are government sponsored and then limits your stay in the UK to meet your sponsor's requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The course end date is determined by when the University expects you to have completed all required elements of the course and is the same for all students on that course. It does not include congregation dates.&#xA;  The Home Office expects you to leave the UK on or before your visa expiry date, unless you have applied to extend your stay or to switch into another immigration category. However, in certain circumstances your Tier 4 visa may be curtailed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will your visa be curtailed?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you complete your course on time (i.e. according to the course end date in your CAS) your visa expiry date does not change and you may remain in the UK until that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you complete your course early (i.e. earlier than the course end date in your CAS) do not assume you can remain in the UK until the date of expiry of your visa. The Home Office requires the University to inform them of every student who completes their course earlier than expected. The Home Office normally limits your permission to the normal wrap-up period of leave. This means that if you have completed your course more than 12 months after the course start date entered on your original CAS, you will receive a curtailment period of 4 months. If you have completed your course in under 12 months, you will receive a curtailment period of two months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Home Office advises that if you leave the UK after early completion of studies, or are already outside the UK, your leave to enter or remain will lapse under Article 13(3) of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000 and you may require a visa to enter the UK. Please contact the International Student Team if you have any queries about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:41:34.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-17T20:49:10.970" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Company A has applied for my H1B and it was approved. Now, I have another opportunity from Company B and it is ready to sponsor my H1B visa. Can I transfer my H1B to Company B before Oct 1st 2017 (without any paystubs from Company A, a I never worked for it before)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the US on an F1 student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13362" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-18T01:10:20.347" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T01:10:20.347" Title="Can my H1B visa be transferred to another company, and before Oct 1st 2017?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-19T07:01:20.253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5959" CreationDate="2017-08-17T23:30:38.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters service, has an overview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://estate.findlaw.com/planning-an-estate/how-us-tax-rules-apply-to-inheritances-and-gifts-from-abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How U.S. Tax Rules Apply to Inheritances and Gifts from Abroad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As people become more globally mobile, estate planning attorneys are being asked questions about the income, estate, and gift tax ramifications relating to property from outside the United States. One of the questions most frequently being asked, for instance, is whether an inheritance or gift from abroad will be taxed if brought into the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The short answer is that the U.S. doesn't impose inheritance taxes on bequests. Similarly, transfers by gift of property not situated in the U.S. from foreign nationals not domiciled in the U.S. are not subject to U.S. gift taxes. However, many other U.S. tax rules may apply to such a gift or inheritance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This article describes the U.S. tax rules that apply to transfers by gift or inheritance of property from abroad to U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents (&quot;green card&quot; holders), or foreign nationals residing in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;U.S. Estate Taxes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://estate.findlaw.com/planning-an-estate/estate-and-gift-tax-an-overview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;estate and gift tax rules&lt;/a&gt; of the Internal Revenue Code include two basic structures for transfers by bequest. One structure covers death transfers by U.S. citizens regardless of where they are domiciled at death. This structure, with some exceptions for transfers to non-U.S. citizen spouses, applies to estates of foreign nationals who are domiciled in the United States.&#xA;  Foreign nationals who are green card holders are generally considered domiciled in the United States for both U.S. estate and gift tax purposes. This is consistent with the immigration law definition of a U.S. lawful permanent resident as an individual who intends to reside permanently in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign nationals residing in the United States, but without green cards, may be considered domiciled in the United States for purposes of these tax rules as well. Transfers by foreign nationals not domiciled in the United States are covered by a different estate tax structure that imposes taxes on transfers of certain property situated in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Estate taxes based on the Code rules may be changed by an estate or gift tax treaty. The United States has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estate-gift-tax-treaties-international&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;estate tax treaties with several countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long as the decedent who transfers the asset by bequest or is neither a U.S. citizen nor a foreign national domiciled in the United States, no U.S. estate tax is imposed on the transfer. The United States does not impose inheritance taxes on the beneficiary's receipt of a bequest, therefore there is no U.S. tax resulting from the death transfer. Also, the United States also does not impose an income tax on inheritances brought into the United States. However, other U.S. reporting and tax rules may apply to the asset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;U.S. Gift Taxes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The U.S. gift tax rules apply to gratuitous transfers by U.S. citizens and foreign nationals domiciled in the United States regardless of the location of the asset transferred. Certain exemptions apply to gifts regardless of the domicile of the donor or location of the asset. As with the gift tax rules for U.S. citizens, there is an annual exclusion of $10,000 per donor for each donee gift. Gift splitting is not available to foreign nationals not domiciled in the United States. Gifts to U.S. citizen spouses are free of gift tax. Gifts of up to $100,000 per year to a non-U.S. citizens spouse can be given free of tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Gifts by foreign nationals not domiciled in the United States are subject to U.S. gift tax rules only if the asset transferred is situated in the United States (referred to as &quot;U.S. situs&quot; property). Whether property is U.S. situs for purposes of these rules is defined by arcane rules found in sections 2104 and 2105 of the Code.&#xA;  In general, U.S. real estate and tangible personal property that is located in the United States is U.S. situs property but intangibles are not. (However, intangibles such as stock in U.S. companies or debt instruments of U.S. entities or governments are situated in the United States for U.S. estate tax purposes.) Special rules apply to treat U.S. bank accounts as situated outside the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The United States has gift tax treaties, either separate or in combination with estate tax treaties with a number of countries. These treaties may eliminate the U.S. gift tax on certain transfers that are otherwise subject to U.S. gift taxes under the Code. An exemption from gift tax under a treaty is made on a gift tax return. The applicable treaty must be analyzed for application to the transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T23:30:38.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11851" CreationDate="2017-08-18T00:03:47.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the UK nationality guidance on naturalision, you would meet the basic eligibility through residency at 5 years. At that point, employment is not a factor when you qualify, financial soundness is, per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-character-nationality-policy-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;good character requirement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632935/naturalisation-as-a-British-citizen-by-discretion-v1.0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This section tells you how to consider if an applicant meets the residence requirement for naturalisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to qualify for naturalisation as a British citizen, an individual is required to demonstrate close links with, and a commitment to the UK. As part of this the expectation is that applicants should meet the residence requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst there is some discretion to waive some of these requirements, this cannot be done to the extent that the requirements are ignored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence requirements: section 6(1)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The residence requirements which someone applying under &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 198&lt;/a&gt;1 are that the applicant was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in the UK at the beginning of the period of 5 years ending with the date of the application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not absent from the UK for more than either:&#xA;    o 450 days in that 5 year period&#xA;    o 90 days in the period of 12 months ending with the date of application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not, on the date of application, subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period of stay in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not, at any other time in the 12 month period ending with date of application, subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period of stay in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not at any time in the period of 5 years ending with the date of application, in the UK in breach of the immigration laws&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-20T23:02:24.560" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T23:02:24.560" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2017-08-18T00:24:57.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aug 18th 2017. My new Australian passport is approved but caught in the post. I was poorly advised at the post office and told I could travel on my British Passport so did not opt for the Express service. Two days before travel I was made aware of the issue that I could probably leave but not return with my British Passport. I rang the passport office. All they could say is that I could now not get an express passport as it was too late and my other was in production (I guess you cannot have 2 going through at once). I rang immigration and they basically said I couldn't travel. No options were open to me. I rang the airline to see if I could get on my return flight without a visa (but with citizenship) and all they did was read out their policy - I couldn't get to speak to anybody who could make a decision based on the facts. All I wanted to do was find a way to get me back to Sydney airport and then I could work with immigration upon my return (by then my Aus passport would likely be at home so I could have somebody bring it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The day before I travelled, I headed to the airport and the Virgin Australia Service Desk. Suzanne could not have been more helpful. She called EOC (Emigration Operations Control) and they said that the airline should simply call EOC when I check in on my return leg and they will authorise my Citizenship certificate (which I should carry). They said it happens a lot and it is this simple. Best to arrange in advance as notes were added to my booking to avoid long delays at check in on my return leg. They advised I checked in early and they said EOC is on speed dial at every check in desk so they are used to having to do this sort of thing. I asked if I should go and speak to immigration control whilst at the airport to ensure I could then get through border security OK upon my return to Sydney. They said it wouldn't be an issue as once I have cleared through check in (ie. via EOC), the digital stamp is there. Even so, with my citizenship certificate they would only need to check it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13364" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T00:24:57.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9973" CreationDate="2017-08-18T00:59:20.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As is noted, when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;proof of funds&lt;/a&gt; is required, e.g., express entry:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can’t borrow this money from another person. You must be able to use this money to pay the costs of living for your family (even if they aren’t coming with you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The funds must be available both when you apply and when (if) we issue you a permanent resident visa. You must prove to an immigration officer that you can legally access them to use to settle here when you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For proof, you must get official letters from any banks or financial institutions where you are keeping money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Money given to you as a gift can be used for proof of funds. You would want to show the funds in your account for a minimum of three months before you apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, in case you need to satisfy any concerns, have a letter from your father, signed, saying that it is a gift and does not have to be repaid. His statement may need to be accompanied by documents showing from where the funds came (that they were his to give, not a loan to him, and any tax obligations were satisfied).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T00:59:20.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11868" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-18T01:33:13.983" Score="6" ViewCount="1936" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1946 in Canada. My mother was British &amp;amp; came to Canada after the war. Am I automatically a British citizen? Also, I have been living in Australia for the past 40 years &amp;amp; have dual Aussie &amp;amp; Canadian citizenship. Was wondering what my status would be. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13365" LastEditorUserId="2190" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T21:10:32.973" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T07:14:43.463" Title="Am I automatically a British citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11868" CreationDate="2017-08-18T02:10:18.913" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check if you're a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; using the information you've given, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen/y/before-1-january-1983/no/no&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;are not a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; at this time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 When were you born?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Before 1 January 1983&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2 Were you born in the UK or a qualifying territory?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3 Were you a UK and Colonies citizen on 31 December 1982 with right of abode in the UK?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You're not a British citizen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you can likely &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Register as a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be eligible if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you were born before 1 January 1983 to a British mother&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T02:10:18.913" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11868" CreationDate="2017-08-18T03:57:01.343" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before 1983, British citizenship* by descent could only be passed from the father, not the mother. Therefore, assuming your father was not British, you did not get British citizenship at birth (and you are not currently a British citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you are currently eligible to register as a British citizen, if you would have gotten British citizenship* at birth had women been able to pass on citizenship the same way men did. Basically (ignoring some exceptions), your mother had to effectively have been a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (i.e. she was not herself born outside the UK and got citizenship at birth through her parent; if she was born in the UK or naturalized in the UK that would be fine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Technically, the term &quot;British citizen&quot; did not exist before 1983. From 1949 to 1983, the people of the UK and British colonies held the status of &quot;Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies&quot; (CUKC), but only those who had the status through a connection to the UK (as opposed to a colony) had right of abode in the UK and became &quot;British citizens&quot; in 1983, so you can think of CUKC with right of abode in the UK as roughly corresponding to &quot;British citizen&quot;. Before 1949, the people of all Commonwealth countries were simply &quot;British subjects&quot; (which you were as you were born in Canada), but only those who had a connection to the UK or its colonies obtained CUKC status in 1949. In all these cases, the connection to the UK must be through the father and not the mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T03:57:01.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-18T08:54:42.267" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU citizen and I would like to bring my Asian wife to Britain on EEA family permit next year after she finish her work contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does adequate accomodation need to be ready before my wife comes? I heard that this does not apply to an EU citizens. At the moment I am in a single bedroom in a family house. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13358" LastEditorUserId="13358" LastEditDate="2017-08-18T10:03:14.107" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T12:38:59.863" Title="Adequate accomodation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-18T11:38:23.563" Score="1" ViewCount="774" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, applying for an EOI for Australian PR (skilled independent visa subclass 189). I have the required points and am halfway through the form. I have a question regarding the skill to select.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work on Web Applications, primarily. It includes requirement gathering, development, deployment, testing, support etc. But my experience letters have it mentioned as 'Web Developer' for the first 2 employers, 'Senior Software Engineer' for one and 'Team Lead UI' for the current. Which skill should I select? I have chosen 'Software Engineer' for the time being, since what we do falls under that. Will the position mentioned on my experience letters matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13370" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T04:35:03.400" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T04:35:04.103" Title="Australian PR - Skills assesment - Web developer vs Software Engineer" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11872" CreationDate="2017-08-18T12:38:59.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You heard correctly.  As your family member, your wife enjoys freedom of movement under EU law, as laid down in directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  This means that for her first three months in the UK, there can be no requirements other than to be in possession of a valid passport and, if required, a visa.  She also needs to be able to show that she's your wife, of course, and either that you are a &quot;qualified person&quot; or that you have been in the UK for less than three months (Article 6).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After three months, she is indeed required to be able to show that she is &quot;accompanying or joining&quot; you and that you are a qualified person (Article 7).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowhere in the directive is there any mention of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she arrives, however, you are of course responsible for complying with housing laws.  For example, if you live in a room where it is illegal for two people to live (this is just an example; I have no idea if such regulations exist in the UK), then you cannot rely on the directive to allow your wife to join you in that accommodation.  In such a case, you would need to find a new place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T12:38:59.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10838" CreationDate="2017-08-18T15:04:55.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/78352/entering-the-uk-before-tier-5-yms-visa-start-date&quot;&gt;same question&lt;/a&gt; was asked on Expats sister-site, Travel Stack Exchange, and responded acknowledged expert @GayotFow (with permission):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I assume you are a non-visa national, in this case one of the countries participating in the YMS and want to apply for leave-to-enter at the airport. If  they let you enter as a tourist (more about that later), you will become an &lt;em&gt;inadvertent overstayer&lt;/em&gt; (that's a bad thing) when your leave-to-enter expires.  Also, since the leave-to-enter stamp will be the only one in your passport, you will have difficulty establishing your start date as a YMS visa holder (also a bad thing).  In order for your YMS to be valid, your entry clearance needs to have an IO's stamp on the same page and covering part of the entry clearance itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The work-around is to channel hop and re-enter on your YMS start date. They will not be happy about it because it will look like you are attempting to get more leave in the UK than you were issued (which is precisely what you propose to do).  The outcome of that discussion when you re-enter is governed by personal impact and articulation skills and cannot be speculated upon here.  If things go badly and if you are from one of the countries that requires a YMS sponsor, they like to call the sponsor and let them know what you're up to and give them the opportunity to revoke your certificate. Sponsors like those opportunities because they think it keeps them in good stead with the authorities. So if you do have a certificate, make sure your sponsor is aware of your plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Getting back to entering early, we turn to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraph 30C of the Rules&lt;/a&gt;..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;An Immigration Officer may cancel an entry clearance which is capable&#xA;    of having effect as leave to enter if the holder arrives in the United&#xA;    Kingdom before the day on which the entry clearance becomes effective&#xA;    or if the holder seeks to enter the United Kingdom for a purpose other&#xA;    than the purpose specified in the entry clearance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's possible you could be vulnerable to both of those conditions: entering early and entering for tourism. But again, these things are down to the Immigration Officer's discretion. The rule uses 'may' which means the IO has the &lt;em&gt;option&lt;/em&gt;, but not the &lt;em&gt;obligation&lt;/em&gt;, to cancel your YMS.  And if you get in, you will need to channel hop and face a different IO when you re-enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Adding: the question is topical [on TSE] because there's a tourism angle on it; generally however, YMS questions that have to do with working or living in the UK for a long time &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions&quot;&gt;should be asked at Expats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T15:04:55.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8314" CreationDate="2017-08-18T15:40:12.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yucatanexpatriateservices.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yucatan Expatriates Services&lt;/a&gt; posts the details on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yucatanexpatriateservices.com/resident-services/how-to-bring-your-car-into-mexico.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how to take your car into Mexico (including a print version)&lt;/a&gt;. I have no affiliation with YES. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Bring your Car into Mexico&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Yucatan Expatriate Services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One of the most frequent questions we are asked is how to bring a car into Mexico. There are three ways you can do it, depending on how long you need to keep your car in the country. In each case, you will be importing the vehicle, either on a temporary or permanent basis. Under temporary provisions, you can have the car for a limited period of time for a specific purpose, and the car must be removed from Mexico in the same condition. A permanent import allows the car to stay in Mexico for an unlimited time because the car becomes “Mexican” and is given Mexican license plates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These are the three options that foreigners can use to import a car. These options also apply to other licensed vehicles, including motorcycles and trailers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option #1  “With your Tourist Visa”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  With a tourist visa (FM-T), you are allowed to import your car and drive it in Mexico for a period of up to six months from the first date of entry of the vehicle into the country. These six months have no extension, which means that you have to remove your car before the end of this period.  If you have plans to stay longer in Mexico, then you have to leave the country with your car and return after completing the procedure again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option #2 “With your FM2 or FM3 Visa”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  In this case, you can keep your car in Mexico for the same period authorized in your FM3 or FM2 Visa for your stay. When your visa expires, the permit for your car will expire too, but it will be renewed for the same period of time that the FM3 or FM2 visa is renewed. If you entered the country with a tourist visa and then applied for and received an FM3 or FM2 visa, the car doesn’t have to be removed from the country. You only need to notify customs within 15 days of your change of immigration status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option #3 “Permanent Import” (Nationalized Vehicle)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Permanent imports are regulated by and require a permit from the Secretary of Economy, but there is a special provision for used vehicles that can be imported without a permit. These vehicles satisfy the following rule: they are exactly 10 years old from the year of import and are manufactured in NAFTA countries. For example, in 2010, cars built in 2000 can be imported permanently without a permit if manufactured in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Either with or without a permit, the procedure for permanent importation has to be done using  a customs broker. The importer can hold an FM3 or FM2 visa or be an inmigrado or a Mexican citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mexican customs (called Aduana in Spanish) uses the Bank of the Mexican Army (Banjercito) for payment of the first two options. After payment, Banjercito will issue a special sticker that allows the car to be driven legally in Mexico. Without the sticker, the vehicle will be considered illegal and is subject to confiscation by customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before bringing your vehicle to Mexico, you must have the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Original and Copy of Passport or Birth Certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Original and Copy of Vehicle Title&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Original and Copy of Vehicle Registration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Driver’s License&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of Return of any Previous Vehicle (If applicable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are not the vehicle owner, you will need to provide a document showing the relationship you have to the owner, which could be a marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc. If the vehicle is in the name of a corporation, the company must provide the title of ownership and proof that you are an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temporary Importation Procedures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The Mexican government regulates the temporary importation process through the Import Control Modules and temporary entry of vehicles, called CIITEV (Control de Importación e Internación Temporal de Vehículos in Spanish) There are three ways to obtain a temporary import permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On The Road&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  With the exception of Baja California, when driving into Mexico, about 16 miles south of the Mexico-United States border, you will be stopped by customs. The offices of the Aduana and the CIITEV modules in the Banjercito branches are located at these facilities. Enter the offices of the Aduana and fill out the forms requesting temporary vehicle importation. You will have to sign a commitment where you promise to remove your car within the time period allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The procedure costs $27.00 USD and can be paid in cash or credit card at the CIITEV module in the Banjercito branch.  If you pay in cash, you will have to pay the fee and a deposit to guarantee the return of the vehicle abroad in the time period allowed.  This deposit varies depending on the manufacturing year of the vehicle:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Manufacturing year of the vehicle/Amount of the deposit in USD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;2001 to 2007: $400 USD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1996 to 2000: $300 USD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Models prior to 1996: $200 USD&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you pay by credit card, then you won’t need to pay this deposit. In the event that you do not remove your vehicle before the time period expires, Banjercito will charge the penalties automatically to your credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At The Consulate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You can obtain a permit for temporary importation at any Mexican consulate in the United States that has a CIITEV module. In this case, you can start the process up to 6 months in advance. The following consulates are known to have CIITEV modules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Chicago, Illinois&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Austin, Dallas, Dallas Fort Worth and Houston, Texas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Sacramento, California&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Albuquerque, Nuevo México&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Denver, Colorado&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Phoenix, Arizona&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At the consulate, ask for the permit of temporary importation of vehicles and sign the declaration of commitment. The fee is $36.00 USD plus tax and the payment can only be made using a credit or debit card issued by a non-Mexican bank in the name of the importer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Internet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Why wait? You can do the entire procedure over the Internet right now.  This is a service that the General Administration of Customs offers and is operated by the Banjercito website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.banjercito.com.mx/site/siteBanjer/iitv/instruccionesIITV_ing.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Click the link&lt;/a&gt;, fill in the form, scan the complete list of documents required and email them to Banjercito. The cost of the procedure is $ 45.00 USD plus tax and can only be paid with a credit or debit card issued by a non-Mexican bank in the name of the importer. Once the registration and payment is done, Banjército will email you a confirmation and the estimated date when the importation documents will be mailed to your home, usually within nine calendar days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Removing Your Vehicle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  When the temporary import expires, you must present your vehicle and your temporary import permit to Banjercito and they will give you your return certificate. Make sure they take the sticker off your vehicle to be deactivated from their system. You will be welcomed to come again and bring your car during your next visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: if you do not remove your vehicle from Mexico before the permit expires, you will be subject to penalties and your car can be confiscated by the Aduana at any customs location in Mexico or at the border. Don’t let this happen to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Permanent Importation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Importing your vehicle permanently involves a more complicated process. You must hire a customs broker who will collect the required information, which includes the documents for temporary importation plus proof of legal residency or citizenship. The broker will file the necessary forms with the government. You will pay an import duty based on the type and age of the vehicle, as well as other taxes and a fee to the customs broker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After the vehicle is officially imported, you are required to take the proof, called a pedimento, to the Departamento de Registro de Control Vehicular to obtain Mexican license plates for the state in which you reside. It is important to understand Spanish or use the services of a translator so you can fully understand any complications or additional requirements that may arise in your specific case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For those who intend to live full-time in Mexico, another option is to sell your foreign car in your country of origin before entering Mexico, then purchase a new or used vehicle in Mexico. Nearly all of the major makes and models of cars are available and represented by authorized dealers. In fact, there are several smaller and more affordable car models available only in Latin American countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T06:07:48.580" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T06:07:48.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9224" CreationDate="2017-08-18T17:24:39.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with any visa application in any country, being declined can be based on many factors. Your letter from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/assist-migrants-and-students/assist-students/student-visa-info&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; would advise you of the reasons, and what to do next, including any right you have to appeal, review, or access its records (e.g., of your interview).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also contain a copy of the immigration instructions which you may not have met. Should you still disagree, or decide it's best to remedy any shortcomings and reapply, you may wish to consult an adviser. By law, any person that gives you immigration advice about New Zealand must be licensed by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iaa.govt.nz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Advisers Authority.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T17:24:39.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-18T23:53:35.287" Score="1" ViewCount="415" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for UK Tier 1 visa in 2009 from Pakistan. All the information in my application was correct and confirmed including my salary. The salary deposit into the bank account were also confirmed with my bank and acknowledged in the decision letter. However, unbeknownst to me the visa agent I was using to prepare the package had decided to copy and paste my company's signature and stamp on otherwise completely authentic payslips (the original payslip was computerized and did not have signature and stamps). This is why my case was rejected. I even have an experience letter from the company confirming my experience however I didn't go for administrative review because the company refused to support me at the time (they thought I had forged the signatures).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My rejection letter did not make any explicit mention of a ban or automatic refusal for the next ten years however it did say that my biometric records will be kept for 10 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm based in US and my employer here wants to invite me to London to their headquarters for 6 week training. I need to apply for standard visitor visa but am not sure if I am banned or not. How can I check?&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WepIT.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WepIT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5OYKi.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5OYKi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13371" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T16:24:51.950" Title="UK visa refused under 320(7A) (deception) in 2009. Am I banned for 10 years?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;deception&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11847" CreationDate="2017-08-19T06:40:06.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We had a similar situation when there was no Canadian embassy in Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the nearest was in UK or Austria. And on their website was clear instruction how to send and receive the passport with DHL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DHL courier service &lt;a href=&quot;https://parcel.dhl.co.uk/what-you-can-and-cant-send&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;allows&lt;/a&gt; you to send passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also know that in Ukraine TNT was responsible for delivering passports within the country. Looks like they &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tnt.com/express/en_gc/site/shipping-services/special-services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;also ship documents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would call your embassy and ask if they have preferred solution. If not I would propose them variant with your preference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T06:40:06.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11762" CreationDate="2017-08-19T09:55:58.127" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just moving &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/10394/brhans&quot;&gt;brhans&lt;/a&gt;' comment to an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are not tied to your old employer. A new employer can file a new cap-exempt &quot;transfer&quot; of your H-1B for you and you can move jobs as soon as they've submitted the correct paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T09:55:58.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11883" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-19T12:03:36.797" Score="3" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have done Diploma in computer engineering (3 Years), passed in 2010&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 7 years of experience as a software engineer experience&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much experience will deduct by ACS (Australian Computer Society)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13377" LastEditorUserId="9788" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T07:19:56.337" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T07:19:56.337" Title="How much experience will the Australia Computer Society deduct?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11878" CreationDate="2017-08-19T16:24:51.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not have a ban: paragraph 320 7a does not attract a ban, as acknowledged expert on the subject &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/100464/uk-visa-refused-under-3207a-deception-in-2009-am-i-banned-for-10-years&quot;&gt;@GayotFow commented&lt;/a&gt; when you first asked on sister-site Travel Stack Exchange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, a UK visa refusal under 320(7A) (deception) is serious and the refusal is one which you are obligated to disclose, when asked in subsequent visa applications to any country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An @GayotFow &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/77813/uk-visa-refused-once-under-3207a-false-or-forged-document-and-i-want-to-app/77821#77821&quot;&gt;response to a very similar query may cover&lt;/a&gt; what you ask here (excerpts, with author permission):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You presented a false document and were refused under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Part 9 of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;, specifically Paragraph 320 (7A)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;(7A) where false representations have been made or false documents or information have been submitted (whether or not material to the application, and whether or not to the applicant’s knowledge), or material facts have not been disclosed, in relation to the application or in order to obtain documents from the Secretary of State or a third party required in support of the application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a grave event in a person's immigration history. The UK abhors deception and treats it as an affront to their national character. Accordingly, the applicant's credibility is shot to Hell and getting another entry clearance is virtually impossible.  Essentially it requires a judicial review lodged by an organisation like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jcwi.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;JCWI&lt;/a&gt; and they have a backlog that goes from here to John O'Groats.  The time window to lodge one by yourself has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Perhaps it was your fault, perhaps not. It doesn't matter. &lt;em&gt;Everybody in the world&lt;/em&gt; says it's not their fault when they get caught, and the Tribunal is numb to that argument. Deception occurs when a forged document is presented and they do not care 'whose fault' it is (&quot;&lt;em&gt;...whether or not to the applicant’s knowledge...&lt;/em&gt;&quot;). Even if the employer comes forward and admit that they lied in a sworn statement, it's still your fault. Honestly, they get really upset about forged or fraudulent documents and they never forget it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply again, or any time you want. You just fill out the form and pay the fee and nothing prevents that. &lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt;... The refusal notice explains that a prior refusal under Paragraph 320 (7A) is automatically considered under Paragraph 320 (7B) the next time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;(7B) where the applicant has previously breached the UK’s immigration laws (and was 18 or over at the time of his most recent breach)by: (d) using Deception in an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or remain, or in order to obtain documents from the Secretary of State or a third party required in support of the application (whether successful or not);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And 7B spells DOOM. Under this Paragraph, the ECO has the &lt;em&gt;option&lt;/em&gt;, but not the &lt;em&gt;obligation&lt;/em&gt;, to impose a ban.  Maybe he will, maybe he won't, but the risk is usually unacceptable unless the applicant is represented by an established solicitor with a nationally recognised practice area in representing clients who have been refused for deception. There are about 5 of them and they charge fees that are heart stopping, well over a year's salary for the average Indian national. If your new company will step up to the plate and instruct one, that would be great. Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Law Society&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ILPA&lt;/a&gt; to locate one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[A] solicitor with an established practice area in Paragraph 320 (7B) will know what to tell them.  It's their &lt;em&gt;job&lt;/em&gt; to think up exculpatory language and to put it forward in an eloquent way, it's how they make a living. I don't know of anyone who regretted instructing a member of the Law Society to unsnarl something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technicality&lt;/em&gt;: the 10 year ban was created in 2008, so we do not have the field experience of knowing their policy for what happens to an applicant when their ban has expired. We can start finding out in 2018 when the first person who was banned for deception (a spouse who had separated from her husband and didn't declare it to the IO) tries to apply. Currently it's unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T16:24:51.950" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-19T17:57:53.660" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11847/is-there-a-secure-way-to-send-a-passport-from-the-netherlands-to-spain&quot;&gt;As my previous question&lt;/a&gt;, there are two options to send my passport from the Netherlands to our embassy (The Syrian embassy) in Spain, which are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PostNL: There's a special service for valuable things including passports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DHL: there is DHL express to send passports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My embassy will send me the passport back after 30 days, and they want me to pay in advance to the returning packet. However, neither PostNL, nor DHL offers such a service&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is how to pay in advance for the returning packet? Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I already suggested to send them in advance the cost of the returning packet, but that's not an option for them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8637" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T05:34:46.207" Title="How to pay in advance to the returning passport that was sent to the embassy?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6333" CreationDate="2017-08-19T21:53:14.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose was to study in Poland, and your application had to be supported by a letter of acceptance from a university. Once you withdraw, you change the conditions of the visa. The university may certainly notify the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/travel_to_poland/visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;, which will determine if, and for how long, you may remain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you may be able visit other Schengen Area countries, the National D visa allows you to reside in the country which issued it; it does not entitle you to take up residence in another EU country and enroll in a university there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T21:53:14.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7385" CreationDate="2017-08-20T00:13:29.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Austrian government’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/154/Seite.1540000.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information for foreign citizens: Social Affairs and Emergencies&lt;/a&gt; can help guide you, but you’ve already ticked off all the boxes, and more: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filed a police report&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reported your passport to your country’s consulate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Received a replacement passport (and, best case scenario, you had a copy with all the details)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, deal with the residence permit. Hopefully, you kept a copy of your confirmation of registration (Meldebestätigung), which you got when you registered at &lt;a href=&quot;https://oead.at/fileadmin/Dokumente/oead.at/KIM/Nach_Oesterreich/Einreise_und_Aufenthalt/Inlandsbehoerden_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Meldeamt&lt;/a&gt; closest to your residence. Take that, if you have it, your police report, and your replacement passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T00:13:29.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11885" CreationDate="2017-08-20T05:34:46.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At least &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dhl.nl/en/express/shipping/ship_online/ereturn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DHL has returning shipment&lt;/a&gt; where you can up front put instructions, print labels and pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T05:34:46.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-20T14:48:23.913" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went for my visa appointment today and the office did not ask me to sign any paper. In my printed visa application, I forgot to sign the declaration on page 2 and 10. But when I remembered after 1-2 hours I went back to them and spoke to their supervisor but he told me not to worry because they only scan the first page which includes the barcode. Does anyone know if It's true? Do they only scan the supporting documents and review the application submitted online????&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13383" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T14:48:23.913" Title="U.K. Student visa application declaration" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6100" CreationDate="2017-08-20T15:11:25.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you correctly point out, while a Tier 1 extension may be granted for two years in certain instances, logically the amount should be £400 total (£200 per year), not £600.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Subsequent to 6 April 2015, when the NHS surcharge came into effect for non-EEA nationals making UK visa applications, UKVI introduced a new tool to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Calculate your immigration health surcharge&lt;/a&gt;  which appears to address that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa&lt;/a&gt; guidance on how to extend also points to the calculator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply to extend&lt;/a&gt; this visa for another 2 years if you’re already in this category and 3 years if you’re &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/switch-to-this-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;switching&lt;/a&gt; to it from another category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extend your visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You’ll also have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/pay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pay the healthcare surcharge&lt;/a&gt; as part of your application. Check how much you’ll have to pay &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;before you apply&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After initial selections (currently in the UK, visa type Tier 1), you are able to select visa route from among the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 Entrepreneur &lt;strong&gt;[£1000]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Investor) &lt;strong&gt;[£600]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa &lt;strong&gt;[£1000]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa &lt;strong&gt;[£200]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa 1 year &lt;strong&gt;[£200]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa 2 year &lt;strong&gt;[£400]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa 3 year &lt;strong&gt;[£600]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa 4 year &lt;strong&gt;[£800]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visa 5 year &lt;strong&gt;[£1000]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above results, as noted in bold, are based on one individual, already in the UK on a Tier 1 visa. How much will vary, depending on type and length of leave and where application is made, and must be paid in advance by all applicants, including each family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T15:11:25.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4402" CreationDate="2017-08-20T18:35:36.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;NARIC is an independent organization with which the UK Government contracts on an open public tender basis for an external supplier to deliver the NARIC service (no affiliation). As with any such fee-based service outsourced by a government, it is elective, one of the options available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who wish to have their current qualifications evaluated, rather than, separately, sitting and passing a test, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ecctis.co.uk/naric/individuals/compare%20qualifications/Statement%20of%20Comparability.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NARIC evaluation&lt;/a&gt; may be expeditious. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Knowledge of English&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can prove your knowledge of English by either:&#xA;  &amp;lt;&#xA;  passing an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;approved English language test&lt;/a&gt; with at least CEFR level B1 in reading, writing, speaking and listening&#xA;  having an academic qualification that was taught in English and is recognised by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.naric.org.uk/visasandnationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK NARIC&lt;/a&gt; as being equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to meet the English language requirement in other ways or need a higher level of English in some circumstances. Check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-2-worker&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full visa guidance&lt;/a&gt; for detailed information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NARIC’s recognition, acceptance, and repute stray into reasons-to-close (opinion based, too broad). Some may wish to have their qualifications compared, and may feel that such a comparison assists opportunities post-immigration. Beyond using its services for the English sufficiency standard, visa applicants are not obliged to have it assess of their educational or employment credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T18:35:36.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6402" CreationDate="2017-08-20T19:35:21.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is SE offering poor advice, when suggesting that legal advice might be in order? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prefatory: As is acknowledged, Stack Exchange is an open community of Q&amp;amp;A sites, random strangers on the internet, most of whom offer specific response to a detailed query. Some users have comprehensive knowledge, expertise, experience; some have little, or none. The site discourages questions that are too broad or solicit opinion, or those want to chat, blog, or forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, combing through dozens of instances where legal consultation is suggested, both here and on sister-site Travel Stack Exchange, it is most frequent when there are issues, either in advance of an initial application, or often, after failure. And, most SE users take great care when pointing an applicant in that direction, and in how the wording is framed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/430420/Tier_2_v21.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI guidance on Tier applications&lt;/a&gt;, unsurprisingly, the Home Office does not offer a definition of what are high-risk sectors, although its policy guidance directs that special attention should be paid to those. As it affects applications, it would be safe to say that experience and knowledge govern what is genuine and what fails the sniff test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, engaging a representative is not a defining factor; rather, the combination triggers a closer look; just change the emphasis: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need not take these actions for all applicants, but should do so when there is particular cause for concern, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a representative has been used &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; the application is from a high risk sector&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can a T2 applicant get competent help if using a representative if UK government caseworkers see it as a 'particular cause for concern'?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, by looking to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/risks-of-receiving-immigration-advice-from-an-unregulated-person/risks-of-unregulated-immigration-advice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Guidance Risks of unregulated immigration advice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, through your own guidance @GayotFow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will see that there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-become-a-regulated-immigration-adviser/how-to-become-a-regulated-immigration-adviser#immigration-advisers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;several bodies&lt;/a&gt; that can authorise a person to provide immigration services, I always recommend the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Law Society&lt;/a&gt; because their members can represent anywhere from the lowest to the highest levels of the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And to avoid confusion, the UK Law Society has corresponding members all over the planet (they are not solely British and not solely UK-based).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ilpa.org.uk/pages/find-immigration-advice.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;search facility&lt;/a&gt; at ILPA to find an appropriate one for your own situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference:   &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/84&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Provison of immigration services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T19:35:21.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11650" CreationDate="2017-08-20T20:50:54.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It won't be a problem, as you mentioned it's a convention between French and Swiss university, so from legal point of view it's like you still studying in France and Swiss university now it's like an internal department.&#xA;So nobody can interrupt your visa.&#xA;However, by my personal experience, especially for your future career, I would suggest you to remain in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13384" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T20:50:54.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-20T22:40:36.463" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am London resident and hold UK Permanent residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon, I will depart for Auckland (I am a NZ Citizen) to live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a chance I will lose my permanent residency in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, is there a way to re-apply easily? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13273" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T22:45:43.827" Title="Am I going to lose my UK permanent residence and if so, what is the reapplication process?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11895" CreationDate="2017-08-20T22:45:43.827" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will lose your permanent residency after leaving the UK for two years. When you lose your permanent residency, your status and your rights are exactly the same as those of a NZ citizen who never left his country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T22:45:43.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11851" CreationDate="2017-08-20T22:53:55.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have indefinite leave to remain, you have this status until you either commit some serious crime, or leave the UK for two years. No requirement to be employed etc. I haven't seen any requirement to be employed to gain citizenship either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure what the status of your original citizenship will be. For example, Dutch nationals will lose their Dutch nationality. German embassy says &quot;we don't know; we'll tell you when we know&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T22:53:55.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-20T23:21:45.570" Score="1" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend has dual US - JAP Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an AUS - NZ dual citizen thinking of applying for UK Citizenship as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will we be able to pass all of these to our children? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not then can we pass down any combination of 4? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13273" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T03:42:42.217" Title="Is it possible to hold UK, USA, AUS, NZ and JAP passport together?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11898" CreationDate="2017-08-21T03:42:42.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has a good answer in the duplicate, but for your specific situation: UK, USA, AUS, and NZ are no problem to hold multiple citizenships. However, it can get expensive to maintain up-to-date passports for all of them. The one you may have more difficulty with is Japan, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Japanese nationality law&lt;/a&gt; does not generally support multiple citizenships (but, it's complicated).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each country decides its own rules for determining who is or can be a citizen, and there is no overarching rule that places a maximum on the number of citizenships that an individual may hold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T03:42:42.217" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-21T10:40:42.560" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father's uncle was born in Damascus and served in the French army, dying for France in 1915 at Souchez, France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this help me in any way with the acquisition of French citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13387" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-21T12:26:09.693" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T12:27:47.950" Title="French citizenship through an uncle" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11901" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11904" CreationDate="2017-08-21T10:56:37.217" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen (UK / South Africa passports). I am interested in working in a EU country. Currently, until the UK has formally completed Brexit, the UK is still part of the EU, and I could work in the EU under my UK passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is post-Brexit. I know that nobody is sure at the moment of what exactly will happen post-Brexit, and my question is not about that, but about the EU Blue card as a possible option post-Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: If I am &lt;em&gt;already working&lt;/em&gt; in an participating EU country at the time, would I be able to apply for a Blue card? Also, I can't seem to find any age cut-off for the Blue card program (I am currently 42)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:28.457" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:28.457" Title="EU Blue card and working in the EU" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11900" CreationDate="2017-08-21T12:27:47.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it does not. If your father's uncle would have become French (and that's already a big if), there are complex rules regarding his own children and whether they would still be French living abroad but in your case none of that is relevant, as he is not your ascendant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T12:27:47.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11901" CreationDate="2017-08-21T12:46:32.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing stopping somebody already living in the EU from applying for an EU Blue card nor is there any age cut-off (I am thinking about students or people on regular work permit, possibly in another EU country, not EU citizens who are excluded from the scope of the directive). This sounds like the type of restrictions that apply to work-holiday visas but the EU Blue Card is a completely different type of programme. So if all else fails, you would almost certainly be able to fall back to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main restriction in the whole system is probably the education requirement and salary threshold, which is quite high and certainly much more restrictive than the rules that currently apply to British citizens in the EU (where having a job, even part-time, is enough to guarantee your right to live in the country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, however, that the EU Blue Card system only covers “third-country nationals” (the phrase is used throughout the directive). That could be relevant to you if British citizen end up being covered by some form of EU freedom of movement after Brexit, either permanently or during a transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T14:06:31.130" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T14:06:31.130" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-21T15:13:22.697" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Italian and have two children born here in the UK.  The youngest is 8 months.  We've been visiting my parent in Italy last month, and since the registration in the Italian registry had not been completed we used her Mauritian passport (my wife is Mauritian and we got passport and citizenship in 6 days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we returned from Italy, the UK border control issued for my daughter a 3-month visa because she doesn't have any Italian (European Union) document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I found out that apparently the consulate has never sent the document over to Italy and before that happens I am unable to request any ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other way I can prove her right to stay here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: I finally managed to talk with somebody at the Italian consulate (after 1.5 hours on the phone). They received the document in February but for some reason they never looked at them. 5 minutes at the phone and the file is good to go...&#xA;They couldn't give any advise on the VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this doesn't answer the question but if somebody else has applied for anything at the Italian consulate, I suggest you call from time to time and check what is happening!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6454" LastEditorUserId="6454" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T08:19:40.197" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T08:19:40.197" Title="Child put on 3-month visa after holiday" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11905" CreationDate="2017-08-21T16:29:30.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if your child were not Italian, she would enjoy freedom of movement as your family member (i.e., dependent child under 21 years of age) because you are Italian.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  With your passport and her birth certificate, you can therefore prove that she has a right to remain with you in the UK.  In fact, it's puzzling that she was given a limited duration of entry in the first place unless you didn't have proof of your family relationship when you arrived at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she has her Italian document, of course, she will have evidence of her independent right to remain in the UK as an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because she is covered by the freedom of movement directive, it should not be legally necessary for her to get her Italian paperwork completed before the three-month visa expires, but it is likely to be simpler for all involved if she does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T16:29:30.660" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9142" CreationDate="2017-08-21T18:55:41.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just got my German driver's license transferred to the Pennsylvanian one with the German license surrendered. The detailed information about the transfer especially that the foreign driver's license being taken is not clear on the website. I was also not explained either upon my first visit to pennDOT, inquiring about the transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13391" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T18:55:41.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-21T20:41:36.177" Score="3" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm starting to work in the US with a B1 in lieu of H1 visa and want to bring my family with for the duration of my stay. Is this possible? What is the process i need to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13390" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T20:49:43.790" Title="Can I bring my family, while working in the US on a B1 in lieu H-1B visa?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-21T20:56:32.367" Score="6" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any experience of how UK visas and polygamy interact with each other, if at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly we can't claim that non-monogamy is a cultural norm for any of us so that doesn't help. We figure we need to speak to a solicitor and get our ducks in a row, but we also thought it couldn't hurt to ask around here first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13392" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-26T09:00:33.490" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T09:00:33.490" Title="Is it possible to get a UK visa if you're married to more than one person?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11908" CreationDate="2017-08-22T05:49:33.303" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can apply for B2 (visitor for personal reasons) visas to visit the US independently from your B1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T05:49:33.303" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11909" CreationDate="2017-08-22T06:27:43.640" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no visa for polygamous or polyamorous relationships. The UK will not use polyamory against you (or polygamy I suppose), but they simply won't recognize it either for the purposes of granting visas. I am not aware that the UK government has ever bothered to dig into the explicit relationship of two people deeply enough to determine that there was a third person involved with the obvious exception, ofcourse, of multiple marriages to verify legal divorces and current legal marriage status. If he can establish a relationship &lt;em&gt;akin to marriage&lt;/em&gt; with a partner in the UK, then he can qualify for that visa. My best advice on this, don't lie. Don't ever try to deceive the Home Office. If marriage is in the cards, one married couple and one married couple &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt;. If that marriage happens to be open enough to involve a third person, that's the business of that couple, not the UK (from their perspective, not mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T18:22:42.920" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T18:22:42.920" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T04:36:44.193" Score="2" ViewCount="1154" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband has been asked to do a 2 year relocation assignment in his company's Brisbane office. He would be going on a 457 (soon to be TSS) visa and we would be bringing our school-aged children with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that several Australian states charge 457 visa holders fees to send their children to state schools. Does anyone know if Queensland also charges these fees? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can point to any information on the internet, that would be very helpful. Thank you! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Deanna" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T12:16:14.740" Title="457 Australian Visa school fees in Queensland" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T07:39:45.327" Score="4" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;First post here. Have a somewhat tricky situation and would appreciate any advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK in 1997, and moved to Australia with my family in 2004. Long story short, I am going on exchange through my Australian university back to the UK (I know, might seem silly, but I want to spend time with my grandmother and sister, etc.), and I am unclear on whether I am still eligible to receive free NHS healthcare. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still hold a UK passport, have returned there for periods of a month or two almost every year since leaving, and will be there for six months. I will have a stable address for the six month period and will be studying full-time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unclear on whether I will fit the regulations for being 'ordinarily resident', as it describes the term as meaning 'An individual who is living lawfully in the United Kingdom voluntarily&#xA;and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of their life for&#xA;the time being, whether of long or short duration, with an identifiable&#xA;purpose for their residence here which has a sufficient degree of&#xA;continuity to be properly described as settled.' &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the reason I ask is that I have some blood tests I need to get done, but not enough time to get them done in Australia now before I leave. If nobody knows, does anyone at least know who I should contact to find out?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13395" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T10:05:49.100" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T10:05:49.100" Title="NHS eligibility?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T08:14:08.810" Score="16" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the last 10 years I have been living and working away from my country and for several reasons have only visited my parents and family around every one or two years...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skype and the like are wonderful tools and we keep in touch as often as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the next days my parents are ending a 1-month visit and returning home, and now I have been feeling like crap... All the emotions of missing them, just horrified of the fact that every time I see them I just notice how old they have become... All the time that I am missing from being far away, and not knowing if this is the last time I am physically with them...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if there are right or wrong choices in life, but how do the rest of you deal with this type of issues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13396" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-08-29T05:50:09.263" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T14:37:07.440" Title="How to cope with ageing parents/family and not being with them?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11918" CreationDate="2017-08-22T11:24:50.247" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be relocating to France for work and I want to take my car with me (I will drive to France when I will start working).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The car is currently registered on one of my parents' name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I drive the car if it is not registered on my name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, for how long? Will my parents need to transfer it to myself so I can register it in France?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If no, I will have it transferred to me. How long can I drive in France while it is registered in another EU country, before re-registering it as French (since my main residence will be in France)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure to register an EU car as French, what is the cost and what documents will I need to do it? Is there a website with information and material in English and is there an agency/professional who can undertake the procedure for a sensible cost?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13397" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T11:37:46.033" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T12:07:53.020" Title="Relocating to France with EU-registered car" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11917" CreationDate="2017-08-22T12:07:53.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you are deemed to be a resident, you're not allowed to drive a car registered abroad (except if the owner of the car is also present), otherwise it would be too easy to circumvent all the other obligations. Consequently, you will not be able to drive with your parents' car while residing in France (see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F10519&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;europa.eu&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would be the owner of the car, you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F10519&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one month to register it&lt;/a&gt; in France after moving. And if you buy a car abroad, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the rule is the same&lt;/a&gt;. So transferring ownership before importing the car will only change the list of documents you have to produce to register it, not how long you will be allowed to drive it. That much is easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you need a bunch of documents to register the car in France. The full list is on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;, but only in French. You will need some proof of address, ID, registration certificate for the vehicle, a couple of forms (your parents can sign one to confirm they want to give you the car), a European type-approval certificate (if you don't have one, you get it from the manufacturer of the car, possibly for a fee) and a roadworthiness test results (you have to pay for that one too, obviously). You also need a “&lt;em&gt;quitus fiscal&lt;/em&gt;”, which you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F179&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can obtain from the tax office&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much the registration itself costs depends on many things and in particular on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/simulateur/calcul/cout-certificat-immatriculation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the exact vehicle&lt;/a&gt; but also where you live (there is a regional tax) and the composition of your family (there are discounts for people with many children).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of any comprehensive explanation in English but you are expected to provide everything in French in any case (the authorities can actually demand a written translation) so managing the whole process without enlisting the help of a French speaker will be very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T12:07:53.020" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T12:57:49.583" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently contemplating a job opportunity in the Netherlands, working for an oil service company in their R&amp;amp;D labs. I have a PhD in petroleum engineering, 2 years of relevant and one year of other engineering experience. I don't speak any Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering what should I ask as my expected salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working in academia and the pay is not really in the scale of the oil industry, but I don't know much about the Netherlands and also it is a Downturn in the industry, hence my struggle!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T13:57:18.910" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T13:57:18.910" Title="Salary R&amp;D laboratory Oil Industry Netherlands with a PhD (UK) and experience" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-23T01:19:54.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11920" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11922" CreationDate="2017-08-22T12:58:07.880" Score="2" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are relocating to the UK from a non-EU country. I have a certificate of sponsorship under General Tier 2 Visa. We have our Entry Clearance Visas to collect our Biometric Residential Permits. We want to ask our relatives to send our personal belongings by a carrier.  There are 2 bicycles, 2 displays for our desktop, clothes, child's toys - stuff like that. Its total costs is lower than 10000EUR. All these things have been used by us for a while for the most part of them we can show payment checks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A parent of my wife will be sending the packages, and the packages will enter the UK after we arrive by the Entry Clearance Visa. Another part of the belongings will arrive after we collect our Biometric Residential Permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will we have to pay taxes and duties in both cases?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please provide a link to the official document that supports your answer, if you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need more details just ask them in the comments, I'll clarify. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13399" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T13:23:44.043" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T13:35:18.853" Title="VAT, Customs Duty for personal belongings sent to an immigrant in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11926" CreationDate="2017-08-22T13:04:37.787" Score="2" ViewCount="710" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it can get very cold in Ottawa in the winter. Are automobile &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_heater&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;engine block heaters&lt;/a&gt; common/necessary?  If I move a car from the US, would it need to be retrofitted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6690" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T15:30:09.507" Title="Are engine block heaters common in Ottawa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;winter&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11920" CreationDate="2017-08-22T13:35:18.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gov.UK has all the details you ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/moving-to-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving personal belongings to the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You have tax and customs responsibilities when you move your personal belongings to the UK from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must follow the rules on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/banned-and-restricted-goods&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;banned and restricted goods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/bringing-food-animals-plants-into-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;food, plants and animals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;vehicles&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-8-sailing-your-pleasure-craft-to-and-from-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;boats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;arriving with goods&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/bringing-cash-into-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;goods sent by post or courier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must pay &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/alcohol-and-tobacco-excise-duty&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Excise Duty&lt;/a&gt; if you ship alcohol or tobacco.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Move from outside the EU&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You may be able to claim relief on tax and duty if you’re moving from outside the EU - ask your shipping company for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claim relief&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Your shipping company will ask you to fill in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-transfer-of-residence-tor-relief-tor01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form ToR01&lt;/a&gt; when your things arrive in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Fill in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/import-and-export-single-administrative-document-full-8-part-set-c88-1-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form C88&lt;/a&gt; instead if you’re moving temporarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Customs officers use your form to work out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;if you qualify for relief&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any tax and duty you owe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-3-bringing-your-belongings-and-private-motor-vehicle-to-the-uk-from-outside-the-ec&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are conditions for claiming&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you don’t qualify for relief&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Your shipping company will tell you how much duty or tax you owe. You must pay it before you can collect your things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can be charged:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Customs Duty - rates depend on the type of goods and where they came from (call the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/customs-international-trade-and-excise-enquiries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;helpline&lt;/a&gt; for rates)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/alcohol-and-tobacco-excise-duty&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Excise Duty at standard rates&lt;/a&gt; on alcohol or tobacco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/vat-rates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VAT at standard rates&lt;/a&gt; on the total value of goods plus shipping, insurance and any duty you owe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Fill in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/import-and-export-application-for-repaymentremission-c285&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form C285(PI)&lt;/a&gt; to ask for a refund if you think you’ve been charged too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T13:35:18.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11923" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11924" CreationDate="2017-08-22T13:35:47.737" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm working at a Danish company located in Copenhagen while being Argentinian, and I'm potentially soon to become an Estonian citizen, given that Estonia is part of the Schengen area, does that provide me of any benefits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've googled a bit but couldn't find a concise answer for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8581" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T13:47:05.720" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T13:52:01.457" Title="Benefits of becoming citizen of a Schengen country while being an expatriate?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11923" CreationDate="2017-08-22T13:52:01.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being a citizen of a Schengen country provides no benefits, the Schengen rules mostly impact people from elsewhere in the world. Being an EU citizen on the other hand has many consequences. Using that search phrase should give you much more information. Two big things come to mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Much simpler formalities and stronger right to stay in the country. Basically, if you have a job, you can stay (without conditions like a minimum salary, education, language abilities). And if you lose your job or become disable later on, you also enjoy stronger protections.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Easier rules to have your non-EU spouse and children live with you. That one is especially relevant in Denmark, which is one of the most restrictive countries I know in this respect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And those rules apply to all EU countries, not only Denmark, so you can come and go without going through the whole visa/residence permit process or worrying about being able to come back to Denmark later on (that's the whole idea behind the “freedom of movement” and the reason why it's much more than a lenient immigration process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T13:52:01.457" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T15:24:12.553" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering how much time it will take me to get a US visa for work for Bulgarian citizen provided that I will be having my UK bachelors completed at the time of employment (Summer '18) and a pre-arranged skilled job in Finance. I have no family in the US, but a family friend with citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What agency would you recommend to use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13402" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T15:54:40.427" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T15:54:40.427" Title="US Visa for Bulgarian citizens (EU, but not Schengen)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;bulgarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-23T01:19:47.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11921" CreationDate="2017-08-22T15:30:09.507" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no perfectly correct answer to this question. Block heaters aren't uncommon in Ottawa, but lots of cars don't have them and get along okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last new car manual I read recommended that if you have a block heater you should use it only if the temperature was going to be below -18C, suggesting that they are 100% certain that a properly working car will start at temperatures above that. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/Ontario/Places/ottawa-temperatures-by-month-average.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;According to this&lt;/a&gt; Ottawa averages less than 20 days per year where the low temperature reaches -20C or below, so following the recommendation would mean you won't get a lot of use out of the block heater. My experience is that if you use synthetic oil and don't try to get more than a few years out of your battery you'll have little to worry about above -30C with a modern car, and in Ottawa it is rarely that cold. On the other hand, if you do see a &amp;lt;-30C morning you may feel very smart for having bought the block heater.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you wouldn't regret buying the block heater (and if you move somewhere further north block heaters become standard equipment) but if you don't buy it you'll rarely have difficulty in Ottawa since it isn't that cold. You sort of need to decide for yourself whether you prefer to feel perfectly safe that your car will start under all conditions or would be happier not spending the money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do buy snow tires, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T15:30:09.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11928" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11934" CreationDate="2017-08-22T18:20:43.577" Score="2" ViewCount="604" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been hired by an IT company in Germany. Based on the employment contract, I applied for the work visa in the embassy. After few months I got work visa for 6 months and on my passport there are two pages, one stating company name and on the other page there is my photo and some information like visa validity etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was my second day in the company when I got an emergency in my family and I've to go back to my country. My employer wanted to fill this position urgently because they were in severe need of hiring someone to kick some important goals and I wasn’t available to work for nearly a month or two, so unfortunately we mutually decided to end this contract. And on the next day I moved back to my country to sort out the issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've work visa valid until January 2018, so being present in my home country, my question is, can I still work and live in Germany or in other words can I return back to Germany to search a new job on the same visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Highly appreciate answers and comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13405" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T10:24:07.720" Title="How does employment termination affect German work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11533" CreationDate="2017-08-22T18:55:23.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The original OP contacted the paid-for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Visa and Immigration team&lt;/a&gt; and asked them the same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their reply is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[OP and his daughter] can apply as dependants on [OP's wife's] ancestry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you make visa application on www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk website, when it comes to chose options to select visa, you need to fill details as follows :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reason for visit : Work&#xA;  Visa type : Non points based working visas&#xA;  Visa sub-type : Dependant more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We would also like to inform you that you need to make 2 separate visa applications, one for each [dependent].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T18:55:23.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T21:27:22.077" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a married British citizen living in the U.S. How do I register and get a British passport for my daughter born in the U.S. Prior to 2000?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13406" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T21:22:11.883" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T21:22:11.883" Title="How to register a daughter" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11930" CreationDate="2017-08-22T21:40:01.477" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your daughter is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen/y/on-or-after-1-january-1983/no/yes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;probably already a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;. If this is the case, then she can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply online for a UK passport&lt;/a&gt;. Otherwise, she can try to register as a UK citizen and then apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T21:40:01.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T05:38:14.943" Score="5" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Russian, living in Russia. My boyfriend is Italian and lives in London, UK. We've been together for 2.5 years. In December, 2016, I got a 6 month standard visitor visa with a purpose of attending a 2 weeks English course in London, as the agency I was followed by advised me this option to increase the chances of getting the visa. During those 6 months I travelled quite frequently to the UK. I was spending there about 2 weeks each time and then coming back also for 2-3 weeks back to Russia, so basically half of the time. When the visa expired, I made a new application for the same kind of visa. Which was declined. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bPEEA.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;I&amp;#39;m attaching the refusal notice&quot;&gt;&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9bVCM.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9bVCM.jpg&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to consult with British lawyers, and in one of the agencies they told me that if I mention my boyfriend in my next application, it's likely that I'll be banned for 10 years, as in my previous applications I stated that I don't have any friends/family members in the UK (because some very &quot;smart&quot; employee from the Russian visa agency advised me to do so). Though I planned to apply for a new visa with his invitation now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please advise me what are the option I have at the moment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13408" LastEditorUserId="13408" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T07:29:06.167" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T20:06:59.347" Title="I made a mistake in choosing the type of visa I applied to and it causes to the risk of being banned from the UK" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;deception&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T09:50:52.507" Score="2" ViewCount="903" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather went to Russia in 1934 to study in Moscow. He had an Indian passport (under British rule) and travelled there from Kenya via Germany and France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On his return, he went through France, got a French passport, went on to Pondicherry (1936) and became an Indian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father was born in Kenya in 1932.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I have French citizenship through my grandfather? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13410" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T12:42:39.843" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T23:52:06.523" Title="Can I get French citizenship if my grandfather had a French passport?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11928" CreationDate="2017-08-23T10:24:07.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got answer to this problem from German embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I talked to the German embassy who issued this visa, they said that your visa was issued to work for that particular company (as you can see the sticker on your passport) so you can't return to Germany on the same visa. If you do it will be considered as illegal entry and you have to face all the consequences. So I've to repeat the whole process that is, get a new job offer first and then apply for a new work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13405" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T10:24:07.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:46:30.637" Score="3" ViewCount="1520" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the process for applying visa for child born in UK? The parents are on Tier 2 ICT and still have 2 years left on their visas. After securing a Indian passport for the child, what is the process to apply for child's UK visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13411" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T11:55:51.877" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T11:57:10.453" Title="UK visa for baby born in UK while parents on Tier 2 ICT" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11935" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:57:10.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Babies who are born in the UK who do not have a claim to citizenship or permanent residence have a special status which, for lack of a better word, is &quot;tolerated&quot;. So they don't need a visa initially, but they do need a passport issued by their home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;tolerated&quot; status lasts until the child leaves the UK or until the child reaches 10. Normally the first condition applies, i.e., the child will leave the UK with one of the parents on a holiday or whatever.  Once the child is outside of the UK they must obtain an entry clearance as a dependent, exactly in the same way you did, by making an application (you must do it for them or on their behalf).  Since a T2 ICT dependent visa must be obtained in the applicant's home country, the parents should avoid a trip to Spain for example because a T2 application cannot be made there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other case, where the child reaches 10 never having left the UK, gives the child an automatic claim to British citizenship.  Based on what you wrote, it is unlikely the child will take this route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the Authorising Officer at your ICT in the UK &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; know all of this and &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; be able to answer further questions you might have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T11:57:10.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11932" CreationDate="2017-08-23T12:21:44.933" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You initially posted in Travel wanting to know the options available to you. You were referred to Expats (here) because among the options available to you are the EEA/EU and UK family formation/family reunion routes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA/EU route is available because your boyfriend is an EEA national and hence enjoys freedom of movement. For this option to work you will need to get married (or live with him for two years - just seeing each other as often as you can will not work). Once you are married you can approach any UK issuing post and get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA Family Permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK route is a bit more cumbersome, but you don't have to get married right away. Depending upon how long your boyfriend has lived in the UK, he may be eligible for a concession. The concession allows him (as an EEA national) to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sponsor a fiance&lt;/a&gt; under the British rules.  The visa lasts for 6 months after which you are expected to leave or get married at a UK registry office.  They do not like to 'renew' fiance visas if there's a way to avoid it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A fiance visa application under the British rules attracts a hefty fee; the EU application is free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try for any of the other economic routes like student, work permit, entrepreneur, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the routes available to you that are topical for the Expats site. Further questions on those options should be taken up here as &lt;strong&gt;NEW&lt;/strong&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also visitor routes available to you and questions about those should be taken up at the Travel site as &lt;strong&gt;NEW&lt;/strong&gt; questions. I think your refusal is a mild one and can be possibly fixed with the right sort of attestation. Moreover, I doubt that a ban will happen if you use a member of the UK Law Society to represent your next visitor application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference purposes and to clarify some of the comments, here's a screen capture of the relevant page of the application form about who the applicant knows in the UK....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSidQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSidQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/uk-visit-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/uk-visit-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where 'lived with' = cohabitation at the same home address (the OP has not been living with her partner, but merely visiting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no other such pages. Related pages will ask for names of sponsors however, but these are not necessary if a sponsor has not been declared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For completeness purposes here is a screen shot of all the related questions. It is taken from the application summary page near the end...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwA0Z.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwA0Z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the form and what the form asks for, it's not clear at all that the OP failed to divulge something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastEditorUserId="3605" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T20:06:59.347" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T20:06:59.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11933" CreationDate="2017-08-23T12:49:17.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many important facts are missing from your description but I am confident that we can already conclude that it would almost certainly be impossible, for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For you to be French, your father would need to have been French when you were born. From your question, it seems he was born &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your grandfather became French. Theoretically it could be possible that your father became French at the same time as your grandfather but there are several conditions and you would need documentary evidence of that (for example a &lt;em&gt;décret de naturalisation&lt;/em&gt; naming your father).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even if your father was born French he needs to make use of his citizenship (that's called &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; and means something like applying for a passport) lest his citizenship lapses and it becomes impossible to transmit it to his children. We have a bunch of questions about this already but 1936 is a long time ago and it's very likely this rule would prevent you from claiming French citizenship, even if your father was, in fact, a French citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both are major hurdles in themselves and that's ignoring any complication arising from the handover of the French territories in India or any potential change in the rules over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, without evidence that your father was French and making use of his citizenship, there is no way for you to prove you are French yourself. From that perspective, your grandfather's status doesn't matter much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T13:35:15.097" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T13:35:15.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:16:33.097" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have recently purchased a new/second-hand Audi from the UK and are in the process of re-registering it in France where we have lived for he past 10 years (My husband is Irish and I am British). We have changed the lights, obtained the certificate of conformity, are awaiting the control technique and of course it is French insured. However, it is necessary to return to the UK briefly (2 nights) for a family wedding and I am concerned at the current legal status of the vehicle for the journey. Does anyone have experience of this situation should we be stopped by the police in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13415" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T16:16:33.097" Title="UK Registered car, French insurance" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:17:08.937" Score="5" ViewCount="406" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from a German company who are ready to sponsor my blue card/work permit for Germany. I am gay and I want to take my partner (husband) with me. We got married in Denmark which allows foreigners to get married. Same-sex marriage is not allowed in my country (not in the EU). Is there a chance that I can take my partner (husband) with me to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13416" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T03:53:50.037" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T09:22:53.220" Title="Blue card in Germany for a gay couple married in Denmark" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2017-08-23T17:25:57.823" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you can do is to be prepared as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have enough funds to make an trip there for an emergency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talk to your manager about the procedure for a trip on short notice (basically, how will the company react)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have independent methods to check on or help your parents &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial and/or medical power of attorney &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of their financial situation which could include access to a bank account, who is their attorney, information on other funds or property&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Several people you trust who can check on them: sibling, cousin, neighbor, friend&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contact information for their doctors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if one parent needs more care than the spouse can provide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had most of this information when my father took a bad fall and ended up in a care home, but it was still very stressful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T17:25:57.823" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11942" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T20:41:30.600" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year I received a multi-entry Business Visitor visa for the UK which is valid until 15 Nov, 2017. I went there for a business meeting that was successful and therefore I've received a Diplomatic Visa(Exempt) for the UK today. The start date for my diplomatic visa is 25 Sep, 2017. My Employer has made the same (25 Sep) my start day at work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Question is if I can enter the UK on my initial business visa on the 20th of September so I can sort out my accommodation etc before I begin working on the 25th of Sep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Originally asked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/100747/entering-uk-with-two-different-visas&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13417" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T20:41:30.600" Title="Entering UK with Two different Visas?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11908" CreationDate="2017-08-23T20:49:43.790" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a nice article on related FAQ for when you want to invite your family over which is them applying for B2 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.path2usa.com/us-visa-for-spouse-or-child-of-b1-visa-holder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.path2usa.com/us-visa-for-spouse-or-child-of-b1-visa-holder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some additional information in the links is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Supporting Documents for B2 visa for B1 holders spouse or children&#xA;  requesting dependent b2 visa to accompany while B1 person visit USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Following documents are not mandatory but can help during the visa&#xA;  interview if you are applying B2 visa in to accompany B1 visa primary&#xA;  person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Copy of B1 visa holder's passport and Visa. (IF B1 holder already&#xA;  procured his/her visa) Letter of invitation from B1 holder ( formal&#xA;  letter stating that B1 visa holder person wants you to&#xA;  visit/accompany) Include,. if the B1 holder would take care of the&#xA;  entire expenses. If the Company/organization who is inviting the B1&#xA;  person taking care of the expenses of the trip for Spouse and children&#xA;  of B1 holder, provide a written copy of letter indicating the same.&#xA;  Letter to consulate from B1 ( primary visa holder) requesting visa for&#xA;  spouse /children. Letter from Business( company) of B1 visa holder to&#xA;  the consulate endorsing and requesting the visa for B1 holders family&#xA;  may also help. Other suggested documents for visitor visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Occupation related: If you are employed, get a letter of employment&#xA;  verification. If you are a government employee, you must get a an NOC.&#xA;  If you are self-employed, you must get proof of business ownership and&#xA;  financial. Note: The above list of documents is not mandatory, and&#xA;  depending on individual circumstance, some of these documents may not&#xA;  be applicable. Additionally, there may be documents or evidence you&#xA;  can present before the consulate officer that are not listed above.&#xA;  The above list is the most common documents requested by immigration&#xA;  officers during visa interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T20:49:43.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8548" CreationDate="2017-08-23T21:50:59.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if any one can answer this question on discrimination perspective. I do not see why should there be any separate yard stick for recently married couple. Infact if anything they have the most reason to apply as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the necessary documentation, genuinely married and bring all related proofs with you, no reason why there would be discrimination against it. If there is any worry, then get a good immigration attorney and ensure to do the necessary steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally &lt;a href=&quot;http://resources4allofus.blogspot.com/2017/08/immigration-related-assistance-free.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is a another list of free resources I put togather, depending on where you are in the country it may help you as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also think about this if you are going by this hypothesis than the more you delay getting married - the more you will always be in the recently married category :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T21:50:59.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7295" CreationDate="2017-08-23T22:07:35.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does he or his organization needs to file H1B amendment in this case&#xA;  or only LCA is sufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing many different schools of thought on this. I will just quote the following from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-draft-guidance-when-file-amended-h-1b-petition-after-simeio-solutions-decision&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;draft guidance&lt;/a&gt; link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When You Do NOT Need to File an Amended Petition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A move within an MSA:&lt;/strong&gt; If your H-1B employee is moving to a new job location within the same MSA or area of intended employment a new LCA&#xA;  is not required. Therefore, you do not need to file an amended H-1B&#xA;  petition. However, you must still post the original LCA in the new&#xA;  work location within the same MSA or area of intended employment. For&#xA;  example, an H-1B employee moving to a new job location within the New&#xA;  York City MSA (NYC) would not trigger the need for a new LCA, but you&#xA;  would still need to post the previously obtained LCA at the new work&#xA;  location. This is required regardless of whether an entire office&#xA;  moved from one location to another within NYC or if just one H-1B&#xA;  employee moves from one client site to another within NYC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The draft guidance is a good read, I would suggest going through it to understand which exact situation applies in this case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also have you considered calling up &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS&lt;/a&gt; to find more about this issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T22:07:35.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-10T18:14:51.870" Score="4" ViewCount="479" Body="&lt;p&gt;I submitted an application for a student visa on June 19. I received the decision today which was a refusal. When I read the refusal letter, it says that I need a total of £32,025 pounds for the remaining tuition and maintenance fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not correct: I'm applying for a PGCE which is one year. It costs £13,920. I already paid £2475, so £11,445 remains; the maintenance fees should be 9 x £1,015 = £9,135. The total I should have in my bank account should be at least £20,580 pounds. My Saudi bank statement shows £23,529 pounds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand how they calculated the £32,025 or where they getting it from. Would this means that they made a mistake? What should I do in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quick note: The course starts on Sept 4 and ends the following year on July 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7kz4j.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7kz4j.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Page1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YXfvY.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YXfvY.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Page2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Yousef" LastActivityDate="2019-07-13T03:30:25.753" Title="UK student visa refused but they made an error in calculation" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11940" CreationDate="2017-08-24T09:22:53.220" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A blue card allows for your spouse and relatives to accompany you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &amp;quot;spouse&amp;quot; always means &amp;quot;spouse or registered partner&amp;quot;, which is Germany's way of saying &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;It's a same sex marriage, but it doesn't have 100% the same rights as a married couple, so we don't call it marriage&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Registered Partnership&lt;/strong&gt; has existed for a while. Same sex marriage actually called a marriage and being 100% equal is a relatively new thing just passing parliament this year. Same sex marriages of other states are recognized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spouse/&lt;strong&gt;registered partner&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The marriage must have legal validity in Germany. Marriages by tribal law&#xA;or other marriages with non-state recognition cannot be recognized.&#xA;In the case of immigration of a partner of the same sex, this must be a&#xA;„registered partnership“ in the sense of the German Civil Partnership Act&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;or a partnership that is state-recognized according to foreign law&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot think of anything better suited to that &amp;quot;state-recognized&amp;quot; partnership, than an actual marriage in another EU country. So you are good. Just approach whatever government authority issued you that blue card and ask them what form to fill for your husband to join you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T09:22:53.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11913" CreationDate="2017-08-24T13:31:27.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Queensland Government content for &lt;a href=&quot;https://eqi.com.au/study-options/temporary-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Residents Admissions&lt;/a&gt; includes a datasheet which notes that fees are required for dependents, although there are exemptions (as excerpted below; full details on link, including fee structure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eqi.com.au/pdfs/trac-fee-structure-and-exemptions.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Residents Admissions Centre Fee Structure &amp;amp; Exemption Criteria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fees and Payment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Most students holding temporary resident visas are required to pay fees to attend a Queensland state school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tuition fees must be paid in advance and are calculated based on the number of weeks of the enrolment (enrolment for part of a week incurs the charge for a full week). Fees are paid whether or not the student actually attends during the period of enrolment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Temporary Residents Admission Centre (TRAC) Letter of authority to enrol will be issued after TRAC has received payment for fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fee exemption&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  School aged dependants of temporary visa holders may be eligible for an exemption from paying international student school tuition fees in Queensland state schools. For further information please visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/school-operations/fee-exemptions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fee exemptions for eligible dependant students of temporary visa holders&lt;/a&gt; on the Department of Education and Training website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T13:31:27.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11954" CreationDate="2017-08-24T17:12:14.457" Score="6" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen (born in the UK, living in South Africa, dual UK / South African citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My child is also a British citizen. However, my wife is not and only has South African citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to potentially move to an EU country (Germany or the Netherlands). How will my wife be able to legally join me? Does it differ from EU country to country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T12:51:38.820" Title="EU citizen, EU child, non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10983" CreationDate="2017-08-24T17:57:17.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't read/seen a source for this yet, but a lawyer friend of a friend has told us the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cannot own/register a car in Mexico without a Mexico driver license.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; drive a Mexican owned/registered car without a Mexico driver license (as long as I have a valid license from another country), and the owner's vehicle insurance will cover us&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have also been told that we can drive the Mexico plated car in the US as long as there is an insurance policy to cover the car for use in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T17:57:17.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T12:55:24.030" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen and am going to have a 6-months internship in the US on a J-1 visa. I would like to take my personal computer rig with me, it consists of my MacBook Pro, two monitors and a few miscellaneous items, totalling around 5000-6000€.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the options of shipping them with e.g. FedEx or taking them with me on the plane in a second suitcase or submitting them as special baggage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I have to be aware of with these two different approaches? Do I have to pay an import tax?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, what do I have to aware of when returning home with these items?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13412" OwnerDisplayName="Jan Berktold" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T20:15:41.717" Title="Bringing personal electronics to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11950" CreationDate="2017-08-24T19:58:04.393" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would go to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southafrica.diplo.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Embassy&lt;/a&gt;, and apply for a family permit, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southafrica.diplo.de/contentblob/3053378/Daten/6875966/Req_Fam_Reunification.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa for the purpose of familial/spousal reunification&lt;/a&gt;, as it is called.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T19:58:04.393" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11950" CreationDate="2017-08-24T20:33:31.090" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't differ much from EU country to EU country (except your own country, where you are generally not covered by EU rules) because, as soon as you are making use of your right to freedom of movement, her right to join you is grounded in EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife needs a visa to enter the Schengen area (including Germany and the Netherlands) but if she is traveling with you or your child, she is covered by the EU freedom of movement. That means the visa should be free of charge and the requirements are minimal (she does not need to establish a valid purpose, financial means, etc. like other applicants but only to document her relationship with you, the fact that you are an EU citizen and that you would be travelling together).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, as long as you are living together, she can get a residence card quite easily. The most important condition to stay longer than 3 months is for you to have a job &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; enough money to be above the threshold to receive welfare. Your situation is very much like that described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;US Citizen with EU Spouse who doesn&amp;#39;t yet have a job&lt;/a&gt; (with the caveat that US citizens do not need a visa to enter, while your wife does) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5645/moving-to-frankfurt-with-my-swedish-wife-i-am-not-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;Moving to Frankfurt with my Swedish wife, I am not EU citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, your wife does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; need to meet the more onerous requirements of “family reunification” visas for the family of a German citizen (like the language certificate) and she could apply for the residence card directly even if she entered on a short-stay visa. The-family-of-an-EU citizen route is therefore noticeably easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-26T12:51:38.820" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T12:51:38.820" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11978" CreationDate="2017-08-25T03:27:25.470" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is a law change a few years back allows Kiwis and Aussies to transfer superannuation funds between the countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have Super in NZ, and now Super in Aus - if I move back to NZ, how do I go about transferring this Australian balance to my  NZ one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T21:17:26.000" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T22:31:02.533" Title="As a Kiwi living in Aus who may move back, how does one transfer super?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11913" CreationDate="2017-08-25T14:39:29.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your response but I've actually contacted the Queensland education department and was told that residents with a valid 457 visa do not have to pay fees for public school in Queensland. I believe the information you provided applies to international students wanting to study abroad in Queensland. If you have reason to believe that's not the case, I'd really appreciate the clarification :) Thank you! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13433" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T14:39:29.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11952" CreationDate="2017-08-25T14:45:09.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Definitely carry on everything you mentioned except for the monitors. There should be no tax on any of these personal belongings. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CBP%20Form%206059B%20English%20%28Sample%20Watermark%29.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;customs form&lt;/a&gt; -- There are no questions about the value of personal effects. Only about commercial merchandise. You would be crazy to Fedex this stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13434" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-08-25T20:15:41.717" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T20:15:41.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9665" CreationDate="2017-08-25T16:03:05.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the relevant article: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-tax-credit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-tax-credit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, you reduce the amount of taxes you owe in the US for that foreign income by the amount of tax you paid to the foreign country. So, if Russia charges you $100.00 tax on the income, and the US Tax calculation is that you owe $100.00, then you will take the credit and owe nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13434" LastActivityDate="2017-08-25T16:03:05.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-25T18:21:21.387" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for my ILR next week. I have opted for same day decision and my appointment is in Croydon center. The appointment is quite early in the morning considering the time it would take for me to travel to the appointment center. I would not be able to drop my daughter at her day care before then. I also unable to make alternative care arrangements for her.  So I am planning to take her with me. She is not an applicant as she is not eligible for ILR yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, can they let my daughter in along with me if she is not one of the applicants on the grounds that I am unable to make arrangements for her care?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am done with my ILR appointment. They allowed my daughter to be taken with me. They did not even ask if she is one of the applicants or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastEditorUserId="241" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T21:50:40.050" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T21:50:40.050" Title="Can I take my daughter with me for my ILR appointment even if she is not an applicant?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-25T22:12:14.373" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EEA country national, and I have lived in UK 2 years, as a student. Immediately after those 2 years, I went to work for an international organization that UK is part of (CERN).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does these 3 years count for the 5 years required to get British citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13436" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T18:40:44.033" Title="British residency/citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-29T23:16:33.923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T02:39:26.673" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen who applied for graduate school in Italy this year. I was accepted, but am deferring my enrollment till next year and working this year because I know I won't be able to meet the Means of Subsistence requirement for a student visa in the Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-application-requirements/means-subsistence/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;schengenvisainfo.com&lt;/a&gt;,  you can prove this Means of Subsistence through,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A personal bank statement indicating your financial movements (for at least 3 last months),&#xA;  Credit card,&#xA;  Cash,&#xA;  Traveller’s cheques,&#xA;  Pay slips,&#xA;  Proof of employment,&#xA;  Supporting document to attest sponsor’s readiness to cover your expenses during your stay,&#xA;  Proof of prepaid accommodation,&#xA;  Document about accommodation in private,&#xA;  Proof of prepaid transport,&#xA;  Other&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In talking about my target country, Italy, they only list the required amount of euros necessary in the bank statement. In my case, I would be staying for two years, the length of the graduate program, and so I fall under the category of,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For Stays over 20 days:&#xA;  The overall amount is 206.58€/person and 118.79€/ two and more persons, plus the daily amount is 27.89€/person and 17,04/ two and more persons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I add that up, and I do hope I'm wrong here, it would come out to me needing (206.58€ + 27.89€ x 730days) 20,566.28€ or $24,538.45 USD in a bank statement. I'm not totally broke, but I'm far from that. I'm going to be teaching English in China for the next year and I definitely won't be able to save up that much money within that time either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main question: Do you actually need to prove you have that much money for a two year student visa before going to Italy? And to what extent could you offset lacking that much money by securing an English teaching job beforehand (what I see to be my most plausible solution)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant questions: What have other people who've applied for a similar visa used to prove they meet the Means of Subsistence requirement? As well, what's been the lowest amount of money you've had listed on your bank statement when submitting for such a visa and not had your application denied?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13438" LastEditorUserId="13438" LastEditDate="2017-08-26T13:53:37.213" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T13:53:37.213" Title="How to prove Means of Subsistence for two years of graduate school in Europe?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T08:31:18.313" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be applying for my ILR in the coming days. I have a 2-year-old daughter who is not born in the UK. My lawyer has told me that she is not eligible to apply for ILR until she finishes 5 years of stay in the UK. There is no reason to not trust what the lawyer is telling but I am reading on the internet forums that my daughter can be eligible for ILR. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where do I find official guidelines on this matter? Have the guidelines changed recently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-08-26T19:41:07.757" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T19:41:07.757" Title="What are the ILR eligibility criteria for children born outside of the UK who have not finished 5 years of stay in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T09:28:00.870" Score="4" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I today live in Germany, but I am strongly considering to move to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are other question regarding the degree, but my situation is a bit different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a Software Developer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 years of Experience&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One year of College Diploma in my Field(not a bachelor's degree)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10.000 EUR in an account (no Canadian Dollars)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I got the highest score in IELTS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am 28 years old&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to buy Canadian Dollars or the account with EUR should be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what are my chances under my conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T09:28:00.870" Title="Immigrating to Canada without a Degree and with EUR" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-09-01T00:35:06.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T14:58:40.783" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and I work for a U.S.-based company as a foreign contractor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to go to the U.S. for a six-month project as a Visiting Scholar in a University. I would be on a J-Researcher visa and I would work there as an unpaid volunteer. This visa (as far as I understand) allows me to work only in that specific University program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I keep my foreign contractor job with the other U.S. company, even if I am physically in the U.S. in that period without a U.S. work visa? My taxes would still be paid in my home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13441" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T14:58:40.783" Title="Can I keep my job as a foreign contractor for a U.S. company, while I am in the U.S. working as a temporary unpaid volunteer?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11963" CreationDate="2017-08-26T18:40:44.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, you need to be a UK resident for five consecutive years with few interruptions to receive permanent residence, and you can receive UK citizenship one year after receiving permanent residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you stayed in the UK for two years, and then left for a year, you'd have to count starting at zero for &quot;consecutive years&quot; when you return. There are cases were being abroad don't count; working abroad while paid by the UK government might be such a case. Working for CERN most likely isn't unless you were paid by the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T18:40:44.033" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11965" CreationDate="2017-08-26T18:48:05.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You make look at this document about the discussions between UK and EU going on right now: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/eu-uk_table_cr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/eu-uk_table_cr.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, your daughter is allowed to stay with you under EU law as a family member. The UK wants to change this, saying &quot;residents above will fall within the scope of the WA as an independent right holder&quot;. Right now it doesn't look like the UK government is going to get what they want in these negotiations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T18:48:05.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T20:19:30.283" Score="1" ViewCount="720" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipina and we recently got married in the UK while I am on a short-term visa. Our plan is to go to Spain and live there. We have difficulty getting accurate information about documents to provide, which is supposedly just our passports, marriage certificate and travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are planning to apply for a Schengen visa when we are back in the Philippines and yet I was rejected once before by the Spanish embassy when we were planning to go as tourists and were not married yet at that time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that the Spanish embassy in the Philippines is not forthcoming with the rules of Schengen requirements.It is difficult to them and their website it's not so clear either. Now I am worrying I will be rejected again. What is the easiest process to obtain a Schengen visa where they are very straightforward rules and guidelines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thread mentioned the Czech Republic embassy in the Philippines. We are just confused with the EU rights of movement that we are supposed to have when going to Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13442" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T07:15:22.467" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T14:53:02.103" Title="Filipina married to EU citizen wanting to live in Spain. Difficulty in applying Schengen Visa for a start" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11883" CreationDate="2017-08-27T01:52:36.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Going from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20-%20August%202017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current guidance&lt;/a&gt; it would be 5 or 6 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the ACS guidelines (highlights are mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Diploma and Vendor Certification&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your Diploma or Vendor&#xA;Certification is assessed as having an &lt;strong&gt;ICT major which is closely&#xA;related to your nominated occupation&lt;/strong&gt;, you will require &lt;strong&gt;5 years&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;relevant work experience completed within the past 10 years or 6 years&#xA;relevant work experience completed anytime in your past work history&#xA;(whichever provides the earliest skill date) to meet the suitability&#xA;criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your Diploma or Vendor Certification is assessed as&#xA;having an &lt;strong&gt;ICT major which is NOT closely related to your nominated&#xA;occupation&lt;/strong&gt;, you will require 6 &lt;strong&gt;years relevant work experience&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;completed anytime in your past work history to meet the suitability&#xA;criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it turns out that your diploma is classified as having insufficient ICT content then you will have to do a Recognition of Prior Learning as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you would likely be left with 1 or 2 years experience depending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T01:52:36.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T02:39:54.180" Score="4" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother's grandparents were both born in the UK and moved to the US as young adults. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can my mother apply for some kind of working visa or dual citizenship, which can be passed along to me so that I am eligible to live and work in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13443" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T17:59:25.067" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T17:59:25.067" Title="Am I entitled to British ancestry through great grandparents?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11973" CreationDate="2017-08-27T03:41:17.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, British citizenship (or the equivalent status historically) can only be passed to one generation born abroad. Therefore, your mother would not have gotten British citizenship automatically, as she is in the second generation born abroad. Depending on her year of birth, it may have been possible to register your mother as a citizen as a child under certain conditions, but I am assuming that that never happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your mother is a Commonwealth citizen, she may be able to get an ancestry visa to work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T03:41:17.807" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11975" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T11:19:12.393" Score="4" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;During my most recent interview last year I was told I was on a 10 year ban because I overstayed my visa by a year and half and was over 18 years old. Even though I told the consular officer that my visa was under my parents passport and traveled at the age of 13 and left when I was 20 and had no choice but to wait until I had a stable situation before going back to Europe, I was still considered to have a 10 l-year ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not knowing I had the 10-year ban, I still went back to the States to visit my family at least 12 times within the last ten years and answered no and all questions on the ESTA  since I didn’t know I overstayed my visa and that I had a 10-year ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am in the process of re-applying again but I'm scared that the officer will ban me for life if they consider that I should have known. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to prove them that I had no idea so it wouldn’t affect my IR1 immigration visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11912" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T07:17:15.500" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T07:17:15.500" Title="Evidence to bring to the second immigration interview after a 10 year ban?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T17:14:28.967" Score="5" ViewCount="1654" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to resign after 6 years employment in Germany, in order to move back to my homeland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cannot comply with the 3-months notice period. My contract states that: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In case of violation of termination notice the employee shall pay penalty of 1 month gross salary. However this should not affect the right of the employeer to claim further damages from employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the maximum consequences I might have in case I leave the company, giving just 1-month notice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13445" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T17:58:15.223" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T09:49:33.840" Title="What penalty would I incur if I violate the resignation notice period?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11971" CreationDate="2017-08-27T17:37:08.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying to any country other than Spain will be a waste of your time unless you lie about your plans, which isn't a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of an EU citizen, you are entitled to freedom of movement in the EU when you travel with (or to join) your spouse.  You cannot be denied a visa, therefore, unless you are a threat to public health, public safety, or public policy.  Your prior visa refusal, therefore, should have no bearing on your new visa application (except in the unlikely event that it was refused on one of those grounds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the visa must be issued free of charge, and the application must be considered on the basis of an accelerated procedure.  So just stop worrying and apply to the Spanish consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T14:53:02.103" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T14:53:02.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11955" CreationDate="2017-08-27T22:31:02.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can indeed transfer retirement schemes from Australia to New Zealand.  The Australian Taxation Office has a page with details about the retirement savings portability scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Super/In-detail/Withdrawing-and-paying-tax/Trans-Tasman-retirement-savings-portability-scheme-for-individuals/?anchor=Transfers_to_New_Zealand#Transfers_to_New_Zealand&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme for individuals - Transfers to New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points to note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You may only transfer retirement savings between a complying APRA-regulated superannuation fund and a KiwiSaver scheme.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Check with your fund and KiwiSaver scheme to see if they will charge any fees for transferring or accepting funds on your behalf.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You will need a New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (IRD) number to transfer you retirement savings to a KiwiSaver scheme.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a link from that page to apply for an IRD number if you don't already have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also the NZ Inland Revenue Department fact-sheet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/publications/2013-other-trans-tasman-retirement-savings-portability/how-new-rules-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fact sheet - Trans-Tasman portability of retirement savings - How the new rules work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T22:31:02.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T15:55:58.207" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Nigerian and gained admission into Cambrian College to study pre- health sciences. The course length is 1 year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the maximum length of time of a visa issued for a study course like this? Can I still be granted a 2-year visa when the course is for 1 year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Gori" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T07:22:03.667" Title="Can I get a 2-year Canada student visa for a 1-year program?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T23:42:04.683" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Morocco, and I married a Bulgarian woman in 2014. After I joined her in Bulgaria, I got a 1-year family residence permit, which I then renewed for another year. It will expire in June. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife now wants a divorce. After the divorce, will I be able to renew the residence permit again? Can I apply for a work permit and residence after the divorce? I am already working under contract for a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13450" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-08-28T01:29:24.817" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T01:29:24.817" Title="Can I stay in Bulgaria after divorce with a change in my residence status?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11156" CreationDate="2017-08-28T00:28:20.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For your specific purpose it might simply be much easier to buy a converter, especially since they aren't too expensive. For example see this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/european-scart-to-japanese-scart-converter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/european-scart-to-japanese-scart-converter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T00:28:20.537" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T01:00:50.473" Score="3" ViewCount="816" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife had SSN whilst she was working here on H1 10 years back, but now she is here on H4 visa. She has her SSN number, but not the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she apply for replacement card on H4 or is ITIN required? We need SSN card or equivalent to apply Credit card or bank account in US, kindly advise what all documents are required to get SSN card or letter from SSA office stating the SSN number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Sriram&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13451" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T01:49:15.577" Title="My wife had SSN, but now on H4 visa - Replacement card or equivalent required" Tags="&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T01:03:44.250" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, non-EU workers must earn at least £35k/year or face deportation, as reported in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/mar/12/eu-workers-deported-earning-less-35000-employees-americans-australians&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17204297&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the BBC&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/07/theresa-may-must-not-be-pm-until-she-rejects-the-policy-of-the-b/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Guardian article mentions that nurses are exempt. Are there other exemptions? For example, most post-doctoral scientists earn less than that. Does that mean non-EU citizens cannot come to the UK to work as a post-doctoral scientists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T11:36:46.140" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T11:36:46.140" Title="What jobs are exempt from the UK £35k requirement?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11982" CreationDate="2017-08-28T01:49:15.577" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Social Security Adminstration has the directions on how to get a replacement card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How To Get A New, Replacement Or Corrected Card&lt;/a&gt; (at mid-page radio buttons)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LEARN&lt;/strong&gt; what documents you need&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FILL OUT AND PRINT&lt;/strong&gt; an application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/locator/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TAKE OR MAIL this information to us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Replacement Card for a Noncitizen Adult&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can replace your Social Security card for free if it is lost or stolen. However, you may not need to get a replacement card, knowing your Social Security number is what's important. You are limited to three (3) replacement cards in a year and 10 during your lifetime. Legal name changes and other exceptions do not count toward these limits. Also, you may not be affected by these limits if you can prove you need the card to prevent a significant hardship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In general, only noncitizens who have permission to work from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can apply for a Social Security number. If you do not have permission to work but need a Social Security number for other purposes, see &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm#work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;If you do not have permission to work&lt;/a&gt;&quot; for further information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What original documents do I need?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Immigration status&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your current U.S. immigration document, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Form I-551 (Lawful Permanent Resident Card, Machine Readable Immigrant Visa);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I-766 (Employment Authorization Document, EAD, work permit); or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) or admission stamp in the unexpired foreign passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxes&lt;/strong&gt;: If you need a number for tax purposes and you are not authorized to work in the United States, you can apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Visit IRS in person or call the IRS toll-free number, 1-800-TAXFORM (1-800-829-3676), and request Form W-7 (Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are assigned a number for non-work purposes, you cannot use it to work. If you use it to work, we will inform DHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Social Security will ask to see a current DHS document. Acceptable documents include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I-551 Permanent Resident Card;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with unexpired foreign passport or admission stamp in the unexpired foreign passport; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I-766 Employment Authorization Document, (EAD, work permit) from DHS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T01:49:15.577" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11985" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T03:23:20.507" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to US this year in Feb. I have SSN now. Should I apply for my dependent (kid and wife) ITIN now or later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was going through SSA site, and in order to apply ITIN, believe my tax return form is required. Is that so? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have not filed for US tax return till now. Kindly advise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also what all documents are required for my dependents to get ITIN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Sriram&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13451" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T03:53:50.733" Title="ITIN requirements" Tags="&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11985" CreationDate="2017-08-28T03:53:50.733" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;They will apply for ITINs by filing W-7 together with filing tax returns (you will file this year's tax returns early next year). Only under certain special situations (which likely don't apply to them) are they allowed to get ITINs separately from tax filing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. ITINs are issued by IRS and are not related to SSA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T03:53:50.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T04:48:44.270" Score="1" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I have seen many people consider Germany to be a cheaper country to live in as opposed to the Netherlands. I know its hard to compare two countries, but if I look at three aspects - cost of accomodation, groceries and transport, would Germany be cheaper than the Netherlands in general?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not comparing Munich, which I know is very expensive, but rather a city like Hannover, Ingolstadt or Hamburg compared to The Hague, Amersfoot in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T04:48:44.270" Title="Cost of living in the Netherlands vs Germany" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-29T06:29:04.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T06:16:15.447" Score="2" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working for an Australian company, remotely from South Africa. I can move to the EU using my UK passport and possibly still work for this Australian company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This company does not have a registered office in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than not being able to contribute to a state pension, are there any other issues to consider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take it I will be considered self-employed in the EU (I am considering the Netherlands and Germany) and be taxed on that basis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-08-28T11:33:50.507" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T11:33:50.507" Title="Living in the EU, working remotely for an Australian company" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11979" CreationDate="2017-08-28T07:22:03.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Student visas are given for the period of study. You enrol for a year, you get a one-year visa. Once you leave school, your status as a student expires, and thus your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want two years, at the end of the first year you'll have to re-enrol...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T07:22:03.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11976" CreationDate="2017-08-28T09:49:33.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl;dr: Talk to your employer and ask for an &lt;em&gt;Auflösungsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the maximum consequences, there are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the one month gross salary penalty your contract mentions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any damages your employer decides to claim from you (and is able to defend in court eventually &amp;amp; recover from you). Worst case scenario, you are a crucial employee on an important project and because of your unforeseen departure your employer is unable to deliver to the client. They could claim a large part of their lost revenue from you as well as compensation for reputation loss (and related lost future revenue). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;on top of that, should there be litigation, expect to be faced with major process fees (lawyers, courts, ...). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is not a given that your employer will ask for all of that, the only sensible advice I can give to you is to talk first to your boss and then HR department yesterday. Explain yourself and ask for an &lt;em&gt;Auflösungsvertrag/Aufhebungsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;, i.e. a contract that terminates your employment contract. Your employer has no obligation to accept this, but you can increase your chances by making concessions that are beneficial to them, e.g. staying for two more months instead of only one, agreeing not to take any leave in the remaining time, finishing important projects you are currently working on ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12159" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T09:49:33.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T12:36:17.807" Score="4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-10446.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Immigration and Nationality Act 1990&lt;/a&gt; states in §349 that a US citizen, whether by birth or naturalised, who takes an oath of allegiance to a foreign state, or who accepts a post in a foreign government shall lose his US citizenship, &lt;em&gt;providing he voluntarily performed the action with the intention of relinquishing his US citizenship&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would like to know is whether any other US laws, or any current US policies, apply when a US citizen becomes a member of a foreign government and takes an oath of allegiance to a foreign state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13454" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T20:32:28.573" Title="What is US law and policy in respect of a US citizen who joins a foreign government and takes an oath of allegiance to a foreign state?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T15:11:38.677" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of India and currently have a Canadian visitor visa that expires in 2018. I currently live in the US. My flight plan at the end of this year from US to India involves a layover in Canada for a couple of hours. Do I still need a transit visa or is my visitor visa enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13455" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T15:11:38.677" Title="Do I need a Canadian transit visa when I have a visitor visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-29T23:16:58.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-28T17:26:06.603" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently bank with an online bank out of Simple, or did until I told them I was moving to Europe, and wanted to change my address to reflect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They promptly told me that my account would be closed in 30 days. This seems insane to me. I need my account to pay the remainder of my lease which I'm locked into for an unknown amount of time (some time less than 4 months) and utilities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the moral of the story to not mention why you're changing your address before moving abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I am, in fact, a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13457" LastEditorUserId="13458" LastEditDate="2017-08-29T06:28:48.257" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T06:28:48.257" Title="Bank annouced they're closing my local account when I told them I needed to change address to a relatives' prior to moving abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-08-29T10:28:00.423" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2017-08-28T22:37:02.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think as people grow older they become weak not just physically but emotionally too and Anxiety creeps in. At this stage, company of known people helps (if not their own kids) and one should keep them busy. &#xA;I understand your feeling bro, in the same boat. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I feel your options are..&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they agree, They move in with you &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to relocate them where close relatives are and have frequent communication with them via Skype or FaceTime &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move back to your country (I am considering this)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13325" LastEditorUserId="13325" LastEditDate="2017-09-07T22:09:40.813" LastActivityDate="2017-09-07T22:09:40.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12028" CreationDate="2017-08-28T22:46:12.040" Score="5" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;This query is about a person who worked in the United States for about 14 years (legally) and contributed to Social Security during that time. He held a Green Card, which expired after he moved to India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will he be eligible for Social Security benefits (at retirement age) while living in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13325" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-08-29T05:11:09.043" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T15:46:37.833" Title="Can a person get Social Security benefits who worked in the USA for 14 years but is an Indian citizen and reside in India?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2017-08-29T03:48:42.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've spent 27 of my 50 years away from family, living in Asia while my family is in France. As a kid, my mother kept repeating &lt;em&gt;I am not raising kids to keep them around me until I die. You have a life and need to go and live it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course that was the theory. In practice, the older my mother got, the more she missed me -- mostly she missed having people around to talk to. But somehow, having started my own family, I didn't seem to miss much from home. That was &quot;helped&quot; by the fact that our extended family wasn't very close either. In the end, I think we should rather look ahead, rather than look longingly behind, at the past. Help the next generation grow into good people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T03:48:42.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10790" CreationDate="2017-08-29T13:29:37.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Potentially.  The &quot;Before you apply&quot; section of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/651-#tab-content-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eVisitor web site&lt;/a&gt; sets out the potential consequences of applying for an eVisitor visa while another visa is in effect:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you already hold another visa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you already hold another visa and are then granted an eVisitor, the eVisitor could:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;be valid as soon as it is granted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;replace your existing visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The eVisitor may be less beneficial than your current visa. If you already hold a visa, you should contact your nearest immigration office outside Australia before lodging an eVisitor application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, if the application for the Temporary Activity visa happens to be approved before you are granted the eVisitor visa, you will lose the Temporary Activity visa.  Similarly, if you are granted the Temporary Activity visa while you are in Australia, then this visa (and the time limit) commences immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T11:55:03.540" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T11:55:03.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9951" CreationDate="2017-08-29T21:49:23.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few ways that people lose ILR:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remaining out of the country for more than 2 years. In this case, ILR will automatically lapse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Declaring that you no longer live in the UK (eg: to a UKBA agent).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Entering the country as a visitor - requesting a visitor's visa or entering on a temporary visa is taken to be proof that you no longer consider yourself a resident. Similarly, any granted short term visa will cause ILR to lapse. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationboards.com/indefinite-leave-to-remain/ilr-returning-to-uk-within-2-years-told-to-re-apply-t47306.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;Lost ILR because of Tourist Visa&quot;&gt;Forum post: Lost ILR due to tourist visa&lt;/a&gt;. This is uncommon, but still something to be careful of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems likely that the way you filled in the form (specifically the fact that you were leaving so soon or said that it was a &quot;visit&quot;) made the border agent concerned that you were in fact a visitor rather than a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T21:49:23.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-30T03:18:14.043" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a NZ citizen, I'm not allowed to vote in Australian Federal elections, and I gather, state ones too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the UK we were able to vote in local elections, and London mayoral ones.  Are there any elections in Australia that non-citizens can vote in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T11:37:36.507" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:35:00.993" Title="What elections, plebiscites or polls do non-citizen residents have the right to vote for in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10642" CreationDate="2017-08-30T11:26:21.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 183-day rule is only one of a number of tests to determine Australian tax residency.  If you satisfy &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/International-tax-for-individuals/In-detail/Residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;any of the other tests of residency&lt;/a&gt;, then you are considered a tax resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ATO has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Calculators-and-tools/Host/?anchor=AreYouAResident&amp;amp;anchor=AreYouAResident&amp;amp;anchor=AreYouAResident/questions#AreYouAResident/questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;helpful tool&lt;/a&gt; to determine whether you are a tax resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that the lower (resident) tax rate only &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Ind/Tax-free-threshold-for-newcomers-to-Australia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;applies from the day you arrive in Australia with the intention of becoming an Australian tax resident&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T11:26:21.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-30T12:15:54.467" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen. I've been studying and living abroad for a couple of years, and now I want to go to France to study. Would I need a visa? And does anyone know the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="fz212" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-08-30T12:59:55.590" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T05:38:33.610" Title="I'm an American citizen. I've lived/studied abroad for a couple of years. Do I need a visa to study in France?" Tags="&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12007" CreationDate="2017-08-30T13:03:28.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having been abroad in the past doesn't give you any special rights. If you want to go to France to study, you'll have to find a university or other place of education, apply, and, if you are accepted, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/venir-en-france/etudier-en-france/demarches-administratives/article/visas-etudiants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;go through the visa procedures&lt;/a&gt; [in French]. Universities have an administrative office that helps foreign students do that. They'll have all the information you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T05:38:33.610" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T05:38:33.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-30T13:20:44.703" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in a non-EU country for some time and earned a large amount of money, which I kept as savings. I earned this legally and paid tax on it in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I move to the UK as an EU national under freedom of movement and set up permanent home in the UK. As I will be living over half of a tax year in the UK, the UK will consider me its tax resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I transfer my savings from a foreign bank account into a UK bank account. Would UK then hold me liable for any tax on that amount? I was thinking Foreign Income tax, but that is no longer technically income, because income implies a regular stream. This is more akin to capital that was earned as a one-off. The amount is well above the tax-free allowance and is in the region of 100,000 in GBP equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11952" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T13:20:44.703" Title="Paying UK tax on income earned abroad" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11983" CreationDate="2017-08-30T13:36:34.070" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 guidelines&lt;/a&gt;, the current salary requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll usually need to be paid at least £30,000 per year or the&#xA;  ‘appropriate rate’ for the job you’re offered - whichever is higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What constitutes an &quot;appropriate rate&quot; for various occupations is listed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-j-codes-of-practice-for-skilled-work&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Table 1 lists PhD level occupations. Depending on the field and experience, the required salary for a post-doctoral researcher ranges between £21,600 and £28,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13463" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T13:36:34.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-30T14:16:27.780" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the UK in 2008 from mainland Europe. I have been working ever since, first as an employee, then self-employed since June 2010. I had a baby in 2011, went on maternity leave, claimed maternity allowance. Once it ran out (39 weeks from 25th week of pregnancy, so 6 months after giving birth) within a week I was working again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had another baby in 2013, exact same routine: MA, once my son was 6 months old, within a week back to work. Now I'm being told I won't be able to apply for housing, as I didn't gain permanent residence. I had a European Health Insurance Card but it can't bee confirmed as it expired more than 2 years ago, so I can't prove I was self-sufficient. Have I really lost my worker status and my right to permanent residency? Somewhere I read if I return to work from maternity leave within a reasonable time, I keep my worker status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13465" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T09:44:56.920" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T19:45:52.513" Title="Am I a permanent resident?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-30T14:39:04.660" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted in regards to bringing my mother-in-law here from Iraq on a green card via her daughter (my wife). My mother-in-law came through an IR-5 visa, which is for a parent of a US citizen who is at least 21 years old (again my wife).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has been with us since June of this year and plans to head back to Iraq in November. Do we need to inform anyone or fill out any forms that she will be leaving the US for the time being? Someone mentioned I had to fill out a notice form but cannot find anything about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T03:46:03.907" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T03:46:03.907" Title="When leaving the US going back to home country, what forms to fill out?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12013" CreationDate="2017-08-30T18:57:37.433" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The green card itself is sufficient for re-entry to the US after an absence of up to 1 year, without needing anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she wants to be absent for more than 1 year, she can apply for a Re-entry Permit (applied with Form I-131) which will allow her to re-enter during the validity of the Re-entry Permit, which is 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that regardless of the length of absence (whether it be less than 6 months or more than 1 year), she is required to maintain residence in the US, which is a subjective determination that depends on many factors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people like to apply for Re-entry Permits even for an absence of less than 1 year, even though it is not needed for re-entry, as an indication of intention to maintain residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-30T18:57:37.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10736" CreationDate="2017-08-31T03:46:13.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;have you made your journey yet? Like gnasher said you should just show your wife's RC - do not get a tourist stamp unless you intend to comply with the tourist condition of intention to leave within 6 months. Also, visitor/tourist status cannot be changed in-country to any other category so best stay away for that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll share my 'entering the UK on article 10 RC' experience with you. I'm British and wife is non-EU and we're currently living in the Netherlands. We've visited UK together 3 times in the last 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First time through Calais, UK border post just asked where we were coming from and let us drive through. Second time we took a flight from Murcia. Before boarding they made us wait a bit at the boarding gate as they wanted to stamp my wife's passport. On arrival at the UK immigration desk they didn't even stamp the passport and let us through NQA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third time was totally different. Again through calais. This time the border post guy suggested that we should've applied for Family permit beforehand which he said was free and took 2 weeks. He then referred us for investigation so we had to get off the car and go into the immigration building. Here, the officer at the desk expected us to have documents for SS in order - registration with doctor, centre of life proof, accommodation contract, language etc etc. We didn't have all of that available so we were refused entry and told we had to go back gather the surinder singh evidence and apply for an EEA family permit first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd saved a copy of this on my iPad, that I tried to quote but the officer wasn't interested:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here it clearly states that all we need along the RC is to carry proof of our relationship (and of course passport). I had our marriage certificate with us. So I stood my ground and told the officer at the desk that I knew I had the right to enter just like I'd entered the previous 2 times as well. The SS proof she was asking me was evidence needed for when I apply for UKRC (for my wife) but she didn't budge shouting at us telling us not to tell her how to do her job. She kept on saying the rules had changed and that SS evidence was compulsory now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked to speak to the head immigration officer(having seen tons of UK Border tv programmes on Dave helped!) who listened to us and gave us these options: Go back, produce the SS evidence or agree to be detained and interviewed individually which could take hours and in case of a refusal it would be recorded. She tried to convince us that we didn't stand a chance if we didn't produce SS evidence in the interview and would most likely be refused. But we opted for the interviews anyway being confident of our rights. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We went through the ordeal which in all took almost 10 hours of delay with no food or sleep most of it spent sitting on the hard plastic chairs. The interviews were very thorough and carried out politely and professionally but the front line officers at the desk treated us like criminals. Their behaviour with us was appalling to say the least. In the end, they let us through and gave us a note for the ferry for them to let us on the next one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has turned out to be one protracted post! But I hope it helps plan your entry if that’s yet to come…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you done much research about the medical insurance? From your post it seems for the UKRC it's required. I still have to research this and need answers to questions like can my non-EU wife register for the GP using the dutch RC? Is dutch issued EHIC compulsory? What happens in the intervening time between arriving in UK and applying for the UKRC?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13471" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T03:46:13.560" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T09:17:33.713" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Around 7-10 years ago, I had issues with our army. I deserted due to my health and financial issues, since I had to pay the surgery and the hospitalization and the treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have been sitting 3 times in army jail. Overall it was around 1 year all together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it has an influence on my application to join my German Spouse? For more information: I never had any problems with the police not even a parking ticket or anything like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13472" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T10:55:21.570" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T05:28:09.450" Title="Immigrating to Germany as an Israeli citizen with a criminal record and a German spouse" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12005" CreationDate="2017-08-31T11:28:41.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  Rules regarding eligibility to enrol to vote are uniform across Australia.  Only Australian citizens can enrol and vote federal elections and referenda, and state and local government elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception is certain &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligible British subjects&lt;/a&gt;&quot; who were already on the electoral roll on 26 January 1984.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T11:28:41.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12020" CreationDate="2017-08-31T12:34:31.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, no you should be fine. Germany does not care what you did in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exceptions to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; visas are crimes that you could be deported for anyway. That's crimes that violate the safety and public order of Germany. There is no list one could check crimes against, but it's meant for war criminals and acts of terrorism. I don't think that anyone would argue deserting a foreign army in peacetime is an act to endanger Germany's public order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T12:34:31.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12000" CreationDate="2017-08-31T15:46:37.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://faq.ssa.gov/link/portal/34011/34019/Article/3843/Can-non-citizens-living-outside-the-United-States-receive-Social-Security-benefits&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Social Security Administration FAQs&lt;/a&gt; indicate that benefits claims are initiated from within the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can noncitizens living outside the United States receive Social Security benefits&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In most cases, we stop payments to noncitizens after they are outside the United States for six calendar months in a row. If we stop your payments, we will not start them again until you return to the United States and remain for a full calendar month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We may continue to pay benefits to noncitizens outside of the United States if they meet certain conditions. Use our &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/payments_outsideUS.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Payments Abroad Screening Tool&lt;/a&gt; to find out if you can continue to get benefits while outside the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/agreement_descriptions.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;US does have agreements&lt;/a&gt; with a number of countries under which noncitizens can keep getting Social Security even if they live abroad permanently, although India is not among them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T15:46:37.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-25T14:30:41.717" Score="2" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm filling out the DS-160 Visa form online, and I'm curious about the &quot;previous employers&quot; part. I've been working in the same company for almost 3 years now, and this is the only employment I've ever had. This is also the company who's my sponsor for the H1-B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, I never worked officially there, so I'm not sure how legally safe it is to list it as my employer, both in the form and in my resume. What should I do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; By unofficial I mean working remotely from my country (Russia). I think I signed some document saying that I was an independent advisor or something, but by Russian law I was officially unemployed during this period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kate" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T16:42:28.650" Title="Previous employment data in DS-160: unofficial employment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-29T02:40:06.053" Score="0" ViewCount="2556" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on an H4 visa, and currently in India. My visa is expiring on 25 Oct. I need to travel on 1 Oct. Will there be any issue travelling, as my visa is about to expire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="roop" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T23:48:14.803" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T03:38:51.653" Title="H4 visa expiring in a month. Can I travel to the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T00:00:14.247" Score="1" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will my Spain student visa be revoked if I don't attend class all semester? I had a changes of plans and will be backpacking through Europe instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="alicia" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T16:56:23.897" Title="Will they revoke my student visa if I don't go to school?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12031" CreationDate="2017-08-31T08:44:45.310" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for Spain in particular but people taking student visas and then not attending school is regarded as a huge problem in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though actual numbers of people doing this are believed to be quite low there is nonetheless a large dose of right wing hysteria that tens of thousands of people are doing this every year.  It's why in recent years things have been made so difficult for would-be students from India and others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such in the UK at least this would be a very bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I'm not familiar with the hysteria being so high in other European countries it is still not allowed and very poorly regarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless... it likely depends which country you are from. If you're from a the US or other related countries that don't need a visa to visit then it's unlikely to cause a big fuss with the immigration authorities. If you're from a developing country from which visas are required however then alarm bells will probably ring that you've decided to go off the radar and work illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the immigration authorities reaction there will likely be a big reaction from the university (your home school and the host). They are responsible for you and you've just gone missing. This could cause a massive panic unless you explicitly tell them you won't be attending the classes you had planned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically don't do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skip a lot of classes to travel a lot if you want. Its fine. Wealthy students do this all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But skip the whole semester? Bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7076" OwnerDisplayName="the other one" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T08:44:45.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T08:53:03.873" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking at the I-130 form and the corresponding instructions here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. While it is obvious that the petitioner has to sign the form, I could not find any mention of whether the beneficiary has to sign the form. Is the beneficiary's signature not needed at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dagney Taggart" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-08-31T19:41:58.927" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T19:41:58.927" Title="I-130 form for Sibling visa - Is beneficiary signature required?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12034" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T17:40:01.003" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to start a business with my friend, who is a French citizen. I am an Indian national and I have a very good business plan. After a lot of discussions we both agreed to start an SARL company. We will be making products in France and will be exporting them to other countries especially to middle-east countries. However, as I am an Indian, I want to know if there are any requirements or restrictions for me to be a partner with French citizen. Which visa can I get and how can I stay longer in France? Also, are there any chances that I can get citizenship so that I can spend maximum time on our exporting business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13477" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T03:25:41.997" LastActivityDate="2017-09-08T16:16:03.660" Title="Coming to France to create a business with a French partner" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T18:06:18.420" Score="3" ViewCount="7256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved permanently from the US to Germany, and I am a Swedish citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a US Virtual post mail address but Bank of America refused it automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I simply change my address to my German address online and all will be well; I'll be able to receive credit cards and notices in Germany? Or could they will cancel my account if I do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13478" LastActivityDate="2021-03-07T23:06:20.563" Title="Can you keep a Bank of America account with no US address?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12033" CreationDate="2017-08-31T19:41:26.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the beneficiary doesn't have to sign the form. The petition is only filed by the petitioner and the beneficiary is not involved. Only at a later stage when a visa number is becoming available and the beneficiary is going through consular processing to get an immigrant visa will the beneficiary get involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T19:41:26.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-31T21:05:19.843" Score="5" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Irish citizen currently living in Ireland. However I plan to relocate to Spain. Next year I plan to marry my Filipino girlfriend and we are going to live together permanently in Spain. I spoke to the Spanish Embassy here in Dublin and they say she will have no problem getting a Schengen visa for Spain as she'll be the wife of an EU citizen. However I keep reading about off loads at Manila airport. If she has a valid Schengen visa, valid passport and we travel to Spain together is that enough for her to pass Immigration. Or are there other requirements? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Patrick Mc Morrow" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T03:25:44.607" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T09:35:18.970" Title="Filipino wife going to Europe to live" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12030" CreationDate="2017-08-31T23:54:43.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa's expiration date is just the last day on which you can use the visa to enter. So you can use this visa to enter up to and including on Oct 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when you are admitted, you will be admitted until the expiry of the H1b petition of the H1b visa holder (the one your H4 is dependent on). Your visa's expiration date probably matches the expiration of the original H1b petition, which means the original H1b petition is expiring soon and the H1b visa holder's company has probably applied for an extension if eligible. If an H1b petition extension has already been approved, you should bring a copy of that petition approval with you when you enter and you will be admitted until the expiration of that new petition. If the extension is only pending or not yet filed, you will be admitted for the short time until the original petition expiration, and then you will have to apply for extension of status once inside the US if you want to stay for longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-08-31T23:54:43.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12034" CreationDate="2017-09-01T05:13:54.670" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Follow the link that was given by @audionuma. If you can't speak French, your French partner can read that and translate. It's basically all there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for citizenship, you need at least 5 years of continuous residency in France, prove stable means of income, a clean record, and integration into the society -- knowledge of the language, culture, history. This last part is a bit vague, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/Accueil-et-accompagnement/La-nationalite-francaise/Les-conditions-et-modalites-de-l-acquisition-de-la-nationalite-francaise&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;even in the official text&lt;/a&gt;, but let's assume that if after 5 years in France you still need your French friend to help you do the application, you probably won't get it. But depending on where you apply, your mileage will vary greatly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T05:13:54.670" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-01T14:32:45.280" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 36, from Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (Luton, actually). My sister's 34 and has worked across the country as a lap-dancer at various lap-dance bars, nightclubs etc. for the past 13 years now. She's not in it for the men or anything sex-related, she's always been very into dance as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She told me last week that a club in New York phoned her having found her professional website and offered her a job, saying they'd sponsor her for the visa and handle everything. She told me how excited she was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not an expert on immigration but is the employer allowed to do this and sponsor her for a visa (she told me they'd sponsor her for a H1B, Google-ing tells me it's a specialist US visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it not allowed for the club to offer to sponsor her, they said they liked the fact she'd had 13 years of experience in lap-dancing (not counting a short 6-momnth stint as a car saleswoman) and really wanted to employ her and have invited her for interview in mid-September in New York (around Manhattan, IIRC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My sister wants to take the job but is unsure of the practicalities about immigration to the US, employment etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please explain what she'll need to do to actually get the job, and also, is the employer breaking any US laws I know of? I know over here we couldn't employ any US citizens for this sort of job because the job has to go to British or EU citizens first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've Googled the club she mentioned and it's genuine, gets good reviews, so this job isn't fake, but is it unusual for a lap-dancing club to head-hunt someone via their personal site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're currently on holiday up in Edinburgh, using the wi-fi so I may not have time to respond just yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would really welcome the advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13486" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T19:27:34.017" Title="My sister has been offered a job in the US and they want to sponsor her, but would she get the job or not in the US?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-09-03T11:37:37.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12040" CreationDate="2017-09-01T19:27:34.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an expert but H-1B may not be applicable as its a specialty work, where the employer has to prove that they could not find the person with the specialty skill in USA and hence requesting H-1B for their &quot;new&quot; employee. The &quot;New&quot; employee offer would be contingent upon getting the H-1B visa. But, H-1B visa can not be obtained like any other visa.. there is a quota of (I guess) 65000 per year and the applicant could be about 150000, so its lottery. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Second, This could be a scam so watch out for it. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Third, For Artists or Athletes performing in US and earning, the Visa is most likely O1, P1 or P3. I would suggest search for it. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13325" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T19:27:34.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-01T18:44:30.173" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did apply for a job in the UK while in Kenya and the Company (to which I applied for) wrote and guaranteed me that I'll can be given the job as long as I'm present in the United Kingdom .&#xA;I'm preparing for my travel documents. I have a family member, UNCLE, who live in the United Kingdom as a EU National and has agreed to accommodate me for the couple of weeks I'll be in the UK before I get my first salary so I may start depending on myself and even settle in the United Kingdom. &#xA;What type of Visa I'm I supposed to apply For? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13490" OwnerDisplayName="Percival" LastEditorUserId="8420" LastEditDate="2017-09-02T21:58:32.257" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T21:58:32.257" Title="Visa Type for a Kenyan Citizen wishing to settle permanently in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12043" CreationDate="2017-09-02T06:46:38.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What type of Visa I'm I supposed to apply For?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on what you wrote you would apply for a Tier 2 visa. This is a visa that allows you to come to the UK and hold a job.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would apply for a T2 visa using the online form but before starting you should have your 'certificate of sponsorship'. I got the impression that you did not have one yet, so take careful note that you will not get a visa unless you have one.  You get one from your sponsor, i.e., your prospective employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a UK company cannot offer to employ you unless they conduct a Resident Market Labour Test and I got the impression that this has not been done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those two impressions add up to the possibility that you might be vulnerable to getting scammed. The way to tell is if the company needs you to send them a fee for something. In a proper T2 offer there is never a reason for the applicant to send the employer a fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About your uncle.,.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's great to have a relative who can provide you with lodging while you get your bearings and start out living on your own.  But the UK doesn't allow people just to show up and start living as a resident. &lt;strong&gt;As a Kenyan, you will need an entry clearance before you can board a flight to the UK&lt;/strong&gt;, and the entry clearance will have an end date by which you need to be out of the UK (or become an overstayer).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entry clearance can be the T2 visa I mentioned above, or a visitor visa. An uncle is not a close enough relative to benefit you as a family visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kenyan applications are accepted at the High Commission in Nairobi and sent to the decision-making centre in Pretoria.  As consulates go, Pretoria can be quite awkward for Kenyans so I would advise you to be diligent and do the very best job you can on your application.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9HgN6.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9HgN6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3605" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T06:46:38.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-02T09:32:24.597" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello all and I would appreciate your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Portuguese student visa around 2-3 months ago to pursue my Masters in Portugal, but I still haven't received any response back from the embassy. (I have gotten the Schengen tourist visa before 3 times.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother went to the embassy yesterday, and they told her that they sent the passport and all my documents to Portugal and the acceptance comes from Portugal and not from the local embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My college starts in 9 days and I am already very scared because I will be pursuing my Masters studies and if I do not get the visa acceptance then all the plans I have made for the next 2 years will be ruined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions or help? Does anyone know if I can contact someone from Portugal who gives the visas and email them about my case? Because obviously, it is not the local embassy that gives the visas, as they explained that they already sent the documents to Portugal and the acceptance or rejection comes from there. They said that they can not do anything about it because it is out of their hands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Lebanese national also with São Tomé nationality, where I am now. I applied directly to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.saotome.embaixadaportugal.mne.pt/en/the-embassy/contact&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese Embassy in São Tomé&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My application and its disposition appear to be stalled somewhere in the pipeline between here and the decision-making hub in Portugal, and the embassy here is unable to get definitive status information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need a way to either learn the status of my application or to elevate its priority. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13492" OwnerDisplayName="Hala" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-02T20:18:36.610" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T20:18:36.610" Title="I still did not receive my student visa from the Portuguese embassy and my college starts in 9 days. What should I do? Please help" Tags="&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12053" CreationDate="2017-09-02T19:36:58.620" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British and reside in the United Kingdom, so not technically an expat for the purposes of this stackexchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from meetup.com and social media, are there any other recommended ways to meet expats (who I can see regularly in-person), especially American/Canadian/Australian etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are &quot;ethnic enclaves&quot;, such as Chinatowns for meeting people who would be classified as Asian (by U.S. standards) but for other nationalities, such as American, Canadian, Australian etc. there isn't such a place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in West Lancashire bordering on Wigan, Greater Manchester which isn't close to any major places where expats hangout nor is it located by any large towns, and London is too far to go to regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no particular reason for meeting expats other than to broaden my social circle; most of my friends are British and white.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main reason for doing this is as for meeting new people. I could use social media but that's an easy out, whereas meeting people in person takes a bit longer to build a relationship with and become friends etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am new to all of this, so any advice is appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13494" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T15:12:28.347" Title="How to meet expats within my local area?" Tags="&lt;socializing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12012" CreationDate="2017-09-02T19:45:52.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The European health insurance card is not relevent here. It is for visitors from one EU country to another, not residents.&#xA;Your tax records and other evidence of employment/ self employment should be enough to prove residence, but as a long term resident you are likely aware that there are a lot of changes taking place in the social security system, most notably the switch to Universal Credit, as well as Brexit, which may mean you get inconsistent information from the Benefits Agency.&#xA;Lastly, applying for housing is not the same as 'housing benefit'. There is a general shortage of public housing and waiting lists are long. But you may qualify for money towards the cost of your current accommodation depending on your financial circumstances now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T19:45:52.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12050" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-02T23:35:43.480" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;The company I currently work for is British and I'm resident in the UK but I have an Italian passport. My company wants to bring me to their office in the US with an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-2_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;E2 visa&lt;/a&gt; but they believe that they can't do so because I'm not British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Italy though is included in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-2_visa#cite_note-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/treaty.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Treaty Countries&lt;/a&gt;, does it matter that the company is British? Is that a real blocker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-09-03T00:50:04.237" LastActivityDate="2017-09-03T00:50:04.237" Title="Citizenship limitations for E2 visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12050" CreationDate="2017-09-02T23:41:53.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got an (disappointing) answer after some research..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Treaty visas are authorized on the basis of treaties of commerce and navigation between the United States and certain countries [..]. Please note that the Enterprise must be majority-owned, as well as developed and directed by nationals of the Treaty Country (“Treaty Country Nationals”), and individual employees must have the same nationality as the Enterprise to qualify.&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.usembassy.gov/visas/e-1e-2-treaty-traderinvestor-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;~This now confuses me:~&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Nationality: The investor (either a real or corporate person) must be a national of a treaty country and the entity must hold that same nationality. Under the law, a U.S. entity may qualify as an E-2 enterprise if it is owned by 50% or more by treaty nationals.&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gandsinvestors.com/united-states/e-2-nonimmigrant-investor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;~So since most of the other employees are British I may qualify?~ (~ = striketrhough)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-09-03T00:44:15.123" LastActivityDate="2017-09-03T00:44:15.123" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-03T01:24:44.097" Score="1" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an employee of a British company, an IT consultancy that trains and hires software developers to employ them as contractors for their clients. &#xA;I am resident in the UK but I have an Italian passport and my company is trying to transfer me for 4/6 months into their office in New York. I am also in the process / awaiting for a K1 (fiancee) visa so my intention is to return to the UK when the new visa is ready and re-enter the States with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/12050/citizenship-limitations-for-e2-visa&quot;&gt;can't get initially transferred with an E2 visa&lt;/a&gt; (that's the usual mean my employer uses for its employees) since I'm not a British citizen.&#xA;That means that now my options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;B1 visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (&quot;Temporary Business Visitor&quot;) - &lt;em&gt;my employer used this with its first transferred employees&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;L1b visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (&quot;Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility for B visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I intend to stay temporarily, I have proof that I want to return to the UK because I will be issued the fiancee' visa and have to attend the interview at the consulate in London.&#xA;I could keep my current rent in the UK too if that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q1:&lt;/strong&gt; Is it true though that this type of visa is constrained to a single client/address? (being my employer an IT consultancy that would be an issue because I could easily have to change work location)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility for L1b visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been working for my employer for more than 2 years and I could say that I have &lt;em&gt;specialized knowledge&lt;/em&gt; for my employer since:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greencardapply.com/l1visa/l1visa_qualify.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;The term specialized knowledge refers to the employee's understanding of the employer company, including its products, services, research, equipment, techniques, management or other interests and its application in international markets, or advanced knowledge of the company's processes and procedures&quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- My employer forged a development process that we use in our projects (they also published two books on this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q2:&lt;/strong&gt; This visa may be the best fit, are there any issues with this given the &#xA;described circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2017-09-03T02:43:11.553" LastActivityDate="2017-09-03T02:43:11.553" Title="Requirements for B1 and L1b visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12047" CreationDate="2017-09-03T08:33:21.883" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know you said &quot;apart from meetup.com and social media&quot;, but those are easy and practical ways to meet new people of all kinds, and most vaguely organised social activities are advertised in this way. You don't necessarily have to join expat groups (who BTW tend to welcome locals coming along too). Expats are inherently more likely to join social activities than locals because they will often lack a social circle when they first arrive and will want to integrate with the community. So if you like hiking, biking, playing football, cake making or anything else try those groups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, one way to meet foreigners and do some good at the same time is to volunteer for a group that supports refugees and asylum seekers. A quick google search found this group in your area: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.swapwigan.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.swapwigan.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11777" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-16T15:12:28.347" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T15:12:28.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12057" CreationDate="2017-09-03T10:11:41.593" Score="16" ViewCount="2438" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under what conditions can I be a citizen of a country  but do not have the right to live there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question arose while reading the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VWP conditions&lt;/a&gt; for a travel in the USA... where suddenly I've found this (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be eligible to travel under the VWP, &lt;strong&gt;British citizens must have the&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;unrestricted right of permanent abode in&lt;/strong&gt; England, Scotland, Wales,&#xA;  Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="9220" LastEditDate="2017-09-06T16:04:15.703" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T16:04:15.703" Title="Can I be a citizen of a country but do not have the right to live there?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12054" CreationDate="2017-09-03T13:23:17.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;BNO passport holders do not have right of abode in th UK. And thus, these people (eg HK people with a BNO passport) need a visa to live in the UK (but not to visit). They thus fall under the rule you mention above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-09-03T13:23:17.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12054" CreationDate="2017-09-03T15:49:18.507" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that that statement is confusing &quot;citizen&quot; and &quot;national&quot;. There are 6 types of British nationals (some can have more than one): British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British National (Overseas), and British protected person. They all hold British passports, but the latter 5 statuses listed above do not generally (there are some exceptions) confer right of abode in the UK. &quot;British citizens&quot; always have right of abode in the UK, so the statement is redundant; but I think they were probably trying to say that holders of British passports are not necessarily able to use the Visa Waiver Program, and incorrectly used the term &quot;British citizen&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example where nationals don't have right of abode is Republic of China (ROC) nationals, where the nationality itself is not enough to have right of abode in ROC-controlled territories (Taiwan and some other islands). You also need Taiwan household registration to have right of abode  in those areas. Technically, most people in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as many people of Chinese descent abroad, are also ROC nationals, but they do not have Taiwan household registration (and cannot easily get it) and thus cannot live in Taiwan. Children born abroad to people with Taiwan household registration also don't automatically have Taiwan household registration, but it is easy for them to establish Taiwan household registration once back in Taiwan. ROC nationals without household registration can get ROC passports (except those from Mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau), so an ROC passport does not denote right of abode in ROC-controlled territories. Whether an ROC passport holder has Taiwan household registration is indicated by the presence of a Taiwan ID number in the passport. Only ROC passports with a Taiwan ID number are eligible to use the Visa Waiver Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-09-04T15:31:22.627" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T15:31:22.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11975" CreationDate="2017-09-04T03:43:24.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have no problem getting an immigrant visa if you don't have a ban. Your 10-year 9B ban for accruing 1 year of unlawful presence and departing is over. What other ban can you have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no ban for entering the US while you are under a ban, if that's what you're worried about. They shouldn't have let you in, but they did, and there is no ban for having gotten in like that. Whether you knew that you were under a ban or not is also not relevant by itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One ban to consider is the lifetime 6C ban for fraud or misrepresentation. The places where there may potentially have been misrepresentation are on the ESTA applications and at the port of entry on your travels when you entered on the Visa Waiver Program. That's why some people asked you in comments whether you were asked a question about overstay on your ESTA applications (e.g. something like &quot;Have you ever stayed in the United States longer than the admission period granted to you by the U.S. government?&quot;). The questions on an ESTA application have changed many times over the years, and I don't know what exact questions you got (do you know?), but if it asked about overstay, and you answered no, that could be misprepresentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T03:43:24.190" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-04T07:04:06.213" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Italy since spring 2015 and working since summer 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to regular trips to my home country, I have not applied for Italian residency (until recently I believed it was primarily for access to healthcare).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current understanding is that after moving here I should have applied for residence after 90 days. Could I face any repercussions if I apply now, after already having lived here for two years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13508" LastEditorUserId="13508" LastEditDate="2017-09-04T07:48:48.560" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T07:48:48.560" Title="Making a late application for residency as an EU citizen" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9677" CreationDate="2017-09-04T09:22:48.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can apply together with your wife, why not. Usually (but not always!), it is suggested to get the same job permit conditions as your wife has. E.g., if she is allowed to work as an employee, you will be allowed as well with a high probability (however, you won't be able to create your own company).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, there could be some problems, please see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Arbeitserlaubnis-nach-29-(5)-Nr-1-fuer-30-AufenthG--f70021.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; for details. In the end, it depends on your personal case, and I suggest you to double-check it. But, do not be scared, as I wrote, usually, you are expected to get the working permit if your wife got the residence permit for the goal of employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what you mean here. You can get your national German visa valid from &amp;quot;2 months later&amp;quot; and continue working for these 2 months in your current country. You can also get a visa valid from &amp;quot;now&amp;quot; and stay these 2 months in your current country (the visa should be valid for 90 days), but then you will have a limited time (the remaining 30 days) to move to Germany and apply for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even in the latter case, you can stay in Germany after your visa has expired (if you applied for the residence permit before the visa expired), until the decision about your residence permit will be made. You can also try to apply for a visa valid from &amp;quot;now&amp;quot; until &amp;quot;6 months later&amp;quot;, but only for 90 days within these 6 months. Finally, if you want to work for your old employer remotely from Germany, then I'm not sure how it is regulated (this also depends on the form of your employment, and things become more complicated with taxes etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-10-16T11:42:43.513" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T11:42:43.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-04T12:05:29.697" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Polish citizen and currently UCL student. I will move to UK in next 2 weeks and I want to set up the appointment before moving there. Is it possible to do it now from Poland or I have to wait till I move in to London? I was trying to call different places, but whether they were busy or I've got the information that I have to call as soon as I move to UK.&#xA;Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13514" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T12:05:29.697" Title="National Insurance Number UK from abroad" Tags="&lt;national-id-number&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12066" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12068" CreationDate="2017-09-04T12:49:33.817" Score="4" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;The New Zealand general election is on September 23rd this year.  What are the requirements for a NZ citizen living overseas to be eligible to vote in the NZ election?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-09-05T01:14:07.827" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T01:14:07.827" Title="What requirements are there to be able to vote in the NZ general election if living abroad?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-04T13:35:58.930" Score="3" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an EU Blue Card with my wife and two children (they are here due to family reunion) based in Munich.  I have read that EU Blue card is valid for one year if you stay in a non EU country. If you stay longer than 1 year, then it is cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions; &#xA;- Is that 1 year time in total for the whole EU Blue Card validity period? For example my wife and children visit their relatives frequently and stay for 3-4 months at each visit. Should i sum all time periods they were out of Germany and check if total time sums up to 1 year or is it 1 year for each visit and nothing to be worried about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a EU Blue Card holder, does this rule only apply to me? Are my wife and children allowed stay for any period in a non EU country? Or is it valid for family members also?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13515" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T13:35:58.930" Title="Leaving Germany for 1 year EU Blue Card Status" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12066" CreationDate="2017-09-04T14:05:45.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sent the same question to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/IvoteNZ/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I Vote NZ&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (The official NZ Government Elections Facebook page) on facebook a week or two ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are we eligible to vote while living outside of NZ?  If so, how do we&#xA;  actually vote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes - as long as you're NZ citizens, over 18, and have been back to NZ&#xA;  within the past 3 years, then you're eligible. You can either download&#xA;  and print voting papers from our website, vote in person at an&#xA;  overseas post, or apply for a postal vote. More information about all&#xA;  these options is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.org.nz/events/2017-general-election/voting-2017-general-election/voting-overseas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Voting from overseas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You're also eligible if you're NZ permanent residents who have been&#xA;  back to NZ in the last 12 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T14:05:45.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12069" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12071" CreationDate="2017-09-04T17:26:17.790" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both me and my girlfriend are EU nationals (same country) and recently I moved to Madrid/Spain to work at a big company. For the last several months we are trying to find her a job as well, but given that she has studied Literature and she speaks English and a bit of French, it's proving somewhat difficult and frustrating to be honest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have tried applying to all big recruitment/interim companies like Randstad, Manpower, Page, Adecco etc but also private schools for teaching/tutoring etc, however nothing came out of it. We also went to many places/stores/companies and gave her CV, we talked to people, networked as much as possible, but still nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She of course plans to improve her CV by learning Spanish and doing a Masters in something more catchy, but that will take time, so in the meantime what other options are there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that maybe hiring a personal recruitment agent, who would work with us and help her find something/anything (for a fee of course) would be an option, as they are usually more well connected. So, my question is: &lt;strong&gt;how can I find a personal recruitment agent in Madrid/Spain whom we could hire to help her find a job?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS I have already asked Randstad et al, but they don't provide these kind of services and since they work for the employers, they don't really care that much for another candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13517" LastEditorUserId="97" LastEditDate="2017-09-05T08:00:03.417" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T17:33:18.947" Title="Is there a personal recruiter/agent service in Madrid/Spain?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12069" CreationDate="2017-09-04T22:37:41.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're a native English speaker and don't have much Spanish, teaching English is the obvious thing to do. Right now (the first week of September) is precisely the time to visit the private academies and leave a CV, because they'll be starting up again after the summer and will know either now or within a couple of weeks (some pupils skip September because their parents budget for the books in September and the lessons from October) whether they need any more staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T22:37:41.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-04T22:55:34.577" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South Korean university student studying in Finland holding a Finnish student visa. I am going to Portugal for Erasmus semester and will be staying there for 4 months. Should I obtain a Portuguese study visa before I leave even though I already have a student visa of Finland which is in the Schengen area as Portugal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13520" LastActivityDate="2017-09-04T22:55:34.577" Title="Should a non EU student with an EU state study visa still apply for a study visa of another EU country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12073" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12105" CreationDate="2017-09-04T23:13:46.030" Score="2" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;More than 11 years ago I had a DUI in Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently asked documentation about this at the records office in Italy and they stated that &lt;strong&gt;my crime is not publicly visible to companies&lt;/strong&gt; but it is visible to police, judges, airport guards, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Soon I will move to the States and since I'll declare this record at my interview at the consulate (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.francislawcenter.com/blog/2017/01/impacts-of-a-dui-driving-under-the-influence-on-k-1-fiance-visa-application.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one DUI should not create troubles for a &lt;strong&gt;K1 visa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) will it become &lt;strong&gt;publicly visible to US companies&lt;/strong&gt; during a background check or only to the American police?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Does it have any actual value to &lt;strong&gt;get the &quot;crime&quot; cleared&lt;/strong&gt; from my record?&#xA;Is there any actual benefit in spending 2000 euro to clear it if the record will still be visible but just say &quot;cleared&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Maybe the most important part: if I give ownership of my fiancee visa process to &lt;strong&gt;my current employer&lt;/strong&gt; (they offered to pay the fees and give me their &lt;strong&gt;attorneys&lt;/strong&gt; assistance) will my employer find out about it or can I ask the attorney to keep it &lt;strong&gt;confidential&lt;/strong&gt;? I didn't have to declare the DUI on the forms for the fiancee visa request meaning that I will get the fiancee visa (one single DUI is not an issue). Anyway, I will have to declare it on the forms for AOS (Adjustment Of Status - green card request) so at that point I would still need confidentiality. Is it feasible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-18T20:00:50.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-18T20:00:50.133" Title="Minor Crime Record - Visibility, Confidentiality and usefulness of getting it cleared" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-05T04:04:38.390" Score="3" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before the 1993 Méhaignerie Law, I'm not sure how this would work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13523" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T12:42:28.470" Title="If someone was born to foreigners in France in 1958, lived there until 1962, and had a French birth certificate, would they be a French citizen?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-05T04:30:55.193" Score="1" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my ZAB certificate, it was mentioned that my foreign degree was not equivalent to a German bachelor's degree ruling me out from getting a Blue card. It was also mentioned that my foreign degree offers employment opportunities to non-regulated professions in my ZAB certificate. I did not find the IT/Software positions on the database of regulated professions in Germany, and I also found links that &quot;IT Specialist&quot; jobs do not require a degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get a regular work permit on these conditions? What about rules on Federal Employment Agency? Am I only allowed to apply at job postings at their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;? Do you know other important things that needed to be considered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12021" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T04:30:55.193" Title="Non-regulated job in Germany - Regular Work Permit for IT Specialists" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9789" CreationDate="2017-09-05T08:01:03.263" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12064/13223&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11515/13223&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, she will get the job permission with a very high probability. Actually, her visa can allow her to work even before she will get the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One remark: You won't get the eAT automatically after landing, you need to apply for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T08:01:03.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12020" CreationDate="2017-09-05T09:33:55.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;militar rules/laws are quite different to civil laws and in your case you are just fine, what you did is a military felony and Germany is only interested about if your &quot;Criminal records&quot; can represent a future social issue by in case of recurrence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is they ask, you can tell the truth and everything will be fine...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="9220" LastEditDate="2017-09-06T05:28:09.450" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T05:28:09.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12075" CreationDate="2017-09-05T09:45:19.560" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would require to speak with a French lawyer. Normally laws in France are not retroactive: if your case dates from before a law was passed (like, in your case, the Méhaignerie law of 1993), the previous law applies. So, logically, you'd fall under the 1945 law (modified in 1973, but that wouldn't apply to you). Where it says that you're French from your birth if you're born in France with at least one French parent, and from the time you become an adult (21 back then) if both parents are foreigners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that was the law then. Only a lawyer will &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; know whether you can use this, or whether the Loi Méhaignerie applies to everybody, regardless of the year of birth. My bet is on the changes applying only to births after the law was passed, but IANAL...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T09:45:19.560" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-05T03:02:50.670" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have misplaced my 2 old expired passports. I have my current passport with me. However, I need the old ones for my Australian student visa application. What should I do? My old passports expired 7 years back and I had kept them with me but now I am not able to find them anymore. I also tried to make a police report but the officer rejected it on the basis that there is no certain date of loss and they do not know where they will look for it. Also, they asked for photocopies of my old passports but I don't have a single copy of it. What should I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mayank Sharma" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T15:06:41.693" Title="What should I do if I have misplaced my old expired passports?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-06T10:13:21.953" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I finished an international foundation year in the UK and came back to Nigeria to apply for my 3-year Visa in the main university. According to the gov.uk site which states: You won’t need a TB test &quot;if you lived for at least 6 months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and you’ve been away from that country for no more than 6 months&quot;. I stayed in the UK from September 29th 2016 - 20th July 2017. Do I qualify to not take a TB test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13345" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T10:13:21.953" Title="Do I need a TB test for my Tier 4 uk visa?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-06T11:02:34.723" Score="4" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I (British national) have decided to live in the UK we currently live in Japan. &#xA;I would like to ask if it is possible to go to the UK together with my Japanese wife whilst I look for work. &#xA;She would enter on a travel visa for and stay for 6 months. &#xA;After the 6 months she would go back to Japan and wait for me to complete my 6 months necessary to get a spouse visa. Which we will then apply for once able.&#xA;When we arrive I will be looking for a Job earning over the threshold for a spouse visa. &#xA;My question is if we tell the immigration officer this is our intentions there a chance she would be denied entry? Please feel free to ask me for any additional information that would help answering this question. Or any advice on what to do. Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13530" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T11:02:34.723" Title="Going to the UK with Japanese wife" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-06T16:58:55.353" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mother in law in June was given a green card (IR5 type - mother of a daughter having a US citizen) back in June.  She visited us and plans to return to Iraq sometime in November.  She has another daughter in the country of Jordan who is staying there temporarily.  Since the country of Jordan neighbors Iraq and she is headed to Iraq she thought it would be nice to visit her other daughter who lives in Jordan.  She plans to stay two weeks in Jordan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simple question is does she need to obtain a Visa to go to Jordan?  What are the steps taken if she does need one?  Or is this not needed?  Just as an FYI she is an Iraqi Citizen and as mentioned has a green card (IR5 type).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T19:16:40.110" Title="Mother in law leaving to go to home country - wants to visit Jordan - is a visa needed?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12085" CreationDate="2017-09-06T19:16:40.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, she will need a visa; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Jordan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Jordan&lt;/a&gt;.  I see from your profile that you live in Michigan; there is an honorary consulate in Lathrup, MI; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.passportsandvisas.com/embassy-consulate/jordan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.passportsandvisas.com/embassy-consulate/jordan&lt;/a&gt;.  I do not know whether they process visa applications, but the Jordanian visa is an ink stamp with handwritten annotations, so it seems likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I generally prefer to use government sources, but I wasn't able to find a good source from a Jordanian government site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to her green card, it doesn't make a difference.  There are some countries (notably including Canada) that give visa exemptions to green card holders in some circumstances, but Jordan does not appear to be among them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T19:16:40.110" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-06T20:52:05.787" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I have already an exempt visa since I am working for an international organisation, I need to know what would be visa process if I want to switch job here in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to go back to my home country and take an appointment there in UK embassy or there is some process to get the stamping done here in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to get the visa before joining or there is some timeframe after joining?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11769" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T20:52:05.787" Title="Getting Tier2 visa in UK" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12075" CreationDate="2017-09-06T21:13:03.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;France never had a pure &lt;em&gt;ius soli&lt;/em&gt;. Being born to foreign parents, you would only be French from if your parents were themselves born in France. Otherwise, you could become French, at your majority, under various conditions. The details have changed somewhat but those changes are not relevant here, leaving at the age of four would not give you any automatic claim to French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T21:13:03.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-06T22:12:21.087" Score="3" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S. citizen living and working in New Zealand. The auto loan rates in NZ are much worse than the rates I can get in the U.S. (~10% APR vs. ~3% APR in the U.S.). About a year ago I bought a car and while my U.S. bank provides loans for purchasing cars overseas, there were issues with the foreign exchange, and I ended up using a private loan through my U.S. bank to finance the purchase instead. While the rate is still as good or better than auto rates in NZ, I would still like to see if I can refinance and improve my rate. My bank won't refinance an auto loan for a car that's overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there banks in the U.S. that offer competitive loan rates on autos held overseas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13533" LastActivityDate="2017-09-06T22:12:21.087" Title="U.S. bank refinancing auto loans for for internationally held car" Tags="&lt;financial&gt;&lt;loan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-07T04:31:46.620" Score="1" ViewCount="1073" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine has a Ukrainian driver's license. He's moving to study in the US and wants a local one (his stay will be quite lengthy.) What's the best way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understood &lt;a href=&quot;https://pilot.mass.gov/how-to/transfer-your-drivers-license-from-a-foreign-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt; correctly, then all that is needed is for him to fill out the application correctly and he'll be all set. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13543" OwnerDisplayName="gp443" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T17:06:02.237" Title="How to convert a Ukrainian driver's license to a US (Massachusetts) license?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-07T06:16:50.917" Score="2" ViewCount="3161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Singapore PR since 2013. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before that, I was studying in Singapore (2005-2011, BEng/MEng). I started working as an engineer in 2011. I left Singapore in 2015 and my re-entry permit will be expiring in March 2018. Since I don't have a job in Singapore my chances of renewing the re-entry permit are extremely low, perhaps nil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there is a chance I can get the permit renewed if I Volunteer to contribute to the CPF? If so, what are my chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my re-entry permit renewal gets rejected, is it mandatory to renounce my PR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I not renounce my PR, and in a few years' time can I come to Singapore, find a new job, and start working? Should I first get an EP pass and go through the process from beginning or I simply apply for a new re-entry permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13537" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-08T06:37:14.533" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T00:19:33.430" Title="Singapore PR status and re-entry permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;cpf&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-09-11T10:52:44.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-07T08:45:55.480" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Indian friend whose wife(Student Visa) is coming to do her management studies in France. They have a two year-old daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the problem is that the daughter's visa has been refused two times, i.e. when they applied for her visa, it was refused (for the first time, not tourism) and then they tried for a tourism visa (didn't work either, second time refused).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to help them but I have no idea how. Is there a way to get the baby with her mother? Who can we contact in this regard? Any help will be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13538" LastEditorUserId="13538" LastEditDate="2017-09-10T22:15:55.710" LastActivityDate="2017-09-10T22:15:55.710" Title="Visa to France refused twice for a 2-year old baby" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-09-08T16:13:43.567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12091" CreationDate="2017-09-08T15:53:51.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, you read the website wrong. You are only allowed to convert your licence from a few countries, namely the following ones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;U.S. Territories&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Republic of Korea&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Federal Republic of Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Republic of France&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taiwan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case for your Ukranian licence, it is only valid if you have an accompanied &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/service-details/international-driver-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Driving Permit&lt;/a&gt; (IDP) with it, and even then it is only valid for one year after you enter the US. You can find the list of countries where you can use an IDP to drive for at most one year &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.massrmv.com/Portals/30/docs/dmanual/appendix_a.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Ukraine is mentioned on the third page, as one of the post-USSR countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are staying in the US for longer, you have to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-a-passenger-class-d-learners-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;passenger (Class D) learner's permit&lt;/a&gt;, and do the appropriate tests to get a full driving licence. Note that you can only apply if you have a valid immigration status for at least 12 months, so it might be possible that your IDP gets invalid before you get a chance of getting a learner's permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can do the driving licence exam in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.massrmv.com/Portals/30/docs/dmanual/Drivers_Manual.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;various languages&lt;/a&gt; however. Unfortunately this also doesn't include Ukrainian, only Russian:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Arabic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Armenian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Burmese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cambodian (Khmer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese (simplified)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese (traditional)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Farsi&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;French&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Greek&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gujarati&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Haitian/Creole&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hindi&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Italian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Japanese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Korean&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Laotian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Polish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Portuguese (Brazilian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Russian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Serbo-Croatian (Latin)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Somali&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spanish&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tagalog/Filipino&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thai&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Urdu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vietnamese&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-09-08T16:08:14.340" LastActivityDate="2017-09-08T16:08:14.340" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-08T19:16:56.777" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are retired, financially blessed, mid 50's and wanting to purchase a motorhome for our journey. We have a real estate corp. (S type) in the US. We have looked through the internet and not found any direct methods. D type National Visa would be perfect but we don't know how to pretest our application before sending it in. Would extended visa in Italy (for example) allow us to travel more in the other Schengen States or just stay in Italy until our next 90 days of 180 open up? Any thoughts would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13544" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T19:37:31.063" Title="What options do we have to get a year long visa to the Schengen States as US citizens?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12097" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12606" CreationDate="2017-09-08T20:08:16.247" Score="5" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a blue card at the embassy of Germany in London. I got a visa for 6 months. The lady working there told me this is temporary and that when I arrive to Hamburg I can collect my blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After arriving here, I sent an email to the local foreign office. They replied saying that I need to &quot;apply&quot; for it. And that I need to bring:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filled application form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Biometric passport picture &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rental agreement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Confirmation of health insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Salary slips you got in Germany until your appointment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this mean the decision has not been made yet?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can an Airbnb booking (for 3-6 months) be considered as a rental&#xA;agreement?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can my wife apply for a worker's spouse visa (i.e. family reunion) while&#xA;I am with this temporary working visa? (because the appointement for the blue card is after 2 months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finally, my contract is for one year because I am working on a project. But the company told me they want to keep me after the project. Would a letter showing that the employer intends to employ me permanently extend the period of the blue card at this stage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-10T10:12:49.310" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T08:52:41.437" Title="The visa before German Blue Card" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="611" CreationDate="2017-09-08T21:41:46.120" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends. The Home Office applies all sorts of illegal tests that break EU rules. If you are willing to take them to court you can eventually force them to obey the rules, but it's expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU only requires that you prove you have a genuine relationship and that you activated your treaty rights. No centre of life test or any of that nonsense. The ECJ will eventually uphold your rights if you take it that far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" LastActivityDate="2017-09-08T21:41:46.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12103" CreationDate="2017-09-08T23:42:44.407" Score="4" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my situation. Currently I am an expatriate in France doing a PhD and so receiving a salary in France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of a project I will go for 3 months in another country (non-EU) and I will leave my current residence, so I will not have anymore an address in France. Note that I will still receive a salary from France in this period and I will not be paid by the destination country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is to come back, stay at my friend's place and look for a new apartment once I'm back. I am not sure when I will be back. It could vary between 20 December and 15 January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next year, as I've done this year, I will have to specify where I was resident on the 1st of January in the tax declaration (in order to compute the &lt;em&gt;Taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt; I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the questions that now arise are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my friend is hosting me and I specify his address, would he have consequences in the computation of his taxes (i.e., increase or decrease)? (scenario 1 - back before the 1st of January)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which address should I specify if the 1st of January I was abroad without an accommodation?&#xA;In France? (scenario 2 - back after the 1st of January)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13546" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T06:19:16.797" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T15:04:56.447" Title="Fiscal residence without having an address in France" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12100" CreationDate="2017-09-09T10:07:25.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This doesn't directly address what you ask, but another possibility would be to subrent your apartment for those three months. This has the following advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) You keep your address, so there's no problem with the tax authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) After you come back you don't have to search for a new apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) You don't cause any difficulties to your friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) If you manage to rent it for a bit more than what you currently pay, you might even make a few € :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are also a few things you need to consider. First, check if subrenting is allowed in your region and by your contract. Second, you will have to declare the rent you receive as income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13517" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T10:07:25.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12100" CreationDate="2017-09-09T17:08:25.430" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's unlikely to change the amount of the &lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt;. The tax is always due for the whole year (no prorata) and does not depend on the number of people living in a dwelling (there are some tax rebates for families but you're not related to your friend and have independent income). The only scenario in which it could increase what he has to pay is if he is getting a rebate based on his income. And if you're not in France on the 1st of January, you obviously don't have to pay any &lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt; either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things get a little confusing is that, having resided out of France for some time, you are supposed to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F31443&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;two different forms to file your tax return&lt;/a&gt;. And one of them is the regular form (or website?), which is obviously not designed for this situation and assumes you had an address in France on January 1st. I would just cross it and write something like &quot;NA&quot; or write a foreign address anyway (even though it doesn't really fit the fields on the form).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this answer is based on the current rules but the new president announced a plan to change this tax in 2018. There isn't a whole lot of time left but all this might still change before your return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-11T08:33:42.907" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T08:33:42.907" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12104" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12107" CreationDate="2017-09-09T17:08:44.770" Score="6" ViewCount="1886" Body="&lt;p&gt;After learning about &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax#Security_breach&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Equifax's failure to keep sensitive financial data of over 100 million Americans secret&lt;/a&gt;, I am considering a security freeze on my credit record. I found the relevant pages of the three main credit reporting agencies websites, but they are only suitable for US residents. I can find no information on their websites about freezing credit records from overseas. Additionally, the forms all contain &quot;State&quot; and &quot;ZIP Code&quot; as mandatory fields, and do not permit entering  a foreign country as part of the address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can US citizens living overseas place a security freeze on their credit records back in America, and if so, how do we do that please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13548" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T08:56:45.200" Title="How can US citizens living overseas freeze their credit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12073" CreationDate="2017-09-09T20:18:56.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the US on a K1 visa last year and as part of that process they needed a criminal record check from the police in my country (UK). This included three possible outcomes, active trace, inactive trace and no trace. Basically current criminal conviction, expired criminal conviction (as yours might be) and no criminal record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I have been in the US any criminal background check has only included US checks and presumably would flag outstanding international warrants that are serious enough to warrant federal attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is any automated method for sharing such old and trivial criminal (or traffic) offenses between international police forces. I found when working in Europe even European countries didn't share such information (not that I was guilty of frequently speeding). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13550" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T20:18:56.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12106" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12120" CreationDate="2017-09-09T21:06:32.393" Score="5" ViewCount="697" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a skilled migrant working in the NL with a non-EU citizenship. My 2-year contract is about to expire; I'll be extending my residence for an &quot;orientation year&quot;. I understand I should be eligible for unemployment benefits, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much are they (or rather, what's the formula by which they're calculated)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How and when do I apply for them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How soon and for how long do I get them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T17:44:13.997" Title="Unemployment benefits for skilled migrants in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12104" CreationDate="2017-09-10T00:44:38.100" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no validation that you actually live at the address, so use the address of your parents, friends, colleagues etc and ask them to forward any correspondence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also tons of commercial providers that provide this as a service, just search for &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com.au/search?q=us%20address%20rental&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;us address rental&lt;/a&gt;&quot; or equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2017-09-10T00:44:38.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-10T13:48:22.177" Score="3" ViewCount="3225" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently received a confirmation letter from university of Lodz in Poland and while I was preparing for my VISA application I found out that there is an age limit in the embassy website for my country Algeria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is : I'm 31 years old and limit age is 25 to be eligible for studies, what should I do in this case ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.algier.msz.gov.pl/fr/service_consulaire/visas/etudes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.algier.msz.gov.pl/fr/service_consulaire/visas/etudes/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prerequisites&#xA;To be eligible to study in Poland, you must have the following prerequisites:&#xA;1. PREPARATORY COURSES FOR APPLICANTS IN HIGHER POLISH-COMPULSORY STUDIES:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;  Duration: One year (900 hours)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;  in a school designated by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Disposition of the Minister of Education and Higher Education, OJ of 2006, No. 190, art 1406 on the registration and prosecution of higher education and training, participation in scientific research and development work by foreigners).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WARNING: The Polish Embassy is not responsible for students' financial commitments to schools or the credibility of private schools in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &#xA;&lt;strong&gt;2. AGE LIMIT OF ADMISSION: 25 years, regardless of the diplomas obtained after the high school diploma and the cycle of studies requested.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9048" LastEditorUserId="9048" LastEditDate="2017-09-10T16:02:52.083" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T12:47:07.180" Title="I'm older than the Polish study visa age limit; what can I do?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12092" CreationDate="2017-09-11T00:19:33.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there is a chance I can get the permit renewed if I Volunteer to contribute to the CPF? If so, what are my chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think volunteering to contribute to CPF when not working is even possible; this is intended mostly for self-employed people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If my re-entry permit renewal gets rejected, is it mandatory to renounce my PR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Your REP lets you &lt;em&gt;re-enter&lt;/em&gt; Singapore as PR if you leave, but as long as you stay in Singapore, your PR remains valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I not renounce my PR, and in a few years' time can I come to Singapore, find a new job, and start working? Should I first get an EP pass and go through the process from beginning or I simply apply for a new re-entry permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to actively renounce a PR, it will simply expire if you leave Singapore without renewing your REP.  (You will, however, need to formally renounce if you want your CPF money back.)  Once your PR is gone, it's gone and it's back to square one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that said, in my limited experience (N=2), if you want to renew your REP but don't fulfill all the conditions, you will likely be granted a &lt;em&gt;one-year&lt;/em&gt; renewal instead of the usual 5.  So I would advise you to return to Singapore, apply while present in Singapore -- you have nothing to lose, right? -- and if you get it, do your hardest to have a job in Singapore in time for the next renewal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T00:19:33.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12100" CreationDate="2017-09-11T02:30:04.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you should worry and the best thing to do would be to ask the tax office at the time of declaration which is not before when you are back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway my answer is the following: Based on what you say, you will stay a French resident in both fiscal years. So you will file your taxes as usual (no double declaration at any point). I advise that on your 2018 declaration (for 2017 income) you say that you have moved in 2017. In the &quot;address on January 1st 2017&quot; field put your foreign address (plus maybe a bit of explanation in the &quot;renseignements complémentaires section&quot;) or your friend's address if you are positive it will not make him lose an exemption of taxes d'habitation for low income :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/jheberge-quelquun-chez-moi-ma-taxe-dhabitation-va-t-elle-augmenter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/jheberge-quelquun-chez-moi-ma-taxe-dhabitation-va-t-elle-augmenter&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;In which case you could put the address of some other friend who is richer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there is a section &quot;I have moved in 2018&quot; where you will put your new French address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13554" LastEditorUserId="13554" LastEditDate="2017-09-15T15:04:56.447" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T15:04:56.447" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T14:38:11.750" Score="1" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have completed my engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an IT professional with 5.5 years of experience. My current role is JAVA developer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I get any points for experience?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to submit RPL?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13562" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-09-11T14:58:33.060" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T14:58:33.060" Title="Will my experience give me ACS points?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12108" CreationDate="2017-09-11T14:57:28.857" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just contacted the embassy consular service, they told me it is nothing you could come for your VISA appointment next week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no limit age &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9048" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T14:57:28.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T15:48:32.113" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm analyzing my options as the best country to move to with my family. Immigration is always a big deal and finances are an important aspect of this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to inquire what is the cost to migrate from India to either Australia, Canada or New Zealand? What fees might be needed for obtaining a PR for these countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA;Based on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;outflak's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family Size - Single (1)/Unmarried&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exchange Rate - INR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a ball park figure needed &lt;em&gt;before the actual move&lt;/em&gt; i.e immigration process fee, consultancy fee, visa fee etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently have a budget of ~3.5lakh INR (350000 INR approximately equal to CAD$6650) for pre-flight expenses. Will that suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13564" LastEditorUserId="13564" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T05:56:27.730" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T05:56:27.730" Title="What is the average cost to migrate from India to either Australia, Canada or New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-09-13T15:04:22.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12106" CreationDate="2017-09-11T21:34:15.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Apply for it&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before becoming unemployed, make sure you have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/12154/7110&quot;&gt;DigiD code&lt;/a&gt; (issuing one takes several days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the first day of unemployment is known, you can apply online by visiting UWV. For the application you will need your DigiD as well as your BSN. A complete guide with all the steps you need to follow in order to apply online can be found at your local office. Note that although both the website and application form are in Dutch, employees may assist expats in many languages including English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within a few days after your application you will receive a call from the Institute for Employee Benefit Schemes (UWV) to arrange an appointment with a job advisor assigned by the local employment office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, a letter is sent to the applicant's home address enclosing an application form (Wijzigingsformulier WW). In that way, you can resend the application if some of the information has changed and / or is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant should also send:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Letter / Contract of termination&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certified copy of last salary (wage slip)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original employment contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Official document clearly showing BSN&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Valid proof of identity (not driving licence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A notification for this procedure is to be expected.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Four weeks after the online application for the WW benefit, UWV will confirm their decision via mail. The WW subsidy will start on your first day of unemployment. Receiving an advanced payment if UVW cannot consider the unemployment benefit request within those four weeks is also possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Requirements&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as you receive the unemployment benefit, you are obliged to look for a job. Consequently, it is absolutely essential to show proof of job applications. The type of proof and frequency of job applications have to be agreed with the personal job advisors assigned by UWV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&amp;quot;26 out of 36 weeks&amp;quot; ruling&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be eligible for WW benefit you need to satisfy the &amp;quot;26 out of 36 weeks&amp;quot; ruling, which states that you must have been employed for at least 26 out of the 36 weeks before the first day of unemployment as well as under 65 years old and available for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;WW weeks requirement&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A former employee, who meets only the required number of weeks, will receive WW benefit up to a maximum of three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;WW years requirement&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An employee who has been made redundant and who has received wages for at least 52 days for four (out of the five) last calendar years from the year of unemployment, is eligible for the unemployment benefit. In this case, the duration of the benefit depends on the unemployment history. The benefit will be payable for as many months as the number of years the person was employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;New unemployment legislation (2015)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On July 1, 2015, the Dutch government made alterations to the unemployment system. The most important changes include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction of job transition allowance&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The new transition payment (transitievergoeding) replaces the single severance payment&#xA;(ontslagvergoeding) for workers who are made redundant after two or&#xA;more years with the same employer and is intended to help people&#xA;bridge the period between jobs with training or professional&#xA;development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This transition allowance (which is separate from the WW unemployment&#xA;benefit) can be up to a total value of 75.000 euros or one year’s&#xA;salary and is also available for employees whose temporary contracts&#xA;are not renewed after a period of two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obligation to work after six months&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;People who receive the WW unemployment benefit are obliged to accept any job offer after six&#xA;months, regardless of role or salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Income while on WW benefits&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;People who do work in conjunction with their WW benefit will be entitled to keep 30 percent (bruto) of what&#xA;they earn. This revision has the aim of encouraging more benefit&#xA;recipients to pursue part-time work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Duration &amp;amp; Rates&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duration of an unemployment benefit depends on how long you were previously employed. As a basic rule, each year of work in the Netherlands entitles you to one month of unemployment benefits, with a minimum duration of three months and a maximum duration of 38 months (three years and two months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The value of your unemployment benefit is calculated based on your last salary in the Netherlands. For the first two months, you will receive 75 percent of your last earned wage, and 70 percent thereafter. For 2017, the maximum daily &amp;quot;wage&amp;quot; (dagloon) is set at 207.60 euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sources:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit/procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit/procedure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit/requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit/requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/allowances-benefits-netherlands/unemployment-benefit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13540" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T19:17:21.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T22:22:36.080" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Israeli expat researcher in the Netherlands, and I'm about to get an offer from a tech company based in Texas. The offer will initially be to work remotely, and at some point (probably when/if I'm granted a visa) to move to the US and continue working there. My initial status (employee vs contractor) is yet to be determined, but eventually it's going to be a 'proper' employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company I'm going to work for is very small, so in many senses I'm their first hire and first serious contract where not everything is clear and agreed among friend in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the initial &quot;negotiations&quot; discussion I had with one of them, they assumed we would talk mostly/only about the amount of money to be paid and the amount of equity to be offered (and maybe some schedules). But I obviously brought up several other fundamental issues, such as IP rights, various social benefits, expenses etc. This was met with a bit of surprise, but followed by the realization that much of this needs to be agreed and probably formalized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now I'm in a situation where we're discussing what kinds of things to put in the contract. I'm not talking about boilerplate legalistic phrasing of things, but the &quot;meat&quot; of the conditions. I'm going to get an offer with a bunch of such terms that the company thinks should be placed in the contract, but I will likely add some of my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this were back in Israel, I think I would have most of everything covered, since I know the labor laws more or less, I know how various things get interpreted, I know what's customary and what's considered outlandish etc. But in my condition it really feels like I'm writing something from scratch which could contain basically anything; and they're not constrained by corporate procedures and past practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are, therefore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there templates or sample contracts I could consult, at least for inspiration, that are relevant to my condition?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are some subjects or conditions you think are important for me to place in the contract? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are some subjects or conditions you think are important for me to &lt;strong&gt;avoid&lt;/strong&gt; having in the contract?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-09-11T22:45:09.847" LastActivityDate="2017-09-11T22:45:09.847" Title="Blue-sky contract negotiations with a small US startup - what to put in there?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T22:51:17.487" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Israeli expat living in the Netherlands and am likely to start working for a US company (registered in the US and has no presence in the Netherlands nor in Israel). To make things even more complicated, during my first months of employment I may or may not move to Israel and then to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previously I've been employed in the Netherlands for a couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which institutions of which states do I need to report to about being employed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which states would I pay which taxes / tax-like fees to? (personal revenue tax, national insurance / health insurance, other kinds of tax)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eventually I will work as an employee. Initially I think I'll work as an employee but I'm not sure. You can make whichever assumption you like or discuss both options.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-09-14T21:26:30.387" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T21:26:30.387" Title="Israeli working in the Netherlands for a US company - what's the tax situation?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T22:14:18.880" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen and my fiance is a British citizen from Scotland.  He is flying to America in a couple of months in order for us to be married here, but I ultimately want to be living in Scotland with him as soon as possible. I understand that I need to be in America when applying for a spouse visa, but do I need to wait until after the actual marriage to apply or can I apply in advance in order to be able to travel back to Scotland with him after the wedding? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="S. Pope" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T05:45:35.567" Title="Can I apply for a UK spouse visa before actually being married?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12123" CreationDate="2017-09-12T03:12:13.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the requirements for the spousal visa&lt;/a&gt;. You can apply as a fiancée, but there are a few catches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a fiancée, you'll get six months, instead of 2.5 years. You'll have to extend once married.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll have to prove that you’ve been living together in a relationship for at least 2 years when you apply.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll have to prove that any previous marriages or civil partnerships have ended and that you plan to marry or become civil partners within 6 months of arriving in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for a spousal visa as a partner/spouse without the proper documentation (in your case the marriage certificate). Considering the difference, 2.5 years vs 0.5, in visa length you'd get, you should wait until you have the proper paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" OwnerDisplayName="dda" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T03:12:13.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12096" CreationDate="2017-09-12T19:37:31.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;France certainly have a visa called as long sejour (tourist). But from fresh experience (and I was being advised by a top-notch lawyer-emigration agent), I would suggest to not rely on it- its rarely given, and Embassy can find trivial reasons to refuse it. Not worth of time, and hassle. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain has got similar visa, and if you can really afford it, investing there could get you this visa with ease. You might have to check the duration of your stay against the investment though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T19:37:31.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-12T20:33:56.947" Score="3" ViewCount="912" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone tell me please what happens if a Pakistani gets citizenship of a country with which Pakistan do not have agreement for dual citizenship . Does such person have to give up up Pakistani citizenship ? and what will happen if this person travels to Pakistan with both passports ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13587" OwnerDisplayName="Haris Akhtar" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T07:46:55.700" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T22:34:43.097" Title="Getting citizenship of a country with which Pakistan do not have dual citizenship agreement." Tags="&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12127" CreationDate="2017-09-12T20:40:54.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pakistani Nationality Law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;s. 14 If you hold a citizenship outside of Pakistan the Pakistani citizenship is terminated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one decides to renounce the other&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one has citizenship in Britain or its colonies&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless one is a female married to a man who is not a Pakistani citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;s. 14A If a person pledges allegiance or becomes a citizen of another country they have forfeited their Pakistani citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The exception is if a child (under the age of 21) who does not have his Pakistani citizenship and would like to resume it after turning 21 is allowed to do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally (this is probably where the &quot;agreement for dual citizenship&quot; you refer to comes from):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship is allowed in certain specified circumstances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;where the citizen who is acquiring the second nationality is under the age of 21&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;where the citizen is also a British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;where citizens have acquired United States or Swedish nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" OwnerDisplayName="Greg Hewgill" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T20:40:54.583" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12372" CreationDate="2017-09-13T05:53:22.790" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard that more than 35% of the population in UAE is of South Asian origin. A significant number of them have being there since the 70s. So I wonder is there any possibility of getting a PR in UAE, so you won't end up spending there 30-40 years of the prime of your live and then forced back? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13564" LastEditorUserId="13564" LastEditDate="2017-10-07T15:39:16.287" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T13:35:43.973" Title="Is there any possibility of getting a Permanent Residency in UAE?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T08:49:54.740" Score="4" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen from India, residing in the Netherlands for more than 5 years now. The resident permit for the first 4 years was sponsored by the University where I carried out my PhD, and since then, I have a dependent visa on my husband, who works in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have an offer to work in Belgium and I would like to take it up. I would like to keep my residence in the Netherlands and travel daily to work, especially since my partner is working in the Netherlands and I want to apply for PR in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU citizen can I get a cross-border commuter working contract? Will I pay my taxes in the Netherlands or in Belgium? Which country will provide healthcare, unemployment, family benefits, and pension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13573" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T15:04:09.930" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T18:12:17.487" Title="Non-EU Dutch resident (Indian citizen), working in Belgium" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T15:54:51.727" Score="5" ViewCount="969" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will work in Amsterdam soon, and I found an accommodation in Leiden&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm worried about commuting every day&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How bad it is please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My home will be 10 minutes walking to the train, and then I will need a train to Amsterdam (maybe 40 minutes), then metro 3 minutes to the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13532" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T19:26:20.420" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T14:53:58.610" Title="How bad it is to work in Amsterdam and live in Leiden?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-09-19T10:15:36.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T17:09:13.583" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Jamaican, but I have three children who were born British through their father. We are no longer together, but I would like to take my kids to the UK and settle there. Can I settle in the UK as a Jamaican with my only ties being through my children?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13575" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-16T07:41:01.623" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T07:41:01.623" Title="Non-British mother with British kids" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12133" CreationDate="2017-09-13T18:13:48.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are not British (and being Jamaican makes determining that a little confusing and likely depends on your family circumstances prior to 1962), then it will be difficult to settle in the UK. You would probably be looking at a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/parent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;applying as a parent for a family visa&lt;/a&gt;, but that requires your children to be under 18 and living in the UK. Unless you have a way for your children to live in the UK prior to you settling there, the family visa will not work. This then leaves you having to immigrate based on &lt;em&gt;standard&lt;/em&gt; routes that do not consider the nationality of your children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T18:13:48.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12132" CreationDate="2017-09-13T19:25:49.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The train is more like 35 min and you can shave off 5 min from the total by having a bike and leaving it at the station in Leiden. That's what most locals would do in your situation. The trains can be packed but you will often find a seat. They are not the most reliable either, in the winter I think we get disruptions once a week or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another angle to consider is that your employer might cover the transportation costs, tax-free. You have to check your contract and collective agreement (CAO) to see if something like that applies to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's about all that can be said that would be specific to the situation. For the rest, a 45 min commute in Amsterdam is like a 45 min commute elsewhere. It does impact your overall quality of life and is longer than what I would wish for myself. But that's just an opinion and I also know many people who do much more, you'll have to make that decision for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-15T13:49:13.800" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T13:49:13.800" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T20:34:48.623" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the Brexit vote it became widely known that, as an EEA citizen, to obtain a Permanent Residence in the UK you either have to be in the Worker or Self-Employed categories. If you are &quot;only&quot; a Student or Self-Sufficient, then you not only need to live in the country for five years to be eligible, but you also need to have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently based on multiple sources if you're a British citizen, and you have an EEA citizen partner, who is either a Student or Self-Sufficient, then they need to have CSI, otherwise they won't be able to obtain a PR, even if you yourself are working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I couldn't really find a definite answer on what happens if you are a non-British EEA citizen, who is working (so doesn't need CSI), whether your partner would still need to have CSI, or whether the fact that you are working covers them in this regard. The application form for PR seems to imply that you working is enough, but that looks a bit weird, because if I would be a British citizen it wouldn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T20:18:14.633" Title="Does my EEA partner require CSI to get PR if I'm an EEA worker" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T22:08:52.587" Score="5" ViewCount="1302" Body="&lt;p&gt;My French bank (Caisse d'Epargne Île de France) wants me to call them at &lt;code&gt;3241&lt;/code&gt;. I'm currently in the United States. How can I reach such a phone number from the US? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Assume that the bank doesn't have a 10-digit French phone number, in which case I could just add &lt;code&gt;+33&lt;/code&gt; and remove the &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T13:34:13.740" Title="How can I call a 4-digit French phone number from the US?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-14T04:09:44.580" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has been many decades but is it still true that in the UK you can do your banking only at the branch where you open your current account and not any other branch of the same bank like in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13577" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T09:43:37.917" Title="Branch banking in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-09-19T12:48:10.397" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12139" CreationDate="2017-09-14T09:43:37.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No longer true. In fact you are just as likely to be offered a chair and telephone and have to talk to their call centre from within the branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8219" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T09:43:37.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-14T11:28:17.550" Score="4" ViewCount="2349" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to do my Master's degree in Germany and I checked the anabin database to see if my certificate will be recognised by German universities. I have found that my university is listed as H+ (which I assume is a good sign) but my Bachelor's course is not listed in the database. Does that mean that my certificate is not recognised in Germany? If so, what do I have to do get it recognised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13579" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T02:41:35.033" Title="Is my Bachelor's degree recognised in Germany if anabin lists my university but not the course?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12141" CreationDate="2017-09-14T13:58:34.233" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die Auflistung der erfassten Abschlüsse erhebt keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The list of recognized degrees does not claim to be complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your degree not being in the list only means... it's not in the list because the list is not complete. Universities changes their coursework all the time and the database has no means to keep up with courses. &lt;strong&gt;&quot;H+&quot; means your university is recognized as such in your country and is recognized as a university by Germany as well. That's definitely a good thing, your bachelor degree will be recognized.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, please note that in Germany, certain Master certifications need a &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; bachelor degree (for example you cannot apply for a Master of Laws when your bachelor was in fine arts). So you will need to take your &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; information and find out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T13:58:34.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-14T16:37:44.153" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to an Irish national who has been living in the UK for more than 10 years. The article 10 stipulates the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;evidence that your EEA national family member is in the UK, and evidence that they have a right of residence in the UK because: they have been in the UK for less than three months, or they are in the UK as a worker, self-employed person, self-sufficient person or student, or they have acquired a right of permanent residence in the UK under EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a lot of Irish citizens they do not require evidence to remain in the UK. I have an EEA-UK resident card that allows me to enter-remain in the UK. I have a conference to attend in Portugal and won't be travelling with my EU spouse. The question is &lt;em&gt;what other evidence&lt;/em&gt; of his presence in the UK and any other evidence of his right to remain could ? bring since he is Irish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel a bit confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13582" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-15T17:17:18.197" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T17:17:18.197" Title="Article 10 UK residence card - travel restrictions &amp; Evidence of right to reside in the UK" Tags="&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-14T18:50:03.070" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual US and UK citizenships and I am thinking of returning to the UK as a retiree with my US born spouse. I have been away from the UK for more than 50 years and I have no NI number. We have pensions and social security plus some investment income in the US that can be sent to a UK bank account. I have never paid any tax in the UK so I am unsure if we can get an NI number. Can we get one without looking like a freeloader for using the NHS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13577" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T18:50:03.070" Title="UK citizen returning to the UK from the US as a retiree" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12144" CreationDate="2017-09-14T19:09:25.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The material you've quoted (&amp;quot;evidence that your EEA national family member is in the UK,&amp;quot; etc.) appears to be from the UK government's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  That doesn't apply to you, because you're seeking to enter &lt;em&gt;Portugal&lt;/em&gt; as the holder of such a card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directive is somewhat ambiguous on the question of whether an Article 10 card holder should be exempt from the visa requirement when traveling without the EU/EEA family member.  I think there is a way of reading it such that a visa is not required, but the current interpretation seems to be that the visa &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; required.  I do not know whether this has ever been determined in court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is from Timatic, the database that your airline will use to determine whether they should let you board (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following are exempt from holding a visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Passengers with a family member residence card issued by United Kingdom. The card must be issued to family members of a national of Switzerland or an EEA Member State . They are visa exempt for a maximum stay of 90 days and &lt;strong&gt;must travel with or travel to join the national of Switzerland or EEA Member State.&lt;/strong&gt; This does not apply to passengers with a different type of residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are planning to travel to Portugal without your spouse, you will therefore need a normal Schengen visa (unless you're a national of one of the visa-exempt countries; the Portuguese government has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secomunidades.pt/vistos/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=215%3Anacionalidades-com-obrigatoriedade-de-visto&amp;amp;catid=39&amp;amp;Itemid=97&amp;amp;lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of countries whose nationals require visas&lt;/a&gt;).  This is confirmed on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.com/Portugal/UK/EEA-EU-Swiss-national-family-member.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant page&lt;/a&gt; of VFS, the visa processing service provider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any applicant, travelling without his/her EEA/EU or Swiss national family member, cannot apply as EEA/EU and Swiss national family member and need to apply as Tourist, i.e. providing all the required documents and paying the applicable visa fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Portuguese consulate in London has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgportugalemlondres.com/visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a page about visas&lt;/a&gt;, but that does little more than link to the VFS site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T19:09:25.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12137" CreationDate="2017-09-14T19:45:38.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Copying an interesting idea from the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think your best bet might be to subscribe to the service of a French VoIP provider so that the call originates into the French phone network as a domestic call. I don't think it is possible to dial those numbers from an international phone. – Dennis ↵ 41 mins ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T19:45:38.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12136" CreationDate="2017-09-14T20:18:14.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The CSI requirement arises from Article 7 of &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Right of residence for more than three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1.  All Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of longer than three months if they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence &lt;strong&gt;and have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State&lt;/strong&gt;; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c)&#xA;    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;— are enrolled at a private or public establishment, accredited or financed by the host Member State on the basis of its legislation or administrative practice, for the principal purpose of following a course of study, including vocational training; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;— &lt;strong&gt;have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State&lt;/strong&gt; and assure the relevant national authority, by means of a declaration or by such equivalent means as they may choose, that they have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) are family members accompanying or joining a Union citizen who satisfies the conditions referred to in points (a), (b) or (c).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are covered under (a), and your partner is covered under (d).  Neither of these points mentions CSI, which applies only to students (c) and the self-sufficient (b).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that the reason for an EEA family member of a British citizen requiring CSI is that such people are held to be covered by item (b) if they don't fall under (a) or (c).  I tried to figure it out by reading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016&lt;/a&gt;, but it's more complicated than I have time for at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-14T20:18:14.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-15T13:21:21.233" Score="2" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (British Citizen) and my Japanese long-term girlfriend (27 years old) live in Germany since July 2017. I use freedom to move EU rights, she uses a working holiday visa (valid 1 year). We both are currently employed. She is pregnant (5 weeks) and we are worried this may affect our right to live in the EU - Germany or UK - together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to raise the child/have a family and get married in the future. We are concerned. Will the pregnancy void her right to live in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will we both be able to live in Germany permanently? Or can we move to the UK in the future to be close to my family?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to live in Germany but do not want to lose the right to move to the UK either before/after our child is born. Or if this is the case, we would like to return to the UK as we both speak English and my family is there, and will be much needed help when we have a child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We intend to get married. In which country would be best to do this - Germany, UK or Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both have cohabited in Germany and registered our residence at the Bürgeramt here in Berlin since August 2017. We also lived together in the UK for a period of 2 months prior to our move to Germany from May 2017 to July 2017. Then Miku lived with me on a visitor visa (2 months) before our move to Germany, where we wanted to start our life together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Miku has lived in the UK on a student visa (studying English) prior to this for 6 months from October 2016 to February 2017, before leaving to work in Japan (February 2017 - May 2017). We met and became a couple in October 2016 when she was studying in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need advice. We want to know what our best option to continue living together is, especially since Brexit may affect my rights as a UK citizen in Europe. We want to raise our child together. Is it possible for us to have our child in Germany or the UK? How do we get married? Which country would be best for us to live in permanently - the UK or Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we were to return to the UK as an EEA family, would our rights be revoked after Brexit is final? If so, would it be better for us to apply for permanent residence in Germany as we want to settle and plan our life together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far I understand that I, as a EU resident in Germany, would be able to return to the UK with Miku if we got married, lived in Germany, and had been in employment and lived together as residents of Germany for more than 3 months - longer if possible. We are currently trying to integrate into the German society by working, paying taxes and insurance, trying to learn the language and also trying to enjoy our new life in the capital, Berlin. We would love to stay here forever, but are scared we could be forced to leave separately. With this in mind, we are considering whether it would be better to return to the UK to raise our future child and seek permanent residence in England, UK instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-married couple - 1 UK citizen, 1 Japanese citizen seeking permanent residence together either in Germany or UK. If we do, is it possible for the non-EU family member to work as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have an unborn child on the way (5 weeks pregnant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We currently live together in Germany since July 2017. We have our residence registered with the authorities as we live at the same address together in Berlin since August 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both have work in Germany since August 2017. Previously lived in the UK, me as a UK citizen all my life, Miku as a Japanese citizen on a student visa, October 2016 - February 2017 and again on a visitor visa from May 2017 to July 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to live together permanently with the right to raise our future child. We are considering either staying in Germany or returning to the UK. We want the right to marry and the right to have our child become a citizen of the country in which we live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13586" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-15T13:51:48.697" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T22:19:57.370" Title="EU citizen from UK wants to live permanently with Japanese citizen, currently living in Germany, having a baby and wants to get married" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;japanese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12132" CreationDate="2017-09-15T14:53:58.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding to @Gala's &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12135/7110&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Amsterdam these days, and only bike to work - ~15 min door to door. Before, I used to commute - although not in the Netherlands. I was once working somewhere that was 10 min + 70 min train + 5 min walk; and another time, a 25-45 min drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't tell you how much better it makes me feel having to commute less, or nearly not at all. It's like work is an entirely different experience. Daily commutes, especially long ones, wear you down in my experience. It makes your day a sort of a burden, adds a long period of self-sacrifice or self denial. So while it's perfectly doable - I would definitely consider moving nearer to work, even if you have to pay some more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that even 45-50 min per direction per day are more than 1.5 hours of your day, every day. Your waking time is already just 16 hours, so you basically cut it by 10%. Now, ok, you can maybe nap or read, but that's not very effective. So that actually costs quite a lot, even if not in terms of money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do choose to commute - try to make the experience as smooth as possible for yourself, which may be even more important that the time spent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bike on both sides: Consider a simple bike in each city; probably something simple and with a good lock so it doesn't get stolen. But you might prefer walking, since while it's slower, it's a little less stressful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider getting something like a neck pillow, eye cover, noise-damping ear buds - if you want to sleep; or invest in a good e-book reader if to want to read, so your eyes tire less. etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-09-15T14:53:58.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-15T15:30:54.093" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Nepal and have been living in Finland for 3 years as a student. I have currently got an offer for an internship in Germany for 3 months. In this case, as a non-EU national living in Finland with a valid residence permit document, do I need to apply for a separate visa to move to Germany for a period of 3 months? And what if the stay period should extend by one or two days (because I have already bought the plane tickets)? It's an urgent question, and please clear suggestions would be appreciated a lot. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13585" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-16T10:06:34.067" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T10:06:34.067" Title="Am I allowed to freely move to Germany for my internship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12155" CreationDate="2017-09-15T19:14:24.427" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in the Netherlands for a while. I've registered with the IND, I have a valid residence permit, I have a BSN number, health insurance - everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now someone tells me there's something called &quot;DigiD&quot; and that I should have gotten one. Well, should I have? That is, do I really need something that I've never used or been asked for? Which I wasn't given during my initial pass through the Dutch bureaucracy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T08:33:44.867" Title="What's with this DigiD code I hear about?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;online-resources&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12154" CreationDate="2017-09-15T19:14:24.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR: Just get it, you might need it later.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://digid.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DigiD&lt;/a&gt; is an access verification system common to many Dutch government websites. It is used both for one-factor authentication (user id + password) or for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;two-factor authentication&lt;/a&gt; (user id + password, then a code to be received by SMS and repeated).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many government services are rendered without involving authenticated access to government websites. Specifically, applying for a BSN, registering home address changes, applying for the 30% tax ruling, and other such procedures don't require it - you download some publicly-available form and mail it; or you must present yourself in some office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But other government/government-related services do require it - at least for availing yourself of them online. Examples: The &lt;a href=&quot;http://info.studielink.nl/en/studenten/Pages/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Studielink&lt;/a&gt; website which allows for enrolling in various educational institutions. The Dutch government portal for information regarding government services, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.overheid.nl/english/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;overheid.nl&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uwv.nl/overuwv/english/about-us-executive-board-organization/detail/about-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Employee Insurance Agency&quot;, UWV&lt;/a&gt;, where you &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12120/7110&quot;&gt;apply online for unemployment benefits&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(Even &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zorgenzekerheid.nl/service-en-contact/service/declareren/indienen.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some medical insurance companies&lt;/a&gt; are switching their logins to DigiD).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I don't quite have a good list of examples; you're welcome to edit some into this answer.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably get it now rather than later, because there's a procedure of sending an authentication code to your registered address, i.e. the registration isn't made purely online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get your DigiD, go &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.digid.nl/index.php?id=73&amp;amp;L=1.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It takes a few days for them to send you an activation code by post, i.e. you don't get the code immediately on registering there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-09-20T08:33:44.867" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T08:33:44.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-15T20:52:15.110" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living and working in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant. I am a Russian citizen. If I have a job offer from a company in Germany (that handles everything else legal-related), will I have to return to Russia to obtain a German residence and work permit, or can I do it while living in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13589" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-16T09:08:43.490" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T20:34:02.590" Title="Obtaining a German residence permit as a Russian citizen living in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12157" CreationDate="2017-09-16T18:32:07.457" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to travel to Russia.  In fact, a German consulate in Russia might reject your application because you do not reside there.  Instead, you should approach a German consulate in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T18:32:07.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12157" CreationDate="2017-09-16T20:34:02.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you don't have to go to Russia to obtain a visa, but there are a few things to keep in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consulates require your current residence permit to be valid at least for a few months starting from the application date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may need to provide different sets of documents depending on the country/consulate where you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be safe, you should contact the german consulate where are you going to apply and ask them for instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: At the same time, you should be able to submit your application in Russia if you want. Residency is not an issue here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13591" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T20:34:02.590" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12151" CreationDate="2017-09-16T22:19:57.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marriage in Germany is no problem, just a bit inconvenient: One of you must be a resident (for three months, I think. Doesn't hurt if both are residents), and in your case the marriage must be legal according to German law, according to UK law, and according to Japanese law. You can just go to your local registry office and ask for advice, they are quite well educated about all those things. It's their job after all and frankly you make their job less boring. You'll need translations of important documents to German, you'll have to publish your intent to get married in the UK for two or four weeks (don't know the exact numbers), but a UK consulate in Germany counts as &quot;UK&quot;. And whatever Japanese law requires you to do, which I have no idea of - a German registry office will know. The marriage will be absolutely valid in UK. I would bet it will be valid in Japan, but I don't know for sure. Being married and having a child can only improve your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have a child, it is of advantage to the child if the child is born in the UK. If born in the UK, the child will be a &quot;British citizen not by descent&quot;; if born outside the UK, the child will be a &quot;British citizen by descent&quot;. The difference is that if citizen &quot;not by descent&quot; the child's children will automatically be UK citizens, if &quot;by descent&quot; then the child's children will not automatically be UK citizens. (Basically, your descendents have British citizenship unless two generations are born outside the UK). It seems that the child cannot get German citizenship by birth; one parent would have to be resident in Germany for eight years for that to happen. It is possible to become German citizen if staying long enough in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your big problem is Brexit. Depending on how much British negotiators mess up, you might lose your right to live in the EU, and your wife might lose the right to live in the UK. There was a report about a week or two ago about a non-EU wife of a British husband with a common British child who was removed from the country (which many commenters found quite disgusting). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if those negotiations have a good result, you may be fine living either in the UK or in Germany. Nobody can say at the moment what will happen. The EU very much wants to keep the rights of free movement in the EU and UK intact. I can only wish you good luck. And hope the EU wins in the Brexit negotiations, and not the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T22:19:57.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-17T00:17:45.027" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Algerian, 25 years old and I have a Danish residence permit valid for 3 months. Although I have an Algerian passport, the rest of my family (parents and siblings) live in Germany and they all have German citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my family lives in Germany, is there a way that I can be granted a German residence permit after the Danish resident permit expires? Could I apply for it without going back to Algeria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, what are my chances of hiring an immigration lawyer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13604" OwnerDisplayName="Kevin Drizzy" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T14:24:13.223" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T14:21:49.930" Title="Can I get a German resident permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-17T10:45:36.983" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a 1-year J1 visa with a 2-year waiver in 2013-2014, and worked in the USA. The program was funded by my home university. I am a Singapore citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not gone back to the US until now (2017). However, now I have gotten the opportunity to work at a university. They are offering me a J1, with the possibility of conversion to F1 as a PhD student if things work out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I am not sure if the 2-year waiver will apply for me now that this is the 2nd time. However, I did not go back the last time. Also, if I get the F1 visa and finish my master's/PhD and get an OTP, will the 2-year rule still apply then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13592" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T12:53:22.197" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T16:34:59.617" Title="J1 visa 2-year waiver question" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12164" CreationDate="2017-09-17T16:34:59.617" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your new J1 has a 2-year home residency requirement, it will prevent you from getting H or L work visa or permanent residency until you've been physically present in your home country for 2 years afterwards, unless you get a new waiver for it. Changing to another status does not affect the requirement. Your previous waiver of your previous 2-year home residency requirement doesn't apply to any future 2-year home residency requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T16:34:59.617" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12163" CreationDate="2017-09-17T17:55:31.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are an adult, wishing to stay with your relatives is not a reason for Germany to grant you a resident permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a resident permit related to a job, a study program at any Germany university or any refugee state protection...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T17:55:31.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12131" CreationDate="2017-09-17T18:12:17.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a possible scenario. Someone i know had a similar scenario. She had a residence permit in the Netherlands ( based on her husbands work in NL)  and had some kind of work permit in Belgium. She pays taxes in Belgium ( works there), Declaring taxes was a little complex so they had a tax attorney to file taxes for them ( Though i think it was not that difficult). For your PR your residence matters, so if you live in the Netherlands uninterrupted 5 years then you can apply for a PR based on your Husbands permanent work contract. Health insurance you need to take for both countries ( The Belgium one is way cheap anyways). Child benifits you get in the country you reside in ( that is NL), Though in Belgium the child benifits are way more than NL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8686" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T18:12:17.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-18T04:59:30.427" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancee has secured a working visa in USA. We are both Australian citizens and I am planning on joining him. We are leaving Mid-October, and I will only be on an ESTA VWP 90 day visa, as I will be applying for a E3-D once we're married. We are planning on getting married in December in USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Am I able to change from an ESTA to a E3-D if I go to a US Embassy in Canada or even London, or do I have to come back to Australia to do so? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do have to come back to Australia, does anyone know how long this will take to get if I book in my appointment prior to flying back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nibs" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-09-18T15:13:48.160" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T15:13:48.160" Title="Changing from an ESTA VWP to a E3-D" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-09T21:02:02.903" Score="1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my H1B petition valid until December 31, 2018. I recently went for a trip to Mexico on July 7, 2017, via road. I did get an entry stamp from Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before leaving the US, my I-94 admit date was January 10, 2019. I re-entered the US on July 9, 2017. I didn't get any stamp on my passport from CBP and there was no update on online of the I-94 when I checked several days later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am on vacation in India; I left the US on August 18, 2017, and when I checked my I-94, it has an updates that says my last entry was July 9, 2017 and the admit until date as July 10, 2017. Is there an issue with my status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13738" OwnerDisplayName="Bbecks" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-29T00:06:33.007" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T00:06:33.007" Title="I-94 status update after Mexico visit" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12172" CreationDate="2017-09-09T23:06:48.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there is no issue with your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically at the moment you don't have &quot;status&quot;. Once you left the US for India your status ended.  As your visa is still valid, when you re-enter the US you will be issued a new I94, and your status will become valid once again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What almost certainly occured on your trip to Mexico is something called &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/automatic-revalidation.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Automatic Revalidation&lt;/a&gt;.  Normally when you leave the US your status ends, and when you re-enter you are issued with a new I94.  Automatic Revalidation is a process where-by for short trips to a small number of neighboring countries (mainly Canada and Mexico) your status is deemed to have continued even whilst you were outside of the US, and thus when you re-enter your existing status continues as if you'd never left.  Your existing I94 is still valid, as is it's existing expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you are seeing on the CBP website is most likely simply a case of the system incorrectly showing your auto-revalidation entry - fairly clearly the border officials would not have given you 1 day worth of status on entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="733" OwnerDisplayName="Doc" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T23:06:48.560" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-11T14:24:30.530" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be arriving in the UK next week on a one year graduate program. I will be staying at a hotel the first couple of days then move into my student accommodation. With regards to the UK landing card, where asked about a UK address, should I declare the hotel I am staying at, at first, or my student accommodation as that will be my address for the rest of the year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="lj0239" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T16:50:08.327" Title="UK Landing Card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-19T04:05:54.723" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wondering what you think my chances are of getting a B-2 Visa. My partner and I are Australian citizens, and he has recently got a job in USA and has a working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are planning on getting married, but that will not be before we leave Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ties I will have to Australia are family and a house. Is this enough to obtain a B-2 visa then change to a E3-D visa once we are married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13602" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T04:05:54.723" Title="Chances of getting a B-2 visa if my partner has a working visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6203" CreationDate="2017-09-19T06:36:21.877" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When someone who was born and given their name in a country that uses multiple family names lives in the U.S., are there rules as to what their &quot;official&quot; last name must be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the question is directly specifically at the US, the basic answer applies in all countries, because there is one directly relevant universal law: Sod's law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have two documents which use different forms of your name, at some point you will run into a bureaucrat who will demand additional proof that they refer to the same person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, on all official forms, you should use your name as it is written on your primary ID document. João should write &quot;Fernandes Gonçalves Gomes&quot; in the &quot;last name&quot; field (unless his passport omits some of those names).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this applies not only to direct interactions with governmental bodies, but also to any documents which might be relevant in future interactions with governmental bodies. The one which comes to mind at the moment is certificates of education, which might be necessary in future applications for working visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I heard an immigration officer use a first family name as a &quot;last name&quot;, which caused confusion, in this case, to the point where the person being called did not realize it was them that was being referred to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was probably a simple confusion with Spanish-style surnames. &quot;Anglo-Saxon&quot; culture also has double-barrelled surnames, and it's likely that the immigration officer would have called e.g. a Mr Smith Jones using both parts of the surname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;João Gomes is going to have to learn which ways his name might get mangled in his host country and be alert for all of them. That is, again, not specific to the US. As someone with an English name (first name, middle name, one surname) living in Spain, when I'm waiting to be called I keep an ear out for anything which could be an attempt at pronouncing Mr John.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T06:36:21.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12178" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12180" CreationDate="2017-09-19T18:31:34.243" Score="3" ViewCount="4478" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that in Germany, under public insurance, you're entitled to a full body health checkup every 2 years once you &lt;strong&gt;reach the age of 35&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/gesetzliche-krankenkassen/leistungen-gesetzliche-krankenkassen/gesetzlich-vorgeschriebene-leistungen/gesetzliche-krankenkassen-Vorsorgeuntersuchungen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.krankenkassen.de/gesetzliche-krankenkassen/leistungen-gesetzliche-krankenkassen/gesetzlich-vorgeschriebene-leistungen/gesetzliche-krankenkassen-Vorsorgeuntersuchungen/&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/tk/tk-vorsorgeleistungen/frueherkennung-fuer-erwachsene/check-up/35610&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.tk.de/tk/tk-vorsorgeleistungen/frueherkennung-fuer-erwachsene/check-up/35610&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gesundheits-Check-up&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check-up (alle zwei Jahre) bei Frauen und Männern ab dem Alter von 35 Jahren: Ganzkörperuntersuchung mit Blutdruckmessung, Blutproben zur Ermittlung der Blutzucker- und Cholesterinwerte, Urinuntersuchung, ausführliches Gespräch mit dem Arzt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what if somebody is over 18 but not 35 yet, but still wants to comprehensively check their health conditions? Do they have to pay the full cost of the health checkup in this case then (i.e. the public insurer bears absolutely no cost)? If so, approximately how much could the cost be? Is there any kind of health check that they might be able to perform under the coverage of a health insurance at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T13:59:58.887" Title="Health checkup (Gesundheits-Check-up) in Germany before 35 years old?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12178" CreationDate="2017-09-20T10:11:56.143" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are not required to do it but some insurers in the public insurance system do cover health check-ups for people under 35, usually with a rather low cap on spending (€50-150). &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/gesetzliche-krankenkassen/leistungen-gesetzliche-krankenkassen/vorsorge-beim-arzt/check-up-35/search-12.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Krankenkassen.de&lt;/a&gt; has a list. This should cover a visit to the GP and maybe a basic blood work but a few web searches suggest a full checkup (with ECG, lung capacity, ultrasonogram and a bunch of other tests) can cost over €1000 in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that recent reviews of the scientific evidence suggests regular health checkups are not associated with better health outcomes and are not necessarily recommended. While they can be a routine thing in other parts of the world (especially if you have good insurance), such checkups are not common in many (most?) European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-20T12:22:08.943" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T12:22:08.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-20T11:51:03.877" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My questions is regarding forms and if they are different because he is a refugee?&#xA;Does this mean I give up my US citizenship?&#xA;Will I be able to travel from Austria to America without a problem, in emergencies or holidays?&#xA;We are not married yet, can I go to Austria, marry him and then do the paperwork?&#xA;Where do I begin and what forms do I need to fill out?&#xA;Is there a place I can go to get one on one help with this matter? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, do I need to speak German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13612" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-20T14:07:05.760" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T14:07:05.760" Title="US citizen wants to live in Austria with Iraqi refugee husband" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-09-21T01:18:30.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-20T07:39:42.423" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good Morning,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just received my I-20 from a University in the United states. I have a Question i want to ask, i do see most folks on here talking about making payment for the SEVIS fee before the Visa interview, hence i wanted to ask if its compulsory to make the payment for the SEVIS fee before i attend a Visa interview. or can i make the payment after the Interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Nigeria&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Emi" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T17:57:15.177" Title="SEVIS Fee Application F-1" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12183" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-20T12:20:15.797" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Italy with a residence permit renewable permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was flying from Italy to Austria last month for a short weekend trip. At that time my permit was near expiry. Four days remaining to be exact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no immigration control when travelling inside the Schengen area, so this happened at the boarding gate when providing ID proof to the airport staff (not immigration staff).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The airport staff at the counter saw that my permit was near expiry and asked me when I was returning, to which I stated Monday. Then she asked me for my return flight ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time, I thought nothing of it. But later when I recounted the incident to my colleagues they asked why did I even show my return ticket, because they are not immigration officers and cannot ask for such proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I pose the question here, am I legally obligated to provide such proof to non border control personnel? If so, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My logic for &quot;no&quot; is if I wanted to remain outside my country of residence beyond my date of return, it doesn't matter if the expiry is three days or months from my date of travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My logic for &quot;yes&quot; is Why create a hassle?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8577" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T12:47:49.400" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T12:47:49.400" Title="In Italy am I legally obligated to show proof of return when travelling with a residence permit near expiry?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12181" CreationDate="2017-09-20T13:17:15.660" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My questions is regarding forms and if they are different because he is a refugee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be some differences because of your husband's refugee status, but I expect they will be minor.  You can start at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.austria.org/residence-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.austria.org/residence-permit&lt;/a&gt;.  The category that applies to you is &lt;em&gt;II) Niederlassungsbewilligung (for foreigners who intend to live in Austria for a longer period of time = Permanent Residence Permit)&lt;/em&gt; (in particular, &quot;family members of aliens living in Austria, family re-unification&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does this mean I give up my US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will I be able to travel from Austria to America without a problem, in emergencies or holidays?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  A US citizen cannot be denied entry into the US.  As long as you hold an Austrian residence permit, you can leave and re-enter Austria at will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are not married yet, can I go to austria, marry him and then do the paperwork?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure about this; it will depend on Austria's laws concerning marriage.  Most jurisdictions will allow a couple to marry if at least one of them resides in the jurisdiction.  Once you are married, however, it may be necessary to return to the US to apply for the permit, but it may also be possible to apply for the permit as a fiancée before you travel to Austria.  It is not entirely clear from the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where do I begin and what forms do I need to fill out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.austria.org/residence-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.austria.org/residence-permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a place I can go to get one on one help with this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can try asking at the embassy or consulate.  Your fiancé can try asking for help at the migration agency that placed him in Austria or any other Austrian organization that offers support to refugees.  If you can afford it, you can hire an Austrian immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lastly, do I need to speak German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably.  The austria.org page linked above has a section on the language requirement.  Certain categories of immigrants are exempt from the language requirement, but from what you've said in your question it seems that you will not be.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T13:17:15.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12178" CreationDate="2017-09-20T13:59:58.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this qualifies as an answer because it does not &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; answer your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those checkups your mention are &lt;em&gt;despite the fact that you are perfectly healthy and happy&lt;/em&gt;. At 35+ you are entitled to go in and say &quot;you know what, I feel perfect, but please stick some needles into me anyway.&quot; So basically you get medical attention &lt;em&gt;without any specific need&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do get a completely &lt;strong&gt;free&lt;/strong&gt; medical checkup like this on public insurance at &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; time and &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; age &lt;em&gt;provided your doctor sees the need to do it&lt;/em&gt;. For example because you are not feeling well and it's not obvious from your symptoms what problem(s) you may have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've had three three this year for no cost to me at all (although in the grand scheme of things I'd rather not get sick in the first place). Please note that while a simple blood test is not much of a risk, other tests &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt;. Maybe only a small one, but there is no point in risking &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; if you don't need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T13:59:58.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12163" CreationDate="2017-09-20T14:21:49.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your legal base as an adult relative is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kapitel 2 - Einreise und Aufenthalt im Bundesgebiet (§§ 3 - 42)    &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Abschnitt 6 - Aufenthalt aus familiären Gründen (§§ 27 - 36)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§ 36 Nachzug der Eltern und &lt;strong&gt;sonstiger Familienangehöriger&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commonly called &quot;Family reunification&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law basically says that family reunification for minors and spouses is allowed (&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/29.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§29&lt;/a&gt;), others only in specific cases of hardship (&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/36.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§36&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those cases of hardship are decided case-by-case. Normally, courts will rule that the binding between parents and non-minor children are not of such a kind that separation constitutes a case of hardship. &quot;außergewöhnliche Härte&quot; (case of hardship) applies for example if the child cannot live a life of their own, maybe because of a (mental) disability, chronic illness or trauma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you can find a lawyer that is so good (or sleazy) that he can bend the law to your will, I cannot say. Maybe you can find some other option to stay in Germany that does not rely on your relatives already being here.  Maybe you qualify for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blue card&lt;/a&gt; on your own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T14:21:49.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12182" CreationDate="2017-09-20T17:57:15.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you must pay the fee before the interview at the Embassy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only cases when you do not need to pay the fee are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You paid the fee within 12 months for another student or exchange visitor visa, including if you were denied for the earlier visa (must be same category, and you might have to transfer the fee is the SEVIS ID has changed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are applying for a dependent visa based on the applicant applying as a student of exchange visitor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are applying for a government-sponsored exchange programs, G-1, G-2, G-3, or G-7&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fell out of status for a minor reason when in F, M, or J status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T17:57:15.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11992" CreationDate="2017-09-20T20:32:28.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What I would like to know is whether any other US laws, or any current US policies, apply when a US citizen becomes a member of a foreign government and takes an oath of allegiance to a foreign state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is an additional policy to consider.  There is an administrative presumption that the individual did not intend to lose US nationality if the position with the foreign government is a &quot;non-policy-level&quot; position or the oath is a &quot;routine&quot; oath of allegiance.  This presumption is established by regulation at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/50.40&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22 CFR 50.40&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US Foreign Affairs Manual elaborates on the circumstances in which the presumption applies in its section on &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1220.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;developing a loss of nationality case&lt;/a&gt;.  There is also a section specifically about &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam1280.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;loss of nationality and taking up a position in a foreign government&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These make it clear that if the position is a policy-level position, no presumption applies.  Similarly, if the position is a non-policy-level position but the individual states an intention to relinquish US citizenship, the presumption is also inapplicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the presumption is inapplicable, then the consular officer must develop the case by examining all of the available evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T20:32:28.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-20T22:01:34.640" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for Italian citizenship early this year (around January). I was eligible to do so because of my Italian heritage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=http://www.conssydney.esteri.it/consolato_sydney/resource/doc/2016/03/how_to_-_italian_citizenship_by_descent.pdf&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwipgNub4LTWAhWGp5QKHU3qB4sQFgh_MA4&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHaVPGft27uRCuTb6jUEeLLm1ZIOQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; document provided by the embassy, I should expect a waiting period of 2-8 weeks. It is now September. I contacted the embassy in May to enquire about the status of my application; they informed me that my application is still being processed, and that they will contact me when they have more information. How should I proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13611" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T12:47:39.357" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T12:47:39.357" Title="Following up on Italian citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-21T09:22:14.523" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have spent 3 years in the UK on a Tier 2 visa from July 2009 to July 2012. However, I left the UK and since then I am living outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am getting an opportunity again to work in the UK and my employer is interested in offering me a permanent position. I have been told that I will be given a Tier 2 visa again, but for 2 years only. My question is, will the new Tier 2 visa be extendable? What steps can I take if I want to continue my job on a long-term basis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13615" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T12:47:53.917" LastActivityDate="2017-09-23T10:21:33.980" Title="Tier 2 visa question" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12191" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12228" CreationDate="2017-09-21T10:08:54.277" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I want to move to the UK. She's from Uruguay and I'm Dutch and we currently live in Spain. We plan to move in 2 months, have booked an AirBnB for the first month until we can find our own apartment. She's a doctor and has a job offer from a hospital. In order to work in the UK as a doctor she needs registration with the GMC (General Medical Council). She's applying to be registered under &quot;Exempt person status&quot; since she's the wife of an EEA national (me). The GMC rejected the application saying I have not shown evidence that I'm exercising my Community rights.&#xA;This is the form of the GMC we have to fill in: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gmc-uk.org/I_I___Investigation___EPS4_factsheet___DC7682.pdf_62154553.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GMC form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does it mean that I'm exercising my Community rights?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to live in the UK before being able to exercise my Community rights?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13616" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T10:27:05.417" Title="Exercise Community rights in UK (EU national)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-21T12:04:14.470" Score="3" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for a position at 2 universities. University A (UA) and University B (UB).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UA performed their processing after the application deadline very quickly and sent me an invitation for interview. I went for the interview and was selected. They notified me via email and sent me an offer via email which stated the salary and the contracted term. I replied that I am happy with this and would like to accept the position.&#xA;They also took a copy of my passport last week and said they would like to start processing my Tier 2 visa.&#xA;They also sent a hard copy of the contract to my address and asked me to sign and return it by the 1st of October. I have not yet signed the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now during this time, UB shortlisted me and sent me an invitation for interview. I went and gave the interview at UB. I was notified recently that I have been selected and they have offered a pay that is substantially higher than what UA has offered me and also their contracted term is longer than UA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now naturally I would like to go with UB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, Can I, at this stage request UA to stop working on my case and that I would like to withdraw my application from them. Is it too late since they already said they were going to sponsor my Tier 2 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T12:04:14.470" Title="Position offered from 2 universities. One has already started processing my Tier 2 and I would like to withdraw" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12104" CreationDate="2017-09-21T12:12:30.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does matter if you live at the address. I live abroad and tried this with my usual American address I use for things and was rejected by equifac and trans union. &quot;Not enough info to verify.&quot; I could send further detail, they said, like utility bill at that address etc. So I can't freeze my credit report,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13620" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T12:12:30.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-21T12:27:25.033" Score="5" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going in a business trip to visit a client that is in Utrecht ~170 Km away from my current company in Maastricht.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to stay there for the 2 days I need to showcase some demos and help them build and integrate some service with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Given that:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The hotel is paid by me in beforehand an then they reimburse me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The travel costs are paid by me as well and then reimbursed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question is:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I receive any kind of daily allowance for being abroad from my house? Something like a daily extra XX€ because of eating outside, or having to &quot;work&quot; more than 8 hours, or as compensation for the extra 3 hours of voyage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13622" LastEditorUserId="13622" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T14:46:08.150" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T20:51:15.687" Title="Is a Dutch company obligated to pay me when visiting a client?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;labour-law&gt;&lt;labor-law&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12195" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12196" CreationDate="2017-09-21T15:06:04.613" Score="-1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother in law recently came (home country is Iraq) here on an IR5 (daughter bringing her mother to the US).  She was immediately given a green card.  This was back in early June.  She will be leaving us to return back to her home country in November but she stated that she probably wont be back for another 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to what she received in her paperwork if she is out of the US longer than 1 year she needs to fill out form I-131: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&lt;/a&gt; to apply for a re-entry permit because she will be out of the US for longer than one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I filled it out the other day but wanted to check where to mail it when I encountered a new message at the top of this page.  It reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;DACA Has Changed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are no longer accepting initial requests for DACA, but we will&#xA;  adjudicate initial requests for DACA accepted by Sept. 5, 2017. We&#xA;  will no longer approve advance parole requests associated with DACA.&#xA;  We are only adjudicating DACA renewal requests received by Oct. 5,&#xA;  2017, from current beneficiaries whose benefits will expire between&#xA;  Sept. 5, 2017 and March 5, 2018. Read the 2017 DACA announcement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I understand the ramifications for her.  She is not a refugee nor is she applying for parole travel document.  She is simply applying for a reentry permit.  On the form itself (page 2 of 5) for Part 2 (Application Type) she has the box for 1a checked which reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am a permanent resident or conditional resident of the united states, and I am applying for a reentry permit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So according to this announcement should I still file this application or have things changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="6423" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T15:23:09.367" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T15:24:43.953" Title="Reentry permit needed or DACA changed?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12195" CreationDate="2017-09-21T15:24:43.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That message is not relevant for her. The Form I-131 is used to apply for 3 types of documents: Advance Parole, Re-entry Permit, and Refugee Travel Document. DACA beneficiaries used to be able to apply for Advance Parole (there are other categories of people who can apply for Advance Parole, not just DACA), but that is no longer allowed due to a recent change in policy. The message is just saying not to apply for DACA-based Advance Parole anymore. It does not apply to Re-entry Permits (which is what your mother-in-law is applying for) or Refugee Travel Documents, or to non-DACA-based Advance Paroles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T15:24:43.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10132" CreationDate="2017-09-21T17:20:47.410" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the record, we applied again, this time providing lots of pictures of us of holidays together, dinner with our families, small emails with different dates to show continuous conversation, screenshots of phone conversations on whatsapp. And the application succeeded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11075" LastEditorUserId="11075" LastEditDate="2018-06-06T04:22:48.220" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T04:22:48.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-21T18:29:35.143" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neighbors called the police because I was a bit noisy, they talked to me and made a photo of my ID. Who will have access to the info that police intervened and will it influence the decision on prolongation of my titre in France? How to know if I was &quot;verbalized&quot; or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13278" LastEditorUserId="13278" LastEditDate="2017-09-24T13:05:41.027" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T20:27:22.010" Title="France: police and expatriates" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15373" CreationDate="2017-09-21T19:27:54.873" Score="4" ViewCount="2055" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been doing my PhD from Newcastle university since 2013. I got married in October 2016. I went back to Pakistan to get married and stayed until December and then came back to finish my PhD. While I was in the final stages of my PhD, I could not bring my wife as I felt I would not be able to give her any time, as I was in the university from morning till late night finishing my thesis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From January 217 to September 2017 I made 2 visits to Pakistan to be with my wife. Recently I finished my thesis and submitted it. So naturally I was confident I could now enjoy my time with my partner. She applied for her dependent visa on 6th September and got a decision yesterday. She was refused entry to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I performed extensive research before applying in hope of getting her accepted. The following documents were sent with the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of recent bank statement (showing that I have adequate funds to&#xA;sustain her).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of my passport and student visa (visa expiring March 2018).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of my UK driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A copy of my student ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A confirmation of enrolment letter from the school office (stating that I am enrolled in a PhD course from November 2013 to November 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The original and translated marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marriage photographs showing our marriage ceremony and function.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Marriage invitation card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some pictures from our honeymoon and our other trips together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Screenshots of our Whatsapp chat from when we first started talking in May 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy of tenancy agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Invitation letter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;TB certificate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is the decision from the decision letter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have applied to join ____, who you state is your husband. I note a&#xA;  marriage certificate dated 27 October 2016, and text conversations&#xA;  covering a few months prior to the marriage (May – September 2016)&#xA;  have been provided. However, you have provided no other clear evidence&#xA;  of your relationship subsisting to the present date, or an intention&#xA;  to live together permanently with your sponsor. Furthermore, I note&#xA;  that you have stated you wish to travel on 23 October 2017, Mr ___ &#xA;  has been studying since late 2013 and is due to complete his course on&#xA;  30 November 2017. I am not satisfied it is clear why this application&#xA;  has been submitted now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am not satisfied to the balance of probability that your claimed&#xA;  marriage is subsisting or that you and your sponsor intend to live&#xA;  with the other as their spouse or civil partner throughout your&#xA;  proposed stay in the UK. 319C (d)(e)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have refused your visa application on this occasion because I am not&#xA;  satisfied that you meet all of the requirements of paragraph 319C of&#xA;  the Immigration Rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been allowed one administrative review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have some concerns with the decision. Firstly, it made no mention of the photographs I sent showing our marriage, our trips together, and the ECO even mentioned that nothing other than marriage certificate and chats were presented whereas we sent many pictures. Furthermore, the ECO stated that the chats provided were from May - September 2016, whereas I provided the chats from May 2016 - September 2017. He/She omitted an year of our conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this normal for such info to be overlooked and not mentioned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the ECO states that I am to finish my course in November 2017 and she is scheduled to visit in October 2017. I believe the ECO thinks that my wife joining me for a month is pointless. Which is a fair point if I was doing a Master's or any other taught course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I argue that I am doing my PhD, the school letter stating that I am to finish by November is my thesis submission deadline. I am to submit my thesis by end of November, after which the external examiners read the thesis and then a viva exam is arranged by the university. Any PhD graduate is aware of this and knows that this takes about 3 to 4 months. So I will most probably be staying until February 2018. On this point I feel it is justified to want to have my wife join me for these 5 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading this far, and I appreciate your expert opinions in this matter. Do I have a chance for review? Will my points make any difference? Do my points even seem valid to anyone else other than me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastEditorUserId="13619" LastEditDate="2018-12-18T16:52:07.733" LastActivityDate="2020-08-31T15:44:11.443" Title="Tier 4 dependent visa refused - Administrative review guidance needed" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9718" CreationDate="2017-09-21T23:24:26.510" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;About the permanent residence status, which is important to the question: First, your wife had to gain permanent residence status, and then she had to not lose it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You gain permanent residence by living and working in the UK for five consecutive years. You can be absent for short times in these five years, say for a few months, but definitely not for 22 months. So the question is: Has your wife, at any time, lived in the UK for five years with only short interruptions? Then she has permanent residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once she has permanent residence, she can lose it if she commits some serious crimes, or if she leaves the UK for two consecutive years. So once she has permanent residence, leaving for 22 years is no problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have to do anything (fill in forms etc. ) to get permanent residence, but she may have to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; that she has permanent residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T23:24:26.510" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12194" CreationDate="2017-09-22T04:03:18.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to work for a Dutch company -- I was managing their Korean branch, but my contract was Dutch law. I had a corporate credit card, but I had expenses during business trips that couldn't be paid by credit card. I was reimbursed for everything, as long as I provided receipts, and documented the expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, my Korean sales staff were reimbursed for all their business trips-related expenses. They didn't have corporate cards, so I would have our local company prepay the big items (hotel, flights) and they would get reimbursed for the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Dutch people and companies are considered to be tight-fisted[1], they are, usually, extremely fair. Just make sure with your boss what is accepted during a biz trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] When I joined this company, my boss told me a &quot;joke&quot; that, according to him, explained clearly the general attitude towards money:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You know that Dutch people come from Scotland, right? Yeah, we were kicked out. We spent too much, they said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-22T04:16:57.137" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T04:16:57.137" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12203" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12204" CreationDate="2017-09-21T17:45:17.397" Score="1" ViewCount="489" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to &lt;a href=&quot;https://newyork.mae.ro/en/node/409&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Romanian consulate in NYC&lt;/a&gt; to renew my passport. They gave me a link to check if the passport was ready to be picked up, but I've lost the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I check the status of my passport renewal online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13628" OwnerDisplayName="Dan Dascalescu" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T10:46:49.830" Title="Where can I check online if the Romanian consulate in New York has my passport ready?" Tags="&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12203" CreationDate="2017-09-21T19:37:01.620" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The page is &lt;a href=&quot;http://newyork.mae.ro/cauta-pasaport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://newyork.mae.ro/cauta-pasaport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It requires your Romanian Personal Numeric Code, and your initial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13628" OwnerDisplayName="Dan Dascalescu" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T19:37:01.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-22T15:21:16.257" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's possible that I may move to Texas next year. Ignoring any potential legislation changes, I'd like to understand what my options are going to be, health-care-wise. I will likely earn a respectable salary, so I don't expect to need to be very stingy and look for the cheaper options - but I have heard health care is incredibly expensive in the US and that the health insurance companies may rip people off or exploit their poor choices of plans etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the different classes or categories of health coverage or health plans? I know that there are plans which are offered following the Affordable Care Act, but that those are kind of sub-par, and that there's such a thing as &quot;cadillac plans&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/health-insurance-companies/texas-carriers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, there are only 3 health care providers to individuals: Blue Cross/Shield, FirstCare, Oscar Insurance. Are these indeed the only places I should be looking for health coverage options?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My employer will likely offer me some kind of plan - they're just starting to set these things up so there are no details yet. Is it typically a good idea or a bad idea to opt for the plans employers offer? (I don't mean terribly exploitative employers, but rather - small tech companies.) Or - do employers, even small ones, typically get better conditions than what you can get as an individual?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there some kind of health-care &quot;consumer&quot; collectives or cooperatives for bargaining with care providers? Perhaps something the labor unions have?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note I didn't ask for recommendations for any specific plans since I assume that would be somewhat opinion-based and possibly biased.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-09-22T15:29:22.227" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T08:24:02.770" Title="Selecting a health plan in Texas" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12205" CreationDate="2017-09-22T15:53:45.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's typically a good idea to take the employer's health plan.  The maximum out-of-pocket costs under such a plan (that is, assuming the worst case where you get terribly sick) are typically similar to what you'd pay just in premiums to buy a plan for yourself (that is, assuming the best case scenario where you don't use any healthcare services at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T15:53:45.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12205" CreationDate="2017-09-22T16:23:33.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.verywell.com/hmo-ppo-epo-pos-whats-the-difference-1738615&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;comparison&lt;/a&gt; between what are apparently the main categories of health plans:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Requires PCP&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Requires referrals&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Requires pre-authorization&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Pays for out-of-network care&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Cost-sharing&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Requires claim paperwork?&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;HMO&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Not usually; via PCP other.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Typically lower&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;POS&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Not usually.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;In-net: If required, likely via PCP.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Upon PCP referral.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Typically lower in-net higher out-of-net&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;EPO&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Typically lower&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;PPO&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Typically higher, esp. out-of-net&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Only for out-of-net claims&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acronyms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;HMO = Health Maintenance Organization&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;POS = Point of Service&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PPO = Preferred Provider Organization&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EPO = Exclusive Provider Organization&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PCP = Primary care physician (= General Practitioner / family doctor you go to)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-09T08:24:02.770" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T08:24:02.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12205" CreationDate="2017-09-22T17:05:20.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A majority of non-retired Americans, the vast majority if you exclude people poor enough to qualify for Medicaid, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have employer-based health insurance&lt;/a&gt;. Employer group insurance premiums tend to be lower for what you get (self-selection effects in the individual market tend to make those risk pools sicker), and are cheaper still because the premiums are paid in pre-tax dollars. Virtually everyone who can get health insurance from their employer takes it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there is nothing &quot;sub-par&quot; about ACA insurance, in fact one of the big advantages of the ACA is that it puts quite a high floor under what coverage qualifies as &quot;health insurance&quot; so you can count on the plan you get to provide meaningful coverage. The major differences between plans are their actuarial value (i.e. what fraction of costs you are expected to pay out-of-pocket) and which providers accept the insurance plan you have. If your employer offers several plan options the people who can provide the best help telling them apart are people who live where you will since they'll have opinions about which providers are best to have available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case the short answer is to take your employer's insurance. The individual market exists only for people who don't have that option and is bound to be more expensive for the same coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T17:05:20.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-22T19:38:07.687" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no US visa and have never been to the USA, but I want to buy real estate and emmigrate there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what process I need to obtain residency in the USA. If I acquire real estate in the USA, will that help me with process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11637" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-23T10:40:49.560" LastActivityDate="2017-09-23T10:40:49.560" Title="Can I buy real estate in the US and get a visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12194" CreationDate="2017-09-22T20:45:34.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no definitive answer to that, among other things because there are no legal requirements.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It depends on the agreements you have/make, among these your contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is customary/what you can expect and even ask for (reimbursements):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All strictly business-related expenses, like required entrance fees, local travel costs, materials you have to buy, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meals. Very often a Dutch company will pay for your lunch/dinner (and breakfast if that does no come with the hotel booking).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlikely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting paid for extra hours travel&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;. You may have more relaxed requirements as to your presence in the office. Example: If you travel back later in the evening, or if you have extremely long days, it's OK if you start later the next day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allowance for being away from home. Very unusual.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These things all need to be determined/asked beforehand. You cannot just 'do' and expect to get paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is common that employees who travel frequently have a fixed addition to their salary for these kinds of expenses. In that case you just pay those extra expenses out of your own pocket. That saves a lot of bookkeeping. The additional sum is usually large enough to cover all that; it is even a way to increase peoples actual (net) income above the official base salary. Not that much, just in the order of 1,2 hundred Euros a month (depending on the frequency of your travels).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* Assuming you are not paid by the hour anyway. That would be unusual; you have a contract for X money and Y hours per month.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I'm talking about what a Dutch company usually does for its employees. International ones may have different customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-09-22T20:51:15.687" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T20:51:15.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-22T21:25:02.950" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some airline companies (easyJet in particular) don't seem to offer payment with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ideal.nl/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;iDEAL&lt;/a&gt;, but do seem offer a reduced fee (quite significantly reduced - 9 EUR or so) for using a debit card, e.g. Mastercard Debit or Visa Debit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get one of those issued in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, assuming the answer to the first question is affirmative: I have an ABN AMRO bank account and an ICS Mastercard (a credit card); do those help me / make it cheaper for me to get such a debit card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2021-03-29T00:02:50.357" Title="Can I get a(n internationally-recognized) Debit card in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2566" CreationDate="2017-09-23T05:51:28.487" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the policy regarding tax refund for ex trainee foreigners. It is in English and describes the qualifications and calculations in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0qAzQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0qAzQ.jpg&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13633" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-23T10:38:33.797" LastActivityDate="2017-09-23T10:38:33.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12190" CreationDate="2017-09-23T10:21:33.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which kind of tier 2 visa, have you been offered? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If T2 ICT, currently I think after April 2017 they only offer long-term visas, that I suppose is extendable from 1 to 3 then to 5 years. but ICT may not help you to settle down in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If T2 General, same rules may apply but that would help you to settle down, probably if u continue to stay in the UK and can apply for ILR after 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please co-relate with UK gov site, this information is indicative only.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11507" LastActivityDate="2017-09-23T10:21:33.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11254" CreationDate="2017-09-23T18:29:09.920" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am no expert, but I think PhD study counts towards residence permit. Because you work as a &quot;scientific researcher&quot;, which is a not temporary purpose of stay. Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/work/Pages/Scientific-researcher.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the link&lt;/a&gt; to IND.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/temporary-and-non-temporary-purposes-of-stay.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the link&lt;/a&gt; specifying what temporary and non-temporary purposes of stay are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13638" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-25T16:41:15.030" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T16:41:15.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-23T19:28:15.547" Score="4" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who met my Mexican born fiance in Texas 15 years ago. He was deported from the US 13 years ago after serving time in prison for a marijuana charge. He was told that he could reapply after 10 years. I was thinking of either applying for the fiance visa or marrying him in Mexico then applying for his visa. What's the best way to get him into the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13639" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-24T00:06:12.397" LastActivityDate="2017-09-24T05:56:19.217" Title="I want to get my Mexican fiance permanent residency in the United States with drug conviction" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12221" CreationDate="2017-09-24T05:56:19.217" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 10 years probably refers to the 10-year INA 212(a)(9)(A)(ii) ban for being deported from inside the US, which is already over. However, I believe he also has a lifetime INA 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) ban for a drug conviction, and he will need a waiver for this ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At his fiance visa or immigrant visa interview, the officer will determine that he has a ban and needs to apply for an immigrant waiver with Form I-601. A waiver for this ban is only available if there was only a single offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana (for more serious drug convictions, there is no immigrant waiver), and either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He can show there would be &quot;extreme hardship&quot; to his US citizen or permanent resident spouse (including fiance), child, or parent if he can't be in the US. Note that &quot;extreme hardship&quot; is very hard to demonstrate; mere separation from one's spouse is not enough. Or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15 years has passed since the drug activities, he has been rehabilitated, and the officer determines that his admission to the US will not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or security&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-24T05:56:19.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12224" CreationDate="2017-09-24T07:17:02.657" Score="2" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen. I have a Massachusetts driver's license and I moved to California: how long do I have to get a California's driving license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have crossposted the question at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://qr.ae/Tbc59Y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://qr.ae/Tbc59Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://redd.it/723rbu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://redd.it/723rbu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2017-09-25T02:34:04.033" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T08:05:58.750" Title="I have a Massachusetts driver's license and I moved to California: how long do I have to get a California's driving license?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12223" CreationDate="2017-09-24T07:23:16.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at the California DMV's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/newtoca/newtoca&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Information For Persons New To California&lt;/a&gt;.  Then follow the link for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&amp;amp;urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/dl/dl_info#two500&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to apply for a driver license if you are over 18&lt;/a&gt;  (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20170323144943/https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&amp;amp;urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/dl/dl_info&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you become a California resident, you must get a California driver license within 10 days. Residency is established by voting in a California election, paying resident tuition, filing for a homeowner's property tax exemption, or any other privilege or benefit not ordinarily extended to nonresidents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2017-09-26T08:05:58.750" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T08:05:58.750" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12141" CreationDate="2017-09-25T09:39:29.290" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on my experience, the German Embassy asked for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kmk.org/kmk/information-in-english/statement-of-comparability-for-foreign-higher-education-qualifications.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications&lt;/a&gt; from the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen(ZAB) as only my University (H+) was listed in the ANABIN Database and not my degree under that University. ZAB are also maintaining the ANABIN database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly on my ZAB application, I learned that an &quot;H+&quot; University doesn't necessarily means that all degrees offered in that university is equivalent to a German degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12021" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T09:39:29.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12191" CreationDate="2017-09-25T10:07:20.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does it mean that I'm exercising my Community rights?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an national of an EU member state, one of the community rights you have is the right to live and work in any EU member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To exercise the right to do something you do that thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, you exercise your right to live in the UK by living in the UK. If you are not living in the UK (or in some EU state other than the Netherlands) you are not exercising this particular right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I need to live in the UK before being able to exercise my Community rights?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to be living in the UK in order to be considered to be exercising your right to live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if the GMC are right, and you've reported what they said accurately, the GMC are saying you need to be exercising your right to live in the UK &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your wife applies for registration under the UK GMC under &quot;exempt person status&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" LastEditorUserId="8420" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T10:27:05.417" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T10:27:05.417" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-25T18:37:35.673" Score="0" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person finishes working with Company A under H1B, they get 60 days 'grace period' to find a new employer. When they get a new job offer, they submit the visa transfer application, and receipt of the application by USCIS is enough for that person to start working at Company B. That visa transfer may take somewhere in the region of six months to complete, but the person can still work for Company B. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: if this person finishes working with Company B AFTER the 60 days grace period is over, but BEFORE the visa transfer is complete, do they get a fresh 60 day grace period, or are they immediately out of status upon finishing with Company B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13646" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T05:59:46.787" Title="Second grace period during an H1B visa transfer?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12229" CreationDate="2017-09-26T05:59:46.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You remain in status for 60 days beyond the termination of employment. That's what the &quot;grace period&quot; means. When you are applying for a transfer along with an extension of status, that does not in itself give you status. Once 60 days after your termination from Company A ends, you do not have status. You can work for Company B by virtue of regulations that says you can work while an extension of status application is pending even if you don't have status, but that doesn't give you status. If you were to abandon the transfer and extension of status application, you don't get 60 more days of status, because you are not in status to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T05:59:46.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12104" CreationDate="2017-09-26T08:58:52.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was also rejected by the credit agencies in not only freezing my credit but just to request the annual report. As an expat living abroad, I can not provide the requested documents proving US residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can not be that a US citizen with US financial accounts and credit history does not have the same right to protect their data and identity as someone living in the US. I have written in the last couple of days two journalists and contacted Senate representatives. The Massechusetts Senator is active in working on credit agency legislation now and you should contact your state Senator as well.  Here is the address: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue needs to be raised by many to change legislation around credit agencies!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13652" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T08:58:52.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-26T10:24:59.443" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in UK and my spouse is working in France. Can I apply for a working permit of UK and spouse permit in France, so I can move between two countries easier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13653" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T10:24:59.443" Title="Is it possible to have two residence permits (one of UK and one of France)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12198" CreationDate="2017-09-26T12:28:27.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the time in France, when police comes because you are too noisy, they will begin by asking you to stop and it will end here if you comply (and don't start again once they are gone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forgot to mention that it depends on what kind of noise is involved. If we are speaking either of partying/music/tv or home improvement noises, the above paragraph will apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are speaking of loud dispute or someone shouting for help, things will probably be different as police might want to investigate what's going on and prevent potential crimes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end of edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They might nevertheless fine you if they feel like it (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F612&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F612&lt;/a&gt;). They could either give you the fine receipt on the spot or send it by mail a few days later. That is not very common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the picture they took of your ID, that is really uncommon and I am not even sure that it is legal. That might mean they wanted to check your ID once back at the police station, but this is usually done via radio communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think that there will be no consequences, unless you were facing over-zealous police that wrote down this on some unofficial register because you are not a french citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source : experience as a native French citizen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2017-09-26T20:27:22.010" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T20:27:22.010" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12198" CreationDate="2017-09-26T17:05:34.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you'd been written up, you'd have been given a paper on the spot, most probably. Or in the mail, soon after the incident. Since you didn't get anything, you still have a clean record, I believe. Besides, a noise infraction isn't criminal, so it wouldn't influence the renewal of your resident permit. Heck, these days, even foreign convicted criminals are hard to expel...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the photo of your ID, it could be they were too lazy to write your details down, to check them later at the station. So they took a pic, instead of writing. Again, if you haven't heard back from the cops, you're in the clear. Just keep the noise down...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T17:05:34.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-27T00:52:18.177" Score="1" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of country 'P'(in South Asia), applied from the country 'Q'(in EU) where I was studying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Previous refusal (2017) disclosed and noted. PA (34), married with one&#xA;  minor child intend to study in Canada at 'X' University in a&#xA;  MSc in 'Y'. Letter of&#xA;  representative noted on file. University letter for IRCC showed unpaid&#xA;  fees for the first academic year. Statutory declaration of PA's father to&#xA;  financially support his son while in Canada. According to PA's&#xA;  statement of purpose, he was refused at multiple universities in 2014&#xA;  and 2017 for continuing his academic progression and already has a&#xA;  full-time employment offer from a private university in 'Z'. I&#xA;  have concerns regarding the purpose of travel, length of stay,&#xA;  immigration status in country of residence, employment prospects in&#xA;  country of residence, family ties in country of residence and&#xA;  financial abilities to support study program. Previous officer&#xA;  concerns remains. I am not satisfied the applicant is a BF temporary&#xA;  resident in Canada and that she would leave Canada at the end of the&#xA;  authorized stay. Application refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Embassy says I didn't pay my tuition fees when University directed me to pay tuition fee after obtaining Visa. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Embassy says I am not a BF student - when I am doing a research in a university in the country from where I have applied for the Visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The embassy says my financial ability is unsure - when I supplied appropriate financial evidence which they didn't like.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They say they are unsure about my family ties - I am married with a child. I supplied the marriage certificate and birth certificate of the child.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they say I was refused in multiple universities when I was accepted in a last university where I am studying to do a graduate research and I am still a bona fide and running student. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is going on actually?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T23:41:37.410" Title="Canadian study permit refusal" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-27T06:47:22.207" Score="3" ViewCount="811" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to the US with a O-1 visa. I have a relationship with my partner, we live together but we are not married. She moved to the US with me under a B2 visa, since we read it is common that unmarried couples use the B2 visa for these purposes if they are cohabitating partners. We plan to be in the US up to three years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the interview in the consulate, she got a multiple entry visa that is valid for 10 years. However, the consulate officer told us she won't be able to live in the US. In fact, after landing in the US, the border officer put a stamp on her passport valid for 6 months (we passed the border together). We will visit our home country (and come back to the US) before those 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I safely suppose the border officer will renew her stamp for at least 6 months more after coming back from our home country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to get a stamp for 1 year?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, is it possible that a border officer denies her entry after entering the US several times with the same B2 visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4824" LastEditorUserId="4824" LastEditDate="2017-09-27T17:21:58.960" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T21:25:27.467" Title="Long stay in the US of unmarried partner with B2" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-27T20:01:53.557" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living full time in France and have already exchanged my US driver's license for a French / EU one. As part of the process I had to turn in my US driver's license, which I guess they destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm back in the US, visiting (I maintain a US address at a relative's house) and actually have mail that my US license is up for renewal. In practice, I don't think there's anything stopping me from going to the DMV and getting a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I wonder if it's actually legal for me to have two licenses from two different countries simultaneously. In France I'm guessing it might not be, since they required me to forfeit my old license. And in the US I'm not sure. Having trouble finding the legal specifics of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T12:10:47.563" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T21:33:56.767" Title="New US driver's license after exchanging it for a French license" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12243" CreationDate="2017-09-27T21:16:11.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has been a very long time since I was in that situation, and my situation wasn't exactly the same (I was married but I was working in a status that provided no derivative status for a spouse), but I can give you my understanding of the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US immigration law does not recognize a relationship between unmarried, but de facto, partners as a qualification for a derivative (or any) visa. The B-2 visa is sometimes suggested for de facto partners not because it is an appropriate status for a de facto partner to join the visa holder but because it is the only status available for her to enter in, appropriate or not. It is a miserable, uncertain way to stay since her continued presence in the country and the conditions of her stay depend on the discretion of every officer she sees, the officer's willingness to recognize the validity of the relationship within the constraints of the law they enforce, and whatever policies-de-jour they are operating under. Note that your experience at the consulate, with them granting a visa (I imagine) you applied for with the expressed purpose of her living with you while simultaneously telling you it wasn't (legally) suitable for that purpose, is probably a typical example of the ambiguity and uncertainty you'll always be dealing with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the questions, there is no guarantee that they'll let her reenter but, since there is no formal link between her status in the US and your's, you'll maximize the probability of success if you always accompany her so that the situation is clear to the officer whose discretion you are relying on. Stays of up to a year are possible but I really don't know if you should explicitly ask for that or just try to suggest you'd like her to stay as long as she can (from the comment above it seems like you should); if you want to stay in the US longer than they give her you can always apply for an extension of stay while remaining in the US. And, yes, they can refuse her entry, on the current visa or a new one; there is no guarantee. They will be relying on your status, the fact that you are a non-immigrant and will eventually be leaving for home (with her) after a longer stay, to conclude that her own long stay does not imply immigrant intent and is hence permissible, but you are at the mercy of the discretion of each officer you deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do she should be scrupulous about maintaining her status and conditions of stay. The first sign that she is anything but compliant will likely end their tolerance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It used to be that stays on this basis were routinely granted (and my wife got 1 year stays, though that was long ago in somewhat different circumstances), and the fact that she got the visa is a hopeful sign, but it was never without uncertainty and I have no knowledge of how they treat this currently. There is no legal basis that would allow her to expect to be admitted, you can only hope they do. If you want greater comfort you could try speaking to a lawyer who has recent experience with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2017-09-27T21:25:27.467" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T21:25:27.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12320" CreationDate="2017-09-27T21:27:49.617" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am soon relocating from USA (New York, NY) to Italy. I have a bunch of personal effects (e.g., clothes, books, a game console, some souvenirs) that I would like to ship to Italy. I think I can fit these into two large boxes, say max 60-65 lbs (30 kg) each (probably less).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestion on how to do that in a relatively cheap (and secure) way?&#xA;I have been looking at prices on UPS, FedEx, and DHL, and they are astronomical. Time is not a primary concern, it may take up to a couple of weeks (as long as it is secure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how to avoid VAT or customs? All of these are personal belongings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11508" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T20:11:11.940" Title="Shipping personal effects from USA to Italy" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-27T23:33:37.457" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my online research I have not found any precedents, but the decent character of the Irish nation leads me to think that they would be very responsible and accommodating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13661" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-28T09:16:40.553" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T09:16:40.553" Title="Have any US citizens ever received refuge or political asylum in the Republic of Ireland?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12249" CreationDate="2017-09-27T23:47:01.163" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/republic-ireland/statistics&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;published statistics&lt;/a&gt;, there were no refugee applications from US citizens in Ireland last year. Of note is that there were 70 rejected applications from South Africa, with none approved. I suspect it would be difficult to establish a case of US political persecution sufficient to justify refugee status. Despite the current political climate, the US simply does not reach the levels of depravity that countries such as Syria, Pakistan, Albania, etc can reach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T23:47:01.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-28T17:19:30.977" Score="5" ViewCount="1447" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to apply for a British passport. I have learned that since I was born to a British mother and an American father, and was born in 1972, that I do not qualify under my mother for citizenship. However I've just seen a post from Danny back in September 2015 that he was able to apply for his with similar circumstances as mine. I would like to know how I can do the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13664" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T08:57:08.067" LastActivityDate="2018-09-14T17:44:30.313" Title="Apply for British citizenship under a British mother born before 1983" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12251" CreationDate="2017-09-28T18:23:32.740" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is correct. I did this last year, am now in Britain with my dual passports. – saneity Sep 11 '15 at 14:37&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Agree with the statement that the site is not always helpful for those born before 1983. I was born in 1971 in a very similar situation to the OP (Scottish mother/American father/born in USA), and while the questionnaire is correct in indicating that I was not already a British citizen, it makes no mention whatsoever of the possibility that I could register as a citizen through my mother - the question of parentage is never even asked. I registered back in 2011 and have had dual passports for the last few years. – Danny Sep 17 '15 at 17:56&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13665" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T18:23:32.740" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12251" CreationDate="2017-09-28T19:44:06.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are not currently a British citizen, because British citizenship by descent could only be passed from the father prior to 1983.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you are currently eligible to register as a British citizen, if you would have gotten citizenship had women been able transmit citizenship the same way men could. Basically, this means your mother had to have been a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (i.e. she was not herself born outside the UK and got citizenship at birth through her parent; if she was born in the UK or naturalized in the UK that would be fine). If and when your application to register is approved and you are a British citizen, you can get a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T19:44:06.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12242" CreationDate="2017-09-28T23:41:37.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I&quot;m going to do some speculation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You applied to multiple universities in 2014 and 2017 before getting accepted so you're not a prime candidate. You're also coming across as very eager (desperate) to get into Canada since you've had a prior refusal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stating that you have a job offer in your current country of residence may have backfired. If you're willing and/or looking for a job there, you'll probably look for a job in Canada as well and abandon your studies or work illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T23:41:37.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-29T00:20:59.563" Score="2" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend's mother was Ghanaian, her British father died about 15 years ago. She is 36 and lives in the USA. Is she entitled to a British passport because of her father?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13666" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-03T13:41:28.907" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T10:13:26.750" Title="Entitlement to a British passport" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12255" CreationDate="2017-09-29T01:04:54.563" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is really about British citizenship because someone can only get a British passport if they are already a British citizen or other British national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't give enough details to determine whether she is currently a British citizen. I can give some situations in which she would be a British citizen from birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she was born in the UK, she is a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she was born outside the UK, and her father was a British citizen at the time she was born, and specifically he was a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (meaning he was not himself born abroad and got citizenship from a parent; if he was born in the UK or naturalized in the UK then that would be okay), she is a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T01:04:54.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-29T12:41:22.503" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it at all possible to obtain a student visa for Italy while already in Italy? I am studying at a language school and wish to stay for longer, but I don't know if it's at all possible to get a visa when I am already in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm American so I'm not sure if I can go to the American consulate here to see what I can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13667" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T14:22:10.550" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T19:17:33.633" Title="Applying for student visa while in italy?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-29T14:00:36.820" Score="3" ViewCount="1928" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Swathi and recently entered France on a student visa, for a 2 year program. The visa is for one year only and then I'll need to extend my stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know if my spouse can join me in France on a dependent visa now. as I have been a resident for exactly one month, or should I wait a few months? If my spouse comes here, can he work full or part-time on a dependent visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13668" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-09-30T05:39:12.397" LastActivityDate="2017-09-30T11:02:58.317" Title="Dependent visa for France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12251" CreationDate="2017-09-29T14:25:49.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your situation sounds the same as mine, as long as your mother was a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother was born and raised in Scotland by British parents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My father is a US-only citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was born in the US in 1971&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The starter page for information can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/born-before-1983-to-british-mother&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - you're looking for form UKM.  I did all this back in 2011, so it's possible details have changed, but here are the notes on the process I took at the time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trickiest part of the form was needing 2 &quot;referees&quot; (references), preferably one with a British passport that is not related to you.  I ended up calling friends of my parents and had them download the form, fill out their section, and mail it to me so I could do the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I had that in hand I sent it, along with a form that authorized them to deduct my credit card for fees - it was something like $120 for the embassy to copy all my documents and forward them to the UK. (It looks like the current fee is £80). I gave them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My birth certificate.  I mailed mine to my birth state (not my current state) to get an apostille. I don't know for sure that this was required in this case, but some countries do require it, and it was only $10. Took about a week there and back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother's expired passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My US passport (expired is OK)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother's birth certificate.  I ordered hers from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Scotland's People&lt;/a&gt; website (which is also great for genealogy)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After they had received my packet they sent me an email asking for my parents' marriage certificate to show the link between my parents' names and mine.  I really don't know that this was required - they had my birth certificate, after all - but they accepted a scanned email version, so it was easy enough to do.  If you have it, I would send it in at the beginning. It seems more like this would apply for the time period where a British father could only pass citizenship to his child if he was married to the mother.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent all the originals to the British Embassy in Washington, they scanned it all and checked it over (see point #5, above) and then mailed them back. The return fee was part of the ~$120 I paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They say it can take up to 6 months to process, but I planned on getting antsy around 3 months.  Fortunately it was basically 3 months to the day from when I got all the documents back in the mail to the day the letter arrived from the British Consulate in Houston. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave me an appointment for a month later. I paid ~$140 on the spot for the ceremony (I'm still not 100% convinced that this shouldn't have been included as part of the original fee, but I was excited enough not to quibble). After the ceremony they handed me a passport application form. More forms, mailing and waiting, and I had my UK passport about 2 months later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you would then be a British citizen &quot;by descent&quot;, so you cannot automatically pass your citizenship to your children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7098" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T14:25:49.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-29T14:43:44.800" Score="1" ViewCount="1585" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know if is it necessary to change my name on the passport after marriage. I am getting married in February and my spouse is a French citizen. He will do the paperwork for me after marriage to get me along with him. So, do I need to have a passport with my husband's name for that purpose, as my current passport is not expired yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13669" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-03T13:40:53.390" LastActivityDate="2017-10-03T13:40:53.390" Title="Information for name change on passport after marriage" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12257" CreationDate="2017-09-29T18:42:11.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US consulate will not be able to help you very much.  They might have some information about which Italian authorities can help you, but I wouldn't hold my breath.  As far as travel is concerned, they mostly issue US passports to US nationals and US visas to non-US nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot get an Italian visa while you are in Italy, but you may be able to apply for a residence permit.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/10717-How_and_where_a_foreign_national_can_obtain_a_residence_permit_in_Italy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Polizia di Stato&lt;/a&gt;, you can apply for a permit for certain purposes, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poliziadistato.it/statics/30/residence_permits_comuni_patronati.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;including for study&lt;/a&gt;, at one of the following agencies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Municipalities ('Comuni') which provide this service; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;'Patronati' (institutions offering advice and social assistance to workers); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Immigration Desk (Sportello Unico per l'Immigrazione) set up in every Italian province at the Prefettura; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Post Offices, where you receive the kit containing the application form. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are a non-EU national, you will need the kit with the yellow stripe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does your language school have an international student office?  You will presumably need some sort of evidence from them that you're studying there, so they may have a person who deals with that sort of thing, who should also know more about the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T19:17:33.633" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T19:17:33.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12262" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12263" CreationDate="2017-09-30T02:38:57.570" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;What, if any, are the benefits of filing for an EAD while waiting for an I-485 approval, assuming the applicant is from a country for which there is no wait for visa numbers and has plenty of time left on their H-1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Filing for a EAD requires filling out forms and paying filing fees, so it would be good to know if there are any benefits to it if you expect the greencard to arrive soon anyway. It would be especially interesting to know if it somehow helps if there is a layoff from the employer while waiting for the I-485.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6250" LastEditorUserId="6250" LastEditDate="2017-12-12T19:34:49.070" LastActivityDate="2017-12-12T19:34:49.070" Title="Any benefits of getting EAD while waiting for I-485 approval if priority date already current?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12262" CreationDate="2017-09-30T03:44:12.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, EAD (as well as Advance Parole) is free to apply for (and free to renew indefinitely) for I-485 applicants, so you do not pay any &quot;filing fee&quot;, and there is no downside. You don't have to use it if you get it, and you don't lose anything if you don't use it, but it is always better to have the option to use one if a sudden need comes up for it, even if it is unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't know that your green card will &quot;arrive soon anyway&quot;. The time that Adjustment of Status takes varies a lot and in some cases can be years. On the other hand, EAD and AP come in a predictable timeframe. If your work terminates unexpectedly for whatever reason, you can use the EAD to work for a new job without the new employer needing to petition you for H1b. (You did not say what category of immigration you are doing; if you are doing employment-based immigration petitioned by your current employer, how a termination of work may affect your I-485 is a whole other discussion that may depend on factors like how long your I-485 has been pending.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-09-30T03:44:12.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12260" CreationDate="2017-09-30T04:23:23.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Your marriage certificate will list your maiden name, and that's what is used for the paperwork. In France, you can be called by your husband's name (or not), but most official paper work (French ID card, driving license) will document you as Mrs XXXX (your family name), &lt;em&gt;épouse&lt;/em&gt; (spouse of) YYYYY (your husband's name). Others, like the Carte Vitale (Social Security card) will list you as Mrs YYYY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your country, when you renew your passport, your country might let you (or not) add your husband's name on the passport. Chances are though that they'll still want to list your birth family name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice would be, in the specific case of France, not to change anything on your own country's ID documents -- as your marriage certificate will list your birth name -- and get your French ID papers (resident card) with both names listed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: been there done that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-09-30T04:23:23.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12258" CreationDate="2017-09-30T06:42:11.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is in principle possible to have your spouse join you while you stay in France on foot of a student permit. Your can apply for that after having resided for 18 months in France and there are a number of other conditions regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11166&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;income and accommodation&lt;/a&gt; that might be hard to meet for the average student. Dependents on a long-stay visa or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2209&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;“vie privée et familiale” residence permit&lt;/a&gt; are allowed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-09-30T11:02:58.317" LastActivityDate="2017-09-30T11:02:58.317" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-30T12:11:59.017" Score="2" ViewCount="852" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (Canadian) just got a récépissé for her Carte de Séjour application. The agent told us she cannot travel until she receives her CdS!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately we already booked a trip to North America for the week before our appointment, and we cannot delay that trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we get into any trouble when we re-enter France? We will carry our marriage certificate with us (I am EU citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What I am more concerned about: could we have an issue at the Prefecture appointment afterwards if they see (e.g. from a passport stamp) that we left the country while waiting for the CdS?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked an earlier question on this topic, but now the situation is more specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Added info: at the time of our re-entry, we will have spent less than 90 days in Schengen and only about 40 days in France. When I mentioned the upcoming trip to the agent, she basically advised to not show the récépissé at the border and not get a passport stamp, or otherwise she said we'd have to start the whole process over...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12141" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T10:37:51.817" Title="Travel with récépissé for Carte de Séjour" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12376" CreationDate="2017-09-30T17:26:54.300" Score="4" ViewCount="460" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's visa application got refused based on immigration rules 319C(d) and (e), which are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) The marriage or civil partnership, or relationship similar to&#xA;  marriage or civil partnership, must be subsisting at the time the&#xA;  application is made. (e) The applicant and the Relevant Points Based&#xA;  System Migrant must intend to live with the other as their spouse or&#xA;  civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner throughout the applicants&#xA;  stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the original application I provided the marriage certificate, our whatsapp chat transcripts covering one and a half year of chats, and photos of our marriage and trips/honey moon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the decision letter the ECO did not mention the photos and only mentioned the chats of 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question dear members is, how do you prove to the ECO that I actually do intend to live with my wife forever and that our marriage is subsisting. Does anyone have any experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will start the review application soon and was looking for some guidance. I would also like to add that my marriage was an arranged marriage as is the norm in my culture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T15:03:06.097" Title="&quot;Marriage is not subsisting&quot; - How to defend something like this?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-30T20:01:58.997" Score="1" ViewCount="392" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband's H1 B is approved and H1B status starts on Oct 1st, 2017. I'm planning to travel to India (home country)in November. In the form DS 160 for H4 visa, should I enter my home country address or my current US address? Also, when asked for &quot;spouse's address&quot;, should I write his Indian home address or our current U S  address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13674" LastEditorUserId="13674" LastEditDate="2017-09-30T20:30:42.760" LastActivityDate="2018-02-05T23:12:07.653" Title="Home country address or U.S address in DS 160 form for H4?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-01T04:24:02.753" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) I have recently left my employer to take up a job with another company. I have another 3 weeks to go before joining the new employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the new employer wants me to process my B1 visa so that I can travel to USA in the 1st week of joining to attend a 2 week training. This means I will have to attend the visa interview before I joining the new employer. Will this cause issues in the interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Also since I have not joined the new company yet, I do not have any payslips to show the visa officer. What can I do to fix this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Finally, since I am technically between jobs, which company should I list as my current employer in the DS-160 form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice me on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3758" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T06:43:40.413" Title="Applying for b1 visa before starting employment" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12293" CreationDate="2017-10-01T12:48:59.767" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a job in the Netherlands and now my future employer needs to arrange a working visa for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will relocate with my partner, and the visa for her has to be arranged by ourselves. She will not work for some time once we'll relocate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently we are citizens of a non-EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently my employer has contacted me and told me that I need to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register as a non-resident in person in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After this, I'll get my BSN (social security number).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With this BSN I should open my bank account in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And I also should provide my employer with the address in the Netherlands where I registered (I doubt I need to at this point).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process looks a bit complicated and the employer doesn't answer very fast, so hopefully you can shed light and answer some of my questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I understanding it right that at first I should register as a non-resident for my employer to apply for a visa for me and once I get my visa I'll register as a resident (I won't live in the Netherlands/EU while visa is getting arranged)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I register at the city hall (such as Amsterdam City Hall)/local city office or just visit a local tax office (in Amsterdam or any other Dutch city)? My thought is that I can use a local tax office to get my BSN, since at first I register as a non-resident. Should I choose a city other than Amsterdam to speed up the process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I register as a non-resident, can I do it without an address in the Netherlands? I want to find an accommodation once my working visa is issued, not before.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was told I will get my bank account instantly. But how long getting a BSN will take? Will I manage to get a BSN in 1-2 days? Or I will need to wait for 1 week? Or if I apply at the local tax office, even in Amsterdam, will it be fast?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since I will relocate with my partner and we have to arrange the visa for her ourselves, should I travel this time with her to get BSN and bank account for her also? Or this is not necessary and she won't need all of this until I get my own visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the perfect time to apply for a visa for my partner? Once my visa is issued or before?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13678" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T21:45:17.203" Title="Get BSN and bank accounts in the Netherlands for me and my partner" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-02T18:59:29.683" Score="3" ViewCount="688" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the end of this year we are planning to move to Zurich, we are an unmarried couple without children, both from EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've received an offer from a Swiss company and expect to receive contract of indefinite duration for roughly 100K CHF.&#xA;Based on that I think I might be granted a B permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gf at the moment of arrival probably will be unemployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have sign Verpflichtungserklärung to get her same permit as me or any other than L for 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13685" LastActivityDate="2017-10-02T20:05:17.703" Title="Unmarried couple moving to Zurich" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12274" CreationDate="2017-10-02T19:44:08.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that this is more or less a preliminary answer with some research pointers rather than a comprehensive answer to your question.  I don't have personal experience with the Swiss implementation of its obligations related to the EU freedom of movement directive, but I do have a fair amount of experience with the directive's application in the EU itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing to note is that according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/renewal-overview-swiss-residence-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence permits page&lt;/a&gt; at www.ch.ch (a great domain name, I must say), is the list of permits that apply to EU and EFTA nationals:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permit L EU/EFTA (short-term residence permit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permit B EU/EFTA (residence permit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permit C EU/EFTA (settlement permit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permit Ci EU/EFTA (residence permit with gainful employment)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permit G EU/EFTA (cross-border commuter permit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They then have a link to a page with contact information for the cantonal immigration authorities.  The Zürich office is on the web at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ma.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/migrationsamt/de/home.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ma.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/migrationsamt/de/home.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There (if you read German) you can find, by following two links for &lt;a href=&quot;https://ma.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/migrationsamt/de/einreise_aufenthalt/einreise_aufenthalt.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Einreise &amp;amp; Aufenthalt&lt;/a&gt;, a link in the right-side navigation menu for &lt;a href=&quot;https://ma.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/migrationsamt/de/einreise_aufenthalt/einreise_aufenthalt/eu_efta-personenpersonenfreizuegigkeit.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU EFTA-Personen &amp;amp; Personenfreizügigkeit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directive applies not only to spouses and other legal family,  but also to &quot;the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested&quot; (Article (3)(2)(b); in German: &lt;em&gt;des Lebenspartners, mit dem der Unionsbürger eine ordnungsgemäß bescheinigte dauerhafte Beziehung eingegangen ist).&lt;/em&gt;  States are free to define this phrase, however; for example, the UK requires the partners to have at least two years of cohabitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know how Switzerland applies this phrase, and I did not see any evidence of the word &quot;Beziehung&quot; on their web pages.  Similarly, the federal site's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/family-reunification-eu-efta/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English-language page on the subject&lt;/a&gt; does not mention that route.  But if they &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; recognize such relationships, and if yours qualifies, that will certainly be the best way to get permission for her to move to Switzerland with you, short of entering into a registered partnership or getting married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she cannot qualify based on your relationship, she may be able to qualify as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/retirement-or-study-switzerland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;self-sufficient person&lt;/a&gt; (back to the federal site):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons who are not gainfully employed (e.g. retirees and students) may remain in Switzerland if the following conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They have adequate financial resources to cover the cost of living in Switzerland so as to ensure that they will not become dependent on welfare benefits, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They have a health insurance policy that also includes accident coverage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Students must also show the letter confirming that they have been admitted to a recognised educational institution (confirmation of enrolment).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stays of up to 90 days within a six-month period do not require authorisation. For longer stays, foreign nationals have to register with the cantonal migration office as a non-employed person. The corresponding EU/EFTA residence permit will remain valid for a period of five years (for students, the permit will remain valid for the duration of education and training or will remain valid for one year and be renewed at one-year intervals). These residence permits will be renewed automatically as long as the abovementioned criteria are still met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to make a formal pledge of support in that case, but the site does not seem to indicate it as a possibility.  You asked&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have sign Verpflichtungserklärung to get her same permit as me or any other than L for 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she can get a permit based on your relationship, then probably not.  From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/eu/fza/personenfreizuegigkeit/factsheets/fs-familiennachzug-e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family reunification factsheet (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the main entitled person is an employee , then the right to family reunification is not contingent upon that person's financial situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, in any event, she does not need &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; permit to stay for up to three months.  From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/eu/fza/personenfreizuegigkeit/factsheets/fs-uebersicht-fza-e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement factsheet (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No permit is needed for stays in Switzerland lasting less than three months, either as a tourist or an economically inactive person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-10-02T20:05:17.703" LastActivityDate="2017-10-02T20:05:17.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-03T08:13:25.977" Score="6" ViewCount="680" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may be moving to the US in several months (for work). I'm very worried about gun violence in the US, where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In 2016, there were more mass shootings than days of the year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In 2016, over 15,000 people were shot to death (over 33,000 people were killed by guns overall including suicides, accidents etc.). And that's not counting the wounded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In 2011, over 450,000 people &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/Pages/welcome.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;were&lt;/a&gt; victims of a crime committed with a firearm.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Statistics show that the US is in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;world of its own&quot;&lt;/a&gt; relative to other developed states in the world: I live in the Netherlands right now, and it has 13x less gun deaths per million people (2.1 vs 31.2).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even law enforcement in the US is heavily armed and extremely prone to violence, shootings particularly, having &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;killed 1095 people in 2015&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, I may be moving to Texas, which is a &quot;concealed carry&quot; state, in which people can even hide their guns, and though this requires a license, the government is required to issue that license and there isn't much/any restriction regarding who gets it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generally speaking, what should I do / be aware of so as to reduce the chances of being involved in gun violence (other than living as a hermit)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What can I do to avoid being &lt;em&gt;worried&lt;/em&gt; about the gun issue? I mean, the fear of the police, fear of people who seem unfriendly/intimidating and brandish guns, and suspecting people might be concealing and gun and might pull it out if you cross them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-04-10T23:29:07.147" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T23:29:07.147" Title="I may move to the US, but I'm kind of scared of the gun violence" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12277" CreationDate="2017-10-03T10:35:19.520" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don’t get fooled by statistics. If you compare the gun violence numbers to the total population, it is still very small, and you will proably never encounter it - I live in the US for 15 years, and I have not &lt;em&gt;seen&lt;/em&gt; a single gun yet (outside a shop). Your chance to have a serious car accident while driving is significantly higher.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course, there are places where your chances are higher to encounter one, but those are locations you probably would avoid anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-10-03T10:35:19.520" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-03T17:01:55.733" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone is unemployed and 40yo, can he get a student visa in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the situation compare, ff he has a,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Masters offer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PhD offer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am refused twice. To me, possible reason could be I applied from a 3rd country. What do you think? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user11149" LastEditorDisplayName="user11149" LastEditDate="2017-10-03T18:28:54.130" LastActivityDate="2017-10-03T18:28:54.130" Title="How does age and employment affect study visa decision?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12282" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12283" CreationDate="2017-10-03T17:47:11.410" Score="1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an extended family member of an EEA National (British citizen living in the UK) and I'm from Pakistan. I want to apply for a Residence Card as an extended family member of an EEA National living in the UK, but I can't find an online link to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; takes you to the online application for a PERMANENT Residence Card, instead of a Residence Card, which comes after the Permanent Residence Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found forms for my kind of application, but I'm unable to find a way to apply online while even the links in the forms [PDF] say there's a way to apply online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can you tell me where can I apply online? As filling in forms on paper is difficult and time taking and also prone to errors if nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13691" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-04T10:08:28.127" LastActivityDate="2017-10-04T10:08:28.127" Title="How can I apply online for a UK Residence Card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12282" CreationDate="2017-10-03T17:54:35.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You can only apply online in connection with your EEA family member's application for a permanent residence document&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;4. Apply&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The qualified person can include you if they &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate/permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online for permanent residence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you must download and fill in either the:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-registration-certificate-or-residence-card-for-a-family-member-form-eea-fm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for a direct family member&lt;/a&gt;, form EEA (FM)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-registration-certificate-or-residence-card-for-an-extended-family-member-form-eea-efm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for an extended family member&lt;/a&gt;, form EEA (EFM)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Find out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;which application form you should use&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Post it to the Home Office, using the address on the form. Include the fee and supporting documents listed on the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Fees&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It costs £65 for each person to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-03T17:54:35.767" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12277" CreationDate="2017-10-04T03:58:04.590" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry about it.  A substantial majority of those gun murders are criminals killing other criminals and most of the rest are domestic matters--neither of these poses any appreciable threat to those who don't put themselves in the situation in the first place.  Even most of those &quot;mass shootings&quot; are criminals killing criminals--a lot of people really torture the data to make the threat look larger than it really is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Locally, a simple test:  If the victim isn't a criminal a murder will be in the paper, likely rather prominently.  I don't think what I see in the paper is more than 10% of the murder rate.  (This year excepted--I live 9 miles from the MGM Grand mass shooting.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most&lt;/strong&gt; states in the US permit concealed carry.  It's basically a non-issue--if someone has managed to keep their nose clean long enough to get a concealed carry permit it's very unlikely they are of a criminal bent.  If someone with a concealed carry permit goes to jail it's far more likely because they did something wrong in carrying (generally a matter of carrying where they weren't supposed to) than they did anything criminal with the gun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in Texas it's unlikely you will see a gun other than on a guard's or officer's belt unless you choose to put yourself in a position where you're likely to encounter them.  (Note, however, that there are shooting sports--and thus you're likely to see them behind the counter in sporting goods stores.)  As an adult I've seen guns once unexpectedly--I was in a store that is mostly a ranch supply store and it didn't occur to me they would have a firearms section.  (Edit:  Since I wrote this I had another unexpected encounter with a gun.  I live in a state that permits open carry--and for the first time in the quarter century that I've been here I actually saw someone doing so.  The gun stayed on her hip where it belonged, surprising but not threatening.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the number of crimes committed with a firearm--in practice you're better off if the mugger has a gun than if they have a lesser weapon.  The more superiority the mugger has the more likely they are to use the threat rather than actual force to accomplish their aims.  You're better off if the mugger points a gun at you and demands your wallet than if he clonks you and takes it.  Note that while our murder rate is high our other crime rates are not--if anything you're probably safer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the average person not engaged in anything criminal the only substantial effect of guns is to avoid actions which could be interpreted as threatening if you're stopped for a traffic violation.  No sudden movements, never put your hands out of sight without telling the officer what you're doing.  (If you are of a criminal bent the issue is very different--guns mean that you can't be confident of being able to overpower someone.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastEditorUserId="387" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T04:25:51.850" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T04:25:51.850" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-04T08:27:44.343" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Cameroonian and I arrived in the United Kingdom 3 years ago as a student. I could not pay my tuition (payer ma scolarité) and my visa was canceled. One year ago I had a child with an English citizen. I asked for permanent residence. Yesterday, I received an answer and I was asked to go to a police station to indicate my presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this response mean that my request has been refused?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I be arrested when I am at the police station? Previously, I was arrested in a police station when asked to appear there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13699" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-10-04T10:06:36.813" LastActivityDate="2017-10-04T10:06:36.813" Title="Do I risk being expelled from the country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-04T13:14:16.750" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU national working in the UK, and my partner is a non-EU national, working here using an EU family permit. Sometime in the future, we may plan to leave the UK, and a general plan might be to resign from our jobs, and spend a week or two not working, but packing up our things, saying goodbye, etc. before definitively leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there issues with this  period spent not working and not looking for work with respect to my partner's residence rights? And what about our access to the NHS should we unexpectedly need it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been living in the UK for five years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6557" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:08:12.303" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:08:12.303" Title="Finishing work before leaving the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12271" CreationDate="2017-10-04T14:03:33.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, seems like I managed to find answers to all of my original questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No, it's not necessary to register in the Netherlands before you actually get your working visa. In my case it was my future employer, who required this info. They just need to enter these numbers into their system before the year ends. As for the government, they only require you to register once you get your visa and have arrived to the Netherlands (you register as a resident then).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you, like me, just want BSN for your future employer, not for IND, register in some municipality (city) with a Registration Agency. Make sure to make an appointment. Most municipalities require making an appointment via a phone, but some (Alkmaar) will ask you to send them email instead. In some municipalities the nearest available date will be month away from the date of your call (Amsterdam), but some will let you make an appointment just couple of days away (Utrecht). If you're not comfortable with waiting, just call multiple municipalities until you find a suitable date available. Hint: use Skype on your phone for cheap international calls. Here is a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documents/leaflets/2013/12/11/registration-when-staying-in-the-netherlands-for-a-short-period/Registration+when+staying+in+the+Netherlands+for+a+short+period+2017-04.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PDF with the list of all municipalities with a registration agency&lt;/a&gt;, including phone numbers and general information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, you can register as a non-resident in the municipality with a registration agency without actually having an address yet. Non-residents don't live in the Netherlands and therefore have no address here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you register as a non-resident in some municipality with a registration agency, you'll get your BSN instantly and in the same day you can open a bank account with this BSN. Don't forget to make an appointment (call them). In the bank you typically don't need to make an appointment. Bank account however will not be accessible for some time (month or more?). However some banks (ING) are giving debit cards (Maestro?) and internet banking access immediately, that is you will be able to use some services in no time, but not all (credit card for example). In any case, you'll get your bank account number, which you can give to your employer (my future employer requested it). Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/11777/anomuse&quot;&gt;anomuse&lt;/a&gt; for this answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In my case it's my employer, who needs my BSN and bank account number so they can enter this info into their system. They will not arrange the visa for my partner, so it isn't necessary for her to get her own BSN and bank account number in beforehand. She will get them once her long-term visa will be issued and she will arrive to the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The perfect time to apply for a visa for a partner of the person who will soon work in the Netherlands is right after the employer started the visa request for this person. This can be done in the local Dutch embassy of the partner's home country. However, in our case we faced a rude and dare I say hostile behavior from the representatives of the Dutch embassy here in Russia. We talked with them via a phone, but they just said that they will not let us to apply for my partner's visa through the embassy. They insisted that this is the job of the employer, that is the employer should take the arrangement of our both visas on their own. My future employer has clearly stated that they will only arrange my visa, not my partner's. The other option is that I can arrange the visa for my partner myself, but only once I get my own visa. My visa will take months to be approved and then we'll need to wait for some more months to get my partner's visa to be approved. This is very frustrating and I think this refusal from the Russian embassy to process my partner's application is a sheer violation of IND policies. I've already sent my complaint to the IND via email, hopefully IND have some power over embassy to make them do their work. Keep in mind that some embassies of in some restrictive countries may be problematic and try to negotiate with your future employer that they also apply for your partner (or spouse) visa. Tell them you cover the expenses, if it's needed. This way you may save yourself from some unforeseen problems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13678" LastEditorUserId="13678" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T21:45:17.203" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T21:45:17.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12292" CreationDate="2017-10-04T19:08:44.000" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unofficially based on personal experience, it shouldn't matter at all. There is no central registry in the UK that would flag you up as not being a worker anymore, especially if your stay is only a few weeks long. Even if you are on a normal visa you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/immigration/stay-in-uk/overstayed-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might have 90 days to leave the country after it expires&lt;/a&gt;, so even if they tell you or your partner that you cannot stay anymore you you'll still have 3 months to actually leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your partner already has the permit to be with you then most likely no one would care at all whether you're still working, or not. Also for NHS access: having a GP is usually enough, in case you need to use their services. If you haven't registered at a GP yet, you might get into problems though, so you should do that while you're working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/23/number-of-eu-citizens-detained-in-uk-up-by-27-figures-show&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there are reports&lt;/a&gt;, that the Home Office is trying to crack down on some EU citizens, so if you definitely wish to be on the safe side for those few weeks (especially if your partner wishes to leave and then re-enter the country), then you can do one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; site around EU family permits, it will still be valid if you are in one of the four qualified person categories, &quot;self-sufficient&quot; being one of them. Unfortunately officially you need to have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance if you are only self-sufficient and not a worker. While the Home Office usually only cares about CSI in case you wish to obtain Permanent Residence, if you want to make sure you don't end up in problems, you might want to obtain the insurance for the few weeks you wish to remain in the UK. Note that the insurance has to cover both you and your partner. I'm not sure how much a CSI for a few weeks would cost (or if you can actually get one for only a few weeks), but this is definitely the safest option to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you cease working, and immediately register as a jobseeker in one of the Job Centres, then you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eearegulations.co.uk/Regs2016/ByPage/regulation_06&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might retain your worker status for up to six months&lt;/a&gt;. However this only applies if you &quot;provide evidence of seeking employment and having a genuine chance of being engaged&quot;, which - as you wish to leave the country - have not. It might still be safer than doing nothing, and enough for the few weeks you wish to remain in the UK however.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you already lived continuously for five years in the UK, and have been either working, or were self-employed (or a student/self-sufficient having CSI), then you are qualified to be a Permanent Resident. To prove this right you can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent Residence&lt;/a&gt;. While the process takes a long time (more time than you will probably spend in the UK), based on EU law you are already have the PR status, so your partner's residence card is still be valid, if you encounter problems with the Home Office you can tell them that the application is pending. This option would have a cost of £65/person + the time lost by doing the application, which might not be worth it for the few weeks you wish to stay&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note also that this only applies until 30 March 2019, after which there is still no info on what would happen to any of the permits and options described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2017-10-05T12:09:39.650" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T12:09:39.650" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-04T20:33:24.647" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French and have been living in the UK for a long time with my British husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have adopted twin boys (full adoption) 20 years ago when they were 7 months old (now 21). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they automatically take the French nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13703" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-10-04T21:00:41.117" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T03:59:29.507" Title="Do my children have French nationality?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12295" CreationDate="2017-10-05T03:59:29.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Automatic? No. Especially since you were living abroad. But your children may have the right to ask for it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://ci.ambafrance.org/Acquisition-de-la-nationalite-1624&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; says, among other things, that the France residency requirement is waived if the French parent doesn't reside in France. On the other hand, it mentions that an &lt;em&gt;exequatur&lt;/em&gt; is required for the adoption to be recognized in France, if it was done abroad. Which I suppose is your case: if you adopted the children in the UK, you'll need to have this adoption legally recognized at the French Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this is done, since they're adults, &lt;strong&gt;they&lt;/strong&gt; will have to talk to the French Consulate. They're the only ones now who can ask for the French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T03:59:29.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-05T04:07:05.173" Score="5" ViewCount="2148" Body="&lt;p&gt;Parents are Canadian PR holders migrated from India to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Planning for next baby in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does new born baby get Canadian citizenship, on the day of birth?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2017-10-05T06:02:50.837" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T12:49:53.717" Title="New born baby - Citizenship rule" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12297" CreationDate="2017-10-05T06:18:45.300" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada has unrestricted &lt;em&gt;Jus Soli&lt;/em&gt;, and thus any child born in Canada is automatcally a citizen by birth. This is irrespective the parent's immigration status or nationalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T06:18:45.300" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12297" CreationDate="2017-10-05T06:29:29.023" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada's &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29/page-1.html#h-3&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3 (1) Subject to this Act, a person is a citizen if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the person was born in Canada after February 14, 1977;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, the child will be a Canadian citizen from the moment of his or her birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T06:34:30.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-05T06:37:03.950" Score="4" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indian parents are Canadian PR holders living in Canada. Parents are also Indian citizens, by birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Baby born in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We prefer child to hold canadian passport, but also hold living rights in India, for education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure for new born  baby for first landing in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2017-10-05T20:08:03.347" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T20:08:03.347" Title="New born baby - Landing in India" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2017-10-05T06:49:31.240" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The child is eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgivancouver.org/pages.php?id=191&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)&lt;/a&gt;.  This will allow the child to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Citizenship_of_India&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;live in India without being subject to foreigner registration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T06:49:31.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-05T09:22:04.243" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure whom should I ask for this information. I recently got a new permanent job, and I'm moving because I need to stay closer to where I work. Among the stuff that needs to be done there's setting the council taxes apparently. I'm moving into a totally different town and I was used to have &quot;all bill included&quot; and all sort of expenses in my previous renting contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the question is should my employer in general deducts the council taxes from my salary? Or should I pay it in a different way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually assume my former employer has payed the taxes for me, by deduction. But just for future references I think it's for the best if I know what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T21:28:41.713" Title="Council taxes now that I'm moving because I'm changing job" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-10-13T16:19:43.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-05T12:47:21.730" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to get a US B-1 type (business visit) visa for an upcoming visit. If I were back home (in Israel/Palestine) - I would not have any choices to make, just perform the procedure vis-a-vis the US embassy and it's done (after a while). Went well enough last time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm expatriated in the Netherlands. So,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I get a visa only from the embassy in Tel Aviv, or also from the embassy here in the Netherlands? Or perhaps even at the US consulate in Amsterdam?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If both back home and in the Netherlands are possibilitie4s - is there a benefit (e.g. in terms of processing time) of doing it at the Tel Aviv embassy rather than in the Netherlands?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T07:19:19.387" Title="Getting a US B-1 visa - here in the Netherlands or back in Israel/Palestine?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;israeli-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-05T13:00:29.093" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: a few years ago, but during my adulthood, my mother (born in the UK) successfully claimed French citizenship, which she had inherited from her father (French, born in France). I (born &amp;amp; living in UK) would like to similarly assert French nationality and acquire a certificate of French nationality, passport, etc.; and hopefully do the same for my wife and child. I am aware that the process will be fairly long and involved, requiring official translation of various documents and one or more appointments at the consulate in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am quite daunted by the whole thing as the information I've found (on uk.ambafrance.org and various private websites) often seems incomplete or inconsistent. My French language skills aren't super strong, and the consulate is a fairly long &amp;amp; expensive journey for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect that working out the full, detailed, procedure that I'll need to take is beyond the scope of a Stack Exchange question, so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there (capable) individuals / companies who can provide this kind of assistance as a service?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In particular working out the full sequence of steps I need to take so I can get it right first time, possibly also accompanying &amp;amp; interpreting at the consulate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ideally someone less expensive than a fully qualified French solicitor practising in the UK!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13576" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-05T15:53:52.873" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T15:53:52.873" Title="Assistance with claiming French nationality" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10026" CreationDate="2017-10-05T13:14:52.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per the suggestion of phoog above, I did a little experiment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left France for 3 months and carried the old passport but did not present it at the border. &lt;strong&gt;I presented only my titre de sejour and current passport, and that was fine.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have since exited and re-entered France from non-EU locations several times. I have not been asked about this once, although I continue to present my titre de sejour along with my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T13:14:52.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12297" CreationDate="2017-10-05T15:25:08.983" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your child is born in Canada, your baby is &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; a citizen just by being born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say planning for next baby in Canada; does that mean you have a newborn just born outside of Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada has both &lt;em&gt;Jus soli&lt;/em&gt; (right of soil) and &lt;em&gt;Jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; (right of blood). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are permanent residents and not citizens, &lt;em&gt;Jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; does not apply. Therefore you need to rely on &lt;em&gt;Jus soli&lt;/em&gt;. This means you need to be careful both of your paperwork is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;perfectly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in order and up to date before the birth and well past the expected delivery date. Any problem with your PR status could translate to you not having the right to be on Canadian soil at the time of birth, which could result in your baby not being seen as having &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; and therefore not a citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It only takes a minor slip from either 1 parent so &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;be sure everything is ready&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For clarity, I recommend referencing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt;, but below are the parts that are most relevant for you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Part I Section 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons who are citizens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1) Subject to this Act, a person is a citizen if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) the person was born in Canada after February 14, 1977;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) the person was born outside Canada after February 14, 1977 and at the time of his birth one of his parents, other than a parent who adopted him, was a citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) the person has been granted or acquired citizenship pursuant to section 5 or 11 and, in the case of a person who is fourteen years of age or over on the day that he is granted citizenship, he has taken the oath of citizenship;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c.1) the person has been granted citizenship under section 5.1;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Not applicable to children of foreign diplomats, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a person if, at the time of his birth, neither of his parents was a citizen or lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence and either of his parents was&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) a diplomatic or consular officer or other representative or employee in Canada of a foreign government;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) an employee in the service of a person referred to in paragraph (a); or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) an officer or employee in Canada of a specialized agency of the United Nations or an officer or employee in Canada of any other international organization to whom there are granted, by or under any Act of Parliament, diplomatic privileges and immunities certified by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to be equivalent to those granted to a person or persons referred to in paragraph (a).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that while the law reads that &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt; does not apply when &quot;at the time of his birth, neither of his parents was a citizen or lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence&quot;, the unfortunate reality is that this clause has been applied in several cases where 1 parent was a lawfully admitted PR, and another was either was found to be &lt;em&gt;in the country&lt;/em&gt; unlawfully (regardless of whether or not they were &lt;em&gt;lawfully admitted&lt;/em&gt;), or has lost their PR status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As both CIC policies and immigration regulations have changed in recent years, many do not realize there are more ways than ever to lose PR status in Canada, as seen in this vaguely worded statement from CIC:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must not engage in an act that would make you inadmissible to Canada such as committing a serious crime. Other acts that could lead to a permanent resident losing your status include security, human or international rights violations, organized criminality and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;misrepresentation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permanent residents are not afforded the same protections and privileges under Canadian law as Canadian citizens and may be subject to removal if they commit criminal acts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;misrepresentation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is applied very broadly and includes directly or indirectly misrepresenting or withholding facts, and/or being sponsored by someone who has. The courts in Canada has ruled in several cases that this includes misrepresentations made by a third party (such as a immigration lawyer or your company) &lt;em&gt;even where the either the third party or the individual was not aware of the misrepresentation&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13712" LastEditorUserId="13712" LastEditDate="2017-10-07T12:49:53.717" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T12:49:53.717" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2017-10-05T16:03:35.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get the child a standard visa if you do not wish to go for OCI. Note that the child will require a new visa for every trip past the expiry of the previous one. OCI takes much longer to acquire, but is for life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T16:03:35.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2017-10-05T18:44:26.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on whether the child has Indian citizenship or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to India's Citizenship Act, a child born abroad to at least one Indian citizen parent is an Indian citizen by descent if the child is registered at an Indian consulate within one year of birth, and the parent declares that the child does not hold a foreign passport. The child would have to renounce other nationalities within 6 months of age of majority or lose Indian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you register the child, and do not get a Canadian passport for the child, the child will have both Canadian and Indian citizenships, at least until 18.5, and in this case, the child can live in India with all the rights of an Indian citizen just like any other Indian citizen. However, it will be problematic for the child to return to Canada after leaving, without losing Indian citizenship, because as a Canadian citizen, the child cannot get a Canadian visa, so the child has no document that will convince an airline to let them board on a flight to Canada, other than a Canadian passport. And getting a Canadian passport will cause the child to lose Indian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T18:44:26.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12302" CreationDate="2017-10-05T20:02:51.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are buying or renting a home directly (not involving your employer) then you are responsible for paying council tax from your own funds (as distinct from your employer deducting the tax at source)&#xA;Contact the Council responsible for your new address and inform them of your moving date. They will send you a bill, which is based on the value of your new home. You can likely do this on the Council website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2017-10-06T21:28:41.713" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T21:28:41.713" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12312" CreationDate="2017-10-05T22:00:29.363" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently quit my job in the UK to educate myself more and try to find a job in non profit sector (database management, salesforce, data analysis, M&amp;amp;E). I've been volunteering my skills for a while now and decided to apply to a few jobs to see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One organisation from NYC really liked me and wants a phone interview and upon it being successful face to face interview. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my CV I clearly stated that my native language is not English (despite full professional proficiency in English) and that I am currently in South America for a volunteer placement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a US B2 tourist visa, but since I have no address in my CV I didn't mention I will need a working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to be fair but at the same time to see how far can I go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is two-fold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will it be easier to get a US working visa with a non-profit behind me that offered me a position and are willing to help?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When should I mention my situation (non-US citizen, no working visa)? Should it be during the phone interview, or should I keep it about my skills, see if they think I am a good fit and let them decide later if I'm worth the trouble of obtaining the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13717" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-06T11:55:15.987" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T11:58:17.707" Title="I got a phone job interview in US, but don't have visa yet" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12311" CreationDate="2017-10-06T02:43:26.337" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When should I mention my situation (non-US citizen, no working visa), should it be during phone interview, or should I keep it about my skills, see if they thing I am a good fit and let them decide later if I'm worth the trouble of obtaining the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should tell them immediately. Getting a visa can be a difficult process, particularly if the company is not familiar with the process. For software engineering positions, they typically state very clearly whether they accept visa candidates or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I'd advise you to tell them as soon as possible. It will be better for both parties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13672" LastEditorUserId="32" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T11:58:17.707" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T11:58:17.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12311" CreationDate="2017-10-06T04:39:41.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This expands the existing answer to give a bit more explanation of why the employer should know about the need for a visa as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if they sponsor visa applications, and not all organizations do, the job may not be suitable, you may not be qualified, or the timing may not meet their needs. See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;H-1B Specialty Occupations, DOD Cooperative Research and Development Project Workers, and Fashion Models&lt;/a&gt; for some of the issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many, but not all, non-profits are subject to the H1-B cap. The cap for fiscal year 2018, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, has already been filled. Organizations that do sponsor and are subject to the cap may time their consideration of alien applicants to have the applications ready to go the day the application window for a fiscal year opens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is no chance of you getting the job, it is better for everyone, yourself included, if the application is rejected early. It is better to spend your time on applications that might succeed. If they don't feel you have wasted their time, the employer is more likely to help by e.g. suggesting related organizations in countries where it is easier to get a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastEditorUserId="6427" LastEditDate="2017-10-06T05:46:45.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T05:46:45.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12303" CreationDate="2017-10-06T07:19:19.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, it's best to apply at the consulate in whose jurisdiction you reside.  The US embassy in Tel Aviv, for example, is likely to be unfamiliar with the circumstances of Dutch residents, so they will have a harder time evaluating your application than will the consulate in Amsterdam.  However, the US does not &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; applicants to apply in their place of residence, so you may indeed apply in Tel Aviv if it will be more convenient for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My source for this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the State Department's page on visitor visas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must schedule an appointment for your visa interview, generally, at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where you live. You may schedule your interview at any U.S. Embassy or Consulate, but be aware that it may be difficult to qualify for a visa outside of your place of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US embassy does not appear to process visas, so if you want to apply in the Netherlands, you must apply at the consulate general in Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: the embassy/consulate lookup on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the State Department's visa page&lt;/a&gt; does not accept &quot;the Hague,&quot; and does not return any results when the user types &lt;code&gt;hague&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;haag&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I get a visa only from the embassy in Tel Aviv?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you are not required to go to Tel Aviv; in fact, it is recommended that you apply in Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;or also from the embassy here in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, the embassy does not process visa applications.  Go to the consulate general in Amsterdam instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or perhaps even at the US consulate in Amsterdam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed.  This is the recommended place for your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If both back home and in the Netherlands are possibilities - is there a benefit (e.g. in terms of processing time) of doing it at the Tel Aviv embassy rather than in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned above, staff in Tel Aviv may have a harder time establishing your eligibility for a visa than staff in Amsterdam.  This suggests that a refusal is more likely if you apply in Tel Aviv.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to processing times, as of October 2017 Amsterdam should be much quicker than Tel Aviv.  The Tel Aviv embassy currently shows 24 calendar days for visitor visas, while the consulate general in Amsterdam shows 9 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For other visa categories, Tel Aviv shows 2 days, while Amsterdam shows 9 days.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T07:19:19.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12316" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-06T09:39:50.620" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an occasional collector of British sports cars, but I'm moving to Estonia (EU). If I register a car there, and unregister the car in the UK, then later bring it back to the UK, would the car keep it's original date of first registration and all the tax and regulatory rules and prestige that come with owning a 1970s vehicle still apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13718" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T09:39:50.620" Title="What happens to a car when it becomes unregistered in the UK?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12318" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12322" CreationDate="2017-10-06T13:06:19.743" Score="0" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a recent PhD graduate (mathematics) from Europe, and I am looking for a job in the US. My CV is not that great to get a postdoc or a teaching job at some prestigious university (where they would probably be able to get me a visa). Is there any chance I could get a job at some small college (maybe some small state university or community college) without already having a visa? Will I be able to get a visa if I get accepted as an instructor there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13720" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T17:21:06.650" Title="Is it worth applying for a job to community colleges in the US as a foreigner (no visa)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-11-09T09:55:56.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-06T13:20:44.313" Score="1" ViewCount="539" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, working under a blue card work permit in Germany as a permanent employee. My contract mentions a notice period of 8 weeks while resigning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a 5-year old son. Currently I am planning to take a 12-month parental leave. I have the following queries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the employer legally bound to give me the parental leave, or is it at the mercy of the employer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) While I am on parental leave, can I resign the job without serving the 8 weeks notice period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13721" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T22:01:51.633" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T15:05:59.153" Title="Resignation during Parental Leave in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12248" CreationDate="2017-10-06T20:11:11.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my limited personal experience I suggest pack them into the extra hold baggage of your flight to Italy. Otherwise, the least I've paid was 200 pounds sterling for half a pallet from UK to Italy, most was over 5000 for half a shipping container also UK to Italy (included paying company for packing and 6 months storage.&#xA;Website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bonvu.com/shippingcalculator/shippingCalculator.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bonvu.com/shippingcalculator/shippingCalculator.php&lt;/a&gt; quotes prices from around $ 250 upwards - provide better dimensions and get better results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose I should edit this to address the customs and tax: you don't avoid them, but declare them on the required form as personal effects, if necessary include evidence of age and value (receipts). Again, only have experience relocating five times beteeen European states and sometimes I used a firm other times I did the form myself: doing it myself was far easier and cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13723" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T20:11:11.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-06T20:40:58.947" Score="-1" ViewCount="778" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Ethiopia, living in Saudi Arabia with my parents. My father's stepsister lives in the UK and she is a British citizen. My question is: Can she send me a visa to live with her forever (not tourist nor student visa) so I can complete my studies there? She agreed that she will support me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, which type of visa I should apply for? I am little confused because I am 16 years old. What should I do? She is ready to sponsor me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13724" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T00:42:11.053" LastActivityDate="2020-08-22T20:27:58.287" Title="Which visa should my aunt send for me to live in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ethiopian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12318" CreationDate="2017-10-07T04:33:13.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as the official rules are concerned, it does not matter if the petition comes from a well-known university or a community college.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big problem is that there is significant paperwork involved. Well-known universities that aim to recruit the best qualified students and faculty on a world-wide basis have staff who do that paperwork regularly, and are likely to do it correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A smaller school may not want to get involved in international hiring at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest contacting several possible colleges to ask if they sponsor international faculty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T04:33:13.003" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-07T13:37:55.170" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student living in Morocco. I found an internship research program in the  UK lasting 12 months. It is an unpaid position. I want to know which type of visa do I need? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13730" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-07T21:59:48.040" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T20:08:05.557" Title="Moroccan PhD student participating in science research in the UK for unpaid work. What type of visa do I need?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12325" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12355" CreationDate="2017-10-07T15:34:17.653" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved in to my apartment I signed up with KPN for Internet access (over the telephone cabling, so some kind of DSL I guess) + a phone account (which I don't really use). I didn't compare prices much, I had other things on my mind. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching a bit right now, I mostly find &quot;all-in-one&quot; packages - Internet, TV channels and phone; and the packages are advertised for their extreme speed, another thing I don't care about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I minimize my costs for a plain-vanilla just-Internet connection?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I suppose this could depend on my place of residence. It's Amsterdam; and my apartment seems to have the coaxial cable connection used for &quot;cable TV&quot; (I mean I see a coaxial splitter sticking out from a wall).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T14:17:54.960" Title="A cheap(er) just-Internet connection in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12321" CreationDate="2017-10-07T16:35:19.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry but there is no suitable visa that matches what you have asked for. The visa that might suit you is for study. Once you have completed your studies you may then be able to apply for a new visa for work.&#xA;The total cost will be tens of thousands of British pounds (over at least 5 years) because you will have to pay international student fees for your courses.&#xA;The UK government has relevant advice here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T16:35:19.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-07T19:48:06.423" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can understand, this stack is about posting questions relevant to bureaucracy issues and other technicalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for other types of advice though. To be exact, I am looking to migrate to Britain but would like to get advice on which town to choose, different &quot;dos and don'ts&quot;, advice on how to efficiently one can find a reasonably priced apartment, student friendly areas, etc....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which I think is out of the scope of this stack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So could anybody introduce me to a forum that would have people that may be able to help me out by giving their two cents or guide me on that particular subject?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13684" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:07:59.673" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:07:59.673" Title="Finding an expat relative/friendly forum for the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12321" CreationDate="2017-10-08T05:50:36.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Want/don't want&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; often have little to do together, especially when it comes to immigration. You are under the impression that there has to be a visa for your needs/wants. Since you want to go to the UK to study (and, possibly, if they let you, to live there permanently), the first step is to apply for a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting permanent residence in the UK requires that you spend a few years (from 2 to 15, depending on your residence status) in the UK as a temporary resident &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt;. You can't just be abroad, never having lived there, and hope for permanent residence. So you need to qualify first. Which means getting in the UK, hopefully on a legal basis. And in your case there isn't anything much outside a student visa. Especially at your age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my advice is, stop day-dreaming about what-ifs, and start looking into a student visa, and the costs, which, as mentioned in another answer, will be in the tens of thousands of GBP. And that's of course IF you can find a school that accepts you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T05:50:36.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-08T07:58:44.610" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son, now 16, has been living with me since he was 4 years old and was adopted formally under Thai law last year at the age of 15. Apparently the adoption is recognised under UK law, but that does not automatically entitle him to British nationality or a UK passport. Any advice from anyone else who has adopted abroad from outside the EU? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13736" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T16:29:30.243" Title="British Nationality for Thai adopted child" Tags="&lt;children&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-08T10:41:35.807" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in UK on tier 2 visa.We have our baby born here in London last month. &#xA;I have applied for Indian Citizenship certificate and also for the Indian Passport for the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just want to know what else is required for the baby, if we plan to return to India? We do not intend to come back to UK, so probably no dependent visa required for him? Also, hope this would not impact any future visa processing for my child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&#xA;Regards&#xA;Saloni&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13739" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T10:41:35.807" Title="Child UK Visa for baby born in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12329" CreationDate="2017-10-08T16:29:30.243" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The general guidance for children born overseas, including adopted children, is here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-how-adopted-children-can-become-british/intercountry-adoption-and-british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-how-adopted-children-can-become-british/intercountry-adoption-and-british-citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible that he is automatically a British citizen but only if the adoption was certified as in accordance with the Hague Convention and you were resident in the UK at the time the adoption was made final.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, you may still be able to register him as a British citizen:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/children-born-outside-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/register-british-citizen/children-born-outside-uk&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583385/MN1_Guide_January_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full guidance&lt;/a&gt; is quite lengthy but particularly see pages 30 and 31 for the information you need to provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T16:29:30.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12324" CreationDate="2017-10-08T19:43:00.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The organisation offering the internship would have to sponsor your visa and they will be to help you with this. If they can't help it means they are not able to offer the position to non EU citizens.&#xA;There is some relevent information here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-n-authorised-exchange-schemes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-n-authorised-exchange-schemes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T19:43:00.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-08T22:52:10.713" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife &amp;amp; I moved to Mexico over a year ago.  Our Temporal Visa was to expire on August 13 and we applied for (3 year) renewal on July 28. I just received an email on October 6th saying my Application was approved, but my wife has not received her approval email yet.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I wait for her to receive her email/approval before I go finish the process for me?  How long can I wait?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can you tell me EXACTLY everything that I will need to take in to INM when we go? It's been so long since I applied that I am worried I forgot everything. I know I need the photos and have to pay the bank, but do I need to fill out another formato basico or original application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I obtain the from online to take to the bank to pay the fees (if so, where?) or do I have to get that from the INM office?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are in Playa Del Carmen, Q. Roo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13742" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T14:58:46.013" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T16:47:59.577" Title="What is needed for completion of Temporal renewal?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12336" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-10-09T00:45:50.577" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T00:45:50.577" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T00:45:50.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12337" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-10-09T00:45:50.577" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Europe" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T14:59:19.743" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T14:59:19.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12338" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-10-09T00:46:18.227" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T00:46:18.227" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T00:46:18.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12339" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-10-09T00:46:18.227" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Ethiopia." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T14:59:25.423" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T14:59:25.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12340" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-09T08:17:18.067" Score="1" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation. My father was British, my mother German. I was born in 1981 in Germany. At the age of 2 we moved to Great Britain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I grew up in Wales and at the age of 17 I got a British passport. My father had to show his birth certificate to prove the both he and his father were British so that I could get a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is, am I British by descent or am I a registered British? I now no longer live in Britain. I moved to Germany at the age of 20 and have both nationalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13743" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T08:41:05.717" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T12:22:19.153" Title="Am I British otherwise than by descent?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-09T10:35:39.467" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the situation is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am from the USA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I entered the Schengen Area on August 6, 2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I applied for a German language course that runs from October 16, 2017 through December 12, 2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am also in the process of applying for my residence permit on the basis of the language learning course.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I received a letter back from the foreigner's office that a residence permit could be granted to me through December 12 and I have a meeting set up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once my residence permit runs out (on December 12), will I go back on the Schengen visa and can I use the remainder of my 90 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13745" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-09T14:59:42.433" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T14:59:42.433" Title="Switching between a Schengen visa and a residence permit in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-09T12:57:15.667" Score="1" ViewCount="499" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a student visa in Australia and I'm facing DUI charges in the US. Not convicted yet, but had to leave the States due to family emergency. I had a court date but missed it. Being an Indian citizen my question is: Should I declare in the student visa forms the DUI charges OR, knowing that Australia does not consider DUI convictions with regards to granting visas, can I not disclose this on the forms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13747" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-11T06:44:13.440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T13:50:36.720" Title="Do I need to disclose pending DUI charges in application for Australian student visa" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12343" CreationDate="2017-10-09T18:23:51.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should complete immigration forms as carefully, completely, and accurately as you can. Often, the forms ask broad questions, such as whether you have any pending charges. They do that because asking for exactly the situations that would lead to rejection would make for very complicated questions, and people who omit something could reasonably claim not to have understood the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/103379/uk-visa-with-past-conviction&quot;&gt;travel question&lt;/a&gt; concerns the consequences of omitting a decades old minor conviction on a UK visa application. It is unlikely that the original conviction would have prevented a visa being issued. Lying about it was a different matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T18:23:51.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12346" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12357" CreationDate="2017-10-09T21:43:40.043" Score="1" ViewCount="986" Body="&lt;p&gt;A non-American individual, waiting for an I-485 to be approved, has an EAD and works in the United States. His EAD expires on November 15. The individual filed for an EAD extension on September 15, and still hasn't received  the I-797C Notice of Action for the EAD extension from the USCIS. The individual qualifies for the  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Limited_180-Day_EAD_Extension_Rule/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Limited 180-Day EAD Extension Rule&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20171009214406/http://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Limited_180-Day_EAD_Extension_Rule/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On November 15, if the individual still hasn't received the I-797C Notice of Action, is he forbidden to work in the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The individual is aware that he may compact the USCIS to inquiry about the  non-delivery: &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20171009235830/https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-Delivery of Notice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you miss a notice about your pending case with USCIS? While your case is pending, we may mail you notices such as a request for additional evidence or a decision notice. Our customers sometimes report to us that these notices are not received. Check your case status online to see whether we mailed you a notice. For selected forms, you can send us an inquiry if you did not receive a notice that we mailed you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: Do not submit an inquiry if you recently filed an application. You should receive a receipt notice within 30 days after filing at a Service Center or 10 days after filing at a Lockbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.i9.talx.com/Popups/Documents/I-9InstructionsNew.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-9&lt;/a&gt; doesn't seem to mention the Limited 180-Day EAD Extension Rule:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lGFcr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lGFcr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(see expiration date section. I have no idea why the USCIS has this tendency of disabling copying texts from their forms.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(unless an I-797C Notice of Action for the EAD contains some new expiration date)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-17T18:28:13.493" Title="Limited 180-Day EAD Extension Rule: I-797C Notice of Action for the EAD extension not received, and EAD expiring soon" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="31" CreationDate="2017-10-10T00:10:51.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;China is one country that does require a statement from the &quot;local police&quot; that the person does not have a criminal record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13753" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T00:10:51.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12350" CreationDate="2017-10-10T07:48:45.210" Score="6" ViewCount="2192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (not Dutch), with an EU child, married to a non-EU spouse (South African). I am moving to the Netherlands and am trying to understand the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11950/eu-citizen-eu-child-non-eu-spouse&quot;&gt;an initial question&lt;/a&gt; about this in the past. The IND referred me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/eu-eea/pages/family-member-with-different-nationality.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is I am getting conflicting information from the IND in the Netherlands as opposed to the embassy in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IND states we need to have my wife apply for a Schengen 90-day visa in South Africa, then apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands once we arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Dutch embassy in South Africa told me that we cannot apply for a Schengen, but should rather apply for a MVV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we apply for a Schengen or MVV visa in South Africa to allow my wife to enter the Netherlands?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we travel together to the Netherlands and may my wife remain in the Netherlands while the residence card is being processed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a Schengen visa, is it not a problem if the 90 days run out prior to the residence card being issued?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the IND website link I provided, the EU family member has to prove that: '&lt;em&gt;Has lawful residence in the Netherlands (a proof or registration or a valid residence document)&lt;/em&gt;' - what does this requirement mean?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a small child and want to avoid a situation where he would be separated from his mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:07:48.080" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T06:12:34.350" Title="EU citizen and EU child, non-EU spouse - Netherlands visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12348" CreationDate="2017-10-10T08:39:46.493" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will write here, but I'm not an expert, so please wait until you get a more informative answer or a confirmation for my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two procedures to get MVV (at least how it was 6 years ago): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can apply to it from outside of NL and then get visa to enter NL and finish application here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You enter NL by any other visa and apply to MVV here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think both suggestions are possible and correct. I would follow IND since they have latest/finest info and they have much more massive number of cases that they handle. Also time to get 90 days visa is probably much faster so you can enter NL complete earlier (if it is important for you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main - don't worry! NL has really open procedures and they are less bureaucratic than other countries might have. They always welcome you and your family and family is priority number one for every Dutch here. Also your case doesn't look any exceptional so I don't expect anything going out of the track wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T08:39:46.493" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12348" CreationDate="2017-10-10T09:22:26.923" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we apply for a Schengen or MVV visa in South Africa to allow my wife to enter the Netherlands?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not really clear whether they will process your application as an MVV application, but there is certainly evidence that they will process it as a Schengen short-stay application.  On the VFS Global site, the page about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vfsglobal.com/netherlands/southafrica/Visiting_Family.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;visiting family&lt;/a&gt; notes the fee exemption for family of EU citizens:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following categories of applicants are exempted of Visa fees only:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spouse and Dependent Children of EU Nationals (Proof of EU Nationality and relationship with applicants needs to be provided). Provide air ticket which clearly shows that you will be travelling with the EU Citizen. This is subject to EU treaty rights i.e. Spouse and Dependents cannot exercise this exemption when visiting country of origin of the EU National.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because VFS seems to charge a separate fee, you should also be able to submit your application directly at the embassy or consulate, to avoid paying any fee at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we travel together to the Netherlands and may my wife remain in the Netherlands while the residence card is being processed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife can remain in the Netherlands as long as you are also in the Netherlands, because she enjoys freedom of movement in the EU when she is with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a Schengen visa, is it not a problem if the 90 days run out prior to the residence card being issued?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not as long as the two of you are together.  If you have to leave the Netherlands then she's probably okay as long as the application is pending, but the situation would then be controlled by Dutch law, with which I am less familiar, instead of by EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the IND website link I provided, the EU family member has to prove that: &lt;em&gt;'Has lawful residence in the Netherlands (a proof or registration or a valid residence document)'&lt;/em&gt; - what does this requirement mean?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that before your wife can apply for her residence card, you must register your residence with the municipality so you can submit proof of your registration along with her application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T09:22:26.923" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T09:26:06.993" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non UK citizen (I'm Algerian) and non UK resident (I work in Saudi Arabia). I Hold a bank account with HSBC in UK. Do I have to pay taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13754" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T09:26:06.993" Title="UK taxes for non UK citizen and non UK resident holding bank account in the UK" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12340" CreationDate="2017-10-10T12:22:19.153" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From personal experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your father was British otherwise than by descent, you are British by descent (because born abroad)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your father was British by descent, you could not be British just via your parents. You could have been naturalised and then you would indeed by British otherwise than by descent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On a side note, your children (if born abroad) would not be British at all, but you could still naturalise them (otherwise than by descent) because your father was so &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; you lived in the UK (this was the case 2 years ago when I last checked, things might of course have changed).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13757" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T12:22:19.153" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12348" CreationDate="2017-10-10T13:51:42.330" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have gone through a similar process to move to the Netherlands from the UK with my girlfriend who is an EU citizen. Since we are not married, my answers might be slightly different from what you would go through but I'd like to offer any help anyway as I know how stressful this process could become :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do we apply for a Schengen or MVV visa in South Africa to allow my wife to enter the Netherlands?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Schengen visa at the Dutch Embassy in London and it was processed much quicker than a regular Schengen visa (could be done in one day but mine took slightly longer). In order to apply for this quick process, I had to prove that I could apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands (by showing some proofs of our relationship) and that we were both going to the Netherlands together by showing plane tickets. This visa was free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Can we travel together to the Netherlands and may my wife remain in the Netherlands while the residence card is being processed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have submitted the application for the residence permit, the IND will put a sticker on your spouse's passport to show that the application is being processed, that she is legally staying in the country and she is allowed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3.If a Schengen visa, is it not a problem if the 90 days run out prior to the residence card being issued?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should not be a problem at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;On the IND website link I provided, the EU family member has to prove that: 'Has lawful residence in the Netherlands (a proof or registration or a valid residence document)' - what does this requirement mean?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you need to register at the municipality where you will live and submit that with your wife's application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13758" LastEditorUserId="13758" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T14:00:10.887" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T14:00:10.887" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T13:52:48.407" Score="2" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I travel on a NZ passport and have lived in the UK since 2006. I travelled to Canada in June 2016 to begin a 2 year Canadian working visa but on a trip back to the UK in July I received a 6 month visa stamp in my passport despite having an Indefinite Leave To Remain Visa in my old passport (I haven't got a biometric card yet but plan to apply for one while in Canada before I return to the UK to live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do about this?&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pn4gT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13759" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T13:52:48.407" Title="Wrong stamp in my passport!" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12325" CreationDate="2017-10-10T14:17:54.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience, most providers do have the option for only Internet, you might just need to dig a little deeper into their websites. You can use this site to compare prices between different providers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.breedbandwinkel.nl/expats&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.breedbandwinkel.nl/expats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I have a contract with XS4All and I can say that the speed I am getting is quite consistent with what is advertised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13758" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T14:17:54.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T14:47:15.577" Score="15" ViewCount="26322" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany for 6 months as a software developer with my blue card. The company's name is not written on the card, but it is written on an extra paper that came with the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been receiving some tempting offers from other companies in the Germany. But I do not know if there's a waiting period before I can change jobs. I think it should be possible somehow, but I have no idea about the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does that work? Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13762" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-17T16:00:50.827" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T17:38:49.190" Title="Changing jobs after 6 months as a Blue Card holder" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12346" CreationDate="2017-10-10T15:29:13.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming his application actually got there (didn't get lost in the mail), and it hasn't been rejected without his knowledge, I believe it would be legal for him to work, but he doesn't have proof of it, so he won't be able to satisfy the I-9 requirements for any employer to hire him as an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The regulation regarding automatic extension of EADs says the employment authorization is automatically extended as long as the renewal application is filed before the expiration date of the EAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.13#d_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 274a.13(d)(1)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Automatic extension of Employment Authorization Documents. Except as&#xA;  otherwise provided in this chapter or by law, notwithstanding 8 CFR&#xA;  274a.14(a)(1)(i), the validity period of an expiring Employment&#xA;  Authorization Document (Form I-766) and, for aliens who are not&#xA;  employment authorized incident to status, also the attendant&#xA;  employment authorization, will be automatically extended for an&#xA;  additional period not to exceed 180 days from the date of such&#xA;  document's and such employment authorization's expiration if a request&#xA;  for renewal on a form designated by USCIS is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) Properly filed as provided by form instructions before the&#xA;  expiration date shown on the face of the Employment Authorization&#xA;  Document, or during the filing period described in the applicable&#xA;  Federal Register notice regarding procedures for obtaining Temporary&#xA;  Protected Status-related EADs;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) Based on the same employment authorization category as shown on&#xA;  the face of the expiring Employment Authorization Document or is for&#xA;  an individual approved for Temporary Protected Status whose EAD was&#xA;  issued pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(19); and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii) Based on a class of aliens whose eligibility to apply for&#xA;  employment authorization continues notwithstanding expiration of the&#xA;  Employment Authorization Document and is based on an employment&#xA;  authorization category that does not require adjudication of an&#xA;  underlying application or petition before adjudication of the renewal&#xA;  application, including aliens described in 8 CFR 274a.12(a)(12)&#xA;  granted Temporary Protected Status and pending applicants for&#xA;  Temporary Protected Status who are issued an EAD under 8 CFR&#xA;  274a.12(c)(19), as may be announced on the USCIS Web site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it is filed is determined by the &quot;received date&quot; of the application, which is when USCIS officially received it. It will say on the receipt what the &quot;received date&quot; was, so he won't absolutely know that it was before the expiration of your EAD until he gets the receipt. However, the &quot;received date&quot; is generally no later than one or two days after the mail was actually delivered to USCIS, so if he mailed the application two months early, and especially if he had tracking on the mail to know that it arrived well before the EAD expiration date, he can pretty much be sure that when he gets the receipt, it will show that the &quot;received date&quot; of the application will be before the EAD's expiration date, which means he was working legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for completing the I-9 as an employee, either as a new hire or for reverification since his previous employment authorization ended, he will not be able to satisfy the documentary requirements until he gets the receipt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The chapter (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/42-automatic-extensions-employment-authorization-documents-eads-certain-circumstances&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 4.2&lt;/a&gt;) of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/handbook-employers-m-274&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Handbook for Employers M-274&lt;/a&gt; which talks about how to handle automatic extension of EADs says that expired EAD in combination with the I-797C receipt for the renewal application serves as a List A document for the I-9 documentary requirements. Without the receipt, he doesn't have the documents to satisfy this. In addition, the employer is required to verify certain information on the receipt in order to accept the automatic extension, which cannot be done if he doesn't have the receipt: 1) that the &quot;received date&quot; on the receipt is before the expiration date of the EAD, and 2) that the category on the receipt matches the category of the EAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T15:29:13.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12362" CreationDate="2017-10-10T15:32:15.893" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to certain family problems, we are planning to move from the UK to Belgium OR any other European country. Everyone in my family has UK citizenship and a passport. What's the process of moving permanently from the UK to Europe? Do we have to give up our UK passport in order to get European passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11786" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T18:46:20.153" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T18:46:20.153" Title="Permanent migration from UK to Belgium/Europe" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12360" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12375" CreationDate="2017-10-10T16:34:36.793" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my wife want to move to Ireland. We are from Colombia and as far as I know, our best option is moving for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I have been searching, these are the steps we need to do. I need advice or some clarification about this process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a job offer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for work permit (Critical Skills Employement permit in my case)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After get a work permit, Me and my wife could apply for a long term visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After visa is approved, we could enter Ireland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these steps correct? Or should I do this process first and then, my wife should start the process? &#xA;Also, we need to travel with our pet, Is enough having vaccines documentation in order?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice or suggestion is well received. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @natalie-n stated, the only work permit that allows a partner of the permit holder to apply for family join visa is Critical Skills Employment permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made it! I move to Ireland with my wife and my dog :3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13767" LastEditorUserId="13767" LastEditDate="2019-01-24T13:11:59.663" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T13:11:59.663" Title="Some experience or advice for moving from Colombia to Ireland" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12358" CreationDate="2017-10-10T16:50:08.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After five years of uninterrupted living in Belgium, citizens from the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA – EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Switzerland acquire permanent residence automatically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens are also eligible after five years but must submit an application with their local municipality for permanent residence. If you hold a Blue Card from another EU-member state, and have lived elsewhere in the EU, this can count towards your five-year period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An 'uninterrupted' period is defined as that you have resided legally and continuously in Belgium during the five years preceding your application, without having left the Belgian territory for a continuous period of more than six months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, you cannot have been absent from Belgium more than one year in total, meanng the combination of all your trips abroad cannot exceed one year in the five-year period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After five to 10 years, both EU and non-EU residents in Belgium can apply for Belgian nationality, although a strict set of conditions must be met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complete Migration Procedure Defined by UK GOV can be found at: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-belgium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-belgium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13768" LastEditorUserId="13768" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T17:53:49.930" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T17:53:49.930" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T18:20:14.483" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a month before my current DS-2019 expires, I will be traveling outside of the United States and would like to apply for the new J1 visa with my new DS-2019 (will receive before). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I apply for a new J1 visa before my current DS-2019 is expired?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13769" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T18:20:14.483" Title="Can I apply for a new J-1 visa for the US before the end date of my current DS-2019" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T18:30:28.693" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my Green Card on &lt;code&gt;07/25/2016&lt;/code&gt; as a result of my wife's sponsorship. In my card, I see that the expiration date is set to &lt;code&gt;07/25/2018&lt;/code&gt; since I have a conditional permanent status of 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to take a vacation outside of the US between May 2018 and the end of June 2018. That way I would still have 25 days before my card expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions is, will there be any issues for me to get back into the US if I return by the end of June? I am planning to apply for a renewal before I leave the country and will that void the existing green card I have? Can I travel with a 2 year green card while I have already applied for the renewal and is in process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9227" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T18:35:33.023" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T18:35:33.023" Title="Renewing a conditional green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12364" CreationDate="2017-10-10T18:35:17.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no problem with you re-entering with the old green card before it expires (that's what the expiration date means -- you can use it up to and including that date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will have received your I-751 receipt (which serves as a one-year extension letter) already, you can even return &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; 7/25/2018 with the expired card and extension letter with no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T18:35:17.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2017-10-10T21:28:43.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;California, at a minimum, does not (or at least did not in the 1990s) require surrender of &lt;em&gt;foreign&lt;/em&gt; licenses, although they did for other USA licenses. My foreign classmates generally held two. There are many residence situations in which holding multiple licenses might be required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I'd guess you were dealing with a small rental agency, as the major ones are well equipped to handle zillions of non-USA visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9572" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T21:28:43.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-11T11:39:04.050" Score="2" ViewCount="432" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to a British person and we are living outside the UK. My child is a UK citizen, do I need a visa to enter the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13774" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-11T14:02:31.443" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T14:07:27.770" Title="UK residence for a mother of a baby who is UK citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12368" CreationDate="2017-10-11T13:02:07.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends. If you are a national of an EU country, or a country that has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visa-point.com/page/Travel_without_visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a visitor agreement with the UK&lt;/a&gt;, you can ENTER the UK without a visa. &#xA;If you are a citizen of a country that is not on this list, you will need to apply &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for a family visa&lt;/a&gt; prior to arrival. If your country shares a visitor agreement with the UK, you can apply for a family visa once you are in the UK. You will need a family visa if you would like to stay with your child and spouse longer than 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastEditorUserId="13775" LastEditDate="2017-10-11T14:07:27.770" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T14:07:27.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12319" CreationDate="2017-10-11T13:08:42.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are allowed to take parental leave in Germany &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Willkommen/KinderFamilie/Elterngeld/elterngeld-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only until your child turns three years old&lt;/a&gt;. If you try to take leave for 12 months for your five year old, your employer is not obligated to hold your job for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, it is not possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastEditorUserId="13775" LastEditDate="2017-10-11T15:05:59.153" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T15:05:59.153" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12356" CreationDate="2017-10-11T13:17:57.023" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible, but you will need permission.&#xA;You &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20180711111628/http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/bluecard/essential-information-faq_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can freely change jobs on a Blue Card if you have already been in the country for two years&lt;/a&gt;. Prior to this two year period, you will need to gain permission from the authorities.&#xA;If you are in Berlin, &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can follow this information&lt;/a&gt; on how to get permission to change employers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastEditorUserId="20828" LastEditDate="2021-01-19T17:38:49.190" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T17:38:49.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12130" CreationDate="2017-10-11T13:35:43.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;only in February 2017 the UAE government has made it possible to apply for permanent residency. Unfortunately, the terms are very restricted--at the time,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://lovindubai.com/dubai/a-new-visa-entry-system-is-going-to-be-introduced-to-make-sure-the-most-talented-people-end-up-in-the-uae&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HH Sheikh Mohammed tweeted that the UAE will allow a new entry visa system for &quot;entrepreneurs, pioneers and talented minds in the medical, scientific, research, IT and intellectual sectors.&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not fit these conditions, residency rights can also be granted by virtue of buying property or headquartering a business. But these need to be renewed every two years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the UAE does not offer comprehensive options for permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T13:35:43.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12343" CreationDate="2017-10-11T13:50:36.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;By virtue of missing your court date in the US, a bench warrant for your arrest will have likely been issued against you. This makes things a bit more serious for your case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you mention that Australia &quot;does not consider DUI convictions&quot;, this is not entirely correct. They are considered, but generally do not merit grounds against a visa application. However, should you &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; report it, along with your warrant for arrest in the US, these could be grounds for your denial (fraud). As your likely combined sentences would be under 12 months-- it should be possible to still obtain a visa to Australia. Authorities will take your criminal record into account and make a character determination. Fraudulently reporting information by omission would count against this assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T13:50:36.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12374" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12378" CreationDate="2017-10-11T14:03:51.477" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France every resident is required to possess a proof of residence, which must be a utility bill, and a declaration by the landlord if the bill is not in the person's name. French landlords often don't want to provide this document, usually because they don't want their renters to declare their address to any government controlled database so that they can avoid declaring the rent for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, this creates a huge burden on the renter since a proof of residence is required to obtain many mandatory services, like opening a bank account (yes, this is mandatory in France). The rent agreement cannot be used as a proof of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a renter find him/herself in this situation, could this person oblige the landlord to provide this document? Is this document actually mandatory to be provided by the landlord to the renter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10921" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-13T16:18:40.043" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T16:18:40.043" Title="Is a renter of a room in France required by law to provide a proof of residence?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;bureaucracy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12360" CreationDate="2017-10-11T14:04:28.097" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your steps are correct, but be aware that moving to Ireland as a non EEA person can be difficult. Moving for work purposes would probably be the easiest pathway for you and your wife to move to Ireland. You and your wife should both apply for jobs, as not all visa categories through work allow the easy opportunity for family reunification for non EEA persons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 9 different categories for employment permit in Ireland for non-EEA persons-- and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/migrant_workers/employment_permits/green_card_permits.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;only one of them-- the Critical Skills Employment Permit&lt;/a&gt; allows you to bring your spouse over with you immediately. All other work permits require a 12 month waiting period. &#xA;Meaning, you will be separated for a year. Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Family%20Reunification%20Policy%20Document.pdf/Files/Family%20Reunification%20Policy%20Document.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document that outlines the family reunification process&lt;/a&gt; in full. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you fall outside of the requirements for the Critical Skills Employment Permit-- I think the best strategy would be for you and your wife to each seek your own job opportunities in Ireland, rather than go through the waiting period for family reunification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as Ireland is an island, the restrictions for moving with pets can be quite restrictive, but have gotten more permissible over the years. When I moved to Ireland, I did not take my dog with me as it would be subject to a 6 month quarantine. It looks like this is not the case anymore-- and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/bringingyourpetcatdogorferretintoireland/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the full list of requirements can be found here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T14:04:28.097" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12268" CreationDate="2017-10-11T15:03:06.097" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please note that what the immigration officers are looking for is proof of a marriage that is based on equal partnership and is genuine. &lt;strong&gt;While there is no definite list of documents to illustrate a genuine marriage, chats and photos have only a limited value&lt;/strong&gt; at developing a picture of a relationship-- and can easily be manipulated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few things that you can do to help your application.  Can you demonstrate that you and your wife are sharing expenses? &lt;strong&gt;For example, you can show that you  sharing financial commitments to one another if you have both names on such things as a savings account, joint property, mortgages, etc.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have not lived together in the same country, include the financial information about your marriage, trips taken together and honeymoon&lt;/strong&gt;. Show receipts of everything and indicate who paid for each. Importantly, if you can prove that you both have taken steps to visit one another in your home countries, and can show that you have met each other's families, this can also help your application. Think of the paper trail that goes beyond a photo-- if your parents have met one another, if there are receipts and evidence of them meeting this can also be used to help tell your larger story.  Show the receipt for things like the engagement ring, or celebration costs. &lt;strong&gt;If there is any documentation on both sides saying they agree to the marriage arrangement-- this will also help&lt;/strong&gt;. Can you show documentation, Skype messages to your parents saying that you agreed to the marriage? Include those. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you visited her in her country of residence since you were married? If not, I would make a trip to see her very soon. Keep financial records of this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, &lt;strong&gt;if you can demonstrate that you both have made plans to live together in the UK after her arrival this can also help&lt;/strong&gt;. Have you made plans to move into larger housing, for example to accommodate two people? Think creatively here-- maybe you bought a larger bed, or a car in anticipation of her arrival. Show the documentation of these things. By showing that you are making a commitment to your living together, this will help contribute to your case that this marriage is a genuine one. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T15:03:06.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12318" CreationDate="2017-10-11T17:21:06.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't count out a postdoc. Postdocs in the US are often highly reliant on international postgrads, especially in STEM fields. Apply widely, and see what happens. You may have competencies that can be extended to other related fields. Consider your strengths and build up a resume that works to display your practical experience, theoretical background and comprehensive skills. Be sure that this works in English too for your intended audience-- putting things up on Linkedin or a personal website can also work to make you are more attractive candidate. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T17:21:06.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12374" CreationDate="2017-10-12T06:07:57.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2066&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2066&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is mandatory for the owner to give you a 'quittance de loyer' for every rent that you pay. A 'quittance de loyer' can be used as a 'justificatif de domicile' for most administrative tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2017-10-12T06:07:57.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T08:33:03.327" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is U.K. citizen but he is working and we reside in Italy last 5 years. He wants to apply for Italian citizenship but his Italian is almost non existent. Does he have to pass Italian language test to get citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13779" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T14:39:05.080" Title="Italian citizenship" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12380" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T10:59:15.090" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting married to a British citizen in the next year. We have been in a relationship for 7 years and have been living together for 6 years. We are both living in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to move to the Netherlands next year after getting married. How does it work for a NON EU citizen, married to a British citizen, wanting to go settle and work in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is, for some reason, not possible, what would the procedure be for me to relocate to the UK with him (and work there). He has a British passport and I have a South African passport and we both live in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13780" LastActivityDate="2017-10-12T10:59:15.090" Title="Non-EU citizen married to British citizen, wanting to live in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-10-12T18:13:01.733" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T15:51:01.353" Score="4" ViewCount="741" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that someone (non-EU citizen) has permanent residency in one EU country. Can she live in another EU country? What are the risks? If the police say something, can she show the permanent residency card? Would there no basically be no problems as long as that person does not want to work or use the public service of the second country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13781" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-14T07:10:38.100" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T07:10:38.100" Title="Can an EU resident live anywhere in the EU?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-13T00:29:35.930" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say I got a job in France with a salary of 43,000 euro per year, and I am a citizen of another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will my total tax burden be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can calculate my income tax using a table like that found &lt;a href=&quot;http://leparticulier.lefigaro.fr/jcms/p1_1621350/le-bareme-de-l-impot-sur-le-revenu-pour-2017?cid=c_113075&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I know I also must pay social security (per the rates &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.french-property.com/guides/france/finance-taxation/taxation/social-security/social-welfare-levy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here?&lt;/a&gt;). However this appears to be partially tax-deductible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm struggling to come up with a clear calculation of how much tax + social security I will have to pay in total on this salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, are there any other taxes or tax-like payments that I am missing here? E.g. will I also need to pay for health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13783" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T00:29:35.930" Title="France: how to calculate total tax burden (including social security)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-10-13T16:19:55.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T21:58:47.620" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Russian citizen living in the UK on a spouse visa (married to an EU national). When I was applying, one of the conditions of getting a visa was that my wife had a full-time job, which she has. Now we've moved together and I found a good job for myself, which makes a comfortable living for both of us. So my wife and I were talking about her leaving her current job in order to find a better one, which can mean her being without a job for several months. Will that be a problem for my visa? Does my wife still need to have a job after I received a visa? I think she can't have a jobseeker's status either, because we earn enough as a family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="redFur" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-16T00:21:25.857" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T00:21:25.857" Title="Conditions of keeping an EU National spouse visa (UK)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12384" CreationDate="2017-10-13T08:57:11.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Better to look for a new job before quitting the old one. This will avoid the question you asked and, as a general rule, you are more attractive to a new employer when you are already employed versus unemployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T08:57:11.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-13T14:38:56.317" Score="1" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am South African and want to apply for my UK Ancestry visa. I have filled in the forms, paid all the money and am waiting to go for my appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This morning I applied for my 3 children but I used the incorrect visa type. And lots of tears and drama I have managed to click the refund button (it was not working) it will take 28 days to get my R90 000 back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am trying to get the right visa type. I would like to submit all our applications in on the same day. IS THIS POSSIBLE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We called the UK visa number it cost GBP10, a chinese person answered and told us to read the website, then put us on hold. I also drove to my nearest visa center and managed to get someone to talk to me. She said I must choose &quot;ancestry-child&quot; but this does not exist on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see another question answered saying you must select &quot;work - no tier - dependants more than 6 months&quot; I have started another application but near the end it asks for the sponsors UK status (british citizen. EEA national. permanent resident. temporary resident) what must I write if my ancestral visa has not been approved yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13784" LastEditorUserId="13784" LastEditDate="2017-10-13T14:57:27.750" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T09:15:01.103" Title="UK Ancestral visa - dependents: which visa type my I select" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12381" CreationDate="2017-10-13T16:10:35.950" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt; affords &quot;long-term residents&quot; a right to reside in other EU countries under certain conditions, although three EU countries have opted out of this directive (the UK, Ireland, and Denmark).  The answer to your question therefore depends on the EU countries involved.  For the remainder of this answer, I assume that both countries have implemented the directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the risks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no legal risks as long as the person complies with the requirements of the directive.  If you're asking about a resident moving to another country without complying with the directive, the risks could be more significant, including the possibility of being deported back to the country of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If police say something she can show the permanent residency card. So basically should not be a problem if that person does not want to work or use the public service in the second country right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Showing the police in one EU country a permanent residency card for another EU country would satisfy them if they think the person has been traveling for 90 days or less.  But if they have reason to suspect that the person has been there for longer, the card won't be of much help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T16:10:35.950" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12388" CreationDate="2017-10-13T19:09:19.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what must I write if my ancestral visa has not been approved yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would write &quot;Ancestry visa applicant&quot; and include the application number, if it is available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T19:09:19.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12384" CreationDate="2017-10-14T00:19:22.353" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has she been in the UK for 5 years now (as a qualified person) aka is now a permanent resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If yes.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Well done, nothing to worry about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If not&lt;/strong&gt;, then she needs to be a ‘qualified person’ (working, looking for work, self-employed, studying or self-sufficient) for you to be allowed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems like there are two roots for her:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking for work. For up to 91 days just saying that she's looking for work should be fine but if she's looking for work for more than 91 days she needs to have proof (in case asked) that she is actually actively looking for work and has a genuine chance of getting hired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Self-sufficient. Means need to have enough money to support herself and yourself without becoming a burden on the UK's benefit system (which includes the possibility of her not working and you as a non-EU national working as long as your money is available to her) &lt;strong&gt;AND(!)&lt;/strong&gt; having a comprehensive private medical insurance for herself and you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Though if she is Croatian then the fine print states she cannot be considered as a jobseeker.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More on the qualified person status - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/588174/EEA-qualified-persons-v4_0EXT.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/588174/EEA-qualified-persons-v4_0EXT.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastEditorUserId="9430" LastEditDate="2017-10-14T00:24:28.310" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T00:24:28.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-14T05:42:39.523" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just submitted the application after more than 5 years residency in UK. I am required to send some documents together with the application including my passport. Do you know how long it takes to get the passport back from the Home Office? To note: I tried the Passpoort Return Service but it seems there are 4 weeks or more as waiting time and the documents must be sent within 10 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13786" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-14T07:12:26.800" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T14:04:10.843" Title="Permanent Residency for EU citizen" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12395" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12397" CreationDate="2017-10-14T10:43:20.707" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I consider applying for a working and holiday visa for France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understand it correctly, even though it is only in France where I can stay validly, no one checks my visa and passport even while I'm in other Schengen countries since there is no border check. So it happens when I get out of the Schengen area that I finally get the stamp on my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in this case, does my working and holiday visa expire once I exit out of the Schengen area, even though there remains a few months? Or can I enter France again until the initial expiration date of the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if I can enter France again, is it possible to enter it from another Schengen country via a transfer flight (e.g. a flight from Beijing to Paris with Frankfurt as a transfer, operated by Luthahansa)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T19:38:53.587" Title="Does the validity of working holiday visa on France expire if I get out of the Schengen area?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12394" CreationDate="2017-10-14T14:04:10.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For all I know you will get your passport back when your application is accepted or rejected, which will easily take three months, and quite possibly longer. I would try to call around if there is a place where you can use the passport return service earlier, even if it is in a less convenient location. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T14:04:10.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12395" CreationDate="2017-10-14T19:38:53.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A type D visa issued by France actually authorizes you, legally, to travel to other Schengen countries during the visa's validity, provided that you do not exceed 90 days in other Schengen countries during any 180-day period.  So it is not correct that you can only stay in France.  It is therefore also possible for you to travel to France through Germany or any other Schengen country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa is likely to be issued with validity for multiple entries (&quot;MULT&quot;), in which case it will not expire when you leave the Schengen area, but you must look at the actual visa sticker to be certain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T19:38:53.587" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-15T05:01:37.060" Score="1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived in Japan on August 2 and now it's October 15. I'm on an Engineer visa (5 years) and I'm working in Japan. It's the first time I entered Japan for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I failed to give notice to my local ward about my residence address, the one that you have to notify within 14 days. According to the Ministry of Justice's website, my residence status could be revoked... I plan to go to the ward office tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, I could be charged for a fine up to 200,000 yens, am I right? I just wanted to know how toasted I am. Has anyone experienced this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13789" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-10-15T14:18:01.900" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T23:07:16.087" Title="I failed to notify ward office of fixed residence within 14 days. What will happen?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12399" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-15T06:45:08.640" Score="2" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a PhD admission from the Max Planck Institute. I have been collaborating with researchers there for a year as a part of my Bachelor's thesis and before that, I was a research intern there. So, I did not need to submit any English language score for the admission process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be required one by the embassy for the visa? I saw this mentioned in some online sources. I am not sure how strong this requirement is. Can I get some form of waiver from MPI?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13788" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-15T07:14:31.243" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T11:40:27.847" Title="Is IELTS/TOEFL/German language proficiency score required for German student visa for PhD?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-15T10:02:52.967" Score="4" ViewCount="1395" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in California and automatically became a US citizen. I obtained the second nationality from my parents. Now I live in Turkey and the government offered me Turkish citizenship without asking me to renounce any previous ones. Are there any negative consquences for a US citizen in this scenario?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13791" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-16T10:07:24.653" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T10:07:24.653" Title="Is holding a third citizenship allowed?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12401" CreationDate="2017-10-15T13:04:35.343" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US does not generally restrict its citizens from having other nationalities.  This doesn't depend on the number of other nationalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same caveats that apply to dual nationality also apply, however.  Taking another nationality is one of the statutory &quot;potentially expatriating acts,&quot; but one cannot be deprived of US citizenship involuntarily, so citizenship is retained unless the act is done with the intention of relinquishing citizenship.  The US generally presumes that no such intention exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not state what your other country of current citizenship is.  That country might have a law that would cause you to lose its citizenship if you naturalize in Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-15T13:04:35.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2484" CreationDate="2017-10-15T19:47:10.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process for obtaining an İkamet seems to have changed since the answer by NickNo, so I thought this should be updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process for obtaining an İkamet now starts at &lt;a href=&quot;https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;e-ikamet&lt;/a&gt; (the website has a dodgy certificate, but it's where I applied and got my İkamet). One must fill an electronic application, print it, and choose an appointment date and place (they're usually booked very tightly, so do this in advance - like 2 months in advance). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic list of required documents includes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;4 photographs that must meet certain standards (they're called &quot;vesikalık&quot; in Turkish, a photography shop will know).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Passport or similar document (meaning the foreign passport, if your country has different passports)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The printed application form&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A health insurance which complies with the basic needs of İkamet (Turkish insurance agents will know what that is).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A document from the place you're staying at, signed and in some cases approved by the notary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The full list can be accessed &lt;a href=&quot;https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/Ikamet/IstenenBelgeler&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, along with explanations (in English, obviously). It differs for various application types, so find the one you need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some pro tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply early, apply fast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think the fee is paid in advance now (at least for first-time applications), though I payed right there for my (student) extension.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go an hour or so before the appointment time. IIRC, it doesn't even matter, as you still get a separate queue ticket right there (or at leat in Ankara).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The certificate of residence is now obtained from local &quot;muhtar&quot;s - you'll have to find one where you live. Source: my mother went to get one just a few days ago and was told that by the officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you apply and get an appointment, your stay in Turkey is kind of official until your appointment date, when you'll either get a transitory document officially certifying your stay, or will get your application declined. The temporary document gives the holder the right to exit the country for ~2 weeks, if memory serves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, your kimlik arrives to you by mail. If you're not at home, it'll stay either at the post office (as it was in my case), or maybe sent to a muhtar (just an educated guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for obtaining a citizenship, the official website of the Turkish Ministry of Interior (i.e. Internal Affairs; the site has a proper certificate and looks otherwise pretty official), has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nvi.gov.tr/hizmetlerimiz/vatandaslik-hizmetleri/sonradan-t%C3%BCrk-vatanda%C5%9Fl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n%C4%B1n-kazan%C4%B1lmas%C4%B1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the following page&lt;/a&gt; (last updated on 2017-09-22), which explains the requirements and the process. It's not available in English (or at least I couldn't find it), so I'll provide a summary here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One needs to have stayed in Turkey for at least 5 years, interrupting their stay for no more than 6 months in total (during those five years).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One's stay with a tourist, refugee, student, or diplomatic İkamet doesn't count towards that time. &lt;sup&gt; No citizenship for me despite being here for six years now &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, the same page lists people who have &quot;completed their education [I assume university level] in Turkey&quot; as eligible for receiving a citizenship. I assume this means one might not need to stay for extra 5 years here after graduation, but I haven't made any inquiries about this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The usual stuff - one must show that one can live in the Turkish community (no details given, only some stuff about respect and behaviour), to be able to speak Turkish &quot;sufficiently&quot; good (that's probably why that page is not translated to English), to be able to provide for oneself and one's close one's financially, and not to be a threat to the community/state, either in the health sense, or in the danger to the state sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your question directly, if you've stayed in Turkey legally, for work purposes, for the set amount of time, you should be eligible for the citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you won't need this, but in a reverse situation (A citizen of Turkey receiving another citizenship), one must declare the second citizenship as described &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nvi.gov.tr/hizmetlerimiz/vatandaslik-hizmetleri/cok-vatandaslik&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13793" LastEditorUserId="13793" LastEditDate="2017-10-15T20:47:07.150" LastActivityDate="2017-10-15T20:47:07.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12401" CreationDate="2017-10-15T22:28:25.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Triple nationality is definitely possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My children have US citizenship (through their mother and their place of birth), UK citizenship (through me) and NZ citizenship (through naturalization). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13796" LastActivityDate="2017-10-15T22:28:25.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-15T19:55:05.507" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a series of viral emails going around Turkish sites claiming that the DV-2019 lottery was flawed and others should reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The source of this seems to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.usembassy.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;United States of America, Department of State U.S. Embassy &amp;amp; Consulate in Ecuador&lt;/a&gt;, which put out an article called &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.usembassy.gov/new-entry-period-diversity-visa-program-dv-2019/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;New Entry Period for Diversity Visa Program DV-2019&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this valid for everyone? I don't see it mentioned on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery&lt;/a&gt; website at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13797" OwnerDisplayName="Evan Carroll" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-21T21:27:46.177" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T21:27:46.177" Title="DV-2019 reset before October 18?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12398" CreationDate="2017-10-16T01:55:25.353" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing will happen if you finally do it. But it's better to do it earlier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not notify them about a new job because I was told the employer does it. When I went the following year to the Immigration bureau to extend my visa, they noticed that my current company did not match the registered one. But they just asked me to fill a job change form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8284" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-16T10:06:13.363" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T10:06:13.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8142" CreationDate="2017-10-16T12:27:37.510" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to apply for a long term visa and since your husband is working there it is gonna be easy (note that US Citizens doesn't need visa to enter France and The Schengen area but the visa here is needed to secure to right to apply for a carte de séjour (residency card) for any period longer than 181 days .. France doesn't give foreigner only a visa or immigrant visa, all visas in France are subject to change to a carte de séjour which in your case would a renewable Card every year (easy and rotine process) if your husband has the European Citizenship you will be entiteled in that case to a résidency of 10 years renewable 'de plein droit'. No Visas or carte de séjour prohibit its holder from working only if it has the 'mention' student 'étudiant' which allows him/her to work only 20 hours a week.&#xA;All carte séjours holder are entitlement to government help and services and no discrimination even on the basis of nationality unlike the US.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13799" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T12:27:37.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12405" CreationDate="2017-10-16T17:47:53.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;And, as of 16 October 2017, the main &lt;a href=&quot;https://dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa website&lt;/a&gt; is still down for maintenance but now has information: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Due to a technical issue, the DV-2019 entry period that began on&#xA;  October 3 has been closed. Entries submitted during October 3-10 are&#xA;  not valid and have been excluded from the system; they will not count&#xA;  as a duplicate entry. The technical issue has been resolved and a new&#xA;  full entry period will begin at noon, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on&#xA;  Wednesday October 18, 2017 and will run until noon Eastern Standard&#xA;  Time on Wednesday November 22, 2017. Only entries submitted during&#xA;  this period will be accepted and considered for selection in the&#xA;  lottery. Please throw away any confirmation number or other&#xA;  documentation that you have if you submitted an entry during Oct.&#xA;  3-10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T17:47:53.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12346" CreationDate="2017-10-17T18:28:13.493" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case your I-485 has been approved, but you are waiting to receive the green card and your EAD+advanced parole is expired, you may schedule an appointment with your local USCIS (a.k.a. field office) to obtain an I-551 stamp in your passport (permanent resident status approved). This will allow you to work and travel abroad (specifically, to re-enter the US). You may schedule an appointment with your local USCIS on infopass: &lt;a href=&quot;https://my.uscis.gov/appointment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://my.uscis.gov/appointment&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the obtention of the I-551 stamp is at the discretion of the USCIS officer, from what I have been told by immigration lawyers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2017-10-17T18:28:13.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12414" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12429" CreationDate="2017-10-17T18:52:53.953" Score="6" ViewCount="781" Body="&lt;p&gt;What shall one do after receiving a green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2017-10-20T21:04:16.860" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T00:30:51.873" Title="What shall one do after receiving a green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-17T21:17:37.127" Score="1" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to a UK citizen who is living in the UK with his child, my stepson, who is also a UK citizen. My husband can't earn the £18,600, due to his situation, caring for a child alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen, living in Lagos with my daughter who is also a UK citizen. How can my daughter and I join my husband stepson? I am the only one who needs a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) If I accompany my child as a visitor to the UK, do I need to supply my bank statement? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Can I relocate to an EU country close to UK with my child, as she can claim to be an EU citizen? My husband and stepson could visit more easily than coming to Lagos every time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13804" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T01:52:06.940" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T03:10:46.407" Title="Relocation to UK with British child" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T00:17:42.943" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on applying for a Tier 4 visa to do a Master's degree in medicine in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will two previous UK visit visa refusals have a negative affect on my application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My husband is a resident in the UK; he has his own flat and I'll be living there with him throughout my studies. Could this affect my chances of getting the student visa in any way? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am indeed a genuine student and this research opportunity will have a tremendous impact on my professional portfolio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13298" LastEditorUserId="13298" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T20:36:56.487" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T20:36:56.487" Title="Tier 4 Visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12417" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12423" CreationDate="2017-10-18T02:07:15.337" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to stay in Australia for a long period and I really miss reading some book, but I'm not proficient enough to read novels in English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any Australian (online, most probably) book shop that sells foreign-language editions of popular books/novels? Being Australia such a popular destination for immigrants of any nationality, I'd suppose such a thing to exist. Specifically I'm looking for Italian ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked online and I can find some shops of foreign language books, but they're often only educational material or books that were originally published in that language. What I'm looking for instead is popular best sellers that you would for sure find in a local book shop, but in Italian. As an example, where could I buy the Italian edition of an Harry Potter book, or of a George R.R. Martin book?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, an alternative would be to buy a Kindle and e-books, but I'd prefer paper if there exists some way to find books.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know any local shop instead of an online one, I'm in the Perth area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11563" LastEditorUserId="11563" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T05:23:44.720" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:15:04.810" Title="How to buy Italian editions of books in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12415" CreationDate="2017-10-18T03:10:46.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) Probably, yes, but unless you have a compelling reason to returnto Nigeria, your application will likely be met with a refusal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) No.  Unfortunately, you cannot derive European Union freedom of movement from your daughter unless &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are dependant on &lt;em&gt;her,&lt;/em&gt; which seems unlikely given the circumstances outlined in your question.  You can derive them from your husband, of course, so you could all move to Ireland or some other EU country, but getting you to the UK will be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T03:10:46.407" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T12:26:07.697" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: My husband is a UK citizen (by birth, born, raised, etc). We have 3 children together. We all lived together in the US. Recently (May2017) we went to visit family in the UK. Sometime in the summer we decided that moving there was the next option for our family (we'd talked  about it more and more). We have no true ties any longer to the US with regard to family and he has an ailing parent that the siblings are all taking turns caring for. Since I came over as a visitor, I understood I had no right to stay.  So i went back to the states to finalize things, close up shop so to speak. However, he stayed with our children and we were told to obtain British passports as they are British because their father is. They all go to school in the UK now with no complications according to the magistrate and we're working on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've recently (yesterday) applied and submitted and paid for my settlement visa. In printing out the forms to be submitted I noticed a clerical error. It's minor but could be a big deal as it refers to income. Every reference we'd seen refers to ANNUAL income... but here it apparently did MONTHLY and I didn't catch it. Obviously, if my annual income was in fact my monthly I probably wouldn't even sweat it. But as I don't make 20k per month, this is not the case. Can I make a pen and ink correction and include an explanatory letter (along with supporting documentation)? Or do i risk refusal and in turn, my fee? I ask because if I cancel my application it says it takes up to 90 days for a refund. I miss my family. I'm trying not to drag this out further. And obviously don't have the money to just cancel it, repay now and then wait on the refund to get back eventually. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm a self-employed freelance graphic designer. It only asks for my husband's income for the financial requirement. By himself he doesn't make enough to support all of us. But with my income we do with no issues. We're married and have shared a household so everything had been together. Am I missing an option where I get to enter MY income? *note, I have proof (contracts, bank statement, etc) that can prove my income. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If this is denied or we decide to postpone the application (i.e. I cancel it and wait on the refund) can I still go back over as a visitor? I'd like to see my family at least for Christmas. I know there are things like showing proof of return ticket and what not. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13805" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T12:26:07.697" Title="US citizen applying for UK settlement visa/entry (3 part question)" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-19T15:17:40.373" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was asked to show my driving licence at work today to drive a hire car for some VIPs. I have looked and realize I haven't seen it for months. How on earth do I replace a pink UK paper licence I've had since 1981, without losing the right to drive which is absolutely essential for everything I do here? I've been twice to see if I should change it and was told it was okay, so never bothered getting a French licence. Can anybody advise me on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13812" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T15:17:40.373" Title="Lost UK paper driving licence after residing in France for 22 years" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12417" CreationDate="2017-10-19T17:14:03.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bookdepository.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Book Depository&lt;/a&gt; delivers world-wide in numerous languages.  Shipping is included in the sale price.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the &lt;em&gt;Harry Potter&lt;/em&gt; example, here is Book Depository results for Harry Potter in Italian:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=harry%20potter&amp;amp;searchTitle=&amp;amp;searchAuthor=&amp;amp;searchPublisher=&amp;amp;searchIsbn=&amp;amp;searchLang=202&amp;amp;advanced=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Results for Harry Potter - Italian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help page suggests that typical delivery to Australia is 5-8 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ships from UK&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Worldwide&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australia - 5-8 business days&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Singapore &amp;amp; Hong Kong - 5-9 business&#xA;  days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  New Zealand - 5-10 business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  United Kingdom - 2-5&#xA;  business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Ireland - 4-6 business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Europe - 4-8 business&#xA;  days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  USA - 5-8 business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Canada - 5-10 business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  South&#xA;  America - 10-15 business days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  All other countries - 7-10 business&#xA;  days&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T17:14:03.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-20T04:02:11.143" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of moving to the Netherlands (I am an EU citizen, my wife is South African) from South Africa. We will then apply for a residence permit for my wife once we arrive in the Netherlands and we need to provide documentation, such as a marriage and birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I emailed Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the process, who replied &lt;em&gt;&quot;South African documents such as birth certificates or marriage certificates do indeed need an apostille. You will need to apostille original documents or extracts. Apostilled photocopies are not accepted. Please note that some authorities in the Netherlands may request &lt;strong&gt;recent&lt;/strong&gt; extracts of documents.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that the Dutch government may require &quot;recent extracts&quot; of documents. I can't find any further information on how recent the extracts needs to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IND website states that documents like these from South Africa needs an apostille, but not how recent the extract should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone shed light on this requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastEditorUserId="13388" LastEditDate="2017-10-20T11:22:40.987" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T22:14:17.770" Title="Netherlands - document requirements" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12450" CreationDate="2017-10-20T05:41:24.930" Score="4" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen intending to move to the Netherlands. I work remotely for an Australian company and I am currently resident in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am moving to the Netherlands with my non-EU spouse, for whom we need to apply for a residence permit. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11950/eu-citizen-eu-child-non-eu-spouse&quot;&gt;IND states&lt;/a&gt; that the EU citizen &quot;carries out real and actual work or has sufficient means to support you&quot; with regards to the residence permit application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not stated what is needed in terms of proof of employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A contract of employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay slips&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A letter from management starting that they support my move to the Netherlands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;South African bank statement indicating regular salary payments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I intend to open a bank account in the Netherlands to receive my salary, but this might not be open at the time of the residence permit application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My question: what documentation is typically required by the Dutch government in the case where you work remotely for a foreign company to satisfy this requirement?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a reply from the IND regarding my question - it states that since I don’t work for a Dutch employer, I will be considered to be economically inactive in the Netherlands, and that  I have to prove that I  have sufficient means of existence for myself and my family members to not have to depend on public resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the term &lt;em&gt;&quot;economically inactive&quot;&lt;/em&gt; a strange term, I would have thought that living in a country and paying income tax would mean that you are considered economically active. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13388" LastEditorUserId="13388" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T03:57:31.240" LastActivityDate="2018-10-06T12:30:38.430" Title="Netherlands, residence permit, &quot;real and actual work&quot;" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12416" CreationDate="2017-10-20T16:48:55.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your nationality and country of residence should not impact on your University application. It will however impact on your Master's degree fees. &#xA;Once you are accepted for admission to university and you have received the confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS), you can then apply for the Tier 4 visa. You can find all the most updated information you might need here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623341/T4_Migrant_Guidance_29_June_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/623341/T4_Migrant_Guidance_29_June_2017.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the university is a genuine Tier 4 visa sponsor, you are coming to study and you can demonstrate you have enough money to pay the visa fees, your visa should be pretty straightforward. The previous denials should not count against you if you demonstrate you are a genuine student. Be sure to fill out your forms accurately and correctly, leaving no ambiguity. Importantly, you need to demonstrate that you have enough funds to cover yourself, and your course fees for at least one year of study. Be transparent and do not be ambiguous when it comes to the part on the application when you must declare if you have been denied a UK visit visa previously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2017-10-20T16:48:55.627" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12414" CreationDate="2017-10-20T21:04:27.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what I am aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actions to take ASAP:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replace/update your SSN card. This can be done at your local social security center. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ssa.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If employed: ask the employer to update the I-9&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have some accounts at banks, insurance, mortgage: inform them about your residency status, as in some places you may be eligible for lower rate after getting the green card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a male between ages 18 and 25 (inclusive, i.e. who have reached their 18th birthday and who have not passed their 26th birthday): register with the Selective Service (U.S. Armed Forces)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things to do until you get US citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fill an form AR-11 (Alien's Change of Address Card:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ar-11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/ar-11&lt;/a&gt;) each time you move (AR-11 should be filled within ten days of moving)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Carry proof of your permanent resident status at all times. (From &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/carry-my-green-card-with-me/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://citizenpath.com/carry-my-green-card-with-me/&lt;/a&gt;: &amp;quot;You are legally required to carry your green card with you if you are age 18 or older. Section 264(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that all permanent residents must have “at all times” official evidence of permanent resident status. A photocopy is not acceptable. If found guilty of this misdemeanor, the penalty set by law is a fine of up to $100 and up to 30 days in jail.&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/10923/164&quot;&gt;Keep track of some information to be prepared to apply for naturalization in five years&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you plan to remain outside of the U. S. for six months or longer, you are strongly suggested to obtain a 'Re-entry Permit&amp;quot; before leaving the U.S.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also beware that &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/q/135601/5656&quot;&gt;your tax reporting will changes slightly&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2021-01-30T00:30:51.873" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T00:30:51.873" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-21T08:23:31.430" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Philippine national working in Dubai. My boyfriend (who is an EU national) is working in Austria full-time and we want to live together so the plan is for me to move to Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still have some days left on my Schengen multiple-entry visa, which I intend to use soon to visit him. Then I'll be left with very few days on my visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is to work or get another degree (study) BSc./MSc. in Austria. I know it is nearly impossible to find a job there while not being there so my plan is to look for a job while there. Also, my professional skills in Austria would require me to speak German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've thought of the following possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a student visa to study in Austria and have a part-time job while studying. Maybe drop out of university if I managed to get a full-time job, but that would require to change my visa status, which I believe to not be difficult while being already in Austria with a valid visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a vis to study German. This would be a short-term solution but it would allow me to look for a job while attending the German language school (German would definitely help me getting a job) and let me pursue my career with my current professional skills or change career paths.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a 6-month or 90-day tourist visa and after landing there request a living permit and then search for a job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How difficult is it to get a living permit from a tourist visa in Austria? Even when my boyfriend will be providing me with housing and support.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to get a working visa while not actually having a job in Austria? I believe it is not possible at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other possible solution that I've not mentioned?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I mentioned a visa to study German and for a university degree, and also looking for a job, I do really intend on doing the studies (university or German language) in Austria and not use the visa as an excuse to move to Vienna and not attend anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my boyfriend can support me in any way - housing will be provided by him. Is there anything that my boyfriend can do to help me with the visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my best options to get a visa to move to Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13823" OwnerDisplayName="user13817" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-21T11:44:38.443" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T20:46:04.983" Title="Philippine national moving to Austria to live with boyfriend - Visa options" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-21T09:43:54.483" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian passport holder. I'm in love with a Luxembourg citizen. We have known each other for 2 years. We both are gay. We are planning to get married in a country where gay marriage is legal. The problem for us is, I applied for a Schengen tourist visa and got rejected twice. Can you please help us? Is there any marriage visa in the EU or Luxembourg?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13824" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-21T13:28:21.167" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T13:28:21.167" Title="Gay Marriage in the EU" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12431" CreationDate="2017-10-21T13:11:57.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Luxembourg has recognised same sex marriage since 2015 so you should be able to get a marriage visa on the same basis as a hetrosexual couple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T13:11:57.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-21T19:22:44.083" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some advice about registration. I am currently registered in the Netherlands but want to move to a room that I cannot get registration for. If I were to leave the Netherlands for a few days, then re-enter, does this mean that I don't need registration as I will have been here less than 4 months?&#xA;I arrived 21st August 2017 and will leave around January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13826" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T19:22:44.083" Title="How to move to a room with 'no registration'" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12424" CreationDate="2017-10-21T22:09:00.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service &lt;em&gt;(Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst,&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;IND),&lt;/em&gt; a divorce decree must not be older than six months, but other documents will be accepted regardless of their age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/pages/legalisation-and-translation-of-official-documents.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page in English concerning this&lt;/a&gt;.  The translation from &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/paginas/legalisatie-en-vertaling-van-documenten.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Dutch original&lt;/a&gt; is somewhat poor, so I have edited it a bit for clarity.  Changes are in italics; this is a partial excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Document validity&lt;/em&gt; and legalisation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A divorce decree&lt;/em&gt; is accepted by the IND only if it is not older than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most other documents the validity and date of the legalisation are not relevant to the IND. These are documents of which the details are so final that the date of issue is less relevant. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;marriage certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;death certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;divorce certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IND accepts these documents even if these have been legalised some years &lt;em&gt;ago, provided&lt;/em&gt; the legalisation was done by a Dutch authority at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is of no use to have &lt;em&gt;already-legalized&lt;/em&gt; documents legalised again. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; a Dutch authority &lt;em&gt;requests&lt;/em&gt; a recent and legalised &lt;em&gt;document, you must&lt;/em&gt; request the document again and have that document legalised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T22:09:00.270" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12437" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-10-22T02:20:00.260" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia topic United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt; or &quot;The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) and colloquially Great Britain (GB) or simply Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United Kingdom government has provide a web site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check if you need a UK visa&lt;/a&gt;, which can help determine whether a visa is required as well as what type of visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information about visas and immigration to the United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13825" LastEditorUserId="13825" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T05:09:56.487" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T05:09:56.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12438" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-10-22T02:20:00.260" Score="0" Body="uk-visa tag should be used with questions concerning visas of various types for visiting the United Kingdom (the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and several other islands in the region)." OwnerUserId="13825" LastEditorUserId="13825" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T00:52:33.047" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T00:52:33.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-22T08:46:38.417" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Bahrain last month and am looking for things to do. Currently, I'm taking driving lessons, which are helping to pass some time. Can anybody tell if there are any tourism hobby clubs in Bahrain? Like where you get to go to different places as a group, and make friends in the process. This kind of thing is common in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11766" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-22T23:25:46.753" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T23:25:46.753" Title="Tourism hobby clubs in Bahrain" Tags="&lt;bahrain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-22T19:01:28.647" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just curious. I want to know whether other countries offer anything similar to the U.S. diversity lottery program and, if so, where can I find information on these equivalent programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13833" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-25T23:28:35.140" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T23:28:35.140" Title="Apart from the USA, what other countries offer something similar to the Diversity Lottery Program?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12441" CreationDate="2017-10-22T20:41:54.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it is hard to prove a negative the DV lottery is a product of American politics that may be unique to the US and no where else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What became the DV lottery started off as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20170804/281779924210622&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an effort by Irish-American politicians to find a way to legalize the rather large Irish population living illegally in the US&lt;/a&gt; who hadn't been there long enough to benefit from the 1986 amnesty. When it was decided that a law to legalize the immigrants of one particular nationality was really inappropriate they instead came up with the DV lottery which was open to (almost) everyone but which Irish people (including those born in Northern Ireland, but excluding the rest of the UK) were far more likely to win than anyone else. While the problem this was meant to address has long since been solved the program continues to be law due, as far as I can tell,  to inertia (I really don't know if the Irish bias still persists).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That the DV lottery exists is hence due to the constraints of American laws and politics and the concerns of American politicians at the time it was established. I would be surprised if any other country decided that this was a sensible solution to any problem they were having, though I stand ready to be corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T20:41:54.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-22T22:52:44.977" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen (California) preparing to get married abroad, in a country where the process for marriage is well known for being quite slow, and the marriage visa process is just as long. So I'll be somewhat of an expat (no USA home) during the marriage process. The cards are lining up nicely, the company I have spent 5 years with has given me their blessing to work aboard for as long as I need (I work from home now so the work will get done wherever I am).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've begun to research this process of moving overseas for a medium-term (1 year) trip, I've come across the frightening reality that banks will close down US citizens bank accounts with short warning if they determine that the citizen does not have a permanent address. While I plan on using a mail scanning service for the bulk of mail, I'm at a loss for what to do about residential address. I know that banks can access the USPS address change database as well, and can detect if you move away from currently registered address within some period of time. (And they can see all the addresses in your credit report, and ask your mobile provider to verify your address, fun!) Losing access to my bank accounts while trying to get married could leave my future wife and myself to be stranded within our marriage or visa application processes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best way to handle this situation with Bank residential address? The patriot act &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to indicate that next-of-kin addresses can be used for the residential address, and my parents would fit that description. Can I use my parents (Virginia) mailing address safely? Parents don't mind, but I would not have the documents to prove I live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some additional details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bank is currently Navy Federal CU, but I'd like to add HSBC account as a backup option due to their presence in marriage country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting account abroad is difficult before marriage, and I have payroll that needs to go to an American account. Additionally, American bills to pay while abroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm worried that sending a large wire or transfer of funds to my fiance's account before we are legally marriage will flag things at her bank for suspicious amounts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13834" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T02:55:45.810" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T02:33:58.743" Title="Marriage abroad, how to handle the bank residential address?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-23T16:34:34.497" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employer wishes to send me to Berlin for approximately two years in order to complete a project and later establish a presence in the German-Speaking market. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do not, however, wish to create a branch or subsidiary immediately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience with applying for a residency/work permit where the contract is with an American employer (provided it is reviewed by a German attorney in order to ensure it is compliant with German employment law) that does not have an established branch in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This project is essentially something I have been tasked entirely with (I asked for it) so it is up to me to figure out how they shall send me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13836" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T05:08:43.183" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T05:08:43.183" Title="Residence/Work Permit for Company Without Germany Subsidiary?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12451" CreationDate="2017-10-23T20:33:31.180" Score="4" ViewCount="5862" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read on many websites that after receiving the green card in the United States, it is advised/required to replace the social security card in order to remove the &quot;Valid to Work Only with DHS Authorization&quot; legend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it required?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the point of removing the &quot;Valid to Work Only with DHS Authorization&quot; legend from the social security card after getting the green card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T11:08:02.843" Title="What is the point of removing the &quot;Valid to Work Only with DHS Authorization&quot; legend from the social security card after getting the green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12425" CreationDate="2017-10-24T15:06:40.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU freedom of movement for workers dates back to the 1957 treaty of Rome and was originally understood as one of the components of the single market. Basically, it is about making it as easy for employers to recruit workers and for workers to switch employers within the EU as it is within a single country. It only incidentally creates rights for EU citizens and isn't a right to live everywhere provided you have work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But Australia is not part of the single market and working for an Australian company isn't a transaction between an EU citizen and an EU employer and doesn't contribute directly to the Dutch (or EU) economy so it makes sense for the IND not to consider you as a “worker” in the EU sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Freedom of movement was later extended to other categories of EU citizens but with an additional requirement, namely “not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State”. That's what the treaty calls “economically non-active” persons. That's also why the IND wrote “carries out real and actual work &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has sufficient means to support you”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to get your spouse's residence card sorted would therefore be to establish you have sufficient income and health insurance. If you fulfil those requirements, your employment situation is irrelevant. I don't know what the exact documentary requirements are but not having a Dutch bank account should not in principle be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you established your (and your spouse's) right to reside in the Netherlands on that basis, your spouse is also allowed to take up employment or become self-employed as they wish. And if you have significant income (from whatever sources), you might have to pay income tax in the country where you reside, irrespective of whether you are economically active in that country or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T15:06:40.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12446" CreationDate="2017-10-24T15:21:08.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One point is that a Social Security card without a restriction legend serves as a List C document (proof of work authorization) for the I-9's documentary requirements. So an unrestricted Social Security card plus a List B document (an ID like a driver's license or a school ID) is enough to present to start work, and you don't need to present any other document relating to your immigration status like a green card or a passport (and the employer is not allowed to prefer or require one type of document over another).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T15:21:08.903" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12443" CreationDate="2017-10-25T02:33:58.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;banks will close down US citizens bank accounts with short warning if they determine that the citizen does not have a permanent address&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wells Fargo have kept my account open (initially opened in Minnesota) for over 11 years, so this is not universally true. You will presumably have an address in the country you're spending a year in - give your bank that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13796" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T02:33:58.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T11:20:44.673" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you live in Japan as a mid- to long-term visa holder with the latest visa about granted 1 year or earlier, then you know that the Japanese Immigration Bureau no longer stamps your passport with a sticker as they did before. Instead your status of residence is stated on your residence card along with its expiration date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately some employers have not changed their policies to allow for the change, so they need to see your passport, where no useful visa information is present. What can I do about this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13818" LastEditorUserId="13818" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T03:51:06.617" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T03:51:06.617" Title="What can I do about the Japan Immigration policy on long term residents not getting a passport stamp?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T11:31:32.780" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I travel to Canada as a tourist with an Australian UN Convention Travel Document for refugees? I have an Australian Travel document or convention travel document for refugees and i want to visit Canada as a tourist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13846" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T16:11:15.247" Title="Can I travel to Canada as a tourist with an Australian UN Convention Travel Document for refugees?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T11:53:58.693" Score="6" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Dutch citizen currently self-employed and living in China. From March 2018 I'll be working full-time as an employee for a UK company in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible for my Chinese girlfriend to come with me (we've been together for 1.5 years)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible for my Chinese girlfriend to work in the UK? (She will be bored as hell if this is not possible).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has a Bachelor's degree in marine biology and has a strong grasp of the English language. She speaks and writes fluent Mandarin and Cantonese. She currently works for a company that handles the visa process for people immigrating to the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13847" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T02:17:19.367" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T05:01:40.757" Title="EU citizen going to work in the UK. Can my Chinese girlfriend come with me and possibly work in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12455" CreationDate="2017-10-25T12:10:20.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you get married, yes. Otherwise no, although if you reach the two mark by March 2018, and have been living together that entire two years, and can prove cohabitation for that entire period of time, then yes. You mention her qualifications. She can of course possibly qualify on her own right through several means (work, grad student).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T02:18:04.110" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T02:18:04.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12454" CreationDate="2017-10-25T16:11:15.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can but you'll &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1180&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;need to apply for a visitor visa first&lt;/a&gt;. When you are looking for flights you will also need to check for transit visa requirements at stopover airports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T16:11:15.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12398" CreationDate="2017-10-25T23:07:16.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone and thanks for your replies !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to the ward office right after and they just asked me why I didn't registered earlier within the 14 days. I just told that I simply was not aware of this 14 days procedure and they wrote it on some &quot;comments&quot; section on paper. As well, they were kind of repeating the same thing 2 times like &quot;oh... since August...well&quot;. But nothing very offensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that they registered my resident card, and wrote my address behind it as the normal procedure is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it has any kind of importance, but I speak japanese. So it could help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's it. I was not charged for anything. But take care, it's maybe because I did not exceeded another internal and non shared deadline (my case is less than 90 days but more than 14 days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to sum up:&#xA;  - I just explained my situation and have been honest with it&#xA;  - I was not charged for anything&#xA;  - The procedure completed sucessfully and I got my resident record&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone come here for the same situation, I would advise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do it right away and be honest with your situation. If possible speak japanese to simplify the communication.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13789" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T23:07:16.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12453" CreationDate="2017-10-26T01:18:26.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best solution is to avoid companies with such incompetent idiots. Very common that they are incompetent not only in such small thing but in Japanese labour laws too. So you should expect demands for overtime more than it's allowed by laws because of pointless tasks and very inefficient and incompetent management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8284" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T01:18:26.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T21:17:45.973" Score="3" ViewCount="596" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a type D visa, work permit for Germany after travelling from India. I got the visa via processing from the Indian employer. I am on deputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if I find another local employer in Germany who is offering a permanent job, is the work contract of the new employer enough for me to change/transfer the current visa to the new employer? Or do I have to apply for a new visa? Basically what is the process like? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current work permit has the Indian employer's name under the remarks column, which means basically I can work only for that employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sam" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T12:54:13.103" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T12:54:13.103" Title="Change of employer in type D visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T19:33:53.530" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Iraq. I am Turkish citizen. I was victimized by the Turkish government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a record in the UN. I want to apply for refugee or protection status visa. All my official documents are ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Online application option for one person on New Zealand online visa application website but I have a family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to apply for the family? What forms do I need to fill out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is this option in the New Zealand website&#xA;you can look at the picture&#xA;but I want to apply within my family&#xA;when I choose family&#xA;paper comes with option&#xA;but I do not know which papers are going to be filled with paper&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmvMV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmvMV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="HEKIM" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T13:01:17.260" Title="New Zealand refugee or protection status claims visas" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12464" CreationDate="2017-10-26T17:10:33.510" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I get housing in South Korea outside of the military and teaching English? I would prefer to rent a house, as I am not fond of apartments, but would be willing to consider an apartment as long as I can have some privacy as I plan on making noise-Good Noise... Music!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13851" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-29T14:34:44.490" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T09:44:03.927" Title="Housing in South Korea" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12463" CreationDate="2017-10-27T02:54:53.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forget about a house, at least in the big cities. They're very rare and for the very, very wealthy. Koreans have developed a taste for high-rises, which come in all kinds of price ranges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most jobs in Korea do not come with housing. Jobs that do are (1) senior managers and (2) expats, ie people sent from overseas to Korea by the company. If you can find such a job back home and get sent to Korea, you might get housing. If not, forget it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for privacy and no noise, that's an even rarer commodity in Korea. It's a hectic place. People live on top of each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EDIT&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further to the OP's comment/question: &lt;code&gt;is there a better way of having this done or where would I go to get the most privacy? I also have no intention of living in the city&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That poses a few more problems...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not living in the city.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eh? Where would you be planning to work and live? If you stand in the geographical center of Seoul, say Yongsan-gu, everything, and I mean everything, 50 km around that spot is urbanized. And by urbanized I mean concreted over in high-rises. Living at the outer edge of that circle (which happens to be the outer edge of the public transportation network), you'd be stuck with 4/5 hours stuck in transportation a day. Assuming your employer would be in Seoul proper. And maybe on the other side of the circle. Hell on toast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only people without a choice and their opposite, immensely rich people, live outside the conurbation. You're not in Kansas anymore. It's not &amp;quot;Oh living in the city is bad, I'll move to the 'burbs&amp;quot; there. The burbs are an exact mirror image of the city, just worse. More concrete, more people. And where the suburbs end, the countryside starts, and there is nothing there for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Privacy. Noise and disturbances.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering their lifestyle, Koreans do have, generally, a high tolerance for noise. You'll be disturbed by your neighbours more than they'll disturb you. But if you have neighbours who object to your music -- on general principle or because you're a foreigner -- you'll be in for a world of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A possibility is to live in one of the foreign ghettos, one in line with your budget anyway. From &lt;em&gt;haebangchon&lt;/em&gt; near the big Itaewon US base to &lt;em&gt;Seorae maeul&lt;/em&gt; there are a few places where foreigners tend to be a majority, and noise disturbances are less of an issue. Many places are also smaller buildings, called, unfortunately, villas (they're nothing but). Five to six floors tops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Budget.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me come back on the budget issue. Housing in Seoul is EXPENSIVE. And most employers won't pay for it. By the way, usually English teachers share a flat -- most schools tend to rent flats that will house two or more people. So noise could be an issue again, as your flatmate(s) may object.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you're paying for it yourself (the most probable outcome), you'll need serious money to start with. Renting in Korea requires a very healthy [refundable] deposit (usually 10 million KRW, ~8,000 USD and up), and a monthly rent. Note the deposit is not a multiple of the monthly rent. There was a time, all you needed was the key-money. You'd basically lend the owner a sum of money that's a very large percentage of the total value of the flat, and the owner lived on the interest they got from that. My last flat, 2001 to 2004, the key money was about 50,000 USD. These days, with interest rates being so low, landlords compromise: they lower the key-money, and complement the &amp;quot;loss&amp;quot; of income with a monthly rent. But that key money is still a healthy chunk of cash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in many cases, the key-money system is borderline a Ponzi scheme. People who buy a flat to rent it out pay the agreed price &lt;strong&gt;minus the current key money&lt;/strong&gt;. Which means that in many cases, people actually buy a flat they can hardly afford. They just hope that when the tenant files notice to move out, a new tenant will be found in time, so that the new tenant's cheque can be passed over directly to the former tenant, as the landlord doesn't have enough money to cover it. If no new tenant comes in time, good luck. Happened to me twice, and it was a battle to get the money back...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T09:44:03.927" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-27T16:17:02.610" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Health insurance for ex-pats abroad? I am thinking of buying a house abroad (outside Europe) and living there for probably 9 months of the year and back here for the other 3 months. I would rent out my house in the UK and stay with friends when I returned to UK. My holiday insurance says I should be 'permanently resident in UK'to qualify. How do you define 'permanently resident'? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I`m still on the voters roll.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I`m registered with a GP. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a bank account here. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am an OAP here. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I pay taxes here. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am British. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is my home country. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I just choose to have a holiday home abroad and holiday abroad for 9 months of the year. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So am I 'permanently resident' here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13854" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T17:15:24.853" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T00:56:22.957" Title="Insurance for UK residents living abroad" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12465" CreationDate="2017-10-27T18:29:53.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The NHS may consider you to be a chargeable overseas visitor if you need treatment in the UK. The'ordinary residence tool' and other guidelines are here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T18:29:53.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12470" CreationDate="2017-10-27T22:01:39.843" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;When entering the United States with Advance Parole, one may have to go through the immigration waiting room. Why, and is there any way to avoid that (it often takes between 30 minutes and 60 minutes, so it's preferable not to go through it)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T15:35:13.370" Title="Entry to the United States with Advance Parole: why having to go through the immigration waiting room?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-28T10:32:54.090" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are arriving in Los Angeles, holidaying for 6 days and then planning on driving to New Orleans over a few days. what challenges will we face doing this given we won't have an international driver's licence, Social Security Number or credit history. We will pay via money transfer so no loan required. Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be easier to lease to start?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13856" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-10-28T14:17:56.927" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T14:17:56.927" Title="Car purchase upon arrival in US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12469" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-28T11:10:18.760" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our son started daycare in February. We had been wrongly assuming that we could apply for childcare allowance (kinderopvangtoeslag) at the end of the year, with the tax returns. When we found out this was not the case, we ended up applying for it in August. However, it seems you can only apply for the allowance for the last 3 months. So, we lost 3 months of allowance. Considering the cost of our daycare, this is a significant amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for recovering the 3 months of lost allowance or at least a part of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9047" LastActivityDate="2017-11-03T14:56:16.090" Title="Too late in applying for childcare allowance in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12467" CreationDate="2017-10-28T15:35:13.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that they have to verify that the basis for the Advance Parole is still valid (e.g. for an Advance Parole based on being an Adjustment of Status applicant, they have to verify that the Adjustment of Status application hasn't been denied), and the systems needed to verify that status either isn't available, or is too slow to be used, at the primary inspection station, so they can only do it at secondary inspection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T15:35:13.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-28T22:06:29.753" Score="1" ViewCount="668" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Syrian citizen who has been married to a Moldovan woman for 6 years now. We have 2 children under 18 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in Moldova for 2 weeks only. Is it possible for me to have Moldovan citizenship because of my marriage or son?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13859" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-10-30T14:04:30.743" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T14:04:30.743" Title="Can I get Moldovan nationality by marriage?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12473" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12494" CreationDate="2017-10-28T23:26:27.730" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are moving to the UK from Poland. We have a Polish car and we learned that we cannot drive the car if we're moving to the UK (makes us UK residents). We are not planning to use the Polish car in the UK due to left-hand drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we buy a UK-registered car in Poland and drive it to the UK. Will it be a problem at customs if the papers are not in my name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am open to suggestions. Thank you all for your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13860" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-03T09:02:07.427" LastActivityDate="2017-11-03T09:02:07.427" Title="Purchasing a UK-registered car outside of the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-29T08:56:41.717" Score="3" ViewCount="1376" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying on the Canadian Express Entry scheme. In the application form they asked me if I have ever applied for immigration, refugee or citizenship status of Canada before? I did apply for a visit visa last year which was refused. Should I answer yes to this question? When I answer yes, they ask me to provide the Unique Client Identifier (UCI). I found a UCI on my visa letters, but the system is not accepting that UCI because the pattern is wrong. This link (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=013&amp;amp;top=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=013&amp;amp;top=4&lt;/a&gt;) says that the UIC either has 8 digits or 10 digits but the UIC that I found on my letter starts with an alphabetic character followed by 12 digits. What should I do? The UCI field is not mandatory so I can choose to leave it blank, but will it be misrepresentation? Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13862" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-10-29T09:22:07.497" LastActivityDate="2021-03-30T16:06:00.710" Title="How to read Unique Client Identifier (UCI) for Canadian Express Entry application?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2017-10-29T14:37:07.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading your question there seems to be some degree of feeling guilty about seeing your family so seldom. I would like to point out that only in the last century has it been possible to travel easily. For many centuries when people moved to some other place separating families, communication was difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not seeing family for years was not unusual but rather common when people moved about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Missing family or friends is natural. Feeling guilty about the separation is a different thing. If you are feeling guilty about the separation then counseling may be in order to understand why. You didn't mention whether you have discussed this with your parents however it would seem to be something to discuss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be surprised to find out that while they miss you too, they are perfectly fine with the current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Growing old is something everyone does however physical and mental condition as one ages is often a choice. Conditions such as dementia or cancer aside, exercising, eating properly, and being involved in a community makes a huge difference in how we age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mom just turned 80 and is living alone after my father's death several years ago. She has neighbors around her and is involved with volunteer work within her community. She takes walks and does yard work and gardening for exercise. She is involved in a program at a nearby university that has lunches and day trips. She has had a few medical problems that required hospitalization over the years but she is doing fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We stay in touch with telephone and I go to see her a few times a year and she visits me every once in a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when we visit, we can see the difference in each other because we are both aging. And after a visit, we feel a bit of a loss at the separation. It is the same when I visit my daughter or she visits me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother and I both hope that she will be able to maintain her lifestyle until the day she dies after a life well lived. My daughter and I both hope that I will be able to maintain my lifestyle until the day I die after a life well lived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13825" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T14:37:07.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12477" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12479" CreationDate="2017-10-25T14:38:53.527" Score="5" ViewCount="726" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US green card lottery program requires a person applying to specify a country of birth. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immihelp.com/green-card-lottery/american-visa-lottery-eligible-countries.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The official site&lt;/a&gt; doesn't state anything about people who were born in one of the former republics of the USSR. Does a person who was born in one of the former republics (The Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia just to name a few) counts towards the modern independent country that exists today, or toward Russia, as the successor of the USSR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13865" OwnerDisplayName="SIMEL" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T20:44:42.323" Title="What is the country of birth for a person who was born in one of the former republics of the USSR, for the purpose of the Green Card lottery?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12477" CreationDate="2017-10-25T14:44:12.397" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When applying for the US visa, they explain they want the country in which the place you were born in is currently located.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, assuming they have the same convention. in this case you should specify the relevant CIS republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="alamar" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T14:44:12.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12477" CreationDate="2017-10-29T20:44:42.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2019-Instructions-Translations/New_DV-2019_Restart_Plain_Language_Instructions_and_FAQs_.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions for the 2019 Diversity Immigrant Visa program (DV-2019)&lt;/a&gt; (pdf) are explicit about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Country where you were born – Use the name of the country currently used for the place where you were born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the phrase &quot;currently used.&quot;  This means, for example, that if you were born in Chisinau when it was part of the Soviet Union that you should enter &quot;Moldova&quot; as your country of birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T20:44:42.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12465" CreationDate="2017-10-30T00:56:22.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 'other country' may consider you resident there, despite what you want them to believe. That might make you liable for paying taxes there, especially as you will be present in that country for more than 183 days per year. You also might not have to pay taxes in the UK for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as mentioned in the comment to your question, your 'holiday insurance' is probably void for stays longer than 3 months. Check the policy carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise getting proper legal advice on the matter before buying a house. Also make sure you are legally able to own a house (and land) in that country - many countries do not allow foreigners to own houses, and the laws on property such as condos or apartments can be similarly restrictive. For example, I live in Thailand where it is strictly forbidden for a foreigner to own land - and buying a condo is a complicated process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T00:56:22.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12482" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12488" CreationDate="2017-10-30T15:24:08.117" Score="2" ViewCount="882" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to Austria, having arrived in Vienna 2 months ago. I would like an Austrian SIM for my mobile phone, but don't understand how to go about getting the best deal, which for me seems to be a SIM on a monthly contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At UPC they told me I needed to register with CRIF GmbH (some kind of credit reference agency?) who might take 2 weeks to set up a profile for me and then I could try to apply for a contract with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a bank account, contracts for broadband, electricity and gas, Legitimationskarten, and Meldezettel registration, and apartment and garage rental contracts... is it really necessary for me to register with CRIF? If so, are there other agencies I should consider registering with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPC also told me that there was no way to get a pre-paid SIM, either with them or with anyone else. I don't find this likely, and hence the doubt over the other things they've told me: what is the best way to get an Austrian SIM after only 2 months in the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11980" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T11:32:11.077" Title="Getting a mobile phone contract in Austria" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12484" CreationDate="2017-10-30T20:30:55.690" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US citizen (A) marries a G-4 visa holder (B) who lives in the US.  They &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-spouse-treated-as-a-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;elect to treat B as a resident alien for income tax purposes so they can file a joint tax return&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the couple have made this election, B's bank asks for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form W-8BEN&lt;/a&gt;.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions&lt;/a&gt; say that one condition under which someone should not file W-8BEN is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are a U.S. citizen (even if you reside outside the United States) or other U.S. person (including a resident alien individual). Instead, use Form W-9 to document your status as a U.S. person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the election mean that B should file W-9 instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T21:59:08.940" Title="Elected to be treated as a resident for income tax purposes: W-9 or W-8BEN?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;diplomats&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12483" CreationDate="2017-10-30T20:30:55.690" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does the election mean that B should file W-9 instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  B should continue to complete form W-8BEN.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions for form W-9&lt;/a&gt; say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign person.&lt;/strong&gt; If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(formatting in original)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T20:30:55.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-30T23:10:12.737" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it hurt a Tier 4 applicant's credibility if their spouse is already a UK resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13298" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T08:01:37.403" Title="Genuine Student Rule for Tier 4 Applications" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-31T01:52:48.153" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK and hold dual citizenship UK/New Zealand and have both passports. I left when I was 4 years old and I am returning indefinitely in my late 40's. How long do I have to be living in the UK before I am considered a resident? Will I be eligible for health care as soon as I arrive? Can I apply for a UK drivers licence as soon as I arrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13870" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T16:43:53.490" Title="Residency, NHS entitlements" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12485" CreationDate="2017-10-31T07:39:32.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, not exactly. But you must be a genuine student, coming to the UK for the purposes of study, and able to qualify on these grounds alone (as if you weren't married to a UK resident). If you are not a genuine student, and are only coming to join your spouse by another means, the Home Office is quite savy to this, and then your application will get the extra scrutiny it deserves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T07:39:32.913" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12482" CreationDate="2017-10-31T09:10:17.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First aboout UPC, it seems to be standard practice, for all their products, to use CRIF Gmbh to check your financial status (according to the terms of some random products I just checked).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But, nobody forces you to use UPC ... to start with, their mobile phone branch is just a reseller of &quot;3&quot; and has no own infrastructure. And UPC isn't known as the most customer-friendly company ... imho you're better off not choosing them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About prepaid SIMs, that's a big fat lie. The major providers (A1, TMobile, 3, ... no idea about resellers, but who needs them) all have various prepaid offers. No fixed costs but just paying what you use, no bank account necessary, no ID necessary (there was some talk about requiring it, but currently this idea is dead), and plenty possibilities to reload (many ATMs, all gas stations, all Billa and Spar, many post offices, ...).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the cheapest solution for you is something I can't know - it depends on your usage profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13871" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T09:10:17.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12486" CreationDate="2017-10-31T12:28:07.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main requirement for NHS entitlement is that you are a lawful and settled resident. You'll need your passport and some proof of address in the UK to register with a GP. There is no initial minimum period of residence, but the UK must be the country you spend most of the year in going forward. NHS may make further checks on your residence but will not delay any necessary treatment while doing so.&#xA;Background info &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T12:28:07.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12486" CreationDate="2017-10-31T16:43:53.490" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are (also) a UK citizen, you can be considered settled as soon as you move to the UK with the intent of staying there. You should simply visit your local GP and register there, where they might ask you for your NI number (which you might not have, so you probably need to obtain it first), your passport and some kind of proof of address (obtaining this might take a while though, but not all GPs require it - especially from a UK passport holder). Once your done, you should be fine from that point on when you need to be admitted to a hospital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note if you are not a UK or EEA citizen, then even if you hold a long term visa you are not considered settled, and you need to pay the NHS surcharge to get access to NHS hospital services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the driver's licence, unfortunately you have to wait for 185 days after you arrive to be eligible to apply for one, or exchange it. Fortunately you can use your NZ licence for a year, so there would be an overlap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T16:43:53.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-31T19:03:31.863" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked as a volunteer in Fiji Islands from 2012 to 2016. I flew back to Los Angeles on June 15, 2016 from Nadi, Fiji Islands with Fiji Airways. I did not go back to Fiji. I did not keep my boarding pass nor was my passport stamped on arrival by DHS in Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for my Medicare coverage and the late enrollment penalty can be waived if I produce a government-issued document that confirms I returned on June 15th, 2016. I will appreciate if you suggest where I can get some document confirming that I arrived back in the USA on June 15, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nirmal Jhunjhunwala" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T00:37:07.723" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T00:37:07.723" Title="How can I prove I arrived in the USA in 2016 from Fiji?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12491" CreationDate="2017-10-31T19:11:47.960" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/site-policy-notices/foia&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;submit a Freedom of Information Act request&lt;/a&gt; with Customs and Border Protection for your arrival/departure records. That's likely to show your entry in 2016, though it could take quite some time to receive a response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also ask whether they'll accept secondary forms of evidence. Perhaps you could supply a copy of your plane tickets and credit card/bank statements that show you making charges in Fiji before that date and in the United States after that date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9329" OwnerDisplayName="Zach Lipton" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T19:11:47.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12491" CreationDate="2017-10-31T21:41:09.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The airline will still have a record of your flight.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You can ask them to get a print out, or even get it online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" OwnerDisplayName="Aganju" LastActivityDate="2017-10-31T21:41:09.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12473" CreationDate="2017-11-01T12:01:43.410" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it's true that legally if you move to the UK, you are not able to drive a non-UK car there, in practice this is not enforced (for people who just moved to the UK - for long term residents it's different and there were some crackdowns on non-UK registered cars that were parked for a long time in the same place in some areas), and it would be really hard to do so anyway, as in the UK there are no residency cards. (The drivers licence acts somewhat as residency card as it shows your address, but you probably don't have a UK one yet). &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/50/how-long-can-i-drive-a-eu-registered-car-in-the-uk/59#59&quot;&gt;You can read more about it here.&lt;/a&gt; So for the first 2-3 months I wouldn't worry, just make sure you can provide your ferry/tunnel ticket that shows when you entered the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However after the few months you have to register your car, and you can only do it if you modify it to UK standards. While the position of the wheel is not a problem (people like to import and drive US cars as well, which are LHD as well), you will need to replace the headlights to dim to the left side, and the speedometer to show the speed in miles and not km/h. Also because it will still be a LHD car, it'll be a bit inconvenient to drive it around in the UK, and also the insurance costs will be higher. Selling it will be problematic as well, as most people don't buy LHD cars in the UK. If you want some money out of it you probably need to drive it back to Poland to sell it there and then get back to the UK using other modes of transport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to buy a UK registered car abroad, however you need to find a seller - probably someone who just moved back from the UK to Poland. As all paperwork you have to do can be done via post or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;, it should be possible for you to do so. However you already need an address in the UK for this to work, as both the insurance companies and DVLA will send you the documents (the V5C certificate) to that address. Also legally you won't be able to drive your car outside the UK without the V5C certificate as well, so someone will need to send them back to Poland to you - I'm not sure if the copy of the V5C the seller gives you would be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't find a seller, or you won't have an address and someone to send back your documents until you move out, then the best thing to do is to hire a moving company to help you with the transport and use public transport (train, coach or plane) to get to the UK. If you are really inclined to drive there you might be able to hire a car from one of the international companies for one-way as well, but the one-way return cost for the hire car would be quite prohibitive (£1000 or more) as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-11-01T12:01:43.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-01T15:51:29.170" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering whether I can register for residency in Norway while still working in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a dutch national with a residence permit in Spain (where I'm currently working) and I'm planning to move to Norway, where my partner (Moldovan with a Romanian passport) is living and working already. I'm planning to stay with my Spanish employer for a few more months, while already moving to Norway (with regular visits to Spain). Because my contract is with a Spanish company and I pay taxes there I cannot de-register my Spanish residency yet, but I would already like to start a Norwegian language course with the Voksenopplæring, for which I need either a residence permit or a letter from the police. Should I register in Norway already, despite still being employed in Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks for your tips and guidance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13875" LastActivityDate="2017-11-01T15:51:29.170" Title="Can an EU national register for residency in Norway while still working in another EU country?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-01T19:05:16.617" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completed my Bachelors in Chemistry in 2006 and later started working for a social organization as a social worker till 2010 June. Then I moved to USA and completed my MBA in finance. Later, I started working as Programmer in USA since 2016. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is since both field social worker as well as Programmer as in the list of Skills for 189 category, can I add the work experience (3.5 years as a social worker and 2 years as a programmer) to gain points for the Australian PR processing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you,&#xA;Shankar&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13877" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T03:26:00.567" Title="Australian PR points process with different fields work experience" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12496" CreationDate="2017-11-02T03:26:00.567" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately you can't add the experience together for 2 unrelated professions. You need to apply for the 189 visa as a named profession and the experience needs to relate to that profession - so in my case I applied as a Analyst Programmer and all experience was measured against that criteria. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So pick the profession which will earn you the most points. Don't worry if you won't actually be working in that profession. Once you land in Australia with a shiny new 189 visa you are free to work in any job you choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with your application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T03:26:00.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11477" CreationDate="2017-11-02T10:42:48.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on both the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/when-living-abroad/health-insurance-cover/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU's site on cross border healthcare&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://helsenorge.no/foreigners-in-norway/workers-from-the-eu-eea-or-switzerland-who-work-in-norway-but-do-not-live-here&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Norwegian Directorate of eHealth&lt;/a&gt; site, you should be covered in &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; countries. You have to register yourself with Norway's Health Department to get access to Norway's healthcare:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a worker and you carry out your work in Norway and are a resident of another EU/EEA country or Switzerland, as a general rule, you must be a member of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;​This means that you will be covered for necessary expenses for health care services from the public health care system and that you have to pay user fees for treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you are covered in Sweden as well, you just need to get a form from Norway's Health Department and send it to Sweden's:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are also entitled to health care services in your country of residence. To document these rights, you have to get an E106/S1 form from Helfo. You need to hand in this form to the national insurance authorities in the country you live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This form documents your right to necessary health care services within the public health care system at the same level as the citizens of your country of residence. The amount of the coverage of your expenses will depend on the law in the country in which you live.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T10:42:48.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11476" CreationDate="2017-11-02T10:47:40.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As stated in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11477/if-i-live-in-sweden-but-work-in-norway-how-and-where-can-i-get-health-care/12498#12498&quot;&gt;If I live in Sweden but work in Norway, how and where can I get health care?&lt;/a&gt; you are covered in both countries. However your wife is &lt;strong&gt;only covered fully in Sweden&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/when-living-abroad/health-insurance-cover/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU's site on cross border workers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you work and are insured in (...) &lt;strong&gt;Norway&lt;/strong&gt;, (...) your dependants can receive treatment in the country where you &lt;strong&gt;work&lt;/strong&gt; only when one of the following conditions is met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;treatment becomes necessary on medical grounds during their stay in that country, taking into account the nature of the treatment and the expected length of the stay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;there is an agreement between the countries/authorities concerned&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;prior authorisation has been granted using form S2 (former E 112 form) issued by the competent health insurance authority in the country where you work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are similar arrangements you get when using your EHIC card abroad in an other EU/EEA country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, she is &lt;a href=&quot;https://helsenorge.no/foreigners-in-norway/workers-from-the-eu-eea-or-switzerland-who-work-in-norway-but-do-not-live-here&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;still eligible&lt;/a&gt; to fully access Sweden's Healthcare, you just need to add her to your S1 form, when submitting it to Sweden's Health Department:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This form [E106/S1] documents your right to necessary health care services within the public health care system &lt;strong&gt;at the same level as the citizens of your country of residence&lt;/strong&gt;. The amount of the coverage of your expenses will depend on the law in the country in which you live.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any &lt;strong&gt;dependent family members&lt;/strong&gt; who live together with you in your &lt;strong&gt;homeland&lt;/strong&gt;  can be included in the form. They will receive the &lt;strong&gt;same rights as yourself&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T10:47:40.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-03T10:03:58.580" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;My previous H1B visa stamp is still valid but I applied for renewal in China recently. Unfortunately my application needs administrative processing, which may take a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I borrowed my passport and promised to return it once the AP is cleared. But I found there is no &quot;cancelled&quot; mark on my previous H1B visa stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am wondering whether I can use my previous visa to enter the US. I will get back to China to paste my new visa stamp once it is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also wondering what the consequence would be if I was denied entry to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13884" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T12:14:44.603" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T12:14:44.603" Title="Use previous yet still valid H-1B visa to enter the U.S. while my current H-1B visa application is in administrative processing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12469" CreationDate="2017-11-03T14:56:16.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the Belastingdienst &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/toeslagen/aanvragen/toeslag_2017_aanvragen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ik wil een toeslag aanvragen voor 2017&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tot wanneer kan ik kinderopvangtoeslag aanvragen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  U moet kinderopvangtoeslag aanvragen binnen 3 maanden na de maand waarin u recht op de toeslag hebt. Vraagt u de toeslag later aan? Dan loopt u een deel van de toeslag mis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Voorbeeld&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Uw kind gaat vanaf 10 april 2017 naar de kinderopvang. U moet dan uiterlijk 31 juli 2017 kinderopvangtoeslag aanvragen. Vraagt u de toeslag pas in september 2017 aan? Dan krijgt u toeslag vanaf 1 juni 2017. De toeslag voor april en mei loopt u dus mis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Until when can I apply for childcare allowance?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  You must apply for childcare allowance within 3 months of the month in which you are entitled to the surcharge. Do you request the surcharge later? Then you will lose part of the fee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Example&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Your child goes to childcare from April 10, 2017. You must apply for childcare allowance by 31 July 2017. Do you request the surcharge in September 2017? Then you will receive an allowance from June 1, 2017. The fee for April and May will be missed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This rule &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kindercreche.nl/nieuws/toeslag-2014-binnen-drie-maanden-aanvragen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;started on 1-1-2014&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no way around this&lt;/strong&gt;. This is e.g. confirmed by many people on this (Dutch) page &lt;a href=&quot;https://kassa.bnnvara.nl/vraag-beantwoord/vraag/geldzaken-recht/bezwaar-aantekenen-tegen-te-laat-aanvragen-kinderopvangtoeslag-2015-zinvol&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bezwaar aantekenen tegen te laat aanvragen kinderopvangtoeslag 2015 zinvol? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2017-11-03T14:56:16.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12506" CreationDate="2017-11-04T17:15:00.487" Score="1" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;i wanna know the difference between the DS-5501 and DS-260 forms in the US visas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13899" OwnerDisplayName="Mohamed Ashraf" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T20:28:13.933" Title="Difference between DS-5501 form of the immigration US visas and DS-260?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12505" CreationDate="2017-11-04T20:28:13.933" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;DS-5501 is for entering the diversity visa lottery, commonly known as the green card lottery.  DS-260 is for applying for an immigrant visa for any reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After someone is selected in the green card lottery, it is necessary to file a separate DS-260 application to receive the actual immigrant visa.  If any family members will be accompanying the principal immigrant, each person must file a separate DS-260.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T20:28:13.933" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12515" CreationDate="2017-11-04T22:19:09.617" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am renewing a social security card in order to remove the &quot;Valid to Work Only with DHS Authorization&quot; legend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read in the application for a Social Security Card form, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form SS-5&lt;/a&gt;, dated (08-2011) ef (08-2011):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Evidence of Age&lt;BR/&gt; In general, you must provide your birth certificate.&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;In some situations, we may accept another document that shows your&#xA;  age.&lt;/strong&gt; Some of the other documents we may accept are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;U.S. hospital record of your birth (created at the time of birth)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Religious record established before age five showing your age or date of birth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Final Adoption Decree (the adoption decree must show that the birth information was taken from the original birth certificate)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When is the birth certificate not compulsory? Especially, does being born outside the United States qualify as an exception (i.e., could one present one's passport instead in that case)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T05:00:38.283" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T05:00:38.283" Title="Renewing a social security card: when is the birth certificate not compulsory?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-04T22:47:24.047" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had an EEA family member residence card in UK based on unmarried partner of an EU national. We broke up few months back and immediately after our break up I decided to leave UK as I wasnt a family member anymore. &#xA;I am about to apply for another visa to enter the UK but I didnt inform UK home office when I left UK that our relationship ended. My residence card is still valid in terms of date so does that mean Home office might ask why I didnt inform them when leaving UK ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13888" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T22:47:24.047" Title="Do I need to inform UK home office before leaving UK when my EEA family relation ended?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12508" CreationDate="2017-11-04T23:53:23.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When my wife recently applied to replace her very old &quot;Not for Employment&quot; Social Security card the only documents she took to the office were her passport and her green card. I wasn't there but she tells me they were mostly interested in the green card. When we originally applied for SS cards (some time ago) the only documents we had were passports with I-94s stapled into them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they are interested in American birth certificates I believe the only foreign-government-issued documents that internal US government agencies (i.e. those not dealing explicitly with foreigners) are generally interested in are passports since they lack the expertise to judge the validity of anything else. Even if you had your birth certificate with you I suspect they would likely still prefer the information from your US-issued documents and your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T23:53:23.763" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-05T09:16:43.870" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m living in Taiwan, need an English international driving license, which runs out yearly. I got this through the post office in the UK before I moved here. The only way to renew it is I have to go to the post office in person, back in the UK. This isn’t possible this year timing/money wise, so does anyone know of any other IDL for a Brit, that is accepted around the world, and can be applied for on line.....many thanks, Andy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13890" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T00:50:43.410" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T00:50:43.410" Title="English international driving license" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-05T15:22:37.313" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning a real estate purchase in the US and will need to move $100k+ from multiple accounts I own in France to the US. Can someone advise on the best way to do this to minimize fees and delays?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I consolidate the EUR accounts in France first before making one big transfer into USD? Or make separate transfers into the US?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I just use my bank's international transfer service or is there a better way to transfer, like a company specializing in low cost foreign transfers?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the US, should I receive the funds in my bank first and then wire them to the escrow account for the real estate purchase, or should I wire directly from France into the US escrow account?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there going to be a lot of paperwork involved? The France accounts are in my name and have been declared on my US tax returns for years already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any tips!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2017-11-05T15:22:37.313" Title="Best way to move $100k+ from France to US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12512" CreationDate="2017-11-05T17:42:35.233" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;uk.gov&lt;/a&gt;, you can get an international driving permit (IDP) from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postoffice.co.uk/international-driving-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;post office&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rac.co.uk/driving-abroad/international-driving-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RAC&lt;/a&gt;, or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theaa.com/getaway/idp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AA&lt;/a&gt;.  The RAC and the AA apparently process applications through the mail, and the AA at least has explicit instructions for those who want their permits sent to overseas addresses.  However, to qualify for a British IDP, uk.gov notes that you must be a resident of Great Britain or Northern Ireland, so you may not in fact qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the question of whether you qualify for an IDP issued in the UK,  you should consider whether Taiwanese law allows you to use your UK license if you reside in Taiwan.  Most jurisdictions have a time limit on residents using foreign driver's licenses; the longest such limit I know of is one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-05T17:42:35.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12508" CreationDate="2017-11-05T18:03:02.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need your birth certificate.  The passage you quote is the &amp;quot;evidence of age&amp;quot; passage, but on page one of the instructions, it is made clear that evidence of age is required only for an initial application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for an original card, you must provide at least two documents to prove age, identity and U.S. citizenship or current lawful, work-authorized immigration status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for a replacement card, you must provide one document to prove your identity. If you were born outside the U.S., you must also provide documents to prove your U.S. citizenship or current, lawful, work-authorized status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-05T18:12:18.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-05T19:19:52.657" Score="2" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a graduate student at a French university and I am planning to apply for the French citizenship after graduation. As mentioned on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, I have to stay in France at least two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does traveling outside the EU violate that rule? Or as long as I have a residence permit, am I considered living in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13895" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T10:13:13.567" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T17:01:23.483" Title="Residency requirement for French citizenship" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12517" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-05T19:45:51.910" Score="1" ViewCount="1103" Body="&lt;p&gt;i am new to this site but i hope i get the answers i need. My wife is polish national . I am accompanying her to UK visa Calais&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have payslips , bank statement , contract of employment , probabtion letter , employment letter , accomodation letter from the property agency and property contract, marriage certificate poland , Nikkah certificate berlin (islamic religious marriage), Joint accomodation letter poland , joint acc bank statement poland bank (Pounds currency) , UK wife transfer to our account in poland , pictures to show our relation , travel insurance , court letter to show i have no offences in poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My residence card decision letter which states Residence card issued on the basis of family member of polish citizen (Does this not help as much as article 10 residence card) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am i missing anything ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be travelling by my car covering 1300 KM and i would like to know the right law so i can reason with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found C-459/99 (MRAX vs Kingdom of belgium) and it is incorporated in directive 2004/38/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a case of Akrich 2003 (Case-C-109/01 SSHD v Hacene Akrich) , where court said the marriage is genuine and it doesn't matter if the EU national choose freedom of movement to join the non eu spouse .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So i want to know solid grounds where i can convince them to let me in as my wife is employed in UK and making a living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13896" LastActivityDate="2017-11-05T20:23:49.747" Title="Entry visa at Calais border for UK Accompanying EU spouse" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10597" CreationDate="2017-11-05T20:23:08.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A third-country national holding a valid Hungarian residence permit has the right of entry without a visa and the right of residence in the territory of Schengen Member States not exceeding ninety days within a one hundred and eighty day period. Unfortunately, if you want to stay longer in Italy you need to apply for residence permit.&#xA;For a residency permit, you need to verify the followings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Verifying the Purpose of the Residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Verifying Sufficient Financial Resources&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) Verifying Sufficient Accommodation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Health Insurance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(5) Documents evidencing the conditions of the exit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you can do this: ( if you need more information, please check our website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/residencepermit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/residencepermit&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Verifying the Purpose of the Residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of your residence could be: Work, visit, study, business, etc. You can verify it any reliable means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Verifying Sufficient Financial Resources &#xA;You can verify it with bank account statement, work contract, tax statement etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) Verifying Sufficient Accommodation &#xA;Rent contract, Proof on dormitory service, paid hotel booking, real estate purchase document, contract on accommodation by courtesy etc. can verify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Health Insurance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A foreign, Hungarian or Italian insurance policy could be good. You can buy your health insurance in Hungary too. &#xA;The cost is about 200 € /year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(5) Documents evidencing the conditions of the exit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to attach a statement to the application undertaking that you voluntary leave the EU if the application is refused or the permit is expired. &#xA;Your passport has to be valid until the end of the permit plus 90 more days. You have to have either a valid ticket to return or sufficient funds to purchase such a ticket.&#xA;If you need more information or any advice, please check our website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/home&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/studyvisa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigrationlawyershungary.com/studyvisa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13894" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T15:15:56.573" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T15:15:56.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12517" CreationDate="2017-11-05T20:23:49.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under freedom of movement rules, to enter the UK you do not need anything more than&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your wife's citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your relationship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if your wife has been in the UK for more than three months, proof that she is a &quot;qualified person&quot; (for example, proof that she is employed in the UK).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you do not need bank statements, accommodation letters or contracts, or other financial records.  You also do not need travel insurance, and you would not normally need to show that you have no criminal record; a criminal record is not by itself a bar to immigration under EU freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been married relatively recently, you may be required to show that yours is not a marriage of convenience.  In that case, evidence showing that yours is a genuine relationship will be useful.  However, if you have lived together, you should not normally be asked to show any evidence beyond that needed to show that you have lived together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are worried about whether the officer at the border will accept your assertion of right under the freedom of movement rules, then you should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for an EEA family permit before you leave Poland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The MRAX case is relevant to you, but you don't need to mention it because it has already been incorporated into the relevant laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Akrich case is not relevant to you because it concerns family of EU citizens who are moving to the EU citizen's country of citizenship (in your case, Poland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-05T20:23:49.747" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-05T21:58:07.800" Score="0" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have French nationality since birth (born in 1991). However due to various reasons, I have an Indian passport and no French passport. I have not traveled outside India with my Indian passport either. I need to understand the process to surrender my Indian passport and obtain a French passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13898" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T18:57:29.457" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T18:57:29.457" Title="French Nationality - Surrendering Indian Passport" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12523" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-06T09:28:51.153" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know the meaning of this paragraph in the DS-5501 US visa instructions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;All selectees, including family members, must be issued by September&#xA;  30, 2019. Under no circumstances can the Department of State issue DVs&#xA;  or approve adjustments after this date, nor can family members obtain&#xA;  DVs to follow-to-join the principal applicant in the United States&#xA;  after this date. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13899" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:16:18.623" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:16:18.623" Title="DS-5501 paragraph meaning" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-06T09:45:25.350" Score="0" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had been convicted and got a letter from New Zealand immigration to leave the country. So after 9 months I'm applying for a student visa in Canada. Can someone tell me please if Canada immigration has any right to check my criminal and immigration record from New Zealand? No stamp on my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13901" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T18:56:36.713" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T20:32:09.767" Title="Criminal record check" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12524" CreationDate="2017-11-06T12:29:06.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada and New Zealand are both part of Five Eyes, so I would presume one can easily check the criminal/immigration records of the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not you have a stamp in your passport doesn't matter, everything is computerised these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T12:29:06.323" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12523" CreationDate="2017-11-06T12:51:29.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means that if you are selected you must complete all the additional administrative steps to get your visa issued before the indicated date.  If any family members will be immigrating with you, or following after you to join you, they must also have their visas before that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone whose visa isn't issued by that date has missed the chance to immigrate to the US through that instance of the DV lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T12:51:29.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12521" CreationDate="2017-11-06T13:33:20.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's two, non-related, processes. If you are indeed French, you can apply for a passport at the nearest French consulate. You'll have to go there, you can't do this by post - they will take your fingerprints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for renouncing your Indian citizenship, it is not required by France. And, more importantly, if you're planning to stay in India, you would need a visa. Better keep your Indian passport as long as you live in India. You would need it too, to exit India - for India, you're an Indian citizen, and there's no French citizen living there with your name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T13:33:20.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12529" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-11-06T15:32:12.740" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T15:32:12.740" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T15:32:12.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12530" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-11-06T15:32:12.740" Score="0" Body="This is a special tag that is designed to be used only by the system for questions that have had all of their other tags removed. Do not add this tag to existing questions, it is reserved for use by the system to identify posts with no valid tags." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T18:56:56.580" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T18:56:56.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12524" CreationDate="2017-11-06T20:32:09.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're intending to try to hide your conviction from the Canadian immigration authorities, that is a very ill-advised strategy. You will get caught. Maybe not straight away, but it will come back to haunt you. Best to tell them up front (when they ask), then it doesn't matter whether they have the &quot;right&quot; to ask New Zealand about convictions or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T20:32:09.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21579" CreationDate="2017-11-07T03:18:10.477" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a visa holder. My plan is to be around 1,000 miles from the border for a period of 12 to 18 months (Currently on month 4). I brought my Mexican-plated vehicle, since I used to live near the border. I renewed my insurance a couple of days ago and realized it says that I'm not covered if I don't reside in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The vehicle is under my name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The vehicle is up to date with permits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My foreign driver's license is valid.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the process to have my Mexican-plated vehicle insured in the U.S. as a non-citizen/non-immigrant visa holder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. If my stay is prolonged by the employer, I plan to get a U.S. vehicle. My question is for the &lt;em&gt;current term&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10171" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T10:13:34.373" LastActivityDate="2021-01-22T19:23:19.563" Title="Insurance for Mexican-plated vehicle in the US" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12534" CreationDate="2017-11-07T10:34:46.460" Score="1" ViewCount="1232" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first time I lived in Sweden I did a 4-month language course at university.  The second time I lived in Sweden I wanted to continue with &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_for_immigrants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Svensk för invandrare&lt;/em&gt; (Swedish for immigrants, SFI)&lt;/a&gt; but I was declined because I had already reached the highest level for the courses on offer from the municipality, so I briefly did a Swedish course at a &lt;em&gt;Folkhögskola&lt;/em&gt; instead.  However, I have never tested my level according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CEFR&lt;/a&gt; scales.  Does the final SFI level correspond to any particular level within CEFR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T13:23:30.653" Title="To what CEFR does SFI correspond?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12533" CreationDate="2017-11-07T13:23:30.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theswedishteacher.com/swedish-language-exams.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Swedish Teacher&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SFI course A corresponds to CEFR level A1,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SFI course B corresponds to CEFR level A1/A2,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SFI course C corresponds to CEFR level A2/A2 +,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SFI course D corresponds to CEFR B1/B1+.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10067" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T13:23:30.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-07T16:52:26.643" Score="2" ViewCount="372" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I were studying for a Master's in London. Now my husband got a job in London. I have a Uruguayan passport. My husband has both Uruguayan and Italian passports. I am going to my home country to apply for an EEA Family Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My concern is whether my husband needs to first apply for a &quot;Registration Certificate as a Qualified Person&quot; (we have been in the UK for more than 3 months) in order for me to be able to apply for my EEA Family Permit in Uruguay, or if this is not mandatory.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13905" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-11-09T20:48:34.533" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T20:48:34.533" Title="Does my husband need to get the &quot;registration certificate as a qualified person&quot; for me to apply for a EEA family permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12335" CreationDate="2017-11-08T02:33:38.263" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have just been through this process and had approval granted for a further 3 year residency.  Note that your experience will probably be different, and you may be asked for things that I have not listed, and you might not be asked for things I have listed.  In my (limited) experience, different offices and different INM staff have different requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below I have answered your questions with how it happened for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, we asked that today as we'd received approval for 3 of our kids.  The INM officer told us to wait until everyone had approval and then come in and finish the process together once.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can tell you what we were asked for, but your experience may be different:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;INM Form filled in online, including a letter in the comments section formally requesting renewal of residency (in Spanish), and list of documents provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Formato Basico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original and copy of Passport (personal info page)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original and copy of Resident card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Receipt from bank showing payment of fee (see #3 below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Email authorisation form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We also have chidren, so in addition to the above we had to include &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original and copy of primary caregiver's Passport (in our case it was me, the father)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original and copy of primary caregiver's Resident card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary caregiver had to sign all documents for minors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We volunteer for a non-profit, so a few days after we submitted our application we received emails from INM asking for letters from the non-profit with details about the work we do.  Had to supply separate letters for the two of us, despite that we do the same work.  Two letters that included both of us were not accepted, it had to be one letter specific to my wife, and another specific to me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO! I would advise against using bank form found online.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We found many forms online on the INM website, including the bank form.  We paid the fee and completed the forms and took them into INM.  We were told from the start that we should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have used any of the forms from the website as most are out-of-date, including the bank form.  The bank account had changed (a single character in the account code was different) and our fee was deposited into the incorrect account.  We had to pay the fee again ($2500USD for the 6 of us) to enable the application to proceed, and are now trying to get a refund which they tell us will take about 40 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional note: Don't try to submit a change of address at the same time - they don't like that.  We had to submit the change of address, and then the following day submit the application for renewal.  The reason given was that it was too much paperwork to do in one day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above was submitted with our initial application (and on their further request).  Once we received notice that all 6 of us had been approved (see #1 above) we had to take the entire family to the INM office where we provided the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 portrait photos of face, &lt;em&gt;infantil&lt;/em&gt; sized 2cm x 2cm.  They are VERY particular about the photos - no hair on face, no smile, must be able to see both ears etc.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 profile photo, same size as above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fingerprints of all 10 fingers (they do this in the office), for everybody getting residency - even the 3 year old!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They printed out the Formato Basico info provided in the first interview and attach the fingerprints and photos to that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were told that the ID cards would be available 2 weeks after providing the photos and fingerprints.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When collecting our cards we needed to supply the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ID for anybody collecting the cards - whoever signed the applications must be present with ID and must sign for the cards they are collecting.  My wife signed for her card, and presented her ID (passport), and as I had signed the applications for all my children, I had to sign to collect the kids' cards as well as mine.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The printed forms for each of us that were provided by INM when we first submitted our applications.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T16:47:59.577" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T16:47:59.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12538" CreationDate="2017-11-08T04:55:29.770" Score="2" ViewCount="464" Body="&lt;p&gt;May I work from home remotely in the UK for an Indian company? I will have a General Tier 2 visa as a dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13908" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-17T04:35:52.710" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T04:35:52.710" Title="Work from home (remotely) in the UK for an Indian company as a dependent?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12537" CreationDate="2017-11-08T07:24:17.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a dependent on a Tier 2 General visa holder, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T07:24:17.757" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12539" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-08T08:52:06.593" Score="2" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be visiting the UK for several months. How long can I drive a car in the UK on a US drivers license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13909" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T11:01:25.987" Title="How long may I drive a car in the UK on a US license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12539" CreationDate="2017-11-08T09:02:29.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check the three-question site here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a UK government site, so the answer should be definitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T09:02:29.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12539" CreationDate="2017-11-08T12:59:48.283" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just in the UK for a little over 2 months and was visiting from the US (with a US driver's license). In my duration there, I rented two cars--one for a few weeks (a manual vintage campervan), and another for nearly 2 months (a more modern, automatic compact car).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, you can drive a vehicle in the UK for up to 12 months if you're from the US (or most countries) and are just visiting, but the question is whether or not you will have insurance. The answer depends on how you will obtain your car. If you rent/hire a car in the UK, say, using a company like Hertz or Sixt, using a US credit card, the credit card company usually--though not always--offers car insurance, but it will often be for a maximum of 30 days and has restrictions, such as on the age of the vehicle, and you have to be the primary driver. If you find that this is available to you, and you decide to go this route, you have to make sure to decline the rental company's collision damage waiver (CDW/LDW). Check your credit card benefits first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also temporary insurance available in the UK. For instance, I rented a campervan from the 70s and my credit card CDW did not cover it due to the age of the vehicle, so I had to purchase temporary insurance through a company called Dayinsure. Anything longer than 2-3 months (or if you're purchasing a vehicle), I can't provide advice, but surely there is a similar type of insurance available you could purchase through the company you're renting from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13844" LastEditorUserId="13844" LastEditDate="2019-09-10T11:01:25.987" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T11:01:25.987" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12544" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-09T15:32:17.917" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen currently living in Berlin on a post-studies 18 month job search visa, and looking into options to get a residence/work permit. I have the option to work remotely for a non-EU company based in Ecuador, and it is possible that they would like like to establish a presence in German&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading a few related posts on this site, the most relevant one i could find was this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6878/residence-work-permit-in-germany-when-working-remotely-for-us-company-without-ge&quot;&gt;Residence/work permit in Germany when working remotely for US company without German subsidiary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the talks with the Berlin Partners, on options for me to register here as a &quot;temporary representative&quot; of my company, and they have recommended that I speak to a lawyer (which i will). In the meantime, I would greatly appreciate any insights on what this application process would entail (for me, for the company) e.g. what documents are required (apart from a letter of authorisation and my contract), whether the company needs to pay any additional fees or charges apart from my social security and taxes), any recommendations of english-speaking law firms in berlin etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other recommendations on my situation would also be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13614" LastActivityDate="2018-12-03T16:39:58.553" Title="Applying as a temporary representative in Germany for a non-EU company without a German subsidiary" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2783" CreationDate="2017-11-09T15:40:23.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So just yesterday I went to request for my newborn's passport. I didn't* have his SSN. I told them it hasn't arrived yet and I don't have it and they were like &quot;no problem, nevermind, it's not needed&quot; as if it didn't matter at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually went and applied for express in a non-USPS office. They delivered the passport to you in less than 8 days...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*: I actually did go to a Social Security Administration office and got his social security number, but still didn't have the card. I offered the officer to correct his SSN number (I had already printed it with 000-00-0000), he again acted as if it wasn't needed but still said &quot;here, write it down&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing that he knew I was applying for 8 days express and have an international flight, his casualness about the SSN made me think it really isn't important after all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK it's not important for newborns/minors. I don't know about adults or older children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13915" LastEditorUserId="13915" LastEditDate="2017-11-09T19:00:09.013" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T19:00:09.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-09T16:37:07.610" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I have been in the UK for more than a year studying a masters. My husband just got a job and has Italian passport (I am a non-EU), therefore i was thinking of applying for a residence card as EU spouse of a qualified person. I see that one of the things they ask is to prove &lt;strong&gt;dependency&lt;/strong&gt;. How can I prove this? I was thinking of showing my husband's wage slip, is this enough or should I also show that he transfers cash to me? He hasn't done this yet since till last month we were financed by a scholarship... &#xA;Additionally, about the &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Comprehensive Sickness Insurance&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, my husband gets this by his employer but after the first 3 months of employment, therefore should he get a Health Insurance in the meantime or is it ok with what is stated in the contract? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13905" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T17:11:43.573" Title="Residence Card, proving dependency and health insurance" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12535" CreationDate="2017-11-09T17:01:16.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;documents you must provide&lt;/a&gt; page, the only requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must show that your EEA family member has a permanent right of residence or is one of the following if they’ve been in the UK for more than 3 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;working, for example an employment contract, wage slips or a letter from an employer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;self-employed (for example contracts, invoices or audited accounts with bank statements) and paying tax and National Insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;studying, for example a letter from the school, college or university&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;financially independent, for example bank statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family member must have full health insurance (comprehensive sickness insurance) if they’re studying or financially independent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-eea-family-permit-form-vaf5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide to supporting documents&lt;/a&gt; has more examples of documents you can show.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The registration certificate is not listed, so it is not necessary, although it might help.  The guide to supporting documents (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261446/eea-family-permit.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;) also does not list the registration certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your question implies that you are already in the UK.  If that is true, you only need an EEA family permit if you want to leave the UK and re-enter.  To remain in the UK, you should apply directly for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T17:01:16.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12546" CreationDate="2017-11-09T17:11:43.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary for a non-EEA spouse to prove that dependency on the EEA spouse.  See for example the guidance document &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610197/direct_family_members_of_eea_nationals_v5_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free Movement Rights: direct family members of European Economic Area (EEA) nationals&lt;/a&gt; (PDF), page 10:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A child aged 21 or over and any relatives in the ascending family line&lt;/strong&gt; must prove they are dependent on the EEA national sponsor or their spouse or civil partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there are two categories of relatives who must prove dependency; spouses are not among them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comprehensive sickness insurance is required only of students and those of independent means.  See for example the guidance document &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506062/EEA_FM__guide-to-supporting-documents_v1_3_2015-12-04_KP.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA(FM): guidance notes&lt;/a&gt; (PDF), page 9:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comprehensive sickness insurance (&lt;strong&gt;students and self-sufficient persons&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence of your sponsor’s comprehensive sickness insurance &lt;strong&gt;for any period in which they were a student or self-sufficient person,&lt;/strong&gt; such as their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) (formerly form E111), S1 (formerly E106/E109/E121), S2 (formerly E112), S3, policy document from a private medical insurer – see notes for sections 15 and 16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your husband is a worker, he is neither a student nor a self-sufficient person, so there is no need to worry about comprehensive sickness insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T17:11:43.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-09T17:21:34.577" Score="2" ViewCount="873" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First some background:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I am an Indian and I am studying in Germany.&#xA;I live in a student dorm. The first time I moved into the dorm I received a letter saying I have to pay the ARD ZDF contribution of 17.50 euros. Since my neighbour (a German resident) and I share a common entrance it was possible for me to simply give his number and share the payment with him. Now my neighbour left under some emergency conditions and a new person came in his place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now the question:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;My new neighbour and I both did not receive another letter from them asking for a contribution and neither of us has paid anything so far. I believe that my previous neighbour has forgotten to change his address or something like that. I have no way of contacting him since his disappearance was sort of mysterious. I would have expected them to send a letter to either of us to ask for the contribution after he left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also lost the only letter they sent me (the first letter you get after registration at the Rathaus) which has the number on it. I am leaving Germany and returning to India permanently. I want to know how to take care of the deregistration so that they have nothing to trouble me with later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Is there a way I can get my Beitragsnummer so that I can go through their website and cancel it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13917" LastEditorUserId="9131" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T21:49:59.713" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:49:59.713" Title="ARD ZDF deregistration before leaving Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-09T21:54:04.980" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be moving from Canada to Austria next spring. I hold both an EU citizenship and a Canadian citizenship. I currently operate as a sole proprietor in Canada. One of my clients wants to keep working with me when I move to Austria, as I can work remotely as a software developer. &lt;strong&gt;The catch is that he can only pay me if I invoice him as a Canadian company&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I will need to register as &quot;self-employed&quot; in Austria, so that I can pay into social security and health care. My main question is: &lt;strong&gt;Can I continue to operate my sole proprietorship in Canada&lt;/strong&gt;? If I maintain a Canadian address, can I just continue to bill him as I have been doing in the past? Will I need to continue charging him GST, even though the work is being performed from outside Canada? What will be my tax obligations to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13920" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T21:54:04.980" Title="Self-employment solution moving from Canada to Austria" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12255" CreationDate="2017-11-10T07:14:40.330" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the previous answer. Firstly, you need to be a British Citizen in order to be eligible for a British Passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case, your girlfriend doesn't have British citizenship then she will have to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.britishpassportsuk.co.uk/blog/the-steps-to-become-a-naturalised-citizen-of-the-united-kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Certificate of Naturalisation&lt;/a&gt; which has specific eligibility criteria to fulfill like - must communicate in English, must be of good character and others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13922" LastEditorUserId="13922" LastEditDate="2017-11-10T07:21:31.527" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T07:21:31.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-11T01:25:04.703" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the 60 day period following termination of employment, is it possible to re-enter the USA if a person shows either their valid visa stamp OR their valid visa stamp and I-797 transfer approval notice at the border?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13646" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T06:02:46.813" Title="Is it possible to leave and re-enter the USA while in an H1B post-employment grace period?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12555" CreationDate="2017-11-11T06:02:46.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot enter in H-1B status during your 60-day grace period because the grace period expires along with your nonimmigrant status as soon as you leave the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an approved petition to begin work for another employer, you can enter as many as ten days before the beginning of the petition's period of validity or ten days after the end of its validity under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1#l&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.1(l)(1)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T06:02:46.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12558" CreationDate="2017-11-11T09:36:46.190" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a Ph.D. position with a TV-L13 (50%) salary. I am in the process of applying for an employment visa (as I am a non-EU citizen). The work contract provided by the university is for a part-time scientific associate. I am unsure of what exactly to write in the personal cover letter (explaining the exact purpose and duration of the stay) for the visa application. Should I write about both the part-time scientific associate position and Ph.D. or only about the part-time scientific associate position?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13929" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T13:11:29.857" Title="Personal cover letter for visa application for TV-L 13 PhD Position" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12557" CreationDate="2017-11-11T13:11:29.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should write both of them. You should make it clear that you pursue your education by doing PhD and in addition to that, you are supported by 50 percent tvl13 position. In addition to that you should attach the invitation letter to your docunents.&#xA;In the letter they must clearly provide an approximation of your income.  (You need this support to not put extra money in back and ease your way through the  visa process, I'm not sure if 50% suffices).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13930" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T13:11:29.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-13T01:53:35.867" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;We went to India in June for vacation from the US. When we came back to US, the immigration officer put a date in my daughter's passport: 12 December 2017, as her passport was valid until that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have renewed my daughter's passport and don't know how to get the visa date extended in her passport or whether she is allowed to stay in US after the 12th of December anyway. I already have her H4 extension until August 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please give advice as what to do and how to get her date updated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit update&lt;/strong&gt;: In July 2016 I got my H1B and my daughter's H4 extension until August 2019. In June 2017 we went to India, came back and had the 12/12/2017 date stamped in my daughter's passport as her passport was only valid until 12/12/2017. My daughter's I-94 doesn't show the latest entry for June 2017 when she returned to the USA from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="AnishKsingh" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-09T03:54:55.930" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T03:54:55.930" Title="Stamp date in passport is identical to passport expiry date" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12559" CreationDate="2017-11-13T08:45:13.857" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check her I-94 &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/recent-search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (do two searches, one using the old passport number and one using the new one) and see what the stated &quot;Admit Until Date&quot; is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's Aug 2019, then what it says in the passport does not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's 12 December, then in order for your daughter's stay to be extended, her new passport must be presented to the authorities. This can be done either by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Exiting the US (can be by land to Canada/Mexico) and re-entering, presenting both of your daughter's passports along with the paperwork pertaining to the H4 Extension.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Filing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-539.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form I-539&lt;/a&gt; and sending it to the USCIS; however this costs USD 370&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastActivityDate="2017-11-13T08:45:13.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12559" CreationDate="2017-11-13T15:12:25.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is not clear about the order that these things happened. She gets an I-94 at entry, and she gets an I-94 when an Extension of Status or Change of Status is approved. What matters is the &lt;em&gt;latest&lt;/em&gt; I-94, as each I-94 supersedes all previous ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, if she had obtained an extension of status that already took effect first, and then left the US (after leaving the US, she no longer has status, and the status and I-94 she had ceases to exist), and then re-entered the US, it's the (electronic) I-94 she received at entry that matters now. The date written below the entry stamp is usually the date on the I-94, but sometimes they make a mistake, so you should go to CBP's &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;electronic I-94 website&lt;/a&gt; to make sure. CBP is required to limit the period of admission at entry to no later than 6 months before the passport expires (or, for passports for countries in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040309.html#M403_9_3_B_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;6 month club&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, to no later than the passport expires). If this is the case, she must either apply for Extension of Status by filing I-539, or leave and re-enter with her new passport and an H4 visa in her old or new passport (along with a copy of your H1b petition so they can admit her until the expiration of that petition, if it is different from what is noted on the visa).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if she entered the US, and then applied for Extension of Status or Change of Status, and it was approved (or if it was approved prior to her leaving but with an starting date that was after she returned), then it's the (paper) I-94 that came with the approval notice that matters now. The I-94 is a detachable part of the I-797A approval notice for the Extension of Status or Change of Status. You will not find this paper I-94 on CBP's electronic I-94 website.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-11-13T15:12:25.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-13T19:47:41.657" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering relocating to the US before finding a job there &lt;a href=&quot;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/35244/25369&quot;&gt;in order to improve the chances of getting one&lt;/a&gt; (yes, I am able to do that legally). However, this will of course cost a huge amount of money; How/where can I establish a low-cost &quot;base of operations&quot; for my search? &amp;mdash; I need a permanent address (to open a bank account, get a driving license, etc.) but don't have an income to show to potential landlords. I have no relatives or close friends in well-connected places who could host me in such a manner, and I don't want to be stuck in some backwater without a car, as I'll never get a job that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastActivityDate="2017-11-13T19:47:41.657" Title="Cheap base for job hunting in the US after relocation" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12565" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12569" CreationDate="2017-11-14T09:52:31.130" Score="4" ViewCount="1744" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm dealing with a German company, hunting for a flat. So far I have filled in a web-form and one of their agents has got back to me. She has addressed me as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Dear Mr [Lastname]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding of German business customs is that I should remain formal for now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that if we were corresponding in German, I would simply use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Sehr geehrte Frau [Lastname]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but we are communicating in English and if there's one thing you can trust the British to do, it's mess around with formality. I've now got the options of &lt;code&gt;Mrs&lt;/code&gt; / &lt;code&gt;Miss&lt;/code&gt; / &lt;code&gt;Ms&lt;/code&gt;, with no way of knowing the lady's marital status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tldr; is &lt;code&gt;Ms&lt;/code&gt; acceptable to use to address a lady in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If answers could also address the German salutation, it might be useful for future visitors to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9808" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T16:08:36.267" Title="Salutation to use in a business email to a German lady written in English" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-14T15:44:13.023" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a third-country national who is a self-employed permanent resident in the Czech Republic. As far as I'm aware, EU companies are free to post workers to other EU countries, &lt;a href=&quot;http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.cz/2014/09/posting-third-country-workers-within-eu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;even if those workers are non-EU citizens&lt;/a&gt;. I am also aware that even non-EU companies regularly send out their employees to the EU for &quot;business meetings&quot;, which can include some degree of work done on-site for the parent company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a self-employed software engineering consultant, am I allowed to sign a contract with a company located in the UK (signed by myself as a business, not as a physical person) and then proceed to travel to the UK visa-free to work for said company as an external employee? My passport allows me visa-free access to the UK, so normally I won't need to apply for an entry clearance beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links to official UK government websites explaining the limits to what an EU contractor may do within the UK (without a work permit) would be appreciated. I am aware that Brexit would complicate things in the future, but for now all previous EU laws are still in effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T16:57:39.480" Title="Can a non-EU citizen contractor travel to the UK for work purposes without obtaining a permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12566" CreationDate="2017-11-14T16:57:39.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are looking for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-eea-and-swiss-nationals-working-in-the-eu-eun04&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUN04 document&lt;/a&gt;. It states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;En established non-EEA employee of an EU company in the EU can come to the UK to provide a service on behalf of the company without a work permit. Entry clearance is mandatory for both visa and non-visa nationals. Entry clearance is issued gratis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The requirements to be met by the employee are that they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are lawfully resident in the EU Member State in which the employer is established;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are lawfully and habitually employed by an employer who is temporarily providing a service in the UK;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not intend to take any other employment;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;intend to leave the UK at the end of the period during which his employer is providing the service.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't really find more on how you would obtain the visa and entry clearance to actually use this route and not rely to one of the usual non-EEA/Swiss visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the link to this document on the governments &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/temporary-work-in-other-eu-countries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information site for posted workers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T16:57:39.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12565" CreationDate="2017-11-14T17:22:02.700" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In German, the marital status is no longer of concern for addressing a person (cf. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A4ulein&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fräulein&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which is the equivalent of &lt;em&gt;Miss&lt;/em&gt;). You’ll typically only use &lt;em&gt;Herr&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Frau&lt;/em&gt;, even if you know that they are/aren’t married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The English translations would be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;/&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mr.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (for &lt;em&gt;Herr&lt;/em&gt;) and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ms&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;/&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ms.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (for &lt;em&gt;Frau&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in your case, you should write:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dear Ms [Lastname]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="595" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T17:22:02.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12549" CreationDate="2017-11-15T08:00:45.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm also an expat in Germany, but during last 2 years in this country I got some experience with &lt;code&gt;Der Rundfunkbeitrag&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After changing the flat or changing the flatmates it is your obligation (or your flatmates) to contact the appropriate office of ARD/ZDF/Deutschlandradio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So putting this simply- your old flatmate should have handled this. If he didn't then you need to contact &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/kontakt/index_ger.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the appropriate office&lt;/a&gt; yourself and explain them the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're leaving the country permanently then you need to report that and do the check-out (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stadt-koeln.de/service/produkt/abmeldung-ihres-wohnsitzes-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Abmeldung&lt;/a&gt;). You can send the confirmation of &quot;not having permanent place to stay&quot; to Rundfunkbeitrag and they will release you from paying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure though what about the period from the moment you stopped paying (your flatmate/neighbour left the apartment) until leaving germany permanently. It is possible that you will have to pay for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit question:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I got my number after my friend that speaks german (I didn't by that time) called them and they have send it to my by mail, but if you don't live in Germany anymore than this is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, it is not a legal advice and so on..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13942" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T08:00:45.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12571" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12888" CreationDate="2017-11-15T08:11:00.580" Score="2" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working in Germany and I do have a Tax Number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I found a mobile app that allows me to do small jobs (for a couple of EUR) by making pictures of things that are of interest for the client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to receive the money I have earned but it asks me to tell them if I'm a private individual or a small company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that the first case is right for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hfBKP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hfBKP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is &quot;private individual&quot; the right case here or &quot;the contractor&quot; is better (and why)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extra points for explaining how to put this into tax declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13942" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T01:58:02.147" Title="Tax status when doing micro job in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-01-08T10:36:02.730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-16T12:42:03.553" Score="3" ViewCount="319" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national, employed as a PhD student at the University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland (canton: Ticino). I have a type B residence permit. I am married and my wife is hoping to join me next year (2018). I need to know if I should apply for a family reunification visa or a dependent visa. Also, what is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be helpful if you can provide some links and websites. I tried searching but I am confused as no one site provides me with complete information for my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13948" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T11:16:04.733" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T11:16:04.733" Title="How does the family reunification visa in Switzerland work?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12577" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-16T14:14:39.827" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is relating to the DS-5501 US visa. What is the minimum eligible age to apply for the DS-5501?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13899" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:13:13.293" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:13:13.293" Title="DS-5501 minimum eligible age" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12577" CreationDate="2017-11-16T15:11:47.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The DS-5501 is not a visa, and it is not a visa application.  Rather, it is an &quot;entry form&quot; for the green card lottery, more formally known as the Diversity Visa program.  (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/application.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/application.aspx&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no minimum age, however applicants must have either the equivalent of a high-school education or two years of qualifying work experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program requires the principal DV applicant to have a high school education, or its equivalent, or two years of qualifying work experience as defined under provisions of U.S. law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not have either the required education or qualifying work experience, you are not qualified to be issued a diversity visa. (Only you, as the principal applicant, must meet this requirement. Your spouse and children do not have to meet this requirement.) You should not continue with your DV application if you do not meet the qualifying education or work experience requirements explained below. You will not be issued a visa, and any fees you pay will not be refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;High School Education: A high school education means successful completion of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to completion of a 12-year course in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Work Experience: If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years, in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience that is designated as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) rating of 7.0 or higher. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on job duties, knowledge and skills, education and training, and other occupational characteristics on their website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onetonline.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.onetonline.org/&lt;/a&gt;. The O*Net online database groups work experience into five &quot;job zones.&quot; While many occupations are listed, only certain specified occupations qualify for the Diversity Visa Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How To Find the Qualifying Occupations on the Department of Labor Website: Qualifying DV Occupations are shown on the Department of Labor O&lt;em&gt;Net Online Database. Follow these steps, when you are in O&lt;/em&gt;Net Online to find out if your occupation qualifies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Under &quot;Find Occupations&quot; select &quot;Job Family&quot; from the pull down;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Then Browse by “Job Family”. (For example, select Architecture and Engineering) and click &quot;GO&quot;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Then click on the link for your specific occupation. (As an example, select Aerospace Engineers. At the bottom of this Summary Report for Aerospace Engineers, under the Job Zone section, you will find the designated Job Zone 4, SVP Range, 7.0 to &amp;lt; 8.0. This means using this example, Aerospace Engineering is a qualifying occupation.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Again, you should not continue with your DV application if you do not meet the qualifying education or work experience requirements explained above.  You will not be issued a visa, and any fees you pay will not be refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For more information, see the DV-2018 Instructions, Frequently Asked Questions #5-7, and the DV-2019 Instructions, Frequently Asked Questions #5-7.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected/confirm-your-qualifications.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/if-you-are-selected/confirm-your-qualifications.html&lt;/a&gt;; links in original removed; most formatting in original removed)\&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-16T15:11:47.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12576" CreationDate="2017-11-16T15:23:04.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not see any information about a &quot;dependent visa&quot; on Swiss government sites; an internet search only returns discussion forums and the like, leading me to suspect that the phrase is merely an imprecise way of denoting the family reunification visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for a family reunification visa, you should probably start at the Swiss governments page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/family-reunification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family reunification for third-country nationals living in Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-16T15:23:04.760" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12582" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-11T01:59:25.160" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine recently applied for a UK &quot;Tier 2 (General) visa&quot;, paying €220 for a &quot;priority service&quot; in order to have the application processed within five working days (this in addition to the £1,174 for a standard application). She submitted her passport along with biometric data (fingerprints, photos etc) in Paris, to be forwarded to the UK Visa Decision Making Centre in Sheffield. (She has signed a contract with the employer, and has been issued a certificate of sponsorship.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As promised, the passport arrived back in Paris five working days later -- except it was blank; that is, there was no visa sticker or stamp inside. But nor was there any refusal letter sent. Just the passport. I thought that either the visa is granted and printed in the passport, or is denied and a letter giving the reason for denial is sent along with the passport. But neither of those happened in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She called the UKVI Contact centre, who were less than helpful (putting it mildly on this family-friendly forum), and succeeded only in keeping her on the phone for as long as they could (they charge £1.37 a minute). She wrote an email to them (they charge £5.48 per email enquiry), and received a poorly written reply saying that her case has been &quot;escalated to the relevant department&quot;, who will contact her within 20 working days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that, in 20 working days, her French visa would have expired, making everything, including the visa application, far more complicated -- she would in particular have to return to Vietnam, her country of citizenship. So my question is, what can be done to expedite UKVI resolving this limbo status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Barinder Banwait" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T12:12:16.410" Title="My UK visa application is in limbo, neither approved nor refused. UKVI remain silent. What can I do?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12583" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-14T10:25:15.167" Score="2" ViewCount="544" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current F1 visa was supposed to expire in mid-2018 and since I wasn't sure if I would visit my home country next year, I applied for renewal of F1 visa for United States in my recent trip to home country and I got 221g status. Since my current F1 was still valid and I had some urgent travel plans to visit USA, I decided to withdraw my passport temporarily hoping to use my existing F1 visa. But I received my passport back with 'CANCELED WITHOUT PREJUDICE' imprinted on my F1 visa. Is my F1 visa application also withdrawn or is it still under processing? Or do I have to reapply for F1 visa? And also, why was my previous F1 visa canceled? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="cleanplay" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T12:33:40.180" Title="USA visa- Does passport withdrawal during 221g processing cause application withdrawal too?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-17T18:37:34.247" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know international bank transfers, across different national currencies, can get pretty expensive; while transfers between my own accounts in the same are typically free (may not be true everywhere).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in how the fees change with the destination in the following range:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Account in another bank in the same EU member state&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Account in a bank in another EU members state which uses EUR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Account in a bank in another EU members state which doesn't use EUR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm more interested in knowing whether there's a general rule for the relative increase, or whether it depends on country of source and/or of origin - but concrete examples are also relevant for an ABN AMRO account in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-11-18T00:21:57.780" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T17:04:28.500" Title="How do bank transfer costs increase when you transfer further within the EU?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-17T11:55:01.560" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm with a special situation as I came to Belgium with a tourist visa to then here apply for a Work Permit type B, but my employer didn't go through with the demand and now I have +/- 2 weeks left with a possibility to get a new employer, but I would need to extend my visa as the permit process takes time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know how and where can I apply for a new tourist visa please? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Cel" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T20:50:27.387" Title="How can I apply to extend my tourist visa for Schengen area (to stay in Belgium)?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12585" CreationDate="2017-11-17T16:12:20.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally you must apply for a &lt;em&gt;tourist&lt;/em&gt; visa from your place of residence, outside the Schengen area. There are some cases when you can apply for a work visa from within Belgium. &lt;a href=&quot;https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/Application-guides/Pages/Employees_stay.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Do any of these apply to you?&lt;/a&gt; It also differs for employees and self-employed workers, you mentioned that you plan to become an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T16:12:20.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12277" CreationDate="2017-11-18T05:44:14.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will take a slightly different approach to answering your question than the approach taken in the other replies. Statistics do show that the gun violence rates are quite high in the U.S. than any other developed country in the world (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21700596-evidence-growing-gun-violence-america-product-weak-gun-laws-guns&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/02/daily-chart-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gunviolencearchive.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). But enough has been said on this topic already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the other replies on this thread in that your chances of getting caught in one such incident are low (while I must add that they are not insignificant). Gun deaths &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; appear in the top ten causes of deaths in the U.S. (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) but the factors that are most common causes of deaths are not going to be conditional upon where you live (i.e., your moving to the U.S. is not going to significantly increase your chances of a heart attack, road accident, septicaemia, or cancer etc.)&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&amp;dagger;&lt;/sup&gt;. The only factor that does materially change when you switch countries (in the developed world) is death or injury from gun violence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some other factors to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Death is irreversible (obviously) and is the most likely outcome of a shootout.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many bullet injuries are life changing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not have to be in dubious places or involved in suspicious activities to invite this on yourself. There have been many** incidents in posh neighbourhoods, hospitals, churches/chapels, schools, bars, restaurants, or open air concerts (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-maps&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I myself was recently given the option to move to the states and after half a year of deliberation I politely declined citing this reason. I have extended family in the U.S. and many friends over there and two close encounters in my second level network (meaning someone I know personally knows someone who was a victim personally). In the book, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2527900.Nudge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nudge&lt;/a&gt;, the authors argue that people who do not have personal experience of an event tend to overlook statistics warning of that event more and people who do have personal experience of an event tend to exaggerate those statistics more. Perhaps I am exaggerating because I fall into the second category but I am not alone (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-february-2013/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Footnotes:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;em&gt;Unless of course you change your lifestyle significantly.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;dagger; &lt;em&gt;Comparison only valid for developed countries. See for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/over60s/Pages/The-top-five-causes-of-premature-death.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/3303.0~2016~Main%20Features~Australia%27s%20leading%20causes%20of%20death,%202016~3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Causes_of_death_statistics&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13955" LastActivityDate="2017-11-18T05:44:14.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-18T11:42:41.523" Score="2" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US start-up is (touchwood) in the process of offering me a job, which would involve relocating to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a highly specialised job (Machine Learning, DSP, Audio engineering, ...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They wish to start as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the start-up comprises only three individuals (who are fully stacked with other tasks) I'm trying to help by doing some research on their behalf into the Visa process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks rather thorny. I present my research below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears as though I'm looking for a H1-B non-immigrant Visa, but one source says these are issued in April and generally have run out by September. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At time of writing it is mid-November.  How long should I expect the process to take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if it turns out to be long process, would I be able to work from a different country and visit these people for say five days per month? One paragraph in the research below suggests that as long as I keep the total day count below 31 I am not considered a US resident for tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LINKED: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10967/working-in-usa-for-a-usa-company-temporary-without-a-green-card?rq=1&quot;&gt;Working in USA, for a USA company, temporary without a green card?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RESEARCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/nov/30/uk-expat-guide-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/nov/30/uk-expat-guide-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a visa to work in the US isn't easy, although it's a lot easier if you have a job that is relocating there or you have an offer of employment. If you want to work in the US you can apply for several types of visa. &lt;strong&gt;The H1-B non-immigrant visa is for skilled, educated individuals working for a sponsoring employer in specific occupations such as engineering, maths, medicine or law.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the green card entitles you to become a permanent resident. You can get a green card through a job or offer of employment, provided there aren't enough US workers who can do the job. If you don't have a job you could take pot luck in the annual green card lottery. Every year, 55,000 win permanent residence through the scheme. In 2010, more than 15 million people applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other good news, you won't need any vaccinations.&#xA;What tax will you pay? The moment you become a lawful permanent US resident with a green card you are liable to pay tax in the US on your total worldwide income. You will also be considered a US resident for tax purposes if you meet the &quot;substantial presence test&quot;, which means you are in the US at least 31 days during the current year, and 183 days over the past three years. If you are a non-resident you will only pay US tax on the income you earn locally.&#xA;There are currently six income tax brackets ranging from 10% to 35%. These are due to rise from the end of the year to between 15% and 39.6%, unless new legislation prevents it. Each state and local government has its own set of tax rules, which complicates matters. Remember, you may pay less tax in the US but there is no NHS, which means you could spend the money you save on private health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.expatforum.com/expats/usa-expat-forum-expats-living-usa/112422-visa-uk-citizen-work-usa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.expatforum.com/expats/usa-expat-forum-expats-living-usa/112422-visa-uk-citizen-work-usa.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to clarify what sort of job it is so that people on the Forum can understand the visa that is being applied for. &lt;strong&gt;If it is an H1B visa&lt;/strong&gt; (because you have a skills that no American has due to a specialism or labor shortage for your job type over here), then &lt;strong&gt;the visa can be fast tracked and processed in 15 days&lt;/strong&gt;. That is the good news. The downside is all the information gathering and form filling that precedes the application. This can be done in days but mine dragged to 3-4 weeks, as letters of support had to be obtained from previous employers etc. There is also a limit to the number of visas, again, if H1B, so they need to get going quickly - the visa process opens in April and is predicted to reach its limit sometime midsummer, though it dragged out to Sept/Oct in previous years due to weakness of the economy. Finally, the H1B visa does not take affect until 1 October, so that would be the earliest that you could begin work on an H1B. Plenty of info online about visa types, info which you can source yourself - start with USCIS. The example I have given is H1B. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/working-abroad/work-in-the-usa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/working-abroad/work-in-the-usa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It can help if you have an employer willing to sponsor you&lt;/em&gt;, but this is extremely rare - unless you manage to find work with a multinational company and transfer to a US branch to gain entry to the country. The L-1 visa is an option for those within companies willing to transfer you to their US operation for up to five years.&#xA;Employers looking to fill certain skilled positions can apply for H category visas. These include the H-1, for professionals and outstanding individuals, through to the H-2B temporary worker programme for seasonal workers, such as ski instructors. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;However, these are very limited in number and the application must be made by the employer rather than the individual.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usvisalawyers.co.uk/immig.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.usvisalawyers.co.uk/immig.htm&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;All immigrant categories, except for ‘immediate relatives’ and ‘special immigrants,’ are numerically limited and annual per-country quotas are prescribed by law. This often has the result, particularly in the family-sponsored categories, that the prospective applicant must wait a long time between the filing of the immigrant visa petition and the issuance of an immigrant visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1031" OwnerDisplayName="P i" LastEditorUserId="1031" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T06:43:27.637" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T15:26:12.453" Title="How soon can my future US employer secure a (H1-B?) work visa (for a UK resident)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12590" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-18T16:35:14.533" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to my wife's 88 years old father's colon cancer, she wanted to be close to him and help him. She has had a Green Card for the past 3 years. We know there is a maximum period of time a resident is allowed to be outside the United States in order not to lose the Green Card. My attorney in the USA told me that if we present medical records from her father stating his condition and also being married to a US citizen, Immigration would understand the reason she overstayed in Argentina for two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody have any knowledge about this situation? I will very much appreciate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13958" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T16:12:13.027" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T00:37:14.563" Title="Argentinian wife married to an American citizen had to move from the USA to Argentina. Concern about losing the green card" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-18T23:57:31.597" Score="-3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently visited UK and I like it there. I am thinking of moving, working there, hopefully for good. Does anyone here know any company who are looking for Sales people in FMCG industry who are willing to sponsor so I can apply? Or any options so I can apply for a job. Hope to get response. Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13961" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T08:35:18.287" Title="Employment in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-11-22T15:25:52.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12595" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12598" CreationDate="2017-11-19T03:12:58.357" Score="1" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;My company has an office in Singapore and I really love working with them. We have flexible working hours, can work remotely, can work from another country. But I really want to move to Hong Kong where we have presence at all. I have a working visa in HK that ends soon. And I have an EP (working visa) in Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking maybe I can get some sort of student visa and keep working with them whilst also studying something useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody knows any legal ways? Maybe there's some way to a hassle-free business opening or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13315" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T21:22:57.333" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T04:30:38.937" Title="How to legally stay in Hong Kong and keep working at my company while it has no office in HK?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12594" CreationDate="2017-11-19T08:35:18.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you are not an EU citizen. The UK has a list of occupations where there is a shortage of skilled workers. Approved companies can sponsor visas for skilled workers if they cannot fill a vacancy within the EU labour market. It is unlikely that your skill set as given meets the criteria. Do you have any qualifications on this list: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T08:35:18.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12595" CreationDate="2017-11-19T13:37:02.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use an HR company to do the visa process in the stead of your employer. Your employer signs a contract with a local HR company, which recruits you and sponsors your visa. Your employer pays your salary and a fee to the HR company, and the HR company pays you your salary, and usually provides group medical insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: been there done that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Edit&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: this has tax consequences (and possibly visa-related consequences in Singapore), as you will have to get your salary in HK, not Singapore, and pay taxes there. You will not be employed in Singapore any longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T04:30:38.937" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12590" CreationDate="2017-11-20T00:37:14.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no &quot;maximum period of time a resident is allowed to be outside the United States in order not to lose the Green Card&quot;. Abandonment of residence is determined by looking at many factors, not just time outside the US. It is a subjective determination that also looks at her purpose for being abroad and whether it had a definitive end date, whether she was unable to return due to reasons beyond her control, whether she retained access to a home in the US, whether she had family that remained in the US, whether she filed taxes in the US, etc. It's hard to say whether she would be deemed to have abandoned residence in her situation; on one hand, her parent being sick is a reason why she stayed away for longer than expected; however, it's been years and it seems that her absence is open-ended and not really temporary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If her card is still valid, she could fly to the US with it and simply try to enter. Although the green card is not an acceptable document for re-entry after an absence of one year, the officer has discretion to waive that requirement and let her in anyway if the officer determines that she has not abandoned residence. If the officer believes she has abandoned residence and asks her to sign I-407 to voluntarily abandon residence, she should refuse. In that case, she will be temporarily let in and given a notice to appear at removal proceedings in immigration court (because only an immigration judge has the power to involuntarily revoke her permanent residence). If it goes to immigration court, and the immigration judge agrees that she has not abandoned residence, the removal proceedings will be closed and she will continue as a permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternative method is to apply for an SB-1 returning resident visa at a US consulate abroad. However, those require a very good reason that she wasn't able to return earlier due to circumstances beyond her control, and are rarely granted. The chances of success this way are much worse than going to the US and presenting herself to the immigration officer or immigration judge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she has abandoned residence, you can of course just petition her to immigrate (i.e. become a permanent resident) again from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T00:37:14.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12399" CreationDate="2017-11-20T11:15:22.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, usually there are two options of getting a residence permit (later you will need to apply for it in Germany): either as student (§16 AufenhG) or as researcher/employee (§18 AufenthG or §19a AufenthG (Blue Card)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 1: If you are going to get a scholarship and be a student, the important point here is whether the English or German language certificate is required for the enrolment into the university. It indeed could be that the university will ask you to provide English certificate, however, for PhD it could be rather relaxed and depends more on your professor; if he wants to take you, usually he will be able to manage it even without English certificate, if he really really wants do deal with it (which is often not the case).&#xA;If you are enrolled into the university, or get a brief that you will be enrolled, I would suggest that it should be enough for the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 2: You will be researcher/employee. Then embassy will be mainly interested in your contract and size of salary, I doubt the language certificate matters in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T11:15:22.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-20T15:25:09.357" Score="2" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions about LS EAD processing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long is the processing time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Filed mid-September still no response. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the formal ways of finding out on the status of the EAD application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13966" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:11:24.200" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:11:24.200" Title="USA L2 EAD processing" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12604" CreationDate="2017-11-20T15:36:13.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://my.uscis.gov/helpcenter/article/how-long-does-uscis-have-to-make-a-decision-on-my-form-i-765-application-for-employment-authorization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS page&lt;/a&gt;, they have 90 days to make a decision, but if they require extra documentation from you then the 90-day clock resets back to zero when they receive that documentation from you.&lt;/strike&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted by user102008, USCIS has abandoned the 90-day processing timeframe.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Instead, you can check on current processing time at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Processing Time Information&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You'll need to know which office or service center your application was submitted to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also check on the status of your application through &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this USCIS page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2017-11-22T12:15:49.630" LastActivityDate="2017-11-22T12:15:49.630" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12097" CreationDate="2017-11-20T15:40:56.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does this mean the decision has not been made yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;yes, it has not been made yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can an Airbnb booking (for 3-6 months) be considered as a rental agreement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be, if you signed a proper rental agreement (which probably should be the case, legally). However, I'm not sure if rental agreement for 3-6 month will be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can my wife apply for a worker's spouse visa (i.e. family reunion) while I am with this temporary working visa? (because the appointement for the blue card is after 2 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, you need to get the Blue Card first. Also, you need to have enough living space (in square meters, noted in your rental agreement) to be able to invite your wife, please see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/familiennachzug.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/familiennachzug.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, my contract is for one year because I am working on a project. But the company told me they want to keep me after the project. Would a letter showing that the employer intends to employ me permanently extend the period of the blue card at this stage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not, you will first get the Blue Card for the time of your contract + 3 months, and you need to apply for prolongation of the Blue Card, when your contract will be extended, see point 3.(3) at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/blaue-karte-eu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/blaue-karte-eu.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-05-02T08:52:41.437" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T08:52:41.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12584" CreationDate="2017-11-21T16:35:28.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't any systematic, gradual increase based on these factors. In my experience, transfers to an EUR-denominated account in the SEPA can be free. Same bank, other bank, other country in the Eurozone, even EUR-denominated account in a non-EUR country, it does not necessarily matter. I cannot guarantee that it's the case with all possible bank/country pairs but I have done all these (including transfers between countries and transfer to an EUR-denominated account at a UK institution), from my Dutch ABN-AMRO account, without incurring any fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;suggests this is actually a rule&lt;/a&gt;. Banks are still allowed to charge for bank transfers, but then they have to do it for all transactions and cannot discriminate between domestic and foreign banks (at least inside the SEPA). Apparently, any fee should also be charged separately, instead of being deducted from the amount of the transaction (which certainly used to happen before those rules were introduced), meaning you should be confident that the recipient will receive exactly the amount you specified and you should be able to figure out what the fees are reasonably easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to change currency on the other hand, all bets are off, you will find multiple systems with all sorts of fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-11-21T17:04:28.500" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T17:04:28.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-21T19:47:59.290" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Canadian permanent residence decided solely on whether the government official can &quot;tick all the boxes&quot; that are publicly stated? (In US English, &quot;put a check mark in all the boxes&quot;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/econ/fsw/selection.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/econ/fsw/selection.asp&lt;/a&gt; says &quot;If the applicant’s total score is equal to or greater than [67], the officer &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; (emphasis mine) make a positive selection decision&quot;. This suggests that the answer's yes, but that's what I need to check. (Of course, all the documents you supply also have to check out OK - e.g. police certificates with no criminal record and medical examination certificates showing good health. The link goes on to link to a page referring to these.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put my question in other words, if you tick all these boxes, is there still a significant chance of being denied once you've got your invitation to apply? For example, I'm currently unemployed (by choice, taking a break on savings), and want to know whether getting a job before I apply might help, even though it doesn't affect the publicly stated criteria. This is a practical decision I need to make soon. Do the officials make judgments of desirability like &quot;someone who's been unemployed a while's undesirable&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturally I'm not talking about extreme and rare cases like being on a terrorism watchlist, or Osama Bin Laden applying without having technically been convicted of a crime, so having a clean Afghani police certificate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For other PR applicants who find this via Google, the 67 points are at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13973" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T19:47:59.290" Title="Is Canadian PR decided solely on &quot;ticking the stated boxes&quot; (including getting the &quot;67 points&quot;)?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12626" CreationDate="2017-11-22T13:20:57.753" Score="4" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's someone I very much want to be with who lives in Kabul.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We tried looking at how we could legally follow a process that would allow us to be together. It feels very much as if it's been purposely constructed to make it almost impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first idea was get him here on a visitor's visa so we have six months together and can prove the legitimacy of our relationship. He would obviously have to go to Afghanistan and then we would apply for a partnership visa so he could come back and we would marry within the six-month time limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the first hurdle we can't even get him a visitor's visa because the process means visiting a Visa Application centre, of which there are none in Afghanistan. The nearest one is in Islamabad, Pakistan! It's a long and dangerous journey from Kabul to Islamabad and even if it's undertaken successfully another hurdle represents itself: you have to surrender your passport while you wait for the visa to be processed. So he'd then be stuck in Pakistan for as long as it took. He has a job in Kabul and his family is there, he can't just disappear for 3 months or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(An extra complication is that this is a same-sex relationship hence the need for him to leave Afghanistan. He couldn't tell his family about us so any move to leave the country will mean still not telling them it's to be with someone.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UKLGIG have advised that he should go to the UNHCR offices in Kabul as being a gay man in Afghanistan he meets the criteria to be treated as a refugee. But what they can actually do to help him we don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm told other European countries make it easier for people to undertake this process. I'd strongly consider such a move to escape Brexit anyway but it seems so ridiculous that it should also serve to make it easier for us to be together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any confirmation of this and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13992" OwnerDisplayName="Phteven" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2017-11-27T23:23:27.607" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T23:23:27.607" Title="It's proving almost impossible for someone from Afghanistan to come to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-23T09:39:28.887" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK for two years. To apply for a firearms certificate in my home EU country I need to show that I did not do any offences or misdemeanours during that time. How can I get such a certificate? Does one need to travel to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am still unsure about what is the official document for a criminal record. What is the difference between Disclosure Scotland, Disclosure and Barring Service and a Police record? Which one of them is the most general and most likely be recognized as an official document of the UK government/police in other EU countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10665" LastEditorUserId="10665" LastEditDate="2017-11-24T13:15:13.407" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T13:15:13.407" Title="How to get my UK criminal record from abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12614" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-23T10:15:39.320" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen with full settlement status. I got married to my spouse in Somalia some months ago and she recently moved and is residing in the UAE. She is a Somali national with a Somali passport. My question is what evidence/documents do I need to provide to the UK embassy in Dubai to bring her to live with me in the UK? I tried finding this information online but found it difficult, there are two types of forms on the UK Government website, but I'm not 100% sure which one to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13979" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T15:43:16.473" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T15:43:16.473" Title="EU citizen living in London wants to bring non-EU citizen wife over" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-11-24T12:46:45.193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12613" CreationDate="2017-11-23T10:17:43.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can request online www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record but note that the UK handles firearms licencing by a different process, so check your home state will accept this certificate anyway&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T10:17:43.517" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-23T12:45:23.723" Score="4" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for information on getting a driver's license in Germany as a foreigner.  In particular, I am looking for estimates on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how much it costs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how long it takes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in what way driving knowledge/experience could simplify the process (reduce cost and time, see below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking this on behalf of someone who is an EU citizen, has only held an American driver's license before (issued by Indiana, expired 3 years ago), knows how to drive a stick-shift but hasn't driven in 3 years, does not speak any German but is planning to move to Germany soon. They would appreciate some amount of driving practice even if the requirement can be waived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/9086&quot;&gt;From this answer&lt;/a&gt; I learned that it is in principle possible to take the theoretical examination in English, which should reduce the costs (no need to hire a translator). It is still unclear whether this service is available in all cities, and whether it is possible to get by in the practical exam without knowing much German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13981" LastEditorUserId="13981" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T18:19:38.117" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T09:22:28.847" Title="Getting a driver's license in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12614" CreationDate="2017-11-23T15:14:04.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, your wife will need to apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit.&lt;/a&gt; Once in the UK, she should then apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK residence card&lt;/a&gt; (technically this isn't required, but it makes life a lot easier). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pages linked here give quite detailed information on what you need to supply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This assumes that you are a non-UK EU citizen - UK citizens have a different process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6557" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T15:27:47.007" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T15:27:47.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12619" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12683" CreationDate="2017-11-23T18:28:16.300" Score="2" ViewCount="2267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a job offer by a German company for an indefinite period contract and the salary offered is above the standard as suggested for having a EU Blue card as well as I have verified the requirements (university, skilled workers etc.) and they do match to my qualifications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to understand whether, I can directly apply for EU Blue Card or do I have to have a work visa and apply for the EU Blue card after reaching Germany? There are lot of forums wherein these details are in contrast to each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from India, and I have also tried to get in touch with the German consulate, but the phone is continuously unavailable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13982" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T20:10:57.500" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T01:33:51.143" Title="Can we directly apply for EU Blue card, or do I need a work visa for Germany? [Software professional] [India] [Have Job offer]" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-24T07:31:04.107" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Australian government states that dual nationals must enter and leave Australia on their Australian passport.  In order to do that, one needs an electronic travel authority (ETA) for Canada.&#xA;However, the Canadian government (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca&lt;/a&gt;) states that dual nationals cannot apply for an electronic travel authority and must have a valid Canadian passport to be allowed onto any flight into Canada in order to board.&#xA;Does anyone have recent experience with this?&#xA;Do I need an ETA for my Aussie passport?  Or can I do the whole trip on my Canadian passport and just show immigration my Aussie one to prove residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13985" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T14:10:52.587" Title="Can a dual national leave Australia on their Canadian Passport?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12620" CreationDate="2017-11-24T07:46:27.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The recommendation for dual nationals (of any nationalities) is that you enter/leave each country for which you have citizenship using a passport for that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have Australian/Canadian citizenship, that means that if you are flying from Canada to Australia you use your Australian passport to check in to your flight, then you leave Canada using your Canadian passport. At the other end you enter Australia with your Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reverse would apply when flying from Australia to Canada: Check in to your flight using your Canadian passport, leave Australia on your Australian passport, and then enter Canada using your Canadian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T07:46:27.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-24T11:18:09.177" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am preparing to travel to the UK and get training for a startup, learning about programming and project management. My training is 7 months long and is sponsored by the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I need a visa for the UK, and the standard visa gives you permission to get get training and stay for longer then 6 months, I wanted to know how I can apply for it. What are the conditions and what documents will I need from the company that is providing thee training?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I be allowed to attend a sponsored training by a UK company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What documents will I need from the company to apply for the visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the company will be sponsoring me, do I have to show my own personal savings details to show I have enough funds to stay in the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the procedure to apply for the visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="bilal" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T13:23:22.240" Title="Standard visit visa for training purpose for the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-23T16:07:14.703" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I received my H1b (not H1b1) visa stamp in early 2017. My Singapore passport expires in Sep 2019, and my H1b visa expires at the same time. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I first used it to enter U.S. in Apr 2017. Now I’m in the early stages of GC. I hope to get my PERM approved in mid-2018, under my current employer P. Once I get my priority date, I plan to relocate to Singapore for 2 to 3 years, where I will get a new passport. I will need a new visa stamp -- is it hard? I assume it’s not hard in Singapore. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I re-enter U.S. to work, perhaps 2021, on the new H1b visa stamp, I will probably work for the same employer P, or possibly a different employer. Will I keep my priority date? Friends tell me to beware of risks and complications. Are there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13999" OwnerDisplayName="Bin TAN - Victor" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T15:31:26.260" Title="GreenCard: What restrictions on priority date retention?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-25T03:16:38.280" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;My H1 expires in Sep 2018 and I am getting married in Feb 2018. What is the latest by which I can apply for my wife's H4? What is the latest by which she can safely enter the USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11787" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T03:16:38.280" Title="What is the latest by which to apply for H4" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12610" CreationDate="2017-11-25T09:48:01.410" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to gov.uk, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a 6-month partner visa online&lt;/a&gt;. This is a &lt;em&gt;settlement&lt;/em&gt; visa so it's very expensive (£1,464), but it can later be switched (for another £993 + £500 healthcare surcharge) for a spouse visa without leaving the UK. You need to prove a lot of things. Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are British or have permanent residence permission (&lt;em&gt;indefinite leave to remain&lt;/em&gt;) in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are engaged and will get married (or civil partnership) within 6 months of your partner being in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and your partner must have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;combined income&lt;/a&gt; of at least £18,600 a year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your partner has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;passed IELTS at a certified centre&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a long, complicated, and expensive process, but it looks like this can be done without leaving Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2017-11-26T05:49:47.667" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T05:49:47.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-25T11:36:10.347" Score="2" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning travel to Belgium on a work permit in the month of February. Since it is a short term work permit, my wife plans to accompany me for a brief period so that we can roam around much of Europe during the weekends. We are planning to apply for a regular tourist visa for her, enclosing my work permit details in her cover letter too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally she happens to leave her current job at about the same time and plans to join a new job once she is back.&#xA;I do understand because of the above clause she wont be able to present a letter of no-objection from employer(approval of leaves for travel), as she would effectively be job-less during that brief time. Although we do plan to present her financial holdings (bank statements, income tax fillings from prev. years, insurance policies etc.) along with her visa application.&#xA;Does anybody think that her visa application case might still be a shaky one because of missing of a current employment letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13987" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T11:36:10.347" Title="Schengen tourist visa: Work details of spouse accompanying short term work permit traveler" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12616" CreationDate="2017-11-25T21:30:12.710" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd try to get the Indiana license renewed, if possible. And get some driving practice in Indiana. It should be possible to transfer the US license. This website gives a lot of details. If you can transfer the license, all you need is your old driving license, a German translation, certificate of an eye examination, and certificate of a recent first aid course. Total cost would be about 100 Euros or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.german-way.com/for-expats/living-in-germany/german-drivers-license-reciprocity/getting-a-german-drivers-license/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.german-way.com/for-expats/living-in-germany/german-drivers-license-reciprocity/getting-a-german-drivers-license/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't get a US license, you'll need to pass a theory test and a practical test, and it would be very, very recommended to use a proper driving instructor. That's significantly more expensive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T21:30:12.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12633" CreationDate="2017-11-26T07:44:37.607" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Parents have Canadian PR status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse is planning to deliver baby in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to sponsor new baby for moving baby to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the process to sponsor? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does baby achieve PR status on sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastEditorUserId="3756" LastEditDate="2017-11-26T07:52:17.303" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T19:54:50.383" Title="Process to sponsor child - Canada" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12632" CreationDate="2017-11-26T13:49:17.687" Score="1" ViewCount="382" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve recently been successful in becoming a dual British/Irish citizen. I currently live in the UK. I’ve tried applying for an Irish EU Health Card, but you have to have a PPS Number to get one. In order to get a PPS Number, you have to prove you live in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a British EU Health Card. But since the UK is leaving the EU, I’m not sure how much longer this will be valid for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get an Irish PPS Number while living in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I use my current British EU Health Card in Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13994" LastEditorUserId="13994" LastEditDate="2017-11-26T15:12:38.213" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T21:04:58.290" Title="Dual British/Irish citizen. Can I use my British EU health card in Ireland?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12631" CreationDate="2017-11-26T19:23:47.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You ask&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get an Irish PPS Number while living in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  At citizensinformation.ie you can learn that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/personal_public_service_number.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;you must be living in Ireland to apply for a PPS number.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also ask&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I use my current British EU Health Card in Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course.  The UK government has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-ireland#health-insurance-and-social-security&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a page about this&lt;/a&gt;, which says in part&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) allows a British National to access necessary treatment while you are on a temporary stay in Ireland, if you become ill or have an accident. This card should be obtained in advance of your travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK government actually misstates the situation slightly, because the card is not restricted to British nationals or even EU/EEA/Swiss nationals; it is available to everyone who participates in the NHS.  From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/about-the-ehic.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NHS page&lt;/a&gt;, which is more specific:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Entitlement to an EHIC is based on insurability under EU law, and not on a person's nationality. This applies to all EEA countries. The UK operates a residency-based healthcare system, which means that insurability is generally determined by residency and not by the past or present payment of National Insurance contributions or UK taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, the mandate of the Irish Health Service Executive is to serve everyone &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/mc/about/Amieligible/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;living in Ireland&lt;/a&gt;, which you are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You note&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;since the UK is leaving the EU, I’m not sure how much longer this will be valid for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rights of EU citizens and British citizens after the UK leaves the EU are a matter of contentious debate at the moment, but the debate largely concerns rights of residence.  Other practicalities such as reciprocity of health insurance seem likely to get lost in the mix, which suggests that it's likely that the UK will simply withdraw from the EHIC system either at the moment it leaves the EU or possibly at some later point if there is a transition period.  At that point, your most likely avenue for coverage when you are visiting Ireland will be travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-11-26T19:31:58.127" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T19:31:58.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12630" CreationDate="2017-11-26T19:54:50.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada has an extensive &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5525ETOC.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide&lt;/a&gt; explaining the process, along with an even more detailed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5289ETOC.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I need to sponsor new baby for moving baby to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it appears that you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the process to sponsor? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The shorter guide's outline lists the following sections:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before you start&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Get your application package&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Fill out your forms&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Gather your documents&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Check for common mistakes&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Pay your fees&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Submit your application&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  What to expect after you submit the application&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Appendix A - Key definitions&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Appendix B - Photo specifications&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Appendix C – &quot;X&quot; in the sex field on an immigration document  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also ask&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does baby achieve PR status on sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the sponsorship application is successful, the baby will receive a permanent resident visa.  I believe the baby needs to travel to Canada before the visa expires in order to become a permanent resident, but I am not certain of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T19:54:50.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-27T13:10:07.050" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;After high school (10th Standard), I obtained a 3-year diploma in mechanical engineering and have 10 years of work experience. Would I be eligible for permanent residence in Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13997" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-11-27T14:16:32.520" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T14:16:32.520" Title="Am I qualified for Australian Skilled Migration?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12637" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12640" CreationDate="2017-11-25T17:40:52.403" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a scientific visa for France (I am not European). Do I need some kind of health insurance to enter the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;em&gt;convention d'accueil&lt;/em&gt;, the hosting institution is willing to take care of my health insurance. However, I am still in doubt because the contract starts two days after I plan to enter to France. The visa is issued valid from three days before the contract starts, so it will be valid when I intend to enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: the only official thing I found regarding verification upon arrival is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/getting-a-visa/article/verification-upon-arrival-in&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. They do not ask explicitly for a health insurance, anyway, my visa would be exempted as it is labeled with a visa endorsement. Now I wonder if the health insurance is regulated in another place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit 2: the type of visa is D.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="u671834" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T18:14:19.353" Title="Health insurance for scientific visa" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12637" CreationDate="2017-11-25T19:58:56.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be on the safe side, you could look into getting travel insurance for a few days; some credit cards even include that. This, not only from a &quot;legal&quot; point of view, but on the actual chance that you might need it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for entering the country, my experience is that immigration officers don't usually check those things (it is done mostly when you apply for the visa) but there's always the chance if it is a requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7022" OwnerDisplayName="Martin Argerami" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T19:58:56.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12637" CreationDate="2017-11-26T19:22:59.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Schengen C-visa requirements, it is compulsory to possess travel insurance for the entire duration of your stay. Immigration officers at the port of entry may or may not check to confirm proof of insurance. But that does not mean you should take a chance and try to enter the Schengen zone without acceptable insurance. Commentators above have suggested your credit card might cover you for some days. I don't think that would work, because Schengen countries have a high bar for insurance and freebie travel insurance might not be good enough to cover Schengen requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Marbles" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T19:22:59.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12637" CreationDate="2017-11-26T20:09:22.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you don't need health insurance to enter the country or get the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be covered by Securité Sociale starting from your first day in France. In practice, it will take a few months to get mailed your 'carte vitale' (social security card). When you go to a doctor, you will pay out of pocket, and it will be reimbursed once you get your carte vitale. You just have to keep a piece of paper which acts as your receipt ('feuille de soins') and fill that in once you get your carte vitale and your social security number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember to ask your GP to be your primary carer (medecin traitant) once you arrive, you'll get reimbursed more for staying with that doctor after that. Usually they can do this online, but sometimes you'll have to ask for and submit a form yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I did all of this two years ago. Also this website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blog.parisunraveled.com/3-steps-to-getting-reimbursed-for-medical-care-in-france/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.blog.parisunraveled.com/3-steps-to-getting-reimbursed-for-medical-care-in-france/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this may be better on expats.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" OwnerDisplayName="la femme cosmique" LastActivityDate="2017-11-26T20:09:22.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T00:09:47.473" Score="2" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I was charged with criminal harassment in Canada. I am looking to marry a girl who is a German citizen. Can I enter Germany after marriage and get German citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14002" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-11-28T09:36:27.527" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T20:02:40.730" Title="I have a criminal record in Canada. Can I enter Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T03:57:06.870" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you re-enter as a visitor with time left on a working visa? Does anyone have experience of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give my own example, I'm planning to do this soon, with a working holiday visa that expires in about 3 weeks. My hope is that if they're not willing to let me in as a visitor I can come in on the work visa. (I'll of course mention it if they start asking questions relevant to it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13973" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T03:57:06.870" Title="Can you re-enter as a visitor with time left on a working visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T00:05:01.237" Score="2" ViewCount="329" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been granted asylum in Sweden. I know that I shouldn't travel back to my home country while using a resident permit/asylum in Sweden. If I am granted Swedish citizenship, can I visit my home country? Is it possible that Swedish authorities would revoke my Swedish citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lester" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T23:27:55.910" Title="Can someone originally granted asylum visit the home country after being granted Swedish citizenship?" Tags="&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12643" CreationDate="2017-11-28T01:22:45.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lawline.se/answers/aterkallande-av-svenskt-medborgarskap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Swedish law&lt;/a&gt; a Swedish citizen who was born in Sweden or has ever lived in Sweden cannot lose their citizenship against their will:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have been granted Swedish citizenship as per above, it cannot be revoked. No Swedish citizen who is or has been resident in Sweden may be deprived of his citizenship, even if the citizenship has been acquired on the basis of fraudulent information, a false identity or false grounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Sweden, even if you lied about your identity the whole time, from arriving there as a migrant to obtaining citizenship, once you have the citizenship they &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; revoke it, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;full stop&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you'll be absolutely fine after becoming a Swedish citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Coke" LastEditorUserId="10253" LastEditDate="2018-01-01T23:27:55.910" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T23:27:55.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T13:34:23.880" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking if there would be any problems for a traveller with such situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The traveller has a valid EU Blue card and passport, travels to his or her home country for a couple of weeks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;During the stay, he/she need to update some information in the passport, a new passport is issued with a new passport number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now the traveller has a new valid passport and an existing valid EU Blue Card but with his/her old passport number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: will there be any problem for the traveller to travel back to the EU with the new passport? Does the traveller need any extra documents to issue even before travelling to the home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14011" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T13:34:23.880" Title="Travel to EU with a passport with different number than that on the Bluecard?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T17:32:06.447" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, getting a permanent residency from a second EU country would make the first permanent residency void. But if I have a German permanent residency due to marriage with a German citizen, and now want to apply for permanent residency in Sweden, what would happen to my German PR? Would PR due to marriage expire at all? Can I have both PRs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14018" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-29T19:15:33.253" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T19:15:33.253" Title="Permanent residency from Sweden while I have permanent residency from Germany due to marriage?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-28T20:41:40.783" Score="2" ViewCount="518" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm the holder of an L2 visa and I currently live in America. My visa depends on my husband's L1 visa. We are both non-immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to divorce here in America even though we got married in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How long is it legal for me to stay in the US after the divorce?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After my visa expires, can I visit America on ESTA?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14019" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-11-29T13:14:23.407" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T13:14:23.407" Title="Non-immigrant divorce in USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12649" CreationDate="2017-11-28T21:58:25.250" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US divorce is a matter for state law, but generally it is possible to divorce in the US if your spouse lives at a US address at the time the divorce is filed. It is often possible to divorce in the US even if your spouse has moved overseas, though some states may restrict this to uncontested divorces. If your marriage certificate is not in English you may need to have a certified translation made to file with the petition. Your home country may require you to register the divorce with them once it is done, though this is a matter for your home country's laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 214.1(l)&lt;/a&gt; your spouse has 10 day grace period after the L1 status expires and and 60 day grace period should the job the L1 depends on end. These apply to you as well as long as you are married. If you divorce before this, however, you lose your L2 status (and your employment authorization, if you have it) on the day the divorce becomes final. You must leave the US by this date or, if you want to stay longer, you must file a change of status (say, to a B-2 visitor) before this date. Once you've lost your L2 status the visa in your passport becomes invalid too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you've left the US you are free to apply for an ESTA and reenter as a Visa Waiver Program visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T21:58:25.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12589" CreationDate="2017-11-29T00:13:10.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Congrats on getting that offer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is murky indeed.&#xA;The earliest you can start, is October 01, 2018, if you are going the H1b route. H1b visas for 2017 are a done deal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted the process here in a different answer&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/587/what-is-the-timeline-for-a-h1b-visa-consulate-interview/594#594&quot;&gt;What is the timeline for a H1B Visa consulate interview?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The timeline is like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before April 1 2018, your prospective employer has an approved LCA (Labor Condition Application) thats for having documentation that you are not replacing an available US worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, your employer (ideally an attorney hired/contracted by your employer) will Fedex/UPS the H1b application packet to be delivered to USCIS on April 01, not a day before/after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the number of applicants, your application will be picked in the lottery of 65,000 H1b visas. If you apply with premium processing (if that option is provided by USCIS and your employer goes for that option), then you'll hear back in 15 working days. Once you win the lottery and you have the I-797 Notice of Approval, you can setup for a visa interview at the US Consulate by completing Form DS-160 (after paying the relevant fees).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get the H1b visa approved at the consulate and have your passport stamped (the actual Visa sticker on your passport), you are eligible to arrive in the US and start working from October 01, 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may seem like a horrendous wait just to start working with this startup. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a citizen of Chile/Singapore, then you are eligible for a&#xA;different quita of H1b1 visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a citizen of Canada/Mexico, then you can work on TN Visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your employer is a univeristy, or if the startup is incubated in a university program (only certain universities), then your employer can file &#xA;a cap exempt H1b for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think there are a few other countries having a treaty with the US, and you can get a work visa based on certain citizenships.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are not born in India/China/Philippines, and if your employer is willing to let you work remotely and simultaneously file for your Green Card under EB2 or EB3, which involves a long process of finalizing your role responsibilities, advertising the role, interviewing candidates and filing for PERM, filing for I-140, and then getting a permanent work auth (costs more $$$, probably around $10k to $15k), you may actually get a full permanent work authorization in 12 to 16 months, with no hassles of H1b uncertainity / lottery.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope I answered your question! As usual, I'm not a lawyer, and this is not legal advise. You and your employer should handle this with the help of an experienced Immigration attorney/lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380" LastEditorUserId="380" LastEditDate="2017-11-30T15:26:12.453" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T15:26:12.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-29T01:59:01.107" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boyfriend and I are both Americans.  He maybe taking a job in Germany.  How can I accompany him there even though I'm not a spouse?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14022" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T01:59:01.107" Title="Can I (an American) join my American boyfriend who works in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-29T15:33:07.657" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what 'Exposition: 5' means in French apartment descriptions? Does it have to do with the orientation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14035" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T09:26:12.727" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T09:26:12.727" Title="Apartment descriptions in France. Exposure explanation" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-29T16:34:29.967" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's this book called &quot;Kom hier dat ik u kus&quot; by Griet Op de Beeck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I53c9.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I53c9.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title's literal meaning seems to be &quot;Come here so that I may kiss you&quot;. I haven't read the book (nor can I with my poor Dutch), but I get the sense that this is some cultural reference - perhaps a children's game?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help me solve this riddle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T11:40:10.397" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T11:40:10.397" Title="What is the non-literal meaning of the book title &quot;Kom hier dat ik u kus&quot;?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-12-09T11:42:02.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12654" CreationDate="2017-11-29T17:17:39.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scholieren.com/boek/12932/kom-hier-dat-ik-u-kus/zekerwetengoed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Scholieren&lt;/a&gt; offers an explanation of the title of this semi-autobiographical work by Flemish dramaturge Griet op de Beeck (English courtesy of Google translate):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Titelverklaring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Come here that I kiss you Flemish: in Dutch we would say: come here, I want to kiss you (in Flemish everybody is called you). The title comes back late in the story: Louis says it to Mona after they have argued and he wants to show her that he loves her. Mona, however, has heard this phrase much more often: perhaps not in so many words, but it is characteristic of the relationships she has or has had with the people around her. Come here that I kiss you means that Mona has always been obedient, always trying to make people happy and always has been relentlessly turned into something, for example to get rid of if she was angry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T17:17:39.787" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12656" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-29T20:55:10.187" Score="1" ViewCount="580" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person seriously considers defecting to North Korea to avoid imprisonment in a Western country, what dangers or difficulties should such an individual be prepared to face?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How likely is such a person to be imprisoned and subsequently tortured or executed as soon as they are within North Korean borders?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if they are granted an ordinary life of an ordinary North Korean, how likely are they to be subsequently imprisoned and tortured or executed for a very petty crime, like not paying enough respect to Kim or failing to meet work efficiency requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the notorious grave human right violations of the North Korean government, even in spite of the latest reduction of the rampant poverty, how does life in North Korea compare to serving a prison sentence in a Western country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How harsh is the state's control over every day life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the other dangers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the defector changes his mind in the future, how likely is he to leave North Korea? How likely is he to be executd on sight, or imprisoned and subsequently tortured or executed anyway for trying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14039" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T20:55:10.187" Title="What are the dangers of defecting to North Korea?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-11-30T12:19:49.097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12656" CreationDate="2017-11-29T20:55:10.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scratch of an answer:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how likely are they to be subsequently imprisoned and tortured or executed for a very petty crime&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A number of cases like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-jong-un-executes-manager-of-terrapin-farm-for-failing-to-supply-food-and-water-to-the-tanks-10372521.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the execution of a terrapine factory manager for failing to breed enough lobsters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085636/North-Koreans-face-labour-camps-upset-death-Kim-Jong-il.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sentencing to hard labor those who were not mourning hard enough about the death of Kim Jong-Il&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;imprisoning and subsequently likely torturing to death an American student guilty of taking down a Kim Jong-Un propaganda poster from a forbidden area&lt;/a&gt; seem upsetting enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How harsh is the state's control over every day life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3416010/kim-jong-un-north-korea-workers-woken-up-spooky-music-tourist-video/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Waking people in the capital city up every morning with creepy music&lt;/a&gt; doesn't seem promising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the other dangers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4858934/north-korea-nuclear-tests-deformed-babies/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;people unlucky enough to live nearby North Korean secret nuke test facility suffer from grave diseases and are banned from seeking medical attention&lt;/a&gt;; also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/17/north-korean-defector-parasitic-worm-parasites-south-korea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;North Koreans seem to be notoriously severly infected by parasitic diseases thanks to the widespread use of night soil as a fertilizer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the defector changes his mind in the future, how likely is he to leave North Korea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not likely. I can't find a source for this now, but I remember reading about a man who defected to North Korea; he was greeted there for propaganda reasons, but later he changed his mind and attempted to flee North Korea; but NK government didn't want to allow him to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Much more remains to be told.&lt;/em&gt; This is a worthy read: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Human rights in North Korea on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14039" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T20:55:10.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12631" CreationDate="2017-11-29T21:04:58.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some further information that could add to the answers above regarding healthcare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ireland and the UK have special healthcare agreements due to the Common Travel Area. On Wikipedia, it states the following on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Healthcare in the ROI&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, British citizens do not&#xA;  require an EHIC card and can instead present their NHS number, NHS&#xA;  card, driving licence or other proof of residence within the CTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/countryguide/Pages/healthcareinIreland.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NHS website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The UK and Irish authorities have an agreement where UK residents do&#xA;  not need their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to access&#xA;  healthcare services if they are on a temporary stay in Ireland. It is&#xA;  enough to show proof that you are ordinarily resident in the UK, such&#xA;  as a driving licence, passport or similar documentation that shows&#xA;  your NHS number or its equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to Brexit, nobody knows the final outcome; but Ireland and the UK have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-ireland-border-promises-to-keep-common-irish-travel-area-post-brexit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;committed to maintaining&lt;/a&gt; the Common Travel Area so I expect the UK exemption in the ROI and the Irish exemption in the UK would remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14041" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T21:04:58.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-30T01:49:10.640" Score="0" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a J2 Dependent visa living in US for one year.  My wife is studying at University (she has a J1).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I receive a W-8BEN form from the bank because they are withholding interest on my bank account.  Interest is considered a form of income earn in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am not working in US and not intend to work and make an income while I am here.  I am studying online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that in order to fill the W-8BEN form, i need to obtain an ITIN.  However, if I am not intend to make any money while in US, can I not obtain an ITIN?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it legal if I don't get an ITIN and as such the bank withhold the interest on my account.  The interest earn is so little anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14044" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T17:51:08.847" Title="Must I get an ITIN for a US W-8BEN form?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-30T13:45:35.913" Score="3" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a refugee of Dangerlandia, where my ethnic group was persecuted by a nation-wide ethnic cleansing effort, and I've been given refugee status in a European country, where I've been living for the past 15 years. Two years ago, international news was made when the tyrant of Dangerlandia, under pressure from the people, signed a democratic constitution, and held free and open elections to choose the first generation of democratic leaders. A few years on, my homeland has developed into a modern Western democracy, and the government has issued a public apology for its previous behavior. I'm starting to think maybe it's time to go home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a process for reversing refugee status if at some point it is no longer necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="TheEnvironmentalist" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T09:27:21.577" Title="Is there a process for reversing refugee status once no longer necessary?" Tags="&lt;international-law&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12661" CreationDate="2017-11-30T15:12:52.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a refugee, you don't really need anything to be reversed. You can simply approach a consulate from your country of origin, apply for a new passport and go there. You will &lt;em&gt;de facto&lt;/em&gt; lose your status in your current country of residence, either because applying for a passport implicitly means you do not need protection anymore or simply because spending a long time abroad eventually leads to losing your status as a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the country of residence is concerned, there is also a process to &lt;em&gt;force&lt;/em&gt; (ex-)refugees out. Details might differ a bit but in practice, you would typically have some form of residence permit that needs to be renewed every 1-3 years. Every time it's up for renewal, the relevant agency will reevaluate your status. And even a slight improvement in the situation in your country of origin, well short of the full-blown reconciliation/stabilisation you describe, might be enough to put it in jeopardy. If your permit is denied, you might eventually be forcibly removed. As an example, Germany organised the return of several tens of thousands of former refugees to the Balkans, Afghanistan or Iraq in recent years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that many refugees, especially those who are more successful in securing a job, learning the language, etc. will move to another status within 5-10 years (long-term residence of some kind, naturalisation). Things are different in that case, you might be safe against any kind of removal or able to go back to your country of origin without losing your status in the country where you found protection. But the details vary quite a bit, even between European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T09:27:21.577" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T09:27:21.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12659" CreationDate="2017-11-30T17:51:08.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you are required to fill in the W-8BEN and provide it to the bank you don't necessarily need an ITIN to do that. You may require an ITIN to benefit from a tax treaty with your home country to reduce or eliminate the withholding tax the bank is taking (though sometimes providing your home country tax ID, if you have one, is sufficient), and you will need to get one if the bank insists that you have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you might best proceed is to fill out the form with all the information you have (without the ITIN) and return it to the bank. If the bank insists that you provide an ITIN anyway get them to put that request in writing and include a copy of that with your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;W7 application for the ITIN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife ends up needing to file a US tax return you'll be getting an ITIN at that point anyway (you'll include the W7 application with the tax return if you still don't have one) and should be able to claim a refund for any withholding overpayment then. If you change your mind and decide to apply for employment authorization you'll apply for a SSN instead. Right now, though, you only need to do what is necessary to make the bank happy, and they may very well be happy with the W-8BEN without an ITIN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T17:51:08.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12482" CreationDate="2017-12-01T11:32:11.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should check out the austrian contract comparison site &lt;a href=&quot;https://durchblicker.at&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;durchblicker&lt;/a&gt; to find the best contract for your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check mobile contracts for various situations and everything else including insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly discourage you from using UPC for anything. The &quot;best&quot; is the former state service &quot;A1&quot;. If you are only around vienna, it does not matter that much, but as soon as you are in the countryside, the only network that will work is A1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't register with CRIF, it is not necessary to do that. Your bank can and will provide your credit worthiness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14068" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T11:32:11.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-01T11:44:58.973" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in central Amsterdam, and will soon be leaving the country for several weeks for Christmas. Given that I typically store my bike in one of the public racks (and don't really want to drag it up 3 flights of Dutch stairs to my apartment), what are my options for storing it during that period to avoid theft/impoundment by the authorities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11277" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2017-12-02T10:02:58.940" LastActivityDate="2018-10-03T14:32:47.687" Title="Where should I leave a bike in Amsterdam when going vacation for a few weeks?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-01T11:44:48.143" Score="4" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend from Russia is planning to visit me in United Kingdom as a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But she also needs to apply for United States students visa J-1 to start her scientific collaboration in 2018 as a part of her PhD study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thing is: due to... ahem... astute politics of Mr. Putin, who recently limited the staff of US embassies in Russia with 400 empolyees, the queue for application at US embassy in Moscow is 1-3 months long, while in London your appointment takes 1-4 days: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/wait-times.html/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/wait-times.html/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question is: can she apply at US embassy in London, while staying here with me as a tourist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Boris Burkov" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T12:12:25.250" Title="Can I apply for US student J-1 visa while staying in UK as a tourist, being a Russian national?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12666" CreationDate="2017-12-01T13:20:53.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are gone for weeks, why not carry it up and down &lt;strong&gt;once&lt;/strong&gt;? That is by far the easiest solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask a Dutch friend from Amsterdam, they know how to navigate those stairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T13:20:53.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12669" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12968" CreationDate="2017-12-01T14:06:02.890" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Vancouver soon and would like to rent an apartment in the downtown area. Since I have no idea about how the Canadian rental system works, I'd like to prepare in advance so that I don't enter into a bad long term contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the things that a foreign renter should be aware of before signing a contract? E.g. what documents do house owners usually ask from people to prove their trustworthiness? Is there something specific I should always check, such as the heating system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-16T15:27:56.297" Title="What should I be aware of when renting an apartment in Vancouver as an expat?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-25T11:20:46.393" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working as a post-doctoral researcher in the UK under a Tier 2 visa. Then I resigned my job and returned to my home country. About a year later, I am now planning to go to the UK and rejoin with the same job. Should I apply for a visa again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a residence permit, which will expire in May 2018. However I can return home before that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6364" OwnerDisplayName="user570593" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T14:52:17.103" Title="UK Tier2 visa resigned and rejoining. Should I apply for a visa again?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12670" CreationDate="2017-11-30T22:42:39.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you would need to re-apply. Your visa and residence permit would have become invalid when you left your sponsor. It would be unwise to attempt to enter the UK with the residence permit, as it would be considered an illegal entry. You should apply for a new Tier 2, once the cooling off period from your earlier Tier 2 has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" OwnerDisplayName="Giorgio" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T22:42:39.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12681" CreationDate="2017-12-01T17:30:23.890" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm living in Germany and I only have Polish citizenship and thus a Polish passport. I read that you need to remain in Germany at least 8 years in order to apply for the German citizenship. So I'm going to apply for it in 2 years. I don't think having German and Polish citizenship would be a problem, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just theoretically speaking, would a combination of Polish, German, American, Japanese, Singaporean, South Korean, Israeli and Swiss citizenships (and passports) be possible? Would any of these countries be problematic for a multiple citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14069" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-03T18:03:47.003" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T18:03:47.003" Title="Is having these 8 citizenships possible?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-01T22:42:59.177" Score="3" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2010 I studied in Tel Aviv. During this period I had a student bank&#xA;account. Unfortunately, I forgot to close my account before leaving, and &#xA;was not able to close it until now. The account has remained inactive &#xA;since then. I'm traveling back to Tel Aviv next month. I have the &#xA;following questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens in the case of a bank account that is inactive for so long? Is there any possibility that I own something to the bank? (When I left my account had a  balance of about 100 euros).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I go the bank and ask to close the account or just forget    it and leave as it is?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Oscar Trastel" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-12T23:07:32.423" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T23:07:32.423" Title="Dormant Bank Account in Israel" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12673" CreationDate="2017-12-01T23:13:17.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We were in your situation in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bank (Hapoalim) took so much in nuisance fees, they claimed we owed them. We told them to forget about it. If for some reason we are ever in Israel long term again, we'll just pick a different bank. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9572" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T23:13:17.453" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12666" CreationDate="2017-12-02T10:02:24.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Carry it up to your apartment - that would be simplest and safest.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I ... don't really want to drag it up 3 flights of Dutch stairs to my apartment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hauling a bike upstairs is indeed a harrowing experience, and I wouldn't recommend it for a few days away, but given that you're leaving for several weeks - it's worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like @EugenMartynov suggests - try to find a friend, or just a neighbor, to help you carry it up. Anything else would be more time, more effort, more money or more risk - and probably most of them at one. In my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are my options for storing it during that period to avoid theft/impoundment by the authorities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other options &lt;strong&gt;which I don't recommend&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lend your bike to someone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Put in in a bike shed at work, or somewhere else the general public can't access.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Risk it and just leave it locked on some bike rack - but make it someplace where there are always other bikes, so that it never stands out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the person on the bottom floor of your building to agree to put it somewhere (maybe in his back yard) - possibly for pay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-10-03T14:32:47.687" LastActivityDate="2018-10-03T14:32:47.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2017-12-02T11:41:17.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;SEPA is not a lie, it's there. All national bank transfers are running on the SEPA infrastructure. So there is no technical reason for IBAN discrimination. It's just people. People just love their national bubbles and good old local habits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to win against any discrimination is persistent and wide-spread protest. Do not let this go unchallenged. Remind any offender that they are breaking the law and send a written complaint. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I quit my contract with WIND in Italy because they wouldn't accept my German credit card(!), let alone IBAN. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protest in every possible way. It's the only way to get rid of it eventually. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11666" LastActivityDate="2017-12-02T11:41:17.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12682" CreationDate="2017-12-02T14:02:22.780" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that you get a working and holiday visa for one year in Poland. Now, if I understand it correctly, you can stay in other Schengen countries for up to 90 days in any 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, suppose that you stay in Italy for the whole period. Since you can travel around the Schengen area without any passport check, no one has a chance to stop you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But eventually you might get caught randomly, for whatever reasons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, does it affect the future entry to the Schengen countries as a 90/180 visa-free traveler, not with another working and holiday or any residencial visa for any Schengen countries? Also, does it depend on each country and/or an immigrant officer, or is the deny of the entry decided uniformly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T19:01:34.293" Title="Does staying in other Schengen countries using working and holiday visa affect the future entry as a visa-free traveler?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-02T16:17:07.347" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of obtaining an F1 student visa for the US. Here is my situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I submitted my DS160 (On 23 November 2017) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scheduled an appointment (For 20 December 2017) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Payed the SEVIS fee for Univ-1&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After contemplating, I decided to choose a different university Univ-2 over Univ-1. So how should I handle this in terms of visa? I see it as two processes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Amending my application to have new university details and update/re-schedule my appointment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay a new SEVIS fee for Univ-2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone help me with process for the above mentioned? Also, a few more questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I do anything additional to have my SEVIS records deleted for Univ-1?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I do with the I20 of the University that I'm not attending?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help is highly appreciated. I don't want to take shortcuts, and would prefer an officially approved process to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14092" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T22:03:12.137" Title="F1-Visa application: Changing university after submission of application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12672" CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:46:00.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Japan, Korea and Singapore do not allow dual citizenship. You would have to abandon other citizenships in order to get one of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T14:46:00.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12678" CreationDate="2017-12-03T19:01:34.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can affect your ability to enter the Schengen area in the future, but it will depend on the country and the officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person is caught, the penalty depends on national law, so it will depend on where the person is caught.  Furthermore, individual officers may differ in their application of national law, even if they are not supposed to.  But in the worst case, national law could specify a ban on entry into the Schengen area, and the officer could impose such a ban.  The ban could be entered into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen-information-system_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Information System&lt;/a&gt;, in which case it should be effective for the entire Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant EU laws are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0399-20170407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009R0810-20160412&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Visa Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R1987-20070117&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, a condition of entry under the Schengen Borders Code is articulated at 6(1)(d):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;they are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is further defined at 2(7):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;‘persons for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry’ means any third-country national for whom an alert has been issued in the Schengen Information System (SIS) in accordance with and for the purposes laid down in Articles 24 and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For its part, the regulation says in Article 24, Conditions for issuing alerts on refusal of entry or stay, at section (1), that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Data on third-country nationals in respect of whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry or stay shall be entered on the basis of a national alert resulting from a decision taken by the competent administrative authorities or courts in accordance with the rules of procedure laid down by national law taken on the basis of an individual assessment. Appeals against these decisions shall lie in accordance with national legislation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant to your question, it goes on in section (3) to say that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An alert may also be entered when the decision referred to in paragraph 1 is based on the fact that the third-country national has been subject to a measure involving expulsion, refusal of entry or removal which has not been rescinded or suspended, that includes or is accompanied by a prohibition on entry or, where applicable, a prohibition on residence, based on a failure to comply with national regulations on the entry or residence of third-country nationals.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T19:01:34.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12619" CreationDate="2017-12-04T09:06:59.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I managed to figure this out after a couple of emails to the German consulate. &#xA;The answer is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, we can't apply for a Blue card directly; but once we have a German national visa, and we travel to Germany, only then can we apply for a blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13982" LastActivityDate="2017-12-04T09:06:59.130" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12616" CreationDate="2017-12-04T11:53:17.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;European licences work in Germany. Most others [sources needed] are only valid for half a year. Some of them can be transferred or converted. But as a rule of thumb for non-EU driving license holders: If you live in Germany permanently, you need to do a new licence in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how much it costs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several factors involved. You need to sign up with a driving school (&lt;em&gt;Fahrschule&lt;/em&gt;), and you need to take a certain amount of minimum required lessons. These incur costs. Then there is the sign-up fee with the TÜV, who will provide the exam. There are fees for the theoretical and practical exams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2017, you're looking at a minimum of between 1000 and 1500 Euros, depending on your location. In larger cities it might be a bit more expensive. If you need more lessons, or fail an exam, it will cost more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how long it takes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually the process takes a couple of weeks at least. There are driving schools that offer crash courses. One required part is attending all 14 two-hour theory topic classes offered by your driving school. Driving schools are private businesses. Depending on the size of the town and the driving school company, they might run twice a week, with one topic every time, so 7 weeks at least, or they might have a rotation that allows you to do it in two weeks if you have enough time. There are places that do &lt;em&gt;crash courses&lt;/em&gt; (hopefully not literally). You also need to then get an appointment for the practical exam. I'd plan a month in total minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;in what way driving knowledge/experience could simplify the process (reduce cost and time, see below)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are already comfortable driving, you can probably get by with the minimum required practical lessons. Those involve driving over land between towns, a couple of hours Autobahn and night drives. You cannot waive these. Sometimes a driving school will allow you to waive some or all of the theory classes if you have enough previous knowledge. But then again, the rules in Germany are very different from the US, so the theory part is actually relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know someone with a car, you can practice at a &lt;em&gt;Verkehrsübungsplatz&lt;/em&gt; for less money than the actual lessons. That does not replace the lessons though, but it can save some time. ADAC and various &lt;em&gt;Verkehrswacht&lt;/em&gt; organizations offer those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case &lt;strong&gt;never practice on an empty parking lot&lt;/strong&gt;! Driving in public without a licence is a criminal offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastEditorUserId="6777" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T09:22:28.847" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T09:22:28.847" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-05T05:28:30.517" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have situation like me I want to apply for my citizenship in Canada and my husband is also applying for my green card at the same time is it ok to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14145" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T05:28:30.517" Title="Dual citizenship" Tags="&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-05T06:10:08.267" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father had applied for New Zealand PR for himself and the family last year but unfortunately, the PR application was rejected due to insufficient points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got accepted into The University of Sydney and I'm applying for an Australian student visa (subclass 500) to enroll in my course. However, there is a question that I have to answer in order to submit my application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: &quot;Have you, or any person included in this application, ever had an application for entry or further stay in Australia or any other country refused, or had a visa canceled? If Yes, please provide details below.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think I should mention my dad's NZ visa refusal because I was also a part of his visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would really appreciate any help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thaning you,&#xA;O.W.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14147" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T00:29:58.410" Title="NZ PR rejected, will it affect Australian Student Visa subclass 500?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12686" CreationDate="2017-12-06T00:29:58.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the wisest move would be to say YES, and in the notes explain the details of the situation. Let them decide whether your father's failed application for PR (on which you were included) is relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I suggest this is that if they later discovered that you were included in a failed application for PR and had not told them about it, it might look worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T00:29:58.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-06T01:32:41.573" Score="6" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;My unborn child's father is a British citizen. We are expecting our baby end of January 2018. I am in India and the father is in UK. We are not married yet as he is financially very unstable and is redundant right now. I have a very stable job here in India and we would like to wait for the time when he's financially more stable and I could risk leaving my job here in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for a British citizenship for my child so that I will not need to apply for a visa for them when I travel to the UK to see their daddy and grandparents. I am very much in touch with the father and his family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to obtain British citizenship for my child as the father is British?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="April" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-07T19:59:27.253" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T20:27:13.590" Title="How can I claim British citizenship for my child while we live in India?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-05T23:41:27.083" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first time, I entered France with a long-term student visa for one year, from September 2016 to September 2017. Then immediately I applied for a one-year study permit (student residence permit) from September 2016 to September 2017. Then this year in July 2017 I renewed my residence permit for one year, September 2017 to September 2018, to continue into the second year of my master's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of December 2017 I will be in India for vacation. I am concerned that in January 2018 when I come back to France whether I can enter France, as I only have a valid study permit here, and my visa expired in September 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17769" OwnerDisplayName="amitoz" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-08T19:03:08.323" LastActivityDate="2017-12-08T19:03:08.323" Title="Can I enter a second time in France with a valid residence permit but an expired visa?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12689" CreationDate="2017-12-05T23:59:35.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will be able to enter France using your residence permit, this is completely normal and very common. Residents with a valid permit do not need a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T23:59:35.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-06T06:34:33.883" Score="4" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are Indian citizens. My daughter was born in the USA in 2000 during my stay in the USA on H1B visa. I got an Indian visa for my daughter holding a US passport. We all moved to India in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I renewed my daughter's passport once in India and it has expired. Since coming back to India I have not renewed her Indian visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My daughter wants to have the option of keeping US citizenship and still stay in India and continue her studies after 12th standard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me how to renew her Indian visa and get PIO card so that she can continue her Engineering degree in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sudarshan" LastActivityDate="2019-02-18T21:50:58.940" Title="Overstay in India with US passport" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12688" CreationDate="2017-12-06T12:51:48.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you can/will provide any and all necessary evidence to demonstrate that he is the father and that the father is British otherwise than by descent, then the child was born a British Citizen (in the eyes of the UK government). You can apply for a British passport directly for the child or an ROA in an Indian passort for the child if you wish. As noted in the comments, once the child exercises British citizenship (such as by applying for a passport) they will lose Indian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T12:51:48.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-06T13:00:02.370" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have gone through the other questions and the instructions for the new I-130 form. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is that when I filed an I-130 last year (the old version) a copy of the spouse's passport was required, but the new instructions don't mention it. It seems to be ok to not send that copy right now but would that generate an RFE later on? Does anyone have any experience with this scenario?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14163" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T13:00:02.370" Title="Is a passport copy needed while filing the new I-130 for a spouse" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12691" CreationDate="2017-12-06T14:19:41.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;India does not allow dual citizenship hence the requirement of the PIO card you mentioned. But please note that the PIO card is being replaced by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.in.ckgs.us/oci/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OCI card&lt;/a&gt;; and, by October 2018 you will not be able to travel using the PIO card anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Last date of application for free conversion of PIO Cards to OCI Cards&#xA;  is on or before 31st December 2017 Thereafter a fee of US $275.00 will&#xA;  be charged as for issuance of a fresh OCI Card; and all PIO Card&#xA;  holders are, therefore, requested to apply for converting their PIO&#xA;  Cards into OCI Cards, free of any Consular Fee, on or before 31st&#xA;  December 2017; The last date will not be extended beyond 31st December&#xA;  2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CKGS Service charges &amp;amp; optional value-added service charges (if opted)&#xA;  will apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With effect from October 2018, International Civil Aviation&#xA;  Organization will accept only machine-readable travel documents and&#xA;  hence the existing PIO cards will become invalid. All PIO Card&#xA;  holders are, therefore, requested to apply for converting their&#xA;  existing handwritten PIO Cards into machine-readable OCI Cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.in.ckgs.us/pio/index.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, overstaying in India is &lt;a href=&quot;http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/TkActnForgnNsn-271112.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;illegal&lt;/a&gt; (punishable by fine, imprisonment or deportation) whether it's for 1 day or 100 days and the first thing you should do is to notify the nearest US embassy/consulate and follow their instructions for your passport renewal. The first thing that I suggest is to get her passport renewed. It will be the easy part. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The harder part, then you should follow the path of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://passport.gov.in/oci/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OCI card&lt;/a&gt; but please keep in mind that you will have to pay fines because of the illegal overstay and &lt;a href=&quot;https://boi.gov.in/content/requirments-extension-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;late visa renewal&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;AND&lt;/strong&gt; she &lt;em&gt;must have a valid visa to obtain an OCI card&lt;/em&gt;. It would be a time and effort consuming process because of all of the &quot;official procedures&quot; of the FRRO/BOI for the visa renewal under such circumstances.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, getting an Indian passport, hence renouncing US citizenship would be a totally different story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14163" LastEditorUserId="14163" LastEditDate="2017-12-07T03:59:02.707" LastActivityDate="2017-12-07T03:59:02.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12695" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-08T14:37:54.650" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to the Netherlands, and am arranging contracts etc with a rental agency. They say that an Energy label/energy performance certificate is &quot;not available&quot;. My understanding is that the owner is legally required to provide one (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/energy-performance-certificates-for-homes-and-buildings/epcs-for-buyers-and-tenants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.government.nl/topics/energy-performance-certificates-for-homes-and-buildings/epcs-for-buyers-and-tenants&lt;/a&gt;), but I'm not going to push super hard unless I have a specific need for it for something else (energy provider, local authority, etc.). Do I need it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6557" LastActivityDate="2017-12-08T16:33:35.517" Title="As a renter, do I need the Dutch energy label for anything?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12695" CreationDate="2017-12-08T16:33:35.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tenants do not really need this certificate for anything, I certainly never had to present it anywhere. But this is presumably designed to enable you to make an informed decision when moving in. An accommodation with poor energy efficiency could cost you tens of euros a month down the line. And refusing to provide one might suggest the landlord is trying to hide the fact that his property is not terribly attractive from that point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with a contract covering energy costs, you have to read the fine print, I once had such a contract but the monthly payments were only provisions to be adjusted at the end of the year, when I was it with a €1500 bill for heating for a rather small apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2017-12-08T16:33:35.517" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-08T23:54:43.727" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to prove my EEA spouse is, in fact, traveling with me to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I submitted an application to the visa4uk website to get a Family Permit for myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I prove that the EEA citizen is traveling with me? Do I provide flight tickets or do I include a letter from my wife stating we're traveling together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I write such a letter? I read over the internet to ask for the permit (Kindly and respectfully ask for the Family Permit to be issued, as indicated on DIRECTIVE 2004/38C)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please advise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14175" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T08:25:45.090" Title="the UK Family permit condition (EEA citizen traveling with non-EEA spouse)" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12701" CreationDate="2017-12-09T00:18:38.997" Score="1" ViewCount="325" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an international student studying in the USA with CPT part-time work authorization, work remotely for a firm in the UK? It is possible or one needs the UK work visa as well? If the UK firm offers fulltime remote work, can one take it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14176" LastEditorUserId="14176" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T07:05:18.850" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T07:05:18.850" Title="International student in USA with CPT part-time work authorization can work remotely for a UK company?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12744" CreationDate="2017-12-09T00:25:36.853" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to check out how life works in Vancouver and it seems that there isn't a proper grocery delivery service that handles regular/non-organic food. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=grocery+delivery&amp;amp;find_loc=Vancouver%2C+BC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yelp lists a few stores&lt;/a&gt; but they all look overpriced and the selection is limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do people in Vancouver still mostly shop offline for groceries? Or am I just bad at Googling stuff in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T14:47:25.780" Title="What's the biggest grocery delivery service in Vancouver?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12699" CreationDate="2017-12-09T05:32:41.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, F1 students can only work in certain situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;on-campus - foreign remote work is obviously not on-campus&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;on OPT - in this case you would have an EAD, and can work for anyone full-time as long as it's in your field&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;on CPT - for this you can only work for a specific company, and I don't think they would designate remote work for this&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you get an EAD for economic hardship - in this case you can work for anyone full-time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you don't have an EAD and this is not CPT, in which case, you can only work on-campus, so I would say the answer to your question is &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, you cannot work remotely for this company while in F1 status in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T05:32:41.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12698" CreationDate="2017-12-09T08:25:45.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to prove my EEA spouse is, in fact, traveling with me to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary to do so in your application.  The immigration officer may ask about this when you enter, although it is unlikely because you will be with her then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I prove that the EEA citizen is traveling with me? Do I provide flight tickets or do I include a letter from my wife stating we're traveling together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not include flight tickets because you should not book your flight until after the family permit is granted.  If you book the tickets before, you risk losing the fare if the permit is denied.  You do not need to include a letter from your wife, either.  Just mention your travel plans in response to the questions in the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T08:25:45.090" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12710" CreationDate="2017-12-09T15:37:34.287" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen with a non-EU spouse, currently expecting a long-term job offer from the UK. Therefore I am quite concerned about the potential effects of Brexit on us (especially my spouse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation became somewhat more clear in the past days after the news about a UK-EU deal on citizens rights, see e.g. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42279408&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brexit: The rights of EU citizens in the UK and Britons in the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the articles about this topic also raise several questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Anyone who arrives before Brexit day will have the right to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The latest deal also includes reunification rights for relatives who do not live in the UK, to join them in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then there seem to be contradictory statements in the same article:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nicolas Hatton, chairman of the3million, a campaign group representing&#xA;  EU citizens living in the UK, expressed concerns about the deal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He said: &quot;Our rights should not have an expiry date. More worryingly,&#xA;  there is still no clarity around the registration criteria for these&#xA;  rights. There are a huge number of people still in the dark about&#xA;  whether they will qualify or not.  Hundreds and thousands of them&#xA;  might get a letter that they have to go&quot; he added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it still doesn't seem to be a given that this deal will be honoured, I do not understand the concerns of Hatton. My reading of the article was that if I and my non-EU spouse were to move to the UK in 2018 (we are not currently there), both of us would be guaranteed the right to stay even after Brexit, in the same manner as we could go there today.  (I am aware that there are limitations even under the current EU rules, such as sufficient income to support a non-EU spouse.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hatton contradicts this with his claim that many people still do not know if they will qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that our expected rights and visa situation after Brexit is a significant factor in my accepting or declining this offer, I am looking for clarifications on the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14177" LastEditorUserId="14177" LastEditDate="2017-12-09T15:50:51.057" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T21:34:37.193" Title="EU citizen's rights in the UK after Brexit (in light of the recent news)" Tags="&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-09T21:31:39.343" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see in some universities there are options to apply for a full-time pre-OPT for those who have completed all degree coursework requirements except thesis/dissertation. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5766/full-time-out-of-vacation-pre-completion-f1-optional-practical-training-opt-i&quot;&gt;Some universities with full-time pre-opt discussion thread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this common among all universities in the USA or only applicable to specific schools where Universities make this option? I would like to know if there are options to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;request full-time CPT in final semester considering all coursework is completed except thesis defense?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or can an F1 student request for full-time pre-OPT in the same above situation? (coursework degree requirements completed except thesis defense)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14176" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-10T05:52:05.890" LastActivityDate="2017-12-10T05:52:05.890" Title="Options to apply full-time (40 hours) CPT or full-time pre-OPT for a F1 student possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12704" CreationDate="2017-12-09T22:21:05.263" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;News today was that the UK has agreed to pay major amounts of money to the EU, and has agreed to keep the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland open. That's two out of three, rights for EU citizens in the UK is the third one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The position of the UK government so far can be characterized by utter cluelessness. There was some stuff coming out of Boris Johnson's mouth during a visit to Poland, which should be ignored like anyone he says. With today's news, I would bet that anyone who has Indefinite Leave to Remain on the day the UK exits the EU will have no problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for new arrivals, what was said is: There will be a &quot;cut-off date&quot;. When the cut-off date will be is up to negotiations. But it will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be before the day the UK declared it will leave (March 2017) and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; after the day the UK actually leaves (planned March 2019). Everyone before that cut-off date should be allowed to stay, everyone afterwards probably not. If you move to the UK today, nobody knows right now if your move will be before or after the cutoff date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that when that cut-off date is announced, it won't be in the past (so if there was news say 1st March 2018 &quot;cut-off date is today&quot;, that wouldn't surprise me too much. If they said &quot;cut-off date is 1st March 2018&quot; in December 2018, that would be surprising to me). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's based on speculation, but I'd say: If you want to move, move quick. Make sure your job offer is good. Life in the UK is expensive, especially in London. Make sure that having to go back is an inconvenience, not a desaster. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2017-12-11T21:34:37.193" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T21:34:37.193" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-10T13:24:57.023" Score="1" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;When inheritance money that was already taxed in the country of origin is credited into my Netherlands savings account, do I have to pay taxes on just what is earned by interest, or would I also be taxed on the deposit itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, are Dutch banks obliged to inform tax authorities about these deposits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14178" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2017-12-12T14:45:38.910" LastActivityDate="2017-12-12T14:45:38.910" Title="How are saving accounts taxed in The Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-10T13:29:16.847" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (an EU citizen) am trying to decide whether to accept an anticipated job offer from a company in England.  One of the issues to resolve is whether the particular medication I take for diabetes will be available there. It's somewhat expensive at list prices but in my current location I'm getting most of it covered by public subsidies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a general way to research whether particular medicines are marketed or NHS approved in the UK, and what they would cost me at the pharmacy counter? (Assuming of course, that a GP in England will prescribe it to me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For full specificity, what I'm looking for in particular is &lt;em&gt;liraglutide&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;insulin degludec&lt;/em&gt;, but I'm imagining that a link to a general resource would be more useful for other askers.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10579" LastEditorUserId="10579" LastEditDate="2017-12-10T18:41:02.387" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T04:57:19.700" Title="Are my medications available in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12704" CreationDate="2017-12-10T13:45:33.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/joint_report.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official joint report from the negotiations&lt;/a&gt; released on Friday states in relevant part (emphasis in original):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The overall objective of the Withdrawal Agreement with respect to citizens' rights is to provide reciprocal protection for &lt;strong&gt;Union and UK citizens, to enable the effective exercise of rights derived from Union law and based on past life choices&lt;/strong&gt;, where those citizens have exercised free movement rights by the specified date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The specified date should be the time of the UK's withdrawal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;12&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Irrespective of their nationality, the following categories of family members who were not residing in the host State on the specified date will be entitled to join a Union citizen or UK national right holder after the specified date for the life time of the right holder, on the same conditions as under current Union law:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. all family members as referred to in Article 2 of Directive 2004/38/EC, provided they were related to the right holder on the specified date and they continue to be so related at the point they wish to join the right holder; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this gets reflected in the final deal, then you would be entitled to have your &lt;em&gt;current&lt;/em&gt; spouse join you in the UK and remain there with you indefinitely, as long as &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; have moved to the UK before the &amp;quot;specified&amp;quot; date somewhen in 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One part of what the campaign groups are dissatisfied with is that this deal will not allow EU citizens in the UK to be joined by non-EU partners &lt;em&gt;that they meet only after the UK leaves&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There are also other points of dissatisfaction -- most prominently that it is felt to be unclear which bureaucratic hoops EU citizens in the UK will have to jump through in order to secure their future status. The UK government concurrently released an unilateral &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/citizens-rights-administrative-procedures-in-the-uk/technical-note-citizens-rights-administrative-procedures-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;technical note&lt;/a&gt; about their high-level goals for the still-to-be-specified procedures, which doesn't look all that scary to me -- but I suppose the protests stem from fear of loopholes in the rather generic language there, by the &amp;quot;once bitten, twice shy&amp;quot; principle).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-12-10T13:45:33.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-10T17:30:00.020" Score="1" ViewCount="3022" Body="&lt;p&gt;A student is in the USA on a student F1 visa. While he/she is studying can they make videos and send them to their parents/siblings in their home country so that they(parents/siblings) can upload them on their own channel? This would mean they(parents/siblings) would get paid for those videos from youtube while they are in their home country while the person staying here in USA is making those videos but isnt uploading them from the USA nor uploading them to his own youtube channel? Ofcourse their parents/siblings are liable for taxes in the home country which they will pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: (12/13/2017)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What if the visa holder uploads them on youtube and does not monetize them yet? Then when he/she gets greencard or citizen (if); they can choose to do whatever they wish. Because then the visa holder will not be earning any compensation at all for their videos right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14179" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-12-14T03:13:49.053" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T03:13:49.053" Title="Can a student upload youtube videos from their home country while on F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12709" CreationDate="2017-12-10T18:38:15.837" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may find liraglutide is only available if you meet some conditions or criteria around weight loss attempts. Information is at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which will have similar details for degludec &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/es14/chapter/Key-points&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nice.org.uk/advice/es14/chapter/Key-points&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, your general practitioner in the UK will make a decision. Ensure you arrive with a few weeks supply as it can take time to register with a doctor and get an appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2017-12-10T18:38:15.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12709" CreationDate="2017-12-10T23:21:35.930" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The British National Formulary (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bnf.org&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bnf.org&lt;/a&gt;) lists all medication prescribable in the U.K.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all of this is available on the NHS - individual entries indicate drugs which are not available on the NHS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you become resident in the U.K., for drugs available on the NHS they will either be free, or incur a standard fee (currently £8.60 per item) depending on your personal circumstances. Generally NHS GPs will issue prescription for a month - so you can look on it as a monthly fee. There are schemes to reduce that cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For drugs not covered by the health service you’ll need to obtain a private prescription from a doctor (for which they can charge what they like), and then have that filled at a pharmacy which will charge you what they like for the drug, plus a dispensing fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14182" LastActivityDate="2017-12-10T23:21:35.930" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="664" CreationDate="2017-12-11T03:40:38.283" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most US HDTVs nowadays I believe do support PAL, like my 16:9 Vizio, but through the RF port the two are still incompatible (because it's fully analog like someone up there said, you can't mix the two in analog). Although if that's true then things like composite and component shouldn't work either but they do, so eh, whatever XD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14183" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T03:40:38.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-11T10:59:33.030" Score="1" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been married to an EU national of Portugal. We got married in a non-EU country, whereas I am not from the EU and on a spouse visa in the UK. Now we have a son who is two years old. While applying for his Portugese passport (as his mother is a Portugese), we were told that our marriage needs to be registered in the Portugese embassy, after which the child will be registered as a Portugese national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I register my marriage and child in Portugal, as their websites are all in their language and translation doesn't help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T10:33:56.823" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T12:20:42.290" Title="How do we register our child as a Portugese national?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12711" CreationDate="2017-12-11T12:39:38.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one of those tricky legal questions and depends on the terms of the F1 Visa and how closely Immigration and the IRS are looking at the visa holder, and really comes down to your risk tolerance. If the visa merely states that the visa holder is not allowed to work in the US for a US employer, then the visa holder seems to be in the clear, as she is working for herself or her family business. If the visa disallows any and all income-producing activity, she may have a problem, as even if her family is not sending her a share of the profits now, she is doing work that is producing income, and ICE &amp;amp; IRS would both argue that there is a presumption she will benefit from that work in the future. It also depends on the content of the videos. If she is sending raw footage of her tourism and daily activities, and a family member is editing those videos to create a specific kind of content, she can argue that she is merely having fun, sharing videos with family and friends, and releasing her ownership of the videos to anyone who wants to use the content for another purpose - but she should document this release in advance, not after the fact. Try doing a search on F1 Visa holders who also own businesses outside the US; I'm sure this has come up a lot in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14185" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T12:39:38.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-11T23:11:01.150" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m planning to submit my final PhD thesis and then go back home for holiday. Then, I’ll back for my VIVA. The expected date of my viva is 1 March 2018 and my Tier 4 visa is valid till Sep 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it ok that I leave the UK after my thesis submission and go back once my viva date is set?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14188" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T23:11:01.150" Title="Leaving UK for holiday after thesis submission" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-12T12:23:58.077" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indonesian citizen and my boyfriend is a British citizen. We got to know each other through an online forum, discovered we have many common interests and ultimately led to his first visit to Indonesia in the middle of 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we are planning for me to visit him next March for about 3 to 4 months and after that I will go back to Indonesia with him (we plan to get married in Indonesia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both work with enough income and have no financial issue to settle down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What options are available for my situation regarding visas?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I apply for a standard visitor visa, I understand that I have to convince the ECO that will be back to my country once my proposed visit is done. However, to stay in the UK for a few months, I will have to quit my job. Will the ECO assume I do not have strong ties to my country?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I apply for a fiance visa, does it require us to get married in the UK only? For some reasons, we actually plan to get married in Indonesia and will apply for a UK spouse visa after that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never been to the UK, this will be my first visit and I do not wish to ruin it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user14189" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-12-12T14:45:06.273" LastActivityDate="2017-12-12T14:45:06.273" Title="Standard visitor or fiance visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-12T19:08:33.560" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I am living in Berlin with a regular residence permit. Recently I got a really good offer (45k € / year) from a software company based in Berlin. Do I have a chance to get a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user14191" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-13T16:36:15.380" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T21:14:26.567" Title="Is it possible to get a work permit in Germany without a degree but with solid offer/contract as a software developer?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T13:38:39.340" Score="3" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are on a Tier 2 visa. We are expecting a baby in February next year. We are not intending to travel anywhere until my husband gets an ILR December next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to get a visa for our child?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a visa is not required, how can a baby get treatment from NHS after the initial 3 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the costs involved after the initial 3-month period? Is it billed at 150% of the private treatment costs at the GP?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14196" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T19:25:47.633" LastActivityDate="2018-01-16T19:46:44.070" Title="NHS treatment for baby born in the UK staying without visa and costs involved" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T13:47:38.563" Score="3" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen. My employer is shutting its US legal entity, which hired me, effective 31 December 2017, and I am seeking transfer to its Singapore entity. I could be eligible for an employment pass as my base salary is over $11,000 per month. However, I am 58 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there any age limitations for applying for employment pass for employees being transferred to Singapore?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14197" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-15T09:15:45.137" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T09:29:57.770" Title="Singapore Employment Pass - age limitation" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12724" CreationDate="2017-12-13T17:37:19.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No visa is required for the child. After 3 months the child can still get treatment from the NHS, but you wil be required to pay the costs yourself at 150% costs. Vaccinations are still free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 1 of the &quot;Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor hospital charging regulations 2015&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1.2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Those who have paid the health surcharge or are covered by transitional &#xA;  arrangements &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Non-EEA nationals, who are subject to immigration control, are exempt from &#xA;  charge &#xA;  if one of the following applies to them while their leave to &#xA;  enter/remain is valid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;they have paid the surcharge; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;.&#xA;  .&#xA;  .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A child born in the UK to an above mentioned exempt person is also exempt &#xA;  from charge up&#xA;  to the age of three months provided that the child has not left &#xA;  the UK since birth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T10:35:56.217" LastActivityDate="2017-12-16T10:35:56.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12721" CreationDate="2017-12-13T21:14:26.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I did it and in the same field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13960" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T21:14:26.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T21:19:35.760" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother is a Mechanical Engineering degree holder working in a PSU in India in the aerospace field as Manager, and has around 12 yrs experience. He's looking for migration to Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Considering that the field he is working is Defence-related, is there any scope for jobs in the same field in Australia? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How difficult would it be for security clearance from both countries? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would he have to look for a job in different field?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14203" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-13T21:46:49.107" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T21:46:49.107" Title="Can a mechanical engineer degree holder with Aerospace industry experience apply for Australian PR?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10222" CreationDate="2017-12-13T22:18:59.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe &quot;2.Guelph, Ontario&quot; should be easier as the current period (2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T22:18:59.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T23:57:11.033" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand one can drive a vehicle in the UK without their &lt;strong&gt;GB&lt;/strong&gt; driver's license, while they are waiting for their new license, after sending it to DVLA to update their address &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can one drive a vehicle in the UK without their &lt;strong&gt;EU-issued&lt;/strong&gt; driver's licence, while they are waiting for their &lt;strong&gt;GB&lt;/strong&gt; license, after sending their EU-issued one to DVLA to be exchanged for a GB license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14199" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T23:57:11.033" Title="EU-issued driver's license - driving while waiting for it to be exchanged for a UK one" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-14T01:02:13.103" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that the owner of a used vehicle, which is brought in the UK from the EU, needs to submit (inter alia) the vehicle's original Registration Certificate from their country of origin, in order to be issued a logbook / V5C from DVLA and register it under British number plates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can they still drive the vehicle, while they wait for the DVLA logbook to be issued, without having the vehicle's original Registration Certificate on them? The vehicle would be driven on a still valid Registration Certificate and motor insurance, both from their EU country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At which stage do they have to insure the vehicle with a UK insurer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14199" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T01:02:13.103" Title="EU vehicle (used) - Registration Certificate - registering in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12735" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12747" CreationDate="2017-12-14T10:21:06.717" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have ILR. I want to go to China to do an internship for 6 months and, while I am there, I am also enrolled to do a language course. I will be getting a student visa to enter China. So will this be affect my ILR status in any way? If I want to apply for the citizenship after coming back from my internship and study. Would I be able to it or would I have to start counting years once again when I come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would the 6 months affect my eligibility to apply for a citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14207" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T10:29:20.610" LastActivityDate="2017-12-16T10:29:20.610" Title="Going to work overseas for 6 months and study a language" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12736" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12743" CreationDate="2017-12-11T00:02:46.010" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a person with an Indian passport, H1B visa stamped, visit the USA for vacation with H1B visa rather for work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or does getting travel visa stamped has implications towards the already stamped H1B visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14176" OwnerDisplayName="Rajesh Thevar" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T18:49:03.360" Title="Can one travel to USA with their H1B visa for vacation or do they need travel visa stamped?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T12:46:29.450" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been accepted in an institute in Barcelona for a 1-year long course. I now have to apply for a long term Spanish student visa in India. One of the documents required for visa purpose is financial support. My parents are not in a situation to do this. But my maternal cousin is willing to help and support me financially. Now, will this cause any trouble as he is not an immediate family member? The local consulate said I have to prove our relationship ties. How can I do that? Will a letter or affidavit of support suffice? Please help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14212" OwnerDisplayName="user71444" LastEditorUserId="14212" LastEditDate="2017-12-15T05:48:53.967" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T05:48:53.967" Title="Can a cousin be my financial sponsor to obtain long term Spain student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12739" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12740" CreationDate="2017-12-14T09:35:46.740" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in Hong Kong on a work visa. Now, I would like to move to Germany for work. Can I apply for a work visa from Hong Kong? I have an Indian passport. I found that Germany has its consulate office Hong Kong but I'm not sure whether they allow to apply from Hong Kong or not. Does anyone have any idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14221" OwnerDisplayName="matang" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T13:18:01.527" Title="Apply for Germany work visa from other than my home country" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12739" CreationDate="2017-12-14T12:05:08.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. If you are working in HK on a work visa, you have an ID card, and thus are a resident. This is your place of residence, and you can apply from the German consulate in HK. Consulates in HK usually require a copy of the HK (or Macao) ID card when processing a visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" OwnerDisplayName="dda" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T12:05:08.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-13T03:06:49.073" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen currently in the US with an approved H1-B visa for employer &quot;A&quot;. I would like to travel to Germany for a week while employed for company &quot;A&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The catch&lt;/em&gt;: I currently I have a &lt;strong&gt;pending&lt;/strong&gt; H1-B petition for an H1-B transfer to a new employer &quot;B&quot;. Has anyone re-entered the US with a pending petition while working for &quot;A&quot; and can share his or her experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Bart" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T13:18:11.453" Title="Enter the US with pending H1-B petition (company transfer)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12742" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-14T15:51:56.027" Score="2" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;My kids were born in Germany.  I'm a U.S. citizen.  I'm trying to figure out how we get them a SSN and/or get them first a US passport.  I can't apply for Birth of a U.S. Citizen Abroad because we are in Texas. I really don't now what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14208" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T10:28:43.700" LastActivityDate="2017-12-16T10:28:43.700" Title="My kids have no Social Security number" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12736" CreationDate="2017-12-14T18:49:03.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Received information regarding this from immigration services, people with the H1B visa can get tourist visa and travel if visiting for vacation. Tourist visa stamp doesn't affect H1B stamp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14176" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T18:49:03.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12700" CreationDate="2017-12-14T20:26:40.797" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The biggest and cheapest one is called &lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.saveonfoods.com/store/CE241126/#/landing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Save On Foods&lt;/a&gt;. They block IP addresses from outside of North America, which is why I couldn't find it before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative for organic products is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.spud.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SPUD&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-11T14:47:25.780" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T14:47:25.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-14T22:49:42.643" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on an F1 visa in the United States working at Amazon as a software engineer in Seattle. I am going to get married in 2 months. My partner would come on F2 visa. She is a software engineer in India. She has to leave her job and we are trying to find some employer if they could offer her an H1B visa here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We tried for quite some time and did not find any. So, we thought of another way to get the job for her in US. That is, she could complete a master's in CS here and then she can work on F1 after graduation. So, we are trying to find some master's options, which could be either off campus or in Seattle itself, since we do not want to live separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if the master's is for a year or something, that would be another advantage. So, can someone recommend me universities that would be best for my wife:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offer good computer science course (good ROI).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not very expensive master's.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Either provides online course or in Seattle.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If, of short duration (like 1 year or something), that would be a bonus.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestion you can give would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13866" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T19:20:43.853" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T19:20:43.853" Title="F2 Visa - Universities that offer online Master's in CS" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-15T05:59:38.447" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on moving to the US (Hawaii to be specific if that matters) long-term with my family, but I can't figure out what the best way to get permanent residency for myself and my family is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The legal situation is, I am a Swedish national, my wife is a Japanese national, and we have two small children who have Swedish/Japanese dual citizenship, and we currently reside in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work remotely for a Swedish company, makes enough to support the whole family, and would like to continue working remotely for said company after moving to the US. I do not have a university education, if that matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read some of the IMHO confusing documentation on visas, and it seemed like a diversity program visa was my best shot, until I calculated that it's more likely that I will die of old age before I win the lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you say is the best way for me and my family to get permanent residency (or the equivalent legal status where you can live and work indefinitely) in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14213" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-15T09:15:53.410" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T09:15:53.410" Title="Get permanent residency in US while working remotely for a non-US company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12735" CreationDate="2017-12-15T07:32:38.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are returning to the UK to permanently live and continue your center of life there, then no, this will not affect your ILR. Being absent for approximately 180 days in a single year should not break your continuity, though you may require some discretion if you have other absences in the total 5 year qualifying period (I'm making some safe assumptions about the route you are taking to citizenship). Your overall eligibility for citizenship will not be affected at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T07:32:38.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12725" CreationDate="2017-12-15T09:29:57.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no age limit beyond the legal retirement age (62). As long as your company is willing to, and able to, sponsor an EP, you should be fine. Note that the salary is only one of the criteria (education is another). You can do the self-assessment &lt;a href=&quot;https://services.mom.gov.sg/sat/satservlet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Also, the decision is done on a case-by-case basis, with very little transparency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T09:29:57.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-15T16:07:31.707" Score="5" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to move to Georgia (the country). I know English is not widely spoken in the country. I'll probably have to start learning Georgian. Do you know if people in administration services speak English? Are administrative papers written in Georgian or English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Colas" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T15:12:20.517" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T14:34:49.203" Title="Is English used for administration in Georgia?" Tags="&lt;language&gt;&lt;georgia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12750" CreationDate="2017-12-15T17:01:42.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Englush isn't an official language of course, but you can definitely use it when communicating with the Public Service Hall, which is where you obtain and extend residence permits. There will always be someone speaking English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, in general, surprisingly many people in Tbilisi do have some basic knowledge of English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" LastActivityDate="2017-12-15T17:01:42.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-16T19:12:44.527" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband went to France (Roubaix/Lille) on a scientific visa (for PhD) on a scholarship. I applied for a long-stay visa a few months later. I am financially dependent on my husband, so I mentioned 'husband' in 'means of support'. A week later, they returned my passport and a letter of refusal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason mentioned is no evidence of means of sufficient resources covering the entire period of stay. NOTE: the residence permit of my husband is work/employed category, not student. The amount he receives is ~1,000 euros each month. I attached bank statements of his French bank account of the last two months (as he created his account 2 months ago). I also attached letter of award of scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the reason of rejection. What can I do to avoid chances of refusal next time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tn12u.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14219" LastEditorUserId="14219" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T06:24:55.183" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T06:24:55.183" Title="Scientific dependant visa refused!" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12653" CreationDate="2017-12-17T09:26:46.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was certainly an &quot;S&quot; and not a &quot;5&quot;, and meant that the apartment is facing south, which means it gets a lot of light. Nothing else makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user14220" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T09:26:46.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12755" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12932" CreationDate="2017-12-17T15:31:32.057" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to apply for a German work visa. I found that the application process can take up to two months and that you need to submit your passport along with the application. Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live and work in Hong Kong on a valid work visa, and I am an Indian passport holder. Submitting my passport is a bit risky as I am in a foreign country and I may require it quite often. Is there another solution to this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14221" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T10:33:28.210" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T02:12:14.173" Title="German work visa application passport submission" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-17T18:43:44.273" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India. I am currently studying for a Master's in Germany. I will be doing my Master's thesis in the Netherlands for around 5 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a work permit to do my thesis in the Netherlands? What other things are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14222" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T03:31:18.677" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T03:31:18.677" Title="Thesis in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12715" CreationDate="2017-12-18T12:20:42.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m Portuguese and Brazilian. My wife is Brazilian. We live in Luxembourg and we are married only in Brazil.&#xA;We had a child here this year and I registered him as portuguese at the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the parents is portuguese, it’s enough to register a child. Your wife should go to the embassy with her documents and child birth certificate from your country, maybe with a sworn translation to portuguese. Here we didn’t need it because Luxembourg emits on an European standard format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding marriage transcription (something I’m about to do), what you will need is a marriage certificate, yours birth certificate, your wife Portugal’s id. Both certificates must follow a sworn translation to portuguese. They must also be recent (&amp;lt;6 months emission date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3808" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T12:20:42.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-18T15:40:25.377" Score="5" ViewCount="1188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a foreign citizen and was studying in the US. I was dismissed from my university in June 2017. My SEVIS record was terminated in October for a failure to enrol in new classes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now been accepted into another college in the US. I have obtained a new I20 from this school. The program begins in February 2018. I am currently in my home country. Do I need a new F1 visa to study at the new university? Note that the I20 I have been issued is a new initial attendance I20 and not a transfer I20. Of course, when I re-enter, my visa will have a different university name on it than my I20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14227" OwnerDisplayName="user71611" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T09:48:41.270" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T09:25:14.120" Title="I was dismissed from my university. Do I need a new F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12759" CreationDate="2017-12-18T16:08:24.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your status is not determined by what visa you have, but once you travel abroad, you will need to obtain a new visa from the US embassy/consulate there. Bring all the relevant paperwork for this, and be prepared to explain your situation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10253" OwnerDisplayName="Coke" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T16:08:24.190" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-19T00:30:04.683" Score="6" ViewCount="604" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had an EU Blue Card for a couple of years and was working as an employee for a German company while living in Germany during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, I'm interested to move out of Germany to a non-EU country while keeping my job for a German company. Am I allowed to continue working for a German company while not living in Germany? Will I lose my Blue Card? Where should I pay taxes? Am I allowed to avoid paying health insurance in Germany during that time (as I'm not in Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarification:&#xA;My question is about working &lt;strong&gt;remotely&lt;/strong&gt; for a German company. For example: Living in Thailand, and programming for a German company as an employee, not a contractor or freelancer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14228" LastEditorUserId="14228" LastEditDate="2017-12-22T16:37:36.360" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T14:13:49.307" Title="EU Blue Card - Working for a German company while living outside of EU" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12763" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12934" CreationDate="2017-12-19T05:14:52.530" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm willing to apply for Australian Visa, maybe 189 (Skilled Independant) or 190 (Skilled Sponsored) classes as a Software Developer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My university degree is an Advanced Diploma (2 years university degree). I believe my AD gives me 10 points. I read in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/9833/14230&quot;&gt;this fellow's answer&lt;/a&gt; that having an MCP can bring you 5 points. If that's true, am I right to say I can gain 15 points, 10 for my Advanced Diploma plus 5 for my Microsoft MCST certificate?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this be true, it saves me a lot of time, and reduces pressure on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-12-21T01:44:18.000" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T08:10:07.503" Title="Is MCTS (.net framework) recognised for Australia work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12764" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12765" CreationDate="2017-12-19T09:17:23.007" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the Skilled visa (189 - Skilled Independant or 190 - Skilled Sponsor) does having 2 jobs at the same time count as twice the time length or not?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a software programmer, let's say I've been working 2 jobs (2 companies, both programming, 6 hours a day each) at the same time for the last 3 years. Is this counted as just 3 years due to time overlap? Or do they assess such work experience as 6 years? Please enlight me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T14:58:33.377" Title="Australia visa: skilled employment of two jobs at the same time" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12764" CreationDate="2017-12-19T14:58:33.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can't be anything but 3 years in total, regardless of what or where the experience was acquired. Were you to indicate 6 years, your application could be seen as irregular, or deceptive, as the details wouldn't substantiate the numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T14:58:33.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-19T16:53:32.393" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;We plan to move to Mexico in May.  My auto license plates expire in Jan. and I have an option to renew them for either 1 year or 2 years and they are kind of expensive.  How long will I be able to drive in Mexico with my auto plates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14233" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2017-12-19T17:13:32.693" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T18:44:45.590" Title="How long can I drive in Mexico with a foreign-licensed car?" Tags="&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12767" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12768" CreationDate="2017-12-19T17:26:11.430" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am helping a Sudanese refugee living in France (in Paris) who wants to take his studies up again. He got a secondary school certificate in Sudan and needs his diploma recognized in France. I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ciep.fr/enic-naric-page/reconnaissance-diplome-etranger-documents-delivres&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt; explaining which document he can get, but I don’t know how to proceed to make a proper request. How can he get this document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14215" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T17:26:11.430" Title="How to have a foreign diploma recognized in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12767" CreationDate="2017-12-19T17:26:11.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To request the certificate of equivalence, you and your friend have to follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://phoenix.ciep.fr/inscriptions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; (preferably not using Firefox, which makes the website buggy).&#xA;He will have to give his identity and an email address. This address is important because it is where the certificate will be sent to him. After that, you’ll be asked a few questions and finally, you’ll have to upload :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;his ID or an application document for asylum or the refugee status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;his qualification certificate(s) or diploma(s) in the original language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a document showing proof of the official duration of the studies leading to his graduation (this may be a diploma supplement, marks sheets, certificates of attendance, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason one of the above documents can’t be uploaded, it is worth trying to upload a text document explaining why instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When this is done, after some time (usually a few weeks I believe), he will be sent the certificate (except if the CIEP found his folder incomplete, which would be notified to him by email).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.resome.org/attachment/803138/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This detailed guide&lt;/a&gt; (in English) can be helpful when filling the form. If any additional information is of help, both of you are very welcome to come to meet Resome volunteers every Friday from 2.30pm to 5.30pm or Saturday from 10am to 1pm at the following address :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maison des Initiatives étudiantes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;50 Rue des Tournelles, 75003 Paris&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(métro : Bastille).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When doing so, be sure to bring all the documents he has about his studies/diplomas (preferably in numeric format).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for taking his studies up again, you may find useful information in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.resome.org/attachment/852234/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this other guide&lt;/a&gt; (in English and in French). Again, feel free to come and talk to us about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14215" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T17:26:11.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-19T18:13:09.177" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a TN Visa for working in the USA and I want to take my car with me. I am living in Mexico City and I want to drive my car from that point to Casper, Wyoming. I will be staying for 1 year and I want to know how can I legalize my car (that I bought in Mexico) in the USA? How is this process? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If further details are needed please, let me know and I will try to enrich this question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" OwnerDisplayName="Alejandro BR" LastEditorUserId="6194" LastEditDate="2017-12-19T19:00:20.023" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T19:00:20.023" Title="How to legalize a car in the USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-12-28T14:55:18.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-19T15:43:16.233" Score="2" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came into the UK 2 years ago on a 6 month visiting visa and luckily I met my girlfriend. We dated for a couple of months and she is now pregnant and due to give birth next year in March. Can I still make an application to the Home Office to be a permanent resident in the UK on the basis of my child and girlfriend and also to work and take care of them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ethan Elisha" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2017-12-20T02:49:23.523" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T02:49:23.523" Title="Overstayed UK visa whilst waiting for my baby to be born" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-20T04:04:43.947" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_tourism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Birth-tourism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is an act of travelling to another country to give birth there in order for your newborn child to become a citizen of that country. This is a consequence of something called &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jus soli&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&#xA;Both the US and Canada do unconditionally grant citizenship to anyone born on their soil (except when they don't, such as for children of foreign diplomats).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, every time I hear about a real life example of this happening, those mothers tend to target the US, but not Canada. &lt;strong&gt;But why is that so?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't Canada also a pretty good nation? Besides, the US does have its downsides when compared to Canada, such as taxing its citizens worldwide, regardless of their country of residence (which may become a problem for the child later in life).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14225" LastEditorUserId="14225" LastEditDate="2017-12-20T04:11:57.190" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T20:17:58.540" Title="Why does birth-tourism tend to target the US more than it does Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-12-20T13:12:57.960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12773" CreationDate="2017-12-20T07:58:50.823" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question hardly has anything to do with Expats but I'll toss out an opinion before I vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The United States has a far larger GDP, range of climates, variety of sub-cultures, many levels of education and more numerous, and many many more population centers. All that translates to far more opportunity to live the kind of life that many in the Western world would like to live. Nothing's guaranteed ofcourse. There aren't as many safety nets in the U.S. as in many European countries (or Canada) for example, but the potential quality of life, especially for those who are hard-working, a bit skilled, and a bit clever, is far higher than anywhere else in the world. Further, realistically speaking, this looks to be the case for many decades to come.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cananda is a lovely country. They have strong trading/culture partner and a powerful military ally right next door with whom relations are historically superb. But it is a widely dispersed population and rather homogenous as far as opportunity is concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus Canada just hasn't had the cultural reach and impact that the United States has had. When people think of, even considering only as a wild possibility, the idea of attempting something like birth tourism, I'm not sure how many of them would even briefly acknowledge Canada much less realize that such a thing was possible with that country. You'd have to have been living under a rock for the last seventy years to not know this was possible with the U.S. (due to Hollywood and word of mouth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-10-06T20:17:58.540" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T20:17:58.540" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12776" CreationDate="2017-12-20T08:26:32.293" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have submitted a DS-160 form and I'm now applying for appointment. I am on the payment page and I'm about to pay the $160 fee. A box on the left side of the page says &quot;First Available Appointment Is Monday January 22, 2018.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I need to get to the US before January 22, and I have document evidence to prove this (I'm applying for an F1 visa and college term begins January 23rd). I am certain that an urgent appointment will be needed. Can I appeal/ask for an appointment before this January 22 date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please tell me the procedure for emergency/urgent appointment process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14227" OwnerDisplayName="user71611" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T12:06:44.317" Title="About to apply for a US visa? Can I get an expedited/emergency interview appointment before &quot;First Available Appointment&quot; if I have an emergency?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12775" CreationDate="2017-12-20T11:01:00.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;have a look at their online &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ht/ht-niv-expeditedappointment.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;doc&lt;/a&gt;. Seems like you may just be eligible. But, first you need to schedule an online appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students (F-1, M-1 ), exchange visitor (J-1) who have not been refused&#xA;  a visa in the last 12 months and if there are no online appointments&#xA;  available in time for the expected start date of your program or you&#xA;  are a returning student/exchange visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14249" OwnerDisplayName="Ruchira Randana" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T11:01:00.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12766" CreationDate="2017-12-20T18:44:45.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will your resident status be as tourists, temporary residents, or permanent residents? And, where do you plan to be while in Mexico? When you enter Mexico with your car, if you're only going to areas in the &quot;free zone&quot; (Baja California, Baja California Sur, and the northwest part of Sonora), you don't need a Temporary Import Permit (TIP). If you're going anywhere else in Mexico you will need a TIP. I believe you can get it for up to 180 days (which would match up with a tourist visa), but I'm not completely sure about that. I live in Baja California Sur, which doesn't require a TIP. If you are a permanent resident, you would need to import your vehicle, the temporary import is not an option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website has a good overview of the details of importing and driving a car in Mexico: &lt;a href=&quot;https://yucalandia.com/driving-in-mexico-issues-fun/importing-driving-a-car-in-mexico/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://yucalandia.com/driving-in-mexico-issues-fun/importing-driving-a-car-in-mexico/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't really comment on how long you can drive your car in Mexico with expired tags. If your plan is to live in Mexico for an extended period of time, then you may want to import it, or purchase a vehicle in Mexico. Another option that many expats from the United States use is to register their cars in South Dakota because that state doesn't require residency and you can handle the renewal process by phone/mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, if you are planning on temporary or permanent resident status, you will need to start that process in your home country at a Mexican consulate. Again, more good info at the Yucalandia site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://yucalandia.com/answers-to-common-questions/new-rules-and-procedures-for-immigration-visiting-and-staying-in-mexico/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://yucalandia.com/answers-to-common-questions/new-rules-and-procedures-for-immigration-visiting-and-staying-in-mexico/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy your time in Mexico!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14209" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T18:44:45.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12779" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12780" CreationDate="2017-12-21T00:06:42.140" Score="2" ViewCount="730" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you attend a short-term language program in China (usually about 16 to 18 weeks), you apply for a student visa, which is valid for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, many universities let you pay the tuition fee only after you arrive in China. The application costs about 400 RMB, but it's still way cheaper than the tuition fee (about 6,000 to 13,000 RMB).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I consider applying for the program and then not attend the university course, which means I do NOT pay the tuition fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does this break the law and/or cause any potential side-effect, such as a future ban on entry?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How about if I pay the tuition but don't attend the program?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason is the student visa is incredibly attractive to travel around China for longer periods, since the tourism visa covers (generally) only up to 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-21T14:32:57.510" LastActivityDate="2018-07-27T19:03:46.170" Title="Does entering by a student visa and not attending the school cause the future ban of the entry in China?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12779" CreationDate="2017-12-21T06:19:53.233" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa you get is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a six-month visa. It is a one-entry visa that enables you to enter China, go to the University, pay the application fee, get the documents and then apply for your six-month residence permit (which includes the medical visit). This has to be done within 15 days, if memory serves. Failing this, you're breaking the law, and when you exit China, Immigration will have things to say. Not nice things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if you register for class, but don't attend, you might also get in trouble. Police checks regularly attendance records - and expels students who have a low attendance record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line, don't. If you want to travel in China, get two-entry visas, which will give you 2 x 30 days, in Hong Kong. This will enable you to travel for an extended period without breaking the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-12-21T06:19:53.233" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12761" CreationDate="2017-12-21T09:18:58.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partial answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you can live wherever you want and work for a German company coming every day to the office but since Germany is surrounded by EU-countries, it is only possible if you live in Switzerland. You can work as contractor though, but I think it is not what you are asking. Another possibility is that your German company sends you to work in an other country. But that also seems to be not the case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will lose your Blue Card after six months after leaving Germany and not re-entering it within six months (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/residence-act/expiration-right-of-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51-7&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers to other two questions depend on how you work for a Germany company (as a contractor or as an employee sent to another country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2017-12-21T09:18:58.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12571" CreationDate="2017-12-21T15:24:57.047" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you issue invoices for your clients (with VAT, address etc.) then you should choose &quot;Contractor&quot; option. I think this is not the case, so &quot;private individual&quot; is your choice. As I understand, you do these small jobs on irregular basis and you aren't paid thousand euros for that, so &quot;contractor&quot; is not a question for you, because in this case you'll have to do all the book-keeping a private entrepreneur should do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2017-12-21T15:24:57.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12756" CreationDate="2017-12-22T15:03:52.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studyinholland.nl/practical-matters/visas-and-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StudyInHolland site, section Visas and permits&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whether you need a visa or not, depends on:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - your nationality – as stated on your passport;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - the duration of your stay: shorter or longer than 90 days;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - your purpose of stay.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Your institution needs to apply&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  When you enrol in a study programme, your host institution will contact you to start up the application procedure. If not, ask for help by contacting contacting the international office (or if you are a researcher, the HR department) of your host institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studyinholland.nl/practical-matters/get-prepared&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PathFinder tool&lt;/a&gt; where you can fill in your information. This will tell you e.g. (from the &lt;em&gt;Residence permit for study (TEV)&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Conditions&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  There are certain conditions that apply to everyone. In addition, you and your educational institution have to meet the following conditions:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - You have (provisionally) been accepted by a university or university of applied sciences as a student to a full-time accredited day programme. This university or university of applied sciences is a recognised sponsor. Recognised educational institutions are listed in the Public Register of Recognised Sponsors.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - Your must have sufficient independent long-term funds. There are various ways to show this.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  - You obtain at least 50% of the required credits for each academic year. This is called study progress monitoring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you have your bachelor's degree and you are going to continue a master's programme? It is then possible to again make use of a maximum of 12 months to prepare for your master's programme.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Your educational institution determines the conditions of your education. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The educational institution has a list of documents that you need. You have to have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, from the &lt;em&gt;Work permit for a part-time job&lt;/em&gt; document:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an international student in the Netherlands, you may want to work alongside your studies or internship. If so, there are some restrictions you will need to take into account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  If you have a residence permit for the purposes of study, the number of hours you are allowed to work is restricted. You may either work full-time in June, July and August only, or work part-time (at most ten hours a week) throughout the rest of the year. You are not allowed to do both. Furthermore, your employer or employment agency has to give you a competitive salary and terms of employment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  If you are not a citizen of an EU/EEA country or are a citizen of Croatia, you will need a work permit, which is issued for a maximum duration of one year. It is up to your employer or employment agency to apply for a work permit from the UWV Employee Insurance Agency on your behalf. You cannot do this yourself. The work permit application must be accompanied by a copy of your residence permit for study purposes and a statement from your education institution confirming that you are enrolled as a student at that institution. If you are a citizen of an EU-EEA country, you are allowed to work in the Netherlands, a work permit is not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I suggest contacting the institute where you are going to your thesis, they will know best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T15:03:52.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12789" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-22T15:03:59.743" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;My tier 4 visa has been refused as I did not show documents for funds. I forgot to enclose my bank statements in the application, however I do have the sufficient funds. Can I apply for an administrative review in this case and submit the bank statements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no, and I have to make a new application, should a new CAS be generated? The existing CAS would not work for the new application, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14261" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T15:03:59.743" Title="Administrative review - extra documents" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-22T13:58:50.677" Score="2" ViewCount="567" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating to the UK next year from South Africa and would like to take my corn snakes with me. I need to know what I need to do and how to go about it please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Michelle Sciberras" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2017-12-22T15:12:29.830" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T15:12:29.830" Title="Can I take my corn snakes to the UK with me?" Tags="&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12790" CreationDate="2017-12-22T14:29:14.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to apply for a licence to import them from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-non-native-animals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs&lt;/a&gt; (or the Scottish or Welsh Governments if you are moving to Scotland or Wales).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" OwnerDisplayName="MrAndySweet" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T14:29:14.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12790" CreationDate="2017-12-22T14:36:34.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as importing your snakes into the UK, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus)&lt;/a&gt; don't appear in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cites.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CITES&lt;/a&gt;, don't appear in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?sectionid=7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Regulation (1143/2014) on invasive alien (non-native) species&lt;/a&gt; and are not listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/balai-directive-moving-live-animals-semen-and-embryos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Balai Directive&lt;/a&gt;, at least as far as I can see. So, it doesn't appear that you are going to be precluded from importing them outright.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paperwork you'll need to fill out, however, does appear fairly extensive. The right place to start seems to be the GOV.uk's page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-non-native-animals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;importing non-native animals&lt;/a&gt;. You will want to apply for a license to import the pet. You will also need to contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to see if you will be required to quarantine your pets for a period of time (I don't think you will, but they will be authoritative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best of luck to you and your snakes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3806" OwnerDisplayName="CGCampbell" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T14:36:34.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-22T16:57:11.757" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national, currently in Belgium with a Belgium residence permit valid until next year. I have received a PHD project work acceptance from Germany. Can I apply for a German student residence permit based on my Belgium residence permit validity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14262" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T16:57:11.757" Title="German student residence application with Belgium residence permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-22T18:34:40.200" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for extending my tier 4 visa but failed to submit my bank statements. I do have the required funds for the required period, but my mistake was in not submitting the documents the first time around. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a new CAS from the university now, and I wish to reapply. However my passport has not been returned to me. To overcome all waiting hassles, I wish to apply through the premium service. Can I book the premium service without the passport? Or should I try to get the passport from the Home Office before reapplying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14261" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T18:34:40.200" Title="Tier-4 extension in the UK - Can I apply for premium service without passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12798" CreationDate="2017-12-22T18:50:04.207" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that you apply for a language program that lasts from 2018-03-10 to 2018-07-20. You are going to apply for the student visa (X2) to stay during the period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm sure the legal stay does not start in 2018-03-10 and end in 2018-07-20. It is more like 2018-03-03 and 2018-07-27, or even longer period is allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after getting the visa, when can I start to enter in China and stay there? And until when must I leave China?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or since the X2 visa is for people who study there within 180 days, can I decide any 180 days frame as far as it covers the language course?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T19:52:36.530" Title="Since and until when can I stay in China using a student visa?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12797" CreationDate="2017-12-22T19:52:36.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a little less clear-cut. You have to arrive in China &quot;reasonably&quot; early enough to do the procedures to get your residence permit. It takes longer for first-timers like you. So you should generally give yourself about a month. But first enquire with the University when the registration starts. Before that date, you won't be able to do the paperwork. When you have that date, you can plan your arrival in China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's when your six months start: when you X2 visa is stamped in and invalidated (until you get your residence permit you cannot leave China; or more accurately you could leave, but cannot come back without applying for another X2). When you apply for the residence permit (and they'll keep your passport for a week or two), you'll get a six-month validity based on what the X2 visa and your arrival date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T19:52:36.530" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-23T20:23:47.043" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already have a few Chinese bank accounts (ICBC, Construction Bank, and China Merchants Bank). But all of them were opened in Shanghai, and I want to create a new account in different cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can I create another account in Hangzhou or Shenzhen, in the same bank but a different branch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;UPDATE&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to open it in ICBC in another city but got declined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-28T16:20:04.573" LastActivityDate="2019-08-22T20:02:45.343" Title="Can I create another bank account in a different branch in China?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-09-11T06:50:18.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-24T19:54:07.097" Score="1" ViewCount="2875" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hoping someone can help me here, I am wanting to apply for a Dutch passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandparents were born in Holland as was my father, but they moved to South Africa when he was 3 or so. from what I understand they applied for citizenship in South Africa so he doesn't have for Holland. My dad passed away when I was 13 and he never applied for Dutch citizenship. I read about the rule that over 28 I might have missed my chance, is there a way I can still apply? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14269" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T20:48:39.580" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport when only my grandparents had citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-24T23:02:47.867" Score="2" ViewCount="553" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a clarification in regards to visa (Tier 2 ICT dependent visa) for our baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I hold an Indian passport and currently working on Tier 2 ICT visa in UK (which is valid till Jan 2020). We are expecting our baby in Feb 2018. Hence this query is regarding visa for the new born baby. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have understood, we need to apply for the baby's Indian passport which is clear for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are planning for a trip to India after obtaining Indian passport for the baby. However I am looking for clarifications for below queries please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory to apply for visa for baby to travel from UK to India on a short trip ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we apply for baby's visa after reaching India as my wife and baby are intended to stay in India for about 6 months before flying back to UK. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14270" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T01:27:05.960" Title="Tier 2 ICT dependent visa for the new born baby in UK" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12803" CreationDate="2017-12-25T01:10:31.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not mandatory for the child to have a visa to &lt;em&gt;leave&lt;/em&gt; the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can apply for the baby's visa from India, no problem except for perhaps time. However 6 months should be more than sufficient provided you meet all of the support requirements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T01:10:31.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-25T09:26:19.423" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from a non-Christian non-European country, and I don't exactly have a good idea of what would be closed and what would be open on the last week of the year here in the Netherlands (and Amsterdam particularly): My workplace is closed, with everyone on vacation for the entire week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I would like to possibly go somewhere where I could sit down, use a computer, have a desk to write on etc. I was thinking of something like a public library, or perhaps some university building with these kinds of stations. Would these kinds of places be open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A less-desirable alternative would be some cafe, but those are usually not so well-lit on the inside. But perhaps there are other kinds of publicly-accessible spaces that could do, and are open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T09:26:19.423" Title="In Amsterdam, what kind of public workspaces are open on the last week of the year?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;holidays&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12809" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12810" CreationDate="2017-12-25T12:31:14.643" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be visiting Canada soon and would like to order some used stuff from American sellers on eBay to my AirBnb. Shipping seems to be cheap but I'm a bit confused on how import taxes work at the post office - would I simply pay a fee when retrieving the package or is it a complicated procedure that takes a lot of paperwork?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it matters I'm planning to buy a tripod and some camera lenses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" OwnerDisplayName="JonathanReez" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T17:40:42.127" Title="What is the process of paying import duty when receiving a package from the US in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12809" CreationDate="2017-12-25T15:38:39.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You won't typically pay duty on these packages, but you will pay taxes (federal and provincial - rate can vary from about 5% to 13% depending on what province you're in), plus a brokerage fee from the organization collecting the taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The brokerage fee will depend on the method of sending the package.  Canada Post is generally best and most predictable, charging $8 (a package from the US would have to be sent USPS to get delivered by Canada Post).  UPS and FedEx charge wildly variable brokerage fees - particularly UPS, where the fees can be tens to hundreds of dollars if the package is valuable.  UPS' most expensive overnight shipping does not charge this fee, but of course the shipping fee is less reasonable.  FedEx charges more predictable fees, but it will depend on the specific method you use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to order from B&amp;amp;H Photo Video, which has made arrangements to pre-collect your Canadian taxes, so the package will arrive without any additional fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the fees are payable, they are collected when the package is delivered.  There is minimal bother other than being available to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to clear your own package through Customs,if you use FedEx or UPS, and I know some people who have done this, but it will add some delay in getting your package, although it will save you the brokerage fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Canada Post, packages valued at under $25 Cdn come in without any charges.  Sometimes the package can be significantly more valuable and you will get it tax-free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One final option: if you will have a rental car, you can have the packages delivered to a package service in a US border town, and go get the packages.  Expect to pay federal/provincial tax still, but no brokerage fee (you're the broker).  Package services generally have a per-package fee to accept your packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, of course, if you buy from a Canadian seller, you won't pay any tax at all unless the seller is a retail establishment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" OwnerDisplayName="Jim MacKenzie" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T16:18:12.337" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12669" CreationDate="2017-12-26T14:23:37.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like in other cities, the principal issues will be cost and location.  With respect to location, the major issues will be crime rate, the proximity to public transit, commute times (if relevant) and proximity to amenities that you will regularly use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vancouver, as Canadian cities go, is among the warmest.  Heating will not be as huge an issue as it will be in most of the rest of Canada.  Electric heating is more common in areas in less intense winter cold, but is the most expensive heating source.  Natural gas heating is much more common in the colder regions, and has much lower costs.  In Vancouver and suburbs you are likely to find both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many landlords are now doing credit checks.  If you are new to Canada, you will not have a Canadian credit rating, so do not be surprised if you get questions about your situation as a result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look online to get reviews of landlords.  There are some very large landlords in most Canadian cities, that own significant stocks of apartments.  Some of these landlords are good; some are bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A written lease is a must (even though, by default, a standard lease applies).  Oral leases are hard to enforce - who knows what was said?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T14:23:37.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11488" CreationDate="2017-12-26T14:33:48.010" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;New car?  Several models still come with manuals, including some very decent cars, e.g. the 2018 Honda Accord.  Used?  You'll have to do some digging, but they're out there.  (I still drive a loaded 2007 Accord EX/navi with a 5MT, that I bought new in '07.)  One good thing is that if you can play coy about preferring a manual, you can often get a decent deal on one, since relatively few people in North American can drive them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think they're somewhat more popular in Canada than in the US, but they are not particularly popular anymore in either country.  But they are out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T14:33:48.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11086" CreationDate="2017-12-26T14:40:18.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct answer is to talk to ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, the provincial motor vehicle insurer and regulator) and ask them if you need to change to a B.C. driver's license.  If you do, then you've taken up B.C. residency and are no longer a US resident.  (You would resume US residence when you go back.)  A situation being temporary doesn't matter if the length of the situation is long enough.  (Besides, one person's &quot;temporary&quot; might be a decade or more... and situations are prone to change.  What happens if you say you are going for two years, but end up there another three or eight after that?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The implications of not changing are not having insurance (for your vehicle, or for damage you cause to others [legal liability]), so it's important to get this right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you have your US vehicle there, note that US auto insurance often has third party liability limits less than the provincial/territorial minimums in Canada (all but Quebec require minimum $200,000 Cdn of coverage; more is better; $1 million and more is quite common).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T14:40:18.477" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11488" CreationDate="2017-12-26T15:08:25.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US can buy used cars directly from the seller, from new car dealerships, used car dealerships, and from online marketplaces like autotrader.com (no affiliation). One of the nice things about the online marketplaces is you can search based on a number of criteria. For example, looking at used sedans under 20k USD available on autotrader.com (and my guess is that any other used car marketplace offers a similar selection) in a number of major cities, there are lots of manual transmissions available, but they tend to be more sporty than the ones with automatic transmissions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T15:08:25.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-26T16:18:12.407" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;We married in the US and then we came to Spain with the idea of getting my residence permit and live here together. But to get the paperwork done took way more than expected and now my Schengen visa is about to expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I calculate that we will be having the meeting to process my NIE in about two weeks, so that would mean I will be overstaying my Schengen for about two weeks. Will they process my NIE anyway, or will they deny me? I can't find an answer for this online, as we are already married and a lot of the questions out there are about people overstaying who want to get married in order to stay in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am already married and I have been to Spain many times before when we were not married yet. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14281" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-26T17:30:51.403" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T00:25:22.647" Title="I am married to a Spaniard. Can I apply for my residence while overstaying my Schengen?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-26T18:22:38.217" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are UK and US citizens who are in a same-sex marriage. We are currently located in the UK. The US citizen is currently in the UK on a student visa only and not a spousal visa. Is it possible for a UK citizen and US citizen, who are of the same sex and married, to live and work in either Spain or the Netherlands where the marriage is recognised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14282" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-27T19:33:16.637" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T22:18:45.237" Title="Can a same-sex US citizen and UK citizen married couple work in the EU?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12816" CreationDate="2017-12-26T19:05:26.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, at least as long as the UK remains in the European Union.  EU citizens enjoy a right of free movement in the EU, and family members derive a similar right when they accompany or join the EU citizen.  This is governed by directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some conditions attached, the most important of which will be fulfilled as long as the EU spouse is employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not yet certain what will happen after the UK leaves the EU; this has been the subject of much debate and continues to be a topic of negotiation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2017-12-26T19:11:16.930" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T19:11:16.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-26T21:26:13.693" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to move to Germany with my spouse soon, and I will be employed full time. We do not speak the language, therefore it would be quite difficult for my spouse to find work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse would like to do some occasional minor creative work to earn a bit of extra income, if possible. We calculated that this would maybe bring in €500 in an active month, but do not want to commit to doing it regularly.  I am now trying to research how to do this legally, and read up on freelancing in Germany on websites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.settle-in-berlin.com/how-to-become-a-freelancer-in-germany-self-employed/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learned that if my spouse registers as a freelancer, they won't be able to use my health insurance anymore.  They will need to purchase their own, which involves &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.settle-in-berlin.com/how-to-become-a-freelancer-in-germany-self-employed/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a monthly fee of at least €350&lt;/a&gt; if choosing public insurance. There are additional taxes on top of this.  If this is really so, registering as a freelancer may cost as much, or even more than the small income my spouse expects to generate.  (Consider that there may be months with little or no business, but the health insurance still needs to be paid.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; Is there a legal solution that is appropriate for our situation?  We are looking for a way to do only occasional work (perhaps there would be no work at all in some months) without a major commitment (such as a monthly health insurance payment which may end up costing more than what my spouse earns)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have no experience with this even in other countries, so I am not even certain that the term I should be searching for is &quot;freelancing&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not looking for a full explanation about how to proceed.  I am simply trying to understand what is possible, and what may be worth it, so I know in which direction I should be doing more research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14283" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T21:37:22.963" Title="Freelancing in Germany when earning only little income" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-27T09:14:57.197" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this email ID for priority visa application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tier4priorityservice@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this case sensitive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14285" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T15:14:07.870" Title="Are UK Home Office email addresses case sensitive?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12819" CreationDate="2017-12-27T13:33:18.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The global internet email system is not case sensitive, so at the first server the email pass by, any case is ignored (if not removed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T13:33:18.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12818" CreationDate="2017-12-27T21:37:22.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is from a German insurance carrier, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.zuwanderer.aok.de/home/staying-healthy-in-germany/who-has-statutory-insurance/family-members/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AOK&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In Germany, the marriage partner and children can also be insured&#xA;  (dependent coverage) over the member without any contribution being&#xA;  due, as long as the domicile or usual place of residence of these&#xA;  relatives is in Germany. They must also not be insured themselves and&#xA;  are &lt;strong&gt;not full-time freelancers&lt;/strong&gt;. Their own &lt;strong&gt;monthly income may also not&#xA;  exceed 425 EUR (2017)&lt;/strong&gt;. Should a family member have a so-called&#xA;  mini-job, the income limit is 450 EUR (2017) per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a income limit for freelancer income makes more sense than requiring separate insurance for just registering as a freelancer. This does not guarantee that the insurance carried by your job is similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T21:37:22.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12816" CreationDate="2017-12-27T22:18:45.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several EU countries allow same sex marriage, and most but not all recognise same sex marriage that happened in another country. According to Wikipedia, there is a debate in the EU that all EU countries should legally recognize each other's same-sex marriages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to move to any country in the EU where same sex marriage is legally recognised without problems. Obviously the UK leaving the EU may cause you problems (same as for all couples). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T22:18:45.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-28T11:53:23.383" Score="1" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was married to an Australian citizen and after around a year we divorced. My marital status on passport and ID card is still single as it was not updated. Now I want to apply for a study visa in Australia. The student visa application form asks for marital status as &lt;em&gt;Married, Never married/single, Divorced, Separated&lt;/em&gt; and more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NLjnw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NLjnw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Picture MaritalStatus_StudyVisa Form Australia&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I mention there? Should I tick mark &quot;Single/NeverMarried&quot; (as I am single in the records and on my documents) or should I tick &quot;Divorced&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether I am right or not but I think that if I mention divorced then they may refuse my visa as I was married to an Australian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jacob Kaif" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T12:31:28.780" Title="Effect of marital status change on study visa in Australia" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12829" CreationDate="2017-12-28T12:25:43.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Picking an untrue answer is never a good idea in Visa applications, including for the reason to ‘make it easier’.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you are later in an interview, you will have to change your answer, or lie them in the face, aside from the fact that it is violating their laws to give false answers. I’d say you have to use ‘Divorced’, no options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" OwnerDisplayName="Aganju" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T12:25:43.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-28T14:53:51.710" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm married to a Spanish national in Ireland, where I have the Treaty Rights card. I've recently got a UK tourist visa, which is still valid for 4 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we are planning to move to the UK next year (January/February), I'm wondering if I could still apply for the NiN while in the UK on my tourist visa or do I absolutely need the EEA family permit visa prior to that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14291" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2017-12-28T19:23:37.867" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T11:53:17.790" Title="I have a UK tourist visa. Can I apply for a NiN as an EEA family member?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12834" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12835" CreationDate="2017-12-28T19:43:02.810" Score="2" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been reading multiple posts but I cannot find a comprehensive answer to my questions. I am European and I have lived in the USA for about 6 years in the last 9 years. I never had a credit card, only debit. Never bought a car (I do not want one, I bike) or asked for a loan or mortgage. I always payed my rent and utility bills on time. I saved a good bunch of money during these years, but I need a loan to buy my dream house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called TransUnion and they said I have no credit history whatsoever (I could not pull up a credit report on AnnualCreditreport.com). My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I need to build my credit history. Should I get a secured credit card or should I get a basic unsecured one, such as an unsecured Capital One Platinum, which from  what I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://creditcards.get.com/personal-finance/2011/01/22/capital-one-standard-platinum-credit-card-review/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is given also to people with no credit score?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the maximum monthly spending limit I should ask on my secured credit What? Which is the optimum value? I have a bunch of money saved, should I deposit 40k and set a 40k limit? &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/252&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; says the higher the better. Is it true? Or is there an optimum for getting credit scores?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Given that maximum limit, how much of it should I spend every month to maximize credit scores? I understand less than 30%, but what is best? 3%? 25%?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When is the best moment to pay off my credit? Should I pay it in full?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This point has NEVER been mentioned anywhere: I am super busy. There is no way I am going to check every month how much I owe and manually pay it off. Is there any way to set an auto-pay? And when is the day I should pay off? Right before the deadline? How many days before?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do not really understand point 7 &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/252&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. What does this mean: &lt;code&gt;You should keep the reported balance below 30% of the credit limit on your card.&lt;/code&gt; This seems to contradict with (still on the point 7 there) &lt;code&gt;try to make a payment before the billing cycle ends because the bank will report the balance to the credit bureaus&lt;/code&gt;. If I have made a payment, doesn't the balance go to zero? How can it be 30%?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I guess the things above apply only for secured credit cards, right? As for unsecured, what does still hold?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14293" LastEditorUserId="14293" LastEditDate="2017-12-30T15:21:57.553" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T15:21:57.553" Title="European in USA for 6 years, but with NO credit history in the USA. What's the procedure to follow?" Tags="&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;credit&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12834" CreationDate="2017-12-28T22:25:30.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can speak from my experience as a Canadian citizen and resident with a permanent US mailing address, and my curious quest to attain US credit.  As an actual US resident, you should have a considerably easier time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, apply for a basic credit card (e.g. Capital One Platinum).  They may want evidence of your income.  They will probably give you a low credit limit (like $500).  They will usually increase this to $1,000 after a few months if you always pay the minimum payment or more on time.  (Paying in full is best, due to the interest rate.)  I leveraged this to a $4,500 credit limit within three years.  (Again, I don't live in the US so a resident could probably do better.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't get a basic credit card, you will probably be offered a secured card.  I don't think there's any great point to having a huge credit limit.  Give them $1,000 or $5,000 or whatever is necessary to get a limit that's useful to you, and use it often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule of thumb of keeping usage below 30% is to maximize your score.  (This may not maximize your ability to get a high credit limit, however; the issuer will want to see you need a higher limit in order to give you one.)  No one knows for sure (outside the credit bureaus, anyway) what the optimum percentage is, but 30% or so seems to be a commonly stated amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pay when the bill is due.  You should be able to have your issuer automatically debit your bank account when the bill is due, if this is your preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an American Express card in your home country, you might be able to leverage AmEx's Global Transfer program to get a useful US card quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One other option: talk to your US bank and ask if they can do something for you.  Especially if they are handling significant amounts of your money, they will be aware of your financial situation and may be prepared to issue you some credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will take time.  (Alternatively, you may be able to get a decent interest rate on a mortgage despite not having much of a credit report if you make a very significant down payment on the property, to obviate the lender's risk.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got my US score from about 500 (neutral) to just above 800 (excellent) in four years.  A true resident could do better, possibly faster, although me having a stable financial situation and being middle-aged probably helped me get my score up more quickly than a 20-something could.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T22:25:30.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12838" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-29T15:58:35.737" Score="4" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a bachelor's degree in agriculture and after that I am going to get a master's degree in IT (computer networking) by summer 2018, without getting a bachelor's degree in IT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have more than 5 years work experience in IT (computer networking and computer maintainer supervisor).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can emigrate to Australia under the skilled migration plan? Is there any hope for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14295" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2017-12-29T21:57:05.350" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T19:03:03.990" Title="Can I migrate to Australia with bachelor's and master's degrees in different fields?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12842" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12843" CreationDate="2017-12-29T20:59:18.613" Score="2" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be appearing for my H4 visa interview soon. My husband has had a H1-B transfer when he moved to a new job. His passport however still has the old stamp referring to his previous employer and the dates as applicable to the old H1-B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my husband have to get his visa stamp renewed before I appear for the interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I have all the documents from his new job i.e I 797, the I-129, employment verification, paystubs, W2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my husband had asked the immigration team and they said he did not have to get it restamped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am a bit skeptical whether someone at the embassy might say something, like why does the passport not have the new stamp?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11787" OwnerDisplayName="AbtPst" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T11:20:08.347" Title="H4 visa interview India: new I 797 but old stamp on passport" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12842" CreationDate="2017-12-29T21:02:35.740" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, he does not need a new visa. A US visa is only for entry, and if he doesn't need to enter, he doesn't need a visa. Your eligibility for H4 status and visa is based on his H1b status, not his visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T21:02:35.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-30T14:26:38.970" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to do an internship at an engineering company in Munich. As the duration of my stay is less than 90 days, I was told that I must apply for a uniform short-stay Schengen visa. But what should I choose in the form, as my main purpose of journey? (it includes Visit, Study, Business, Other, ...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because even though it is an internship, I am not sure if it counts as study, because it is not done as part of my formal coursework, and it is not done in a university (but an engineering corporation). Also it is a paid internship (in the 1000-2000 euros monthly bracket).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I choose Other and then state that my reason is internship? Or Study? Or Business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14297" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T14:26:38.970" Title="Schengen visa for internship" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-29T17:47:43.550" Score="1" ViewCount="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to do an internship at an engineering company in Munich. As the duration of my stay is less than 90 days, I was told that I must apply for a uniform short-stay Schengen visa. But what should I choose in the form, as my main purpose of journey? (it includes Visit, Study, Business, Other, ...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because even though it is an internship, I am not sure if it counts as study, because it is not done as part of my formal coursework, and it is not done in a university (but an engineering corporation). Also it is a paid internship (in the 1000-2000 euros monthly bracket).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I choose Other and then state that my reason is internship? Or Study? Or Business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Iman" LastActivityDate="2017-12-31T13:21:06.967" Title="Schengen visa for internship" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-01-01T23:26:06.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9292" CreationDate="2017-12-31T22:54:42.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm late to respond here but I want to say thanks for the answers. You were 100% correct in that a job is not needed. I opened an account with La Banque Postale including a credit card and they only required an Attestation D'Hebergement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10411" LastActivityDate="2017-12-31T22:54:42.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-01T11:28:34.867" Score="2" ViewCount="517" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I, as an international, move to the UK and start working there self-employed, as a freelancer in the IT sector, for example? Or even start a company in the IT sector, with a few employees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is from the UK, I myself am not, but I am self-employed in the country we're in right now. We're thinking of moving to the UK, but I would want to continue my work as is, and continue being self-employed. How would this work, do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14301" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T06:15:53.313" Title="Moving to the UK &amp; being self employed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12847" CreationDate="2018-01-01T14:33:52.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There would be no problem with being self employed once you have the right to work in the UK. Most likely you would get a family visa, unless you have the means to obtain an investor visa. You tagged the question with brexit but that won't affect you directly unless you're an EU national (edit: or you are living in another EU country with your spouse now)(I have assumed you are not). Here's the family visa link. You and your spouse will need to meet some financial requirements to qualify. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T06:15:53.313" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T06:15:53.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-01T15:48:52.743" Score="1" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/Pages/Moving-from-another-country.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on converting your foreign license&lt;/a&gt; to a Canadian one says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Step 2: With two years' of non-learner driving experience, you'll need to take the Class 5 road test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to use a rental car/car share such as Zipcar to pass the test? Or do they want to see the owner of the car before taking you for a spin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T09:49:06.163" Title="Can you use a rental car/car share to pass the road test for a Canadian driving license?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12851" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13391" CreationDate="2018-01-01T15:50:13.800" Score="3" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/Pages/Moving-from-another-country.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on converting your foreign license&lt;/a&gt; to a British Columbia one says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Step 2: With two years' of non-learner driving experience, you'll need to take the Class 5 road test. Note: &lt;strong&gt;Bring another qualified driver with you for your test in case you don’t pass.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would that be necessary? I assume that even if I fail the test my license is still valid within Canada (up to 90 days) and therefore I can just drive away if I fail the examination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="14278" LastEditDate="2018-03-22T21:06:28.847" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T21:06:28.847" Title="Why do I need to bring a second driver with me in case I don't pass the British Columbia, Canadian road test?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12852" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12864" CreationDate="2018-01-01T15:58:12.440" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Foreign drivers who want to convert their license to a Canadian one must pass the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/new-drivers/Pages/Get-your-full-licence.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Class 5 road test&lt;/a&gt; before they're issued a Canadian driving license. But the linked page fails to mention how often one can repeat that test - can I go in every single day until I get it right? Or is there a limit of some sort?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T09:49:52.790" Title="How often can I repeat the road test in British Columbia?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12871" CreationDate="2018-01-01T16:33:01.193" Score="1" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;When looking at bank account options in Canada I can see that many still offer free personal cheques. To me this is something out of the movies, since I've never written a cheque as a (young) European. Are cheques still widely used in Canada or should I decline them when opening an account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2018-01-03T19:46:50.413" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T19:46:50.413" Title="Are personal cheques still used in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12850" CreationDate="2018-01-01T19:37:35.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/visit-dl-office/Pages/Prepare-road-test-appointment.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; says that you need to bring the car's insurance and registration. That might be difficult with a borrowed/rented car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T19:37:35.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12858" CreationDate="2018-01-01T21:10:12.520" Score="-1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the offers from Canadian banks it seems that the choice is quite poor for people who travel a lot. Every bank seems to charge 2.5% on top of dubious exchange rates for every transaction in a foreign currency, plus there are extra fees for foreign ATMs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I could get around the system by simply wiring CAD to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revolut.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Revolut&lt;/a&gt;, but here again every bank charges at least 30 CAD for transfers to foreign countries, so I would again overpay a lot just to use my own money. I guess I could just wire 3,000+ CAD at a time to Revolut, lowering the transaction fee to a reasonable 1%, but I'd rather not keep so much money in that account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any banks that don't have excessive fees for foreign currencies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T15:57:57.577" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T15:57:57.577" Title="Are there any banks in Canada that don't charge large fees for transactions in foreign currencies?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-01-03T13:08:31.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12856" CreationDate="2018-01-02T04:22:15.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.transfermate.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.transfermate.com&lt;/a&gt; to move money from Europe to Canada. I found it was the best option. There is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xe.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.xe.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T04:22:15.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12859" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12876" CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:37:17.023" Score="2" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a number of similar questions. However none of them are an exact match, hence I need to ask this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just found out that my grandmother in Germany has passed away and I would need to travel this Saturday (today is Tuesday AEDT). Unfortunately, my Australian passport expired May 2017. I am aware that the Passport Office has priority service, however as the passport number changes and you normally need the number to book in the flight, I won't be able to book the flight in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a German dual citizen and have a valid German passport. I am wondering if I can leave Australia with my German passport? I know themat once I am in Germany, I can go to the Consulate Office and apply for a 6-month emergency passport, so I'm not concerned about coming back. But it's more whether Australian immigration will let me leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14306" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-03T13:06:49.160" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T19:28:38.727" Title="Dual citizen leaving Australia on a German passport" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12859" CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:49:03.823" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can not leave on your German passport, because you did not enter on your German passport. As an Australian citizen, you need to use your Australian passport to leave, but will use your German passport to enter Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you use your &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;German&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; passport to book your flight, and you get your new Australian passport in time to leave Australia. You will later leave Germany on your German passport, and enter Australia on your (new) Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T07:49:03.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12856" CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:41:43.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To expand a bit on Steffen's answer - it seems that the best way is to do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use TransferWise to convert CAD to EUR, currently the fee for that is 1%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer the EUR to a Revolut account and then spend it comission free wherever you are in the world&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This allows you to completely sidestep the local banking infrastructure when it comes to foreign operations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T09:41:43.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12852" CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:43:27.930" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here the ICBC is vague on their online site, but numerous blogs mention that the waiting period between road tests is 2 weeks, as already mentioned by @mkennedy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T09:43:27.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12850" CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:49:06.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ICBC mentions that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you plan to use a vehicle from a car sharing co-op or company, please check in with them for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they don't really care who the car belongs to. However the much bigger problem is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/12851/why-do-i-need-to-bring-a-second-driver-with-me-in-case-i-dont-pass-the-canadian&quot;&gt;you need a second driver&lt;/a&gt; to get to the test in the first place, so self-driving yourself to ICBC is impossible. The best alternative I've found so far (assuming I can't get someone to waste 3 hours of their time to drive with me to the test) is to pay a driving school to loan you a car for the driving exam. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T09:49:06.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11422" CreationDate="2018-01-02T11:11:56.097" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 3 month restriction comes from the Motor Vehicles Act passed by the BC government and therefore it is only applicable to public roads in British Columbia. When traveling to another Canadian province your counter resets and you can drive there freely without a Canadian license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T11:11:56.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-02T11:34:57.143" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some advice, or a good recommendation for a tax expert. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been living on with my PACSée in France on a carte de séjour vie privée/familiale for the last 6 months and have continued my full-time freelance work with my US clients. When I got the carte de séjour, I specifically asked about my situation at the préfecture, and I was given the impression that I could continue working without any problem. After doing more research, it looks like this was wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here's the rub: following the supposedly bad information I got, I never set up a business structure for my professional activities here in France and I've continued paying my quarterly taxes in the US. I'm happy to set up a business here (I earn more than the limit for auto-entrepeneur), but I'm worried about the fact that I'm 6 months late, and possibly needing to repay taxes and social contributions for the last 6 months, or even getting in hotter water because I unknowingly broke the rules. Additionally, my PACSée needs to report my income on her taxes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm really not sure what to do, so any advice, or suggestions for a consultant or tax expert that is familiar with expat freelancers in the Paris/Yvelines region would be greatly appreciated! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14307" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T11:46:18.467" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T12:34:12.143" Title="Worked from France for the last 6 months for US clients without paying French taxes. What should I do now?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-02T15:14:24.840" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father went to France for work in 1985. However, he didn't think about getting French nationality until 2002. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that, I was born in 1993 abroad, not in France. Am I eligible for French nationality or not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14308" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-01-02T20:53:28.917" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T20:53:28.917" Title="Can I get French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-01-03T13:02:39.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12883" CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:16:00.397" Score="3" ViewCount="380" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it officially allowed for a resident alien in Mexico (temporary resident, not allowed to work for Mexican companies) to provide services as a remote worker to the companies outside Mexico? I've asked several several attorneys and checked several sources in the internet and they all give different answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12108" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-01-03T13:08:02.427" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T06:06:14.210" Title="Legal status of telecommute work in Mexico (with a temporary resident status)" Tags="&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12853" CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:38:30.573" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, cheques are still very much in use in Canada. It's the cheapest way to send money because Interac transfer fees are CAD 1.50 last time I used it. My cheques are free.&#xA;Landlords like to get paid using cheques. My insurance sent me a cheque to balance an overcharge, Michelin sent me a cheque to give me a &quot;mail in rebate&quot; and so forth. I also hadn't seen a cheque in over 20 years before I moved to Canada. I just wanted to give people my account number to send me the money. Instead account numbers are somewhat handled as a secret.&#xA;Nowadays - when I have so transfer money - I write a cheque if I can hand it to the receiver in person and send Interac via email if the person is remote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can pay your bills directly from your account though. For this the receiver has to be set up at your bank. Eg. to pay my credit card I had to set up a bill to pay CIBC. That obviously doesn't work for just anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T22:38:30.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12838" CreationDate="2018-01-02T23:50:13.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is hope. I successfully applied for permanent residency with &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;BSc Microbiology &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PGCE Secondary Science Teaching &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;MSc Information&#xA;Systems&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got the 189 visa as an Analyst Programmer. The MSc counted as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ICT major which is closely related to your nominated occupation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first 2 qualifications were largely irrelevant though a degree of any sorts did count towards the points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best of luck with your application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9788" LastActivityDate="2018-01-02T23:50:13.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-03T13:53:06.453" Score="2" ViewCount="603" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aufenthaltstitel (German Residence permit) I expiring the same day as my passport. I was wondering if they would deny my new application for Aufenthaltstitel if my passport expires the day I get it renewed. The Residence permit expires on the 4th of April and my passport does also. I am allowed to have the permit because I am married and my wife is German. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any question please put a comment and please dont close this without commenting so I can make the question better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14313" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T12:37:10.147" Title="Will they renew my Aufenthaltstitel of my passport expires on the same day?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-03T17:45:54.667" Score="0" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently returned to California after living in Australia for 20 years.&#xA;I had a California drivers license before moving and currently hold a valid&#xA;Australian license. What is the process I need to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14314" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-01-05T00:25:10.640" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T00:25:10.640" Title="Renew my California DL" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12859" CreationDate="2018-01-03T19:28:38.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I spoke to the Department of Home Affairs regarding my situation and they advised that I can leave Australia with the German passport, however at the passport counter they will be using the expired Australian passport as an 'Immigration Reference' to prove that I am an Australian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14306" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T19:28:38.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12877" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12879" CreationDate="2018-01-03T22:54:55.373" Score="-2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming a person moves to work in British Columbia and is insured by the local single payer healthcare system, how are they supposed to access general practitioners and specialist doctors? Is there an official website that explains the process step by step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T23:12:38.750" Title="How does the medical system in British Columbia work for insured residents?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-03T23:06:59.963" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I ship some personal belongings - say, 3-4 m^3 - by sea to Israel, but I don't yet have an apartment to ship them to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there storage spaces I could rent at a reasonably low price, on a weekly or monthly basis, for a period of time which may be as long as several months - and to which I could have my stuff shipped?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are - do you have to have someone there to accept the shipped items, or can they just put them in storage for you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The shipped items will probably be &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;palletized&lt;/a&gt;, and will not have odd dimensions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't mind the exact location of storage: Near one of the ports is fine, in Gush Dan or in Haifa is fine, any place that's accessible and not weird.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T18:57:43.383" Title="Mid-to-long-term storage options in Israel" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12877" CreationDate="2018-01-03T23:12:38.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Canada, patients do not approach specialists directly.  They do so either through their family doctor/general practitioner, or, if treatment was sought at a hospital, at that facility.  (The latter should only be done in a perceived emergency.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you qualify for the local provincial health care coverage (this is not immediate), all you need to do is to make an appointment with a GP accepting new patients.  Some provinces have web pages showing lists of such doctors who have room for new patients.  Make your appointment, and bring any records you can to fill in the gaps for the new doctor.  If you need access to a specialist, request this via your GP - if you give sufficient reasons, he/she will be happy to make the arrangements.  Here in Saskatchewan, generally, if you need a specialist appointment, your GP's staff will do this for you, at least for the initial visit.  I expect the same is true in B.C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T23:12:38.750" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11422" CreationDate="2018-01-03T23:17:56.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That time limit only applies if you move to British Columbia (and it varies by province).  If you are only visiting as a tourist, there is no requirement to change to a Canadian provincial or territorial license.  If in doubt, check with the motor vehicle service in the province or territory in question.  Taking up employment generally will make you a resident and the timer will start; visiting as a tourist only, or attending school full-time, generally does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T23:17:56.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12875" CreationDate="2018-01-03T23:47:53.653" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.org/ca-california/renew-license.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renewing Your License in California&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Expired Driver's License&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;cannot renew&lt;/strong&gt; your California driver license more than 60 days after it has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll need to visit your local CA Department of Motor Vehicle office and complete a new &lt;strong&gt;Driver License or Identification Card Application&lt;/strong&gt; (form DL 44).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get the form at the CA DMV office, or &lt;strong&gt;have the form mailed&lt;/strong&gt; to you by calling (800) 777-0133.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-03T23:47:53.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12875" CreationDate="2018-01-04T01:46:19.730" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The generic guidance &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#two500&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for obtaining a California driver's license is here&lt;/a&gt;, but in your case there are two uncertainties that complicate this. The first is that California will apparently begin to issue &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;REAL ID compliant licenses&lt;/a&gt; after January 22, 2018, which may change the documentation requirements a bit (the page above doesn't reflect this since today is only January 3 and the DMV does nothing before it really has to). The second is that while a foreign license holder would normally expect to have to pass a road test (California only waives this for people with licenses from other US states), someone who previously held a California license may qualify as a &quot;late renewal&quot; and avoid a road test this way. What I don't know is the time limit for a late renewal, if any; I got one after 8 years out of California but the license expired only 3 years before my return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, what you need to do is more-or-less this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/hdbk/driver_handbook_toc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;California Driver's Handbook&lt;/a&gt;. You'll be given a knowledge test no matter what, you can't get many questions wrong and California has some unusual laws they like to ask about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Schedule an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/portal/foa/welcome&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;appointment at the DMV&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drop by a DMV office, pick up a DL 44 license application and fill it in before your appointment. The forms are usually on tables somewhere in the office, you shouldn't need to queue up to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take proof of legal presence and your birthday (e.g. your passport) to the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take your Social Security card to the appointment. The web page now says you just need your SS number, but after January 22 I believe you'll need the card itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take two documents showing your name and California address (utility bills, bank statements, ...) to the appointment. The web page says you needn't if you previously had a CA license but I believe this may also change after January 22.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mention to the first person who looks at your application that you previously held a CA license. They'll look for the record and figure out whether you can do a late renewal or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you can do a late renewal you'll take an 18 question knowledge test and, if you pass, you'll walk out with a license. If you can't you'll take a 36 question knowledge test and, if you pass, you'll walk out with a learner's permit. In the latter case you'll need to schedule a road test and pass it to get a license. If you haven't waited too long you might be okay driving with your Australian license in the interim (but be very polite if you are stopped by police and show it).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should try to get this done as soon as possible after you return to California. You can legally drive with the Australian license only 10 days after becoming a California resident, but since the exact date that &quot;residence&quot; happens is entirely fuzzy you'll be relying on the discretion of any police officer that stops you to avoid an unlicensed driving citation. Being able to say &quot;I've only been here 3 weeks&quot; is more likely to have a happy outcome than &quot;I've been here 6 months&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T01:46:19.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12870" CreationDate="2018-01-04T06:06:14.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When we applied for residency before moving to Mexico from New Zealand in 2016 we asked the consulate (during our interviews) about the need for work permits and explained that I wanted to work remotely for a NZ company. The Mexican consulate told me that was my only option, they had not approved me for a work permit under the Residente Temporal, so could not work for a Mexico company or be paid into a Mexico bank account. However they said they had no problem with my working remotely for a company outside of Mexico as long as I was paid into a bank account also outside of Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we arrived in Mexico and had to finish the residency permit requirements the immigration officers here reiterated the same restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also a similar question I asked here, and the follow up answer I added once we had settled - &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/8629/9277&quot;&gt;Remote international contract work - visa requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T06:06:14.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:28:26.347" Score="2" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen born in Austria (my parents are both UK citizens - father born in the UK and mother in India). I have a British birth certificate and a British passport. I now live in Austria and have given birth to a daughter. Is she entitled to a UK passport?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14315" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:32:57.430" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:32:57.430" Title="UK passport for a child born to a UK citizen mother" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:41:22.360" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and I am working as a cook in Edmonton, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Canadian permanent residence. When I calculate my points, I got only 306 total, which means I do not qualify. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife works in India as a software engineer, so I will bring my wife to Canada on an open work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused whether or not my wife is eligible to apply for permanent residence. She has a Master's degree. Is it possible for the person with an open work permit to be the primary applicant and for me to be the dependent? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14316" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-01-04T18:08:23.087" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T18:08:23.087" Title="How can I change from Canada temporary resident to dependent?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-04T11:02:13.450" Score="5" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a residence permit (not a blue card) of Germany until January 2018, and the Rathaus has given me a &lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; until May 2018, waiting for me to submit a new contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have a new contract in Finland and I need to work there from February, but because of school, I will move my family only after July 2018. Is it possible to keep the family in Germany and work in Finland? Will the Rathaus allow keeping the family in Germany until then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14318" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-01-10T16:44:26.437" LastActivityDate="2018-01-10T16:44:26.437" Title="Can I keep my family in Germany and work in Finland on a work permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12878" CreationDate="2018-01-04T13:53:07.157" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An example provider of such a service:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A company named &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avia2000.co.il&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Avia&lt;/a&gt; offers mid/long-term storage services in compartments/storage rooms of different sizes. They currently have branches in Haifa, Netanya, Rishon Le-Tzion, Petach-Tikva, Holon, Tzur Igal and Kibbutz Har'el.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.avia2000.co.il/quotation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;price quote service&lt;/a&gt; for 5 m^3 of cardboard boxes is in the range of 170-270 NIS per 30 days, depending on which branch you choose. Access to their facilities requires an initial identification, and later on it's based either on a token or a face recognition, and a code you tap in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other companies also offer similar services:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gaash-logistica.co.il/ty/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ga'ash Logistics&lt;/a&gt; (near Jerusalem)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://israstorage.co.il/he/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Isra-Storage&lt;/a&gt; (Ceasaria) - they focus more on pickup+storage+return, but can also do just-storage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ichsunbatuach.co.il/%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9c%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%9b%d7%a8%d7%94/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Safe Storage - Ichsun Batuach&lt;/a&gt; (Rishon Le-Tzion)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and there are probably others - if you know Hebrew you could search for some in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.d.co.il&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Yellow Pages&quot; directory&lt;/a&gt; or just on a search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caveat&lt;/strong&gt;: I have not had any business with any of these companies and cannot vouch for their service. I just found them online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-01-04T14:09:04.193" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T14:09:04.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12571" CreationDate="2018-01-04T15:11:11.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is really complicated. To my understanding, if you are getting money for it, there should be either a so-called mini-Job-contract or you should become an entrepreneur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read the following materials (in German) for details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esteuerpartner.de/steuerinfo/GruenderBasics-crowdsourcing-Recht-Steuern&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.esteuerpartner.de/steuerinfo/GruenderBasics-crowdsourcing-Recht-Steuern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ikosom.de/2014/02/08/welche-steuern-muss-ich-beim-crowdfunding-zahlen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ikosom.de/2014/02/08/welche-steuern-muss-ich-beim-crowdfunding-zahlen/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another important point for you is that if you are a foreigner, then, depending on you residence/work permit, an entrepreneurship can be forbidden for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you are working, you contract with your employer can also forbid you to do a job aside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T15:11:11.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12884" CreationDate="2018-01-04T15:14:33.993" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the question is really whether the child is a British citizen, as only British nationals can get a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your description, you are a British citizen &quot;by descent&quot;, because you were born outside the UK, and you were automatically a British citizen at birth due to your father being born in the UK. As such, you cannot pass on British citizenship at birth to your child born outside the UK, as only British citizens &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; can do that. In other words, British citizenship only extends automatically to the first generation born abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under certain circumstances, you can register your child while still a minor to become a British citizen. From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/583385/MN1_Guide_January_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Home Office Guide MN1 (Jan 2017)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Section 3(2) registration: This requires that the child have a grandparent who is a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; (which your child has), and that you have lived in the UK for a continuous period of 3 years (during which absences did not exceed 270 days) some time in your life before the child's birth. A child registered under this section becomes a British citizen &quot;by descent&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Section 3(5) registration: This requires that the child and both parents have lived in the UK for the 3 years immediately prior to application. (In other words, this requires that your family move to the UK first, with the child holding a non-citizen status.) A child registered under this section becomes a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="7098" LastEditDate="2018-01-05T07:24:42.573" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T07:24:42.573" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12891" CreationDate="2018-01-04T17:36:17.400" Score="2" ViewCount="7872" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long does it take, on average, from getting the récépissé to actually having the carte de séjour in your hand? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to travel for work and, if it's not issued, I'm currently looking at whether I have to apply for a visa de retour in Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to understand if we are talking weeks or months from receiving the récépissé. I applied at Versailles, if that's relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14321" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-01-04T17:51:11.723" LastActivityDate="2020-03-18T15:48:27.713" Title="How long does it take to get a carte de séjour issued in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12890" CreationDate="2018-01-04T18:04:11.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're talking months, usually, especially in the larger cities. My experience was with Bordeaux, rather than Versailles, but that's a large city alright, and a Préfecture. From application to medical test to social worker interview to final appointment to pick up the card, it took about 2.5 months. The receipt was valid for three months, and we were warned that due to the number of applicants, we might have to renew the receipt before we could pick up the card. That wasn't the case in the end, but not by much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that in places like Île-de-France, the wait can even be longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T18:04:11.197" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12890" CreationDate="2018-01-04T23:07:52.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the &lt;em&gt;département&lt;/em&gt; and to some extent on your status. So where you apply is indeed highly relevant but I have no experience with Versailles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should expect a couple of months, absolute worse case I ever heard about was over 9 months (pure processing time, no refusal, appeal or special procedure). That was in Seine-Saint-Denis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2018-01-04T23:07:52.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12895" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12896" CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:15:25.967" Score="0" ViewCount="2621" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the dependent of UK Tier 2 ICT visa work in UK?&#xA;The BRP of the dependent mentions &quot;Restricted work&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14334" OwnerDisplayName="Arien" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T08:56:45.447" Title="Can the dependent of UK Tier 2 ICT visa work in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12895" CreationDate="2018-01-05T08:56:45.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes they can, although there are some restrictions as detailed on the UK Government page &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/pbs-dependant-partner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;PBS Dependant - Partner&quot;&gt;PBS Dependant - Partner&lt;/a&gt; (under &amp;quot;What you need to know&amp;quot;), linked from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-intracompany-transfer-worker-visa/family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) visa&quot;&gt;Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blockquote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With PBS Dependant - Partner you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;work in the UK (if you are the dependant of a Tier 4 student you may not be allowed to work, see the guidance for the specific requirements for working in the UK during your leave)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;work as a trainee Doctor or Dentist unless specified evidence is provided&#xA;receive public funds, like unemployment or housing benefit&#xA;work as a sportsperson or sports coach&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T08:56:45.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-05T09:14:56.423" Score="1" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;ACS requirements state that I need to submit a certified copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will go to the Australian embassy to do this, but am just not sure ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will they certify a document that I print out (scanned signature) or does it need to be the exact document signed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is in regards to the skills assessment employment references letters. I need to know if I need to make my past employers post me the document on email it to me. Thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14324" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T20:02:15.530" Title="A certified copy for Australian PR visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12874" CreationDate="2018-01-05T12:37:10.147" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They may. Or may not. You will not know until you try. The safe way is to just get a new passport and renew your residence permit using &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;. There's plenty of time to do it, there's no point in not doing it and then going to the &lt;em&gt;Amt&lt;/em&gt; in April and take a random chance of how forgiving the person you meet is going to be on that day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T12:37:10.147" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17" CreationDate="2018-01-05T13:31:22.353" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is quite unclear for me, since I do not see any direct connection between your health insurance and registering as unemployed. Anyhow, here are my thoughts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) &quot;My working contract obligates me to register as unemployed in Germany as soon as my working contract expires.&quot; - this sounds very strange, because I do not see a reason, why and how you can be forced to register for some social help. You can still do it of course, to get some money and other benefits, if you find it useful (and also if you will have a right to apply for it). To my understanding, you will need to prove that you search for job, but cannot find it, which is not your situation, as far as I understood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If you are in &quot;gesetzliche Krankenversicherung&quot; (i.e. public and NOT private insurance), then this insurance will still be there after your working contract finishes, at least for 4 weeks, please see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finanztip.de/gkv/nachgehender-leistungsanspruch/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.finanztip.de/gkv/nachgehender-leistungsanspruch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If you will stay in Germany more than this period, you can still go to your public insurance and switch your contract to &quot;Freiwillige Versicherung&quot; (AFAIK, you have a right to do this, if you were insured while working for at least one year or so). Without a salary, you will need to pay approx. 170 Euro per month (for the whole family).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Finally, as a Poland citizen, do you maybe have some polish insurance, which is Europe-wide?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2018-01-05T13:31:22.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-05T16:34:53.160" Score="7" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Norwegian citizen who lives in Sweden and commutes across the border to Norway for work. My wife is a Russian citizen who moved in with me in Sweden in November. We registered her as an EEA family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Swedish authorities sent us a letter saying that she will not be covered by the Swedish health care system (since I work in Norway rather than Sweden) and that we need either a private insurance or an S1 form from Norwegian authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is not so much health care, we are both quite young and healthy, and we only intend to live in Sweden for a limited time. However, it looks like this issue needs to be resolved before she can even get legal residency in Sweden. That is the main matter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11476/working-in-norway-but-living-in-sweden-how-and-where-will-my-wife-get-health-ca&quot;&gt;Working in Norway but living in Sweden. How and where will my wife get health care?&lt;/a&gt; in which the accepted answer informed me that I need to get an S1 form from Norway and fill in my wife's name under family members. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the Norwegian agency HELFO, and they said that I am not eligible to fill out an S1, as S1 is not used between the Nordic countries. However the letter from the Swedish authorities requests the S1. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm attaching the letter from the Swedish authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jw72B.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jw72B.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FNVaX.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FNVaX.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T16:34:15.660" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T16:34:15.660" Title="Living in Sweden while working in Norway, Norwegian government won't give me an S1 form" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12919" CreationDate="2018-01-05T23:40:54.387" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to apply for a Canadian &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/sin/apply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Social Security Number&lt;/a&gt;, for which I need to visit a Service Canada office in person. Unfortunately from what I can find on their website all of their offices are open 8:30AM-4:00PM, which is quite inconvenient for a working person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get a Social Security Number outside the working hours? It might sound like a naive question, but I've already found out that some banks are open on Saturday and likewise the ICBC has some offices open during the weekend, so perhaps there's a trick to Social Security Numbers as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-01-05T23:46:42.683" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T14:53:29.653" Title="Are any Service Canada offices in Vancouver open during the weekend/evenings?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-06T10:36:18.677" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and having stayed in France for a long time (~7 years), holding a residence permit [Carte de Séjour - Salarié en Mission], which I obtained through the company that brought me to France on assignment. I have had the residence permit renewed multiple times since then, with the last renewal extending the validity until end of 2019. I would like to have some information on 2 points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply for a completely new visa while still in France, for a job contract with another French company? After some research on the net, I understand some of the key points to consider is that the new job offer is provided by a different company from the one that brought me to France, and that I hold a residence permit with Salarié en Mission, which is restricted to the company and work that I am currently assigned to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Similar to question asked in the link &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9378/france-what-happens-to-your-immigration-status-when-you-leave-the-job-that-brou&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (which was very helpful and clear btw, thank you @Gala), is there a timeframe to leave the country if I quit the company that brought me to France?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did visit the Préfecture a few times to inquire about these questions, but was not able to get a concise answer, and unfortunately the reply seems to vary with each visit. Also, it seemed to me that the personnel always is confused in the case of Salarié en Mission residence permits. I was informed that a change of status is not possible and that I would have to return to my country to have any kind of change (new visa, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be new rules, regulations and types of French visa and newer policies starting even this year, which make this more confusing for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information would be very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14329" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T15:54:47.183" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T15:54:47.183" Title="France: New visa application when you are already in the country with another visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6210" CreationDate="2018-01-06T12:59:48.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of January 1st, 2015 'unpaid internships' of ANY length are strictly forbidden! &lt;a href=&quot;http://As%20of%20January%201st,%202015%20&amp;#39;unpaid%20internships&amp;#39;%20of%20ANY%20length%20are%20strictly%20forbidden.%20(Section%20612%20para.1)[https://raue.com/en/practices/labour-and-employment-law/the-german-minimum-wage-act-exceptions-for-interns/]&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(Section 612 para.1)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T12:59:48.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-06T16:30:15.430" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Brazil and I was living in France from July 2016 until January 2018.&#xA;I was working in the private sector with a titre de séjour, and now I just moved to Germany. So ideally everything needs to be done online or by letter (and French companies love letters, right? lol).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who should I inform legally that I left the country? Taxes department (impôts)? How?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already cancelled my cellphone, bank account and dealt with the landlord and gas/energy companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much, hope someone can help me with that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14331" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-07T05:40:23.587" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T18:36:24.583" Title="Expatriate leaving France: Who should I notify (taxes/etc) that I'm moving out?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12907" CreationDate="2018-01-06T19:28:15.763" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to notify the tax authorities of your change of address. You still owe them money (taxes for 2017 and one month of 2018), and they want to keep in touch until no mores taxes are due.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ref: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/je-pars-vivre-letranger-quelles-demarches-dois-je-accomplir-dois-je-cloturer&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/particulier/questions/je-pars-vivre-letranger-quelles-demarches-dois-je-accomplir-dois-je-cloturer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T19:28:15.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6552" CreationDate="2018-01-06T20:52:00.870" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Failure to file a declaration often (always?) ends up with the tax authorities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bugging you to file;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;deciding how much you have to pay, based on the previous filing and notifying you;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and, if they can, take the money directly from your bank account [ouch]. Been there done that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose that when you left France you closed your bank account – so the tax office won't be able to help itself to your monies. However, it would be better to clear up the &quot;misunderstanding&quot; by communicating with them. Explain that you had zero income in 2012, and when you left France, you forgot, oops, to let them know, and weren't able to file a tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, however, have had a not so good experience with that route. Despite my best efforts to explain my situation, the tax authorities decided that they didn't care, or weren't convinced, and took the money anyway. So the second time around, when I sold my flat [taxes were paid on that, so it wasn't an issue], and closed (with great difficulty) my bank accounts, the tax office kept chasing me for a year, demanding this and that. They even called my mom, in another city. In the end they gave up, and it's been seven or eight blissful years. So if your attempts at negotiating/explaining don't work out, I would recommend to drop the matter entirely, and file their demands in a nice folder. Uncivil servants are not &lt;strong&gt;that&lt;/strong&gt; industrious after all...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-15T03:54:26.787" LastActivityDate="2018-02-15T03:54:26.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-07T19:17:32.293" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been residing in Austria for 6 years. I also have a long-term EU residence permit. I have mental sickness and I have a certificate from the public health doctor that I can't learn German. Is that paper eligible also for the language requirements for citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14335" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T06:13:08.557" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T06:13:08.557" Title="Austrian citizenship language skills" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-07T20:17:51.273" Score="2" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having a difficult time understanding how much money I will have left over after all income taxes, social security, etc., etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The job is in Rillieux-la-Pape outside of Lyon where unfurnished apartments apparently rent for 300-400 euros per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found sites (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.franceaccountants.com/tax.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) that say income tax is 14% on income over 9,807. So, with 14% levied on the difference, that leaves me with 18,573 or 1,547 EUR per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT, am I going to have to pay more Social security taxes? And what about renter's tax (I've read something about that, but can really find the details).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14336" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T05:58:35.297" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T06:12:20.953" Title="How much tax will I pay in France on 20,000 euros per year?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12913" CreationDate="2018-01-08T00:46:27.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France there is a sharp distinction between a tax and a mandatory contribution to the social security system. Mandatory contributions (&lt;em&gt;cotisations sociales&lt;/em&gt;) are withheld from your income and go to a bunch of &lt;em&gt;ad hoc&lt;/em&gt; institutions managing the social security system (health insurance, retirement, unemployment benefits, etc.). Taxes, including income tax, are paid directly to the tax office (although there is a plan to have employers withhold them in the near future) and go to the state's budget. Work contracts and collective bargaining agreements always refer to the gross income, before paying the mandatory contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if 20,000 is the gross figure, you first need to use one of the many &lt;em&gt;salaire net/salaire brut&lt;/em&gt; calculators you can find online. This will take care of the social security side of things. The amount left after paying that is what will be transferred to your bank account every month. &lt;em&gt;It hasn't been taxed yet.&lt;/em&gt; What you have to do is plug this net income figure in an income tax simulator and make sure you keep that money to pay the taxes when they are due (you can ask the task office to make a monthly bank transfer but I don't think that's possible if you have never worked in France before).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There can still be some small payments for other things and some subtleties around how the CSG/CRDS interact with the income tax but it should give you a good idea of your actual income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there is no &quot;renter's tax&quot; but a &quot;&lt;em&gt;taxe d'habitation&lt;/em&gt;&quot; that everyone has to pay for their main residence (whether you own it, rent it or even live in it without paying anything). That's not directly related to your income and it does not really make sense to consider it in that way, it's more something to include as part of the costs of accommodation (along with utility bills, etc.), a bit like VAT is part of the costs of grocery shopping. This tax is being phased out but you will still have to pay most of it for 2018. The rates and amounts depends on where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T06:00:29.477" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T06:00:29.477" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-08T06:02:24.283" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my passport is stamped with 212(e) - Two-Year Residency Requirement on the US J1 visa and I do not utilize the visa to visit the US, does the 2-year requirement still hold when I apply for H1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14340" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T18:27:03.670" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T20:27:31.670" Title="US J1 Visa - Two-Year Residency 212(e)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12913" CreationDate="2018-01-08T06:12:20.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following @Gala's answer I looked at this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salaire-brut-en-net.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;social contribution calculator&lt;/a&gt;, which gave, for a gross yearly income of 20,000 euros, a net income of 15,400 [ie 1,283 per month].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.impots.gouv.fr/simulateur/calcul_impot/2018/simplifie/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official calculator&lt;/a&gt;, I put in your gross income, 20,000, assumed you were coming to France alone, and got a tax of 664 euros. So total 14,736 euros left. About 1,228 euros per month, all told. That's not a lot. Remember that, at least the first year, you will not be able to pay your income tax quarterly, or monthly, but will have to wait a whole year – so you'll have, in hand, more money than you should, so remember to save 50 euros a month for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T06:12:20.953" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12921" CreationDate="2018-01-08T12:37:15.470" Score="4" ViewCount="1970" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an ETA-eligible passport and have recently obtained a work permit. Unlike most other visas it's an A4 document that is quite inconvenient to take with you on trips, since that's one more thing you can lose accidentally.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory that I take this document for re-entry to Canada? What happens if I don't?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T06:54:21.133" Title="Is it mandatory that I carry my work permit every time I re-enter Canada?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12917" CreationDate="2018-01-08T13:55:02.503" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A work permit is not a visa. It is the legal authorization for you to stay in Canada. However, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1287&amp;amp;top=22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government of Canada&lt;/a&gt;, you need &lt;strong&gt;an eTA or a visa, along with your work permit&lt;/strong&gt; to enter Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note remember that a visa/eTA can expire while you are in Canada and it's okay as long as you are not planning to leave the country. You will need it only while reentering Canada. You will need a visa/eTA to enter Canada though. However, having a valid work permit is absolutely required for you to legally stay and work in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T18:28:21.730" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T18:28:21.730" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12902" CreationDate="2018-01-08T14:53:29.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. All Service Canada offices operate on hours similar to what you mentioned (with some exceptions maybe). Had the same problem but no luck. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that you wouldn't even be hired in most professions without a valid SIN number. So that's the first thing you want to do (before even joining work). Just take some time off after arriving to Canada and before joining work and apply for a SIN number. The employer should understand your reason. It takes an hour max to apply for and get the SIN number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also make sure that its been atleast 24 hours since you landed at the border when you apply for it since Service Canada once told me that their information is not updated until 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T14:53:29.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12915" CreationDate="2018-01-08T16:38:58.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-2006/0-0-0-2364.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;text of 212(e)&lt;/a&gt; says the restriction only applies to a person who has been “admitted” as a J1 (or who changed status to J1), so the 2-year requirement should not apply if you never used the visa and never changed status to J1. It would be a good idea to raise this point with your employer’s immigration attorney and to bring a copy of 212(e) to the visa interview in case it comes up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10897" LastEditorUserId="10897" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T20:27:31.670" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T20:27:31.670" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12917" CreationDate="2018-01-09T06:14:47.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked some colleagues who have had experience with re-entering Canada without the piece of paper and the answer is &lt;strong&gt;no, it's not mandatory&lt;/strong&gt;. At the border you will (at worst) be sent to secondary screening where the immigration officer will look up your status. And occasionally they will simply let you in under the ETA without verifying the work status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; Tried it myself this week - worked without any issues at the land border. The immigration officer checked the computer to see if my work permit is still valid and then let us through. Didn't even have to go to secondary screening. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update #2:&lt;/strong&gt; Over the past 10 months I've personally witnessed at least five colleagues who have forgotten their work permit, both driving and taking the bus - no one ever had any issues whatsoever. Not sure why CBSA can't just drop the requirement altogether. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T06:54:21.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T06:54:21.133" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-09T07:54:32.770" Score="3" ViewCount="1815" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (dual NZL/UK citizen) am looking to move to Spain with my non-EU (NZL) spouse and I am finding some of the information out there a little unclear. I'm hoping that someone can check my understanding of the process and fill in the parts I don't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we should be able to travel to Spain without a Schengen visa as NZL is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/LONDRES/en/Consulado/Pages/CheckPassport.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the proper list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some information implies that there is a right to refuse entry without an onward ticket. Being that we will be driving/on the ferry is this likely to be an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am unclear on is the requirement for a residence card and when this should be applied for. Am I correct in saying that we can apply for this once in Spain and once granted this will effectively grant residency beyond the original 90 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also unclear as to what documentation is required for unmarried partners. We have been in a long-term relationship and are engaged. However most of the sites I have seen suggest we need to supply a marriage certificate, which we don't have yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For her UK visa, we had to supply evidence of our relationship (essentially just letters to the same address). Is this sort of proof sufficient in Spain? If so, would every document need to be a certified translation even though the content is not relevant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm hoping someone has been through this process before and can enlighten me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14342" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T07:58:42.790" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T15:31:13.860" Title="Spanish visa for non-EU unmarried partners" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12922" CreationDate="2018-01-09T11:26:07.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I believe we should be able to travel to Spain without a Schengen visa as NZL is on the proper list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some information implies that there is a right to refuse entry without an onward ticket. Being that we will be driving/on the ferry is this likely to be an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  In fact, there is no strict requirement for a return ticket, but even if there were, it would not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What I am unclear on is the requirement for a residence card and when this should be applied for. Am I correct in saying that we can apply for this once in Spain and once granted this will effectively grant residency beyond the original 90 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can (and must) apply for the residence card in Spain, but no, the residence card does not grant a right of residence beyond 90 days.  That is why it's called a residence &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt; instead of a residence &lt;em&gt;permit.&lt;/em&gt;  Under EU law, the card serves only as evidence of your family member's right to accompany you in Spain, which derives intrinsically from three facts: that she is your family member, that you are in Spain, and that you are an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, the penalties for failing to obtain the residence card are limited.  They must be proportional to the penalties levied on Spanish citizens for failing to comply with identification requirements, and, in particular, they may not extend to removal or refusal of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are dependent on the &quot;durable relationship&quot; provision, however, the derivative right of residence does depend on &quot;due attestation&quot; of your relationship, so unless you marry or register your partnership before moving to Spain, you would indeed be well advised to apply before the 90-day period expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am also unclear as to what documentation is required for unmarried partners. We have been in a long-term relationship and are engaged. However most of the sites I have seen suggest we need to supply a marriage certificate, which we don't have yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need a marriage certificate.  The definition of &quot;family member&quot; includes registered civil partners, and the rights also extend to &quot;the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For her UK visa, we had to supply evidence of our relationship (essentially just letters to the same address). Is this sort of proof sufficient in Spain? If so, would every document need to be a certified translation even though the content is not relevant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know about this, I'm afraid.  The criteria for &quot;durable relationship&quot; and &quot;duly attested&quot; are determined by individual member states, so your experience in the UK is not directly indicative of the Spanish requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all specified in Directive &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  The effects of Brexit on the rights of British citizens and their family members living in other EU countries is uncertain as of January 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T11:36:09.950" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T11:36:09.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-09T20:21:52.067" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a quick question. I hope someone can help. We are currently on a Tier 2 General visa (3 years), which expires in July 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be applying for an extension closer to the time. The problem is that my kid's passport is already 3 years old and I am concerned that this will affect the time given on the visa extension, since kids passports are only valid for 5 years. We would ideally want to get another 3 years, which would give us enough time to apply for ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does anyone know if this will affect the application? Should I rather get new passports for the kids.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a faster way to get the passports, from a South African company? It looks like the wait time through SA House is 4 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9607" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-10T04:24:26.383" LastActivityDate="2018-01-10T04:24:26.383" Title="3-year UK Tier 2 extension on passport that will expire in a year" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12928" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13738" CreationDate="2018-01-10T16:31:18.283" Score="3" ViewCount="1897" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have just submitted my documents for EU blue card in Germany. I hold a Bachelor's of Science degree from a H+ Doctoral university from USA. But my major - Computer Engineering is not in the Anabin database. So right now I'm a bit worried about the outcome. The officer on the receiving end said that everything seemed to be in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need advice now. Should I submit my documents through ZAB immediately or should I wait for the result? Provided that the contract starts in a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14357" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-10T18:25:14.487" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T06:32:30.793" Title="Will my Bachelor's degree be recognized if it's missing in the Anabin database?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12755" CreationDate="2018-01-11T02:12:14.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted the German embassy and share my concerns.&#xA;They gave me my passport back with a stamp of visa application submitted.So, I can keep my passport with me while they are processing my visa application. They will call me once visa confirmed at that time I need to submit visa just for stamping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14221" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T02:12:14.173" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-11T06:23:25.870" Score="1" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to be a digital nomad. I understand that most income is taxed at source, so employment will be taxed based on contract, rental income where the property is located, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one area I can't seem to find any information on at all is capital gains. I'm planning to sell various investments etc. to finance some of this travel. These investments are in brokerages in countries I have no tax residency to. Paying tax &quot;at source&quot; seems ridiculous here, but I also won't be a tax resident of any country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am a UK citizen although I haven't lived there in several years.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14367" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T16:13:16.997" Title="Digital nomad - capital gains treatment" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12763" CreationDate="2018-01-11T08:10:07.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the question you linked, and while the answerer's post was correct at the time, it no longer holds. If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/supporting/Pages/skilled/qualifications-documents.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official information&lt;/a&gt;, you can now read that it is explicitly stated that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You will receive points for your highest qualification only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can recall exactly that a while earlier, it was not stated so explicitly, and (I assume) the person who wrote that answer could claim points because in that time, it was ambiguous and therefore legally attackable - perhaps that's why that statement had been reworded in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More precisely, back then, it was written that &lt;em&gt;&quot;a maximum of 20 points may be claimed for the qualifications category&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or something like that. Based on that phrasing, it was reasonable to deduce that you may claim points for several different items under the qualifications category, but if the sum of items in that category exceeded 20, then you would be awarded 20 points and no more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6825" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T08:10:07.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12935" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12940" CreationDate="2018-01-11T10:53:38.620" Score="5" ViewCount="808" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many (most? all?) countries allow non-citizens to effectively &quot;buy&quot; a passport, although they may not always phrase it that way. For instance, by agreeing to invest Euro X and start a business employing Y citizens, one can obtain citizenship in several countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the cheapest way for a non-EU citizen to obtain an EU passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some such schemes do not award citizenship, merely permanent residency. For the purposes of this question, let's say that that would be acceptable if it offered approximately equivalent rights to citizenship - say, health care, pension, Schengen travel rights, that sort of thing. It need not be inheritable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5528/cheapest-commonwealth-nationality-to-acquire&quot;&gt;Related question&lt;/a&gt;, but applies to UK Commonwealth &amp;amp; the accepted answer was &quot;UK&quot;, so not really helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-45335620/reality-check-how-easy-is-it-to-buy-eu-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-45335620/reality-check-how-easy-is-it-to-buy-eu-citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11469" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-09-02T23:57:14.793" LastActivityDate="2018-09-02T23:57:14.793" Title="What is the cheapest EU passport that can be &quot;bought&quot;?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12937" CreationDate="2018-01-11T13:43:28.380" Score="2" ViewCount="306" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to ACS (Australian Computer Society) booklet named &quot;Skills Assessment Guidlines for Applicants - Augost 2017&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All relevant work experience completed after the Skill Level Requirement Met Date will be considered Skilled Employment and eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The work experience required to meet the suitability criteria is NOT included as Skilled Employment and is NOT eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The ACS assessment process will seek to find the earliest Skill Level Requirement Met Date possible for each assessment type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hold an Advanced Diploma (14 years degree, 12 years of school and 2 years of university) in Computer Software. The document clearly says (in an example in page 5) that if you hold a Bachelors degree (3-4 years university), 2 years of work experience will be used to satisfy the suitability criteria. I want to know how many years will satisfy considering my degree? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone told me 5 years of work will be used, I hope that is false news and they take only 2, otherwise I lose very important points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T13:55:12.887" Title="ACS skilled employment criteria for 2 years university degree" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12936" CreationDate="2018-01-11T13:55:12.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That person was correct. If you do not hold a bachelor's degree, it's 5 years within the last 10 years or 6 years over your entire work history (AKA some work experience is more than 10 years old) if the diploma, advanced diploma, or associate degree is closely related to your nominated occupation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Summary%20of%20Criteria%20-%202017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Summary of Criteria&lt;/a&gt; pdf and look for the first orange box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T13:55:12.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12933" CreationDate="2018-01-11T14:40:01.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most countries, if you are not a tax resident, you will not pay taxes there on any capital gains (and often also interest and dividends) there, though there is often some minimum withholding tax for dividends. It is possible to not be tax resident anywhere and therefore to not pay capital gains taxes. See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.taxation.co.uk/Articles/2015/11/24/334006/readers-forum-sailing-sunset&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this question in Taxation magazine&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In fact, it is not unusual for very wealthy individuals to arrange their affairs so that they are not tax-resident in any jurisdiction. UK residence is a simple question of fact. If Rod’s clients do not meet the statutory residence tests set out in FA 2013, Sch 45, and as explained in HMRC’s guidance RDR3, they will cease to be UK resident. There is no obligation to become resident in another country to cease to be UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you would need to make sure that you are, in fact, not tax resident anywhere. The article notes that the UK does not require someone to be tax resident somewhere else to end UK tax residence. That may not apply to all countries. And although I wasn’t able to find examples of this during a quick search, it is perfectly possible for a country to have a rule that you are tax resident in that country if you have closer ties there than anywhere else and you are not a tax resident in another country. You might need to consult a tax advisor in countries you visit to make sure you do not become resident there (despite spending less than 183 days or whatever the local physical presence test is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not a tax resident anywhere, you will probably also not be able to benefit from most provisions of double taxation treaties, which could cause tax problems both for earned income and for things like retirement income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also suggest that you study more carefully what it means that “most income is taxed at source” when it comes to cross-border services, as your assumption that “employment will be taxed based on contract” may not be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am a consultant doing living and doing work in country A, for a client in country B, the income from that engagement would usually be taxed in country A; A is the source of the income because the work is performed there. If country A is the United States, that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.steptoe.com/assets/attachments/4409.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;income would be “effectively connected income” and taxed in the US&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, country B might also claim that the source of the income is in B, for example if you traveled to B for business meetings to plan the work, so you would need to study the rules for both A and B. In more reasonable countries, mere meetings for sales or project planning do not trigger tax liability. And you might not be able to benefit from any helpful provisions in the double taxation treaty between A and B. (Or you may be very lucky and country A does not tax casual remote work that is connected to another country. I have seen other answers suggesting that Mexico deals with telecommuting in this way.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10897" LastEditorUserId="10897" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T16:13:16.997" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T16:13:16.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12939" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12951" CreationDate="2018-01-11T15:51:10.610" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;This follows on from earlier questions/answers.&#xA;My wife and I are now back in the UK after living in Spain (Surinder Singh immigration process). We had been in Spain for 10.5 months and I acquired my residence certificate (it took over 6 months for that). However, due to misinformation/misunderstanding, my wife's residence card was not available at the time of our departure. She had completed all the paperwork, had her NIE number, had a document telling her to pick up the residence card before a date in January, but our flight was booked before that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was stopped by the National Police at passport control and it took a long time to convince them that her papers were in order. On arrival in Liverpool we just entered her on a tourist visa and soon we will start the UK residence card process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked this question earlier and was told that there was provision in the EEA regs 2016 to permit this. Does anyone know the exact reference for the regulation? I also have it via legal opinion that such an application is ok but I don't have the reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T14:16:42.247" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T19:33:13.383" Title="Application for a UK residence card" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12935" CreationDate="2018-01-12T11:41:52.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Hungary has the option to invest in €360.000, from which you get €300.000 back fully after 5 years with a long term residency that allows free Schengen travels&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hungary recently introduced a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.residency-bond.eu/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residency bond program&lt;/a&gt;, which will allow you for visa free Schengen travels, and a lifetime residency after 5 years. The minimum you have to invest is €250.000 (and pay around €110.000 extra fees), but you get most of the money back after 5 years, making this a very attractive (and also very controversial) way to get a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find a proper English version of the actual law (which is not surprising, given you can only invest through government approved, but usually offshore companies, which is partly the reason why this option is controversial), but here is an excerpt from the FAQ from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.residency-bond.eu/FAQ-residency-bond-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one of these&lt;/a&gt; middleman companies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;WHAT IS THE HUNGARIAN RESIDENCY BOND PROGRAM?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Hungarian Parliament&#xA;  adopted a new regulation regarding 'investor residency' in Hungary.&#xA;  This Program offers permanent residency under preferential conditions&#xA;  for non-EU nationals who have at least EUR 360,000 to invest. Please&#xA;  note that EUR 300,000 will be refunded to you after 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IS THE RESIDENCY BOND PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE&#xA;  HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. A law, passed on 11th December 2012 and&#xA;  modified in 2014, offers permanent residency in Hungary for non-EU&#xA;  nationals willing to invest in government residency bonds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The main advantage is&#xA;  that you and your family become a permanent resident in Hungary, a&#xA;  member country of European Union thus you can move freely within&#xA;  Schengen countries in Europe (Schengen visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IS THE PROGRAM POPULAR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hungarian Residency Bond Program&#xA;  is getting popular: number of residence permits issued increases&#xA;  enormously. Until now more than 3429 Residency Government Bonds have&#xA;  been purchased. Hungarian authorities hope that the trend will&#xA;  continue in 2016 as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law in Hungarian &lt;a href=&quot;http://mkogy.jogtar.hu/?page=show&amp;amp;docid=a1200220.TV&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can be read here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that because of the controversial nature of the program, and recent debates in the Parliament about it, it's highly likely it will end soon, although anyone who had already invested will still be fine&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this first only gives you residency rights to remain in the county indefinitely, you will need to apply for citizenship after 8 years (which this visa allows) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Originally posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/63870/residency-citizenship-fast-tracked-through-investment/63877#63877&quot;&gt;https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/63870/residency-citizenship-fast-tracked-through-investment/63877#63877&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-01-13T10:49:08.277" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T10:49:08.277" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:16:56.350" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Brazilian computer scientist. I have had a Blue Card since August. My probation period with the company I'm working for ends on the 23rd, and suddenly they want to reduce my pay by 55% (which would put me out of the Blue Card salary minimum). I'm already looking for a new job, but if I do accept this, will I immediately lose the blue card, or do I still have 90 days to find another job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14374" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T14:12:54.380" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T14:12:54.380" Title="If I receive a pay cut, will I lose my Blue Card immediatelly?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12897" CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:53:51.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A certified copy of any document can be done by a big list of people in australia.  Embassy staff are able to do this and work at the embassies for this purpose.  No one will ever issue a certified copy of a document without sighting the original document. A good description is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://smartraveller.gov.au/services/legalising-documents/Pages/overseas.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Smart Traveller - Documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said if it's a letter from an employer that may have been emailed in the first place, thats all you really need to say (it was sent to me via email in the first place) and they'll likely certify it for you.  I don't know if the reference is in english, but if it's not you could get a translation done and then have that original translation certified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14321" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T12:53:51.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12944" CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:56:54.053" Score="1" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who is responsible for the carte de séjour application processing? Is it the préfecture or some government department in France? I would like to check on my application. From all the googling I've done I can't see anywhere that you can check, so I just wanted to check, before I wait 2 hours at the préfecture. whether there is somewhere else I should be waiting instead, or another department to contact first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14321" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T12:58:09.080" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T13:03:10.783" Title="Status on a carte de séjour application" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12943" CreationDate="2018-01-12T13:03:10.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're the people in charge. The préfecture [de police], being the highest police organization in your region, is handling ID stuff (cartes d'identités, cartes de séjour, permis de conduire, and in the case of passports, they usually have the mairies process the applications: the préfecture is basically the middleman). The actual printing of the cards and passports is of course done by another government body, l'Imprimerie Nationale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most probably, having had a little experience with a large préfecture, you're going to get this answer: &quot;Ça sera prêt quand ça sera prêt !&quot; It will be ready when it will be ready! Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T13:03:10.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12673" CreationDate="2018-01-12T20:42:45.497" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to the bank, or contact them, and close it.&#xA;In theory once the bank sees no activity in the account it should try and locate you, and then move any funds to a legal guardian to be invested. I could only find articles about intentions to legalize that, but no regulations. &#xA;There is a possibility that you owe something to the bank. A monthly fee is common in Israel, and the bank has the right to change it from time to time, they might charge you for things like trying to locate you or other creative things. &#xA;100euros sounds enough to cover that, but who knows...&#xA;A small debt can grow exponentially once it is sent to legal handling, so why risk having debt somewhere in the world?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T20:42:45.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-12T21:47:03.650" Score="5" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job that needs a notice of &quot;3 Monate zum Quartalsende&quot; or 3 Months to the End of the Quarter. And since I am already pregnant that is a pretty long time to wait (a new quarter just started so it's legally almost 5 months from now if I quit asap &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsrecht.org/arbeitnehmer/kuendigung/kuendigungsfristen-fuer-arbeitnehmer-gesetzliche-kuendigungsfristen-arbeitsvertrag/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;from what I have read&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent a few applications and judging by the response so far it might be possible to find a new and better paying job. However, realistically I am pretty sure most places would want a new hire to start sooner than half a year (any later will be in my mandatory maternity leave period).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard there is a possibility of renegotiating the contract, but if my employers decide to be difficult, what kind of penalties (if any) can I face if I got a job offer and gave a more reasonable 1-month notice to my current employer instead and go my merry way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.profemina.org/info-abtreibung/schwangerenrechte/kuendigungsschutz-selbstkuendigung/selbst-kuendigen-in-der-schwangerschaft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a pregnant woman is not bound to the notice period in the contract&lt;/a&gt;, but I can't find so many places saying this since so many most information sources with proper legal citations are focused on the employer not being allowed to fire the pregnant worker aspect, and not the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what would be the case here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: A mutual contract termination agreement (Aufhebungsvertrag) was necessary, however, was granted since it isn't in the old employer's interest to pay parental leave for an employee that plans to leave directly after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New employer may not discriminate based on pregnancy and a pregnant applicant is not required to disclose at an interview. So an offer was accepted, and I successfully switched took leave and am back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14376" LastEditorUserId="14376" LastEditDate="2018-12-14T09:26:37.343" LastActivityDate="2018-12-14T09:26:37.343" Title="Am I allowed to quit without notice during my pregnancy in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-13T17:36:41.097" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am presently scouting for a security and safety job in the UK. Is it possible to get a job offer in the UK from a security outfit that is licensed to sponsor before approaching the embassy for visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14379" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T21:39:39.687" Title="Security job visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-13T17:45:40.650" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Indian and my girlfriend is Chinese. She is 6 months pregnant. We both are in India. We don't have a marriage certificate yet because we failed to provide all the required documents to the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are flying to China this week. How to get citizenship for the baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14358" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-13T23:23:38.010" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T23:23:38.010" Title="Indian-Chinese unmarried couple got pregnant. How to get Chinese citizenship for the baby?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12939" CreationDate="2018-01-13T19:33:13.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect that the text you're thinking of is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SCHEDULE 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EFFECT ON OTHER LEGISLATION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave under the 1971 Act&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where a person has leave to enter or remain under the 1971 Act which is subject to conditions and that person also has a right to reside under these Regulations, those conditions do not have effect for as long as the person has that right to reside.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2016 No. 1052, IMMIGRATION:&#xA;The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that her rights under the regulations supersede any status she has under the immigration act, such as the visitor status conferred by her leave to enter stamp.  This follows from EU law, which holds that her rights under EU law flow directly from her status as your wife and from your right to be treated as an EU citizen by virtue of your having exercised your tray rights in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her ability to apply is therefore not dependent on how she entered the country, but the success of the application of course depends on whether the UK accepts that you qualify for Surinder Singh status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T19:33:13.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11418" CreationDate="2018-01-13T21:11:48.613" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are treaties against double taxation. You spent 183 days in the Czech Republic, and less than 183 days in Germany, therefore for that year you're still a tax resident of the Czech Republic. If you stay in Germany, the next year you'll be a tax resident of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14380" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T21:11:48.613" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12948" CreationDate="2018-01-13T21:39:39.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must have a job offer from a sponsor before you can get a visa. You cannot get the visa first and then look for a job. The list of sponsors licenced by the government is here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T21:39:39.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12949" CreationDate="2018-01-13T21:43:12.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Article 4 of the PRC Nationality Law, a child born in China to at least one Chinese citizen parent is automatically a Chinese citizen at birth, with no other conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you mean when you say &quot;in china unmarried person cannot have baby&quot;? I am not familiar with the situation with children born out of wedlock in China, but I don't think they physically prevent people from giving birth. Perhaps you mean that the child cannot be added to hukou or cannot get a travel document? or that the there may be a penalty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-13T21:43:12.680" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-13T16:09:10.560" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am presently scouting for a security and safety job in the UK. Is it possible to get a job offer in the UK from a security outfit that is licensed to sponsor before approaching the embassy for visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Joe Ha" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T03:36:27.623" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T03:36:27.623" Title="Links to security companies with license to sponsor in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-01-15T14:48:57.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12956" CreationDate="2018-01-13T16:34:32.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;this is the official UK government list of all companies that can sponsor work visas. Unless you have specialist skills you are unlikely to get a visa for security work since all companies must try to find a UK or EU worker first. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" OwnerDisplayName="user16259" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-01-15T06:31:25.530" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T06:31:25.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6302" CreationDate="2018-01-14T21:35:45.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In germany, computer science degree is required for a developer's blue card, however, it is not required for national visa (any recognized degree will work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14384" LastActivityDate="2018-01-14T21:35:45.793" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-14T22:01:03.777" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiance is a UK citizen. I want to move there with my daughter. We are both US citizens. I understand I will need to apply for a join partner visa, which I need to apply for our daughter. Her father is a UK citizen and she is a US citizen. We plan to stay permanently. I want to apply for the right visas, so that we have fewer problems in the long run and make this as easy as possible. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14385" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2018-01-23T13:25:21.603" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T13:25:21.603" Title="Which visa is required to move to the UK as a US citizen married to a UK citizen with our child born in the US?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-15T13:29:03.027" Score="2" ViewCount="400" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was doing my Master's in France and currently hold a titre de séjour (student visa or residence permit) with which I can travel around the Schengen area. As part of my Master's thesis, I got a 6-month internship offer in Arnhem, Netherlands. Is it possible to stay in the Netherlands with this visa card and, if I have to register in the municipality, what are the procedures?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14388" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-01-15T15:03:54.070" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T15:03:54.070" Title="Can I do a short internship in the Netherlands with my French titre de séjour?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-15T16:23:32.250" Score="2" ViewCount="1524" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please help me with some questions &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to the US on September 21, 2017 on a B2 visa. My I-94 expires on March 20, 2018, after 6 months here. Now, I would like to take a short term course here. I applied for, and got, an I-20, with my class beginning on May 7, 2018. So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I need to fill I-539 form to change my status (from B2 to F1) and write a letter to explain why I need to change the status. What points do I need to write and make the USCIS believe that I just stay to study and will go back to my country after I finish my class? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the I-20 shows May 7, 2018 as the course starting date, if my F1 change of status is still pending and my I-94 expires, I need to fill another form to extend my B2 status (the second I-539 form). Do I need to fill and apply at the same time with the status change form?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After I fill the extension status form (the second I-539 form), will I get another 6 months to wait for my change of status (F1)? And when will these 6 months start?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kindly give me some advice. Thank you so much ! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14391" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-01-15T16:26:00.957" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T18:43:50.707" Title="B1/B2 visa change status to F1 (2018). Need advice?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12964" CreationDate="2018-01-15T17:55:44.333" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.henleyglobal.com/henley-passport-index/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Henley and Partners Visa free index 2018&lt;/a&gt; lists the German passport as the most powerful in the world with a visa free access to 177 countries. My wife holds a Canadian passport and she is eligible to travel to 172 countries visa free. A US passport holder can travel to 173 countries visa free which is one more than Canada. We are curious as to which are these 5 countries which provide visa free access to Germans but not to Canadians and the one country which provides visa free access to US citizens and not to Canadians. Kindly elaborate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T18:25:18.313" Title="Passport comparison between Germany and Canada." Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12963" CreationDate="2018-01-15T18:25:18.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Brazil, Iran, Vietnam, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.passportindex.org/comparebyPassport.php?p1=de&amp;amp;p2=ca&amp;amp;fl=&amp;amp;s=yes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;. They seem to calculate differently, as the numbers differ (161/158).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11664" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T18:25:18.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12962" CreationDate="2018-01-15T18:26:54.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I need to fill I-539 form to change my status (from B2 to F1) and write a letter to explain why I need to change the status. What points&#xA;  do I need to write and make the USCIS believe that I just stay to&#xA;  study and will go back to my country after I finish my class?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anywhere that says you have to write a letter. The I-539 instructions for F-1 just says you have to submit a copy of your I-20, and submit documentation that demonstrates you will be able to pay for your studies and support yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the I-20 shows May 7, 2018 as the course starting date, if my F1 change of status is still pending and my I-94 expires, I need to fill&#xA;  another form to extend my B2 status (the second I-539 form). Do I need&#xA;  to fill and apply at the same time with the status change form?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to apply for a B2 Extension of Status, because you can only apply for Change of Status to F1 status if you are in status 30 days before the start date of the F1 program (and your current B2 status doesn't last until 30 days before the intended start of the program).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And even if your status did last until 30 days before the start of your program, if the Change of Status (which usually takes several months) is still pending by your intended start date, your school will push back the start date, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/special-instructions-b-1b-2-visitors-who-want-enroll-school&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current USCIS interpretation&lt;/a&gt; is that you must be in status 30 days before the &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; start date, so the original B2 status may still not be enough and you would still need to apply for an Extension of Status anyway.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you will need a B2 Extension of Status anyway, you might as well apply for it now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;After I fill the extension status form (the second I-539 form), will I get another 6 months to wait for my change of status (F1)? And&#xA;  when will these 6 months start?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can stay in the US as long as you have a pending Extension of Status or Change of Status application. A B2 extension of status is usually granted for 6 months, and the 6 months starts when the current status ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T18:26:54.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12966" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-15T23:14:59.850" Score="3" ViewCount="519" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received job offer from a US-based company and the entire work force is remote. I'm indian by nationality. The company doesn't mind where I work out of, as long as I'm available in EST hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to work from the US, they are willing to sponsor an H1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&#xA;Is it possible to move to a country like Canada, New Zeland or Ireland, as I will be working remotely, so technically I have a job in that country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please point me to the resources. I'm interested in applying for a Canada visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no relatives in any countries but India.&#xA;I have a MS from a US university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14394" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T04:40:58.990" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T04:40:58.990" Title="Emigrate to a foreign country with a remote US-based job" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12669" CreationDate="2018-01-16T05:20:10.347" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that I've rented one, here's some basic advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ignore posts on the Internet which say it's hard to find a place, it's actually pretty easy if you have a reasonable budget. You can get a 1 bedroom in Yaletown for $1800-$2000 without issues. If you want to save money, a 1 bedroom near Metrotown train station is around $1000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Credit and references checks are no big deal if you're an employed immigrant. You don't actually need references from past landlords or credit checks - that stuff is for locals only.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a local number as soon as you can as agents still prefer to text for some reason and a lot won't reply if they don't see a local phone to call.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before signing a contract make sure to see proof of ownership and a piece of ID . It's recommended that you pay by cheque or Interac for the first month but cash is also okay if you get a receipt. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When signing up for a bank, get yourself checks even though they cost extra. Many landlords want you to pay with post-dated checks and won't accept interac payments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If possible, don't rent anywhere near East Hastings as that's the most rundown area of the city. Nothing serious by American standards but also not the nicest area to live in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-01-16T15:27:56.297" LastActivityDate="2018-01-16T15:27:56.297" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11231" CreationDate="2018-01-17T11:28:31.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can request a temporary withdrawal of your passport for the purpose of study, your 221g application will be put on hold. It is up to the embassy whether they allow your visa to be valid or cancel the already valid visa. Also, if you are able to travel back to the US, it is uncertain by what time you need to return so that your 221g processing can resume. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share your experience and what you eventually ended up doing. I am in a similar situation as yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14399" LastActivityDate="2018-01-17T11:28:31.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12972" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-18T02:59:09.387" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Information from Canadian expat residents of Spain appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14402" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T14:18:21.180" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T14:18:21.180" Title="Canadian citizens, married, considering emigrating to Spain to retire. Is there an EU registration or visa process?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-18T04:19:12.630" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My married child and spouse, and my grandchildren, are moving to the UK for up to 5 years to work. I live with them. What type of visa will allow me to move with them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14403" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-17T10:22:32.477" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T10:22:32.477" Title="UK visa for Grandma" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12973" CreationDate="2018-01-18T06:04:27.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at this UK government website I don't think you'll be allowed to move with them unless they stay and settle in the UK. (Edit: but see @phoog comment below) Adult relatives can get a visa to join their adult children but only if the adult children are permanent residents of the UK. 5 years temporary work won't qualify. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/adult-dependent-relative&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/adult-dependent-relative&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-01-18T08:15:42.190" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T08:15:42.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12983" CreationDate="2018-01-18T08:24:10.560" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Norwegian citizen, and am considering spending extended periods of time in Germany, potentially to the point of being a resident for some or all of a tax year. I currently live outside the EEA in a country with a tax treaty with Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the need to register as a resident should I spend significant amounts of time there. However, it is also possible to register as a resident before it is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my obligations should I register as a resident in Germany? The main one is likely to be dealing with tax; are there others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14404" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T16:00:33.197" Title="What obligations are incurred by registering as a German resident?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:21:40.353" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have started studying programming 4 years ago and started freelancing 1 year and a half ago and my current employer wants to invite me and my girlfriend to go to USA to work there temporarily (3-9 month not sure yet). &#xA;What kind of visa should I apply for and what documents will I need? Does he need to send me an invitation? Do I need to prove that we are in a relation with my girlfriend? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14405" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T15:58:26.510" Title="What visa should freelancer without education apply if employer wants him to temporary work in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13019" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:22:31.867" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen, but my spouse is not.  We are both resident in one EU country and will be moving to another one because I got a new job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work contract of my spouse has ended recently (for reasons unrelated to our move) and they have registered for unemployment benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that EU citizens can transfer unemployment benefits to another EU country for a limited time (3 months?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this apply to &lt;em&gt;spouses&lt;/em&gt; of EU citizens as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional info as requested:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My spouse has residence rights only as &quot;spouse of EU/EEE/Swiss citizen&quot;, not independently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of neither of these two countries. I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; from Croatia (in case this is relevant).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14406" LastEditorUserId="14406" LastEditDate="2018-01-18T13:11:19.263" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T18:28:19.187" Title="Transferring unemployment benefit for spouse of EU citizen" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-18T12:35:30.870" Score="0" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose a person has been granted permanent residence in Canada. Further suppose residency was granted partly on the basis of the person's academic degree. Now suppose the degree is revoked by the university that issued it. (The university is not in Canada.) Will Canada revoke the person's permanent residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14410" OwnerDisplayName="Identifier " LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-01-18T15:26:08.583" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T06:02:59.963" Title="Can a revoked degree cause problems for permanent residence?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12979" CreationDate="2018-01-18T15:42:50.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it conditional or unconditional permanent residence ?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If conditional, and the condition is your degree, then yes they can take it away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming it's unconditional permanent residence, they can not take it away unless they think that you committed fraud to get the visa. I guess it kind of comes down to the way you lost the degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14412" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-01-20T06:02:59.963" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T06:02:59.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-18T15:49:54.777" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am expecting to visit UK several times in next 2.5 years, staying for a period of 3 days to 6 months on any visit. I am employed in EU, for this whole time, with a contract. All my travels are paid by my employer. I also have invitation for all my visits from the partner company in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a 6 months regular visitor visa. I have traveled once (5 days) on it. But this visa would not suffice for all of my future travels, and I might need to apply again while on a visit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of applying for a long-term visitor's visa before leaving for UK a second time. My question is, how are the chances of getting it approved..?? Can someone please share experiences related to this, which might help me decide whether to take a chance or not..?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14414" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T19:43:14.797" Title="UK long-term (2 or 5 yr) visitor visa chances for business, 6months visa already there" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12976" CreationDate="2018-01-18T15:58:26.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You actually can not apply for any work visa in the US. Your employer can apply for a visa for you (probably H1B). The only visa you could apply for is a tourist visa that explicitly prohibits you from working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14412" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T15:58:26.510" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12975" CreationDate="2018-01-18T16:00:33.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main one for my wife was that she was required to have health insurance. If your Norwegian health insurance covers you you might be ok. Otherwise you'll have to have health insurance (back-paid) from the day you enter the country (the time you apply for residence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14412" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T16:00:33.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12947" CreationDate="2018-01-18T16:08:41.597" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on your work contract. Usually work contracts state that they can not fire you without 3 months notice. Sometimes it's mutual. In any case it's going to be clearly stated in the contract you signed when you got hired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You still also have the option of negotiating with your employer and signing a different contract that ends your work contract. The employer might not be greatly unhappy about letting you go knowing that you will have to take maternity leave soon anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14412" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T16:08:41.597" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12981" CreationDate="2018-01-18T19:43:14.797" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;6 months seems a long time for a business visit. As a general rule the business visitor should conduct the actual work in their home country and only visit the UK for meetings. From the UK government webpage&#xA;Business – general activities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;5 A visitor may:&#xA;    (a) attend meetings, conferences, seminars, interviews;&#xA;    (b) give a one-off or short series of talks and speeches provided these are not organised as commercial events and will not make a profit for the organiser;&#xA;    (c) negotiate and sign deals and contracts;&#xA;    (d) attend trade fairs, for promotional work only, provided the visitor is not directly selling;&#xA;    (e) carry out site visits and inspections;&#xA;    (f) gather information for their employment overseas;&#xA;    (g) be briefed on the requirements of a UK based customer, provided any work for the customer is done outside of the UK. &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-18T19:43:14.797" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-19T00:14:15.840" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my boyfriend want to live together and settle down. I'm from the Philippines and currently working in Dubai and my boyfriend is Portuguese and working in Austria. The plan is for me to move to Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've a degree and several years of working experience in my field of studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My profession is listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration/skilled-workers-in-shortage-occupations/#c2938&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Shortage Occupations list&lt;/a&gt; but it requires me to speak German which I don't and it will take me some time. I can't get a job seeker visa by just a few points (less than 10points) so I am only left with a tourist visa which is not enough for our plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our plan is to register our relationship (this is marrying, correct?) and then request family reunion visa and I move to Austria. Because my boyfriend is not Austrian, requesting the family reunion visa does not requires me to speak German (A1 level at least), am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To marry in the Philippines my boyfriend's documents have to be attested by his country embassy in the Philippines&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.filipiknow.net/how-to-get-married-in-the-philippines/amp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; [source&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bohol.ph/article121.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source] &lt;/a&gt;but Portugal's embassy responsible for the Philippines is in Indonesia. This would force him to go to Indonesia to take care of all the paper work and then go to the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible for him to deal with all relationship registration's paper work with the embassy in Austria or his home country before traveling to the Philippines for the formal process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which process is easier to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register our relationship in Austria.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register our relationship in Portugal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register our relationship in the Philippines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register our relationship in Abu Dhabi at the Portuguese/Philippine embassy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other, which one?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another alternative I was told about is for my boyfriend to sponsor me to go to Austria, how does this exactly works and is it possible for our case? He has accommodation and a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we forgetting another alternative that we should take in consideration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13823" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T00:14:15.840" Title="Portuguese (Austria resident) to register relationship with a Philippine" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12987" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12989" CreationDate="2018-01-19T02:59:06.700" Score="4" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to pursue a Master's course in France starting in September 2018. After going through several websites, it seems that speaking French is important and I'm trying to learn (I joined a language course but...) the language. But! I have no previous knowledge of French and the language course I'm going to do is a &quot;baby steps&quot; course. I'm not sure if the course is really going to help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The master's course has French as a subject for non-French students that I'm already enrolled in. My question (s) is (are):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will not knowing French affect my Visa process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is French mandatory for the Visa application? My course is entirely in English.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My English, written and spoken, is good (TOEFL == 106, if that's any measure). Will it be so that it will be difficult to communicate?&#xA;PS: I'm from India.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14418" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T20:10:33.303" Title="Language restrictions in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12890" CreationDate="2018-01-19T09:50:17.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just FYI I have received a confirmation from the Prefecture and the earliest appointment I could get was the 24th.  So thats just less than 6 weeks from application to having the card in my hand.  So your mileage may vary I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14321" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T09:50:17.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12987" CreationDate="2018-01-19T12:05:35.043" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to France from an English-speaking country 2 years ago, with zero French, so I can give you my opinions on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) No, it will not affect your visa process insofar as you can still get the visa, there are not language restrictions on the visa (unless your course is taught in French) etc. However, the administrative bodies (the préfecture, etc) usually do not have people who can speak English running them, so this bit can be complicated and difficult, especially in your first few months, where you have to go to the prefecture to get your titre de sejour. French administration is already complicated and difficult, so yes - this does make it worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) No. I applied from the UK and the forms were in English, although they're usually in French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If people speak English, of course this will help. Your course being in English is vital. But day-to-day life depends where you live. I lived in the suburbs of Paris when I first moved here, and nobody at the supermarket/pharmacy/doctor's office spoke English. I had to get 'supermarket french' rather quickly. If you're in a big city, this is easier, and more people speak English. &lt;em&gt;People will really appreciate if you approach them speaking French, and later ask if they can speak English&lt;/em&gt;. In my experience, this makes an enormous difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will say that it's not easy. The French are not known for their patience with foreigners, and even if you do speak French, people won't understand your prononciation and will usually ignore you if you ask them to speak more slowly (in my experience, anyway). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't expect your French course to get you up to speed very quickly. Even living here so long, my French isn't great. Especially since I spent a while living in an isolated place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prepare yourself to have some difficulty with basic things, like finding a doctor who speaks English, filling in paperwork, going to the prefecture for visa visits etc. When you need to know something about your visa, nobody you can get on the phone will speak English. When you have a problem with your electricity bill, or your phone, or your TV, you will have to get a French-speaker to call for you. In essence, it adds a +1 level of difficulty to everyday life. It is not insurmountable, but it is rather tiring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestions: &#xA;1) French class, and then practicing with people. But don't expect it to work straight away. One loses a lot of motivation working/studying full time. Two years in, I can understand written French, and I can understand it spoken most of the time. I still can't speak very well, but I'm trying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Avail yourself of whatever resources are available for foreigners new to France in science, e.g. Science Accueil if you're studying in the south of Paris - they help you open a bank account and find somewhere to live. Also use the International office of your university, who will help you with visa-related stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) You have a right to bring an interpreter/translator to the prefecture for your appointments, so grab a french friend or colleague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) There are facebook groups where people give comprehensive advice about the very complicated visa system in France, and you can find them by typing 'carte de sejour' and finding the relevant groups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) ExpatForum's France section really helped me when expats.SE didn't have an answer I needed, and they all speak English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6) Gather as many of your personal documents as you can, and take them with you. I mean birth certificates especially. Find out how to get another one from abroad later -- they have to be issued within 6 months to be valid. And then you will have to pay a certified translator to translate them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;7) Get a French boyfriend / girlfriend / platonic friend(s) and practice with them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;8) Live in a city where possible. It's less isolating as a person who doesn't have local friends or speak the local language. If you're from India, there are loads of Indian folks around Gare de Nord in Paris, for example. Side note: There are no onion bhaji in all of France :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2018-01-19T14:04:32.357" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T14:04:32.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2018-01-19T15:51:45.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is for residence only and does not cover employment &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14423" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T15:51:45.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-19T16:38:40.337" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Portuguese citizen and I'm moving to USA, Florida to live and get married to my US fiancé. What do I need to get into the country? As far as I understood I can request for a Fiancé visa. Am I suppose to buy a return ticket or just a one-way ticket?&#xA;Thanks so much and I hope you are able to help me out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14424" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-01-19T20:44:41.837" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T20:44:41.837" Title="Moving to Florida to live with my fiancé" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7282" CreationDate="2018-01-19T17:20:20.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See: 9 FAM 202.1-2&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM020201.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM020201.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;7 FAM 085&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam0080.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fam.state.gov/fam/07fam/07fam0080.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is genuine doubt about a person's right to US nationality (or if it is &quot;optional&quot; because dependent upon an unmarried father's recognition of the child, that child can (or in the latter case must) travel on a foreign passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14425" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T17:20:20.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12998" CreationDate="2018-01-19T18:33:20.690" Score="5" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Eight years ago, I requested a K-1 Visa for my fiancee and was approved. I married that woman and we remained married for seven years. We divorced in the middle of last year and she went back to her country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, an aunt introduced me to a different woman whom I've discovered to be my true soul mate and love of my life. I proposed to her at the start of this year and want to marry before the end of the year. I've already started gathering documents and proof for the K-1 Visa, including my divorce decree. We've already met twice in person (I went once, then she came to visit me). I have tons of proof and photos of our relationship. We literally talk on the phone every single day for hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, will I have any trouble getting the K-1 Visa approved since this will be the second one I request? Albeit, my first one was eight years ago, but I was just wondering if there is a limit or something. My fiancee is from the same country as my ex-wife (Nicaragua).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14426" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T18:27:05.297" Title="Second K-1 Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12987" CreationDate="2018-01-19T20:02:14.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will not knowing French affect my Visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this Master's programme require French, &lt;em&gt;officially&lt;/em&gt;?  If not, there's no problem.  If yes, it could, in principle, call your true intentions into doubt. (From the perspective of the visa officer, perhaps you won't really study, but work in a local sweatshop with other Indians. Similar things do happen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did say that the course is entirely in English, so I see no problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is French mandatory for the Visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will it be so that it will be difficult to communicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the university?  No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In everyday life?  Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that we established that there won't be any problems with your visa &lt;em&gt;because of the language&lt;/em&gt;, let's go through your questions again, from a &lt;em&gt;more practical&lt;/em&gt; perspective.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My course is entirely in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be surprised if the professor decides to speak French in class anyway.  It really depends on the particular situation.  Likely this won't happen to you, but I did hear of multiple cases where it did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is French mandatory for the Visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the visa application, no. But very likely at some point you will have to go to your local Préfecture and get a residence permit or similar.  Expect the office lady there not to speak anything but French.  Will they deny you the residence permit because you don't speak French?  &lt;em&gt;Absolutely not.&lt;/em&gt;  But without a French-speaking friend by your side, the experience will be ... difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will it be so that it will be difficult to communicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; manage without French in France, but you will have to make some compromises, and you will be disadvantaged in many practical ways. You will need to ask for help constantly. For example, what if your internet service breaks down?  You won't even be able to call the provider to have it fixed.  And this being France, expect to have to make multiple calls before they fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is very important is to show your respect for the local language and culture. Don't just walk into a shop and start speaking English.  Make an effort.  Say &lt;em&gt;bonjour&lt;/em&gt;. Try to explain what you want without assuming that the person you're dealing with understands any English at all. People are generally friendly and helpful in France, and they will make an effort to help you too, provided that you approach them with the correct attitude.  I can't overstate the importance of this last bit of advice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience the stereotype that the French are rude is absolutely false. The stereotype that they can't or don't want to speak any English is also false (it's more about the lack of confidence in most cases).  But the stereotype that a little bit of effort on your part will make a huge difference in France is very much true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So go ahead, try to learn a bit of French, and you'll be completely fine even if you never come close to fluency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14406" LastEditorUserId="14406" LastEditDate="2018-01-19T20:10:33.303" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T20:10:33.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-19T21:46:00.760" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently my fiancee's passport was stolen in Vienna. Unfortunately this is the second time such a thing has happened. When she reapplied for a new passport at the Embassy in Vienna, she was issued a warning saying that she will not be issued another long term passport in the future in case of another loss/theft case. In such a case she will be issued an emergency certificate to enter India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indian administrative officials are not known for their politeness. When pressed further, he also told us that next time the Ministry may also deny her another passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know things don't really work like that anywhere (application denials require valid proof). At least in the case of US this is a requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are the requirements that need to be fulfilled in India for a valid denial of a new passport request? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8577" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T21:46:00.760" Title="Can a request for an Indian passport be denied if a passport is lost more than two times?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-20T02:51:57.373" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically I have got foreign car UK Driving License. Can I enter UK two times in 12 months. I mean like I enter country and I stay here for couple months and I leave  and come back again. Example - I have stayed here 4 months, then I have decided to leave and come back again and stay 6 months. Is it allowed to do like that with foreign car If I have got insurance and all documents from foreign country? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14427" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T19:23:10.310" Title="Entering UK two times in 12 months" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12996" CreationDate="2018-01-20T08:10:51.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may only use a foreign registered car in the UK for up to 6 months in any 12 month period so it depends how long you will be living outside the UK. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-01-20T19:23:10.310" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T19:23:10.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12993" CreationDate="2018-01-20T11:11:58.483" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can petition for two K1 visas in your lifetime without any need for special consideration as long as two years have passed since the first K1 petition. It's after two such petitions that you will need a waiver for all subsequent K1 petitions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Petition for Alien Fiance - Item Numbers 5.a. - 5.d.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, as it appears your first marriage was genuine, and sufficient time has passed since the first application, you shouldn't have any problems, assuming you and your fiance meet all of the other qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T18:27:05.297" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T18:27:05.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12959" CreationDate="2018-01-22T08:07:27.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You stated in the comments that you plan to get married before applying for the visa, so you should apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family visa&lt;/a&gt; as a spouse for yourself, after you are married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also stated in the comments that your British fiance was born in the UK, and that he is the father of your daughter. This means that your daughter is a British citizen, and you should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online for a British passport&lt;/a&gt; for your daughter, not a visa. Your daughter has right of abode in the UK, so I don't think she counts as a dependent for your spouse visa application fee, but I'm not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastEditorUserId="11827" LastEditDate="2018-01-22T10:06:29.893" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T10:06:29.893" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T09:32:46.667" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a freelance writer and was looking at applying to more companies. Some of them specify an authorisation to work in the US. I'm a legal resident of India. So what does this mean for me? I don't want to shift to the US, I only want to write for different US based companies. Do I have to set up a corporation so that they can show me as an independent corporation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14433" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T09:32:46.667" Title="Can Freelance Writers be authorized to work in the US?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T10:13:36.937" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I a US citizen who has been employed and insured in foreign countries for almost 20 years but I just recently resigned from my job to travel a bit and visit the US for a few months as a tourist before likely returning back overseas to begin work again. Was trying to buy traveler's insurance and notice some policies say &quot;not PPACA compliant&quot; and now wonder if I am there just visiting but not working for 2-4 months, could I be penalized for not having the correct insurance? Thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14434" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T21:31:54.960" Title="Will I violate PPACA if I visit the US as an ininsured expatriate US citizen and tourist." Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13002" CreationDate="2018-01-22T14:35:45.157" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are exempt from the penalty for any month that you can use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion on (and I presume that if you are a US citizen working abroad you would be familiar with this exclusion as you would need to file US taxes on your worldwide income and you would probably be using this exclusion to not actually need to pay US taxes). You can qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion based on either the Physical Presence Test or the Bona Fide Residence Test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You qualify under the Physical Presence Test during a 12-month period if you are outside the US for 330 days during that 12-month period. The 12-month period does not have to match the calendar year, and there can be multiple such (potentially overlapping) 12-month periods. You can choose the 12-month period before you visit the US, including the first month of your visit, and also the 12-month period after you visit the US, including the last month of your visit. However, if you are visiting for &quot;a few months&quot;, that might still leave some months uncovered in the middle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You qualify under the Bona Fide Residence Test if you are a bona fide resident of a foreign country. This might be a better fit for you since you have been living abroad for so long and are just taking a short visit in the US without intending to reside in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T14:35:45.157" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T01:42:00.023" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a J-2 visa and I'm currently staying in the USA. Can I work as a visiting scholar or post doc in a university? I have a PhD. I kept in touch with some professors. Not sure I can legally take part in academic work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2078228" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T06:23:04.950" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T07:21:03.733" Title="I have a J-2 visa and I'm currently staying in the USA. Can I work as a visiting scholar or post doc in a university?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T16:00:47.120" Score="-1" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had an interview about 2 years back for the student visa for the USA from Nepal. At the time, I trusted the consultancy and it gave me the I-20 telling me that I am admitted to the college and went to the embassy for the interview. There, I found out that the I-20 was fake and they interrogated me and the consular officer told me not to apply again. Does that mean I am permanently banned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had not got admitted to the University, the consultant told me I was but in reality I wasn't the I-20 he gave me was the fake one and I found out that at the time of interview and told the security officer everything and gave the cell number of the consultant his mail address and they let me go. At last I asked the consular officer that if I can apply again or not, he said don't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave me the paper of refusal, I think everyone gets that after getting rejected. I am planning to try for the ph.d now and its been about two years but worried about the consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zZfq0.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zZfq0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14437" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-01-23T11:18:48.537" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T11:18:48.537" Title="Can I apply again for a student visa after a refusal?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;nepal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13006" CreationDate="2018-01-22T16:52:52.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this can be the basis for being permanently banned because you were cheated by your counselor. I would suggest that you get admitted to a legitimate university this time and try again. Also, be careful to be completely open about your previous refusal and don't try to hide the facts of the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T16:52:52.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13005" CreationDate="2018-01-22T22:18:59.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone in J-2 status can apply for an EAD which will authorize you to do any kind of work in the US. I am not sure if universities will accept you as a &quot;visiting scholar&quot; or &quot;post-doc&quot;, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T22:18:59.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T15:46:32.507" Score="7" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be entering the US on a J-1 Visa on April 1st. My wife will not join me until July 1st. Can she continue to work in her home country up until July 1st? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dan" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T03:35:43.317" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T03:35:43.317" Title="Can my spouse work in her home country before entering the US on a J-2?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13012" CreationDate="2018-01-22T16:03:20.487" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;She is only in J-2 status when she is in the US. When she is outside the US, she doesn't have a US status and she is not subject to any US regulations about what she can do in J-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T16:03:20.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13014" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T06:47:33.613" Score="1" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My great grandparents (both Dutch) came to South Africa in 1921.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My grandmother was born in Holland in 1916 and came with them at age 5.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I discovered a naturalisation certificate (or something like that)    whereby my great grandfather was granted naturalisation on 22 December 1931. It is very faded, but it seems that he also included the names of his children in there. My grandmother was 15 at the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My grandmother married a South African in 1938.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother was born in South Africa on 24 August 1939.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My grandfather passed away in 1957 and my grandmother remarried a Dutch citizen sometime thereafter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do remember my grandmother visiting relatives and friends in Holland often, but do not know which passport she used. Sadly she too passed away in 1994.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My question is: Does my mom qualify for Dutch citizenship via the Option method?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14442" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T06:47:33.613" Title="Does my mother qualify for a Dutch Passport / Citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13015" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13065" CreationDate="2018-01-23T06:49:46.730" Score="3" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first question, I guess, would be how many years payments minimum must one make in order to receive a German payment in retirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who worked as self employed for 6 or 7 years in Germany, and paid nothing into the public pension system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They later had one year working there and paying in to the public system, left and are now back again for another year, which is likely to be the last time that they work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it  possible, as it is in other EU countries, to make voluntary contributions for those &quot;missing years&quot;. Perhaps if brought up to some minimal duration, such as 10 years, a pension could be obtained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, some of that work was 20 years ago, so maybe it would not be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14441" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T16:58:43.930" Title="Voluntary top-up payments to German state pension" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T12:54:49.157" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Zurich in a couple of months. I'm wondering if I should sign my emails with &quot;Dr&quot; or &quot;PhD&quot; (I have one) when I inquire for apartments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would never do this in my own country as I find it incredibly pompous (and landlords would too). However, I've been advised by my future supervisor to give her as a reference and clearly indicate that she is &quot;Dr XXX&quot;. Apparently doctorates are much more respected in Germanic countries than where I come from. So would it be appropriate to sign my emails as &quot;Dr. XXX&quot; or &quot;XXX, PhD&quot;, to increase my chances? Or would this act as a deterrent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14443" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T12:54:49.157" Title="Should I sign my emails as &quot;Dr&quot; or &quot;PhD&quot; when looking for an apartment?" Tags="&lt;housing&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T13:07:22.960" Score="2" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am British living in the UK. My husband is a non-EU citizen living in Germany with 3 year resident permit. I want to know the exact way for the Surinder Singh route. I’ve just recently found about this. I am planning to go and live with him from February to October and that’s when I need to return back to my studies in the UK. I wish he can come to the UK and support me here while I’m continuing my master's degree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do either of us have to work in Germany and provide money for both? To go the Surinder Singh route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14444" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-01-24T02:27:05.223" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T13:17:43.220" Title="Surinder Singh route" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T13:15:54.890" Score="4" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a landline phone bought in France. It comes with two connectors.  I believe the first follows some common standard and the second is exclusively French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this phone work in Germany?  Are any of these connectors in use in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;French plug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6A5pK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6A5pK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly a standard plug (9 mm wide, what standard is it?):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aMgJf.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aMgJf.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T15:09:46.960" Title="Will a (landline) phone bought in France work in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12977" CreationDate="2018-01-23T18:28:19.187" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the local branch of the employment service (a government agency). They said that only EU citizens can transfer unemployment rights, not their non-EU family.  EU citizens can do this by applying for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/finding-job-abroad/transferring-unemployment-benefits/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;U2 form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I do not have a reference for this claim. I am simply relaying the information given to me by an official.  While it is very likely correct, I have seen officials make mistakes in similar cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14406" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T18:28:19.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-22T21:22:26.147" Score="2" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I live with my husband in an EU country for a minimum of 3 months, and I am a British citizen, are we required to work there and not be on benefits? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to understand how the Surinder Singh route would apply to me and my husband. He is a non-EU national living in Germany on a 3-year residence permit as a refugee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14444" OwnerDisplayName="Lucia" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-01-24T02:27:36.803" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T14:24:02.040" Title="Explain the Surinder Singh route" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13022" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13957" CreationDate="2018-01-21T09:48:29.307" Score="6" ViewCount="1863" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is an EU Citizen (Irish) and has been given a job in Sweden. I'm South African and have been told that I should apply for a residence card and that the process will take around 15 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I've understood the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/EU-citizens-and-long-term-residents/Work-study-or-live-in-Sweden-for-EU-citizens/Residence-cards-for-family-who-are-non-EU-citizens.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Migrationsverket Website&lt;/a&gt; correctly, I'm entitled through EU right of residence (as a spouse) to live and work in Sweden while waiting for my application to be processed. While waiting I should enter Sweden using a Schengen visa, which will expire shortly after I arrive, and present myself for photographs and fingerprints as soon as possible once in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I have completed this process, and I'm waiting 15 months for the application to be processed, how will I show my status as a legal resident of Sweden when traveling or applying for work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As my Swedish visa will have expired, will I be able to leave Sweden to travel to South Africa and visit my family, or will they stop me at the border as it appears I have been living illegally past the terms of my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they don't stop me, will I be able to re-enter Sweden as my visa is both expired and the terms were infringed by staying past the term?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to travel through the EU as a tourist while waiting for my application to be processed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I apply for work, open bank accounts etc, and prove that I'm legally allowed to live and work in Sweden?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading this, any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15252" OwnerDisplayName="Ryan Nel" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-06-14T00:30:40.423" LastActivityDate="2018-09-01T20:51:49.207" Title="Can I travel while waiting for my Swedish residence card?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13022" CreationDate="2018-01-21T19:30:44.097" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the visa you've used to enter Sweden is still valid and it is a multi-entrance visa, you can, you can leave and re-enter Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your visa is expired and you've submitted your residency application to Migratinsverket, you can remain in Sweden as long as the application is registered and being processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can leave Sweden any moment, but you will not be able to come back without a valid visa, even if your application is under review. You will not be allowed to travel within the Schengen zone either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for bank account without the personal number, which is given only to people with the legal residency. You cannot star any sort of an employment without a valid work/residency permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11600" OwnerDisplayName="Oleksandr Kravchuk" LastActivityDate="2018-01-21T19:30:44.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T19:02:29.547" Score="3" ViewCount="2425" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and started work in the UK a couple of weeks ago. I am planning to stay here for at least 5 years, if not more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My non-civil relationship with my boyfriend (same-sex couple) started a year ago. He is a non-EU citizen (he does NOT need a visa TO VISIT the UK). We are planning for him to join me in the UK in the near future (approximately 2 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, neither of our home countries approve of any kind of legal partnership between same sex couples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I bring my non-EU partner in the UK when I can't get married with him outside the UK? I would like to mention that I will qualify for the minimum income threshold currently in place for UK citizens willing to marry non-EU citizens. Because of Brexit I will probably need to meet those income and language requirements too. Also, his level of English is very good (C1/C2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone crack this one? Is there any possibility at all for us to, perhaps, get married in the UK after I have lived there for like a year or so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14447" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T13:21:05.360" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T16:29:23.333" Title="EU citizen marrying a non-EU citizen in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-24T02:44:57.407" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Kyrgyz citizen and am planning to move to Argentina on a tourist visa first, then if I get a job get a work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From reading online and talking to a different people there, I understand that you can come on a tourist visa and attend interviews with different companies. If you get any luck you might get hired and get a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that you can search for jobs while on a tourist visa there? Has anyone done something like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14448" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T22:32:00.220" Title="I am living in Kyrgyzstan and plan to work in Argentina" Tags="&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-24T06:05:03.493" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;About me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finished my computer engineer career in 2016 but don't have the degree because i still haven't delivered my thesis ( i'm unable to do so at the moment). I also have 3 years of experience in the field and am a Venezuelan citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/eu-blue-card-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; under the &quot;If You Have Found a Job in Germany&quot; title, you require a university degree for unregulated professions to apply but, if i keep reading it says( as i understand it)  under the &quot; How to Apply for Germany EU Blue Card&quot; title that it is only needed for unrecognized professions. So my question beeing, do i need the degree based on my career ( comp engineering - full stack dev) or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14449" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T06:05:03.493" Title="EU Blue Card Germany without degree" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-01-30T23:20:06.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13021" CreationDate="2018-01-24T14:24:02.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the UK government webpage&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As neither of you can speak German and you are apparently planning to only pause your studies in the UK I suspect you will fail the requirement to make Germany the centre of your lives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your main problem might really be that, as you said, he doesn't want to move to UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T14:24:02.040" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13017" CreationDate="2018-01-24T15:06:13.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the link given by @mkennedy in comments you will need to integrate and make Germany the centre of your lives, at least for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You really should consider getting expert legal advice which, while costly, may avoid the greater expense of temporarily relocating abroad being wasted if the Singh route fails through lack of planning on your part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-01-25T13:17:43.220" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T13:17:43.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13029" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13030" CreationDate="2018-01-24T19:17:24.143" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I enter the US on a K-1 / I-129F Visa, to marry my fiancé - do I have to leave after the 90 days granted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After marriage the I-485 visa will also be applied for, do I need to leave until the I-485 is granted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14455" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T19:24:59.237" Title="K-1 Visa. How long can I stay?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13029" CreationDate="2018-01-24T19:24:59.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are admitted for 90 days for K-1. Once you file I-485, you can stay in the US for as long as your I-485 is pending. (This is true even if you file I-485 after the 90 days of K-1 status is over.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; leave the US while your I-485 is pending, unless you've been granted Advance Parole before you leave, or you would automatically abandon your I-485. You can apply for Advance Parole with I-131 for free together with your I-485, and it will come in a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T19:24:59.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-24T20:30:11.797" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question for those who have some knowledge of immigration procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Venezuela with my wife (American-born citizen) and our daughter. We filled an I-130 on June last year, the USCIS case track hasn't updated and it still says the case has been received. A few months ago I followed some suggestions from other forum members to call USCIS and place and inquiry for expedited processing in view of our situation here in Venezuela (lack of food, medicine, no personal security, losing my job, etc). The USCIS answered the inquiry and they denied the request for expedited processing, arguing that we didn't provide enough evidence (they never asked about it neither we received information on how to send it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, we feel that we need to escape from Venezuela, frankly, the conditions here are unbearable, the currency has lost all its value, food is extremely scarce. We are considering escaping to Argentina, although it will diminish considerably our funds for an eventual move to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 2 questions regarding this. If we move to Argentina and our I-130 is approved, can we continue there the immigration process or would we have to travel back to Venezuela to continue the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11869" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T14:40:40.800" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T14:40:40.800" Title="Escaping to another country while I-130 is in progress" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13040" CreationDate="2018-01-24T23:42:24.203" Score="3" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;The company I want to work for has several branches in the world, including Europe and US. I received an offer for a job in Europe (Germany) and I've been told that, after one year, I can ask to be moved to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: would I have to go through a lottery like the H1B lottery?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read about L-1 visa, but I think that's only for short transfers and does not apply to me, as I want to move to the US permanently, starting with a visa and obtaining a green card after some years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9614" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:07:26.443" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:07:26.443" Title="If I ask my company to transfer me from Europe to US, do I need to go through visa lottery?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13025" CreationDate="2018-01-25T03:34:05.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your tourist visa doesn't forbid you from looking for jobs, but you cannot work without a work permit. Many people I know have gone job hunting to different countries on tourist visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T14:38:48.080" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T14:38:48.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13035" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13036" CreationDate="2018-01-25T04:43:37.523" Score="1" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying (Adjust. of Status; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I-485&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) as a derivative applicant. My spouse has an approved I-140 (National Interest Waiver).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering as a derivative applicant, which of the options (i.e., 1.a through 1.g) provided in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 2 of I-485 Revised form&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; should I choose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14456" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T04:52:01.240" Title="Filing category for I-485 spouse" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13035" CreationDate="2018-01-25T04:52:01.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a derivative beneficiary, you would choose the same category as the principal beneficiary, which in this case, is the first checkbox under &quot;1.b. Employment-based&quot;, which says &quot;Alien worker, Form I-140&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T04:52:01.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T23:10:57.200" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Tunisia, I'm planning on my studying abroad next year. Every country I am interested in requires a certain amount of money when applying for visa or your parents' financial statement (if they work) from last several months. My dad is a cab driver and he doesn't have or use a bank account, my mom has few houses that she rents out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I prove to the embassy that my parents don't have income that gets stated in a bank, but one of those houses' rent would be sent to me abroad every month to support me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jihen Ben Houla" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T05:41:27.317" Title="How can I prove that my parents can support me when I'm studying abroad?" Tags="&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13037" CreationDate="2018-01-24T17:18:10.837" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Converting comment to an answer as the comment was upvoted by several people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Open a bank account now and start depositing the house rent there. Many countries don't just want a month's money of support, they want the entire first year's amount available--you have to pay tuition upfront. You might also have to pay housing fees upfront if living in university housing. Yes, this means that the family may need to start paying tax on this income if it's not already being paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" OwnerDisplayName="mkennedy" LastActivityDate="2018-01-24T17:18:10.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-23T18:29:37.413" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is a British citizen through his dad. I would like to know the requirements to apply for a visa to be with him in the UK, the amount I would also need in my bank account when I apply for the visa. I am in Ghana, West Africa now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't tried anything yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user72916" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-01-25T09:11:51.410" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T09:11:51.410" Title="Visa application" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13032" CreationDate="2018-01-25T06:18:36.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;An L1 visa is &quot;dual intent&quot; meaning you can plan, and apply, to stay permanently in the US while working on an L1 visa. Historically, it has been easy to extend for up to five years, but the current administration may make it harder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer probably knows how this all works, so ask them. &quot;after one year, I can ask to be moved to the US&quot; is consistent with them setting up to petition for an L1 for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T06:18:36.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-25T11:26:30.250" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1956 in Southern Rhodesia and live in South Africa since 1987. My mother was born in Southern Rhodesia in 1931. She has always held a British passport and is still living in South Africa. Both her parents were born in the UK in about 1902.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied in 2012 for citizenship but was declined for not meeting the requirement. I quote &quot;As your mother was born outside the United Kingdom and Colonies, she would have held CUK C status &quot;by descent&quot; at the time of your birth. She would not therefore have been able to pass that status on to you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the change in the laws since 2012 would this reason still be applicable and would an application for citizenship be successful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14458" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T14:35:18.290" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T14:36:26.547" Title="Definition of &quot;descent&quot; when applying for British citizenship" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13041" CreationDate="2018-01-25T16:30:27.683" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;British citizenship by descent only transfers to one generation if the child is born abroad, thus from your grandparents to your mother. Consequently, your mother could not transfer that right to you, as you were advised. While there have been a series recent changes to citizenship and immigration regulations, including descent, it did not lower the bar that would enable you to acquire British nationality via that path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T14:36:26.547" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T14:36:26.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13041" CreationDate="2018-01-25T21:56:11.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;British citizen by descent&quot; means someone is a British citizen because a parent was a British citizen, so they are descending from a British citizen. That's actually less beneficial than being a &quot;British citizen not by descent&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are born in the UK, and your parent is a British citizen, by descent or not by descent, then you are a British citizen not by descent. If you are born outside the UK, and your parent is British citizen not by descent, then you are &quot;only&quot; a British citizen by descent. But if you are born outside the UK, and your parent is a British citizen by descent, then you are not a British citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can put it in another way: If you start with a British ancestor, then &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; generation can be born outside the UK and be British, but not &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; generations. The second generation must be born in the UK. Then again one generation may be born outside the UK, and the next one must be born in the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T21:56:11.330" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13385" CreationDate="2018-01-26T13:40:38.753" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an excellent job opportunity in Switzerland. It would require me to relocate and bring my wife. We would like some info about how hard it is to find a job for her - it is hard to find anything specific knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would start the job early summer, and my wife would for different reasons want to start a job some time between October and December. Which gives us about 6-8 months to search for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're both EU citizens, and my wife has a university degree in mathematics and economics and 3 years of relevant work experience in analytics / data work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has a decent knowledge of German, and can understand some, but in no way fluent. What is the best way to find job as a foreigner with that background?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11964" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T14:33:47.303" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T11:10:41.027" Title="Getting a job in Switzerland - EU academic background" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13047" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-26T15:15:53.757" Score="2" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 65, a UK citizen, married to a non-EU citizen.&#xA;We have just returned to the UK following a period in Spain and intend for her to apply for a UKRC soon under Surinder Singh provisions.&#xA;My question concerns CSI for her. I will be self-sufficient ( private and state pensions) so reading the rules it seems clear that CSI will be required.&#xA;However, as I'm over the age where NI contributions are required, what would happen if I set up as self-employed? Would that negate the CSI requirement for her and would I still need to make NI contributions given my comment about age above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T15:15:53.757" Title="Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI)" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12966" CreationDate="2018-01-26T19:13:08.110" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlikely any country (except USA) will make a decision to allow you to immigrate based on your US job. So you need to separate your intent to immigrate and your US job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start working in your home country, and earn some money. Then, you can apply for a Canadian immigration and pay the (hefty) fee. Decision to admit you will be made regardless of your US job offer, so you might look how many points you will get for your age, profession etc. and how likely you will succeed. Once in Canada, you can work for US company on TN visa. You may want to talk to Canadian embassy about this, and tell them you have secured job in USA, but will be contributing to Canadian economy by paying Canadian taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus, if something goes wrong with your US job, you can stay and work in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T19:13:08.110" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13050" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13058" CreationDate="2018-01-22T03:51:09.930" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zDEKq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zDEKq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had an interview about 2 years back for the student visa for the USA from Nepal. At the time I trusted the consultancy and it gave me the I-20 telling me that I am admitted to the college and went to the embassy for the interview. There I found out that the I-20 was fake and they interrogated me and the consular officer told me not to apply again. Does that mean I am permanently banned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14439" OwnerDisplayName="user72844" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-01-28T08:57:28.317" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T08:57:28.317" Title="Can I apply again for a student visa and what are the chances?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13051" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13052" CreationDate="2018-01-27T00:56:13.503" Score="0" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying (Adjust. of Status; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I-485&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) as a derivative applicant. My spouse has an approved I-140 (National Interest Waiver).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-485instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I-485 Instructions, page 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, section titled &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Documentation of Your Immigrant Category&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, USCIS asks the derivative applicant (i.e, me) to provide a photocopy of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;'the principal applicant’s petition'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is what exactly should derivative applicant provide here?(i.e., how many pages of what?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14456" LastEditorUserId="14456" LastEditDate="2018-01-27T01:06:35.540" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T02:30:30.237" Title="I-485 Documentation of Immigrant Category for derivative applicant" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13051" CreationDate="2018-01-27T02:30:30.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should provide a copy of the receipt or approval notice of the I-140 petition (since it's approved, you should provide the approval notice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, you need to provide evidence that the principal beneficiary is filing I-485 at the same time, or has already filed in the past. If the principal beneficiary is filing I-485 at the same time, just mail both I-485 in the same package and no further evidence is necessary; if the principal beneficiary has already filed I-485, then attach a copy of the I-485 receipt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T02:30:30.237" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13057" CreationDate="2018-01-27T10:50:35.973" Score="1" ViewCount="710" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine wants to work in France as a physiotherapist.&#xA;She is a citizen of Hungary and she is currently working as a physiotherapist. She has a bachelor degree in a related field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With these conditions, to be allowed to work as a physiotherapist in France,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;what documents should she prepare?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and what permissions from which institutions should she obtain to allow her to work in France in this particular field?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14465" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-01-27T21:37:23.323" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T21:37:23.323" Title="Working as a physiotherapist in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13054" CreationDate="2018-01-27T15:41:28.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a citizen from a member of the European Union, there are no particular problems to work in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2651&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2651&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French title for physiotherapist is &lt;em&gt;kinésithérapeute&lt;/em&gt;. To work as a &lt;em&gt;kinésithérapeute&lt;/em&gt; in France, you need an official diploma. If you are from another country, you need to check whether the diploma obtained is recognized as equivalent in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This document &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ordremk.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Guide_CNOMK.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ordremk.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Guide_CNOMK.pdf&lt;/a&gt; seems to mention that the Hungarian three-year diploma is considered equivalent to the French one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La validation des diplômes délivrés par les 4 universités  hongroises&#xA;  correspondent bien au diplôme français. Ces facultés de médecine sont&#xA;  situées à Budapest, Szeged, Pécs, Debrecen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would consider soliciting the French embassy in Hungary to check the diploma equivalence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that the candidate must also be able to speak/write French sufficiently to deal with customers and administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-01-27T15:53:08.413" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T15:53:08.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13050" CreationDate="2018-01-27T16:55:52.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are very fortunate. The immigration officer ruled your application ineligible and denied your visa but they did not flag it for fraud and they did not ban you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ineligible is the same as denied: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-denials.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-denials.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are free to reapply at any time however you do have to say a prior visa application was denied &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a denial on your record, future applications get scrutinized much more so you should make sure your next application is faultless.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not trust local agencies consultancies that arrange both the school and the visa. They are often fraudulent as you have found out. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T16:55:52.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-27T20:25:52.683" Score="1" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be working in US as a Software developer. Because I am a Canadian citizen, I am entitled to a TN visa. I have already looked at several posts about the comparison between TN and H1B. My question is more specific to my current circumstance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tnvisabulletin.com/tn-vs-h-1b-visa-chart/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chart Comparison between H1b and TN&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Immigrant Intent   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TN:  May not possess immediate intent to immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;H1B: May process for green card through immigrant visa processing.&#xA;  Adjustment of status available in limited situations. May have &quot;dual&#xA;  intent,&quot; i.e., may enter U.S. with intent to immediately process for&#xA;  green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a large possibility that I will be staying and working in the US for the next few years (5 ~ 7). The benefit of H1B is that I will be able to apply for a green card, which definitely is favorable since I am considering staying in the US for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the problem is that when I apply for an H1B, I will have &quot;Immigration Intent&quot;. The TN visa is available for people who aren't processed for &quot;immigration intent&quot;. If I happen to apply for an H1B, and then I don't get it, do I have to apply for a TN visa? Do you think it would cause problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14468" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-02-01T07:17:20.850" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T17:56:19.310" Title="TN versus H1B visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13060" CreationDate="2018-01-27T20:50:34.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for H1b doesn't mean you have &quot;immigrant intent&quot;. H1b is a temporary work status and has nothing to do with immigration. To immigrate you would need to be petitioned by a relative or petitioned by an employer, and then do Adjustment of Status in the US (you can be in almost any status to do this, not just H1b) or Consular Processing abroad. Some people on H1b immigrate, and some people don't (and many who might want to immigrate can't because no one will petition them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing about H1b (or L1) is that you will not be denied a visa or denied entry for having immigrant intent, whereas for other statuses (including TN), you must convince them that you don't have immigrant intent when getting a visa (doesn't apply to you since Canadians don't get visas) or entering. Immigrant intent means you intend to file for AOS or to stay illegally during this stay or with this visa; if you don't intend to do that, you don't have immigrant intent, no matter what nonimmigrant statuses you have applied for in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TN can be extended indefinitely, and it is possible that if you stay on TN for very many years, they will start to think that you don't really want to return to Canada and it might become harder to convince them you don't have immigrant intent. But I don't think 5-7 years would be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T20:50:34.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-28T05:30:17.257" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My L1 petition is being filed. Is it OK if I travel on a B1 visa to the US for the purpose of training?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12011" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-30T15:27:45.147" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T22:04:20.343" Title="Can I go on a B1 visa to the US for a training while my L1 petition is being filed?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13064" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16148" CreationDate="2018-01-28T10:51:18.107" Score="2" ViewCount="2752" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per section 3.1.1 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/11a_germany_family_reunification_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt;, the living space requirement for the German family reunification visa of a third-country national is 12 sqm per person:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Without prejudice to state provisions, sufficient living space is usually deemed to be available if 12 sqm of living space are available to each family member aged above six and 10 sqm of living space for each family member aged below six. Adequate availability of the facilities (kitchen, bathrooms, lavatories) must be ensured. A shortfall of about ten percent is acceptable&quot; — (2.4.2. General Administrative Regulation to the Residence&#xA;  Act).&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it does not state whether shared flats are allowed or not. I wonder if my wife can meet the family reunification visa requirements if I live in a shared apartment in which my private room meets the 24 square meters criteria? If positive, I wonder what the rental contract requirements of such a situation should be? Should the contract state that two persons are going to live there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify, we're not going to be living in a shared flat. I just want to save on expenses until she joins me. But she needs to enclose a proof of suitable accommodation upon her visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T02:21:50.340" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T15:49:16.100" Title="Shared flat and Germany family reunification visa for a third-country national?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13015" CreationDate="2018-01-28T16:58:43.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The minimum duration for collecting a pension is five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to pay voluntary contributions. However, during the period for which you want to pay, you need to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be living in Germany, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a German citizen, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be living in some other member state of the EEA or in Switzerland after having contributed at least once before, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a citizen of a EU member state after having contributed at least once before.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can only be done for the current year or, until March, for the preceding year. Contributing voluntarily in parallel to mandatory contributions is not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your description, it seems contributing during those six or seven years would have been possible, but it cannot be done retroactively now. (However, if they raised a child during that time in Germany, that might count as contribution time.) Depending on their citizenship and residence, it may be possible to make payments for those months of 2017 before they started work, and for the future after they leave their current job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they do not reach the minimum of five years, they might be entitled to a refund of a part of their mandatory contributions. It’s also possible they can get a (small) pension after all if they have contributed to a similar system in another EEA member state (or several) or in countries that Germany has special agreements with (such as Canada, the US, Tunisia, …). These matters easily get very complicated, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8307" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T16:58:43.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12838" CreationDate="2018-01-28T19:03:03.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding to Crab Bucket's example, the ACS accepted my 12-month computer science MSc (which I took after studying 3 years of history). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11286/does-my-masters-conversion-course-count-towards-the-australian-acs-requirements&quot;&gt;Does my Masters Conversion course count towards the Australian ACS requirements?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12055" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T19:03:03.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2018-01-29T14:39:05.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume it is too late for this but anyway, as EU citizen the only requirement is 4 year residence. There is no formal requirement for Italian knowledge, but all the documentation and the forms to fill will be in Italian. This is the only official info in English I could find &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it/en/legal-framework/domestic-law/Pages/The-Italian-citizenship.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Italian citizenship - www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14474" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T14:39:05.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-30T14:39:12.280" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Turkey for the past 13 years. I'm a citizen of both the US and Turkey, and I have only gained foreign rental income while living here. My husband is a non-resident alien and we are in the process of applying for his green card using the I-130 petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to file a tax return for 2017, but I haven't filed for the past 3 years. I don't know whether I should file Married Filing Separately or Married Filing Jointly. Also, my foreign rental income is under $10,000 per year, and I pay income and property taxes in Turkey as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I still have to pay any taxes? What deductions or exemptions can I make, if any? What forms should I use when I file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14481" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-30T15:29:49.773" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T00:02:15.463" Title="I am a dual US citizen living in Turkey with foreign rental income. How should I file my tax return for 2017?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13072" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13074" CreationDate="2018-01-30T18:56:04.193" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working on my online application for permanent residency in Canada from the US via Express Entry, and I'm being asked how long I have been at my current job. The form only has a pulldown menu to pick between and there is no other option to enter an alternate response. The question is &quot;How long have you been employed at your current job&quot; and the answers that possibly apply to me are &quot;1-2 years,&quot; and &quot;3+&quot; years.&quot; I have been at my job for 2 years and a few months, which doesn't seem to fit into either of those two choices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to indicating how long you've been with a company, how do you address rounding the years like this? Since I have been here for more than 2 years do I immediately go up to the next tier? Or since I have not been here for a FULL 3 years, do I not yet qualify for the 3+ years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I originally posted this in the Workplace exchange and was told it was off-topic. Perhaps someone here has knowledge on this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14482" LastActivityDate="2018-01-30T21:14:37.737" Title="How to answer how long you have been at your current job?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13071" CreationDate="2018-01-30T19:09:19.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax professional, but I am a US permanent resident, and I've filed taxes for myself and my wife (US citizen) for many years, including when we have been non-resident in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, as phoog implies, there's no obvious reason given the info you provide, why your non-US-citizen, non-US-resident husband should file a tax return, so (absent some other info) you should file as &quot;married filing separately&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, just for clarity, I should point out that most US citizens and residents are required to file a return every year. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/do-i-need-to-file-a-tax-return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;calculator here on the IRS site&lt;/a&gt; that helps you figure out if you're required to file a return. If you were required to file a return for earlier years and did not, you'll probably need to file those earlier tax returns  before the I-130 petition is approved. But let's put that to the side and focus on your current 2017 tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming that the &quot;foreign rental income&quot; you describe is from a property outside the US (as opposed to in the US, but outside Turkey). You'll typically need to file the main 1040 form, plus Schedule E (Supplemental Income and Loss) to cover your foreign rental income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Schedule E has spaces for the various categories of expenses that you will set against the gross rental income. Some things to bear in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you share ownership of the rental property with someone else, e.g. your husband, then you just report your share of the income and expenses on Schedule E.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have a mortgage on the property, then the interest portion of the mortgage payment is an expense that you can enter on Schedule E (line 12).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The IRS regards the &quot;improvement&quot; portion of a property as subject to depreciation and you need to include the 2017 depreciation as an expense on line 18 of Schedule E (more below).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your Turkish property taxes are an expense on Schedule E (line 16).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't say whether you have any other income, but let's assume that you have a part-time job in Turkey and a savings account there. You would need to report your salary as foreign earned income and your savings account interest as foreign interest income. If you do have accounts outside the US you'll probably need to file IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with your return and file FinCEN Form 114 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, once you file your 2017 US tax return, will you actually owe tax to the IRS? Isn't it unfair that you're paying tax to Turkey and maybe have to pay it also to the US, even though you're not living there? As you probably already know, the US is unusual in taxing citizens on their worldwide income, even when they don't live in the US. But there is some relief, and it comes in two major forms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. This allows you to exclude your salary from income tax. It does not apply to your rental or interest income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Foreign Tax Credit. This allows you to set any taxes that you paid on the income you're reporting against the tax that the IRS would charge you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, you can only use one or the other for any particular income. Once that's all worked out you also get a $6,350 standard deduction for 2017 and a $4,050 individual exemption. You said your rental income is under $10,000, so (assuming your other unearned income isn't huge) it's unlikely there will be any US tax to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, back to depreciation. What's that? Basically, it means that if you paid $150,000 for a house, of which $50,000 is for the land and $100,000 for the building, then the IRS views the real value of the $100,000 portion as depreciating over time. For foreign residential real estate, that depreciation period is 40 years and you use &quot;MACRS straight-line depreciation&quot;. After 20 years, the depreciated value of your building is roughly $50,000, and after 40 years it's zero (&quot;fully depreciated&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do you need to bother with this? The main reason is that, as a US citizen, the IRS is potentially going to tax you in the future on the capital gain you made on this property. Let's say you do keep it for 40 years and sell the whole property for $200,000. Because the IRS regards the $100,000 building as now having a value of $0, they are going to regard your sale as producing a gain of $150,000, which you will have to pay capital gains tax on. That's going to be the same whether or not you claim depreciation as an expense. But if you do claim depreciation as an expense each year, you reduce the potential tax payable each year on the rental income. Which means you can save more money to offset the eventual capital gains tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, there's a lot of complexity here, and it may be worth paying for an accountant or tax preparer who knows US tax law as it relates to foreign property to help you with the 2017 return. With that as a model, you may be able to file the earlier returns on your own (if they are needed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;İyi şanslar!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14483" LastActivityDate="2018-01-30T19:09:19.570" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13072" CreationDate="2018-01-30T19:20:59.317" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also hate forms that are designed to only consider integer answers for this type of question. But we have to deal with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I would strongly recommend that you choose the &quot;1-2 years&quot; option. Given the way they have chosen to phrase the options, it's clear that this choice means either &quot;1 year and some months we don't care about&quot; or &quot;2 years and some months we don't care about&quot;. You fit into the latter category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, you certainly have not been at your job for more than 3 years, and a good rule of thumb with every immigration authority is never to provide an answer that might be interpreted as deceptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Re: points question below]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have specific experience with Canada's express entry program. The 1st link below suggests that you can only update your profile if you are found eligible for the pool. The 2nd link suggests that eligible applicants stay in the pool for 12 months and that your consideration for permanent residence is based on the CRS points you score. Worst case scenario: you reapply in 12 months time with a higher CRS score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1005&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1005&amp;amp;top=29&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/works.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/works.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14483" LastEditorUserId="14483" LastEditDate="2018-01-30T21:14:37.737" LastActivityDate="2018-01-30T21:14:37.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-30T21:32:25.847" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to work in Austria, do I have the same rights as EU citizens if I have an Italian long-term resident card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14484" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T01:59:04.890" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T09:02:27.533" Title="Can I work in Austria if I have an Italian residency card?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-30T22:46:21.843" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does the USA allow students with non-US degrees to work under any visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some background: I am an Indian citizen pursuing my master's in Canada in marketing. Once I am done with my master's, would it be possible to apply for a job in the States? If so, under which category apart from the H1B visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my partner is currently in the US on an H1-B. Does this have any difference/advantage in this scenario?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14485" LastEditorUserId="14485" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T20:17:29.033" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T00:49:05.220" Title="Studying in Canada and working in the United States" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-31T06:38:18.963" Score="5" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move permanently from the US to Europe. I have no job, address, or bank account yet. The question is how do I transfer the money?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that I can't wire it while still in the US since I can't open a European account from abroad. I guess it can theoretically be done in Europe, after I have an account opened there, but I am REALLY worried that American banks will cause all kind of problems authorizing the transfer of such amount from abroad. Has anybody done that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14486" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T12:03:23.467" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T10:54:56.130" Title="Moving to Europe from the US with $200k" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13077" CreationDate="2018-01-31T12:01:34.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend investigating whether &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.transferwise.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Transferwise&lt;/a&gt; can save you money.  I think you could open a Borderless account with Transferwise, transfer dollars from your current US account to a Transferwise Borderless account, then, after you have a European account, exchange dollars to the destination currency with Transferwise, then transfer from your Borderless account to your destination account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used Transferwise to exchange money between different of my accounts in Canada, UK, and the Eurozone, and I am a satisfied customer.  I have not used the Borderless account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorDisplayName="user9879" LastEditDate="2018-02-02T10:54:56.130" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T10:54:56.130" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13083" CreationDate="2018-01-31T16:48:34.830" Score="0" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a current US citizen and have an ongoing prescription for a government-controlled substance that I will continue to need for the rest of my life. My current doctor writes my prescription and I must visit her regularly for checkups. I intend to move to Canada and don't know if I will encounter issues having my medication fulfilled through the healthcare system there. I assume I will need to get a new primary care doctor who will be able to write the prescription for me, but will I need to go through the same tests and meetings that I already did in order to get the diagnoses? Or will I be able to start with a new doctor and transfer my existing records and they will be able to pick it up where my US doctor left off? Does it make a difference that this is a government controlled substance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14482" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T19:14:20.110" Title="Transferring Prescriptions when moving to Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13082" CreationDate="2018-01-31T19:14:20.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all substances that are government-controlled in the US are so controlled in Canada (and vice versa), so this may or may not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Book an appointment with a Canadian family doctor/general practitioner.  Bring as many of your US doctor's records as you are able (or have your US doctor forward your records to your new Canadian doctor).  Bring copies of your existing prescriptions, and arrange for your Canadian doctor to give you new prescriptions.  US prescriptions are generally not valid in Canada (the same as Canadian ones tend not to be valid in the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that any good doctor is going to evaluate your prescriptions and may have some opinions on whether they are the best ones for you, and whether the dosage is correct, which is why your existing doctor's notes and a consultation with you will be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether you'll need new tests, that will be up to your new doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that until you qualify for your province or territory's public health insurance, you may need to pay for your doctor visit(s).  There is usually a short delay before eligibility begins, and registration is usually required.  (It depends on the province or territory.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T19:14:20.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13077" CreationDate="2018-01-31T19:25:52.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've transferred money overseas in a similar situation to yours, and as long as you set everything up with your bank ahead of time while you're still in the US, you should have no problem. For my bank it involved a special phone number to call and PIN numbers printed on little slips of paper that I took with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're feeling concerned about this (who wouldn't, for that amount), transfer a smaller amount (say $1k?) using the same method after you get to Europe to make sure that you've got all the account numbers, routing numbers, authorization codes, etc all in order. This of course costs two transfer fees, but it's worth it for just knowing that you've done it before when you transfer the larger amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T19:25:52.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13085" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13087" CreationDate="2018-02-01T07:04:39.557" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many years ago I'm sure Aussies and Kiwis were free to live and work in each other's country without special visas or complicated paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I believe that some decades ago that changed to make it just a little harder for the Kiwis to work in Australia, but not vice versa, as the numbers were tilted far in the NZ-&gt;AUS direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about the AUS-&gt;NZ direction today in 2018. Can I just show up in NZ as an Australian and get a job? Or has it all changed? (Also I might've been wrong about how it used to work in the first place.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did a quick bit of Google searching and it looks like I don't need a visa to go there or to work there. But maybe I need some other stuff that might not be totally trivial?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case it doesn't look like the question has been asked on this site before so having some info here would be a good reference for others looking for this in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-02T02:26:11.727" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T02:26:11.727" Title="Do Australian citizens need any paperwork to work in New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13085" CreationDate="2018-02-01T08:45:13.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I Googled it for you and came on these two great government websites: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/australian-resident-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/australian-resident-visa&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/right-to-work-in-new-zealand/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/right-to-work-in-new-zealand/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the image I took a screenshot below, you basically just need to rock up at NZ immigration with your Australian passport, fill in a landing card and let the immigration officer know that you intend to become a resident. It appears you will be able to work immediately thereafter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the help text, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;You can only apply for this visa when you arrive in New Zealand – you&#xA;  can’t apply for it before you travel.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also important if you want to apply for a Permanent Resident Visa or New Zealand citizenship down the line,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you leave New Zealand your resident visa will expire - you can&#xA;  apply for a variation of travel conditions to allow you travel without&#xA;  affecting your New Zealand residence status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you do leave and re-enter, you will be entitled to the Australian Resident Visa again, just that the timer is reset to 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6k7y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6k7y.png&quot; alt=&quot;Process for Australians to enter NZ&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14041" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T08:45:13.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13075" CreationDate="2018-02-01T09:02:27.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not have the same rights as EU citizens, but you do have a right to move to most other EU countries under certain conditions (excluding the UK, Ireland, and Denmark, so including Austria).  This is laid out in &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  In Particular, it is covered in Chapter III, which contains articles 14 through 23.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T09:02:27.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13085" CreationDate="2018-02-01T19:03:30.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aside from the resident visa (essentially automatic for Australian citizens as detailed in another answer), you will also need an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ird.govt.nz/how-to/irdnumbers/individuals/yourirdnumber.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRD number&lt;/a&gt; to actually start working. You can apply for this online after you arrive in NZ and you will just need your Australian passport details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the nature of your employment, you may also need a local bank account so your employer can deposit your pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T19:03:30.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-31T22:37:48.623" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Colombian. I came to Poland in August 2017 on a visa exemption for the Schengen zone, but I started to work and my employers sent the request for a working permit in November (two days before the expiration of my Schengen period). I received my working permit in December and now I'm waiting for my residency permit, which I've been told can take between 7 months to 1 year to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My contract finishes in June and my residency was requested up to July 12, 2018. I have several questions regarding my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If, by the time my contract finishes, I haven't received my residence, will I have problems at the moment of taking an airplane back home?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n case my residence arrives before July 12th, can I stay after that time with the same visa exemption (I’ve read this Schengen exemption reactivates after 6 months immediately after the end of the 90 days allowed for Schengen zone)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If my residency doesn't arrive before July, is there a way to reactivate my Schengen exemption without going back to my own country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timeline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;August 2017 - Arrival to Poland (no visa).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stayed for 88 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;November 2017 - Request for a working permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;December - I received my working permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;June 2018 - End of contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;July 2018 - End of time residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="HappyM" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-02T02:26:51.010" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T02:26:51.010" Title="Schengen visa expired" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13025" CreationDate="2018-02-01T22:32:00.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure how this apply for Argentina, but if you try this in USA, you need to be careful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you entering the country on tourist visa, you should NOT volunteer to immigration officials that you plan to look for job. They might decide you plan to work illegally and deny you entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once in the country, you are (after some time) &quot;allowed&quot; to change your mind  and look for a job, changing your intent from tourist to immigrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, not sure how strict is Argentina about this issue, but entering USA on a tourist visa and declaring you plan to look for  job might be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1030" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T22:32:00.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8075" CreationDate="2018-02-01T23:40:03.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirements have been updated (January 2018) to 180 days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indefinite leave to remain: calculating continuous period in UK&#xA;Version 16.0&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Period between the issue of entry clearance and entering the UK&#xA;The period between entry clearance being issued and the applicant entering the UK may be counted toward the qualifying period. Any absences between the date of issue and entry to the UK are considered an allowable absence. This period will count towards the 180 days allowable absence in the continuous 12 month period. The applicant does not need to provide evidence to demonstrate the reason for delayed entry.&#xA;If the delay is more than 180 days, you can only include time after the applicant entered the UK in the continuous period calculation.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14503" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T23:40:03.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-01T22:17:49.153" Score="1" ViewCount="797" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Albanian and married to a British national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both currently live and work in Greece and I have an EU residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're basically trying to go to England. I know the traditional way of doing things is for her to go to the UK, and earn a certain amount of money for me to apply from Albania, but the issue is we both can't afford to quit our jobs in Greece, and her to spend about a year trying to get settled with a job that pays 18.6k in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read about SS route and Article 10 residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding of the situation is that I need to get a residence card &quot;Permanent Residence Card of a Family Member of a Union Citizen&quot;, to apply for an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that something I'm supposed to get in Greece at the ministry of foreign affairs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I not go England with my wife using my EU residence card (which i acquired through work contract, and living in Greece), and marriage certificate? Can I not even visit the UK like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is all very confusing on GOV.UK, sorry if the question has been answered before, if so please just give me a link to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Vinfinity" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T11:33:33.200" Title="Article 10 residence card?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13095" CreationDate="2018-02-01T22:53:26.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have misunderstood. Someone who holds an Article 10 card is &lt;em&gt;exempt&lt;/em&gt; from the requirement to hold a visa or EEA family permit.  Because your residence permit is not an Article 10 card, the easiest way for you to get into the UK ought to be to apply for the EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I not go England with my wife using my EU residence card (which i acquired through work contract, and living in Greece), and marriage certificate? Can I not even visit the UK like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, your residence permit is useless in the UK because the UK is not part of the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the freedom of movement directive, you can in theory apply &lt;em&gt;at the border&lt;/em&gt; for admission as the non-EU spouse of a British citizen via the Surinder Singh route, but you won't be able to fly into the UK without an EEA family permit or other UK visa, so that will only work if you travel by train or ferry.  Besides, proving eligibility for the Surinder Singh route is fraught with difficulty, and it's not something you'd want to risk at the border.  If you do, however, you'll need at least your marriage certificate, her passport, and your passport.  Your residence permit will be useful, if at all, only as secondary evidence of your identity and as support for the assertion that the two of you live together in Greece.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T22:59:30.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13111" CreationDate="2018-02-01T10:48:48.850" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is the question, and allow me to share:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recently married; we have a marriage certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has a valid Bangladeshi passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a valid Indian passport and I went to France once for 2 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will get 2,000 euro per month in France. I hope that is sufficient for the two of us. I will be PhD student for 3 years there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14497" OwnerDisplayName="Wow" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-03T12:27:03.290" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T00:17:40.017" Title="Can an Indian-Bangladeshi married couple go to France together from India?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13018" CreationDate="2018-02-02T15:09:46.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;German phone lines usually end with a TAE connector (Telekommunikation-Anschluss-Einheit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main question would be - will you have internet connection via that landline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is a pure landline, it will use the TAE connector, and there are adapters for RJ-45 jack to TAE connector. I do not know however if the dial tones are different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, pure landline phone - while still available - are getting exceedingly rare and most telecommunication companies will try to shift people from direct landline connections to VoIP connections however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost all companies (regardless of (V)DSL, cable or fibre connection) should provide you with a multi purpose router with built-in analogue to VoIP support accepting either TAE or RJ-11 (sometimes even RJ-45) connectors for analogue or ISDN phones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the most popular routers in Germany can accept either ISDN or/and (depending on the model) analogue phones with RJ-11 connectors and connect to the TAE socket themselves and act as a mini PBX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13654" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T15:09:46.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-02T22:59:12.463" Score="3" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose you want to consult a medical specialist rather than a general practitioner about an issue you're having: an orthopedist, a neurologist, an otolaryngologist, an opthalmologist and so on (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; something like a physical therapist or psychologist, or other para-medical professionals).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expatica &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/nl/healthcare/Healthcare-in-the-Netherlands_100057.html#Specialist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;says&lt;/a&gt; there are essentially two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A referral from your general practitioner / family doctor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A medical emergency in which you're admitted to a hospital&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there another way (either covered, partially-covered, or possibly-retroactively-covered by your medical insurance)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-02-05T10:07:58.393" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T17:13:29.100" Title="Can you see a medical specialist in the Netherlands without a GP referral?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-02T23:08:24.197" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Pennsylvania in the US from abroad and own a somewhat-valuable collection of alcohol which I would be bringing with me. Most of the (labeled) bottles are not sealed, so I am tentatively assuming that customs wouldn't treat it as a commercial import. However, if one wants to bring a cache of alcohol into the US for personal use, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/190/~/bringing-alcohol-%28including-homemade-wine%29-to-the-u.s.-for-personal-use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one has to comply with both federal and state import laws&lt;/a&gt;. Moreover, it seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://whyy.org/articles/so-whats-the-deal-with-pennsylvanias-liquor-laws/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pennsylvania has some very strange laws about alcohol in general&lt;/a&gt;, and the only information I could find online explicitly about importing alcohol is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lcb.pa.gov/Legal/Documents/001909.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a PDF from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board&lt;/a&gt;, which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It  is  generally  unlawful  for  anyone, other  than  the  PLCB or the  holder  of  a  sacramental wine license, an importer’s license, or a direct wine shipper license, to import any liquor (including wine) into Pennsylvania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the same document states that there is some allowance for &quot;gifts&quot; to residents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One of the exceptions found in the PLCB’s Regulations allows for liquor given to persons  residing  in  this  Commonwealth  by  nonresidents  to  be  imported  into  Pennsylvania  at  the  discretion  of  the  PLCB. 40  Pa.  Code  §  9.41. In  order  to  lawfully  import  liquor into Pennsylvania pursuant to this exception, an application for importation and an application &#xA;  for  the  payment  of  tax  on  the  liquor  must  be  filed  with  the  PLCB’s  Bureau  of  Product Selection by the intended gift recipient (i.e., the person importing the liquor). 40 Pa. Code §9.51. In addition, a service charge must be paid to the PLCB and any state taxes must be paid. 40 Pa. Code §§ 9.52, 9.54. After receiving the application and the corresponding &#xA;  fees, and upon being satisfied as to the truth of the statements&#xA;  contained in the application, the  PLCB  may,  in  its  discretion,  grant  and  issue  a  consent  certification permitting  the  importation of liquor.  40 Pa. Code § 9.53.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, what does this mean for people &lt;em&gt;becoming resident&lt;/em&gt; in Pennsylvania from outside the US? &amp;mdash; What does someone actually have to do to bring alcohol from outside the USA into Pennsylvania as a new resident?&lt;/strong&gt; What port of entry would be responsible for import duties if I e.g. fly into Chicago and then transfer to Philadelphia? Moreover, regardless of where my actual &quot;port of entry&quot; is, if I end up having to satisfy Pennsylvania's import regulations, would I be &quot;gifting&quot; myself the goods? I've brought alcohol into the US from abroad numerous times, but never to Pennsylvania and also never this much (I estimate about 10 liters in total).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, I would prefer to ship it via post, but it seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/212/~/requirements-for-importing-alcohol-for-personal-use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;doing that is legally dubious&lt;/a&gt; as well, and I'd rather get stopped and have to deal with the problem at the airport rather than having to drive to some customs center in the middle of nowhere and have to pay a huge fine either to import it or to even just give it up (from my experience, in the US, when bad stuff like this happens, you have to pay even if they confiscate it... and they might even charge you for the time they hold it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really as Byzantine as it looks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastEditorUserId="9486" LastEditDate="2018-02-03T12:32:16.217" LastActivityDate="2018-02-03T12:32:16.217" Title="Taking alcohol to Pennsylvania when relocating from outside the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13104" CreationDate="2018-02-03T08:01:14.067" Score="4" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently emigrated from a South Asian country to Canada. I moved to the Canadian city with possibly the mildest weather in the country (Victoria, BC) and yet I feel so &lt;em&gt;damn&lt;/em&gt; cold it's almost depressing. It is such a pity because I absolutely love this country otherwise, and would hate to go back home so soon, only because of the weather here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how can I condition my body to withstand cold? I've tried &quot;shocking&quot; my system into adjusting to the cold by wearing less protective clothing outdoors, but that didn't help. I've tried increasing fatty/oily foods (I'm quite lean, so weight isn't much of a worry right now). No luck with that either. I can't smoke or drink or eat meat, so that's some sources of body heat cut off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, I'm coping by wearing 5 layers of clothing including a heavy parka. But it's clearly not a long-term solution. This is made especially worse considering I need to move to Toronto or Ottawa in a year (if I can even persevere until then), where I'll face much harsher weather.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14507" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-03T12:20:16.543" LastActivityDate="2018-02-03T22:38:14.363" Title="Adjusting to cold weather after immigration" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13103" CreationDate="2018-02-03T13:00:47.390" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-do-our-bodies-adjust-to-extreme-temperatures-1503474690&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Your body will naturally acclimatize to your local climate over time&lt;/a&gt;, but, ultimately, some people are just more sensitive to temperature variation than others (somehow, I personally can't function either in extreme heat &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; cold... go figure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't smoke or drink or eat meat, so that's some sources of body heat cut off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are common and dangerous myths: Smoking drastically &lt;em&gt;hinders&lt;/em&gt; your body's ability to regulate temperature, and meat has no magical properties that imbue you with winter hardiness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Physical fitness&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, you state you are &quot;quite lean&quot;: it's not necessarily weight that keeps you warm but &lt;em&gt;muscle&lt;/em&gt;. Get yourself into shape and your increased muscle mass will actually generate more heat (need to find citation), and better cardiovascular health also allows your body to regulate temperature better (need citation here too). Fat can also help in &lt;em&gt;retaining&lt;/em&gt; heat, but please don't become overweight in the hopes it will keep you warm... A stroke or heart attack would be worse than being cold. It sounds crazy, but go cycling regularly: One day, you'll be riding and will strip off your jacket because it's too hot... and, when you get home, you'll check the weather and realize it was -10C outside. That's what physical activity and physical fitness can do to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, eat lots and healthily. In fact, coming from South Asia, you've likely got this covered already: Warming up with a fabulously spicy curry after a day in the snow is one of the best feelings in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Clothing&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You state that you wear &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt; layers: Unless you're working on a boat in the Arctic Ocean, I can't imagine a situation where that is necessary. I can't even imagine how someone could &lt;em&gt;move&lt;/em&gt; wearing that much clothing... but then I realized you state you are from South Asia: I have seen countless people from Australasia come to cold countries and suffer because they have absolutely no clue about cold weather clothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No offense in the case that you are already aware of the following, but these are cold-weather sins common to those who hail from warmer climes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ditch the trainers: Your extremities need to stay warm, or else your entire body will suffer... and $40 Nikes are not designed for that. Wear boots. &lt;em&gt;Good&lt;/em&gt; boots. Unfortunately, these will cost more than $40, but if you e.g. go to a good military surplus store, you can find some good deals if you're willing to sacrifice fashion or at the least join the punk scene.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ditch the &lt;a href=&quot;https://gizmodo.com/why-cotton-kills-a-technical-explanation-1688286083&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;cotton&lt;/a&gt; socks: Wear thick, &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; woolen socks. Trust me, wool doesn't itch (unless you're allergic, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-a-wool-allergy-2116305&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;very few people actually are&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;em&gt;Cheap&lt;/em&gt; wool itches. There are also good synthetic materials, but I find that they usually aren't worth the extra cost for everyday use.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't forget your hands: Wear good &lt;em&gt;insulated&lt;/em&gt; gloves. &lt;em&gt;Not&lt;/em&gt; cotton gloves. Preferably very thick woolen gloves or mittens with a windproof shell over them (mittens are even better, but I hate the feeling of not being able to move my fingers).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scarf: I assume you're smart enough to get a good (again, &lt;em&gt;woolen&lt;/em&gt;) cap/beanie/tuque/ushanka/whatever, but a heavy woolen (or cashmere, if you're tired of wool by now) scarf basically serves as a blanket for your shoulders, neck, and face. Even if you wrap it around your entire face, no one will laugh at you even though it seems a bit silly when you think about it. I prefer to have one in a flamboyant color that contrasts with my other outerclothes because the color cheers me up when it's dark and grey outside.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Long underwear: Wear a proper &lt;a href=&quot;https://gizmodo.com/how-to-find-the-perfect-winter-base-layers-1671908025&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;underlayer&lt;/a&gt; of long underwear, which can be &amp;mdash; can you guess? &amp;mdash; wool, or sometimes made of spandex/lycra/polyester stuff as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR: Be like these guys&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAustralian_Sheep_in_Snow.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Australian_Sheep_in_Snow.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Sheep not caring about the cold&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get in shape, eat well and pretend to be a sheep, i.e. wear lots of heavy woolens meant for the cold and wet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9486" LastEditorUserId="9486" LastEditDate="2018-02-03T22:38:14.363" LastActivityDate="2018-02-03T22:38:14.363" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13106" CreationDate="2018-02-03T18:45:06.177" Score="4" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working in Germany since September 14, 2017. I was informed about the Kichensteuer (Church tax) a few days after arriving. Then I had to get my Kirchenaustritt that declares that I'm leaving my church, thus I won't pay taxes to the church any longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was said the paperwork will take about 2 months, and after that, the tax would be removed. It's February 3, and I got charged with tax the last month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is needed to get rid of this tax?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14511" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-04T05:34:52.780" LastActivityDate="2018-02-04T05:34:52.780" Title="I'm being charged with the Kirchensteuer after 4 month of apply the Kirchenaustritt" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13105" CreationDate="2018-02-03T21:06:20.437" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is supposed to work like this: You leaving the church is automatically reported to the tax office (&lt;em&gt;Finanzamt&lt;/em&gt;), which will update your entry in the &lt;em&gt;ELStAM&lt;/em&gt; database. The next time your employer processes your salary, it retrieves your updated information from &lt;em&gt;ELStAM&lt;/em&gt; and won’t withhold church tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, something went wrong apparently. You should first check your salary statement; it will list the data it is based on somewhere, typically in the upper right corner. Look for “Kirchensteuer” or “KiSt”. If your old church is still listed there, you will need to visit the tax office and show them the confirmation you got when your exit was registered, so that they can update the database manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can reclaim any tax that was withheld in error when you file your tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8307" LastActivityDate="2018-02-03T21:06:20.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-03T20:28:33.543" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boyfriend (he is Turkish) and I met 15 months ago in Costa Rica while travelling in Central America. We travelled all the way up to Mexico enjoying the most amazing time together and realising how we share the dreams and hopes for our future. We plan on buying land and having a farm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Mexico we found out we were having a baby. We decided maybe we could stay in this part of the world. But then we came back to Europe. I lived off my savings for a while but came to Turkey to be with him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to be together and we want to get married so we can raise our little boy in England for a while before coming back to Turkey and then eventually back travelling the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I go back to England I will have no more money and will have to claim benefits. Just for a short while, until either he can be here to work or I will work. Or both will work once baby is 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get married if I'm on funding? And how can he get the spouse visa as I haven't worked for 18 months in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lana Robinson" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-04T05:32:54.307" LastActivityDate="2018-02-04T05:32:54.307" Title="Can we marry on the marriage visa if I'm claiming government funding?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-03T21:41:09.597" Score="2" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are applying for adjustment of status (form I-485) through work authorization (from I-140 - NIW). I'm the NIW applicant and my wife is my the derivative applicant in the I-485.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We got married in March 2017 but did not obtain any government issued certificates since it was an Islamic marriage. We just got our marriage license from the county clerk last week (Jan 2018). Now, I don't know which marriage date should I enter in the I-485 forms? The new one? or the old one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am attaching both the old Islamic marriage contract and the new marriage license with my package. Is it bad that the official marriage data is only one week before submitting the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14508" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-12T13:29:12.140" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T13:29:12.140" Title="I-485 date of marriage" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5972" CreationDate="2018-02-04T21:16:40.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would advise anyone, especially if they fly back &quot;home&quot; once in a while, to renew their documents back &quot;home&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I compare this to my country of nationality - Estonia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the embassy in London I would be paying £44 for ID card and/or £53 for passport renewal. It would take up to 6 weeks and I need to collect it in person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I visit my family in Estonia I simply visit the service office where the prices for the expedited procedure are: 45 EUR (~£40) for ID card and 58 EUR (~£51) for the passport renewal. Which is both a bit cheaper than the embassy prices AND faster (passport up to 2 working days, ID card up to 5 working days).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with that second method you can leave the UK with an expired document and renew it in less than a week (the typical time you would most likely spend with the family).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Granted, I have only used this second option while officially still being registered in Estonia (at my parent's address). Not sure if it will still work if I tell them I have moved to the UK and therefore change my registration address. But so far there is more to lose, hence I am keeping my registration untouched.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastActivityDate="2018-02-04T21:16:40.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13098" CreationDate="2018-02-04T22:50:21.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter which country you both are from as long as you satisfy the visa requirements to move to France. Of course, your visa application should be a student visa with you as the primary applicant. I don't think there are any special forms you need to submit since your wife is from Bangladesh. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-02-04T22:50:21.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-05T08:16:56.357" Score="1" ViewCount="630" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried to apply for a Canadian study visa and I was denied twice based on the fact that I have insufficient funds, though they said I'm free to reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I have the amount they need in the bank for the first year of study.  But I'm tired of waiting those long months of Canadian visas just to denied again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to now apply for a US F1 visa. But rumour has it that once I apply for a Canadian visa and it is refused, I will be automatically denied a US F1 visa because these two countries share information. I wanted to find out how accurate this statement is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ufa Dania" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T11:20:09.423" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T11:20:09.423" Title="Denied a Canadian study visa for insufficient funds - will this hurt my US F1 application?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13112" CreationDate="2018-02-05T16:22:01.390" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be misunderstanding what the financial requirements are all about. The Canadians do not &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; want to see if you have enough money in your hands to pay for a year of tuition and living experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They want to know where the money came from, and if it is &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; yours. If it was a loan, they will wonder how you plan to repay it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They want to know if you have a stable lifestyle, with regular incomes and expenditures.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US will ask &lt;em&gt;the same kind&lt;/em&gt; of question, so a financial situation that gets you denied in Canada will also get you denied in the US. That is not because Canada and the US exchange information (which they do) but because they look for the same things in respectable visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2018-02-05T16:22:01.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13112" CreationDate="2018-02-05T18:10:16.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The statement is inaccurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's true that the US and Canada share immigration information with each other based on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/access-information-privacy/privacy-impact-assessment/us-canada-information-sharing-treaty.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bilateral treaty&lt;/a&gt;, it's highly unlikely that the Americans will automatically refuse you a visa just because you have had a refusal from Canada in the past. In fact, even a previous US refusal usually does not result in an automatic refusal (unless you've been issued with a ban). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you CAN expect is that the Canadian refusals will factor into the final decision made by American visa officers. Strictly speaking, your US application will be judged on its own merits, but given your history, you'll need to ensure that it's watertight enough to withstand the additional scrutiny it is likely to receive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nidhi K" LastActivityDate="2018-02-05T18:10:16.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13117" CreationDate="2018-02-06T03:06:43.083" Score="4" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother- and father-in-law are permanently relocating to the UK. My father in law is a British citizen, and has resided in the US for the past 20+ years. My mother in law is a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is to my understanding that my mother-in-law will have to apply for a family visa, granting her 'temporary leave to remain' in excess of 6 months so long as they meet the requirements, which brings me to my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my father in law resides in the US, how can they meet the minimum income requirement (without savings), as his income for the past 12 months was earned outside the UK? He does have a job lined up in the UK, which will more than satisfy the income requirement, but does that count for anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the website states that this process takes 12 weeks but can be completed same-day if they are to apply in person. However, it appears that they can only do that from within the UK. Is there any way to expedite the visa application process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, how would my mother-in-law go about applying for indefinite leave to remain once she is granted the family visa and residing in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14521" LastActivityDate="2018-02-06T13:52:25.760" Title="Relocating to the UK with spouse" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13116" CreationDate="2018-02-06T13:20:35.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You mother in law will get permission to enter for 2.5 years with the family visa, she can reapply in the UK when the 2.5 years is coming to an end. Once she has been there for 5 years she can apply to remain indefinetly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read 5.2 in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/636618/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_Final.pdf#page=22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the financial requirement appendix&lt;/a&gt;. Basically your father in law needs to have 6 months proof of earning the minimum income or more and prove he has a job lined up that will start within 3 months of his return to the UK that meets the minimum income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for premium service in the USA. This costs $1600 extra &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/usa/applicationcentre.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/usa/applicationcentre.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have anymore questions ask in the comments. I do have experience of getting a family visa for a US citizen but we did it the normal way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advice using an immigration lawyer to help seen as though the UK government website is mainly about sponsors applying from within the UK and its hard to find the information you are looking for. I did it from within the UK without a lawyer for a long term relationship, which is the same as the family visa and has all the same requirements for a spouse(apart from marriage certificate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12148" LastEditorUserId="12148" LastEditDate="2018-02-06T13:52:25.760" LastActivityDate="2018-02-06T13:52:25.760" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13101" CreationDate="2018-02-06T19:03:36.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=seeing+a+specialist+site%3A.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Dutch sites for 'Seeing a specialist'&lt;/a&gt; and they will tell you that over and over:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-healthcare-system/general-practitioners-gp-doctors-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;iamexpat.nl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you wish to see a specialist, you will need a referral from a general practitioner. You will also need to show this referral to your insurance company if you wish the costs to be covered. Once you have a referral, you can make an appointment with the specialist directly. If you know the specialist you wish to see, you may request a referral to that person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xpat.nl/expat-netherlands/health-care/going-to-the-doctor/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;xpat.nl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The GP, if he thinks you need more specialized expertise (or if you think you do), will refer you to a specialist. Most often, this will be someone at the nearest hospital. He will give you a referral notice (containing, among others, a history of your ailment) for the hospital and specialist he feels you should see. This does not mean that you do not have a say in what (type of) specialist you get to see or which hospital you would like to go to. Most GPs are quite flexible and all you have to do is say what (or who) it is you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But why would you want to? Your GP is the perfect person to determine which specialist to see and advise you.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you are asking because you have a conflict with your GP&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;, find another one or a get a second opinion from another GP (you are always entitled to that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS Some institutes claim you can do it with them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ihch.nl/en/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Can I book an appointment directly with a specialist [...]?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, but I have no idea what institute this is (private?) and if they do not just follow the path of 'medical emergency'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* In that case you should have asked &lt;strong&gt;that&lt;/strong&gt; instead of posting an &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem&quot;&gt;X-Y problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastActivityDate="2018-02-06T19:03:36.237" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13120" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-07T14:22:25.710" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Iranian student who did his Bachelor's in Italy in cinema. Now I want to do my Master's in another country in Europe, like Germany. Does anyone know if I would need to go back to Iran and ask for a German student visa? Or, considering that right now I'm in Europe (holding a permit of stay), can I go straight to the university to apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14531" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T11:18:32.057" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T00:27:44.673" Title="I want to switch EU countries between my Bachelor's and Master's; must I leave Europe?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13122" CreationDate="2018-02-07T18:16:00.903" Score="2" ViewCount="4542" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to petition for my fiancée using a K-1 visa I-129F form. I noticed that they used to require a G-325A form (Biographic Information) for both the petitioner and beneficiary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the G-325A form is no longer listed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the government's I-129F page&lt;/a&gt;, nor on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/m-1151.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the I-129F checklist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean it's no longer required for a K-1 visa application? It appears that's the case but I just want to make sure before I mail the packet so I don't get it returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14426" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-08T05:16:40.663" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T17:54:04.053" Title="Is Form G-325A no longer needed for K-1 visa I-129F fiancée petition?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13121" CreationDate="2018-02-07T19:18:19.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's correct. The 04/10/17 edition of I-129F (the only edition that is currently accepted) does not need a G-325A. All the biographical information that used to be asked on the G-325A is now asked on the I-129F itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-07T19:18:19.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14286" CreationDate="2018-02-08T10:42:46.280" Score="5" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and my wife is not. She has yet to come to the United States. In the first years of our marriage, most of our time will be spent outside of the States. In a couple of years, we intend to have a second home in the States, and split our time how we wish between the countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this background, I'm attempting to navigate the US immigration process. A &lt;code&gt;green card&lt;/code&gt; as an &lt;code&gt;immigrant visa&lt;/code&gt; would require that we spend a majority of our time in the US, so it looks like this is not the path. The only &lt;code&gt;non-immigrant visa&lt;/code&gt; for a spouse is the &lt;code&gt;K3-visa&lt;/code&gt;, which is only for being together while waiting for the result of the &lt;code&gt;immigrant-visa&lt;/code&gt; process. Since we're not waiting for anything, this doesn't seem like the option either. The final option is just a standard &lt;code&gt;tourist visa&lt;/code&gt;. I've read somewhere that doing a tourist visa, when you are married to a US citizen, might have problems about &quot;withholding information&quot;. Is this true? Furthermore, tourist visas are processed without consideration for the fact that she is the spouse of a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where is the path that allows my wife to be with me in the States, without intention to immigrate at this time? Have I got something wrong? What have I missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is currently my fiancé, not wife. I've not seen anything where the difference helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14532" LastEditorUserId="14532" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T08:57:56.837" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T17:12:09.743" Title="As US citizen, is there a process to bring my wife into the United States, when we don't spend the majority of our time in the US?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-08T16:09:36.550" Score="4" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African citizen with a valid UK Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). I know I can use the BRP in combination with my passport to leave and enter the UK when travelling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to travel for one week to the Isle of Man. Can I travel to the common travel area (CTA) countries with only my BRP and passport, or do I need to have a separate visa for this? I have researched this online and can't find information specific for expats with BRPs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closest I can find is from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-travel-area-cta/common-travel-area-cta&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;, which indicates that I do not need a separate entrance permit if I already have UK entry clearance, which seems enough, but I am not certain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does someone have experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13226" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-08T16:19:39.683" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T19:47:03.647" Title="Can someone travel to the Isle of Man with BRP and passport and no separate visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13138" CreationDate="2018-02-09T01:43:44.480" Score="3" ViewCount="1922" Body="&lt;p&gt;My two overarching and related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does having a Hong Kong ID card imply regarding my residency status and citizenship?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does having a Hong Kong ID card imply that I am a Chinese national? If not, how do I find out whether or not I am?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK and am a UK citizen. Currently studying in Canada on a study permit (although I think this point is largely irrelevant for this). My mother is from China and my father is from Hong Kong - both are now UK citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was much younger, my parents applied for a Hong Kong ID card for me (using my grandfather's residential address I believe), and I am currently in possession of the adult version, which I received when I was 18 I believe (I am currently 30). However, I have never lived in Hong Kong and only visit (for a few weeks) once every couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does having this ID card make me a permanent resident of Hong Kong, despite me never having lived there and also not currently living there? And does that status ever expire?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, &lt;strong&gt;does any of this make me a Chinese national?&lt;/strong&gt; I believe theres a section on the ID card application where you can apply for citizenship, but my parents dont remember what they filled out on the original application form (it was 20 years ago)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont have a Hong Kong or China passport, only a UK one. However, I read that you can still be a Chinese national even if you never applied to have a HK/China passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I recently submitted a permanent residency application for Canada, and am worried that I may have omitted this information about nationality and other ID cards. Based on information from my parents I was of the understanding that my HK ID card had expired and that I am not/never was a Chinese national as I lack the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14523" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-02-09T07:11:01.033" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T16:08:09.580" Title="Hong Kong ID card and Chinese Nationality" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-09T10:32:13.733" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the United States on F1 (Student Visa) in 2015 and I graduated from school. I then got OPT (Optional Practical Training) and an Employment Authorization Card. I am working legally right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, my dad is a permanent resident (Green Card holder) and he applied for an I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) for me in 2011. The application is with the NVC (National Visa Center) right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Priority Date now follows the table for filing visa applications, not the final action dates table in the Visa Bulletin so I can apply.&#xA;I have 2 options now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adjustment of Status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consular Processing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am physically present in the United States I want to apply for Adjustment of Status.&#xA;My dad is the petitioner and I am the principal applicant.&#xA;My question is about my interview for Adjustment of Status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should my dad come to the interview with me? Or is it optional? On the other hand, my dad had been in my country (Out of the United States) for more than 6 years. I know that he has to not leave the United States for more than 6 months, but he had some health condition and he had to go to a hospital in my country. He came recently to the United States for a month and he got his SSN and ID. He also has a bank account and he filed for taxes for the last 3 years although he didn't work in the United States at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that affect the process of Adjustment of Status? If yes what can he do to avoid that? What are the documents that we need to apply for Adjustment of Status?&#xA;Is the taxes issue related to the Adjustment of Status? If there is any suggestion that would help please advise me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14541" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T11:10:55.440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T11:10:55.440" Title="Adjustment of status from OPT to I-130 - petitioner's involvement and status" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-09T12:35:29.200" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross posting from the travel stack exchange, on the advice of someone there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been living and working in mainland China for just under a year now. I think I am still classed as a 'UK resident' (since I intend to return). I am about to go on a 2-week holiday to India. I've noticed that most travel insurance policies (at least, the cheap ones) specify a 'maximum trip length', typically 21-31 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This led me to wonder, for the purposes of insurance, how long is my trip?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/health/travel-insurance-for-brits-abroad-do-you-have-the-right-kind-of/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt;, which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For a UK policy to be valid, you need to be resident in the UK, have an address in the UK and would need to be going on a pre-booked trip that starts and finishes in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a little confused... Does this mean I need a China-based policy? If I book a UK one, do I risk not being covered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the perspective of a UK-based insurer, is this all one big 400+ day trip?&#xA;How does this work...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks for any advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14543" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-10T15:33:50.550" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T16:47:23.697" Title="UK citizen working overseas. Planning a 2-week vacation. For purposes of travel insurance, how long is my “trip”?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2018-02-09T14:00:57.640" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a German and have only been here for a short while so of course my information is all second-hand. But apparently recently there is a huge discussion regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrgerversicherung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Bürgerversicherung&quot;&lt;/a&gt; during the coalition talk between SPD and CDU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically the main point is that under the current system, the privately insured receive preferential treatments (e.g. much faster appointment confirmation) than the publicly insured, because the doctors might earn in some cases 3 times as much money. Many leftist parties are trying to change that with a &quot;Bürgerversicherung&quot; which should supposedly do away with the current &quot;2-class&quot; medical care system, or at least improve upon it. One may want to take this situation into consideration and watch its development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germans might have more to share and comment about on this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T14:00:57.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13129" CreationDate="2018-02-09T17:02:02.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will depend on what each policy says. When I last shopped for policies, the handful that I sampled did indeed imply this—that you should buy a policy offered in your country of residence. Or if that is not feasible, one marketed to residents of many countries, including outside the home country of the insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I looked at a Bupa policy that appears to be available to residents of most countries. Here are some selected &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bupaglobal.com/-/media/files/pdfs/2016/products/bupa-global-travel/289e6-11v12-worldwide-travel-options-eng-broc-d.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;policy conditions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.3: If Annual Travel has been chosen, cover shall be valid only for trips of one month’s duration, as a maximum, unless extra travel days have been purchased. One month is defined as a period from eg the 5th in one month up to and including the 4th in the following month. The cover always starts on the date when the insured leaves the country of permanent residence and continues for one month. If the insured takes out the policy during a trip abroad, the one month period is still calculated from the insured’s departure from the country of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.4: If Single Trip has been chosen, the insurance can only be taken out for an insurance period of maximum 12 months including any policy extensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4.1: The insurance shall provide worldwide cover, cf however Art. 23.1-27&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4.2: The insurance does not provide cover within the insured’s country of permanent residence. This also applies even if the illness/ injury has occurred abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there is a definition of Country of permanent residence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence where the insured has his/her permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever the insured is absent, the insured intends to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So Bupa will insure single trips of up to 12 months, but if you get the annual policy, they will only cover trips of up to 1 month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A UK based insurer that only insures UK residents may either consider you a resident of China, or consider you on a trip that is too long to be within the scope of travel insurance (except perhaps with a custom policy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bupa would probably accept that your “Country of permanent residence” is China since you ordinarily return there after trips, and continue to have a job and home there while you travel, especially if you don’t also maintain a home in the UK. In that case they would cover you for trips outside China (up to 1 month or 12 months depending on the type of policy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10897" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T20:36:48.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13129" CreationDate="2018-02-09T20:03:31.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you need coverage on both the day of departure and the day of arrival, the trip length is the total number of calendar days, including departure and arrival days, that you will be travelling.  For example, if you go to Paris from May 1 to May 15, that is 15 calendar days (not 15-1=14).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T20:03:31.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-09T03:46:35.583" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;When traveling to the US, how do we pay for more than $25,000 in one transaction? For example, for university tuition fees. I can use my bank debit card to take out some cash at the ATM, but I guess it doesn't work on cases like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Rei" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T21:13:34.233" Title="Easiest way to pay a large amount of money when traveling to the US in one transaction?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13135" CreationDate="2018-02-09T20:37:28.297" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When traveling to the US, how do we pay for more than $25,000 in one&#xA;  transaction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You pay it the way acceptable to the transaction recipient, who usually lists them. Depending on institution it could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A wire transfer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A cashier's check from your bank (did this myself with a much larger amount);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A debet or credit card (could be with or without a fee);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ACH transfer (kind of debet-to-debet US bank transfer);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cash or personal checks (both are accepted for tax payments, for example, although cash is obviously less convenient because you couldn't mail it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally if your preferred/easiest way to pay is not listed, you can always ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10329" OwnerDisplayName="George Y." LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T20:37:28.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-10T04:48:26.420" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm an intermediate software developer currently working in Canada and I want to know how doable finding a job, which in turn means finding an employer that is willing to support you for all the visa process, in Switzerland is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing if one has super special skills things would be easier as the employer can prove that the skill is required and currently non existent in the country, but that's not the case for me. So please answer my question assuming I'm just above average in terms of skills in software development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it worth trying or the chances or low and if it's doable, what's the best way to find an employer, through an agency, linkedin, etc. ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14537" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T20:33:41.060" Title="Finding a software engineering job in Switzerland as a non EU citizen" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-02-26T00:26:42.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13127" CreationDate="2018-02-10T06:33:35.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You having a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card means that you are (or were) a Hong Kong permanent resident. Neither having this card nor being a Hong Kong permanent resident means that you are a Chinese citizen. Hong Kong permanent residents can be Chinese citizens or foreign citizens. If you had an HKSAR passport, that would tell us that (at least Hong Kong thinks that) you are a Chinese citizen, as HKSAR passports can only be issued to Chinese citizens with Hong Kong permanent residency, but you don't have one so that doesn't tell us anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can try to infer some information from your being a Hong Kong permanent resident. According to the Hong Kong Basic Law, only the following 6 categories of people are Hong Kong permanent residents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese citizens who have resided in Hong Kong for 7 years; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chinese citizens born outside Hong Kong to parents in (1) or (2);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;non-Chinese citizens who have resided in Hong Kong for 7 years;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;children under 21 born in Hong Kong to parents in (4); and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anyone else who prior to the handover had right of abode in Hong Kong only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were not born in Hong Kong, nor have lived in Hong Kong for a long continuous period of time, so the only basis that would probably apply to you is (3), which would mean that the Hong Kong government must have determined you to be a Chinese citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Determining whether you have Chinese nationality is complicated in your case because Hong Kong is involved, and the application of the PRC Nationality Law to Hong Kong and Macau involve a bunch of special rules that are not consistent with the original law itself, so is very hard to try to reason about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, Chinese nationality for a child born outside China is determined by Article 5 of the PRC Nationality Law, which says that a child born abroad to at least one Chinese citizen parent is a Chinese citizen, unless at least one parent was a Chinese citizen who has &quot;settled abroad&quot;, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the child has foreign nationality at birth, in which case the child would not be a Chinese citizen. You had foreign nationality at birth, so it hinges on whether there was at least one parent who was a Chinese citizen who had &quot;settled abroad&quot; (interpreted as having foreign permanent residency or right of abode) at the time of your birth. Your mother was a Chinese citizen; did she have British (or any other country's) permanent residency at the time of your birth? Your dad was presumably not a Chinese citizen at the time of your birth, so his right of abode shouldn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the special rules for Hong Kong says that all Hong Kong residents of Chinese descent born in China including Hong Kong are Chinese citizens (I'm not sure what the basis of this from the PRC Nationality Law is). If your father is of Chinese descent, and assuming he was born in Hong Kong, that would mean he is a Chinese citizen. But you were born outside Hong Kong before the handover, and it is unclear whether your father would be retroactively considered a Chinese citizen for the purposes of determining whether you would be a Chinese citizen at birth, and if so, whether his foreign citizenship would be considered a foreign right of abode which would cause you not to have Chinese citizenship. (Another of the special rules regarding Hong Kong is that Chinese citizens of Hong Kong can voluntarily acquire foreign nationality without losing Chinese nationality, even though they should lose it according to Article 9 of the PRC Nationality Law. Given that the rules are permissive regarding Chinese citizens of Hong Kong holding foreign nationality, it would seem odd if that foreign nationality prevents those parents from passing on Chinese nationality to children born abroad, so I don't know if there are further special rules regarding that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, when in doubt when filling out applications that ask for all of your nationalities, you can always be honest and say you're not sure about whether you also have Chinese nationality, because it's not uncommon for people to be not sure about a nationality they have never exercised. This way, you wouldn't have potentially given incorrect information, and they probably won't care about whether you have potential extra nationalities for the document you are applying for anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T16:08:09.580" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T16:08:09.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13140" CreationDate="2018-02-10T08:21:13.907" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;What visa for for a non-EEA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sole trader&lt;/a&gt;? Is it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, do you need at least £50,000 investment funds when you apply for the visa or can you earn it afterwards and show them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14545" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-02-11T11:14:36.763" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T11:14:36.763" Title="A &quot;sole trader&quot; - what kind of UK visa &amp; with what requirements?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13139" CreationDate="2018-02-10T14:22:31.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;An entrepreneur can be a sole trader, but you must have access to investment funds before you apply. You cannot come to the UK to work to earn the funds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also be able to support yourself so in addition to at least £50,000 investment funds you will need more money to pay for your living costs like food and accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-02-10T14:22:31.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13144" CreationDate="2018-02-10T15:18:34.340" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a college student about to graduate in April 2018 from India. I have 3 years of freelancing experience and 5 months J1 internship with a company in the USA. I was offered a full-time job by the company. Will it be possible for my company to apply for an H1B for me? Or do I have to wait until next year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10585" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:17:15.283" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:17:15.283" Title="Am I eligible for H1B visa after undergraduate studies?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-10T16:29:34.733" Score="2" ViewCount="3755" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone share more information about the process of buying a car privately in Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding so far is that I have to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay the seller for the vehicle in return for the documentation and service history, proof of ownership (Auto-Kaufvertrag &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gebrauchtwagen.at/kfz-kaufvertrag.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;example 1&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oeamtc.at/thema/autokauf/oeamtc-kaufvertrag-zur-verwendung-zwischen-privatpersonen-16183846&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;example 2&lt;/a&gt;), and Pickerl (proof of roadworthiness).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take this information to the office of a nearby insurer, where I pay tax and insurance in return for obtaining licence plates for the car.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Return to the car with the plates and collect the keys from the owner.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If insured fully comprehensive, I then have to get the car inspected at either the ÖAMTC or ARBÖ car clubs, or at the office of the insurer. (Until inspected it appears that insurance is only third-party, or subject to a higher excess.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy an Autobahn Vignette to use the car on motorways.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is my understanding of this correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I buy the car in another region, such as Vienna, can I obtain plates in Vienna for another region of Austria? Or do I have to register it in Vienna, then pay extra to re-register the vehicle in my home city?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14546" LastEditorUserId="14546" LastEditDate="2018-02-13T12:45:39.967" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T02:51:05.167" Title="What's the process for purchasing a used car in Austria?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-03-14T00:22:03.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13128" CreationDate="2018-02-10T17:18:51.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you are in the F2B category (unmarried over-21 child of permanent resident) which the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS chart&lt;/a&gt; for this month shows that Adjustment of Status can be filed for priority dates before Sep 1, 2011 (assuming you weren't born in Mexico or the Philippines). (Note that USCIS doesn't always use the Date for Filing chart. It chooses one of the two Department of State charts each month; it usually chooses the Date for Filing chart in the first few months of the fiscal year (October til March/April), and the Final Action Date chart for the last few days of the fiscal year (April/May til September), so make sure you file AOS before the chart switches to Final Action Date as your priority date won't be able to file then.) Since you are in status in the US, if your priority date is before that, you are correct that you can file Adjustment of Status (I-485) this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your father's permanent resident status, if you mean that he has been out of the US for 6 years continuously, with no trips back to the US, it is likely that an officer would determine him to have abandoned residency. But abandonment of residency is subjective and looks at many factors, not just time out of the US, so it's not possible to say for sure. If he last entered the US on his green card (and not a tourist visa or something like that), then the officer must have determined him to have not abandoned residency despite his time out of the US, or the officer wasn't aware of his time out of the US. The next time he comes to the US, there is again risk that he may be found by the officer to have abandoned residency, in which case the officer may ask him to voluntarily relinquish permanent residency, or refer him to immigration court for removal proceedings. In any case, until he voluntarily signs to relinquish permanent residency or an immigration judge orders him removed, he is still legally a permanent resident and we will operate on that assumption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that, if there is an interview, both of you will have to go (so he will need to be in the US for that), though there isn't always an interview in parent-child cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a family-based petitioner, your father will need to fill out an I-864 Affidavit of Support that is sent with your I-485. He needs to be domiciled in the US in order to do the Affidavit of Support. That means he needs to be currently living in the US, or he needs to provide evidence that he is abroad temporarily or intends to reestablish domicile in the US no later than your Adjustment of Status. Usually a permanent resident would be domiciled in the US, but his case is unusual and I am not sure if he meets that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also for the Affidavit of Support, his current household income needs to meet 125% of the poverty level, or a joint sponsor whose household income meets that needs to fill out another Affidavit of Support. Your (the intending immigrant's) income can be counted in the sponsor's household income, since you are working legally in the US, so if you have a decent salary, your father's household income should be enough, even if he doesn't currently have any income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-10T17:18:51.513" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13141" CreationDate="2018-02-10T20:33:58.133" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming this is not a cap-exempt H1b (non-profit or on a school campus), an H1b effectively can only be applied for every April 1 for a start date of October 1. (There is a quota on how many are available each fiscal year. Fiscal years start in October 1. They can apply 6 months before the start date, so the earliest that they can apply is April 1; and in recent years, they fill up within a few days in early April, so it pretty much must be applied by April 1.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you must meet the requirements for H1b at the time it is filed. You said you will graduate in April, so you may not have the degree by April 1 this year, and so may not be able to use that degree to qualify to apply this year. If you have already completed all the requirements for the degree, you might be able to use it even if you haven't received the actual diploma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-10T20:33:58.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13145" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-11T06:39:32.270" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian, my girlfriend is Chinese and she is pregnant. Delivery due is in 1 month. I will go to China, however I got only a 1-month visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can extend to 6 months or more? I know that it is very difficult for me to apply and get a Chinese visa every month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14358" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-02-12T07:34:23.437" LastActivityDate="2018-10-16T04:02:38.373" Title="My girlfriend is 9 month pregnant, I only have a 1-month visa. How can I extend my Chinese visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13120" CreationDate="2018-02-11T14:25:21.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying to the university to accept you as a student and applying for a visa are different things.  You can use your Italian permit to travel to Germany and apply for admission.  If the university accepts you, you will need to apply for a German residence permit, which may require a visa beforehand.  If it does, you may be able to apply in Italy, but I am not certain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-11T14:25:21.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13145" CreationDate="2018-02-12T08:56:58.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only real possibility is to enlist for a language course. There should be a university (and probably several), where you girlfriend lives, that teaches Chinese.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would need to hurry though, as registration in universities will be around February 28, and Chinese consulates might close for a few days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, you have zero chance of extending your visa in-situ, unless you have business connections that can help you get a 6-month or 12-month business visa (good luck with that). And that will be costly too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T08:56:58.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13137" CreationDate="2018-02-12T20:33:41.060" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question basically boils down to &quot;How do I find a job in Switzerland&quot;. First of all, this is not a job help website. Secondly, having a good LinkedIN profile will definitely help your chances and there are plenty of jobs regularly updated on there. You could also check in the jobs section of Stack Overflow for anything relevant to your qualifications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, a key fact that you should be aware of is to check if the employer is able to sponsor you for a work visa.Best of luck. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T20:33:41.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-12T22:22:55.407" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked offshore in Norway, between the years 1978 and 1980. Would I be entitled to be legible for a Norwegian pension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14555" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-02-14T01:44:22.000" LastActivityDate="2018-02-14T01:44:22.000" Title="I worked offshore in Norway, between 1978 and 1990. Will I be entitled to a Norwegian pension?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13120" CreationDate="2018-02-13T00:27:44.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to apply for a visa wherever you live, even if you're not its citizen. The German consulate would likely not reject your application just because you are not an Italian citizen. You're still an Italian resident anyways. Though you'd better check with the consulate to make sure of this, e.g. no special restrictions apply for your nationality etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T00:27:44.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-13T00:55:28.683" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moving to Utah for work.&lt;br&gt;Visa Status: F-1 Student. &lt;br&gt;Driver License: Indian (in English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I need to give a test (written/road) to get the Limited-Term Driving License (LTDL)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would be the validity of the LTDL in my case?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I drive anywhere in the USA with the LTDL?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the LTDL be used as a REAL ID, to board domestic flights?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a LTDL renewable?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt; I have all the documents listed here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dld.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/01/DLD-335-Brochure-Rev-2016-05.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dld.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/01/DLD-335-Brochure-Rev-2016-05.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14556" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-02-25T03:15:16.567" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T03:15:16.567" Title="Procuring a Limited Term Driving License in Utah, USA and its validity?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-13T14:12:19.620" Score="1" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have faced confusion on J2 visa renewal. My wife maintaining J1 status in US but her J1 visa is expired and so mine too. Now I am outside of US and want to renew my J2 visa. But the embassy of US at Belgium says, I'm no longer eligible for J2 visa as associated J1 visa has been expired, though she is maintaining her J1 status in USA. They said that the only way I could have a J2 now if my wife renew her J1 visa stamp by traveling outside USA and get new J1 visa.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But looking in blogs and also the person responsible officer of my wife says this supposed not to be like this. Anyone face the same problem, and how to resolve this issue.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14560" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T14:12:19.620" Title="Is J2 is eligible to renew visa when J1 visa stamp expired but maintaining J1 status?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13152" CreationDate="2018-02-13T22:12:46.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's some more info &lt;a href=&quot;https://dld.utah.gov/licensingid-cards/limited-term-driver-licenseid-card/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't answer all your questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will have to take written and road tests.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;The expiration date of your license would be the date of your legal presence document or five years, whichever is sooner; or one year from the date of issuance if there is no expiration date&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, you can drive anywhere in the USA with the card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is unclear. Regular driver's licenses from Utah do meet REAL ID requirements. I suspect a Limited term DL would be compliant too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It does not say. The Asylee/Refugee section says that it can be renewed if the holder can now pass an English language written test when the first license expires after 4 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T22:12:46.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-14T13:58:01.957" Score="2" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already have a job in a German company, but the salary is lower than the blue card limits. I know that there is a work permit visa, which does not have salary limits. However, I am trying for another job with a better salary. I just completed my Master's program from a German University and hence, I am also eligible for applying for an 18-month job-seeker visa. I need clarifications for the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to know which would be the better option to go if I would soon change my job? A job-seeker visa or a work permit visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For a job-seeker visa, is it possible to show my current job contract as financial proof or will I be asked to apply for a work permit visa as I have a contract already?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case of a work permit visa, can I change my job any time I want? Is there any extra procedure that I need to carry out when I change jobs?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the long run for getting a permanent residence permit, which of these two options would be better to take?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I have a work permit visa, can I still apply for a blue card if I meet the salary requirements later?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14569" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T13:57:37.167" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T16:17:47.653" Title="Job-seeker visa or work permit visa for a low-paying job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-03-14T00:21:53.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-14T16:11:46.937" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received the second NOA (Notification of Action) for the fiancee visa process and I'm getting myself ready for my medical examination before the interview at the US consulate in London. I have a record of my vaccinations and just want to confirm what I will need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I never had the MMR vaccination (Measles Mumps Rubella). I had Measles and Mumps diseases but not Rubella so I need to get vaccinated for the latter. Is it worth getting tested for Measles and Mumps antibodies (65£ for each test at Knightsbridge) to prove I don't need vaccines for these 2? Single vaccines for these are not sold separately anymore so I would probably need to get the MMR vaccine anyway, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I never got vaccinated for Hepatitis A, Influenza, Meningococcal, Pneumococcal and Rotavirus. These vaccines are required &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to the US Department of State&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2015/11/vaccine_chart.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;According to the UK embassy&lt;/a&gt; you only need them if you're a child though. Do I need them since I never got them as a child?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(I never had chickenpox and didn't get a vaccine so I will need to get it done in the US before AOS (adjustment of status) since that it's not sold in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a price list online for vaccines at Boots? I'm trying to find out if it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visamedicals.info/us-price.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cheaper than Knightsbridge&lt;/a&gt;. I couldn't find the prices for Boots but other vendors have similar prices. Eg. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nomadtravel.co.uk/pg/42/VaccinationPrices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.nomadtravel.co.uk/pg/42/VaccinationPrices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-16T09:24:36.323" LastActivityDate="2018-06-15T11:12:14.343" Title="Vaccinations for the US" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13159" CreationDate="2018-02-14T16:58:40.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers got on a forum:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So I would probably need to get the MMR vaccine anyway, correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. Easier. Cheaper. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I never got vaccinated for Hepatitis A, Influenza, Meningococcal, Pneumococcal and Rotavirus.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need the adult shots. Influenza is an adult shot. Skip the rest. You will pay a USCIS designated civil surgeon in the US to sign off on vaccinations since you will not have clearance on Varicella marked on your visa medical form. It's hard to find one who won't insist on doing the entire medical over again, even though USCIS accepts your visa medical for AOS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3. Call them)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2018-02-14T17:34:06.840" LastActivityDate="2018-02-14T17:34:06.840" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13161" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13162" CreationDate="2018-02-14T23:08:52.937" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a british citizen and my wife is american- we wish to do a spouse visa soon. I know that for the spouse visa we need to show that we have been in contact and we have many different platforms which we have spoken on, on whatapp I have transferred the conversation to word and it says there are over 3000 pages worth of communication, obviously I can't send in all those pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be okay to send 1 page per week since we started speaking- it goes back to the middle of 2014?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10539" LastEditorUserId="10539" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T13:52:50.020" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T13:52:50.020" Title="How much of the conversation needs to be sent?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13161" CreationDate="2018-02-15T00:57:22.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did something similar while I was applying for a visa and for us, it was just two months of chats and I could send in edited conversation from each day. In your case, a page a week should suffice since it proves contact over a period of time that is really long. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, just mention in your application that you are just including your chats from one day a week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-02-15T00:57:22.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-15T01:08:33.403" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK Visas and Immigration authority contains several &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sponsorship-information-for-employers-and-educators&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guides&lt;/a&gt; in its website destined for visa sponsors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are in particular 12 user manuals about the sponsorship management system (SMS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Manual 12 (Restricted certificate of sponsorship) contains a section on &quot;How to view previously refused, withdrawn or rejected applications&quot;, but for &lt;em&gt;restricted&lt;/em&gt; CoS only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is no mention about whether this exists for &lt;em&gt;unrestricted&lt;/em&gt; certificates, in any of the guides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a specific reason for this asymmetry? Or is the information available, just not mentioned in the guides?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is that, in a given application, can the employer obtain such information without having to ask the migrant? For instance, the migrant may be undergoing appeal/administrative review, but if the employer sees &quot;REFUSED&quot; in their system, they might want to cancel/withdraw the sponsorship/job offer, negatively affecting the migrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6332" LastActivityDate="2018-02-15T01:08:33.403" Title="Employer: access to decision date of unrestricted certificate of sponsorship" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-15T02:06:53.217" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reading up on Chinese nationality law about dual citizenship. I noticed the law states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 9: Any Chinese national who has settled abroad and who has been naturalized as a foreign national or has &lt;strong&gt;acquired foreign nationality of his own free will&lt;/strong&gt; shall automatically lose Chinese nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So let's say a child is born in China to Chinese parents. The Chinese parents move to the United States and obtain green cards, and then naturalize before the child turns 18. Under U.S. law, children under the age of 18 who hold green cards when one of their parent naturalizes automatically acquires U.S. citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under these circumstances, what happens to the Chinese citizenship of the child? In this case the child did not obtain U.S. citizenship on their own free will as it was given to them automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this result in the child holding dual Chinese American citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14574" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T03:25:31.753" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T03:27:48.920" Title="What happens to a Chinese-born citizen who acquires American citizenship by their parents naturalizing?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-15T08:39:45.830" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/12987/language-restrictions-in-france/12994#12994&quot;&gt;earlier&lt;/a&gt; asking about the importance of the French language and basic visa requirements. I got great answers and so I ask here again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be 29 years old this year and will start a master's course in France this year. I understand that students/people over 28 years of age are NOT covered by the state-provided health insurance and must opt for a private health insurance. The visa requirements state that I have to provide a travel insurance covering at least 3 months and I have been told by the University representative that the University will provide assistance of all kinds. My questions, hence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the PUMA? I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/fr/healthcare/Guide-to-health-insurance-in-France_108848.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;read&lt;/a&gt; about it but I'm not very clear about the eligibility and what will be covered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I'm not eligible for &quot;national health insurance&quot;, what options do I have? Can I get a list of private health insurance and prices?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it advisable to opt for a health insurance from my country covering, let's say 2 years? Given that the insurance company has a presence in France, will such an insurance hold?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does one need a specific medical certificate or are there any medical processes/vaccinations required for French visa? I do not suffer from any ailment and have been vaccinated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and will be starting in September 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14418" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T03:23:24.793" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T03:23:24.793" Title="Health insurance for expats in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-15T13:34:18.053" Score="1" ViewCount="1363" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a situation and I would appreciate your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had an offer from a startup company in Germany and after they mailed me the signed contract, I went to the German embassy and applied for a blue card visa and got it with the company's name printed on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that I received another opportunity, which is far better than the previous one. Now I want join the new company. So what will be the process to change the company on the visa? Do I need that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any paperwork that should be done in my current case? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14506" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T10:49:20.010" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T14:03:22.247" Title="Change company on an EU blue card visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13174" CreationDate="2018-02-16T10:11:33.307" Score="0" ViewCount="2083" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has anyone ever filed an I-130 or I-140 Immigrant Petition on your behalf?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earlier some other companies applied H1B for me. But it never got picked up in lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While those companies applied for H1B for me, should they have file I-130 or I-140?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12011" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T21:20:29.650" Title="Has anyone ever filed an I-130 or I-140 Immigrant Petition on your behalf? Impact of previous H1 (lottery unpicked)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13170" CreationDate="2018-02-16T15:51:46.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;H1b is a nonimmigrant visa and has nothing to do with immigrant petitions. If nobody has petitioned you to immigrate, the answer is No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T15:51:46.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13170" CreationDate="2018-02-16T21:20:29.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An I-130 is a petition for an alien relative. That's a family-based visa and inappropriate for someone you plan to hire. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An I-140 is a petition for an alien worker who has extraordinary ability or has skills that are not available in the USA. It is filed in connection with the EB-1, -2, and -3 visas. I believe, based on a colleague's experience, that it takes more paperwork and crafting of the petition to succeed with an EB-x visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T21:20:29.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-17T03:35:21.320" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen. I wish to live in Italy, France or Spain and wish to enter into a same-sex civil union with my Filipino boyfriend, who is in the Philippines and has an aunt living legally in France. Can someone advise me what our best option is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14582" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-17T04:21:33.157" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T01:32:50.177" Title="Schengen visa for Filipino same-sex fiance of a UK citizen living in Italy" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-17T09:08:24.107" Score="2" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen who was under 18 when my father applied for naturalization in 1979. I was registered on his form, and then I (as well as my father) was given citizenship when the naturalization came through in 1982.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I a British citizen by descent or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14583" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T00:02:58.783" Title="My father was naturalized: am I British otherwise than by descent?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13177" CreationDate="2018-02-17T15:09:35.297" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the British Nationality Act (1948), which I was registered under: &quot;Registration of minors&quot; does not fall under Citizenship by birth or descent. So that means I am British otherwise than by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14583" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T15:09:35.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13177" CreationDate="2018-02-18T00:02:58.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who is a British citizen &quot;by descent&quot; under the current British Nationality Act of 1981 is specified in section 14. It's kind of hard to follow but none of the cases apply to you. You were born before 1983 when the act came into effect, and you became a British citizen when the act came into effect, so subsection (1)(b) is most relevant, but none of the cases in there apply to you (you were registered as a minor under section 7 of the 1948 Act, not section 5, and you had right of abode in the UK under the Immigration Act of 1971, section 2 subsection (1)(a), because you were a CUKC through being registered in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T00:02:58.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13142" CreationDate="2018-02-18T02:51:05.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The parts about buying, insurance, and the Vignette sound fine.  Nothing important to add here imo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the check by Öamtc etc.: Not exactly sure about the insurance requirements, but this is strongly recommended anyways - the &quot;Pickerl&quot; checks are not full checks of the car, just some important and/or easily breaking things. Doing it more thorough helps both to know if the car is actually what the seller promised (eg. no accidents that you weren't told about), and, of course, to reduce the risk of dying because some technical problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the different location, the easiest (but unlikely) case would be that you can convince the seller to drive back on his/her registration and insurance, then do everything where you live.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Possibilty 2: Get to Vienna to get to know and to buy the car, come back without car but with the necessary paperwork that you got from the seller, register it where you live, get to Vienna again, and finally drive back with the car.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Possibilty 3 is a temporary 3-week registration (Überstellungskennzeichen) in Vienna which is more expensive than a real registration, and then the real one at home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I'm  no car merchant, lawyer, or similar - no guarantees for correctness and/or completeness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10088" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T02:51:05.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13186" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-18T20:02:08.103" Score="3" ViewCount="404" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national and since I was working in the UK as a resident, I obtained a UK driving license. After that I moved to India, which means that now I am no longer a UK resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 6 months I am planning to move to Germany. Can I use my UK driving license there without exchanging it to a German license until the validity of the UK license? And if I do have to exchange it, do I have to attend theory and practical tests?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14592" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-02T03:52:34.860" LastActivityDate="2018-03-02T03:53:32.657" Title="Can I drive in Germany with UK license even though I am not a UK permanent citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13186" CreationDate="2018-02-18T20:59:11.363" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/LA/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Official advice from German Ministry of Transport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: Your UK driving license is valid in Germany. German officials don't like it how some people get around the residency restrictions of the EU agreement, but there's no provision against it currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T20:59:11.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13186" CreationDate="2018-02-18T21:17:01.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have done your driving license in the UK, which is part of the EU, while living legally there, your driving license is both valid in Germany, and also you can exchange it to a German one without having to retake the exam (given it hasn't expired yet - if it has you might be out of luck). The only thing you should be required for the exchange is a doctor's examination (but see comments: it might not even be needed), which is the same you need to do if you would wish to extend a German license after its validity had ended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of Brexit you might want to exchange it to a German one before 2019 however, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/08/no-deal-brexit-would-trigger-wave-of-red-tape-for-uk-drivers-and-hauliers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;leaving the EU might mean your UK license becomes invalid&lt;/a&gt;, or it will become harder for it to be exchanged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-02T03:53:32.657" LastActivityDate="2018-03-02T03:53:32.657" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-19T15:06:12.653" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a US citizen, my mother is a Rwandese refugee. My father abandoned us. Where can I get help to oblige my father to take responsibility for me? I'm 12 years old and can't get school fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14598" LastEditorUserId="5961" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T04:53:42.530" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T04:53:42.530" Title="My father (US citizen) won't take reponsibility for me" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-19T15:20:31.963" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took part for the first time last summer (2017) in a work &amp;amp; travel program with a J1 visa  . All went well, had a lot of fun, visited lots of places. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you all know,at this  point in the year everybody must fill their tax return forms. So I started doing the tax returns by myself since I don't really trust the intermediary companies that do that for you (they take a fee + they might subestimate the tax returns on purpose).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a little bit of reading I began filling the &lt;strong&gt;1040 NR EZ&lt;/strong&gt; form (yes, I am a non resident alien, it was my first time visiting the states) which was pretty easy to fill. However, my computed tax returns are two times less than the estimated tax returns done by the intermediary companies. What could I be doing wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that I may qualify for  some income tax exemption through the &lt;strong&gt;Tax Treaty between the US and Romania&lt;/strong&gt; (i am romanian) . It can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/romania-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could Article 20 apply for my situation ?  I am leaning towards paragraph (3) from the article:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An individual who is a resident of one of the Contracting States at&#xA;  the time he becomes temporarily present in the other Contracting State&#xA;  and who is temporarily present in the other Contracting State &lt;strong&gt;for a&#xA;  period not exceeding 1 year, as a participant in a program sponsored&#xA;  by the Government of that other Contracting State&lt;/strong&gt;, for the primary&#xA;  purpose of training, research, or study, shall be exempt from tax by&#xA;  that other Contracting State with respect to his income from personal&#xA;  services in respect of such training, research, or study performed in&#xA;  that other Contracting State in an &lt;strong&gt;aggregate amount not in excess of&#xA;  10,000 United States dollars&lt;/strong&gt; or its equivalent in Romanian lei.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My total income was less than 10 000$, however I don't think that the main purpose of the program is to study or research as I did not took part in a J1 student exchange program, but in a J1 summer work &amp;amp; travel program. I could not find any helpful information around the Internet so thought I'd ask you guys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for the help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14597" LastActivityDate="2018-02-19T15:20:31.963" Title="J1 Tax Return Romania" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-19T20:56:49.780" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;What issues should Westerners take care with when in an outplacement in Dubai? What acceptable behaviour in the EU could send you to prison in Dubai? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14601" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-02-20T02:26:19.013" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T04:53:00.373" Title="Criminal pitfalls for Westerners in Dubai" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;uae&gt;&lt;local-customs&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13195" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-19T21:00:42.027" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife, non-EU will be applying for a UK Residence Card towards the end of March.This will be a Surinder Singh application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our concern is what happens if she is refused? As she left Spain before she collected her Article 10 Residence Card ( she has the paperwork with start and expiry date of the card but we left Spain on 21/12, and when we went to the National Police to collect it  on the 20/12, we were told it wouldn't be available until after 28/12).Apparently the Nov 2016 Regs have removed appeal rights if, inter alia, a Residence Card is not held.&#xA;My contention would be that the actual card is not necessary because it has been approved, simply not collected. However, I suspect the HO will see this as an easy opportunity to refuse her application and deny appeal rights.                       If that is the case, would an administrative review be a way forward or would we be looking at a costly application for Judicial Review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastActivityDate="2018-02-19T21:00:42.027" Title="Appealing a UK Residence Card refusal" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13194" CreationDate="2018-02-19T22:17:27.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Off the top of my head&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Public display of affection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Public intoxication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wearing provocative clothing in public.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need prescriptions for medications.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Homosexuality and extramarital affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Possession of pornographic material.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I read somewhere that dancing in public is considered inappropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can google &quot;Things not to do in Dubai&quot; for more ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-20T04:53:00.373" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T04:53:00.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-19T23:27:52.550" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many months can I drive in the US with a UK driving licence? I'm interested in particular in the states of Florida and New York.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that with an Italian driving licence it's 1 month for Florida and 3 months for New York. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.patente.it/attualita/guidare-negli-stati-uniti-quale-patente-serve?idc=2722&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt; (in Italian).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if it's different for a UK licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-20T04:55:26.373" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T04:55:26.373" Title="How many months can I drive in the US with a UK driving licence?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13194" CreationDate="2018-02-20T00:31:16.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a series of scary news about expats being put in prison for things that are not criminalized in the west: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549707/Austrian-rape-victim-arrested-having-sex-outside-marriage-UAE-reported-crime-told-MARRY-attacker.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austrian rape victim was arrested for having sex outside of marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-trapped-dubai-jail-after-11334023&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British man Jamie Harron sentenced to jail for touching man's hip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4969890/Brit-sentenced-month-jail-Dubai-drinking.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brit sentenced to a month in jail in Dubai &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9077" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T00:31:16.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13164" CreationDate="2018-02-20T03:27:48.920" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reaching 18 the child has to make a decision: keeping the US citizenship after becoming an adult is tantamount to acquiring it on your own free will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visiting China on a US passport will require getting a visa – thus visiting a Chinese consulate. And admitting you're not a Chinese citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, visiting China on a Chinese passport entails a couple of hurdles: getting the passport and explaining to the Consulate, and Immigration officers how a Chinese citizen lives in the US without a US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, you'll end up losing your Chinese citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T03:27:48.920" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-20T08:15:13.623" Score="4" ViewCount="1057" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask for your help, advice, input or recommendations about our situation with my fiance. Here are some our questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipina working in the Philippines and my boyfriend is Romanian, working in England. Our plan is to get married soon and live together in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When is the best time to get married, considering the possible changes for EU citizens because of Brexit (UK leaving EU: March 29, 2019)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where is the best place to get married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the Philippines? What kind of visa/permit do I need to join my future husband in England after a civil marriage?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;England/UK? How can I go there and what are the documents needed for me to be there and get married?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other possible options/place?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the possibilities of approval/refusal that I can be with my future husband in the UK? And what are the tips to make this love story successful by way of being together and build a family?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please we need your thoughts and advices, we know this is real love and we know from the start that this is going to be a rough and long road to take, but we have strong faith and hope. We will appreciate very much your response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit for phoog's answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does it means it's better to get married here in the Philippines as soon as possible and immediately process the family permit for me before Brexit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the marriage visitor visa (if we want to marry in the UK) cover also other EU citizens (I mean not British)? Because mostly they refer to a British citizen wanting to marry a non-EU fiancee in the UK. How about a non-EU and an EU, non-UK, citizen wanting to marry in the UK? Is it the same visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14605" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-21T20:41:15.150" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T20:41:15.150" Title="Non-EU citizen marrying a Romanian (EU citizen) working in the UK" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13167" CreationDate="2018-02-20T20:13:14.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot switch your employer on a Blue Card at this stage without petitioning the authorities. You will need to apply for a new Blue Card with the new employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blue Cards are tied to the employer for the first two years, unless changed by petition. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13775" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T20:13:14.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13202" CreationDate="2018-02-20T20:19:20.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When is the best time to get married, considering of the possible changes for EU Citizen because of the Brexit (UK leaving EU: March 29, 2019). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[If we marry in the Philippines,] what kind of visa/permit do I need to process for me to join my future husband in England after a civil marriage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case you will need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; if the UK is still in the EU.  The process after the UK leaves the EU is not yet known, but is likely to be significantly more difficult and expensive (the EEA family permit is free of charge).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the possibility of approval/disapproval that I can be with my future husband in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before Brexit, the only real obstacle to your approval would be overcoming the almost certain suspicion that yours is a marriage of convenience.  If you can document to the satisfaction of the &quot;entry clearance officer&quot; processing your application that your relationship is genuine, approval is theoretically automatic.  However, the UK has a history of refusing EEA family permits for trivial reasons, and I would expect this to persist in the months before the UK leaves the EU, if not increase.  You should therefore prepare yourself for the possibility of a difficult process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not addressed your question about the procedure for marrying in the UK because I do not know much about it.  There's no provision in the EEA family permit scheme for this, except for the fact that you can qualify for an EEA family permit &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you get married if you are in a &quot;durable&quot; relationship.  The UK's interpretation of that term currently requires you to have lived with your partner for at least two years; I guess from the tone of your question that you have not yet done so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T20:19:20.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-21T17:22:47.753" Score="1" ViewCount="1227" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process for a K1 visa and I have my medical examination at Knigthsbridge Doctors in London in 2 weeks. I have a few doubts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; I am from Italy and have lived in the UK for almost 3 years now. I have all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/medical-examination/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;documents necessary for my medical&lt;/a&gt;. I recently got from my GP the patient care summary too (that is a new requirement that is not on the UK embassy list).&#xA;I was wondering whether I need my medical records from Italy too, it's not specified anywhere! (It is specified instead for criminal records)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 1 on &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/05/USA-MEDICAL-QUESTIONNAIRE_IV.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;their questionnaire&lt;/a&gt; asks if you've ever been hospitalised and I had to put YES: I got into a car accident in Italy (been in hospital under observation only), had a head trauma with temporary amnesia in Italy and a kidney infection in the UK (due to episode of kidney stones). I explained all these 3 in an attachment to the questionnaire. Do I need to find and take with me all the translated documentation from Italy? (it would be a problem to get them in time)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; In case I find out only when I'm at the medical that they also need info from my Italian records can they simply access them themselves or do I have to provide them (translated) afterwards therefore causing delays in my visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; I put NO on the question that asks &quot;Have you ever had any kidney or liver disease&quot; as it was only a single episode, nothing chronic. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I'm getting some answers to the above also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/663350-patient-care-summary-from-home-country/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://britishexpats.com/forum/marriage-based-visas-35/patient-care-summary-necessary-home-country-too-909589/#post12448297&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;REQUIREMENTS GIVEN BY THE PHYSICIAN IN LONDON (Knightsbridge Doctors):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h1blf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h1blf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Knightsbridge Doctors London - required documents list&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="10480" LastEditDate="2018-02-22T18:52:55.330" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T18:52:55.330" Title="Medical history for medical examination in London for US visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-21T21:20:42.427" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was a French citizen. I was born in Casablanca and given for adoption to a US couple there on the Air Base. I just learned this. If I can locate my birth record and it is connected to my French passport number as an infant, am I considered a French citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14622" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-22T02:35:49.917" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T02:35:49.917" Title="French mother gave me up for adoption" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13220" CreationDate="2018-02-22T02:51:13.873" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen and work for a German company. We currently have a project in the Netherlands. I have a residence permit for Germany, and I would now like to get a BSN for the Netherlands, as I would be living there for extended periods. Am I eligible, or do I need to get a Dutch work permit? Mind you, I am employed in Germany and not the Netherlands. My passport is Australian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14623" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-22T10:30:14.690" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T01:00:56.563" Title="What does a non-EU citizen (German residence permit holder) require to live in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13210" CreationDate="2018-02-22T17:39:19.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Working backwards: Kidney stones are a form of kidney disease (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kidney.org/blog/ask-doctor/having-kidney-stones-considered-having-kidney-disease&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.kidney.org/blog/ask-doctor/having-kidney-stones-considered-having-kidney-disease&lt;/a&gt;) so you should answer yes. If the doctor needs something from your medical records that you did not bring, they will unlikely be able to access them directly and it can cause delays in the visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to what information you need, the instructions are vague. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;main medical exam page&lt;/a&gt; says nothing. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/medical-examination.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;interview page&lt;/a&gt; says to bring &lt;em&gt;Copies of your medical history records&lt;/em&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/medical-examination-faqs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;medical exam FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant must show his/her passport (or other photo identification) and appointment letter to the doctor during the medical examination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The medical examination will include a medical history review, physical examination, chest X-ray and blood tests for syphilis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and does not mention medical records anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only mention of records, apart from immunization records, that I can find is in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/iv-dv-supplemental/LND-London.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;London Embassy instructions&lt;/a&gt; which says to bring records regarding TB treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no instructions at all about translating medical records.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal strategy would be to bring what I have and not stress about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T17:39:19.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13214" CreationDate="2018-02-22T21:07:02.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;live&lt;/em&gt; in the Netherlands, you almost certainly need a Dutch work and residence permit (the one exception that comes to mind is posted work but that's apparently not your status). The fact you are employed by a German company in Germany only makes formalities more complex but does not in itself exempt you from this basic requirement, which stems from the objective fact that you are residing there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a BSN has a non-resident but that's moot, even if you somehow managed to live in the Netherlands without one (which would make interaction with all public services difficult), you would still need a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T21:07:02.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-25T06:24:55.140" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have obtained my Tier 2 ICT long-term employment visa while in the USA. Since I am an Indian citizen and hold an Indian passport, I would like to travel to India from the USA, and then travel to the UK. I shall ensure that I report within the 30-day period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible, as I have mentioned &quot;Will be travelling from the USA&quot; when I submitted my Tier 2 visa application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="vrbrawny" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T03:24:26.320" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T05:21:18.883" Title="Change in travel plans after UK Tier 2 ICT visa issued" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-30T04:57:29.847" Score="3" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to get an FBI Identity History Summary, you need to be fingerprinted. If traveling to the States isn't an option, what ways are there in order to get the correct type of fingerprinting done overseas? Preference for places such as Tunisia or Turkey, but anything in Europe would work as well. Assume the person is not a US citizen, and cannot use a channeller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure where to ask this question, but as it is overseas I posted it in Travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="zzarzzur" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T04:19:53.107" Title="Overseas FBI Fingerprinting" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14386" CreationDate="2018-02-23T04:28:04.230" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Colombia, and I am currently in a recruitment process. I have had 4 interviews and I'm waiting for a formal offer, but it is not clear yet which work permit/visa scheme will be used. As far as I know, if I get a critical skills work permit, my family and I could apply at the same time for visas, so we could travel together. Another option is to apply for a researcher long-stay visa (hosting agreement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the first question is: If I am applying for this type of visa for Ireland, could my family apply for family visas at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the scheme selected by the company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it depend on the kind of offer? I mean, the vacancy is &quot;research fellow&quot;, but I will be working as a software engineer. I would be a paid worker in an academic-industry project.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could I choose which visa to apply for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13767" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T14:41:15.513" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T14:41:42.867" Title="If I am applying for a researcher visa (hosting agreement) in Ireland, could my family apply for family visas at the same time?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-23T07:40:22.237" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is regarding relocation to Trondheim for work reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this regard, I do have a couple of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the typical cost to rent a fully furnished flat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much does food cost for a month?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I’m moving there with my fiancée (she doesn’t have a job yet). I will be earning around 4000 Euros post tax, would that be sufficient?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How difficult is for an expat to find a job? She is a reporting analyst for a mid-sized company and an Polish national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14632" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T07:40:22.237" Title="Information regarding relocation to Trondheim, Norway" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-02-26T00:27:58.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-23T07:41:23.017" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the United States on F1 (Student Visa) in 2015 and I graduated from school then I got OPT (Optional Practical Training) and I got Employment Authorization Card and I am working legally right now. On the other hand, my Dad is a permanent resident (Green Card Holder) and he applied an I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) for me in 2011 and the application is with the NVC (National Visa Center) right now. &#xA;My Priority Date now follow the table for filing visa applications Not the final action dates table in the Visa Bulletin so I can apply. I have 2 options now:&#xA;1) Adjustment of Status&#xA;2) Consular Processing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am physically present in the United States I want to apply for Adjustment of Status.&#xA;My Dad is the Petitioner and I am the Principal Applicant.&#xA;My question is for my interview for Adjustment of Status:&#xA;Should my dad come to the interview with me? or is it optional?&#xA;On the other hand, my Dad had been in my country (Out of the United States) for more than 6 years, I know that he has not to leave the United States for more than 6 months but he had some health condition and he had to go to a hospital in my country, but he came recently to United states for a month and he got his SSN and he got his ID and he has a bank account and he filed for Taxes for the last 3 years but he didn't work in the United States at all.&#xA;My Dad got his Green Card in 2011, but his SSC in 2018.&#xA;I know that we need a joint sponsor for income requirement and my brother can do that.&#xA;What are the documents that are required from my Dad for Affidavit of Support?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing that I am concerned about is domicile requirements for my dad. &#xA;My Dad came to the United States for a month but he had to go back to my country (Outside United States) for medical reasons and he can come back again for the interview.&#xA;My question is what are the documents that are required from my dad to Proof of his residency/domicile?&#xA;If there is any suggestion that would help please advice me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T00:27:53.960" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T01:39:45.037" Title="Adjustment of Status" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13221" CreationDate="2018-02-23T10:21:41.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's fine.  Plans change all the time, and the UK knows it.  Visas do not depend on a particular point of departure, so changing the point of departure is not significant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T10:21:41.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13227" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-23T12:26:44.180" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for spouse visa after marriage . But in marriage certificate (Nikkah Nama) my wife home adress is change because she is from italy .. in her id card there is two adress one is italian where she is living right now and other adress is from Pakistan (Gujrat city) . But our marriage took place in Lahore and thats why our marriage certificate ( nikkah nama) registered in lahore. &#xA;Now in marriage certificate my wife adress is changed on her reletive adress. &#xA;So here is my question is there will be any issue of home adress on marriage certificate at the time of applying documents to embassy ??? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14633" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T12:26:44.180" Title="Italy visa after Marriage" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13158" CreationDate="2018-02-23T16:17:47.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to help others, in case they are in similar situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For question 3&lt;/strong&gt;: Yes, one can change job whenever he/she wants. However, if you have been in your for two years with your current permit, you need not get permission from the immigration office for changing your job. However, if you would like to change your job within two years, you need to go to the immigration office for getting clearance and to apply for a new residence title as the old permit is entitled only to your old job. In this case, it would be wise not to leave your previous job till you get everything sought out from the immigration office with your new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For question 5&lt;/strong&gt;: Yes, you can. But the time that you need to collect for your settlement permit might start again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14569" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T16:17:47.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13225" CreationDate="2018-02-24T03:37:54.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As for the documents that are needed for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-864&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-864&lt;/a&gt; Affidavit of Support, he needs to provide evidence of his current income, if he has any (recent pay stubs, and an employer letter if possible), and he needs to attach his last return for the last year (or optionally the last 3 years). He also needs to provide the number from the &quot;total income&quot; line from his tax returns from the last 3 years to answer one of the questions on the I-864 form. If he is counting your income in his household income (as I explained in my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13128/adjustment-of-status-from-opt-to-i-130-petitioners-involvement-and-status&quot;&gt;your previous question&lt;/a&gt;, this will allow his household income to be sufficient and not need a joint sponsor), you will need to attach evidence of your current income (pay stubs and possibly employer letter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father's household income is insufficient, and your brother fills out a second I-864, everything above also applies, except that your brother would also need to provide evidence that he is a US citizen or permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I stated in comments to your previous question, the I-864 instructions just says he needs documents to prove domicile if he is living outside the US, which is unclear but I think it means it is only needed if his address is outside the US. Most people filling out I-864 are living in the US and are never asked to provide any evidence of domicile, so this makes me think that it's the address being inside or outside the US that determines whether he needs to provide evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-02-24T03:37:54.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-24T16:27:53.150" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen who has been resident in various countries outside The Netherlands since 2007.  I left the country immediately after completing my Bachelor degree and I have never paid Dutch income tax.  I am registered as a Dutch voter abroad with the Municipality of Den Haag.  I am also registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via &lt;a href=&quot;https://informatieservice.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nederland Wereldwĳd&lt;/a&gt;.  I recently discovered there is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rvig.nl/brp/rni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registratie Niet-ingezetenen (RNI)&lt;/a&gt;, managed by the &lt;em&gt;Rijksdienst voor Identiteitsgegevens (RvIG)&lt;/em&gt; which is part of the Ministry of &lt;em&gt;Domestic&lt;/em&gt; Affairs.  Unfortunately, the RNI link to registration leads to a nonexisting page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not clear to me whether I am supposed to register with RNI and whether that has any benefit.  Their website says that it is intended for &lt;em&gt;personen in het buitenland die een relatie hebben met de Nederlandse overheid&lt;/em&gt;, meaning &lt;em&gt;persons abroad who have a relation with the Dutch government&lt;/em&gt;.  I vote in Dutch national elections, but I can already do that.  Am I supposed to register with RNI?  Why would I?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-02-24T16:27:53.150" Title="Benefit of registration with Rĳksdienst Niet-Ingezetenen (RNI)" Tags="&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-24T17:08:15.293" Score="1" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will finish college this year, so I want to apply for the visa to travel immediately after finishing my final exams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can also provide a document that states that my expected graduation date will be in July, and also the company will provide me all other required documents. Do you have any advice for a specialist professional non-EU national on how to apply, so that I won't be rejected because I didn't provide the official certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14665" OwnerDisplayName="dexer " LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-25T06:39:50.913" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T12:01:40.427" Title="What should I provide while applying for a working visa permit in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-24T23:41:30.583" Score="7" ViewCount="271" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m 18 years old, I live in the U.S. I’ve lived here since I was 8 years old and have never left. I lived in Haiti for a few years before I came to live here at 8. I was born in Canada and currently have an expired Canadian passport. I don’t have a social security or license or anything in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't realize it but I’ve been here illegally in a way. Last summer I applied for my N-600 form because my dad was a US citizen 10 years before I was even born, so I was born a citizen and qualified for it. I’m afraid I won’t get approved for the certificate. I didn’t come here on a visa I just came on a Canadian passport, which is now expired. Did I overstay even though I don’t have a visa? Am I here illegally, and can I get deported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother passed away the year I came to live in the U.S. The only form of documentation I’ve ever had is a Canadian passport. Please help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify for the N-600 almost all the things you describe I would have to meet and they recently wrote us back asking for two more papers that my father left out(birth certificate and marriage license to my mom which we sent back), they got married months before my birth so I wasn’t born out of wedlock. And my dad lived here since high school going to Haiti maybe once a year and has been a U.S citizen since 1992 which is about 7 years before I was born in Canada. I’m only worried because I don’t have a visa but I guess I never needed one since I’m a citizen I just don’t have the paper to prove it. I assumed I needed the certificate to apply for a U.S passport. And if you’re denied don’t they tell you right away or do you have to wait normal processing times to get an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Travelguest68655" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T00:29:40.020" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T00:29:40.020" Title="Can I get deported?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13233" CreationDate="2018-02-25T00:29:56.447" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are almost certainly a US citizen, and have been from birth. For a child born abroad in wedlock to a US citizen parent after 1986, you are a US citizen at birth if your US citizen parent was physically present in the US before your birth for a cumulative total of 5 years, including 2 years after he turned 14 (and if your father naturalized, he probably spent about 5 years in the US before naturalization; combined with time he spent in the US after naturalization, it would most likely be more than enough to meet the requirement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that you believe that you are a US citizen, as you filed N-600 to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship, and only people who are already citizens are eligible to apply for this. Why do you think it will be denied? Do you think the evidence of your father's physical presence in the US is insufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your question, US citizens cannot be deported, but it is possible for you to be placed into removal proceedings in immigration court. There, you will claim to be a US citizen. Once the government proves that you were born outside the US (which you do not dispute), the burden shifts to you to prove that you are a US citizen. And at that point you would presumably present the same evidence of citizenship that you used to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your parents never applied for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for you while you were under 18, there are two forms of US citizenship you can apply for at this point, assuming you are a US citizen: 1) a US passport, and 2) a Certificate of Citizenship, as you have applied for. You do not need a CRBA or Certificate of Citizenship to apply for a US passport; the same evidence of citizenship you would use to apply for a CRBA or Certificate of Citizenship can be used to directly apply for a US passport. I would recommend that you also apply for a US passport, because it is usually much quicker to get than the Certificate of Citizenship, and it's a separate adjudication of your citizenship (passports are issued by the Department of State, whereas Certificates of Citizenship are issued by USCIS) so applying to both increases the chance that at least one will get approved, if it's just a subjective question of sufficiency of evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-02-25T03:12:12.877" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T03:12:12.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13231" CreationDate="2018-02-25T07:15:37.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some visa, the EU &lt;em&gt;defines&lt;/em&gt; &quot;highly skilled professional&quot; as somebody who earns 1.5 times the average annual salary in that member state, with a signed work contract or a binding offer. That is called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_(European_Union)#Requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;. For Germany you would have to earn €52,000 per year, or €40.560 in certain technical jobs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the Blue Card application is only made &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the applicant arrives on a work visa (source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/EN/Publikationen/Flyer/flyer-blaue-karte.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BAMF&lt;/a&gt;) or visa-free (citizens of Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, United States). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T07:15:37.510" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-25T10:11:26.083" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Referring to Philippe Leybaert's answer some time back, he stated not to give out your social security number to companies that request it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a secured credit card and many card companies do require your SSN. What should I do at this stage? Furthermore, before coming across this blog, I did a credit check, and I had to enter my SSN. My credit search was declined, due to not having any credit status in the US. Would this affect my credit rating now? I am a little hesitant to apply for a secured credit card just in case I am refused. Looking forward to anyone's advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14641" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-02-25T16:28:11.317" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T05:31:41.267" Title="Building my credit in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-05-12T05:13:13.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13239" CreationDate="2018-02-25T15:24:13.643" Score="5" ViewCount="876" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took place in two U.S. D.V. lotteries -- one ended up in the previous year and I wasn't selected to get an interview and another one is currently processing with the results expected in May. At the same time I received an admission offer from U.S. university and going to enroll in its Ph.D. program in STEM field starting from this fall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is may the fact that I just took part in D.V. lottery seriously affects my chances of getting F-1 visa? I have read (mostly on Quora) that, on the one hand, since D.V. lottery is an immigration visa lottery it may be considered as an immigration intent which does not coincide with getting a non-immigrant visa like F-1, but, on the other hand, somebody wrote that it becomes an immigration intent only after you was selected and accepted an interview, before this point it doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I mention in any form that I previously tried to enroll in D.V. lottery if I wasn't selected? Can my local embassy somehow check that I am currently in the lottery or participated in it before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remark that my current goal is to obtain F-1 student visa, not continue trying to get green card if it will affect my F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14643" OwnerDisplayName="Hasek" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T07:07:06.953" Title="Does participating in U.S. Diversity Lottery decrease my chances of getting F-1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13238" CreationDate="2018-02-25T18:54:36.137" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you haven't been selected for further processing at any point, then you don't need to worry. My immigration lawyer told me that, due to the very low probability of being selected, it doesn't count as immigrant intent. I entered the lottery many times and it never affected my E3 (non immigrant intent) visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do get selected, it can potentially cause problems with these kinds of visas. I'd recommend having a chat with a good immigration lawyer if that ever happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14644" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T18:54:36.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-25T23:04:51.610" Score="3" ViewCount="677" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 19, I have Italian citizenship and working in Germany as a web developer.&#xA;My dream has been to move to the US since I was 12. I won't say much about why it's like that because it would be a long paragraph, but you have to trust me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never liked the school system and always felt sad in school, that's why I'm excluding getting a bachelor's degree as an option, although I know that the easiest way would be to get an American job contract and apply for the H-1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think I'd be able to get married with a US citizen, honestly, so that's another option I'd exclude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'd like to consider every possible way to get to live there. I registered for the DV lottery this year and I'm hoping for that. Is there any other visa that could help me? Would it be even possible to emigrate to Canada/Australia and be able to emigrate to the US more easily after getting the passport in one of those countries? (or even any other country that could get me to the US)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14645" LastActivityDate="2018-02-25T23:04:51.610" Title="How can I emigrate to the US without a college degree?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-26T12:53:35.717" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had to surrender my Pennsylvania license when I acquired my Norwegian driver’s license. If I move back what is required to get my Pennsylvania license back.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14648" LastEditorUserId="14278" LastEditDate="2018-02-27T14:54:57.687" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T14:54:57.687" Title="Reacquiring a Pennsylvania driver’s license" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13242" CreationDate="2018-02-26T16:20:00.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can go to the DMV and begin the renewal process the next time you're in Pennsylvania. You will require your social security card, and some proof of a Pennsylvania address (A few pieces of mail which comes in your name to whichever PA address you're using). I did this last summer and I did not have to provide my old PA license. You can't do the 'online renewal' and you may need to go through the process of claiming a lost license, but you should be able to go to the DMV and do the whole thing in a few hours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you have to go through the 'lost license' or 'license renewal' process is up to your local DMV (the website even tells you to go there and ask). You won't be able to do the process online, but as long as you have all the documentation, you should be fine to do everything in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a rule which states that your license cannot have expired more than 6 months in the past, but it was not being enforced when I went through the process recently. I hadn't had a PA license in about 10 years. However, YMMV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/renew-license.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/renew-license.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T16:20:00.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13244" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13276" CreationDate="2018-02-26T17:54:28.667" Score="2" ViewCount="1688" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a residence permit of Germany. I want to work in another country but maintain my residence in Germany. Is it possible that I visit Germany twice a year to maintain my permit? Visiting Germany every 179 days makes the Residence Permit invalid? Or it must be that I stay in Germany for a total of 180 days in a year to maintain my residence permit(limited: Aufenthaltstitel, purpose: study)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I stay out of Germany (as well as EU) for 170 days. Stay in Germany for the next 20 days then again out for 170 days and then come back. In this case the Permit gets invalid or not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14653" LastEditorUserId="14653" LastEditDate="2018-03-03T14:01:06.473" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T08:30:39.627" Title="Germany Residence Permit away for many days" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13247" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-26T21:13:12.820" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and would like to go to Ireland and work, possibly settle down. I want to bring my non-EU family (mum, dad and 2 sisters, 22 and 17 years old).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can they apply for their visa before I travel, so we go to Ireland at the same time, or would I need to go to Ireland first and work for a certain period before my non-EU family can apply for their visas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not been outside the UK before, so I have not worked in a European country. Please explain the steps needed, to get my non-EU family visas and then potentially settle with me in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14657" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-01T04:12:31.970" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T04:12:31.970" Title="Settling in a European country and bringing non-EU family over" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13247" CreationDate="2018-02-26T22:42:18.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can bring your parents and sisters under EU freedom of movement rules only if they are &lt;em&gt;dependent on you&lt;/em&gt; or are &lt;em&gt;members of your household&lt;/em&gt; (that is, if they have been living with you).  If they qualify, then you can apply for their visas before you go to Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you have a spouse or other partner, or any children aged under 21 years, it is not necessary to prove that they are dependent on you or that they are members of your household.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is controlled by article 2, paragraph 2, and article 3, paragraph 2, of &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Definitions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;‘family member’ means:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the spouse;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) the direct descendants who are under the age of 21 or are dependants and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(d) the dependent direct relatives in the ascending line and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beneficiaries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) any other family members, irrespective of their nationality, not falling under the definition in point 2 of Article 2 who, in the country from which they have come, are dependants or members of the household of the Union citizen having the primary right of residence, or where serious health grounds strictly require the personal care of the family member by the Union citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your parents or sisters are not dependent on you or members of your household then you may be able to bring them through another immigration route under Irish law, but I do not know whether such a route exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T22:42:18.603" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13252" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13256" CreationDate="2018-02-27T10:33:11.163" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been a resident in France with a valid titre de séjour for 2.5 years. I never exchanged my US (New York) driver's license, so I stopped driving after 1 year. Soon, my titre de séjour will expire, and I will relocate to another EU country (Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to come back to France as a tourist approximately 1 month after my titre de séjour expires. &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/10504/does-tourist-visa-90-days-apply-after-a-long-term-visa-ends-in-schengen-countr&quot;&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/11250/can-i-start-a-tourist-schengen-visit-after-my-long-term-schengen-visa-is-over&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; suggest that this will be no problem as far as coming in as a tourist. My question is, since I will be entering France as a tourist, does that mean I will be allowed to drive again? I can find nothing on the French web pages about this specific case, and I'm hoping this means that a tourist is a tourist and I will have no trouble, but it would be nice if someone knew for sure as the penalty if I'm wrong could be quite severe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11999" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-01T04:10:32.580" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T04:10:32.580" Title="Driving in France with a foreign license after residency has expired" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13124" CreationDate="2018-02-27T17:35:12.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not direct experience with Isle of Man, but... I'm a Guernsey citizen living in the US. I have a UK passport at present, because Guernsey requires return TO Guernsey to renew a Guernsey passport, where Her Majesty's Passport Service was able to renew me whilst I was here in the US in the expatriate panic just prior to the election of 45.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently traveled home to Guernsey, along with my American then-fiancee now-wife and two kids, and like the Isle of Man, Guernsey is a Crown Dependency, and not part of the UK. I was able to enter UK with my UK passport, as was my fiancee with her American, and we were not asked to present ID on arriving from UK to Guernsey. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was required to address Guernsey's immigration department as the purpose of the trip was our wedding on the island of Guernsey: typically Crown Dependencies have parallel immigration laws to UK, but not identical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we had entered the British CTA via entry at the UK, we were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; required to show passports at landing on Guernsey, and as I understand it, Isle of Man has a similar arrangement with UK - full reciprocity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should be &lt;em&gt;fine&lt;/em&gt; with your BRP &amp;amp; passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an immigration expert, attorney or solicitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14659" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T17:35:12.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13252" CreationDate="2018-02-28T06:28:13.433" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have the right to come as a tourist (&lt;em&gt;court séjour&lt;/em&gt;), this is the rule that apply :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1459#situation1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Conduire en France avec un permis non européen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Si vous venez en France pour un court séjour (pour des vacances par exemple), vous pouvez conduire avec votre permis. Il doit être valide et être rédigé en français ou accompagné d'une traduction officielle en français ou d'un permis international.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you will be allowed to drive if your US driver's license is still valid in the US, and is either written in French, associated with an international driver's license or associated with an official translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T06:28:13.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2018-02-28T11:36:00.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in SF for 20 years. I live in Paris currently, now for 2 years 2016-2018. Agreed, the salaries are half in Paris.  It’s pitiful!!! I made more in Fast Food at minimum wage with no degree. Paris they require a Masters to work handing out bread!  My starting salary 20 years ago as an admin assistant was 40K. When I left, 4 years ago, I was making 65K for a office recruiter type position. The economy is bad, less jobs, less creativity, little room to move up in Paris. Conservative, formal hierarchy environments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only major expense I had was rent in SF. Much higher in SF, But if you want to buy an apartment, the prices are not drastically different (around 10k per meters square both cities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Job security is a problem in US I agree. You can usually qualify for 1.5 years of unemployment however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other main difference is vacation time. However, SF is amazing, things always changing on the cutting edge, young people doing cool start-ups, weather is awesome &amp;amp; there is so much nearby(Hiking, nature, ocean, skiing, etc) You dont need as much holiday as you do in Paris!! Paris is always cold &amp;amp; gray (except August when everything is closed) . I always want to escape Paris, its so dirty, noisy, polluted, gray and no green spaces unless you travel! The gardens are dirt paths mainly....You get used to less holiday. Better tech companies are offering more (5 weeks) in SF. If you work in tech. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My healthcare insurance was $60 per month in SF (pre-taxed) as a single, and my employer did a 401K retirement plan match. So whatever you contribute, they match that amount. I am fairly young &amp;amp; healthy, so I went to a GP once per year, as well as dentist, specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basic costs of living are a bit cheaper in SF than Paris (Groceries, clothing, beer). I lived &amp;amp; worked in the city so I did not ever need a car.. Most people in the city dont. My employer paid our transport pass at 100%.  For in-city travel, the pass is $70 per month I believe (not including Caltrain outside of SF)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are certain things that are a matter of opinion/priority (which culture is more fun, happy, the weather, entertainment activities, stimulating work). Plenty of free museum days every month, lots of green parks in every SF neighborhood, charming colorful Victorian architecture, amazing variety of food and just in general, more innovative culture) Just My humble opinion. Paris is a drag. Parisians make it particularly horrible: rude, unwilling to speak English, lazy, complaining constantly. There is less convenience in Paris. Less options &amp;amp; variety in grocery stores...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So Other than holidays &amp;amp; healthcare (and probably childcare/education if u have kids)... I MUCH prefer SF &amp;amp; coastal West coast cities. Especially the friendly warm people!!! Cannot wait to move back!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14672" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T11:36:00.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13124" CreationDate="2018-02-28T19:47:03.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have discovered the answer to my own question through the experience of travelling (flying) from London (Gatwick) to the Isle of Man with my wife and 3 year old child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no passport control in travelling from UK to Isle of Man, you only need to show photo proof of identity for all travellers when going through the boarding gates. A BRP is sufficient for proof of identity, you don't need to take your passport. You also don't need a birth certificate to travel with your child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13226" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T19:47:03.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-28T19:53:58.657" Score="4" ViewCount="669" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a green card holder and filing form I-130 for my wife. My wife came to US on student visa (F1) and got her H1B approved. I am stuck at question 46 regarding beneficiary entry information. Question 46a says &quot;He or She arrived as a (Class Of Admission)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to refer her first ever entry to US or the most recent entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also for question 46b, 46c and 46d, do I get information from here first I-94 or the most recent I-94, because when she came on student visa date of expiration was &quot;D/S&quot; and now it has changed to her H1B expiration date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14673" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T21:03:37.357" Title="Form I-130 Beneficiary entry information" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13260" CreationDate="2018-02-28T21:03:37.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;They want to know about her current I-94, which is the most recent I-94.  For the arrival question, they want to know about her most recent arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Her D/S admission is no longer valid because D/S means &quot;duration of status,&quot; and she no longer has F-1 status.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/7521/333&quot;&gt;Which Arrival Date do I enter for my spouse's “Date Arrived” on form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative?&lt;/a&gt; over at &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T21:03:37.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13064" CreationDate="2018-03-01T06:42:47.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's pretty clear from the wording that a shared flat &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; allowed.  If you've got a 24m² room in a shared flat, you've got 12m² each &lt;em&gt;plus&lt;/em&gt; the space in any shared living room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would definitely try and get the contract written for both of you, but the landlord may not want to do that until she has got a visa (catch-22!).  If not, a declaration from the landlord that they will extend the contract to your wife as soon as she has got a visa should be good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T06:42:47.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12947" CreationDate="2018-03-01T06:59:39.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;However, realistically I am pretty sure most places would want a new hire to start sooner than half a year&quot;.  Given that you are posting here, I am going to guess you are not German.  I think you will be surprised.   &quot;3 Monate zum Quartalsende&quot; is not unusual in Germany, so employers will be used to having to wait that long.  It sucks, but they don't have much choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T06:59:39.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-01T07:54:55.197" Score="1" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and have been offered a job by a company in the US. However, they want to give me a US contract and assign me to work at the parent company office space in Germany. So I will be living and working in Germany, but will have a US contract. As an aside, I know all the upper management people in the company, have worked with them in the past, I'm not worried about them scamming me....but I'm not sure how some of this works. I have a few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How backwards is it if they only want to pay me in US dollar?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At one point my contact told me I could be paid in a combination of USD and Euro, the thought being I could put the USD into my savings, and use the Euro to live off. Is this type of arrangement legal? Does it even make sense? We're talking about a job that's prob $150,000 USD/year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a US employee I would be given US insurance, and they would supplement it with international insurance. Does anyone have experience with such insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What else am I not worrying about?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14675" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T07:54:55.197" Title="US citizen working for US company in Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-01T12:29:38.120" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;An old couple in my neighborhood are caring for a pair of kids, their grandchildren. Apparently the intent was for them to travel from their birth country, Belize, and stay in China under their care until adulthood. The parents apparently didn't do the paperwork correctly and it seems that they were on a leisure visa with a 4-month window.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's been a while after that and both their passports and visas are expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything they can do or try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14681" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T12:29:38.120" Title="What can I do for a pair of kids who are in China with expired passports, expired visas?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13270" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13271" CreationDate="2018-03-01T16:38:20.167" Score="5" ViewCount="372" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been told to leave the company yesterday. My question is regarding the Green Card application. I've been sponsored for EB1-B employment based category. In July/August 2017, my I-140 was approved (I was under OPT that time). Then we applied for I-485 in mid-October 2017 (when I was in my H1B). I got an RFE and it was taken care of. I got my EAD/AP two weeks ago (valid for a year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that I'm no more an employee of the company, what will happen to my I-485 and my status? Is my EAD/AP good now? I talked to that law firm, and they said they are not going to withdraw it. Everything is already done, probably the next milestone is the interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-10T15:46:17.797" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T05:24:55.587" Title="Employer green card sponsorship after job termination" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13270" CreationDate="2018-03-01T18:17:37.290" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leaving the company does not, in itself, affect the petition -- people can be petitioned while not in the US and not working for the petitioner, as long as the petitioner intends to employ the immigrant after they immigrate. However, most companies will withdraw the I-140 after you leave the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the I-140 is withdrawn before your I-485 has been pending for 180 days, the I-140 is revoked and your I-485 will be denied as there is no valid petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the I-140 is withdrawn after your I-485 has been pending for 180 days, the I-140 is not revoked, and the I-485 may continue as long as you continue working in a similar job to the one you were petitioned for. You can work in the new job using H1b or on your EAD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T18:17:37.290" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-01T20:52:08.177" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;From April 29th to October 20th 2017 I was present in the USA under a J1 visa as a researcher. During this time I received a monthly salary in the form of a grant. Based on Article 22(2) from the Tax treaty between the US and the Netherlands (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/nether.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/nether.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) the entire amount is exempt from income tax and no taxes were withheld during my stay. I had no other source of income in the USA (including foreign).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to file for US taxes in this situation because form 1040NR-EZ mentions that there is an exception to file if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;2. You were a nonresident alien student, teacher, or trainee who was temporarily present in the United States under an “F,” “J,” “M,” or “Q” visa, and you have no income (such as wages, salaries, tips, etc., or scholarship or fellowship grants) that is subject to tax under section 871.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14685" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-02T03:54:04.177" LastActivityDate="2018-05-20T03:22:51.660" Title="J1 Visa - Do I need to file a US tax return?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13274" CreationDate="2018-03-03T04:37:32.907" Score="3" ViewCount="337" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was fired from the company a few days ago. I was under H1b where they applied for EB1-B employment based category for me. In July/August 2017, my I-140 was approved. Then we applied for I-485 in mid-October 2017 (when I was in my H1B). I got my EAD/AP two weeks ago. I'm in Texas, US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The HR person told me they will terminate my H1b in two weeks. Is that true? That means I have two weeks to find a job? Then I should transfer my H1B? Please help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastActivityDate="2018-03-03T05:52:57.113" Title="H1b visa after job termination" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13273" CreationDate="2018-03-03T05:52:57.113" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You remain in H1b status for 60 days after leaving the job, unless your I-94 expires sooner (in which case you will remain in status until the I-94 expires). Furthermore, as you have a pending I-485, you can stay in the US regardless of whether you have status or not (unless your I-485 is denied).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a company that will sponsor H1b for you, you can transfer your H1b over to them within the 60 days you are in status. (I am not sure about the chances of success of an H1b transfer after the 60 days you remain in status but while you still have I-485 pending.) Or, you can work for any company with your EAD; in that case you won't be in H1b status, and you will no longer be able to work or stay in the US if your I-485 is denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-03-03T05:52:57.113" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-04T13:37:43.180" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been registered with CPAM for more than a year now and haven't used the doctor much, but when I have I'm very confused about how much I can expect to be reimbursed or how I can even know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most resources I see, for example, claim that most doctor visits are covered &quot;about&quot; 70%.  But for my last consultation I paid 25€ up front, and was reimbursed 14€ (less than 60%).  I also saw a specialist for some imaging and paid 72€ out of pocket. I was then reimbursed 38.69€ which is only 54%.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt; So I found my account statement on the ameli.fr site, and for the imaging it broke things down like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Montant payé: €72.00&#xA;Base de remboursement: €56.70&#xA;Taux: 70%&#xA;Participation forfaitaire: (€1.00)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they reimbursed me 70% of 56.70, and also deducted a 1 euro &quot;participation forfaitaire&quot;.  How would I know what the &quot;base de remboursement&quot; is as opposed to the amount I actually paid up front?  What's the &quot;participation forfaitaire&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask in particular because I'm shopping around for mutuelle, but I don't even understand my existing coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="9171" LastEditDate="2018-03-04T13:50:08.463" LastActivityDate="2018-03-04T13:50:08.463" Title="Health care reimbursements from CPAM" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13244" CreationDate="2018-03-04T20:58:51.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; gets invalidated 6 months after leaving Germany. If you return to Germany within the 6 months, it stays valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt; there is a caveat. If you leave Germany for an &lt;em&gt;in its nature non-temporary cause&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/51.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 51 AufenthG, Abs. 1.6&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; gets invalid &lt;strong&gt;the moment you leave Germany.&lt;/strong&gt; Having a job in another country typically is such an &lt;em&gt;in its nature non-temporary cause.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are extra provisions for people that are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;development aid volunteers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;family member of German diplomates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;students of a German university&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;workers for a foreign branch of a German company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for these, you have to file an application at your local &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2018-03-04T21:03:59.450" LastActivityDate="2018-03-04T21:03:59.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8032" CreationDate="2018-03-05T16:17:09.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In amateur radio we are often wanting to cover a foreign station's postal costs to send us a contact card (QSL card).  The usual solution is to send a couple or three American dollar bills, as most people in most countries can convert this to local currency fairly easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-03-05T16:17:09.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-04T17:00:47.443" Score="0" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Australian and my fiancee is British. We have a 6 month old son and live in Australia. We plan to marry in the UK in July 2019; as many of her family are unable to travel, we are visiting for a holiday in August 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I'm hoping to register intent to marry while there, but the marriage visa is only valid for 6 months. Can i apply for another marriage visa to come back for the actual wedding ceremony next year&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Debbie" LastActivityDate="2018-05-05T20:38:35.477" Title="Aussie and Brit, resident in Oz, want to marry in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-05T20:09:30.970" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before 1 January 1983, every person born in the UK was automatically British. The British Nationality Act of 1981, which came into effect on 1 January 1983, stated that a person born in the UK after that date would only be a British citizen if either of the parents was a British citizen or was settled in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A child born in the UK who is not a British citizen is subject to immigration control. The parents of such a child will normally regularise the child’s immigration status, for example, by applying to the Home Office to have the child given the same leave to remain as themselves. This means that if the child leaves the UK with its parents, for example, for a holiday, re-entry will be allowed within the child’s existing leave to remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there will be instances when a child leaves the UK without leave to remain having been authorised and therefore requires an entry clearance to return. In these circumstances, the ECO should be satisfied that the applicant meets the conditions set out in paragraph 305.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration Rules paragraphs 304 &amp;amp; 305&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maintenance and accommodation requirements do not apply to a person who qualifies under these provisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa endorsement must be in line with that of the parent(s) in the UK so the ECO will need to see evidence of this. If the parents have different leave durations, it will be for the longer period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See ECB13 Endorsements&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the parent is a British citizen (for example, having settled and subsequently registered), the ECO should consider whether the issue of a Certificate of Entitlement or British Passport might be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A child to whom this section of the Rules applies may also seek entry under another part of the Rules (for example, as a visitor or student).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14696" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-10T14:37:19.040" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T12:05:45.550" Title="What kind of form does a child born in the UK need to gain citizenship from Algerian parents who do not have ILR?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-05T23:59:26.350" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a chemical Engineering degree and I am working in IT as a programmer Analyst since 7 years on H1B in USA (Indian National).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I qualify for Germany Job Seeker Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any chance for denial because my education is not relevant to my work experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14698" LastEditorUserId="14698" LastEditDate="2018-03-06T00:04:56.790" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T13:15:43.633" Title="Education and Experience are not in Syn for Germany Job seeker visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13284" CreationDate="2018-03-06T13:15:43.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the German Blue Card you need &lt;strong&gt;either&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a job offer in the field of your university degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a job offer in a field you have at least 5 years experience in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily both. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a AufenthG, Abs. 1.1a, relevant the last word: &lt;strong&gt;oder&lt;/strong&gt; (&quot;or&quot;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T13:15:43.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8032" CreationDate="2018-03-06T13:25:06.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure of France.   In Asia I use To Go.  I have a account with them. So ship documents to the U.S. There they use Fed Ex.  Fed Ex. returns it to To Go.  A round trip letter is around  U.S. $140. Home delivered. So yes it cost. U.S. post office is $30. One way out of America. To me.  If sent that way.  Can you E mail documents.  Much Cheaper. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14699" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T13:25:06.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-06T18:00:05.910" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently left a company sponsoring my Green Card through EB1-b. Now my question is regarding the Green Card application and the next mile stones. The process was taken care of through a law firm partnering with my company. My receipts have SRCxxx number, meaning it is processed in Texas Center. I'm living in Texas myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In July/August 2017, my I-140 was approved (I was under OPT that time). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We then submitted the I-485, I-485J (bona fide job offer), and I-765 in October 18, 2017 (that time I was in my H1B- Looks like my status was switched from OPT to H1B around same time). Around 150 days have been passed till now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did biometrics in Nov. 13, 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My case was transferred to NBC center on Dec 27, 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I got an RFE in Jan 29 (lawyers forgot my Birth Certificate!), and it was taken care of. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I got my EAD/AP approved in Feb 7, and received in 14 Feb (C09 category).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I talked to the law firm, and they said it is their common practice not to withdraw the I-140.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what is the next mile-stone? With the current queue, when should I expect to receive my GC? Now that I don't have a job, does it affect my GC (how uscis knows I don't have a job?!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="14683" LastEditDate="2018-03-12T20:15:20.563" LastActivityDate="2018-03-12T20:15:20.563" Title="Mile stones in my EB1-B Green Card application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13282" CreationDate="2018-03-06T19:47:45.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My then fiancee now wife and I did a similar thing, not in UK proper but a Crown Dependency, and had an immigration discussion with UK Immigration upon our entry to London enroute to Guernsey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK does require a visa for marriage in UK for non-UK residents (yourself) and from your posting it sounds like your original 6 months will end: I'd see if they will extend this - looks like they &lt;em&gt;might well&lt;/em&gt; provided you weren't in residence for more than 6 months during that period (see link below) but I think it worth starting a discussion with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given you're commonwealth yourself, I'd think they're likely to be quite helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14659" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T19:47:45.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-07T10:56:48.210" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are expats living in Singapore, planning on moving back to Italy. I am an American citizen and would like to know if I need a &lt;em&gt;Visto per Motivi Familiari&lt;/em&gt; or tourist visa in order to apply for residency upon our return. When I apply for residency, can I apply for the &lt;em&gt;Carta di Soggiorno&lt;/em&gt; directly or do I still have to obtain a &lt;em&gt;Permesso di soggiorno&lt;/em&gt; first? We have been married for 10 years but have lived out of Italy the entire time. It is time to come home but I need to understand how first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14702" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-10T14:34:55.533" LastActivityDate="2018-03-10T14:34:55.533" Title="What kind of visa do I need to move to Italy with my Italian husband?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13291" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17535" CreationDate="2018-03-07T15:39:04.923" Score="1" ViewCount="687" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently DHS passed certain &quot;compliance regulations&quot; for the STEM OPT extension which require students to report a change of employer within 10 days while a student is on STEM OPT. I submitted it almost after two and &#xA;a half months. My employer took a long time to generate I-983 (I informed a month late).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/employers-stem-opt-reporting-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/employers-stem-opt-reporting-requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am &quot;not in compliance&quot; with STEM OPT reporting requirements, what is the worst that could happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, my employer is filing for work visa. There are two options for filing the work visa: change of status and consular processing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mmhpc.com/2016/02/5416/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.mmhpc.com/2016/02/5416/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one should I go for to ensure maximum chances of approval?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also lost both my EAD cards: new and old. What would be the best time to apply for new ones? &#xA;Before H1-B application (right now) or after it?&#xA;I have a scanned copy, though, and have sent it with the current H1B application.&#xA;For the old EAD card, the employer was concerned that the scan is out of margin a bit, and asked for the approval letter which I was unable to find. What is the best that I should do about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastEditorUserId="14703" LastEditDate="2018-03-12T14:59:58.160" LastActivityDate="2021-01-08T21:25:44.403" Title="How will late I-983 affect H1-B?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-08T00:08:08.970" Score="3" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian, have a permanent visa in Germany (not a passport) after marriage with a Romanian citizen. I have my business here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have some problem in India and I have to go back there. My question is if I stay for long-term in India can my PR status be cancelled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I don't take any money from government of Germany and I just ammelded here is it ok?  And it is possible if I go to 'auslander behorde' and tell my problem gave my visa back to them and go back to and after many years if I had plan to move back to Germany they gave me my status back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My record is here good I never take social or arbeitloss from German, I do always a work then open my restaurant. Whats the solution here, as I don't wanna loss my status ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note we do not live together. If I buy a property here like house and gave it to on rent and gave taxes to government maybe then possible or not ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14707" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-03-14T13:56:31.900" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T13:56:31.900" Title="After permanent residency in Germany, how long can I reside outside of Germany and retain it?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13301" CreationDate="2018-03-09T04:46:20.670" Score="5" ViewCount="12885" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for an visa in India and got this question in their online registration form with a yes/no answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you lived for at least two years in the country where you are applying visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the country from which I'm applying or the country where I'm applying to (i.e.: India)? It sounds weird they would say country instead of simply India if they are asking if I lived in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14713" LastEditorUserId="14713" LastEditDate="2018-03-09T15:44:44.533" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T15:26:16.213" Title="Ambiguous question in visa application: Have you lived for at least two years in the country where you are applying visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13283" CreationDate="2018-03-09T07:41:58.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;@nina the child is in Algeria now, with his parents, but he has an aunt in the UK and you would like him to live with her so he could become a citizen of the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no way to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he were to go to school and university in the UK he might eventually get citizenship as an adult but it would take many years and cost at least £20,000 per year in education fees and living expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T07:41:58.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13302" CreationDate="2018-03-09T15:04:29.277" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in a London office of a company that was bought by a French company. They would like me to go over to Paris for 3 weeks (to meet the team etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Australian, with a Tier 2 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be contravening any conditions of my Tier 2 working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="862" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-09T21:50:18.433" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T21:52:01.913" Title="I am an Australian on a Tier 2 visa in UK, is a temporary work trip in Paris ok?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13298" CreationDate="2018-03-09T15:14:27.663" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the context I believe they are talking about the country from which you are making the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My assumption is that if you were, say, a Columbian citizen who has been living in France for the last 1 year and applying via the Indian Embassy in Paris, you may be asked for additional information or documents that someone (of any nationality) who has lived in France for the last 3 years would not be asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, if you had been living in India for the last 2 years you would perhaps be applying for a new residence permit rather than a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T15:14:27.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13300" CreationDate="2018-03-09T21:52:01.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will I be contravening any conditions of my Tier 2 working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Your Tier 2 visa does not prohibit you from making business trips to other jurisdictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should be certain that your trip does not violate French immigration law.  As an Australian, you do not need a visa for short-term business visits, but you should be certain that the activities you will be engaging in while in France are permitted for short-term business visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T21:52:01.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13307" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-10T09:31:51.053" Score="1" ViewCount="506" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a Tier 2 visa and going to apply for ILR in July. My wife was on a student visa and my son, born in tje UK (he is 5 years old now) was her dependent. I changed both my wife's and son's status to Tier 2 dependent about two year ago. Can I apply for my son's UK passport? I still have a Tier 2 visa until 2019. Can I only apply for ILR and leave my wife as a Tier 2 dependent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, can I apply for ILR dependent after getting my ILR status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14719" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-10T14:30:33.350" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T17:06:50.730" Title="Tier 2 dependent children born in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-11T06:10:46.763" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK and moved to the US a few years ago to be with my husband. I'm now moving back and will be accompanied by my minor (8 months old) child. They'll be traveling on a US passport. What, if any, visa will my child need to remain in the UK with me permanently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14722" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-12T07:24:00.337" LastActivityDate="2018-03-12T07:24:00.337" Title="What visa does a US-born baby need?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13308" CreationDate="2018-03-11T10:53:55.640" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You were born in the UK.  I assume you you are a British citizen, because you make no mention of your own visa.  Because you were born in the UK, you are a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent,&quot; and your child is therefore also a British citizen (by descent, however).  In that case, your child obviously does not need a visa, but it will probably be simplest to apply for a UK passport for your child before you move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you do not apply for a British passport for your child, your child does not need a visa to enter the UK because of his or her British citizenship, and does not need a visa to board a plane to the UK because US citizens do not require visas to enter the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The consequence of your child being a British citizen &quot;by descent&quot; is that any children of your child who are born outside the UK will not be British citizens unless the other parent is a British citizen otherwise than by descent.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-11T10:59:34.487" LastActivityDate="2018-03-11T10:59:34.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7027" CreationDate="2018-03-12T15:13:13.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a Canadian who has native US credit cards and has never even actually lived in the United States, I can tell you that it is absolutely possible to carry US credit cards while not being resident in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need a couple of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need a US mailing address.  This is absolutely required, even if you are not receiving paper bills.  At a minimum, this is where replacement cards will be mailed, and where regulatory notices will be sent, if US law requires that they be mailed to you.  Note that US credit card issuers are not obliged to send anything to you out of the country; it will be your responsibility to get cards forwarded to you, if you cannot return to pick them up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your credit card issuer needs to understand your situation and to agree to continue providing you credit.  In my case, my card issuers are aware that I live in Canada but have a permanent US mailing address (a post office box).  US law requires that the credit card issuer record a resident address on your file.  In my case, my Canadian physical address is recorded.  If you will still own a home in the US, this can probably be used, or the bank can record your overseas address.  Note that some credit card issuers may refuse to do this, and cancel your accounts.  The more temporary your foreign living arrangements, the more willing they will be to stay on your account.  (In my case, although I never live in the US, I am in the US nearly every calendar month and there is enough activity that they choose to continue to do business with me.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, note that while applications may, on the surface, require US residency, you are not &lt;em&gt;applying&lt;/em&gt;.  (And in my case, although I am not a US resident, my credit card issuers were clearly aware of my lack of US residency - one of them, American Express, transferred data from my Canadian file, and the other, Capital One, received a copy of Canadian tax documents clearly outlining my residence and situation - and thus credit card issuers can decide to waive their own requirements if they so choose.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-03-12T15:13:13.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-12T19:49:10.373" Score="2" ViewCount="355" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are US citizens that typically reside overseas.  We are back in the USA for 9 months and would like to bring our current nanny with us to the USA.  She has a 10 year B1/B2 visa that she obtained 8 years ago from a previous employer.  Will she have any issues entering the USA on a B1 visa to be our nanny?  What documents should she provide?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Marissa" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-12T22:46:41.337" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T21:54:28.277" Title="Nanny entering on a former B1/B2 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;domestics&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13313" CreationDate="2018-03-12T22:42:58.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to USCIS, she can enter on a B-1 visa for this purpose, but she needs separate employment authorization.  Furthermore, information online suggests that she may also need a specially annotated visa, in which case she may not be able to use her existing visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following types of B-1 business visitors require employment authorization:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• A domestic servant of a U.S. citizen accompanying or following to join his or her U.S. citizen employer who has a permanent home or is stationed in a foreign country, and who is temporarily visiting the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note:  All applicants for a B-1 visa or admission as a B-1 business visitor as a personal or domestic servant described above must demonstrate the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• You have a residence abroad in which you have no intention of abandoning&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• You have at least 1 year of experience as a personal or domestic servant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• You have been employed abroad by your employer for at least 1 year prior to the employer’s admission into the United States or if you have been employed abroad by the employer for less than 1year, the employer must show that while abroad, he or she has regularly employed a domestic servant in the same capacity as that intended for your employment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information on employment authorization is available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-765&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/i-765&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there's a good deal of information online that suggests that a B-1 visa is only valid for this purpose if it is specially annotated.  You should at least ask about this at the nearest US consulate.  If this is the case then your employee may need to apply for a new visa unless her existing visa bears the same annotation and it is transferable to a different employer.  It might be better to engage an immigration lawyer than to risk getting this wrong based on the advice of random strangers on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-12T22:42:58.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13315" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-12T21:38:43.583" Score="2" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question isn't about flying/travelling with an expiring passport but about applying for a H1B visa when the applicant's passport has only 4 more months of validity. Will this cause a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant is already in the US with a Master's degree from a US University and a sponsor all lined up. Unfortunately we've realized this problem with the expiration a little too close to the April 1 visa application deadline to get the passport renewed in time. We are already doing all we can to get the passport renewed but it's not likely to happen by April 1 so what's the best line of action here? The applicant is Nigerian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Phil14" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T01:11:08.867" Title="Applying for US H1B work visa with passport expiring in 4 months. Applicant already in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13315" CreationDate="2018-03-12T22:58:07.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not clear to me what you are asking about. You ask about applying for &quot;visa&quot; but you also say &quot;This question isn't about flying/travelling&quot;. But a US visa is solely for entering the US. You would only need a &quot;visa&quot; if you are entering the US. You don't need a valid visa or a valid passport to stay in the US. Your ability to stay in the US is governed by your &lt;em&gt;status&lt;/em&gt;. Since you say that the applicant is already in the US, they wouldn't need a &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt; unless they left the US and needed to re-enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you are using the terminology loosely and what you really mean is the person is applying for Change of Status to H1b (from another nonimmigrant status) or Extension of Status for H1b (from an existing H1b status with another employer) in the US without leaving the US. From what I know, USCIS does not limit the validity of the I-94 granted for Change of Status or Extension of Status to the expiration date of the passport -- if USCIS approves the Change of Status or Extension of Status, they always grant an I-94 up to the usual period of admission for the status (for H1b, up to the expiration of the H1b petition), even if your passport expires soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2018-03-12T22:58:07.643" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T02:48:32.837" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US citizen friend who married a non-USA citizen woman in a foreign country a few years ago. 5 months and 9 days after their marriage a foreign born little boy was born in a hospital in the same foreign country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So obviously the child was born within wedlock with 5 months and 9 days to spare. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does my friend go about obtaining US citizenship for his son without having to submit to a DNA test because of the 5 months and 9 days born after marriage situation? Is this possible? It seems like based on these circumstances and based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/US-Citizenship-DNA-Testing.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/US-Citizenship-DNA-Testing.html&lt;/a&gt; a DNA test may be required, if not likely be required, and he refuses to submit to this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean the child cannot become a US citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14731" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T21:40:17.020" Title="How does my friend obtain US citizenship for his foreign born son?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T03:21:20.930" Score="2" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother is Egyptian and her great-grandfather was French. She sent the papers (certificat de nationalité française) to France before she died to claim French nationality. I am her only son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I claim French nationality based on her request, or should I apply from the beginning again. Is there a chance that I can get French nationality now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14732" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T05:47:43.983" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T05:47:43.983" Title="Can I obtain French citizenship if my mother's great-grandfather was French?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T07:10:20.613" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Iranian citizen and a permanent resident of Australia and have been living here for nearly 3 years. I will be eligible for citizenship in a year. My Iranian passport expired a month ago and I plan to travel to Iran in a couple of months. Will I be allowed to exit the country? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14733" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T09:43:20.453" Title="My Iranian passport has expired. Can I still leave Australia?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13320" CreationDate="2018-03-13T08:18:39.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With no current passport, airlines may refuse to board you. I would suggest you get a new passport from the Iranian embassy in Canberra (but I don't know for certain they can issue one to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T08:18:39.170" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13307" CreationDate="2018-03-13T10:11:38.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should consider using a solicitor with immigration expertise. Your case is somewhat complicated but the potential cost of making a mistake in this application is quite high and so, I think, justifies the extra cost of using a solicitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: this question just resurfaced. To answer one point, your son is not yet a citizen and you cannot apply for a UK passport for him until he is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-05-12T19:56:22.553" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T19:56:22.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T11:54:33.517" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are US citizens. We are finishing a 5 year visa (Tier 2 ICT) through my work, where he was a dependent. I've negotiated a job back in the US with my company (will start in about a month's time). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, now my husband has been offered a job with his company in the UK (offering a Tier 2 General visa). If my US job can be done from anywhere (remotely), once my husband's visa comes through (where I am a dependent), can I continue to work for the US office (being paid in USD) and live in the UK as his dependent? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14734" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T11:54:33.517" Title="Can I work for a US company (paid in USD) and live in the UK as a dependent of my spouse's Tier 2 General Visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13326" CreationDate="2018-03-13T12:21:47.523" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I have been living in France for 2 years and will be here on a scientist visa for another year. One year from now, I will move to an asian country for work for 3 years. I'm considering getting a contraceptive implant which lasts for 3 years, so I don't have to worry about getting it prescribed in the next country I'm moving to (the kind I currently use is not available there, and finding something that works well may be challenging). However, if I get it a few months before leaving France, I will need to have it removed/reinserted a few months before I leave my new country. My new country does not provide/have this implant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be spending some time in France intermittently, for work reasons, and to visit my French partner during my stay abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can I see my previous doctor in France, when I live abroad and am visiting, to have a procedure done, without current access to CPAM&lt;/em&gt;? Obviously I would pay for the costs of the procedure and the visits, I just want to make sure it's actually possible for a non-EU national to have non-emergency medical treatment in France when they are not currently resident there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T18:37:40.943" Title="Can I visit a doctor in France, and pay for myself, after I leave France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13318" CreationDate="2018-03-13T17:54:54.640" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if the child is really this friend's biological child, and your friend met the requirements under US law to transmit citizenship to a child born abroad, the child is already a US citizen under US law, from birth, and thus cannot &quot;obtain&quot; it. The question is only whether they will be able to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; this citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acquisition of US citizenship by birth abroad from a parent &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030104.html#M301_4_1_D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requires blood relationship&lt;/a&gt;*. A child who is born while the mother is married (as in this case) is &lt;em&gt;generally presumed&lt;/em&gt; to be the biological child of that couple, but this is not determinative, and the consulate has discretion to investigate and request additional evidence if they suspect the child might not be the biological child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;d. Children born in wedlock are generally presumed to be the issue of&#xA;  that marriage.  This presumption is not determinative in citizenship&#xA;  cases, however, because an actual biological relationship to a U.S.&#xA;  citizen parent is required.  If doubt arises that the U.S. citizen&#xA;  &quot;parent&quot; is biologically related to the child, the consular officer is&#xA;  expected to investigate carefully.  Circumstances that might give rise&#xA;  to such a doubt include, but are not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1)  Conception or birth of a child when either of the alleged&#xA;  biological parents was married to another person during the relevant&#xA;  time period;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2)  Naming on the birth certificate, as father and/or mother,&#xA;  person(s) other than the alleged biological parents; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3)  Evidence or indications that the child was conceived at a time&#xA;  when the alleged father had no physical access to the mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(4)  If the child was conceived or born when the mother was married to&#xA;  someone other than the man claiming paternity, a statement from the&#xA;  man to whom the mother was married disavowing paternity, a divorce or&#xA;  custody decree mentioning certain of her children but omitting or&#xA;  specifically excluding the child in question, or credible statements&#xA;  from neighbors or friends having knowledge of the circumstances&#xA;  leading up to the birth may be required as evidence bearing on actual&#xA;  natural paternity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(5)  The child was born through surrogacy or other forms of assisted&#xA;  reproductive technology.  (8 FAM 304.3 provides guidance&#xA;  about acquisition of U.S. citizenship by birth abroad and assisted&#xA;  reproductive technology.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;e. In such cases, it is within the consular officer's discretion to&#xA;  request additional evidence pursuant to 22 CFR 51.45.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030104.html#M301_4_1_E_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;doubt about the paternity&lt;/a&gt;, some things the consulate can do include obtaining records of the periods of time the father had physical access to the mother, interviewing the mother and father separately about when and where the child was conceived, interviewing neighbors and friends, and, if the parents want to pursue the claim even if the facts don't seem to support it, they can advise the parents to do a DNA test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't know whether the consulate will find the other evidence of paternity for this child sufficient, or whether they will deem it necessary for your friend to do a DNA test. If the consulate deems a DNA test necessary and your friend doesn't do it, they can't prove the US citizenship of the child. In that case, if your friend and the child are moving to the US, maybe your friend can petition the child to immigrate (i.e. to become a US permanent resident); this doesn't require a blood relationship -- stepparents can petition as long as the child was under 18 when the marriage occurred. But I am not sure whether the consulate will issue the immigrant visa in such a case where the child's US citizenship isn't proved only due to the parent's refusal to do DNA test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Update: Recent case law has thrown some doubt onto whether a blood relationship is really required. The 2nd Circuit court of appeals (which covers Connecticut, New York, and Vermont) ruled in the case Jaen v. Sessions (2018) that someone who was born to a married couple but who was not the biological child of his legal father nevertheless did acquire US citizenship from his legal father at birth. I don't know if this will be appealed and whether it will apply to other circuits. If blood relationship isn't required, then perhaps a DNA test won't be necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-10-10T21:40:17.020" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T21:40:17.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13324" CreationDate="2018-03-13T18:37:40.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The basic question is : can I get access to a doctor for a non-emergency treatment in France when I'm a visiting non-EU national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is yes. (In particular if you don't intend to get some social security compensation as you explicitly mentioned).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the technical aspect of the treatment you wish to require, that might be more or less easy (easier if the treatment can be executed in the doctor's cabinet than if it requires going to a hospital).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will your current doctor be ready to take an appointment with you in three years from now is a question you should ask him/her. You should also ask about what to expect in terms of cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can such an appointment (or several if needed) be settled to fit your travel period in France is also something to take into account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T18:37:40.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13327" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15409" CreationDate="2018-03-13T18:59:11.593" Score="5" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone lives in the US in a nonimmigrant status, is the person required to maintain a valid passport while the person is in the United States?  If so, citations for the relevant portions of the US Code or Code of Federal Regulations are appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should not be possible for many nonimmigrants, because their period of admission is supposed to be limited to the validity of their passport (for some countries' passports, even six months less than its validity), but as I understand it, it could happen to someone admitted &quot;D/S,&quot; meaning for &quot;duration of status,&quot; or to someone who has &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13315/applying-for-us-h1b-work-visa-with-passport-expiring-in-4-months-applicant-alre/13316?noredirect=1#comment22605_13316&quot;&gt;changed or adjusted status while in the US&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the linked resource is a comment, I quote it here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In any case, in practice, I have seen many reports of people getting COS/EOS I-94s that match the petition expiration even when their passports were expiring sooner, and I have never heard of someone getting COS/EOS I-94s that are limited by the passport expiration, so at least that's how USCIS handles it in practice. In fact, many times people are surprised that they get COS/EOS I-94s that match petition expiration, but when they leave and re-enter the US, they get I-94 at entry that expires earlier due to passport expiration, because CBP is required to limit I-94 by passport expiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13315/applying-for-us-h1b-work-visa-with-passport-expiring-in-4-months-applicant-alre#comment22604_13316&quot;&gt;Another comment&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The AFM chapters on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-12693/0-0-0-12947.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Change of Status&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-12693/0-0-0-12738.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extension of Status&lt;/a&gt; do say that &quot;The applicant must hold a valid passport at the time of application and is required to maintain validity during the entire period of his or her stay in the United States.&quot; which supports the view that the passport only has to be valid, and not for a particular length, at the time of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the linked pages makes reference to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.1&lt;/a&gt;, but that seem to say more about what happens at the time of the application and not much about what happens afterwards.  In particular, it says that &quot;the alien must agree to maintain the validity of his or her passport,&quot; but it does not say whether anything happens if the alien fails to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also be interested to know whether the answer would be different for someone in G-4 status (for example) as opposed to someone in F-1 or H-1B status (for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T19:05:03.403" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T22:28:13.820" Title="US nonimmigrant: passport expiration while in the US" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T11:45:40.777" Score="2" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid student residence permit in Italy, which will expire in two weeks. Ideally, I am supposed to apply for renewal a month before expiry. The issue in Milan is that when I go to the post office for the renewal application of the residence permit, they tell me that the application kits/forms are finished and they will receive the new ones next week. This has been happening for the last two weeks and I have been to four, five different post offices (major ones in Milan) but I got the same answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do in this situation? If I'm unable to submit the application before the expiry of my current residence permit (two weeks from now), will I be allowed to live in Italy on the basis that it was not my fault? What are the options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also note that I'm a non-EU student, from Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sibghat Ullah" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T23:00:15.853" Title="Italian residence permit renewal" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13329" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-03-14T09:22:29.807" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many countries have a blacklist, and people are added to that list in extreme circumstances such as deportation, extradition, lengthy overstay, or where a serious crime has been committed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is for questions that involve, or may involve a blacklist in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-15T18:41:56.150" LastActivityDate="2018-03-15T18:41:56.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13330" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-03-14T09:22:29.807" Score="0" Body="For questions about blacklists: being added to a blacklist, getting one's name off a blacklist, querying a blacklist, etc." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-15T18:41:45.047" LastActivityDate="2018-03-15T18:41:45.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-14T10:40:04.290" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two master's degrees from Spain and Italy. I need to apply for a German visa for my PhD and they require my documents to be legalized by an apostille stamp. I live in Iran and cannot travel to Europe to stamp them. How can I get the stamps from abroad? Would the consulates of Italy/Spain in Tehran provide this service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14737" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T16:22:23.450" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T16:22:23.450" Title="Urgent matter: How to get an apostille stamp from abroad?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13334" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13335" CreationDate="2018-03-14T15:52:47.787" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife will be applying for a UK residence card soon. She is Argentinian. I understand that the HO will keep both of our passports (I am the British citizen) until the decision is made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any possibility of her getting her passport back so that she can go to Argentina for a family event? Alternatively, would a copy of her passport satisfy airlines/border agency etc? She has an Argentine ID card, which will suffice for getting in and out of Argentina with the passport copy, but I doubt that would be acceptable here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-15T12:58:16.310" LastActivityDate="2018-03-15T12:58:16.310" Title="Return of passport after UK residence card application" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13334" CreationDate="2018-03-14T18:32:59.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A copy of her passport is absolutely useless for crossing borders, and therefore for boarding airplanes.  They are simply too easy to falsify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best hope would be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Passport Return Service&lt;/a&gt;, but there are conditions for using the service, so it's only an option for you if you meet those conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, some countries will issue a second passport to those whose first passports are tied up in visa applications.  My Spanish is not good enough to find out quickly whether Argentina is such a country, but the UK does issue them under some circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T18:32:59.750" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T20:51:45.180" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've learned recently that the UK government offers Tier 5 visas for students wishing to stay in the UK for a period of 12 months, to do internships or to work for a short period of time. These Tier 5 visas are usually sponsored by AIESEC-UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing that AIESEC-UK is paid by the employer, I was wondering whether AIESEC-UK contribute in the salary of the trainee/worker? in other terms what's its actual role in this case (is it like TLSContact and VFS Global, i.e. just an intermediary)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this is not the right forum to ask this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14745" OwnerDisplayName="h4k1m" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T21:39:00.150" Title="UK Tier 5 visa - does AIESEC-UK contribute in the salary of the person sponsored?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-14T12:26:02.063" Score="0" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have got Tier 2 (ICT) to the UK and now I am planning to move my wife also with me to the UK. She has put papers in her current organization and serving a notice period of 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her organization is not able to provide her a NOC stating that since she is serving the notice period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also they provide Resignation acceptance 10 days before her last working day, so my question here is does she really need an NOC here considering the fact that by the time she moves to UK she is no more employed by any organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Manish Joshi" LastActivityDate="2019-01-08T12:01:41.900" Title="NOC for a dependent visa for UK if dependent is serving notice period in his/her organization" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13337" CreationDate="2018-03-14T19:22:30.120" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the UK we don't use No Obligation Certificates when changing employers. Your wife should not need it for a dependent visa either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is likely to need to get a reference from her old employer when she is offered a job in the UK. This is normally done by the new employer contacting the old employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" OwnerDisplayName="user16259" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T19:22:30.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-16T00:43:40.690" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've left my previous company during my pending I-485 (which is pending 150 days now, filed on Oct. 18, 2017). I'm in Texas now, but will possibly go to California for my new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to inform USCIS of my employer change right now? In my interview, just in case they asked me about my employer, can't I just say I changed my employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="14683" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T19:39:30.280" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T19:39:30.280" Title="Change employer and address during pending I-485" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13331" CreationDate="2018-03-16T00:54:52.053" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is HCCH's list of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;authorities that issue apostilles for each country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Spain, here is a government page about getting an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/ServiciosAlCiudadano/SiEstasEnElExtranjero/Paginas/Legalizaciones.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille on documents from Spain&lt;/a&gt;.  It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Legalisation is free of charge when carried out by the Legalisations Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (C/ Pechuán, 1 – 28002 Madrid. Tel: +34 91 379 16 55). If carried out at an Embassy or Consulate of Spain, it shall involve payment of a fee. For more specific information, it is advisable to directly contact the corresponding representation of Spain abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Italy, it may be trickier as it goes by each province.  Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hcch.net/en/states/authorities/details3/?aid=327&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;what HCCH says for Italy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T00:54:52.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13327" CreationDate="2018-03-16T01:13:01.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, you must maintain a valid passport.&lt;/strong&gt; You cited the correct answer already. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.1&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... The passport of an alien applying for admission must be valid for a minimum of six months from the expiration date of the contemplated period of stay ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... applying for extension of stay ... the alien must agree to maintain the validity of his or her passport ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, if the I-94 remains valid, having an expired passport while in the US &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; not be detected if the passport is renewed before any travel or interaction with the US government. However, it's surely not worth the risk,  especially since renewing a passport is usually straightforward and often can even be done while in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T01:13:01.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-16T03:53:10.787" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m currently studying Japanese in Japan. My current visa is going to expire on 31st March. I will change my visa status from a student visa to a temporary visit visa, and I will get married with my Japanese girlfriend. I want to know if it's possible to change a temporary visit visa to a spouse visa, and if so, how to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14747" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T16:21:28.420" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T16:21:28.420" Title="Temporary visa changes to spouse visa in Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13347" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-16T10:27:41.053" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please could you let me know how myself and our son can get onto my husband's Dutch passport? We are both South African but he is a Dutch citizen living in South Africa (permanent resident in South Africa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to be able to travel abroad with him as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14749" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T14:32:11.613" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T22:29:55.200" Title="South African wife, Dutch husband and 8-year old child (boy)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13349" CreationDate="2018-03-16T14:01:12.923" Score="1" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/111315/what-are-the-implications-of-having-a-youth-mobility-visa-denied&quot;&gt;In another post of mine&lt;/a&gt;, it was brought to my attention that my wife would have trouble entering Germany as a Canadian citizen in order to apply for a family reunion visa from within Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The poster says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a Canadian your wife is entitled to visit Germany without a visa, but she is limited to a 90 day visit. However she will probably be asked why she is there. If she says &quot;I'm coming to live with my husband&quot; then she will be refused admission, because she needs a visa to do that. If she says &quot;to visit my husband&quot; then she is going to have to provide good evidence that she will return to Canada before 90 days are up. There will be suspicion that she intends to stay longer than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does it matter that she's coming to apply for family reunion? Our idea was to simply let the border police know our intentions properly and that's that. How can we handle this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user9974" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditorDisplayName="user9974" LastEditDate="2020-01-06T19:20:43.750" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T19:20:43.750" Title="Can my wife enter Germany in order to apply for a family reunion visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13348" CreationDate="2018-03-16T14:54:22.403" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife can enter visa-free with the intention of applying for a family reunion permit.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__41.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 41&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenthaltsverordnung&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§ 41 Vergünstigung für Angehörige bestimmter Staaten&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Staatsangehörige von Australien, Israel, Japan, Kanada, der Republik Korea, von Neuseeland und der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika können auch für einen Aufenthalt, der kein Kurzaufenthalt ist, visumfrei in das Bundesgebiet einreisen und sich darin aufhalten. Ein erforderlicher Aufenthaltstitel kann im Bundesgebiet eingeholt werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Dasselbe gilt für Staatsangehörige von Andorra, Brasilien, El Salvador, Honduras, Monaco und San Marino, die keine Erwerbstätigkeit mit Ausnahme der in § 17 Abs. 2 genannten Tätigkeiten ausüben wollen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) Ein erforderlicher Aufenthaltstitel ist innerhalb von 90 Tagen nach der Einreise zu beantragen. Die Antragsfrist endet vorzeitig, wenn der Ausländer ausgewiesen wird oder sein Aufenthalt nach § 12 Abs. 4 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes zeitlich beschränkt wird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Die Absätze 1 bis 3 gelten nicht, wenn eine ICT-Karte nach § 19b des Aufenthaltsgesetzes beantragt wird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Machine translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§ 41 benefit for nationals of certain states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Citizens of Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United States of America may also enter and stay in the Federal territory visa-free for a stay that is not a short stay.  A required residence permit can be obtained in the Federal territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) The same applies to nationals of Andorra, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Monaco and San Marino, who do not wish to engage in gainful employment other than those referred to in § 17 (2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) A required residence permit must be requested within 90 days of entry.  The application period ends prematurely if the alien is expelled or his / her stay is limited in time according to § 12 Abs. 4 of the Residence Act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply if an ICT card pursuant to Section 19b of the Residence Act is applied for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it is not clear whether she could use her visa-free entry for this purpose before she's actually eligible to apply for the permit, so it's not entirely clear that she could enter 90 days before your two years have passed. This seems unlikely to be a problem, but you never know.  One way to reduce the likelihood of such a problem might be to fly through another Schengen country so she gets stamped in by that country's immigration service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, she does have to apply before the 90 days are up, so it would be much better for her to enter somewhat later than 90 days before your two-year waiting period has elapsed.  It would not be wise to count on being able to submit the application on the 90th day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T14:54:22.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13350" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13351" CreationDate="2018-03-16T16:52:03.077" Score="1" ViewCount="908" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will visit the US for business but I have a problem about the driver's license. I'm a US citizen. But my family moved to Asia when I was 5 years old. So I grew up in Asia and I'm still living in Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a driver's license from South Korea with my South Korean citizenship (I mean I have dual citizenship and I'm living now in South Korea as a citizen not as a foreigner).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't use that license in the US because I have to use my US passport when I enter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It means that I can't use my South Korean passport and driver's license. So, to drive in the US I have to get a US driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I'm living in Asia and have no address in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get a driver's license? Should I stay and renta  house in the US or Guam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14751" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T17:09:35.237" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T05:57:29.983" Title="Is there any way to get a new (not renew) US driver's license when living overseas?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13350" CreationDate="2018-03-16T17:20:18.697" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But I can't use that license in the US because I have to use my US&#xA;  passport when I enter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; and should use that driver's license to drive in the US. All states generally allow out-of-state temporary visitors to drive using a driver's license issued by the place (another state or foreign country) &lt;em&gt;where the person resides&lt;/em&gt; (which for you is South Korea). Some states may only allow certain foreign driver's licenses, and other allow all; check with the state to make sure, but South Korea will probably be included. Some states will also require an &quot;International Driving Permit&quot; or other permit issued by the state to be used along with the foreign driver's license; while other states don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your citizenship and passport has nothing to do with it.&lt;/strong&gt; You do not reside in the state, therefore you are a visitor, and you should use a license from the place you reside if such a license is accepted by the state. The facts that you are a US citizen and use a US passport to enter the US are irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot get a regular driver's license in any US state because you do not reside in that state. Generally states only allow you to apply for their driver's license if you reside there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-03-17T05:57:29.983" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T05:57:29.983" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2018-03-17T20:23:45.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had similar question recently.&#xA;Since EUR/USD are so close and the end result will anyway be approximate and not precise I excluded the CCY effect all together and took the USD as EUR one to one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I didn't even know of such place as www.expatistan.com so I went with what I did know: GDP per capita and PPP figures that I could find for US and my country.&#xA;I also gathered the range of salaries and number of offers per salary amount form indeed.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Took min, max and average values from the salary data and used GDP and PPP differences as ratios (e.g. (US GDP per Capita)/(My country GDP per capita) and same for PPP)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whole aim was to get how much EU salary is worth in US (or other way in my case actually) based on GDP and PPP differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why those two seemed most relevant to me - PPP replicates what the money is worth in the country, what I can buy for it. That's pretty relevant to me, I need to know how much more money I would need to have the same standard of living. And the GDP per capita represents how well the economy is doing in global. Both of them should illustrate what I need to get on the other end so that the quality of life remains similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14755" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T20:23:45.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12356" CreationDate="2018-03-18T16:40:40.257" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like, at least for Berlin, you don't need to ask or inform the Ausländerbehörde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is according to their &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;info page on changing employers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice in this section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do you have a residence permit for the purpose of employment or an EU Blue Card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Does your work permit specify a particular company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do you want to change company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says: &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Does your work permit specify a particular company?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your Zusatzblatt only mentions your job title, and not a particular company, this procedure doesn't apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, under &quot;Prerequisites&quot;, it says: &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Work permit is limited to one company&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, which again does not describe you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're worried, however, you might want to ask them directly by calling them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14757" LastActivityDate="2018-03-18T16:40:40.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13358" CreationDate="2018-03-19T10:02:37.623" Score="1" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipina and my partner is French. We are unmarried, but we have been living together for 2.5 years now. He will start to work in London in April. I am travelling with him with a standard visitor visa. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply for an EEA FM permit in the UK while just having a standard visitor visa or is it necessary to exit the UK to apply for that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I need to exit the UK to apply for EEA FM permit, is it necessary to apply for it from the Philippines or would just any country do, as long as it is outside the UK territory (eg. France)? Budget and time are the main factors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to wait for his third month in the UK before we can apply, or can we immediately apply as long as we have the documents required?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hoping you can enlighten me. Thank you very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-19T10:09:53.097" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T12:36:59.687" Title="EEA family permit application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13357" CreationDate="2018-03-19T12:11:18.253" Score="-1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you already have a standard visitor visa, you are asking about the wrong document.  If you are in the UK, you do not need an EEA family permit; you need a residence card.  You can only apply for an EEA family permit outside the UK, but its principal value is to help you enter the UK without having to qualify for or pay for a standard visitor visa (the EEA family permit is free of charge).  None of this applies to someone who is in the UK.  If you do not yet have a visitor visa, you should apply for an EEA family permit &lt;em&gt;instead&lt;/em&gt; of a visa, since the purpose of the EEA FP is to replace a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This question is not applicable because you do not need an EEA family permit.   You need a residence card, for which you can only apply from inside the UK.  If you ever do find yourself in a position where you need an EEA family permit, however, you should be aware that you can get it at any UK consulate.  You do not need to go to the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To apply for the residence card, you must wait until he is a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  You do not need to wait until your partner has been in the UK for three months.  If he's going to the UK to take up employment there, he's a qualified person at least as soon as he starts work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For further information, I recommend the government's pages on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the residence card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A further note: the abbreviation EEA (FM) actually denotes the application form for the residence card, not the family permit.  The form can also be used for a registration certificate, which your partner may need to apply for.  See the government's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-registration-certificate-or-residence-card-for-a-family-member-form-eea-fm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page for that form&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-19T12:36:59.687" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T12:36:59.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-19T14:32:16.433" Score="2" ViewCount="781" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Irish company I work for offered me to work remotely 100%.  I think it would be a good idea to move and work in a place with better weather and cheaper life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am mainly considering Spain and Portugal but I am afraid to incur heavy taxation. I know that both countries offer discounted taxes for new residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone tell me how much taxes should I pay on those countries with a salary of around 60K euro?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14759" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T14:01:58.527" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T08:01:55.267" Title="Taxes working remotely from Portugal or Spain for an Irish company" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13359" CreationDate="2018-03-19T17:40:20.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;KPMG show the tax bands for each countries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://home.kpmg.com/xx/en/home/insights/2011/12/spain-income-tax.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€0 to €12,450 is taxed at 19%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€12,450 to €20,200 is taxed at 24%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€20,200 to €35,200 is taxed at 30%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€35,200 to €60,000 is taxed at 37%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€60,000 and over is taxed at 45%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://home.kpmg.com/xx/en/home/insights/2011/12/portugal-income-tax.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portugal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€0 to €7091 is taxed at 14.5%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€7091 to €10,700 is taxed at 24%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€10,700 to €20,261 is taxed at 38.5%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€20,261 to €25,000 is taxed at 35%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€25,000 to €36,856 is taxed at 37%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€36,856 to €80,640 to  is taxed at 45%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;€80,640 and over is taxed at 48%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several online tax calculators for Spain (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://salaryaftertax.com/es&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Salary after Tax&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.icalculator.info/spain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spanish income tax calculator&lt;/a&gt; which give &amp;quot;take home pay&amp;quot; figures of €41,405 &amp;amp; €42,314) but I couldn't find a decent one for Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T17:40:20.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-19T20:14:47.763" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a citizen of the Russian Federation. I'm thinking of moving to the Netherlands. I've seen the skilled migrant program, it's pretty cool. But lately I've been thinking of moving to freelance completely, as I don't want to work as an office worker. I want more freedom instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've joined TopTal (&lt;a href=&quot;https://toptal.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://toptal.com&lt;/a&gt;) recently and I think I can really earn enough money to live there. The thing is, can I apply for a visa/residence permit as a freelancer without getting a job offer, so I'd be able to work for myself only? And if so, where can I find more info about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14761" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T14:00:13.303" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T14:00:13.303" Title="Migrating to the Netherlands as a freelancer" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-19T21:34:13.253" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a green card with expiration in late 2019. Last year, after having been outside of the US for more than 2 years, I went to the US embassy to find out if I could be re-admitted since I had not returned to the US since mid-2015. I was told to apply for a tourist visa, and received one for 10 years. I was not asked to turn in my green card. Was my green card automatically cancelled and am I no longer required to file US tax returns?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14762" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T03:51:13.380" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T14:23:52.153" Title="Tourist visa issued without turning in green card" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-19T17:32:05.843" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a US citizen and I am  studying and planning to get my master's degree by the end of the year. &#xA;During the past 3 months I have been an intern in a US company using the Academic Training program granted by my J1 visa. The J1 was sponsored by a US university where I studied one semester. The company is very happy with my results and they would like to keep me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know the H1b visa is the best option to be allowed to come back to the US and keep working for them. They are willing to sponsor me but I know that the H1b visa is very hard to get. What would be other options for the company to have me come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, would it be possible for them to issue me an internship J1 visa while waiting to apply me for H1b?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="David" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T15:06:05.483" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T15:06:05.483" Title="What are the visas that allow a company to employ a student that is about to graduate?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13347" CreationDate="2018-03-19T22:29:55.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still puzzled by your apparent belief that adding your name or your son's name to your husband's passport would enable you &amp;quot;to travel abroad with him as needed.&amp;quot;  But here's what I can say without understanding that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most countries, if not all, will require each of you to have your own passport, whether any passport has anyone else's name in it or not.  It's not terribly uncommon for family members to travel with passports from different countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands stopped including children in their parents' passports &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.velsen.nl/producten/paspoort-bijschrijven-kinderen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on 26 June, 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But they still do list &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/paspoort-en-identiteitskaart/vraag-en-antwoord/welke-gegevens-neemt-de-gemeente-op-in-mijn-paspoort-en-identiteitskaart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spouses and partners in each other's passports&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naam partner in reisdocument&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U kunt de naam van uw partner laten bijschrijven in uw paspoort. Dit kan alleen als u getrouwd of geregistreerd partner bent. Dit is ook mogelijk als uw partner is overleden of als u bent gescheiden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Partner's name in travel document&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have your partner's name included in your passport, only if you are married or in a registered partnership.  This is also possible if your partner is deceased or if you are divorced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're listed in your husband's passport, you'll still need your own passport to travel outside of South Africa.  Being listed in his passport might help you benefit from &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Union freedom of movement&lt;/a&gt; as your husband's family member, but in most formal circumstances you would need your marriage certificate for that anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your son is also your husband's son, he is almost certainly a Dutch citizen from birth, and will be at least until he turns 28.  He can easily extend this by getting a new Dutch passport before he turns 28; the actual rules are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nederlandse-nationaliteit/nederlandse-nationaliteit-verliezen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;somewhat complicated&lt;/a&gt;, however, and beyond the scope of your question.  The fact that he would be Dutch from birth, I believe, means that he would not lose his South African nationality under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South African law&lt;/a&gt; if he applies for a passport, but you might want to ask that as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;new question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your son is in fact a dual citizen of South Africa and the Netherlands, he will probably need a South African passport to leave and reenter South Africa, and he might want a Dutch passport to travel to Europe or to any other country where Dutch citizens can travel without a visa but South African citizens require one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you should concentrate on getting South African passports for yourself and for your son, and, if your son is a Dutch citizen, a Dutch passport for your son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T22:29:55.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-20T00:58:50.950" Score="6" ViewCount="2390" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual citizen, US and French. I'm working for a French company in France, and paying French taxes. Why is my French bank requesting me to fill out W-9 form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14763" LastEditorUserId="2239" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T23:35:02.000" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T23:35:02.000" Title="Why is a French bank asking me to fill out a W-9 form?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13368" CreationDate="2018-03-20T02:26:44.970" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're a US citizen, subject to US tax disclosure requirements.  (Even expatriates are subject to this.)  US law requires banks dealing with US citizens to inform the Internal Revenue Service of certain information.  In this case, the W-9 form will provide the IRS with some information about your tax obligations in France, which will help them determine if you owe any tax in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only easy way around this obligation is to give up your US citizenship, and while a few people do this, I would think most would be reluctant. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only two countries require citizen non-residents to file taxes: the U.S. and Eritrea, so it's a fairly unique problem to have... but all US citizens living abroad have this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T02:26:44.970" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13371" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13373" CreationDate="2018-03-20T11:09:59.180" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are planning to apply for the Canadian Express entry pool, and we qualify as well. The issue that we are facing is that we both have different nationalities. We want to apply together and our funds are in my home country in a joint account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can my wife apply from a different country other than her home country or does she need to make a separate application from her home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9911" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T13:58:48.913" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T13:58:48.913" Title="Issue with Express Entry Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-20T11:10:51.577" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been offered a job in Poland (Warsaw) and I have some questions before I accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been offered roughly 4,000 PLN per month + health insurance. Is this enough to have a confortable life in Warsaw (I'll be living alone in the first months)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In terms of housing, how does it work in Poland and what are the best websites to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.1. Inform myself better about the local law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.2. Flat rental listing websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.3. What are the best zones in Warsaw in terms of quality/price? I don't mind living in the suburbs and doing a daily commute, considering that I would be working in the city center.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but I'm an EU citizen&#xA;(Portuguese).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I accept, it would initially be for a two-year contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14769" LastEditorUserId="14769" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T08:37:17.317" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T08:37:17.317" Title="Medium-/long-term housing in Warsaw" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-03-28T09:56:14.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13371" CreationDate="2018-03-20T12:08:00.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no separate application. If she is the main applicant, she just has to select a different current country of residence where she is currently residing. If you are the main applicant, then pretty much the same. When you fill out the forms, if gives you options to select &lt;em&gt;current country of residence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Nationality&lt;/em&gt; as they are both two different things. Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: Have filled these forms myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T12:08:00.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-20T13:28:47.853" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard that if you are applying for multiple Schengen/tourist visas in multiple EU countries within a short period of time it may be considered as &quot;visa shopping&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about applying for multiple &lt;strong&gt;residence&lt;/strong&gt; visas in more than one EU country at the same time (applications just a few weeks apart)? Any problem with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14774" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T06:44:40.580" Title="Applying for multiple EU residence visas in different countries" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13363" CreationDate="2018-03-20T14:23:52.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Was my green card automatically cancelled and am I no longer required&#xA;  to file US tax returns?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say no. Unless you've actually filed I-407 to give up your green card, or you've received a ruling from an immigration court that you abandoned residency or something, I would say you are probably still a resident alien for US tax purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For one thing, it is technically possible for a US permanent resident to use a US visitor visa to enter the US, as mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040202.html#M402_2_4_B_10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this section of the FAM&lt;/a&gt;. Although this is for an &quot;emergency&quot; visit, and is not like your case, it shows that permanent residency and a visitor visa are not mutually exclusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to make sure you are not a resident alien for US tax purposes anymore, just file I-407.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T14:23:52.153" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13376" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13386" CreationDate="2018-03-20T15:49:18.830" Score="1" ViewCount="819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working and staying with my wife in the Netherlands. I am thinking of getting a remote job offer. I have a 30% ruling at my current job. Is it possible to enjoy a 30% ruling for remote work too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14776" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T00:42:28.940" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T20:52:23.240" Title="Does remote work from the Netherlands get 30% ruling?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-20T18:38:47.387" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British national working in an EU member state. We will soon be applying for the EU permit for my non-EU wife and step-daughter. Do I have to stay in the UK with my family for the first six months or can I work outside of the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14778" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T00:41:39.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T00:41:39.133" Title="Can I work outside the UK under Surrinder Singh ruling?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13377" CreationDate="2018-03-20T19:45:45.827" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer assumes that you are planning to move to the UK, or at least your wife and step daughter are planning to do that, and you want to know if you can work elsewhere for six months after they've moved to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a plan is questionable at best under the principle of derivative freedom of movement for non-EU family members of EU citizens.  The point of that principle is that preventing non-EU family from joining EU citizens who exercise their freedom of movement constitutes a restriction on the EU citizen's freedom of movement.  Therefore, derivative freedom of movement applies only to family members who accompany or join the EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore your wife and step daughter do not qualify for derivative freedom of movement in any EU country unless you are also in that country.  Obviously, if you move to the UK with your wife and step daughter, they would not be required to leave the country every time you took a short trip elsewhere, but remaining outside the UK for six months for a non-UK job is likely to be seen in a different light.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet would be to establish your domicile in the UK, somehow, and maintain temporary accommodations elsewhere in connection with your temporary employment there.  But if I were you I would not try to undertake anything like that without first talking to a competent lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T19:45:45.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13395" CreationDate="2018-03-21T09:11:14.233" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to start a company in the US (Hawaii to be specific if that matters) and move there with my family.&#xA;I already have a potential customer that would offer me enough to pay my monthly salary, so that part is not a problem, the problem is getting a visa and/or starting a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About my situation, I am a Swedish national, my wife is a Japanese national, and our two small children have Swedish/Japanese dual citizenship. I do not have a university education, if that matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get permanent residency for me and my family (or if that's not possible, the next best thing, whatever that is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of visa can I obtain, and are there any legal obstacles for me establishing a company in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14784" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-23T15:41:53.453" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T15:41:53.453" Title="Is it possible for a non-US citizen to move to the US and start a company?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13387" CreationDate="2018-03-21T09:58:17.430" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've applied for a Hungarian citizenship but &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/111513/extending-stay-in-schengen-area-as-im-about-to-get-european-citizenship&quot;&gt;my birth certificate hasn't been printed yet&lt;/a&gt;. My lawyer told me on February 21 that my citizenship is confirmed and is now in the final stage of registration. Do you know how much this registration usually take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently staying in France with a Schengen visa that is valid until middle of May. Will I have any problems if my documents will be ready only in several months? Will I be able to take the train from Paris to Budapest to apply for my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14786" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:07:12.563" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:07:12.563" Title="Staying in France without EU documentation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13046" CreationDate="2018-03-21T10:15:15.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;She should definitely look for a job in banking/finance. There is a huge demand of skilled data analysts. English is a condition &lt;em&gt;sine qua non&lt;/em&gt; in this field, and depending on your location (french or german speaking part) one or even both of these languages are a huge asset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only difficulty I see, is that Switzerland as some quota regarding working permits for EU nationals, and it might be difficult to find a position at the end of the year, she might have more chances at the beginning of the next year when quota are renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am a Swiss national living there.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14777" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T10:15:15.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13046" CreationDate="2018-03-21T11:10:41.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work in a software house in Zürich where it is absolutely not a problem that some people have essentially no German.  On the other hand, one of my colleagues returned to Hungary because his wife was unable to get a job without fluent German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gut feel is that for analytics/data work it should be relatively straightforward to find a job based on fluent English.  I notice that you are from Denmark, and assume your wife is too, so I assume she speaks fluent English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the differences I noticed between Germany/Switzerland and the UK when submitting a CV/resume, is that here a Lebenslauf should contain a small photograph (which would be plain wrong in the UK).  Also, firms will ask for copies of all certificates eventually (I had to go back 40 years for some of mine!)  I don't know how this compares with Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T11:10:41.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13376" CreationDate="2018-03-21T11:31:48.463" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 30% rule is applicable only to Dutch companies, at least every career change, my new employer had to re-apply for it for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it is possible to do it with a Dutch umbrella company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-22T13:20:12.127" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T13:20:12.127" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13383" CreationDate="2018-03-21T13:40:57.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you know how much this registration usually take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will I have any problems if my documents will be ready only in several months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freedom of movement directive, &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, has this to say, in Article 5, paragraph 4 (edited to remove clauses that do not apply to you):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Where a Union citizen ... does not have the necessary travel documents ..., the Member State concerned shall, before turning them back, give such persons every reasonable opportunity ... to corroborate or prove by other means that they are covered by the right of free movement and residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that concerns the right of entry; the right of residence can be conditioned on your having a valid passport or identity card, and the right of residence for more than three months can be subject to registration, but the details are left to national law.  In general, though, your status as an EU citizen should not depend on your possession of any given document; a document serves only as proof of your citizenship, from which the rights you enjoy flow directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have copies of the evidence you submitted to demonstrate your Hungarian nationality to the Hungarian authorities, and/or receipts for your pending applications, they should suffice along with your foreign passport to allow you to remain in the Schengen area and to travel to Hungary.  You're more likely to run into trouble if you try to leave and re-enter the Schengen area, however, so if I were you I would avoid that if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will I be able to take the train from Paris to Budapest to apply for my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but bring all your supporting evidence in case you are inspected by any border officers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T13:40:57.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="497" CreationDate="2018-03-22T04:52:00.967" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My experience shows that it's very unlikely to get job in Australia in advance and/or remotely. I also have a PR, also computer science related, all my efforts were unfruitful, I hope you are more lucky. You have to be ready to fly there and spend few weeks/months going to onsite interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14760" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T04:52:00.967" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13382" CreationDate="2018-03-22T06:46:23.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB-5 investor visa.&lt;/a&gt; You’ll need to have $500,000 to $1 million in assets you’re bringing to the USA and create at least ten jobs for Americans. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements are quite high and rules complex. It’s best to go through an immigration lawyer. I should mention that Canada has a lower investment limit but is considerably colder than Hawaii. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-03-22T14:58:42.770" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T14:58:42.770" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12851" CreationDate="2018-03-22T20:13:58.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you fail the road test your original license will be taken away and therefore you won't be able to legally drive the car back to wherever you live. Of course, you could probably park the car near the examination office and return for it later, but the recommended approach is to have the second driver waiting beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't own a car in BC you'd probably rent one from a driving school anyway, so your driving instructor will be your second driver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T20:13:58.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13376" CreationDate="2018-03-22T20:52:23.240" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you always need to reapply for the 30% ruling when you change employers, no matter if they're Dutch or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The conditions of the 30% ruling do not limit its applicability only to Dutch companies or to a Dutch workplace. You just need to &quot;be employed&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;U hebt een dienstbetrekking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/30_procent_regeling/voorwaarden_30_procent_regeling/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/30_procent_regeling/voorwaarden_30_procent_regeling/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the application form asks for the country of the employer, which it would probably not do if it only applied to Dutch companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your employer needs to be registered to withhold the income tax from employment in the Netherlands. Foreign companies can do so voluntarily:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;De werkgever dient in Nederland te zijn geregistreerd als inhoudingsplichtige voor de loonheffingen. Een buitenlandse werkgever kan zich vrijwillig registreren als inhoudingsplichtige voor de Nederlandse loonheffingen om aan deze voorwaarde te voldoen. Aan deze voorwaarde is ook voldaan als een Nederlandse groepsmaatschappij van de buitenlandse werkgever in plaats van de buitenlandse werkgever is aangewezen als inhoudingsplichtige voor de loonheffingen in Nederland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.limes-int.nl/30-procent-regeling/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.limes-int.nl/30-procent-regeling/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastActivityDate="2018-03-22T20:52:23.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13382" CreationDate="2018-03-23T05:28:29.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sweden has an investment treaty with the US, so you would be eligible for an E-2 visa. You'd need to convince the consul examining your file that your business will be legitimately sustainable but there is no &quot;hard&quot; minimum capital requirement. Friends of mine in similar situations were able to obtain an E-2 visa this way years ago for consulting businesses of their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some caveats to the E-2 visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It depends on your business. If your business folds, you won't be authorized to work for another company and your visa will probably not be renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's significant variation in the kinds of criteria enforced by various consulates. At renewal, your fate is in the hands of a consular officer's best judgement about your future business prospects. (A friend whose business didn't turn out to generate as much revenue as he had expected was unable to renew.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is a non-immigrant visa — does not convert to a green card for you or your family. This really forces you to consider your stay as temporary. This may not sound like a big deal now (get in first, deal with this later) but once you take a liking to your new life it could feel a bit cruel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatives are EB-5 (but with higher capital and employment requirements, you're better off running a restaurant or hotel to meet them than a consulting business) and the diversity visa (aka green card lottery).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More background at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eb5investors.com/magazine/article/e2-versus-eb5-understanding-differences-transition&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.eb5investors.com/magazine/article/e2-versus-eb5-understanding-differences-transition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T05:28:29.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-23T08:40:46.810" Score="3" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;Next April I am going to start a master program in Germany living on a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I am working as a freelancer on Upwork. I know that in Germany it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/9148-side-jobs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not permitted for people on student visas to work as freelancers&lt;/a&gt;, but, to the best of my knowledge, it only applies if the source/destination of income is Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, the source of my income would be Poland and the destination would be Egypt. Does this prohibition apply to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14801" LastEditorUserId="14801" LastEditDate="2018-03-24T14:32:09.567" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T14:32:09.567" Title="Is it permitted to work as a freelancer on Upwork while studying in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13399" CreationDate="2018-03-23T20:13:30.247" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for full time jobs in the United States, being a student from India on the F1 visa.  I had the following questions during the application processes (on various job portals):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is your current work authorization limited to practical training?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select one of the following (it is basically a drop-down):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;i. I am authorized to work for any employer in the US;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;ii. I require employer sponsorship to obtain work authorization in the country&lt;br&gt;&#xA;iii. My authorization to work in the US is unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of authorization are they talking about?  I am a normal student (no criminal records, etc.) from India, currently in the US and applying for jobs.  My OPT starts soon in June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;The general questions which most employers ask are:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1. Are you authorized to work in the US?  I answer &quot;Yes&quot;;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2. Will you now or in the future require a visa sponsorship to continue working?  I again answer &quot;Yes&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I don't know what to answer for the questions earlier (because they seem like a combination of the above two questions).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14804" OwnerDisplayName="J. Doe" LastEditorUserId="14804" LastEditDate="2018-03-24T04:13:38.763" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T16:15:34.660" Title="Work authorization for F1 students?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13398" CreationDate="2018-03-24T16:15:34.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what they mean by &quot;limited to practical training&quot;. OPT (Optional Practical Training) is practical training, so I guess you would say &quot;yes&quot;, but it is not really any more &quot;limited&quot; than any other work authorization except that you can only work in a job in your major field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the second one, I would say &quot;I am authorized to work for any employer in the US&quot;. When on OPT, you are free to work for any employer (or start your own company) without any specific sponsorship (again, as long as the job is in your major field).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T16:15:34.660" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5903" CreationDate="2018-03-24T17:20:26.440" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an English language phone line for Orange.&#xA;I cancelled my land line with them in two minutes!&#xA;Very helpful and fluent in English.  09 69 36 39 00 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14808" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T17:20:26.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10411" CreationDate="2018-03-25T06:00:44.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what your name is in France, but why not try to legally change it to &quot;Y X&quot;? (Or &quot;X&quot;; it's not entirely clear to me which one you'd prefer.)  Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1656&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Changement de nom de famille pour motif légitime&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you can change your last name in order to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;consacrer l'usage constant et continu d'un nom, si vous utilisez cet autre nom depuis longtemps et qu'il vous identifie publiquement (par exemple, si vous êtes un médecin connu comme le docteur Dupont alors que votre passeport indique que vous vous appelez Durand)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...or to quickly gloss, if you're already using an alternate name publicly and for a long time, you can &quot;consecrate&quot; this as your actual last name.  And the change will also apply to your children, although their consent is required if over 13.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-03-25T06:00:44.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10411" CreationDate="2018-03-25T08:45:19.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It actually seems to be simpler than you expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1343&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1343&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a distinction between &lt;em&gt;nom de famille&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt; according to the above link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(edit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @jpatokal mentions, it's in fact possible to change your &lt;em&gt;nom de famille&lt;/em&gt; as described here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1656&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1656&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure is more complex than the addition of a &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next paragraph includes an error&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(end edit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;em&gt;nom de famille&lt;/em&gt; (X in your case) cannot be changed, it's the one declared on your &lt;em&gt;acte de naissance&lt;/em&gt;, but you can very simply ask to use a &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt; based on both your parent's names, which can be used on identification papers and administrative business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pour faire figurer un nom d'usage, à la suite du nom de famille, sur&#xA;  la carte d'identité ou le passeport, il convient de :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;renseigner la rubrique deuxième nom du formulaire de demande de papiers d'identité,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;et fournir un acte de naissance (copie intégrale ou extrait avec filiation) faisant apparaître le nom des deux parents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ces documents sont à joindre au dossier de demande de papiers&#xA;  d'identité et à fournir au même guichet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which can approximately be translated as :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To have a &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt; used on your id card or passport, you need to :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fill the &lt;em&gt;deuxième nom&lt;/em&gt; field of the form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;join a &lt;em&gt;copie intégrale&lt;/em&gt; of your birth certificate mentioning both parent's names.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice you may have more detailed information at your &lt;em&gt;mairie&lt;/em&gt;, at the &lt;em&gt;service d'état-civil&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(edit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link mentions &lt;em&gt;à la suite&lt;/em&gt;, it's unclear to me whether it will replace your current name or be added after it. There's no field in my French passport for a &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt;, so I don't know whether it will be printed as :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;X Y&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;X Y X&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Y X&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(end edit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T07:03:35.077" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T07:03:35.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13404" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13405" CreationDate="2018-03-25T15:15:08.147" Score="5" ViewCount="2336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just received a notice from USCIS for my employment-based EB1b green card interview, set for mid-April. I already left my previous job, and am currently unemployed, searching for another job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While all supplements for Bona Fide job offer (I485-J) has been submitted already at the time of filing, do I need to have a job/be employed at the very moment of the interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on definitions, my I-140 is already approved, meaning that I am already qualified. Plus I also had an offer at the time of filing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My I-485 received date is October 18, 2017, and the interview will be on the day #183 (right now I'm on day #159). Here is what they asked to bring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LaCSy.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LaCSy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="14683" LastEditDate="2018-03-29T20:15:38.643" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T20:29:51.083" Title="Do I need to be employed at the moment of AOS interview for my employment-based EB1?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13404" CreationDate="2018-03-26T01:55:32.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must either be employed at a similar job and your I-485 has been pending for 180 days, or the company that petitioned you must still be planning to employ you, and you plan to accept, after you immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer your literal question, no, you don't need to be employed, and don't even need to be in the US, but in that case, the employer that petitioned you (the one you left) must still be planning to employ you after you immigrate. I am guessing that the company that petitioned you is no longer offering you a job, so you will need to have a similar job at the time of the interview and your I-485 needs to have been pending for 180 days, and I believe they will probably as you to file a Supplement J confirming this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T18:26:43.760" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T18:26:43.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7297" CreationDate="2018-03-26T06:23:08.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, you can.  However, it's usually not &lt;em&gt;recommended&lt;/em&gt;, since an ETA is explicitly not a working visa and by lodging a 457 application you've stated that you want to work in Australia.  You can (and people have) overcome this with clear evidence that this is just a tourist trip (clear vacation plans, wedding invitations, what have you), but expect some extra scrutiny.  A one-way ticket is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; going to be a great look for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other potential issue is that if your 457 is issued while you're in Australia, your ETA will be cancelled, which is likely to cause some confusion on departure.  Again, nothing unsolvable, but expect some extra hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, I'd suggest waiting until the 457 is issued before you come over, and that way you're (almost) guaranteed to have no problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T06:23:08.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13410" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13411" CreationDate="2018-03-25T03:10:31.953" Score="4" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m an Australian citizen looking to work in America for a working holiday, but I can’t find a visa that applies to me. I don’t have the qualifications for an E-3 or H-B1, and I wouldn’t be working in jobs that would fall under H-B2. Is there an option that would work for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, I work as a freelance developer. Would I be allowed to continue to work in America under the visa waiver program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="everydayghost" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T01:50:43.657" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T01:50:43.657" Title="Australian citizen working in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13410" CreationDate="2018-03-25T05:50:29.233" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, there isn't.  The US and Australia do not have a working holiday visa arrangement, and the VWP explicitly does not permit work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closest option would be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-3_visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;E-3 visa&lt;/a&gt;, but this is similar to the H-1B visa (minus the tight quotas) and requires a sponsoring employer in the United States that the visa is tied to, so it's not really practical for freelancing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="jpatokal" LastActivityDate="2018-03-25T10:36:51.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13410" CreationDate="2018-03-25T10:35:22.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://j1visa.state.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;J-1 &quot;exchange visitor&quot;&lt;/a&gt; programs that are used for seasonal workers.  These require a sponsor who will employ you; before and after the program you have a 30-day &quot;grace period&quot; during which you can travel around the US.  Some sponsors have made the news for keeping their employees in rather exploitative conditions, but others are legitimate.  I think this kind of program is rather more similar to a working holiday visa than is the E-3 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2018-03-25T10:35:22.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-26T19:29:34.257" Score="4" ViewCount="2025" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in the US on H1B. I would like to take a sabbatical for ~6 months so that I can enroll in a school &lt;strong&gt;full time&lt;/strong&gt; and get an advanced degree. I have credits already earned online so that's why I only need ~6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The school says that there have been internationals like me who are on H1B who have done this. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They say that a letter needs to be provided by my employer confirming they will have me back once I finish with the program. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They said the employer would not be required to pay you, but they would need to authorize your leave of absence and provide documentation that you are maintaining your visa status while enrolled at the university.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14817" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T09:33:05.003" Title="Can someone on H1B take an unpaid leave of absence and stay in the US to get a degree?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T01:45:08.990" Score="5" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I heard that foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, even westerners from the USA or European countries, are essentially imprisoned as indentured servants and that it is routine for the employer to seize and hold the worker's passport and that to leave Saudi Arabia requires an &quot;exit visa&quot;, so essentially any foreigner is a prisoner. I could hardly believe this, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hziegler.com/articles/saudi-arabia-faq.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &quot;FAQ&quot; for a hospital employer&lt;/a&gt; seems to confirm it, and also &lt;a href=&quot;https://hubpages.com/travel/Saudi-Arabia-Visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a long article by a foreign resident on Hub Pages says essentially the same thing&lt;/a&gt; in greater detail, that all foreign workers, even Europeans are on &quot;contract&quot; require an &quot;exit visa&quot; to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What prevents a person from the UK or the US from just going to their embassy and asking for a new passport and help to leave the country? Do the embassies of the UK and USA collaborate with the Saudi government to imprison their own nationals against their will in the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lemuel Gulliver" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T04:01:36.717" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T06:08:45.030" Title="Can workers escape Saudi Arabia by going to their embassy?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;saudi-arabia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13416" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-03-27T04:03:36.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions about moving to, working in, or immigration to Saudi Arabia, or for questions about life in Saudi Arabia as an expatriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T09:53:48.560" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T09:53:48.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13417" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-03-27T04:03:36.900" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Saudi Arabia" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T13:24:01.590" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T13:24:01.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13414" CreationDate="2018-03-27T06:08:45.030" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I grew up in Saudi Arabia as an expat. My father still works there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exit visa is a special case when your employment is terminated and you are no longer entitled to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is different than the normal visa which is a multiple entry permanent resident visa. Similar to what other countries issue and you don't need permission from your work to leave and return (other than the normal, you know, vacation request or whatever the HR policy is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exit visa is not &quot;permission to exit&quot;, it basically says you can exit but not come back again on this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All my years my father has been employed there on contract, never once has he needed an exit visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My brother who works there on contract also doesn't need an exit visa to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always exit the country (which doesn't require any permits) and then not return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding holding of passports and indentured servants - a lot of this is hyped by the media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to surrender your passport when you first arrive because the office has to process your paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to surrender your passport when it comes time to renew your resident permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, the passport is your property and no one can hold your passport hostage. If they do, simply report it to the police to get your passport back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore - western expats enjoy a very comfortable, very posh lifestyles in Saudi Arabia. They are (other than Saudi nationals) the highest paid expats in the country; and have very generous perks and incentives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel you are being held against your will or are otherwise mistreated; you can go to your embassy and ask for repatriation assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It happens from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2393" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T06:08:45.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11029" CreationDate="2018-03-27T07:12:55.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm answering my own question since in the meantime I experienced the whole procedure and I can speak about what actually happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the DIBP website is confused regarding the health cover requirements for the 408 visa. Despite the message that you need a private insurance &amp;quot;if you are not covered by Medicare&amp;quot;, in fact Medicare coverage is often not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's start from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/408-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official web page&lt;/a&gt; for the 408 visa, which says (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must make adequate arrangements in Australia for health insurance, for the period of your intended stay in Australia, unless you are covered by Medicare. &lt;strong&gt;You should ensure that your insurance will provide at least the level of coverage required for the purpose of your stay&lt;/strong&gt;. Your health insurer could be in either Australia or your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attachment A in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Bringingyourfamilyorpartners/Documents/hi-template.rtf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;health insurance standard template&lt;/a&gt; letter (142KB RTF) is a guide to the level of health insurance we will accept as adequate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there is a minimum standard of services that your health insurance must cover, and you must prove that your insurance covers what is required, not only that you are or are not insured. The linked document is a template of a letter that your insurance company has to sign to state that your insurance covers what is needed. This is the document that you need to upload during the visa application web page to have your health insurance requirements cleared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now let's see which health services are listed in the document. One of those is &lt;em&gt;Ambulance services&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ambulance services&lt;/strong&gt; – 100% of the charge, that is not otherwise covered&#xA;by third party arrangements, for transport by ambulance provided by,&#xA;or under an arrangement with, a government approved ambulance service&#xA;when medically necessary for admission to hospital, emergency&#xA;treatment on-site, or inter-hospital transfer for emergency treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, ambulance transport to hospitals is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; covered by Medicare under international reciprocal agreements, as stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/enablers/rhca-medical-care-visitors-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Medicare website&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn’t cover:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;medicines that aren’t in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines for In Vitro Fertilisation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(IVF) care planned before you got to Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;care for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;private hospital care&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;public hospital care as a private patient&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ambulance travel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other things may be missing besides ambulance travel, but I didn't check every item in the list. The net effect of this mismatch is that the Medicare reciprocal agreement with most European countries is not enough for the 408 visa, and you'll need a private insurance policy. Honestly, given that an ambulance transport can cost even thousands of dollars in some Australian hospitals, I'd have done it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've not inferred this fact alone, but it has been confirmed to me by phone calling the London DIBP call center, and also now that I'm leaving the country, my private insurance company required me to show my departing flight ticket before they allowed me to cancel the subscription.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So people applying for a 408 visa have to enroll into a private health insurance policy. The good news is that this is so common that most Australian insurance companies already provide the right kind of policy for the corresponding visas. I don't want to advertise any company in particular, there are plenty of them, but the important thing is to do it with an Australian company and not one from your home country, since the prices can be much different, especially if coming from Europe (Australian health insurance market is much more competitive so prices are lower). Also all the procedures for claims and reimbursements of expenses are much easier with Australian companies since they're of course integrated with the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The keyword to look for is &lt;strong&gt;OVHC&lt;/strong&gt;, which stands for &lt;em&gt;Overseas Visitor Health Cover&lt;/em&gt;. Looking for offers from Australian insurance companies under this keyword you will find what you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most companies offer an online procedure to subscribe which let you specify your visa type (e.g. 408 in this case) so they can configure the policy to automatically meet your requirements. After the online subscription procedure, they will directly email to you the health cover letter (a well-written version of the template linked above) that you can directly attach on the visa application web page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prices are fair enough, varying from A$75 to A$150 per month depending on the company and the additional services (e.g. whether visits from general practictioners are included), so it's not really a big deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides what is required by the visa, I'd recommend such a policy to anyone because, especially coming from Europe, the Australian health system can always present some surprise. For example, a package of contact lenses for one month, which would cost 20€ in Italy, cost as much as A$120 in Australia, plus the cost of the mandatory visit to an optician, since here they can only be sold on prescription. A private insurance would happily cover that (but not the most basic ones, so check your conditions). Similarly, a lot of drugs that are sold freely in Europe are sold only under prescription here, and visits to general practitioners are only covered partially by the Medicare agreement, so depending on one's general health situation, spending ahead some A$100 per month can save quite a few headaches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11563" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T17:58:32.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T16:18:26.583" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My baby was born in the UK, but doesn't have a passport yet. Our tier 2 visa expires soon and we won't be able to get a passport from our country until then. Is there any type of document that allows to travel outside of the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14821" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T10:15:02.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T10:15:02.133" Title="Travel document for baby born in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T19:45:19.490" Score="3" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just got my Hungarian birth certificate and my residency card. I'm now in Budapest but I'm about to leave permanently to France. I'd like to do a health insurance as a EU citizen but I don't know how. I heard that there's a card called EHIC, but I don't know how to do it or where to pay for it. I'm open also for other options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I do a health insurance that will hold in France as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14786" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:07:02.107" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:07:02.107" Title="Health insurance after getting Hungarian birth certificate" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T19:29:04.647" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I have to get a British passport to enter the UK if my father is British? My family is from Singapore, except my father, who is British. We are being relocated to the UK because of his work and I've been told because we are entitled to a British citizenship, we have to enter the UK with a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been there on holiday several times without any issues but just recently we've been advised this is wrong. We are looking to settle there for a couple of years only, so why do I need to apply for citizenship?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="A Clarke" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T11:21:02.107" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T11:21:02.107" Title="UK settlement visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;singaporean-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T20:04:25.230" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Mexican. I have a student visa for Germany. I'm allowed to work and I'm doing Studienkolleg now in order to enter university. I want to bring my girlfriend to Germany. She isn't an EU citizen either. She actually speakd good German. She has already been here. What do I need to bring her to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14822" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T11:18:50.740" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T11:18:50.740" Title="Bring girlfriend to Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-27T21:00:10.837" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian citizen. I am currently working in Germany. I got job offer from a company to work in Italy. They are ready to apply for an entry visa and blue card. Since I am already in Germany and have a valid company-bound German Residence Permit, do I need to go back to India for an entry visa or I can direclty go to Italy for work and do local formalities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14823" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T09:15:55.863" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T09:15:55.863" Title="Working in Germany and job offer in Italy" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13421" CreationDate="2018-03-27T21:25:53.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EU/EEA has a coordination system for social security (which includes national health insurance). One of the fundamental rules of this system is that you are always subject to exactly one national social/health insurance system. Which country you are insured in is determined by a set of rules or (in complicated cases) by a decision of the relevant national authority. You do not get to choose where to pay your health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a few examples, you will be insured in the country where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You work (if you work as an employee or a self-employed person in only one country)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You live (if you work in multiple states simultaneously)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You worked last (if you're unemployed and e.g. receiving unemployment benefit after being employed somewhere)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You live (if you're unemployed and not receiving any benefits or you have never worked anywhere in the EU/EEA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=851&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=851&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The country where you are insured will also issue you an EHIC card. This card entitles you to urgent healthcare in any other EU/EEA state. It does not give you full health coverage (including non-urgent care) everywhere. However, in some cases, you can be fully covered in multiple countries at the same time, for example if you're a cross-border worker (returning home at least weekly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your exact circumstances and your current status, you may first get a Hungarian EHIC card which you would then have to return when you move to France, where you will get a French EHIC. Or if you're going to move really soon, you may get to skip the Hungarian part completely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastEditorUserId="14797" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T21:38:57.413" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T21:38:57.413" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13420" CreationDate="2018-03-28T00:43:22.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, for this situation you will certainly need a travel document from your baby's country of citizenship. These go by various names, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Emergency passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Emergency travel document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provisional travel document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, Australia can issue a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.passports.gov.au/pages/travel-related-documents.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Provisional Travel Document&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Provisional Travel Document (PTD) is generally issued in an emergency situation overseas to enable an Australian to travel to the nearest passport-issuing authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To obtain a PTD, you should contact the nearest Australian diplomatic mission or consulate  to discuss your individual circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your situation, you should contact your country's consulate or embassy as soon as possible to obtain a travel document for your baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T00:43:22.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13422" CreationDate="2018-03-28T01:24:36.080" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally, I would say that being entitled to another citizenship is a good thing. It can open doors otherwise not open to you, and allows you to live and work in more places around the world than you otherwise easily could.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in this case, if you were to get a British passport, you might find that you no longer have Singaporean citizenship, as Singapore is very strict about not allowing dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are many people in Singapore who would gladly follow this path (largely to avoid national service), this would then mean that if you ever want to go to Singapore (the place you have called 'home' all your life), you would be treated as a foreigner. This means visas, work permits and perhaps applying for permanent residence in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is always the chance that Singapore looks badly on people who have given up Singaporean citizenship who then want to come back and live as a foreigner - and they may not even grant PR to such people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have a word with an immigration lawyer in Singapore who would have experience in this matter. They can tell you the actual law and how it applies - don't listen to agents who would happily charge you a fee for each person to apply for a British passport, as well as all the other documents for your trip to the UK. Get solid legal advice as to how this will affect you all (your whole family), and what the actual requirements are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T01:24:36.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13420" CreationDate="2018-03-28T01:30:58.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your country of citizenship has an embassy in the UK, it is probable that they can issue your baby with a passport. Or at least give you advice about what you can do in these circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that getting a passport while overseas can take much longer than getting one within your country of citizenship, so it would be best to apply as soon as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T01:30:58.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13429" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-03-28T01:35:05.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions specific to citizens of the city-state island of Singapore in South East Asia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T09:53:45.003" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T09:53:45.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13430" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-03-28T01:35:05.140" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding citizens of Singapore" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T09:53:51.280" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T09:53:51.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1347" CreationDate="2018-03-28T10:58:39.217" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Blue card just an attempt, but its half cooked, half baked. In the end you have to meet the local requirements and regulations. Still, if you carry a higher degree, being EU resident open multiple doors for you. Company start shortlisting you while ditching who are non-Eu residents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8938" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T10:58:39.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-28T12:07:51.420" Score="2" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that the US embassy put the wrong nationality on my (K1) visa. GRBR (where I live) instead of Italy (my actual nationality). It was their mistake, all my documents are correct. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US embassy (in London) does not take phone calls, they only reply to communications sent through their website and they take 3-5 days to reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already booked the trip, the wedding and the honeymoon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if I arrive at the point of entry, NY in my case, with this visa? Will they send me back? Can I ask them to fix it when I'm in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T05:31:18.443" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T05:31:18.443" Title="Wrong nationality on US visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13433" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13472" CreationDate="2018-03-28T15:45:09.250" Score="1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Dutch IND and nearest Consulate in the UK don't seem to understand the details of my situation and are just confusing me. Preamble; I am aware this would all be much easier if my Afghani boyfriend joined me after I'd already moved to the Netherlands, but we wanted to see if an alternative scenario could work, which is this;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He goes to Iran to stay with his parents and brothers. We apply for him to get a UK visit visa so he can come and stay with me for a while and see Manchester and meet my family and friends. The crux of this scenario is, I don't want him to have to go home to either Iran or Afghanistan. As a gay man this would be very unsafe for him. I know on a visit visa he can't stay with me so I want to move to the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I look for work so we can move, I know he can apply for a Schengen entry visa as I have been informed so by the IND. He would need to prove that he's been in the UK for 3 months minimum. The problem is I don't know on what basis this would be. What worries me is that it takes me a while to find a relevant job, and it could mean him either having to go home to comply with the terms of his visa, or risk over staying and would that overstay put his entry into the Netherlands in jeopardy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that just isn't legally feasible, I'll start looking for work in the Netherlands much sooner, move with a job and then once settled just bring him over the easier way. I just really wanted us to have time together here first before we moved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13992" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T14:03:47.410" Title="Need help with hypothetical scenario around non-EU partner moving with me to Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-28T22:06:49.383" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find the UK Ancestry Visa on the UK.GOV website. Is it a Right of Abode certificate of Entitlement Visa? Step by step where to go would be helpful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14828" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T22:56:58.580" Title="UK Ancestry Visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13434" CreationDate="2018-03-28T22:56:58.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Type &quot;uk ancestry visa&quot; into your nearest search engine. That leads me directly to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;, click on &quot;Visas and immigration&quot;, then &quot;Work visas&quot; (yes this is not obvious), then &quot;UK Ancestry visa&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T22:56:58.580" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13487" CreationDate="2018-03-29T07:12:22.860" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for some advice regarding the regulations in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to study in Switzerland for a master's degree, and I plan to move there with my girlfriend (both Romanian citizens) around the end of August 2018. She will work during this time. The duration of my master's degree is 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Switzerland has a quota for the number of work permits for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens from 1 June 2017. It seems like this quota has been put for 1 year. What happens if she applies for a residence/work permit after June 2018? Will her application still be subject to the quota?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I own a car registered in Romania. Being a student, what are the regulations on importing the car? Would it be possible to use it without getting Swiss plates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13436" LastEditorUserId="5961" LastEditDate="2018-03-29T16:59:20.070" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T10:21:01.960" Title="Moving to Switzerland as a student" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-29T11:40:45.513" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to move to Paris, France, with my two home-schooled kids. I have a BSc and TEFL degree. I want to be a private tutor. I am South African and my main source of income is investments. Is it possible for me to apply for a carte de séjour?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14833" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-29T16:44:59.270" LastActivityDate="2018-03-29T16:44:59.270" Title="Carte de séjour as private tutor" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T00:42:13.713" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen and with my wife of 18 years, we have 2 children, who are Italian citizens. She is a dual US/Russian citizen. Our marriage is registered on the &quot;AIRE&quot;. We live in US. Does she have automatic right to work in Italy? We think about semi-retiring in Italy but likely need some supplemental work income. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14835" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:56:53.433" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:56:53.433" Title="Non-EU spouse: right to work in Italy/Live in the USA" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T02:14:53.270" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing forms I-130 and I-485 for my wife. I have a couple of questions regarding this. Can I file forms I-765 and I-131 with the application (she is in the US on H1B)? And if I can file I-765, what should be the &quot;Eligibility Category&quot; in question 20?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14673" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T02:43:58.360" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T04:46:30.007" Title="Concurrent filing of I-130 and I-485" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13441" CreationDate="2018-03-30T04:46:30.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can file forms &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-directions-obtain-employment-authorization-and-advance-parole-card-where-adjustment-status-application-pending&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-765 and I-131 concurrently with the I-485 Adjustment of Status&lt;/a&gt;. Since you are filing the I-765 with a &quot;normal&quot; Adjustment of Status your Eligibility Category will be (c)(9) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-765instr.pdf?download=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see 7A in the instructions&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T04:46:30.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13443" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13461" CreationDate="2018-03-30T08:02:18.747" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Russian citizen who was admitted to Ph.D. program in the US university starting this fall. I never before had any US visa and currently waiting for I-20 form from my university. I am become more and more nervous, because political relationship between Russia and US are rather tense now with diplomats deportation and consulates closing. May current situation affect my chances of getting F-1 visa as foreign graduate student?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14643" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T15:20:29.513" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T15:20:29.513" Title="Should I worry about US F-1 visa if I am from Russia?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T09:46:56.767" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied and successfully received a student visa from India in October 2017. I traveled to the UK on October 12, but could not register for the course. Since the latest registration date for my course, October 13, was already over, I left the UK willingly on the 16th. I did not collect my BRP from the university. Afterwards, I withdrew from the course and got the course withdrawal letter from UCAS and a full refund from the university for the tuition fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have only received an email on March 23, 2018 from Home Office, which mentions that my previous Tier 4 visa has been curtailed, citing non-commencement of my studies with my university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am applying for May 2018 intake for the same course at another university. I have already paid the full tuition fees and also received the CAS letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since now I am submitting a fresh Tier 4 visa application, kindly guide me for replies to the following 2 questions mentioned in the application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave the UK? Yes/No&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have you ever voluntary elected to depart the UK? Yes/No. (If yes, what do I answer &quot;under immigration decision and the papers you were served&quot;, and &quot;reference number&quot; as the reference number on email is given in form of XXXXXX1234).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14836" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T09:46:56.767" Title="Confused about visa question: “Voluntarily elected to depart the UK” ? Yes or No?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13486" CreationDate="2018-03-30T14:15:42.570" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French and I have to make a choice between two universities for an internship and I need advice. I can do a research internship as a visitor in Canada at the University of Toronto or at Royal Holloway London. The first stage would be to do research on a chemical benchmark and apply Monte Carlo methods, the second would be on the ML applied to chemistry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know which one to choose. I would like to be able to continue being a volunteer firefighter from time to time and to be able to make friends that I can keep and visit when I feel bad in my country. For those two things, I'm not sure Canada is the best idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing that attracts me is that I have never lived on the American continent, and that I would like to be disoriented in a country that I do not know. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there will be new opportunities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you help me ask the right questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T14:33:07.420" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T05:01:08.543" Title="What question should I ask myself before chosing between two internships abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-04-03T15:09:58.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13447" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T18:18:34.963" Score="0" ViewCount="1377" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse and I applied for residency in Nice, France last October 2017. Until now (it's already Mar 30, 2018), we haven't received it yet. What we only have as of the moment is the récépissé, which was issued on January 19, 2018. How long should we still wait to get the actual residence permit? Our visas have already expired and we can't get out of France because of the delay in the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14840" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T05:29:09.160" Title="How long does it take for the carte de séjour (residence permit) to be issued from the date of application?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13447" CreationDate="2018-03-31T05:29:09.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on the Préfecture, it can take anywhere from three months to half a year. Normally your récepissé is valid for three months, if memory serves, and you should visit the préfecture when it expires to get it extended. And possibly enquire about your card. Although you'll probably only get a short &quot;Je sais pas&quot; answer...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T05:29:09.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13450" CreationDate="2018-03-31T06:52:02.073" Score="-1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to find out what are some of the options we can consider for applying for a long-term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a South African citizen and my partner is European. We would like to find out if there are any options for us to possibly look into applying for a long-term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14843" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:06:52.590" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:06:52.590" Title="What are my options for a long-term visa? (Between SA &amp; European citizen)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13449" CreationDate="2018-03-31T10:10:59.037" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most obvious option is to live in an EU country that is not your partner's country of citizenship, as a family member of an eea national exercising their treaty rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you should add some more details or read other answers on this site because the question as it stands is rather broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T10:10:59.037" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-31T12:45:27.297" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visa is expired. Can I apply for citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a person entered the UK on a student visa and studied for 1 year. Suddenly the college was shut down. So he decided to work to balance his expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that he applied to another college by paying more money. That college too was shut down after a year. The college was reopened and asked that guy to visit the college. But he was not willing to go, because they requested more money. So he stopped studying and worked. His visa is expired and he is unable to go back to his country because in his country, Sri Lanka, ethnic riots are happening and he is Muslim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can he do? Can he apply for a citizenship? Will he get it? If not, will they send him back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14845" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T17:42:25.360" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T17:42:25.360" Title="Visa expired. Can I get citizenship in the UK?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-31T13:21:18.093" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Germany for over 30 years with my German husband. We were married in the UK. My husband has a German pension. What happens with our health care when we return? I have not paid into the system since I left. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14846" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T15:16:41.797" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T07:18:00.637" Title="Expat returning to the UK with German husband who is retired" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13451" CreationDate="2018-03-31T14:58:27.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;He can apply for asylum but not for citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite complex to make a case to the UK that he would not be safe to return and so he should use a lawyer with asylum experience to help make the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that there is ethnic and religious violence in Sri Lanka does not guarantee that he will be given asylum in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Unless he has good reason to think he is personally in danger then applying for asylum may be a waste of his time and money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guidance which the UK will refer to regarding asylum is published here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sri-lanka-country-policy-and-information-notes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sri-lanka-country-policy-and-information-notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T15:29:00.117" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T15:29:00.117" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-31T22:04:13.987" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been accepted on a full scholarship to do my Doctorate in the UK in Oxbridge. I am a UK/AUS citizen but my partner is only an AUS citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply to enter the UK under my AUS passport with a student visa and have my partner as a dependent or will I not be allowed because of my UK citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14848" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T22:04:13.987" Title="AUS/UK dual citizen entering the UK on AUS passport with student visa and taking partner as dependant" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13456" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13457" CreationDate="2018-04-01T00:07:31.047" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is employed on a L-1B visa, how long would it take for them to receive a Green Card? And how long before they are able to initiate the Green Card process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-01T02:25:39.530" LastActivityDate="2018-04-01T02:25:39.530" Title="How many years does it take to convert an L1 visa into a Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13456" CreationDate="2018-04-01T01:35:39.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two have nothing to do with each other. L1 is a nonimmigrant visa. It has nothing to do with the process of getting permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To become a permanent resident through an employment-based category, the employer must petition you (there are certain subcategories that can self-petition). You working for an employer on L1, H1b, or any other status does not mean they will ever petition you to immigrate. An employer could petition you as soon as they want, or after as long a period as they want, or never at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if an employer decides to petition you, there is no requirement for you to be in any particular status. You could be in the US in L1, H1b, F1, B2, or any other status, or you could be not in the US at all, when they petition you. The only requirement is that the employer offers to employ you once you become a permanent resident; there is no requirement that you currently work, or have ever worked, for that employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-01T01:35:39.360" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-01T04:53:47.110" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who is in a STEM OPT. His OPT is ending on 15 June, 2018. He is travelling outside the USA on 21 April, 2018 and coming back on 15 May, 2018. Will there be any issue at immigration while he comes back to the USA, since he is just left with one month of his OPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14849" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-06-14T00:30:27.530" LastActivityDate="2018-06-14T00:30:27.530" Title="Travelling outside the USA while close to the end of STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT)" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-01T03:02:46.527" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for information on the E3 work visa application process. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I am from Melbourne and will be relocating to Minneapolis with my 12-year-old son. We are hoping to be closer to my older son who is currently on a full football scholarship at the University of Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently looking for an employer to sponsor my E3. However not many employers are aware of the E3 visa. Does anyone have any information or are you able to direct or advise me on where to start/get more information (i.e what do I need to apply, processing time, costs etc)? Thank you in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ruth Faalele" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T17:23:55.187" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T03:14:04.417" Title="E3 work visa from Melbourne to Minneapolis" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13443" CreationDate="2018-04-01T17:15:31.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that the current climate doesn't degrade into outright war,  you should be fine. The most sanctions that US had taken so far against Russian individuals in recent years have been towards very few people in absolute numbers (less than 1000). Beyond such sanctions, it's all speculation, but in a country under the rule of law, it's not like the president or the person in charge of visas in an embassy can just wake up one day and decide to put Russian nationals at the bottom of the pile. The US department of state, which issues visas, and the US department of homeland security, which oversees entry into the country, are both obligated to follow the rule of law; outside of emergency situations, changes need to go through Congress which is usually very slow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider for example that it has been difficult for the current president to use executive orders to enforce a ban on the entry of citizens from some countries that he argued posed a security risk; judges have barred its enforcement multiple times for various reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words I wouldn't read too much into the current news cycle in terms of your ability to visit on an F-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastEditorUserId="9655" LastEditDate="2018-04-01T20:58:05.943" LastActivityDate="2018-04-01T20:58:05.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T00:50:14.407" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American moving to Northern Ireland on a Tier 2 visa. On our official move date, do I need to land in Northern Ireland (UK) or can I land in Dublin and drive up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is getting through Irish immigration and also not having an official 'start day' stamped on my passport for my tier 2. No border = No stamp/official start date, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14851" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T01:58:34.203" Title="Can I land in Dublin and drive up to start my worker visa in Northern Ireland?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13463" CreationDate="2018-04-02T01:58:34.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be fine entering at Dublin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your permission to work in the UK is established not by a stamp at the border but rather by the possession of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/collect&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;biometric residence permit&lt;/a&gt;. You'll be collecting your BRP either from a Post Office you chose or from your sponsor; your decision letter should tell you this. The person you collect the card from will be interested in when you arrived in the UK so you should try to keep evidence of that, though if you travel up within a day or so of your arrival at Dublin the Ireland arrival stamp in your passport is likely fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/non_eu_citizen_entering_uk_north&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The response to this FOI request&lt;/a&gt; says the same thing. There isn't a problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T01:58:34.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13452" CreationDate="2018-04-02T07:18:00.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;NHS entitlement is based on lawful settled residence, not contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a resident citizen you will be entitled to healthcare, assuming you will be returning to live in the UK and not just visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't comment on your husband as I am not sure how the free movement directive as applied to retirees, reciprocal healthcare agreements with Germany, and the UK leaving the EU will intersect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T07:18:00.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T08:30:06.477" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been legally married to my male spouse for eight years.&#xA;He is Italian, am I able to get an Italian passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14853" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T15:17:57.620" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T15:17:57.620" Title="I am a man married to an Italian man" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13443" CreationDate="2018-04-02T12:46:57.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Diplomatic disputes rarely prevent citizens of any country from obtaining a US F-1 visa (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Indefinite_Entry_Bar_Under_Executive_Order/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see details on the most recent ban which is subject to a court injunction&lt;/a&gt;) but you might face extra delays in the process.  Given that you still have 4-5 months before your program starts, you will most likely get the visa in time even if there is a delay.  You can mitigate the risk of delays by applying early.  Ask your university if they can expedite issuing your I-20 and tell you its SEVIS ID so that you can submit your F-1 visa application right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-04-02T12:54:11.517" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T12:54:11.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13467" CreationDate="2018-04-02T13:24:56.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can acquire Italian citizenship by marriage. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/consolato_sanfrancisco/en/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/cittadinanza/citizenship-by-marriage.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Consolato Generale d'Italia (San Francisco) web site&lt;/a&gt; gives comprehensive information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Citizenship by marriage/civil union&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO AN ITALIAN CITIZEN (Law n. 91 February 5th 1992), AND &#xA;  CITIZENSHIP BY CIVIL UNION TO AN ITALIAN CITIZEN (applications may be submitted beginning 11 FEBRUARY 2017)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The foreign spouse of an Italian citizen may apply for Italian citizenship to the Prefettura after being married for 2 years, if the couple resides in Italy, and to the Italian Consulate after being married for 3 years if the couple resides abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The above periods are reduced by half if the spouses have biological or adopted children.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Two basic requirements to be met prior to submitting the application are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the marriage must have already been registered at the Town Hall in Italy;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the Italian spouse must be registered at the Consulate as an Italian Citizen Residing Abroad (A.I.R.E.).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DOCUMENTATION TO SUBMIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PRINTED COPY OF APPLICATION FORM (domanda online prepared following registration on the webpage of the Ministry of the Interior - see point 1 below) to be signed in front of Consular officer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;VALID PASSPORT and DRIVER’S LICENSE (plus copies)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ESTRATTO PER RIASSUNTO DAI REGISTRI DI MATRIMONIO issued by the Comune in Italy (NOT OLDER THAN 6 MONTHS) where the marriage was registered (only the original &quot;certificate&quot; will be accepted, not a copy). We suggest that the applicant as a foreign national (and not the Italian spouse) make the request of the &quot;Estratto per riassunto dai registry di matrimonio&quot; to the Italian Comune.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PROOF OF RESIDENCY: (utility bill) applicants of other nationalities other than United States must also provide proof of legal residence in the United States (Permanent Resident Card/Green Card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE – Applicants born in the USA must submit the Long Form legalized with Apostille and translation.&#xA;  Applicants born in countries other than the U.S.A. must comply with the local regulations on the legalization of documents. The certificate must be translated into Italian and certified by the Italian Consulate/Embassy in the Country where the document was issued. For further information, visit Italian consular network.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;GOOD CONDUCT/CRIMINAL RECORDS (validity 6 months) issued by the Nation of origin and every previous residency starting from the age of 14 . Women should request the certificate to be issued with both maiden and married name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/consolato_sanfrancisco/resource/doc/2016/05/dichiarazionenodivorzioseparazione.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;STATEMENT OF NO DIVORCE/SEPARATION&lt;/a&gt; along with the copy of the Italian passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;RECEIPT OF PAYMENT of € 200 fee - As required by the Law n. 94/2009, starting August 8th, 2009 there is a fee of € 200 to be paid by all applicants. The fee of € 200 must be paid through international bank transfer, following these guidelines:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;BENEFICIARY: CONTO CORRENTE POSTALE “MINISTERO DELL’INTERNO&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  D.L.C.I. - CITTADINANZA&quot; Piazzale del Viminale, 00184 – ROMA (ITALIA)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  IBAN CODE : IT54D0760103200000000809020&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  SWIFT CODE: BPPIITRRXXX&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Eurogiro: PIBPITRA&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  REFERENCE: NAME &amp;amp; LAST NAME “ISTANZA DI CITTADINANZA PER MATRIMONIO”&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application will be evaluated by the Italian Ministry of Interior and will take 730 days (2 years) for the process, from the day in which complete documentation has been submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Applicants interested in Italian citizenship through marriage will have to submit their application directly online (as listed below). Following the submission of the documentation, the applicant will be contacted for the deposit of the original documents and payment of the other fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Appointments for Citizenship by Marriage previously scheduled online MUST BE CANCELLED BY THE APPLICANT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although the requirements (documentation) necessary will remain the same (see below), applications will now be submitted on-line by following the steps listed below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant will have to register on the following webpage of the Ministry of Interior Affairs: &lt;a href=&quot;https://cittadinanza.dlci.interno.it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://cittadinanza.dlci.interno.it&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the login, the applicant will find a “CITIZENSHIP” section containing the following subtitles:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;gestione della domanda&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;visualizza stato della domanda&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;primo accesso alla domanda comunicazioni&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(“visualizza stato della domanda” and “primo accesso alla domanda” allow the applicant to check the status of his/her request)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By choosing “gestione della domanda” the applicant will have the possibility to submit his/her application by completing the form: MODELLO AE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The applicant must complete the form in its entirety and upload the requested documentation listed on this Consulate’s website:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. Birth certificate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. Marriage certificate issued by the Municipality in Italy&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c. Background checks&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  d. Receipt of payment of the 200 Euro fee&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  e. Valid identification (passport)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant may save, modify, cancel or submit the completed application. After reviewing the submitted application the Consulate may:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;accept the request&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;request additional documentation, or request that documents be amended&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;reject the application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The date of submission of the document will be considered the “date of presentation (submission) of the application”. Therefore, the 730 days of processing period will be calculated beginning from this date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once the application is accepted, the applicant will be requested to submit to this Consulate all of the original documents and to make the necessary payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The above rules do not apply to the automatic acquisition of Italian citizenship through a marriage that occurred before the date of April 27, 1983 (only for foreign women married before that date). Therefore, for marriages that occurred prior to April 27, 1983, applicants must still schedule an appointment through the system “Prenota OnLine”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T13:24:56.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13460" CreationDate="2018-04-02T14:00:18.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/e-3-certain-specialty-occupation-professionals-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services&lt;/a&gt; is the best source of that information. The State Department link gives details on how to apply, cost, and process. Note that the E-3 visa classification is limited to 10,500 nationals of Australia, and that an employer submits a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/h-1b.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Labor Condition Application&lt;/a&gt;, which can be time comsuming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E-3 Certain Specialty Occupation Professionals from Australia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The E-3 classification applies only to nationals of Australia. You must be coming to the United States solely to perform services in a specialty occupation. The specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of knowledge in professional fields and at least the attainment of a bachelor's degree, or its equivalent, as a minimum for entry into the occupation in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eligibility Criteria&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To qualify for an E-3 visa, you must demonstrate that you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are a national of Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have a legitimate offer of employment in the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Possess the necessary academic or other qualifying credentials&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Will fill a position that qualifies as a specialty occupation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Applying for an E-3 Visa from Within the United States&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker is used to apply for a change of status to obtain E-3 nonimmigrant temporary worker classification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supporting Documents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your Form I-129 must include the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A Labor Condition Application (LCA) which cannot be the same application used in a previous H-1B application.  Until the Department of Labor develops a new LCA for an E-3, the applicant should use the standard ETA-9035 and ask that it be annotated as an E-3 LCA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Academic or other credentials demonstrating qualifications for the position&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Job offer letter or other documentation from the employer establishing that you will be engaged in a specialty occupation and that you will be paid the higher of the actual or prevailing wage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If required, before you may commence employment in the specialty occupation, you must have the necessary license or other official permission to practice in the specialty occupation&#xA;  Applying for a Visa With a U.S. Embassy or Consulate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your petition Form I-129 is approved, we will forward a Form I-797, Notice of Action/Approval to the employer, who in turn will forward it to you. A Form I-797 approval notice is not a U.S. visa, as the visa must be obtained at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad. After Form I-129 is approved by USCIS, the next step is to apply for a U.S. visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate, generally in your country of residence abroad. Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/temporary-worker-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of State, Travel.state.gov Temporary Workers webpage&lt;/a&gt; for visa information, how-to-apply procedures, and U.S. embassy web contact information to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T14:00:18.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13433" CreationDate="2018-04-02T16:17:03.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the requirements stated in the question, your best bet is probably just to apply for a UK visitor visa.  I don't expect it has a great chance of success, however.  If you can afford a lawyer, you would probably increase the chance of success by engaging one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To address some of your concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The problem is I don't know on what basis [a Netherlands visa application] would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The option most likely to succeed is to apply under freedom-of-movement regime, if your relationship qualifies.  The problem is that you must meet one of these four criteria to do so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are married&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are registered partners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have lived together for at least six months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have a child together&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/eu-eea/Pages/Family-member-with-different-nationality.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English source&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/eu-eer/Paginas/Familieleden-met-een-andere-nationaliteit.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;would [an] overstay put his entry into the Netherlands in jeopardy[?]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would not affect his ability to qualify for entry or residence based on freedom of movement.  It probably &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; be held against him for any other kind of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since UK visitor visas allow one to stay in the UK for six months, the obvious question is: could you bring him to the UK for six months on a visitor visa and then use that time to qualify for freedom of movement in the Netherlands?  This proposal has at least two areas of concern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Probability of a UK visa refusal: Anyone applying for a visitor visa for six months is likely to receive much more scrutiny and be therefore much more likely to receive a refusal.  Applying for this purpose is also likely to be met with skepticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) The timing: Can you apply for the Dutch visa before having lived together for six full months?  If not, where will your partner go between the end of the six months in the UK and the move to Amsterdam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be other EU countries that could help solve the second problem, but the first problem is going to be trickier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option you might want to consider: Move to the Netherlands, register your partnership, and then travel together to the UK for the few months of getting to know your family and friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-04T14:03:47.410" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T14:03:47.410" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T19:40:55.150" Score="0" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an international student from South Asia, studying for a Master's (Computer Science) in a Schengen country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to get &quot;permanent residence&quot; in any of the Schengen countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, which country will be the &quot;easiest&quot; to getting Permanent&#xA;Residence and what will be the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14857" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-02T23:49:14.503" LastActivityDate="2019-11-24T18:58:56.940" Title="Among Schengen countries, which has the &quot;easiest&quot; requirements for getting permanent residence?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-04-09T14:00:45.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T21:57:03.830" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Charles Schwab is closing my account because I inquired about changing my address to my Irish residence. I am not sure if the other bank accounts I have in the US have similar policies, but am afraid to ask. Why would Charles Schwab have this policy if I am still a US resident? Do all banks have this policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14858" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T21:57:03.830" Title="Why do some US banks not allow US citizens living in Ireland to open/maintain accounts?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13502" CreationDate="2018-04-02T22:48:59.053" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Italian citizenship and I would like to go work in Australia or New Zealand for an undefinite amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a bachelor's degree, would it be enough for me to get a job offer as a programmer to then get a working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14645" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T03:23:32.770" Title="Can I get a working visa in Australia/New Zealand without a degree?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T23:05:54.107" Score="3" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been a software engineer for nearly 6 years. I started as an indie, but for the last 2.5 years, I've been employed by companies in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm self-taught and I don't have a degree in any field. And I very much planning to avoid such waste of time and more importantly money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My dream/goal ever since I started this journey was to eventually end up in the USA and work in a nice company with like-minded people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking these circumstances in consideration, what is the best way to get a job in the USA in software engineering?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I go back to the school and get a degree? If so, is there a possibility to fast-forward the process, so it won't take the whole 4 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is there a visa I don't know about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked into different visas, but all of them always has a catch in one or another way. I'm just looking for an idea on how &quot;weirdos&quot; like me, with no degree, but with real-world experience, which I can prove at any waking moment, can achieve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14859" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T11:15:16.617" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T11:15:16.617" Title="What would be my options to work in the USA? Or should I give up on the American Dream?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T22:59:58.770" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Family Permit expires on 10 July 2018. I want to leave the UK 5 June 2018 and return on 25 June 2018. Can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Key points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We've been in the UK since early February 2018.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I work in the UK. I applied for a National Insurance Number and I should get it in a couple of weeks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife is an EEA National. She doesn't work yet but is looking for a job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would your advice be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14175" OwnerDisplayName="Palio" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-27T16:52:13.003" LastActivityDate="2018-04-27T16:52:13.003" Title="10 days remaining on EEA Family Permit. Can I get back into the UK?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13501" CreationDate="2018-04-03T00:49:45.870" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming one is not a national of China, Mexico, India or Phillippines, what would be the average time for receiving an EB-3 Green Card? The starting point would be the point when the company initiates a PERM certification and the finishing point would be the moment when the physical Green Card arrives to the applicant. Presume full cooperation and support from the company sponsoring the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any official statistics on this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T04:38:33.063" LastActivityDate="2020-02-28T00:46:19.143" Title="What is the average time for getting an EB-3 Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13478" CreationDate="2018-04-03T02:24:33.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can use the family permit up to its last day of validity as long as your wife is in the UK or traveling with you when you enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA family permit is different from a visa in that it does not authorize you to be in the UK.  Rather, your right to be in the UK flows directly from EU law and the UK immigration regulations that implement that law.  So once you're in the UK, it's fine for the permit to expire, and border officers should not seek to establish that you will leave before it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government's pages on the family permit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;say as much&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Stay after your EEA family permit expires&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can stay in the UK after your permit expires if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;are the family member of an EEA national - see if you’re &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note how the link for eligibility to stay after the permit's expiration points to the page that describes eligibility for the permit itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T02:29:56.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13479" CreationDate="2018-04-03T03:28:17.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, it's the person's country of birth that matters, not the country of nationality. Each month's &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa bulletin&lt;/a&gt; shows which priority dates have an available visa number this month for each category and country of birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For employment-based categories, the priority date is the date when the labor certification was filed (if a labor certification is required for the category), or the date the petition was filed (if a labor certification is not required for the category). You cannot proceed to the final step (either approval of Adjustment of Status or getting an immigrant visa) until your priority date is before the date for your category and country of birth in the Final Action Date chart. Basically, the chart shows that people who initiated the process that many years ago can proceed to the last step now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this month, the chart shows that all countries of birth other than Mainland China, India, and the Philippines are &quot;current&quot; for EB3 -- which means they do not have a wait for visa numbers, and so the process only takes as long as the applications take to process. For people born in Mainland China, India, and the Philippines, you can look at how long ago a date is listed to get an estimate for how long the process takes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T03:28:17.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T17:42:30.680" Score="2" ViewCount="2170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on F-1 visa OPT and this year my visa is going to get expire. Do I need to give IELTS again for Canada PR? And If I file for canada PR now how long it takes to complete process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Tia" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T04:18:45.180" Title="I am on US F-1 visa OPT and I want to apply for Canada PR do I need to give IELTs again?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13482" CreationDate="2018-04-02T17:49:07.760" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to give more details. Presumably you gave IELTS to get F-1 visa and US university admission. That's probably the academic IELTS that you gave. For Canadian Immigration, &quot;General&quot; IELTS is required, academic not accepted. So yes you have to give General IELTS again. You also need to get your highest education evaluated (also known as ECA) before you can submit Express Entry profile (quickest way to get PR if you're not already working in Canada). Based on your EE profile score you may/may not get invited to apply for PR (a.k.a ITA). After you get ITA you need to submit your medical test results, police clearance certificates, employment history reference letters, proof of funds and all the works. From start to end this can take between 8-12 months. You should also look at other immigration tracks such PNP, or apply for studies/work in Canada or move there before getting the PR. CIC's website is very informative, do use it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC PR website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: here's some more info&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/express-entry/applications-received-on-after-january-1-2016-completeness-check.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/express-entry/applications-received-on-after-january-1-2016-completeness-check.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://movnorth.com/process/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://movnorth.com/process/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" OwnerDisplayName="CJH" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T02:42:29.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13485" CreationDate="2018-04-03T04:00:42.660" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it differ from state to state in case of a green card holder. like different states have different laws pertaining to what a green card holder can get in case of medicare or medicaid. Some one told me that if you are in a republican state the laws are stricter than democrats where you get access to some government services. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14861" OwnerDisplayName="sarmahdi" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T04:39:04.653" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T04:46:24.570" Title="Green card in different states" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13484" CreationDate="2018-04-03T04:46:24.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the requirements for Medicare are the same for all states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for Medicaid do differ between states. For one, some states have expanded Medicaid for the Affordable Care Act, and some states haven't. Those that have expanded Medicaid allow all low-income US citizens and certain aliens up to 133% of poverty level, whereas those that haven't expanded Medicaid only allow people up to 100% of poverty level, and may have certain additional restrictions depending on state (e.g. not allowing working-age adults with no children and no disabilities). In addition, most states do not allow permanent residents (green card holders) on Medicaid for the first 5 years, but a few states don't have such a waiting period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other benefits also have differences between states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T04:46:24.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13446" CreationDate="2018-04-03T05:01:08.543" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest that you apply the Monte-Carlo method: flip a coin :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Joke aside, this question is less about expatriation and more about how to make complex life choices. Let me give some basic advice and focus on what will be relevant here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being able to come back in an emergency: they are about the same. Cost of travel between London and Paris is expensive if you don't buy it in advance. Time of travel is ~8h from Toronto, ~2h from Paris. Toronto is only slightly more expensive and inconvenient because you would normally take a red-eye flight and not sleep very well. But in both cases it's very feasible to come back for an emergency even on short notice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being able to come back on a regular basis: London is a clear winner if you really want or need to be able to come back to France once a month or more, for example. That would be very tiring and expensive to do from Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Staying in touch with close friends or maintaining a long-distance romantic relationship: Toronto is a real stretch. In London, if there's a friend that you hang out with a lot and they're in France, you can still spend long times with them on the phone, but the time difference makes this difficult in Toronto - one of you will always be sleeping or busy when the other is available. It's comparatively easier to stay in touch with family because they'll (hopefully) make time for you on weekends, but otherwise it's very hard to align schedules.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Standard of living. London is a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; more expensive than Toronto, for everything from food to transportation to housing. Look out for how much you'll be getting paid, how much you're ready to spend, and what kind of housing accommodation you'd be comfortable with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Things to see and do. London is approximately 3x as large as Toronto in terms of the metro area population (14 million vs. 5 million). This means that London has a lot more things to do and see than Toronto, which can be good and also a bit overwhelming. (Paris: 12 million.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In either case, it is unlikely that you will be able to be a volunteer firefighter. Neither London or Toronto seem to have much in the way of volunteer opportunities, the firefighting forces being professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Making local friends: I'm going to guess that it is more likely for you to make local (Canadian) friends in Toronto, and more likely for you to make international friends in London (fellow expatriates from elsewhere than London). I base this on the experience of many of my expat friends in London, who after many years living there ended up striking only superficial friendships with their British colleagues, yet have made many deep friendships with people from around the world who also happened to live in London at the time. By comparison, I know many more people who spent time in North America and made local friends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now on the process to decide.&lt;/strong&gt; The most important thing is that you first stop comparing the two opportunities — I can tell from your question that you keep comparing the two options. But before comparing them, figure out what is important to you first: pretend neither of the two opportunities existed for a minute, and ask yourself which are the most important questions for you: is the subject matter of the internship more important than the ability to come back and see family on weekends? What about the renown of the team? The personality of the host? The money (income and expense)? The professional opportunities? The tourism opportunities nearby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only when you know what truly matters to you should you start comparing the two opportunities, starting with the most important criteria first. If the thing that really matters most is that you really want to learn machine learning, no matter how small your living quarters might be, then go for London. If you value making local friendships in North America more, and the subject matter is only a secondary consideration, then go for Toronto. If you're not sure which opportunity is better from the point of view of a certain criterion, skip it and consider the next criterion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if, even after comparing them like this, the two opportunities end up being close enough, do flip a coin :) complete randomness is the optimal algorithm for ensuring the best outcome when facing a decision with completely equal expected outcomes either way...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T05:01:08.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13438" CreationDate="2018-04-03T10:21:01.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What happens if she applies for a residence/work permit after June 2018? Will her application still be subject to the quota?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't seems so, because, as you stated: (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/working-switzerland-eu-efta/#bulgaria-and-romania-eu-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This measure is in force for a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So following the logic, from the 1st of June 2018 you will benefit from the same rights as other EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the regulations on importing the car? Would it be possible to use it without getting Swiss plates?&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/importations-cars-switzerland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vehicles belonging to people moving to Switzerland (that had been used for at least six months abroad) are duty free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you have cleared customs, you need to register your vehicle at the road traffic office in your canton of residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;, you are a student: (emphasis by me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign workers, &lt;strong&gt;students&lt;/strong&gt; and interns may use their foreign vehicles on which duty has not been paid in Switzerland. &lt;strong&gt;However, a customs permit is needed for this.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some search, it looks like you need to (when crossing the border with your car) declare yourself at the customs office at the border to get a customs permit. Beware of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pwebapps.ezv.admin.ch/apps/dst/?lang=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;working hours&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14777" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T10:21:01.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-03T12:59:03.490" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for the EEA family permit, based on being a spouse of EEA National among the supporting documents is the Marriage certificate and printed photos during the stages of our relationship and wedding. The visa application center used in my Country is TLSContact and now they only scan supporting documents &lt;em&gt;(Supporting documents will be scanned whilst customers are at the visa application center, and then given straight back immediately.)&lt;/em&gt;. As anyone used their service lately presenting printed photos as proof like am about to do? did they accept these pictures because I read they rejected photo albums from people and this caused their visa to be refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14767" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T12:59:03.490" Title="Supporting document as photos TLSContact: EEA Permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-03T13:59:40.233" Score="3" ViewCount="581" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been filling the online EEA FP to join my wife in the UK. I have obtained several General visit visas to visit her on a regular basis before we got married. &#xA;For these General visas, I have been feeling out the Employment and Income section. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This section happens to appear again under the EEA family permit and I'm confused because I don't need to answer any questions about finance or employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the questions in this section really relevant for the EEA Family Permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employment:&#xA;What is your current working status?: Employed Full-Time&#xA;*&#xA;What is your total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation, after tax?  N/A&#xA;*&#xA;Name of Company/Organisation/ Employer: N/A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&#xA;Job Description / Title / Rank : N/A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&#xA;Type of work undertaken: N/A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I am employed do I still need to state my Company and Job Description?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all the question about INCOME&amp;amp;EXPENDITURES, I answered N/A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am fully employed and I will be sponsoring my trip down to join my wife, does this means I still have to feel the Sponsor's details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you being sponsored by a person(s)? &#xA;Yes&#xA;No (No, for the reason explained above)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prove that I will be sponsoring my trip to the UK, I'm thinking of providing my payslips and bank statements despite answering N/A to the question in the Income &amp;amp; Expenditure section&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I fill N/A to all financial employment questions about me(applicant) do I have to justify this in the Additional section, if so how could these be justified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone with better experience in with the EEA PERMIT help with these doubts please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14767" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:06:36.397" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:06:36.397" Title="EEA Family Permit Application employment questions" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-03T14:53:45.780" Score="2" ViewCount="599" Body="&lt;p&gt;My life partner is an EU citizen (Italian passport); she was born in Uruguay and we live together with our son (one and a half year old) in Uruguay. We are relocating to Newcastle upon Tyne because she is accepting a job offer from a UK company there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, we must apply for an EEA Family Permit, with my son as a family member, and me as an extended family member because we are not married. Then a residence after we are more or less settled (before 6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the EEA Family Permit the correct way to go?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my son gets an Italian passport on time for the trip, does he need the EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do we need two applications, one for me and one for my son, or can the application include both?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I understand we must apply in person (after the online process) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, because there is no office in Montevideo. Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my son must apply for the permit, must he come with me to Argentina? Must he be there for the application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is our son's birth certificate proof enough of our relationship? If not, what additional documents should we provide to prove the partnership?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for the documents presented (translation? Any official validation? Apostille?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there any additional documents we must provide with the application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand these are a lot of questions but maybe some can be answered. I tried to contact the immigration office of the UK, even trying the paying service but they refuse my VISA card for some reason (works everywhere, Amazon, eBay, Paypal, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14865" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-04T15:33:03.017" LastActivityDate="2018-06-04T15:33:03.017" Title="How to correctly apply for an EEA Family Permit for me and my son?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13494" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-04-03T15:22:11.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding citizens of the Russian Federation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T04:27:02.177" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T04:27:02.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13495" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-04-03T15:22:11.467" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding citizens of the Russian Federation" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T04:27:05.830" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T04:27:05.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-03T16:19:56.270" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a Singapore Employment Pass and my office is in Singapore. I want to live in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. What visa, if any, would I need to rent a condo and reside in Johor Bahru? I would travel to Singapore daily. I also want to rent a car in Johor Bahru; is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14866" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T17:31:52.120" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T17:31:52.120" Title="How could I live in Malaysia and work in Singapore?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;malaysia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-05-12T21:52:03.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13493" CreationDate="2018-04-03T18:23:01.253" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the EEA Family Permit the correct way to go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my son gets the Italian Passport on time for the trip, does he need the EEA Family Permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course not.  The EEA family permit is only for non-EEA family members of EEA nationals.  As an Italian citizen, your son does not need an EEA family permit.  Focus your efforts on getting the Italian passport instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need two applications, One for me and one for my son, or can the application include both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would need two applications, but your son should get his Italian passport instead of the EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand we must apply in person (after the online process) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, because there is no office in Montevideo; is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps not.  The freedom of movement directive requires member states to &amp;quot;grant such persons every facility to obtain the necessary visas. Such visas shall be issued free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.&amp;quot;  This generally means that you cannot be required to pay a &amp;quot;processing fee&amp;quot; for the services of a third-party visa processor.  It may also mean that you shouldn't be required to travel to Argentina.  You should try asking the nearest consulate it will accept your application directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my son must apply for the permit, must he come with me to Argentina? Must he be there for the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't get his Italian passport in time then he probably has to visit.  The consulate or the visa processing contractor can give you more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is our son's birth certificate proof enough of our relationship? If not, what additional documents should we provide to prove the partnership?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for the documents presented (translation?, any official validation?,apostille?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any additional documents we must provide with the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are unmarried, and your partnership is not registered with any civil authority, include evidence to show that you have been living together for at least two years.  (I suspect that it should not be necessary to prove this because you have a child together, but I cannot find any official guidance to support that suspicion.  Having a child together should at least relieve you of the burden of providing additional evidence that that your relationship is genuine.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have registered your partnership, include authenticated copies of the registration documents.  If you are married, include an authenticated copy of your marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the requirements for certification and/or authentication, and more generally for information about what documents to include, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the guidance&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-eea-family-permit-form-vaf5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;documents to which it links&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T18:23:01.253" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13492" CreationDate="2018-04-03T18:41:09.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are right that these questions are improper.  You may want to consider, however, that failing to respond to them might irritate the entry clearance officer considering your application, increasing the risk of a refusal.  It shouldn't be that way, of course, but in the end it is, because there is a person considering the application who may be swayed by emotions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information about sponsorship is also not particularly required, except that for the purpose of this application, &lt;em&gt;your wife&lt;/em&gt; may be the sponsor because she is the EEA national through whom you derive your right of freedom of movement.  It doesn't matter who is paying the expenses.  You must therefore provide evidence of her EEA nationality and of her status as a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  If there's nowhere else in the application to do this, then the &quot;sponsor&quot; fields are the appropriate place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm writing with &quot;if&quot; because the last time I applied for an EEA family permit was several years ago now, and I do not remember as clearly as I used to, and anyway the form may have changed in the meanwhile.  I suspect that it hasn't changed much, however, because the inappropriate questions about finances have obviously not been eliminated.  When we applied, we did answer them all, but in that case it was for my mother in law, so it was necessary to establish that she was financially dependent.  For a spouse, it is not necessary to show financial dependence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T18:41:09.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-03T19:08:46.107" Score="2" ViewCount="451" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm almost through filling the EEA Permit. I have answered every question regarding the applicant's employment, income as N/A. My doubts are in the EEA national section and sponsor's details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you being sponsored by a person(s)? Yes/No*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to fill in the details of the EEA national even when they won't sponsor my trip to the UK financially when the EEA Permit is granted or is there any other meaning to what they refer to has the sponsors details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much is spent each month in GBP(£) on living costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is their total monthly income from all sources of employment or occupation, after tax?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much is spent each month in GBP(£) on living costs?*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are questions previously asked about the applicant where I answered N/A. Now it asking about the EEA national. How have you answered these questions when the EEA national is already in the UK? N/A or the correct amounts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone help out, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14767" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T00:00:31.663" Title="EEA National Sponsor: EEA Family Permit Online Application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13499" CreationDate="2018-04-03T19:40:09.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I did this, I put the EEA national as the sponsor.  That was my wife.  The application was for her mother.  If the question is about the EEA national, you must answer it with regard to your wife or your application may be refused.  This is because the facts you must prove for a successful application include your wife's EEA nationality and either that she is a qualified person or that she has been in the UK for no more than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information about living costs is not relevant for your application, but as I mentioned in my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/13498/2440&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to another &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/13492/2440&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; of yours, you may want to supply it anyway to avoid irritating the officer deciding your application.  If they use that information to refuse your application, you will have grounds for a complaint and an appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T19:40:09.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13479" CreationDate="2018-04-03T20:44:20.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both USCIS and the Department of Labor publish some statistics on that. It takes a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The PERM certification consists of two bits &lt;a href=&quot;https://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehGeneral.dspProcessingTimes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;whose current average processing times are listed here&lt;/a&gt;. The prevailing wage determination is first and is currently taking an average of 70 days, while the PERM processing time is taking an average of 156 days if you avoid an audit, so that totals around 7.5 months. Note, however, that this doesn't include the time for 60 day recruitment period, since this could (if you want to live dangerously) be done at the same time as the PWD at the risk of having to do it all over again if the PWD number is unexpectedly high. I also know that these times can be highly variable, so it isn't clear that this is telling you much about your own particular case, but I think people who accomplish this in 7 or 8 months are pretty happy about that and not everyone is happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once PERM is done your employer can file the I-140 petition for you. If you are in the US at the time, want to adjust your status and your visa category is current the I-485 adjustment of status and associated forms can be filed at the same time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Processing times for these can be found here&lt;/a&gt; and, for the I-485, can depend on the field office that handles it. If you file them together they may proceed somewhat in parallel (and the I-140 for someone who has already managed PERM is usually uncontroversial), so the I-485 time alone may be the most representative of how long this will take. At the field office closest to my house the I-485 processing time is currently 8.5 to 16 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, all-in-all, you are probably looking at 1.5 to 2 years to get LPR status if all goes reasonably well, plus a month or two more for the card to arrive in the mail. It can easily go longer, though. I have heard that people who want to speed this up will sometimes opt for premium processing of the I-140 (15 days if there are no objections, for $1000 or so extra) followed by consular processing, though stuff can go wrong with that too and if you need to wait out the PERM process anyway a savings of a couple of months isn't going to make a huge difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2020-02-28T00:46:19.143" LastActivityDate="2020-02-28T00:46:19.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13475" CreationDate="2018-04-04T03:23:32.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way for you to get started living in Australia or New Zealand is probably to get a working holiday visa (assuming you're under 30).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Australia: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/417-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New Zealand: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/italy-working-holiday-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy Working Holiday Visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are restrictions, such as the maximum term with a single employer is 6 months (Australia) or 3 months (New Zealand). After you get some local work experience, you may be able to get a proper job offer, perhaps from one of the employers you worked for during your working holiday. Then, with a job offer, you can apply for a longer term working visa. If that all works out, then you may be able to turn that working visa into a permanent residence visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T03:23:32.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T04:40:26.863" Score="3" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need the new UK ID card license to apply for a Japanese license here in Tokyo. My old paper license is still valid. In going through the process via GVT-UK online, I was met with the problem that my old address and postcode (Goldington Rd, Bedford MK41 postcode) on my paper license (the details of which I was filling in as requested) do not 'match'. Perhaps this is due to building changes over the years; or all I know, the old place might have been knocked down, as that area of town is unrecognizable after years of roadworks and construction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It mentions requiring proof of residence in the UK for at least a month of having received the license. Well, I certainly was in the UK for some years after acquiring the license, but proof could be tricky as we're talking 20+ years ago. Is it easier to simply send the license in by snail mail and have it send to a family address in the UK? It also talks about getting fined up to 1,000 pounds if a change of address is not notified. Yikes, I haven't notified DVLC of anything for 25 years! What to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14869" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-30T06:12:25.603" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T14:40:35.353" Title="Living in Japan for 25 years, how can I change the address on my old paper license?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13523" CreationDate="2018-04-04T06:36:10.357" Score="-1" ViewCount="820" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a post-doc position in France (I am not from Europe). However, I came to know that post-doc salaries in France are regulated. In view of this, can anyone inform what kind of benefits one can request/expect along with the usual salary for a post-doctoral position in France ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14871" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T18:01:38.263" Title="What to expect during PostDoc in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-04-09T14:00:51.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T11:46:42.043" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've started working in Germany two years ago. During the anmeldung I declared that I don't belong to any religious organization. I am an atheist, but I was baptized in Poland. I thought that saying no in the anmeldung form is enough, but recently I've learned about ​Kirchenaustrittserklärung and I've started to worry about backpayment. I would like to leave church officialy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I need to pay all of the taxes from my anmeldung to the day I declare that I'm leaving the church in Standesamt?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14873" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T11:46:42.043" Title="Church tax back payment when leaving" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T16:25:38.783" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a marriage visit visa and it is MULT. I got it to get married in the UK last February. Now I am married and I left the UK to go back to my country. My husband is Italian living and working in the UK. We are planning to stay together in Birmingham where he is living. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I'm out of the UK and my visa still valid, may I enter the UK one more time and apply for EEA visa from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14875" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-04-04T16:33:14.640" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T19:19:42.193" Title="How to change a marriage visit visa to a spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T17:22:00.823" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an H1B visa holder start a business and get profits? How much can he get per year? He is a totally passive investor in a joint-venture program. Is there any limit to the profits he can get every year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14876" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T08:02:23.837" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T08:02:23.837" Title="Is there a limit to the percentage of profits per year in a business for an H1B visa holder?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T17:52:33.810" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen working in the USA on an H-1B visa for the last 5 years. I have a valid I-797 but the stamping on the passport has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied for a job in Belgium and I'm in the process of getting an offer. Can I get the work visa stamped for Belgium in the USA, without going back to India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any different options available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14877" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T08:00:46.503" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T18:47:01.097" Title="Belgium work visa stamping in the USA for an Indian H-1B holder?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13476" CreationDate="2018-04-04T17:59:16.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the current USA conditions and all the restrictions put on for the H1 visas and the point system been put in place(future), it would be in your benefit to get a degree related to Computer Science. This will increase your chance of getting in USA, or the other option is to get in touch with some nice consulting firm who can evaluate you and apply for your visa(most likely they will ask for the degree as well, but it depends)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14877" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T17:59:16.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13512" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13513" CreationDate="2018-04-04T19:36:12.727" Score="2" ViewCount="670" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone becomes a resident in British Columbia they are normally required to exchange their license. What is the full sequence of steps for doing so, in practice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T07:59:26.447" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T01:19:26.027" Title="What is the full process of exchanging a foreign driver's license in British Columbia?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;british-columbia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13512" CreationDate="2018-04-04T19:36:12.727" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First let's take a look at the legal definition behind the requirement to exchange your licence. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quickscribe.bc.ca/secure/pdfs/110.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Motor Vehicle Act, 1996&lt;/a&gt; one is allowed to drive on their foreign license under the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;34. (1.1) (b)&lt;/strong&gt; a person who has become ordinarily resident in British Columbia and who has a validly issued and subsisting driver’s or operator’s licence or permit issued according to the laws of the jurisdiction where he or she was most recently ordinarily resident, &lt;strong&gt;for 90 days after he or she became ordinarily resident in British Columbia&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here &quot;ordinarily resident&quot; means you are settled in Canada as a citizen, permanent resident, work permit holder or a spouse of the above. It excludes full-time students of Canadian universities and short-term employees who spend less than 6 months in the country (see sections (c) and (d) of the same Act). In theory, one should also be able to drive for up to 12 months in BC using their IDP, but unfortunately &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/27119/is-british-columbia-violating-the-1949-geneva-convention-on-road-traffic-by-requ&quot;&gt;British Columbia doesn't respect the 1949 Geneva Convention&lt;/a&gt; so you only have 3 months to replace your license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next step &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/Pages/Moving-from-another-country.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;depends on which country issued your license&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're from UK, Germany, US and a handful of other countries, you're allowed to visit any ICBC office and directly exchange your license for a temporary one issued by BC. You will be mailed the plastic version of the DL within 60 days (around 10 days in practice).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, read below.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next step is to pass the theoretical driving exam:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare for the exam online by &lt;a href=&quot;http://practicetest.icbc.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;taking a practice test&lt;/a&gt; on the ICBC website&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit any ICBC office, show them your passport and your driving license (it's usually not necessary to show your driving record), then proceed to the computers to do your test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you score at least 40 correct answers out of 50, you pass&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At this point ICBC checks how long you've been living in BC. If it's still less than 90 days since your arrival the original license will remain with you. If not, it will be taken away and you'll get a temporary Class N license instead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you need to book your road exam (you cannot do it before you pass the theoretical exam):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The straightforward approach is to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/visit-dl-office/Pages/Book-a-road-test.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visit the ICBC website&lt;/a&gt; and book the first timeslot available. This usually means you will have to wait 2-3 months until you can take your test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A second option is to wait until midnight when cancelled time slots are becoming available for booking and seeing if you can quickly book a closer time for yourself&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finally you can sign up for a preparation session with a driving school, which usually includes them booking a time slot for you after the session. Since driving schools have preferential access to time slot bookings its easier for them to book you right away.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If possible, book a road test in Point Grey. It's not busy with traffic and the test won't include a highway, so it's a little bit easier.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I drove with an instructor first and he was able to book me a test for the very next week. Even though I have a European license it was still very useful to see what the local exam checks for, so I can highly recommend it to others as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then its time to go for your road test:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First you need to secure a car for the test. If its your own car - great, just bring the license, registration and insurance. If its a rental or Car2Go/Modo/Zipcar/Ovo, make sure you've got the insurance policy in the vehicle itself. If its the driver instructors car he'll take car of this himself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When you come to the ICBC office the official requirement is to have a second driver present. This is necessary because you won't be allowed to drive anymore if you fail the test, so they want to make sure someone else will drive the car back if you fail.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finally you get into a car with an instructor, do the driving, and either pass or fail. I've found the test relatively easy compared to Europe, although I've already had a lot of experience beforehand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you fail, you can repeat the test in 2 weeks. If you pass, you'll receive a temporary Class 5 (full) license and will be mailed the plastic version of it within 60 days (around 10 days in practice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall my expenses included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$15 to do the theoretical test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$50 to take the practical test&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$31 for the license itself once I've passed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$200 total for the driving school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-04-25T01:19:26.027" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T01:19:26.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13509" CreationDate="2018-04-04T20:35:10.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Belgian diplomatic mission to the US says that &lt;a href=&quot;http://unitedstates.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/visa-belgium/employees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;after you receive your work permit from your employer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can then contact the appropriate consular office in whose jurisdiction you are a resident, to apply for a long term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you reside in the United States, you should apply in the United States.  If you try to apply in India, your application may be rejected because you do not reside there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;appropriate consular office&quot; can be found by visiting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://unitedstates.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/embassy-and-consulates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of missions in the US&lt;/a&gt;.  Visit the &lt;em&gt;Jurisdiction&lt;/em&gt; page for each mission, and see whether your place of residence is listed.  If it is, that is the mission where you must apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T18:47:01.097" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T18:47:01.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13515" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13517" CreationDate="2018-04-04T22:11:31.993" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am just now filing for my OPT post completion authorization and realized that the processing times will be such that I could be OPT-less by the time I start work. The TN visa is also an option for me so in the worst case, I would just apply for the TN at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I was wondering if it was possible to do a change of status from TN to OPT after my OPT gets approved/arrives. Also, will the government deny me of my OPT if I am already on TN? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14881" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T01:37:56.737" Title="Apply and receive OPT while on TN?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13473" CreationDate="2018-04-04T22:49:26.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Time: Almost every country in the Schengen area requires at least 5 years of residence to become a permanent resident, so I'd say time-wise you can choose any country you want.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Language: easiest to learn is arguably Dutch, assuming you already speak English. Spanish is also not that hard and widely useful around the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ease of getting a job: the richer the country, the easier it is to find a job. Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands and Belgium are perfectly good choices. Check out EU's unemployment rates and go for the countries with the lowest unemployment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However be aware that being a permanent resident of the EU is not too useful once you leave the country in question, as other countries won't automatically grant you residency based on your residency in a different EU country. Only being a citizen grants you the true privilege of relocating anywhere within the EU at will. You are therefore looking at spending 10+ years in the country in question, so I recommend choosing wisely from the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2019-11-24T18:58:56.940" LastActivityDate="2019-11-24T18:58:56.940" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13515" CreationDate="2018-04-05T01:37:56.737" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;OPT is part of F1 status, and post-completion OPT must be done right after graduating. If you go into another status after you have graduated, you cannot go back into F1 status to do OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T01:37:56.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T15:43:05.220" Score="1" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lost my BRP card (I have a Tier 2 ICT visa) and subsequently reported the loss to the Home Office on January 15, 2018. My visa was valid until May 25, 2018. Since my employer was anyway planning to file a visa extension, I called the Home Office and checked if I needed to file for replacement of the BRP or wait for 1-2 months for my company to file a visa extension (which will anyway result in a new BRP card being issued). I was told that I could wait for my company to file for a visa extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it has taken quite a long time for my company to decide on my extension in the UK and it was confirmed just today. The company will take another 2-3 weeks from now to file the extension. However, by next weekend, 3 months will have passed since I lost my BRP card. As per the Home Office website, you need to apply for a replacement BRP within 3 months of losing it, else there could be a 1,000 GBP fine and deportation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know if I should file for a replacement BRP immediately (it will cost me around 100 GBP overall) and let my company file for my visa extension in another 2-3 weeks time. I am not sure if filing for extension will supersede the replacement process or both will happen in parallel, in which case I will get 2 BRP cards, one after another (one with the original end date of May 30, 2018 and another with the extended date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I wait for 2-3 weeks more (in which case I would end up spending 1-2 weeks more than 3 months and could result in a penalty). Or should I call the Home Office and take their advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any pointer on this would help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Rohit" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-01T13:18:59.323" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T13:18:59.323" Title="Lost BRP card – should I replace it or wait for WP extension to be filed?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13518" CreationDate="2018-04-04T16:36:06.367" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it will cost me around 100 GBP overall&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;else there could be 1000 GBP file and deportment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Weigh your options and pick one. I would immediately apply for a new BRP card even if your employer was going to get you a new one in the coming weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep your stay legal today, worry about &lt;em&gt;2-3 weeks&lt;/em&gt; when you get there. &amp;pound;100 is a small price to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That process overlap is then not your problem, you apply for a replacement as advised by them and if that results in a procedural clash that's for them to deal with. You will not incur any penalties just because you're due for a renewal soon after an application for replacement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13268" OwnerDisplayName="Hanky Panky" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T16:36:06.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T07:13:39.860" Score="1" ViewCount="3631" Body="&lt;p&gt;My civil partner is making an application to move to the UK and be with me. I live in the UK and I have an Italian passport. I am self-employed but I don't have an EEA National Registration Number. I am here legally, exercising my rights, and have had no issues. I have an NI number, company, insurance etc. I pay council tax and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the form is asking her for my EEA National Registration Number, which I don't have, and it won't let her progress in the application unless she puts something in there starting with an 'X'. Has anyone had this problem and actually solved it? Do I need to make this EEA registration number application? Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14882" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T07:59:02.973" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T21:19:45.963" Title="EEA National registration certificate number" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2018-07-17T09:53:09.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T10:45:49.643" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a time when I was young and (very) stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a car, registered under my name, in France (near Geneva). Just before leaving the region and selling the car, I did a trip to Lyon. Since I was in a hurry, and reckless, I did speed up quite a bit (about 180 km/h). Since I left the area very soon after and sold the car, I didn't see any fines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to check if there are any fines under my name? Will they chase them? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13436" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T07:12:11.280" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T07:12:11.280" Title="France speeding tickets" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13522" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T11:14:33.323" Score="1" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if it's possible for my boyfriend to come to marry me in Germany with a Schengen visa.  He holds an Azerbaijani passport.&#xA;It would be very helpful because right now I am pregnant and would like to get married as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm German and my boyfriend didn't make his visa yet but going to do it next week. I can't wait 3 month for him to reach Germany that why I'm thinking Schengen Visa is the fastest visa that he could give and me as a German I think maybe I can help him to get the visa to live with me in Germany &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14884" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2018-04-06T17:47:04.527" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T17:47:04.527" Title="Marriage with Schengen visa in Germany with German citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13504" CreationDate="2018-04-05T12:44:56.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Postdoc salaries are not always regulated, it depends on what research organisation your lab falls under. The big players include CNRS (has regulated salaries), CEA (which does not), and others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a postdoctoral position, your salary will be pre-determined by your lab or by the supervisor who has the funding to pay you. If you have a postdoctoral fellowship from outside France, it's possible that your lab would regulate the salary (e.g. from a wider European fellowship) to match their salary scale (possibly pocketing the rest for CNRS, if it's a CNRS lab). This can be a rather large amount, as evidenced on &lt;a href=&quot;https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/103438/funding-problem-salary-scale-cnrs&quot;&gt;a rather unfortunate post&lt;/a&gt; on academiaSE.  But that depends on which umbrella you fall under, in the first paragraph, and if you have a fellowship, talk to your funding body to figure out what the case will be for you. In whatever circumstance, I would make sure to define this with the lab before accepting and moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Benefits are the same for everybody - you will be able to take part in the national healthcare scheme, although it will take several months before your healthcare card (carte vitale) arrives. The social health insurance covers roughly half the costs of most common treatments. For example, it's usually 27 euros to see a GP, and a little under half of that is reimbursed. Whether you decide to take supplemental health insurance (a mutuelle) is up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will, in general, have a very generous number of holidays. I believe for PhD students it's 9 weeks, and I think it's the same for postdocs. Holidays are paid by default. As far as I know, postdoc/PhD holiday time is paid time. CNRS permanent staff get their holiday time 'paid back' to them if they don't take it. I don't have the specifics about what pay they actually get for not taking their full allotment of holiday time. People don't usually take that much. I know I certainly haven't in a French PhD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most academics will take a few weeks of holidays every summer, and a couple of weeks around Christmas. You also get the major French holidays, including those which fall on a Thursday, where people usually take the following Friday off ('the bridge').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be reimbursed for work-related travel within and outside of France. In CNRS labs, you usually don't pay to book a hotel within France. CNRS or your project funding will pay for flights or train tickets for work-related travel. You will need to pay international hotel costs for work-related trips yourself, and will be reimbursed some time later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you're in an uncommon circumstance (i.e. I've never heard of this happening for anyone) you won't have your moving expenses reimbursed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably be aware that salaries in France are comparatively low with respect to the US, UK, and other 'big players' in academia. That combined with my first point makes it difficult to recruit talent from outside France, unfortunately. But other aspects make quality of life pretty nice, healthcare especially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's anything else you want to know about, let me know and I can try to answer. I'm a late PhD student in a French lab (non-EU citizen, so I know the visa struggle well), and I'm surrounded by postdocs I can ask questions to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also want to consider that doing administrative things (visa, bank accounts, renting a flat) can be very difficult when you don't speak French. Not impossible, but not easy either!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T18:01:38.263" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T18:01:38.263" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T13:05:39.067" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my situation: My family moved to France when I was 14 in 2011. I have a French residency card (titre de séjour) which allows me to work. I have a freelance translation business registered under French law (a business I've had since 2016). I moved out of my family home in May 2017, which is why this year will be my first time paying taxes for both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is: how do I go about doing my US taxes? What do I declare and not declare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm quite lost when it comes to the IRS website. I don't know if I declare what I've made with my business as my business is French, but as my own employer, I'm American. When asking my mother, she said that I wouldn't have to pay income tax, but I would have to pay social contribution tax (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.), though she wasn't sure either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't know if this is important, but I live with my partner, who is French. I'm guessing the IRS doesn't care about him, as he isn't American, but the more information the better I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your help, as this is all quite confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user14886" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T07:11:18.427" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T07:11:18.427" Title="US Citizen with French residency and with a French auto-entrepreneurship. How do I do taxes?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T15:07:35.880" Score="2" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an extended family member of an EEA national (Italy). We are partners, we currently live together in Uruguay with our son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's accepting a job offer in the UK and we are relocating. My son is an EEA national so there is no problem for him. We are all traveling together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a Family Permit, but in the process i have to deliver my partner's Italian passport to prove she is an EEA national. The thing is, if the Family Permit takes long she can't travel, at least not as an EEA national, and she can get in trouble with the company that's hiring her, even lose the opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand I could deliver a certified copy of her passport and my son's passport instead of the real ones. Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is correct, does anyone have any idea, what does a certified copy of her passport mean? How and where do you usually get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14865" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T07:09:12.030" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T11:01:20.223" Title="Can I send an EEA national certified copy of passport instead of the original for an EEA Family Permit?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13525" CreationDate="2018-04-05T19:05:33.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand I could deilver a certified copy of her passport and my son's passport instead of the real ones, is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;, which says in part that you must provide&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;your family member’s valid passport or national identity card (or a certified copy if you can’t provide the original).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is correct do anyone has any idea what is a certified copy of her passport means? how and where do you usually get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/certifying-a-document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/certifying-a-document&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Certifying a document&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Who can certify a document&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To certify documents, ask a professional person or someone well-respected in your community (‘of good standing’) like a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bank or building society official&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;councillor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;minister of religion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dentist&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;chartered accountant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;solicitor or notary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;teacher or lecturer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person you ask shouldn’t be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;related to you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;living at the same address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in a relationship with you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check with the organisation that needs the certified copy - they may have specific rules for who can certify a document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T19:05:33.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13507" CreationDate="2018-04-05T19:19:42.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can, but I doubt it.  You do not in fact meet the requirements of a marriage visitor: when you enter the UK, you will be doing so without any intention to marry.  Furthermore, you don't seem to meet the requirement of being a visitor, because you intend to stay in the UK.  The requirements are listed on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marriage Visitor visa overview page&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligibility page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, you should apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T19:19:42.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-05T20:58:22.940" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EEA citizen finishing my PhD soon in France and have an offer to join a company in the Netherlands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My future Dutch employer informed me that I don't need to apply for a Dutch visa given that I am a resident of a Schengen country. They will apply for a residence permit on my behalf. If the application is accepted, my future employer will book an appointment for me and I will be able to travel to the Netherlands to finalize the application and get my passport stamped which will allow me to work until my residence card is issued. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While my future employer applies for the residence permit I might be outside France and the Schengen area. My question is: if the Dutch authorities accept the application submitted by my future employer (I will be outside France by then), will my French residence permit be invalidated? Will I be able to reenter the Schengen area?    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14891" LastEditorUserId="14891" LastEditDate="2018-04-06T18:06:21.110" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T18:06:21.110" Title="Will applying for a Dutch residence permit invalidate my French residence permit immediately?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-06T02:27:21.320" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m in UAE Dubai, and my fiancée in the UK wants to live with me in the UK. When we apply for a spouse visa, there are requirements that are difficult for us (financial). The threshold is £18,600. She is a nursery nurse, and her annual salary is £14,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, if we go for a marriage visitor visa, would we be able to change to a spouse visa or ILR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Saad Ahmed" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T13:38:41.767" Title="UK marriage visitor visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13535" CreationDate="2018-04-06T05:15:46.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't meet the threshold income you [probably] won't get a spouse visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: as mentioned in comments, there are certain exceptions to the income requirement. They include if the person in the UK is disabled or is a carer (but that does not mean a professional carer like your fiancée). Another is if you already have a child living in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I misread the job title and the below does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your fiancée is a nurse. The base salary for a full time nurse in the NHS is around £22,000 so maybe she should change jobs as her present one seems to be underpaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" OwnerDisplayName="user16259" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T07:46:21.787" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-06T11:52:15.627" Score="5" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just joined this forum, I would like to seek your advice to enlighten me. I am Indonesian and my husband is Italian. We live in Switzerland with a B permit, allowing me to work. I have relocated here for more than a year now and couldn't find a job yet. We will extend our permit and change it into C (permanent) next year, once my husband reaches his 5 years of employment and residence here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I applied for jobs in neighbouring countries and have the possibility of a job interview with an organisation in the Netherlands. The job will enable me to go back and forth between these countries and only for a 1-year assignment. I have consulted the EC website about the treaty on free movement rights of EU citizens and their non-EU family members, which was also signed by Switzerland, links provided below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free movement - EU nationals (Employment, Social Affairs &amp;amp; Inclusion)&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=470&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Non-EU nationals (Employment, Social Affairs &amp;amp; Inclusion)&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family members (Employment, Social Affairs &amp;amp; Inclusion)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I read somewhere that non-EU spouses could only work in other EU countries without permit as long as the EU spouse lives in the same country with him/her. I have also consulted Dutch Immigration (IND) via email asking the same question, but I haven't heard from them yet. I would highly appreciate and be grateful if anyone here could share her/his knowledge or experiences in this specific case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14900" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-12-29T22:20:23.463" LastActivityDate="2020-12-29T22:20:23.463" Title="Does a non-EU spouse of an EU citizen living in Switzerland need a work permit to work in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13535" CreationDate="2018-04-06T13:38:41.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if we go for a marriage visitor visa, would we be able to change to a spouse visa or ILR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  A marriage visitor visa is for people who want to marry in the UK without moving there.  That's why its name includes the word &lt;em&gt;visitor.&lt;/em&gt;  See the government's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;overview page&lt;/a&gt;, which shows that one of the requirements is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you’re not planning to stay or settle in the UK after your marriage or civil partnership&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T13:38:41.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13522" CreationDate="2018-04-06T14:58:11.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go straight to the nearest Standesamt and ask them about the exact steps you need to do. You can't just get married - you need to fulfil all the German requirements to make the marriage legal, and also all the Azerbeijan legal requirements. You won't be able to do this in a few days; you will need all the right papers, you will need official translations, there may be things that need to be done in Azerbeijan (but may be done in a consulate in Germany). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the part you don't want to hear: There are plenty of people out there who want you as a means to provide a visa and nothing else. Of course that's not happening in your place, but don't provide loans, hand over your savings, be a loan guarantor and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T14:58:11.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13520" CreationDate="2018-04-06T20:29:12.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I filled out an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; application for my mother in law, with my wife as the EEA national, we supplied &quot;none&quot; for the registration certificate number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply for a registration certificate along with your wife's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; application, you will be able to use the European passport return service, which seems like the least stressful way to proceeed, especially as you note in a comment that you need your passport for work.  But even then, she can get her residence card without your getting a residence certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've been in the UK for over five years, you might want to get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/eea-registration-certificate/permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certificate of permanent residence&lt;/a&gt;, as that will possibly give you greater rights when the UK leaves the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-06T20:29:12.567" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13544" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-06T21:09:55.163" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been traveling the world on a Working Holiday visa, moving every 6 months or 1 year. I'm Italian. I now moved to Canada, first as a tourist, and recently I got a working holiday visa, for a total of 8 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also work remotely for an Australian company that pays me in USD (I have an American bank account).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In which country do I pay my taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14903" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-07T04:36:40.243" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T20:41:00.213" Title="Where do I pay taxes if I live overseas and get paid in a foreign currency?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-06T20:46:08.520" Score="3" ViewCount="4975" Body="&lt;p&gt;Czech citizenship can be passed from parent to child even if the child is born abroad. However I've struggled to find out if that can apply to grandchildren (my mom) or great-grandchildren (me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My great-grandmother was born in what is now the Czech Republic in the 1900s.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My grandfather was born in the USA in the 1920s. He died young and I don't know if he ever claimed or used Czech citizenship, or how to find out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother was born in the USA (within wedlock, since Czech officials care about that distinction) in the 1950s.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was born in the USA in the 1980s.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about moving to Europe and I'm trying to explore my options. I'm genuinely interested in the Czech Republic and my heritage and I'm wondering if there is any way that my ancestry could help me get long-term residency or citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="TraveLei808" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T07:06:06.360" LastActivityDate="2019-07-07T21:11:06.443" Title="Czech citizenship or residence by blood from great-grandmother?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-06T22:54:15.760" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I were married last year, while he was in Canada on a vacation visa and, as we do not wish to live apart forever (our relationship was a long distance thing with him visiting me for a few months every year). I am trying to find a way to move to the UK where he lives so we can start a family together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I've been very confused about the whole application process and we do not have the funds to have a lawyer help us out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the www.gov.uk and www.citizensadvice.org.uk websites, I understand that I am trying to apply for a &quot;Family of a settled person visa&quot; but on the www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk site where I was redirected, I wasn't able to find anything called that, so I used the &quot;Family Member of an EEA National&quot; one as it seemed the only thing that fitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I got to the payment section, the button turned green and it was marked &quot;Payment not required&quot;. The amount on the payment confirmation section of my form is also marked as 0.00$. It is now making me doubt using the right form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone gone through this and has advice, or could help me find resources? My husband called the visa contact center but wasn't able to speak with anyone today and none of the emails I've sent to different places have been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14892" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-07T04:35:39.213" LastActivityDate="2018-04-07T04:35:39.213" Title="Canadian wife of British citizen, trying to move to Scotland" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13546" CreationDate="2018-04-07T01:56:03.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason for visit: &lt;em&gt;settlement&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa type: &lt;em&gt;settlement&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa subtype: &lt;em&gt;wife&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;husband,&lt;/em&gt; as appropriate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-07T01:56:03.170" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-07T12:58:45.820" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let say I am a recent graduate in a technological field in 2018, for instance AI, and I want to work from 6 months to a lifetime in Australia. Having seen that most job offers require people to have a work visa, I have been visiting the work visas &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/immigration-and-visas/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;webpage&lt;/a&gt; of the Australian government. Then, one can't know if he has to apply for skilled visa with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SkillSelect program&lt;/a&gt; or another. Yet, for this program one has to be nominated by an approved Australian employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seem to be a contradiction then : I can't present a valid working visa to a company asking me to have one if I have first to be approved for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Subquestion : do you know websites for Australian job offers for just graduated students ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T11:00:48.833" Title="How to apply for jobs in Australia for overseas graduate?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-07T12:59:57.620" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Normandy, France and I'm a 12th grade student. My region's government allows me to spend on summer vacations up to €3,500 to go abroad for 4 weeks if I join an association and go abroad for this association. I want to go to New York City, but I don't know what association to join, because I couldn't find associations on Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love science, technology, languages. It would be great if someone who knows NYC can advise me about that or if you know where to find. I'm sorry if my post doesn't match with the &quot;expatriates&quot; category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14905" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T02:33:18.413" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T02:33:18.413" Title="Associations in New York City for travel" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-04-09T14:01:41.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13544" CreationDate="2018-04-07T14:37:31.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what Italy has to say:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/italy/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy deems you resident for tax purposes if you've stayed there at least 183 days in the past tax year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/information-been-moved/determining-your-residency-status.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You can click here to see if you've become a Canadian resident for tax purposes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada generally goes by a date of December 31, so if you are resident here December 31, 2017, you would file taxes here for the 2017 tax year (by the deadline of April 30, 2018).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you might need to be careful about health insurance.  For example, in Canada, if you haven't become a resident, you won't qualify for the publicly-funded plans, but if you've ceased to be an Italian resident, you may have no benefits available to you from there.  You'd need to secure insurance from a private insurer.  (Such policies can be acquired by foreigners living in Canada temporarily, but typically aren't valid outside Canada.  Source:  am an insurance broker in Canada.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastEditorUserId="14278" LastEditDate="2018-05-09T20:41:00.213" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T20:41:00.213" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13537" CreationDate="2018-04-08T08:36:42.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's how free movement in the EU works: An EU citizen has the right given by the EU to move to any other EU country and live there and work there (the exception is their own country), and doing so they can bring their husband or wife, who will then have permission to work in that country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the very first condition is that the EU citizen needs to move to that country. There may be other ways to get permission to work, but not based on EU free movement laws. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T08:36:42.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13545" CreationDate="2018-04-08T09:03:04.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor do I have any other official capacity, so please take everything here with a grain of salt. All the following translations are mine, not in any way official or binding.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Permanent Residency&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign nationals that have proven Czech origins, may apply for a permanent residence permit for &lt;strong&gt;reasons worthy of consideration&lt;/strong&gt; …, without meeting the condition of prior continuous residence in the Czech Republic. The spouse or minor child of the given foreign national may also apply for the same kind of residence permit.&#xA;  (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/third-country-nationals-permanent-residence.aspx?q=Y2hudW09NA%3D%3D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of the Interior&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may thus be eligible to apply for permanent residency based on your Czech ancestry. Of course, you will have to make your reasons convincing enough (explain your motivation, your potential contribution to the Czech economy, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Citizenship&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, Czech citizenship does not depend on the place of birth at all (the only exception being when a child of two stateless persons is born on Czech soil).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your own Czech citizenship is determined by § 8 clause 4 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1969-39/zneni-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act No. 39/1969 Sb.&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A child, whose one parent is a foreign national, acquires (Czech) citizenship by birth if its other parent is a (Czech) citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It thus all depends on your mother, whose Czech citizenship would arise from § 1 clause 2 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1949-194/zneni-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act No. 194/1949 Sb.&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A child born abroad, whose one parent is a (Czechoslovak) citizen, acquires (Czechoslovak) citizenship upon approval by a Regional National Council (KNV) on request of the parent who is a (Czechoslovak) citizen. The request for approval can be filed within one year of birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your grandfather would thus have to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a Czechoslovak citizen himself AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;file the application for your mothers citizenship in Czechoslovakia in time AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have the application approved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even then, your mother's citizenship would not be 100% certain, as the mentioned Act contained a provision allowing the Czechoslovak authorities to unilaterally revoke the citizenship of dual citizens living abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T09:03:04.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-08T09:33:58.677" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian, my girlfriend is Chinese. Our baby is now just one week old. We went to the hospital for the birth certificate. They told me that we have to submit a marriage certificate in 50 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any way to get a marriage certificate because it costs a lot (not only financially). How can I take him to outside China or get a Chinese passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14358" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T10:06:45.443" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T14:10:56.943" Title="How can we take our new born baby outside China, or get him a passport?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-08T10:13:31.270" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a student visa and my father is paying for my expenses. He has all the money available but he usually doesn't keep his money in one bank. Now that I have to provide a bank statement with all the amount in one bank, and it has to be there for not less than 3 months, is this going to be a problem? Because he can gather all of the money and put it in one bank for a statement, but it won't be there for 3 months before I apply for the visa. My program starts soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mai" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-01T13:19:54.460" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T13:19:54.460" Title="Student Canadian visa application" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13555" CreationDate="2018-04-08T15:03:44.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to the indian embassy and get an indian passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizenship by descent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons born outside India on or after 26 January 1950 but before 10 December 1992 are citizens of India by descent if their father was a citizen of India at the time of their birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons born outside India on or after 10 December 1992 are considered citizens of India if either of their parents is a citizen of India at the time of their birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From 3 December 2004 onwards, persons born outside of India shall not be considered citizens of India unless their birth is registered at an Indian diplomatic mission within one year of the date of birth. In certain circumstances it is possible to register after one year with the permission of the Central Government. The application for registration of the birth of a child must be made to an Indian diplomatic mission and must be accompanied by an undertaking in writing from the parents of the child that he or she does not hold the passport of another country.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_nationality_law#Citizenship_by_descent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_nationality_law#Citizenship_by_descent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14910" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T15:03:44.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-08T15:12:55.897" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold an H1B visa and my wife just moved to California as an H4 dependent. I have applied for ITIN along with filing my federal taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I file my California State taxes? Should I wait for her ITIN and then file my CA taxes or can I file my CA taxes without her ITIN? I was told by the IRS officer that it would take 8 weeks to get the ITIN. In that case, should I file for an extension for filing my California taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I found in the instructions book of from 540. It does not say anything when one doesn't have an &lt;a href=&quot;https://mollaeilaw.com/blog/itin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ITIN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14909" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-09T00:00:00.730" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T00:00:00.730" Title="Do I have to wait for ITIN for H4 spouse?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8593" CreationDate="2018-04-09T12:50:55.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the negotiations progress, we still unfortunately lack clarity from the UK government. However, as people cannot simply wait and see we are forced to speculate based on available information and statements by those involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One important thing to remember is that freedom of movement is not derived from the EU, it's actually part of the European Economic Area (EEA) rules. So while the UK voted to leave the EU, it did not vote on membership of the EEA and due to issues like the Irish border and Gibraltar it may be difficult to leave it, so full freedom of movement may continue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are UK citizens working in the EU affected?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU seems committed to looking after EU citizens, including British ones even after Brexit. The EU has designated individual rights as a high priority and even if the UK walked away with no deal, it seems likely from statements by key people such as Guy Verhofstadt that UK citizen's already in the EU exercising their EEA treaty rights would be protected. Individual nations, such as Spain, have also said they will not require anyone to leave, without setting out detailed proposals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the worst case such people would be forced to return to the UK, if they could not secure residency rights in an EU country. In that case there are other issues that have not even been considered, since both sides want to avoid this situation, such as if their families would be allowed to go with them (assuming they wanted to live in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another very bad but entirely possible outcome would be for UK citizens to become &quot;land-locked&quot;, that is able to remain in the EU country they are in but unable to move to another one as EU citizens can. This could be extremely problematic for them, because many EU companies do cross-border business regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One other potential consequence is a flood of elderly and/or unemployed expats back to the UK post Brexit, putting a great strain on local authorities and the NHS. For example, if they had retired to Spain but then lost their right to remain there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Irish and Gibraltar/Spain borders are another big unknown. Many people cross them daily for work. Some UK politicians are calling for an end to this free movement, which would presumably make them unemployed at the very least. For Gibraltar the very worse case would be having to rely on food aid deliveries from the UK by air.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are EU citizens working in the UK affected?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK government has said that they can stay, but it isn't clear what rights they will retain yet. For example, if they need to visit family for an extended period in another country, will their residency rights in the UK lapse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the UK walk away from negotiations with the EU, the government has said it would not deport EU citizens already here, but there is no legal mechanism to prevent them reneging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are non-EU citizens working in the UK affected?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK government has mentioned introducing a &quot;points based system&quot; for immigration post-Brexit. It has also promised to reduce net immigration to the &quot;tens of thousands&quot;, which would severely impact non-EU citizens trying to reunite their families or people trying to hire foreign staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give you an idea, there are already tens of thousands of EU family reunion immigrants every year, so if the government stuck to its promise to EU citizens there would be have to be a complete end to all other forms of immigration. Similarly, UK universities are reliant on non-EU students for income, and their numbers would exceed this promise too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this is seems likely that, while not as a direct result of Brexit since the UK already has full control of immigration for non-EU citizens, things will get a lot worse for non-EU citizens. The ones already here may find it much more difficult to bring family members, or to visit family members, or to obtain permanent residency rights in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What other consequences might 'Brexit' have on EU/UK citizens?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a rather broad question, but in relation to residency rights the other group who will be negatively affected are families. Currently if a British citizen works in, say, France, they can have their family join them from anywhere in the world. If they eventually return to the UK, their family can go with them, regardless of UK immigration rules. That right may be lost, making working in EU countries much less attractive since even if they have less draconian immigration systems the UK citizen might be forced to abandon their family if they themselves must return to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T12:50:55.593" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-09T17:04:45.500" Score="2" ViewCount="1227" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apologies if this is not the best SE site for asking this question, but I really wasn't sure which one would match. Posting anonymously because of the sensitive subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My fiancée and I recently married (civil marriage). We live in my native country, in Europe; my fiancée, who came here a couple years ago as a student, was born in Iran, from muslim parents, and thus legally a muslim, although she is agnostic at heart. I'm an atheist myself, though I was raised catholic (and know it well enough to pass off as christian if needed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her parents are completely OK with our relationship, know we live together, have visited several times. They know of our beliefs, but they do have a lot of respect for me, as I meet their standards of virtue by my own morals, without the coercion of religion. The rest of her family a little bit less open-minded, but they can tolerate her marrying a christian, if not an atheist, something I have no trouble pretending to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, If I understand correctly, from the point of view of the Islamic Republic of Iran, our marriage would not be considered valid if I'm not muslim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, all this will only be a problem if we decide to visit Iran. We are very happy with our life here, but she is not ready to abandon completely her family, and the perspective of never being able to return home, even as a tourist, is not easy for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ensuring her safety is my first priority. What could be the consequences for her, if the government was to find out that she has married a non-believer abroad, even with the approval of her father?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could convert, but if I understand correctly, apostasy is also punishable by death. That alone makes this belief system abhorrent to me. Furthermore, faking a conversion goes against my core values. I'm also worried of the possible consequences of being considered an apostate, or being caught not practicing. What would be the consequences for me, if I'm caught not observing Islam while we are visiting Iran?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also wonder if, after the required time, when she applies for citizenship in my home country, she could drop her Iranian citizenship and be free from the religious laws applying to citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14920" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T08:09:47.757" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T16:01:14.657" Title="What are the consequences of a (fake) conversion to islam, for a foreigner visiting Iran?" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13581" CreationDate="2018-04-09T21:10:26.217" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian and I have been in a relationship with a British citizen for the past two years. We have never met but we are very serious about getting married by the end of this December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want things to be done legally, from getting married to moving to the UK to live permanently. I haven't applied for any visa at the moment, because my partner and I do not want to rush things and make mistakes in our visa applications. What would be the best route to follow to get things done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per my research I found out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I should make a visit first and meet her. She loves India and wants to come back with me and stay with my family for some time. (the condition of the couple having met each other is completed here or no?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can get married in India and she can go back to the UK and apply for a spouse visa for me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the regular procedure I think, right? Please advise and confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are other ways of getting legally married in the UK? I want to get married to her in the UK rather than in India. I know that I cannot enter by a fiance visa because I haven't met her yet. And I have read in a great answer on this website that, applying through MVV is an abuse of that visa and ECOs get really upset by it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What path should I take if I want to marry my beloved legally in her own country? How can I prove that I am engaged to her, is there a particular document they look for? Because on our side, engagements are not usually recorded in a document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that I have met her on a visitor visa and then I go back and apply for a fiance visa and enter the UK to marry her...will that work? It doesn't sound easy though and I would certainly appreciate any form of advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14922" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T03:07:41.063" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T03:07:41.063" Title="What is the safest route to marry your beloved (British citizen) in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-09T21:51:18.780" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My situation is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on F-1 STEM OPT working remotely from Dallas, Texas for a Company&#xA;C with headquarters in state Y in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Company C filed H-1B for me with location as Dallas and location Y as&#xA;two possible work locations on LCA. I'm still waiting for the results of the H-1B lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my apartment lease in Dallas, Texas is getting over and I&#xA;want to relocate to state Z for  personal reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On STEM OPT, If I move to a new apartment, I have to update the SEVIS&#xA;portal within 10 days of that change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this change of address have any impact on the pending H1-B petition? I was not able to find any information regarding this on the web. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until what point in time are F-1 STEM OPT rules applicable? When do the LCA/H-1B rules kick in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will LCA H-1B rules kick in only if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The H-1B petition gets picked in lottery and 2. The date is October 1st 2018?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is as follows: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as there is no change of status, I will continue to be dictated by the STEM OPT laws, in other words these LCA requirements are applicable to employees on H-1B and nobody else. So If my petition gets picked in the lottery, then I will ask my company to apply for an LCA amendment with change of address before October 1, 2018. Because even if they file an amendment now and the petition doesn't get picked in&#xA;the lottery it will be a waste of money for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H-1B visa and its rules are valid only from October 1, 2018 in my&#xA;opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also based on this : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-draft-guidance-when-file-amended-h-1b-petition-after-simeio-solutions-decision&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-draft-guidance-when-file-amended-h-1b-petition-after-simeio-solutions-decision&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your H-1B employee is moving to a new job location within the same MSA or area of intended employment a new LCA is not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So does that mean, in the event that my H-1B gets picked in the lottery and if I were to find a new apartment somewhere within Dallas Texas, I can avoid the LCA amendment ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14394" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T02:19:57.853" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T02:19:57.853" Title="Change of &quot;home office&quot; address while on F-1 STEM OPT extension and awaiting H-1B lottery results" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13566" CreationDate="2018-04-09T22:25:39.180" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, a &quot;fake conversion to Islam&quot; is not possible. Here is the process of converting, as described by www.islamreligion.com: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becoming a Muslim is a simple and easy process.  All that a person has to do is to say a sentence called the Testimony of Faith (Shahada), which is pronounced as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I testify “La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These Arabic words mean, “There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God.”  Once a person says the Testimony of Faith (Shahada) with conviction and understanding its meaning, then he/she has become a Muslim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You either convert or you don't, there is no way to do a &quot;fake&quot; conversion. If you don't say the words with conviction, then it's no conversion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T22:25:39.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-10T00:45:21.533" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a Filipino Software Engineer, are there many great opportunities working in Sweden?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T00:45:21.533" Title="Software Engineer Opportunities in Sweden" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-04-13T09:43:19.407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13571" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13595" CreationDate="2018-04-10T01:31:36.683" Score="2" ViewCount="479" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit confused with my status and deadlines to find a job. I'm currently within my H1B day #40 of grace period after my job loss. I also have Green Card EAD (that I got through employment EB1-b with 180 days been passed- still valid until 10 months, AoS interview in 2 months). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how much time do I have to find a job? I'm a bit confused. Is it 20 days (until the end of H1B), or 2 months (until my AoS interview)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My assumption was that now that I have EAD, it means I'm like a GC holder; I am authorized to work and no specific deadline to find a job unless otherwise I-485 is denied or USCIS asks to do so. Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="14683" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T03:28:41.110" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T03:05:53.437" Title="Green Card EAD vs H1B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-10T02:51:23.977" Score="1" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering moving to Canada (British Columbia to be specific if that matters) long-term with my family, but I can't figure out what the best way to get permanent residency for myself and my family is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The legal situation is, I am a Swedish national, my wife is a Japanese national, and we have two small children who have Swedish/Japanese dual citizenship, and we currently reside in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work remotely for a Swedish company. I make enough to support the whole family, and would like to continue working remotely for said company after moving. I do not have a university education, if that matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you say is the best way for me and my family to get permanent residency (or the equivalent legal status where you can live and work indefinitely) in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14784" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T08:06:59.330" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T08:06:59.330" Title="Get permanent residency in Canada while working remotely for a non-Canadian company" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13476" CreationDate="2018-04-10T03:08:31.060" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I for one do not agree that a degree is a plus for every tech field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From significant professional experience as both a company owner and exec at startups, I can provide info on the most common method companies work with offshore software engineers. One of the easiest ways for a US company to work with offshore talent is if they have a corporation, enabling work via corp-to-corp. Many citizens do this as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is remote/offshore corps like Toptal. However they are not, in my opinion, a good resource if you're looking to acquire a long-term position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Startups are the companies that most often convert corp-to-corp resources to full employ via H1 visa. This option would usually mean less pay, some equity, but a vital role in the company, leading to conversion if they expand (hence being picky with your start up choices). There are various boards such as AngelList that are a great place to find such situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the aforementioned immigration issues, it's also worth mentioning the market is becoming increasingly competitive here with the flood of people pursuing work in software development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With perseverance through it's absolutely possible. Just make sure that along with learning about the job market and career opportunities that you're acquainted in depth with the state of the country and that it's a place you see yourself being content to live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14924" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T12:32:45.007" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T12:32:45.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13578" CreationDate="2018-04-10T13:07:49.910" Score="5" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if any of you have any experience with this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking at getting a French passport. My mother is French and I was born in the UK. My birth was registered at the French Consulate in Liverpool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I am entitled to one. However, I am not sure which or what documents I must show them, and it isn't very clear online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I need to show them my birth certificate (which includes the names of my parents) and must it be legally translated into French?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And would I also need to show a scanned copy of my mother's birth certificate, or must I provide them with the actual one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, do I have to show them a copy of my parent's marriage certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance for any help or advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14928" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T03:04:08.410" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T03:04:08.410" Title="Getting a French passport - born abroad to a French mother" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-10T14:01:35.737" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a senior project manager living in Farmington Hills, Michigan. My company is an automotive component supplier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from within the same company in the UK branch. I would retain my same level (senior engineer=project leader=not yet manager) in the sales division in Coventry UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize the salaries are different, also the taxes (I know they are higher in the UK, but not by how much), cost of living and exchange rate.&#xA;What I would like to know is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the average yearly salary for a senior engineer in the automotive market in Coventry UK?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much of a chunk of my yearly salary would go to taxes?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I investigated and the cost of living seems about the same (some things are cheaper and some others are more expensive) but in general terms, how much would be needed monthly to live in Coventry (family of 3).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14929" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T15:08:55.023" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T19:04:02.097" Title="Moving to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13577" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13582" CreationDate="2018-04-10T15:39:46.460" Score="3" ViewCount="1124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in the IT field for the last 4+ years and now I got a &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I change jobs from IT to teaching field / consulting?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also, with a Blue Card I had to inform the foreign office about job changes. Do I need to do the same in case of a Niederlassungserlaubnis as well?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:29:40.910" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:29:40.910" Title="German permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis). Can I change professions?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13575" CreationDate="2018-04-10T15:57:21.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I need to show them my birth certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a page that discusses whether you &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.ambafrance.org/Demande-de-passeport-avez-vous-besoin-de-presenter-un-acte-de-naissance&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;need a birth certificate to apply for a passport&lt;/a&gt;.  It says that one condition that relieves you of this requirement is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;vous êtes né(e) à l’étranger et votre acte de naissance étranger a été transcrit dans les registres de l’état civil consulaire français.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you were born abroad and your foreign birth certificate was transcribed in the French consular civil register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume that this second clause is what happened when your &quot;birth was registered at the French Consulate in Liverpool.&quot;  If so, you don't need to show your birth certificate to apply for a passport.  I suppose that you might in this case require a document recording or attesting to the transcription of your birth certificate, but I couldn't find anything saying that explicitly, so maybe you do not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And would I also need to show a scanned copy of my Mother's birth certificate, or must I provide them with the actual one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not generally necessary to show your parents' birth certificates with a passport application, but if you are under 18 you'll need to show your mother's passport or identity card and &lt;em&gt;livret de famille,&lt;/em&gt; the requirements for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.ambafrance.org/Passeport-d-un-mineur-premiere-demande&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;first-time passport application for a minor&lt;/a&gt; being somewhat different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.ambafrance.org/Passeport-d-un-majeur-premiere-demande&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;those for an adult&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume here that the registration of your birth with the French consulate serves as your proof of French nationality.  If it does not for some reason, you will need to have your &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.ambafrance.org/Vous-etes-francais-et-souhaitez&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;French nationality certified&lt;/a&gt; as a separate step before you can apply for a passport.  Doing that will of course require proving your mother's nationality, in which case her birth certificate may be of use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T15:57:21.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13576" CreationDate="2018-04-10T18:31:17.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to know what your standard of living requirements are, but your company could tell you what salary range this particular job is paying.&#xA;To estimate your main costs, housing and tax, have a look at www.Rightmove.co.uk and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/tax-calculator/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/tax-calculator/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T18:31:17.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13567" CreationDate="2018-04-10T19:30:11.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a fiancé visa, but there is a requirement that you must have met already. The easiest way to do that is for her to visit you; if you apply for a visit visa to meet her it's more costly and has a higher risk of refusal (she may not even need a visa to visit you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other requirements for her to be your visa sponsor for marriage such as she must earn enough money to support you until you're married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official UK government web page is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process of proving a genuine relationship and applying for the visa is not simple and you may wish to use an expert lawyer to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T19:30:11.470" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13577" CreationDate="2018-04-10T23:10:27.023" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; means you may settle (that's what &lt;em&gt;Niederlassung&lt;/em&gt; means) in Germany. You don't have to deal with the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; any more, but are expected to do as the Germans do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only permission you could get on top of that is having the &lt;strong&gt;Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/strong&gt;, which also gives you rights in other EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T23:10:27.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13583" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-10T21:31:59.400" Score="4" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;The mother, a UK citizen with a valid British passport, has three children under 18. Two children were fathered by one man, the youngest by another. She is divorced and has custody of the children, who are not UK citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she emigrate to England with her children, or do both parents have to live in the UK?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; Thought I would clarify the father is not a British Citizen and they already have permission to leave the current country it’s getting a Visa etc for the kids that’s an issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jordz2203" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-04-13T09:42:16.020" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T09:42:16.020" Title="Can a UK citizen bring her children to the UK without their father?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13583" CreationDate="2018-04-10T21:58:45.077" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @PeterGreen says: If the mother was a British citizen born in the UK, then her children would be British citizens. You can be British citizen without having a British passport. So if the children are British citizens then there is no problem whatsoever. (Or the father might be British, which wasn't mentioned).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the children are EU citizens, then they should be able to move to Britain without problems as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the children are not British citizens and not EU citizens, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the mother is in the EU, then I believe that EU freedom of movement + Surinder Singh ruling allow the mother to move to the UK &lt;em&gt;and bring her family&lt;/em&gt;. EU rules are important because British law alone wouldn't allow her to bring her non-British family. If living outside the EU, she could move without problems to any EU country for some time, and then move to Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think having the second parent in the UK is either required or helpful in this situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some good information if the mother is british citizen by descent, and the children not British nor EU citizens, is available here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7594/which-type-of-uk-visa-a-child-of-a-british-citizen-by-descent-need-to-apply-for?rq=1&quot;&gt;Which type of UK visa a child of a British citizen by descent need to apply for in order to settle in the UK?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" OwnerDisplayName="gnasher729" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T15:36:28.910" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T15:36:28.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13583" CreationDate="2018-04-10T22:16:21.157" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure the OP cares about landing in the UK; there is also the issue of leaving their current residence with only one parent. In many countries, this may be an issue; &lt;strong&gt;you should be prepared to show your custody decree when you leave.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9572" OwnerDisplayName="Andrew Lazarus" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T22:16:21.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-11T10:47:30.530" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 2 sons, 4 and 6 years old, who are EEA citizens. My wife and kids are all Polish citizens, but am not yet. I still only have a Polish permanent residence permit. I want to travel with one of my sons to the UK for a short visit. I am wondering what would be the possibility for the embassy to issue the EEA family permit if I am traveling with my son and not my wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14936" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-11T10:51:47.880" LastActivityDate="2018-06-10T16:26:32.047" Title="EEA family permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13555" CreationDate="2018-04-11T14:10:56.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the PRC Nationality Law, a child born in China to at least one Chinese citizen parent is automatically a Chinese citizen. According to India's citizenship act, a child born outside India to at least one Indian citizen parent is an Indian citizen by descent if registered within one year of birth and the parent declares that the child does not hold a foreign passport. I don't know whether such a registration of the child for Indian citizenship would be considered by China as a voluntary acquisition of a foreign nationality that would cause loss of Chinese nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you register the child as an Indian citizen and get the child an Indian passport, I believe that, no matter if the child is still considered a Chinese citizen or not, the child would still get an entry/exit permit to exit China. Chinese dual-citizen children do not travel with PRC passports -- they enter and exit China with their foreign passport plus either a Chinese Travel Document (which can only be obtained abroad) or an Entry/Exit Permit (obtained in China). So even if the child is still considered a Chinese citizen after being registered as an Indian citizen, you would still be looking to get an entry/exit permit, and not a PRC passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure about the effects of not having a marriage certificate on getting the child an Indian passport and/or getting a Chinese entry/exit permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T14:10:56.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13586" CreationDate="2018-04-11T15:11:02.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32004L0038&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EC directive&lt;/a&gt; and the implementing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration (EEA) Rules 2016&lt;/a&gt; are both explicit on this question.  A parent qualifies as a &amp;quot;family member&amp;quot; for the purposes of deriving freedom of movement rights only if the &lt;em&gt;parent&lt;/em&gt; is dependent on the EEA national, who in this case is your son.  This is clearly not the case for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bizarrely, you may be able to qualify for an EEA family permit as your son's &amp;quot;extended family member.&amp;quot;  This is defined in the directive at Article 3, paragraph 2(a), and more precisely and verbosely in the regulations at 8(2):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;8.—(1) In these Regulations “extended family member” means a person who is not a family member of an EEA national under regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) and who satisfies a condition in paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) The condition in this paragraph is that the person is—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) a relative of an EEA national; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) residing in a country other than the United Kingdom and is dependent upon the EEA national or is a member of the EEA national’s household; and either—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) is accompanying the EEA national to the United Kingdom or wants to join the EEA national in the United Kingdom; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies to you because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are a relative of your son&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are a member of your son's household&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are accompanying your son to the United Kingdom.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is perhaps a somewhat unusual reading of the definitions, but it's certainly not unreasonable.  The best line of attack, should the home office decide to attack, would probably be on the definition of &amp;quot;member of household,&amp;quot; which is not defined in the directive or the regulations.  For example, they might argue that your son is a member of your household but that the reverse is not true.  I do not know whether there is already any case law on this question, or whether the UK has already adopted a policy on non-EEA parents applying for freedom of movement benefits derived from an EEA-national child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the application is free of charge, your best bet is probably to apply for an EEA family permit, explicitly mentioning the &amp;quot;extended family member&amp;quot; reasoning in a cover letter or additional remarks section.  Here you would explain that you understand that you do not qualify as a &amp;quot;family member&amp;quot; for the purposes of the regulations because you are not dependent on your son, but you are applying as an &amp;quot;extended family member&amp;quot; because you are members of the same household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they refuse the application, you will be able to appeal, to reapply, to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt;, or any combination of the three.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T15:11:02.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13571" CreationDate="2018-04-11T15:19:18.937" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a comment from another user for a similar question. Hoping it is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You remain in status for 60 days after leaving job in H1b and other work statuses; this is just a rule for the status and is unrelated to I-485 or immigration. Since you have I-485 pending, you can stay in the US even if you go out of status, i.e. even after 60 days, and &lt;strong&gt;you can work on your EAD even if you go out of status&lt;/strong&gt;. As far as I know, there is no specific time limit for you to find another job to continue your I-485; you just have to have a job if USCIS asks you to submit I-485 Supplement J (which they can do at any time).&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T15:19:18.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-11T18:07:30.870" Score="2" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a work visa for as a graduate student in Computer Science for a research project in Canada. They ask me several things and one which I can't provide :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Document: Letter from Current Employer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must provide a letter from your current employer or proof of&#xA;annotated pay stubs from your employer. This is used to confirm the&#xA;details of your financial profile&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Financial profile details include your job status (full‑time or&#xA;part‑time), how long you have worked for the company, your occupation,&#xA;etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have current employer, I'm only doing a research project and I'm still a student until September. What should I fill in ? A letter from my tutor in Canada ? Nothing or a pdf letter saying that I don't have any current employer and I'm waiting for this visa to work for him ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-11T18:07:30.870" Title="What to fill in for letter from current employer when I am still a student applying for a research project in Canada?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-11T22:30:11.263" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a work visa for as a graduate student in Computer Science for a research project in Canada. They ask several documents two of them are difficult to get :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Document: Employment Reference Letter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must provide an employment reference letter (an up-to-date&#xA;  reference from current or past employers). If you have had more than&#xA;  two employers in the last two years, please provide a letter from both&#xA;  employers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reference letters must be written on company letterhead, show the&#xA;  company's full address and telephone and fax numbers, and be stamped&#xA;  with the company's official seal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The letter should include all of the following information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the specific period of your employment with the company     &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the positions you held during the period of employment and the time spent    in each position     &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;full details of your main responsibilities in    each position     &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your total annual salary plus benefits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the signature of your immediate supervisor or the personnel officer at    the company&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a business card of the person signing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only worked during summers as intern. It has been a year since I quited my last internship and two since I was a contract employee. I only worked three months in each case. One was a contract based work and the other was an internship. This seems quite difficult to pop in, say &quot;hi&quot; and ask them for it ... Can I delete them my CV on the principle that it is internships? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They later ask for the following :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Document: Employment Records&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must provide proof of work experience&#xA;  for your current job and for each past position you listed. Proof must&#xA;  include a reference letter from your employer and pay stubs, if you&#xA;  have them. The reference letter must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;be an official document printed on company letterhead&#xA;       include your name, the company's contact information (address, telephone number and e-mail address), the signature of your immediate&#xA;       show all positions held while employed at the company&#xA;       include these details: job title, duties/responsibilities, job status (if current job), the dates you worked for the company, the&#xA;    number of work hours per week and your annual salary plus benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must scan all documents for this period of employment and save&#xA;  them as one file. (You must create a separate file for each period of&#xA;  employment.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then again in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/forms/imm1295e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Imm1295 E document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that it is mandatory to fill these fields, yet I an about-to-be graduated student and it would facilitate my life not to have to ask my former tutors for these documents. The question that would arise, which is linked with my former question, would be : what should I fill in ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T12:46:23.743" Title="May I delete my internships and short contract works from my CV to avoid the Employment Reference Letter for Canadian Work permit application?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-11T23:19:36.810" Score="6" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I have two different student visas with two different EU countries (Austria and Germany) at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I meant, studying in 2 different countries, 2 different courses, for longer, like 1 year. If I have already 1 student visa, in one country, is it possible to take 2nd one in the other country, cause I need flat in both of them?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76265" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-04-15T23:16:03.080" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T15:37:22.267" Title="Can I have two different student visas with two different EU countries at the same time?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13571" CreationDate="2018-04-12T03:05:53.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to continue working on H1b, you should find a company that sponsors H1b's to file a petition for you before your status ends at the end of the 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you don't have to have status to stay in the US or to work. You can stay in the US because you have a pending I-485, and you can work on your EAD even if you find work after your H1b status ends (or if you find a company that doesn't sponsor H1b's). So you don't &lt;em&gt;have to&lt;/em&gt; find a job before your 60-day H1b grace period ends, but if you find a job after your grace period ends, you will be working on EAD and won't have a status. The downside to not having status is that if your I-485 is denied, you will have to leave the US immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T03:05:53.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13598" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-12T07:10:18.843" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is a 10-year carte de séjour holder and he visited Canada, met me and we decided to get married. He applied for permanent resident status here, which took rather long and he ended up staying here for 4 years. Now, he is a permanent resident of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean he lost his status in France? Does staying outside France for 4 years men he lost his status there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14943" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-12T07:19:14.050" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T14:32:25.580" Title="French 10-year carte de séjour holder out of France for 4 years" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-12T11:49:26.503" Score="2" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've applied for US Immigration on base of my parents and form is &lt;strong&gt;Form I-130, Immigrant Petition for Relative, Fiance(E), or Orphan.&lt;/strong&gt; and Form Type is &lt;strong&gt;Permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21&lt;/strong&gt; I applied on start of 2015 and Approved on &lt;strong&gt;June 2015&lt;/strong&gt;. I also saw on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/#mainContent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; current processing date which is &lt;strong&gt;case inquiry date&lt;/strong&gt; in this website as shown in picture &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LZ4Vl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LZ4Vl.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. So I want to know following question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I'll get final confirmation and start process for my Visa to US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the speed of &lt;strong&gt;case Inquiry date&lt;/strong&gt;, as for my case its around 10months behind current &lt;strong&gt;October 16, 2014&lt;/strong&gt; but I don't know how long this will take to come to &lt;strong&gt;June 2015&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6757" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T14:43:51.687" Title="When my Petition will be in processing State in USCIS for Form I-130, my case approved in may 2015?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13598" CreationDate="2018-04-12T14:32:25.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The carte de séjour can be revoked when someone has left the French territory for 3 years. So yes, he would have lost his status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would have been possible for him to extend it, but it appears that he would have had to request it, probably before the 3 years had passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it may be worth asking someone (e.g. at the Embassy) to confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article L314-7&#xA;Modifié par Loi n°2006-911 du 24 juillet 2006 - art. 28 JORF 25 juillet 2006&#xA;La carte de résident d'un étranger qui a quitté le territoire français et a résidé à l'étranger pendant une période de plus de trois ans consécutifs est périmée, de même que la carte de résident portant la mention &amp;quot;résident de longue durée-CE&amp;quot; accordée par la France lorsque son titulaire a résidé en dehors du territoire des Etats membres de l'Union européenne pendant une période de plus de trois ans consécutifs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;La période mentionnée ci-dessus peut être prolongée si l'intéressé en a fait la demande soit avant son départ de France, soit pendant son séjour à l'étranger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;En outre, est périmée la carte de résident portant la mention &amp;quot;résident de longue durée-CE&amp;quot; accordée par la France lorsque son titulaire a, depuis sa délivrance, acquis ce statut dans un autre Etat membre de l'Union européenne, ou lorsqu'il a résidé en dehors du territoire national pendant une période de six ans consécutifs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T14:32:25.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13600" CreationDate="2018-04-12T14:43:51.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The processing times is no longer relevant because you said your I-130 has already been approved. The processing times are for how long the particular application (in your case I-130) takes to approve, but yours has already been approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to wait until a visa number becomes available for your priority date and category before you can proceed to the next step. The I-130 being approved by itself does not allow you to do anything. Which priority dates (for family-based immigration, the priority date is the date the I-130 was filed) have a visa number available is published each month in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa bulletin&lt;/a&gt;. An unmarried over-21 child of a permanent resident is in the F2B category, and currently visa numbers are only available in that category for priority dates in Apr 2011 for people born in most countries (in 1996 and 2006 for people born in Mexico and the Philippines, respectively). You can use this to estimate how long it will take before a visa number will become available. If the wait remains the same, and you weren't born in Mexico or the Philippines, you can expect a visa number to become available for your priority date around 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T14:43:51.687" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-12T16:27:36.667" Score="4" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;The starting situation is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a Russian citizen after having graduated from a Dutch university applied for the &quot;orientation year&quot; residence permit from Russia (via Dutch Embassy) and received mvv sticker in his passport, which allows to enter the Netherlands and collect the permanent residence permit card in the Dutch migration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it allowed to travel to the Netherlands through Germany, e.g. take a plane from Moscow to Cologne and then take a train to Amsterdam? The difference between air tickets is just enormous, almost 2.5x fold.&#xA;On IND website (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/schengen-area.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/schengen-area.aspx&lt;/a&gt;) it's said: &quot;A valid mvv allows you to enter and depart the Netherlands and other countries in the Schengen area&quot;. So, basically, I understand that as &quot;yes&quot;, but who knows how it really works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vasily&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14947" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T16:55:48.273" Title="Travelling to Netherlands with mvv sticker through Germany" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13603" CreationDate="2018-04-12T16:55:48.273" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  For the purposes of the Schengen system, an MVV sticker is a type-D (&quot;long-stay&quot;) visa, which entitles its bearer to enter any Schengen territory, and to remain in the Schengen area outside the issuing country for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.  You can confirm this by checking the &quot;type of visa&quot; entry on the visa sticker, which should say &quot;D.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0399-20170407&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009R0810-20160412&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Visa Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T16:55:48.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13622" CreationDate="2018-04-12T17:34:23.810" Score="1" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;My student adviser, whom I gave all of my documents to, gave me back a set of prepared documents to send to USCIS. Omitted from those documents was my F-1 Graduation Form, which I gave to that adviser. Do I need to send the F-1 Graduation Form? Or is it just used for the adviser to prepare the I-20?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13797" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T03:27:34.973" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T03:27:34.973" Title="When sending an application to USCIS for OPT do I need to send the &quot;F-1 Graduation Form&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-12T22:49:04.010" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student and I have an unpaid four-month internship in the United Kingdom. My parents will support me during my stay. I don't have a certificate of sponsorship, I only have the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried applying for Tier 5 Temporary Worker-Government Authorised exchange but the certificate of sponsorship is necessary for that type of visa. So can I apply for a standard visitor visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14949" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-04-13T09:42:30.333" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T09:42:30.333" Title="Visa type for an internship in UK" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13606" CreationDate="2018-04-13T02:17:39.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a Tier 5 visa to be an intern in the UK (assuming you're not allowed to work in the UK under another right such as being an EU citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the company offering the internship cannot arrange a certificate of sponsorship then they need to do their research to understand the law and their obligations regarding international internships. There are organisations which can help employers do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot use your contract to make the application and you cannot be an intern on a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T02:17:39.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-13T10:36:50.543" Score="1" ViewCount="415" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian undergraduate student in my 4th year. I have been accepted for an internship in a German University. I applied for a short term Schengen visa (Guest Scientist / Visiting Scholar) at the German Embassy in New Delhi.I received a call from German Embassy a few days later asking for a ZAV certificate. My Prof. stays very busy. It would be helpful to know more about the ZAV and its application procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do to get a ZAV certificate from Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14954" LastActivityDate="2018-07-14T02:08:05.697" Title="What is the process for getting a ZAV Certificate on your own for Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13593" CreationDate="2018-04-13T12:46:23.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer the question in your title: No.  You can't lie on your CV to save you having to gather documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; get away with it, but if you get caught you will &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; be turned down for your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest writing to your former employers, with some proposed text for them to copy and paste and print out on a company letterhead.  Unless you left on really bad terms, they should be happy to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T12:46:23.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-13T13:27:35.107" Score="4" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen who's lived in the UK for 8 years, I am considering applying for British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My birth country currently allows dual citizenship, but is considering outlawing this. While this is unlikely to happen, I do wonder what would happen if they did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I lose my birth country's citizenship if I legally acquired dual citizenship before this was outlawed? And is there any precedent for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus/follow-up question, which is more country specific: If at some point in the future I had to choose between the two nationalities, I'd be inclined to keep my birth country's citizenship (as I would rather not lose the rights that come with a EU passport). However, if I lost my UK passport I'd probably be residing in the UK illegally - as I would never have obtained the necessary documentation EU nationals without a UK passport will need to stay in the UK post-brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any precedent for people losing their citizenship for the country in which they reside, and what would their options be if that happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14956" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T03:31:18.470" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T03:32:32.663" Title="Holding dual citizenship prior to country of birth outlawing dual citizenship" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13613" CreationDate="2018-04-13T16:38:47.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case the country is Germany, here's the last official statement from the German Embassy in London that I have seen: &quot;We don't know&quot;. In the case of the Netherlands, getting UK citizenship means your Dutch citizenship is gone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are an EU citizen who lived and worked in the UK for five consecutive years at some point and didn't leave the country for two years, then you have indefinite leave to remain, you just need to fill out the right forms to get a document saying so. You'll be able to change this for free to May's new &quot;settled status&quot; document. And you need this document first if you want to apply for UK citizenship (no UK citizenship without leave to remain document), so I would do this with some slight sense of urgency to have it all lined up when you need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Repeat after me: You are not going to get a UK citizenship without getting settled status first. So you can't get dual citizenship without getting settled status, and therefore you can't lose one citizenship without first getting settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. I can't see any reason why Belgium would make it harder in the future to have dual citizenship. Germany is different, because the laws allow you to keep German citizenship if you gain another EU citizenship, and when the law was created, nobody expected the situation that we will have soon, where UK citizenship currently is an EU citizenship, and some time in the future it won't be an EU citizenship anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T03:32:32.663" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T03:32:32.663" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13613" CreationDate="2018-04-13T22:00:48.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could I lose my birth country's citizenship if I legally acquired dual citizenship before this was outlawed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you could, but not necessarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law outlawing dual citizenship will have some provision for those who have dual citizenship at the time it takes effect.  It could be that those people immediately lose their citizenship in the country passing the law, or it could be that they have a certain amount of time to renounce other citizenships in order to retain dual citizenship.  The latter seems more likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, most countries that outlaw dual citizenship have exceptions, and you might fall under one of the exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And is there any precedent for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, because the only precedent that would matter would be precedent established in the law of your birth country, which presumably has never before had to decide what to do with dual citizens when enacting a law forbidding dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any precedent for people losing their citizenship for the country in which they reside, and what would their options be if that happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The precedent I'm most familiar with is Jews in Germany in 1935, which is, thankfully, not relevant here, but it surely was a major factor in the inclusion of a right to nationality in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To lose British citizenship, you would have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/renounce-british-nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;renounce it&lt;/a&gt;.  Even if you do this after Brexit, you still might be able to assert your rights as an EU citizen who lived in Europe before Brexit, because EU rights typically depend on facts, not the acquisition of a specific document.  But nobody knows for sure, because the system to be put in place is still under negotiation, and the laws have not yet been written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T22:00:48.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-14T07:43:43.473" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Italy for the last 20 years but I go back to the US every year. I still have a US bank account and have renewed my NJ driver's licence when staying in NJ for a month last time, when staying with my sister.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I received jury duty. How should I reply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14961" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-14T11:52:44.057" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T11:52:44.057" Title="US citizen residing in Italy" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13605" CreationDate="2018-04-14T15:10:46.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the US government &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-765&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions for filing Form I-765&lt;/a&gt;.  Since the same form is used for OPT and for various other applications, the instructions are long and only some parts are relevant for OPT.  Here are more &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/fm-student-employment/f-1-optional-practical-training-opt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;general instructions about OPT from Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;F-1 Graduation Form&quot; isn't mentioned in the instructions, so I believe you shouldn't include it unless your adviser says otherwise.  It may be a form used internally by your university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T15:10:46.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-14T10:46:03.290" Score="4" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt many of you will have experience with this but if i have a criminal record for drugs in Australia (I am an Australian citizen) will I have any problem working in Europe. I am also an Irish citizen (born in Ireland) with an Irish passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I leave Australia is there any reason for the Irish government to tell other governments about my past in Australia? I would travel on my irish passport and not Aussie one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Shapebuster" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T18:49:45.430" Title="Worried about travel (criminal record)" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13623" CreationDate="2018-04-14T11:21:44.663" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an Irish &lt;strong&gt;citizen&lt;/strong&gt;, your right to live in the EU/EEA under &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32004L0038&amp;amp;from=EN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DIRECTIVE 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; can only be denied for very serious, very specific suspicions that you are a &lt;em&gt;present&lt;/em&gt; danger to public order and safety. A &lt;em&gt;past&lt;/em&gt; criminal record for drugs won't be nearly enough unless there is more in your record we don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your right to work may be limited where it comes to jobs that require a background check or security clearance. An employer may not want to hire you and hand you the keys to the cash register. We can't answer that question, but any restrictions for you would be the same as for citizens with a similar record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that, ask on Expatriates Stack Exchange or possibly on Workplace. When it comes to information exchange, remember that lying on an employment form can be reason for firing if it comes out years later. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the employer is allowed to ask, you are required to answer truthfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastEditorUserId="8198" LastEditDate="2018-04-14T18:49:45.430" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T18:49:45.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5781" CreationDate="2018-04-14T15:27:55.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ICEB-2015-0002-43168&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rules for STEM OPT changed in May 2016&lt;/a&gt;, a year after you posted this question.  Under the new rules, yes, if you are currently on OPT, you can apply for an OPT STEM extension on the basis of an earlier STEM degree, if it meets certain criteria. (In particular, you must have completed it in the US within the last 10 years.)  Here is more &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/fm-student-employment/f-1-stem-optional-practical-training-opt-extension&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information  from Homeland Security about OPT STEM extensions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T15:27:55.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-14T16:12:59.387" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the minimum percentage (of full-time) employment required to be eligible for the mandatory German public health insurance? Is there any wage rate requirement for that employment? That is, if i need to work at least x% if full-time at y% rate, what are x and y? I realize y is dependent on my job and experience, but is there some kind of a minimum base limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14963" OwnerDisplayName="punkish" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-15T07:19:22.827" LastActivityDate="2018-04-15T07:19:22.827" Title="Minimum percentage employment to be eligible for German public health insurance (GKV)?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13626" CreationDate="2018-04-14T23:39:58.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Geringfügigkeitsgrenze&lt;/strong&gt; is 15 hours of work per week and about 400 € of income per month. That latter amount is different for former West and East German states and slightly increased each year. (To be exact: It's 1/7 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezugsgr%C3%B6%C3%9Fe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bezugsgröße&lt;/a&gt;, or 1/6 of it for some cases).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are below that border, you are &lt;strong&gt;not required&lt;/strong&gt; to have a public health care and geriatric care insurance. However, you &lt;strong&gt;are still eligible&lt;/strong&gt;. It costs about 200 € per month for these cases. It's common for house wives to opt-in for public health insurance if their husband has private health insurance – their partner plan costs much more, usually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your partner has public health insurance, spouse and children are automatically covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2018-04-14T23:51:04.337" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T23:51:04.337" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13610" CreationDate="2018-04-15T00:23:02.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You first have to contact the &lt;strong&gt;Immatrikulationsamt&lt;/strong&gt; of that German university. They will contact your German professor's office to fill out the neccessary forms for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;esrc=s&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=5&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjsj_um_braAhXGyaQKHYvcA0wQFghRMAQ&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hs-coburg.de%2Ffileadmin%2Fhscoburg%2FImmatrikulationsbescheinigungKoBy.pdf&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw1rjXNOOq5VOXWWlisaSfTy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Immatrikulationsbescheinigung&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; you want from them. There are different kinds of &lt;em&gt;Immatrikulationsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;. Please always tell them you are from India and are invited for an internship, so they pick the correct one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, you send this &lt;em&gt;Immatrikulationsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; to the ZAV, a part of the German employment agency. They will issue you a certificate you may come to Germany and work here. (The German university may offer you to do that step for you.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, send this &lt;em&gt;ZAV certificate&lt;/em&gt; to the embassy so they can issue a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-04-15T00:23:02.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-15T03:45:57.603" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employment-based I-485 (EB1-b) is now passing 180 days. I did not yet find a job within my H1B grace period. So I'm planning to use my EAD for possible jobs, and use AC21 for porting my approved I-140 (PD in Sep 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My AoS is in a month or so, and I will need to be employed at a &quot;similar job&quot; at the time of my interview (look at my &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13404/do-i-need-to-be-employed-at-the-moment-of-aos-interview-for-my-employment-based&quot;&gt;previous question&lt;/a&gt;). But just some googling, I see that USCIS SOC codes has changed since 2018. My I-140 was under 15-1132 (software developer- applications) is no more there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is &quot;similar job description&quot; determined? Is it OK as long as it is within &quot;15&quot; major category? And btw, is it OK if the next job is a postdoc (which is usually 1-year contract)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will use my EAD so I'm so concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastEditorUserId="14683" LastEditDate="2018-04-16T20:29:34.803" LastActivityDate="2018-04-16T20:29:34.803" Title="AC21 to port my approved I-140 to a job of similar description" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-15T13:26:59.887" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipino in Qatar. I lost my passport in Qatar but I  need to travel back to Philippines for personal reasons. The Embassy will provide a Travel Document in lieu of the lost passport with police report in Qatar, and an affidavit of loss attached to the travel document. Then, I will process the new passport in the Philippines, as it will only take 10 days maximum unlike in Qatar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I have a problem coming back to Qatar, since in my residence permit has the details of my lost passport and not of my new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Scher" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-21T07:53:54.590" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T07:53:54.590" Title="Lost passport in Qatar to be replaced in the Philippines. How to go back to Qatar?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-15T17:40:51.897" Score="2" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are going for a vacation to the UK this summer. I am a Norwegian citizen, my wife is a non-EEA citizen here on a family reunion visa and we live in Norway. She has a residence card, but it has no inscription about Residence with EEA/EU citizen. I believe it is a standard biometric residence card. Can she then apply for a family member of an EEA national even though we are not moving to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is such a long and complicated application it can't really be for someone who does not intend to move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do we have to apply for a standard visitor visa instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Appreciate any help on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14969" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-16T03:52:11.800" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T20:00:50.433" Title="EEA family member visa for my non-EEA wife" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13637" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13676" CreationDate="2018-04-15T20:41:12.717" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;An M-2 visa is a US visa for spouses or children of someone on an M-1 visa, which is a type of student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am on an M-2 visa, is it possible to work while in the US for a company based in my home country, for clients in my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won’t be working for a US company. My current employer would continue to employ me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is not possible, is there a specific working visa for a non-US based company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14972" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-22T07:06:56.567" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T07:06:56.567" Title="Working remotely in the US on an M2 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13638" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-16T06:37:10.993" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software engineer and I have 5 years working experience in the field. I just saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-third-preference-eb-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment Base Visa&lt;/a&gt;, for which I think  I'm qualified to apply. But only one confusion I have is that before applying for this visa, do I need a job offer from a company in the USA or can I go without this, based only on my experience letter? Like in the picture below, this mentions a full-time job offer is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Za8Gw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Za8Gw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a job offer is required before applying then how can I get this? I need suggestion and advice. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6757" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-16T10:05:27.277" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T11:15:08.013" Title="How to apply for a skilled worker visa from India?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13639" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13640" CreationDate="2018-04-16T07:58:20.290" Score="8" ViewCount="1836" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a blue sticker from Gemeente on my bike this morning. As far as I know, this means I didn't move my bike for a long time and they will take it. But I used it two days ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just removed this sticker. Is there something else I should do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-16T09:21:24.273" LastActivityDate="2018-09-09T20:06:47.743" Title="Blue sticker from Gemeente on my bike?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13639" CreationDate="2018-04-16T08:07:05.850" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I'm right it doesn't mean that you didn't use it for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is used as a marker. Next time they are here and they see it on the bike. It means no one used bike for that period otherwise the owner would take it from the bike. So it means they can collect and utilise it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2018-09-09T20:06:47.743" LastActivityDate="2018-09-09T20:06:47.743" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13638" CreationDate="2018-04-16T10:37:31.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to have the job offer first and then the company has to apply to the USA government for a visa for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are scams and exploitative employers out there so be on your guard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is global but has a lot of USA jobs and should flag ones with visa offered &lt;a href=&quot;https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16735011&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16735011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-16T10:37:31.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13639" CreationDate="2018-04-16T11:17:48.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are right Ahmed, it means that your bike seems to have not been used for a long time. It warns you that if you do not use your bike it will be removed by city officials.&#xA;On the sticker it also says that if you ARE using the bike, you can remove the sticker. Most of the time these stickers are placed on bikes that are in spots where people in the neighbourhood feel they are out of place, like against their window or against the wall of a house.&#xA;Is your bike in a designated area, like in a bicycle rack?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14979" LastActivityDate="2018-04-16T11:17:48.980" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-16T11:34:13.287" Score="5" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Munich in November and after months of trying I eventually managed to get a state policy with Mobil Oil. I saw a doctor and was referred to hospital for an operation. Before I arrived home 3 days later, they sent a letter to me with pages of questions, which my German friend says are about money and costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unemployed and under pension age, surviving on a small private pension, the details of which they already known, and some savings in England. I pay for my policy from a German bank account. Can they demand more money after agreeing to my policy cost already? I can’t believe that I am obliged to give them details of my savings in England. Surely only government tax authorities can do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14978" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-17T04:34:14.847" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T02:50:38.040" Title="Health insurance questioning my finances again" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13634" CreationDate="2018-04-16T12:19:07.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EEA family permit can be used for visits.  Most of the questions on the application are improper for an EEA family permit application; this appears to be because the application is based on the standard visa application, but it is probably better to answer them anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the questions seem more appropriate for someone intending to settle in the UK, because the EEA FP can also be used for that purpose, but its true purpose is to signify the derivative right of free movement under directive 2004/38/EC, which includes a &amp;quot;right of residence for up to three months&amp;quot; that applies to temporary visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The right of residence for up to three months is expressed in Article 6 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 6&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right of residence for up to three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to family members in possession of a valid passport who are not nationals of a Member State, accompanying or joining the Union citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is implemented in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016&lt;/a&gt; at number 13, which says in part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initial right of residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;13.—(1) An EEA national is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom for a period not exceeding three months beginning on the date of admission to the United Kingdom provided the EEA national holds a valid national identity card or passport issued by an EEA State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) A person who is not an EEA national but is a family member who has retained the right of residence or the family member of an EEA national residing in the United Kingdom under paragraph (1) is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom provided that person holds a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-16T15:32:39.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13101" CreationDate="2018-04-16T12:26:09.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt;, but not covered by insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/eerstelijnszorg/vraag-en-antwoord/wanneer-heb-ik-een-verwijsbrief-van-mijn-huisarts-nodig-en-wanneer-mag-hij-deze-weigeren&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source: official government site&lt;/a&gt; (in Dutch: &quot;Wilt u een behandeling zelf betalen? Dan heeft u geen verwijzing nodig.&quot; - &quot;Do you want to pay for the treatment yourself? Then you don't need a referral&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14981" LastActivityDate="2018-04-16T12:26:09.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-17T02:43:02.893" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;My case is like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have an H1B visa stamp from employer A in my OLD expired passport. The visa is valid until September 2019.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I switched to employer B and applied for H1B again, using my NEW passport. H1B was approved, valid until August 2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm traveling outside the US for a few weeks in May 2018.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I avoid going to the consulate again in my home country for visa stamping? Is showing my i797 approval, new passport and visa stamp in the old passport enough to re-enter the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching the internet tells me it is not necessary to get another stamp for change of employer. But I have a new passport too. So, I'm making sure. Has anyone here been in a similar situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14986" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-17T04:32:52.457" LastActivityDate="2018-04-17T13:29:08.593" Title="New passport + H1b approval + old passport with h1b visa stamp from previous employment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13664" CreationDate="2018-04-17T06:15:22.387" Score="2" ViewCount="554" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen but haven't been a resident there for ten years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I passed my driving test in Thailand. Can I use my Thai license when I visit the UK for holidays. I spend only 30 days or so in the UK each year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the questionnaire on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-visitor-to-great-britain/any-other-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;, I can. However I'm not sure if the questionnaire correctly takes into account visitors who are UK citizens, since citizenship is not mentioned on the questionnaire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The results of this questionnaire are below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hp7tV.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hp7tV.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Result from gov.uk&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9854" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T11:13:56.560" Title="Can a non-resident UK citizen use a foreign driving license inside the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12356" CreationDate="2018-04-17T11:25:09.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with @solidcell his answer. Except the question asked stated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Company name is not written on the card, but it is written on an extra paper which came with the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that the company name is not written anywhere, but it's on so called Zusatzblatt. So I guess, your logic doesn't apply to this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I'm in situation you're addressing, and after leaving my old job and going to ABH, I've been told that I should submit my new contract before starting an employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have reputation to comment, but felt this should be commented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14991" LastActivityDate="2018-04-17T11:25:09.670" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13650" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13655" CreationDate="2018-04-17T11:34:45.377" Score="3" ViewCount="2167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Blue Card valid for 4 years, starting 2017, ending 2020. No employer is written on card or Zusatzblatt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 15 months of working for my first employer, I'm changing employment. If I change from my first employer, should I notify ABH? When should I do it: when I decide to quit, when I actually quit, after getting another job offer, or actually receiving a contract with a new employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time am I allowed to spend in Germany without a working contract? I've found it's three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this time cumulative?&lt;/strong&gt; Does each successive job change allow me three months or, if I change jobs multiple times during those 4 years, does my unemployed time accumulate to 3 months in total?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm working in IT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14991" LastEditorUserId="14991" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T09:08:30.327" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T08:55:51.413" Title="Time for changing jobs with Blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-17T17:02:42.200" Score="0" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, currently doing a master's in Italy. I have 10 years experience in videography and video editing. I am looking for a freelance visa in the UK. May I know more details about the freelance visa and how to apply for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14993" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T03:24:35.017" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T09:51:16.310" Title="Freelance visa in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-04-18T12:14:56.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-18T00:23:13.640" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Pakistani citizen who has previously lived in Sweden for 3 years on permanent residence against my own self employment visa, but I have since moved on. The Swedish version of what is called social security number, social insurance number, government service number, or otherwise, is the personnummer. I got a personnummer assigned shortly after arriving and registering in the country. Does this personnummer remain valid for the rest of my life, or is there some expiry? How do I check the status of my permanent uppehalstilstand, which is the Swedish version of permanent residence? I have a sticker on my passport which says validity is indefinite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14996" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T00:23:13.640" Title="Sweden Personnummer" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13650" CreationDate="2018-04-18T02:28:11.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you rely on your savings solely, it's &lt;strong&gt;six months&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The blue card is connected to having a job, whether there is an employer given already or not – if you have no employer noted on the card, it just means you start with the three/six-month grant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After becoming jobless, you again have three/six month looking for a job. With a new job offer &lt;strong&gt;you have to update&lt;/strong&gt; the blue card. The local &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt; will then ask the local &lt;strong&gt;Arbeitsagentur&lt;/strong&gt; about your employment record and they say ok/not ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This creates a grey area. The three month are not cumulative but if you hop-on-off jobs with only short times of employment inbetween, the &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsagentur&lt;/em&gt; may question your qualification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, you should talk to both offices and explain your situation. They get to know about your unemployment status automatically from the notification to the public insurances your former employer has to send.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T02:33:22.023" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T02:33:22.023" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13643" CreationDate="2018-04-18T02:50:38.040" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's much different than you think. The German public health insurance will simply ask you to provide your German and your UK tax bill and if you refuse to give it to them, they assume you are earning as much as the &lt;strong&gt;Beitragsbemessungsgrenze&lt;/strong&gt; (about 50.000 €) each year. And calculate your fee accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will ask you for these documents each year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T02:50:38.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13652" CreationDate="2018-04-18T09:51:16.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-entrepreneur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)&lt;/a&gt; visa but for that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have access to at least £50,000 investment funds to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closely related to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9248/can-i-get-a-uk-visa-as-self-employed&quot;&gt;Can I get a UK visa as self employed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T09:51:16.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-18T12:46:19.693" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in the UK on a Tier 2 visa since April 2015. How can I pay NHS surcharges for my children who were born in the UK? My children have never travelled outside of the UK, so I haven't applied for visas for them as my dependents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next month, I am applying for an extension to my visa. Do I need to apply for their Tier 2 visas as dependent family members, or can I apply after I am granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14997" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T14:36:13.973" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T14:36:13.973" Title="How can I pay NHS surcharges for children born in the UK?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-04-18T21:57:56.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-18T21:57:06.910" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen who has moved to the US 2 years ago with my Belgian wife (we got married in the US 3 years ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We plan to move back to the UK, but it will be a couple of years after Brexit. What is your advice for this situation? We are worried that she will not be able to return easily, won't be able to get UK citizenship, and worry that if she came back to the UK and we settled there and if I died, she would be kicked out of her home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She lived in the UK 10 years prior to the move to the US. We are worried that we may have to end our stay in the US early and head back to the UK before Brexit day to ensure her stay. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14998" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T01:46:38.370" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T21:44:44.270" Title="UK national with Belgian wife post Brexit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-04-21T18:55:22.290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13659" CreationDate="2018-04-19T03:57:40.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly, nobody knows yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because Brexit has not yet happened, and the terms of the break with the EU have not yet been negotiated, there are a great many questions like this that have to go unanswered. All anyone can say is to wait and see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T03:57:40.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T04:44:22.450" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/people/2257163-20180418-laeticia-hallyday-retour-saint-barth-nouveau-droit-quitter-territoire-americain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/people/2257163-20180418-laeticia-hallyday-retour-saint-barth-nouveau-droit-quitter-territoire-americain&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.is/abauO&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Quand on a cette fameuse green card, on ne peut pas être absent plus de six mois par an des Etats-Unis. Quand on quitte le territoire américain, il faut bien déclarer ses impôts sur place, conserver une vie active aux Etats-Unis, utiliser une carte bleue américaine, même à l’étranger… On peut demander le reentry permit pour plus d’un an d’absence. C’est un passeport provisoire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Quand%20on%20a%20cette%20fameuse%20green%20card%2C%20on%20ne%20peut%20pas%20%C3%AAtre%20absent%20plus%20de%20six%20mois%20par%20an%20des%20Etats-Unis.%20Quand%20on%20quitte%20le%20territoire%20am%C3%A9ricain%2C%20il%20faut%20bien%20d%C3%A9clarer%20ses%20imp%C3%B4ts%20sur%20place%2C%20conserver%20une%20vie%20active%20aux%20Etats-Unis%2C%20utiliser%20une%20carte%20bleue%20am%C3%A9ricaine%2C%20m%C3%AAme%20%C3%A0%20l%E2%80%99%C3%A9tranger%E2%80%A6%20On%20peut%20demander%20le%20reentry%20permit%20pour%20plus%20d%E2%80%99un%20an%20d%E2%80%99absence.%20C%E2%80%99est%20un%20passeport%20provisoire.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Translation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When we have this famous green card, we can not be absent more than six months a year from the United States. &lt;strong&gt;When you leave the US territory, you must&lt;/strong&gt; still declare your taxes, keep an active life in the United States, &lt;strong&gt;use a US-based credit card even abroad&lt;/strong&gt;... You can ask for the reentry permit for more than a year-long absence. It's a temporary passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should a green card holder use their US-based credit card when traveling abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T04:44:22.450" Title="Why should a green card holder use their US-based credit card when traveling abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T06:52:00.473" Score="2" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a bit of a strange (stupid) case: I was granted an entry clearance for a UK Tier 1 visa (applied from South Africa). For numerous reasons (some medical), I couldn't travel before the &quot;Valid until&quot; date. But I didn't pay sufficient attention to the date or make any attempts to change it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that I've already been granted a visa that was supposed to last a year, will I have to start the entire process again? Or could I just apply for entry? As I'm writing this, that second option seems highly unlikely but figured I'd ask. Any guidance would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15000" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T05:26:41.127" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T12:44:01.300" Title="Missed UK entry clearance valid until date. What now?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13647" CreationDate="2018-04-19T11:13:56.560" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Thailand for 14 years, and my UK driving licence expired in about 2010. In 2014 (my UK licence was well and truly expired by then), I visited the UK and was able to hire a car using my Thai driving licence. I had gone to the trouble of getting an International Driving Permit in Bangkok, just in case there would be any problems from not having one, but was informed that the IDP mostly serves as a translation of a foreign licence into several languages, including English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my Thai licence has 'Driving Licence' written on it as well as 'ใบอนุญาตขับขี่' the person at the hire company said that I did not need the IDP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was able to hire a car and drive in the UK, using my Thai driving licence, as a UK non-resident citizen visiting the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For absolute peace of mind, you might want to consider getting an International Driving Permit as well, but as long as your non-UK licence has English on it you should not need an IDP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T11:13:56.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T12:43:43.170" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in France on a long-stay student visa. I got an internship offer in Holland for a month. Can I move there without applying for another visa? Also the internship is unpaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15002" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T01:25:49.660" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T01:25:49.660" Title="Is a visa necessary for a 1-month unpaid internship in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T14:03:06.920" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Mexican national married to a German. We have two kids with dual nationality and have lived in Mexico since we got married five years ago. I have a job offer in the UK and we are planning to move there soon. Do we need to apply for an EEA Family Permit for me to be able to take the job, open a bank account, etc? My wife will quit her job here, we have savings to demonstrate we can live there (she will be looking for a job when we arrive) and I have a letter confirming the job offer, salary, etc. Mexicans don't need a visa to enter the UK and I have read that the EEA permit for non EEA spouses is mainly for nationals of countries that require a visa to enter the country. Can you please clarify? Many thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15004" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T17:35:18.310" Title="UK job offer - Non EEA with EEA spouse" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T15:52:29.823" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Spain, 24 years old, Marketing + Tourism degree, some experience as receptionist in several hotels, fluent in Spanish, English and an intermediate level of German. I want to find a job in the Netherlands, especially close to Rotterdam or Delft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My perfect job would be an for an eco-friendly business where I can keep learning about marketing and get some ideas for the Spanish market... Anyway for the first month I would be quite happy just having a job, as a waiter or cleaning service, I don't care...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone give a couple tips?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15005" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-20T02:27:15.363" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T02:27:15.363" Title="How do I get a job without knowing Dutch? Would it be possible in one month? How much money will I need?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-04-24T23:44:20.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13666" CreationDate="2018-04-19T21:20:44.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do we need to apply for an EEA Family Permit for me to be able to take the job, open a bank account, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  In fact, an EEA family permit won't help you to prove your right to work in the UK.  For that, you'll need a residence card or a certificate of application for a residence card.  For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Acceptable right to work documents: an employer's guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My wife will quit her job here, we have savings to demonstrate we can live there (she will be looking for a job when we arrive) and I have a letter confirming the job offer, salary, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need any of that as long as the UK continues to implement EU freedom of movement.  For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  But the UK is continually pushing the boundaries of what it's required to do under the directive, so also see the relevant UK government sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for an EEA family permit from outside the UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mexicans don't need a visa to enter the UK and I have read that the EEA permit for non EEA spouses is mainly for nationals of countries that require a visa to enter the country. Can you please clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is correct; you don't &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; a family permit.  But you might want one: The benefit of an EEA family permit would be to reduce the risk of being refused entry at the border when you apply to enter the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you arrive in the UK, you can enter without a visa only if you are a visitor or a family member of an EEA national with a right to reside in the UK.  You will of course be unable to convince the immigration officer (IO) that you are a visitor, because you aren't a visitor.  So the IO will need to examine your wife's passport, your passport, your marriage certificate, and your childrens' birth certificates to determine whether your relationship is genuine.  If the IO decides that anything looks fishy, you could be sent back to Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you apply for an EEA family permit, the examination of the documents will occur while you are still in Mexico, or wherever you are, vastly reducing your risk of being refused entry.  In a case like yours, it seems unlikely that the risk is very high, so it's probably fine for you to travel to the UK without one.  On the other hand, if you are particularly risk averse, or if you give high weight to the negative potential (perhaps on account of the presence of your children), you might want to apply.  The EEA FP is free of charge, after all, and the application is not particularly onerous, although it could be much improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An additional consideration: As I understand it, you can't apply for the residence card unless your wife is a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  This implies that you won't be able to work until then.  She can qualify as a job seeker, but it is much easier to do so as a worker.  If you will want to work before she finds employment, pay attention to the relevant criteria in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA nationals qualified persons&lt;/a&gt;, which include a requirement to be able to provide evidence that she is seeking employment and has a genuine chance of being employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T21:26:50.123" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T21:26:50.123" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13669" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-20T02:31:10.683" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is in America (Kansas). I can't find any good information. I know US citizens don't need visas to visit South Africa (good news for us), but I need one to go there. I have no money, no job, I'm basically homeless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to know is, can she visit me for the 90 days and can she do that constantly? How long can she stay with me? How and what can we do to stay together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, how can I get to America to live there? I know you need to show you can support yourself while staying there (I can't) and you need to find a job before going there. What other options do we have? (Even marriage, that will come!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also my mom, dad and I want to go to America. We want to get out of here. How can we get there? We are basically dead down. we can't find a job. We live at our old work, which closed down after the boss committed suicide. So we are stuck. Market is down after a company near us dismissed around 32K people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also willing to talk on Discord, or by email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15007" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-20T02:52:36.720" LastActivityDate="2019-07-29T00:52:24.840" Title="Girlfriend in the US, boyfriend (me) in South Africa" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-20T10:43:07.273" Score="2" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently planning to move to Ireland. My husband is in the UK and works there. I would like to know if it's possible that he continues to work in the UK while we rent a place in Ireland and I stay there while the application for my residence card is in progress. We're hoping that once I get the card I can join him in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm South African, living in South Africa. I don't need a visa to stay in Ireland for up to 90 days. My husband is a British citizen and we're in the process of buying property in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14610" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T21:14:31.090" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T18:35:17.877" Title="South African moving to Ireland, practicing EU treaty rights" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13670" CreationDate="2018-04-20T20:34:54.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your plan appears to be ill conceived.  The first problem is that you cannot benefit from EU freedom of movement in Ireland unless your EU-citizen husband is in Ireland.  You can enter as a visitor for up to 90 days without a visa, but to stay longer you will need either a visa or your husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second problem is that you cannot apply for a UK residence card unless you and your husband qualify under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh ruling&lt;/a&gt;.  For that, you must have lived together somewhere in the EU other than the UK.  If you can't qualify for the Surinder Singh ruling, you could apply for a regular &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spouse visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, to apply for a UK residence card, you must be in the UK.  To enter the UK, you would apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You write&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're hoping that once I get the card I can join him in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by &quot;the card&quot; you mean an &lt;em&gt;Irish&lt;/em&gt; residence card, that also won't allow you to move to the UK.  You would still need to satisfy the requirements of the Surinder Singh route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping in mind that you can only get an Irish residence card after your husband moves to the UK, The Irish residence card does have one benefit: it would allow you to travel to the UK without a visa &lt;em&gt;provided you are traveling with your husband or joining him in the UK.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-04-20T20:41:54.913" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T20:41:54.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13670" CreationDate="2018-04-20T21:32:06.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The confusing thing is the Surinder Singh part. A EU citizen has the right under EU free movement laws to freely move and work in any other EU country, and bring their family with them, with one exception: The EU free movement laws don't apply to their own country. So your UK husband can move with you to any European country except the UK. (A French husband could move anywhere with you except France, and so on). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK has another law (named after Surinder Singh) and that is that UK citizens are allowed to move from another EU country back to the UK together with their family. Other countries (like Germany) have no such rules. So you can move with your UK husband to Ireland, live there for a while, then move with your UK husband to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T21:32:06.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13659" CreationDate="2018-04-20T21:44:44.270" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife probably had indefinite leave to remain in the UK, but that is lost after leaving the UK for more than two years, so the 10 years in the UK won't count anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current state of negotiations between UK and EU is that if an EU citizen moves to the UK before the end of the transition period (end of 2020) they will be able to stay. Six years later she should be able to get UK citizenship (which she could have received a few years ago, but then nobody expected Brexit). So that's what you might have to do to get her to the UK as an EU citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously there will be ways to get a visa for your wife since she is your wife, but I don't know at all how that will work. And I hope someone knows whether death of husband affects that kind of visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T21:44:44.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-20T19:14:15.780" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I wish to apply for PR in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have completed my bachelor's degree (4-year course) in Computer Science from Mumbai University (oldest and most reputed University in Mumbai) and currently pursuing my final semester of a master's program in Business Administration (3-year course) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (deemed an autonomous university).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My final semester results are not expected before September 2018 i.e 4 months from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I initiate my WES evaluations with my bachelor's degree transcripts and partial master's degree transcripts (without the final semester results)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would this be valid for my PR application?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please provide help and feedback. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14373" OwnerDisplayName="Mufaddal" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-21T07:50:37.840" LastActivityDate="2018-04-21T07:50:37.840" Title="WES Evaluation for Canada PR" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-21T11:57:38.617" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in the Netherlands on a family residence permit. Registration at my local municipality requires a copy of my birth certificate (birth country is different from the country of my passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's no problem to get, but I was born with a different first name (though not entirely dissimilar to mine now), and I'm wondering if this will cause any problems when I try to get it legalised for use in this country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DOB is the same, after all, but I have no ID or other documents with my birth name as I've been using my current name ever since I became an adult. Plus I have no documentation of the name change (it became my legal name in my adopted country simply through consistent use).  Even my social security card is in my current name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15012" LastEditorUserId="15012" LastEditDate="2018-04-22T15:19:43.927" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T15:19:43.927" Title="Is a birth certificate with a different first name acceptable for registration?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13637" CreationDate="2018-04-21T21:49:53.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You are not authorized to work while in the US in M-2 status. It doesn't make a difference that you are working remotely and that the company is outside the US -- you would still be physically in the US, and performing work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, there is no general visa type for working for a foreign company while in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-04-21T21:49:53.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13677" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-22T03:24:22.803" Score="3" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am holding an F1 student visa. In July 2017 I was diagnosed with brain cancer so I took Fall 2017 &amp;amp; Spring 2018 semesters off on medical leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I extend my leave?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are other options so I can get my treatment done and stay legally?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15013" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-22T07:08:11.563" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T18:03:47.870" Title="F1 status holder on medical leave" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13675" CreationDate="2018-04-22T09:02:54.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have experience with this situation exactly, but based on other &quot;name not the same&quot; scenarios I've heard about, the answer is &lt;strong&gt;probably not&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You see, the authorities cannot effectively distinguish the case of you providing somebody else's birth certificate from the case of you having changed your name. And they will likely not go to the trouble of following the argumentation regarding why it &quot;has to&quot; really be you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So - do the work for them, by providing them with the official document of name change from the state in which you were born. If that somehow doesn't exist, then at some point you managed to have a document created with your new name; hopefully you had provided documents with your old name in order to get that new document - now you'll have to contact the issuing party, to get them to write you a confirmation saying something like &quot;Yes, we have issued a passport with name  to the person whose birth certificate is the one attached, and bears the name &quot;. Finally, if you can't even get that - you might need something like a sworn legal statement describing how you came to have different names on different documents, and/or some documents of your parents where the old name is indicated etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... but it's not a bad idea to ask the office where you're going to registry what you can do in this situation, rather than ask us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T09:02:54.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13549" CreationDate="2018-04-22T09:35:08.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can ask your potential employer whether they are prepared to sponsor a temporary work visa for you.  If they really want to hire you and are a large employer with the resources to sponsor foreigners, they can sponsor you for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/482-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;subclass 482 visa&lt;/a&gt; (which replaced the old &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457-/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;subclass 457 visa&lt;/a&gt;).  These visas allow you to stay and work temporarily for a number of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in Australia and worked for that employer for a number of years, you can ask them to sponsor you for permanent residency via the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/186-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T09:35:08.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13577" CreationDate="2018-04-22T09:54:24.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You no longer need to inform your foreigners' office about job changes. If you lose your job and claim unemployment benefits, you’ll have to go to the Amt für Arbeit in your city and be subject to their requirements, but no different from how it is for citizens. Like everyone else, including German citizens, you will need to register with the city when you move, either within the same city or to a new city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; need to watch the expiration date on your home country passport and renew it a few months in advance and then schedule an appointment with the foreigners’ office in whatever city you’re registered in to get an updated Niederlassungserlaubnis card with a current photo and your new passport details (expiration date, passport number). Not going to be fun trying to get back in with a residence permit whose passport details don’t match your current passport...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15016" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T09:54:24.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13677" CreationDate="2018-04-22T18:03:47.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, F-1 students must enroll full time.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/manage-program-dates-registration-and-course-load/reduced-course-load&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page from Homeland Security explains the exceptions&lt;/a&gt;, particularly that you can remain in F-1 status without enrolling full time in case of properly documented illness or medical condition, for up to 12 months.  This is based on federal regulation &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2142f.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(f)(6)(iii)(B)&lt;/a&gt;.  Unfortunately there isn't a provision for extending this beyond 12 months.  So you would have to enroll full time by Fall 2018 to maintain your F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't expected to recover by Fall 2018, you should discuss this problem with your Designated School Official and probably with a US immigration attorney, to try to find some other option.  Depending on your circumstances, it might or might not be possible to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;enroll full time if they can make some accommodation that would allow for your treatment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;transfer to a different F-1 school (where you would still have to enroll full time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;change to a different immigration status based on some other activity (such as educational research, cultural exchange, or employment) or family tie&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't able to enroll full time as F-1 or change to a different immigration status, you would be facing the choice to leave the US or stay without valid status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-04-22T18:03:47.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-23T07:50:04.240" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU blue card holder living in Germany for about 4 years. Recently I got a job offer in Spain as Java Developer, which I intend to take. But the company and I are oblivious to the visa process. I went ahead and did the interview, hoping that my EU blue card would allow me to acquire the necessary permit to work in Spain easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I fail to find any decent information on this. I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/FolletosInformativos/archivos/triptico_tarjeta_azul_eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a leaflet (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; dated 2011 with information. But I'm afraid most of it could be outdated. Does anyone have any sort of knowledge or experience with moving to different countries with an EU blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any kind of information would be very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15022" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T11:19:43.300" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T11:19:43.300" Title="Moving to Spain from Germany with an EU blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13662" CreationDate="2018-04-23T12:44:01.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case it's useful for the future:&#xA;I had to apply for a &quot;Vignette transfer&quot;, which essentially allows you to get a new entry clearance document. I submitted the application with documents from my previous application. Will post the outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone who chipped in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15000" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T12:44:01.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-23T13:51:54.583" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Oregon after my parents moved from Mexico. Do I need any documentation, and if so, what, to prove that I have parents who are Mexican? If I go to the Mexican consulate in Portland, do one or both of my parents need to be present?&#xA;Will I need to pass any citizenship tests about Mexican history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15024" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T23:43:27.610" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T23:43:27.610" Title="As a US citizen with Mexican parents, what steps do I need to take to become a Mexican citizen?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5820" CreationDate="2018-04-23T14:45:51.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No need to send the letter i believe but you must send back your BRP card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you hold a biometric residence permit (BRP), you are required to return it to the Home&#xA;  Office. BRPs should be cut into quarters and sent to: BRP Management Unit, Home Office,&#xA;  Conference House, Portishead Office Park, Conference Avenue, Portishead, Bristol BS20 7LZ,&#xA;  Great Britain.&#xA;  You may be issued with a fine of up to £1,000 should you fail to send your BRP to the Home&#xA;  Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15026" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T14:45:51.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13687" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13690" CreationDate="2018-04-23T18:49:09.303" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to France to spend 1 year studying at an university. Do I have to take any medical examination to take a visa for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15023" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T21:03:42.077" Title="Are there any required medical examinations to travel to France?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-23T19:11:45.060" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lost my job working in DK as an expat. They gave me a 3-month notice while I still get paid. When those 3 months end, do I still have health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been working for a bit over 2 years, I got the yellow insurance card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8581" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T12:52:53.757" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T12:52:53.757" Title="Lost my job, health insurance too? (European citizen living in Denmark)" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-23T20:03:24.560" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on a Tier 2 general visa valid till 2020 and I have to go to India for an emergency next week. My passport is valid until October 2018. Will there be any problem during travel at any stage, particularly at Indian immigration when I'm returning back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15028" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-25T00:50:41.923" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T00:58:53.183" Title="Indian passport validity" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13687" CreationDate="2018-04-23T21:03:42.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. There is a mandatory medical examination but it can (and usually does) take place &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you have obtained a visa and entered France. It is still necessary to prove you have done it to stay in France and renew the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that its purpose is not to keep sick people out of France but to make sure some conditions (like tuberculosis) that have become uncommon in France are not left untreated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T21:03:42.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-24T09:59:34.777" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a flat-panel display (a computer monitor, but it might have been a TV for the purposes of this question) - but I don't have the box in which I got it, with the styrofoam support structure for absorbing shock and localized pressure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be moving soon, and need to pack it. Question is - how? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual panel decomposes from the base of the monitor.. The base is more massive, not flat obviously, but it's also not delicate so let's forget about that and focus this question on packing the panel itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The panel might travel by air, but it might also travel by sea.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I pack my own boxes, so can't rely on movers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T10:28:08.120" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T11:41:56.233" Title="How do you pack a flat-panel display without a custom-fitting box?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-04-24T23:44:07.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13693" CreationDate="2018-04-24T10:22:27.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Option 1: Get the movers to pack it.  That way they are responsible for any damage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option 2: Lots of bubble wrap, and ideally inside something like a cupboard or linen-chest which will protect it from gross external stresses.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: By &quot;lots&quot; I mean at least three layers, and at least a couple of cm total thickness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T11:41:56.233" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T11:41:56.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2573" CreationDate="2018-04-24T22:21:19.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. US states issue driver's licenses to residents of that state, and part of the application process is demonstrating you do live there. This is typically done both by your declaration under penalty of perjury that you live there, as well as by some external documentation, such as a utility bill in your name showing an in-state address&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it may be possible to borrow an address from a friend, and fake a utility bill or lease or some other document that'd get you past the DMV, you'd be violating the law in doing so.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-04-24T23:21:44.113" LastActivityDate="2018-04-24T23:21:44.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13689" CreationDate="2018-04-25T00:58:53.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many countries will allow their citizens to enter their own country even if they have no passport at all (as long as they can prove their citizenship). Travelling into India with an expired passport should be possible, although you would need a valid passport to leave. (Although it might be tricky boarding a flight to India with an expired passport, but that's up to the airline.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your passport has any validity on it at all when flying to India, you will have no problem entering India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to get a new passport while you are in India, and either get your UK visa transferred to it at a British embassy/consulate, or take both your old passport (containing your valid UK visa) and your new passport with you when you go back to the UK later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T00:58:53.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13703" CreationDate="2018-04-25T06:59:44.400" Score="4" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse entered the UK on a fiance visa in July 2013 and we married in October of that year. She was granted a married partner visa in December 2013. The married partner visa was valid for 2 and a half years and was renewed in May 2016 and expires in February 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My impression had always been that 5 years of continuous residency was required to apply for indefinite leave to remain, but I have also heard a figure of 10 years being discussed. Can anybody confirm which duration is correct? Also, based on her first entry on the fiance visa in July 2013, would that make her eligible to apply in July 2018 or does the time start from the married partner visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15040" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-04-26T01:11:35.323" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T01:11:35.323" Title="When will my spouse be eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-25T12:03:50.637" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband went to the Spanish Embassy today to submit a visa application in accordance with the EU directive, since I am a European living in Spain.&#xA;However, he was denied because we don't have a European marriage certificate. What can we do in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15041" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-26T07:11:20.980" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T07:11:20.980" Title="Spanish visa for non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13728" CreationDate="2018-04-25T13:20:13.307" Score="3" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;My German permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) is in printing process since officer said it takes 4 -5 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to change my job, is there any chance my current employer can ask visa officer to deny my PR ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T10:15:46.627" Title="German permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) in printing process, can I change job without worrying about visa being revoked?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13700" CreationDate="2018-04-25T13:33:28.707" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The so-called 5 year route is for applicants who meet all of the criteria (financial, English language, etc) while the 10 year route is for those who don't meet all of the criteria but have exceptional circumstances (e.g. compassionate reasons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you have met the 5 year criteria, your wife will be eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain 5 years from the start of her married partner visa (i.e. December 2018).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details are on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-re-the-family-member-or-partner-of-a-british-citizen/no/partner/you-re-still-with-your-partner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Government website&lt;/a&gt; but aren't written in a particularly understandable way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="14323" LastEditDate="2018-04-25T18:11:31.067" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T18:11:31.067" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-25T19:53:21.593" Score="3" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and I have visa D (long term visa) which will expire in September 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to bring my spouse to Austria on a dependent visa. Can I bring her here for more than 90 days? What is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15046" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-04-25T21:58:27.673" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T01:02:00.373" Title="Can I bring my wife to Austria on a dependent visa?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-25T20:03:50.237" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Dutch passport. My daughter wants to re-apply for a Dutch passport, after trying several years ago without result. She has a South African passport and was born in 1978. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would she have to do? What documents must she have? She wants to be able to immigrate to the Netherlands and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15047" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-04-25T21:54:43.193" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T21:54:43.193" Title="How can my daughter acquire Dutch citizenship?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13707" CreationDate="2018-04-25T21:38:08.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your daughter probably lost her Dutch nationality on 1 April 2013, 10 years after the dual nationality rule change in 2003. The rule that went into effect then is that a Dutch citizen who has other nationality and lives outside the kingdom or the EU for 10 years loses Dutch nationality. If that is true, it would explain the failure of her earlier passport application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She might not have lost her Dutch nationality, because the 10-year period can be reset by the issue of a passport, ID card, or official declaration of Dutch nationality. There are other exceptions as well; see &lt;a href=&quot;http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBW33099/2018-01-01#Circulaire.divisie15_Tekst&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RWN art. 15&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she did lose her Dutch nationalty, however, then your daughter would have to migrate to the Netherlands with a residence permit rather than a passport.  Once she's in, however, she might be able to apply for Dutch nationality after only one year through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Former-Dutch-citizen.aspx#Option&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;option procedure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it does not appear that any family-based immigration route allows one to sponsor children over the age of 18.  There is, however, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/other/Pages/Return-to-the-Netherlands.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;return to the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; route for former Dutch citizens, but it seems that she cannot use this if she lives in South Africa, unless she was born in the Netherlands.  She might also have trouble with the &quot;special ties&quot; provisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her best bet might be to try to get a work visa through an employer or to set herself up as an entrepreneur and get a work visa that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T21:38:08.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-26T11:25:06.447" Score="3" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian student going to Grenoble Ecole De Management, France, later this year. While preparing my documents, I was told that apostilled and translated original birth certificate would be needed for several administrative procedures, including housing benefit, health insurance and most importantly, to renew my visa for the second year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I do not have an original birth certificate. I was born at home in a village in Kerala in '84 and have been domiciled in Bangalore ever since. While joining school, I believe my parents got an affidavit of birth from a notary/lawyer and used it for admission. I don't have this document with me anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in a fix now. I do not know whether I can proceed with my plan of going to France at all without an original birth certificate. I don't mind losing the housing benefit but obviously I need to be able to renew the visa for the second year. Is this a dead end or will French authorities accept an apostilled affidavit of birth from a notary or lawyer in Bangalore (in lieu of the original birth certificate)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information is critical for me because if there is really no way to renew my visa without an original birth certificate, then it means I cannot go to France at all (my course is for two years). The student integration team at Grenoble told me that no other document will be accepted. But Campus France tells me that it is only needed for the housing benefit and not needed for the visa, so I am confused. Where do I get some reliable info and is it a good idea to proceed if I am unable to produce get this document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15050" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-27T06:37:43.807" LastActivityDate="2018-04-27T06:37:43.807" Title="Indian student going to study in France. Is the original birth certificate mandatory?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13711" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13720" CreationDate="2018-04-26T15:50:43.357" Score="3" ViewCount="890" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I hold a TN visa that was issued on December 4th, 2017 and is valid until December 4th, 2018. I want to go back to my country on December 22, 2018 to spend Christmas with my family. A TN visa is issued only to Canadian and Mexican citizens, and this type of visa allows you to stay and work legally in the USA for a maximum period of 3 years. Furthermore, I understand that you can work in the USA for 3 years without leaving the country, and then you need to apply for renewal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my case is different because this visa will expire on December and I won't be able to come back to the USA if I do not fill a renewal application. So, how do you start the renewal process of your TN visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" LastEditorUserId="6194" LastEditDate="2019-11-20T17:52:46.713" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T17:52:46.713" Title="How to renew a TN visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13711" CreationDate="2018-04-26T16:41:28.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are Canadian, you should know that most Canadians don't need an actual visa sticker in their passports to enter the US in TN status.  Such people can present the necessary documents at a US port of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get an actual visa sticker in your passport, you must apply at a US consulate.  This means that you must leave the US, of course.  It also means that you need to plan your trip so you have enough time near a US consulate to apply for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to wait for your visa to expire.  For example, if you are planning to make a long visit to a place with a US consulate before your visa expires and another trip just after it expires, during which you will not be able to apply for a visa, you can apply for the visa during your longer trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, it looks like you'll want to apply while you're with your family at Christmas.  That could obviously be problematic, since there are likely to be a lot of people in your position, so perhaps &lt;em&gt;more applications&lt;/em&gt; at the consulate, and, no doubt, &lt;em&gt;fewer staff.&lt;/em&gt;  Unless you're planning a long visit, you might want to try to arrange an earlier trip to renew your visa.  If you're in the northern US, you might be able to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to start the renewal process, you can visit the State Departments &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/visas-canadian-mexican-nafta-professional-workers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;, which in turn directs you to the online DS-160 application form.  Don't forget to bring the documents you'll need for the application when you go home.  There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://mx.usembassy.gov/visas/nafta-professionals/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;more specific information available&lt;/a&gt; for those applying in Mexico, which includes detailed information about the necessary documents.  I did not find an analogous page on the website of the US diplomatic missions to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find visa appointment wait times on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;State Department's website&lt;/a&gt;.  This may help you in planning your trip.  The time for &quot;other nonimmigrant visas&quot; in Mexico currently ranges from one or two days at most consulates to 9 days in Mexico City, while in Canada it ranges from three days in Vancouver to 64 days in Toronto and Montreal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T16:41:28.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13666" CreationDate="2018-04-26T17:35:18.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;not sure about the requirement for the EEA national to be qualified on arrival for the non EEA spouse to have the right to work.... as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initial right of residence13.—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) An EEA national is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom for a period not exceeding three months beginning on the date of admission to the United Kingdom provided the EEA national holds a valid national identity card or passport issued by an EEA State.(2) A person who is not an EEA national but is a family member who has retained the right of residence or the family member of an EEA national residing in the United Kingdom under paragraph (1) is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom provided that person holds a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15004" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T17:35:18.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13715" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13717" CreationDate="2018-04-26T18:44:23.737" Score="1" ViewCount="407" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother is a Swiss citizen since the 1980s (we don't know exactly the year since we discovered recently that her ex-husband applied for her without saying anything to her), and got her Swiss passport a few days ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, I was looking in the website of the Swiss consulate to find out that since 2017 the son of a Swiss citizen can acquire citizenship directly before he turns 22, and this year (2018) the age was increased to 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the Swiss consulate website in my country (Brazil) is really hard to understand for the citizenship part, so I am really confused if I am eligible of applying for citizenship or not, since my mother was never in Switzerland (neither was I), and I don't know German/French/Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can I get Swiss citizenship from my mother (being a Brazilian male 23 years old, born in 1994)? My mother was already separated from her old husband at the time of my birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit to clarify some questions from the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother separated from her former husband in 1988.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She was not married to my father when I was born (nor is she now).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother was already a Swiss citizen before I was born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called to the Swiss consulate in Brazil and explained the situation. They told me I might not be eligible for the citizenship, because the age change in the law &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; not be retroactive, and since I was already 23 when the law changed, I would not be eligible to acquire the citizenship. However, searching the law in english/portuguese, I could not find any document suggesting the retroactive clause in the new law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15053" LastEditorUserId="15053" LastEditDate="2018-05-07T19:19:59.457" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T19:19:59.457" Title="Can I get Swiss citizenship based on my mother's Swiss citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13706" CreationDate="2018-04-26T19:43:44.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;VISA D has 3 sub categories. Non of which makes you eligible to get your spouse in Austria. However she can always apply on her own individual criteria to make a tour of Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, If you are planning to get a resident permit in Austria, then your spouse is eligible to join you under family re-unification visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15054" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T19:43:44.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13715" CreationDate="2018-04-26T21:08:51.453" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no personal knowledge of Swiss nationality law, but according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_nationality_law#Acquisition_by_filiation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;, you were a Swiss citizen from birth because you were the child of a Swiss woman who was not married to your father.  The next question is whether you are still Swiss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it looks like you may have lost your Swiss nationality at age 22:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Loss due to birth abroad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Swiss citizen born abroad to at least one Swiss parent and holding at least one other nationality loses Swiss citizenship at age 22 if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have never been announced to the Swiss authorities, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have never written to the Swiss authorities expressing their desire to retain Swiss citizenship, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They (or their guardians) have never sought to procure Swiss identity documents for them, i.e. a passport or an identity card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Equally, the child of a person who loses Swiss nationality in this manner also loses Swiss nationality. &lt;em&gt;Exceptionally, a person who has been prevented, against their will, from taking the necessary actions to retain Swiss citizenship may undertake the required actions within a delay of 1 year following the cessation of such hindrances.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(spelling error corrected; emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to avail yourself of the exception, although it seems unlikely given the information you have provided here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Wikipedia article seems to be outdated, since, as you mention, the age was increased this year.  You will want to find out whether the increase applies retroactively.  Since the age increase seems to have occurred after your 22nd birthday, if it is not retroactive then you will have lost your Swiss citizenship under the old rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T21:08:51.453" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-27T07:24:24.607" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether my spouse can work in a dependent visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, what is the probability for her to get a job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15057" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-04-29T19:31:02.020" LastActivityDate="2018-04-29T19:31:02.020" Title="Work permit for dependent in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-05-12T05:12:32.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13711" CreationDate="2018-04-27T17:06:36.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To extend your TN status before you leave the US you can file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form I-129 with USCIS&lt;/a&gt;. I believe this can be filed up to 6 months before your current status expires and takes a few months to process. If this is successful you will receive an I-797 approval notice with a new I-94, valid to the extension date, attached to it and you can legally remain in the US until that date. The only drawback to doing this is the relatively high $460 filing fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this extends your TN status in the US it does not, however, extend the visa foil in your passport. For a Canadian this doesn't matter much since Canadians are visa-exempt and can reenter the US in TN status after any travel with the I-797/I-94 alone (though I understand that some Canadians who travel frequently prefer to apply for a visa anyway so that they have evidence of their status in their passport). For a Mexican, on the other hand, some travel will require them to apply for a new visa foil at a US consulate prior to their return to the US, including a copy of the I-797 and whatever documentation they included with the I-129 extension with the DS-160 visa application as evidence of their status. The exception to this rule is travel that falls under &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1218/~/automatic-revalidation-for-certain-temporary-visitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Automatic Visa Revalidation rules&lt;/a&gt;, that is trips to Canada or Mexico of less than 30 days duration. In the latter case the I-797 approval notice should be sufficient for US reentry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So filing for an I-129 TN extension will allow you to continue working in the US past your current December 4 expiry. If your December 22 travel falls outside the AVR rules, or you would like to have a visa foil in your passport for future travel, you will want to apply for a new visa at a US consulate during that trip; otherwise AVR plus the I-797 approval should be sufficient to allow you to return from your trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastEditorUserId="9011" LastEditDate="2018-04-27T20:06:37.760" LastActivityDate="2018-04-27T20:06:37.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13719" CreationDate="2018-04-27T17:38:21.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you are a German national, EU citizen or foreign national, basically, if &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are allowed to work in Germany, any family you bring is allowed, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether somebody is allowed to work is no longer a permit of it's own, but simply a remark on your &quot;Aufenthaltstitel&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are a foreign national, this is a quote from Wikipedia applying to you and your spouse:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Zu Ausländern nachgezogene Familienangehörige erhalten ein Recht auf Erwerbstätigkeit, soweit der Ausländer, zu dem der Familiennachzug erfolgt, zur Ausübung einer Erwerbstätigkeit berechtigt ist (§ 27 Abs. 5 AufenthG). Sie erhalten anders als bisher sofort ein Recht auf unbeschränkten Zugang zur Beschäftigung, sowie ggf. einen Zugang zu selbständiger Erwerbstätigkeit, wenn der bereits hier lebende Partner diese Rechte besitzt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family members that followed foreign nationals to Germany are granted the right to work if the foreign national is allowed to work. Those rights are granted immediately if the partner living in Germany already has those permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For obvious reasons I cannot comment on the probability of somebody &lt;em&gt;actually getting a job&lt;/em&gt;. That depends on too many factors of which &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt; are known.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-04-27T17:38:21.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-27T18:56:28.903" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from outside the EU. I came to Italy to study and I found a job as a software engineer. My salary is  more than 28,000 euro per year, but my resident permit type is Lavoro subordinato. Based on italian regulation a salary above 26,000 euro is eligible for blue card. How should I get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15059" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-28T08:24:30.817" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T08:24:30.817" Title="Can I change my Italian work permit to a blue card?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-27T19:15:36.980" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can my spouse (EEA citizen) travel out of the UK while I stay in the UK? I hold an EEA Family Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14175" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-04-28T08:17:51.333" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T08:17:51.333" Title="I'm on an EEA FP. Can my spouse who's an EEA citizen travel out of the country while I stay in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13724" CreationDate="2018-04-28T05:22:55.333" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Strictly speaking, no, you are not supposed to benefit from freedom of movement in the UK while your wife is outside the UK, but I suspect that a court would draw a distinction between visitors and residents.  If you and your wife have established your residence in the UK, then her temporary absence should not deprive you of the right to remain in the UK.  If you are visiting the UK temporarily, however, and she leaves, then you should probably also leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T05:22:55.333" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2018-04-28T10:15:46.627" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your permanent residence was granted on the day you were at the &quot;Amt&quot;. You should have a paper saying it was granted. This paper should serve as your temporary permanent residency permit until your real one (looks like a German ID, so it's a plastic card with your picture on it and cannot just be printed out with a regular printer at the Amt) is printed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your permit was granted. The printing is a formality that nothing can change. Your papers should say so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please don't rely on people on the internet. Look at what your papers say. This is a matter of great importance. Do you really need a new job so badly that you would risk your residency over what a stranger said on the internet? You waited 5 years for this, just wait another 4 weeks to be sure.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-04-28T10:15:46.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13744" CreationDate="2018-04-29T06:35:26.127" Score="2" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents were born in Hungary but they migrated to a non-EU country shortly before I was born. I lived in this country until recently and did there my driving license. I've moved to France and I want to have a license. Unfortunately I can't convert &quot;directly&quot; from the license of my former country to a french license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought converting my license to Hungarian one and then driving with the Hungarian one in France. Does that seem legit? Do I just need to go to the embassy and ask for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15065" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T18:22:14.047" Title="Conversion of driving license Non EU--&gt; Hungary--&gt; France" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13731" CreationDate="2018-04-29T17:47:12.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does not seem legit because France has decided not to allow the conversion of your licence to theirs and your plan is designed to subvert that decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you considered just taking the French driving test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-29T17:47:12.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2018-04-29T19:34:45.000" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The taxes and cost of living are similarly high in both places. All in all, if you can have the same salary in Switzerland, the different would really end up being more about lifestyle than about money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Switzerland has vastly better public transportation and car ownership is more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;San Francisco is close to the surf, Switzerland is close to the snow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both places, housing is expensive in the sense that people spend a large share of their income on it; construction is likely to be sturdier in Switzerland (concrete not wood frame).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Switzerland makes you pay for landfill garbage disposal by the bag and it's expensive, in California it's rolled into property tax and it's cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Child rearing is expensive in both places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US has a strong pro immigrant policy, for example if your child is born in California they'll automatically  be American regardless of your nationality or your spouse's. In Switzerland they won't get Swiss citizenship and you and they'll pretty much be considered alien in that land forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;California is a huge state, part of a country thousands of miles across. In Switzerland, wherever you are you're less than 150 miles from a border with a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These, not take home pay, would be the real differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2018-04-29T19:34:45.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13774" CreationDate="2018-04-29T20:00:49.803" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of applying for an EB-2 green card with National Interest Waiver. I'm a PhD student at a large research university on an F1 student visa, with a couple of publications and a decent number of people who could write rec letters so I think the application is realistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I recently talked to a colleague who told me that if I applied for a green card, no matter if it's rejected or accepted, I can't reapply for a student visa again. Is this true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15067" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T14:47:24.250" Title="EB-2 with NIW: application means cannot apply for student visa again?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13735" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14157" CreationDate="2018-04-29T21:27:53.133" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;One year ago my wife (J-1) and I (J-2) moved to the USA for her postdoctoral research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back then I got my EAD (Employment Authorization Document), then I got my SSN and finally I was able to get my driving license with one year of validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently we got our new DS-2019 papers renewing our statuses for one more year. So I applied for an EAD renewal (case still being reviewed) and when our driver licenses expired we went to OMV. My wife got her new driver license without issues, but mine was stuck on something USCIS-related and the person asked me to try again in 2 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did return in 2 weeks, but my case was still under review. They asked me to try again in a couple of days. I did, same thing happened all over again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have a SAVE Verification Case Number which is way more than 20 working days under review, which is likely to be preventing me to get my renewed driver license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could this be related to my EAD renewal still being under review? Any advices on how could I sort out this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15068" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T20:09:38.830" Title="Driving license renewal in USA (Louisiana)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13731" CreationDate="2018-04-29T22:16:06.923" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the EU countries only accept other countries' driving license if the driving test was made in one of the EU countries. In case of exchanges the country where the test was taken will be added visibly to the license. So even if you could exchange your current one to a Hungarian one (which is only possible if it was done in a country which has an agreement for exchanges with Hungary), it will say which country the test was taken in, and the French authorities will not exchange it afterwards, as it is not from a country they allow it (unless of course they also allow licenses from that country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use your license for one year with an IDP (international driver's permit) after which you need to take the exam in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Hungary does potentially allow exchanges from &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/hungary/index_hu.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;all countries&lt;/a&gt;, but you would need to present either a residence card (lakcímkártya) or a residence permit. France has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/mise_a_jour_liste__permis_de_conduire_valables_a_l_echange_retrait_boliv_cle01f1c2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;quite long list of countries&lt;/a&gt; where they allow exchanges from, however they also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1757&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;explicitly state&lt;/a&gt; that exchanges are only valid if the originating country (e.g. where you took the test) is from the same list, even if the license was issued in another country, like Hungary, from an exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that as a student you might get away with going home every year and getting a new IDT, as sometimes you are also considered a resident in your home country, meaning your license is valid and you can get a fresh IDT. This might not be strictly legal, but definitely something that is hard to enforce, especially if you didn't have any driving infractions in the first year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-04-30T09:40:07.893" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T09:40:07.893" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13503" CreationDate="2018-04-30T02:22:05.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you avoided driving in Japan for 25 years? :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically you are not allowed to update your GB licence unless you are a resident of Great Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the licence exchange program is designed for people that have recently moved countries. As you said even if you updated the address with the help of a contact in Great Britain (ticking the box saying your are definitely a GB resident in the process), you will not satisfy the Japanese requirements because you don't have proof of recent UK residency for the Japanese application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do it by the book it looks like you will have to apply for a Japanese licence from scratch and take the driving test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T02:22:05.963" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12928" CreationDate="2018-04-30T06:32:30.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So this is what happened to me:&#xA;I went to the embassy where they didn't ask me about my diploma directly, just asked if its H+ or not. And since I had the contract I received the Visa really fast. Now thats where it gets fuzzy. I only got the visa for 6 months, according to the embassy - that time is sufficient enough to get the blue card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I arrived to Germany I started the ZAB diploma confirmation, which took about 3 weeks, and I have also applied for the blue card which I will probably get in a month or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusion:&#xA;The embassy is not in charge of blue card issuance, but rather give visa straight away for you to start working right away (which was very helpful). ZAB - 200 euro, Blue card - 110 euro. 2 months of waiting but at least I already started working. Hope any of that helps&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14357" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T06:32:30.793" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-30T11:30:26.093" Score="1" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a UK Tier 4 General Student visa. My bank statement had my name handwritten in English and not printed, as my bank had to write it down and stamp twice, since my information on the bank system is only accepted in my country's language, which is not English. They said this is the right way to certify it since applying for a bank statement with my name printed in English was going to take time due to system routines and approvals. I applied for an English printed name version anyway, but it came out after my appointment so I had to use the bank statement with my name hand written on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surprisingly, I received a refusal because my name is handwritten and not printed as the rest of the statement is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Briefly, the Clearance Officer states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... however, the name on the bank statement has been handwritten. This leads me to question if the bank statement is truly owned by you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UKVI has attempted to verify your bank statement and we have been unable to verify that this account is genuine. In accordance with paragraph 39B (c) of the Immigration Rules as we have been unable to verify your offer of financial circumstances, it has been discounted for the purpose of assessing your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am therefore not satisfied that you have achieved 10 points under paragraphs 10 to 14 of Appendix C and do not meet the requirements to be granted entry clearance under Tier 4 (General) Student). I therefore refuse your application under paragraph 245ZV (c) of the Immigration Rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was advised to re-apply since I have fixed the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I still be refused since my bank statement (with printed name in English) was issued before the refusal date, or there is no relation/no rule for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that bank statement date had not passed 30 days of my new visa application and the required amount didn't drop for more than 28 days. I have no time to apply for a new bank statement and my course is starting within two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15070" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T10:01:24.043" Title="Re-apply for UK tier 4 student visa" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9596" CreationDate="2018-04-30T13:28:30.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a visa to enter the Republic of Ireland unless you are in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/visa-required-countries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa exempt nationality&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule UK visas and leave to enter or remain in the UK are not valid for Ireland as it's a different country. Certain holders of UK visas qualify for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Irish%20Short%20Stay%20Visa%20Waiver%20Programme&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa waiver&lt;/a&gt; but that's limited to certain nationalities, and according to the Irish immigration authorities only applies to short-stay UK visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could take a trip to Northern Ireland on you visa as this does not involve leaving the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7033" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T13:28:30.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-30T15:01:13.580" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling DS-160 form that I need to apply for F-1 student visa. Currently, I study at the double degree program between two universities and work part time (research and teaching assistanship positions associated with one of the universities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DS-160 form allows for only one current occupation. What should I do in this regard? Is it a good idea to use one of the universities as a primary occupation and to list the other university and my employment in &quot;were you previously employed&quot; and &quot;have you attended educational institutions at the secondary level or above&quot; questions respectively? Or is it a bad idea to use these questions for the current occupations and I should use them for &quot;truly&quot; previous occupations only? Is it better to bring a full list of my extra current occupations with me to the interview without mentioning them in DS-160? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15073" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T15:01:13.580" Title="DS-160: several employments and universities" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13731" CreationDate="2018-04-30T18:22:14.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a foreign student in France, you can use your foreign license &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1459&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for the duration of your studies&lt;/a&gt;, subject to certain conditions.  An international driving permit is not necessary, but would fulfill the requirement to have the license translated into French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Si vous êtes non-européen et détenez un titre de séjour étudiant, vous pouvez conduire avec votre permis étranger pendant toutes vos études en France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votre permis doit :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;être en cours de validité,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;avoir été délivré par le pays où vous aviez votre résidence normale avant d'entrer en France,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;être rédigé en français ou être accompagné d'une traduction officielle en français.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vous devez :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;avoir obtenu votre permis avant la date de début de validité de votre carte de séjour étudiant ou, si vous possédez un visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour, avant la validation de ce visa par l'Ofii,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;avoir l'âge minimal pour conduire en France les véhicules de la catégorie équivalente de votre permis,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;si nécessaire, respecter les mentions d'ordre médical inscrites sur votre permis (par exemple, port de lunettes obligatoire),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;si votre nationalité est différente du pays de délivrance du permis (par exemple, Marocain avec un permis algérien), avoir obtenu votre permis pendant une période au cours de laquelle votre résidence normale était dans ce pays,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ne pas faire l'objet dans votre pays (ou dans le pays de délivrance du permis s'il est différent) d'une suspension, restriction ou annulation de votre droit de conduire.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are non-european and have a student residence title, you may drive with your foreign license during your entire period of study in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your license must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be valid,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have been issued by the country where you had your normal residence before entering France,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be written in French or be accompanied by an official translation into French.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have received your license before the start date of the validity of your student residence card or, if you have a VLS/TS, before the validation of that visa by the OFII,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be old enough to drive in France the vehicles of the license category equivalent to your license,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if necessary, respect the medical endorsements on your license (for example, wear corrective lenses),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if your nationality is different from the country that issued your license (for example, Moroccan with an Algerian license), have received your license during a period in which your normal residence was in that country,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not be subject in your country (or in the country issuing the license, if it is different) of a suspension, restriction, or cancellation of your right to drive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T18:22:14.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-30T20:18:49.643" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;My previous company filed EB-1b for me, and it is pending. But I was laid off two months ago (it is now pending more than 180 days and they didn't withdraw it- I was laid off before 180 days though). I have my EAD/AP now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One option is to use AC21 to move to a similar job. But a lawyer told me one option for me is to file a new self-petition I-140 (EB1-A) and transfer the pending I-485 to the new one. I already re-scheduled my USCIS appointment, so I have to decide soon. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one is recommended? Pros/cons? If you know a good firm practicing that with reasonable fees, let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14683" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T22:20:35.377" Title="Transfer I-485 basis from EB-1b (employer-based) to EB1-A (self petition)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13739" CreationDate="2018-05-01T07:28:28.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting an important new document that addresses the refusal reason is a good basis for making a new application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can't be sure you will get your visa though. Once you show a verified statement, the visa office will make a decision on all of the information available and you may be refused on some other issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T07:28:28.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-01T09:36:15.247" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in Tier 2 sponsorship visa and a university offered me PhD scholarship. I resigned from the office and the HR said that my sponsorship will also be invalidated from the last day at my work (April 27, 2018). The university sent me offer letter in first week of April (for May 2018 session) and I have applied for ATAS clearance but still haven't heard from them. The estimated decision date for ATAS is 8th May.Then once it is cleared, I will be issued CAS letter and I can apply for Tier 2. &#xA;Do I need to go back to my counry to apply for Tier 4 visa or Can i apply from here? Will my tier 2 visa invalidates once the Certificate of Sponsorship is invalidated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15076" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T09:36:15.247" Title="Resigning from Tier 2 sponsorship and switching to Tier 4" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13748" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-01T10:24:13.637" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can registering a business in the USA get me a residence permit, or do I have to apply for an H1B visa instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15077" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-01T10:50:30.613" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T16:46:11.580" Title="Can registering a Business (LLC) in the USA get me a residence permit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13748" CreationDate="2018-05-01T10:53:34.750" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The USA has some investor visa options so you don't have to go the H1B route. You will need substantial amounts of money to invest. (And other conditions apply, including you must employ a number of local staff. See Patricia's comment below)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/eb-5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/eb-5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an E2 visa but it is more limited in what you can use it for and who can qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastEditorUserId="12133" LastEditDate="2018-05-01T16:46:11.580" LastActivityDate="2018-05-01T16:46:11.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-01T17:28:56.333" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can our family-based immigrant visas, which were approved, be denied or revoked before traveling to the US? If so, what are the possible reasons?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15078" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T21:25:45.180" Title="US immigrant visa denial" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13751" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13788" CreationDate="2018-05-01T16:00:53.160" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;All my family members including me, applied for immigration to Canada. I can't just sit and wait for the immigration visa, it might never come. We applied for the express visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I applied for a master's degree, fully funded by my university and a third party. My university is certified by ABET and works with some US universities. However I don't think they have any relationship with Canadian universities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My master's should take a year and a half, perhaps longer, since I'm busy, I have a full- time job and freelance projects. Some people in my country are receiving immigration visas within a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would happen if I receive the immigration visa while doing my master's? Can I ask for additional time or would I have to quit and lose the tuition funds? Would I harm my family or postpone their immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6835" OwnerDisplayName="Lynob" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-05-06T14:12:32.960" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T14:59:41.097" Title="What happens if I get my Canadian immigrant visa while I'm in the middle of a Master's degree in my home country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13750" CreationDate="2018-05-01T18:37:41.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Any of the grounds of inadmissibility could lead to your immigrant visa being denied or revoked.  The latter would most commonly happen at the port of entry if the examining officer discovers a ground of ineligibility during the landing interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grounds of inadmissibility are codified at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens&quot;&gt;8 USC 1182&lt;/a&gt;.  There are grounds related to health, crime, and security, among others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regulations concerning waivers of certain grounds of inadmissibility may be found in various subparts of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/part-212&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;8 CFR Part 212 - DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: NONIMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS; ADMISSION OF CERTAIN INADMISSIBLE ALIENS; PAROLE&quot;&gt;8 CFR part 212&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As very helpfully pointed out in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13750/us-immigrant-visa-denial/13752?noredirect=1#comment23411_13752&quot; title=&quot;To prevent unnecessary worry you should point out that this would be very unusual.&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/556/djclayworth&quot; title=&quot;user profile&quot;&gt;DJClayworth&lt;/a&gt;, this is extremely unlikely to happen for most people.  If there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; any grounds of inadmissibility, they would most likely be discovered before the visa is issued.  The chance of new grounds arising or being discovered before arriving in the US should therefore be very low in nearly all cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, a person in these circumstances should be careful, because the approval of the visa does not guarantee admission.  Even after immigrating, immigrants must be careful because it is possible for a permanent resident to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1227&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;8 U.S. Code § 1227 - Deportable aliens&quot;&gt;deported&lt;/a&gt; under certain circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-05-02T20:42:15.377" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T20:42:15.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13753" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-02T01:12:02.480" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m working for a small remote tech company that is not on the UK registered sponsors list (being a US company). We have one employee who works in the UK and has “settlement” (permanent residence) there. I’m a software developer and my salary and job requirements qualify me as RQF 6 (fits the “skilled labor” criteria).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work remotely right now in the US (I’m a US born citizen), but I’d like to work in the UK to be able to work with our employee there when needed, and for other numerous reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for me to get some kind of a work visa to do this? I’ve looked pretty hard but haven’t found something yet and was wondering if I missed something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15082" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-02T01:18:50.927" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T08:00:06.257" Title="How to get a UK work visa to work remotely for a US company?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13755" CreationDate="2018-05-02T02:00:36.780" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;The documentation listed as acceptable on uk.gov is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Your passport; and&#xA;• Your full birth certificate (one which includes the name of your parent(s), (which&#xA;should be requested from the relevant authorities in your country of origin); and&#xA;• Your mother’s full birth certificate; and either&#xA;• Her certificate of naturalisation or registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (or, before 1 January 1949, as a British subject); or&#xA;• Papers showing her legal adoption; or&#xA;• Her expired citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, his mother died in 1979, when he was a teenager. Due to circumstances beyond his control, her birth certificate and passport are lost. I know we can order a copy of the birth certificate (hopefully as easy as paying the cost of it and shipping, or are there hoops to jump through?), and as she was born in the UK, I can't see her having any other naturalization or registration documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her passport was thrown away by her husband's next wife, and so is unrecoverable. Can one order a copy of her passport, or do I need it if her birth certificate shows she was born in England? I don't see how they can expect people to have their parents' passports. What happens if their parents are dead? Do we really need her passport? Do we have a chance of making a successful application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15083" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-03T23:19:39.487" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T23:19:39.487" Title="My husband wants to register as a UK citizen (born to a British mother in South Africa in 1964). Do we need her passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13754" CreationDate="2018-05-02T05:38:06.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although the guidance doesn't specifically mention it, in my opinion, your mother's birth certificate showing that your mother was born in the UK before 1983 should be sufficient by itself. Her passport should not be necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone born in the UK before 1983 was automatically a Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at birth with right of abode in the UK (which became &quot;British citizen&quot; in 1983). And since she was born in the UK, her connection to the UK was &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;, and so she would have been able to pass citizenship and right of abode onto you had women able to pass citizenship before 1983; therefore, you are eligible to register as a British citizen now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T05:38:06.550" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13753" CreationDate="2018-05-02T08:00:06.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you need to work with the UK person full time? I don't think there is a way to do that, but you can use the standard visit visa for intra-corporate activities on an intermittent basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules#visitors-appendix-3-permitted-activities-for-all-visitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules#visitors-appendix-3-permitted-activities-for-all-visitors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T08:00:06.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13757" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13760" CreationDate="2018-05-02T11:05:28.960" Score="5" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US green card holder and working in Detroit, US. My partner is a foreign student in Windsor, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Iran. Is it legal for me to reside in Canada and commute to US daily?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" OwnerDisplayName="Polymorphic" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-03T23:17:52.433" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T23:17:52.433" Title="Is it possible for me to reside in Canada and commute to the US daily?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13757" CreationDate="2018-05-02T13:18:44.987" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to apply for NEXUS if you are eligible.  This will let you use the NEXUS lanes which tend to move much more quickly and are usually less busy.  It will also reduce the amount of screening to which you are subject, because you will be pre-screened during the application process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Carefully research the border wait times at the times you intend to cross, to get a sense of the delays involved at the border crossings.  These are the busiest crossings at the Canada/US border and delays can be significant at times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T13:18:44.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13757" CreationDate="2018-05-02T16:05:58.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically this is possible. However in your case you are going to run into some difficulties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first difficulty is that you require a visa to live in Canada. A visitor visa is technically what you want, since it covers 'temporary residence'. (Technically your partner will be in Canada on a visitor visa, coupled with a 'study permit'.) Getting a visitor visa for one or two years is possible if you explain that you want to be with your partner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second difficulty is that if you live outside the US you are putting your US Permanent Residence status at risk. It depends on the length of time you will be living in Canada. Anything up to six months is probably OK, but more than that is a problem. There is a &quot;Permanent Resident - In Commuter&quot; status, which is for residents of Canada (or Mexico). You would need to convert your Green Card to that status, and be aware that it does not carry all the privileges of a full Green Card - particularly that time spent in Commuter status does not count towards citizenship requirements. You would probably need to get your Canadian visa before converting your US Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that both those difficulties are overcome there is nothing preventing you making daily border crossings. A fair number of Canadian and US citizens do this. A NEXUS card would absolutely help the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly recommend consulting lawyers with Canadian and US immigration experience before embarking on this. Alternatively you and your partner having separate residences, one in each country, and visiting each other on a frequent basis would be a simpler solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2018-05-02T16:47:30.807" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T16:47:30.807" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-02T20:29:05.740" Score="1" ViewCount="565" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting ready to start a job in Israel, and have been told that the company requires me to have an Israeli bank account that they will direct deposit my salary into. I have heard that credit cards in Israel generally do not allow the users to contest charges, and additionally will not help me to build credit in the United States. As such, I want to be able to make most of my purchases there using an American Credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my current credit card company informed me that they do not allow balances to be paid off from non-U.S bank accounts, which means it would he impossible to set up automatic-deductions and would require instead for me to transfer the balance to a U.S. bank account each month in order to pay off the card balance. This is both costly and requires enough time between the day I get paid, and the day my credit card bill is due in order to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there any American credit card companies out there that allow their balance to be automatically deducted from a foreign (specifically Israeli) bank account?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15087" LastEditorUserId="15087" LastEditDate="2018-05-02T20:57:09.070" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T14:29:49.300" Title="Paying off a credit card balance with a foreign bank?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;israel&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13715" CreationDate="2018-05-03T16:14:17.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go check &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ch.ch&lt;/a&gt; but from what I know and found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, can I get Swiss citizenship from my mother (being a Brazilian male 23 years old, born in 1994)?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ch.ch/en/reinstatement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hurry&lt;/a&gt;! And you need to get in touch with your embassy/consulate to open a procedure to be recognized as a Swiss citizen. You'll also need to provide proof that your mother is a Swiss citizen (her valid passport and record that she is registered at the embassy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say hurry, because the administration is not fast, it might take many months because of the exchanges between your consulate and Bern. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14777" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T16:14:17.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13761" CreationDate="2018-05-03T21:18:07.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;tl;dr: You don't need to do this, using an Israeli credit card is fine.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have heard that credit cards in Israel generally do not allow the users to contest charges&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not true. You can definitely contest charges. You can't cancel charges arbitrarily though, i.e. you need to make an argument regarding why the charge should be rejected. And while I don't have statistical information regarding the acceptance of contestations in various scenarios, it is not &quot;common knowledge&quot; that contestations are (almost) always rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something else you can do more easily, and this I'm sure of, is cut off future charges. That is, say &quot;do not honor any future charges from XYZ&quot;. So if you have, say, an ISP that's over-billing you, you could at least cut them off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As such, I want to be able to make most of my purchases there using an American Credit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? Suppose even that it was impossible to contest. Millions of Israelis use credit cards just the way they are, and credit card fraud or malicious unexpected charges are very rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there any American credit card companies out there that allow their balance to be automatically deducted from a foreign (specifically Israeli) bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt it, though I can't say for sure. And if they allow it, you'll probably pay exhorbitant fees. Considering what I've written above, this will just be a hassle with no real benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-07-03T14:29:49.300" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T14:29:49.300" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13828" CreationDate="2018-05-04T09:34:26.347" Score="4" ViewCount="17747" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've an infinite contract with a company and now I wish to leave that company. Is there any standard format of resignation letter I should sign?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The letter which I got from HR states as below, please let me know if it's fine to sign&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Termination of my employment relationship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear sir, Madam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hereby give notice that I wish to terminate the existing employment contract from date xxxx. My last day of employment will be xxx.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please confirm this termination letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T22:09:07.280" Title="Standard format of resignation letter in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-04T10:00:51.817" Score="4" ViewCount="468" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not lived in my 'home' country (my country of birth) for more than 9 years now and I have rarely visited it during all these years. And ever since I have lived in four different countries, always under a 'temporary residence permit'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the past three years I have stayed in the same country in Europe and still have a 'temporary residence permit'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It happens very often that I am asked to provide my &lt;strong&gt;permanent address&lt;/strong&gt; in legal documents. When I provide my address in the EU country where I have lived for the past three years, nobody accepts it and they all ask me to provide my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PERMANENT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (yes, they really like to emphasize that word) address in my home country. The problem is that I have &lt;strong&gt;none&lt;/strong&gt;, I haven't lived there for over 9 years and I have no place of my own there, never had. I used to provide my latest place of residence there where I lived with my parents. But that has also become irrelevant now, as my parents have gone separate paths and don't even live there anymore and one of them has even moved out of that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... What is my permanent address? What can I use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15092" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T14:18:44.863" Title="What is my 'permanent residence address' when I have no 'permanent' residency anywhere in the world and no place in my home country?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13766" CreationDate="2018-05-04T14:57:53.820" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is going to vary a lot depending on context and jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the UK you can use the address where you usually reside, even if it's rented accommodation with no security of tenure and even if you are a person with only a temporary residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-04T14:57:53.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13771" CreationDate="2018-05-04T19:04:36.813" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see only examples of applicants already living in Britain. My husband is planning on registering his British Citizenship (South African mother who was born in England) from within the US. Assuming he gets his citizenship, the question is how can we make a successful spouse/dependent application without breaking up our family (ie. he is living in Britain without us)? Is this possible and if so what is the process and would it be as likely to succeed as one done in the UK? Also, the applicant's occupation is Day Trader. Can that form of income count as work income? We would meet the work income level needed as a prerequisite for coming if so.. Thank you in advance for any thoughts, input, and guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15083" LastEditorUserId="15083" LastEditDate="2018-05-04T19:18:48.290" LastActivityDate="2018-05-05T05:56:24.193" Title="Is it possible for a UK Citizen to apply for his non EU wife and child to come to Britain but apply from outside Britain?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-04T19:11:08.390" Score="4" ViewCount="378" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from India and I got my Niederlassungserlaubnis (Unlimited settlement permit) in Germany this January. I'm getting married in June and my fiancée hasn't enrolled for any German classes so far and from what I have read, a basic German (A1) certificate is necessary if the spouse holds an unlimited settlement permit, whereas it is not mandatory if I hold a Blue Card. I also found a following conditions for exemption in the same document:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You have a university degree and probably will be able to find work in Germany on the basis of your language skills (recognisably minor need for integration requirement).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She holds a master degree from India and can she then apply without the A1 certificate? Does anyone here have any experience regarding the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.india.diplo.de/contentblob/3265640/Daten/3846113/deutsch.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German language exemption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15095" LastActivityDate="2018-05-04T19:11:08.390" Title="Germany: Permanent Resident - Spouse visa language requirement" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13768" CreationDate="2018-05-05T05:56:24.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules for applying are the same if you are outside the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a day trader should be fine: it amounts to self employment. He will have records to show how he obtained his income legitimately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can afford it you could employ a lawyer with UK immigration expertise to help you. It's not compulsory but it can save some stress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not helpful to talk about &lt;em&gt;likelihood&lt;/em&gt; of success: each application is assessed individually and if it meets the criteria it will be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The matter of breaking up the family: you may be thinking of people applying from low wage countries who don't earn the UK's required minimum income. They to go to the UK and get a job there to qualify, to then be allowed to bring their spouse. Often causing a separation of at least 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-05T05:56:24.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-05T19:13:26.043" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer from a company in Germany. The work contract states that the job starts in early August. However, the earliest date I can secure for my visa application interview is mid-August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a problem? I asked the company and they are fine with me working from home (from my home country for a couple of months) until I get my German long-term visa and can move to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since the contract's starting date is earlier than the date of my visa interview (and hence I can't make it to Germany on that time) would that create a problem during the visa interview? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14968" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T14:04:38.363" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T14:04:38.363" Title="German long-term work visa: work contract starting earlier than the visa interview date. Is that a problem?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-05T19:42:31.340" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Illinois since 2012 on my F1 visa. From 2013 to present I have not left the country (I still lived in Illinois). I got married 2 years ago, and my spouse ( U.S. citizen and Illinois residence) is petitioning for me. I would like to know if I can get Illinois residency after receiving my green card. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15097" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T04:18:20.080" Title="State residency after green card" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2018-05-06T14:47:24.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I am not an immigration lawyer. I answered this purely based on my interactions with my lawyer in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that an immigrant petition has been filed for you (regardless of whether it was successful or not) will make it difficult for you to get a nonimmigrant visa again in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the petition has been withdrawn, make sure you can explain very well to the consular officer at your F1 interview about your ties to your home country and how you plan to use your skills in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15091" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T14:47:24.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13776" CreationDate="2018-05-06T15:38:27.723" Score="3" ViewCount="1275" Body="&lt;p&gt;In rental apartment ads, you sometimes see the monthly rent listed with the added note of &quot;incl. GWE&quot; or &quot;excl. GWE&quot;. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Spacious, luxury-finished and fully furnished apartment in Amsterdam&#xA;  Nieuw-West. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Rental price: 1,350&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  GWE/Inventory/Internet/TV: 250&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Deposit 1 month &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  etc. etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This must be one of the additional fees/costs you need to pay, but what do the initials stand for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-05-09T21:05:06.420" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T21:05:06.420" Title="What does GWE stand for in rental apartment ads?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-05-22T05:43:38.500" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13775" CreationDate="2018-05-06T15:38:27.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure it's:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt; for gas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;W&lt;/strong&gt; - water&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt; for electricity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(thanks @audionuma for guessing water :-) ...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-05-06T16:01:23.397" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T16:01:23.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13773" CreationDate="2018-05-06T18:50:36.570" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been living in Illinois since 2012&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are already an Illinois resident, probably for every purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get your green card, you can establish yourself in any US state, the District of Columbia, and a few other places besides.  There's no formal process of becoming a state resident.  You just move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some purposes, such as taxation or state university tuition, your student visa status might give you an exception.  In that case, you'll need to look at whether the exception ends immediately when your status changes or after some period of time.  For example, if you move to a new state, it might be one year before you qualify for in-state tuition rates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a comment, you write that you're asking about Illinois state tuition rates.  The university of Illinois has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://admissions.illinois.edu/FAQ/in-state-tuition&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; on the topic.  It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if I’m an international student who has applied for permanent resident status in the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you hold a temporary visa, you don’t qualify for in-state tuition. However, when you receive federal notification that your status for permanent residency has been approved, you may start the period of establishment of residency for in-state tuition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the same page, you can learn that the period for establishing residency is one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T04:18:20.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12446" CreationDate="2018-05-07T03:25:18.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other than for work authorisation proof as alluded to in another answer, another reason for having an unrestricted Social Security card is that some financial institutions (like Golden 1 Credit Union in California) require those magical words to be not present on your Social Security card in order to allow access to some credit-related products. So you may want it to get that home loan or credit card, for instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15101" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T03:25:18.037" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9211" CreationDate="2018-05-07T12:54:58.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three ways I can think of (not by order of significance necessarily):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reply to ads indicating they want immediate entry into the apartment, as though you're willing to move in immediately. &lt;strong&gt;Don't immediately state you're interested in late entry&lt;/strong&gt;. When you visit the apartment or as part of the initial conversation, Say when you expect to be able to get in. While it's not what the ad asked for - that's what the land-lord got. They might accept, and they might not accept. Remember that a landlord willing to take in a tenant a few weeks ealier or later will publish the earlier rather than the later date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avail yoursafe of a &lt;strong&gt;realtor&lt;/strong&gt; (real-estate agent). Their contacts may include additional information on the apartments they're working with, specifically with regard to date of entry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try looking for other venues where apartments are published. For example, many people use social media to offer apartments which they're renting at the moment for the future. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;PS - I know this answer is given a long time after OP has had to face his/her problem; it's for the benefit of others of course.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="14797" LastEditDate="2018-05-12T22:05:05.613" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T22:05:05.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-07T15:19:56.907" Score="3" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently in OPT (valid till 2020)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Employer A laid off (April 2018).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Employer A applied for H1b and picked in lottery&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) May 2018 Got new job with Employer B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&#xA;Is it possible to transfer the H1b from Employer A to Employer B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15103" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-05-08T14:14:18.893" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T18:23:49.207" Title="Is it possible to transfer the H1b from one employer to another?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-07T17:34:03.720" Score="1" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my husband applied for H4 Visa, my EAD &amp;amp; my husband's H1B visa renewal together, but due to the wrong date mentioned in the H4 fee check, all the H4 VISA &amp;amp; EAD docs are returned by the USCIS &amp;amp; application is rejected asking me to provide new fee check.&#xA;Now, what should I mention in my I539 in following questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this application based on a separate petition or application to give your spouse, child, or parent an extension or change of status?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the answer be -&gt; Yes, filed with this I-539  or   Yes, filed previously and pending with USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, should I have to wait till we get an H1 receipt or we can send the whole packet which we got back and should not have to wait for new H1B extension receipt?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you ever before applied for employment authorization from USCIS?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I enter denied here as the application was sent back? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eligibility Category?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I put my husband's new H1B receipt number(which he got from current extension application) or the old H1B approval receipt number(Which was what entered when we sent the H4EAD application with H1b)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really appreciate your response.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15104" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T17:34:03.720" Title="US H4 Visa docs rejected" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-08T02:46:29.027" Score="1" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which city out of Toronto and Vancouver have better data science opportunities? &#xA;Is there a different city with better data science opportunity other than the two above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15107" LastEditorUserId="15107" LastEditDate="2018-05-08T12:33:08.190" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T12:33:08.190" Title="Which is the best city in Canada for data science job opportunities?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-05-09T20:22:59.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13024" CreationDate="2018-05-08T12:08:15.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get married in Denmark, that's where I (non-EU) married my same-sex EU partner. Neither of us were Danish residents, just visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To setup the ceremony it took three emails only because we had two questions. The fee was around 500 DKK, about 75 USD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15109" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T12:08:15.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13024" CreationDate="2018-05-08T13:11:36.607" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your options are rather limited from a UK visa point of view until you have been living together in a serious relationship for at least 2 years and you yourself have been resident in the UK for 5 years. Obviously this is not possible to achieve in your current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To bring him to the UK initially he would need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family visa&lt;/a&gt;. This would allow him to live with you in the UK as a partner with no need for marriage. There are certain conditions of course:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apply as a partner or spouse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply as a partner, you and your partner both need to be 18 or over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your partner must also either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be a British citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;have settled in the UK (they have ‘indefinite leave to remain’ or proof of permanent residence)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;have refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You and your partner must intend to live together permanently in the UK after you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you’ll need to prove&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be able to prove one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you’re in a civil partnership or marriage that’s recognised in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you’ve been living together in a relationship for at least 2 years when you apply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you are a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner and will marry or enter into a civil partnership in the UK within 6 months of arriving&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately since haven't been in a relationship together for at least 2 years (with evidence such as a joint lease, utility bills, etc. with both your names on them) your partner doesn't qualify on those grounds. Since you are not a permanent resident of the UK (having lived here for 5 years) the alternative of planning to marry your partner within 6 months of his arrival is unfortunately also not an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a good summary of the options on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/help-advice/partnership-rights/%E2%80%8Bimmigration-rules-same-sex-couples-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stonewall Scotland&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T16:29:23.333" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13751" CreationDate="2018-05-08T14:35:44.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory,You don't have to settle in Canada immediately after you immigrate.&#xA;I believe that it's quite common that you can just enter Canada border once(Landing) using your immigrate visa before expiration for a short stay to get your PR legal status and paperwork done. After that , you can return to your school immediately to finish your study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only catch is you will need a PR card to enter Canada next time . You will need an address in Canada to receive it. (You could have a family member to get that for you or use another special document from CIC to enter)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should google a little online or go CIC site directly &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T14:35:44.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13789" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-08T15:07:42.780" Score="5" ViewCount="402" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Advanced Masters course is for a duration of one year. My current job, based out of India, allows me the flexibility of working remotely so I will not be looking for employment within France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is no provision for a dependent visa, then what other options do I have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel on a tourist visa and continue to work remotely for my employer in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would appreciate if I can get specific information w.r.t France. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15111" LastEditorUserId="15111" LastEditDate="2018-05-08T15:28:52.357" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T15:28:52.357" Title="My wife is going for an advanced master's course in France. Will I get a dependent visa to accompany her? What are my options?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-08T17:16:52.197" Score="1" ViewCount="4006" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both my grandparents were born in Holland. Am I able to apply for an ancestry visa? If so what documents do I need? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15112" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T21:05:37.550" Title="Ancestry visa for Holland" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-05-12T05:12:55.627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13781" CreationDate="2018-05-08T17:24:04.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it can be done, as long as requisite steps are taken, in accordance with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-correct-form-i-9/who-needs-form-i-9/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS process&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Changing Employers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A nonimmigrant employee can change employers. However, the new employer first must file a labor condition application (e.g., H-1B petitions) or temporary labor certification (e.g., H-2 petitions) and then file a new Form I-129 petition with the approved labor certification.  The employee cannot begin working for the new employer until USCIS approves the petition. There are two exceptions to this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.  H-1B&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under the American Competitiveness Act in the Twenty-First Century (AC-21), an employee currently in H-1B status may begin working for a new employer as soon as the new employer files a Form I-129 petition for the employee, if certain requirements are met. If the employee is not currently in H-1B status, he or she cannot change employers or begin working until USCIS approves the Form I-129 petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Form I-9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The new employer must complete a new Form I-9 for this newly hired employee. The H-1B employee may present the Form I-94 indicating H-1B nonimmigrant status issued for employment with the previous employer along with his or her foreign passport as a List A document.  The new employer should write “AC-21” and the date he or she submitted the Form I-129 petition to USCIS in the margin of Form I-9 next to Section 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To show that the employer filed a petition on the employee’s behalf, it is suggested that the employer retain the following documents with the employee’s existing Form I-9:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A copy of the new Form I-129&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of payment for filing a new Form I-129&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence that you mailed the new Form I-129 to USCIS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Employers must reverify the employee’s employment authorization in Section 3 once USCIS makes a decision on the petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T17:24:04.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-08T20:19:11.987" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am employed (as a regular employee, not as a contractor) by a German, or generally by a foreign company, which does not have a subsidiary in Mexico, and work for them remotely while living in Mexico, does my company have to register me in the Mexican social security system for employees (IMSS)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that I would have to pay income tax in Mexico, but the information that I found about the social security system was not so clear. I am planning to get private health insurance anyway, so I'd prefer not to participate in the IMSS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15113" LastEditorUserId="15113" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T08:42:03.030" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T08:42:03.030" Title="IMSS mandatory when working remotely from Mexico for a foreign company?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13790" CreationDate="2018-05-08T21:05:37.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no ancestry visa in the Netherlands.  However, you may be a Dutch national or a former Dutch national.  In the former case, you should apply for a Dutch passport.  In the latter case, you may qualify for &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Former-Dutch-citizen.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a simplified naturalization procedure, or to regain your Dutch citizenship by &quot;option.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, you should determine whether there is an unbroken chain of Dutch nationality between your grandparents and your birth, and, if so, whether you've lost the Dutch nationality you had at birth.  To do so, you'll need to answer these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did (either of) your grandparents pass their Dutch nationality to your parent when he or she was born?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did your parent pass his or her Dutch nationality to you when you were born?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have you lost your Dutch nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons for not passing Dutch nationality to a child include&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(in earlier years) a Dutch mother being married to the child's non-Dutch father&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Dutch parent losing Dutch nationality before the child's birth, for example by voluntarily acquiring another nationality (i.e., being naturalized)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that if a person naturalizes as a minor, independently of his or her parents, there is no loss of Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In recent years, it is also the case that a Dutch dual national who lives outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands (including the Dutch Caribbean) and outside the EU for a period of ten years loses Dutch nationality.  Before that, the rule applied only to a foreign-born dual national who lived for ten years in the country of birth.  But in both cases the ten-year period starts on the 18th birthday, so anyone under 28 years old has not fallen afoul of these rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-08T21:05:37.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13237" CreationDate="2018-05-09T05:31:41.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You start at the beginning when building a credit rating in the US.&#xA;The best way to begin is with a secured credit card from a credit union and yes, you will need to present a Social Security card to get it. (ITIN is not good enough.)&#xA;A typical secured credit card is on the order of $500. Use it for a good while, build up a good credit history and when your credit scores are over, say, 700, go for an unsecured credit card.&#xA;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15101" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T05:31:41.267" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T04:22:52.023" Score="2" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a job in Germany and I have received the employment contract as well. I am a software engineer and I have the complete transcript with a stamp which states &lt;strong&gt;degree completed&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this suffice as a proof of my education or do I need the actual degree? Because applying for a formal degree takes more than 2 months and I don't have that much time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="abdullah chishti" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-24T10:27:57.377" LastActivityDate="2018-05-24T10:27:57.377" Title="I got a job offer from Germany. What now?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13795" CreationDate="2018-05-09T05:25:09.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask on Expatriates Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But summarized, Germany offers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/Arbeiten/BuergerDrittstaat/BlaueKarte/blaue-karte-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt; work visa to highly skilled workers, and that is defined by earning enough money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T05:25:09.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T07:49:34.517" Score="-1" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Expecting to move to the UK soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15115" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T12:27:46.683" Title="Is a salary of 35000 pounds enough for a couple to live comfortably in Portsmouth, UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-05-09T16:14:51.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T12:00:35.640" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to check whether I am eligible for this visa or not. First of all, I am 28.5 years old, I hold an Associate's degree in my relevant field (Computer Programming) and I have +6 years of relevant work experience. I can get IELTS 6 in all bands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My general status looks fine for the visa, but to be assured to step forward, I need to know the answer to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does my wife need to pass any IELTS exam?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;482 needs a job offer from an employer who is willing to nominate you. Should I find the job myself? Or is there an online service or such thing by immigration department where I can find the employers who would nominate a worker of their need? Is it feasible to find a job inside Australia from outside? If yes, then how?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T12:00:35.640" Title="Need clarification on Australia's Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (subclass 482)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-05-12T05:13:37.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13797" CreationDate="2018-05-09T12:27:46.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite a subjective question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find out the cost of living using a few websites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rightmove.co.uk for accommodation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tesco.co.uk to get an idea of cost of groceries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;moneysavingexpert.com/tax-calculator to find your post-tax salary&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T12:27:46.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13800" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13801" CreationDate="2018-05-09T16:26:26.467" Score="1" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is a citizen of a country that is part of the European Union (Finland). She is interested in studying arts abroad. Painting would be the first option, but she is also interested in photography and design. I'm asking for help to find a possible school for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been Googling a lot for schools in Europe, but the first problem is that most of them require the applicant to have a working knowledge of the local language. For example, most schools in Germany that we've found have this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second problem is funding. In many countries, school fees are high (thousands of euros per semester). Then there are some countries that at least partially provide free education for citizens of other EU countries (apparently Scotland has such a system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned, extensive Googling for possible countries/schools has not been of help. We've looked into schools in Baltic countries, Nordic countries, Germany and Eastern Europe. Can anybody recommend any schools that would meet these requirements? &lt;strong&gt;So to summarize: The country/school should be located in Europe, it should not require previous knowledge of the local language, and should have low studying fees.&lt;/strong&gt; If the question is too broad as it is, I would be glad to provide additional details. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15119" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:06:23.187" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:06:23.187" Title="English-language art/design schools in European Union" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13800" CreationDate="2018-05-09T17:34:29.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://rietveldacademie.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gerrit Rietveld Academie&lt;/a&gt; is an option; there is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://rietveldacademie.nl/en/page/518/admissions-international-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English language proficiency requirement&lt;/a&gt;.  In general, international academic programs in the Netherlands operate in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T17:34:29.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T18:03:42.827" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometime in the near future we will be applying for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/309-#tab-content-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309)/Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100)&lt;/a&gt; for my wife.  Assuming there are no surprises in the process and the 309 visa gets granted, is there restriction/time limit in which the visa must/should be used after it is granted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked through the site and can't seem to find any indication of it, but I have a vague feeling in the back of my mind that when we looked into it several years ago there was a 2 year timeframe in which you had to make use of the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15110" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T18:03:42.827" Title="Australian Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309) time limit to usage?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T20:05:02.483" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My J1 visa will expire in June 2018. I will go back home to my country after that. After a month in my home country, can I apply for a tourist visa to visit US. I am subject to the 212e rule (2-year-home-country rule).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing, my daughter is just finishing 11th grade this June 2018. She has a J2 visa, since she's my dependent, she's also subject to the 2-year-home-country rule. But I want her to finish 12th grade here in the US because she loves her school so much. So when we go back home this June, can I apply for a student visa (F1) for her for school year 2018-2019? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for those who will answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maria &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15120" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T20:28:12.547" Title="J1 visa is up in June 2018; Can I apply for a tourist visa from my home country w/o finishing the 2 year rule?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13803" CreationDate="2018-05-09T20:28:12.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. The INA 212(e) home residency requirement simply prevents you from getting an H or L work visa or getting US permanent residency before you satisfy the requirement or get a waiver. It does not affect your application for any other type of visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T20:28:12.547" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13807" CreationDate="2018-05-09T23:43:20.610" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the US with a non-EU spouse and child (Both Canadian &amp;amp; American.) I plan on registering as a British citizen (to which I am entitled to by descent via a British Born mother before 1983) this year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a British Citizen (by Descent) who's never lived in Britain, take his Non-EU spouse and child to live elsewhere in the EU under the freedom of movement regulation? We want to live elsewhere in Europe, maybe Ireland, Germany, France, Greece or Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for us all to fly to one of these places with my newly minted Passport, I get a job locally, and apply for them and myself to obtain residency in the area? If so are there certain countries that have easier regulation for that process? Also, how long approximately before Brexit may effect our ability to accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15083" LastEditorUserId="15083" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T00:30:40.523" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T04:11:42.677" Title="Can a British Citizen take his Non-EU spouse and child to live elsewhere in the EU under the freedom of movement regulation?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13806" CreationDate="2018-05-10T04:11:42.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can a British Citizen (by Descent) who's never lived in Britain, take his Non-EU spouse and child to live elsewhere in the EU under the freedom of movement regulation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  But do it quickly, Brexit looms.  What will happen after that is uncertain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it possible for us all to fly to one of these places with my newly minted Passport, I get a job locally, and apply for them and myself to obtain residency in the area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  In fact, you don't necessarily need the job before applying for their residence cards, but having a job will probably make it easier.  You don't generally need a residence card for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If so are there certain countries that have easier regulation for that process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly, but the process it pretty easy in general because it is specified by European law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, how long approximately before Brexit may effect our ability to accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could affect your ability to accomplish this as soon as March 30, 2019, but it's also possible that the UK well remain in the freedom-of-movement regime after that date, possibly even indefinitely, although that seems unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T04:11:42.677" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-10T06:01:14.610" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK driving license and need to get a new one in Florida.&#xA;According to the law I can't use the UK driving license anymore because 30 days passed since I moved to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can adults (+18) get a learner's permit to practice before the driving test? I would like to do so for about a week before the actual test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.firsttimedriver.com/florida/learners-permit.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I read around&lt;/a&gt; that the learner's permit is only for non-adults, is that correct?&#xA;Or is it given to me automatically (for free?) when I pass the written test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T06:44:42.170" Title="Learner's permit to practice before driving test - over 18" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13808" CreationDate="2018-05-10T06:44:42.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can adults (+18) get a learner's permit to practice before the driving test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I read around that the learner's permit is only for non-adults, is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Nothing on the page you linked to says that.  It lists a minimum age, and notes that if you are under 18 you need your parents' permission.  This implies that those over 18 can also get a learner's permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T06:44:42.170" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-10T09:02:33.573" Score="3" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to the UK. I am a non-UK EU citizen and I will be a researcher funded by a grant (the grant is coming not from the UK). I am arriving before January 2019, i.e. before Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse (non-EU citizen) will join me in the UK and they will want to be able to work in the UK. As far as I understand, while the UK is in the EU I could do this as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse gets EEA family permit, valid for 6 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After spouse arrives in the UK to join me, they can apply for a UK residence card, valid for 5 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the UK leaves the EU (29 March 2019), according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&lt;/a&gt; a UK residence card is no longer valid. Is there any reason for my spouse to arrive to the UK before 29 March 2019? They might be able to arrive some time before that, but this is not for sure. Does it make any difference for any permit issues? Will the EEA family permit be affected after 29 March 2019?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that after UK leaves the EU (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know&lt;/a&gt;) my spouse would be able to apply to stay until they have been in the UK for 5 years. Does this system allow them to work in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15123" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-09T16:38:20.647" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T21:43:23.070" Title="I am a non-UK EU citizen, arriving in the UK before Brexit. Does it matter whether my non-EU spouse joins me before or after Brexit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13810" CreationDate="2018-05-10T11:49:09.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because no definite answers exist yet, I suggest that you make your plans allowing for a risk that you or your spouse or both may not be able to stay in the UK after it leaves the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, that means putting money aside as a kind of insurance in case you have to face the cost of relocating again in a year or so, or alternatively that you have to apply for expensive residence permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T11:49:09.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-10T16:26:50.830" Score="3" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter who was born in 1978 in South Africa wants to immigrate to the UK. She has great grandparents who were born in the UK on both sides of the family. Her husband's great grandfather was also born in the UK. My wife and I (her parents) are now both British citizens for the last ten years. By what means would it be possible for her and her family to immigrate to the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15124" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-05-11T17:04:40.607" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T17:04:40.607" Title="By what means can someone with British great-grandparents enter the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13813" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13820" CreationDate="2018-05-09T09:28:06.450" Score="4" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to check whether I am eligible for this visa or not.&#xA;First of all, I am 28.5 years old, I hold an Associate's degree in my relevant field (Computer Programming) and I have +6 years of relevant work experience. I can get IELTS 6 in all bands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My general status looks fine for the visa, but to be assured to step forward, I need to know the answer to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does my wife need to pass any IELTS exam?    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I find the job myself? Or is there an online service or such thing by immigration department where I can find the employers who would nominate a worker of their need? Is it feasible to find a job &lt;strong&gt;inside&lt;/strong&gt; Australia from &lt;strong&gt;outside&lt;/strong&gt;? If yes, then how? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" OwnerDisplayName="Mahdi Tahsildari" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T13:02:54.410" Title="Need clarification on Australia's Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (subclass 482)" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13812" CreationDate="2018-05-10T17:59:05.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the UK ancestry visa is only available to those &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;with a grandparent born in the UK&lt;/a&gt;, so your daughter and son in law derive no benefit from their British roots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family visas are available for children over 18 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/child&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only if the child remains dependent on the parent&lt;/a&gt;, so they cannot immigrate based on your sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their best bet, therefore, is probably the same as anyone else: find an employer willing to sponsor one of them for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;work visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T17:59:05.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-10T20:35:53.320" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter is a German (EU) citizen: will her new SA husband be allowed to live in The Netherlands with her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15127" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T20:49:05.303" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T15:39:45.637" Title="EU citizen marrying South African" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13816" CreationDate="2018-05-10T20:48:28.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  He can move there under EU &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement&lt;/a&gt; (here, &amp;quot;EU country&amp;quot; generally includes non-EU members of the Schengen area):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;If you are a worker&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are working in another EU country, as an employee, self-employed or on a posting, your non-EU spouse, dependent children and grandchildren can stay there with you without having to meet any other conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;If you are a pensioner&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a pensioner living in another EU country, your non-EU spouse, children and grandchildren can stay there with you if you have for yourself and your whole family:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sufficient income to live without needing income support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comprehensive health insurance in that country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;If you are a student&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a student living in another EU country, your spouse, dependent children and grandchildren can stay there with you if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are enrolled in an approved educational establishment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have sufficient income to support your whole family without needing income support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have comprehensive health insurance for your whole family in that country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Residence card&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your non-EU spouse, children and grandchildren must apply for a residence document with the authorities in the host country (often the town hall or local police station) within 3 months of arriving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Find out how to &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;get a residence card&lt;/a&gt; for your non-EU family members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Equal treatment&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During their stay in your new country, your non-EU spouse, children and grandchildren should be treated as nationals, notably regarding access to employment, pay and benefits facilitating access to work and enrolment in schools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(some formatting removed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in a comment, this applies in general to non-EU family members of EU citizens when moving to an EU country other than the country of citizenship.  It also applies when moving to the EU country of citizenship from another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T15:39:45.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-10T00:51:08.747" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My dad has dual Canadian/Polish citizenship. He has been living in Canada for the past 37 years but would like to visit Poland on a regular basis, he now has an apartment there (left to him by his sister who died recently). He is currently collecting Canadian pension benefits (OAS and CPP).  Can he still collect his Canadian pension and be covered under the Ontario healthcare plan? Are there requirements for him to return to Canada to maintain benefits?  If so, how often must he return to Canada? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the incorrect question earlier, NEWBIE here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jeneva" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T03:31:52.883" Title="Dual Canadian/Polish citizenship, want to travel/visit to Poland frequently" Tags="&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13818" CreationDate="2018-05-10T02:01:22.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It makes absolutely no difference which citizenship he 'travels under', as the only difference is the passport he uses on the voyage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ontario health coverage applies only to those resident in Ontario. If your father moved to Poland he would lose coverage regardless of citizenship. Specifically the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/short_absence.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence requirements mean he must:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be physically present in Ontario for 153 days in any 12-month period;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and be physically present in Ontario for at least 153 days of the first 183 days immediately after establishing residency in the province;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and make your primary place of residence in Ontario.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canadian pensions can be claimed regardless of citizenship or residence, though there may be some difference in the amount paid if you live abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" OwnerDisplayName="DJClayworth" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2018-05-11T03:31:52.883" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T03:31:52.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13813" CreationDate="2018-05-11T13:02:54.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The TSS/subclass 482 visa, like the 457 visa it replaces, requires a &lt;strong&gt;sponsoring employer&lt;/strong&gt;, full stop.  Your application will be rejected unless you have an Australian company that has given you a job offer and is willing to sponsor your visa, and you will have to find this sponsoring company yourself.  Australian job ads usually indicate whether they are open to sponsor visas, but the current government has made it much harder than it used to be only a few years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the upside, there are no language requirements for your dependents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T13:02:54.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10268" CreationDate="2018-05-11T13:17:06.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, you can apply and receive the residency visa without ever setting foot in Australia or getting a job offer.  However, &quot;automatically&quot; is a bit optimistic: the visa application is quite a bit of work and while waiting times vary widely, it can easily take several years before you get a response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T13:17:06.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-11T16:40:28.637" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;My situation is as follows: in 2013 I entered the US through Mexico, I'm a national of a western European country. I was visiting Mexico, then crossed to the US by land (not flying), so I didn't really use the ESTA, but they gave me a visa waiver little paper in my passport, valid for 3 months. I overstayed until now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been reading that the only way people who used ESTA can fix their situation is through family visas, and I can't contest any attempt of deportation because in the ESTA I declared that I wouldn't. My question is: would it be different since I entered by land? I think it worked with the I94 module. My girlfriend is from Mexico and visits me with her visa, but marrying her won't solve the problem because neither of US is a US citizen/permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15129" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-21T02:39:33.800" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T02:39:33.800" Title="Overstayed VWP, what to do?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13822" CreationDate="2018-05-11T17:08:03.867" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adjustment of status in your circumstances would only be possible if you had an immediate relative US citizen to sponsor you.  Assuming that neither of your parents is a US citizen, and that you are not currently married to a US citizen, the only ways for you to achieve this would be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for you to marry your girlfriend and for her to immigrate to the US, naturalize, and sponsor you, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to have a child born in the US sponsor you after reaching 21 years of age.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is because an &quot;immediate relative&quot; sponsor &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;can be&lt;/a&gt; a spouse, a US citizen parent of a child under 21, or a US citizen child over 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T17:08:03.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13824" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-11T17:59:13.967" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a J1 visa in the USA. My visa expires at the end of June 2018. I intend to travel to the Schengen area in the first week of June 2018 and come back to the USA within the validity period of my visa. I have valid status in my DS form until 2020. Will I be issued a Schengen visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15130" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-13T16:12:13.990" LastActivityDate="2018-05-13T16:12:13.990" Title="My J1 visa expires in less than a month from my intended travel return date from the Schengen area. Will I be issued a visa?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-12T01:09:36.983" Score="1" ViewCount="1055" Body="&lt;p&gt;a question regarding DS-160 forms for a student visa: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was accepted to study in an american university, starting in august. I have already purchased roundtrip flight tickets, to move to the U.S. in august, and to return home for Christmas (I plan to re-enter the U.S. after New Year's eve).&#xA;In the DS-160 forms when applying for a visa, when it's asked if I have specific travel plans, should I answer 'Yes'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flight tickets I have make it seem that I only intend to stay for 6 months in the US, but in reality I intend to stay for the whole duration of my studies (4-5 years), and only make short visits to my home country. If I answer 'No' to the question, then I'm able to state the intended length of stay as 5 years, which is more accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T01:09:36.983" Title="DS 160 - specific travel plans for an F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-12T10:58:45.560" Score="2" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather was born in 1921 in Southern Rhodesia while it was a foreign territory and the Crown exercised extraterritorial jurisdiction. My father was born in 1954 in Rhodesia while it was a Commonwealth country. I was born in Rhodesia in 1978 while it was an independent Commonwealth country. My grandfather's mother was born in Birmingham, England in 1890. As Rhodesia was part of the Crown when my grandfather was born, would this allow me to apply for an ancestral visa on &quot;UK born&quot; grandparent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living in South Africa. I'm a South African passport holder (obtained via descent from my maternal grandfather).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15136" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-13T16:10:34.670" LastActivityDate="2018-05-13T16:10:34.670" Title="Can I claim UK ancestry for a grandfather born in a Crown territory (Rhodesia)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13765" CreationDate="2018-05-12T22:09:07.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That template looks perfectly fine. The only requirement in Germany is that it has to be in writing and it has to identify you and the contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you sign it with your name, it’s good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T22:09:07.280" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13899" CreationDate="2018-05-14T12:05:01.210" Score="6" ViewCount="17869" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to apply for PR in Canada Express Entry visa. For that I need to choose an NOC code before applying. I have 6 years of experience in software development. I worked as a developer/programmer in my experience. When I checked for the suitable NOC and found out that 2173 and 2174 are very close to my work. I am a bit confused on what to choose. My previous company's relieving letter says &quot; worked as Application Developer&quot;.&#xA;Could anyone let me know which code should I use to apply for the Express Entry and which one has more scope of getting a visa (if the NOC code matters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15153" OwnerDisplayName="Sidhartha" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T00:36:59.380" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T05:20:23.783" Title="NOC code for software developer - 2173 or 2174" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13842" CreationDate="2018-05-14T12:44:00.070" Score="3" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;The background is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a UK citizen and my wife is a South African citizen&#xA;My wife has a ban from the UK for 12 months (due to an overstayed visa, mistakes were made on our end with the dates)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am currently in the process of acquiring my Irish passport (Irish grandparents)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We plan on moving to Cork (In Ireland) for a year until her re-entry ban is up and we can continue our lives in the UK. The initial idea was that my wife can travel to Cork without a visa (stamp on entry?) and then apply for a right to work through my Irish passport. Then we can both stay and work in Ireland for the foreseeable future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will her re-entry ban to the UK have an effect on any of this? I wouldn't of thought twice about it usually, but I read something online stating that the UK re-entry ban could have an effect on anyone traveling to Ireland (let alone someone wanting to move there)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our top priority is still to continue our lives in the UK, I recently read that the re-entry ban does not apply to spousal visa applications, is this accurate? Would she need to apply for the spousal visa from South Africa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the freedom of movement act, will we be able to work in EU countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15141" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T09:45:43.843" Title="Moving to Republic of Ireland with a UK re-entry ban" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13834" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13835" CreationDate="2018-05-14T15:20:28.500" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to a viewing of an apartment, and someone was &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; living in the one that we were showed. They weren't there during the viewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this allowed? The landlord said they gave the person a 24-hour notice. Could the current tenant refuse this? This happened in Liverpool, UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15144" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T11:31:37.307" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T11:31:37.307" Title="Landlord access into apartment" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-05-22T05:43:17.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13834" CreationDate="2018-05-14T16:19:00.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer, but landlords are allowed to get into their apartments, even when occupied by a tenant, for specific things. Included in the list is doing essential repairs and showing the apartment to potential tenants. Usually there is a requirement to give a certain amount of notice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tenant could reasonably ask for the showing to be at a different time, but couldn't simply refuse to admit the landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T16:19:00.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13836" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13852" CreationDate="2018-05-14T16:30:32.073" Score="2" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been informed by my new employer that I need to supply them with a  valid German bank account.&#xA;I am starting with them in one month, and have no apartment (in the search for which I also need a German bank account to get access to credit scores..).&#xA;So, this is a vicious circle I need to break.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any German bank that would allow foreigners (Romanians, to be exact) to open domestic (German) accounts given that the requester does not reside in Germany? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14933" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T07:54:18.907" Title="Opening a German bank account remotely from Romania" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13837" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13838" CreationDate="2018-05-14T17:56:55.777" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is attending a Master's program in the USA. He is also applying for internships and has been shown interest from a reputed institution in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the process to apply for A Canadian work visa (since it is a paid internship)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply on his behalf in the original country of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15145" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T18:39:31.887" Title="Apply for a Canadian visa while being in the US from another country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13837" CreationDate="2018-05-14T18:39:31.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the process to apply for A Canadian work visa (since it is a paid internship)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, the prospective employer would have to take an active role to sponsor the prospective employee.  Information for prospective employers is available at the Canadian government page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/hire-foreign-worker.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hire foreign workers&lt;/a&gt;.  More general information, including information for prospective work visa applicants, may be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Work in Canada&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I apply on his behalf in the original country of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps; there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5476E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; available for him to authorize a representative to act on his behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual expectation is that applicants will submit their own applications in their country of current residence.  As an international student in the US, your friend should apply in the US.  To explain why, consider that part of evaluating the application will be examining your friend's school records.  A consulate in the United States will be in a much better position to do that than will a consulate in your friend's country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your friend will be in his country of origin during the application process, then perhaps he can apply there, but he would probably not need your help for that.  The portions of the application process that do not require a visit to the consulate can be processed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp?_ga=2.3507444.598001298.1526322280-475451124.1520274506&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T18:39:31.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-14T22:06:02.807" Score="2" ViewCount="885" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband has a 3-year resident permit in Germany and with his passport he can enter any Schengen country. Can he enter Croatia with his passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14444" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T06:51:02.767" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T06:51:02.767" Title="Can you enter Croatia without a visa if you have a 3-year resident permit in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-15T00:33:52.113" Score="3" ViewCount="1410" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a Visa type for Ireland titled &quot;Critical Skills Employment Permit&quot;.&#xA;Presume I've gotten that permit, now questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;how can I get a Visa and citizenship if I don't have enough money in my bank account, or don't have a &quot;Strong Family, Social or Economic Tie&quot; and other things that are required to get a Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I get citizenship if for Visa approval they want me to prove that I'll return to my country?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10549" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T17:05:05.740" Title="How to get citizenship for Ireland through &quot;Critical Skills Employment Permit&quot;?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13832" CreationDate="2018-05-15T09:45:43.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using the freedom of movement act, will we be able to work in EU countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using freedom of movement, you and your wife can live and work in any EU nation &lt;em&gt;other than your own&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;If you become an Irish citizen, you can no longer rely on Freedom of Movement to live and work in Ireland with your wife&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend that, for the moment, you do not apply for Irish citizenship. The visa process for the spouse of an Irish national requires more evidence than the process for the spouse of an EEA national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wished, you could move to Ireland tomorrow, and your wife could immediately join you. If you are concerned about her entry ban, then she can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Family+Members+of+EU_EEA+_Swiss+citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a visa as the spouse of an EU national resident in Ireland&lt;/a&gt;. This cannot be denied on the basis of her overstay in the UK. Ireland is required to issue her this visa under EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, once you have moved to Ireland, you may be able to return to the UK under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;. This would mean that you could return to the UK under freedom of movement law, avoiding the financial requirements of the UK spouse visa. However, it's unknown at this point how this route will be affected by Brexit, and it can also be legally difficult to execute. If you wish to attempt this, you should seek legal advice from a solicitor with experience of the Surinder Singh route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our top priority is still to continue our lives in the UK, I recently read that the re-entry ban does not apply to spousal visa applications, is this accurate? Would she need to apply for the spousal visa from South Africa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said on Travel, I believe the entry ban is unlikely to affect your wife, since bans do not apply to spouse visa applications unless there are &quot;aggravating circumstances, such as absconding, not meeting temporary admission/reporting restrictions or bail conditions, using an assumed identity or multiple identities, switching nationality, making frivolous applications or not complying with the re-documentation process&quot;, per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the immigration rules&lt;/a&gt;. For best chances in your spouse visa application, you should seek legal advice on her entry ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I recently read that the re-entry ban does not apply to spousal visa applications, is this accurate? Would she need to apply for the spousal visa from South Africa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She needs to apply for the visa from wherever she is currently resident. She will not be able to apply from within the UK. She could apply from Ireland if she were resident there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T09:45:43.843" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13840" CreationDate="2018-05-15T11:19:14.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Critical Skills Employment Permit is for skilled professionals in shortage areas where you have a job offer for at least two years. Requirements for connections to your home country and similar are only relevant for short term visit or study visas, and will not apply here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, this is not a straightforward visa to obtain. There are a number of criteria involving pay, qualifications/experience and the company who hires you. If you can find a company willing to hire you under this scheme, there is a path to residency after five years (not necessarily all with the same company). Citizenship would come after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Permit-Types/Critical-Skills-Employment-Permit/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;More details from this official site.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T11:19:14.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-15T11:20:31.240" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EEA citizen (Italian) currently living in the UK and married to a non-EEA member (Ghanian) and we have a one-year-old son..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want them to join me here in the UK. How do I go about that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do my wife and son apply togetheror separately?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife is financially dependent on me. Do I write a letter explaining that, since my wife in unemployed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to write an invitation letter?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The plan is for them to settle with me in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15150" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-05-15T14:20:26.090" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T14:20:26.090" Title="EEA family permit for non-EEA family members" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13844" CreationDate="2018-05-15T12:03:39.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your son is very likely an Italian citizen also, in which case he should apply for an Italian passport rather than an EEA family permit.  However, the answers below assume that he is not an Italian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will need to submit two applications.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no need.  The only requirement is that you be a qualified person (for example, employed).  There are no financial criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no question here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once again, most children of Italian citizens are automatically Italian from birth, even if only one parent is Italian and even if the child was born outside Italy.  If your son is an Italian citizen, he should get an Italian passport instead of an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T12:03:39.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-16T01:02:28.023" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are in the US. She has a B-2 visa and we plan to change her status to O-3. USCIS is supposed to send a new I-94 form after approving a change of status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After changing the status to O-3, if my wife leaves the US and enters again with the B-2 visa and the new I-94 form, will she get a O-3 status?&#xA;Or must she apply for a new O-3 visa in a US embassy before entering the US again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surprisingly, the answer I get from different sources (USCIS and attorneys) are completely different. The attorney says my wife has to apply for a new O-3 visa, but several USCIS representatives (via USCIS website chat) told me that she would get an O-3 status with the B-2 visa + I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4824" LastEditorUserId="4824" LastEditDate="2018-05-16T03:12:07.897" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T03:12:07.897" Title="Entering the US after a change of status" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13846" CreationDate="2018-05-16T01:29:29.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife cannot enter the US in O-3 status with a B-2 visa, except under &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-expiration-date/auto-revalidate.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;automatic revalidation&lt;/a&gt;, which she can use only if she is returning from a trip of no more than 30 days' duration in which she has not gone anywhere other than Canada and/or Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if she leaves the US under any other circumstances, she will need to get an O-3 visa at a US consulate before she can return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T01:29:29.387" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-16T04:51:46.600" Score="4" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual citizen; USA &amp;amp; Dutch. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've worked in Luxembourg for the past 5 years. I was a cross-border commuter, living with my family in Germany (wife + 3 kids). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've recently accepted a job in Japan. Our current arrangement is that I live in Tokyo, while my family remains in Germany. This situation is temporary, lasting anywhere from 6 to 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For tax reasons, it is best to register my family as dependents in Japan (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.htm.co.jp/calculators-monthly-payroll-japan.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; for an example calculation). If I register them as dependents, they would also be covered by the Japanese national health insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thing is, if they are insured in Japan, they'd have to pay all medical expenses in advance and send all receipts to our Japanese insurer to re-claim it (possibly after getting it translated to Japanese, which is generally expensive). I've been told that this generally takes over &lt;em&gt;4 months&lt;/em&gt;, if it happens at all. Also, communication with the insurer is very difficult, as the level of English in Japan is generally abysmal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not ideal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, we're looking for a better solution. My wife is &quot;unemployed&quot; (meaning, she does the hardest job of all). Now, if we'd get health insurance from a German insurer, we apparently fall in a category that is not really well defined. In practice this means I pay the amount I would normally pay if I would be working for a German employer, sans any discount. This amounts to about €650. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in Japan, I already pay roughly €800 for health insurance. This is regardless of whether they are my dependents or not -- this is a fixed amount (see the link above). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've asked the German insurer if they can act as a proxy; that the German insurer acts as a communication channel between us and the Japanese insurer. According to our previous German insurer (TK), this is not possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A dubious solution we've conjured up is that my wife takes a &quot;job&quot; for a friend of ours who has their own business. My wife would get paid a minimal €450.01/month (which goes into our bank account and straight back to our friend). This way, officially speaking, my wife would be &quot;employed&quot;, thus reducing our insurance burden to a little over €100. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in my situation, what is the cheapest way to have everyone insured without breaking/bending the law? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;: so we spoke with a German insurance agent. He said that German law requires her to be insured, so if she'd have a Japanese insurer, she'd have to go to Frankfurt in person (4h drive with 3 kids) with a bunch of forms to prove that the Japanese health insurance covers the same things as a German insurer would. There are &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; insurers that will act like a proxy (so it's not limited to TK), and on top of all that, individual hospitals and doctors have the right to refuse the Japanese insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15034" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:06:00.193" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T13:02:45.290" Title="Health insurance - working in Japan, dependents live in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13836" CreationDate="2018-05-16T15:53:10.913" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To open a German bank account, you need to be there, &lt;em&gt;in person&lt;/em&gt;. This is due to various money laundering and anti-terrorism laws, not even a power of attorney will work. You need to be there personally, with a valid ID document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if any German banks have offices in Romania where you could open an account in person. If a bank that suits you &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; a Romanian office, it might be worth asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T15:53:10.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5758" CreationDate="2018-05-17T01:28:22.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge the holder of a H1-B visa must possess a SSN and you make your first tax return a joint federal filing with the H4 dependent spouse's ITIN application on the front. Every spot in the federal tax return asking for the spouses SSN should be blank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that you have applied for ITIN for the spouse along with your filed federal taxes, the next step is filing the California State taxes jointly. &lt;strong&gt;You do not wait for the ITIN&lt;/strong&gt;: you mark every place it is asked for in the California tax forms as 'ITIN applied for'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In future years if you do not have an SSN because you are a nonresident or resident alien for federal tax purposes, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued you an ITIN, you enter the ITIN in the space for the SSN. This will occur right up to the point an SSN is obtained, then you go with the SSN (you must remember to tell IRS of the new SSN before the tax year ends).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: both tax returns and the ITIN application must be &lt;strong&gt;handed in manually&lt;/strong&gt;. One can complete the tax return using software but you must ensure &lt;strong&gt;you do not submit electronically&lt;/strong&gt;. The California tax return is mailed in and the federal return / ITIN application requires an appointment to submit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15101" LastEditorUserId="15101" LastEditDate="2018-10-14T16:50:21.047" LastActivityDate="2018-10-14T16:50:21.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13836" CreationDate="2018-05-17T10:51:04.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Opening an account in German bank is possible to do remotely, e.g. via regular mail or online. Some of them do open accounts for foreigners living outside Germany. Unfortunately, in many cases, the list of supported countries does not include Romania. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you search carefully, there are also banks that can open accounts remotely for foreigners living outside Germany including Romania, e.g. DKB, comdirekt, Consorsbank (for these 3 banks I just checked if it is possible to put Romania for both citizenship and place of residence in the application form of these banks) etc. All these accounts are free of charge, e.g. there is no monthly fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option could be that you go to bank in Germany in person and ask them to open an account for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that, I'm not sure why your employer asks you to provide them a valid German bank account. I doubt that this is a legal requirement, especially taking into account the fact that SEPA money transfers within an EU are free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, as far as I know, there is no &lt;strong&gt;law&lt;/strong&gt; that &lt;strong&gt;requires&lt;/strong&gt; you to have a bank account or credit score or even European citizenship or German visa to rent an apartment. Of course, it could be more complicated without it, but there are still may be some apartments available for rent, especially from private people. In some cities, under such a conditions, it can be extremely hard to find an apartment, but there should be special options like dormitory for students, flats provided by your employer, apartments with furniture for short- and middle-term rent (example for Potsdam: &lt;a href=&quot;https://how8.de/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://how8.de/en/&lt;/a&gt;), AirBnB (if it is allowed in the city and if you can get a proper rental agreement for a couple of months), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also not sure if a rental agreement / registration is legally required for EU citizens to work in Germany. Imagine, if you fly every day to work or live in another country near Germany (e.g., Poland), you may live in that other country but work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, if you move to Germany, the best way to start with legal issues is to rent an apartment and register there. Opening the bank account would be the next step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T07:54:18.907" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T07:54:18.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13839" CreationDate="2018-05-17T11:01:22.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Ministry Of Foreign and European Affairs of Republic of Croatia's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/visas/visa-requirements-overview/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pursuant to the Government’s Decision, starting with 22 July 2014, the&#xA;  Republic of Croatia applies the Decision No 565/2014/EU. All&#xA;  third-country nationals who are holders of valid Schengen documents,&#xA;  as well as national visas and residence permits of Bulgaria, Cyprus,&#xA;  and Romania do not require an additional (Croatian) visa for Croatia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer to your question is &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;. Your husband &lt;strong&gt;can enter&lt;/strong&gt; Croatia with his passport along with the German residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2018-05-17T11:01:22.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-17T18:08:04.083" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who will be traveling through Europe working with a company based in Canada. I will have work permits in Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, and Austria while in each country, arranged by my employer over a period of about a year. I will be living in these countries as I work with the intention of staying in Europe the entire time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for my spouse, who is also a US citizen (and pregnant), to accompany me for the duration without having to deal with the 90/180 day Schengen retrictions? We were hoping for her to join me and we will have our child on the road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15160" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T06:49:16.060" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T06:49:16.060" Title="US citizen working in the EU for a year. Can my US spouse join?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13855" CreationDate="2018-05-17T23:52:36.623" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a way my spouse, who is also a US citizen (and pregnant) accompany me for the duration without having to deal with the 90/180 day Schengen restrictions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure.  She can get a type D visa (&quot;national visa&quot; or &quot;long-stay visa&quot;) from each country where you will be staying, just as you will have to.  That's because any days of presence authorized by such a visa are excluded from the 90/180 calculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real question is whether each country will agree to give her such a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My concern is that even though she is granted an extended stay in one country, say Spain, we then go too France and even though she is granted another visa wouldn't it all just tally together and count towards her Schengen allowance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would it count against her Schengen allowance and not yours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife gets an extended-stay visa as your dependent, then any days of presence in the country issuing the visa are not counted towards the 90/180 rule.  In other words, with such a visa her status with respect to the 90/180 rule would be identical to yours.  She would need, as will you, a separate visa from each country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-17T23:52:36.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T03:23:25.030" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian passport holder and got L1B recently. I will be starting my new assignment soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Few months ago, I applied for Australia PR (EOI). So what happens if I get the Australian PR invite while I am working in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I visit Australia to activate PR, will my L1B has any impact?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or As I am on L1B, will there be any issues in Australian PR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, I would like to know if there are any implications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12011" LastEditorUserId="12011" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T03:47:00.980" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T03:47:00.980" Title="Are there any implications if I receive Australia PR while I am in USA on L1B?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T04:08:10.027" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a fiancé who is a UK resident and would like to visit me for just over a month. Would he need to get a visa if he is to stay that long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15162" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T07:32:02.333" Title="Would my UK fiancé have to get a visa for the US for more than a month?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T04:38:32.203" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know where I can find reliable information on French taxation rules? As a student from India, who is going to live in France on VLS-TS, I will open a French bank account. Will this be a normal account or are there special student saving accounts with different rates of interest?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when I create a French bank account, I am planning to transfer money from my Indian account for one year's living expenses. Will this money entering France from India be taxed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15050" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T11:17:24.787" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T14:52:19.940" Title="Question on French bank account and taxation" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="497" CreationDate="2018-05-18T08:28:44.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As for my case to find a job after you are granted a PR is difficult. After working for 9 years in Singapore, my husband and I decided to move to Australia last year. Try a different life. I have experience in retail, customer service and admin. But in a span of almost a year every job application that I have in Australia has been rejected. In my perception, the reasons for rejection are weird. &quot;Overqualified&quot;, &quot;I do not have the Australian accent&quot;, &quot;I do not have local experience&quot;. I even opted out to change my CV and remove all my credentials like not declaring my degree and other experience just to find any casual job and to salvage my self-esteem. My only &quot;selfish&quot; morale boost is that I am not alone in this ordeal as I have befriended other PR and our stories are alike. As of the moment I work as a cleaner in a gentleman's club. 4 hours, 2x or 3x a week, depending if our services are needed. Sometimes I don’t get a call from the manager for 2 weeks but still I am really grateful that someone accepted me.&#xA;But it's different for my husband's case. He's an IT Engineer. He managed to land a job after 5 months and numerous interviews and is now working as a technician in a Convention Center. I guess it's different for every skills set.  Wish you all the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15165" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T08:28:44.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13859" CreationDate="2018-05-18T11:28:33.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regular bank accounts in France don't carry interest. Opening a bank account might not be the easiest task when you arrive in France (as you will discover, France has a way to make admin tasks hell on Earth). Especially if you don't speak French. I'd look into opening a bank account with an online bank, like ING Direct (or others, that's the only one that comes to mind right now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your money transferred from overseas won't be taxed per se (and if you leave it on a current account, it won't accrue interest and thus you won't be taxed on that). Been there done that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A point of note. The French tax authorities have the nasty habit of helping themselves to your bank account if they deem you owe them money. After a year in France, you will have to fill out a tax return, and they'll let you know whether you have to pay tax. Failure to do so (if, for example, you leave France), will lead to a few reminders, and then, magically, the amount will be deducted from your bank account. Again, been there done that... So if you leave France after your studies, remember to close your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T14:52:19.940" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T14:52:19.940" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13864" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T19:12:26.180" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are both US citizens planning on giving birth in possibly France or Switzerland while I am there for work. How soon and what is required for us to be able to travel with the new baby within Europe? Does the baby need a US passport before being able to cross country borders even if it's from one one EU nation to another? I am assuming yes, especially if it's to or from Switzerland or the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15160" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-19T06:58:43.950" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T06:58:43.950" Title="How early can we travel within the EU with a US baby born in the EU?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13864" CreationDate="2018-05-18T19:40:51.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Switzerland is in the Schengen area, so there are no permanent immigration checks on the Swiss land border or for flights to and from other Schengen countries.  There can be temporary or intermittent checks, however, so crossing the border without a passport is probably not a good idea.  Documentary requirements for crossing internal Schengen borders are not regulated by EU law, but many individual states require foreigners to have a passport or similar ID document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the child is born, you will want to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/birth-abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;consular report of birth abroad&lt;/a&gt;.  You should apply for a passport at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will want to review the relevant pages of the US missions to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ch.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/citizenship-services/birth/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/citizenship-services/report-birth-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also want to approach the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/ueberuns/kontakt/kantonale_behoerden/adressen_kantone_und.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Swiss&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ofii.fr/ofii-en-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; immigration authorities to find out whether the birth needs to be reported to them, or whether your child needs any documents to remain in the country as your dependent (for example, the French &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F297&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;titre d'identité républicain&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T20:18:29.420" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T20:18:29.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14094" CreationDate="2018-05-19T06:42:00.463" Score="3" ViewCount="19490" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to check updates on my petition but I am getting a validation error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I checking at correct place &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this error common, nothing to worry about or do I need to inform employer (petitioner)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2018-08-13T14:26:25.233" Title="Validation error on USCIS website while checking H1B case status" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-19T07:45:14.463" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got an offer from US employer. I will be going to the US on H1B with my wife and kids since they are dependents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we all getting the visa approval together? They will be getting an H4 visa and I will get an H1B visa. Or do they have to apply separately provided they will join me 1 year after my arrival?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean after spending 1 year in the US my wife will bring the kids along with her. Do they have to go to the embassy to get an H4 visa or should they get it with me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T04:40:30.163" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T04:40:30.163" Title="Do applicant and dependents have to go together to the consulate (US Embassy)?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13866" CreationDate="2018-05-19T11:39:22.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may be just a technical glitch with which URL to use.  Try this: go to the main page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov&lt;/a&gt; then go to Tools -&gt; Case Status Online, then put in your case number, then click Check Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you may have entered the number incorrectly. Be sure it's exactly the same as on the Form I-797 Receipt Notice. (Be really sure of this. It's easy to get nervous about your immigration petition, and then you can make a simple mistake that you wouldn't normally make.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, there may be some problem on USCIS's side, which might be important or unimportant.  If the problem persists for more than a few days it would be a good idea to check first with your employer or lawyer, and then either you or they work with USCIS to identify the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-05-30T19:00:06.243" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T19:00:06.243" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-19T15:20:30.777" Score="0" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in UK on a Tier 2 ICT (Intra company transfer) visa ? I need to resign and after the last working day until I leave UK, how much time do I have in between? I mean, after last working day how long can I stay in UK for rest of the travel preparation, completing services contracts etc. I cannot see a confirmed statement. I have booked the tickets a week after my last working day and my visa is valid until next year (which will obviously become invalid after curtailment period).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to leave the very next day of my last working day with my employer in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15168" LastActivityDate="2018-05-20T18:28:33.310" Title="UK Tier2 ICT resignation query" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13875" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13876" CreationDate="2018-05-20T08:22:13.953" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Israel/Palestine (actually, in my case it's moving back, but it's a part of the cycle of expat life I guess.) I'm flying a few cubic meters of stuff from where I was living before, and it's going to get to the Ben-Gurion airport (TLV), and I'll need to come there and release it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're talking about cardboard and plastic boxes, some with fragile contents, but nothing that's oddly-shaped, and no dimension is longer than 1 meter, nor any box larger than 0.15 m^3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: What are the most cost-effective ways to transport these boxes from the airport to some city (e.g. Haifa)? Specifically, is there some kind service available within the &quot;airport city&quot; that's worthwhile to consider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T23:18:40.747" Title="How should I transport a few cubic meters from TLV airport to where I live?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13875" CreationDate="2018-05-20T08:22:13.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;One option is renting a van. You would need either an Israeli driver's license in the appropriate category for the van's weight/size, or to rent from somewhere that offers a van+driver combination. Look for something like &amp;quot;השכרת טנדר ליום&amp;quot; (&amp;quot;Rent a van for a day&amp;quot;) on search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not cheap; for a full day you could well pay over 500 NIS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many (most?) places will expect you to return the van to where you got it, which means going back-and-forth twice (unless you rent it at the same city you're transporting your boxes to).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't actually need the van for a day, just for several hours. Unfortunately, it's difficult to determine in advance exactly how long you need the van for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It may not be trivial to select the exact vehicle to rent in order to fit your boxes. I can't quite find listings of effective internal volume, and even then - you might have quite a bit of &amp;quot;dead space&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-01-20T23:18:40.747" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T23:18:40.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-20T13:51:16.437" Score="2" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to English person and we live in Italy. He works in Italy and I just finished my Masters. My residence in Italy is as a family member, as I am Egyptian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to visit his parents and I am applying for an EEA family visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is in EEA national section. What is the information required? What is the meaning of 'Family Member of an EEA National?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iY1jm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iY1jm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15173" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-05-20T23:26:05.983" LastActivityDate="2018-05-20T23:26:05.983" Title="Confusion about EEA national section in applying for EEA family visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13877" CreationDate="2018-05-20T17:23:58.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The application requests information about your spouse, since you must prove that you are the family member of an EEA national in order to qualify for the EEA family permit.  This is the part of the application where you tell them about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will be traveling with (or joining) your spouse and your residence card says &quot;family member of a union citizen&quot; then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you do not need an EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not traveling with or joining your spouse in the UK then you need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-20T17:23:58.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13871" CreationDate="2018-05-20T18:28:33.310" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pending a definitive answer, consider asking your employer to make your last contracted day the day before you leave, but take annual leave (vacation time) during your final week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-20T18:28:33.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-20T23:35:25.007" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian speech pathologist who has been offered a permanent full time position with the NHS. I am currently sitting on 40 points for my application for CoS although have been rejected several times due to the visa allocation requiring &gt;46 points. Does anyone have any ideas of how to obtain additional points? Unfortunately my role was previously on the job shortage list although this is not the case at present. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15176" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T13:39:53.273" Title="How to gain additional points on the CoS (Tier 2 UK)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-21T11:32:48.083" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancé wants to work in Germany and he is a Lebanese passport holding citizen. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from the American University of Beirut and has been working for the past 4 years at a very reputable company here in Beirut (Dar Al Handasah). He is currently learning German.&#xA;My question is, how easy/ difficult is it for him to get a job and a work visa in Germany?&#xA;Appreciate your replies..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15179" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T11:32:48.083" Title="Working in Germany as a non EU" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-21T17:46:15.537" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a German company, and I am currently preparing my papers to apply for a visa (Blue card). I am married and would like to know if both my spouse and I can apply at the same time to the German consulate and move to Germany at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find on the website of the German consulate serving my region any information about this. I only could find information about individual applications. Does the job offer I have as a skilled migrant allow me to include my wife in the visa application so we can move together, or will I have to move to Germany alone first and then apply for a family reunification visa for my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14891" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T00:37:41.260" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T12:17:30.683" Title="Do you and your family apply for a German visa simultaneously if you have a job offer that entitles you to a Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13887" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-22T05:52:02.310" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen who moved here 2 years ago when I was 18 to be with my girlfriend. My visa has long expired because I never had the funds to pay for the extension fees when I needed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have a job online but it's still not enough to pay for the big amount for overstaying for over 2 years here, but I can save up for it in just a few months, but my longterm plan is to marry my Filipina girlfriend I came here for and live here permanently, but also be able to travel within the country and maybe in the future, outside as well (so I can take her to meet my family in the US). Is there a way to fix my visa issues but still be able to live here in the Philippines at this point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15181" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T09:56:10.210" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T09:56:10.210" Title="Overstayed 2 years in the Philippines but want to stay here permanently" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13888" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13893" CreationDate="2018-05-22T07:15:02.053" Score="1" ViewCount="14116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recieved my legal partner's NVC case number and Invoice ID recently. When I signed in to CEAC website, I mentioned that the visa class is C21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I googled the C21 visa class and I found brief information about it on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/FR/HTML/FR/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-186558/0-0-0-199368/0-0-0-202978.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;. It means &quot;Spouse of Lawful Permanent Resident (Conditional)&quot;&#xA;I did not recognized it's &quot;(Conditional)&quot; meaning though. There is also F21 visa class without &quot;(Conditional)&quot; phrase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between these two visa classes and how it is affecting the visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I am a green card holder and my partner and I are Iran citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastEditorUserId="15085" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T11:32:24.393" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T23:48:05.077" Title="What's the meaning of C21 Visa Class?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13881" CreationDate="2018-05-22T13:39:53.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure the only thing that affects a CoS application is the labor market tests and the salary (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/permits/tier2/overseas/formalcosrequests/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/permits/tier2/overseas/formalcosrequests/&lt;/a&gt;), but I cannot find the official website. You are presumably getting 20 points for the passing the resident labor market test and another 20 points for a salary between £40,000 - £40,999.99. to get to over 46 points you would need the salary to be £50,000 - £54,999.99 to get 30 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T13:39:53.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-22T12:42:40.913" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU student (Czech citizen) studying in Britain. That means that I don't need to prove that I am a resident as I can spend an unlimited time in the UK. However, I am planning to go to study in South Korea for a year as an exchange student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The South Korean Embassy in the Czech Republic told me that it would be much easier for me to apply for a visa here in Britain. Will I be able to apply for a South Korean visa here despite the fact that I am not a British citizen? I don't have a resident card, but I can show a tenancy agreement or bills to prove that I live here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Denny Keblová" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-02-22T14:05:05.640" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T14:05:05.640" Title="May a Czech Citizen living in the UK Apply in the UK for South Korean visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13888" CreationDate="2018-05-22T17:25:58.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;F21 and C21 are both for the spouse of a US permanent resident. The difference between the two is that C21 is issued when the two people have been married for less than 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone is petitioned to immigrate as a spouse (i.e. either a US citizen or a US permanent resident directly petitions their spouse to immigrate), and the two people have been married for less than 2 years at the time the immigrant becomes a permanent resident, the immigrant becomes a conditional permanent resident, gets a 2-year green card instead of a 10-year card, and needs to apply for Removal of Conditions jointly with the spouse in the 90-day window before the 2-year card expires (the immigrant can do Removal of Conditions by themselves if there was divorce or abuse, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For someone doing Consular Processing abroad, they become a permanent resident when they enter the US with their immigrant visa. For someone doing Adjustment of Status in the US, they become a permanent resident when the Adjustment of Status is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, for someone doing Consular Processing abroad, it is possible for them to get the immigrant visa before their 2-year marriage anniversary, and get a C21 (or CR1 for spouses of citizens) immigrant visa, but as long as they enter the US with that visa &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; their 2-year marriage anniversary, they become a non-conditional permanent resident and will get an 10-year F21 (or IR1 for spouses of citizens) green card, and will not have to do Removal of Conditions. On the other hand, if they enter the US with the visa before their 2-year marriage anniversary, they will become a conditional permanent resident and will have to do Removal of Conditions. So what it says on the visa isn't really important; it's the timing of when they enter the US with the visa that really matters. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11685/0-0-0-11691.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this chapter&lt;/a&gt; of the USCIS Adjudicator's Field Manual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note:   It is extremely important that inspectors and adjudicators be&#xA;  very conscious of the date of the marriage at the time the alien is&#xA;  admitted or adjusted. It is not unusual for an alien to be issued a&#xA;  conditional resident immigrant visa by a consular officer shortly&#xA;  before the second anniversary, but to apply for admission after that&#xA;  second anniversary. Likewise, an applicant for adjustment might file a&#xA;  Form I-485 (or even be interviewed regarding such application) prior&#xA;  to the second anniversary, but not be granted adjustment until after&#xA;  that second anniversary. In such cases, the alien should be admitted,&#xA;  or adjusted, without conditions (see 8 CFR 235.11(b) regarding the&#xA;  authority of inspectors to amend the visa classification on an&#xA;  immigrant visa in such situations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conditional permanent residents are almost always spouses of citizens, and it is rare to see them in the context of spouses of permanent residents, because spouses of permanent residents are in the F2A category, which has a wait for visa numbers of around 2 years anyway, so by the time the immigrant can immigrate, it will almost always be after their 2-year marriage anniversary. I am not sure about the timing in your case, but it could be that it is in a preliminary stage of the process, and it is before your 2-year marriage anniversary, but by the time your spouse gets the visa, it will probably be after the 2-year anniversary, in which case it will be an F21 visa. (But again, it doesn't really matter if your spouse gets an F21 or C21 visa -- what really matters is how long you've been married when they enter the US.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T20:40:29.857" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T20:40:29.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13894" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-05-22T20:08:14.933" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T20:08:14.933" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T20:08:14.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13895" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-05-22T20:08:14.933" Score="0" Body="For questions about the Express Entry selection system for getting qualified workers into Canada. Use together with the [canada] tag." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T00:37:10.867" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T00:37:10.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-23T03:37:54.850" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to move to Germany. I currently work for a remote U.S.-based employer with no meaningful connections to Germany. Is there a visa that works for me? I don't fit the freelancer category, but I also am not looking to work for a German employer. I work in IT if that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15188" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-24T10:26:35.323" LastActivityDate="2018-05-24T10:26:35.323" Title="German residency with remote employer?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3156" CreationDate="2018-05-23T06:41:19.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Contacting the French Land Registry to get a copy of a deeds is a bit of a nightmare. They don't speak English, will not provide information over the telephone and you are just told to mail them some forms and a cheque...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did that, but got a negative answer because I did not have the property's land registry reference number. My cheque got cashed in however!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having tried again, the local Land Registry office mailed me a document which I was unable to understand at all and finally turned out to be in respect of another property. Don't expect them to try and help you to understand if you give them a call. The whole experience was a waste of time and money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might as well simply ask your landlord for a proof of ownership, such as a copy of his local tax bill. This is called Taxes Foncieres in French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15178" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T06:41:19.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13887" CreationDate="2018-05-23T09:45:57.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly, while it does not seem like a big deal to overstay a visa, most countries see it as a very serious crime, and people who do it are treated very harshly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://liveinthephilippines.com/content/what-happens-if-you-overstay-your-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;, it sounds like you have to get together enough money to pay the overstay fees before you present yourself at an airport. You must also have money to cover the visa extension fees you would have paid if you had stayed lawfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you do go to the airport, they will definitely catch you (they know when you were supposed to leave - it's in your passport) and demand that you pay the overstay fees, then they will blacklist you from ever entering the Philippines again, and you will have to leave immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are caught on overstay (either at the airport or anywhere else) and don't have enough money to cover the overstay fees, you will be sent to jail until you can raise the money. For this reason, be very careful who you talk to about your situation - someone could report you and get you sent to jail, if they decided they didn't like you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned above, once you have left the Philippines, you will never be able to enter again. Legally, there is nothing you can do about that, since you overstayed your visa by more than a year, and the penalty for that is to be blacklisted for life. Many other countries have similarly harsh penalties for this, so it is not unique to the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T09:45:57.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13831" CreationDate="2018-05-23T11:52:45.603" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are both closely related. However 2174 also says Computer programmers and &lt;strong&gt;interactive media developers&lt;/strong&gt; . I would say if that doesn't apply to you, &lt;strong&gt;you should go ahead with 2173&lt;/strong&gt; which is &lt;strong&gt;Software engineers and designers&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No the NOC code doesn't increase your chance of getting a permanent residence. However choosing the wrong NOC code may result in rejection of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;YMMV but in my opinion any of them should be fine. Check your designation of previous companies and compare it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&amp;amp;TVD=122372&amp;amp;CVD=122376&amp;amp;CPV=2173&amp;amp;CST=01012011&amp;amp;MLV=4&amp;amp;CLV=2&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;2173&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&amp;amp;TVD=122372&amp;amp;CVD=122376&amp;amp;CPV=2174&amp;amp;CST=01012011&amp;amp;MLV=4&amp;amp;CLV=2&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;2174&lt;/a&gt;. You want to compare the Main duties section with the letters from the previous companies. Whichever matches closely, you should go with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-05-23T12:43:05.217" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T12:43:05.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-23T18:12:23.717" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK guy looking to move to the US here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received Parts 1/2/3 of the Pertussis/Whooping Couch vaccine, however I didn't get my booster. I am up to date on Polio, Tetanus and Diphtheria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to go and get the Pertussis booster, or am I okay because I received it as a kid, just no booster?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14455" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T18:12:23.717" Title="Question about the Pertussis/Whooping Cough Vaccine?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13885" CreationDate="2018-05-23T20:22:14.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official web site of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees&lt;/a&gt; answers your question (please search for &quot;Darf der Ehegatte eines Antragstellers gleichzeitig mit diesem nach Deutschland einreisen, um vor Ort den Familiennachzug zu beantragen?&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There it is mentioned that the visa &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; be also issues for wife/partner in the &lt;strong&gt;&quot;individual case&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. However, it is also mentioned that you &lt;strong&gt;do not have&lt;/strong&gt; a &quot;right to claim&quot; for this and that you need to contact the embassy for your particular case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-23T12:17:30.683" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T12:17:30.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-23T21:06:46.427" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother has been in France for the past 15 years. I’m an Israeli citizen living in the US as a green card holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wanted to legally live in France and be with her is there anything that can be done? I’m in my 30s.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15191" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-24T10:26:08.190" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T12:14:54.053" Title="My mother is a French citizen through marriage. Can I live in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13902" CreationDate="2018-05-23T21:55:47.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, you need to be either younger than 21 years or dependent on your mother to qualify for a residence permit as the child of a French citizen.  For example, the relevant &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11168&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page at service-public.fr includes&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;famille d'un Français (époux d'un Français, parent d'un enfant français mineur vivant en France, enfant &lt;strong&gt;de moins de 21 ans ou à charge&lt;/strong&gt; d'un Français, parents, grands-parents ou beaux-parents à charge d'un Français)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;family of a French citizen (spouse of a French citizen, parent of a French minor living in France, child &lt;strong&gt;of less than 21 years or dependent&lt;/strong&gt; on a French citizen, parents, grandparents or parents in law dependent on a French citizen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11168&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11168&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the answer to your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I wanted to legally live in France and be with her is there anything that can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/N110&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;any of the other routes that are available to everyone&lt;/a&gt;, whether through work or as an &quot;economically inactive&quot; visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-23T21:55:47.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13892" CreationDate="2018-05-24T06:00:09.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can ask the university in Britain to include your address in the UK onto the student verification letter when you apply for a visa in the UK. Maybe the address on the bank statement when you apply as proof of sufficient funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13827" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T06:25:28.780" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T06:25:28.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-24T06:20:09.613" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen (British) and my wife is Filipina. We live in Spain and my wife is here as a family member of an EU citizen with an Article 10 residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her sister is dependent on us and my understanding is that she should be able to join us here on that basis. However, I haven't been able to find any clear information about the proof that's required for her dependency. We do send her money regularly but not on any particular schedule or a specific amount. Basically we send money whenever she needs it. Would this likely be a problem? If we were to provide bank statements, would it be expected that the payments stick to a specific schedule and be the same amount each time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, are there any specifics on how long the regular payments should have been made for, or does it need to be a certain minimum amount? Right now we've been sending payments on and off for around the last six months, usually €100 or €200 at a time. Are there any rules specifying the amounts and frequency of money sent to a family member for them to be considered 'dependent'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate it if anybody has any experience following this process and can give me any more specific information as I've had trouble finding any online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15192" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-23T14:35:16.753" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T15:16:38.543" Title="What evidence is needed for a dependent sibling of a family member of an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13905" CreationDate="2018-05-24T09:45:58.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dependent more usually means elderly parents or young children who are cared for. If this sibling is an adult then once they arrive in Spain they could get a job and would no longer be dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-24T09:45:58.380" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-24T16:03:38.237" Score="0" ViewCount="1879" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a Blue Card Holder and you have worked in Germany for 21 months, you can apply for permanent residency if you have a B1 level in the German Language. In my case, I have taken the courses but didn't get the certificates. I contacted them and they told me if you don't have the certificate, you need to prove that you have the B1 level in German during the interview. That's what I would like to know. What kind of questions do they ask during that interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11889" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T02:15:55.753" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T04:00:03.523" Title="How is the interview process for Niederlassungserlaubnis (settlement permit) in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13909" CreationDate="2018-05-24T19:46:41.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This won't work. If you don't have the certificates, they expect you being much more fluent in German than the certificates would prove. This is mainly a shortcut for people whose mother language is German but who haven't got the citizenship for odd reasons. They don't need stupid papers to prove their skills. Expect the whole interview being in German and you have to understand almost all of it. They may ask you anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; This was my answer before the question was edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mean the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fluechtlingsrat-hamburg.de/content/Fak_FragebTerrorismusb.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Sicherheitsrechtliche Befragung&lt;/a&gt;? That's a form which you have to fill out, not an interview. If you don't speak German, you can do it at the Ausländerbehörde, with the help of an interpreter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They ask you about your political activities, if you collected money for political organisations in other countries, if you advocated violent activities in other countries, if you had been part of irregular troops, etc. Also, if you simply had been in some countries such as Usbekistan, but also Bosnia and Albania or if you ever used faked licenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you have been involved in such activities, not necessarily illegal ones or ones being a common, unpunished &quot;crime&quot; in your home country (such as driving with a fake license), I strongly recommend to contact a specialized lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Yes, Bavaria deported people because they said they never did something illegal, and were found to have used a fake driving license in their home country.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T00:21:35.760" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T00:21:35.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-25T11:02:59.903" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents are European and they got me Hungarian citizenship. They migrated to a non-EU country several years before I was born. Since 3 months ago I'm living in France. I think that here paying social security is obligatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the procedure for getting my EHIC from France? I heard from somebody that I need to ask in Budapest for a questionnaire S1. Is it so? Can I do it via Internet and send it to my French address? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15201" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T12:13:01.710" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T12:13:01.710" Title="Get EHIC after I lived outside the EU my whole life" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13766" CreationDate="2018-05-25T14:18:44.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It happened to me in Hong Kong, when opening a bank account. The first bank I talked to really really wanted me to furnish a permanent address in my country of citizenship. Like you, I don't have one. But one of my passports, and my French ID card mentioned an address in France - a place I had sold since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first bank refused that. They wanted something more trustworthy. No clue what would have counted as trustworthy: they just said no. But I guess they wanted a receipt for utilities or something. Which obviously I couldn't provide. So I went to another bank, and they were fine with my passport and ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a national ID card and/or passport that mention an old address, try and use that. Or if you're still in touch with the parents, try to get a utility bill copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T14:18:44.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13925" CreationDate="2018-05-25T15:35:06.167" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied to an Australian university and got rejected because I do not meet the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/stud/more/genuine-temporary-entrant&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GTE requirements&lt;/a&gt;. I'm sure it was because I was honest with them and said I wanted to live in Australia after my studies.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what the GTE requirement says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An applicant needs to show they are coming to Australia temporarily to gain a quality education. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The GTE requirement is not designed to exclude those students who, after studying in Australia, go on to develop the skills required by the Australian labour market and apply to obtain permanent residence.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that I can apply for work visa only after I work for some time in my home country (or some other country)? Is &lt;code&gt;student visa -&amp;gt; work visa&lt;/code&gt; forbidden? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15207" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T16:33:33.603" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T08:36:44.887" Title="Living in Australia after studying" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-25T19:43:17.063" Score="2" ViewCount="525" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer in Germany, I from Brazil, but I live now in Czech Republic, I have a working Visa here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if my diploma affects my application, since it is a 2 and half year diploma well recognized in Brazil of formal education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is an IT Degree which normally is compared to an Associate Degree out of Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a problem, or this diploma is eligible for me to work in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I know there is a question exactly like this. But is from 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I read it in the official website that is possible to get the Blue Card with at least 5 years of experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the link for reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/eu-blue-card-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.eu-bluecard.com/eu-blue-card-germany/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15208" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-12-13T22:05:59.913" LastActivityDate="2019-12-13T22:05:59.913" Title="Associate degree for EU Blue card in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7429" CreationDate="2018-05-25T20:11:17.533" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are multiple definitions of the word colony.&#xA;It also means overseas territory governed by the central administration.&#xA;Its is a group of your own people settled in another region.&#xA;The law states all born in mainland Portugal and its overseas territories (Jus soli) and those who are descendants of a Portuguese parent or a Portuguese grandparent is legible by blood. (Jus sanguinis).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The world wanted to call the Portuguese overseas territories colonies.&#xA;But the peoples of the colonies are never eligible for citizenship.&#xA;Only 3 European countries had this in their law. The first is my Portugal and the others being the Netherlands and France. Although the eligibility for qualification of the other 2 may differ from Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15209" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T20:11:17.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T02:40:47.647" Score="4" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen but I live abroad as a permanent resident in the Philippines. I've been married to a Filipina since early 2016. We've decided to move back to the US since my income in the Philippines is too low to cover our living expenses and my savings have been virtually exhausted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my wife is currently two months pregnant. Right now she's in the middle of waiting for her medical report to come back (it'll be another 2 months for TB sputum analysis) so we can proceed with her visa appointment. If all goes as planned, we hope to be in the US by December, and she would presumably give birth in January. Note: because of my low income and savings, I am planning to rely on my proof of SSS credits to file the I-864W. However, while researching to ask this question, I just read something online at Immihelp that says only my work while we are married can be counted towards this waiver. Is that right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, my back to my main question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am hoping that someone can give me advice on whether it would be best to proceed with our plans to come back to the US by December and give birth in January. We would probably move back to the state of Georgia, if I can get my old job back, or to Tennessee otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my wife be able to use Obamacare, Emergency Medicare, or other services for her labor if we go back to the US (probably Tennessee/Georgia)? Our goal is to pay the least amount possible while still giving birth in a respectable hospital. In the Philippines they have a nice Hospital called St. Luke's, which is about 10 times cheaper than hospitals in the US, but they will turn you away if you don't have enough money, so that would be a bit concerning if there were any complications and we weren't able to save up enough by then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15213" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T04:59:32.373" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T22:41:35.567" Title="US citizen: should my Filipina wife give birth abroad (in the Philippines) or in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T03:14:49.513" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it difficult for foreigners over 36 to find a job in France, after acquiring a master's degree there? My wife and I are planning to move to France from India. We already have over a decade of work experience here. We have enrolled into a French university to upskill and find a job in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if this is a risk as French companies might prefer younger employees? I know there will not be overt discrimination by age or race, but there could be some underlying trends. We were worried because we have taken a loan for this. We do not speak French now, but are planning to learn it soon.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15050" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T03:58:44.263" LastActivityDate="2018-05-28T19:34:16.200" Title="Employment in France after a master's degree" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T05:43:45.420" Score="2" ViewCount="1131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Lebanon and my brother is a US Citizen. He applied for me for an F4 visa. My priority date was 21 October 2009 and to date I didn't get the visa. Could you advise the processing time and when it is expected for NVC to start processing my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15215" LastEditorUserId="13513" LastEditDate="2018-05-29T00:06:39.463" LastActivityDate="2018-06-16T11:00:27.517" Title="Processing time for F4 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13922" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13923" CreationDate="2018-05-26T05:53:20.527" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have previously been to the US for 4 times on a B1 visa. A couple of my stays were for 89 days. A couple of my stays were less than a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am travelling to the US on an L1B visa. Any advice related to questions at port of entry will be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read in one of the forums that there was a question about the green card by the CBP officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would you apply for GC?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If given opportunity would you go for GC?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the best way to answer questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; Please note that I am travelling with my wife and infant child. Both have valid L2 visas. It's their first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12011" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-27T05:04:47.940" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T05:04:47.940" Title="Question about Green Card for L1 at port of entry" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13922" CreationDate="2018-05-26T06:00:07.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;L-1 is not subject to the presumption of &quot;immigrant intent&quot;. That means it's perfectly fine to have preconceived intent to immigrate on this trip when you get your L-1 visa or when you enter on L-1. Even if you intend to file Adjustment of Status the day after entering, that would be fine to disclose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you don't have to worry about any questions about immigrant intent, if there are any. Just answer honestly, and it won't affect your entry on L-1 no matter how you answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T06:00:07.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13921" CreationDate="2018-05-26T06:55:16.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See each month's &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa bulletin&lt;/a&gt;. Currently visa numbers are available in the F4 category for people born in countries other than India, Mexico, or the Philippines for priority dates in 2004. You have about 5 more years to wait until a visa number is available for your priority date. NVC should start processing it soon before then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T06:55:16.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13915" CreationDate="2018-05-26T08:36:44.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it does not make that requirement. Although I absolutely see how it can be read that way. It specifically acknowledges that it's ok for circumstances to change and for people to follow a legal path to permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page you linked also says the gte test helps &quot;identify those applicants who are using the student visa program for motives other than gaining a quality education&quot; so taken overall, they felt that your application was more focused on residence and employment than on education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the page, and the linked ministerial direction which you are advised to read, give the gte assessor guidance on what to consider. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very generally, if you are someone who is fortunate enough to have other attractive options in life besides migrating to Australia, you are more likely to be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T08:36:44.887" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T20:58:21.897" Score="4" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is at the end of her second 2.5 year spousal visa. We have the option to apply for settlement under the 5-year route. We are only planning to stay in the UK for another 2 years. Can we apply for another 2.5 year spousal visa instead of settlement (it's about £800 cheaper)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15219" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-05-27T01:35:27.470" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T01:35:27.470" Title="UK spouse 5-year route without settlement" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13919" CreationDate="2018-05-26T22:41:35.567" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know about the Philippines; I can only speak about the health insurance situation in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When she enters the US with her immigrant visa, she immediately becomes a US permanent resident. As a permanent resident, she can purchase a private insurance plan through her state's health insurance exchange (Obamacare marketplace). You, as a citizen, can too. Both of you will get a Special Enrollment Period since you just moved to the US, so you guys can sign up even if it is outside of Open Enrollment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Medicaid is usually available to low-income pregnant women; however, new immigrants are generally not eligible for the first 5 years. Some states allow Medicaid to pregnant women even to new immigrants in the first 5 years, but neither Georgia nor Tennessee is among them. Emergency Medicaid can cover low-income people regardless of immigration status, but it is only for emergency treatment, so it might cover the actual delivery, but not pre-natal care. Tennessee (but not Georgia) has an &quot;unborn child&quot; option in its CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), which can cover pre-natal care even if the mother doesn't have insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't get Medicaid either, because neither Georgia nor Tennessee covers non-disabled childless adults in their Medicaid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that both of you will be subject to a penalty for any months of 2018 after you return to the US where you do not have health insurance (unless it's unaffordable, or your income is below 138% of poverty level, since Georgia and Tennessee are non-Medicaid-expansion states). So both of you should probably have health insurance if your income is above 138% of poverty level, probably from the exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another question is whether you and/or your wife would qualify for the subsidy (premium tax credit) if you buy a plan from the exchange. Generally, you guys would qualify for the subsidy if the household income is between 100% and 400% of poverty level. In the case of your wife, she might qualify for the subsidy even if the household income is below 100% of the poverty level, as there is an exception for people who can't get Medicaid due only to their immigration status, which she is (since otherwise low-income pregnant women would qualify in those states).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T22:41:35.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13892" CreationDate="2018-05-27T19:17:33.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no reason why the South Korean embassy would not allow you to apply in the UK as an EU citizen. They are familiar with the fact that all EU citizens are generally permitted to remain in other member states for as long as they desire. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if South Korea has the same notice, however the US Embassy in London says that you need to prove your status in the UK unless you are a British or EU citizen. Furthermore, I myself as an EU citizen in the UK applied for many visas over the years and my immigration status was never brought up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user15220" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T19:17:33.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-27T19:57:45.487" Score="4" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me (Polish &amp;amp; British citizen) and my wife (Singaporean citizen with ILR) live in the UK, where our daughter was born nearly a year ago. It's clear that she is eligible for all 3 nationalities. We haven't applied for any passports yet as we haven't had a chance to think over the situation, given the fact that Singapore prohibits dual citizenship, which really makes the passport situation difficult for our child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She needs a Polish passport to enter Poland, British passport to enter the UK (where we live) and Singaporean to enter Singapore. However, applying for the first two passports will mean relinquishment of the 3rd. I want her to be able to visit all the three countries with as little problems as possible. &lt;strong&gt;What's the best strategy to achieve that?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that, as Singapore is part of the Commonwealth, I can obtain a document confirming &quot;right of abode&quot; that will be placed as a similarly to a residence permit in the Singaporean passport. It will act as proof of British citizenship without relinquishing Singaporean citizenship. The problem remains with entering Poland as in that case, we won't be able to obtain a passport. Right now the only way I can see that functioning is using the &quot;Schengen loophole&quot;, which means every time we want to enter Poland with her, we must fly through a 3rd country (like Germany, Austria or Belgium) within the Schengen area and then fly to Poland and that way, the passports won't get checked by Polish authorities. I've used this method for years with a British passport and I don't think that the limited stay permitted is a problem but it seems foolish to rely on an international agreement and a loophole to stay in place for a prolonged amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what to do and I can't delay travel any longer. Ideally I'd like to close as few doors as possible to let her make her own decisions in the future while at the same time remaining within the boundaries of the law in all countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user15220" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2018-05-30T04:30:07.023" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T04:30:07.023" Title="Child born to British, Polish &amp; Singaporean parents in the UK" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;&lt;singaporean-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13920" CreationDate="2018-05-28T15:09:53.570" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in what field you will receive your master degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what marks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what you consider &quot;difficult&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you want to work in a specific town in France or if you would be willing to make a job in any part of the country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your expectations about income&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-05-28T15:09:53.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13920" CreationDate="2018-05-28T19:34:16.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know for a fact that some large businesses whose current workforce is very unbalanced do prioritize people younger than 30 or 35 (and women) for external recruitment. For qualified jobs, I don't think being a foreigner plays a big role generally but speaking French and having a residence permit certainly does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The language is really a big issue. For example, I have met people from all sorts of background working in engineering in France but very few who could not speak French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the job market is currently very open (at least for qualified applicants) so even if it's slightly more difficult, it's not a bad time to try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2018-05-28T19:34:16.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13934" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-28T21:05:32.477" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me find out if I can obtain dual citizenship please? This info doesn't seem easy to come by!&#xA;So I was born in Australia in 1970. I am an Australian citizen. My father born in Australia, my mother born in the Netherlands 1943, immigrated to Australia 1956, died in Australia 2006. God bless her, she always told me I could obtain dual citizenship but I'm not sure how to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15225" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:49:06.270" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:49:06.270" Title="Dual citizenship - Australian born with Dutch mother (deceased)" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13934" CreationDate="2018-05-29T01:19:14.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Dutch law, you were never Dutch as you were born before 1985 and your father was not Dutch:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/Nederlanderschap/Paginas/Nederlander-door-geboorte-of-erkenning.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/Nederlanderschap/Paginas/Nederlander-door-geboorte-of-erkenning.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an &quot;Option Procedure&quot; that would allow you to become a Dutch citizen (and retain your Australian citizenship) through an accelerated naturalization process.  You would qualify for this if your mother was still a Dutch citizen at the time of your birth since you would then be born before 1985 to a Dutch mother and a non-Dutch father.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many ways though that your mother could have lost her Dutch citizenship prior to your birth. It's possible that on marrying your father, she lost her citizenship as at one point a Dutch woman's citizenship was tied her husband's citizenship. Also, if she naturalized before you were born, she would have lost her Dutch citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your mother did lose her Dutch citizenship before your birth, then you would not be eligible for a Dutch passport without naturalizing through the more traditional immigration routes or through marriage to a Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do qualify for the Option Procedure on the basis of your mother being a Dutch citizen when you were born, you can follow the instructions here, which could be done from abroad as you were never a Dutch citizen but are eligible to become one:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastEditorUserId="15227" LastEditDate="2019-01-17T23:57:10.410" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T23:57:10.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-29T07:45:48.853" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;my wife is Mexican and lives with me in the UK on a Spousal Visa. She has not lived in the UK long (under 4 years) but would like to vote in the 2018 election in July this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone tell me what is the process for her registering to vote from the UK, if it is at all possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15229" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T15:54:12.750" Title="Mexican Wife in UK Registering to Vote for Mex Election July 2018" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;elections&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13938" CreationDate="2018-05-29T15:54:12.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As suggested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13938/mexican-wife-in-uk-registering-to-vote-for-mex-election-july-2018#comment23706_13938&quot; title=&quot;One might think that the Mexican embassy in London might have some clues.&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/2144/audionuma&quot;&gt;audionuma&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/reinounido/index.php/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mexican Embassy in London&lt;/a&gt; does indeed have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.votoextranjero.mx/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information about this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page for voters residing abroad does not appear to have a version in English, but judging from the items under &quot;¿CÓMO VOTAR?&quot; (&quot;how to vote?&quot;), the process comprises four steps.  The relevant items are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;¿Cómo registrarse? (how to register)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recibe tu paquete (receive your packet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marca tu Boleta (mark your ballot)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Envía tu voto (send your vote)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T15:54:12.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-29T16:09:20.020" Score="4" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partner lied on previous visit visa application. We are now married, but his spouse visa was refused as they don't believe we have been together since 2012. We are appealing but can he be banned due to previous conduct? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15232" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-05-29T21:05:34.493" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T15:16:24.827" Title="Partner lied on visit visa application. Now married, spouse visa refused. Appealing but can he be banned?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-29T20:49:21.953" Score="3" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My US F-1 STEM OPT expires in May 2019 and I am planning to travel outside US in Dec 2018. If I return to US in first week of Jan 2019, my STEM OPT will be valid for less than 5 months when I try to enter. Will that be a problem? More importantly, will it be an even bigger problem while boarding the flight to US since airlines may strictly require 6 months validity whereas CBP may be more lenient, or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have valid passport, valid F-1 visa (valid till 2020), valid EAD card (till May 2019), valid I-20 (till May 2019), and a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T20:49:21.953" Title="Re-entering US when STEM OPT expires in less than 6 months" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13942" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-29T22:16:27.107" Score="3" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a permanent resident of Germany with Indian citizenship. I have some problems in India and I have to go back to India. If I stay away longer than 6 months, my German status will be cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure so that I can stay in india and maintain status in Germany.  As I may need to back in future, how could I come and live in Germany? Could I buy property in Germany, like a house and register my name there, but still live in India? What if I visited Germany in another year? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a solution so that I don't lose my status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Prophie Deep" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T22:43:09.763" Title="How can I retain German permanent residence if I need to leave the country?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13930" CreationDate="2018-05-30T04:29:27.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your best strategy is to &lt;strong&gt;apply for British and Polish passports, and not register Singapore citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For clarity, since it's not entirely clear from your question, the &lt;em&gt;passports&lt;/em&gt; are irrelevant here, what matters is whether the birth has been &lt;em&gt;registered as a citizen&lt;/em&gt; in each country.  (Of course, you'll be unable to get a passport without this registration.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Singapore prohibits dual citizenship, which really makes the passport situation difficult for our child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, Singapore prohibits dual citizenship &lt;strong&gt;for adults&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;but not for children&lt;/a&gt;.  Your child can thus legally remain a triple citizen until the age of 22.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big catch here is that at 22, they &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; choose, and if they renounce Singaporean nationality, they will find it very hard to get back.  In addition, if your child is male, they will be unable to renounce until their Singapore National Service obligations (conscription) are fulfilled -- which also means they can't enter the country without being whisked straight off to boot camp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;She needs a Polish passport to enter Poland, British passport to enter the UK (where we live) and Singaporean to enter Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is actually not true: she can &lt;em&gt;enter&lt;/em&gt; any of those countries with a passport from any of the others just fine, and is likely eligible for long-term residence visas as well.  For example, as the child of a Singaporean citizen, your child is likely &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/overseasmission/hong_kong/consular_services/pr_application.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligible for Singaporean permanent residence&lt;/a&gt; if you choose to move there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T04:29:27.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-30T05:05:50.770" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national on an F1 visa. I am currently working in a startup in San Jose. I applied for an H1B visa under Consular process and my H1B was recently picked and approved (I have an I-797B).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for an H4 visa for my wife or do I have to wait for the visa to be stamped on my passport? Please note that I am still on F1 even though my H4 was approved as I applied my H1 under Consular process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10863" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T02:05:29.007" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T02:05:29.007" Title="Can I apply for an H4 visa for my wife if my H1 is approved?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13945" CreationDate="2018-05-30T11:50:56.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to wait for the H1B to be stamped in your passport before applying for your wife's H4.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Apply now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T11:50:56.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-30T13:12:48.203" Score="1" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got an internship offer from a French company for 6 months and the working language will be English instead of french.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've learnt that I need to apply for a visa and for that I need a &quot;convention de stage&quot; that needs to be approved by the DIRECCTE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company said that it's up to my school to provide the internship agreement. My school provided an Erasmus traineeship agreement which is in English and all parties have signed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if that agreement (in English) can be submitted to the DIRECCTE for approval or it has to be translated into French before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I'm from Togo(West Africa) but currently studying in Estonia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15236" LastEditorUserId="15236" LastEditDate="2018-06-01T12:28:36.543" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T12:28:36.543" Title="Convention de Stage in English" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-30T15:03:08.143" Score="4" ViewCount="514" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got my name selected in 2018 H-1B lottery results, but unfortunately, the current employer doesn't have any suitable job for me in its USA location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I push them to assign a suitable job to me ASAP or can I wait? &#xA;Would my lottery expire?  I mean would I have to apply again in the 2019 lottery? If not, how long does it remain valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-05-30T15:51:23.580" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T15:51:23.580" Title="How long is I-797C H-1B receipt valid?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-30T23:17:20.717" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Postdoc scholars usually come to US on J-1 visa. I know that somehow people who do PhD and postdoc both from US, manage to get a job with H-1B sponsorship in my field of expertise. However, I already have a PhD from Canada and currently looking for postdoc opportunities in Canada as well as USA. Long term employment opportunities are way better in USA in my field. Therefore, I want to move to US for postdoc first. Will it be possible to get an employer who can sponsor H-1B during/after my postdoc in USA? OR is there something which I am missing that makes a difference between me and people who also do their PhD from USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15239" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T23:17:20.717" Title="Is it possible to get a job in US (with H-1B sponsorship) during/after postdoc from USA?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8754" CreationDate="2018-05-31T10:15:37.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EEA national who went through this exact process in Sweden with my non-EU wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your fiancee needs a job, admission to educational institution or private funds or income that shows that she can financially support both of you while living in Sweden. The job could even be in Denmark, Norway or Finland, and she can commute across the border to Sweden if geography makes this convenient. Of course, you could also live in any of those other countries. Anyway, the point is, she does not need a job &lt;em&gt;in Sweden&lt;/em&gt;, she just needs to show that you and her have the money to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After you are married, you need to find a place to live in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need a visa to enter Schengen, but as a family member of an EU national it should be issued free of charge and speedily. Apply at the nearest Swedish embassy or consulate. Attach proof that you are married, proof that you have the finances to live in Sweden and your housing contract. You should be a given a visa fast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you have arrived in Sweden, go to the Swedish Migration Agency together with all your documents, and apply for EU residence cards. A card should be issued to you within six months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After you have applied at the Migration Agency, if her job or studies are &lt;em&gt;within Sweden&lt;/em&gt; you can both go to the Swedish Tax Agency and register there to get Swedish personal identification numbers (personnummer). Bring the receipt from your application at the Migration Agency and all the same documents. The personal identification number will be needed to get Swedish bank accounts, phone numbers, health care rights, etc. This number should be issued to both of you within 8 weeks maximum, assuming your wife works within Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy your life in Sweden! The rights of your EU wife and her family members (you and your possible future children) are quite strong in Sweden and the whole EEA!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-05-31T21:32:11.050" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T21:32:11.050" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-31T15:51:57.587" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Jersey Channel Island (South African passport). I'm married to a UK citizen but I have to keep applying every 3 months for a Schengen visa. Taking my residence into account, is there a way I can get around this? I have Leave to Remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kindly advise please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15241" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T02:04:23.533" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T02:04:23.533" Title="Travel status - Schengen" Tags="&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13953" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-31T17:15:48.797" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on another forum that Canadian PRs are scrutinized/denied US visitor (and other) visas more than others. Why is this the case? If I am a Canadian PR I'm less likely to overstay in the US since I will eventually return to Canada (or so the logic should go?). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T17:15:48.797" Title="US visitor visa for Canadian Permanent Residents" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-31T17:22:28.600" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I have accrued 1 day overstay on an F1 visa in the USA, beyond the 60-day grace period. Different online tools give different results. My 60-day grace period began on October 24th, 2017 (date on document) and I left on December 23rd 2017. I thought it was 60 days. I'm confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does USCIS calculate the grace period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15243" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T02:02:23.320" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T02:02:23.320" Title="Need help calculating grace period" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13956" CreationDate="2018-05-31T20:07:48.740" Score="3" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Hamburg. I have a blue card. My wife submitted an application to join me here in Germany. After a few weeks, I received a letter indicating that I need to submit some documents, including proof of space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, I will start with giving a little bit of a background to explain the situation. When I came here to Germany, a few months ago, I found a flat via Airbnb to live in temporarily. Then I made a deal with the &quot;owner&quot; of the flat to rent the flat for a long duration and to provide me with a rental agreement (Mietvertrag) needed to sort out my papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I tried to submit these documents as a proof of space for my wife to be granted a visa and join me, I discovered that my landlord himself is (permanently) using this flat and that it belongs to a housing cooperative. So the visa office asked me to provide a confirmation that the housing cooperative are aware about and okay with this subletting. I am not sure if they are (I did not know whether they exist), and I have less than two weeks to send this confirmation (they are not enough to find a new flat and get a new residence certificate with the new address). And my landlord is not answering my messages (yet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you suggest I should do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. the space is enough to accomodate me and my wife. I live alone in the flat and have a rental agreemenet signed by the (sub-) landlord and me, which I sent to the visa office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T16:02:49.833" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T16:02:49.833" Title="German spouse visa - Flat belongs to a housing cooperative" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13955" CreationDate="2018-05-31T21:34:28.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your landlord has to send you a copy of his own tenancy agreement or a written attachment to that agreement from the owner (the housing cooperative) to the tenant (your landlord) which says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die Untervermietung ist gestattet. &lt;em&gt;(&quot;Subletting is allowed.&quot;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or similar. Because without that explicit permission, subletting is generally not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to get that sheet from your landlord. The housing cooperative isn't allowed to give you anything because it's your landlord's data. So, you have to contact him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T21:34:28.193" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13022" CreationDate="2018-06-01T07:53:45.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in this exact situation, I am an EU national living in Sweden with my non-EU wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some things to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can leave Sweden, and if you need to go back the best way to do it is to apply for a new visa from a Swedish embassy  or consulate. Show them your slip from the Migration Agency that you are waiting for a residence card, and they should issue you a new visa. Even being a family member of an EU national living in Sweden is enough to get a new visa. It might be better to talk to them about this visa &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; leaving Sweden, though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The official EU deadline for issuing your residence card is 6 months, not 18 months. 18 months sounds more like the Migration Agency processing time for normal family reunification per the Swedish system. Someone at the Migration Agency might have been misinformed. The Swedish Migration Agency may take longer than 6 months due to heavy workload, but that means they are breaking EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contrary to what the other answer says, you do not need to wait for the residence card to be issued before you have rights in Sweden. Since your wife works in Sweden, you can both go directly to the Swedish Tax Agency after having applied for a residence card. Showing the receipt of your application, you can register as a resident of Sweden. Within a few weeks you will be given a personal number. This allows you to get a bank account, phone number, use the public health care system, work, etc. You can even start working from day one. Such is the magnificence of your rights as a family member of an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-06-01T08:53:35.883" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T08:53:35.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13958" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-01T09:15:17.723" Score="4" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Norwegian citizen. My wife is a Russian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In November 2017 we moved to Sweden together. We utilized EU/EEA law and the rights of EEA family members to apply for a EU residence card for her. The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) issued her the card after roughly six months. Six months is also the EU mandated maximum wait time for such cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good thing about these rights is that she was able to live legally with me in Sweden from day one, even while waiting for the card. Even better, since I was working in Sweden, the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) issued her a Swedish national identification number (personnummer) within weeks of moving to Sweden. She enjoyed the same processing time for that as I (as an EEA national) did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment I work in Norway (we live near the border and I commute across the border to work) and we intend to move to Norway in a few months. As we have lived in an EU country for several months, we can now enjoy the same EU/EEA rules we did in Sweden while moving to Norway. The Norwegian agency UDI has confirmed this. The process will be largely similar to that we went through when moving to Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is one issue I am unsure about. I called the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten) and one representative told me on the phone that she can only get a Norwegian national identification number (personnummer) after her residence card has been issued by Norway. UDI has informed me that we can expect that due to their workload, it may take six months or more to issue this card, and they are not always able to comply with the EU deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Living in Norway without a national identification number can be a challenge, and such a number is required to have a bank account, a phone number, get medical treatment, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some reasons I am unsure about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Sweden they issued her a national identification number within a few weeks of arriving in Sweden. I am unsure if this is just the Swedish authorities being nice, or if it is some sort of right she has according to EU law. If the latter, I wonder if the same applies to Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some people in the Swedish Tax agency also claimed that she needed to wait until her residence card was issued before she could get a national identification number. The confusion might have arisen due to the fact that when you apply for family reunification per the Swedish rules, that is true. However, she had the right to get a national identification number earlier due to EU rules, and our case followed EU rules. I am wondering if the person I talked to in the Norwegian Tax Administration might also not have been aware of that distinction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there a difference here? Are Swedish authorities just being nice? Or was it some sort of right? And is there a difference between Norway and Sweden? Can she get a personal identification number in Norway before her residence card is issued?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, even if the directive is silent about this, what is the actual Norwegian practice on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T07:53:16.557" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T07:53:16.557" Title="Can my wife get a Norwegian national identification number before her EU/EEA residence card, or does she have to wait?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13459" CreationDate="2018-06-01T11:58:55.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Note: I posted this &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/113239/travelling-outside-the-usa-while-on-optional-practical-training-opt/&quot;&gt;same answer on travel.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; but the question was closed there.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;F-1 travel FAQ from Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt; which mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If USCIS has approved your OPT you will be expected to have your EAD in hand to re-enter the United States, in addition to your Form I-20, valid passport and visa, and a letter of employment if you have one. If you exceed the limits on unemployment while outside the United States, you will not be eligible to re-enter the United States in F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have all of these things including proof of a job in the US, you should be able to re-enter for the purpose of finishing the job before your OPT ends. If you don't have a job in the US, you might have a harder time explaining your purpose of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before traveling during OPT, it's always a good idea to check with your Designated School Official to make sure your I-20, SEVIS record, OPT reporting and &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/students-stem-opt-reporting-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;STEM OPT reporting requirements&lt;/a&gt; are all in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T11:58:55.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-01T14:02:51.643" Score="1" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to check with you regarding a visa application to enter the UK.  I would like to visit Scotland / England. I'm holding a Thai passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UK government website&lt;/a&gt; previously indicated that I need to apply for a Standard Visitor visa. However I'm now living in The Netherlands and holding a Dutch residence permit card as a partner (unmarried) of a Dutch citizen. On the website they also stated that I may not need a visa if both the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You’re travelling with or visiting your partner or family : Yes, I will traveling with my Dutch partner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don’t need a visa if both the following apply:&#xA;you have an Article 10 residence card: Yes, I have a Dutch residence card&#xA;your partner or family member is your sponsor: Either myself or my partner can be a sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you should apply for a family permit if your family member or partner are from the European Economic Area (EEA), a Standard Visitor visa, if they’re from outside the EEA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask for clarification/confirmation that am I eligible to apply for the EEA family permit. And if I only apply for the EEA family permit, is that sufficient to allow me to travel to the UK together with my partner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Regarding the documents that I need to provide in order to apply for an EEA family permit, do I need to translate from Dutch to English (at the rear of my Dutch residence card, there is a statement of my rights to stay in Netherlands as a member of Dutch family)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does my partner need to apply for any other permit as both of us are staying outside UK at this moment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15247" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-05T14:53:45.887" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T14:53:45.887" Title="UK visa (EEA family permit)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-01T14:48:06.283" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a work visa in Spain for 3 years, which is about to expire. On my TIE, it says &quot;RESIDENCIA Y TRABAJO&quot;. I would like to know the procedure to renew it. My employer is happy to extend my contract, but they are not sure about the procedure. Should my employer give me a new contract first? Can they give me a work contract without a validity for my NIE? Can any one explain the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S I am from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15249" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T02:00:55.410" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T02:00:55.410" Title="Renewal of residence and work permit in Spain" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13960" CreationDate="2018-06-01T15:30:30.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably need an EEA family permit.  Details are in the document &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 residence card&lt;/a&gt;, but the conclusion also follows from the material in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Dutch residence card is probably not an Article 10 card.  It only counts as an Article 10 card if it says &quot;family member of a union citizen&quot; or words to that effect.  Normally, a Dutch permit issued to the family member of a Dutch citizen would not say that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some circumstances in which it would, but your mention of a &quot;statement of my rights to stay in Netherlands as a member of Dutch family&quot; suggests that these circumstances do not exist in your case.  If this is correct, your card is not an Article 10 card, and you need an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA family permit, if granted, will allow you to travel to the UK with your partner, or to join your partner in the UK if your partner has preceded you there.  (To enter the UK without your partner, you would need a standard visitor visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Regarding the documents that I need to provide in order to apply for EEA family permit, do I need to translate from Dutch to English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(at the rear of my Dutch residence card, there is a statement of my rights to stay in Netherlands as a member of Dutch family)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to include your Dutch residence card in your EEA family permit application.  You do need to include your marriage certificate, however, as well as a copy of your partner's Dutch passport or Dutch identity card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does my partner need to apply for any other permit as both of us are staying outside UK at this moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of permit do you imagine would be required?  To enter the UK, your partner needs a Dutch passport or a Dutch identity card, and no other document.  The location of your partner's place of residence has no bearing on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T15:30:30.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13965" CreationDate="2018-06-01T22:15:42.160" Score="2" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently graduated with my undergraduate degree from a US university, and have successfully gained admission into a PhD program at a different US university. I have already transferred my SEVIS record to the new school, and have currently returned to my home country (India) in order to apply for a fresh visa sticker using the i-20 issued for my PhD program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wish to know if I am required to pay the SEVIS 1-901 fee again, since I am technically applying for a new F1 visa under a different i-20, even though my SEVIS ID (transferred to the new school) remains the same as it was 4 years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15250" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T10:02:35.060" Title="Repaying SEVIS I-901 fee if applying for a new US F1 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13963" CreationDate="2018-06-02T10:02:35.060" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/paying-the-i-901-sevis-fee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-901 SEVIS fee&lt;/a&gt; only has to be paid once for a particular SEVIS ID.  If you are applying for a new visa with the same SEVIS ID, you don't need to pay again. This is true even if you have transferred to another school.  But you should always bring the receipt showing that you already paid the fee for your SEVIS ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ICE page about the I-901 SEVIS fee&lt;/a&gt; explains how to get the receipt online by going to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fmjfee.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fmjfee.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule that you don't have to pay again is shown on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ICE I-901 SEVIS fee FAQ&lt;/a&gt; by clicking &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Who Does Not Pay The Fee&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;gt; &amp;quot;When is paying a I-901 SEVIS Fee again not required for continuing students?&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... You do not have to pay the SEVIS I-901 fee again if you transfer between approved schools at the same educational level. ... You do not have to pay the SEVIS I-901 fee again if you are an F-1 or F-3 who is changing educational levels. Examples are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You graduated from high school and are going directly into college using the same SEVIS ID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You received your Master’s degree and going directly into a doctoral program using the same SEVIS ID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T10:02:35.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13967" CreationDate="2018-06-02T10:57:05.050" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for changing the address in my driving licence. I'm filling right now the D1 Form, following the guidelines provided &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence/apply-by-post&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, the form is the one below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJf3J.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJf3J.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have to change either name or photo. The only bit concerning me is the payment (in &quot;your checklist&quot; section). Do I need to pay anything for this application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't seem to me from the guideline above, but I'm just checking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-02T12:10:59.103" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T12:21:49.740" Title="Updating address for UK licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13966" CreationDate="2018-06-02T12:21:49.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no charge to change the address on your driving licence &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a legal requirement to tell DVLA when you change address and any charge would put some people off doing that. Making it a free service encourages compliance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T12:21:49.740" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-03T01:05:46.547" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you apply for an H1B or a Green Card, there would be certain points in the application stage where the US government recommends you avoid leaving the country lest you're seen as &quot;abandoning your application&quot;. What's the rationale behind such laws? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the very least in Europe I've never heard of people who are unable to leave the country because of pending applications, while in the US it is extremely common. In Canada you won't be able to fly into the country between the time when your PR is approved and the time when you're issued the physical PR card, however you can still return to Canada overland so it's not an issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2018-06-03T15:57:16.023" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T15:57:16.023" Title="Why does US immigration law require foreigners to avoid leaving the country at certain stages of their application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13969" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-03T11:24:53.807" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to apply for the 189 visa to move my family to Australia. In the last 8 years I have worked as a part owner of a printing firm as the CIO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my education is in Computer Engineering and my previous 7 years experience had been in core tech/tech consulting, I am wondering how to present client references to ACS for the last 8 years considering the company I worked for and part owned deal with clients who requested printing service and not tech service directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though my responsibility bordered on managing the tech infrastructure and maintaining a set up-time for the companies e-commerce and internal networks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15254" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T11:24:53.807" Title="Self Statutory Declaration for CIO who worked in a printing firm" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-03T18:58:38.337" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen. My girlfriend lives in Canada. I have been going over possibilities of trying to get her a green card legally, and one possibility has me a bit stuck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Canadian citizen may come over to the US for up to 6 months. During this time, if they apply for a Green Card, could the process be completed and the individual be granted a Green Card in those 6 months, or would that simply not be enough time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question/option is for her to get an employment-based Green card. Would that be a much more viable option as opposed to coming over here staying and attempting to get one while over here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15255" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-04T13:24:52.023" LastActivityDate="2018-06-04T13:24:52.023" Title="Canadian citizen applying for Green Card while in the US + side question" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13970" CreationDate="2018-06-03T19:37:21.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am assuming you will marry her and petition her to immigrate as a spouse. The process to get a green card in the US is Adjustment of Status. It is not a problem that Adjustment of Status isn't completed within their period of stay, because once someone has Adjustment of Status (I-485) is filed, they can stay in the US for as long as it is pending regardless of whether they have status or not (and in fact cannot leave the US without Advance Parole, or they will abandon their Adjustment of Status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In fact, in her category, she doesn't even need to be in status at the time of applying for Adjustment of Status; she could have overstayed for years and still be eligible for Adjustment of Status. In some other categories, she might need to be in status at the time of applying for Adjustment of Status, but it is true in all categories that she doesn't need to maintain status while Adjustment of Status is pending, and going out of status while Adjustment of Status is pending won't affect the Adjustment of Status.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employment-based immigration requires being petitioned by a US company that will employ her after she immigrates. This usually requires the company to go through a complicated process, and companies generally don't go through the effort to petition people unless they are already working for the company in the US. Unless she has such an employer, employment-based immigration is not a viable option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T19:37:21.093" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-04T12:00:08.203" Score="2" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my condition right now, I was employed until I got laid off last week, so my 60-day grace period begun on May 30th, 2018. I, however, had a new job offer during the layoff and they are in the process of filing H1B transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While going through some of the terms and conditions in this link regarding the grace period, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.murthy.com/2017/03/06/grace-period-nonimmigrant-workers-following-loss-of-employment/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;H1B grace period&lt;/a&gt;, I believe that according to &lt;em&gt;American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21)&lt;/em&gt; a person who is in the grace period can begin employment after the H1B petition is filed by the new employer during the grace period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to confirm about the factualness about what I have understood here and how do I communicate this to my lawyer and HR rep not giving them an wrong impression about my lay-off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15259" LastActivityDate="2018-06-04T12:00:08.203" Title="H1B grace period and beginning new employment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-04T16:10:01.647" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen married to an American citizen and we would like it if my wife could come and live in the UK with me. I have just finished a degree in Biomedical science and wish to pursue a PhD, therefore I couldn’t earn the 18,600 that is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandparents are downsizing their house and offered to give me my inheritance early to allow my wife to come to the UK and for me to finish my education, this will be in the region of £60,000. That combined with my own savings would satisfy the savings requirement. The money would be straight cash, no mortgaging or loans involved. I’m concerned that immigration will think we are trying to cheat the system by a) getting the money early and b) getting a lump sum of 60k deposited in my bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though I would be receiving the money early, I would still be getting it whether I was with my wife or not, just at a later date. Do you think this will result in refusal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15261" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T11:27:55.763" Title="UK spouse visa financial requirement" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13974" CreationDate="2018-06-04T18:49:15.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Referring to the rules in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/636618/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_Final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Financial Requirement&lt;/a&gt; document published by the Home Office, we look at chapter 7: &quot;Cash savings&quot;, and&#xA;(7.1) tells us that:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the first £16,000 doesn't count - so only savings over this amount&#xA;can be included in the calculations  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;income from &lt;em&gt;certain&lt;/em&gt; (not all)  other sources can be combined with savings in order to meet the requirement   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some other points not immediately relevant to your situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The calculations are described in (7.2) and for your initial entry clearance application the one you'll need to use is:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;(x minus 16,000) divided by 2.5 = y &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where x is the amount of cash savings, and y is the number which counts towards the financial requirement.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 30 months in the UK you will apply for indefinite leave to remain and at that point the calculation becomes:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;(x minus 16,000) = y &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's not relevant to you right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On page 48 there's a table with some example numbers plugged into the first formula and as you can see, in order to meet the financial requirement with savings alone you will need £62,500.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've written in your question that, in addition your own savings, you hope to receive about £60,000 in the form of an early inheritance / gift and there's nothing wrong with that, as long as you comply with the rules listed under (7.4).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The one particular part which may trip you up is the requirement that the money has been held in your bank account for at least the 6 months prior to the date of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2018-06-07T11:27:55.763" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T11:27:55.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-01T14:56:36.137" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently been accepted for Master in Pure and Applied Logic in University of Barcelona. However, while trying to apply for scholarships I am facing some problems. They are listed below,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While applying for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/estudis/suport_estudi/beques_ajuts/fitxes/general.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Grant&lt;/a&gt;, I observed that for non-EU students like me I need to satisfy the following requirement (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ub.edu/beques/grausimasters/beca_gral_mecd/02_requisits.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), &quot;&lt;em&gt;In the case of being a foreigner with a nationality of a non-EU country, they will be required to have an NIE with a permanent resident status and that they certify that the applicant and / or one of their main supporters of the family unit are workers employed by another person or own during the year prior to the call.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; So my questions are, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I get an NIE with a permanent resident status &lt;strong&gt;from India before going to Barcelona&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since neither I nor any of my family members have ever gone to Spain, I was wondering whether there is any other way to meet the requirement &quot;that they certify...prior to the call.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While applying for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vives.org/serveis/ajuts-drac-a-la-mobilitat-a-la-regio-vives/drac-formacio-avancada/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this scholarship&lt;/a&gt;, I observed that I need to enter my NIF number in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vives.org/files/2010/10/Formulari-DRAC-FA2017-18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;. So my questions are, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I get an NIF &lt;strong&gt;from India before going to Barcelona&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N. B.:&lt;/strong&gt; Please note that this is my first question on this site. If there is anything in the post that should be edited, please let me know in the comments before voting to close or downvoting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user 170039" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T02:51:03.317" Title="How to obtain NIE/ NIF for Spain from India?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-05T06:38:26.710" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a South African citizen and has been married to me (I have a Dutch passport) for 30 years. How can she obtain a Dutch passport? Both my daughters have Dutch passports. If not, how can she apply for a long term Schengen visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15263" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-05T13:50:07.507" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T15:09:25.347" Title="Applying for a Dutch passport or long-term visa" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-05T08:39:39.523" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on a Tier 2 general visa that expires on 14 July 2018. I am planning to submit my application for visa extension tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the website they state that the new visa could take up to 8 weeks to process. Which would take me over the expiry of my current visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would the implications of this be ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I rather go for the premium service?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it affect my ILR application in two years, if my visa is not processed in time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I be allowed to stay in the country after I submitted my application, after my current visa has expired?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9607" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-09T06:50:08.113" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T06:50:08.113" Title="Tier 2 visa extension" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13978" CreationDate="2018-06-05T15:09:25.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;She cannot apply for a Dutch passport without first &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;becoming a Dutch citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, one must live in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to be naturalized, but as the spouse of a Dutch citizen, she can apply for naturalization &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Exceptions-5-year-term-nationalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;even though she lives outside the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the following situations the 5-year term [of residence in the kingdom] does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are married to or are the registered partner of a Dutch citizen. After 3 years of marriage or registered partnership and having uninterruptedly lived together during that period, you can submit an application. These 3 years may also have been spent abroad. You must be living together during the whole procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, in general, someone naturalizing as Dutch must renounce any other citizenship.  In this instance as well, your wife benefits from an &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Renouncing-your-current-nationality.aspx#No_renunciation_nationality%23no_renunciation_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exception&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are various situations in which you do not have to renounce your nationality. You do not, for example, have to give up your nationality in one of the following situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are married to or are the registered partner of a Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several other requirements she must meet, including passing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Integration-in-the-netherlands.aspx#Civic-integration-for-naturalisation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;civic integration examination&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to move to the Netherlands together before she naturalizes, you can sponsor her for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family/Pages/Spouse-or-partner.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she wants a long-term visa for successive visits to the Netherlands, she may be out of luck; all she can do is apply for a regular Schengen visa and ask for a long-term visa with multiple entries.  She might get lucky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to visit &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; Schengen country with her, however, she can apply as the family member of an EU citizen, in which case her visa will be free of charge and should be issued expeditiously.  The EU right of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/displayFtu.html?ftuId=FTU_4.1.3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement of persons&lt;/a&gt; includes a &amp;quot;right of residence for up to three months.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T15:09:25.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-05T16:40:50.937" Score="3" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an American citizen, living in the US near the Canada/US border, work in Canada legally? What paperwork/permissions are required? (There is a position in the film industry I am interested in and would like to apply, but am not willing to jerk around the employer if this is not possible.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15267" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-09-10T02:11:18.713" LastActivityDate="2019-09-05T06:01:00.130" Title="Live in the US, work in Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13979" CreationDate="2018-06-05T18:49:13.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the guidance: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/extend-your-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/extend-your-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you’ve applied you can stay in the UK until you’ve been given a decision, as long as you applied before your last visa expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you do not have plans to leave the country or a need of your passport during the processing time, there is no reason to use the priority of premium services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forget how the start/end date of the new visa works. If the extension takes you up to the 6 year limit, then it does not really matter. Maybe it affects the health care surcharge if changes from one year to a little over a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T18:49:13.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13987" CreationDate="2018-06-06T05:09:17.023" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have valid visa for 3 years but when i came to USA, my passport was expiring in 1 year only. So i got I-94 validity as matching to my passport. Now i have got a new passport so can i travel to mexico by air and come back again and will it give me a new I-94 ?&#xA;can i go anytime before current I94 expires ?&#xA;What are the various documents required ?&#xA;what is the best time to go there ?&#xA;I will be travelling from Denver so which place is best to go ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15166" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T12:17:01.307" Title="Travel to Mexico for I-94 dates extension with a valid L1 visa" Tags="&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13986" CreationDate="2018-06-06T08:50:00.970" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I'm planning to move back to India, can you please clarify below the doubts I have about Social Security contributions withdrawal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q1. I have been contributing to Social Security consistently since December 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2.1 Currently I have a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis.&lt;/em&gt; Can I still get back the money or need to wait until I am 67 years old? Somebody told me that once I get this kind of visa it's not possible to get back the money immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q.2.2 If I stay more than 5 years here, can I still get back the money? Again I got information that after 5 years it's not possible to get it until the age of 67.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q.2.3. How do I apply for this amount withdrawal from India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T01:59:19.147" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T01:59:19.147" Title="Germany: Social Security contributions withdrawal rules" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13985" CreationDate="2018-06-06T09:00:04.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It should be possible. You have to wait 24 months and waive your right to a German pension, then you can get back the money you paid into Social Security (but not the part that was contributed by your employer, so essentially half of what was paid) - source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/Allgemein/de/Inhalt/Allgemeines/FAQ/International/erstattung_deutsche_versicherungsbeitraege/00_faq_liste_erstattung_deutsche_versicherungsbeitraege.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/Allgemein/de/Inhalt/Allgemeines/FAQ/International/erstattung_deutsche_versicherungsbeitraege/00_faq_liste_erstattung_deutsche_versicherungsbeitraege.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15270" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T09:00:04.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13984" CreationDate="2018-06-06T12:17:01.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can i travel to mexico by air and come back again and will it give me a new I-94 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can i go anytime before current I94 expires ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the various documents required ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your passport, your visa, and your valid I-129 petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what is the best time to go there ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Best&quot; in what respect?  For this purpose it does not matter when you go, as long as you leave the US before your current I-94 expires.  The major considerations are therefore your personal circumstances and preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I will be travelling from Denver so which place is best to go ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, for this purpose it does not matter, so it depends on your personal circumstances and preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T12:17:01.307" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-06T14:48:30.190" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancee lives in Austria and I live in Italy. Recently, she went on a trip outside Europe and would be returning soon. I found out today that my permit of stay/residence permit will be expiring one day after her return to Austria. And since the Italian system is completely broken, my fingerprint date is three months after the expiry date. Therefore six months would have passed before I can meet her. Due to other extraneous circumstances it would be infeasible for her to visit Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, my question is what are my options to travel to Austria? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have the national identity card and have used it to travel within Europe. Although it does mention that my citizenship is not EU/Swiss. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can apply for a temporary Permit of Stay, but colleagues at the International office in my workplace told me that I need to show a need to travel (work related, extraneous family circumstances). I came across this &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10739/travel-within-eu-with-expired-german-aufenthaltstitel-residency-permit&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; related to a similar situation in Germany. I think it's the german version of the temporary permit of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can apply for a Schengen Visa in the Austrian Embassy in Bratislava, Ljubljana or Munich. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my other options? Can I somehow show need to travel? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8577" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T14:48:30.190" Title="Information regarding ways to freely travel within Europe during renewal of Permit in Italy" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-06T18:52:11.007" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to London from September and was thinking of using Airbnb for the first 4-6 months before finding a more permanent place. But I find Airbnb to be more suitable for vacation and not so much for longer stays. Are there any services like Airbnb that allow me to find a room for longer stays?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15272" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-07T14:32:30.477" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T16:50:02.487" Title="Airbnb alternatives for long-term stays in London" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-06T19:45:26.780" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Germany this summer and may not have a job solidified beforehand. In that case I'd need to take out a private insurance policy to hold me over until I'm working and on a statutory plan. I've read that it's difficult to switch from private to public and would like to know if I might face any difficulties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have some old injuries. Would anyone be able to confirm that the state system accepts non-citizens with pre-existing conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you,&#xA;Aaron W&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15273" LastEditorUserId="15273" LastEditDate="2018-06-06T19:52:07.083" LastActivityDate="2019-11-04T08:17:03.707" Title="German health Insurance for New Arrival" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13981" CreationDate="2018-06-07T12:14:04.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;US citizens do need a work permit or visa to work or run a business in Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your chances of getting the job depend a lot on the job and your uniqueness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A well known actor will have no difficulty. &#xA;A set designer with a recognised personal style should be ok.&#xA;A 5 year experienced rigger might have problems because Canada can likely fill that job with local labor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T12:14:04.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13989" CreationDate="2018-06-07T13:46:33.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are numerous websites in that market, just search 'short term rooms London' &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific landlord you deal with will matter more than the agent who you go through. This goes for your long term choice as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest airBnB for 1 to 3 months while you make some connections and get to know places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T13:46:33.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-07T16:03:02.383" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife will be applying online for permanent residence as an EEA national, and we are including me (non-EEA national) in her application, so we can use the European passport return service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application wants me to include my previous Family Permit (expired) and Residence Card (still valid) as supporting documents. For me, those documents are part of my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the EPRS be able to copy and certify these pages as well? They are part of my passport, so I hope yes. But I'm concerned they will say they can only copy the bio data page, which forces me to submit my passport anyway, or leaves me unable to submit the originals of those supporting documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the council agent isn't able to answer questions in advance, and by the time I have the appointment I must already have declared in the application whether I can submit those documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any experience with getting the EPRS to copy 3 pages of a passport, instead of one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15274" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-08T08:48:21.843" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T15:02:42.890" Title="European passport return service - copying other passport pages" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13995" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13996" CreationDate="2018-06-07T16:55:27.700" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been on a scientist visa in France for about 2.5 years. I am supposed to finish my PhD in October, and my visa expires on the last day of September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already received the green light to get an extra 3 months of funding (through January), and I suppose I should be extending my residence permit sometime in July. At that time, I will not have my defense set up (I still have to produce my manuscript). How do I extend my visa / TDS for a few months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked at my lab, and I was told that it can take up to a year to renew a visa in my préfecture, during which time I won't be able to leave France. If it takes a year to renew a French residence permit, and I only need a 3 month extension, what is the best course of action here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to be able to stay in France until potentially the beginning of February. After I submit and defend my thesis, I will be applying for a visa in an asian country for a postdoc. I cannot apply for that visa until I have my diploma in hand, and I cannot stay past my defense under my current visa situation. It would be rather silly to move back to my home country (non-EU and where I haven't lived in a decade) to do that. I would also like to avoid that for personal reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it makes any difference, I am pacsé with a French national and we're considering getting married before I have to leave. We live together. I'm not sure if that makes any difference with this whole thing. I didn't really intend to go the spouse visa route until after my 3 years outside Europe was finished (especially since we will be long distance for 3 years) but I'm willing to consider it if it makes the situation any easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make matters worse, I submitted a change of address (requesting a new titre de sejour) only last week (at a different prefecture), and I have no idea how long that will take, or if it will invalidate the residence permit I already have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T18:54:48.547" Title="How to renew scientist visa for a PhD extension?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13995" CreationDate="2018-06-07T18:54:48.547" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the &quot;pacs&quot; of a French national, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1026&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can apply for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour vie privée et familiale&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Le Pacs conclu par un étranger non européen avec un Français, un Européen ou un autre étranger permet également la délivrance d'une carte vie privée et familiale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Pacs concluded by a non-EU foreigner with a French citizen, a European, or another foreigner equally permits the issue of a &lt;em&gt;carte vie privée et familiale.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2209&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page for the Carte de séjour &quot;vie privée et familiale&quot;&lt;/a&gt; contains information about applying if you are married to a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you apply for that or apply to renew your current status, it seems like you should file the application and then leave when you are ready to abandon it.  For the restriction is not that you literally are forbidden to leave France while the application is pending, but that leaving France constitutes abandonment of the application.  After you leave and abandon the application, you can still return with your non-EU passport for short visits subject to the 90/180 rule (if I recall correctly, you are from an Annex II country, so you will not need a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-07T18:54:48.547" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-08T00:56:59.933" Score="5" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is half Irish half Iraqi, and an Irish passport holder. Our marriage certificate says he is Muslim. I am Christian but in reality, we are neither and have no religious beliefs at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we move to Dubai for work, will he be considered a Muslim due to his nationality, name, marriage certificate, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will he be able to do an expat non-Muslim will, or will he have to do Shariah law will? We have kids and have a will made in our home country and understand we should do the same in Dubai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will life be stricter if they consider him a Muslim than if they thought we were Christians?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="superduper" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-08T08:40:52.503" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T01:46:15.287" Title="Dubai non-practising muslim" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;religion&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14000" CreationDate="2018-06-08T07:46:30.517" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is hard to find a flat where I live. So I went to agencies that rent for a short duration (the quickest and the only option because I have a deadline to meet). I found a flat and the landlord accepted to rent it to me. It is a short term rent (of just over 3 months) with the option of extending it. Do you think this is enough for family reunification visa in Germany or do they require a rental agreement with a longer length? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T06:15:09.803" Title="Minimum length of rental agreement for family reunification visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13998" CreationDate="2018-06-09T06:15:09.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even the law governing this (§29 AufenthG) only says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ausreichender Wohnraum [muss] zur Verfügung stehen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated: Sufficient room for living must be available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to go and ask them. Or maybe just call them. As it does not say so in the law, you should contact the exact &lt;em&gt;Amt&lt;/em&gt; you will be contacting for the title. A different &lt;em&gt;Amt&lt;/em&gt; may belong to a different regional authority and they may have made different rules for themselves in absence of a proper law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T06:15:09.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-09T10:35:50.907" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Australian and I have married my German husband in Germany on a tourist visa. I have been here for 7 weeks. I have moved here fully. I came on a one-way ticket. My tourist visa only has 90 days on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my German marriage certificate but what now? Will I be able to stay here as I am living here now? I have done all my papers as asked. What visa will I apply for and during the time my visa is being processed, will I be able to stay in in Germany with my husband and maybe study and work? Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15277" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-09T16:40:29.867" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T18:44:14.423" Title="Married in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14001" CreationDate="2018-06-09T18:44:14.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are lucky. And let me stress this. Lucky. Because this is research you do &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you move continents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are Australian, you are &lt;em&gt;exempt&lt;/em&gt; from the normal rules that apply. You do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have to go back to your home country and apply from there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to go to your landlord (Vermieter) and register with them. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With the paper you got from your landlord, you go to the civil administrations office (Bürgerbüro) of your city and register there. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; paper you go to the foreigners office of your city (Ausländerbehörde) get into a long line with all the others and when you get an appointment, you show your marriage certificate and passport. You will also need to prove a sufficient grasp of the German language (commonly called &quot;Level A1&quot;), either through a certificate &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; a quick oral test there (basically just the clerk asking you simple questions like your name and birth date in German and expecting you to answer in German to make sure your certificate isn't a total self-printed fraught) or if you actually do speak good German, you can demonstrate it there without the need for a certificate (for example by just going through all of this in German yourself).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to be at all those steps &lt;em&gt;in person&lt;/em&gt;. I'm not sure if your husband is &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt;, but it will help &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; to have somebody who knows his or her way around the German bureaucracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know German yet, the biggest problem might be A1. Try to find a course, work on it and try to do all that stuff above &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt;. German &lt;em&gt;Amt&lt;/em&gt;s are ok, as long as you are prepared, do everything they say to the letter and stay in touch and work something out with them. If you come on the last day and something is missing, that's not going to end well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T18:44:14.423" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-10T06:37:04.480" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/EN/Publikationen/Flyer/Ehegattennachzug/ehegattennachzug.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this PDF document&lt;/a&gt;, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there exceptions?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Yes. You do not have to prove any knowledge of German, as a rule, if &#xA;  one of the following statements applies:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Your spouse is a citizen of Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, the &#xA;  Republic of Korea, New Zealand , United States of America, Andorra, &#xA;  Honduras, Monaco or San Marino.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this real? I am Australian and already married in Germany and living here. I'm about to apply for a visa but I still have no German language certificates and can't speak German, as I was told and read this before we married. So I thought I can learn German on my own time (after I apply for my visa) and own money. I'm just going off their information. Surely they can't reject me for reading off their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15277" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T03:56:17.443" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T03:56:17.443" Title="German language knowledge" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-06-25T01:22:40.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14003" CreationDate="2018-06-10T07:14:36.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would you like to move to Germany &lt;strong&gt;to your spouse&lt;/strong&gt;? [...] In these cases, you must demonstrate before you enter the country that you possess a simple knowledge of German1.[...] Are there exceptions? Yes. You do not have to prove any knowledge of German, as a rule, if one of the following statements applies: [...] ¢ &lt;strong&gt;Your spouse is a citizen of Australia&lt;/strong&gt;, Israel, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand , United States of America, Andorra, Honduras, Monaco or San Marino.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to read it very carefully because it's easy to mix up, especially as anybody with some common sense will read it the other way round. This is not a translation problem, it's just as badly worded in German. But common sense and the law don't mix well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Your spouse&quot; is the person &lt;em&gt;already in Germany&lt;/em&gt;. The first sentence makes that clear. If your spouse in Germany is &lt;em&gt;German&lt;/em&gt;, that exception does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I know, it makes no sense. A Japanese person moving to their Japanese parter, neither have to prove German skills, yet an Australian moving to a German partner has to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2018-06-10T07:14:36.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-10T12:35:04.140" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for an EEA family permit with my one-year-old son to the UK, so we can relocate and settle with my husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I fill my son's form since he is one year old? Because the question's on employment, income and expenditure and sponsor details. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15150" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-10T16:34:16.643" LastActivityDate="2019-09-04T21:03:00.467" Title="Visa application for non EEA members" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13810" CreationDate="2018-06-10T20:51:19.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to user16259's answer that there is a risk which is at the moment totally unknown, the earlier your spouse arrives in the UK, the better. The longer your spouse is there before laws change, the better. And keep everything documented. You might be living in the UK for thirty years, and then some pencil pusher in the Home Office decides that it is much easier to find and remove legal immigrants who haven't documented their lifes over the last thirty years than illegal immigrants. As lots of legal immigrants found out at their expense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-06-10T20:51:19.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-11T11:04:10.047" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to the Ausländerbehörde next week with my German marriage certificate, but I do not have an A1 German certificate. I was thinking of applying at a local school that starts August 15th, 2018 so I can get my A1 certificate. I will take the proof that I have paid and applied to a school with me to the Ausländerbehörde, but from next week until August 15th is a few weeks, and even longer to complete the classes tests and receive my A1 certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: will they let me stay, and give me an extra few months to complete this course and prove my basic German language ability (until about the end of September)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15277" LastEditorUserId="6690" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T17:11:17.023" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T17:11:17.023" Title="Language A1 certificate" Tags="&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-11T15:32:52.290" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a type D visa, work permit for Germany after travelling from India. I got the visa via processing from the Indian employer. I am on deputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if I find another local employer in Germany who is offering a permanent job, is the work contract of the new employer enough for me to change/transfer the current visa to the new employer? Or do I have to apply for a new visa? Basically what is the process like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current work permit has the Indian employer's name under the remarks column, which means basically I can work only for that employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15283" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T15:32:52.290" Title="National Visa Information" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14005" CreationDate="2018-06-11T16:32:03.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect that your son &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/13845/2440&quot;&gt;is an Italian citizen&lt;/a&gt; and therefore does not require an EEA family permit.  However, it is still possible to answer this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions on employment, income, and expenses, you can write &quot;not applicable&quot; or &quot;does not apply.&quot;  These questions are actually irrelevant to the EEA family permit generally, but they are all the more irrelevant for someone who is one year old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about the sponsor, you should answer with reference to your husband.  In the context of an EEA family permit, the term &quot;sponsor&quot; denotes the EEA national from whom the applicant derives the right of free movement.  In this case, it is your husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T16:32:03.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14014" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14016" CreationDate="2018-06-10T12:01:35.357" Score="3" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen, and our business is based out of the United States. Is it possible for my partner to move to the US under a work visa if he is Canadian?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He is 17, turning 18 in February.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He is a self-taught programmer like me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The business is a software solution company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He works professionally remotely and has been for a year making $4k a month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner does not have a bachelor's degree.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner is still in high school.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner has a sister who is an American citizen, 20 years old.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner's uncle is an American citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner's parents are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; Americans.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are our options? Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15301" OwnerDisplayName="John Church" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-06-14T00:30:59.613" LastActivityDate="2018-06-14T00:30:59.613" Title="Can my business partner, Canadian citizen of 17, move to the US under a work visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1349" CreationDate="2018-06-11T17:56:12.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.insurancegermany.org/car-accident-germany-tips-save-time-get-compensated/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;What Drivers Should Do Right After an Accident in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After most &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.insurancegermany.org/car-accident-germany-tips-save-time-get-compensated/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;accidents&lt;/a&gt;, call the police, especially if people were injured. Exception: With smaller sheet metal damages the police does not necessarily have to be on the spot for accident recording.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a note of the license plate of the accident opponent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a note of the names and addresses of the drivers involved. The persons involved in the accident should have the identity papers shown, the insurance company and the number of the insurance certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write down the location and time of the accident.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write down names and addresses of witnesses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; To record the accident, you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.insurancegermany.org/europian-accident-report/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Accident Report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take photos of your own and your opponent’s vehicle damage. Photograph the entire scene of the accident from different points of view and make an accident sketch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Very important:&lt;/strong&gt; Inform the insurer as quickly as possible and never give a debt acknowledgment!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15284" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T17:56:12.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14014" CreationDate="2018-06-11T21:02:48.067" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's probably no good way to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people associate the term &quot;work visa&quot; with employer-sponsored visas.  These visas generally require at least a bachelor's degree, so they would not apply here.  You can read more about these visas at the USCIS page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Workers&lt;/a&gt;.  The E-1 and E-2 categories might work, as they are defined somewhat vaguely, but the requirements to invest &quot;substantial capital&quot; or to engage in &quot;substantial trade&quot; between the US and Canada seem unlikely to be met here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your partner's sister can sponsor him for immigration to the US under certain conditions; she must be living in the US, and she must be at least 21 years old.  (An uncle or aunt cannot sponsor a nephew or niece for immigration to the US.)  If she lives in the US, she could petition for him to immigrate after her next birthday.  If the petition is approved, he will then have to wait for a visa to become available, because the number of applicants every year is higher than the number of visas available.  The current wait time for a sibling from Canada (or from anywhere other than India, Mexico, or the Philippines) is around 13 years, so this does not seem like it will be very helpful in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option would be to apply for immigration under the investor route, but that also seems unlikely unless your partner has access to some family wealth.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-eb-5-visa-classification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB-5 visa&lt;/a&gt; provides for the immigration of people who can create at least 10 jobs by investing in a US business; the size of the investment must be at least $500,000 if the business is in a &quot;targeted employment area,&quot; or $1,000,000 if it is elsewhere.  Targeted employment areas are designated rural areas and designated areas with unemployment at least 150% of the national average.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A final option is the &quot;diversity visa&quot; lottery, more commonly known as the green card lottery.  Eligibility is determined not by country of citizenship but by place of birth.  People born in Canada are not eligible to participate, but if your partner was born elsewhere he might be eligible to enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since none of these seems likely to help, at least in the near term, it may be that your best option will be for you to look into moving to Canada, or to set up the company so it can function with your partner in Canada and you in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T21:07:49.337" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T21:07:49.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-11T21:37:36.430" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Italian nationality. I came to England in March 2016 and I regularly go to work. My father came to England today, without a visa because he came with a residence card of a family member of an EU citizen. What do we have to do next? Do we have to apply for a visa or a residence card? When we were in the airport the immigration officer put a stamp on my father's passport and it shows just the date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15285" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T02:42:09.000" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T15:29:58.480" Title="About UK visa / residence card" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-12T02:19:43.947" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employment contract to Germany mentions about an employer-funded pension. What does it mean? How will it affect my gross salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15027" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T02:38:41.727" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T16:30:52.273" Title="Employer-funded pension in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-11T19:32:42.660" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-European and I recently finished my master's degree in Germany and started a job. I needed to relocate to a different city for the job and I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently have a &lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; and it was getting close to its expiry date. So I went to my local foreigner's office and asked for an appointment to apply for a work residency since I have a job now. I was told that my file was still at my old city and that they can't do anything until then. That was last month and I was told I should go again when the residency is closer to its expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The expiry date is in two days so I went again today (that has to be close enough) and was told the same thing: No file, nothing we can do about it. I asked if there is anything I could do and was told no. I asked if I can get a piece of paper stating my current status of being stuck in limbo and was told no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How bad is the situation I'm now? Is this common? Is there anything I can do? And finally will this affect my job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="MetalDragon" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T07:17:51.163" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T17:14:48.143" Title="German residency: Unable to apply because file is still at old city and current residency is running out" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-12T13:40:17.363" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to study Master degree in Estonia start from 27 August 2018 which I have got all the document to apply for Visa (letter of university acceptance and dormitory contract of 1 year) but Thailand has no Estonian Embassy and Finland Embassy is the representative.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I asked from the Estonian Embassy said that Finland Embassy can only issue Visa type-C with 90 days of staying which I understand that it's possible to get Visa Type-C to enter Estonia first and then apply for Temporary Residence Permit later within two months. But I'm not sure if it's possible to apply Visa type C with one way ticket flight by declaring my intention to apply Temporary Residence Permit when arrival in Estonia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I booked only one way ticket because I have to study for two years.. but I'm afraid they will not issue Visa type C because I don't have return flight. To buy a return flight in the period of 90 days means that I will just need it to apply visa and won't use it, but if it's necessary I will have to buy it anyway. It's better than fly to the nearest Estonian Embassy and apply TRP there.(It's costly for me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice what should I do in this case? Try apply with one way flight with letter of acceptance from university or should I buy return ticket?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emails from Tokyo's Estonian Embassy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for your email and choosing Estonia as your studying&#xA;  destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Finnish Embassy in Bangkok could only issue short-term C-visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For studying in Estonia, you need following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         D- visa to enter Estonia - &lt;a href=&quot;http://vm.ee/en/long-stay-d-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://vm.ee/en/long-stay-d-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;·         and TRP for Studying - &#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www2.politsei.ee/en/teenused/residence-permit/tahtajaline-elamisluba/oppimiseks/index.dot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www2.politsei.ee/en/teenused/residence-permit/tahtajaline-elamisluba/oppimiseks/index.dot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is advisable to make  consular appointment in Tokyo around 2-3&#xA;  months before your departure to Estonia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You would submit the TRP application  is Tokyo, but pick it up &#xA;  already in Estonia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Normally it would take at least 3 working days to process the visa&#xA;  application, from submitting to picking up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to expedite, you could send your documents by email in&#xA;  advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Regarding the C-visa, please consult directly  with FI Embassy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Alternatively you could apply for D-visa (long –term) in Tokyo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please ask to send a copy  from the EAA  to you as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also considering about apply D-Visa to Enter Estonia in Tokyo but I'm not sure if I could proceed with what I have first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15287" LastEditorUserId="15287" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T15:43:45.517" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T15:43:45.517" Title="Is it possible to apply Schengen visa type C(90 days) with one way flight and apply Temporary residence permit at the arrival destination?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;finland&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14020" CreationDate="2018-06-12T15:09:25.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't pretend that you're only going for 90 days or less.  If you do that, you risk being refused for deception, which could lead to a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, if you haven't already asked your school about this, try to do so.  Your school may have had other students from Thailand, in which case it may know what the proper procedure is.  Some schools have an office for international students whose responsibilities include providing this kind of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your school is no help, try asking Estonia what to do.  Estonia's diplomatic relationship with Thailand is handled &lt;a href=&quot;http://vm.ee/en/countries/thailand?display=estonian_representations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;by its embassy in China&lt;/a&gt;.  The embassy's &lt;a href=&quot;http://vm.ee/en/long-stay-d-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on long-stay visas&lt;/a&gt; certainly implies that you can do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A long-stay visa must be applied for in person at an Estonian representations or at the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) in Estonia. At the time of submission of the application, 10 fingerprints of the applicant will be collected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, it would be nice to have something in writing that specifically confirms your plans and instructs you to apply for a short-stay visa.  You could include a copy of such an instruction in your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find some more concrete information than is presented here, please do return and post your own answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T15:09:25.930" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14017" CreationDate="2018-06-12T15:29:58.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing your father &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; do to remain in the UK, but he may want to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  The residence card is not required, however:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don’t need to apply for a residence card as a family member of an EEA or Swiss national, but it can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;help you re-enter the country more quickly and easily if you travel abroad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;show employers you’re allowed to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;help prove you qualify for certain benefits and services&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the UK leaves the EU, however, he (and you) &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; need documents to remain.  It is currently anticipated that there will be a transitional &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-know&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;implementation period&lt;/a&gt; during which you and your father will both need to apply for &amp;quot;settled status&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;temporary residence permit.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that having the residence card before the beginning of the transition period will not affect your father's rights.  If I were in your position, however, I would probably apply for one for the reasons noted above, and also because it will provide peace of mind for your application in the transitional period to know that your relationship and residence had already been assessed and approved by UK authorities.  I would further speculate that the existence of the prior approved application might also allow the second application to be handled more quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that your father only qualifies if he is dependent on you.  The UK will re-evaluate whether he is dependent on you.  That is, they will not accept that he is simply because Italy accepted it.  You should therefore collect evidence of that dependence so you can present it when he applies for his documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T15:29:58.480" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14019" CreationDate="2018-06-12T16:37:29.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a new &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326233/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Talk to the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; where you get the previous one from and explain the circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These &lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; are exactly meant for that situation – files are in process and you need an interim paper which states &quot;had a permission before, and we assume nothing important has changed so it still applies.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T17:14:48.143" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T17:14:48.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-12T17:34:05.307" Score="2" ViewCount="2473" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Canadian student visa. After a month, I got a rejection saying that &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Your proposed studies are not reasonable in light of one or more of: your qualifications, previous studies, missing marks sheets, academic record, level of establishment, language abilities, or your future prospects and plans&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a physics graduate applied for master in mathematics. Can this be one of the reasons?&#xA;My question is should I upload all my transcripts and certificates from school, take a written letter from the McMaster professor stating that I qualify for the program, write a personal statement while reapplying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be there in the personal statement? I don't know what &quot;level of establishment&quot; means. Please let me know asap. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sisHq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sisHq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Visa Rejection&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15289" LastEditorUserId="15289" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T19:11:49.490" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T00:52:19.363" Title="What modifications should I do before reapplication after this kind of visa rejection?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12972" CreationDate="2018-06-12T18:42:03.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only Schengen visas and &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32003L0109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long-term residency&lt;/a&gt; are EU regulated, but in both cases the decision lies with the member states. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception is the EU blue card which requires a work contract and relevant degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain does have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/CHICAGO/es/ServiciosConsulares/Serviciosconsularesenchicago/Documents/documentosvisados/retirado.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;retirement visas&lt;/a&gt; but it is possible that they prefer to promote their golden visa schemes instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-06-12T18:50:25.137" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T18:50:25.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T07:33:26.963" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;My biological father as well as his parents were born in the Netherlands. My father lived in South Africa for 18 years and never took up the citizenship of South Africa. He has since returned to the Netherlands. His parents have always lived in the Netherlands. I was born in South Africa in 1996. My mother is South African. My mother and biological father were married at the time of my birth in 1996. Subsequently my parents divorced and my mother's new husband adopted me. Am I still eligible for a Dutch passport through either my biological father or my paternal grandparents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15293" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T07:44:07.217" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T15:42:49.230" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport through my biological father and paternal grandparents?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14029" CreationDate="2018-06-13T10:06:35.773" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see this requirement in the Germany Residency Permit instructions, however the general situation seems common among multiple European countries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to Apply for German Residence Permit?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;      The steps to applying for a German Residence Permit are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Register your German address&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;      Whether you are applying from Germany within the first 90 days or  from your home country, the first thing you must do is register your new German address with the authorities. Germany has this requirement and you must fulfill it in order to be eligible for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you don’t register your address, you could get fined and your permit might be denied. After you complete this requirement, you will get a certificate which you can attach to your documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is one to get an address prior to having a residency permit?&lt;br /&gt;  Is one expected to enter into a lease which they then abandon if the residency is denied?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15175" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-06-14T00:30:48.497" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T23:01:43.407" Title="Requirement to have an address prior to applying for residency seems like a catch-22" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14026" CreationDate="2018-06-13T15:42:49.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dutch nationality law has changed several times over the last few decades, and the controlling law is that in force at the time of your birth and at the time of your adoption.  In particular, the exception mentioned below was added to the law at some point before 2003, so whether your adoption occurred before or after that point may be significant.  There is also a matter of interpretation with regard to the exception, and I am neither a lawyer nor familiar with principles of statutory interpretation in Dutch law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Introduction&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer largely depends on whether your stepfather adopted you before your 18th birthday.  If not, you are almost certainly Dutch; if so, it is not clear to me whether you are Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The answer also depends on whether your adoptive father is South African, but I assume that he is.  I also assume that you have always resided in South Africa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Analysis&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your paternal grandparents are not particularly relevant to the analysis; the first important fact is that your father was Dutch at the time of your birth, which means that you were Dutch when you were born.  The next question is then whether you have lost your Dutch nationality.  This may have happened when your stepfather adopted you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Adoption at 18 or older&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your stepfather adopted you after your 18th birthday, you did not lose your Dutch nationality.  In this case, you are Dutch and can get a Dutch passport, but you will lose your Dutch nationality on your 28th birthday unless you do one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;renounce your South African nationality, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;live for an uninterrupted period of 1 year in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the European Union, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Receive a Dutch passport or identity card, or a declaration of Dutch nationality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the third case, a new 10-year period will begin when the document is issued; in the second case, a new 10-year period will begin if you move somewhere outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the European Union.  At the end of the ten-year period, you lose your Dutch nationality unless you again reset it by one of those actions.  (There are some other exceptions to the 10-year period that apply only in rare cases; it's not necessary to consider them if you always get a new passport with enough time &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your old one expires.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Adoption before 18 years&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your stepfather adopted you before your 18th birthday, it is not clear to me whether you are Dutch.  There are several relevant articles in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/2017-03-01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is Article 14 section 4, which basically says that a minor loses Dutch nationality through the dissolution of the legal family relationship on which the Dutch nationality is based.  An adoption normally breaks the family relationship between the child and the birth parent; if that happened with you then this paragraph would apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second is Article 16, section 1(a), which says that a minor loses Dutch nationality when being adopted (among other things) by a non-Dutch parent, if the child gains the nationality of the non-Dutch parent &lt;em&gt;or already has it.&lt;/em&gt;  Since you were already South African and were adopted (I assume) by a South African man, this paragraph may apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &quot;may&quot; because of the third relevant portion of the law, Article 16, section 2, which regulates exceptions to section 1.  Paragraph (e) provides an exception for a minor who was born in &quot;the country of the acquired nationality.&quot; This would clearly apply to you if you had acquired South African nationality through the adoption, but since you already had it, you did not acquire it at that time, and it is not clear whether this exception applies.  It may apply because you acquired South African nationality at the time of your birth, or it may not apply because you did not acquire South African nationality at the time of your adoption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, as mentioned in the disclaimer above, it is also not clear whether this exception existed at the time of your adoption, because I do not know when it was added and you have not said when you were adopted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the adoption occurred when you were younger than 18 years, therefore, both of the following must be true for you to be Dutch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering Art 14(4), the adoption did not sever the legal parent-child relationship between you and your birth father.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering Art 16(2), this text was added to the law before your adoption, and it also applies in cases where the child would lose Dutch nationality because of already having the same nationality as the adoptive parent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Advice&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask the consulate to make a determination.  You can start either at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/passport-and-identity-card/applying-for-a-dutch-nationality-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a Dutch nationality certificate&lt;/a&gt; or at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/passport-and-identity-card/applying-for-a-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a passport or identity card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The certificate costs €30, while a passport costs €130.77.  I would therefore apply for the certificate first, unless the consulate will make the determination of your nationality before you submit a formal application, in which case I would just apply for the passport (I don't remember when I had to pay the fee when I did this about 15 years ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to talk to a Dutch lawyer who specializes in nationality law, immigration law, or family law.  You might be able to establish that somehow your adoption did not sever the legal relationship with your birth father.  Perhaps the adoption was not valid under Dutch law even though it was under South African law.  A lawyer in the right area of practice should also be able to clear up the question of whether the Art 16(2)(e) exception applies to a child who already has the nationality of the adoptive parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't wait.  If you reach your 28th birthday without taking care of this, you will certainly lose your Dutch nationality if you didn't lose it earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T15:42:49.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14027" CreationDate="2018-06-13T15:47:05.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How is one to get an address prior to having a residency permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll need a long-term rental contract (i.e. 3 months or more). A place to live may be difficult to find, but once you have signed the contract and received a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt; (letter of confirmation) from the landlord, you can go to local &lt;em&gt;Bürgeramt&lt;/em&gt; (citizen office) and register at the new address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you can continue with residency application, registration address will be printed on the residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if the first place to stay is a hotel or short-term flat, it could be possible to register at the address, if the owner gives the confirmation letter. This will allow official post to come through during first weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15294" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T15:47:05.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14018" CreationDate="2018-06-13T16:30:52.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your employer has to make contributions to your pension, your social security, and your health insurance in addition to your gross salary.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should ask your employer whether you have to make contributions to your pension (this is the normal case), or whether they make all the contributions (this is unlikely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The HR department of your employer should be able to provide a detailed breakdown (even if the HR/admin department is one part-time secretary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T16:30:52.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T14:13:58.427" Score="2" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is living in Austria. He is wanted in Pakistan because he committed a murder. He wants asylum in Austria. Would the government there let him stay legally, or they would it deport him? Would he qualify as an asylum seeker or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15303" OwnerDisplayName="Mubarak Saith" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T18:27:52.140" Title="Pakistani wanted for a crime wants asylum in Austria" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14031" CreationDate="2018-06-13T15:57:28.677" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Austria does have a bilateral &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;extradition&lt;/a&gt; treaty with Pakistan. So the likely answer is yes, they would probably send him back (and not just deport him, but put him in shackles and send him back as a prisoner for the Pakistani authorities to take).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, before Austria extradites your friend, it's likely to demand the promise from Pakistan that the death penalty be taken off the table.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if your friend was unfairly persecuted for some reason, and if the murder was committed in self-defense, perhaps, there is a chance of asylum, but since we really do not know anything about his case, any kind of speculation, without having such information, would be futile on our part. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15309" OwnerDisplayName="Stephan Branczyk" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T15:57:28.677" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2018-06-13T20:25:38.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have entered Australia 3 times in the last 10 years on a Dutch passport, because my Australian passport was expired. I have not at any time taken my expired passport with me. The only hassle was a slightly longer queue at passport control.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15296" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T20:25:38.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T18:04:51.710" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a Schengen visa to visit Spain for 90 days and took a 3-month language class. Now I want to extend my visa in Spain to study more. Any suggestions on how to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched some ways to apply for staying more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a couple claim certificate (I have a Spanish boyfriend in Madrid, same city I study). But I found out it said you have to live together continuously 12 months to be able to claim for that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a job. My friend's cousin owns a company here, but don't know how to make document for me to stay without going back to my country first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the school to extend my student visa, but a visa under 6 months can’t be a student visa, and can’t be extended.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone with experience help, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a lot to go back and come back again. I even think I may stay illegally. But I don’t know what happens after that, as I will be forbidden to come back Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user79143" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-14T01:46:52.387" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T11:41:59.830" Title="How to extend my visa in Spain to stay studying language?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9148" CreationDate="2018-06-14T00:35:18.453" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is 2 years, not one year, but from the date they accepted your file, not the date you were notified of approval.  And that is only if they are notified of the divorce and issue a new birth certificate to you within those 2 years--and then catch on about the dates, and then want to pursue you...I think, I am no expert.  Considering the age of this original post, wondering how this ended for you, charlotte?  I think posting current status, or ultimate resolution when there is one, would be helpful for others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15298" LastActivityDate="2018-06-14T00:35:18.453" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14037" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19850" CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:16:23.480" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a international student (non-EEU) and a scholarship holder obtaining Master's Degree in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I initially planned to finish my studies in 4 semesters but due to certain circumstances I need one additional semester to finish my studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, my student visa and scholarship (non-extensible) expires in September 2018 but I would like to finish my studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: &lt;strong&gt;can part-time job contract be considered as a proof of income&lt;/strong&gt; for the application of student residence permit extension in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15299" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T08:46:38.553" Title="Proof of income student visa extension Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-14T15:51:15.637" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to obtain a visa for a child born in the UK to Portuguese and Indian parents so to facilitate them to return to India and re-enter the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15306" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-06-16T02:25:34.737" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T06:01:55.323" Title="Child born to Portugese and Indian parents in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-14T19:27:49.047" Score="2" ViewCount="846" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are an international couple (I am from Italy, my partner is from Iran). Until now we always overcame Schengen visa requirements by meeting in Turkey, where we can both enter with just an ID card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Italian embassy in Teheran is plagued with corruption, it's basically impossible to even get an appointment for applying and this situation has not changed in 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a salary that could sustain both of us, a place to stay and we would like to be together for finally getting married here. Since Italy does not provide a marriage visa, the official guideline is to apply for a tourist visa. A proof of employment, property and an appropriate bank account budget are required in order to process and pass the visa request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner is currently unemployed, and has no properties. Given the fact that these fair requests are made to avoid illegal immigration and overstaying under a tourist visa, but our purpose is to create a family and live together, is there a way to bypass these requirements that make no sense for us and also prevent us to accomplish one of the basic human rights like having a family?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to make clear that the Italian consulate in Teheran does not provide civil office services, so getting married in Iran is not possible, and the Iranian marriage has no value in Italy. Turkey provides a civil marriage under the Monaco Treaty but only for residents and Iranian authorities in Turkey do not allow a foreigner to marry outside the country, stating that they are not authorized to release the appropriate documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is going to happen if we just show up at the border without a visa but with the intention of marriage that will be confirmed by the marriage itself afterwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my only idea left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your replies. This is not meant to be a desperate or sentimental appeal, I just hope this community can help me like it always happened before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15308" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-15T15:16:32.870" LastActivityDate="2018-06-15T15:16:32.870" Title="Entering the Schengen area for marriage purposes without meeting tourist visa requirements" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-14T23:10:40.417" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask about EEA national. I am Italian but my father has a Indian passport and he depends on me . My father has a residence card of a family member of a union citizen. Now he came hear with me without visa under article 10. I would like to ask you what I can do next? Can I apply directly for permanent residence card or I need a apply for EEA family permit.thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15311" LastActivityDate="2018-06-15T15:11:49.580" Title="EEA national under article 10 can apply permanent residence card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-15T06:26:42.833" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Sweden for 2 years until 2008 and have a minor son born there. He resides with me in India on an OCI as I am divorced and my husband moved away from Sweden. Can I bring my son after he is an adult and work and live in Sweden? I have a Swedish ID but need a duplicate ID card and to know if it is valid. I need to change my Indian address on the migration certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15313" LastEditorUserId="6690" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T01:21:52.317" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T01:21:52.317" Title="Swedish ID validity" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14038" CreationDate="2018-06-15T11:12:27.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can establish the child is a Portugal citizen (I don't know Portugal's rules on this) then they won't need a visa as they are an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, they can enter the UK as the dependent family member of an EU citizen. You'll need to prove that with a birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-15T11:12:27.743" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14040" CreationDate="2018-06-15T15:11:49.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary to have an EEA family permit before applying for a residence card.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card/Documents you must provide&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For each person on the application you’ll need to provide:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a current passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 passport size colour photographs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one passport size colour photograph of your European Economic Area (EEA) national (or British citizen) sponsor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your EEA family member’s valid passport or national identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of your relationship to your EEA family member - such as a marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate, birth certificate, or proof that you’ve lived together for 2 years if you’re unmarried&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to provide proof of one of the following, depending on your eligibility:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that your EEA family member has a permanent right of residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that your EEA family member is a ‘qualified person’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that you qualify because of a ‘retained right of residence’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that you qualify for a ‘Surinder Singh’ application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowhere is the EEA family permit mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-15T15:11:49.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-16T06:54:20.553" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a resident of Sweden but moved after living there for 2 years. Can I move back with my minor son who holds a Swedish passport? Can I reactivate my Swedish personummer and get a duplicate card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15313" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-07T18:55:53.830" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:53:05.827" Title="Activation of Swedish personummer" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-16T21:22:10.117" Score="3" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan on initiating my German Blue Card application from the US. However, one of the required documents at my appointment at the German Consulate in Chicago is my current passport. Will I get my passport back after my appointment at the consulate so I can continue traveling to other countries for vacation while my Blue card is being processed, or will I be &quot;grounded&quot; during the 1-3 months it takes to process my Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kay" LastActivityDate="2018-06-17T04:38:54.527" Title="Do I get my passport back while my German Blue Card is being processed?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-17T21:48:03.690" Score="6" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada to parents who are Chinese nationals and who have not settled abroad. Under Article 5 of the Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China (quoted below), that means I am a Chinese national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality.&#xA;  But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Canada is &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt;, I also have Canadian citizenship. I have never acquired a Chinese passport, even though by the Nationality Law I am a national. Can I apply for a Chinese passport now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15320" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T02:28:08.483" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T15:43:46.830" Title="I was born in Canada to Chinese parents who have not settled abroad. I'm now 22 years old. Can I apply for a Chinese passport?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14037" CreationDate="2018-06-18T09:55:02.537" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A work contract is not considered as proof of financial resources. The rational behind this is: you lose your job - you have no income. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T09:55:02.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7987" CreationDate="2018-06-18T11:12:38.333" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;over the weekend I searched for a definitive answer and I could not get one.  My scenario is that on Saturday when collating all of the documentation for a trip back to the UK on Tuesday I noticed that my sons Australian passport expired today (Monday).  We fly tomorrow. My son is a dual citizen with a British passport.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the information I received so contradictory.  The airline Guest Contact Centre said that it is fine, your son has a passport that will allow him into the UK, and you should be able to get back into Australia with the expired passport along with proof of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The travel agent said we could 'risk' it, but if we went to the airport and then could not board, we would basically lose our tickets.  Other posts I read suggested that it is a manual process, but immigration resolve the paper trail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called the Passport office later on Saturday and they gave me an appt for Tuesday.  I was not offered Monday as I did not have any extenuating circumstances as to why I needed a passport.  I think if there was a death or if someone was in hospital they would be a little more sympathetic.  The scheduled appt was 3 hours before my flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only single piece of information that I got from a number of people was to head to the Passport office first thing on Monday morning and see if you can get the passport issued the same day.  So armed with all the documentation, photos, birth certificate, itinerary, my son and I headed to the Passport office.  We were the second people there and at 8:30 they let us in.  3 of the first 4 people in the office were people without an appt and were flying within the next 48 hours.  As we were being served the volume of people in the queue for no appt continued to grow, so I knew this scenario happened more often than you would think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My sons passport was issued at 3:30 today, we are now able to catch a flight tomorrow.  This may not be an option for someone not living to a major city, but from my experience, you either have to go this pathway or hope that &quot;should&quot; is flexible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont know if this post will help anybody, but the passport office can issue a passport within 24 hours, but get there early and be prepared to wait. - AJ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15321" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T11:12:38.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14055" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-18T12:26:02.913" Score="5" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if I can apply for ancestry to the UK with two of my great-grandparents being born there. Their daughter, my grandmother, was born in South Africa, but both her parents were born in the UK in the late 1800s. I can produce copies of both great-grandparents' birth certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15323" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-18T12:37:58.773" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T14:06:44.377" Title="Ancestry rights to the UK through great-grandparents" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14055" CreationDate="2018-06-18T14:06:44.377" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;criteria for the UK ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt; are quite clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Overview&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a Commonwealth citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are applying from outside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are able to prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are able and planning to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;meet the other eligibility requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the third bullet point.  You must be able to show that at least one &lt;em&gt;grandparent&lt;/em&gt; was &lt;em&gt;born in the UK.&lt;/em&gt;  That you have a grandparent born in South Africa whose parents were born in the UK will not help in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T14:06:44.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14027" CreationDate="2018-06-18T23:01:43.407" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The point is that the residence permit really is for staying long-term but your initial entry doesn't have to be long-term. For example, for many international students in Germany, even if the study might last for 4 semesters, the initial &quot;student visa&quot; will only be valid for &lt;strong&gt;three months&lt;/strong&gt; upon entrance in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to be able to sign a rental contract and get a residence permit (usually valid for 2 years) within these three months after you first arrive. Later, the German authority will only need to check your passport + residence permit for reentry to Germany. The initial visa will not be particularly relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T23:01:43.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-19T10:43:42.273" Score="1" ViewCount="742" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left China a few months ago after cancelling my WP, but my residence permit is still valid for the next six months (stamped). My ex employer wanted to cancel the residence permit as well, but I was in hurry to leave China, so we didn't do anything about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm not sure what would be the validity of my RP since I've left mainland China. Can I fly in and out showing the same RP at Chinese immigration? Will I be flagged at the airport and get in trouble doing so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15326" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-19T11:02:30.130" LastActivityDate="2018-10-16T03:01:10.673" Title="Validity of Chinese residence permit upon work permit cancellation and leaving China" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14060" CreationDate="2018-06-19T11:01:48.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When your work permit was cancelled, your residence permit was also cancelled, at least in the Immigration database. If an Immigration officer scanned your passport's ID page, your status would come up on their screen, and they'd know you're not a resident anymore. The officer will start looking for a new vvisa, won't find one (but will find your residence permit and cancel it), and ask you where your visa is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At which point you'll be sent away. No penalties, usually, unless you try to argue and make a nuisance of yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just get a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-06-19T11:01:48.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13994" CreationDate="2018-06-19T14:38:13.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case it helps anyone else down the line, the EPRS confirmation says they copy &quot;all relevant pages&quot; of your passport.  It turns out, at least in my council office, that means the EPRS service copies your entire passport.  So the pages containing my family permit and old residence card (along with every other visa and travel stamp) were included in their certified copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15274" LastActivityDate="2018-06-19T14:38:13.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14063" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14069" CreationDate="2018-06-19T15:07:06.490" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;The national employment visa has &quot;§ 2 ABS 1 BESCHV (BLAUE KARTE EU) AUFENTHALTSDAUER ENTSPRICHT GULTIGKEIT&quot; in the remarks. Can someone help understand what this means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15027" LastEditorUserId="15027" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T01:57:59.547" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T08:16:35.557" Title="German National Visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-19T21:18:45.747" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Canadian Govt website says that an applicant will remain in the pool for 1 year. What happens after that? Do they inform the applicants about the &quot;invitation to apply for PR&quot; exactly after a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15329" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T13:20:42.160" Title="How long should I wait for being invited after being accepted in the eligible pool for Canadian PR?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14071" CreationDate="2018-06-20T03:23:20.523" Score="3" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved to Canada from the U.S.  I have Permanent Residency in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like buy a new Volvo in Canada and return with it when I snowbird in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My research so far is that I will owe 2.5% duty on the car as I cross the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I don't know is: will I need to modify the car in anyway to be compliant with U.S. laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Volvos do not allow FULL switching between Kilometers and Miles.  Specifically a Canada Volvo will display kph on the speed dial and a U.S. Volvo will display mph.  It counter intuitive that they just don't make this easy to change on a configuration screen on the car, but the salesman said Volvo intentionally does it to &quot;protect markets&quot;.  I confirmed this both at a U.S. dealer and a Canadian dealer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is: the speedometer will switch the smaller digital speed display (so maybe that will pass inspection?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the experience of others importing a newish Volvo from Canada to U.S.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I imported my car from U.S. to Canada, Canada had a list of cars and what would need to be modified and what cars just plain could not be modified (Spoiler: U.S. Teslas cannot be imported into Canada.)  So when I brought my car in I had some idea of what needed to be done to pass inspection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a list of cars that can be imported into U.S. with little or no modification?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15331" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T03:59:35.733" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T03:59:35.733" Title="Buy a new Volvo in Canada and import into US" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-20T07:05:03.540" Score="7" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently been faced with the challenge of shipping my personal effects, and was missing a web-based service I would think should exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ticket fare aggregators - for passenger carriage - are incredibly useful for expats and in general, both for finding flights to book and for understanding which carriers do which routes, how prices and frequencies vary during the day, the week or longer periods of time, etc. I still remember the days of yore where such systems were only available to travel agents, and even then with some limitations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But those days of yore seem to still be the present when it comes to sending cargo, rather than people, by air: you find some kind of agent company, they offer you some options on carriers, prices and conditions, and you choose among those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, isn't there some fare aggregation website for shipping cargo? Of course this would not be exactly the same, since you're not booking a specific flight at a specific time: your cargo can be split up, and delivery times are somewhat flexible. But it seems to me such an aggregator should be possible in principle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm not looking to ship cargo myself (I'm already done with that, for now), so this a general question / for next time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If these mechanisms do exist, please explain what they do/how they work and/or describe their features, but don't argue for why any one is better than any other.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T07:16:57.700" LastActivityDate="2019-09-29T01:01:50.387" Title="Is there a fare aggregator for shipping like there is for personal travel?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;online-resources&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-20T07:40:28.293" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you leave a (rental) apartment in the Netherlands, you want to stop paying your utility bills, namely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Water&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LP gas &amp;amp; electricity (often/always go together)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Municipal taxes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Internet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How exactly does this work? Specifically, can you do this when you've already left, or do you need to do it earlier? Is there important information you need in order to complete the disconnection? Should you actually disconnect or can you transfer your contract/liability to the next tenant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T14:28:55.223" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T17:49:43.367" Title="When leaving an apartment, how does the utilities disconnection work?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;payment&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-06-25T01:22:51.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14067" CreationDate="2018-06-20T07:40:28.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as &lt;strong&gt;Internet service&lt;/strong&gt; is concerned, some companies (e.g. KPN) require a full month's notice for disconnection. Also, if you were using a router they provided you with - they want it back. They should mail you a box, that you then place your router in and send back to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it's not that easy to find the disconnection information on some websites; specifically, for KPN, cal 08000402 (they can speak English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Will add to this answer as I figure other utilities out.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T07:54:24.260" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T07:54:24.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14063" CreationDate="2018-06-20T08:16:35.557" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It says tha according to §2 part 1 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besch%C3%A4ftigungsverordnung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Beschäftigungsverordnung&lt;/a&gt; (Blue Card EU) you can stay in Germany as long as your visa is valid. (As opposite to visitor's visa which often have a shorter period of stay than validity period).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T08:16:35.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14067" CreationDate="2018-06-20T14:22:42.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Water, gas, electricity: If you have a direct contract with them (it does not go though the person/company you rent from), visit their website or phone them up and cancel your agreement. Depending on the company, there may be a notice periode. Have your customer number etc. ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also need the gas/water/electricity usage numbers, if they don't have them already or come to collect them. You can read them from the respective meters, and should keep them until you have paid the final bills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot transfer to the next tenant, but you can take the contract with you if you move location. If you move to another utility company, &lt;em&gt;the new one&lt;/em&gt; can/will handle the transfer for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T17:49:43.367" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T17:49:43.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14065" CreationDate="2018-06-20T16:18:45.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a retired California attorney. While I practiced, I represented several private vehicle importers. While my knowledge isn’t current, the little research I did to prepare this answer shows the current situation is generally unchanged since I was active. Here are a few comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A resident of Canada may drive a Canadian car across the border and keep it in the US for up to a year. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; CBP page, about half-way down. The vehicle does not need to meet US EPA (emissions) or DOT (safety) specifications. However, the car must be exported from the US (for example, driven back into Canada) within one year; no extensions of time are allowed. I don’t know if there are limits on how many times one may do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you wish to privately import a non-exempt vehicle (vehicles are exempt if they’re more than 25 years old) and register it in the United States, the car must comply with EPA and DOT requirements. A vehicle’s compliance can be certified only by the vehicle’s manufacturer, or by an aftermarket “independent compliance importer.” ICIs make whatever modifications are required, certify the vehicle’s compliance, and then release it to the owner. This work isn’t cheap. And as you note, you’ll pay duty as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The folks at the border are US Customs and Border Protection. The CBP web page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;linked above&lt;/a&gt; gives an overview of this process. EPA has more detailed information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and DOT has more detailed information &lt;a href=&quot;https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a car built for Canada might be mechanically and electrically identical to a car built for the US (rationalizing production keeps costs down), car manufacturers are fanatically defensive about their distribution channels. Neither the manufacturer nor its captive importers will certify that a particular built-for-country-x car also satisfies US requirements. The car may in fact do so, but you will receive no help or assistance in getting documentation that might satisfy CBP, EPA or DOT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you’re determined to register the car in the US, you’ll have to deal with an ICI. If you’re aiming at US registration of a newish car, and aren’t made of money, you’ll be much better off to buy a US vehicle in the first instance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-06-21T21:45:51.620" LastActivityDate="2018-06-21T21:45:51.620" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-20T19:32:53.007" Score="1" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;My O-1 visa expires next week, so I have to stop working then, but my lawyer says I can stay up to 10 days after my visa expires (My I-94 has the same expiration date as my visa). But I am paranoid that I will be obtaining a &quot;unlawful stay&quot;. I will likely come back to America for work or to visit friends, and I wouldn't want that to get in the way. But those 10 days would help me a lot as I have a lot to organize before I leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did find this on the USCIS site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As an O nonimmigrant, the beneficiary may be admitted to the United&#xA;  States for the validity period of the petition, plus a period of up to&#xA;  10 days before the validity period begins and 10 days after the&#xA;  validity period ends.  The beneficiary may only engage in authorized&#xA;  employment during the validity period of the petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/o-1-visa-individuals-extraordinary-ability-or-achievement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/o-1-visa-individuals-extraordinary-ability-or-achievement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I assume I will be ok?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would appreciate the feedback of anymore familiar with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15335" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T22:20:07.387" Title="O-1 Visa Expiration Date" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14072" CreationDate="2018-06-20T22:20:07.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, when your visa expires is irrelevant. A US visa is only for entry and has no relevance to your stay inside the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What determines how long you can stay is your status, as determined by your I-94. When you entered, the officer is allowed to admit you up 10 days before your petition begins, and up to 10 days after it ends. You did not state when your O-1 petition expires, but it likely expires at the same time as your visa, as the visa was probably given a length of validity to match the petition. So the CBP officer at entry could have admitted you on your I-94 until 10 days after your petition expires, but he apparently didn't, as you are only admitted until your petition expiration date on your I-94. Whatever the officer admitted you until on your I-94, is when you have to leave. You do not get to stay any number of days beyond the date on the I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wanted to stay longer, you could apply for Change of Status to B-2 (personal visitor) status with I-539. This costs several hundred dollars, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-06-20T22:20:07.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-20T23:32:15.180" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American student who will be studying abroad in Paris. I am studying in France for 1 month this summer (July 3 to August 13) and then returning August 24 to stay for the year. I obviously will not need a visa for my 1-month stay, which is good, because Campus France is still processing my application. Unfortunately, my Campus France application won't be processed until mid July, at which point I will be in France. Since visas take 2-3 weeks to process, I won't have enough time to get my visa back in the States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that being explained, will it be possible to make a visa appointment in Paris? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for what to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15336" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-21T03:16:35.307" LastActivityDate="2018-06-21T03:16:35.307" Title="Can I apply for a French long-stay visa in France?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-22T13:28:34.613" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;For matters of inheritance and Finnish bureaucracy I need a &lt;em&gt;virkatodistus/elää-todistus,&lt;/em&gt; which proves that I am alive and thus can inherit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Denmark. The document provided by the Finnish &lt;em&gt;maistraatti&lt;/em&gt; only covers the time when I lived in Finland. How can I get the relevant document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can think of three possible ways, one of which is expensive and slow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the Finnish Ministry of foreign affairs to procure the documentation. This costs at least 100 €. &lt;a href=&quot;https://um.fi/asiakirjojen-ja-osoitetietojen-hankkiminen-ulkomailta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Reference&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe the Finnish embassy could prove that I am alive if I appear there with a passport? I cannot find information concerning this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe the Danish authorities can create a relevant document. Since the Nordic countries are very good at accepting the documentation of each other, there is hope for this to be true.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15341" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T15:35:59.083" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T15:35:59.083" Title="Finnish virkatodistus when living in Denmark" Tags="&lt;denmark&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;finnish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-22T17:28:59.737" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working for Employer A and will be in H1B status starting October 1st. Currently I am on OPT. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to switch back to academia and have a postdoctoral offer from a university in my current city. How long after October 1st could I leave my current job and start the postdoc (i.e. switch H1B employers)? Is there anything preventing me from doing that on October 2nd? Is it possible to do this even before October 1st?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addition I: As my H1B application has been &quot;accepted&quot;, i.e. selected in the lottery, is it even possible for my new employer to file an H1B petition that is guaranteed to be selected? Or does it complicate things that my new employer will be a university instead of a private company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addition II: Is there anything preventing a cap-H1B visa to be &quot;valid&quot; in academia? My salary will meet the minimum requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15344" LastEditorUserId="15344" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T17:37:41.383" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T17:37:41.383" Title="Getting H1B on October 1st. Can I switch jobs right away and move to academia?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14079" CreationDate="2018-06-22T18:29:10.917" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the US and will be in H1B status starting October 1st. If I take a job in the UK with a different employer in January, do I forfeit my H1B status? If I want to move back to the US in two or three years, will I be cap exempt? That is, will a potential employer be able to provide me with an H1B without going through the lottery? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15344" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T20:27:33.340" Title="Leaving the US on H1B. Will I be cap-exempt in the future?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14078" CreationDate="2018-06-22T20:21:57.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I take a job in the UK with a different employer in January, do I forfeit my H1B status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as US immigration law is concerned, you lose H-1B status every time you leave the US.  An H-1B worker can regain H-1B status on re-entry to the US only if the employer's petition (I-129) remains valid and the worker remains employed by the employer.  So yes, if you take a job in the UK with a different employer, you will lose your H-1B status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I want to move back to the US in two or three years, will I be cap exempt?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H-1B cap exemption depends mostly on who employs you (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1184#g_5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1184(g)(5)&lt;/a&gt;), so the answer to this question depends on who sponsors you when you return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That is, will a potential employer be able to provide me with an H1B without going through the lottery?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This depends on who the potential employer is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T20:27:33.340" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T20:27:33.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14080" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14081" CreationDate="2018-06-23T04:49:34.680" Score="3" ViewCount="860" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two years ago I had applied for Portuguese citizenship &lt;em&gt;(As my father is a Portuguese citizen by descent)&lt;/em&gt; while I was in Goa. Then I traveled to the UAE with a visa on my Indian passport. After being in the UAE for a couple of months, I received a letter from Portugal with my Portuguese birth certificate. So, being in the UAE, I applied for my Cartão de cidadão, and now will be appearing for an appointment to apply for Portuguese citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family resides in the United Kingdom and I wish to join them there. My visa here in the UAE on my Indian passport expires in a few months and I am planning to cancel it and directly go to the UK showing my Portuguese passport at the airport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to travel to the UK from the UAE, if I show my Portuguese passport at the airport exit and not surrender my Indian passport? I plan to surrender it in UK. Any guidance will be highly appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15350" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2020-03-01T18:42:57.557" LastActivityDate="2020-03-01T18:42:57.557" Title="Can I travel to the UK from Dubai with a Portuguese passport but without surrendering my Indian passport?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uae&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14080" CreationDate="2018-06-23T05:45:10.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UAE doesn't care about your Indian passport. Neither does the UK. They wouldn't know what to do with it. You can't surrender it to either immigration service...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exit the UAE on your Indian passport, and enter the UK on your Portuguese passport. Show the airline in the UAE both passports (so that they see you are (a) legally in the UAE, and (b) can go to the UK without a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to surrender your Indian citizenship, visit the Indian embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T04:28:40.740" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T04:28:40.740" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-23T07:13:50.867" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;During my interview at my regional prefecture for application for French nationality (dual in fact because I hold a British passport in my married name) the interviewer noticed that I had omitted to include my married name on the first page of my application form. Only my maiden name was entered. She queried this and said that should I be granted French nationality it was likely that my French ID card would be in my maiden name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I have been divorced for over 30 years I still use my married name. Is it possible to ask for both names to appear on my new card and who should I write to about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15351" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T01:49:10.343" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T01:49:10.343" Title="Can I have both married and maiden names on my French ID card?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14082" CreationDate="2018-06-23T07:48:39.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure it would possible, since you're been, and France considers that you don't have a link to that name any longer. However, generally speaking if you want to a family name to your ID papers (ID card, passport), there's a line or two in the form for a &lt;strong&gt;request&lt;/strong&gt; to add an extra name. Usually it's called a &lt;em&gt;nom d'usage&lt;/em&gt;, and would appear after your last name. Say your maiden name is Davies, and your ex-husband is Smith, were the request to be accepted, your family name would read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Davies, usage Davies-Smith&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have never seen a naturalisation form, so I've no clue whether this is an option or not. What you can try to do is when applying for a French passport, and fill out the optional lines for the extra name request. But whether this will be accepted is another story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-06-23T07:48:39.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-23T08:57:33.013" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a physicist and I am planning to take a break and move to India for a year or so. I would love to teach while there, but I don't know anything about the Indian system... are teachers hired directly by each school, or is there a central system? And what about teaching at the university level? Any tip will be very useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it might be helpful: for my PhD I developed a new microscopy technique for materials science. I did some postdoc work afterwards. I also spent a few months teaching math and physics at an Italian high school. I have extensive experience working with X-rays and neutrons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3772" LastActivityDate="2018-10-07T08:34:06.540" Title="Teaching in India" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3227" CreationDate="2018-06-24T00:52:20.690" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your children would not have valid passports and/or visas for the country you're going to, hence refusal to board from the airline! Simple&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left Australia without my Australian passport once but was lucky enough to have time for them to take 2 hours at the airport to confirm my identity using my UK passport (easy to enter UK). I was then noted in the system so an early return to the airport in UK allowed a check and I was able to return to Australia without my Australian passport as well. Not to be recommended though! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15353" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T00:52:20.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14064" CreationDate="2018-06-24T13:20:42.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am guessing you are talking about Express Entry. I think you are misinformed. After you are in the pool, if your score is higher than the cut off score in any of the draws, you get invited to apply for Permanent Residence right away. If your score is lower and you don't get invited and an year passes, your profile is marked as inactive and taken out of the pool. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-06-24T13:20:42.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-24T15:52:07.183" Score="3" ViewCount="295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, with a job offer in the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the documents needed for a visa is a proof of accommodation. This is quite annoying, as I don't want to rent an apartment before coming to the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While looking for advice on the internet, I came across a few companies that claim to sell a &quot;virtual proof of accommodation letter&quot;. This is essentially a letter saying I have an accommodation by this company, but it seems to me this is not real accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a legit way to get the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15356" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-24T17:26:06.103" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T06:52:25.287" Title="Virtual proof of accommodation letter for the Czech Republic" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-25T10:36:10.213" Score="3" ViewCount="988" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling out a UK student visa application, and it asks for my &quot;country of permanent residence,&quot; but it does not provide a definition for this term. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently reside outside of my country of citizenship on a &quot;temporary residence permit&quot;, which will expire before I leave the UK. However, I am eligible to extend this permit to a date later than when I will be departing the UK. Furthermore, I am eligible to apply for citizenship by registration in my current country of residence, although I have not yet done so. I have no home address in my country of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I declare my current country of residence as my &quot;country of permanent residence&quot; and apply from here, or will I have problems (given that my visa expires before my date of departure from the UK)? I can explain on the application that the visa can be renewed beyond the date that I will be departing the UK, that I am eligible for citizenship here, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar question was asked: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13766/what-is-my-permanent-residence-address-when-i-have-no-permanent-residency-an&quot;&gt;What is my &amp;#39;permanent residence address&amp;#39; when I have no &amp;#39;permanent&amp;#39; residency anywhere in the world and no place in my home country?&lt;/a&gt; but refers to general legal documents and banking, rather than UK-specific visa definitions &amp;amp; regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5946" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T10:36:10.213" Title="What is my country of permanent residence for UK visa purposes?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2018-06-25T16:22:53.113" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TransferWise&lt;/a&gt; is the best service for sending money out of Japan recently. They have a modern web interface and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/pricing/jpy-to-eur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rates are very reasonable&lt;/a&gt;. I've used them myself to send money to the UK and the process was very smooth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.retirejapan.info/blog/transferwise-revisited&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RetireJapan's review&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The website is in English, it's simple and easy to use, and everything can be done online easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fee is low and the exchange rate is as good as you are going to get (they use the interbank rate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Setting up new beneficiaries can be done online in minutes, and the site remembers information from previous transfers so sending money to the same person takes seconds to set up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T10:40:08.313" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-25T20:00:37.737" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a sworn French translation of my latest diploma, but from my understanding that translation companies in the US are not &quot;sworn&quot; translations. How should I go about getting my diploma translated? Are there any French companies that provide this service to US customers? Are there any American companies that provide services which a French University would accept?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From the NY French Consulate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are no sworn translators in the United States. The profession of translator is not regulated and its practice does not require any validation of professional credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://newyork.consulfrance.org/Translators&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://newyork.consulfrance.org/Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the NY French Consulate, perhaps I could use ATA certified translators? Would this be acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email I received from The University of Toulouse:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An important clarification concerning the French translation of your documents. A sworn French translation​ is required for your latest diploma only​ (the equivalent of a Bachelor in IT or superior), all other documents can be presented in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Campus France Application:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The original copies of your secondary school diploma, your higher education studies diploma and a certificate proving that you have successfully completed your 3th year of higher education studies. If the original documents are not in French, they must be accompanied by a sworn translation from a French consular agent of cultural services of French Embassy or a French consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2197" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-10T13:44:31.420" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T13:44:31.420" Title="Sworn translation of latest obtained diploma" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="621" CreationDate="2018-06-26T04:28:25.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ADAC solution is indeed valid, but you have to be aware that you cannot just walk into their office and get it on the spot. It takes for weeks for a license in a non-latin character language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15359" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T04:28:25.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13866" CreationDate="2018-06-26T05:03:17.943" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try registering here (check the below url) and adding ur receipt number. That worked for me. &lt;a href=&quot;https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15360" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T05:03:17.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14095" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14573" CreationDate="2018-06-26T08:11:09.487" Score="0" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had an interview in Germany 3 months ago and visited on a Schengen visa. To apply for a Schengen visa, I just needed the interview invitation letter with basic other documents, such as the application form, my passport etc. Nothing was complicated in that. Now I got the job offer and received the detailed contract from the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that applying for a work permit/visa would be as easy as before, but it looks a little bit confusing. First of all, what visa do I need to apply for? I couldn't find the application form for this type on any website. If I would need to apply for a residence permit, then where should I apply (German embassy in Oman?) and what form do I need to fill? Do I need a verification of my PhD degree? I am currently working in Oman with a Pakistani passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15363" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T07:55:19.123" Title="Requirements for German work visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-27T09:58:31.277" Score="0" ViewCount="509" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on Tier-2 ICT in tje UK. My wife applied fo4 a Tier -2 ICT. It was refused mentioning the reason below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On your application form you have stated that you have not received a caution, reprimand, warning or similar penalties in the UK or any other country. Home office records show however that you were cautioned twice by XX Constabulary on 1 April 2015. I am satisfied that you have used deception. I therefore refuse your application in accordance with paragraph 320 (7A) of the immigration rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should note that because this application for entry clearance has been refused under paragraph 320(7A) of the immigration rules, any future application may also be refused under paragraph 320(7B) of the immigration rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refusal under paragraph 320(7B) of the immigration rules attracts an automatic refusal period of up to 10 years. The period starts from the date of the previous event in which the deception or the submission of falsified documents or information was employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was in the UK in 2015 on a previous Tier-2 ICT. She was in a shop and came out without paying the bill when she got an urgent call. So she was cautioned by police only once. As it was a minor thing (which she thought and doesn't even remember), she didn't mention that in the new application that was refused now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the possible options to get the visa now? Can an administrative review help here? Can she apply for a new dependent visa mentioning all these in the new application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15368" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T15:09:23.483" Title="Tier-2 ICT refused under 320(7A)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-27T13:21:46.967" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;CIC has received my TRV application on June 20. My flight is scheduled on July 29, from Toronto to Beijing. I am a recent student at the University of Waterloo, and I have just extended my study permit. I use the new study permit to apply for the TRV. However, my old TRV has already expired before the new application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that some people say it usually takes 2-4 weeks to get a new TRV. Now, I have been waiting for a week. Does this 2-4 weeks time include the mailing time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think I should cancel my flight now? Or, it is safe for the current time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15369" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-29T14:47:26.200" LastActivityDate="2018-06-29T14:47:26.200" Title="How long before I get my new Canada TRV (temporary resident visa)?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14099" CreationDate="2018-06-27T13:28:55.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Refusal for deception is serious and you should consider employing a specialist lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that the caution was given for a minor offence is not the issue here. The form asked about cautions and not declaring them is seen as lying to get a visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12133" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T13:28:55.227" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14106" CreationDate="2018-06-27T14:15:59.393" Score="4" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's green card application is on hold, waiting on my I-864 (US taxes.. bah! Don't open a Limited in the UK if you're a US citizen unless you're ok with paying $1200 to have your personal US taxes done).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have done the interview portion at the London embassy already. They handed back the x-ray in an envelope. That envelope had a handwritten 'exp. {date}` on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're concerned that we will have to enter the US before that date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus: Does the x-ray expire once the embassy has reviewed and approved the immigrant visa. If so, what happens? Do we &quot;just&quot; need to get another medical? Or does the whole process start over - medical, interview, resubmit forms, new legal clearance etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers from personal experience would be great - actual references to legal code would be absolutely fantastic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11735" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T19:11:26.017" Title="For US immigrant visa, does the chest X-Ray actually expire even once you have the visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-27T14:49:13.413" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;How far in advance (before the start date) can I apply for a US J1/J2 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a US J1/J2 around 6 months ahead of the start date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15371" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-29T10:20:39.007" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T12:02:35.480" Title="How far in advance (before the start date) can I apply for a US J1/J2 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13940" CreationDate="2018-06-27T15:16:24.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, potentially. It depends on the wording of the refusal. Once a deception is on record, any future application may also be refused (for up to 10 years, I believe) under paragraph 320(7B) of the immigration rules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/674002/GGFR-Section-5-v29.0EXT.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Grounds for Refusal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15370" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T15:16:24.827" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-27T18:53:34.077" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;A good friend of mine, who lives in Switzerland, wants to leave her country and move to Sweden. The reasons for this are neither being job related, nor rooted in having a community or friends there that she wants to live with. Instead, her wish to live in that country stems from a deep love for the country, its culture and predominantly for the local scene.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This situation leaves her with having neither a guarantee of a job, nor a place to live when she will arrive, both being a necessity when starting to live in a country. To help her, I have some related questions about the topic, that I hope to find answers to here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there any guidelines to finding a job abroad in Sweden? Looking for work is rather difficult when you're not around, so I thought maybe there are general steps one should follow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there communities that help you migrating to Sweden? I can't imagine that she's the first person who wants to live there, without communities, employer or partners being the reason for the migration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In general - Is searching a job and moving to the location of employment the best option one has? Or is moving to a place with a good infrastructure a better option?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give additional information that might be of help answering the question: my friend already lived in Sweden for 2 years, and speaks the language to a B2 level. She has a Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, but hasn't worked in the field for 4 years now. She is a Swiss citizen, and doesn't have a Swedish identity number. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15357" LastEditorUserId="15357" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T18:10:32.893" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T18:10:32.893" Title="Starting point to find a job and place to live in Sweden while being abroad?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14102" CreationDate="2018-06-27T19:11:26.017" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM030202.html#M302_2_3_C&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The validity of the medical examination is the subject of 9 FAM 302.2-3(C)&lt;/a&gt;, and in most cases it is valid for 6 months. This isn't the only clock that is running, as there is also a requirement in law to enter the US within 6 months of the visa interview while police certificates and photographs have their own (longer) expiration schedule, but in the typical case it is the 6 month anniversary of the medical exam that determines the expiry date of the immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my own case I did the medical on March 1, interviewed on March 10 and received an immigrant visa that expired on August 31. My case was in administrative processing for an extended period so my visa didn't issue until early August, leaving me only 3 weeks to use it to enter. The time you spend on outstanding stuff you need to deal with after the interview generally doesn't change the visa expiration date, it only delays the visa issuance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer your question, immigrant visas have an expiry data and the visa your wife ultimately receives will likely have that set to the 6 month anniversary of her medical. She must arrive at a US port of entry on or before the visa expiry date to enter as a LPR. I'm not sure what happens if you don't manage to have the visa issued by then but I suspect it will involve redoing or replacing anything that has expired, including the medical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T19:11:26.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-27T20:11:15.617" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question I partially direct at Syrians or former Syrians about how their state or former state sees emigration, particularly but not only political emigration and economic emigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15373" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-28T09:00:19.990" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T09:00:19.990" Title="What is the standpoint of the Syrian government on emigrants from Syria to other countries?" Tags="&lt;safety&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-07-01T22:29:03.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-28T07:27:53.870" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding the accommodation requirement of a UK spouse visa. My wife is a British citizen but the place she is staying in is under receivership and she has been given a 2-month notice to leave the premises. She went ahead and secured another place, a one-bedroom apartment plus a seating room, bathroom, toilet and a kitchen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm worried because the place is new, which means there are no utility bills or council tax bill. Will it be OK if I procede with the visa and use just the tenancy agreement and a letter from the landlord saying that I'm permitted to stay in that property?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15375" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-30T11:32:56.463" LastActivityDate="2018-06-30T11:32:56.463" Title="Accommodation requirements for a UK spouse visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14109" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14122" CreationDate="2018-06-28T13:09:15.963" Score="4" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a naturalized US citizen, and this past January I have started the process to sponsor my brother for US permanent residency. His case is still processing and has not been approved yet, it usually takes about a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the meantime, my brother received an offer on his own to spend time in the US on a J1, exchange visitor visa, which is a non-immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is his J1 approval jeopardized by the fact that there is an apparent immigrant intent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15376" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-06-29T08:44:16.350" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T00:26:31.357" Title="Combination of I-130 and J1" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14110" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-28T14:27:43.037" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;A colleague of mine has confessed to me that he applied for asylum in the US with a fake story about persecution in his home country. His application is in the last stages of processing and I'm afraid that he would be granted asylum despite not deserving it in the slightest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I report this fact to the authorities? ICE has a tip off line about illegal aliens, but my colleague currently has legal status so he's not technically illegal. Is there a specific tip off line for asylum fraud?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15377" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T14:27:43.037" Title="Where can I report US immigration fraud?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-28T15:53:41.680" Score="6" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently an EU citizen...however that EU citizenship is British thus is greatly under threat. Further I'm an ethnic minority so...let's just say I don't feel safe with the direction the UK is heading. Not to mention the economic downturn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily I might have a job opportunity in Copenhagen to offer me an escape. The problem with this I see is that Denmark requires 9 years of residence for citizenship. Which is a hell of a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once upon a time I lived in Sweden. I was there for 2 years. I know that Swedish citizenship requires 5 years of residence. Though I think my previous 2 years do not count this is still a more manageable length of time. I am confident I can get my Swedish up to a fluent level with a year or two study too so that's a worry gone there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm thinking....maybe if I get this Copenhagen job I can live in Malmo and commute daily? Many do this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trouble is...I hate commuting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as a possible alternative I'm thinking to keep two residences. Buy myself a proper home on the Swedish side and rent a room to crash in on the Danish side.&#xA;The job seems to offer flexiable working and is in the kind of industry where I expect I'll be working like a dog some days and then have some lengthy downtime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder, how can this dual residence thing work for the purpose of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am determined above all to do this right and above board- being 100% legally living in Sweden but off the books renting a room and hope nobody notices I'm not home as regularly as a normal person would be isn't something I want to risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I build years of residence in both? Officially living in two places or must I pick one as my primary?- I assume the latter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many nights of the year must I ensure I am in my official place in order to make it count?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15378" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T15:53:41.680" Title="Living in Sweden &amp; Denmark- building citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-28T16:52:11.193" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (U.S. citizen) studied abroad in France from August 2017 to May 2018, but the visa issued to me -- Type D, multi-entry -- is for the entire year (e.g. August to August).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding, then, is that I can legally stay, even if my study program is over since my visa/residence permit doesn't expire until August 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, I have a question re: the 90/180 day rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I can travel to other Schengen zone countries for up to 90 days within a 180 day period by using my visa. However, I would like to know if these days count toward the 90/180 day tourist visa rule, or are these 90 days separate? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, let's say I travel to Austria while I have my French student visa for 90 days. Then, my French student visa ends, and I leave the Schengen zone. Will I have another 90 days that I can use to stay in the Schengen zone, or would my stay in Austria count towards this time, barring me for 180 days? Also, how does this work practically since there is virtually no border control between Schengen countries? How would they be able to count the days of my stay in other Schengen countries while I'm on my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15379" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T01:49:14.317" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T01:49:14.317" Title="Can I stay in Europe after I complete my studies as long as my visa is still valid?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14103" CreationDate="2018-06-28T18:10:38.337" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply as soon as you have the required paperwork from your sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15376" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T18:10:38.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-29T12:13:28.330" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Situation:&#xA;I'm a U.S. citizen who studied abroad in France for a year using the type D long stay visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While studying in France on my visa, I traveled to other Schengen countries for around 90 days total during the final part of my visa duration. However, my passport was not stamped throughout my travels within the Schengen zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my visa is expired, and I am back in the States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to wait 180 days before traveling back at all to the Schengen zone since I spent my 90 days already in other Schengen countries while on my visa? For example, let's say I want to visit as a tourist for 3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15384" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-06-29T14:46:24.367" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T13:41:46.393" Title="Does the time spent in OTHER Schengen countries on a D visa count towards the 90 tourist days?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7903" CreationDate="2018-06-29T15:21:21.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it turns out, my wife could get an ITIN only if she was going to be claimed as an exemption for my taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IRS doesn't seem to deliver ITIN for any other reason, so we waited for my &quot;treaty rights&quot; to be exhausted, and filled out an application when we did our taxes the next time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there is another way to proceed, but it seems that you can't get an ITIN in other scenario, and hence you can't fill l W8-BEN or W9.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2018-06-29T15:21:21.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-29T18:02:46.197" Score="1" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a UK Tier 2 visa holder from China. I resigned from my position in the UK and got a job in Germany. If I travel outside of the UK, could I still use my Tier 2 visa to enter the country within 60 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15386" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T09:48:25.780" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T09:48:25.780" Title="UK Tier 2 visa validity after I quit my job" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14109" CreationDate="2018-07-01T00:26:31.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that while it might take a year for your I-130 petition to be approved &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it is likely to take more than a decade for a visa number to become available&lt;/a&gt;. If the I-130 prevented your brother from entering the US in most non-immigrant statuses he would need to stay away for a very long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, while a pending or approved I-130 petition does not unambiguously impute immigrant intent in the way that an immigrant visa or AOS application would, it does raise his burden to show ties to his home country that demonstrate the likelihood of his return home at the end of the J-1. That is, while the I-130 in no way bars him from applying for the J-1 it does increase the probability that he might not get it. Since a visa refusal might have follow-on effects this is a case where one perhaps would want to consult a lawyer about the application to ensure it is well-founded enough to be worth the chance and that the application itself does what it can to be convincing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T00:26:31.357" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14117" CreationDate="2018-07-01T13:41:46.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does the time spent in OTHER Schengen countries on a D visa count towards the 90 tourist days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  In theory, if you spent the last 90 days of your French D visa in the Schengen area, but not in France, then you must wait 90 days (not 180) before reentering the Schengen area under the &quot;short-stay&quot; rules.  Any day of the last 90 that you spent entirely in France, however, reduces the theoretical wait time correspondingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &quot;theoretical&quot; because there's no systematic enforcement of this rule.  When you reenter the Schengen area, there is not generally going to be any way for the border officer to know whether you spent any time in other Schengen countries.   The rule exists mainly so it can be enforced in unusual cases, such as when someone comes to the attention of the police for other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T13:41:46.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-02T00:17:21.947" Score="3" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Tunisian, and reside in Tunisia. I do not hold any type of visa or work permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am spending a two-month internship in Germany as part of my Engineering curriculum. Do I need a ZAV document for the visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: a zav document is a consent letter from the German labor agencency for foreigners to work in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15394" OwnerDisplayName="Fakher Mokadem" LastEditorUserId="15394" LastEditDate="2018-07-02T15:42:31.173" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T12:00:30.020" Title="2-month paid internship visa for Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14292" CreationDate="2018-07-02T20:28:24.577" Score="7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of things have changed in March 2018 regarding visas. While I try to stay up to date on these things, one very impacting change blindsided me recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been interviewing with a large company based in Melbourne since February, and I've managed to ace their interviews. They were on the verge of offering me the job, but were stumped by the Australian Immigration Service, since the restrictions changed while we were interviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recruiter now claims they will be unable to hire me no matter what, since my country of origin (The Netherlands) is on a &amp;quot;Restricted Countries&amp;quot; list, apparently. He also mentioned that they are facing this problem with numerous candidates, and as a company they are suffering from these new restrictions made by the Immigration Service. He said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real road block has been the Australian Government VISA changes and our HR Services team have been spending a lot of time getting our heads around all of the new policies, changes and any work-arounds or exceptions we could muster before we came back to you with a final answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the Netherlands is on the “Restricted Countries” list so no matter how hard we try we cannot sponsor anyone from this nation (amongst many others)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are of course still able to apply yourself and try to obtain sponsorship as an individual, but we can no longer assist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the initial disappointment, I became a bit skeptical. I thought I knew what those new rules affected, and this is the first time I heard The Netherlands is banned. If I knew, I wouldn't have spent countless hours during night-time doing Skype interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of days after initially asking this question, I received a message from the recruiter with a clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear regarding the VISA situation, it has since been explained to me in much more detail; &lt;strong&gt;There is a list of countries&lt;/strong&gt; (including the Netherlands) that are on a list that if we wish to sponsor people from these nations we need to satisfy an incredibly stringent criteria and submit what the government calls “Labour Market Testing”. As a Business we have chosen not to change our methodology in order to satisfy these requirements as it compromises a number of key business policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where can I find this list of countries?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T01:57:37.103" Title="From which countries can Australian companies no longer sponsor candidates without testing the local labour market?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14126" CreationDate="2018-07-03T09:49:02.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. ZAV deals with foreigners who are looking for a job in Germany or with Germans who are looking for a job abroad. You are not in any of these two categories. A letter from the company where you'll have your internship must be enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T09:49:02.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-03T10:50:35.573" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in New Brunswick, Canada and I am not currently a permanent resident, so I have to pay 14,000 dollars for my school (currently in middle school). I was wondering if I could go to school for free by either using my academic skills or without them? i.e: I have a bronze medal in math olympiad and I won a math contest in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15397" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-03T14:24:43.507" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T14:24:43.507" Title="Going to school for free while not being a permanent resident in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-03T22:01:29.480" Score="4" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;Below is my conversation with the Visa Officer (VO). I tried to recreate the conversation as best as I could remember. I have another appointment for the visa interview in a week. Please help me improve any aspect that I might have done wrong. Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Me: Hello, Good Morning?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Good Morning, pass the i20 and Passport please!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Here you go.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Georgia Institute of Technology! Personal Funds! So, how are you going to manage this much money?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: I have 134,000 dollars in my accounts. Moreover, my father can provide any further expenses that might occur.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: In which account?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: In multiple accounts.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: How did you get this much money?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Well most of the money is from my mother's savings, that I got after she passed away from cancer 7 years ago, as I am the only child.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: How did your mother get this money? What did she do?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Well most of the money is from mother's saving….&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Yeah, I know, but how did she get it?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Well my mother used to run a private medical school, alongside my father, who is a government doctor and some of his colleagues. There, primary health care was taught to students who enrolled in the program…&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Typing for a while…..&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Waiting&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Typing…..&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Should I show you my account statements?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: uhmm.. No need.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Okay...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Typing…..&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: &lt;em&gt;waiting&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Can I add something?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Go ahead.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: My father works as a government doctor. Presently he is posted as Assistant Director, for the Ministry of Health, Government of Bangladesh. He also has a private practice.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Typing…&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Sir, … how did you get here today?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: By car.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Is that your car? Do you own that car?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: No, I rented that car.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: Oh! You rented that car! Okay.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: &lt;em&gt;dumbfounded&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  VO: &lt;em&gt;Typing for a while again. Hands me the white leaflet.&lt;/em&gt;  Sorry Sir, you do not qualify for the visa you have applied for. Have a good day!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Me: Thank you sir.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15403" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T23:40:10.730" Title="First time F1 visa went wrong and rejected. Help me rectify for 2nd time!" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-07-05T09:28:07.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14133" CreationDate="2018-07-03T23:40:10.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Others may give other suggestions, and your US university should give you advice as well, but I'll focus on your last line &lt;em&gt;&quot;Thank you sir.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;  This is understood as gracious acceptance of the officer's decision, but gracious acceptance won't help you much in this or any American legal matters.  You will get better results by being &lt;strong&gt;polite but assertive&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be polite but assertive, you need to prepare ahead of time by learning the rules that the officer is required to follow.  For example, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-denials.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US State Department page on visa denials&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If denied a visa, in most cases the applicant is notified of the section of law which applies. Visa applicants are also advised by the consular officer if they may apply for a waiver of their ineligibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prepared with this and further understanding of the US visa process, at that point you might say something like &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Could you tell me the reason?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; or even more boldly &quot;I believe I'm well qualified, do I misunderstand?&quot;  Even if the officer still denies the visa, at least you will get some clarification about what went wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-03T23:40:10.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14146" CreationDate="2018-07-05T07:37:00.170" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got German permanent residence (Niederlassungserlaubnis) and planning to take break from work for 2 - 3 months to travel and think on startup plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, how much do I need to pay for medical insurance? Currently I've got AOK public health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-05T14:48:24.027" LastActivityDate="2018-07-05T20:34:14.577" Title="What will be the fee for public insurance when unemployed?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-07-11T18:32:11.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-05T11:39:04.593" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has probably already been asked before but I can't find it so apologise in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently travelled to Florida on your typical theme parks holiday and I have fallen for the USA and have been wondering if it's possible for someone like me to be able to make the move! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a degree and I don't have sponsorship from a family member that lives there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from the UK and currently live in the UK I can obviously get an ESTA but I have nothing that can get me a green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to go over on the 90 day waiver and gain work and stay there and get a green card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;James &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15410" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-06T08:11:06.913" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T08:11:06.913" Title="Wanting to move to USA and stay" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-05T12:54:56.207" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Polish citizen. My husband is Egyptian. We live together in Egypt. I have never been to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are refilling application on the visa4uk website and one of the questions made us a bit confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is the UK address given the permanent address of the EEA National?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We chose option 'no'  because I don't have a permanent address in the UK. I had to put another address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What address we should put here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The address where we are currently living in Egypt (Address mentioned in our marriage certificate).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The address from Poland as I am still registered there as a permanent resident (although I left 9 months ago).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15412" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-05T19:06:17.240" LastActivityDate="2018-07-05T19:06:17.240" Title="Address for an EEA family permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14141" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:22:59.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has some working holiday programs for young adults - but not with the U.S. (Would Canada suffice?)  Otherwise, unless you have a valuable skill, a great deal of wealth, close family connections, or simply get lucky and win the so-called green card lottery (not an option for most UK citizens), no, you cannot simply settle in the United States because you want to.  (Even citizens of the British Commonwealth, like Canadians and Australians, can't simply move to the U.K., even though their countries were formerly tightly politically connected to the United Kingdom in relatively recent times - in Canada as recently as 1982.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to the U.S.'s immigration website and see if you qualify - but based on what you've stated in your question, it's highly unlikely that you would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14278" LastEditorUserId="14278" LastEditDate="2018-07-05T16:41:50.130" LastActivityDate="2018-07-05T16:41:50.130" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14145" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-05T19:48:02.563" Score="5" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked at the various related questions but mine does not quite fit. I am a US citizen marrying my Italian citizen partner in the USA and want to then go to Italy for an extended stay (4-5 months), not permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do here in US before going? Or what does he need to do in Italy before I can come over? Can I go on a Schengen visa waiver and then when there register our marriage and get a residence permit? Or should I register our marriage at the Italian consulate in the USA and then apply for a family visa here in the USA? Not sure what the best approach is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15414" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T03:06:18.090" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T06:00:44.467" Title="Marrying an Italian citizen in the USA. I want a 4-5-month visa to be with him in Italy. What do I need?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14139" CreationDate="2018-07-05T20:34:14.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not have any income during this time, you will be treated as if you had an income of € 1015 monthly (as of 2018). On this amount, you pay around 15% for health insurance and typically 2,8% for long-term care insurance. The exact rates depend on where you live, among other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, you will need to pay around € 180 a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8307" LastActivityDate="2018-07-05T20:34:14.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13460" CreationDate="2018-07-06T03:14:04.417" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can tell employers that E-3 is similar to the more well-known H-1B, but somewhat easier and only available to Australians. One aspect that's easier is that if you're applying for E-3 from abroad, your employer doesn't have to do Form I-129. If you're applying from in the US, refer to Giorgio's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To compare:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;E-3 from in the US requires LCA and I-129.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;E-3 from abroad requires LCA and E-3 visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H-1B from in the US requires LCA and I-129.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H-1B from abroad requires LCA, I-129, and H-1B visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the visa is also necessary if you wish to leave the US and re-enter in the same status.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/australian-professional-specialty-visas-e-3/required-documents/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page from the US embassy in the UK&lt;/a&gt; lists the required documents for an E-3 visa, particularly the LCA, job offer and proof of academic/professional qualifications. Strangely, the US embassy in Australia doesn't seem to have a webpage about getting an E-3 visa, but they can probably give you more information if you call them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T03:14:04.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14141" CreationDate="2018-07-06T03:37:32.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although it won't help you stay permanently, since you mention Florida theme parks, you might be interested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://jobs.disneycareers.com/cultural-representative-program&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Disney's cultural representative program&lt;/a&gt;. It would be a &lt;em&gt;non-immigrant visa&lt;/em&gt; (probably J-1) so you would have to show your intention to return to your home abroad afterwards. But it could be a longer and more interesting experience in the US than you can get as a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T03:37:32.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-06T17:25:33.027" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Irish father served in the French Foreign Legion 1950-1955. He fought in Dien Bien Phu and the Battle of Algiers. He never claimed his French nationality and died in 2000. Do I have any claim to French nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15415" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-07T03:55:27.473" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T03:55:27.473" Title="Father French Foreign Legionaire" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14150" CreationDate="2018-07-06T22:54:08.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.legion-recrute.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=39&amp;amp;block=26&amp;amp;titre=can-a-foreign-legionnaire-become-french&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This French Foreign Legion webpage&lt;/a&gt; says that a Legionnaire may apply for French citizenship after three years' service, or at any time after being &quot;wounded in operation.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the same rules were in place in your father's time, he could have applied for French citizenship after three years of service. Because he did not, it seems unlikely that his offspring would be able to do so now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T22:54:08.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13866" CreationDate="2018-07-06T23:10:46.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Validation Error(s)&#xA;You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My Case Status does not recognize the receipt number entered. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance, please call the USCIS Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if there are any issues you should call the number shown above&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15416" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-07-08T10:31:52.563" LastActivityDate="2018-07-08T10:31:52.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13735" CreationDate="2018-07-07T20:09:38.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out this issue was caused by a mistake by the DMV and it's not related to EAD at all. They were not attaching my documentation properly so my case was in a forever pending state. The people that work at the DMV were not recognizing this scenario and they wouldn't allow me to speak to a supervisor either. I had to contact my University Director, she contacted a DMV director and only then a manager accepted to review my case and attach my documentation properly. This took me 3 months and 9 visits to the DMV, it would be resolved so much easier if they allowed me to speak to a supervisor in the first place. I know there are other people with similar situation so this is probably caused by lack of training when dealing with J-2 visa holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15068" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T20:09:38.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14159" CreationDate="2018-07-08T16:03:37.177" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine obtained political asylum here in the USA about a year ago. Now due to family circumstances (death in the family) he wishes to visit his native country X, from which he's a refugee. Technically speaking, he doesn't have to go; but it concerns his close family, so there's a very strong sense for him to be there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can he travel to his country of origin without jeopardizing his refugee status? I mean, he sought asylum due to conditions that presented threat to his and his immediate family's life and well-being. He's afraid that traveling back, albeit for a short visit and for a family reason, may be viewed as contradicting his reasons for seeking asylum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10742" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T02:05:09.133" Title="Refugee in USA, needs to travel to his country of origin" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14158" CreationDate="2018-07-08T20:50:12.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;He would be taking a very, very, very big risk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has refugee status presumably because being in his own country would be a risk for his life. If he is willing to return to his own country to attend a funeral, then this is obviously a total contradiction to his claims that he made to get refugee status. So trying to return, he might be in for a nasty surprise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if he rightfully received refugee status, then returning to his home country is obviously dangerous and it means risking his life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-09T02:05:09.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T02:05:09.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-08T22:05:49.700" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a situation to which I cannot find an answer by reading articles online. I'm hoping that someone here can help. Listed below are the documents I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I-797B (i.e. H1 was applied under consular process).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My current EAD, which expires on July 27, 2018.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have filed for EAD extension and will get the soft copy of the receipt sometime next week and the hard copy probably 2 weeks from now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My travel to India is currently planned from July 13 to July 29. So I am arriving 2 days after my current EAD's expiry with the EAD extension receipt. I will also have a newly issued I-20. Is it safe to come back on 29th July, and will these documents be sufficient for my re-entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;I have an F-1 visa now valid till 2020. I am on OPT now (EAD expires July 27) and have applied for STEM OPT extension just a few days back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10863" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-09T11:35:30.193" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T21:03:09.747" Title="Re-entering the USA with EAD extension receipt and I-797B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-08T22:29:02.213" Score="3" ViewCount="641" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has been working and living in the Netherlands for the last 8 months;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is an Indian citizen;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a residence (and work) permit for the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while I myself&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have been working and living in Belgium for the last 13 months;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;am an Indian citizen;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a residence (and work) permit for Belgium.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have decided I want to live near the border, but in the Netherlands rather than in Belgium, with my wife, as I continue working in Belgium. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? If so, what about taxation? Since I'll continue working in Belgium, I assume I'll be paying taxes there; will I also have to pay taxes in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15423" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-07-09T18:55:31.797" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T16:26:40.627" Title="Non-EU (Indian) citizen living in the Netherlands and working in Belgium" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-09T09:12:40.260" Score="2" ViewCount="462" Body="&lt;p&gt;My SA driver's license has expired a while ago and I now that I reside in Italy I would like to apply for its renewal. I called the SA consulate in Rome, and it has advised me to look up the requirements online but their website doesn't seem to indicate them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please advise me regarding this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-10T06:08:14.290" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T06:08:14.290" Title="Renewal of South African driver's license while living in Italy" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-09T10:27:02.140" Score="1" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany for the past 3 years. My wife is not working but she has a residence permit in Germany and a Blue card just like me. We are expecting a baby in January 2019. We are planing to go to India for delivery and she will come back along with the baby when the baby turns 6 months. I have the following questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I get any parental leave (paid or unpaid) even if my wife is not working? If yes, how long?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I get Elterngeld as everyone gets in Germany or is there any difference if the baby is born outside the EU?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15425" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T22:05:07.437" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T22:05:07.437" Title="Parental leave in Germany, if wife is not working" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14162" CreationDate="2018-07-09T14:17:24.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching &quot;renew South Africa drivers license&quot; yielded many results.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sahc.org.au/drivers-license.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt; was from the South Africa High Commission, which seems to act in a consular capacity for the South Africa government. This site (from the SAHC in Australia) contains this text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Renewal of Driving Licence Card for applicants who reside outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Applicants should note that a Driving Licence Card cannot be renewed without the applicant applying in person as new fingerprints, photographs, signature and an eye test needs to be submitted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T14:17:24.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14164" CreationDate="2018-07-09T14:41:21.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as the contract of employment was done under German law, you can take 3 years of elternzeit, regardless of the employment status of you wife and your residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind : &#xA;Elternzeit has to be announced at least 7 weeks before beginning it.&#xA;You are guaranteed A job on return, not the job you had (but you are also guaranteed your salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15270" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T14:41:21.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-09T17:54:34.047" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is from Bangladesh. He is studying for a Master's in Spain. Recently, he went to Bangladesh on vacation, and got married there with a Bangladeshi girl. He is currently in Bangladesh, although he will leave soon. He wants to bring his wife to Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can he do? What is the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15430" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T01:36:05.737" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T01:36:05.737" Title="Can someone bring his wife to Spain (he is non-EU, and studying for a Master's in Spain)?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10451" CreationDate="2018-07-10T10:14:25.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I decided not to register because from the information provided by the other answer it seemed that for stays less than 90 days the penalty must not be that high. In the end I did not get a fine, the border office was a bit puzzled and I explained that I thought registering online was enough. The officer cancelled my visa, so then I re-entered with a regular tourist visa because I had only a few days left before leaving the country. It is important to note that &lt;strong&gt;I didn't need the visa to perform any bureaucratic duty&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;if you need to exit and re-enter on the same visa you have to register it before exiting&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11372" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T10:14:25.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14092" CreationDate="2018-07-10T13:35:14.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be safe I followed the translator advice on the NY consulate's website and I used a French company based in Grenoble: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.certifiedtranslationsonline.com/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.certifiedtranslationsonline.com/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In total for a translation of my undergrad diploma and my undergrad transcripts the total came to 143.25 euro. Seemed a little pricey, but the process was convenient and quick. Turn around was 5 business days to download the documents. They also sent the originals (included in price) internationally to the US via La Poste.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These translated documents will be needed when I register with the university in person at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. I will update to see if everything goes successfully when I register at the University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2197" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T13:35:14.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14240" CreationDate="2018-07-10T15:11:34.667" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife joined me last week here in Germany with a family reunion visa. We have an appointment at the district office (Bezirksamt) this week so she can register. The marriage certificates we have are in English and another one in French. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Will they ask for a German translation? Does it have to be legalized/certified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastEditorUserId="13340" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T12:49:55.040" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T12:50:10.463" Title="Registration in Germany with an English marriage certificate" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14161" CreationDate="2018-07-10T16:13:53.350" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know about Belgium-Netherlands taxation specifically, but the general rule is that you are liable for taxation in &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; countries, but tax paid in one country will be deducted from tax due in the other.  The net result is that you end up paying the higher tax rate overall.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commuting across this particular border is very common, so I suggest talking to a local tax advisor or accountant in the Netherlands to find out exactly how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-07-10T16:13:53.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13981" CreationDate="2018-07-11T03:01:37.493" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For American work in Canada, you should get &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadianimmigration.com/working-in-canada/nafta-work-permit/professional/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TN visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://tnvisaexpert.com/overview/americans-mexicans/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;also&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under NAFTA, the TN Visa or TN-1 Visa enables Americans to work in&#xA;  Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TN_status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wiki: TN Status&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TN status or TN visa is a special non-immigrant status in the United&#xA;  States, Canada, and Mexico that offers expedited work authorization to&#xA;  a citizen of these countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastEditorUserId="2243" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T22:00:10.670" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T22:00:10.670" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14161" CreationDate="2018-07-11T09:27:43.910" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/tax_arrangements/tax_treaties/tax_treaty_between_the_netherlands_and_belgium/residing_in_the_netherlands_and_working_in_belgium/avoiding_double_taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Belastingdienst website&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you reside in the Netherlands, you have to declare all of your income, even if the tax levy on that income has been designated to Belgium. &lt;strong&gt;However, you do not pay tax on that income twice.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We first calculate the tax on your entire income. After that, we calculate the tax that you must pay on the income that is also taxed in Belgium. For that amount, &lt;strong&gt;you will get a relief from the tax to be paid by you&lt;/strong&gt;. This is called double tax relief (on the tax return notice this relief is called 'relief for taxation elsewhere').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are the official source of information on the topic of taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding health insurance, you need to pay for insurance in the country where you are working. If you work in both countries, it depends on the ratio if you'll need to pay insurance in both countries. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grensinfo.nl/gip/nl/nlwebe/zorg/zorgverzekering/index.jsp?situatie=nlwebe028&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; describes your situation in Dutch, but transcribed it comes down to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You live in The Netherlands;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You work in Belgium for a Belgian company;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;don't&lt;/strong&gt; work in The Netherlands;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Given these criteria, you only need to pay Belgian health insurance, which amounts to roughly € 10,- a month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I advise you take a look at the Belastingdienst link, and browse through their other pages and see which situations apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T16:26:40.627" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14171" CreationDate="2018-07-11T18:21:12.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, German authorities will only accept foreign documents if they have an Apostille (basically an extra document vouching for the validity of the original document in a standardized manner) and a translation by a certified translator (of &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; the Apostille, that will likely be in the same language as the original document because it's from the same source &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the original document).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be exceptions if the documents are from the EU, but I guess if you are not EU citizens, your documents will likely not be from a non-EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you already got your family reunion visa, you should &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; all those documents already, because the &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt; already required them. If &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; didn't ask for those papers... I guess there might be some exception for you I don't know about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T18:27:31.047" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T18:27:31.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14160" CreationDate="2018-07-11T19:57:17.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you return to the US &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your F-1 OPT EAD expires, it should definitely be ok. If you're trying to return &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; your EAD expires but with your new EAD pending, here's what it says on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;F-1 travel FAQ from Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I re-enter if my request for OPT is pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but traveling during this time should be undertaken with caution. USCIS may send you a request for evidence while you are away, however, so you would want to make sure you have provided a correct U.S. address both to your DSO and on the application and would be able to send in requested documents. Also, if USCIS approves your OPT application, you will be expected to have your EAD in hand to re-enter the United States. Like a request for further information, USCIS can only send the EAD to your U.S. address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before traveling during OPT, it's always a good idea to check with your Designated School Official to make sure your I-20, SEVIS record, and OPT reporting requirements are all in order.  In general it will help to bring a recently printed I-20 with travel signature, showing the most current OPT status (approved/pending). It may also help to bring proof of your OPT employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: You should also discuss your travel plans with your company's attorneys that filed your H-1B before you leave the US (better: before you buy your tickets) as travel can cause problems at certain points of the H-1B process. At the border, the consular H-1B application may make the officers more confused about your intentions, since you don't have an H-1B visa yet, so it's not valid for entry. Don't lie if asked about it, but be aware it won't help you enter the US without a matching visa. As you probably know, once your H-1B status begins, your OPT will end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T20:23:47.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14177" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14180" CreationDate="2018-07-11T20:26:15.123" Score="1" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can people on H4 EAD do private tutoring? &#xA;&lt;br&gt;i.e. Should the private tutoring be as part of any registered company or can we do it individually and take money in cash and pay the tax appropriately for the year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15438" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T07:32:11.207" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T07:32:11.207" Title="Can people on H4 EAD do private tutoring?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-11T20:50:38.330" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a Schengen visa, with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa from: 28/06/18&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa up to: 28/08/18&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duration of stay: 47 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I entered the Schengen area on 02/07/18. Up to which date can I stay within the limits of my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15439" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T14:12:29.050" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T14:12:29.050" Title="Schengen visa: Duration of stay not same as difference between 'Visa from' and 'Visa until'" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14160" CreationDate="2018-07-11T21:03:09.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you will be returning after your current EAD expires and while your STEM OPT extension is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/opt_policy_guidance_042010.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OPT policy guidance&lt;/a&gt;, the answer seems to be no, you will not be able to come back while the new EAD is pending:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;8.4.4. Can the student travel outside of the United States if his or her employment authorization document expires and the 17-month&#xA;  extension request is pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No, the student must wait to receive the new employment authorization&#xA;  document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Replace &quot;17-month extension&quot; with &quot;24-month extension&quot; as the guidance was written before it changed to 24 months.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T21:03:09.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14177" CreationDate="2018-07-11T21:22:03.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have an EAD you can do work in any way you want -- e.g. you can work individually, for a company, for your own self-employed company, etc. It doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you will need to follow the appropriate tax rules for whatever form of work you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T21:22:03.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14178" CreationDate="2018-07-11T22:32:56.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must leave on or before the 17th of August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your visa is a multiple-entry visa, or a dual entry visa that you've used only once, you could leave the Schengen area before that, stay away for a number of days, and return until a later date that would depend on how many days you had spent outside the Schengen area.  In no case, however, would you be able to stay past the 28th of August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The calculation works by considering your passport stamps.  The date of your entry stamp is your first day of presence, and the date of your exit stamp is the last day of presence.  You must also count all the days in between, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T22:32:56.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14182" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20024" CreationDate="2018-07-11T23:02:22.340" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got approved for the Working Holiday visa for Canada and unfortunately I can get a work permit that is only 6 months long as I have Italian citizenship (so unlucky, to think that it's the only country in the list to have less than 12 months...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to stay in Canada for longer and maybe settle there. Would there be a possibility to extend the work permit and eventually get permanent residency considering that I do not have a bachelor's degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14645" LastEditorUserId="14645" LastEditDate="2020-02-05T23:44:57.430" LastActivityDate="2020-02-05T23:44:57.430" Title="Extend stay in Canada after expiration of Working Holiday visa without degree" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14183" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-12T08:54:16.437" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did my Master's in Germany, now I want to start my Ph.D. from South Korea. The university in Korea demands that I submit my 'apostillized' master degree. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hcch.net/en/states/authorities/details3/?aid=322&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; website provides the authorities concerned with the 'apostille' process in Germany. I have not completely understood this. Where should I send my Master's degree for apostille? Is it possible to get it from the German embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15440" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T09:55:20.817" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T09:55:20.817" Title="How to get an apostille for a German Master's degree for South Korea for a non-German national?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-12T09:38:50.140" Score="1" ViewCount="688" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is making an EEA Family Permit application to move to the UK. She is doing the application through visa4uk.fco.gov.uk. My wife is from Asia. I live in the UK and I have a Dutch passport. I am working in the UK (permanent job) but I don't have an EEA National Registration Number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the form is asking her for my EEA National Registration Number, which I don't have. This is a mandatory field in the application. Has anyone had this problem and actually solved it? Do I need to make this EEA registration number application? Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15442" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T09:38:50.140" Title="EEA Family Permit - EEA National registration certificate number" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-07-17T09:47:37.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-12T19:48:55.753" Score="1" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://oissmsu.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/all-you-need-to-know-about-opt-processing-delays/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; from 2016, it reports,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After applying for OPT, how long should I wait before trying to contact USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that excessive contact with USCIS can actually slow down your OPT application, so it’s best to keep you contact minimal!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OPT APPLICATION (I-765) PENDING LESS THAN 75 DAYS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is within the normal processing period. No need to do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this still valid advice? If you know other people that applied after you and received first and the web site isn't updating, is it a good idea to call before 75 days, or after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13797" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T19:48:55.753" Title="Does calling USCIS on an OPT application before 75 days slow down processing time?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-13T10:16:33.253" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen, my wife is an Argentine national. She has applied for UKRC (Surinder Singh rules). The decision is likely to happen in September. We are not hopeful of success and will consider an appeal if that happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She needs to travel to Argentina in November for her son's graduation from school (18 years old). It's a big event culturally, far bigger than even university graduation here and the family expectation is that she will go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no problems leaving, she will have her passport etc by then, but  the concern is re-entry. With either her initial decision or, more likely, her appeal, pending, what is her legal position?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is a non-visa national, so should get re-entry, but I may be missing something vital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-14T12:52:31.127" LastActivityDate="2018-07-14T12:52:31.127" Title="Travelling abroad with UK Residence Card" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14191" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-14T11:42:55.033" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tax treaty between Japan and US states that US nationals in research and teaching professions are exempt from paying income tax for their first two years working in Japan (and vice-versa). Article 20 states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ARTICLE 20&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An individual who visits a Contracting State temporarily for the purpose of teaching or &lt;strong&gt;conducting research at a university, college,&#xA;  school or other educational institution in that Contracting State, and&#xA;  who continues to be a resident&lt;/strong&gt;, within the meaning of paragraph 1 of&#xA;  Article 4, of the other Contracting State, shall be exempt from tax in&#xA;  the first-mentioned Contracting State on any remuneration for such&#xA;  teaching or research for a period not exceeding two years from the&#xA;  date of his arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to income from research if such research is undertaken primarily for the private&#xA;  benefit of one or more specific persons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What constitutes a resident is outlined in article 4, paragraph 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, an individual who is a&#xA;  United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent&#xA;  residence in the United States under the laws of the United States&#xA;  shall be regarded as a resident of the United States only if the&#xA;  individual: (a) is not a resident of Japan under paragraph 1; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) has a substantial presence, permanent home or habitual abode in&#xA;  the United States; and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) for the purposes of a convention or agreement for the avoidance of&#xA;  double taxation between Japan and a state other than the United States, is&#xA;  not a resident of that state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not clear about how to interpret this for my situation. I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;am moving to Japan to work as a researcher&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have been living outside of the US since about 9 years, currently living in France and paying income tax in France (but filing US taxes every year)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have not been resident in the US for any period during that time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;planning to move from France directly to Japan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have been taking FEIE in all of my US tax returns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have no 'permanent home' in the US, although I'm registered to vote via the house I grew up in.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have no plans to return to the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To benefit from the income exemption I have to be considered a US resident. I'm not sure whether being a US national implies that I am (because I could be) a US resident or not. The definition of 'resident' in Japan seems to hinge upon whether or not I pay taxes to Japan. But whether or not I pay taxes in Japan seems to hinge upon whether or not I am a resident in the US. So the whole thing feels pretty recursive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&#xA;1) &lt;em&gt;Am I considered a US resident under these circumstances&lt;/em&gt;? I'm guessing not.&#xA;2) If I am (and the exemption is therefore possible) are there any &lt;em&gt;nonfinancial benefits or drawbacks for being considered a US resident under these circumstances&lt;/em&gt;? And would I then be paying US income taxes instead of Japanese ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it is worth, I accepted the position and calculated my cost of living based on the assumption that I'd be paying Japanese income taxes, and I'd rather pay that than US income tax. I'm just not sure what I'm actually supposed to be doing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8483" LastEditorUserId="8483" LastEditDate="2018-07-14T12:33:56.627" LastActivityDate="2018-07-14T12:33:56.627" Title="Japan 2-year income tax exemption for teachers/researchers for US national but non-resident" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14218" CreationDate="2018-07-15T10:56:24.170" Score="4" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-native English speaker applying for immigration to Canada. I'm required to the take general IELTS test. It costs $210 in my country. I suffer from cerebral palsy, my writing speed is slow, my handwriting is bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English tests are easy. At university, I got 95/100 in advanced English course. I used to finish my tests before other students because the questions were silly, and I didn't have to use scratch paper for essays. I was able to write everything directly on the test paper, which gave me huge advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been two years since my last English course, so my English skills have decreased a bit. I don't know if I can do the same things when taking the IELTS. I might need more time to finish it. If I take any risk and fail due to time or my handwriting, it means I'll have to pay another $200.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if I apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;special requirements test&lt;/a&gt;, it would take 2 to 3 month to get an approval before I can take the test. Moreover, I'm afraid that by taking that test, I might damage my immigration application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being labeled a disabled person already damages my chances. Being labeled a disabled person who can't write English without special tools kills my chances. I don't need special tools, I just need more time, to finish it and to try and make my handwriting prettier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6835" LastEditorUserId="6835" LastEditDate="2018-07-16T15:51:14.370" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T02:58:49.180" Title="Does taking the special requirements IELTS damage a Canada immigration case?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-15T12:11:19.267" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been programming for more than 10 years, professionally for more than 5 years. I'm a computer scientist applying for immigration to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An employment letter is required. For most of my life, I've been a freelancer. My current boss is paying me as a freelancer and doesn't have a registered company. She can't give me the letter. I asked my previous boss if he could give me one, he agreed, but that means I will have to modify my CV in order to make it look like I work at my previous company, and my previous boss might soon close his company because he might apply for bankruptcy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will start working in another company as a freelance consultant for 3 months. After that, they either extend my contract or hire me as a senior programmer, I prefer to work as a consultant, hence it's unlikely that they will ever be able to give me an employment letter, certainly not now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get the letter as a freelancer while being honest, not having to manipulate my CV?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6835" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T15:36:30.403" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T15:36:30.403" Title="I need an employment letter for immigration but I'm a freelancer" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14195" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14198" CreationDate="2018-07-16T06:57:20.623" Score="1" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like some advice please on applying for an EEA family permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently my wife and I both live in South Africa. We have been married for 4 months but dated for a year before we got married.  She has an EU passport because she is an Italian Citizen. I am a South African citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have decided to immigrate to the UK. So as I understand it I can apply for an EEA family permit and once there I can apply for the 5-year residency permit. &#xA;My concern is ensuring that the EEA family permit application goes smoothly. So besides the documents they request like my marriage certificate, Valid passport etc.  what else should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be travelling together ideally at the same time. I would prefer that as opposed to her going first to have the opportunity to start exercising her Treaty rights in the UK and then me joining her soon after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1)  What else must I do to ensure this application goes smoothly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2)   Would it help to show our relationship via WhatsApp messages, Wedding photos, Dating photos etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3)  Would it help to provide all my educational qualifications? I am in IT and have a number of certificates and Diplomas (idea is to show I will not be burden on the state)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks all in advance for your assistance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15452" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T14:58:24.137" Title="EEA Family Permit from South Africa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-16T07:55:36.410" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here's the situation. My parents live in Germany, and own an LHD, German registered car there, on which I am insured. I live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our understanding is that I can drive my parents in their car from East Germany all across to Calais, but I'm not allowed to drive the last hour or so on the English side, since I am a UK resident attempting to drive a non-UK car. Is that correct, or does my not owning the car, and the car only &quot;visiting&quot; change the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15453" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-16T10:24:04.017" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T04:55:35.097" Title="Driving my expat parents' car in the UK" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14192" CreationDate="2018-07-16T12:23:00.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Being labeled a disabled person already damages my chances&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do you feel that this is the case? (Its not) Let me tell you that Canada is a very strong supporter of equal rights for the ones having special requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also when you apply for Permanent Residence, all they care about is your IELTS score and not how you took it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will suggest that if the special requirements test increases your chances of getting good bands in the exam, you should definitely give the test that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With your level of English, I would say you will most definitely get good bands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T12:23:00.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14195" CreationDate="2018-07-16T14:46:04.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The key question here is whether the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) examining your application will determine that your marriage is a marriage of convenience.  The UK has produced far more specific &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610197/direct_family_members_of_eea_nationals_v5_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance&lt;/a&gt; on the topic of marriages of convenience than existed the last time I looked into this.  The current guidance is also much more flexible than the previous guidance.  For example, it no longer categorically excludes couples with children from suspicion of a marriage of convenience, nor couples who have cohabited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would it help to show our relationship via WhatsApp messages, Wedding photos, Dating photos etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you should do that.  The current guidance (linked above) is redacted; the factors that allow an officer to suspect a marriage of convenience are not disclosed.  Older guidance, however, included a threshold of two years.  That is, a couple whose relationship is less than two years old could be suspected of a marriage of convenience.  You should therefore assume that you will have to overcome such a suspicion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the ECO does invoke such a suspicion, it remains the &lt;em&gt;burden of the ECO&lt;/em&gt; to prove that yours is a marriage of convenience.  That is, they're not supposed to refuse the application simply because it lacks wedding photographs.  In practice, though, it seems they often do.  You should therefore include evidence that your relationship is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to messages and photographs, you should include, if you have it, evidence of the time you have spent in each other's physical presence.  For example, if you live together, include the lease if you are both named on it, or utility bills, or official correspondence addressed to your shared address.  You may also want to include train or plane tickets for travel you have undertaken together.  If you have a joint bank account, consider including an account statement to prove that you are combining your finances.  Any evidence that involves a third party (a government body, an airline, and so on) will be stronger than evidence that does not.  The strength of the evidence will depend in part on the third party: a government is better than a company; a company is better than a person; an unrelated person is better than a friend or relative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't overdo it, lest you overwhelm the ECO.  If you have a joint bank statement, for example, including evidence of your joint gym membership would probably not add anything, and may hurt your application.  Providing unnecessary evidence can work against you in two ways:  First, it makes it harder for the people reading your application to find the information they really need.  Second, the more information they have, the more likely they are to see inconsistencies in the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also, of course, pay attention to the information on the page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Documents you must provide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would it help to provide all my educational qualifications? I am in IT and have a number of certificates and diplomas (idea is to show I will not be burden on the state).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, that is not necessary.  There is no test of whether an EEA family permit applicant is likely to become a burden on the state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the EEA family permit application is free of charge, I would advise you not to worry too much about it.  Present the best application you can, and if it is refused, pay careful attention to the points mentioned in the refusal letter.  Then submit a second application that addresses these points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-16T14:58:24.137" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T14:58:24.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14206" CreationDate="2018-07-16T15:45:28.150" Score="3" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this question largely as a safety net, in case there's something I'm not seeing that's going under the radar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a job recently in Japan, and I received a visa to be able to work there.  As an American, I got the visa at a Japanese consulate in the US. They attached it and another, folded document inside the passport (The folded document was the CoE 'Certificate of Eligibility'). They said basically to just take that passport over there within three months to enter Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything else I need to do before then to prepare for the immigration officers (and anybody else similar to that), to be allowed in? Are there any other documents or items that are needed? &lt;em&gt;Even if not, do I need to plan to have any particular answers ready or anything else to get through immigration?&lt;/em&gt; Do I need to be in a suit and tie or anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, I can dress casually, just show them the passport, maybe have a booking confirmation for my hotel with me, smile and be polite, and then I can expect it to go smoothly. Is that so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that was easy to deal with!   I entered the country a few days ago, and @jpatokal 's answer was exactly the situation I encountered.  The immigration officer asked me to double-check or confirm a couple of things, mainly what all of them were doing, but I don't remember being asked anything subjective or really meaningful.  It was &lt;strong&gt;far&lt;/strong&gt; from an interview, and I was done with her in maybe five minutes.  So thanks for both answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12036" OwnerDisplayName="Panzercrisis" LastEditorUserId="12036" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T12:43:40.620" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T12:43:40.620" Title="Moving to Japan from the US with a visa: How do I prepare for the immigration officer?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14196" CreationDate="2018-07-16T16:47:49.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Government webpage&lt;/a&gt; and a slew of other SE answers confirm that as a UK resident, you cannot enter the UK with an EU vehicle. EU (and perhaps other) cars can be brought into the UK by tourists for up to 6 months, but UK residents cannot do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T04:55:35.097" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T04:55:35.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14202" CreationDate="2018-07-16T18:56:11.433" Score="1" ViewCount="508" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch national, my wife is from Asia.&#xA;I moved to the UK 4 weeks ago. Just completed 1 month in the UK. I don’t have my National insurance number yet. My jobcentre appointment is on 27 July. First I will get the temporary NI number, after 6 weeks I will receive the permanent NI Number.&#xA;I have a full-time job. &#xA;I am applying for EEA family member permit to bring my wife to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I look at the requirement for  EEA family member permit at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says.&#xA;&quot;You must show that your EEA family member has a permanent right of residence or is one of the following if they’ve been in the UK for more than 3 months:&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is &#xA;1)  Do I have to wait for 3 months before I apply for the   EEA family member permit for my wife?&#xA;2)  Can we apply for EEA family member permit without my National insurance number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Bob&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15442" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T04:01:15.373" Title="EEA Family Permit Application question" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14201" CreationDate="2018-07-16T19:35:08.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have to wait for 3 months before I apply for the EEA family member permit for my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you do not.  In fact, you could have applied before you went to the UK, and your wife could have traveled with you when you moved there four weeks ago.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement directive&lt;/a&gt; provides for a right of residence for up to three months with virtually no conditions; after three months, you can be required to meet certain conditions, which are referred to as being a &quot;qualified person.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That paragraph says that &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; she &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; apply after you've been there for three months, then the UK can require her to prove that you meet one of the conditions on the list that follows the quoted material (working, self-employed, studying, or financially independent).  The fact that you've been there for a shorter period of time makes the application &lt;em&gt;easier&lt;/em&gt; because &lt;em&gt;you are not yet required to meet those criteria.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she applies before you've been there for three months, and travels after you've been there for three months, she should probably be prepared to submit evidence that you are &quot;qualified&quot; when she arrives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can we apply for EEA family member permit without my National insurance number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-16T19:40:16.550" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T19:40:16.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14145" CreationDate="2018-07-16T22:14:05.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should refer to the relevant page of the Polizia di Stato.  Among other things, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/10930-European_Union_citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EC Long-Term Residence Permit (carta di soggiorno) for foreign family members of EU citizens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For stays longer than 3 months family members of EU citizens who are not EU nationals can directly apply for the EC Long-Term Residence Permit (carta di soggiorno) for family members of EU citizens at the local Questura or through the Post Office (using the application kit with a yellow stripe). Designated municipal offices and other authorized offices (Patronati) are available to help applicants fill out the application forms, which must then be sent through the Post Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following documents must be attached to the application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;photocopy of passport or other current and valid equivalent document, with visa, if required;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;certificate issued by the authority in charge in the country of origin or provenance proving family relationship and, if required, proof that the applicant is a dependant or a member of the household of the EU citizen or that serious health grounds strictly require the personal care of the family member by the EU citizen having autonomous right of residence;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU citizen's receipt of application for registration with the Anagrafe;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4 passport size photos;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the request is submitted by the EU citizen's unmarried partner, proof of the existence of a durable relationship with the Union citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the following, it can be concluded that a special visa is not necessary to enter Italy for this purpose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...can &lt;strong&gt;directly&lt;/strong&gt; apply...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...with visa, &lt;strong&gt;if required&lt;/strong&gt;;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under European law, Italy is not required to extend the same rights to the family of Italian citizens as it must extend to the family of other EU citizens.  However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/79433/19400&quot;&gt;it has chosen to do so&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you go to Italy, you should get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt; for your marriage certificate.  The office issuing the certificate should know how to do that.  For example, if you get married in New York City, you can start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dos.ny.gov/licensing/apostille.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dos.ny.gov/licensing/apostille.html&lt;/a&gt;, but they have a piece of paper describing the process that one can pick up with the certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may also be smoother if you &lt;a href=&quot;https://consnewyork.esteri.it/consolato_newyork/en/i_servizi/per-i-cittadini/stato-civile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;register your marriage at the consulate&lt;/a&gt; before you go, but I doubt it is necessary, especially if he lives in Italy.  Still, it is better to be safe than to be sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T22:19:21.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-16T22:41:25.920" Score="2" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US Citizen. My spouse who is a Vietnamese citizen in the US on an F-1 visa and I traveled to Canada for a day trip. She got an entry stamp into Canada but no stamp re-entering USA. The trip does not show in her I-94 online page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we figure out the date and place of entry for the I-765 even though she has no stamp or I-94 info for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we shouldn't, then what should we use for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15454" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T22:41:25.920" Title="Question regarding date of entry for form I-765" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-16T23:19:08.180" Score="1" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD graduate from Germany. Later, I worked in Germany for a year. I have had a blue card since 2015, which can be used to work in any company in Germany until 2020. But I left Germany and went back to India in 2016. I know that it has expired as I stayed out of Germany for more than 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the conditions and requirements to reactivate my blue card in order to work again in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15455" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T10:33:35.553" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T10:33:35.553" Title="Renewal of expired blue card (more than 2 years overseas)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14199" CreationDate="2018-07-17T00:07:33.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, based on my personal experience doing this twice, that's indeed it.  The vetting is complete, issuing your landing permission at the border is just a formality.  And no, you don't need to wear a suit and tie or anything, although appearing remotely presentable (shaved etc) at the border never hurts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one thing you might want to have at hand is the phone number of a Japanese-speaking contact at your employer, who can confirm and answer any questions in the unlikely event of there being any that you can't answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need the name of the hotel for the arrival card, but I've never been asked for a booking confirmation.  (Still won't hurt to bring it along, of course.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T03:43:46.993" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T03:43:46.993" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14199" CreationDate="2018-07-17T00:31:46.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing it seems they didn't tell you is that &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; your visa &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; your CoE must be valid (&lt;em&gt;i.e.&lt;/em&gt;, not expired) when you enter. So pay attention to the expiration date of your CoE, because it may be less than three months away, and you cannot enter with an expired one, even if your visa has not expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T00:31:46.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-17T06:02:24.043" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a Bangladeshi citizen, I am Indian. She is staying here on a spouse visa (extended from her tourist visa to a 1-year spouse visa). Now I am moving to Ireland in October for 4 years, with a monthly salary of 2,000 euros (PhD. position). Can she get a dependent visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15456" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T07:36:01.317" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T07:36:01.317" Title="Spouse visa for Ireland" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-17T09:31:58.743" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German citizen living and working in Sweden where I met my girlfriend, who is from the Philippines. Together we applied for her residence card with the local migration agency in Sweden (Migrationsverket) at the beginning of the year so she can stay with me even after her original visa had expired. We're living together in the same apartment just like married partners but are not married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly last week she got the tragic news that her dad died unexpectedly in the Philippines. She wanted to go home to be with her family. However the decision to go home was not as easy as it may seem, because with our pending application it was not clear to us if she'd be able to re-enter Sweden without problem once she felt like returning home to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We then spoke with the migration agency about our case and they gave us a printout confirmation that our application is registered and pending and advised us to talk to the Norwegian embassy in the Philippines about a tourist/Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.norway.no/en/philippines/services-info/visa-residence/visitors-visa/before-you-apply/schengen-visa-eu--eea--swiss-family-members/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; I read about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:EN:PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to apply to us with me as a German living in Sweden. But is it possible to base our Schengen visa application on that directive even if we are not married (yet)? And how can we prove that we are in a relationship? According to their website this is required for us in order to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend went home last weekend because for us it was the highest priority that she could be with her family during times like these. I hope that there is a relatively easy way to bring her back to me in a couple of weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for any kind of help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15459" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T21:06:09.427" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T21:06:09.427" Title="Directive 2004/38/EC. Bringing my girlfriend back after she had to go home because of a death in her family" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14209" CreationDate="2018-07-17T14:44:20.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume that the application mentioned in the first paragraph is for a residence card under Article 10 of the freedom of movement directive.  If that is incorrect, please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it possible to base our Schengen visa application on that directive even if we are not married (yet)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directive applies equally to residence cards and to family-of-EU-citizen Schengen visas.  If she qualifies for one, she qualifies for the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is likely that, because her application has not yet been decided, the Swedish government has not yet made a formal finding that she does qualify.  For the applicability of the directive to a partner in the absence of a marriage or a registered partnership depends on national law.  From &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the directive&lt;/a&gt;, article 3(2):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And how can we prove that we are in a relationship? According to their website this is required for us in order to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How did you prove it for the residence card application?  I would submit the same evidence for the visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the visa application must be decided &quot;free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure&quot; (Art. 5(2)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T14:44:20.027" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13566" CreationDate="2018-07-17T15:16:40.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason you have to be a husband to her in Iran? You could just come and go whenever you would like to and if asked by anyone just say I'm a friend of her visiting as a tourist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is annoying, but I think it's the safer way of faking a conversion to Islam. Although even faking is not a big deal, since they would not just monitor you here and there to see if you're practicing Islam or not. Most people here in Iran don't practice Islam anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9297" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T15:16:40.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-17T15:46:09.730" Score="10" ViewCount="2890" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an employer in Canada sponsor a visa for me so that I can go and work there as a skilled immigrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Iran, under certain circumstances which currently apply to me, you either have to give a security deposit of about 11K USD or spend a two-year term in the military to be allowed to apply for a passport and be able to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that Iran and Canada have cut diplomatic relations recently and there is no active Canadian embassy in Iran.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I cross the border &lt;strong&gt;without a passport&lt;/strong&gt; to a neighboring country (e.g. Iraq or Turkey), will I still be able to get a visa from the Canadian embassy over there and then buy a ticket and get on board of a flight to Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I could leave Iran under a special passport to visit Iraq for a religious visit. Does that kind of passport do me any good here?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9297" LastEditorUserId="9297" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T07:01:35.890" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T09:45:42.787" Title="Can I board a flight to Canada without a passport?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14212" CreationDate="2018-07-17T16:42:04.547" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, but this is not a good plan. At a minimum you'll be stopped at these three issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the passport/travel document is to identify the individual; a visa is another country's permission for that individual to enter the country that issued the visa.  Even if you met the other requirements to obtain a visa from Canada (which are substantial: start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Canada government page&lt;/a&gt;), Canada won't issue a visa to a non-Canadian who doesn't have a passport or travel document. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have a visa, and either a passport or travel document, you won't be allowed to board a flight to Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you were allowed to board, Canadian immigration would refuse to allow you to enter the country. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T04:44:02.537" LastActivityDate="2018-07-18T04:44:02.537" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14214" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt; is an Islamic republic on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf with historical sites dating to the Persian Empire. Its capital is Tehran and the country shares borders with Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14215" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" Score="0" Body="Citizens of the Middle Eastern country of Iran." OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T17:03:04.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14212" CreationDate="2018-07-17T18:14:34.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;All immigration details aside, the Government of Canada imposes heavy fines on airlines that deliver people without appropriate documentation.   This means that no airline in the world will let you board a flight to Canada without taking responsibility to ensure that you have at least prima facie (on the surface) eligibility to enter Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, there is almost always a final passport check at the gate, before you are allowed to board the plane.  If you can't convince the person at the gate that you're good to go, you won't board.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15462" LastActivityDate="2018-07-17T18:14:34.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14192" CreationDate="2018-07-18T05:13:19.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took the IELTS test with special requirements in December 2017  because I am hearing impaired. I can confirm that although the British Council (where I took the test) granted my special request and conducted the test, the IELTS score card has no mention of this. It's as if I took the test normally without any special requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you would need to inform them 2-3 months in advance so that they can arrange the materials, but it was well worth it as I sailed through the exam in a single attempt. This is important as it will save you time (and money). I see a lot of people (at least from India) struggling to clear the exam in a single attempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, as @Dipen Shah says, all IRCC care about is your IELTS score and not how you took the test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15467" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T02:58:49.180" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T02:58:49.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14222" CreationDate="2018-07-18T10:28:16.903" Score="2" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if it is possible for me to obtain dual citizenship. I have tried reading several different articles but it is all so confusing! My grandparents on my mother's side were both born in Holland. My mother was also born in Holland on October 1, 1948. However they migrated to Australia in 1956. My grandfather was naturalized in 1963 and my mum's name is on his naturalization papers as she was with him when he obtained his naturalization. I was born in Australia in February 1990.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help! Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15473" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T11:29:02.847" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T09:21:08.633" Title="Dutch dual citizenship for an Australian" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-18T10:30:47.663" Score="3" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I was 16 at the time as a Pakistani refugee with my family. Things didn't work out and we were given 30 days to leave the country. We left within the first week (to the US by border and stayed there 2 weeks before going to Pakistan). I had my name permanently changed in 2007 as well. Since then, my parents passed away in Pakistan and I'm not completely sure what the status of my case was or is. I just heard that I personally needed to wait 10 years to become eligible again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read from multiple sources and spoken to an immigration consultant about this issue. All he said was that I've spent over 10 years here and my biometrics (fingerprints) as well as records wouldn't work against me since I was a dependent back then. I'm not sure if that's correct or not. Further information, I'm a secret ex-muslim and have had trouble adjusting to the culture in Pakistan, which is why I wish to return back to my home. I'm also a bachelor degree holder and speak English natively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any hope for me to go to Canada again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15474" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T11:16:38.090" LastActivityDate="2018-07-18T11:16:38.090" Title="I think my family and I were deported (but not sure) from Canada when I was 16. I need info to go home" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14220" CreationDate="2018-07-18T12:35:39.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law#By_descent_or_automatic_acquisition_of_Dutch_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;your mother was Dutch when you were born because she was not an adult when she became a naturalized Australian (and so, I don't believe she lost her Dutch citizen).  However, according to&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/2440/phoog&quot;&gt;phoog&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(our local Dutch nationality expert) &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/12802/am-i-eligible-for-a-dutch-passport-when-only-my-grandparents-had-citizenship?noredirect=1#comment24263_12802&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;your mother lost her Dutch nationality when her parents naturalized, because she was included on their papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were Dutch when you were born if (and pretty much only if) your mother was Dutch at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, this is all irrelevant because you lose your Dutch citizenship if you live outside the Netherlands, and don't apply for a Dutch passport within 10 years of your 18th birthday.  So I am afraid even if you had Dutch citizenship, you definitely lost it in February this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T15:23:18.423" LastActivityDate="2018-07-18T15:23:18.423" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14212" CreationDate="2018-07-18T13:48:38.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not that informed on the policies around passports and visas, but I think the solution you might be looking for is already in your own description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the employer is already willing to sponsor the visa, then perhaps you could ask them to sponsor for the 11k USD deposit as well? Just make sure you explain the situation to them clearly! If they were already that willing to invest in you, then there is a good chance they'll pay for this as well. Of course this depends for how long you would work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15478" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T09:45:42.787" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T09:45:42.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14233" CreationDate="2018-07-19T08:55:46.247" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;What type of birth certificate needs to be included?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears we need both my wife's (she is the beneficiary, I am a US citizen) Vietnamese and English copies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, can we submit photocopies? Or do we need to submit notarized copies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15454" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-19T08:58:01.907" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T18:32:30.440" Title="Question about I-130A for Marriage Green Card" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14231" CreationDate="2018-07-19T11:51:27.350" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a child is born to a non-EU member father and an EU-member (egPolish) mother outside of the EU - say in the country of the father's residence - does that child qualify for the same passport as the mother?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2053" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T09:44:22.283" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T09:44:22.283" Title="Does a child born outside the EU qualify for an EU passport if the mother is from an EU country?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14229" CreationDate="2018-07-19T13:35:14.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://polaron.com.au/info/eu-citizenship-faqs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;child born to a Polish citizen&lt;/a&gt; outside of Poland is automatically a Polish citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Polish citizenship qualifies the child for a Polish passport. There is no specific EU passport. Each member country's passport is evidence of EU 'citizenship' and all of those rights and responsibilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="2053" LastEditDate="2018-07-19T16:39:41.367" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T16:39:41.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-19T14:45:26.587" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I'm in a hiring process of a company in Germany as a front-end developer, which is related to software development. The company's hiring process involves visiting the office for a few days and, during the visit, arriving at a decision on a job offer. The company has put me in contact with an agent who is handling the visa process. For the visit to the company's office, the agent registered an appointment for business visa two weeks ago. The appointment is scheduled in the second week of September. Additionally, there will be a wait of about 2 weeks to actually get the visa after the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, the agent also registered an appointment for a work visa, because the queue is long and could result in a long wait in case of a job offer by the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: If on the visit, the company extends a job offer and I sign a contract while still being in Germany, can't I apply for a work permit and temporary residence permit from within Germany and wait for them to get approved? Is the exit and re-entry with a work visa even necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15488" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-19T20:59:07.890" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T00:00:50.210" Title="Can a non-EU national apply for a work permit from within Germany on business visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14227" CreationDate="2018-07-19T15:33:21.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neither the I-130 petition nor the I-130A requires a birth certificate. The I-130 requires any one form of proof of your (the petitioner's) US citizenship or permanent residency, and (if you were born in the US) a birth certificate showing birth in the US is one form of proof of US citizenship, but you can use any other form of proof of citizenship such as a valid US passport or Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife's (the beneficiary's) birth certificate will be needed by the I-485 form if she is doing Adjustment of Status in the US, or by the immigrant visa application if she is doing Consular Processing abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all documents, you can submit photocopies (originals should be ready to be presented at an interview; if you mail in originals you will not get them back). Documents in a foreign language need to be translated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-07-19T18:32:30.440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T18:32:30.440" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13989" CreationDate="2018-07-19T16:50:02.487" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several apartment-hotels that you can rent for long stays. Mostly these are for mobile workforce (e.g. consultants who move around EU and stay in each country for a couple months). Or you can find &quot;serviced apartments&quot;. Both can be expensive (although discounts usually apply for long stays). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both options are usually furnished, and comes equipped with everything you need (down to forks and knives). and for the apartment-hotels, you can pick those with or without kitchenettes. So you have some options. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15242" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T16:50:02.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14232" CreationDate="2018-07-19T21:34:09.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may be possible.  The &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltsverordnung&lt;/em&gt; says, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__39.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;at section 39&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Über die im Aufenthaltsgesetz geregelten Fälle hinaus kann ein Ausländer einen Aufenthaltstitel im Bundesgebiet einholen oder verlängern lassen, wenn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;er...ein gültiges Schengen-Visum für kurzfristige Aufenthalte (§ 6 Absatz 1 Nummer 1 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes) besitzt, sofern die Voraussetzungen eines Anspruchs auf Erteilung eines Aufenthaltstitels nach der Einreise entstanden sind, es sei denn, es handelt sich um einen Anspruch nach den §§ 16, 17b oder 18d des Aufenthaltsgesetzes,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the cases regulated in the Residence Act, a foreigner can seek or extend a residence permit in the Federal territory if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;he...has a valid short-stay Schengen visa (Article 6 (1) (1) of the Aufenthaltsgesetz), inasmuch as the the conditions for a claim to the grant of a residence permit arise after entry, unless it is a claim under Sections 16, 17b or 18d of the Residence Act;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, the job offer would be a condition allowing you to apply for a residence permit, and it will have arisen after your entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T21:34:09.517" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-19T22:11:07.183" Score="2" ViewCount="323" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the US in 2009 and completed my Master of science in Computer Engineering in 2011. I worked with a semiconductor company from 2011 to 2015 (I changed locations in 2013 but worked with the same employer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had to move back to India as my marriage ended in 2015. I had my support system back in India and hence moving to India turned out to be really helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently came back to the US on an F1 visa and started my PhD program in January 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I realized that a PhD is not a piece of cake and it is a lot harder than I thought it to be. So I started applying and found an employer who filed for an F1 to H1B visa transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this allowed? F1 to H1B while pursuing graduate studies?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I remember giving my marital status as &quot;single&quot; instead of divorced. Will this be an issue while the I-129 is being processed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there chances of a H1B rejection because I am on an F1 visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15490" LastEditorUserId="15490" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T06:46:50.623" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T09:00:46.757" Title="H1B visa transfer from F1 without OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2018-07-20T06:15:55.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There isn’t a defined F1 to H1 pipeline. You’re  filing for an H1 change of status which may or may not require to leave once and re-enter. You won’t get any special priority because you’re in an F1 and because your employment isn’t in academia, you’ll likely be subject to the H1 quota&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Single vs divorced only matters if you might have kids that you’re bringing in. You can clarify later on during an interview if you get that far. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;H1bs are subject to an annual quota and lottery process. You should consider what you’ll do if you don’t get the H1. You’ve now signaled immigration intent so that makes future F1s possibly a bit tougher. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-07-21T00:45:50.600" LastActivityDate="2018-07-21T00:45:50.600" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14239" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14241" CreationDate="2018-07-20T08:26:13.427" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a large chain of coffee shops in Sweden. One of their outlets is very near the Norwegian border. Most of the customers in that shop are Norwegians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Norwegian girl applied for a job in this coffee shop. The manager said that she was a great fit for the job, and wanted to hire her. The fact that she was Norwegian was a great plus, since most of the customers are also Norwegian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They signed a contract and tried to get her into the company system. However, the higher executives of the chain said that she needs a Swedish personal identification number and a Swedish bank account before she could even start working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She went to the Swedish tax office to apply for such a number. They accepted her application, but said that it may take up to eight weeks before her number is issued (their standard processing time for such applications.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The girl asked the coffee shop if she could start working as planned, and said that she would be OK with her salary being delayed until she had a personal number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The upper executives refused, and said that she would need a personal number and a Swedish bank account &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; starting any work at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As she could not afford to go two months without working, she was forced to find a job elsewhere. The shop had to hire someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whole situation seems to me to be against the spirit of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement of labour in the EU/EEA.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, the processing time of the Swedish Tax Administration is rather long. It is a very clear cut case, an EEA national with a work contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But also, this chain of coffee shops is de facto discriminating against EU/EEA workers. This eight-week processing time being a fact, many EU/EEA workers will be prevented from working there when such a wait time is imposed by a combination of public and corporate policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue here seems to be that the problem is caused by the combined policies of these two entities. However, did this girl have her EU freedom of movement rights violated? The company admitted that she was their preferred candidate for the job, nationality and red tape was the only obstacle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume the girl also moves to the Swedish side of the border. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T08:24:05.207" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T08:24:05.207" Title="Situation where EU freedom of movement is restricted by a combination of government red tape and corporate policy" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14171" CreationDate="2018-07-20T12:50:10.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They did not ask for a German translation and everything went good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T12:50:10.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14239" CreationDate="2018-07-20T13:43:04.117" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's a problem and the EU is aware of it, e.g. through requests submitted to &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Solvit&lt;/a&gt;, where Sweden has one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;worst resolution rates&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_member_state/sweden/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU internal market scoreboard&lt;/a&gt; notes that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most unresolved cases are related to the structural problem of rights linked to obtaining a personal identification number&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T15:27:23.717" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T15:27:23.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-20T14:33:09.317" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to apply soon for my student visa for Italy as I'm going to study for a Master's degree for 2 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about 2 documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof of accomodation. My university won't publish the names of the people who can stay in the accomodation until late August, so what should I do? Book a hotel? And for how long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flight tickets. I've read on many sites that I also need to book a return ticket. When should the return ticket be, at the end of my studying period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15495" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T14:33:09.317" Title="Italy student visa question" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-20T17:00:51.437" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is a South African national currently working in South Africa. I am a British citizen and we have just had a child together. I am currently still living in the UK. My husband served in the British armed forces for 12 years until October 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are looking into applying for British citizenship for my husband, but he wants to have dual nationality, as we would like to spend a couple of years in South Africa at some point. Can he keep his South African citizenship while getting British citizenship and be able to freely work between both countries for any amount of time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15494" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T18:13:30.990" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T20:01:02.103" Title="South African national looking to get British dual citizenship" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14243" CreationDate="2018-07-20T17:31:27.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your husband can keep his South African nationality if &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; he naturalizes in Britain he &lt;a href=&quot;http://southafricahouseuk.com/civic/citret.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;applies for and receives permission to do so&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Application for the retention of RSA citizenship is an application that MUST be made before one acquires foreign nationality.  South African citizens who take up foreign citizenship without applying for retention of South African will lose their SA citizenship.  Persons under the age of 18 years do not need to apply for retention of their South African Citizenship, as they will not lose their citizenship whilst still minors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person who has lost citizenship by virtue of failure to apply for the retention of RSA citizenship will have right to permanent residency in South Africa – if he or she was born in RSA.  Such a person will be allowed to apply for the resumption or reinstatement of South African in South Africa.  An application for resumption or reinstatement of RSA citizenship is approved on condition that such an applicant will live permanently in RSA once his or her application has been approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;no special requirements related to dual citizenship&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is allowed in the UK. This means you can be a British citizen and also a citizen of other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is expensive. Your husband has to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;acquire indefinite leave to remain or to enter, and to meet a three-year residency requirement&lt;/a&gt;.  His time in the British military may or may not count, depending on when he makes the application and whether he lived in the UK when he served.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T17:31:27.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14245" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-07-20T17:42:38.137" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T17:42:38.137" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T17:42:38.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14246" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-07-20T17:42:38.137" Score="0" Body="For questions about words, phrases and definitions that are specific to living abroad." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-07-23T01:12:27.550" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T01:12:27.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2018-07-20T21:25:22.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding #2, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-129 instructions&lt;/a&gt; say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact or submit a false document with your Form I-129, we will deny your Form I-129 and any other immigration benefit.&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;  In addition, you will face severe penalties provided by law and may be subject to criminal prosecution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While single vs divorced perhaps isn't a very big difference, you should at least inform your employer or attorney who filed the I-129 that you realized there may be this mistake.  Doing so also makes it clear that it's a mistake and not intentional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T21:25:22.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14248" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-20T22:52:30.697" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiance and I recently got married in our home country (Egypt). She has been living and working in the UK for about a year now while I live in Germany. When she entered the UK, she was single.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does she have to report to the authorities now that she got married? if yes, where should she go or what should she do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that we are not interested in any sort of dependent visa for me, I am just asking about the procedure of declaring marriage in the UK, when the person in question is a foreigner who got married abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8462" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T11:40:33.367" Title="How does a foreign resident of the UK declare that she got married in her home country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14252" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-07-22T20:39:58.120" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T20:39:58.120" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T20:39:58.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14253" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-07-22T20:39:58.120" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to, and living in Iceland." OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2018-07-23T01:12:24.393" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T01:12:24.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14248" CreationDate="2018-07-23T11:45:10.030" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no requirement to declare the marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T11:45:10.030" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14024" CreationDate="2018-07-23T13:52:39.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You write that you &quot;applied&quot; for an MSc in math. I would expect a candidate to apply for a visa after being officially admitted, that's the way I've seen it happen with all our graduate students. The official letter of admission is a key part of the visa  application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only cases I know of rejections are those where the admission letter did not contain a funding offer and the candidate was not able to prove the availability of funding of their own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7022" LastEditorUserId="7022" LastEditDate="2019-11-09T10:34:28.093" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T10:34:28.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-23T15:36:09.307" Score="3" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a national visa to Germany under Beschv 4 Managers and Specialists instead of the visa for Blue Card which I've applied for. &#xA;Am struggling now with two questions:&#xA;1) can I get standard Blue Card based on this visa ?&#xA;2) If not, what will be the difference in terms of a period required to stay in Germany to get a permanent residence ? Would it be a status which could allow me to work in other German and EU companies ? Could I bring my wife in Germany without a need for her to pass A1 exam in German ?&#xA;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT based on comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for clarification. The reason I've got paragraph 4 was actually a mismatch between my master diploma, stating I'm a physics engineer, while position in German company is called solution architect. So they said it doesn't match exactly. Salary is 80K+, so it's not an issue in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So most probably I wouldn't be able to turn my current beschv 4 visa into Blue Card upon arrival, right ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15504" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-07-27T09:04:54.910" LastActivityDate="2018-07-27T09:04:54.910" Title="Getting permanent residence in Germany under Beschv paragraph 4 Managers and Specialists" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14271" CreationDate="2018-07-23T20:21:01.027" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and I am applying for a Canadian study permit at the port of entry, when I fly into Canada to immigrate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/study-permits/making-application.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CIC website&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to apply for a study permit at an air POE, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. travelling to Canada must apply for and obtain an eTA prior to boarding their flight to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does &quot;lawful permanent resident of the U.S.&quot; include U.S. citizens, and does this mean I need an eTA prior to boarding my flight?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15505" LastEditorUserId="15505" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T19:39:17.803" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T20:10:51.893" Title="I am a US citizen applying for a Canadian study permit at the port of entry (when I fly into Canada). Do I need an eTA to board my flight?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14259" CreationDate="2018-07-23T20:24:59.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. A US Citizen traveling on a US passport never needs an eTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T20:24:59.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14258" CreationDate="2018-07-24T00:23:10.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to guess why you haven't got the Blue Card. Most likely because the lower income limit is not met. The BeschV §4 is an alternative without an income limit, but then, &lt;em&gt;you may be approved&lt;/em&gt; by the employment agency and subsequently get a residence permit. Blue card holders are automatically qualified. That's the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, you cannot upgrade this to a Blue Card. You could apply for it on its rules, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife does not need to pass the A1 exam if your and your wive's residence in Germany is &lt;strong&gt;temporary&lt;/strong&gt;. That's the general guideline. Choose your poison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T00:23:10.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14248" CreationDate="2018-07-24T11:40:33.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of any master notification, but she needs to look at each of her legally significant relationships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If her visa requires notification of any significant change in circumstances, she may need to report the marriage there. That may be a basis for a separate question that should include the visa type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be worth consulting her local Citizens Advice Bureau, for any notifications she needs to do in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she has a will and/or insurance policies with a named beneficiary she should review them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T11:40:33.367" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14265" CreationDate="2018-07-24T12:55:29.290" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner (British) and I (Canadian) are currently living in the UK and just had a baby. I'm currently working on a Tier 2 (General) visa (I was sponsored by the company) but am strongly considering leaving for various reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To greatly facilitate the job search process I'm considering applying for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/parent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Family visas (Apply as a parent)&lt;/a&gt; but I'd like to be 100% sure we'll meet all the criteria before applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;☑️ Child is under 18 and a British citizen&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;☑️ We are in a share parental responsibility and my partner is a British citizen&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;☑️ have a good knowledge of English &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;☑️ I already have my Biometric residence permits&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;☑️ I meet the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;income requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing anything else?&#xA;For those having applied before or knowing the process, how long does it takes to get the visa if approved? And finally can I apply for it despite currently being on another visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15508" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T14:03:45.323" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T14:04:06.527" Title="UK Family visas: can I apply as a parent if my baby is born in UK and partner is UK citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14264" CreationDate="2018-07-24T14:04:06.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I missing anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re eligible to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply as a partner&lt;/a&gt;, you must do that instead of applying as a parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, a successful application for a parent visa should include evidence that you and your partner do not meet the criteria for a partner visa.  The fact that you and your partner just had a baby suggests that you do meet those criteria, unless you and your partner have been together for less than two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long does it takes to get the visa if approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I do not know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I apply for it despite currently being on another visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Note that one of the options is to apply &quot;in the UK.&quot;  In order to be in the UK legally, you have to be &quot;on another visa&quot;; this implies that you can apply despite being on another visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T14:04:06.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-24T14:13:03.273" Score="4" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Iran and have a company sponsor a visa for me to work in Canada (Vancouver).  Since Canada and Iran don't have diplomatic relations, the responsibility for applicants in Iran lies with their mission to Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to visit the Embassy in Turkey in person to get my visa? If&#xA;yes usually how long should I wait for an appointment? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I still need to pass an IELTS exam?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other possible benefit for having a visa sponsor other than you have a higher chance of acceptance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9297" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T14:18:43.247" LastActivityDate="2018-09-22T19:00:01.070" Title="What are the advantages you get for having a visa sponsor for immigration to Canada?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14266" CreationDate="2018-07-24T15:32:31.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to visit the Embassy in Turkey in person to get my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably, but you do not necessarily have to visit the embassy in Ankara; you could also visit the consulate general in Istanbul.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/apply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fingerprint requirements are changing&lt;/a&gt;, so if you apply after July 31st, you certainly will have to apply in person.  I don't have time to sort through everything to see whether you can apply by mail before that date without visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes usually how long should I wait for an appointment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I do not know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I still need to pass an IELTS exam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on what visa you're applying for.  As far as I can tell, there is no language requirement for a temporary worker visa; presumably this is because the sponsoring employer would not sponsor you if your language skills were insufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, the place where you apply does not affect the language requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other possible benefit for having a visa sponsor other than you have a higher chance of acceptance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For applications, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/work-permit-types.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a sponsor is required&lt;/a&gt;.  A work permit is only available without sponsorship in certain situations.  Such a work permit is called an &amp;quot;open work permit.&amp;quot;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/work-permit-types.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It does not seem likely that you qualify&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible for an open work permit if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are an international student who graduated from a designated learning institution and are eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a student who’s no longer able to meet the costs of your studies (destitute student)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;applied for permanent residence in Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a dependent family member of someone who applied for permanent residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are the spouse or common-law partner of a skilled worker or international student&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a refugee, refugee claimant, protected person or their family member&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are under an unenforceable removal order&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a temporary resident permit holder, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a young worker participating in special programs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In each of these situations, you must meet additional criteria to be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T17:34:55.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-24T18:12:22.693" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Tunisian engineering student, studying in Tunisia and hold only the Tunisian nationality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of my curriculum, I want to conduct an internship / co-p in Canada, that will last more than 4 months, but not longer than 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of visa should I apply for? Am I eligible for one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15394" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T21:37:34.470" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T21:37:34.470" Title="Co-op / internship visa to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;internship&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14259" CreationDate="2018-07-24T20:10:51.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding your edit: &quot;Lawful permanent resident&quot; does not include US citizens.  It is a term of art in US immigration law that denotes what most people call &quot;green card holder.&quot;  For example, the US Department of Homeland Security has a page, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/lawful-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)&lt;/a&gt;, which begins by saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lawful permanent residents (LPRs), also known as “green card” holders, are &lt;strong&gt;non-citizens&lt;/strong&gt; who are lawfully authorized to live permanently within the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User102008's answer is correct; US citizens do not need eTA, and in fact they cannot get it.  If you try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta/apply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for eTA&lt;/a&gt;, after you indicate that the country code in your passport is &lt;em&gt;USA,&lt;/em&gt; you see this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a U.S. citizen, you are exempt from the eTA requirement. You do not need an eTA to travel to Canada. Make sure to travel with valid proof of U.S. citizenship such as a passport and other acceptable travel documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that point, it is not possible to proceed with the eTA application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T20:10:51.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-24T21:56:30.360" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I change my status to H1B  and my wife to H4 at the end of 2017 I came to Mexico and when I went to get my stamps my visa was put on administrative processing . I know this can take severa months and my wife is pregnant.  She holds a B1 visa too , can she enter the states to give birth ( we have insurance an money ) without hurting our case ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15484" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T21:56:30.360" Title="Entering the US while on administrative processing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-24T23:51:25.253" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an I-20 for the Fall 2018 session and got my F1 visa approved. My college starts on the second week of August. Due to some family emergency, I need to postpone my travel for next semester, i.e. Spring 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I defer my admission until the Spring 2019 semester, and get a new I-20, will I be legally allowed to enter United states on the same F1 visa or do I need to reapply for a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My F1 visa is a multiple-entry visa and is valid for the next 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15510" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-07-25T00:19:51.913" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T08:56:18.600" Title="How would postponing my USA travel until next semester affect my F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13858" CreationDate="2018-07-25T07:32:02.333" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. The US allows UK citizens to use the “&lt;a href=&quot;https://rapidvisa.com/visa-waiver-program-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Waiver Program&lt;/a&gt;,” but you still need an ESTA before you can travel. You can get a single ESTA if you’re traveling alone, or you can apply as part of a group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15511" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T07:32:02.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-25T07:44:07.103" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from the EU and I'm planning to move to Manila and to find a job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, I need a job contract and then I need to apply for a 9(G) visa. I tried to do some research, but I'm still a bit confused about how to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it up to the company that offers me a job to take care of the visa application, or can I do that by myself?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to be already in the Philippines in order to be able to apply for the visa or can I do it remotely?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15512" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T07:44:07.103" Title="Philippines work visa: is it up to the company to do the application or can I do it by myself?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13123" CreationDate="2018-07-25T07:44:58.700" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;K3 visa is obsolete, if she is already your wife you should petition her for a spousal visa CR-1 but if you are married for 2 yrs or more IR-1 is the visa of choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15511" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T07:44:58.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14274" CreationDate="2018-07-25T08:56:18.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use your valid F-1 visa if your SEVIS ID doesn't change (number starting with N printed on your I-20 and visa). You should ask your school to change your I-20 dates without changing your SEVIS ID. This should be possible as long as you haven't yet entered the US. You can explain this is because you already paid the SEVIS fee and got the F-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your SEVIS ID changes, you might be able to use your existing visa but it's not 100% clear that this is ok. It's safest to get a new visa showing your correct SEVIS ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T08:56:18.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12759" CreationDate="2018-07-25T09:18:47.647" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several reasons why you should get a new visa in this case. Note also that you may face a higher bar than usual in convincing the officer that you're eligible for the visa, so you should be ready to explain your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, since you're getting a new SEVIS ID and not applying for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/FR/HTML/FR/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-79324/0-0-0-85465/0-0-0-87514/0-0-0-87971.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reinstatement&lt;/a&gt;, you won't have a way to regain valid status within the US.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second, if you were out of status in the US, your old visa is automatically invalid per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1202&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;INA 222(g)&lt;/a&gt;. Furthermore, you must apply for the new visa at the US consulate in your country of nationality except in extraordinary circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, even if you left the US before any status violation, simply because your new I-20 has a new SEVIS ID, you generally should get a new F-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-07-25T09:25:14.120" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T09:25:14.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-25T12:00:13.173" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was hired in June by a small English center here. The owner turned out to be totally corrupt, registering me at another school so she could avoid various fees and bribes, and lying to me about the nature of the job before I moved here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We clashed over these things and because of her very rude, bullying manner. She fired me recently and told me she'll cancel my work permit in a month; that I have to go to Immigration with various documents to cancel my non-Immigrant B visa; and that I have to leave the country as soon as that work permit is invalidated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my non-immigrant B visa is valid till the end of September. Can I stay here until then without risk while I seek another job? What if I don't go to Immigration to cancel that visa? And what are the most effective ways to report and bring to justice this criminal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15515" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-25T12:56:00.827" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T13:00:22.790" Title="What's my status in Thailand after being fired?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14280" CreationDate="2018-07-25T13:00:22.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your employer reported you to Immigration, your visa isn't valid anymore, and you have to leave Thailand. There is very little you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could consult a lawyer, but I'm afraid it won't help much, and cost you money for naught. If you can find a job quickly, your new employer &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be able to sponsor you and get you a new visa. But in any case you need a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, Thailand is very corrupt, and a Thai vs Farang dispute always ends the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T13:00:22.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-25T13:31:39.800" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen who has been living abroad and never had a health insurance in Germany. &#xA;Until now I lived in a non-European country, so my current health insurance cannot join EHIC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a student in the Netherland, and my question is how can I register to the German health insurance so I will be eligible for EHIC while I am in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15516" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T10:19:56.427" Title="Health insurance for German citizen student without EHIC" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-25T15:28:52.777" Score="2" ViewCount="723" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please help! I’m an Australian citizen. I came to Spain and have applied for the NIE. I'm still waiting for the decision from the immigration office. My 90-day stay expires before I get my NIE approved, and as far as I understand, it will be no problem to stay in Spain even after the 90 days expired. But what happens after I get my NIE? I will need to go to Portugal and I’m worried that the 90-day limit in the Schengen zone will be no longer available. Do I need to apply for a visa to go to Portugal, or am I allowed to travel around the EU with my Spanish NIE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15518" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-26T06:52:01.413" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T06:52:01.413" Title="Overstaying 90 days while waiting for the NIE in Spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14283" CreationDate="2018-07-25T15:45:11.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The NIE isn't particularly helpful; it's just a number.  It's the card that you are really concerned about.  I realize people call it an &lt;em&gt;NIE&lt;/em&gt; but it is actually a &lt;em&gt;permiso de residencia,&lt;/em&gt; a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That card allows you to travel to other Schengen countries for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, and you are correct to be concerned, because your 90-day visa free stay in Spain should technically be considered in calculating whether you can go to Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is no systematic enforcement of the 90-day limit for people who hold a residence card or long-term visa.  There are no systematic border controls between Spain and Portugal.  Nobody will record the fact that you traveled to Portugal.  Depending on how you travel, it is very likely that nobody will even look at your passport or residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get in trouble with the Portuguese police and they figure out that you're not technically supposed to be there, they could perhaps deport you, but the chance of their figuring out that you've technically overstayed is pretty small.  They would have to see that you entered the Schengen area more than 90 days before your current residence permit was issued, and that you didn't have another permit or long-stay visa during that time.  I will leave it to you to judge the chance of your getting in trouble with the police in the first place, but for most people it is very low indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in the extremely unlikely event that you did get &quot;found out,&quot; the fact that you were staying in Spain legally while awaiting the issue of your residence permit would probably save you from trouble.  The point of the law is to prevent people from abusing the residence permit system by living in a country while having a permit from a different country.  If you're not trying to do that, you're unlikely to have problems even if the law isn't precise enough to allow you to do what you're doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you go to Portugal more than 90 days after receiving your residence permit, you are technically in the clear.  For example, if you go on the 91st day, you have to count that day for your 90/180 calculation, but you exclude the preceding 90 days, because you had the residence card.  Then you count the preceding 89 days, to fill out the 180-day period, and arrive at a total of 90 days in 180, making your presence in Portugal completely legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T15:45:11.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13123" CreationDate="2018-07-25T16:00:23.007" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where is the path that allows my wife to be with me in the States, without intention to immigrate at this time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The appropriate visa is a B-2 tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've read somewhere that doing a tourist visa, when you are married to a US citizen, might have problems about &quot;withholding information&quot;. Is this true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can, but if you document your circumstances well enough to show that you have no intention of moving to the US, that should satisfy the visa officer that your wife has no &quot;immigrant intent.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Furthermore, tourist visas are processed without consideration for the fact that she is the spouse of a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not strictly true; they will take it into account just as much as they take any applicant's family circumstances into account.  The problem is that being married to a US citizen can make it harder for someone to show a lack of immigrant intent.  It is by no means impossible to do so, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anyone in this situation, it should in fact be fairly easy to do so if the US citizen spouse also has strong ties to the foreign place of residence.  The harder problem is for a couple that wants to maintain their marriage while the US citizen lives in the US and the foreign spouse lives elsewhere.  But even that is not impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T16:00:23.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13123" CreationDate="2018-07-25T17:12:09.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should it be useful to others: My fiancé was granted her US tourist visa for 10 years. Her interviewer pushed on the question of whether we would marry in the States, which she replied no as it is not our plan. In our case, the invitation letters and various proof documents we had prepared were not even looked at. I don’t know how this may be affected post marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14532" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T17:12:09.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14288" CreationDate="2018-07-25T22:13:02.680" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Portuguese national. Currently, working and living in the UK. I have a non-EEA son under 21 that lives outside of EU. I want him to join me in the UK. As far as I understand he can apply for Family Permit Visa from the non-EEA country and later apply for the residency card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Would it be better if he comes on a tourist visa and later decides if he wants to stay and apply for the Family permit?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) I have been here less than 3 months, does it means I dont have to show any work-related documents listed here. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15520" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T05:34:10.867" Title="Family Permit for under 21 child non-EEA citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14287" CreationDate="2018-07-26T05:19:45.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your son may be, as suggested in a comment, a Portuguese citizen.  However, this answer assumes that he is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) Would it be better if he comes on a tourist visa and later decides if he wants to stay and apply for the Family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no advantage to this.  Trying this route will probably take longer and be more expensive, since the EEA family permit is free of charge and is issued more quickly.  A tourist visa costs around £100 with service fees, and will probably take longer to process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, once he's in the UK, he can no longer apply for a family permit.  Instead, he would &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  But for a direct family member it's not necessary to have a residence card to remain.  He'll need one if he wants to work, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) I have been here less than 3 months, does it means I dont have to show any work-related documents listed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-07-26T05:34:10.867" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T05:34:10.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14289" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-26T07:40:27.930" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get a programming job in Istanbul without knowing the Turkish language? Or knowing the basics of communication, say 400 words and maybe 20 sentences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I intend to travel to Istanbul and seek a job (I am a software programmer) there. I do not master the Turkish language though, it's important that I know how likely I am to find a job. I am good at what I do - my job - and I am good at English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has any experience, suggestion, offer, caution, recommendation, etc. they are appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14230" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-26T08:48:26.187" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T08:48:26.187" Title="Chance of finding a job as a programmer in Istanbul, Turkey, without knowing the Turkish language?" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-27T14:27:47.277" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you travel light, you can use the extra luggage space to transport items from your country of residence to sell in your home country, and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other ways to profit from frequent international air travel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15525" LastActivityDate="2018-07-27T14:27:47.277" Title="How to profit from frequent air trips home?" Tags="&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-07-31T14:20:48.427" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12779" CreationDate="2018-07-27T19:03:46.170" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I experienced this whole process and asked my teacher about it in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, X2 is effective for 180 days from the entry and I did not experience such procedure as @dda mentioned. The application for the residence permit is only for those who have X1, in which case you must go to police station (actually, the police station that controls immigrants - 出入境管理处, not any police station). However, X2 holders don't need it and can't get residence permit. The visa for the short-term (one-semester) language program is X2. There is no medical test for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, you can travel to other cities in China during the class. It depends on each university (or maybe each province) how strict the attendance rule is. In my case, the attendance rate must be above 70% and otherwise the university has the right to &quot;expel&quot; students. However, this is pretty lax and it is said that no one is actually expelled in my university, though some were warned about the low attendance rate. My classmates didn't reach the attendance rate, but were not expelled. The only student that my teacher keeps warning is a student who is going to enroll the undergraduate program (本科生) from the next semester, in which case the student has a chance to lose the right of enrollment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of my classmates attended another university in the past, and they said there were not such strict attendance  rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The university must report the attendance rate to the local government, and if you have low attendance rate, it is possible that your next visa would get rejected, or otherwise you have in trouble, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many students in my class often traveled to other cities, for 1 to 2 weeks usually, and multiple times. Some students in my class attend as low as 30% but never got expelled. Also, many students don't attend class even though they don't travel, as these students came to China just for party.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm still not sure if it &quot;breaks the law&quot; to ignore the payment completely, but at least once you pay, you can travel to other cities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2018-07-27T19:03:46.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14129" CreationDate="2018-07-28T01:57:37.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Labour market testing is the process sponsors have to go through to check there is no Australian suitable for a particular job before employing someone overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Labour market testing is required for applicants from &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; countries, unless that requirement is in breach of Australia's international trade obligations.  From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/482-?modal=/visas/supporting/Pages/482/labour-market-testing-requirement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department's website&lt;/a&gt;, the following are currently exempted from labour market testing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the worker you nominate is a citizen/national of China, Japan or Thailand, or is a citizen/national/permanent resident of Chile, South Korea, New Zealand or Singapore&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the worker you nominate is a current employee of a business that is an associated entity of your business and the associated entity is located in an Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) country (Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), Chile, China,​ Japan, South Korea or New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the worker you nominate is a current employee of an associated entity of your business and that associated entity operates in a country that is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the nominated occupation is an Executive or Senior Manager occupation for the purposes of international trade obligations and the nominee will be responsible for the entire or a substantial part of your company's operations in Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your business currently operates in a WTO member country or territory and is seeking to set up a business in Australia, and the nominated occupation is an Executive or Senior Manager occupation for the purposes of international trade obligations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the worker you nominate is a citizen of a WTO member country or territory and has worked for you in the nominated position in Australia on a full-time basis for the last two years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T01:57:37.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-28T11:38:23.947" Score="0" ViewCount="1767" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve been working in Berlin for 3 months and I have applied for a Blue card 3 weeks ago. I still didn’t receive the approval yet. However, I’m considering resigning from my current role before receiving the blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I would like to know how long I can stay in Germany after my last day of work. Or should I leave on my last day of work before midnight? Note that I’m a non-EU citizen. And I have a visa for 6 months, but the name of the company is written on the visa, so it’s valid as long as I will be working for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13816" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-29T12:45:55.643" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T18:28:30.643" Title="How long can I stay in Germany after I resign from my work before getting a blue card?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-08-07T11:14:04.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-28T13:19:11.503" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a Dutch passport holder as are my sister and brother and my sister's two children. Apparently I am too old to get a Dutch passport. I would like to know if my son can get a Dutch passport as his Opa has one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15530" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T02:17:06.837" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T02:17:06.837" Title="Dutch passport for my son" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12800" CreationDate="2018-07-28T17:26:48.803" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a tourist, it will be harder to open a new bank account with the bigger banks, like ICBC or BoC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're planning to spend some time in China, and can/are willing to register for a language class, a student visa will be the easiest way to open a new bank account. Say you want to stay for a while in Shenzhen. You register for a semester in ShenDa, get your student ID card, and head over to the banks they have on campus, BoC for sure, and Communications I think. You'll have a shiny new bank account in no time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, it is going to be harder. Go for the smaller banks, in areas with a lot of foreigners. They might be less strict.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T17:26:48.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14299" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-07-28T18:30:42.073" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-07-28T18:30:42.073" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T18:30:42.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14300" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-07-28T18:30:42.073" Score="0" Body="For questions about official documents/records needed when living abroad." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T13:58:11.550" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T13:58:11.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-28T19:54:53.903" Score="1" ViewCount="797" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Malaysian currently living and working in the US with a green card issued in 2016. I am thinking of relocating to Singapore and finding a job there. What are the pros and cons being a US green card holder working there (in terms of taxes, foreign income exclusion, tax credit, double taxation, etc)? Or would it be better for me to apply for US citizenship first prior to relocating to Singapore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully someone in a similar situation would be able to share some experience. Thank you very much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your replies! Yes, I understand that it would depend on me but I was just curious about the taxation part being a green card holder or US citizen in terms of double taxation. If everything goes well, it would be a permanent relocation, at that point I would have to determine whether to relinquish my permanent residency and address the taxation concerns that arises from that for that year (perhaps?). Either way, I will still be subject to U.S. income tax but may qualify for certain foreign earned income exclusion/tax credits - which I had questions about earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, below are some references I found below...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/frequently-asked-questions-about-international-individual-tax-matters#GeneralFAQs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/frequently-asked-questions-about-international-individual-tax-matters#GeneralFAQs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion-can-i-claim-the-exclusion-or-deduction&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion-can-i-claim-the-exclusion-or-deduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/Individuals/Foreigners/Learning-the-basics/Basic-Guide-for-New-Individual-Taxpayers--Foreigners-/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/Individuals/Foreigners/Learning-the-basics/Basic-Guide-for-New-Individual-Taxpayers--Foreigners-/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most likely I will apply for my US citizenship before relocating to Singapore. Thank you once again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15532" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T17:36:29.847" Title="Pros and cons of working in Singapore as a US Green Card holder vs US citizen" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-29T13:24:12.387" Score="4" ViewCount="248" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend (coming from Iran) and I (male, coming from Spain) are living and studying in Germany. She has been in Germany for more than 6 years with a study visa. We want to get married. These documents are required:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of residence valid for 3 weeks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ehefähigkeitszeugnis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is waiting for the renewal of her student visa. However the passport hasn't expired. Would it be a problem? Should we wait until she receives a visa extension? Should she apply for another visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is considered a valid proof of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is an &lt;em&gt;Ehefähigkeitszeugnis&lt;/em&gt; issued by the German administration, or should we apply for it in our respective embassies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15536" LastEditorUserId="19287" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T09:36:18.843" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T09:36:18.843" Title="Marriage in Germany between EU and non-EU citizen" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14296" CreationDate="2018-07-29T17:52:56.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is nearly impossible to give an easy and short answer to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A blue card is valid 3 Month after the job has ended, but in the first 2 years you need yo ask for permission if you want to change your job with a blue card &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/residence-act/bc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/eu-blue-card-germany/residence-act/bc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick research shows me that there are several types of visa but more important is, that your possibilities depend on your qualification, your financial situation, your nationality and also on your knowledge of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it can be a problem, if you entered the country on a working visa basis and later you want to change it to a permanent status, as far as I understand the law. But I'm not an expert ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should seek assistance from an organisation like Caritas, IHK, sometimes at Universities  or if you can afford it, contact a lawyer who is specialized in &quot;Ausländerrecht&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8209/what-are-the-permit-implications-of-voluntarily-leaving-a-job-as-a-us-citizen-bl?rq=1&quot;&gt;What are the permit implications of voluntarily leaving a job as a US citizen Blue Card-holder in Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(read his answer) I guess it can be an advantage not to have received the BC yet.&#xA;If you find a better job soon, it's maybe better to apply for a BC with the new job &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15538" LastEditorUserId="15538" LastEditDate="2018-07-29T18:28:30.643" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T18:28:30.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14302" CreationDate="2018-07-29T18:10:59.947" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A general word of advice: German authorities are bureaucratic. You cannot expect to go there with the documents you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; you need and get married immediately. Even if you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; by chance have the right documents (see below) you will make an appointment for an appointment to be married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should we wait until she receive the extension of the visa? Should she apply for another visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go and ask. If her visa is valid &lt;em&gt;right now&lt;/em&gt; and at the &lt;em&gt;date of the actual marriage&lt;/em&gt; I don't see a problem, but you don't know when that date is... so please don't guess, go and ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is considered a valid proof of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, a rental agreement. You live somewhere, you have a contract. Bring a copy and you should be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ehefähigkeitszeugnis is issued by the german administration, or should we apply for it in our respective embassies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the real fun starts. There are two types of countries: countries that trust their citizens and countries that do not. Germany is not very trusting. While in other countries you swear that you are legally allowed to marry and that's it, in Germany you will need paperwork. You need papers, certifying that you are legally able to marry (i.e. not married, if previous marriage existed then divorced etc). The fun starts when you are from a country that &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; trusting their citizens because they will simply not &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; such a certificate. In that case, Germany will need to see other papers they accept instead and obviously that will vary by country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do yourself a favor: go get an appointment with Standesamt &lt;em&gt;as soon as possible&lt;/em&gt;, talk to a real person and get a definite list of papers you need. There is no way you can navigate this on your own. People at the Amt are friendly and helpful &lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt; you come prepared and expect to leave with a checklist to do some work. They can be very unhelpful when you just go in with papers and want to get married. Because you will not have the right papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;go and ask&lt;/strong&gt;. Work with them. Let them present you with a list of what you need and then go get it. Be prepared that this may take several weeks and several hundred € (because you will need a certified translator to translate all of it) just to get to the point where you are allowed to make an appointment to marry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T04:32:57.000" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T04:32:57.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14302" CreationDate="2018-07-29T18:11:24.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ehefähigkeitszeugnis means that the country of your origin will give you a certification that confirms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are not married already in that (or any other) country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are allowed to marry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are no other reasons that you can not marry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess today the most important is, that you are not married already and that you are not (too close) relatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A valid proof of residence in Germany is normally your registered address in your passport or visa. &#xA;You should get those papers at the Einwohnermeldeamt or maybe from the office which treats your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think they accept any phone bills etc. in germany &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15538" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T18:11:24.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14309" CreationDate="2018-07-29T21:45:56.727" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen applying for a study permit in Canada at the port of entry, when I arrive in Canada. The application, which I am completing ahead of time, asks for the &quot;country or territory where applying,&quot; as well as my status in that country and &quot;from&quot; and &quot;to&quot; dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I indicate that I am applying from the U.S. or Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, if I indicate I am applying from Canada, what should I indicate as my current status (visitor, student, or other)? And what should I list in the &quot;from&quot; and &quot;to&quot; dates? Would this be the length of time I intend to remain in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15505" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T21:53:20.213" Title="I'm applying for a study permit in Canada at the port of entry. What country do I list as the country where I'm applying?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14308" CreationDate="2018-07-29T21:53:20.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically, at the point you are applying (at the border), you would not really be &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; Canada (as you don't have any visitor or residence status in Canada). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just put USA and since you're a US citizen too, they'll just skip right over that part. After all, you'll be standing right in front of the officer, it'll be obvious to them where you are. They won't deny you on such a trivial technicality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-07-29T21:53:20.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-30T10:18:40.103" Score="0" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband's parents were both Dutch citizens who immigrated to SA in 1951 and 1952. They never gave up Dutch citizenship, so my husband, who was born in SA and has always lived and worked in SA, has had dual citizenship, Dutch/SA, for many years, and so have our two children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our son is working in the Netherlands now and our daughter is busy applying to work there, so we might also consider living in the Netherlands. Is it possible for me to get Dutch citizenship as a spouse? If so, how do I go about getting it? We got married in 1980, 38 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15542" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-02T03:59:54.140" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T12:19:16.903" Title="Acquiring Dutch citizenship or residency as the spouse of a Dutch citizen" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14324" CreationDate="2018-07-30T12:41:35.783" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be lodging a visa application to transition from 458 to working holiday (417) visa in September this year. I've already booked my flight and going to lodge my application as soon as I arrive in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I know and have done:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am still in Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fully understood the intention of the visa and its restrictions, most notably 6 months per employer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visa length&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work rights and study rights&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arranged health examinations upfront&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Created a draft form just to get a feeling of how the visa lodgement work&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Few questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can you still lodge 417 working holidays application before your 458 has expired?&lt;/em&gt; I will be back home on the 1st of September and I am going to apply for the visa upon the arrival. But my current 458 will still be alive until the following 7th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How long does Working Holiday visa process normally take? I've applied for a holiday for one month at my current job and I wish to come back on time&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15543" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T13:01:26.410" Title="Transitioning Australian visa from 458 to working holiday" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14315" CreationDate="2018-07-30T13:20:52.217" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working 2 years for a company, then lost my job. How long can I stay here while looking for a new one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be straightforward to Google for it, but spent some time and I can't find a definite answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8581" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T14:51:15.773" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T16:23:43.313" Title="I (European citizen) lost my job in Denmark. How long can I stay while looking for a new job?" Tags="&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14310" CreationDate="2018-07-30T14:29:59.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At this point you, without any Dutch ancestry of your own and never having lived in the Netherlands, do not appear to qualify for Dutch citizenship. However you don't need Dutch citizenship to be able to live in the Netherlands with your Dutch partner. He will need to sponsor a residence permit for you and, depending on your situation, this would either be through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/non-eu-wife-husband-children/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU rules&lt;/a&gt; (easier, but requires that he has previously asserted rights as an EU citizen) or through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family/Pages/Spouse-or-partner.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T14:49:30.867" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T14:49:30.867" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-30T15:51:13.420" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for the visit visa for the second time. It was issued for me once before for 6 months, and I have travelled twice with the same visa and returned on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This time I want to submit for a 2-year visit visa from Egypt to visit my British husband. We have been together since 2012 in Egypt and he first travelled to the UK on September 2017 and stayed there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He got a job recently earning £15000 annually (that’s why I don’t qualify for a spouse visa) and I am currently working in my home country in a multinational company with a fixed contract and medical cover worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will submit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my pay slips for the last 6 months;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my 6-month bank statement;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;his tenancy agreement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my HR letter;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an invitation letter;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;his job offer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;his passport;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my credit card;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;medical cover;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;our marriage certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any missing documents? Will they approve this visit visa? Are there any documents especially required for the &lt;strong&gt;2-year visit visa&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will travel to my meet with my husband and his family in the UK. His father and mother are based in &lt;strong&gt;Egypt&lt;/strong&gt; (although his mother is Egyptian and his father is British), so I will submit their flight tickets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to travel:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in October for a ten-day family gathering: my husband, his parents, and his brother will be there;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in March for 15 days for our anniversary;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to visit my husband frequently.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family lives in Egypt and I have a job in a &lt;strong&gt;multinational company&lt;/strong&gt; so those are the ties mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15545" LastEditorUserId="430" LastEditDate="2018-08-02T14:06:02.110" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T14:06:02.110" Title="UK visit visa 2 years from Egypt" Tags="&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14312" CreationDate="2018-07-30T16:23:43.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The website mentions that you may stay up to 6 months or more if you can prove that you are seeking employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Residence-as-a-Nordic-citizen-or-EU-or-EEA-citizen/Union-citizens-and-EEA-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Residence-as-a-Nordic-citizen-or-EU-or-EEA-citizen/Union-citizens-and-EEA-nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to apply for a residence certificate if you haven't done so already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15533" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T16:23:43.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14301" CreationDate="2018-07-30T22:21:06.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the main question is whether you want to keep your US permanent residency and avenue to citizenship or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you stay a PR but go to Singapore for employment  and don’t file Federal taxes (or worse, file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040nr-us-nonresident-alien-income-tax-return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-resident taxation status&lt;/a&gt;), you’ll be considered to have abandoned your permanent residency. You need to be careful when engaged in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long-term overseas travel as a Permanent Resident&lt;/a&gt; if you want to keep your status. USCIS may not catch violations for some time, but they do catch them if and when you renew or if and when you file for naturalization. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, both PRs and Citizens are required to file Federal taxes on worldwide income. Between the foreign earned income credit and foreign tax credit, you don’t have to pay much if anything at all in most circumstances. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T17:36:29.847" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T17:36:29.847" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14297" CreationDate="2018-07-31T00:15:22.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;David's comment is essentially correct.  Your son cannot get a Dutch passport by virtue of his grandfather's nationality.  But he might be a Dutch citizen if all of the following are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You were Dutch when you were born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You were Dutch when he was born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You passed Dutch nationality to him at his birth (that is, either he was born after 1985 or, if he was born before 1985, he was born out of wedlock and without any legal father).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You did not lose Dutch nationality before he reached his 18th birthday.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He has not yet reached his 28th birthday.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've done this off the top of my head, so I might have a detail or two wrong, and there are some very unlikely exceptions that, if he reaches the last step, might extend the deadline past his 28th birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T00:15:22.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9339" CreationDate="2018-07-31T00:52:38.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the extended discussion with detailed advice from @user102008 and others was &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/60060/discussion-on-answer-by-crazydre-lost-i-94-from-2005-no-admitted-until-date&quot;&gt;moved to chat&lt;/a&gt;, I'm rewriting it into an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appears that this person is Canadian and never received an I-94, but was simply admitted with an entry stamp.  If so, that would explain the lack of an I-94 number.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if the I-94 was lost, while USCIS prefers an I-94, their policy is to treat the entry stamp as sufficient evidence of legal admission, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartA-Chapter4.html#S-A-5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartB-Chapter2.html#S-A-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (scroll down to Evidence of Admission)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if the person overstayed and/or is not in status, as the spouse of a US citizen they count as an Immediate Relative and they can still apply for Adjustment of Status.  (This assumes they didn't depart the US.  If they had departed the US after 180 days of overstay, they could have an unlawful presence ban which would require a waiver to be approved.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusion: although USCIS has requested the I-94 number, in this specific situation, it should suffice to explain that the I-94 number either was never issued or is not available and provide the entry stamp as evidence of admission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T00:52:38.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-31T12:15:39.827" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have exported my car from the UK to France. I am in the process of registering in France. I have the CT and French insurance but as yet am awaiting the carte Gris with the new French registration number etc. So I am still driving with a UK registration. I need to drive back to the UK shortly and worried that I will not be covered in the UK. I still have a valid UK tax and insurance but no MOT. Can anybody advise what I am covered for in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15548" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T14:43:07.680" Title="UK car registered in France" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-31T14:24:13.143" Score="2" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse holds a Schengen visa, which is valid until the end of the year. She got my last name in addition to hers after we married. Is her Schengen visa still valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15549" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T14:48:22.473" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T14:48:22.473" Title="Is a Schengen visa valid after marriage (new last name)" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-01T12:54:18.993" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in the UK to a French mother (born in France), with his birth registered at the consulate as a French born outside of France. He has a French passport &amp;amp; CNIS. He has always been a dual national, French and British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible for me, born in the UK to a French-born-outside-France father, to obtain French citizenship if we now got my birth registered with the consulate in the same way? I understand there may be penalties for having not registered me as a child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15554" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T13:27:07.543" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T13:27:07.543" Title="French citizenship through UK-born father whose birth was registered as French outside France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14311" CreationDate="2018-08-01T12:55:26.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you still lodge 417 working holidays application before your 458 has expired?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/417-#tab-content-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department's page on the subclass 417 visa&lt;/a&gt; provides as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First Working Holiday visa:&lt;/strong&gt; You must be outside Australia when you apply for your first Working Holiday visa and when the visa is decided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that requirement, you can apply at any time.  However, you should note that you can only hold one Australian visa at any one time.  When a new visa is granted, it automatically replaces all existing visas you hold (even if the existing visa has not expired and even if the existing visa provides more advantangeous rights).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long does Working Holiday visa process normally take?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/global-visa-citizenship-processing-times&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; shows the processing times for various types of visa.  Currently, for subclass 417, 90% of visa applications are processed within 35 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T13:01:26.410" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T13:01:26.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-01T14:02:11.867" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Tunisian and my husband is British. We have been living in Tunis since we got married in July 2017. My husband has been offered a job in the UK (one-year contract) and I plan on applying for a spouse visa to join him. We fulfill the financial requirement for a spousal visa. However, the spouse visa process takes a long time and there are still documents we will need from the UK/we need to let an apartment. We would really like to not be apart for an extended period of time and so we are wondering whether it is OK for me to apply for a 6 month family visit visa. We have a few questions about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a visit visa and then apply to change it to a spouse visa from the UK or will I have to come back to Tunis to apply and wait for the decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've read that they are likely to reject a family visit visa application if I state that I intend to stay for the whole 6 months period on the grounds that I don't have &quot;strong ties&quot; to return home (I would have to quit my job in Tunis). Would it be better for me to stay for a month or two at a time then come back to Tunis for some time or does it not make a difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, we are worried that taking this course of action and staying for 6 months on a visit visa (or worse, being rejected one) may adversely affect my future spouse visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grateful for any advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15556" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T14:02:11.867" Title="Can I apply for a family visit visa to stay with my husband in the UK before applying for a spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14327" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14345" CreationDate="2018-08-01T17:26:04.330" Score="3" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Germany, working under a blue card. My situation is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under my blue card is written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;19A AUFENTHG IVM 2ABS 1 NR 2A BESCHV&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  SIEHE ZUSATBLATT PASS-NR XXXXX&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  GULTIG BIS 23.06.2018&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  KARTEBNUTZUNG BIS 23.06.2018&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My passport expired on 23.06.2018 and apparently my blue card too. I honestly forgot about that, in my head my passport was valid until 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the risks here? I'm going to request a new passport tomorrow, which will arrive August 15. Am I in an illegal situation? I have an appointment for the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; and plan to go there once I have my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel outside Germany even with this blue card situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I continue to work under that? I'm also switching companies right now and I'm not sure about the legal implications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15558" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-02T04:03:54.553" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T07:52:34.033" Title="My passport has expired and I forgot about it. What about my EU Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-02T09:56:09.990" Score="2" ViewCount="658" Body="&lt;p&gt;My issue date for my J-1 visa is 20th of may 2018, the start date on my Ds 2019 form (which is also stated in the visa in my passport) is 30th august 2018. Is it ok for me to enter the US on the 22nd of august? It is within the 30 day period but I am confused since it says 30th of august in the visa &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15564" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T17:01:48.990" Title="J 1 visa issue date= start date?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-02T11:26:31.937" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, and I work for a US Company. I want to live in Honduras because I work on the internet . Can this be done even on a temporary basis? I have been away from my wife for 3 months and I want to be able to spend time with her in Honduras and work for my current US company online.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="mark yeager" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T02:58:19.423" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T02:58:19.423" Title="US citizen working for a US company. I want to live in Honduras" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14310" CreationDate="2018-08-02T12:19:16.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would need to legally reside in the Netherlands and demonstrate that you are sufficiently integrated.  At that point you could naturalize and retain your existing citizenship (provided that South African law does not strip you of citizenship if you naturalize elsewhere).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general requirements are listed at the below link:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, you must have resided in the Netherlands for either 3 or 5 years prior to naturalization, but according to the below link, you are exempt from this requirement as you and your husband have already lived together for 3 years:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Exceptions-5-year-term-nationalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Exceptions-5-year-term-nationalisation.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page explains how, as the spouse of a Dutch citizen, you are not obliged to give up your existing citizenship when naturalizing:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Renouncing-your-current-nationality.aspx#No_renunciation_nationality%23no_renunciation_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Renouncing-your-current-nationality.aspx#No_renunciation_nationality%23no_renunciation_nationality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your husband is a Dutch citizen, you can obtain a residence permit on that basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest obstacle may be demonstrating you are integrated, which involves demonstrating proficiency in Dutch and some familiarity with Dutch cultural norms and values.  If you can speak Afrikaans, then picking up Dutch is typically not that hard so the norms and values may be where you must spent your effort.  You can find some details on the exams that prove you are integrated here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.inburgeren.nl/en/integration-in-the-netherlands/naturalising.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.inburgeren.nl/en/integration-in-the-netherlands/naturalising.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T12:19:16.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14320" CreationDate="2018-08-02T12:49:57.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the car is still registered, taxed and even insured in the U.K. as you indicate, who is going to ask questions? But set up an M.O.T. as soon as possible, and try to carry evidence of the booking. A waste of £40 or so.&#xA;And with luck you will get the French Carte Grise in time: they are normally quite quick. I assume you will travel on a U.K. passport. The golden rule is to stay inconspicuous and never ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15559" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T12:49:57.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-02T13:56:45.693" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a difficult situation concerning visas with my wife. My desire is to be separated as little as possible. Here is the situation I am in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I (the employee) am a U.S. citizen, while my wife is Turkish.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are both currently living in Istanbul, Turkey.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I recently found work in Berlin and signed a work contract in the IT field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife doesn't have a visa to enter the EU or the US.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current route that we are seeing is that I will move to Germany without my wife, apply for a Blue Card, and, once I obtain my Blue Card, my wife will start her application for the family reunion visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I was a Turkish citizen, I would first apply with my wife for a temporary visa. Doing this our visas would be released together and we would be able to travel to Germany. Upon arriving we would extend it to residency visa. This won't work because (I am fairly certain that) I can not process anything in the embassy in Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is the best calculation that I can come up with:&#xA;- Two weeks: I move to Germany, set up apartment, bank, insurance, etc. (stuff needed for residence permit).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- One month: Wait for appointment at immigration office in Berlin.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- Two weeks: Wait for results of residence.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- Two weeks: Wife makes appointment at Istanbul embassy for a Family Reunion visa.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- One to three months: Wife waits for results of visa application.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Total: 3.5 - 5.5 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is anything I miscalculated or any other route that I am missing I would love to hear it. Or is what I've written what is to be expected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15565" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T03:10:53.587" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T12:28:59.850" Title="What is the relocation process to Germany when the employee is a US citizen and the spouse needs a visa to enter?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-02T18:56:44.923" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to reapply for a J1 visa for my PhD after two rejections with no reason given. I have funding plus a signed bond with home government for five year compulsory service and everything. I want to give it another shot as my classes will begin soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply from another consular station in my country as my current one has a long waiting list for appointments? I read somewhere that one has to apply from the same post or is there any flexibility in that? I could get an early interview date from the other station.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15568" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T08:02:21.780" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T08:02:21.780" Title="J1 visa for PhD refused twice. Can I still reapply?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10368" CreationDate="2018-08-02T19:05:24.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to confirm, I was able to renew my visa in a consulate of a different country my passport was issued, and also my previous visa. No delays or complications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11292" LastActivityDate="2018-08-02T19:05:24.853" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14339" CreationDate="2018-08-02T23:02:35.087" Score="0" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling form I-864 to sponsor a family member.&#xA;I should submit the form online, and the form is pdf file which can get filled using a pdf editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about a the signature needed on bottom of this form. Is it acceptable by NVC to put a digital signature on the pdf at designed box or not, I have to print the filled form and sign in by black ink and the scan the form into a new pdf file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T01:04:51.037" Title="Is digital signing Form I-864 is acceptable?" Tags="&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14338" CreationDate="2018-08-03T01:04:51.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/ink-signature-no-longer-required-on-affidavits-of-support.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;As of December 2016&lt;/a&gt;, NVC no longer requires &quot;wet ink&quot; signatures on I-864 submitted to it. You can submit photocopies of the signed form, but they do not accept &quot;digital signatures&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T01:04:51.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14332" CreationDate="2018-08-03T01:14:58.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One important consideration is that just because you say &quot;I work on the internet&quot;, that doesn't mean that the Honduras government won't treat that as &quot;working&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is the case in Thailand (where I live as an expat), where any kind of work that is done while in Thailand counts as &quot;working in Thailand&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this might seem to be a trivial unimportant detail to the person doing the work, as far as the government is concerned you might be liable for income tax. So &quot;working on the internet&quot; while in a country, can constitute &quot;working&quot; in that country, and mean that you need to pay income tax in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know that Honduras is like this - it might not be. But be aware that it is distinctly possible. And while you might think it's not something important, they could easily see it as tax evasion. Make sure you are aware of the local laws before attempting to work in a foreign country. Work permits and tax might be involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T01:14:58.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14327" CreationDate="2018-08-03T08:54:21.597" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically you are now illegally in Germany - you have no valid passport, you have no valid residence permit. This means that it's better for you not to travel anywhere - someone wants to check your papers and you get problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must go to the Ausländerbehörde as soon as possible and if you're lucky and the clerk is lenient you'll hopefully get a &lt;em&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt; which would prove your legal residence in Germany until you get a new Blue Card or residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T08:54:21.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-03T10:49:07.533" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife joined me in Germany last month. I tried to search online whether she is entitled for unemployment benefit but I got a mixture of opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She joined me via the family reunification route. Her residence permit (after she receives it) will probably end after 4 years, similarly to mine. Is she entitled for unemployment benefits? if yes, a link or guidelines about the procedure will be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T16:07:12.020" Title="Unemployment benefits for a limited residence permit holder in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14335" CreationDate="2018-08-03T12:28:59.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I found a very viable solution: Since I am residing in Turkey I can apply for a +90 day visa with my wife at the consolate here in Istanbul. Doing this allows my wife to get her +90 day visa as well (though I hear it's not gauranteed to come out at the same time as mine). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Total time of separation: the time it takes for my wifes visa to process minus two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15565" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T12:28:59.850" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14327" CreationDate="2018-08-03T12:31:54.343" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I called the Ausländerbehörde and what happens is that my residence permit is still valid, just my card is associated to an expired passport. So i need to issue a new passport and issue a new blue card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even before i have the new blue card i can still travel, work or anything else cause my residence permit is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the reference:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326798/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326798/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15558" LastEditorUserId="15558" LastEditDate="2018-08-07T07:52:34.033" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T07:52:34.033" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-03T19:50:49.270" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have or remember my social security number, which I got in 1979. I want to find my number, since I am in the country with no visa. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15573" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T06:48:53.177" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T12:37:55.333" Title="Retrieve my social security number from a long time ago" Tags="&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-08-09T14:12:14.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14342" CreationDate="2018-08-03T20:33:56.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if she is entitled, but the process to claim unemployment benefit is to turn up at the local Agentur für Arbeit and register.  It is helpful to speak some German, but my experience is that they will speak slowly if you ask them to.  It is an altogether more civilized experience than I remember from the UK in the 80's (and it has only got worse in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They ought to know if she is entitled or not (but a definitive answer with references would be good, so you can argue if they say &quot;not&quot;, but actually she is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T20:33:56.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6432" CreationDate="2018-08-04T04:47:31.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would add two elements to Gala's great answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F21089&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F21089&lt;/a&gt; to get the instructions to renew your French ID if living in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;France extended the validity of this card and it is now valid for 15 years (instead of 10), and it is retroactive. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F21089&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F21089&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si votre précédente carte a été délivrée entre 2004 et 2013 et que vous étiez majeur lors de sa délivrance, elle reste &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F32303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;valide 5 ans après la date d'expiration qui est indiquée&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Si%20votre%20pr%C3%A9c%C3%A9dente%20carte%20a%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20d%C3%A9livr%C3%A9e%20entre%202004%20et%202013%20et%20que%20vous%20%C3%A9tiez%20majeur%20lors%20de%20sa%20d%C3%A9livrance%2C%20elle%20reste%20valide%205%20ans%20apr%C3%A8s%20la%20date%20d&amp;#39;expiration%20qui%20est%20indiqu%C3%A9e.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Translate&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your previous card was issued between 2004 and 2013 and you were of age at the time of issue, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F32303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it remains valid 5 years after the expiry date indicated&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/79857/1810&quot;&gt;Which European countries accept an expired national French ID?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T06:47:03.590" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T06:47:03.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T07:09:02.327" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cancelled my student visa and came back to my home country due to some family reasons, however now that everything is sorted in my home I wish to apply for a student visa again with a proper procedure. Is there any chance of getting student visa denied?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T09:34:42.360" Title="Can I re-apply for a Canada student visa after getting it cancelled?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14350" CreationDate="2018-08-04T09:34:42.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is always a &lt;em&gt;chance&lt;/em&gt; that you will be denied, but you appear to have applied for a visa, left the country, cancelled it for a good reason, and now wish to return.  That sounds like the sort of responsible behaviour immigration officials like to see.  Pausing your studies for family reasons shows a strong tie to your native country, which is always good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T09:34:42.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T11:40:05.710" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;What do I need to apply for a visa to visit the UK with my French wife? If possible stay and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've spent 25 years in English, African, and Asian countries. I've come to know that the English and French lifestyles are a bit different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15576" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-05T10:32:41.523" LastActivityDate="2018-08-05T10:32:41.523" Title="Moving to the UK with my French wife" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14352" CreationDate="2018-08-04T14:01:23.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would start by applying for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  This allows you to visit the UK with your wife.  It also allows you to enter the UK with the intention of remaining there with her under the EU right of free movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To work, you will want a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  You don't require one to be authorized to work or stay, but your employer will need to see it to comply with the law that requires employers to verify their employees' right to work.  Practically speaking you need to apply for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T14:01:23.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T17:48:11.917" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a US citizen is working under a NAFTA work permit in Canada, can he apply for his spouse (who is a citizen of another country such as India) to join him in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T18:31:32.063" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T18:37:51.310" Title="Is a NAFTA work permit holder in Canada allowed to bring his spouse from another country (such as India)?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T17:58:48.477" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that children at 15 are offered access to Gymnasium/Liceo based on their performance of the previous two years. So anyone who fails that will be barred from uni, or at least have a far more difficult path ahead of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an expat child who is doing extremely well in his country of origin, coming into the country one or two years before that date it might be that they are excluded from higher education just because they didn't have enough time to settle in their new country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would children in that situation be allowed to study in a private school and do their four years of Gymnasium there? Would the schools generaly have free spots for those kids?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We might be transfering to canton Ticino (Lugano specifically) if that makes any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T17:58:48.477" Title="Switzerland: Private path to university if they fail to access Gymnasium" Tags="&lt;children&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-05T00:30:02.443" Score="4" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen and I've lived in the US all my life. Soon I will be moving to Portugal for 6-12 months. How can I set up my money situation so that I don't have to pay an international fee every time I use my Visa card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there, I will earn money working remotely as an independent contractor for US companies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15579" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T21:38:44.770" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T21:38:44.770" Title="How can I (a US citizen) set up my bank/money when I move to Portugal?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14366" CreationDate="2018-08-05T08:26:26.657" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a good chance that early spring next year I'll be relocating to the US. From what others told me, it can be a pain to start out in the States with no credit history as everything relies on you having a credit score. Given that I frequently travel to the US, I was thinking I could circumvent the usual difficulties by building up my credit history far in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open up a bank account in the US (I know this is possible with Wells Fargo)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a secured credit card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spend as much as possible on said credit card every month&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Slowly increase my credit rating to the point where it's reasonable in 9 months when I make the move&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my plan feasible or is there a &quot;catch&quot; I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T03:54:18.627" Title="Is it possible to start building a credit history in the US as a tourist on a B1/B2 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-05T20:58:40.223" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister has 4 persons in her household, and she is sponsoring my wife (which makes it 5). She has declared an income of about 35k last year, which is not enough for a household of 5, but is enough for a household of 4. And one of her children was born after tax filing. Is it OK to count her household size without that child?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T02:46:43.963" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T02:46:43.963" Title="How to calculate household size?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14361" CreationDate="2018-08-06T04:41:35.660" Score="0" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a 5-year Japanese working visa (engineer) and I'm currently working for a Japanese company. I'd like to know what restrictions there are on what work I can do here, but I can't find any sources on what my visa actually allows me to do (Googling anything to do with 'Japan' and 'working visa' just brings up hundreds of results about how to get a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that I am restricted to working within my field (engineering) but would it be legal to take remote work from a foreign company? Or what about starting my own business? I assume either of the above would make it difficult to get a renewal once the 5 years on my visa are up, but how about until then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone perhaps point me to a source where I can find this information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15581" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T06:39:13.927" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T23:56:51.453" Title="What restrictions do I have with regards to working in Japan?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-06T05:32:29.763" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to obtain permanent residency under an L-1B visa? I was under the impression that L-1B has no dual intent, hence it would be difficult to adjust status to become US permanent residents. Please explain further and feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I want to ask about the specifics of obtaining permanent residency under an L-1B visa. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T08:52:00.727" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T08:52:00.727" Title="Is it possible to obtain permanent residency under an L-1B visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;pr&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2018-08-06T06:16:53.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm aware that I am restricted to working within my field (engineering)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not exactly. &quot;Engineer&quot; status is more general than just engineering and covers all jobs requiring scientific or technical skills other than those specifically covered by some other status such as &quot;Researcher&quot;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&amp;amp;vm=&amp;amp;id=3039#en_apxt1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;legal definition&lt;/a&gt; is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Activities to engage in services which require specialized skills or knowledge pertinent to the field of physical science, engineering or other natural science fields [...] (except for the activities listed in the right-hand column of the &quot;Professor&quot;, &quot;Artist&quot; and &quot;Journalist&quot; sections in Table (1), and the activities listed in the right-hand column of the &quot;Business Manager&quot; to &quot;Instructor&quot; sections, &quot;Intra-company Transferee&quot; and &quot;Entertainer&quot; sections in this Table) based on a contract entered into with a public or private organization in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The jobs you can do are precisely those that, in immigration's judgement, fit this definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;would it be legal to take remote work from a foreign company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law says nothing about remote work; the general consensus is that immigration does not care about it, and so for immigration purposes, remote work from outside Japan is the same as no work at all. So on the one had, yes, it is legal (no matter the type of work) since it does not constitute working outside your status. But on the other hand, if you do &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; remote work, as far as immigration is concerned you are unemployed, and so your status may be revoked and even if it is not revoked you will certainly not be granted an extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or what about start my own business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Management of a business belongs to &quot;Business Manager&quot; status, and is explicitly excluded from &quot;Engineer&quot; as defined above, so no, you can't start your own business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T08:34:24.060" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T08:34:24.060" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14362" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-08-06T08:56:49.250" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is for questions related to the island nation of Aruba. Aruba is a constituent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and is located in the Caribbean Sea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-07T09:11:20.783" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T09:11:20.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14363" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-08-06T08:56:49.250" Score="0" Body="For questions relating to the Caribbean island nation (and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Aruba." OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-07T09:11:17.033" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T09:11:17.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-06T09:21:12.340" Score="4" ViewCount="2164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Ireland under freedom of movement of labour rules for work. I am a British citizen. I will be bringing my UK registered car. It is taxed and insured in the UK at the moment. It's about 10 years old and it's been in my family the whole time, although I only had registered ownership transferred back to myself this month. To be clear there was no financial transaction, just a change of registered keeper and I was previously insured to drive it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK cars can simply drive in to Ireland, either over the land border or via the ferry from Wales. But since I will be living in Ireland permanently, I presumably need to re-register the car in Ireland eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government web site is a bit confusing on this issue. How long can I go on UK plates and insurance? Presumably I eventually need to re-register the car as Irish and get new number plates for it, as well as new insurance, so how do I go about doing that and what issues might I encounter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear as to the question, I am looking for an explanation of the rules and the procedure I need to follow. An indication of costs would be helpful too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" OwnerDisplayName="user" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T09:52:53.023" Title="How do I bring my car from the UK when moving to Ireland?" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14364" CreationDate="2018-08-06T09:52:53.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I only had registered ownership transferred back to myself this month&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's unfortunate.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/guide-to-vrt/reliefs-and-exemptions/transfer-of-residence.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish Revenue Commissioners&lt;/a&gt; you need to have owned the car for six months before moving to Ireland.  Otherwise you will be liable for Vehicle Registration Tax (but you will only have to pay it on the value of a 10-year old car).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/coming_to_live_in_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; page seems to be a useful starting point for your research.   Also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ncts.ie/1155&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page from the National Car Testing Service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Costs shouldn't be too bad (in particular, you won't need the new headlights we needed for Germany - because Ireland drives on the left too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to make an appointment to have your car checked within seven days of importing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T09:52:53.023" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14357" CreationDate="2018-08-07T03:54:18.627" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This could theoretically work but I believe you'll need a social security number to build a credit history (the social security number is the key by which the credit history is looked up) and you can't get a social security number just with a B1/B2 — you need a visa that provides work authorization. If you don't have a social security number already, it's going to be tough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9655" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T03:54:18.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-07T06:52:54.977" Score="-2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was checking flights from Delhi to Manila, and found there has to be a stop in either Hong Kong or Kuala Lumpur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not interested to enter either of these places during the stopover. I will wait and stay in the airport only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, do I still need a transit visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-07T10:15:36.023" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T10:15:36.023" Title="Do I need a transit visa to visit Manila from India?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2018-08-09T14:14:58.407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14368" CreationDate="2018-08-07T07:05:44.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hong Kong: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/pre-arrival_registration_for_indian_nationals.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/pre-arrival_registration_for_indian_nationals.html&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pre-arrival registration is not required for Indian nationals in direct transit by air and not leaving the airport transit area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;China: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/visa/transit.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/visa/transit.htm&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For foreigners who hold tickets to a third country and have booked seats on international airlines, ships, trains transiting through China, if the stay is less than 24 hours, they can enjoy the 24-hour visa-free transit. In case they want to leave the specified transit zone, they can ask for a temporary stay permit at the immigration counter. The 24-hour direct transit facility benefits almost all country citizens and is available in most China ports&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Malaysia: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ind_chennai/faqs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ind_chennai/faqs&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;PASSENGER WHO INTENDED NOT TO LEAVE THE AIRPORT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are already check in for the next flight and do not plan to leave the airport terminal (i.e. you just want to wait for the next flight in the terminal building), Malaysian visa is not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know where MY is, so I can't tell if you need a transit visa or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: All of those were found by typing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;country&amp;gt; transit visa&lt;/code&gt; in google.  Why didn't you do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T07:05:44.313" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-07T11:44:56.810" Score="1" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am curious as to whether or not my partner's Article 10 Residency card (issued in the Czech Republic where we both live) will be sufficient for him to visit the UK with me without requiring a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're both living and working in Prague, I'm a UK citizen and he's from Belarus (so he's currently able to be resident and working here as the family member of an EU citizen). I'm only curious about it allowing him to visit the UK, we have no plans to relocate, but Belarusians need a tourist visa for the UK and he's previously had to pay quite a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not interested in the Surinder Singh method as we aren't married. Will this fact also prevent him from entering with the Article 10 card? We had to present extensive evidence of our relationship to the Czech authorities to get the card, have police visit our home, etc, but marriage is not a requirement here to qualify as a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's recommended you bring evidence of your relationship, but obviously we've no marriage certificate. I know that in theory he should now be able to enter without getting an additional visa, but I'm worried that we'll be prevented as we're not married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The only official recognition of our relationship would be via the Czech immigration services when they granted the EU family member residence permit. This was done by providing evidence like our lease, bank statements showing transfers between us, photographs, and tickets and hotel bookings for shared trips.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15589" LastEditorUserId="15589" LastEditDate="2018-08-08T08:06:17.007" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T08:06:17.007" Title="Entering UK with Article 10 Residency Card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-07T14:03:54.210" Score="1" ViewCount="1224" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where and how can I legally challenge this issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short version:&lt;/strong&gt; after 12 months and 4 appointments the French authorities refused to give a carte de séjour to my spouse. I am an EU citizen, working in France as a research fellow (post-doc fellow) in a big university. My spouse is a non-EU citizen. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU regulations&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To obtain a residence card, they will need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a valid passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your registration certificate as an EU national or any other proof of your residence in the country &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of the family relationship with you (such as a marriage or birth certificate)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The authorities should make their decision to issue a residence card or not &lt;strong&gt;within 6 months.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Longer version: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the first appointment with French authorities, they took all the documents, checked, took fingerprints etc, gave a temporary residence card with a duration of 6 months and gave us another appointment for after 6 months (at the préfecture de police) together with a récépissé allowing us to wait unil the issue of the actual card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We went after 6 months and they asked &lt;em&gt;again&lt;/em&gt; for all the documents. We said that no one  told us to bring again all the documents with us, and they gave us another appointment, 3 months after.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We went to the third appointment armed with all documents (the same as with the first appointment). They checked and said that the documents are not enough. They asked for (1) proof of health insurance for &lt;em&gt;both me and my spouse&lt;/em&gt;, (2) apartment/rental insurance, and (3) &lt;em&gt;bank statements&lt;/em&gt; of our savings and gave us a new appointment 3 months after (so, 12 months after the original appointment). When I protested that is illegal to ask for the extra 3 documents they replied &quot;that's your problem, not ours&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, we went on the fourth appointment with all documents (certified again, since they need the documents to be no older than 3 months) and the worker finally told that our file was complete and that my spouse should get a carte de séjour. However, there is nothing that he can do &lt;em&gt;because his boss (the head of the agency) decided not to give us on the grounds that I am a *student*&lt;/em&gt;. I said I am a PostDoc and she replied &quot;irrelevant&quot;. I asked how this is relevant and she went away. They gave us an appointment again in 3 months (so, in total, 15 months after the first one) to bring again the same documents and see then what can happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We did not attend the last appointment as we have relocated elsewhere (I applied for and got another academic position in another EU country that gave my spouse the residence card within &lt;em&gt;30 minutes&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I made a case on SOLVIT (online EU complain platform). They answered within 6 months with a historical account of the process that was completely inaccurate in many places (to put it politely). They did not offer apologies, not even acknowledging the fact that according to EU regulations, all these are &lt;em&gt;illegal&lt;/em&gt;. They said than we should get the carte de sejour on our next appointment.  I replied with a point-by-point rebuttal together with evidence on all the inaccuracies and I informed that that I want to take the legal road to resolve the issue. I got a reply that the French authorities do not want to pursue the matter further and the case is closed.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I make a legal case against this obvious case of misuse of power and ignoring the straightforward EU regulations? Is there any way to sue this particular agency and ask for compensation (we had to relocate because of that)? Is there anything else that can be done to avoid this unnecessary (the regulations are pretty clear) situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15590" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-12T16:48:20.410" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T16:48:20.410" Title="French authorities refused to give a carte de séjour to my spouse" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14331" CreationDate="2018-08-07T16:39:20.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not normal for a J-1 visa to show the DS-2019 program dates, particularly because normally the DS-2019 program dates can be changed and you can still use the same visa. Try a Google image search for &quot;J-1 visa&quot; and you will see that most mention only issue date and expiration date, as well as the annotation regarding whether you're subject to the 212(e) two year home residence requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, when the J-1 visa doesn't show the program dates, you can enter the US up to 30 days before the DS-2019 program start date.  This is probably true in your case as well, but you should check with the consulate that issued the visa to be sure. Be sure to keep your program sponsor (DS-2019 issuer) informed as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T16:39:20.807" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14372" CreationDate="2018-08-07T18:56:56.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: There is nothing you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to have your rights recognized (i.e. return to France and get a residence card), there are steps you could take. If you're hoping to bring a case to get some sort of recognition that what happened was illegal (which, going by your description, it most definitely was) or get compensation, that's not possible. Period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T18:56:56.460" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13413" CreationDate="2018-08-08T09:33:05.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tl;dr You should probably get advice from an immigration lawyer before trying this.  Also you should probably check with your company's lawyer that filed your H-1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-taking-approved-leave-affects-your-h-1b-employment.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Nolo.com article&lt;/a&gt; from @qoba's comment explains why it could become an issue if you take extended leave from an H-1B position while remaining in the US:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;If you will be remaining in the United States, it could be a bit more challenging. There is no clear guidance on whether you could maintain lawful H-1B status during a prolonged absence from work, even if your employer approved it. As mentioned above, the H-1B visa is a work visa and is not meant for sabbaticals. The challenge could arise when your employer files the next H-1B petition. USCIS could determine that you did not maintain H-1B status and therefore deny the request to extend your status. It then most likely would be an uphill battle to get back into lawful H-1B status.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possible alternative might be to apply for change of status to F-1 when you begin the leave, and have your company apply to change your status back to H-1B in time for you to resume work.  However, this may cause problems if the change of status takes too long.  You could study full time while a change of status from H-1B to F-1 is in process, but if it's not approved before you finish studying you might have difficulty changing back to H-1B status as planned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T09:33:05.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14356" CreationDate="2018-08-08T12:30:49.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several credit cards that don't charge an extra fee for &quot;International Transactions&quot;. Two that I'm aware of are Chase Sapphire and American Express Platinum, but there are others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, International Transaction Fees are not the only cost to consider. Some banks (who are skilled in the art of deception) extract &quot;hidden fees&quot; in the form of exorbitant exchange rates relative to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbank_foreign_exchange_market&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Interbank Exchange Rates&quot; (IB rate)&lt;/a&gt;. Both AmEx Platinum and Chase Sapphire charge exchange rates that are fractions of a basis point above the IB rate. Some others will charge hundreds of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis_point&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;basis points&lt;/a&gt; above the IB rate - this is something you must investigate before you apply for the card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And before leaving the subject of exchange rates: When you use your US card overseas, you will occasionally be asked if you want to conduct the transaction in Euro or Dollars; &lt;strong&gt;THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ALWAYS US DOLLARS!&lt;/strong&gt; Why? Because the &quot;processor&quot; handling the transaction will charge you 5% or more above the IB rate, then pass the transaction to your card company in US$!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the &quot;best&quot; cards seem to come with a tradeoff in the form of &quot;Annual Fees&quot; charged by the institution issuing the card. AmEx charges a hefty annual fee (ridiculously high really) for their platinum card; but giving credit where due, there is no card that will protect you better than American Express. When I say &quot;protect you&quot;, I mean that if you are sold shoddy merchandise, or merchandise you ordered was never delivered, or whatever, you can file a dispute. Of course you can file disputes through Visa and Mastercard banks also, but their arbitration rules somehow always seem to favor the merchant. Not so with AmEx - most of the disputes I've filed with AmEx wind up as credits to my account in a fairly short period of time. The Chase Sapphire card has lower fees than AmEx Platinum, but their dispute arbitration rules are VISA's rules as this is a VISA card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another significant difference I've noticed is in card replacement policies. There is a fair chance that at some point in your overseas stay you will have to have your card replaced. This may happen for a variety of reasons; usually related to fraud. AmEx Platinum will overnight a replacement card to you at no additional cost. If you're in a large city (where overnight service is available), you won't be long without a card. Chase won't pay for overnight, but they will get a replacement card to you in a few days. Other card companies WILL NOT SEND A REPLACEMENT CARD TO AN OVERSEAS ADDRESS! And that can be quite inconvenient of course. Another question to ask before applying for a card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And one final point to make: Most merchants I've dealt with in Europe and the UK will take credit cards. However, you will encounter merchants that do not accept AmEx... I guess being a &quot;consumer friendly&quot; card has its costs, and some merchants decline for obvious reasons. The long and short of this is that one card really won't do - you'll need two. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps - let me know if you have questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15594" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T12:30:49.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14346" CreationDate="2018-08-08T12:37:55.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend you start at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americansabroad.org/obtaining-reclaiming-your-social-security-number-ssn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt;. You can learn about the process for recovering your SSN. You should also consider visiting your nearest SS office. I don't believe they ask to see a visa before rendering assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15594" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T12:37:55.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-08T14:23:28.413" Score="2" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a recently graduated F-1 student in the US and I have already gotten approved post-completion OPT. My major was computer science. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 3 questions about Google AdSense income in the US. I have applied to AdSense and I got AdSense account, but I have not put any ad yet. It is because&#xA;I am worried about whether I am allowed to get AdSense income in the US. (I applied for AdSense with US address.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to work in the US as a system engineer at a US company. In addition I also want to get income from AdSense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 3 questions as follows: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is AdSense related to my major, computer science? &#xA;It is said that OPT allows me to get job which is related to my major. I studied not only about computer but also web design in college. Web design was also included in the CS program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Should I write article about Computer/IT for my website?&#xA;If I write article about computer, it will not be illegal?&#xA;On the other hand, if I write article which is not about computer/IT, it will be illegal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) With OPT status, is it allowed to get income from 2 or more US companies?&#xA;I want to get income from both my regular employer and AdSense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15596" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T09:22:10.940" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T09:22:10.940" Title="Am I allowed to get income from Google AdSense based on OPT authorization if my major is computer science?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-08-14T03:53:55.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-08T22:53:56.530" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can I find a detailed and up to date comparison of the welfare system in Sweden and Denmark. I am looking for the differences between each of the countries and trying to find which country offers the best bang for the tax buck. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit :&lt;/strong&gt; I am specifically looking for comparisons of welfare for medical expenses (doctor visits, medicines, surgery), kids (schooling, support payments, nutritional payments) and education (kids and adults). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90" LastEditorUserId="90" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T23:24:53.977" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T23:24:53.977" Title="Compare welfare in Sweden vs Denmark" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-08-09T14:21:28.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-09T12:23:03.110" Score="1" ViewCount="865" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian and I've been living in the UK since January. My Italian licence expired in 2004, because I had to exchange it for a Brasilian driving licence, as I lived in Brazil until January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I exchange my Italian licence for a British licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15601" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T15:00:20.733" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T15:00:20.733" Title="Exchange expired EU driving licence for a UK license" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14391" CreationDate="2018-08-09T19:16:54.460" Score="4" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 30+-year-old engineer. I have been living in the US for 2 years and just got a green card (my employer is really nice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of doing a PhD (a lifelong checkbox) and I started to apply everywhere, including in Europe. Ideally I would like to do my PhD there, keep the green card and work in the US after, but &lt;strong&gt;I wonder if anyone successfully did it&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I initially thought of coming back a week every year but I have read that this doesn't guarantee anything, and I have to prove that the returns were &lt;strong&gt;temporary&lt;/strong&gt; and you still have ties with the US. Is a PhD temporary since it is &quot;fixed&quot; in length?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11075" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T07:30:23.363" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T22:30:21.433" Title="Can I keep my green card if I study abroad for a PhD?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14378" CreationDate="2018-08-10T01:19:43.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of your questions are addressed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/opt_policy_guidance_042010.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEVP's OPT Policy Guidance issued April 23, 2010&lt;/a&gt;, as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With OPT status, is it allowed to get income from 2 or more US companies?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7.2.1. ... Multiple employers. A student may work for more than one employer, but all employment must be related to the student’s degree program ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is AdSense related to my major, computer science?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7.2.4. How does a student show that employment is directly related to his &#xA;  or her degree program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SEVP recommends that the student maintain evidence for each job &#xA;  documenting the position held, proof of the duration of that position, the &#xA;  job title, contact information for the student’s supervisor or manager, and a &#xA;  description of the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it is not clear from the job description that the work is related to the &#xA;  student’s degree, SEVP recommends that the student obtain a signed &#xA;  letter from his or her hiring official, supervisor, or manager stating how the &#xA;  student’s degree is related to the work performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I can't tell you for sure whether your work to earn money on AdSense is sufficiently related to your major to be allowed based on the above guidelines. Particularly your questions about what articles you can write---there isn't an intrinsically clear dividing line that says what work is sufficiently related to be allowed. The most likely time it might be audited would be if/when you submit another application to USCIS in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, although you didn't mention it, since Google AdSense isn't hiring you as a regular employee, you would be considered as work-for-hire or self-employed and must follow all relevant rules for it. Here's what the same policy guidance says about this for regular OPT (note STEM OPT is different):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7.2.1. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work for hire. This is also commonly referred to as 1099 &#xA;  employment, where an individual performs a service based on a &#xA;  contractual relationship rather than an employment relationship. If &#xA;  requested by DHS, the student must be prepared to provide &#xA;  evidence showing the duration of the contract period and the name &#xA;  and address of the contracting company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Self-employed business owner. A student on OPT may start a &#xA;  business and be self-employed. The student must be able to prove &#xA;  that he or she has the proper business licenses and is actively &#xA;  engaged in a business related to the student’s degree program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T01:26:22.827" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T01:26:22.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-10T06:54:25.350" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have held my P1 (Provisional) Licence here in South Australia for 8 months now. I would like to visit the States and get a full licence there (Overseas Driving Permit is not an option for me) and then come back to Australia to transfer my American Licence to get my Full Open licence here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not plan to actually drive in the States, just hold a licence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard this was possible from a friend who works in the Department of Motor vehicle service office, and wanted to confirm before I plan a holiday overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the process difficult to transfer my licence?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Do I need to do testing?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;What paperwork is required?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I do not care what state I have to go to, just whatever is easiest...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15605" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T09:22:06.640" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T01:01:54.320" Title="South Australian provisional driving licence to a US licence" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13223" CreationDate="2018-08-10T09:41:59.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;YES&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detailed response:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I applied at the same time. I applied under Hosting Agreement scheme and she under Join Family(non-EEA). I got my visa after 7 weeks approximately and hers was approved 3 weeks after mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13767" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T14:41:42.867" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T14:41:42.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14385" CreationDate="2018-08-10T14:08:28.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the US, licenses are issued by the individual states. Tourists can typically drive for a limited time using their non-US licenses. However, I'm a retired attorney and I've never heard of any state accepting a non-US license as a method to bypass any part of the state licensing procedure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each state's Department of Motor Vehicles maintain on-line web pages where you can research state requirements for licensure. I just checked California and Nevada, which behave in the manner I describe above — that is, no credit is given for non-US licenses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IOW, having a non-US license is irrelevant, and an adult applicant for a US state drivers license must begin the state's application process from the beginning. &lt;em&gt;(See 8-10-18 edit below about license reciprocity between France and the US states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, applicants must pass both theory testing and on-the-road driving testing, and must provide a licensed and insured vehicle in which to be tested. For those over 18, there is usually no minimum time period in a restricted license class, one may submit to testing right away. Remember too that states issue licenses to their residents, and you'd have to demonstrate that you are a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, then, your plan of using your current Australian limited license is not going to confer any advantage on you in applying for a US license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did obtain a US license, I have no idea if holding a US license might allow you to directly obtain a Full Open license in Australia. That's a question for someone familiar with Australian law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;———————————————-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edited 8-10-18:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to @MJeffryes, who has commented below that France has reciprocal license-exchange agreements with the US states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Exchange is possible there bi-directionally upon proof of residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edited 9-4-18:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9142/not-having-to-surrender-a-german-drivers-license-when-getting-a-us-license&quot;&gt;SE.StackExchange item&lt;/a&gt; says that the state of Pennsylvania has similar reciprocity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not aware of any other country/US state combinations that allow exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T01:01:54.320" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T01:01:54.320" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14388" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14389" CreationDate="2018-08-10T15:55:47.607" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm South African and have been living in Switzerland with my Belgian husband for the past 6 years. I currently hold a &quot;family member&quot; residence card for Switzerland, valid for 4 years. We are planning to move to America soon, and my residence card for Switzerland expires in 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if it's possible, instead of applying for a Schengen visa for myself each time we would want to enter the EU, to obtain a residence card (valid for several years) or something similar, so as to return with my husband when he visits his family in Belgium. I know it's not possible to receive Belgian citizenship as we would need to reside in Belgium for a number of years, which neither of us wants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been searching but I cannot find a similar situation to mine, as most people are purely wondering about the process to live &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; Belgium with their Belgian - or even EU - spouse... Applying for visas can be an extremely tedious task especially when you've been doing it since you were 11 (long story :P). So as someone married to an EU citizen, and married for 6 years at that, it is frustrating that it is not easier to travel to the EU (as it is obviously necessary when they have family and friends who reside here) without having to apply for visas each time, which obviously will be the case if we move to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry this is so long-winded. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15608" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T19:36:24.677" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T19:36:24.677" Title="Moving to America with my Belgian husband of 6 years" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14388" CreationDate="2018-08-10T16:46:58.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best you could hope for would be a Schengen visa with a longer period of validity.  They can be issued for up to five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for such a visa from Belgium, you may need to pay the regular fee and submit the regular documents.  Belgium does not have much information about EU free movement visas on the web pages of its missions to the US.  In theory, your husband should be able to qualify for treatment under the free movement rules, because he has been exercising his freedom of movement in Switzerland, but whether Belgium will recognize that is another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Belgium does not recognize it, you can still apply under free movement rules by arranging your plans so that some &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; Schengen country is the main destination of your first trip.  Then you can apply under EU free movement rules at the consulate of that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An application under free movement rules will be free of charge and should be evaluated quickly.  If you get the visa from another country, you can use it for subsequent trips even if Belgium is your main destination.  The biggest problem with this approach might be convincing another country to issue a five-year visa.  But since the application is free, it's certainly worth trying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply to Belgium, you will have a much stronger case for a long-term visa, but you may have to pay the fee and subject yourself to more scrutiny, as mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T16:46:58.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-10T18:41:10.713" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should one do to register as a freelancer in Denmark, and how long the process takes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person has an opholdstilladelse that allows to work and to change the job&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person will be working for the companies outside Denmark, but in EU.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person is not EU citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in the whole process of what should one do. Would be really thankful for a detailed response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10159" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T18:41:10.713" Title="Register as a freelancer in Denmark" Tags="&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14383" CreationDate="2018-08-11T01:58:58.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Plan A: For a European-style research PhD, you’d need to be abroad for at least 3 years, assuming you already have your MSc. A reentry permit is needed for extended stays abroad but they are only good for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/B5en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;two years maximum&lt;/a&gt;. It’s also unlikely they’ll give you one so you can take a leave from your work to study, it’s really designed for folks who have a family emergency in their home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you got a reentry permit, you could only really do the PhD if you structured your research fieldwork in the USA, so that you only had to go to Europe to check in with your advisors but many or most programs won’t like that you never are in residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plan B: You could do your PhD in the USA but do the research portion in the EU. That way your time abroad would be under 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plan C: You could naturalize.... but this would be playing a longer term game. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T22:30:21.433" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T22:30:21.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-11T12:30:04.207" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India. I applied for a non-immigrant B visa from VFS. It took 2 days and the visa was approved. The next day I got better opportunities (which will help me in my growth and carrier) from another country, and I don't want to go to Thailand now. Now, do I need to revoke the NON-B employment visa of Thailand, to work in another country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, then what would be the process of that and how much time does it take? And will it affect me to work in another country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: I still didn't join the Thai company now and didn't go to Thailand using that visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15614" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-12T14:16:08.413" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T09:11:40.240" Title="Cancelling non-immigrant B visa without going to Thailand" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14395" CreationDate="2018-08-11T12:46:30.330" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you have is a non-immigrant visa that allows you to enter Thailand. If you do not use it, it simply expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A non-immigrant B visa is not an &quot;employment visa&quot;. It is a visa that allows you to enter Thailand sponsored by a company. If you had taken the job, then upon your arrival in Thailand, you would have been required to apply for a work permit before you could start work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the question, you do not need to do anything - your visa (which is simply permission to enter the country and stay for 90 days) will expire after the &quot;must enter by&quot; date written on the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T13:01:38.993" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T13:01:38.993" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-11T13:47:19.087" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a carte de séjour that expires in October 2019. I left with my husband (he's French) to China for a year now and we are planning to go back to France this year. Does anyone here know if my card is still valid or do have to renew my card, since I left France for a year already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15615" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-11T15:18:53.417" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T15:18:53.417" Title="Do I need to renew my carte de séjour if I left France for over a year?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T10:06:46.463" Score="2" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in Heemstede on 8th June 1924, he became a South African on 10/9/1952, my mother was born in Haarlem on 6th September 1925, she became a South African on 6/12/1955. I was born on 1/11/1952 in South Africa, am I eligible for a Dutch passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15624" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T20:29:31.780" Title="My parents were both born in Holland, would I be eligible for a Dutch passport?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T11:49:42.830" Score="3" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Moroccan citizen. I got a 5-year entry ban from the Swedish authorities back in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2018, I married my Irish wife. She lives and works in France. We want to live together in France. Do I have to wait until the ban expires before I ask for a visa? The Swedish entry ban will expire in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: A ban from Sweden is relevant to getting a visa from France because both are in the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15628" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T04:06:00.943" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T17:27:43.920" Title="5-year entry ban in 2015 by Swedish authorities. In 2018 I got married to my Irish wife. Should I wait until 2020 when the ban expires?" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13688" CreationDate="2018-08-13T14:22:23.617" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you are a legal resident you will have health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.borger.dk/sundhed-og-sygdom/Sygesikring-og-laegevalg/Sygesikring-for-udlaendinge-i-Danmark&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.borger.dk/sundhed-og-sygdom/Sygesikring-og-laegevalg/Sygesikring-for-udlaendinge-i-Danmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Enhver person, der har bopæl i Danmark (dvs. er tilmeldt folkeregistret), har ret til alle offentlige sundhedsydelser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:&#xA;&quot;Every person who has residence in Denmark (that is, is registered in the central person register) has right to all public health services.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13205" LastEditorUserId="13205" LastEditDate="2018-08-15T09:24:57.583" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T09:24:57.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14403" CreationDate="2018-08-13T16:25:27.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but how easy it will be depends on when your father naturalized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant Dutch law is:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/2018-08-01#Hoofdstuk3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/2018-08-01#Hoofdstuk3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &quot;1 / 11 / 1952&quot; means November 1st, 1952, then Artikel 6.1.i applies as your mother was Dutch when you were born but your father was not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, &quot;1 / 11 / 1952&quot; means January 11, 1952, then Artike 6.1.f applies as you inherited Dutch citizenship at birth from your father but lost it on your birthday in 1983 (thanks @phoog).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, you can follow the so-called &quot;Option Procedure&quot; to get your Dutch citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 6.1.i (the November 1, 1952 case), you can initiate the option procedure abroad at your local Dutch embassy or consulate following the instructions here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the 6.1.f case (the January 11, 1952 case), you must first legally reside in the Netherlands for a period of one year prior to starting the option procedure.  You can find instructions for that here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, the Netherlands will not require you to give up your current nationality.  However, it seems South Africa requires you to first apply to retain your South African citizenship before acquiring a second nationality so you should check carefully on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastEditorUserId="15227" LastEditDate="2019-01-14T20:29:31.780" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T20:29:31.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T17:57:38.637" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a European who holds EU and UK passports, permanently living in the UK. I registered my marriage with a non-EU citizen in the UK a year ago. She lives in the UK as the spouse of a British citizen, holding a FLR(M) for 5 years (subject to prolonging).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to replace her visa to residence as an EU family member according to changes in EEA regulations from 24/07/2018?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please share a link to the proper application form on the gov.uk site? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15631" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T04:04:59.120" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T04:04:59.120" Title="Residence in the UK under new EEA regulations" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T22:14:14.607" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's settlement visa application was refused, but they gave the right to appeal. We have done this and sent the suggested supporting documents. However, it's now been 7 weeks and we have heard nothing from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to track this? Is there a contact number we can call?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't live in the UK so it's not so easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15633" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T20:05:00.383" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T20:05:00.383" Title="How to track a settlement visa appeal?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T22:56:27.350" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;My qualifications are in physics, however post PhD I only worked in physics for 6 months before moving into the world of software development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is pretty normal in the UK for software developers to come from (and be head hunted from) physics and maths backgrounds. But nevertheless my qualifications are obviously not directly ICT related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I stand any chance in getting a positive assessment from ACS with a recognition of prior learning or otherwise? Or would it be a waste of time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about if I nominated my career as &quot;physicist&quot; or &quot;mathematician&quot; instead? I don't work in this field now and outside of education only have six months work experience in it, since I left for software. But would this potentially get me more points for the qualification at least if not the work experience? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15634" LastActivityDate="2018-08-13T22:56:27.350" Title="PhD in physics but freelance software dev. Chance of aus 189?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T00:05:58.773" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the husband is Egyptian and the wife is an Australian and Thai dual citizen, can our child hold these three citizenships?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15635" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T04:07:34.920" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T04:07:34.920" Title="If husband is Egyptian, and wife is an Australian and Thai dual national, can our child hold these three citizenships?" Tags="&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14415" CreationDate="2018-08-14T01:24:31.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, this may be possible, with caveats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Egyptian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Therefore, even if the child [born abroad] is registered with the Egyptian authorities and given an Egyptian birth certificate (proof of Egyptian citizenship), it is unclear whether Egypt would recognize the foreign citizenship at all in official contexts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With effect from 4 April 2002, there are no restrictions (under Australian law) on Australians holding the citizenship of another country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_nationality_law#Jus_sanguinis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Thai nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons born anywhere in the world to at least one parent with Thai citizenship themselves are entitled to Thai citizenship at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paperwork to establish citizenship with three different countries may be a lot of work as a practical matter (not to mention the possible costs). You will probably need to get certified translations of the birth certificate, because each of your countries have different official languages. There may be other bureaucratic hurdles to overcome too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own kids both have three citizenships, and I didn't get them all sorted out until the oldest one was almost 5. I still had to get certified translations, because even though all three citizenships are English-speaking, one of them was born in China (and has a Chinese birth certificate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T01:24:31.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14405" CreationDate="2018-08-14T01:30:55.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the reason for your ban (and on whether the French authorities accept your marriage as genuine, but let us assume that they do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;freedom of movement directive&lt;/a&gt;, as the spouse of an EU citizen, you can only be denied entry to (or residence in) France if you are a threat to public safety, public health, or public policy.  If your ban is based on one of these considerations, France could exclude you for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if your ban was the result of an immigration violation, or even a criminal conviction that does not imply a threat to public safety, France cannot use the ban or the underlying reason to restrict your freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-08-15T15:38:40.987" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T15:38:40.987" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14418" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14421" CreationDate="2018-08-14T01:50:43.367" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filling I-864 form to sponsor mu spouse. I am employed and my anticipated annual income meets the poverty guidelines, but I have not filed tax return at all&#xA;for the last three years because I have not worked in USA and my income was very low for the last three years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a joint sponsor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastEditorUserId="15085" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T16:33:26.510" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T16:33:26.510" Title="Do I need a joint sponsor?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T14:47:29.890" Score="5" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, I don't have rights to found a company while working under Blue Card permit in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been working full-time with my Blue Card permit close to two years, and I don't have plans to change it at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although for making my small side-projects official I want to found a business in parallel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems like E-residency in Estonia (through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.leapin.eu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LeapIN&lt;/a&gt; or manually) looks like the easiest way to do this in EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I don't know if this would create any impact on my permit anyhow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15523" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-08-15T14:20:12.583" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T14:20:12.583" Title="Would founding a company by E-residency (in Estonia) create a conflict with my Blue Card in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14418" CreationDate="2018-08-14T15:28:32.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are not self-employed, your current annual salary (i.e. the annual salary of your current job) is what you should put for &quot;my current individual annual income&quot; (Part 6 #7), and if that is sufficient to meet the level, you shouldn't need a joint sponsor. You should include as many pay stubs from your new job as you can to prove current income, as well as an employer letter if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you didn't file a tax return for some of the last 3 years because you weren't required to, per the instructions, for the question that asks about the &quot;total income&quot; from your tax returns from the last 3 years (Part 6 #24a-c), you should put &quot;N/A&quot;, and then check the box in Part 6 #25, and attach a statement stating that you weren't required to file because your income was below the threshold for each of those years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to use a joint sponsor, the joint sponsor would not appear on your I-864 form. They would fill out a second I-864 form, with their own household size and household income. Both I-864s (yours and the joint sponsor's) will be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T15:28:32.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T16:31:23.480" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hey i will be travelling to paris over the weekend with my husband who is a Portuguese national. I jave an Indian passport and UK issued EU family member residence biometric card. Will i have to apply for a separate visa or can i take our marriage certificate with me?? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11548" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T06:51:46.203" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T06:51:46.203" Title="Travelling to France by eurotunnel with UK issued EU Family member residence permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14422" CreationDate="2018-08-14T16:41:41.607" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you did need a visa, it would be rather too late at this point.  Fortunately, you do not need one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your passport and residence card should suffice, but it won't hurt for you to bring a marriage certificate as well.  If you do not have your marriage certificate, you can bring any other evidence of your marriage, but you probably won't need it, and it is in any event not required.  The controlling language of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;freedom of movement directive&lt;/a&gt; is found in Article 5.  The first three of its five sections follow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 5&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Right of entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to the provisions on travel documents applicable to national border controls, Member States shall grant Union citizens leave to enter their territory with a valid identity card or passport and &lt;strong&gt;shall grant family members who are not nationals of a Member State leave to enter their territory with a valid passport.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No entry visa or equivalent formality may be imposed on Union citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Family members who are not nationals of a Member State shall only be required to have an entry visa in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law. &lt;strong&gt;For the purposes of this Directive, possession of the valid residence card referred to in Article 10 shall exempt such family members from the visa requirement.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Member States shall grant such persons every facility to obtain the necessary visas. Such visas shall be issued free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The host Member State shall not place an entry or exit stamp in the passport of family members who are not nationals of a Member State provided that they present the residence card provided for in Article 10.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be asked to prove that the man you are traveling with is indeed your husband, but it is unlikely.  If you are asked to prove it, though, there's no specific document required.  Most officers will be satisfied with a verbal declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T16:41:41.607" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10736" CreationDate="2018-08-14T20:00:45.087" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is terrifying. As I write this, my wife has just returned from Madrid, having collected her passport from the Visa Processing facility. We didn't get the FP because I had provided no information on my income (primarily because like 90% of the Expat populace, I've been working for cash in hand although registered as self-employed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there's more. I have rented a house in England, having had to come early because all our stuff and the two dogs were on a truck on its way to the UK. Tomorrow, I fly back to Alicante, collect her and intend to come through using only her Spanish RC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had tried to cancel the FP application but it seems that was impossible and it went through its ever-so-slow motions, and her passport arrived in Madrid almost two weeks late. Our story will be, and it's quite correct, that I had no idea that after thirteen years in Spain, and two and a half for my wife, that we would have any problem at all, as nobody in their right mind would assume that we were circumventing the immigration rules. Hence I provided none of my non-existent wage slips. In Spain, things are different as the saying goes, and a payslip/proof of having paid tax is not usual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as integrating into Spain goes, I'm (virtually) fluent in Spanish. We were heavily involved in a local dog charity - I was secretary and we were the ones who collected the coin boxes and banked the proceeds, and also with a local club. We have a couple of references to that effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that we are going to face one hell of a battle, and although I'm up for it, I suspect my wife is not quite so aggressive in defending herself. Very worried!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15640" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T20:00:45.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T21:47:01.627" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to join the Canadian Army. I applied for a work visa and received an answer saying that :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Votre demande pour travailler au Canada a été approuvée. Un permis de travail vous sera délivré à votre arrivée au Canada&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet I read on Wikipedia that :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canadian permanent residents are allowed to serve in the Canadian Forces&lt;/strong&gt; (CF) as long as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) decides it would not prejudice the national interest. It is likely that a requirement of CF membership will be to aim to become a Canadian citizen within four years of enrollment (subject to Citizenship and Immigration Canada's (CIC) processing timeframes). Following changes to the Citizenship Act in 2015, there is also now a fast-track citizenship scheme available to current and past CF members, as well as certain prospective members (negating the requirement to become a permanent resident first in the latter case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_militaries_that_recruit_foreigners&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Wikipedia - List of militaries that recruit foreigners - 14/08/2018&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not yet in Canada. Am I a permanent resident with a work visa ? Otherwise what else should I do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastActivityDate="2018-10-14T03:00:33.610" Title="Can I join the Canadian Forces as a foreigner with a work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14413" CreationDate="2018-08-15T00:12:53.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It can take up to 12 weeks for the visa section to send your appeal bundle to the Tribunal, another 6-8 weeks, or longer, for a hearing (either oral or on paper without an oral hearing). Note that the office hours are GMT (GMT+1 during British Summer Time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/immigration-asylum-tribunal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Contact the tribunal&lt;/a&gt; if you have any questions about your appeal. The tribunal can’t give you legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)&lt;br&gt; customer.service@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Telephone: 0300 123 1711 &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/call-charges&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Find out about call charges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T00:12:53.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14425" CreationDate="2018-08-15T00:58:56.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a permanent resident if you land as an immigrant. Landed immigrants have an inherent right to work and do not get work permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work permits are for temporary residents, so the text you have quoted concerning permanent residents does not apply to you, with the possible exception of the last clause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T00:58:56.473" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-15T01:17:41.107" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m leaving next week for my study abroad semester but the problem is that I still don’t have my student visa from the embassy of Czech Republic even though it’s after the processing time. The embassy officer has no clue why there’s a delay for my visa and tried to contact the ministry of interior in Prague but they haven’t received any replies back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if it’s a good idea to request the passport to be sent back to me and travel to Prague as a tourist for the beginning of my studies, and then send the passport back to the embassy once my visa has been finalized? I know I won’t be without a passport for a few weeks and I wouldn’t risk trying to travel to another country. I’ll use FEDEX international express both ways, with signature and a tracking number Would love to hear anyone’s suggestion. I just can’t afford to change my flight and pay $275 for the fee and without a set date on when the visa is going to be ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15641" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T09:07:05.713" Title="Student Visa Czech Republic" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7427" CreationDate="2018-08-15T13:39:34.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rules typically depend on the city/land where you live. For Berlin, the requirements for each specific type of residence permit are listed on the web site of the Ausländerbehörde, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.493516.php/dienstleistung/305304/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is an example for residence permit for a purpuse of employment&lt;/a&gt;. In general, I would not worry too much, if you have everything listed there, but still asked about some extra documents. Probably in such case your application will still be taken, and you can send missing documents via post/e-mail. In the worst case, you will need to come there one more time in person, which is probably also not so critical...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T13:39:34.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14420" CreationDate="2018-08-15T13:45:19.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are close to two years with a BlueCard and you also know German language, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/Arbeiten/BuergerDrittstaat/BlaueKarte/blaue-karte-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;can apply for permanent residence permit already&lt;/a&gt; (after 21 months with BlueCard), which will allow you to register a company in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, even without a permanent residence permit, it is also possible that you just go to Ausländerbehörde and ask them for separate permission to found a company (nach § 21 Absatz 6 Aufenthaltsgesetzes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T13:45:19.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14432" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14437" CreationDate="2018-08-15T18:06:00.320" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to buy a Mac but found that the credit card is not available in Chinese Apple Stores, where I'm in right now. So I consider asking my mother buying and shipping it to China (another reason is that Macs in China are crazily expensive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what I read online makes me confused. In some places I read that it would be subject to hefty customs duties, if shipped, and yet in other places I read that if my mother unpacks it and ships only the Mac and the charger without anything like the box and manual, and also adds a &quot;PERSONAL ITEMS&quot; note on the pack, it won't be charged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I want the pack to contain a few more, including a hair dryer and earbuds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to pay customs duty, and if so, how is it calculated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T05:47:38.717" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T05:48:54.140" Title="Do I have to pay customs duty if my family ships a Mac to me in China?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14084" CreationDate="2018-08-15T20:37:56.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In India there are both government and private colleges. While recruitment to private colleges take place as per their needs, govt college recruitments take place through a national level examination known as NET &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eligibility_Test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(National Eligibility test)&lt;/a&gt;. Cracking the NET exam with a decent rank requires preparation and passing the exam does not guarantee you a lectureship. Moreover with reservation and other cut offs, the Indian system is a mess. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, your option would be to apply for private colleges. In this case, not knowing the local language could be a major disadvantage.Also, there is nepotism and favoritism rampant in private college recruitments. You are more than qualified, however, you could still lose out to an inferior applicant during the recruitment process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to discourage you but you are welcome to try. The novelty of being a foreigner who wants to teach could work to your advantage. Look for online postings and newspaper columns for job openings. I would also suggest directly visiting/calling private colleges in the area that you stay to know about job openings. All the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T20:37:56.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-15T09:00:13.283" Score="2" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because of a serious emergency I had to go back to my home country. I was given an appointment for ricevuta in 5 months. So I had no choice. I went to my home country with an exired permesso di soggiorn. Now I only have an old permesso di soggiorno expired for almost a year, which is definitely older than the 60 days to apply for a re-entry visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have an idea what I should do? Should I apply for a re-entry visa even if the soggiorno is expired for more than a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Toseef" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T22:40:32.737" Title="Expired permesso di soggiorno. I don't have a ricevuta" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14436" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-16T01:16:08.967" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a European who wants to emigrate to the US. I want to get a green card based on a specialty (hard) case. I need someone great to help me figure out whether I have a case or not, and I cannot figure out how to identify the top lawyers. Yelp is not helpful as everybody seems to have awards, and plenty of them seem to have good reviews (many of which are from cookie-cutter cases)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, how can I really decide who to trust and who is really credible?&#xA;  Money is not an issue, at least for the first consultation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15647" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-19T08:50:23.353" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T08:50:23.353" Title="Need to find the best immigration lawyer for a US Green Card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-09-11T20:11:30.860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14432" CreationDate="2018-08-16T01:54:44.497" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything that is brought in from overseas is liable for import duties. Sometimes there are (official or unofficial) minimum values under which the duties will be waived, but a new Mac is certainly above those minimum values (which are commonly around $20 or $30).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you bring an item into the country yourself in your own luggage and do not declare it, you may not be asked to pay duty. Technically you are supposed to declare anything over a certain value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general rule is that if you use a courier service to ship something, you will almost certainly pay duty on it, but your items will also be insured properly. Using a service like USPS or EMS will give you much less in the way of insurance, but items are not always 'caught' by customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to get a new Mac would be to buy one where you live. You might need to build-to-order if you don't want the local keyboard, but you will get the computer you want, legally, with all the necessary taxes and duties already paid. If you ship one in from overseas, you will need to pay (very high) shipping costs, and import duties. There is no way of avoiding that unless you fly out and buy it yourself, then carry it with you in your luggage and hope not to get caught at customs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative (depending where you are) is to buy in Hong Kong, but again I am not sure which default keyboards laptops come with in HK. That's a much shorter flight, and the Apple Store prices are quite reasonable there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: If writing &quot;PERSONAL ITEMS&quot; on a package magically meant it could waft through customs without attracting duty, everyone (no, really - &lt;em&gt;everyone&lt;/em&gt;) would always do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T05:48:54.140" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T05:48:54.140" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-16T04:07:03.530" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American woman in the process of gathering documents and filling in the Visa4UK form for the EEA family permit, to join my Italian husband who has been living and working fulltime in London for the last five years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We met in London last summer while I was there on holiday, and married in Italy in July. I freelance and have a flexible schedule, so I was in and out of the UK for short holiday visits, one in March 2017 (1 week), one in April (10 days), one in June (3 weeks, when he and I first connected), one in August (one month, spending time with my then-boyfriend) and one from November-early December (staying with my then-boyfriend). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In January of this year while we were re-entering the UK from a month-long holiday in Italy, the IO flagged my entry and had me give her the account of all my visits over the last year. She said I was spending too much time outside of the US, and I got a coded landing stamp with (what looks to be) a circled &quot;W&quot; on it, and she verbally informed me she was giving me a warning. She asked me how long I was intending to stay in the UK (as I was honest and told her I didn't have a return ticket to the US), and I told her I was visiting my (then-boyfriend) and would probably be returning to the US in a month or so - but that I really didn't have fixed plans at the time. My entry stamp at that time said 'leave to enter for/until six months,' so (naively?) assuming it wasn't an issue I ended up staying three months, until April when I went to India for a month, and afterwards to Italy for two months. I saw my (then-fiance) in Italy over a few visits during that time, last during the week of our wedding. Since the end of July I have been back in the US with my family, while we've been getting all our documents and EEA family permit application in order. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my research on this forum and others and in talking with friends who have been through this process recently, it's my understanding that as a non-visa citizen I should be able to forego the EEA family permit and enter the UK (alongside my husband), showing documents to substantiate our marriage and his QP status as a full-time employee in the UK. However, I'm concerned about the possibility that my entry situation in January could raise issues while we attempt to cross the border together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if they have any grounds to deny me entry as we're married and he'd be exercising his treaty rights to bring me into the country? I did have to apply for a new passport as my previous one was almost full, so my passport number is now different and the coded landing stamp (obviously) isn't present in it. However, assuming that last warning could still pop up in the electronic records, I'm not sure if they could raise some issue about possible overstay on my previous visit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is definitely much easier to cross the border directly rather than apply for the EEA permit in advance, and it would be my preference to do that if possible. However, I'm trying to weigh the likelihood of some issue actually coming up and if it's overall safer to just go ahead with applying for the EEA permit to avoid any problems in advance. I am also going to have a consultation with an immigration lawyer on the same, but would appreciate any opinions, insights or advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15648" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T13:44:29.170" Title="EEA Family Permit for US Citizen with prior coded landing" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-16T12:03:22.710" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a EU resident who applied for UK resident as a EU citizen family member, I’ve done my biometrics and need to travel urgently, will my application be cancelled if I request for my passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15652" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T13:56:37.157" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T13:56:37.157" Title="Request passport back while EEA residence card application is pending in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14438" CreationDate="2018-08-16T12:30:30.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the two shouldn't be connected. The coded landing means that the border officer suspected that you are settling in the UK. When you enter the UK on the basis that you're the family member of a UK resident, you're declaring &quot;yes, I am settling in the UK&quot;, so the previous suspicion is irrelevant .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right that changing passport will have zero impact on whether the information about your previous warning is available to the border officer, but you're also right that there's no grounds to deny you entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/14417/14413&quot;&gt;As phoog notes here&lt;/a&gt; EU rules for grounds under which a spouse can be denied entry are very narrow. Even if you had broken immigration rules and overstayed on previous visits, the UK would not be able to deny you entry (indeed, even the spouses of UK citizens who aren't covered by EU freedom of movement legislation can't be denied entry for overstaying alone, proving that UK authorities treat situations like this relatively sympathetically).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I don't think your previous warning will have any bearing on whether you are successful in gaining entry to the UK as the spouse of a UK resident EEA citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T12:30:30.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14438" CreationDate="2018-08-16T13:39:04.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was to have been a comment, but it's a bit too long for that.  I will start by recommending &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/14442/2440&quot;&gt;MJeffryes's answer&lt;/a&gt;, to which I want to add just a couple of points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, regarding an immigration officer's assertion that you were spending &quot;too much time outside the US&quot;: any time you spend outside the UK is not really any of their business, other than as a red flag for potential illegal immigration to the UK.  As the family member of an EU citizen who lives in the UK, you have a legal right to reside in the UK, so you cannot immigrate illegally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, you are correct that you do not need an EEA family permit; you can just show up at the border with the same evidence you'd use to apply for the permit.  But it might be more stressful to do that than to await the result of an EEA FP application in the comfort of your home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A stressful entry is perhaps unlikely, but the worst-case scenario in which it would occur is not at all implausible.  Consider: you received a coded landing, whereafter you married an EU citizen resident in the UK.  This could lead to a suspicion that the purpose of your marriage was to get around UK immigration restrictions (that is, that it is a &quot;marriage of convenience&quot;).  However, a recent marriage is usually, by itself, sufficient to raise a suspicion of marriage of convenience; the coded landing may make that suspicion only slightly more likely or slightly stronger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If such a suspicion does arise with the immigration officer handling your application for entry, they will want to see evidence that your marriage is genuine.  This could lead to some time in detention while they examine the evidence, as well as the possibility that they find the evidence insufficient and send you back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be better instead to present the evidence to an entry clearance officer in the US by way of an EEA family permit application.  This would allow you to pass the time while they examine the evidence in the comfort of your own home, even though the amount of time required would be measured in days or weeks rather than hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the relative weight of these considerations is a matter for you to decide.  If you're very eager to get to the UK as quickly as possible, and the evidence supporting the genuine nature of your relationship is strong, you may want just to fly to the UK and present it at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option would be to fly to France and enter the UK by train or ferry.  In that case, a refusal of entry would leave you in France, and you would not waste a transatlantic air ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also perhaps fly to Ireland and enter the UK without passing through a passport checkpoint.  I don't know what the possible risks are in that case (that is, how would the Irish border guards evaluate you, and what legal liabilities would arise if your subsequent application for a UK residence card were denied?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your husband need not accompany you.  It's fine if he's already in the UK when you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T13:44:29.170" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T13:44:29.170" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14445" CreationDate="2018-08-16T15:22:48.230" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American in the process of filling out the online application for the EEA FP, to join my Italian husband who has been living and working in the UK for the last five years, currently as a software engineer at a major transnational. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As background, we met last June in London and married in Italy this July. I spent extended periods with him in the UK, Italy, and the US, and we have substantial documentation of our relationship including photos, letters from family, travel tickets, chat &amp;amp; phone logs, etc. In addition to the apostilled &amp;amp; translated marriage certificate and identification documents, we would be providing a letter from his employer, recent payslips, bank account statements, HMRC employment history letter, a recent tax form, his tenant agreement and a council tax bill. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One point in the application I'm uncertain on how to address relates to my employment status and financial information. I've seen comments that it's not required for me to divulge financial information, such as how much money I have for or will be spending on my trip to the UK, but I don't know if that also extends to my salary and by extension, my employment status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a self-employed freelancer and I work on a project basis; as such I don't have a single client who can provide an employment letter, though I could show bank statements for the last three months indicating that I've been getting paid regularly (payments come through PayPal deposits usually). However I'm wondering if I even need to show my own bank statements at all, as the permit is based on my husband's UK-based employment and supporting documents. But I don't know if it's in some way negative to leave my employment/financial situation unaddressed, and if I'd then need to instead say that I'm dependent on my husband currently? While he is financially supportive of me, I do still draw a fairly consistent income on my own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially I'm trying to understand if putting forward my own earnings (within the application and with bank statements to support) and trying to explain my freelance employment situation (in some way to indicate that I'm financially independent) is going to be a positive or negative on the application - or even required at all. With the alternative being (I assume) claiming dependency on my husband, and if that option is positive or negative. Again, I'm not technically dependent on him, so I'm not sure that's even appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this information is helpful, I typically earn between $2000-3000 a month, after taxes usually around $1500-2200 per month. By contrast, my husband earns 5100 GBP per month after taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much for any help or thoughts on this! Much appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15648" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T16:34:29.110" Title="EEA FP - non-EEA financial &amp; employment information" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14444" CreationDate="2018-08-16T16:15:11.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neither your financial information nor your husband's is required.  The only requirements are, as set out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Articles 3, 5, and 7 of the free movement directive&lt;/a&gt;, that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband is an EEA citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband is employed (and is therefore a qualified person residing legally in the UK under article 7)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and your husband are married (this requirement is not met if the marriage is a &quot;marriage of convenience&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a valid passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They should therefore not be asking about your finances or your husbands finances, or your salary, or your employment status.  They shouldn't even be asking for &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; salary:  As long as the requirements above are satisfied, your husband could be earning minimum wage in a bookshop and you could be unemployed and you would qualify.  The question of whether you are actually dependent on your husband is also irrelevant.  It is necessary to show dependence in some cases, but not for spouses.  Even asking the questions about finances and your employment arguably violates EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But people completing these applications are generally more concerned about getting into the UK than about EU law, and I imagine that you are such a person.  If I were applying, I think I would answer those questions with &quot;not applicable,&quot; simply because it would be quicker to complete the application that way.  You probably want to answer the questions more responsively because it may improve your chances of success on the first try.  In that case, you can answer the questions truthfully, as briefly as possible, and without providing evidence where you don't have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;we would be providing a letter from his employer, recent payslips, bank account statements, HMRC employment history letter, a recent tax form, his tenant agreement and a council tax bill. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be careful about providing more documents than necessary.  This can make it harder for the entry clearance officer (ECO; the person evaluating the application) to find the relevant information, and it can also provide additional opportunities for the ECO to see inconsistencies in the application (rightly or wrongly) that could call your credibility into question (rightly or wrongly).  Note that the guide to supporting documents and the VAF guidance linked on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-eea-family-permit-form-vaf5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA FP application page&lt;/a&gt; are not actually specific to the EEA FP, so they are unhelpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've seen comments that it's not required for me to divulge financial information, such as how much money I have for or will be spending on my trip to the UK, but I don't know if that also extends to my salary and by extension, my employment status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those comments are correct, and they do extend to you salary and employment status.  These are irrelevant to your right to enter the UK, as outlined above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm a self-employed freelancer and I work on a project basis; as such I don't have a single client who can provide an employment letter, though I could show bank statements for the last three months indicating that I've been getting paid regularly (payments come through PayPal deposits usually). However I'm wondering if I even need to show my own bank statements at all, as the permit is based on my husband's UK-based employment and supporting documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are correct.  I would not include any bank statements at all, neither yours nor his.  But you certainly don't need to include yours.  If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; include them, though, the ECO might feel compelled to look into whether your income is derived from legitimate sources.  This could be hard to show as a freelancer, since it might require showing contracts or statements from your clients.  Best to leave it alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But I don't know if it's in some way negative to leave my employment/financial situation unaddressed,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should not be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and if I'd then need to instead say that I'm dependent on my husband currently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would not need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While he is financially supportive of me, I do still draw a fairly consistent income on my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Level of income is not relevant to the right of free movement, nor does it matter whether you have any income of your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Essentially I'm trying to understand if putting forward my own earnings (within the application and with bank statements to support) and trying to explain my freelance employment situation (in some way to indicate that I'm financially independent) is going to be a positive or negative on the application - or even required at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not required.  It won't help.  It's not likely to hurt, but there's a small chance that it would.  It's therefore probably best not to mention it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With the alternative being (I assume) claiming dependency on my husband, and if that option is positive or negative.  Again, I'm not technically dependent on him, so I'm not sure that's even appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have to claim dependency, just that you're married, which, of course, you are already planning to claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T16:34:29.110" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T16:34:29.110" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14447" CreationDate="2018-08-16T17:55:09.243" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been struggling to find concise answers and need to come to a decision regarding my travel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To briefly summarize my situation, I have recently been hired by a company that has offices both in the US and in the UK. I am a US citizen and my girlfriend of over a year is attending university in the UK. Since I have recently finished university and started working, I would like to live with her in the UK while she completes the remainder of her degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I am allowed to work in the UK since the company exists in both countries and I will be paid in USD. The company is also ok with me working remotely from the UK, especially since that will put me closer to the software development team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, since I am so recently hired, I'm not allowed to begin the visa process for a work permit for 4 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the concerns that I have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I rent a flat or other accommodation with my girlfriend?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I allowed to &quot;live&quot; in said flat while working remotely with the US branch?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I apply for a long-term visitor visa (2/5/10 years), must I leave every 6 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, how long must I remain out of the UK before re-entry?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will staying in the UK on a visitor visa damage my chances when applying for a work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I transition from a visitor visa into a work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not plan on staying in the UK permanently, only to spend time with my partner while she finishes school. Once she is done (1-2 years time), we will return to the US. During that time, I will need to rent. Hotels will be a financial impossibility for that amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to clarify: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will be paid in US dollars, not in British Pounds.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will be working remotely as an employee of the US branch and act as liaison with other employees in the UK and neighboring European area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will not be seeking permanent residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will return to the US after my girlfriend has completed her degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to minimize time spent away from her.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not wish to anger the Home Office and risk being banned from the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15660" OwnerDisplayName="Chase Walden" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T02:10:26.130" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T02:10:26.130" Title="Long-term stay in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14446" CreationDate="2018-08-16T18:06:42.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I apply for a long term visitor visa (2/5/10 year), must I leave every 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen, such a visa is of no use to you.  You can enter the UK as a visitor without a visa.  Having such a visa does not give you any additional ability to stay in the UK, nor to stay for a longer period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that you can't do with a visitor visa, nor as a visa-free visitor, is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent visits&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.  It is also forbidden to &quot;do paid or unpaid work,&quot; which (in practice, at least) includes remote work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will staying in the UK on a visitor visa damage my chances when applying for a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not if you comply with the terms of the visitor visa, but see above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I transition from a visitor visa into a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/switch-to-this-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;No&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to get the company to transfer you formally to the UK office, but as a new employee that may be easier said than done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T18:06:42.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-17T01:14:24.387" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an F1 student in the USA and recently entered a guilty plea for reckless driving and open container. Is this combination considered a CIMT that can lead to deportation? This is my first and only offence in the US in 10 years as a student. I got sentenced to one year of probation with DUI classes and 10 days of work alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that reckless driving on its own or open container on its own is not CIMT (at least I think so) and neither is full DUI even if it involves injuries to people. But my concern is about the combination of the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15657" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T02:20:30.440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T02:20:30.440" Title="Is reckless driving combined with open container a CIMT that can lead to deportation in the USA?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14450" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-17T07:52:00.150" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate your assistance and any tips or resources that you may be aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Ireland and moved to Australia at a young age. I am fortunate to hold dual citizenship with Australia and Ireland. My Australian husband of 10 years and I wish to pursue our dream of living in mainland Europe together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that he would likely be able to get an Irish work permit as my spouse, but we are hoping to reside in France or Spain. As a pilot, he has some exciting opportunities with European airlines (for which he has all of the appropriate licences, and for which there is a demand at the moment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have found it difficult to find information about his ability to work in Europe if he does have an Irish spousal work permit or if this is required at all. I would not be working initially but we would have sufficient funds to support ourselves with savings and rent, health insurance etc. in Europe for at least a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can he work in another EU country on an Irish spousal visa? Will he have working rights as my spouse if we move directly to France or Spain? Would he be able to apply for a work permit if I am not working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he is able to find work with an airline such as EasyJet, would he have issues flying in and out of EU countries on a spousal visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate any details or links. It is a big decision to make and went want to ensure a smooth transition as best we can. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15658" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T14:01:40.857" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T14:01:40.857" Title="Working rights for non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14450" CreationDate="2018-08-17T08:00:18.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your husband is not allowed to work (or even reside without working) in another EU country on an Irish Spousal Visa. As your spouse, he would be allowed to work in France or Spain if you yourself qualify for EU freedom of movement. If you are not working, that means having health insurance and being able to show some income or savings that puts you over the threshold to receive welfare benefits (in practice something like €15000 in savings or €500 a month should be enough). That would be the most natural route to secure residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T08:06:02.453" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T08:06:02.453" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-17T09:20:44.493" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK national and my spouse is from Argentina. We have been living in Europe for over 3 years and we are relocating back to the UK. I've been told by an immigration lawyer that as long as you have all your documentation to show that you have been exercising your EU treaty rights when you arrive at the airport they can give your spouse a stamp of residency for 6 months. Then once inside the UK, the full residence application has to be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has done this I would love to hear about it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15659" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T11:25:40.003" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T11:25:40.003" Title="Surinder Singh route at the airport" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14453" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14458" CreationDate="2018-08-17T20:50:26.050" Score="1" ViewCount="1485" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian citizen going to the UK on a Tier 5 YMS visa in a few weeks. When I put my notice in, my boss surprised me by asking me if I'd be willing to work remotely for the company while I'm living in the UK. The company is under the impression that they could pay me as an hourly employee, take off deductions for Canadian taxes as they would normally do and deposit my pay into my Canadian bank account. The company does not have offices in the UK (or any other country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how does this work with UK taxes, then? I &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; want to avoid taxes wherever they're due, and I know that Canada and the UK have a tax treaty so I shouldn't be double-taxed if I do my taxes right. If I'm working as an employee (not a contractor, not a freelancer) for my Canadian employer, do I have to register as self-employed in the UK to file taxes that way, or is this sort of thing simply not allowed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15662" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T00:30:15.707" Title="Can I work for a Canadian company while living in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-18T06:03:24.037" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son had an Indian passport with an indefinite leave to remain sticker on the passport. The validity matched the valid of the passport. I renewed his passport but didn't transfer the indefinite to remain, assuming there is no expiry date, but it expired along with the passport. Now I have travelled to India with my son. What am I supposed to do? How do I travel back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15664" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-18T08:01:49.097" LastActivityDate="2018-08-18T08:01:49.097" Title="Indefinite leave to remain sticker expired and traveled to India" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14436" CreationDate="2018-08-18T14:22:21.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finding an excellent lawyer in the US can be tricky. Background reading: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/public-information/how-do-i-find-a-lawyer-.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;American Bar Association, &quot;How Do I Find a Lawyer&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.forbes.com/sites/financialfinesse/2011/10/05/how-to-find-a-good-lawyer-when-you-really-need-one/amp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Forbes, &quot;How to find a good lawyer when you really need one.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond word-of-mouth, a starting point can be researching prospective lawyers to make sure they're state bar members without state bar disciplinary action against them, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aila.org/about/immigration-lawyer-search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AILA members&lt;/a&gt;, have a good reputation for past work, any publications they've written, etc. If the lawyer is part of a practice, also research the other lawyers in the same practice. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/how-find-an-excellent-lawyer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AllLaw.com, &quot;How to Find an Excellent Immigration Lawyer.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this initial research, you'll need to have initial consultations with at least a couple of the lawyers you're considering. They may charge for this. The initial consultation lets you see how the lawyer talks to you about your case and the potential road ahead. Don't trust a lawyer who makes unrealistic promises---but beware that you can't always identify unrealistic promises---this is also why you should consult more than one. Since your case is a bit unusual, the initial consultation can also tell you whether the lawyer has experience with similar cases. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-18T14:22:21.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-18T15:35:18.143" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently having serious depression. I have been applying to lots of jobs online. I want to get a job abroad with a doctorate degree in engineering. I am flexible to work in academia or in industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I have applied to almost 50 places, both industry and academic position, but for none of them I passed document screening. I didn't get a single interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a job with working visa sponsorship in the civil engineering field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help or idea? I do not have any preference, any country is fine. I am Indonesian by the way, so any country is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11127" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-19T07:19:23.950" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T14:00:53.767" Title="What is a good job site to get a job abroad with a PhD degree?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-19T00:10:47.703" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;We want to travel Europe for a year or so in a car we buy over there. Can we do that and what about insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15668" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T15:07:25.870" Title="Can we buy a car in the EU as American citizens?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14453" CreationDate="2018-08-19T00:30:15.707" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I give you several links to official sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/living-abroad/taxation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/living-abroad/taxation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents/non-residents-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents/non-residents-canada.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/payroll/payroll-deductions-contributions/special-situations/employment-outside-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/payroll/payroll-deductions-contributions/special-situations/employment-outside-canada.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/paying-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/paying-tax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is my understanding, but I am not a lawyer, so don't rely on this without verifying it.&#xA;So, my understanding is that while living in the UK you will be considered a non-resident of Canada for income tax purposes. The employment such as you described seems to be allowed (at least I don't see anything that would prohibit it). But the impression of your company that they would do all deductions as for a regular Canadian employee seems to be wrong. From the third link that I gave above, it seems that the company should not deduct EI premiums and pension contributions. As for the taxes, it seems that you should declare your income from that employment in your tax returns in both countries, but pay the income tax only in one country according to a tax treaty (in which country, I am not sure; I suspect the UK, but not sure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15667" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T00:30:15.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14483" CreationDate="2018-08-19T06:09:59.413" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this question does sound redundant, but most posts I read are about applying to work while on a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my concern is, if I were to travel to Germany under a Schengen visa and somehow receive a job offer from an employer there, would I be allowed to apply for a work visa, Blue Card and residence permit? Or would the Ausländerbehorde (or Immigration, perhaps) ask me to go back to my country first and apply for a work visa there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional info: I'm from the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15669" LastEditorUserId="15669" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T22:23:32.883" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T09:49:29.443" Title="Can I apply for a work permit while on Schengen visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14460" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14509" CreationDate="2018-08-19T05:28:28.330" Score="0" ViewCount="759" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Tier 2 general visa and I have all my documents ready, except my English language certification, which won't be ready until August 31, but my start date is September 17.&#xA;I was wondering if I can submit my application now (stating that I will submit my English certificate physically at my interview instead of it digitally with the form) and book my appointment after I've gotten my results in hopes of expediting the process to have my visa on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to know if applying now and choosing a later interview date would in fact get me a faster response or if the response time is always counted from the day of the interview. A detail I think is important for this question is that in my case the only documents I would need to submit at my interview would be my passport and the English language certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because I've been looking for any information on what window of dates you get when you book your appointment, but haven't found anything helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15673" OwnerDisplayName="dluque" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T04:21:00.553" Title="UK Tier 2 visa interview/biometrics and decision time" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-18T18:02:51.197" Score="3" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen who planned to stay four months traveling and surfing in the US. I am taking a one-year leave (sabbatical) from my full-time teaching position in Canada. I have met some incredible people this far and have been offered some incredible volunteer experience for a non-profit alternative outdoor school here in California.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to do this for the next ten months before heading back to my position in Canada... Can I apply within the States? Is there a minimum amount of hours you need to volunteer per week?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ashley" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T14:31:31.353" Title="I’m in the US on a visitor visa. Can I now apply for a volunteer visa within the country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-19T12:18:31.870" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Singaporean and my husband is from The Netherlands and this is my first time here. How can I extend my stay in The Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15679" OwnerDisplayName="rohani yunos" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T06:27:18.293" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T20:10:54.053" Title="Extend stay in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;singaporean-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-19T22:37:10.473" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a particularly tough year in Seoul, my (Korean) wife and I decided to take an extended break and stay with my family in the UK for 5.5 months (with 1-year-old twins). However, after the first month here, we decided that the UK was a far superior place to raise kids. We now want to stay here full-time, but my wife is a tourist (&amp;lt;6 months so no visa). She must head back in September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From our third month here, I’ve been working. I’ve done my research on the settlement visa and want to meet the financial requirements ASAP.  She will go back to South Korea in September then she’ll apply for the settlement visa in Seoul in Oct/Nov.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only worry is whether my wife’s time here on a 5.5 month trip will count against her. Is this likely to get her refused?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Worried Dad" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T17:27:12.560" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T17:27:12.560" Title="UK Settlement Visa after Tourist Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14466" CreationDate="2018-08-19T22:54:48.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing in UK immigration law that would cause an earlier stay as a visitor to disqualify someone from coming to the UK as an immigrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been cases where a change in plans after entering the UK has been seen as evidence of dishonesty.  If your wife said that she was planning to stay for 5.5 months when she entered the UK, as the question suggests, then she should have no problem in this regard, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably want to gather evidence to support your assertion that your plans did in fact change, in particular that your wife did enter as a legitimate visitor.  The fact that she's planning to leave the country to make her settlement visa application should work in her favor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T22:54:48.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14468" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-08-20T06:31:08.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A career is more than a job - it's more a life plan. This tag is for questions by people who are trying to come up with a viable life plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-31T04:05:46.860" LastActivityDate="2018-08-31T04:05:46.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14469" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-08-20T06:31:08.203" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding careers" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-10-10T11:25:05.490" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T11:25:05.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14457" CreationDate="2018-08-20T07:18:18.500" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Europe is still 27/28 different countries with as many different legislations. So it will be hard to answer your question in general. For each single country you may get answers here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So let me start with Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you can buy a car, but obviously you will have to insure and register it. In Germany, this is going to be the sequence of things, i.e. you first have to buy insurance, then you go and get the car registered. In order to register a car in Germany, you will have to be a resident, which I guess you will no be able to produce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means either you have any nice person (relatives?) living in Germany which will register the car on your behalf or you will be out of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that AFAIK the UK (part of the EU until March 2019) does not have that concept of registered address, so it may be easier there. Also of course as you can do everything in English there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just be aware that the UK is one of the very few countries in Europe which drives on the left. It may turn out very inconvenient if you buy a right hand steering car in the UK and then spend most of your time in continental Europe where we drive on the &quot;right&quot; side of the street.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T07:18:18.500" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14457" CreationDate="2018-08-20T14:34:17.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France, it is possible for tourists to lease a &quot;transit temporaire&quot; vehicle. This is a scheme whereby a new car for use by non-residents can be registered tax free, and is then rented to for a temporary period, deferring the taxes. At the end of the period, the manufacturer gets the car back, and pays the taxes on the (now depreciated) vehicle. Due to the tax advantages, you're unlikely to find a cheaper way to rent a car, and this is much easier to organise than buying a car. The car receives an attractive pair of red registration plates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immatriculation_SIV_transit_temporaire_AA-572-BF.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rtlrM.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is beneficial for the tourist and for the car manufacturer, so several French car manufacturers offer this service, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.renaultusa.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renault&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.peugeot-openeurope.com/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Peugeot&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citroen-europass.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citroen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The length of lease possible seems to vary based on your situation. Insurance is included. The car can be delivered to locations outside France if required. Since the service is explicitly targeted at non-residents, you must prove that you aren't resident in the EU in order to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to compare the different schemes available you should search for &quot;europe tax free lease&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T15:07:25.870" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T15:07:25.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-20T17:25:18.947" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please help me find out if I can become a Dutch National.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Nigeria 1971 to a Dutch expatriate mother and a British expatriate father. As there was no European Community at the time my mother was advised to change her nationality to British, as otherwise I might be refused either a Dutch or a British passport. So, both my parents are now British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandmother was Dutch and born in Drenthe in the early 1900s. I have 16 Dutch uncles and aunties, 21 Dutch cousins and I speak (but don't write) the language fluently/very proficiently. I spent about 6 years of my childhood living in The Netherlands and attended school there for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother has a Dutch pension from when she worked there before meeting my father and becoming an expatriate. She does not have a British pension as she has never worked in Britain, and only ever lived in Britain for 2 years before retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any chance that I am eligible for a Dutch passport?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;What is the best way to prove my eligibility under my circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15677" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-22T07:31:29.580" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T08:01:23.857" Title="Am I eligible for a Dutch passport (both parents now British)?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13633" CreationDate="2018-08-20T22:27:17.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did you not ask for a replacement from the Philippine Embassy in Qatar? This seems to be the proper course of action in other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15669" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T22:27:17.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14477" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14479" CreationDate="2018-08-21T04:08:02.243" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-correct-form-i-9/complete-section-1-employee-information-and-attestation/foreign-academic-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-correct-form-i-9/complete-section-1-employee-information-and-attestation/foreign-academic-students&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20180614023204/https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/complete-correct-form-i-9/complete-section-1-employee-information-and-attestation/foreign-academic-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;F-1 students may not work off-campus during the first academic year, but may accept on-campus employment subject to certain conditions and restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a F1 student in the US do a CPT internship the first summer if the student arrived after the beginning of the academic year (e.g., at the beginning of spring). For example, if the F1 student arrived at the University at the beginning of spring 2019, can they do a CPT internship over the summer 2019?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T06:37:24.623" Title="Can a F1 student in the US do a CPT internship the first summer if the student arrived after the beginning of the academic year?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14473" CreationDate="2018-08-21T04:44:01.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Children of Dutch mothers and non-Dutch fathers born before 1985 were not Dutch from birth, but the law has changed to allow such people to become Dutch &quot;by option.&quot;  However, when your mother became British, she probably lost her Dutch nationality.  If that happened before you were born, you would not be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information about the option procedure, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nationality law is very complex, and the rules governing loss and acquisition of nationality have changed over the years. For example, if your mother was under 21 when she naturalized as British, she might have retained her Dutch nationality.  You may want to apply at a Dutch consulate for the option procedure, at which point they will make a formal analysis of your case.  If they determine that you are not eligible, they will explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T04:44:01.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14477" CreationDate="2018-08-21T06:37:24.623" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, no, because the regulation &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2142f.htm#2142f10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(f)(10)&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... Practical training may be authorized to an F-1 student who has been lawfully &lt;strong&gt;enrolled on a full time basis&lt;/strong&gt;, in a Service-approved college, university, conservatory, or seminary &lt;strong&gt;for one full academic year.&lt;/strong&gt; ... (emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the next paragraph provides a rather narrow exception:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... Curricular practical training. ... Exceptions to the one academic year requirement are provided for students enrolled in graduate studies that require immediate participation in curricular practical training. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So CPT can be authorized earlier if graduate-level studies require it to be.  It looks like the USCIS website you linked doesn't mention this exception, but the regulation would take precedence over the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T06:37:24.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T07:29:58.653" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandmother was born in Dutch Sumatra. Shortly after her birth they relocated back to Holland, and she grew up in Amsterdam. Is there any possibility for me to obtain a Dutch passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15682" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-21T07:53:06.760" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T07:53:06.760" Title="Dutch passport query" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14481" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T08:26:32.817" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;As discussed in a previous question:&#xA; &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13700/when-will-my-spouse-be-eligible-for-indefinite-leave-to-remain&quot;&gt;When will my spouse be eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can make the application for indefinite leave to remain in December 2018. My wife's current visa expires in February 2019, and currently the Home Office is stating that processing time for indefinite leave to remain can be up to 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if the expiry date of her current work permit passes and we have not yet been informed of a decision by the home office? Is she allowed to keep working under the terms of her current visa whilst a decision is pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15040" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T08:26:32.817" Title="Eligibility to work whilst waiting for decision" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14459" CreationDate="2018-08-21T09:49:29.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot apply for a work permit (which is residence permit) while being in Germany on a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Citizens of the USA, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand,&#xA;  Switzerland, as well as EU citizens may apply for their residence&#xA;  permit after entering the Schengen territory without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Citizens of other countries must apply and get a residence permit&#xA;  before entering the Schengen territories for work purposes&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/working-schengen-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T09:49:29.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14456" CreationDate="2018-08-21T13:36:08.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I'm not answering the question, but a piece of advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have applied to 50+ places without any replies, than something is probably wrong either with your resume/profile or your job search strategy. Trying to apply in a different country is unlikely to work: landing a job as a foreigner is significantly harder: the hiring company would have to deal with relocation, visa sponsorship, lots of paperwork, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can hop over  to &lt;a href=&quot;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; and post details of your resume and job search for advice on how to improve the results. If there is a big red flag on your resume, perhaps people can help you find and mitigate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15686" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T13:36:08.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14486" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14506" CreationDate="2018-08-21T15:29:55.343" Score="1" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother-in-law visited me and my wife last year by obtaining her green card. She also got her social security number. She came to the USA in June 2017 and left back to her home country, Iraq, inNovember 2017. Her paperwork says she is allowed to visit the US with her green card as long as she doesn't stay more than, I think it's mentioned a year, in her home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She wanted to come see us again and was wondering if any changes have been made since she last left (November 2017). Is there any issue with her visiting us? I am afraid that she gets all the way here and she is told to go back to her home country (north Iraq).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did read this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Green Card is valid for readmission to the United States after a trip abroad if you do not leave for longer than 1 year. If your trip will last longer than 1 year, a reentry permit is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the USCIS site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted#Reminders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted#Reminders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since she left in November 2017 and we are in August 2018, this would mean she is allowed to come to the US without further complications or forms, correct? If on the other hand we were in December 2018 right now she would then have to apply for reentry it appears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6423" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-22T00:45:59.307" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T16:30:31.767" Title="Got a green card, stayed 6 months, paperwork says she can come back but can she?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14486" CreationDate="2018-08-21T15:44:54.623" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the information you have provided, it sounds like she should be fine. If she has violated any of the terms of the green card or become a security risk, she could be denied. Further, as her home country is Iraq, if DHS (or another agency) decides/attempts to institute a wide travel ban, then she could also be denied entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T15:44:54.623" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14497" CreationDate="2018-08-21T19:06:36.170" Score="1" ViewCount="1018" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 1 :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a prospective employer from Germany, Frankfurt who is ready to send me an employment offer letter anytime now. I live in India and I'm a software developer. What should be the minimum salary I should get to be able to apply for a Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 2 :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer is unaware of any process needed to recruit from overseas. If my salary is lower than the EU Blue card norms, does he have to do any additional steps, like get FEA approval? What happens if my salary is at or above the Blue Card norms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15687" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-22T13:04:25.270" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T13:04:25.270" Title="What is the minimum salary required for a Blue Card visa in Germany for a software developer (from India)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T19:06:48.147" Score="3" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it a big deal to apply for a visa with a bank statement in a different currency? I am a Czech student studying in the UK and I will be applying in London for a student visa to South Korea. However, I have my money in a Czech account and I don't want to transfer it to my British account because there would be money transfer charges. Will my bank statement be accepted in a different currency if I translate it (from Czech) and notarize it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15688" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-22T07:32:25.530" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T17:17:34.393" Title="Bank statement in a different currency when applying for visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T23:29:17.683" Score="2" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandmother was born in France, and moved to the US where she had my father. My father, a US citizen, is applying for French citizenship through descent as his mother did not renounce her French citizenship until after my father was born. He seems to have all of the paperwork in oder, so I'm guessing this will eventually be granted based on what I have read. When/if my father gains French citizenship through descent, does that mean I, too, as his daughter can also apply? I can't figure this out and have seen conflicting information. Lastly, I can't figure out if you need to be fluent in French in order to obtain French citizenship through descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15690" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2018-08-22T21:05:05.167" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T21:15:22.097" Title="My father is applying for French citizenship through descent. Can I then do so?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T20:43:26.737" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2018-Instructions-Translations/DV-2018%20Instructions%20English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DV Instructions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The head height or facial region size (measured from the top of the head, including the hair, to the bottom of the chin) must be between 50 percent and 69 percent of the image's total height.  The eye height (measured from the bottom of the image to the level of the eyes) should be between 56 percent and 69 percent of the image’s height.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if it is a bit out of the given range? My colleague made his photo yesterday and the face covers 71% of the image's height. Is his photo still accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15694" OwnerDisplayName="Wais Kamal" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T23:34:32.507" Title="Is the US government strict on the relative height of the face in a diversity visa lottery application photo?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14491" CreationDate="2018-08-22T00:58:39.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Citizenship by descent isn't something that one &quot;applies for.&quot;  Rather, it is something that one acquires at birth through the automatic operation of law.  Your father is applying to have his French citizenship recognized by the French government.  If the French government does recognize it, it will mean that the government recognizes that he has been a French citizen since he was born.  That in turn will mean that you are the child of a French citizen, and therefore also a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to have any French skills to have French citizenship by descent.  French language skills are required for naturalization, as evidence of integration into French society, but that does not apply in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T00:58:39.357" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5945" CreationDate="2018-08-22T03:06:28.607" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just read &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sovereignman.com/residency/this-guy-has-eight-passports-21224/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; about a man who has eight passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This “octa-citizen” has passports from Canada, UK, Ireland, Belize, Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts, and Cape Verde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T03:06:28.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-22T07:07:52.467" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and  don't have much stuff that we want to bring with us when when move.&#xA;As such I have determined that it would be best just to check an extra piece of luggage each with the airline when we fly over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Between my wife and I we only actually have 1 or 2 suitably large suitcases.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It seems like buying new (or even second hand) rolling luggage just for single use in the move is a bit of a waste.&#xA;As such we are considering other options to fill out the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One option I particularly like is the idea of buying some sturdy moving boxes, like you would use if having your stuff transported.&#xA;Having used those before when moving house, they are not your ordinary box.&#xA;Heavy duty, double-reinforced corrugated cardboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like they would stand-up to the punishment of a flight no problem.&#xA;They will be perhaps a bit of a pain to move about at each end when moving between plane, trains and taxis.&#xA;But so would having extra rolling luggage, and at most of those points a trolley can be arranged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this viable? Has  anyone first (or second) hand experience of doing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15692" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T17:01:17.797" Title="Using moving boxes as checked luggage?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;luggage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14495" CreationDate="2018-08-22T07:31:07.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see it done a lot in Asia. People traveling (not necessarily moving, per se) with carton boxes instead of suitcases. Seems to work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did it myself a few times, to take some alcohol samples to a client. As I knew I wouldn't have check-in luggage on the way back, instead of taking a suitcase, I put my samples in a carton box, packed with lots of bubble-wrap, and checked that in. I asked for a FRAGILE sticker (not really sure whether it is worth the effort, but at least my carton box had a bright red sticker, making it recognizable). So far so good, nothing was broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13452" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T07:31:07.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14488" CreationDate="2018-08-22T10:17:43.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The minimum gross salary per year is 52,000 Euros. However, the minimum gross salary for jobs where there is a shortage of applicants is 40,560 Euros. Software Engineers belong to this category. You would need to get the letter from the employer, in this case, Beschäftigungs Stellenbeschreibung, that shows that the consent of the Federal Employment Agency can be provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case your salary is above the norms, you just need to fill the application form(Antragaufenhaltstitel) and you don't need the consent from the Federal Employment Agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15693" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T10:17:43.390" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12137" CreationDate="2018-08-22T13:34:13.740" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will depend on the carriers your network uses but if they support it just dial +333241&#xA;unfortunately if they don't support it, it will dot connect.&#xA;I'm afraid there is no work around for this. A French voip termination may work, but again this will depend on their carriers and routing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15695" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T13:34:13.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14489" CreationDate="2018-08-22T17:17:34.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it isn’t. I actually used my Czech bank statement back home in my country (Ghana) in applying for UK Visa and was granted. Just that, I printed the English version online then convert the currency in it equivalence to British Pounds at www.oanda.com ( official conversion site that UKVI officials mostly used). Added a covering letter explicitly explaining the conversion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15697" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T17:17:34.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14491" CreationDate="2018-08-22T21:15:22.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;@phoog correctly explained that citizenship by birth is not something you gain but something you either already have or don't have. If you do have it, French language skills are irrelevant and you cannot lose it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are complex rules that effectively means that French citizenship by birth can lapse after two generations if you don't use it (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6618/will-it-be-possible-to-get-french-citizenship/6619#6619&quot;&gt;Will it be possible to get French citizenship?&lt;/a&gt;). I believe that your father being granted a passport or certificate of citizenship would effectively reset the clock and allow you to make use of your French citizenship as well but I am not entirely sure of the details (and it would also depends on his and your age).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, if your grandmother lived most of her life in the US, your father is over 50 and it's the first time he is applying for a French passport, he could have trouble getting his citizenship recognized now, even if he was definitely born a French citizen and all the paperwork is in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastActivityDate="2018-08-22T21:15:22.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14503" CreationDate="2018-08-22T23:22:54.507" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm was born in the US (1969), my father at the time was a German citizen living in the US with a green card and married. He is now a US citizen. My goal is to obtain a EU passport and still hold my US citizenship. Am I entitled to German citizenship due to ancestry? Is it a difficult process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15734" OwnerDisplayName="BurritoBoy" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T04:20:57.170" Title="US citizen applying for German dual citizenship with German father" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14502" CreationDate="2018-08-23T04:20:57.170" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what you described, you are &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; a German citizen according to German law, and have been since birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A child born anywhere in the world in wedlock to a German citizen parent was automatically a German citizen at birth. (Prior to 1975, it could only be passed from the father and not the mother; but it's your father who's the German citizen so that doesn't matter. Also, for a parent that was born after 1999 abroad, they can no longer pass citizenship if not residing in Germany, but that is irrelevant as your father was born before 1999.) This citizenship is automatic, and does not depend on being &quot;registered&quot; or on you ever having claimed to be a German citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;German citizenship is lost upon voluntarily acquiring a foreign nationality (unless special permission is obtained beforehand), so your dad lost his German citizenship when he naturalized in the US. But that happened &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; you were born (this is key), so he was still a German citizen when you were born and thus passed German citizenship to you at birth. His naturalization after your birth did not affect your German citizenship, because &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; didn't naturalize (you couldn't naturalize in the US, because you already had US citizenship at birth by being born in the US). As such, you continue to have both US and German citizenship, forever, unless you voluntarily acquired a new nationality after birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that this means that any children you have had in the past (or will have in the future) were also automatically German citizens at birth, as long as you didn't acquire a new nationality before that child's birth, even if you never lived in Germany, didn't know you were a German citizen, and never claimed to be one until now.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are already a German citizen, you do not need to &quot;apply for&quot; German citizenship. You just need to obtain a certificate of German citizenship (Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis). You can get the forms &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/03-Citizenship/certificate-of-citizenship/933536&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Organisation/Abteilungen/Abteilung_BT/Feststellung/antraegemerkblaetter/antraegemerkblaetter-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (in German).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T04:20:57.170" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14507" CreationDate="2018-08-23T13:33:41.657" Score="1" ViewCount="1053" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a blue card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Non-EU citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to change my job and I have a new contract. It meets the minimum salary requirement but it's a limited time contract for 12 months. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to proceed when changing job for a blue card holder?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any requirement for the contract to meet the blue card requirement other than the salary? For example, is it ok in my case to keep the blue card with a limited contract duration? Any other requirement like employer's contribution to social security?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13816" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-24T14:41:43.967" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T15:01:13.003" Title="Contact requirement for blue card when changing job" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14486" CreationDate="2018-08-23T16:30:31.767" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two separate issues: 1) the documentary requirements for a returning resident, and 2) not abandoning residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documentary requirements for a returning resident to enter the US is pretty clear. A green card (I-551) or equivalent is valid for entry after an absence of less than one year. A Re-entry Permit is valid for entry during the validity of the Re-entry Permit, which is issued for two years. An SB-1 returning resident visa is also valid for entry during its validity. She clearly meets the documentary requirements for entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to come back as a permanent resident she needs to have not abandoned residency, and that is a subjective determination that looks at many factors, not just length of time outside the US. Other things that might be considered include the pattern of her trips, whether she filed US tax returns, whether she maintained access to a home in the US that she intended to return to, whether she had family in the US that she intended to return to, whether her reason for being outside the US had a definite end date or was open-ended, whether she was prevented from returning earlier, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meeting the documentary requirements of entry does not mean that she hasn't abandoned residence. If someone repeatedly leaves the US for under one year and comes to the US for a few days and then repeats, without a permanent home in the US, they would almost certainly be determined to have abandoned residence. No length of absence, no matter how short, can absolutely guarantee that the person won't be found to have abandoned residence. Even having a Re-entry Permit doesn't mean that she hasn't abandoned residence (having a Re-entry Permit prevents a finding of abandonment due to the length of time outside the US; but it does not preclude a finding of abandonment due to other factors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, not meeting the documentary requirements does not mean she cannot return to the US. If she returns with a green card after an absence of more than one year, the officer at entry (or the immigration judge in removal proceedings) still has the discretionary power to let her in anyway if they feels she hasn't abandoned residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what really matters is whether she has abandoned residence. And unfortunately there is never a clear answer to that question because it looks at many factors and is subjective. I would say that based on what you said, she is likely okay, since she did stay in the US for a few months before leaving, so it's not an obvious case of someone hardly staying in the US at all; and it's the first time she has been away, so they are usually more lenient. She should carry evidence of her ties to the US just in case she is asked about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T16:30:31.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14504" CreationDate="2018-08-23T16:39:25.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BAMF&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have held the blue card for two years, you can just change job (provided it is highly skilled - if it is in the same field and meets the salary requirement, it probably is).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you haven't held the blue card for two years:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any change of job during the first two years of employment requires&#xA;  the approval of the immigration authority (section 19a subs. 4 of the&#xA;  German Residence Act). Approval is subject to the same preconditions&#xA;  as initial issuance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no requirement I can see that the job offer has to be for permanent employment rather than a time limited contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you come to the end of your contract without another one, you have to tell the immigration authority.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons who are resident are obliged to notify the competent&#xA;  immigration authority of the loss of their job where employment is&#xA;  subject to approval by the immigration authority. The foreigner in&#xA;  question initially still holds a valid residence title, but the&#xA;  immigration authority may stipulate a subsequent time limitation at&#xA;  its discretion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is more useful information &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/Arbeiten/BuergerDrittstaat/BlaueKarte/blaue-karte-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T16:39:25.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-23T16:18:05.770" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have obtained my visa to study in the Schengen area. It is valid from September 4. However my flight is on September 2 (flights are full and I cannot change it). I can enter the Schengen area as a tourist on my second passport and then once my visa is valid I can remain and study in that area legally with my other passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be an issue if I do not have an exit stamp on the passport I have entered? Will it be an issue if I do not have an entering stamp on the passport that carries my student visa? How can I approach this issue without having to fly out of the Schengen area with the passport I have entered and reenter with my valid visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to study in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="MariaMaria" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-24T06:44:42.753" LastActivityDate="2018-09-23T08:01:07.573" Title="Entering the Schengen area with one passport and legally remaining with another" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14460" CreationDate="2018-08-24T04:21:00.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted UKVI directly to answer my question. They said &quot;[I]t would not be possible to submit submit supporting documents at a later time, and so it is advised all required items are ready to review upon attending your appointment&quot;, meaning that there is no issue if you apply before you have the documents, as long as you present them at the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also told me that the application won't be processed until after the biometrics appointment, and that the only way to expedite the application is through the &quot;premium services&quot; that they offer at Visa centres.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully someone else having the same questions I had will find this useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15673" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T04:21:00.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T06:42:54.837" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obtaining OPT authorization takes around 90 days, whereas  CPT is much shorter (~2 weeks). Why is obtaining OPT authorization much longer than for CPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T16:12:47.417" Title="Why is obtaining OPT authorization much longer than for CPT?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14508" CreationDate="2018-08-24T07:15:16.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a Spanish D (long-stay) visa valid from September 4th.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have two citizenships. One would require a visa, and the passport has the Spanish visa in it. The other does not require a visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think your concern about missing stamps is misplaced. You are traveling with a combination of passports and disjointed stamps are common for dual citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/79143/how-to-switch-from-resident-visa-to-tourist-visa-status-in-the-schengen-area&quot;&gt;several&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/69331/need-i-leave-and-reenter-the-schengen-area-after-my-work-visa-expires-to-become?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; on going from long-stay to tourism, the opposite direction but fundamentally the same you are doing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T07:15:16.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T10:35:54.783" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a British passport but my daughter who is 2 was born in South Africa. I am coming back to live in the UK and want to bring my daughter with me. How do I do this? What type of visa can I apply for once she is here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15702" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-24T10:59:24.197" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T14:32:54.910" Title="I have a British passport but my child who is 2 was born in South Africa. What type of visa can I get for my daughter to live in the UK?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T11:26:09.017" Score="3" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 76 years old. I have a California driver's license expiring on September 8, 2018 and presently live in Europe. I cannot be in CA on the renewal date. I probably will be in the US in spring 2019. Can I do it at that point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15703" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-08-25T02:02:29.537" LastActivityDate="2018-08-25T02:02:29.537" Title="Postponing driver's license renewal" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14513" CreationDate="2018-08-24T12:39:57.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If this is a California license, according to  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.org/ca-california/renew-license.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this private website&lt;/a&gt; you can renew it up to six months before it expires or 90 days after it expires (so December 7th 2018).  After that you would have to apply for a new license.  According to my searches, the DMV agent &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; choose to waive the requirement for a driving test - but they don't have to (and may have a prejudice against allowing a more mature person on the road).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you are living in Europe, you probably can't drive with the US license after a certain number of months.  (The period will depend on precisely where you are, but a year is typical.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T12:39:57.540" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14512" CreationDate="2018-08-24T14:32:54.910" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer depends on the basis of your British citizenship.  If you are a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; then your daughter is also a British citizen, and you should apply for a UK passport for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are a British citizen otherwise than by descent if you were born in the UK or an overseas territory, if you were naturalized as a British citizen, or if you were born outside the UK and territories while your parent was abroad in &quot;crown or similar service.&quot;  Details are available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-born-outside-the-uk-british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Children born outside the UK: British citizenship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a British citizen by descent, then your child is not a British citizen, but may be able to register as one, depending on your circumstances.  For example, if you lived in the UK for a period of three years with no more than 270 days absence during that three-year period, and your father or mother was British, then your daughter qualifies for registration.  This costs £1012.  Details are available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent/born-on-or-after-1-july-2006&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for citizenship if you have a British parent; You were born on or after 1 July 2006&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your child is not eligible to register as a British citizen, depending on the circumstances of your child's father, she may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain, which costs £2389 or £2999, depending on whether you apply in person.  Details are available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Find out if you can apply to settle in the UK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, this is a terribly complex matter, so if you were not born or naturalized in the UK, you may want to talk to an immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T14:32:54.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T15:45:52.693" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-resident alien (F-1, student visa) in the US who wants to travel with my significant other (US citizen) to my home country. If we buy a plane ticket together, am I damaging my ability to demonstrate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bu.edu/isso/travel-visas/apply-for-a-visa/initial-visa-application/intent/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-immigrant intent&lt;/a&gt; because it could appear that I might eventually want to marry my significant other and become a permanent resident of the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that non-immigrant intent matters when applying for a non-immigrant visa, but will the CBP officer at the airport (when returning to the US) be concerned that I was traveling with a citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15705" LastActivityDate="2018-08-25T21:23:06.380" Title="Nonimmigration Intent as Travelling with American Significant Other" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14510" CreationDate="2018-08-24T16:12:47.417" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;OPT requires getting an EAD card, so that you can work for any employer. The application for an EAD, I-765, has long processing times, sometimes taking 5-6 months these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CPT, on the other hand, does not involve getting an EAD. When working on CPT, your I-20 authorizes you to work for a specific employer. Your school can issue the I-20 fairly quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T16:12:47.417" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14513" CreationDate="2018-08-24T19:57:56.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since California driver's licenses can be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/dmv/onlinesvcs/driverlicenserenewal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;renewed online&lt;/a&gt;, your temporary absence from the state shouldn't prevent you from renewing before it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you received the renewal notice by mail in California, you may have other options such as renewing by telephone following its instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T19:57:56.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-25T07:28:14.300" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some foreigners living in India may receive a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_account_number&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent Account Number card&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the PAN number on a Permanent Account Number card a sensitive piece of information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T16:01:53.177" Title="Is the PAN number on a Permanent Account Number card a sensitive piece of information?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-25T11:05:40.810" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am now under a Tier 4 Visa expiring on 29 Jan 2019. I need to go back to Canada to apply for a Tier 5 YMS in September. However, I would like my Tier 5 to start only on the 1st of January, to get the full extent of my 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I need to come back to the UK in October and November to defend my thesis. Consequently, will my Tier 4 still be valid (it's supposed to expire only in January 2019 and my Tier 5 to start in January)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15708" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-30T13:13:30.407" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T13:13:30.407" Title="UK Tier 5 Visa and cancellation of previous Tier 4 visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14521" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14532" CreationDate="2018-08-25T14:39:50.503" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband, a South African citizen, was issued with a &quot;permesso di soggiorno per motivi familiari&quot; in January 2018.&#xA;The transcription of the marriage (which took place in the Republic of South Africa on October 1, 2016) was done at the local Comune in September 2017.&#xA;When can we apply for Italian citizenship? I am an Italian citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-25T23:46:45.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T22:46:41.633" Title="Italian citizenship after marriage" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14516" CreationDate="2018-08-25T21:23:06.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Standard disclaimer: There isn't any definitive formula for proving immigrant/non-immigrant intent, and you can never be certain about what US immigration officers will be concerned about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, traveling with your US citizen girlfriend/boyfriend probably shouldn't prevent you from having non-immigrant intent.  It could be more risky if you're already engaged, especially if you're already planning to get married in the US.  In that case there could be a risk that you might not be admitted as an F-1 student and should consult an attorney before traveling.  On the other hand, if your primary intention is still to enter the US temporarily in order to attend university, you should generally be admissible as an F-1 student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if there's some other piece of the picture, such as you previously overstayed or were previously denied entry, etc., that could increase the risk.  If not, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2018-08-25T21:23:06.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14523" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-25T21:25:15.143" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In California, residents have to obtain a driver's permit within 10 days of becoming a resident. For an E-3 visa holder, does this 10 days begin when the plane lands, the day that they begin working, or something else (when they rent a property for instance)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/110735&quot;&gt;this J-1 visa question&lt;/a&gt;, I am not asking whether it is necessary to obtain a license at all, but rather &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; the residency status is gained for the E-3 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15711" OwnerDisplayName="RodeoClown" LastEditorUserId="15711" LastEditDate="2018-08-25T23:47:31.390" LastActivityDate="2018-08-26T15:40:33.150" Title="When is an E-3 visa holder considered a resident?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-26T13:58:58.563" Score="1" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Bulgarian citizen, settled down in the UK. What are my options? And do we need to get married before that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15714" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-28T04:36:16.647" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T05:30:21.893" Title="How to bring my Russian girlfriend to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14523" CreationDate="2018-08-26T15:40:33.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what the law says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&amp;amp;sectionNum=12502.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CVC 12502&lt;/a&gt;(a)(1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) The following persons may operate a motor vehicle in this state&#xA;  without obtaining a driver’s license under this code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) A nonresident over the age of 18 years having in his or her&#xA;  immediate possession a valid driver’s license issued by a foreign&#xA;  jurisdiction of which he or she is a resident, except as provided in&#xA;  Section 12505.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&amp;amp;sectionNum=12505.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CVC 12505&lt;/a&gt;(a)(1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) (1) For purposes of this division only and notwithstanding Section&#xA;  516, residency shall be determined as a person’s state of domicile.&#xA;  “State of domicile” means the state where a person has his or her&#xA;  true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which&#xA;  he or she has manifested the intention of returning whenever he or she&#xA;  is absent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Prima facie evidence of residency for driver’s licensing purposes&#xA;  includes, but is not limited to, the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(A) Address where registered to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(B) Payment of resident tuition at a public institution of higher&#xA;  education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(C) Filing a homeowner’s property tax exemption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(D) Other acts, occurrences, or events that indicate presence in the&#xA;  state is more than temporary or transient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CVC 12505(c):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) Any person entitled to an exemption under Section 12502, 12503, or&#xA;  12504 may operate a motor vehicle in this state for not to exceed 10&#xA;  days from the date he or she establishes residence in this state,&#xA;  except that a person shall not operate a motor vehicle for employment&#xA;  in this state after establishing residency without first obtaining a&#xA;  license from the department.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a nonresident can drive with an out-of-state driver's license. You can no longer drive with an out-of-state driver's license more than 10 days after &quot;establishing residence&quot; in California. Residence is defined as the &quot;state of domicile&quot;, which is defined as &quot;the state where a person has his or her true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which he or she has manifested the intention of returning whenever he or she is absent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you are considered to become a resident (and can drive with an out-of-state driver's license no longer than 10 days after) when California becomes your true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which you have manifested the intention of returning whenever you are absent. Whether that happens when your plane lands, when you start a job, or never happens during your stay, that is something you will have to determine based on your circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-08-26T15:40:33.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-26T15:32:41.393" Score="2" ViewCount="1553" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Ireland with a GNIB Stamp 2 permit, which will expire in about a month. Before this, I was given permission to stay for three months, but quickly got the GNIB card after a month or so (having been able to book an appointment with a lot of time). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be leaving for 10 days to another EU country before the expiration date and returning &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the expiration date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two possible scenarios bad scenarios for me at this moment: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I may get an appointment before I leave but the new IRP will arrive after I left (there's a 10 day wait).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I may &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; get an appointment before I leave, so my GNIB will expire while I am away, hopefully with an appointment booked after the return date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, INIS (Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service) has now issued a new permit, the IRP (Irish Residence Permit), and their webpage reads (emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not apply for a new IRP if you currently hold a valid GNIB card. &lt;strong&gt;Wait until your GNIB card expires (or is lost or stolen) and then apply as normal.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;. Does this mean there is some allowed period of time after the GNIB expires where it is legal to stay in the country? If not, what measures should I take, given the possible scenarios above, so that when I return to the country I do not have a problem with INIS at the airport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I am a Latin American citizen that does not require a visa to enter (or reenter) Ireland, and can stay (if allowed) up to three months before requiring a permit. I hold a scholarship from Ireland's main college for the following two years (hence the Stamp 2), meaning they pay for the fees and provide me with a stipend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jack" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T12:00:35.210" Title="Time period to renew GNIB" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14524" CreationDate="2018-08-27T07:17:49.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your girlfriend gets a visa in her own right to work in the UK.  It has the major advantage from her point of view that if you split up, she already has a visa in her own right and can decide what to do next.  You will know how feasible this is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She can apply to join you as a spouse/partner of an EEA national who is using their free movement rights to live in the UK.  You don't have to be married but it will probably help; if you are not married, she will need to show that you are in an enduring relationship like marriage.  If you have just got married, she will have to convince the immigration officer that it wasn't a marriage of convenience.  You probably want to do this before 29th March next year in case of a no-deal Brexit (you may both get kicked out anyway, but it will be much easier to stay than get in).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest consulting a paid-for immigration lawyer.  They will be able to tell you how to proceed, and how to stay legal when the Home Office takes much too long to respond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; If you were a British citizen seeking to bring a Russian partner to Britain, you would have to follow UK immigration rules.  For that you would have to be earning (I think) £18,500 per year (plus some other rules).  Luckily you aren't, as a Bulgarian citizen, you only have to follow the (much more generous)  EU rules.  This is why I say you should try and get her into the UK before 29th March; while &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; will probably be allowed to stay under a no-deal Brexit (although even that isn't guaranteed), you would almost certainly have to follow UK immigration rules, and might not even be able to bring her in at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-08-30T05:30:21.893" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T05:30:21.893" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14526" CreationDate="2018-08-27T10:16:33.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not legal to be resident in Ireland without an up-to-date residence permission. This is based on the stamps in your passport, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; your possession of a GNIB card or IRP. That guidance on the website merely means that you don't need to immediately apply for an IRP if you have a valid GNIB card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you do renew your registration, they'll put a new stamp in your passport on the spot, and you can show that to the immigration officer when you re-enter. (They can also access that information on their computer system, of course.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't renewed yet, they'll see that your leave to remain has expired, and give you a temporary entry stamp with a (quite generous, IIRC) deadline to renew the registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reason you might want to renew early is that gaps in your registration don't count towards the residence time requirements for eventual long-term residence or citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15142" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T10:16:33.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14519" CreationDate="2018-08-27T11:29:44.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A PAN number is a sensitive piece of information. It is very much like a SSN given in the USA or SIN given in Canada. All your income is tied to your PAN number. The PAN card can be used as an identity proof in some cases. Many financial transactions like buying mutual funds, gold, stocks, etc. require your PAN information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of tax evasion scams going on in India to shelter black money. These people can potentially use one's PAN information to make transactions under your name and you won't find out till the Income Tax department comes after you. There is a chance one might still be able to prove their innocence. However it is a hassle no one wants to go through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of this is being changed by the government lately to link PAN information with the new Adhar card which is a whole beast of its own and off topic for this question. You can find more information about it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uidai.gov.in/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found some information on Quora about where its okay to give your PAN information and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-importance-of-a-Permanent-Account-Number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;What are the importance of a Permanent Account Number?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is some info I found about how your PAN card number can be misused. Hope you find this helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://yogender89.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-your-pan-card-can-be-misused-by.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How your PAN Card Can be Misused by Someone Else &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.subhavaastu.com/pan-card-scam.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pancard Scams (Permanent Account Number)  - Care About Your Identification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.firstpost.com/business/pan-cards-have-huge-potential-for-fraud-heres-how-govt-could-prevent-misuse-3209132.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PAN cards have huge potential for fraud: Here's how govt could prevent misuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/Can-a-PAN-card-number-be-misused-in-any-way&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Can a PAN card number be misused in any way?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/Is-it-safe-to-give-someone-my-PAN-card-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Is it safe to give someone my PAN card number?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-08-27T15:32:52.417" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T15:32:52.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14495" CreationDate="2018-08-27T16:42:14.500" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have often seen people do that, so it's definitely possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you value the content I would use a lot of tape and wrap it all around the box in all directions; tape is much more resistant to ripping than a cardboard box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, as others mentioned, check for weight and size limits. It might be a good plan to pick the airline according to extra luggage prices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T16:42:14.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14521" CreationDate="2018-08-27T22:46:41.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The foreign spouse of an Italian citizen can claim Italian citizenship after &lt;strong&gt;two years&lt;/strong&gt; legal residence in Italy (permit to stay and enrolment in an official statistics office (Anagrafe)) after the wedding;  or &lt;strong&gt;three years&lt;/strong&gt; after the wedding if the couple live abroad (out of Italy); the timeframes are reduced by half in the presence of children born or adopted by the spouses;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6685" LastActivityDate="2018-08-27T22:46:41.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-28T15:26:11.407" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan to ship my high-value (&gt; 10,000 USD) brand new personal computer (if it does not fit my luggage) from Europe to the USA. I live in the US, but when I will come back to the UK, I would bring back my computer with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will there be any US customs duty to pay?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to make any customs declaration if I either I bring it in my checked in luggage or have it shipped?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="John Atal" LastEditorUserId="13452" LastEditDate="2018-08-29T01:08:02.700" LastActivityDate="2018-08-29T01:08:02.700" Title="Shipping a high-value personal computer to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14534" CreationDate="2018-08-28T16:31:31.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are relocating, be careful with shipping.  Make sure that, in both directions, you use a proper relocation company.  They will know the right type of forms to use, to prevent you from paying duties on personal items you're simply taking with you back and forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved from the EU to Canada and back to the EU after about 1½ year.  I used a relocation company in both directions, to relocate my goods.  In particular on the way back, there forms to fill, in particular on goods I had acquired in the past 6, 12, or 24 months (IIRC) in Canada.  I think I had to declare that all other goods, I owned already before I moved to Canada.  For my computer, I could have provided evidence, but they didn't ask.  If I had acquired goods while in Canada I would have had to pay import duties on them, depending on how recently I acquired them.  I don't recall the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone I know moved from the EU to the USA and back to the EU after about 2½ years.  She used a local parcel company to send her stuff back to the EU.  Upon arrival, she was charged with significant import duties, which he dutifully paid, even though it was mostly stuff she already owned before moving to the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" OwnerDisplayName="gerrit" LastActivityDate="2018-08-28T16:31:31.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-28T14:26:32.483" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find this precise information anywhere, so I hereby ask you, is it possible for my future wife to come with me to Portugal and stay for as long as I'm working there holding a work visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15724" OwnerDisplayName="gamofe" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T11:00:48.880" Title="I am a Brazilian citizen, and I want to marry a Filipino citizen. If I manage to have a work visa to work in Portugal, can she come with me?" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-29T13:34:42.843" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I live and work in Turkey with my Thai wife. I would like to move to Ireland with my wife. Is it hard to get a visa, how long does it take to get a visa and can we apply for the visa in Turkey or does my wife need to fly back to Thailand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15725" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-30T03:53:43.843" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T03:53:43.843" Title="I am a British citizen and I want to move to Ireland with my Thai wife" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;thai-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14537" CreationDate="2018-08-29T15:59:47.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need a visa; your wife does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The  Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service &#xA;has quite a good &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/visa-long-family-eueea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa she is looking for is a short-stay 90 day C-visa.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Family%20Members%20of%20EU_EEA%20_Swiss%20citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.  That page doesn't give a timescale, but does say applications are &quot;accelerated&quot;; the normal C-visa page says &quot;prepare your application three months before you travel&quot; - so it should probably be less than three months (and might be a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; faster).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To live permanently in Ireland, she will need to apply for a &quot;Residence card of a family member of an EU citizen&quot; within those 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She can apply for a visa from the country where you are legally resident (which I assume will be Turkey in her case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-29T15:59:47.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14540" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-08-30T03:54:35.103" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is for questions that specifically involve citizens of the Kingdom of Thailand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-31T04:05:35.540" LastActivityDate="2018-08-31T04:05:35.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14541" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-08-30T03:54:35.103" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding citizens of Thailand" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-31T04:05:32.187" LastActivityDate="2018-08-31T04:05:32.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-30T09:20:41.250" Score="1" ViewCount="3364" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch national living in the UK. My wife is from Asia. She is about to apply for an &quot;EEA family permit from outside the UK&quot; to join me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we look at the &quot;Documents you must provide&quot;, there is one document my wife needed to submit: &quot;proof of your dependency if you’re dependent on your EEA family member&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone let me know what kind of evidence my wife should submit to meet the requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15727" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T06:51:54.820" LastActivityDate="2018-10-13T16:00:19.407" Title="Proof of your dependency if you’re dependent on your EEA family member" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14542" CreationDate="2018-08-30T10:42:59.840" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your bank accounts details most likely already show this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you support her? For example, do you regularly send her money from an account in your name to an account in hers? Or, do you have a joint bank account she uses for living expenses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T10:42:59.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14536" CreationDate="2018-08-30T11:00:48.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To preserve as an answer the comment from Traveller, which was presumably added on travel.stackexchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I’m struggling to find an official source however &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/pt/visas-and-permits/family-visa-portugal-spouse-visa_944833.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; indicates&#xA;  that if you have a Portuguese residence permit, either temporary or&#xA;  permanent, you can apply for family reunification visa for a spouse&#xA;  . If you’re not married, the usual&#xA;  Schengen visitor rules /timeframe apply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T11:00:48.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14520" CreationDate="2018-08-30T13:02:01.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Tier 4 clearance will still be valid until the last date shown on your visa (most likely your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Biometric Residence Permit&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the immigration officer (IO) conducting your landing interview might further question your intent to enter UK with a short leave remaining. They are trained to do so - this (slightly out-of-date) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/uk-ho-immig-decision-making-study.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document&lt;/a&gt; details the thought process behind the decision making of an immigration officer. In this document, they mentioned one of the most common reasons to refuse your entry is that in their opinion you are seeking entry for work (which is restricted for Tier 4 visas), or of high risk to overstay:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reasons for refusing a passenger are recorded by IOs on IS125 forms. [...] The results of this exercise showed the most frequently noted&#xA;  reasons for refusal were ‘unclear intentions’, ‘economic circumstances of passenger’ and &lt;strong&gt;‘evidence&#xA;  of intentions to work or stay’&lt;/strong&gt;, which corroborate the findings of the qualitative study. (Page viii)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are satisfied by your intention (to defend your thesis), and you will leave when your visa expires, they will let you in. Your case will be much stronger if you can produce evidence that you obtained further leave, but nothing is guaranteed (and I am not a lawyer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My anecdotal experience (a few years back, when I am in a similar situation as yours) is that you will be fine telling the IO you have a Tier 5 visa coming up and show them your visa vignette - they will just stamp your passport and wave you through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;N.B.: The links are obtained from this &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/49231/uk-immigration-officers-arrivals-interview-questions&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, which asks what questions an IO ask when they conduct a landing interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T13:02:01.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-30T14:16:41.477" Score="0" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are applying for a permanent residence card. We have been living in the UK for 6 years and I was wondering if it convenient to consider the original date when we first arrived 6 years ago or just 5 years counting back from now?&#xA;Our intention is to live in the UK and apply also for citizenship. I am a EEA citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15730" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T10:00:08.793" Title="Permanent residence card UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-30T16:08:10.503" Score="3" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title says it all, I’m 17 years old and have just had my Brazilian passport renewed. I’m afraid I won’t be able to work because of it. I’ve lived in Scotland for 14 years and my dad is Scottish, so I  thought i was a British citizen, whether it be because I grew up here or through descent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any idea how I can find this information out? I’ve been in Scotland for my entire education and I’ve only ever left the UK for a two-week holiday my whole entire time here. I mean it’s my home. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15733" OwnerDisplayName="Eduardo" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-08-31T02:06:44.517" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T17:56:31.130" Title="Am I a British citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2018-08-30T19:23:31.820" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your father is a British citizen, then you are British. If you were born in Britain, then you are British citizen &quot;not by descent&quot;, otherwise you are British citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T19:23:31.820" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2018-08-30T21:06:38.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You seem to be worried that you will lose your British citizenship by virtue of renewing your Brazilian passport.  Rest assured that this is exceedingly unlikely to happen.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/631643/deprivation-nullity-Chapter-55.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;There are only a few cases&lt;/a&gt; in which British citizenship can be lost involuntarily:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fraud or misrepresentation during the naturalization/registration process (which doesn't apply to you, since you have British citizenship from birth), or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Home Secretary determines that &quot;it would be conducive to the public good to deprive the person of his or her British nationality.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This last one seems awfully broad on its face, and the Home Office is a bit cagey about how it's used;  but in practice it seems that it's largely applied to suspected terrorists and spies, ensuring that they cannot re-enter the UK.  (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/14/obama-secret-kill-list-disposition-matrix&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; for a few more details.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is exceedingly unlikely to affect you.  Moreover, there is no bar under either UK law or Brazilian law to holding two citizenships from birth.  As far as I can tell, you will be able to hold both Brazilian and UK citizenships for as long as you choose to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11331" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T21:06:38.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-31T03:18:07.417" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 24 years old, and my father, mother and sister are in japan they are from last 2 years. So I also want to join them. Is there any possibilities to get dependent visa via my mother ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15735" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T00:01:00.437" Title="dependent visa for japan" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2018-08-31T04:03:26.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your comment in your &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14547/am-i-a-british-citizen&quot;&gt;duplicate question&lt;/a&gt; said that your father was a British citizen when you were born, and that he was born in the UK (and thus he was a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;), and you were born in wedlock. Based on this, you were automatically a British citizen at birth, and you are still a British citizen now. As a British citizen, you can apply for a British passport at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="6690" LastEditDate="2018-08-31T14:28:37.110" LastActivityDate="2018-08-31T14:28:37.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-31T14:15:05.387" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is about to apply for an EEA Family Permit to join me. &#xA;She is missing one of her previous passports. Is it mandatory to submit all her previous passports?&#xA;what should we do if all previous passports are mandatory?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Bob&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15727" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T01:00:25.233" Title="EEA Family Permit : Previous passports" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-31T17:17:49.240" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on an F-1 visa and applied for OPT on May 25th, 2018. My OPT was approved on August 24th and I have received my notice of approval. However as of August 31, the online status says that my card is under production. Are there any estimates of typical production times after approval ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I received the notice that my card was mailed a week after notice of approval and another week to receive my card in the mail (it was a long weekend in between mailing of the card and the card being received). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15740" LastEditorUserId="15740" LastEditDate="2018-09-09T21:16:01.550" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T01:47:55.317" Title="Processing time after notice of approval" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-01T06:21:45.533" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a former expat in the UK. I have returned to the US and now need to refinance the house I bought while in the UK. The UK bank requires a certitfied copy of my passport which would be simple if I still lived there. US notaries will not certify the true likeness of the photograph, only the document. Who in the US can certify this? Can US lawyers, doctors, etc. do the same thing as UK ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15744" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T19:55:58.707" Title="Certifying Copy of US Passport for UK Bank" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-01T06:48:22.737" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual citizenship, Australian and Italian, and I live in Australia. My husband is an Australian citizen and has been offered a job in Italy. It is to work in a movie for about 2 months. I will be traveling with him. &#xA;My question is regarding the type of work visa he would need and if being married to an Italian citizen makes it easier?&#xA;I would love to know the process and how long it usually takes. &#xA;Thank you in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15746" LastActivityDate="2018-09-01T06:48:22.737" Title="Work visa required for Italy if married to an Italian Citizen?" Tags="&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2018-09-01T07:12:56.327" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an official web page where you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;check if you're a British citizen&lt;/a&gt; by answering a series of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the basis of information you've supplied, it seems likely that you are. However, if it turns out that there's some misunderstanding (and for the benefit of future readers of this page who may have different circumstances) then you should also see the related page to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;check if you can become a British citizen&lt;/a&gt;. Given that you've lived in the UK for more than 10 years and are a family member of a British citizen, you would have at least two routes open to apply for indefinite leave to remain, and then after one year you would be able to apply for naturalisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2018-09-01T07:12:56.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13848" CreationDate="2018-09-01T22:25:48.350" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you go to Japan, can you just deregister from Germany, and also from German insurance (TK)? Then you can have Japan insurance only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife can then become &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/techniker/service/leistungen-und-mitgliedschaft/versicherung/versichert-als-freiwilliges-mitglied/haeufige-fragen-fuer-freiwillig-versicherte/personenkreis-freiwillige-versicherung-2006626&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;freiwillig versicherte at TK&lt;/a&gt; on her own. Unfortunately, it seems that legally your income will be still taken into account and she will then probably pay the maximum amount. But this will be NOT 800+ Euro according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/techniker/service/leistungen-und-mitgliedschaft/versicherung/versichert-als-freiwilliges-mitglied/haeufige-fragen-zu-beitraegen-fuer-freiwillig-versicherte/beitragshoehe-freiwillig-versichert-2006970&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;, rather it will be &quot;just&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/techniker/service/leistungen-und-mitgliedschaft/versicherung/versichert-als-freiwilliges-mitglied/beitragspflichtiges-einkommen/ehegatteneinstufung-beitragsberechnung-einkommen-voraussetzungen-2006844&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;329,66 + 56,42 = 386 Euro per month&lt;/a&gt;. All children will be registered through her for free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T09:40:20.197" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T09:40:20.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14579" CreationDate="2018-09-02T05:53:27.183" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold an Iranian passport. I live in Turkey on a one-year tourist visa. Besides, I have a minimum money to buy Bulgarian government bonds &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artoncapital.com/global-citizen-programs/bulgaria/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to get permanent residency&lt;/a&gt; leading to the citizenship (which is about 500k Euro).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a problem that I do need your helps, please:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no government-official website for 'Bulgarian Citizenship by Investment'. And, the people working in Bulgarian embassy in Turkey don't know about such a program though they didn't deny its existence either (they told me that I will get better information when I am &lt;strong&gt;in&lt;/strong&gt; Bulgaria. BUT there are many many websites telling &lt;strong&gt;the same&lt;/strong&gt; requirements for getting that permanent residency which makes me believe that it is not a scam. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I hold a politically weak passport with weak circumstances for a tourist-visa-applicant i.e. I don't work and I don't study and the like so have not a strong proof of leaving Bulgaria after visiting (though I don't want to leave if I can extend my stay &lt;strong&gt;legally&lt;/strong&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS there is no as 'low'-minimum required investment in EU as Bulgarian Bond Program leading to citizenship esp without language test which I will not be obliged to make a huge donation (like Malta). Otherwise my aim to get residency/citizenship of any EU country. Thanks!    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15750" LastEditorUserId="15750" LastEditDate="2018-09-02T06:18:47.287" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T16:17:12.013" Title="Getting Bulgarian Tourist Visa to apply for 'Citizenship by Investment'" Tags="&lt;bulgaria&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14568" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-09-02T18:10:54.320" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-09-02T18:10:54.320" LastActivityDate="2018-09-02T18:10:54.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14569" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-09-02T18:10:54.320" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the Kingdom of Denmark." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T00:30:47.720" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T00:30:47.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14570" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-09-02T18:11:30.217" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-09-02T18:11:30.217" LastActivityDate="2018-09-02T18:11:30.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14571" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-09-02T18:11:30.217" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Portugal." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T00:31:31.507" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T00:31:31.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14556" CreationDate="2018-09-03T00:10:30.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory, they shouldn't be asking about previous passports at all.  You should be fine just stating that one previous passport is missing, along with whatever information you have about the missing passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T00:10:30.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14095" CreationDate="2018-09-03T07:55:19.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to apply for a German national visa, not a Schengen visa.&#xA;The German embassy in Oman has all information on their web site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://maskat.diplo.de/om-en/service/05-VisaEinreise/-/1509632&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://maskat.diplo.de/om-en/service/05-VisaEinreise/-/1509632&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T07:55:19.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14562" CreationDate="2018-09-03T14:38:29.540" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to imagine you're the first person to face this challenge. I'd ask the bank how they've dealt with this issue (UK non-residents selling UK property) in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing a good answer, consider sending your passport to the bank by courier (FedEx, DHL, etc), and paying the bank to return the passport to you in the same manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T14:38:29.540" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14562" CreationDate="2018-09-03T19:55:58.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; need to ask the bank who they consider an acceptable certifier.  To pick an example I used within the last couple of years, the Skipton Building Society lists:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Solicitor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chartered accountant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Barrister&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Councillor (Local or County)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Justice of the Peace&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Post Office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Local Government Officer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Member of Parliament&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doctor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Police Officer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Financial Services Intermediaries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(BFPO) Officer of the armed services &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowhere do they say it needs to be a &lt;em&gt;British&lt;/em&gt; doctor or police officer.  I would be very surprised if they didn't accept a member of Congress (probably including State Governments) etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I repeat - you need to check the requirements of the bank &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T19:55:58.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13916" CreationDate="2018-09-03T20:26:16.660" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm going after my german work permit here from Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've contacted the consulate in Sao Paulo and they answered, by e-mail, that associate degrees (técnologo, in Brazil) doesn't qualify for the Blue Card in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, you have to apply for the regular work visa. Therefore, your employer is required to send your documents and a few forms to the ZAV (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/service/Ueberuns/WeitereDienststellen/ZentraleAuslandsundFachvermittlung/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/service/Ueberuns/WeitereDienststellen/ZentraleAuslandsundFachvermittlung/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you should check if your degree and institution area listed in the ANABIN database (&lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://anabin.kmk.org/anabin.html&lt;/a&gt;). In case it isn't, you most likely would need to get the ZAB equivalency (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education/certificate-of-equivalence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education/certificate-of-equivalence.html&lt;/a&gt;) before applying for the ZAV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15755" LastActivityDate="2018-09-03T20:26:16.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14577" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-04T14:45:31.487" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and son are Lithuanian citizens and I am a New Zealand citizen with a Lithuanian residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I work alone in another EU state without my partner joining me for a few months, or will I need to apply for a work visa for that state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15757" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T21:00:31.357" Title="Partner of EU Citizen working alone in another EU state" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14567" CreationDate="2018-09-04T16:17:12.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I am neither a Bulgarian nor do I live there, but I have close family and business relationships to Bulgaria. I am a resident and citizen of another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I was able to find out is: There is no website because there is no such programme, in the sense that Bulgaria does not &quot;market&quot; itself that way. On the other hand, that doesn't necessarily mean that it will not be possible to gain residency and in a later step citizenship in Bulgaria. And it does not mean that there wouldn't be companies which will be happy to take your money to help you find out. The question is what you can agree with them about paying only on success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But please also double-check if you will be allowed to travel into othe EU countries as long as you are only a resident but not a citizen. Bulgaria is not yet a member of the so-called Schengen area and will likely not become one anytime soon. This means that you will possibly have the same visa requirements as a Iranian national if you want to travel to Germany / UK / France with or without your Bulgarian residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T16:17:12.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-04T19:20:05.593" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dears, I wanted to check something with you. &#xA;Curently I live in Czech Republic. &#xA;I am a citizen of Poland and in a relationship with a Brazilian same sex partner.  We plan to get married in oncoming months in Denmark. My partner would be on a touristic visa (which apparently is sufficient for marriage there). Therefore, once we are officially married, can he stay with me in Czech Republic? Meaning would he be granted residency visa based on our marriage certificate obtained in Denmark.  As far as I understand our marriage would work in CR as a civil partnership which would be sufficient for him to get residency if I were a Czech citizen. Thanks in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15761" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-04T20:55:08.153" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T22:09:19.093" Title="Recognition of same Sex civil partnership In Czech Republic for non EU and EU spouses" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-04T19:37:37.983" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual American French citizen and I'm trying to move from America to the UK, and I have several inquiries regarding what I can and cannot do, with all of the Brexit stuff happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're assuming I'm entering as a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe I need a visa, for how long is this going to remain true?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How is the UK dealing with EU citizens? Am I going to eventually get thrown out? Is there a date I need to move by?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to work? Is there any legal restrictions from me accepting a job offer the day after I move in?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I covered under the NHS health insurance? Is there a premium? Will I eventually not be covered?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I have access to federally subsided loans for university?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there any legal restrictions on me, for example, living in an apartment? Am I allowed to enter into a contract with a landlord?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I could not find a way to contact the British government with these questions. The local embassy does not take inquiries. Is there any way I can get these questions answered in writing from the government?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance (:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15762" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T07:55:18.270" Title="US French Dual National inquiries about immigrating to UK in wake of events" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14581" CreationDate="2018-09-04T20:47:42.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Correct.  You do not need a visa.  This will remain true as long as the UK continues to participate in the freedom of movement regime, which is at least until it formally leaves the EU.  If you arrive before then, you will be eligible to apply for &quot;settled status&quot; to remain in the UK.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Settled and pre-settled status for EU citizens and their families&lt;/a&gt; for the current state of affairs; it is subject to change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The UK's treatment of EU citizens is uncertain.  You could eventually be thrown out, but it is unlikely, at least in theory.  The current deadline to move in appears to be 30 June 2021, but it may be safer to move before 29 March 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are allowed to work. If you move in before 29 March 2019, you can accept a job offer the same day.  Whether that is the case after 29 March 2019 is less clear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone who works in the UK is covered by the NHS.  Some immigrants have to pay a health surcharge, but EU citizens do not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't know anything about funding for higher education in the UK, I'm afraid, but whatever it is it will not be called &quot;federal&quot; because there is no federal government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can live in any apartment and enter into any contract provided you are over 18 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't bother.  Whatever information you can find will be expensive as the immigration services &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-visa-tourists-charges-fees-email-overseas-cost-home-office-sitel-uk-a7763776.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;charge for such advice&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/48488/19400&quot;&gt;do not offer useful information beyond what's in their web pages&lt;/a&gt;.  Instead, look for what you can find at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;.  You can also read up on EU freedom of movement at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=457&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free movement - EU nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/info/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/your-rights-eu/know-your-rights/citizens-rights/freedom-movement-and-residence_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Freedom of movement and of residence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The directive itself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T20:47:42.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14580" CreationDate="2018-09-04T20:52:19.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As your spouse, your partner will qualify as your &quot;family member&quot; for the purpose of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement directive&lt;/a&gt;.  He should therefore be able to apply for a &quot;residence card&quot; under the directive to reside with you in the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Danish marriage certificate should suffice to prove your relationship, but I do not know whether you will be required to furnish a certified translation.  Most countries require this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T20:52:19.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14577" CreationDate="2018-09-04T20:58:45.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free movement directive&lt;/a&gt; provides that you have freedom of movement when you accompany or join your EU wife.  You therefore cannot rely on it to secure work authorization in a country where she is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, because you cannot benefit from free movement without your wife, your Lithuanian residence permit authorizes you to spend no more than 90 days in any 180-day period in Schengen countries other than Lithuania without her, so you also need to worry about residence authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the nature of your work, it may implicate the free movement of services, but I do not know what consequences this has for work or residence authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your safest course of action will therefore be to seek work authorization in the EU state where you hope to work, and, if you will be there for more than 90 days, a long-term visa.  Without knowing which state it is, it is impossible to give a more specific answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T20:58:45.110" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14580" CreationDate="2018-09-04T22:09:19.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite recently there was a big decision reached about this in Romania, here is the relevant NY TIMES article. Hopefully the wave will spread quickly.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/world/europe/romania-ecj-gay-marriage.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/world/europe/romania-ecj-gay-marriage.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15376" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T22:09:19.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14588" CreationDate="2018-09-05T04:38:19.257" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen, with 6+ years of experience on IT but never finished my college degree. I got contacted by a company based on Berlin for an opening, and i would like to know what are my chances of getting a work permit in Germany. I've been doing some research, and in theory i should be elegible for a work permit, but how realistic are my chances of getting the visa? I'm aiming to 55k/60k per year, wich shouldn't be a problem with my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15766" LastEditorUserId="15766" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T05:57:58.867" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T07:13:39.160" Title="Trying to get a work permit in Germany without a degree is a waste of time?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14587" CreationDate="2018-09-05T07:13:39.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the salary what counts in your case. You are above the lower limit of ~42.000 Euro for IT jobs. No formal qualification needed then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T07:13:39.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14581" CreationDate="2018-09-05T07:55:18.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;phoog has address most of the questions, so I will only address 5. (I'm unable to comment due to lack of reputation here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: At this stage, before the UK leaves the EU, EU nationals are likely to have access to tuition fee loan (but not maintenance loans) for undergraduate degrees, and access to a combined tuition &amp;amp; maintenance loan to &lt;em&gt;help towards&lt;/em&gt; their postgraduate degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one knows what will happen when the UK leaves the EU yet, though on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;student finance calculator&lt;/a&gt; the Government slapped a quote there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be no change to the rights and status of EU citizens living in the UK until 2021. You and your family can apply for ‘settled status’ to continue living in the UK after June 2021. The scheme will open fully by March 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Undergraduate Courses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/eu-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This GOV.UK page&lt;/a&gt; covers the details related to undergraduate course fees &amp;amp; finance options. It has a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; that shows what finance options are available for EU students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Playing with the calculator with the following options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When does your course start?  Between September 2018 and August 2019&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What type of student are you? EU student full-time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much are your tuition fees per year?  £9,250&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;yields the following answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your result is an estimate. Usually, you only get student finance if you’re doing your first higher education qualification - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/who-qualifies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;check if you qualify&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuition costs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/eu-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tuition Fee Loan&lt;/a&gt; - £9,250 per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The loan pays for the cost of your course and must be paid back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living costs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most EU full-time students don’t qualify for help with living costs (known as ‘maintenance’).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Postgraduate Courses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/doctoral-loan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; gives the details on Master's loan and Doctoral loan. Specifically on EU national eligibility they say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be eligible if you’re an EU national and all the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re living in England on the first day of the first year of your course&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve normally lived in the European Economic Area or Switzerland for the past 3 years (this is also known as being ‘ordinarily resident’)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ll be studying at a university or college in England&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T07:55:18.270" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14590" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-05T08:38:34.307" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEPA&lt;/a&gt; is supposed to provide for a single Euro payments area, where direct deposits and direct debits are supposed to be unified across the eurozone.  IBAN replaces local bank account numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/8888/6&quot;&gt;question from 2016&lt;/a&gt; complains that in practice, institutions insist on a local German bank account.  How is this now in 2018?  Should I still expect to require a German bank account in Germany, or have these problems since been resolved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T08:38:34.307" Title="Do I need a local German bank account, if I have an account in another eurozone country?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-05T10:02:01.997" Score="3" ViewCount="1123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a small software startup from Kassel, Germany. I'm a software developer with 4+ years of experience and have a relevant Degree in Computer Science Engineering. &#xA;My Visa appointment is next week. My employer has not filed for FEA approval, nor has he published the job posting to any job portals in Germany. Because I was already working as a freelance software developer (through upwork), the employer directly offered me a permanent position (1 year contract that will be renewed later). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Questions :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will not having FEA pre approval affect my visa approval? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My salary is above the blue card norms for IT Specialist category, will this compensate for not having the FEA pre approval?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it normal to get the FEA approval after entering Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from India btw,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any advice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15768" LastEditorUserId="15768" LastEditDate="2018-09-05T18:35:20.313" LastActivityDate="2019-09-05T10:01:35.123" Title="Is FEA (ZAV) Pre approval mandatory for a software development job in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14593" CreationDate="2018-09-05T08:25:03.507" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a coach in a basketball team, and we would like to sign a Nigerian player (underage) currently playing in Hungary. Can he move to Italy having a Hungarian student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15769" OwnerDisplayName="Igino Boffa" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T10:12:06.780" Title="Move to Italy having an Hungarian student visa" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14592" CreationDate="2018-09-05T09:49:26.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. With a national (D) visa he can &lt;strong&gt;visit&lt;/strong&gt; Italy or other Schengen countries for up to 90 days out of every 180 days, but he cannot permanently move there and he may not work in Italy, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For moving permanently, ask on Expatriates Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T09:49:26.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2018-09-05T17:56:31.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zedOl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i hope this clarifies things, my parents are going to try and make sure the site is 100% right about my status as a british citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15733" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T17:56:31.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-05T18:03:24.110" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been couple of weeks in London and trying to rent a place however getting failed in referencing stage due to no credit check and lack of proof of address, which all has an obvious explanations as I moved in from outside UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might wait to receive my first paycheck to handle local credit check issue but how can I provide a proof of address if I haven't lived in UK before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15770" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T18:03:24.110" Title="Renting in England without local credit history and no previous UK address" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-05T18:45:08.907" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obviously I can come in and out of UK as I have done so in the last 7 years. I have entered UK for multiple times and my longest stay was a month. I and my partner would like to get married and since we want to do it right by abiding immigration rules, we are looking at marriage visitor visa since I don’t plan to stay in UK. My question is, I have two children who are US citizens, do I apply for them? If so, in what type of visa? They will be coming with me for the wedding and I’m not sure if they can just enter the UK like how we have been doing without a visa requirement. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15771" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T21:27:48.633" Title="Marriage visitor visa for US citizens with children" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14596" CreationDate="2018-09-05T21:27:48.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since your children would not be getting married, they can enter as visitors, as they have been doing.  Because they are not required to have visas to enter as visitors, you do not need to apply for visas for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T21:27:48.633" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14598" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-06T03:49:12.817" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EU national currently working in Germany and in my 3rd month here. I am qualified to apply for EU Blue card but I have not started the process yet. Due to certain personal circumstances which I did not expect, I am looking to change jobs within Germany. I have not yet started to look due to the fact that I am still on National Visa. I was wondering what kind of complications I would face if I want to switch jobs within Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15091" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T04:38:45.537" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T11:14:19.583" Title="Changing jobs in national visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14598" CreationDate="2018-09-06T10:21:20.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, do I understand it correctly if you arrived to Germany recently, work for a company, which is specified in your national visa, and now want to change the job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then just look for another job, sign the contract with them and then go with this new contract to the Ausländerbehörde to explain them your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, there will be no complications. However, for the new job, if the salary will not be enough to apply for a Blue Card (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/EN/Migration/Arbeiten/BuergerDrittstaat/BlaueKarte/blaue-karte-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;52,000 Euro per year brutto&lt;/a&gt;) you may need to be checked via a job center, which may take a while (3+ weeks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend you to negotiate a starting date for your new contract, so that you have at least 2 months in advance (before staring a new job) to clarify the issue with the Ausländerbehörde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T11:14:19.583" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T11:14:19.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-07T10:13:47.923" Score="5" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am out of France for consecutive 6 months, wanted to know how long I can stay before I lose my permanent resident status. I still need few months to finish my matters abroad before I can return. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15776" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-09-08T12:33:01.887" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T12:33:01.887" Title="How long you can stay out of France while you have 10 year permanent resident card?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-07T18:47:19.923" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on B1/B2 visa and was planning to change into f1 visa.&#xA;is it possible to change staying in US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15779" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T17:29:07.770" Title="is it possible to change visitor visa of US into Student visa without leaving the country" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14606" CreationDate="2018-09-07T23:23:28.693" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is technically possible, but the process is very inconvenient and it is much simpler and faster to just leave the US and get an F1 visa at a US consulate abroad and return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have gotten your I-20, you can apply for a Change of Status to F1 status by filing Form I-539. This costs $370 and it takes maybe 4-6 months for them to make a decision. You are not allowed to study on B2 status before your Change of Status is approved. This means that if you apply for Change of Status only a month or two before your school starts, you are likely to miss the start of your studies (because you can't study before it is approved, and the application takes longer than this to process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there is also another rule that the status you are changing from must last until 30 days before the start of your studies. On the surface that doesn't seem so bad -- if you visit for the summer, and your B2 status lasts until shortly before or after your school's start date, that will be enough, right? Wrong. Remember the part above where the application takes so long that you miss the beginning of your program? When that happens, your school will update your program start date to a later date (potentially more than once if your application remains pending). According to a pretty unreasonable &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/changing-nonimmigrant-f-or-m-student-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS interpretation&lt;/a&gt;, if the school postpones the start date due to the application being pending, you not only have to be in status 30 days before your original intended start date, but you have to be in status 30 days before your &lt;em&gt;new, postponed&lt;/em&gt; start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This basically means that they can deny you because they took a long time to process your application! (The slowness of processing your Change of Status causes you to miss the start of your program, which causes your start date to be postponed, which causes you to be ineligible because you are no longer in status 30 days before the new start date.) You basically have to remain in status throughout the period of time the Change of Status application is pending, to make sure that it doesn't get denied. And B2 visitor status generally lasts no longer than 6 months, so unless you apply at the very beginning of your visitor status, it is likely the status won't last long enough through the Change of Status. USCIS's advice for this problem is that you should file a second I-539 (paying a second $370 fee) for an Extension of Status for your B2 status, so that, assuming it is approved, it &quot;bridges&quot; the gap in status and keeps you in status through your Change of Status to F1 application, so that that Change of Status can be approved because you would have been in status 30 days before the final start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, doing a Change of Status from B2 to F1 is possible, but it takes a lot of money and time and stupidity, whereas if you went to a consulate for an F1 visa, it is usually issued pretty quickly. Plus, even if you do a Change of Status, if you need to leave the US during your studies, you are going to need to get an F1 visa to return anyway. So you might as well save the trouble and get an F1 visa to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-08T17:29:07.770" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T17:29:07.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14604" CreationDate="2018-09-08T08:43:35.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Warning : I am not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=0F3402C0523D60CB2902DB05D43E9151.tplgfr25s_3?idArticle=LEGIARTI000032171517&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;dateTexte=20180908&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;following article&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;em&gt;Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile&lt;/em&gt; mentions that after three consecutive years of residence out of France the &lt;em&gt;carte de résident&lt;/em&gt; is expired. This period can be prolonged if the holder request it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article L314-7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Modifié par LOI n°2016-274 du 7 mars 2016 - art. 20&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La carte de résident d'un étranger qui a quitté le territoire français&#xA;  et a résidé à l'étranger pendant une période de plus de trois ans&#xA;  consécutifs est périmée, de même que la carte de résident portant la&#xA;  mention &quot; résident de longue durée-UE &quot; accordée par la France lorsque&#xA;  son titulaire a résidé en dehors du territoire des Etats membres de&#xA;  l'Union européenne pendant une période de plus de trois ans&#xA;  consécutifs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La période mentionnée ci-dessus peut être prolongée si l'intéressé en&#xA;  a fait la demande soit avant son départ de France, soit pendant son&#xA;  séjour à l'étranger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;En outre, est périmée la carte de résident portant la mention &quot;&#xA;  résident de longue durée-UE &quot; accordée par la France lorsque son&#xA;  titulaire a, depuis sa délivrance, acquis ce statut dans un autre Etat&#xA;  membre de l'Union européenne, ou lorsqu'il a résidé en dehors du&#xA;  territoire national pendant une période de six ans consécutifs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T08:43:35.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-08T13:29:32.983" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am unable to track my process and worried about my case status. Anyone received approval from them?. How to resolve this issue.Please help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15782" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T09:49:57.497" Title="Validation Error in USCIS Website - While checking H1B Status" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-09-15T09:52:58.723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14611" CreationDate="2018-09-08T15:11:30.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you tried phoning USCIS at 800-375-5283?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The phone agents have  access to more detailed records than the online system does. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T15:11:30.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-08T19:29:22.310" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an English expat and have been living and working in Mallorca, Spain for the past two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been contacted by a remote-only software development company who have employees globally, and their HQ is in Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to take a job with this company, what would I need to do to continue living and working here in Mallorca? Would I need to register my own business, pay an accountant to sort out things? I've never worked 'freelance' before, if this would even count as freelancing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, with Brexit potentially on the horizon, could switching from working with a Spanish company to a non-Spanish one potentially jeapordize my chance of remaining in Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15783" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T19:29:22.310" Title="UK expat living and working in Spain - switching to freelancing possible?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14546" CreationDate="2018-09-09T11:24:49.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the authority asked for the original date when you first arrive in the UK, &lt;strong&gt;put the actual date when you first arrive in the UK&lt;/strong&gt; (see note below on what they expect as &amp;quot;first arrival&amp;quot;). The people processing your application will figure out that is more than five years ago, provided you have the relevant evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting the date of five years counting back from now for the sake of convenience would not help anyone processing your application. You risk contradicting other evidences you are providing to support your claim that you have been here for the right period, and presenting a case of deception/fraud.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is echoed by the declaration you will be signing when you fill in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/723572/eea-_pr_-07-18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA(PR)&lt;/a&gt; form (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hereby apply for a document certifying permanent residence / permanent residence card for myself and any family members included in this application. &lt;strong&gt;The information I have given in this form is complete and is true to the best of my knowledge.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that &lt;strong&gt;it is an offence to make a statement or representation which I know to be false&#xA;or do not believe to be true&lt;/strong&gt;, or to obtain, or seek to obtain a document certifying permanent&#xA;residence or permanent residence card by means which include deception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: The question is not clearly worded in the EEA(PR) form, though in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722191/set-_o_-07-18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SET(O) form&lt;/a&gt; the Home Office elaborated the question a bit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6.1 When did you (the main applicant) first enter the UK? This refers to the date you entered the UK at the beginning of the period of stay on which this application is based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T09:23:46.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14629" CreationDate="2018-09-09T13:51:09.163" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I intend to apply for UK spouse visa. My wife is English; she is exempt from financial requirements: she's on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've known her since September 2017, but we lost our chat history from September through December 2017. We have a lots of pictures of us together, ones from our marriage, and with family and friends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that my wife is estranged from her family so I don't have any contact with them. Is that going to be a problem and would the Home Office doubt our relationship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to apply this November. Is this going to be enough time to prove that we are in a valid relationship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional notes: If I am paying my wife that's to help her because we share everything so I don't think it should be payment to get visa and I said my wife estranged because this factor make it worst. I am going because my wife needs me she is alone there in addition I am English teacher and I work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;her friends didn't attend the wedding ceremony&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we have been together more than 1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we lost the beginning of our conversation when we still didn't met so I can't cover that period by pictures&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15786" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-09-11T10:13:15.267" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T10:13:15.267" Title="UK spouse visa questions" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14622" CreationDate="2018-09-09T14:55:37.773" Score="1" ViewCount="1079" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Berlin, Germany, &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324659/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Blue Card requirements&lt;/a&gt; says the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When engaging in employment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;with an annual gross income of at least EUR 52,000 (or gross income of EUR 4,333 monthly) or,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in shortage occupations, an annual gross income of EUR 40,560 (or gross income of EUR 3,380 monthly), and when in possession of a German university or university college qualification,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;no approval is required from the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, when&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;holding a foreign university or university college qualification and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;engaging in employment in a shortage occupation,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the Federal Employment Agency must provide approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first and second parts seem contradictory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my salary is above 52k and I'm in a shortage occupation with a foreign degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going by the first part, it would seem like I don't need approval (income is above 52k - check, no approval necessary). I would expect this part to say &quot;in non-shortage occupations&quot; (or some variant of that), if that were true. Since there's no condition, it should apply for everyone above that income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going by the second part, it would seem like I do need approval (since both of those things are true).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... which is it? Do I need approval?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this question should be asked to some official entity instead, I'd appreciate some advice about who to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15787" LastEditorUserId="15787" LastEditDate="2018-09-09T15:03:33.920" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T18:18:02.767" Title="Do I need Federal Employment Agency approval for a Blue Card in a high salary shortage occupation?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14618" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-10T12:30:39.467" Score="4" ViewCount="748" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I have already received our Carte du Sejour (Passeport Talent) here in France which will expire on 2021. My employment contract with my French employer was not renewed so we're now going back to Philippines.&#xA;Questions:&#xA;1. Can we enter to any Schengen country (other than France) from Philippines using our Carte du Sejour?&#xA;2. Will our residence permit be invalid once my French employment contract has been terminated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15788" LastEditorUserId="15788" LastEditDate="2018-09-10T12:35:49.603" LastActivityDate="2018-10-13T23:00:13.597" Title="Validity and Use of Carte de Sejour" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-10T12:43:15.563" Score="2" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in a digital marketing agency in Turkey for almost 7 years and I got a job offer from an agency in Berlin, and I signed the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On 2005 I started studying university and before finishing my university I started working at my present company on 2012. That's why I am still 4th grade on my university, it means my status still seems to be a student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is; can I get a visa by showing an employment contract + 7 years of work experience + my CV and my transcript (I don't have a degree but I have a transcript). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15789" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-09-10T12:45:09.013" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T14:00:03.860" Title="Is it possible to get a work permit in Germany without a degree but with solid contract and 7 years work experience on digital marketing?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-10T14:21:36.040" Score="3" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;My F-1 student visa is already expired this year(June, 2018) and I am currently working on my OPT's STEM Extension work authorization, which expires by May 2019. My current employer has sponsored my H-1B visa for the year 2019 and it was picked in the lottery process and recently I have received the &quot;Request for Additional Evidence&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point here is, I am not sure whether I would get the H-1B approval or not, so thinking to have a Plan-B to stay in the USA or at least go to Canada to work for like 5 years before going back to my Home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure for me(considering my current situation) to get a Canadian visa(working)? Can I apply it from here(USA) without travelling back to my Home country? Required documentation would be really helpful. Are there any other viable options for me to stay in USA legally and continue my work without pursuing another degree/marrying some citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I do have one more opportunity to get sponsored for H-1B for next year, but considering my OPT STEM expires by May 1st week, that is like trying to hit a fast moving Plane(at cruising altitudes) from the top of the Burj Khalifa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions are welcome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15790" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T14:21:36.040" Title="Can a F1 visa(expired) applicant apply for Canada visa from USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14617" CreationDate="2018-09-10T18:08:23.927" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You do not need approval.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to a query, I received an email from the Federal Employment Agency with a table containing, among other things, the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Qualification:&lt;/em&gt; German university degree or graduated from a&#xA;  foreign university + a job offer&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Gross annual salary:&lt;/em&gt; At least 52.000,- €&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Participation of the&#xA;  Federal Employment&#xA;  Agency:&lt;/em&gt; No confirmation required&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Residence Permit:&lt;/em&gt; Blue Card EU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Qualification:&lt;/em&gt; Foreign university degree + job offer for jobs where&#xA;  there is a shortage of applicants&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Gross annual salary:&lt;/em&gt; At least 40.560,- €&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Participation of the&#xA;  Federal Employment&#xA;  Agency:&lt;/em&gt; Check of the working conditions&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Residence Permit:&lt;/em&gt; Blue Card EU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This appears to more clearly indicate that approval is only necessary if you're in the 40k to 52k bracket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also had my appointment with the Foreigner's Office, and they didn't ask for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15787" LastEditorUserId="15787" LastEditDate="2018-09-22T18:12:10.230" LastActivityDate="2018-09-22T18:12:10.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8874" CreationDate="2018-09-10T18:58:46.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of these answers focus on talking to people.  But there's more to living in a foreign country than that!  In my experience, in the part of Germany near Basel, CH:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many official web sites are only in German.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The web sites of many tourist attractions are only in German.  Sometimes they're also in French, and sometimes also in English, depending on what part of Germany you're in.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most train announcements are only in German.  ICE trains often have announcements in English and French as well, but for local trains, only German.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most signs are only in German.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most employers will expect you to have excellent knowledge of German, unless the company is very international.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most government officials, sales clerks, and office employees will expect you to speak German.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are always unpleasant exceptions, for the most part I've found people to be very patient with less-than-perfect German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you don't speak any German, you'll find it difficult to get around on public transit (you'll probably buy the wrong passes, or buy more expensive ones than you need), you'll miss a lot of important information, and you'll find deciphering wordy official documents (and &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; official documents are wordy here!) extremely tedious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastEditorUserId="892" LastEditDate="2018-11-01T12:54:55.427" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T12:54:55.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14635" CreationDate="2018-09-10T19:39:14.680" Score="1" ViewCount="1023" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;American citizen (only), wife and infant son (born in UK and now on a Tier 2 Child) American citizens (only). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for my ILR in the UK shortly, having been living and working on a Tier 2 general since November 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I married my wife and she joined me in early 2016 on a Tier 2 dependant visa. We both extended in November 2016, and hold an extension good until November 2019. Thus, as of the time I am eligible for ILR, she will have been resident in the UK for a bit less than three years, and thus not eligible for ILR (as far as I know) -- this is the essence of my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Am I correct in my reading of UKVI's &quot;Points Based System&#xA;(Dependant) - Policy Guidance&quot; that my wife is fine to remain on her Tier 2 dependant visa until its expiry (even after I receive my ILR)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) To what visa should we be looking at moving my wife so that she will be able to apply for ILR after five years collectively. Probably pertinent: I intend to secure a UK Passport for myself and my son as soon as possible, so around the time of the expiry of her Tier 2 Dependant Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly related, but their circumstance seems more complicated: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13307/tier-2-dependent-children-born-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;Tier 2 dependent children born in the UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15792" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T12:32:23.990" Title="Tier 2 to ILR, what happens to spouse on Tier 2 dependant not yet eligible for ILR?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-10T20:53:14.573" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;For two and a half years. I worked (offshore) as Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader at Telus International Philippines, a subsidiary of Telus in Asia, where I directly worked and interfaced with the onshore counterparts in Canada (Software Architects, Managers, Developers, QA &amp;amp; Testers, etc). Can that be considered as part of the so called “Canadian Work Experience”?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T13:58:29.900" Title="Is work for a Canadian subsidiary offshore counted as part of the “Canadian work experience”?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-11T05:05:55.737" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a family man currently settled in the Philippines, I want to further my Software Engineering career and success for my family (I want to do it along with my wife and baby as I don’t want to miss his early years). Is there a way to get a Masters Degree in CS/IT in the USA while at the same time working part-time to sustain my family needs? I want to explore H1B as an opportunity in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T06:56:57.120" Title="Is there a way to get a Masters Degree in CS/IT in the USA while at the same time working part-time?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14626" CreationDate="2018-09-11T06:56:57.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Working for the university you are attending in some limited capacity (say, &amp;lt;= 20 hours/week) is generally possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15792" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T06:56:57.120" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-11T08:04:28.130" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;just looking for info as I find the Uk gov website confusing regarding visas for children born abroad and I cannot find anything specific relating to my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a British Citizen &lt;strong&gt;not by decent&lt;/strong&gt; currently residing in the Philippines and me and my wife who is a Filipino national have just had a baby boy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are wanting to visit the Uk for a vacation next March 2019 by which time the baby will be six months old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife already has a five year visa so have no problem there, but do I have to apply and wait until I can get a UK passport for my son in order for us to visit the Uk?, or can I get my son a Filipino passport in the interim period and apply for a visa to visit the UK while we are waiting for the processing of the UK passport? Having to wait for the issuance of the Uk passport will probably mean we couldn't visit the UK in March due to the processing times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15793" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-09-21T17:17:17.057" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T17:17:17.057" Title="Visa requirements for children born abroad" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14616" CreationDate="2018-09-11T08:44:01.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Home Office is perfectly capable of doubting your relationship even if you have been married and living together for 40 years, and have grown-up children.  I don't see why your wife being estranged from her family should make that more likely.  (Sorry, I have a very low opinion of the Home Office.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home Office may be concerned that you are paying your wife (who, if she is on PIP+ESA is obviously not well off), in order to get a visa to the UK.  The following evidence is likely to be helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that her friends attended your wedding.  (If it was not in the UK, it might be helpful to show that they funded the trip themselves.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that you have been together more than a year; if you don't have chat logs before January 2018 then just tell them you have lost the earlier ones, and point out that the logs from Jan 2018 don't look like people who have only just met (... assuming they don't of course).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Photos from before Jan 2018, will be particularly helpful (filling in the gap).  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence of continuing contact after the wedding.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An explanation of why you are currently living apart.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T08:44:01.180" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14625" CreationDate="2018-09-11T13:58:29.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer depends on what the government of Canada means by &quot;Canadian work experience.&quot; It might include work one has done with a Canadian company, as you have done, or might require that the work have been done in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I entered &quot;Canadian Immigration&quot; in a web search engine; a list of results was presented. Then I clicked on the first entry posted by the Canadian government, I entered &quot;Canadian Work Experience&quot; in the search box on that page. That search showed that the phrase &quot;Canadian Work Experience&quot; appeared on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/canadian-experience-class.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Canadian government webpage&lt;/a&gt; describing the &quot;Canadian Experience Class (Express Entry)&quot; immigration scheme.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot from that page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bZAxu.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bZAxu.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text above includes this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last 3 years before you apply. The work was:&#xA;full-time or&#xA;an equal amount in part-time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have gained your work experience by working in Canada legally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that the words &quot;1 year of skilled work experience in Canada&quot; are a link. Clicking on that link describes the kind of work required, but not where the work will have occurred.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text includes &quot;skilled work experience &lt;strong&gt;in Canada&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;working in Canada&lt;/strong&gt; (my emphasis). These words indicate to me that this Canadian immigration scheme requires the applicant to have done qualifying work within the country of Canada, and not remotely or overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T13:58:29.900" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14628" CreationDate="2018-09-11T15:47:37.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a British citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;, then any child of yours born abroad is automatically and involuntarily a British citizen at birth. As a British citizen, your son should apply for a British passport to visit the UK. I don't think they will issue a British visa to a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2018-09-11T16:59:41.350" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T16:59:41.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12516" CreationDate="2018-09-11T16:48:13.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your question, travelling outside the EU for short trips does not violate the rule so long as you maintained continuous residence in France as defined in the website you gave. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, two years of study in France at a higher education institution are included in the two year residence requirement, so you can immediately apply after your studies but in practice you will need to show financial stability, a history of tax contributions and a stable job (normally a CDI and not a CDD) in order to raise your chances of being granted nationality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12094" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T16:48:13.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1035" CreationDate="2018-09-11T19:04:25.540" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An update on jmac's excellent answer. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EUTreatyRightsFAQs#Q4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;INIS now recommends that you submit photocopies of your documents&lt;/a&gt; as they will not be returned until the process is complete, which can take 6 months or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2372" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T19:04:25.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14624" CreationDate="2018-09-12T12:27:22.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is correct. She can remain on her current visa until she applies for either an extension or ILR. She can extend the current visa type even after you acquire ILR.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should NOT move her to any other type of visa if she will qualify on the current visa. You risk 'resetting her clock' so to speak.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to secure a UK passport for you and your son, you must both first be UK citizens. As your son was born in the UK, the day you acquire ILR, he will qualify to register as a UK citizen under 1(3). You yourself will have to be resident in the UK for one year on ILR and then you can apply naturalization. Your wife will be able to apply for citizenship on the day she acquires ILR (as she will presumably be married to a British citizen - i.e. you - at that point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-09-12T12:32:23.990" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T12:32:23.990" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-12T12:41:02.443" Score="5" ViewCount="941" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer for a Senior Software Developer position in London. Gross salary is 74k yearly with additional paid medical insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this amount will be enough for me, my wife and a 3-year-old child to live comfortably. And by 'comfortably' I mean rent a decent 2-bedroom apartment in suburbs (the company office is located in Shorditch, so we'll probably need to look for apartments in northern boroughs), rent a car when needed (eg via car-sharing), send the child to a kindergarten (probably not for full day, I read that there's a 15-hour per week free childcare allowance in the UK), spend vacations in continental EU 1-2 times a year, be able to go to a restaurant 1-2 times a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T14:31:37.050" Title="Is £74k yearly enough for a 3-person family in London?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14636" CreationDate="2018-09-12T14:25:26.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course the definition of 'comfortably' may be very subjective, but my assessment would be: It would work out; i.e. you would be able to sustain your family the way you describe it, but not a lot more than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Housing is redicilously expensive in London and depending on where you are coming from (what part of the world) you may find that you get very little value for your money or you will consider it even more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure you will be able to find real estate websites with rental offers, so you can check the cost of some potential appartements upfront and also check commute tims to the office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that make sure you also check the prices for child care and also for schools later on. This can get again &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; expensive in the UK compared to continental Europe, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T14:25:26.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14636" CreationDate="2018-09-12T14:31:37.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is perhaps slightly too broad to give a definitive yes/no answer, as it highly depend on your personal circumstances and preference which I acknowledge that it is impossible to enumerate in a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will instead provide &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; you can obtain more information as part of your research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Income&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.london.gov.uk/apps_and_analysis/gla-household-income-estimates/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The estimates from Greater London Authority&lt;/a&gt; gives a median household income of £39,100, and a mean income of £51,770 in 2013/14. They did not specify, though in UK income is usually quoted before tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the latest data available for London, though if you do a back-of-envelope calculation using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/kgq2/qna&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the annual mean wage growth&lt;/a&gt; of 2-4% pa, your income will still be well above the median/mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two things to note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK salary is almost always quoted before tax. You can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;take home salary calculator&lt;/a&gt; to calculate what your net income will be around. Take into account how much you are contributing to your pension and other benefits, as that will affect how much tax/ National Insurance you will pay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are likely required to pay the tax bit for the private medical insurance (PMI). Assuming your PMI covers your wife and child, and taking your gross salary into account, the tax on PMI is likely to amount to a few hundred pounds.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Renting a decent 2-bedroom apartment in suburbs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rent for a 2-bedroom apartment widely fluctuates in the 'suburb', which can refer to any of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_London&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;outer London boroughs&lt;/a&gt; (covering a size of 1300+ sq. km, at least seven travelcard zones (from zone 3)) or tens of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_commuter_belt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;commuter towns&lt;/a&gt; outside Greater London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have a look on property listing websites (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Zoopla&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rightmove&lt;/a&gt;) to get an idea how much (or affordable, if any) they cost to rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A side note: if you decide to live somewhere outside walking distance from your office, you will need to take into account of the transport cost. There are quite a number of options, though they are generally not cheap (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/fares/caps-and-travelcard-prices?ticketType=Adult&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travelcard (season ticket) cost&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rent a car when needed (eg via car-sharing)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/car-clubs/how-car-clubs-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;car clubs operating in London&lt;/a&gt;, where you pay an annual fee to join and a hourly fee for using the car. Some of them allow you to do one-way journeys within London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Transport for London link above links to a number of car club, which you can get an estimate on cost depending on your usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Send the child to a kindergarten&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/childcare-costs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; gives a ballpark figure on how much different childcare options will cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spend vacations in continental EU 1-2 times a year&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;This depends on your travel arrangements - the answer will be different if you are staying with a friend/relative as opposed to staying in a hotel. In general the cost you should consider consist of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The cost to travel to/from the destination (either by train or plane, see below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The daily running cost (which &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/london/money-costs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lonely Planet&lt;/a&gt; provides a pretty good estimate)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to note is that flight tickets tends to get very expensive during holidays (Christmas, Easter, during Summer and half-terms) - you might be more flexible at this stage, though when your child started school your options will be more limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go to a restaurant 1-2 times a week&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A dinner for two &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalprice.info/en/?p=britan/prices-in-london-on-food&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ranges from £30-£100+&lt;/a&gt; depending on what you eat. Though going out with a 3-year-old probably eliminates the top-end restaurants as options and hence capping your cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T14:31:37.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2018-09-12T14:38:40.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of questions here to be answered, tax being just one of them, especially if a wife and kids come to play. For example, you also need to check for health insurance, which may be cheaper or more expensive depending on your wife's employment status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And basically, given the situation you describe I would say it depends a bit on what you are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, you need to sort out if you are a kind of sole proprietor (i.e. you write your invoices as Mr. John Doe) or if you have a UK Limited company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of a UK Limited Company writing invoices to customers on the UK, that UK company would be taxable in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you pay yourself a salary off that company or if you have your gains from the company transferred to you and you live in Germany on a permanent basis, then that money which goes from the UK company to you would be subject to taxation in Germany and in Germany only; unless you stay less than ~180 days per year in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If moving to Germany is more of a temporary thing and you don't need any money from your UK customers right now to sustain your living (because your wife makes enough) you could even keep the money you make in the UK Limited company. If nothing goes into your personal pocket, then the basis for taxation in Germany will be zero and you could use that money later on after moving back to the UK. Of course, you would have to work out UK taxes then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if serving your customers in the UK requires frequent and extended travel to the UK so you are typically staying more there than in Germany, you will not be taxable in Germany. But you have to be prepared to document that fact very clearly, i.e. being able to produce airplane tickets, hotel bills, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a highly complex and dangerous matter, so getting professional advice is indeed adviseable. The problem with that is that tax advisors will either give you some verbal information in a first meeting which you will not be able to fully appreciate immediately &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; if you want something in writing that they will want some serious money for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before looking for advice, make sure you make a list of clear and distinct questions you want answers to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A distinct question will be for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Germany and work for my UK company. My wife is employed with a German company. We have a child. How does health insurance work in that scenario? Will I and the child be covered by her insurance or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A too broad question would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options in terms of tax if I live in Germany and work for customers in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastEditorUserId="13271" LastEditDate="2018-09-12T14:46:56.393" LastActivityDate="2018-09-12T14:46:56.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-13T08:48:47.377" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;We moved to the UK nearly three months ago. I'm Mexican and my wife is German. She just started working in a full time job and I'm about to apply for my residence card. The Home Office says that in the application as a qualified person the EU national should provide proof of employment (we have her contract and will ask her employer to produce a letter as well) plus proof of her income, that is bank statements for the last three months (or the full period in which she has been working if less than three months). We are waiting for her to receive her first salary in order to apply. I worry that the HO will produce a COA with no right to work for myself because she will only have been employed for one month when we apply. I have a job offer and don't want to wait longer to apply. Would it then be ok to apply with evidence of one month of work? Many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15004" LastActivityDate="2018-10-13T15:00:35.750" Title="Right to work for Non EEA spouse of German in UK" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14643" CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:33:21.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the PDF document &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441957/employers_guide_to_acceptable_right_to_work_documents_v5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;An employer’s guide to acceptable right to work documents&lt;/a&gt;, the criterion determining whether a certificate of application permits work is &lt;em&gt;the relationship between the non-EEA applicant and the EEA principal.&lt;/em&gt;  The quality of the evidence showing that the EEA principal is qualified does not come into play.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certificates of Application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certificates of Application are issued to non EEA family members of EEA nationals who have applied for a Residence Card or Derivative Residence Card. From 6 April 2015, an application for such a card will only be considered valid at the point at which the applicant successfully enrols their biometric information (finger scans and a digital photograph). Applicants will continue to receive an initial acknowledgement letter which will not demonstrate a right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where the application is made by a direct family member, who has successfully enrolled their biometrics and provided the correct supporting documents, the applicant will be issued with a Certificate of Application which states that the individual has a right to work in the UK whilst their application for a Residence Card or Derivative Residence Card is being considered. This Certificate of Application will only demonstrate the right to work if it is less than six months old and is accompanied by a Positive Verification&#xA;  Notice issued by the Home Office’s Employer Checking Service stating that the holder has permission to do the work in question. The excuse will last for six months from the date of the Positive Verification Notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are presented with a Certificate of Application that does not state that work is permitted, this will not demonstrate a right to work and the Employer Checking Service will provide a Negative Verification Notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you are a &lt;em&gt;spouse,&lt;/em&gt; you are a &lt;em&gt;direct family member,&lt;/em&gt; so you should expect a CoA that permits work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I would add that the UK is violating the EU directive by asking for proof of her income.  If you proceed without supplying proof of income, however, you'll almost certainly end up having to take the UK to court, so you probably want to provide it anyway.  But you might just apply before she receives her first pay, noting that &quot;the full period in which she has been working&quot; includes no pay.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T14:33:21.197" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14542" CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:45:29.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to supply any proof of dependency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certain categories of relatives (among them parents, grandparents, and children over 21) are eligible for derivative freedom of movement only if they are dependent on the EEA principal.  A spouse or partner is eligible without regard to the question of dependency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some relevant passages from the directive, with added emphasis for the particularly pertinent parts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 2(2):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;‘family member’ means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) the spouse;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) the direct descendants who are under the age of 21 &lt;strong&gt;or are dependants&lt;/strong&gt; and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) the &lt;strong&gt;dependent&lt;/strong&gt; direct relatives in the ascending line and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Beneficiaries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members as defined in point 2 of Article 2 who accompany or join them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) any other family members, irrespective of their nationality, not falling under the definition in point 2 of Article 2 who, in the country from which they have come, are &lt;strong&gt;dependants&lt;/strong&gt; or members of the household of the Union citizen having the primary right of residence, or where serious health grounds strictly require the personal care of the family member by the Union citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your spouse falls under article 2(2)(a), and therefore 3(1), without reference to the question of dependency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T14:45:29.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:52:37.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can have more than one residence. I live abroad, but use a friend's address as my US residence. My US credit cards, bank accounts and investment accounts all use my US address, and some also use my foreign address. As far as my former state is concerned, I still have a residence there, even if I don't live there. It's just not my primary residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15805" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T14:52:37.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-13T16:00:29.213" Score="1" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;USCIS &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/how-do-i-use-premium-processing-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;does not list L-2 as a visa that can be applied for with premium processing&lt;/a&gt;, but my petition has been submitted with premium processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15767" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T16:00:29.213" Title="Can I request premium processing for an L-2 when I apply for premium processing on my L-1?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14648" CreationDate="2018-09-13T16:00:29.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Premium processing is for the petition, not the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your L-1 petition is accepted you next fill in your DS-160, you also fill DS-160 forms for each family member.  You then schedule a consular interview for all family members, giving the DS-160 for references for all the family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15767" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T16:00:29.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-13T16:48:27.463" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Department of State Visa Appointment Service web site asks for &quot;Given Name&quot; and pre-populates it with only my first name from when I created an account on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I1MEF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I1MEF.png&quot; alt=&quot;given name input box&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the tip says &quot;Enter the name as it appears in the passport&quot;, however my passports shows &quot;given name&lt;strong&gt;s&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; and shows 2 given names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I enter my given first name or both given names?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15767" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T16:48:27.463" Title="&quot;Given Name&quot; when scheduling a consular interview" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14650" CreationDate="2018-09-13T16:48:27.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Enter more than one given name if your passport shows more than one item under &quot;given names&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later in the process the web puts &quot;Given Name&quot; and &quot;Surname&quot; together and asks you to confirm that this makes up your full name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you delete the text in the given name box, the web site shows you an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7GO9t.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7GO9t.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15767" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T16:48:27.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14618" CreationDate="2018-09-13T22:19:32.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; become invalid when you lose your job (or interrupt your studies, etc.) The &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; can move to invalidate it but this requires some paperwork (including sending a letter and giving you an opportunity to respond). Until then, nothing happens automatically. As far as I know, they typically don't bother, instead waiting for renewal time to catch people who do not fulfill the requirements anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if you lost your job involuntarily, you're still entitled to renew the card for the duration of your employment benefits (that's two years if you worked at least two years, less otherwise). So even if the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; would check, as long as you are living in France, your card is still fully valid and/or can be renewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave the country permanently and reside in the Philippines, that's different. You're not entitled to the unemployment benefits (and therefore to the card) anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T22:19:32.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10701" CreationDate="2018-09-14T16:21:23.733" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For people who finds themselves in the same situation, here's what happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to send my application to Home Office to &quot;retain rights of residence'' from within the UK and was granted for 5 years BRC .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastActivityDate="2018-09-14T16:21:23.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10701" CreationDate="2018-09-14T16:47:51.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct uk.gov page for your case is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card&lt;/a&gt;, where, under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;, it notes the circumstances entitling one to a retained right of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Retained rights of residence&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply if you used to have a family member, or extended family member, who was a permanent resident or qualified person. This is called a ‘retained right of residence’. You may get this if, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your marriage or civil partnership to an EEA citizen has ended (with a divorce, annulment or dissolution)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-09-14T16:47:51.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14611" CreationDate="2018-09-15T09:49:57.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I called them. After a long wait, the call got connected and the representative informed me that beneficiary is not allowed to know the status through them and  he will reveal only to the employer. My employer said that, it is not a good idea to call and ask about the status, there is nothing to worry about this and it might be a technical issue. I am hoping the same !! There is nothing we can do than waiting :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15782" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T09:49:57.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-15T18:43:35.307" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work remotely as a software developer, and am going to visit the UK for 6 months (just by showing my US passport upon entry for a tourist visa since I have never been to the UK before). I have housing accommodations arranged and sufficient finances for my stay there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won’t work while I am there (tourist visa requires that I do not), however &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a few apps that provide me some income. Is it ok for me to receive that income as long as I don’t work on making any updates/bug fixes for these apps while in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if I finish some remote work shortly before I leave, sometimes I won’t get paid for a month or so afterwards. Is it okay for me to receive that pay for work I did outside the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15082" LastEditorUserId="15082" LastEditDate="2018-09-17T04:24:44.130" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T15:15:30.790" Title="Can I be paid for work I did outside the UK while visiting on a tourist visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;payment&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-16T06:49:01.817" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone has come across this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to move to Australia on a special category visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a New Zealand passport and I have dual citizenship with New Zealand(by descent) and South Africa. I currently reside in South Africa and I will fly from here, and I have never visited or lived in New Zealand. I will go for a medical exam and check for TB before flying (because I know they are strict about this!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe most New Zealand citizens are granted a special category visa but I’m not sure if they are referring to residents of New Zealand or if having lived in South Africa will be acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much. Jay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15816" LastEditorUserId="15816" LastEditDate="2018-09-16T07:12:45.780" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T18:09:53.643" Title="Can I move to Australia? Special Category Visa... NZ/SA dual citizenship" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-16T07:35:18.687" Score="2" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I posted this on the travel section and they told me to repost in here for visa questions.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen considering moving to Russia for a little bit. Is there any restriction on that 3 year multiple entry visa that would prohibit me from actually just staying in Russia for the whole 3 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visahq.com/russia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VisaHQ&lt;/a&gt; and didn't see any restrictions, but I am just checking to make sure it isn't like a &amp;quot;90 days in, 90 days out&amp;quot; policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15817" LastEditorUserId="10018" LastEditDate="2021-03-13T11:11:28.540" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T11:11:28.540" Title="Can I live in Russia for the whole 3 years on a 3 year multiple entry visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;russia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14662" CreationDate="2018-09-16T09:31:53.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would only be able to stay for 6 months at a time but anecdotal evidence suggests that the 6 month period can be &quot;reset&quot; by leaving and re-entering Russia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read the document regarding the agreement linked from the Russian Consulate in Houston's &lt;a href=&quot;https://rusconhouston.mid.ru/en_US/general-visa-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://rusconhouston.mid.ru/en_US/general-visa-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://rusconhouston.mid.ru/en_US/general-visa-information&lt;/a&gt; (click on Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nationals of each Party shall as a rule be issued multiple-entry visas for a stay of no more than 6 months starting from the date of each entry that are valid for 36 months from the date of issue as long as reciprocity is maintained: by the Russian Federation - business, private, humanitarian and tourist visas, and by the United States of America — В1/B2 visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if you intend to work in Russia you would need a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="14323" LastEditDate="2018-09-16T14:52:20.607" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T14:52:20.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-17T07:42:01.107" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Argentinian friend would like to know what to do to live permanently in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to gov.uk the coalition government handed over visa responsibility to VFS Global. So is it a case of visiting the website to apply for a working visa or will she have to apply for a job first, be accepted and then ask the company if they have a sponsor licence and then apply for a working visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also whilst working and not leaving the country would permanent residency be granted after 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Francis Crocombe" LastEditorUserId="15728" LastEditDate="2018-09-21T17:17:41.027" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T17:17:41.027" Title="Emigrate to UK from Argentina" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;argentine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14660" CreationDate="2018-09-17T08:39:10.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being paid while you are visiting on a tourist visa is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a simpler example, consider a full-time US employee that visits the UK for a week.  There is absolutely no problem about their employer depositing their salary in their bank account during the visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-09-20T15:15:30.790" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T15:15:30.790" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-17T10:15:18.603" Score="1" ViewCount="774" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm renting a house in the Netherlands, on a one-year fixed term contract. The contract does not include any termination clause (except for the &quot;diplomatic clause&quot;). Now the contract is up for renewal, and I asked to insert a termination clause in the contract with  a suitable notice period (I was thinking two or three months). The agency tells me that only a one month period is allowed, or else a fixed term contract. The landlord is not happy with a one month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like I have to make the choice between a one-month notice period or an effective notice period of the contract length, without any intermediate choice. Is this correct, and do I have any other option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6557" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T09:56:39.193" Title="Netherlands rental contract termination" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14668" CreationDate="2018-09-17T19:03:49.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The agency is correct inasmuch as the notice &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; match the payment period, i.e. if you pay your rent monthly, the notice period is one month. It is allowed to agree to other payment periods (up to three months), with matching notice, but not to an arbitrary notice period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it is not allowed to renew the lease for another year, the contract should not be temporary anymore but an open-ended permanent lease (“&lt;em&gt;contract voor onbepaalde tijd&lt;/em&gt;“), which can be be terminated with a regular notice (no matter what's actually written in the contract, as far as I can tell). So I am not sure what else the landlord was expecting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's certainly how all the rental agreements I have had in the Netherlands worked (one year then one-month notice). The only options for your landlord seem to be to accept that or not renew at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note that this is the notice &lt;em&gt;for the tenant&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; After a year, the notice for the landlord is four months and will automatically increase the longer you stay in the house. The landlord is not free to evict you outside of a specific number of reasons either. If a one-month notice period is on the table, there is no reason not to take it, there is no downside for you, the tenant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/tijdelijk-huren/vraag-en-antwoord/welke-mogelijkheden-voor-tijdelijke-verhuur-zijn-er&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rijksoverheid.nl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60" LastEditorUserId="60" LastEditDate="2020-05-28T09:56:39.193" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T09:56:39.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-17T20:17:18.583" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a family member of EU citizen and holding Resident Card with Article 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I don't need visa to enter UK.&#xA;However, after I enter UK with Article 10 Resident Card, can I apply UK Resident Card straight away?&#xA;Or, do I have to apply for EEA Family Permit before I enter UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15824" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-09-19T04:54:30.707" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T04:54:30.707" Title="Enter UK with Article 10 without EEA Family Permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14670" CreationDate="2018-09-18T05:29:16.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary to have an EEA family permit to apply for a UK residence card.  You can enter with your non-UK Article 10 card and then apply for the UK residence card, assuming your EEA national family member is a &quot;qualified person&quot; in the UK (residing there and working, self-employed, studying, or self-sufficient).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-18T05:29:16.810" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14673" CreationDate="2018-09-18T20:41:38.720" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hypothetically, if one were working in Ireland and didn't have time for the disorganized Irish government to sort out a working visa to permit full time work, would a working visa from another EEA country be a possible avenue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, if a company has subsidiaries in EEA countries other than Ireland could it allow an employee to work in Ireland, even if &quot;remotely working&quot; from that country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15828" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T04:05:06.340" Title="Is it possible to stay in Ireland with a work visa provided by another EEA country?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14672" CreationDate="2018-09-19T04:05:06.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  Visas from other countries are not valid for Ireland (with the exception of certain UK visitors' visas issued under the British Irish visa scheme, but these do not permit work in either country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T04:05:06.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-19T08:08:12.633" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my team, we would like to sign a Brasilian player who is 15 yo. We discovered he has Italian grandmothers, so we would like to make him obtain Italian citizenship because it would be easier to obtain instead of a student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that it's easier to obtain citizenship staying in Italy for a couple of months than ask for it directly from Brasil (it takes 10 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only doubt is: can he apply for citizenship being underage or should his Italian descent parent do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15769" LastEditorUserId="15769" LastEditDate="2018-09-19T08:13:15.947" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T08:13:15.947" Title="Can an underage request Italian citizenship through italian ancestor?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14619" CreationDate="2018-09-19T13:57:19.143" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can get a visa in Germany and there is more than one option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially your application will go from the Ausländerbehörde (foreigners office) to the Agentur für Arbeit (ministry of work) who will approve the visa in the following cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A shortage of the skill in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The employer shows that you posses a special skill that he couldn’t find locally.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally one of the conditions is that the salary is above a certain threshold if the job is not in a field in shortage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is a bit vague and the regulation may have changed. I suggest you look into the blue card which is tied to professions in shortage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, keep in mind that while government officials at the Ausländerbehörde may not come across always as the friendliest, the process is quite well outlined and if you fulfil the requirements, you should be able to get a visa easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13380" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T13:57:19.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14558" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:47:55.317" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my timeline of the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sent documents for approval : May 24th&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Received at the dropbox center in Texas : May 25th. However, when I checked this date on the DHS website, it displayed May 30th. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case was approved: August 23rd&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New card is being produced: August 24th&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Card was mailed to me: September 1st.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Received the card : September 6th.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15740" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T01:47:55.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-20T13:08:11.503" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I attended an appointment in May at the Burgeramt in Berlin and submitted all information of my Canadian license for conversion to a German License under the mutual agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I submitted all documents, eye test info, and the payment and was informed I would hear back by post when the license would be ready to pick up. What should I do ? I do not speak much German yet. Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15838" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T11:23:14.047" Title="I still have not heard back from German Driving License Authority on converting my Canadian license and it's been 4 months!" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14680" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-20T23:06:34.937" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a similar question here about credit cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14356/how-can-i-a-us-citizen-set-up-my-bank-money-when-i-move-to-portugal&quot;&gt;How can I (a US citizen) set up my bank/money when I move to Portugal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the answer there it seems like there are some cards that have no international transaction fees but there is always some sort of other fee(annual fees and hidden fees). I actually found a card that seems to have no fees:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revolut.com/us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.revolut.com/us/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I can't get it because I live in the US and it hasn't launched in the US yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides finding a no fees credit card, are there any other ways that I can avoid international transaction fees? What about PayPal? Obviously I could carry a bunch of cash on me but that's probably a little too risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15579" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T03:00:44.950" Title="How to avoid fees when making purchases in a different country?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14552" CreationDate="2018-09-20T23:44:58.253" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know there is no age limit on the dependent visa, but you do need to be a dependent. That means that you will depend on your mother for your lifestyle and you will not be able to work. If you're 24 years old it's probably better to try to find a way to get a working visa. If you have a university degree and you can find a Japanese employer that will sponsor you, that should be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T23:44:58.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2018-09-20T23:56:51.453" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Engineer is usually under the visa category &quot;Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services&quot; which is defined as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Activities to engage in services, which require skills or knowledge pertinent to physical science, engineering or other natural science fields, or to engage in services, which require knowledge pertinent to jurisprudence, economics, sociology or other human science fields, or to engage in services which require specific ways of thought or sensitivity based on experience with foreign culture, based on a contract with a public or private organization in Japan [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means basically any job where you are using your technical knowledge, language knowledge, or international knowledge should be OK. Starting your own business is a grey area. You could probably do a small (not limited liability) company on the side, and even then it would be a good idea to ask for permission from the immigration office first, but this visa is &quot;based on a contract with a public or private organization in Japan&quot;, so you should still keep your sponsored job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/qaq5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;List of statuses of residence of Japan&lt;/a&gt;, if you wanted to change your status of residence in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11827" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T23:56:51.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-21T02:07:04.443" Score="2" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is work from home possible in Canada on Canadian ICT visa (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/exemption-codes/intra-company-transferees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Intra Company transfer visa&lt;/a&gt;)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it required for the work permit holder to work from an office (work permit location) even if the rest of the team works internationally and the only benefit would be helping the Canadian business and providing better round the clock support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to understand the various federal/provincial rules relating to working from a specific location or not while on Work Permit? I could not find any mention about work from home in any of the help sections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any province specific rules in play? Target provinces are Ontario and BC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15842" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-21T14:28:16.470" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T04:19:01.347" Title="Canada- Is work from home possible in Canada on Intra Company transfer visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;&lt;british-columbia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14680" CreationDate="2018-09-21T02:28:44.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many US credit cards with no international transaction fees. You can use them while out of US and keep paying them from the US account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.creditkarma.com/credit-cards/no-foreign-fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.creditkarma.com/credit-cards/no-foreign-fees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15842" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T02:28:44.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-21T08:01:24.413" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-EU nationality and have 5 years UK refugee resident permit, and now want to marry a German citizen in Germany and apply for German resident permit to live there. In this case can I hold both residency? and extend my UK resident permit to permanent resident at the end of duration of this 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15844" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T13:01:12.067" Title="have refugee status in UK and going to marry a German citizen and live in Germany" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-21T12:12:03.773" Score="1" ViewCount="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If everything goes according to plan, I will transfer from working for a university to working for a local media organization in January. This is in Beijing. To transfer a work permit, the old employer has to give you a release letter, preferably ~30 days before it expires. My university is going to hold me to finishing my contract (no problem there), but does anyone have experience with transferring the visa at the end of a contract, and you didn't have to leave the country? Does the new employer's HR get you some kind of transitional visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to avoid having to make a totally new visa/work permit application. Right now I'm just making sure I have a good relationship with the relevant people at my university so they are more inclined to be helpful. Do you have any idea what the process would be likely to look like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15846" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T12:12:03.773" Title="China visa/work permit transfer" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14686" CreationDate="2018-09-21T13:19:55.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;The first problem is that you can't apply for &quot;indefinite leave to remain&quot; (which is what I think you mean by &quot;permanent resident&quot;) until you have lived in the UK for &lt;em&gt;10&lt;/em&gt; years (not 5) ... so you can't apply for ILR yet.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second problem is that if you go and live in Germany, you will stop being resident in the UK, so you will at the very least stop the clock on the 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third problem is that I believe that if you go and live in Germany then your refugee residence permit will be considered abandoned and will cease to be valid.  &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; I can't find any evidence for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you are going to have to pick one of UK and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-09-22T12:18:28.920" LastActivityDate="2018-09-22T12:18:28.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10877" CreationDate="2018-09-21T13:21:36.743" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose of EB-5 Visa was to encourage and enhance the investment benefitting the US economy that is getting money from outside US into the US economy. So, staying in US and then taking a loan (partly) in US doesn't serve the purpose. Also, each investment should ensure employment for 10 Americans and that I think you as an entrepreneur can ensure that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eb5india.com/EB5/forum/eb5-india/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ section&lt;/a&gt; or please read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5/about-eb-5-visa-classification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;clarification about EB-5&lt;/a&gt; by USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15847" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T13:21:36.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-20T15:49:37.383" Score="2" ViewCount="410" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Specific/Extended Question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What legally counts as working in the States while living there (technically vacationing) while visiting for the legal vacation period that a Canadian passport allows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, would freelancing as a Canadian on an freelance website, would working remotely for a Canadian company, would working remotely as a Consultant in Canada, how about consulting as a Canadian Company to american companies? This is obviously a spectrum of entering the american market ending with selling services directly to Americans as a Canadian while filing business taxes and income tax in Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Relevant Background Knowledge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that while staying in the US on a passport you cannot stay more then 6 months before needing to either apply for an extended stay or returning to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about what else would be restricted while 'vacationing' in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason for the question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a computer scientist, my current job can be (and is) done remotely.It is very easy to do jobs remotely in general either as a freelancer or simply accepting a remote job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two reasons I'm interested in this. One is extended vacations and the other is a romantic interest I have in MD, USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Personal Background&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I previously lived in the states for four years due to my father being on exchange from the Canadian to US military. So I had a student visa and some form of diplomatic dependent status at the time (green passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you need a Visa to work in the states, but with the internet it seems plausible to legally work in Canada while residing in the states. I'm unsure of what would be considered working in the states though in such an online environment. For example I currently do some work that is technically consulting and am my own business. If I run a consulting business (just me) from Canada and targeted american clients that would seem to me definitely bad faith, but technically working in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I am finishing my Bachelors of Computer Science in Canada so it is feasible that I could get a work Visa. I may be able to go work in the states through an exchange program as an intern as well this coming summer. After school I would like to go through the (I hear lengthy) Visa process while technically vacationing in the states and still making money working in Canada. This would be ideal in terms of discovering if my romantic interest is going to be something permanent giving me somewhat of a trial period. I realize marrying is a common way for people to become american citizens, but in my case I'm only interested in being an american if/while things work for me romantically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15851" OwnerDisplayName="Sarzorus" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T15:14:22.640" Title="Can a Canadian Citizen live in america while working in Canada officially via remote (online work)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-21T15:40:00.340" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for NIW program and decided to file my I-485 before my I-140 is approved. However, my spouse who is on F1-OPT visa is still waiting for her H-1B visa to be issued. &#xA;Her OPT will be expired in one month, and if she doesn't get her H1B visa she has to leave the US.&#xA;My question is that is it better if we apply separately for i-485 or is there any other option that we can apply for i-485 together considering she might have to leave to leave the country while her i-485 is being processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15852" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-21T15:42:12.523" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T21:00:11.107" Title="When should my spouse file i-485 (her visa expires in 1 month)" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14691" CreationDate="2018-09-21T20:48:05.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, she will remain in F1 status for 60 days after she successfully completes her OPT. So if her OPT ends on one month, she remains in status for 3 months. Second, if a Change of Status was filed for her while she was in status, she can remain in the US for as long as the Change of Status is pending, regardless of whether she remains in status or not. So after 3 months, even if her H1b Change of Status is still pending, she goes out of status but she can still stay in the US, indefinitely, as long as the Change of Status is still pending. She does not have to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She can file I-485 for Adjustment of Status at the same time as your I-485 is filed, or any time after your I-485 is filed (as long as it's filed in a month where your category and priority date can file I-485). In your category, which is employment-based, at the time she files I-485, she just has to have not been out of status or illegally working for more than 180 days since her most recent entry. Though I see no reason to delay her I-485 instead of filing it as soon as possible, at the same time as yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-09-21T20:48:05.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14695" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-22T11:36:37.353" Score="1" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently applied for my tier 2 (General) visa as a main applicant along with dependent - spouse and dependent - child visas. My sponsor has not sponsored maintenance. I have more than sufficient funds in my account. Therefore, I submitted my bank statement to meet the maintenance requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just came to know that maintenance is based on two aspects: (i) sufficient funds and (ii) accommodation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have, however, not booked any accommodation in UK and provided my sponsor's address as initial accommodation address after their consent, though this consent is not documented in CoS. Note that it is not a residential/ living address. Its a University address. Now, I am worried that my visa could be refused due to non-residential UK address specified on the application form. I am more concerned due to the fact that our Kid will be accompanying us and UK authorities are more strict regarding suitable accommodation of kids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I amend this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15853" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-09-29T10:46:23.000" LastActivityDate="2018-09-29T10:46:23.000" Title="Tier 2 (General) Visa - Maintenance (and accommodation) requirement" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-23T01:40:07.260" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I first arrived in the UK in 2000, I was told about having a &lt;strong&gt;Dom-Nondom resident&lt;/strong&gt; status.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who is moving to the UK for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the UK still do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8678" LastActivityDate="2018-09-27T05:59:44.027" Title="Dom Nondom Status" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-23T11:59:05.297" Score="4" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the benefits of holding Canadian citizenship in terms of getting a work permit in US/Europe compared to other third world countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would Canadian citizen still have to go through H1b lottery or L1 to get a work permit in the US? Is there any alternate fast-track for Canadian citizen? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15107" LastEditorUserId="15107" LastEditDate="2018-09-24T13:18:51.260" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T13:18:51.260" Title="Does holding a Canadian citizenship enable a person to get US H1b / L1 much easier than citizenship from third-world countries?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14698" CreationDate="2018-09-23T16:00:13.280" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not really. The process is mostly the same. A Canadian citizen would still need an H-1B or L-1 petition filed by the employer and approved by USCIS, just like someone from any other country, including being subject to the H-1B cap, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only difference is that Canadian citizens do not need to get a US visa. They can simply travel to the US on their Canadian passport (whether by land or air) and present their approved petition to the immigration officer at entry to be admitted into H-1B or L-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Canadians can also work in the US in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;TN status&lt;/a&gt;, which has no cap, and does not require the employer to file a petition. It is also not limited to 6 years like H-1B is. However, it is only available for certain types of jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-09-23T21:55:24.883" LastActivityDate="2018-09-23T21:55:24.883" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-23T20:26:13.523" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just been offered a Senior Web Developer position in the UK at a company who are a Tier 2 General A rated sponsor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if I am able to apply under shortage occupancy so I can pay the cheaper application cost of £464 over the usual £600?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see a 'Senior Developer' on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; but I want confirmation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS £610 is all ok but my employer has issued my contract for 4 years that means I also have to pay a 4 x 200 health surcharge of £800 on top of application fees which makes the total costs idiotic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15864" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T19:00:15.990" Title="is a Senior Web Developer position under Tier 2 shortage occupancy?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-23T21:42:52.883" Score="1" ViewCount="567" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to reapply for a student visa in France, but I do not understand why the first visa was denied. The rejection letter states that &quot;you have not submitted sufficient evidence allowing the consular authority to insure in France that purpose of study will not be abusive&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;What does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4EEam.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4EEam.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Vous n'avez pas présenté d'éléments suffisants permettant à l'autorité consulaire de s'assurer en France á des fins d'études ne présenterait pas un caractère abusif&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have not submitted sufficient evidence allowing the consular authority to insure in France for study purposes would not be abusive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15858" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-09-29T20:56:42.410" LastActivityDate="2019-07-14T06:02:58.517" Title="Please I need interpretation of the visa denial letter from the French consulate" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14702" CreationDate="2018-09-24T04:24:06.517" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This means that the French consulate doesn’t think that you are or will be a genuine student. This could be caused by a number of factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your school is one that has a reputation for attracting “students” who don’t end up studying &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your finances don’t seem sufficient for your course of study and you might end up working under the table &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you seem for a number of factors (which sadly can include your country's economic state) unlikely to return after your course of study&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as reapplying, if you apply without changing any of the above, you'll get refused again. You should think about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;applying to a better quality school &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;improving your finances or evidence of finances &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;showing why you have reason to return to your home country after you go to school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T04:24:06.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14679" CreationDate="2018-09-24T10:32:01.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should ask them; one way ot the other. Either by showing up onnce again in person of by sending them a letter. When sending a letter and kindly asking for the state of the affairs, you can possibly use the help of someone to write in German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a contact form on their website at &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327537/standort/121646/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327537/standort/121646/&lt;/a&gt;. You can give that one a try first and once again possibly use the help of someone who writes German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you include any &quot;Aktenzeichen&quot; (file reference) into the correspondence. You should find it on papers you got from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T10:32:01.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14707" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14960" CreationDate="2018-09-24T15:52:40.597" Score="4" ViewCount="508" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just received my currently dated SCHUFA credit report, however, my residential address is not current.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding was that when you, as a German resident, open up a bank account, they push an update to SCHUFA with your new address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried calling them, but as I don't speak German, it wasn't really helpful. So, how can I change my address registered with SCHUFA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2018-09-24T16:17:27.307" LastActivityDate="2019-04-12T09:30:37.023" Title="How to update residential addresses registered with SCHUFA?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-24T16:12:09.437" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if my visa will be approved by Germany embassy if I apply to live with my husband his 2 parents and his little brother. The house is 100m square.2 toilets 3 rooms 1 kitchen and bathroom 1 sitting room&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15868" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-09-25T08:23:47.853" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T11:47:01.340" Title="Space requiremnt for German embassy visa" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-24T16:58:38.337" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in USA on temporary immigration status and I got an opportunity to move to Italy. I have saved up some money and I would like to use this money in Italy. There is a  chance that I might return to USA after 3 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what the best way to transfer this money is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to close my USA bank accounts at some point in time as they are not free (Wells Fargo). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I convert my money into euros, store it in a currency card and take it to Italy? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have credit cards which I would like to cancel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I take some money and then wire the money to myself from my US bank account to my Italian bank account and then close the US account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The money I have is in the ballpark of 12000 usd&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15513" LastEditorUserId="15513" LastEditDate="2018-09-24T18:43:45.800" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T18:11:16.927" Title="Best way to take money from USA to Italy" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;currency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14709" CreationDate="2018-09-24T17:14:54.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It rather depends on how much money you have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;$100&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Withdraw the money as Euro notes and close the account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;$1,000&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer the money into a prepaid Euro account and close the account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;$10,100 to $100,000&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take a small amount of cash or prepaid card with you (enough to last you until your Italian bank account is opened).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In Italy, open an Italian bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer the balance of the money with something like Transferwise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close the account when you are sure you don't need it any more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;$1,000,000&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay for professional advice&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;In addition&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget the currency transfer/import/export reporting requirements. The bank should take care of these for transfers, but if you leave the US with cash (in any denomination) or cash equivalents with a value of $10,000 or more, you have to report it. The same is true of entering the EU with cash and cash equivalents with a value of €10,000 or more. Structuring a transaction to avoid the requirement is a crime (in the US, at least), so don't carry an amount just under the threshold, and especially don't say that you chose the amount to avoid having to report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-09-24T17:41:10.900" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T17:41:10.900" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14708" CreationDate="2018-09-24T17:33:02.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well that was a struggle!  I eventually found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“Without prejudice to state provisions, sufficient living&#xA;  space is usually deemed to be available if 12 sqm of&#xA;  living space are available to each family member aged&#xA;  above six and 10 sqm of living space for each family&#xA;  member aged below six. Adequate availability of the&#xA;  facilities (kitchen, bathrooms, lavatories) must be ensured.&#xA;  A shortfall of about ten per cent is acceptable”&#xA;  (2.4.2. General Administrative Regulation to the Residence&#xA;  Act).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is a quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/EN/Publikationen/EMN/Studien/wp73-emn-familiennachzug-drittstaatsangehoerige-deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this PDF&lt;/a&gt; on the BAMF (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge) website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be a total of five of you, so with a 100 sqm house you will have 20 sqm each.  The only &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; catch is what &quot;100 sqm&quot; means.  The space within an apartment counts fully, but cellars don't, and outside balconies count 25% etc.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/14950/14680&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for more details. &#xA; However it is unlikely that will bring you under the 12 sqm figure; also, if you got the 100sqm from the property details (rather than your husband getting out a tape measure), they will already have done any necessary pro-rating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T11:47:01.340" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T11:47:01.340" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-24T22:34:03.400" Score="3" ViewCount="1028" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a Tier 2 (General ) visa and my daughter was born in May 2018 in UK. I tried to obtain a Tier 2 dependant child visa for her using the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/pbs-dependant-child&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/pbs-dependant-child&lt;/a&gt; . But the form does not provide the option to choose the length of visa for my daughter ( less than 3 years or more than 3 years). It asks for my CoS length ( which was 5 years) and assumes that my daughter should also get a 5 year visa ( more than 3 year category). I have 2 years to go before I can apply for ILR. So a 3 year visa for my daughter would be sufficient. Please let me know the correct form to use and applicable fee in this circumstance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15870" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-09-25T08:11:14.877" LastActivityDate="2018-10-25T09:00:43.090" Title="Form for child born in UK to Tier 2 parents" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14712" CreationDate="2018-09-25T08:04:32.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But the form does not provide the option to choose the length of visa for my daughter ( less than 3 years or more than 3 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is entirely at the discretion of the UK government, not the person applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It asks for my CoS length ( which was 5 years) and assumes that my daughter should also get a 5 year visa ( more than 3 year category).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It 'assumes' nothing. The Home Office will take a look at the application along with the supporting evidence and make decision on her visa based on that. Any dependent is naturally and logically connected to the visa status of their main supporter. Since you are Tier 2 general, her dependent visa will reflect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are using the correct form in this case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: If you have no plans to leave the country with your child in the next 2 years before acquiring ILR, she doesn't need a visa to remain in the country legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-09-25T08:13:48.430" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T08:13:48.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14714" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-25T15:37:07.997" Score="2" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I receive a UK State Pension. I have dual nationality (British/German)and I live in Germany. Am I still entitled to an EHIC card (for use in Germany)  Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15874" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T20:00:27.167" Title="EHIC eligibility for dual national (British/German)" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14709" CreationDate="2018-09-25T18:11:16.927" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I highly recommend using &lt;a href=&quot;https://TransferWise.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TransferWise&lt;/a&gt; to transfer funds between countries. It is the fastest method I have used, allows storage of multiple currencies in the account you create with them, and is widely recognized on expat sites as reliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15876" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T18:11:16.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14716" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-21T04:34:07.937" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a Business Visitor (subclass 600) with me now for Australia. I have planned to apply for permanent residency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my employer ask me to apply for a Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa while I have applied for my PR visa, what would happen? Can I apply for another type of Visa while a Visa is in progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also could I still use my visitor visa to travel when the PR or TSS visa applied and  in progress? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15889" OwnerDisplayName="siddiq" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T18:32:52.263" Title="Apply Temporary Skill Shortage visa while applying for permanent resident visa to Australia" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14716" CreationDate="2018-09-24T03:53:24.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are not yet employed in Australia, I presume you are applying for permanent residence via the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/189-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa&lt;/a&gt;.  If so, the answer is easy: &lt;strong&gt;you can apply for a 189 visa at any time, whether or not you are in Australia&lt;/strong&gt;.  You can also travel to/from Australia while a 189 or TSS/482 visa application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can be in or outside Australia when you submit your EOI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of catches:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can't apply for a 189 directly, you can only submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) that the government may or may not get back to you about.  Waiting up to a year for them to do so is normal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you apply for any Australian visa (including TSS/482) &lt;em&gt;and are refused&lt;/em&gt;, you may be disqualified from applying for a 189.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="jpatokal" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T03:53:24.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-25T18:47:49.227" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone pakistan citizens have life sentence or life penalty in his home country mean pakistan because he is did murder of one person  then he can apply for asylum in europe and how many chance for qualify then he have all type of avidence me FIR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15303" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T20:33:20.907" Title="Pakistani asylum seekers in Europe" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14718" CreationDate="2018-09-25T20:22:59.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The chance of qualifying for asylum will vary greatly depending on the circumstances.  Being sought on murder charges is probably unlikely to help unless the person has good evidence that the charges are unjustified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the charges are in fact justified then the asylum claim will probably not succeed.  For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1951 refugee convention&lt;/a&gt; does not apply to anyone&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...with respect to whom there are serious reasons for considering that ... he has committed a serious non-political crime outside the country of refuge prior to his admission to that country as a refugee;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the decision on the asylum claim will be made by the country in which he applies for asylum, under that country's domestic law.  The chance of success therefore will also vary depending on the country where asylum is sought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-09-25T20:33:20.907" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T20:33:20.907" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14723" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14724" CreationDate="2018-09-26T10:31:11.133" Score="0" ViewCount="476" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking this question for a friend who is an Australian citizen. I have read through the eligibility documents and it seems as though she is not eligible to go through the Ancestry Visa route but we just wanted to ensure we've checked every avenue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 1926, her British great-grandparents were working in Egypt (they had been posted there by their employer, a British company) and they gave birth to their son who is my friend's grandparent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the simple fact that his birthplace was outside the UK mean she is ineligible despite the fact that he is a British citizen and spent the majority of his life in UK? Or is it potentially more complicated than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, we're not sure how his birth was registered, how soon after they returned to their home, etc...is it worth looking into these details as there may be some potential admin loopholes? Or is it a clear cut case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13198" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T23:09:29.623" Title="Am I eligible for a UK Ancestry Visa if my British grandparent was born outside the UK?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14723" CreationDate="2018-09-26T12:06:11.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK Government is quite clear on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligibility for the Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are a Commonwealth citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are applying from outside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are able to prove that &lt;strong&gt;one of your grandparents was born in the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are able and planning to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;meet the other eligibility requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must also show that you have a grandparent born in 1 of the following circumstances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;in the UK, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;before 31 March 1922 in what is now the Republic of Ireland&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;on a British-registered ship or aircraft&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it would seem that your friend is ineligible since the grandparent was born in Egypt and not the UK (or in Ireland or on a British-registered ship or aircraft).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply your friend would need a copy of the grandparent's birth certificate so it would make sense to find or apply for that which should clear up any doubt regarding the registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documents you must provide&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the full birth certificates of the parent and grandparent your ancestry claim is based on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was the grandparent working for a private company or in Crown service? If the latter then this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sableinternational.com/citizenship/british-citizenship/colonial-passports-territories/list/british-protectorates-with-etj&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might change the situation of the grandparent&lt;/a&gt; (dependent on the year they were born) as Egypt was a British protectorate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="14323" LastEditDate="2018-09-26T12:19:45.737" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T12:19:45.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14714" CreationDate="2018-09-26T19:13:42.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=563&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official website&lt;/a&gt; of the European Commission states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be eligible for a card, you must be insured by or covered by a state social security system in any Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You are thus eligible&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; because you're covered by the British state social security system. This is explained in &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=857&amp;amp;langId=en&amp;amp;intPageId=972&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the FAQ under &quot;What if I'm not working?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You receive cash benefits because of your activity as an employed or self-employed person. In this case, you will remain subject to the legislation of the country in which you were insured while working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU social security coordination rules are generally applied based on residence, so your nationality does not matter here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T19:13:42.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-26T21:56:03.867" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to register a UK-born EU citizen child under 10 as a British citizen. He is not a citizen by birth (neither parent was settled at the time). They are both settled now meaning he can be registered under section 1(3) in form MN1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither parent has a permanent residence document issued even through they have been resident for more than 9 years. My understanding is although they acquired it automatically, at least one of them has to apply for the certificate before the MN1 application to prove the child is eligible for British citizenship. Please correct me if I'm wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, the application mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Date father became settled in the UK (for example, granted indefinite leave to remain)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Date mother became settled in the UK (for example, granted indefinite leave to remain)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if only one of them applies for a certificate (although both are settled), do I only fill out one of those fields, for the parent that has the certificate with the date they became settled in the UK and leave the other one blank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm confused about this part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;State if and when the child was given indefinite leave to&#xA;  enter/remain in the UK. If the child’s parent is an EEA national, a&#xA;  Swiss national or a family member of an EEA or Swiss national&#xA;  you should ensure that they qualify for permanent residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the child is born in the UK and ordinarily resident for all his life, yet again like his parents, doesn't have a permanent residence document, do I just leave this blank because the application is based on the place of birth and parent's settled status in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user15220" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T03:03:55.407" Title="Registering child as a British citizen" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-26T08:19:48.077" Score="5" ViewCount="501" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Japan.  I have an alien card and Australian passport lists surname first then given names. Assuming you have two names at least listed, do all internationally acceptable ID list surname then given name? I ask because I had a problem with a bank who asked for given names then surname and then I had a problem because their system actually wanted the names to match my ID. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think people are a little confused about this question- it the order of names on the document and  that counts for their ID check not the whether they have my surname correct. If I filled their web form to complete my ID check I would have had to put my names in the wrong form fields. It is a pain to get the clerk to fix the mess as I had to- write out very carefully on forms and they still stuffed up some it so I had to some of it by mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13818" OwnerDisplayName="user2617804" LastEditorUserId="13818" LastEditDate="2018-10-13T14:00:46.170" LastActivityDate="2018-10-13T14:02:43.867" Title="What is the name order on ID such as passports?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14728" CreationDate="2018-09-26T08:51:41.367" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also live in Japan. I can't answer about &quot;all&quot; international IDs, but in Japan it's normally surname then first name. Since I have two first names a middle name and a surname, that's four names in total. When opening a bank account or signing a contract, I usually count the number of boxes first before deciding on whether to write my full name (almost always not enough space) or just the surname and the shorter one of my first names. But I didn't know this before and so one of my first names got truncated in a weird place. (e.g. Lee John Michael, so instead of リー　ジョン　マイケル it was cut to リー ジョン マイ or Lee John Mi)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, if you don't speak Japanese well enough yet, I recommend asking someone who does to accompany you when you open a bank account. That way s/he can help you explain to the clerk which is your surname and your first name. You probably also need to write them in Katakana.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15885" OwnerDisplayName="DXV" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T08:51:41.367" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14728" CreationDate="2018-09-26T12:57:30.433" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For passports which are ICAO compliant - this question can be answered by referring to the ePassport Standard - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.icao.int/publications/pages/publication.aspx?docnum=9303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ICAO 9303&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically you'll need to refer to &quot;Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGJUO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGJUO.png&quot; alt=&quot;Extract from the ICAO Standard 9303&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially the Passport standard allows the issuing country to determine which part of the name is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary Identifier&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Secondary Identifier&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the Primary identifier is suggested to be the persons surname - but this is entirely up to the issuer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forenames in general are usually the &quot;Secondary Identifier&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This standard however will only apply for ICAO Compliant ePassports - so for national ID cards - this definition doesn't have to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14012" OwnerDisplayName="Paddez" LastActivityDate="2018-09-26T12:57:30.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14696" CreationDate="2018-09-27T05:59:44.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are indeed some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/non-domiciled-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt; regarding tax for non-domiciled residents - they primarily affect income from overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, your friend comes to work in the UK, but he owns a house in his home country from which he earns some rental income. Whether he needs to pay tax in the UK on that income depends on how much it is, whether he brings that money to the UK (e.g. by bank transfer), and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6638" LastActivityDate="2018-09-27T05:59:44.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14727" CreationDate="2018-09-27T07:16:31.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My understanding is although they acquired it automatically, at least one of them has to apply for the certificate before the MN1 application to prove the child is eligible for British citizenship. Please correct me if I'm wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically not necessary. But it makes the entire application sail through smoothly and practically removes all possibility of a 'mistake'. I have seen atleast one case where an MN1 application failed, the parents got their PR documents, and the application was then later approved. It just removes the burden of proof from the case worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, if only one of them applies for a certificate (although both are settled), do I only fill out one of those fields, for the parent that has the certificate with the date they became settled in the UK and leave the other one blank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct. As long as &lt;em&gt;one parent&lt;/em&gt; qualifies, that is all that is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the child is born in the UK and ordinarily resident for all his life, yet again like his parents, doesn't have a permanent residence document, do I just leave this blank because the application is based on the place of birth and parent's settled status in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the child was born in the UK, this doesn't apply to them. Just leave this blank. However their advice is still relevant. BE SURE you actually qualify for PR, because there are plenty of scenarios where you might not have without actually realizing it. Get that sorted first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-09-27T07:16:31.947" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-27T14:20:32.440" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;On 25th Sept 2018, 2 days ago, I just officially graduated from doctoral degree program in structural engineering field. However, my phd record is not really outstanding. I mean, I only have two publication, with only one is from good journal.&#xA;The thing is I just realized that I am not really good at the research topic I did in my doctoral program, but I could not do much at that time since my phd was funded by my supervisor, so I ended up spending my 4 year doing something I am not into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and now I am looking for any opportunity for me to get a job oversea such as in Canada (I have been in love with this country), I am still thinking what kind of job that can fit me with my current state.&#xA;I have been also checking for teaching jobs at high school because I think university faculty position eligibility requirements are too high for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my bachelor degree in civil engineering, master in civil engineering as well in Indonesia, and I got my PhD in engineering in Japan.&#xA;I have been thinking so hard where to go, industry, university, or schools&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate if anyone can help me find ideas to land me to Canada and settle life there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;best regards,&#xA;Cindy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15886" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T20:19:22.110" Title="How to get a job abroad with a PhD Degree but without strong publication lists?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-27T23:05:23.840" Score="2" ViewCount="935" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like in the title, my wife got refused her visa application. We know each other from 1 year and we married in March 2017, we haven't done a proper wedding just a family lunch but we have several pictures together in different periods of this one year. I live in UK and I am an Albanian-Italian citizen, she is Albanian and lives currently in Italy with my family where she got already an Italian family permit, I have been seeing her several time for short periods every 2-3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions of what I have to do next should I re-apply or just send them an appeal ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the letter as well &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1jTie.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1jTie.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Refusal letter&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15888" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T20:40:33.323" Title="EEA family permit refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12104" CreationDate="2018-09-28T08:56:45.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the previous comment.  Having U.S. addresses for your Credit Cards is not sufficient do it via online. When you get refused (online), you are told that you need to send a copy of your government ID (ssn) - ok, no problem - but you need UTILITY bills, and they must be recent.  So at this point, not only can I NOT freeze my credit, I can't get my free credit reports either.  I will call this afternoon but don't hold out much hope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15892" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T08:56:45.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14737" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14740" CreationDate="2018-09-28T10:42:55.503" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I possess the following document &quot;Carta di Soggiorno di Familiare di Un Cittadino Dell'Unione&quot; (Residence Card of a family member of a Union Citizen, Italy) issued by the Italian authority. My question is that I  want to work in UK as I have applied for different jobs but the first question I get to asked is if I have working rights? Will I be requiring a work visa ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15893" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T18:11:28.633" Title="Acquiring work rights in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-28T12:10:10.583" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will move to Nanjing, China in the future. I’m slightly worried about the quality of drinking water and water for cooking etc. What is the best option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tap water - almost certainly a bad idea? as could contain bacteria and harmful pollutants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bottled water. I have heard that even standards for bottled water are poor. Are any brands especially reliable? Is it affordable to use only bottled water?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A water filtration system. Can they return tap water to a safe, good standard? Is there a particular type that is suitable for China’s tap water? Do they require much maintainance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delivery of barreled water for use in a water cooler. This sounds convenient, but are the suppliers reputable?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15894" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T00:44:03.697" Title="Best water supply in China" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14733" CreationDate="2018-09-28T20:19:22.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to continue in academia, you should look for post-doc positions. There you will do more research and can bolster your record. That would enable to apply for a beginning academic position like as an assistant professor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To work as a civil or structural engineer, you would need to become licensed in Canada. Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://engineerscanada.ca/become-an-engineer/for-internationally-trained-engineers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the licensure process will likely include detailed information about your degree programs (courses taken, etc.) plus exams. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T20:19:22.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14737" CreationDate="2018-09-28T20:24:55.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/123034/19400#comment303228_123034&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt; that provides some additional information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I want to move there but just for the job. No, my parents will be staying in Italy but does my father's sister count as a family member too. She lives in UK and is a British national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your aunt does not count as a family member for the purposes of the free movement directive unless you are dependent on her or are a member of her household.  I assume that you are not dependent on her, and it is evident that you are not a member of her household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you want to work in the UK without being accompanied by an EEA national, you will need a regular work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Italian residence card allows you to enter the UK without a visa only if you are accompanied by your EEA-national family member.  To work in the UK, you would need a UK residence card, a certificate of application for a UK residence card, or a regular work visa.  You won't be eligible for either of the first two because you will not be living with an EEA-national family member in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T20:24:55.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-28T21:30:58.217" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied from Nigeria for a settlement visa to join my wife in the UK who is a British citizen and my sponsor and meets the financial requirements. All supporting documents have been submitted with the application. While filling the application form online, i choose the visa category 'settlement' and sub type to be 'marriage' . I filled the form online and there was no option of paying the IHS fee. I have submitted the application and awaiting a decision without paying for IHS as the option wasn't presented to me.&#xA;I however later realised after submitting the application that the visa sub type 'husband' would have given me an option to pay for the IHS. &#xA;Can this possibly affect the decision being made? Is there any way I can pay for it and send to the home office before a decision is made?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15895" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-10-05T00:26:32.410" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T00:26:32.410" Title="Spouse visa category and IHS payment" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8187" CreationDate="2018-09-28T22:43:34.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and left the UK eleven years ago to live in Europe. I can return to the UK whenever I want to - brief visits however require an EHIC card from the European country of my residence (at least until March next year and BREXIT). This means I can have emergency Health care whist in the UK, without permanent residency there. If I moved back permanently, I would need to find a permanent address so I could re-register on the NHS for medical care. Ditto I would need to register for dental care. The speed this is processed is dependent on the waiting lists of where you move to. For example Birmingham is likely to have a longer NHS waiting list than Forres in Scotland. I have heard of people buying a house in a rural area and getting straight on the NHS list and others who had to wait 10 months. You also need to think about your tax status &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-return-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tax-return-uk&lt;/a&gt; Please note the section that says If you return to the UK within 5 years of when you left&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may have to pay tax on certain income or gains made while you were&#xA;  non-resident. This doesn’t include wages or other employment income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&lt;/a&gt; Note the six month point is only the decider for tax residency - physical residence starts when you move into a permanent address and start paying household bills from there. When you put yourself back on the electoral roll and actually live there, registering for local services, NHS, rates etc. Whilst I don't use them and therefore am not not in a position to recommend this company, they have a neat checklist on their blog that might help you &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/gb/blog/moving-back-to-the-uk-from-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://transferwise.com/gb/blog/moving-back-to-the-uk-from-abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11378" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T22:43:34.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14723" CreationDate="2018-09-28T23:09:29.623" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is very important to find the birth certificate as it could be an enormous help to getting everything sorted. First you need to find the reference details for the certificate you can start by looking here, to see if it was registered when they came back &lt;a href=&quot;https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8782&lt;/a&gt; - if it was UK registered you can then get a copy from here. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&lt;/a&gt; If the grandparent was registered at the british consulate at the time of his birth, he would have been issued with a British Consulate Birth certificate (it used to be black print on cream paper, very different from the red and green lined ones for the UK). I was born in British Territory overseas (Germany) and my son was born in Denmark while his father was on active military duty with NATO. He holds a full English passport and my grandchildren will be be entitled to the same, because he was registered through the consulate, in the same way I was. I am aware that there were some issues with a few people who were children of the &quot;British Raj&quot;, in India, who were NOT registered via the consulates in India (as their parents were flipping back and forth between the UK and India at the time of their birth) - but the two people I know who had major problems, because of this, were both born 20 years before your grandfather. If he held a British passport as a British citizen, with a UK or British consulate (which counts as UK in most instances) issued Birth Certificate, you should be OK subject to the criteria in @MrAndySweet 's answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11378" LastActivityDate="2018-09-28T23:09:29.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14738" CreationDate="2018-09-29T11:58:54.340" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can buy an electric kettle to boil your water. That'll take care of any bacteria, although it still might contain heavy metals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I buy big jugs of C'estbon water. A jug will last me 2 or 3 days, and they are only about 8RMB per. But boiling water should be good enough, to be honest. If you really want to, you can filter first then boil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't like the big water barrels for water coolers, we have those at my work but sometimes the water has a slight 'bleachy' taste to it, as if they didn't rinse out the barrel good enough before refilling it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15772" LastEditorUserId="15772" LastEditDate="2018-09-29T12:10:33.570" LastActivityDate="2018-09-29T12:10:33.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14701" CreationDate="2018-09-29T18:13:12.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: Unless your position is with a small and medium-sized enterprise (in its loose sense) that is registered with Home Office and not already sponsoring too many Tier 2 visas (plus some other conditions/exception, see below), it is not under the shortage occupation list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are lucky to have your role to be one, you will need to get your employer to issue a CoS (Certificate of Sponsorship) with the right SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code, and put the application under the shortage occupation route before you can apply. That warrants another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Current shortage occupation list - senior developer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;shortage occupation list&lt;/a&gt;, listed as Appendix K of the UK Immigration Rules, listed a 'senior developer' under the following entry (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2136 Programmers and software development professionals&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Only the following jobs in this occupation code: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Senior developer employed &lt;strong&gt;by a qualifying company&lt;/strong&gt;, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, not all UK companies is a qualifying company, but a (pretty stringent) list of rules apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this Appendix “qualifying company” means a company which:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) has obtained permission from the Home Office to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship in respect of the relevant job on the basis that the job is included on the Shortage Occupation List and the company:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) is licensed as a sponsor for the purposes of Tier 2 of the Points Based System,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) at the time of obtaining such permission, employs between 20 and 250 employees (inclusive), or employs fewer than 20 employees and has provided a letter from the Department for International Trade, confirming that the Department has been working with the company and supports the application in relation to its trade or investment activity,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii) is not more than 25% owned by a company which has one or more other establishments in the UK and one of those establishments employs more than 250 employees; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iv) has not been established in the UK for the purpose of supplying services exclusively to a single company or company group in the UK; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) will have no more than ten Tier 2 (General) Migrants working for it at any one time in jobs to which the requirement to be employed by a qualified company applies, if all Certificates of Sponsorship in respect of such jobs lead to a grant of leave as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only be sponsored via this route if ALL the above apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other development jobs under the shortage occupancy list&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if your role has anything to do with computer animation and/or electronics systems, the rest of the entry may apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following jobs in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games sectors: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;software developer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;shader writer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;games designer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following jobs in the electronics system industry: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;driver developer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;embedded communications engineer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I do qualify - now what?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either case there is some non-trivial work required to be carried out by the company and you to ensure you and the company pay less for the visa. This at least warrant another question at best, or some legal advice at worst.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastActivityDate="2018-09-29T18:13:12.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-30T13:20:56.300" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking about buying a locked phone in Europe. The offer looks attractive but I would like to know what happens after the 'subscription' period, for example, if I buy a 24 months plan and throughout this time my phone will be usable only with this specific carrier. Will I be able to use it simply use after the 24 months period or I will have to pay something to the carrier? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also would be glad to get others' feedback who experience this kind of purchase.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15902" LastActivityDate="2018-09-30T13:20:56.300" Title="Mobile carrier and phones" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-01T13:20:16.277" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a EU citizen and want to live in USA for a few years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ESTA is only for 3 months however and I'm guessing I can't just hop out of the country for a week and then return indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have enough savings to live comfortably in NYC/LA but don't have like $500k+ to drop on an investor visa like it's nothing. I do run a few online businesses though so maybe I can open up LLCs in USA and get a business visa of some sort?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you recommend or who do you recommend contacting for such problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15908" LastActivityDate="2018-10-01T13:20:16.277" Title="Europeans expats who own an online business - how did you go about getting a USA visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14751" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-01T14:28:55.250" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister and I are both eligible for British passport due to our father having been British.  We live in South Africa with my mum.  We would like to move to Ireland within the next 18 months, I am 16 years old.  I would like to know if I can bring my mum under my treaty rights? and what do I have to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15909" LastEditorUserId="15909" LastEditDate="2018-10-01T14:39:59.330" LastActivityDate="2018-10-01T15:45:45.787" Title="Exercising my treaty rights" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14751" CreationDate="2018-10-01T15:45:45.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would like to know if I can bring my mum under my treaty rights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On its face, EU free movement law gives no right to the non-EU parent of an EU citizen unless the &lt;em&gt;parent&lt;/em&gt; is dependent on the &lt;em&gt;child,&lt;/em&gt; which is highly unlikely if you are sixteen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are, however, court cases suggesting that if the child is a minor then refusing to grant residence to the non-EU parent is an impermissible restriction on the child's right of free movement.  See, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/05/think-of-children-ecj-clarifies-status.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Think of the children: the ECJ clarifies the status of non-EU parents of EU citizen children living in their own Member State &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-05/cp170048en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chavez Vilchez et al v. Sociale Verzekeringsbank et al&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These cases, however, concern children living in their own country, not another, so they are not directly applicable to your plan.  Furthermore, the conditions identified by the court that lead to a right for the parent to stay are not clear to me, nor is it clear how one would invoke this right if it does exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may therefore want to speak with an Irish immigration lawyer or an immigrants' rights organization.  A web search turned up a lot of support organizations for Irish immigrants in the US, but also several Irish solicitors and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/information-line&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Immigrant Council of Ireland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-01T15:45:45.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15079" CreationDate="2018-10-01T19:14:26.190" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the best option to re-register if somebody, unfortunately, forgot to do that while leaving NL for a month or so ago?&#xA;1) Online - which do not allow backdated deregistering&#xA;2) Send the filled-in &amp;amp; signed deregistration form in international post to municipality with backdated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15912" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T10:15:09.950" Title="Backdated deregistration after departure from Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-01T21:50:24.797" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any resources where I can practice for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Life in the UK test&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading the &lt;strong&gt;official&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tsoshop.co.uk/Life-in-the-UK/Life-in-the-United-Kingdom-A-Guide-for-New-Residents/?TrackID=002353&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;book&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; it just seems a lot to memorize, and I'm looking for an interactive way to help remember the more important elements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15827" LastEditorUserId="15827" LastEditDate="2018-10-03T11:16:18.703" LastActivityDate="2020-02-12T20:59:03.587" Title="Resources to practice for Life in the UK test?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14738" CreationDate="2018-10-02T00:44:03.697" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you’re really worried about water and don’t trust any bottled water distributors, then filtering your own water is the best solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;activated charcoal filters whether tap or tabletop jug type (“Brita”) do a fair job with chemicals and some can remove lead and bacteria. But they are expensive and slow. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis?wprov=sfti1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reverse osmosis&lt;/a&gt; will get rid of almost everything that can harm you although it is water wasteful and you need to get new filters and matrix every now and then&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;distilled water is the gold standard but is extremely energy consumptive &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With distilled water, you may even want to get some minerals and electrolytes put back in as distilled water tastes a bit off if you’re not used to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T00:44:03.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14760" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-02T11:53:38.917" Score="5" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in India since 2010 and complying with the requirement to leave the country once every 180 days for years. I go to Nepal, spend the night and return to Dharamsala where I live. I just made this trip and was denied reentry, without any explanation on 9/27/2018. The immigration agent would only say that he is acting on orders from the Foreigner Registration Office in Delhi. I'm in Kathmandu, I've been to both the US and Indian embassies to make inquiries. The Consul at the US embassy said that he did not know of any official changes but said that he has recently heard of others like me (people who live in India on 10 year tourist visas) being denied reentry. Otherwise both embassies were entirely unhelpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My life is there, everything of value that I own is there, and two dogs as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't respond with comments or answers that berate me for 'gaming' the tourist visa - India has been allowing this for decades, I know many people who've been here on tourist visas for way longer than me.  Otherwise, I'm in compliance with my visa requirements. If they want me to leave because they've decided not to tolerate this use of tourist visas then they ought to at least allow me to get back to India to reclaim my possessions and put my affairs in order. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm looking for are useful suggestions about how to resolve this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15916" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T11:53:38.917" Title="US holder of 10 year multiple entry tourist Indian visa denied reentry" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14758" CreationDate="2018-10-02T14:41:31.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When my wife was practicing for her Life in the UK test a few years ago she found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theuktest.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TheUKTest&lt;/a&gt; website useful in addition to the official book referenced in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14323" LastEditorUserId="14323" LastEditDate="2018-10-03T13:00:28.073" LastActivityDate="2018-10-03T13:00:28.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14762" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-02T15:48:42.040" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen resident in the UK for more than 10 years and am in the process of applying for a permanent residence document to apply for British citizenship. This question relates to my 17 year old son, also an EU citizen who has been exercising his EU Treaty Rights since 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per the GOV UK website: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your parent is eligible for settled status&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll be eligible for settled status once your parent has settled&#xA;  status, even if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’ve lived in the UK for less than 5 years &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you arrive in the UK after 31 December 2020&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even through he will not be eligible for settled status on his own as he doesn't meet the residence criteria, it's quite clear that he will automatically be eligible for settled status after mine is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not quite sure what happens if I apply and be granted British citizenship before he applies and is granted his settled status. Should I therefore not apply before that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, does the procedure relating to settled status after UK's exit from the EU depend on any kind of deal or no deal with the EU? What I'm getting at is if what is outlined on the GOV UK page likely to change? The following quote makes it as if it was all rock solid as only that one part, completely irrelevant to me, is subject to any kind of approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long you can live outside the UK is still subject to approval by Parliament.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite important for us to know as it will help him decide whether to apply to study abroad or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, my timeline for applying for British citizenship was to wait at least 6 years - 5 years to be eligible to apply for British citizenship and another year to hold the document for at least a year. However, as my son is going to receive settled status in his 3rd year of residence. Therefore, are we correct in understanding that he will be able to apply for citizenship in June 2021, after 5 years of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user15220" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T15:00:35.310" Title="Acquiring UK permanent residence through a parent for EU citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-02T20:26:21.710" Score="1" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alas, I've left the Netherlands... Tot ziens, mijn mooie thuis weg van huis...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I was living in Amsterdam, I left in mid-year (June), after having paid the full year's municipal taxes (WOZ-beschikking gebruiker and Afvalstoffenheffing)&#xA;and the yearly water charge (Waterschapsbelasting) to WaterNet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: Can I get a refund for the relative part of the year in which I had already left? If so, is there some specific procedure for making such a request, or do I just go on their respective websites and use the contact form to ask?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T23:46:51.053" Title="Reimbursement for municipal and water taxes when leaving mid-year?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;payment&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-03T06:40:24.813" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in a small company for 2 years after my studies, but I don't have any payslips or bank statement as I was getting the salary as cash. Only thing I am having is an experience certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from India. The salary I got was less than the tax threshold, so I didn't have to pay tax. Also, the company is closed very soon after I left. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for a Skilled PR Visa to Australia. But, I am not sure whether or not to mention this work experience as its lack of strong evidence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I mention the work experience, the application may refuse due to lack of evidence? (I didn't mention that work experience with the next employers as they suggested. They said that it may make a problem in background verification as the company was closed)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I don't mention, there would be 2 years of gap in work experience. Do I need to bother about this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15889" LastEditorUserId="15889" LastEditDate="2018-10-09T00:16:46.727" LastActivityDate="2018-10-09T00:16:46.727" Title="Gap in evidence of work experience" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14763" CreationDate="2018-10-03T11:21:17.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.waternet.nl/veelgestelde-vragen/belasting/verandert-mijn-aanslag-bij-een-verhuizing/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Waternet&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vertrekt u uit Nederland? Geef uw nieuwe adres door aan één van de 19 gemeentes waar dit kan. De gemeente stuurt uw gegevens ook naar ons door. Meestal verlagen wij uw aanslag. Hierover krijgt u dan vanzelf bericht van ons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you leaving the Netherlands? Pass on your new address to one of the 19 municipalities&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; where this is possible. The municipality also sends your data to us. We usually lower your bill. You will automatically receive a message from us about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.waternet.nl/service-en-contact/waterschapsbelasting/verlaging-aanslag-belasting/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page about adjusting the bill&lt;/a&gt; mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U betaalt minder zuiveringsheffing als u vertrekt uit ons gebied. U hoeft namelijk alleen zuiveringsheffing te betalen voor de periode dat u op uw oude adres woonde. U krijgt op uw nieuwe adres ook een brief hierover.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;De hoogte van de watersysteemheffing ingezetenen blijft gelijk. Dit is voor ieder huishouden een vast bedrag per jaar. Ook als u verhuist. We kijken hierbij naar uw situatie op 1 januari.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You pay less pollution tax when you leave our area. You only have to pay a levy for the period that you lived at your old address. You will also receive a letter about this at your new address. &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The level of the water system levy for residents remains the same. This is a fixed amount per year for each household. Even if you move. We look at your situation on 1 January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read this as that you may get some money back from the 'zuiveringsheffing' but not from the 'watersysteemheffing'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That &lt;em&gt;19 municipalities&lt;/em&gt; refers to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/privacy-en-persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/waar-registratie-niet-ingezetenen-rni&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;goverment page&lt;/a&gt; about registration in the &lt;em&gt;Basisregistratie Personen (BRP)&lt;/em&gt;. Lower down the page it links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/privacy-en-persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/uitschrijven-basisregistratie-personen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wanneer moet ik mij uit de Basisregistratie Personen (BRP) laten uitschrijven?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wanneer moet ik mij uit de Basisregistratie Personen (BRP) laten uitschrijven?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U moet zich laten uitschrijven als ingezetene uit de Basisregistratie Personen (BRP) als u in een jaar tijd langer dan 8 maanden in het buitenland verblijft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When do I have to deregister from the Basic Person Registration (BRP)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must deregister as a resident (...) if you stay abroad for more than 8 months in a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you already know (how) you have to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amsterdam.nl/veelgevraagd/?productid=%7BE3E7C543-D4AA-4D28-99DD-1CA42D84919C%7D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Amsterdam is one of those 19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-03T15:01:56.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14762" CreationDate="2018-10-03T14:52:26.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, I'm not quite sure what happens if I apply and am granted British citizenship before he applies and is granted his settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is irrelevant. Everything depends on previous dates of permanent residence, not current citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, does the procedure relating to settled status after UK's exit from the EU depend on any kind of deal or no deal with the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unknown for certain at this point. There have been proposals. There is strong evidence and likelihood that there will be some sort of transition period/arrangements, but nothing is certain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lastly, my timeline for applying for British citizenship was to wait at least 6 years - 5 years to be eligible to apply for British citizenship and another year to hold the document for at least a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your date of acquiring permanent residence is not necessarily the date you get the PR document. It may be (very probably, I'd even say) that you have already met the criteria of living in the UK one full year after acquiring permanent residency. In which case, as soon as you have the PR document in hand, along with all of the other required documents, you can apply immediately. This is something to consider as this might change your assumed dates a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-10-03T14:52:26.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-03T16:48:15.353" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am hoping someone can assist me, as I am unsure of what to do in this situation: I was a student in the UK 5 years ago. I rushed into the decision of studying abroad and chose a course that was unsuitable for me. I also had anxiety issues that I was dealing with. Anyway, I had poor attendance and wasn't performing well academically. The university I was at informed that they were going to revoke their sponsorship. I received the curtailment letter shortly thereafter, and I left the UK immediately (I did not overstay the curtailed visa). I enrolled at a university in my home country, I graduated, and now have a full time job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2016, I acquired a new citizenship that allows me to enter the UK as a visitor visa-free. I am planning on going to the UK in &#xA;mid-October 2018 using my newly acquired citizenship for 10 days to visit my brother who's currently undertaking his masters degree there. Will I face problems at immigration when I try to enter? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be bringing important documents with me (return home ticket, proof of employment, hotel reservation...etc). Will that be enough or do I need to take further steps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15919" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-10-05T09:51:27.057" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T09:51:27.057" Title="Entering the UK as a visitor, 5 years after tier 4 visa was curtailed" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-03T18:22:21.783" Score="0" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone told me recently that any country can easily link a new passport number to a previous passport issued to the same person, say when processing a visa application or something, as if there were some international system that would allow this. If it is true, it's creepy and Orwellian, but I think it is not true and that the only information a visa application service would have about anyone's travel history is the information the applicant gives them. But I'm really not at all sure about how all this travel data is actually managed and shared so I thought I'd ask.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15916" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T20:38:46.300" Title="When I get a new US passport are other countries able to discover my previous passport number and travel history?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14768" CreationDate="2018-10-03T23:22:45.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much data sharing between countries is done is unknown. The USA State Department can’t even get its computers to talk properly with the USA Department of Homeland Security, so a superdatabase that tracks everyone everywhere in the world is unimaginable at the current moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should always act and assume that they can or do know or can find out  (or will know in the future), and answer all questions put forward by an immigration officer truthfully. That’s not to say you should proffer information, just that you shouldn’t lie. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration doesn’t have to actually torture you but it’s within their capacity to detain you, hold you, question you, access your laptop and smartphone, and other things until you reveal what they want to know from you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-10-04T20:38:46.300" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T20:38:46.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14779" CreationDate="2018-10-04T11:40:46.157" Score="2" ViewCount="521" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lodged and submitted an EOI a week ago, and received an ITA the day after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, I hadn’t ECA and Professional Status(licensure) at the time I was submitting the EOI but I mistakenly said I have them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although, I am pretty sure that I can acquire both in 60 days period that I have been given to submit my application, I am worried if it is considered act of cheating or dishonesty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, Should I ignore my ITA and apply again whenever I had both ECA and licensure documents in hand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already send an email to immigration office and asked them this question, they havn’t replied yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ECA&lt;/strong&gt; : Education Credential Assessment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EOI&lt;/strong&gt; : Expression Of Interest&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ITA&lt;/strong&gt; : Invitation To Apply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastEditorUserId="15845" LastEditDate="2018-10-05T14:47:59.337" LastActivityDate="2020-02-29T13:54:03.593" Title="Should I have ECA before submitting EOI in SINP?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-04T14:54:41.670" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in The United States and I have lived in Ukraine for a long time. Well(over 2 years) I have lived here long enough to speak the language and get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like my family to meet my wife , but my wife and I don't want to move to the U.S , so I dont want to apply for immigration visa , but for just a tourist visa to visit my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I step? I heard that the embassy will try to force me to apply for immigration visa . Unfortunately , for me this is expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15924" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T20:14:48.650" Title="How to obtain B1/B2 for spouse of U.S citizen" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14767" CreationDate="2018-10-04T18:18:16.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, congratulations on recovering from what must have been a nasty set-back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think being kicked out of University and immediately leaving the UK is likely to adversely affect your entry to the UK:  firstly you actually complied with your visa conditions, and secondly they are unlikely to connect you to the curtailed visa (unless there is a question about it on the entry form - &lt;strong&gt;do not lie in your answers there&lt;/strong&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there is nothing to stop the UK Border Agency being difficult just on general principles, but I don't think you will have any &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; difficulty than anyone else from your new country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T18:18:16.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14772" CreationDate="2018-10-04T20:14:48.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US consulate will not try to &quot;force&quot; her to apply for an immigration visa. Presumably your wife does not want to immigrate to the US, so they wouldn't approve one even if she did apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife can demonstrate strong ties to Ukraine, and that she will return to Ukraine after her visit to the US, there should be no problem applying for an receiving a visitor visa. The fact that you are a US citizen may help, but no guarantees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-10-04T20:14:48.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-04T21:57:54.983" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen intending on marrying my UK citizen fiancé. However, I'm not sure whether my situation will fall under a Marriage Visitor Visit or a Fiancé Visa. I'm still a little new to this but I want to apply for a visitor visa because at the time of marriage, I will have too many investments at home and cannot stay indefinitely in the UK. However, after some time, I would like to immigrate to the UK once everything settles down. Is that possible or is this considered &quot;cheating the system&quot;? I know with a Fiancé, you show intent of settlement but again, I cannot settle immediately. Can someone please help me understand which option is best? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15927" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T11:12:17.787" Title="Marriage Visitor Visa - Eventually Settle in UK (US Citizen)" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14775" CreationDate="2018-10-05T11:12:17.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not 'cheating the system' and indeed this is one of the purpose's of a Marriage Visa (it covers a few scenarios). Just demonstrate everything you've stated here clearly and your application &lt;em&gt;should be&lt;/em&gt; relatively straightforward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T11:12:17.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14770" CreationDate="2018-10-05T18:39:03.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Immigration office has just responded, they said it is ok to send ECA and licensure to them later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T18:39:03.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14770" CreationDate="2018-10-05T19:20:02.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you will be okay. if you're confident enough that you will get both ECA and whatever license you are talking about in 60 days, you should be okay. I have seen cases where people are not able to get medical appointments and are still issued an ITA. CIC tells them to go ahead and apply even without medicals and submit the medicals when they have it. However that's a different case. I would say apply only if you are sure you will get it in 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-10-05T19:20:02.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-06T21:01:58.007" Score="1" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a B1/B2 visa and want to open a &lt;a href=&quot;http://becu.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Boeing Employee Credit Union&lt;/a&gt; (BECU) checking/savings account in Washington State. My purpose is so that I could have a checking/savings account with 0 USD maintaining balance that I could use to save some money and then spend for travel and leisure and treating relatives, whenever I visit my relatives who are US citizens in WA. I have family members who have accounts, which makes me eligible. The only thing that I’m lacking is an SSN (which I am not qualified for because I am not a US citizen or worker), or an ITIN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for ITIN to do this? Is this a bad idea? I wanted to specifically ask if having a US bank account and an ITIN will have any future ramifications to my plans of applying for H1B, or like when my current company would sponsor me for an L1B visa, or if in the future I would decide to take a masters degree in the US via F1 visa, or if in the future there would be opportunities to apply for a green card via employment based immigration. Will this pose unnecessary risk and questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastEditorUserId="6690" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:11:12.290" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:11:12.290" Title="I am on B1/B2 visa and want to open a credit union account in the US. Can I apply for ITIN to do this? Is this a bad idea?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12127" CreationDate="2018-10-07T15:10:39.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an interesting question. I am trying to find the answer to this as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the face of it, the law says (Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subject to the provisions of this&#xA;  section if any person is a citizen of Pakistan under the provisions of this Act, and is at the same&#xA;  time a citizen or national of any other country he shall, unless he makes a declaration according&#xA;  to the laws of that other country renouncing his status as citizen or national thereof, cease to be a&#xA;  citizen of Pakistan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the courts had their own interpretation of the Act. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This case in the Sindh High Court refers to Umar Ahmed Ghumman v. Government of&#xA;Pakistan (PLD 2002 Lah 521) (which I can't seem to get a hold of). This is before the Federal Government included USA in the allowed list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The petitioner in that case was admittedly a dual&#xA;  citizen of Pakistan and USA and was aggrieved of a two-fold finding of&#xA;  the Election Commission of Pakistan against him, viz. (a) that by&#xA;  virtue of section 14(1) of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, he had&#xA;  ceased to be a Pakistani citizen; and (b) that by virtue of Article&#xA;  63(1)(c) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973,&#xA;  he was disqualified from contesting election to Parliament. After a very&#xA;  informative discourse on the concepts of citizenship, nationality and&#xA;  dual nationality, the Court held essentially that section 14 when read&#xA;  with section 14-A of the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, shows that the&#xA;  disqualification in section 14(1) of the said Act is not automatic but&#xA;  comes into play only when the competent authority of the other&#xA;  country requires the Pakistani citizen to renounce his Pakistani&#xA;  citizenship as a condition to the grant of nationality of that other&#xA;  country, or where the Pakistani citizen voluntary renounces his&#xA;  Pakistani citizenship to acquire another citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a citizen of Pakistan was allowed to have a second citizenship of any other country that does not require him/her to renounce his Pakistani citizenship, why is there a need for bilateral agreements that allow this with (now) 19 countries? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12088" LastEditorUserId="12088" LastEditDate="2018-10-07T15:16:56.363" LastActivityDate="2018-10-07T15:16:56.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-07T16:51:33.000" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that married persons X and Y are moving to Germany.  They will share a &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt; (primary residence) in city A, but X will additionally occupy a &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt; (secondary residence) in city B because X has a job at the other end of the country.  So far so good: both will register as &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt; in city A, and X will additionally register as &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt; in city B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, due to timing reasons, X is moving to Germany before Y does, and will live primarily in what will be the &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt; for the first 6 weeks or so.  Can X register their residency in city B as &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; X and Y together register their residency in city A as &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt;?  Or must X initially register residency as city B as &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt;, and then re-register in city B as &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt; as soon as Y moves to Germany and both partners register together in city A as &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnnung&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The registration form (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.offenbach.de/vv/Anmeldung.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;example from Offenbach&lt;/a&gt;, but I expect it's the same elsewhere) appears not to ask people registering a &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt;, what their &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt; is, although it does ask for address details for the Ehegatte (partner).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-11-24T21:36:55.897" Title="Can I register a Nebenwohnung before I have a Hauptwohnung?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14791" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14793" CreationDate="2018-10-08T19:11:16.477" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I study in the US for a few years, and, during the course of my studies, obtain an SSN. Later, I go elsewhere for a few years, but then I decide to come back to the US to, say, take up a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I get a new SSN, or do I keep my SSN for lifetime like US citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11437" LastActivityDate="2018-10-08T20:38:57.053" Title="What will happen to my SSN if I leave the US and then move back on a different visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14791" CreationDate="2018-10-08T20:38:57.053" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your Social Security Number (SSN), once issued, stays with you for life, regardless of later changes in your status, and regardless of whether you are in the US or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-10-08T20:38:57.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-09T12:32:05.593" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non European currently studying in Germany and have a residence permit here. I want to do an internship in Switzerland for 3 months. Do I need to apply for a Swiss visa or is the German residence permit sufficient?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11361" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-09T14:57:15.480" LastActivityDate="2018-10-09T17:29:36.667" Title="Visa for 3-month internship in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-09T14:17:37.480" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student and have been offered to join as a postdoctoral fellow (University Lecturer - 242111) at Australian National University. While applying for the medium stream temporary visitor visa subclass 482, I came accross the following question under the section 'Skills assessment'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Type of skills assessment: (with five options)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;457/TSS Skills assessment: TRA&#xA;&#xA;Other trades recognition Australian skills assessment&#xA;&#xA;Meat industry training advisory council assessment&#xA;&#xA;Skills assessment for migration -General Occupations- VETASSESS&#xA;&#xA;Other&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is mandatory and there are follow up questions (Name, Date, Identification Number) once I select a particular option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if more information is required from my side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15086" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T07:06:08.927" Title="Skills assessment for Australian visa: Medium stream temporary visitor visa subclass 482" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-09T16:29:43.730" Score="2" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;My car is leased in Italy and I would like to bring it to the UK, but I can't register it there since I am not the owner of the car and the leasing company won't allow me to change the plates. Can I drive it without having to register it if I am resident in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15942" LastActivityDate="2018-10-09T16:29:43.730" Title="Can I drive a car in the UK if it's leased in Italy and I am resident in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14798" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14808" CreationDate="2018-10-09T17:11:33.050" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider the situation in &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/14787/6&quot;&gt;Can I register a Nebenwohnung before I have a Hauptwohnung?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Suppose that married persons X and Y are moving to Germany. They will share a Hauptwohnung (primary residence) in city A, but X will additionally occupy a Nebenwohnung (secondary residence) in city B because X has a job at the other end of the country. So far so good: both will register as Hauptwohnung in city A, and X will additionally register as Nebenwohnung in city B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard that under certain circumstances, they might be able to deduct (some of the) costs for the Nebenwohnung that X occupies several days per week, from income tax — and perhaps the travel costs, too.   For example, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wohnung.com/ratgeber/274/haupt-und-nebenwohnsitz-rechtliche-regelungen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Haupt- und Nebenwohnsitz: Rechtlichte Regelungen&lt;/a&gt;, which states, among other things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wird der Zweitswohnsitz nur aus berüflichen Gründen genutzt, besteht die Möglichkeit, die doppelte Haushaltsführung steuerlich geltend zu machen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wer steuerlich befreit werden will, muss mindestens 10% der Steuern, die auf den Hauptwohnsitz fallen, selbst bezahlen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear to me what those conditions mean in practice.  I'm not familiar with German legalese.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they say &lt;em&gt;aus berüflichen Grunden&lt;/em&gt;, would that include that the second job is simply too far away, or does it mean for business purposes only?  I read something about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.billomat.com/magazin/zweitwohnsitz-steuerlich-absetzen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Betriebsausgabe vs. Werbungskosten&lt;/a&gt; but it's not clear to me if it can be deducted in either case or only if it counts as a Betriebsausgabe.  In our case it wouldn't, because X and Y are both employees (both are Beambte, in case it matters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And on the payment of the taxes for the Hauptwohnsitz.  Are they talking about real estate taxes?  Does that imply X and Y must &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; the Hauptwohnung in city A, or do tenants pay those taxes themselves too and would this condition not pose any problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is useful to know this in advance, for it may be financially more advantageous to have a single shared primary residence together where only one person travels back and forth weekly, compared to a more symmetric situation where both travel back and forth fortnightly, as we did in the past in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T16:36:59.230" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:36:59.230" Title="Moving to Germany to take up two jobs, but will need two homes. I've heard the costs for the second home may be tax-deductible. Under what conditions?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14794" CreationDate="2018-10-09T17:29:36.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iaeste.ch/swiss-employers/student-placement/visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unless you are from Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, or Malaysia you will need a visa&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The visa will be transferred to a Swiss embassy in the country of residence of the trainee and needs to be picked up there. Entering Switzerland for working purposes without a valid visa is not permitted and a visa cannot be obtained in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your German visa authorizes you to travel to other Schengen states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, but it doesn't authorize you to work in other Schengen states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-09T17:29:36.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-09T22:15:29.220" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to immigrate under EB3 visa (employment-based green card), and I'm applying for some unsecured credit cards (&lt;a href=&quot;http://creditstacks.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CreditStacks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://advancial.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Advancial&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americanexpress.com/global-card-transfers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;American Express Global Card Transfers&lt;/a&gt; - but I also accept other suggestions if any).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/fico-score-type-credit-loan-mix-1270.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that a good diversity (credit mix) will help improve my score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that I can get one unsecured card, &lt;strong&gt;does it still make sense to also get a secured card&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it help my credit-score if I get 2 unsecured cards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, for getting a good mortgage rate in the future, &lt;strong&gt;should my spouse also worry about building her own credit score&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14242" LastEditorUserId="14242" LastEditDate="2018-10-10T00:52:00.807" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T00:52:00.807" Title="US Credit Building strategy: Have both an Unsecured and a Secured Credit Card?" Tags="&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T00:03:16.000" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a EU citizen. I'm currently living in london  and I'm looking to marry my partner  who's a non EU citizen and he's living in the UK with his parents and my partner is dependent  on his moms visa. But at the same time their visa is on pending.   Since I am an EU citizen  is there anyway that if I marry him he will be able to stay with me or either apply for  EU passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15947" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T00:45:24.257" Title="Marrying non EU citizen" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14800" CreationDate="2018-10-10T00:14:33.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you are referring to credit cards in the US. Some US banks are notorious for making it tricky to pay on time, which allows them to charge high fees, and also harms your credit rating. Credit unions are owned by their members and have a good reputation for low fees and convenient policies. You're new employer may have its own; otherwise there will be credit unions in the community. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ncua.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ncua.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T00:14:33.757" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14802" CreationDate="2018-10-10T00:45:24.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;He probably won't be able to apply for an EU passport, but that will depend on your country of citizenship.  Italy, for example, has an accelerated naturalization procedure for spouses of Italian citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He will, however, be eligible to stay with you in the UK under the EU freedom of movement regime if you are married before the UK leaves the EU, and probably also under the new system that will replace it if you marry afterward.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Settled and pre-settled status for EU citizens and their families&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T00:45:24.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T07:39:35.900" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please how many days can I be allowed to stay in china after my resident permit expires, can I stay 5 more days &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15950" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-06-10T11:51:24.333" LastActivityDate="2021-04-30T17:03:45.500" Title="China Permanent residence expiration" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14806" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T09:49:52.430" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question guys, you know in germany they work with hours, and when you are working in a company as a tools producer, you know they work with time on the register paper you stap into computer before and after finishing the work. My question is, if it’s 8hours someone work a day and when the stap-papers says that this job have to be completed by 20hours but the worker finish that same job for 8hour, what will be the worker  payment? Is it 8hours payment, which is the 8 hours of working per day or 20hours payment that is written on the job the worker just finished?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15949" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T13:07:32.167" Title="How does hourly job, works in germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14806" CreationDate="2018-10-10T09:54:30.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you work in a company and you have a contract for X hours you get paid for X hours.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Using some form of time registration is just for checking that your actually work your X hours. Or companies may have a more detailed system where your say &lt;em&gt;I worked A hours on project P, and B hours on project Q&lt;/em&gt; - then it is for internally tracking how much time was spent on the different projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you work hard/good enough is something completely different - your superiors (or colleagues) will let you know. Your boss may say &lt;em&gt;You have to finish this in Y days&lt;/em&gt;, but you still get paid according to your contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-10-11T13:07:32.167" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T13:07:32.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14798" CreationDate="2018-10-10T10:42:56.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The second job being &quot;too far away&quot; is enough.  My &lt;em&gt;Nebenwohnung&lt;/em&gt; in Zürich is only 80 km from my &lt;em&gt;Hauptwohnung&lt;/em&gt; in Germany, and the rent is entirely tax-deductible in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what the 10% rule is about, but I &lt;em&gt;strongly&lt;/em&gt; suggest you get a tax adviser (&lt;em&gt;Steuerberater(in)&lt;/em&gt;).  The UK income tax system is relatively straight-forward.  Doing it yourself is entirely practical.  In contrast, the German tax system is very complex.  I had an acquaintance who (among other things) had held a job advising companies on international VAT regulations (so she wasn't afraid of bureaucracy); she was a native German speaker; she had started the training to become a tax advisor.  She didn't do it herself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It costs us a few hundred euros each year (tax deductible of course), and it is based on your (family) income.  If you can't get recommendations from your new employer, ours is a member of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vlh.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VLH&lt;/a&gt;, and there will be a member near you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T10:42:56.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T12:07:30.917" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;When applying for a UK Ancestral Visa on Visa4UK it comes up with Visa type and I select Settlement -  what should then be selected under Visa Sub type?&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Fp7a.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15952" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T12:07:30.917" Title="Ancestral visa application" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T14:35:59.680" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm preparing my request for a job seeking visa, and as the email of the embassy state :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7.Deutscher Hochschulabschluss oder anerkannter ausländischer, einem deutschen vergleichbarer Hochschulabschluss&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Master degree from a university that is referenced in the Anabin database as H+, now I'm wondering if I should request a paid equivalence for my specific Master degree? There are over 20 branches at the university and only 4 are listed in the sub list (A4).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15953" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T14:35:59.680" Title="German Job seeking visa, Should I request a Diploma recognition?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14812" CreationDate="2018-10-10T18:07:02.050" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;In some countries, national civil service employment has nationality restrictions.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In Germany, the civil servant must be German or be an EU national (&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamter_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).  However, someone told me that in the recent past, only German nationals could be civil servants.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the United Kingdom (pre-Brexit), civil servants must have the nationality of the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey, a Commonwealth State, or a EEA state (&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536134/civil_service-nationality_rules_20_june__2016.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In Belgium, the national civil service is open to Belgians, EEA nationals, or Swiss nationals (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.selor.be/DataSelor/otherpdf/AboutSelor/Werken_bij_de_overheid.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a general EU rule that implicitly or explicitly means that any EU national is eligible to work for (most) jobs in the national civil service of other EU countries?  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/news/heywood-moves-reassure-eu-national-civil-servants-employment-eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; which states that EU national civil servants will not lose their right to work as UK civil servants post-Brexit appears to imply that this right is currently derived from their EU nationality, but does not expilictly say so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that some particular roles, such as spy or soldier or President, may have specific nationality requirements, but in this question I'm interested in the general case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T18:49:09.130" Title="Can EU countries limit national civil service jobs to national citizens, or do any EU citizens have a right to work in any EU national civil service?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14811" CreationDate="2018-10-10T18:49:09.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they can.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:02016ME/TXT-20160901&amp;amp;qid=1539196733667&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;latest consolidated version of the TEU and TFEU&lt;/a&gt;, Article 45(4) TFEU (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TITLE IV&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CHAPTER 1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;WORKERS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 45&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ex Article 39 TEC) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Freedom of movement for workers shall be secured within the Union.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Such freedom of movement shall entail the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It shall entail the right, subject to limitations justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) to accept offers of employment actually made;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) to move freely within the territory of Member States for this purpose;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) to stay in a Member State for the purpose of employment in accordance with the provisions governing the employment of nationals of that State laid down by law, regulation or administrative action;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State, subject to conditions which shall be embodied in regulations to be drawn up by the Commission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The provisions of this Article shall not apply to employment in the public service.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T18:49:09.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T19:56:48.700" Score="2" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR - In what order, and how, can an American moving to Germany get the necessary work and residency permits to (a) ship in his belongings via a moving company and (b) legally begin working? I already have the job (signed &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a U.S. citizen &amp;amp; resident, and have worked for 2 1/2 years for a U.S. subsidiary of a German company. I've accepted an offer from that company to move to Germany in January and work there. My wife and two children will be moving with me. I have a rough plan in mind, but am quite confused about how to implement the plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some key points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I already have a signed job offer / work contract (&lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;) starting the first week of January 2019.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I already have a signed apartment rental contract (&lt;em&gt;Mietvertrag&lt;/em&gt;) starting 1 December 2018 (the landlord knows we won't actually arrive until January).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I meet all requirements for the EU Blue Card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the challenges I face:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The moving company has informed us that we need a residency permit (or blue card) &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; a temporary work permit and a copy of an application for a residency permit/card in order for our belongings to clear customs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I believe I can't actually begin working at the German office until I have at least a temporary work permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My nearest German Consulate in the U.S. (Chicago) doesn't have &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; available appointments in their calendar for the next 2 months. Even if they did, I understand it can take 3 months or more to receive the blue card and that you have to surrender your passport, which would mean we can't go to Germany in January.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can't get an address registration (&lt;em&gt;Anmeldebestätigung&lt;/em&gt;) until we actually arrive in Germany because the landlord must sign a form (&lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt;) stating that we live there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I understand it can take &lt;em&gt;several weeks&lt;/em&gt; to get an appointment at an Ausländerbehörde, and we can't even make the appointment until we have the Anmeldebestätigung (we tried, in person during our last trip, and they refused).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can anyone recommend the best way to proceed? One solution could be to ship our belongings and immediately travel to Germany, drop off a suitcase in our apartment, get the landlord to sign the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, run to the Bürgeramt and get the Anmeldebestätigung, and then go to the Ausländerbehörde and beg to get a temporary work permit until we can straighten out the Blue Card. But I've extremely concerned that all these steps will take so long that I'll be (a) stuck with my belongings in customs limbo because I can't provide the appropriate permits and (b) stuck in Germany with no belongings and no legal right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although my employer is a medium sized and stable international company, they have very little experience bringing foreign employees to Germany and have not been able to help with these questions. That said, they have been extremely helpful and are willing to provide anything I might need to expedite the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I hire a visa services company to do all this for me, for a (probably large) fee?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I fly to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. and get this done quicker?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would a letter of urgency from my German employer help speed things along? Who should I show it to?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other ideas?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15955" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T10:00:50.077" Title="How can an American moving to Germany get necessary work and residency permits? Already have job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-10T23:03:15.617" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently work as a freelancer in France, and I plan to move to Australia. I intend to continue to work for my clients (who are based in Europe), but only for a few months as I will ultimately look for a role within a company. So my question is: can I continue to work as a freelancer with my French status for 5-6 months (while living in Australia), or do I need to register as a freelancer in Australia (which means the contracts I have need to be updated)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: visa is not an issue; I am on a partner visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15957" LastActivityDate="2018-10-10T23:03:15.617" Title="French freelancer moving to Australia" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-11T10:03:53.473" Score="1" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Serbia and I overstayed in Malta, I spent 5,5 months there eventhough I am allowed 90 days. They deported me back to my country and the only paper I have got so far is the paper for deportation. I want to know if I have an entry ban, is it for Malta only or for all of the EU countries and for how long is it. After all, my wish is to go  back to Malta this year.. If it's possible in any way. Any help is welcome. Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15961" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T12:14:37.090" Title="How can I legally enter EU countries ? How do I cancel my entry ban?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14815" CreationDate="2018-10-11T10:28:29.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a good example for the Netherlands that might give some idea of how other EU countries such as Malta might approach this - though I believe each country sets their own rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/entry-ban-return-decision-and-pronouncement-of-undesirability.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entry ban, return decision and pronouncement of undesirability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An entry ban prevents you from travelling to ... other EU/EEA countries and Switzerland. You are not allowed to be in these countries either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can get an entry ban in the following situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your visa or residence permit is no longer valid. You did not leave the country in time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the consequences of an entry ban?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1 year: in case of an overstay of more than 3 days and up to 90 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;2 years: the standard length (for example in case of an overstay of more than 90 days).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;3 years: in case of a prison sentence of less than 6 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;20 years: issues of public order and national security.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lifting the entry ban&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can request in writing to have the entry ban lifted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an entry ban, you should have been informed of this when you were deported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&amp;amp;itemid=11637&amp;amp;l=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maltese legislation&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;(1)&#xA;  The  Principal  Immigration  Officer  shall  issue  a  return&#xA;  decision accompanied by an entry ban where:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (a)   no period for voluntary departure is granted; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (b) the obligation to return is not complied with within the&#xA;  period  for  voluntary  departure  granted  in  accordance&#xA;  with regulation 4; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (c)    there   is   a   serious   threat   to   public   policy,   public&#xA;  security or national security; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (d)   the Principal Immigration &#xA;  Officer may deem necessary&#xA;  in the circumstances.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2)&#xA;  Return  decisions  may  be  accompanied  by  an  entry  ban  in&#xA;  other cases including those mentioned in regulation 3(5).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3)&#xA;  An entry ban shall be executed on the third country national&#xA;  leaving the Schengen area from Malta and &lt;strong&gt;information on such&#xA;  entry ban shall be provided to him in a language that he may&#xA;  reasonably be supposed to understand&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (4)&#xA;  The  length  of  the  entry  ban  shall  be  determined  subject  to&#xA;  all relevant circumstances of the case concerned and shall not&#xA;  exceed five years:&#xA;  Provided  that  such  entry  ban&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  may  exceed  five  years  if  the&#xA;  third-country national represents a serious threat to public policy,&#xA;  public security or national security&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(my emphasis)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8420" LastEditorUserId="8420" LastEditDate="2018-10-11T10:35:59.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T10:35:59.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-11T20:36:01.963" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Mexican and I'm on vacation in the U.S, I entered the country with my B2 visa, and while I was here I was contacted for a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My potential employer has started the process to request a TN visa, however, they would like me to start work on early November, and I was not set to leave the U.S until mid-November (I already have my plane tickets), I'd like to know if there is a way for my visa request/interview to happen within the country, or a way for my employer to request the status change, so I don't have to leave early for the interview in the consulate, then come back in a rush, since I'd have virtually no time to find a place to live for the duration of the job, and it would be pretty difficult and expensive to find flights on such short notice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15965" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T22:03:53.383" Title="As a Mexican, can I change from B2 tourist visa status to TN visa status without leaving the US?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14818" CreationDate="2018-10-11T20:40:37.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/visit-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status-category/change-my-nonimmigrant-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change nonimmigrant status&lt;/a&gt; without leaving the US.  The current application fee is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-539&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;$370&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are successful, you will not receive a TN visa, however, so the next time you're outside the US, you'll need to pay another &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/visas-canadian-mexican-nafta-professional-workers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;$160&lt;/a&gt; for a visa before you can re-enter the US in TN status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem is that change of status applications can take months to process, and as I understand it you won't actually be allowed to work until the application is approved.  So an early November start date seems ambitious.  If you cannot postpone the start date, you may want to return to Mexico immediately to apply for a visa.  The wait time for an appointment in Mexico City, for example, for categories other than visitors and students, is currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T20:40:37.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14818" CreationDate="2018-10-11T22:03:53.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's possible to apply for a Change of Status (change from one nonimmigrant status to another within the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing into or extending a work status like E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1C, H-1B, H-1B1, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, L-1, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-2, P-3, Q-1, R-1, or TN, can only be done by the employer filing I-129, rather than you filing I-539 (which is the way to change into or extend other nonimmigrant statuses). In the case of H-1b, L-1, O-1, etc., the employer needed to file I-129 to petition for you anyway (regardless of whether you are doing Change of Status in the US or a visa abroad), so they don't need to do any extra work to also request a Change of Status or Extension of Status. But in the case of TN, a petition is normally not needed -- you normally only need an employer offer letter to gain entry into TN status (for Canadians) or to get a TN visa (for Mexicans). But in the case where you want to do Change of Status into TN or Extension of Status for TN inside the US, the employer has to do the extra work of filing I-129 (with a $460 fee). If the employer is not willing to file I-129, your only option is to get a TN visa abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what you mean by &quot;My potential employer has started the process to request a TN visa&quot;. If you mean that they have filed I-129, then they should have also requested a Change of Status on it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as phoog mentioned, if you leave the US, you will need to get a TN visa to return to the US anyway. Status is only for a particular stay; you need a visa to enter the US. And as phoog also mentioned, Change of Status takes several months, so it is unlikely for you to be approved by November if your employer files around now. It is much faster to leave and get a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T22:03:53.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-11T23:08:41.373" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I please get clarity why Swedish Immigration would not extend a residency permit while waiting for a residency card? Leaving one without any legal residency documentation for 15 months. I am an EU spouse and have no legal document (permit) to travel within the EU while waiting for the residency card. If I want to leave the country I can only re-enter after 2 months on a visa. How do I appeal this process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15968" LastActivityDate="2018-10-11T23:08:41.373" Title="While waiting for a Swedish residency card I am not allowed to travel in the EU/Schengen zone" Tags="&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-12-06T10:03:21.620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14846" CreationDate="2018-10-13T01:36:11.483" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;AIG has this program targeted at new immigrants to the US, especially those who don't have any credit history. With a sign up fee of 440$, it's supposed to help us to get unsecured credit card, mortgage, car insurance (at decent price), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm having trouble deciding whether to opt for this program. What,  What are the alternatives? Can I &quot;build credit history&quot; through other means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how much of a credit history (e.g. in terms of months) would I gain by starting US life with an unsecured card instead of prepaid cards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14242" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T15:24:56.137" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T15:24:56.137" Title="AIG Global Expatriate Assistance program" Tags="&lt;credit-history&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14823" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-13T14:03:54.233" Score="3" ViewCount="554" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have question about visas and working in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is going to study in Canada for a year or two so our 2 children and I are going with her as so-called &quot;dependents&quot; on her visa. We currently live in Japan, and I work remotely for a Swedish company as a software developer. I was wondering if it's possible to continue working on my current job, and if so, what the best way to do that is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/what-is-work.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This link&lt;/a&gt; (which if I understand correctly is the official authority on immigration) says, on the subject of what isn't considered work, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;long distance (by telephone or Internet) work done by a temporary resident whose employer is outside Canada and who is remunerated from outside Canada;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.. which I take as &quot;as long as you get paid to a non-Canadian bank account it's fine since it won't be considered work&quot;. But I don't know for sure that my assumptions about Canadian immigration law are correct and it would be nice if there is somewhere I can get an official and unequivocal answer to this instead of later finding out I'm in legal trouble. I also don't know if &quot;funneling&quot; my salary through a non-Canadian bank account into a Canadian one is considered perfectly legal, or if going about it this way will close any doors when it comes to getting another visa in the future - I'd rather pay taxes in Canada and get paid into a Canadian bank account since that will be cheaper, more convenient and feel more reasonable but that seems to be a dealbreaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there somewhere I can get a confirmation that this is a valid approach? (or does anyone know a reason why it wouldn't be?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14784" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T17:30:00.563" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T17:30:00.563" Title="Working remotely for a foreign company in Canada as a dependent of a student" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14838" CreationDate="2018-10-14T21:56:57.127" Score="0" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen, I &lt;s&gt;have the right&lt;/s&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Willkommen/DeutschLernen/Integrationskurse/TeilnahmeKosten/EUBuerger/eubuerger-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;may apply for admission to&lt;/a&gt; but do not have the obligation to do an &lt;em&gt;Integrationskurs&lt;/em&gt; (integration course) in Germany, after I will move there.  Apparently, the language component ends with level B1 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/DE/Willkommen/DeutschLernen/Integrationskurse/InhaltAblauf/inhaltablauf-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to BAMF&lt;/a&gt;).  I strongly suspect I already have level B1 (5 years of German in school in The Netherlands and 6 months living in Germany in 2007), but I have no evidence of any particular CEFR classification.  Likewise, I think I will be able to learn the cultural/societal party pretty quickly in self-study as I will be an immigrant from a relatively similar culture, although the &lt;em&gt;Leben in Deutschland&lt;/em&gt; course may be useful in other aspects (I don't know what it contains, but I when I lived in Sweden a course that may be similar had some bits that were more useful than I expected).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I will want to do the &lt;em&gt;Einstufungstest&lt;/em&gt; (which would likely tell me I need a more advanced German course than B1) or the final exams (&lt;em&gt;Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Leben in Deutschland&lt;/em&gt;), will I still need to do the application for the &lt;em&gt;Antrag auf Zulassung zu einem Integrationskurs&lt;/em&gt;, or is the latter only necessary if I will want to actually follow such a course?  It may be useful to do the &lt;em&gt;Einstufungstest&lt;/em&gt; to gauge my level, and the ones that belong to the &lt;em&gt;Integrationskurs&lt;/em&gt; are more widely available than the ones from, for example, the Goethe-Institut.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T00:28:44.887" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T00:28:44.887" Title="Do I need an &quot;Antrag auf Zulassung zu einem Integrationskurs&quot; to do an Einstufungstest or the Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-15T04:51:51.003" Score="1" ViewCount="378" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a lot of conflicting information regarding this on StackExchange and other websites together and I'd like to know if anyone knew anything definite about this. I am from the United States of America and I plan on visiting my partner in Scotland in January or February - my partner has thrown around the idea of proposal before in the past and is now very much talking about it, to the point where I'm making this post. I am more than happy to live in the United Kingdom as my partner has an established work life and I am floating around seasonal work in my life here in the United States. My living situation in the United States is not of the most positive with a lot of stress due to family and a blatant disregard for me as a human because of my LGBT identity. If he were to pop the question, would I be able to elevate my standard visitors visa to a fiancee visa assuming he/we could provide all the necessary documents? (on-track to earn 19,500 with 6 months+ of payslips to prove, facebook messages, facebook friend data &quot;became friends with _____ nearly 6 years ago&quot;, discord messages, photographs of us together in various clean situations as he's visited me in the United States as I've visited him in the United Kingdom previously and a secondary account of our relationship by both a UK national and US national, lives in a private rental with...two cats, if that's relevant at all but I don't want the home office to believe they're being intentionally misled at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've attempted to do my own research and I've hit a few walls -  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/82100/switching-from-uk-tourist-visa-to-fianc%C3%A9-visa&quot;&gt;this question, posted on StackExchange a year and then some ago resolved with the original poster saying that it's &quot;totally fine&quot; - I've reached out to them personally but with no response.&lt;/a&gt; and then I found this question - again posted on StackExchange where &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/79358/uk-marriage-visitor-visa-mvv-refusal-and-subsequent-fresh-application&quot;&gt;this person, was sadly denied a marriage visitor visa and in the answer states that the only visa possible in-country to switch to is the fiance visa&lt;/a&gt;, but in the same light, I've found posts saying that the fiancee visa must be applied to outside of the country regardless of circumstance. I'm a bit of the worried type and I'd like to be able to plan ahead to whatever happens, especially when it comes to something like this. If this is possible, that's wonderful! I'm really glad. If not - I'll leave the country at the end of my visit and apply for a fiance visa abroad while staying at a friends flat; or maybe I'm reading sub-text that isn't there and he's not going to propose to me at all. :P &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, thank you all for any help that you can give me. I really do appreciate it no matter what you have to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that I do plan on staying with him for the entire duration of the standard visitors visa of 6 months - I understand that my best chances of being approved for this is that I be completely forthright with the home office officer(? term is wrong ?) I was a student that was studying constantly for two years straight before realizing that I didn't want to be doing that, basically, cue the very-early-life crisis. I ended up going to Scotland to finally meet my long-time boyfriend while he continued to be closeted to his family and friends but only for a weeks time initially - he quit work as he realized he was unhappy with it and came to visit me for a month, after that, I visited him for a month and a half over the holidays, after that, he visited me in the states for two months before finally visiting him for 3 months - last having left the United Kingdom in August of 2018. We both began working again after dealing with some mental health issues, him under the NHS and me under....capitalism - I guess. If I told the officer this information, along with information regarding financial status and that fun stuff - what are my chances of being approved for the full 6-months? I would be looking into purchasing a return flight 6 months after my initial flight but I don't know if they're even listed that far ahead and that's something the officers generally wanted to see the most from me when I went previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15982" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:44:25.280" Title="Can I convert the UK Standard-Visitor Visa to a Fiancee Visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-15T09:41:52.347" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a wife of a EU . My 5 years card will expire in a month. Do I have to apply for resident card or am allowed permanent resident  and which website should I get the application from.  Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15985" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:11:02.277" Title="Permanent permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14836" CreationDate="2018-10-15T11:43:46.407" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a greencard winner(diversity visa 2018) family father, all members got visas but 6 months time is over for my family members except me.&#xA;Let me explain details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I bought fly tickets to all of us. I entered in July 2018. and planned family members to enter 2 months later (6th September 2018)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To find a Job and arrange a home, I flew and entered alone to San Francisco and stayed 2 months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I flew back 1 month ago and faced some economical and mom's healthy problems. My plans went wrong and 6 month time is out 10 days ago. (first entering within 6 months allowance is ended)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two 2 qquestions for now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;1- For me and my family members, Can I extend the time by getting Healthy tests report and re-applying for an appointment to local US consular ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;2- If not,Can I re-enter to US without my family and withot greencard in my hand? (My Greencard is delivered. but for some reasons of my friend I forgot to take it from him. and phoned him to send it me via mail. he said he may able to mail the My Greencard to me. so I am able show it to Border Officers. Or passport is enough ?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15986" LastEditorUserId="15986" LastEditDate="2018-10-15T12:32:51.157" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:50:05.483" Title="Can a US greencard winner re-enter alone or can extend of family members visa enter time after 6 month is over?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-14T22:38:31.120" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-eu citizen and my girlfriend is an eu citizen. We both came to Sweden last month and now we are planning to get married in Sweden. How do I get a resident permit? We already got the marriage license from the tax office. I am illegal in Sweden; can I apply for the resident permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="David andre" LastEditorUserId="6771" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T20:05:58.080" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T20:05:58.080" Title="If I marry an EU citizen in Sweden, how can I get a resident permit?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14829" CreationDate="2018-10-15T15:11:02.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to apply for resident card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card/Permanent residence card&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Y]ou do not need a permanent residence card to confirm your residence status in the UK unless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re an extended family member of someone from the European Economic Area or Switzerland and are yourself not an EEA or Swiss national&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you want to apply for British citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you want to sponsor your partner’s visa application under the Immigration Rules&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first and last points do not apply to you, but the second point might.  If it does not, however, you might prefer wait until next March when you will be able to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settled status&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, having a permanent resident card might make your life easier, for example if you need to be able to prove your right to work in the UK or if you travel outside the UK and want to be able to return easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current plan is for residence cards to remain valid until December 31, 2020; settled status will be valid indefinitely.  The window for settled status applications will be between March 2019 and 30 June 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[W]hich website should I get the application from?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a link at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card/Apply&lt;/a&gt; pointing you to an online application that you can use only if your spouse includes you in an application for a permanent residence card.  Otherwise, you can download the paper application form from that page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:11:02.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14828" CreationDate="2018-10-15T15:44:25.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that you may have been confused about the names and conditions of the visas available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa referred to in both of the questions you have linked is the Marriage Visitor Visa. This visa is for people who wish to come to the UK to get married &lt;strong&gt;and then leave&lt;/strong&gt; (hence the use of the word &quot;visitor&quot;). This visa is not suitable for people who intend to live in the UK after getting married. Hence, I don't think that it is suitable for you. You would need to prove to the entry clearance officer that you would leave the UK after getting married, which involves proving your ties to another country. In your case, your stated intention to settle in the UK, and lack of steady work in the USA will likely lead to a denial (as in the second question you linked to). You &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; apply for a marriage visitor visa when in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;fiancé(e) visa&quot; is a six month family visa which you can apply for as the future spouse of someone settled in the UK, when you intend to get married in the UK, and subsequently settle. Once married, you can apply for a 2.5 year family visa from within the UK. This is a settlement visa, meaning that it is for people who intend to live in the UK. I believe that you fall into this category. You &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; apply for a family visa when in the UK on a visitor visa (or under visa waiver).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, &lt;strong&gt;the answer to the question in the title is &quot;no&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. You will need to leave the UK and then return in order to get married, if you arrive under either the visa waiver programme, or on a standard visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something that is not clear in your question is, for your initial visit, whether you intend to apply for a standard visitor visa, or whether you will come to the UK without a visa, as is usual for US citizens. In either case, you will need to prove to the entry clearance officer and/or immigration officer, that you intend to return to the USA. As I noted, you may have trouble with this, since you have irregular work, and you are in a relationship with a British resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compounding this, you intend to stay for six months. This can lead the officer to suspect that you are making the UK your home, which is problematic for a visitor. The biggest problem is that you have already spent three months in the UK within the last twelve months. There is no strict rule, but spending nine out of twelve months in the UK surely goes beyond what would be expected of a visitor, and if you propose this itinerary, you can expect to be refused a visa, or rejected at the border. Buying a return flight is not helpful in this regard, since it's very easy to cancel or miss a flight. The Home Office advise applicants &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to make firm bookings before receiving their visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:44:25.280" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14831" CreationDate="2018-10-15T15:50:05.483" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1- For me and my family members, Can I extend the time by getting&#xA;  Healthy tests report and re-applying for an appointment to local US&#xA;  consular ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally derivative beneficiaries can &quot;follow to join&quot; the principal beneficiary at any time after the principal immigrates, as long as a visa number is still available for the principal beneficiary's priority date and category, and the principal beneficiary is still a permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;, Diversity Visa immigrant visas (principal or derivative) can only be issued until the end of the fiscal year. Fiscal year 2018 was from October 2017 to September 2018, so it has already ended. So your derivative beneficiaries who did not immigrate can no longer get immigrant visas as your derivative beneficiaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can separately petition them to immigrate under family-based immigration immediately at any time (even if you haven't gotten your physical green card yet). Spouses and unmarried under-21 children of a permanent resident is in the F2A category, with about a 2-year wait for visa numbers. You would start by filing I-130, and use either your green card, or your immigrant visa stamped upon entry, as evidence of your permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2- If not,Can I re-enter to US without my family and withot greencard&#xA;  in my hand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, when you entered the US with your immigrant visa, it ceased to be an immigrant visa and automatically turned into an I-551 (equivalent to a green card, which is also an I-551) valid for one year from the date of entry. The immigrant visa has text on it that says &quot;upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for 1 year&quot; (the &quot;endorsement&quot; is the entry stamp you got when you entered with it). So you can just use your passport with your immigrant-visa-turned-I-551 on it for entry up until July 2019. The &quot;expiration date&quot; of the original immigrant visa is irrelevant, as the immigrant visa is void anyway (immigrant visas are single-use); it's the I-551 that that immigrant visa has turned into that allows you to enter, and that I-551 is valid until July 2019 (one year from your date of entry).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T15:50:05.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-15T17:23:30.273" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am citizen of Turkey and working in Northern Cyprus. I want to apply for Green Card. How should i mention my country of residence? Should it be Turkey or Cyprus?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15991" LastActivityDate="2018-10-16T12:51:40.910" Title="Green Card Application in Northern Cyprus" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;turkey&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14826" CreationDate="2018-10-15T18:03:55.067" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The BAMF website doesn't seem to discuss the possibility at all, and talks about the exams exclusively as &lt;em&gt;Abschlussprüfungen&lt;/em&gt; (i.e. course completion tests). But it does appear to be possible to take the language test (Deutschtest für Zuwanderer) without attending an Integrationskurs. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vhs-sprachpruefungen.de/Pr%C3%BCfungen/Modul.aspx?ModulID=57&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website for language tests at the Volkshochschule in Bavaria&lt;/a&gt; states that the exam is free for anybody attending the Integrationskurs, and gives prices (up to €160) for those who are not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bf-bonn.de/index.php/de/kursangebote/fremdsprache-deutsch/tests-und-pruefungen/event/35-deutsch-tests-und-pruefungen/445-18b-101-13-deutsch-test-fuer-zuwanderer-a2-b1-am-26-10-2018-und-27-10-2018&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This school in Bonn&lt;/a&gt; states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Auch Externe - also Teilnehmende, die keinen Sprachkurs/Integrationskurs besucht haben - können diese Prüfung ablegen, in diesem Fall müssen sie die Prüfungsgebühr selbst übernehmen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(free translation: &quot;External candidates - that is, participants who have not attended a language or integration course - can also take this exam, in this case they must pay the exam fee themselves.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any association with the schools above and can't vouch for their quality, they were just some of the first results I found on google. Note that the availability to anybody not participating in an Integrationskurs is dependent on the venue - I first checked the website for the VHS in Hamburg, where the test is explicitly not available to anybody other than course participants. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same applies to the &lt;em&gt;Leben in Deutschland&lt;/em&gt; test. The same school in Bonn states &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bf-bonn.de/index.php/de/kursangebote/fremdsprache-deutsch/tests-und-pruefungen/event/35-deutsch-tests-und-pruefungen/440-18b-101-15-test-leben-in-deutschland-am-24-10-2018&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for their LiD tests&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die vorherige Teilnahme am Orientierungskurs ist für Integrationskursteilnehmende verpflichtend. Interessierte, die extern nur am Test teilnehmen möchten, können dies gegen eine Gebühr von 25,- Euro und eine persönliche Anmeldung machen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(rough translation: Previous participation in the orientation class is mandatory for Integrationskurs participants. Interested people who wish to take only the test externally can do so after in-person registration for a fee of €25.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although as I said in my comment, I'd be very surprised if you as a Dutch citizen were to benefit to any meaningful extent from taking the &lt;em&gt;Leben in Deutschland&lt;/em&gt; course or exam. Depending which regions you pick, the cultural/societal differences between Germany and the Netherlands are much smaller than those between Germany and other parts of Germany. If you want an idea of what it covers (and how simple the test is), the full library of possible questions is &lt;a href=&quot;http://oet.bamf.de/pls/oetut/f?p=534:1:5629825043150&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available online from the BAMF website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the Einstufungstest, I don't see anything firm but I'd be very surprised if it's possible to take it without registering for the Integrationskurs - its only purpose is to determine which level of the Integrationskurs you should start at, there's no sense in offering it to people who aren't participating in the Integrationskurs. Note that it would only give a rough idea of your level anyway, and that any school that offering German language courses should be able to offer you a similar evaluation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15989" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T18:03:55.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14837" CreationDate="2018-10-15T19:11:32.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the US &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5376.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;does not recognize an independent country in northern Cyprus&lt;/a&gt;, where you reside, you should select &lt;em&gt;Cyprus.&lt;/em&gt;  You certainly do not reside in Turkey, since no state considers northern Cyprus to be part of Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You suggest in a comment that international mail must be addressed to Turkey, which makes sense if no other country recognizes Northern Cyprus.  I would therefore choose &lt;em&gt;Turkey&lt;/em&gt; for the country (item (g)) in the mailing address (item 8), and &lt;em&gt;Cyprus&lt;/em&gt; for the &quot;country where you live today&quot; (item 9).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-16T12:51:40.910" LastActivityDate="2018-10-16T12:51:40.910" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-16T13:50:27.170" Score="7" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment, I am on a research visa and my husband joined me at the beginning of the year on a family dependent visa. He found a job very soon (he is in the IT sector) as he is entitled to work while on a spouse dependent visa. My project is ending at the end of the year as well as my visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there the possibility of us changing the residence types while within Germany,  my husband from dependent to his own work permit visa, and me from research to spouse dependent visa? Just to emphasize that he has an unlimited contract and the company wants to keep him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15993" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-16T14:30:58.230" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T08:40:52.587" Title="Is it possible to change from spouse residence permit to a work permit visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-16T19:18:29.053" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is Chinese and I live in England, what is the best way of us living in the same country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be easier for her to find a job in the UK that offers a visa sponsor, this has been very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a better country for us both to move two or a better way of us being together in general?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15996" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T11:56:39.180" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T11:56:39.180" Title="Best way for Chinese citizens to get jobs not in China?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;chinese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-17T01:53:29.927" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Liverpool -1973, my brother (Geoff) was disabled in a car accident. Shortly afterwards, our family emigrated to Canada. If Geoff moves back to the UK, will he be eligible for health care and housing assistance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hyku&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15998" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T09:33:27.943" Title="Disabled UK Citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-17T02:15:11.157" Score="1" ViewCount="5449" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to the whole skill-based immigration process for the Australian PR (specifically skilled independent visa subclass 189). For the work experience verification letter needed, i have read posts that they are specific about the points in the letter. Can anyone here provide a example link to a template that can be used for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15999" LastActivityDate="2021-04-20T09:38:27.713" Title="Sample Work Experience Letter for ACS Skills Assessment" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14822" CreationDate="2018-10-17T02:35:51.227" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the end, I just applied to some companies which offer credit for US immigrants. I tried Advancial and CreditStacks, and was approved in a few days for CreditStacks, which gave me a 5k limit, based on my job position and salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it's all about how much you spend. The problem with secured cards is that you would have to deposit a large amount to spend 30% of this amount (which is the recommended credit ratio), which means that 70% of your credit line would be idle money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14242" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T02:35:51.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14843" CreationDate="2018-10-17T07:33:50.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two countries that are obviously easiest for you to both live and work in are either England or China. In China she does not need a visa or work permit, but you do. In England you don't need a visa or work permit, but she does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any other country, you both need a visa and work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were married, it would be easier. Countries usually have a visa that can allow spouses of citizens of that country to stay with their spouse. There are usually financial requirements, but once you have the visa you still need to get a work permit. Similarly, if you were in any other country than England or China and one of you were able to get a work permit, there are usually ways to get a visa as a dependent. Not being married means this is not available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a work permit can be difficult, depending on the country. But if you have (or she has) skills/qualifications in a good field (e.g. technology or similar) it's not too difficult. In many countries a degree is required (or at least strongly recommended).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you are from Northern Ireland or she is from Hong Kong or Macau, neither of you qualifies for the US green card lottery, which is the usual other suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T07:33:50.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14848" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-10-17T07:38:15.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions related to citizens of the People's Republic of China (not including the Republic of China [Taiwan], Hong Kong SAR, or Macau SAR)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:11:26.387" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:11:26.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14849" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-10-17T07:38:15.663" Score="0" Body="For questions related to citizens of the People's Republic of China" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T12:11:40.523" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T12:11:40.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14850" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14851" CreationDate="2018-10-17T13:41:13.923" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother and I applied few months ago for immigration  to Canada, we paid a lawyer to handle the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had to provide him with many papers, he needs two more papers which we didn't give yet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IELTS certification, we'll provide that in December, because the exam is scheduled then&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work certificate, we'll provide that next month&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each month or so, my mom calls the lawyer to check upon the case, he tells her you have to wait few months. Today she called and he said you will receive an answer next month indicating whether the Canadian embassy agreed to open an immigration case or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like he's lying, how could he give us an answer next month, if we need two months to give him all the required documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would an immigration case be opened if some required documents are missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6835" LastEditorUserId="6835" LastEditDate="2018-10-17T17:42:55.787" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T18:14:46.500" Title="Would an immigration case be opened if some required documents are missing?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14850" CreationDate="2018-10-17T18:14:46.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you sure the lawyer even applied? If so through what stream? Generally most (some exceptions apply) of the immigration streams in Canada require IELTS beforehand even before applying. If the application was rejected, then the only thing you can do is reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a confirmation, you can ask for a case number or application number from the lawyer or even a UCI number in some cases to confirm if the lawyer actually applied on your behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T18:14:46.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-17T21:52:01.560" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Pakistani national, a Master's student in Sweden for quite some time. I will be done with my studies in the beginning of 2020. I reside on a study residence permit from Swedish immigration agency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am getting married in January 2019, my fiancée is a US citizen living in the US. After we marry, am I allowed to file my case for immigration to the US here in Sweden or would I have to go back to Pakistan to submit it? If I am allowed, I would like to know some info about the processing time for this visa processing from Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16006" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-18T00:39:46.283" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T14:21:02.687" Title="After marrying a US citizen, can my US immigration visa be processed in my country of temporary residence?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-18T01:32:09.727" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will I be considered out of status if I quit my current job on H1-B while waiting for my new employer to file for H1-B transfer?&#xA;My current employer wants me to leave ASAP. My new employer is still in the process of filing for a new H1-B petition. I understand that I can start working once the USCIS sends the acknowledgment receipt. My question is about my status in the interim period between leaving my current job and the wait for the receipt. Will I be considered out of status? Can I wait in the USA or do I have to leave the country? I will still get paid two weeks from the date of leaving of my current job as per the regular pay cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16007" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T05:16:16.207" Title="Out of job while on H1-B" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14853" CreationDate="2018-10-18T05:16:16.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will remain in status for 60 days after leaving your job, unless your I-94 expires earlier (in which case you remain in status until your I-94 expires). See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1#l_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.1(l)(2)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) An alien admitted or otherwise provided status in E-1, E-2, E-3,&#xA;  H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1 or TN classification and his or her dependents&#xA;  shall not be considered to have failed to maintain nonimmigrant status&#xA;  solely on the basis of a cessation of the employment on which the&#xA;  alien's classification was based, for up to 60 consecutive days or&#xA;  until the end of the authorized validity period, whichever is shorter,&#xA;  once during each authorized validity period. DHS may eliminate or&#xA;  shorten this 60-day period as a matter of discretion. Unless otherwise&#xA;  authorized under 8 CFR 274a.12, the alien may not work during such a&#xA;  period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T05:16:16.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-18T08:31:22.480" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Asia and want to participate in startup programs in Germany&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;. What type of visa should I get? I also like to know if my proposal is accepted in an accelerator/incubator, what kind of visa do I need?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to create a new startup/company in Germany, are there startup/entrepreneurship visa for that? Where can I read the requirements and apply for that? What is the Germany government website that I can use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* E.g. programs like what this institute provides: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.joinef.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.joinef.com/&lt;/a&gt;. These kinds of programs take 3 to 12 months with different institutes&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16009" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T20:05:34.253" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T20:05:34.253" Title="What type of visa should I get to participate in startup programs in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;startups&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14844" CreationDate="2018-10-18T09:33:27.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; (from www.gov.uk) says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For secondary care services, the UK’s healthcare system is a&#xA;  residence-based one, which means entitlement to free healthcare is&#xA;  based on living lawfully in the UK on a properly settled basis for the&#xA;  time being.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So provided he moves back permanently, he will be eligible for free health care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/housing-benefit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/housing-benefit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Usually you will not get Housing Benefit if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your savings are over £16,000 - unless you get Guarantee credit of Pension Credit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you live in the home of a close relative&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re a full-time student - unless you’re disabled or have children&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re residing in the UK as an European Economic Area jobseeker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re an asylum seeker or sponsored to be in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re subject to immigration control and your granted leave states that you cannot claim public funds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of which would apply to your brother (and the last three bullet points all relate to immigration status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/coming-from-abroad-and-claiming-benefits-the-habitual-residence-test/british-and-irish-citizens-claiming-benefits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; from Citizens Advice suggests that he may have to live in the UK for three months before he is entitled to housing benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this looks very positive - however I would suggest that your brother does not emigrate to the UK on the say-so of some random guy on the internet.  Moving is going to involve some expenses - I would try and find someone who knows their way around the benefit system, and can offer advice for &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; situation, and then pay for that advice.  This might be a lawyer, or it might be some sort of advisor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adviceuk.org.uk/looking-for-advice/find-advice/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; might help find one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T09:33:27.943" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14857" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14861" CreationDate="2018-10-18T10:18:30.683" Score="1" ViewCount="820" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2020 I will get my PR in Germany, however in 2021 my passport will expire in May and I will have to wait till September to reach 30 years old and be able to apply at my embassy for a new passport (from the age of 29 till 30, males are not able to renew their passports unless they give a final exemption from the military service). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these 4 months going to be a problem? I am not willing to travel in this period anyway, but can I expect any trouble with the Auslanderbehörde because of my expired passport in that period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastEditorUserId="16010" LastEditDate="2018-10-18T12:08:21.000" LastActivityDate="2020-08-02T13:47:47.800" Title="Permanent residency in Germany with an expired passport" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-18T14:13:56.393" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware that for tax purposes, most countries use various criteria for classifying individuals as residents. These are generally a combination of physical presence and other ties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &quot;being resident&quot; or &quot;your country of residence&quot; mean in the context of immigration laws? Some immigration forms ask about country of current and previous residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a resident for tax purposes automatically a resident for immigration purposes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If somebody has obtained a temporary or permanent residence permit of a country, but does not &quot;live&quot; there, is he a resident of that country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone is living in a country illegally, would that be considered his country of residence?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: for greater clarity, this is for immigration purposes. Some questions that are asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide details for the countries that you have lived in for last 10 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;police record certificates for countries that you have lived in for longer than six months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example form: &lt;a href=&quot;http://cip.gov.ag/files/AB1-Sample.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://cip.gov.ag/files/AB1-Sample.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;B6. List all addresses where you have lived for the past 10&#xA;  years&#xA;  (Note: Residences should include, without limitation, any&#xA;  place where you have lived for a period of 6 months or more)&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12081" LastEditorUserId="12081" LastEditDate="2018-10-18T16:52:27.623" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T18:26:25.443" Title="What does it mean to be resident?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-11-09T09:56:57.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14857" CreationDate="2018-10-18T18:20:39.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; are documents of their own. It doesn't matter if you got the plastic card or passport sticker either. They are still valid even if the passport expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T18:20:39.973" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14860" CreationDate="2018-10-18T18:26:25.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, residency depends on a particular purpose.  There is no absolute sense in which someone is or isn't a resident of a particular place.  As you note in the question, taxation is one such purpose; other purposes include immigration, driver licensing, and voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a resident for tax purposes automatically a resident for immigration purposes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  For example, consider someone who maintains a home in Canada and spends about half of each year there.  The rest of the time is spent traveling in the US, as a B-1 business visitor, to several different cities, and the time there is enough that the person passes the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/substantial-presence-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;substantial presence test&lt;/a&gt;.  That person is resident of the US under US tax law, but probably for no other purpose.  (In fact, such a person is likely to be a tax resident of &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; Canada and the US under each country's laws.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody has obtained a temporary or permanent residence permit of a country, but does not &amp;quot;live&amp;quot; there, is he a resident of that country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For immigration purposes, possibly, unless the person's absence causes the immigration status to lapse.  But being a resident in that country under that country's immigration law does not mean that other countries would consider that person a resident of the country, and it doesn't stop anyone from considering the person to be resident in two places at once.  For purposes other than immigration, having a residence permit probably doesn't have much effect (a counterexample to this is that US permanent residents are treated as US tax residents no matter where they physically reside).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone is living in a country illegally, would that be considered his country of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some purposes, probably.  For example, the US substantial presence test applies to people who are in the US unlawfully, so such a person becomes a tax resident of the US at a certain point.  For other purposes, probably not.  For example, Schengen visa applications are supposed to be submitted to the consulate responsible for a person's place of residence, but the person must be legally resident there, so an Ethiopian living illegally in Ecuador would have to go to Ethiopia to apply for a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: for greater clarity, this is for immigration purposes. Some questions that are asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide details for the countries that you have lived in for last 10 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the use of the phrase &amp;quot;lived in.&amp;quot;  It could be argued that a person with a permanent resident permit for one country who spends 90% of the time at a home in another country is at least in some sense a resident of the first country, but it's not reasonable to say that that person &amp;quot;lives in&amp;quot; the first country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you &amp;quot;lived in&amp;quot; a given place would normally be determined by your physical presence, or, if you are itinerant, by your home base (if you have one).  Since the question is &amp;quot;provide details for...,&amp;quot; your response can include some explanation if that is necessary.  For example, if you were traveling around North America as a business consultant, but without a home base in any country, you could say as much in your response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;police record certificates for countries that you have lived in for longer than six months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would also depend on your physical presence.  Assuming you have no police record, if you're in doubt about whether to include a country as one you have &amp;quot;lived in&amp;quot; then you should include it.  Omitting it could lead to a suspicion that you are trying to be deceptive, while including it would have no negative effect.  If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; have a police record in the questionable place then you should ask a lawyer before submitting the application without the certificate from that place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T18:26:25.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14852" CreationDate="2018-10-18T18:40:34.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can file in Sweden since you reside there.  Unfortunately I do not know how long the processing time might be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T18:40:34.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14865" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14866" CreationDate="2018-10-18T22:57:48.100" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Canadian and was working US from 2015 till 2018 on TN visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got paper I-94 when I crossed border in September 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left US July 31 2018 and my TN expired September 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I still have I-94 in my Canadian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According &lt;a href=&quot;https://tnvisaexpert.com/articles/forgot-to-return-i94/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; I need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Turn in your I-94 Departure Record and documentation that you left the&#xA;  United States to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(for UPS/Fedex) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Coleman Data Solutions 3043&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sanitarium Road Suite 2 Akron, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;OH 44312 DHS - CBP SBU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this information still correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From other side if I look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/history-search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;my Travel history&lt;/a&gt;, I see the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2018-07-31 Departure ATL&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So US Immigration knows that I left US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they still need my I-94 record?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2243" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T00:03:47.973" Title="how to return I-94?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14865" CreationDate="2018-10-19T00:03:47.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Customs and Border Protection has the same address on &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/752/~/i-still-have-my-i-94&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;their site&lt;/a&gt;, so it seems that the address is still correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since the US recorded your departure you can be unconcerned about sending in the form.  Its only purpose of to record your exit, and that already happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you're prone to worry, there's no harm in sending it in, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T00:03:47.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-19T11:22:05.617" Score="3" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brief background: I am a non-EEA national married to a Spanish EEA national. We have been married for 4 years, and I have been a legal Spanish resident since 2010. &#xA;Our plan is pretty straightforward: to apply for EEA FP to grant an entry for me, &lt;strong&gt;travel together&lt;/strong&gt; to the UK, for my husband to exercise his Treaty rights and to settle down there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I'm filling out the EEA FP online form, I have a couple of doubts, and I'd appreciate any advice on a couple of questions I've got in the process:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am currently unemployed but I am not financially dependent on my husband. Even so, in order to get the best chance of getting an EEA FP, what is the best answer when asked 'What is your current working status?'? Is there any substantial difference in answering with '&lt;em&gt;Unemployed&lt;/em&gt;' over'&lt;em&gt;Supported by Spouse/Partner&lt;/em&gt;', and vice versa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What exactly is meant by 'sponsor' in '&lt;em&gt;Are you being sponsored by a person&lt;/em&gt;' question? I am uncertain whether, given our situation, I even have a sponsor. Is 'sponsor' used in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;legal context, as in 'my EEA-national husband who is going to exercise Treaty rights in the UK, and consequently transfers me the theoretical right of residence in the UK, as long as he stays there and is considered a qualified person'? &#xA;or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;financial context, as in 'my EEA-national husband, who supports me (and my application) financially?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, if I state that I am unemployed, and answer that both my husband and I are going to cover the costs of our trip to the UK, should I still mention my husband as my sponsor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone help out, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15424" LastEditorUserId="15424" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T10:48:27.740" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T21:26:29.637" Title="The meaning of 'sponsor' in the EEA FP application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-19T12:53:09.827" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am having difficulties with my visa renewal at prefecture Lyon France.&#xA;I am from Nigeria and my husband is currently doing his PhD in France, we both have a long stay visa for three years, My visa is a student visa because I was given admission to study French in Alliance Francaise for two months and that gives me right to work (part-time) At this point I want to renew and keep the student status, to enable me to continue my work. I was told my visa status will have to change from student to Visitor or wife visa and I will not be able to work. which visa can I apply for to enable me to work in Lyon France? because currently am no longer studying French&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16018" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T05:01:00.233" Title="Visa renewal and working Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14869" CreationDate="2018-10-19T13:20:11.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;(sorry I cannot do a &quot;comment&quot; in this stackexchange since I do not yet have the requisite score)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few different ways forward, depending on whether your is husband under a &quot;scientifique-chercheur&quot; long-stay titre de séjour or a &quot;étudiant&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's the former: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rhone.gouv.fr/Demarches-administratives/Sejour-travail-naturalisation-et-echange-de-permis-de-conduire-des-etrangers/Chercheurs-et-leurs-conjoints&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.rhone.gouv.fr/Demarches-administratives/Sejour-travail-naturalisation-et-echange-de-permis-de-conduire-des-etrangers/Chercheurs-et-leurs-conjoints&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's the latter: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rhone.gouv.fr/Demarches-administratives/Sejour-travail-naturalisation-et-echange-de-permis-de-conduire-des-etrangers/Etudiants-et-leurs-conjoints&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.rhone.gouv.fr/Demarches-administratives/Sejour-travail-naturalisation-et-echange-de-permis-de-conduire-des-etrangers/Etudiants-et-leurs-conjoints&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know they're both in French, but Google Translate does a pretty good job on these pages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do clarify your husband's situation so that we could provide you with a more appropriate response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in theory, you should be able to get a titre de séjour with the same time limitations as your husband's, on the basis of your relationship with him. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, once you need to apply for renewal (at least 2 months before your current one expires) you should check out the list of documents required (that's why I am asking under what type of &quot;titre de séjour&quot; or residence permit your husband is under), and you will apply for a titre de séjour as a family member of a student or researcher.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, both should technically allow you to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is only the visitor titre de séjour that will not allow you to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly: please note that there is a difference between a visa and a titre de séjour/residence permit. The former allows you to enter a country while the latter is what you get to reside past the initial validity of the visa. &#xA;France issues an initial long-stay visa valid as a titre de séjour (the acronym is vls-ts) valid for 1 year for those coming here to study, for example, for three 3 years. This needs to be validated at the OFII in the first 3 months of your stay. Upon validation, you get a sticker in your passport that is equivalent to a titre de séjour / residence permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are then required to request for the &quot;renewal&quot; of this vls-ts at least 2 months before the expiration. Upon renewal, you get the residence permit / titre de séjour in a card format. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T05:01:00.233" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T05:01:00.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16124" CreationDate="2018-10-19T09:50:25.547" Score="1" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hoping somebody here has insight to offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did email the UK Home office but their response was to effectively point me to their website - or an immigration consultant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for your further enquiry dated 18th October about citizenship for an adopted child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Directing you to the guidance material is the only advice we can give you. We cannot tell you which form, if any, you need to use. If you need any further help you should seek independent immigration advice. Immigration advisers can help you with immigration matters, including completion of forms and representing you at a tribunal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a natural born British Citizen.   We got married in New Zealand, and have lived here since that time with a 6 year period living in the USA &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My daughter was born in New Jersey.  We adopted her in 2005&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I look on the citizenship website:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent/born-between-1983-and-2006&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent/born-between-1983-and-2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not identify specifically what the citizenship status is for those who were adopted, and there appears to be a requirement that my daughter will need to apply for a grant of citizenship, and might receive it &quot;other than by descent&quot; in so doing.  I found this from the information here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#British_citizenship_by_adoption&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#British_citizenship_by_adoption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home office gave a link to search for immigration consultants, but I couldn't find any in New Zealand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am hoping someone may have some insight to offer as to how I apply to the Home Office for my daughter to receive citizenship.  We want her to have those choices in life that having triple citizenship would offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13752" OwnerDisplayName="kiltannen" LastEditorUserId="13752" LastEditDate="2019-04-09T21:50:47.687" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T23:02:54.277" Title="How do I apply for British Citizenship for my Child that was adopted?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14871" CreationDate="2018-10-19T18:26:25.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Essentially what you need to do is register the overseas adoption in the UK. I had researched this previously as I am a British citizen and am interested in adopting in the country I reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744448/Registration-as-a-British-citizen-children-v3.0EXT.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744448/Registration-as-a-British-citizen-children-v3.0EXT.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you may be interested to know that the child will be a citizen &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot; so they will be able to pass their British citizenship onto their children, which any natural children you had would not be able to do without living in the UK for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10246" LastEditorUserId="10246" LastEditDate="2018-10-20T12:59:19.220" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T12:59:19.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-20T09:42:09.957" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;My French wife and my Dutch self got married when we were both living in Sweden.  We have each kept our birth name after marriage.  We are moving from England to Germany and along with my marriage certificate (&lt;em&gt;Heiratsurkunde&lt;/em&gt;) and a dozen other documents, my next employer is asking for a &lt;em&gt;Nachweis über die getrennte Namensführung&lt;/em&gt;, which I understand to mean &lt;em&gt;proof of separated name use&lt;/em&gt;.  From &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namensrecht_%28Deutschland%29#Eheschlie%C3%9Fung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, I understand that &lt;em&gt;Zuerst übergangsweise und mit der Neuregelung des gesamten Namensrechts 1993 endgültig behält bei Nichterklärung eines Ehenamens jeder Ehegatte den zum Zeitpunkt der Eheschließung geführten Namen (getrennte Namensführung) solange, bis die Ehegatten zu einem beliebigen Zeitpunkt gegenüber dem Standesbeamten durch öffentlich zu beglaubigende Erklärung einen Ehenamen bestimmen.&lt;/em&gt;  What exactly is a &lt;em&gt;Nachweis über die getrennte Namensführung&lt;/em&gt;?  Is it enough to send a copy of her ID (they're asking for mine anyway), or is this a more formal document that we may only be able to get after we will have moved and registered with the &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt;?  We could also get a Swedish &lt;em&gt;Familjebevis&lt;/em&gt; translated (our marriage is not currently registered with Dutch, English, or French authorities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T09:42:09.957" Title="What is a “Nachweis über die getrennte Namensführung”?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-20T10:08:21.987" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Brazilian citizen, however I have just completed my undergraduate degree in the UK (my visa is expiring in one week) and my parents live in Germany. I have been accepted into a masters programme in Italy starting in February and need to apply for a student visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is that I have no proof of residency in Brazil, as I do not live there nor do I have family that I can stay with. There is no way for me to go back to Brazil at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for an Italian student visa while staying with my parents as a tourist in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, could I enter Italy as a tourist and then apply for a student visa from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16026" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T10:08:21.987" Title="I need to apply for a national D visa in Italy but have no country of residence" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14867" CreationDate="2018-10-20T21:26:29.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am currently unemployed but I am not financially dependent on my husband. Even so, in order to get the best chance of getting an EEA FP, what is the best answer when asked 'What is your current working status?'? Is there any substantial difference in answering with 'Unemployed' over 'Supported by Spouse/Partner', and vice versa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Supported by spouse/partner&quot; is not an employment status.  Put &quot;unemployed.&quot;  It's simple and to the point, and your employment status is actually entirely irrelevant to the application.  They shouldn't even be asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What exactly is meant by 'sponsor' in 'Are you being sponsored by a person' question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is indeed a little ambiguous, but the answer is definitely &lt;em&gt;yes,&lt;/em&gt; and the sponsor is your husband.  For the purpose of an EEA family permit, the sponsorship is based on your husband's nationality and your family relationship.  The fact that sponsor is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; used in the financial sense in other visa applications is confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be one of the questions that was inappropriately retained from the standard visa application; all EEA FP sponsors are &quot;persons.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-20T21:26:29.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14879" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14883" CreationDate="2018-10-21T09:56:50.263" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;The usual condition of a rental home upon moving varies between countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In The Netherlands, it is typical that the new residents need to lay a floor, put wallpaper or paint on the walls, perhaps install a kitchen, unless the new tenants agree to purchase those from the previous tenants directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I rented in Canada and England, kitchen, floor, and wallpaper were all included, and I in fact had very little freedom to make changes that are normal to make in The Netherlands (such as installing wall-mounted furniture).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From German rental ads, I understand that a kitchen may or may not be already present (&lt;em&gt;Einbauküche&lt;/em&gt;, meaning &lt;em&gt;built-in kitchen&lt;/em&gt;), and I've read at the Welcome Centre Hessen page that where a kitchen is not built-in new tenants may negotiate to buy the kitchen from the previous tenants.  But how is it for other aspects, such as floors or wallpapers?  Photos are not a reliable measure to determine this for real estate photos normally include a lot that is not part of the rental (such as, usually, furniture).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T22:18:51.627" Title="How finished for living is a German rental home, usually? Should I expect to need to budget time and money to install a floor and wallpapers?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14880" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-21T10:07:32.573" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got job offer from Germany but the appointment time from Germany embassy in my country takes 1 year. I have to get in Germany about next 4 months. is there any other alternative solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16029" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T10:07:32.573" Title="Working Visa question" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14679" CreationDate="2018-10-21T11:23:14.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted them and was directed to this link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitungsstaende-736453.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitungsstaende-736453.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It tells you the date of applications they're currently processing. E.g I applied on May 24th and they're currently processing May 22nd applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15838" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T11:23:14.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14879" CreationDate="2018-10-21T22:18:51.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, floors and walls are included, as well as toilet and shower/bathtub. Smaller apartments might come with a built-in kitchen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are obligated to paint/wallpaper the walls after several years, and when you move out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other furniture, or anything big you have to renovate first, should be mentioned in the ad (or soon after first contact). Sometimes, you can buy the kitchen from the previous tenant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I'm German, have rented apartments myself and helped friends moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16032" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T22:18:51.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14885" CreationDate="2018-10-21T20:02:30.310" Score="5" ViewCount="1393" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a US Green Card holder able to travel with their underage child from Canada to the United States to live? They will have a passport, birth certificate, and travel consent letter by the Canadian parent. Also, the US Green Card holder would be accompanying the minor. The Green Card holder would start the immigration process for the child once they are here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm mainly concerned if the child would be stopped at the US border if they only have a one way ticket and it's in the middle of the school year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Wario X" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T04:41:34.347" Title="Green card holder bringing child to US to live. Any issues with a one way ticket?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14884" CreationDate="2018-10-21T20:38:32.330" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wholeheartedly agree with Nate Eldridge that the best thing to do is to seek the advice of an immigration lawyer before doing this. However let me give you my understanding, having recently had a relative go through something very similar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you say at immigration that the child is coming to live with you, and you have no papers proving that they have a visa that allows them to do so, then you run the serious risk that they will be turned away at the border, and that you have an entry on your record saying that you attempted to facilitate an illegal entry into the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if the child comes to visit you for the amount of time that they are legally allowed to do without a visa, that is perfectly fine. If you then change your mind and apply for a change of status while they are there, so the child can stay with you permanently, that is also fine. However to back up your statement that they are coming to visit you, you should have a plan to return the child where they came from before the allowed time is up. A return ticket would be good evidence of that, though it may not be necessary if you have other evidence. You might want to plan for schooling the child during a temporary visit, in order to demonstrate you have thought about it. If immigration suspects that you are bringing the child specifically to live with you, that would be a problem, and might get you the same penalties as above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But really, a lawyer would give you a much better answer on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" OwnerDisplayName="DJClayworth" LastActivityDate="2018-10-21T20:43:33.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14884" CreationDate="2018-10-22T02:43:43.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply said, you cannot bring your child with you with the intent to stay in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child needs its own immigration permit (called 'Green Card'). Typically, when you are approved for a green card, your children and your spouse are approved at the same time, without further ado - you needed to have listed them on the application though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if your child was born in the US, he/she is a US citizen; your status doesn't matter. You simply can apply for a passport for him/her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9290" OwnerDisplayName="Aganju" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T02:43:43.203" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14884" CreationDate="2018-10-22T04:41:34.347" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/bringing-children-sons-and-daughters-live-united-states-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bringing Children, Sons and Daughters to Live in the United States as Permanent Residents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enter the US without an immigrant visa, your child should not have any intent to immigrate to the US.  If the immigration officer at the border determines that there is immigrant intent, but there is no immigrant visa, the child should be refused entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, people often speak of the VWP as allowing people to visit the US for up to 90 days, and a B visa (including Canadians entering in B status without a visa) as allowing up to 6 months.  But these are nonimmigrant categories, and people who intend to immigrate do not qualify to be admitted in these categories.  Someone who has enters in B status is allowed to change their mind and apply to &quot;adjust status&quot; and become an immigrant, but for most nonimmigrant statuses, including B visitor statuses, they're not allowed to have that intent when entering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the page linked above, you will see that the specific procedure you must follow may depend on how you got your green card.  In some cases your child can &quot;follow to join,&quot; meaning that it will not be necessary to submit a petition and wait for a visa number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T04:41:34.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13503" CreationDate="2018-10-22T07:45:27.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, it just goes to show that you shouldn't always rely on the 'calculated wisdom' of expats: Went down to the driving center and presented the necessary documents (including my old paper license, which they DO accept) and it was fine; NO DRIVING TEST, just a bit of a wait. A piece of cake. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16033" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T14:40:35.353" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T14:40:35.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-22T14:39:18.813" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and my wife and son are Canadian citizens. I was living in Canada for the past five years and have recently moved back for work and obviously, I would want my wife and son to join me in the UK ASAP. I am two months away from achieving the six-month requirement to be able to sponsor them to live in the UK and they have been staying with me for the past few months on visitor visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, they will need to leave the UK in order to apply for a spousal visa (let me know if this isn't the case). &lt;strong&gt;My question is whether they can leave, apply, and return to the UK on a visitor visa while we wait for a decision on our spousal application.&lt;/strong&gt; Ideally, they could leave for a weekend, apply and come back- I really don't want to live apart for them again for another three months. Do they need to return to Canada or could we take a holiday to Europe and apply? That would be much cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also understand that as I am a British Citizen 'not of descent', ie that I was born here, my parents were born here etc. my son may already have British citizenship- is this the case and if so how can we have that legally recognized? Can he be issued a UK passport or dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16035" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T15:57:33.920" Title="UK Citizen, wife and son are Canadian- can they be in the country while waiting for a visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14891" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-22T15:48:54.653" Score="1" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the United States, at least in New England, to sign up for electrical service, the applicant must either be a US business with an EIN or a private person with a social security number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if a foreign entity or company needs electrical service and has neither of those things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, a foreign consulate will need electrical service and for legal reasons will not have an EIN, and of course the ambassador or consular official managing the facility will not have a social security number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lemuel Gulliver" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T15:55:36.753" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T18:28:23.543" Title="How do foreigners get electrical service in the United States?" Tags="&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14890" CreationDate="2018-10-22T15:51:21.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've answered this question only for your wife, since based on your comments it seems almost certain that your son is already British, so can enter and leave the UK without issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it inadvisable for your wife to attempt to return to the UK while she is awaiting her entry clearance. The standard procedure when applying for a UK visa, is that you book an appointment at an application centre, hand over your application forms &lt;strong&gt;and passport&lt;/strong&gt;, and wait to be notified of a decision. Obviously, this would normally preclude your wife from traveling internationally in cases where a passport is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it is possible to pay for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/ca/en/premium-services/keep-my-passport-when-applying&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;premium service which allows you to keep your passport during the application process, while waiting for the decision&lt;/a&gt;. This might seem like the solution, but in fact, it isn't wise for the applicant to attempt to enter the UK during this time. As an applicant for a family visa, your wife has declared her intention to settle in the UK. If she shows up at the border before a decision on her application has been made, she will be attempting to enter as a visitor, which means convincing the immigration officer that she &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; going to settle in the UK. It is possible that she could argue this effectively, particularly if the visit is for a specific reason (eg, attending a wedding), but she would be unlikely to be granted entry if she simply plans to live in the UK as if she had already been granted her family visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she fails to convince the officer, she may be subjected to the very unpleasant experience of being temporarily detained (possibly overnight, depending on the time of day), and then returned to Canada. Or, if the officer is feeling generous, she could be &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/89706/uk-temporary-admission-question&quot;&gt;temporarily admitted&lt;/a&gt;. Either way, she might need to disclose this event in the future when applying for admission to other countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the best thing for her to do is not to attempt to return to the UK before receiving her family visa. If you want to speed up this process, you can pay for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/ca/en/premium-services/priority-visa-for-settlement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;priority processing for $783&lt;/a&gt;, although this doesn't actually guarantee the visa will be processed faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-10-22T15:57:33.920" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T15:57:33.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-22T17:13:22.430" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-Eu on study visa in Italy but will change it to work visa very shortly, and recently I got married to a non-Eu. Can I apply for accompanying spouse visa (or any other if possible) with my present situation? And How many years should I stay in Italy to apply for permanent residency if I am on work permit ( for study visa it’s 5 yrs) as we do plan to settle in Italy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16039" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T17:13:22.430" Title="Spouse visa for non-Eu spouse of non-Eu Citizen on study visa in Italy" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-22T17:40:20.617" Score="1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Asian working in IT field in Sweden. I earn around $60,000 (before taxes). If I have salary of around $80,000 (before taxes) in Seattle, would it give same living quality or is it a bad salary for that city?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16041" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T18:07:10.883" Title="How does $60,000 salary in Sweden translates to salary in Seattle (US)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14894" CreationDate="2018-10-22T18:07:10.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a start:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/stockholm/seattle?&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison of living costs Stockholm vs Seattle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't comment on taxes etc (I believe they are likely to be higher in Stockholm), but for pure costs it appears Seattle is about 14% more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2443" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T18:07:10.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14891" CreationDate="2018-10-22T18:28:23.543" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many utilities, but not all small municipal utility companies like those in Alexander Dunlap's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/28/no-social-security-number-no-electricity/807471001/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://consumerist.com/2008/09/23/how-to-get-utilities-and-phone-service-without-giving-up-your-ssn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;will accept an alternate form of identification&lt;/a&gt; such as a driver's license number or passport. They may also require a large deposit in such circumstances. The ID and deposit requirements may be defined in state utility regulations or may be a matter of utility policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's not required, the US State Department &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/229358.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;encourages foreign consulate to obtain an EIN&lt;/a&gt; for exactly these sorts of reasons, so I imagine they'd likely do that, particularly if it's the only way they can get electricity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9329" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T18:28:23.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-22T18:38:43.440" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Germany with a 1 year contract which is ending in March. I have been promised an extension but it may take a couple of more months. But I thought of bringing my mom to Germany on schengen visa through her brother who is also here. Because I will be going to Sri Lanka this December and I can bring her with me when I come back. This will not be possible if I wait for my extension and then get a longer visa and then sponsor her as I only have 5 weeks to go before I leave for Sri Lanka on vacation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if he sponsors her, while I'm here, will that be problematic for her in getting the visa? I'm super confused, any help will be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2018-10-22T18:38:43.440" Title="Getting mom sponsored through her brother for Schengen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14898" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14903" CreationDate="2018-10-22T21:00:46.837" Score="1" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen moving from the United Kingdom to Germany.  I have received a conditional employment offer.  My next employer has asked me to submit my &lt;em&gt;Lohnsteuerklasse und Steuer-Identifikationsnummer&lt;/em&gt; (salary tax classification and tax identification number) at least one month prior to my start of employment.  I understand that I can obtain those from &lt;em&gt;Finanzamt&lt;/em&gt; (finance office), but apparently only after I have registered with the &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt; (registration authority), for which I apparently need a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt;.  Is there any way I can get obtain the &lt;em&gt;Lohnsteuerklasse und Steuer-Identifikationsnummer&lt;/em&gt; (at least) a month before my start of employment, without physically moving a month before I am due to start (which might mean being unemployed for a month)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose I would need to rent a place to get a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt;, but signing a lease in order to register more than a month before I move without actually moving would be costly (double rent), and I fear it may be considered fraudulent, too.  Similarly fraudulent may be to temporarily register at my wifes &lt;em&gt;Zweitwohnung&lt;/em&gt; (secondary residence) without ever planning to live there (and the landlord may be unwilling to provide a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt; for two for an apartment so small it is only fit for one).  Is there another way out of this catch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T16:36:46.580" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:36:46.580" Title="How can I get a Steuer-Identifikationsnummer (tax ID no.) a month before my date of employment, without physically moving a month before?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14905" CreationDate="2018-10-23T06:12:40.040" Score="3" ViewCount="5017" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on H-1B in the USA and I recently got a new job. My passport is set to expire sometime in 2019 but the H-1B (I-797) expires sometime in 2021. I want to go to India and get the new H-1B stamp on my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my I-797 expiry date is greater than my passport expiration.  Is that a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to get a stamp for the new H-1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I renew my passport here in the USA and then get the stamp for the new H-1B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, can I renew my passport after my employer has started my green card application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11787" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-23T14:30:52.823" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T19:39:01.837" Title="Passport renewal : H-1B visa stamping on soon to expire passport" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-23T09:06:09.087" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to bring my mother in visitor visa to Germany for a couple of months. At the moment she is staying with my wife in Sri Lanka. Later I planned to file a hardship case and see if I can prove that she is dependent on me to try to bring her for a long stay. Because my wife will soon join me here and mom will be alone when that happens. She is 61 and widowed. She also doesn't speak the majority language in my country and is dependent on me for a living and she is emotionally dependent on me. So it'd be really helpful for her if I can bring her on a long stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T09:06:09.087" Title="Will bringing my mother in visitor visa to Germany cause any problems when I try to bring prove her hardship?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14898" CreationDate="2018-10-23T09:37:48.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since there are, I believe, people living in neighbouring countries and working in Germany, you should probably be able to register with the Finanzamt using your UK address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11664" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T09:37:48.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14898" CreationDate="2018-10-23T11:01:21.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your employer is making an unreasonable request. Either they have no idea how things are working in their country or they don't care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The very first thing you need is an &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;. You don't need a German tax registration or &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt; to get an &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have an &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt; you can start to search for an appartment. While in theory it's not required, hardly anyone will want to show you the appartment if you have no solid job (except overpriced appartments, I speak from experience). People are not interested in short-time rental, they look for candidates with solid employment, and having a choice they will prefer those with stable employment over those with temporary jobs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, having the rental agreement, you can arrange other formalities, like tax and social security registration, opening a bank account etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have no title for German tax residency (no citizenship, no residence, no job) I doubt you'll be able to register... even if theoretically possible, it would look so suspicious, you'd most likely (once again, speaking from my experience) have big problems arranging it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16043" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T11:17:17.593" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T11:17:17.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14900" CreationDate="2018-10-23T19:39:01.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, you can be issued a nonimmigrant visa if your passport is valid for at least 6 months. However, for passports of countries in the &quot;6-month club&quot; (which includes India), a nonimmigrant visa can be issued any time up to the expiration of the passport. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040309.html#M403_9_3_B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 403.9-3(B)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The H1b visa should expire at the same time as your H1b petition. A US visa's validity is not limited by the passport's expiration -- a valid visa on an expired passport remains valid and can be used together with a valid passport of the same type issued by the same country to enter the US. So whether you get the visa on your new or old passport won't affect the visa's length of validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you enter the US, someone entering on H1b is usually admitted on their I-94 until the expiration of their H1b petition, but it can be shorter if the passport will expire soon. The date on the I-94 will be limited to 6 months before the passport's expiration (or, for passports of countries in the &quot;6-month club&quot;, which includes India, the date on the I-94 will be limited to the passport's expiration date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you do not have a new passport at the time you enter the US, expect to only be admitted until your passport's expiration date. But if you already have a new passport valid for many years, and you are using it in conjunction with the visa on the old passport, you should be admitted until your H1b petition's expiration date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your passport renewal is not relevant to your immigrant petition or Adjustment of Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T19:39:01.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15170" CreationDate="2018-10-23T23:03:03.353" Score="4" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I start the process of registering with a &lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt; (German &lt;em&gt;statutory health insurance fund&lt;/em&gt;) before I have a German address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/meine-krankenkasse/krankenversicherung-eu/arbeitnehmer&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;krankenkassen.de&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EU-Bürger, die in Deutschland als Arbeitnehmer angestellt werden, sollten sich rechtzeitig vor Arbeitsbeginn um eine Mitgliedschaft in einer Krankenkasse kümmern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated in English:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EU citizens, that are employed in Germany, shall take care of membership of a statutory health insurance fund in time before the start of employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My future employer has stated essentially the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form on krankenkassen.de does allow for people moving from abroad (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/krankenkasse-wechseln/unterlagen/techniker/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;), where I can fill in that I need to join because I was formerly insured abroad.  But the form appears to require a German address.  I know my future employer and their address, but I don't have a German address yet (and wasn't planning on having one until some days before I start working, and not a long-term address until a while after I start working).  Is not having a (permanent) German address (=registration with &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt;) an obstacle for the registration with a &lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T13:09:23.130" Title="Can I start the Krankenkasse application process before moving to Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-24T10:52:33.737" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have completed my bachelor of commerce degree in India, and I have 5 years of experience as a graphic designer. Now I plan to move Australia as a graphic designer, does the assessment authority reduce my experience for non-relevant education?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16050" LastActivityDate="2018-10-24T10:52:33.737" Title="How many years will be deducted, if education in B.Com and experience as a graphic designer" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19215" CreationDate="2018-10-24T12:20:20.390" Score="3" ViewCount="477" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in Germany for 4 months with national visa and currently in process of applying for an EU Blue card. Unfortunately I got an appointment only in December 1st week of 2018 and my national visa expires on last week of November, 2018. The Ausländeramt said there are not earlier available appointments. I was wondering the consequences of this as there would be around 15 days where I would be without a valid visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I visited the local Ausländeramt 4 times, and every time I was asked to email for an appointment, and every time I emailed them, I got no reply and I got an appointment on my 4th email to them. They have been extremely busy but I am quite uncomfortable with the fact that I will be without a valid stay/travel document in Germany for 15 days.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15091" LastEditorUserId="15091" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T06:54:01.800" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T06:54:17.490" Title="National visa expiring before applying for EU Blue Card" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14910" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-24T17:59:44.303" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Tunisian, residing/going to school in Tunisia. I have landed an opportunity to intern in General Motors Canada as part of my required study curriculum. &#xA;I understand that I need a work permit to intern in Canada. Is a letter from GM sufficient for me to apply for a work permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15394" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-24T18:35:00.707" LastActivityDate="2018-10-24T18:35:00.707" Title="International student to intern in General Motors Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;internship&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-24T20:21:49.847" Score="1" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read that Blue Card salary thresholds are lower for mathematicians, scientists, IT professionals and doctors. Does this include Data Science/Data Analyst jobs? I have a Masters degree in Economics, oriented towards econometrics and statistics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16052" LastActivityDate="2018-10-24T20:21:49.847" Title="Can I apply for a German Blue Card with a Data Analyst/Data Science job?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-24T23:20:53.790" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian IT professional who currently lives in Poland. I came to Poland on March 17 (with a work permit), and got my Blue Card on August 17; it is valid until  August 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got an offer from an Amsterdam IT company, but they are not interested in helping me out with documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to have a work permit The Netherlands?  As I would be terminating the job in Poland, do I need to hand in my existing Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it better to wait for 2 years before thinking of changing jobs, in or outside of Poland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16053" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-25T15:43:34.247" LastActivityDate="2018-10-25T15:43:34.247" Title="Change of employer (within 2 years) for non-EU citizen having Blue Card" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-25T14:46:30.273" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am intending to apply for a UK spouse visa on the 1st of November but my wife cannot pay the fee with her card. In Tunisia, my country, it has a closed economy; we can't pay online for anything. I was told to pay in cash at TLScontact Tunisia, but I don't know if I can do that and, if so, what to do on the application form. Is there any option to skip paying online and pay just the immigration health surcharge directly to the National Health Service? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15786" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-25T15:49:56.597" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T21:44:40.627" Title="Can I pay visa fees directly" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12266" CreationDate="2018-10-26T10:37:51.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have travelled both inside (France - Netherlands) and outside the Schengen zone (France - UK / Croatia) on my récépissé with no problems. The airport I leave from is Marseille and they always check passports coming back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway once you have the récépissé, the next step is picking up the carte de séjour when you receive the letter. I can't remember them looking through the passport again at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10064" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T10:37:51.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14917" CreationDate="2018-10-26T10:45:16.770" Score="1" ViewCount="626" Body="&lt;p&gt;My titre de séjour ended 1st October, one month after my original work contract ended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my contract was extended until the end of December, so I went to the prefecture (in September) to apply for a new titre de séjour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Weirdly, they asked for more information, either a new contract past the 31st December or and attestation of the end of the contract and ability to receive employment benefits from the Pôle Emploi… &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave me a récépissé valid until the 1st January. However, more contract finishes 31st December so they is no way I can be out of France by this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long can I remain in France after my after my titre de séjour and récépissé have ended?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I can't remain at all, can I extend the récépissé? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did they make a mistake in not granting me another titre de séjour?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10064" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T15:11:39.610" Title="How long can I stay in France after my titre de séjour and récépissé have ended" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14916" CreationDate="2018-10-26T15:08:17.060" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The prefectures have a tendency to do that when the duration of the contract extension is quite short...instead of giving you a new titre de séjour, they will just give you a récépissé until such time that you are able to show that you have a contract extension or have right to unemployment benefits (this is what the attestation pôle emploi is for). Technically, the préfecture should renew your right to stay in France for as long as you are entitled to unemployment benefits (I'm looking for a link to this, and I will edit my answer once I find it). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long can I remain in France after my after my titre de séjour and&#xA;  récépissé have ended?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, once your tds and récépissé have expired and you did not undergo a process for extension/renewal, you are considered to be overstaying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I can't remain at all, can I extend the récépissé?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar to what I mentioned above, you should be able to renew your récépissé to at least sign up for pôle emploi and get unemployment benefits (note that you cannot sign up with pôle emploi until AFTER your contract expires). Once you get that, you need an &lt;em&gt;attestation&lt;/em&gt; from pôle emploi saying you get unemployment benefits, and then they extend your titre de séjour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to be clear, you need to have been working and paying into the system for unemployment benefits for at least 4 months in order to be entitled to avail of said benefits. &#xA; - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Did they make a mistake in not granting me another titre de séjour?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope, I don't think so. With such a short period between the expiration of your current titre de séjour and the expiration of your current contract (3 months), they often just give a récépissé. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2018-10-26T15:11:39.610" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T15:11:39.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14913" CreationDate="2018-10-26T21:44:40.627" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes I called tlscontact Tunisia they confirmed that I can pay just the visa fee in cash but IHS should be paid online &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15786" LastActivityDate="2018-10-26T21:44:40.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-27T10:38:04.950" Score="8" ViewCount="465" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girl friend gave birth in the USA three years ago and used Medicaid. She went back home with baby and got denied a visa for reentry to the US because of that Medicaid use. Now as a permanent resident, if I petition for her, will that Medicaid use affect the immigrant visa process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The letter said they cannot explain to her why she did not qualify for the non-immigrant visa she was asking for. However, they told her she was free to come back another time if there is any change in the future. We are both from Senegal (West Africa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first paragraph of the letter said that she was ineligible for a nonimmigrant visa under the section 214(b). In another paragragh they said she could apply again anytime she want if there is a change with the application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16061" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-10-30T03:59:05.857" LastActivityDate="2020-02-22T04:46:38.130" Title="Denied visa for reentry to the US because of earlier Medicaid use" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-27T14:22:12.617" Score="1" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the area of a (rental) home, I would assume that 35 m² means 35 m² of indoor area, excluding only the garden (if applicable).  That means, if we rent a German apartment that is 35 m², it will be the same size as where we live now in England.  However, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/revisions/14711/1&quot;&gt;this (previous revision, now edited) answer by Martin Bonner&lt;/a&gt;, it appears it may not be that simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is quite common in Germany for not all space within an apartment to count - toilets/bathrooms may not count at all, kitchens/balconies count half, and living rooms/bedrooms are fully counted. (...) if you got the 100sqm from the property details (rather than your husband getting out a tape measure), they will already have done that pro-rating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a general rule?  For example, does that mean that if an apartment somewhere in southern Hessen is advertised as 35 m² on Immobilienscout or another real estate website, it is actually even larger than 35 m²?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T11:52:00.460" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T11:52:00.460" Title="How is a German real estate living area defined?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14920" CreationDate="2018-10-27T17:51:16.380" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Prior to February 24, 2020, there was no ground to deny someone a visa or deny someone entry based on having used Medicaid. There is a ground inadmissibility if someone is &quot;likely to become a public charge&quot;, but the determination of that did not consider non-cash benefits like Medicaid (except Medicaid for long-term institutionalized care).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was denied entry for failure to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent. The presumption of immigrant intent applies to most types of nonimmigrant visas, and it says that the officer must presume the person is an immigrant, and thus ineligible for the nonimmigrant visa, unless they can prove otherwise. This is a generic reason used to deny visas when the officer feels that there is any factor in the applicant's situation they do not like (but there is not necessarily another ground of inadmissibility that applies), because, the theory goes, the negative factor makes it harder to convince the officer that you don't intend to immigrate. This ground of inadmissibility doesn't apply to immigrant visas, so you don't have to worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new rule, effective February 24, 2020, changes the way that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;public charge inadmissibility&lt;/a&gt; is determined, and this could affect her ability to get a visa or to enter the US, but her use of Medicaid still wouldn't be relevant. Although one of the changes is that it considers more types of &quot;public benefits&quot; than before, including Medicaid, which is considered a &quot;heavily weighed negative factor&quot; if used for more than 12 months cumulatively in the previous 36-month period, no type of Medicaid that a nonimmigrant like your girlfriend could have received would be considered under the new rule. As a nonimmigrant, your girlfriend would have generally been ineligible for Medicaid, except Emergency Medicaid, or, in some states like California, Medicaid for pregnancy-related care during pregnancy, and Medicaid for children under a certain age (e.g. 26) funded exclusively by the state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emergency Medicaid, as well as Medicaid used by pregnant women during the period of pregnancy and up to 60 days after the pregnancy, are not considered under the new rule (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10#S-B-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this section&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS does not consider the following Medicaid benefits for purposes&#xA;  of the public charge inadmissibility determination:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Benefits paid for an emergency medical condition;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Benefits received by a pregnant applicant, including the period during the pregnancy and 60 days after the end of the pregnancy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Medicaid funded exclusively by the state is also not considered under the new rule (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10#S-A-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this section&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, a state medical insurance program, funded exclusively by the&#xA;  state, is not included in the definition of public benefit and is not&#xA;  considered as a public benefit in the public charge inadmissibility&#xA;  determination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For example, some Medi-Cal services are provided to aliens under a&#xA;  state-only authority at no expense to the federal government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If Medi-Cal is provided to the alien under a state-only authority at&#xA;  no expense to the federal government, it is not considered in the&#xA;  public charge inadmissibility determination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the consideration of additional benefits is not retroactive -- non-cash benefits that were not considered under the previous rules, including Medicaid, are not considered under the new rule as long as they are not used or received after February 24, 2020. So non-cash benefits she may have received in the past, even if it was a benefit that would be considered under the new rule, would not be considered even if she tries to immigrate after this new rule takes effect. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-9#S-A-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this section&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Public Benefits Received Before February 24, 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS does not consider public benefits that were previously excluded&#xA;  under the 1999 Interim Field Guidance (PDF),[63] if received before&#xA;  February 24, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in the table:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Benefits excluded under the 1999 Interim Field Guidance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Example: SNAP, Housing Programs, Medicaid (generally)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[crossed with:]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Benefits received before February 24, 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[result:]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Not considered&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the other changes in the rule include mandatory consideration of factors like age (below 18 or above 61 is a negative factor), health, family status, financial resources (household income should be above 125% of poverty level), and education and skills. If she were to immigrate after the new rule takes effect, she would be subject to these considerations in determining whether she is inadmissible for likely to become a public charge. However, she is probably in working age, so that's not going to be an issue. And if your income is above 125% of poverty level (which you need to in order to sponsor her, unless there is a joint sponsor), that means her household income is too, and so that shouldn't be a problem either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-02-22T04:46:38.130" LastActivityDate="2020-02-22T04:46:38.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14931" CreationDate="2018-10-27T18:02:05.007" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got an employment visa for 6 months to Germany. I'd like to visit Paris, France(Family) during the holidays. Will I be allowed to? My visa states that it is valid for Deutschland. Do I need an additional visa to enter France?&#xA;I'm an Indian National.&#xA;Thanks for any help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15687" LastActivityDate="2018-10-28T03:16:09.963" Title="Can I visit France from Germany if I have a 6 months National Visa valid for Deutschland?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-27T19:15:18.280" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK citizen son has lived in Poland for 2 years with his non-eu wife of 2 years.&#xA;He has been offered a job in the UK - what visas will they need, to return together to U.K., please? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16066" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T14:24:14.493" Title="UK citizen living in EU returning to U.K. With spouse" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14927" CreationDate="2018-10-27T19:29:17.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your son doesn't need a visa, of course.  His wife can use an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; if they'll be moving before Brexit.  Otherwise, she'll probably need a regular &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family visa&lt;/a&gt;, which she can use anyway, but this route is thousands of pounds more costly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability for family members of UK citizens to use the EEA regulations to enter the UK depends on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/a&gt; ruling.  The UK's interpretation and implementation of that ruling currently requires the UK citizen and family member to have made their &quot;centre of life&quot; in another EU country, to have resided there together, and to have integrated there.  I do not know what criteria they use to judge integration, but your son and his wife seem to have met the other criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of this, including the &quot;centre of life&quot; criterion, is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/surinder-singh-immigration-route/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;clearly inconsistent with the EU directive&lt;/a&gt;, so if the initial application is refused, an appeal might be in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T14:24:14.493" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T14:24:14.493" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-27T20:49:02.350" Score="1" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a UK work permit. My marital status is &quot;Separated&quot; (I am in the process of getting a divorce from my wife). Will this status impact my application for a Work Permit to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16068" LastActivityDate="2018-10-27T20:49:02.350" Title="UK Work permit / Separated Status" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-10-30T02:30:32.400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2018-10-28T03:16:09.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A national visa (type D) allows you to visit other Schengen countries for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.  See for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=IM-PRESS&amp;amp;reference=20100308IPR70123&amp;amp;format=XML&amp;amp;language=EN&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long-stay visa holders to have greater freedom to move around the EU&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-28T03:16:09.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14932" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14933" CreationDate="2018-10-24T01:54:19.317" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you answered no to the DS 160 question &quot;Do you have any relative in the US?&quot; and later in life, a relative in the US files an immigrant petition on your behalf, will the consular officer easily notice the discrepancy during an immigrant visa interview? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="M.Sparky" LastActivityDate="2018-10-28T09:36:04.153" Title="Immigrant Visa Interview" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14932" CreationDate="2018-10-24T07:33:11.380" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, cheating or being deceptive is an automatic rejection in almost all cases. If by later in life you mean &quot;1 year ago&quot; and the relative was a close relative, like a brother or sister - that's hard to justify why you &quot;forgot&quot; to mention them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your application was 10 years ago and the relative is some distant cousin (or you are now related legally for example you have a brother in law due to a sibling marriage), then this is not deception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form asks about your &lt;em&gt;current status&lt;/em&gt; (not in the future or the past) and the declaration you sign confirms that you are giving answers truthfully as to the best of your knowledge at the time of submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration interviews are generally quite comprehensive - chances are they are well aware of your previous travel history to/from the US - and as you have to provide passports they may also be aware of your other non-US travel history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the immigration officer knows if they have access to the forms you fill when applying for visas and how back of an archive they keep, or even if such forms are reviewed during an immigration interview, so no one can answer definitively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2393" OwnerDisplayName="Burhan Khalid" LastActivityDate="2018-10-24T07:33:11.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14934" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-27T19:50:42.083" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a UK work permit. My marital status is &quot;Separated&quot; (I am in the process of getting a divorce from my wife). Will this status impact my application for a Work Permit to UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Subramani" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T00:51:18.397" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T16:34:12.333" Title="Separated Status / UK Work Permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-28T17:35:10.500" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking for a friend. She travelled to Oman from Malaysia on a work visa. Upon arrival, they directed her to a different line where she just literally walked past immigration, thinking that it was just the practice, only to realize that the rest of her colleagues, who were already there, had had their passport and visas stamped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will there be an issue flying back to her home country? Or are there any precautionary steps that should be taken in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16073" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T02:10:10.193" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T02:10:10.193" Title="Traveled to Oman from Malaysia. Passport or visa was not stamped" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;oman&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-29T04:09:46.683" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going as a university exchange student to the UK (to Bradford University) for 6 months. The program I'm participating is the Erasmus+. The visa I'm applying for is a short-term student visa.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to stay in the University afterwards, to finish my studies there?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a European citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16075" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T13:10:42.987" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T13:10:42.987" Title="How to stay in the UK after the exchange program?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;erasmus&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-29T06:54:25.287" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/(S(qsjc2blkrguokniye2v4vdy1))/Help.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Help page&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: If the name of your birth country has changed, select the name by which the country is currently known.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2020-Instructions-Translations/DV-2020-Instructions-English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instruction&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Use the name of the country currently used for the place where you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't find any information regarding the name of a city. If the name of my city is changed since my birth, which name should I use: old one or currently known one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16076" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T15:50:53.857" Title="What name of the city should I use when I participate in the US Diversity Visa, if the name of the city has changed since birth?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14955" CreationDate="2018-10-29T10:08:24.697" Score="2" ViewCount="715" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read many times that the minimum requirement for period lived in Germany is 8 years and can be dropped to 6 years (I am talking about non-married to German citizen).&#xA;My question is, can this be by any mean less than 6 years even by 2 or 3 months? And when can I start the process of application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-10-29T12:05:09.930" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T05:56:35.420" Title="Is there any possibility to obtain German Citizenship before 6 years without marriage?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14940" CreationDate="2018-10-29T12:02:13.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you were not stateless and born in Germany. In which case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law#Naturalisation_as_a_German_citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;No.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exceptions to the normal residence requirements for naturalization include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;persons who have completed an integration course may have the residence requirement reduced to 7 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a person shows that he/she is especially well integrated and has a higher level of command of the German language than the basic requirement for the German citizenship (i.e., higher than CEFR level B1) may have the residence requirement reduced to 6 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;refugees and stateless persons may be able to apply after 6 years of continual residency&#xA;former German citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Six years seems to be the minimum possible time frame depending on circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-10-30T09:26:07.247" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T09:26:07.247" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14939" CreationDate="2018-10-29T15:15:41.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It probably doesn't matter very much, but you should most likely use the current name of the city where you were born.  There's no harm in giving both the current name and the name it had when you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The instructions pay more attention to the country than to the city because of the rules that determine your &quot;foreign state of chargeability.&quot;  The Foreign Affairs Manual states the rule at &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050302.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 503.2-2(1)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Changes in territorial limits:  If an alien’s place of birth has undergone changes in political jurisdiction since the time of his or her birth, the alien is subject to the foreign state limitation of the state which has jurisdiction over that place of birth at the time of visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important thing is for the information you give to identify the current state that contains the place where you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mike Harris suggested in a comment that you should list both, and that seems sensible if the form has enough space.  You might even make it less confusing for anyone who is unfamiliar with the name change by adding &quot;then called&quot;, for example &lt;em&gt;Podgorica (then called Titograd).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T15:15:41.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14939" CreationDate="2018-10-29T15:50:53.857" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have “City of birth” in both your passport and birth certificate; if these two are different I suggest to use what’s in your passport, because it’s newer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T15:50:53.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14934" CreationDate="2018-10-29T16:34:12.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is that your marital status should not affect your Visa application unless your ex-wife is in the UK, was in the UK or is a citizen of the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T16:34:12.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-30T05:17:02.157" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know the question might be a bit too specific, but I'm interested in knowing these details preferably from people who might already have had a successful experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically: I don't have any college degree, I only have skills. I already understand the process for application (such as the fact that I need a signed job offer) and I know that it IS technically possible to get it because there's no law saying you can't get a work visa without a degree. However, it's also technically possible for Merkel herself to issue an honorary German citizenship for me, but we all know that's unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add that I speak German and have the official certificates from the Goethe center, would that help in gaining a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore I'd like to add that I'm talking about a normal work visa, I know that the blue card requires a degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, assuming that I pass an interview and get an offer, how likely would it be for the government to actually accept me?&#xA;Any success stories would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16081" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T05:17:02.157" Title="How likely it is to get a job in programming in Germany for a non-EU without a degree?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-11-08T00:09:22.713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-30T13:40:45.003" Score="1" ViewCount="349" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I submitted my online application and booked my biometrics appointment. I then paid my IHS fee online via PayPal. They (PayPal) sent me an email of payment confirmation but the black indicator of IHS payment in the online application didn't go green.  I was stuck in that stage until my biometrics appointment was canceled by the IHS, and they want me to pay the fee again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had this problem and what can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15786" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T15:15:56.193" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T15:15:56.193" Title="IHS payment problem" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14921" CreationDate="2018-10-30T15:35:16.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer the last &quot;Is this a general rule? For example, does that mean that if an apartment somewhere in southern Hessen is advertised as 35 m² ...it is actually even larger than 35 m²?&quot; In general it means what it says, i.e. room, kitchen and bathroom are 35 qm. However a one-room apartment means you have a room PLUS kitchen and bathroom. They are all included in  the 35 qm advertised. There are areas such as cellar, storage space outside the flat, community laundry, stairwell and garage etc. which do not count in your flat area measurement. And balcony including glazed balcony (Wintergarten) are counted as 25% and  50% respectively, 100% if it is heated. Use google translate and see this definitive list of what is precisely included: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.test.de/Wohnflaeche-berechnen-Zweierlei-Mass-1356200-1356204/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to measure accommodation&lt;/a&gt; You need to know what it is exactly and it has to be in your rental agreement, because the extra running costs (Nebenkosten) which will be billed monthly or annually will be calculated using the given area as the key. Caveat emptor applies. Be aware agents talk up size, so it is best to take a measuring tape along when you view and check yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16082" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T15:35:16.647" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14951" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-30T21:24:40.000" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the US before 1983 and my mother was born and raised in the UK. I've never lived in the UK. Do I qualify for a UK passport\citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I do, would I be able to live anywhere in the EU, since the UK is part of the EU? What about Brexit?&#xA;Thank you all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16084" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T22:07:23.750" Title="US Born, UK Citizen Mother, do I qualify for UK Passport?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-30T21:52:25.883" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (Indian Citizen) was working in France on EU Blue card from Nov 2016 - Oct 2017 and then I left France for good but I still have my EU Blue card with me which expires in Nov 2019. My question is can I use this card for travel in Schengen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16085" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T21:52:25.883" Title="EU Blue Card travel validity after leaving country for good" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14951" CreationDate="2018-10-30T22:07:23.750" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I qualify for a UK passport\citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent/born-before-1983&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for citizenship if you have a British parent/You were born before 1983&lt;/a&gt;.  Since you did not mention your father, I presume he was not British.  This would mean that you are not automatically a British citizen, but you can apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re not automatically a citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible to apply for citizenship if either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your parents were not married when you were born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your mother was British, not your father&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second is true, so you may be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mother or father must have been a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies when you were born. They must also have been one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;born or adopted in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;given citizenship after applying for it in their own right (not based on having a British parent)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;working as a Crown servant when you were born (for example in the diplomatic service, overseas civil service or armed forces)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is true, so you meet this requirement as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also be of ‘good character’ - read the guidance when you fill in the application form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/nationality-ukm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online if your mother was British&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I do, would I be able to live anywhere in the EU, since the UK is part of the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, under certain conditions.  To stay longer than three months, the host country can require you to register, and they can require you to be in one of the following categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;working (including self employed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;studying&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;self-sufficient&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is laid out in directive 2004/38/EC, the freedom of movement directive.  There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/eu-citizens&quot;&gt;many questions&lt;/a&gt; on this site about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about Brexit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After Brexit, nobody knows, but there will probably be a system to allow British citizens living in the EU at that point to remain without too much burden.  It seems likely, however, that British citizens &lt;em&gt;newly&lt;/em&gt; moving to the EU after Brexit would face a situation substantially similar to that faced by US citizens moving to the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T22:07:23.750" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-31T02:21:06.637" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the rules for that would allow the parents of a Blue Card holder to immigrate to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16087" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T15:25:22.157" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T15:25:22.157" Title="Are the parents of an EU Blue Card holder eligible for a family reunification visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14940" CreationDate="2018-10-31T05:56:35.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Exceptions to the normal eight year residency requirement include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People who have completed an integration course may have the residency requirement reduced to 7 years&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If an applicant is especially well integrated and has a higher command of German than the basic requirement for German citizenship (i.e. C1 or C2) they may have residency requirement reduced to 6 years. (Comment: a well paid job or high qualifications in chore subjects are also &quot;helpful&quot; establishing desirability)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The spouse of a German citizen may be naturalised after 3 years of continual residency in Germany if they have been married at least 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Refugees and stateless persons may be able to apply after 6 years of continual residency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The majority have an eight year residency requirement minimum, so the lower limit is already a huge reduction and concession. No way would an application be accepted before the minimum. You will have to fulfil all the requirements including citizenship test and language exam to B1 (minimum) in the same way, so even if one of the above categories is applicable, the information is widely available in German and there will be a requirement to be proficient enough to read and understand everything at the time an application is submitted. To be sure a six year residency requirement is going to be accepted, you should ask beforehand to avoid disappointment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: &quot;And when can I start the process of application?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: As soon as all the residency and other requirements are fulfilled. You will need two to three months collecting and translating all the necessary paperwork before you submit the application and it is my experience you need 4-6 weeks to make a preliminary appointment to see a case worker, so applicants can certainly start the ball rolling before their time/date requirement is up. A police check is also done before papers are finally submitted by your case worker.&#xA;I have been through the whole process myself this year and was helped and advised well at the &lt;em&gt;Bürgerbüro&lt;/em&gt; in my local &lt;em&gt;Rathaus&lt;/em&gt;. Each town and state is different, but in Berlin applicants should make a personal appointment at the &lt;em&gt;Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde&lt;/em&gt; where they will be advised about an application relevant to them and their country of origin. A good starting point for research is Wikipedia &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German nationality law&lt;/a&gt; A lot more information is available via local &lt;em&gt;Einbürgerung&lt;/em&gt; services and via their web pages, which are sometimes in English. Be careful of companies or web sites which claim they will expedite applications. Applicants will also have to have a certain amount of interaction with authorities in their country of origin, depending on where and whether they will be required to renounce citizenship. My application was submitted and dual citizenship (I'm from an EU country) granted within three months in Schleswig-Holstein, but waiting times vary a lot from state to state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16082" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T05:56:35.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14956" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15195" CreationDate="2018-10-31T07:04:06.353" Score="6" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American living in Japan, and I'm looking to buy a car in Japan in the next couple months. I have a Chase bank account with a debit card and a Sapphire credit card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to find a place that allows credit cards for buying a car, or that would be the best option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also been informed by the dealer that they don't have any connection with Chase bank, so sending money directly from the bank won't work either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems that I'm left with withdrawing cash. Which I wouldn't have an issue with, but my Chase card has a 3% foreign exchange rate adjustment fee + a $5 fee for each withdrawal. And I can't locate it on the website right now, but I'm pretty sure I can only withdraw $500 per day. So I'd be hit with the fees several times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have any other options for withdrawing money? Is there some kind of prepaid card I can charge with my debit card / credit card and withdraw money without limitations or fees? (I searched for one with no luck)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has a Japanese bank account, so any way to transfer money to her account from my American account without fees would also be awesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8747" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T22:04:31.240" Title="Withdrawing money to buy a car in Japan" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14956" CreationDate="2018-10-31T09:04:52.063" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a happy user of &lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Transferwise&lt;/a&gt;.  I use it to transfer CHF and GBP to EUR, but they do USD to JPY too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not entirely fee-free, but they use the mid-market rate for foriegn exchange, and then charge a fee on top.  For USD to JPY, the fee scheme is quite complex:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A flat fee of $4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0.85% on the amount up to $135,000, and 0.73% on anything over that&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;$25 additional Swift charges on amounts over ¥1,000,000&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even if you want to transfer $10,000 the charges will be about $108 (which is only just over 1%), and you can reduce that by doing it as two $5000 transfers (so that you sneak in under the ¥1,000,000 limit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T09:04:52.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14735" CreationDate="2018-10-31T11:43:57.333" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa refusal notice states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your Italian marriage certificate cannot be taken as evidence because it is not the original Albanian marriage certificate, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The conversation screenshot cannot be taken as evidence either&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and no evidence is left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would re-apply with your Albanian marriage certificate (I suppose they will need a certified translation) as well as more detailed evidence of your earlier relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T11:43:57.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1395" CreationDate="2018-10-31T12:03:01.210" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may reclaim all or some of the taxes depending on several things, for example how long you stayed in Germany and whether you worked in Italy for the rest of the year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Did you have other income from your home country?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had income in your home country, that affects your tax bracket. Thus you must declare all your worldwide income in the Germany tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were unemployed for half of the year, but your tax bracket was calculated based on 12 months salary, you should file the tax return to reclaim some of the taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Should you pay taxes to Germany on your worldwide income?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From which income you pay taxes in Germany, depends on whether you lived in Germany for only 6 months, or stayed longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you lived in Germany for more than 6 consecutive months, you are considered &quot;ordinarily resident&quot; in Germany, meaning that the tax is calculated from your worldwide income (the total you earned in Germany and your home country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you lived in Germany for only 6 months (or less), you are not considered tax resident. You pay tax only on income earned in Germany. In this case you will be considered tax resident in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/germany/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/germany/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Have you paid taxes twice?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that you may end up paying taxes on the same income to both Germany and your home country. In this case the double taxation treaty between your home country and Germany defines which country has the right for taxation, and one of the countries should return the collected taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.settle-in-berlin.com/income-tax-germany/how-to-do-avoid-double-taxation-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.settle-in-berlin.com/income-tax-germany/how-to-do-avoid-double-taxation-germany/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if your home country has the right for taxation, but you were taxed from the same income in Germany as well, you would reclaim the taxes collected in Germany. You need to provide a proof from the tax officials of your home country that you paid the taxes there. You probably won't get such a certificate already in May, when you normally file the tax return in Germany, but in practice the German tax return can be filed until the end of the year. (This is what I heard from a tax consultant.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which country has the right for taxation depends on the treaty. While I don't know about the treaty between Germany and Italy, I have learned that the treaty between Germany and Finland says that you pay taxes to the country where you work. As an exception, if you work in Germany but your employer is not a German company, it gets more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can you reclaim a tax refund?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to reclaim taxes is by filing a tax return. You can do this by going to Finanzamt, online, or by using a tax consultant (&quot;Steuerberater&quot;). If you choose to do it online, the state provides a free service called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elster.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Elster&lt;/a&gt; that is only available in German. There are other commercial services that are available in English and provide also help for filling each form. In case of more complicated issues, such as double taxation, it may be safer to use a tax advisor. The tax consultants have a fixed price list - one tax return costs 150 € + 19 % VAT in 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that while you may see instructions that advise you to fill the form N-AUS to report foreign income, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/ELSTER&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this only applies to foreign income while you're a resident in Germany&lt;/a&gt;. If you worked in your home country before or after moving to Germany, you just report the foreign income in the beginning at WA-ESt. SteuerGo asks this at the end in Other Information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16092" LastEditorUserId="16092" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T19:08:22.380" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T19:08:22.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14707" CreationDate="2018-10-31T17:37:02.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've contacted them over email at &lt;strong&gt;meineschufa@schufa.de&lt;/strong&gt; and explained it in English, also I've provided an &lt;a href=&quot;https://deepl.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;automated German translation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They then asked me for my address registration certificate, in German of course. I've provided it over email and after 2 weeks I received a confirmation letter as well as a free report in my postbox confirming that the address has been changed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also changed my legal name during the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2019-04-12T09:30:37.023" LastActivityDate="2019-04-12T09:30:37.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-31T18:17:26.517" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 5 years of experience out of which 2 years was paid internship, 40 hours a week. I worked as a Trainee Associate QA engineer in first year, and as trainee associate software engineer in 2nd year of my internship. Then I have 1.5 years of software engineer experience and am now a QA engineer for the last 6 months. How much will ACS deduct from my application? Any help would be much appreciated as I want to know whether they'll consider my internship and not deduct an years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T18:17:26.517" Title="Will Australian Computer Society deduct experience if I have internship?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-31T23:02:32.153" Score="2" ViewCount="821" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a F-1 Student Visa and will be granted optional practical training (OPT) soon. My full time will be at Amazon (Washington, US) which is a parent company of Twitch. I know that it not legal to earn revenue from a different source other than the company associated with your OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twitch is a streaming platform where you can earn money and/or donations from people who watch you playing online games.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Query 1: Is it legal to earn on Twitch if I am full time at Amazon on my OPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Query 2: Are Twitch donations legal irrespective of where I work on my OPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Query 3: Is it legal to earn on Twitch (as a streamer) if I work at Twitch (as a Software Developer) on my OPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16093" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-11-01T20:21:54.580" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T16:05:37.730" Title="[US]Twitch Streaming during OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-01T05:34:55.523" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother is in Sri Lanka, and is widowed and old. She is financially and emotionally dependent on me. I am working in Germany on a 3 year blue card. If I prove my mother's hardship, is there a way to bring her and make her stay until mine? I consulted a German immigration lawyer and he denied immediately saying its not possible and that I'll only waste the money. But in the law I have read that if &quot;hardship&quot; is experienced, adult dependents could be brought over. I can sponsor mom for all her needs including insurance and any other cost. Is there any one who has done this or who could provide me an advice as to whether there are any chances of succeeding at all? Last few days have been hopeless, so any help would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T05:34:55.523" Title="Is there a possibility to bring a widowed old parent to Germany if “hardship” is proven?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-01T08:24:53.640" Score="2" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Poland full time employees have a 15 minutes lunch break that counts as paid work time. Employee can start work at 8 am at leave at 4 pm.&#xA;In Germany employees have to take a 30 minutes lunch break that doesn't count as work time. If employees start at 8 am they have to stay at least until 4:30 pm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which countries in EU guarantee employees paid lunch break (like Poland)? What's the duration of those breaks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16094" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T08:24:53.640" Title="Which countries in EU guarantee paid lunch break?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-11-08T00:09:33.643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-01T10:10:04.933" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;The birth dates written on my passport and birth certificate do not match. The actual date is written on the birth certificate, but on the passport, 1/1 is written instead of the actual month and day (this is always the case with passports in my country, for simplification). Which one should I type in the US DV lottery online entry form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15694" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T10:10:04.933" Title="Different dates on passport and birth certificate, which one should I use for the DV lottery?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-01T12:23:33.627" Score="4" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will applying a US diversity lottery (Green Card) program affect my future visa requests, especially if I am going to apply for a J1 internship visa next year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to apply for green card but I am hesitating, because I am worried whether it will affect my chances for future visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16099" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-01T15:13:45.200" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T15:13:45.200" Title="Will applying a US diversity lottery (Green Card) program affect my future visa requests?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14967" CreationDate="2018-11-01T12:31:03.510" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes but the exact degree is uncertain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply for non-immigrant visas (such as a J1, F1, or B1/B2), you must show that you have no intent to immigrate to the USA. But by applying for the green card lottery, you are signaling immigration intent. So it becomes more difficult after you put in an application. This doesn’t impact so-called dual-intent visas like the H1 visa where you can have immigration intent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact degree that the lottery affects non-immigrant applications though is uncertain as many have gotten non-immigrant visas after not getting the lottery. As with all visas, the strength of the positive evidence for your case needs to outweigh any derogatories in your account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-11-01T14:08:10.810" LastActivityDate="2018-11-01T14:08:10.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-02T04:58:58.893" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if its possible for me to get French citizenship through my father. Most of his family lives in France and so would sometimes come to visit us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read so many answers on this situation. However, I just want a conclusive response. Or information from anyone who has had experience with this. I want to hopefully in the future visit my cousins. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently looking into seeing if it's possible to obtain French Citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16105" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T12:22:50.507" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T12:22:50.507" Title="My father is a French Citizen. Can I get French citizenship through him?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2018-11-03T17:25:08.907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-02T10:22:03.590" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;For either long-term renting or &lt;em&gt;Wohnen auf Zeit&lt;/em&gt; (shorter term, furnished rentals) in Germany, is a &lt;em&gt;Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/em&gt; (liability insurance) normally required?  For example, I looked through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youniq.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Youniq furnished apartments&lt;/a&gt; for a &lt;em&gt;Zweitwohnung&lt;/em&gt; (secondary residence), which are mostly but not only rented out to students, and they require not only what I would expect (&lt;em&gt;Arbeitsvertrag&lt;/em&gt; (work contract), &lt;em&gt;Einkommensbescheide der letzten drei Monate&lt;/em&gt; (evidence of income last three months), &lt;em&gt;Ausweiskopie&lt;/em&gt; (copy of ID)), but also a &lt;em&gt;Bestätigung über Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/em&gt; (confirmation of liability insurance).  Although not a problem per se to obtain, it does add yet another layer of complication of newly settling in Germany, which may be hard enough as it is.  Is this a usual requirement, or is this something particular?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T14:47:09.060" Title="Do I normally need a Haftpflichtversicherung (liability insurance) to rent in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-02T10:50:11.007" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend from the United States wants to give me a used phone, free of charge. The only cost that I should be concerned with are the duties/VAT, I think (Poland). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we send/declare the package and its value (it would go through the USPS) to pay the least amount? The phone new was $800 US, now used (and in slightly broken - cracked glass state) it goes for around $400 US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the declared value be that $400? Will the tax be calculated based on the average price of this particular used model or will I have to provide the original invoice and pay a tax based on the $800 value? And also, should this phone be sent in its original box?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16108" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T13:34:18.477" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T13:34:18.477" Title="How to send/receive a used phone from USA to Europe, what about duties and tax?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;imports&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-11-08T00:10:21.733" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-02T13:20:56.183" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was expatriated in the Netherlands for a little under three years, and am now back in my home country (Palestine/Israel). I don't expect to live in the EU again in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still have an active Dutch bank account (ABN AMRO) and a credit card associated with it (ICS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I cancel my credit card? Should I close my bank account? (Or rather, what are the pros and cons of doing so?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if I do close them, how soon should I do so after I've left?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T09:04:30.837" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T09:04:30.837" Title="I've left the EU. Should I keep my bank account and credit card?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;&lt;departure&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14975" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-11-02T13:24:14.557" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-11-02T13:24:14.557" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T13:24:14.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14976" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-11-02T13:24:14.557" Score="0" Body="Questions about activities, events and challenges close to the time at which you leave in the country in which you have been expatriated." OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T09:03:31.663" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T09:03:31.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-02T14:29:33.673" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Iran. I like to participate in some UK startup programs like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.joinef.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.joinef.com&lt;/a&gt;. It's a 4 months program, that individuals can participate and find a co-founder to establish a new startup/company. So I think I must get a visitor visa(tourist visa), then change it to entrepreneur or startup visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am right, please let me know, can I change my tourist visa to entrepreneur visa or startup visa or any other work visa in England or I must come back to Iran and apply for new visa again?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much in advanced!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16009" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T14:29:33.673" Title="What kind of visa should i get to participate in UK entrepreneurship programs?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;startups&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14971" CreationDate="2018-11-02T14:47:09.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I now have an additional datapoint from my son who rents a flat in Germany.  His landlord did not demand to see the confirmation, but they did &quot;require&quot; that he had the insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we can therefore conclude that this is not an unusual requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Haftpflichtversicherung is quite cheap, so I would just buy it.  You probably can't just fill in a form on a website (which is going to be set up for the &quot;normal&quot; case), but I suspect a phone call to an insurance broker will be successful.  You might have to give a correspondence address in Germany, but you can probably use your new employer for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-11-02T14:47:09.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-03T09:57:10.740" Score="2" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have changed my plans and I don't want to work in China. It is my probation period and I want to quit in 3 days. I did not get a residence permit and I came here on the 10th of October with a Z visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I leave the country if the duration of stay on this visa says 000 days, which means I am required to get the residence permit within 30 days after entry? What if I fail to get the residence permit and want to leave China within 30 days? Is it possible to leave the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16112" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-03T13:21:55.120" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T06:02:00.120" Title="China Z visa: what happens if I quit the job during probation period?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-03T12:48:05.923" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;The case is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Physician with EU citizenship. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cardiology training completed in the EU, never worked in the US.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Interest in pursuing a medical fellowship in the US with several options to choose from.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ECFMG exams completed, certificate to be delivered soon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;USMLE Step 3 not taken yet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the candidate already start the visa application process even though USMLE Step 3 is not done yet? Apparently, this last step seems required in some States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If some fellowship positions are not ACGME accredited, what options does the candidate have at the end of their training should they wish to stay in the US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this SE is not the right place to ask, thanks for advising a more suitable community; cheers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16114" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-03T13:18:05.580" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T13:18:05.580" Title="US visa process for medical graduate" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14320" CreationDate="2018-11-03T14:36:01.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;ANPR cameras at the UK ports and in Police Cars will flag the car up as no MOT very quickly and there will be other problems if you have SORNed it in the UK. The UK authorities have wide powers to seize unlicenced vehicles to remove them from the highway. The lack of an MOT is a criminal offence but this can be circumvented by arranging an MOT close to the point of entry to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think that you might stand a better chance of proving intent if you have notified the DVLA in the UK of permanent export and can show documents (an online receipt for example) that you have indeed applied to register the car in France and if old enough, you have a French Contrôl Technique which is valid in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IIRC there are long delays in the issue of Vehicle registration documents (Certiciat de Immatriculation) in France following the introduction of a new on-line system which you might (I say might) be able to short circuit by asking a local Garagiste to do it for you. It will require the CoC which, in the case of a relatively new vehicle will form part of the UK registration document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16115" LastEditorUserId="16115" LastEditDate="2018-11-03T14:43:07.680" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T14:43:07.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-03T17:58:47.940" Score="2" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;My boyfriend is a non-UK national, given ILR 14 years ago. He was convicted of the offence of sexual assault of touching a female over 16 years of age. In Magistrates Court, he was given a jail sentence of 20 weeks and he will serve 10 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He was visited in prison by an official from the Home Office, asking his details and home address, and asking if he was willing to leave or intending to stay in the UK after serving his sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that the Home Office will revoke his ILR and deport him because of the 4-month jail sentence? At the time of sentencing, the Court didn't recommend his deportation and considered him a low risk offender. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked an immigration solicitor he said that as soon as he did not get 12 months he should be fine, but I'm worried because I don't understand this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Notification Requirements for UKBA’s Local Immigration Teams&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2.12​ Where a foreign national prisoner receives a sentence that does not meet the normal criteria for deportation (set out in 2.8 above)&#xA;  and therefore does not require a referral to CCD then prison&#xA;  establishments should refer these cases to their Local Immigration&#xA;  Team by e-mail or fax using the CCD referral form within 5 days of&#xA;  reception following conviction and sentence so that they can consider&#xA;  administrative removal action. (Contact details for the Local&#xA;  Immigration Teams are at Annex E).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they told him it is normal to ask Avery one who is not a UK National, do they deport him for 20 weeks jail !!! He is legal in the country for 14 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sam" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-11-04T09:41:01.543" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T09:41:01.543" Title="Will the UK deport my boyfriend after he serves his jail sentence?" Tags="&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-03T23:42:19.923" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My father (US Citizen) has filed a family-based petition for me 2 years back after I was newly married.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I now fall under Family Third Preference (F3): Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, and their spouses and minor children.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now that I have an infant first-born (1 year old as of this writing), I would like to apply for B2 visa for him and my wife so that we could visit my parents on the coming holidays. We intend to stay for only 1 week (December 25 up to New Year).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have existing valid US B1/B2 Visa and have travelled to the US multiple times and have proven that I always returned home and never overstayed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife has solid work track record of more than 5 straight years (3 years in her first company and more than 2 years in her current company). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the petition raised by my father for me have any effect on the B2 Visa application if my wife and baby? I want to of course avoid refusal and am seeking advise what is the best course of action and answer to the consular officer if the question arises on my wife’s interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to prove that we only want to visit my parents for the holidays and we will never unlawfully overstay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastEditorUserId="11665" LastEditDate="2018-11-04T16:52:48.447" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T07:03:57.567" Title="Will F3 family-based petition affect the B2 visa application of my wife and infant child?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14984" CreationDate="2018-11-04T01:22:15.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your boyfriend is in jail and was asked a question by Home Office officials, and you ask whether this means he will be deported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Being asked whether he wishes to leave voluntarily or whether he intends to stay only means that they want to know whether he wants to leave or stay. That's all you can conclude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, of course they can decide that they want to remove him from the UK. He will know this when they tell him. Or they will decide to not remove him. When they tell him, that's when you need to worry, not now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But look at what you posted, and what this lawyer told you: There is no directive in sight that means with a sentence of less than 12 months he should leave. Nothing bad has happened (yet), and it will likely never happen. As long as he doesn't do anything else that will get him sent to jail again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T01:22:15.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T03:51:14.413" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do any of these countries allow repatriation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandfathers were born in Holland and Ireland.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;My grandmothers were born in Croatia and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They all immigrated as kids around 1910, 1920.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16123" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-04T12:17:05.710" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T20:36:39.597" Title="Born in the US, want to 'repatriate' to grandparent's country" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T11:36:25.700" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Challenges renting a regular home from abroad&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some practical challenging facing new immigrants seeking accommodation in Germany.  Some of those apply generally, some are more strongly or exclusively the case in Germany:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/9408/6&quot;&gt;The need for SCHUFA&lt;/a&gt;, which normally required a German bank account, which requires a German registration, which requires already living there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The need to view a place in person.  Not only to know what the tenant is renting, but the landlord or their representative will also insist on meeting the tenant in person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Payslips for the last three months, which an immigrant moving to Germany to take on a job may not yet have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A work contract, which some immigrants may not yet have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Probably some others I'm not thinking of at the moment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Challenges with staying in hotels initially&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hotels, hostels, airbnb &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be a way out in the beginning, but those have some major disadvantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/topic/363066-is-my-hostel-legally-required-to-complete-the-confirmation-of-residence-form/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apparently&lt;/a&gt; they are not obliged to fill a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt;, which means one cannot register with the &lt;em&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/em&gt;, which will make it complicated/impossible to get a bank account or &lt;em&gt;Steueridentifikationsnummer&lt;/em&gt;, which employers (and perhaps others) will need&lt;/s&gt; Contrary to what I thought, it seems hostels/hotels do have to provide a Wohnungsgeberbestätigung for guests staying ≥3 months and requesting one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cannot usually mark ones name on the mailbox, which means one cannot receive mail or only in a limited way (I believe)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hotels or hostels may refuse to have guests staying for longer than 2 weeks up to 3 months, because then they would have to deal with the consequences of people registering as resident there (but this may depend on the location) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/topic/363066-is-my-hostel-legally-required-to-complete-the-confirmation-of-residence-form/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Example case of someone describing this situation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;May be a very expensive solution to do for ≥3 months (and for a shorter stay I might not get a Wohnungsgeberbestätigung).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Does Wohnen auf Zeit solve both problems?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany there is a thing called &lt;em&gt;Wohnen auf Zeit&lt;/em&gt;.  Apparently, this is typically furnished accommodation which is often rented out for a period of 1–12 months.  Some of it is private, some by companies such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homecompany.de/en/index&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Homecompany&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.city-residence.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;city-residence&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youniq.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Youniq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does &lt;em&gt;Wohnen auf Zeit&lt;/em&gt; generally share the practical challenges that immigrants face renting regular accommodation, or is this easier to organise in advance?  Would they still insist on having a SCHUFA, meeting the tenant, and seeing payslips?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a tenants point of view, there is less risk renting a place sight unseen if a legitimate (corporate) landlord or agent has good reviews/testimonials and the tenant only intend to stay for 3–6 months (as long as the tenant needs to find a regular rental home).  There is less risk for the landlord if the tenant provides evidence they can pay the full 3–6 months, and the landlord can get easily get rid of the tenant after this relatively short period.  If I understand correctly, &lt;a href=&quot;http://crocodilian.de/blog/wohnungsgeberbestaetigung-fuer-wohnen-auf-zeit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the landlord for &lt;em&gt;Wohnen auf Zeit&lt;/em&gt; is required to provide a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt; when asked&lt;/a&gt; when asked; after all registration is mandatory for international moves if the tenant stays more than 3 months and for domestic moves if the tenant stays more than 6, and a &lt;em&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/em&gt; is needed to register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears like the perfect way out (of course at a price).  Is it, or are there some caveats I am missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T16:36:29.290" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T20:16:17.707" Title="Is “Wohnen auf Zeit” easier to organise from abroad than normal rental, or do landlords still insist on Schufa, work contract, and meeting the tenant?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2020-09-12T15:50:42.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T12:02:36.720" Score="2" ViewCount="1295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had submitted an application for a Tier 2 visa on August 24th 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On September 12th, I got an email from the UK decision centre, asking me to submit within 10 working days a letter from UK NARIC confirming that my degree was taught in English, and send it as a scanned attachment to SheffieldDocsRequested.India@fco.gov.uk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On September 18th, I emailed my English Language Assessment (ELA) from NARIC to the indicated email address. But, on October 2nd, I got the same email asking me to submit &lt;em&gt;A letter from UK NARIC.&lt;/em&gt; Since it was not clearly stated which letter from UK NARIC, I emailed to them my ELA and Statement of Comparability (SoC). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, on October 16th, I got same email asking to submit a letter from UK NARIC. I resent both the ELA and SoC immediately and mentioned that I had already send them on September 18th and October 2nd. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In spite of all this, I got a refusal letter on October 25th, with the main reason&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have not provided any confirmation from UK NARIC that your degree was taught in English and you have not provided any confirmation from UK NARIC that the degree you have is deemed to meet the recognised standard of a Bachelor's or Master's degree or a PhD in the UK. We emailed you on 12/09/2018 and 02/10/2018 to request these documents and received no reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents not being available at assessment appears to be a technical error. The emailed documents are shown in my sentbox folder. I am planning to apply for an administrative review request for reconsideration of the decision on my application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16125" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-05T14:27:20.607" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T15:13:43.183" Title="My UK Tier 2 visa was refused, the visa office states I did not send a letter from UK NARIC, but I did. What should I do?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T12:03:46.133" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen of Spanish parents who is contemplating moving to Spain with my Thai wife  and daughter so we can be closer to my parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the middle of getting my daughter her British passport, but I am unsure if we will be  able to live in Spain once the U.K. leaves the European Union.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would we need to do to live legally in Spain? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16126" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T12:03:46.133" Title="British citizen thinking of moving to Spain with Thai wife" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T12:52:16.887" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Passport the only acceptable form of ID that I can use to renew my residency in Germany, or there other alternatives that can be presented as an ID?&#xA;And what if I have to renew my residency but my Passport is expired and I cannot renew it quickly due to some complications at my Embassy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T14:24:48.637" Title="What other documents other than Passport are considered an ID when applying for renewing the residency in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14991" CreationDate="2018-11-04T17:03:45.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're asking about what is commonly known as a &quot;Right of Return,&quot; which may allow some individuals who left a country (especially under duress) or their descendants to obtain citizenship. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt; discusses the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the four countries you mention, the only one listed is Germany. The article's discussion, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Citizenship_Project&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the other Wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt; mentioned therein, suggest that repatriation to Germany is available only to those who left or were forced out in the 1930s or 1940s, and their descendants.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T17:03:45.020" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14991" CreationDate="2018-11-04T17:18:56.667" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your grandfather was born in Ireland, you can likely get Irish citizenship by descent now, by registering in the Foreign Births Register. Once you get Irish citizenship, you would be able to move to Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T17:18:56.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-04T18:03:27.753" Score="-2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British national (yeah, I don't like admitting to it so please forgive me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My dream is to win Euromillions so that I can buy a plot of land in Cyprus, build a nice villa with pool and move out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would I need to do to be able to live out there as a Cypriot national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I've read on the interweb, the UK Government is extremely reluctant to allow one of its net contributors (i.e taxpayers) to jump ship and make you leap through hoops to even get anywhere close to leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Juan" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-11-05T00:00:25.507" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T14:45:09.290" Title="Changing nationality" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14998" CreationDate="2018-11-04T20:19:30.887" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK government doesn't have a say about where you choose to live. If you can find another country which will grant you residency or even citizenship, you can choose to live there instead and there's nothing the UK government can possibly do about it. You don't even have to tell them you're leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't necessarily true for all countries, there are some countries around the world where a citizen needs permission to leave their home country. However, the UK and all other Western democracies do not restrict their citizens in this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T20:19:30.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14991" CreationDate="2018-11-04T20:36:39.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not particularly likely, but depending on the circumstances, you might be a Dutch citizen.  It is somewhat less unlikely that you are a former Dutch citizen.  In the first case you can apply for a Dutch passport; in the second case you may have a quicker route to naturalization.  There's also a possibility that you can become Dutch through the so-called &quot;option procedure.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether any of this is true depends on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when your Dutch grandfather was born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when he naturalized in the US (or elsewhere), if ever&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when his child, your parent, was born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whether that person was your mother or your father&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when you were born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and probably some other facts besides.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be careful! If you are Dutch and under 28, you will probably lose your Dutch nationality on your 28th birthday.  If your 28th birthday is in the near future, you should act with some urgency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm less familiar with Croatian nationality law, but I will try to remember to check it tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T20:36:39.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14763" CreationDate="2018-11-04T23:46:51.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Update as things progress:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In late September, WaterNet sent me a letter, informing me my annual service charge was being reduced by 55.08 EUR. So, apparently they got informed at some point about my de-registration. However - the total charge had been 269.56 EUR, and I left after 169 of 364 days of the year, so that din't make sense. I've written them to inquire about the details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No news from the Municipality yet, I've written them through IAmsterdam.nl 's contact form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-11-04T23:46:51.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14998" CreationDate="2018-11-05T00:06:50.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Holding UK citizenship is not something you need to give up for any reason, other than on the grounds of wanting to 'burn your past'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK citizens (unlike US citizens) are only taxed by the UK government on income earned while resident in the UK. So if you upped sticks and went to live the life in Cyprus, you would have no further obligations to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, giving up your UK citizenship is remarkably easy. I almost did it by accident once (not really! But they told me how to go about it, and said that it was not difficult) at the British embassy here in Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to relinquish your UK citizenship right now before you win the Euromillions, should you so desire. But that would leave you &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statelessness&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stateless&lt;/a&gt;, and would make moving around afterwards very difficult (since you would not have a passport any more).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-11-05T01:26:36.183" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T01:26:36.183" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-05T14:22:26.877" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband has an EEA passport and he currently has a permanent job in the UK. I would like to join him with our kids, but we do not have EEA citizenship. &#xA;What kind of visa do I need (and for our kids) as well as what kind of documents do I use to apply for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16130" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T09:15:11.123" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T09:15:11.123" Title="What type of visa do I need?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14989" CreationDate="2018-11-05T16:54:31.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. Yes, it does signal immigration intent on your family’s part which does mean that your (wife’s) paperwork should be spotless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt; No, past experience has been that it really doesn’t increase your risk significantly as the wait time for family petitions is quite long (over ten years) and it’s recognized that family petitioners are some of the safest people as they don’t want to jeopardize their position in the  queue. &lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt; TLDR: make sure your wife’s paperwork is absolutely unchallengeable. Have a solid itinerary with return ticket. Get all the bank statements showing regular salary deposits. Get a letter from her boss. Show that you own a house or long term lease. Show you’ve registered for preschool for your child. Etc etc. &lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: Your family’s immigration lawyer has advised that you withdraw your application as the current (2018.11) Trump administration has been rejecting people in the same situation. I advise you follow this advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-11-05T22:10:39.897" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T22:10:39.897" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15003" CreationDate="2018-11-05T17:32:33.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As non-EEA family members of an EEA citizen already in the UK and working, you can apply for an EEA Family Permit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T17:32:33.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-05T22:52:26.903" Score="3" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there is a way to find out if your parent kept their Dutch nationality?  My father passed away two years ago and I am trying to find out if he had Dutch nationality when I was born in order to apply for a Dutch passport. Our family members can’t agree if he did or not. I have tried contacting the Dutch embassy but they are unable to give out personal information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I am trying to find a way to figure out if he still had his dutch nationality when I was born in 1987.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father was born in England in 1949 to an English mother and Dutch father who were married in 1946.  My grandfather had escaped Holland during WW2, living in London and then returned to Holland after my father was born to continue serving in the air force until he retired in 1969 after which the family returned to the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know my father would have had dual nationality Dutch/British from when he was born however from 1969 he lived in the UK, he never took another nationality or was naturalised anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understand he may have lost his nationality after 10 years unless he reapplied for a passport of made a declaration of Dutch citizenship however as mentioned the family are unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father died 2 years ago and his wife at the time did not keep any of his personal information so I am not able to look for old passports etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a bit lost now as to where I can get more information/help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16132" LastEditorUserId="16135" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T15:27:57.693" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T20:06:02.953" Title="How can I find out whether my father was Dutch?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15007" CreationDate="2018-11-06T00:24:57.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The embassy probably doesn't know whether your father had Dutch nationality when you were born, since the circumstances governing this could include any of several things that they wouldn't have known about.  The best way, and the way the Dutch government would go about it, would be to investigate the relevant points in his life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before doing that, though, you might want to check whether it matters.  This is because even if he was Dutch when you were born, he might not have passed that nationality on to you, or you might have lost your Dutch nationality since then.  (If you are formerly Dutch, though, this could be useful to know, as it is somewhat easier to regain Dutch nationality than it is to get it for the first time.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the rules have changed over the years, it's impossible to say exactly what circumstances matter.  These depend principally on when he was born and when you were born.  Likely things to look into include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When and where he was born&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;His parents' nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether his parents were married&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether he ever naturalized in another country and, if so, when, and, if before he reached the age of majority, whether (and when) his parents naturalized&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether he lived outside the Netherlands for a period of 10 years or more after reaching the age of majority, and, if so, where&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to edit your question to add some detail, leave a comment on this answer to alert me so I can address it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is simply to apply for the passport, claiming that your father was Dutch and that you are Dutch.  This would require the government to make a determination about his nationality when you were born and whether he passed it to you.  Of course, it would be best to have a good understanding of the law before trying to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also of course ask a lawyer, but I have to say that I had a bad experience with a well known Dutch immigration law firm, and I have since seen an incorrect analysis of Dutch nationality law on their web site.  If you are up to working through it all yourself, you're probably better off saving your money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to your edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, since you were born in 1987, you might have lost your Dutch nationality on your 28th birthday in 2015.  If you've lived in the EU, though, you might be okay, since that is one of the exceptions to the ten-year rule.  The exception seems to have been added with the 2003 changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, I think you are probably right that your father would have lost his Dutch nationality unless he received an official acknowledgement of his Dutch nationality.  Indeed, this must have been done in the ten years before you were born, and every ten years before that, except that it was not necessary before he reached the age of majority, or while he was living in the Netherlands (I assume your father moved with his father to the Netherlands after the war and back to the UK in 1969).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have forgotten when the age of majority was lowered from 21 to 18, but if he never received an official document confirming his Dutch nationality he would have lost that nationality sometime between 1979, ten years after moving to the UK, and 1980 (his 31st birthday).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father ever received such a document, there would have been a new ten-year period from the date of the document.  So if he got a Dutch passport or consular statement of nationality before the date in 1977 that fell ten years before your birth, he would have needed to have a second one after then to have retained his Dutch nationality until your birth.  If he got a document between 1977 and 1979 or 1980 then you only need to have evidence of the one document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one caveat here: The law changed a few times, at least once altering the 10-year rule.  In a later form, for example, the rule only applied when the person lived in the country of birth and had the nationality of that country (which of course also applies to your father).  So to know for sure whether your father lost his Dutch nationality under that rule, it's necessary to know the precise form the rule took in 1967 (the year of his 18th birthday) and any changes that occurred between then and 1987 (the year of your birth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the Dutch mission to the UK ever issued a passport or certificate of Dutch nationality to your father, there should be a record of that.  I do not know whether such records would be available through some sort of freedom-of-information request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T20:06:02.953" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T20:06:02.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T01:37:16.387" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a boyfriend who is from germany but he is currently working in UK...  We've been together for almost 6months and he wanted me to go with him in UK.. We wanted to get married in the future..  Specifically in UK since here in the philippines same sex marriage is not legalize and recognize.. Is it possible to get fiance visa even if we only met once? I hope someone will give as Idea on what should we do...  Thank you so much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T16:23:18.267" Title="Can we get same sex fiance visa even if we only met once?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15011" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T03:50:54.007" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a tn visa and I'm planning to travel to Mexico for christmas and I would be returning in January. My I-94 expires 12 days after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm planning in applying for an extension (I-129) one day after returning to the USA. Supposedly I won't be out of status if I have an application pending. Will I have any problems entering the country with immigration officers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be better to apply for a new visa at a US consulate, or extension is good enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user3912137" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T05:55:42.397" Title="Can I enter 1 week and a half before expiration of I-94?" Tags="&lt;mexican-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15010" CreationDate="2018-11-06T06:12:39.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two visa options, depending on whether you intend to live in the UK after your marriage. A Marriage Visitor visa &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa&lt;/a&gt; permits entry for up to 6 months; a Family visa &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&lt;/a&gt; allows you to settle in the UK. Both require you to prove that the relationship is genuine, it will be nigh on impossible for you to do that if you've only met once. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T06:12:39.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T13:12:38.900" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a weird situation here and need your advice. I am an EU Blue Card holder and I currently work for a company in Germany. I would like to go back to my home country but remain working remotely for this German company. I would still pay German taxes, healthcare, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct to say that if I have an address in Germany (let's say I rent an apartment even though I don't physically live there) but am abroad, my EU Blue Card is still valid? Because in theory I never left Germany since I &quot;live&quot; there. Do they check passport stamps or only if I had residence registered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16136" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-07T13:52:16.627" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T00:02:35.793" Title="Non-EU citizen with EU Blue Card working outside EU but with address in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14998" CreationDate="2018-11-06T14:45:09.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have Cypriot house worth over €1.5 million, then you can buy Cypriot citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uk.businessinsider.com/countries-where-you-can-buy-citizenship-or-residency-2017-6/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://uk.businessinsider.com/countries-where-you-can-buy-citizenship-or-residency-2017-6/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14299" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T14:45:09.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T15:38:04.043" Score="4" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for the correct email address to send documents to Sheffield for a UK visa application. I have been asked to submit my criminal record certificate which I had already scanned at visa center. I am from India. I have sent an email to the provided address but have gotten no acknowledgment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14993/my-uk-tier-2-visa-was-refused-the-visa-office-states-i-did-not-send-a-letter-fr&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; where someone mentioned he had the same email address but when he sent documents to that address he got no reply. He was asked again and again and finally his visa was rejected. Then in administrative review, he was told that it was their mistake because email address they provided was wrong. In my case, I have received the same email address. I am worried and stressed after reading that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16138" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T19:19:34.847" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T10:53:32.067" Title="Can you please give me the email address to send documents from India to Sheffield" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15010" CreationDate="2018-11-06T16:23:18.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you are married, you could qualify for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;, which is free of charge.  It might be easiest to get married in some other jurisdiction.  This might be Germany, since your boyfriend is German, or any that allows nonresidents to marry (I know that New York does, and Las Vegas is famous for this as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But hurry!  The UK is on the verge of leaving the European Union, after which this route will almost certainly no longer be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T16:23:18.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9113" CreationDate="2018-11-06T22:21:17.190" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well this is such a grey area in immigration rules,it is no where specified to as one can serve notice period with previous employer after getting new tier-2 visa which is issued with new employer so ideally you are breaching the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16140" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T22:21:17.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T23:06:24.457" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an interesting situation here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a non-Schengen country citizen while my wife is a French national.&#xA;We decided to move to France and obtained a family reunion visa with a year duration starting from December. Meanwhile, I got a job offer from a company in Germany and I am considering take the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I already have a visa although different category and from a different country. What is the best course of action here. Do I need to contact to French Consulate and ask for cancellation of my visa and start proceedings with German consulate or else there is a simpler way of getting a work visa from Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16141" LastEditorUserId="16141" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T23:19:12.380" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T23:19:12.380" Title="Is it possible to apply for a work visa (blue card?) for Germany while you have a French D-Category (family reunion) visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T04:51:52.607" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My driver's licence was suspended for 3 months in Australia after accruing more than 12 points for various minor speeding offences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My UK visa has already been approved and processed, in which I answered no to the question whether you had a suspended license (as, at the time of visa application, I hadn't). Now I have a suspended license for 3 months however I'm not sure if it is classified as a criminal offence as it was not for drink driving or any other major offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However now my answer would be yes it has been suspended but not from a drinking or drug related offence. Will this affect my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16142" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-25T09:21:43.640" LastActivityDate="2019-01-25T09:21:43.640" Title="Suspended license impact on UK visa already granted" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T05:02:55.347" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved to Seattle from British Columbia, Canada and I have my class 7 license. According to dmv.com, &quot;If you have a valid out-of-state DMV driver’s license, you will not be required to pass any additional tests.&quot; I have also heard that if you are over 18 and have two years of driving experience, you do not need to take any tests. Does this only apply to a full license? Or does it apply to someone who is over 18, has their class 7, and has two years of driving experience? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16143" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T05:02:55.347" Title="Valid out-of-state DMV driver's license but class 7, moving from British Columbia to Washington" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T05:54:57.167" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who's applying for a F1 visa. His parents brought him to the US when he was little (8.5 years old), but he left once he turned 18 with his parents and hasn't attempted to re-enter the US since. (Actual age at departure 18 years and 20 days). He's now 26 and he wants to attend a graduate program in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16144" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-11-13T10:58:51.960" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T10:58:51.960" Title="Does prior overstay as a minor increase chances of being rejected for F1 visa (US)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15024" CreationDate="2018-11-07T10:15:58.940" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your friend started accruing &quot;unlawful presence&quot; on his 18th birthday.  As he left within 180 days, he didn't acquire a ban.  If he had left after 180 days, but left before a year, he would have acquired a three year ban which would now lapsed.  If he had left on or after his 19th birthday, he would have acquired a ten year ban which would still be in force.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real problem is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What’s more, an overstay on one’s record can make it difficult to obtain many other nonimmigrant visas or immigration benefits, since the immigration authorities will have to first be convinced that you will abide by the terms of your next visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quotation is from:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/visa-overstay-minor.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/visa-overstay-minor.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is &lt;em&gt;vitally&lt;/em&gt; important that your friend is very careful to be completely truthful when he fills in the application form.  If he is found to have not told the truth (even if it was, in fact, by accident), he is unlikely to ever be able to get a US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-11-10T11:49:31.463" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T11:49:31.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T10:26:15.113" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply for a German passport substitution or a German travel document for foreigners as my embassy is making it more and more complicated to renew my passport and I will have to wait for at least 9 months and I urgently need to renew my residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T10:53:05.860" Title="Can I apply for &quot;Deutsche Passersatzpapiere für Ausländer&quot; if it is too complicated to renew my passport at my Embassy?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15026" CreationDate="2018-11-07T10:53:05.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that you cannot. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthV/5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the §5 of the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltsverordnung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  a &lt;em&gt;Reiseausweis für Ausländer&lt;/em&gt; can only be issued for a person who does not possess a passport of their home country or cannot obtain it in a reasonable way. You do possess a passport of your home country and you can renew it in time if you apply early enough (§5 s.2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T10:53:05.860" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T11:37:06.393" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title says I entered China with a X1 visa intending to stay for some years attending a Master course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some days I went and registered to get my Residence card. All good and well but some days after I began having problems related with chronic fatigue and I am unable to go to class. The teacher texts me everyday telling me that I will be deported if I do not go to class and refuses to listen to me. I asked the university if I would get denied the Residence permit and they did not tell me that they would (neither they did tell me they would not, vague answers) but told me that I would need to leave the dormitory at the end of the semester if my attendance rate was not over 70% for this semester (it is like 20% right now so that is impossible) and I complied saying that I would have to go back to my country anyways for the abovementioned issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am due to go collect my Residence permit in some weeks but my question is if it will be denegated or if simply I will not be granted another student visa in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your answers. I have searched everywhere but I have not found a single answer to my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16148" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T11:37:06.393" Title="A question about Residence permit in China here (X1 Visa)" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-11-14T10:15:58.060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T18:45:07.110" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen and I was living in Germany for 6 months 2007–2008 for the purpose of studying.  I'm quite sure that I registered as living there at the time, for I had a bank account and I voted in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wuerzburgwiki.de/wiki/Kommunalwahl_2008#OB-Wahl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;local elections&lt;/a&gt;.  I don't remember deregistering when I moved to Sweden.  I am now about to move back to Germany.  Should I expect problems in case I indeed failed to deregister in 2008?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T16:36:06.297" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:36:06.297" Title="Will failure to deregister from Germany cause problems registering 11 years later?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;&lt;departure&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14044" CreationDate="2018-11-07T18:57:58.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I reactivate my Swedish personummer and get a duplicate card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you get your Swedish personal number, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/526/6&quot;&gt;it is valid for life&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if you can get a visa or other form of permit to live in Sweden again, you can just resume using the personal number that you were assigned in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, whether you can simply move to Sweden with your son is another question — probably not, but do post the question separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T18:57:58.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T19:13:21.090" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;U.S. Citizen and Staff Person for U.S. based university, is traveling in Italy, staying with a friend, for 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want them to do web based work while traveling, and pay them for the hours worked, likely 15 hours per week. We want to meet every standard that the Italian Government has.  Seeking as much information and insight as possible.  Is this 90 day period just a vacation, all of us do some form of work for our companies while traveling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16150" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T19:13:21.090" Title="U.S. Employee teleworking while traveling in Italy" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T22:18:45.217" Score="1" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got a problem : I will apply for the National Insurance Number in UK, I need to prove I live somewhere they ask me for an invoice with my name ... : / Yet I live at my friend's house ... How can I prove it then ? Should I sleep in an hostel for a day ?  I asked my friend about the lodget agreement but she answered me &lt;em&gt;a lodger agreement would mean my mum's household income would be higher so it would be bad for her.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the official link about applying for a National Insurance Number :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far I have tried to open an account up and put our address on there, so that I have something official as Bank statements seems to be a good thing to prove address. Yet I told them I had no revenue but no mortage and that I lived with these friends since a bit less than a month and I got this message :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EEXwu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EEXwu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T OFFER YOU A CURRENT ACCOUNT AT THIS TIME Hi&#xA;  Mr XXX,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're very sorry, but we won't be able to offer you a Current Account&#xA;  at this time, as the submitted application didn't meet our criteria..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We came to this decision after looking over your personal details, as&#xA;  well as information from trusted third parties including the Credit&#xA;  Reference Agency (CRA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It may be worth checking that your Photo ID image is clear as this can&#xA;  also play a part in our decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In line with data protection regulation, you can review how we use and&#xA;  store the information you give us here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have any questions, please call us on 0345 08 08 500 or visit&#xA;  us in store&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this question there following &lt;a href=&quot;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/121980/how-to-prove-you-live-somewhere-when-you-live-at-some-friend-house-for-the-natio&quot;&gt;an advice from David K on Workplace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastEditorUserId="14839" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T13:11:23.717" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T13:11:23.717" Title="How to prove you live somewhere when you live at some friend house for the National Insurance Number in UK?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15013" CreationDate="2018-11-07T23:37:16.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you're incorrect about that. If you are not present in the country, do not have accommodation, etc. you do not “live” there. Failing to deregister from your previous address or registering an address where you are not living as your main residence just adds a separate offense to the mix (that in itself is punishable by heavy fines even if you were a German citizen and did not need a residence permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2018-11-07T23:37:16.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T00:10:20.713" Score="5" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is Swedish and she has been visited me over and over again in my country, more then 8 times, which gets expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my wife is pregnant with our child and she will give birth in February. I applied to Sweden for a short stay visa, for a 90-day visit starting in December. I will get the answer on Friday. I didnt apply for along stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not working in my country and I just finished high school. Our mariage is registered at the Swedish tax agency. I'm worried that I'm not going to be with her for the birth of my first child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any laws or anything else we can use in our situation? I know we rushed a little in getting pregnant before even we settled arrangements, but it's very important for us to be together, especially right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do if the 90-day visa is not be approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16158" OwnerDisplayName="anonymous Amine" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T12:12:03.767" Title="How can I be with my Swedish wife for the birth of our child?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15035" CreationDate="2018-11-08T02:18:06.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of a Swedish citizen,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are entitled to receive a residence permit if you are married to,&#xA;  have entered into a registered partnership with, or are the cohabiting&#xA;  partner of someone who lives in Sweden. Your partner should register&#xA;  your marriage or partnership with the Swedish Tax Agency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Moving-to-someone-in-Sweden/Spouse-registered-partner-or-cohabiting-partner.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;.  However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Moving-to-someone-in-Sweden/Spouse-registered-partner-or-cohabiting-partner/How-to-apply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the process to get this permit&lt;/a&gt; sounds rather complicated and painful, I would advice getting started on it ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following page claims also you're entitled to a free visa and expedited processing if the purpose of your travel is to join your spouse:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...but this may be incorrect (despite being the official europa.eu page!), so let's wait for @phoog to get back to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="jpatokal" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T12:12:03.767" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T12:12:03.767" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T09:45:58.073" Score="11" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've tried doing my best to research this subject on my own. Official resources are giving me conflicting information (more on that below). &lt;em&gt;Unofficial&lt;/em&gt; (anecdotal) resources, such as forums, are giving me some worst-case scenarios, and now I'm dreading exorbitant hospital bills. The answer to this question could be the difference between free health care (as it's now in The Netherlands) and $15,000 or more in bills (if I am to believe anecdotal sources).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm looking for answers backed by official sources. Anecdotal answers can provide me with information and prepare me for what's coming, but I really want to know &lt;em&gt;for sure&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm migrating to Australia from The Netherlands with my daughter and pregnant wife on a 482 Temporary Skills Shortage visa. When we arrive, my wife will be 7 months pregnant. As a citizen from The Netherlands, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements/visitors-australia/medical-care-visitors-australia/visitors-from-netherlands#a1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;we are eligible for Medicare under the Reciprocal Health Care Agreements (RHCA)&lt;/a&gt;. This should give us a Yellow &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_card_(Australia)&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Medicare Card&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Medicare card is [...] usually green in colour, although interim cards are light blue &lt;strong&gt;and cards for Reciprocal Health Care Agreement visitors are light yellow&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To secure the TSS visa, we'll also take out an Australian health insurance that meets the immigration requirements, because it's possible that RHCA Medicare doesn't fully cover those. However, these insurances all seem to have a &lt;strong&gt;waiting period for pregnancy coverage&lt;/strong&gt;, usually at least 12 months before the due date. Since my wife is due to give birth 2 months after we arrive in Australia, the insurance needed for the TSS visa will not cover the childbirth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, we can just rely on the RHCA Medicare for that, right?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, if you take a close look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements/visitors-australia/medical-care-visitors-australia/visitors-from-netherlands#a3&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the requirements&lt;/a&gt;, you'll notice (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll need to show your passport, evidence of your current visa and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof you have &lt;strong&gt;valid insurance in the Netherlands Health Insurance Scheme&lt;/strong&gt;, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your valid European Health Insurance Card with the initials NL&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here's the catch: in The Netherlands, you cannot stay insured if you do not receive income from The Netherlands and do not live in The Netherlands. I'll be employed by an Australian employer, only receive income from Australia, and I will no longer be registered in any Dutch municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hm, that sucks, but what about travel insurance?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same deal. Our current travel insurance has worldwide coverage, but as soon as we exit The Netherlands, the insurance ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does this mean that in fact I can't secure RHCA Medicare?&lt;/strong&gt; It seems that I fall into an edge case where I can't get Dutch health insurance, nor travel insurance, nor Medicare, nor Australian health insurance that will cover the pregnancy and birth of our child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; do not want to migrate to Australia separately (as in, my wife stays behind in NL to give birth, then come over later). We'd also prefer to not delay the migration entirely, as my employer needs me to fill a position. If I delay, it would have to be delayed by several months (2 months until birth, then recovery before being able to pick up and leave).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You mentioned conflicting information earlier?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. On one hand, not living in The Netherlands and receiving income from The Netherlands means I can't stay insured there. Also, when the &lt;em&gt;intention&lt;/em&gt; is to leave The Netherlands permanently (as you usually do when emigrating), you can't stay insured there. On the other hand, the TSS visa is &lt;em&gt;technically temporary&lt;/em&gt;, in my case 4 years (482 Medium-term stream). So perhaps even if my personal intention is to emigrate, according to the &amp;quot;rules as written&amp;quot; I'll be living and working outside The Netherlands temporarily. It's unclear to me which situation takes precedence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are my options to avoid a ~$15,000 hospital bill for care which would otherwise be free?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T21:19:07.167" Title="How can I have my child born in Australia without going bankrupt?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T10:17:12.823" Score="3" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in the Uk on different visas for nearly 12 years now and have been married to an EU citizen for 4 and a half. Am i now allowed to apply for a permanent visa? if so what do i need ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for the help, Legal fees are ridiculously expensive :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16155" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T13:49:32.597" Title="Non EU citizen living in the uk" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15038" CreationDate="2018-11-08T12:45:33.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you meet the residency requirements, you can apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/long-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ILR&lt;/a&gt; on your own merit having lived 10 consecutive years legally in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T12:45:33.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15038" CreationDate="2018-11-08T13:42:58.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you meet these requirements, you are covered by the Immigration (EEA) Regulations and the freedom-of-movement directive that they implement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you live with your spouse in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your spouse is not a citizen of the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your spouse is working (including self employment), studying full time, or self-sufficient&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There are some other qualifying circumstances involving people who require personal care.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is the case, all of the following are also true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not require a visa or other permit to remain in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are eligible, but not required, to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card of a family member of a union citizen&lt;/a&gt; as evidence of your right of residence in the UK (the card will lose its usefulness after the UK leaves the EU, after the end of the planned transition period)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settled status&lt;/a&gt; scheme opens, you will be eligible to apply for either settled status or pre-settled status, allowing you to remain in the UK indefinitely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Legal fees are ridiculously expensive :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application fee for the residence card and for the settled status scheme is £65.  You probably won't need a residence card.  The total cost of this route is therefore at least a thousand pounds lower than the ILR route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T13:49:32.597" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T13:49:32.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T13:57:55.397" Score="2" ViewCount="819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, quit my US job and moved out of US and been living out for about 10 years, can I go back to US and can I claim unemployment till I find a job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16156" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-11-09T00:32:21.587" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T00:32:21.587" Title="Unemployment benefit" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15041" CreationDate="2018-11-08T14:16:04.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can prove you are a US citizen, you can certainly return to the US. As for unemployment benefits, it will depend on the state, but generally states only provide unemployment benefits based on your recent employment in that state. For example, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dllr.maryland.gov/employment/claimfaq.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maryland's unemployment FAQ&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An unemployment insurance claim is filed against the state where you worked, not where you live. If all of your work in the last 18 months has been in a state other than Maryland, your claim should be filed against that state. The laws of the state you are filing against govern your claim. In most cases, you will be instructed to contact the state where you worked directly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15963" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T14:16:04.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T14:47:13.230" Score="3" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to start a Phd in France, moving from the UK, and am looking to get a car for when I am there. I would like to know if it is necessary to register a car bought in the UK, in France under these conditions. I have heard that students do not need to register cars, however, I will have a contract for my Phd, and will be living there all year round. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16157" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T08:01:06.603" Title="Is it neccessary for doctoral students to register car in a different EU country to their home country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T17:20:09.180" Score="2" ViewCount="1977" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a newbie here. My husband, an EU national (Italian), and I, non-EU (Nigerian) are planning to move to the UK from Italy, with our children (EU nationals). We have been married for 8 years, since 2010, but started living together from 2012. I have gathered the following documents to submit with the application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My passport (non-EU)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Italian Permanent Residency permit (copy)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse's passport (EU national)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children's Italian ID cards (copy)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage Certificate (Modello B, copy of the Nigerian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children's birth certificates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificate of Residency from my commune (in Italian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tenancy Agreement(dated Feb 2015-Feb 2019) showing both our names with the same address (in Italian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Utility bills showing my spouse's name with the same address (2016, 2017)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hospital bills showing my name with the same address (2017, 2018)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse's EU national work contract, payslips, and last 6 month's bank statements (in Italian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Few marriage photos and recent family photos (about 10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cover letter from my spouse EU national&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if the employment details and bank statements are really necessary to add?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I still need to provide evidence of relationship dated back to 2012 when we started living together. Although my husband was living there before I joined him, my name is on neither the utility bills nor the tenancy agreement contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other things that are missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16160" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T19:33:49.977" LastActivityDate="2019-08-25T16:41:07.190" Title="What documents are required for the EEA family permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15044" CreationDate="2018-11-08T18:00:25.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please, I would like to know if the Employment details and bank statement is really necessary to add?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not.  You already have more information than you need.  In fact, if your Italian residence card says &quot;residence card of a family member of a union citizen&quot; then you don't even need an EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I still need to provide evidence of relationship dated back to 2012 when we started living together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should not be necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although, My husband was living there before I joined him, my name is neither in the utility bills nor the tenancy agreement contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should not be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you, I would focus on the legal requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your husband's nationality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your marriage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people have had a good deal of trouble with the second item, being refused for a &quot;marriage of convenience.&quot;  Since you have children and have lived together for a number of years, any refusal on these grounds would be highly improper.  I would therefore include copies of the children's birth certificates and some basic evidence of your living together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am concerned about this item in your list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Marriage Certificate (Modello B, copy of the Nigerian)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We recently had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/14735/2440&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; here from someone who was married in Albania and was refused after presenting the Italian document certifying their marriage.  If you were married in Nigeria, then you should present a marriage certificate issued by the appropriate authority &lt;em&gt;in Nigeria.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other documents in your list could perhaps be omitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Italian Permanent Residency permit (copy): This proves your legal presence in Italy, but I would include it only if it is necessary to prove that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your children's ID cards are definitely not necessary, but if they show you and your husband as their parents then you could perhaps use these instead of birth certificates, but birth certificates would be preferable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificate of Residency from my commune (in Italian): this could be useful as proof of address, but the tenancy agreement might be more effective since it also shows that you live there with your husband.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse's work contract, payslips, bank statement: this is probably superfluous as there is no financial requirement for an EEA family permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your residence permit in Italy may not be necessary, but if it shows your address, include it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Few marriage photos and recent family photos (about 10): There should be no reason to include these, but some UK visa officers write incorrect refusal letters that assume this sort of thing should be presented.  In fact, if they decide to look into whether your marriage is one of convenience, they are supposed to notify you of that and ask for additional evidence.  You can include the pictures in an attempt to forestall that, but on the other hand, the officer might see something in the pictures that increases the suspicion of a marriage of convenience.  It's hard to say which is more likely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-06-13T16:12:23.160" LastActivityDate="2019-06-13T16:12:23.160" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-08T18:26:17.123" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Brazilian citizen married to an Italian wife living in an EU country and I've got a job offer in England while outside the UK and we are willing to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand EU citizens have free-movement to the UK (so far) and the right to work there and I do acknowledge that spouses have the right to live/work there however because we have a baby she cannot work, therefore I would work alone instead of her start working and I &quot;inherit&quot; such right from her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: can we move there and I start working before her in the given scenario? If so, would it be straight-forward enough as going there and file for an ID/residence or are there other bureaucracies to look after before landing in London?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16161" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-11-09T00:33:55.053" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T00:33:55.053" Title="Third-party citizen married to EU citizen to work in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15046" CreationDate="2018-11-08T19:08:42.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is problematic.  Your employer will need &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;acceptable evidence of your right to work&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first such document you can get is a certificate of application for a residence card, but to apply for that your wife must be a &quot;qualified person.&quot;  That basically means that she must be working, looking for work, studying, or self sufficient.  There are a few other requirements as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have enough liquid assets for her to qualify as &quot;self sufficient,&quot; the easiest thing will probably be for her to get a part-time job or set herself up as self employed. Other options, including the &quot;self sufficient&quot; option, require you to buy &quot;comprehensive sickness insurance cover.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also seek authorization under the Immigration Rules, independent from your wife's EU citizenship, in the form of an appropriate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;work visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: I've just noticed a recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/brexit-why-the-right-to-work-checks-debacle-was-about-so-much-more/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; that points out that the employer checks are not actually mandatory, although many think that they are.  In fact the checks serve as a defense if one is charged with employing someone who is not authorized to work, but the offense is the employment of an unauthorized person, not the failure to check (&quot;an employer who employs a person who does not have permission to work but who has carried out checks in accordance with Home Office guidance is able to benefit from a statutory excuse against a civil penalty&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the employee is authorized to work, there is no offense.  If you can find an employer who will employ you without a residence card or certificate of application, you can work legally, but after your wife has been in the UK for three months, she must be a &quot;qualified person&quot; for you to have the right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T20:44:52.647" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T20:44:52.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-09T06:48:19.057" Score="3" ViewCount="3412" Body="&lt;p&gt;My designation is Senior Software Engineer, where my roles and responsibilities are as of a devops engineer -- build and release and cloud (AWS)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me chose the best NOC code for Canada PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16162" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T15:02:30.557" Title="NOC code for Devops Engineer - 2173 or 2174" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15050" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-09T08:05:17.977" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;If all the criteria are met for the German PR, what is the minimum Passport validity should I have in my Passport when applying? I was told from someone it is at least 6 months but I have not found any solid information online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T08:05:17.977" Title="What is the minimum Passport validity when applying for Niederlassungsurlaubnis?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15049" CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:49:53.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You haven't given much information about your job responsibilities here. Regardless going with what you have given, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&amp;amp;TVD=122372&amp;amp;CVD=122376&amp;amp;CPV=2173&amp;amp;CST=01012011&amp;amp;CLV=4&amp;amp;MLV=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NOC 2173&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://noc.esdc.gc.ca/English/noc/Profile.aspx?val=7&amp;amp;val1=2174&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NOC 2174&lt;/a&gt; both should work&lt;/strong&gt;. However NOC 2173 matches more closely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also they are both closely related when looking at responsibilities. I would suggest go with NOC 2173.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-11-09T14:49:38.140" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T14:49:38.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15053" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15111" CreationDate="2018-11-09T16:10:16.633" Score="1" ViewCount="1075" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen plenty of answers for the the following question for Germany but I am specifically asking for France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if a person quits/losses their job in France after the initial 2 yrs but before the 3rd year. How long can they stay in the France looking for a job before they have to leave? What are the requirements on the new job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen conflicting answers on websites so I am sure there will be conflicting responses here as well. Thus, I would really appreciate of answers are supplemented with references of official websites or personal experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-04-17T23:52:56.077" Title="Blue Card France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-09T18:59:26.990" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've worked in Germany for 3 years with the same employer/title. I had an EU blue card for 15 months when I was first here then lost it when I renewed my permit (after an increase in income eligibility threshold which I no longer met).&#xA;If I change jobs to a new employer, and qualify for the card again, does the past period count towards the permanent residence, i.e. Niederlassungserlaubnis , eligibility period (33 months or 21 months with a B level German)? Or do I have to start all over again (at which point it no longer matters because I would be automatically eligible for the permanent residency if I've been working in Germany for 5 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already asked at the local ausländerbehörde, but they always seem to so confused with my questions and can't give direct answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16168" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T18:59:26.990" Title="EU Blue Card with changing employers within Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15017" CreationDate="2018-11-10T21:47:17.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IiCbu.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; hope it shows. I m not able to upload previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16138" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T21:47:17.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-11T02:13:36.163" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, If you renounce your US citizenship and are stateless, can you work? Can you register for residency? Everything I have read or watched, seems to just brush over a lot of the details. I am really looking for a step by step answer. Can anyone help me with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16172" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T04:39:01.777" Title="Expat needing to know about renouncing US citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15056" CreationDate="2018-11-11T03:44:39.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Renunciation-US-Nationality-Abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renunciation of U.S. Nationality Abroad&lt;/a&gt;. It gives the steps for renouncing citizenship. However, I strongly recommend reading Section D before choosing statelessness. Most stateless people would be absolutely delighted to get a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Persons intending to renounce U.S. citizenship should be aware that,&#xA;  unless they already possess a foreign nationality, they may be&#xA;  rendered stateless and, thus, lack the protection of any government.&#xA;  They may also have difficulty traveling as they may not be entitled to&#xA;  a passport from any country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Former U.S. citizens would be required to obtain a visa to travel to&#xA;  the United States or show that they are eligible for admission&#xA;  pursuant to the terms of the Visa Waiver Program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the things you would give up is the right to enter the US at all. Permission to live and work in the US, without being a US citizen, is much harder to obtain than a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you would be able to live and work in some other country will depend on that country's laws. Most countries will not even let you enter the country without a passport or equivalent proof of citizenship. If you have a specific country in mind I suggest posting a new question about that country's rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it will be easier to be admitted to a country, and to live there, with a US passport than as a stateless person. You should at least consider first establishing residence and naturalizing as a citizen of a country where you wish to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastEditorUserId="6427" LastEditDate="2018-11-11T04:39:01.777" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T04:39:01.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13991" CreationDate="2018-11-11T04:17:20.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems to me that on arrival, your only options for health insurance coverage are travel health insurance, private German health insurance or (if you are from a EU country and until 3 months in Germany) the EHIC health insurance card. Travel health insurance seems the simplest and cheapest for a few months or even a year, but they often exclude people with pre-existing conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've read that it's difficult to switch from private to public and would like to know if I might face any difficulties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not difficult if (and only if!) your eventual job in Germany is as an &lt;em&gt;employee&lt;/em&gt;. Because for employees, there are only two ways of being health insured, and both cases allow you to become part of the public German health insurance system without issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You earn ≤4950 EUR/month.&lt;/strong&gt; (This value is the so-called &quot;Versicherungspflichtgrenze&quot; for 2018, and changes slightly year after year.) If this is your case, you are &lt;em&gt;obliged&lt;/em&gt; to be in the public German health insurance, means you are not allowed to choose private health insurance even if you wanted. So in this case, the public insurance &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; to take you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You earn &gt;4950 EUR/month.&lt;/strong&gt; In that case, you have the right to &lt;em&gt;voluntarily&lt;/em&gt; join the public German health insurance even without having been insured there before (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/techniker/service/leistungen-und-mitgliedschaft/versicherung/versichert-als-freiwilliges-mitglied/haeufige-fragen-fuer-freiwillig-versicherte/personenkreis-freiwillige-versicherung-2006626&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I also have some old injuries. Would anyone be able to confirm that the state system accepts non-citizens with pre-existing conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're obliged to be in the public system as an employee, they have to accept you (and I've yet to hear of a case where they did not). If you can only voluntarily join the system (second case from above), I am not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9320" LastEditorUserId="9320" LastEditDate="2019-11-03T23:13:37.043" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T23:13:37.043" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15043" CreationDate="2018-11-11T07:37:50.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're going to be a resident of France, and as such you will have &lt;strong&gt;one month&lt;/strong&gt; to re-register a car with foreign plates which you take with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.frenchpropertylinks.com/essential/registering-car-france.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.frenchpropertylinks.com/essential/registering-car-france.html&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your UK driving licence is valid in France until it expires, while you are allowed to keep UK plates for up to six months if you are a non-resident of France, and up to one month for French residents. The time allowed for French residents can be extended up to a maximum of three months should a vehicle need to be approved via the DRIRE*. In the past these time limits have not seemed to have been strictly adhered to, but insurance laws are now tightening and this should no longer be the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Direction Régionale de l'Industrie, de la Recherche et de l'Environnement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this official site is talking about the same one month limit (emphasis in original):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immatriculation.ants.gouv.fr/Vos-demarches/Immatriculer-un-vehicule-d-occasion-en-provenance-de-l-etranger/Immatriculer-un-vehicule-d-occasion-en-provenance-de-l-etranger&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immatriculation.ants.gouv.fr/Vos-demarches/Immatriculer-un-vehicule-d-occasion-en-provenance-de-l-etranger/Immatriculer-un-vehicule-d-occasion-en-provenance-de-l-etranger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Avant de faire circuler pour la 1ere fois votre véhicule d'occasion acquis à l'étranger (importé), vous devez &lt;strong&gt;dans le délai d’un mois&lt;/strong&gt;, sous peine d’amende, faire établir le certificat d’immatriculation, aussi appelé « carte grise ». &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: note that I haven't lived in France and I don't know whether you will have some margin due to not being officially resident until some other bureaucratic process has finished. Hopefully someone with experience in the matter can give a better answer, but I was alarmed by some attempts to answer in the comments which I know to be wrong in Spain and which I fear could potentially open you up in the worst case to criminal charges by causing you to drive without valid insurance.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2325" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T07:37:50.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-11T08:16:22.213" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen in Italy and just submitted my documents for dual citizenship.  I have residency in the Comune where I am applying. I will now be returning to the US.  I was told I need to keep the residency until my citizenship application is accepted.  On another forum I was told that I am liable for taxes on my US assets while I have my residency in Italy.  Is this correct information?  Do I need to keep the residency until I get my Italian passport?  Also can I apply for the AIRE online from the US?  Thank you, and sorry if these questions have already been addressed.  Theresa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16173" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T08:16:22.213" Title="Tax as an Italian resident" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15061" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15070" CreationDate="2018-11-11T08:31:07.163" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering learning French at France, and as a Japanese citizen I can stay for up to 90 days at the Schengen area without any visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in order to obtain the student visa, I must go back to Japan (where I don't live in), do lots of paperworks and interview at the French embassy at Tokyo, and also get charged with a steep application fee. So I rather want to make the study period less than 90 days and study there without getting visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is this possible or do I have to obtain a student visa even though the duration is less than 90 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T08:06:25.743" Title="Can I study French at France without visa (Schengen rule) or need a student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-11T16:16:53.513" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to get a straight answer on this. Can you work if you are a stateless person and file for residency? They give you identification paperwork, so I don't see why not. But.......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16172" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T14:34:45.267" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T14:34:45.267" Title="Can you work as a stateless person in Scotland?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-11-22T09:41:16.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15063" CreationDate="2018-11-11T17:32:21.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are outside the UK you need a visa to enter for work. You can check this out here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y&lt;/a&gt;, by selecting ‘Stateless or refugee’ as the nationality option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re in the UK you have to apply to remain &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/stay-in-uk-stateless&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/stay-in-uk-stateless&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501509/Statelessness_AI_v2.0__EXT_.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501509/Statelessness_AI_v2.0__EXT_.pdf&lt;/a&gt; Section 6 states that those granted leave to remain are entitled to take employment and have access to public funds&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2018-11-11T17:42:19.863" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T17:42:19.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-11T18:04:10.163" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Portuguese and I am also a bachelor of Information Systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to make a comparability assessment of my degree to join some university in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have more accurate information on which council is appropriate to contact and ask for more details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my research, I found The British Computer Society. Is that one the right council?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the link of a brazilian website giving information about the use of NARIC services or directly with the organization that will avaliate the diploma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pay attention to the following sentence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Portuguese: &quot;Você pode ir diretamente ao órgão que vai validar seu diploma&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English: &quot;You can go directly to the organ that will validate your diploma&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elondres.com/como-revalidar-diplomas-brasileiros-na-inglaterra/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.elondres.com/como-revalidar-diplomas-brasileiros-na-inglaterra/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you desire, you can translate the text to get a better understanding about what they are saying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as I am trying to localize such a specific IT organ, I found out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bcs.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bcs.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16175" LastEditorUserId="16175" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T15:49:42.363" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T15:49:42.363" Title="UK comparability diploma for IT council" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15065" CreationDate="2018-11-11T19:05:54.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK NARIC&lt;/a&gt; is the agency on behalf of the UK government (more specifically, Department of Education) which is responsible in comparing qualifications overseas to that in the UK, on their website they mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK NARIC is the designated United Kingdom national agency for the recognition and comparison of international qualifications and skills. It performs this official function on behalf of the UK Government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of their service include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/individuals/compare%20qualifications/Statement%20of%20Comparability.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;issuing a statement of comparability&lt;/a&gt;, which in their words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK NARIC Statement of Comparability is a document that can be used in support of your international qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It guides universities, colleges, employers and professional bodies on how your qualifications (including professional qualifications) relate to UK qualifications and certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T19:05:54.183" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-11T21:07:09.107" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Im applying for my daughter to come join me in March 2019. She was born in UK but had to travel back for a few months as her mother needed to be back home for some family matters (The mother has a T2 Dependant visa until May 2019).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since they have left, I have moved into shared accommodation where I pay for only 1 room. I dont have any tenancy agreement in my name as I saw no reason to pay for a full house when I needed only 1 room for myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that I am filling her application, I am asked for a UK address where she will be staying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What address should I give? Should I give my current UK address? But I dont have a tenancy agreement for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options? I cant even go rent a house from now, just for the visa, that will be very expensive and wasteful 4 months rent pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure many people would have faced a similar problem to mine. Please advise what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastActivityDate="2018-11-11T21:07:09.107" Title="Do I need a tenancy agreement in my name for T2 Dependant visa [UK]?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-12T01:47:51.317" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you've been away from your home country for over 15 years, is that seen as weak ties to your home country when applying for an American student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Taiwanese citizen and I'm now living in Taiwan. The thing is that I went to U.S. with my family and overstayed as a minor. I left when I was 18 (20 days after I turned 18) and then I went to Canada to study as an int'l student. I then worked for 2.5 years. Altogether I spent 6 years in Canada. I returned to Taiwan after 17 years. I just came back 1 year and a half ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now applying for a F1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16144" LastEditorUserId="16144" LastEditDate="2018-11-13T02:33:36.393" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T02:33:36.393" Title="Signs of weak ties to your country of citizenship?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15061" CreationDate="2018-11-12T08:00:05.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need a student visa. The Schengen regulations cover all short-stays in France no matter their purpose. You don't need one in your case but there is even a box “study” on the standard &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Formulaire_SCH_eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen short-stay visa application form&lt;/a&gt; and your visa-free stay would be governed by the same rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you need a French long-stay visa for another purpose, note that applying from your country of residence (as opposed to your country of origin) is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.demarches.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/visa-long-sejour-sejour-mois-an&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;generally fine&lt;/a&gt;. Work-holiday visas are a very particular beast as they are rooted in bilateral agreements. There are also some special rules regarding student visas as many people have to apply online first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T08:06:25.743" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T08:06:25.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15073" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15078" CreationDate="2018-11-12T15:13:41.697" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;My case is very specific so I don't think anyone has asked a similar question in here. Also, I don't know if this is the appropriate website (but I think so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Brazil 20 years ago to an Italian family. Both my parents and grand-parents are born in Brazil as well, but my great-grand fathers are italian, so I have right to italian citizenship (some members of my family are already italian citizens).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I was planning to apply to italian citizenship here in Brazil, but the proccess is long and might take up to 10 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a possibility that I might move to France next year to live there for about 2-3 years.&#xA;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying to jus sanguinis citizenship for &lt;strong&gt;Italy&lt;/strong&gt; while residing in &lt;strong&gt;France&lt;/strong&gt; is faster than living in Brazil, since I'll be living in an EU country, or the process is the same? I'm asking because I don't know what should I do: Apply for citizenship here in Brazil or wait to apply in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" OwnerDisplayName="Vitor C Goergen" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T11:33:29.870" Title="Jus sanguinis Italian citizenship for EU Citizen (But residing in other country of EU)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15073" CreationDate="2018-11-13T08:58:14.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can but you must have a resident permit that is valid for no less than a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated from french:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Non-French citizens, of Italian stock, coming from other States (Argentina, Brazil, etc.) are requested to consult the website of the competent Italian Consulate, in order to know the documentation to be presented. &#xA;  Applicants must be in possession of a regular French residence permit of not less than one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://consnizza.esteri.it/consolato_nizza/it/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/cittadinanza/riconoscimento-jure-sanguinis.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Consulate General of Italy in Nice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12148" LastEditorUserId="12148" LastEditDate="2018-11-13T11:33:29.870" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T11:33:29.870" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14754" CreationDate="2018-11-13T10:15:09.950" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found online registration to be better option, as it guranteed the date on which form gets submitted to bet the de-reg date. One can get back to the munciple authority later, to request getting it back dated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15912" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T10:15:09.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-13T14:22:37.157" Score="3" ViewCount="588" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I deposit US social security and pension directly to Japanese bank &lt;strong&gt;without&lt;/strong&gt; an American bank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16185" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-11-14T17:36:25.983" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T16:30:12.597" Title="How to deposit US social security in Japanese bank" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-13T15:05:52.673" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for some information. In my case my husband is onsite in Germany from   his Indian company and I am on dependent visa. recently I got a job with unlimited work contract but my husband's visa expires next year. and I am not eligible for blue card as my salary criteria does not matched.  Is there the possibility of us changing the residence types while within Germany, I from dependent to my own work permit visa, and my husband from work visa to spouse dependent visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16186" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T15:05:52.673" Title="Change from dependent visa to work permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2018-11-13T15:08:23.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americansabroad.org/social-security-faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This webpage&lt;/a&gt;, not published by Social Security, contains the following q-and-a:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q: I have looked at the Social Security website and could not find if there is a way to receive one's Social Security pension benefits for an American citizen living abroad without a bank account anywhere in the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A: The Social Security Administration can send checks; however, there are some country exceptions. For the most current information about receiving Social Security payments outside the United States You can also get a copy of Social Security Administration Publication No. 05-10137, ICN 480085, online, by postal mail from the Social Security Administration, or from the Federal Benefits Unit serving your area (check the AmericanCitizens Services section of the American embassy In your country of residence.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if Japan is not a &quot;country exception,&quot; and if your Japanese bank will accept a US direct deposit or a US check for deposit or collection, you should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-12-14T16:30:07.777" LastActivityDate="2018-12-14T16:30:07.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2018-11-13T23:53:46.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn’t look like any Japanese domestic bank participates in the American banking system’s electronic draft system that would give them the ABA bank code number you need for a direct deposit from with the USA. Instead, Japanese banks all use the international SWIFT codes which are not the same system with ABA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I once had the opposite problem of trying to get funds from japan and they needed a bank with international swift and many banks in the USA only have ABA) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At best you could set up a MUFG Union Bank NA account in the USA and withdraw in Japan, but that’s an American bank and you don’t want to do that. Same goes for CitiBank. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure why you’re trying to avoid setting up an American bank account. You have an American social security number  so it should be easy to set up an account with an online bank that’ll issue you an international debit card you can use to withdraw the funds in Japanese yen in Japan at any 7-11 or post office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10137.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link @Giorgio provided&lt;/a&gt;, the social security office can also provide you with a debit card you can use to either cash out or charge purchases to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Another option to receive your benefits electronically is to use the Direct Express® debit card. You do not need a bank account. With the Direct Express® card program, we deposit your federal benefit payment directly onto your card account. Your monthly benefits are available on your payment day — on time, every time. You can use the card to make purchases, pay bills, or get cash at thousands of locations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-12-15T16:30:12.597" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T16:30:12.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15086" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-14T00:47:39.210" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current employer got me the L1B. However, they were not interested to sponsor me for Green Card. In the meantime, I got an offer from another Fortune 500 employer that is willing to sponsor me, but can only take me with TN. They sent the TN i-129 application yesterday. Today, my employer told me that they are okay with providing required documentation for the sponsorship as long as I pay for the processing fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a simple way to withdraw the TN i-129 petition? &#xA;If I go out of the country and come back, can I get in with my L1B (L1B expiry is next year)? &#xA;Will traveling and re-entering the country get the TN i-129 petition abandoned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16191" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T06:34:28.577" Title="travelling out of country on L1B while TN i-129 petition is submitted" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15086" CreationDate="2018-11-14T06:34:28.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a simple way to withdraw the TN i-129 petition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  The prospective employer who submitted the petition can write a letter to USCIS informing them that they are withdrawing the petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I go out of the country and come back, can I get in with my L1B (L1B expiry is next year)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you still work for your L-1B employer and continue to fulfill the other criteria for L-1B status, and return before your visa expires, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will traveling and re-entering the country get the TN i-129 petition abandoned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T06:34:28.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-14T08:37:05.907" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen multiple questions regarding the EU blue card but I had additional queries. &#xA;I am an Indian working as a User Experience designer in Italy for almost 2 years. &#xA;I do get paid more than the threshold amount indicated on the EU website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is if I were to apply for the EU blue card, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to get my Uni certificate evaluated? (I did a one year course here in Italy and I was informed that it is recognized by the Italian Govt.)&#xA;In the requirements, they mentioned that you have to work for the same employer for 18 months after you apply.  Does this mean if I have already worked 2 years for the same employer and apply for the Blue card, I must work another 18 months before I can relocate to another country? Or does it imply 18 months from the start of my contract? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help me understand this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16192" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T08:37:05.907" Title="EU Blue card application from Italy" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12922" CreationDate="2018-11-14T11:25:25.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quick update after having attempted the process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The news isn't exactly great though. The documentation requirements are not spelled out anywhere and the government would tell us one thing and do another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically it is be sufficient to prove your relationship of at least one year though government documents at the same address, joint property, leases etc. You must get a stamp of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt; for all documents, the law suggest this is only required for documents issued outside the EU however our documentation was ignored without this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to any others attempting this time consuming process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14342" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-14T15:31:13.860" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T15:31:13.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15053" CreationDate="2018-11-14T16:44:30.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will try my best to answer your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The European blue card in France is linked to the multi-year resident permit (the &lt;em&gt;&quot;titre de séjour pluriannuel&quot;)&lt;/em&gt; called the &quot;passeport talent&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;idArticle=LEGIARTI000032166328&amp;amp;dateTexte=&amp;amp;categorieLien=cid&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see number 2 of the article L313-20 in the French code for foreigners or CESEDA&lt;/a&gt;), thus it has the same conditions. You cannot change jobs until AFTER the 2nd year of your &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000020562687&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this is according to R5221-3 of the labor code&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000020562687&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The same labor code article states that once you have gone beyond the two years&lt;/a&gt;, you can technically change jobs, as long as it fulfills the same conditions for the first European blue card:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorsqu'elle est délivrée en application du 1° et du 2° de l'article L. 313-20, elle autorise à exercer toute activité salariée à l'issue de sa deuxième année de validité sous réserve du respect de ses conditions de délivrance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in English&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If delivered under no. 1 or 2. of article L313-20 [of the CESEDA], it authorizes all employment after the second year of its validity, as long as it respects the conditions of delivery [of the European blue card] &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you lost your job involuntarily (i.e. you were fired), you are entitled to unemployment benefits...and this allows you to stay in France (this is according to some posts on the website of an association that helps foreigners called &quot;Assouevam&quot;). The entitlement to unemployment benefits allow you to renew your &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; (I cannot find an appropriate link to this right now, but will edit once I find it but alluded to this in another post here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14916/how-long-can-i-stay-in-france-after-my-titre-de-s%C3%A9jour-and-r%C3%A9c%C3%A9piss%C3%A9-have-ended/14917?noredirect=1#comment25523_14917&quot;&gt;How long can I stay in France after my titre de s&amp;#233;jour and r&amp;#233;c&amp;#233;piss&amp;#233; have ended&lt;/a&gt;). Should you resign, however, then you are not entitled to unemployment benefits, in which case you'd need to find another related job right away in order to continue fufilling the requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thus, based on what I've read online (and experiences of other people posted in other groups), you are allowed to stay in France until the expiration of your &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;. However, you must note that when given this type of &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; you may be subject to checks/verification by the prefecture to see if you still fulfill the conditions of the delivery of the &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt;. Thus, if you change jobs after the 2nd year, the new job still has to fulfill the requirements of the European blue card (highly-qualified job, 3 years study or at least 5 years work experience, salary of something like €53 000 per annum, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2018-11-15T10:41:10.217" LastActivityDate="2018-11-15T10:41:10.217" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-15T18:22:25.673" Score="2" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in kind of dilemma right now and confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So beginning of this November, 2018, I just completed my 5 years residency in the UK but my non-EEA family RC will expire in April 23rd. I'm married to an EEA member since 2013. Should I apply for my PR now or wait until end of March 2019 to apply for settled status? Also the future isn't clear as my EEA wife might be planning to initiate divorce procedure or move out of the house, however I can't tell when and how long it may take. If I wait until March and apply for settled status, should I still need to be member of EEA family to get the status? Also we have 2 kids and one has completed 5 years stay in November too. Please advise. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16199" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2018-11-16T00:33:03.033" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:32:37.897" Title="Get Permanent Residence now, or wait until March 2019?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15091" CreationDate="2018-11-15T21:35:33.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short: if you can you should apply for a PR soon, and convert it to a settled status once it's available. However it's possible that you'll need the support of your partner both times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the current details on how &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the settled status will work&lt;/a&gt;, it will be easier to obtain that than the Permanent Residence document, and will also be valid after 31 December 2020, which is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/permanent-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current validity&lt;/a&gt; of the Permanent Residence documents. However things might still change - although politicians did promise the scheme will go ahead, it's not yet fully a law, and a no-deal Brexit could (although unlikely) still change the scheme. A no-deal Brexit might also mean that the validity of the PR documents will also be reduced to 31 March 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However to be safe, and if you're already eligible for obtaining a PR document, you should apply for one as soon as possible. Converting it to a Settled status will be free, and it will likely be easier as well, although based on the government's website you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;still need to prove your relationship to your EEA partner&lt;/a&gt; when doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your partner is not eligible for the PR status - likely because they can't prove that they have worked for the past 5 years (or have Comprehensive Sickness Insurance for the period where they haven't been working), then you'll need to wait until the Settled status scheme opens after March 2019, as it will drop this particular requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases it's likely that you'll need the support of your EEA partner, so if they are reluctant to help you now it's likely you won't be able to obtain either of the documents. If they are helpful now but are worried this won't last until the Settled status scheme opens, it's still better to obtain the PR document soon. Although currently the government's site says you'll still need to prove your relationship when you convert the PR to a Settled status this requirement might go away. Even if it's not you'll have a document that allows you to stay in the country until December 2020, until which time you might be able to get a different visa, or an ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that once either you or your partner obtains either the PR or the Settled status, your existing UK born children will be immediately eligible for registration as a British citizen. However it's not automatic, is fairly costly (£1012 per child as of November 2018), and it's only available if your children's other nationality permits dual citizenships, but it would make your children safe from the immigration aspects of Brexit. Also note that any new UK-born children after you obtain PR/Settled status will become British citizens immediately - no registration is needed - you can use your PR/Settled documents to prove their eligibility for citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2018-11-16T15:47:13.763" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T15:47:13.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-16T13:23:08.080" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying for a US visa to attend a scientific conference, also I plan to stay a week more to travel around. Should I apply for visa category B1/b2 (businesss and tourism)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11361" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T04:15:26.333" Title="US visa for scientific conference" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15094" CreationDate="2018-11-17T04:15:26.333" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, you only have one status in the US at a time. Even if you travel to the US on a B1/B2 visa, you will still be admitted on either B1 status or B2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you enter the US on B1 status for your conference, you do not need to apply for Change of Status to B2 status to travel for personal purposes inside the US for the remainder of your period of stay. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/visit-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status-category/change-my-nonimmigrant-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this USCIS page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You do not need to apply to change your nonimmigrant status if you&#xA;  were admitted into the United States for business reasons (B-1 visa&#xA;  category ) and you wish to remain in the United States for pleasure&#xA;  before your authorized stay expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So being admitted on B1 status is sufficient for your purposes, assuming you are admitted for long enough to cover your intended travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the purpose of being admitted on B1 status, you can travel to the US on either a B1 or B1/B2 visa. Either will work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people who apply for B1 or B2 visas will still get B1/B2 visas. So you could apply for just a B1 visa if you don't have any plans for a separate personal visit in the future, and most likely you will still get a B1/B2 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T04:15:26.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-17T13:41:33.360" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is is possible to have multiple non-Immigrant category B visas for employment for Thailand at the same time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got an employment offer from a company in Thailand, and applied for a non-Immigrant category B visa with their invitation letter at the local VFS center in India. However a week later, I got another better offer from another company in Thailand itself? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I use the existing visa to go work for the other company? Or apply for another visa of the same category while there is an existing valid one in the same passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16202" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T00:34:22.413" Title="Multiple Non-Immigrant B visas for Thailand?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15096" CreationDate="2018-11-17T13:41:33.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually non-immigrant Category B visas for employment have the name and position of the company you are going to work for written on them. While this does not mean you cannot use the visa to enter Thailand, you will have trouble applying for a work permit for the second company after coming to Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you cannot have an existing valid visa of the same type while applying for visa on behalf of the second company. In this case you will have to explicitly get the first visa voided (cancelled) before applying for the second one. All this can be carried out at the VFS center itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16202" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T13:41:33.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-17T13:48:58.520" Score="3" ViewCount="769" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just surrendered my NY license and received a NJ one but found that it's limited term only valid for one year although my visa status is indicated as valid until 2023.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if this is a NJ thing. In NY, when i renewed my license, they made it valid for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's standard practice to make it valid only for one year first time I get an NJ license, will it be valid longer than one year next time I renew my license? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16203" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T13:48:58.520" Title="Visa status and limited term driver's license in NJ" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15386" CreationDate="2018-11-17T17:20:48.920" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is similar to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6492/applying-for-a-student-visa-in-germany-from-netherlands-as-a-non-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;Applying for a Student Visa in Germany from Netherlands as a Non-EU citizen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a student in UK enrolled in a Masters program. I recently finished my Masters (September, 2018) and got an offer as a PhD student from a Swedish university. My UK Tier 4 student visa is valid up to Jan 2019. I am a citizen of India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, if it is possible for me to apply for my doctoral student visa from the Swedish embassy in London (UK) or do I need to return to India to make my application. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16205" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T10:38:46.627" Title="Applying for a Sweden student visa while in UK as a student for an Indian citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2018-11-18T08:58:56.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/immigration/plus-3-mois/ressortissant-tiers/membre-famille/exercice-activite-accessoire.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Carrying out an ancillary activity as a third-country national family member of a third-country national&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals holding a residence permit for &lt;strong&gt;family members&lt;/strong&gt;, who wish to carry out a salaried activity on an ancillary basis &lt;strong&gt;must apply for a work permit before starting work&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, from the same page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family members who have been resident in Luxembourg for &lt;strong&gt;less than one year&lt;/strong&gt; when the application is submitted will be &lt;strong&gt;subject to the labour market test&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals who have been resident in Luxembourg for &lt;strong&gt;more than one year&lt;/strong&gt; when the application is submitted will &lt;strong&gt;not be subject to the labour market test&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-18T08:58:56.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-18T13:53:36.207" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a Non-EU citizen with Blue card and pursuing master degree simultaneously. In case he becomes unemployed, can he get back to student status again in case Blue card is of 1year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16210" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T22:54:46.947" Title="If Non EU citizen with Blue card become unemployed, can he get back to student status again?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-18T22:32:16.400" Score="3" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goal:&lt;/strong&gt; What would be the easiest way to migrate to the UK and live there permanently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Options I can think of:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 1:&lt;/strong&gt; Apply for a job that offers Visa Sponsorship. Then get sponsored to move over under the 5 year visa. I'm not really fully in&#xA;the range of Senior developer, so more likely to have luck with&#xA;Intermediate developer jobs, which I don't think are covered in the&#xA;skills shortage list. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 2:&lt;/strong&gt; Apply for the 2 year youth mobility visa, and then apply for all jobs over there remotely, even if it's not visa sponsored. I'm unsure what&#xA;would happen at the end of the 2 years?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 3:&lt;/strong&gt; Apply for the 2 year youth mobility visa, move to the UK with nothing and then apply for  contract jobs and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Option 4:&lt;/strong&gt; Go and study something in the UK, and then try and find another development job after a year of studying. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Status:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I have been trying to apply for the jobs offering Visa sponsorship, but without achieving any interviews yet. People I have talked to usually recommend Option 3, but this worries me a lot because applying for jobs is really tough/stressful for me (I might be a low-mid grade candidate) and applying for jobs from a position of unemployment makes you an undesirable candidate and more desperate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Home country: New Zealand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desired Destination: London, UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Field: Software Development&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experience: 4.5 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Age: &amp;lt;25&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Education level: Bachelors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16212" LastEditorUserId="16212" LastEditDate="2018-11-21T23:00:21.873" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T23:00:21.873" Title="Strategies for UK migration as a software dev?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-19T03:35:24.220" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved to the UK with the intent to work but with a short term contract of 12 months (internship position). I realized that the working place is in a very isolated area without public means. The car has a regular registration on my name (greek citizenship). I read similar questions-answers. However I was wondering if a certain exception can be applied since the job position is an internship and an annual contract, meaning that most probably after the end of the 12 months I will be leaving the country again. It is also probable that I do not complete the year either in case other problems arise. Can I at least use it for the 6 month period?&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16213" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T03:35:24.220" Title="How can I drive my Greek registered car in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-19T04:24:14.943" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just moved to the UK for a maximum period of 12 months.&#xA;If I buy a second hand car can I drive it using my greek driving license?&#xA;Does the license need revision or accepted as is? How is regulated the insurance policy regarding foreign citizens/ driving licenses?&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16213" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T12:34:49.083" Title="can I drive a uk registered car with my greek driving license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-18T20:29:01.477" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;My uncle gave me a Verpflichtungserklärung (declaration of commitment) for my student visa application. It was issued to him on 7th July 2018 with validity starting from 1st September 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't make it for the winter semester, but I hope to make the summer semester that starts in April. That means I will have to go for another visa interview in my country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I still use the same Verpflichtungserklärung to apply for another visa or does it have an expiry date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ilozor Anthony" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T09:01:32.250" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T09:01:32.250" Title="Does a Verpflichtungserklärung expire?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15106" CreationDate="2018-11-18T22:53:46.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The declaration is valid for six month starting with the date of issue. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/13-verpflichtungserklaerung/606492&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source: Federal Foreign Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any official source for it, but I am pretty sure that the declaration can only be used for &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; visa application. Didn't you get the declaration in original from your uncle, which you then submitted when applying for the first visa? Or do you still have the original declaration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" OwnerDisplayName="jarnbjo" LastActivityDate="2018-11-18T22:53:46.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15105" CreationDate="2018-11-19T08:48:18.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can check whether your Greek licence allows you to drive in the UK here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&lt;/a&gt;  On the facts given in the question, Yes, you can drive for up to 12 months with your Greek driving licence. Other requirements are that your vehicle must:&#xA;- be registered with the DVLA&#xA;- have up to date vehicle tax (you will need to arrange this when you buy the car)&#xA;- have a current MOT certificate (if your vehicle needs one - typically those over 3 years old)&#xA;- be roadworthy.&#xA;You must also have a minimum of third party insurance that covers your use of the vehicle &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/legal-obligations-drivers-riders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/legal-obligations-drivers-riders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) is widely used in the UK to help enforce driving laws &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.police.uk/information-and-advice/automatic-number-plate-recognition/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.police.uk/information-and-advice/automatic-number-plate-recognition/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also make sure you are aware of drink-driving restrictions, speed limits on the various road categories, bus lane and parking restrictions etc, and the penalties for infringement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2018-11-19T12:34:49.083" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T12:34:49.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15109" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15698" CreationDate="2018-11-19T09:13:36.860" Score="4" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;B.A.LL.B is quite a popular degree in India, being issued since the 80s. Although my university is H+ the degree it issued is not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to write to ZAB?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions on a workaround?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16089" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T14:38:49.213" Title="Eligible for German Blue Card. University is H+ on Anabin. However B.A.LL.B is not" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15110" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-19T14:15:22.397" Score="5" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Asia and came to Germany with a job seeking visa. Until now I got a work permit for a 2 month trial time, which is over now. My employer offered me a new work contract for 1 year. I handed it in to the foreigner office and am still waiting for a reply concerning the new work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is just that my visa expires in the next days. I fear that it might happen that my work contract will be not accepted (no work permit) few days before my visa expires, leaving me with very few time to react and find a new solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: What would be the best thing to do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16214" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T15:08:29.907" Title="Germany: What to do if work seeking visa expires?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15053" CreationDate="2018-11-19T16:13:27.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15053/blue-card-france/15090#15090&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; above is quite right. I am writing this to summarize my research into this as well as provide some extra references. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;European Blue Card and Job Change&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following two explain what is relevant for job change for European Blue Card holders:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000020562687&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006072050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article R5221-3 of the labor code&lt;/a&gt; states that one can change jobs after two years as long as it is consistent with the rules for European Blue Card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2° La carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention &quot; passeport talent &quot; délivrée en application des 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 9° et 10° de l'article L. 313-20 du code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile ou le visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour mentionné au 9° de l'article R. 311-3 du même code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Elle permet l'exercice de l'activité professionnelle salariée ayant justifié la délivrance du titre de séjour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorsqu'elle est délivrée en application du 1° et du 2° de l'article L. 313-20, elle autorise à exercer toute activité salariée à l'issue de sa deuxième année de validité sous réserve du respect de ses conditions de délivrance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am giving the relevant text from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=67760952EF89CCF216968C35B87924D5.tplgfr33s_2?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;idArticle=LEGIARTI000032166328&amp;amp;dateTexte=20181119&amp;amp;categorieLien=cid#LEGIARTI000032166328&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article L 313-20&lt;/a&gt; to show that the above is referring to the European Blue Card  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2° A l'étranger qui occupe un emploi hautement qualifié, pour une durée égale ou supérieure à un an, et justifie d'un diplôme sanctionnant au moins trois années d'études supérieures ou d'une expérience professionnelle d'au moins cinq ans d'un niveau comparable. Cette carte, d'une durée égale à celle figurant sur le contrat de travail, porte la mention &quot; carte bleue européenne &quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;L'étranger qui justifie avoir séjourné au moins dix-huit mois dans un autre Etat membre de l'Union européenne sous couvert d'une &quot; carte bleue européenne &quot; obtient la même carte de séjour, sous réserve qu'il en fasse la demande dans le mois qui suit son entrée en France, sans que soit exigé le respect de la condition prévue à l'article L. 313-2 du présent code ;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Status when one is in between jobs&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There still remains the issue of what happens when one is without a job. This is a bit tricky. I give below what happens when one looses their job involuntarily (and what that means). However, it is not clear to me what happens if one quits their job &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15053/blue-card-france/15090#15090&quot;&gt;ar5975's answer&lt;/a&gt; does state that if one quits they have to find a job 'quickly' but it's not clear to me how quick that has to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=67760952EF89CCF216968C35B87924D5.tplgfr33s_2?idArticle=LEGIARTI000032165954&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;dateTexte=20181113&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article L313-5-1&lt;/a&gt; states that an involuntary loss of job is not a reason to be out of status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;N'est pas regardé comme ayant cessé de remplir la condition d'activité prévue au 1° de l'article L. 313-10 et à l'article L. 313-20 l'étranger involontairement privé d'emploi au sens de ces mêmes articles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do;jsessionid=67760952EF89CCF216968C35B87924D5.tplgfr33s_2?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&amp;amp;idArticle=LEGIARTI000032166328&amp;amp;dateTexte=20181119&amp;amp;categorieLien=cid#LEGIARTI000032166328&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;L.313-20&lt;/a&gt; also states that at the time of renewal if one is unemployed then the card is extended for the time left on the chômage&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorsqu'un étranger bénéficiaire de la carte de séjour pluriannuelle portant la mention &quot; passeport talent &quot; et exerçant une activité salariée prévue aux 1°, 2° et 4° du présent article se trouve involontairement privé d'emploi à la date du renouvellement de sa carte, celle-ci est renouvelée pour une durée équivalente à celle des droits qu'il a acquis à l'allocation d'assurance mentionnée à l'article L. 5422-1 du code du travail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/5/3/MTRD1803345A/jo/article_snum1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; states what is considered an involuntary loss of employment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;« Art. 2. - Sont involontairement privés d'emploi ou assimilés, les salariés dont la cessation du contrat de travail résulte :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'un licenciement ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une rupture conventionnelle du contrat de travail, au sens des articles L. 1237-11 et &gt;suivants du code du travail ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une rupture d'un commun accord du contrat de travail, au sens des articles L. 1237-17 &gt;et suivants du code du travail ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une fin de contrat de travail à durée déterminée dont notamment le contrat à objet &gt;défini, ou de contrat de mission ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une rupture anticipée d'un contrat de travail à durée déterminée, dont notamment le &gt;contrat à objet défini, ou d'un contrat de mission, à l'initiative de l'employeur ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une démission considérée comme légitime, dans les conditions fixées par un accord &gt;d'application ;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;d'une rupture de contrat de travail résultant de l'une des causes énoncées à l'article &gt;L. 1233-3 du code du travail ».&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T16:13:27.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15118" CreationDate="2018-11-20T00:17:58.130" Score="3" ViewCount="2278" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Netherlands as part of the naturalization process, one must pass the following exams individually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reading (Around 25 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing (Around 7-8 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speaking (Around 24 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listening (Around 25 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Knowledge of Dutch Society (Around 43 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Orientation on the Dutch Labour Market (It's not really an exam, but a proces, rather cringing...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as much as I've searched for an answer, I haven't been able to find any official statement on what the passing grades (in percentages or number of correct answers, etc.. ) for these exams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per exam, what are the minimum passing grades?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16216" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T10:48:46.303" Title="Netherlands: Passing grades for the integration exams" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-20T07:05:00.180" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a retired UK citizen with adequate pensions and investments, my wife is a US citizen. We wish to spend half the year in the US and half in the UK. The UK right of residence procedure would appear to prevent this.&#xA;Could using the S.S. route through, say, Germany, give my wife freedom of movement between the UK and US without breeching her UK residency? Brexit permitting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16217" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T07:05:00.180" Title="Surinder Singh still viable route for UK" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-20T07:14:17.840" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;My landlord told me that someone working for the bank will come visit the flat and because I was busy I did not ask why. Then this bank employee came and took a picture of the flat ( and my furniture) and when I asked him about the reason he told me it is for the bank. I thought maybe this is common here in Germany. But I still don't understand why a bank employee visit the flat I am renting a take pictures of every room?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13340" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T07:14:17.840" Title="A bank employee visited my flat in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2018-11-27T14:19:40.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15116" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-20T08:10:24.963" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am seeking to apply for Recognised graduate visa 476. I checked the eligibility criteria on the govt portal. I am an engineering postgraduate in Automotive engineering. I am in doubt whether this particular degree is qualified under the criteria. I know for definite that the university from where i got this is eligible under Washington accord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16219" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T08:10:24.963" Title="Courses eligible for Skilled recognised graduate visa subclass 476" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15112" CreationDate="2018-11-20T08:49:56.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From wetten.overheid.nl (Government laws):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0019569/2017-10-01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Examenreglement basisexamen inburgering&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;De uitslag wordt per afgelegd examenonderdeel uitgedrukt in een cijfer op de schaal van 1 tot 10. Een deelnemer moet een voldoende behalen (6 of hoger) om te slagen voor het examenonderdeel. Een deelnemer is geslaagd voor het basisexamen wanneer hij voor alle drie examenonderdelen een voldoende heeft behaald.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The result will be expressed per exam part in a grade on the scale of 1 to 10. A participant must score sufficient (6 or higher) in order to pass the exam component. A participant has passed the basic exam when he has passed a satisfactory mark for all three exam components.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is the usual threshold for grading in The Netherlands: a 6 is &lt;em&gt;sufficient&lt;/em&gt;, a 5 is &lt;em&gt;insufficient&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not tell you anything about how individual answers or exam parts are scored. I was unable to find anything, but that does not surprise me; in order to prevent objections and appeals about details I assume this information is not divulged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-20T10:48:46.303" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T10:48:46.303" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-20T11:06:01.653" Score="1" ViewCount="3492" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of quitting my job in the UK. I have a Tier 2 work visa valid until May 2019. I have plans to return to the US in March as my husband has secured a work visa in my home country. If I handed in my resignation for January, can I still stay in the UK? We also have trips planned abroad in February (already paid for). Will I be able to enter back into the UK in between our trips as a US tourist, even if my work visa gets cancelled? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16220" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T15:30:32.930" Title="Quitting job under Tier 2 UK and entering as tourist" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15120" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-20T12:03:14.977" Score="1" ViewCount="1265" Body="&lt;p&gt;Below is the cover letter my husband drafted for the EEA FP. Please, I need advice on what to add or change. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Datexxx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear Entry Clearance Officer &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Declaration by the EEA National that the Non EEA National would be travelling together&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, xxxx an EU citizen, with Passport number xxx is the spouse of the Applicant, xxx a non EU citizen with Passport number xxx.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm writing in support of her application for EEA family permit. We have been married since 2010 and have three Children together (all EU citizen). I would like my wife, xxxx to accompany me to the United Kingdom on 30th January 2019 to live permanently in the United Kingdom with our children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I respectfully ask that the family permit to be issued as indicated on DIRECTIVE 2004/38C, for which I am submitting the following supporting documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My passport (EU passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of my EU National Identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife's Passport (Non EU passport)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of my wife's permanent Residency card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport size photo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Printed and Signed Application form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage Certificates (Original and translated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children's Birth certificate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Few family photos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of residence and family status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an application under EU law and I understand that it will be processed as soon as possible and on a priority basis. Should you need any further  information, please do not hesitate to contact me on tel: xxx and email: xxx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yours Faithfully,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16160" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T17:23:36.287" Title="EEA FP cover letter. Final touch down before submission" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15119" CreationDate="2018-11-20T12:47:04.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-2-worker&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 policy guidance&lt;/a&gt; states that when you resign from your job, your leave to remain will be curtailed &quot;to 60 days starting from the date the decision to curtail leave is made&quot;. In other words, once UKVI find out that you are not in employment, you will have 60 days to leave the UK (or find another job, or switch to another visa, but you don't want to do that). So as far as staying in the UK after resigning, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where it gets tricky is reentering the UK. Border officers tend to heavily scrutinise people who are returning to the UK on a visit very soon after having held a long term visa. They suspect that such people may be trying to continue living in the UK. Bear in mind that this also applies if you try and re-enter the UK after your leave has been curtailed. The border officer has the discretion to reject you &lt;em&gt;even if the curtailment period hasn't finished&lt;/em&gt;. Since the premise for your leave no longer exists (you don't work in the UK anymore), the border officer may be inclined to deny you entry. In this case, you could end up being returned to the USA, possibly being detained overnight depending on the timing of your arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, have several options. If you can time your resignation differently, you may be able to ensure your leave isn't curtailed until you return to the UK after your February holiday. It may take some time for your employer to inform UKVI*. But it is perhaps a little risky. If your leave is curtailed while you are away, you could end up in the situation I described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can ensure you have plenty of evidence that you are in fact just visiting, and will leave by March. This would include evidence of your husband's job, and where you plan to live in the US. Expect to be questioned intensively on why you are still in the UK despite no longer working here, and be prepared to explain exactly what the purpose of your visit is. The explanation that your husband got a new job in the US, but that you already had this holiday booked, therefore you are returning to tie up loose ends after the end of your holiday is very reasonable and convincing. However, border officers can sometimes be intimidating and rude, and it is down to your ability to convey the explanation calmly and rationally to ensure you are allowed to reenter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, it would be best to do both things. Try and avoid reentering the country during your curtailment period. But be prepared to present evidence that you will leave the UK by March.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Your sponsor is obliged to report your resignation within 10 working days of your departure. Depending on your relationship with your employer, you might feel able to ask them not to report your resignation a day sooner than this. And if you resign on a Friday, and your resignation is reported at 16:30 a fortnight later, likely your leave wouldn't be curtailed until well into the following week... Even if you don't feel able to ask your employer to assist you in this way, resigning on a Friday is probably a good idea to maximise your leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-11-20T15:30:32.930" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T15:30:32.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15120" CreationDate="2018-11-20T16:19:39.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a quick rewrite.  Some comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear to me that your application must include a &amp;quot;Declaration by the EEA National that the Non EEA National would be travelling together.&amp;quot;  For example, it is not mentioned under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;documents you must provide&lt;/a&gt;.  Regardless, I would not include the label &amp;quot;Declaration by the EEA National that the Non EEA National would be travelling together&amp;quot; in the letter itself, so I have left it out here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would mention your husband's nationality explicitly.  From your &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/15044/2440&quot;&gt;other question&lt;/a&gt; it is apparent that he is Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It isn't necessary to cite the EU directive, nor the implementing legislation, but if you do you should name the directive correctly (2004/38/EC).  Including unnecessary details introduces unnecessary opportunities for error, so I have removed that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The passage invoking the directive's promise of speed (&amp;quot;as soon as possible and on a priority basis&amp;quot;) is not necessary and could be read as pushy.  I have omitted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've removed a lot of capitalization.  In general, capitalization of nouns that are not proper nouns is not necessary and makes a document harder to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You&lt;/em&gt; are applying for the permit, not your husband, so &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are submitting the documents, not he.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The list of documents includes &amp;quot;children's birth certificate&amp;quot;; I presume that should be plural since there should be three of them.  I have changed it accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Proof of residence and family status&amp;quot;: In light of your response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/posts/15122/revisions&quot;&gt;the earlier version of this bullet point&lt;/a&gt;, I have changed it to &amp;quot;certificate....&amp;quot;  Don't forget to include a certified translation into English if the original is not in English, and please don't forget to replace &lt;em&gt;[name of council]&lt;/em&gt; with the actual name of the council that issued the document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would omit the mention of living permanently in the UK, because it's not necessary to have that intention.  If you do include it, however, &lt;strong&gt;it must be clear that your husband will live in the UK with you,&lt;/strong&gt; so it should say &amp;quot;to live permanently in the United Kingdom with our children &lt;em&gt;and me.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Datexxx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear Entry Clearance Officer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen, with passport number xxx, writing in support of my spouse's application for an EEA family permit.  My spouse, xxx, is a Nigerian citizen with passport number xxx.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been married since 2010 and have three children together (all are Italian citizens). I would like my wife to accompany me to the United Kingdom on 30th January 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In further support of my wife's application, she is submitting the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My passport (Italian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of my Italian national identity card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Her passport (Nigerian)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy of her Italian permanent residency card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport size photo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Printed and signed application form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage certificates (original and translated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Children's birth certificates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A few family photos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Certificate of residence and family status (issued by &lt;em&gt;[name of council])&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone on xxx or by e-mail at xxx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yours Faithfully,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T17:23:36.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15120" CreationDate="2018-11-20T16:39:39.870" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Proof of residence and family status is a single document. Actually it's called &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;certificato di residenza e stato di famiglia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in italiano. Its a document one gets from the council showing the list of the family member with the same address or living in the same place that is been registered with the council. However, I got it only to prove we are living together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16160" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T16:39:39.870" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15130" CreationDate="2018-11-20T22:39:26.163" Score="3" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend (EEA national/French citizen who is working in the UK) and I (non-EEA national, US citizen) want to get married and live together while she is working in London. We don't intend to settle in the UK permanently, but rather live together while she is working in the UK for the next few years. We have not lived together previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked into the path to doing this and it's not totally clear what our best option is. I would like to know if both of these options are possibilities and if not where the problems may arise during application process for various visas/permits and what a better alternative path would be for us. Also, if a simpler option is available I would appreciate any information on that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option A) I travel to UK on a marriage visitor visa to get married and stay for the duration of the visa, at which point I return home to the US. I then travel back to the UK on a standard visitor visa with my US passport and once in the UK apply for a residence card as the non-EEA spouse of an EEA native that is working in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option B) Same as above, except prior to returning to the UK after being married, I apply for an EEA family permit before travelling. Once in the UK I would apply for a residence card as the non-EEA spouse of an EEA native that is working in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16224" LastEditorUserId="19287" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T09:37:13.490" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T09:37:13.490" Title="Non-EEA national (US citizen) wanting to marry EEA national in UK on a marriage visitor visa without intent to permanently settle in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-21T01:21:29.283" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently employed and found a new job. The other company filed the H1 transfer and yet to receive the receipt number. I was planning on taking a week vacation between the jobs. Once I receive the receipt number of transfer, Can I take one week break and join the new company? Will that cause any issues in future? I don't have any green card processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16226" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T01:21:29.283" Title="As of Nov 2018, is it possible to take a week vacation/break between jobs while on H1B (after receiving the receipt number)?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-21T02:31:32.913" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are in Canada where he is on a work visa. I have joined him as a dependant. We are planning to file permanent residency by the end of December; my husband will be the primary applicant. However, I might have to travel back to my home country in the next 3 months. Is it possible to file the PR application if my husband and I are in different locations/countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16227" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-21T14:38:41.457" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T14:38:41.457" Title="Can a married couple file for Express Entry if one of us is temporarily not in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-21T09:56:40.040" Score="2" ViewCount="3100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to change my Biometric residence Permit (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BRP&lt;/a&gt;) to my married name, however my passport with my maiden name is still valid (I renewed only last year). Can I apply for the change of name in the BRP and keep the passport with my maiden name? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16229" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-21T13:59:21.267" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T10:07:38.260" Title="BRP for change of name and passport still with maiden name" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15128" CreationDate="2018-11-21T11:02:07.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. UKVI will not normally allow you to have different names on your passport and BRP. If you want to change your name on your BRP, you must change the name on your passport first (indeed, if you change the name on your passport you &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; report this to UKVI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to complete &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notification-of-change-of-circumstances-form-mcc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form MCC&lt;/a&gt;.*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you cannot have different names on the two doesn't seem to be officially stated anywhere, but I know from personal experience that it is true. You could try filling in the form without changing the name on your passport, but I suspect that UKVI will ask to see a passport in your new name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Confusingly, the guidance at the top of the form says that if your &quot;current grant of leave was made by means of a BRP&quot; you should not use this form, but should &quot;make an application for a new BRP, using the form for no time limit (NTL) or an application for transfer of condition (TOC)&quot;. This makes no sense, and I suspect it is supposed to say &quot;current grant of leave was &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; made by means of a BRP&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T11:02:07.653" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15125" CreationDate="2018-11-21T16:26:25.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there's no good way to do this.  The EU regulation does not provide a mechanism for a non-EEA fiancee (or similar) to join an EEA fiancee, nor has the UK done so in its implementing regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; immigration rules.  However, if you apply for a marriage visitor visa, you may run into difficulty related to the fact that your ultimate plan is to live in the UK for some time.  Even if your intention is to leave after marrying, within six months of entering, you may have difficulty establishing that to the satisfaction of the officer evaluating the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The marriage settlement visa, on the other hand, is unreasonably expensive, and requiring you to use that visa would be contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can show that your relationship with your fiancee is &amp;quot;lasting,&amp;quot; you may be able to qualify for the EEA family permit now.  There used to be a relatively strict requirement of two years' cohabitation, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/715659/Extended-family-members-V6.0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current guidance (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; leaves more wiggle room.  Still, it seems likely that you will be unable to qualify.  If you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; qualify, however, then you won't need to get married to be able to live together in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest solution would probably be to get married outside the UK.  Some US states, including New York and Nevada, allow nonresidents to marry.  Since your girlfriend in French, you may be able to marry in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you have already identified the probably best solution, which is to use a marriage visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you're married, you can enter the UK without a visa.  You don't need a standard visitor visa.  In fact, you shouldn't apply for one because you won't be a &amp;quot;genuine visitor.&amp;quot;  You could, however, apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you enter the UK without a visa, you have the same choice: to present yourself as a (visa exempt) visitor or as the spouse of a UK-resident EEA national (note &amp;quot;national,&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;native&amp;quot;).  Again, you should take the latter option, since you aren't in fact a &amp;quot;genuine visitor&amp;quot; and trying to pass yourself off as one could complicate matters.  You should therefore have the appropriate documents on hand when you arrive; these will be the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/documents-you-must-provide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;documents that you would submit for an EEA family permit application&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The value of applying for the EEA family permit beforehand, therefore, is that it allows you to avoid the stress of finding out at the border whether your documents will be accepted.  On the other hand, it seems (anecdotally, from postings on this site) that border officers may be more likely to consider your claim favorably than are visa officers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's another option you haven't suggested, which is to enter as a marriage visitor and then apply for the residence card without leaving first.  This is actually legal because once you're married you fall under the EEA regulations, and any immigration restrictions under the &amp;quot;regular&amp;quot; immigration law are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052/schedule/3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;without effect for someone who has a right to reside under the regulations&lt;/a&gt;.  But this is precisely why your marriage visitor visa may not be granted: you will have difficulty showing your intention to leave the country before the visa expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, be very careful about saying things like that you &amp;quot;want to get married so we can live together while she is working in London.&amp;quot;  This could cause trouble under the definition of &amp;quot;marriage of convenience,&amp;quot; which &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“marriage of convenience” includes a marriage entered into for the purpose of using these Regulations, or any other right conferred by the EU Treaties, as a means to circumvent—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) immigration rules applying to non-EEA nationals (such as any applicable requirement under the 1971 Act to have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom); or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) any other criteria that the party to the marriage of convenience would otherwise have to meet in order to enjoy a right to reside under these Regulations or the EU Treaties;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if your main reason for marrying is to be able to move to the UK, you cannot use the marriage as a basis for moving to the UK.  You might think that this shouldn't apply to people who were in love anyway, where the immigration benefit wasn't the only reason but merely the immediate motivation for the decision to marry.  However, there have been &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b2897cc2c94e06b9e19b436&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cases&lt;/a&gt; where the Home Office has in fact interpreted this as applying to such couples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-21T16:45:31.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-21T17:05:19.833" Score="2" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you get your provisional license during that first 12 months, you are not required to show L-plates during that first 12 months (the time that your foreign licence is still valid). You also don't need to be accompanied, and you can drive on motorways (again, just during the first 12 months). After that first 12 months, you must show L-plates and be accompanied, so it's best to start the process as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will be triggering date of these 12 months?  When  the residence permit (RP) is issued or when the resident reached the UK (which could be a few weeks or months later than the RP issue date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16230" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-24T14:34:41.953" LastActivityDate="2018-11-24T14:34:41.953" Title="Is the validity of a foreign driving license for a new UK resident 12 months from issue of RP or arrival?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15131" CreationDate="2018-11-21T18:58:06.917" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 12 months period starts on the date you entered the UK on your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-resident-of-great-britain/full-car-and-or-motorcycle/any-other-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence for 12 months &lt;strong&gt;from when you became resident&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(my emphasis)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15661" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-11-23T14:27:29.747" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T14:27:29.747" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-22T05:19:00.807" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Australia and my wife and I are planning on settling in Australia so we live here, she is going back to the UK for 6 months and id like to go with her and work for that time.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is there any visas for that purpose more specifically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="gordo gamsby" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T03:38:44.927" Title="My wife is from the UK, I'd like to visit with her and work" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15151" CreationDate="2018-11-23T00:17:02.000" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany on a salary of 86.000 EUR a year. As someone married and not having my wife working, I am having 4.400 EUR net per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have the opportunity to accept a Freelancer project paying 600 EUR per day during a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to calculate my net &quot;salary&quot; income to see if that would be a a better &quot;net salary&quot; going for this project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be an estimate of a year of net income I would get after all tax deductions, pensions, health insurance, if I take the Freelance Project?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the formula to understand the difference between the two projects?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6855" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T11:38:47.440" Title="Freelance Net &quot;Salary&quot; vs Permanent Employee Net Salary - a Tough Decision" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-11-26T16:04:39.910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2018-11-23T08:54:08.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, whether &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rentuncle.co.za/blog/7-safest-neighbourhoods-to-live-in-cape-town-2018/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cape Town is safe or not&lt;/a&gt; will depend a lot on which part of Cape Town you decide to live in. Besides, the concept of safety also differs from person to person. So it’s better to define what you would consider safe and unsafe and then compare it with the conditions that prevail in different parts of Cape Town.&#xA;Generally speaking, every city has its share of safe and unsafe areas. The same holds true in the case of Cape Town too. If you survey and study the different neighbourhoods in Cape Town, you would discover that some areas are relatively safe and some others are not so safe. &#xA;For instance, Camps Bay witnessed 21 incidents of common assault whereas Kensington saw 219 such incidents. When you study these neighbourhoods under different parameters of crime such as murder, robbery, burglary etc., you will realize that some neighbourhoods are comparatively safe and you can opt to stay there without having to worry about advanced safety measures beyond a point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16239" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T08:54:08.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-22T23:03:28.003" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in Belgium with valid Work Permit and Resident Permit. My wife is working in UK with Tier 2 General Visa. Can I get UK Tier2 dependent visa and work in Belgium with my current Belgium work permit and RP? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16243" OwnerDisplayName="Abi" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T09:30:27.883" Title="Can a UK Tier2 dependent work in other EU countries with valid work permit and schengen visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15193" CreationDate="2018-11-23T09:47:20.630" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I am in the UK on Tier-2 General Visa I gave birth to a baby. As I am planning to travel to India, I need to apply a Visa for my baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have filled in the application form. The only documents that were listed for submission were:&#xA;1. Birth certificate&#xA;2. Bank statements&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if I need to submit photos of my baby. If yes, how will I take photos of a 2 month old baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16240" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-11-23T10:50:43.587" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T10:33:35.960" Title="Do we need photos for UK Tier 2 Dependent Visa for a 2 month old baby?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-23T09:41:52.430" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a tech engineer and want to work in the US but I am struggling to get a work visa. I don't understand which visas I would be eligible for or how to obtain them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Samiksha" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-11-23T13:58:41.007" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T07:07:54.563" Title="How can I get a work visa for US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15142" CreationDate="2018-11-23T10:52:36.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you need to submit a photo of your baby—this is the case for all UK passport and visa applications, regardless of the age of the child. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passport-photographs&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;You can read the guidance for photos here&lt;/a&gt;. The requirements are the same as for adults but with these concessions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Children aged five and under do not need to have a neutral expression or to look directly at the camera. Babies under one don’t need to have their eyes open. If the baby’s head needs to be supported, the supporting hand must not be seen. All other photograph standards must be met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to do this is to go to a professional photographer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T10:52:36.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15110" CreationDate="2018-11-23T14:56:34.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the decision on new residence permit will not be issued until current visa expires, it makes sense to go to the Ausländerbehörde and get &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktionsbescheinigung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/a&gt; before it expires, i.e right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the visa or residence permit is expired, one is also not allowed to work anymore. Literally, one should not come to the work place the next day after it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in general, this should not be a big issue. First, if the documents are being processed, the current national visa or residence permit automatically stays valid even after its expiration date &lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/81.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to the § 81 Abs. 4 of the immigration law&lt;/a&gt;. Second, one should have the right to get the Fiktionsbescheinigung according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/81.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;same § 81 Abs. 4&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only problem may be that § 81 Abs. 4 is valid for residence permits, and not visas from §6 Abs. 1 (as I have understood, it means that only tourist visas are excluded from this &quot;automatic prolongation&quot;, please read that § carefully yourself). If one has job seeking visa, this visa category should fall into automatic prolongation rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyhow, one can get the Fiktionsbescheinigung to be &quot;on the safe side&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2018-11-23T15:08:29.907" LastActivityDate="2018-11-23T15:08:29.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-24T15:58:23.643" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend has a problem in Austria. Because of construction works he needs to leave his appartment as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, what are his options? He is looking for something cheap (up to 300 euros), because he stays there only few days a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to register an address at some kind of hotel/pension/motel? I researched this, but couldn't find anything conclusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16244" OwnerDisplayName="Armin" LastActivityDate="2018-11-24T16:09:47.523" Title="What are the options for registering address in Austria?" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15143" CreationDate="2018-11-24T20:59:30.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all,  you should have a U.S. or foreign equivalent bachelor degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondary,you need to find a sponsored employer in the U.S. who will file H1B visa on your behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your petition got approved, you will be able to work in the U.S. up to 3 years, even immigrant based on your employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, your employment  type is within STEM(science,technology,engineering, and mathematics) field, you will be more likely to get your visa approved than the others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16245" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-25T07:07:54.563" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T07:07:54.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14989" CreationDate="2018-11-24T21:22:20.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;since all of you are already applying for immigration visas, the visa officers must have known your situation and they can or cannot  reject your B2 visas. Tourism visa is designed to travel not immigrant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really depending on how lucky you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16245" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-25T07:03:57.567" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T07:03:57.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14787" CreationDate="2018-11-24T21:36:55.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;German residence registers only care about residences in Germany. You can’t have a secondary residence if you don’t have a primary residence (in Germany).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, X will need to register in B as their &lt;em&gt;only residence&lt;/em&gt; (treated the same as a primary residence), and later X and Y will register their shared primary residence in A. Downgrading the residence in B isn’t a separate step, it will be done registering in A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8307" LastActivityDate="2018-11-24T21:36:55.897" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15150" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15177" CreationDate="2018-11-25T01:43:41.997" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&#xA;I have increased the specifity of this question, as well as adding information which was not available when it was first asked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner and I would like to move to mainland Europe together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, still living in the UK. My partner is an Iranian citizen, still living in Iran.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have met in person, but have (of course) never lived together and the only evidence of our relationship would be our conversations on social media and travel receipts, to show that we have visited the same place at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it is likely we would be expected to prove our relationship, though I haven't been able to find any guidance on what this would entail under our circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are considering a move to Germany or Norway, primarily, though we have also discussed Sweden and Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner had a meeting with a lawyer yesterday, where she was advised that the easiest option would be for her to move to Hungary or Italy independently (where she has the highest chance of being granted a visa), then we would be able to relocate together to our desired location within Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, it looks like Germany is the most likely option. This is mainly because we both have friends there, though I have also read that expatriates who move before the 29th of March this year (the date of brexit) will retain their status and will face no difficulty in remaining in Germany. Although I do not live there currently, I would be able to relocate with relative ease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unsure, though, whether the same rules would apply if I am already living in an area before my partner moves there, or whether we would both need to relocate to a new area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the former, then I can continue my plan to move to Germany prior to brexit and my partner will come to live with me as soon after she has moved to Hungary as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if the latter is true, then I would have to wait until after brexit and reconsider my options based upon whatever legislation arises from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read that the freedom of movement directive is only guaranteed where both parties are moving to a new location, though I'm not sure if I've just misinterpreted this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based upon the above information, can anyone advise the most direct/hassle-free way to ensure that we are both able to reside together in Germany, or another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16247" LastEditorUserId="16247" LastEditDate="2018-11-29T05:01:23.017" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T05:01:23.017" Title="British and Iranian couple moving to mainland Europe together. Easiest way to get a visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15138" CreationDate="2018-11-25T11:38:47.440" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not always possible to compare these two options 1:1, but you would work it out like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;600 x days per years obviously makes your gross income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume it's 600 not including VAT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to days per year, ask the company who is making you the offer. The rules are very individual and you should not make the mistake to calculate 220 days x 600 as you will have days off, I guess. Also some companies only order a limited about of days when they offer you a project &quot;one year full time&quot;, some order 160, some 180, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to stay conservative, take 160 x 600 = 96.000 EUR as your gross income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tax burden on freelancer income and on a salary is the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes a difference is social security. As long as you are employed, the employer will pay half of your health insurance and half of your public pension plan. Ask your health insurance how much you would have to pay out of your own pocket for your wife (not working) and yourself if you change from employement to freelancing. Something along the lines of ~700 - 900 EUR a month would be expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is where I would stop calculating if you have the option to continue as an employee as 96.000 - health insurance would already be less that what you make today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Figures will be different if you assume you will be working (and get paid) 200 days. Then it's 120.000 minus health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, being a freelancer you will also possibly be able to deduct some stuff from taxes which you cannot as an employee, i.e. if you buy an expensive laptop frequenty, car usage, ... But do not overestimate this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to pension, opinions are different but most people would argue that it is an advantage that you are not forced to pay into the public pension plan if you are a freelancer. Yet you will have to put up money to build a pension yourself. This is where it's getting very individual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now for example - and depending on your age - a good advice might be not to pay anything into a pension plan but rather use the free cash to buy a home and pay it off as quickly as possible as long as the interest rates are practically zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;N.B.: &lt;strong&gt;Buy it as long as you are still an employee, you will not qualify for a mortage right after you quit your employment and turned to a freelancer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A last remark: Money is one thing, career is another. If you just want to work, you have good skills which you keep updated and you are ok to adapt to a new environment once a year, living as a freelancer will feed you quite well. Yet consider the risk of times in between projects when you don't get paid also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you think to grow a familiy, may be interested in parental leave (Elternzeit) and you are employed in a large corporation with tons of benefits and you are looking into a career with a significant raise of your income as an employee in the longer run, think twice before giving that up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T11:38:47.440" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-26T14:22:09.517" Score="2" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm slightly confused about what documents do I need to apply for.&#xA;I already have a EEA Registration Certificate and now I'm trying to apply for British Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It say that I must have a resident permit to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, to apply for a resident permit card the application form is almost identical to the one I have filled in when applied for my Registration Certificate and paid £65. Do I have to submit the very same thing all over again and pay the £65 again to be able to get a resident permit card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Home Office already has got all my details, why would I have to submit everything again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16251" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T00:00:34.347" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T00:00:34.347" Title="EEA Registration Certificate to Resident permit to UK Citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15152" CreationDate="2018-11-26T16:30:49.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have to submit the very same thing all over again and pay the £65 again to be able to get a resident permit card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by &quot;resident permit card&quot; you mean a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens/permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permanent residence document&lt;/a&gt;, then yes.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-eea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You must have a permanent residence document before you can apply for naturalization.&lt;/a&gt;  If your only document is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;registration certificate&lt;/a&gt;, you are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that the permanent residence document is not a &quot;residence permit&quot; because the document itself does not confer permission to reside in the UK; it only serves as evidence of permanent residence status, which arises automatically.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted at the first link, you can normally only apply for a permanent residence document after you've lived in the UK for five years, and you can only apply for naturalization after you've had permanent residence for at least one year (therefore, after you've lived in the UK for six years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some exceptions, however, in which you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens/getting-permanent-residence-early&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;get permanent residence before you've lived in the UK for five years&lt;/a&gt;.  If you qualify for one of these exceptions, I believe you can also apply early for naturalization, one year after having qualified for permanent residence, but the site doesn't say this explicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an exception allowing earlier naturalization if your spouse or civil partner is a citizen of the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Home Office already has got all my details, why would I have to submit everything again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is necessary because the home office needs to evaluate whether you meet the criteria for permanent residence.  For example, someone could arrive as a worker and received a registration certificate on that basis, but then leave their job and live in the UK as a student or self-sufficient person.  In that case, to meet the criteria for permanent residence, the person would have had to have comprehensive sickness insurance.  You therefore need to prove in your application for permanent residence that you have been a &quot;qualified person&quot; for a period of five years; your registration certificate by itself does not demonstrate this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T16:30:49.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:12:54.920" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's possible I would like to teach English in Iran. I am a 22 year old male Canadian citizen with a TEFL certification who has never been to Israel (Or anywhere close to the Middle East).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I must be sponsored with a work Visa. However relations between the two countries have been better, and Iran's economy is not in good shape.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/website-resources-for-out-there-jobs-related-to%20-travel&quot;&gt;Website resources for 'out there' jobs related to travel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching for Iran in the links above gives me nothing, are there any places or forums where I can get in contact with someone willing to sponsor me, or am I simply out of luck?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16253" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T13:55:43.367" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T13:55:43.367" Title="Can a Canadian citizen teach English in Iran?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14852" CreationDate="2018-11-26T22:11:03.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can file your immigration application anywhere in the world. &#xA;Additionally, you don't necessarily have to wait to get married in order to apply for green card.Instead, your fiancée can apply a K1 fiancé visa for you, so that you can come in U.S before you start applying for green card. K1 application needs about 4-7months to get adjudicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you will get married in January 2019, your I130 needs about 1 year to get adjudicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16254" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T14:21:02.687" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T14:21:02.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-26T22:48:55.283" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a J1 visa holder; this expires by the end of November, 2018. I have the new DS2019 extended for more one year (i.e. up to 30 Nov, 2019).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Since I am planning to go to India in January 2019, I was applying for a visa again, but recently got to know that I am eligible for a visa interview waiver.&lt;br /&gt; Now the problem is that I and my wife (new J2 dependent visa applicant) were going to take the appointment together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me not to opt of the Dropbox facility option (visa interview waiver) and instead attend the interview with her?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I use the Dropbox facility, I know that it will take some time to get the new visa stamp. In the meantime, can my wife go for the interview? Because at that time I will not have a valid visa either and I will be outside of the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16255" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T14:24:02.213" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T14:24:02.213" Title="Does J1 visa need to be valid to apply for J2 visa?" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-27T08:24:05.380" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a permanent residence permit and working permit in Latvia (EU member). Can I work in The Netherlands with my documents? If not, how can I get a working permit in The Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16257" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-27T14:21:31.947" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T15:02:16.337" Title="Working permit in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15158" CreationDate="2018-11-27T08:39:39.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The residence permit from Latvia doesn't allow you to work in the Netherlands. Unless it is EU blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to apply to the NL residence permit. You or your company can do it through &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2018-11-28T15:02:16.337" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T15:02:16.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-27T10:53:57.107" Score="1" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for Carte sejour at Palaiseau. So any one have idea how long does it take for issuing carte sejour. Beside any one have experience with Palaiseau prefecture?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16259" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T10:53:57.107" Title="Carte sejour at Palaiseau Prefecture" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-27T11:14:07.707" Score="2" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a student of Indian origin studying in Paris, France. My carte de sejour is going to expire on 6 Dec 2018 &amp;amp; I've applied for renewal. I've received the recepisse. This is my 2nd request for carte de sejour. My recepisse expire in June 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an internship in the Netherlands from January to March 2019. This internship is necessary for me to complete my course. In case I do not receive my carte de sejour by the time my internship begins, is it legal for me to travel &amp;amp; work in the Netherlands with my recepisse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16260" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T19:30:15.350" Title="Travelling &amp; working with recepisse for Carte de sejour 2eme demande" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2018-11-27T15:21:00.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my knowledge you are will be legally staying in the Netherlands only with a valid French residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how they will handle working for your internship, most probably they will treat you as French tax subject and they will pay to your French bank account the salary. I don't think you can work with French residence permit unless it is EU blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while you don't have residence permit on your hands you should have French visa in the passport to freely travel within the EU. At least this is how things are handled in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T15:21:00.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15166" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-27T19:05:56.563" Score="2" ViewCount="344" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an express entry profile but at the moment I do not have 13000 CAD in my bank account to show as proof of funds. When I receive the invitation, would it be possible for me to transfer account from my mother's account to mine and show that as proof of funds? will they consider that as parking money? If not, if I have a joint fixed deposit with my mom for the required money, will that help? Any advice would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T21:57:55.673" Title="Transferring money from mom's account for Express entry proof of funds" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15166" CreationDate="2018-11-27T21:57:55.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The timing may be an issue and your financial documentation may not fully support or meet what is expected (added emphasis mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/proof-funds.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proof of funds – Skilled immigrants (Express Entry)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must show that you have enough money to settle in Canada to meet the minimum requirements of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the Federal Skilled Worker Program or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the Federal Skilled Trades Program&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can’t borrow this money from another person. You must be able to use this money to pay the costs of living for your family (even if they aren’t coming with you).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your spouse is coming with you, you can count money you have together in a joint account. You may be able to count money in an account under their name only, but you must prove you have access to the money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are invited to apply, you must give written proof that you have this money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we accept as proof&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Funds must be readily available to you. For example, you can't use equity on real property as proof of settlement funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The funds must be available both when you apply and when (if) we issue you a permanent resident visa. You must prove to an immigration officer that you can legally access them to use to settle here when you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For proof, you must get official letters from any banks or financial institutions where you are keeping money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Letter(s) must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;be printed on the financial institution’s letterhead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;include their contact information (address, telephone number and email address)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;include your name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;list outstanding debts such as credit card debts and loans&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;include, for each current bank and investment account:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     ○ account numbers&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     ○ the date each account was opened&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     ○ the current balance of each account&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     ○ &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;the average balance for the past six months&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-11-27T21:57:55.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-28T02:21:31.030" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are moving to Spain for a year this summer. I am still working things out with my employer to see if I can work remotely (I'm a programmer, and it shouldn't be a problem), but I may not know for certain before our visa interview in March. We also plan to sell our house, but most likely won't close before the interview. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we know that we will have enough money as long as our house sells OR if my company allows me to work remotely, but I'm not sure that we'll be able to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; either of those things by March. My understanding is that we would need either a letter from my employer or sufficient savings in a bank account. We have a healthy savings account, but not the full amount to cover a year (which Spain's application indicates would be around $50,000). We have plenty of funds in retirement accounts (401ks and IRAs). Can we use that money as proof of financial viability? Or does anyone have other ideas about how to prove we will be financially independent? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16267" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T02:21:31.030" Title="Can I use a 401k/IRA as proof of funds for a non-lucrative visa application in Spain?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15169" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-28T08:39:49.000" Score="2" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British national who worked for a company for 2 years in the UK before moving to Germany. After marrying and bringing up children, in 2009 I started my present job. I have had an unlimited &quot;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&quot; (German stay permit) since the year 2000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now due to Brexit I am unsure about my future here. Can anyone tell me whether after Brexit I can continue to work in Germany as before, with this Aufenthaltserlaubnis? And will I be able to claim my pension for the two years I worked in the UK?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Or will I need to apply for some other kind of permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also unsure about the status of my 23 year old who is working here, but does not have any kind of permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16268" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-11-28T14:31:57.220" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T17:25:19.987" Title="British national living in Germany for 28 years - what happens after Brexit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2018-11-29T13:54:23.670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14906" CreationDate="2018-11-28T13:09:23.130" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, this is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first, I tried to apply online through the website of the Krankenkasse, and concluded it wasn't possible, as the online application form did not allow for a foreign address, and would not let me proceed without answering questions that I cannot yet (such as tax number).  However, I was able to submit an interest application through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.krankenkassen.de/&lt;/a&gt;.  The Krankenkasse of my choice sent me a paper application form through the mail, that I filled as well as I could with my UK address, leaving parts I could not answer empty.  I had expected to be declined (“we need your Steueridentifikationsnummer”), but it did work: a few weeks later, I received a welcome letter along with a &lt;em&gt;Mitgliedsbescheinigung&lt;/em&gt;, meaning evidence of membership, along with instructions, a confirmation that they had informed my future employer, and a request to return a photo.  Yet another couple of weeks later, I received the &lt;em&gt;Sozialversicherungsausweis&lt;/em&gt;, the evidence of membership of social insurance / retirement insurance, which is apparently an automatic consequence of applying for the &lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt; for the first time as a foreigner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A minor nuisance is that I could not use the pre-paid envelope sent by the Krankenkasse as those only work domestically.  The forms are clearly intended for use within Germany, but are handled by humans who are able to process applications from people who have not yet arrived in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T13:09:23.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15169" CreationDate="2018-11-28T15:58:21.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, your Aufenthaltserlaubnis falls &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; of EU free movement law.  This should mean that the status it confers does not depend on the outcome of the Brexit process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to that, you are currently entitled to a right of permanent residence under EU law, and that may change as a result of Brexit.  But since this status is additional, it should not be critical to your ability to stay in Germany, but it might be critical for others reading this message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/draft_withdrawal_agreement_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;draft withdrawal agreement&lt;/a&gt; provides (in Article 15) that a right of permanent residence acquired before the end of the transition period shall endure after the end of the transition period.  It is, however, a draft, so it could change.  Such a change is unlikely.  Things would have to become very bad before UK and EU politicians would disrupt the lives of tens or hundreds of thousands of people in such a manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I was helpfully &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15169/british-national-living-in-germany-for-28-years-what-happens-after-brexit/15172?noredirect=1#comment26103_15172&quot; title=&quot;The problem arises as soon the UK leaves the EU – without a deal. As soon that happens, you need a registration.&quot;&gt;reminded&lt;/a&gt; by Janka, however, there's another possibility, which is a &quot;no-deal Brexit.&quot;  In that case, there are several possible outcomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU courts decide that your EU citizenship somehow survives Brexit.  This seems implausible, but the theory is being tested in a case in the Netherlands.  I was looking for more information about that when the europa.eu became unavailable.  If your EU citizenship survives Brexit, your right to reside in Germany would as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU or German courts decide that under some other legal theory your right to reside in Germany survives Brexit.  For example, forcing UK citizens to leave Germany might be found to constitute a violation of their human rights.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Germany unilaterally modifies its law to allow UK citizens already in Germany to stay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have to leave Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the last is the least likely.  The next to last seems most likely, especially if neither of the first two possibilities comes to pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-11-28T17:25:19.987" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T17:25:19.987" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-28T16:15:51.457" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse is submitting form I-130 to USCIS on my behalf in the coming weeks. Since we're living in Brazil, we will go through consular processing in Rio de Janeiro after NVS gets back to us, probably a year from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a PhD student and my wife is not employed. Next June, we would like to travel to the US for my wife's sister wedding on my tourist visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand there is a higher burden on me to prove I do not intend to stay on that trip - and I'm thinking (a) PhD enrollment, (b) child's current school enrollment, (c) maybe our lease and bank statements might be enough to show no intention of not leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now, we have a good history of traveling to the US, and having never overstayed nor have a visa denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my assessment realistic? And more importantly, what are the risks to my green card application if I'm turned away at the border? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16270" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T16:15:51.457" Title="Traveling to the US on a B1/B2 visa with consular green card processing pending" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15154" CreationDate="2018-11-28T18:27:32.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, I would like to say it was the worst idea I have ever heard — considering Canada has not an embassy in Iran and there has been a lot of false detentions of Canadian citizens during the past decade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secoundly, yes, you need a work permit visa and to acquire one you need to negotiate with an employer, and there is not a job bank website on the internet for Iran so you would be able to search them there, because, you are doing some thing bizarre!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, you need to search potential employer’s website one by one;there is pretty good chance they would more than welcome you and you earn good money if you are good at teaching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T18:27:32.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-28T19:30:47.750" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EU student living and studying in Germany. I am looking at internships(for 6 months) in Netherlands and I was wondering the immigration procedures involved for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15091" LastEditorUserId="15091" LastEditDate="2018-11-28T19:41:04.780" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T19:41:04.780" Title="Non EU student(Indian), studying at German university,planning to do an internship in Netherlands company" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15150" CreationDate="2018-11-28T23:30:40.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came back to this question to post a comment noting that UK immigration officers have been known to take exception to the use of &quot;friend&quot; to describe a boyfriend/girlfriend/partner.  In other words, it can be seen as deceptive, so be careful.  On the other hand, the words &quot;Freund&quot; and &quot;Freundin&quot; are used in German to denote boy- and girlfriends, so the chance of a German officer seeing deception in the use of the word &quot;friend&quot; is probably lower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to the edited version of the question, however, I have rather more to say, so I'm posting this as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;she was advised that the easiest option would be for her to move to Hungary or Italy independently (where she has the highest chance of being granted a visa), then we would be able to relocate together to our desired location within Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is certainly the most legally straightforward route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have also read that expatriates who move before the 29th of March this year (the date of brexit) will retain their status and will face no difficulty in remaining in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/draft_withdrawal_agreement_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;draft agreement (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; is actually implemented (i.e., if there's no &quot;no deal&quot; Brexit) then the actual deadline will be the end of the transition period, in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am unsure, though, whether the same rules would apply if I am already living in an area before my partner moves there, or whether we would both need to relocate to a new area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, it should be fine for your partner to join you after you move there, but there are many exceptions to this, and there could be more after Brexit or after the end of the transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have read that the freedom of movement directive is only guaranteed where both parties are moving to a new location, though I'm not sure if I've just misinterpreted this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freedom of movement directive essentially means that an EU citizen should be able to have their family members living with them.  There are exceptions, for example, around newly established relationships, but it's certainly not necessary as a general rule for both parties to move at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Based upon the above information, can anyone advise the most direct/hassle-free way to ensure that we are both able to reside together in Germany, or another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; hassle-free way would be to get married or registered as civil partners.  Then your partner's claim to derivative free movement rights would be much more straightforward, and you could in theory move to Germany on the day of your wedding, or she could at least apply for a visa on that day or any day thereafter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-28T23:30:40.660" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15178" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15179" CreationDate="2018-11-29T01:25:56.933" Score="1" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and interested in starting a coffee processing company in Nepal. Already have a Nepali business partner, and we'd be both shareholders of the company we want to establish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could somebody elaborate on the requirements of obtaining a long-term business visa that would allow me to realize this project in Nepal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9320" LastEditorUserId="9320" LastEditDate="2019-04-24T22:00:13.330" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T22:00:13.330" Title="What are the requirements for a business visa for Nepal?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;business&gt;&lt;nepal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15178" CreationDate="2018-11-29T01:25:56.933" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(The following is based on Internet research only, as I have not yet tried the process. But I looked everything up in more than one source and use official sources where available, so it should be pretty close.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Requirements for a business visa&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main requirements are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need ≥5 million NPR (~44,000 USD in 2018) to invest in your business in Nepal. Because that is the minimum investment to get your &quot;licence to invest&quot;, which you need to get your business visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm listing the sources and other details in a section below. Also as explained there, I have no final confirmation if the minimum investment threshold is still in force.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The business you want to invest in must be open to foreign investment. Some are not, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=9#NOLareas_allowed_for_fi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the negative list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your investment will be made in an existing or (in your case) new company of the &quot;private limited liability&quot; or &quot;public limited liability&quot; company type. Foreigners can't invest in proprietorship or partnership firms. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=9#NOLentry_conditions_on_investment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You follow the rest of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;process for foreign investments&lt;/a&gt; (forms, documents, fees etc.). &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/permalink/post/21112374&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;See here&lt;/a&gt; how this process looked in practice (as opposed to in the law) in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You also follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nepalimmigration.gov.np/page/business-visa-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application process for a business visa&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=10&amp;amp;mid=18#NOLbusiness_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Alternative: Resident visa when investing &gt;100,000 USD&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even on the official &quot;Invest Nepal&quot; website by the Ministry of Industry, they mention (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=10&amp;amp;mid=18#NOLbusiness_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Existing investors may apply for either the residential or business visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because a permanent residential visa is open for those who invested 100,000 USD or more at one time. From the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ibn.gov.np/uploads/files/repository/Nepal%20Investment%20Guide%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nepal Investment Guide 2018&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (an official document by Investment Board of Nepal), page 17:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any foreign investor who has made an investment equivalent to more than USD 100,000 at any one time and in convertible foreign currency can be granted a residential visa on the recommendation of the Department of Industry/Investment Board Nepal. The validity period of this visa is one year at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the investor, making a lump sum investment equivalent to more than USD 100,000 in convertible currency, happens to be a company, only one shareholder authorised by that company and his/her dependents may be granted residential visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Details about the minimum investment requirement&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The business visa requirements from the website of Nepal's embassy in Paris (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nepalembassyparis.gov.np/en/Visa-Information/15/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The business visa shall be granted to the following foreigners and their family on the recommendation of concerned agency:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Foreigners having obtained license to make investment in any business or industrial enterprise within Nepal or authorised representatives of such business or industrial enterprise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Foreigners having obtained license to invest to carry on export trade from Nepal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Foreigners visiting Nepal from third country who export goods manufactured in Nepal through purchase or who place a purchase order for export.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to obtain the &quot;licence to invest&quot; in Nepal, one has to meet the requirements for &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;. According to the Ministry of Industry's &quot;Invest Nepal&quot; website (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investnepal.gov.np/portal/index.php?p1=content&amp;amp;p2=9#NOLforms_of_foreign_investment_(fi)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), investments can be purchasing shares, making loans, in-kind investments and reinvesting earnings originating in Nepal, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, as per the  decision of the Governemnt made on September 5, 2012, the minimum amount of FDI [i.e. foreign direct investment] has increased  to NPR 5 million [ca. 44,000 USD / 39,000 EUR in 2018] for each investor from USD 20,000 […].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Originally, no minimum investment was required, but the business visa scheme was quite exploited by non-entrepreneurs (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5005&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this article from 2004&lt;/a&gt;). So probably that's why a minimum investment was introduced and later even increased.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the analysis paper &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://samriddhi.org/publications/foreign-direct-investment-towards-second-generation-of-reforms/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Direct Investment: Towards Second Generation of Reforms&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (on page 23 / PDF page 37) this seems to mean that &lt;em&gt;each&lt;/em&gt; investment made into any one business by a single investor has to meet that minimum amount so that making clusters of smaller investments is not possible (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The introduction of minimum cap of US$ 50,000 in foreign investment is against the spirit of Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act 1992. Therefore, it should not be applied to any sector of the economy, especially Information Technology, in the name of protecting domestic industries as it discourages foreign investors from investing further in Nepal. It should be repealed by a court as it was brought forward by an administrative process. In addition to this, it &#xA;  causes negative impact on idea based industries as &lt;em&gt;the investment in small clusters is more beneficial&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This quote mentions 50,000 USD while I mentioned 44,000 USD above. I think this is just because the amount mentioned in the rule, 5 million NPR, was 50,000 USD in 2013 when the quoted text was written, and is 44,000 USD now due to inflation.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quote above also confirms, as a second source, that a minimum investment amount exists. You might get the first business visa by &lt;em&gt;promising&lt;/em&gt; to invest such an amount (not sure yet), but extending it would then not work unless you really invested it in Nepal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However,&lt;/strong&gt; strangely the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ibn.gov.np/uploads/files/repository/Nepal%20Investment%20Guide%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nepal Investment Guide 2018&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (an official government document by Investment Board of Nepal) does not mention any minimum investment amount. So there is still a chance that the information on the government website quoted above is already outdated and that the minimum investment does no longer apply. So better check that with a local lawyer in Nepal first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9320" LastEditorUserId="9320" LastEditDate="2018-12-01T14:35:56.353" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T14:35:56.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-29T10:08:57.290" Score="2" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made a mistake on the application form. I forgot to write my husband's National Insurance number which he has never used to work in the UK. He only applied for it earlier this year. I have already submitted the form, signed the declaration page and printed out the application form. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please what shall I do? Should I leave it as it is or correct it with an ink?  I have my biometric tomorrow?&#xA;Please I need advise?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16160" LastEditorUserId="16160" LastEditDate="2018-11-29T10:16:10.957" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T14:57:18.920" Title="How to correct a mistake made on EEA FP already submitted application" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-29T10:15:35.173" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat living in The Netherlands and I have the 30% ruling. I have savings in my home country and I have already paid all applicable taxes on them. The amount in consideration is about EUR 40k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What taxes will I have to pay if I were to transfer this amount to my savings account in the Netherlands, apart from bank transfer and currency conversion fees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16272" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T19:57:40.597" Title="Transferring money to the Netherlands which has been already taxed in the country of origin" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15182" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15187" CreationDate="2018-11-29T10:26:29.717" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a job in UK by a company which is in the process of acquiring a sponsorship license right now. So I would be able to get a tier 2 visa and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the process could be time-consuming. I have followed them up once in two weeks for the past two months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to ask for an update every two weeks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to look pushy or ignoring as well. So the question is : what time-interval would be normal to send follow up email in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extra information that might help : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s a software development job but I am not sure if it is on the “UK Shortage list of occupations”. However the job is about a rare and special programming skill, hence, both employees and employers are limited in numbers in the world.Yet, the job title does not have “senior” in it neither it is a computer graphics or game programming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As far as I concern, I and the employer are both interested and determined to make this co-operation happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have passed the interview on late Sep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have 80 points in UK Gov. score based system assuming that I am not in the shortage list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T08:55:19.223" Title="What is the best time-interval to send follow-up email to a prospective employer in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15180" CreationDate="2018-11-29T14:57:18.920" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can write it in, but if you are uncertain about doing that, you can also just leave it off.  It is not a critical piece of information; I would not worry too much about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T14:57:18.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15182" CreationDate="2018-11-29T18:16:32.120" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note to readers: The OP has stated in the question that they and their potential employer is &quot;keen to make this cooperation happen&quot;, and believes that the main hurdle lies in getting a Tier 2 visa. This answer is tailored to this assumption accordingly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advice is to first clarify with your potential employer's contact if this is the case, as the delay could be due to bureaucracy within the employing organisation (i.e. nothing to do with visa). In this case, assuming you are sure the company really, really wants you, &lt;strong&gt;chase up as frequently as you can&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What time-interval would be normal to send follow up email in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of hurdles that an employer has to go through before you are allowed to apply for a Tier 2 visa. Each stage takes a different length of time, and in some stages you should not expect an updated response for weeks. Thus an obvious thing to do is to clarify with your potential employer which stage they are in regarding the process, and adjust the contact frequency accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This involve a lot of information but I will try to keep it short - there are four main stages an employer has to go through from scratch. Not every employer starts from scratch though:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Becoming a sponsor: In order for the company to sponsor you, they have to either: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) apply for a sponsor licence if they had not done so. There is no upper time limit on how long it takes if the case is complicated, but usually it takes the time it takes to get the documents ready - &lt;strong&gt;1-2 weeks, plus&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/apply-for-your-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the time it spent with UKVI - &lt;strong&gt;around 8 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most applications (8 out of 10) are dealt with in less than 8 weeks. UKVI may need to visit your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) fulfilling an action plan to become an A-rated sponsor again if they are downgraded to a B-rated sponsor recently (&lt;strong&gt;up to 3 months&lt;/strong&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Conducting a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/job-suitability&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;resident labour market test&lt;/a&gt;, if required. This takes &lt;strong&gt;at least 28 days&lt;/strong&gt;, though it can be done before they decided to hire you if done in the right format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long to advertise the job for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must advertise in the UK for at least 28 days. This can be continuous or in 2 stages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be allocated a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/sponsorship-certificates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certificate of sponsorship (CoS)&lt;/a&gt;. This can take:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) &lt;strong&gt;No time at all&lt;/strong&gt;, if your employer got some unassigned unrestricted CoS with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) &lt;strong&gt;Until the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;next allocation meeting for restricted CoS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The committee in question meets every month, rank every sound application in descending number of points in their system, and approve them until the monthly quota is reached. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c) &lt;strong&gt;A few months&lt;/strong&gt;, if an application is not sound, or does not meet the cut off in successive allocation meetings. The cut off for October and November allocation is 21 points, and the recorded historic high is 60 points (which occurred in June 2018 and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44113324&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;led to some news coverage along the way&lt;/a&gt;), so it should not be a huge concern for the OP, who stated they got 80 points.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assigning the CoS to the worker. This has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-visa-sponsorship-employers/sponsorship-certificates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a 3 month limit&lt;/a&gt; once the CoS is allocated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certificates must be used within 3 months from when they’re assigned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice this should be &lt;strong&gt;done in a week or two&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information above is extracted from &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725905/Tier-2-5-sponsor-guidance_07-2018_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this 202 page Tier 2/5 Sponsor Guidance&lt;/a&gt; from UK Home Office, plus various GOV.UK website when linked. Here a sponsor refers to an employer who &quot;sponsors&quot; one to work in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="15728" LastEditDate="2018-11-30T08:55:19.223" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T08:55:19.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-29T20:29:54.773" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I marry a Canadian Citizen, will it make any difference at all to my US Citizenship and Residency?  Will it make any difference at all to staying in and leaving Canada?  Will it make any difference at all to staying in and leaving the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16273" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T20:37:50.987" Title="I am a dual citizen of Canada and US looking to marry a Canadian Citizen" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15188" CreationDate="2018-11-29T20:37:50.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot lose US citizenship simply by marrying somebody else (no matter who it is). Your right to US residency is linked to your US citizenship, so you always have a right to enter, live, and work in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar for Canada, as a Canadian citizen you always have a right to enter, live, and work in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your future spouse will find it easier to live and work in the US because of your US citizenship. There's still some paperwork, but it's simpler.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2018-11-29T20:37:50.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15191" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15194" CreationDate="2018-11-29T23:06:14.410" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to UK exactly 12 months ago for work reasons on a Tier 2 General visa and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-resident-of-great-britain/full-car-and-or-motorcycle/any-other-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;government website&lt;/a&gt; tells me that I can drive for 12 months since I became a resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is the resident part defined here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With winter here, I am sorely missing a car now, and I was wondering if simply going to my home country and coming back would help me be eligible to drive in the UK; I can also use the time to get a UK driving licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16274" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T11:55:43.107" Title="Drive in the UK on Indian licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15142" CreationDate="2018-11-30T10:33:35.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After filling the application form you get two options to submit your documents/biometrics - old method of sending you documents by post and new method where you scan and upload your documents and visit Sopra Steria office for your biometrics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had chosen the new method. At Sopra Steria they clicked a picture of my baby and did not require any photos I had taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure about the old method if it still requires photos as I chose the new method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16240" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T10:33:35.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15191" CreationDate="2018-11-30T11:55:43.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Resident&quot; means &quot;where do you generally live&quot;.  If you go on holiday to your home country (or anywhere else), then you are still resident in the UK.  If you move back to your home country (end your lease, leave your job, etc), and then move back to the UK, then you stop being resident in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, you are going to need to get a UK driving license.  Given you already have an Indian driving license, this should be faster than learning to drive from scratch.  You will &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; need lessons to explicit unlearn some of the rules you learnt in India (for a start, it is unlikely that it will be correct to use your horn at any time during your test. I don't know if that is a serious fault, but if not it will be a driving fault and you are only allowed 15 of those.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T11:55:43.107" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14956" CreationDate="2018-11-30T13:06:40.593" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting the money into Japan to buy a car was a very stressful experience with comparing prices and finding a method I felt comfortable entrusting a large sum of money with. The method I came up with was not one that I found anywhere in any of my research, and I think it's the cheapest, safest method possible. Hopefully this helps someone in the future. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I went to try TransferWise, and for whatever reason, they deactivated my account and refused to give me service. They weren't able to provide a reason for why they weren't able to help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm kind of glad because I found that in my case, a standard wire transfer was much cheaper than a 3rd party money exchange company like Transferwise or OFX. ALSO, if you use the money for something like buying a car, those companies apparently need to keep records of what you bought, and it becomes a complicated process. You have to send in documentation, talk to people on the phone, etc. (and OFX ended up not being able to help me either, they can't help you if your address is in Japan).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wiring the money through my American bank was done in 2 minutes, and I didn't have to talk to anyone, which was a nice bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Steps I took:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open a bank account with Shinsei bank. (if you're an expat living in Japan, trust me, this is the one to get. They can hold US dollars in addition to Japanese yen, and they have zero fees* for receiving international wires (most Japanese banks will charge you).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Update 2020: Shinsei bank now charges $18 dollars to receive a transfer from the states. However, if you apply, they have a &amp;quot;cash bank&amp;quot; campaign, so in the end it's still basically free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wire the money directly from the bank account in your home country (a $40 fee is pretty standard, which is an awesome price if you're transferring a lot of money) Give explicit instructions to NOT convert the money into yen. (banks normally try to kill you with their horrible exchange rates)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When the money arrives in your Shinsei bank account, convert it to yen though their online portal. It can be done in about 60 seconds and is immediately available for use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a reference, the total fees I was charged were about half that of Travelwise, and the money arrived just as fast or faster than it would have. The fee looked something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;$40 fee for wiring the money (flat rate regardless of amount)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;~0.08% fee (1/10 of Transferwise's rate) for exchanging money through Shinsei bank (it is a special introductory rate, but the standard rate is still excellent)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8747" LastEditorUserId="8747" LastEditDate="2020-08-12T22:04:31.240" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T22:04:31.240" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-30T14:26:59.180" Score="1" ViewCount="716" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just got a visa of type D for Germany to work for a big company in Berlin. The relocation company that assisting me told me that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Kindly note that is has not been issued on the legal basis of a blue card. However, after your arrival in Germany and the registration at the local town hall, we will contact the immigration office if they are willing to change the legal basis to a blue card. However the current visa and legal basis allows you to reside and work in Germany without any restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the Embassy is saying that my degree is not recognized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My university is ranked #1 in Jordan and it is listed in the ANABIN website as &lt;code&gt;H+&lt;/code&gt; but the degree which is &lt;code&gt;Computer Science&lt;/code&gt; (4 years Bachelor degree) is not listed under it and listed just under other universities that are much less popular than it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean that I am not going to get a Blue Card ?&#xA;Is there anything to do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16277" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T17:29:23.520" Title="Do I get an EU Blue Card from Germany if my degree is not listed in ANABIN and my university is listed H+" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15197" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15199" CreationDate="2018-11-30T16:49:04.807" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, let me explain my background. I came to the USA on a tourist visa 18 years ago from South Korea and have never been out since. Thus my USA visa has long since expired, but I changed my status to F-1 (note the subtle difference between F-1 'status' holder and F-1 'visa' holder. I did not have an F-1 visa). However, I have recently received a green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now into my fifth year of Ph.D. and will apply for postdoctoral academic job positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) If I travel outside the US, now re-entry to the US would not be a problem since I have obtained a green card? I won't travel to Korea, since I did not serve in Korea's mandatory military service; therefore, they probably won't let me leave again (especially since I have left the country with a tourist visa and never returned). However, I would like to know if I can travel to places like Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) I would like to have options to apply to some jobs in Europe. However, for the reason I explained above, I am unable to get a visa directly from South Korea. Is it possible for me to get a European visa (as a Korean and a US permanent resident) in any other means? Maybe I can enter a European country, and change my 'status' there to some valid legal status without obtaining a visa? (Just as I did in the US with F-1 status)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT - I do have a valid South Korean passport, which expires in about 8 years or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16278" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T20:00:17.967" Title="Obtaining a European visa as a foreigner in the USA" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15198" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15241" CreationDate="2018-11-30T16:57:57.257" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Eu citizen living and working in the uK. I believe I am eligible for settled status: I was living for 6 years in the UK until 2013 exercising treaty rights. Between 2013 and 2016 I have been coming and going, never being longer than 2 years abroad at a time. Since 2016 I have lived and worked in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of applying to the UK government's EU Settled Status pilot programme. I believe I will eventually be granted settled status. I had a daughter 4 weeks ago (before the pilot programme opened for me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: if I am granted settled status, does it date back to 2013 and hence makes my daughter a British citizen? Or does it only count since the time of application? As you can imagine the answer is pretty critical to her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16279" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T18:24:42.377" Title="Theoretically elligible for settled status. Does that make newborn daughter British?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15197" CreationDate="2018-11-30T20:00:17.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) If I travel outside the US, now re-entry to the US would not be a problem since I have obtained a green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct, unless you become inadmissible or deportable (for example, by committing a crime) or remain outside the US for an extended period of time.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Travel as a Permanent Resident&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would like to know if I can travel to places like Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) I would like to have options to apply to some jobs in Europe. However, for the reason I explained above, I am unable to get a visa directly from South Korea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;European visa applications must generally be submitted in the place where you live, not in your country of citizenship.  A European consulate in Korea might well refuse to process your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to get a European visa (as a Korean and a US permanent resident) in any other means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, apply for the visa at the consulate of the country you want to visit that has jurisdiction over the place where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Maybe I can enter a European country, and change my 'status' there to some valid legal status without obtaining a visa? (Just as I did in the US with F-1 status)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries allow this.  Citizens of the Republic of Korea do not need visas for short-term visits to the Schengen area, and the ROK is on a short list of countries whose citizens can apply for a residence permit in Germany after entering as a short-term visa-free visitor.  (The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aamt/zugastimaa/buergerservice/faq/07-arbeitsvisum/606666&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full list&lt;/a&gt; is &quot;Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands has &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-an-mvv.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;similar arrangements&lt;/a&gt; for citizens of &quot;Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Vatican City, United States of America, or South Korea.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any country that does not permit this, you can apply for a long-term visa at the appropriate consulate in the US, as noted above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-30T20:00:17.967" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15096" CreationDate="2018-12-01T00:28:29.047" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A visa is not attached to a particular company.  Once it is issued, you can use it to enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is different from an extension of stay which is done at a local Thai immigration office.  Extensions are tied to the reason of extension.  So if you are extended by reason of employment, the extension is voided as soon as your employment ends (fired/quit).  Similarly, if you extended by reason of marriage, that extension is invalid the day the divorce is finalized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You dont automatically get 7 days to leave the country. You must apply for that 7 day extension at the local immigration the next business day. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is why some people opt for a Multiple Entry [ME] Non Immigrant visa (Non-B in your case) vs a 1 year extension of stay.  If you get fired or quit, your visa is still valid. Just tell your employer that every 89-90 days you will need time for a border hop. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure how easy ME Non-imm will be to get for Indian national though.   Even if they do issue ME non-B, sometimes the neighboring Thai Embassies will want to see 8-10 months remaining on the work permit as a condition to issue ME. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastEditorUserId="10555" LastEditDate="2018-12-01T00:34:22.413" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T00:34:22.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15203" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15217" CreationDate="2018-12-01T00:40:35.123" Score="2" ViewCount="2564" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started my Employment on February 2017, with EU Blue Card in Germany.&#xA;I want to switch jobs without re-authorization from the German Authorities. &#xA;Can I do it now? (As it's been more than 18 months.)&#xA;Or should I wait for it to be 2 years? (On February 2019)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16282" LastActivityDate="2018-12-03T14:36:30.053" Title="Change job with EU Blue Card in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15181" CreationDate="2018-12-01T12:31:18.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will not need to pay any taxes to the Dutch tax office for this money so long as you continue to qualify for the 30% ruling and choose to file as a partial non-resident while having the 30% ruling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Netherlands, savings and investments are taxed under &quot;box 3&quot;.  The tax you pay is a percentage of the amount saved and invested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the 30% ruling, you can choose to be treated as a partial non-resident for tax purposes.  If you choose this option, you are treated as a non-resident for box 3 taxes:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/partiele_buitenlandse_belastingplicht/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/partiele_buitenlandse_belastingplicht/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non-residents, the box 3 tax only applies to certain assets that are physically located in the Netherlands such as vacation houses. For non-residents, it does not apply to savings or investments in securities or mutual funds regardless of whether they are in the Netherlands or not. See here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/fiscale_regelingen/buitenlandse-belastingplicht/welke_gegevens_vult+u_in_uw_aangifte_in/bezittingen_box3/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/fiscale_regelingen/buitenlandse-belastingplicht/welke_gegevens_vult+u_in_uw_aangifte_in/bezittingen_box3/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastEditorUserId="15227" LastEditDate="2018-12-04T19:57:40.597" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T19:57:40.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-01T13:52:03.270" Score="4" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter got her green card in 2012. She left USA in 2013 and did not go back. Now she applied and got her visa. I want to know if she has to apply again for green card and social security or the previous ones which have not expired will be valid.She is 16 and from India&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Manisha" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T10:01:58.373" LastActivityDate="2018-12-28T05:58:53.557" Title="Do I need to apply for new green card or can I use the old one if I've been out of the country for 5 years?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15205" CreationDate="2018-12-01T14:52:26.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The previous green card can be deemed void because she will be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;presumed to have abandoned it&lt;/a&gt; because she was away for more than a year without a reentry permit. The social security number however is valid for life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, if she enters using her green card the worst the immigration officer can do is refer her to immigration court. They cannot turn her away. It is only an immigration judge who has that authority to declare definitively that the permanent residence was abandoned&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the determination of abandonment by the immigration officer at the airport is discretionary. There is no defined time period after which when a person is away they are determined to have &lt;strong&gt;definitely&lt;/strong&gt; abandoned residence. They are &lt;strong&gt;presumed&lt;/strong&gt; to have abandoned after one year away however if they can provide evidence to show it was out of their control, the immigration judge can make a ruling that they did not intend to abandon it and hence reinstate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally know someone who returned after almost two years and was let in. The immigration officer didn’t even interrogate in-depth why he was away almost two years. He never filed the reentry permit document to protect his residency or got an SB-1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I don’t think you want to drag your child through immigration court just to save $1500 or so. Additionally the 5 years absence was prolonged so prospects of winning in immigration court are low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem however is even though she has a nonimmigrant visa, if she enters using the visa she can be turned away at the airport if they dig a little because they can reasonably assume she has immigrant intent and that she is only coming on the visa for convenience and you will file for her when she arrives. That will cause major problems for you. Also remember you will have to &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/90-day-rule-adjusting-status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wait some months&lt;/a&gt; after she arrives before filing for her because of the 90 day rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;90-Day Rule&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although USCIS has not updated their Policy Manual with a similar&#xA;  rule, adjustment of status applicants would be prudent to assume the&#xA;  same guideline is in place. For example, many attorneys are now&#xA;  advising their clients to avoid marriage and adjustment of status&#xA;  within at least the first 90 days of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CONCLUSION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;formally abandon the permanent residence&lt;/a&gt;, then enter on the visa. If questioned she will have to say she’s only visiting her parents. Then 91 days later, you can file a new permanent residence application for her.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you can let her wait in India while you petition her from scratch and not use the nonimmigrant visa because technically it would be fraudulent to enter with a nonimmigrant visa knowing full well you are going to adjust status.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" LastEditorUserId="11148" LastEditDate="2018-12-01T16:06:10.967" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T16:06:10.967" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-01T16:10:26.783" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU national (Italian passport) who has been living and working in the UK since 2006 and I recently got a job offer that I intend to accept for a new role in Berlin (I have no German and will start a course very soon). I will be starting Mid-March and the offer itself includes a nice relocation package (~6K) and I have just started to research what I would need to do to confidently start my new role (it is the 1st of December now and I am on a 3 month notice period with some room for negotiation in terms of length). Considering the relocation budget offered by the company, would you simply use a relocation services agency? From what I gather, this is what I will need to do (essential steps):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Register my address in Germany, for which I will need the following:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your passport or ID card;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a copy of the lease or rental agreement for your accommodation &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a completed registration form (Anmeldeformular) countersigned by &#xA;the landlord&#xA;The above, of course, implies that I have already found and signed a rental agreement (that is why I wondered whether a relocation agency can help while still working my notice). Then, again this is from my very initial research, I will need to apply for my health insurance and after a 2 weeks or so I shall receive an email with my social security number. My understanding is that the social security number (NI in UK terms) and health insurance are essential for my new employer to pay me? I am also researching about opening a bank account (I am currently with HSBC) and I am considering N26. Has any of use open an international account with HSBC?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help will be much appreciated in terms of steps to take and how to approach them within the allowed time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16286" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:57:21.797" Title="EU national living in the UK moving to Berlin with a new job" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15205" CreationDate="2018-12-01T19:33:00.367" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe your daughter will have a very hard time at the border if she tries to enter with her green card and not the visa she was issued (unless it was an SB-1 visa which allows a permanent resident to return). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, US Customs and Border agents do have the discretion to detain or refuse entry to people that they do not believe have proper immigration status. Yes there are people who have talked their way in after several years abroad but the officers have also refused entry to people who they considered had abandoned status. And if they do let her in pending a court hearing on deportation status as Paul suggests, this will also mean that your daughter will not be able to leave the USA until the court rules on her status. She’ll have a permanent strike on her immigration record if she loses, which she very likely will. There’s almost no way to argue away that she didn’t abandon her status if she’s been gone for 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is that in your daughter’s case you should consider her green card to be null and void and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.roadtostatus.com/can-travel-expired-green-card/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCBP officer will likely consider it that way as well&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;first, she has left for an extended period of time without asking for a reentry permit that would have kept her status open.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;second and more damningly she has applied for a visa. This clearly shows she knows she no longer has PR status because she abandoned it and shows that she knows she needs a visa to enter. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she tries to enter with her green card, the agent will likely ask for her reentry permit or SB1, but she doesn’t have one. If she shows her non-immigrant visa, then she’ll be let in under that non-immigrant visa status which clearly will mean she’s abandoned her permanent residency. She may he asked to formally surrender her old green card and PR status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she insists that she be let in under her permanent residency, she’ll likely be detained while CBP explores her status. Their detention cells are miserable and they’ll put a lot of pressure on her to “just go ahead and enter on the non-immigrant visa,” which again will mean abandoning her permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There’s no defined limit to CBP detention and really, those cells are miserable. You’ll likely have to hire a lawyer to file a habeas corpus to get her out if they don’t let her out in a reasonable amount of time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TLDR: you should consider her permanent residency abandoned - once when she left for more than a year without requesting a reentry permit and then the second time when she requested and received a non-immigrant visa. Enter on that non-immigrant visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-12-28T05:58:53.557" LastActivityDate="2018-12-28T05:58:53.557" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-01T23:54:16.757" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Company managed to send the contract for 8 months instead of 1 year. I have appointment on Monday. There is a frequent mention of &quot;at least 1 year employement contract&quot; however these are from unofficial sources. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please throw some light. Shall I just apply or wait for a correction. I meet every other requirements and company rushing me to get the visa asap and start to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16141" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T23:54:16.757" Title="Is there a minimum duration requirement for employement contract when applying for a Blue Card through Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-02T00:48:58.893" Score="7" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am the father of a nearly 2-year old daughter.  I was present for her birth in the Philippines.  I am a US citizen by birth and lived most of my life in the US.  I acknowledged paternity and the child uses my surname. My understanding of US regulations is that citizenship requires the mother's signature and approval.  The mother (and her family) refuse to allow my daughter to become a US citizen unless I agree to large cash payments for the next 19 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an attorney in the Philippines that was successful in getting a visitation order.  I have provided full support starting with prenatal care. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have I missed something in reviewing the US regulations?  Is there a way to get my child her US citizenship without the mother's consent?  I think a passport and citizenship are usually acquired in the same transaction, is it possible to at least get her citizenship without the mother's consent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16289" LastEditorUserId="16289" LastEditDate="2018-12-07T08:23:31.883" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T08:23:31.883" Title="Mother refuses to allow child to become US citizen" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15211" CreationDate="2018-12-02T03:03:20.340" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems pretty clear from the following information from the US State Department that you or the child can declare US citizenship by paternity at any time before the child is 18. If you are the father and you are a US citizen, then child &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; US citizenship, they just need to have it recognized by the US government. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Birth Abroad Out-of-Wedlock to a U.S. Citizen Father – “New” Section 309(a)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person born abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen father may acquire U.S. citizenship under Section 301(c) or 301(g) of the INA, as made applicable by the “new” Section 309(a) of the INA if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) A blood relationship between the person and the father is established by clear and convincing evidence;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2) The father had the nationality of the United States at the time of the person’s birth;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3) The father (unless deceased) has agreed in writing to provide financial support for the person until the person reaches the age of 18 years, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;4) While the person is under the age of 18 years --&#xA;  the person is legitimated under the law of his/her residence or domicile,&#xA;  the father acknowledges paternity of the person in writing under oath, or&#xA;  the paternity of the person is established by adjudication of a competent court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have questions about the contents of this section or related citizenship laws you should contact a private attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing here about consent of the mother but there is a &lt;strong&gt;clause requiring an agreement of financial support until the age of 18&lt;/strong&gt; - which presumably as the father, you would be happy to do. There is no stipulation as to the amount you have to pay, as long as what you have agreed to  pay is reasonable by local standards I think you would be ok, but the mother certainly could make your life difficult if you are too stingy. You might go to mediation and agree to pay a reasonable monthly sum until the child is 18, which should satisfy this part of the stipulation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in any case, I would just be sure to have have: 1) a (legally valid) copy of the birth certificate that notes that you are the recognized father; 2) have a local court declare you to be the father; or, 3) take a paternity test. And agree to pay your child support payments as the father you claim to be. Finally, the State Department recommends you get an immigration attorney on the US-side use when you make the petition to have citizenship recognized. Doing  all of this sooner than later will likely be easier for you as well as for the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-12-02T05:45:55.463" LastActivityDate="2018-12-02T05:45:55.463" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-02T17:19:51.350" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the rules? My son is living in Bali with his Indonesian wife of almost 9 years. Within the next year or two, he is hoping to move back to the UK with his wife and children and settle here. What are the stipulation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16291" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-03T00:34:48.783" LastActivityDate="2018-12-03T00:34:48.783" Title="What is required for a British citizen to return to the UK with Indonesian spouse and children?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15215" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-02T18:36:58.347" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried many times to upload  imm1294e application for study permit, but always give me the following message:&#xA;Make sure you are using the latest application from our website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2myw6.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2myw6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16293" LastActivityDate="2018-12-02T18:36:58.347" Title="Study permit imm1294e error" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15207" CreationDate="2018-12-02T18:42:46.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Registering your place of residence with the municipal authorities is a trivial bureaucratic step. There are many more difficult steps, most notably finding an affordable flat to rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will need health insurance. Depending on what you earn, you may have the choice between private and public (&lt;em&gt;gesetzliche&lt;/em&gt;) insurance companies. This choice is an important one with long-term consequences. Private ones are often better for young healthy singles, public ones are often better for older people and families, and changing later can be expensive or impossible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Knowing your health insurance status is essential for getting paid because healthcare premiums are directly deducted from your wages. Without knowing your insurance, they don't know what to deduct and where to send it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Social security is different from medical coverage; the &lt;em&gt;Sozialversicherungsnummer&lt;/em&gt; is mostly for pension purposes. You need one to work, and in certain jobs you need to carry it with you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastEditorUserId="8198" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T16:57:21.797" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:57:21.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15203" CreationDate="2018-12-03T14:36:30.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can change to a different company without going through the whole process, but you need to be aware of a few things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your new job must still be eligible for the § 19a visa. The job title should ideally be the same, or similar (i.e. something like &lt;em&gt;Senor Software Developer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Software Developer&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Project Manager&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Technical Project Manager&lt;/em&gt;) is fine in my experience. If it's the same verbatim that makes it easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your salary needs to still be high enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have to go to &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; and tell them in person&lt;/strong&gt;. If your title changed at all, they will give you a new accompanying paper. If it's literally the same, they will likely not give you a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind going there can take long. If you can, make an appointment. If you happen to be in Berlin, expect this to take a full day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long you've already worked has no bearing on this process. The Blue Card visa is not tied to a specific job, just the process of issuing it is tied to having a concrete job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find information on the official website of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Here's the relevant part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any change of job during the first two years of employment requires the approval of the immigration authority (section 19a subs. 4 of the German Residence Act). Approval is subject to the same preconditions as initial issuance. If the minimum gross salary threshold has been raised during the intervening period, compliance with the new threshold must be proven. Holders of an EU Blue Card are obliged to inform the competent immigration authority if the employment for which the EU Blue Card was issued is terminated prematurely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6777" LastActivityDate="2018-12-03T14:36:30.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15223" CreationDate="2018-12-04T12:57:25.903" Score="2" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are living in Brazil and intend to immigrate to the UK. We are trying to figure out what is the best way to obtain a visa for our child so she can move with the family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is a British citizen (by descent - she was not born in the UK) and I have an EU passport. My wife's daughter (my stepdaughter) is seven years old and a national of Brazil, born prior to my wife acquiring citizenship. My wife has not lived in the UK for three years prior to acquiring citizenship, therefore the child cannot be registered as a British citizen. My wife has sole responsibility over the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will start a job in the UK in January and have a signed contract for full-time employment with a company in London. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife's finances in Brazil do not meet the minimum financial requirement for a child visa. My finances in Brazil are plenty sufficient to meet this requirement. My salary in the UK will also be plenty sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for the child to enter and live with us in the UK? What is the correct type of visa? What are the supporting documents? Do we need to meet the financial requirements and if so can my own income as a stepfather be considered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, can the child enter with a visitor visa and apply in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I have read through the HO documentation multiple times, even started an application for a child of a settled person but it is all very confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for any assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16022" LastEditorUserId="16022" LastEditDate="2018-12-04T23:24:41.713" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T23:24:41.713" Title="UK visa for non-EEA child of British mother" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-04T15:20:34.090" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;We both live in India at the moment and wedding was in India as well. We want him to come on a tourist visa, not a family reunion visa as that takes a long time. Does it matter from which country the Shengen visa is (like is it a problem if we apply for his visa with the swiss embassy instead of the italian one?) What exactly is the process for him to acquire residency once in Italy and how long does it take  - assuming I have Italian residency by then? Once he applies for residency and has a temporary carta di soggiorno (how long would that take?) can he start working and studying etc? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Im super thankful for any help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16300" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T15:20:34.090" Title="I am a Swiss national and want to move to Italy with my Indian husband. What is the process for him acquiring residency?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15221" CreationDate="2018-12-04T16:16:41.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you have an EU passport, your stepdaughter should be able to enter the UK under the freedom of movement rules as your family member.  In UK terms, this means that she is entering under the implementing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016&lt;/a&gt;.  This is much less expensive than the &amp;quot;immigration rules&amp;quot; route and requires no proof of financial means, although your right to stay for longer than three months depends on being &amp;quot;qualified.&amp;quot;  One way to be qualified is to be employed, so you are all set in that department.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Brazilian citizen, your stepdaughter does not need a visa, but she can apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  If she does not apply for the permit, she can fly with you to the UK and present at the border the same evidence that she would have included in an EEA family permit application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To underscore that she qualifies under the freedom of movement rules, here is Regulation 7(1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Family member”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;7.—(1) In these Regulations, “family member” means, in relation to a person (“A”)—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) A’s spouse or civil partner;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) A’s direct descendants, or the direct descendants of A’s spouse or civil partner who are either—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) aged under 21; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) dependants of A, or of A’s spouse or civil partner;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) dependent direct relatives in A’s ascending line, or in that of A’s spouse or civil partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your stepdaughter qualifies as your family member under 7(1)(b)(i) because she is the direct descendant of your spouse and she younger than 21 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the supporting documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to being &amp;quot;qualified,&amp;quot; you will not need to show this when you apply for the EEA family permit nor at the border, because you haven't yet been in the UK for three months.  The basic documents you'll have to show are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your EU nationality (passport or national ID card).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your stepdaughter's identity (passport).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of your relationship (your marriage certificate and her birth certificate, showing your wife as her mother).  This will need to be authenticated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to meet the financial requirements ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and if so can my own income as a step-father be considered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Another option would be to sponsor her under the immigration rules.  In that case, your wife would be the sponsor, but I believe your entire family income would be considered.  This is expensive, and if I were you I wouldn't do it; the main advantage would be to avoid the uncertainty around Brexit, but it seems unlikely that EU citizens in the UK will be kicked out.  It would be too unsustainable from a political perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, can the child enter with a visitor Visa and apply in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the freedom-of-movement route, yes, though it's better to claim the right of freedom of movement at the border rather than trying to enter as a visitor (for Brazilians, a visa is not necessary).  After arriving in the UK, in any event, you may want to get her a residence card; after Brexit she will need whatever document they're issuing as evidence of &amp;quot;settled status.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the immigration rules route, no.  She must have a settlement visa before departing to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the UK's impending departure from the EU affect this?  There are basically two possible deadlines, depending on whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a &amp;quot;deal.&amp;quot;  If there is a deal, your stepdaughter should be able to use the free movement regime to enter before the end of the &amp;quot;transition period&amp;quot; (currently expected to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the end of 2020&lt;/a&gt; if I understand correctly).  If there is no deal, then there is a chance that she won't be able to use the free movement regime after Brexit (23:00 UK time, March 29, 2019).  But as is often said, &amp;quot;nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,&amp;quot; so if you can move before the end of March, you should do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T17:58:19.773" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2018-12-04T19:30:15.350" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Your institute of study or internship host will help you take care of this&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding to @EugenMartnov's valid &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/15164/7110&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are one of many many students in the same situation. I'm certainly this will be legal. However - there could be some sort of procedure involved to clear your stay with the relevant Dutch authorities, or alternatively to provide you with some certificate or residence permit stick, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it is either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your French university/institute of study, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Dutch entity at which you will be interning&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;who have this procedure set up. You should contact both, and ask about such a procedure. Either they help you, or they tell you that nothing is necessary and you can just go on your internship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T19:30:15.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-05T01:35:38.400" Score="2" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work as a developer in the Middle East (Lebanon).&#xA;Lately, I got a job offer and a contract from a great company in Germany, but I found that my university degree is not recognized (actually its H+/-, that means: no clear statement about the university degree) so I looked into it and found that I need to apply for recognition, but the problem is, it might take about 3 months, which I don't have!.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am wondering if I can apply for the visa using the job contract and my unrecognized degree, or it most probably will be rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after contacting the ZAB service in Germany, I got the recognition in 1 week! because I was applying for a Blue card. Other applications might take 3 months but for the blue card, it is one to two weeks.&#xA;So make sure to mention that you are recognizing your degrees for a blue card application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you cannot apply for a blue card without a recognized degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got the visa after 4 months of the application!&#xA;But here in Germany, the processes are very complicated and not well organized. So I applied for a family reunion visa for my family and after 7 months, I was checking and they don't know anything about the application and no one is helping. So for me till now it is a bad experience here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16280" LastEditorUserId="16280" LastEditDate="2020-03-11T10:25:32.787" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T18:21:24.373" Title="Do I need a recognized university degree to get a visa to work as developer in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15227" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-04T19:01:43.313" Score="3" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone know how long it takes to receive an extension to a Tier 2 general visa? This was submitted from within the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They say it could be 8 weeks from your biometric appointment. But does it usually take that long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ben G." LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T05:03:49.133" Title="UK tier 2 extension processing time?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-12-05T21:18:41.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15226" CreationDate="2018-12-05T11:06:23.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The relevant rules can be found on the website of the &lt;em&gt;Bundesargentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt;.  A good general summary can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/en/german-labour-market&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but the specific rules are &lt;a href=&quot;https://con.arbeitsagentur.de/prod/apok/ct/dam/download/documents/dok_ba014306.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  (The second link is more likely to suffer link rot in future.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of different grounds for being granted a visa.  The two most relevant ones are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Foreigners that practise a shortage occupation and whose salary is at least&#xA;  52 per cent of the annual contribution assessment ceiling for the statutory&#xA;  pension fund 2020 = 43,056 Euro&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Foreigners with a recognised foreign university degree or one that is&#xA;  comparable to a German university degree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately your degree has not been recognized or declared comparable to a German university degree.  (According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11540/14680&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; the degree has to be recognized by ZAB - although that was in the context of Blue Card rather than direct German visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://con.arbeitsagentur.de/prod/apok/ct/dam/download/documents/whitelist_ba015790.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current list&lt;/a&gt; of shortage occupations lists &quot;software developer&quot; at the &quot;specialist&quot; level.  &quot;Specialist&quot; level means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Specialist - is assigned to occupations that require special knowledge&#xA;  and special skills, which usually require a master or technician training or an equivalent technical college or university degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that they do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; say that it has to be a &lt;em&gt;recognized&lt;/em&gt; degree, just that your employer was looking for a graduate rather than a school leaver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you can obtain a German work visa even though your specific degree has not been recognized.  The fact that your position is for a software developer where a degree is required should be enough.  Your salary also needs to be at least 40,000€ (precise figure above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for your degree to be recognized&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When that has happened, you can apply for a Blue Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="19309" LastEditDate="2020-03-12T18:21:24.373" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T18:21:24.373" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-05T13:13:44.487" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my MSc. Software engineering in Estonia. When i graduated, i received a new residence permit for 5 years (which is not a Blue Card). Generally, I received my residence permit because, I got a degree in an Estonian University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I wish to move to Germany. But, from time to time HRs contact me in Linkdin, and Xing, and it seems that, some companies are not willing to hire someone who does not have a Blue Card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the police about changing the type of my residence permit to Blue Card, and they warned me in case i get a Blue Card, i should change my card whenever i change my company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why lack of Blue card is an obstacle for hiring process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, as long as, I have a valid contract, I might be able to apply for a new Blue Card, and it should not take more than a month or so. So, why the companies are so scared of this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you think, changing the residence permit, to Blue Card would help me for migration?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, even if i have a Blue Card for my current company in Estonia, when i join a new company in Germany then i have to change the card again. Does that mean, having a Blue card is not helpful? Or does not make a big difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T13:13:44.487" Title="Does changing the residence permit, to Blue Card would help me for migration to Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-05T13:23:40.703" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the EEA family permit form it asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When did you first meet X?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  Where did you first meet X?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what to answer here because we first met online on the internet. Or do we have to tell when/where we first met in person? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16258" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T10:01:33.497" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:07:48.057" Title="EEA family permit form - how to answer when/where did you first meet if we met online?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-05T17:15:49.797" Score="2" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment I have a German Blue Card after finishing my Msc in Germany, valid till the expiry date of my Passport (05.2021), the problem is that after the expiry of my passport I will not be able to renew it before my 30s birthday in 09.2021 cuz the embassy will not renew it for me before I reach 30 and get the final exemption from the military service. Meaning that there will be a gap of approx 4 months for me without a national passport. What can I do in these 4 months to be able to live and work legally in Germany? Will the Auslanderbehorde just give me a notification of deportation or they will cooperate and maybe issue me something temporary till I sort out my a new passport? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not care about my ability to travel in these months but I just want to keep my job and live and work legally. &#xA;Any help or maybe guidance for what can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T17:15:49.797" Title="An Upcoming Situation" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-05T18:05:41.317" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apologies if this is in the wrong place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife ( Argentinian) is now living with me in the UK having obtained her UK Residence Card as a Family Member (EU residence) We came under the Surinder Singh provisions last December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is a qualified teacher in Argentina and we know that she needs to undertake QTS training here. However, to get herself into the system, she is looking at Teaching Assistant posts.&#xA;A huge barrier seems to be the need for a criminal records check from Argentina. Logistically that is extremely difficult for her. Does anyone know the precise rules that the Department of Education have given to employment agencies regarding this matter? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T18:05:41.317" Title="Criminal Records Check for non-EU citizen wanting to be a teaching assistant" Tags="&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T06:09:26.347" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw a previous question here about how it's possible for a non-citizen to become an officer in a few different German states, and Berlin mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Nur Deutsche im Sinne des Artikel 116 des Grundgesetzes der Bundesrepublik Deutschland oder Staatsangehöriger eines Mitgliedslandes der Europäischen Union. &lt;strong&gt;Für Angehörige anderer Nationalitäten gelten Sonderregelungen.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&quot; &#xA;I was wondering if anyone knew or could figure out what nations this was referring to; I'm a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previous Expats question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/456/16307&quot;&gt;Is it possible to become a policeman in Germany as a non-citizen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website that specifically states this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.polizei-einstellung.de/bewerbung-als-nichtdeutscher-oder-als-eu-burger-bei-der-polizei/2011/12/07/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Landespolizei-Bundespolizei-Einstellungstest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16307" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T13:04:29.150" LastActivityDate="2019-05-11T20:06:36.457" Title="Can a non-German become a police officer in Berlin?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15211" CreationDate="2018-12-06T06:19:56.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The child is automatically and involuntarily a US citizen when the conditions in the law are satisfied, and the mother's consent is not part of those conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are a US citizen at the time of the child's birth, and the mother was not a US national at the time of the child's birth, the physical presence requirement is that you must have been physically present, in any status, any time in your life prior to the child's birth, for a cumulative total of 5 years, including 2 years after you turned 14. If the child was born in wedlock, that is the only condition, and no other conditions need to be met. If the child was born out of wedlock, in addition to the physical presence requirement above, as RoboKaren's answer mentioned, certain additional things need to happen before the child turns 18:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the child is legitimated, acknowledged by you, or had paternity determined by a competent court, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you made a written statement to support the child until he/she turns 18&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will assume the child was born out of wedlock for the rest of this answer. The easiest way to satisfy the above additional requirements for a child born out of wedlock to an US citizen father, is for the US citizen father to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for the child at a US consulate in the country the child was born in, before the child turns 18. As part of the CRBA application (&lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds2029.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DS-2029&lt;/a&gt; item 28, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds5507.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DS-5507&lt;/a&gt; part II if the US citizen is not present), the US father of a child born out of wedlock will acknowledge paternity and agree to provide financial support, satisfying the requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/07FAM/07FAM1440.html#M1443_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;7 FAM 1443.1&lt;/a&gt; says that CRBA applications can be made by either parent, and does not have a 2-parent signature requirement (unlike passports which require both parents to consent for children under 16). So you can get a CRBA to document the child's US citizenship, even if you will be unable to apply for a US passport for the child or take her out of the country. &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/07FAM/07FAM1440.html#M1444_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;7 FAM 1444.1&lt;/a&gt;(b) says that the minor may be required to appear at the officer's discretion, although I would think that that would be less likely since your daughter is so young; if the officer requests her appearance, that might be difficult if you don't have custody of her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T10:01:49.093" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T10:01:49.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T10:07:39.453" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does a non-EU citizen (Turkish) with a Bulgarian residence-work permit need another visa to work in Romania? I have been working in Bulgaria for a time and I got a better job in Bucharest. So am I able to work in Romania without having any visa issues? And if Bulgaria enters the Schengen Agreement, am I going to be able to work anywhere in Europa holding only a Bulgarian residence-work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16310" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T13:57:47.300" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T13:57:47.300" Title="Do I need a visa to work in Romania if I have a Bulgarian residence/work permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15230" CreationDate="2018-12-06T16:07:48.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is possible, you could answer both.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Online: 14 May 2017; In person 3 November 2018&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading over the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270530/vaf5.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for the residence card (pdf)&lt;/a&gt;, I am left with the distinct impression that they mean to ask when you met in person, so if it is not possible to answer as above, I would put the date of the first meeting &lt;em&gt;in person.&lt;/em&gt;  This also makes sense because you will be asked separately when your relationship began, and you can use an earlier date than the date of your first meeting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important thing is to be absolutely clear about the facts.  If you think that your answers to the questions leave anything unclear, then you should include a clear written statement of the relevant facts.  This will protect you against suspicion of deception.  If you are suspected of deception, you can point to the written statement as evidence that your answers to the questions resulted from confusion about the questions rather than a desire to misrepresent anything.  The statement should be short and simple.  It could be something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We met online on &lt;em&gt;[date],&lt;/em&gt; and our romantic relationship began on &lt;em&gt;[date].&lt;/em&gt;  We met in person for the first time on &lt;em&gt;[date].&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T16:07:48.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T17:55:09.360" Score="1" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a car with Austin number plates, and I want to know how it would be better to proceed to do things legally.&#xA;I'm moving to Belgium for work, and I would like to take the car with me. Should I deregister here first? Or is enough if I register the car in Belgium and like that would get automatically deregistered from here?&#xA;If I have to deregister from Austria first, for how long are those number plates available?&#xA;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16316" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2018-12-07T11:36:41.523" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T11:36:41.523" Title="How can I deregister a car in Austria?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;departure&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15198" CreationDate="2018-12-06T18:24:42.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a document from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Children's Commissioner for England&lt;/a&gt; that implies that the requirement stated in my earlier &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15198/theoretically-elligible-for-settled-status-does-that-make-newborn-daughter-brit?noredirect=1#comment26152_15198&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; is outdated.  The comment (in case it is deleted) was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Good question. I believe your permanent residence dates not from 2013 but 2012 (five years after you arrived). At &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-born-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for citizenship if you were born in the UK&lt;/a&gt;, however, the government says that the parent must have &quot;a permanent residence document&quot; for the child to be a British citizen, which implies that simply being a permanent resident (without a document) may not be enough. If that is correct, then your daughter has to apply, which costs a pretty penny. – &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/2440/phoog&quot;&gt;phoog&lt;/a&gt; Nov 30 at 19:47&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The document, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FINAL-Briefing-the-status-of-EU-National-Children-in-Britain-AM.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Briefing: the status of EU National Children in Britain (pdf)&lt;/a&gt;, says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;British Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The rules governing whether a child is British, or can apply for British citizenship are complex:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If a child was born in the UK before 2000, to EU nationals who can show they were studying or working in Britain when the child was born, the child is a British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If a child was born in the UK between 2000 and 2006, to EU parents with a permanent residency card, then the child is British&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If a child was born in the UK after 2006, to parents who can show they had lived and worked in Britain for at least 5 years prior to the birth, then the child is British&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Children who were born in the UK but whose parents don’t meet the conditions above don’t have any status in British law and are only eligible to apply for British citizenship in certain circumstances.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Children who were born in the EU but have grown up in Britain may be able to be included in their parents’ application for British citizenship, but cannot normally apply in their own right.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This says that the requirement that the parent &quot;have a permanent residence document&quot; applies only to those born between 2000 and 2006.  For children born after 2006, as was your daughter, the requirement is to show that the parents had &quot;lived and worked in Britain for at least 5 years prior to the birth.&quot;  I suspect that this is a clumsy way of indicating that at least one parent must &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; a permanent resident in the UK (not that both must actually have been living and working in Britain), thus meaning that the possession of a document certifying the permanent residence is not a prerequisite to the child's acquisition of citizenship at birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This interpretation is reflected in a Guardian article from March 2018, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/29/eu-parents-warned-children-need-papers-to-stay-in-uk-after-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU parents warned children need papers to stay in UK after Brexit&lt;/a&gt;, which says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nando Sigona, a senior lecturer in migration and forced displacement at Birmingham University, points out that parents will have to prove they were in the country legally for five years at the time of the child’s birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If not, he advises that parents should apply to register their children as British citizens but this will cost more than £1,000 for each child, a considerable financial barrier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The statement that those who cannot prove legal residence for five years will have to register their children implies that the children of those who can prove it are citizens from birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional confirmation may be found from a research brief by Colin Yeo, taken from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eurochildren.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eurochildren blog&lt;/a&gt;, linked in the Guardian article.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://eurochildrenblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/eurochildren-brief-2-colin-yeo.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;brief (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2.2 Parent possesses permanent residence but not documented&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the parents did not obtain a permanent residence document but had automatically acquired permanent residence nonetheless, the child will have been born British. However, to make a successful passport application to obtain proof of his or her citizenship status, the child will need somehow to locate, perhaps many years later in adulthood, evidence that the parent in question pursued a qualifying activity for a period of five continuous years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect that you should be able to apply for a UK passport for her now, submitting proof that you had a right of permanent residence at the time of her birth.  However, I would not be surprised if the bureaucracy requires you to get a permanent residence certificate before applying for her passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T18:24:42.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T18:39:34.167" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be interested to know where I could find out how much would it cost to register my car in Belgium. Is going to be the first registration in Belgium for a less than 4 years old car, euro 6, Diesel, 81Kw (110PS).&#xA;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16316" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T18:39:34.167" Title="What do I need and how much it costs to register a car in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T18:42:06.707" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU (Dutch) citizen currently resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  I am currently registered to vote.  I will move to Germany soon.  According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.yourvotematters.co.uk/faq/registering-to-vote/can-i-remove-my-details-from-the-electoral-register&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;yourvotematters&lt;/a&gt;, I can only unregister to vote in one place in the UK by registering in another place in the UK.  There is information on moving &quot;overseas&quot; on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/can-i-still-vote-if-i-move-overseas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;electoral commission website&lt;/a&gt;, but that applies to UK citizens.  I &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/voting-when-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;don't have the right&lt;/a&gt; to vote in UK elections after I leave (nor would I want to).  I could just depart without unregistering, but the electoral office will think I'll still be living where I am now, and I don't want that voting cards or other material with my name on it get sent to my current address when I no longer live here.  How do I permanently unregister to vote?  I have no intention to return to live in the the United Kingdom again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T00:28:52.647" Title="EU (non-UK) citizen moving out of United Kingdom. How do I unregister to vote?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;departure&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T13:01:57.473" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to apply for a China student visa (non-degree course) but I want to stay in China after to work. Would I have to return to the UK after study or would I be allowed to stay in China and apply for a work visa? I want to stay in China and live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nathan" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T07:01:39.707" Title="After a study program ends, could I stay in China and apply for a work visa?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15243" CreationDate="2018-12-07T00:28:52.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I were you I would &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/get-on-electoral-register&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;inform my local Electoral Registration Office&lt;/a&gt; of my change of address, note that the new address is not in the UK, and ask them to remove me from the electoral register, or, if that is not possible, at least to refrain from sending anything to me at the old address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T00:28:52.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14974" CreationDate="2018-12-07T11:23:11.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might get a tax refund, as I did when I returned. And then it will be very difficult for you to get that money to you if you do not have a local bank account. &#xA;If you are sure of not getting any tax refunds in future, go ahead by closing the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16320" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T11:23:11.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15248" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-07T13:46:31.000" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for my Irish Citizenship form the UK so that I can live and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe I qualify for Irish citizenship because of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a) I was born outside of Ireland before the 31st of December 2004 and&#xA;after 1986. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;b) I have Irish born Great-Grandparents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;c) My Father is&#xA;adamant he completed his Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) before I was&#xA;born.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While going through the process I realised my Father does not have an FBR certificate, so I go to apply for a replacement, the form for which asks how the original FBR certificate was lost/destroyed/stolen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't complete the form for a replacement because my father claims he never had one,  and looking online I can't find any indication that he &lt;em&gt;would not&lt;/em&gt; have received one when he registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it possible to complete a Foreign Born Registration without getting a certificate? And how would we go about getting one now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does this mean my Father never registered and is in fact misremembering?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16321" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T13:46:31.000" Title="EU Applying for Irish Citizenship, parent never had Foreign Birth Registration certification" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-07T22:31:47.203" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question of the tuition fee for bachelor study in netherland, there are two different level of fees. One for EU citizens and one for none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it also shows in law that people who has the same right as the EU citizens do not have to pay as high as the none EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the family reunion permanent visa for Germany, since my husband is German. We got married less than 3 years which means I only have permanent visa called Aufenthaltserlaubnis but not the Niederlassungserlaubnis &#xA;How much should I be charged for Bachelor's studies tuition in the Netherlands?&#xA;Thanks for everyone's help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16323" LastEditorUserId="16323" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T23:01:13.170" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T23:01:13.170" Title="Tuition in the Netherlands for a person with a German family reunion visa" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15102" CreationDate="2018-12-07T22:54:46.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think if you still enroll in some universities that should be doable. Or if you stay longer than 7 years in Germany (study years calculate as half) then u can apply for the niederlassungserlaubnis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16323" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T22:54:46.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-07T23:10:19.277" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an F2 visa. I hold a Physical therapy (PT) bachelor from the outside USA. I contacted Tennesse board of Physical therapy to apply for a licence for PT. They send me the requirements which I can fulfil all of them except this item which I do not understand&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Provide proof of legal authorization to reside and seek employment in the United States&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted them to see if I am as F2 visa holder can still apply for a licence, they send me &quot;&lt;strong&gt;I should submit notarized information indicating which category of non-U.S. citizenship applies to them and also provide two forms of&#xA; government-issued documentation as proof of their ability to legally&#xA; reside and work in the U.S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;. and they send me the following form to fill: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/healthprofboards/PH-41833.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/healthprofboards/PH-41833.pdf&lt;/a&gt; Can I &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I apply and which non-U.S. category that matches me?&lt;/strong&gt;,  &lt;strong&gt;is I am 7.b in the attached link? I think I am 7. b) in the form which is **: ** &lt;em&gt;a nonimmigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I do not have a social security number, shall I leave it blank when applying my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16325" LastEditorUserId="16325" LastEditDate="2018-12-07T23:16:53.040" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T20:30:20.823" Title="Can F2 visa holder apply to get a licence as a physical therapist in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12619" CreationDate="2018-12-08T01:33:51.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Blue card application is no different than work visa. They are essentially the same thing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One can apply only for Work Visa. Once you do, if you meet also requirements of blue card (gross salary, university degrees etc), you will be given one. Otherwise it is work visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16141" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T01:33:51.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14974" CreationDate="2018-12-08T01:41:40.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I still have my Dutch bank account even though I have not lived there for 5 years. My wife and I still own a house there and my sister in law lives there so our situation may be different than yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I have found it very convenient to have my Dutch bank account.  I use It every time I visit.  There are many places where it is only possible to pay with cash or a Maestro card so it's convenient to withdraw money from my account there or use by bank card to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fees are about 25 euro per year, which I consider worth the hassle since I visit at least once per year. I can also use my Maestro card in other European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other consideration is that, if I close my account, I would not be eligible to open a new bank account there unless I moved there again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T01:41:40.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15244" CreationDate="2018-12-08T07:01:39.707" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would at least need to first earn a bachelors degree to be eligible for any job. And without 2 years of working experience, it will be difficult to find a job in a large city, so you would have to check out the 'point system' to see if you are at least a 'Class B' foreigner (the points are based on your level of Chinese, work experience in and outside of China, type of college degree earned, university you graduated from, etc.) You can get additional points if you are willing to work in areas of China that are less developed than Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you were to graduate from a Chinese university, then this would also increase your chances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you would need to return to the UK to apply for your visa, as you must apply in person at the Chinese consulate in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as word of advice, when you are looking for work, make sure you find a company that understands the process to hire foreign workers, as it can be rather complicated at times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15772" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T07:01:39.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-08T11:40:31.230" Score="3" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen, so as far as I know I can relocate and apply for job in Ireland without needing a permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read a few places that in order to rent a home in Ireland, you need a reference from the previous landlord, a reference from the employer, and bank details to prove I can pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it will be my first home in a foreign country, I cannot get a reference from a previous landlord. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the employment, I would like to have a home first and establish a proof of address, before looking for a job if possible. So I cannot assume I have job by time I'm looking for apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the money I have enough money to live for a year (or maybe two) based on the cost of living information I found on web (even if I'm a bit pessimistic). How can I prove I can pay? Is it enough if I can login to my online brokerage accounts or netbanks to show the money I have there? Or do I need something more official? Or is it required to have the money in the Irish bank? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10463" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T09:17:20.417" Title="How can I rent my first home in Ireland?" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12900" CreationDate="2018-12-08T15:19:50.257" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, it looks like this issue needs to be resolved before she can&#xA;  even get legal residency in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This turned out to be incorrect. Even if Skatteverket had refused to register her, her stay in Sweden would still have been completely legal, as an EEA family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not manage to get an S1 from HELFO, although I suppose it might have been possible with sufficient effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I solved this issue by getting a part time job in Sweden to supplement my job in Norway. The person in Skatteverket who handled the case told me 10 hours a week would suffice. Getting a job solved the problem instantly, and my wife was registered and got a Swedish personal number right away. This gave her &lt;strong&gt;almost&lt;/strong&gt; the same rights as a Swedish citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also possible to resolve this by getting a private health insurance for the non-EEA citizen. It should be noted that Skatteverket can be rather picky with what insurance policies they accept, and this can vary on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU initiative Solvit can often assist in this type of cases. One can start a case with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://xn--grenselskjrlighet-0rb25a.no&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;special organization&lt;/a&gt; that specifically helps people in this situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9674" LastEditorUserId="9674" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T16:28:43.777" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T16:28:43.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-07T19:03:07.617" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are travelling to the UK for a three-year stay and not able to get a clear idea of how many silver items  can be carried without paying duty fees. We are planning to take the following: all mentioned are general silver just 4 years old. No antique stuff, and it will leave with us at the end of our stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Silver lamp, small (2)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Small silver cups (3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Silver spoon&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ragav" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T15:26:55.177" Title="Will I have to pay duty on silver brought into the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-08T16:49:24.487" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a teenager runs away because they have an emergency, for example, their parents are threatening to kill them, would the US Embassy in the UAE help them migrate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16329" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T18:18:08.340" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T21:16:28.387" Title="Can a teenage runaway get refugee status or migrate?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-08T17:31:40.037" Score="6" ViewCount="1103" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have a German passport,and i want to &lt;em&gt;live&lt;/em&gt; in the UK, is that possible? Or do I have to get a visa, or something like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16372" OwnerDisplayName="1lejda4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T14:46:15.717" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T14:46:15.717" Title="Can I live in the UK with a German passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15264" CreationDate="2018-12-08T18:04:52.103" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as the UK is in the EU, you can live there without visa. What happens when Brexit takes effect is not certain, but in all likelihood you will require some sort of visa. Having been an UK resident prior to Brexit may or may not help you get that visa afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46318565&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brexit negotiations are ongoing&lt;/a&gt;, but it is a good guess that it will happen by March 29th, 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T18:04:52.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15264" CreationDate="2018-12-08T18:15:09.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is unclear what the arrangements will be after Brexit, but currently as a German citizen you have the right of free movement throughout the EU, which for the time being includes the United Kingdom. You are free to settle without requiring a visa, or even a job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16330" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T18:15:09.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15263" CreationDate="2018-12-08T18:29:27.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are not a US citizen, it is unlikely that the United States would interfere with parental or custody decisions made by other governments. As you are in the United Arab Emirates, it does have resources that may be able to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://government.ae/en/information-and-services/social-affairs/children&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Children's rights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 concerning child rights, also known as Wadeema's Law, stresses that all children must be provided with appropriate living standards, access to health services, education, equal opportunities in essential services and facilities without any kind of discrimination. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The law protects children against all forms of negligence, exploitation, physical and psychological abuses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The law allows childcare specialists to remove children from their homes against parents' wishes and without judicial permission in cases of imminent danger. In less severe cases, specialists may intervene by visiting the child regularly, providing social services and mediating a solution between the family and the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Those who put children in danger, abandon them, neglect them, leave them without supervision, do not enroll them in school or register them upon their birth will be subject to a prison sentence or a fine. The law applies to all children up to the age of 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://government.ae/en/information-and-services/justice-safety-and-the-law/children-safety/childrenssafety&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Children's Safety&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hotlines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Schoolchildren can use the hotline number 80051115 to communicate directly with Ministry of Education regarding any issue that may affect their learning process. Education specialists supervise the hotline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moi-cpc.ae/en/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UAE Ministry of the Interior Child Protection Centre&lt;/a&gt; does investigate allegations of abuse, both physical and emotional, and neglect. If you feel you are in imminent danger, you might confide in a trusted adult, such as a teacher at your school and, perhaps, ask them to go with you to the authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T21:16:28.387" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T21:16:28.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-08T19:06:00.523" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife an I are bulgarian citizens, resident in the UK for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We expect our second child to be born in May 2019, so possibly after Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will that child bei able to claim both the UK and the bulgarian (thus EU) citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T13:10:06.197" Title="Will a child born to two bulgarian citizens in the UK after Brexit be an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15270" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15274" CreationDate="2018-12-08T20:42:27.257" Score="2" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter was born in UK in Fenruary 2018. She left UK on 25 April 2018 with her mother to go back home to Pakistan. I am now applying for her visa to join me in March 2019. Would she need to get her TB test done and attached with her application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The TB test gov link states the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will not need a TB test if any of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re a diplomat accredited to the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re a returning UK resident and have not been away for more than 2 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you lived for at least 6    months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and    you’ve been away from that country&#xA;for no more than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does she fall under the second point as she was born in UK and has not been away fro more than 2 year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-14T16:09:42.017" LastActivityDate="2021-03-14T16:09:42.017" Title="Would my infant daughter born in UK need a TB screening test to return to UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-09T01:15:11.137" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking to migrate or looking for experience to start a new life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16333" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T14:40:23.947" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T14:40:23.947" Title="Is it easy to move to Singapore as a UK citizen for a career in programming/business?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;career&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-12-14T18:46:10.107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15196" CreationDate="2018-12-09T02:17:28.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds a bit strange that a degree of a top university is not listed on Anabin. Make sure you checked all variations &quot;Bachelor of Science&quot;, &quot;Engineering&quot;, &quot;BSc in Computer Eng&quot; etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is really not there, you need to get it assessed. You can use the following page outlining foreign degree recognition and evaluation for Berlin:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/sen/wissenschaft/studium/abschluesse-und-titelfuehrung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin.de/sen/wissenschaft/studium/abschluesse-und-titelfuehrung/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16141" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T17:29:23.520" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T17:29:23.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15268" CreationDate="2018-12-09T06:56:26.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will that child bei able to claim both the UK and the bulgarian (thus EU) citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bulgarian nationality law provides that the child of a&#xA;Bulgarian citizen is also a Bulgarian citizen regardless of the place of birth, so the only question is whether the child will have UK citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your child will have UK citizenship if the child is born in the UK and you or your wife have one of the following when the child is born:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_leave_to_remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;indefinite leave to remain under the immigration rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens/permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permanent residence under EU freedom of movement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settled status under the immigration rules that will replace EU permanent residence after the UK leaves the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the birth occurs outside of the UK then the child will be a British citizen only if one of you naturalizes before the birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T13:10:06.197" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T13:10:06.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15270" CreationDate="2018-12-09T13:50:40.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although your little one was born in the UK, she may not be considered a returning resident, was about 2 months old when she left and has been in Pakistan for the last 8 months. Pakistan is among those &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa/countries-where-you-need-a-tb-test-to-enter-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;countries whose visa applicants require TB testing&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you have the correct UK link, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tuberculosis tests for visa applicants&lt;/a&gt;, the section following what you cite says this about children (added emphasis mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Children&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All children must see a clinician who’ll decide if they need a chest x-ray. Children under 11 will not normally have a chest x-ray.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must take your child to an approved clinic and complete a health questionnaire. &lt;strong&gt;If the clinician decides your child does not have TB they’ll give you a certificate. Include this certificate with your child’s UK visa application.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her clinic visit will determine whether a TB test is required. Either way, you will need to include the documentation from the health check with your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9537" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T13:50:40.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-09T12:20:22.990" Score="7" ViewCount="472" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Muslim and I have two wives in Pakistan. I want to apply for Australian immigration. I want to apply with my second wife and the children from my first wife. Is there a problem with doing that or must I include my first wife on the application? Are there any chances of being able to bring my first wife too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user87982" LastEditorUserId="10608" LastEditDate="2018-12-09T20:48:09.403" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T21:06:34.323" Title="Immigration to Australia with 2 wives" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14962" CreationDate="2018-12-09T16:05:37.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your statement that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know that it not legal to earn revenue from a different source other than the company associated with your OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is somewhat misleading. You can associate multiple employers with your OPT. From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/opt_policy_guidance_042010.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OPT Policy Guidance document&lt;/a&gt; [1], the following applies to the regular OPT period:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multiple employers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A student may work for more than one employer, but all employment must be related to the student's degree program and, for pre-completion OPT, can not exceed the allowed per week cumulative hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for the STEM-extension period, should you qualify for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multiple employers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A student may work for more than one employer, but all employment must be related to his or her degree program and all employers must be enrolled in E-Verify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, having two employers simultaneously is certainly possible, assuming this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-legal-issues-for-working-via-PayPal-by-F1-Status-Students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;properly reported&lt;/a&gt;. Hence, working for both Amazon and Twitch should be possible in principle, with some caveats&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would streaming really count as related to your major? You'd need to check that with the international office at your university.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're on pre-completion OPT, you're limited to 20 work hours per week. Might be difficult to find time for a second job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working at Amazon or Twitch, you might have contractual restrictions to take into account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most likely, #1 is the real sticking point. I have no data on this, but it seems very likely to me that USCIS would not consider the 'performing' aspect of Twitch streaming as related to a major in say computer science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that all income from Twitch would be considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/6zlv9y/moving_to_us_and_studying_there_want_to_stream_on/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;working&lt;/a&gt;, including donations. I'm not 100% sure if this applies to donations or not, but realistically speaking, we're most likely talking about a small sum compared to a respectable software engineering salary so don't risk it. If you cannot successfully argue that streaming is related to your major, yet still want to stream, it's probably advisable to remove all forms of monetization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] Old document, but still in effect, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/practical-training&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. May contain some outdated references to 17-month STEM extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2039" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T16:05:37.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:05:32.707" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have EU (Bulgarian) passport and my wife is non-EU citizen (she has Macedonian passport). I should start working in Netherland next April (2019), so my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can my wife get working permission or social security number for work because of our marriage (she is married to EU citizen) and what is the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I will have an address on my name and social number as soon as i get in Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that you can help us with some information. Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16341" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T10:09:49.680" Title="Working in Netherlands for non EU citizens married to EU citizens" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15275" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:06:34.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When immigrating to Australia, you can bring &lt;strong&gt;one (1) partner&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;all underage children for which you are the legal guardian&lt;/strong&gt;.  So if your children with your first wife are under 18, and she consents to bringing them to Australia (this will need to be in writing and certified), you should be fine, even if your first wife does not join you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Australia does not recognize multiple marriage, so you can only bring your first or second wife, not both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/105669/can-having-a-second-wife-affect-my-australian-visa-processing-stay&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/105669/can-having-a-second-wife-affect-my-australian-visa-processing-stay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T21:06:34.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15271" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:10:31.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, it's not easy.&lt;/strong&gt; You basically need a firm job offer &amp;amp; visa sponsorship from a Singaporean company to be able to get a work visa, and it's a long and uncertain path from there to permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T21:10:31.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:15:02.623" Score="3" ViewCount="526" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are British citizens. We moved to Kenya in 2011 for a change of atmosphere and new environment from our busy life in London. A few years on and in 2016, I got married to a Kenyan citizen and at the end of that year, I had a baby girl. My husband was working for an auditing firm but left his job to pursue a better salary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are living with his parents and, 10 months on, he still has no job and our savings are at an end. We realised that staying in Kenya is now more difficult than if we were to move to the UK and start life there. My husband would have more scope for better employment and even my daughter would be able to attend a good school. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the issue is how do I apply and what do I do? I have no job, no income and neither does my husband. How do we go about our situation and would the UK allow us to immigrate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16342" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T13:31:27.093" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T01:30:00.583" Title="UK citizen: how do I return to the UK with Kenyan husband and daughter?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15037" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:19:07.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid you have fallen into a common trap, and one myself only narrowly avoided: our first son was born one (1) day after our 1-year waiting period ended!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I'm aware, and like you we searched far and wide at the time, there is &lt;strong&gt;no insurance that covers pregnancy&lt;/strong&gt; during the first year.  Reciprocal Medicare coverage is intended only for short-term coverage and emergency care, not migration and pregnancy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, Australia is not the USA, and it's &lt;strong&gt;highly unlikely&lt;/strong&gt; that giving birth would cost $15,000.  My wife gave birth in a top-tier private hospital, where the bill would have been around $5000 at the time, and apparently the average at private hospitals is around $8500 now.  Public hospitals as a private patient (yes, this is a thing) would likely have been cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option would be that either you both or your wife alone stay in the Netherlands to give birth, but obviously this is unlikely to be practical if you need to start your job soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T21:19:07.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15279" CreationDate="2018-12-09T21:39:36.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your partner should apply for the residence permit as a partner of EU/Switzerland citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I know, partners, no matter what nationality, will get a permit that allows working in the Netherlands. I even don't know if the Netherlands has a permit without working permission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info you will find &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/eu-eea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2018-12-11T10:09:49.680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T10:09:49.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2018-12-10T10:52:27.423" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &quot;theoretical&quot; answer had been given earlier, here are practical steps which you can do to obtain a work permit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit ADEM (Agence pour le développement de l'emploi - National Employment Agency) and ask for an appointment to register there. The office is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/place/ADEM+-+Agence+pour+le+d%C3%A9veloppement+de+l&amp;#39;emploi/@49.603407,6.1346581,17.17z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sadem!3m4!1s0x0:0xe142c5f32ef38e2e!8m2!3d49.6034615!4d6.1351146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;10, rue Bender, 1229 Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;. Two years ago, when I did this, there was about a month to wait for the first appointment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the next visit, ADEM officer will explain your next steps and you will get the next appointment (again a month to wait).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the third visit, you will get access to ADEM's employment site. It is a typical job board, where you can have your profile, CV, apply for vacations, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After that, you have to visit ADEM every month and make reports what you have done to find a job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also, you will have an additional appointment with an officer who is responsible for your profession. It will be in another office, depending on your profession. I am a programmer, IT jobs are managed by the office in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/place/Agence+pour+le+D%C3%A9veloppement+de+l&amp;#39;Emploi/@49.6196448,6.1718934,14.12z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sadem!3m4!1s0x0:0x9997c345e4a112b0!8m2!3d49.614158!4d6.1710119&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;19, rue de Bitbourg, 1273 Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know about other professions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, that a work in Luxembourg requires fluent French, sometimes - German. IT jobs sometimes don't require French, but it is only about half of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you may need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/travail-emploi/activite-professionnelle/prealables-vie-professionnelle/reconnaissance-etudes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recognize your diploma&lt;/a&gt; (depending on where you got it). It could be done here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/maps/place/18+Mont%C3%A9e+de+la+Petrusse,+2327+Luxembourg/@49.6052961,6.1332468,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x479548ce0a40ca65:0x3f0492866ab5c477!2s18+Mont%C3%A9e+de+la+Petrusse,+2327+Luxembourg!3b1!8m2!3d49.6052961!4d6.1354355!3m4!1s0x479548ce0a40ca65:0x3f0492866ab5c477!8m2!3d49.6052961!4d6.1354355&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;18-20, montée de la Pétrusse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer (of course, if you find any) will prepare documents for your work permit. It will take about 2 - 3 weeks if your salary is more than 60000 euro per year and about two months if the salary is less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16344" LastEditorUserId="16344" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T11:01:51.503" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T11:01:51.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-10T11:55:47.580" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a post-doc offer in France with a net salary 2000 euro. Which means social security contributions already deducted, right? What will be my salary after paying income tax? I am married and have one child, but they are not residing in France. They live in my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16346" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T14:36:23.493" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T14:36:23.493" Title="My salary in France is 2000 euros net. What is my salary in hand after all deductions?" Tags="&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15288" CreationDate="2018-12-10T12:33:15.503" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to ask your (potential) employer.  &lt;em&gt;Personally&lt;/em&gt; I would expect that to be 2000 euro net of income tax, but you might also have to pay:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;social security costs (this is the least likely)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;health insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pension contributions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know the system in France, but if you leave France after a short while, you may be able to get your pension contributions back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T12:33:15.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15288" CreationDate="2018-12-10T13:08:17.523" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are right that &lt;em&gt;net&lt;/em&gt; means what you get on your account, health coverage, social security and retirement contributions are deducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You still have to pay income taxes on that &lt;em&gt;net&lt;/em&gt; income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact amount to pay as income tax will greatly vary depending on the fact that your family is actually included (&lt;em&gt;personnes à charges&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;revenu du foyer&lt;/em&gt;) or not, I am not able to confirm you what will be considered in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a simulator here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.impots.gouv.fr/simulateur/calcul_impot/2018/simplifie/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www3.impots.gouv.fr/simulateur/calcul_impot/2018/simplifie/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simulation of 24000 € of net income for a married couple plus one minor child leads to 0 € of income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simulation of 24000 € of net income for a single person leads to 1651 € of income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that from 2019, income tax will be deducted monthly from you payslip, but that might not be the case for you if it's your first year working in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T13:08:17.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-10T16:24:39.393" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be interning in the USA this summer and I will be an exchange student again in the USA after the summer (example dates: internship June-end of August 2019; semester starts on September 2019). So, I will need to apply for both J1 and F1 before I travel to US for the first time. Is this possible? I am nervous that if I apply for the second one after getting the first, they might cancel the first. So, is it also possible to state that they should not cancel the previous one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: My country is listed for the 2 year home residency requirement, but I think it would not be effective in this situtation because I will not be chaning status inside US and both visas are nonimmigrant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16348" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T16:24:39.393" Title="Having J1 and F1 at the same time" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15282" CreationDate="2018-12-10T19:33:10.797" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you or your daughter or your husband can settle in the UK is a complicated question. The answer(s) depend(s) on the interaction of each of your individual citizenships, and the UK's visa policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK Citizenship (called &quot;British Citizenship&quot; in UK governmental documents) is itself a complex issue, as British citizenship depends on the interaction of the date and location of an individual's birth (and sometimes the date and location of the individual's &lt;em&gt;parents'&lt;/em&gt; birth(s), as well as any intervening processes (i.e., naturalization, adoption, or registration) that may have occurred, all within the framework of a changing set of UK laws applied to a changing set of what constitutes &quot;the UK.&quot; A reasonable overview may be found in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Wikipedia article on British Nationality&lt;/a&gt;. You may also find &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK government webpage&lt;/a&gt; useful; it provides an automated response to the &quot;Am I a British Citizen?&quot; question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK visa policy are the laws that address which individuals require a visa to enter the UK (or may enter visa-free), and what activities (living, working, receiving public assistance) may be engaged in for what period of time. This too is complicated. A non-governmental overview can be found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt;. The UK government provides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another click-through webpage&lt;/a&gt; to address an individual's need for a visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a British citizen, you have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-of-abode-roa/right-of-abode-roa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Right of Abode&lt;/a&gt; in the UK; that is, you may enter the UK to live, work, and so on. You do not need a visa; upon arrival in the UK, present your British passport to UK Immigration to demonstrate your British citizenship, and you will be allowed entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your daughter may (or may not) be a British citizen, depending upon the circumstances surrounding your acquisition of British citizenship. If you were born in the UK, or naturalized in the UK, or adopted in the UK, or registered in the UK, then your daughter is a British citizen as well, and also has the Right of Abode. You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online for a British passport for her&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marrying a British citizen, however, does not confer either British citizenship or a Right to Abode on your husband. As a Kenyan citizen, he will require a visa to enter the UK. You can check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Government's &quot;Do I Need a Visa&quot; page&lt;/a&gt; for more information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving to the UK with (or to join) a British citizen spouse will be very difficult for your husband.  Because a non-UK-citizen may obtain &quot;settled status&quot; (that is, a right to remain in the UK, and after even more hurdles, British citizenship) after some years' legal presence under a visa, visa requirements are very substantial. The legal requirements to obtain a Family Visa are shown on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK government page&lt;/a&gt;. The application fees are significant. Note that a Family Visa cannot be sought (absent a few special circumstances) from within the UK, but can only be applied-for by an applicant outside the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your husband might instead seek a visitor visa for entering the UK. This will be an even more difficult road. UKVI will look for the applicant to demonstrate significant ties to his country of citizenship, such that he will actually leave the UK and return to his country when his visit is over. These ties are commonly family, job, ownership of property, investments, or other intangible connections to one's country of citizenship. With no job or savings or property in Kenya, and with his spouse and child in the UK, UKVI will conclude that he does not actually intend to return to Kenya, and that a visitor visa is a pretext for entering and staying in the UK with his wife and child. It is very unlikely he'd be successful in obtaining a visitor visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, and again: this is a complicated subject. There are exceptions and variations (some are mentioned on the UK government web pages cited here) that aren't discussed in even this wordy Answer. Rather than trusting the views of random people on the net, you should consider a consultation with a UK solicitor familiar with the UK immigration process. This is a regulated profession in the UK, and you'll find several Stack Exchange - Travel and Stack Exchange - Expatriate threads that list the web portals for the licensing organizations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-12-13T01:30:00.583" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T01:30:00.583" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-11T01:13:42.687" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mum is a Moldovan national holding a biometric passport which allows her to travel to PARIS. I am a U.K.sitizen. I would like her to visit me at Christmas. Can she get a two weeks entry visa to the U.K. at Calais? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16352" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T05:43:56.610" Title="Getting a UK visa at Calais" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-12-21T15:06:36.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-11T03:16:12.120" Score="3" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in England 1964 and immigrated to the US in 1970 and is a Permanent resident alien.  My father was born in France in 1960 to Italian parents, immigrated to US in 1970.  My father became a US naturalized citizen when he turned 18.  My mother has not become a US citizen; she is still a permanent resident.  I was born in 87 in the US.  Can I get my UK and French citizenship and passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16353" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T08:14:34.653" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T15:28:39.773" Title="Can I add UK and French citizenship to my US citizenship? Mother British, father French" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15294" CreationDate="2018-12-11T05:43:56.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  She should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply online&lt;/a&gt;, during which she will have to book an appointment at a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/find-a-visa-application-centre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa application center&lt;/a&gt;.  There is one in Paris, and there is one in Chisinau.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T05:43:56.610" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6568" CreationDate="2018-12-11T09:38:31.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been through exactly this situation (except that my degree has a 3 years duration) and know many people in the same situation. The informations below are based on successful experience on getting a work visa, as well as observing other people's experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When has one has a &lt;em&gt;técnologo&lt;/em&gt; there is absolutely no need to contact the ZAB for degree equivalence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All one has to do is ask the company to fill in some forms and send them to the ZAV, which handles and approves (or not) the hiring of foreigners. In case of approval, ZAV will issue a document which basically says that the person can be hired as a specialist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &quot;specialist visa&quot; doesn't care about degrees, one can get it having only some experience in the field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also worth noting that folks with &lt;em&gt;técnologo&lt;/em&gt; degree will not receive the Blue Card, only the Work Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15755" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T09:38:31.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-11T10:20:07.340" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are under the TIER2 visa and we had a baby recently. First, we got her passport issued and a few weeks ago, we've applied for the dependent visa, that hasn't been yet issued (the deadline of 8 weeks is almost being hit). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that we wanted to go abroad on Christmas (we've bought the tickets already), but as per what I've seen, we will need her visa in order to enter the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: is it possible to go outside of the UK without her Visa/BRP and once are come back in, ask the officer to stamp her passport with a &quot;tourist visa&quot; and once we get her BRP, we sort it out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16354" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-11T19:03:02.943" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T19:03:02.943" Title="Tourist visa for baby born in the UK? (TIER2 parents)" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1182" CreationDate="2018-12-11T12:23:19.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could also try clasificados.com -   I currently live in Puerto Rico and that’s where I found my house I’m renting. I’m staying in Anasco, which is very near to the beautiful surfing city of Rincon. It is also near to Aguadilla, and all three areas are on the west coast of the island, with wonderful beach is great for snorkeling and surfing depending on the time of year and day &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16355" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T12:23:19.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15254" CreationDate="2018-12-11T20:18:10.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An F2 visa is a visa for the  spouse or dependent of an F1 student. The F2 is extremely limited in terms of what you can do. You cannot work or study with an F2. F2 visas are even ineligible to apply for EADs - or employment authorization. All you can do on an F2 is to be a homemaker or, for kids under 21 be a school student.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the quick answer is a hard NO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The even harsher answer is that if USCIS found that you were trying to work (by getting a certification or board license whose sole purpose is to work in a certain occupational category), you could risk being found to violate your F2 visa status and being removed from the country. Even the primary F1 visa holder could be at risk because they had to vouch that you would not work and that they had enough resources to maintain you in the lifestyle that you would be accustomed to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pro tip: apply for a community college degree in your local area. This will get you your own F1 visa which does allow for some limited (mostly on campus) work opportunities, practical training,  or even possibly apply for employment authorization. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2018-12-11T20:30:20.823" LastActivityDate="2018-12-11T20:30:20.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-11T22:37:55.963" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm doing independent contract work for a small US company, remotely. I am not a US citizen nor resident, and do not have a US bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company occasionally pays me sums of a few thousand USD at a time for my work, by bank transfer - from their US bank account (it's a Bank of America account, don't know any more details) to my non-US bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, their bank charges them about 45 USD per transfer, and mine charges me another &lt;strong&gt;edit:&lt;/strong&gt; 20 USD per transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This is in addition to the conversion to local currency: The bank's conversion rate is worse than what I can get from money changers where I live; but if I were to withdraw the USD without conversion, that also incurs a non-negligible fee.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: Is there a cheaper, but safe and legal, method for the company to pay me? That is, a method in which, eventually, money in my local currency ends up in my local bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm located in Israel; but if you have an answer that's more general, that's also relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you need more details to provide an answer, ask for them in a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-04-02T19:46:39.457" LastActivityDate="2019-04-02T19:46:39.457" Title="How can a US company regularly pay an overseas contractor?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-12T03:16:59.880" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canada(Ontario) - Work Permit - Private Health Insurance ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to buy Private Medical Insurance for family in Canada(Ontario) until the Provincial insurance kicks in 3 months after landing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I searched appears to be extension of Provincial insurance. Is there a company or plan that I can buy for family for covering Medical/Health expenses for the initial 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15842" LastEditorUserId="15842" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T15:41:41.843" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T16:10:40.913" Title="Looking for Private health insurance in Canada, coming over on Work Permit" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-12T04:04:48.517" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just looking for a little clarity, as the internet has us a tad confused. Thanks in advance :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a family currently living in the US (both green card holders). I'm an Australian passport holder. My husband is an EU (Sweden) holder. Our son (2 years) US holder. We are relocating to England for personal reasons (not work) and are looking for clarity on requirements for Mother and Son (Aussie &amp;amp; US) to enter legally and Mum to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, am I right in understanding that none of us require visas to enter? And once in the country I (Aussie) can legally work due to husbands EU status? Are we missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help in clarifying!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nat :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16360" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T04:21:26.227" Title="Relocation advice? US TO UK (Aussie, Swedish, American family!)" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14683" CreationDate="2018-12-12T04:19:01.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering own question for others:&#xA;It is not possible due to visa and legal guidelines. The work visa is associated with an office location where the employee is supposed to work and that location has to be definitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15842" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T04:19:01.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15305" CreationDate="2018-12-12T04:21:26.227" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia says that your son &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;is a Swedish citizen&lt;/a&gt;, so the only document he needs is a Swedish passport or identity card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to arrive before Brexit, or, if there is a transition period, before the end of the transition period.  The mother will have the right to work before Brexit, but will not realistically be able to prove that without a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt;.  After Brexit, she will need &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;pre-settled status&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She can arrive without a visa, but she should be prepared to claim her right of free movement at passport control.  This means that she should have her marriage certificate with an apostille.  There are some other conditions that seem to be met here; see the EEA family permit link for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; before traveling, which will make the interview at the border considerably less stressful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T04:21:26.227" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-12T06:19:34.793" Score="2" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a F-1 student living in the US, planning to move away from the country by the end of next year. As a student, I have a tax deduction per tax treaties for my income, and I want to claim this benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm planning to move out of the country before the end of next year. Can I, and how should I file my tax return for 2019 to claim and receive my tax benefits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11437" LastActivityDate="2021-04-30T23:02:35.207" Title="Expat moving out of the US filing tax return" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15298" CreationDate="2018-12-12T08:11:40.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. The child is in no way a 'visitor' and the officer will not go along with that kind of scheme. It's very likely your child's visa will come through at the 8 week mark (if that is indeed the suggested time frame, couldn't track that down in the documentation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T08:11:40.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15303" CreationDate="2018-12-12T11:25:13.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to create a Transferwise bank account.  That gives you an American routing number which your customer can wire the money to (which should be straightforward for them).  You can then transfer the money to your local bank.  For personal transfers, Transferwise charge $34.28 to transfer $5,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't get through the Transferwise money laundering checks, then you could try to persuade your customer to send the money via Transferwise themselves (they have a business option).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well as the obvious disadvantage that it's more work for your customer (and their accounts department might screw it up), Transferwise charge businesses $41.72 to transfer $5,000.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their bank might still charge them for transferring dollars to Transferwise, and your bank might still charge you for receiving a foreign transfer, but it's still likely to to be a better deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(No connection to Transferwise, other than as a satisfied customer for CHF+GBP to EUR.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T11:25:13.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15318" CreationDate="2018-12-12T12:40:47.500" Score="4" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does a single speeding ticket (Drove 38 kmh in a 30 zone) and a parking fine affect NE application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16010" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T08:39:54.713" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T13:02:06.550" Title="Does a speeding ticket or a false parking affect Niederlassungserlaubnis application?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15295" CreationDate="2018-12-12T13:34:29.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;@Julie, following the discussion in the comments, I am answering &lt;strong&gt;based on the information you provided&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Credit to @phoog for this] Based on what you said (that your mother remains a British citizen with a US green card), you should qualify for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen/y/on-or-after-1-january-1983/no/yes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British citizenship by descent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your father did not qualify for French citizenship when he left France, even though he was born in France in 1960, since he did not fulfill the conditions to be French (as a foreigner born in France to foreigners), which were (aside from being born in France): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be living France at the age of 16 until the age of 21 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had been living in France for 5 years prior to the age of 16. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is according to the now defunct &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=FAF63588B4B756AF7A727E56E9D879E7.tplgfr29s_1?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006137595&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006071189&amp;amp;dateTexte=19930722&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French code de la nationalité&lt;/a&gt; (which was in force between 1945 and 1993).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is additional information that you did not mention in your post (e.g. your Italian grandparents had actually acquired French citizenship prior to your father being born, etc. please edit your post...as that would change my answer a bit.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not qualify for Italian citizenship through your father by virtue of the Italian &lt;em&gt;jure sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; procedure either since (and I'm repeating my comment): the &quot;line of citizenship&quot; was broken when your father got naturalized as a US citizen at the age of 18 (so 1978), which led to the automatic renunciation of his Italian citizenship. Thus, I do not think that you qualify to be an Italian citizen. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out this post for more info: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7170/can-i-obtain-italian-citizenship-through-my-grandfather/7174#7174&quot;&gt;Can I obtain Italian citizenship through my grandfather?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T15:28:39.773" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T15:28:39.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15315" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-12T17:02:22.660" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some questions re the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 what is SS? Which is referred to above extensively?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 Our situation is as follows. My wife has a Moroccan passport and has been in Spain 7 years and is now 1.5 years into a 5 years residency permit. I am British-born husband and we have a 10 month old son born in Spain with UK passport. We wish to apply for a family permit article 10 card. However it’s quite confusing about the criteria and who has to prove what!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been ‘living’ in Spain for the last 2.5 years and have padons and tenancy contracts etc. I have a Spanish bank account but only put small amounts of money in it to pay bills. I have UK bank accounts and am self-employed by a UK company. I actually have been working in Spain and this is the only source of my income. I could argue that I’m self-sufficient in Spain. I also rent a flat in UK which I visit every 2 weeks or see my other son from another marriage etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has no money in her Spanish bank account as she lives off mine!! I don’t speak Spanish very well at all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that she needs 8k in her account (which can easily be organised) and that I myself (or is it both of us?) need private health insurance in Spain, which again can easily be arranged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously we want to travel to UK with our baby so he can see his grandparents who are very old and my dad's going blind. I am aware of the spouse visa route but don’t really don’t want to go down that route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My key questions are that given the above is it likely that we get a family permit? If not what do I need to do (and my wife for that matter) in order to qualify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long is it likely to take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16363" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T17:42:37.507" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T19:30:02.120" Title="Article 10 family card questions" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15308" CreationDate="2018-12-12T17:29:46.333" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A person living outside the US files US federal tax returns by mail to an address in Austin TX, as detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this US government IRS page&lt;/a&gt;. (If you're still in the US in April 2019 when your 2018 tax return is due, you'll file just like everyone else.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page linked above contains multiple links to assist overseas filers. IRS forms and publications are available for download, and there's contact information for help as well. It might be helpful to read IRS Publication 54, titled &quot;US Citizens and Resident Aliens abroad.&quot; It is downloadable &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-54&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be required to file a US state income tax return. Procedures and forms will depend on the state's laws and regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T19:19:37.850" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T19:19:37.850" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-12T03:01:01.253" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just looking for a little clarity, as the internet has us a tad confused. Thanks in advance :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a family currently living in the US (both green card holders). I'm an Australian passport holder. My husband is an EU (Sweden) holder. Our son (2 years) US holder. &#xA;We are relocating to England for personal reasons (not work) and are looking for clarity on requirements for Mother and Son (Aussie &amp;amp; US) to enter legally and Mum to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, am I right in understanding that none of us require visas to enter? And once in the country I (Aussie) can legally work due to husbands EU status? Are we missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help in clarifying!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nat :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16360" OwnerDisplayName="Nat Hall" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-12-12T23:01:39.840" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T23:01:39.840" Title="Moving to England advice - EU husband, Aussie wife, US child :)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-12-14T18:44:04.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15311" CreationDate="2018-12-12T19:50:33.060" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Driving 8km/h too fast in town is only a &lt;em&gt;Ordnungswidrigkeit&lt;/em&gt; (misbehaviour), wrong parking, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't affect the &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is affected as soon a &lt;em&gt;Verkehrsstraftat&lt;/em&gt; (&quot;traffic crime&quot;) is involved. Some things which may be considered a &lt;em&gt;Verkehrsstraftat&lt;/em&gt; by a judge are for example driving without license, driving while on drugs, hit&amp;amp;run, and failure to render assistance. Driving way too fast, or driving slightly too fast and causing a crash, or driving carelessly and causing a crash can also be considered a &lt;em&gt;Verkehrsstraftat&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T13:02:06.550" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T13:02:06.550" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15304" CreationDate="2018-12-12T20:37:27.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can buy private health insurance until OHIP kicks in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more information here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://settlement.org/ontario/health/ohip-and-health-insurance/private-insurance/where-can-i-buy-private-health-insurance-for-newcomers-and-visitors-to-canada/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Where can I buy private health insurance for newcomers and visitors to Canada?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find a list of insurance providers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.olhi.ca/insurance/find-insurance-products/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can also use a broker to get various quotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure to go through the policy to make sure what's covered and what's not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-12-27T16:10:40.913" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T16:10:40.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-13T02:37:10.100" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a student in Canada from 2014-2016, I deserted college program  in 2015 due to severe  depression and couldn't continue the program but I stayed back in Canada till mid 2016 without knowing I wasn't supposed to. I left Canada for three months and upon my return I was forced to leave Canada within three days and given a removal order or something like that due to incompletion of my course.&#xA;Is there any chance that I will be allowed back to Canada to complete my program or do another program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11132" LastEditorUserId="11132" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T19:14:53.970" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T19:14:53.970" Title="Is it possible to enter Canada again after being given removal order?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15320" CreationDate="2018-12-13T04:37:27.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually when applying for a visa, one of the questions is &quot;have you every been refused a visa?&quot;, and another is &quot;have you ever been deported or asked to leave?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering untruthfully will probably mean that you will never get another visa to any country ever again, and if you answer &quot;yes&quot; you will need to explain the circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that visa agencies (because most embassies outsource this stuff these days) are usually looking for any excuse to refuse a visa. If the reasons given are convincing, and they do not think you will enter Canada and disappear, overstaying your visa again, then they might grant you another visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or they might decide to refuse your visa application on the grounds that you already overstayed a visa once, and they don't think anything has changed since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the question title &quot;Is it possible to enter Canada again after being given removal order?&quot;, yes it is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a course of study lined up, and you explain your previous actions when applying for the visa, you might be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But be prepared in case they decide that they will not grant you a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T04:37:27.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15315" CreationDate="2018-12-13T08:59:52.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 what is SS? Which is referred to above extensively?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see &quot;SS&quot; anywhere else.  What do you mean by &quot;above&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We wish to apply for a family permit article 10 card. However it’s quite confusing about the criteria and who has to prove what!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be confused because there is no such thing as a &quot;family permit article 10 card.&quot;  There is something called an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;, which your wife can get from a UK visa application centre, and there is something called an article 10 card, which is a residence card issued by Spain or another EU country to the family members of EU citizens who reside there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your wife already has a residence permit in Spain, it might make more sense to apply to the UK for the EEA family permit.  There are no financial requirements to be met.  But you do have to show that you qualify for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt;.  This might be problematic, since the UK is claiming a requirement that you be &quot;integrated&quot; and you note that you don't speak Spanish very well.  The integration requirement is wholly incompatible with EU law; it's just something they've thrown up as part of the &quot;hostile environment,&quot; but if they refuse the EEA family permit it would probably be easier to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt; rather than taking the UK to court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am aware of the spouse visa route but don’t really don’t want to go down that route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife certainly does not need a spouse visa for the UK, since that is a settlement visa, and she does not plan to settle there.  A visitor visa will do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;is it likely that we get a family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the Surinder Singh determination, as mentioned above.  I'm not sure how it is likely to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid I don't know much about Spanish residence permits and residence cards.  In theory it should be possible to switch from one to the other, but whether it is a good idea to do so I cannot say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T08:59:52.327" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15315" CreationDate="2018-12-13T10:30:23.557" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SS (Surinder Singh) thing is in another thread which is about the article 10 issue. I first posted in that thread as a response to someone else’s questions about the same thing. I will need to go back and find that thread and post it here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don’t want to enter on a visitor visa  nor apply through the Surinder Singh route or indeed apply through the UK portal at all. We wish to be able to visit with the EEA card she will get here in Spain. We are solely focusing on this and nothing else. My questions about this are about the requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I or both of us have to have private health insurance? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We heard that there has to be 8k in my wife’s bank account, also we heard 12k as we have a son, can you confirm this? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to prove similar requirements as the Singh route such as integration in Spain using this route?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have spoken with immigration officers and a manager at Gatwick and was told that as long as we have the EEA card, we travel together and we take our marriage certificate then they will allow entry. This is why we want to do this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help or advice would be appreciated about the downsides and processes involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16363" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-12-13T19:30:02.120" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T19:30:02.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-13T11:08:14.277" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Uptil now my wife was not working and she and my son are on my mutuelle (I work in the private sector). However, when she starts working in the private sector will she necessarily be dropped from my mutuelle? If so what happens to our son? Whose mutuelle will he be on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2018-12-14T18:11:13.280" Title="French Mutuelle when both spouses are working" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-13T11:38:39.583" Score="4" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f0hj4.png&quot; alt=&quot;EEA family permit application screen&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU-citizen currently living in Lithuania while my Lithuanian wife has been living and working in the UK for 2 months already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, in &lt;em&gt;Family Details&lt;/em&gt;, do I have to give my parents' information or that of my wife's parents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16365" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-12-15T09:26:01.593" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T10:32:11.663" Title="EEA Family Permit - Application form family details" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15324" CreationDate="2018-12-13T14:59:15.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on personal experience in France :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, your wife may decline the mandatory &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt; from her employer based on the fact that she is already covered by your own mandatory &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Notice that the request has to be explicitly done at the time of entering the new company&lt;/strong&gt;. She might be asked to prove that she is already covered by producing an &lt;em&gt;attestation&lt;/em&gt; from your current &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F20740&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Peut-on refuser la mutuelle ou la prévoyance de son entreprise ?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Vous avez déjà une mutuelle en tant qu'ayant droit (couverture collective)&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers are sometime reluctant to apply this rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, your wife and son stay covered by your own &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt; as long as you keep subscribing to your own employer's &lt;em&gt;mutuelle&lt;/em&gt; family option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to subscribe later if one has declined the subscription at the beginning of their contract ? Probably yes but that has to be checked with one's employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;/edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2018-12-14T18:11:13.280" LastActivityDate="2018-12-14T18:11:13.280" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15325" CreationDate="2018-12-13T17:30:52.423" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's asking for your parents' details.  Information related to your wife will be covered in the later section called &quot;EEA National.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T17:30:52.423" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15347" CreationDate="2018-12-14T11:14:09.813" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to move to UK from Iran and I want to bring my own furnitures, home appliances, carpets and ecetera with my self.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found a company here which can deliver them by Liverpool port, but they say I have to deal and pay possible Customs duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does UK customs charge me for my own stuffs while none of them are brand new?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastEditorUserId="15845" LastEditDate="2018-12-25T20:18:28.973" LastActivityDate="2018-12-25T20:18:28.973" Title="How/Will UK customs charge me if I bring my household goods to UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-10T12:45:35.250" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a Schengen visa and work in Sweden. I have a job offer to evaluate in the UK. Is it possible for me to ask for a temporary permit from Sweden to work in UK? Or do I have to look at applying for a fresh new visa altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sapna Sharma" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T00:27:46.240" Title="work permit from Sweden to work in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-13T08:34:35.183" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to move from study visa for 3 years under tier 4 to to youth mobility if in the Commonwealth?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should explain: I'm currently studying for 3 years in the UK following which I plan to switch to the youth mobility visa can I switch my visas in the country or do I have to leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="amesh" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-12-15T09:26:23.237" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T09:26:23.237" Title="Switch from student visa tier 4 to youth mobility" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15330" CreationDate="2018-12-14T18:59:13.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does not look like you can change the visa from Tier 4 to Tier 5 while in the UK. I am basing this statement on a University website, not an official government website. Cambridge has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.internationalstudents.cam.ac.uk/immigration/work-visas-after-study&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this web site&lt;/a&gt; which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I switch from Tier 4 inside the UK [to a Tier 5 Youth Mobility&#xA;  Visa]? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2018-12-14T18:59:13.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15329" CreationDate="2018-12-15T00:27:46.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sweden cannot authorize you to work in the UK (except by giving you Swedish citizenship, but let's assume that to be beyond the scope of your question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To work in the UK, you will have to apply for an appropriate visa from the UK.  You can submit the application for this visa in Sweden, but the application will be made to UK authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good place to start might be the UK government's page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Work in the UK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T00:27:46.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:57:38.873" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Eu citizen working in UK and would like to marry a girl non-Eu living in Indonesia. Is it possible for her to come in the UK and marry here and then stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What documents we need and how long it take ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16370" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T23:42:18.883" Title="Can I marry non-EU Citizen as EU-citizen in the UK?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15335" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15336" CreationDate="2018-12-15T18:53:56.010" Score="4" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a Canadian citizen by birth (born in Canada), my mother and I are both American citizens. We all live in the United States (my father as a green-card permanent resident -- he has been an ex-pat my whole life). I am 26 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I eligible to claim Canadian citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16371" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T19:28:43.570" Title="What is required to claim Canadian citizenship?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15335" CreationDate="2018-12-15T19:28:43.570" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably are a Canadian citizen, in which case, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on citizenship rules&lt;/a&gt; suggests that you have been a Canadian citizen from birth because your father is a Canadian citizen born in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries will adjudicate your claim to citizenship as part of an initial passport application, but Canada seems to want you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/new-adult-passport/citizenship-proof.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a certificate of citizenship first&lt;/a&gt;, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/about.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;costs $75 and takes about five months&lt;/a&gt; (Canadian dollars).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T19:28:43.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-15T20:45:24.920" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;After living in the Netherlands for several years (and being pretty active on expats.SX as well...) - I've left, earlier this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've de-registered myself as a resident, by filing a Declaration of Deregistration (via IAmsterdam.nl); but - I don't have a signed official government or even municipal document verifying I am deregistered starting on a certain date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told I should ask for an &quot;extract from the Registry of Non-Residents (RNI)&quot;, but - how do I do that? (Without physically being in the Netherlands I mean.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-12-15T21:31:22.997" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T21:31:22.997" Title="Where do I ask for a verification of de-registration?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;departure&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15337" CreationDate="2018-12-15T21:17:51.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, apparently I had also gotten a link and missed it. The link is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://formulieren.amsterdam.nl/TriplEforms/DirectRegelen/formulier/nl-NL/evAmsterdam/scUittrekselsRNI.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://formulieren.amsterdam.nl/TriplEforms/DirectRegelen/formulier/nl-NL/evAmsterdam/scUittrekselsRNI.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but this may only be relevant to people who had been living in Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T21:17:51.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-15T21:31:08.247" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;After leaving the Netherlands, I'm trying to get an official verification of my de-registering as a resident - an extract from the &quot;Registry of Non-Residents&quot; (RNI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15337/where-do-i-ask-for-a-verification-of-de-registration&quot;&gt;figured out&lt;/a&gt; how to ask for this extract. But now I face a new problem: There seem to be multiple kinds of extracts I can order; and each one costs a bit of money. The options, appearing in the screenshot below, are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extract with BSN&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extract with historical address details (since 1994)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;International extract with personal status (Dutch-French-German-English)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I probably need either the first or the third. But - I can't decide!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vC975.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vC975.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T09:01:40.317" Title="What kind of an RNI extract should I order?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;costs&gt;&lt;departure&gt;&lt;forms&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15334" CreationDate="2018-12-15T23:42:18.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the Home Office will be very doubtful that there is a genuine relationship between the two of you, and the marriage is not just for the purpose of her being able to enter the UK. You will most likely both be asked to give convincing evidence that there is a genuine relationship. Getting married just to allow a person to enter the UK is actually a crime. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T23:42:18.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-16T04:44:56.287" Score="1" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national living in the USA. I completed my Master's degree and I am currently employed. I am on OPT STEM extension. My F-1 visa expires in May 2019, but my EAD is valid until May 2020. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to get married to an Indian national before my visa expires. If this does happen, will my spouse be able to get an F-2 Visa considering my current visa is close to expiration? Would the validity of my EAD be considered in this case, or is it solely dependent on the F-1 visa date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16373" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T15:33:59.310" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T15:33:59.310" Title="Can I get married while on STEM extension EAD" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-16T09:20:16.750" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have very specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to Germany last year, I am EU citizen, I work internationally out of Europe for an American company and I stay most of the time abroad. I have private corporate provided international health insurance and I earn more than 70 K Euro a year. I am 53 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From above I understand that I do not need to pay in AOK for health insurance since I have higher earnings and I have private international coverage health insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hear that there is a way to pay approx 50 Euro additionally to AOK, parallel to private one, so I am insured with AOK also while I am in Germany and it will keep me in the system for time when I will be above 55 years old and will be able to be in the system when I will not have this job anymore.&#xA;Am I right about this extra 50 Euro to pay to AOK parallel to my private insurance??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or what are my options so I can ensure to have AOK once I stop working abroad and will permanently settle in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16376" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T08:41:09.097" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T08:41:09.097" Title="Expat living in Germany, working abroad" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-16T15:01:49.190" Score="0" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am citizen of Turkey but moved to Northern Cyprus 7 months ago.&#xA;I am going to apply for 2-years visitor visa for the UK in February 2019 to sit a medical exam. When i was in Turkey, I had my 6-months visitor visa 2 years ago and I visited the UK without any problem. I am working as a doctor in a private hospital in Northern Cyprus since May 2018. But I have two problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My work permit was issued in the end of September.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My first salary was paid in the bank on June.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should my employment letter and bank statement mention the date I started working here and the date I became a customer of the bank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15991" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T16:28:33.510" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T17:40:47.873" Title="Explaining My Work Permit in TRNC for UK Visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15344" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-16T18:36:17.067" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a study visa in the UK I can you tell me if I can do so on a 10 years visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sandra davis" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T01:37:36.403" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T01:37:36.403" Title="I need to know more about applying for a 10 years visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T07:22:40.390" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Chinese. My husband is Irish. We are living together in China. When I apply for the EEA family permit. Do we need to provide any financial support documents ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16381" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T10:13:54.857" Title="EEA family permit for UK" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15345" CreationDate="2018-12-17T10:13:54.857" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  As an EU citizen, your husband (currently) has the (almost) absolute right to move to the UK and bring his family with him.  Obtaining an EEA family permit is required to be quick, easy, and cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes on parenthesized comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Almost&quot;: There are a few exceptions; the UK can decide to exclude serious criminals (although I believe it currently doesn't).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Currently&quot;: It is hard to believe that you haven't heard about Brexit.  Nobody knows at the moment what will happen after Brexit.  If you have all moved by 29th March, you will &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; be OK even if a no-deal Brexit happens.  If a deal happens, you need to move by the end of the transition period (currently end of 2020).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are in a particularly strong position in that your husband is Irish.  Even after Brexit, it is very likely that Irish citizens will have the same immigration rights to the UK as UK citizens.  Sadly, that means you &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; need to demonstrate that he can support you (and the application will be much more expensive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T10:13:54.857" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15328" CreationDate="2018-12-17T10:29:48.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are in a twisty maze of HMRC notices, all different.  Eventually, with luck, you will get to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-5-transfer-of-residence-moving-to-or-returning-to-the-uk-from-outside-the-eu/notice-5-transfer-of-residence-moving-to-or-returning-to-the-uk-from-outside-the-eu&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Notice 5: Transfer of residence from outside the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of conditions (you must have owned the goods for six months, you must be planning to keep them for the next 12 months, etc, etc), but basically: you should qualify for transfer of residence relief, which means you don't have to pay import duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I encourage you to read the linked notice because you need to check all the other conditions, and you need to fill out the paperwork to claim the relief.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T10:29:48.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T15:07:41.410" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner is on dependent visa with me and recently secured a job in another city. I have two questions regarding this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can she just move to another city (to Berlin from Niedersachen) for her job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to get an independent status for her, or a blue card, as she has a job offer now? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She is having problems proving that she falls under Group 21, 221 or 25 for reduced requirements for a Blue card. How can she provide the proof for that? Is a certificate from her employer enough?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16385" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T17:36:05.380" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T17:36:05.380" Title="Change from a German dependent visa to blue card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15262" CreationDate="2018-12-17T15:26:55.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you and your personal, household property meet various qualifications, no duty will be due. Read more in the Answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15328/how-will-uk-customs-charge-me-if-i-bring-my-household-goods-to-uk&quot;&gt;this SE:Expatriates thread&lt;/a&gt; which cites and discusses &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-5-transfer-of-residence-moving-to-or-returning-to-the-uk-from-outside-the-eu/notice-5-transfer-of-residence-moving-to-or-returning-to-the-uk-from-outside-the-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HMRC Notice 5 - Transfer of Residence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T15:26:55.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15341" CreationDate="2018-12-17T15:31:25.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I get married while on STEM extension EAD?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the states I'm familiar with, yes.  As far as I know, no US state requires you to be in any particular immigration status to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will my spouse be able to get an F-2 visa considering my current visa being close to expiration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The expiration of your visa is not relevant.  The expiration of the period of admission reflected on your I-94 form might be relevant, but I do not see any indication that it in fact is relevant.  See the Foreign Affairs Manual at &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040205.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.5&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would the EAD validity be considered in this case or it's solely dependent on the F1 visa date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The expiration of your EAD is also not particularly relevant.  The EAD does not permit you to &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; in the United States; it only permits you to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; in the United States.  You should be careful to maintain valid immigration status as reflected on your I-94 form.  You have probably been admitted for &quot;D/S,&quot; meaning &quot;duration of status&quot;; in that case, you can remain in the US as long as you fulfill the requirements of F-1 status.  If your employment ends early, therefore, you cannot rely on the EAD alone to remain in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also note that once you are married, if your spouse is in the United States, she cannot get an F-2 visa.  She can either leave the country to apply for a visa or apply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://my.uscis.gov/exploremyoptions/change_non_immigrant_stay_us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change her nonimmigrant status&lt;/a&gt;.  If she changes into F-2 status without leaving the country, but subsequently leaves the country and wishes to return (except for trips shorter than 30 days to Canada or Mexico), she will need to get an F-2 visa while she is outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T15:31:25.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15353" CreationDate="2018-12-17T16:10:46.290" Score="6" ViewCount="910" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen who is a permanent resident Card holder in Canada. So, my nationality does not come under the US VWP. I wanted to transit through the USA for a trip to India next year. But I read that in order to transit through the USA (even if I do not plan to enter), I would still require a US visa. After some research I think that I need to apply for a ESTA visa. Is this information correct? Am I also correct in assuming that ESTA can be granted rather quickly and I also would not need to attend an interview. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T17:23:44.833" Title="Transit through the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-12-18T09:02:31.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15352" CreationDate="2018-12-17T16:45:05.860" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;ESTAs are not visas, and are only available to citizens of countries within the US visa waiver program. As an Indian, you are not eligible. There are no exceptions for Canadian residents. Since the concept of international transit doesn't really exist for US airports, you actually will need to &quot;enter&quot; the US. You must apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T17:23:44.833" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T17:23:44.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15354" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15356" CreationDate="2018-12-17T16:45:43.227" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EEA citizen, and have lived in the UK for 22 years. First came in 1995 and started studying and then started working full-time (I was also working part-time during studies). I worked full-time continuously from about 2003 until beginning of November 2016. I left the country shortly after at the end of January 2017. I've been away for less than 2 years as we speak. If I return now before the end of January 2019, will I be able to apply for (full) settled status (not pre-settled status)? What I have a problem understanding is the following: Since in order to get settled status will require 5 years continuous residence in the country, does this mean 5 years continuous residence from the proposed cut-off date (31st December 2020) going backwards? Or does my previous residence in the UK and the fact that I've away for less than 2 years satisfy this requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason why I am asking is that with regards to permanent residence for EEA nationals, when you have acquired it, you only lose it if you are away from the UK for more than 2 years. Do the requirements for settled status work differently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to anyone who might be able to provide me with an answer or insight into this...as I am really confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16386" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T17:29:52.937" Title="EEA citizen question about &quot;Settled Status&quot; in UK after Brexit. Particularly the 5 years continuous residence requirement" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15392" CreationDate="2018-12-17T17:09:43.593" Score="5" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents are Indian diplomats (on A-1 Visa) in the US, posted for 3 years fixed term. I'm an Indian university student in Canada looking to get a J1 for a software engineer internship in the US at a top tech company (like Google). I have all the DS2019 documents ready and an interview set up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if my parent's presence hurts the chances of me getting a J1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16387" LastActivityDate="2018-12-21T20:25:55.073" Title="Diplomatic Family in USA - J1 visa problem?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15354" CreationDate="2018-12-17T17:29:52.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that the requirements for settled status are set up so as to allow anyone who has a right of permanent residence to qualify.  That means that the five-year period does not need to be relative to any particular date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not familiar enough with the law from the 1990s to have an opinion about exactly when you acquired permanent residence status in the UK, but would certainly have had it as of 2006 (when the regulations implementing the 2004 directive went into effect) if you had been working for a continuous period of five years before that.  (Your time as a student might not count unless you had comprehensive sickness insurance; this requirement does not exist for a worker.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have permanent residence, you only have to meet the requirements to retain it, which you have.  The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current regulations&lt;/a&gt;, issued in 2016, would govern your absence beginning in 2017.  They say, at 15(3):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) The right of permanent residence under this regulation is lost through absence from the United Kingdom for a period exceeding two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absent other considerations such as considerations of public safety, you have a right of permanent residence in the UK as long as you return before next month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I infer from your question that you have never received a permanent residence document from the UK.  If you have, you only need to show the document and that your absence does not exceed the maximum allowed time outside the UK.  If you have not, you will need to show evidence to support your claim of a continuous period of five years.  It will probably be easiest to use the period from January 2012 through January 2017, since that will remove any doubt about long absences between the end of the five-year period and the start of your current absence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settled and pre-settled status pages&lt;/a&gt;, they offer a more detailed look at the meaning of &amp;quot;five years' continuous residence&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Five years’ continuous residence means that for 5 years in a row you’ve been in the UK for at least 6 months in any 12 month period, except for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one period of up to 12 months for an important reason (for example, childbirth, serious illness, study, vocational training or an overseas work posting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;compulsory military service of any length&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this applies to &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; 12-month period, for 5 years in a row.  While that seems a bit imprecise, it certainly implies that they're specifically not talking about the five years immediately preceding the date of your application, the end of the transition period, or any other specific date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix EU of the Immigration Rules&lt;/a&gt;.  At paragraph 11, it seems that you qualify under condition 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) The applicant is (i) a relevant EU citizen, (ii) a family member of a relevant EU citizen or (iii) a family member who has retained the right of residence by virtue of a relationship with a relevant EU citizen; and&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(b) The applicant has completed a  continuous qualifying period  of five years in any (or any combination) of those categories; and&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(c) Since then no supervening event has occurred&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, they don't put any conditions on the qualifying period.  But let's check the definitions to be sure:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;continuous qualifying period: a period of residence in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) which began before the specified date (or after that date where the person is a family member of a relevant EU citizen and was resident outside the UK at that date); and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) during which none of the following occurred:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(i) absence(s) from the UK which exceeded a total of six months in any 12-month period, except for:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(aa) a single period of absence which did not exceed 12 months and was for an important reason (such as pregnancy, childbirth, serious illness, study, vocational training or an overseas posting); or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(bb) any period of absence on compulsory military service; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(ii) the person served or is serving a sentence of imprisonment of any length in the UK, unless they have resided in the UK continuously for at least 10 years (and have the right of permanent residence in the UK under regulation 15 of the EEA Regulations) and the decision-maker considers that:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(aa) before serving a sentence of imprisonment, the person had forged integrating links with the UK; and&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(bb) the effect of the sentence of imprisonment was not such as to break those integrating links; and&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(cc) taking into account an overall assessment of the person’s situation, it would not be appropriate to treat the period of imprisonment as breaking the continuous qualifying period; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(iii) any of the following, unless it has been set aside or no longer has effect in respect of the person:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(aa) any decision or order to exclude or remove under regulation 23 or 32 of the EEA Regulations; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(bb) a decision to which regulation 15(4) of the EEA Regulations otherwise refers, unless that decision arose from a previous decision under regulation 24(1); or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(cc) an exclusion decision; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(dd) a deportation order, other than under the EEA Regulations; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) (where the period is less than five years) which continues at the date of application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a lot to wade through, but they only mention the date of application if the continuous period is less than five years in length.  So, once again, you seem to be fine here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe I've ever encountered the word &amp;quot;supervening&amp;quot; before, but fortunately the drafters of the appendix have anticipated that, for they also define &amp;quot;supervening event&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;supervening event: at the date of application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the applicant has been absent from the UK for a period of more than five consecutive years (at any point since they last acquired the right of permanent residence in the UK under regulation 15 of the EEA Regulations, or since they last completed a continuous qualifying period of five years); or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) any of the following events has occurred, unless it has been set aside or no longer has effect in respect of the person:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(i) any decision or order to exclude or remove under regulation 23 or 32 of the EEA Regulations; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(ii) a decision to which regulation 15(4) of the EEA Regulations otherwise refers, unless that decision arose from a previous decision under regulation 24(1); or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(iii) an exclusion decision; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(iv) a deportation order, other than under the EEA Regulations&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like they're even being rather more generous than the permanent residence criteria specified in the 2016 regulations, and that an absence of less than &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt; years preserves your eligibility for settled status.  If I were you, though, I would suspect that to be a mistake, and make a point of getting back to the UK within the two-year period specified in the regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T17:29:52.937" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15355" CreationDate="2018-12-17T18:13:21.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The conclusion in this answer is obviously wrong, as shown by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/15392/2440&quot;&gt;your own answer&lt;/a&gt; indicating that you did in fact receive a J-1 visa.  I'm going to leave this answer as is, because as far as I can tell, it is a correct interpretation of the law and the Foreign Affairs Manual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means one of two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have overlooked or misinterpreted something in the law or the FAM, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Actual practice deviates from the law and the FAM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that anyone reading this will help identify anything I've overlooked or misinterpreted, or shed any other light on this apparent discrepancy.  Please add a comment if you can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably.  As the immediate family member of a diplomat in A-1 status, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-visa-categories/visas-diplomats.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you should only be eligible for admission in A-1 status&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Diplomats and Officials Requiring A-1 Visas - Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Head of State or Government, regardless of the purpose of travel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Official coming to serve at a foreign embassy or consulate in the United States, such as an ambassador or consul&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Government minister or cabinet member coming for official activities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) delegation representatives&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Immediate family members of an A-1 visa holder&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last item links to a section on the same page that includes this paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immediate family members are defined as the spouse and unmarried sons and daughters who are members of your household, even if studying in a different location. An immediate family member may also be a person who will reside regularly in your household, is not a member of some other household, and is recognized as your immediate family member by the sending Government, as demonstrated by eligibility for rights and benefits, such as the issuance of a diplomatic or official passport or travel and other allowances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This obviously applies to you unless you are married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the first thing you should do is either call the nearest US consulate yourself to ask (or ask your diplomat parent to ask the State Department) whether you can be admitted in J-1 status.  I suppose you can't, but maybe I'm wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In A-1 status, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.12#c_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cannot work without express authorization&lt;/a&gt;.  If you must be admitted in A-1 status, you will probably have to apply for an &amp;quot;employment authorization document&amp;quot; before you can begin the internship.  The application is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-765&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form I-765&lt;/a&gt;.  The instructions note that the application must be submitted by the Indian mission to the US Department of State:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Submit Form I-765 with Form I-566, Interagency Record of Request-A, G, or NATO Dependent Employment Authorization or Change/Adjustment to/from A, G, or NATO Status, Dependent Employment Authorization, through your diplomatic mission to the Department of State (DOS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other relevant regulations are at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2#a&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(a)&lt;/a&gt;.  Among other things, this mentions that the availability of employment authorization for dependents depends on reciprocity.  I have met an Indian who has an EAD as the dependent of a G-visa holder working at the UN, but I don't know whether that implies anything for your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another relevant regulation is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/41.22#b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22 CFR 41.22(b)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alien entitled to classification under INA section 101(a)(15)(A) shall be classified under this section even if eligible for another nonimmigrant classification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the regulation that requires you to use an A-1 visa if you are eligible for one.  There is more discussion of that in the Foreign Affairs Manual at &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040203.html#M402_3_4_A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.3-4(A)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are required to apply for an A-1 visa, the question of nonimmigrant intent disappears, because most grounds of ineligibility, including that one, do not apply to A-1 status.  On the other hand, if you can apply for a J-1 visa, you will have to show nonimmigrant intent.  But your circumstances do not raise a particular red flag in that regard: you're studying at a foreign university and your parents are not settled in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The State Department's Office of Foreign Missions has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.state.gov/ofm/accreditation/dwa/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a page of frequently asked questions about employment authorization&lt;/a&gt;, but if your parents are with India's mission to the UN you should instead consult &lt;a href=&quot;https://usun.state.gov/about/6632/6639&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the analogous page of the US Mission to the United Nations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2018-12-21T20:25:55.073" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T01:24:36.160" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a student visa in Spain, which will expire in a few months.  I want to come back to the US for a few months and then return to Spain to continue my studies.  Do I need to start all over, or can I extend my visa for another year?  Is it a problem if I leave Spain for 2-3 months and then return?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nancy" LastActivityDate="2021-01-05T22:05:10.510" Title="Student Visa in Spain" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T11:47:36.620" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’d like to appreciate the help provided by this forum. &#xA;I’ll be applying for a visa to take the plab 2 exam and I’m not quite sure about whether or not my financial situation poses any “refusal” risks. My major concern is this: the main source of income for me is our family farm (poultry) which I run with my sister. She transfers revenue monthly to me because she handles sales and lives at home. I also work privately as a doctor, (only night calls) and earn significantly lower than I do from the farm.  Will the fact that it’s not a registered business but a farm adversely affect my situation? &#xA;I intend to get a letter from my sister explaining the transactions, an affidavit and  a picture of the farm. Is this necessary? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="George Ugwu" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T20:26:13.480" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T20:26:13.480" Title="UK Visa for Plab 2 Financial consideration: Regular Deposits from a Sibling" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T08:44:19.673" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 3rd year computer-science student and I've got a tech (software) internship at a very well known, top American company in Silicon Valley.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently studying at a top Canadian institution (but I'm an Indian/Chinese citizen). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got the DS2019 and all documents, but my parents are diplomats (foreign service) currently posted in the US. Could this be a problem? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't intend to settle in the US because I have to come back and finish my degree, is this enough proof to not be considered in 214(b)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just worried my parents will be a problem even though they are diplomat officials who will leave the US in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="j1visa9j" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2018-12-17T19:56:51.340" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T19:56:51.340" Title="Possibility to get a J1 Visa despite parents in USA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-12-18T05:09:01.253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2018-12-17T19:47:02.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should consider what you would need to do if you were not planning to leave Spain.  In that case, you would most likely need to get a residence permit (unless you already have one).  If you already have a residence permit, it replaces your visa, and you can use it to travel out of Spain and back, as well as all over the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave Spain, you will probably need a valid visa or residence permit to return.  If you find yourself outside the Schengen area with no valid visa or residence permit, then you will probably need to apply for a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &quot;probably&quot; because I assume from &quot;back to the US&quot; that you are a US citizen.  some Schengen countries allow US citizens to apply for residence permits without first obtaining a long-stay visa.  If that is true in Spain, you might be able to enter as a visa-free visitor and then apply for a residence permit.  But be certain of that before you attempt it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best course of action, if your circumstances qualify for it, is to apply for a residence permit before you leave Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T19:47:02.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T20:11:26.283" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an immigrant and I want to bring money from my country to the US. I know I have to declare the amount of money if it is more than $10,000, However I don't know the tax policy on my money. Do I have to pay tax on it and if yes, what is the percentage approximately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16388" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T03:22:38.807" Title="Bringing Money to the US from a Foreign Country" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15343" CreationDate="2018-12-17T22:19:26.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whatever documents you submit to UKVI (or any other visa-issuing agency) should state only true facts. If the application asks when you began work in Cyprus, tell the truth. If the application asks when you became a customer of the bank, tell the truth. One should tell the truth because none of us know what information UKVI has, nor what kind of investigation they might make.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps in completing the application some things (e.g., why you were working in Cyprus before your work permit was issued) must or should or can be explained. For instance, there may have been a good human reason (not a legal reason) to begin work before officially being permitted to do so. Your explanation gives you an opportunity to demonstrate your honesty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that UKVI will be focused on deciding if your application shows that you will indeed leave the UK on time. This may be demonstrated by the applicant showing ties and relationships to the applicant's home country. Review &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/103826/how-to-prove-that-you-have-significant-ties-with-family-in-your-home-country&quot;&gt;this SE:Travel page&lt;/a&gt; for a beginning discussion of this issue. In other words, UKVI will look to see if the applicant will be motivated to leave on time, rather than motivated to go underground in the UK and live and work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If UKVI find you've misstated facts or lied, your application will be denied and you may earn a ban. UKVI could make such a finding through seeing inconsistent statements in your application, or inconsistencies between the documents you submit and your statements, or inconsistencies between anything in your application and any information UKVI has collected elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind as well that a visa refusal would be a significant negative for a future application. If your research indicates you'll likely be refused by UKVI, postponing your trip and visa application until your circumstances are more favorable could be a rational choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T17:40:47.873" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T17:40:47.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15365" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-17T21:33:56.637" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve applied for swedish citizenship some 26 months ago and no decision as of yet. &#xA;I moved to Sweden in 2009, studied &amp;amp; worked until autumn 2013, then moved to Denmark for work until 2015. &#xA;Then I moved back to sweden (again) in 2016 with another job and only this time I got a PR permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon after the PR, I’ve applied for the citizenship as stated above. Few weeks earlier my case officer contacted me asking about Denmark &amp;amp; requested to send “evidence” about my work in Denmark. Sent it and no words or decision yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is my citizenship application invalid since I was in Denmark in between years?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it have ANY impact on my PR permit (e.g. revoked)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I just be more patient?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Saif Ross" LastEditorUserId="73" LastEditDate="2018-12-18T10:29:01.123" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T10:29:01.123" Title="Swedish citizenship application - what happens if you stayed in another Nordic country ”in between”?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15365" CreationDate="2018-12-17T23:30:30.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You didn't say what country you're currently a citizen of, and the rules for citizens of Nordic countries, EU/EEA countries, and other countries are all a little different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But according to the &quot;Becoming a Swedish Citizen&quot; Section on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Becoming-a-Swedish-citizen/Citizenship-for-adults/Time-in-Sweden.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Migrationsverket web site&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have travelled abroad on, for example, short trips or holidays, this is of no importance for your period of habitual residence in Sweden. But if you have been abroad for more than six weeks in a year, the whole period you were outside Sweden is deducted from the period of habitual residence. If you move to another country and settle there your habitual residence is interrupted. You can start to count your habitual residence from the day you move back to Sweden again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't appear to treat time in another Nordic country differently, just time outside of Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6690" LastActivityDate="2018-12-17T23:30:30.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15363" CreationDate="2018-12-18T02:27:11.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/kbyg/money&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Customs and Border Protection&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Money and Other Monetary Instruments&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may bring into or take out of the country, including by mail, as much money as you wish. However, if it is more than $10,000, you will need to report it to CBP. Ask the CBP officer for the Currency Reporting Form (FinCen 105). The penalties for non-compliance can be severe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Money&quot; means monetary instruments and includes U.S. or foreign coins currently in circulation, currency, travelers' checks in any form, money orders, and negotiable instruments or investment securities in bearer form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T02:27:11.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15363" CreationDate="2018-12-18T03:22:38.807" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Imports of cash or cash equivalent to the US are not taxed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Green card holders are subject to US income tax on their worldwide income, however, so if you acquired any of that money while you were a US permanent resident, you will have reported it on the tax return for the appropriate year, and it will already have been taxed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T03:22:38.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-18T08:59:18.330" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found this surprisingly difficult to get a good answer on, but what are the tax liabilities for selling US stocks or ETFs if you're a US citizen living abroad for the long term? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Germany and am not sure if I will be double-charged for selling securities, and my online brokers declined to provide any information, stating that they can't keep up with every country's policies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has experience with this and can provide a general account of what to expect or links to information in English or German, I would be grateful. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16392" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T08:59:18.330" Title="tax implications of selling US stock while living in the EU (Germany)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15370" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15371" CreationDate="2018-12-18T10:29:31.457" Score="8" ViewCount="2860" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a residence permit in the Netherlands and have been working in the country for about 2 years. I am currently thinking about switching jobs and would like to keep options open beyond the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I find a new job at another nearby EU country, say France, Belgium or Germany, will I be able to use the two years I spent working in the Netherlands and count them for an eventual citizenship at the country which I will be moving to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8234" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T09:32:19.783" Title="Accumulate years for eventual citizenship at any EU country?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15370" CreationDate="2018-12-18T10:41:34.030" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  (At least, I can say with certainty that Germany only counts residency &lt;em&gt;in Germany&lt;/em&gt;.  I strongly expect the other countries to be the same.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granting citizenship is solely at the discretion of individual countries; there is no European dimension to it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a problem for people who move every three or four years, and would like to be able to vote where they live.  They are never in one place long enough to acquire voting right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T10:41:34.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15370" CreationDate="2018-12-18T10:43:34.303" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally not.  Residence requirements for naturalization generally refer to residence in the country itself.  As an example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;naturalization requirements for France&lt;/a&gt; include in some cases a requirement for residence &lt;em&gt;in France.&lt;/em&gt;  Residence in another EU country does not serve to meet any requirement for naturalization in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T10:43:34.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12199" CreationDate="2018-12-18T11:19:30.283" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to give an update on this as people may come across this post and may be in a similar situation as I was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First to address the comments, the reason i did not go for a visitor visa was mainly because of the NHS treatment, and yes she was entitled to NHS as she was not a visitor and came on a Tier 4 visa, I paid the NHS charges at the time of application. Another reason to avoid the visitor visa was that her status could not be changed while in UK. In case I am offered a job after completion of my PhD she would have to go back and apply for this again and we would have to go through this again. A tier 4 dependent does not have to go back and could change her status while in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well we did go for the review and gave the exact reasoning as I mentioned here in my original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 4 weeks we got a decision from the administrative review and the reviewing officer conceded on all points and admitted that the initial ECO overlooked evidence and even overlooked the main applicants visa ending date, so if my visa was ending in February there was no way to refuse the application in October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They overturned the decision and asked us to resubmit the passport for visa processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was grateful to the outcome of the review but at the same time furious at the first ECO who looked at my case, what a bunch of morons, the amount of stress they put on us due to their incompetence is too much at times to bear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I would also like to note that after submitting the passport again after review there was no way to trace it or any time frame was given. That was another stressful time as we knew visa was approved but when we would get her passport back was not known. After 2 months of waiting, I contacted my University visa team to contact on my behalf (as we had no way of contacting the visa centre directly other than that useless phone line that gives scripted answers and is of no help). My university visa officer was kind enough to be sympathetic to my case and contacted on my behalf. Much to our astonishment they did not know where the passport was. She contacted the Pakistan office and they said its still with Sheffield and Sheffield said its still at Pakistan. =/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a little over 2 months after which we finally got her passport back, so thats 3 months wasted because of their incompetence. Maybe we were just unlucky, as the review was performed within the 4 weeks mentioned, what really caused a problem was the passport getting &quot;lost&quot;. Maybe others may get their passport back sooner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps someone who is in a similar situation to I was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13619" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T11:19:30.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-18T17:00:36.943" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen living in USA, my wife has J-1 visa, me and my daughter are J-2 dependent. All of Our visas expire in January. Me and my daughter we need to go back to France in February, but without my wife!!! So can I renew my visa and my daughter's visa if my wife stays in USA with an expired visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:35:59.690" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:35:59.690" Title="Renew J2 visa without J1" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15370" CreationDate="2018-12-18T18:41:16.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agree with everyone else. There is no such thing as European Citizenship. To gain access to free movement within the European Union you first need to gain citizenship of a Member State. Citizens of the European Union are by definition citizens of Member States of the European Union: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16398" LastActivityDate="2018-12-18T18:41:16.167" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-19T03:22:33.197" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a question of which countries have you visited in 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added all countries except... my home country. :/ I am applying from another country (where I live). I booked an appointment and everything. Will this raise nay questions or will there be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16399" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T16:14:10.027" Title="Forgot to list a country on the DS160" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-19T06:26:07.943" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want first to apply for UK Tier-2 general visa for myself.After travelling to UK and settled comfortably (assuming 3 or 4 months later), will apply for my 3 year old daughter's dependent visa. Is this allowed?? or as she is a minor,I should apply for her visa together with my application? Someone told me we should apply to minor's visa together with parents and minors can not apply alone even I submit all supporting documents. I am looking for a expert answer. Thanks much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15731" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T20:01:10.187" Title="Can a minor (3 year old) apply for UK Tier-2 Dependent visa alone?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15339" CreationDate="2018-12-19T07:46:39.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we mouse-over the question-mark links, or read &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.breda.nl/en/file/78397/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;, this is what each of the extracts contains:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extract with citizen service number&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt; Extract with your name, date of birth, place of birth, country of birth, gender, nationality, citizen service number (BSN), current  address. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extract with historical addresses&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt; Extract with your name, date of birth, citizen service number (BSN), your current foreign address (if known) and all addresses you  have been registered at from 1 October 1994 until date of deregistration in the Netherlands. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International extract with marital state (Dutch-French-German-English)&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt; Extract in four different languages with your name, date of birth, marital state (on date of leaving the Netherlands), nationality/ nationalities, names of your parents and date of deregistration in the Netherlands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International extract with marital state (Dutch-Spanish-Italian-Turkish)&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt; Same as the above, but in a different set of languages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the &lt;strong&gt;date of deregistration&lt;/strong&gt; is a key figure, so I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; the third kind of extract (&quot;International&quot; with English) is the one to choose (or the fourth if your country likes Spanish, Italian or Turkish better).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2018-12-19T08:16:43.683" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T08:16:43.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15370" CreationDate="2018-12-19T09:32:19.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not an answer to your question, but provides a possible solution. You could apply to be a Cross-border commuter. Netherlands being pretty small, you could still work along the border in either Belgium or Germany and maintain your stay within Netherlands. There are limits to which how far you can reside w.r.t your workplace. So as long as you maintain your residence and pay taxes there, you are still eligible for naturalisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/cross-border-commuters/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/cross-border-commuters/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15797" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T09:32:19.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15260" CreationDate="2018-12-19T11:22:50.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just based on my experience. I've lived in a few places around Ireland. But never in Dublin and there is a housing shortage there at the moment. The rules around renting are kind of lose so what one landlord wants and what another want will vary wildly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have never been asked for a reference from a previous landlord.&#xA;  I was asked for a reference from an employer once when I was signing a lease for a very expensive place (and probably didn't look like I could afford it). That was only once and I was dealing with a letting agency.&#xA;  Not having a job could be a problem but it depends on how you present it. If you say you're unemployed and just need a proof of address you'll seem poor and desperate but if you're chipper and say your an IT Manager that just moved here from Germany (for example) it will come across better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They main thing they want to know is will you be a pain for them by damaging the place, not being able to pay or being generally high maintenance. When it comes to rules in Ireland things operate a little more on the intention of the rules rather than the letter. So if you don't have the exact document they're looking for but can show them something else that's usually fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Small landlords vs Letting agencies.&#xA;There are pros and cons to each. Letting agencies are more officious but will generally stay out of your business. They may need more paperwork, they might clamp your car for instance. Small landlords will give your more wiggle room but may be nosy and often don't understand boundaries (I've come home to find them drinking tea in my kitchen for example) but depending on the person they may help you out with a lot and may be willing to overlook minor issues as long as your have a good relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases your should print out your bank statements and show them if there is any concern about having a job. citizensinformation.ie is a great resource and the people in their offices are very friendly and eager to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16401" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T11:22:50.397" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15377" CreationDate="2018-12-19T16:14:10.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you’re from a sanctioned country (Iran, North Korea’s, etc) then this would appear to be a simple error and one that can be easily explained away in person at the interview. Be apologetic and polite! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the current (2018.12) USA administration is not acting predictably. Come back and update us on your status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T16:14:10.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-19T19:44:30.433" Score="1" ViewCount="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in Germany and hold a Type D visa here. Can I apply for a Type D visa for Austria while I am here in Germany on this Type D visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16408" LastActivityDate="2018-12-19T19:44:30.433" Title="Can I apply for a Type D visa for Austria from Germany while holding a Type D visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15385" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15513" CreationDate="2018-12-20T10:20:41.873" Score="3" ViewCount="1109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Germany, been living here for almost a year and got my bluecard some months ago. Recently I've been thinking about getting a remote job to be able to spend more time in my home country or checking if it's possible working remotely in my current job. If I'm able to work remotely in my current company I guess nothing changes, but is it possible to keep my bluecard and work permit if I apply for other company to get a full time remote job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16410" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T11:46:09.903" Title="Working on a remote job / German work permit/bluecard" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15100" CreationDate="2018-12-20T10:38:46.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As there was no answer posted to this question, I am posting my own experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is absolutely possible to apply for a residence permit in Sweden from London or any other location. The Swedish migration agency (migrationsverket) does not impose any restriction on the place of application as long as you are a valid visa holder (or a residence permit holder) of that location. I have recently filed my application and received a result for the same as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please bear mind this is specific to Sweden. Other countries might impose other restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16205" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T10:38:46.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15400" CreationDate="2018-12-20T20:25:41.807" Score="2" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently holding an EU Blue Card in Poland. By the time I move to Netherlands it will exceed 18 months. My future employer ready to support application to Dutch Highly Skilled Migrant permit, but not an EU Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any comparison of Dutch HSM visa vs EU Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one may be more preferable and why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to apply to and hold both of them at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16378" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T21:55:46.870" Title="Dutch Highly Skilled Migrant permit vs EU Blue Card" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15355" CreationDate="2018-12-21T18:54:15.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My J1 was approved without any problems or questions of what my parents do. I am tempted to believe it really doesn't matter as long as you apply as a seperate entity and not as a dependent to your father even if he is on A1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16387" LastActivityDate="2018-12-21T18:54:15.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-22T00:15:51.530" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking on behalf of my girlfriend. She holds an Italian passport and a Uruguayan passport.  She's looking to either move to or study in the UK to live with me.  In regard to living in the UK or working here, can she use her Italian passport and therefore enter as an EU citizen in accordance with EU law?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She lives in Uruguay. I'm not sure if that makes a difference.  Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16415" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-12-22T23:22:44.350" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T23:22:44.350" Title="International and EU passport, which do i use for living rights?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15393" CreationDate="2018-12-22T04:23:12.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can she use her Italian passport and therefore enter as an EU [citizen] and abide by the EU laws?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes she can, but with the UK's looming departure from the EU it would be best if she gets there before the end of March in case the deal falls through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the deal passes then it looks like the deadline would be the end of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T04:23:12.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-22T17:51:32.107" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Russian citizen. My parents have Spanish residency via &quot;Golden Visa&quot;, which you get i.e. for investment in real estate. Many countries offer less strict requirements and faster proceeding for family based immigration. Suppose that I'm interested in a permanent residency and work permit: Am I eligible for any immigration benefits or are there no advantages in comparison with people who have no connection to Spain at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14643" LastEditorUserId="460" LastEditDate="2018-12-30T17:45:26.987" LastActivityDate="2018-12-30T17:45:26.987" Title="Is it easier to obtain Spanish residency and work permit if my parents are Spanish residents?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15378" CreationDate="2018-12-22T18:33:41.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically every visa is an individual application. If you receive your Tier 2 visa, the dependent visa can be applied for at anytime afterwords.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T18:33:41.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15389" CreationDate="2018-12-22T21:55:46.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what I found out after a talk with expatriate consultancy company in Netherlands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HSM permit and EU BC are very similar in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pros of HSM permit&lt;/strong&gt;: application is cheaper, it requires less documents and usually issued faster. The minimum required salary is also less by ~700 eur/month. There are less requirements (and probably fees) for employer as well, that's why employers mostly prefer to deal with HSM permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pros of EU BC&lt;/strong&gt;: if you have been holding EU BC for more than 18 months, you need to wait less than 5 years to be able to apply for citizenship. If you decide to move to another EU country your card owning term will preserve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it is not possible to apply to and hold both types of permit at the same time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16378" LastActivityDate="2018-12-22T21:55:46.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-24T00:04:52.553" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to apply for Australian permanent residency and being a software engineer from a multi-national company I have only worked for one client. Would it be OK to mention the client's name in the Roles and Responsibility document to the Australian Computer Society.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if someone can share a successful template.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16422" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2018-12-27T15:02:35.973" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T15:02:35.973" Title="Mentioning client name in Roles and Resposibility document to ACS" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10417" CreationDate="2018-12-24T06:29:51.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Source by UCSIS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Port of Entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In some cases, your port of entry to the U.S. could actually be in a&#xA;  foreign country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintains&#xA;  Preclearance operations in certain overseas locations to inspect&#xA;  travelers prior to boarding U.S.-bound flights. Therefore, your I-94&#xA;  record (or passport) may have one place, but your physical arrival in&#xA;  the United States was in a different airport. In this case, use the&#xA;  port of entry where you were inspected by CBP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/faq/place-last-arrival-form-i-765/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;See here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16423" LastActivityDate="2018-12-24T06:29:51.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15413" CreationDate="2018-12-25T09:26:11.313" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moving to Canada (Vancouver) from Iran, and planning my expenses up ahead I was wondering how much do you normally pay for internet per month and what is my best option for &lt;strong&gt;a normal plan&lt;/strong&gt; ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do residents normally obtain internet connection? What is your recommendation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to pay any money up ahead for a modem or cable installation? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have a wide range of choices or am I limited to what neighborhood I will be living in?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there anything related here I should be notified about?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question might be absurd to you not having my background, since internet  is kind of expensive here and you have a limited option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be happy to get a general answer to get an idea of how this works generally in Canada if that's possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9297" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T12:58:58.253" Title="Normal and sensible way to get internet connection in Canada and the average cost?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15404" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-25T11:18:41.057" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I apply New Zealand Residence Visa under SMC? I am married and have two kids. I want to apply Residence only for me. If I get RV, then I would like to initiate RV for my family. Is it possible? Without my wife's points, I am getting 165 points&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16426" LastActivityDate="2018-12-25T11:18:41.057" Title="New Zealand Residence Visa under SMC" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-25T14:03:44.470" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian citizen who entered Belgium under Schengen Visa waiver program and applied for residency permit (autorisation de séjour) to study here for a year. However, application processing is taking longer than expected and now my 90 days come to an end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is, the proper thing to do in this situation is to leave and abandon my application. To my best knowledge, having a pending application with the foreigners office (Bureau des Étrangers) does not in itself allow me to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other legal options? Has someone been in this situation before? (In Belgium or perhaps a different Schengen country) My current plan is to wait for a response and, if it's negative, leave and take the consequences of overstaying. (I'm hoping this doesn't lower a chance of positive response)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16427" LastActivityDate="2018-12-25T14:03:44.470" Title="Overstaying visa waiver while waiting for residency permit in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-26T01:34:19.190" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m non-EU, Egyptian, and my wife is British and we want move to the UK. We been officially married for 3 years and we moved to Malta 8 month ago. Now I have a resident card in Malta, valid for 5 years as a family permit of an EU citizen.  I was just wondering if I still need to apply for a family permit to the UK from Malta, or can I just go to England and apply for the resident card there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16429" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2018-12-26T16:16:26.240" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T16:16:26.240" Title="What we need to do exactly to move to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15407" CreationDate="2018-12-26T05:01:50.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the holder of an Article 10 card, you do not need an EEA family permit as long as you meet the criteria listed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UK's page on the topic&lt;/a&gt;.  So you can just go to England and apply for a residence card there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T05:01:50.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13327" CreationDate="2018-12-26T22:28:13.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  There is no law or regulation that requires nonimmigrants generally to maintain a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, there is nothing that applies to aliens admitted for &quot;duration of status,&quot; and at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2#e_19_iii&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(e)(19)(iii)&lt;/a&gt;, the period of admission for E-class aliens (treaty traders and treaty investors) is explicitly limited to six months &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the expiration of the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T22:28:13.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-26T22:49:36.837" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got a job offer in the Netherlands, meaning that I need to get a TEV (entry visa), and an MVV afterwards (residence authorization). I started the process for the TEV with a passport number that I currently don't have with me anymore, meaning that I just lost it. It didn't have any relevant visas. Could I just get a new passport and update the application? Or do I need to start a new application from scratch using the new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16433" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2018-12-27T00:10:13.310" LastActivityDate="2019-01-26T21:35:08.157" Title="Lost passport after filing Dutch visa application" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-27T04:22:18.810" Score="4" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Tier 2 visa holder employed by a large accounting firm in London, UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was dismissed from my job 2 weeks ago whilst out out of the UK (was overseas). I left the UK on 31 Nov 18, was &lt;strong&gt;dismissed&lt;/strong&gt; on 13 Dec 18 and returning to UK on 1 Jan 2019.  I need to &lt;strong&gt;return to the UK&lt;/strong&gt; to pack up and send back my personal items in my rented apartment back my home country, and also say goodbye to my flatmate and friends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, &lt;strong&gt;can i reenter the UK with no issues&lt;/strong&gt;? How should I explain my situation to the Immigration officer - should i tell him I am reentering as a tourist ( based on my nationality I don't need a tourist visa) or should i fully explain the situation that led to my current circumstance that I am/was a tier 2 visa holder which expires in 2021 but am no longer employed as I was dismissed whilst holidaying overseas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16435" LastEditorUserId="16435" LastEditDate="2018-12-27T11:30:50.170" LastActivityDate="2019-02-01T00:02:10.410" Title="(UK - Tier 2 visa) I am a tier 2 visa holder and was overseas (out of UK) when I was dismissed from my job. I am still overseas, can I return to UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15403" CreationDate="2018-12-27T12:53:42.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will try to give you a general idea first and then try to answer the specifics. Internet providers can be broken up into three main categories in Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) The Big 4 - Bell, Rogers, Telus, Shaw&lt;/strong&gt;: Bell and Rogers seem to be the biggest provider in Canada with Telus only being available in BC and AB. Beware of these companies as these companies are known for giving a nice introductory price and price gouging after and charging absurd amounts after their promo period is over. These companies will also try to sell you bundled offers (Internet + home phone + cellphone + cable) to get you to stay with them. Pricing can range anywhere from $25 (YMMV) to $150 per month depending on what you get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2) Sister companies of the Big 4 - Virgin, Fido&lt;/strong&gt;: Virgin is a cheaper version of Bell and Fido is a cheaper version of Rogers. Their prices are similar to that of their parent companies. Pricing can range anywhere from $50 to $100 per month depending on what you get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3) Third party contractors from the Big 4:&lt;/strong&gt; These companies use Rogers/Bell internet lines to provide internet to you. In short these companies buy internet from Rogers/Bell and then sell it to you. Some names that come to my mind are Teksavvy, Primus, Start.ca to name a few. These companies vary by region and may/may not be available in your area depending on your location. Pricing can range anywhere from $35ish to $150 per month depending on what you get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these providers have decent speeds ranging from at least 25 Mbps to 1 Gbps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How do residents normally obtain internet connection? What is your    recommendation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will depend greatly on location. If you are in GVA, you will have all major providers available to you. You can walk in to a store, book and appointment over the phone/online to have a tech come to your place and setup internet for you. However do your own research first as to which internet provider suits your needs the most. As internet providers will try to charge you as much as they can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do I have to pay any money up ahead for a modem or cable installation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have both options. You can both buy your modem/router upfront or pay rent to the provider to give you one. I personally prefer to buy my own modem/router as it comes out cheaper in the long run. If you live in a building, then most likely all the big companies have existing lines there. Also make sure with the internet company that the modem/router you are buying is compatible with their lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Do I have a wide range of choices or am I limited to what neighborhood I will be living in?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pretty much limited to what neighborhood you are in. However most of GVA has a lot of choices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are there anything related here I should be notified about?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some things I can think of the top off my head: Big 4 will charge you huge amounts after the promo period is over. Make sure to keep checking your bill. People try to play the switch-a-roo game (switch providers to get a better price) in order to get a better price. If that is not your thing, go with one of the third party providers like TekSavvy or Start. For normal home use, all of these providers should be fine. Make sure you go through your internet agreement so that you know what you are getting into. All of these providers provide cable straight to your home and you can do whatever combo you want after that. All of these providers also have a postal code lookup to check if they provide internet in your area. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.start.ca/services/high-speed-internet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Start.ca&lt;/a&gt; for example)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2018-12-27T12:58:58.253" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T12:58:58.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-27T14:12:35.757" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is purely theoretical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for a Luxembourg citizen to be restricted from traveling abroad, i.e. the person cannot leave Luxembourg borders? (like it is the case for certain people in some countries, e.g. Russia)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13588" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2018-12-31T21:54:00.117" LastActivityDate="2018-12-31T21:54:00.117" Title="Luxembourg citizen restricted from traveling abroad" Tags="&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15410" CreationDate="2018-12-27T18:45:53.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, as @EugenMartynov suggests, it never hurts to ask. Having said that, and without actual experience with your situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Nobody assumes 1:1 relation between people and passports&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that a passport is merely an identification document. You are not your passport, and the passport attests to a proper unique identifier combination (e.g. name + birth date + birth place). So it does not seem reasonable that you should not be recognized as the same person because a different document attests to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My slightly-relevant experience with this situation is not Netherlands-related, but I once started some formal procedure vis-a-vis a consulate of Romania, being an Israeli citizen and using my passport. At some point I lost my passport, got it replaced, and simply used the new passport number in subsequent steps of this procedure. No questions were asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Use corroborating documents for the passport change&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When continuing the process using your new process, always have a copy of your old passport handy (e.g. photocopied or scanned and printed). That will help if you do encounter trouble. Some states  may also issue confirmation that a passport has been invalidated or canceled; if that's the case in the state you live in, have that handy as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-01-26T21:35:08.157" LastActivityDate="2019-01-26T21:35:08.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-28T05:49:06.153" Score="4" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made an application for UK Tier 2 general visa as I had a valid CoS and other documents as well. I failed to provide UK NARIC report for proof of English language. So, the decision was refusal for Entry Clearance (UNDER paragraph 245HB(e)). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have googled a little bit about reapplying with the same CoS. Seems like there are answers in the immigration boards which are too old. CoS still has &quot;&lt;strong&gt;ASSIGNED&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; status and not &lt;strong&gt;Withdrawn&lt;/strong&gt; either by Home office/Sponsor and my sponsor had amended the new joining date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I re-apply for a visa using the same CoS? Can someone advice. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16440" LastEditorUserId="16440" LastEditDate="2018-12-31T08:35:02.503" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T19:03:20.300" Title="Can I reuse the certificate of sponsorship after Tier 2 general visa refusal if the COS status is still &quot;assigned&quot;?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-29T14:28:40.903" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Belgian &lt;em&gt;uitgeschreven&lt;/em&gt; (means having unregistered residency) and living abroad in the East. Is this person obliged to &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; to vote, and do they have to vote, because they received an email from the consulate with registration forms to complete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16447" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T03:27:28.637" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T04:05:10.620" Title="Registering for the Belgian elections 2019" Tags="&lt;elections&gt;&lt;belgian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-30T17:21:37.230" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen that's moving to France to work for a French company.  I've received a work permit and have filed an application for a French residency permit. The HR in my company insists that I can't leave France while my permit application is pending, everyone else (including American coworkers) tell me the exact opposite.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16451" LastActivityDate="2018-12-30T17:21:37.230" Title="Can I travel within the Europe while awaiting my French resident permit (I have a 3 month work visa)?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15414" CreationDate="2018-12-31T15:54:08.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general Luxembourg does not forbid anyone from leaving the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A court may impose restrictions on someone leaving, for example if they are accused of a crime. Excepting those with a legal right to reside in the country, there is no guarantee that a person will be admitted back after leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2018-12-31T15:54:08.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-31T19:29:18.603" Score="2" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for the 'UK Ancestry Visa' and it has been granted. However, for my husband we have had a complete nightmare. We have used an agent and the visa category and type used are :non points-based working visa, Dependent for more than 6 months. &#xA;Our agent assures us this is the correct visa and type, however the Immigration center located in Amman states that it is not and keeps insisting that he withdraw his application and resubmit under the same as me 'UK Ancestry Visa'.&#xA;My husband does not have have UK Ancestral ties and this has now turned into a complete nightmare. UK Immigration have now refunded money back into the bank account and no-one seems to want to help or listen to us. We have escalated this issue twice and it has been completely useless, being told to wait 15 days at  time. Today I have started to write complaints.&#xA;Are you able to clarify that we have applied for the right visa and type, as I have seen a link here that indicates we have.&#xA;This is now taking so long that my Vignette is due to expire in 10 days and I have no idea how to extend it, can you advise on how to do this too since I am having no luck finding this information on the websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks from Hails &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16455" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T08:06:29.097" Title="UK Ancestry Visa, Dependents application" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-04-18T03:30:41.290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-01T17:05:53.020" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in England to a British citizen mother.  I was adopted by US military family stationed in England when I was a child and later became a US naturalized citizen.   Can I get a dual citizenship status?  Would I be eligible for a British passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16458" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T05:21:53.117" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T05:21:53.117" Title="Can I have dual citizenship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-01T01:49:56.353" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a researcher position at a university in Ireland, and I preparing to apply for a researcher visa. One of the required documents is a letter of application. The letter of application should contain the following information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;outlining your reason for wanting to come to Ireland,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;giving details of any members of your family who are currently in Ireland, or any other EU Member State,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;giving details of how long you intend to stay in Ireland,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;giving details of where you intend to stay while you are in Ireland,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;undertaking that you will observe the conditions of your visa, that you will not become a burden on the State, and that you will leave the State on the expiry of your permission to remain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here written such a letter before? Is there a template for such a letter? And as I have not yet found an accommodation, would it be a proper answer to write that I still did not find a house? Thank you for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16463" OwnerDisplayName="Saïd Maanan" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T14:02:20.193" Title="Scientific Researcher Visa Application Letter" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15412" CreationDate="2019-01-01T23:34:06.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have the funds, you cannot go wrong to get a solicitor to guide your actions. But having experience with a similar situation, I would advise the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't just buy a one-way returning to Home Country; buy a full fare one-way with a flexible date, so that if advised to, you bring forward the date, turning right around and departing the same day without having to be refused entry, which would be bad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Definitely, do not walk through any electronic border control, for instance an e-gate. When you do this, and the computer loads up your Tier 2 status, the act of you presenting your information tied to that status is technically the same as telling the UK that your Tier 2 status is unchanged. So, be sure to present yourself to the border agent personally! Ignore those purple suited do-gooders at Heathrow who might guide you toward any electronic entry system :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not commit beforehand in writing that you are entering as a tourist, or as a Tier 2 holder or basically, do not commit in writing to any entry status claim. Just go open minded, and explain your situation in person to the border agent. In the UK the border officer has 100% authority to let you in or reject you, on a combination of their feelings about you and your case, and also the quality of any evidence you have on hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you could say for instance, &quot;Good morning, officer. I had a Tier 2 visa granted on $DATE, but on 13 December I lost my employment. So, I do not know exactly under which status I will enter the UK. But I wish to return to pack up my things, spending 48 hours here. I have a return ticket dated for $DATE, but if necessary I can change this date to earlier. I would like your help, please.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Print out or obtain paper to justify or back up every single element of your situation. Your current UK address where you want to clean up, your work termination, your travel authorization to the home country, etc. etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2019-01-01T23:34:06.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10049" CreationDate="2019-01-02T00:20:14.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Upon arrival in the UK, you can use your Colorado license for 12 months to drive in the UK. That is the easy part. See details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon return to Colorado, you can continue to use your Colorado license, as long as it's not expired and you are a resident of Colorado. So. This will depend on your ability to justify, to the satisfaction of the State of Colorado, that you are resident there. For instance, if you are a student then perhaps you have a permanent address of your parents in Colorado?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the letter of the law in US states doesn't clearly define what it would mean to stop being resident, if you were to simultaneously become resident in another country. A quick search of the CDOR / CDMV website confirmed this for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At some point, you are going to have to give up the Colorado license however, and this will be when it becomes invalid; that is, when there is no longer any way you can suitably justify that you continue to be a resident of Colorado. (Note, depending on your situation and the reading of the CO law, this may be immediate!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now once you obtain a UK driving license, you can use this license to drive in Colorado for up to 90 days from your date of arrival. See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://driversed.com/dmv/colorado/foreign-drivers.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://driversed.com/dmv/colorado/foreign-drivers.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't ask this, but it is important if you are going to drive in the UK to get sufficient training. The UK saddles car drivers with considerably more responsibility than an American driver. As a very experienced American driver I required about 10 hours of difference training until I was ready to drive confidently in the UK and pass the test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get started, identify a driving instructor in your area, and contract directly with that instructor. Choose one with a car model that's similar to what you are used to, or expect to be driving in the UK. It's typical to pay the instructor in cash for each lesson. If you don't get along with your instructor well, find another one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to apply for a learning (&quot;provisional&quot;) driving license, and that requires surrendering your passport for a period of a few weeks. I recommend starting this as soon as you have the necessary block of time available to be without your passport. See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T00:20:14.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14066" CreationDate="2019-01-02T00:34:36.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, the freight industry is full of aggregators. The thing is, with surface transport a vendor will typically stick to a certain number of routes or a certain region. With a quick Google search of an example source and destination, &quot;freight uk poland&quot; for example, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eurosender.com/en/shipping-poland-united-kingdom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.eurosender.com/en/shipping-poland-united-kingdom&lt;/a&gt; which appears to be an aggregator / reseller of other companies' freight capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This particular vendor claims on the website that you will save by quoting for a pallet through them over going direct; if it is true, then this is evidence that the vendor really is aggregating the freight capacity on your behalf (if you ship one pallet from Poland to the UK, they are interleaving this in with a bunch of other pallets and thereby passing on the saving to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for features... What did you have in mind? A truck driver will pick up the pallet curbside, and a different/same driver will drop the pallet off curbside. I can't think of additional relevant &quot;features&quot; other than, perhaps different grades of insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shipping freight... this is such a mature industry with such generic utility, I think this question is on the fringe for the expatriate topic, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T00:34:36.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10086" CreationDate="2019-01-02T00:44:14.470" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's typical for the law in the USA to be a little vague in application to cases like yours. What happens is, a court case will eventually happen between a taxpayer like you and the State of New Jersey. And, the ambiguity is resolved by the court. Thereafter, the &quot;case history&quot; becomes the effective rule by precedent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I do not necessarily recommend that you become the person to set the precedent! What you could do is to obtain the services of a New Jersey tax lawyer. They will be able to quickly assess the precedent in case law and to inform you.  I would guess this service will cost you between $200 and $1000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other, higher risk but lower initial cost option is to file your taxes as if you are not resident (make your justification clear), and wait for the State of New Jersey to let you know whether they disagree with your position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6247" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T00:44:14.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15430" CreationDate="2019-01-02T01:21:00.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were born in the UK to at least one British citizen parent, you were automatically a British citizen at birth. (And, in fact, if you were born in the UK before 1983, you were a British citizen at birth even without a British citizen parent. The status was called different names prior to 1983, but for someone born in the UK, the equivalent prior status turned into &quot;British citizen&quot; in 1983.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;British citizenship (or the equivalent prior status) is not lost upon being adopted or being naturalized in a foreign country (assuming you naturalized on or after 1949). So you are still a British citizen now, and you can apply for a British passport at any time. That you no longer have a legal parent-child relationship with your biological parents now is irrelevant -- your British citizenship was obtained automatically at the time of your birth, based on the situation at the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T01:26:56.443" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T01:26:56.443" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2019-01-02T02:23:09.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a European who's currently living in North America, I feel that there's a lot of confusion over salary comparisons between different markets. Lets break it down step by step:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Currency&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, &lt;strong&gt;think in one currency&lt;/strong&gt;, even if the two currencies are close in value. 1 Euro is currently 1.15 US dollars. Or conversely 1 US dollar is 0.87 Euros. Convert all the numbers you see into one currency to get an objective measure of your expected personal income. Forgetting about currency conversion is especially prevalent for countries who's currencies are &amp;quot;dollars&amp;quot; - a Canadian dollar is worth merely 0.73 US dollars, regardless of what its called, but Canadians often make the mistake of comparing the two as if they have the same value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Location&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the US is a huge country just like the EU, so there are more cities to choose from than just NYC or SF. Just like there's more cities in the EU than London or Paris. It becomes especially important when you add taxation into the mix, as different US states have different tax levels, just like different EU states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Benefits&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're employed as a software engineer at a major company, you get many of the government benefits your European colleagues get. Healthcare is always covered and is usually more accessible in the US than the &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; healthcare in Europe. For example, a person with a good health plan can usually get an appointment with any specialist within a couple of weeks, compared to waiting for several months at European clinics. It gets more difficult if you contract a long-term disease such as cancer, but as a European this is of very little concern as you can always pack up and move back to your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vacation days are a little worse than what you get in Europe. The average software engineer would have around 21 vacation days per year, compared to an average of 28 days in Europe. There are also a bit more public holidays in European countries. So you should deduct 1 week's worth of wages from your US salary to get the vacation-adjusted version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Retirement benefits are theoretically better in Europe, but in practice you're &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; likely to get screwed by the time you retire as birth rates remain too low to support Europe's current pension system. In comparison, the US offers you numerous retirement saving options that are more reliable than your home country's pension fund, as long as you save up a healthy amount each year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Moving with a family&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have children, there are a couple of additional variables to add into the mix. Kindergarten is usually free in Europe (if you can get a spot), but costs a lot of money in the US. Elementary and high school are free in both countries and university education costs a crazy amount of money in the States. As a European, your only concern is with regards to kindergarten costs, as you can always send your kid back to Europe to get his free university degree if necessary. There are also public universities in the US which cost a more reasonable amount of money than places like MIT and are generally comparable in quality to second-tier European colleges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Salary after tax&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its very important to &lt;strong&gt;completely forget&lt;/strong&gt; about gross salaries and focus on net (after tax) salaries. This makes a big difference as the total tax rate can &lt;a href=&quot;https://files.taxfoundation.org/legacy/docs/OECD_Tax_Wedge_Charts-04.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;range from 10% to 50%&lt;/a&gt;, depending on the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's compare net salaries at the same company in two cities across the ocean: Zurich and Seattle. Both are second-tier cities and are less influenced by real estate bubbles than places like SF or London. Likewise both have relatively lower taxation levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google Seattle &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salary/Google-Software-Engineer-Seattle-Salaries-EJI_IE9079.0,6_KO7,24_IL.25,32_IM781.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pays out&lt;/a&gt; an average of $148k in base salary and $68k in stocks per year, for a total compensation of $216k per year. This &lt;a href=&quot;https://smartasset.com/taxes/washington-tax-calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;comes out&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;$158k per year&lt;/strong&gt; after tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google Zurich &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salary/Google-Software-Engineer-Zurich-Salaries-EJI_IE9079.0,6_KO7,24_IL.25,31_IM1144.htm?countryRedirect=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pays out&lt;/a&gt; a base salary of CHF 146k and 30k in stock bonuses, for a total compensation of CHF 176k, for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://swisstaxcalculator.estv.admin.ch/#/calculator/income-wealth-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;net pay&lt;/a&gt; of CHF 143k or &lt;strong&gt;$160k per year&lt;/strong&gt; after tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now let's deduct your real estate costs, as they form the biggest difference in living costs. Prices on food, electronics, dining, etc, are usually a small part of your budget and are comparable across all Western countries. You can also ignore differences in transportation costs if you compare real estate prices in the downtown area, as this way you can just walk to work in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A 3 bedroom apartment in downtown Seattle &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Seattle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;costs around $3.9k per month&lt;/a&gt; or $47k per year, leaving you &lt;strong&gt;$111k per year&lt;/strong&gt; after real estate costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A 3 bedroom place in downtown Zurich &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Zurich&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;will set you back $4.2k per month&lt;/a&gt; or $50k per year, leaving you &lt;strong&gt;$110k per year&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking your salary will be about equal while working for a multinational company such as Google or Facebook in Switzerland, which is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/64098/how-is-switzerland-able-to-maintain-low-tax-levels&quot;&gt;best case scenario&lt;/a&gt; in Europe. The difference will be in favor of the US if you work for a local European company instead, as European businesses can rarely afford to pay comparable salaries to their IT personnel. It will be even bigger if you work in a country other than Switzerland, as tax rates are considerably higher in other European countries. And finally, the more talented you are, the more of a difference moving will make. A Principal Engineer in Silicon Valley can earn up to $600k/year - a sum completely unimaginable anywhere in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once again note how important it is to compare two &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; specific locations rather than &amp;quot;EU&amp;quot; against &amp;quot;USA&amp;quot;. Moving the comparison from Seattle to NYC will make you lose 12% on state income tax. Moving from Zurich to Berlin will make you lose 20% of your salary due to higher taxes in Germany. Sometimes it might pay out to simply move to Switzerland (if you're an EU citizen) or pick a different city in the US for immigration purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use the above methodology to obtain the &lt;strong&gt;precise&lt;/strong&gt; amount of money you will earn living in each location, taking into account your personal situation and living expenses. Using &amp;quot;rules of thumb&amp;quot; is unnecessary and can lead to incorrect assumptions. And as we all know, assumption is the mother of all screw ups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2021-05-21T09:59:27.647" LastActivityDate="2021-05-21T09:59:27.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15440" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15528" CreationDate="2019-01-02T06:07:22.457" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wondering about the legal options for ABNs and .com.au websites if you leave Australia.  Can you still own and operate these companies from afar, as a non-resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T10:13:52.250" Title="If you operate as a sole trader with an ABN in Australia, and move to NZ, can you still operate it from NZ?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15428" CreationDate="2019-01-02T08:06:29.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct visa type for your husband is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Work Visa type : Non points based working visas Visa sub-type : Dependant more than 6 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can confirm the visa type, as I am on the same one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I don't know how you could extend your Vignette. My guess would be that you can't extend it. You need to either travel to the UK for 10 days to get your BRP and then return, or re-apply for your Visa and pay the associated costs again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13226" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T08:06:29.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21830" CreationDate="2019-01-02T09:29:22.773" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Israel has - unfortunately -  a unique plug type, Type H:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oUXrq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oUXrq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and I'm interested in using some German or Dutch equipment / cables with it. This is trivial to do if you forego grounding, as Type-H sockets take type-C and type-E/F plugs with no adaptation needed. But I do want that grounding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; get a socket adapter, which on the male side has the third pin:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xC88b.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xC88b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and thus, hopefully, it carries the grounding (though who knows, right?). However, grounding can only be carried on condition of your plug passing the grounding using a third pin that goes into the adapter: Types B, G, H, I, K, L etc. The popular EU plugs, type F (and type E) either take a reverse-pin for the grounding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/stVyd.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/stVyd.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or touch grounding on the rim of the socket:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hQ7AU.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hQ7AU.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and I have not been able to find adapter which have any of these two features. Do such plugs exist at all? If not, are there other solutions for hooking up EU electrical equipment with grounding, in Israel / Palestine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T23:34:29.527" Title="Are there power socket adapters from H to E/F which carry grounding?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;israel&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15442" CreationDate="2019-01-02T09:29:22.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One option I'm trying to avoid, but which should work, is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take a type-F extension chord.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cut the male side (i.e. the plug end of it). Tool: Heavy wire cutter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open up the cable somewhat. Tool: Utility knife.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expose the 3 wires' copper. Tool: Careful work with a utility knife or wire exposre tool + pulling.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buy a self-assembly Type-H plug at a hardware store (just about any store will have this). Here's how it typically looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4IJP.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4IJP.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Screw the plug open. Tool: Phillips screwdriver (of proper edge size)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loosen the bottom pair of screws, to create more space underneath the plastic bar between them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Insert the 3 wires through the bottom and through the plastic bars.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attach the wires at their correct positions in the plug-head (Neutral/Zero is left, Phase is right, grounding is down) - by loosening, inserting the wire then tightening.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tighten the two bottom screws again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Screw the plug closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will work, but self-assembled plugs are typically less sturdy and more prone to burn out due to tugging etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: You'd better have both a relatively narrow Phillips screwdriver and a relatively narrow flat-head one. Don't ask me about exact widths.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-01-06T15:45:11.833" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T15:45:11.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-02T12:48:39.093" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU (non US either) person, is job hunting in maths/physics fields in the UK harder than in the US? The reasons I suspect: UK has a smaller market; UK has stricter interviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not asking from visa's point of view. Rather, from screening's and interview's point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16418" LastEditorUserId="16418" LastEditDate="2019-01-03T09:58:13.740" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T09:58:13.740" Title="is job hunting in the UK harder than in the US" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-01-03T03:32:37.700" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10903" CreationDate="2019-01-02T18:41:29.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/a1_status_for_people_who_wish_to_examine_settling_in_israel/he/5.7.0001_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;formal procedure&lt;/a&gt; for handling Aleph-1 (א-1) visa applications, &lt;strong&gt;it seems that there are no extra requirements&lt;/strong&gt; for extending the visa to the maximum of 5 years; you will need to apply for the extension using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/service/application_for_extension_of_visa_for_athletes/he/HaarachatRishayon.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form Aleph-Shin-Slash-3&lt;/a&gt; (אש/3).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat: I have never done this myself nor do I have acquaintances who have. I merely read what the ministry writes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obiter dictum appeal: Please consider carefully the moral and political implication of using the privilege of people of Jewish descent to immigrate to Palestine/Israel from anywhere in the world (which is what א-1 visas are for), while the native Palestinian population is mostly &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stuck outside of their country as refugees after having been driven out in large numbers in 1948, and in 1967&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T20:06:29.487" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T20:06:29.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15447" CreationDate="2019-01-02T18:58:46.207" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer from a university in Ireland, and I am currently in the process of applying for an Employment (Scientific Researcher) visa for Ireland. One of the required documents is an up-to-date bank statement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the amount of money I have in my bank account is not that much (around USD 4500) and I would like to know if there is a minimum amount of money available in the account before applying, as I do not want my application to be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a minimum financial requirement for an Employment (Scientific Researcher) visa to Ireland? And if there is, how much is it? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The account I have opened was solely for the purpose of visa application, but for New Zealand, not Ireland. It is about two months old, and the money in it has been put there only once (during the opening). I am not currently employed, as I have just finished my PhD (mid-November), and this would be my first real job. That money was just something I borrowed to some relative while I was a teaching assistant in Auckland, New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16463" LastEditorUserId="16463" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T19:10:49.403" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T19:35:37.103" Title="Ireland Visa Minimum Finances Requirement" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2019-01-02T19:35:37.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a comment, you wrote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is to use the money in my account to for the air ticket and the first month or so of my stay in Ireland, until my first paycheck comes in. I have checked the rent and other living expenses in Cork, and I believe USD 3000 should be enough for me to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, you have a cushion of 50% over your budget.  I do not know about the cost of living in Cork, but for a month or so, this seems like an adequate amount to me.  Let's look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Employment%20Scientific%20Researcher&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guide to supporting documentation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finances&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must provide an up-to-date bank statement, showing what money has been paid into and out of the account over the last six months and showing sufficient funds to cover your costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bank statements must be on headed paper - internet printouts will not be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your name, address, account number and account type must be visible on the statement. Any large lodgements must be explained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are sending a bank statement from a deposit/savings account, you must also include a letter from your bank confirming that you are allowed to withdraw money from that account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first bullet point addresses your question.  There is no explicit balance requirement for the bank account.  The proposition that USD 4,500 is adequate will be stronger if you have a realistic budget prepared that shows expected expenses of around USD 3,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third bullet point is significant, since the source of the money in the account is a single large deposit.  Explaining this deposit probably warrants consultation with an Irish immigration lawyer.  At a minimum, you will probably need a formal written statement from the relative who loaned the money explaining the purpose for which it was loaned to you (i.e., to help you cover your expenses before your first paycheck) and when you are expected to pay it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may also be necessary to include the lender's bank statements showing the outgoing transfer.  These should probably also make it clear that the lender has come by the money legitimately.  The question of whether to include the lender's bank statements is the main reason for my suggestion to talk to an Irish immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T19:35:37.103" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T02:18:20.507" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Nov 29, 2018, I came to USA with H1B VISA valid till DEC 31 2018. My i94 has the same validity as well. I filed an extension On Dec 21 2018. Kindly clarify the below question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I work without Having an SSN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I went to SSN office and they told me that they need a valid i94 to apply SSN.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to proceed with the SSN for the new card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16465" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-03T16:51:09.437" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T18:13:49.910" Title="How to apply SSN after I94 Expiry" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T05:55:09.077" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in India and a citizen by birth. &#xA;Am I eligible to work for remote jobs which are posted on &quot;StackOverflow&quot; by organizations from US, Canada and Europe?&#xA;For example, the below job says the position is fully remote.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/183484/python-developer-web-crawling-scrapinghub?so=i&amp;amp;pg=1&amp;amp;offset=3&amp;amp;tl=python&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/183484/python-developer-web-crawling-scrapinghub?so=i&amp;amp;pg=1&amp;amp;offset=3&amp;amp;tl=python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I will be working from India but since the organization is based out in North America or Europe, do I require any working VISA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please share some knowledge on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16467" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T03:12:43.130" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T00:06:19.530" Title="Remote working for indian citizens" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-01-12T09:46:23.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15450" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T12:35:21.310" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the UK on Tier 2(General) Visa on 26 April 2014. My wife and Daughter came along with me on Tier 2 (Dependant) Visa. Initial visa was valid until 31 January 2016. In December 2015, I have applied for a 3 year extension for all of us and got extension until 14 Feb 2019. I qualify for my ILR on  1st May 2019 which is 75 days away from my Tier 2 visa expiry date. So I am now planning to apply for an extension to my Tier 2 Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had a baby born in the UK in Feb 2017. As I was not intending to travel out of the UK with the baby, I had not applied for a Tier 2 (Dependant) Visa for the baby so far. Now that I am applying for an extension to my Visa, Do I need to apply for a visa for the baby as well? Is it legal not to apply for visa for the baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I am planning on applying for ILR in May 2019, I want to find out if I can get away without having a tier-2 visa for the baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16469" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T12:35:21.310" Title="Visa for Child born in the UK to parents on Tier 2 (General) Visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-01-25T09:22:25.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15453" CreationDate="2019-01-03T14:12:26.840" Score="3" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an express entry profile. Is it possible for me to apply for any of the PNPs without waiting to get an invite from them? Any advice would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T20:57:35.427" Title="Can I apply for Canadian provincial nomination programs on my own with my express entry profile?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2668" CreationDate="2019-01-03T14:35:43.747" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, the previous answer is accurate. However, the US tax system is dependent on you reporting your income to them by filing tax returns. Part of that process would be calculating how much you owe and making that payment. However, if you do not file tax returns then the US government would not know what you owe to them. The US government would not have any idea how much money you have or how much you owe - so they would likely leave you alone. The only issue may come if, at some point in the future, you want to move to the USA as a citizen. In that case, you may be asked to provide historical tax returns and pay back taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13635" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T14:35:43.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15451" CreationDate="2019-01-03T15:32:02.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes of-course. You can and you should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Provincial Nomination process ends with an express entry profile. When you get a  nomination letter from a province, you should create an EE profile and upload the letter there and persue the rest of the process from federal channel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PN gives you 600 points in EE and you will get selected from EE pool at the next draw.&#xA;Check this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/criteria-comprehensive-ranking-system.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; which explains how much point you might get with a PN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastEditorUserId="15845" LastEditDate="2019-01-03T20:57:35.427" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T20:57:35.427" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2668" CreationDate="2019-01-03T17:00:27.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US Internal Revenue Service has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/important-facts-about-filing-late-and-paying-penalties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web page&lt;/a&gt; about filing tax returns late. An important point is there is no penalty if there was no tax due.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the tax treaties and/or credits for foreign taxes paid result in no US tax being due, filing the return late shouldn't result in a penalty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also notice the penalties won't apply if their was a good reason for not filing. Being unaware that one was a US citizen might qualify as a good reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have experience with living long term in another country, so I don't know if there could be penalties associated with failing to report foreign bank accounts, foreign stocks, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastEditorUserId="15940" LastEditDate="2019-01-03T18:44:58.827" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T18:44:58.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15448" CreationDate="2019-01-03T18:13:49.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Can I work without Having an SSN?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can start work without having gotten an SSN as long as you have applied for an SSN. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10107.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this brochure&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I need to have my number before I start working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We don’t require you to have a Social Security number before you start&#xA;  work. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in your case, it seems that you are having trouble applying for an SSN, which could be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I went to SSN office and they told me that they need a valid i94 to apply SSN.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to proceed with the SSN for the new card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a tricky situation. In principle, it should be possible to apply for an SSN in your case, since you are authorized to work for 240 days after your I-94 expires during a pending H1b extension, and someone who is authorized to work should be abler to apply for an SSN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cannot find anything in the SSA &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211420#g1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;manual page for statuses that allow employment&lt;/a&gt;, or anywhere else in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/subchapterlist!openview&amp;amp;restricttocategory=01102&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;manual section on SSNs&lt;/a&gt; that mentions the work authorization for 240 days during a pending extension. (And I suspect it is extremely rare for someone to apply for an SSN during the extension period, as in almost all cases, people would have already gotten an SSN during their previous H1b I-94 period.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can cite the section of regulations that says you can work. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.12#b_20&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 274a.12(b)(20)&lt;/a&gt; authorizes continued work for the same employer for 240 days with a pending application, for several categories of work-authorized aliens including &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.12#b_9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 274a.12(b)(9)&lt;/a&gt; that includes H-1. Or, you can show them the section of the USCIS Handbook for Employers &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/75-h-1b-specialty-occupations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on H1b&lt;/a&gt; which describes how you can continue to work for the same employer for 240 days during a pending extension. But I'm not sure these will help you get an SSN from the SSA office if their own manual does not mention how to input it into the system in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T18:13:49.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T22:52:05.047" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch/German and Brazilian citizen currently living in Brazil (been living here for 4 years now). Next year I will need to move back to The Netherlands, however, me and my Brazilian girlfriend would like to move together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are currently planing on marrying, but I am not sure what is our best bet due to our current circumstances. Would it be best to marry here in Brazil then move together to The Netherlands, or, marry in The Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would we legalize her in The Netherlands? Would marrying in Brazil help the legalisation process? Would I need to financially sponsor her independently if we marry or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16471" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T22:52:05.047" Title="Moving into The Netherlands with my non-EU partner" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15449" CreationDate="2019-01-03T22:56:31.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa&lt;/a&gt; is a country's permission that you physically enter that country. If, for example, you wished to travel to the US, you would need to have a visa. Without a visa, you'd be turned away at the US border or refused boarding onto your airplane flight to the US. Because &quot;working remotely&quot; for a US company doesn't involve physically crossing the border into the US, you don't need a visa to work remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However: a) there may well be tax or other status requirements placed upon you by the Indian government if you work remotely, and b) if your remote employer requires you to come to the home office for a meeting or other work, you would then need to secure a visa in order to make the trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-01-06T00:06:19.530" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T00:06:19.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15458" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T23:07:11.103" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the UK on a visit visa since the 13th of October 2018 with my UK husband. He has British citizenship by Descent through his father. Now I am pregnant and my due date is on the 7th of September 2019. I have to go to my home country within 6 months of my first entry, so I have to be in my home country by April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is that I want to deliver my baby in the UK so that the child automatically acquires citizenship. Regarding the spouse visa, we will be able to submit it after July, so I am afraid we might not get a reply until after my delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can arrange to have my child born in the UK with these constraints?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16474" OwnerDisplayName="NNegm" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T07:42:21.807" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T07:42:21.807" Title="Giving birth to a child in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-04T05:32:09.183" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several years ago, I was sponsored to receive a J-1 visa via government funding. I was subsequently subject to the two year home residency requirement, so I went home for a few years satisfying that requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Afterwards, I received another J-1 visa but I funded this one personally. Since then, I met my fiance and wish to stay in the US, so I'm applying for a waiver to the two year requirement. However, during the application process, it asks for copies of all forms DS-2019. Does this mean that I should include all such forms I've ever received, or just the ones relevant to my J-1s whose 2 year requirement is not already satisfied? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also should I checkmark the box that asks whether any of my J-1s received government funding? I'm afraid that if I checkmark that box, they will look at it, and immediately throw out my waiver application, thinking that I am subject to the requirement because I received government funding for my earlier J-1. Then there would be no way to appeal, so I feel doing so is risky&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, it asks for pictures of the J-1 Visa pages for when I entered the US? Should I include the old already served ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16473" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T14:17:05.783" LastActivityDate="2019-04-13T03:29:25.870" Title="J-1 2-year requirement waiver" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15442" CreationDate="2019-01-04T13:06:43.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They certainly do exist, try googling &quot;israel schuko adapter&quot; for example. That gives me something like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/552398/Travel-adapter--------Combo-World-to-Israel----Skross----1500216&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skross 1.500216&lt;/a&gt; (just a random pick for illustration, no recommendation implied), which clearly has the two grounding spring contacts. You can probably find a cheaper non-universal alternative with a bit more googling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, what about replacing the entire power cord with a ready-made (moulded) Israeli one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastEditorUserId="14797" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T13:21:45.297" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T13:21:45.297" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-04T13:16:07.280" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to send some forms (say, 5 or 6 pages) by registered mail somewhere. How much should that cost me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not currently in the Netherlands to check, but a friend of mine said they asked him for 1.6 EUR for non-registered and 8.45 EUR for registered. Now, 1.6 EUR is a bit pricey, but 8.45 EUR seems like a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt;. Could this really be the rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-01-05T00:21:40.753" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:21:40.753" Title="How expensive is sending a letter by registered mail in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;forms&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15463" CreationDate="2019-01-04T13:16:07.280" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the Post.NL website, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.postnl.nl/en/mail-and-parcels/mail/registered-mail/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it says&lt;/a&gt; that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does it cost?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Registered Mail is available from just 8.45 euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your friend is correct. However, it also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Make sure your item meets the size and weight requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Max. size: 38 x 26.5 x 3.2 cm &lt;br&gt; &#xA;  Min. size: 14 x 9 cm&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Max. weight: 2 kg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and these are the dimensions of a sizable, hefty packet - much more than a letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what seems to be going on is that there is no category of a registered-mail &lt;em&gt;letter&lt;/em&gt; that's separate a small registered-mail &lt;em&gt;packet&lt;/em&gt;. That sucks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T13:16:07.280" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T18:24:32.757" Score="4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a permanent residency in Canada. I want to bring 3 pieces of diamond jewelry with me when I move  costing 3000, 7000 and 11000 Canadian dollar. How much duty will I have to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Uma" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T20:32:23.410" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:33:22.430" Title="Bringing diamond jewellery to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15465" CreationDate="2019-01-03T19:04:07.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know there is a 12% of everything more than CAN$60 (eq CAN$2512,8 in your case) if it wasn't originaly moved from Canada before (has Canadian origin).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even in case it was from Canada and you somehow altered/improved/modified it, then it also is a subject for tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16479" OwnerDisplayName="iXCray" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T19:04:07.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15465" CreationDate="2019-01-04T03:17:18.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/pdt-pdt-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian border services agency&lt;/a&gt;, the duties and taxes can vary a bit.&#xA;In particular, in addition to any duties you may also need to pay appropriate sales tax etc for your province or residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As this can be complex, they also provide a calculator to &lt;strong&gt;estimate&lt;/strong&gt; this:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently (4th january 2019) this provides a tax estimate of $2924.25 for the details you have given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jack" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T03:17:18.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-04T19:15:35.173" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on H1B visa. I have an approved H1B visa with validity date from 06/30/2018 to 07/24/2019 with my current employer. I am planning to travel to India in Feb 2019, during which I have to get my H1B visa with my current eployer stamped. Meanwhile I have got a new job offer and they are ready to start the H1b visa transfer process. They are ready to file a new petition for me and get the petition filed with USCIS. Also they are expecting me to join with the filed petition(without approval), for which I am ok. Even if the new company starts the visa transfer process and file a new petition now , I will be joining the new company only in March 2019, since I have to travel to India in Feb 2019 during which I have the visa stamping. So I want to know whether the visa transfer and petition from the new company cause any harm to my travel to India, visa stamping process for my current employer petition and port of entry while returning back to USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16477" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-04T20:34:29.490" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T20:34:29.490" Title="H1b Visa stamping" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12641" CreationDate="2019-01-04T19:37:10.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;, and yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany is a member of the Schengen Area, whose law is relatively lax.&#xA;Questions about criminal convictions are not asked when applying for a Schengen visitor/business visas, and border agent and landing cards (there aren't any) don't ask this either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If any officials or forms ask you if you have a criminal history, you still have to answer truthfully, but in general if its not more than 3 years of imprisonment, or crimes involving alien smuggling or drug offences that resulted in more than 2 years of imprisonment, then generally they will not refuse you entry or visa on that ground.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany has specific rules that state anyone convicted of an offence relating to public order with a sentence of more than 3 years, a drug offence with a sentence of more than 2 years, and any offence related to alien smuggling is deportable (a &amp;quot;must deport&amp;quot;). Like the UK they are more concerned with offences committed in their country, rather than outside of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you lie on any visa application or question by officials, that is a &amp;quot;can deport&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in other words, you can ENTER on a vistor visa.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;However, if you want to marry a German girl, and stay in Germany, you'll need a residence permit. And a residence permit, you won't get with a recent (or serious) criminal history. So while you can enter, entering makes no sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also, it could be difficult finding work with a criminal record.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16478" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-04T19:37:10.477" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15470" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15471" CreationDate="2019-01-04T17:03:16.020" Score="5" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any problem with entering on a B2 after being married abroad, then filing for change in status? Spouse is US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="G Viper" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:19:04.867" Title="Okay to enter the US with an existing B2 visa after being married with the intention to file for a green card?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15470" CreationDate="2019-01-04T18:00:13.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a problem with doing this.  If you intend to immigrate to the US then you do not qualify to enter as a visitor as defined at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1101#a_15_B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1101(a)(15)(B)&lt;/a&gt;.  The &quot;B&quot; here is the B that gives the B-2 visa its name, so this means that an intending immigrant is not eligible to use a B visa to enter the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability to &quot;adjust status&quot; from B-2 to that of a lawful permanent resident is therefore by implication available to those whose plans have changed &lt;em&gt;after admission to the US.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a K-class &quot;spouse visa&quot; for those who want to enter the US and then apply for adjustment of status, but it is apparently not very useful lately, because the K visa process takes as long as the &quot;normal&quot; immigrant visa route with consular processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply to adjust status after entering in B-visa status, you might run up against a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/DOS_Expands_Presumption_of_Misrepresentation_Rule_to_90_Days/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;presumption of misrepresentation&lt;/a&gt;, in which case you would be permanently inadmissible to the US under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182#a_6_C&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1182(a)(6)(C)&lt;/a&gt; unless you can overcome the presumption.  To do that, you would have to show evidence that you did not intend to adjust status when you entered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should certainly not do this without first consulting with a reputable US immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-05T00:19:04.867" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:19:04.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15465" CreationDate="2019-01-05T00:33:22.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If this is your first trip to Canada as part of your settlement, that is, starting a household, your personal, household goods can be imported (mostly) free from duty and taxes. The information is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/mrc-drc-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information specific to jewelry includes: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Describe each item of jewellery you plan to bring into Canada on the list of goods you submit. Since jewellery is difficult to describe accurately, it is best to use the wording from your insurance policy or jeweller's appraisal and to include photographs that have been dated and signed by jeweller or gemologist. This makes it easier to identify the jewellery when you first enter Canada, and later when you return from abroad with the jewellery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to fill out a complete list of the household goods that you're bringing in with you or that will follow later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:33:22.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-05T02:36:19.883" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian citizen and got a Tier 5 Youth Moblity visa 2 years ago as I thought I would need it but a last minute change made me stay in Canada. This means my visa is no longer valid and has expired since I never used it. Now I want to go to the UK and am still eligible for the Tier5 visa, can I still get this Tier 5 UK visa again since I never used and do I need to pay again ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16481" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T02:36:19.883" Title="UK Tier 5 Youth Moblity visa never used and is expired, what can I do ?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-05T12:12:53.763" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen earning enough to support both myself and my non-EEA mother (who is dependent on my remote support). Unfortunately, the law makes it as good as impossible for me to bring her to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if I find a job in another EEA country and move, &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/parents/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; would (at least in theory) allow me to bring my mother. I've spent several days searching through immigration boards and it looks like in some countries (e.g. the UK and Ireland) the chances of my mother's application not getting refused are quite slim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any EEA countries that are rather lenient towards EEA citizens bringing their non-EEA parents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9110" LastEditorUserId="9110" LastEditDate="2019-01-05T12:28:43.700" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T12:28:43.700" Title="What EEA countries are lenient towards EEA citizens bringing their non-EEA parents?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-05T17:38:28.893" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen living in Canada on a sponsored work permit for three years.  I still have a property in the UK, so should I keep that as my address with banks, credit cards etc or should I update it to my Canadian address for the three years I'm in Canada?&#xA;I want to make sure I'm doing the best thing for when I return to the UK and need to get credit, a new mortgage etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;not sure what the right thing to do is!  thanks for everyone's help in advance!&#xA;G&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16483" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T15:02:30.557" Title="UK citizen living in canada for three years - do i change my address in the UK to canada?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-05T20:39:54.867" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a PhD student in South Korea, South Korean citizen and completing their military service as part of their Ph.D. degree do an internship in the United States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background: In South Korea, PhD programs typically last five years. The first two years are dedicated to coursework, then the last three years are focused on research. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the last three years of research, most of the top university students who are South Korean citizens are serving alternative military service (participating 3 years research program in the dedicated research facility). Usually, they can stay in their lab in the university because the government allows the university some portion of this program. As a result, they can complete their military service while pursuing their Ph.D. degree. But it is unclear to me whether these students can come to the US for an internship during  their PhD (during the last three years focusing on research).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2019-01-05T22:06:03.317" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T22:06:03.317" Title="Can a South Korean PhD student completing their military service as part of their Ph.D. degree do an internship in the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-04T18:27:04.623" Score="2" ViewCount="667" Body="&lt;p&gt;What custom duties and taxes must one pay on importing furniture into Switzerland from the European Union? I've heard that these are calculated based on weight. What are details of the calculation? How would I calculate the duties and taxes on say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;100 kg of new furniture, worth 200 CHF&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Switzerland from the European Union next month. I understand that household effects older than six months &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ezv.admin.ch/ezv/en/home/information-individuals/personal-property--students--holiday-homes--getting-married-and-/importation-into-switzerland/moving--household-effects-.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can be moved duty free&lt;/a&gt;. I'm considering buying new furniture in my home country before I move. I'm curious what duties I would have to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16496" OwnerDisplayName="Colonel Panic" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T17:42:55.570" Title="How to calculate customs duty on importing furniture to Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15478" CreationDate="2019-01-05T00:35:36.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The actual procedures and duties may vary depending on how you import the furniture, i.e. yourself in your own vehicle, or have it transported by a mover. The mover should also be able to assist with the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find duties on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tares.ch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tares.ch&lt;/a&gt; and explanations &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ezv.admin.ch/ezv/en/home/information-companies/customs-tariff---tares.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a very detailed list of products, each with one or more rates. Most furniture-related tariffs I've seen have a 0 rate for imports from the EU, but I have definitely not checked all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the tariff is based on the country of origin, not necessarily where you actually bought the items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also have to pay VAT at the prevailing rate (but you should be able to get a VAT refund in the country where you bought them, which will most certainly be higher).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8845" OwnerDisplayName="jcaron" LastActivityDate="2019-01-05T00:35:36.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-06T03:22:33.127" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm filling in the citizenship form for my son, and he needs two references and one has to have worked with him in a professional capacity. We currently live in Bolivia, which is where he is from. I had two options for this, a teacher and a social worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the quote from the guide:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the child is living abroad and does not know a British citizen who is qualified to act as a referee, a Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the country in which he or she is residing may complete and sign the form, provided they have a similar standing in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His teacher is American, so I think she's out? She does have Bolivian residency though. The social worker I worked with for the adoption is willing to do it, but she's Bolivian and speaks no English. I would need to help her fill in the form, translate it, and have her write her answer, and translate it back into English before having her write it in. That seems very complicated - any idea if it's okay? Any other options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16437" LastEditorUserId="16437" LastEditDate="2019-01-06T13:01:27.907" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T13:01:27.907" Title="Non-English speaker as reference in UK Citizenship" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15525" CreationDate="2019-01-06T05:42:56.783" Score="1" ViewCount="1523" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the companies that I used to work for has been closed permanently and I face a challenge to obtain a proper reference letter from it to submit for Skill assessment. &#xA;I have my reporting managers and other senior staff who can help me with details/letters but without company's letter head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options here? I have gained 2 years of experience in this company, and certainly leaving it out will effect my score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16485" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T23:30:00.737" Title="Experience Letter for ACS Skill Assessment (for 189 Visa) for a company which is closed" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-06T12:57:55.737" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am iOS Developer and co-founder of a startup in Lithuania and as non-EU citizen I have startup visa and temporary residence permit in Lithuania. Do I have permission to looking for job in other EU countries like Netherland? Can I apply for residency in that country? What is the rules for looking for a job in another country if I am already in EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16486" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T14:41:18.010" Title="Work in other EU countries while I have temporary Residence permit in Lithuania" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15482" CreationDate="2019-01-06T14:27:27.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as i know, your working permit is limited to Lithuania, and you cannot work with Lithuania's work permit in any other EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to work in other countries, you have to get the work permit of that country first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to obtain the work permit, you must first make contract with a company in that country, and then ask the embassy to give you the work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T14:27:27.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-06T16:21:31.223" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Student from Indonesia, and currently studying in Germany. On March I am going to travel to Spain, and planning to rent a car there. I have a valid International Driving License and Indonesian Driving License. But having a Residence Permit (Aufenthaltstitel) from Germany, means I can't use my IDL in Germany. But can I still use my IDL to drive in Spain for Holiday?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16488" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T16:21:31.223" Title="Using International Driving license in Spain, while having residence Permit from Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-06T16:51:13.847" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Texas and moved to Germany. I am tired of using the addresses of various friends (who keep moving) for my license. Is there a way to have a Texas drivers license while living abroad with no specific Texas address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16489" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T20:34:29.773" Title="Texas Drivers license, no residence in Texas" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-01-06T19:31:42.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15486" CreationDate="2019-01-06T17:55:54.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a fairly common question. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/5743/us-driving-license-when-living-overseas?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;This SE page&lt;/a&gt; and the SE page cited in the &quot;Already Answered&quot; note cover the ground nicely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: states issue drivers license to their residents. States define who's a resident and who's not in different ways. Licenses can often be renewed remotely, although doing so requires being able to receive mail in the state, or having an accommodating friend who'll let you use their address. There doesn't seem to be much (or any) state-level enforcement or investigation of the issue of residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The risk is that if it's easily seen that you don't actually live in the state for which you hold a license and therefore don't qualify for it, that someone might find it useful to argue the license isn't valid. You shouldn't have difficulty renting a car, say, but if there's an accident, damage, or civil dispute, insurance coverage on the rental car obtained with this license could be in jeopardy, as well as your ability to claim damages against the driver of another vehicle with which you're involved in an accident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-01-06T20:34:29.773" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T20:34:29.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-07T10:54:29.027" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am being transferred from my company in South Africa to Prague and want to apply for a Blue Card instead of employment card. I dont have a university qualification but have 10 years working experience in a skilled field. &#xA;Will I have any problems in having my blue card approved? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16491" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-01-08T03:24:38.063" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T07:04:12.473" Title="Blue Card for Czech Republic with no university Degree" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-07T11:55:28.140" Score="3" ViewCount="550" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandparents were both born in Holland.&#xA;My aunt and uncle (Mother's siblings) were born in Holland. &#xA;My aunt has a Dutch passport.&#xA;My mother (deceased) was born in South Africa (1951)&#xA;My father (deceased) was born in South Africa (1949)&#xA;I was born in South Africa (1980)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if I qualify for a Dutch passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16492" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-01-08T03:21:12.577" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T07:59:21.713" Title="Do i qualify for a Dutch Passport if my Mothers parents were Dutch born/citizens?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15476" CreationDate="2019-01-07T14:51:37.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you are &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to do, is to tell all the firms you have dealing with that you are resident in Canada for the next three years.  However, three years doesn't strike me as very long and that is going to be a bureaucratic hassle (some companies might not even let you keep your accounts open).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important thing is that if someone writes to your address, that the mail gets to you reasonable promptly.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know your tenants personally, you could ask them to forward post to you (or possibly to open it and scan it to you).  I wouldn't do that if you don't know them - important stuff may build up over a long period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, do you know anyone in the UK that would be prepared to do that for you (parents, siblings, close friends)?  Changing your address to their (UK) address is probably straightforward and unlikely to cause problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of credit on your return, I wouldn't worry too much.  I presume you have a mortgage on the property which you are keeping up with; that should be enough to maintain your credit score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. If you have a driving license, don't forget to tell DVLC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T14:51:37.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-07T15:50:40.573" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in Mexico. My passport will expire before I get back to the US.  Must I make arrangements to return to the US to renew or do I have an extension on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16493" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-01-08T03:22:59.780" LastActivityDate="2019-01-08T03:22:59.780" Title="Living in Mexico with soon-to-expire US passport" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15492" CreationDate="2019-01-07T17:38:48.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/outside-us.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This US State Department webpage&lt;/a&gt; says to renew your passport you must apply in person at the nearest US consulate or embassy in Mexico. There is no mention of &quot;extension.&quot; The page's text is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apply Outside the United States&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you live in any other country besides Canada, you must apply in person at a U.S. embassy or consulate for all passport services. Each U.S. embassy and consulate has different procedures for submitting and processing your final documents, but the forms, supporting documentation, fees, and finished products are similar.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T17:38:48.700" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15492" CreationDate="2019-01-07T18:39:40.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US citizen is not required to maintain a valid US passport (although it might be a good idea to maintain one just in case). So, if you want, you could let it expire and only apply for a US passport at a US consulate the next time you need one (e.g. to travel to the US), even if that is many years after your previous US passport expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T18:39:40.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15490" CreationDate="2019-01-07T19:59:55.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be eligible to apply for Dutch nationality by option, but this is only the case if your mother retained her Dutch nationality until you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two questions here.  The first is whether you are a Dutch citizen now, and the second is (if you are not) whether you have any way to obtain Dutch citizenship other than the residence-and-naturalization route that is available to everyone in the world, where getting a residence permit is usually difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the first question, you were Dutch from birth only if your mother was unmarried and (if I recall correctly) your father did not recognize you as his child.  If we assume that your parents were not married, then you were not Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The discrimination of Dutch nationality law on the basis of sex was removed in 1985, but not retroactively.  In 2011, a new provision was added as a partial remedy, allowing so-called &quot;latent Dutch,&quot; that is, people who would have been Dutch if their Dutch parent had been their father instead of their mother, to obtain Dutch nationality through an &quot;option procedure.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you to qualify for this option procedure, your mother must have been a Dutch national when you were born.  She almost certainly was Dutch when &lt;em&gt;she&lt;/em&gt; was born, so the question becomes whether she lost her Dutch nationality before you were born.  This would have happened ten years after she reached the age of majority, for there was (and is) a rule that someone who lives abroad for a period of more than ten years loses Dutch nationality.  The specific circumstances triggering the rule have changed over the years; if I understand correctly, between 1892 and 1985 it applied to people who were born outside of the Netherlands, so it would have applied to your mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this analysis is correct, depending on when she reached her age of majority, she would have lost her Dutch nationality at some point between her 28th and 31st birthdays.  The age of majority was lowered from 21 to 18, for most purposes, in 1988, but it was lowered to 18 for the purpose of nationality law at least when the 1985 law came into effect.  It may have been earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you were born before your mother's 31st birthday, there is a good chance, therefore, that you qualify for the option procedure.  Details may be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant page of the &lt;em&gt;Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where you are (possibly) covered by the 8th point in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also more information at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying to become a Dutch citizen via the option procedure&lt;/a&gt; at netherlandsworldwide.nl.  Note again that this depends on your mother having retained her Dutch nationality at least until you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proving your mother's Dutch nationality could be difficult.  You will probably need her parents' birth certificates and hers, at least, as well as yours.  You will also need to prove that your father was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Dutch, though his birth certificate might be sufficient for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-07T20:24:28.507" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T20:24:28.507" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-08T10:13:33.453" Score="5" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to live in Germany with my wife (same nationality as me), but work in Switzerland (and stay in a flat in Zürich) during the week.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I will need a Grenzgänger (cross border commuter) permit for Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my job was in Germany, I would qualify for a Blue Card (I have a degree, and my salary clears the minimum very comfortably).  However it is not clear that I can apply for a Blue Card on the basis of a job in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What options are open to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Background: I am already doing this - but we are British citizens, which means at least until 29th March we just use free-movement rights.  On 30th March there is a frighteningly high chance we are going to cease being an EU/EEA national. Germany and Switzerland have both promised transition arrangements, but we may well fall in the cracks.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like answers to this question to concentrate on the options open to  general 3rd-state nationals (eg from India or USA).  If necessary, I can ask another question about how to make use of transition arrangements.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-23T10:49:07.370" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T10:49:07.370" Title="Live in Germany, work in Switzerland as non-EU/EEA national" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7057" CreationDate="2019-01-08T21:14:07.257" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only thing they check when re-entering is that you're valid to enter.  An American, for example, coming from any other country, gets a 30-day visitors visa (used to be 90 days!).  No matter how long you were absent from UAE.  Other countries have other stipulations, but in general, you are entering the way you entered the first time: fresh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5955" LastActivityDate="2019-01-08T21:14:07.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-09T00:52:24.893" Score="2" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a software developer, I have often worked for Canadian clients and companies but remotely from my home country. I do have their payment proofs, contracts and reference letters. Will this be counted as CANADIAN EXPERIENCE and granted points in express entry profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16502" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T01:29:43.017" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T01:29:43.017" Title="Are remote jobs done for Canadian clients worth points for Express Entry?" Tags="&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15501" CreationDate="2019-01-09T01:28:14.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it does not count based on a statement on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/canadian-experience-class.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian government website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have at least 1 year of skilled work experience &lt;strong&gt;in Canada&lt;/strong&gt;, in the last 3 years before you apply. The work was:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;full-time or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an equal amount in part-time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have gained your work experience by working in Canada legally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T01:28:14.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-09T08:05:09.580" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a work permit for a position in Poland and will shortly be applying for a residence visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements states that I must have health insurance for the duration of the stay. I will be covered by my employer insurance once my contract begins, but during that initial settling in period I will need to insure myself privately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Axa seems to fit most of the criteria, but I don't really want to pay for 12 months of insurance. How many months coverage is enough to satisfy the requirements for the visa? Do I need to show any additional documents with my application in this circumstance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastActivityDate="2019-10-07T00:01:10.140" Title="Health Insurance for National D Visa (Poland) under work category" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14661" CreationDate="2019-01-09T08:21:06.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will be eligible for a special category visa upon arrival in Australia using your NZ passport. The only aggravating factors for that could be a criminal conviction. The fact that you have resided in South Africa won't have an effect on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-02-08T18:09:53.643" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T18:09:53.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15506" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15687" CreationDate="2019-01-09T13:11:32.107" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p1210&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§§ 66 - 68 German Residence Act&lt;/a&gt;, a German resident got the option to provide his/her third-country friends and family members with a formal obligation document (Verpflichtungserklärung) to assist their visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there's a cap for the number of Verpflichtungserklärung one can request at once and/or during a year? In other words, how many people you can invite to visit per year? In there a cap?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T14:02:12.433" Title="Is there a cap for the number of Verpflichtungserklärung one can request for friends and family members?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15507" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15512" CreationDate="2019-01-09T14:57:23.593" Score="1" ViewCount="2583" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an express entry profile. If I get a job offer, would I still need to show proof of funds for express entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T18:59:02.923" Title="If I have a job offer, still will I need to show proof of funds for express entry?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-09T15:40:31.450" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed my vwp for almost 2 years and I got removed from the United states and I got an email from the department of homeland security that I can not enter or attempt to enter the us for the next 10 years. During those 2 years in the US I found a 2 jobs that are special skills and my employers are struggling to find decent employees so they both want to sponsor me to get back in the United states in the right way. My question is do I have any chances to get approved since I violate my visa waiver? And if I do what can I do to increase them . Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16507" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T19:26:33.847" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T19:26:33.847" Title="May a VWP Violator Later Be Sponsored?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15508" CreationDate="2019-01-09T18:56:24.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you accrued more than 1 year of &quot;unlawful presence&quot; after your I-94 expired and before you left, you triggered a 10-year INA 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II) ban. Being removed from inside the US for the first time also triggered a 10-year INA 212(a)(9)(A)(ii)(I) ban. (Hopefully you did not claim to be a US citizen when you worked in the US, because that would trigger a lifetime ban with no waiver.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not say how long ago you were in the US. If you left the US more than 10 years ago, both bans would be over and you would not need to file any waivers or anything else to get a US visa. But not having a ban doesn't mean you will get a nonimmigrant visa like a work visa; your past history could still affect their decision on whether to grant you a nonimmigrant visa (although I am not sure how much effect it has on work visas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you left the US less than 10 years ago, you would need to overcome both bans before you can enter the US. If you apply for a visa, you will be denied due to the bans. If it's a nonimmigrant visa like a work visa, after the denial the visa officer will let you know about the process to apply for a nonimmigrant waiver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T18:56:24.843" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15507" CreationDate="2019-01-09T18:59:02.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like you do except under certain circumstances as detailed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1145&amp;amp;top=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; and listed below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I need to include proof of funds for Express Entry?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;You will be asked to enter in your Express Entry profile the amount of money you will have to help you settle in Canada. This is to show that you can support yourself and any family who come with you to Canada, and helps us assess which programs you may be eligible for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will only need to meet the settlement fund requirement if it applies to the program you are invited to apply under.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are invited to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker Program or Federal Skilled Trades Program, you will need to show that you meet the settlement funds requirement unless you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are currently authorized to work in Canada, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a valid job offer from an employer in Canada.&#xA;For proof, you must get official letters from any banks or financial institutions where you are keeping money.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Letter(s) must list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all current bank and investment accounts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;outstanding debts such as credit card debts and loans&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: You do not have to meet the funds requirement if you were invited to apply under the Canadian Experience Class.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system currently asks all applicants to provide a proof of funds document. If you don’t need to provide proof of funds, you must upload a letter explaining either that you have been invited to apply under the Canadian Experience Class, or that you have a valid job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, a summary. If you're applying under Canadian Experience class, you don't need to prove funds. If you already have a work visa for Canada AND have a job offer/are currently working, you don't need to prove funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T18:59:02.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15385" CreationDate="2019-01-09T21:09:36.327" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you’re on a German blue card, you can leave the country up until 12 consecutive months without affecting your residence status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you got the chance to keep your job working remotely is just the luxury of working in the tech industry. That’s definitely possible. I’ve been doing it for a few months in the past due to a family emergency. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I read somewhere that the serious downside to this kinda situation is that your time away doesn’t count against your residency in Germany. So, if that’s true, and you’re planning toward a German PR after 21 or 33 months, you might need to stay and work in the country for your time away even after you’re having 21 or 33 slips. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, people I know just went to Ausländerbehörde providing their salary slips, language skills certificate (in the case of 21 months applications) and simply got their PR. I’m not sure if there’s actually a background check there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ll look around and provide you with few links when am sober. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, your new job must not be of a self-employment/freelancing nature. Basically, you gotta work for a fully remote company based in Germany that does your social security contributions just as your current company. Your Blue Card residence title is always dependent on a company. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§§ 19a German Residence Act&lt;/a&gt;, in the event of changing jobs within the first 2 years of your Blue Card issuance, it should be authorized by the foreigners' office. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The time spent outside Germany is not credited towards any application for a settlement permit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I interrupt my stay in Germany during the validity period of the EU Blue Card?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;&quot;Holders of an EU Blue Card are permitted to stay in a non-EU country for up to 12 consecutive months without their residence title expiring. This provision also includes family members. However, this time spent outside Germany is not credited towards any application for a settlement permit.&quot; — &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BAMF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2019-01-13T11:46:09.903" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T11:46:09.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15516" CreationDate="2019-01-09T21:19:19.090" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen on a G4 visa living in the US and married to a US citizen with no children. I want to ensure that in case I was to pass away my spouse would inherit everything from me. Should I make a will or a trust?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16509" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T22:24:39.663" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T22:31:27.747" Title="Inheritance for a French citizen with a G4 visa married to a US citizen" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15504" CreationDate="2019-01-09T22:26:55.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, so I have already called the Polish embassy in my local country (New Zealand) and confirmed that you only need private health insurance for the intermediary period between your arrival in the Schengen area and your starting work date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you should supply with your visa application information relating to your work permit, your starting date at your new job, the intended arrival date into the schengen and the private health insurance with dates covering your arrival till start work date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T22:26:55.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15514" CreationDate="2019-01-09T22:31:27.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should almost certainly write a will.  Depending on the state in which you live, it is &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; possible that will not be necessary.  However to write the will, I very &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; strongly suggest you consult a lawyer; this is &lt;em&gt;particularly&lt;/em&gt; true because you are an ex-pat. (DIY wills can easily cause a great deal more trouble).  If the intestacy laws in your state are such that you don't need a will, the lawyer can tell you that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lawyer can also advise on how to write the will to minimize any taxes (and that may require a trust).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Top tip: Don't let the lawyer write themselves in as executor.  Appoint your spouse, and they can negotiate for the lawyer's services if needed at the time (they probably won't be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T22:31:27.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15517" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-10T10:04:17.727" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the cheapest way to move a lot of stuff. TV's, Desktop computers, Furniture etc. From Estonia to Ireland. I don't care if it takes a couple of months even if it's cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some services advertising at the moment on facebook but the price is ridiculousness, more than ryanair baggage prices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16401" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T06:06:20.540" Title="Cheap way to move appartment contents from Estonia to Ireland (no urgency)" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-10T15:32:24.340" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a recent trip to Canada, I applied for my ETA as I am a British Citizen. It got denied as I was recognised as a Canadian citizen as my mother was born in Canada and always maintained full Canadian citizenship. I had to get an emergency electronic Canadian passport attached to my UK passport for the duration of the holiday. I am now looking to apply for my Canadian passport, how do I go about this? Do I need to obtain a certificate of Canadian citizenship first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16513" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T16:03:15.207" Title="British Citizen with Canadian mother, needing passport" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15519" CreationDate="2019-01-10T16:03:15.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, assuming you were not born in Canada, you need to apply for and get a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship first before you can apply for a Canadian passport. Proving that your mother was born in Canada should be enough to prove that you are currently a Canadian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T16:03:15.207" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15522" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15523" CreationDate="2019-01-10T18:58:48.663" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi please need your help, I'm trying to get my first provisional driving licence in uk, given that I should show my adress for the last 3 years,considering I just moved here about few months ago, what can I do ?&#xA;I would appreciate a lot your help I'm not finding the asnwers anywehere else &#xA;thank you very much cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16515" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T20:08:50.790" Title="Getting my first provisional driving licence in uk using my BRP (new arrival non EU citizen)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15522" CreationDate="2019-01-10T20:08:50.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not required to show a UK address for the past 3 years. You'll need to provide your addresses for the past 3 years, wherever in the world they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T20:08:50.790" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12108" CreationDate="2019-01-10T21:20:17.503" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes there is no problem about your age as long as you already have bachelor or master degree and you would like to continue your own studies in Poland ;) let us know if your visa interview went well and what type of questions you've been asked by VO?  Share with us ashour 10 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16516" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T21:20:17.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15481" CreationDate="2019-01-10T23:30:00.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having an experience letter on the company letterhead is not the only option. You can have a colleague (preferably a manager or senior employee), who was working with you, give an affidavit/undertaking stating that he was working with you and following are the duties you performed. An affidavit is a legal document that you get from a court. Along with the affidavit, you can supply salary slips (at least 3 - beginning, mid period and end) and the initial offer letter you received from the company.&#xA;This should get you through the ACS assessment without any trouble. And this is not just a workaround, ACS itself recommends this if you can't get an official letter.&#xA;Refer to page 14 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20V5-6%20Aug%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16517" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T23:30:00.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14845" CreationDate="2019-01-10T23:34:51.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can refer to the page 13 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20V5-6%20Aug%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qzouc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qzouc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sample employment reference letter&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16517" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2019-01-11T15:16:39.560" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T15:16:39.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15440" CreationDate="2019-01-11T08:46:27.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, &lt;strong&gt;foreign legal entities are permitted to have an ABN and a .com.au domain name if they operate in Australia&lt;/strong&gt;, subject to certain registration requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;ABN&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://abr.gov.au/For-Business,-Super-funds---Charities/Applying-for-an-ABN/ABN-entitlement/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australian Business Register&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your business or organisation is located outside Australia, you may be entitled to an ABN if you are carrying on an enterprise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;in Australia, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;that involves making supplies connected with Australia's indirect tax zone – defined as including Australia but not its external territories or certain offshore areas.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked page contains further information on what &quot;carry on an enterprise in Australia&quot; means.  It would appear that as long as you still have Australian customers on a regular basis, then you would be carrying on an enterprise in Australia, even though you are located overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;.com.au&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The criteria for .com.au registration is a bit tighter.  According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auda.org.au/policies/index-of-published-policies/2012/2012-04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AuDA&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To be eligible for a domain name in the com.au 2LD, registrants must be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. an Australian registered company; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b. trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;c.     an Australian partnership or sole trader; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;d.    a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;e.   an owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;f.      an applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;g.    an association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;h.    an Australian commercial statutory body.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On its own a foreign sole trader would not be eligible for an .com.au domain name.  However, foreign entities are permitted to register a business name if they &quot;carry on a business in Australia&quot;. So if you end up eligible to keep your ABN, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://asic.gov.au/for-business/registering-a-business-name/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;register a business name with ASIC&lt;/a&gt;, which will then qualify you for a .com.au domain under paragraph b.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2019-01-13T10:13:52.250" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T10:13:52.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-11T12:38:00.873" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have question on taxation and choosing tax classes. It is already complicated enough and now figure out tax classes for couples seem crazy.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a proper tool to check for appropriate tax class for couples? We both earn have a difference of about 15% in annual salary right now. Some calculators show 4/4 is better while other show 3/5. Right now I am leaning towards 4/4.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also is it possible to change the tax classes multiple times in middle of the year? I might change my job later this year and would then change the salary difference and hence might need new calculation.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there proper tool to do these checks or we have to hire accountant for it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16385" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T16:29:21.127" Title="German tax for couples : choosing appropriate tax class" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-11T13:22:53.380" Score="6" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have exchanged (converted) a non-EU driving license (before 1993) to a French driving license, can anyone tell if it has been exchanged?&#xA;Can you then exchange with another EU country's license without informing them of the original non EU license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is an older paper license and I can’t see any mention of the country of origin on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16521" LastEditorUserId="16521" LastEditDate="2019-02-06T09:48:50.063" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T09:48:50.063" Title="Can anyone tell if an EU driving licence has been exchanged from a non-EU country?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15529" CreationDate="2019-01-11T16:29:21.127" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the end it does not matter. Tax classes only affect payments you receive every month. After submitting your yearly tax declaration (which you are obliged to do having classes 3/5), your taxes will be recalculated and the resulting income will be the same regardless the tax classes you both have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it does matter in some cases which tax class you have, for example for calculating of the &lt;em&gt;Elterngeld&lt;/em&gt; the net monthly income is taken which depends on tax class. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T16:29:21.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15530" CreationDate="2019-01-11T17:30:39.863" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, normally they can tell that the license is exchanged because there is a mention at the back, on the bottom part, (at the very least, for the new, credit-card format licenses) with a code indicating the country that originally issued the license. It looks a bit like this on my exchaned French license (my own picture, I deleted out some details, but I left the part with the country code):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(B) 70.0123456789.XX (XX being the country code)&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YM1dI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YM1dI.png&quot; alt=&quot;My own license&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example (Reverse of Portuguese driver’s licence showing the number of the previous non EU license):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjeQ8.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjeQ8.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Reverse of Portuguese driver’s licence showing the number of the previous non EU license&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I believe that either Column 12 or Row B on the back is the place on your license that mentions whether your license was exchanged and which country originally issued it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out this post that shows an example of someone who tried this (US license -&gt; German license -&gt; French license): &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2513/ohioarizonagermanyfrance-drivers-license-conversion?rq=1&quot;&gt;Ohio&amp;gt;Arizona&amp;gt;Germany&amp;gt;France driver&amp;#39;s license conversion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-recognition-validity/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iwpportugal.org/exchanging-your-drivers-license-for-a-portuguese-one/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iwpportugal.org/exchanging-your-drivers-license-for-a-portuguese-one/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my own EU driver's license that was exchanged from a non-EU country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2019-01-14T17:58:39.253" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T17:58:39.253" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-11T18:36:14.607" Score="1" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am graduated from Electronics and communication engineering but I am having 4 years of experience in IT company. So am I eligible for applying Australian PR? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16524" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T19:47:41.063" Title="ECE graduate with IT exp can eligible for australia PR" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15534" CreationDate="2019-01-11T19:47:41.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You ECE degree will be assessed as ICT minor by ACS, given you had some basic CS courses in your degree like Data Structures, Intro to programming, etc. For ICT minor degrees to be assessed positive, you need minimum five years of experience. But remember, ACS will deduct these 5 years of experience for your positive assessment. So eventually, you will be 0 years. You will have to wait for 3 more years to get 5 points of experience.&#xA;You can further contact ACS for clarification. You can also refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Summary%20of%20Criteria%20-%202017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this official document.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16517" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T19:47:41.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15539" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-12T16:54:07.490" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Adeniyi. I have lived in Germany for three years but I am stateless. &#xA;I want to move to live with my partner and my son; both live in London. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is according to the questionnaire read from UK embassy talk of stateless/Refugees&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is Article 10 mean and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did I need a letter ? ( from my partner) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I don’t have any document &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;From OP response in answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is registered and work in London, we haven’t get married yet ... She is an Austria citizen...why my son registered with my name in Uk &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16527" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2019-01-14T17:40:52.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T17:40:52.133" Title="Moving from Germany to UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-12T14:13:41.587" Score="7" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son, born in Rome, is British by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has a newborn in China who he wants to register as British. He has been declined a passport for her as you cannot apparently pass on British citizenship to the child of one who is British by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the status of his child?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Adrienne Mccoll" LastActivityDate="2019-01-12T19:13:09.907" Title="What is the status of children of a person who is British by descent?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15540" CreationDate="2019-01-12T14:18:20.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's absolutely correct. If a person is British citizen by descent, then their children are British citizens not by descent if born in the UK, and not British citizens at all if born outside the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To become British citizen, your son would have to move to the UK with his child and reside there for a long time, then apply to get residency and citizenship like any non-British child might do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" OwnerDisplayName="gnasher729" LastActivityDate="2019-01-12T14:18:20.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15540" CreationDate="2019-01-12T15:56:05.373" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may find this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK government webpage&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;Check if you're a British citizen&quot;) useful to test your thoughts. It poses questions in order to determine British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better Answers contain actual text and substantive information, so the Answer remains useful if the link disappears. This issue's presentation on the UK website, however, has too many pages and conditions to easily quote or abstract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" OwnerDisplayName="David" LastActivityDate="2019-01-12T17:25:49.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15540" CreationDate="2019-01-12T16:08:51.160" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're correct. British citizens by descent cannot automatically pass British citizenship to a child born abroad. There are limited circumstances in which such a child can be registered as a British citizen while under 18:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your son's parent (the child's grandparent) was a British citizen otherwise than by descent, and your son lived in the UK for some continuous period of 3 years some time in his life before the child's birth, the child can be registered as a British citizen by descent under section 3(2).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your son and his wife and his child have all been living in the UK for the last 3 years, the child can be registered as a British citizen otherwise than by descent under section 3(5).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Under special circumstances, the Home Secretary has the power to register any child under 18 as a British citizen under section 3(1). This is usually for children who are already in the UK and have strong connections to the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2019-01-12T16:08:51.160" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15544" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19830" CreationDate="2019-01-13T06:27:42.107" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;The F-2 is a resident visa. With such a visa, one can stay up to 3 years in Korea and can work and have a business and after 3 years, is eligible for a F-5 visa (permanent resident).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility to F-2 visa is determined through a point system taking account age, education, income and Korean proficiency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is Korean proficiency&lt;/strong&gt; assessed for the F-2 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.korea4expats.com/article-point-system-to-obtain-F2-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; explains that it is determined by the S-TOPIK level. What is the S-TOPIK? Is it the same as the &quot;traditional&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.topik.go.kr/usr/cmm/subLocation.do?menuSeq=221010201&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TOPIK test&lt;/a&gt;? In that case, how is the score at the TOPIK test related to the points for the F-2 system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2138" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-05T09:53:47.803" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T09:53:47.803" Title="How is Korean language proficiency evaluated for the F-2 (resident) visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-13T11:00:29.243" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Permanent Resident. My job allows me to work from home full time. I want to partially move back to Honduras where I'm a citizen. I would come back to the US every couple of months for face time meetings etc...I was thinking about doing this for 1 year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I do this without my employer knowing anything about it? I would VPN..take call/ confrence calls like I live in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16530" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T11:26:22.367" Title="US Permanent Resident Working From Home" Tags="&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15545" CreationDate="2019-01-13T11:26:22.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only danger with respect to your permanent resident status would be a finding that you had abandoned your permanent residence.  If you're never outside the US for more than six months at once, and the whole arrangement lasts for no more than a year, there's no appreciable risk of that happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-13T11:26:22.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-13T19:52:20.740" Score="2" ViewCount="1048" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a manic dash across a train station in London, I lost my wallet which included my EU driving license (issued in Portugal).&#xA;Since I'm a UK resident, I need to replace the lost license with the UK driving licence but the information on how to this is quite vague (I've tried a few of the .gov sites but keep going in a loop).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to replace the license online, the site requires that the last license had a UK License (mine didn't)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I try to exchange the license, the site tells me it's not necessary until I hit the age of 68 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seem to be stuck in a catch-22 with this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone advise what needs to be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16534" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2019-01-14T20:46:28.757" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T20:46:28.757" Title="Lost my EU license and need to replace with UK license - help" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15551" CreationDate="2019-01-14T01:11:49.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The government websites are poorly worded. In fact, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/european-union&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page you found&lt;/a&gt; is saying after 68 you must exchange your licence, but up to that point you can do so voluntarily. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you will need to fill in form D1, which has provision for lost driving licences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T01:11:49.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-14T10:22:32.733" Score="2" ViewCount="619" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 56year old woman living in South Africa. I am looking into getting my Dutch citizenship. My father was born in Holland, then moved to South Africa. I know I was 6 years old when he gave up his citizenship for South Africa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know do I still qualify for citizenship? The online platforms I've seen seems to state that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Were you born before 1 January 1985?&#xA;You are a Dutch citizen by law if your father was a Dutch citizen at the time of your birth. It does not matter whether you were born in the Netherlands or abroad.&quot; How does this statement from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;website affect me in my process? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16538" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T10:41:06.413" Title="South African Looking for Dutch Citizenship" Tags="&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5548" CreationDate="2019-01-14T10:54:42.940" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.orangetax.com/2015/09/employee-in-the-netherlands-without-an-employer-in-the-nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.orangetax.com/2015/09/employee-in-the-netherlands-without-an-employer-in-the-nl/&lt;/a&gt; =&gt; &quot;What is the solution? Non resident employment ship ...  The employer costs for the employee are part of the foreign entity result, the employee receives a Dutch taxed salary over which have been due Dutch social premiums. The employee has access to all Dutch facilities. Should the employee have a 30% ruling, or can have a 30% ruling, this can be applied for. The employer needs to set up a Dutch employment contract.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it will require an application from your employer to the Dutch authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not try going self-employed (as the current top answer suggests -- you must have at least 3 customers in Netherlands, that solution does not work here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16539" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T10:54:42.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-14T12:59:48.970" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Malaysian and recently I have applied for a residence permit to move to live with my Swedish partner in Sweden, we are not married, everything was submitted and currently waiting for the result. My question is: Do I get to travel to Sweden before this residence permit has been approved or yet made a decision on? I tried to call the Sweden embassy in my country's capital city - Kuala Lumpur, the answer was: I am not able to travel to Sweden as my residence permit is on an ongoing process and the immigration in Sweden would notice if my name appeared on the system showing I am currently applying for a residence permit and they would forbid me from entering Sweden. I wasn't sure if the receptionist understood what I was talking about so I figured I'd ask the question here just to make sure. I appreciate any answers or suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16541" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T06:51:01.230" Title="Swedish Residence Permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;malaysian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15557" CreationDate="2019-01-14T14:44:53.787" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your embassy understood the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply for a short term visa (or the effective equivalent on entry to a country), one of the most important questions the official has to answer is &quot;Is this person likely to leave the country at the end of the trip, or do they have any reason to overstay&quot;.  By applying for a residence permit you have told Sweden (in the most uncertain terms) that you very much have a reason to stay in the country and not return to Malaysia.  As such they will almost certainly deny you a tourist visa at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your only option is to wait until the application is decided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-15T06:51:01.230" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T06:51:01.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-14T16:54:43.020" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of applying for immigration I-140 through EB-1B Outstanding researcher category; I haven't submitted the application yet. EB-1B being EB-1B, the burden of proof is on me and the bar is very high; application approval/rejection is highly subjective and there's no guarantee it will get approved (I have seen cases where strong applications have gotten rejected and weak ones have slipped through). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my application gets rejected on the grounds that it's not strong enough to demonstrate &quot;outstanding achievement&quot; in my field, then will this rejection affect future US non-immigrant visa applications (I will have to leave the country in a few months in either case)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did some searching on this topic and got conflicting opinions; some immigration lawyers think that &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; &quot;immigrant intent&quot; is only demonstrated when we submit I-485 adjustment of status application, while some argue that submitting I-140 in itself demonstrates immigrant intent &lt;em&gt;in the eyes of the visa officer&lt;/em&gt; processing your future applications for any other visas; since they have wide discretionary powers, it doesn't matter whether you submitted I-140 or I-485, you demonstrated immigration intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also brings up another question: Can CBP officers at port of entry and visa officers in consulates see your record of applying for I-140, which might affect their decision to grant entry or future visas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" LastActivityDate="2019-01-14T16:54:43.020" Title="Does I-140 application submission/rejection affect future US non-immigrant visa applications?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-14T17:51:30.520" Score="3" ViewCount="442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a biochemistry Ph.D. student in the United States considering a postdoctoral fellowship at a private institute in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It would be the best next step in my career, but I'm unsure if it's financially realistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I've calculated correctly, according to the salarischaal I'd come in around EUR 3303/mo. (at a 10-5, a new postdoc right out of my Ph.D.). Multiplying by 14 would put my annual income at 46242 euros, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/CAO/Salarisschalen%20per%201%20mei%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/CAO/Salarisschalen%20per%201%20mei%202018.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't account for tax. I believe I'd be eligible to receive the first 30% of my salary tax-free, leaving 70% of my salary subject to a 40.85% tax )of EUR 13,222):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatax.nl/tax-rates-2018&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.expatax.nl/tax-rates-2018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means I'd end up with about 33,020 Euros after tax, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm married and have two kids. Complete care coverage is a necessity, my understanding is that this would not typically be provided to me as a post-doc but I would need to buy it on my own. Does this sound normal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen, but my wife is a Dutch citizen (with a US green card). Does her Dutch citizenship change how I would be taxed if she decided to get a job over there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16543" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T23:02:55.437" Title="Netherlands postdoc salary and health insurance" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15555" CreationDate="2019-01-14T18:50:04.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally, your father's naturalizing in South Africa (or anywhere) while you were a minor would have caused you to lose your Dutch nationality along with your father.  However, I believe that this would not be true if you were South African from birth, because you would not have been acquiring South African nationality at the time of your father's naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were born in South Africa, however, have probably lost your Dutch nationality after ten years of residence outside the Netherlands.  The ten-year period starts at the age of majority, so in your case you would have lost your Dutch nationality on your 31st birthday, except that the law was changed in 1985 and your 31st birthday fell in 1987.  With the change of the law, a new 10-year period started, and the rule was a bit different: you would have lost your Dutch nationality only if you lived &lt;em&gt;in South Africa&lt;/em&gt; for ten years.  Therefore, unless you lived outside South Africa for part of the time between 1985 and the end of 1994, you would have lost your Dutch nationality at the end of 1994.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did live outside South Africa, you would have delayed your loss of nationality until ten years after your return to South Africa.  If you delayed it until after April 1, 2003, then you have to look at the new rule that took effect on that date, which provides for loss of nationality for anyone with dual citizenship who lives outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the EU for ten years.  If you retained Dutch nationality until April 1, 2003, you probably lost it on March 31, 2013, depending on your residence history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a provision for &lt;em&gt;former&lt;/em&gt; Dutch citizens to regain their Dutch nationality through a simplified (&quot;option&quot;) procedure, and it seems that you are almost certainly a former Dutch citizen if you are not now a Dutch citizen.  However, another requirement is to have been living legally in the Netherlands for at least one year at the time of your application, so you would need to find some basis for a residence permit before you can apply.  The Dutch Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst has &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a page on the option procedure&lt;/a&gt;, where you would fall under the fifth point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are an adult. You are a former Dutch citizen. And you have been living in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for at least 1 year. In this year your have had a permanent residence permit or a temporary residence permit with a non-temporary purpose of stay. Citizens of the EU/EEA or Switzerland do not need to have a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; there are some exceptions to the ten-year rule that do not apply to most people, but could apply to you.  My knowledge of Dutch nationality law is that of an interested lay person, not of an expert.  You may want to consult a lawyer with experience in these matters, and you may at least want to apply to your Dutch consulate for a formal determination of your status with respect to Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-15T10:41:06.413" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T10:41:06.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-15T09:01:54.850" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a divorced Indian citizen in USA and have grown up kids in India. I am going to get married to a non-Indian citizen in USA. She has German citizenship and will still have her German citizenship after our marriage. We plan to register the marriage in USA and Germany too. But, we haven't planned to register it in India or Indian consulate yet. I have some real estate and other financial establishments in India. In case of divorce, can she claim her rights in the establishments which are in India? I want to protect those properties and establishments for my children in India. Will a prenup made in USA between an Indian and non-Indian recognized in India? Can it be enforced it in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16548" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-01-17T09:40:34.497" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T09:40:34.497" Title="Can a non-Indian spouse claim rights/share in Indian financial establishments/properties on divorce?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-15T21:06:54.723" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;as a little background I'm a Canadian wanting to enter the US to spend more time with my love and have been engaged in a relationship for over the past 3 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're both very hesitant to get up and get married just for me to spend more time with her and would much prefer for it to happen when the time is right. What are our other alternative options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, I am not necessarily asking routes to being a citizen but would like more time to spend in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank-you in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16551" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T21:43:32.190" Title="Alternative routes to entering the US without Marriage" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15566" CreationDate="2019-01-15T21:43:32.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canada is rare in that it explicitly permits people visiting as tourists to work remotely for their foreign employers, which you might want to consider if your partner can work remotely.  But that doesn't address your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual approach in cases like yours is to find a way of entering the US independent of your relationship.  Depending on age, most people seek either a student visa or as a work visa, but if you are entrepreneurial (and especially if you are wealthy) you could also set up a business to help you move to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canadians have had a somewhat easier time moving to the US if they are employable in one of the NAFTA specialty occupations, but I do not know whether that will persist given the current administration's antipathy to NAFTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without knowing the state of your career, it's hard to say anything more specific than this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T21:43:32.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15565" CreationDate="2019-01-15T22:21:38.337" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Property division in a divorce is handled by the court in the jurisdiction where the divorce is granted. However, it's possible that if an Indian citizen is divorced overseas, a transfer of that citizen's property (located within India) to the divorced spouse is in some fashion limited or restricted by Indian law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, you'll need input from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A lawyer or solicitor familiar with divorce and property settlement issues in India, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the divorce occurs in another country, a lawyer or solicitor familiar with divorce and property settlement in that other country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T22:21:38.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-16T10:23:17.663" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual Canadian /american citizenship because my mother was born and raised in /Canada. I plan to get married soon. Will my future wife be able to enjoy the perqs of a Canadian passport? I plan on retiring in Calgary and living  the rest of my days there, but I have some time yet before that happens.&#xA;    Do I have to wait until we are both residing there? AND; Will she have to relinquish her Brazilian citizenship? (she is dual American/Brazilian)&#xA;    Her parents were born and raised in Brazil...she was born in the U.S. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16553" LastActivityDate="2019-01-16T15:17:25.613" Title="dual citizenship under The protective umbrage of the queen" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15571" CreationDate="2019-01-16T12:01:15.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=357&amp;amp;top=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This link&lt;/a&gt; is probably helpful.  To summarize:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The spouse of a Canadian citizen has to follow exactly the same rules to become a citizen as anyone else (for example, live in Canada for long enough).  Note that this is unlike (e.g.) Germany, where the spouse of citizen can naturalize much faster than other people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Canadian citizen can sponsor their spouse to become a permanent resident in Canada (which is a useful step on the way to being a citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=359&amp;amp;top=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; your wife would not have to renounce her Brazilian or US citizenship in order to become Canadian, &lt;em&gt;however&lt;/em&gt; according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_nationality_law#Dual_nationality_and_loss_of_Brazilian_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; Brazil &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; regard her as having lost Brazilian citizenship if she took Canadian citizenship.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, how would Brazil ever find out?  On the other hand, she could just retire to Canada as a permanent resident (but this would mean she couldn't vote in Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturalizing as a Canadian would have no affect on her US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-16T15:17:25.613" LastActivityDate="2019-01-16T15:17:25.613" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-16T14:11:40.837" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen man with a long term non-EU girlfriend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both want to move to Europe together. We both speak English well. I'm a skilled software developer so i'm fairly confident about my plan of finding a job which provides me a working visa - sponsorship. Unfortunately her profession isn't in shortage of workers in Europe (she's a HR specialist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In which European countries i can find a job and bring her with me as my registered partner with working permit without getting married ? I've heard Netherlands provides that, can you name any other countries please ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've searched it online a lot but couldn't find any information for non-EU citizens. If you just give me what keywords to search, that'ld help me a lot as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16555" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T11:19:52.943" Title="EU countries with registered partnership option" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-16T16:55:57.700" Score="0" ViewCount="1489" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for an F4 immigration for my family and I in 2006. I recently got an email from the NVC stating that it was time to pay the fees and start collecting my documents which i was pleased to receive. I was under the impression ,however, that both of my children who are now 22 and 25 years of age have aged out but once i opened the application their names are mentioned and there is an option to pay their fees as well. So does this mean that will be accompanying me or will i have to apply for their immigration separately??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Edit from OP answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I filed for F4 immigration through my sister and got the letter from the authorities stating that our priority date is march of 2006. Just a few days earlier we received an email from NVC asking us to submit our fees in January 2019 (Sorry for not having the exact dates and knowhow because im really new to this.) My son 25 years old now i thought that his name would not be on the application site and for them to be asking me to give his fees as well along with my family as i thought he had aged out. So does this mean he will be granted an f4 visa with me??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16557" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2019-01-19T21:44:30.177" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T21:48:12.697" Title="F4 inquiry about children" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6012" CreationDate="2019-01-17T12:30:33.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;America will likely not grant you a tourist visa.    I’m in a similar situation.  I’m American but a long term permanent resident of Japan with no current intention of moving to the States.  My wife is Russian and holds a spouse of a permanent resident visa in Japan.  I wanted to visit my mom as she never met her grandson.  We went to just get a tourist visa for my wife.  The US Embassy in Tokyo immediately rejected her said she doesn’t have strong enough ties to Japan and hence won’t grant her a tourist visa to the States.  They said come back when you have permanent residence status in Japan.  That could take 10 years or more.  Basically they said in so many words they wouldn’t let her in for at least a decade.  Insane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16562" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T12:30:33.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15580" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15584" CreationDate="2019-01-17T18:57:53.417" Score="5" ViewCount="713" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Swiss girlfriend is looking for housing in Paris for a 6 months internship. Many housing agencies she spoke to refuse to accept her Swiss parents as guarantors, despite their salary being sufficient, on the basis that they're not French, and require a French guarantor to sign a contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First question: is this legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To go around this issue, some agencies have suggested to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.garantme.fr/fr/landlords&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GarantMe&lt;/a&gt;, a service that allegedly, paying a quite expensive price, will act as a guarantor for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should she trust this site and service? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this step really necessary, or there's another way to get housing without a French guarantor?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another solution would be finding housing with some roommates that already have a contract with the agencies, in France, do landlords require a French guarantor even for a sub-location contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestion will be appreciated, merci!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16565" LastEditorUserId="16565" LastEditDate="2019-01-18T09:38:08.253" LastActivityDate="2019-01-19T08:13:23.297" Title="French housing agencies refuse to accept a foreign guarantor" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15575" CreationDate="2019-01-17T19:10:22.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to read &lt;a href=&quot;http://uscis.gov/greencard/child-status-protection-act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. I have extracted a few statements but you should read the entire page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To qualify as a child for USA immigration/visa purposes, a person has to be under 21 years of age and unmarried. The long processing and visa availability times caused Congress to pass the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). It went into affect for petitions that were filed or pending on or after August 6, 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The calculated age is the child’s “CSPA age.” This allows some people to remain classified as children beyond their 21st birthday. However, CSPA does not change the requirement that you must be unmarried in order to remain eligible for classification as a child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...your CSPA age is calculated by subtracting the number of days your petition was pending (pending time) from your age on the date an immigrant visa becomes available to you (age at time of visa availability). However, you must remain unmarried in order to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The formula for calculating CSPA age is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Age at Time of Visa Availability - Pending Time = CSPA Age&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, the time between filing and approval of a petition can be subtracted from the children's ages to see if they've aged out or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When was the petition approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T19:10:22.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15580" CreationDate="2019-01-18T06:54:30.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Partial answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F31267&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F31267&lt;/a&gt;, it is legal for the owner to require a garantor (a &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt;), notice that it is not mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;La présentation d'une caution n'est pas une obligation légale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Toutefois, un bailleur peut exiger la présence d'une caution pour&#xA;  louer son logement. En pratique, c'est souvent le cas y compris si&#xA;  vous êtes candidat à un logement social.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also explicitly mentioned that the &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt; cannot be rejected because they are not French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;le propriétaire ne peut pas refuser la caution au seul motif que cette&#xA;  personne ne possède pas la nationalité française.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/R42281&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;template letter&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is explicitly mentioned that the documents that the &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt; must provide should be redacted or translated into French and that monetary values should be in euros. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1169&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1169&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Documents demandés à la caution&lt;/em&gt; tab).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;il est possible de fournir une copie des documents originaux. Les&#xA;  documents doivent être rédigés ou traduits en français, et les&#xA;  montants inscrits convertis en euros. Toutefois, le propriétaire a le&#xA;  droit d'exiger la présentation de l'original des documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So from the legal point, there's no obstacle to Swiss parents being &lt;em&gt;caution&lt;/em&gt; for their daughter in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, let's face some issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paris area housing market is notoriously very difficult, even for natives. Given ten candidates with similar credentials, the agency or owner will probably go the easy path (ie french caution with french credentials). Expect high prices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The standard contract for furnished apartment in France is one year long. Looking for a six months rent adds to the difficulty. You are in a zone between short-term and long-term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paris has begun to enforce a 120 day a year maximum duration for private owners renting their apartments thru airbnb or similar platforms. That might limit the opportunity to find a six months offer on such platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible workarounds:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Networking: see what help or advice the place where your friend is doing her internship can provide. Maybe some people working there do have a room to rent or a sub-location (known as &lt;em&gt;colocation&lt;/em&gt; in French) to share ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About networking : many corporations or school in France do have some sort of informal &lt;em&gt;classified ads&lt;/em&gt; in place. That might be a panel close to the coffee machine where one can pin an ad or an electronic mailing list, .... I would suggest to get in touch with her contact at the place of internship and ask whether such a system actually exists and if her contact could publish her request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the guarantee agency you mention, I cannot give any feedback. It seems legit, and they mention that you only pay their fee when the renting contract is signed, so the risk seems low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use agencies dedicated to this type of mid duration rent. They are usually used by high profile customers (diplomatic corp, corporations) so the cost will accordingly be high, but you can nevertheless check what their offers are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the internship is part of a university course and your friend has a student status, see whether there might be offers from students bodies like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crous-paris.fr/logements/nos-logements/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.crous-paris.fr/logements/nos-logements/&lt;/a&gt;. Chances are low because it is in high demand, but there might be useful advice from this kind of institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2019-01-19T08:13:23.297" LastActivityDate="2019-01-19T08:13:23.297" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15580" CreationDate="2019-01-18T09:09:37.620" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As promised, I am completing my comment with an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @audionuma mentioned, the housing market in Paris is quite difficult, even for locals. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, it is technically illegal to refuse a guarantor because s/he is not French or doesn't live in France. Here is what the law states (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexteArticle.do?idArticle=LEGIARTI000021342536&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006069108&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article 22-1 of the law regarding rentals, modified by the latest version called the &quot;loi Alur&quot;&lt;/a&gt;): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorsqu'un cautionnement pour les sommes dont le locataire serait débiteur dans le cadre d'un contrat de location conclu en application du présent titre est exigé par le bailleur, celui-ci ne peut refuser la caution présentée au motif qu'elle ne possède pas la nationalité française ou qu'elle ne réside pas sur le territoire métropolitain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In English&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where a guarantor for the sums owed by the lessee under a lease made under this law is required by the lessor, the lessor may not refuse the guarantor on the grounds that s/he does not possess French nationality or that s/he does not reside on the metropolitan territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you would be hard-pressed to find an individual landlord, let alone an agency, who would easily accept this. As mentioned in the previous answer, all other things being equal between 10 different applications, they would take the easy path. And the legal process to force them to accept would last longer than the 6 months that your girlfriend will be in France (and they know this, obviously). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guarantor is often required by landlords, there's no way around it. I have never tried GarantMe and other things like this...so I wouldn't be able to give you a proper answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If she really wants her own apartment, she can get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://visale.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VISALE&lt;/a&gt;, which is a state-backed security deposit. It's relatively new, so some private owners might not know about it (more info in English, here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.campusfrance.org/en/VISALE-free-security-deposit-for-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.campusfrance.org/en/VISALE-free-security-deposit-for-students&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another alternative is a &quot;caution bancaire&quot;: basically it's like a time deposit where you would be putting 6 months of rent in an account and use that as a guarantee...but she would have to do this with a French bank and sometimes they make it difficult to get the money back after you leave France...(my friend had this experience). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the alternative places to rent (@audionuma already gave some answers, particularly the networking, etc. so I will just complete it).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I found (when I was still a student) that the CROUS residences are hard to get since these residences are also for low-income French students on scholarships, so obviously they are the priority. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One other student residence alternative if she is at least a Master's degree student is the Cité Universitaire, and particularly the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ciup.fr/fondation-suisse/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fondation Suisse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; house. They have quotas for nationals (in this case Swiss nationals) so there's a chance she could get one there &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(my former intern did this. She was a Master's student in Italy, but got a room in the Canadian house since she was Canadian)/. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She could also give the private student residences a shot. The most famous one is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.adele.org/en/residence/urbanarea/paris-75/student-housing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ADELE&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Given the 6-month time frame, renting an apartment with an individual owner might be a bit difficult. But she could try out pap.fr (be prepared to speak in French directly to the owner). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sub-rental is another definite possibility (called a &lt;em&gt;sous-location&lt;/em&gt;). There are many in Paris (usually French students who go on exchange or internship overseas do this). Your girlfriend could check out student forums and other websites. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Co-location is another way. She could check out: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There are more websites for this, aside from lacartedescolocs). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The high-priced furnished rentals often used by expats and diplomats that were mentioned. Here are a few examples: &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.parisattitude.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.parisattitude.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lodgis.com/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.lodgis.com/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(in no way am I sponsoring or vouching for them...Being a local, I have never tried them myself but a colleague of mine used Paris Attitude when she first arrived and said it's ok). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, these end up quite a bit more expensive than your usual rental. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2019-01-18T10:16:43.693" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T10:16:43.693" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11913" CreationDate="2019-01-18T12:16:14.740" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My kids are currently in Queensland state schools and there are no fees for non-permanent residents :) We do pay activities fees but all students have to pay those. Hope that helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16572" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T12:16:14.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-18T19:10:51.063" Score="2" ViewCount="815" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Master's in a non - STEM degree, and almost finishing my second master's in a STEM degree. I have already used my master's F-1 OPT ( 12 months). I am wondering if I can still apply for the the F-1 OPT STEM extension using my second Master's in a STEM degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16574" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T08:26:58.907" Title="F-1 OPT STEM extension using my second Master's in a STEM degree" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15587" CreationDate="2019-01-19T00:33:51.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand you correctly, you first did a (non-STEM) master's degree #1, followed by 12 months of OPT, and later started your second (STEM) master's degree #2. Then the answer is no. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/stem-opt#_Eligibility_for_the&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You need to be on OPT while applying&lt;/a&gt; for the STEM OPT &lt;em&gt;extension&lt;/em&gt;. Yet you can't be on OPT, since you used up the 12 months from this degree level already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2039" LastActivityDate="2019-01-19T00:33:51.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-19T03:14:44.343" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is an italian. What procedure should i do to be able to live also in italy with him. And also if ever, can I also bring with me my son which is not his biological son? Thank you so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16576" LastActivityDate="2019-01-19T03:14:44.343" Title="What procedure do i have to do" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-19T06:19:16.893" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born and live in in Australia, but have Irish citizenship also because my father was born in Ireland. I have an Irish passport but not an Australian one. I want to visit the Cook Islands later this year. Can I fly out of Australia for two weeks and return using my Irish passport? Or, do I have to get an Australian passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16578" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T05:29:39.553" Title="Australian citizen leaving Australia on Irish passport" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15592" CreationDate="2019-01-19T15:05:41.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/traveling-as-a-dual-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Australian government webpage says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Australian citizens entering and leaving Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Australian citizens should use their Australian passport to enter and leave Australia.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you have another passport, you may use that after you leave Australia.&#xA;A passport is the best way to show that you are an Australian citizen. You may still be able to enter Australia if you are a citizen without a passport, but it will be more difficult. The airline may stop you from boarding a plane to Australia.&#xA;Smart Traveller has more information about travelling as a dual citizen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take this to mean that an Australian citizen not carrying an Austrialian passport will not be denied entry, but won't be allowed through Immigration until citizenship status is established. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Irish passport might give you the ability to enter Australia without a visa, or by obtaining a visa upon entry. However, given the possibility that the airline may not board you for an Australian-bound flight, obtaining an Australian passport and using it seems an easier and less fraught path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;————————- Edit January 23:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@phoog points out in his comment that an Irish passport holder without an Australian visa will not be allowed to board an Australia-bound flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-01-24T05:29:39.553" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T05:29:39.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-19T22:07:16.533" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in Holland in 1946 and immigrated to Canada in 1956. I was born in Canada in 1968 but would like to apply for a Dutch Passport as I spend a lot of time working in Europe. Does anyone know if this is possible? My father never had his Dutch Passport but my Aunt (his sister) has hers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16580" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T17:36:37.763" Title="Dutch Father Canadian Mother - CAn I apply for a Dutch Passport" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15596" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15608" CreationDate="2019-01-19T22:12:29.487" Score="1" ViewCount="302" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I arrived from Canada in the UK, my letting agent tasked a referencing company to track my Canadian credit record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will soon move from the UK to Germany.  In Germany, the domestic referencing company is Schufa.  I've read in several places (but nowhere authoritative) that Schufa requires a German bank account.  But if I do open a bank account as soon as I have my &lt;em&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/em&gt;, and then immediately ask for a Schufa, it will likely show blank, which might not satisfy landlords.  Can I in some way tell Schufa my current (soon previous) UK address, so they can track my UK credit record and use this to populate/initiate my Schufa while I'm still new in Germany?  I'm worried that I will find it difficult to satisfy landlords/agents as long as my Schufa is empty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2019-01-21T09:16:46.873" Title="Can I use my UK credit record in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;credit-history&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-19T22:35:29.013" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I met my boyfriend a few years ago when I lived in NY. Since then, I have moved back to England. I went to visit in September and have decided we want to get married and for me to move to America. We considered the k1 visa but I have been told that because I want to move there in June we I may as well enter on an ESTA and then marry and not leave, applying for adjustment of status and rights to travel and work. Is this right? Is it too risky? I’m confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16582" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T16:09:47.177" Title="marrying on an ESTA, can I stay?" Tags="&lt;k1-visa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15598" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-19T22:45:03.527" Score="0" ViewCount="779" Body="&lt;p&gt;On page 14 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20V5-6%20Aug%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ACS PDF guidelines&lt;/a&gt;, what does it mean by &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Sworn Before&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;, &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Signed Before&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; or &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Witnessed Before&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;? Does this mean that I have to have a lawyer present as a witness when my colleague signs the affidavit and the lawyer will stamp a seal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if I get an employment reference letter, do I also have to get the document witnessed by a lawyer as well? Or do I get the reference letter signed first then get it notarized by a lawyer after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm confused, can someone please help me clarify this process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16581" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-01-20T17:53:12.970" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T22:00:45.197" Title="Australian Skill Assessment (ACS) Statutory Declarations and Affidavits" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15595" CreationDate="2019-01-20T00:39:51.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your father was (still) a Dutch citizen when you were born, then you were a Dutch citizen when you were born, but you will have since lost your Dutch citizenship. If this is the case, as a former Dutch citizen, you would be eligible to use a shortened naturalization process known as the &quot;Option Procedure&quot; to regain your Dutch citizenship. However, in your case this would first require legally residing in the Netherlands for one year on a non-temporary basis. One benefit of this route is that it does not require giving up your Canadian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father was not Dutch when you were born, then you are stuck with the traditional naturalization routes to gain Dutch citizenship. The traditional routes require several years' residence in the Netherlands, demonstrating you are integrated, and giving up your current citizenship when you naturalize. You can also be eligible for the Option Procedure if you are married to a Dutch person for at least 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your father would have lost his citizenship before you were born, for example, if he naturalized as a Canadian or was included in his parents' naturalization as Canadians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify the part about you having since lost your Dutch citizenship if your father was still Dutch when you were born:&#xA;Dutch citizenship &quot;expires&quot; after 10 years outside the Netherlands after reaching the age of majority if one does not take specific action to retain it. In the 1980s, the age of majority changed from 21 to 18 and there was at least one reset to the 10 year period for some cases.  However, you are old enough to have comfortably passed all such 10 year periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastEditorUserId="15227" LastEditDate="2019-01-20T17:36:37.763" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T17:36:37.763" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15597" CreationDate="2019-01-20T05:30:56.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can, but it’s risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you enter the USA on your ESTA, you’ll be asked the purpose of your visit. You’ll likely say it’s to visit a friend. You’ll be asked how long you’re staying and you’ll say that it’s less than 90 days. You may even show a return air ticket. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in reality, you know you’re staying longer because you intend to marry and to file an adjustment of status for a marriage green card and that you won’t be flying back on the date you say you would. Thus you are concealing the true intent of your visit from the immigration officer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The USCIS calls this “&lt;strong&gt;preconceived intent&lt;/strong&gt;” and it’s a major reason why AOS and green cards are denied. See this &lt;a href=&quot;https://immigrationworkvisa.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/green-card-adjustment-after-b2-entry/amp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article here&lt;/a&gt; for more info. If you do decide to do this, be sure to get married more than 60 days after you enter — which reduces the presumed intent, but you may still want to hire an immigration lawyer to help guide you through this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-01-22T16:09:47.177" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T16:09:47.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15601" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-20T06:50:57.737" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering learning Spanish in a language school in Spain, but it would be after I entered the Schengen area for 90-days visa-free and stayed for a while. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enter the Schengen on 2019-03-01&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Travel there until 2019-05-25&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Move to Spain and start to attend school on 2019-05-26&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I would like to apply for the visa within the Schengen for the sake of cost and time savings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I apply for the visa once I enter the Schengen as a visa-free traveler? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, can I apply from other countries such as France? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I can apply only in Spain, how many days will it take and what happens if the visa issuing date surpasses the 90 days limit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about the visa-free traveler and I'm a non-EU citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T06:50:57.737" Title="Can I apply for a student visa in Spain once I enter the Schengen as a visa-free traveler?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-20T07:15:47.073" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on an offer from a company in Coolsingel, Rotterdam I will be moving to Rotterdam for long term stay in a months time. Kindly suggest good localities around Coolsingel based on below requirements I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be reachable from Coolsingel in 30 mins by train/metro.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My budget for rent is around 1000 euros per month for 2 bedrooms. How many adults and kids &amp;lt;2 years are allowed in 1 bedroom house?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will need to travel to Brussels once (sometimes twice) bi-weekly. So proximity / easy accessibility to train/metro station&#xA;on the way to Brussels from Rotterdam is desirable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the minimum contract period while renting out? Can I sign the contract for 6 months only?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Locality must have low crime rate and family-friendly for expats. Easy access to supermarket/grocery shops etc. is desirable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15107" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T18:08:12.863" Title="Which are good affordable localities to stay for someone working in Coolsingel Rotterdam?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15598" CreationDate="2019-01-20T17:58:31.880" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, this extra affidavit is required only if you cannot get an employment letter listing your duties, etc. from the company itself on company letterhead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example could be if the company no longer exists or your direct boss or human resources refuses to write the letter. Instead you ask a colleague (who must be at your level or higher) to write an equivalent letter: what your tasks and skills were, your work relationship, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You and your colleague need to get someone, often a notary public, to witness and certify the document. That will include your colleague swearing that it's true and he or she wrote it. You should be able to get more information on who can certify it from the local embassy. It's possible that they will do it for a fee. The particular wording is legalese to make it an official (&quot;statutory&quot;) document that in connection with a particular type of witness makes it acceptable to ACS and thus to the Australian government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T17:58:31.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15602" CreationDate="2019-01-20T18:08:12.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rotterdam is a safe, expat-friendly city and you can find affordable housing within the city itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you are familiar with the Netherlands or not, but in urban areas, you are never far from a grocery store.  They favor smaller, local grocery stores over larger suburban centers, although those exist as well.  They also tend to favor shopping areas with a number of smaller stores over hypermarkets like Carrefour you see in other European countries or supercenters like Walmart in the US.  Rotterdam has several of these shopping areas so you will also never be too far from other stores you might need to visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Public transportation in Rotterdam is also quite good.  Generally, you can get anywhere you want within the city via bus, tram or metro within 30 minutes.  Rotterdam also has a number of smaller train stations that are one or two stops away from the central train station, where you can board the train to Brussels.  These are Rotterdam Zuid, Rotterdam Lombardijen, Rotterdam Blaak, Rotterdam Alexander and Rotterdam Noord&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Crime levels in Rotterdam, like all of the Netherlands, are pretty low.  I lived for a year in Charlois, which is the &quot;least safe&quot; part of the city according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wijkprofiel.rotterdam.nl/nl/2018/rotterdam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wijkprofiel.rotterdam.nl/nl/2018/rotterdam&lt;/a&gt;, and never once felt unsafe.  There are some individual parts of some neighborhoods to avoid, but you're unlikely to ever end up in those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If cost is your most important factor, I would suggest where I lived in Charlois, which is in Rotterdam Zuid near Zuidplein.  Rotterdam Zuid is the part of Rotterdam south of the Maas river.  My wife and I lived in her 2 bedroom, 55 square meter apartment for about 1 year and we managed with our infant daughter for about 3 months of that.  You should be able to find larger sized apartments in that area for under 1000 euros a month that would be quite comfortable.  This part of Rotterdam is quite cheap and Zuidplein is a good shopping center with a bus station for many regional buses and a metro stop connecting to the center of Rotterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you prefer a little bit more popular part of the city, the neighborhoods around the center north of the Maas are reasonable choices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of contracts, you can find short term rentals, but those are typically arranged through housing corporations or companies that specialize in renting out apartments.  Typically, leases are for 1 year.  There is generally no maximum length, but contracts will typically allow for an annual rent increase based on the cost of living increase.  Tenants have strong rights in the Netherlands and once you start renting a house or apartment, you generally have the right to stay there as long as you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, renting housing in the Netherlands takes some legwork.  There is no single central resource that can help you find all housing for rent in a given area.  You can find some through real-estate search engines from the big realtor associations (NVM: funda.nl and VBO: vbo.nl) but their primary focus is on houses for sale.  You can also check individual realtor websites and companies like Rots Vast (rotsvast.nl) that specialize in renting houses and apartments, but each of these will be company specific.  I would also strongly suggest asking your new company if they can assist you with finding a place to live as they may have some more local connections that you can take advantage of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't mind being a bit further away from the action and would like a bit more &quot;traditional&quot; Dutch city, I recommend taking a look at housing in the smaller cities of Gouda or Delft.  Both have good train connections to Rotterdam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastActivityDate="2019-01-20T18:08:12.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15611" CreationDate="2019-01-21T09:10:29.583" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I'm an Australian citizen, I need to apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esta.us/application.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ESTA&lt;/a&gt; before flying to the US for a week-long conference. I'm travelling on an Australian passport, which I recently renewed while I was studying in the UK (I lodged an application to the London passport office).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when I fill in the ESTA form below, what do I put as the answer for &quot;What country issued your passport?&quot; Is it &quot;GBO&quot; or just Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LG260.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LG260.png&quot; alt=&quot;esta application form&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5932" LastEditorUserId="5932" LastEditDate="2019-01-21T11:23:31.540" LastActivityDate="2019-01-21T15:07:36.670" Title="ESTA application with passport issued in UK" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15596" CreationDate="2019-01-21T09:16:46.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can do what you want - but don't panic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to live in Germany in what had been our holiday house (so I had no need to obtain any sort of credit record).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After six months I was made redundant and I had to move to Switzerland for work.  When I came to rent in Switzerland, I obviously had no credit history in Switzerland at all.  However, my Swiss landlord was perfectly happy with my &lt;em&gt;German&lt;/em&gt; Schufa report (which showed I had been paying phone and electricity bills on time for 10 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, Zürich has a very high ex-pat population, so dealing with immigrants is a much commoner experience than in some parts of Germany.  However I believe you are an academic, so you are presumably looking around a university.  That means at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; landlords in the area will have experience of dealing with recent immigrants.  I suggest when you are asked for your Schufa report, you obtain it, but also download a copy of your credit report from a UK credit report agency (for example Experian), and send that along too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Aside: Technically, you are supposed to be able to obtain your Schufa report for free.  In practice, the free report will take so long to obtain that you will have to pay for a report - which will come very quickly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-01-21T09:16:46.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15652" CreationDate="2019-01-21T13:43:28.937" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a none European citizen, who lives in Estonia. Many HR contact me in Linkedin for vacant positions in Germany. But, later they notify me that, the employer cannot provide a sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering, how may i find the jobs with sponsorship in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T11:58:54.747" Title="How do you find jobs with sponsorship?" Tags="&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15607" CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:07:36.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is an Australian passport, so the answer is &quot;Australia.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-01-21T15:07:36.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15614" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15615" CreationDate="2019-01-22T00:04:42.947" Score="5" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm considering going to New Zealand for university, however I want to drive my car on its current UK plates while I'm there.  Is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16591" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:12:11.913" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:12:11.913" Title="Can I keep my car on UK plates while studying in New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15614" CreationDate="2019-01-22T00:22:21.523" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can, for a while. (Not long enough to get a degree, though.) From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-rail/research-and-data/fascinating-facts/number-plates/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Number Plates on the NZTA site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overseas visitor registration plates&lt;/strong&gt; – on vehicles brought in by visitors. So long as the vehicle displays plates from its home country, visitors’ cars can drive on New Zealand roads without paying registration and licensing fees. The vehicle must remain licensed in its own country, but have a current New Zealand warrant of fitness (WoF) or certificate of fitness (CoF). The car owner must also pay the ACC levy. This exemption is allowed for 18 months or until the vehicle is sold or if the visitor becomes a permanent resident in New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to submit a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/temp-vehicle-import-visitor/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Notice of temporary vehicle import by overseas visitor (MR2C) &lt;/a&gt; form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T00:22:21.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-22T10:58:01.823" Score="2" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be an expat in France, Le Mans. What is the minimum apartment area for a family (4 people) in Le Mans?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;And is it necessary to have a separate bed room for the children (4 years and 1 year old)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Info required because &lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en_US/web/france-visas/family-of-foreign-national-residing-in-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the family reunification visa requires &quot;adequately-sized accommodation&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, which is locally determined)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16594" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-01-23T23:43:39.240" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T23:43:39.240" Title="Minimum residence area for family reunification" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15618" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-22T13:33:56.217" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a Malaysian passport and my partner is French. We are both living in the UK as a student. We plan to get married in the UK then move and settle in France for my partner's career. However, I am also interested to sign up for a 2 years part-time course in the UK after we moved to France. The course only requires me to physically present in the uni for one or two days a week. My planning is to travel to the UK from France for that one or 2 days every week. With a Malaysian passport, I have the allowance to stay in the UK up to 6 months without a visa but I do not know how does it work in this situation since I am not going to stay in the UK, instead I'm visiting the UK every week. Do I still need a visa and what kind of visa do I need? Your suggestion and advise are very much appreciated. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Cindy" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T17:26:30.223" Title="Non-EU spouse living in France - travelling alone to UK in a weekly basis" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;malaysian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15619" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15629" CreationDate="2019-01-22T10:49:57.897" Score="1" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-Eu Master student in Germany. For this, I got a student visa (Schengen -type D).  I have got an offer from a university in the Netherlands for the thesis. My question is on this visa can I go for 6months in the Netherlands. Also, the university is going to offer me some salary. will that violate some laws?&#xA;I have found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.educations.com/study-guides/europe/study-in-netherlands/student-visa-5837&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; which says I can go to the Netherlands and can register in the city with the Job/Internship offer for stays longer than 3 months on the Netherlands. Wanted to confirm if this info in authentic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16599" OwnerDisplayName="Nikhil Gaikwad" LastEditorUserId="16599" LastEditDate="2019-01-22T21:32:22.950" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T23:45:04.713" Title="Can I go to Netherlands for thesis(6 months) on student visa which I got in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-22T16:48:23.580" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian working on Tier 2 Visa in UK. My BRP is valid till 26th April, 2019.&#xA;I have Schengen Visa which valid until December, 2019 and I got this visa in London itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning for a trip to France and Germany in March, 2019 and wanted to check if I can travel to Europe for 10 days when my UK BRP is valid only for another 50 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16596" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T00:42:17.933" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T01:02:35.450" Title="Whether I will be allowed to enter Europe with year long Schengen Visa when my UK BRP is expiring in 50 days" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15618" CreationDate="2019-01-22T17:03:16.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is risky at best.  With visa-free entry, you would have the same status as a Visitor.  As such, you would be permitted to undertake certain academic activities, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;going to a conference, meeting or training&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doing academic research&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accompanying students on a study abroad programme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You wouldn't, however, be permitted to &quot;study&quot;.  If your on-campus activities fall into the category of study, e.g. you're attending course lectures, handing in assignments, meeting with tutors and getting feedback, it's unlikely that it would be allowed.  And while you might get away with it once or twice, I wouldn't want to be the person trying to do so every week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other things to note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa-free entry is not up to 6 months.  It's up to 6 months in any given 12 month period, which for most people means that they need to stay away for as long as they visit.  Entering the UK for two days a week shouldn't pose a problem in this regard.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How are you planning to legally live in France?  If you have the legal right to remain in France as a resident, this may open up an alternative route into studying in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The institution offering the part-time course may ask about your immigration status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16597" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T17:03:16.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15618" CreationDate="2019-01-22T17:08:43.400" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time you enter and leave the UK, your passport will be stamped.  The immigration officer will also look at your previous visits.  If you're visiting twice a week for two years, or even once a week and staying overnight, that's going to be a lot of stamps and this might raise red flags for any immigration officer.  Best to consult a lawyer.  If you already have a Student visa, maybe the people who advised and assisted you with obtaining it could help here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16598" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T17:08:43.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15618" CreationDate="2019-01-22T17:26:30.223" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are studying at a UK university by distance learning, you are eligible to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/short-term-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;short term student route&lt;/a&gt; to visit the UK. Since you are a visa free national, you can apply for leave to enter the UK under this route at the border, each time you enter. In this case, your passport will be stamped with a short-term student stamp, which you should check before leaving the desk, since &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/121376/how-to-correct-a-passport-stamp-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;mistakes can happen&lt;/a&gt;. The criteria for the use of this route are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An applicant who wishes to use short-term study to undertake distance learning in the UK must meet all of the following criteria. They must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be studying for the majority of their time outside of the UK for a UK qualification by distance learning&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be on a course that is longer than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only enter the UK for limited periods, totalling no more than 56 days in the UK&#xA;in any 6 month period - study completed during visits can include induction weeks, short periods of intensive face-to-face learning and exams or assessments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that your university will need to confirm that your course is distance learning, perhaps in the form of a letter. It is not clear to me that a pattern of visiting two days every week is in keeping with intention of the route. You may contact the international office at your university to discuss this, but they might not be familiar with this entry route. In that case, you may need to engage your own immigration solicitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with any visa free national, you could also apply for a visa (the short term study visa in this case) rather than seeking leave at the border, and this may be less stressful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T17:26:30.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-22T22:15:30.393" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the next couple years, my family and I are planning on traveling all through Europe with our camper. I am a Croatian (and US) citizen, as well as my kids. My husband is a US citizen with Croatian residency. Will the 90/180 Schengen rule apply to us? We will travel to each country in the Europe but will never stay longer than 3 months in each one. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16600" LastActivityDate="2020-06-16T02:03:20.327" Title="Schengen rule apply to non-EU spouse with Croatian residency card?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15626" CreationDate="2019-01-22T22:36:14.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 90/180 rule does not apply because your husband is a beneficiary of the free movement directive (&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;) under its article 3 when he travels with you (or to join you).  He therefore enjoys the right of entry and the right of residence of up to three months outlined in articles 5 and 6.  The only documentary requirement is to have a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means, among other things, that your husband is (perhaps surprisingly) &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a &quot;third-country national&quot; for the purpose of border control when he is traveling with you.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0399-20170407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/a&gt; at paragraphs 5(a) and 6 of Article 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;‘persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law’ means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) Union citizens within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU, and third-country nationals who are members of the family of a Union citizen exercising his or her right to free movement to whom Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) applies;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a Union citizen within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU and who is not covered by point 5 of this Article;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Another consequence of the Schengen Borders Code is that you can use the &quot;EU passports&quot; lane together at Schengen border crossings; see Article 10(2), where those lanes are designated for &quot;persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law&quot; rather than actual EU passport holders.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T22:36:14.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15617" CreationDate="2019-01-22T23:13:36.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11166&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; answers whether you need a separate bedroom for your children, but it does give information on the apartment size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Open the Conditions section. It contains the income and housing requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr/les-zonages-des-politiques-du-logement?id_courant=2094&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; it looks like La Mans falls into zone B2. B2 requires 24 square meters for 2 people plus 10 square meters per additional person up to 8 people. If your family size is four, your living space must be 44 square meters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-01-22T23:21:49.443" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T23:21:49.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15619" CreationDate="2019-01-22T23:45:04.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;on this visa can I go for 6months in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  National visas, also known as type-D or long-stay visas, are governed by national law.  They do not allow you to spend more than 90 days in any 180-day period in other Schengen countries.  To stay in the Netherlands for six months, you need a visa or residence permit issued by the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, the university is going to offer me some salary. will that violate some laws?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not if you have permission from the Netherlands to work.  This might take the form of an appropriate visa, or it might be a separate work authorization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have found a link which says I can go to the Netherlands and can register in the city with the Job/Internship offer for stays longer than 3 months on the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site seems legitimate, but unofficial, and it is somewhat out of date with respect to Bulgarian and Romanian citizens.  I would look for a better source of advice such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studyinholland.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.studyinholland.nl/&lt;/a&gt; (which is the source of the information on the page you found).  Their relevant page is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studyinholland.nl/prepare/visas-and-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visas and permits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T23:45:04.713" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15653" CreationDate="2019-01-23T08:00:14.440" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll put you in context.&#xA;I am from Europe and I live there. Because of my work, I usually travel to the US in order to attend scientific conferences. So, when you repeatedly participate in those meetings you meet people who work on similar topics and you cite their publications in your work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An acquaintance met in a conference, is residing in the US and he is trying to obtain permanent residency under the classification of National Interest Waiver (NIW). He has asked me for a recommendation letter, assuming that his work was useful for me (I cited the work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've lived all my life in Europe and I had no idea of that kind of process. I would like to know what are the consequences of helping him. How can it affect my future relations with US (travel, internships, projects, work...)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I agreed, he would send me a draft written by his lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not hesitate to ask for more information, it is all I know, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16603" LastEditorUserId="16603" LastEditDate="2019-01-24T14:04:54.417" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T19:59:44.507" Title="NIW recommendation letter for an acquaintance" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15631" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-23T09:30:41.360" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son is on a two year student visa in UK and would like to stay longer. Both my parents are dutch. My mum is not naturalised but my father is. My mother moved to NZ in 1955 and dad came over at about 1950.  I was born in NZ in 1965.  So my question is: Can my son get a dutch year visa either through his grand parents or even through me having dutch parents. My son is also born in NZ 1992.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16604" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-30T19:59:07.740" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T19:59:07.740" Title="Can my son get a Netherlands visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15632" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-23T10:18:49.477" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer in Canada and am already in express entry pool. I need to take my mother with me as she is widowed and old. Is it possible to apply for her super visa along with my application? Or do I have to go to Canada and then apply? Any advice would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T13:01:05.173" Title="Applying for Parent Super visa before landing in Canada with a PR" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15632" CreationDate="2019-01-23T13:01:05.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From CIC:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=429&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Who is eligible for a parent and grandparent super visa?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be eligible for the super visa, applicants must be the parents and&#xA;  grandparents of Canadian citizens or permanent residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By definition, you are not a permanent resident until you land as a permanent resident. So you have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Land as a permanent resident and then apply for super visa (There may be additional requirements for this)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for a regular visitor visa for your mother and bring her in with you when you land.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T13:01:05.173" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-23T20:00:31.300" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to find when one is actually deemed a resident of France. We have just submitted the paper work for our carte de Sejour, we have lived here for 3 months, we are British citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been told that a decision will be made within two months and if approved we will have a 5 year temporary cds, aas insurance etc, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so when do we start this process? Now or when we receive our cds.. just wary that we may not be covered by insurance if we are deemed as FRENCH residence now and we haven’t advised our UK insurance, or whether we need to transfer our cars now, seems like a minefield&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;fter 5 years we can apply for a permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to transfer our UK registered cars to France as well &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be really appreciated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16610" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T20:00:31.300" Title="Carte de Sejour France effective date" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-24T14:25:05.603" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;We moved back to the UK four years ago. I am a British national and my wife and daughter are Chinese.  We entered the UK on EEA permit from Sweden where we meet and were married whilst I was working there. My wife and daughter were issued with residence permits which are valid to 2020 and I now want to apply for citizenship for them both.  My daughter attends school full time and my wife and I have a business here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16615" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T21:00:45.077" Title="When can my wife and daughter apply for British citizenship" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15639" CreationDate="2019-01-24T19:04:05.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The spouse of a British citizen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can apply for naturalization after residing in the UK for three years&lt;/a&gt;. It is not clear to me whether this applies to someone in the UK as a non-EEA national under the EEA regulations, but I think that in principle it should.  The web page suggests that it does not, but I think that is an oversight or oversimplification on the part of the author of that page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, the residence requirement for the child of a British citizen to register as a British citizen is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent/born-on-or-after-1-july-2006&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;three years&lt;/a&gt;.  This option is only available if the child was born on or after 1 January 1983.  This could be fulfilled if &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; resided in the UK for three years before the child's birth or if the child has resided in the UK for three years (which she has).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your daughter must apply for naturalization, it looks like the 5-year requirement would apply to her.  If she has leave to enter or remain under the immigration rules (that is, if she has a residence &lt;em&gt;permit),&lt;/em&gt; then she may be able to apply five years after moving to the UK.  If she is present under the EEA regulations (that is, if she has a residence &lt;em&gt;card),&lt;/em&gt; then she must wait until at least &lt;em&gt;six&lt;/em&gt; years, because she needs to have permanent residence for at least one year before she can apply, and permanent residence status arises after five years of residence.  But there's a very good chance that the EEA regulations will have been repealed by that point because of Brexit, and I'm not sure whether the new EU &quot;settled status&quot; will result in different residence requirements for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T19:04:05.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-25T10:44:13.787" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student with a Tier 4 visa. I just had a baby in the UK. Can I apply for my baby dependent visa here in the UK or do I have to go back to my country to apply for her visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband is not here with me as a dependent. I am here all by myself. My husband does not intend to join me here as I plan to go back by the end of the year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to travel to America with my baby for a short holiday. I would need my baby to have a visa as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16618" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-01-25T23:34:36.077" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T19:02:00.160" Title="Tier 4 dependent Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-25T20:16:49.750" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for student visa for Czech republic visa (D) but was refused and they took my fingerprints during the process , now I want to apply for polish student visa so I'm confused about previous fingerprints if it was considered as Schengen visa fingerprints or irrelevant.&#xA;Should I say YES about part of Fingerprints collected previously for the purpose of applying for a Schengen visa for national visa D of Poland ????&#xA;I hope to get the right answer from you guyz&#xA;Thanks&#xA; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uA19B.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lpqgn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16516" LastActivityDate="2019-01-25T20:16:49.750" Title="fingerprints for Schengen visa vs national visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-26T06:06:46.397" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a foreign citizen with ILR (permanent residence) in the United Kingdom. I intend to apply for British citizenship as soon as I fulfil the 5 year residency requirement in about one years time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a permanent address, income and provable social ties to the UK. I also spend around 10-11 months out of a year in the UK, while the rest is spent in other countries for business purposes mainly. I have nothing on my record that could disqualify me from being able to naturalize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To simplify some business processes overseas, I have been advised that it is beneficial for me to obtain a temporary residence permit overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that I continue to fulfil all the requirements to be eligible for naturalization, is it at all possible that having a foreign residence permit in my passport going to be an obstacle to becoming a British citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16623" LastActivityDate="2019-01-26T06:06:46.397" Title="Would obtaining a residence permit in country B be an obstacle to naturalizing in country A?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14591" CreationDate="2019-01-26T08:46:40.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taking into account your education &amp;amp; job, you will need the ZAV approval (FEA) in case your gross salary is below 53K per year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ZAV approval is a prerequisite for getting the visa stamp, in the case your salary is below the aforementioned number. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is often the case that companies start the pre-approval in advance so the visa processing is faster. Otherwise, getting the ZAV will be done along with the visa processing, hence it will take quite a bit, like 2-3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16624" LastEditorUserId="16624" LastEditDate="2019-08-06T09:45:24.197" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T09:45:24.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-27T12:49:33.057" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just about to apply for a E2 visa for my LLC corp formed in Wyoming. I've been accepted into a startup accelerator program that requires us to be a C-Corp. Will changing the companies structure from a LLC to a C-Corp affect my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16629" LastActivityDate="2019-01-27T12:49:33.057" Title="E2 Visa company converted from LLC to C-Corp" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-27T17:24:53.583" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I from Kazakhstan and I worked as an Au pair in France for 1 year in 2015-16 then I came back home and tried to get at the university in France but financially it wasn’t possible and I decided to come back again as an Au pair but my visa was refused, it was August 2018. This year I want to go to Germany as an Au pair but I have doubts that they might decline it too because I already have one visa denial. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dina Omarova" LastActivityDate="2019-01-27T17:46:27.773" Title="Schengen visa for Au pairs" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-28T08:28:38.667" Score="3" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have already got &lt;strong&gt;UK Tier 2 General visa&lt;/strong&gt; am currently based in India. However on handing over my notice my company (in India) has agreed to send me via &lt;strong&gt;UK ICT Long term visa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know the following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I do not proceed with Tier 2 General visa is there any restriction for my to apply a fresh ICT visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure to cancel my Tier 2 General visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I entitled to get any refund like NHS surcharge?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really need your guidance as I cannot find any specific point in Tier 2 Point based Guideline (PDF)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16290" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-28T18:47:42.517" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T18:47:42.517" Title="Apply for new ICT visa and cancel Tier 2 General visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15610" CreationDate="2019-01-28T11:58:54.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the answer depends greatly on what your field is. For software developers, web developers, and others in the IT field generally, Stack Overflow Jobs (&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/jobs&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/jobs&lt;/a&gt;) is an excellent resource. You can filter by country as well as by whether or not the employer is willing to sponsor a visa and/or offer relocation support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are already on LinkedIn and getting messages about potential jobs on that platform, you might also consider putting something in your LinkedIn bio about being open to new opportunities in your desired countries, along with a note about needing visa sponsorship. &quot;Open to new opportunities in Germany and Austria with visa sponsorship.&quot; Something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16634" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T11:58:54.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15630" CreationDate="2019-01-28T19:51:15.757" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good news: Unless your acquaintance decides to let off a dirty bomb in New York, it’s unlikely that you’ll face any negative repercussions for vouching for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bad news: On the other hand, unless you are the director of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, head of vision research at CMU, or some equivalent and can vouch that having the person be able to work in the USA serves the national interest of the USA, your letter will account for absolutely nothing. In fact, it may actually  count for less than nothing in that the best character reference this person could find was a foreign scholar who might have met them once or twice at a conference. If I understand correctly, you have zilch capacity to speak towards the national interests of the USA or the bona fides of this person. This person is trying to vouch for exceptional ability, they should have no trouble finding US nationals of prominent stature to vouch for them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, the risk:benefit ratio tends towards a  very slight risk for zero to negative benefit. I’d avoid if I was in your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-01-28T19:59:44.507" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T19:59:44.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13848" CreationDate="2019-01-29T08:28:16.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cheapest way is what you mentioned. Your wife becoming employed and the children being insured with her at no extra cost and you are completely out of the picture. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, they will assess your income and consider half of it when calculating the premium for what's called the &quot;Hausfrautarif&quot;. This I expect will be expensive as I assume you earn above the German threshold of ca. €60K per annum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be interested to know if you accepted a job with your current company in Japan, meaning you could apply for a secondment which brings new options or when you say it's temporary, are your family planning to come to you in Japan or will you return to Germany after the temp. period??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15598" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T08:28:16.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15656" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T11:38:51.093" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a work permit for Germany but the project assignment is complete in Feb 2019 and now will begin again in April 2019,  As my family stays here in Germany Can I come back in Germany and work as remote or offshore not claiming any allowance &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16641" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T07:32:46.270" Title="Can I come back in Germany and work as remote or offshore not claiming any allownece" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15657" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15658" CreationDate="2019-01-29T14:41:55.213" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I am a British citizen, born and bred in the UK. My daughter (1 month old) lives in the USA also born there. I know she is a British citizen by decent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My issue here is that my ex-partner (who is in the USA) wants me to look after our child and have my child living here with me in the United Kingdom as I can support her and she cant (So only my child coming). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas where I go with this? She shouldn't need a visa as she is British by decent anyway. I'm in a tricky situation because I have no idea where to go or if I can even just go and get my daughter like her mother wants me to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16643" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-01-29T16:11:02.970" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T16:11:02.970" Title="Can my child live with me in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15657" CreationDate="2019-01-29T16:10:33.767" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;All you need to do is get your child her British passport. Then you should be able to travel with her back to the United Kingdom, no problem. I've heard people say that you might need a letter from the other parent stating that she consents to you traveling alone with the child. I have done this trip both ways traveling alone with a daughter and had no problems whatsoever, but that was 7-8 years ago and things may have tightened up since then, so maybe it would not be a bad idea if the mother prepared a notarized authorization just in case. Other than that, it is very straightforward. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you are listed on the birth certificate as the father. If not, things get more complex if you are not married, which I've also assumed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T16:10:33.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15641" CreationDate="2019-01-29T16:19:07.373" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can apply in the UK for the dependent visa for you child. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/family-members&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T16:19:07.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T17:35:51.100" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;My case is currently open at the embassy,I am female and I was married when the petition was filed. My brother is my petitioner and I am basically the beneficiary of USA Visa Category F4. In the petition, my name is written that of before marriage (maiden name), but in all other documents like Marriage Certificate,Passport,National ID card of current country(Pakistan) are based on my married name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would there be a problem during visa interview or at any stage because of different surnames? Maiden name is used only in form I-130(which is only a application form)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16644" LastEditorUserId="16644" LastEditDate="2019-01-30T04:55:20.710" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T04:55:20.710" Title="Will there be a problem if I have my maiden name in the petition, but married name in all other documents?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T19:30:53.240" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Non-EU experienced Software Engineer, and I am planning to move to London for work. I do know that my two options are either Tier 2 or contract roles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For Tier 2: I am a Mid-Senior Software Engineer, and it is &quot;Occupations in Shortage&quot; list. How hard it is to get? Is it relatively easy to get  Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For Contract: I recently heard from a recruiter that it is easier to have a contract role. Is that correct? Do I need lots of paperwork or establish an Umbrella company for that? Would you provide an official source of information for the contract roles?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16646" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T19:30:53.240" Title="Contract Role or Tier 2 in United Kingdom - UK - Which is easier?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T23:08:32.480" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather was born in Cyprus in 1919 and  I wonder if I am an English citizen by descend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16648" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-01-30T13:55:24.063" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T10:07:53.510" Title="Am I an English citizen by descent?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15663" CreationDate="2019-01-29T23:50:46.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your grandfather is completely irrelevant. You are usually British Citizen by descent if one of your parents is British Citizen not by descent, and you were born outside the UK. You are usually a British Citizen not by descent if one of your parents is a British Citizen (by descent or not) and you were born in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T23:50:46.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15663" CreationDate="2019-01-30T02:04:37.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK government website&lt;/a&gt;, which poses questions for your response, in order to answer the &quot;Am I a British citizen?&quot; query. (The website presents a definitive answer for those born after 1983, but not for those born before 1983.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-01-31T16:17:04.717" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T16:17:04.717" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15663" CreationDate="2019-01-30T03:23:28.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think so, for several reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With very few exceptions, any British nationality status that was solely as a result of connection to a former colony (and not to the UK or a current British territory) was lost when that former colony became independent or was ceded. This includes Cyprus, and people who acquired Cypriot citizenship upon independence, which includes anyone born in Cyprus, lost Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies status. However, if one was born in the two British Sovereign Base Areas, one could potentially have retained CUKC status and now be a British Overseas Territories Citizen (though still not full British citizen).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;British nationality generally only extends to one generation born abroad, i.e. a child born abroad only gets British nationality status of the parent if the parent was British &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;. Since you mentioned it was your grandfather who was born in Cyprus, I assume that your parent and you were not born in Cyprus or another British territory, which would generally mean you couldn't have gotten your grandparent's British status, even if it was not lost upon the independence of Cyprus.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T03:23:28.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15656" CreationDate="2019-01-30T07:32:46.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does your work visa say? Are you allowed to work between February and April?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a valid visa you can come back any time. If you have a valid permission to work you can work any time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that should you work remote or for an offshore company, while you may get paid by a non-German company, that still means you have to pay taxes on it in Germany. Although that company may already (have to) pay taxes for you in the country that they reside in. There are double taxation treaties, but you will have to check them out to make sure you are not taxed twice on that money. And you will need to pay your own health insurance &lt;em&gt;in full&lt;/em&gt;. I say in full because in Germany the employer pays half of it by law. If your employer is not a German (or European) company, you may need to pay your full health insurance by yourself, your half and the half that the employer normally pays. You need to navigate those laws carefully, all of those authorities are understanding and willing to explain, but you need to make sure that you don't end up with a lot less money made than you thought it would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T07:32:46.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-30T17:52:11.093" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am now a dual citizen of USA/AUS. Born Australia. Work, live, married, run my own small USA business, pay USA taxes, resident in USA 20 years. In the 20 years I've had no income from work in Australia, no Australian tax return. A client just asked me to give one week's project work in Sydney, earning approx ($30,000AUS) paid from Sydney accounting. &#xA;Do I roll that into my USA tax only? &#xA;Or do I have to pay Australian tax and not USA? &#xA;Or both? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16653" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-01-30T20:05:21.587" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T20:14:06.360" Title="Is there double taxation for USA/Aus dual citizenship if I am resident USA 20 years and only one week income in Sydney for a project there?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15668" CreationDate="2019-01-30T20:14:06.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, Australia is like most jurisdictions in that it primarily taxes by residence, but, also like most jurisdictions, they tax any income earned &lt;em&gt;in Australia&lt;/em&gt; by nonresidents.  So you'd have to pay tax on the AUD 30,000 to Australia.  A good place to start is probably the ATO's page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/international-tax-for-individuals/work-out-your-tax-residency/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Work out your residency status for tax purposes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also pay tax to the US on the AUD 30,000, because the US taxes its citizens (among other classes of people) on their worldwide income, no matter where they reside.  You can normally take a credit for tax you pay to Australia, although you can also deduct it.  It is usually more advantageous to take the credit.  See the US IRS page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-tax-credit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Tax Credit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T20:14:06.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-31T09:26:42.293" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am immigrating from South Africa to New Zealand, are there any airlines that will allow extra baggage? Which airlines would?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16658" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T09:26:42.293" Title="Immigration extra baggage allowance" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-31T09:34:03.953" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an American in Manchester that has been stuck there for almost a year. He lives in the U.S. He has no proof of ID with him. What does he need to do to get a picture ID so he can get a plane ticket home?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16659" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-01-31T12:49:43.620" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T12:49:43.620" Title="Trying to get a picture ID to get home" Tags="&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15671" CreationDate="2019-01-31T12:48:39.893" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;He should contact his embassy for a passport or an emergency passport.  In the case of an American citizen, that would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/u-s-passports/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/u-s-passports/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T12:48:39.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-31T20:20:26.783" Score="0" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK driving license that is valid until 2027.  The license indicates that I originally passed my test in The Netherlands.  Normally, EU licenses are not exchanged before they expire (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kreis-offenbach.de/B%C3%BCrgerservice/Fahrerlaubnis-ausl%C3%A4ndisch-EU-EWR-Staaten-umschreiben.php?object=tx,2896.2&amp;amp;ModID=10&amp;amp;FID=1856.89.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).  However, I would like to exchange my UK license now, because I am worried that Brexit may complicate the bureaucracy involved.  Is such an exchange possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T13:04:39.040" Title="Can I exchange a UK for a DE license when my UK license is not yet about to expire?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-01T12:26:45.323" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;My existing passport has validity of one year plus and my Permanent Resident visa is stamped in this passport. However, recently I have early renewed my passport in order to avoid passport renewal within Canada as the embassy of my country will be in different city/ province from my destination city where I will be living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation will there be any problem if I land in Canada to confirm my Permanent Resident with new &amp;amp; old passport together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16666" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T19:46:46.813" Title="Will there be any problem if a passport is renewed before landing as a Permanent Resident in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15676" CreationDate="2019-02-01T13:05:33.567" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have any official source to back my information but I looked this up in various immigration forums and according to them, many people traveled like this in the past with the same situation as yours. (COPR immigrant visa on old passport and new valid passport). Just travel with both passports and be ready to explain your situation if needed. You can fill out a Web form to CIC and get this answer from themselves. Link &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some references that I looked up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/passport-will-expire-during-pr-application-process.529514/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Passport will expire during pr application process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/urgent-questions-passport-renewal-after-getting-copr.499937/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Urgent Questions: Passport Renewal after getting CoPR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2019-02-01T13:05:33.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-01T19:33:16.913" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am a master's student at a Swiss university, and my degree requires me to complete a master's thesis. Unfortunately, no professors at my university are experts in the concentration that I am interested in, and I found a professor in the United States who has close interests and backgrounds with mine. If possible, I plan to stay at that U.S. university for an entire year. Please note that while I am writing my thesis in the U.S., &lt;strong&gt;I am not enrolled to that university, nor will I receive any formal accreditation there&lt;/strong&gt;, and I have no intention to do that, either. I will still be enrolled in my Swiss university and receive the credit for thesis from that university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a valid B1/B2 visa, but I know that I can't stay in the U.S. for that long with this visa. So which type of visa should I have? The first thing that comes to my mind is J-1, but I'm not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I appreciate any insights. Thank you so much for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Robert" LastActivityDate="2019-02-01T22:40:52.073" Title="Which type of visa do I need? The situation is rather complicated" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12890" CreationDate="2019-02-02T15:31:42.803" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had my interview in June 2018 and walked out of the prefecture in Angouleme with a temporary card. I'm still waiting for the permanent one! My wife had her interview in October and was told they are no longer issuing temporary cards. She is also still waiting. It seems the interview is just the beginning of the wait! I have been told that the prefecture are completely inundated with applications so the British ones are given a lower priority to other applicants!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16669" LastActivityDate="2019-02-02T15:31:42.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-02T17:59:09.140" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen living  and working in the UK.&#xA;I would like to have my husband (non EU citizen) join me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can we find the appropriate family/spouse visa application, which he has to file from abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16670" LastActivityDate="2019-02-02T19:33:20.853" Title="EU citizen ( working in UK) married to non EEA citizen: which application to file?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15681" CreationDate="2019-02-02T19:33:20.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You’ll find the information you need via the Gov.uk site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-02T19:33:20.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-03T09:09:01.573" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband had been overstaying in the UK for many years before his voluntary departure. Now that we are married, I would like him to join me here in UK, based on the fact that I am EU citizen and working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He worked previously in UK, paid taxes but used an alias name. Anyone having experience and know how to overcome these hurdles for immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16670" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-26T08:56:44.690" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T08:56:44.690" Title="Previous unlawful stay in UK - How can my husband (non-EU) get family visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-03T12:29:04.853" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have work visa of Japan. I am going to marry in the month of April. It takes some time to get the marriage certificate, so my wife will come with me on tourist visa. Can we convert to dependent visa later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16673" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T02:02:10.213" Title="Change of status in visa Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15506" CreationDate="2019-02-03T14:02:12.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer my question, there seem to be no time-bound cap for a letter of commitment a German resident can provide. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there seem to be a maximum cap of 4 persons one can invite at once. The number of guests you can provide a Verpflichtungserklärung for depends on either host's income. Spouses can also chip in case that one's income is not enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e0PsS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e0PsS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Income requirements&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information here:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.muenchen.de/dienstleistungsfinder/muenchen/1063743/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.muenchen.de/dienstleistungsfinder/muenchen/1063743/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T14:02:12.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15674" CreationDate="2019-02-03T14:02:18.907" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  The advice from UK government is that holders of UK driving licenses who live in Germany should exchange their driving licenses before 29th March&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-germany#driving-in-germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-germany#driving-in-germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linked from there is advice from the German government:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Documents/LA/fact-sheet-foreign-driving-licences.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Documents/LA/fact-sheet-foreign-driving-licences.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Section 2.4 of that document says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Even without a special reason, you may exchange your valid foreign driving&#xA;  licence for a German driving licence at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T14:02:18.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2019-02-03T14:38:32.533" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your husband needs advice from an Immigration lawyer. Overstaying combined with his use of an alias means that an application for a Family visa falls within the discretionary grounds for refusal under Immigration Rules 320 (11), which refer to circumstances where the applicant has previously contrived in a significant way to frustrate the intentions of the Rules. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T14:38:32.533" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15692" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-03T23:24:02.727" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have uk driving licence  moving to france...when my house sold I wont have a uk address ..is my licence valid to drive on last known address? ..in the interim whilst I get new address ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16676" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T09:04:13.397" Title="Uk licence / no uk registered address" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15686" CreationDate="2019-02-04T02:50:09.067" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Edited)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that you are asking if your wife could change her &lt;em&gt;Status of Residence&lt;/em&gt; from &quot;Temporary Visitor&quot; (which includes Tourists) to one that of a &quot;Dependent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer for that is &quot;Yes, you can.&quot; However, since it takes about 1-3 months to process her application, she may want to apply &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; for a &lt;strong&gt;Certificate of Eligibility&lt;/strong&gt; (CoE) when she makes the application for the change. This is because her &quot;Temporary Visitor&quot; &lt;em&gt;Status of Residence&lt;/em&gt; may expire while waiting for the change to be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/4372/is-it-possible-to-switch-from-tourist-visa-to-other-status-while-in-japan&quot;&gt;related post&lt;/a&gt; and links below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/01.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application for Certificate of Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/02.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application for Change of Status of Residence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15885" LastEditorUserId="15885" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T00:57:42.203" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T00:57:42.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-04T09:03:17.653" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've read through the many similar posts here and on other expat. forums, I am trying to gain clarity on exactly what is needed because it's not as simple as I thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no intention of flying under the radar and want to do this by the book, can anyone give me some pointers here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has a Spanish father and will be getting her Spanish passport before we leave mid-March. As I understand she is OK for residency with this[?], but not sure how this affects me &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I earn from an international company as a contractor (not based in Spain).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16677" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T15:54:56.197" Title="Moving to Spain prior to 31st March" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15692" CreationDate="2019-02-04T09:04:13.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, you just notify DVLC of your new address.  The fact that it is France is not a problem.  As the law stands at the moment, you can continue driving on your UK licence until it needs renewing (at which point you will have to replace it with a French one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt; unless you have been living under a rock for the last two years, you cannot have failed to notice that the UK is currently committed to leaving the EU on 29th March (although informed opinion appears to be that this might be pushed back by a few months).  Unless the UK leaves with a deal which involves a transition period (which is not looking particularly likely at the moment), your UK driving licence will cease to be valid when we leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK government &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-france#driving-in-france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;advice&lt;/a&gt; is that you should exchange your UK licence for a French one before 29th March.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T09:04:13.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-04T09:12:50.380" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of migrating to Canada and I was asked to disclose my assets in my home country by my tax advisors. I do have a house there which was registered to my name from my mother's. Should I disclose this asset? What are the consequences of not disclosing it and how likely is it that Canada would find this information if I don't disclose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastEditorUserId="16042" LastEditDate="2019-02-04T09:20:34.373" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T15:31:54.993" Title="Should I disclose information about my house for deemed acquisition/disposition purposes in Canada?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15196" CreationDate="2019-02-04T14:16:47.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a definitive answer, but I can provide an anecdotal data point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Canadian university is listed in Anabin with &lt;code&gt;H+&lt;/code&gt; as well, and my specific degree is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; listed in their list (still).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I proactively sent a certified copy of my degree to the KMK for recognition, and when I applied for a Blue Card in 2016, the Ausländeramt in NRW wanted the recognition from the KMK for my degree. I provided it and was granted a Blue Card without any other issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the fee from KMK for degree recognition cost me 300€ and took just over 3 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16680" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T13:25:51.553" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T13:25:51.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15109" CreationDate="2019-02-04T14:38:49.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in a similar situation, my university is recognized as &lt;code&gt;H+&lt;/code&gt; in Anabin, however my degree program is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I proactively sent a certified copy of my degree to the KMK for &lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/anerkennungs-und-beratungsstellen-in-deutschland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recognition&lt;/a&gt;. The process cost me 300€ and took just over 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will make a determination as to whether your degree is equivalent to a German degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the KMK recognize your degree as equivalent to a German degree, you would provide the Ausländeramt with the recognition from the KMK with your application for a Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I applied for and received a Blue Card in NRW in 2016 by providing the Ausländeramt with the KMK evaluation of my degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T14:38:49.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-04T15:20:49.863" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I Was Born in Schiedam in 1946 and emigrated to South Africa with my Parents who were both Dutch. In 1967 my father naturalised and became a South African Citizen together with all my siblings who were under 21.  I was already 21 and had to apply separately for naturalisation.  My mother never gave up her Dutch citizenship.  Both my parents have passed away but I do have documentation as proof of our emigration to South Africa in 1951.  Can I apply for a Dutch passport or a dual citizenship at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16681" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-02-04T17:25:36.110" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T17:25:36.110" Title="Can I apply for a Dutch Passport" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15694" CreationDate="2019-02-04T15:23:19.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you are asking because you are a citizen of the UK.  If this is not correct, please post a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife is a Spanish citizen, she can of course move to Spain at any time, and so can you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU free movement directive specifies that (close) family of EU citizens, including spouses, also enjoy freedom of movement when accompanying the EU citizen principal.  The directive does not require countries to extend similar rights to the family members of their own citizens, but it does not prevent it, either.  Spain does extend such rights to the family of its citizens, so you could move to Spain with your wife regardless of your own nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move to Spain while UK citizens still qualify for freedom of movement in their own right, you will probably be able to stay after the end of free movement for UK citizens under some sort of &quot;grandfather clause.&quot;  The precise arrangements have not yet been determined, of course, and their nature will depend on whether the UK leaves the EU with or without an agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the large number of British retirees and other expatriates in Spain, it is highly likely that Spain would create a mechanism to allow them to stay even if the EU does not pass any laws to require this.  But, once again, your wife's Spanish nationality will mean that you do not have to rely on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, it may be better for you to move to Spain in your own right if you can, because if you do it could be simpler for you to remain in Spain if your marriage ends.  (There are provisions for the derivative right free movement to persist after the end of a marriage, but they could impose an additional bureaucratic burden on you to prove that you qualify.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asking about health care, retirement benefits, and the like, I do not know how the departure of the EU will affect this.  It will probably be some time before it is clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-02-04T15:54:56.197" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T15:54:56.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15699" CreationDate="2019-02-04T15:31:15.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you naturalized in South Africa after your 21st birthday then you lost your Dutch nationality at that time (if not before).  (If you had naturalized separately from your father &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your 21st birthday, you would have retained your Dutch nationality, but there are other ways in which you might have lost your Dutch nationality at other times.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a former Dutch national, you can benefit from an accelerated procedure to regain your Dutch nationality, but you can't do this while you're living in South Africa.  Details are available in Dutch at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/Nederlanderschap/Paginas/Oud-Nederlander.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Oud-Nederlander&lt;/a&gt; or in English at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/former-dutch-citizen.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Former Dutch citizen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a former Dutch citizen, you can regain Dutch nationality in 2 ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;By making use of the option procedure, in which you make a statement saying that you want to become a Dutch citizen again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;By submitting an application for naturalisation as a Dutch citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturalisation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to qualify for naturalisation, you must meet the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not live in the country of which you hold the nationality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to qualify for the option procedure, you must meet the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are a former Dutch citizen and you have been legally resident in the Kingdom for at least 1 year, holding a valid residence permit for a non-temporary purpose such as family reunification or re-entry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above quotation includes only the conditions that prevent you from invoking each procedure while you live in South Africa.  If you do not live in South Africa, or are otherwise interested in pursuing the procedure, you will want to take note of the other conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T15:31:15.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-04T17:04:05.577" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have developed a software for the client's needs (as a freelancer) and now the owner decided to create a business and expand it to sell to others. At this point, they want me to move to the US and be employed by this company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the sources online for h1b visa shows the path if I want to move to the US myself and apply for the job afterwards. What if other way around; the company wants me to move. Do I still need to enter the lottery?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16682" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T17:54:41.753" Title="Do I need to apply for H1B lottery if the company wants to hire me?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15702" CreationDate="2019-02-04T17:54:41.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Umm - no - that's not how this works at all - it looks like you're confusing different kinds of visas.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a US-based company want's to employ you and have you move over to the USA, then that company has to apply for an H-1B visa on your behalf.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You, as the foreigner who wants to come to the USA, cannot apply for this visa yourself.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that your confusion comes from 2 different visa 'lotteries'.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first one, which really is much like a lottery, is the &quot;Green Card Lottery&quot;, more correctly called the &lt;a href=&quot;https://dvlottery.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Electronic Diversity Lottery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is something you can apply for yourself, and it is an annual lottery in that the 'winners' are randomly drawn once yearly from the list of qualified applicants.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Winning a slot in this lottery will allow you to apply for a &quot;Green Card&quot; which, if successful, means that you could then move over to the USA &lt;em&gt;without already having a job to go to&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But, as with most other lotteries, there are far more applicants than there are slots allocated for winners, so this is certainly not something you should bank on getting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the second - sometimes the H-1B process is informally referred to as a lottery, but it isn't really.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Your likelihood of being granted an H-1B visa depends on whether or not you and the sponsoring company qualify (simplistically in terms of the nature of the job and whether or not there are qualified Americans available), as well as other factors (like have the limited number of H-1B visas for this year already been issued).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The company which wishes to employ you  (your sponsor) must first apply to the US Dept of Labor for a determination that the position they're looking to fill cannot reasonably be filled by someone already legally resident in the USA. Your sponsor has to have already advertised locally and not received any suitable responses, and must also be paying no less than &quot;the going rate&quot; for the job.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If this is granted then they have to apply to US Immigration for a visa on your behalf, and if this is successful you will be required to attend an interview at your nearest US Consulate or Embassy, where the final decision will be taken and your visa issued.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;These steps are often carried out with the oversight and assistance of a US-based immigration attorney, and the costs to the sponsor are not insignificant.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However, if your sponsor does choose to go down this route, these costs are not your concern since they are legally prevented from making any attempt to reclaim them from you (at least directly anyway - there are ways to add things like early-termination clauses to employment contracts which might have you pay some penalties for leaving the position 'early').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T17:54:41.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2019-02-05T04:23:13.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of an EU citizen who lives and works in the UK, your husband can enter the UK under the freedom of movement directive, or, more precisely, under the UK's implementing regulations.  The only grounds for refusal are a finding that your husband represents a threat to public safety or public health, that his presence would be contrary to public policy, or that your marriage is a marriage of convenience or otherwise invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior immigration violations are not generally grounds for refusal, therefore.  If his past behavior could make him liable to prosecution, though, you should consult a lawyer, since his entering the UK could lead to his being prosecuted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your husband has a visa-exempt passport, he can just travel to the UK and be prepared to make his claim under the regulations at the border.  If he requires a visa, he should apply for an EEA family permit.  Even if he does not require a visa, he might want to apply for an EEA family permit anyway, since that would relieve him of the stress of having to make his case at the border, which comes with the possibility of being sent back home if his application is not successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T04:23:13.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-05T05:55:43.873" Score="2" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got national D visa for study in Gemany but now i want to go france for study where i have already got admission. Please help me out with this. Is it possible to withdraw and then apply to france.is it possible from my country to start processing again for france or better to go germany then apply from there for  france national - D visa. Thank you in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16688" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T17:28:01.387" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T17:28:01.387" Title="About National D visa withdraw" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-05T07:38:43.733" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a tech consultant based in India, working from home for a US (San Francisco) company and I need to visit them for 2 weeks for induction training and to meet other team members. Which visa should I be applying for? Will it be B-1/B-2 or something else? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my visit is 100% sponsored by the client. So do I need to get any specific documents from the client?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16689" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T14:10:47.103" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T14:10:47.103" Title="What US visa do I need as a consultant?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15706" CreationDate="2019-02-05T12:51:03.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;B-1&lt;/a&gt; (or B-1/B-2) visa is the correct type for your situation.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This visa allows you to 'conduct business' in the USA, which includes things like:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consulting with business associates  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Negotiating a contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Participating in short-term training  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for a visa, you should include documentation which shows some evidence of an ongoing business relationship between yourself and the US company (like contracts, invoices, etc), something like an invitation letter from the company detailing the purpose of your visit, what you will be doing, and that your expenses will be covered.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Ideally you should also be able to show that you have an operating business and other clients back home in India that you intend to return to.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Do not, under any circumstances, in any documentation you provide or during your visa interview, give the impression that you would be 'working' for the company in any role which looks anything like an employee of the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I moved over to the USA on an H-1B visa, I made a number of trips similar to yours using short-term B-1/B-2 visas. At that time I was running my own 'one-man-band' consulting business in South Africa, and after the first visa where I was fairly intensely scrutinized and only granted the exact 10 days I requested, I had no trouble with getting further visas and spending periods of between 2 weeks and 2 months in the USA over the course of around 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T12:51:03.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T07:32:30.840" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my green card this year. I left the US for 37 days and came back. Now in December I wish to leave the US for five and a half months, approximately 175 to 170 days, which is less than six months. Can I go for this duration? Will my previous 37 days be added to this, which would make my absence more than 6 months total?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16697" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-03-09T14:27:09.613" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T15:01:10.213" Title="Will the previous stay outside USA add to the current stay? or will the 6 month clock start over?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15711" CreationDate="2019-02-06T08:55:55.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/820/~/can-a-u.s.-lawful-permanent-resident-leave-multiple-times-and-return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; from the US Customs and Border Patrol, you can stay out of the US for up to a year before you run into problems.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I found other, non-authoritative, sites which suggest you may be subject to additional questioning between six months and a year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you will be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T08:55:55.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T09:58:11.733" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen. I have been living with my partner in her home country for a few years now. I'd like to go back to the UK to study, so we're looking at getting her an unmarried partner visa to come to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements is to be earning 18,600 GBP per year. I meet that requirement currently, but moving back to the UK will necessarily involve leaving my job here (and thus, losing my income).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are visa judges sympathetic to this? I'm confident I can find an equally paying, UK based job once I'm residing back in the UK, but not before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15581" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T09:58:11.733" Title="Meeting required income for a UK unmarried partner visa while living outside the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-02-11T08:22:58.317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15714" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T10:49:37.540" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and I recently got an admit from one of the universities in France and to complete the admission process, the school requires my undergraduate mark sheets. The hard copy of the mark sheets has to be officially certified. Where can I get it done in London?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15693" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T10:49:37.540" Title="Academic Documents Attestation in London" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T09:26:35.467" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen. I have been living with my partner in her home country for a few years now. I'd like to go back to the UK to study, so we're looking at getting her an unmarried partner visa to come to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements is to be earning 18,600 GBP per year. I meet that requirement currently, but moving back to the UK will necessarily involve leaving my job here (and thus, losing my income).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are visa judges sympathetic to this? I'm confident I can find an equally paying, UK based job once I'm residing back in the UK, but not before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15581" OwnerDisplayName="Omegastick" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T14:25:14.223" Title="Meeting required income for a UK unmarried partner visa while living outside the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15718" CreationDate="2019-02-06T14:25:14.223" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to have a job in the UK, or at the very minimum an offer of a job which starts within three months of your planned return to the UK (thanks &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/14413/mjeffryes&quot;&gt;MJeffryes&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are studying, you won't be earning £18,600 (unless you study part-time, which is hard work). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this excludes the majority of British citizens who are married or in a long term relationship; I'm afraid that is the object of the exercise.  The British approach to family reunion fills me with shame.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T14:25:14.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T17:28:04.457" Score="1" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for Australian PR visa as Skilled Migrant in the visa subclass 190 or 489.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Hence I have to assess my skill with ACS, but I have all the documents except the &lt;em&gt;Education Transcript&lt;/em&gt;. I am confused whether the transcript is mandatory for Skill assessment?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Will a scanned colour copy of all the results (documents) work for assessment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16702" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T18:03:30.850" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T22:03:25.407" Title="Is educational transcript mandatory for Australian skill assessment PR visa process?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2019-02-07T12:53:51.620" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need ECA to apply for PR and organizations that run ECA need your academic transcripts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if skill assessment process requires transcripts, however I am quite certain that you need that for ECA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would like to suggest to prepare your transcripts first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ECA : Educational Credential Assessment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T12:53:51.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-07T14:43:02.363" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm resident in the &lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt; and have been for around 1 year, moved here from EU (&lt;strong&gt;Belgium&lt;/strong&gt;) and currently driving in the UK with a UK registered car, insurance etc on the Belgium licence (declared as EU licence to the insurance company).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I obtained the Belgium licence by exchanging an &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;accession country&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; (e.g. Bulgaria) licence at a time when the accession country was NOT YET a member of the EU (but is now)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I drive indefinitely on the Belgian/EU licence in the UK in this circumstance, or exchange it for a UK licence?&#xA;OR do I need to re-take the test in the UK since the original licence was issued &amp;quot;outside the EU&amp;quot; (at the time)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example text: (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/parking-transport-and-streets/residents/eu-and-non-eu-licence-holders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/parking-transport-and-streets/residents/eu-and-non-eu-licence-holders&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;European Community/European Economic Area EC/EEA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A full, valid driving licence from an EC/EEA country allows you to drive in Great Britain (GB) until you are 70, or for three years after becoming a resident, whichever is the longer period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your driving licence has been previously exchanged from a non-EC/EEA country you can drive for up to 12 months from the time you first became resident. After this time, you must exchange your licence for a British one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other, slightly different version: (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q416.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q416.htm&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that someone can drive in Great Britain for only 12 months if they got their EU licence by exchanging a non-EU licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16708" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T14:43:02.363" Title="Exchanging an EU driving licence for a UK when the EU licence was obtained by exchanging from an &quot;accession&quot; country" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-07T17:42:02.083" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the US on an F-1 visa and after living there for nearly 6 years (education + work on OPT), I left the US to go to Canada before my US visa/STEM OPT expired. Never been denied visa/entry to US or any other country. I am a citizen of a third country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to Canada with a permanent residency (PR) and would like to know if I applied for a US tourist visa (in Canada) immediately after moving there, are there higher/lower chances of rejection or are they indifferent to my immigration status elsewhere? Does having the PR strengthen my ties to another country or do they weaken them because I'm not in my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I wait till I get my Canadian citizenship to qualify for entry without visa? Having a visa denial on my record will prove troublesome later on? Might as well not take the risk then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need the visa for occasional tourist visits or visiting friends etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" LastEditorUserId="15235" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T17:49:48.827" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T18:08:54.683" Title="Chances of US tourist visa acceptance after getting Canadian PR?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-07T23:47:56.987" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this situation that I would appreciate some guidance/help with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I (non-EU) have been offered a job for working with a Czech company. The problem is that I won’t be living in the Czech Republic, as the company wants me to work as a fixed IT consultant for a German company. So even though I’d be working at the German company office (and residing in Germany as well), I would have a contract in Prague and they will be the ones who pay me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company is currently evaluating possible options for my work permit. As they are only CZ based, they said it wasn’t possible for them to sponsor me a DE visa. While they search,  I’d like to proactively look for all possible options so that we can choose the most convenient one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ve done a little research and I have so far only found somehow suitable the Czech Blue Card. I know can then transfer the Blue Card from CZ to DE, but from what I have read, I have to wait 18 months for that and even after that time has passed by, my employer would still be CZ based. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option I came acrosss is a self-employed visa in Germany, but I don’t really know if I’d be considered to be self employed. Any info or advice would be much appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16714" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T19:12:34.937" Title="Non-eu with contract in CZ but living/working in DE" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-08T08:55:35.647" Score="5" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm suffering from Cerebral palsy and I want to participate in IELTS exam, but as I have certain problems like: missing the lines while reading, being slow in writing and having spasm attacks during the exam, I'm really worried if I can make it or not. Therefore, I'm wondering if anybody who has Cerebral palsy and has taken this exam could share his or her experience with me in order to help me out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, tnx guys. I'm waiting for response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16718" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T11:48:03.517" Title="Cerebral palsy and IELTS" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;&lt;education-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-08T10:38:42.403" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working for a company in Bulgaria and coming from a non-EU member country. As you can guess, my company provided sponsorship for the Single Permit (resident and work). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is: If the company does not want to work with me anymore in the future, am I going to be able to change my job? What are the regulations for this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16311" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:50:51.513" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:50:51.513" Title="What are the rights of single permit holders for non-eu citizens" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15728" CreationDate="2019-02-08T17:53:54.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don’t have personal experience to draw on, however the IELTS website states that its test centres have a number of ways to help test takers with special requirements. For example, you can request a modified version of IELTS, or special arrangements to be made, e.g. extra time, by giving the test centre notice. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should contact your local test centre to discuss your circumstances and find out how they can help you to take the test.&#xA;Good luck!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The information is under ‘Learning difficulties’ &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements/learning-difficulties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements/learning-difficulties&lt;/a&gt; There is also an online enquiry form you can use to ask for more information eg help finding a local test centre which can accommodate your needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/info-pages/contact-us/online-enquiry-form&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ielts.org/info-pages/contact-us/online-enquiry-form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-02-09T11:48:03.517" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T11:48:03.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15783" CreationDate="2019-02-08T16:50:48.970" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;For working in England, some advices are usually given: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To homologate the graduation certificate in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/individuals/?fbclid=IwAR2tZMwavyd1T_rkxvf1RqTgSYLPY_2TIgnPNWYWok-BCn-LerXwqkqDcAI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NARIC&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To have an English Certificate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are those prerequisites very relevant for working on industries (such as any industry related to chemistry)? If so, is there any cheap English certificate that you recommend to do before travelling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16722" LastEditorDisplayName="user16722" LastEditDate="2019-02-21T13:28:31.393" LastActivityDate="2019-02-21T13:42:09.180" Title="Working on England: NARIC" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15724" CreationDate="2019-02-08T18:08:54.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your chances are pretty good, provided you have good ties to Canada, especially a stable source of income and place of residence.  As noted in a comment, your status as a permanent resident of Canada means that the visa officer will consider your ties to Canada, not to your country of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a visa refusal on your record could prove troublesome later on, mostly when you try to enter the US or any country that asks about visa refusals in other countries.  However, unless your current circumstances are particularly unsettled, a refusal is probably unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T18:08:54.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15735" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16218" CreationDate="2019-02-09T06:51:41.060" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will soon be moving to the US on an H-1B visa. On arrival, among other things, I will need to apply for a SSN, open a bank account, and rent somewhere to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the sequence in which these must be done? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15934" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-04-22T01:38:33.530" LastActivityDate="2019-06-09T04:16:49.433" Title="Sequence of SSN, rental, bank account, etc, in USA to satisfy dependencies" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;arrival&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-09T06:54:52.630" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an offer as a data scientist in France. I am a bit puzzled by the fact that it includes only the raw salary. There are no signing bonuses, production bonuses or similar. Is it normal in France or is it something that I might be able to negotiate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16725" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T06:54:52.630" Title="Work benefits in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-09T09:27:58.163" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a 28 year old man who is suffering from Cerebral Palsy and I'm looking for an expert guy in the filled of ielts test special requirement as my condition is somehow unique due to problems like: missing the lines while reading, being slow in writing and having spasm attacks. In fact, I'm bring this up because when I read the papers, I didn't see any section related to my status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really hurtful for me being in this type of a situation specially, when I see myself in love with English. It's been almost 9 years that i'm studying this language with passion and with my heart, hoping that someday I get to immigrate and jump off to my dream land. Right now, i'm a English translator who has also studied Spanish literature in uni. I'm felling like a bird in cage really these days, wondering how I can fly and make my way through IELTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, tnx guys. I would be very pleased if one expert can help with ielts test special requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16718" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T11:46:35.340" Title="I need specific details about ielts test special requirements" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-09T11:40:41.177" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I shall soon be moving from the UK to the USA for work for ~3 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a will in the UK, lodged with family members here (there's no requirement for it to be with a lawyer here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What, if anything, should I do to make sure that things would go smoothly if I were to die while in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15934" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T11:40:41.177" Title="What to do about my will (post-death wishes) while working abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15737" CreationDate="2019-02-09T11:46:35.340" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information is under ‘Learning difficulties’ &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements/learning-difficulties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/special-requirements/learning-difficulties&lt;/a&gt; There is an online enquiry form you can use to ask for more information eg help finding a local test centre which can accommodate your needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ielts.org/info-pages/contact-us/online-enquiry-form&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ielts.org/info-pages/contact-us/online-enquiry-form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have edited my answer to your first question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15728/cerebral-palsy-and-ielts/15731#15731&quot;&gt;Cerebral palsy and IELTS&lt;/a&gt; to include the above&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T11:46:35.340" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15740" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15741" CreationDate="2019-02-09T13:22:17.160" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Ukrainian and I hold valid polish residence permit. However, I got accepted for the graduate study program in Germany, which lasts more than 6 months. Am I allowed to enter Germany using polish temporary residence permit and apply for german residence permit after entering? Or am I obligated to apply for german visa in order to enter Germany for study purposes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16726" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T14:10:54.943" Title="Applying for german residence permit after entering" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15740" CreationDate="2019-02-09T14:02:57.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you have to apply for a German student visa before you move to Germany. If you cross the border and try to get a Residence permit, you will be denied one as the paperwork in the German side is not available, since you didn't apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a German visa inside the EU should not take long (around 2-3 weeks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional information from here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://polen.diplo.de/pl-de/03-service/03-02-visainfo-en/visum-brauche/478860&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://polen.diplo.de/pl-de/03-service/03-02-visainfo-en/visum-brauche/478860&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long as you are not a citizen of a country whose citizenship allows&#xA;  you to enter Germany freely (please check the list of states below),&#xA;  you are residing legally in Poland (e.g. Karta pobytu, D-Visa) and you&#xA;  plan to stay in Germany for more than 3 months (family reunion,&#xA;  studying) or to work in Germany, you need a visa for entering the&#xA;  country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3718" LastEditorUserId="3718" LastEditDate="2019-02-09T14:10:54.943" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T14:10:54.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-09T19:14:31.563" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister have applied for my family sponsored case for USA in December,2006 (I was in India at that time). I am born in India. But after that I moved to United Kingdom and got citizenship here. &#xA;So, My sister updated all the documents. On new letter from National Visa Centre, they have updated the case to London changing initial case number letters to LND from IND. But my country of chargibility is India. I understand, i have to look at F4 category on US visa bulletin  but under which country? Is it India or all other countries(because i am UK citizen now). &#xA;Also, 1 of our cousin have similar case but their case was filed in December 2005. Their case status is 'Current' now. But India's case files are still on 2004. I am very confused. Can anybody help please?&#xA;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16729" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T20:11:03.033" Title="USA F4 category" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2019-02-09T20:11:03.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your country of chargeability is your country of birth. Your citizenship or nationality is irrelevant. So you will still look under India as your country of chargeability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your spouse is immigrating together with you and your spouse has a better country of chargeability, then you can be chargeable to your spouse's country of chargeability if the two of you are immigrating at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T20:11:03.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15091" CreationDate="2019-02-09T22:32:37.897" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may already be able to apply under the pilot scheme: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is significantly easier to apply for settled status than to go for the existing EEA permanent right of residence. If you do opt for the latter, you must later convert it to settled status to stay in the UK beyond December 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16338" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:32:37.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14044" CreationDate="2019-02-09T22:53:05.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's unclear exactly what you're asking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you lived in Sweden before and were folkbokförd (registered in the population register) then you will have received a personnummer. You keep that number for life. However, you do not keep &lt;em&gt;the status of being folkbokförd&lt;/em&gt; for life, which is the part that actually matters. If you leave Sweden, you cease to be folkbokförd as living in Sweden and lose the rights associated with that. If you return to Sweden and later get folkbokförd again they will reopen your record and reuse the number. I'm not sure what happens to Swedish ID cards (not the National kind citizens can get from police) if you leave, I suspect they may cancel it but I'm not sure, and in any case it's only 400 SEK to get a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of that has any relevance to whether you have the right to move back to Sweden or get a residence permit, though, if that's what you're asking. If you had a residence permit in Sweden and left, it is no longer valid. If you are an EEA or Swiss national, or moving together as a family member with one, you are allowed to move back to Sweden without needing a permit though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your son holds Swedish citizenship then, in theory, you can move back to Sweden with them as their family member under EEA rules, but that only works if you're moving &lt;em&gt;from an EEA country&lt;/em&gt;, which I'm guessing (from your other posts) you're not. Your best bet is probably to apply to Migrationsverket for a new residence permit based on your son's citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16338" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:53:05.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15752" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15753" CreationDate="2019-02-10T17:55:52.890" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on H1B and it will expire in two years. I recently got married to a US Citizen and would like to file I-130 and I-485 concurrently. My question is do I need to file I-765 at all? If I need to file I-765, why? I still have plenty of time on my H1B. I'm not sure what the EAD from I-765 would give me more than my current H1B. Is it the benefit that I could switch job without H1B transfer with that EAD?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me understand this role of I-765 in my case. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16736" LastActivityDate="2019-02-10T18:39:06.437" Title="Do I need to file I-765 for the adjustment from H1b to Marriage Green Card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15752" CreationDate="2019-02-10T18:39:06.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both I-765 for EAD and I-131 for Advance Parole are free for I-485 applicants. So there is no downside to applying for them. You should apply for them even if you don't plan on using them, for just in case the situation changes. An EAD will allow you to work for any job in case you change jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-02-10T18:39:06.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10875" CreationDate="2019-02-11T05:36:44.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer might be coming a bit late for you, but hopefully it helps others in future:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a way to know if my PR is invalid as of now (some website etc)? This will be helpful so I can plan my vacation accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No there isn't. You are considered a PR until the CIC is able to determine otherwise. This usually happens when &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) you try to enter and &lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt; the CBSA officer at the port of entry notices your prolonged absence and realizes that you probably won't be able to meet RO. Then s/he may report you to the CIC and CIC may start removal of the PR process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) you try to apply for immigration benefit from CIC for you or others linked to your application. CIC may do a check on whether your PR is valid or not in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either case, if CIC initiates PR removal process, you are still allowed to appeal this and if you can prove that you had a genuine compassionate reason not to move to Canada, you may even win the appeal (&lt;em&gt;Living and working in the US&lt;/em&gt; ain't gonna cut it). Also note that anecdotal evidence suggests that in some cases CBSA officers only issue a warning and let people enter. But this is more likely if you are just under the 2 years you need to live there, and not for most of your 5 year period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the adjudicator determines that I'm no longer a PR at border / PoE (port of entry), would I immediately know that I'm reported for not fulfilling the RO? Do I lose my PR status immediately or after certain days (if so, how many days)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will most likely inform you, if they do this. It might take a while for them to process this. In this case they may or may not tell you to remain in Canada till removal is completed. Most likely CIC will offer you to voluntarily renounce your PR (much easier on them and much cleaner for you in the future), rather than forcefully removing you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it a bad remark on my profile if I'm reported for not fulfilling the RO? If so, is it better that I myself renounce PR (from US, or at the border)? Would it affect my chances of getting a TRV in future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not fulfilling RO is not considered an offense (unlike &lt;em&gt;Misrepresentation&lt;/em&gt; which is a big no no for CIC). So no, in theory future applications should not be affected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15235" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T05:36:44.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-11T17:30:56.570" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Greek national living in Cyprus Republic for three last 3 years. I recently married my husband , a Nigerian national who I met in the Turkish side ( North Cyprus). Because of the problem with the island’s division he could not enter the Greek side unless he went back to Nigeria and requested a spouse visa to fly through the national borders. So this is what he did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He applied for the visa at the consulate of Cyprus in Lagos and we did all the appropriate steps, including a bank guarantee of 850€. The consulate asked for additional information to verify the validity of our wedding. We were told that the ministry of foreign affairs in Cyprus was not convinced that the wedding took place in Istanbul Turkey ( which makes it valid) as opposed to the North side of Cyprus where it would not be recognized. We provided all the necessary documents, including tickets, boarding passes, hotel bookings and of course copies of the official Turkish wedding registration, as well as my copy of the wedding registration in Greece!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However without further discussion they refused him his visa saying that they could not verify the authenticity of the documents provided! I went myself today to the Consular Affairs department of the Ministry in Cyprus and found the person in charge of my case, showed them the original documents in my position and asked for the refusal to be lifted. To which their answer was that the documents are indeed OK, valid, but since they already refused they cannot change their decision. I have to go to high court and contest their decision, or wait 3 months to re apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true? Can they do this? Do I have grounds to insist they re-examine the refusal? Since all our documents are correct? It is their mistake not ours!!! They confirmed that what I showed them is indeed a valid wedding certificate! Please advise what I can do! I cannot wait that long to reapply and the costs for lawyer’s and courts are too high! It is crazy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16742" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-02-13T11:32:52.680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T11:32:52.680" Title="When spouse visa is refused to a Nigerian spouse of an EU citizen what is the appeal process?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-11T18:03:33.940" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Indian national working for a Swiss investment bank at Pune, India. I recently landed my first international job in a new team, within the bank at Wroclaw, Poland. I received a copy of my work-permit today. I plan to fly to Wroclaw in the month of March, 2019. I had a few queries on the EU Blue Card Poland. I tried searching this forum for answers, and couldn't find them, so it would be best to create a new post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does the karta pobytu(TRC) differ from the EU Blue Card Poland? Can I apply for them, or does my employer need to apply for it? Is there an official site, with more details on EU Blue Card Poland?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My spouse plans to travel with me as a dependent. If I get a EU Blue card in Poland, does my spouse have access to the labor market? Does she still need an employer to sponsor a work permit? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers,&#xA;Quasar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15753" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T18:03:33.940" Title="EU Blue Card - Poland" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-11T19:02:36.687" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about the EB5 GC. Lets say I am working on H1-B and my employer has filed for my GC under EB2 category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if i apply for the EB5 GC, will this new application conflict with the existing one filed by my employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to have 2 separate GC applications albeit under different categories?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11787" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T19:02:36.687" Title="EB5 Green Card : Can it conflict with EB2 Green Card Application" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-11T20:05:45.253" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is from an EEA qualifying country and I am not an EEA national. I have travelled to the UK before through the EEA family permit. We live in the USA and are planning to travel to the UK for a vacation, but my EEA family permit has expired.&#xA;Can I apply for a new EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16745" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T14:27:16.640" Title="EEA Family permit renewal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15763" CreationDate="2019-02-11T23:13:01.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yes, you can&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may know, however, that the UK is preparing to leave the EU.  Depending on whether there is a deal governing its departure, the exact moment when the free movement directive will cease to apply could be anywhere from 11 PM (London time) on &lt;strike&gt;March 29&lt;/strike&gt; October 31st to the 30th of June, 2021.  If you need a visa to enter the UK, you will probably need a standard visitor visa at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-07-12T11:47:22.230" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T11:47:22.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-12T17:02:10.510" Score="-1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my first post in this community. Not sure if this is suitable to ask this here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a software developer in the Research and Development section of a Pvt Ltd company in India. I want to move to Australia with a permanent resident visa (or not). I have taken the &lt;strong&gt;IELTS&lt;/strong&gt; and got &lt;strong&gt;overall band 7&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I need to &lt;strong&gt;retake the test&lt;/strong&gt;. But even if I do get a higher band and get PR, I won't feel secure to move to a different country (rather continent) without a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get a job in a foreign country before moving there? Because if I have a job offer, it makes the process both easier and faster by increasing 5 points in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.am22tech.com/australia-points-calculator-for-skills-based-permanent-residency-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Australia Permanent Residency Immigration Points&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying LinkedIn day-n-night but no luck getting a response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I know this might sound like duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/497/how-to-get-a-job-in-australia-before-i-go-there&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, but it is NOT. The answer to the said question ends up telling that there is &lt;strong&gt;no way of getting job from outside&lt;/strong&gt;, which is not what I want. Here I am asking for &lt;strong&gt;HOW TO GET&lt;/strong&gt; from outside of Australia to get those 5 points&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16749" LastEditorUserId="16749" LastEditDate="2019-03-20T04:06:18.987" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T04:06:18.987" Title="How to get software development job offer in Australia before immigrating (to get 5 extra points)?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-12T17:07:02.267" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am dutch citizen who is going to marry my long term boy friend who is from pakistan but currently studying in germany on a student visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After marriage i am going to move with him to germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is will he be eligible for a dutch permanent residency and what will be the process for it?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16751" LastActivityDate="2019-02-12T18:22:31.747" Title="Dutch Citizen Marries a non eu citizen studying in germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15769" CreationDate="2019-02-12T18:22:31.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;He will not be eligible for Dutch permanent residency if he is living in Germany.  Instead, he will be able to remain in Germany by virtue of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; &quot;on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gives him a right to move with you to any EU state other than the Netherlands, subject to very circumscribed limitations.  It &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; also allow him to move with you back to the Netherlands under certain circumstances, or in his own right after becoming a permanent resident in Germany (or, of course, a German citizen).  If you anticipate moving back to the Netherlands, the details will depend on when you plan to move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you hope to move back to the Netherlands within three months after moving to Germany, you will have to do that under Dutch law using a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;regular family member visa&lt;/a&gt;.  After three months, however, &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Dutch-nationals-that-can-derive-rights-from-EU-law.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can also make use of the free movement rights of EU law&lt;/a&gt; to move together to the Netherlands.  After five years of &quot;continuous residence&quot; in the Netherlands, he will become a permanent resident of the Netherlands, under Article 16 of the directive.  There are some exceptions outlined in Article 17 that can lead to earlier acquisition of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-02-12T18:22:31.747" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15785" CreationDate="2019-02-12T20:40:44.340" Score="1" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a US citizen and I'm applying for green card with I-130 and I-485 concurrent filing. Birth certificate is listed in the checklist for I-485 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485Checklist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. But I'm in New York City and my birth certificate is in China, and it's in Chinese. I assume I need it to be translated at a notary service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I bring a photocopy of my birth certificate to a Chinese notary service in NYC? Do they only notarize original copy? Is the original copy needed in future processes, such as interviews with USCIS and what not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically I just want to know if it's necessary to have my family mail the original copy to me from China. Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16736" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T05:51:21.473" Title="Birth certificate for green card application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-12T23:21:10.650" Score="0" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;I being in Berlin, for nearly 44 months with Blue card, and I'm planning to apply for 'Niederlassungserlaubnis' before my blue card renewal.&#xA;The only document I'm missing is Deutsch A1 certificate. I can introduce my self and my family in Deutsch. Other than that my Deutsch is really bad.&#xA;Will this be a problem? What kind of interview will I have? What kind of question will they ask?&#xA;(I'm sorry that I failed to learn proper Deutsch, but I had to work 40 hours every week. This is not an excuse, but just a piece of information).&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16753" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T11:52:52.783" Title="Get 'Niederlassungserlaubnis' after 33 months of Blue Card without A1" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-13T06:14:21.737" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been 6 working days that my visa is under process in Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs, Abu Dhabi, UAE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that normally it takes 2-3 working days but mine has 6. My PRO says that it's still under process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the status of my ELECTRONIC WORK PERMIT APPLICATION is set to USED on the ministry of labour website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is that why it is taking so long. I am a computer engineer from Pakistan waiting for an entry permit to UAE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16752" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T08:02:40.250" Title="Why my entry permit to UAE is taking so much time to issue?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;passports&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15768" CreationDate="2019-02-13T11:09:11.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/strong&gt; is the &lt;strong&gt;best way&lt;/strong&gt; to get a Job for professionals. There are chances (very low) that you get a interview call from Linked despite having no PR. This would require your skills in particular field of work which might attract employers to contact you. There are n direct way of getting a job offer from another country if you are not worth it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16755" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T11:09:11.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15773" CreationDate="2019-02-13T11:52:52.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A1 is fairly basic German.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expath.de/level-a1-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; is one description of the sorts of things you would be expected to be able to do.  An excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Referring to items without naming them (den, die, das, mir, dir, ihm, ihr, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Asking about items and identifying specific items (welche, diese, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Expressing belonging (gehören)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using accusative pronouns (mich, dich, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Reading and writing invitations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Talking about holidays in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Writing formal letters&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You absolutely need to achieve this level of fluency in order to obtain the &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The option to have it assessed at interview is really for those people who are already fluent (there are quite a few German-speaking communities outside the EU), and who don't want to bother with the exam.  I would not expect the official to give you the benefit of the doubt if you are borderline for A1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think your German is good enough, just take an exam and get the certificate (there are a number of online tests to determine your approximate level).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enroll on an intensive course to learn to A1 level (and get the certificate).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the interview anyway and hope!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T11:52:52.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15772" CreationDate="2019-02-13T12:28:09.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/translating-immigration-documents-english/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/translating-immigration-documents-english/&lt;/a&gt; seems to be a useful resource on translating birth certificate and other immigration documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically you need a &lt;em&gt;copy&lt;/em&gt; of your birth certificate (not the original), and a certified translation.  You should ask the office you are applying to if they have rules about who can certify translations.  The translation and the letter certifying the accuracy of the translation needs to be typed, and the certifying letter should probably be notarized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T12:28:09.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15778" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-13T13:45:10.417" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I've got a 385 Euro bill for Rundfunkbeiträge - it's a payment every German household should pay for public broadcasting. I was frustrated, however my coworkers told me that this is for almost two years and, well, I have no other option rather than just to put up with it, which I did. Now I've got bill 52 Euro for next three months and I've found that's is psychologically difficult for me to pay for something &lt;strong&gt;apart from taxes&lt;/strong&gt; from  that I don't even use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question would be - talking into account that this is not a tax - is there any legal way not to pay for public broadcasting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8582" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T13:45:10.417" Title="Is there a way to legally refuse to pay the public broadcasting payment in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-02-15T22:49:48.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15772" CreationDate="2019-02-13T14:43:15.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike some other countries, US notaries (including State of New York) have no training in international documents. Also, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/07FAM/07FAM0860.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this summary&lt;/a&gt;, New York State notaries are not allowed to certify copies at all. Even if you go to a neighboring state, you will probably find notaries will refuse to certify copies of birth certificates. Generally, even where notaries can certify copies, they are forbidden from certifying copies of vital records of their own state, and certifying foreign vital records is highly questionable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, notaries cannot notarize a document which contains the notary's signature. So the translator must be a different person than the notary. The translator can swear in front of the notary that the letter and translation written by the translator are true, and the notary will prepare and sign a short statement that the translator appeared before the notary and took an oath.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never dealt with any immigration matters, but the instructions the original poster linked to seem to indicate that only a copy of the birth certificate is required. So that would make three birth-certifiate documents to be submitted: (1) a copy of the birth certifcate, in Chinese, (2) an original English translation, (3) an original letter from the translator certifying the translator is conversant or fluent in both languages, the translation is accurate, the other required details about the translator, and the notary's certificate that an oath was administered to the translator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastEditorUserId="15940" LastEditDate="2019-02-13T19:00:40.490" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T19:00:40.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15781" CreationDate="2019-02-13T16:31:42.777" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian and want to stay in England for more than three months, but even if I get a job, I'm not sure the employers will emit some certificate showing that I've worked there (this is the worst case but I need to contemplate it, cause I'm first travelling using workaway, where there are no 'service certificates' I guess.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What exactly happens after three months staying in England? Do we&#xA;need to go to some officers or anything like that to stay legally?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need any document besides our passport to settle?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16722" LastEditorDisplayName="user16722" LastEditDate="2019-02-15T14:35:48.350" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T14:35:48.350" Title="Settle in England" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15780" CreationDate="2019-02-13T17:18:16.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pre-Brexit, the answer is &quot;no&quot;.  There is no obligation to register with anyone after three months (or any other time period).  (You will need a National Insurance Number to work, and you may choose to register with a doctor, but that is your choice.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also don't need to &quot;get residence&quot;.  As &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-residence-eu-citizens&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You do not currently need to apply for a document to prove you can live in the UK unless: [list of exceptions that probably do not apply]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Brexit the answer is that you will have to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pre-settled status&lt;/a&gt; before the end of 2020.  The pilot trials of this have not been encouraging, but make sure you keep pay slips and copies of your rental agreement (to prove you are working, and when from).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-02-13T17:27:54.790" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T17:27:54.790" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15733" CreationDate="2019-02-13T22:15:37.710" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need (or process that I am aware of) for getting an official certification of the equivalency of your degree with a UK degree. (Update: It turns out there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a process; see the updated question).  If you graduated from a well-known University the employer will have heard of it; if not, you could try looking at the German &quot;anabin&quot; site (I think google translate makes a fair fist of it), to see if the Germans have declared your university equivalent to a German one (which will be accepted as the equivalent of an English one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general UK employers are less interested in your degree, than in your experience.  If you have just graduated, you will find it &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; hard to find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you are going to need pretty good English (B1 at least, and preferably B2) to find a job in England (unless you have &lt;em&gt;outstanding&lt;/em&gt; experience).  Again, the formal certification is less important than how easily your potential employer can read your application, and how easy your interviewer finds it to communicate with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-02-21T13:42:09.180" LastActivityDate="2019-02-21T13:42:09.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15772" CreationDate="2019-02-14T05:50:21.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does not need to be notarized, but it needs to be translated if the information is not in English. For all the documents that you plan to submit with the form, you should submit photocopies of the original documents; if you submit originals they will not return them to you. However, if and when you go to an interview, you will need to bring the original documents for which you submitted photocopies with the application, for them to physically examine and compare with the photocopies you submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T05:50:21.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15787" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15788" CreationDate="2019-02-14T09:36:35.693" Score="2" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m going to France to study French. My plan is take the course for 10 weeks and I enter it without a visa. I’m from a country that allows me to stay in the Schengen for 90 days without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if my French still need more practice, I would like to extend it. But since I enter it without a visa I need to apply for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, can I apply for some visas (either student or maybe tourism) even after I enter it visa-free? Or do I have to first get out of the Schengen and apply there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T21:07:56.577" Title="Can I keep staying in France after I enter it without a visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15787" CreationDate="2019-02-14T17:04:39.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no easy way to extend visa-free entry. Generally an extension is only allowed if you cannot leave the Schengen area (force majeure) or you can provide “proof of serious personal reasons”. Otherwise you have to leave and re-enter, respecting the 90/180 day rule. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could consider applying for a long-stay visa from your country of residence before you travel: &lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/web/france-visas/visa-de-long-sejour&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/web/france-visas/visa-de-long-sejour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2019-02-14T21:07:56.577" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T21:07:56.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15796" CreationDate="2019-02-15T04:43:04.670" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am an immigrant and I have acquired a Green card, is my sister (divorced and living alone in India) eligible for &quot;&lt;em&gt;US Green card through your family&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or do only parents, kids and spouse fall under that option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16766" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-02-15T17:24:28.740" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T17:24:28.740" Title="Is sister eligible for US green card &quot;through your family&quot;?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-15T07:07:37.997" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I qualify by law according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; statement on the website of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Were you born before 1 January 1985?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  You are a Dutch citizen by law if your father was a Dutch citizen at the time of your birth. It does not matter whether you were born in the Netherlands or abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the problem is tracking down the documentation from Holland and South Africa. I presently live in South Africa. Are there any businesses or organizations that can assist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16767" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-03-21T10:50:26.803" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T10:50:26.803" Title="I need help with the documents relating to my application to become a Dutch Citizen" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-15T07:19:34.953" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it possible to study in a European country for more than 5 years for&#xA;  graduate studies, and then apply for citizenship ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This country can &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; be Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zeeland, or any other country if there is any addition to the European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any one who has done such a thing ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T10:40:30.513" Title="Is it possible to study in a country for more than 5 years for graduate studies, and then apply for citizenship?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15791" CreationDate="2019-02-15T10:40:30.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes for Australia&lt;/strong&gt;, although it may take more than 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Student visa holders can apply for permanent residency (e.g. using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/points-tested&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa&lt;/a&gt;) once they graduate, if they satisfy the points test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Student visa holders can also apply for temporary work visas after graduation, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-graduate-485/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-skill-shortage-482&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa&lt;/a&gt; (if you have a job offer and the employer is willing to sponsor you).  After they worked for a few years, their employer may sponsor them for permanent residency using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/employer-nomination-scheme-186&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once a former student has obtained permanent residency, they can apply for Australian citizenship in the usual way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/visa-statistics/study&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; contains extensive statistics on Australia's student visa program, including their destination once they graduate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, in order to be granted a student visa, you must demonstrate that you are a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500/genuine-temporary-entrant&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;genuine temporary entrant&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, i.e. your intention is to leave Australia after you have finished studying.  Nevertheless, as that page states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement is not intended to exclude students who, after studying in Australia, develop skills Australia needs and who then go on to apply for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T10:40:30.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-15T13:22:22.970" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to get into the sponsored PhD programs in University of Melbourne or University of Sydney?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Electronics engineering student and have Masters in Photonics (Optical sensing). I have found a professor from UniMelb who has expertise in this field of study and mentors the PhD scholars. How do I approach him &lt;em&gt;(or any other professor for that matter)&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any dedicated portals for such queries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, How does one get a sponsored PhD offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16755" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T13:22:22.970" Title="Australian PhD related forums and online Inquiry consultants" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12750" CreationDate="2019-02-15T14:34:49.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a Georgian, I can tell you that English is definitely taking over whereas Russian is becoming less and less popular. While overall average proficiency may not be that high, finding a person with a good command of English will not be a problem. English is spoken in most institutions in here. As for learning Georgian, it is one of the hardest languages to master, but in spite of that, if you are planning to move to Georgia on a permanent basis, you will have to learn the language at least at an intermediate level to establish  communication with the local population. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16772" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T14:34:49.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15789" CreationDate="2019-02-15T15:28:02.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to be a US citizen who is 21 or over to petition a sibling or parent to immigrate to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T15:28:02.453" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15798" CreationDate="2019-02-15T16:47:13.077" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are about to enter the interview process on our Application for Naturalization as part of the United State Citizenship and Immigration Service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We received a letter with the following statement in order to prepare for the interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You MUST BRING the following with you to the interviewing&#xA;If applying for NATURALIZATION AS THE SPOUSE of a United State Citizen&#xA;* Your marriage certificate&#xA;* Proof of death or divorce for each prior marriage of yourself or spouse&#xA;* Your spouses's birth of naturalization certificate or certification of citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a US Passport not a better proof of citizenship than a birth certificate, is there any reason they don't list this is as an option&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16773" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T19:39:33.180" Title="Naturalization interview - US Passport instead of Birth Certificate" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15797" CreationDate="2019-02-15T19:39:33.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion a US passport (or US passports) that shows that your spouse has been a US citizen for at least 3 years should be enough. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/attachments.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document checklist for N-400&lt;/a&gt; lists a US passport as one the forms of evidence that can be used to prove that the spouse has been a US citizen for at least 3 years. So they should accept the same evidence at the interview too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T19:39:33.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-15T22:11:36.687" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Australian driving license is valid until April 2019. I have been resident in the UK since Sept 2017. I would like to exchange my Australian DL for a UK DL. Would the fact that my Australian driving license is about to expire mean that I'll get a UK drivers' license with limited validity?&#xA;That is, is the validity of the exchanged license tied with the license of my current driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16775" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T22:11:36.687" Title="Exchange limited validity Australian license for UK license" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-16T10:48:53.930" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Main applicant suppose to leave UK before end of visa, how about dependent visa holder staying in UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can dependent visa holder can stay in UK without the main applicant till the end of VISA date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16776" LastActivityDate="2019-02-16T10:48:53.930" Title="Dependent can stay in UK till end date of visa if main applicant leave UK before end date of visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-16T20:43:37.503" Score="2" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a Netgear CM400 cable modem and am wondering if I can use it in the UK or if I should just sell it off now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at the website but it is entirely US-centric. Hoping someone else may know about compatibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16779" LastEditorUserId="16779" LastEditDate="2019-03-05T20:51:42.027" LastActivityDate="2019-03-05T20:51:42.027" Title="Bringing USA modem to UK" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9320" CreationDate="2019-02-17T09:15:56.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While cycle touring it's common practice to pack your bike up in to a bike box and check it in as luggage on your flight. Most airlines don't charge anything extra for this service, but do check with your airline first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13693" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T09:15:56.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18092" CreationDate="2019-02-17T09:24:33.967" Score="2" ViewCount="2512" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process for exchanging a NZ drivers license for a UK one seems straight forward. But, how do I go about getting a UK drivers license with being allowed to drive a manual transmission car?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems I need some manual transmission proof. I sat my restricted and full license in manual cars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13693" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T12:30:24.107" Title="Exchanging a New Zealand driver's licence for a UK manual car drivers license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15801" CreationDate="2019-02-17T09:45:09.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may as well sell it off. The CM400 is a DOCSIS cable modem. With very few exceptions, UK cable ISPs require subscribers to use a modem or router supplied by the ISP. Most UK ISPs will refuse to activate a 3rd party device. This is unlike in the USA, where Netgear advertise the CM400 with the slogan &quot;Lose the Lease. Keep the Speed.&quot;. In the UK the 'lease' of the modem or router (and these days it's almost invariably a rebadged cable modem and wi-fi + ethernet router in the same casing, locked to the ISP's system) is absorbed or hidden in the monthly charges. There has been some movement within the EU (which the UK is currently planning on leaving) towards more freedom to choose your own 'terminal equipment', but this is in the early stages. You could bring it over, I suppose, and when you are settled at your UK address, find out what cable suppliers serve your area, and ask them if they will activate your modem. Be prepared for them to say 'no', in which case you have a useless modem and you are 3,000 miles away from anyone who might want to buy it. With most ISPs, when the cable company's install technician comes to call, he or she will bring a router, and want to connect it up and activate it anyhow. Some ISPs (notably Virginmedia) will allow you to set their supplied &lt;strong&gt;router&lt;/strong&gt; into 'modem only' mode and connect your own &lt;strong&gt;router&lt;/strong&gt; downstream, for example to get better wi-fi coverage than the supplied device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a summary of the situation, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/04/uk-broadband-isps-stop-locking-users-bundled-router.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15661" LastEditorUserId="15661" LastEditDate="2019-02-17T13:36:41.520" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T13:36:41.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15806" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-17T05:50:20.527" Score="2" ViewCount="380" Body="&lt;p&gt;So back in the mid 2000s, I was an international student at a US university. I had the assumption that everyone in America wore shoes or slippers indoors, an assumption that was created from hearsay, so I bought a pair of flip flops that cost a dollar, and wore them each semester. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, is that I never got to be barefoot. I was always and everywhere barefoot when I grew up so going for months without the opportunity of being barefoot was in hindsight a small but real stressor (I would at least take showers barefoot in the shower stalls, where on average five or six people would share two stalls; they were relieving). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The funny thing is that I went to US and UK schools when I was young, but not in the US or the UK -- I lived in countries that had schools for American or UK nationals that also accepted international students, and thus never expected a culture transition to happen. I had not realized that back then I never encountered a house that wore shoes indoors; my parents wiped the floor clean before going in so that the dirt never touched our feet, and my friend's house that I visited never wore shoes either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, when I first stepped foot in the US mainland, it came as a culture shock that wearing something indoors could be so darn uncomfortable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is : in the case of dorm rooms, is it inevitable that unless you want your feet to pick up diseases, your feet will have to be wearing something? Or can you still attempt a major clean up of floors or carpets in your dorm room such that you could free your feet? What if you have roommates who don't share the same custom? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My other question is : I found that school custodians deep clean carpets in dorm rooms during the summer, but does that mean I can go barefoot on carpets? Could someone enter the room after that deep clean wearing shoes such that the deep clean is rendered meaningless if you were to aspire going barefoot? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not least : Should you give up trying to go barefoot if you are in college dorm rooms, and only try something like that out in your own house?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16848" OwnerDisplayName="economics" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-02-18T22:33:32.850" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T08:29:19.180" Title="Shoes indoors - is this common?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;clothing&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15806" CreationDate="2019-02-17T06:52:16.763" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the United States it is very common for people to wear their outdoor shoes indoors. It is quite a shock to many from Asian countries, but it is very common. I recommend wearing your shoes when going into other people's homes if they are wearing shoes indoors. The floors can be quite dirty. In your own living space it is difficult to ensure that others will take their shoes off even if slippers are provided. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Oz10" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T06:52:16.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15806" CreationDate="2019-02-18T07:38:15.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you go barefoot indoors, your feet will probably get dirty (the soles will turn black).  However it is very unlikely that you will acquire diseases from doing this.  The common diseases that people worry about is verucas (plantar warts) and athletes foot (fungal infection), but in fact the wart virus and athletes foot fungus are present all over the place.  Wearing shoes is very unlikely to significantly decrease your exposure to them.  On the other hand, going barefoot is very good for the health of your feet (human feet are designed to run barefoot over the African savanna).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; find is that some people will be uncomfortable about you being barefoot (they may be worried about you spreading infections from &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; feet).  You will have to decide for yourself how important this is to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-18T07:38:15.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15806" CreationDate="2019-02-18T16:03:49.630" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;in the case of dorm rooms, is it inevitable that unless you want your feet to pick up diseases, your feet will have to be wearing something? Or can you still attempt a major clean up of floors or carpets in your dorm room such that you could free your feet? What if you have roommates who don't share the same custom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not inevitable, but if you invite people and/or have roommates who do not share this habit, it will get dirty fast, and you probably do not want to dirty your feet all the time, or clean all the time. You can still ask and talk to your roommates, or ask people you invite into your dorm room, but then be prepared to at least have slippers to give. From what I know, it is not that uncommon in the US to go barefoot indoors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I found that school custodians deep clean carpets in dorm rooms during the summer, but does that mean I can go barefoot on carpets? Could someone enter the room after that deep clean wearing shoes such that the deep clean is rendered meaningless if you were to aspire going barefoot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case you are probably safe right after the deep clean, depending on who has access to the room. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should you give up trying to go barefoot if you are in college dorm rooms, and only try something like that out in your own house?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar to the questions above, it depends. You can try to influence others. Some people are probably wearing shoes just because others are wearing shoes indoors, and would love to go barefoot. Some people may feel it is inappropriate and straight out refuse &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16789" LastActivityDate="2019-02-18T16:03:49.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-18T17:20:10.727" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not understood yet the following with regards to H1-B visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, you have to be hired by a company in the US before April because in April the lottery for the visas is taking place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you can only start your job with your visa in October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is it possible that a company will be waiting for you for six months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most companies in London want you to start at most in one month after you are hired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16701" LastEditorUserId="16701" LastEditDate="2019-02-18T21:10:30.043" LastActivityDate="2019-02-18T21:10:30.043" Title="Hired with H1-B before April &amp; Starting in October - How is this possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15811" CreationDate="2019-02-18T19:38:57.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The lottery is for visas in the following year. The federal government is on an October-to-September cycle, so the visas can't actually be issued until the following October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers who work with the system know that this is just one of the things about the system they have to deal with.  If they need someone more promptly than that, they'll just have to hire someone who is already authorized to work in the the US, or they'll have to hire someone in an office outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-02-18T19:46:52.313" LastActivityDate="2019-02-18T19:46:52.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-18T20:36:47.183" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian working in the US on the TN status. I already have a priority date from the I-140 approval notice, the I-797. However, I plan to leave my job, go back to Canada and come back to the US for 6 months as a visitor. By the end of the 6 months period, I plan to get another job in the same field as my previous job in the US on the TN status. Does this affect my priority date or invalidate my green card application? I understand I can transfer my priority date if I simply switch from one company to another while maintaining my TN status within the 2 month grace period, but I'm not sure what happens if I let my TN status elapse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2297" OwnerDisplayName="Raymond Huang" LastEditorUserId="2297" LastEditDate="2019-02-18T20:52:59.437" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T20:27:26.533" Title="Already have a priority date for Green Card, but planning to be jobless for half a year, what happens to my priority date?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-19T02:13:16.910" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and holding J1-research scholar and has been approved for tax exemption in USA for 24 months under Article 22 Tax Treaty. Do I need to pay taxes for the US income in India? Appreciate your help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16794" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-02-21T13:32:25.567" LastActivityDate="2019-02-21T13:32:25.567" Title="Indian citizen, J1 Tax Exempt in USA. Do I pay India taxes for US income?" Tags="&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-19T14:44:58.527" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Sri Lanka and I have received a 2 year work permit for Canada. Is it possible to get a long stay of visa of some kind for my dependent mother as well? The state is British Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-02-19T14:44:58.527" Title="With a 2 year work permit for Canada, can I apply for a long stay visa for my mother?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-19T15:08:52.903" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son Joseph received his Illinois drivers license  18 months ago.&#xA;Since he has double nationality French/USA, he applied to exchange his Illinois permit for a French permis de conduire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We received a temporary drivers license from Nantes but they have now said we have to prove that he has lived in the US for one year. I understand that proof of residence is not needed if he is bi-national.   Can you confirm this information?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16796" LastEditorUserId="2144" LastEditDate="2019-02-24T10:41:26.910" LastActivityDate="2019-03-26T11:02:01.643" Title="Illinois drivers license to French permis de conduire" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-21T11:59:18.993" Score="2" ViewCount="866" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat living in Madrid, My legal residence is in Spain can I renew my NYS drivers license or do I have to be a legal residence of NY to renew my drivers license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16809" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-08-06T12:49:09.440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T12:49:09.440" Title="Renew NY drivers license from abroad" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-08-03T14:24:25.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-21T13:28:19.597" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good day&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if there is minimum requirement of hours one on an Ancestral visa or dependant on an an Ancestral visa needs to work. I.e if I only work 10 hours a week and earn £400 a month this is below the amount needed to pay for NI or Tax...is that ok? Do we have to pay tax as a visa requirement?&#xA;Also is being self employed as a dependant ok on the Visa ok?&#xA;Your help is greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16810" LastActivityDate="2019-03-23T22:01:31.773" Title="Ancestry visa tax and NI" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15831" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-21T14:25:08.003" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen currently residing in Madrid, Spain on a student visa (one year durations). I have been living in Spain for the past three years. I have been accepted to study a master's program in London beginning in September. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible for me to apply for a UK student visa (PBS/Tier 4) from Spain? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote to the UK Visa and Immigration International Enquiry Office and they directed me to this link (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/where-to-apply-ecb05/ecb5-where-to-apply-the-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/where-to-apply-ecb05/ecb5-where-to-apply-the-policy&lt;/a&gt;) that states applications &quot;should be made in the country in which you are living&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does having a year long student visa qualify me as &quot;living&quot; in Spain? I am also a registered resident with the municipal town hall if that helps. My Spanish visa expires the beginning of July but I plan to apply for the UK student visa at the end of June. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16811" LastActivityDate="2019-03-23T20:22:13.247" Title="Apply for UK Student Visa in Non Home Country" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15829" CreationDate="2019-02-21T15:25:17.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;New York has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/renew-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web page&lt;/a&gt; about renewing. If you look at the mail-in form on that page, it asks where you get your mail and, if different, where you live. Near the bottom of the web page it states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can renew online if you are away and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;have a valid NY driver license&#xA;    have had an eye exam from the last 12 months saved to the DMV Vision Registry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, your license will not be forwarded to you out of state or out&#xA;  of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you will need to be able to truthfully state that you don't live permanently in Spain, you're merely &quot;away&quot;. You will need address(s) to give as your New York mailing and residence addresses. You will have to arrange to get the license from the mailing address you list on the application to wherever you are when the license arrives in the mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if a Spanish physician would be accepted as a person to administer the vision test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a Real ID or enhanced driver license you will have to visit a NY DMV office. But if you have an unexpired US passport, the Real ID or enhanced driver license really don't give any additional benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are questions about your voter registration on the license application. Keep in mind that the criteria for being a resident for driving purposes is different than for voting. If you moved permanently to Spain, you aren't a NY resident for driving purposes, but you're still a resident of the last village, town, or city in NY you lived in for voting purposes unless/until you move back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also bear in mind NY has an income tax. By claiming NY residency for driving purposes, you might have to pay NY income tax; check with a CPA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-07-21T19:12:28.353" LastActivityDate="2019-07-21T19:12:28.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15831" CreationDate="2019-02-21T18:46:46.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, it is possible to apply for any category of U.K. visa from any country where there is a consulate/visa processing office. The only requirement is that the applicant must be present legally in the country or territory they’re applying from. So yes, you should be able to apply from Spain before your student visa expires. You might however want to check visa processing times in case the application takes longer than the time you’d have left on your Spanish visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-21T18:46:46.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15830" CreationDate="2019-02-21T21:01:52.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no minimum working hours or income requirement as such. Paragraph 186(iv) and (v) of the Immigration Rules &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-5-working-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-5-working-in-the-uk&lt;/a&gt; say that an applicant must show he/she:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(iv) is able to work and intends to take or seek employment in the United Kingdom; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(v) will be able to maintain and accommodate himself and any dependants adequately without recourse to public funds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the applicant to meet requirement (iv) UKVI must be satisfied that the applicant either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• has a job in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• genuinely intends to look for a job (or become self-employed) and is realistically able to do this&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576708/UK-Ancestry-v16.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576708/UK-Ancestry-v16.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is highly unlikely that an income of £400 per month would be deemed sufficient to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirement. For comparison, the median average UK wage is currently around £28,000 before taxes, and the cost of living can be high depending on the location, for example see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/uk/about/basics/cost-of-living-in-the-uk-1167475/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.expatica.com/uk/about/basics/cost-of-living-in-the-uk-1167475/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/find-out-if-you-need-to-pay-income-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/find-out-if-you-need-to-pay-income-tax&lt;/a&gt; and NI &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance&lt;/a&gt; are not covered within Immigration requirements. Both are payable above specific income levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-02-21T21:12:15.380" LastActivityDate="2019-02-21T21:12:15.380" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15838" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-22T00:29:06.660" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to re-new OCI card from India for US citizens kids, from India ?&#xA;Or, OCI is only issued abroad ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone point me to the link where OCI can be renewed from India itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="JavaDeveloper" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T02:30:47.633" Title="Is it possible to renew OCI card for US citizens kids from India?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15587" CreationDate="2019-02-22T08:26:58.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The limiting factor is that OPT can be authorized for only 12 months total per degree level.  If you had known you were going to get a second master's in a STEM field, it would have been wise to get your first OPT for less than 12 months.  For example, if your first OPT had been authorized for 9 months at master's level, you could apply for 3 months of OPT now, and then the 24 month STEM extension.  Unfortunately this option isn't available once you've already had 12 months of OPT at your current degree level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T08:26:58.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-22T19:53:19.463" Score="2" ViewCount="558" Body="&lt;p&gt;Imagine the situation:&#xA;Let's say I obtained my Computer Science Bachelor degree in June 2017 (I was a full-time student).&#xA;During my studies I started working as a full-time (30 h/w) researcher in an international company officially. That was since May 2016.&#xA;So, by June 2018, I will already have a CS Bachelor degree AND two years of relevant full-time work experience.&#xA;Does it mean that I can apply now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reference on ACS website gives only an example of sequential study and work experience. But it says nothing about my case.&#xA;Could you please provide me with a link to an official answer to the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16818" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T23:45:06.983" Title="ACS Australia Skill Assessment: does relevant work experience during bachelor studies count?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15841" CreationDate="2019-02-22T20:13:06.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm modifying my answer based on the very helpful information pointed out by the OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work in the field you're applying for and that you want to count as skilled employment (for points), must be done after you have met your &quot;skill level requirement met&quot; date. That date is determined by when you have finished two years of suitable work experience and some sort of tertiary education or certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See page 5 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills%20Assessment%20Guidelines%20for%20Applicants%20V5-6%20Aug%202018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skills Assessment Guidelines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Skill Level Requirement Met Date will be noted on your ACS result letter and will be determined by the outcome of the suitability criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All relevant work experience completed after the Skill Level Requirement Met Date will be considered Skilled Employment and eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The work experience required to meet the suitability criteria is NOT included as Skilled Employment and is NOT eligible for points under the skilled migration points test. (Note from me: This sentence is about internships etc. required by the degree program)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example in the document shows the suitable employment occurring before the educational requirement. The OP has 1 year suitable employment occurring concurrently with a year of education, then 1 year post-graduation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that the current employment would count but I don't know for sure. I suggest contacting Australian immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-02-25T17:36:46.677" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T17:36:46.677" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T04:31:30.873" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Quasar and I have recently got my type A - work permit to work for an investment bank in Wroclaw. My national work visa appointment with the Polish consulate is on 11th March, 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse has done her Masters in Business Administration and is currently working in India. However, she would like to join me in Wroclaw during vacations or sabbatical leaves and also intends to apply for a job in Wroclaw. Is it wise, that she applies for a National dependent visa? Or should she rather apply for a Schengen visa, as she is currently working in India. Can the visa officer question her, since she will not stay at a stretch for one year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15753" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-02-27T23:16:38.107" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T23:21:54.120" Title="Schengen Visa or National Dependent visa for Poland" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T05:07:43.320" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Mexico and I have received a scholarship to start a PhD in the UK on 15 March. I have applied for a Tier 4 visa and my biometrics were taken two days ago (20 February). When I filled my application I wrote that my intended day of arrival would be 25 March because of visa processing times (my course starts on 15 March). However, one day before my biometrics were taken, I was informed from my sponsor that I needed to arrive to the UK no later than 8 March. So, I had to pay for the priority service to have my visa in time. The problem is that I forgot that my intended day of arrival was 25 March and now I need to travel on 8 March.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't received my visa and I have not been informed that my visa is being processed, but I don't have time to cancel it and start again. I don't know what dates I will have in my entry clearance. According to the Tier 4 guide, it says that I will have my vignette valid from 7 days before my intended day of arrival or 1 month before my course starting date, whatever is later. So, I think my vignette will be valid from 18 March (7 days before 25 March). What can I do? 8 March is 7 days before my starting course date. Can I have my vignette stamped if I enter early? I would show them all my supporting documents (CAS, acceptance letter, the scholarship acceptation, a previous UK visa for my master) and I would explain my case, but I don't think it would be possible to have my vignette stamped. Any advise?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can enter as visitor and then re-enter to get my vignette stamped but my sponsor is demanding me to have my vignette stamped on 8 March.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16821" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T05:07:43.320" Title="Intended day of arrival after course start date - UK Tier 4 General Student" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T06:44:48.407" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national and a Software Engineer. I have received a job offer in Germany and they agreed to support me in acquiring the Blue Card.&#xA;I have never been to Germany before and thus have no idea how things work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is, what sort of documents do I need for the blue card and how much time it'll take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another question is I am going there for another job interview and will apply for a travel visa next week. Will that create any problem with my blue card application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T06:44:48.407" Title="Immigrating to Germany from India" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T10:40:31.897" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. I have applied for my canadian residence permit under the express entry skilled worker program. I have now been asked to submit biometrics.&#xA;However, I am currently travelling out of the country for a month. My question is, can biometrics be provided at ANY country? Or should it only be done in my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15050" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T12:12:04.330" Title="Providing biometrics for Canada Permanent Residency" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15846" CreationDate="2019-02-23T12:12:04.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/where-to-give-biometrics.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/where-to-give-biometrics.asp&lt;/a&gt; you can go to any Visa Application Centre worldwide. It does not have to be your country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T12:12:04.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T13:38:50.567" Score="1" ViewCount="1918" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is the following. I need to change my driver's license photo, is there still a way to get it done online or I have to fly back to U.S?&#xA;Can I send them a photo via email or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16824" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T20:27:28.843" Title="Can I renew a driver's licence online ( can I send a photo via email?) in Texas?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T15:33:52.043" Score="0" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have resigned from my job in Berlin, Germany. Now I am on notice period. I am planning to do Abmeldung now. So, after doing Abmeldung and after notice period expires, can I travel to an EU country(specifically Denmark/Sweden) for couple of days. This link &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eu-bluecard.com/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.eu-bluecard.com/faq/&lt;/a&gt; says I can stay in Germany for 3 months after resignation, don't know I can travel or not. The reason for going to Denmark/Sweden is that my return flight is from Denkmark (and I will stay 1 day in Sweden)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16825" LastEditorUserId="16825" LastEditDate="2019-02-23T15:55:47.597" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T10:46:41.027" Title="Can I travel to EU country after resigning in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15848" CreationDate="2019-02-23T15:34:40.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched online for &quot;renew Texas drivers license.&quot; A list of results was presented, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/renew-license.php#Renewal-Options-Instructions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; from Texas DMV. Midway down the page, &quot;Out of State Renewal&quot; was discussed. Here's the information (copied-and-pasted) from that section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To renew your TX driver's license by mail, download the Out-of-State or Out-of-Country Packet (Form DL-16P) and submit the documents included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A completed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Application for Out of State or Out of Country Renewal/Replacement/Change of Texas Driver License or Identification Card (Form DL-16). Include your Texas address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exemption Certification for Class A or B Non-CDL Supplement to Texas Driver License Application (Form CDL-2), if you are renewing a Class A or Class B driver's license.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explanation for Eye Specialist (Form DL-63), if your last renewal&#xA;wasn't done in person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Payment for your renewal fee. (See the Renewal Fees in TX section&#xA;below.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page refers to Form DL-16, which is easily downloaded or viewed. This form contains further info about out of state renewal: for example, the applicant must have their &quot;true, fixed, and permanent home (domicile)&quot; in Texas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, license photographs are not mentioned, and no provision appears for submitting a new one. That indicates that Texas uses only the photographs taken at Texas DMV offices, and no others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the only way to obtain a new drivers license photograph is to personally appear at a Texas DMV office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-02-23T20:27:28.843" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T20:27:28.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-23T18:55:43.937" Score="2" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the UK on a long-term basis (married to a Brit) but regularly return to Connecticut to visit family, etc. My license is up for renewal next month--I was told I could do this online or my mail but everything I've googled suggests I need to do it in person at the DMV/AAA location. A) Is this the case and B) I've seen elsewhere on this site that this may not be legal?? I still have an address in the States (the house I grew up in, stay in while visiting, and will inherit when my parents pass) and get bank statements for my US accounts sent to it.  I NEED to be able to drive in the US since everything is so far apart and public transport non-existent where I'm from. Using a British license is not an option since I don't have one.  I've always used public transport or walking since I arrived here, so have never needed a car or license.  What are my options here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16826" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T22:00:25.020" Title="Renewing US driving license while living in UK (I still have a US address BUT no UK license)" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15806" CreationDate="2019-02-24T08:29:19.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your feet are cold, then you may wish to wear something on your feet to keep warm, for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;shoes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;slippers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;socks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you're worried about slipping and falling while walking on bare floors wearing socks, then you might prefer non-skid socks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your feet aren't cold, there is nothing at all to keep you from going barefoot in your own dorm room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have occasionally seen someone walking around inside a campus building without shoes, but this is unusual.  An easy way to blend in in the U.S. would be to buy a pair of slip-on shoes, and slip them back on for walking around. Here's a picture of one type of slip-ons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WvaYl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WvaYl.png&quot; alt=&quot;slip-ons&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, while you are sitting in a lecture, it's perfectly all right to slip your shoes off if you wish.  You can also do this if you're sitting in the library studying, or if you're relaxing in a café or sitting outside on campus with friends.  And if you are visiting a friend's dorm room, you can put your shoes on to go from your dorm room to your friend's room, and then slip them off once you get there.  However, in many college dorms, it's not uncommon for people to walk down the hall barefoot if they're not going very far to get to a friend's room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is common in the US for people to take their shoes off when they're playing volleyball or frisbee on a nice lawn, or when they're hanging out at a swimming pool, lake or beach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any concerns about contagious conditions, you could&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Talk your concern over with a doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wash your feet (and hands) a little bit more often, perhaps three times a day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wash your slip-ons once a week (since it sounds like you would like to wear them without socks)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inspect between your toes once a week, and use an over-the-counter anti-fungal (sold without a prescription at the pharmacy) if you start to see signs of the fungus called &quot;Athlete's Foot.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask your guests to take off their shoes when entering your home or dorm room.  If you have a roommate, you might need to negotiate to arrive at a shared shoe policy for the room, since your roommate might not be comfortable with a no-shoes-in-the-room policy.  In some colleges and universities, roommate assignments would take cultural customs of this type into account.  Note, it can be helpful to let a guest know ahead of time that you'd prefer that they take off their shoes when visiting your room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When visiting a friend, take a look at the general state of cleanliness of the house.  Most houses and dorm rooms in the U.S. range from pretty clean to very clean.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11369" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T08:29:19.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15819" CreationDate="2019-02-24T10:39:50.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The webpage &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1460&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Échange d'un permis de conduire passé à l'étranger (installation durable)&lt;/a&gt; has a dedicated tab for French nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It explicitly mentions that among the required documents, you must provide a proof of (former) residency in the country that has issued the foreign driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copie de justificatif(s) de résidence dans le pays de délivrance de&#xA;mon permis à la date de sa délivrance (185 jours au moins sur l'année&#xA;civile d'obtention du permis, avec attaches personnelles et/ou&#xA;professionnelles). Par exemple, attestation d'inscription et radiation&#xA;des registres consulaires, contrat de travail et fiches de paye,&#xA;attestation de scolarité et bulletins de notes, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, it seems that your understanding that a proof of former foreign residence is not needed because your son is a French national is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T10:39:50.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-24T14:49:33.173" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was previously a UK permanent resident, however I was outside of the UK for more than 2 years and hence have to apply as a returning resident to come to UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My two minor children are UK citizens who wish to pursue their further schooling and university and settle in UK. Since they are minors, they have to be accompanied by me their Parent. Is this reason strong enough for clearance office to grant me a returning resident visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16831" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-02-27T08:56:04.733" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T08:56:04.733" Title="Can I qualify as a returning resident" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8796" CreationDate="2019-02-24T15:02:05.487" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What makes it least painful is to think about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: It is most most likely that you will get money back at the end. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What also happens, because of the financial reward at the end it's something like a national sport, so if you ask around among German colleagues it is quite likely that someone will be able and willing to help you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T15:02:05.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5528" CreationDate="2019-02-24T17:55:32.373" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cheapest commonwealth country to acquire its citizenship is Grenada. For less than US $130,000 you can get a Grenada citizenship in about 4 months without any residency requirements. You do not even have to visit Grenada to obtain its citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16833" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T17:55:32.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15860" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15861" CreationDate="2019-02-24T22:28:51.967" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get PR to Australia, I hope it would take some years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My child is 2.5 now and she needs to start her pre-KG this June. Once I get the PR I will need to relocate and find a school for her in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any particular education system is required to get admission in schools in Australia? Or what I should consider about my child education having relocation to abroad in mind?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15889" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T22:42:15.987" Title="Consideration of child education before moving to Australia" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15860" CreationDate="2019-02-24T22:42:15.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia offers universal education for children. This means that all children between the ages of 5-6 and 15-17 (depending on the state) are legally required to attend school. The government offers a school system for all children. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Education in Australia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Government schools (also known as public schools) are free to attend for Australian citizens and permanent residents, while Catholic and independent schools usually charge attendance fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a school age child in Australia, there are no specific requirements to get admission to a public school. All children are welcome to attend. They don't even need to be able to speak English to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-02-24T22:42:15.987" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T00:36:38.850" Score="1" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen with a US green card, currently living and working in SF. For family reasons, I will have to move back to Germany for a little while. Does anyone have experience with how I would handle my taxes? Would I be in danger of losing my green card status in the US? Who would be a good source to contact?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16834" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-02-26T12:36:37.080" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T12:36:37.080" Title="Live in Germany, employed by US company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15851" CreationDate="2019-02-25T01:24:49.207" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't find a definition for &quot;residence&quot; or &quot;resident&quot; in Connecticut law that applies to driver licensing. I &lt;a href=&quot;http://askdrs.ct.gov/Scripts/drsrightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=584&amp;amp;p_topview=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;found&lt;/a&gt; a definition for purposes of Connecticut income tax:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are a resident for the taxable year if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Connecticut was your domicile (permanent legal residence) for the    entire taxable year; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You maintained a permanent place of abode in Connecticut during the entire taxable year and spent a total of more than 183 days in Connecticut during the taxable year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you claim to be a resident for driving purposes, you might have a hard time claiming you are not a resident for income tax purposes. Maybe a CPA could offer suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastEditorUserId="15940" LastEditDate="2019-02-25T05:10:28.913" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T05:10:28.913" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15864" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T01:10:19.430" Score="3" ViewCount="655" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am reading conflicting information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) OCI is lifelong. YET-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) OCI is needed to be renewed each time passport is renewed before 21. YET-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) OCI card holder can travel to India with OCI on old passport without renewing it. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airindia.in/u-sticker-visa-for-oci-card-holders.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;enter link description here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if someone under 21 is living in India, who has OCI on old foreign passport, in India gets foreign passport renewed, but does not renew OCI, is that person's stay in India legal or not ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="JavaDeveloper" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T18:17:03.883" Title="What happens if OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) is not renewed?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T07:34:57.423" Score="2" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;my husband applied online for EEA Family Permit to come to UK, and handed in the  necessary documents at an Indian VFS office.&#xA;Does anyone have experience  with interviews as part of the application process?&#xA;Will they call either the EEA member or the applicant to clarify details?&#xA;Any help welcome.&#xA;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16670" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T17:58:46.237" Title="Is an interview part of EEA Family permit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15865" CreationDate="2019-02-25T08:33:34.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no interview process for UK visa applications. The ECO may contact you or your EEA sponsor if there are minor aspects of your application requiring clarification. They can refuse outright without any prior contact if there are material deficiencies in the application sufficient for the ECO to conclude that you don't qualify for an EEA family permit.eg see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/132606/refusal-of-eea-family-permit&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/132606/refusal-of-eea-family-permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T08:33:34.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15864" CreationDate="2019-02-25T08:48:32.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with passports, most nations prefer to have a picture associated with alternate travel documents that reasonably resembles the person using it to travel into the country. This is why there are usually age-5 and age-10 requirements for new passports for many countries like the U.S. and the UK. So it is not that the OCI status will be lost. It's that if a 20-something shows up at India border control and displays an OCI with a picture that is obviously that of a 2-month old baby, then the border control officer  can refuse entry based on the lack of an ability to verify the holder of the OCI. That person &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;has OCI&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but they need to renew it with a more current photograph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-02-27T08:42:26.173" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T08:42:26.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15855" CreationDate="2019-02-25T08:58:53.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Factors for consideration when assessing whether a person can be readmitted to the UK as a returning resident under paragraph 19 of the Immigration Rules include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• their strength of ties to the UK including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;o the nature of those ties&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;o the extent to which those ties have been maintained during the applicant’s absence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• the length of their original residence in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• the length of time the applicant has been outside the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• the circumstances in which they left the UK and their reasons for remaining absent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• their reasons for now wishing to return&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• whether, if they were to be readmitted, they would continue to live in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• any other compelling or compassionate factors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725471/returning-residents-v2.pdf#page10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725471/returning-residents-v2.pdf#page10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without knowing the answers to some of the above, where you and your children currently reside, their age/current schooling, other ties to the UK etc, it’s hard to judge whether having two children with UK citizenship who want to return could be deemed sufficient in and of itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T08:58:53.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T09:10:29.517" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an express entry profile with 435 points. Now I have received a job offer. The company said they can arrange a working visa (2years) and that they can help apply for PR once I started working. Without waiting for that, with the offer letter I have, can I apply for PR myself? If that's not possible, how long will it take to get the PR when I start working in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T09:10:29.517" Title="Time frame for PR application with job offer for Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15862" CreationDate="2019-02-25T10:31:49.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US green card holder, you may not stay for more than 1 year without requesting a re-entry permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/820/~/can-a-u.s.-lawful-permanent-resident-leave-multiple-times-and-return&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/820/~/can-a-u.s.-lawful-permanent-resident-leave-multiple-times-and-return&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding taxes, as a green card holder, you will also be subject to US taxes even if living in Germany. But, if continuing to work for a US company remotely, and paid in the US, this will not be a problem, and can actually be a benefit if you will remain at least 330 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If at least 330 days, you can claim deductions of foreign earned income exclusion (basically $100k tax free, plus housing and other deductions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR - if you stay 330 days in Germany, there are strong tax advantages. If you stay more than 364 days, you could lose your green card.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16838" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-02-25T17:25:41.740" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T17:25:41.740" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T16:50:39.783" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are driving our spanish car to the uk this summer.  We have insurance for EU wide countries but after BREXIT if we are not in the EU, we are UK NATIONALS, our insurance company wont cover us.  Any ideas? Either temporary cover in the uk for foreign cars ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16840" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T16:50:39.783" Title="Driving in the UK After Brexit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-02-28T19:11:37.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8796" CreationDate="2019-02-25T16:58:52.993" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK.  Time to crank out this story again:  I am originally from the UK, but moved to Germany in 2015.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have an acquaintance who is a German citizen and grew up in Germany (so she is not frightened by documents in German); she has, amongst other jobs, worked in the UK as a consultant offering advice on international VAT regulations (so she is not frightened by fiendishly complicated tax regulations); she &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; chooses to employ a &lt;em&gt;Steuerberaterin&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly recommend getting a &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater[in]&lt;/em&gt;.  As your colleague says, they will almost certainly save you more than they cost - and they are not all that expensive.  We pay a few hundred euros for a joint tax return of a six-figure income (and the cost is based on your income).  I would &lt;em&gt;particularly&lt;/em&gt; strongly recommend getting an advisor if you are late - they will be in a much better position to argue for leniency from the tax office than you will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T16:58:52.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15874" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15878" CreationDate="2019-02-25T18:52:19.463" Score="2" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to figure out how much I would need to pay in taxes if I moved to canton Ticino. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.ti.ch/DFE/DC/calcolatori/RedditoSostanza.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this informative page&lt;/a&gt; from the Ticino authorities (in Italian), but I'm a bit confused as to how to fill it in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my family's only source of income will be my salary, filling in this form gives me three different ammounts at Federal, Cantonal and Municipal level. Can I just substract those three ammounts from my yearly gross to figure out how much I'll be taking home or will there be other things I'll have to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm filling in my gross salary in all four Reddito boxes (Reddito nel Cantonale, Reddito complessivo, Reddito in Svizzera and Reddito complessivo), not sure if that's the right way of doing it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2019-02-26T08:00:37.717" LastActivityDate="2019-08-23T14:00:14.307" Title="Taxes in canton Ticino, Switzerland" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15874" CreationDate="2019-02-26T09:20:47.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's the tax.  In addition, my annual tax certificate has deductions for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Beiträge AHV/IV/EO/ALV/NBUV – Cotisations AVS/AI/APG/AC/AANP – Contributions OASI/DI/IC/UI/NBUV&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Beruﬂiche Vorsorge/2. Säule - Prévoyance professionnelle/2e pillier - Company pension plan/2nd pillar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10.1 Ordentliche Beiträge – Cotisations ordinaires – Regular contributions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first line is the social security contributions (so, entitlement to unemployment payments etc).  The next two is the mandatory pension contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, you will have to pay a health insurance company (&lt;em&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/em&gt; in German - I don't know the Italian) for your health insurance. Health insurance is compulsory, and if you haven't picked a company after three months, the canton will pick one for you. Alternatively, if you need medical treatment before that, you will be forced to choose a company.  In any event, premiums will be back-dated to the point that you arrived in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T09:20:47.160" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-26T14:35:50.033" Score="4" ViewCount="2043" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do you create a startup in France? What Visa can you get ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What if you've been accepted at Station F or any other French accelerator? What is the best visa option ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have heard of a &quot;simplified&quot; procedure for you and any co-founders to get a four years residence permit (carte de séjour) also called &quot;Passeport Talent&quot; or &quot;French Tech Visa&quot;. How does it work ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure does not seem that simple and the lack of information is infuriating. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16851" OwnerDisplayName="Taiko" LastEditorUserId="16851" LastEditDate="2019-02-27T11:09:48.153" LastActivityDate="2020-01-26T22:50:56.527" Title="How to get a French &quot;Passeport Talent&quot; or &quot;French Tech Visa&quot; for startup founders?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15882" CreationDate="2019-02-26T14:35:50.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Having been through the process, I'm providing my own answer to help future startup founders. This is my feedback. I might be wrong on some points as some of this might not apply to your situation. Feel free to ask any &lt;strong&gt;separate&lt;/strong&gt; questions on this site referring back to this question, or add your own experience as a comment. Together let's build French Tech Visa's missing reliable source of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay :-) The journey begins here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://visa.lafrenchtech.com/3/french-tech-visa-for-founders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visa.lafrenchtech.com/3/french-tech-visa-for-founders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first step, to be eligible for a French-Tech Visa for founders or &quot;Talent Passeport&quot; is to be accepted to a French accelerator that partners with the program. The full list is here : &lt;a href=&quot;https://visa.lafrenchtech.com/6/find-the-right-incubator-for-your-startup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visa.lafrenchtech.com/6/find-the-right-incubator-for-your-startup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all startup accelerators partner with this visa ! So make sure to check !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some are free, some cost a monthly fee, some will take some equity and give you some cash in exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal favourite is ADN x IFM &lt;a href=&quot;http://adnxifm.com/en/home-english/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://adnxifm.com/en/home-english/&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;because you can apply any time of the year (it's not a specific date of batch) and it only cost some monthly fee, no equity stolen. Also the program is at Station F which is a really awesome place to see once in your life :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't mind waiting for the next batch period, you can also try the Fighter program which is free for foreigners from some countries &lt;a href=&quot;https://stationf.co/apply/fighters/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://stationf.co/apply/fighters/&lt;/a&gt; or the founders program (not free, but cheap) &lt;a href=&quot;https://stationf.co/apply/founders/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://stationf.co/apply/founders/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have applied to the program and once you're accepted. You should go to this website and upload a proof that you are part of the accelerator :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.demarches-simplifiees.fr/commencer/passeport-talent-entreprise-innovante&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.demarches-simplifiees.fr/commencer/passeport-talent-entreprise-innovante&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Unfortunately, this website is only in French for now... Ask help from your program manager to do the upload.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example of letter I got for my co-founders &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x0lGx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x0lGx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Page 1 French Tech Visa Invite Letter&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LETNj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LETNj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Page 2 French Tech Visa Invite Letter&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure he sends you a scan AND the actual paper version. Some embassies are fussy about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have this invite letter, you need to know how to apply for a visa at the nearest French Embassy. This varies from countries to countries. Websites rarely help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The surest way to know is to go to the embassy, without appointment. Ask them how you are supposed to apply for a visa there. What is the procedure to book an appointment ? What building are you supposed to go ? What are the time schedules of the visa part of the embassy ? How much are you supposed to pay for this visa ? What form are you supposed to fill ?&#xA;Show them the invite letter to explain what you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a normal visa. Usual visa agencies have no clues about it and some embassies themselves also have no clues on what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you're looking to apply here is a &quot;Long Stay Visa&quot; &quot;Visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour&quot; VLS-TS (continue reading to have a picture of what it looks like, the embassy will understand better)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is. You'll get a visa that will allow to go to France and stay for three month. You won't get the actual passport Talent at the embassy !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just a first step that allows you to go to France and start the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have an appointment at your embassy, you will have to show them some documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-A form that you need to fill (I wish I had a copy of it to share here... If you do, please edit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Some cash to pay the visa fees (about 99€, but in your local currency), the exact ammount if possible (most embassies don't take credit card and don't have change to give back.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-A birth certificate and a photocopy of it. Or anything closely related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Your passport (They'll take it if they accept your request)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-The invite letter I showed previously and a photocpy of it. Insist to keep the real one, hopefully they'll let you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Any kind of proof that you have the income to survive one year in France.&#xA;Some kind of contract with a French or Foreign company that give you a salary higher than 1500 eur per month.&#xA;If this contract can be in French, it's a plus (as you will see later)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-3 pictures 35 mm x 45 mm following the norm ISO/IEC 19794 – 5 : 2005&#xA;(They can be very fussy about the norms...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Maybe, this depends on the embassy, they will ask a proof of address. Like electricity bill (less than 3 month old), or renting contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep a copy of all of those documents !! You will need them later on !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you apply and paid, they will take your passport, and 2-3 weeks later, you'll have the Visa to enter France.&#xA;It looks like this (important part in red) :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0cw2F.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0cw2F.png&quot; alt=&quot;Passeport talent temporary visa&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not the end of the journey though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your luggage, take your birth certificate and all the documents you used on step one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you arrive in France, or once you arrive in France, you need to take an appointment with Préfecture de Police (police bureau)&#xA;If you are in Paris. The Préfecture in charge of French Tech visa is situated at : &quot;Prefecture de Police Place Louis L'épine&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://maps.app.goo.gl/oJ3if&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://maps.app.goo.gl/oJ3if&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;You're looking at Bureau 1511 inside the building.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT. You cannot go there without appointment. And how to get an appointment ? You need send an email to this email address : pp-dpg-6b-passeports-talent-rendez-vous@interieur.gouv.fr&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Send them a picture of your passeport and a picture of your special visa.&#xA;You'll get an appointment within 2-3 weeks. (so you might as well do that before coming to france, but of course you can do it after your arrival)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll give you an addition list of documents required.&#xA;Here is the list :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A form to fill : &lt;a href=&quot;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGH168E3V-37b9123cfc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGH168E3V-37b9123cfc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some obscure documents (more explanations later) : &lt;a href=&quot;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGH3H0FT6-5f72220647&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGH3H0FT6-5f72220647&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some more obscure documents : &lt;a href=&quot;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGJHJ0U8N-a42de04f8c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://slack-files.com/TBY01QKAN-FGJHJ0U8N-a42de04f8c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's go through this one by one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Form to fill. Ok. Nothing tricky there. Hopefully they have an Engliash version that they send you by email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obscure documents part 1 : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa de long séjour valant titre de séjour -&gt; You have that in your passport already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Justificatif d'état civil et de nationalité -&gt; Your passeport&#xA;your birth certificate. AND. A FRENCH TRANSLATION of it !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, even if you have an english version of your birth certificate, they have the right refuse... Any document (except your passport) which is not in French can and will be refused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also... They don't just want a translation, they want a translation from a &quot;certified translator&quot; e.g. a translator, based in France that has the right to translate legal documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any certified translation company would do. As long as they are certified in France. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.e-kern.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now make sure you get a document from the certified translator that proves that he is indeed certified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Justificatif de domicile datant de moins de 3 mois -&gt; They want a proof of address. Either an invoice from a hotel + document from the hotel or a certificate from someone who host you.&#xA;If it's a certificate from a friend who host you, they need a paper where he certify that he host you. A photocopy of his ID card or residence permit and a rental contract or property certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THE BIG FRENCH HACK. Ask a friend to add your name in his electricity bill, it can be done online for free and it's convenient.&#xA;Next time he receives an electricity bill there will be his name and your name. This document is a legal proof of address and can unlock access to banks, local schools, employment etc... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this should be in French too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3 photographies d'identité -&gt; 3 Pictures following the same norms (easy to do in France) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Justificatif d’acquittement de la taxe sur le titre de séjour et du droit de timbre -&gt; This you don't need to worry about at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obscure documents part 2 : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Document visant à établir en raison notamment de sa nature, son objet et sa durée, le caractère innovant de son projet économique en France. -&gt; The French Tech Inviation Letter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Document de nature à établir la reconnaissance de son projet par un organisme public. -&gt; The very same French Tech invitation letter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Justificatifs de moyens d’existence correspondant au salaire minimum de croissance correspondant à un temps plein. -&gt; A minimum one year Contract from any company (French or foreign) that give you more than 1500 eur salary per month. The easiest way is for you to sign a contract with your company giving yourself more than 1500 eur salary per month. Because they have no way to know if your company actually has the money to pay you or if you even received this salary, especially if it's a foreign company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, any documents you bring have to be in French or translated by a certified translator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have all of that, go to your appointment at bureau 1511&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this appointment, if there's no mistakes in your papers (please let me know if I made any mistakes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have a temporary paper that give you the right to stay in France.&#xA;Using this paper you can stay in France for as long as you want, go abroad, come back. It counts as a visa for you (you still need to carry your passport though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paper looks like this :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/auGMm.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/auGMm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Autorisation provisoire de séjour&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 1-2 month, your residence permit card is ready, you will be notified by SMS and have an appointment to go pick it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, you have to pay some taxes online.&#xA;WARNING ! Normally you are able to pay those taxes by different, ways, by buying a physical tax stamp, or by paying online. Here, you can only pay online.&#xA;Go to this website and pay the amount that was specified in the SMS you received. For me it was 269 eur.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/achattimbreselectroniques&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Website to pay the online taxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two situations. Either you can make it to this appointment on time.&#xA;Or, you need to contact them at : pp-dpg-7b-remise-convocation-sms@interieur.gouv.fr&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will keep your card there for 3 year waiting for you to pick it up, so no worries if you can't be there at the right time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you need an appointment to come pick it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The place is the same &quot;Prefecture de Police Place Louis L'épine&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://maps.app.goo.gl/oJ3if&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://maps.app.goo.gl/oJ3if&lt;/a&gt; but you have to go to Bureau 5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have this card, you're all set :-) Bienvenue en France&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okey, that's about it :-) This is my current experience. Again I might be wrong on some points or some points might have changed. Please feel free to edit or tell me in comments anything that changed and need to be modified !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16851" OwnerDisplayName="Taiko" LastEditorUserId="16851" LastEditDate="2019-04-10T11:36:33.837" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T11:36:33.837" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15814" CreationDate="2019-02-26T20:27:26.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a lawyer and none of this is legal advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your current plan sounds like a very bad idea if you want to get your Green Card quickly. But before we dissect that lets cover the main question that you have about the retention of your priority date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your I-140 has been approved for more than 180 days then your employer can no longer revoke their application and you can retain this priority date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a hypothetical situation, your new employer would first need to be willing to file an Employment Based immigration petition, once the Perm was approved by USCIS, they would then be able to retain that priority date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, lets back to why your plan is an extremely bad idea. The TN visa does not allow for dual intent, once you've filed for an Employment Based immigration petition Travel in and out of the USA become tricky from a legal standpoint. (I know people who have done so without issue but that is not to say there isn't inherent risk)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The core issue is that after you've established immigration intent, you are no longer eligible for TN status or to really visit the USA as a visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a hypothetical interview with a CBP official at the border -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - Sir, what is the purpose of your visit to the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You - I want to visit for 6 months being jobless&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - Hmm, how do you plan to support yourself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You - I have plenty of savings, have worked in the US in the past etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - Interesting, you've worked in the US in the past but have no plans to work on this trip&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You - No, not at all&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - I see that you also have an approved I-140 immigrant petition. Do you intend to immigrate to the US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You - Yeah, I want to immigrate. Just not on this trip. After 6 months I will find a job&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - So basically you've been living in the US for the past X years and plan to continue to live in the USA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You - Yeah, but no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CBP - I'm sorry sir, you don't satisfy the Criteria of being a visitor to the USA and I'm denying you entry. Next time please come with your complete immigration paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal recommendation for you is to continue working with your current employer, have them file the I485 when your date is current. Unless you were born in India or China this should happen relatively soon. Once you have your green card you can choose to be jobless for however long you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9398" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T20:27:26.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15885" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15892" CreationDate="2019-02-26T20:54:29.220" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK, I have a British passport and a passport from another EU nation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner(non-EU national) is currently here on a family visa which is up for renewal in August. This is a very costly process, but I've been reading about this online &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.visabureau.com/uk/family-permit-married.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.visabureau.com/uk/family-permit-married.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I apply to have my partner here on an EEA family permit which I believe is free instead as an EU national? Or will I not be allowed because I'm also British?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also would this mean my partner needs to leave to apply, I'd rather just renew the current visa and not risk it if this is the case, my partner has already been here over 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12148" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T15:11:28.817" Title="EEA UK family permit for partner, I am an EU and UK citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-27T00:56:23.920" Score="2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in the UK for 9 years prior on UK ancestry. My question is : &#xA;Can I apply for UK ancestry so that I can retire permanently in the UK. I have my own means of financial support and also receive a UK old age pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16847" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T16:55:25.813" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T16:55:25.813" Title="UK Ancestry Visa to retire" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15886" CreationDate="2019-02-27T01:17:52.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are able and planning to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unclear from your question whether the 9 years of living in the UK was recently (i.e. you still live there) or some time ago, and you are currently living somewhere else. This will make a difference for what you are eligible for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the Ancestry visa does not appear to be available for retirement, there may be other visas you are eligible for. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Find out if you can apply to settle in the UK&lt;/a&gt; and fill in answers for your circumstances to see what options there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T01:17:52.783" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7686" CreationDate="2019-02-27T04:56:47.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on my experience with &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetna&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aetna&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Cross Blue Shield Association&lt;/a&gt;  health care companies you cannot be sure that a medical appointment will be fully covered by a health insurance in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of medical providers and customer service members state it upfront.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example from Aetna customer service:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: is it possible to have a guarantee of coverage before visiting a medical provider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer from Aetna customer service: No, &lt;strong&gt;we do not provide guarantees on benefits&lt;/strong&gt;. The provider can submit a pre-determination in writing including records and the proposed services. They will receive a verification of whether or not the services meet the criteria under you plan but it still would not be a guarantee as the services do not need authorization so &lt;strong&gt;we will not make a benefit determination till we receive and process claims for the services&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example from the medical provider &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=breakthrough+physical+therapy&amp;amp;oq=BreakThrough+Physical+Therapy&amp;amp;aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i60l3j0.184j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BreakThrough Physical Therapy, Wellness and Sports Performance&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to receive these services and understand that my insurer will not decide whether to pay unless I receive these services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJuGF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJuGF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T04:56:47.103" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-27T06:30:29.130" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national working in Dubai staying with my parents in Dubai. I am recently married and my husband works in Europe (Indian national). He travels frequently to US for business meetings. I wanted to accompany him and am applying for B2 visitor visa from Dubai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be a problem while applying for visa that I am working in Dubai and my husband in europe?&#xA;Please advise in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16849" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T03:11:47.727" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T05:02:45.213" Title="Please advise on applying US B2 visa from Dubai to accompany my husband traveling to US for business meetings (working in Italy)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15432" CreationDate="2019-02-27T10:36:17.483" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Irish visa process for academic research positions is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; different from other visa types, in that most of the process is completed directly by the research institution rather than by government agencies. I suspect you've already been told that by the (now-reopened) office, but for future readers: You'll work with the university, not with INIS, and the university will handle the documentation on their side and tell you specifically the documents they need from you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15142" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T10:36:17.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15889" CreationDate="2019-02-27T22:56:59.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It could be a problem, but it shouldn't be a big problem nor an insurmountable one.  It could make it more burdensome for you to come up with the documents you need to establish your story, because some of those documents will be your husband's, and he is in a different country.  But the fact that you live apart from your husband probably works in your favor by showing the strength of your commitment to your employment and your parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with the visa application and with your trip to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T22:56:59.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15885" CreationDate="2019-02-27T23:13:10.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question depends on a couple of things.  The first is the definition of EEA national at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;regulation 2&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“EEA national” means—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) a national of an EEA State who is not also a British citizen; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) a national of an EEA State who is also a British citizen and who prior to acquiring British citizenship exercised a right to reside as such a national, in accordance with regulation 14 or 15, save that a person does not fall within paragraph (b) if the EEA State of which they are a national became a member State after that person acquired British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you became a British citizen after having lived in the UK as an EEA national, you still count as an EEA national despite being a British citizen.  But you say you were born in the UK, so this seems very unlikely in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second thing is regulation 9, which might apply even if you cannot qualify as an EEA national under regulation 2.  Regulation 9 is complex, but it requires you to have lived &lt;em&gt;with your partner&lt;/em&gt; in another &amp;quot;EEA state&amp;quot; (which is defined to include Switzerland, as well).  This is often known as the &amp;quot;Surinder Singh&amp;quot; route, after the person whose court case established this right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people think that the current conditions laid out in regulation 9 are stricter than the EU directive allows them to be, which means that one might be able to challenge it in court.  That would probably cost more than paying for the family immigration route, however, and it is not clear to me whether that route would be available after the UK leaves the EU.  I would think it ought to be available to people who had moved to the UK while it was a member of the EU, but I am by no means certain of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have lived your entire life in the UK, then you seem to be stuck with the family immigration route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T15:11:28.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15843" CreationDate="2019-02-27T23:21:54.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect that it boils down to how likely it seems that your wife would actually want to move to Poland (that is, how likely she is to find a job, or to decide to move to Poland without finding a job there).  It might also depend on whether employers will talk to her before she has authorization to work in Poland (that is, they might not be satisfied with &quot;I am eligible to apply for a dependent visa that will allow me to work&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to weigh the relative costs, of course, which only you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, a plan to apply for the dependent visa up front without necessarily moving to Poland right away should not doom the application.  But I have no personal experience with Polish immigration officials, so anyone reading this who has experience please post a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T23:21:54.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-28T11:00:59.403" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a job offer and I have an express entry profile already created. My employer will be getting me a temporary work permit for 2 years initially. I was planning to add this job offer to my express entry profile once I land in Canada. How long will it take for me to get a PR from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read conflicting things on the internet. On the welcome BC site it says,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have 60 days to submit your application for permanent residence. IRCC will process most complete applications in six months or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on several other sites it says,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are working with a Canadian employer on a temporary work permit and the employer has made you an offer for permanent employment, you may be eligible to apply for your permanent residency under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Such an offer is referred to as arranged employment. The temporary worker will have to meet the necessary points required under the Foreign Skilled Worker Program. Points are awarded based on factors such as the applicant’s education, age, adaptability, language skills and the job offer. This process can take up to 12-18 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would it take 12-18 months? With an express entry profile that has more than the cut off, shouldn't it take 1-2 months? Because invitations are sent almost every month right? Any advice would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T11:00:59.403" Title="How long does it take for the PR process to complete with a job offer and express entry profile?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-28T20:25:22.283" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in France for three years (at first on a work visa) with my wife who is a French national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently had a rendez-vous at my local préfecture to renew my existing titre de séjour &amp;quot;vie privée et familiale&amp;quot; which I received last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything went fine at the rendez-vous and they gave me a receipt, but now I've received a letter asking for two things, one of which is unreasonable (what else is new?) but the other completely bizarre and unexpected:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Afin de compléter votre demande de titre de séjour, je vous invite à envoyer au plus vite les documents énumérés ci-dessous :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Acte de mariage de moins de 3 mois&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Diplôme en France&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They want a response &amp;quot;dans un délai de 7 jours&amp;quot; and who knows what that means. The letter is dated 22 fev. and I didn't see it until today, the 28th (it's postmarked the 25th).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all I gave them an acte de mariage but apparently they want a more recent copy? How could I possibly obtain that so quickly? I went ahead and ordered a new copie intégrale, but that will obviously take a few weeks to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly however is the completely bizarre request for a &amp;quot;diplôme en France&amp;quot;. Is there some meaning to that I'm missing besides just &amp;quot;French diploma?&amp;quot; Obviously I do not have such a thing. Nor have I ever been asked for that, nor obviously is it mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2209&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant list of documents&lt;/a&gt;. I almost wonder if it could be a mistake. There is no reason for them to believe I have a French diploma, nor should it be relevant for vie privée et familiale. Has anyone else seen this before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9171" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T11:15:51.097" Title="Diplôme en France when renewing titre de séjour?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-28T21:05:14.123" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;The landlord is forcing me to pay 1 month of rent because I cancelled our verbal agreement 2 weeks before the rental period would have started. No contract was signed. The rental period didn't start when I canceled our verbal agreement. Is he in right to claim the money, although no contract was signed and the rental period didn't start? &#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16859" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T21:05:14.123" Title="Netherlands - Rent - Landlord is forcing me to pay 1 month" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15905" CreationDate="2019-03-01T13:03:44.317" Score="1" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same question as &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10306/in-germany-is-lunch-included-in-an-8-hour-shift?newreg=1e5eef68ab58493a81528e2e9a99424c&quot;&gt;In Germany, is lunch included in an 8 hour shift?&lt;/a&gt; but for France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my German work, I work 8 hours and must make a 45' lunch break, totalling in a cumbersome 8.45 hours spend in site! I would like to know if something similar exists in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16865" LastActivityDate="2019-05-22T21:54:45.553" Title="In France, is lunch included in an 8 hour shift?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-01T13:29:14.707" Score="2" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a German company and I am a resident in the UK working for the UK register branch. I drive a car in the UK for company and private use. This car is on EU registered number plates and is own by the EU (German) company.&#xA;How long can I use it for in the UK? &#xA;Are there any other issues with doing so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16866" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T19:03:30.477" Title="How long can I drive a company EU-registered car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13298" CreationDate="2019-03-01T15:26:16.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;for me, i didn't meet the question anywhere in the application form, but it was there when i had finished filling in, already answered ...with a yes....so am assuming they meant from the country where you are applying from. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16867" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T15:26:16.213" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-01T16:39:36.637" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was hoping someone could help me , I am currently applying for my ancestral visa and I am stuck on which visa type and sub type to choose on the visa4uk site for my kids . For my husband I choose reason for visit work , visa type work non points based and sub type dependant more than 6 months . Which options should I choose for my kids both under the age of 11 .&#xA;Thanks &#xA;Tarren &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16868" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T16:39:36.637" Title="Dependants of ancestral visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-01T19:09:54.830" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a specific question regarding the time-frame of cap exemption granted for former H1-B visa holders. I have read various conflicting/confusing articles on this online that the time-frames become muddled due to verbiage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have held a H1-B visa from &lt;strong&gt;October 1, 2012&lt;/strong&gt; through &lt;strong&gt;June 6, 2014&lt;/strong&gt;  (20 months &amp;amp; 6 days) when I resigned my job and left the USA for PhD studies elsewhere. Having completed the PhD, I am now interested in returning to the USA for work. I am currently looking for employment in for-profit private companies different to original one that sponsored my original H1-B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Until what calendar date am I exempt from capping for my next H1-B visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a company does indeed sponsor a H1-B, &lt;strong&gt;how long&lt;/strong&gt; will the newly issued visa be valid for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16869" LastEditorUserId="16869" LastEditDate="2019-03-04T19:37:32.297" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T19:37:32.297" Title="Time-frame of cap exemption &amp; validity of a new H-1B visa for former H-1B holder" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15900" CreationDate="2019-03-01T20:31:04.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is actually no mandatory lunch break in France at all. If you work more than 6 hours in a day, your employer has to give you a 20-minutes break (for lunch or otherwise), which is not counted as part of your working time. A collective bargaining agreement can provide for other rules and most employees take much longer lunch breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, you do not have to spend your break on site and people occasionally run errands, practice sports or go to a restaurant during this time. In smaller towns, it's not uncommon to go back home for lunch. But if you live further away and that's not practical for you, an 8-hour working day will indeed force you to stay at or near your workplace for 9+ hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if your job involves clocking in and out, there will be more specific rules that are probably more relevant to you than what the law says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34555&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34555&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-05-22T21:54:45.553" LastActivityDate="2019-05-22T21:54:45.553" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-01T21:08:50.553" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the best proof of my self employed periods of work for Home Office? I have been self employed for 9 months out of five years that is needed for your employment history and am not sure what is the best proof of my employment for Home Office? Bank statements? Inland revenue papers showing my registration as Sole trader? Pay slips from umbrella agencies I worked under? Your help would be much appreciated. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16871" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T21:08:50.553" Title="EU citizen applying for British citizenship. Self employed and not sure how to prove it" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-02T00:28:20.860" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I come from a country where I see from time to time students using bookholders in the classroom during lectures especially during studying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B01CCJJGGA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Book-Stand-BS1500-Bookstand-Textbooks-Bookstands-Music/dp/B01CCJJGGA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In college in the US I rarely saw these kinds of things being used, but I might be wrong -- are these widely used in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16848" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T18:11:52.520" Title="How often do you see bookholders being used in libraries in the US?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-03-04T13:03:28.823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15919" CreationDate="2019-03-02T05:48:34.467" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen and am UK Tax resident. I have had a holiday home in Italy for 16 years (spend approximately 120 days a year there). I have an Italian registered car which is taxed etc. in Italy and a UK registered and taxed car. BUT, at present, I only have a UK driving license, as I understand it is only possible to have one EU driving license (so long as Britain is an EU member). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get an Italian driving license for my Italian car now I will have to surrender my UK driving license. Will I be able to apply for a new UK driving license?     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16872" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2019-03-02T15:21:28.843" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T14:18:41.800" Title="Should I get an Italian driving license / type of visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-02T06:16:24.083" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen and a final year student pursuing a bachelor degree. I plan to do a summer internship in Japan around May-July.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My official graduation date is June, but I get my physical degree later around August. The visa agent for my company said that neither the internship visa for students nor work visa will be applicable for me in this case, since I won't be a student in midst of the term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I did not find any such rules written on VFS site. Is there really no visa that I can get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16873" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T06:16:24.083" Title="Internship in Japan" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7686" CreationDate="2019-03-02T09:24:05.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My experience was that it's not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, most US healthcare plans cover certain &quot;preventive care&quot; without any copay or deductible.  Supposedly this includes a physical examination.  However, I wasn't able to get my insurer (Aetna) to provide the diagnosis/billing codes that they consider to be &quot;preventive care&quot;.  And I wasn't able to get my doctor's office to provide the diagnosis/billing codes that they would use for my appointment because they said the doctor would make the determination.  The doctor said he didn't know how the billing would work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end I ended up paying $170 (for deductible) for a physical examination, because it was billed as if I had an actual sickness.  After getting the bill, I questioned the doctor's office again about whether it was billed under the correct code. They said they are bound by the code submitted by the doctor, and changing the code would be fraudulent.  (Rant: But I'm the &lt;em&gt;victim&lt;/em&gt; of fraud when &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; paid for the insurance and &lt;em&gt;they're&lt;/em&gt; making &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt; pay for what &lt;em&gt;their contract&lt;/em&gt; says is covered, right??) So I just paid it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T09:24:05.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-02T16:14:00.630" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently entered the US after my vacation in India. My port of entry was Boston and I live in Portland, OR. After reaching home, I noticed that I am missing the entry US stamp. I am currently in the process of applying for H1B. I am supposed to submit all the pages of passport. Will it be a problem for my H1B application ? I am not sure if I can get a deferred inspection in Portland&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16874" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T17:50:10.287" Title="Indian Passport with F1 visa not stamped upon entry to the US(I-94 is up to date). Will it be a problem when I apply for H1B?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13545" CreationDate="2019-03-02T17:44:14.853" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Czech Republic laws in regards to Czech ancestry are quite complicated and antiquated. My mother tried to regain her citizenship in 2010 and the Czech Republic denied her case.  We had all documents, but apparently the law for women is very different.  Women of Czech descent would lose their citizenship upon marriage to non-Czech citizen.  Furthermore, my mother had been born in 1918 just before the existence of Czechoslovakia, so the laws that applied were those of the Austrian-Hungarian empire.  We even hired a lawyer and appealed the decision, but it was rejected.  She has since passed away.  Her brothers, however, all were able to regain their citizenship.  The Czech Republic is in my view a country where women are openly discriminated against men !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16876" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T17:44:14.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15911" CreationDate="2019-03-02T17:50:10.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's a problem. They don't always put entry stamps on passports (e.g. if you go through an automated kiosk), and people sometimes lose passports so could no longer have the entry stamp. It's the I-94 that is authoritative. If the I-94 shows that you were admitted into F1 status at the date and place that you entered, that should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T17:50:10.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15907" CreationDate="2019-03-02T18:11:52.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bookstands like those illustrated in the Amazon link are quite uncommon in US collegiate libraries. Not unknown, but it is indeed unusual to see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: my observations from my own college and professional school experience to visiting my two kids' schools (collegiate and graduate level) when they attended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-03-02T18:11:52.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-02T20:48:36.550" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;We will be moving from the UK to France mid-March. We are taking our main car (UK registered) with us, for:&#xA;1: The travel down there, and&#xA;2: The first 2-3 weeks in France to get around, and will purchase a French car then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will then drive the UK car back to England to sell it, we don't want to keep it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On moving day, we are losing our UK address and UK residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our question: will the car be covered in France for these few weeks, under our current UK comprehensive policy (it allows travels in the EU)? I am under the impression that this insurance will be cancelled the day of our move, because we do not have a UK address anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance for helpful contributions!&#xA;Thomas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16877" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T13:41:56.927" Title="Car insurance during the move" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7686" CreationDate="2019-03-03T03:39:30.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The closest you can get to avoiding unexpected bills is to use a Health Maintenance Organization. An HMO is a combination of insurer and provider, so you are less likely to be caught by a difference between what the insurer considers reasonable and what the provider actually charges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, US medical billing is incredibly arcane. This month I received both a check for $60 from my HMO returning an overcharge, and a bill for $60, with the same date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T03:39:30.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15920" CreationDate="2019-03-03T13:41:57.060" Score="3" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (Italian citizen) and I (Commonwealth but not EEA citizen) recently moved to the UK. I had done quite a lot of research about the immigration rules before we arrived, but admittedly mostly read about what the law says rather than what people's actual experiences were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife will be working here, so is a qualified person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our arrival at Gatwick went very smoothly, with a friendly immigration officer checking our marriage certificate and then stamping &quot;Admitted to the United Kingdom under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016&quot; in my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then quickly discovered that the advice on the gov.uk website saying &quot;You can apply for a residence card [...] to confirm your right of residence. You do not have to apply but it will make it easier to prove your right to live and work in the UK&quot; should probably be read as &quot;You should apply for a residence card if you want to be able to do anything official in the UK&quot;. It's very difficult to open a bank account or rent a house, for example, without a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also quickly discovered that not every immigration officer understands the rules. We took a weekend trip to Paris, and on the way back the UK immigration officer insisted that I only had the right to live in the UK if my wife and I had been living in a different EEA country first (seemingly, he was confused with the Surinder Singh rule for UK nationals, which clearly doesn't apply since neither of us are a UK national). He did eventually relent (saying that since I'd already been allowed in once, he would let me in again, but reiterating that he didn't think it was right) but was very unhappy that I didn't have a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for a residence card right now is very inconvenient because I need to travel regularly for work. If I apply, at a minimum I will be without my passport for a month (if I immediately request it back after placing the application) but possibly more. My country of citizenship doesn't offer additional passports for this type of situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, I have considered traveling to another EEA country and applying for an EEA Family Permit there. The EEA Family Permit seems to usually take less than 10 days to be granted. I understand that this should then let me travel in and out of the UK without any trouble for six months, and then I should be able to schedule 1-1.5 months without my passport somewhere into those six months to get the residence card. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this option open to me considering that I am already living in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What should I list as my permanent address? We have already rented an apartment in the UK and I would prefer to list this since it's my correct permanent address. Will it raise an issue though?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there other, better options for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16878" LastEditorUserId="16878" LastEditDate="2019-03-03T15:09:11.990" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T16:33:53.783" Title="EEA Family Permit from outside UK after already moving to UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15915" CreationDate="2019-03-03T13:41:56.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to ask your insurance broker (if you have one), or your insurance company directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not insured, you may be able to get a UK based policy through a broker. (I use A-Plan, and am very happy with them.  There are other brokers.)  Alternatively, you may be able to get a policy based in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T13:41:56.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15908" CreationDate="2019-03-03T14:18:41.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a new UK license ... but you will probably have to pass another driving test.  It's also not clear you can apply for an Italian license if you are not resident in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest at the moment, your best bet will be to drive on a UK licence + IDP (which is not that expensive), and hope that after a few years an agreement is reached to recognize UK licences EU-wide.  (If Parliament &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; eventually endorse Mrs May deal, that will happen straight away.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T14:18:41.800" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15917" CreationDate="2019-03-03T16:21:18.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this option open to me considering that I am already living in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  You have to &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; outside the UK to apply, but it is not necessary to &lt;em&gt;reside&lt;/em&gt; outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I list as my permanent address? We have already rented an apartment in the UK and I would prefer to list this since it's my correct permanent address. Will it raise an issue though?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should not cause a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there other, better options for my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/european-passport-return-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Passport Return Service&lt;/a&gt; may be of interest, but to use it you will need to combine your residence card application with your wife's application for a registration certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply for an EEA family permit in any place where you have traveled for work.  It need not be an EEA country.  I mention this only because it is not clear from the question whether your proposed plan to apply for an EEA family permit in an EEA country arises from a mistaken belief that the point of application must be within the EEA or for other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-03-03T16:33:53.783" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T16:33:53.783" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-03T20:56:02.013" Score="2" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've always wondered, I saw that if you were born in the United States you're a US citizen, it's true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16880" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T01:07:12.753" Title="I was Born in the United States but my parents are from Ghana, so I'm American or Ghanaian?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15921" CreationDate="2019-03-03T23:53:17.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia has a good set of articles on nationality law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;United States nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that &quot;All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very few exceptions to the above. If you were born in the United States, you are most likely a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanaian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ghanaian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A person is a citizen of Ghana by birth if he/she was born on 7 January 1993 or born after that date in or outside Ghana at the date of his/her birth only if either of his/her parents or one grandparent was or is a citizen of Ghana.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ghanaian nationality law has had a number of small changes over the years. If you are less than 26 years old, the above applies to you. If your parents were both citizens of Ghana, then you are most likely a Ghanaian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people, for a variety of reasons, have a claim to more than one citizenship. If you are both US and Ghanaian, then you are eligible to get two passports, one from each country. You can choose which passport you use to enter each country. For example, if you wanted to go to Europe, you would use your US passport, because Ghanaian citizens need a visa to enter Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a useful question on this site which can help you decide how to use more than one passport to travel: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/52100/i-have-two-passports-nationalities-how-do-i-use-them-when-i-travel&quot;&gt;I have two passports/nationalities. How do I use them when I travel?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T23:53:17.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15921" CreationDate="2019-03-04T00:59:08.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As others have mentioned in their answers, you are most likely a US citizen. But being a US citizen is one thing, being able to prove it is another. The document that provides presumptive proof of your US citizenship is the birth certificate on record in whichever state you were born in (although this presumption could be overcome with proof you had renounced your US citizenship, proof that one of your parents was a diplomat when you were born, or the like).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your first challenge is getting an official copy of your birth certificate. If you are in the US and have the kind of identity document Americans typically have, like a driver license, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;getting the copy is easy&lt;/a&gt;. But if you are in Ghana, you may have trouble getting the state to send an offical copy of your birth certifate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in the US and don't want to leave, the birth certificate and some other ID, like a driver license and social security card, will be all you need. But if you want to travel to internationally, you will need a US passport. The US State Department has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web page&lt;/a&gt; about passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The details are complex, but the concept is simple: if you want a passport, you have to prove you are the same person named on the birth certificate. As time goes by, the evidence rots; papers get lost, parents die, people who knew you when you were little move away or die, the elementary school you attended throws away it's old records, the pediatrician who took care of you when you were little dies or throws out the records, etc. So if you want a US passport, get it now, before the evidence you need disappears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But beware of the downside: US citizens are expected to pay taxes on their income around the world. Even if you don't have to pay because your income is low or you get credit for taxes paid to foreign governments, there is a good chance you must file tax returns. Theoretically, you have to file returns and pay taxes whether you ever have any connection to the US or not. But in practice, they probably won't notice you if you live abroad and never apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastEditorUserId="15940" LastEditDate="2019-03-04T01:07:12.753" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T01:07:12.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-28T05:28:52.140" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on traveling to the USA to volunteer at a non-profit organization for roughly 6 months. Do I need to get a visa to do so and if I do, which one do I need? I am a Canadian citizen and I will not be getting paid for my work being done there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nicole" LastActivityDate="2020-06-27T12:09:50.543" Title="What visa do I need to volunteer in the US if I am Canadian and only going to volunteer?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-07-13T13:37:38.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-04T12:10:40.343" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is German, and I'm American. We have been living in Germany for a few years now, and my residency card has expired. We have been afraid to try to renew it because we noticed it was expired after it happened. It is a little over a year overdue. What are our options? I am self employed and it doesn't matter where we live, we just want to live together in the EU. Is it still possible to renew my residency card, or will I get deported if I try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="John" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T12:35:41.907" Title="Germany my residency card has expired" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15417" CreationDate="2019-03-04T15:20:47.830" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had similar issues and it was mentioned in the decision letter that a new CoS is required if we are reapplying. Just saw this post and thought of replying.  Have you managed to get the Tier 2 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16887" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T15:20:47.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15928" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-04T12:13:12.443" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is on ILR (Indefinite leave to remain) (through tier 2 General)I am qualified to apply for my ilr (Tier 2 dependent) since 21/02/2019 but am having issues with filling and answering a question on set o form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My case: I consulted a visa consultant to apply for USA Business visa around 2001 and 2002.Along the line I had a disagreement with him when he was asking for more money. So he didn't brief me the outcome of the visa application. I tried to get more information from him but he didn't give any. My concern is that I don't know if he applied or any reason for the refusal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2010 I applied for my Tier 2 dependent and there was a question if I have been refused any U.K. or any other countries. I ticked yes but only mentioned my refused U.K. visitor visa and the Tier 2 visa dependent was successful. All through my extensions is here in the U.K. I have not met such question again. &#xA;I applied for USA tourist 2016 which was refused due to no enough family ties. On the USA visa application it was asked if I have applied for USA visa before which I ticked yes. &#xA;Now to my set o form, a question was asked about previous visa application (refusals) I have mentioned all my U.K. and the 2016 USA visa refusal. My question is how do I declare the one I gave to the consultant between 2001 and 2002? Because I don't want to trigger deception on my ILR application. I do not have any information about the visa application. I stand to be corrected, I believe it will be safer to bring it to their notice so as to avoid ILR refusal through deception. &#xA;I just want to play safe .Please kindly advice me on what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Speedboy80" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-03-04T16:43:43.067" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T16:43:43.067" Title="ILR set o form(question on previous countries visa refusal)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-28T12:23:52.763" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are considering buying a villa in Florida with a view to using it between November and March in retirement and returning to the U.K. for the rest of the year. So really a 5 month vacation every year. We would intend to rent out the property in the summer months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we do this on a B2 visa, and is there anything else that stopping us doing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Crawford" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T18:20:56.590" Title="Staying in US over winter every year" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15929" CreationDate="2019-02-28T15:11:18.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You actually can do that. There is nothing against it in the immigration rules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately after a few years doing that immigration might turn you away. Your options are a B2 Visa, E2 Visa, and EB5 Visa with B2 the least desirable albeit the cheapest. All the others may also have some issues because you &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; plan on spending 5 months a year here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.breakthroughusa.com/b2-visa-e2-visa-eb5-visa-family-sponsorship-retirement-in-the-us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overview B2 Visa, E2 Visa, and EB5 Visa for Retirees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think 3 months a year does change the equation. Retirees spending a quarter of a year in a sunny location isn’t strange, would not be considered making the USA your home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11148" OwnerDisplayName="Paul of Osawatomie" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T15:11:18.693" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15801" CreationDate="2019-03-04T20:12:58.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; cable ISP in the UK is Virgin Media and they will require you to use the terminal boxes they supply as part of the package. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;boxes are useless without being registered and activated by Virgin Media for use on the Virgin Media cable network. You may as well be buying a brick and trying use it to access anything as buy one of those boxes. Virgin Media do not sell their STBs and the boxes remain the property of Virgin Media. Virgin Media will not activate a box unless they supplied it to a registered customer with an active account.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Virgin-TV-V6/Installing-3rd-V6-Box/td-p/3775182&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Virgin-TV-V6/Installing-3rd-V6-Box/td-p/3775182&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T20:12:58.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-05T11:38:14.513" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two work permits in EU ( Austria , Czech Republic)&#xA;I want to leave Schengen from (Prague , Czech Republic), I will come back to (Prague , Czech Republic) and present my passport + Czech Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I have to do something regarding the Austrian Permit, I mean: will I be registered that I entered Schengen again in Austrian System?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I have to do if not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16894" LastActivityDate="2019-03-05T15:15:22.847" Title="Leaving Schengen when having two permits in EU for non-eu people" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15933" CreationDate="2019-03-05T15:15:22.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no Schengen-wide system for electronically recording routine entries and exits. The only system in place is passport stamps. Therefore, whether you present your Czech or Austrian residence permit is of no consequence. While the Czech Republic may record your information electronically, this information will not be available to Austria. You don't need to have your entry to Schengen &quot;registered&quot; with any Austrian authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-03-05T15:15:22.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15936" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-06T04:53:30.060" Score="3" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-US citizen, do I have to keep the paper record of a US &quot;official jury summons&quot; I received? Is a scan of it enough? I am currently a green card holder and might apply for US citizenship one day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking as the paper I received says &quot;detach this tab  and keep this portion for your records&quot; but it doesn't say why or for how long:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/REmwe.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/REmwe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dtbxr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dtbxr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2019-03-06T05:23:25.810" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T21:07:57.730" Title="As a non-US citizen, do I have to keep the paper record of a US &quot;official jury summons&quot; I received?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15936" CreationDate="2019-03-06T09:00:47.087" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remember most of the paperwork is based on the assumption that the recipient is eligible for jury duty. The main thing is to promptly inform the court, presumably through the web site, that you are not eligible. Keep a record of when and how you informed them, in case that gets lost, but I have never had a problem and I've lived in the US, as an alien, since 1975.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My usual policy is to keep paperwork and evidence that I responded until at least a month after the last day on which a US citizen could have reported for jury duty or requested an extension etc. That seems to me to be the time window in which one might be questioned about non-response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastEditorUserId="6427" LastEditDate="2019-03-06T17:15:47.217" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T17:15:47.217" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-06T16:29:46.510" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for the Fiance visa in the UK and I need to prove my knowledge of English. I'm originally from Brazil which means my native language is Portuguese, however, I have a MFA degree from an American University in the United States, having lived there for a few years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the degree still need to be recognized by UK NARIC when it's obvious that it was taught in English? Or is the degree itself enough proof?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16899" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T17:06:59.427" Title="UK Fiance visa: Does my American Master's degree need to be recognized by UK NARIC?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15939" CreationDate="2019-03-06T17:06:59.427" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the degree in itself is not sufficient. The guidance states that you can prove your knowledge of English if BOTH (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you have a degree or academic qualification that was taught or researched in English&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your qualification is recognised by UK NARIC as being equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree or higher&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T17:06:59.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-06T17:39:55.890" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an Afghan citizen get the work visa of Germany where he is not going be asked for the interview, he is not asked of his bank account, etc.? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16900" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T14:53:15.827" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T14:53:15.827" Title="Can an Afghan citizen get the German work visa without interviewing?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15941" CreationDate="2019-03-06T19:21:50.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are an Afghan national residing in Afghanistan, No. You have to attend an appointment to submit your travel document and supporting papers, and to provide your biometrics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T19:21:50.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15947" CreationDate="2019-03-07T04:47:08.550" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen currently living in Canada on a study permit. I've been flying back to the US fairly frequently for a variety of reasons, mostly for short trips (a week or so). Is there any limit on how often I can travel back and forth? I've heard of some people being questioned at the border about frequent trips back and forth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15505" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T14:57:12.527" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T15:21:51.333" Title="Is there any limit on how often a US citizen studying in Canada can return to the US?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15849" CreationDate="2019-03-07T10:46:41.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to add what happens with me. I traveled even after resignation. In short, just make sure blue card is valid then you can travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16825" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T10:46:41.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15943" CreationDate="2019-03-07T15:21:51.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Frequent trips are a red flag for visitors, who sometimes try to use them as a means of spending more time in a country than they are allowed under the country's immigration law.  That obviously does not apply to you, because you are not a visitor in Canada and your stay in the US is not limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frequent trips may also be seen as a red flag suggesting potential criminal activity, especially if there is no good reason for the frequent trips.  You have a good reason for the frequent trips, and if you are not engaged on criminal activity then an investigation at the border should not have any effect other than to delay you for a few minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T15:21:51.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15948" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15958" CreationDate="2019-03-07T17:35:24.317" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person from an EEA country, for example Denmark, moves to another EEA country for example Portugal, and then moves out of 'Portugal' leaving behind an unpaid power bill, will this unpaid bill be likely to cause any problems for that person in the future assuming that they never revisit Portugal again, but will visit and live in other EEA countries, including of course Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16908" OwnerDisplayName="Cestarian" LastEditorUserId="16908" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T20:05:53.103" LastActivityDate="2019-03-09T03:23:52.043" Title="What happens if you leave an unpaid utilities bill in an EEA country you no longer live in?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-07T15:16:12.230" Score="0" ViewCount="1528" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for a work permit in Portugal. Currently I’m staying in another Schengen country (Latvia). What is the procedure and requirements for applying Portugal work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16952" OwnerDisplayName="Sumod K N" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T17:04:40.353" Title="How to apply for a Portugal work permit?" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-15T17:33:52.860" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipina on a short-term training program in Greece (3 months only) and was only given a single entry Type C Schengen Tourist Visa. I am nearing the end of my maximum 90-day stay but have been invited to extend for another 3 months. Can I apply for a visa here, or would I need to go back to my country and go through the whole application process again? Alternatively, would I be able to extend past the maximum 90-day stay usually held for tourists? Thank you very much in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="CelestialAya" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T19:01:55.230" Title="Can I apply for a Schengen visa while in a Schengen state?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15950" CreationDate="2019-01-15T23:40:49.257" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, Visa's are granted in &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; country to go to another country. In a country that isn't your own, you try to get &lt;em&gt;residency&lt;/em&gt;. Different process and paperwork. Also, can take forever. However, if you have what is necessary to apply for residency, then proof of application may be enough to no be considered in violation of your Visa, when it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See if a local can help you, or find an office that works with work/travel migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="VISQL" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T23:40:49.257" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-26T19:37:02.593" Score="3" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife(non EU) has a 1 year schengen visa issued by the Netherlands. She has used it already twice, once to Netherlands and second time to Denmark/Germany last year. We had got married in Denmark with this visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a resident of Germany (non EU citizen) and she has already applied for family reunion visa for Germany. The family reunion visa obviously takes a couple of months to process and I was wondering if she is still eligible to reuse the schengen visa to travel to Germany, while the other visa is under process, provided she meets the criteria of a tourist (return ticket, sufficient finance, 90/180 rule). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure, the immigration can already see the family visa under processing and wondering if the schengen visa is somehow cancelled due to the family visa processing? Would she get denied at immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional Info:&#xA;She has stayed around 70 days in total last year. It is already been 6 months since her last visit. Visa is still valid for 5 more months from now. I understand she can still stay another 90 days provided the visa is still valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15797" OwnerDisplayName="Max Payne" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T15:22:53.207" Title="Would a multi entry schengen visa get cancelled upon applying for family reunion visa?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9972" CreationDate="2019-03-08T01:44:32.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1191/~/traveling-outside-of-the-u.s.---documents-needed-for-lawful-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1191/~/traveling-outside-of-the-u.s.---documents-needed-for-lawful-permanent-residents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;office link confirms passport or months of validity remaining is not an area of concern&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16910" LastActivityDate="2019-03-08T01:44:32.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15949" CreationDate="2019-03-08T09:07:41.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a highly qualified professional, without Visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application for residence title or EU Blue Card should be&#xA;  scheduled (via an electronic platform – to be implemented for holders&#xA;  of residence visas) and submitted personally on a standard form signed&#xA;  by the applicant or his/her legal representative. The application may&#xA;  be submitted at any SEF’s directorate or regional delegation, which,&#xA;  after proceedings and decision, will forward it to the directorate or&#xA;  regional delegation of the applicant’s area of residence. Necessary&#xA;  documentation as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background,    and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Odivelas, Aveiro or &#xA;  Braga SEF bureau) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Passport or any other valid travel document Valid    residence permit issued under article 61 of REPSAE, except in    applications&#xA;  submitted under nº. 2 of article 90; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence of sufficient means of subsistence, as per the provisions of Order    Number 1563/2007, of 11/12 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Permission for checking criminal records (except people    under 16 years old)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resident permit for highly qualified activity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contract of employment or of services compatible with the highly qualified activity&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Invitation letter issued by the teaching institution or statement of responsibility issued by &lt;strong&gt;certified company&lt;/strong&gt; according to the&#xA;  decree order of the members of the government&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://imigrante.sef.pt/en/solicitar/trabalhar/art90-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEF - Work in Portugal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16542" LastActivityDate="2019-03-08T09:07:41.843" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-08T11:50:07.383" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope someone can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read a bunch of posts about family visas, but can't find reference my questions, so I hope someone can give some insight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some background first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a British Citizen. my wife is Mexican and we have a 2-year-old son, who is also British.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I have been in a relationship for over 11 years and got married in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the 11 years of our relationship, we have visited the UK almost every year to visit family, Christmas etc. and have always left the country on time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife still has her parents and a large family still in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have recently been living and working in Chile until last year when I lost my job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In December 2018, we decided to move back to the UK as my parents are old and unwell and I have a better chance of finding a decent job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all traveled to the UK, myself, my wife, my son, my dog. Of course, I know better now, but at the time, I foolishly thought that my wife staying with me in England was a simple process. Now we have done the research, we realize it is a little more complicated than we imagined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, when we arrived at the UK border in a van full of cases and a dog cage, the border agent stamped my wife's passport for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and son are returning to Mexico after being with me for 4 months, as she obviously needs to leave before her 6-month passport stamp expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently looking for work in the hope that I can get a decent job, and after 6 months, apply for a Family/spouse Visa so that my wife and son can finally be in England with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So finally to my questions... sorry for the long intro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I am working the 6 months period, is it ok for my wife and son to come to England to visit? I really don't like the idea of not seeing them for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they can come and visit, is it recommended not to return until after 4 months? (the time they have just spent in the UK),&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that time, would it be ok for them to come for 2 months and then return to Mexico for 2 months, then visit again? What do you feel are the correct limits to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read that if a customs/border agent feels that someone is trying to live in the UK without a visa, they can be rejected entry. Obviously, I want to be with my wife and son as much as possible, but I don't want to damage our chances of getting a long term visa. We really want to do the process properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would the border agents see it as a bad thing that a wife and child are coming to visit dad? And they have a return ticket and a long history of visiting for holiday a returning to Mexico correctly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is a lot to take in, but it seems that there are many ways that the process can go wrong. We just want to make sure we are doing everything correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much for your time and help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16912" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T11:01:00.093" Title="How much time can my Mexican wife and my son stay with me in the UK while working my 6 months before Family/Spouse visa application?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15955" CreationDate="2019-03-08T13:01:58.327" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I followed links on the Home Office web site until I got to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/mexico/tourism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; where it says your wife won't need a visa to come to the UK as tourist (you already knew that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However importantly it &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may want to apply for a visa if you have a criminal record or you’ve previously been refused entry into the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I know neither of those apply to your wife but it means she &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; apply for a visa if she wants to.  The advantage of doing so is that if she is refused entry (on the grounds she won't leave), she will be at home in Mexico rather than tired and stressed in the Heathrow arrivals hall with a cranky child in tow.  (&lt;strike&gt;It will also be possible to appeal the refusal, and&lt;/strike&gt; I suspect that by going the formal route, the Home Office may be a little bit more sympathetic - I could be wrong.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it theoretically possible for a border agent to refuse entry, even with a visa - but I think that is very unlikely to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On timings, I think your wife needs to spend significantly less time in the UK than in Mexico.  I would suggest no more than one month in three.  It would also help if you went to Mexico from time to time (although obviously, this means taking time off work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Aside: does your son have a UK passport?  If not, I suggest you get him one - that way there is no question of refusing him entry.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-03-09T09:09:37.617" LastActivityDate="2019-03-09T09:09:37.617" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-08T21:48:13.840" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family is composed of US and French citizens, and lives in the US. My wife, myself and two of our children are French citizen, with an I-765 EAD/AP (&quot;Combo Card&quot;) and an H1/H4 visa. We all have French passports. Our third child is an American and French citizen (dual citizenship), she is an infant, has a US passport and is in our &quot;livret de famille&quot;. She does not have a French passport nor a &quot;carte d'identité&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are going to travel from the US to France and back soon, and wonder what we should do at the border.&#xA;As far as I know, the border (both in France and in the US) at the airport is always divided in a &quot;Citizen&quot; / &quot;Visitors&quot; way, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qHHUq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qHHUq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Entering France&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we are all French citizen, I would assume that she can cross the border with us (i.e., come with us to the &quot;E.U. Citizen&quot; kiosk), and that our &quot;livret de famille&quot; will be enough to prove her citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Am I right in this assumption?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should she go with one of us trough the &quot;visitor&quot; kiosk? Worst case scenario, US citizen do not need Visa for short visits in France, if they have a US passport, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/web/france-visas/ai-je-besoin-d-un-visa?p_p_id=NeedVisaApplication_WAR_fvfoportalvisasportlet&amp;amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;amp;_NeedVisaApplication_WAR_fvfoportalvisasportlet_implicitModel=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;france-visas.gouv.fr&lt;/a&gt;, so she should be able to enter France easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Entering the US&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if we should go through the &quot;US citizen&quot; or &quot;Non-US citizen&quot; kiosk to re-enter the US. Since she is a US citizen, she should go through that kiosk, but none of us can go with her, and she is obviously too young to go through custom on her own.&#xA;Since she does not have a I-765 EAD/AP (&quot;Combo Card&quot;) or H4 visa, I feel like it would be inappropriate to try to go through the non-us citizen kiosk with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked a travel agency and looked around, but could not find the answer to my question.&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Should we all go to the non-US citizen visitors?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2019-03-08T21:48:13.840" Title="Passing a border with an infant of a different citizenship" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;infant&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15948" CreationDate="2019-03-09T03:23:52.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The utility company might do one or more  of several things, depending on the size of the debt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write off the debt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chase you for the money&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pass the debt to a debt collection agency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obtain a court judgement in your absence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever they elect to do, they will note your default on their records, and notify any credit reference agencies they deal with. Since credit reference agencies operate internationally this could well come back to bite you from unexpected directions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say you're in Europe. There are many ways to transfer money around Europe cheaply, easily and quickly. Do the right thing and pay the bill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15983" LastActivityDate="2019-03-09T03:23:52.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-09T08:05:37.993" Score="1" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official cite&lt;/a&gt; one can apply for naturalization in France after completing 2 years in a French superior institute &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2 ans d'études accomplies avec succès pour obtenir un diplôme d'un établissement d'enseignement supérieur français&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is that if the normal duration of a course is 1 yr and for some reasons it is extended to 2 years, what are the rules in such a case? In particular one may assume that 2 yrs degree would be defined by number of credit hours and if so would one have to take a few more credit hours to be eligible. Where can one find more information regarding this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastEditorUserId="9290" LastEditDate="2019-03-10T21:45:06.860" LastActivityDate="2019-03-10T21:45:06.860" Title="French citizenship after studying in French University" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-09T12:26:38.750" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen working in the UK and I'd like my non-EEA mother (who is dependent on my financial help) to apply for the EEA family permit. But I am afraid we won't have time to do the paperwork before Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the following quote from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&lt;/a&gt; mean she could apply after Brexit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There will be no change to the rights and status of EU citizens currently living in the UK until 30 June 2021, or 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am already in the UK;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My mother is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; in the UK and would apply for the family permit from outside the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9110" LastEditorUserId="9110" LastEditDate="2019-03-09T14:11:36.370" LastActivityDate="2019-03-09T15:31:37.890" Title="Will the EEA directives still apply in the UK after Brexit?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-09T14:33:52.160" Score="1" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;So it has been almost 6 months in Germany with my first job here on the Blue Card. Now I accepted another better offer which wants me to start on Apr 1. So I'm currently in my 2 week notice period with the current company and the last day is Mar 21. I've searched online so hard and also on the berlin service website - there's just no proper instructions on how to change the employer. I know I have to notify ABH but when and how? On my green paper (Zusablatt) there is only mention of my designation/role, there is NO mention of the current company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which ABH office should I go to? Keplerstrasse or the other one? Or BIS which issued my blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How should I get the appointment? I don't see any online appointment facility for this purpose in any offices. Can I just walk-in and take a token?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When should I do this? I just signed the new contract offer yesterday and I'm still in my 2 week notice period with current company. Should I go to the ABH/BIS only after my last day in current company or can I do it right-away and still serve notice period?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to get this done and only then start at the new place or can this be done in parallel (join anyway on Apr 1 and get this done then or later asap)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe my TK insurance will be valid without extra cost for 1 month more from my current company's last date. So I guess I should be fine with TK when switching jobs. Please confirm?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks! Hoping to hear from others who have switched before 2 years in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16918" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T20:11:19.733" Title="Germany Blue Card change job/employer" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-02-09T07:42:56.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15961" CreationDate="2019-03-09T15:31:37.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;EEA nationals and their family members who travel to the UK and take up residence before the end of the transition period will be allowed to remain with “pre-settled status”. If they then stay for a continuous period of five years, they will become eligible for permanent residence (settled status under the new provisions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An EEA citizen continuously resident in the UK before 31 December 2020 will be able to be joined after that date by close family members who are resident overseas if the relationship existed at that date and it continues to exist when the person wishes to come to the UK.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rlegal.com/news/what-the-brexit-withdrawal-agreement-means-for-europeans-immigration-repercussions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.rlegal.com/news/what-the-brexit-withdrawal-agreement-means-for-europeans-immigration-repercussions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-09T15:31:37.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-09T13:46:31.757" Score="0" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the USA from 2015 until this January (2019) on F1 status. While I was re-entering the US, I was taken to secondary inspection by Customs and Immigration. They checked my cell phone and they found text messages regarding a job which I was doing. I was working in a convenience store which was not legal. Finally, after 8 hours of conversation, they deported me and banned me for 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was pursuing a Bachelor's in Information Technology and I had two more semesters to finish my course. Now, since I was deported, is there any way I can complete my studies in Canada? While I was in United States, I applied for a visitor visa to Canada and received a 10-years multiple entry visa for Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for student visa to Canada and complete my studies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Devendra patel" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2019-03-10T13:47:48.340" LastActivityDate="2019-03-10T13:47:48.340" Title="After violating US student visa and deportation, could I complete my studies in Canada?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15971" CreationDate="2019-03-10T10:44:45.870" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;So my son is a Bolivian citizen, but we are applying for his British citizenship this week (any idea on how long that’s taking at the minute would also be appreciated!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bolivia doesn’t do passport interviews. We would have to travel to another Latin American country, and its a 10 week process. However, I am from Northern Ireland, and usually we fly into Dublin and drive up to Belfast, because it’s fastest. ROI has no visa requirements for Bolivian citizens, we could go there tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When his British citizenship comes through, could we fly into Dublin, drive up North and apply for his passport there? Any legal issues with that? Even with Brexit there won’t be a hard border by the time we’d be coming home anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16437" LastEditorUserId="16437" LastEditDate="2019-03-10T11:26:31.800" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T03:20:09.177" Title="Travelling to the UK without a UK passport" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-10T12:31:42.407" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen born in the 80's, ancestrally from Goa, India. Portuguese nationality law allows those who were Portuguese citizens connected with Portuguese India before 1961 to retain Portuguese nationality, up to 3 generations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both my parents were born in Goa in the 50's, and my grandparents were all born in Goa before 1920. I have managed to get provisional digital copies of their(6) birth certificates (&quot;Registo de Nascimento&quot;) from a gov. website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My spouse's parents were born outside Goa, but all her grandparents were born in Goa around the 1920's. I have not (yet) managed to get provisional digital copies of their(4) birth certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My parents have Indian passports and other documents with anglicized names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My queries are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it true that I cannot prove that I am a descendant of my (grand)parents' since my parents have anglicised names, and that the only solution is for them to make new passports with their Portuguese names?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since my spouse's parents were born outside Goa, would the overall process be easier for her, given the fact that her grandparents' docs are in Portuguese, her parents' docs are in English (and therefore no anglicization has taken place)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I get Portuguese citizenship once my wife gets hers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16921" LastEditorUserId="9537" LastEditDate="2019-03-10T13:45:27.743" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T17:12:50.427" Title="Portuguese citizenship using grandparents' birth certificates" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-07-07T00:06:18.870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15969" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-10T19:17:24.133" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband is working in the UK. Both he and our children have EU passports, even though we've been married for 18 years, we've never lived longer than 5 years in a EU country. I therefore am in the UK on an 6 month EAA family visa/permit. We applied for a residency card at the beginning of Feb (6 weeks ago). The Home office replied within 2 weeks with a notice for a BRC, which we did almost immediately. We then received a letter confirming my application and permission to work in the UK. My family visa expires in 3 weeks. Do I have to leave the UK, hence my family, whilst I wait for my residence card? We're due to travel on holiday as a family in April, will I be let back in? The immigration centres will not answer any questions regarding the application or progress, we therefore cannot get any advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16924" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-03-11T12:06:34.440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-08T14:02:20.303" Title="Waiting time for UK Residence card, Non EU, EAA family member" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15969" CreationDate="2019-03-11T03:08:14.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EEA family permit does not authorize you to be in the UK.   You have that right by automatic operation of law.  So you do not need to leave the UK when the EEA family permit expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;April is another question, since it is possible that the UK might leave the EU without a deal before then.  If there is a deal, or if the UK's departure from the EU is delayed, then the current free-movement system will still be in place.  In that case, your ability to return to the UK depends on how you are traveling and whether you have a visa-exempt passport.  If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, however, it is difficult to say whether you'll be able to enter the UK, or how, if you leave before receiving &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pre-settled status&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T03:08:14.980" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15966" CreationDate="2019-03-11T03:20:09.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When his British citizenship comes through, could we fly into Dublin, drive up North and apply for his passport there? Any legal issues with that? Even with Brexit there won’t be a hard border by the time we’d be coming home anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  You can enter the Republic of Ireland with your son, even if he has no documents proving his UK nationality, because of the European Union directive on freedom of movement.  Once your son is in the Republic of Ireland, he can travel to the UK without a passport because he will be a citizen of the UK, and will therefore have an unrestricted right of abode in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hard border, if there is one, is more likely to be only a customs border with no immigration checks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T03:20:09.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15974" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15976" CreationDate="2019-03-11T14:19:03.747" Score="4" ViewCount="434" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was just married, but my J1 Visa is ending in a few days. I know I have 30 days afterwards that I am allowed to take, to leave. Given the following additional information, which is the best course of action to take for applying for a greencard on the basis of marriage to a US Citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the situation is complicated by a 2-year home requirement from the J1-visa. I applied to waive this requirement a while back, but the processing is dragging on. I expect to receive the waiver, no problem, because I received no governmental funding. However, until I acquire the waiver, I think I am not supposed to apply for a greencard, since it is migratory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply now, I might be denied because I don't have the waiver yer. However, if I don't get the waiver soon, I might have to go back to my home country. If I go back to my home country, I am worried that I might be required to serve the 2-year residency requirement. Alternatively, I can try to wait for the waiver to process before applying for a greencard. But there is no guarantee that it will finish in time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply now and am rejected on the basis of having the 2-year home residency requirement, can I appeal later once the requirement is waived?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16473" LastEditorUserId="16473" LastEditDate="2019-03-11T15:27:03.750" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T16:11:47.453" Title="Marriage green card at end of current visa with 2 Year residency requirement waiver in-process, question" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15974" CreationDate="2019-03-11T16:11:47.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I'll assume that you mean that your J1 program is finishing in a few days (not your visa; visa's expiration date doesn't matter as visas are only for entry), and thus you will remain in J1 status for 30 days after that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether you can apply for Adjustment of Status (I-485) while a waiver for the 2-year home residency requirement is pending, there is some mixed information on this. Some people say that you need to have the waiver approved before you file I-485. Some people say that if you don't have a waiver when you file I-485, they will give you an RFE (request for evidence) to provide it within a certain time, and if you can't provide it, they will deny your I-485.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that as the spouse of a US citizen, you are in the Immediate Relative category, and you don't need to be in status when you apply for Adjustment of Status. You could have overstayed for years before you filed I-485; it wouldn't affect the I-485. So there is no need to hurry to file it before your status expires, although minimizing the time you are deportable (which you are after your status expires and before you file I-485) is good. Also, I am not sure whether being in the US and out of status will affect the adjudication of your waiver of the home residency requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T16:11:47.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-11T20:23:47.993" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to apply for a work visa for Germany. My future employer asked me for my university transcripts translated into German. They insist that it should be translated by a lawyer (certified translation) which I assumed that they want me to have notary stamp on the translation too.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I tried to find any lawyer with German knowledge or translation service with notary support in my city (Pune, India).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I don't know any German, thus can't translate it myself. Is there any such service available in Pune, India (or if available online in India)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T20:23:47.993" Title="Official German translators in India for visa processing" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15936" CreationDate="2019-03-11T21:07:57.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I emailed the courthouse where I was invited and got the following reply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You don't have to keep the [jury summons], if you don't want. This just shows all your information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T21:07:57.730" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-11T03:15:03.133" Score="3" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband has 2 driver's license a German one and an International driver's license, we are staying here in the Philippines for one year. Since he is only allowed to drive 90 days. What is your proposal or advise so he can drive longer than 90 days.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please acknowledge and send me requirements in case he needs to secure a local driver's license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Edita R. Schirner" LastActivityDate="2019-03-12T09:29:38.277" Title="Driver's License" Tags="&lt;philippines&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15979" CreationDate="2019-03-11T06:23:49.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most likely yes, he'll need to get a driver's license from the Philippine authorities. This isn't special for the Philippines, most countries only allow driving on a foreign license for a limited period, after which conversion to a local one is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best way to get that is to contact them directly and ask how to go about things. Maybe the German consulate can help, or a local police station in the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many countries also have reciprocal agreements, allowing easy issuing of a license for holders of licenses of those other countries. Again, the relevant authorities in the Philippines and/or the German consulate should be able to assist you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="jwenting" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T06:23:49.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-13T03:21:44.940" Score="1" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have US citizenship since birth, then acquired Italian citizenship through naturalization and now applied for French. Someone told me that I could NOT have triple citizenship as the French government would not accept it. Any answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16937" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T04:20:36.233" Title="Can one have US, Italian and French citizenship, triple citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15984" CreationDate="2019-03-13T04:17:01.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the Wikipedia page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French Nationality Law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dual citizenship was officially recognized for both men and women on 9&#xA;  January 1973; since then, possession of more than one nationality does&#xA;  not affect French nationality&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15983" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T04:17:01.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15984" CreationDate="2019-03-13T04:20:36.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries that accept multiple citizenship do so by not restricting the possession of other nationalities.  Such countries generally do not place a limit on the number of other nationalities a citizen may possess.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F334&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France is no exception&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Il est possible en France d'avoir plusieurs nationalités (double-nationalité par exemple). Cette situation résulte du fait que chaque État fixe de manière souveraine les conditions d'octroi de sa nationalité. Il est possible d'avoir plusieurs nationalités dès sa naissance ou plus tard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In France, it is possible to have multiple nationality (dual nationality, for example). This situation arises from the fact that each country determines under its own sovereignty the conditions for granting its own nationality.  It is possible to have multiple nationality from one's birth or from a later time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question is whether your naturalization in France would cause you to lose Italian or US citizenship, and the answer to that is generally &lt;em&gt;no.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T04:20:36.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15988" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20944" CreationDate="2019-03-13T08:47:19.610" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working for a small US company remotely from Japan. The company doesn't have a branch in Japan or anything, so American social security tax is still being deducted from my paycheck (payroll is all done under an American address)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since I don't have any plans to move back to the US in the next 5 years, and Japan and the US have a totalization agreement for social security, I should be paying the tax in Japan, and not the US (according to my research from Googling &amp;amp; from talking to the social security information desk in Japan). Currently I'm paying in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to find any resources that explain what I need to do to stop paying social security in the US. What kind of paperwork needs to happen? Is it even possible when it's a small company with no Japanese branch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8747" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T14:50:10.030" Title="How to stop paying social security in multiple countries (that have a totalization agreement, US and Japan)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15989" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15993" CreationDate="2019-03-13T10:48:03.303" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Pakistani, married to a Portuguese national, so when we moved to the UK, I applied for my Residence Card in the UK, Now I want to travel to Portugal to register our marriage (as the consulate in the UK won't do it), so as she holds an EU passport and I hold Pakistani Passport. Do I still need a visa for Portugal to visit there for this purpose? Someone told me that I don't need as my wife is an EU national and you are his spouse so as long as you travel together in EU there is no need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just confirming before booking flights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T17:26:01.237" Title="Can I travel to Portgual with a Residency Card" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15990" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-13T14:08:52.480" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dutch citizen moving to Germany to marry and live with my boyfriend from Pakistan who is currently studying there&#xA;Many People suggested it will be easier for my husband to get Residency after i live in Germany for more then 3 months and then use my EU rights rather then Dutch rights as Dutch law is more tough then other countries.&#xA;If i marry him in Germany after living there for 3 months will the process of his residency be the same if we do it in Holland or will it be different&#xA;kindly advise which will be better and what will be the process for his residency after marriage in Germany &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16751" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T16:35:08.280" Title="EU Rights for Dutch nationals" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15990" CreationDate="2019-03-13T16:35:08.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your husband can live with you very easily in any EU country other than the Netherlands by virtue of the directive &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  Thus, you can easily live together in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To live together in the Netherlands immediately after your marriage, you would have to apply under &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family/Pages/Spouse-or-partner.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch national law&lt;/a&gt;.  On the linked pages, you can see that this includes an income requirement and a requirement to take a civic integration exam before arriving in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, to sponsor your partner in Germany, it is necessary only that you meet one of the criteria in Article 7(1) of the directive:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to be a &quot;worker&quot; or self-employed (with no minimum income), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to have sufficient resources to support the two of you (and other family members who live with you, if there are any), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to be studying (and meet some other conditions similar to those in the previous point).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you have lived in Germany for at least three months, you may become &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Dutch-nationals-that-can-derive-rights-from-EU-law.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eligible to move back to the Netherlands with your husband under the EU directive rather than under national law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Dutch national is an EU citizen. But Dutch nationals usually cannot derive rights from EU law. Dutch nationals can fall under EU regulations when they have used their right of free movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the following situations Dutch nationals can derive rights from EU law:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have lived in another EU/EER Member State or Switzerland for at least 3 months with your spouse or partner without the nationality of an EU/EER Member State or Switzerland before your return to the Netherlands. The residence must have been lawful based on EU Community law. Thus you have used EU Community Law (right to free movement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You lose your EU-rights when after your stay in the EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland you live in a country outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland for more than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T16:35:08.280" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15989" CreationDate="2019-03-13T17:26:01.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your &quot;residence card&quot; says that it is the residence card of a family member of an EU citizen, then it is an &quot;article 10&quot; card, and you might be able to travel to Portugal without a visa.  If it doesn't say that, then you will need a Schengen visa to go to Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To travel to Portugal without a visa, by virtue of an article 10 card, you must be &lt;em&gt;traveling with your wife&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;traveling to join your wife.&lt;/em&gt;  If your wife does not accompany you on this trip and your wife is not already in Portugal, you will need a Schengen visa to go to Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you travel with your wife, or travel to join your wife, then Article 5, paragraph 2, of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free-movement directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; will apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Article 5&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Right of entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to the provisions on travel documents applicable to national border controls, Member States shall grant Union citizens leave to enter their territory with a valid identity card or passport and shall grant family members who are not nationals of a Member State leave to enter their territory with a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No entry visa or equivalent formality may be imposed on Union citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Family members who are not nationals of a Member State shall only be required to have an entry visa in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law. &lt;strong&gt;For the purposes of this Directive, possession of the valid residence card referred to in Article 10 shall exempt such family members from the visa requirement.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Member States shall grant such persons every facility to obtain the necessary visas. Such visas shall be issued free of charge as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The host Member State shall not place an entry or exit stamp in the passport of family members who are not nationals of a Member State provided that they present the residence card provided for in Article 10.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-13T17:26:01.237" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-13T18:33:34.243" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m at the last year of an integrated Master’s degree in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if this was a normal degree, I would have earned a bachelor’s at the end of last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it’s integrated, I think that means I currently hold no official qualifications, and will only hold a Master’s when I complete this degree this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I able to start the application for an H-1B now, or would I have to wait until I get that Master’s?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16944" LastActivityDate="2019-03-19T15:49:57.927" Title="Can an unfinished Integrated Master’s qualify for an H-1B?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15774" CreationDate="2019-03-14T05:57:42.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally it takes at maximum one week for the Entry Permit Visa when all the required documents are submitted in the Ministry. The delay could be for some other reason or if any document got missed and it had to go for the second time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16948" LastActivityDate="2019-03-14T05:57:42.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-14T21:04:20.637" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question will of course get closed as too broad, but I hope I will get a few responses before that. In fact, I hope you guys to hold on a little bit before closing this before I would really appreciate some answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short, I'm a soon-to-be expat and I'm scared. My situation is not that bad: I have friends, and I'm leaving with my boyfriend, not alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I would very, very much appreciate some advice regarding how to deal with the anxiety, the fear, the sadness of leaving most of the people I love behind. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16953" LastActivityDate="2019-03-14T21:04:20.637" Title="How to take care of my mental health while preparing to leave" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-14T22:11:16.460" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Germany 1 year ago and i was tricked into getting a private insurance. Not just trick, i was actually lied to to make me go for private one, but i guess it does not change anything. When i realized the mistake, i tried to move back to public one but could not as my annual salary is sufficiently above the limit only below which you can move back to public insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was asking around and today found a consultant who claims that it is possible if the private insurance provider let you go and it doesn't have anything to do with my salary. But it would be super difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Questions:&#xA;1 - Is it possible that my private insurance provider can let me go if i force them enough ? Is there any law related to this ? Is there anything i can do legally here ?&#xA;2 - Is there any other reasonable way (other than finding a low paying job) to get back to public insurance ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8366" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T12:52:02.667" Title="Is there any way i can move from private health insurance to public one without lowering my income?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16011" CreationDate="2019-03-15T09:44:14.470" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (US national) and I (Italy national) have been married for over two years and we are currently based in the UK.&#xA;Her mom got really sick with dementia and we're thinking of moving back to the States to spend the last few years she has with her.&#xA;I would like to ask if anyone in this forum has applied for a green card while outside of the States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have so many questions I thought I would list them one by one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long does the whole process take from start to finish?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What was your timeline to get the I130?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How did you get the I864? Did your US spouse have to move to the States before you? If you got the I864 through savings, how much do you have to have in savings?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did you get your green card before getting to the States? Or do you have to open an envelope at border patrol only to find out if you have been granted the green card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What kind of documents will I need to get if I have lived in 3 other countries in the last 10 years?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than all of the above questions are there any other things I should consider to get the ball rolling as quickly as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10322" OwnerDisplayName="Brian" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T16:36:49.107" Title="Applying for a US marriage green card from the UK" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16004" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-15T14:35:16.493" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sister (US citizen) has filed an I-130 petition for me in January, 2006. The most recent Visa Bulletin states that the &quot;final action date&quot; for my category (F4, Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens) is &quot;01JAN06&quot; so I guess I can file an application for adjustment of status now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at this point I'm not sure whether I can/want to proceed with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time have I got to decide and file/not file? Does this thing have an expiry date? Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16958" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T14:35:16.493" Title="For how long can I postpone filing an application for adjustment of status (I-130)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-15T16:18:10.840" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently working as a Software Developer in France (I'm French), I plan to visit the USA as a tourist first. But then, I'd like to work there, to improve my English skill and diversify my working experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't define the duration yet. I could work for 3 months as well as for 2 years, depending of how good I feel there and the opportunities I get.&#xA;But I'd like to be there as a tourist for at least one month and up to three months I guess (then I'll need to earn money to stay confortable enough without using too much of my savings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen in others questions that modest people tend to get their visa refused because the immigration service is &quot;afraid&quot; that they won't go back to their country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently earning between 2600 and 2700€ per month. Moreover, finding a job here in France is quite easy in software development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, I feel overwhelmed by informations I can find on the web on how to work in the USA. And I have no clue how should I plan this, to be able to relax and visit the USA before working there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not asking how to find a job, even though I'd gladly read some advices about it, but how should I manage all this. I don't know where to start and how should I plan this. &#xA;Go to the USA and seek for a job there while visiting ? Or maybe look for a job from France and try to define a start date (if I can find a job) allowing me to come to the USA sooner and visit before starting to work ?&#xA;Maybe should I start by working in Canada first ? As it is quite easier as a French to work there. I don't know. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &quot;scares&quot; me the most is the time required to get this working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case this information could help answer me, I'm turning 26 this year and I'd like to leave France early 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I first posted this question on the wrong SE site (travel) and apparently it takes at least 18 months to get a working visa. Is there a way to reduce this required time? Or maybe is it possible to work in Canada while applying for a US working visa ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus : If I could visit Mexico/Cuba/Canada from the USA (a weekend here, a week there..) it would be a BIG plus. During my visit as a tourist or as a worker I don't really mind. (Even though I guess it'll be easier as a tourist)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT : During my searches, I discovered that maybe it could be a nice idea to find a remote job while visiting the US but I'd consider this as a last resort as I am more interested in integrating a US company to improve my English &quot;face to face&quot; in a professional environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16959" LastEditorUserId="16959" LastEditDate="2019-03-15T16:27:05.163" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T16:27:05.163" Title="How should I plan my vacation and work to the USA as a French?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-15T23:16:55.057" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;My U.S passport is over the 15 years expiry date. I DO have a SSN but cannot find it as it was over 20 years since I worked in the US and has been misplaced. I am due to travel to the US soon and am trying to fill in the DS-11 form for an appointment with the embassy. I would like to have all of the information required as I am aware delays or penalties are incurred if missing. Is there a way of accessing your SSN from the UK in time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16963" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T23:16:55.057" Title="Renewing U.S passport living in uk" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16009" CreationDate="2019-03-16T03:56:52.827" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Imagine one has no work permit and enters Germany with a tourist visa or a job seeker visa or a student visa.&#xA;Is it legal to be a tutor? &#xA;What are the legal consequences of tutoring? &#xA;e.g. may one be deported or have troubles with next visa?&#xA;I think that it is a minor crime so it is not de facto punishable. &#xA;Will one obtain some fines(how much?) or be charged with something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16964" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T11:35:06.323" Title="Веing a tutor in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16008" CreationDate="2019-03-16T11:35:06.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answers to your question depend on your citizenship, whether you have a visa, and what type of visa. Illegal working is not considered a ‘minor crime’ in any jurisdiction. Assuming you are not an EU citizen, in simple terms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tourist visa/visa-free national: working is not permitted. The consequences of non-compliance can be severe for all concerned - a fine of up to €5000 and possibly imprisonment. Deportation proceedings for the foreign national illegal worker. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zoll.de/EN/Businesses/Work/Foreign-domiciled-employers-posting/Residence-title/Consequences-of-non-compliance/consequences-of-non-compliance_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.zoll.de/EN/Businesses/Work/Foreign-domiciled-employers-posting/Residence-title/Consequences-of-non-compliance/consequences-of-non-compliance_node.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Job seeker visa: as the name implies, this allows you to enter Germany to search for work during a stay of up to 6 months. It does not mean you can start working immediately without the relevant work visa/permit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany-visa.org/job-seeker-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.germany-visa.org/job-seeker-visa/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Student visa: working alongside your studies is permitted within certain limits &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/careers-advice/how-work-germany-during-or-after-your-studies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/careers-advice/how-work-germany-during-or-after-your-studies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T11:35:06.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16010" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16014" CreationDate="2019-03-16T16:23:47.630" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently contemplating moving from the United States to Australia (Queensland). I read that one of the immigration requirements was to complete the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English_Language_Testing_System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IELTS&lt;/a&gt; test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I'm already from a primarily english-speaking country, do I receive any exemptions? Is the test waived entirely?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16966" LastActivityDate="2019-04-13T11:23:16.010" Title="Do I need to take the IELTS test if I immigrate from a primarily english speaking country?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16002" CreationDate="2019-03-16T16:36:49.107" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not applied for permanent residency through Consular Processing, but I can answer some of these questions based on what I've read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It varies, but I believe it's on average about a year from the filing of the I-130 to receiving the immigrant visa, though it could be longer now as USCIS processing times have been increasing lately. Since she is residing in the UK, she qualifies to do Direct Consular Filing of the I-130 with the USCIS international office in London, which could be a little faster than filing the I-130 with USCIS in the US; although USCIS recently announced a proposal to close all international offices, so I'm not sure how much longer that option will remain available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not sure what you mean by &quot;timeline to get the I130&quot;. If you mean the time from filing of the I-130 until it is approved, I believe it is a few months; you can check the USCIS processing times online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The I-864 requires that the petitioner be domiciled in the US, or plans to reestablish domicile no later than when the immigrant immigrate. So it's possible for the petitioner to not move to the US before the immigrant, but then in that case the petitioner won't be able to show any US income. According to the I-864, since the immigrant is petitioned as the spouse of a US citizen, you need 3 dollars of assets for every dollar of insufficient income. If your wife's household income and assets are insufficient, you can try to find a &quot;joint sponsor&quot; who fills out a second I-864.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A green card (I-551) is proof of permanent residency, and you do not actually become a US permanent resident until you enter the US with your immigrant visa, so obviously you cannot get a green card before you enter the US. You will receive a US immigrant visa at a US consulate abroad for you to travel to the US, and when you are admitted, you automatically become a US permanent resident, and your immigrant visa will turn into a temporary I-551 (proof of permanent residency) for one year, which you can use before you receive the plastic card. The immigration packet won't contain something that says whether to admit you or not -- if the consulate didn't think you were eligible, they wouldn't have given you an immigrant visa in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe that if you are doing Consular Processing, you will need to submit a police certificate from your country of current residence if you've lived there for at least 6 months, and also need a police certificate from every country you've lived in for more than 12 months since you were 16.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T16:36:49.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-16T20:39:36.657" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;i would like to find out how i can get a south african ID if i have lived all my life without applying for one because my parents are all deceased and i do not have either of their documents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16967" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T20:44:47.813" Title="how can i get a south african Identity document" Tags="&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-04-18T03:32:11.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16012" CreationDate="2019-03-16T20:44:47.813" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don’t need your parents’ documents, just a certified copy of your birth certificate &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/civic-services/identity-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/civic-services/identity-documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T20:44:47.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16010" CreationDate="2019-03-16T20:46:55.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/english-language/competent-english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this webpage&lt;/a&gt;, just having a USA passport is enough to guarantee &quot;competent English.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reached that page by following the pages that discuss applying for permanent residency based on points-based work visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possibility for taking the test anyway is if you need some points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T20:46:55.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-17T17:57:41.120" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on H1B and have one child on H4 who is born outside USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avail the child tax credit worth $2000 for the tax year 2018, is my child eligible to apply for SSN? I do see an option on the SSN form for not-authorized-to-work, however not sure if there is any other ground on which application could be rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She already has ITIN which we got few years back when we landed here and filed our first return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16974" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T03:46:14.197" Title="SSN for a H4 child for tax credit for year 2018" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16018" CreationDate="2019-03-18T03:46:14.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, an H4 child is not authorized to work in the US, and thus, cannot generally get a Social Security Number. One is generally only eligible to get an SSN for the first time (i.e. if one doesn't have an SSN before) if one is authorized to work in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SSNs for people who are not authorized to work are only granted in rare circumstances, which I don't think your child would qualify for. And even in the unlikely chance your child could get a non-work SSN, it would say &quot;not valid for employment&quot; on it, which would still not allow you to get the Child Tax Credit for your child starting in 2018 -- it requires that an SSN valid for employment to have been issued before the due date of the tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your child can only get the $500 credit for other dependents starting in 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T03:46:14.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16001" CreationDate="2019-03-18T09:49:04.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you have good reasons why you would rather be in the public health insurance system, you have two things to deal with independently here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Quit your private health insurance contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a public health insurance organisation (German: Gesetzliche Krankenkasse) which will accept you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd sort out 2. before dealing with 1. The other way round you can find yourself left without insurance cover, which is not what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you only moved to Germany one year ago might help you, if worse comes to worse by having to pay the insurance premium for one year out of your own pocket, possibly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your are asking if there is any laws involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start with: Hopefully you are younger than 55 years old. In that case the strategy to lower your income would work at least in theory. The questions is if this is what you are seriously looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would suggest doing is: If you are fluent in German, just contact a number of Gesetzliche Krankenversicherungen (Public Health Insurance Providers in Germany) and explain your situation. They might be willing to find a solution for you as you are possibly what they consider a &quot;good risk&quot;; at least you will pay a significant contribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not, google for any public health insurance provider who may have a team which speaks English. I am sure you can find one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastEditorUserId="9290" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T12:52:02.667" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T12:52:02.667" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-18T09:54:50.653" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of one of the &quot;remaining&quot; 27 EU countries and I run a company in the UK. Would it &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make sense&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be possible on that basis&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to apply for UK work and residence permit now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, I am not a UK resident and I understand that one major reason for the UK wanting to leave the EU is to give up freedom of movement of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T09:54:50.653" Title="Continental EU citizen with UK company: Should I apply for any residence permit in the UK now?" Tags="&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16027" CreationDate="2019-03-18T12:16:42.213" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone go to Switzerland with the residence Permit (Employee Card - Job permit from Czech Republic) from Prague to Zürich even he is non-EU nationality (Lebanese)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traveling by Plane , Train or Car , because I think there are differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duration of staying in Swiss will be only 10 days for business purposes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16894" LastEditorUserId="16894" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T14:06:38.307" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T14:06:38.307" Title="Going to Switzerland with EU-Permit for non-eu person" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16026" CreationDate="2019-03-18T13:58:19.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because Switzerland and the Czech Republic are both in the Schengen area, you may visit Switzerland using your residence permit (in connection with a valid passport).  Strictly speaking, you are limited to spending no more than 90 days in any 180/day period in Schengen countries other than the Czech Republic, so if you have just spent 90 days in Slovakia, for example, you should not travel to Switzerland.  However, this rule is not systematically enforced, so for casual travel around the Schengen area you don't need to worry too much about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you are allowed to enter Switzerland does not depend on how you travel there.  However, the likelihood that you will encounter immigration officials checking your passport and residence permit is probably different in the different modes of transportation.  If you encounter such officials, however, you can just show your passport and Czech residence permit, and that should be the end of it.  They might ask you some questions about the nature of your trip, but as long as those questions uncover nothing to arouse suspicion, they should allow you to enter Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you've asked here on Expatriates, I would add that you may not move your place of residence to Switzerland nor accept employment there on the basis of a Czech residence permit or work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T13:58:19.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16029" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16030" CreationDate="2019-03-18T19:42:17.000" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Portugal employer wants my entry to Portugal through a Schengen - Business visa, then applying for a residence permit from Portugal in accordance to article 88 para 2, RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR EMPLOYED WORKERS WITHOUT A RESIDENCE VISA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is if I acquire residence permit this way, will I be able to -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for a new residence permit from another EU country if I have to change jobs?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Participate in university education with that residence permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16445" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T20:10:58.740" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T20:15:37.293" Title="Can I get job &amp; residence permit in another EU country if my status is as per Portugal's law - article 88 para 2" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16029" CreationDate="2019-03-18T20:15:37.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Apply for a new residence permit from another EU country if I have to change jobs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can of course apply, just as you are able to apply for a residence permit in Portugal. &#xA; But you will not automatically receive a residence or work permit in another EU or Schengen country on the basis of your authorization to reside or work in Portugal.  After you have lived in Portugal for five years, however, that changes, under &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2003/109/EC concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Participate in university education with that residence permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Authorized foreign workers are generally allowed to participate in higher education on a part-time basis, but I believe some countries restrict them from full-time enrollment since that could be inconsistent with their working full time.  I do not know the situation in Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T20:15:37.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16034" CreationDate="2019-03-18T20:16:01.813" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am EEA citizen, Portugal, and have been living in the UK since 2018 summer. My two children joined me here recently on a family visa and received their UK residency cards. I am planning to leave the UK and travel for 3 months. Both kids are over 18. Do it leave them in any kind of legal problem if they continue staying in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, with Brexit issues, it says to apply for Settled and pre-settled status  I need to be living in the UK by 29th of March. Does it mean I can travel freely after 29th of march? I was planning to leave in April 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15520" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T04:04:45.490" Title="EEA Family status retain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-18T20:58:25.977" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;When applying for British Citizenship from abroad - what documents need to be apostilled? The guide doesn't mention any having to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16437" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T20:58:25.977" Title="Apostilles on British Citizenship Paperwork" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16031" CreationDate="2019-03-19T02:28:23.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;They are here on EEA family permit and received their residency card of a family member of EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, they don't need either of those documents to remain in the UK.  All they need is for you to be residing in the UK.  A temporary absence will not deprive them of their right to remain in the UK, even if the absence is as long as three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Second, with Brexit issues, it says to apply for Settled and pre-settled status I need to be living in the UK by 29th of March. Does it mean I can travel freely after 29th of march? I was planning to leave in April 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The likelihood that the cutoff date will be 29 March seems virtually nil at this point.  But whatever the cutoff date may be, you ought to be able to travel while your application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-03-19T03:02:41.473" LastActivityDate="2019-03-19T03:02:41.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15996" CreationDate="2019-03-19T15:31:04.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stated requirements&lt;/a&gt; to be eligible for an H-1B visa. Reproduced the relevant section here -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For you to qualify to accept a job offer in a specialty occupation you must meet one of the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have completed a U.S. bachelor’s or higher degree required by the specific specialty occupation from an accredited college or university&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Hold a foreign degree that is the equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s or higher degree in the specialty occupation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Hold an unrestricted state license, registration, or certification which authorizes you to fully practice the specialty occupation and be engaged in that specialty in the state of intended employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have education, training, or progressively responsible experience in the specialty that is equivalent to the completion of such a degree, and have recognition of expertise in the specialty through progressively responsible positions directly related to the specialty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not privy to your current course, the key here would be if you're issued a Bachelors degree after the 4th year. If so, then you may be eligible. However if not and if you will receive both degrees after completion, then you currently have no degrees after high school and are not eligible for a job that needs a H-1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I able to start the application for an H-1B now, or would I have to&#xA;  wait until I get that Master’s?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you understand how the H-1B applications work, you can't start an application now nor later. H-1B is a non-immigrant petition made by a US Employer to employ a foreign national. In simpler terms, you don't apply for a H-1B, you apply for a job with a US employer. The US employer petitions USCIS and if selected, you can then go to the US and work for that employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple more points that may be relevant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have a job offer and a bachelors degree, then you are against the clock. In the last few years the H1 window opens during the first week of April only and is oversubscribed by 4:1. There is a lottery which determines the winners.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer here assumes that you're going to be working for an employer who is not Cap Exempt (most employers like IT, Finance, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9398" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-03-19T15:49:57.927" LastActivityDate="2019-03-19T15:49:57.927" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-20T11:03:50.470" Score="3" ViewCount="286" Body="&lt;p&gt;Greetings fellow expats!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for some suggestions, information, and guidance to deal with my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian passport holder, I arrived in Paris on a tourist visa in the 2nd week of Dec 2017 on a 4-month tourist visa. Yes, I was granted a 4-month tourist visa because I had clearly informed my intentions about my travel in the cover letter to consulate during the application process. I flew down to marry my fiance (currently my wife), who I was engaged for about a year that time and we had been together in a relationship for over 5 years then while we both we pursuing our studies in India and working together in the same company after completing our studies for about a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We decided to get married in France and we got married in the month of Jan 2018, while I was on my tourist visa. We then moved down to Paris as she had a job and a rental apartment in Paris. We then started the process of getting me a carte de séjour &quot;vie privée et familiale&quot; one week after our marriage. We got our first appointment with the prefecture in June 2018 and upon inquiry about the expiration of visa by the appointment date, we were informed that the appointment letter allows you to stay until the appointment date. We then took a leap of faith and decided to go for the appointment in June, instead of me going back to India and getting my spouse visa done from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fast forward to the appointment day in June - Since this was our first appointment we took all the papers required and some additional bills, but unfortunately we were missing some documents with our names together on them, we just didn't have enough to prove our relationship. We were advised that I either go back or get another appointment with all the papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point I had overstayed my visa by 2 months and I started to freak out about how all the consequences I'd have to face at the airport and reading stuff on the forums made me freak out even more as I didn't want to leave my wife alone for a year or more in case of a travel ban. So we decided to wait and give this another shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give this another try we went to get an appointment again in the month of January 2019, ensuring we had all the missing paper and be ready for an appointment anytime after the month of Jan. We got our 2nd appointment for the month of June 2019. For this 2nd attempt we took help from various nonprofit associations to guide us with our papers and now we have them all in order for our appointment in June.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, recently we started to have some troubles in our relationship we are looking to file for a divorce, we both understand the consequences of filing for the divorce, we don't have any property or kids so the divorce proceedings should not be tough, but that puts me in a very tough situation, due to the fact that my overstay for the purpose of my appointment with the prefecture won't be happening, as we won't be going for the appointment anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading other forum post on the internet on this topic, I am scared that I might have to pay a very heavy fine at the airport, with possible jail time and ban to enter Schengen zone for a long time upon returning back to India, which in future may affect any job opportunities for me in the Schengen area or any other country abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd really appreciate any guidance, suggestions as to what can we do to make this work so that none of us have to face any severe consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16986" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-04-03T13:22:19.203" LastActivityDate="2019-04-03T13:22:19.203" Title="Overstayed Schengen tourist visa for about a 1 year and 2 months" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-20T17:48:55.937" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have any income except my salary and the taxes automatically deducted from it every month. Do I still need to declare my taxes every year ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T17:48:55.937" Title="Netherlands taxes" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2019-04-05T18:12:25.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-20T19:46:38.490" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard that Spain has some &quot;humanitarian visa&quot; for people flying out of horrible countries like Venezuela… The name of that is &quot;tarjeta roja&quot; or red card. Does anyone can tell me what Venezuelans have to do to get that card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-03-22T07:44:09.573" LastActivityDate="2019-03-22T07:44:09.573" Title="What are the Red card requirements for Venezuelans?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16041" CreationDate="2019-03-21T07:25:10.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To request international protection in Spain an asylum seeker must present a formal application to the competent authorities. There are two main ways to apply for asylum: in the Spanish territory or at border controls. Asylum applications cannot be submitted through embassies or consular representations outside the Spanish territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the application is declared admissible, the Ministry of Interior will have a period of six months to examine the request. However, in practice this period is usually longer. During this time, the applicant will receive new documentation certifying his or her status as asylum seeker, a red card (tarjeta roja).&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/spain/short-overview-asylum-procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/spain/short-overview-asylum-procedure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T07:25:10.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12356" CreationDate="2019-03-21T09:38:42.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to German laws, there is no regulation, you have the blue card and the green paper saying that you are holding that card as long as you work with the company &quot;XY&quot;. That means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you get fired -&gt; you need a new blue card + a new green paper.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you quit the job -&gt; you need a new blue card + a new green paper with the name of the new company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone is offering a new job, then wait for the &lt;em&gt;Jobsangebot&lt;/em&gt;. As soon as you get the new contract, then go to the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; and say that you want to change your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-03-21T10:54:38.770" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T10:54:38.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-21T16:29:43.947" Score="3" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was born in England, 1984&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Currently have Canadian Passport and reside in the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a permanent resident in the US (Green Card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a British Birth Certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please find out what the most convenient process for renewal is, how long it takes approx, any forms that need to be filled out, and whether I need to send my CAnadian passport in or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Taimoor Saif" LastActivityDate="2019-03-22T12:09:06.273" Title="My British passport is expired and has been expired for more than 15 years" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-22T00:32:39.960" Score="1" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for reading. I'm hoping that someone can shed some light on the Tier 2 UK visa process which seems to have become overly convoluted at the hands of my employer. I prepared my own application for a Tier 5 visa and feel very familiar with the process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am dealing both with my employer's HR dept and a third party immigration company (that has been commissioned by my employer), and I am emigrating from Australia to the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The immigration company informed me that the RCoS application was successful on the 11th of this month and they were moving ahead with the application process. I have left the UK and returned to Australia in anticipation of attending the biometrics appointment that will be a part of my application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer's HR has access to the SMS portal and have taken almost 2 weeks since the approval to move forward with assigning the RCoS. They have now informed me that my RCoS has been drafted and is &quot;Under Review&quot; - a process which they've said can take up to 10 working days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have combed through every piece of government documentation and cannot see anything that states that the RCoS assignment process takes any more than a few minutes and mouse clicks via the SMS portal. The only things that mention &quot;10 working days&quot; and &quot;Under Review&quot; are before the approval process or when an employer is being investigated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had any experience with the SMS portal and can tell me that this is a normal part of the process? The immigration company so far has gotten so many crucial details wrong thus far (eg. saying I have no dependents after I've already completed the dependents section) and I have zero faith in them, similarly the HR dept's process has not been at all transparent and does not inspire confidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks, any information will be appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13198" LastActivityDate="2019-03-22T12:22:52.557" Title="Tier 2 Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship is drafted and &quot;Under Review&quot;" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16046" CreationDate="2019-03-22T12:09:06.273" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The forms, prices and application details you need if you’re a British national and you want to renew or apply for a British passport from overseas are available via this page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s not possible to answer your detailed questions about the process because the Gov.uk page requires the input of various pieces of data personal to your circumstances in order to determine the correct application route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-22T12:09:06.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16048" CreationDate="2019-03-22T12:22:52.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a Tier 2 sponsor assigns a restricted Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), they are required to complete a form on the sponsorship management system (SMS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pages 16-22 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605930/Create_a_CoS_-_guide_for_Tier_2_and_5_sponsors_-_Apr_2017.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SMS Guide 8A&lt;/a&gt; for Tier 2 (and 5) sponsors detail what has to be put in the system. I am not going to quote all six pages on here for brevity, though I can summarise that there are 28 fields to be completed, yielding a CoS Details document as shown in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/careers-and-training/working-in-britain-for-non-uk-doctors/template-cos-with-explanation.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this template&lt;/a&gt; hosted by Royal College of Obstetricians &amp;amp; Gynaecologists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is likely that the 'review' under the OP's question is the process which &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The immigration company reviewing that the OP's upcoming employer's HR (or the immigration company itself) has input the correct details on SMS (the 'draft'), before they actually assign the CoS;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;instead of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;2. The Government reviewing the CoS details are correct before approving the CoS assignment.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The turnaround time for this process will depend on the service level agreement between the immigration company and your company. In my experience (once while applying for Tier 2) it took two weeks between my restricted CoS is allocated and being actually assigned to me, but the OP's mileage may vary, and judging on the question it does look like so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastActivityDate="2019-03-22T12:22:52.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-23T08:04:41.120" Score="-1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help? I am here in Australia for 2+ years. I have been banned from the road for 3 months and required to go to court soon, only I do not know when the court hearing will be as the letter will go to my previous address. I can't obtain a copy of the letter and I intend on not attending anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 146 driving offences against me, owing $38,000 which I do not intend paying for parking, jumping red lights speeding and god knows what else. I am in Australia with no visa, and 2 of my children's passports are expired. We are from UK does anyone know what is likely to happen to me? What will happen if I am caught, or what will happen if I do not attend court but stay ? Or should I run now back to UK? My partner is also here on a overstayed work visa, and we have no proof of income for the past 2 years. We have money here and in accounts back home but not $38,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="candy" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-03-25T08:07:32.170" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T08:23:08.213" Title="146 driving offences no visa expired passports" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16052" CreationDate="2019-03-25T08:23:08.213" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have about 20,000 GBP of outstanding fines.  You are committing a visa offence by overstaying your visa.  The fact that you have no proof of income and do have some money suggests to me (and will suggest to the Australian authorities) that you have been working cash-in-hand, and hence are guilty of tax offences.  Once they start investigating you, they will probably also start investigating your partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that little lot, you are likely to be jailed for a few weeks/months, and then deported from Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an expert in Australian law; you need to talk to someone who is.  If (from one of the comments), you didn't commit some of the offences because you had already sold the car, then a lawyer may be able to get those charges overturned - but it would have been much easier to do that if you had contested the charges before being found guilty.  It is &lt;strong&gt;vitally&lt;/strong&gt; important that you do not continue to just run away from these problems and stick your head in the sand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the very least, I think you need to phone up the court and find out when your hearing is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I mention that you need a lawyer? (and should follow their advice, not the advice of some random bloke on the Internet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T08:23:08.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16067" CreationDate="2019-03-25T18:09:25.203" Score="3" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently residing in Japan with the visa status Professor. I know this status is tied to my employment at the university I am working for. This employment will terminate (temporary contract not renewed) on the 31/03. As I do not have any new position lined up, I will be unemployed. This means, I will have to leave Japan after a certain time (unless I manage to find a new job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My residence card lists the end of my residence period as 30/08, i.e. a few months away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to find out how long I can remain in Japan without overstaying but I have received conflicting information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I called the Immigration Bureau’s information centre (one with English customer service) and received an answer that effectively said my status will expire on the 1st April and I need to leave Japan on that day; however, I may be able to request some kind of mercy extension that may or may not be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most notably, I cannot apply for a ‘designated activities’ status that former Student status holders may receive after graduation for three months to find employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I then went to my local Immigration Bureau branch office. Unfortunately, the officer did not speak English and my Japanese is bad, but I showed him my residence card. His answer was, in effect: after the 1st April I will be granted three months (i.e. until the 30th June) to either find a job or leave the country; during this time, I am able to leave and return under special re-entry permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I later went to Hello Work and although I told the staff there that my contract expires on 31/03, the lady noted the 30/08 from my residence card as what I assume to be the final date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now, I am inclined to believe the officer at my local Immigration Bureau branch office but some independent confirmation would be great. Which information is correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tl;dr:&lt;/strong&gt; I will be unemployed from 31/03 but my visa status wouldn’t expire until 30/08. Until when must I have secured employment or left the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to leave Japan temporarily during that time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-03-28T03:13:03.700" Title="How long can I stay in Japan after my work contract (status Professor) ended?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16060" CreationDate="2019-03-25T21:24:34.300" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;For people living abroad that wish to relocate to the US: I am aware of H1B visa sponsorship, but I'm wondering if you can be sponsored by an employer straight for a green card? If it is, presumably it happens exceptionally rare and it comes with many strings attached in the employment contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16330" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T06:01:34.027" Title="Is employment-based green card sponsorship possible?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16059" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-25T21:47:05.517" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;My new employer emailing me the I-9 to fill it out online. In order to complete the form it requires the SSN as well as the green card number. Is it safe to do so online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17008" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T23:31:32.207" Title="filling out I-9 form for employment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-04-27T12:40:47.847" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16057" CreationDate="2019-03-25T21:50:52.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it certainly is possible - just look up the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/employment-based-immigrant-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB visa class&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Every fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th), approximately&#xA;  140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to&#xA;  qualified applicants under the provisions of U.S. immigration law.&#xA;  Employment based immigrant visas are divided into five preference&#xA;  categories. Certain spouses and children may accompany or&#xA;  follow-to-join employment-based immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be a fairly long, drawn-out process - and the requirements on the sponsoring company are more arduous than those for a similar H-1B worker.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently working through the process of an H-1B to EB-3.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not there are strings attached to an employment contract depends almost entirely on the sponsoring company.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In my case there are none. My sponsor appears to prefer using the carrot instead of the stick to try to ensure that I'll stay around and make their investment worthwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T21:50:52.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16059" CreationDate="2019-03-25T23:31:32.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a notary in the state of Vermont and am sometimes hired to act as an employer's representative and fill out the employer portion of Form I-9. (Despite the fact that anyone the employer trusts, except the new employee, can fill this role and no notarizations are involved.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's always possible that your employer has some special version of the form, but typically, it will be one of two types, found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this web page.&lt;/a&gt; The first one listed is a PDF fillable form. You type in what can be typed, print it, and hand-write the parts that can't be typed. The employer's representative meets with you and hand-writes the appropriate boxes on page 2. The finished paper form goes in an envelope and is mailed to the employer. This is as secure as your computer is. I don't know you so I don't know if your computer is secure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second form listed, &quot;Form I-9 Paper Version (This version is unfillable and must be printed for completion on paper only.) (PDF, 73 KB)&quot;, does not allow any fields to be filled in on the computer. You print it. Then you and the employer's representative fill out all the boxes by hand. Then you mail the paper form. With this method, your private information never goes in the computer so there is no electronic risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T23:31:32.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16065" CreationDate="2019-03-26T09:37:37.997" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Italian national and I've just found out that have a second personal second name. However, when I was born, my parents separated it with a comma, which makes it legally invalid in Italy. This means that all my documents (passport, drivers license, marriage certificate, etc.) only have my first name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second name only appears on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.italycertificates.com/residence-certificate-birth-certificate-marriage-certificate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;notary act of birth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm the process of applying for a green card and I'm wondering what I should declare since my second name is not legally valid in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10322" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-03-26T17:08:05.500" LastActivityDate="2019-03-26T17:21:51.680" Title="Italian national, second (personal) name dilemma" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-26T11:45:28.740" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;just over two years ago, I, a British citizen married and successfully applied for a spousal visa for my Mexican wife. According to her biometic card, (residence permit - leave to remain) it will expire in late august 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we applied for the spousal visa two years ago, we spent a hefty sum on legal fees and had to take a day off work to attend the fast-track service in Croyden. Ideally, when renewing the spousal visa, we'd like to do so as cheaply as possible, hopefully without the assistance of lawyers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I correct in thinking that the process can be done entirely online/by post, rather than having to attend in person?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What evidence of our relationship will be needed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How soon in advance of the August deadline do we need to start doing things? We don't want to leave it too late, but I also presume that it's possible to attempt to renew the spousal visa 'too early'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17009" LastActivityDate="2019-03-26T11:45:28.740" Title="Renew Spousal Visa UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16062" CreationDate="2019-03-26T17:21:51.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first rule is &lt;strong&gt;Don't Panic&lt;/strong&gt;.  The USA has much less fixed rules on what &quot;your name&quot; is.  Despite Facebook's assertions to the contrary, there really isn't such a thing as &quot;your legal name&quot; in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not list your second name on your application.  Try and avoid sending the &quot;act of birth&quot; certification (which appears to be a fuller birth certificate), and just send the normal birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the unlikely event that the State Department asks for the &quot;act of birth&quot;, obviously you must send it.  In that case write a covering letter explaining that because of the separating comma the name is not legally valid in Italy and hence all your other documents don't show it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-03-26T17:21:51.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-27T07:15:57.433" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in the Netherlands but at the time of my birth (1989 in RSA) he was no longer a Dutch Citizen, is there any hope for me getting a Dutch passport? Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father left the Netherlands when he was two and, as I mentioned before, lost his citizenship by naturalising in RSA when he was 39, can he not regain his citizenship via the Option procedure? (See condition 5 under 'who can apply' in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/option.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Option procedure&lt;/a&gt;) If he regains his Dutch citizenship, I can in turn, receive mine if he acknowledges me (we would need to provide DNA evidence according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch citizenship by birth/acknowledgement&lt;/a&gt;). Does this all sound plausible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17011" LastEditorUserId="17011" LastEditDate="2019-06-25T05:18:55.267" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T05:18:55.267" Title="Acquiring Dutch Passport" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16056" CreationDate="2019-03-27T10:03:20.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can legally remain in Japan until your period of stay expires (that is, until 30 August) unless one of the following two things happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The immigration authorities decide to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/zairyuu/torikeshi.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;revoke your status of residence&lt;/a&gt;. This is a relatively involved procedure, which can only be started when you have been unemployed for three months (except in cases of fraud, etc.). If this happens, you will be granted a period of up to 30 days to prepare your departure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/02.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change of status&lt;/a&gt; or for an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/03.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;extension of period of stay&lt;/a&gt;. In that case, you can stay until two months after the end of your period of stay (that is, until 30 October) or until a decision is made on your application, whichever comes first. If the application is granted, a new period of stay is determined as appropriate. If the application is denied on or before 30 August, nothing changes and you remain on your current status. If the application is denied after 30 August, you will be given an appropriate period to prepare your departure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to leave Japan temporarily during that time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, at least until and unless you receive a notification that the immigration authorities have decided to start the revocation procedure on your status. After that, you'll need express permission and it's unlikely to be granted. By the way, it is my understanding that if you spend some time outside Japan, it does not count towards the three-month &quot;allowed unemployment&quot; period (that is, they can't revoke your status if you spent, say, two months outside Japan and two months in).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2019-03-27T10:42:36.533" LastActivityDate="2019-03-27T10:42:36.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-28T17:46:44.397" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Were can I find a I-129 form in Portuguese? I will submit the I-129F online in English, but I would like to print out one in Portuguese or Spanish for my fiancée to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17016" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-04-05T04:58:47.130" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T04:58:47.130" Title="I-129 form in Portuguese" Tags="&lt;k1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16070" CreationDate="2019-03-28T18:12:29.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The I-129F form for a US citizen to petition someone for a K-1 fiance visa or a K-3 visa is only available in English. You can translate it to another language yourself if you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-03-28T18:12:29.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-29T17:23:32.887" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 3 degrees in Physics, Bachelor (2000-2004), Master (2004-2006), and Doctorate (2006-2009). Now in my University (www.ysu.am) at the time I was a student we had courses only in Bachelor and Master degree and only some general course of philosophy in the PhD years. So the academic transcripts are only available for the Bachelor and Master degrees. Now, I am going to apply for Education Credential Assessment at WES.org for Canada immigration. I am wondering is it ok to submit only my PhD diploma without academic transcripts/marks, or, maybe, it is safer to submit Master's degree with the marks, as that degree is enough for the program I am going to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17018" LastActivityDate="2019-03-29T17:23:32.887" Title="Can I use Doctor of Physics degree diploma without marks for WES to immigrate to Canada" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16066" CreationDate="2019-03-29T17:37:49.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a comment you mention that your father lost his Dutch nationality by naturalizing in South Africa when he was about 39. In the circumstances you describe, it would appear that your only option to get a Dutch passport would be through naturalization after having lived in the Netherlands for 5 years &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/becoming-a-dutch-national&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/becoming-a-dutch-national&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if a South African citizen does not obtain prior permission to retain their South African citizenship they will automatically lose it on voluntary acquisition of a foreign citizenship. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.sahc.org.au/citizenship/Dual_Citizenship.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-29T17:37:49.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-29T19:29:11.753" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;My aunt and uncle have been British citizens for a few years now. Am I allowed to apply for an EEA extended family visa (with their permission and cooperation of course)? I will be using my Mauritius passport. I am from Botswana and I have a passport from Botswana which I use less due to it being slightly weaker. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17020" LastActivityDate="2019-03-29T20:12:24.360" Title="Can I apply for an EEA family visa if I have a British aunt and uncle?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16074" CreationDate="2019-03-29T20:12:24.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This plan is unlikely to work on two counts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Family of British citizens are not normally eligible for the EEA family permit.  It is intended for family of citizens of EEA countries &lt;em&gt;other than the UK.&lt;/em&gt;  There is an exception, but it requires that you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;lived with the British citizen in another EEA country before going to the UK&lt;/a&gt;.  That doesn't appear to be the case here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The definition of family member &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;does not include aunts and uncles nor nephews and nieces&lt;/a&gt;.  Again, there is an exception for &quot;extended family members,&quot; which requires that you show you are dependent on your aunt and uncle, are a member of their household, or rely on their care because of a serious health condition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can qualify for both exceptions, then you can get an EEA family permit, but without having more information, it seems unlikely that you could qualify for either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There is of course another consideration, which is that the UK is in the throes of trying to leave the EU. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, which could happen in as little as two weeks, the immigration regulations under which EEA family permits are issued will be repealed.  On the other hand, the UK's departure could be delayed by a year or two, or it could remain in the EU, or any of several other things could happen extending EU free-movement law in the UK for some time, or even indefinitely.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-29T20:12:24.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-30T08:36:02.440" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in Australia in 1999 on a visitors Visa. I took on a job and was found out by the authorities that I was working and my Visa was cancelled and I was asked to leave (not deported) I subsequently left within 7 days and purchased my own ticket. Does this mean I can never return  to Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17022" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-04-02T02:11:14.863" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T05:01:00.140" Title="Visa cancellation" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-30T10:36:52.597" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently took my driving test and failed on a very silly mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking about it and the only way to get around that is the drive more often on the road. My instructor has only a fixed pre-defined slot for further lessons, but I would really like to drive more often than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can get this going without the instructor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an expat who has recently moved to the UK, I know no one with a driving license for 3 years and who would accompany me when I drive. This is really causing a hard time where I live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am willing to buy the insurance and car (I will need one anyway), but need a license which means more practise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16274" LastActivityDate="2019-03-30T20:25:53.783" Title="Practise driving in the UK as a learner" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16078" CreationDate="2019-03-30T15:15:17.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My advice is go for a professional service, because a good instructor will be able to help you identify your weaknesses and focus on them. There are plenty of driving schools and independent instructors all over the country, and there are many websites or social media profiles with plenty of feedback. Typically they offer better deals if you book 10 or more driving lessons, but you can find instructors that you can book for fewer hours if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16330" LastActivityDate="2019-03-30T15:15:17.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16076" CreationDate="2019-03-30T15:48:30.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should have been informed about any exclusion period (‘re-entry ban’) applied to you when your visa was cancelled. If you don’t know this information, you should contact the staff at your nearest immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can still apply for a permanent visa if you have been banned from re-entering Australia. Your immigration history will be considered when the Department of Home Affairs makes a decision on your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For temporary visa applications you can ask the Department of Home Affairs to set aside a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/entering-australia/can-i-go-to-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/entering-australia/can-i-go-to-australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-04-01T08:05:54.837" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T08:05:54.837" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16078" CreationDate="2019-03-30T17:20:52.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have the money and time available I would consider taking an intensive driving course. You should be able to find one lasting a day, or one or two weeks, depending on your budget and how much practice you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/learning-to-drive/intensive-driving-courses/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/learning-to-drive/intensive-driving-courses/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-03-30T17:20:52.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16078" CreationDate="2019-03-30T20:25:53.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will find it hard (but not impossible) to get a vehicle insured as a learner driver (provisional licence) especially without a specific named driver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can find someone to supervise your driving, you can hire dual-control cars for driving lessons from some of the car hire places, with the appropriate insurance included for you as a provisional driver. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arnoldclarkrental.com/dual-control-hire&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.arnoldclarkrental.com/dual-control-hire&lt;/a&gt;  from £12 an hour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are found driving as a learner driver in an uninsured vehicle (which includes a vehicle insured for a fully-licenced driver but driven by a provisional driver not insured for it), it's a minimum of fixed penalty of £300 and 6 penalty points, with an unlimited fine and disqualification if it goes to court. The police can also seize and destroy the vehicle, even if it's not yours. The maximum penalty upon conviction of driving otherwise in accordance with a driving licence (including failing to display L plates, or a provisional licenceholder not having a supervisor) is a fine not exceeding Level 3 (£1,000) and the endorsement of 3 - 6 penalty points. The court has disqualification as an option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mention this because as a recent arrival in this country you might not be aware that the police and courts prosecute these offences rigorously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-03-30T20:25:53.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-31T04:33:33.290" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi my dad received the approved visa petition from NVC stating we should start filling up the forms and submitting all the financial documents. In that letter mine(23 years) and my brother(26 years) name are there. We have paid the fees for all 4 of us and NVC has also sent us documentary qualified message and now awaiting for interview. I would just like to know whether mine and my bro name will appear on appointment letter and if does will we get the visa or will we be put on administrative process as we are above 21. thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17023" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T04:33:33.290" Title="f4 Immigrant visa for fiji citizen for ageout children for 23 year old and 26 years" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-31T08:37:57.123" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Reasons for Suing :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1_&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Defamation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2_&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Terrorism ;&#xA;Visitor felt &quot;terrorized&quot; by the behavior, incl. statements committed, through omission &amp;amp; / or by commission, by Personnel of their Consulate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3_&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;other Malfeasance&#xA;inter alia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National-Visitor :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;National of the &quot;Sending&quot; Country&#xA;AND &#xA;Visitor to Consulate of Sending Country during which they allegedly were subject to Malfeasance from the Consulate Personnel&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17025" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T15:02:31.370" Title="Can Consulate Personnel as Individuals, &amp; / or Consulate, be sued under Civil Law of &quot;Receiving&quot; Country by National-Visitor of that Consulate?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2019-04-18T03:32:36.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16084" CreationDate="2019-03-31T15:02:31.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consulates and consular personnel enjoy &quot;official acts&quot; immunity.  If the alleged malfeasance was perpetrated in connection with official duties, it would only be possible to pursue in the legal system of the receiving country with the consent of the sending country, that is, if the sending country were to waive immunity.  That would seem extremely unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the act were not in connection with official duties, the receiving state could assume jurisdiction, but that would be very difficult to establish given that the malfeasance occurred during a visit to the consular premises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T15:02:31.370" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16086" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-31T21:05:03.433" Score="3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a way to learn Cantonese in Guangdong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have not been able to find a language school offered by universities that teach Cantonese, although that is common for Mandarin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only language programs I found that teaches Cantonese in China are in Hong Kong. But I prefer the one in Guangdong (Guangzhou is the best, but I'm fine with either Dongguan or Shenzhen as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except for attending a language program, it is very difficult to self-study Cantonese since its learning resources are very scarce. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there any university that offers Cantonese language program? Or is there any public or private language courses (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3214/good-public-school-to-learn-french-in-paris&quot;&gt;such as the French one in Paris&lt;/a&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T21:05:03.433" Title="How can I learn Cantonese in Guangdong?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;language-course&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2720" CreationDate="2019-04-01T04:06:22.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am American and have three first names. At the DMV where you could get an identification card or driver's license, they made me record my first first name as my first name, my second first name as a middle name and they completely left out my third first name. However, if your first name is hyphenated, like &quot;Alexis- Bernard&quot; they will record that as your first name on the license up to 10 characters (so it might look like &quot;Alexis- Bern&quot;). I'm really frustrated with having three first names here, and I'm considering legally changing my name so that my name will be recorded consistently between jobs, school,  and my license. &#xA;Is your name fully recorded on your identification card in France? Do you have any similar issues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17028" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T04:06:22.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-01T08:58:45.127" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask about the documents I submit regarding Proof of Relationship.If it's genuine. I submitted Marriage Certificate,Hotel and Wedding Reception Contract,Photo's and video Contract and our Wedding Photos and some screenshot from our Facebook post from the past few years. Is this okay to prove that our relationship is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17029" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-04-01T11:36:17.610" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T14:17:23.157" Title="Pbs Dependant Partner VIsa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16088" CreationDate="2019-04-01T14:17:23.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK the Home Office does not publish set requirements for the kinds of documents that should be produced to substantiate that your relationship is “genuine and subsisting”. Factors that may put you at risk of refusal include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The relationship is relatively short&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have only met a few times in person&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your wedding was attended by very few or no guests&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are married but you have been living in different countries for a long time&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Particularly if any of the above apply to you, you might consider providing additional evidence such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;having your spouse write a letter confirming background details about the relationship such as when and how you met; when you decided to get married, and what plans you have made for your life together while in the UK;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;documentary evidence of time spent living together such as jointly-addressed mail, household bills;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tickets showing visits to one another or travel together, and photos labelled with times and dates; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of shared responsibilities such as joint finances or financial support from one party to another.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T14:17:23.157" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-01T14:52:58.670" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I plan on living abroad for 3-5 more years before moving back to the States. I will not be pursuing a green card/residency for my fiance at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get married abroad, then have it recognized in the US - may I do so on a visitor visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/marriage-abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/marriage-abroad.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/marriage-abroad/request-copy-marriage-abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/while-abroad/marriage-abroad/request-copy-marriage-abroad.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17030" LastActivityDate="2019-04-02T13:34:37.900" Title="If I only want to get my marriage abroad RECOGNIZED,May I use visitor visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-01T17:25:43.650" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was arrested in buffalo for driving on suspended registration. DMV in NY thought that I do not have any insurance and they suspended my registration. However I had active insurance. &#xA;On further conversation and investigation, I discovered that DMV has not received the proof of insurance from my insurance company. They reinstated my registration as soon as they received the necessary proofs.&#xA;This was because my insurance company failed to send the proof of insurance in time to the DMV, and there was no fault of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took the necessary proof to the court and the DA dropped the charges in like 2 mins. Further on the judge put a stamp on it and sealed my records and also apologised for the inconvenience.&#xA;I a Indian national working in USA on an H1B. My application for Green Card is in progress. My question is will there be any problem in me getting the green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17031" LastEditorUserId="17031" LastEditDate="2019-04-01T19:03:47.333" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T21:18:17.920" Title="pursuing greencard had a bad arrest due to DMV and insurance" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16091" CreationDate="2019-04-01T21:18:17.920" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question is will there be any problem in me getting the green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, this will not cause a problem by itself, but you should be careful to mention this whenever you are asked about your criminal history.  For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-485&lt;/a&gt; asks whether you have ever been arrested for any reason.  The answer to that question is &lt;em&gt;yes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the introduction to the section containing that question says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you must answer &quot;Yes&quot; to any question that applies to you, even if your records were sealed or otherwise cleared, or even if anyone, including a judge, law enforcement officer, or attorney, told you that you no longer have a record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will then explain what happened: your insurance company failed to provide proof, the DMV cancelled your registration, you were arrested, and after the administrative failure was resolved, the charges were dropped and your record sealed.  None of that will keep you from becoming a permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you answer &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; to the question about being arrested, you could be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182#a_6_C&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;inadmissible because of misrepresentation&lt;/a&gt;, which would make you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1255#a&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;ineligible to adjust status&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-01T21:18:17.920" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16093" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16103" CreationDate="2019-04-02T03:27:05.597" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a small US based firm, we have offered a contract to a candidate as a remote independent contractor, who does not stay or work in the US. We would require the person to attend our in person 1 week training first, post which s/he can work with us from his/her country remotely. What visa would be required for the person to attend the training in person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a B1 visa sufficient, if we do not pay the person for his/her attending the workshop but just reimburse the costs of his/her travel and stay? Or does this person count as an employee of our firm, and this must be a work visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17033" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T18:17:15.577" Title="Remote independent contractor needs short onsite training in US - what is the Visa requirement?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16090" CreationDate="2019-04-02T11:29:17.113" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no US Federal marriage registry, nor (to the best of my knowledge) are there any state-level ones for marriages which did not take place in that state.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is no requirement for you to 'register' a foreign marriage in the USA, and it's simply not possible to do so since there is no register of local marriages either outside of the state where the marriage took place.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing you might want to do, particularly if your foreign marriage certificate is not in English, is to get a translation and/or &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/internl-judicial-asst/authentications-and-apostilles/apostille-requirements.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt; (neither of which requires your presence in the USA).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're in the USA and need to prove that you're married, you show your marriage certificate (and possibly the translation and/or apostille).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2019-04-02T13:34:37.900" LastActivityDate="2019-04-02T13:34:37.900" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16095" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20766" CreationDate="2019-04-02T21:12:05.167" Score="2" ViewCount="1576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of FTE conversion. And my current employer had filed H1B Relocation amendment on June 2018 which is in RFE status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My new employer (immigration team) is saying they are not able to file Visa since my Amendment is in RFE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, we do need to wait for the amendment before filing H1 Transfer petition.&#xA;      The reason is that  with amendment petitions, you are technically not in H-1B status.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;      You are able to work for the employer filing the amendment petition, based on the receipt notice for your case. &#xA;      As you are technically not in H-1B status until the amendment petition has been approved, we cannot file H1 Transfer petition until it has been approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any specific rule available in USCIS? If so, Can you provide me the link so that i can check with my new employer immigration team. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for this question is that i have seen my friends who has got filed for two or three Visa transfer petition parallel and they don't get any issues with USCIS. So my case, Amendment is a petition which was filed by previous company (but it is in RFE).  So my new company can file the petition (Visa transfer) in parallel or not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15019" LastEditorUserId="15019" LastEditDate="2019-04-10T13:24:17.823" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T00:44:25.127" Title="Can I change my employer while current company H1B amendment is in progress?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-03T16:55:09.820" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do any one of you have experience withdrawing an UK Tier 2 visa application? If so I have some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does it affect the chances of getting a visa when you reapply?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When reapplying should you disclose that you have previously&#xA;withdrawn an application? If so in what way should you disclose?&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;(Given that there is no specific question on the visa application&#xA;form asking whether the applicant has previously withdrawn an&#xA;application)&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will &lt;strong&gt;UKVI&lt;/strong&gt; look at the previously withdrawn application (which&#xA;contains incorrect documents) while making a decision on your&#xA;current application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies for the multiple questions. These questions have been rarely asked and answered so though this post can help many people in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17039" LastActivityDate="2019-04-03T16:55:09.820" Title="UK visa application withdrawal and reapplying" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-04T10:35:41.950" Score="6" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Puerto Rico and my fiance lives in Colombia. We both have kids and she shares custody with her kid's parent. We are planning to get married but we don't want to leave either country. Since her kid spends half the time with the father we wanted to know if there is a feasible way to kind of live in both countries. The idea is to basically live 2 weeks in Colombia when she doesn't have her child, then travel to Puerto Rico and stay here for 2 weeks until is her turn with the kid and then we return to Colombia. I don't know if that's feasible because I don't think she can keep a green card that way and I don't know if I can keep a Colombian resident visa that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to know if there is a way in which we can achieve this. Any possible kind of visa combination, whether we should marry or not, any way in which this may work. She is not interested in a green card or citizenship, we just want to be together and be able to spend time with our kids too. Kids who live in 2 other countries. If either one of us didn't have kids we would just move to the other person's country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Btw, I work online. Is the fact that I will be working across 2 different countries be a problem too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17043" LastEditorUserId="17043" LastEditDate="2019-04-05T08:23:36.383" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T18:59:03.523" Title="Marriage between Colombian and USA citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-04T14:08:46.543" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am postdoc in Boston (USA) doing research for the benefit of the public, and I'm from Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I receive a normal salary from my university in Boston (not a stipend). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on a J1 visa since July 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the tax report I need to decide if I want to use the German-US tax treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I use it, I will get the federal income tax back, as the online tax reporting tool (Windstar) tells me: &lt;a href=&quot;https://trr.thomsonreuters.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://trr.thomsonreuters.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax in Germany is generally higher for my case than US tax. But do I have to pay taxes at all if I use the tax treaty? Or do I have to pay later when I am back in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how long I will be here, but probably altogether around 3-5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17046" LastEditorUserId="17046" LastEditDate="2019-04-04T14:21:49.980" LastActivityDate="2019-04-04T14:21:49.980" Title="Should I use the German-US tax treaty as a researcher in Boston?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-04T13:23:50.017" Score="5" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I use a piano for work, and I am relocating back to India after being abroad 50+ years, do I pay customs duty on the Grand Piano and what is the pe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Eva Rangel-Ribeiro" LastActivityDate="2019-04-04T20:11:22.037" Title="Relocating back to India with my grand piano used for work. Do I pay customs duty?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12277" CreationDate="2019-04-05T13:03:19.370" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although you can't eliminate this risk entirely, it's worth considering that you can drastically reduce your risk by avoiding certain places and situations.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This report on Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008&lt;/a&gt; reveals, for example, that only 21.9% of murders were committed by strangers.  I interpret this to mean that if you avoid making enemies, your risk is much lower.  If you know &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thoughtco.com/someone-threatening-you-with-a-weapon-972952&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;strategies to deal with being threatened with a gun&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Getting-Shot-by-a-Police-Officer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how to avoid being shot by the police&lt;/a&gt;, your risk is even lower still.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, your risk is also affected by your race, with black people at far greater risk in most parts of the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth considering that gun violence rates vary drastically among different locations in the US.  This is true at all levels---state by state, city by city, even street by street.  It's easy to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statistics at the state level&lt;/a&gt;.  Usually, large cities have higher murder rates, often with extremely high rates concentrated in certain neighborhoods.  Street level statistics are available for many large cities like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/map-see-where-most-homicides-happen-in-houston-harris-county&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one for Houston&lt;/a&gt;.  If you drill further, you may also find time-of-day data; there are many places that have low risk during the day and high risk at night.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter where you go in the world, there are risks of violence as well as other dangers. How much risk you're willing to accept is up to you. I don't have a good plan to stop you from worrying about it, but knowing that much of the risk in the US is concentrated, I would reassure you that in most parts of the US the risk of gun violence is smaller than other risks that exist anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T13:03:19.370" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16093" CreationDate="2019-04-05T13:29:20.920" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The USCIS website says that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;acceptable activities on B-1 visa&lt;/a&gt; include &quot;Participating in short-term training&quot; and &quot;Consulting with business associates&quot;, among others.  What you described should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand, you wanted them to do some of the work while in the US, that's when it could be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2019-04-05T18:17:15.577" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T18:17:15.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-05T14:18:03.103" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;After Completion of my Master in Germany, I was issued a Work Permit based on Job contract where salary was not exclusively mentioned but TVL was mentioned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was told by officer , there is no difference in Work Permit and Blue Card when you have degree from German University and you will be eligible for permanent residence after 22 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But reading the differences on portals, I am bit confused. Should I change it to Blue Card? As 1 year already passed , will it effect my duration to permanent residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17052" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T14:18:03.103" Title="Do I need to change Work Permit into Blue Card in Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-05-10T06:10:26.237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-05T15:59:45.400" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two children, under 10 years old, born in Ghana and would like to know how to register them as British citizens. I, the father, am a British citizen by birth and the mother is a Ghanaian citizen. Can they possess dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17053" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T19:24:23.633" Title="Citizenship for two children from ghana" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16105" CreationDate="2019-04-05T19:24:23.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming the births have been registered locally you can also register the births with the UK authorities. You don’t need to do this but it means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the birth will be recorded with the General Register Offices or at the National Records Office of Scotland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can order a consular birth registration certificate&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-a-birth&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/register-a-birth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can still apply for a UK passport for your children even if you don’t register the birth in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ghana permits dual citizenship &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ghanahighcommissionuk.com/dual-citizenship-application/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ghanahighcommissionuk.com/dual-citizenship-application/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T19:24:23.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-06T04:00:20.063" Score="4" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone claims they were granted asylum in Canada and showed a document briefly. While it is easy to find Canadian citizenship certificates samples online (and I happen to have one too) I can't find any such document for asylum. How does this work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T17:04:30.327" Title="What happens paperwork wise when you are granted asylum in Canada? Is there a certificate?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-06T11:02:08.627" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person arrive in Australia on Skilled Independent Visa 189 before First Entry Date, and come back to the home country, stay back for 1 year. &#xA;Does it have any impact of going back to Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such that the First Entry requirement is full-filled and don't want to plan complete movement in a hurry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11507" LastActivityDate="2019-04-06T11:02:08.627" Title="Australia Skilled Independent Visa (189) coming back after first entry" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16098" CreationDate="2019-04-06T11:05:11.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the US, there are two obvious options, neither of which is exactly what you're looking for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's quite a bit less than 50%, for example, 1 week in the US out of every 4, she may be okay using a US tourist visa, especially if you're not married and she has strong ties to Colombia (such as kids, a house, and a well-established job.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if it's more than 50% in the US, it would be sufficient to keep a green card. Even 50% is probably okay (but ask an attorney). However, getting an immigrant visa by marriage currently takes about a year, if everything goes smoothly, during which she shouldn't visit the US, until you can get the immigrant visa and then the green card.  It's a good idea to find a US immigration attorney for this, as the process is complicated and intolerant of error.  (In particular, don't marry while in the US on a tourist visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third option, acquiring US citizenship, would give complete flexibility. Colombia and the US both allow dual citizenship.  But this option only becomes available after having a green card for at least three years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know the rules for Colombia; hopefully someone else can answer that part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2019-04-07T18:59:03.523" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T18:59:03.523" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16110" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16113" CreationDate="2019-04-06T18:13:17.193" Score="2" ViewCount="1235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an IT professional with specialization in DevOps. I am offered a permanent position in a German software firm at their Berlin office. They are willing to sponsor my VISA and relocation along with my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the problem is my criminal history. I am convicted of drunk driving in India around 16 months ago. This was the biggest mistake on my part to drive after drinking and I was caught at a routine checkpoint. My BAC was 0.38 whereas limit in India is 0.3. DUI is a criminal offence in India. I don't have a any other issues and I must say that I've learnt big lesson to not take law of land lightly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not able to find much information around Germany's stand on immigrants with DUI. Can someone please help me understand the possibility of my VISA coming through. In case chances are very low, I'll probably save company's money by rejecting the offer and letting them know that problem is at my part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17057" LastEditorUserId="17057" LastEditDate="2019-04-09T02:58:52.207" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T15:27:26.840" Title="Germany work visa with drunk driving conviction" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-07T03:32:35.197" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British Expat who's just turned 70. I've been living and working in Malaysia for the past 5 years. During that time I had no UK address. I'll shortly be returning to the UK to a new permanent address. I wish to renew my GB driving licence and also change the address on said licence. The DVLA website online renewal service is no help. Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17060" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T03:32:35.197" Title="70 years old expatriate returning to the UK with expired pink paper GB driving licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-06T21:08:12.817" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had live Uk almost 8 and half years . I had overstayed there like 7 years . Firstly my visa was granted to uk and I went to uk as dependent visa from my country  . And after that I just stayed illegally there without re applying again  because I didn’t have any kind of way to apply . So I overstated there . And currently my husband now is French national .And we decided to go back to my own country with voluntarily departure . And I paid all my expenses all by my self . And went back to my country where me and my now husband got married there. And after 5 months I applied to France visa . And i got the visa again to go to France with my husband . And now I am in France and I have a resident permit here now . And my husband and I am planning to go to Uk to settle there together  as I will be applying for EEA family permit visa . And I know it’s been 1 year that I have left Uk . So I am eligible to apply . But still I am nervous to apply . And I checked the form as well . In there I have give the information about my last 10 years travel history as well . As I will write what the truth is . But still  i am getting nervous . Please could you reply me back  ? Would you think I will get visa in my situation? Please reply me back thank you very much &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nani" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-04-19T09:39:55.423" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T09:39:55.423" Title="After voluntarily left Uk , will I get visa to go back again?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16110" CreationDate="2019-04-07T10:20:40.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you mean BAC=0.038% or 0.38‰.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany in general doesn't care what might be a criminal offense in another country. Hell, there are countries out there where certain kinds of consensual sex are a criminal offense. – What's important is what is a criminal offense in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being drunk at BAC&amp;lt;0.5‰ without driving carelessly or causing an accident isn't even a misdemeanor in Germany. Caveat: if you are under 21 or have your license for less than two years, it's a fineable misdemeanor. Though, both don't affect your visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You still have to tell about your conviction in India so they could check if this was an offense in Germany, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T10:20:40.857" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-06T08:58:07.847" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got my I-20 form where the Surname is : Subham and given name is: Saha. But my passport has surname: Saha and given name: Subham. My passport name is correct. I am an Indian. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="subham saha" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T21:21:51.960" Title="I-20 name in opposite order" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16114" CreationDate="2019-04-07T20:07:13.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the comment says, contact the university's international student office or admission office that issued the I-20.  If it was their mistake, they should expedite correcting it. It's best to have a correct I-20 before your visa interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" OwnerDisplayName="krubo" LastActivityDate="2019-04-07T20:07:13.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16116" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-07T23:21:15.553" Score="0" ViewCount="335" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will travel to Zurich and I will stay there from June 2 until August 31. I would like some tips that will help me to minimize my expenses and also that will make my quality of life there better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that from November I will stay for some years in Zurich. Therefore give tips that are useful for tourists and also for residents of Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to put down some tips that I found out on internet because maybe they give you an idea of what I'm looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a good idea to visit Konstanz, which is a city in Germany, to buy food there. By doing this you can save a lot of money on food.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To save money, it is essential to prepare your own food at home. Eating in restaurants or snack bars considerably increases your expenses since in Switzerland everything is absurdly expensive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you register to Sunrise network, you can get a 50% discount on Halbtax, which is ~160 CHF.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With Halbtax you get some special offers during winter. For example, you can get a return ticket and a daily ski pass for ~70 CHF.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ticket for night buses costs 5 CHF per ride, but if you are registered at ZKB bank, you can get the rides for free. The other most popular bank is UBS, which doesn't charge you for using any ATM in Switzerland.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shop at Denner, Aldi Suisse or Lidl Suisse. They are on average 30% less expensive than comparable products in Coop/Migros.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't get your haircut in the city, where you pay at least 45 CHF. In the outskirts (e.g. Urdorf) you can get a good haircut for 30CHF&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen some things on the internet in relation to transport in Switzerland. One could clarify which pass would be best for me considering that I will rarely leave Zurich. I would like to leave Zurich only once or twice a month to visit other places in Switzerland and even neighboring countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17063" LastEditorUserId="20424" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T14:43:25.153" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T15:01:55.177" Title="Tips for living in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;shopping&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16057" CreationDate="2019-04-08T06:01:34.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. You don't have to be in the US or be working for the company that petitioned you to be petitioned for employment-based immigration. Employment-based immigration is based on an &lt;em&gt;offer of future employment&lt;/em&gt; (i.e. after you immigrate). As long as the company offers to employ you after you immigrate, you qualify for employment-based immigration. It's just that most of the time, companies are not willing to go to the expense and hassle of petitioning somebody if that person is not working for them inside the US, especially if there is a wait for visa numbers for the person's category and birth country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T06:01:34.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16116" CreationDate="2019-04-08T08:48:33.237" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Going to Konstanz will also cost you money (either the train ticket or car fuel) and a lot of time. You can do it from time to time but I would not suggest to regularly buy food in Germany. Konstanz is 80Km away (1h by car, more than 1h30' by train)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eating at home is cheaper everywhere in the world. I don't think that this is specific to Zurich&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The discount by Sunrise is part of the yearly package &quot;Sunrise Young&quot;. I would really check the different mobile providers and their condition before choosing one just for the &quot;Halbtax&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;About the haircut: you should always keep in mind that travelling costs you money and time. In the city there are several cheap shops for a simple haircut.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6178" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T08:48:33.237" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16116" CreationDate="2019-04-08T10:35:55.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;ZKB free night passes are only for young people (under 22, or under 28 &lt;em&gt;if a student&lt;/em&gt;).  You only need to pay for a night pass after 1am anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on where you live, Waldshut, Küssaberg, or Lauchringen may be easier to get to than Konstanz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Zürich has hills, but the cycling provision is pretty good - you can save a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of money by cycling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short term, visit your dentist before you go; long term, you probably want to use a dentist in Germany (ask if you want to speak English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T10:35:55.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-08T12:57:31.113" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Egyptian and I am blue card holder from Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many time I can go to my home country and return back to Germany per year using national visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the blue card, is there any limits, could it be in monthly base?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mohamed" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T14:31:27.413" Title="number of entries using blue card for my home country" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-08T22:29:26.977" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a list of things my fiance and I have as proof of Accommodation for his apartment that he owns and lives in: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Title deed  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Council tax bill (stating he's the only one who lives there)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Utility bills  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Photos of the apartment  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mortgage Statement     &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Floor Plan from housing developers when he purchased it along with    plot    outline (it's a new build, 6 months old)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, is a Property Inspection Report/Surveys Report absolutely necessary? We would like to avoid spending even more money when we already have plenty of proof... Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16899" LastActivityDate="2019-04-12T07:24:49.230" Title="UK Fiance visa: Do I need a Property Inspection Report?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14871" CreationDate="2019-04-09T06:13:18.660" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has been quite some time since I found the answer to this out - it took HOURS of almost randomly clicking on links on the Home Office website - but I finally found this page here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-how-adopted-children-can-become-british/intercountry-adoption-and-british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidance on how adopted children can become British&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to say the process is quite straightforward - BUT is pretty expensive at £1012 (as of Apr 2019)&#xA;The fees are listed here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fees-for-citizenship-applications/fees-for-citizenship-applications-and-the-right-of-abode-from-6-april-2018&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fees for citizenship applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus a fee of £10 for the Biometric enrollment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus a fee of £80 for the Citizenship ceremony if the child is over 18 when it is finally approved...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The correct form and it's guide can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MN1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An electronic copy of the form can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/mn1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;eMN1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a fairly short list of designated countries this is possible for which can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/19/schedule/made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;designated countries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An additional piece of information for those completing this process from within New Zealand.  You will need to complete a Biometric Enrollment - and there is a centre available within New Zealand (In Auckland it is in Manukau).  Details about how to do that are contained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-zealand-apply-for-a-uk-visa/apply-for-a-uk-visa-in-new-zealand&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Visa Application process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: add in the checklist of  required documents  You will need to supply the majority of these - prepare early! some of them may take some time to obtain!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The passport issued by The Applicant’s country of Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof of The Applicant’s mother parental responsibility for The Applicant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof of The Applicant’s father parental responsibility for The Applicant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence of The Applicant’s relevant adopted parent's claim to British citizenship otherwise than by decent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If The Applicant told us that their parent is settled in the UK then you must provide us evidence of their settled status. This could include a BRP, a letter from the Home Office, an endorsement in their passport or another document certifying permanent residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof of which country The Applicant’s adoptive parents were habitually resident in (meaning the place where they normally live) at the time of the adoption. This can be evidence such as mortgage or rental agreements and employers’ letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Applicant’s birth certificate (showing details of both parents) or certificate of abandonment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A letter of consent from The Applicant’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s) The letter must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give their full names and addresses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;say that they agree to let you apply for a British citizenship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have more than one parent or legal guardian, they must both sign the letter and confirm that they agree to what it says. If you only have one parent or legal guardian they must explain why the other parent is unable to consent e.g. whereabouts unknown, no contact since MM/YYYY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A contemporary report from the overseas equivalent of the social services department which details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Applicant’s parentage and history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The degree of personal contact with the original parent(s)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reasons for adoption&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The date, reason and arrangements for the child’s entry into the institution or foster placement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When, how and why The Applicant came to be offered to the adoptive parent(s)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Applicant’s parents' marriage certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two referee declarations for The Applicant (one of these should be a person holding a current British Passport)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If The Applicant has a passport then provide this with your application. If The Applicant does not have a passport then you must provide another officially-issued identity document. This could include an official travel document or national identity card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Applicant’s adoption order&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consent of The Applicant’s adoptive parent(s) to the registration (and in surrogacy cases, a notarised statement of consent from the surrogate mother)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If The Applicant told us that their parent is a British citizen then you must provide us evidence of their citizenship. This could include their British passport, a certificate of citizenship or their birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where The Applicant’s parents are habitually resident in the UK&#xA;provide confirmation from the DfES (for those in England and Wales),&#xA;from the Scottish Executive (for those parents in Scotland) or from&#xA;the Department of Health Social Security and Public Safety – Northern&#xA;Ireland (for those resident in Northern Ireland) that they have been&#xA;assessed and approved as eligible to become an adoptive parent. If&#xA;there are any doubts about the validity of the documentation&#xA;provided, the DfES can be contacted for confirmation that the parents&#xA;have had the relevant approval (DfES hold details on all approvals&#xA;not just those in England and Wales)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where The Applicant’s parents are not habitually resident in the UK provide confirmation from the equivalent of the Social Services Department in their country of residence that all relevant adoption laws have been complied with&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13752" LastEditorUserId="13752" LastEditDate="2021-03-23T23:02:54.277" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T23:02:54.277" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16126" CreationDate="2019-04-09T14:46:14.863" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;We plan to get married in Denmark and this seems fairly easy, but then we're a bit confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After obtaining our marriage license what is the next step?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to apply for a &quot;Residence Permit&quot; or &quot;Family Reunification&quot; in Denmark?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, can this process be completed while I am on a Tourist Schengen Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17070" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:30:34.867" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T20:30:34.867" Title="I'm American marrying an Italian who works in Denmark. We plan to live in Denmark. Do I apply for a &quot;Residence Permit&quot; or &quot;Family Reunification&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16125" CreationDate="2019-04-09T15:55:55.433" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you are married, you will become a beneficiary of the EU's &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive on freedom of movment&lt;/a&gt;.  The English name for the document you'll need is a &lt;em&gt;residence card.&lt;/em&gt;  You should not need a visa.  (And you won't normally have a &quot;tourist Schengen visa&quot; because you will have entered as a visa-exempt visitor.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the page &lt;a href=&quot;http://usa.um.dk/en/travel-and-residence/family-reunification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family Reunification&lt;/a&gt; on the website of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you will see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that special rules apply to EU/EEA citizens and Swiss citizens residing in Denmark under the EU regulations on free movement. Read more under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Family/Family-reunification-with-EU-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU and Nordic Citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following the link takes you to a page that explains the requirements in some depth.  It notes that you can apply at the State Administration, but the link there is not currently working.  However, a little searching led me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Residence-as-a-Nordic-citizen-or-EU-or-EEA-citizen/EU-Family-member-EU-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU residence as a family member to an EU citizen&lt;/a&gt; on the &quot;New to Denmark&quot; site, which should be of help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, you should probably apply for the residence card within 90 days of entering Denmark, and you should get married within 90 days of entering the Schengen area.  If I were you, I would try to get married at least a few weeks before the 90 days are up, and then apply for the residence card on the first working day after the wedding.  If you're planning to honeymoon outside the Schengen area, though, you might approach it differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-09T15:55:55.433" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16110" CreationDate="2019-04-09T17:36:35.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany (and to an extend the whole Schengen area) only cares for crimes that are a serious threat to public safety or security. That means terrorism, drug trafficking, child abuse, being part of a foreign militia or actively hostile army, things like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A single DUI, while certainly a crime, is nothing that should stop you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at it from a European perspective: I have friends whose whole &lt;em&gt;lifestyle&lt;/em&gt; would be a long, consecutive record of criminal activities in more conservative and religious countries. I don't care what other countries consider a &quot;crime&quot; under their law. As long as you aren't a danger to the European way of life (see above), we'll judge you by what you do &lt;em&gt;under our law&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-04-09T17:36:35.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-10T09:21:30.573" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have set up a Royal Mail international mail forwarding to have mail sent to my UK address forwarded to my new German address.  There are several competitors, such as TNT Mail or UK Mail, however I read that the last mile delivery is still held exclusively by Royal Mail (but I can't find a recent source to confirm this).  Will the Royal Mail redirection work for other companies, or must I set up separate redirection for mail sent through Whistl, Hermes, UK Mail, and any other company involved in mail delivery (not parcels)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I could find on the topic is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.removalreviews.co.uk/move/change-address-when-moving&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;post on removalreviews.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Royal Mail redirection service is only valid for mail delivered by Royal Mail, if your mail is delivered by a third party, for example TNT Mail (Whistl), as used by some UK banks, it is unclear how the redirection service works. I could not find any links to a redirection service and only conflicting information regarding redirection of TNT delivered mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is clearly inconclusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T19:19:51.713" Title="Royal Mail international redirect — what happens to mail sent through TNT Mail, Whistl or other competitors?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-10T15:49:54.637" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in France on a visitor carte de sejour. It is a one year visa. I am coming up on its expiration and I am still in the process of extending it/applying for a different one. I have not yet received the invitation to the prefecture for renewing my visa, therefore have no proof that I am in the midst of this process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if I stay in France after my visa expires? Does the 90 day visitor visa kick in? Do I have to leave France before it expires? If I choose to stay and wait for the prefecture's invitation, will I be able to leave France on an expired visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for any help,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17079" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T15:49:54.637" Title="Can I leave France while I am waiting for my visa extension?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-10T17:50:20.247" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I married in Canada in Oct 2009 he is American born I am am Canadian born. Almost 2 years later he was finally able to relocate to Canada and we've been living here, together for 8 years. We are considering relocating to the US to be near his family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are looking at selling our home (primary residence) here do we have to pay disposition tax on our home? What do the percentages look like? Do you pay disposition tax to move your belongings to the USA like furniture, household items? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work remotely for a Canadian company from my home office and do site visits on occassion. If I can convince my employer to keep me on, working remotely from the USA how does that look? What is required? How long before I can get a green card? Do I need one? Do I then have to pay taxes in two counties?  Any advice before we just leap head first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17080" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T17:50:20.247" Title="Canadian married to an American (10 years) considering relocating to the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-10T18:33:31.053" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm struggling to understand which application form to select for the dependent of a UK Ancestry Visa applicant? I am the UK Ancestry Visa applicant and am applying with my wife as a dependent at the same time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confident I meet the requirements for the UK Ancestry Visa and that my wife can come with me, I'm just not sure which application type to choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For myself I have chosen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reason for visit: Work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa type: Non Point based working visa  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa sub-type: UK Ancestry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my wife be the same? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or would she be: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reason for Visit: Work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa type: Non Points-Based Visas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa subtype: Dependants 6 months or more &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This last approach seem more right to me (and it is the answer found on this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11533/which-visa-type-and-subtype-should-i-use-when-applying-for-a-uk-ancestry-depende&quot;&gt;Which visa type and subtype should I use when applying for a UK Ancestry dependent visa?&lt;/a&gt;) However, if you take this route, in the application it asks for the 'UK Sponsor'. My wife won't have a 'sponsor' in the sense of an employer as this is not a requirement for ancestry visa dependents. So I wonder if this is not the right approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any information online that addresses this question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked via the official channels by paying to email them. However the answers haven't been clear so I'm still a bit uncertain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17074" LastEditorUserId="17074" LastEditDate="2019-04-11T18:50:06.167" LastActivityDate="2019-04-11T18:50:06.167" Title="UK Ancestry Visa - which application type for dependents (wife)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-04-11T11:41:10.020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-10T22:53:27.677" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently employed as a U.S. citizen in the USA.  However, I have dual Irish/US citizenship (and both passports), as my father was born and raised in Cork.  I'd like to request a transfer to the UK from my company (as US subsidiary of a British company).  Do I need a work visa (since I'm currently employed as a U.S. citizen) or can I just work there as an Irish citizen (due to EEA recognition)?  (If I get the transfer, I will work with an immigration attorney to make sure we do it right, but I'd like to &quot;sell&quot; the transfer to them as something easier/cheaper/faster to do if I don't have to get a work visa.)&#xA;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Trista" LastActivityDate="2019-04-14T13:02:08.897" Title="Dual Irish/US Citizen. Do I need a work visa to move to the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16133" CreationDate="2019-04-10T23:02:34.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need a work visa.  You are an Irish citizen, and Irish citizens do not need authorization to work in the UK.  The fact that you are also a US citizen who is currently working in the US does not change that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also do not need an immigration attorney.  All you need is an Irish passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to consult with a financial advisor, however, since the US will continue to require you to report your worldwide income and figure tax on it, though there is an exemption for foreign earned income and for taxes paid to other jurisdictions.  You'll also want to be aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/foreign-account-tax-compliance-act-fatca&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2019-04-10T23:13:35.150" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T23:13:35.150" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-11T07:39:11.880" Score="2" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was admitted to a school in France long-term student visa (multiple entry), but I had to drop out after 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have gone to Spain, another Schengen state, and see good schools where I would like to study.  How do I proceed?  If I am accepted by a school in Spain, can I change my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17083" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-30T20:28:28.540" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T20:28:28.540" Title="Dropped out of school on Schengen long term student visa. Can I change visa country?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-11T08:38:06.090" Score="1" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;We arrived in the UK on 21/12/17 after completing the Surinder Singh process in Spain. My wife received her UK Residence Card ( EU Family Member ) on 1/8/18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now reading that the EU settlement scheme, fully open from 31/3/19, is not  actually fully open for Surinder Singh cases. Furthermore, the simplified process will not be available for such applications and a long paper process ( not finalised to date) will be required. This information was received from Your Europe. I would be grateful clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a second, but related point. My wife has a son of 18, Argentinian national. He did not live with us in Spain but now wants to move permanently from Argentina to live here in the UK. Can he become part of the EU Settlement claim? He is here on a 6 month stay at present, Argentina being a non-visa national country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11606" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:07:07.740" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:07:07.740" Title="EU Settlement Scheme for Surinder Singh applicants" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;surinder-singh&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-11T14:12:18.637" Score="1" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an IT professional with 13.5 years of experience in Infrastructure domain. I am interested in relocating to Germany and been contacted by one of the firms in India who can help me get a job there,however they need a ZAV certificate first and ask me to register for it online.&#xA;Can you please help me how can I get the ZAV certificate by myself.Wat is the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17085" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-04-17T15:02:17.623" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T15:02:17.623" Title="How to get a ZAV" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16128" CreationDate="2019-04-11T20:04:26.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under &quot;Business Diversion&quot; RM says they can't divert:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... mail delivered to your door by other delivery services or couriers,&#xA;  including Parcelforce. &lt;strong&gt;In some areas, this may include business mail&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  items such as bank statements, council tax statements and utility&#xA;  bills, &lt;strong&gt;which are delivered to your door by postal service providers&#xA;  other than Royal Mail.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.royalmail.com/corporate/mail-management/redirection/business-diversion#faq-19350814-19350810&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.royalmail.com/corporate/mail-management/redirection/business-diversion#faq-19350814-19350810&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that in some areas where there is sufficient delivery point density mail providers may do their own doorstep deliveries. As these don't go via the Royal Mail delivery office they won't be covered by RM diversion. I would expect the same to apply for RM redirection. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-04-11T20:04:26.550" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16123" CreationDate="2019-04-12T07:24:49.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Technically it is not 'absolutely required'. It is one of several items listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270197/sup-docs-settlement.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Supporting Documents Guidance&lt;/a&gt;, and you have already prepared several of those:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Land Registry documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;mortgage statements&lt;/em&gt; *&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rent book or tenancy agreement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;council tax statements&lt;/em&gt; *&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;property inspection report&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;utilities bills&lt;/em&gt; *&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;accommodation details with a supporting letter (Your floor plan and photos)&lt;/em&gt; *&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just my opinion, but I believe your evidence should more than suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2019-04-12T07:24:49.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16220" CreationDate="2019-04-12T13:35:11.990" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Czech Republic to study and recently found a job. I have applied for a work permit and my application is received. Now, I am waiting for my work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a contract signed by both parties (me, and the company) stating that I will start working as soon as I receive my work permit.&#xA;Thus, I can start at the company as an intern (without pay) immediately. This will be a great help to the process of orientation. &#xA;However, by going to the workplace regularly means that I won't be able to attend the classes and my student visa will be cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have declared that I will not stay in the country as a student anymore. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity and accept to be an intern until my permit is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of me working or not:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;If my student visa is cancelled when I am waiting for the work permit, does it have any effect on the process?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Will I have to go back to my country? Or is it possible for me to wait here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10118" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T09:08:27.990" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T06:54:08.740" Title="I have applied to work permit while staying as a student. What happens if my student visa is cancelled?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16139" CreationDate="2019-04-12T14:16:34.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello I have recently applied to equivalence from ZAB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the steps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for the Anabin [equivalence certificate for bachelors and above degrees] on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/antragsformular.html?L=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; at KMK site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The required docs for this can be found here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is THE MOST IMPORTANT document and is needed in most of the cases because even if you find your university is listed &lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/institutionen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, your exact degree name might not be. In cases both are listed, this step may be skipped for the visa interview but you’ll still need it for applying for the blue card later so better apply for it asap.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tick the blue card option while filling the form for applying for this. This way you’ll receive the certificate within a week of payment submission.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay the fee of 200 Euros (paid by the employer in work visa cases)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16977" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T09:09:49.847" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T09:09:49.847" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-13T01:09:18.500" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend and I are going to marry in Brazil next month (she is from Brazil, I am from Hungary - and hence an EU citizen). After we have the translated and apostilled marriage certification, and we go together to London, at the airport do they let her in only with this certificate? I have lived in London for 2 and a half years, pay tax, have a place to live, everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17091" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T14:29:06.093" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T15:56:31.233" Title="Go to uk with marrige certification" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13064" CreationDate="2019-04-13T06:20:41.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a more detailed answer to my own question based on the experience I had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as a few weeks after the spouse applies for a Family Reunification visa through the German embassy, the one living in Germany will receive a letter attached with 5-page forms in the mail from an Auslandärbehorde officer. The visa process won't go through unless you fill out the forms properly and send them back to the Officer's email provided or mail them to the Auslandärbehorde office for the specific agent your case is assigned with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Letter Mentioning Required Documents&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NzYfL.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NzYfL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ABH Letter&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you'll be asked for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent employment confirmation (form attached, needs to be filled by your employer to confirm that you're still employed with them)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last 3 salary slips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rental contract with the indication of living area&lt;/strong&gt;, or the attached form filled by your landlord. (Even my rental contract had the living area, they asked me to approach the landlord and fill the form anyway)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bank statements for 3 last rent payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Home&lt;/strong&gt; form&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Living expenses form&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What concerns this specific question, is the 2nd and 4th items. Below are German samples. Suit yourself with &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.yandex.com/ocr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yandex OCR translator&lt;/a&gt;, if you need an English translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;2. Landlord Confirmation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BdorK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BdorK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Landlord Confirmation&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the Landlord needs to confirm how many people are you living with as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;4. Community Home Form&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wuz2w.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wuz2w.png&quot; alt=&quot;Community Home Form&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you'll be explicitly asked if you're living in a community home and if so, with who. Per legal grounds, if you got the minimum living space area for you and your spouse, you should be fine. But the final decision is clearly theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally decided not to live in a shared room, so I have no personal experience with this scenario myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7114" LastEditorUserId="7114" LastEditDate="2021-04-15T15:49:16.100" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T15:49:16.100" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-13T20:39:01.630" Score="3" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen from Bangladesh. I recently got a job offer from the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant. I never completed my Bachelor's degree, but in the Netherlands, as it's not a requirement for highly skilled migrant MVVs, the MVV application submitted by my employer might get approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, I am supposed to collect the MVV sticker from my local embassy. Are there any possibilities that my local Dutch embassy won't give me the sticker because I don't have a degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;The problem is not Dutch people. In fact, I have found them very nice and cooperative. Actually, the people of my country who works as consuls in the local embassy, they are the problems. They are not cooperative even to us and do not want to help in any way. They try their best to let others know about their power by denying others of any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16445" LastEditorUserId="16445" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T19:15:56.200" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T15:37:24.297" Title="If MVV application is approved by IND, can local embassy refuse for some reason?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2019-04-26T20:35:20.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-13T21:19:19.830" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived to France from India on a long stay visa with my wife and child as dependents. I have obtained a vignette sticker from OFII (Office français de l'immigration et l'intégration - French bureau for immigration and integration) for myself and my wife. I have also obtained a DCEM (document de circulation pour étranger mineur - a residence permit for minors) for my child. How long can my wife and child stay in India without effecting the vignette sticker? And I am not sure if it is constrained and therefore would like to confirm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Rahul" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T13:02:03.293" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:02:03.293" Title="I have obtained vignette sticker from OFII. How long can I stay in India?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16205" CreationDate="2019-04-13T06:21:12.487" Score="6" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian student and I'll be visiting the Insight Centre at NUI Galway, Ireland from May to July end (&amp;lt;90 days).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My professor and the administrative assistant advise to apply for a short stay tourist visa with the reason being &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Other&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; and the purpose stated as &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Research Visit&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. To support my stay, they will provide me a studentship of 1200 euros per month. Now, some people said that it'll be rejected if I apply for this type of visa and rather, I should apply for an internship visa. But when I do so (by selecting reason as &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Internship&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;), in the application portal I end up in a page that asks me my &lt;strong&gt;Employment Permit/Atypical Working Scheme Number&lt;/strong&gt;. It is mandatory to enter before I proceed to the next page.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So I'm confused as to what visa type I should apply for.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clear up my motive, I'll be visiting Insight for less than 90 days starting from May and I'll receive 1200 euros per month studentship. And My purpose is &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Research Visit&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; and I'll not be working to get salary there. &#xA;It'll be very helpful if someone can clear up my confusion and I'll be grateful to them.&#xA;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17094" OwnerDisplayName="Dibya Prakash Das" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T19:02:25.660" Title="Confusion regarding visa type of Ireland" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-14T14:11:08.957" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be re-locating to the UK in the near future with the intention of returning to Australia after 3-4 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I make contributions toward a UK pension, will it be possible to transfer funds to an Australian super? and which organization is best placed to provide additional information regarding this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17093" LastActivityDate="2019-04-14T14:11:08.957" Title="Transfering UK pension to AU super" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-14T11:04:46.857" Score="5" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation:&#xA;My wife is a GreenCard holder (won it in Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery).&#xA;She obtained her GreenCard, before we got married.&#xA;I have a B1\B2 visa.&#xA;Currently we are both outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is to move together to the US and there initiate process of family reunification (which, as far as I understood, should take about ~3 years), and legally stay together in the US until the process of reunification is finished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would be the cheapest (and legal) way for me to stay in the US, during the whole process of reunification (&lt;strong&gt;besides working visas&lt;/strong&gt;; I am thinking language courses, or university)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this a good idea to initiate reunification, while we both are in US? (maybe it would be better if I was outside, at the time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other advice for the current situation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="JustAnotherAlex" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T10:45:43.253" Title="Legal way to stay in the US for ~3 years, after entering on B1\B2?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16151" CreationDate="2019-04-14T16:26:23.783" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Caveat: I'm answering on the basis of common sense and general life experience, not specific knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IND is the relevant body which approves your request of an MVV, not the embassy. So, if the request is approved - it's an IND decision, and the embassy certainly can't overrule it, certainly not on grounds such as &quot;MVV recipient doesn't have a Master's degree&quot;. In fact, the embassy would absolutely not even &lt;em&gt;try&lt;/em&gt; to do anything like that - they have no motivation to second-guess the IND's work. Why would they care whether you have a degree or not? It's not their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if the embassy has reason to suspect you might pose some kind of risk; if you had a violent altercation with them; if they suspect you have misrepresented information etc. - in those case it is theoretically possible that they would withhold the sticker from you. And this is regardless of whether they have the official authority to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; If you find the local consular staff uncooperative, you can try either &lt;em&gt;writing&lt;/em&gt; the embassy/a consul/the ambassador, or perhaps asking for an appointment to see a consul or the ambassador. Still, I find it unlikely that local staff would be allowed to withhold documents from applicants; perhaps they're just unfriendly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T15:37:24.297" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T15:37:24.297" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16155" CreationDate="2019-04-15T00:49:43.360" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a wife who is a green card holder, it’ll be very difficult for you to get a non-immigrant visa such as B1/B2/F1/J1 because of the strong presumption of immigration intent. It doesn’t help that you do indeed have strong immigration intent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there aren’t good shortcuts - otherwise a lot of people would be doing them and they’d be shut down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’d think about hiring a good immigration lawyer to advise you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T00:49:43.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16161" CreationDate="2019-04-15T02:17:06.293" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently work at Japan and want to apply dependent visa for wife. I went through the embassy website about visa requirements, but it is little confusing about the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) letter. Is it necessary to apply for COE even though she does not plan to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My citizenship: Indian&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wife citizenship: Indian&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16225" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T07:05:23.837" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T07:05:23.837" Title="Japan Dependent visa" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-15T11:31:03.327" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;and thank you for any responses. I am waiting for my family titre de séjour (first demand). Visa type d expired in two months ago. I need to visit the USA for family reasons. I did not get a récépissé. (Prefecture - Paris said they didn’t have to). Can I leave France and return? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17100" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-04-19T09:28:39.453" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T09:28:39.453" Title="Waiting for my first titre de séjour, can i visit the USA (home country)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16146" CreationDate="2019-04-15T15:51:03.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After we have the translated and apostilled marriage certification, and we go together to London, at the airport do they let her in only with this certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer applies because, as a citizen of Brazil, your wife does not require a visa to fly to the UK.  People who travel with a passport that &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; require a visa to fly to the UK will generally need to get an EEA family permit in these circumstances.  Your fiancée may want to get one to reduce stress at the border, but it is not required in her case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two relevant laws, the first being the European Union &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004L0038&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; and the second being the UK's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directive states that to exercise their right of entry, family members who qualify for freedom of movement &amp;quot;shall only be required to have an entry visa in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law.&amp;quot; (Article 5(2)).  I believe the intention of this is to say that for countries such as the UK where Regulation 539/2001 does not apply, the visa is to be required only of those who normally require a visit visa.  But the UK does not say this explicitly in its regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, under the directive, &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; may prove their eligibility to enter &lt;em&gt;at the border&lt;/em&gt; (where a country may elect to issue a visa at the border or simply admit the person).  That is in Article 5(4), which reads in part&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where...a family member who is not a national of a Member State does not have...the necessary visas, the Member State concerned shall, before turning them back, give such persons every reasonable opportunity to...prove by other means that they are covered by the right of free movement and residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I've edited the passage to remove some irrelevant &amp;quot;or&amp;quot; phrases.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK implements this provision of the directive in regulation 11(4), quoted here in its entirety:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Before an immigration officer refuses admission to the United Kingdom to a person under this regulation because the person does not produce on arrival a document mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2), the immigration officer must provide every reasonable opportunity for the document to be obtained by, or brought to, the person or allow the person to prove by other means that the person is—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) an EEA national;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) a family member of an EEA national with a right to accompany that EEA national or join that EEA national in the United Kingdom;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) a person who meets the criteria in paragraph (5); or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(d) a family member who has retained the right of residence or a person with a right of permanent residence under regulation 15.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading only the parts that apply to you, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before an immigration officer refuses admission to the United Kingdom to a person under this regulation because the person does not produce on arrival a document mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2), the immigration officer must...allow the person to prove by other means that the person is...a family member of an EEA national with a right to accompany that EEA national or join that EEA national in the United Kingdom....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you can show up at the border with the same set of documents you'd need for an EEA family permit application, and the officers should accept them.  It might be less stressful to have the EEA family permit in hand before you depart for the UK, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for an EEA family permit, or just to see what documents you need, you can visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the gov.UK site&lt;/a&gt;.  (There you will also learn that if you have already been granted &amp;quot;pre-settled status,&amp;quot; your wife could apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eu-settlement-scheme-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme family permit&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic documents you'll need to provide are shown there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your wife's passport (proof of identity)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your passport or ID card (proof of your EU citizenship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your marriage certificate (proof of relationship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Evidence that you are employed in the UK (proof that you are a &amp;quot;qualified person&amp;quot; as defined in regulation 6; they may require this because you have lived in the UK for more than 3 months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T15:56:31.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16158" CreationDate="2019-04-15T16:47:36.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Certificate of Eligibility (CoE)&lt;/a&gt; is a document that must be obtained from the immigration authorities in Japan as a prerequisite for obtaining most types of long-term Japan visas (though exceptions exist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/long_term%20visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page about long-term visas&lt;/a&gt; on the website of the Embassy of Japan in India states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When an application for visa is made for the purpose of employment, residency, etc. in Japan, it is necessary for a proxy in Japan to obtain the “Certificate of Eligibility” and for the visa applicant to file a visa application to the Japanese embassy/consulate-general by submitting the original copy of the Certificate of Eligibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is clearly not restricted to cases where the visa applicant intends to work in Japan, and applies to all types of visas for a long-term stay. So yes, a &quot;proxy in Japan&quot; (&lt;em&gt;i.e.&lt;/em&gt;, you) must apply for a CoE on her behalf, as described &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/01.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2075" LastEditorUserId="2075" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T16:56:10.623" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T16:56:10.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-15T17:02:09.760" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered the USA with a H1 visa, and my family entered the USA with H4 visas. This comes with various duties, including keeping my address up-to-date in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records. We are also currently applying for a green-card, and already received our &quot;combo cards&quot;. We moved recently (still inside the USA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/addressChange.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS page for the Change of Address&lt;/a&gt; and declared our new address using our &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A-Numbers&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. Those numbers were given &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; we entered the territory, with the green card application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I need to also declare our new address under our &quot;visa&quot; status?&lt;/strong&gt; I updated the records of my employers, but don't know if I should directly inform the USCIS of this change&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T23:33:46.950" Title="Declaring the change of address under two different statuses" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16162" CreationDate="2019-04-15T17:12:36.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to file a separate change of address &quot;under your visa status.&quot;  You should have only one file at USCIS, which is identified by your A number.  There is in any event no other office that you could notify of your change of address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T17:17:49.623" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T17:17:49.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16155" CreationDate="2019-04-15T17:26:40.890" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As implied in the other answer, you're not generally supposed to go to the US as a visitor and then apply for permanent residence.  The possibility to do that does exist, but it is nominally there to accommodate people who arrive with a legitimate intent to leave, and then change their minds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US authorities are therefore understandably skeptical of people who apply to adjust status after arriving in the US as visitors, as well as of those who apply to enter as visitors while having a spouse who resides in the US.  If you try to pursue this path, your application to adjust status could be refused.  Even worse, your application to visit could be found deceptive, either during the visa application or at the border as you arrive, which could result in your being found &lt;em&gt;inadmissible to the US&lt;/em&gt; under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182#a_6_C_i&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might have a better chance of getting away with this through a student visa, but using a student visa doesn't change any of the above reasoning; it just makes it (perhaps) slightly less likely that you would be accused of misrepresentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T17:26:40.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-15T18:56:26.983" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may be relocating to the Netherlands and would like to take my unmarried partner with me. Part of the process is proving that we are both single. My state doesn't issue single status letters, so we'll have to go the affidavit route. You can get one from the consulate,  but it's pretty expensive ($50).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to recreate &lt;a href=&quot;https://photos.state.gov/libraries/netherlands/383034/acs_affidavits/AFFIDAVIT%20of%20Civil%20Status%20new%20date.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the affidavit that we could get at the consulate&lt;/a&gt; (removing references to the consulate) and have it notarized and apostilled ($10) in the US instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14676" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T20:24:27.327" Title="Single Status Letter for the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16165" CreationDate="2019-04-15T20:24:27.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The consular route actually costs $50 plus €10 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/wonen-werken/buitenlandse-documenten-legaliseren/legaliseren-van-documenten-van-ambassades-en-consulaten-in-nederland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for the legalization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/your-country-and-the-netherlands/united-states/travel-and-residence/legalising-your-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page on document legalization for US citizens in the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; says this about these affidavits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certificate of unmarried status&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can prove your unmarried status with an affidavit. An affidavit is a written declaration that you make under oath in the presence of a notary. The notary confirms your signature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in the Netherlands, you can obtain an affidavit at the US Consulate-General in Amsterdam. You must be a US national. The consul will confirm your signature. You will then need to have the affidavit legalised by the Consular Service Centre in The Hague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last paragraph certainly implies that if you are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; in the Netherlands, you can use an affidavit obtained elsewhere.  As long as your affidavit is valid under the law of the state where it was sworn and also meets Dutch requirements (less than six months old, with apostille), then it seems they will accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T20:24:27.327" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16136" CreationDate="2019-04-15T22:10:14.137" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Schengen long-term visas are issued by individual states and governed by the law of each state.  Someone with a student visa for France who wants to go to school in Spain must apply to Spain for permission to reside and study in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to apply for a Spanish student visa at a Spanish consulate in France, or you may be able to proceed to Spain and apply directly for a residence permit there.  Otherwise, you will probably have to go back to your home country to apply for a student visa there.  To find out, you can start by asking at the Spanish consulate responsible for your place of residence.  For example, if you are in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/TOULOUSE/es/Consulado/Paginas/Demarcacion.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;territory of the consulate in Toulouse&lt;/a&gt;, you can consult their pages on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/TOULOUSE/es/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/VisadosDeLargaDuracion.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long-stay visas&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/TOULOUSE/es/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/Estudiar.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;studying in Spain&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T22:10:14.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16155" CreationDate="2019-04-15T23:09:47.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your situation contains some potential pitfalls. The basic catch-22 is the contradiction between the following expectations from US immigration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're married, you should be living together. (At least US immigration will probably think so.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If she's a US permanent resident, she should be residing in the US. (Too much absence from the US can result in loss of the permanent residency. Exact cutoff is variable but issues begin to arise after 6 months of absence. There are ways to apply to temporarily get more flexibility on this, but just making brief returns to the US isn't sufficient.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you intend to immigrate, but you don't have a US immigrant visa,* you should not enter the US until you get one. In particular, you shouldn't enter the US under the false pretense of being a nonimmigrant (tourist, student, exchange, etc) when you actually intend to immigrate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* (EDIT: or a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_intent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dual-intent-compatible nonimmigrant visa&lt;/a&gt;, as user102008 points out.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind that even if you don't have trouble at the beginning, US immigration is likely to consider the above expectations retrospectively every time you apply for another step of any immigration process. Given these contradictions and the high stakes involved (see phoog's answer for some of these), I definitely agree with RoboKaren's advice to seek a US immigration lawyer to guide you on the relative risks of different options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T10:45:43.253" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T10:45:43.253" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16162" CreationDate="2019-04-15T23:33:46.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you did the form online and have written confirmation/proof of having done it, I believe you're all set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To explain how it relates to both your current and upcoming status, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/addresschange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS change of address information&lt;/a&gt; page says that if you are changing address in the US and you have an application pending, then you must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Step 1: File Form AR-11 (online OR by mail);&#xA;  AND&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;  Step 2: Change your address on any pending or recently approved applications or petitions, online OR by phone at 1-800-375-5283. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) call: 1-800-767-1833.&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;  Use our convenient Online Change of Address system to complete steps 1 and 2 at the same time. Once you complete Form AR-11 online - the system will also provide you the opportunity to change your address on any pending or recently approved applications. &lt;strong&gt;If you use our Online Change of Address to complete Form AR-11, you do NOT need to file a paper Form AR-11.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, this means filling the online form is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, if you have a lawyer working on your green card application, it's worth checking with them, as they will have recent experiences of the reliability or unreliability of changing one's address with USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T23:33:46.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-16T03:40:06.837" Score="15" ViewCount="12229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Big Data Engineer in India with 5 years experience. I have been offered a job in a start up in Berlin with 51k euros fixed salary and 5k euros variable annually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a family of 4. My wife, 1 son(who goes to school in class 2) and 1 daughter(6 months old).&#xA;Is the salary sufficient to survive and possibly save a little?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Seeker90" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T15:46:08.837" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T11:26:01.353" Title="51k Euros annually for a family of 4 in Berlin: Is it enough?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16170" CreationDate="2019-04-16T05:01:17.067" Score="19" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably have a relatively small flat relatively far from the city center, but there are plenty of families getting by on much less. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will pay &lt;em&gt;very approximately&lt;/em&gt; 5k € in taxes and 10k € in mandatory health insurance and pension etc. That leaves 35k € as payout, about 2,900 € per month. Add the children's allowance mentioned by kriscorbus in his or her answer and you will have about €3,300.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might have to spend close to half of that on rent, heating, power. That's the big question mark. German law protects tenants with existing contracts against extreme price hikes, so any new contract will be considerably more expensive than average of the old contracts for the area. You won't be able to afford the most fashionable districts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should inform yourself about Berlin districts. Some of the cheapest ones are cheap because they're not nice. Some are more racist than others.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where you live will also affect the quality of the public schools. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The price for clothing, groceries, etc. depends on your expectations. Organic food is more expensive than regular, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Childcare could be a significant expense and finding a place could be a hassle. Does your wife plan to work?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My personal advice is that she should look for a job as soon as she is able, perhaps 20 hours/week. It helps the children to go to German-language childcare and it helps her to get into German society.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many people have no car, they travel on public transport. The commute could be one hour or more, but a car does not always save much time and parking is a hassle. Either way, transport costs will be a factor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastEditorUserId="8198" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T17:49:56.113" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T17:49:56.113" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16170" CreationDate="2019-04-16T06:50:24.637" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;51k Euros is enough to live, but not enough to save (OK, it depends on your habits and life expectations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany has complex &lt;strong&gt;taxation system&lt;/strong&gt;. I hope this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/germantaxes.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;HowToGermany&lt;/a&gt; page helps to get an overview. There are several benefits in taxation system for parents, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/kindergeld.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;children's allowance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. In your case 194 Euros per month per child, results in additional 4656 Euros in year. Next upgrade is already planned: it will be 204€/child/month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allowance is not depending on fact - is your wife working or not. But just like @o-m I would suggest your wife to look for child care (in East- Germany you can have day care already for 12 month old babies), start to work and start to integrate into society. In Germany child care is unique information exchange hub, do not miss it out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17104" LastEditorUserId="17104" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T12:05:27.007" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T12:05:27.007" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15674" CreationDate="2019-04-16T12:19:03.993" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I moved to live in Germany, I had to change my Latvians (EU) drivers licence and get German drivers licence. Even if both countries are in EU and my drivers licences due time was in 8 years. I guess it is related to speed and parking tickets, and penalty points.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exchange procedure was extremely simple - eye test and first aid training.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you live in Germany - get German drivers licence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17104" LastEditorUserId="17104" LastEditDate="2019-04-16T13:04:39.040" LastActivityDate="2019-04-16T13:04:39.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16170" CreationDate="2019-04-16T14:23:16.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Others have already told you that the answer is positive. I'd like to add a few points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As an expat, life is usually more expensive because one lacks the cultural knowlege how/where to cut costs, e.g. which food is more or less expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eating out is expensive in Germany, cooking from basic ingredients is much cheaper, even if you go for better ingredients.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This includes lunch at work: bring your own vs. canteen lunch customs vary between companies/groups/teams, but I've never met a place where bring your own was frowned upon. In many places you can even take your own to the canteen so you can join the lunch break talk with your coworkers (this and the coffee break are important for integration)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, Indian ingredients are probably quite expensive, particularly fresh (exotic) fruit.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you feel experimental, you may be able to arrive at variations of Indian food with more regional ingredients.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To get an idea of what is reasonable (or not) in terms of grocery expenses, there exist a number of recipe books (&quot;Harz IV Kochbuch&quot;, student cooking books) that were specifically written with the purpose of being inexpensive and nutrious at the same time.  In case that's important for you, there's also a vegetarian subset of these books. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are also courses on cooking. E.g. at the so-called Volkshochschulen:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_high_school&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Volkshochschulen&lt;/a&gt; offer affordable courses for adults and kids on a wide variety of topics, e.g. German language evening courses (also other languages) or cooking for kids as school holiday program.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Such courses may also be good opportunities for your kids' integration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Integration for a working professional isn't as easy as for international students. In Germany, sports clubs or &quot;cultural clubs&quot; (or maybe scouts group for the kids) are quite important. (Also, joining a sports club is usually much cheaper than a gym membership.)  If you were in a volountary fire brigade in India, consider checking out the local one. This is the more important the more rural the place where you live.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Resentments and xenophobia are often tightly bound to how hard-working (or rather: not hard working; as IT professional you're on the ) and how interested in the German culture you are perceived. Most important here: learning German.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;East Germany outside Berlin has few immigrants compared to the western Länder. But among them often &lt;strike&gt;the majority&lt;/strike&gt;many * came there very suddenly in the 2015 refugee crisis. Having them in a region that keenly perceives that even after 3 decades they have not cought up economically with many western regions is a difficult mixture.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm saying this because if you moving outside Berlin into Brandenburg the costs for housing drop very much: going out maybe half an hour by regional train could give you acces to much lower housing costs. How feasible this is will depend on a number of other considerations, of course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;strong&gt;update&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;I misread the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iwh-halle.de/fileadmin/user_upload/publications/sonstint/2019_iwh_vereintes-land_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IWH: United country – three decades after the Wall came down&lt;/a&gt; study: it allows to conclude that at the end of 2016, in many regions of eastern (and northern) Germany &gt; 32 % of foreigners were seeking asylum, and @kriscorbus has kindly pointed out that mistake and commented that many of them have moved on (presumably into the big cities in the West and maybe into Berlin). I've been to Berlin + outside Berlin on and off in the last 2 years any my impression was still a comparatively high proportion of refugees - but that's of course just personal anecdata and may be totally different from one place to the other.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In general, any kind of service is expensive (cmp. eating out) due to wages. Expect at least 50 - 60 €/h if you call, say, a plumber.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;When you rent a flat, there are certain types of repair that are up to the landlord. For everything else, if you are handy you can save a lot of money. Still, you may need to plan considerable time to get yourself familiar with products/working techniques that differ from how you do things in India (I haven't been to India, but I've found substantial differences between Central Europe and North America). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;International school with lessons in English is going to be expensive - but German language education from elementary school on is free (as in no tuition). Private schools do exist (with and without tuition), but ≈ 90 % of the kids attend governmental schools. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17115" LastEditorUserId="17115" LastEditDate="2019-04-20T11:26:01.353" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T11:26:01.353" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16170" CreationDate="2019-04-16T20:19:28.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;2900 Euro spendable income is 90% of the average family income in Berlin (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source in German&lt;/a&gt;). And your family's earning potential is higher than your starting salary, as you could hope for a raise, or your wife could also start working, at least part time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You won't be able to have a very lavish lifestyle, in the sense that many people you see will have something you cannot afford, for example a new car. But before you get jealous, you have to remember that those people have given up something else you are spending money on to get that car. It is only the rich ones who can have all signs of affluence at once. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that kind of money, you won't be starting at the bottom of the social ladder. You may not be able to afford everything you see advertised, and you will probably live in a flat smaller and further away from the center than you wish (rent is currently really expensive in Germany), but many people you interact with on a daily basis will be living on less. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this money will take care of &quot;standard&quot; daily/monthly/yearly expenses. Do not forget to protect against emergencies, these are especially hard if you don't have a network of family and friends close by. The mandatory health insurance (deducted before you get your 2900/month) will take care of all medical emergencies without any noticeable copayment. But you should get at least a Haftpflichtversicherung, which pays for damage you happen to inflict on other people's health or property (e.g. your washing machine breaks and floods the neighbour below you and you have to pay 20 000 for repairs). And, in your situation as a single breadwinner, seriously consider a good Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung, it pays you a monthly income if you get disabled by disease or accident and can no longer work. You may hear that they are expensive, but the price varies by your occupation, and people who write software pay a comparatively low premium. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3611" LastEditorUserId="3611" LastEditDate="2019-04-17T08:14:50.430" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T08:14:50.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-17T10:07:14.890" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian Citizen currently living in Mumbai.My partner recently got admission in WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management for MBA and the program starts in Sep 2019.We plan to get married in either Jan 2020 or August 2020. He will be applying for his student visa soon and I have some questions regarding the same.I have a few questions regarding the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is it possible that my boyfriend's student visa and my visa can be applied together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If not then how long my boyfriend has to stay in Germany before initiating dependent visa for me and how long does the process take ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Also, while my boyfriend is studying, is it possible for me to work in Germany? If not, then under what conditions will I be able to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will really appreciate some help on the above queries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17131" LastEditorUserId="17104" LastEditDate="2019-04-22T09:35:18.163" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T09:35:18.163" Title="Working in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-17T11:19:35.340" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been looking at jobs in Germany and i stumbled across one in Munich that i am very interested in. However i heard that Munich is very expensive in comparison to other cities like Berlin. Also i didn't understand a few things concerning the tax system in Germany. Assuming i get paid 50,000 Euros per year gross, how much will i be able to retain post rent and taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read quite a bit about the tax system and living expenses but that either didn't provide enough information or were inconsistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17135" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T07:25:00.473" Title="Moving to Munich" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-05-13T15:08:51.000" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16181" CreationDate="2019-04-17T14:26:02.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the same boat as yours, let me share my experience so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First thing you need to know is your net salary post-tax. Please use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/gehalt/gross_net_calculator_germany.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; salary calculator to understand what is your take home. This tool also talks about different tax classes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then you should try to get an idea of your monthly expenses. I am using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; tool for that purpose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, note that rents are sky high in Munich (basically everywhere in Germany) and searching for them on various websites will give an exact idea of the costs. If you are planning to relocate with your family - please factor in other costs like child education and travel pass for your spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17057" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T14:26:02.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-16T16:05:46.463" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;My British mother wants to stay with my sister in Florida for about a year. How can she do this? She doesn't want to become a resident and has a home in the UK.  She has been over to the US with an ESTA but they only last 3 months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17158" OwnerDisplayName="Sue Winter" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T13:02:45.980" LastActivityDate="2020-03-01T19:02:10.237" Title="British mother visiting US for about a year" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16185" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16186" CreationDate="2019-04-17T17:06:16.310" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my engineers was recently stopped and questioned by immigration in Newark and told if he returns under an ESTA he would be refused entry and probably returned to the UK. He has entered the US frequently over the last 5 years (2-3 weeks each visit then returning to UK for 2-3 weeks) under ESTA/VWP.&#xA;He is based in the UK, paid in the UK in £ and lives from a UK company credit card when in the USA. I don't want him to return until we have the right paperwork in place. I was told by an immigration lawyer to seek an E1 visa but this is time consuming and costly.&#xA;I have since read we should be able to continue using ESTA. &#xA;He has 19 years experience we can't replace by recruiting in the US. His role is a technical service engineer &quot;working&quot; on our specialised equipment.&#xA;Any help is greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark S&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17144" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T13:02:38.173" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T13:02:38.173" Title="What visa for a UK engineer making technical trips to USA (ESTA, B-1, or E-1)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16185" CreationDate="2019-04-17T17:44:17.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Follow your lawyer's advice and apply for an E-1 visa, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to find another lawyer who will give you different advice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proceeding with the VWP on the basis of advice from internet strangers is ill advised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether your engineer can qualify as a business visitor depends on a subtle determination of the nature of his work in the US.  There is a lot of gray area between things that are clearly allowed on a B-1 visa (or the VWP) and things that are not.  A good immigration lawyer will be familiar with relevant case law, especially cases heard in the immigration courts, and be able to evaluate the specifics of your case in light of these precedents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your engineer continues using the VWP and is refused entry at some point, it will be seriously problematic for him.  He will probably never be able to use the VWP again, and having tried to do so after being told not to could well make it difficult for him to get a B (visitor) visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refusal of entry under the VWP cannot be reviewed or appealed; the only recourse is to apply for a B visa.  If the embassy refuses to grant a B visa, or the CBP immigration inspector refuses to admit him in B status, you'll be spending even more in legal fees, and he will have a negative immigration record to worry about.  So a good immigration lawyer will probably advise borderline cases to go for the E visa, because you would probably rather do that than litigate a test case in the immigration courts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, without knowing the facts of your case, nobody can tell you how likely it is that you'll find a lawyer who thinks that your engineer clearly qualifies as a business visitor.  If you can, the lawyer should be able to help explain the best way for your engineer to present himself at the border to make his eligibility for that status clear to the immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T17:44:17.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16187" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-17T17:54:27.900" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the valid document to have when we apply for new BRP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17147" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T20:04:24.013" Title="What is the valid document for expired BRP?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-17T18:59:03.260" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applying for a UK Ancestry visa and my wife is also applying. The official immigration channel has advised us to apply for the following visas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Main applicant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reason for visit- Work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa type: Non- Point based working visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa sub-type – UK Ancestry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dependent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reason for Visit: Work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa type: Non Points-Based Visas&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visa subtype: Dependants 6 months or more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is that when my wife is completing her application as the dependent there is a section asking for her UK Sponsor. What should she put for this? There is no requirement for her to have a job in the UK as part of this visa yet this appears to be what it is asking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are the images showing the UK sponsor screen, then the individual pop ups for the person and the organisation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice on what to put on these would be greatly appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK Sponsor Section&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/npLsb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/npLsb.png&quot; alt=&quot;UK Sponsor section&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsor person details pop up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VA5pk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VA5pk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsor organisation details pop up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWOly.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWOly.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17074" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T07:20:06.973" Title="UK Ancestry visa - what is 'UK Sponsor' that dependents have to supply?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16181" CreationDate="2019-04-17T19:24:06.180" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are unmarried, have no children, do not pay church tax (just say &quot;no religion&quot; during registration at the local office)  - you would have ~2550 € euro monthly net (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is the calculation tool&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uhHTS.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uhHTS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T19:24:06.180" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16187" CreationDate="2019-04-17T20:04:24.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is an outstanding application with the Home Office that was made before your previous immigration permission expired, an employer must get a Positive Verification Notice from the employer checking service.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/right-to-work-checks-employer-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/right-to-work-checks-employer-guidance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T20:04:24.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-06T11:08:02.223" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an undergraduate who wants to do some research opportunity during this summer vacation. Thing went quite well and &quot;the Laboratory&quot; offered me a Student Assistant position. In case that's relevant, this is a paid position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After accepting the offer, I started working on the visa stuff. My prospective research leader suggested me to get a J-1 visa, so I contact the relevant clerk at the Laboratory to request a DS-2019 form. To my surprise, they just told me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for your information. However, please note the Laboratory&#xA;  does not sponsor for J-1 visa status for visitors who do not have an&#xA;  undergraduate degree. As such, we ask you to get in touch with the 3rd&#xA;  party agency, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.culturalvistas.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.culturalvistas.org/&lt;/a&gt; to initiate your J-1&#xA;  visa sponsorship.  Please keep me posted once you have received the&#xA;  visa and ready to enter the US for the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, universities/laboratories would issue a DS-2019 form to me directly in most cases, and undergraduates are usually not paid for doing research during their vacation. I asked some people around me about if this is normal, and they told me that the salary I'm receiving can make the visa application process much more complicated. If my position was unpaid, I can get a DS-2019 from the Laboratory easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to arrive at the beginning of July 2019, but I have just started applying for a DS-2019, so the schedule is quite tight now, and  I really appreciate this opportunity. Would thing become easier if I contact the Laboratory and ask them not to give me any salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17153" OwnerDisplayName="nalzok" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T11:13:18.383" Title="Is getting DS-2019 from a &quot;third party agency&quot; normal?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16192" CreationDate="2019-04-17T20:13:58.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how to define &quot;normal&quot; here, but the situation you describe certainly can happen at legitimate US institutions. It may not have anything to do with the salary.  (Of course you can ask just in case.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;J-1 covers a lot of different categories, and each J-1 program is only designated to sponsor certain categories. What they wrote is not unusual---some J-1 programs only sponsor research scholars who have an undergraduate degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have a specific concern, it probably makes sense to follow their advice and work with the specific agency they recommend.  You should also make sure with the agency whether it's fine to get the salary.  Of course you should also keep your prospective supervisor informed right away, since it sounds like your prospective supervisor wasn't expecting a 3rd party agency to be involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" OwnerDisplayName="krubo" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T20:13:58.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16192" CreationDate="2019-04-18T11:13:18.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is normal. Becoming a J-1 sponsor is a difficult and expensive process, so a lot of organisations use third party agencies. I had a J-1 issued through Cultural Vistas (for a paid internship) and everything worked out fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the timescale, getting the DS-2019 didn't take too long once I'd given Cultural Vistas all the documentation. What proved more difficult was getting an appointment for the interview at the embassy, in order to get the visa itself. (If you happen to be Canadian, you can skip this step and enter with just the DS-2019).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask the laboratory to not give you any salary, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ed2010.com/generic/how-international-students-can-land-u-s-internships/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some sources suggest&lt;/a&gt; you're OK to do this as a visitor on B1/B2 (visitor visa) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VWP&lt;/a&gt; (if it's less than 90 days) status, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.interexchange.org/articles/career-training-abroad/2016/03/29/j1-visa-not-esta-unpaid-internships/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;others disagree&lt;/a&gt;. It's worth double-checking this though, and note that if you're not eligible for the VWP you'll still need to get yourself a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/47943/is-volunteer-work-allowed-in-the-us-while-visiting-under-the-vwp-or-a-b1-b2-visa&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; about volunteering under the VWP and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9978/what-visa-do-i-need-to-complete-an-unpaid-internship-in-new-york&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; about unpaid internships might be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17154" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T11:13:18.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16199" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-18T16:13:56.203" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen studying and living in Canada and being paid by my Canadian university. This year, I filed taxes in both Canada and the US as I had US income and had lived in the US for half the year. Next year, I will only have Canadian income and will not have lived in the US. Will I still need to file federal taxes in the US? What about state taxes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do need to file in the US, what is the best method of doing so? I used turbotax this year but had difficulties as support for foreign income reporting was limited. I would prefer a free or cheap method of filing and I would prefer to avoid using an accountant or other paid method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15505" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T18:02:50.087" Title="US citizen studying and earning income in Canada. Do I need to file US taxes?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16159" CreationDate="2019-04-18T19:46:57.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your additional comment explains a lot and thus I am writing this as an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa that you got is a visa long séjour temporaire and not a &quot;visa long séjour valant titre de séjour&quot; or vls-ts, which I mentioned above in my comment. The original purpose of the visa notwithstanding (studies or otherwise) in this case, doesn't really matter. The consulate is right in the sense that your type of visa technically does not allow you to renew it in France. Only VLS-TS visas can be renewed in France (in theory). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prefectures sometimes accept applications (on a discretionary basis) but they consider it a &quot;favor&quot; that they accepted to look at your change of status request even if they were under no obligation to accept it (sorry to say this, but based on several accounts from various sources, if you weren't American, I doubt they would've accepted your request). And oftentimes in cases like this, they don't give you a récépissé.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you want to push through with the status change, I wouldn't recommend you leaving the country unless you decide to forgo the application. If you do leave and then come back, you would be admitted as a tourist (and not a temporary resident), would be subject to the 90/180 rule, and the prefecture could consider that you abandoned your application (like what @phoog said). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that happens and you want to get the temporary family permit, the prefecture could ask you to leave the country and, as @phoog said in the fomment, re-apply for a new visa D for a different purpose (family visa for example, or something else). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One other option is to try to get what they call a &quot;visa de retour préfectoral&quot; (see here, in French: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.demarches.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/comment-revenir-france-sorti-espace-schengen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.demarches.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/comment-revenir-france-sorti-espace-schengen&lt;/a&gt;) but I heard that they are notoriously quite hard to get and are often only provided for humanitarian considerations.  Also, given the type of visa you originally had, it's possible that they will tell you to just apply for a new visa at the consulate anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2019-04-19T07:09:52.273" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T07:09:52.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16181" CreationDate="2019-04-19T07:25:00.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taxes in Germany are pretty high. quick-and-dirty approach is that after taxes you get only half of what you earned. For correct answer you need to fill in details, like where you live (every state in German has different calculation), do you have children (people without children has to pay more) etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;www.howtogermany.com has a lot of useful information. For example about topics like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/living.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cultural differences&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/germantaxes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;paying taxes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/insurance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;insurance&lt;/a&gt; (in Germany health insurance and liability insurance for motor vehicles are mandatory. You also should think about third-party private liability insurance (Haftpflichtversicherung)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17104" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T07:25:00.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-18T20:49:30.290" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German citizen and my wife is Kazakh. We both live in the UK. She has a non-EEA family permit. The sticker in her passport says that this expired in January but this website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&lt;/a&gt; says that she nevertheless has the right to stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In July we want together travel to France for 2 months and I don't know what we need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&lt;/a&gt;, in particular the phrase &quot;The qualified person can include you if they apply online for permanent residence&quot;, suggested that I can apply online for both of us. After filling in everything and having payed 149.20 GBP I was directed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ukvcas.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ukvcas.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; where I was asked to pay another fee of 400 GBP for an appointment. In addition, all options close to my place in the North-East where fully booked and only in London appointments were available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I really have to travel for one day to London and pay this fee?  The initial website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply&lt;/a&gt; (on the botton) says explicitly that the fee is 65 GBP per person - and not 465 GBP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am really confused and I would be extremely happy for some advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you,&#xA;Sven&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: I now figured, that the 400 GBP were for a premium service (thank you, Traveller!). However, the situation is still that I can only book three appointments (for 120 GBP) at Newcastle. As you see in the screenshots the option &quot;View free of charge apointments only&quot; is only available for Manchester - where no appointments are available anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BUM54.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BUM54.png&quot; alt=&quot;Only three appointments at Newcastle for 120 GBP&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uLL.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uLL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Zero appointments at Manchester, but the option to show only free of charge appointments&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Michael's question, what I payed the 146.20 GBP for, I cannot answer for sure. I was on the website for getting a &quot;residence card&quot; but I fear that the link to the online application brought me to a the application for &quot;permanent residence&quot;. I am however not sure if this is something different or not. In case, someone can derive what I applied for from the payment confirmation, here is the screenshot of that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IjYLh.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IjYLh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17164" OwnerDisplayName="Sven" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T17:29:14.573" Title="Travlining with a non-EEA family permit from the UK to France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16199" CreationDate="2019-04-19T18:02:50.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;US federal income tax&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, as a US citizen, you have to file a US federal income tax return every year, regardless of residence, unless your gross income is below the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;filing threshold (page 10, Chart A)&lt;/a&gt; (for 2018: US$12,000 for a single person under 65).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must report all worldwide income.  However, there are some ways your US federal tax on foreign earned income may be reduced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a bona fide resident of Canada for the entire tax year (January-December), you can file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2555-ez&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form 2555&lt;/a&gt; to avoid US federal tax on foreign earned income up to US$103,900 (for 2018).  &lt;strong&gt;However,&lt;/strong&gt; you might not be a bona fide resident of Canada for US tax purposes if your presence in Canada is for the purpose of studying, since it is expected that you will return to the US at the end of your studies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're not using Form 2555, and you had to pay Canadian tax on your income, you can file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1116&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form 1116&lt;/a&gt; to reduce your US tax liability by the amount of Canadian taxes you paid.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The above methods will probably reduce your US federal tax liability to $0. In case they don't, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/international-businesses/canada-tax-treaty-documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US-Canada tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; might contain provisions to help you further, although I don't have the details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;US state and local taxes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you have to file state and local taxes in the US will vary depending on the rules of your US state and locality of residence.  If you are a bona fide resident of Canada, you are no longer a resident of your US state and do not have to pay its taxes; however, as above, you may not be a bona fide resident if your presence in Canada is for the purpose of studying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you are no longer a resident of your US state, many states and localities require you to file a &quot;final return&quot; indicating the date that your residency in the state or locality ended, so they will know why you stopped paying taxes to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Software&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page says that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thebalance.com/best-tax-software-for-expatriates-3974012&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TurboTax and TaxAct should both work&lt;/a&gt;.  If you like, you can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/filing/e-file-options&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FreeFile or another efile option&lt;/a&gt;.  Of course you can always file on paper if you can figure out the instructions (this is practical only if your situation is pretty simple).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T18:02:50.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16153" CreationDate="2019-04-19T19:02:25.660" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted the Embassy and they too instructed me to fill &quot;Other&quot; as the reason of travel and submit all the relevant documents. Although they did not give me the exact reason why, after consulting with many people I can safely conclude that it is because that I'm not going to work there and I will not receiving any salary. Rather I will be receiving a studentship which is tax exempt. The confusion arose because of some new changes in the AVATS portal where if you select &quot;Internship&quot; as the reason you have to enter your Work permit number thus meaning that Internship is accounted under work and what I'm going to do is a Research Visit as a visiting student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17094" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T19:02:25.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16206" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-19T19:54:53.353" Score="2" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Italy. I applied to visit the UK on an EEA family permit and was granted  6 months. I went to the UK twice and am back now in Italy, My permit is now expired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for another 6 months from Italy or do I have a time limit before I can apply for another 6 months? Like do I have to wait a year to apply for another 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, with a six month permit I know I would have to go with my wife who is Italian. While we are there, if she decide to stay in the UK for longer and I return to Italy by myself, would I be able to go back to the UK alone while the permit is valid (within the 6 months limit)? My wife would be in the UK already searching for a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17165" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-04-19T23:24:37.110" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T22:28:39.750" Title="EEA permit application" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-19T22:49:14.917" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Presuming one is resident in the US on a visa like H1B or L1, what kind of paperwork do they need to own a firearm? Presume residency in a gun-friendly state like Washington or Alaska if it matters. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T07:36:46.030" Title="What are the requirements for owning a firearm as a foreigner in the US without a Green Card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16207" CreationDate="2019-04-20T07:36:46.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether federal law allows non-immigrant alien to possess a gun depends on whether they fall into one of a number of exceptions, such as having a valid hunting license or permit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa is&#xA;  prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing a&#xA;  firearm or ammunition unless the alien falls within one of the&#xA;  exceptions provided in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/may-nonimmigrant-alien-who-has-been-admitted-united-states-under-nonimmigrant-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;May a nonimmigrant alien who has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa possess a firearm or ammunition in the United States?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if they do fall into one of the federal law exceptions, they also need to check state law, which may have its own restrictions on non-immigrant aliens and permit requirements. A state can be gun friendly but alien unfriendly, so it is a matter of checking the regulations for each state in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T07:36:46.030" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-20T14:03:26.453" Score="0" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently refused a UK tier 2 (General) category visa because I had forgot to send a english language proof certificate with my application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I completely understand the reasons for refusal. However I also read the following excerpt from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791035/Tier_2_Policy_Guidance_03_2019.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 Policy Guidance document&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Avgw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Avgw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Internet is littered with cases where the entry clearance officer has requested for the missing documents ex: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14993/my-uk-tier-2-visa-was-refused-the-visa-office-states-i-did-not-send-a-letter-fr&quot;&gt;Missing UK NARIC letter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have held UK visas before if anybody was supposed to be requested for documents it would be me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to know why some cases are treated differently than others. If the ECO has to follow the rules specified in the doucment above then why some applications and applicants are treated differently than others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I apply for an administrative review quoting this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of the refusal letter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8DM4r.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8DM4r.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17039" LastEditorUserId="17039" LastEditDate="2019-04-21T12:42:12.693" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T12:42:12.693" Title="UK tier 2 visa - Unfair treatment of applications" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16206" CreationDate="2019-04-20T22:28:39.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The permit does not control how long you can stay in the UK.  Your right to be there flows automatically from your wife's nationality, your relationship to her, and European law.  You can stay in the UK indefinitely as long as your wife is there, although if your wife stays for longer than three months then she must be &quot;qualified.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The permit just serves as a document to allow you to travel to and enter the UK, and as evidence that your documents have been reviewed and accepted by the Home Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I apply for another 6 months from Italy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;do I have a time limit before I can apply for another 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While we are there, if she decide to stay in the UK for longer and I return to Italy by myself, would I be able to go back to the UK alone while the permit is valid (within the 6 months limit)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  You can enter the UK with a family permit if you are traveling with &lt;em&gt;or joining&lt;/em&gt; your wife in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-20T22:28:39.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-21T04:19:52.020" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;New zealand offers infinite permanent residency, however if passport is expired and never renewed, is the stay in new Zealand valid ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone stay in new zealand forever on expired passport on permanent residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" OwnerDisplayName="JavaDeveloper" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T04:59:06.343" Title="Can a person stay in NZ on permanent residency without renewing a passport?" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16211" CreationDate="2019-04-21T04:59:06.343" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that residency is granted to the person not the passport (I am a NZ permanent resident). Thus, in theory, what you suggest should be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are many occasions when one needs to prove one's status. E.g. access to healthcare, changing jobs, taking out credit, and so on. The easiest way to do this is to show one's permanent resident visa in one's passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep my passport current and transfer the visa as much for this reason as the desire to travel abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa's validity is indefinite, but it instructs you  to transfer it if you renew your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea who, if anybody, would accept a visa in an expired passport as evidence of residency. In practical terms, then, what you suggest may be difficult, if not impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15983" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T04:59:06.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15517" CreationDate="2019-04-21T07:43:36.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Driving yourself (via. some of the ferries), or sending standard sized moving boxes by regular freight mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relocation (&quot;removal&quot;) companies like Crown and Alpha can also do this for you, but for the amount you're talking about it's easily 3-5000 EUR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6576" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T07:43:36.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16215" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-20T23:53:22.903" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lost my italain refugee travel document and asilo politico ( resid. Permit card ) . It will be expire december 2019.  If i apply new one, will get until dec 2019 or for example apply application may 2019 to may 2024? Will be new expire day 2024 ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17169" OwnerDisplayName="Cihan" LastEditorUserId="17169" LastEditDate="2019-04-21T13:18:19.290" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T13:18:19.290" Title="Lost my italian refugee travel document" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-21T19:56:15.713" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read the AUS/NZ permanent residence is infinite. Other countries require perm to be renewed after 5 years or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is it same for AUS/NZ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Is it same for minors too ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T01:05:52.220" Title="Does permanent residence for AUS/NZ require 'renewals'?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15735" CreationDate="2019-04-22T01:28:12.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering, having found much of this out by trial and error... this is based on my own experience in Washington state, and YMMV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First, apply for a SSN as early as possible. This requires an address, but it's just a mailing address to receive the card - it does not have to be a permanent residence, so one can use an employer's address or a rented PO box. The application must be made in person at the appropriate office (but fill in the form first), and takes approx 2 weeks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find somewhere to live. Strictly speaking this can also be done straight away, but most letting agencies, reference agencies, etc., ask for an SSN before you can move in. They may or may not be able to forgo this if they understand that you have just arrived in the country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting state ID requires evidence of residency in the state. In the case of Washington they would accept an employer's offer letter from a short whitelist of large employers, but otherwise the list of things that they will accept means that for somebody new to the US, you pretty much need to have moved into a house and be able to show evidence of this - e.g. a utility bill.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting a bank account is the last step: it similarly requires evidence of address, as well as acceptable ID (state ID would certainly do the trick, but some banks may also accept e.g. a foreign passport) and, for most banks and credit unions, it also requires a SSN.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15934" LastEditorUserId="15934" LastEditDate="2019-06-09T04:16:49.433" LastActivityDate="2019-06-09T04:16:49.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14088" CreationDate="2019-04-22T06:52:25.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Czech consulates have seen all kinds of fraud over the years and they will know your accommodation proof isn't real from a mile away. Your options are thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask your company to help out with securing the required documentation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bite the bullet and rent an apartment remotely. You can always find a new one later on after moving&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T06:52:25.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16143" CreationDate="2019-04-22T06:54:08.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Students are allowed to work in Czech Republic, so you can work for as long as your visa is valid. However as soon as its cancelled you will need to leave the country and wait for the work permit to be issued, no exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest playing everything by the book and waiting for your work permit to arrive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T06:54:08.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15726" CreationDate="2019-04-22T07:01:24.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/09/posting-third-country-workers-within-eu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;In theory&lt;/a&gt;, Czech companies are allowed to post their workers to other countries within the EU. However in practice this seems like a blatant attempt to dodge German immigration laws as the Czech company is only hiring you for the purpose of working in another country, rather than sending out you to Germany after a period of employment at their office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would therefore recommend asking the company to provide you with a proper German work permit or employ you within Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T07:01:24.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15489" CreationDate="2019-04-22T07:04:12.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/eu-blue-cards.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Czech ministry of foreign affairs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Duly completed university education or higher vocational education, the duration of which was at least 3 years, is deemed to be a high level of skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are therefore not eligible for a blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T07:04:12.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14428" CreationDate="2019-04-22T07:09:37.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/25537/is-it-legal-to-study-while-on-a-tourist-schengen-visa&quot;&gt;perfectly legal&lt;/a&gt; to study while on a short-term Schengen visa, so there's nothing wrong with your plan. However you need to double check with your local Czech consulate if they would allow you to mail the passport to them rather than appearing in person to stamp the visa sticker. Otherwise you might need to fly back to your home country just to visit the consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T07:09:37.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-22T20:55:42.053" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Buongiorno a tutti!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a student visa upon acceptance into an accademia belle arte in Rome. I currently meet the requirements for tuition expenses and can prove the necessary monetary support for the upcoming academic season. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is self-employment included in the 20-hours a week maximum for a student to participate in working to support themselves through school? I am a certified yoga instructor and also will be selling my artwork through galleries in the U.S. to help me pay for my continuing artistic education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice or experience with this situation is very much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Una bella giornata,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Victoria &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17170" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T20:55:42.053" Title="Working part-time in Italy as a student, self-employed?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16227" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-22T22:07:41.047" Score="0" ViewCount="547" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had recently made a visa application which was rejected stating that I had not provided a english language certificate from UK NARIC. I have been assigned points in all other categories (Attributes and maintainance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the following heighlightened point mentioned on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791035/Tier_2_Policy_Guidance_03_2019.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK tier 2 guidance document&lt;/a&gt; has gotten me worried about my future application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have submitted specified documents in which:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • documents are missing, for example an English language certificate;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • parts of a set of documents (for example, a set of bank statements) are missing; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • a document or evidence has been submitted but is in the wrong format, for example, where a letter must be on letterheaded paper; or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • a document or evidence does not contain all the specified information;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  • a Confirmation for Acceptance of Studies (CAS) or Certificate of Sponsorship(CoS) contains minor errors or missed&#xA;  fields;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;we may contact you and/or your representative and/or your sponsor, and&#xA;  request the required documents or missing information.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;We will not ask for additional documents if your application will be refused for other reasons.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not asked to submit the missing document and this might mean that my application was refused due to other reasons. But there was only one reason on my refusal letter i.e., the before mentioned missing NARIC certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17039" LastEditorUserId="17039" LastEditDate="2019-04-23T20:33:16.500" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T20:33:16.500" Title="UK TIer 2 visa refusal reasons" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-23T14:37:12.020" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a J1 visa holder and my partner is a J2 dependent. I extended my job contract and we were issued new DS-2019s, but our visa (entry documents) are expired. Is my partner able to travel home (to Australia/New Zealand) and renew his entry documents without me, or do I need to be present for the interview when he applies? Any advice would be most appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarifying: we both have valid, continuing DS-2019s, but expired entry documents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17177" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T15:32:44.160" Title="J1 and J2 visa renewal" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16229" CreationDate="2019-04-23T15:32:44.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should not need to be present. Your I-94 and DS-2019 showing that you are in J1 status should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T15:32:44.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15676" CreationDate="2019-04-23T19:46:46.813" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRCC&lt;/a&gt;'s own internal document &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf04-eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ENF 4 Port of entry examinations&lt;/a&gt;&quot; specifically stated under section 13.18:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Occasionally, documents containing valid visas are cancelled or replaced. If a valid visa inside an expired document is presented at the POE along with a valid passport or travel document, the visa is considered valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also some discussion and sharing about similar issue in another forums, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/landing-with-renewed-passport-pr-visa-on-old-passport.570200/#post-7074927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these answers to the question &quot;Landing with Renewed Passport. PR Visa on Old passport&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T19:46:46.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9142" CreationDate="2019-04-23T19:49:57.110" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best thing would actually be to take the driving test. Anyone from Europe should have no problem in passing the US driving test. That way, your German license will never be considered and you can keep and use your German license when visiting Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17180" LastActivityDate="2019-04-23T19:49:57.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15696" CreationDate="2019-04-23T22:03:48.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this disclosure needed for immigration procedure (you have not yet lived in Canada) or you have already lived in Canada and the disclosure is related to Canadian tax? If the former, you probably want to be more specific on which category you apply and where you are in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the latter, this question probably better asked in &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Personal Finance &amp;amp; Money Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; as it has nothing to do with your immigration status: anybody with residential ties to Canada (i.e. Canadian Tax Subject) will have to disclose foreign assets which reach the value of $100,000 or more at any time in that year, regardless of immigration status. If not, and you get caught in the future, you may have to pay the greater of $24,000 or 5% of the asset value, for each year you fail to disclose. Note that income from assets will also need to be reported, even if the assets' value is less than $100,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As how Canadian government — or more specifically &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CRA&lt;/a&gt; — can find out, there are many ways. For one, there are now information sharing agreements with most countries. Then, even if you somehow avoid detection while owning the land as is, one day you may want to transfer its ownership or do something else with the land, which is more likely to be noticed, in which case CRA will start investigation. Note that CRA can do a lot to you from suspicion alone, especially since it is not a criminal investigation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also read these articles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.countertax.ca/blog/how-the-cra-will-uncover-your-offshore-assets-and-what-you-should-do-about-it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How the CRA will uncover your offshore assets and what you should do about it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/information-been-moved/foreign-reporting/questions-answers-about-form-t1135.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Questions and answers about Form T1135&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/taxes/dont-forget-foreign-assets-when-you-file-your-tax-return/article34706718/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Don’t forget foreign assets when you file your tax return&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/758938/tax+authorities/Common+Reporting+Standard+Is+Now+Fully+In+Effect+If+You+Have+Been+Hiding+Funds+Or+Assets+Offshore+Now+Is+The+Time+To+Disclose&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Common Reporting Standard Is Now Fully In Effect – If You Have Been Hiding Funds Or Assets Offshore, Now Is The Time To Disclose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-04-24T15:31:54.993" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T15:31:54.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10123" CreationDate="2019-04-23T23:43:35.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you stay more than 3 years outside Canada in any 5 years period after your landing (PR granting), then your PR status become invalid. Your PR Card validity or existence have no consequences on this. However, Canadian officials cannot yet treat you as non-PR until the PR status has been officially revoked or renounced. Hence you cannot get Canadian visa (including eTA which is kind of virtual visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you really-really intend to stay in Canada and have very good reason why you stayed outside Canada for that long, you are probably better off to just renounce the PR. You can apply again for it afterwards, and should be easy if you are working in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/card/renouncing-permanent-residence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renouncing permanent residence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/permanent-residence/permanent-resident-pr-status/how-do-i-know-if-i-have-lost-my-pr-status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I have not met my PR requirements, have I lost my PR status?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.ca/canada-eta-thousands-renouncing-canadian-permanent-resident-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canada eTA: Why Thousands Are Renouncing Their Canadian Permanent Resident Status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/repercussions-for-not-renouncing-pr-status.263592/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Repercussions for not renouncing PR status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-04-24T12:26:07.067" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T12:26:07.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-24T00:01:37.870" Score="0" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for UK fiance visa, have booked appointment on visa4uk website but can't seem to register with VFS Global online using my GWF number. Instead, they generate an 11 digit number that starts with the letter &quot;F&quot; instead of the GWF number provided by visa4uk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what can be done about this? My appointment is in 2 days and I need to be able to register with them before going to VFS global and submitting my documents... Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16899" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T13:52:14.283" Title="VFS Global: GWF Reference Number not recognized?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17235" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17236" CreationDate="2019-04-24T11:14:00.203" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to get a contract with a Romanian company for 2 yrs; they told me that I'm going to get a EU Blue Card.&#xA;So I'm curious that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there difference/limitation between Blue Cards issued from different countries?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I travel around Europe (specifically Schengen area, for vacation/holliday) with that Blue Card (Issued in Romania)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I switch my job &amp;amp; country? I'm not sure that I'll work on this company more than 1 year!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: My nationality is Iranian! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17187" OwnerDisplayName="Reza Same'ei" LastEditorUserId="17187" LastEditDate="2019-04-25T05:17:37.083" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T07:50:15.903" Title="EU Blue Card - Is there any difference/limitation on Blue Card issued from different countries?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17235" CreationDate="2019-04-24T11:29:09.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;No there's no difference per country as it's an European document&lt;/s&gt;. There are differences between countries, as each country can decide how long it gives it and conditions to move and get permanent residence (for instance, 21 months in Germany if you are B1+ in German). One of the conditions of the card is to be highly paid (1.5 times the average gross salary of the country). Therefore, depending on the country, your salary might or might not be enough. However, since your application is sponsored by an employer, they will be aware of this and pay you accordingly. In 2015, the minimum threshold for Romania is 26k euro (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/immigration/blue-card/romania_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;You can travel for up to 90 days per 180 days period as a tourist with this document in other Schengen. Moreoever, it allows you to travel outside Europe to your home country without losing it. Some exceptions apply, I think for UK for instance where you would need a visa.&lt;/s&gt; As Phoog mentioned, Romania isn't part of the Schengen area yet, so your Blue card shouldn't allow you to travel to Schengen area and you will need a Schengen visa specifically. On the other hand, a German issued Blue card would allow you to travel around the Schengen area without visa (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/immigration/general-information/already-eu_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travelling in Schengen short-term&lt;/a&gt;). Do note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/immigration/blue-card/essential-information_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; contradicts the previous link as it says you are able to travel to other EU countries with a EU blue card without mentioning exceptions. It says to get more information on a different page but there's no link, so to be safe, either call the embassy of the Schengen country you wish to entry or just apply for a visa, which shouldn't be any trouble as you hold a long term residence permit already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can switch job but you'll have to ask authorities for permission. After 2 years with an employer, you can switch jobs without asking authorities. You can switch countries but that will be through a new Blue Card, not the existing one as it will involve a new job. But in Romania case, the Blue card is given for a year and is then renewed (it's not automatic, you need to send the documents to renew it),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17129" OwnerDisplayName="Jean Rostan" LastEditorUserId="17129" LastEditDate="2019-04-25T07:50:15.903" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T07:50:15.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15726" CreationDate="2019-04-24T19:02:10.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Something like this can work, but only if several conditions are met.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in the answer by JonathanReez, the ECJ has ruled that the member states can't impose further arbitrary restrictions on top of this, but it may already be hard enough to satisfy the basic ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, any time you find yourself wondering about some aspect of cross-border work in the EU, you should take a look at the excellent &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11366&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Practical guide on the applicable legislation in the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;. It covers all you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) about working across the borders of member states, and it's a much more pleasant read than the corresponding Regulation 883/2004. As usual, it's also available in all the official languages of the EU (just change the langId in the link above or go through &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/posted-workers/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this portal&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your situation is covered by Part I: Posting of workers. This is defined as being sent by your employer to another Member State to &lt;strong&gt;temporarily&lt;/strong&gt; perform &lt;strong&gt;work there for that employer&lt;/strong&gt;, given that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the duration of that work doesn't exceed &lt;strong&gt;24 months&lt;/strong&gt;, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is a &lt;strong&gt;direct relationship&lt;/strong&gt; between you and your employer during the whole period.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few more conditions (eligibility of the employer etc.), but these are the key ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, depending on the specifics of your situation, you may already fail the first condition. Note that the 24 month limit is an upper bound, but it's up to the authorities of both states to decide if your posting is in fact &quot;temporary&quot;. In practice, that usually means you'll work just on one particular project and leave as soon as it's finished (without anyone else being posted to replace you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second condition means that you have to prove that you're a real employee of the Czech company just providing some service to the German company, not someone working very much like a normal employee of the German company without following German rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some (example) conditions that should be met to establish a &lt;em&gt;direct relationship&lt;/em&gt; with your formal employer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only your employer was responsible for recruiting you &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only your employer can dismiss you (terminate your contract) or take disciplinary action&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you're paid only by your employer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your employer determines the &quot;nature&quot; of the work you do (&lt;em&gt;&quot;not in terms of defining the details of the type of work to be performed and the way it is to be performed, but in the more general terms of determining the end product of that work or the&#xA;basic service to be provided&quot;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you have to convince the authorities that your real boss sits in Czechia, not in Germany. If they get the impression that you're somewhat like an employee of the German company, you're doomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you have to be &quot;attached to the social security system&quot; in Czechia before you're posted to Germany. This means that you can't be sent directly to Germany on day one, but &lt;strong&gt;need to spend at least a month&lt;/strong&gt; in Czechia before that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this will come under thorough scrutiny by both the Czech and the German authorities as soon as you apply for the &lt;strong&gt;A1 form&lt;/strong&gt; (and you have to do that if you want to legally work in another member state).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most of this applies&lt;/strong&gt; in a very similar fashion &lt;strong&gt;if you're self-employed&lt;/strong&gt;. You can only work temporarily in Germany if you're &quot;normally self-employed&quot; in Czechia (you worked there before and are going to return) and you're going to do &quot;similar&quot; work in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastEditorUserId="14797" LastEditDate="2019-04-24T19:12:34.937" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T19:12:34.937" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-24T19:39:16.420" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on f1 Visa and graduating in May.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My H1b with consular processing has been applied by my future employer. Now I have a very good offer from another employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I change the employer now? Will this affect my F1/OPT status? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I Am ready to withdrawn H1b from current employer. My new employer ready to file H1B for me next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17184" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-09-23T04:45:58.463" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T06:07:05.720" Title="Can I change employer while H-1B petition is pending? I am currently in the US on F1?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-24T19:47:43.080" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was taken to the US when I was 11, in 1999 with a parent. We stayed illegally until u decided to move back to my home country voluntarily in 2005 when I was 17, I was becoming an adult and realizing my illegal status and all the problems I had started to face due to that. After ten years of living in my home country, I decided I wanted to visit the US and in 2015 I applied for a tourist visa. I had a good job for about 7 years at that point and was honest about my overstayed time on my application. I was able to receive my visa without issue and is valid for ten years. Since 2015, I have made annual trips to vacation in the US and have never overstayed my time. I now want to apply for an F1 visa because I want to attend school in the US. Will I have any issue getting this? I’m assuming they won’t be very hard on me since I currently have a tourist visa which I have not abused, plus I was a minor at the time I overstayed and it wasn’t my choice to do so, I also left voluntarily before I turned 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17185" LastActivityDate="2019-09-21T23:01:45.213" Title="Overstayed visa as minor, can I get an F1 to go study?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17239" CreationDate="2019-04-24T21:11:50.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Grounds of inadmissibility related to previous immigration violations are established generally, at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1182&lt;/a&gt;, so they apply equally to tourist visas and student visas.  The fact that the Department of State issued you a tourist visa after you were &quot;honest about my overstayed time&quot; implies that they have determined that this time does not trigger the relevant grounds of inadmissibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, it is very unlikely that they would refuse a student visa for the same reason, unless some independent factor arises that causes them to reconsider the earlier determination of that question.  Furthermore, your subsequent compliance with immigration law should certainly work in your favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, nobody other than the visa officer examining your application can say for certain whether it will be granted, but in general you should not fear that your history would be viewed more negatively for a student visa than for a tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T21:11:50.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-25T03:38:22.610" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian Citizen and received a job offer from a German Employer to start working as a Software Engineer.They have offered me a permanent job in Germany and shared a signed job offer which i should use for my Visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my little research, I found that to start working in Germany as a Non-EU national, I have to apply for an Employment Visa(Germany) from India and once it is granted then i have to apply for resident permit once i am in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But i am not sure about below queries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Which type of Visa i need to apply for permanent job offer &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) what exact documentation/checklist i need for this application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help/share links if already available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16860" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T03:38:22.610" Title="How to apply German Employment Visa (Based on Job Offer) for Non-EU National" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-25T07:14:53.300" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Germany since July of last year (2018), and I have never been here before and now I need to declare the taxes. One of the questions, when you are filling the form up is &quot;Did you live abroad for extended periods of time in 2018?&quot;. Should I answer yes or no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to do the taxes on Tarfix app and if you answer yes they are not able to proceed, but I don't know what should I answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17188" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T10:07:44.250" Title="Germany taxes at the first year living in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-05-10T06:08:54.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-25T08:25:29.543" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking at working in the UK, I am seeking my Grandparents Birth Certificate.&#xA;He was born in Scotland in 1901, however we have been told that his original Birth &quot;certificate or records&quot; were destroyed in a fire in Glasgow.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;He sailed and remained in Australia in 1923 as a singer and the company he came to Australia with had to vouch that he was who he said he was and birth dates.&#xA;We have no knowing who his parents were as he did not talk about them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would anyone know how to go around this to receive the Ancestry Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17190" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T06:49:31.383" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T06:49:31.383" Title="UK Ancestry Visa - Getting my Scottish Grandparents Birth Certificate" Tags="&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17243" CreationDate="2019-04-25T10:07:44.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should answer &quot;yes&quot;.  Between January and June of 2018 you lived abroad.  I don't know what the exact definition of &quot;extended period of time&quot; is, but six months will be included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you will need to engage the services of a &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater[in]&lt;/em&gt;.  The one we uses charges on the basis of our income, and saves us more in additional allowances than we pay her.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aktuell-verein.de/lohnsteuerhilfeverein/kosten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; price schedule (in German, but Google translate works fine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask friends/colleagues for a recommendation - most Germans will use one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T10:07:44.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17247" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-25T12:18:55.143" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find out how I can bring my unmarried partner to Poland to live with me. I am in the process of handing in my documents for a Blue Card application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a New Zealand citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the following website which mentions the process, but I am unsure if this is still applicable and if it is the easiest method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.euraxess.pl/poland/information-assistance/entry-conditions/information-non-european-citizens/coming-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.euraxess.pl/poland/information-assistance/entry-conditions/information-non-european-citizens/coming-family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastEditorUserId="16504" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T09:21:07.917" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T22:27:17.913" Title="How may a Blue Card applicant bring non-EU unmarried partner to Poland" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17245" CreationDate="2019-04-25T13:09:35.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who told you this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a comparatively modern record it would be very unlikely for all copies of the Register to have been destroyed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can search registers online and order copies at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T13:09:35.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17238" CreationDate="2019-04-25T14:29:50.583" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You didn't mention the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa#Lottery&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;H-1B lottery&lt;/a&gt;, but you should think about it before making your decision. If possible, it would be preferable to know whether your current H-1B application is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stilt.com/blog/2018/01/will-find-h-1b-application-successful/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;receipted&lt;/a&gt;, although that information may not be available until May or June.  Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-cap-reach-dates-history-graphs-uscis-data/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current numbers&lt;/a&gt;, each cap-subject H-1B application submitted in the first week of April has about 30% chance of being receipted in the lottery.  If it's not receipted, you can try again the next year, but it's also possible that you could run out of OPT time (or STEM OPT time if you're eligible) without getting H-1B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason it may be unwise to &lt;a href=&quot;https://work.chron.com/happens-accept-job-offer-another-job-thats-better-comes-along-25997.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;abandon the job offer you accepted&lt;/a&gt; is because you already accepted their job offer and had them file an H-1B petition for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If after considering these factors, you still decide to change to the new employer, you can indeed do so by using OPT.  If you get approved OPT, it is valid for any employer, as long as your employment is full time and is related to your major.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: The point about the lottery is that it's possible to get unlucky several years in a row and never actually get H-1B.  Since the H-1B was filed for consular processing, it shouldn't cause any problem for your F-1 OPT regardless of whether it's withdrawn or approved.  Even if it is approved, you don't have to proceed to getting the H-1B visa; you can continue your F-1 OPT instead. (In contrast, if the H-1B had been filed for change of status, and it got approved, that would immediately end your F-1 status and change you to H-1B status.) &lt;sub&gt;(There have also been some cases of H-1B applications messing up the F-1 SEVIS record due not to any law but to a DHS system error. If this happens, your international student advisor would have to submit a request to get it fixed. The worse case scenario is that in the meantime your OPT is adjudicated and denied, although this is uncommon.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2019-04-25T22:24:31.383" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T22:24:31.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13840" CreationDate="2019-04-25T17:05:05.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;CSEP isn't a visa. It doesn't give you ability to enter or register or live in Ireland. You even cannot get it by self. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need a sponsor that gives you permanent and highly payed contract. Sponsor applies for CSEP for you. If the sponsor gets CSEP, then you should apply for entry work visa in Irish embassy. If you would be granted the visa, you should enter into the Ireland, start your job and register in Irish Immigration Authority named GNIB. They would give you Stamp 1 status. This day is the first day of your &quot;Strong Family, Social or Economic Tie&quot; in Ireland. You can apply for the citizenship after 5 years right after the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the quest is far from over. You should work for your sponsor at last two continues years in order to get the next Stamp 4 status. Then with the Stamp 4 you should live 3+ years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T17:05:05.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7944" CreationDate="2019-04-25T17:16:52.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends where you would be getting paid. If you would be getting paid in Canada by a Canada company into a Canada bank account, then your status is a business trip and you don't need a work permit. Otherwise you do need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explanation comes from Irish Revenue because Revenue makes difference between business trip into Ireland and work in Ireland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/tax/articles/changes-to-the-taxation-of-business-travellers-into-Ireland.html#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/tax/articles/changes-to-the-taxation-of-business-travellers-into-Ireland.html#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However the new guidance issued by Revenue impacts travellers coming&#xA;  to Ireland where that individual spends greater than 30 days in&#xA;  Ireland in a calendar year and is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Working for an Irish employer where the duties performed by the    individual are an integral part of the business activities of the&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Irish employer, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Replacing a member of staff of an Irish employer, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Gaining experience working for an Irish employer, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Supplied and paid by an agency (or other entity) outside the State to work for an Irish employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where any of those conditions are met, there will now be an obligation&#xA;  to withhold PAYE taxes from the individual, once he or she is here for&#xA;  more than 30 days. Up to this, such a person had to be in Ireland for&#xA;  more than 183 days before this happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-24T01:03:56.227" LastActivityDate="2019-09-24T01:03:56.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4436" CreationDate="2019-04-25T17:43:49.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some countries issuing &lt;code&gt;Blue Card&lt;/code&gt; without strict degree requirement &lt;strong&gt;in theory&lt;/strong&gt; (as per 2019 year), to name a few:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;1. Sweden&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Working-in-Sweden/Employed/Special-rules-for-certain-occupations-and-citizens-of-certain-countries/EU-Blue-Card.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Migrationsverket&lt;/code&gt; web-site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to obtain an EU Blue Card, you must have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a university education equivalent to 180 university credits, &lt;strong&gt;or five years’ relevant professional experience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;code&gt;Migrationsverket&lt;/code&gt; consultant to prove that, her answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#60;a Blue Card professional qualification requirement is&amp;#62;&lt;/em&gt; a university education equivalent to 180 university credits, or &lt;strong&gt;five years’ relevant professional experience&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to send a diploma/transcript from your university, or &lt;strong&gt;an employment certificate from previous, relevant employment&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;2. Luxembourg&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/ressources-humaines/recrutement/ressortissant-pays-tiers/salarie-hautement-qualifie.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the government web-site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals must meet the following requirements first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;show a document proving that they possess the high professional qualifications required for the activity or sector mentioned in the employment contract, or that they meet the requirements to carry out the regulated profession indicated in the employment contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, &lt;code&gt;document proving that they possess the high professional qualifications&lt;/code&gt; is not necessary a diploma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;code&gt;Direction de l'Immigration&lt;/code&gt; of &lt;code&gt;Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes&lt;/code&gt; consultant to prove that, her answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#60;as a proof of qualification, please provide&amp;#62;&lt;/em&gt; either hand in a CV stating your professional experiences or a letter from a former employer as statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#60;the countries list to be continued&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#62;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17193" LastEditorUserId="17193" LastEditDate="2019-04-29T07:38:15.017" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T07:38:15.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17253" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17274" CreationDate="2019-04-25T17:55:33.647" Score="2" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an appointment at German Embassy for German National Visa this Monday. The purpose is a new employment (Got a job in Germany). I was going through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://india.diplo.de/blob/1841710/29cf3a557cf18bbd369e111e3e3688c6/employment-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;checklist&lt;/a&gt; and found out about the travel health insurance - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certificate about compulsory health insurance (Gesetzliche&#xA;  Krankenversicherung) from German employer valid from date of&#xA;  employment. Please note: If not already included in the compulsory&#xA;  health insurance a separate travel health insurance has to be&#xA;  presented for the time frame from arrival in Germany until beginning&#xA;  of employment (see below)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it mentions - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In case of visa approval, you will be requested to present a travel&#xA;  health insurance (Kindly refer to www.india.diplo.de/visa to find out&#xA;  about the travel health insurances accepted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I am assuming that the travel health insurance is not required at the time of application, but only after approval. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a confirmation from my new employer which mentions the following text - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This letter is to confirm that we will ensure that our prospective&#xA;  employee , born on  will obtain health&#xA;  insurance in Germany and  is taking care of registering&#xA;  the employee for the health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I confirmed with the HR and she says I still have to buy a health insurance. She doesn't know whether it's before or after appointment/approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should I go at the embassy with a confirmed travel health insurance or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T05:30:39.040" Title="Should I buy health insurance before visa appointment for German National Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-26T02:09:14.993" Score="2" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are planning on heading to France for 6 months to travel. We are applying for a long stay D visa to allow us longer than the 90 day regular Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application requires an address in France. We are planning to travel throughout France, staying in many different places, and will not have our accomodations pre-booked. We are not sure what to put in the address field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no way to contact the French embassy in Canada (we are Canadians) and the embassy has contracted out all visa services to a company based in Mumbai called VFS. (I kid you not). We called VFS but they advised they will not answer any questions about filling in the form unless you pay a 'fee' to have someone assist you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help with our address problem? It appears the long stay visa is for residing at one address and travelling as a tourist throughout the country is not allowed on the long stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17194" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-04-30T13:47:00.197" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T13:47:00.197" Title="Address for long stay visa in France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-04-30T13:46:51.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10330" CreationDate="2019-04-26T09:59:50.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. When a visitor applies for tourist visa, they declare tourist intention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to get a work permit in 10 days, but when you apply for the permit, you should provide your passport. And if authorities would see a tourist visa you will be deported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For work purposes there are special work visas. Any potential applicant should apply for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="17191" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T11:25:31.737" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T11:25:31.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14662" CreationDate="2019-04-26T11:12:40.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Russian tourist visa has 30 days limitation of staying without exit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from ФЗ-114 &quot;О порядке въезда из Российской Федерации и выезда в Российскую Федерацию&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The foreigner without registration could stay in Russia 90 days per every 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from 115-ФЗ &quot;О правовом положении иностранных граждан в Российской Федерации&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T11:12:40.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17258" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17260" CreationDate="2019-04-26T11:51:02.117" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German and living in the UK with my British husband for around 15 years now. Could he apply for a German passport without ever having lived in Germany? &#xA;As a background: We are looking to move to the EU (France) but that will likely only happen after Brexit. Whilst my German passport is handy, it would be easier if he could also remain a citizen of the EU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17198" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T13:36:44.177" Title="I'm German living in the UK - can my British husband become German without ever having lived there?" Tags="&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-26T13:20:36.750" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am visiting states on F1 for a short term course of four weeks. My F1 is valid only for 4 weeks for the duration of the course. After the completion of my course, am thinking to join a Masters course which starts after one month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will transferring SEVIS record to the new school be sufficient or do I need to go back to my country and apply for a new F1? I spoke to two schools regarding this, one said I need to get a new visa stating that my F1 is short and specific, and other said I can transfer the SEVIS record without any problem. Am confused&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17199" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-20T23:38:59.327" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T01:02:40.267" Title="Changing schools on short term F1" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17258" CreationDate="2019-04-26T13:36:44.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several conditions that should be fulfilled for granting the German citizenship (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stag/__10.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§10 StAG&lt;/a&gt;). One of htem is that the  applicant must have lived in Germany for at least eight years.&#xA;And even fulfilling this condition alone would be not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T13:36:44.177" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17259" CreationDate="2019-04-26T14:35:37.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law is that you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/instructions-for-transferring-to-another-school-as-an-f-1-student&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;transfer between F-1 programs&lt;/a&gt; as long as the gap between programs is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2142f.htm#2142f8i&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;less than 5 months&lt;/a&gt;.  The spirit of the law is that you shouldn't abuse that process by, for example, attending a 4 week program and then remaining in the US while transferring to a program that starts 4 months later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, you are legally eligible to transfer.  The gap between your programs is less than 5 months, and you do not appear to be misleading anyone or abusing the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, performing the transfer requires the cooperation of both schools. While the law is clear that the old school &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ice.gov/sevis/f1-transfers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cannot refuse to transfer your F-1 record out&lt;/a&gt;, it is less clear whether the new school has any obligation to accept the transfer in. Probably the new school will accept the transfer if you are polite and persistent about it, but it's also possible they could continue to insist that you must get a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T14:35:37.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-27T15:41:54.093" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a British citizen with a PRC wife with British Permanent Residence and a PRC passport, would she be able to enter and live in Taiwan if I was to get a job there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17202" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T18:36:44.763" Title="Will PRC wife be permitted to enter Taiwan if I get a job there?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-28T00:02:28.980" Score="1" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;in all of my academic certificates my surname has been abbreviated (only  the initial as been used), where as my passport contains my Name and surname in full.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ex:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Academic documents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;FirstName L&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Passport&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;FirstName LastName&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this cause any issue in my visa application? If so what can I do to prevent a rejection due to this reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17039" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-05-02T12:58:09.523" LastActivityDate="2019-05-02T12:58:09.523" Title="Difference in name in degree certificate and passport Uk tier 2" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-28T09:19:18.083" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend, who's not from the &lt;em&gt;EU&lt;/em&gt;, has gotten an &lt;em&gt;IDP&lt;/em&gt; (International Driving Permit) together with his driving license from his home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/de/living/transportation/driving-in-germany-using-a-foreign-drivers-licence-107645/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Up to six months in Germany, he can use his driving license there.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can he still use his international driving permit after that? He's been living in Germany for over a year now. He cannot exchange his driving licence with a German one. He'd have to take the theoretical and practice tests again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a documentation somewhere that says you cannot use your international driving permit after 6 months of residence? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T05:37:25.230" Title="Does an international driving license still work in Germany after 6 months of residence?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17265" CreationDate="2019-04-28T10:03:32.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt; with link to general driving licence regulations on BMVI(Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure): &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/StV/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/StV/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/amws5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/amws5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Zdu5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Zdu5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I changed the link to general drivers licence, but as you see the statement stays: all residents in Germany has to have German driving licence. My guess it is related to speed and parking tickets, and penalty points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17104" LastEditorUserId="17104" LastEditDate="2019-04-29T05:37:25.230" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T05:37:25.230" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17265" CreationDate="2019-04-28T20:20:53.720" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, the international driving permit (IDP) has no validity independent of the national license that was used to acquire the IDP.  The IDP just serves as a translation and certification of the underlying license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, of course German law has no power to invalidate the foreign license.  But it does have power to require residents of Germany to be licensed by Germany to drive in Germany, after a certain point.  Your friend therefore needs to take the tests in Germany to be able to continue driving there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-28T20:20:53.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-28T22:51:19.443" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one is planning to move from Canada to the US for a long period of time, what documentation is required at the border to import one's personal items? Does it matter if you drive a UHaul truck with your personal belongings rather than taking a regular car?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T03:05:00.123" Title="What documentation is required to import your personal items when moving to the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;forms&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17268" CreationDate="2019-04-29T03:05:00.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), you need to fill out form 6059B which is available &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-6059b-customs-declaration-english-fillable#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It's a fillable PDF form Note: I couldn't open the form with my version of Acrobat Reader but I don't have the latest version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/107/~/moving-to-u.s.---household-and-personal-effects%2C-packing-%2F-inventory-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;, it says that you must have complete lists of both household effects like furniture, artwork, dishes, etc. and personal effects like clothes, photographs, electronics, and so on. Just listing &quot;household good&quot; or similar is not sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your goods should also have been in your possession for a year at least. Buying new goods and immediately importing could cause duty to be assessed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T03:05:00.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-27T23:33:35.043" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Naturalized US citizen. I have a baby boy that was born out of wedlock in the Dominican Republic before I was naturalized. My child has a German Passport and entered the US with me on a VWP/ESTA a month ago. I want to apply with forms I-130 &amp;amp; I-485 but now I am scared that he could be deported. I do have sufficient evidence that he is my son. What are the chances of deportation of a baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Cars10" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-04-29T18:06:43.120" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T16:59:27.917" Title="Adjustment of status for a child of a US citizen entered on VWP" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;infant&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-28T16:17:41.900" Score="5" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;My US F1 visa application was refused under 212(A)(3)(a)i after administrative processing under 221(g). What are my chances of getting the visa on a fresh application? The USCIS have refused it again for the second time itself. The visa officer at the US Consulate handed me an administrative processing right after my visa interview. I submitted all such supporting docs as instructed by the official letter within two days of my interview. Any update on this particular issue would be thankfully acknowledged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Saikat Das" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-04-29T05:32:11.060" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T16:41:46.177" Title="Chances of getting an US F1 visa after refusal under 212(a)(3)(a)i on re-application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17270" CreationDate="2019-04-29T14:32:13.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems the chances are small, though it might depend on whether there is someone abroad who can take care of the baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the information I could find online concerned the deportation of unaccompanied minors, which isn't particularly helpful in your case.  I was looking for information about how the US identifies who will care for the child upon arrival in the destination country, but I did not find anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main thing I would worry about if I were you is the presumption of fraud in bringing the child to the US under the visa waiver program (VWP).  Entry under the VWP implies an intention to leave the country, and an application to adjust status can be seen as evidence that such an intention was absent at the time of entry, meaning that the application for admission was fraudulent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/adjustment-of-status-for-visa-waiver-program-entrants/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Adjustment of Status for Visa Waiver Program Entrants&lt;/a&gt;.  This discusses the Department of State's &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/90-day-rule-adjusting-status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;90-day rule&lt;/a&gt; (replacing a former 30/60 day rule) in the context of adjusting status.  But it's not clear to me whether this is actually a realistic concern for VWP applicants, because the Department of State has nothing to do with the VWP.  Their only role in the immigration system is that they issue passports (to US citizens) and visas (to foreigners).  But a VWP applicant has neither a US passport nor a US visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 90-day rule is certainly a concern for someone who applied for a B visa (or any other nonimmigrant visa) to enter the US, but I wonder whether the advice to consider this rule after entering under the VWP is simply an overabundance of caution.  Still, I wouldn't disregard this advice unless I had an experienced immigration lawyer advising me to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;proper&quot; course of action would have been to apply for an immigrant visa for your baby while he was outside the US, and then bring him to the US using that visa (at which point he would become a US citizen).  You can of course still do that, if there is someone who can care for him outside the US while the application is being processed.  But if there are reasons why you do not want to do this, or cannot, it is certainly possible to apply for adjustment of status.  There is enough uncertainty about this process, however, that I would not want to do it without having a good lawyer.  The potential consequences of a misstep are serious indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T14:32:13.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17253" CreationDate="2019-04-29T14:58:08.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I checked with the Embassy, as well as the visa officer at the time of my appointment at the embassy that health insurance is required at the time of approval only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received my visa stamped today. In the first appointment, health insurance is not required. They return the passport to you with a stamp on it to mark that you applied and reserve a spot on the pages. When the visa gets approved, they ask to bring health insurance confirmation along with the Passport. After a week the passport, I have received the visa stamped on  the marked page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106" LastEditorUserId="106" LastEditDate="2019-05-13T21:43:19.917" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T21:43:19.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-29T15:06:44.987" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in Germany for 3 years, still registered there and have a bank account. &#xA;I have a German residence permit (niederlassungserlaubnis) received after a Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a job in the UK, went there and received UK's residence permit.&#xA;I wasn't sure if I want to stay in the UK and now I want to go back to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I eligible to go back to Germany bearing in mind that I was absent in Germany less than 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The law seems to be rather vague and it is specified that if intentions of staying abroad are not permanent then you may be able to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17206" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-04-29T18:03:57.037" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T11:01:45.637" Title="Entering Germany after 3 months (having a residence permit) of absense and having received a UK's residence permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-29T12:05:20.837" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the UK government &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-italy#working-in-italy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance&lt;/a&gt;, you (UK nationals) must register as an Italian resident (in Italian) if you want to stay in Italy for more than 3 months. But, it doesn't state how this 90 days can be reset. If I leave Italy to go back to the UK, how soon I can go back to Italy to work again? Disregard the Brexit situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="J Li" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T15:20:18.160" Title="UK nationals live and work in Italy 90 days rule" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17271" CreationDate="2019-04-29T16:41:46.177" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This kind of denial is related to specialized knowledge. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;INA 212(A)(3)(a)(i)(II) says:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods, technology, or sensitive information,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While not certain, it is likely that the denial was triggered by the nature of your intended studies, for example, very advanced (PhD level) chemistry or physics.  NOAA website has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wrc.noaa.gov/wrso/security_guide/export.htm&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;some basic information about export-controlled information&lt;/a&gt;, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://research.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Export-Control-Overview-of-Regulations.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;UC Davis explains how this is applied to university studies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read the explanation from UC Davis, you will see that it matters a great deal exactly how your studies are planned and presented.  It's possible that this was not adequately considered and addressed in the materials you submitted previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your citizenship may also play a role in the denial, particularly if you are a citizen of a country that might be a potential military adversary of the US.  I imagine the US government may scrutinize such citizens more carefully when evaluating export-controlled information issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you already received a denial, any new application will be subject to even more scrutiny.  The chance of success depends on whether the new application is better at addressing these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your US university should be concerned about your visa denial, since it affects their ability to conduct their academic program.  To get the best help available, you should discuss the situation with all relevant parties at your US university, which includes at least (a) your academic department, (b) the international office, and most importantly (c) the export control office.  If you can't find the export control office, this will be a problem that may require outside expertise, as it is crucial that you and your academic department get guidance from an expert in export control issues before you reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T16:41:46.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17278" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-29T21:18:04.777" Score="3" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;sponsored my 'husband' for a spouse visa but found out he's already married in the USA. His legal wife notified HO. I knew he was in a relationship but not that he was married. I married him in the Bahamas last year and quickly applied for settlement visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could he be banned for deception?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will he be charged with a crime? He lives and is currently in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be charged with facilitation? It's been 4 months with no response from Home Office. Submitted documents have been returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We did have a relationship but he's legally married. I'm a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17209" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T15:21:41.340" Title="Misrepresentation UK Spouse Visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;&lt;deception&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-29T22:44:26.747" Score="4" ViewCount="769" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m moving to America from the UK with my wife who has an L1 visa. I have an L2 as her spouse and will be applying for an EAD (work permit) to work in the USA. &#xA;While we wait for the EAD to come through (can take 5 months), can I continue to work remotely for my UK employer while living in the USA without a work permit?&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17210" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T19:06:45.677" Title="L2 visa, work remotely for UK company while waiting for EAD" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15260" CreationDate="2019-04-30T09:17:20.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly advice you finding a job in Dublin BEFORE relocating. It will significantly simplify the quest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The housing process is the following:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.1. You could arrange just a short stay rent from outside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.2. When you came to Ireland, you should hire an agent. It's practically impossible to hire anything cheap themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.3. Take a letter from your job to prove that you are a good person. Corporate landlord would accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The registration process would unrelated to housing in the case:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.1. Take a letter with your temporary address from your employer (practically all Irish employers know how to write it) and register for PPS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.2. With the letter from the employer and PPS you might go to a big Irish bank and open an account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note the important that despite the housing process starts earlier, a corporate landlord would want to be payed from an Irish bank account. It means that for you would be preferable to have an account when you would speak with a landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T09:17:20.417" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-30T14:17:39.260" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a fine from 2014 from the Netherlands, where I was fined for cycling on the sidewalk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't pay the fine and some months later I left the country. My flatmate at the time said collectors from a collection company kept sending mail and even showed up on our door looking for me, however he informed them I had left the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, however, I might be going back there for work. Is there any chance this will catch up with me? What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17211" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T20:59:36.137" Title="unpaid fine implications in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7726" CreationDate="2019-04-30T15:24:43.030" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but it would be a bit tricky. First of all, the Finnish residence permit has no power in Ireland because Ireland isn't in Schengen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is a way. You, as a EU citizen, should move into Ireland and declare Irish residence to tax purposes. Then, your spourse might apply for an Irish residence permit. It is Stamp 4EUFam for the case. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU%20Treaty%20Rights&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T15:24:43.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17281" CreationDate="2019-04-30T20:46:59.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can check &lt;a href=&quot;https://business.gov.nl/regulation/fines/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;through here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the fine is still registered and then pay it immediately. But if you can't find it via that page, I have no idea what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount your were fined for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cjib.nl/en/i-have-received-payment-reminder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;will have increased&lt;/a&gt; ('reminder charges').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your fine is still registered somewhere, you risk getting picked out a passport control, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2015/07/officials-collect-unpaid-taxes-and-fines-at-schiphol/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;at Schiphol airport&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marechaussee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KMar&lt;/a&gt; will check the registers of the Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau (CJIB) and you will have to pay on the spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a chance that on an intra-Schengen flight (if not connecting to/from an extra-Schengen flight!) that you won't be checked, but I would not risk it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user6860" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-04-30T20:59:36.137" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T20:59:36.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17285" CreationDate="2019-04-30T21:54:47.043" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;After applying for a US visa and being told that the visa was approved, the status on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of State website&lt;/a&gt; still says that it's in &quot;Administrative Processing&quot;. What's the reason behind this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T21:54:47.043" Title="The US visa tracker says that the application is in &quot;Administrative Processing&quot;, but the consulate said it was approved?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17284" CreationDate="2019-04-30T21:54:47.043" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Administrative Processing&quot; is the default state for all applications and is not a reason for concern. As soon as the visa is physically stamped in the passport (which can take from 1 to 5 days, depending on the current workload), the status on the website will change to &quot;Issued&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T21:54:47.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17278" CreationDate="2019-05-01T10:24:30.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very complicated case. I think you should get a qualified experienced immigration attorney to help you sort this out. My own advice would be that you are proactive and also contact the Home Office and explain the situation, but I would not do this without first consulting an attorney.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure of the validity of the marriage in the Bahamas as they do require that either a Divorce Decree or a sworn affidavit stating non-married status before they will marry a couple. If he was already married, I can't imagine he was able to fulfill those requirements. If there was a law broken, that is where it happened. There is no crime of 'facilitation' for deception used in visa applications that I'm aware of. It is important to note that while you are the sponsor, he is the main applicant, and any repurcussions are his to endure. If he submitted a marriage document that was obtained fraudelently, then yes, there is a strong likelihood he will face a ban, probably a long one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-05-01T15:21:41.340" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T15:21:41.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-01T08:28:54.580" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;In October 2011 I had to leave Italy due to some family issues. At that time I was working and having Permesso di soggorno as well with (Carta di identita e Patante di Guida).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now as you can understand my all documents are expired. I want to know is there any way or procedure using which I can return to Italy and start working again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Manpreet" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T15:19:23.907" Title="Re-enter Italy from India after 7.5 years" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17303" CreationDate="2019-05-02T00:21:06.070" Score="3" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian permanent resident and was working and living in Canada full time for a Canadian company. Recently I have moved back to my home country (India).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I need to keep working for my Canadian company. I’m trying to figure out ways to avoid paying taxes in both countries and getting paid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I go about this? Certain options come to mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Getting paid in my Canadian bank account as a contractor. (I think this will trigger taxes in canada which is fine but would definitely want to avoid taxation in India)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Getting paid in my Indian bank account (this will definitely triggers taxes in India but not in Canada)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I even allowed to work as a contractor if I am not physically present in Canada? What kind of taxes will I be looking at?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17218" LastActivityDate="2019-05-05T00:22:39.120" Title="How can I get paid from a Canadian company without living in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-02T13:51:15.847" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to France in 2017 September end for a 1-year masters course, however, couldn't find an internship until now, I gave an interview in a company and they told me they have a vacancy for an internship in the month of July, but I just renewed my recepisse with the letter provided by the college asking for an extension, however as I did not sign any contract yet, due to which I was only given  an extension until July and the lady at the prefecture told m this was my last recepisse for this course, but I really would like to know if I sign a convention de stage is there any way I Can  an extension from July until January so I can finish the internship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.s: (please find the letter of extension provided by my college in the attachment) I really do not wanna miss this internship opportunity any suggestion is much appreciated, Thanks In advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17224" LastActivityDate="2019-05-02T13:51:15.847" Title="is it possible to have the Recepisse extended for internship,10 months after giving the final exams?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-02T14:38:57.180" Score="3" ViewCount="284" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost 10 months ago, I got my blue card and came to Germany to work as a software architect with a very good salary (+ 100k EU) and started my journey in a new city. I'm considering working for myself as a freelancer to have more autonomy and for sure to make more money. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my blue card, it's mentioned: &quot;Selbständige Tätigkeit gestattet&quot; which means I'm eligible to be self-employed as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that possible to leave my current job and turn into a freelancer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the above answer is Yes, I'm considering to have my registration inside Germany (Anmeldung) for my taxes, pension and bank account and start traveling the world which was always my dream. This means I'm not going to be inside of Germany (or EU nations generally) not more than few weeks every 3-4 months. If I pay all of my taxes and pension contributions, is that important I physically be inside of Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the above answer is Yes, I'm considering to get my permanent residency after 21 months with a B1 german certificate considering I started to learn Germany from the time I was younger. If I pay my taxes as a freelancer over the next 11 months (I've already paid taxes, pension, health insurance for 10 months), Can I still apply for a PR or not?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17225" LastEditorUserId="17225" LastEditDate="2019-05-03T08:32:13.963" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T11:27:35.443" Title="Turn into a freelancer and travel the world with a blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-02T18:04:24.973" Score="3" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national, my wife to be is a Turkish national but was born in Germany and has a permanent residence permit, she can apply for German citizenship anytime but doesn't see any benefit although she would consider it if it makes the marriage process easier. I am in Germany on a student visa, i have been here only 6 months now and managed to convince my spouse's parents to give their blessings for the marriage which took a lot of effort and patience but that's another story. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is can i get married in Germany while i am on a student visa and completing my masters degree. My gf is doing her bachelor's degree at the same university. Or do i have to wait till i finish my studies and then go back to India and apply for a marriage visa. What would be the best course of action, any ideas or suggestions would be very welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17226" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T12:46:06.140" Title="Marriage on a student visa Possible?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17295" CreationDate="2019-05-03T05:59:58.570" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know exactly. We were never asked for my (now) wife's Visa during the whole process, so I figure as long as you are here legally, you should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, marrying in Germany takes a &lt;strong&gt;lot&lt;/strong&gt; of paperwork. You will need to present papers like your birth certificate and if you are not from Germany, you will need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apostille&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apostille&lt;/a&gt; for each paper and then you will need a certified translation to German for both the original paperwork &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the apostille. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you talk to Germans, marrying seems easy, because the administrative offices are all interconnected, so getting a German's birth certificate is a matter of a computer query for the clerk. Getting them to recognize a foreign certificate is a long, costly and tedious process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marrying costs a fraction of your income (I think it was around 100€ for us and we both worked full time so that's nothing really, a student couple will probably pay some minimum handling fee) but getting those documents &lt;em&gt;and translations&lt;/em&gt; is &lt;em&gt;expensive&lt;/em&gt;. I think we paid more than 4000€ on that. Obviously that's paying private companies and so it's free market, you might be able to find a cheaper translator or are okay with waiting longer for the regular bureaucracy of your country instead of doing it by express delivery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make an appointment at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standesamt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Standesamt&lt;/a&gt;. They will tell you what they want you to bring. Take good notes and bring a translator if your German is so-so. They are just clerks, sometimes they forget things or misrepresent things because they don't know better themselves. I'm sure some are really good, but I can attest that there are really bad one's too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So make an appointment and take a list what you need to do to get married. Be prepared for a long and costly list. I'm not sure if type of Visa will be on there, but I'm sure it will be the point that in the end will be easiest to fulfill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-05-03T05:59:58.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-03T20:43:01.027" Score="2" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, from Serbia, but I have been in a long distance relationship with a Dutch man for 5 years. We have been visiting each other every other month and waiting for both to finish studying so that we can finally move in together. He wants to do a PhD study in Sweden. Would I be allowed to join him there? Registering our partnership is an option, but would that be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that he would need to prove that he can sponsor me until I find a job, and that is not an issue. We are more concerned about whether Sweden would recognize our relationship as a family tie valuable for migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice is very welcome, thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17231" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T00:20:18.990" Title="Can I join my boyfriend and move to Sweden if I am non-EU but he is Dutch?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17298" CreationDate="2019-05-04T00:20:18.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be allowed to join him there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe.  At article 3(2)(b), the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive&lt;/a&gt; includes among its beneficiaries &amp;quot;the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&amp;quot;  The interpretation and application of this provision are left to each country, however, and I don't know what criteria Sweden applies to the recognition of such partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Registering our partnership is an option, but would that be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, if Sweden recognizes such partnerships as equivalent to marriage (which it seems to).  If you do that, you will instead fall under Article 2(2)(b):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also write&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that he would need to prove that he can sponsor me until I find a job, and that is not an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are wrong about that.  If you fall under the directive, there are no financial requirements.  The only requirement is that the principal be in one of the categories outlined in Article 7.  Sweden is not very forthcoming about this in its &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.5e83388f141c129ba6312e57/1548154460178/bluk_145011_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application form (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; does reflect this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are more concerned about whether Sweden would recognize our relationship as a family tie valuable for migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sweden seems to interpret &amp;quot;durable relationship&amp;quot; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Moving-to-someone-in-Sweden/Spouse-registered-partner-or-cohabiting-partner.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;implying cohabitation&lt;/a&gt;, which does not look good for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see the EU's page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/family/couple/de-facto-unions/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unmarried couples&lt;/a&gt;, which notes that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move with your de facto partner to another EU country, that country must facilitate their entry and residence there - whether your partner is an EU national or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be able to prove you live together or that you are in a long-term relationship. However, most EU countries have not defined exactly how you can prove a long-term relationship or cohabitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T00:20:18.990" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16217" CreationDate="2019-05-04T01:05:52.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australian permanent visas do not need to be renewed, as long as you remain in Australia and do not travel overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you do travel overseas, there is a limit in terms of a &quot;travel facility&quot;.  From the Department's &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/permanent-resident/overseas-travel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you are granted a permanent visa, you are usually permitted a 5-year travel facility. This means you can leave and re-enter Australia as many times as you like in the 5 years from the date your permanent visa was granted, as long as your visa remains valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 5 years, your travel facility expires and you will need to apply for, and be granted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a Resident Return visa - if you wish to re-enter Australia as a permanent resident or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Australian citizenship - if you wish to travel as an Australian citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11571" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T01:05:52.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-04T17:23:41.523" Score="1" ViewCount="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an international grad student in USA. I will be starting my summer internship at &quot;XYZ Technology&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, on my new I-20 there seems to be a small clerical error. The employer's name is printed as &quot;XYZ Technologies&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know, it sounds small, but I was wondering, if this could pose a problem for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17233" LastActivityDate="2019-05-04T17:23:41.523" Title="Small error in employer's name for CPT application" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17289" CreationDate="2019-05-05T00:22:39.120" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have two things to think about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First is the tax implications of your move.  This includes your requirement to prove that you will have ceased to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes. You will need to understand that you do not easily escape the clutches of the people on Data Centre road.  CRA has a long set of rules for determining if you're still deemed to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes.  Being employed by a Canadian employer while outside Canada is a tie to Canada, which is one of (Secondary residential ties) criteria. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting your pay sent to an Indian bank account does not magic this away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becoming an expat from Canada is a serious issue and requires that you engage a lawyer who knows something about the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a fairly good document which you ought to read very carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Form NR73 can also help you work through the problem in preparation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second thing you need to consider is your fancy that you're a contractor.  CRA has quite clear rules about distinguishing contractors from employees.  You're probably not a contractor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/rc4110/employee-self-employed.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/rc4110/employee-self-employed.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/rc4110.html?wbdisable=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/rc4110.html?wbdisable=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tips/how-to-determine-if-you-are-an-employee-or-independent-contractor-6111&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tips/how-to-determine-if-you-are-an-employee-or-independent-contractor-6111&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://finance.utoronto.ca/policies/gtfm/human-resources-payroll-and-benefits/employee-versus-independent-contractor-and-taxation-of-payments-hris-vs-fis/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://finance.utoronto.ca/policies/gtfm/human-resources-payroll-and-benefits/employee-versus-independent-contractor-and-taxation-of-payments-hris-vs-fis/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-05-05T00:22:39.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-05T17:43:24.400" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Africa but married to an EEA who lives and works in the UK. I'm about to apply for a residence card as I'm currently in the UK with him on an EEA family permit visa. I would like to know If I have to submit original documents (Marriage certificate, prove of address etc) to the home office apart from my and husband's identification?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it advisable to apply with my current address meanwhile before six months I will be moving to a different home with my husband how do I get the new address to the Home office?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16700" LastActivityDate="2019-06-13T15:50:28.797" Title="Uk Residence permit for a non-EEA and what documents to submit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-05T19:52:03.953" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can  Pakistani born person, who became Spanish citizen, be allowed to have a NICOP  (National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis) from Nadra Pakistan?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ahamd" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-07T23:12:18.610" LastActivityDate="2020-03-06T01:01:15.247" Title="Can Pakistani born person, who became Spanish citizen, be allowed to have a NICOP from Nadra Pakistan?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17305" CreationDate="2019-05-05T19:59:48.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pakistan apparently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dgip.gov.pk/files/immigration.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dual nationality agreements with 19 countries&lt;/a&gt;, not including Spain, which suggests that the person is no longer a citizen of Pakistan.  NICOP is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nadra.gov.pk/identity/identity-nicop/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only available to citizens of Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;, so the answer to your question appears to be &lt;em&gt;no.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-05T19:59:48.243" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-06T02:41:03.747" Score="6" ViewCount="1485" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot find any information on this scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My son was born in Australia (and lives in Australia) and received his US citizenship via a Consular Report of Birth Abroad due to me being a US citizen/Australian Citizen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We thought it might be better if they married in the US due to both being US citizens, but then after the wedding they plan to move back to Australia.  Which visa would she travel to Australia on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17240" LastEditorUserId="11571" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T06:08:07.823" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T06:08:07.823" Title="My dual citizen son (US and Australia) wants to marry a US citizen but live in Australia" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17308" CreationDate="2019-05-06T03:18:53.023" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does not matter where the wedding is actually performed. Both the US and Australia (like virtually all countries) recognise marriages that have been legally performed according to the laws of the country where the wedding took place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they get married in the US, then after getting married, your son's wife would apply for one of the Australian &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-offshore&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Partner Visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they get married in Australia, she would come to Australia with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/prospective-marriage-300&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prospective Marriage Visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that the cost of both of these visas is an eye-watering AU$7,160, and it might be some time before the application is approved (expected processing times are shown on the web site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T03:18:53.023" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-06T04:19:24.620" Score="-1" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was arrested 4 years ago in the US for drug-related charges. I have been formally charged with a crime, but I left the country before the court date and have not returned since. I believe I have a bench warrant out for me (in the state of Georgia) for fleeing. I had a US green card, but I am not a US citizen; I hold a Chinese passport. I was in the unfortunate situation of having to abandon my PhD as a result, but I'd like to start over and complete my degree in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Will this arrest/charge show up when I apply for my student visa to Germany? How will it affect my visa application and what steps can I take to avoid this negatively influencing my chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user97057" LastEditorUserId="11526" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T06:07:52.400" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T07:31:06.253" Title="How does a drug arrest in the US affect chances of a student visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17263" CreationDate="2019-05-06T18:36:44.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may depend on multiple factors. Suggest you email the Taipei Representative Office in London, explain your situation and ask for guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Include all the details: what job, company, contract duration, salary, what visa/ARC you expect to have, where you are currently resident, how long you have been resident there, how long married, marriage registered in which country, wife's household registration details in China, . . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taiwanembassy.org/uk/contact_us.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.taiwanembassy.org/uk/contact_us.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be concise and courteous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17247" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T18:36:44.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11212" CreationDate="2019-05-07T07:40:15.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happened to me recently. Italian embassy issued a visa with a validity of 30-6-19 till 13-8-19. It was five days short of my intended travel itinerary but number of days of stay was 30 which was correctly counted as per my intended travel stay within European countries. But issuing me a five day short of my intended departure from Europe it really messed up my travel plan. I immediately reached out to VFS they couldn't help they told me to contact Italian embassy so I emailed them and they gave me an appointment a day later to come to the embassy then they took my passport to give it back with a new visa with correct date in few days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Italian embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh helped me out! 5 star to them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17252" LastActivityDate="2019-05-07T07:40:15.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17318" CreationDate="2019-05-08T15:00:23.593" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in a long distance relationship for almost 5 years and now finally want to settle down with my fiance in the coming months. My fiance is from Bulgaria and I am from India. I had a couple of questions regarding the process leading to application for immigration and the ease of doing it from various places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in India and have my own business, however, my fiance is currently employed and is a PhD candidate in the UK. Whats the easiest and the cheapest way for me to get permit (work/family etc) to settle in with my fiance in the UK. We intend to marry asap. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be easy to do it all in the UK? I know the application for such a visa is expensive and includes additional NHS costs as well. Over and above it seems far more paper and legal work. Since my fiance is a EU national, we do have the choice of getting married in any EU country (including Bulgaria). However, are there any advantages/drawbacks to this when applying for UK family permit (or whatever visa grants me entry and work permit in UK?). Finally would it be any helpful if we register our marriage in India first and then apply for the required visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We haven't lived together for more than a month since the first year being together. However have managed to see each other atleast once in 7-8 months either in UK, India or Bulgaria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help/inputs will be much appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17254" LastActivityDate="2019-05-08T16:54:13.283" Title="EEA and Non EEA want to get married and settle in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17317" CreationDate="2019-05-08T16:54:13.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whats the easiest and the cheapest way for me to get permit (work/family etc) to settle  with my fiance in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest and least costly way to do this is definitely to get married before you apply to move to the UK.  Then you can apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;, which is free of charge and has minimal eligibility requirements beyond your being married to an EEA national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would it be easy to do it all in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Since you've been in a long-distance relationship, the UK is unlikely to grant an EEA family permit before you are actually married.  You are not supposed to get married in the UK unless you have the appropriate visa.  It's a bit of a catch-22.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would it be at all helpful if we register our marriage in India first and then apply for the required visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you marry outside of India, there is no advantage (with regard to your moving to the UK) to registering your marriage in India.  If you marry &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; India, then I suppose you will be able to get a marriage certificate in English, which will save you on costs and other paperwork related to getting the certificate translated.  But you can realize that benefit by marrying in any jurisdiction that issues marriage certificates in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-08T16:54:13.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-09T11:03:35.203" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US government web site&lt;/a&gt; describes the English test. I couldn't see anything about people who came from another English-speaking country such as Canada, UK, Australia, New Zeeland, etc. Obviously, they already know English. Are they exempt from taking the English test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15024" LastEditorUserId="6771" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T11:36:07.423" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T11:36:07.423" Title="Are immigrants from other English-speaking countries required to take the English test?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17320" CreationDate="2019-05-09T13:55:16.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The page you cite discusses the Naturalization Test administered by the USCIS. The page contains &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/exceptions-accommodations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;, which leads to another page which discusses the English language test. That page, in turn, contains &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/exceptions-accommodations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this further link&lt;/a&gt; to a page discussion &quot;Exceptions and Accommodations&quot; regarding the tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last-linked page contains this text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rgiOI.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rgiOI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, it appears that an English-speaker who hasn't lived in the United States for the required durations is not exempt from taking the English test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T13:55:16.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6397" CreationDate="2019-05-09T14:53:06.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It in considered a &lt;strong&gt;solidarity contribution&lt;/strong&gt; to non political / commercial information services. Since you can also receive these on a computer, they are also &lt;strong&gt;available&lt;/strong&gt; to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recent court rulings have confirmed the legality of the changed law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T14:53:06.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12549" CreationDate="2019-05-09T15:22:41.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Der Rundfunkbeitrag is based on the flat and the main resident of the flat. The other residents do not need to register or when asked, give the number of the main resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When that resident moved, they probably reported their new address and continued the payment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point you should have registered yourself as the new main resident. If you did not and they find out, through the registry office, you will have to pay everythig since the last payment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So get out while you can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you deregister from that flat, the likelihood of them learning about you is slime, since they only recieve lists of current residents. How often they check the registry is unkown. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T15:22:41.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15233" CreationDate="2019-05-09T15:38:01.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mainly first generation immigrants, such as turks or other nationalities where the renouncing of there citizenship causes problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This statement is based on public statements incouraging applications from these groups including those that may have dual citizenship problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Official Police recruitment sites only meantion that it is possible and that you can contact them for further information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-11T20:06:36.457" LastActivityDate="2019-05-11T20:06:36.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14342" CreationDate="2019-05-09T16:07:12.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is called Unemployment insurance and requires 12 monthly payments as a minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T16:07:12.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11382" CreationDate="2019-05-09T16:26:02.467" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, Berlins does not issued this card, so if you live in Berlin that would the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main site states that this card &lt;strong&gt;at present&lt;/strong&gt; will only be issued for special or exceptional reasons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reason is not given and the statement has not changed since 2011 when it became mandatory in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327405/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327405/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also meantioned in the (german only) Wikipedia artical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The given reason is, however, is different: 'lack of capacity' (I assume due to lack of funds) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronischer_Aufenthaltstitel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronischer_Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T08:00:34.780" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T08:00:34.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10306" CreationDate="2019-05-09T16:49:39.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The amount of hours per week is mostly based on the trade union contract of the firm, that is reflected in the work contract&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T16:49:39.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17329" CreationDate="2019-05-09T17:02:09.897" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian working in the USA with TN visa. I applied for H1B (cap). I went to Cancun, Mexico for 6 days last week (Last week of April 2019 - First week of May 2019) and when I came back, I was told by my lawyer that I was selected for H1B (ie. &quot;Case is received&quot;). The notice date on my I797-C is my 2nd day of vacation in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, timeline looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I went to Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Selected for H1B&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I came back from Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe I will be put on the H1B Consular Processing because of my vacation to Mexico. Am I right? If so, can I freely travel to my home country (Canada) this summer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17258" LastEditorUserId="17258" LastEditDate="2019-05-09T17:22:02.060" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T17:48:10.740" Title="TN holder applied for H1B, went on a vacation to Mexico for a week, came back and received H1B receipt" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17328" CreationDate="2019-05-09T17:48:10.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're in the US, you won't be doing consular processing, but change of status.  It doesn't matter that you were outside of the US on your notice date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of change of status (which is expensive), you can leave the US and apply for admission in H-1B status when you return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, you don't need &quot;consular processing&quot; because that means nothing more than applying for a visa.  As a Canadian citizen, you do not require a visa in your passport &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/212.1#a_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;except for E, K, S, and V classifications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you can travel freely to Canada, just be sure to take all the evidence you need to be readmitted to the US in the appropriate status.  Talk to your lawyer if you're unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T17:48:10.740" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14813" CreationDate="2019-05-09T18:01:55.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you work for a German firm in the US that wants to employ you in Germany, they should call the German embassy and ask how this should be delt with properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such firms often have experience in dealing with such problems, the timly resolvement of which is also in their best interest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-11T20:18:26.190" LastActivityDate="2019-05-11T20:18:26.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17522" CreationDate="2019-05-09T18:28:42.420" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone is employed for a company on the H1/L1 visa, they're not allowed to work for additional employers on the side. But is it permissible for those people to run a small business on the side, such as being a wedding photographer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-06-07T23:30:21.097" Title="Can persons employed on the H1/L1 visa run a small business on the side?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-09T14:31:41.163" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Dr. Waqar Arshad, currently undertaking a masters in UK on a tier 4 visa. I have a now got a job offer in Emergency Medicine in Ireland and currently waiting for the work permit from Ireland, which my employer has already applied for. Since, I hold a Pakistani passport, I am wondering if I am eligible to apply for an employment visa for Ireland from the Embassy of Ireland in London or do I have to travel to Pakistan to apply for the employment visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to your response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks,&#xA;Dr. Arshad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Waqar" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T16:06:20.563" Title="Can I apply for an employment visa for Ireland from London while having a Pakistani passport?" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10807" CreationDate="2019-05-10T09:11:49.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you apply for a pension in another country, these times may also be taken into consideration - depending on existing treatys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you leave Germany you should apply for a 'Kontoklärung'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may notice that there are gaps with 'Fehlzeiten' starting with 17 (use to be 16).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you went to any schools between 17 and 25, these times can be added to your account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formally this was 16-21, and valued as an average wage, but now 17-25 and it will increase the pension (but no longer states by how much). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Download the pdf application, fill it out and sent it off. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Send copies of your school attendance to fill in the gaps found in the first result. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final result will be proof of what you paid in and can later claim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T08:23:12.787" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T08:23:12.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-10T09:19:41.223" Score="-1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen staying at India. If I marry a British citizen or French citizen then how will I get EU citizenship ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17261" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T17:41:05.737" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T17:41:05.737" Title="If I marry a British citizen or French citizen then how will I get EU citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10439" CreationDate="2019-05-10T10:03:27.403" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A marriage outside of Germany will, as such, be considered valid.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But it will only become &lt;em&gt;legaly effective&lt;/em&gt; after a &lt;strong&gt;Post-certification&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__34.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 34 PStG&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This effects: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German citizens, who live permanently outside of Germany&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and must bebdone at their local Consulate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Persons with residence in Germany&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and must be done at their local &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt&lt;/strong&gt; (marriage registry office)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A marriage between foreigners, that has been performed at a Consulate inside Germany, is considered to be a marriage outside of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Post-certification&lt;/strong&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; required, but if not done the marital status (&lt;strong&gt;Familienstand&lt;/strong&gt;) of the persons will not change. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documentation needed will be similar in nature to what is needed to get married in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quotes from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daenemark.de/heiraten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Heiraten in Dänemark&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ehen, die in Dänemark formwirksam geschlossen werden, sind in Deutschland rechtskräftig und &lt;strong&gt;werden problemlos anerkannt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Die Heirat &lt;strong&gt;hat keinen Einfluss&lt;/strong&gt; auf die Staatsangehörigkeit bzw. &lt;strong&gt;das Aufenthaltsrecht&lt;/strong&gt; eines oder beider Ehepartner. Darum muss sich gegebenenfalls gesondert gekümmert werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Marriages that are legally effective in Denmark are legally binding in Germany and &lt;strong&gt;are easily recognized&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    Marriage &lt;strong&gt;has no influence&lt;/strong&gt; on nationality or &lt;strong&gt;the right of residence&lt;/strong&gt; of one or both spouses.  This may have to be dealt with separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both statements are true, but until the &lt;strong&gt;Post-certification&lt;/strong&gt; process has been compleated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the prerequirement condition for a spouse visa has not been fullfilled&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the visitor visa was issued for the main purpose of getting married in Germany, you will have to leave when the visitor visa expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Had you gotten married in Germany (i.e. the legal status had changed) then leaving to apply for a &lt;strong&gt;family reunion visa&lt;/strong&gt; may have not been needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eheschließung im Ausland&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Eine &lt;strong&gt;im Ausland geschlossene Ehe&lt;/strong&gt; wird in Deutschland im Regelfall dann anerkannt, wenn zum Zeitpunkt der Eheschließung die rechtlichen Eheschließungsvoraussetzungen (z.B. Ledigkeit, Mindestalter) für beide Partner nach dem Eheschließungsrecht ihres jeweiligen Heimatstaates (Staatsangehörigkeit) vorlagen und wenn das Eheschließungsrecht am Ort der Eheschließung oder das Heimatrecht beider Ehegatten hinsichtlich der Form der Eheschließung gewahrt wurden.&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Für &lt;strong&gt;die Beurteilung der Gültigkeit&lt;/strong&gt; einer im Ausland geschlossenen Ehe gibt es in Deutschland kein vorgeschriebenes Verfahren und auch keine dafür alleine zuständige Behörde. Die Frage &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;der Wirksamkeit für den deutschen Rechtsbereich&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ist stets nur eine Vorfrage im Zusammenhang mit der Entscheidung über eine andere Amtshandlung (z.B. Namenserklärung, &lt;strong&gt;Änderung der Steuerklasse u.v.m.&lt;/strong&gt;). Diese Vorfrage muss von der jeweils für eine vorzunehmende Amtshandlung zuständigen Behörde in eigener Verantwortung entschieden werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage abroad.&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    A &lt;strong&gt;marriage contracted abroad&lt;/strong&gt; is generally recognized in Germany if, at the time of the marriage, the legal marriage requirements (e.g. unmarried status, minimum age) existed for both partners according to the marriage law of their respective home country (nationality) and if the right to marry at the place of marriage or that  Both spouses' home rights with regard to the form of marriage were respected.  ,&#xA;    In Germany, there is no prescribed procedure for assessing &lt;strong&gt;the validity of a marriage&lt;/strong&gt; abroad and there is no single authority responsible for it.  The question of &lt;strong&gt;effectiveness for the German legal area&lt;/strong&gt; is always only a preliminary question in connection with the decision on another official act (e.g. declaration of name, change of tax class and much more).  This preliminary question must be decided by the authority responsible for an official act to be undertaken on its own responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: this includes eligibility for a Spouse Visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nachbeurkundung:&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Für die Nachbeurkundung einer Auslandseheschließung im deutschen Eheregister gilt folgendes:&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Sie ist gesetzlich nicht verpflichtend vorgeschrieben&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Zuständig ist das Standesamt des aktuellen bzw.&#xA;  des letzten Inlandswohnsitzes. Bestand nie ein deutscher Wohnsitz ist nur das Standesamt I in Berlin zuständig. Grundsätzlich ist die Beurkundung möglich für&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;1.) Eheschließungen außerhalb der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, wenn mindestens ein Ehegatte deutscher Staatsanghöriger ist&lt;/strong&gt; oder aufgrund von Sonderregelungen nach deutschem Recht behandelt wird (anerkannte Asylberechtigte, Staatenlose u.ä. mit Wohnsitz in Deutschland) und&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;2.) Konsulatseheschließungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zwischen Ehegatten ohne deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit&lt;/strong&gt;. Die erforderlichen Antragsunterlagen richten sich stets nach den persönlichen Verhältnissen der betroffenen Ehegatten.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post-certification:&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     The following applies to the re-certification of a foreign marriage in the German marriage register:&#xA;     &lt;strong&gt;It is not required by law&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    The registry office of the current or&#xA;    of the last domestic residence.  If there was never a German place of residence, only the registry office I in Berlin is responsible.  In principle, certification is possible for.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;1.) Marriages outside the Federal Republic of Germany, if at least one spouse is a German national&lt;/strong&gt; or is treated on the basis of special regulations under German law (recognized asylum seekers, stateless persons, etc. residing in Germany) and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;2.) Consulate resolutions in the Federal Republic of Germany between spouses without German citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    The required application documents are always based on the personal circumstances of the spouses concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documents that could be needed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;registrierte ausländische Heiratsurkunde/religiöser Ehevertrag mit Legalisation der für den Heiratsort zuständigen deutschen Botschaft bzw. Apostille der zuständigen Behörde des Eheschließungsstaates und vollständige deutscher Übersetzung,    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Geburtsurkunden beider Ehegatten (mit Legalisation bzw. Apostille, falls im Ausland geboren) mit relativ aktuellem Registerstand, also Ausstellungsdatum nicht viel länger als 6 Monate zurückliegend, und vollständige deutsche Übersetzungen,.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde/n (falls nicht seit Geburt deutsche Staatsangehörige), ggf. Spätaussiedlerausweis/e,    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ausführliche Meldebescheinigungen beider Ehegatten vom Bürgeramt (können auf Wunsch auch im St.Amt gebührenpflichtig gefertigt werden, wenn Ihre Meldeeinträge keinen Sperrvermerk enthalten),    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ggf. Eheurkunde/n und Nachweis/e der Eheauflösung aller vorhandener Vorehen beider Ehegatten,    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ggf. Geburtsurkunden gemeinsamer Kinder,    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ggf. Bescheinigung/en über früher erfolgte Namensänderungen, die sich nicht aus dem Datenstand der vorgelegten Geburtsurkunden ergeben (öffentlich-rechtliche Namensänderung, Angleichungserklärung, Adoption, Wiederannahmeerklärung nach Eheauflösung u.ä.).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ob ggf. noch zusätzliche Nachweise vorgelegt werden müssen, ergibt sich stets nur aus dem Einzelfall und kann daher erst nach Einreichung des Antrags mit Unterlagen abschließend Beurteilt werden&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;3rd  registered foreign marriage certificate / religious marriage contract with legalization of the German embassy responsible for the place of marriage or apostille of the competent authority of the marriage state and complete German translation,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    4th  Birth certificates of both spouses (with legalization or apostille, if born abroad) with a relatively up-to-date register status, i.e. date of issue not more than 6 months ago, and complete German translations.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    5th  Naturalization certificate (if not a German citizen since birth), possibly a late repatriate ID,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    6th  detailed registration certificates of both spouses from the civil registry office (can also be made for a fee in the St.Amt if your registration entries do not contain a blocking notice),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    7th  if applicable, marriage certificate (s) and proof (s) of the dissolution of all existing arrangements of both spouses,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    8th  possibly birth certificates of common children,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    9th  If applicable, certificate (s) of previous name changes that do not result from the data status of the birth certificates submitted (public law name change, declaration of approximation, adoption, declaration of acceptance after marriage dissolution, etc.)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;         &#xA;    Whether additional evidence may have to be submitted is always only determined on a case-by-case basis and can therefore only be finally assessed after submitting the application with documents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Da viele Behörden (z.B. Finanzämter bei Änderung der Steuerklassen) auf die Daten der Betroffenen im &lt;em&gt;Melderegister zugreifen&lt;/em&gt;, müssen die Ehegatten zunächst &lt;strong&gt;Ihren Familienstand&lt;/strong&gt; und ggf. Ihre direkt bei der Eheschließung wirksam erfolgte Namensänderung bei einem der Berliner Bürgerämter aktualisieren lassen. Dort vorzulegen ist die registrierte ausländische Heiratsurkunde/der registrierte Ehevertrag mit Legalisation /Apostille und vollständigen deutschen Übersetzungen. Sollte im Eheschließungsstaat ein sog. &quot;Internationaler Auszug aus dem Heiratseintrag&quot; (nach dem CIEC-Abkommen) ausgestellt worden sein, so wäre dieser auch ohne Legalisation/Apostille und ohne Übersetzung ausreichend, da er die persönlichen Daten in mehreren Sprachen enthält. Beim Bürgeramt können Personalausweis/Reisepass mit dem geänderten Familiennamen bestellt werden, wenn die Namensführung in der Ehe zweifelsfrei geklärt ist.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Since many authorities (e.g. tax offices when changing the tax classes) &lt;em&gt;access the data of those affected in the registration register&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;the spouses must first have their marital status&lt;/strong&gt; and, if applicable, their name change effective at the time of the marriage updated at one of the Berlin citizens' offices.  The registered foreign marriage certificate / the registered marriage contract with legalization / apostille and complete German translations must be presented there.  If a so-called &quot;international extract from the marriage entry&quot; (according to the CIEC agreement) had been issued in the marriage state, this would also be sufficient without legalization / apostille and without translation, since it contains the personal data in several languages.  An identity card / passport with the changed surname can be ordered from the citizens' office if the name in the marriage has been clarified beyond any doubt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§ 34 (PStG) Eheschließungen im Ausland oder vor ermächtigten Personen im Inland&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;(1)&lt;/strong&gt; Hat &lt;strong&gt;ein Deutscher im Ausland&lt;/strong&gt; die Ehe geschlossen, so kann die Eheschließung &lt;strong&gt;auf Antrag&lt;/strong&gt; im Eheregister beurkundet werden; für den Besitz der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit ist der Zeitpunkt der Antragstellung maßgebend. Die §§ 3 bis 7, 9, 10, 15 und 16 gelten entsprechend. Gleiches gilt für Staatenlose, heimatlose Ausländer und ausländische Flüchtlinge im Sinne des Abkommens über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge vom 28. Juli 1951 (BGBl. 1953 II S. 559) mit gewöhnlichem Aufenthalt im Inland. Antragsberechtigt sind die Ehegatten, sind beide verstorben, deren Eltern und Kinder.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; Die Beurkundung der Eheschließung nach Absatz 1 erfolgt auch dann, wenn &lt;strong&gt;die Ehe im Inland&lt;/strong&gt; zwischen Eheschließenden, von denen &lt;strong&gt;keiner Deutscher ist&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;vor einer von der Regierung des Staates&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;dem einer der Eheschließenden angehört&lt;/strong&gt;, ordnungsgemäß ermächtigten Person in der nach dem Recht dieses Staates vorgeschriebenen Form geschlossen worden ist.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) Personen, die eine Erklärung nach § 94 des Bundesvertriebenengesetzes abgegeben haben, sind nur mit den nach dieser Erklärung geführten Vornamen und Familiennamen einzutragen; dies gilt entsprechend für Vertriebene und Spätaussiedler, deren Name nach den Vorschiften des Gesetzes über die Änderung von Familiennamen und Vornamen geändert worden ist.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;(4)&lt;/strong&gt; Zuständig für die Beurkundung ist das Standesamt, in dessen Zuständigkeitsbereich die antragsberechtigte Person ihren &lt;strong&gt;Wohnsitz hat oder zuletzt hatte oder ihren gewöhnlichen Aufenthalt hat&lt;/strong&gt;. Ergibt sich danach keine Zuständigkeit, so beurkundet das &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt I in Berlin&lt;/strong&gt; die Eheschließung.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (5) Das Standesamt I in Berlin führt ein Verzeichnis der nach den Absätzen 1 und 2 beurkundeten Eheschließungen.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 34 (PStG) marriages abroad or before authorized persons in Germany&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;(1)&lt;/strong&gt; If &lt;strong&gt;a German married abroad&lt;/strong&gt;, the marriage can be certified in the marriage register &lt;strong&gt;on request&lt;/strong&gt;;  the date of application is decisive for possession of German citizenship.  Sections 3 to 7, 9, 10, 15 and 16 apply accordingly.  The same applies to stateless persons, homeless foreigners and foreign refugees within the meaning of the Agreement on the Legal Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951 (BGBl. 1953 II p. 559) with habitual residence in Germany.  The spouses are eligible to apply; both their parents and children have died.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; The marriage is also certified under paragraph 1 if &lt;strong&gt;domestic marriage&lt;/strong&gt; between spouses, of whom &lt;strong&gt;none is German&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;before one by the government of the state&lt;/em&gt;  , &lt;strong&gt;to which one of the spouses belongs&lt;/strong&gt;, has been duly authorized person in the form prescribed by the law of that state.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (3) Persons who have submitted a declaration in accordance with Section 94 of the Federal Expellees Act are only to be entered with the first names and surnames listed after this declaration;  this applies accordingly to displaced persons and late repatriates whose name has been changed in accordance with the provisions of the law on changing surnames and first names.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;(4)&lt;/strong&gt; The registry office is responsible for the certification, in whose area of ​​responsibility the person entitled to apply has his &lt;strong&gt;place of residence or was last or has his habitual residence&lt;/strong&gt;.  If there is no jurisdiction afterwards, the &lt;strong&gt;registry office I in Berlin&lt;/strong&gt; certifies the marriage.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (5) The registry office I in Berlin maintains a list of marriages certified according to paragraphs 1 and 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daenemark.de/heiraten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Heiraten in Dänemark | Dokumente, Standesamt, Anerkennung in Deutschland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/verwaltung/aemter/amt-fuer-buergerdienste/standesamt/eheregister/artikel.178216.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eheregister - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/verwaltung/aemter/amt-fuer-buergerdienste/standesamt/eheregister/merkblatt-eheschliessungen-im-ausland-11_18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PDF: Informationen zur Nachbeurkundung einer im Ausland geschlossenen Ehe&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;01.11.2018 / Standesamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf von Berlin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/verwaltung/aemter/amt-fuer-buergerdienste/standesamt/eheregister/nachbeurkundungsantrag-eheregister-08_18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PDF: Antrag auf Nachbeurkundung einer im Ausland geschlossenen Ehe&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§§ 10, 15, 16, 34 PStG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__10.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 10 Auskunfts- und Nachweispflicht&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 15 Eintragung in das Eheregister&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__16.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 16 Fortführung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__34.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 34 Eheschließungen im Ausland oder vor ermächtigten Personen im Inland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-13T12:05:09.050" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T12:05:09.050" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-10T10:50:11.570" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My company has its office in Germany and I will be travelling from India for 2 weeks related to work (not merely business meetings). What type of visa I should apply for working there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17262" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T12:58:07.580" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T12:58:07.580" Title="Visa to work in Germany for a short time (2 weeks)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17332" CreationDate="2019-05-10T11:00:58.197" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At my time, it was Ok to apply for work visa in different country. But I would recommend to call to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/contact-us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Irish Embassy in London&lt;/a&gt; to confirm. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T11:00:58.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-10T11:57:33.497" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My priority date is June 2007.  My case status is currently &lt;em&gt;case is at NVC.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much more time will it take for our visas? My son was 14 in June 2007.  He is now 25 years old.  What will happen when the file is opened if my son is 26 or more?  Will he be eligible or not?  How much time is left?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont know when it's been approved. I received a letter with information about my case and case number:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Case Number: &amp;lt; deleted personal details &gt;,...........&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Petitioner's Name: &amp;lt; deleted personal details &gt; ......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Principal Applicant's Name: &amp;lt; deleted personal details &gt;,.......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Preference Category: F4&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your Priority Date: 18Jun2007&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foreign State Chargeability: PAKISTAN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17259" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-08T06:30:06.410" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T06:30:38.330" Title="USA F-4 family visa and immigration" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17345" CreationDate="2019-05-10T12:49:53.397" Score="1" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Kosovo, currently self-employed (have a business and profit about 1000£/month). Last year I got a UK visitor visa, visited UK and liked the living there. I'm looking for options to move and live in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've some personal websites and I develop and manage some clients' websites that have contracts for next 1-2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any visa type like a Business visa that allows me to move to UK, register my business there, create bank account for my business and live there as self-employed, or any other ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17263" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T21:50:33.353" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T23:12:33.800" Title="Self-Employed Visa and Living in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17335" CreationDate="2019-05-10T12:54:33.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ever heard of BREXIT? I would stay away from French women, too. Look for an Italian, or Danish.&#xA;Just kidding, of course. There is no such thing as EU citizenship, anyway. You will have to check the citizenship laws of the respective country. Google is your friend.&#xA;E.g.: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/austrian-consulate-general-los-angeles/service-for-citizens/documents-and-authentications/austrian-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/austrian-consulate-general-los-angeles/service-for-citizens/documents-and-authentications/austrian-citizenship/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3762" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T12:54:33.160" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17335" CreationDate="2019-05-10T15:10:14.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Citizenship of the European Union is granted by the member states of the European Union according to their national laws.  That is, any citizen of a member state is automatically also a citizen of the EU, and there is no way to be a citizen of the EU other than by having the citizenship of a member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK generally requires you to reside in the UK for a number of years before you can naturalize.  The residence requirement is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reduced from 5 years to 3 years if you are married to a citizen of the UK&lt;/a&gt;.  In France, you can naturalize after four years of marriage to a French citizen if you live in France, or after four or five years, depending on other circumstances, if you live abroad, if I understand &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2726&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant web page&lt;/a&gt; correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving to the UK as the spouse of a British citizen is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;expensive&lt;/a&gt;.  Moving to France &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1764&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as the spouse of a French citizen&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16162&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;somewhat less so&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the spouse of an EU citizen, you would be able to move with your wife to any other EU country, as well, with relatively few formalities, and then you would normally be able to naturalize in that country after having lived there for a certain length of time.  The details vary by country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T15:27:50.350" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T15:27:50.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17340" CreationDate="2019-05-10T23:12:33.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UK's page on work visas&lt;/a&gt;.  I think you want one of these visas under &lt;em&gt;Investor, business development and talent visas,&lt;/em&gt; but they do require endorsement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/innovator-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Innovator visa&lt;/a&gt; (requires £50,000 investment and endorsement by &quot;an approved body.&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/start-up-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Start-up visa&lt;/a&gt; (requires endorsement from &quot;an authorised body that is either a UK higher education institution [or] a business organisation with a history of supporting UK entrepreneurs.&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T23:12:33.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17347" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-10T19:17:52.127" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for my children Reunion Application under 352D of immigration rules. Children ages are 8 years,10 years and 14 years. ECO refused applications under 352D(iii). I have been remained in constant contact with my children and also sending them money. I was also in contact with children schools, teachers and carer/guardian(children are living with their grandmother). &#xA;How can I rebut it in the court? &#xA;If you have any authority, experience or any material plz share with me.&#xA;Especially I request qualified professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Daisy" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T21:50:14.070" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T21:50:14.070" Title="Refugee family Reunion (UKVI)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-11T05:19:47.743" Score="2" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently applied for an EEA Family Permit for my mom. I'm a Dutch National and will be migrating to the UK tin the next few weeks. The application process was rather quite simple and easy, but I'm quite confused about one of the documents that they're asking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my mom needs to bring a &quot;The Passport or travel document for the sponsor (me) from British Citizen&quot; I have no idea what they could be asking for since I'm clearly requesting an EEA Family Permit and wouldn't be able to do so if I was a British National. I also clearly stated on the application form that I was a Dutch National.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any clues to which document they're asking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17266" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T00:49:42.783" Title="EEA Family Permit Supporting Documents" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-11T17:07:55.640" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Tajikistan, currently finishing my undergraduate degree in Istanbul, Turkey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was accepted into the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for 1 year in England/ &lt;strong&gt;Birmingham&lt;/strong&gt; and 1 year in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scholarship details&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA;The scholarship covers: student participation costs (including the tuition fees, full insurance coverage&#xA;and any other mandatory costs related to student participation in the course); a contribution to student&#xA;travel; a subsistence allowance for the entire duration of the study&#xA;programme.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The scholarship amount is 35 000 Euro for 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For studies in the UK: money that would be left in my pocket would be:&#xA;living expenses 1000 euro/ month for 12 months and 1000 euro/year for travel - in total 13000 Euro for studies in the UK.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I was wondering if only the scholarship letter would be enough to show my financial means, to apply for the UK visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17268" LastEditorUserId="17268" LastEditDate="2019-05-11T19:54:26.320" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T19:36:54.220" Title="UK Tier 4 student visa for Erasmus Mundus Scholarship receivers - scholarship amount is enough to show sufficient funding" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17348" CreationDate="2019-05-11T18:46:37.683" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the request mentions &quot;British citizen&quot; in error.  Even still, it is confusing, because the phrase &quot;sponsor from British citizen&quot; does not make sense.  If it was written by a Dutch-speaking employee, we could posit that &quot;from&quot; is a mistranslation of &quot;van,&quot; and should be &quot;of&quot; instead.  But while that makes more sense grammatically, it makes less sense practically, for the idea of a sponsor &lt;em&gt;of&lt;/em&gt; a British citizen is nonsensical in the context of UK immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mother should bring your passport or national ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-11T18:46:37.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17348" CreationDate="2019-05-12T04:50:03.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It absolutely didn't even match grammatically. They had already asked for a copy of my bio page from my passport, so I'm still unsure why they would ask again for it. They could have simply just asked for the passport one time only. Quite confusing! I just hope everything goes smoothly. But I'll def return to let you know how it went.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17266" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T04:50:03.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17310" CreationDate="2019-05-12T06:54:33.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The German / US extradition treaty of 1976-06-20 only references hard drugs as a reason for extradition, so this would depend on which type of drug is referenced in the charges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is likly that any soft drug charges, that are considered a crime in the US, is not considered a crime in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Crime (Verbrechen) is when the minimal punishment is 1 year or more &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; without any reverence to a suspended sentance or money fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every thing else is a &lt;strong&gt;Vergehen&lt;/strong&gt; (misdemeanor).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Convictions are not referenced in §5 (general rules for the issuing of visas), where in §54 (serious crimes) artical 1 is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; listed (conviction of 24 months or more). Only 2 and 4 are referenced (Overthrowing of the state and crimes against humanity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated above, &lt;strong&gt;evasion of justice&lt;/strong&gt;, is your main problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you are &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt; advised to complile a statement explaining the whole affair including what the original charge is &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; the what the German equivalent is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This statement (in german) should be compiled and verified by a German lawyer (i. e. it is clear to the reader that it written by a German lawyer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With such a statement a decision can then be made if the affair is relevent or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a conviction record from your home country would be useful to determine if this a one time affair or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, European Justice systems attempt to reintegrate offenders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the combination of a legal statement with a (lack of) a conviction record will go far in assisting them to come to a conclusion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T07:31:06.253" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T07:31:06.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17337" CreationDate="2019-05-12T09:10:57.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basicly you must apply for a shortime work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will depend on what type of work you will be doing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and if it will entail needing permission from the employment office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which your employer should determine before you make the application at the German Embassy or Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A summary letter, in German, preferably quoting the responce from the employment office, from your German employer will assist in making such an application less painful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a case by case situation which is difficult for the Cousulate to determine by itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T09:10:57.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17275" CreationDate="2019-05-12T10:33:50.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, §51(7) states that when a foreigner does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; return within a period of 6 months or a longer period stipulated by the foreigner authorities, the granted residence title will be invalidated (erlischt).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So either return within 6 months or get an extension granted (in writing) to clear up your affairs in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§51(6) does indeed imply that, but returning within a (nowadays) normal probation time and the fact that you retained your residence and account should be valid arguments against this vague paragraph, whereas §51(7) is very clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Just don't tell the registry authorities that you left without 'saying goodbye'... ) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T11:01:28.273" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T11:01:28.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-12T11:21:25.030" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my wife (both India citizen) are planning to migrate to Belfast. I will be migrating under tire 2 skilled migration Visa, the employer in Belfast will provide me the required sponsorship certificate citing that they will bear £945 for me as the maintenance requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is planning to apply as family member of a Tier 2 Migrant at the same time with me. The offical &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791595/SWS_Dependant_Guidance_03-2019.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document&lt;/a&gt; from Visa website suggests that she should &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;having savings of £630 which must have been held for at least three months prior to the date of application&quot; [Point number 80 in the document]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also stated that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;If you apply at the same time as the main applicant, you are only required to provide evidence that you meet the maintenance requirement when the Tier 2 Migrant is also required to meet the maintenance requirement&quot; [Point number 82 in the document]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am little confused what is meant here. So I would like to know if my wife can show a savings of £630 but NOT necessarily for 3 months, will that be enough for the Visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17269" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T11:21:25.030" Title="UK Visa : Maintenance requirement of Family member of a Tier 2 Migrant" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17253" CreationDate="2019-05-12T11:39:39.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Travel health insurance is required, your employer has confirmed that they will ensure that they will deal with the registration of your health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will also register you for taxes, including church tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will ask you which church and if it belongs to the church tax system an extra tax is deducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Church of England' is one that does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; belong to it and of course &lt;strong&gt;none&lt;/strong&gt; is also a valid answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-13T11:54:05.237" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T11:54:05.237" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17294" CreationDate="2019-05-12T12:14:08.490" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main downside is if you don't reside in Germany for a period of 6 months, your residence permit becomes invalid (§51(7) ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should contact an immigration lawyer to determine how this can be interpreted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that as a freelancer you &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; take out a private health insurance, which can become horrendous in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And roaming around the world will &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; make it cheaper. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T12:14:08.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17365" CreationDate="2019-05-12T13:59:52.693" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is long-term traveling to Hounslow, UK, and will be working in Heathrow Airport. However, he got sick recently, and has lost a lot of weight. He is still recovering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He was told that there is no restaurant close by their workplace, and employees would bring food from home, and he doesn't want to cook. He is thinking of quitting on his 1st day. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a last resort effort, I am asking here for any recommendations on where he could eat (take-away is OK), with the following very specific criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reachable only by foot or public transport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not spicy (e.g. Indian food is a no-go by the doctor)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Daily food (so fast food would not be a choice)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: He will be working in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/194619617#map=15/51.4702/-0.4146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British Airways West base&lt;/a&gt;, and I guess passenger terminal is not an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16865" LastEditorUserId="16865" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T14:27:27.580" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T18:53:34.770" Title="Where to find every-day healthy food near Heathrow Airport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-12T14:16:35.270" Score="3" ViewCount="471" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an EU national, but I hold the passport of a country which is in the Schengen area. I have been living in Germany since 2012 and hold a residence permit (permanent starting June 2019) and have been working in the country since 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon I will have to leave the country for a 10 month training in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the necessary steps (with respect to state authorities and active contracts) to take when leaving the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, couple of questions to consider below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to unregister with the city authorities? How does that impact my residence permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Temporary pause of the employment contract?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unregister with the Pension fund (Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unregister with ARD/ZDF?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unregister from any other services (insurance, phone contract, banks)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other important things to consider, which might impact my residence permit / ability to obtain German passport in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to still want to retain one of the services in Germany, say health insurance, but I don't have a permanent residence address (because I will be leaving in the meanwhile), where are the letters sent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8467/how-to-inform-foreign-office-in-germany-regarding-blue-card-when-leaving-germany&quot;&gt;How to inform foreign office in Germany regarding Blue card when leaving Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/1229/what-do-i-need-to-do-when-moving-out-of-germany-as-a-non-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;What do I need to do when moving out of Germany as a non-EU citizen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8849/how-to-inform-foreign-office-in-germany-regarding-blue-card-when-leaving-germany&quot;&gt;How to inform foreign office in Germany regarding Blue card when leaving Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14067/when-leaving-an-apartment-how-does-the-utilities-disconnection-work&quot;&gt;When leaving an apartment, how does the utilities disconnection work?&lt;/a&gt; (this is for Netherland)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9131" LastEditorUserId="9131" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T14:23:21.780" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T17:25:33.240" Title="What are the necessary procedures (unregistering, etc) to follow when leaving Germany as an expat?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;services&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-12T18:47:04.787" Score="2" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am tier2 ICT long term visa, my wife holding tier 2 ICT dependent visa. we recently had baby delivered in India. I am confused on the visa process, can you please help me understand what would  be visa type and the process to apply visa for my newborn. Thanks a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17270" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-05-12T20:09:30.333" LastActivityDate="2019-05-12T20:09:30.333" Title="Visa for newborn delivered in India of Tier2 ICT parents" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17359" CreationDate="2019-05-13T06:51:00.780" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to the complexity of this &lt;strong&gt;single&lt;/strong&gt; topic,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I will sub-devide the answer in the (hopefully) correct order. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreigners office (Ausländerbehörde) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz (2018) §51(7)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regulates what happens if you leave the country for a long period of time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;longer than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a longer period than agreed with the Ausländerbehörde &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the granted leave (Aufenthaltstitel) will be invalidated (erlischt) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is your intention to return, you must notify them of the expected date of return which will replace the default 6 months if granted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many different conditions based on what type of titel you have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;will, upon exit be &lt;strong&gt;invalidated&lt;/strong&gt; when the intention is solely for further educational purposes &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there are other conditions where it will be granted &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permission may be granted based on application &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ausländerbehörde Berlin (in German) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erloeschen-eines-aufenthaltstitels/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/erloeschen-eines-aufenthaltstitels/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;other states may have slightly different regulations.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The statements above (and below) are based on Berlin from the link above. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here care must be made to get this right,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;so I would make an appointment to clarify the situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Registry office (Meldebehörde) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must only de-register if you are &lt;strong&gt;permanently&lt;/strong&gt; leaving. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for a &lt;strong&gt;temporary&lt;/strong&gt; foreign trip (sample on the site is for studying) a de-registeration is not needed when the flat is maintained and you have the intention to return&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meldebehörde Berlin:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120335/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120335/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, this may differ state by state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ARD/ZDF Beitragszahlung:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When leaving the country, you must de-register the flat, scan in the de-register confirmation and fill out the form that starts at the link below. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'ich dauerhaft ins Ausland ziehe'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should be the second button shown. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;jpg, png, tif and pdf are accepted formats&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/buergerinnen_und_buerger/formulare/abmelden/index_ger.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/buergerinnen_und_buerger/formulare/abmelden/index_ger.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are retaining the flat during yot trip abroad, you must still pay the fees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are subletting the flat, those renting the flat must register themself at the flat &lt;strong&gt;using your number&lt;/strong&gt; as a reference.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Since this fee is &lt;strong&gt;household&lt;/strong&gt; based, they will not have to pay anything extra. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contract with the employer &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with all contracts (including the rental), you enter into &lt;strong&gt;obligations&lt;/strong&gt; that must be fulfilled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both sides agree, anything can be arranged as needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you must contact them and come to an agreement&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Which should be considered a &lt;strong&gt;precondition&lt;/strong&gt; for everything else) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rental contract &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must check your contract for how much &lt;strong&gt;notice (Kündigungsfrist)&lt;/strong&gt; is needed if you intend to give up the flat. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, when you wish to retain the flat, a sub-letting is an alternative.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Most contracts will &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; allow this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you must ask them to agree to an one time exception. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both sides agree... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they agree, assume that you will be held responsible to them for any damages your rentees may cause. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may sign the registration form (as Landlord) of your rentees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be default rent contract forms for sub renting (Untermiete) .&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Make sure that electricity, gas counters are noted. &#xA;It will be up to you how they pay for the usage, since you will continue the main payments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be organizations that can 'automate' the procces. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are retaining, but not sub-renting the flat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contact your Hauswart (caretaker) and inform them of the timeframe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people deposit their key with the Hauswart in case of lost, forgotten key or cases when absent someone needs to enter the flat (Waterpipe breaks etc.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will tell you how to turn off the water main, electricity, heaters to avoid problems and costs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often they are helpfull in turning everything back on at the date of expected arrival ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and mayby even filling up your refrigerator with some minimal necessities ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which may not be the first thing you want to do after a long trip. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pension and health insurance (Krankenkasse) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether temporary or permanent nothing needs to be done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Health card may not be used during this time, of course.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;When you are not working, no payments will be made to both of them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending of the Krankenkasse, you make a contract for insurance for your training in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you return from the US and again start working apply  for a Kontenklärung about 2 months later. &#xA;You will have a 'Fehlzeit' for the period in the US. Send proof of your training to them. This will be added to your account and reduce the the waiting time to be eligible for a pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are younger than 28, this may even increase your pension amount. This is true for any schooling between 17 and 27.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other contracts&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your contract conditions, you must fulfill any conditions contained in the contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When moving or otherwise leaving a flat, send a letter to any electricity / Gas company informing them that you are leaving or moving with the following information &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;customer number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;meter number and counter (previous and at new address) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;new address &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a photo of the meters may assist as proof of the meters values when leaving and found when moving in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bank&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should inform them that you will be away for a specific time so that no post should be sent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beware&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Avoid, during your stay in the US, in becoming a '&lt;strong&gt;US Person&lt;/strong&gt;'! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FATCA&lt;/strong&gt; information can be found on this forum and elsewhere&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this happens you will become, in the eyes of any Bank,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;a 'financial &lt;strong&gt;toxic waste&lt;/strong&gt;'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible your bank will close your account and others refuse to open a new one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Effects in citizenship waiting time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site states 'continuance' (Ununterbrochener) residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It used to be, but may no longer be, that certain exceptions were made where by only 50% of that time was added. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I will sniffle around and see if I can find something) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vorläufige Anwendungshinweise of 2015-07-01&#xA;(temporary instuction on how the citizenship laws should be implemented)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;states (8.1.2.2) that after an interruption of residence, a maximum of 5 years &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; be recognized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you must assume that this interuption will have a effect and that it will be left to the discretion of the official of what and how this will be handled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Einbürgerung Berlin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318998/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318998/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May, again, differ between each state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;no doubt something has been forgotten or needs correction ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T17:25:33.240" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T17:25:33.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-13T11:45:39.513" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm now in Paris and want to obtain a medical certificate in order to go to Belarus (it is mandatory to submit a medical document to attend school in Belarus).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I don't have a visa here and have no official residence, and thus I don't join any medical program in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is health check and needs tests such as HIV and diabetes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I take the medical test as a traveler and what is the approximate cost of taking it in Paris? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6171" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T08:48:47.107" Title="How can I take a medical check in Paris without any visa and insurance program?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17362" CreationDate="2019-05-13T18:25:54.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a tourist in France, without health insurance, you simple pay the bill of the doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going to a local doctor, that speaks your language, togeather with a printout of what is needed would seem to me the best way to find out what it costs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to you being in France without a visa, when you need a visa, is something that should &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; be asked in the travel forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T08:48:47.107" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T08:48:47.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17358" CreationDate="2019-05-13T18:53:34.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a Tesco Extra supermarket at&#xA;Dukes Green Ave, Feltham TW14 0LH&#xA;which is about 1 mile walk from Hatton Cross. It has a cafe, and food counters for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Meat&#xA;World Food&#xA;Halal&#xA;Asian&#xA;Polish&#xA;Fish&#xA;Free From&#xA;Afro Caribbean&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/?bID=2532&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/?bID=2532&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well as ready-made sandwiches, salad bowls etc, big British supermarkets have lots of &quot;ready meals&quot; many of which just need 5-10 minutes in a microwave oven. It is likely that his break room will have a microwave he can use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T18:53:34.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-13T20:11:38.620" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got internship in Germany for 2 months. I applied for Schengen Visa. My visa application was rejected. Embassy asked me to get ZAV certificate. What is this certificate, How to get it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17271" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T03:32:10.980" Title="How to get ZAV Document from Germany" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17371" CreationDate="2019-05-14T01:13:20.777" Score="4" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this may be ridiculous as it sounds, but it happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left my passport on my desk for about 2 months. The desk is small and not very dirty. But today when  I picked up the passport I noticed two small holes (with a radius of about one milimeter) that started in the last page. The two holes started from back to front just until the beginning of the visa pages, leaving the identification pages untouched.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Brazilian, and I am going to move to France by the end of July. I need to get an Visa and this takes about 2 months, and getting a new passport takes about a month. So this is a serious problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking if there is a problem with these holes. I intend to apply for a visa with this passport, but I am afraid that this visa might get denied. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some pictures for you to have a notion about the holes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EUyru.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EUyru.png&quot; alt=&quot;Visa page. Hole in the left&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa page. Hole in the left&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cv9Cc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cv9Cc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Holes in the back (last page)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Is this damage serious enough so that I am &lt;strong&gt;forced&lt;/strong&gt; to get a new passport? I know it is obviously recommended to me to get a new one (I would do that) but the time is a serious resource in here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T09:30:41.237" Title="Bookworm ate passport" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-14T02:09:52.093" Score="0" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Chinese national who has lived in the US for 15+ years. I have a drug-related criminal charge against me from the US but I left the country before my court date (my lawyer did not feel like it was worth it for me to stick around). This was my first time offence, and non-violent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to study in Germany for a masters degree but I'm worried this legal obstacle will prevent me from getting a student visa. I understand that the application asks for &quot;convictions&quot;. Since I was not convicted (I never went to court) is it super risky for me to say no and leave it at that? I know there is an element of risk involved but I'm also wondering if my Chinese passport will play a role here. Are the German authorities likely to look into my criminal history both in the US (as I've lived there for so long) as well as China (I am a Chinese citizen; FYI I have no record in China). Or is it better to simply be honest and tell the truth (in which case I'm worried I will be denied the visa anyways). Is it wise to simply pretend I've never been to the US (or have spent very limited time there) and show them a clean Chinese criminal record? &lt;strong&gt;How likely is it for Germany authorities to look at my criminal history? (I.e. do enough research that they find this unresolved case)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also heard of universities asking prospective students to interview for a position. If I apply for a visa to go for the interview will this case come up then as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing as how I need to have an acceptance letter from a German university before I apply I'd like to be more informed about my options before I start prepping my university applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17272" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T07:46:14.367" Title="Can I study in Germany with a criminal record from the US" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-05-15T02:36:22.623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-14T05:57:25.443" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is my first time asking a question on this site. So I would request you to drop a comment / suggest an edit before downvoting or voting to close this question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in India and my employer was about to send me to Netherlands for one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received MVV and I also have got my visas stamped with the v-number mentioned in MVV. I was supposed to be travelling on first week of this month -- May. But now, that is postponed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is where I am confused.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- My MVV is valid from 27th February to 28th May -- end of this month.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- My Visa is valid from 2nd May to 1st July -- that is type D visa.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- I am yet to receive residence permit card / social security number. (of course)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the questions are,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1. Do I still need a valid MVV to travel to Netherlands or my Visa has replaced it?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2. Would I be able to travel to Netherlands even if my MVV has expired? i.e after 28th of May?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;3. If not, can I apply for the extension of MVV or do I have to reapply for MVV?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17273" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T05:57:25.443" Title="Travelling to Netherlands with expired MVV" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17368" CreationDate="2019-05-14T06:33:06.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is almost the same question (with a different user) as found here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17310/how-does-a-drug-arrest-in-the-us-affect-chances-of-a-student-visa-in-germany/17352#17352&quot;&gt;How does a drug arrest in the US affect chances of a student visa in Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I gave a complete answer there, that should be sufficient for this question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore a short summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt; application should include all information relating to your situation, even portions they are not asking for now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main point that needs to be clarified is the &lt;strong&gt;evasion of justice&lt;/strong&gt; (after being charged, you left). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you tell them &lt;strong&gt;everything&lt;/strong&gt; now, you cannot be accused of withholding &lt;strong&gt;relevent&lt;/strong&gt; information &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they and only they determine what is relevant &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming clean now will &lt;strong&gt;greatly highten&lt;/strong&gt; your chances of a positive result &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they know the worst from the beginning, there will be no nasty surprises later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The worst scenario that can ever happen is a conclusion &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had we known about this beforhand, we would never had let you in in the first place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow the advice given in the other link and that will give them enough to come to a conclusion as long as they do not believe that something else is being hidden. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your question how likely they will query foreign criminal records, I think you are looking at the problem the wrong way around. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The offical is reading you application:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15 years in USA &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;studied for a PhD in Georgia &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;suddenly left Georgia without compleatng PhD &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NaNu, thinks the official, that is strange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks further through the application and &lt;strong&gt;finds no explanation&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sends a query to Georgia asking: do you know a person called 'student123', possibly also called 'user97057'? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why yes, reply's Georgia, we do. We'll send the record about the drug charge and fleeing the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official looks through the record, see's that the crime in the USA, is only a felony in Germany and thinks to himself : What a pity, had he told us about this from the beginning... but now... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the application is refused for withholding relative information and entered into the Schengen Database. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This scenario is more likely to happen than for every application 51 queries (50 States plus Federal) plus your home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T07:46:14.367" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T07:46:14.367" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17367" CreationDate="2019-05-14T09:30:41.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would better if you apply for a new passport because of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some border officials can be very picky about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It often possible to used a cancelled passport with a valid visa together with a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would apply for the passport, where possible  with proof of application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for the visa, inform them that a new passport has been applied for because of the damaged passport. They then may be willing to issue or transfer the visa to the new passport which may by then exist when the visa is issued. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they know this beforhand (and the reason is obvious) it may be possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T09:30:41.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-14T09:58:59.990" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are currently on a tier 2 Visa working in the UK, and our baby was born in the UK. We were wondering if, after the baby gets its Canadian citizenship and passport it can leave the country and come back on a visitor Visa (no longer than 6 months at a time). My wife plans to go to Canada at least twice a year to visit family, and if the baby doesn't overstay when it's in the UK, is there a reason it could be denied entry as a visitor? We would be getting private health insurance and care for the child, so that's not the issue, just crossing the border which we are curious about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17276" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T09:58:59.990" Title="Tier 2 Visa, baby born in UK, can it travel with a Canadian Passport?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-15T02:43:09.820" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the chances for an individual who committed a white-collar (Financial Fraud) crime and was offered settlement to get an investor visa (Tier 1) for the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The settlement is almost fully (90%) paid now. If it is not done, then the original sentence was for a 6 months in prison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17279" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T13:32:17.710" LastActivityDate="2019-10-12T15:01:02.800" Title="Tier 1 Investor Visa UK on a suspended sentence" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-15T07:35:34.467" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a non-EU citizen holding a Romanian student visa (Masters Degree), find a job in Germany and move there before finishing his study? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mahmood Alajaj" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-05-21T06:41:27.790" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T14:41:56.347" Title="Can I work in EU with my student visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17373" CreationDate="2019-05-15T13:27:33.257" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-9-grounds-for-refusal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Rules Part 9&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grounds on which entry clearance or leave to enter the United Kingdom is to be refused&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the fact that the person seeking entry to the United Kingdom:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;(...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;has been&#xA;  convicted of an offence for which they have been sentenced to a period&#xA;  of imprisonment of less than 12 months, unless a period of 5 years has&#xA;  passed since the end of the sentence.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so if you have been sentenced to 6 months (this &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; includes suspended sentences), unless it was more than 5 years ago &lt;strong&gt;you will be refused entry&lt;/strong&gt; by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that for Tier 1 Visas you have to provide an overseas criminal record certificate from all countries you have been living in the past 10 years that will probably specify the exact details of your sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these are the generic conditions, so if you would still like to visit the UK on a Tier 1 Visa your best bet is to contact an immigration lawyer who should be able to advise you on your actual chances. Since your conviction is suspended they might still be able to help you in the process of applying, and probably tell the actual chances that your application will be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that even if the immigration lawyer tells you that your sentence doesn't apply, and is non-custodial you still generally have to wait &lt;a href=&quot;http://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/travelling-uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;at least 12 months&lt;/a&gt; after the end of the original period for you to be eligible to apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Paragraph 320(18A) of the Rules states that an application should normally be refused if within the 12 months prior to the date on which the application is decided, the person has been convicted of or admitted an offence for which they receive a non-custodial sentence or other out of court disposal that is recorded on their criminal record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T13:27:33.257" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16107" CreationDate="2019-05-15T13:40:12.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One document that they might receive is called a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Refugee_travel_document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Refugee travel document&lt;/a&gt;. They are similar to passports but are issued in the name of the country where the asylum seeker is claiming refuge. Canada is also supplying these documents and they &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Front_cover_of_a_Canadian_travel_document_issued_to_refugees_under_the_1951_convention.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;look like the following&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xsc9a.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xsc9a.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Refugee Travel Document&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this document is only needed if the refugee wishes to temporarily leave Canada, so in general asylum seekers might not possess them. If they do however it is an official document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T13:40:12.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17374" CreationDate="2019-05-15T15:02:54.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not on the basis of the student visa.  Work authorization for citizens of countries that are neither in the EU nor in the Schengen area is handled by national law.  The only country that can issue a document permitting the student to work in Germany is Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, since (as noted in a comment) Romania is not part of the Schengen area, the Romanian student visa does not even allow the student to &lt;em&gt;travel&lt;/em&gt; to Germany, much less work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the student must wait for the end of the studies to apply for a German visa is up to Germany.  If the student already has the qualifications for a German work visa without finishing the studies in Romania, it should be possible to apply for a German work visa, which, if granted, would allow the student to move to Germany before the end of the studies in Romania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T15:08:44.107" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T15:08:44.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17380" CreationDate="2019-05-15T16:27:45.767" Score="7" ViewCount="568" Body="&lt;p&gt;From Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Iceland is heavily integrated into the European Union via the European&#xA;  Economic Area and the Schengen Agreement, but it is not a member&#xA;  state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because Iceland is not a member state I guess rules for moving and work in the country are different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can europeans work in Iceland? How long can we stay there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user16722" LastEditorDisplayName="user16722" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T23:19:43.440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T23:19:43.440" Title="Can EU citizens work in Iceland?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17379" CreationDate="2019-05-15T17:54:06.000" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;While Iceland is not a member of EU, it participates in the EU Single Market through its membership of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Economic Area&lt;/a&gt;. One consequence of that is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_for_workers_in_the_European_Union&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;freedom of movement for workers&lt;/a&gt; applies to Iceland and Icelanders &lt;em&gt;in the same way as to the EU proper&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An EU citizen has the right to live and work in Iceland indefinitely without prior permission (but must register with civil authorities within 6 months, like native Icelanders have to). The rules also give quite liberal rights to move to Iceland to &lt;em&gt;seek work&lt;/em&gt; on your own expense for up to six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Icelandic government informs about the procedure at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.skra.is/english/individuals/moving-to-iceland/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.skra.is/english/individuals/moving-to-iceland/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10579" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T17:54:06.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17381" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17382" CreationDate="2019-05-15T18:57:08.050" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received an offer of 35000 SEK/month from a Swedish company. My location would be Ludvika, Sweden. I am married, no children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this be sufficient to have a good living and save a little?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17277" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T06:22:57.077" Title="Swedish salary concern" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17381" CreationDate="2019-05-16T06:22:57.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hardly but still doable, but don't think about saving &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;35,000 will get you 26,000 in your bank &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ekonomifakta.se/Fakta/Skatter/Rakna-pa-dina-skatter/Rakna-ut-din-skatt/#&amp;amp;&amp;amp;/wEXAQUEY2FsYwUBMYDp9Tkj4OGAN4R9N1IUN54CiLz9yKMG5G2iLHW2Pox3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(calculate here)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An apartment could cost &lt;a href=&quot;https://mobil.blocket.se/annonser/dalarna/bostad?cg=3000&amp;amp;m=61&amp;amp;r=6&amp;amp;st=u&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;around 5000&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two public transportation tickets would be around 1800, electricity 500 (heating is usually included afaik), mobile phone 200 (2 simple pre paids at 95) and you still need food, hot clothing and the occasional something for you apartment &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T06:22:57.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-16T11:54:33.617" Score="2" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that if you have lived in another EU country than your own, you can excercise EU freedom of movement to move back to your home country with your non-EU spouse.  How long do you have to have lived in this other EU country?  Do you need to have a residence permit from the country?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17286" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T01:00:55.130" Title="How can you exercise EU freedom of movement to your own country?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17383" CreationDate="2019-05-16T14:59:00.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each country makes its own rules within the guidelines specified in the free movement directive, so a general answer is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Residence permits are not required, however, because under the free movement scheme, member states cannot require citizens of other member states to have a residence permit. The citizen may opt to apply for a &amp;quot;registration certificate,&amp;quot; but these are indeed optional and should not be required for a move back to the country of nationality.  Any means of documenting your life in the other member state should suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example of the variation in the rules, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here's what the UK has to say&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility for you and your British family member&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have genuinely made your home in another EEA country. Both of you must prove that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it’s been your main residence or base for the ‘centre of your life’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve lived there together&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve integrated there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility for your British family member&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your British family member must either have the right to permanent residence in the EEA country where you’ve lived together, or have been one of the following there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;working&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;self-employed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;self-sufficient&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;studying&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they’ve been back in the UK for more than 3 months, they must also be working, looking for work, self-employed, self-sufficient or studying in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that immigration barrister Colin Yeo, at his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;freemovement blog&lt;/a&gt;, expresses an opinion that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/surinder-singh-immigration-route/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a significant number of the UK's requirements are improper and would not withstand a legal challenge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the Netherlands has &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Dutch-nationals-that-can-derive-rights-from-EU-law.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these requirements&lt;/a&gt; (the original uses the Dutch abbreviation &amp;quot;EER&amp;quot;; here it is changed to the English abbreviation &amp;quot;EEA&amp;quot;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have lived in another EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland for at least 3 months with your family member without the nationality of an EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland. The residence must have been lawful based on EU Community law. Thus you have used EU Community Law (right to free movement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's rather simpler.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, some countries, including Spain and Italy, grant the non-EU family members of their citizens the same rights as the non-EU family members of other EU citizens, so in those countries there is no need to consider this question whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T14:59:00.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-17T18:57:36.777" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I go about updating my UK licence when I don't have a photo card licence. I can put a uk a address of my parents for delivery etc. but can I do this, what do I need to complete etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17293" LastActivityDate="2019-05-17T18:57:36.777" Title="Living in italy with old paper UK licence, need to update" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-18T05:53:11.790" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am presently in India and travelling to  Germany (dates in the application May 18th to October 16th) it is for 5 months. But since I have not got my visa yet, will there be still 5 months validity in my visa or will I lose some days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if I get Visa after two weeks? &#xA;Will the dates on visa automatically start from the date they put it on passport or will they still stick to the original dates in my application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17300" OwnerDisplayName="Travel_Bug_yet_to_bite" LastEditorUserId="17300" LastEditDate="2019-05-19T18:20:58.650" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T09:35:34.323" Title="Germany Work visa dates" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-18T11:04:18.930" Score="3" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Situation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently contracting under an umbrella company in an EU country and am considering moving to Norway for an as-of-yet still unknown amount of time but likely between 6-12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I intend to keep working for the same client company in the EU while living in Norway and would most likely be required to fly over on a regular basis, let's say for a 1 week every 2 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My client company has a registered branch in Norway with offices in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Assumptions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since Norway is in the EEA, I'm an EU citizen and according &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17379/can-eu-citizens-work-in-iceland&quot;&gt;to this SO&lt;/a&gt;, I understand I can work there for any length of time without a visa or residency permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would assume contract options in Norway are:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;employee (permanent)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;contractor (employee)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;contractor (director)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Questions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I need to register with social security for that length of time? See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10424/remote-work-in-norway&quot;&gt;this other SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I be required to pay taxes in Norway or can I possibly keep in place my current work arrangements? (possibly same as &lt;em&gt;question.1&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provided I have to pay taxes in Norway, what factors should I take into consideration (prioritised) to decide on a new contract type? (see &lt;em&gt;assumptions.2&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17296" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T09:23:29.720" Title="Remote working in Norway" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17393" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17400" CreationDate="2019-05-19T00:14:28.550" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone correct me in the steps that I need to embark upon if decide to migrate from Sri Lanka to Australia or New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone verify whether the order of steps below are correct or add up anything I have missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Skill Assessment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IELTS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for Visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6763" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-05-22T09:25:11.493" LastActivityDate="2019-05-22T09:25:11.493" Title="Steps in Migrating to Australia or New Zealand" Tags="&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17395" CreationDate="2019-05-20T15:27:49.093" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really want to return to the USA for a better quality of life than the UK (in my opinion). My situation is very unique and I want to know if I have a chance (or possibly an advantage) to use my former residency as a way to permanently move into the USA...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About me: I first moved to America with my family in 2004 when I was 10 years old, my mother had won the green card lottery and to this day I still have that permanent resident card. We left in 2009 as the economy was in shambles and my dad could no longer run his business, my green card expired in 2014 so it's been 10 years since I lived on US soil and 5 years since the green card expired, this length of absence makes it very unlikely that I can renew the ironically named 'permanent resident card'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been looking at all the visa options and it seems like none of them are available to me, all being specific to a certain situation (students, marriage, family, venture capitalists, ect.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My first question is&lt;/strong&gt;: Is there a visa for the 'average Joe' meaning you don't have family in the US, nor a spouse, nor a degree course, nor a job waiting for you, nor butt-loads of money; you merely have a can-do attitude and a modest income (and an engineering degree if that helps), if there is such a thing, how much does it cost and does it make a difference depending on which country passport you hold (mine isn't actually a UK passport but an EU one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second question&lt;/strong&gt;: can I use my social security card to aid the immigration process? before I left at the age of 15, I had actually been working for almost a year (in the state of Georgia you can be legally employed from the age of 14) so I've paid a little bit of tax and social security, gotta be good for something, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final question&lt;/strong&gt;: this might sound ridiculous, but I want to use every card I've got and I have a 'sort-of' family member currently in the states who has been a citizen for decades, this person is my great aunt and she lives in Texas where I would really like to move (Texas is big and so am I.... tired of bumping my head on tiny English door frames). I would be happy to assist her with whatever she needs (as she is quite elderly) should I be granted entry, would this serve as an advantage to customs? you know... everyone likes someone who is there to help a senior citizen am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just to wrap up: if there is any sort of detail or legal loophople that I've missed out then please let me know. It seems like permanent migration to the US is as complicated as marine biology. Thank you for whatever info you can provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17302" LastEditorUserId="17302" LastEditDate="2019-05-20T15:33:30.237" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T15:25:27.240" Title="(How) Can I Re-Enter The USA? (Former Green Card Holder)" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17394" CreationDate="2019-05-20T15:49:28.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a visa for the 'average Joe'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only such visa is the green card lottery.  If you were born in the UK, you are not eligible, unless you were born in Northern Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can I use my social security card to aid the immigration process? ... gotta be good for something, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Social Security card and work history won't help you immigrate.  They will help you qualify retirement benefits.  I suppose you aren't now qualified to draw Social Security benefits, but the work you've already been credited with will count towards your qualification if you work in the US in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;everyone likes someone who is there to help a senior citizen am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might help you justify longer visits on the visa waiver program or with a B-2 visa, but it won't help you immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if there is any sort of detail or legal loophole that I've missed out then please let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/returning-resident.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;returning resident visa&lt;/a&gt;, but given what you've said in the question, your chance of qualifying is virtually nonexistent.  Applying for such a visa is effectively the same as applying to renew your green card, in that it is a claim that you should continue to be a permanent resident, and as you've noted that is very unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is probably to try to find an employer who will sponsor you for an H-1B or other employment-based visa as an engineer, but if you're eligible you'll probably want to enter the lottery each year as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But please do not take this as the last word.  I am not a legal professional, just someone with a lay interest in immigration law.  You may want to see whether you can find an immigration lawyer (some may offer initial consultations free of charge) who might know about some possibility that I do not know about, or at least confirm that your history offers you no special benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-05-20T18:23:49.810" LastActivityDate="2019-05-20T18:23:49.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-20T19:16:51.377" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the USA and at the age of 2 I moved to Mexico City where I lived here all my life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to have my US citizen passport but don't have the SSN. &#xA;Do I need to get this Social security number first before filling the DS-11 form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a chance I can get the passport without this number explaining or giving some documents that all my life I have been living outside the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your help.&#xA;Luis&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17303" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-05-22T06:34:49.493" LastActivityDate="2019-05-22T06:34:49.493" Title="Is a social security number required for a passport for an adult?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17396" CreationDate="2019-05-20T20:29:53.557" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the instructions for &lt;a href=&quot;https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form DS-11 (U.S. Passport Application)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Section 6039E of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6039E) and 22 U.S.C 2714a(f) require you to provide your Social Security number (SSN), if you have one, when you apply for or renew a U.S. passport.  If you have never been issued a SSN, you must enter zeros in box #5 of this form.  If you  are  residing  abroad,  you  must  also  provide  the  name  of  the  foreign  country  in  which  you  are  residing.    The  U.S.  Department  of  State  must provide your SSN and foreign residence information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  If you fail to provide the information, your application may be denied and you are subject to a $500 penalty enforced by the IRS.  All questions on this matter should be referred to the nearest IRS office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other sections of the instructions say that if you fail to provide your social security number, then your application &quot;MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PROCESSING DELAYS AND/OR THE DENIAL OF YOUR APPLICATION&quot;. However, if you are sure that you have &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; had an SSN, then the above instructions to fill in zeros apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-05-20T20:29:53.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17374" CreationDate="2019-05-21T10:29:17.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but it depends on how many hours is the job and what is the job related to... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was a student too and i was able to have a side job (neben Job in German)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/9148-side-jobs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some info&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Rules for students&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students from the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland enjoy unrestricted access to the German labour market and have practically the same rights as German students. However, if they work more than 20 hours per week they must pay certain insurance contributions (just like German students). For students from other countries, special legal regulations apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;International students from other countries are allowed to work 120 full days or 240 half days per year. They are not allowed to be self-employed or work as freelancers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Students who want to work more need permission from the Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency) and the Ausländerbehörde (foreigners' office). Whether they are given permission depends on the situation on the labour market: the chances are better in regions with low unemployment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An exception is working as an academic assistant. There is no limit to how many days academic assistants may work. They still have to inform the foreigners' office however. If you are uncertain what category a job falls into, you should seek advice from student services or the International Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-05-21T14:41:56.347" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T14:41:56.347" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17393" CreationDate="2019-05-21T13:55:08.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australian system is point-based. For independent skilled immigration you have to get 65 points. You could get points from your age, English level (IELTS), education or degree, professional experience, partner skills and some additional rare requirements. The details are &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/points-table&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skills, education, degree for you and your partner have to be assessed by Australian authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you may submit an application for immigration. Processing time is 6 months. Then you will ask for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T13:55:08.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-21T14:33:05.153" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who married an Italian citizen in 2014. We were married in New York and lived together before we decided to move to Europe. He moved back to Italy and I moved to the UK for my career.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now trying to apply for my Italian citizenship and am getting slightly confused. The first step prior to applying is to register your marriage to the Italian commune. I cannot seem to register through the New York consulate, as my husband never registered as an AIRE (and now has also moved back to Italy and no longer resides abroad). I also probably cannot register through the UK consulate for similar reasons (as the marriage happened in the US and my husband is not an AIRE in the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When my husband tried to go to his local commune, the lady yelled at him and told him that she cannot register our marriage as I do not live in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems as though we are stuck in an impasse with nowhere to even register our marriage.  How and where can we do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17308" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T16:48:18.307" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T16:48:18.307" Title="How do I register my Italian marriage (outside of country where we were married)?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17412" CreationDate="2019-05-21T13:14:25.960" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to apply for a student visa to do my PhD (which will last 5 years). In the application site it says it's required for my passport to be valid during my period of stay, something impossible in my case as passports in my country last 5 years and I recently renewed it. My current passport will last until April 2024, how will this affect my visa application/issuing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17329" OwnerDisplayName="Julio Cáceres" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T05:19:53.047" Title="Student Visa that outlasts passport duration" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17402" CreationDate="2019-05-21T13:34:54.073" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It won't. They'll give you a visa for the entire duration of your study in the US. When your passport is about to expire, you can contact the consulate of your home country applicable to the US and get a new passport. I currently have a B1/B2 US visa which is valid beyond the expiry date on my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17307" OwnerDisplayName="Chirag Arora" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T13:34:54.073" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17404" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-21T10:58:49.280" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 64 and semi-retired.  I received my masters degree in 2013 and wish to study in France to broaden my professional expertise for consulting purposes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17316" OwnerDisplayName="Patsy" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T21:07:32.410" Title="Student Visa for France for 64 year old" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-21T22:47:24.570" Score="0" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently don't have any driver's license. I'm moving to Ontario soon, and I'll probably want one. I'm wondering whether to get one in my current country, before moving to Canada, or to do it after moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Ontario, to get a G2 license, which allows you to drive without needing someone experienced with you, requires a year of driving experience and has some additional restrictions, and a full driver's license requires two years of experience. On the other hand, in my current country you can get a driver's license just by completing a course and passing the required exams (without any experience requirement). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I learned, you can use a foreign driver's license for 60 days in Ontario, and then you need to get an Ontario driver's license. Does it also apply to international driving permit, or could I use the driver's license from my country alongside an international driving permit beyond this period, until I have enough experience to be allowed to take the test for Ontario driving license (i.e. one year for the G2 license, which is sufficient)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16393" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T03:23:20.327" Title="International driving permit and driver's license at Ontario, Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17394" CreationDate="2019-05-22T09:02:40.603" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I first moved to America with my family in 2004 when I was 10 years old, my mother had won the green card lottery and to this day I still have that permanent resident card. We left in 2009 as the economy was in shambles and my dad could no longer run his business, my green card expired in 2014 so it's been 10 years since I lived on US soil and 5 years since the green card expired&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your permanent residence (and green card too) expired in 2009 or 2010 right after 6 months from leaving the US. Your previous LPR status doesn't give you any advantages, rather more problems. Any US official could monitor your papers twice because according the US opinion you and your family stilt residence and citizenship for a more motivated candidate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As it was mentioned by phoog, the 'average Joe' immigration visa is the green card lottery.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No. The US immigration system doesn't count your previous professional experience (if it doesn't include a Nobel prize or Olympic gold medal).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;American family members could really help because the US immigration system is family-based. But the relatives have to be your siblings, parents, children. The full list is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="17302" LastEditDate="2019-05-23T15:25:27.240" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T15:25:27.240" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-22T22:37:18.437" Score="0" ViewCount="715" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for the same company, but based in US now. I left China without cancelling the residence permit. I need a business visa to travel there, but now I am told that I need to cancel the permit first. Can it be done locally in Chinese Consulate or through an agency in US? What would be the process for cancelling the permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17319" LastActivityDate="2021-05-06T02:07:01.027" Title="Cancelling China residence permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17405" CreationDate="2019-05-23T03:23:20.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends :-)&#xA;What IS your current country? I immigrated from Germany with a drivers license for cars, motorcycles and heavy trucks. Ontario would only convert my car license into a &amp;quot;G&amp;quot;. I lost my motorcycle license and had to go through M1, M2 to M. I haven't renewed my heavy truck license at all.&#xA;I was told if I had immigrated from Switzerland my motorcycle license would have been converted. On the other hand: If you move from the Canadian province of Quebec to the Canadian province of Ontario then you have to go through the same process for M1, M2 to M. Canada is not really a country in that sense (let's not talk about bringing beer across provincial borders).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you looked at the website of Ontario's provincial government?&#xA;There you can find this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Exchange a driver’s licence&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can exchange an out-of-province&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;licence for an Ontario licence, if you are re-locating from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any Canadian province or territory&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canadian Armed Forces&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;U.S. States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Isle&#xA;of Man, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Republic of&#xA;Ireland, Switzerland, Taiwan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;When you can’t exchange&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a driver’s licence from a country that does not have an exchange agreement in place with Ontario (it is not listed in the section&#xA;above)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a learner’s permit or novice-class driver’s licence from another province, state or country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a motorcycle class driver’s licence from Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, Isle of Man, or Republic of&#xA;Ireland for a Class M Motorcycle licence, because the exchange&#xA;agreements mentioned above do not include motorcycle class driver’s&#xA;licences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/page/exchange-out-province-drivers-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ontario.ca/page/exchange-out-province-drivers-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T03:23:20.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17402" CreationDate="2019-05-23T05:19:53.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several issues here. Let's consider how passport validity, visa validity, and length of stay interact with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can US visa validity outlast passport validity? Definitely. An unexpired US visa in an expired passport can be used in combination with a new passport of the same type from the same country, without getting a visa in the new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can length of stay outlast visa validity? Definitely. US visas are solely for entry to the US, and the visa's expiration date just means the last day on which the visa can be used to enter the US. How long the person is admitted for is determined by the immigration officer at entry based on the regulations of the status the person is entering on, and is not affected in any way by how much validity is left on the visa. It is very normal to be admitted for months or years beyond the visa's expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can length of stay outlast passport validity? This is more complicated. There is a rule that one's passport must be valid for 6 months beyond the period of stay (or, for passports from countries in the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040309.html#M403_9_3_B_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6-month club&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, the passport must be valid until the end of the period of stay). What this means in practice is that if the immigration officer is admitting you until a specific date on your I-94, that the date will be no later than 6 months before your passport expires (or, for passports from countries in the &quot;6-month club&quot;, the date will be no later than the date your passport expires). If the length of stay on your I-94 was limited to a shorter time than you need due to the passport expiry, what you would normally need to do is, once you renew your passport, you apply for Extension of Status in the US or you leave the US and re-enter on your new passport (and your length of stay for the new entry won't be limited since your new passport is valid for a long time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, F students and J exchange visitors are almost always admitted for &quot;D/S&quot;, which means you are admitted indefinitely, not until a specific date. In this case, that means your period of stay is not limited by your passport expiration (as long as the passport is valid for at least 6 months (or, for passports from countries in the &quot;6-month club&quot;, valid for any length of time) at the time of entry). Someone admitted for &quot;D/S&quot; never needs to apply for Extension of Status, since they remain in status indefinitely as long as they comply with the conditions of their status.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T05:19:53.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-23T09:22:08.120" Score="3" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather worked as a policeman in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pondicherry&lt;/a&gt;, India, during the French rule. Recently I found a document in his cupboard. It's titled as &lt;em&gt;Application to register to French consulate&lt;/em&gt; and he stated that he is a French national. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it help me to get the French nationality?&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XLBAt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17320" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-05-23T17:37:59.147" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T14:12:24.503" Title="Regarding French nationality" Tags="&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7074" CreationDate="2019-05-23T09:56:33.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just have to add something that it is different if you have a higher education inside Germany. I have masters in Communication and Signal Processing and not recognised as a professional or required/limited career. I work as software developer and I got the 18b not the blue card and still I can apply for permanent residence after 2 years as per the ausländerbehorde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Internet source confirming this,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluecard-eu.de/blaue-karte-eu-deutschland/aufenthaltsgesetz/absolventen-deutscher-hochschulen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1st link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mkenyaujerumani.de/2014/05/21/niederlassungserlaubnis-permanent-residence-permit-what-do-you-need-to-get-one/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2nd link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Graduates from a German University (§ 18b AufenthG)&#xA;A non-EU foreigner who graduates from a German University or comparable institution in Germany, may get a permanent residence permit when they have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;held a work permit for at least 2 years after graduation&#xA;a job that relates to what they studied for (professional qualifications)&#xA;paid into the  federal pension fund (gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung) for at least 24months&#xA;shown that they can sustain themselves without depending on the government&#xA;no criminal record&#xA;at least B1 in German; good knowledge of German&#xA;had a working permit or&#xA;had a permit to be self-employed&#xA;basic knowledge of the legal and social laws and the living conditions in Germany&#xA;adequate living space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17321" LastActivityDate="2019-05-23T09:56:33.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17448" CreationDate="2019-05-23T12:50:43.303" Score="1" ViewCount="389" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, not married, but in a longterm relationship with another non-EU person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I am applying for a Blue Card visa to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is it possible to bring a non-married partner with you on a Blue Card to Germany? If yes, what are the ways to prove our relationship? I keep finding some contradicting info on that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If we get married &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; I get the Blue Card, can we immediately apply for family reunification or there's some cooldown period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17071" LastEditorUserId="17071" LastEditDate="2019-05-27T09:12:52.757" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T10:25:24.140" Title="Bringing non-eu partner while on a Blue Card in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17413" CreationDate="2019-05-23T17:45:58.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might help you document &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt;, i.e. the fact that your grandfather continued to make use of his citizenship. Beyond that the rules are complex and it's difficult to determine whether you are a French citizen or not with so little information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do note however that the main obstacle to having your French citizenship recognized is the fact that French citizenship effectively lapses for people born abroad whose French parents have lived abroad for more than 50 years without making use of their citizenship. Since 1970 is almost 50 years ago, it's probably advisable to look into this swiftly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, as explained in the comments, your grand-father's citizenship isn't terribly relevant. Your parents' citizenship is what matters. If one of them was French when you were born, continued to use their French citizenship and you can prove all that, then you are French yourself. If they did not, your grand-father's citizenship is not enough and you first need one of your parents to establish their citizenship before you can do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, when applying for a “&lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt;”, you only need to submit documentation regarding your parents' citizenship and prove that you are indeed their child. You would not typically go back to your grand-parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-05-25T14:12:24.503" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T14:12:24.503" CommentCount="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-23T21:13:24.690" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for a Tier 2 ICT work permit 3 years visa from a reputed A rating Premium sponser from Chennai. In the marital status I have mentioned I'm separated since my wife and I are not on good terms. It has been more than 6 months since we spoke and I have a baby child. Will this separated status cause ECO to reject my visa? If they ask for clarification, what type of questions or proof might they ask for? I do not have any proof of documents that we are separated. I have attended VFS biometrics on 15th May with priority services and was told I will get the visa in 5 working days. But it's been 7 working days now and no reply yet, which makes me to fear that something has gone awry. Please assist with your valuable advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17324" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-05-24T07:25:43.303" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T10:02:25.117" Title="Will it affect my UK tier 2 ICT work permit visa if marital status is separated?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-23T23:59:40.423" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work at an oil company on a rotational basis; 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off. I intend to move with my family to the USA or UK to allow my kids to get a better education. But I would like to continue working in the oil industry in my home country. Only going to USA during my time off. Is this possible? What I need to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17325" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-05-24T06:32:39.793" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T10:03:00.393" Title="Moving to USA or UK with family, while keeping my job on my home country" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17417" CreationDate="2019-05-24T06:40:52.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, your marital status will not affect your visa application. However if you should reconcile at a later time and want your wife to join you, or you want the child to visit or reside with you in the United Kingdom, it might affect &lt;em&gt;their applications&lt;/em&gt;. There will almost certainly be an extra degree of scrutiny to determine how genuine your marital status is at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T06:40:52.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17390" CreationDate="2019-05-24T09:05:13.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the regulations stated in the &lt;strong&gt;Visumhandbuch&lt;/strong&gt; (July 2018)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Visa Guidlines for the issuing of National Visa's) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General conditions for the issuing of a national visa&#xA;Chapter V&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Working visa's are (in general) to be approved by the local German Foreigners office&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where the date is then set, based on application &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) States that the Foreigner must report to the Foreigners office &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the visa expires &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on these regulations it would seem that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the consulate cannot change a date approved by the Foreigners office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any desired extension must be applied for at the Foreigners Office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link where the Visumhandbuch (in German) can be found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/einreiseundaufenthalt/visa/207794&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/einreiseundaufenthalt/visa/207794&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page also states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Visa, that the Foreigners Office must approve, may take up to &lt;strong&gt;three months&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the application should be made in a &lt;strong&gt;timely manor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-24T09:35:34.323" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T09:35:34.323" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17418" CreationDate="2019-05-24T09:09:30.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you have any existing connections to the US, such as family there? If not, this is going to be extremely difficult or impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're only going to the US on your time off, and not working, you might be able to make the case for this being tourism: it's OK to go to the US a lot as a tourist, as long as you're not living there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to have your family live there, and your kids to attend school, then they'll all need some kind of legal, non-visitor status in the US: you &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can't do this as 'tourist'&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only (common) ways to get this are employment-based (you, or perhaps your spouse, could try to get a skilled job in the US which would qualify for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt;), or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/family-preference&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family-base&lt;/a&gt;d (if you already have close relatives there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If neither of these work out, a final option is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Diversity Visa program&lt;/a&gt;, essentially a lottery for US permanent residency. The odds are poor, and some countries aren't eligible, but it's free to apply and there's no harm in trying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17154" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T09:09:30.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-24T12:19:15.800" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am a spouse of an eea family member living in the uk, i have a 5 years family permit. but now i have my own EEA passport(French). what do i do. after 5 years or within the 5 years can i apply for permanent on my own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17165" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T18:39:53.720" Title="Am a spouse of an eea family member living in the uk" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17423" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17451" CreationDate="2019-05-24T15:56:36.210" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen living in Québec for the past 3.5 years. The first 6 months were under a student visa, and the last 3 years have been under two separate work visas (under NAFTA). I have submitted my application to the Québec government to obtain a CSQ, I should receive my CSQ within the next few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next step will be to submit my application to the federal government under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-q7000-application-permanent-residence-quebec-skilled-worker-class.html#EQ77&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quebec Skilled Worker Class&lt;/a&gt; track (I've read that the average application processing time, for this application track, is roughly 15 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to travel for roughly a year, starting this December. My question is, must I remain in Canada for any/all of the time while my application with the federal government is pending? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17328" OwnerDisplayName="Joey Orlando" LastEditorUserId="17328" LastEditDate="2019-05-24T17:00:13.307" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T19:02:36.780" Title="Canadian permanent residency application - do I need to stay in the country during application processing?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17422" CreationDate="2019-05-24T18:39:53.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 5 years or within the 5 years can I apply for permanent on my own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ought to be a permanent resident after five years of residence, even if you changed from being a non-EEA family member to being an EU citizen in your own right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be aware that as a French citizen you have no need for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence card&lt;/a&gt; or for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  You will probably want to be certain when you apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt; that your status as a French citizen is clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T18:39:53.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-25T07:07:37.487" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will try to keep it as short as possible as I value your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am from India, 27 years of age. I did my Bachelors (B-Tech) in Electronics &amp;amp; Telecommunication in 2013.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But my skills and work experience (Self Employed) is not related to my B-Tech. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am successfully running my own web-design company since 2014. My skill set is Webdesign, Web-development, Graphics, Branding &amp;amp; Animation. I learned all this on my own so I do not have any certifications/short courses as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am working with many clients &amp;amp; companies based in Australia. They are ready to help with anything if required for my PR application. I also have visited Australia twice, I got my visitor visa approved the last December. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am looking to apply for a subclass 189 Visa to get PR. Following is the list of occupations that are related to my skill set and not my study (B-Tech).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;261211: Multimedia Specialist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;261212: Web Developer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;261312: Developer Programmer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;261313: Software Engineer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;232414: Web Designer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;232411: Graphic Designer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will be able to get 30 points for Age, 20 points for English. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The query is will I be able to get 15 points for my Bachelor degree as it's not related to the occupation I am applying visa for. Also what about points for my work experience as I am self-employed (running my own company since 2014)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For Multimedia Specialist, the Occupation Ceiling Value is 1000 but invitations issued are 0, What does this mean? So should I not consider applying under this occupation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to know what will be my best bet to apply for PR. I do not mind if my application takes time, I am in no rush and can wait for 1-2 years or more for PR.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17332" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-05-25T12:47:38.007" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T12:47:38.007" Title="Need help/info with my case for PR (Australia)" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-25T08:54:14.480" Score="5" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15806/shoes-indoors-is-this-common&quot;&gt;Shoes indoors - is this common?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So adding to the question linked above,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what happens when Americans have children -- &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do they prepare a separate shoes-free room where the baby can freely crawl around? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or do they suddenly get a RugDoctor job done so that the baby can roam freely around the house?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do they also have the toddlers wear shoes?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've also heard that some people keep their babies in cribs as long as they can't wear shoes, and then have them wear shoes afterwards. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is most common? One of my relative's families are Americans yet they go barefoot(somehow); what is the most common arrangement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16848" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T11:27:34.717" Title="If Americans wear shoes indoors, what happens when there are babies?" Tags="&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15663" CreationDate="2019-05-25T10:07:53.510" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;legitimate descent from a CUKC father for children born elsewhere. Only the first generation acquired British nationality automatically. Second and subsequent generations could do so only if born outside the Commonwealth (or Ireland) and registered within 12 months of birth or if the father was in Crown Service.&#xA;incorporation of territory (no persons ever acquired CUKC this way from 1949)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17333" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T10:07:53.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12255" CreationDate="2019-05-25T10:13:26.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;legitimate descent from a CUKC father for children born elsewhere. Only the first generation acquired British nationality automatically. Second and subsequent generations could do so only if born outside the Commonwealth (or Ireland) and registered within 12 months of birth or if the father was in Crown Service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17333" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T10:13:26.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-25T12:35:51.637" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend applied for a settlement visa, and luckily she got it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her husband resides in UK. She has resigned her job and has purchased a one way ticket to UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now she's worried that she might get refused entry because she has no return ticket, or a job to go back to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I told her, that the whole point that she applied for a settlement visa is to live with her husband and work in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So understandably she would leave her job, and fly to UK with only a one way ticket. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have tried our best to rationalise but I hope you people could help since you have more clarity on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17337" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T16:17:44.227" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T16:17:44.227" Title="UK Settlement Visa with no return ticket" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15561" CreationDate="2019-05-25T21:47:40.257" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your salary calculation seems to be correct - but in some cases you could get extra years-of-experience calculated, e.g. if you were in industry before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand you are over-estimating your tax rate - misinterpreting the table. The part of your salary which fits in the lower bracket is taxed at that bracket, and only the rest, above it, is taxed at the second bracket and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, yes, you buy health care coverage on your own. But decent coverage is much much much cheaper in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some additional bits of info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some institutions have a small allowance for Internet access (20 EUR at the CWI)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The CAO (at least, the NWO CAO I worked under a few years ago) also lets you convert some vacation days into salary if you want. Seeing how the number of vacation days is much higher than in the US, this might be relevant for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remember there are non-tax deductions: Retirement savings deduction and disability insurance deduction (WIA-WGA).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you take the &quot;30% deduction&quot; - you will only have unemployment insurance on the remaining 70% of your salary. This could be significant if you don't find other work immediately after your post-doc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A related question:   &lt;a href=&quot;https://money.stackexchange.com/q/78964/59506&quot;&gt;How is net income in Netherlands calculated?&lt;/a&gt; (on Money.SX)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2019-05-25T22:16:02.410" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T22:16:02.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15561" CreationDate="2019-05-25T22:27:27.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How the system works (roughly):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Income tax: It's a somewhat standard progressive income tax, with ~4 brackets. This means that your calculation is incorrect: Only the part of your income above €20,142 would be taxed at 40.85%. Using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.raet.nl/bruto-netto-salaris-berekenen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a simulator&lt;/a&gt; and without accounting for any rebates or additional income you might have, I find that €46,242 before-tax will leave you with €32,746, which corresponds to a 29.19% effective tax rate, well below 40.85%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tax credits: You would not pay income tax on your whole income. The simulator takes a generic income-dependent tax credit (&lt;em&gt;algemene heffingskorting&lt;/em&gt;) into account but you might also qualify for additional tax credits and/or subsidies, especially if your partner works and you have to pay for daycare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;30% ruling: This one is a bit complicated. The way this actually works is that you remove the tax-free allowance &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; computing the income tax rate. So it doesn't only reduce the taxable income but also the effective tax rate on the income that's still taxable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however a big caveat: Your taxable income must be above €37,743 &lt;em&gt;after the discount&lt;/em&gt;. For a €46,242 yearly income, it means you could only get €8,499 deducted from your income (i.e. 18% instead of 30%). But there is also a special rule for people who have at least a master's degree and are under 30. In that case, the threshold €28,690 and you could get the full 30% tax-free allowance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Health insurance: In the Netherlands, insurance is never “provided“ but it's mandatory to take private health insurance. Your employer will typically have negotiated a discount with one or two insurers but you're free to shop on the open market too. The coverage is highly regulated and subsidized so that you are paying nowhere near the real price (the rest actually comes from some of the “premium national insurance” that are withheld together with the income tax). Without dental coverage or extra insurance, you should expect to pay €200/month for the two of you. You don't have to pay a premium for kids under 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T22:36:57.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15988" CreationDate="2019-05-26T02:26:12.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to stop paying social security in the US, then you need to be on a Japanese payroll, not a US payroll.  The bottom line is that as long as you are a US payroll, then US social security must be withheld.  Your US employer has no way to stop withholding this from your paycheck. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17312" LastEditorDisplayName="user17312" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T21:18:33.380" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:18:33.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17447" CreationDate="2019-05-26T05:14:40.997" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Japan next month. I just learned that the photo I sent as part of the visa application will also be printed on my residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any procedure for changing this photo, in case I want a better one for the card? I'm guessing I cannot change it before moving to Japan, but will I be able to change it at the ward office later, or anywhere else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17340" LastEditorUserId="17340" LastEditDate="2019-05-26T05:59:59.770" LastActivityDate="2019-10-03T08:12:40.423" Title="Changing the photo on Japanese residence card (zairyu)" Tags="&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17429" CreationDate="2019-05-26T07:31:11.630" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience the actual answer is an option that you haven't listed: the babies crawl on the same floor on which people walk in their shoes.  Yet they seem to get no sicker than babies who live in homes where people don't wear their shoes (for such homes also exist in the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-05-26T07:31:11.630" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17432" CreationDate="2019-05-26T09:21:07.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hard to document something that does not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official UK sites state that such visas are initially issued for 30 months &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;afterwhich&lt;/strong&gt; you are expected to have it &lt;strong&gt;renewed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they expect you to renew it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; expecting you to leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so an Immigration Officer would not expect you to have a return ticket&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they may even become &lt;strong&gt;suspicious&lt;/strong&gt; if you did&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mayby this could serve as a &lt;strong&gt;negative&lt;/strong&gt; proof. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-26T09:36:43.633" LastActivityDate="2019-05-26T09:36:43.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-26T12:56:52.130" Score="0" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;On behalf of a pensioned Canadian friend living now in Berlin, Germany&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have been asked to gather Informationen on how to deal with Canadian Tax affairs properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Situation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;retired with Canadian Pension, where basic taxes are deducted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any other income comes from Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no income in Germany (unknown to German Tax Authorities)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permanent, non working, residence permit and private insurance &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After leaving Canada, has delt with all queries dealing with his &lt;strong&gt;last tax year of employment&lt;/strong&gt; per Telefon, hoping that that has now been resolved.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(with each new question coming about 2-3 months after the last was answered per telephone) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has looked for a specialist for foreign tax affairs, but each conversation ends when &lt;strong&gt;Canada&lt;/strong&gt; is meantioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He assumes that a yearly tax return must be filed, but is not sure of any of the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a 72 year old, he would prefer not to have to deal with this himself, but if a professional cannot be found, to at least gather enough information to get (maybe) 70% of it right. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T13:20:19.713" Title="Settling Canadian Tax affairs as expat in Germany (Berlin)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17443" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17445" CreationDate="2019-05-26T16:08:35.017" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in a rent apartment in Germany, my contract is about to expire and I also wish to move to another one. I haven't got any kind of insurance yet for this apartment. I have heard of tenants being given a huge settlement bill by the land-lord siting as the cost of repairing the apartment after they move out. Therefore I would like to know&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if it makes sense to purchase a house insurance at this time when I am about to leave the apartment and am about to start my notice period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What will be covered in the insurance (eg. if the landlord sites any damage will the insurance company cover it?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. The apartment is in good condition and since I moved it no damage is done. However since I didn't know much about the rules and regulations at the time of moving in , I did a rookie mistake of not ensuring that there was a proof of where there were cracks in the floor tiles, or how some heating equipment was not installed correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17341" LastActivityDate="2019-05-26T22:27:36.923" Title="Getting insurance for rented apartment which I am about to vacate" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17443" CreationDate="2019-05-26T18:38:50.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your landlord can only bill you for damages you've done to her property. Normal wear is covered by the rent. (This has been confirmed by the highest German court just lately IIRC.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't an insurance which will cover for not being careful when moving in – as this had to cover the past instead of the future – it makes no sense for an insurance company to offer such a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wanted to be safe against liabilities, you need a liability policy – &lt;em&gt;Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/em&gt; in German –. They are as cheap as 50 Euro per year for a single person and cover everything you might do wrong accidentally. Including damages you did to your landlord's property. But you have to tell them immediately, not just when the landlords bills you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The insurance agent may also want to sell a &lt;em&gt;Hausratversicherung&lt;/em&gt; to you. Don't confuse it with the &lt;em&gt;house insurance&lt;/em&gt; you thought of. &lt;em&gt;Hausrat&lt;/em&gt; is all the moveable inventory that &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; own. For example your washing machine, your TV, but also clothes etc. This policy can be expensive and given the low prices of stuff today, it's most likely not worth it. It typically doesn't cover damages to the property of your landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another insurance which does not apply is the &lt;em&gt;Gebäudeversicherung&lt;/em&gt;. You don't own the building. But the insurance agent will certainly not try to sell that to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The insurance agent may try to sell a &lt;em&gt;Rechtsschutzversicherung&lt;/em&gt; to you, as you worry about having to go to court. Don't buy it. It's expensive and pretty useless for almost all people. Going to court is reasonably cheap in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2019-05-26T22:27:36.923" LastActivityDate="2019-05-26T22:27:36.923" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17449" CreationDate="2019-05-27T01:47:18.197" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say you're in the US on a H1/L1 visa and your I-94 is valid for a year into the future. Now you take a flight to the UK and come back - would the immigration officer issue you a fresh I-94 or would the old one be reused?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T16:22:03.403" Title="If you're in the US on a long-term visa status (H1/L1 visa), do you need a new I-94 for every re-entry?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17438" CreationDate="2019-05-27T07:04:10.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can change just your picture, but according to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/zairyukanri/kokansaikohu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, you can change your non-expired residence card anytime you wish, even if it is not lost or damaged. You will have to pay a 1,300 yen fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole process is documented in the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moj.go.jp/nyuukokukanri/kouhou/nyuukokukanri10_00013.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;. Assuming that you are not changing your name on the card as well, you will need the following documents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Application form (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001291576.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A new picture with your name written on the back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your current passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your current residence card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to bring all the above papers to the immigration office in-charged of the area where you reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastEditorUserId="8758" LastEditDate="2019-10-03T08:12:40.423" LastActivityDate="2019-10-03T08:12:40.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17415" CreationDate="2019-05-27T07:28:17.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;strong&gt;Visumhandbuch&lt;/strong&gt; of July 2018&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which is a collection of Guidlines on how the visa's should be issued / processed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§19a AufentG Blu Card EU&lt;/strong&gt; only meantions &lt;strong&gt;married couples and children&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;non married couples&lt;/strong&gt; are not mentioned at all&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) This is an area which must be clarified at the consulate or with a lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof must be laid forward that would satisfy the official &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, a Blue Card holder can apply for spouse and children up to the age of 16 (with exceptions up to 18)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the spouse does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; have to fulfill language requirements that may otherwise be a prerequirement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they will also be eligible for a &lt;strong&gt;unrestricted&lt;/strong&gt; work permit &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no meantion of a time restriction &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;condition &lt;strong&gt;§30 g&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; persons who fulfill the condition &lt;strong&gt;§30 d&lt;/strong&gt; (general, normal permits) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;may only apply for a spouse reunion after &lt;strong&gt;2 years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source inside Visahandbuch&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VHB Beitrag 'Blaue Karte EU'&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IV (5) Familiennachzug&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-27T10:25:24.140" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T10:25:24.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17446" CreationDate="2019-05-27T16:22:03.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you would be issued a new I-94. The I-94 is for each entry only and your status ceases when you leave the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception where the I-94 matters for the next entry is if you re-enter the US with an expired visa (or without a visa of the right type if you changed status in the US) after a trip of less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, where they will admit you on Automatic Revalidation until the expiration of your previous I-94. Also, if you are in the US on the Visa Waiver Program and re-enter after a trip to Canada, Mexico, or adjacent islands, you are not given a new duration of 90 days and you are admitted until the expiration of your previous I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But since you are going to the UK, neither of these apply, and you will be admitted anew on the basis of your visa. You will be granted a new I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T16:22:03.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17450" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-27T18:24:02.960" Score="2" ViewCount="743" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employment is based in &lt;strong&gt;India&lt;/strong&gt; and currently I have been working in &lt;strong&gt;Canada&lt;/strong&gt; for last 4+ years, for the same employer ( their Canadian entity ) under &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; work permit is valid till &lt;strong&gt;July 2020 and visa also have the same validity date.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because this is a closed work permit and tied with the current employer, I &lt;strong&gt;cannot switch jobs within&lt;/strong&gt; Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to some personal reasons, I am planning to resign my current job in Canada and find a new one in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the day I resign my work permit becomes invalid (&lt;em&gt;as per my understanding&lt;/em&gt;) , but I am &lt;strong&gt;not sure&lt;/strong&gt; about the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I need at least a week to 10 days to book ticket to India, closing things like Bank account, Rental and others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;Can I stay 2-3 weeks at Canada after my resignation&lt;/strong&gt; from my job which is based on closed work permit? Is it legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone have the similar experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17294" OwnerDisplayName="NiceGuy" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-27T20:12:32.880" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T14:44:14.287" Title="Can I stay couple of weeks in Canada after resign my job based on closed work permit?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17423" CreationDate="2019-05-27T19:02:36.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been a while, but no, I don't believe so. I certainly left the country while I was applying for PR, although that was a couple of decades ago now. This assumes you have some other visa which permits you to leave and return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole &quot;can't leave the country while waiting for your green card&quot; thing appears to be unique to the states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2019-05-27T19:02:36.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-27T19:26:14.897" Score="4" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if it is possible to live both in Sweden and the Uk at the same time. I am a European citizen, and have permanent resident in the UK. I also have the Swedish Personal Number (although I am not Swedish national). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I work as a free-lancer, I work across different countries in Europe and would like to be based in Sweden and the UK (where I live and have paid taxes for almost 10 years). I think that one may live in both countries at the same time, pay taxes in both countries, as long as I commute between them, but can only pay social contributions in one of them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that in the UK this is possible, but I am unsure about Sweden, as I don't speak Swedish. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the consequences of this in Sweden? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to have foreign health insurance or how does it work? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I keep the social rights?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17347" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-05-29T15:47:21.510" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T18:03:05.287" Title="Is it possible to live both in Sweden and the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17452" CreationDate="2019-05-28T05:01:46.000" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assumptions:&lt;/strong&gt; Since portions of your question &lt;strong&gt;are not clear&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are an EU-Citizen (not all European Citizens are EU Citizens)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK is your &lt;strong&gt;main&lt;/strong&gt; residence, where you have lived for 10 years, paying taxes with National Health and Pension contributions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have not done so already, apply for the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this process has been completed, you &lt;strong&gt;will be known&lt;/strong&gt; to the UK authorities, which at the moment you are (most probably) &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;, since the UK has no general residency registration system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With such a status you may leave the UK for up to 2, 4 or 5 years depending on the time recognized and citizenship without effecting your residence status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be a &lt;strong&gt;Brexit&lt;/strong&gt;-safe solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sweden:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU Citizen you have the right to work and live in Sweden. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you desire to maintain a &lt;strong&gt;secondary&lt;/strong&gt; residence in Sweden, inform them of your &lt;strong&gt;primary&lt;/strong&gt; residence in the UK and that you will be commuting between both. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Healthcare:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are insured by the National Health system, you (should) be covered by the European Health Insurance while in Sweden.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Look at the back of your National Health Card and compare with the images shown in the link below) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; this may change based on the &lt;strong&gt;final outcome of Brexit&lt;/strong&gt;! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, a world of its own, which must be dealt with properly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="20" LastEditDate="2019-05-28T22:38:28.767" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T22:38:28.767" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17458" CreationDate="2019-05-28T08:48:04.723" Score="0" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a job offer in Germany and I need to apply for a work visa/EU blue card. I have 4.5 years of experience in software development. I have completed my engineering from a well recognized university in Computer science engineering.&#xA;I have been reading about ANABIN. do I need this certificate for the work visa application or for applying for BLUE card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE* I have gone through the ANABIN database and I have found my university as well as my degree recognized. Do I still need the certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17352" LastEditorUserId="17352" LastEditDate="2019-05-28T10:00:59.973" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T13:36:06.397" Title="Do I need ANABIN certificate to apply for work visa to Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-09-11T05:50:56.843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17457" CreationDate="2019-05-28T09:37:29.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes or an equivalent type of certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;strong&gt;Visahandbuch&lt;/strong&gt; July 2018&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'&lt;strong&gt;Blaue Karte EU&lt;/strong&gt;' Regulation &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;II 1 a&lt;/strong&gt;: Precondition, Qualification, checking of certificate in &lt;em&gt;ANABIN&lt;/em&gt; Database&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T09:37:29.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-28T13:44:59.950" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our daughter is enrolled in a school in England and our entire family (Father, mother, daughter (student) and son (2yrs) want to also follow. UK.Gov states anyone on a tier 4 visa cannot work but in order for us to make this work we would need the invome and thus work remotely.  Our entire family, according to UK.gov, can come to the UK as Parents of a child tier 4 visa holder and stay for the duration of her education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We own and operate a small bookkeeping accountancy that we have successfully run remotely during extended travel - we work a total of 15 hours per week. We also have rental income of just over $5,000 per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for an opinion on if we should all apply for a tier 4 but write a cover letter stating the sources of our income or would we be better off only applying for our daughter on a tier 4 and the rest of us apply for a long term tourist visa. Another possibility we've considered is a Sole Representative Visa as I do not currently work for our company and could be hire to set up a branch in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's is our hope to let a home and live in England for two years total. It seems like somehow all of these pieces can fit together but the guidelines are vague and I don't want to apply incorrectly and get a negative mark on our immigration record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice or experiences shared would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17348" LastEditorUserId="17348" LastEditDate="2019-05-28T15:02:32.150" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T15:07:46.023" Title="Child (5yrs) on Tier 4 visas has CAS. Family income questions" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17459" CreationDate="2019-05-28T14:56:08.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should not entertain the idea of running your business remotely from the UK while staying on a visit visa or the Parent of a Tier 4 child visa, since this would be working, a violation of the conditions of the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sole representative visa does not seem suitable to me, since it sounds to me (and will sound to the Home Office!) like the &quot;branch in England&quot; would be a scheme entirely constructed to allow you to get the visa. Even if this isn't the case, it is not permitted for the &quot;sole representative&quot; to be a &quot;major shareholder&quot; in the company, which presumably you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, what you want is not possible. You can't just come to live in the UK. As the conditions of the Parent visa make clear, it is not intended that you make your primary home in the UK. Moving your whole family certainly looks to me like you would be making your primary home in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to rethink your plans. It's perfectly possible for you to take holidays in the UK. You should bear in mind that UKVI are suspicious of people without any UK travel history applying to stay 6 months. You should limit your initial holidays to a few weeks at most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not a professional. If you're paying the fees for an independent school for your daughter, I suspect you can afford to pay an immigration solicitor who may be able to come up with a more creative solution to what you want. This will be the best way of ensuring you don't get any negative marks on your immigration history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2019-05-28T15:07:46.023" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T15:07:46.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-29T06:13:17.763" Score="1" ViewCount="1068" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software engineer with &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;9 years of experience in India and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a Bachelor's degree recognized in Germany in the same domain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;moving to Germany for 1 year, for an &quot;on site&quot; role. My employer create a German contract and will apply for a work permit for me, which i assume will be valid for 1 year. My salary is supposed to be about 60-65K EUR. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will my work permit be a Blue Card by default ? If not, can I apply for it during my 1 year in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I be able to change employers in Germany while on work permit/blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be helpful if someone can also point me to the correct official resources where I can get this information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17357" LastEditorUserId="17358" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T16:17:21.370" LastActivityDate="2020-12-27T16:03:30.417" Title="Conversion of work permit into blue card" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17461" CreationDate="2019-05-29T08:20:34.017" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) No, the Blue Card application is not automatic. It must be applied for at the Cousulate when the initial visa is applied for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you fulfill the main conditions (salary is fulfilled) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case (assuming you lac a degree) proof of a minimal 5 years experience in the profession &lt;strong&gt;may be sufficient, but is only a Option&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(the guidelines imply that this is an exception and not the rule for a Blue Card) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the exact form of this proof is not stated in the guidelines &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English probably, preferably with a German summary &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maybe your employer could help with that in a letter form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; the final decision is made at the local Foreigners office, so something in German, may ease the decision process &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a positive decision has been made for the Blue Card, a standard national D-Visa (6 months) will be issued, which will be replaced with a Blue Card in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Blue Card would then be valid for either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4 years &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;length of contract plus 3 months &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt; visa will be issued after&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;33 months &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;21 months with B1 certified German knowledge &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Until you receive a &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt; permit, permission must be obtained before any change of employer is done&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A general discription (in German)  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/buergerservice-faq-kontakt/faq/02a-blue-card-eu/606572&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Was ist die Blaue Karte EU/EU Blue Card?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-05-29T08:39:12.267" LastActivityDate="2019-05-29T08:39:12.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17464" CreationDate="2019-05-29T11:00:22.207" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen intending to relocate with my German partner (unmarried) to Germany in a few months' time. We have been told unequivocally I can only have one of three permit types (an employment permit, job seeker, student/language course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can move there for 90 days without a visa and secure the permit during that time.  I do not currently speak German, so I want to learn German and seek employment. I'm unclear on the ability to seek work while on a language visa, so I want to figure out what is the best combination of visas to get me the longest amount of time to learn German and secure a job (I have a PhD in social policy and previous work experience. I did get second place in a job recently without any German, so I feel that with German I could secure employment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I either a) secure a language permit that allows me to look for work and then change to an employment permit or b) use a language permit until I'm done and then change to a job seeker's permit? Or should I just try to learn enough German in the 90 days and secure a job seeker's permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts on the best course of action would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17359" LastActivityDate="2019-05-29T14:10:10.433" Title="Considering German Residence Permit Types" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17463" CreationDate="2019-05-29T14:10:10.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For your conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;US Citizen who can apply for a visa from inside Germany &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a &lt;strong&gt;ANABIN&lt;/strong&gt; reconised degree &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;needs an Instensiv language course for profession&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The combination:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;90 day visa free to search for a course, flat etc. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§16b (2) AufenthG: Study visa up to 12 months (10 per week work allowed) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Job-Seeker-Visa (§18c AufenthG), 6 months without work and when found&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blue Card application &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would seem to me the best combination. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-05-29T14:10:10.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17442" CreationDate="2019-05-30T01:43:25.500" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you say 'each conversation ends when Canada is mentioned' I hope it isn't too abrupt an ending.  I'm assuming that you're told that their practice doesn't deal too much about Canadian tax.  It would be nice if they could provide a reference to some one in their profession who does.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These other telephone calls, where there are questions, are presumably with CRA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He will need to consult a Canadian lawyer or accountant about the matter. The big question is how to define the problem, especially as it touches on almost every aspect of your friend's life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among other things, your friend needs to decide whether he wants to undergo the process of ceasing to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That could reduce the amount of taxes deducted from source by a wee bit. But there might be deemed dispositions which could affect things.   Your friend might have, by his past actions, done stuff which would have been sub-optimal in terms of tax implications (i.e. not exercised his Westminster rights to minimize his taxes to the fullest legal extent).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this chap have a RRSP?  Did he convert his RRSP into a RRIF?  Taxpayers need to do that before the end of the year in which the taxpayer turns 71.  Did he have a TFSA?  Does he have a TFSA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a tax treaty between Canada and Germany so here's a little bed-time reading:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fin.gc.ca/treaties-conventions/germany_-eng.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.fin.gc.ca/treaties-conventions/germany_-eng.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what you mean by 'unknown to [the] German tax authorities' and I'm not sure if that is a wise move.  Your friend might not be interested in the German tax authorities but the German tax authorities might be interested in him.  Talking to a German tax lawyer or accountant might be worthwhile, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;CRA has a long set of rules for determining if you're still deemed to be a resident of Canada for tax purposes. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becoming an expat from Canada is a serious issue and requires that you engage a lawyer who knows something about the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a fairly good document which you ought to read very carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Form NR73 can also help you work through the problem in preparation.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17289/how-can-i-get-paid-from-a-canadian-company-without-living-in-canada/17303#17303&quot;&gt;How can I get paid from a Canadian company without living in Canada?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an editorial comment, 72 is a bit young to be financially infantilized, although I fully appreciate not wanting to deal with the tax people of &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; nation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some more as there's a size limit on comments.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unfortunate aspect of modern life that ordinary people need to consume unique, irretrievable, moments of their lives to learn about these sorts of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be helpful for you to be au fait with the subject matter so you can, ahead of time, think about how to define the problem, what sorts of options are available, what sorts of trade-offs are involved, what sorts of questions to ask when consulting the accountant/lawyer, have a vague idea what is being said to you, and not least, save time and money by not needing someone being paid a fair chunk of change to explain to you an primer on the questions of retirement planning, tax residency, dealing with multiple tax jurisdictions, and tax planning in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the NR73 needed?  I don't know.  The wording on the form suggests yes.&#xA;&quot;Complete all areas of this form if you plan to leave or have left Canada, either permanently or temporarily. Give all the facts about your residency status while living inside and outside Canada.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's more exciting bed-time reading, in the form of a document that CRA prepared mostly for professional but I think understandable for the layman.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-5-international-residency/folio-1-residency/income-tax-folio-s5-f1-c1-determining-individual-s-residence-status.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer (IANAL) or accountant (IANAA). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastEditorUserId="17235" LastEditDate="2019-06-02T13:20:19.713" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T13:20:19.713" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-30T03:37:02.980" Score="2" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on T5 visa in the UK, i am going back to Hong Kong in a few days to make a T2 visa and come back to the UK again in mid August to start a new job. Do i need to do TB test in Hong Kong for the T2 visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;Who does not need to be tested&#xA;You will not need a TB test if any of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you’re a returning UK resident and have not been away for more than 2 years&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above is copied from HO website, but am i a &quot;UK resident&quot;? If i am, i shouldnt need to do the TB test in Hong Kong. I am a bit confused. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17360" LastActivityDate="2019-06-29T17:01:30.180" Title="Do i need Tuberculosis (TB) test for UK T2 Visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-30T03:57:54.700" Score="0" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;i want to apply for dependent visa for my husband as i am travelling to Germany for long term on work. My husband is currently working in Singapore from the past 8 months. Can he apply for dependent visa at the German consulate in Singapore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user98264" LastEditorUserId="17710" LastEditDate="2020-01-13T13:38:05.713" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T13:38:05.713" Title="Can a person apply for German dependent visa from a different country other than his country of residence?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17466" CreationDate="2019-05-30T16:28:17.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer&lt;/strong&gt;: In the context of TB screening, Tier 5 visa holders are generally not considered as a &amp;quot;returning UK resident&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP has been in the UK for at least six months, they should be exempted from Tuberculosis screening under a separate provision though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What does the immigration rule says regarding Tuberculosis screening?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paragraphs A39, B39, and C39 of the immigration rules&lt;/a&gt; states the following on Tuberculosis screening (text irrelevant to the OP's case removed, emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A39. Any person making an application for entry clearance to come to the UK for more than six months [...], having been present in a country listed in Appendix T for more than six months immediately prior to their application, must present, at the time of application, a valid medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary of State for these purposes, as listed on the Gov.uk website, confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B39. Applicants seeking leave to enter as &lt;strong&gt;a returning resident under paragraph 19 of these rules&lt;/strong&gt;, having been absent from the United Kingdom for more than two years are also subject to the requirements in paragraph A39.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C39. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence &amp;quot;returning UK resident&amp;quot; listed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the GOV.UK page&lt;/a&gt; actually refers to &amp;quot;returning resident&amp;quot;, a more restrictive term used by UKVI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;PBS Visa Holders are unlikely to be &amp;quot;returning residents&amp;quot;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Government provided &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725471/returning-residents-v2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a guidance&lt;/a&gt; that defines who are returning residents under paragraph 19 (and 18) of the immigration rules. Page 10 gives a few non-examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following do not qualify as returning residents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a person whose previous stay was subject to a time limit (for example a person&#xA;had limited leave to enter or remain)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given almost all PBS visas comes with a time limit, it is unlikely that the OP qualifies as a returning resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Does the OP need to book a Tuberculosis screening then?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on how long they have been in the UK on their Tier 5 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paragraph C39 of the immigration rules gives exemption to those who have been in the UK (and some other countries) for at least six months. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The paragraph itself&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C39. Where a person has lawfully been present in a country not mentioned in Appendix T for more than six months and they are applying for entry clearance as in A39 in a country in Appendix T but have not been in that country or any other country mentioned in Appendix T for more than six months immediately before making their application, they will not be required to produce a medical certificate showing they are free from active pulmonary TB. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a more human-friendly version on GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will not need a TB test if any of the following apply: [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you lived for at least 6 months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and you’ve been away from that country for no more than 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-30T16:34:30.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-31T10:25:16.137" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to become a postdoctoral researcher at a Canadian University. Although, my research-related expenses are covered by the University, I won't be receiving any salary for my position. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is given that I have a 6-year old daughter, can my daughter benefit from free education in Canada or I'm responsible for her educational expenses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17367" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T14:03:05.373" Title="Free Schooling for children of parents with work permit in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-29T13:33:51.873" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen living in Australia applying for a French Visa. It is a work visa, irrelevant which one. During my application process I must provide a phone contact from my current employment. My question is &lt;strong&gt;will the French consulate in Sydney actually contact my work place&lt;/strong&gt;?? Has this happened to anyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nonny McNonnyface" LastActivityDate="2019-05-31T12:07:21.637" Title="Will the French Consulate ring my work place? (Visa)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8039" CreationDate="2019-05-31T17:50:41.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I never did find a definitive answer, and I can only conclude that the UK government wants it that way. I haven't done any research since then, but here is what I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I applied for a spouse of a student VISA, but was rejected because it only applied to post-graduate students who are studying for longer than 1 year, and my wife's term was undergrad, and less than 1 year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I decided to go on a visitor VISA, which I didn't need to apply for as a US citizen. I saw in a few places that the limit on a US visitor VISA was about 6 months, although I couldn't find 100% confirmation on that from the UK government web sites. However, I still needed to account for the 3 months that I couldn't spend in the UK. So I decided to break up my 6 months of visitor time into trips to Europe. This also would work because my work was entirely remote for the same US company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We arrived in the UK in September, and I stayed in the UK about 45 days before taking a trip to Europe for about 24 days. For part of this trip my wife was able to accomany me during a &quot;reading week&quot; at her university. 69 days in, and I returned to the UK without issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;About 120 days in, at the end of December, we traveled to Europe during her winter break. We traveled together for about 21 days and then she returned to resume classes, and I stayed out of the UK until mid February, a total of about 50 days outside the UK and 170 days in (~5 months 20 days). Upon returning to the UK in February, they asked the standard questions at the immigration booth, and then asked me to sit aside in a holding area for about 45 minutes, asking where I had gone and what my purpose in the UK was, etc, so I had to explain the whole situation of my wife being undergrad, and not being able to find a better VISA, so I am here to visit her, etc, etc. They made me show my pay stubs and my bank account balance to prove that I could support myself. They eventually let me in, but it felt begrudging. But the important note from this experience for me was that they did not tell me that I should have had some other VISA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At 200 days in, we took a weekend trip (3 days) to Ireland (not Northern Ireland). This was an interesting experiment too, since the UK immigration treated it like a domestic flight, even though Ireland is technically a different country and a member of the EU. As a result of it being treated like a domestic flight, I didn't have to endure any questioning upon returning to the UK. Disclaimer: I say that it &quot;felt&quot; like a domestic flight; that may be incorrect, but it certainly felt like they treated flights to Ireland less strictly than flights to the rest of the EU.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finally, my wife finished her schooling in late April. We had about a month left until our rental agreement expired at the end of May. At this point, my visitor VISA days balance was at (240 days in - 24 days out - 50 days out - 3 days out = 163 days ~ 5 months 12 days). So we spent 22 days of May traveling in the EU, putting us at 262 days in. Finally, when we returned, I was detained again for about 1 hour in a similar manner. They seemed more agitated and suspicious of me this time, and finally got to the point and asked me how long it had been since I had been home to the US. I said about 9 months, and they did not like that. They said they don't care just care about 6 months, they also care about you going home in between for as much time as you stay (i.e. you come for 3-6 months, you stay out of the UK for 3-6 months, but they didn't use those words; they were much more vague). The gist is that they didn't like me hopping back and forth from Europe. And they agreed to allow me in because I showed them my outbound ticket for the US that was booked about 15 days out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We said our goodbyes, packed our stuff and left the UK near the first day of June. We had traveled 273 days outside the US, and I spent a grand total of 174 days ~ 5 months 24 days in the UK and 99 days ~ 3 months 9 days in the EU and middle east. I have not been back to the UK since June of 2017.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We booked a UK Airbnb for 9 months&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traveling alone, I stayed in hostels because they were cheaper ($12-$40 a night)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traveling together, we stayed in hotels but not for much longer than a week ($60-$100 a night)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Booked many flights with Ryanair and Easyjet (~$100 per flight, sometimes less)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9271" LastActivityDate="2019-05-31T17:50:41.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-01T07:39:32.537" Score="0" ViewCount="691" Body="&lt;p&gt;May I ask about CSPA for immigration process for I-130 F4 and is it possible to redeem for aging out child under CSPA law?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are in trouble and please help us and give any advices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: May I ask about whether I am still eligible for CSPA or not? Please suggest me and give advices what shall we do next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My aunt filed I-130 for my mom in Burma since May 2006 and got receipt letter from USCIS on round about May 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Didn't get any notification or letter from USCIS that my case has been accepted till this year NVC letter even My aunt regularly changed her address changing to USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ME,YOUNGEST SON IN FAMILY, is 21st August 1993 born, unmarried and I was over 12 years while my aunt filed I-130 for my mom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We got NVC letter on this April 19th 2019 to process with CEAC account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My name was listed in the derivative applicant list and they demanded to pay visa fees and filled out DS-260 and got confirmation letter and we did fill civil documents after that in the middle of 2019 May.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We waited NVC to review our case and they suddenly removed my name from the list yesterday  and we added my name again and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;they send a message &quot;ADD APPLICANT IS NOT ELIGIBLE DERIVATIVE, OVER 21 YEARS PER CSPA&quot; !!!.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In CEAC, even my elderest Brother who is gonna turn 32, 1987 born, name was listed in the derivative applicant list.We intentionally removed elderest nephew and niece from the name list for being not able to immigrate because they are married before that event occur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17375" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-06-03T15:57:56.543" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T15:57:56.543" Title="I paid visa fees for F4 derivative child and filled DS-260 with documents.I was rejected for aging out per CSPA. What shall I do next?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-01T12:02:07.847" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have submitted my tier 2 application and finished my biometric. When I arrived the Visa centre in HK, the staff only took my valid passport and refused to send my expired passport and I forgot to mention that I have an expired passport. Will that be ok? Will they refuse my application because I have not submitted my expired passport. Thanks !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17377" LastActivityDate="2019-06-01T16:47:08.333" Title="Expired passport Tier 2 UKVI" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-02T07:29:33.970" Score="0" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;In some states in the world, collecting unemployment benefits (assuming you're at all eligible for them) requires physically reporting in to some government office / employment service bureau - on a regular basis (even once a week). In other states, it's the opposite: You can collect your unemployment benefit for months without as much as laying eyes on a relevant government employee - all through the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: Which European states have which reporting requirements for collecting unemployment benefits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;States I already know about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iceland&lt;/strong&gt;: Once a month (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_benefits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia,org&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Netherlands&lt;/strong&gt;: No physical reporting requirement (by default) if you report through the relevant website.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt;: Once every two weeks (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/your-jsa-claim&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gov.UK&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;lt;- not brexited just yet...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Of course there are often different cases and different requirements, e.g. if you're disabled you might not be required to report as often or at all; and there may be discretionary reporting requirements in some cases and so on. I'm asking about the default scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T16:23:42.613" Title="Which European states require you to physically report in for unemployment?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17470" CreationDate="2019-06-02T13:27:07.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This being the Dominion of Canada, it would depend on what province you're in but, generally, you'd be able to enroll the child in either the public or separate system (and language system, which, &lt;em&gt;this being Canada&lt;/em&gt;, varies from province to province).   You would be paying for it out of your property taxes (or, more likely, indirectly by your landlord paying out of his property taxes).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the university is half-way competent, which is a big if, they will have a foreign student department which should be able to give you assistance on settling in, which would include guidance on this very matter.  In addition, they should be able to provide assistance about taxation, including income tax.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T13:27:07.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17450" CreationDate="2019-06-02T14:44:14.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I relied on this mostly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-39.html#docCont&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-39.html#docCont&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There does not seem to be any requirement that if you leave your employment before the end of the work permit termination date that you leave except that you need to leave by that date.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notion that &quot;you would need some time to end things properly&quot; seems to be only valid to the extent that it seems to be the expectation that  you should make those arrangements prior to the last date of the work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite possible that this question is answered in an authoritative way in the bumpf that the government gave you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;183 (1) Subject to section 185, the following conditions are imposed on all temporary residents:&#xA;&#xA;    (a) to leave Canada by the end of the period authorized for their stay;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception that I saw was 184 (1) A foreign national who enters Canada as a member of a crew must leave Canada within 72 hours after they cease to be a member of a crew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Authorized period ends&#xA;&#xA;(4) The period authorized for a temporary resident’s stay ends on the earliest of&#xA;&#xA;(a) the day on which the temporary resident leaves Canada without obtaining prior authorization to re-enter Canada;&#xA;&#xA;(b) the day on which their permit becomes invalid, in the case of a temporary resident who has been issued either a work permit or a study permit;&#xA;&#xA;(b.1) the day on which the second of their permits becomes invalid, in the case of a temporary resident who has been issued a work permit and a study permit;&#xA;&#xA;(c) the day on which any temporary resident permit issued to the temporary resident is no longer valid under section 63;&#xA;&#xA;(c.1) in the case of a person who is required by section 10.01 of the Act to provide their biometric information, the day on which the period of 10 years following the latest day on which the person provided their biometric information under section 10.01 of the Act ends; or&#xA;&#xA;(d) the day on which the period authorized under subsection (2) ends, if paragraphs (a) to (c) do not apply.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the text of section 63:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Period of permit’s validity&#xA;&#xA;63 A temporary resident permit is valid until any one of the following events occurs:&#xA;&#xA;(a) the permit is cancelled under subsection 24(1) of the Act;&#xA;&#xA;(b) the permit holder leaves Canada without obtaining prior authorization to re-enter Canada;&#xA;&#xA;(c) the period of validity specified on the permit expires; or&#xA;&#xA;(d) a period of three years elapses from its date of validity.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;24(1) doesn't seem to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-06-02T14:44:14.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-02T21:11:45.050" Score="0" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got intra company transfered (from India) to Germany 1.5 year back with a contract term of 2 years (Blue Card)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wish to continue working long term in Germany and Would like to understand, if anyone has experienced, the choices to stay back and switch the current employer IF the current contract doesn't get extended. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current Blue Card holds the name of the current employer, and states that I need to work for the same for at least 24 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Queries :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Current Employer Contract - Valid)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I switch from my current employer, provided IF I get another offer from a different company. How this current Visa/Blue card would be transfered and its validity extended ? How many months before should I apply for VISA/Blue card to be transfered to the new company ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Current Employer Contract - Expired)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the current contract gets expired and doesn't get extended, can I continue staying here in Germany and look for another job. I have heard that a Fiktionsbescheinigung can be obtained and not much information I could find online. Is it valid in all cases ? Do some condition apply ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Current Employer Contract - Extended)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the current contract does get extended, how many months before should I remind my company to provided the hard copy to get the Blue card updated ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that question may be confusing, please feel free to query me back. I did try to find answers online, but there exists no specific information as it all depends on Auslaenderbehoerde or Rathaus. I only intend to understand the possibility and a standard process (if any)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks and regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17376" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T07:32:12.313" Title="Intra Company Transfer to Germany : Choices to leave the company" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-03T12:03:53.123" Score="1" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not an EU passport holder, but currently working in Ireland. I have a GNIB card which is going be up for renewal on the 3rd o January 2020. I am planning to go to France on September 27-October 3 this year which falls just in time within the 3 month allowance before expiration the Schenghen visa requires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, if the Embassy in France would grant me a 6 month Schengen visa, can I still go to other countries in the EU after October 3 using the same visa that France would grant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17383" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-27T19:43:09.907" LastActivityDate="2021-03-24T21:03:40.370" Title="Question about Schengen visa" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17486" CreationDate="2019-06-03T13:30:03.907" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a query regarding validity of blue card inspite of a period of absence from Germany. Due to a medical emergency I have to stay in India for next 6 7 months. Will my blue card remain valid if I leave my employment and deregister from the city? I emailed foreign office they replied it is valid for 1 year even if I am outside EU, but under conditions. I am not sure about the condition part. If anyone can shed light on the matter, it would be great. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17387" OwnerDisplayName="Debaditya Roy" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T16:52:25.580" Title="Interruption of stay in Germany with EU Blue card" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17477" CreationDate="2019-06-03T16:16:13.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_2/__60.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§60 SGB II&lt;/strong&gt; Mitwirkungs- und Mitteilungspflicht&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Requirment to cooperate and to report in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this social law and your specific conditions, you are required to report in to your case manager, when requested, to report about your progress and efforts or anything else required in a letter that may have been sent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often the next date is set during the meeting, but a recieved letter may override that date.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;No joy will fall upon you&lt;/em&gt;, if you fail to show up without an accepted excuse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-06-03T16:23:42.613" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T16:23:42.613" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17484" CreationDate="2019-06-03T16:52:25.580" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The foriegn office is quoting §51 (10) (1) AufenthG: 12 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which overrides §51 (1) (7) AufenthG : 6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this goes on to say, any &lt;strong&gt;longer&lt;/strong&gt; period must be cleared with the local Arbeitsamt.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(This is the only other condition in that paragraph, so I assume that is what they mean) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be save, report the situation to the Arbeitsamt (case manager Sachbearbeiter) and in case of any &lt;strong&gt;delays&lt;/strong&gt; inform them of the delay which they should confirm in writing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T16:52:25.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17483" CreationDate="2019-06-03T17:41:48.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the Embassy in France would grant me a 6 month schengen visa, can I still go to other countries in the EU after October 3 using the same visa that france would grant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes (subject of course to the other conditions of short-term travel to the Schengen area).  It strikes me as unlikely, however, that France will give you a visa valid beyond the expiration of your residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The previous version of this answer was based on a misreading of the question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-06-03T17:58:18.280" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T17:58:18.280" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17482" CreationDate="2019-06-04T07:32:12.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In cases 1 and 3: once a new contract has been concluded&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you must inform the &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt; of the change&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that will lead to the extension of the Blue Card, when the work type and salary fullfils the conditions of the Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case 2: residence can continue during the time you receive unemployment benefits earn during your previous work.&#xA;If you can support yourself, a further 6 months as a Job-search visa can be issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;again through the &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;) can be applied for after 33 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have a B1 German Language qualification&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after 21 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this is &lt;strong&gt;Visa D&lt;/strong&gt; sub type &lt;strong&gt;Blue Card EU&lt;/strong&gt; specific &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other &lt;strong&gt;Visa D&lt;/strong&gt; sub types have very different conditions &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T07:32:12.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-04T15:05:49.570" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S. passport holder and will arrive in Panama on August 19th 2019 and would like to stay until May 18, 2020 (9 months). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a visa? How long can I legally stay? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I do, where can I find reliable information for the visa application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user98483" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T16:17:47.530" LastActivityDate="2021-03-02T22:03:45.367" Title="Visa for entering Panama" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17489" CreationDate="2019-06-04T16:14:02.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you will stay more then 180 days, does not matter what is the reason, you will need a Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;180 Day Stay-Tourists can only remain in Panama for 180 days. This&#xA;  rule is strictly enforced by Panamanian immigration. Travelers must&#xA;  ensure that immigration officials place an entry stamp in their&#xA;  passport.  For further information contact the Government of Panama&#xA;  Migration Service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, in this link, you could find more info about how you get a Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to highlight that Yellow fever vacination is mandatory in Panama&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Panama.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travel.State.Gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16542" OwnerDisplayName="Brazil HQ." LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T16:14:02.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-05T04:08:27.840" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently submitted a tier 2/work shortage application. On the application, I put I would be in the U.K. for seven years, because that is my hope. Unfortunately, my COS is for three with the ability to renew. I then went on and paid for three years of healthcare, but paid for a five year visa. I didn’t realize my mistake until after it was submitted and my biometric was completed. I paid for the 3-5 day expedited visa. This is day six and I’ve heard nothing. What are the chances this will work out? I’m in a panic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17397" LastEditorUserId="17397" LastEditDate="2019-06-05T04:17:22.147" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T04:17:22.147" Title="Mistake on application regarding length of stay" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-05T06:28:47.163" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Back in 2009, I got a student visa refusal from Home Office due to the reason of me lacking of the fund to continue studying. Therefore after the first appeal, I decided to not to continue and left the UK back to Malaysia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2015 I visited the UK and I had no issue coming in at the airport and they granted me a visiting visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earlier this year I have been offered a place to study MA degree and my CAS has now been issued for this September 19 intake. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is should I disclose the visa refusal previously in my visa application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have enough evidence available this time around to show 28 days money in my account financially to study and live in London this year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will there be any problem arise in my application this time around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17399" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T16:18:24.737" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T16:18:24.737" Title="UK student visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-05T07:14:32.200" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live overseas and have done so since 2010.  I previously held a UK driving license, but have somehow managed to mislay it.  Can you advise how I can get a replacement.  Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17401" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T19:51:41.457" Title="Obtaining a replacement UK driving licence" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17494" CreationDate="2019-06-05T14:07:47.157" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK drivers licenses can be replaced, even from overseas, but only if the applicant resides in Great Britain. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-online-to-replace-a-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK govt. page&lt;/a&gt;, which addresses license replacement, and contains the following text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;...To replace your licence you’ll need to: be a resident of Great Britain (there’s a different service in Northern Ireland), not be disqualified from driving for any reason pay £20 by MasterCard, Visa, Electron or Delta debit or credit card provide addresses where you’ve lived for the last 3 years.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, to replace your previous license, you'll have to lie to DVLA about your residence. None of us would recommend that course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-09T19:51:41.457" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T19:51:41.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-05T14:39:11.193" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are US citizens living in the United Kingdom, and we welcomed a baby girl in late December 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am working on my US taxes now (due June 15th for those residing abroad). Since this is my first time claiming the Child Tax Credit, I did not realize that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/faqs/childcare-credit-other-credits/child-tax-credit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dependent child requires a Social Security Number&lt;/a&gt; in order to claim the credit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already registered my child's birth abroad at the embassy (for those criticizing me, she will have the ability to renounce it for free when she turns 18). However we did not receive a Social Security Number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything I can do to still receive the Child Tax Credit? Does anyone know if I can put 000-00-0000 and fill in the number later? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any tips would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17245" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T08:35:37.260" Title="Missing Social Security Number for newborn child. Can I still receive Child Tax credit?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17493" CreationDate="2019-06-05T15:42:49.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question is should I disclose the visa refusal previously in my visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, obviously! It's not as if they won't know that they refused your last visa application if you don't tell them. If you answer no, then they will know that you are lying, your visa will be refused, and you will be banned from the UK for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T15:42:49.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17279" CreationDate="2019-06-05T16:21:06.053" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While your question is slightly different for this one below (different visas), the answer is the same:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/12771/can-i-travel-to-the-usa-while-working-remotely-for-my-non-us-employer&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/12771/can-i-travel-to-the-usa-while-working-remotely-for-my-non-us-employer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, in general, you cannot work in US Soil without proper authorization, even for a company abroad. However, the other answers in the question provide some insight about what that look like in the real world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T16:21:06.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17270" CreationDate="2019-06-05T16:59:27.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your son is a Immediate Relative of a US Citizen, therefore, he is eligible for an Adjustment of Status - AOS based on IR-1. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is indeed a 90-day rule mentioned by Phoog that affects your case. Which basically means that applying for AOS within 90 days of entry there is a presumption of fraud. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it also matters in this case your intent when you crossed the border. That is, if you had the preconceived intent to avoid the consular processing to bring your child quicker to the US, the AOS will be most likely denied even after past 90 days. The burden of proof is always on the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, given that you had no preconceived intent, you may petition for your child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to deportation, from what you said, your child will not be deported any time soon. He's not even accruing unlawful presence because he is underage: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-admissibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-admissibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that said, consult with an immigration layer regarding the best approach to your case and the risks of an AOS from VWP (is trickier than from a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also recommend checking immigration discussion boards online. There are several of them with tons of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T16:59:27.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17496" CreationDate="2019-06-05T17:49:01.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be out of luck for this year. Here's the information from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/faqs/childcare-credit-other-credits/child-tax-credit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: If you don’t have a TIN (taxpayer identification number) by the due date of your return&#xA;  (including extensions), you may not claim the child tax credit (CTC) or the additional child tax credit (ACTC) on either your&#xA;  original or an amended return, even if you later get a TIN. &lt;strong&gt;Also, you&#xA;  may not claim the credit on either your original or an amended return&#xA;  for a child who doesn't have an SSN by the due date of your return&#xA;  (including extensions), even if that child later gets an SSN.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: I expanded the acronyms in the IRS statement)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, OP asked in a comment whether an extension would work if he could get his child's SSN by then. I turned up &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/faqs/filing-requirements-status-dependents/dependents/dependents-9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this FAQ from the IRS&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File now, do not claim your child and later amend your return.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File for an extension. You will still need to pay now any taxes that are due. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt; My daughter was born at the end of the year. We're still waiting for a social security number. May I file my return now and&#xA;  provide her social security number later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer&lt;/strong&gt; If you file your return claiming your daughter as a dependent and don't provide her social security number (SSN) on your&#xA;  return, the IRS will not allow you to claim her as a dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may file your income tax return without claiming your daughter as&#xA;  a dependent. After you receive her SSN, you may then amend your return&#xA;  on Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. Generally,&#xA;  you have three years after the date you filed your original return or&#xA;  two years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is later, to&#xA;  amend your return. The other option is to file a Form 4868,&#xA;  Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual&#xA;  Income Tax Return. This option would give you an additional six months&#xA;  to file your return; by then you should have your daughter's SSN.&#xA;  However, any tax owed will be due at the filing due date without the&#xA;  extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addition to the dependency allowance for your newborn, you may be&#xA;  eligible to claim the earned income credit (EIC) and/or the child tax&#xA;  credit/additional child tax credit (CTC/ACTC). Please note that you&#xA;  can't count your child as a qualifying child in figuring the EIC or&#xA;  claim the CTC/ACTC on either your original or an amended return if&#xA;  your child doesn't have an SSN by the due date of your return&#xA;  (including extensions), even if your child later gets an SSN. For more&#xA;  information about taxpayer identification number requirements, see the&#xA;  Instructions for Form 1040.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-06-05T19:00:03.183" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T19:00:03.183" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16184" CreationDate="2019-06-05T17:58:02.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the question and comments here are the two options that are fitting for the case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option A) If the intent is just to visit for 1 year she must apply for a B1/B2 visa in order to stay for that period of time. It is the Border Officer discretion to determine how long you can stay. Generally, they stamp for 6 months. More or less time may be given according to the circumstances when you are at the Point of Entry. It is always possible to leave the US (to Canada or Mexico for example) and come back again in order to get more months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Option B) If the intent is to PERMANENTLY STAY in the US (i.e. work, live and pay taxes here) then she must apply for a green card. She's a Immediate Relative of a USC, therefore, eligible for a green card right way. Your sister will apply for a i-130 (petition for alien relative) and, once approved, your mother will apply for a IR-5 visa in the UK. The whole process usually takes around 9 months. After 4 years and 9 months your mother will be eligible to apply for US citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to note that if she becomes a green card holder she cannot leave the US with the intent to establish residency in another country. If so, she will loose her green card. Only after becoming a USC that she would be able to return to the UK to live there (there are exemptions to this rule).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to taxes for either option, that's a different story with several different factors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T17:58:02.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T03:09:42.743" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter, a Canadian citizen from birth, is having a child outside Canada where she resides. She does not intend to return to Canada to live for some years. Can she obtain Canadian citizenship for her child. She is not married. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17404" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2019-06-06T03:50:02.830" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T03:50:02.830" Title="Citizenship for a minor born abroad to a Canadian and residing outside Canada" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17502" CreationDate="2019-06-06T03:48:04.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your daughter (the child's mother) was born in Canada, then her child is (most likely) also a Canadian citizen. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Get proof of citizenship&lt;/a&gt; for instructions on how to apply for a Canadian citizenship certificate for the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your daughter has the Canadian citizenship certificate, then she can apply for a Canadian passport for the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your daughter was born outside Canada, then the child would probably &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be a Canadian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_nationality_law#Canadian_citizenship_by_descent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian citizenship by descent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T03:48:04.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T07:08:48.193" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an EB-3C Unskilled Green Card holder lawfully do Software Engineering work? (May it be part-time or full-time)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there going to be a problem if the old job and the new job’s nature and description are different? For example, being on an employment based EB-3c unskilled Green Card holder working as a cleaning technician/janitor, I want to change employment from being a cleaning technician/janitor to a Software Engineer (my original work in my home country). Hoping for your advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11665" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T19:11:07.223" Title="Can an EB-3C Unskilled Green Card holder do Software Engineering work?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T07:54:01.807" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looked this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7074/blue-card-vs-work-permit-for-it-specialists&quot;&gt;Blue Card vs Work Permit for IT Specialists&lt;/a&gt; but have some additional questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try find job in Germany as software developer. I have master degree as physicist. Does it make impossible getting bluecard because of education? Or years of work experience can compensate that my master degree don't sound like &quot;computer science&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can it help that at university we had a lot computer science disciplines because supposed that we should be able write software for processing results of our experiments? For example image processing, numerical methods, writing software for working with hardware such as oscilloscope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example IT disciplines from my both diplomas (bachelor and master):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Programming&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Operating systems and programming languages&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Software systems&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Network technologies&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Information Systems&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Computer technology in physics&quot;    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Computer simulation of processes in solids&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Multidimensional data analysis in physical condensed states&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Virtual instruments in physics&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;The use of information technology in physical research&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Computational physics&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Numerical methods and mathematical modeling&quot;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Radio Physics and Electronics&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost for all this disciplines we wrote software with C, Python, Pascal or in Matlab. And i have two diplomas related with neural networks data processing. Can i prove that my education related enough with my speciality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case if i don't get bluecard, can it impact on my wife work perspectives? As i know with my bluecard my wife immediately get work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If i get only work permit, is my wife able to work in Germany? Can she have any problems with arrival and living in Germany? Or she can immediately arrive and live but without work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17400" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T07:00:23.423" Title="German bluecard vs work permit in context of education" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-05T07:58:18.440" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend is a soon-to-be divorced, non EU citizen. She received permanent residence as family member of an EU citizen. She was advised the card will still be valid, but she has been told at the UK border her circumstances differ from the card and it won't be valid after the divorce. Can you please tell us who is right/wrong or how she should deal with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Alexandre Babinot" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T12:08:30.843" Title="Travelling to UK, non-EU divorced citizen with Biometric card stating permanent residence as member of EU" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17507" CreationDate="2019-06-06T05:39:51.507" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on the country that issued the card, she would have apply for a residence permit on her own right&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in Germany §31 AufenthG regulates the conditions&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;marriage of at least 3 years or spouse has died&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resident permit will be extended for 1 year as a third country resident &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;since the conditions on which the card was issued have changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a card issued in Germany would be invalid once the divorce is effective. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Johnson" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T05:39:51.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17401" CreationDate="2019-06-06T08:47:14.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your claim for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/stranieri/cittadinanza_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian Citizenship&lt;/a&gt; will be based on your marriage abroad &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after 3 years abroad, this would have been possible &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However as an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian living abroad&lt;/a&gt; your spouse was required to register in the A.I.R.E system &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where the registration of the marriage would also have be done&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So problem 1, is to get the marriage reconised in Italy as a base for your citizenship claim.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem 2 (for him) may be that he is liable for Italian national health for the time abroad, since he did not register as living abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/2508/do-italian-citizens-living-abroad-have-to-pay-taxes-to-italy&quot;&gt;Do Italian Citizens living abroad have to pay taxes to Italy?&lt;/a&gt; mentions taxes in general, but that may also include the national health (or I may not remember it correctly) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the marriage must be registered in Italy (since he is in Italy), problem 2 may turn up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this sounds like a case that should be delt with through an Italian lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T08:47:14.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17511" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T09:14:34.837" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently been offered with 1 of the company in bahrain with monthly ctc 0f 994 BHD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;when is spoke to HR , he said only basic + HRA+ Other allow will be paid to you on monthly basis which is 600 and rest components like Telephone , transport ,Depended RP cost etc will be not part of my monthly salary .  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern was if this components are added in my CTC then why i would not be getting this amount on monthly basis&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17407" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T09:14:34.837" Title="Salary Components in Bahrain" Tags="&lt;bahrain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T10:37:47.687" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have married to a British citizen in December 2018. He left after 10 days and applied to work in Saudi Arabia. His plan was to apply for my spouse visa from Saudi Arabia rather than the UK because both government agencies need passports for the visa and he needs the job first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saudi government took his passport January and took ages to arrange a visa. Anyhow he got the visa at the end of the March and went to Saudi Arabia. He couldn't apply for my spouse or visit visa because he didn't get his Saudi National ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He got the Saudi ID before he left to the UK (summer holidays) in May. He arranged the appointment from the home officers. I guess they both told him you shouldn't apply because you don't work in the UK. For spouse visa you need to work in the UK. If I ask him to apply for visit visa he sometimes forgets to ask lawyers and sometime lawyer didn't reply back. I don't understand what is wrong, is he deliberately delaying things or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q1: Is it really a rule of the UK government that you need to work in the UK if you apply for the spouse visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2: I don't work, if I apply for a visit visa they need my bank statement or can my husband sponsor me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17411" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T12:41:23.667" Title="Does a British citizen needs to work in the UK for applying spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17514" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T10:42:31.323" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat partner and we will relocate from Germany to Lithuania.&#xA;We have two rabbits, one turtle and some fish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What formals have I to do / to respect, to get them with us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17409" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T10:42:31.323" Title="Relocating inside the EU with pets" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;pets&gt;&lt;lithuania&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17429" CreationDate="2019-06-06T11:27:34.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer this question as well as your other question, here are three points to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most Americans drive just about everywhere.  So their shoes just don't get very dirty.  You don't pick up much dirt driving to the store, walking around in the parking lot and in the store, and then driving back home.  So American floors don't get very dirty compared to places where people might walk everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're living in an urban or suburban environment, most surfaces, whether streets or sidewalks or parking lots, will be paved.  So you won't pick up dirt on your shoes from walking there the way you would if these were dirt surfaces.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most American buildings, whether homes or offices, are air-conditioned.  In addition to cooling the air, an air conditioner usually filters the air as well.  This removes the kinds of particulate matter that might otherwise accumulate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with all of these considerations, wearing one's outside shoes inside is really not a big deal.  There will still be some families who take their shoes off, but you're extremely unlikely to catch horrible diseases, or even to get your feet dirty, if you walk barefoot on a floor where others have been walking with their shoes on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anything, the problem in America may be the reverse: Things aren't dirty enough!  There are theories that allergies are such a problem in America because our immune systems don't learn to distinguish between genuinely harmful matter and everyday things like dirt or smoke or pet hair, and so the immune system ends up overreacting to everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T11:27:34.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17505" CreationDate="2019-06-06T19:11:07.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A green card holder can do any sort of work unless the job requires US citizenship (for example, certain government-related jobs require security clearance and therefore US citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the EB-3C application presented the applicant as not having any skills, when in fact the person was an experienced software engineer, then the application may have been fraudulent, and working as a software engineer could expose the fraud, which could lead to a finding of deportability.  But this seems unlikely, and I cannot think of any other way in which the proposed job would cause problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T19:11:07.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17517" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-06T19:12:27.780" Score="3" ViewCount="1258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working in India. I have got a work offer from a German company and they have sent me the contract. I need to now apply for a work visa from here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have got the offer as a software developer and the salary is above 42k€. I have a graduation in engineering and it is equivalent in the ANABIN database. I have an overall experience of 4years 8 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone let me know what are the chances of visa rejection? If there are chances what might be the reason. Are there any particular instructions someone can give so that I can get the visa 100%?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17352" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-08-31T20:46:39.633" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T07:02:07.113" Title="Chances of German work visa rejection" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-07T06:52:57.600" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can Thai employers cancel a work permit? Who has the right to cancel an expatriate's work permit? What are the ground for cancelling an expatriate's work permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17413" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-06-07T07:14:33.720" LastActivityDate="2019-06-07T07:29:39.500" Title="Can a Thai employer cancel an expatriate's work permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17518" CreationDate="2019-06-07T07:14:10.987" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A work permit can be cancelled at any time by the employer. They do not have to give a reason, and they should tell you about it when they want to cancel it. If your extension (see below) is affected, they need you to go to have it cancelled at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few points to be wary of regarding the expat's ability to stay in Thailand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the expat is currently in Thailand on a &lt;em&gt;visa entry&lt;/em&gt;, they can stay in Thailand for as long as their currently-valid entry stamp says they can stay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the expat has been given an &lt;em&gt;extension of stay&lt;/em&gt; on the grounds of employment, the situation is different. The extension must be cancelled at the same time as the work permit, and it is no longer valid as soon as the work permit has been cancelled. Once the extension is cancelled, the expat is usually granted a seven-day extension, and must leave within those seven days or arrange to get another extension. If no seven-day extension is granted, the expat must leave immediately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the expat did not receive an extension of stay because they already had one (a 'marriage' or 'family' extension - non-immigrant type O is typical), their ability to stay in Thailand is unaffected by the state of the work permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference between a &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt; and an &lt;em&gt;extension&lt;/em&gt; is that a visa is always issued outside Thailand and gives you the ability to enter Thailand, and an extension is only issued within Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Actually, thinking about this - they need to give you notice as specified in your contract of employment, and if they do not then they are in breach of that contract. The Department of Labour is surprisingly good at getting companies to honour their employment contracts - although in a case like this the most they can probably do is get the company to pay you an extra month's salary. But they usually work very quickly (it won't take many days to get it sorted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-06-07T07:29:39.500" LastActivityDate="2019-06-07T07:29:39.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17520" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17523" CreationDate="2019-06-07T19:31:09.430" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a new visa to the UK. Previously, I've had two visas to the UK granted, and have never had a visa application rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.5 Years Ago...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first visa, issued roughly 8.5 years ago, was a tourist visa. At the time, I was a child travelling on a school trip to the UK and accompanied by teachers, and so my visa application was handled by the teachers organizing the trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhere along the application process, someone made a mistake and instead of having a photo of myself on the issued visa, a photo of my sibling was used instead. Since we were high-school students (under-18 teenagers), our teachers only granted us our passports at the airport just before boarding the airplane, to show the ushers right outside the aircraft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I managed to get past immigration both into the UK and on the return trip back home. When I returned home, I told my parents of the mistake; my parents subsequently informed the trip-organizing teachers of the mistake and later on, assured me that the issue had been resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4 Years Ago...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Four years ago, I applied for a student visa to study in the UK, which was granted successfully. I sent off my passport to the UK immigration office in my country and within a few weeks, my student visa came back with no hiccups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've travelled in and out of the UK a couple times over the past 4 years and have never had any trouble at immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Present Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a work-visa (i.e. Tier 2 visa) in the UK and have already received a high-paying job offer from a top tech company here (think Facebook/Google/Apple/Amazon).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of my application, I need to submit photos/scans of all my old visas to the UK. To avoid any hiccups during the process, I also hoped to submit documentation from the UKVI (UK Visas and Immigration Office) acknowledging the mistake that was made in my old tourist visa. This way, the case officer processing my work-visa application will not reject my application due to the old mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it appears that neither my parents nor my old school has any documentation relating to that photo error that occurred nearly 8.5 years ago. I'm able to get an official letter from my old school explaining that they are largely responsible for the mistake (since they handled my application and I was a minor), as well as an official letter from the British High Commission in my home country acknowledging the mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, is it likely that the application for my Tier-2 work visa (once submitted) will still be rejected even after including these additional endorsements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17415" LastActivityDate="2019-06-08T00:08:16.870" Title="Correcting wrong photo in old granted UK tourist visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-07T22:04:40.093" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for France long-stay visa (under the talent-passport category). In my online application, I mentioned that my wife will be accompanying me. Before scheduling an appointment, should my wife start a separate application? Should she book a separate appointment thereafter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17416" OwnerDisplayName="Bensun" LastActivityDate="2019-06-07T22:14:43.987" Title="France long stay visa: Should wife and I create two separate online applications?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17331" CreationDate="2019-06-07T23:30:21.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that H1-B visas require that you have an employer-employee relationship (which means that 1099s are not acceptable) and any employment must be complaint to the H1-B regulations and approved in the USCIS forms, no you cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an L1 visa, the answer is also no because you can only work for the petitioning employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-07T23:30:21.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17520" CreationDate="2019-06-08T00:00:35.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't think your application will be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you, as a minor, were not responsible for the situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the organizers confirmed that they made the mistake&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they informed the British High Commission of the situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you gave a complete, accurate, documented travel history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last point is the most important part since you, now as an adult, are acting in a responsible mannor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-06-08T00:08:16.870" LastActivityDate="2019-06-08T00:08:16.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17410" CreationDate="2019-06-08T00:34:48.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not faced this exactly, but I would expect the most normal way is that the company office in China should to go back to the local PSB where they got the permit.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is a process for revoking it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They may be reluctant because it may be more expensive and complex with you (or at least your passport) not there.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But I believe it's always that local issuing authority that is expected to do it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You might push the company to be sure to file the permit cancellation request as showing you did nothing wrong - you mutually agreed to end early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17417" LastActivityDate="2019-06-08T00:34:48.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14980" CreationDate="2019-06-08T00:57:25.383" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't have a problem leaving as long as it's within the 30 days.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It shouldn't matter why you did or didn't move forward with the expected job.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The Z visa just means you have the right to enter and look for work.  Many Z visa holders enter with a job contract already, but I believe that's not strictly the meaning of the visa.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would leave by the 29th day so there's no room for discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17417" LastActivityDate="2019-06-08T00:57:25.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6592" CreationDate="2019-06-08T01:06:58.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, yes and no.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might prepare - or get others to prepare - much or all of the required paperwork from anywhere.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But China almost always requires a work visa to be approved and issued by a consulate in your home country,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;and this almost certainly requires you to be there in your home country because you must surrender your passport with the visa application (so they can put it in there).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Certainly it violates the letter of Chinese law to not have your passport while in-country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So, yes, there may be a lot of things you can prepare from anywhere, including inside China.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But you almost certainly can't get the visa in your passport without being in your home country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17417" LastActivityDate="2019-06-08T01:06:58.140" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17527" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17543" CreationDate="2019-06-08T11:37:10.010" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian, and I am planning to apply for a British university &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.condenastcollege.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/ma-fashion-media-practice/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;course&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;Will I get the opportunity to get work after that because I will rely mostly on loans from the home country. In order to pay heavy loans, I need to work in the UK for 1-2 years minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the USA such courses allow 1Y OPT extension, and in case of stem degree, even 3 years work permit under OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about the same in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17418" LastActivityDate="2019-06-15T04:52:28.810" Title="Working in United Kingdom after 1 year of post Graduate Study Possible for Asian country students" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-08T05:38:06.773" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my MS in mathematics 6 months earlier and now enrolled in a PhD program. But thinking to quit/take a break for at least a year. So, do you think I can apply for a full time job in USA being an international student? &#xA;Also, will I be eligible to get the work authorization in USA?&#xA;Thanks for your time good people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Akshay" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2019-06-10T14:48:49.397" LastActivityDate="2019-11-08T19:01:45.177" Title="Work authorization related question" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-09T19:15:56.443" Score="2" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an offer for a 1-year graduate internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (I'm an engineer and PhD student in engineering) and I'll probably be issued a (research scholar) J-1 Visa. Actually I'm already at LANL for a shorter period and with a different agreement (I'm just a visitor, not an employee), on a Visa Waiver Program (ESTA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm concerned of is the dreaded &quot;Two-Year Home-Country Physical Requirement&quot;, as I want to stay long term at Los Alamos, and I already have potential contacts to go on with a postoc here (as long as I stay here during my PhD so that they can know me better). The two-year rule would prevent me from obtaining a new J-1, while the &quot;24-month bar&quot; rule will prevent me to get another J-1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I come from Italy, which does not appear on the &quot;skill list&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/skill-list-by-country.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/skill-list-by-country.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The program is not going to be found by my contry and is not part of my PhD thesis, and I'll have no scolarship during the internship. I'll be hired by the lab (so I'll be an employee) and receive a salary for a total amount of 50,000 - 60,000 $ according to the exact duration of the internship. Being Los Alamos funded by the US Government, I think I'll be a bearer of the two-year rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are my possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) The first is the &quot;No objection waiver&quot;. But there is a problem: as you can read in the following link, &quot;A “no objection” letter is generally insufficient to warrant a favorable recommendation from the Secretary of State when U.S. government funding was involved in the exchange program.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full text here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-19459/0-0-0-19728.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-19459/0-0-0-19728.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, the lab is funded by the US government. So, I guess this option won't work, am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) The &quot;Interested Government Agency&quot; waiver, in case I obtain a job afterwards and my institution (Los Alamos) think that the two-year rule would be detrimental to the interest on the United States. In theory, this is an option. In practice, does someone know if it's feasible? Again, govt financing may complicate things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Info here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-19459/0-0-0-19747.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-19459/0-0-0-19747.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Do not accept a J-1 Visa at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone give me some counceling, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17423" LastEditorUserId="17423" LastEditDate="2019-06-09T20:44:08.377" LastActivityDate="2021-03-02T21:01:15.123" Title="J-1 Visa Waiver after internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14805" CreationDate="2019-06-10T11:15:08.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer with China is no, you can't overstay without penalty.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I don't know exactly what the typical penalty is for 5 days, or if it is different for your permit type.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But no, they don't generally have any &quot;free&quot; or &quot;grace period&quot; on visa dates.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At best you'll have a lot of hassle when you exit and pay a fine before you can go.  At worst you might be jailed for some days and blacklisted for some years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a more official statement rather than just my word for it, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/China.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is the US State Department page on travel to China&lt;/a&gt;.  Go down to the section &quot;Entry, Exit and Visa Requirements&quot;.  And here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/information-chinese-visas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another State Department page with more details on the same&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you know you want a short extension for a specific reason, go to the police office that issued the permit and request the extension.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is requested far in advance, for a very short length, and for a specific event you can show evidence for, they might well give it to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17417" LastEditorUserId="17417" LastEditDate="2019-07-11T18:16:09.713" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T18:16:09.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-10T12:24:15.847" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is shade. Am 18 years, I applied for family reunion visa and my documents have been verified. They listed some documents for my dad to bring but the house he's living is full. Can he use another person house contract instead of his?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17425" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T04:59:35.213" LastActivityDate="2021-03-02T08:04:40.467" Title="German family reunion Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13291" CreationDate="2019-06-10T19:26:26.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing bad happened to me, and my friend, which was also out of compliance in a similar way, got his H-1B picked in lottery without any issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastActivityDate="2019-06-10T19:26:26.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17527" CreationDate="2019-06-10T21:07:30.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will depend on the type of visa issed by the UK Government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;International students who study a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at a recognised university &lt;em&gt;are allowed to work part-time during term term for up to 20 hours a week&lt;/em&gt; and full-time during the holidays. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-EU students who wish to remain in the UK &lt;em&gt;after they have graduated must apply for a work visa&lt;/em&gt; from UK Visa and Immigration.  There are several visas you can apply for as a London graduate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.studylondon.ac.uk/application-advice/working-in-london-and-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.studylondon.ac.uk/application-advice/working-in-london-and-the-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16891" LastActivityDate="2019-06-10T21:07:30.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17534" CreationDate="2019-06-11T05:05:00.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to prove that you have a place to live once you arrive in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to do this is to show that there is enough room to live with your dad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is not possible, you will need another option of staying. Maybe somebody else (another relative or friend) lets you stay with them long-term. Or you have enough money to just rent another apartment just for you. Or your dad moves to a bigger apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you need to provide documentation that you have a place to stay long-term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; provide another persons rental agreement, given that &lt;em&gt;that person agrees to you living there long term&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T05:05:00.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17550" CreationDate="2019-06-11T08:43:30.223" Score="3" ViewCount="457" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a few questions regarding dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Ukraine in 96, moved to the UK in 05 and recently received British Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m currently in the process of applying for a British passport and my application is being held on the account that the passport office (or at least my case worker) does not know if Ukraine allows dual citizenship and whether it’s lawful for me to obtain a British passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am somewhat at a disadvantage as I do not understand the Ukrainian language, or the law. I am unable to find the latest rules &amp;amp; legislations regarding dual citizenship in English and am somewhat reluctant to ask the consulate as I am afraid of revealing my details to the Ukrainian authorities because of the mandatory national service there, despite me permanently living and working in the UK.&#xA;​&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) I voluntarily acquired the citizenship of Great Britain. I haven't renounced any kind of Ukrainian citizenship, am I still considered as a Ukrainian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Does this mean I have dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Is dual citizenship allowed in Ukraine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) From reading online, I understand that a large number of people that still reside in Ukraine hold at least one foreign passport as well as a Ukrainian one. Is this allowed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) Am I able to get a letter from the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK explaining that dual citizenship/ dual passports are allowed in Ukraine? - ideally this is what I need&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6) What is the process of renouncing Ukrainian citizenship? How long does the process take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anyone else in the same situation as me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really need some advice as to what to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17428" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T00:43:12.743" Title="Ukraine, dual citizenship &amp; passport ownership" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14813" CreationDate="2019-06-11T09:11:37.577" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll tell you how I did this coming into Berlin for a scientist's residence permit. It may be different in other fields or other states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I travelled with my belongings, but I cam only with a few suitcases and didn't use a removal company, so I can't advise you there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Well in advance of actually coming to Germany, I logged onto the online appointment system for both the Auslanderbehörde and the Bügeramt at 6 AM (CEST), which is when they free up appointments. The Auslanderbehörde in particular would free up appointments in my category one day at a time 2-3 months in advance, plus any cancellations they had. By doing this multiple days in a row, I was able to arrange an appointment with the Bügeramt 2 days after I planned to arrive, and with the Auslanderbehörde 1-2 days later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I then arranged an temporary flat with a friendly person who would sign the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung for me. You could also try to rent a place outright, either sight unseen or on a preliminary trip to Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I arrived, then went straight to the Bügeramt with my Wohnungsgeberbestätigung. I was given the Anmeldung certificate with no issues in 10 minutes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Took the Anmeldung to the Auslanderbehörde, got my residence permit while I waited.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11999" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T09:11:37.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17541" CreationDate="2019-06-11T10:28:18.947" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;You (European Citizen) found a job in Germany, so you moved there (for example, in 2018), worked there for a while and now (2019) it is time to do the taxis declaration (Steuererklärung) for the previous year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you do that and what documentation do you need?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T15:20:07.933" Title="Taxes declaration Germany - How To" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17540" CreationDate="2019-06-11T10:28:18.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if you are an employee AND you do not have any stocks/other incomes it is not mandatory for you to do a taxes declaration. However, it is reccommended to do it, especially the 1st year since you will get quite some money back to cover the expenses of your moving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to do the declaration, check carefully the deadline for the documents presentation on the website of your tax office (Finanzamt). After the deadline it will still be possible to present your documents, but you might have to pay a fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have 4 years to declare your incomes. For example, you arrived in Germany on the 2018, so you have time until the 2022 to present the taxes declaration for the 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there are 2 main cases, related to how many months you have been working in Germany the year you want to do the declaration of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You were working in your home country for some months and then you moved to Germany and started working there (for example, you worked from January to September in your home country and from October to December in Germany)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You worked in Germany from January until December&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st case:&lt;/strong&gt; you need to check with your home country which is the regulation in these cases (it varies from country to country and it depends on agreements between countries). Normally what is done is: you pay taxes in the country in which you habe been working most of the time (number of days greater than a certain threshold). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, following the example above: you worked 9 months in your home country and 3 months in Germany, therefore you first declare your incomes in your home country. Your home tax office will have to fill in a document called &lt;em&gt;Bescheinigung EU/EWR&lt;/em&gt; (you have to download it from the Finanzamt website and bring it to your home tax office). When you do the taxis declaration in Germany you have to present the &lt;em&gt;Bescheinigung EU/EWR&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;em&gt;you will have to do a taxes declaration in each country&lt;/em&gt;, but the &lt;em&gt;Bescheinigung EU/EWR&lt;/em&gt; prevents the double taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you fall in this case, I suggest to rely on a tax consultant (Steuerberater). It will cost you a bit, depending also on your income (roughly should be around 250€), but you save yourself a lot of problems. A good rule anyway is: before letting the consultant doing the job for you, ask an estimate of the costs, if it is far more than 250/300 € I would look for another one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd case:&lt;/strong&gt; this is the easy one, you just need the &lt;em&gt;income tax certificate&lt;/em&gt; (Lohnsteuerbescheinigung) from your company/employer and then it is only a matter of filling in the numbers in the tax declaration module.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is simple, since it is your first time I suggest to rely on one of the available help-softwares you can buy online (from Amazon or from the website of the Finanzamt). &#xA;These softwares offer a guided procedure to fill in your module and they also provide videos to explain the topic. The costs is affordable (it varies roughly from 15€ to 30€), but you need a bit of knowledge of German to use them (or Google translate :) ), because there is no other language available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have filled in the module, you just have to sign it and bring it to your tax office (Finanzamt).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other common things you can put into your taxes declaration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;liability insurance (Haftpflichtversicherung), if you have one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accident insurance (Unfallversicherung), if you have one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kilometers from your house to your working place and number of working days (they pay back 0.30€ per km)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any question you can always ask directly to the Finanzamt, however keep in mind that they will NOT fill in the module for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastEditorUserId="10484" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T10:57:06.437" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T10:57:06.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8796" CreationDate="2019-06-11T10:39:01.523" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best option I think is buying one of the help-softwares which will guide you into the filling process.&#xA;These softwares do not cost much (15-30€) and they explain you everything also with examples. The only drawback is that they are in German only (but you can manage with google translate). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can buy them on Amazon or on the Finanzamt website.&#xA;I can reccomend WISO:start, it is really straightforward. &lt;strong&gt;Just be sure to buy the correct version for the year you want to do the declaration for&lt;/strong&gt; (if you buy version 2019 you can do the declaration for 2018, but not for 2017).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This software also tells you when the deadline for the declaration is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also be interested in this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17540/taxes-declaration-germany-how-to/17541#17541&quot;&gt;Taxes declaration Germany - How to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T10:39:01.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17527" CreationDate="2019-06-11T11:26:48.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the UK abolished the post study work visa in 2012, as part of Theresa May's policy as Home Secretary to reduce the number of international students in the UK. Furthermore, she subsequently changed Home Office policy to reduce the period after the projected end of course which visas would be set to expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, her successor Home Secretaries have somewhat less zeal for destroying the UK's university sector, and there have been policy changes to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/16/visa-extension-overseas-students-uk-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;extend the length of time for which the visa is valid after studying&lt;/a&gt;. It also seems possible that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ft.com/content/74d7920a-8835-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the post study work visa may be reintroduced at some point in the future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it is possible to switch in-country from a Tier 4 (study) visa to a Tier 2 (work) visa assuming you find a licensed employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T11:26:48.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17531" CreationDate="2019-06-11T15:49:18.803" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all J-1 Visas have the 2-YRR. Usually, you will have the 2-YRR if one of the following is applicable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Receive funding from US, home government or international organization&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're on the skill list&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Medical training&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, 2 YRR applies only to funds (usually scholarships) allocated specifically to international exchange. Therefore, most likely your employment will not be considered US Gov funds and you will not be subject to the 2 YRR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please contact the person responsible for sponsoring the J1 to check if the 2YRR  is applicable or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the 2 YRR is applicable though, there are 2 options for you. Pursuit the IGA waiver as you stated (this is a complicated route but possible nonetheless) or find another visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An F-1 visa would only apply if you're enrolled in a US University as a full time student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An H-1B could work given that is a cap-exempt institution that is sponsoring you and you have an advanced degree (I'm assuming that you finished you master)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An EB-2 visa could also work give your advanced degree (I'm assuming that you finished you master).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the H1-B and the EB-2 visas though require sponsorship from your employer and can take months (even years for the EB-2) to process, so you will have to discuss these options with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T15:49:18.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17528" CreationDate="2019-06-11T16:05:14.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that you're on a F-1 visa and you are already taking full time classes for your PhD, you cannot stop school and work full time while maintaining your F1 visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have then 2 options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Follow the F-1 regulations for employment while attending school. That is, work on campus, CPT or Pre-OPT. All options are very restrictive in terms of options and amount of work you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Leave school and have an employer sponsor a work visa (e.g. H1-B, EB-2, etc.). This will allow you to work full time, however, given the amount of work necessary to get these petitions approved, I find unlikely that someone would hire you for only a year. In addition, if you do get one of these visas, you would want to pursuit your green card first before trying to be a full time student again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T16:05:14.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-09T11:11:34.937" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR (because this has turned into a MUCH longer post than I anticipated - sorry!): should we be concerned about my non-EU boyfriend submitting an application for verification against EU law (namely directive 2004/38/EC, and for which we are otherwise comfortable he qualifies) to the IND here in the Netherlands some time after his initial 90 days in the country (on a facilitation visa technically valid until 2022, but with a supposed 90-day duration of stay specified) have already passed? Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone - I'm choosing to post this question here (and also on the ImmigrationBoards site) as I've seen a number of similar (though not identical) questions here, and a number of you seem to really know what you're talking about, so I'm hoping you'll be able to help me with a little reassurance at least. The following are a couple of the similar questions I've already reviewed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/120330/does-an-application-for-a-resident-permit-allow-the-overstay-of-a-schengen-visa&quot;&gt;Does an application for a resident permit allow the overstay of a Schengen visa?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93219/what-are-the-rules-for-a-non-eu-family-member-travelling-with-an-eu-national&quot;&gt;What are the rules for a non-EU family member travelling with an EU national?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll try and simplify as much as possible what is a fairly complex situation. I'm a British citizen, and my boyfriend is Thai (we're neither married nor in any form of registered partnership, but we have a de facto cohabitation). We lived together in Thailand for almost seven years, so the length of our cohabitation is sufficient for the purposes of 2004/38/EC to qualify him as my non-EU family member, and likewise all other eligibility requirements of 2004/38/EC are met - there's no issue there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last September he successfully obtained a free-of-charge, expedited facilitation entry visa from the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok - everything went according to plan - which was issued as a Schengen type C visa, as I understand is normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The multiple-entry visa is valid until 2022 (that was unexpected!), and we arrived here in the Netherlands together on 12 March this year. I am for now continuing with the self-employed freelance writing work I have done for some years in Bangkok, and my boyfriend hasn't been working for some time but intends to look for work here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had no issues when passing through passport control at Schiphol Airport - we weren't even asked a single question (unlike in 2017, when we also arrived into Schiphol, that time on a regular three-month, multiple-entry Schengen type C tourist visa, issued as a courtesy by the Dutch Embassy to save us time after their outsourced application centre screwed up our application for a 2004/38/EC EU Family Member visa; on that occasion, the immigration officer at Schiphol asked a few friendly questions as is to be expected, but still nothing out of the ordinary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since arriving here in March, we have rented an apartment (that took a considerably longer time than expected), and - following my registration appointment at the local Gemeente (municipality/town hall) a couple of weeks ago and a subsequent home visit by two of their staff, the latter owing to a now resolved problem with our landlord's registration of the property with the municipality - just a couple of days ago I received confirmation by post that I have been successfully recorded as resident in the population register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've had the various interdependent phases of our 'arrival bureaucracy' - as in what's required for us both to be legally and fully registered here - mapped out for some time, and those (renting an apartment, and me registering with the municipality) were two of the first items on my list of six. The remaining four are as follows (as far as I'm aware these are still correct, but I'm very happy to be told otherwise if something jumps out at you as wrong, or in an order that doesn't make sense):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;register myself as self-employed with the KvK (Chamber of Commerce); I have an appointment to do so this coming Wednesday 12 June, and we need the certificate of this registration for the next step;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;register myself with the IND (the Netherlands' immigration agency) as an EU citizen in order to obtain a proof of entitlement to residency status (ordinarily as an EU citizen this wouldn't be necessary, but alas we need that proof of entitlement for the next step in order for my boyfriend to be able to apply for a similar proof of his entitlement to residency (and in any case, with Brexit still looming it might be no bad thing to have my proof of entitlement on hand). To obtain my proof of entitlement I notably need to provide the self-employment registration certificate and evidence that my self-employment involves real work (business accounts/monthly business records/accountant's letter etc - I'm hoping I can get by with copies of invoices sent to my clients);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have my boyfriend apply for 'verification against EU law' (i.e. his eligibility under 2004/38/EC) with the IND, in order to obtain a certificate of lawful residence (which I assume either &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; or comes alongside the actual credit-card-sized residence card - please correct me if I'm wrong about that!); in order to apply for that, he notably needs to provide my own proof of entitlement to residency status as above, along with evidence of my work and income again (with any luck I can use the same self-employment registration certificate and invoices etc as in the previous step, but if not then I have also just accepted a full-time job offer in the past couple of days, so by this point I should also have a signed employment contract to use instead if need be) and evidence of our relationship and our cohabitation abroad (this was all previously evidenced in the original visa application, so hopefully we can re-use that same evidence - however, if the IND insists on our previous joint Thai tenancy agreements etc being legalised then we might have a bit of a problem, as our last landlord was uncooperative on that front, and my boyfriend's birth certificate is the only thing we managed to get legalised before leaving - in that situation we may have to rely on the photos of the course of our relationship that we also submitted with the visa application, and hope for the best from there); and finally&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;have my boyfriend register at the local municipality, as I already have; for this he needs the residence card he should by now have obtained in the previous step (hence he couldn't register with the municipality at the same time as me, since as an EU citizen I didn't need a residence card).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now comes the potential problem and my question, and the part where I am hoping for some advice, or at least a bit of reassurance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world (and indeed as we originally anticipated), all of the steps above would have been completed within the first three months of us arriving here, since by the letter of the law under 2004/38/EC that's the period for which my boyfriend (and I) can stay here with no other questions asked and without needing to satisfy any other criteria (e.g. the need for me to be working), meaning that it's generally expected you'll have completed at least up to step 3 (his registration with the IND) by the end of those three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That also coincides with the maximum 90 days (in a 180-day period) that non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals on a short-stay Schengen visa are generally meant to stay in the Schengen area without applying for a longer-term visa/residence permit. That 90-day limit applies in general to short-stay visitors, of course, even when - as in my boyfriend's case - the visa's expiry date is actually in 2022 (giving it a roughly four-year validity period, since it was issued in 2018); like most of that length, his visa nevertheless still has a 'duration of stay' field that reads '90' [days], and ordinarily that would apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidently, all the other bureaucratic processes leading up to step 3 have in fact taken longer than expected, meaning that none of those four steps above are yet complete. Importantly, my boyfriend hasn't yet registered with the IND as per step 3 - and, here's the big one, his initial 90 consecutive days in the Schengen area (and indeed in his case in the Netherlands, since he hasn't yet been abroad since arriving) expire today (Sunday 09 June). (Last-minute to be asking for advice, I know, I know - doh!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned, my appointment to register as self-employed is on Wednesday 12 June (now that I've accepted a full-time job, I could have just waited for that to come through as evidence of my work, but that would have just delayed things further - and I'll still also be self-employed on the side, in any case). Fortunately, I can pay a little extra that day to come away with an extract of the certificate there and then, so there shouldn't be any more waiting around for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given how contingent each of the steps are on the ones before, until now I was planning to only make the appointments with the IND once the previous steps were complete and I had the self-employment registration certificate and other documents in my hand ready to go. But given where we're at now, I'm planning to call the IND on Tuesday (they're closed for a public holiday on Monday, and an appointment for these kinds of application seems to be one of the few kinds you can't make online!) to make the appointments now, although I still don't know how long a wait there might be. (At the very least I'll be able to speak to someone there, and we should have an appointment date in the diary for submitting our applications).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main question is this: in your knowledge and/or experience, do you think we are likely to encounter problems in submitting my boyfriend's application for verification against EU law (2004/38/EC) and issue of a certificate of lawful residence (and therefore his residence card) by virtue of him having 'overstayed' past the '90 days' by the time he visits the IND's office in person to submit his application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we just wait it out and go ahead as planned, or - and I don't believe there's any other alternative here for him to apply for an (emergency) extension of his existing stay or, say, for him to be given an additional sticker in his passport to explicitly carry him over to the processing of his residence application - should we instead take the extreme alternative option and have him return to Thailand in the next day or so (before we're over the apparent three-day 'grace' period at the end of a 90-day stay, where no enforcement action seems to take place), and then presumably have to wait there for another full 90 days because of the 90/180 day rule and the need to wait for a fresh 180-day period, and only then come over and start afresh at getting the whole process wrapped up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That last option is, of course, made all the more risky and all the less appealing by the fact that, with me being a British citizen, none of us know for sure what will happen in relation to Brexit over those coming 90 days. That means it's perfectly conceivable that, when the time comes for him to head back here, Brexit could well have already happened, in which case I would no longer be an EU citizen and he would no longer be entitled to settle here in the Netherlands as my (non-)EU family member in the way that he is now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, my strong preference would be for us both to stay here now until everything is sorted, but obviously I also don't want him to encounter any immigration problems on departure from the Schengen area now or in the future, or worse still when coming back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Side thought: given 2004/38/EC seems to entitle the family member to spend up to three months in one/each particular Schengen state together with the EU national before needing to apply for a residence card etc, yet apparently doesn't limit the amount of time that they can spend in the Schengen area as a whole (at least based on the interpretation in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45607/australian-and-british-defacto-couple-travelling-in-the-eu/45613#45613&quot;&gt;SuperRoo's answer here&lt;/a&gt; and in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/103571/non-eu-wife-staying-more-than-90-days-in-eu&quot;&gt;phoog's answer here&lt;/a&gt;) provided they are moving around enough (i.e. not staying anywhere longer than three months) and are travelling with the EU national, could it even be worth us popping briefly to another Schengen state, say across the border to Belgium - or theoretically even just saying that we have? - and then coming back to the Netherlands to pick up where we left off, having technically fulfilled the requirements of the rules? Does that make sense? Is it worth considering, unnecessary, or unhelpful?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my take, personally: I'm increasingly doubting myself on this in the face of the gravity of the situation, but I still don't believe that the 90/180 day rule applies to non-EU family members (provided they are travelling or residing with the EU national). @phoog helpfully explains &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/103571/non-eu-wife-staying-more-than-90-days-in-eu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/134956/freedom-of-movement-and-90-180-day-rule/134958#134958&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, in some detail and in terms of specific parts of 2004/38/EC, how the 90-day limit doesn't apply to (non-)EU family members because they are not considered 'third-country nationals' for this purpose. That makes total sense to me (and it also occurred to me while writing this that, if the 90-day limit did actually apply, there would surely be a discrepancy between family members having three months of totally-no-questions-asked time in a particular Schengen country (just as their EU relative does) and yet supposedly only being allowed to remain in the Schengen area for 90 days of that as per their visa (or immigration stamp in the case of non-visa nationals) - given that 90 days is usually just less than three months, that just doesn't seem to square up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@phoog also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/93219/what-are-the-rules-for-a-non-eu-family-member-travelling-with-an-eu-national&quot;&gt;points out&lt;/a&gt; that the family member's freedom of movement together with the EU national is derived from directive 2004/38/EC, rather than from any visa (which is just a means of demonstrating eligibility to enter the country) or residence card (which, again, just more conveniently evidences the already existing right to free movement, rather than actually creating it, and without which the right still exists in full).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45607/australian-and-british-defacto-couple-travelling-in-the-eu/45613#45613&quot;&gt;This separate answer&lt;/a&gt;, however, is one of a number that take a slightly different view, suggesting that the 90/180 day rule still applies unless and until the family member has obtained a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent a query along these lines to the Dutch government's consular contact centre, who I have found very helpful in the past (and who most importantly of all are relatively quick to respond), and they advised:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'If I understand correctly, you want to know if your partner can stay longer than 90 days in the Schengen area on a short-stay (facilitating) Schengen visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am afraid your boyfriend cannot stay within the Schengen area over 90 days on a facilitating visa. Please note that this type of visa is for short-stays only (maximum of 90 days within a period of 180 days). I would advise him to leave the Schengen area before the 90 day period has ended. If not, he is overstaying which may lead to a Schengen Information System alert.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in light of all the above, what they have told me now strikes me as increasingly unlikely to be true (I am wondering if the consular contact centre staff member perhaps just doesn't quite appreciate the rights inferred on the family member by 2004/38/EC, with or without a visa OR residence card, and the implications that has for 'overstaying' actually being possible in this case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, numerous posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/45607/australian-and-british-defacto-couple-travelling-in-the-eu/45613#45613&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt; have also highlighted that 2004/38/EC also states that family members who fail to comply with obligations to, for instance, register with the IND on time as in this case, should only result in 'proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions'. (@phoog also points this out &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/120330/does-an-application-for-a-resident-permit-allow-the-overstay-of-a-schengen-visa&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.) The &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/other/Pages/leaving-the-Netherlands.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND's own web site&lt;/a&gt; even states (albeit in connection with a slightly different topic, but still in the context of 'overstaying' or being in the Netherlands 'illegally'), that the application of bans on returning to the Netherlands (for instance) 'does not apply to EU/EEA citizens and their family members'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In spite of this, the person from the consular contact centre points out the risk of a Schengen Information System alert if my boyfriend 'overstays'.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, even if my boyfriend does 'overstay' (that is, even if they do interpret it that way, which it doesn't look to me like they should) the original 90-day period by a few more days (or even longer) before finally being able to submit his application to the IND, it sounds like the worst he/we will get when applying is a slap on the wrist and perhaps a fine - or maybe, if we're lucky, not even that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think putting it all down in writing in such a long, long post (sorry!) has helped reassure me somewhat already - but I'm still somewhat torn as to what best to do, so I'd really appreciate any advice anyone might have, particularly if anyone has had experience of this or something similar in the past. Should I be concerned? Or am I worrying about nothing? What are your thoughts? Huge thanks in advance - and thanks for even reading this far!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Phew!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17431" OwnerDisplayName="Chris Wotton" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T21:01:55.220" Title="2004/38/EC: Applying for EU Family Member Residence Card (Verification Against EU Law) in the Netherlands After More Than 90 Days In-Country" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17547" CreationDate="2019-06-09T17:49:26.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That also coincides with the maximum 90 days (in a 180-day period) that non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals on a short-stay Schengen visa are generally meant to stay in the Schengen area without applying for a longer-term visa/residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 90/180 rule does not apply to family members of EU citizens.  This is true regardless of whether you have a pending application for a residence permit.  The Schengen Borders Code explicitly excludes &quot;persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law&quot; from this restriction.  However, because your boyfriend is an unregistered partner, there could be some difference of opinion as to whether he falls within the scope of the definition in the Schengen Borders Code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know Dutch law on the matter, I'm afraid, though I can try to look into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you I would try to get his application to the appropriate office as soon as possible, and to refrain from leaving the Netherlands until the application is processed.  Alternatively, you can try leaving the Schengen area together and returning together after a short absence (even a day or two).  That would arguably reset the three-month period specified in 2004/38/EC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2019-06-09T17:49:26.320" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15901" CreationDate="2019-06-11T17:08:28.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is your answer : If you become a resident or stay for longer than 6 months you must register and tax your vehicle in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17432" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T17:08:28.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17538" CreationDate="2019-06-11T20:36:47.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ukrainian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;, specifically the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law#Loss_of_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Loss of citizenship&lt;/a&gt; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Automatic loss of Ukrainian citizenship occurs in the event an adult Ukrainian citizen voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like the above describes your situation accurately. By my reading, the answers to your questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are no longer considered a Ukrainian citizen because you voluntarily acquired British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You do not have dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some Ukrainians have dual citizenship under some limited conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens in reality may not match what the law says. There are many people in many situations who &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; hold more than one passport, where that is not allowed by law in one or both of the countries. The following question over on the Travel site explains how you can manage this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/52100/i-have-two-passports-nationalities-how-do-i-use-them-when-i-travel&quot;&gt;I have two passports/nationalities. How do I use them when I travel?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will probably not be able to get such a letter, because dual citizenship is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; allowed in Ukraine in general.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since your loss of Ukrainian citizenship is automatic (according to the Wikipedia article), you may not need to do anything. However, the Ukrainian government will not be automatically informed of your British citizenship status, so they will not know and if you don't tell them, nobody else will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is surprising to me that although you already have British citizenship,  you are being denied the opportunity to obtain a British passport. You have the right to a British passport, and it shouldn't be anybody's business what other passports you might have in a drawer at home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your next course of action depends on your future intentions. Will you want to be able to travel to Ukraine later? Do you want to try to keep your Ukrainian citizenship for any reason? If you don't intend to travel there and you don't want to keep your Ukrainian citizenship, you probably do not need to do anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T20:36:47.570" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-12T08:15:23.953" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;As in the question, car is not mine and I intend to bring it back to EU after a few months when I get myself a new car, is that legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17436" LastActivityDate="2019-12-11T14:00:55.100" Title="Moving to work to UK, can I drive my dad's EU-registered car in there for a while legally?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17513" CreationDate="2019-06-12T12:41:23.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary for a British citizen to work in the UK in order for their spouse's visa application to be successful. But as I'm sure you've observed, the financial requirements on family visa applications mean that a job, or significant savings, is almost always required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your circumstances are a bit different, and actually fall outside the intention of the family visas. Since your husband is working and living in Saudi Arabia for the majority of the year, his summer holiday in the UK would be more accurately described as a visit. That is, he isn't resident in the UK and therefore your spouse visa application couldn't be successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you don't actually need a spouse visa to spend time with your husband in the UK during the summer holidays, you need a standard visit visa. In this case, you don't need to prove that you're working, only that you have a genuine relationship with your husband and therefore you have strong &quot;ties&quot; to him which means that you will leave the UK at the end of the summer holidays when he does. And since you will be relying on his finances over the summer, you will need to show evidence of his financial stability. In these circumstances, a visit visa will have a good chance of success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T12:41:23.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-12T14:44:52.263" Score="2" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;So my fiancee lives and works in UK but her parents live in Italy in their home town. We have decided to get married in August but in Italy as her parents are not comfortable in travelling to UK or Pakistan.&#xA;My question is, what visa type should I apply for the purpose of getting married and what documents will I be asked for? My fiancee will come to Italy as well to attend her parent's wedding anniversary and we plan on getting married in those days as well. Rest assured I will be travelling with return tickets, hotel booked for the whole time and medical insurance sorted. And I will be coming back to Pakistan after we get married as I would be applying for EEA spouse permit for UK where she resides.&#xA;Do I get a schengen visit visa and declare my intention of getting married or just get a visit visa and then go and get married? Do we need to book an appointment in the court in Italy to get married and will my visit visa be of any concern for this purpose? &#xA;We want to keep everything straightforward and simple so any advice would be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17442" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-06-13T20:56:31.080" LastActivityDate="2020-08-02T12:21:02.903" Title="I am Pakistani. What visa is required to go to Italy and marry my Italian fiancee?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-12T15:17:56.593" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was a French citizen while Djibouti was still colonized by France. My father’s passport was expired on 1978 and it was not renewed and canceled. He then used the Djibouti passport to move to the Middle-east where my siblings and I were born. &#xA;My question is, can I apply for the French citizenship through him? Sadly my father passed away, so I don’t know whether he had the right to claim it or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17443" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T15:17:56.593" Title="Acquiring French Nationality through a parent" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-12T15:24:42.420" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Eu citizen (Romanian) and I worked for 3 years as an engineer in the UK. I left a few months ago to go to Asia (Vietnam) to get married. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we are going back to Romania and hope we can return to England together. Do we have a chance? Can she get a visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17444" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:09:28.040" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:09:28.040" Title="EU citizen (Romanian) with Asian (VN) wife want to live in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17560" CreationDate="2019-06-12T17:49:18.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  She should apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit, or, if you are already registered under the settlement scheme, an EU settlement scheme family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  The possible grounds for refusal are few.  The most likely problem you'll face is the suspicion of a marriage of convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T17:49:18.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-12T19:48:29.967" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Germany more than a year ago and in the beginning i was tricked into getting into private insurance when i did not have much idea (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/16001/is-there-any-way-i-can-move-from-private-health-insurance-to-public-one-without&quot;&gt;Is there any way i can move from private health insurance to public one without lowering my income?&lt;/a&gt;). After trying everything i can, i think i can safely say i am stuck with private insurance now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this acceptance, i am now gather info on how is it going to be several years down the line. I am now 30 and planning to stay in Germany forever. So far i am getting conflicting information on how is it going to be with the premiums later in life. I read articles and hear from some people that the private insurance premiums can go as high as 1000 Euros per month at the time of retirement. Some says it remains somewhere around the public insurance premiums. I really have no idea which one to believe. I would rather find a nice job in another country while the market is still hot than being stranded in a foreign land in old age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions:&#xA;- I have Gothaer private insurance and they charge about 550 per month. Any idea how much is the premium going to be when i am around the age of 60 ?&#xA;- I am paying less than the public insurance at the moment. Would i be fine if i think i can just save the money saved now to pay for increased premiums later ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8366" LastActivityDate="2019-06-12T19:48:29.967" Title="How does the premiums for private insurance in Germany rise over time?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-13T15:34:56.467" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the minimum Bachelor's class required for Germany Blue Card?  Is it A3, A4 or A5 or anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17446" LastActivityDate="2019-06-13T15:34:56.467" Title="What class of Bachelor's (e.g. A3) required for Germany Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-13T16:25:56.687" Score="4" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to track the progress of a citizenship application? I sent my son's in late March, and have heard nothing since his biometrics were entered in mid April. It seems weird to me that there is no way to check on it's status? Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16437" LastActivityDate="2019-07-14T10:02:35.473" Title="Checking Citizenship Application Progress" Tags="&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-13T18:39:41.427" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;US citizens who want to visit the White House are supposed to book a tour through their Representative or Senator. US citizens who reside abroad usually use their last state of residence. Which Representative or Senator should citizens not living in the US and who have never lived in the US apply to, and what address should they use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, is it possible to be in the same party as a non-citizen? if it helps, the other person is an EU citizen of which I am also a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17449" LastActivityDate="2019-06-13T18:39:41.427" Title="Organising white house tour as never-resided US citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-13T20:58:50.297" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For applying for Germany EU Blue card or job seekers visa, Do I need to submit background FBI check[USA] or police report[India] or my credit report etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For ZAB certification, are official sealed transcripts are enough [degree and mark sheets] to be sent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For ZAB certification [BE degreee], do we need official transcripts of higher education also or just photocopies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For ZAB certification - Can I send in Notarized photocopies instead of university transcripts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17450" LastEditorUserId="17450" LastEditDate="2019-06-13T22:29:57.153" LastActivityDate="2019-06-13T22:29:57.153" Title="Germany Blue Card: Criminal Check + ZAB Certification + Attestation" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17570" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17577" CreationDate="2019-06-01T08:06:02.327" Score="1" ViewCount="1576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have encountered the police officer, who charged me with 1M00JJH with Article TA-16-101(a1). Which states that &lt;code&gt;I was driving without required license and authorization&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to the United States in the month of August 2018. And people told me that my Indian driving license is valid until a year from my I-94 entry date. I stay in Maryland, I cannot find any such thing at the DMV website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was charged for not having a valid driving license, though I had a valid Indian Driving license. Now I need to appear in court for the hearing. &#xA;Can anyone help me out, whether my Indian driving license is valid or not?&#xA;Whether the charges pressed are correct or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;Thank you guys, for your inputs.&#xA;My lawyer asked me to apply for the license out here to go ahead with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was one more catch that the vehicle I was driving was a rented one and they passed my application based on my Indian driving license which they approve since it is within one year of my residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they approved me to drive the vehicle without any concerns I think they might have gone through legal channels if not then even they would be charged because of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17472" OwnerDisplayName="Jiger Jain" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-06-17T11:10:51.287" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T06:14:45.970" Title="How long can a F-1 Student drive in the US with an Indian License in Maryland state" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17570" CreationDate="2019-06-01T09:25:30.223" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whoever told you that you would have a year's use of your Indian license was wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Driver's license eligibility is controlled by each individual state. Maryland DMV (&amp;quot;MVA&amp;quot;) says that a new Maryland resident must obtain a Maryland drivers license within 60 days. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mva.maryland.gov/faqs/driver-licensing-questions.htm#10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here's a link to the Maryland MVA's FAQ&lt;/a&gt;) The MVA's view of whether you're a Maryland resident is similar to the position taken by Maryland's state tax department (the Maryland &amp;quot;Comptroller&amp;quot;) which says &lt;a href=&quot;https://taxes.marylandtaxes.gov/Individual_Taxes/Individual_Tax_Types/Income_Tax/Filing_Information/Determine_Residency_Status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you're a tax resident if you maintain a place of abode (a &amp;quot;domicile&amp;quot;) in Maryland for six months or more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maryland does not have a driver's license reciprocity agreement with India. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mva.maryland.gov/drivers/apply/international-applicants.htm#reciprocityagreements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maryland's list of reciprocity countries&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mva.maryland.gov/faqs/driver-licensing-questions.htm#1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here's the MVA FAQ&lt;/a&gt; addressing how a foreign scholar can obtain a license in Maryland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you show up in court with a newly-issued Maryland license, the case might be dismissed; it's likely that if not dismissed, the fine would be reduced. Even if you haven't received the new license, having applied for a new license (and being able to show the court actual physical paperwork that you've applied) will help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the best course of action right now is to gather all your documents and records, and physically go to an office of the MVA. Surely other persons legally-present in the state for long periods of time (but not permanently) have succeeded in obtaining licenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I'm a lawyer (in another state).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT October 9, 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My answer here is incorrect.&lt;/strong&gt; See @JonathanReez' Answer, whose reasoning is persuasive. I cannot delete this Answer because it has been Accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" OwnerDisplayName="David" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T03:03:12.807" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T03:03:12.807" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17570" CreationDate="2019-06-01T09:26:36.703" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drivers Licences&lt;/strong&gt; are, in general, based on &lt;strong&gt;place of residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when you move elsewhere, you are required &lt;strong&gt;exchange&lt;/strong&gt; your driver's Licence for a local one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;generally &lt;strong&gt;6 months&lt;/strong&gt; is assumed to be an acceptable timeframe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the &lt;strong&gt;Jurisdiction&lt;/strong&gt;, you may also be required to have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usa.gov/visitors-driving&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International Drivers Permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;IDP&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mva.maryland.gov/drivers/apply/md-drivers-license.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maryland site&lt;/a&gt; (which at the moment does not respond), will no doubt contain the needed information for both the &lt;em&gt;IDP&lt;/em&gt; and the timeframe within you &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; convert your non Maryland license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it is possible to recieve your &lt;strong&gt;original&lt;/strong&gt; license back when you return back to your home country. It would be wise to inform them of the expected date of return upon application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that a policeman on the &lt;strong&gt;otherside of the world&lt;/strong&gt;, will not know what your Driver's Licence looks like (or can determine if it is valid for the vehicle your are driving).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Consider yourself &lt;strong&gt;lucky&lt;/strong&gt; if they know what a &lt;em&gt;IDP&lt;/em&gt; looks like) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The likelihood is &lt;strong&gt;high&lt;/strong&gt; that the Judge will determine that you have not conformed to Maryland law. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Johnson" LastActivityDate="2019-06-01T09:26:36.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-14T06:00:39.143" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to a British citizen. My spouse moved to my home country (non-EU) after our marriage. I have been employed in my country for the last 10 years, and my spouse has also established employment here for over one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, if at some point in the future we make a decision to move to the UK, is it possible for us to make the spouse visa application while both of us are still working outside UK? Our combined income exceeds the 18,600 pounds threshold comfortably. Our intention would be to quit our jobs once we receive the visa approval and make the move together. Financially, we do not have any issues, prior to marriage my spouse had a stable job/income in the UK. We just want to avoid the process of the spouse having to move first to the UK, establishing work again for 6 months and spending a long time apart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17452" LastActivityDate="2019-06-14T06:00:39.143" Title="UK Spouse Visa - Both partners working overseas" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17566" CreationDate="2019-06-14T09:34:17.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately that is no longer available as of mid-December 2017. It seems it was more hassle for the UKVI than they judged it was worth to themselves and their paying applicants. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2019-06-14T09:34:17.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-14T09:46:24.107" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from Mississauga, Ontario province, with GTS visa. Can one convert Canada’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/global-talent.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Global Talent Stream&lt;/a&gt; employment into citizenship? If yes, at which age it is still possible to do so? I'm 39 now and currently, I'm in the interview process which leads to GTS visa, but not sure if I should accept or better apply for Skilled Worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17453" LastEditorUserId="17453" LastEditDate="2019-07-12T05:42:10.123" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:11:34.927" Title="Canada’s Global Talent Stream employment and citizenship" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17570" CreationDate="2019-06-15T03:39:27.120" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Presuming you have a valid IDP issued according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit#The_1949_convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1949 Geneva Convention&lt;/a&gt;, you are free to drive in any US state for up to 1 year since your date of entry. For reference see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/139638.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Digest of United States Practice of International law&lt;/a&gt;, which examined this issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading these provisions as a whole, we believe that the State of Georgia, consistent with the CRT,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) must permit an alien to drive in Georgia using a foreign driver’s&#xA;license issued by a country party to the CRT only if the alien has&#xA;been lawfully admitted to the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) &lt;strong&gt;must permit a lawfully admitted alien to drive in Georgia using a&#xA;foreign driver’s license of a CRT party only during the first year&#xA;after the alien’s admission;&lt;/strong&gt; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) may, in accordance with Georgia’s residency laws, require an alien&#xA;resident in Georgia to obtain a Georgia driver’s license as a&#xA;condition for continued authorization to drive. By the same token,&#xA;nothing in the CRT would prevent the State of Georgia from applying&#xA;more liberal rules with respect to the driving privileges of aliens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What Maryland laws say on this matter is not too relevant, as the US Congress has ratified the 1949 Geneva Convention and international agreements &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_v._Holland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;generally trump state law&lt;/a&gt; in the US. This might not be too helpful when dealing with a regular patrol officer who is unlikely to be well versed in the nuances of international law, but you might have better chances in court if you hire a good lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, in your case it appears that you are not in a possession of a valid IDP or at least weren't in possession of one at the time of your traffic stop. Therefore the 1949 Geneva Convention does not apply to you and won't allow you to circumvent Maryland's local laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T06:14:45.970" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T06:14:45.970" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17527" CreationDate="2019-06-15T04:52:28.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For now, you get a 4 months period after the end of your full time study at any university in UK. If you are lucky enough or super genius, you can end up finding an employer who gets you onboard with a tier 2 work visa. But it is not easy at all, and majority of students who come with the hope of finding a job and settling down in UK after spending so much money in their education, end up leaving without any positive results.&#xA;Make sure you understand the pros and cons of studying in UK on a tier 4 visa before taking a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17442" LastActivityDate="2019-06-15T04:52:28.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17579" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20592" CreationDate="2019-06-16T23:24:43.110" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a Canadian visa just yet, so I'll first move to my home country of India for a month. I can't take my stuff to India and will have to rely on packers and movers to transport it from the US to Canada, once I get a Canadian work permit. &#xA;My car also needs to move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this work? What problems could arise? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-06-25T22:41:35.963" LastActivityDate="2020-06-13T01:39:25.287" Title="Move belongings from USA to Canada while temporarily staying in home country India?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17582" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-17T03:55:59.880" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve applied for the Wrong visa!! I applied for the right to abode instead of ancestry visa (I am eligible as my grand father was born in the uk). I couldn’t find the ancestry visa in the pull down tabs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ve booked my appointment and have paid for the visa already. Can I just go the the appointment and explain I selected the wrong visa? Or should I apply for the correct one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply for a new visa will the issue a refund for the one I’ve already applied for (right to abode) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17457" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T21:34:35.060" Title="Applied for the wrong visa" Tags="&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-17T10:20:13.813" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work and live in Belgium however I am Brazilian and I want to take a drivers license in a country that I can do the test in English. Can I take the driving license tests in the UK and then be allowed to drive in Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17458" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-06-17T11:09:10.843" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T14:03:30.513" Title="Can I take the driving license tests in the UK and then be allowed to drive in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17584" CreationDate="2019-06-17T13:23:30.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You can only apply for or renew a UK driving licence if you are resident in the UK. Furthermore, the DVLA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/id-for-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requires proof of immigration status&lt;/a&gt; when you apply for a driving licence, if you are not from the UK/EEA/Switzerland. Since you won't have this, it is impossible for you to get a provisional licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T13:23:30.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17584" CreationDate="2019-06-17T13:24:33.657" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I...live in Belgium....  Can I take the driving license tests in the UK...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Like most jurisdictions, the UK grants driving licenses only to residents of the UK.  This is such a fundamental assumption that the government's public information pages do not mention it explicitly, but if you start the process to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a provisional license&lt;/a&gt;, you will see that you cannot enter addresses outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T13:24:33.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-17T13:27:53.293" Score="4" ViewCount="6803" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm 25 years old, living in India, having Masters degree in Computer Engineering. I wish to know which of &lt;strong&gt;UK, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Canada, USA&lt;/strong&gt; countries would allow my retired parents to migrate permanently to the country after few years of my employment in that country. What would be the rules and conditions for the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17459" LastEditorUserId="17459" LastEditDate="2019-06-17T15:00:31.763" LastActivityDate="2020-07-25T11:07:11.143" Title="Which of the below countries allow retired parents to migrate to the country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17587" CreationDate="2019-06-17T15:26:22.693" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canada&lt;/strong&gt;: You can sponsor your parents for immigration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;once you become a permanent resident of Canada&lt;/a&gt;, subject to some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship/sponsor-parents-grandparents/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;other conditions&lt;/a&gt;.  Permanent residents have the same eligibility to sponsor parents as do citizens, and the processing time is 20 to 24 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US&lt;/strong&gt;: You can only sponsor your parents for immigration &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/family-based-immigrant-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;after you become a US citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;European Union (including UK [for now], Germany, Netherlands, and Poland)&lt;/strong&gt;: Under EU law, an EU citizen or a national of a Schengen country can bring family members fairly easily to live with them &lt;em&gt;in an EU or Schengen country other than the country of his or her own nationality.&lt;/em&gt;  Parents are included in this scheme &lt;em&gt;only if they are dependent on the principal or the principal's spouse.&lt;/em&gt;  This follows from &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  To do this, you would need to naturalize in an EU or Schengen country and then move to another EU or Schengen country, and your parents would need to be dependent on you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, each country has its own immigration law, but none of the named countries seems to have a route that would apply to your parents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt;: You can only sponsor a parent for immigration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/parent&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you are under 18 years of age&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;: You can only sponsor a parent for immigration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/willkommenszentrum/en/families/reunification-of-families/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you are a minor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Netherlands:&lt;/strong&gt;: You can only sponsor a parent for immigration &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you are a minor, and even then only in certain circumstances&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Poland&lt;/strong&gt;: Family reunification in Poland is also generally limited to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.msz.gov.pl/en/p/waszyngton_us_a_en/waszyngton_us_a_en_consular_information_2/illegal_entry_consequences/marraige_reunification/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;spouses and &quot;informal partners&quot; as well as minor children&lt;/a&gt;.  The exception mentioned on the linked page concerns those who fall under EU law, mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T15:26:22.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-17T19:47:49.517" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am PhD student in Italy. I am visiting researcher in Spain. I have to stay in spain to work on my thesis for one year.&#xA;I have renewed my permit of stay in Italy and in Spain I have asked permit card.&#xA;There is a problem now. I am not ERASMUS student.  I am non-EU student in Italy and can have just one permit of stay card. I cannot cancel Italian one because I will come back to finish my degree and, I cannot cancel Spanish one because I can stay here up to 90 days with Italian permit of stay card. Now I have two questions:&#xA;1.     What is the solution not to have 2 permit cards (that is illegal) and can stay in Spain for one year?&#xA;2.     Can I cancel my Spanish stay card and travel to Italy every 90 days? (actually, stay in Spain with Italian permit of stay card and each 90 days go some days to Italy and again go back to Spain)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17461" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T19:47:49.517" Title="two residence permit cards at the same time for non EU" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17582" CreationDate="2019-06-17T21:34:35.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/cancel-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cancel&lt;/a&gt; your application as soon as possible, and hope that the application &amp;quot;hasn't been processed yet,&amp;quot; in which case you should be able to get a refund:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Cancel your visa, immigration or citizenship application&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ask to cancel (withdraw) an application for a visa, visa extension or citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you cancel an application depends on where you applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You applied outside the UK&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Contact UKVI&lt;/a&gt; to find out how to cancel your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only get your fee refunded if your application hasn’t been processed yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then file a new application for the correct visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T21:34:35.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-18T13:16:43.210" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother exchanged his NZ licence and received a UK licence that only allows him to ride a tricycle. I had an identical licence and exchanged mine for a full UK bike licence.&#xA;Apart from having to resit his tests and get a UK bike licence what else can he do?  To me this is a simple clerical error that DVLA should correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17466" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T18:27:51.810" Title="Exchange full NZ bike licence to UK and get tricycle" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-18T14:50:05.783" Score="0" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Friend has German Blue Card. Can he work on payroll for an Indian Company while living in Germany? He has to work in Germany but on Indian payroll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17468" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T16:47:11.973" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T17:06:35.757" Title="May a Blue Card holder in Germany work for an Indian company?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-18T20:57:19.263" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got a UK residence card on the basis of durable partnership with my Bulgarian partner. My card states that I am an EU family member and have EU right to reside. &#xA;Now we wish to travel to Spain for a holiday. The Spanish consulate website states that EU family members can travel to Spain with their EU partner as long as their UK card clearly states that they are an Eu family member, which mine does. &#xA;Does that mean I can happily travel to Spain without fear of being rejected and not let into the country? &#xA;Has anyone ever had experience with this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17470" LastActivityDate="2019-10-13T01:16:35.190" Title="Visiting Spain as non-EU family member (unmarried partner) of EU citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17595" CreationDate="2019-06-18T21:20:43.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fact that you have a so-called &quot;Article 10&quot; card means that you can travel to Spain, under EU free movement law, &lt;em&gt;without a visa.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Independently from that, when you travel to an EU country under free movement law, which is to say with your partner or to join your partner, you can only be denied entry on very limited grounds of public safety, public health, or public policy.  So yes, for most people it means that they can enter without fear of being denied entry, but it is still possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-18T21:20:43.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17597" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17614" CreationDate="2019-06-19T00:31:56.430" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently enrolled in a PhD program. For medical related reasons, it's not feasible for me to continue the program, and I plan to leave in the next semester. I am on a F1 visa right now. Obviously, I will lose my F1 status (and my OPT benefit as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a girlfriend here in the US (she's a citizen), but we are not married. What are my chances of being able to get a job in the US with a starting date beginning next year (e.g.  Jan/Feb 2020)? I might have a (big company) employer that wants to hire me, but I wonder if the time required to get a work visa will make it impossible to start next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17473" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T21:54:14.297" Title="Leaving school (on F1 visa) to get a job in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17593" CreationDate="2019-06-19T03:26:28.210" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume that your friend is Indian, and wants to stay on their home country payroll to preserve social contributions and tax filing, and doing this while living and working in Germany is called a 'remote payroll'.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17312" LastEditorDisplayName="user17312" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T21:20:28.587" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:20:28.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-19T10:25:23.017" Score="4" ViewCount="573" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK employer and wish to work remotely (which is possible, I work from home often) while in Australia for 2-3 months per year.  Technically this is not long enough to be considered living in Australia so I'm interested in how I would go about this legally.  It's worth noting that as a New Zealand citizen (I'm a dual national) it's rather easy for me to get a visa to be able to work in Australia, so that's not a problem.  It's more a concern regarding taxation and whether a UK company can pay me to carry out the work I normally carry out from home in the UK, but while I'm actually in Australia for two months (with the company being aware of this and wanting to ensure we do this legally).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Daniel T" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-06-25T22:42:16.387" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T22:42:16.387" Title="Can I work remotely in Australia for 2 months per year?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17600" CreationDate="2019-06-19T11:25:21.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For anyone curious, I discovered that Australia and UK have a Double Taxation Treaty that allows for this kind of thing so long as you're only staying less than 183 days for a calendar year and/or tax year.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/australia-tax-treaties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/australia-tax-treaties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few exceptions here and there, but article 14 (details 1 and 2 combined under that article) seem to exempt me from Australian taxation if I'm there less than 183 days so 2-3 months should be easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17476" LastActivityDate="2019-06-19T11:25:21.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-19T12:56:11.447" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the Netherlands in 1965.  2 years later, my parents decided to immigrate to South Africa.  I automatically became a SA Citizen, I never really applied for SA Citizen ship.  Would I be able to now apply for Dutch citizenship and obtain a Dutch passport but still live in SA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17477" LastActivityDate="2019-06-19T12:56:11.447" Title="Acquiring Dutch citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-19T14:54:17.250" Score="1" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me and my girlfriend have a situation and we’re not sure how to find the answers...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She’s from Argentina and I am Swedish. We’re talking about marrying but we want to wait a little bit longer, so we can’t use the spouse visa method yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We’ve decided that we want to live in Portugal together. And I am close to renting an apartment in the city we have chosen. I’m an EU citizen so personally I could move there immediately and live there permanently. And back in Sweden I still have spare space in my parents house. And there are also nice hotels to get variation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What’s the best way to get as much time together as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we do the following?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We go to Portugal together and she stays the maximum allowed length of time in that country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then we take a flight to Sweden, and stay the maximum time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then back to portugal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to bunny-hop like that to stay together in Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don’t like Argentina since they target white Europeans like myself (for scams, robberies, corrupt police, etc) and it’s not safe for me there at all and she doesn’t want me to risk that. So we’re trying to find a way to spend uninterrupted time together without involving Argentina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would be super grateful for any guidance. All of these immigration/travel rules are brand new to us… and we barely even know what info to search for!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mitch McMabers" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-06-20T18:48:09.190" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T18:48:09.190" Title="Country-hopping to stay longer in EU?" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17604" CreationDate="2019-06-19T15:25:40.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would have to look at a second country outside the Schengen area, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; have her apply for a national long-stay visa for Portugal or Sweden. The 90/180 rule applies to the entire Schengen area, unless she has a national visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are parts of Europe outside Schengen, but Portugal is inside. The UK is outside Schengen, and so are Ireland and much of the Balkans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions about long-stay visa are answered on Expatriates Stack Exchange. At her age, it would probably involve going to an university in Europe. Does she qualify, and would she consider doing that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastActivityDate="2019-06-19T15:25:40.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-19T17:19:39.373" Score="0" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be arriving shortly in Germany for Work and my company has asked me to tell them my preferred bank to arrange an appointment. I'm looking at various options and Commerz Bank seems to quite good however I have few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where does it mention that if I have incoming 1200Euro per month, there's no fee? And also what does it mean by incoming amount per month, do I need to maintain that balance monthly at all times or just a deposit of 1200 per month is enough but I'm free to use it as I wish? Say 1200E was deposited into the account and I can then either withdraw it completely from ATM or whatever. It still wouldn't count towards fee, right?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second, all their prices are listed in German. Can some one tell me their Credit Card annual fee compared to Deutsche Bank? Also usually what are the allowed limits on Credit Cards usually between Standard vs Gold etc. in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My company is saying that Deutsche Bank will offer no fee for running account for their employees but I'll have to pay for Credit Cards and Rent Deposit accounts etc. which I'm assuming lower and free respectively in case of CommerzBank. So overall my current assumption is that CommerzBank will be cheaper in the long run compared to Deutsche Bank even if they are offering free account maintenance fee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17480" LastActivityDate="2019-06-19T17:19:39.373" Title="German Bank Account: Deutsche vs CommerzBank" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-20T06:49:27.980" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone out there have any information on me trying to apply for a British/UK visa to come and live and retire in the U.K.? I have been married to my British wife for 28 years and have been working and living in Germany for 25 years. I’m a retiree from the Army, working as a civilian now. If anyone out there knows how I should proceed with my application for a Visa with my application for a visa. Please let me know, I would appreciate any information available out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="John S Leeth" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-07-03T19:28:03.893" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T19:28:03.893" Title="Travel Visa best options" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-20T08:54:02.727" Score="0" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Nigerian and I went to the UK on a Tier 4 student visa in 2010. I got married to an EU citizen before the expiration of my visa in 2013 but the UKBA established that it was a sham marriage and I was removed from the UK afterwards in 2014 citing violation of my UK visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, I am processing my application for Canada PR and I have received my ITA but my concern is would my immigration history affect my chances of getting a PR in Canada? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Hanson Moore" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T11:16:39.377" Title="Removed from UK in 2014" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17597" CreationDate="2019-06-20T21:54:14.297" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You mainly have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Get married and apply to be a Permanent Resident. If you apply this month, you should be able to work by the end of the year. EADs for AoS are taking about 7 months to process. However, it needs to be a &lt;em&gt;Bona Fide&lt;/em&gt; marriage. Consequences for immigration fraud are severe as you probably know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Find an employer that would be wiling to sponsor you for a H1-B visa or a EB-2. For the H1-B there are premium process available in which you can have your petition approved in less than a month. The timeline for that though will depend on when you can get a job offer and when the employer starts the process for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T21:54:14.297" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17615" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-21T01:23:41.350" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to live in Brazil, permanently. I know about how to get investment visas or marriage visas and that kind of thing. But I was thinking maybe there was a cheaper or easier option. For example getting a passport from another country that has unrestricted access to Brazil. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Joe" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T14:54:12.230" Title="What's the best way for me to get unrestricted access to Brazil?" Tags="&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17615" CreationDate="2019-06-21T04:22:56.510" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brazilian Nationality Law&lt;/a&gt;, the easiest way is to figure out how to live there for at least four years, learn Portuguese, and don't get (or already have) any criminal convictions. After that, you can apply for Brazilian citizenship and come and go as you please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a Brazilian partner and marry, or have a Brazilian child, then the time requirement is only one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the trick is to figure out how to live there. You will probably have to get a job in Brazil and an extendable work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T04:22:56.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-21T14:27:51.230" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Libyan citizen born in 1991 Edinburgh United Kingdom. Both of my parents are Libyan. During that time my father was living there on a student visa and I've spent a little over a year there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British Nationality Act 1981&lt;/a&gt; and wondering if there's an indirect method to obtain British citizenship and/or passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17484" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T00:44:33.457" Title="Getting British citizenship or passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17618" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-21T07:04:46.660" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK Citizen - I lived in MD for three years with my parents as a child (ARMY). I now live in the UK permanently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have entered the USA on a Visa Waiver Program. I have found a small town  company whom has requested I work for them for 6 months. Am I able to apply for this visa whilst in the USA already? Or will I need to return to the UK and apply there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which visa do I need to apply for &amp;amp; what are the chances of it being approved? I have just finished university in the UK and have a permanent residency in the UK. My parents are able to fund me completely and I have friends here I am able to stay with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am stressing as I am aware I can only stay 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be fantastic as I cannot afford an immigration lawyer myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Laila" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T18:02:38.650" Title="Can I apply for a work visa whilst in the USA - entered on a ESTA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17618" CreationDate="2019-06-21T18:02:38.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, you may not &amp;quot;change&amp;quot; to another nonimmigrant status after entering the US as a VWP visitor, so you will have to leave the US before you can work for this company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/248.2#a_6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 248.2(a)(6)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) Except as described in paragraph (b) of this section, the following categories of aliens are not eligible to change their nonimmigrant status under section 248 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1258:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(6) Any alien admitted as a Visa Waiver Pilot Program visitor under the provisions of section 217 of the Act and part 217 of this chapter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception in paragraph (b) concerns U visas, which are for victims of crime who are cooperating in the investigation of that crime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although this doesn't directly concern you, it's also not generally possible to &amp;quot;adjust&amp;quot; to lawful permanent resident status, but there is an exception for immediate relatives.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/245.1#b_8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 245.1(b)(8)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) Restricted aliens. The following categories of aliens are ineligible to apply for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident alien under section 245 of the Act, unless the alien establishes eligibility under the provisions of section 245(i) of the Act and § 245.10, is not included in the categories of aliens prohibited from applying for adjustment of status listed in § 245.1(c), is eligible to receive an immigrant visa, and has an immigrant visa immediately available at the time of filing the application for adjustment of status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(8) Any alien admitted as a Visa Waiver Pilot Program visitor under the provisions of section 217 of the Act and part 217 of this chapter other than an immediate relative as defined in section 201(b) of the Act;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T18:02:38.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17615" CreationDate="2019-06-21T22:39:44.890" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a citizen of the MERCOSUL or Portugal, you have special privileges. MERCOSUL citizens can work in Brazil and Portuguese citizens can request a &quot;igualdade de direitos&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizens of other countries will have to get a work visa there are several of them. Generally speaking, to get a work visa you need to be hired and sponsored by a Brazilian company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a list of visas available:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM I&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Research, Teaching or Academic Extension (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM II&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health Treatment (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM III&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Humanitarian/Refugee (only Haitians)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM IV&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Study (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM V&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work/Technical Assistance or Technology Transfer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM VI&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work in Brazil during Vacation (only New Zealanders and French)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM VII&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Religious Activity (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM VIII&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Volunteer Work (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM IX&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Investment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM X&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Economic, Scientific, Technological or Cultural Activities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM XI&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Family Reunion with a Brazilian Citizen or a Foreign Citizen who is a Temporary or Permanent Resident of Brazil&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM XII&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Artistic or Sports Activity under contract (More than 90 days)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM XIII&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;International Agreement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VITEM XIV&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brazilian Immigration Policy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VICAM&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Medical Practice Visa for foreign doctors (“More Doctors Program”)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T22:39:44.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17748" CreationDate="2019-06-22T11:09:03.160" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in Germany on a working holiday visa, and have received a job offer, for which I need a work visa/blue card. Since it's impossible to get an appointment at the Auslandebehorde any time soon, I'm looking for ways to start working ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember reading recently on a forum (can't find the link now unfortunately) about someone who managed to extend/change their working holiday/language visa to a temporary working visa, on which they could legally work, until they got their blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone can confirm, or has had a similar experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;bonus question: is it possible to work full time on my WHV until I get my blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17491" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T17:11:15.607" Title="Extending Working holiday visa to Work visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17749" CreationDate="2019-06-22T12:37:28.570" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;does anyone know, or could point me in the right direction, about the restrictions of working on a Work holiday visa in germany, regarding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;hours&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;salary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on a WHV, got a job offer and looking to get a blue card. Is it legally acceptable for me to work for about a month, until I get my blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a &quot;summer&quot; job, it's a software developer job, I'd be earning a decent amount. Am I allowed to work on a WHV, of course with paying full taxes etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17491" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T17:13:15.787" Title="Working holiday visa restrictions" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-22T17:23:48.907" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied under one of my nationalities that had more favourable applicants/spots ratio. I received the invitation and have &lt;strong&gt;completed and submitted the application to my knowledge&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My issue came with having to submit form IMM5257B stating past countries I have been to. I have filled in the form and submitted it, website was very buggy and I couldn't initially submit it so I stated my problem in the communication form and sent along with the IMM5257B form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Few days later I got a message saying that the form has not been submitted and to resubmit it with additional 5 years worth of visited countries. Letter stated that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Failure to provide said document or a status update of your efforts to acquire said document, will result in your application being refused.&lt;/code&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now here I should have gotten the clue that something wasn't correct, but I brushed it aside and assumed that the wording was unimportant and simply they just required it resubmitted (rather than submitted) with additional countries that I have visited.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I did it all again, and to my surprise I got a message yesterday that my application has been rejected due to not submitting the IMM5257B form. This had me baffled as I was sure I logged in and uploaded the updated document. I have messaged them via the portal stating what happened again and how I believe I have submitted everything, but I assume such immigration decisions are usually final and when they are not it's because a lawyer is involved. At the end it stated that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can demonstrate that your situation meets the requirements. All new applications must be accompanied by a new processing fee.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a known mechanism of contacting someone who is part of the immigration visa approval process and can look into me having actually at least sent them a message with the required document?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming I'm just an idiot and each time I just didn't press some sneaky hidden submit button on a totally not glitchy page not suffering from random downtime, I still have submitted a request stating my problem with the portal and attached the needed form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I reapply again and pay again or is would that require me getting another invitation to apply, as this one is already lost?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mind paying that hefty fee once more, but this would likely be impossible, as you get only one invitation per nationality per season.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If that's the case could I reapply with another one of my citizenships? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get IEC as soon as possible and I'm curious whether that is an allowed maneuver. I failed at getting the visa on one passport so I could reapply with another passport &lt;strong&gt;in the same&lt;/strong&gt; yearly window. Something has changed for that country's pool and there is a lot of spaces so I'd say I am guaranteed to get a place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To resubmit it with secondary citizenship I would have to withdrew the application that I initially got invited under, if the request I have sent out actually reached someone and it was indeed a system error and I might be given another opportunity to provide the IMM5257B form, guess it wouldn't make a difference since I voluntarily pulled out while waiting to be contacted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if my thoughts are a little bit over the show, this whole thing took me by surprise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17493" LastEditorUserId="17493" LastEditDate="2019-06-23T14:00:00.437" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T22:40:43.003" Title="How to reapply for Canadian working visa (IEC) after rejection due to not submitting a document?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;&lt;forms&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-22T19:52:31.233" Score="1" ViewCount="1196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took the IELTS test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I scored: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;7 in listening&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 in reading&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 in speaking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 in writing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will be my CLB score??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17494" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-06-25T22:40:50.217" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T22:40:50.217" Title="CLB score of my IELTS score" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17617" CreationDate="2019-06-23T00:44:33.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The government website has a checklist you can use. For people born between 1983 and 2000 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizenship/born-in-the-uk-between-1-january-1983-and-1-october-2000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this is the relevant page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on it you’ll be a British citizen if when you were born at least one of your parents was either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an Irish citizen living in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a citizen of a country that was in the EU or the EEA at the time AND living in the UK, and working or studying here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a citizen of another country with one of the following immigration status:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;indefinite leave to remain (ILR)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right of abode&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right of re-admission&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned your father had only a student visa when you were born, which is unfortunately not one of the categories mentioned above. You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizenship/your-parents-immigration-status-when-you-were-born&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;check here&lt;/a&gt; on more details about these three categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also he wasn't a citizen of an EU/EEA country at the time you were born as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on these details you are most likely &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T00:44:33.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17587" CreationDate="2019-06-23T14:26:20.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Canada it’s just not as simple as sponsoring . You must be a PR, must meet the cutoff for LICO. Must show three years of income . You apply and hopefully get picked out of the pool, there’s only a set number of applications allowed . Working prior is generally not allowed, unless under extremely narrow set of rules &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17495" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T14:26:20.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17627" CreationDate="2019-06-23T21:31:29.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/language-requirements/test-equivalency-charts.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Canadian government page&lt;/a&gt; contains a chart showing the equivalent CLB scores for various IELTS scores. Here's the chart:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pqqIq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pqqIq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  IELTS 7 Listening is CLB 7 to 8&#xA;&#xA;  IELTS 5 Reading is CLB 6&#xA;&#xA;  IELTS 6 Speaking is CLB 7&#xA;&#xA;  IELTS 6 Writing is CLB 7&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if or how Canada averages or combines the individual scores into a single number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-06-23T21:39:48.610" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T21:39:48.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17632" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18013" CreationDate="2019-06-23T22:20:42.747" Score="0" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a company in the software industry. I've been admitted to a Spanish university and I am currently applying for a student visa. The duration of the study program is 1 year. One of the required document is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A letter from the workplace explaining the employee leave date and the leave approval from the company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess that this document is the No Objection Certificate (NOC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I can understand the NOC for a tourist visa or short term visa, I find it unreasonable to ask the company I'm working in to give me NOC for a whole 1 year. Is my reasoning correct ? Should I try to get the NOC anyway or ignore this requirement ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17496" LastEditorUserId="17496" LastEditDate="2019-06-23T22:51:29.390" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T16:26:31.503" Title="NOC for 1 year student visa. Is it reasonable?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T08:44:52.497" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born in the Netherlands, moved to SA in 1959, but became a South African citizen before I was born in 1967. My son (27), however, wishes to apply for Dutch citizenship. Is this at all possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17497" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-03T21:15:21.790" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T21:15:21.790" Title="Acquiring Dutch Nationality" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17624" CreationDate="2019-06-24T09:39:41.610" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not quite sure what you mean by &quot;temporary working visa&quot;, but for most nationalities it is possible to change the working holiday visa to a Blue Card / Employment Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can generally work full time on the Working Holiday Visa, but some restrictions apply depending on your nationality. For more details I'd have to know your nationality, when your visa was issues, what you have been working so far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17498" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T09:39:41.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T10:38:39.110" Score="0" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a hard time trying to understand how net salary is calculated when you work in the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/estimate-income-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; calculator to find out my net monthly salary based on the gross amount, and it just gives me one number as my annual net, and monthly net is just &lt;code&gt;annual/12&lt;/code&gt;. But in reality it seems to be more complicated: for example,  different tax rates apply depending on how much you have earned so far this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming for simplicity that I have £100k yearly gross salary, no pension or other deductions, and I came to the UK and started working in January 2019, can someone please help me fill out this table?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;┌───────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────┐&#xA;│     Month     │  Gross  │     National Insurance     │          Tax          │        Net        │&#xA;├───────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┼───────────────────┤&#xA;│ January 2019  │ 8333    │ 471                        │ 0                     │ 7861              │&#xA;│               │         │                            │                       │                   │&#xA;│ Calculation   │ 100k/12 │ ((weekly gross up to £962  │ No deduction beacuse  │ 8333 - 471 = 7861 │&#xA;│ details       │         │  - untaxable limit) * 12%) │ yearly gross so far   │                   │&#xA;│               │         │  + remainder * 2%          │ is less than 12500    │                   │&#xA;│ ------------  │ ------- │ -------------------------- │ --------------------- │ ----------------- │&#xA;│ February 2019 │ 8333    │ 471                        │ ???                   │ ???               │&#xA;│ ...           │         │                            │                       │                   │&#xA;│ ...           │         │                            │                       │                   │&#xA;│ January 2020  │         │                            │                       │                   │&#xA;└───────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴───────────────────┘&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am basically trying to understand how much money I will have in my bank account every month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15798" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T02:02:27.767" Title="Net salary calculation in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T11:04:01.827" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am to work temporarily as a carer and require an ancestral visa for the UK. THey stipulate a grandparent or parent of any EU country.&#xA;Both my parents and grandparents (deceased) were born in NEtherlands. &#xA;I lost my dutch passport as I didn't fall in the 10 year rule.!!!&#xA;Please assist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17499" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T13:09:10.403" Title="i need an ancestral EU visa to work in UK" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17635" CreationDate="2019-06-24T11:12:03.733" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are paying tax via pay as you earn (PAYE) indeed, the monthly net income &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be the annual net income divided by 12. You seem to have been confused by the personal allowance. Yes, the &quot;first £12,500&quot; you earn in a year is &quot;tax free&quot;, but in order to avoid pay cheques varying month-to-month, HMRC estimates how much your annual income will be and give you a &lt;em&gt;tax code&lt;/em&gt; which instructs your employer how much of your salary to withhold as income tax and national insurance contributions. The result of this should be that an equal amount of tax is withheld from you every month. You can imagine that the tax free allowance is spread equally over the whole year. So you would get about £1041 &quot;tax free&quot; each month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you start at your job, your employer should inform HMRC what your salary is, and HMRC will tell your employer and you what they think your tax code should be. Errors in tax estimation can happen, particularly if you have changed employer. If you end up paying too much or too little tax, HMRC will either change your tax code to account for it, or send you a bill or a cheque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2019-06-24T11:24:11.307" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T11:24:11.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17636" CreationDate="2019-06-24T13:09:10.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems you have misunderstood.  The UK ancestry visa is for those who have a grandparent who was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;born in the UK&lt;/a&gt;.  There is no visa for those with &amp;quot;a grandparent or parent of any EU country.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the page linked above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are a Commonwealth citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are applying from outside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are able to prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are able and planning to work in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;meet the other eligibility requirements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third point disqualifies you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T13:09:10.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17457" CreationDate="2019-06-24T13:36:06.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt; requires a recognised university degree or 5 years of experience in your field. I yet have to meet someone who managed to get their 5 years of experience recognised, but I didn't research the topic much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;work visa&lt;/strong&gt; does not require a university degree. I worked in Germany for 4 years as a software developer, and I don't have a university degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T13:36:06.397" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T15:15:51.363" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the requirements for applying for British citizenship through naturalization is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;During the last five years you must not have been outside the United&#xA;  Kingdom for more than 450 days (about 15 months);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is that proven as an EU citizen? Does the government already automatically know how long you stayed in the UK for (using their airport records) if you're a EU student? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or do you need to show your flight tickets? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please explain to me how this process works exactly. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17501" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T15:48:51.193" Title="Evidence for continuous residence to apply for UK citizenship as a EU student?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17640" CreationDate="2019-06-24T15:48:51.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to show evidence of your travels.  The government will not necessarily check your immigration records automatically, though you may want to file a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;subject access request&lt;/a&gt; to see what immigration records they do have for you.  To ensure that the records are considered with your application, you should include a copy with the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to evidence of the trips you took outside the UK, you should consider providing evidence of your presence &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; the UK, which is, after all, what you are seeking to prove.  If you can get attendance records from your school, for example, that could be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T15:48:51.193" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17633" CreationDate="2019-06-24T16:15:25.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this at all possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not.  For your son to be a Dutch national, there must be an unbroken chain of Dutch nationality from your father, through you, to your son.  There are provisions for former Dutch nationals to regain their Dutch nationality, but it seems likely that you are not a former Dutch national, and even more likely that your son is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because your father probably lost his Dutch nationality when he became a South African citizen.  He would not have lost it, however, if he was under 21 and was naturalized independently from his father.  There might be other exceptions as well.  For example, under current law, a Dutch national can take the nationality of his or her spouse without losing Dutch nationality.  I believe that such an exception existed for women but not for men in the 1960s, but you might want to look into that more closely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your father was Dutch when you were born then you were Dutch when you were born, though as noted above this seems unlikely.  However, even if it were the case, you most likely would have lost your Dutch nationality on your 28th birthday because there was a law in effect from 1985 causing the loss of Dutch nationality for an adult who (a) has dual nationality, (b) was born in the other country of nationality, and (c) lives for 10 years in that country.  So, assuming that you were born in South Africa and lived there continuously until your 28th birthday, you would have lost your Dutch nationality (if you had had it in the first place) at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2003, the 10-year rule was changed.  Now it is triggered by 10 years of residence &lt;em&gt;anywhere&lt;/em&gt; outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands (including both its European and Caribbean territory) or the EU, but the 10-year period is reset by receiving a Dutch passport or declaration of nationality &lt;em&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/wonen-werken/paspoort-en-id-kaart/verklaring-van-nederlanderschap-aanvragen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Verklaring van Nederlanderschap&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/em&gt;  So if you lived outside South Africa and therefore did not lose your Dutch nationality before 2003, you would have lost your Dutch nationality in 2013 unless you had received one of those documents in the meanwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another exception to the 10-year rule, which is that if you were married to a person who was working for the Dutch government or an international organization to which the Netherlands belongs (for example, the United Nations), then the 10-year period does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I forgot to extend this analysis to your son.  If you were Dutch when you were born in 1967, your son would have been Dutch when he was born, because you would have been around 25 when he was born, and you would not yet have lost your Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you lost your Dutch nationality before he turned 18 (roughly in 2010) then he would also have lost his Dutch nationality at that point (unless his mother were somehow Dutch and retained her Dutch nationality).  If, however, you somehow remained Dutch until after he turned 18, then he would be a Dutch citizen today, and therefore eligible to receive a Dutch passport.  This seems very unlikely, I think you will agree, but if it is the case then he should act quickly, because if he &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; Dutch now, he will lose his Dutch nationality at his next birthday unless he can get a Dutch passport or declaration of Dutch nationality before then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-06-24T21:30:44.473" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T21:30:44.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T17:42:03.083" Score="0" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a Jamaican is being deported and lost the appeal to stop in the UK does this mean he can also not live in Ireland/ and Northern Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also does it mean he would not be able to move to local countries such as France and the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="frank" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-06-24T19:24:32.940" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T21:03:05.407" Title="If a Jamaican is deported despite living in the UK their whole life can they live in Ireland or other countries close? like France?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17643" CreationDate="2019-06-24T20:33:00.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Northern Ireland is part of the UK&lt;/strong&gt; so if you are banned from entering the UK you are banned from there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A ban or deportation from the UK does not &lt;em&gt;automatically&lt;/em&gt; make you banned from other countries. However the UK shares immigration information with Schengen and other nearby countries, especially Ireland. They will know you were deported, which makes it very, very unlikely that you will be granted any kind of visa, let alone an extended one. This extends to pretty much every country in Europe, as well as plenty of others. Even visas for the US and Canada will be hard to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2019-06-24T20:33:00.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17647" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-24T23:05:41.053" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;My spouse is currently holding H1B and is going to expire in coming Nov 30th. And have plan to apply extension along with H4 visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently holding H4 and staying in outside USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is to avoid immigration issues/questions, how many days earlier I should be land in USA before 30th NOV and too apply for extension too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what type of questions I can face while entering USA immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&#xA;SN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17503" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T02:10:06.443" Title="H4 visa expiry before reach USA" Tags="&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17635" CreationDate="2019-06-25T02:02:27.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/estimate-income-tax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Government calculator&lt;/a&gt; you linked to seems to provide valid answers ... With a salary of 100k/year (your gross salary), the result is £5544 in your bank every month:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;==&amp;gt; Your estimated take-home pay for 2019 to 2020 is *£5,544.95 a MONTH*&#xA;&#xA;Based on the information you’ve given us:&#xA;&#xA; * your Income Tax is £2,291.37 (per month)&#xA; * your National Insurance is £497.01 (per month)&#xA; * in total you pay £2,788.38 (per month)&#xA;&#xA;How we calculated your results:&#xA;&#xA; * Your pay is £8,333.33  (per month) (you told us this)&#xA; * Your tax-free allowance is £1,042.41  (per month)&#xA; * Your taxable pay is £7,290.92 (per month)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17247" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T02:02:27.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-25T08:41:52.057" Score="3" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been checking multiple offical immigration government sites in Austria among them &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migration.gv.at/en/living-and-working-in-austria/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;migration.gv.at&lt;/a&gt; but couldn't find clear explanation of my case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am a third country national but I have a 5 years permanent residence in Slovakia, I work in IT sector in a multinational company in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia which is 40 min drive from Vienna Austria. I want to work in Vienna but I need to apply for a work permit. I was checking many forums for expats and some claimed that if I have a permanent residence in one EU country then I don't need to apply for a work permit in Austria which is my case. Is it true ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second question, I have a house in Bratislava. If I find a job in Vienna, can I work there but still live in Bratislava or I must have a residence address in Austria even if I have my house in Slovakia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17505" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-20T15:31:51.990" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T15:31:51.990" Title="Work permit in Austria for a third country national with permanent residence in another EU country" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-25T08:52:28.907" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian Citizen and received a job offer from a German Employer (In Munich) to start working as a Software Engineer.&#xA;They have offered me a permanent job in Germany and shared a signed job offer which i should use for my Visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But unfortunately, from German Embassy in New Delhi India there is a huge waiting of appointment for document submission. I am not able to get a quick appointment for work visa as all appointment are booked until December 4 (as per today and keep growing each day).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My job in Germany starts in July and this is really frustrating that even tough i have everything ready for documentation but still i can't start my job for visa issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anybody suggest :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Is there a way my employer can initiate a work visa for me? BTW I have asked my employer but they are not sure about it as they never did it in past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) I have a resident permit of Norway (which is valid till OCT-2019). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way i can initiate it from Norway? (please note that i have completed only 4 months in Norway).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can i travel to Germany (based on my resident permit of Norway) and submit the work visa application directly in Munich?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help and suggest. If you have any alternate suggestions, feel free to share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16860" LastEditorUserId="16860" LastEditDate="2019-06-28T17:30:29.593" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T13:44:23.107" Title="German Employment/Work Visa application submission in Germany and other countries" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-25T12:03:02.893" Score="3" ViewCount="1202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Blue card holder. Existing address is printed on my blue card. I am planning to shift to a new apartment. What are the procedures to change the address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should take appointment from Auslanderbehörde and submitted application there? How long it will take to get it done?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initially it took 6 weeks to get my blue card after submitting my application. Will this be same for updating address also? ( The chip card to be reprinted?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17507" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-06-26T12:09:36.740" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T21:39:00.133" Title="Updating address in Blue Card - Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-25T12:58:31.160" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Students willing to study in germany, need to block some amount in a bank before they can apply for visa. How much is this amount? Some sites say 720 EURO/month x 12 months = 8640 EURO needs to be blocked, while others say 720 EURO/month x total number of months one need to stay in germany (or duration of the course). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17508" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T14:55:41.517" Title="How much money needs to be blocked for german study visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17653" CreationDate="2019-06-25T14:55:41.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the link provided in &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/visa/8-study-research/info-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/visa/8-study-research/info-students&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/sperrkonto/388600&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/sperrkonto/388600&lt;/a&gt;, the requirement is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The blocked account must have sufficient credit in order to cover the costs arising for the duration of your planned stay in Germany, unless other proof of financial support is presented in the visa procedure. Certain standard rates apply (for students, the presumed annual requirement that must be paid into the blocked account is currently 8640 euros).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The account may only permit the withdrawal of a certain amount per month (currently 720 euros for students).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T14:55:41.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17650" CreationDate="2019-06-25T20:46:54.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think having permanent residence in Slovakia excuses you from applying for a work permit in Austria, although Austrian national law might have such an exception.  Your status as a &quot;long-term resident&quot; does however mean that Austria must consider your case in light of directive &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt; (see Chapter III).  Unfortunately I could not find enough specific practical information about how to invoke the directive when seeking work authorization in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Austrian legislation that implements the directive may be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/NIM/?uri=CELEX:32003L0109&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/NIM/?uri=CELEX:32003L0109&lt;/a&gt;.  It's a bit of a mess!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-25T20:46:54.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-26T08:14:56.223" Score="2" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;The passport/ID-card application form for Dutch citizens living abroad asks if I have a residence permit in the country where I live.  I'm a Dutch citizen living in Germany, exercising my European Union (EU) treaty rights.  Do I answer no, because I don't need a residence permit, or do I answer yes, because my residence permit is implicit in my treaty rights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe it matters, but I've lived here with my wife since January 2019 and I'm employed full time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-06-26T15:07:03.927" LastActivityDate="2019-06-27T07:30:59.843" Title="Dutch citizen living in Germany. Do I have a verblijfsvergunning / residence permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17660" CreationDate="2019-06-26T14:55:29.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First I'll note that the Dutch word used on the form is &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verblijfsvergunning&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;verblijfsvergunning&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;  It is a bit difficult to answer this question, because depending on the context &lt;em&gt;vergunning&lt;/em&gt; may be translated into English as either &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;permission,&lt;/em&gt; so &lt;em&gt;verblijfsvergunning&lt;/em&gt; could refer either to a tangible document or to the intangible authorization to reside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I would I would answer &quot;no,&quot; on the assumption that the sense the form employs is the sense that denotes a physical document.  This seems a safe assumption for three reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should be common knowledge among Dutch government functionaries that Dutch citizens living in other EU countries do not require a residence document, so a negative answer to that question should be unexceptional in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Dutch citizen applying for a passport or ID card in Germany is required to show legal residence in Germany by other means than a residence permit.  Specifically, you must present &quot;een uittreksel uit het bevolkingsregister van uw woonplaats, een Erweiterte Meldebescheinigung mit Angabe der Staatsangehörigkeit&quot; (&quot;an extract from the population register of your place of residence, an &lt;em&gt;Erweiterte Meldebescheinigung mit Angabe der Staatsangehörigkeit&quot;).&lt;/em&gt;  (The source of this information is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/duitsland/wonen-en-werken/paspoort-of-id-kaart-aanvragen-als-u-in-het-buitenland-woont&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Paspoort of ID-kaart aanvragen als u in Duitsland woont&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I may be out of my depth here, because I am not a native speaker of Dutch, but I think that if the intended sense of &lt;em&gt;verblijfsvergunning&lt;/em&gt; were the intangible sense then the question would be without the indefinite article &lt;em&gt;(Heeft u verblijfsvergunning?).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that in practice your application will be successful regardless of the choice you make in answering this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-06-26T15:12:58.697" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T15:12:58.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-26T15:19:20.517" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and have run into difficulties abroad regarding some documents containing my middle name and some without. I was given 10 days to get a 'declaration from the embassy' that 'First Last' is the same person as 'First Middle Last'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked through the embassy website and I can find nothing about whether they would issue such a declaration. There is a consular appointment just before the deadline is up, so there is one chance to get it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the embassy issue declarations like this? I have a passport with one name and a DL with the other. Will that be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17513" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T20:03:53.467" Title="Will US Embassy verify identity with and without middle name?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17652" CreationDate="2019-06-26T18:46:40.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you should go to your local Gemeinde or Auslanderbehörde. They will give you a form, and your landlord will fill it out and sign it. Then you take this form back to them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, it will take only few minutes. They will cover the old address with a sticker and put the new one. No new card will be issued.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16646" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T18:46:40.860" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17662" CreationDate="2019-06-26T20:03:53.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may be able to get by with having a statement that confirms that both names are yours and have the embassy notarize the statement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although they're not usually notarized, this type of statement occurs in the US when doing things like getting a mortgage. I've had to attest/confirm that 'LASTNAME FIRSTNAME', FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME MIDDLEINITIAL LASTNAME, etc. are all me. I found it listed on this notary public &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nationalnotary.org/notary-bulletin/blog/2019/03/signing-agent-faq-signature-affidavits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; as called something like Signature and Name Affidavit, Affidavit of Common Identity, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/internl-judicial-asst/authentications-and-apostilles.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; which talks about the various types of notarization and attestation that can be done by embassy employees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T20:03:53.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17652" CreationDate="2019-06-26T21:39:00.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to go to the local Bürgeramt (not Ausländerbehörde) with the signed rent contract. It takes only couple of minutes to update the address on your Bluecard with a new sticker. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2019-06-26T21:39:00.133" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-27T05:52:55.760" Score="0" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently work remotely for an Australian company and live in Australia. In the future I would like to permanently immigrate to the USA to live with my girlfriend, who is a U.S. citizen. My employer has approved for me to continue working remotely for the Australian company from the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I qualify for an employment or business based visa because I won't be employed by a US company. If possible, I would like to avoid consecutive traveller's visas that require me to return to Australia periodically when they expire. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am open to applying for a K-1 fiancee visa and marrying my girlfriend within 90 days of arriving in the USA, but I'd like to know what other options there are for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nick" LastActivityDate="2019-06-27T06:23:35.313" Title="Can I immigrate to the USA while working remotely for an Australia-based company?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17669" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-27T23:02:20.643" Score="1" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen who will be working in Canada for 3 months as a contractor/freelancer. I already have a contract. This is my first time working as a non-salaried employee. Is there anything I need to do in the US (e.g. register myself or set anything up) before I start my short term work in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m also in the process of applying for the NAFTA professionals working visa and it asks for evidence of company relationship. Since I won’t be working for a US company (just as a freelancer on my own), do I actually need to provide this/what do I need to provide?&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KPvrQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Document: Evidence of company relationship&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must provide proof of the relationship between the company you work for in your country of origin and the Canadian company you intend to work for while you are in Canada&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of evidence of company relationship include proof of your occupation and the duration of your employment at the company in your country of origin and proof of the proposed position at the Canadian company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Canadian and foreign companies must be legal entities that have a parent, subsidiary, branch or affiliate business relationship. The Canadian and foreign companies must be doing business currently or will be doing business in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17519" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T15:02:25.220" Title="Do USA citizen working as a contractor in Canada need to register anything in either USA or Canada?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17669" CreationDate="2019-06-28T06:59:00.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing to be aware of is if you are self-employed and you live overseas, you may still be required to pay self-employment taxes in the US, including Social Security. This would need to be paid before the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, so it is an actual out-of-pocket expense, not something that would be offset on your expat tax return. The rules are different for each country, so visiting the Social Security website is the best way to see how this will work while in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15006" LastActivityDate="2019-06-28T06:59:00.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-28T10:14:25.053" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've lived in Germany for 5 months and I am employed full time with an above average salary.  I've applied for a regular credit card (via Consors Finanz) but I was automatically denied¹, which does not surprise me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I lived in Canada, I had a secured credit card where I put 500$ in a fixed savings account in order to get a credit card with a 250$ limit, which I found rather low but was later raised to 500$ then 1000$ (requiring me to raise the fixed savings account to $1250).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I lived in the UK, I had a &quot;rebuild your credit&quot; card with a 59% APR, which didn't bother me because I always pay off in full, and a £250 limit (later raised automatically).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there similar products in Germany?  I need a credit card so that I can rent cars (and some other items).  I've found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cardscout.de/kreditkarte-ohne-schufa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kreditkarte ohne Schufa&lt;/a&gt; but it's not clear to me whether those are real credit cards that will help for things like rental cars.  I already have a prepaid multi-currency Mastercard debit card.  May I have better luck getting a credit card through my Sparkasse (which has a monthly fee)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xA;After filling my details such as address and income and agreeing to a Schufa check, after a couple of minutes the credit card website replied with:&#xA;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xA;  Leider können wir aktuell Ihrem Kreditwunsch nicht entsprechen.&#xA;  &lt;/sup&gt;&#xA;  &lt;sup&gt;Sehr geehrte herr Holl,&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse an einer Finanzierung und für das Vertrauen, das Sie uns entgegen bringen. Leider können wir aktuell Ihrem Kreditwunsch nicht entsprechen. Die Kreditentscheidung erging aufgrund einer automatisierten Verarbeitung auf Basis Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten i.S.d. Art. 22 Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, also aufgrund einer ausschließlich automatisierten Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten, die der Bewertung einzelner Persönlichkeitsmerkmale dienen. Wenn Sie Fragen zur Kreditentscheidung haben, erhalten Sie unter der Telefonnummer (089) 5511 3122 (bitte Option Taste 2 wählen) Auskunft.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Ihnen steht auch die E-Mail-Adresse ablehnung@consorsfinanz.de oder der Postweg an die Adresse “Consors Finanz, Postfach 20 20 54, 80020 München” zur Verfügung.&lt;/sup&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2019-06-28T15:48:51.313" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T11:00:50.097" Title="Credit card when new in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-28T12:52:12.290" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time to weigh in on my situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an American citizen by birth who now has a baby with a German woman. The baby was born in Phillipines. With official documents, including the Phillipines (NSO/PSA-authorized) Certificate of Live Birth with Apostille from Dept of Foreign Affairs, and German kinderreisse (aka child’s passport), we were able to travel to German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so, here we are in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner (out of wedlock) and infant son will travel to USA to meet my parents. They both have German passports, and are prepared to attain an ESTA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 1: is it REQUIRED that my son attain an American passport in order to go to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 2: We did not report the birth to US Consulate in Phillipines. As we are now here in Germany, I am considering filing CRBA. I want to know if anybody has experience filing CRBA in a country which the baby was not born. As we are now in the process of attaining a German birth certificate, it seems that it will not be finished before we need to file CRBA. And, of course, we have an official Phillipines birth certificate which we could use to file CRBA. Is this possible to use, the Phillipines birth certificate, rather than the German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 3: if someone is a dual citizen, must they always possess a passport from both countries while traveling internationally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17523" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-10T16:22:42.813" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T16:49:52.463" Title="Infant of American father/German mother: Is it possible to travel by air to USA on German passport with visa waiver?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17672" CreationDate="2019-06-28T14:30:55.497" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please see and upvote &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/15227/eric&quot;&gt;Eric's&lt;/a&gt; helpful &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/17743/2440&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;.  I have edited this answer to correct it in light of that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Question 1: is it REQUIRED that my son attain an American passport in order to go to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your son is a US citizen, yes and no.  There is a law that makes it &quot;unlawful&quot; for a US citizen to leave or enter the US without a valid US passport; however, there &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/85389/19400&quot;&gt;is no penalty for violating the law&lt;/a&gt;, and a US citizen cannot be refused entry to the US.  There are some anecdotal reports at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt; that people have done this sort of thing before with only a little hassle.  If I can find some specific examples I'll edit this answer to add them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; your son is a US citizen, because that will only be the case if you meet the requirements of both &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401#g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1401(g)&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1409&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1409(a)&lt;/a&gt;.  Section 1401 requires you to have been&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There is some additional text about including periods spent outside the US in military or government service, or in service to an international organization in which the US participates, such as the UN, as if they were spent inside the US.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you don't meet the physical presence requirement, your son is not a US citizen, and you don't need to worry about getting a US passport.  The rest of this answer assumes that you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; meet the physical presence requirement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Section 1409 requires&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) a blood relationship between the person and the father [to be] established by clear and convincing evidence,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) the father [to have] had the nationality of the United States at the time of the person’s birth,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) the father (unless deceased) [to have] agreed in writing to provide financial support for the person until the person reaches the age of 18 years, and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (4) while the person is under the age of 18 years—&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (A) the person [to be] legitimated under the law of the person’s residence or domicile,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (B) the father [to acknowledge] paternity of the person in writing under oath, or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (C) the paternity of the person [to be] established by adjudication of a competent court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, unless you have made the written agreement required under number 3, your son is not a US citizen, and, as Eric's answer suggests, you can happily travel to the US with the German passport and ESTA.  More information about the requirements for the written agreement may be found in the USCIS Policy Manual at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 3 - United States Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 2 should be asked separately, so I won't answer it here (also because I do not know the answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Question 3: if someone is a dual citizen, must they always possess a passport from both countries while traveling internationally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  There will be specific circumstances where some dual citizens will need both passports, but there is no general requirement.  For example, I believe Poland has a similar requirement to the US, so a Polish/US dual citizen needs both passports (at least nominally) to travel from Poland to the US or vice versa.  Most countries refuse to give visas to their own citizens in foreign passports, so a citizen of two countries that have a mutual visa requirement will need both passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For travel that does not involve both countries of nationality, however, only one passport is generally necessary.  This can also be true if the country does not require its citizens to use its passport to cross the border.  For example, Canada explicitly allows US-Canadian dual citizens to enter Canada with US passports, although it does discourage this.  Similarly, a US/German dual citizen can travel between Canada and the US without a German passport, or between Japan and Australia without a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;They both have German passports, and are prepared to attain an ESTA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for the child's ESTA authorization &lt;em&gt;now.&lt;/em&gt;  When doing so, you will have to declare that the child is a US citizen.  We have seen on Travel that the US has granted ESTA authorization to dual citizens after they disclose their US citizenship, but that could change at any time.  If ESTA authorization is denied, you will be unable to fly to the US without getting the child a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, do not fly to the US through Ireland or through any other &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/operations/preclearance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;preclearance&lt;/a&gt; airport without a US passport for the child.  Someone left a comment on Travel suggesting that US preclearance officers will refuse to preclear US dual citizens without a US passport, in contrast to the practice at actual ports of entry.  While this seems far less likely to happen to a baby, I wouldn't risk it if I were you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-07-10T16:49:52.463" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T16:49:52.463" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-28T18:45:57.880" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for ancestry visa and it is asking for my address.  My passport/id say my old address but we have recently moved and not updated out ids yet. Should I keep my old address on the application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17525" LastActivityDate="2019-06-28T20:04:14.650" Title="Address on Ancestry Visa application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17675" CreationDate="2019-06-28T20:04:14.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  Put your current address.  It's more important for them to know where you live and where they can send things to you than it is for the address to match the one in your passport.  It's entirely normal for people not to live in the same place for the entire life of a document with long validity such as a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If South African law requires you to keep your passport up to date with respect to your address, then you may want to address that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-06-28T20:04:14.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17677" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17681" CreationDate="2019-06-28T23:57:18.867" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be changing from H-4 to F-1 visa in July-2019 (Visa appointment scheduled). But we applied for H-4 EAD around a month ago. Will my EAD filing remain valid? Do I need to withdraw the EAD filing? Will it create any problems when I apply for F-1 OPT eventually? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17526" LastActivityDate="2019-06-29T17:43:26.660" Title="Changing from H-4 to F-1 visa. Will my EAD filing remain valid?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h4-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17684" CreationDate="2019-06-29T02:40:56.437" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving from US to Canada.  I hold a Canadian work permit and will work in Ontario for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've recently financed a car in the US and I'd like to bring it to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware of the fact that my vehicle is exempted from RIV registration, because I meet the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.riv.ca/RIVExemptions.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Importation&lt;/a&gt;&quot; conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As my car is financed, does it still meet this exemption condition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I get any authorization from the lender and provide in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to get car insurance in Canada for my car?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it necessary to register this car in Canada while financed in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastEditorUserId="17235" LastEditDate="2019-06-30T18:35:26.667" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T18:35:26.667" Title="How can I drive a US purchased and financed car in Canada for 2 years?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;car&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-29T10:26:20.317" Score="1" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to start graduate school in Japan soon, and there is a remote job that I might take, which I will bring to Japan. I understand that there's a debate about whether this constitutes work, but since students can apply for leave to work up to 28 hours per week, there should be no grey areas in this zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, how shall I deal with the taxes? I assume I need to report my taxes: should I just do it like any other Japanese freelance/remote worker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11437" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-01T16:46:55.713" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:19:11.373" Title="Working remotely for a foreign company while a student in Japan: dealing with Japanese taxes" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17677" CreationDate="2019-06-29T17:43:26.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An H-4 EAD would only be valid while you are in H-4 status. So even if you get the EAD, you could only use it to work if you were in H-4 status (e.g. if you entered the US on an H-4 visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-06-29T17:43:26.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17683" CreationDate="2019-06-30T01:22:38.457" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for a Graduate Visa in Australia (Post-Study Work stream). I understand that the study requirements is &lt;code&gt;2 years&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My education condition is as following:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I studied master degree in 1.5 years (I got credit for a semester because of my bachelor degree)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I studied bachelor degree in 1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both studies are in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I apply for Graduate Visa Post-Study Work stream, do I need to include both my bachelor and master transcripts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the website that includes the visa details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-graduate-485/post-study-work#HowTo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-graduate-485/post-study-work#HowTo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17530" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T01:46:59.483" Title="Australia Graduate Visa Post-Study Work stream study documents with credit exemption" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17682" CreationDate="2019-06-30T01:46:59.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you include only the bachelor's study, you will show you've done only 1 year of study. That's less than the 2 years required for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you include only the master's, you will show only 1.5 years of study. That's also less than the 2 years required for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you want to meet the visa requirement, you should include both courses of study. By including both, you'll show that you have studied for 2.5 years, which should satisfy the 2 year visa requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T01:46:59.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17678" CreationDate="2019-06-30T13:14:44.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a principle of Westminster constitutions that whatever is not prohibited by law is permitted and the common law of the Anglosphere has long held that any ambiguity is resolved in favour of the person who did not set the rules.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, assuming your work permit is for a period of 36 months or less, you qualify.   Also, there's no statement on the riv site that hints about the financing state of your car so the fact that you're still making payments on it doesn't affect things.  It &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; matter to your financier, though, so you would probably want to square things with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.riv.ca/VehicleAdmissibility.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.riv.ca/VehicleAdmissibility.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only tangentially mention what province.  You will quickly learn that matters.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automobile insurance and registration is a provincial matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not only allowed, you are required to have valid insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/page/register-and-insure-vehicle-ontario&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ontario.ca/page/register-and-insure-vehicle-ontario&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to get an Ontario driver's licence within 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thinkinsure.ca/insurance-help-centre/top-15-ontario-drivers-licence-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.thinkinsure.ca/insurance-help-centre/top-15-ontario-drivers-licence-questions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is another web page you need to consult:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/faq/what-do-i-need-register-out-province-vehicle-ontario&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ontario.ca/faq/what-do-i-need-register-out-province-vehicle-ontario&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T13:14:44.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17669" CreationDate="2019-06-30T14:42:13.830" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The other answers so far have focused on the US citizen aspect, especially the tax aspect, which is important but at least equally or, in my opinion as a Canadian, more so are the Canadian and (this being Canada) provincial law aspects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's some more US tax questions to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;From a tax perspective, U.S. citizens in Canada exist in the worst of both worlds.&quot;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/taxes/us-citizens-living-in-canada-beware-these-five-tax-traps/article37658751/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/taxes/us-citizens-living-in-canada-beware-these-five-tax-traps/article37658751/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't mention what you've done to get the right paperwork so that you can work legally in Canada.  Here's some places to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/eligibility.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/immigrating-to-ontario/immigration-categories/how-do-i-come-to-canada-as-a-temporary-foreign-worker/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/immigrating-to-ontario/immigration-categories/how-do-i-come-to-canada-as-a-temporary-foreign-worker/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just calling yourself a freelance contractor doesn't necessarily make you one under the law.  You don't mention the province you intend to live in, which is important as employment standards is a provincial matter.  Here are some for Ontario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/employee-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/employee-status&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/immigrating-to-ontario/immigration-categories/how-do-i-come-to-canada-as-a-temporary-foreign-worker/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/immigrating-to-ontario/immigration-categories/how-do-i-come-to-canada-as-a-temporary-foreign-worker/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T14:42:13.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17686" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17689" CreationDate="2019-07-01T01:57:16.380" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a US citizen, I received my GC in June 2018. My girlfriend is Chinese citizen and studies in US. Her legal standard expires in 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long is the process of adding my spouse to my green card - If we get married?&#xA;What are the steps of the process, after we get married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the web site &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-for-july-2019.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travel.state.gov here&lt;/a&gt; Visa Bulletin shows &quot;C&quot; or &quot;current&quot; under the application category F2A. Does it mean that if the marriage happens now we can file all documents immediately and can get GC really fast?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17534" LastActivityDate="2019-07-01T15:58:11.963" Title="How fast can my spouse get her green card based on my green card?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;chinese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-01T10:36:02.810" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a usa study visa , my current employer will pay all study costs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from what i know , those letters what i need&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1-salary certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2-No Objection Letter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3-FINANCIAL GUARANTEE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is ok to put all of them in one form ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or must be 3 forms&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sorry for my english&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17537" LastActivityDate="2019-07-01T10:36:02.810" Title="what are the Documents Required for F1 Student Visa Application" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-01T11:13:10.057" Score="1" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just got back from a rather stressful appointment at the IND (Dutch immigration), where we attempted to apply for proof of entitlement to residency status for me (as a British/EU citizen) and for verification against EU law for my (Thai) boyfriend (which would be dependent on me getting the proof of entitlement first). Long story short, they told us they couldn't process my proof of entitlement application on the basis of the evidence I was providing, and therefore couldn't process my boyfriend's verification against EU law application. I'm still digesting what we've been told (our situation has quickly become very complex!), but I think the person we saw has the rules wrong at least in part, and I'd appreciate any feedback you might have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There's also some &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17547/2004-38-ec-applying-for-eu-family-member-residence-card-verification-against-e&quot;&gt;background to our situation on this previous question&lt;/a&gt; I asked recently. For info, I'm already fully registered with the Gemeente (local municipality) etc, and I have all my affairs in order except this entitlement to residency status, which wouldn't be required if I weren't looking to live here with my non-EU boyfriend under 2004/38/EC freedom of movement rules.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had intended to register as resident here on the basis of full-time employment that will begin on 18 July. I took along my signed employment contract as evidence of this, but was told that they couldn't process it on this basis because I haven't yet started work - and that in fact I'd need to be working for at least a month or two before they could do it, to allow information on my contracted position, salary etc etc to feed through from my employer to government systems. I've never heard of any requirement for this kind of waiting period before, and it's not mentioned on application form 6021 for obtaining proof of entitlement to residency status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also registered as self-employed here (since 12 June), and as an alternative (for the purposes of the application for proof of entitlement) I had prepared my self-employment registration certificate, a summary of my income from self-employment since 12 June, and copies of invoices sent to clients since that date, as well as a monthly summary of income in self-employment from before 12 June, when I was self-employed in Thailand (albeit unofficially) prior to moving to the Netherlands (on 12 March) and subsequently registering as self-employed here. ('Monthly records of business results' is listed as one of the types of possible evidence listed on application form 6021 for obtaining proof of entitlement to residency status). Clearly, since I've been registered self-employed here for not even a month now, the amount of evidence I can produce is still limited (I don't yet have a balance sheet or profit and loss account to provide), and I don't have (or really want) an accountant of financial advisor who can provide a statement or prognosis (something that's also listed as possible evidence on form 6021). I was told that I didn't have enough evidence of my self-employment to be able to be registered on this basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person we saw suggested that instead registering as self-sufficient would be a way to get around this, but I don't have the savings required (around EUR 10,000-20,000, according to her, although she didn't seem sure and had to ask colleagues - much like she did about everything else she advised!) so that's not really an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the end result is that they couldn't/wouldn't give me my proof of entitlement and, as a result, they couldn't process my boyfriend's application for verification against EU law. Her only advice was that my boyfriend should leave the Schengen area, come back in three months and then start again with this whole process once I have already been in full-time employment during that time. (He arrived here on a facilitation visa on 12 March, so we're now past the three-month period in which he is meant to apply for verification against EU law, although I still agree with others that EU law and the Schengen code indicate that he is not bound by that 90/180-day requirement - I pointed this out to the lady at the IND, but she insisted that the same rule applies to everybody who is in the Schengen area on a short-stay (type C) visa as he currently is.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly I'm not keen for him to leave the Schengen area (the most practical way to achieve this would be for him to return to Thailand) and for us to be apart for three months. But perhaps the bigger issue here is the looming nature of Brexit - who knows whether in three months' time I'll still be an EU citizen and whether my boyfriend will still be eligible to live here as my family member under freedom of movement rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I probably need to seek some legal advice as to our situation. Any thoughts in the meantime on whether the IND's position is correct (both in not processing the application, and the advice that he should leave the Schengen zone AND stay outside for three months before returning), or what our next move might be? Thanks in advance! My head is spinning at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17431" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T03:24:35.197" Title="Netherlands: EU Proof of Entitlement to Residency Status and Verification Against EU Law (2004/38/EC)" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17686" CreationDate="2019-07-01T15:58:11.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This month bulletin is indeed unusual as the F2A Final Action dates are current. So, yes, you may apply concurrently for a Family Petition (I-130) and the Adjustment of Status (I-485). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that does not means that the GC will be approved fast. The processing time depends on your field office and can vary from 4 months to over 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary the steps are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File all appropriate forms with supporting evidence (I-130, I-485, I-765, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attend Biometrics Appointment (Beneficiary)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attend Interview so the Immigration Officer can verify that you have a real marriage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are very high-level steps of a complicated process. There's lots of documentation online to assist you with more specifics. You can also ask here other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-07-01T15:58:11.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17688" CreationDate="2019-07-02T03:24:35.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I have not had time to look into this in more detail, but here are some thoughts that may be of use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had intended to register as resident here on the basis of full-time employment that will begin on 18 July. I took along my signed employment contract as evidence of this, but was told that they couldn't process it on this basis because I haven't yet started work - and that in fact I'd need to be working for at least a month or two before they could do it, to allow information on my contracted position, salary etc etc to feed through from my employer to government systems. I've never heard of any requirement for this kind of waiting period before, and it's not mentioned on application form 6021 for obtaining proof of entitlement to residency status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider the situation if you had arrived in the Netherlands as a job seeker.  You would not necessarily have been &amp;quot;qualified&amp;quot; under article 7(1) (see 7(3), which extends 7(1) only to &amp;quot;a Union citizen who is no longer a worker,&amp;quot; meaning that it applies to those who have lost their employment).  Instead, you would fall under Article 14(4), which reads in part&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4.  By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 and without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter VI, an expulsion measure may in no case be adopted against Union citizens or their family members if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the Union citizens are workers or self-employed persons, or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the Union citizens entered the territory of the host Member State in order to seek employment. In this case, the Union citizens and their family members may not be expelled for as long as the Union citizens can provide evidence that they are continuing to seek employment and that they have a genuine chance of being engaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you &lt;em&gt;and your family member&lt;/em&gt; are protected against expulsion.  Now as a bizarre technical matter, you are caught between being a job seeker and being a worker, because you are no longer looking for work, yet you are not working.  I do not know whether this has ever gone to court, but if it did I cannot imagine that a court would find that a former job seeker who has concluded an employment contract is suddenly and temporarily out of the scope of the directive before the employment actually starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also registered as self-employed here .... I was told that I didn't have enough evidence of my self-employment to be able to be registered on this basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that the standard of evidence has been tested in court and found reasonable, but even if it has not, you certainly don't have much motivation to serve as the test case.  You might take it up with SOLVIT, but I wouldn't spend too much time on it, since you'll be working as an employee in less than three weeks' time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person we saw suggested that instead registering as self-sufficient would be a way to get around this, but I don't have the savings required (around EUR 10,000-20,000, according to her, although she didn't seem sure and had to ask colleagues - much like she did about everything else she advised!) so that's not really an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text covering the self-sufficient in Article 7 reads thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence and have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The period of residence as self-sufficient is from 25 June to 17 July, or perhaps more reasonably from today until 17 July, or, least favorably to you, 12 March through 17 July.  It's hard to imagine that you would need €10,000 to €20,000 savings (in addition to whatever income you can document) to support yourself for this period.  It is certainly a ludicrous requirement for a stay of a few weeks.  But again, it may be that the courts have considered the requirement and found it justified.  You might consider trying to register as self sufficient for the period from July 2 through 17, but it's probably not worth it since it is so short.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... Her only advice was that my boyfriend should leave the Schengen area, come back in three months and then start again with this whole process once I have already been in full-time employment during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in a comment, he does not need to wait three months; the person you spoke with must be relatively unfamiliar with the application of the directive to short visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(... she insisted that the same rule applies to everybody who is in the Schengen area on a short-stay (type C) visa as he currently is.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's just wrong about that.  Family members who are nationals of third countries are given type C visas, and the 90/180 rule simply does not apply to them.  It's clear in a literal reading of both the Schengen Borders Code and the directive, as I believe I explained in my answer to your previous question.  The problem, of course, is how to deal with officials who won't accept that.  Did she describe any negative consequences that you or your boyfriend would face if he did not leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Was the IND's refusal to process the application proper?]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might have been.  I suspect that the requirements you were told about have been imposed in accordance with various court cases.  But I do not know.  It is possible that they have not been tested in court, or they have been tested in court under fact patterns that may be distinguished from yours such that they are being applied to you inappropriately.  But unless SOLVIT produces any results in your favor (which seems unlikely between now and the 18th), the only way to find out for sure is to go to court.  This &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; seems unlikely, because you are not going to be put out of the country with a pending employment contract starting on the 18th, and (see above) neither is your boyfriend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[What should we do next?]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose this depends on whether you've received any concrete indications that you or your boyfriend will be punished in any way at any point.  If not, you should probably just wait until the 18th and try again.  If so, you may need to start quoting chapter and verse at those giving you these indications to try to cool them off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, if you decide to live in the Netherlands without documents, the worst that can happen is some sort of fine (&amp;quot;proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions&amp;quot;).  He should not be liable to expulsion from the country, as mentioned above, because of Article 14(4).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your boyfriend is nervous about being out in public, he could carry copies of your passport and employment contract so he can explain why he doesn't yet have a residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands' transposition of the directive into national law, by the way, is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0011825/2019-05-01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Vremdelingenbesluit 2000&lt;/a&gt;, and in particular &lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0011825/2019-05-01#Hoofdstuk8_Afdeling2_Paragraaf2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 8, Section 2, Paragraph 2&lt;/a&gt;, comprising articles 8.7 through 8.25.  These follow the language of the directive very closely.  The criteria in the directive's article 7(1) are found here in article 8.12.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, at 8.13, there seems to be a deadline of &lt;em&gt;one month after the initial three-month period&lt;/em&gt; for the non-EU family member to apply for the residence card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;De vreemdeling, bedoeld in het eerste lid, meldt zich uiterlijk binnen een maand na afloop van de in artikel 8.11, tweede lid, bedoelde periode aan bij Onze Minister, in geval hij beoogt langer dan drie maanden in Nederland te verblijven, en dient daarbij een aanvraag in tot afgifte van een verblijfsdocument.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The foreigner indicated in the first section [that is, the non-EU family member] reports at the latest one month after the expiration of the period indicated in article 8.11(2) to Our Minister [that is, the IND], if he anticipates staying in the Netherlands for more than three months, and submits therewith an application for a residence document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of that article lists the items that must accompany the application, namely a valid passport, the &lt;em&gt;verklaring van inschrijving&lt;/em&gt; (declaration of registration) of the EU family member, and evidence of the relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another interesting point is in Article 8.16, which corresponds to the directive's Article 14(4), but is worded slightly differently.  Rather than saying that no expulsion measure may be adopted, it says instead that &amp;quot;authorized residence does not end&amp;quot; &lt;em&gt;(het rechtmatig verblijf endigt niet).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T03:24:35.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-01T23:08:10.160" Score="0" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India applied for MSc in the UK, received an unconditional offer letter from the university and CAS Letter is going to be issued within a few days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding bank statements, everywhere it was told, Tier 4 General visa students need to submit a 28-old bank statement before the date of application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am self-funding my education and living expenses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;because I am self-funded, Will ECO ask my Source of Funding and Longer bank statement of 3-6&#xA;  months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Source of Funds:&#xA;(being honest here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since 3 years I worked with a UK company as a Contractor (freelancer, not official), and I have built their entire software which got me savings for my education now. Contract terminated in the previous month (May 2019)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For Tier 4 Visa, Do I need to show/submit all my payslips/invoices from the UK company during the interview?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will they reject my Visa because I have worked with UK company thinking&#xA;  I am going to settle in the UK after my graduation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have one email of contract termination from the employer, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;will this email conversation serve as a proof to tell that presently I don't have any relation with the previous employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have filed my Income Tax Return for the 2018-19 financial year (not earlier) with showing high expenses in freelancing, So I can avoid paying high taxes, as I need to sustain my education finances in present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I need to submit my Income tax Returns? If yes, will they ask me&#xA;  why I paid low taxes? Will they take a close look at all the expenses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help! I am confused with a lot of questions, did a lot of research but couldn't find knowledgable answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17539" OwnerDisplayName="Sunny" LastEditorUserId="17539" LastEditDate="2019-07-02T09:11:41.513" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T08:10:15.740" Title="I am Self Funded applying for Tier 4 Student Visa, how to avoid rejection?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17692" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-02T13:31:22.330" Score="2" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which is better option for a married person (NON-EU resident) seeking good in hand savings(after tax), residence benefits, healthcare and balanced and quality life ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) salary of EUR 69,000/- year in Munich Germany &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) salary of NOK 710,400 year in Oslo, Norway&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S - Main aim is how much money saved after tax and after incurring monthly expenses like cost of living(accommodation, transit/commute, food etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16860" LastActivityDate="2019-08-02T22:01:25.167" Title="Savings in Germany (Munich) or in Norway(Oslo)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-02T15:14:11.917" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't been able to figure out what's the status of an EU citizen signing up for a UK job &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, starting sometime in the future, if the company is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; able to provide Visa sponsorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if Brexit happens between the present moment and the actual start date?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if Brexit happens sometime after the actual start date but before all the paperwork is in order?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible that the EU citizen will have to give up the job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the risks that one runs by signing up for a UK job now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17541" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:11:01.483" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:11:01.483" Title="Brexit: what happens to an EU citizen signing for a UK job now?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17694" CreationDate="2019-07-02T16:38:30.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now, the UK is still in the EU, so it works just as it has for the last 15 years or so, or at least it is supposed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To preserve the rights of EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU, they have devised the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt;.  This should take care of most of your concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021. If your application is successful, you’ll get either settled or pre-settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA includes the EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to stay in the UK without applying - for example, if you’re an Irish citizen or have indefinite leave to remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the last paragraph notes, Irish citizens &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are not required to sign up for the settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt;.  They have a right to live and work in the UK that is independent from EU freedom of movement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Who does not need to apply&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to apply if you have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;indefinite leave to enter the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;indefinite leave to remain in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;British or Irish citizenship (including ‘dual citizenship’)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if Brexit happens between the present moment and the actual start date?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be a transition period, which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;currently set to end at the end of next year&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re an EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen, you can continue to use your passport or national identity card to prove you can work in the UK until 31 December 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your start date is after the end of the transition period, you will need explicit permission to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if Brexit happens sometime after the actual start date but before all the paperwork is in order?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case you should be fine.  The deadline for applying for the settlement scheme is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;currently June 30, 2021, or, if there is no deal, December 31, 2020&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;When you can apply&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU Settlement Scheme is open. You can apply now if you meet the criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The deadline for applying is 30 June 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which status you get may depend on when you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;If the UK leaves the EU without a deal&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to be living in the UK before it leaves the EU to apply. The deadline for applying will be 31 December 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible that the EU citizen will have to give up the job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The risk is higher than it would be for a UK or Irish citizen, but it is very small.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the risks that one runs by signing up for a UK job now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is quite broad and speculative, but the risks are small.  The most likely troubles are probably related to likely administrative confusion with respect to the new status and the qualifying criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T17:45:03.520" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17679" CreationDate="2019-07-02T23:53:17.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to pay Japanese taxes one way or another if you are living there and earning income.  The company's location does not really matter for your tax situation, and if they are remitting your compensation to Japan then you will need to report it whether or not you are a tax resident.  Some remote workers find a way to have compensation sent to their home country, and avoid the foreign tax where they are living, but that carries the risk that Japan finds out and tries to tax you anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17312" LastEditorDisplayName="user17312" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T21:19:11.373" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:19:11.373" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T13:32:01.487" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am hoping for some clear guidance please.&#xA;I am due to move to either San Antonio TX or Charlotte NC with my UK employer who owns businesses in both these states on an L1a visa. My intention long term if all goes to plan is to permanently stay in the USA (Green card) helping my company to be a success whilst in turn securing employment for permanent US residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visa's for my 15 YO, my wife and myself are not an issue. The biggest concern I have is for my 19 YO daughter as her dependant status is different due to her age. Basically what I am being told is that we will be able to organise an L2 visa for her which will only cover her for up to 5 years, during these 5 years she can study and work on the college for up to 20 hours per week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this we can manage, however I am struggling to get any guidance on how my 19 YO daughter would be able to stay in the USA permanently and gain normal employment once her L2 visa expires. This option should not be a problem for me, my wife and 15 YO and it seems very strange as the likelihood is, at the end of her L2 visa the only alternative would be for her to move back to the UK when the remaining 3 of us will be allowed to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is self employed as a beauty therapist in the UK doing nails and nail art where she works out of a rented shop. I have discussed with my wife the option of renting and opening a shop in the USA once she has gained the relevant US certificates as she is allowed to do this as long as she has an EAD certificate. This would then allow an option for my daughter to gain full employment but again I do not know if this is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please offer some sound advice for me please as I am desperate to have a plan for her or the whole thing may be called off due to eventually the family having to split up. :-( &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Phil.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17544" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T13:32:01.487" Title="I am taking a job with my employer in the UK that has several businesses in the USA. My wife, 15 YO and 19 YO daughters are coming with me" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T14:26:32.153" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is unclear to me whether someone applying for a UK spouse visa needs to intend to reside in the UK for the duration of the visa. My spouse, in order to fulfil a contract for funding their education is required to spend several years working in their home country, and is unable to move to the UK with me on a more permanent basis. We have been looking at visa types, as we would still like to be able to visit with each other over this time, and a visa that would allow multiple entry into the UK over several years would be ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A spouse visa is one we were considering, but it is unclear to me how our situation would be viewed, and if acceptable for a spouse visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(We were recently had a rejection for a visitor visa, and are curious about alternative options).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17545" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T14:26:32.153" Title="Spouse Visa UK, does the spouse need to intend to reside in the UK for a spousal visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T16:02:51.443" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I move to another EU member state, do I need to create a new Blue Card for that country, or my current Blue Card should be good to go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find it confusing that it seems that the whole idea of the EU blue card is to have a unified document which I can use in all participating states, but if I have to make an entire new one every time I switch countries, the whole idea seems odd to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case I have to create a new Blue Card, does the fact that I currently hold one make any difference, or the process is the same as if you did not have one to begin with?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case I don't need to issue a new Blue Card, I noticed that there are differences of the minimum required income you should have to get a Blue Card of that country. If you switch countries, does your income needs to also match the minimum requirement of the country which issued the Blue Card, or the new hosting country?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I am close to complete 2 years of tenure in my current job already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17547" LastEditorUserId="17547" LastEditDate="2019-07-03T17:11:31.297" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T17:11:31.297" Title="Moving to another EU State with a Blue Card" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T17:54:42.427" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I registered my motorcycle in MA early this year but left the country before I could get the safety inspection, and I won't be back until next year. Does the Mass gov check automatically to see if registered vehicles are inspected? Is there any sanction for registering vehicles but not getting them inspected? (I won't be riding it before re-registering it next year, I'll get the inspection after that)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17548" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T06:36:18.053" Title="Motorcycle registered but not inspected in Massachusetts" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T17:54:50.627" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Scotland 10/1/19 to live permanently with my partner who is a UK citizen.  After researching online, I found that I cannot be granted a visa as partner since we have not lived together for two years. I ended up completing a visa application partially based on the following from the UK.gov site: &quot;If you want to live in the UK permanently, you must apply for a family of a settled person visa if your partner is any of the following: a British citizen...&quot;  I finished the application, then read that I'd need to provide a marriage certificate...clearly the wrong application.  A note to HELP brought &quot;you can apply for a family visa if you are married or you have been in a relationship for at least 2 years with your sponsor.&quot;  After more research I found the designation of the category I'm in: Proposed Civil Partners-SET02.  All I've been able to find are the regulations but not the application itself.  I've visited the Embassy's web site and found no help.  All I want is a link.  Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17556" OwnerDisplayName="Cindy" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-07-03T19:27:43.263" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T19:27:43.263" Title="UK Visa: Proposed Civil Union" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T19:52:51.270" Score="1" ViewCount="1097" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen, and I have a job contract to work as a software engineer for a German company in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already prepared all the legal documents. However, I'm really concerned about the consulate interview as it's gonna be in a different country, because there's no German embassy in my country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of question they will ask (the general purpose of their question about what)? Dose the fact that I have to make the interview in different county add more challenging to these questions? Will they ask to provide additional documents to the ones listed on the consulate website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone has similar experience, it would be appreciated if he/she could share it with us, as I'll do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17550" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T10:32:44.633" Title="How to prepare for German visa/work permit embassy interview" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17692" CreationDate="2019-07-03T21:02:58.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This really depends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taxes are lower in Germany but Munich has become very expensive to live in, even compared to Oslo. However, Norway includes its health insurance and better pension benefits in its taxes which come on top in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oslo is much smaller than Munich, therefore commutes are typically shorter but this depends on where you would live and where your job is located. Work hours are shorter in Norway and tend to be more flexible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both countries provide free schools but if your partner wants to work, Norway offers better opportunities, especially with children in kindergarten age as Norway is very layed out for two income families. If your partner is not intending to work, Germany is probably more friendly with its tax system whereas surviving on one income can be very difficult in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health care is of high standard in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived in both cities and chose Norway, partly because me and my partner both want to work full time. But either city is a great place to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T21:02:58.270" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-04T05:50:50.720" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many days minimum does a person having an employment pass have to stay in singapore per month&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17553" LastActivityDate="2019-07-04T05:50:50.720" Title="Singapore Employment pass. Minimum stay" Tags="&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-03T18:00:08.563" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently two months into my two year Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa in the UK. Having recently been reading up on the requirements for the Tier 2 General Work Visa, I understand that to &quot;switch&quot; to this visa you would need to currently hold one of the required visas listed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't currently hold one of the required visas, so my question is: If I were to go back to Canada once my two year visa expires, would I be able to apply successfully for the Tier 2 work visa, without having to &quot;switch&quot;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ali Little" LastActivityDate="2019-07-04T08:08:34.877" Title="Can I apply for a Tier 2 work visa after my Tier 5 Youth Mobility expires?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17707" CreationDate="2019-07-03T18:25:47.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply if a licensed sponsor has offered you a skilled job in the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general&lt;/a&gt; but whether the application would be successful is not something anyone can answer with any certainty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" OwnerDisplayName="Traveller" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T18:25:47.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17703" CreationDate="2019-07-04T12:53:33.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the country where you are applying from is handling applications from multiple countries, they must have a bigger document check-list compared to other embassies and those documents will serve as a proof for everything written on your application. When you go for an in-person interview, generally they try to ensure if you really are the person who is on the documents, they might ask a few questions related to your field as well, so be prepared. Also, the processing time could be longer than the estimated time since that's a different country. And lastly, I wish you best of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17554" LastActivityDate="2019-07-04T12:53:33.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-05T07:37:11.903" Score="0" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;How the taxes are calculated in Norway for married couple?&#xA;If my monthly salary is 55,000 NOK and my spouse's monthly salary is 28,000 NOK, then &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Should we taxed together or separately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) What should be tax table/tax bracket and what should be final in hand salary in a month?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16860" LastEditorUserId="16860" LastEditDate="2019-07-05T08:44:43.830" LastActivityDate="2019-07-06T11:20:13.563" Title="Tax calculation in Norway for married couple" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17671" CreationDate="2019-07-05T10:05:28.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just apply for another free credit card. If you do not have any problems with Schufa, it should be possible. I find an idea to pay for a credit card quite strange. Rather, I prefer bank to pay me for a credit card. Currently, it is possible with Amazon VISA (bonus for opening a credit card, 0,5% cashback on all, 2% cashback on Amazon), Santander 1plus card (1% casback on gas stations), AmEx Payback (1% cashback on all except gas stations with MAX option). Check check24.de for more...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T10:05:28.120" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10751" CreationDate="2019-07-05T10:52:16.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just want to provide some closure to this thread. It is actually possible to convert an internship visa to a job visa from within Germany. Just take an appointment at your city's Auslanderbehorde (Foreigners office). They will give you a list of documents like your work contract, current residence permit, etc. And then they will give you a new residence permit after the processing is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11621" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T10:52:16.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17703" CreationDate="2019-07-05T10:56:48.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the same situation as you a couple of years ago. The questions they asked were mostly about the documents. There was nothing tricky or anything. I applied for a German visa from the US and I'm not a US citizen. I just had to show a valid residence permit for the US and the rest of the documents were the same as mentioned on their website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions they asked were really basic like &quot;What will your income be?&quot;, &quot;How will you find an accommodation&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11621" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T10:56:48.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-05T13:03:28.297" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software engineer. If I worked for 5 years in Germany and have to move back to my home country, then can I get back the Social taxes (like pension, health insurance, etc...) deducted form my salary in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16860" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:15:05.033" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T20:20:15.677" Title="Reimburse of Social Taxes like Insurance , Pensions in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17716" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-05T14:16:37.610" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got a freelancing job in the Netherlands for 6 months and I really want to know what should I do to make sure I pay taxes and do this employment legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Germany as a student and I hold German citizenship. The freelance job requires me to go only once a month for 4-5 days to the office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company is a tech company and I would be doing some tech + marketing job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to pay taxes in Germany or in the Netherlands? Can I start working right now, or do I need to do some paperwork? I will be paid 32 per hour 8 hours a week. Is that enough to cover my expenses as a freelancer? How much tax would I have to pay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I registering in Germany, what are the steps to start freelancing right away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anybody can guide me, tell me what are my best options or any info at all it would be highly appreciated. Please let me know if you need more information about my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17557" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T14:16:37.610" Title="Freelancing in Europe" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2019-07-20T15:41:32.707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-05T18:55:26.627" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a follow-up to my question a couple of days ago on which visa I needed to move to Scotland, I've completed my visa application providing for a civil union within 3 months of my arrival.  However, in the application there was absolutely no mention of the fact that civil unions, at least in the UK, are only for same-sex couples.  (Sorry, Martin Bonner, I didn't listen to what you said because I'd done so much research and never seen a thing about this.)  So my quandary is this: if John and I go to another country for a civil union, will UK immigration accept it?  And will I even be allowed to leave Scotland to have the civil union performed within my first three months there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's Friday afternoon.  I've called the attorneys in my family, our solicitors in Scotland, and don't know where else to try.  I have an appointment Monday to get my bio-metric card.  If all else fails, I'll cancel that and get a refund on my visa app.  I fly out Oct. 1 - hope that happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17556" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T18:55:26.627" Title="Inter-Country Civil Partnership Recognized?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-06T08:10:52.580" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to stay long term in Laos with an EU passport apart from going back and forth to Thailand all the time to get a new Laos 1 month tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Vesa" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-07-06T18:12:10.720" LastActivityDate="2019-07-06T18:12:10.720" Title="Is there any way to stay long term in Laos with an EU passport apart from going back and forth to Thailand all the time?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;laos&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17711" CreationDate="2019-07-06T11:20:13.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can calculate your taxes using this webpage of the Norwegian tax authority: &lt;a href=&quot;https://skattekalkulator.app.skatteetaten.no&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://skattekalkulator.app.skatteetaten.no&lt;/a&gt; - switch to English in the upper right corner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This uses the same engine as the actual tax calculation, it should be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Norway has only few rules that give benefits to married people; every married couple is automatically taxed together but it has few consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2019-07-06T11:20:13.563" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-06T17:50:04.923" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Must I have a Job Offer or Canadian full-time education before applying for PNP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2019-07-06T17:50:04.923" Title="Pre-requisites for Canadian PNP" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17722" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-07-06T18:28:42.987" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-07-06T18:28:42.987" LastActivityDate="2019-07-06T18:28:42.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17723" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-07-06T18:28:42.987" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the South-Asian country of Laos." OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-07-20T15:31:33.690" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T15:31:33.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-07T07:38:49.770" Score="1" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was denied entry into a UK airport when I was a student in UK in 2009. My college then was not on the list of providers, and I had admitted to UKVI after they pressed me that I had not attended college since my last visa application for leave to remain in UK. The immigration officer said I had used deception in my last application for leave to remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was removed at port at UK airport and my residence permit retained. That was in 2009. Now in 2019 I wish to make a tier 4 visa application from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This time in 2019 I have received an unconditional offer in MSc mechanical engineering from a top 3 UK university. So apart from the negative feedback can anyone give me a ray of hope? Also what can I say about my historic old denial at port in 2009?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17563" OwnerDisplayName="lindisingh" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-07T14:42:26.643" LastActivityDate="2019-07-07T14:42:26.643" Title="Denied entry to UK in 2009, can I apply for a student visa in 2019?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;denied-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-08T09:25:26.190" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;My application in IEC program to work in Canada was recently approved. &#xA;The passport I used with my application expires in September 2020. I clearly understood that my work visa will be granted only while my passport is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the possibility of renewing my passport on September 2019, as it will be during its last year of validity. The new passport will be probably be valid for ten years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I use my renewed passport to enter Canada by, lets say January 2020, will the work permit be granted for a whole year until January 2021 or it will be granted until September 2020, as the passport used on its application expires on such date?&#xA;Note that I intend to use the new passport to enter Canada, not the old invalidated passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17568" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T09:25:26.190" Title="Work permit length on IEC Canada using a renewed passport" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17731" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-08T09:39:53.220" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in Ireland and I am not an EU passport holder. I have a GNIB card which is going be up for renewal on the 3rd o January 2020. I am planning to go to France on September 27-October 3 this year which falls just in time within the 3 month allowance before expiration the schenghen visa requires.The question is, how likely will be be given a 3 months or 6 months validity schenghen visa? or will they just probably give me 1 week?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17383" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T09:39:53.220" Title="Chances of getting a 3 month or 6 months schengen visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-08T20:16:18.000" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am South African and own a Laser Clinic in South Africa .My Mom is a British Citizen and my daughter who is half Dutch half South African also attends university and resides in the UK.&#xA;I am interested in opening up my Laser Beauty Clinic in the UK.&#xA;I am married to a British citizen however we have been residing in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of visa do I need to apply for in order to set up and operate my Business in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kind regards,&#xA;Nikki&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17570" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T20:16:18.000" Title="Opening a Business in the UK" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17734" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-08T21:44:45.977" Score="3" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is in accordance with the EB5 investor visa where someone who invests at least $500k or $1M in a US-based business&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14247" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T22:17:44.057" Title="How long does it take to get a green card post EB5 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17734" CreationDate="2019-07-08T22:17:44.057" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The EB-5 visa is an immigrant visa, so the visa itself becomes a temporary green card when the bearer of the visa first arrives in the US.  The permanent green card arrives subsequently in the mail.  This can take &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/expect-green-card&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;up to 120 days&lt;/a&gt; from the date of entry or the date of payment of the immigrant visa fee, whichever is later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T22:17:44.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-08T23:23:21.873" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Problem: I had a UK driving licence (year 2000) and travelled a lot since ( Europe) so no UK address, now I lost my licence and I am kind of homeless. How can I get my UK driving licence without having a UK address. Thank you for your help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17571" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T19:13:17.950" Title="UK driving licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-07-20T15:39:31.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17736" CreationDate="2019-07-09T01:36:23.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK drivers licenses can be replaced, even from overseas, but only if the applicant resides in Great Britain. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-online-to-replace-a-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK govt page&lt;/a&gt; on getting a replacement license, which contains this text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get a replacement provisional or full driving licence online with DVLA if yours gets lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;...To replace your licence you’ll need to:&#xA;be a resident of Great Britain (there’s a different service in Northern Ireland), not be disqualified from driving for any reason&#xA;pay £20 by MasterCard, Visa, Electron or Delta debit or credit card&#xA;provide addresses where you’ve lived for the last 3 years.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, to replace your lost license, you'll have to lie to DVLA about your residence. None of us would recommend that course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-09T19:13:17.950" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T19:13:17.950" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17703" CreationDate="2019-07-09T10:32:44.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my visa in the German general consulate in Amsterdam (being NOT-EU citizen, but living in the Netherlands). I didn't have to attend any special interview and all the conversation was about the application form itself (all the info is already there), working contract and salary (as a requirement for the Blue Card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure to make a call or better send an E-mail before the appointment to ask for the actual list of the documents required for the desired visa type (normal working visa or the one for the further Blue Card application in my case). I noticed that the list can fluctuate depending not only on location, but also on a person whom you will deal with. The same happens in the governmental organisations inside of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17573" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T10:32:44.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17740" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17742" CreationDate="2019-07-09T19:00:52.180" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Canada work permit which is going to expire by august, how many days before work permit expiry i should travel to Canada in order to apply for extension without any problem ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17576" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T00:08:53.163" Title="How many days before work permit expiry, we should travel to Canada in order to apply for extension without any problem?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-09T23:53:48.697" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got approved for my uk ancestry visa I just wanted to know if I need to stay in the UK at least 6 continuous months each year or if I can leave, but I just can't be out of the country for more than 6 months at a time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17579" LastActivityDate="2021-03-31T23:05:35.460" Title="UK ancestry visa time for staying" Tags="&lt;ancestry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17740" CreationDate="2019-07-10T00:08:53.163" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/extend.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/extend.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=474&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=474&amp;amp;top=17&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You should apply at least 30 days before your current status expires if you want to extend your stay as a worker in Canada.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T00:08:53.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17672" CreationDate="2019-07-10T00:18:01.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @phoog has not updated his answer yet, I'm posting my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your son is not yet a US Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you meet the conditions outlined by @phoog to pass on US Citizenship to your child, special rules apply for the children of US Citizen fathers and alien mothers born out of wedlock:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1409&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1409&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest path forward with this is to go to your consulate, do a Consular Report of a Birth Abroad, and fill in the form at the time where you acknowledge paternity and commit to providing financial support to your child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do this, your son will be a US Citizen retroactively from his date of birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is inconvenient to do this before your trip, then your son should travel on his German passport, which is currently his sole passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15227" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T00:18:01.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-10T07:37:31.340" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;As i know there are SEZ (Special Economics Zones) in  Poland.&#xA;Is that true that personal income tax for employee works for IT company in SEZ Poland has not got 32% income tax but less 27-28%? I'm personally interested in Pomeranian SEZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks for your help! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17580" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T07:37:31.340" Title="Income personal tax reduction in Poland in SEZ" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-10T13:14:42.683" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going through a process to get a work permit for Canada, and I have been advised to get police clearance certificates for all countries where I've spent more than six months in the last few years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have spent close to six months in Chile, total, but not in a row. I am from Brazil, so I do not need a passport nor a visa to get into Chile - I can travel there with just my brazilian ID. I did get stamps on my passport for every time I went in and out of Chile, though, because I thought it would be nice to have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my advisors are saying I should get a police clearance certificate from Chile because of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I know how to get one. But Chile will not provide me with such a certificate because I do not have a chilean ID (called a RUT).&lt;/strong&gt; I never needed a chilean ID because everywhere I went accepted my brazilian ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to get a Chilean ID, I would need to get a chilean visa, move there, get a job in a local company, and spend at least five months there (best case scenario), but I have seen people taking up to a year to get a chilean ID. So it does not seem feasible at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be a problem when it comes to getting a work permit to Canada, and what can I do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15526" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T22:59:26.973" Title="Country I've only been in for a while won't give me a police clearance certificate - what can I do about it?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17624" CreationDate="2019-07-10T17:11:15.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After checking with many institutions, many emails &amp;amp; phone calls: yes it is possible to go from WHV to Working visa/Blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it is possible and perfectly legal to work on a WHV, no restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17491" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T17:11:15.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17625" CreationDate="2019-07-10T17:13:15.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After checking with several institutions &amp;amp; many many emails, phone calls and live appointments: working on WHV is perfectly legal, there are no restrictions. The only thing they make trouble with is that it's not &quot;in the spirit of the WHV&quot; to work full time (you &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; travel and take up odd jobs), but &quot;in the spirit of&quot; has no legal basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17491" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T17:13:15.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17741" CreationDate="2019-07-10T18:30:28.303" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no specific restriction on the amount of time you must spend in the UK, unless you want to apply to settle after 5 years, in which case you must have spent no more than 180 days outside the UK in any 12 months of the last 5 years (known as ‘continuous residence’).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One aspect to consider is that the Immigration Rules relating to an Ancestry visa require you to demonstrate you can work and genuinely intend to take or seek employment in the UK. If your intended pattern of visits to the UK means that you won’t have a permanent job, you may find you are questioned by Immigration as to your intentions each time you return. If you don’t have employment, you are not allowed to claim public funds in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576708/UK-Ancestry-v16.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576708/UK-Ancestry-v16.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T18:30:28.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17751" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-10T19:13:13.830" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for an EEA Family Permit. My husband is an Austrian national and will be migrating to the UK in the next few weeks. The application process was rather quite simple and easy, but I'm quite confused about one of the documents that they're asking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I needs to bring a &quot;The Passport or travel document for the sponsor (my husband) from British Citizen&quot; I have no idea what they could be asking for since I'm clearly requesting an EEA Family Permit and wouldn't be able to do so if I was a British National. I also clearly stated on the application form that I was a Dutch National.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any clues to which document they're asking for? Is this a mistake?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17569" LastEditorUserId="17569" LastEditDate="2019-07-10T22:50:17.123" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T22:50:17.123" Title="European Family Permit Documents" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17753" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17757" CreationDate="2019-07-11T01:49:42.080" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I knew students with F-1 Visa cannot get any paid outside their school, I just feel curious is that legal if they get paid from their mother country while in the U.S. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I knew that is also incorrect! You can get paid when you are in your mother country, but once you in the U.S. using the F-1 Visa you cannot do that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this question can be closed now! Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17674" LastEditorDisplayName="user17674" LastEditDate="2019-07-28T00:55:23.927" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T00:55:23.927" Title="Can international students get paid from other countries while in US on F-1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17755" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-11T13:17:45.160" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mom has recently become an illegal immigrant in England; she's admitted it as such via her Instagram.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She just upped and left, with no real warning; my dad is devastated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm 25/F and an only child. I have a good relationship with both my parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were no big life events that caused this; only a week ago we'd been celebrating my dad getting a promotion and me having lived for a year in my new city in Canada (I'm dual Canadian/US Citizen); he lives in the U.S. but my dad is Canadian, Mom is American if that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He lives in AZ, in the U.S. but I'm in Vancouver, BC. (sorry for using state abbreviations here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given how illegal immigration is a hot-button issue in the U.S. this is probably an odd question for you to deal with, and this is partially about immigration, but coping with my mom doing a disappearing act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All we can glean from her Instagram is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Not coming back until the President is out of office or impeached; we&#xA;  don't need FUCKING PSYCHOS like him there who grab women's pussies.&#xA;  I'm staying in England and am gonna claim asylum there then come back&#xA;  to the US when he's out of office. Or I may just gonna stay in England forevah! &gt; Woooooot!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and a selfie of her in a tiny croptop and hot pants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was also one other Instagram post saying she'd never renounce her U.S. citizenship and it was full of personal attacks directed at the current administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My dad is devastated and can't understand why she'd just disappear and move to a new country and claim asylum like this. He's not depressed yet, but I worry he could be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He's said he wants to talk more with me about this, but doesn't know what more he can say about it; he feels shocked and upset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel pretty upset too, but have no idea how to cope; I had a great relationship with my mom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for advice on how to cope, as she's only been gone from the U.S. for three weeks now, and it doesn't seem likely that she may return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17584" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T16:11:44.077" Title="How do me and my dad cope with my mom doing a disappearing act and stating she isn't coming back?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2019-07-12T12:38:28.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17755" CreationDate="2019-07-11T16:11:44.077" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no explicit question here that is on topic for this site, but there is an implicit question about immigration status, perhaps for each of your parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume that your father is a lawful permanent resident (LPR) in the US, that is, that he has a green card.  If that is the case then he has nothing to worry about as far as his immigration status is concerned unless he is a &quot;conditional&quot; LPR.  A spouse will have conditional LPR status if at the time of immigrating to the US the marriage is less than 2 years old.  It is then necessary to apply for removal of conditions between 21 and 24 months after immigrating.  Since you are 25, it seems extremely unlikely that your father is a conditional LPR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mother will probably have been admitted to the UK for six months, which is the standard period of admission for visitors.  She can legally stay there for six months, but she should be aware that if she stays substantially longer than she &lt;em&gt;said&lt;/em&gt; she was planning to stay when she entered, the UK will probably find that she used deception, which will lead to her being refused admission on subsequent visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also possible that she could be found &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to be a genuine visitor if she had the intention to remain in the UK when she entered.  In that case, her six-month leave to enter the UK will be curtailed, and she could be deported sooner than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has indicated a desire to apply for asylum.  That application will certainly fail.  If she refuses to leave the UK when she is told to, or at the end of six months if she's not told otherwise, she risks being detained under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/11/life-in-a-uk-immigration-removal-centre-worse-than-prison-as-criminal-sentence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;truly awful conditions&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps indefinitely, until she can be removed to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T16:11:44.077" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17753" CreationDate="2019-07-11T17:04:15.873" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will be working and you will be physically in the USA. For immigration purposes, you are working in the USA in a student visa, without proper authorization. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, no you may not work, even if you're getting paid abroad, while in the USA. Being a F-1 visa holder allows you to work in certain conditions. However, none of them allows you to work for costumers abroad like you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some may argue that the USCIS may never find out that you're working, you risk jeopardizing future immigration status (such as a Work or Family Green Card) by violating your student visa. Immigrant visa applicants face way more scrutiny than student visa applicants and you will likely have to disclose your violation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-07-11T17:04:15.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-12T08:22:43.443" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a student visa for September intake in Conestoga College in Kitchener. I would like to know about part-time job opportunities available in Kitchener for IT professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate if someone can please shed some insights about jobs in Canada, and share their experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17586" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-17T17:21:01.523" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T17:21:01.523" Title="Part-time job opportunities available in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="17" ClosedDate="2019-07-23T06:40:04.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-12T09:38:05.073" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both my grandparents were born in Holland . My father was born on the island of Java and then went back to Holland . In 1940 they moved to South Africa and lived their lives here . Can I apply for Dutch citizenship ? I was born in South Africa and am not certain when my father nationalized ..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17587" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T09:38:05.073" Title="can I apply for a Dutch Passport based on my family being Dutch" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17651" CreationDate="2019-07-12T13:44:23.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Your employer can't initiate the process, they can only provide you with all the documents, including working contract, which are required for the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17703/how-to-prepare-for-german-visa-work-permit-embassy-interview&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. Basically you can apply in an embassy or consulate in other country (as I did). I'm not sure though if you can do it without actually living/having an address in the country where you have residence permit at least because you'll have to to be waiting there and maybe bring other documents per request after applying.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;is less likely, because the application from inside the country already requires a German address and confirmation from your landlord (Wohnraumnachweis and rental contract) and be registered there. That's why you need the national visa first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best way is to write an E-mail to the embassy/consulate with your questions about the possibility and the list of documents required. This information might be more trustworthy and clear than what you can find on official websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the way I know. Maybe it differs depending on circumstances and permit/employment types.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17573" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T13:44:23.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-13T12:01:01.023" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi all &amp;amp; thanks in advance for reading. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is basically summed up in the title, I have read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/second-job&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk information&lt;/a&gt; regarding holding a 2nd job and understand that I could work in the same profession within the country. I'm wondering if anyone has advice about my eligibility to work outside my profession within another country? I am a software developer but am looking at doing some online translation/transcription work sporadically for a US company just for a bit of extra cash on the side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13198" LastActivityDate="2019-07-13T12:01:01.023" Title="On a UK Tier 2 Visa, can I have a 2nd job outside the country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17784" CreationDate="2019-07-14T12:01:27.993" Score="1" ViewCount="499" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've lived in the UK for five and a half years and am buying a motorcycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wondering if it makes sense to exchange my German driving license for a UK one to save on insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I can claim I've had my vehicle types' licenses for over 10 years, will I be able to do the same after exchanging the license or will the counter reset?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Similarly with foreign no claims bonuses I'm not sure if I can carry them over if they were on a different license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the resources I found online just say how I can drive until I'm 70, not when the license is dated and what it does to NCB.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I also know that there are specialist insurers who may have lower premiums than regular ones for my circumstances but I don't see a reason not to exchange my driver's license if I can carry over the date I obtained my license and my NCB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17598" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T14:59:26.590" Title="Exchanging EU License for UK - what happens to start date and no claims?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-14T21:54:10.163" Score="6" ViewCount="2677" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Nigerian mother residing in the UK with my daughter who is a British citizen. We all have Nigerian passports which are valid for travel however I just discovered her British passport has expired. Will she be allowed to travel with me  to Nigeria with her Nigerian passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17601" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T17:38:11.530" Title="Can a British citizen travel with a Nigerian passport?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17767" CreationDate="2019-07-15T00:16:05.023" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;She can travel to Nigeria with a Nigerian passport, but she cannot board a flight to the UK with a Nigerian passport unless she has a visa in it, or a residence permit to accompany it, and she cannot get a visa or a residence permit because she is a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timatic, the database that airlines use to determine whether their passengers' documents are sufficient, actually notes that British citizens may enter the UK with an expired passport, so it's possible that the airline would allow your daughter to board a flight to the UK with a valid Nigerian passport and an expired British passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Document Validity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Passengers with a British passport with nationality “British Citizen&amp;quot; are allowed to enter with an expired passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there could be a policy of the airline that prohibits this, or there could be a law in Nigeria that prohibits it.  Even if the airline has a specific policy that explicitly &lt;em&gt;permits&lt;/em&gt; it, it's likely for the ground staff at checkin to be  unaware of it.  After all, accepting expired documents is somewhat counterintuitive.  I would not want to risk it if I were her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she will be in Nigeria long enough to get a new UK passport while she's there, then she should be fine.  Otherwise, she should apply for an expedited passport before she leaves.  This costs a bit of money, but it is probably a worthwhile expenditure to avoid having to cancel the trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T17:38:11.530" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-15T08:11:44.313" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Portuguese passport holding South African citizen. My Girlfriend and I(non-EEA/EU member) South African passport holder would like to apply for a EEA family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been told that the both of us need to supply financials for our move over there to support our trip with enough funds for BOTH OF US. I am a little confused here as I cannot find anywhere that states my girlfriend and I need to provide proof of funds. I cannot find anything that states an EU national needs to provide funding for the move over to England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are both financially capable and do not depend on one another and will be traveling to England together as I am not there already. We have a letter of invitation from friends that live in England already stating that they will be looking after us yet we are still being asked to provide close on 3000 pounds of funding proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we already have all supporting documentation to prove our relationship and all guidelines laid out by the GOV.UK website but have been hindered by the funding as we only have 1900 pounds between the two of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17603" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-07-15T11:20:37.417" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T14:14:13.563" Title="EEA Family Permit Application unmarried partner" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17769" CreationDate="2019-07-15T14:14:13.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need proof of funds.  You do not need a letter of invitation.  You do not need anyone to look after you.  You do not need proof of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to prove only that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are an EU or Swiss citizen or a national of an EEA country.  Your Portuguese passport does this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your relationship qualifies (the term of art is &quot;durable relationship&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proving the second element is more difficult.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-family-members-of-eea-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance on extended family members&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evidence required for durable partners&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A durable relationship is an unmarried partnership which has normally continued for 2 years or more. The evidence the applicant can provide may include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;proof that any previous relationship has permanently broken down, for example a:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;decree absolute for marriages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;dissolution order for civil partnerships&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence of cohabitation for 2 years, for example:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;bank statements or utility bills in joint names at the same address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;rent agreements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;mortgage payments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;official correspondence which links them at the same address&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence of joint finances, joint business ventures and joint commitments, for example:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;tax returns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;business contracts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;investments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence of joint responsibility for children such as:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a birth certificate or custody agreement showing they are cohabiting and sharing responsibility for children&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;photographs of the couple&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;other evidence demonstrating their commitment and relationship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must always consider the individual circumstances of the application. For example there may be instances when the couple have not been in a relationship for 2 years or more, but you are still satisfied that the relationship is subsisting and durable. This may be, for example, where the couple have a child together and a birth certificate showing shared parentage has been provided with evidence of living together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must refer to a senior caseworker if you doubt whether the level of evidence provided is enough to demonstrate a durable relationship exists. If the applicant has provided enough evidence and you are satisfied that the documents are genuine, you must consider whether the requirements of regulation 8 (extended family member) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (the 2016 regulations) have been met before you go to stage 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T14:14:13.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17767" CreationDate="2019-07-15T15:17:47.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She could travel with you to Nigeria.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She could enter back the UK with her expired passport (&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/43880/20530&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/are_passports_compulsory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;), as she is a British citizen, regardless of her passport status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, you may have extra issues with the travel back to the UK, since the air company will want to ensure you will be able to enter the country (as the company would be liable to the passenger and might even get fined).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting an expedited passport before departure would be the best solution, and that will also give you peace you will not face issues getting it on Nigeria or facing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/As-a-British-national-can-I-enter-the-UK-on-an-expired-UK-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;confused officers&lt;/a&gt; on entrance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13502" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-07-15T15:57:47.603" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T15:57:47.603" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-15T16:10:58.083" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My UK settlement VISA got confirmed few days back and I have to go to UK for the Bio-metric testing. I have few questions related to this particular category of UK settlement VISA.My spouse is a British Citizen who is currently working in UK and she only applied for this VISA for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concerns&#xA;1) Due to family responsibilities (I have an extended family including ailing parents and other close relatives, who are completely dependent on me) i cannot relocate to UK for a longer duration. I am needed at my home country at regular intervals to take care of my parents and relatives.  My intention is to work partly from UK and partly from my home country to take care of my dependent parents - Is this possible with this UK settlement VISA ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) I do not want to bring my parents and relatives to UK since they won't be comfortable with the new surroundings and various health reasons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) I have good job in my home country and my present employer will allow to have a flexible working location - My question is can I continue my present job in my home country and commute between UK and home country at regular intervals . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) Is there any restriction on travel for this VISA. i.e I plan to be in UK for 1 months and 2 months in my home country - Is this agreeable for the UK Immigration ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) Is there any other restriction for this particular Settlement UK visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17606" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-07-15T18:51:22.597" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T18:51:22.597" Title="UK Settlement VISA - Questions" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17801" CreationDate="2019-07-15T20:49:31.570" Score="2" ViewCount="608" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.huntonimmigrationlawblog.com/2015/04/articles/federal-agencies/cbp/cpb-now-offers-email-addresses-for-i94-correction-requests-at-some-deferred-inspection-sites/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HuntonImmigrationLawBlog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Until recently, travelers were required to appear in person at a&#xA;  Deferred Inspection site, with their original documents, in order to&#xA;  request that an I-94 be corrected. CBP has updated its Deferred&#xA;  Inspections Sites list to include email addresses for I-94 correction&#xA;  requests at the following nine Deferred Inspection offices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Boston:  cbp.boston.i94@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Charlotte:  i94request-clt@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Chicago:  i94chi@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Houston:  cbphoui94@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Miami:  cbpmiai94@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Milwaukee:  i94mil@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Orlando:  orlandoi-94team@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Seattle:  i94.correction.seattle@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;St. Paul:  i94msp@cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long does it take CBP to respond to I-94 amendment requests in practice? Or perhaps they have an official ETA somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2019-07-19T17:50:45.740" LastActivityDate="2021-02-11T00:51:50.613" Title="How long does it take for CBP to respond to I-94 amendment requests?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17777" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-16T09:25:15.797" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone, please help me with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have all my documents till my graduation ( all marksheets, degree certificate, pan card and even passport ) with only my first name , say ABCD. I am done with my PTE test and now want to get my skills assessment to be done by ACS. I have my full name mentioned with my employer, say ABCD XYZ, so I will get the employment letter with full name only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am not sure how to go ahead with ACS assessment.&#xA;1) do I need to provide  any one of these - gadget/ notarized letter/ affidavit etc  along with my employment letter and marksheets to ACS, is there a provision to add such certificate while submitting other documents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) is there any other way, this could be handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17615" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T09:25:15.797" Title="Different name on passport and in employment letter for 189 visa" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17778" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19386" CreationDate="2019-07-16T10:21:05.430" Score="4" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in a German company and have the blue card here (less than one year). There is an on-site project in Prague for at least 6 months which I am interested in. So my question is: Can I legally work from Prague while stay employed in Germany and pay taxes (health insurance) in Germany? I will travel to Germany in between this period on weekends and will have my registered apartment in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17618" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-25T20:38:20.280" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T10:11:31.707" Title="Work from Prague while being employed in German company and German blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-16T08:08:31.240" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a technology Consultant, and I have to travel internationally for my job. I currently have to go to Sudan for the same reason. Will going to Sudan using a business visa cause a problem for me for my higher studies? I am planning to go to Europe or Canada for my masters; will a visa from Sudan on my passport cause a problem for me to get a visa in these countries? I am a Pakistani national.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="hassan" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-16T19:03:43.800" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T19:03:43.800" Title="Going to Sudan for work: will it cause problems getting a student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-16T15:55:44.610" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French, but have been living in the UK for the past 20+ years, where I pay all my taxes. Recently, I have inherited a small amount of money in France from my late grandparents, which I would like to use as a deposit to buy a flat in France with my wife (who's British), as an investiment property (for letting). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the bank is imposing some draconian restrictions which in practice means they won't lend money to us because we can't meet their requirements of minimum income or personal wealth. Apparently, this is because we are &quot;non residents&quot;, i.e. don't pay our taxes in France, and they claim those restrictions are imposed on them by the UK government, not of their own choosing. It's not clear whether it's their interpretation of whatever regulations/restrictions are in place or whether their hands are really tied. I have done some searching on the Internet but came up blank. I have also contacted the UK embassy/consulate in France, who were unable (unwilling?) to answer my questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know what restrictions are imposed by the UK on French financial institutions for lending to non-residents? I have only approached one bank so far, the one I've been with all my life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17616" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T15:55:44.610" Title="Buying a property in France when living in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-16T20:08:24.670" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the USA on a F1 visa. I also have a MA Driver's License slash Real ID. I am visiting the UK later this month to attend a conference. A friend (in UK) advised I should get some additional paperwork that shows I am allowed to drive in the US with a F1 student visa. I am not quite sure what that means. Do I need to get additional paperwork? I have read on several places on the Internet stating that I should have no problem driving in the UK with my US license (provided that I am only there for a small number of days and do not intend to get a resident status). I am confused after my friend gave me the advise. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17622" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T20:08:24.670" Title="I'm in USA with a F1 visa. Can I drive in the UK with my MA Driver's License?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17785" CreationDate="2019-07-17T07:52:04.280" Score="1" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am outside USA and I have marriage based immigrant visa issued on March,2019 and valid till September, 2019. My Immigrant visa sticker in my passport shows my Immigrant Visa Category as CR1. I was married on July, 2017 and I will enter US land on August, 2019 after completing 2 years of my marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I will get CR1 or IR1 visa ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean the authorities will consider the entry date or visa type and issuance date as it is in the passport ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastEditorUserId="17624" LastEditDate="2019-07-17T07:57:19.513" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T06:18:16.753" Title="CR1 Visa Issuance Date and US Entry Date . Which date to prevail?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-16T20:59:44.450" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to USA (Tucson, AZ) for graduate school, and was wondering what identification alternatives I could use where ID is required, as I prefer not carrying around my passport with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an Australian driver's license - would this let me be eligible for IDP (international driver's permit)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="ID_Me" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-07-20T15:32:18.870" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T15:32:18.870" Title="ID alternatives for a international student in the USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17765" CreationDate="2019-07-17T14:14:01.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Currently I can claim I've had my vehicle types' licenses for over 10 years, will I be able to do the same after exchanging the license or will the counter reset?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strictly speaking this is a question for the specific insurer you are with but the sensible meaning for this question is that you are asking when you first passed your test. To be sure you should ask the insurer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Similarly with foreign no claims bonuses I'm not sure if I can carry them over if they were on a different license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No claims bonuses are strictly contractual. Many insurers will apparently only accept no claims discounts earned with UK insurers, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aviva.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/faq/answer/425/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;but others may accept foreign no claims bonuses, at least for certain countries&lt;/a&gt;. This has nothing to do with your driving licence, which might be why you haven't found anything about it online. It isn't recorded anywhere officially, it's just something insurers offer and enforce amongst themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T14:14:01.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17782" CreationDate="2019-07-17T14:18:39.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will not get any visa when you enter the US.  The visa, which you already have, is the thing that allows you to enter the US.  At the point of entry, it becomes a temporary I-551 (permanent resident card, commonly known as a &amp;quot;green card&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question you want to ask is whether you will become a conditional permanent resident as described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/part-216&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 cfr 216&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1186a&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1186a&lt;/a&gt;.  The answer should be &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; if you indeed enter after your second wedding anniversary, even though you have a CR-1 visa instead of an IR-1 visa.  See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/immigrant-visa-for-spouse.html#12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigrant Visa for a Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1 or CR1): What Is Conditional Residence?&lt;/a&gt; on the State Department website, which says (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been married for less than two years &lt;strong&gt;when your foreign citizen spouse enters&lt;/strong&gt; the United States on an immigrant visa, his or her permanent resident status is considered “conditional.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That page links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/conditional-permanent-residence/remove-conditions-permanent-residence-based-marriage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Remove Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage&lt;/a&gt; on the site of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which similarly says (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your permanent residence status is conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than 2 years old &lt;strong&gt;on the day you were given permanent residence.&lt;/strong&gt; You are given conditional resident status &lt;strong&gt;on the day you are lawfully admitted to the United States on an immigrant visa&lt;/strong&gt; or adjustment of your status to permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process is described in the (now obsolete) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shusterman.com/pdf/cbpinspectorsfieldmanual.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CBP inspectors' field manual&lt;/a&gt;.  Despite its being obsolete, the relevant material (section 14.6) is still correct (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;14.6 Conditional Residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Admission procedures for conditional immigrants (based on spouse or investment) are discussed in 8 CFR 235.11. Procedures are generally the same as for other immigrants, but in spouse cases, &lt;strong&gt;if the marriage upon which the visa is issued occurred more than 2 years prior to the date of admission, you must admit the alien unconditionally, regardless of the visa symbol on the immigrant visa.&lt;/strong&gt; Conversely, if you encounter an immigrant visa classified as unconditional, where the qualifying marriage occurred less than 2 years before the date of admission, you must admit the immigrant conditionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T14:18:39.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17783" CreationDate="2019-07-17T15:47:04.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest thing to do is to get a State ID. This can be easily done at a local MVD. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option would be to get a Driver License. Since you're from Australia*, you will need to get a car (either from a friend or rented) and take a computer and road test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For either option, I recommend getting an ID valid for Federal Identification (air travel).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need the following documents for all options above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Passport with Visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I-20&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I-94&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mail with your name and current address (for travel ID only)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please wait at least 1 week after arriving to the US to apply. It takes some time for SEVIS to update. Plus, your adviser needs to check you in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to the need of a SSN, when I got my license a few years ago SSN was not needed. However, it seems that now the SSN is mandatory. If so, you have 2 options: Ask the DSO to issue you a SSN or provide the DMV with a Form SSA-L676, “Refusal to Process SSN Application.” secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0100299020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Check the list of countries with reciprocity here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/driver-services/Tests_Manuals_and_Driving_Schools/foreign-reciprocity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/driver-services/Tests_Manuals_and_Driving_Schools/foreign-reciprocity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2019-07-19T15:44:07.793" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T15:44:07.793" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-17T18:40:57.183" Score="1" ViewCount="493" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are both US citizens are have been living in the US for about 20 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in India, and my wife was born in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are having a newborn soon and wanted to make sure he would able to travel to India frequently without hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible for him to obtain Indian Citizenship for him? (I assume not since he will automatically have US citizenship)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately is it possible for him to obtain an OCI card? (I've heard that if one's parents or grandparents are from Pakistan or Bangladesh, then he/she is not eligible to apply for an OCI card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure this is a situation that has happened to others. Looking for some guidance on how to handle the situation so that he can travel to India. My wife, for example, gets her visa application rejected to India all the time, even though she is a US Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17627" LastActivityDate="2020-07-19T17:59:12.320" Title="Can a child born in US to Indian Father and Pakistani Mother obtain an Indian Citizenship or OCI card?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17793" CreationDate="2019-07-17T19:04:59.340" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to live in Italy for a year, I already have the relevant visa. 2 weeks after arriving, I need to travel to Germany for 2 days and then come back to Italy; however I wouldn't yet have the residence permit, just the receipt of the permit and my visa. Would I be able to re-enter to Italy since I wouldn't be leaving the Schengen area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17628" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T12:11:27.017" Title="Can I travel to other Schengen countries while the residence permit is processing?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17788" CreationDate="2019-07-18T01:00:37.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would it be possible for him to obtain Indian Citizenship for him? (I&#xA;  assume not since he will automatically have US citizenship)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to note that it's not true that he can't have Indian citizenship just because he will automatically have US citizenship. According to India's citizenship act, a child born abroad to at least one Indian citizen parent will be an Indian citizen by descent if he/she is registered at an Indian consulate within one year of birth with the declaration that he/she does not possess a foreign passport. Your son having US citizenship doesn't the ability to meet that requirement, as long as you don't get him a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since both of you are US citizens, neither of you are Indian citizens when your son is born (you lost your Indian citizenship when you voluntarily acquired US citizenship), and thus neither of you have Indian citizenship that can be passed to him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Alternately is it possible for him to obtain an OCI card? (I've heard&#xA;  that if one's parents or grandparents are from Pakistan or Bangladesh,&#xA;  then he/she is not eligible to apply for an OCI card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not very familiar with OCI, but I believe what you heard is correct -- your son can't get OCI because one of his parents is or was a Pakistani citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T01:00:37.267" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-18T11:04:28.110" Score="1" ViewCount="940" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new immigrant to USA - Texas. I have valid UAE driving License, is it possible to exchange it with US DL ? otherwise will UAE driving License help me in getting US one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-19T14:23:12.627" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T04:16:17.273" Title="USA (Texas) Driving License for new immmigrant. Can i exchange my UAE Driving License with US one?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-18T11:17:37.713" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Lebanese  citizen and my grandfather served in the French army in second world war time with proofed documents , can i have French citizenship ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17630" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T11:17:37.713" Title="am Lebanese citizen and my grandfather served in the French army in second world war time with proofed documents , can i have French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-07-23T06:39:05.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17789" CreationDate="2019-07-18T12:11:27.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as long as your visa is still valid. I have travelled like this before. I had a Swiss visa and travelled to France without issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17631" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T12:11:27.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17791" CreationDate="2019-07-18T14:35:18.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the long run, having a valid UAE drivers license won't matter; you must apply anew for a Texas drivers license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may, however, drive using your valid UAE license (and an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit#The_1949_convention&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Driver's Permit&lt;/a&gt;, a translation of the UAE license if the license is printed in non-English characters) for 90 days after coming to Texas (see &quot;1968 Convention&quot; on the previously-cited page). At that point, you'll be a Texas resident and need to acquire a Texas license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Detail:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the US, drivers licenses are issued by the individual states. The governmental office in Texas that handles this function is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://dps.texas.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Department of Public Safety&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Texas law has some reciprocity provisions, but they apply only to member states of NATO (member states listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_17265.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) and the 1943 Inter-American Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automobile Traffic (member states listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oas.org/dil/treaties_C-11_Convention_on_the_Regulation_of_Inter-American_Auto-Motive_Traffic.PDF&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). Additionally, Texas has country-specific &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/movingtotexas.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;drivers license reciprocity agreements&lt;/a&gt; with France, Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UAE is not a member of either international organization, nor does the UAE appear on the list of countries with Texas drivers license reciprocity. Your situation, therefore, is that of a new Texas resident with no drivers license, who must apply from the beginning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For new residents over the age of 18, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/movingtotexas.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this DPS page&lt;/a&gt; contains these provisions pertinent to new applicants:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Applicants who have a valid, unexpired driver license from another U.S. state, U.S. territory, or from Canada must surrender their out of state/country driver license and are not required to take the knowledge or skills exams. Texas also has license issuance reciprocity with France, Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan only. Applicants who have a valid, unexpired driver license from one of these countries are not required to take the knowledge or skills exams if they surrender their out of country driver license. However, if the applicant does not wish to surrender their out of country driver license, they must take and pass all required exams. The reciprocity only applies to passenger vehicles, not commercial vehicles or motorcycles.  Foreign licenses not in English or Spanish will need to have a translation service or their consulate translate the information on the driver license prior to arriving. This translation requirement also applies for marriage licenses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Applicants who have a valid, unexpired learner license from another U.S. state or U.S. territory, or Canada, France, South Korea, Germany or Taiwan and are applying for a Texas learner license, do not have to take the knowledge exam. Upon advancing from a learner license to a driver license, individuals must complete the Impact Texas Driver course, pass the skills exam. Individuals under 25 years of age must also complete driver education.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Applicants who have a driver license from any country other than the U.S., Canada, France, South Korea, Germany or Taiwan must take and pass both the knowledge and skills exams.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Over 18 moving to Texas will require proof of:&#xA; - Identity (a valid out of state license can be used as a supporting&#xA;   document) &#xA; - Residency &#xA; - Citizenship or lawful presence &#xA; - Social security number&#xA; - Evidence of Texas Vehicle Registration for each vehicle you&#xA;   own. Registration must be current. Visit Texas DMV vehicle&#xA;   registration for more information. (New Residents who are&#xA;   surrendering an out-of-state driver license only) Proof of Insurance&#xA;   for each vehicle you own. If you do not own a vehicle, you will sign a statement affirming this.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Skills and knowledge exams are waived for applicants 18 and older that hold a valid out of state driver license, as are the ITD and adult driver education requirements.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-18T21:40:27.107" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T21:40:27.107" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17765" CreationDate="2019-07-18T14:59:26.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the DVLA and they responded that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They use the earliest available dates they can confirm.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This generally means they use the date the driving test was passed for each motor category as that's what's on the license to be exchanged.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The years of experience will thus generally carry over to the UK license.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So one can exchange their license and say they have a full UK license and they have a license for the vehicle type since the date they passed the test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreign no claims is insurer dependent as mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17598" LastActivityDate="2019-07-18T14:59:26.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-19T05:00:50.693" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a dual UK/Australia citizen and seriously thinking of moving to UK permanently.  I am 57 and when I turn 60 I will be able to get a tax free pension income or a lump sum from my Australian superannuation.  The question is, would either of those be taxable in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17634" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T05:00:50.693" Title="Retiring in UK, is my tax free Australian superannuation income taxed in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17782" CreationDate="2019-07-19T06:18:16.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;phoog's answer is correct -- it is decided based on whether you are married for 2 years on the date you become a permanent resident, i.e. the date you enter the US on your immigrant visa, or the date your Adjustment of Status is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an additional citation that you can enter as a non-conditional permanent resident even if you got a CR1 visa. The USCIS Adjudicator's Field Manual &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11685/0-0-0-11691.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;chapter 25.1&lt;/a&gt;(a), at the bottom of subsection (a) (just before subsection (b)) is a note that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is extremely important that inspectors and adjudicators be very&#xA;  conscious of the date of the marriage at the time the alien is&#xA;  admitted or adjusted. It is not unusual for an alien to be issued a&#xA;  conditional resident immigrant visa by a consular officer shortly&#xA;  before the second anniversary, but to apply for admission after that&#xA;  second anniversary. Likewise, an applicant for adjustment might file a&#xA;  Form I-485 (or even be interviewed regarding such application) prior&#xA;  to the second anniversary, but not be granted adjustment until after&#xA;  that second anniversary. In such cases, the alien should be admitted,&#xA;  or adjusted, without conditions (see 8 CFR 235.11(b) regarding the&#xA;  authority of inspectors to amend the visa classification on an&#xA;  immigrant visa in such situations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T06:18:16.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17799" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17802" CreationDate="2019-07-19T13:29:03.217" Score="1" ViewCount="295" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live and I'm resident in the Netherlands, and I'm interested in some remote jobs from US. My nationality is Italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need any visa or work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I pay taxes in US? (in Netherlands for sure)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What if I'm freelancer and I get a client in US?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17637" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T22:05:11.343" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T22:05:11.343" Title="Resident in the Netherlands, remotely working for US company. Do I need any visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-19T13:48:30.117" Score="0" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife green card interview is coming shortly, and one of the items they want us to bring is two (2) ADIT Styled photos. From what I've learned is that they are like passport photos, but they take 3/4 of your face which exposes your ear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were unable to get information from USCIS live support chat to find ways to getting these photos. One suggested the Post Office and Walgreens, and both either did not know about these photos or can not do them because of the different angle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone dealt with getting an ADIT style photo, or knows what is the difference between that and a stamp?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ADIT Stamp] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simonebertollini.com/2017/10/28/what-is-an-adit-stamp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.simonebertollini.com/2017/10/28/what-is-an-adit-stamp/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;[I-551] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/temporary-i-551-stamps-and-mrivs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/temporary-i-551-stamps-and-mrivs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17638" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T13:28:09.733" Title="Green Card - ADIT Styled Photos" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17775" CreationDate="2019-07-19T17:34:04.530" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At least in one case, it took exactly &lt;strong&gt;one week&lt;/strong&gt; for them to respond and update the I-94 to the expected status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T17:34:04.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17799" CreationDate="2019-07-19T17:55:08.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're not physically traveling to the US, you don't need a US visa. However, whatever work you undertake while in the Netherlands must comport with whatever work type or other requirements or restrictions the Dutch government might impose, if any, on non-Dutch residents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because you're not working physically in the US, and are not a US citizen, you are not required to file a US income tax return, nor are you obligated to pay US taxes. You will be liable for tax to the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;See both answers above. If you wish to travel to the US, however, you may need a visa depending upon the purpose of your visit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not familiar with the UK tax system, and don't know if, as a non-UK resident working remotely for a UK firm, you'd be liable for UK taxes. Because the UK is not within the Schengen area, your ability to travel to the UK will be determined by your nationality and the purpose of your visit. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa?step-by-step-nav=d8f3c2e0-d544-4664-9616-ab71323e4d18&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This UK government page&lt;/a&gt; has an answer-the-questions wizard to answer the &quot;do I need a visa?&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-19T22:28:08.477" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T22:28:08.477" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-19T20:20:25.920" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Pakistani living in Belgium. I am planning to apply for a driving licence but I can't speak Dutch or French. I can speak English; can I take the driving license test in English in Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Saith" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-19T22:16:19.850" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T22:16:19.850" Title="Is it possible to take the driving license test in English in Belgium?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17803" CreationDate="2019-07-19T21:32:53.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like most European countries, obtaining a driving license in Belgium consists of a theoretical and a practical part. You'll probably need (quite) some lessons for both parts before taking the examination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vlaanderen.be/rijbewijs-b-voor-auto/theorie-examen-voor-rijbewijs-b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the government website&lt;/a&gt;, it's possible to do the theoretical examination with the help of an English speaking interpreter provided by the examination center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examination with a interpreter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible to do the theoretical examination with the help of a sworn French, German or English or sign language interpreter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You pay the base amount of 15 euro + an extra 51 euro for the translator's help. The examination center picks the sworn interpreter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Original text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examen met een tolk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Het theorie-examen is mogelijk met bijstand van een Franse, Duitse of Engelse beëdigde tolk of van een beëdigde doventolk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U betaalt het basistarief van 15 euro + 51 euro extra voor de bijstand van de tolk. Het examencentrum kiest de beëdigde tolk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vlaanderen.be/rijbewijs-b-voor-auto/praktijkexamen-rijbewijs-b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;practical examination&lt;/a&gt; you'll need to bring your own:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assistance of an interpreter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can take the practical examination with help of a sworn French, German or English interpreter. To be sure, contact the examination center in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You choose and pay your own sworn French, German or English interpreter. The interpreter must provide evidence to the examination center that he is a sworn interpreter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Original text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bijstand door een tolk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U kunt het praktijkexamen afleggen met bijstand van een Franse, Duitse of Engelse beëdigde tolk. Neem daarvoor zeker op voorhand contact op met het examencentrum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;De Franse, Duitse of Engelse beëdigde tolk kiest en betaalt u zelf. De tolk moet aan het examencentrum een bewijs voorleggen om aan te tonen dat hij een beëdigde tolk is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the situation in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium); I'd be surprised if it was much different than Wallonia (the French-speaking part).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T21:32:53.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17746" CreationDate="2019-07-19T22:59:26.973" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, try to find out whether you indeed will need a police certificate. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5487-applying-work-permit-outside-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guide for work permit application&lt;/a&gt; including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5929E.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;special instructions for Brazil&lt;/a&gt; don't say police certificates are absolute requirement but simply that they may ask for them if needed. That said, it is possible that you are getting the certificate just in case it is requested, and therefore you can safe time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/police-certificates/how/chile.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the process to get police certificate from Chile requires RUT or RUN&lt;/a&gt;. If you do get asked for it, this is what you can do: write down any step of the process of requesting for police certificate, if possible do the process using letters instead of talking in person. If you do need to talk in person, bring a witness. Both you and the witness should write down the conversation as soon as possible. Make sure to follow any reasonable instructions from Chile authority trying to get the certificate. If you follow all reasonable instruction and still cannot get the police certificate, submit copies of all letters and notes especially the reason of failure in place of the certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T22:59:26.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-21T10:07:30.370" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a Tier 2 Visa working in the UK, my wife and two kids are on the Tier 2 dependant visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had a new baby 3 weeks ago and we got her passport, and want to travel outside the UK.&#xA;How I will apply for permission to stay for my baby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17646" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T22:32:06.957" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T22:32:06.957" Title="Newborn Permission to Stay in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-18T22:15:39.953" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a young (20) Canadian visiting the UK, and staying with a family free of charge in exchange for babysitting their children for about three hours a day. They provide me with pocket money, but no formal wage, which I will use (along with some savings) to explore the country. I plan to base myself in London, with a decent bit of weekend travels to other countries. I have a flight there booked for September, and a return flight booked for December. I then will return in January, and leave the UK for good at the end of February. Do any of you foresee any problems with my arrangement? I live in Winnipeg, and the long term visa requirements must be fulfilled in Toronto, so it would be quite unrealistic for me to spend $1,000 on a round-trip flight to Toronto simply for them to scan my fingerprints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dani" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-21T15:19:37.897" LastActivityDate="2019-07-21T15:19:37.897" Title="Am I just considered a tourist, and am I able to leave and return to the UK while on that free tourism visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17811" CreationDate="2019-07-19T04:15:47.633" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The big problem that I see with this arrangement is that the UK considers it work -- and it is; you will literally be working for compensation -- and will not allow you to enter for that purpose without a work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Hampton" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T04:15:47.633" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17810" CreationDate="2019-07-21T13:02:16.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your new child should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/child&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a tier 2 dependent visa&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Apply as a child&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You were born in the UK&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll get the same permission to stay as your parent if you were born in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If you’re under 18&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be added to your parent’s next application as a dependant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;apply separately&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply separately, you’ll need to know what kind of permission to stay in the UK (‘limited leave to remain’) your parent has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave the UK before doing this, she'll need to apply for a visa before she can return to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-21T13:02:16.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-21T14:53:28.413" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to get a handle on what the situation is on remote teleworking for short periods of time (one month or less). I am an American citizen employed by a U.S. employer but work fully remotely. I would like to take short trips to Ukraine and the UK for leisure purposes and would like to telework during those times so I don't have to take vacation. I do not have citizenship in either of those countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do need to record my time to my employer and share the jurisdiction I am working from. If the only option is to just come in on a tourist visa or leave to enter and work on the side illegally, could my employer be held liable in some way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks very much for your thoughts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17647" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T01:05:24.697" LastActivityDate="2020-12-13T04:09:46.037" Title="Temporary Teleworking (1 month) Abroad While Employed by US employer" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-21T15:03:21.353" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a primary carer of am EU minor child do I have rights to apply for permit in UK, i leave in Italian residence permit holder and I would like to move to UK by September with a family permit Visa &#xA;Am a citizen of Nigeria with Italian residence card     indefinite leave  not Article 10, the EU child is my daughter with which I had with EU unmarried partner so I have a EU permit Visa 6months &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17648" LastEditorUserId="17648" LastEditDate="2019-07-27T09:15:54.297" LastActivityDate="2019-07-27T11:00:25.010" Title="How can I move to the UK with my child" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17814" CreationDate="2019-07-22T01:05:06.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your employer is not doing anything wrong in this scenario. Your employer is not the one in the foreign country - they are a US entity operating in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is quite possible that you might be breaking a local law - some countries have strict laws about working in the country, even if it's working remotely for a foreign company. Where I live in Thailand it is technically illegal, even though the law is rarely enforced (usually only when someone is reported - hint: don't go bragging to people that that's what you are doing while you are there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Find out from the embassies of the countries where you will visit, whether or not it is OK to work there remotely for a foreign company. It would be even better if you can get them to say it's OK in writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T01:05:06.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T09:40:08.110" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m from Lebanon and I’ve received a job offer and Visa of work from my relatives in Romania to work in a company with 1600$ per month,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it enough to live and save money ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later when I get the residence, I’m planning to invite my husband to follow me and live together in Romania, so I’m analyzing the situation now,&#xA;Is it worth to take this step (moving together), also my husband is working in IT field, is it easy to find a job for him? and what’s our chances to live a good life in Romania?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Anastasia" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T10:18:04.960" Title="Is $1600 enough to live in Romania for a non-Romanian?" Tags="&lt;romanian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T16:24:40.447" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a LTD. company consultant contracted to a Canadian entity.  The Canadian entity just opened an office in the USA and would like me to go there to do some work. Am I able to get a work visa under E2 in order to do this work in the US? I am paid directly to my own LTD company and pay my own taxes and insurances. &#xA;Thank you, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17654" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T18:45:53.277" Title="Consultant - visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T18:23:25.087" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for nomination of EOI to the Northern Territory. I have passed the APC exam for the pharmacy board.  I have the results, but I was searching for clear instructions on how to proceed. I could not find anything past this.&#xA;So how do I apply for the Northern Territory?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17655" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T06:46:00.123" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T08:03:50.330" Title="After assessment, what's the next for EOI in Australia?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17821" CreationDate="2019-07-22T18:45:53.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer assumes that you are a citizen of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/e-2-treaty-investors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirements for the E-2 visa&lt;/a&gt; suggest that you are not eligible for an E-2 visa as a treaty investor.  In particular, it sounds like this would be a &amp;quot;marginal enterprise&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marginal Enterprises&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The investment enterprise may not be marginal.  A marginal enterprise is one that does not have the present or future capacity to generate more than enough income to provide a minimal living for the treaty investor and his or her family.  Depending on the facts, a new enterprise might not be considered marginal even if it lacks the current capacity to generate such income.  In such cases, however, the enterprise should have the capacity to generate such income within five years from the date that the treaty investor’s E-2 classification begins.  See 8 CFR 214.2(e)(15).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you could make a case that you are starting a consulting business that would generate enough income to support a staff at some point in the next five years.  But that doesn't sound like your actual goal here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might qualify as an &lt;em&gt;employee&lt;/em&gt; of a treaty investor, but to do that, your employer would have to be either a person present in the US as an E-2 treaty investor or a company &amp;quot;at least 50% owned by persons &lt;em&gt;in the United States&lt;/em&gt; who [are Canadian]&amp;quot; (emphasis added).  Furthermore, you would have to go on their payroll rather than continuing to work as a consultant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your profession is on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2146.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NAFTA occupation list&lt;/a&gt;, you might consider a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/tn-nafta-professionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TN visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T18:45:53.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17824" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T18:46:13.427" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I've noticed, non-EU people from Ireland applying for Schengen visas will only get very short validity visas. My friends who applied in France, Netherlands and Italy only get 15 days to 2 months validity visas. I received my visa today from France and they gave only 7 days, which was the duration of my trip. I asked for a multiple-entry visa and they gave me a single entry. I was really disappointed. Could somebody shed some light on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17383" LastEditorUserId="17383" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T19:58:45.903" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T20:49:15.270" Title="Do non-EU passport holders in Ireland get very short validity schengen visas?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2019-07-25T16:56:21.150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T01:32:05.547" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/2015/04/can-international-students-in-the-united-states-study-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this source&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you leave the United States for more than five months and are not able to remain enrolled at your U.S., SEVP-certified school, you will not be able to maintain your student status. To resume your studies in the United States, you will need to seek readmission in initial status, which includes obtaining a new Form I-20 and paying the I-901 SEVIS fee again. To seek readmission, please speak with your designated school official.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean that if I (a grad student on F1) am absent from the US for, say, 10 months (studying abroad as an exchange student) and if I'm enrolled in 8 credit hours (which is, I believe, the minimal number of credit hours for graduate students to maintain their F1 status), then I can re-enter the US on the same F1 visa  that I had before leaving the US (provided it remains valid)? Or does the above mean that regardless of anything, if I'm absent for more than 5 months, then I'm automatically not maintaining my F1 status and I need to apply for a new F1 visa with a new I-20 after the exchange program is over?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, can I enter the US during the above-mentioned hypothetical 10-month period on the same F1 visa that I had before leaving the US (if it's valid)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user77409" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T06:23:34.347" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:24:02.733" Title="Studying abroad as an F1 student" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-23T01:44:32.027" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a F1 student staying in the United States. I am planning on travelling to Canada in a couple of days and am worried I might there might be issues during my reentry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just transferred from a small town university to an elite university in my field. However, I had financial support in the smaller school which I do not have in this school. I am perfectly able to fund my education with my own savings, but I also have taken some loans just to keep some wiggle rooms. I have not started classes in this university.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I however was initially denied a visa into the United States with this University (say University A) and funding scenario last year (on basis of finances I suppose, but they handed me the 214b leaflet), so I came with full funding a semester later in a university B and studied for a semester. Now I have managed loans and am going to University A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the CBP make problems while reentering the US from my 10 days conference attendance trip to Canada? I can show enough funds for the 2 years mentioned in my transfer funding i20 through loans and savings (the actual cost will be half of what's mentioned in the i20). Will there be problems since I was once denied visa for this university?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I just cancel this trip and stay in the US to complete one semester at least in new school?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need urgent help. Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17656" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T06:20:30.107" LastActivityDate="2019-07-25T20:10:49.863" Title="Is it likely I would be denied reentry as a transfer pending F1 student?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17825" CreationDate="2019-07-23T03:39:38.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you misstate the contents of the DHS page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DHS webpage you cite presents 2 actions that, if both occur, cause loss of student status. The two actions are: more than 5 months outside the US, and not remaining enrolled in the SEVP-certified school in the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you leave the US for 10 months to go overseas to study, the deciding factor will be whether you remain enrolled in the SEVP-certified school while you're overseas. If you remain enrolled, your F1 visa should be safe. If you'll not be enrolled in the SEVP-certified school while you're overseas, you will lose your student status and need to seek readmission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T16:24:02.733" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:24:02.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-23T05:15:09.307" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will enter Texas on immigrant visa, my wife is US citizen and she is unemployed  for the last 2 years,how should I deal with the Taxes Authorities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T14:54:02.690" Title="Taxes for New Immigrant" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-07-24T16:48:51.230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17828" CreationDate="2019-07-23T14:54:02.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your status with respect to federal income tax depends on when you enter the US and on your presence during the previous two tax years (because of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/substantial-presence-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;substantial presence test&lt;/a&gt;).  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/determining-alien-tax-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Determining Alien Tax Status&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/alien-residency-green-card-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Alien Residency - Green Card Test&lt;/a&gt; on the IRS website.  From the latter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you meet the green card test at anytime [sic] during the calendar year, but do not meet the substantial presence test for that year, your residency starting date is the first day on which you are present in the United States as a Lawful Permanent Resident. However, an alien who has been present in the United States at any time during a calendar year as a Lawful Permanent Resident may choose to be treated as a resident alien for the entire calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the former:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can be both a nonresident alien and a resident alien during the same tax year. This usually occurs in the year you arrive or depart from the United States. If so, you may elect to be treated as a Dual Status Alien for this taxable year and a Resident Alien for the next taxable year if you meet certain tests. (Refer to section &quot;Dual-Status Aliens&quot; – &quot;First Year Choice&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-519&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I don't know anything about taxation in Texas, but similar considerations probably apply.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T14:54:02.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17575" CreationDate="2019-07-23T16:11:34.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other than already having Canadian PR, being in Canada for 3 years, and pass citizenship exam if required, there are nothing you can convert to citizenship. That said, normal work permit with LMIA will almost guarantee getting the PR. Work permit through GTS is just normal work permit - requiring LMIA - so you should be able to start PR process with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With work permit you will apply using Skilled Worker category, but that category currently only accessible through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Express Entry&lt;/a&gt;. Therefore, the process you are looking is somewhat like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get hired and wait for your employer to mail you documents you needed to apply for work permit, which include a copy of LMIA. Make copies of everything.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for work permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In paralel of no. 2 above, you can start creating and submitting your profile for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Express Entry&lt;/a&gt;. Make sure you give contact addresses that will work for foreseeable future, preferably in Canada; e.g. don't give address and phone of a rental dwelling that you may leave out in few months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:11:34.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14823" CreationDate="2019-07-23T16:29:45.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You reading too much into the rule, just stick to what is written instead. As written, it said that it is not considered work for immigration purpose if all conditions fulfilled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do your work in long distance manner to a site outside Canada (basically this means that you have no unique advantage of being in Canada).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The employer you do work for is outside Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The remuneration source is outside Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the destination of remuneration does not matter. Your employer can even pay directly to your account in Canadian Bank (if you can manage to get one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that tax law is entirely separate and this immigration rule has no effect whatsoever for your tax. Basically if you have residential ties in Canada (dwelling or family), then you are Canadian resident for tax purposes and have to pay tax like a Canadian resident (whole world income), unless there is a tax treaty that preclude you from that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17179" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:29:45.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17592" CreationDate="2019-07-23T17:28:54.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK govt page&lt;/a&gt; discusses exchanging a drivers licence obtained overseas for a UK license. Because NZ is a &quot;designated country,&quot; the page says the NZ license can be transferred. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because a driver's license for a car will only exchange for a UK driver's license for car, and the same for motorcycles, I infer that an applicant's driving privileges can't be changed in the exchange. You've said both of you had the same type of NZ licenses, allowing unrestricted motorcycle use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you both filled out DVLA's form D-1; the form, unfortunately, is not available for download so I cannot see it. I'd expect it to require the applicant to specify the type of license for which exchange is sought. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the D-1 form asked that information, and you both provided it, then I agree that DVLA erred because the results weren't the same. Because I don't know the actual underlying UK law...it's possible that DVLA erred as to &lt;em&gt;your license&lt;/em&gt; and took the correct action with &lt;em&gt;his.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the three courses of possible action are: 1) have your brother go to DVLA and raise the issue with them; 2) do nothing, with your brother starting the motorcycle licensing procedure anew if he wishes; or 3) consult with a solicitor who knows about UK driver's licenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a retired attorney in the US, and always wanting to know the answer (i.e., in which case did DVLA err?) before I engage, favor alternative #3. With easier access to UK law, and knowing how to look it up, this shouldn't pose a significant challenge for a legal practitioner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T18:27:51.810" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T18:27:51.810" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17824" CreationDate="2019-07-23T20:49:15.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A short validity visa for first-time applicant is the rule, rather than an exception. In principle, you're only supposed to get a visa covering the specific trip you describe in your application unless you have a track record of repeated travel to the Schengen area and specific reasons to make regular trips (e.g. professional reasons). From that perspective, the visas you describe aren't especially short.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have also heard anecdotal evidence that UK residents occasionally get longer visas, sometimes even on their first application and without asking specifically. I don't know how common that is or why it doesn't seem apply to Ireland but that's an exception rather than the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T20:49:15.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-23T22:03:52.907" Score="4" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lawful permanent resident of the United States who lives outside the US for an extended period of time may be found to have abandoned their status, even if they visit the US occasionally at least once a year. This determination can be made by an immigration judge based on evidence relating to the nature and length of their absence and their ties to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, suppose an LPR decides to attend university in a country other than the US and complete a four-year degree. This person is young and doesn't own any property in the US, is not married (and may in fact get married to someone in the country where they study), may or may not have parents and siblings in the US they visit once or twice a year, but does continuously maintain an intent to return to the US to live and work after graduation. Is it possible for such a person to avoid losing their LPR status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is a hypothetical situation, so feel free to make up any relevant details.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2019-07-29T04:46:54.153" Title="Can a US permanent resident study abroad without abandoning that status?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17836" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-24T09:00:39.613" Score="5" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I officially live and work in the UK, having a resident permit from a Schengen country and a UK standard visitor visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of Ukraine, but now I live in Estonia, I have valid Estonian residence permit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have valid UK standard visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Velo Guru" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T14:10:47.493" Title="Can I officially live and work in the UK, having a resident permit from a Schengen country and a UK standard visitor visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17836" CreationDate="2019-07-24T14:10:47.493" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have status as a long-term resident in Estonia, which you would normally acquire after five years living there, you can move to all but three other EU countries under the directive &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  See the European Commission's &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/long-term-residents_en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;webpage&lt;/a&gt; for a brief discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The three countries that have opted out of this directive are the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark, so this will be of no use to you in trying to move to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if you have not yet acquired long-term resident status, you will have to wait until you have acquired it before you can benefit from the provisions of the directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T14:10:47.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-25T13:51:08.140" Score="1" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;My long term work permit visa got rejected stating that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You do not  fulfill the requirement to work as &quot;Leiharbeitnehmer&quot; as intended according to section 2 No.3 of your work contract. Hence, visa can not be issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can be done here to get the visa? What parameter has to be changed or improved to satisfy the visa requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the section from my work contract:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) Die Tätigkeit des Arbeitnehmers besteht insbesondere in Einsätzen bei Kunden des Arbeitgebers bezogen auf deren Projekte. Für jeden Einsatz wird der Arbeitnehmer eine gesonderte Einsatzmitteilung erhalten. In dieser wird der jeweilige Dienstsitz bzw. Einsatzort mitgeteilt. Der Arbeitnehmer ist damit einverstanden, für diese Projekte bei den Kunden des Arbeitgebers auch im Rahmen der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung eingesetzt zu werden. In diesem Fall bestimmen sich Rechte und Pflichten des Arbeitsvertrages auch nach den Tarifverträgen, die für allgemein gültig erklärt sind, bzw. die für den Arbeitgeber gelten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The activity of the employee consists in particular in employment with clients of the employer related to their projects. For each assignment, the employee will receive a separate notification. In this the respective place of employment or place of employment is communicated. The employee agrees to be used for these projects at the employer's customers as part of temporary employment. In this case, the rights and obligations of the employment contract are also determined by the collective agreements which are declared to be universally valid or which apply to the employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Bish" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-07-31T01:57:13.160" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T08:55:57.567" Title="Germany work permit visa denial" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-25T15:31:16.497" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to study at university in Hungary. But I have one problem: my bank statement is not sufficient. A company or person in my hometown is going to be responsible for my tuition fees and everything in Hungary. So is it possible to be get a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17667" LastActivityDate="2019-07-25T15:31:16.497" Title="Bank Statement To Get Schengen visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-25T16:18:51.093" Score="1" ViewCount="1631" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is the main applicant, and we applied for SMC residence Visa for a family last year in September 2018. Yesterday got email stated offer Job Search Visa for my wife. I am very confused and upset because my children are very young if my wife will go alone we will face many problems. Now I have some question please guide me and suggest me as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We applied for SMC residence visa. Why they offer Job Search Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If my wife will not get the same job as we mentioned in SMC application, and she gets any other job in a different field (not skilled) and secures a job offer, will this work to obtain a residence visa and to satisfy CO?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we request an email to CO for the visa of the whole family instead of Main Applicant, is it possible CO allow us to travel with the Main applicant to NZ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the time frame for converting JSV to RV?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest the possible way and guide us on what to do?&#xA;Please share any other aspects and points what is not in my mind now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: my wife got 175 points in EOI. She does not have a NZ job offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17668" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-30T18:49:14.230" LastActivityDate="2021-04-03T13:05:25.507" Title="New Zealand SMC Job Search Visa to Residence Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17826" CreationDate="2019-07-25T20:10:49.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever you exit and re-enter country, you might be denied entry, even with a valid visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your visa has expired, you will need to get a new visa to re-enter US. They might ask if you have ever been denied visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With your specific situation, you should go to the Foreign Students Office at your new university, and discuss the situation with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not sure afterwards, and still want to travel, you should consult a lawyer specializing in immigration, and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; any internet forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that you have way fewer rights outside US than while you are in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some explanation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; is a document you receive before entering at an embassy or a consulate. Visa is necessary to &lt;strong&gt;enter&lt;/strong&gt; the US, but not to &lt;strong&gt;stay&lt;/strong&gt;. You can enter even the last day just before the expiration of your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you enter the US, they will grant you a &lt;strong&gt;status&lt;/strong&gt; for a specific duration. As long as you have a valid &lt;strong&gt;status&lt;/strong&gt;, it doesn't matter it your &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; has expired. You can change from one status to another (example, student to temporary worker) without leaving the country and applying for another &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave US, your &lt;strong&gt;status&lt;/strong&gt; ends immediately, and you need a valid &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; to re-enter. If your old visa hasn't expired, and you haven't changed status, you can re-enter with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a hypothetical example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person applies at a US embassy for a tourist visa (B-2) on July 1st. The visa is valid to 3 months (exp October 1st).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He now has a valid visa, but he has no status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He then travels to US. At the border he is allowed entry and granted B-2 status for 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He now has a valid B-2 visa and a valid B-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He visits a university and decides to enroll. He is accepted, and completes the paperwork with the university. He then applies for student status (F-1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He is advised not to leave the country while the application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the application is processed and approved, his status becomes F-1, but he still has a B-2 visa, which appears valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is late August, and he goes on a trip to Canada. This ends his status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To re-enter he needs a valid visa. Trying to re-enter with his B-2 visa would be a violation, because his intention is not to vacation, but to study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So he needs to stop at a US embassy to get a new F-1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He re-enters with this F-1 visa, and is granted F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the next break, he travels back to his home country. Again, this ends his status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Returning to US from the break, his F-1 visa (from Canada) is still valid, so he can re-enter, getting a new F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17669" LastActivityDate="2019-07-25T20:10:49.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17850" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17852" CreationDate="2019-07-26T08:21:07.953" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not know what to do, and I am stressed about the situation. I would appreciate some guidance or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Canada, my father is Canadian and I lived there several years in my life (even worked there for a few months when I was a teenager). My mother is French and I also lived several years in France where I live now, and I have the dual citizenship. I also lived in South America where I got a child, about 3 years ago. From what I read in the official Canadian government websites, my child is Canadian and I should gather documents to get his proof of citizenship, which would allow him to get a Canadian passport. This is what I have done back in 2017, I sent the documents to the Canadian embassy in Paris and they sent them to the place that deals with the paperwork and delivers the proof of citizenship. Back at that time, the expected time to get a response from the Government was 18 months (1 year and a half), now it's been reduced to 8 months I think. It's written that if we do not get a reply within that time-frame, something is likely wrong and the response will likely be negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case it's been about two years now, so I emailed them a few months back and they could not provide any new information. The status is that it's still being decided, and that it is placed in the unusual cases, but there is no reason mentioned. I do not know why this could be the case at all. The only &quot;strange thing&quot; about my application is that, as described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/10411/family-name-nightmare-between-canada-and-france&quot;&gt;my earlier question&lt;/a&gt;, my name differs between Canada and France due to (now outdated) laws. But I assume my case is far from the only one, since all it takes is to have had a composite family name in Canada and then the French transcription of birth, before the year 2000 or something like that. That's really the only thing that is a bit unusual that I can think of. In a way, it is similar to the case of a Chinese person who has his Chinese name transcribed in roman letters: his name differs between the two country governments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I have paid (I can't remember if it was about 100 CAD or something like that), and more importantly, I have spent time doing all the paperwork. Now I started to work and I have very few free time to do all this paperwork, and I am becoming stressed that my child would be denied to have his proof of citizenship. If I either ask them again what the status is,  or if I wait until I get a negative reply and retry to get his proof of citizenship done, I fear I will hinder his chances to ever get the proof of Canadian citizenship, for if he decides to move there when he gets older.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to hurt his chances. I do not know what to do. What should I do? Or, what could I possibly do? The waiting time is insane, this really makes no sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit on 21th of August, 2019: I just received the certificate of the proof of citizenship.&lt;/strong&gt; It took a really long time, but in the end I finally got him this precious document! I am very happy, a lot of stress is relieved... though I will have to do the same for his little sister who is about to born in the next days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11334" LastEditorUserId="11334" LastEditDate="2019-09-21T12:52:07.847" LastActivityDate="2019-09-21T12:52:07.847" Title="Getting the Canadian citizenship for my 3 years old child" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17850" CreationDate="2019-07-26T13:11:43.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=365&amp;amp;top=5&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian government webpage on this is quite clear&lt;/a&gt;.  Your child, born outside Canada after April 17, 2009, is a Canadian citizen because you were born in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I either ask them again what the status is, or if I wait until I get a negative reply and retry to get his proof of citizenship done, I fear I will hinder his chances to ever get the proof of Canadian citizenship, for if he decides to move there when he gets older.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask again about the status, it cannot change the law, nor the facts of your child's birth.  It should not jeopardize your child's chances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get a negative reply, it will presumably be because of some administrative error or some perceived deficiency in the evidence you presented, and you will need to appeal or reapply.  But nothing you can do now will affect the probability of a negative reply, nor will it affect the probability of success in an appeal or a new application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I do? Or, what could I possibly do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A time-tested way of getting things done in both the US and the UK, so I presume also in Canada, is to seek help from the staff of a member of the legislature.  US congressional representatives have employees who do this sort of thing full time.  I know British MPs also have staff members for this, but I don't know whether they do it full time.  I also know that it could be difficult for you as a nonresident to avail yourself of such services since there may not be anyone in the Canadian parliament who represents you.  But if I were you I would pick someone, either a representative of some place with which you have a family or other connection, if there is such a place, or someone whose legislative portfolio indicates an interest in Canadians living outside the country.  You can find MPs at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/constituencies/FindMP&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/constituencies/FindMP&lt;/a&gt;.  One of them, Ahmed Hussen, is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possible course of action would be to engage a lawyer to sue the government and get a judge to recognize your child's Canadian citizenship or to order the government to do so, or to order them at least to complete the processing of your application.  I don't know much about Canada's legal system, but I suspect that this should be possible.  It is of course likely to be expensive, so you probably won't want to do it before your son actually plans to go to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-26T13:11:43.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17848" CreationDate="2019-07-26T13:30:45.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Q1 You say that your wife does not have a job offer from NZ. Applicants who are not eligible for a resident visa because they do not have skilled employment or the required qualification, but meet all other Skilled Migrant Category requirements, may be eligible for an SMC Job Search work visa. The purpose of the SMC Job Search work visa is to allow the applicant the opportunity to obtain skilled employment in New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2  A 12 month work visa may be granted if the applicant is  outside New Zealand. A residence application will be deferred for the length of the work visa granted. If you receive an offer of skilled employment or begin working in a skilled job during the course of your work visa, INZ will assess your employment and make a decision on your residence application. If your work visa expires and you have not obtained a skilled job or job offer, your residence application will be declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q3 Family members are not automatically eligible for any temporary entry visas that are linked to your SMC Job Search work visa. If any family members wish to accompany the applicant, they must apply and meet standard temporary entry class visa instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q4 See 2 above&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1105.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1105.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-07-26T13:30:45.810" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17850" CreationDate="2019-07-26T14:46:36.127" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with @phoog's Answer. I write to add an observation about timeliness. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anglo-American law contains the doctrine of &lt;em&gt;laches&lt;/em&gt;, pronounced like the things that hold garden gates closed. Laches is the idea that one shouldn't delay in asserting rights. This isn't a statute of limitation (generally a hard date by which a right must be claimed in court), but instead a less rigid assessment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Laches first appeared only in courts of equity, and those courts looked at equitable issues to decide if the plaintiff/petitioner could move forward with the claim: for example, did the delay in asserting the right prejudice the defendant? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Claims unknown at common law are pleaded in equity. Because claims of citizenship were probably unknown to common law, the OP's claim of citizenship for his child may well be an equitable claim even though grounded in current adopted-by-Parliament law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a retired California attorney, and not familiar with Canadian law. While it may be true that the OP's child is automatically a Canadian citizen, proving the issues to a Canadian court will require evidence. The passage of time degrades evidence, both oral and written. I don't know if or how the Canadian courts apply laches, nor if its application is limited to only equitable claims or now oozes over into legal claims as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Canadian court &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; apply the doctrine, and &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; find that delay here did prejudice the Canadian government. The applicant can ameliorate that problem by bringing the issue up now. At a minimum, however, the applicant should now consult with a Canadian solicitor to confirm that waiting (perhaps years until the child wishes to go to Canada) will not adversely affect the claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-26T16:14:53.533" LastActivityDate="2019-07-26T16:14:53.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-26T20:26:36.557" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I uploaded all documents to the VFS Global platform, and according to the checklist I had to bring only two documents to the biometric appointment: my passport and my language certificate, so I did, but once there the VFS guys said they only required my passport and, if I wanted to include the certificate they would charge me for sending additional documentation. I explained this was in the checklist document but they kept saying it was “additional”, so I didn’t enclosed it. After the appointment I checked my uploaded documentation I didn’t find the certificate anywhere. Is there any way to rectify this and just send the certificate to be added to my application, or should I just expect refusal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17672" LastActivityDate="2019-07-26T20:26:36.557" Title="My Language Certificate was not included in my UK visa application. Can it be rejected for this?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-26T21:36:33.517" Score="1" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, some Spanish consulates have been telling applicants for a &quot;non-lucrative&quot; visa that their income cannot be from &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; job, not even telecommuting for a non-Spanish company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone posted in a Facebook group an English summary of a Spanish Court ruling that contradicts this.  I've asked four times there for a link to the (official) Spanish ruling, but no luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find searching for Spanish law on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://boe.es/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BOE site&lt;/a&gt; difficult.  Matter of opinion whether that's due to the site design or to my limitations with the language.  Update: Just discovered the BOE has a language menu—but when I selected English, was told (in Spanish) that content is not available in English!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poderjudicial.es/search/indexAN.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another site&lt;/a&gt; that is for courts only, where a free-text search for visa OR visado OR extranjero had &lt;strong&gt;zero&lt;/strong&gt; results.  (On BOE, 65 hits, but none of them were pertinent and only one was from a court.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone able to provide a citation to the official text of the ruling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="583" LastEditDate="2019-07-28T16:41:55.360" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T20:52:40.823" Title="Spanish Court ruling on working remotely" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17822" CreationDate="2019-07-27T03:33:29.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this information can prove to be useful to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.asiapacificgroup.com/expression-of-interest-eoi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.asiapacificgroup.com/expression-of-interest-eoi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is suggested you consult (and hire) a registered MARA agent for this. They'll be able to provide you with the best advice on how to go about the nomination of EOI to the Northern Territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17673" LastActivityDate="2019-07-27T03:33:29.503" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-27T16:55:08.573" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a researcher with an American passport and I will be starting a PhD Program in Spain. I have a visa-D but the consulate here issued it with a validity date as my contract start date. Naturally I'd like to arrive early to set up my home and all that. &#xA;Has any one here experienced this? The consulate here says that's how they issue D visas and I should be able to enter visa free, but I'm anxious for the border guard to see my passport with a visa which is not yet valid. Should I enter, exit, and then reenter schengen on the day my visa is valid? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17675" LastEditorUserId="17675" LastEditDate="2019-07-27T17:01:22.653" LastActivityDate="2019-07-27T17:01:22.653" Title="Visa Free to Visa D Transition" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-28T02:52:58.913" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU student in the Netherlands, I am wondering about working remotely for an employer within EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the Dutch restriction on part time hours (max 16 per week) on foreign students and the necessity to get Dutch basic healthcare insurance during part-time employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cannot find relevant information about working part-time remotely. I would like to know what my employer and I should do to set up such an arrangement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does it work? Does my employer still have to get a work permit (TWV) from NL? What are the things I should take care of in case of such an arrangement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17677" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T02:52:58.913" Title="Working for an EU employer part-time, remotely in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17864" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-28T09:14:53.213" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;My kids born in ksa got indian citizenship.&#xA;Can they get pakistan origion card on base of their pakistani mother.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17679" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T09:14:53.213" Title="Poc card for child of Pakistani mother and indian father" Tags="&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17856" CreationDate="2019-07-28T20:52:40.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finally someone re-posted the original English which had enough citation info to find the ruling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be tricky to claim this ruling for the situation in my first paragraph because this case was an appeal for a visa denial that was &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; based on working remotely.  It was based on the Moscow consulate’s &lt;em&gt;suspicion&lt;/em&gt; that the applicants’ income claims were false and therefore they might be tempted to work in Spain.  Nevertheless, the dicta in the paragraph cited is pretty clear that “la legislación española, …, no es que el solicitante de este tipo de visados no realice trabajo alguno, sino que no lo realice en España.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The design of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poderjudicial.es/search/indexAN.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CENDOJ&lt;/a&gt; uses Javascript to serves the rulings in PDF, and so I am not able to provide a direct URI.  But anyone wanting the full story can probably find it by the following details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;RoJ: STS 1859/2012 - ECLI: ES:TS:2012:1859&#xA;Fecha: 22/03/2012&#xA;Ponente: JOSE MANUEL BANDRES SANCHEZ-CRUZAT&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T20:52:40.823" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-28T21:24:33.197" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for a Dutch passport but I am not sure if I qualify. I was born in 1967 in SA after my mom moved to South Africa and married a South African man. My mom was born in Haarlem in 1944. She never renewed her Dutch passport when she moved to Sout Africa and got married. Do I qualify? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="2444" LastEditDate="2019-07-28T21:43:59.087" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T16:28:18.080" Title="Netherlands passport application" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17834" CreationDate="2019-07-29T04:46:54.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matter of Kane&lt;/em&gt;, 15 I&amp;amp;N Dec. 258 (BIA 1975) appears to have some relevance to this situation. Quoting from this decision,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subjective intent can sometimes be determined from examination of such elements as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) &lt;em&gt;Purpose for departing.&lt;/em&gt; The traveler should normally have a definite reason for proceeding abroad temporarily. See &lt;em&gt;U.S. ex rel Alther v. McCandless&lt;/em&gt;, &#xA;  46 F.2d 288 (C.A. 3, 1931); examples are education and professional training, &#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Serpico v. Trudell&lt;/em&gt;, supra; employment for a definite, &quot;albeit extended period,&quot; by accepting a two-year teaching position with a foreign university, &lt;em&gt;Matter of Guiot&lt;/em&gt;, supra; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) &lt;em&gt;Termination date&lt;/em&gt;. The visit abroad should be expected to terminate &quot;within a period relatively short, fixed by some early event,&quot; &lt;em&gt;U.S. ex rel. Lesto v. Day&lt;/em&gt;, 21 F.2d 307, 309 (C.A. 2, 1927); &lt;em&gt;Matter of Castro&lt;/em&gt;, 14 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. 492 (BIA 1973). If unforeseen circumstances cause an unavoidable delay in returning, the trip would retain its temporary character, so long as the alien continued to intend to return as soon as his original purpose was completed. For example, war might inhibit travel or the alien might be drafted, &#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Serpico v. Trudell&lt;/em&gt;, supra; there might be illness, &lt;em&gt;Transatlantica Italiana v. Elting&lt;/em&gt;, &#xA;  66 F.2d 542, 545 (C.A. 2, 1933); there might be a death requiring remaining abroad to settle &#xA;  an estate, &lt;em&gt;U.S. ex Polymeris v. Trudell&lt;/em&gt;, supra. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) &lt;em&gt;Place of employment or actual home.&lt;/em&gt; The traveler must intend to return to the United States as a place of employment or business, &lt;em&gt;Saxbe v. Bustos&lt;/em&gt;, supra; &lt;em&gt;Gooch v. Clark&lt;/em&gt;, 433 F. 274 (C.A. 9, 1970), cert. den. 402 U.S. 995 (1971); &lt;em&gt;Matter of Bailey&lt;/em&gt;, 11 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. &#xA;  466 (BIA 1965 and 1966); or as an actual home, &lt;em&gt;U.S. ex rel. Lesto v. Day&lt;/em&gt;, supra; &#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Matter of D—C—&lt;/em&gt;, 3 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. 519 (BIA 1949). He must possess the requisite intention to return at the time of departure, &lt;em&gt;U.S. ex rel, Lesto v. Day&lt;/em&gt;, supra; and must maintain it &#xA;  during the course of the visit, &lt;em&gt;Gamero v. INS&lt;/em&gt;, supra; &lt;em&gt;Matter of B—&lt;/em&gt;, 9 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. 211, 213 &lt;em&gt;ff&lt;/em&gt; (BIA 1961), reversed on other grounds, &lt;em&gt;Barrese v. Ryan&lt;/em&gt;, 203 F.Supp. 880 (D. Conn. 1962).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;Matter of Quijencio&lt;/em&gt;, 15 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. 95 (BIA 1974) we noted the significance of the location of the alien's ties, such as family, job or property, as an aid in determining the alien's intent. See also &lt;em&gt;Santos v. INS&lt;/em&gt;, 421 F.2d 1303 (C.A. 9, 1970); &lt;em&gt;Matter of Castro&lt;/em&gt;, &#xA;  14 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec. 492, (BIA 1973), reversed on other grounds, &lt;em&gt;Castro-Guerrero v. INS&lt;/em&gt;, 503 F.2d 964 (C.A. 5, 1974); &lt;em&gt;Matter of Montero&lt;/em&gt;, supra; &lt;em&gt;Matter of Salviejo&lt;/em&gt;, 13 I. &amp;amp; N. Dec: 557 (BI4 1970). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on these factors, it seems that a student at a four-year university abroad &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be able to retain their LPR status on the basis of their trip abroad being for the purpose of education, having a termination date fixed by an early event (&lt;em&gt;i.e.,&lt;/em&gt; the student's admission to a school from which students typically graduate in approximately 4 years), and testimony that they intended to return to the United States upon completion of their education and retained that intention during the course of the visit abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under current immigration law, the student would need to return to the US at least once during each 12 month period in order for their green card to remain valid, or at least once during each 24 month period if they applied for and received a Reentry Permit prior to each departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the student spent each summer in the United States with their family, this could be used as evidence that the student had, on each visit to the foreign country, intended to return to their home in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no legal training and no legal experience or professional experience of any kind relating to such a hypothetical situation and I am still hoping that someone with relevant experience could provide an answer. I am sure there are people who have been in this situation before and other people who are wondering about what would happen to them in a similar situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2019-07-29T04:46:54.153" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-29T05:05:20.297" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian have International Driving Permit (IDP) which is valid only for one year (8 months remaining).I would like to know about procedure of getting a motorcycle license in JAPAN. I will live here for 3 more years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched over internet sites like Gajinpot etc. But didn't get a procedure for my situation (that is with IDP, staying for long term). Do I need to take some test? If so, can I take it in English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17684" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-04T21:47:21.357" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T21:47:21.357" Title="Getting (motorcycle) driver's license as a foreigner in Japan?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-29T17:02:30.827" Score="0" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;We (me and my wife) are moving to St. Gallen, Switzerland in October-November 2019.&#xA;To reduce our rent costs we are totally fine to co-rent an apartment (or a detached house) with another family or a single person. Is this a common practice in Switzerland? Are there any established sites I can start looking for co-renters on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17687" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-25T08:55:28.160" LastActivityDate="2020-09-25T14:32:22.857" Title="Finding co-renters in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;rental&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17871" CreationDate="2019-07-30T02:15:44.823" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Craigslist has a presence in Europe, and pages in the large Swiss cities including &lt;a href=&quot;https://zurich.craigslist.org/?lang=en&amp;amp;cc=us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Zurich&lt;/a&gt;. It has the same &quot;Housing&quot; categories we see in the US, and might yield something useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-07-30T02:15:44.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-30T09:00:42.743" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got two internship offers from different organizations in UN in Vienna. One is 4 months and another one is 2.5 months. The thing is the note verbale will be strictly accorded to my internship agreements. I will apply the first visa-d first and then apply for the second visa. Is this possible to have two consecutive visas at the same time?? If possible, is it ok to stay more than 180 days with two consecutive visas? Thank you so much for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="timloi" LastActivityDate="2019-07-30T17:58:53.843" Title="I have two internship offers in Vienna can I apply for more than 180 days in total?" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17800" CreationDate="2019-07-30T13:53:17.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was unable to find a place to get ADIT photos, but my wife did submit two passport styled photos, and the interviewer thought it was fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my wife's green card application was approved, and recently got her green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17638" LastEditorUserId="17638" LastEditDate="2019-07-31T13:28:09.733" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T13:28:09.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-30T15:47:01.220" Score="0" ViewCount="375" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have received heartbreaking news from German Consulate Bangalore stating that &quot;The Bachelor degree (Bachelor of Arts) submitted is not registered as a recognised degree in Germany. The Master degree (MCA) is only provisional. We need the final degree. Thus one of the requirements for a Blue Card EU was not meet and visa could not be granted&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently in December 2018 completed my Master Degree and here in India firstly University Provide Official Transcript (Final Degree Grade Card) along with Provisional Pass certificate and thereafter exactly one year the convocation will take place and Final Degree Certificate will be handed over to students. So I have submitted the Provisional Certificate along with Official Transcript but The Visa Officer is not kept the Official Transcript and as a result, I got rejection. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the degree is listed in annabin list except my bachelor degree university is not listed. So please if anyone familiar with this situation kindly suggest to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17690" LastActivityDate="2020-11-18T08:35:32.477" Title="My German National Work Visa Got Rejected due to Submitted Provisional Master Degree Certificate" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17873" CreationDate="2019-07-30T17:58:53.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this possible to have two consecutive visas at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If possible, is it ok to stay more than 180 days with two consecutive visas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  With D-type visas the duration of your stay is limited only by the visa itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-07-30T17:58:53.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-31T01:12:21.020" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son's UK citizenship came through today, we're not applying for his UK passport from here (Bolivia) instead we're travelling to the Republic on his Bolivian passport and then we'll drive to Northern Ireland and apply for it when we get there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're now looking for flights, and there are no direct flights from anywhere in South America to Dublin. Therefore we're looking at a stopover in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is twofold: firstly Iberia have a flight all under them, which goes through Madrid, and is all within terminal 4 and 4s - would any visa be necessary in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, if we were to change airlines, and therefore change terminals (from 4S to 2, in case it matters) would we need a schengen visa for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that Bolivia is NOT on the list of countries that need a transit visa, but as to whether this would be considered transit I'm super confused and the information is mixed online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16437" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T01:12:21.020" Title="Changing Airlines in Spain - UK Citizen without Passport" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17846" CreationDate="2019-07-31T08:55:57.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Section 3 of your work contract states &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Der Arbeitnehmer ist damit einverstanden, für diese Projekte bei den Kunden des Arbeitgebers auch im Rahmen der &lt;strong&gt;Arbeitnehmerüberlassung&lt;/strong&gt; eingesetzt zu werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a typical phrase for e.g. companies doing engineering consulting. You are employed at some &lt;em&gt;»Super-Consulting GmbH«&lt;/em&gt; and they sell your workforce to &lt;em&gt;BMW&lt;/em&gt; or some other big company who don't want to hire an extreme specialist just for one project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with that is there are also a lot of companies in that market who hire cheap laborers e.g. in Bulgaria or Romania (both EU!) and sell their workforce to huge butcheries, construction companies etc. That may be okay too, but there have been numerous cases of trickster companies who rip off both the laborers and the social insurances, leaving those people without a penny and without accomodation in Germany. Often, they can't return to their home country either, which is a huge problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why this field of &lt;em&gt;Arbeitnehmerüberlassung&lt;/em&gt; is extremely regulated, especially with non-EU foreigners. (For EU foreigners, the regulations cannot be that tight.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The relevant law is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__40.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 40 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you first need a &quot;normal&quot; contract without that phrase for two years or an &lt;em&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/em&gt;. Then, this law doesn't apply. There are some other minor loopholes but those two are the main ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://efarbeitsrecht.net/arbeitnehmerueberlassung-mitarbeiter-drittstaaten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here's some explanation which may help you finding a loophole.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's in German. Please discuss it with your future employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T08:55:57.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-31T17:11:22.823" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be moving from US to India soon and have about 75-100kg of personal household items which I would like to ship over and above what we can carry as our airline baggage allowance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of this weight comes from two complete bicycles, books and papers, and clothes. The weight is large enough that paying for excess baggage seems too expensive. I don't care about shipping speed and I have recipients who can collect it so I can ship it all well before I depart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the best options for this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10420" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T16:00:32.590" Title="Shipping personal effects from US to India" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-31T19:26:12.960" Score="1" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;My aunt applied for the F4 US (Family Preference Immigrant Visa) 13 years ago for my mother and her family. Now that we have received our approved petition letter after 13 years, we’re not sure if children who were 13 years old at the time when their case was filed, and are over 21 now, are still eligible to carry on with further processing. Although the names of all applicants (including children) are still visible under case description along with their respective ‘PAY THE FEE’ option boxes, we’re not sure whether or not they have been considered aged out (as they are over 21 now). &#xA;Please let me know if this could be an issue in the near future so that we can submit the fees of all applicants without having any doubt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17697" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-07-31T20:00:36.953" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T08:13:35.800" Title="Main Applicant’s children are aged out or not?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17869" CreationDate="2019-07-31T21:24:12.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;After your IDP is no longer valid, you will need to get a Japanese license. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The written test for cars may be taken in English. For cars, the driving (practical) test is conducted in Japanese. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how they'll administer the tests for a motorcycle license...but the practical test is rigorous. Because there are far fewer applicants for motorcycle licenses than for car licenses, the motorcycle exams will probably be administered in Japanese.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-04T03:31:29.017" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T03:31:29.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-01T02:46:59.697" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;My deceased father was Estonian by birth, born in 1933, immigrated to US in 1943.  Do I qualify for Estonian passport/citizenship by descent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born here, and he already had his citizenship in US by then. He also joined the military here, so I'm guessing that changes things from what I'm reading?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17700" LastEditorUserId="127" LastEditDate="2019-08-01T15:08:09.160" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T13:48:44.447" Title="My father was Estonian by birth, do I qualify for citizenship by descent?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17884" CreationDate="2019-08-01T03:22:01.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Estonian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By descent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Children born to parents, at least one of whom was an Estonian citizen at the time of birth (regardless of the place of birth) are automatically considered Estonian citizens by descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your father was Estonian by birth, he would have remained an Estonian citizen even if he later acquired US citizenship. So, you are most probably an Estonian citizen too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T03:22:01.203" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-01T08:16:56.440" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am about to complete my 33 months with my EU Blue-Card in Germany. I will be eligible for Permament Residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where should I apply to update it? Should I have an appointment from Einwohnermeldeamt?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long does it takes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I apply earlier (Like in Ireland)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I resign from my current position right after I complete my 33 months service, will my application still be processed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16646" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T08:50:09.537" Title="How to update EU Blue Card to Permament Residency In Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17882" CreationDate="2019-08-01T14:59:17.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they are eligible for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Congress recognized that many children were aging out due to large&#xA;  USCIS processing backlogs, so it enacted the Child Status Protection&#xA;  Act (CSPA) to protect certain children from aging out. The CSPA went&#xA;  into effect on August 6, 2002.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CSPA does not change the definition of a child. Instead, CSPA provides&#xA;  a method for calculating a person’s age to see if they meet the&#xA;  definition of a child for immigration purposes. The calculated age is&#xA;  the child’s “CSPA age.” This allows some people to remain classified&#xA;  as children beyond their 21st birthday. However, CSPA does not change&#xA;  the requirement that you must be unmarried in order to remain eligible&#xA;  for classification as a child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please check this link for detailed information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/child-status-protection-act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/child-status-protection-act&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T14:59:17.267" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17891" CreationDate="2019-08-01T16:01:09.330" Score="2" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;I come from a country where a certain drug is legal and recreationally used. I will be traveling to Germany in the following weeks on National visa to start a new job there. Afterwards, I will then be applying for a German Blue card to continue my stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is drug testing practiced in German software companies, and during immigration or blue card applications? I could not find anything about this online, and it seems this drug is not yet legal there for recreational use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share any advice, since I have a party to attend a few days before my flight and I would rather avoid going if it can cause problems for me in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9509" LastEditorUserId="9509" LastEditDate="2019-08-03T17:31:44.880" LastActivityDate="2019-08-03T17:31:44.880" Title="Drug testing in Germany - Blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17890" CreationDate="2019-08-01T16:37:38.177" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is drug testing practiced in German software companies, and during immigration or blue card applications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it's not. Generally speaking, there are no drug tests in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions are if you are an athlete that gets tested for doping, want a security clearance or work in another high security profile job. Or if the police has a specific suspicion (like you drove your car into a ditch and look like you are on something).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my 40+ years in Germany (20+ of them as software developer) I never had to take a drug test or even had one mentioned. Ever &lt;sup&gt;(*)&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also not used for immigration, visa or even permanent residency or citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do drugs, you will get arrested by the police. Before that, it's nobodies business but yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(*) I think the formerly mandatory inspection for military draft had a drug test... but if you don't become a German citizen and travel back in time 15 years, you should be safe.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Also, keep in mind that Germany borders on the Netherlands with no border checks, where weed is legal anyway.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T16:37:38.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2019-08-01T16:44:31.503" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beware that if you have a pension from the Italian Government like a INPS pension, INPS will withhold taxes, even if you have to pay full taxes in the country in which you reside.  Despite the tax treaty between the US and Italy, persuading INPS to stop withholding requires getting a lawyer!!  I am an Italian citizen living now in the US.  The US will not give me credit for taxes withheld by the Italians on my Italian pension because there is no document showing that the tax was owed to the Italian government. The yearly form I receive (the CU) only shows that tax was withheld. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17704" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T16:44:31.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-01T17:13:38.413" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need help on the kind of waiver that can help my situation. I came to the US in 2016 on a visitor visa and got married to a US citizen in 2017 and we filed the petition for adjustment of status in 2018. While the process is still pending i had an emergency and i had to travel out of the country without advance parole. I have overstayed my visa by over 1 year before applying for AOS. My wife and I are looking for options to get me back to the country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will appreciate all advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17705" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T19:20:29.543" Title="Available waiver for abandoning Adjustment Of Status" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17893" CreationDate="2019-08-01T19:20:29.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you say you &quot;overstayed your visa&quot;, do you mean you overstayed your &lt;em&gt;status&lt;/em&gt; as given on your I-94? (US visas are solely for entry and do not have anything to do with how long you can stay.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was more than 1 year from when your I-94 expired to when you filed I-485, you triggered a 10-year ban when you left the US. This is because you trigger a 10-year ban when you leave the US without Advance Parole after accruing more than 1 year of &quot;unlawful presence&quot;. You start to accrue &quot;unlawful presence&quot; when you stay past the date on your I-94, and it stops accruing while your AOS (I-485) was pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your AOS (I-485) is abandoned, but your I-130 petition remains processing. Since you are outside the US, you would immigrate by Consular Processing for an immigrant visa at a US consulate in your country. You should inform USCIS that when the petition is approved, you want it to be sent to NVC for Consular Processing, and not stay at USCIS for AOS. (You might have to file I-824 to do this; I'm not sure.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your immigrant visa will be denied since the ban is not over. You can apply for an immigrant waiver for this ban with I-601. It will require that you show that your US citizen or permanent resident spouse or parent will suffer &quot;extreme hardship&quot; if you can't be in the US. You have a US citizen spouse, so if you can show they will suffer &quot;extreme hardship&quot; if you can't be in the US, you can get the waiver, but &quot;extreme hardship&quot; is hard to prove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T19:20:29.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-02T07:03:59.000" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to some circumstances I might need to go and stay for work in Singapore. What is the cheapest way to have a reasonable car in Singapore for 6 months to a year? I love the MRT in Singapore, but I need to have a car due to my long commute. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My commute will be around 30 minutes by car, and the reason for the car is that the work is in the high traffic/industrial area; and some taxis won't take me there! Unless I call them. Let's say I have a budget of 5000$ a year, can I own a car, and pay monthly payments; and then sell the car when Im dont working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17714" OwnerDisplayName="o-0" LastEditorUserId="17714" LastEditDate="2019-08-05T02:54:19.280" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T10:38:00.767" Title="Cheapest way for having a car in Singapore for 6 months/1 year" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17896" CreationDate="2019-08-02T13:25:37.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taxis are plentiful in Singapore. For S$20 you can get a ride half way across the country (literally).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you are planning on commuting to home and back for every lunch and coffee break, taking taxis would be far cheaper than operating your own vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you'll save time getting dropped off at your destination rather than searching for a parking space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The parking itself will probably cost more than what a taxi would have charged for the ride.  Depending upon location parking can be two to four dollars an hour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you need to drive around a lot more than most people do, the main reason for a car in Singapore is status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17710" LastEditorUserId="17710" LastEditDate="2019-08-04T18:16:08.590" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T18:16:08.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17899" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-02T14:11:04.783" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really need help here!&#xA;How long can I apply for a C-visa after I apply for a D-visa? Do I have to wait for some time(for example 180 days)? Do I violate any rules if I stay more than 180 days based on a D-visa and a C-visa altogether?? Or I have to make sure my stay within one year is less than 180 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17711" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-02T17:32:02.500" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T20:09:05.790" Title="When can I apply for an Austrian Visa-C after I apply for a Visa-D?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-03T07:35:28.377" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just created my express entry profile and in there I wasn't asked about my spouse's degree, IELTS results and working experience. It just asked if I'm married and then how much money I'd bring. Where do I specify spouse's language scores and degree information? I believe these impact my scores. Therefore I was expecting that the profile would ask for these information somewhere. But I didn't come across them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2019-08-03T07:35:28.377" Title="Express entry profile doesn't ask for spouse information" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17881" CreationDate="2019-08-03T14:20:40.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the US Postal Service doesn’t offer sea mail shipping anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could try UPS or FedEx but their air rates are rather exorbitant for large international packages and they don’t have sea mail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don’t have enough to really justify shipping your own ocean container or even quarter container. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with a commenter that you may find it cheaper to go with excess baggage on your airplane ticket. Or ask a friend who is going to your country to take things with them. Or cheaper to sell the larger items and rebuy them in your home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-08-04T16:00:32.590" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T16:00:32.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17899" CreationDate="2019-08-03T15:05:12.807" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any time you spend in a country for which you have a valid D visa does not count for the purposes of the 90/180 rule.  You should therefore be able to apply immediately.  However, your application is likely to receive greater scrutiny, so you shouldn't plan to return to Austria unless you have a very clear reason to motivate your trip and a clear and compelling reason to return to your country of residence after the end of your trip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-03T15:05:12.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17903" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17904" CreationDate="2019-08-04T07:15:07.490" Score="7" ViewCount="3393" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please suggest regarding national visa application field no. &quot;26. Have you been expelled or deported from Germany, had an application for a residence permit rejected, or been refused entry into the Federal Republic of Germany?&quot;.  Shall I need to mention Yes or No? If My previous visa application is refused to grant Visa due to the following reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The Bachelor degree submitted is not registered as a recognised degree in Germany. The Master degree is only provisional. We need the final degree. Thus one of the requirements for a Blue Card EU was not meet and visa could not be granted&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17690" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T02:18:10.067" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T02:18:48.600" Title="How to answer the question &quot;Have you been refused entry into the Federal Republic of Germany?&quot;" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17903" CreationDate="2019-08-04T11:32:53.527" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're not certain whether to mention something, you should mention it.  It's not like they don't know about it; they will have it in their records.  If you don't mention it, you will appear deceptive, which will work against you.  In fact, if you seem deceptive, your application will probably fail for that reason alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should mention it along with a brief explanation of the reason.  It appears that your prior application was slightly premature, which is not a particularly bad reason to be rejected.  Failing to meet some administrative requirement does not reflect particularly  on your character, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T11:32:53.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-04T14:53:38.133" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandparents immigrated to SA in the late '40s (after the war). My father is SA born. My mother, born in The Hague 1938, naturalized, but is not sure if she did so before or after my birth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How and where do I confirm when this happeedn as I, with my husband and son, want to move to The Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17717" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-08-05T07:48:11.547" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T07:48:11.547" Title="Ancestral visa to Netherlands" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-04T15:53:26.790" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ukranian student in Poland. I have a national visa from 18.11.2018 to 17.11.2019. Can I apply for a Polish visa from 18.11.2019 to 17.11.2020 on 05.08.2019?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17718" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-10T19:53:51.250" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T19:53:51.250" Title="Can I apply for a future student visa while I have a current valid one?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-04T18:26:45.000" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got into University of Zagreb, Croatia as Early Research Scholar/PhD in Cleopatra Project of EU. I will be employed by the university and have received the hosting contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need help in applying for the Visa for entry. As per my research, I have to apply for Visa C which is valid for 90 days and then apply for Temporary residence permit when I land. I check VFS global website, I am confused as in which category of visa do I fit in ? Is it studies or other(research)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My contract says my employer will provide me with the health insurance and stuff , do I need extract travel insurance when I travel in Croatia ?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also dates like **number of days in Croatia for which I will be staying/expected date of departure **. I am going to do PhD for next 3-4 years, what should I put into this section ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried calling/mailing the Embassy of Croatia in India, but either no one answers the phone or no response for email was received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can anyone help me in this regard&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17719" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-08-04T21:25:16.983" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T16:05:04.950" Title="Information required on the Croatian Visa for Research Scholar/PhD" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17909" CreationDate="2019-08-04T19:38:23.650" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Visa D as a researcher to Austria. I too had the same questions, so I just walked into my visa appointment with those areas (ie. duration of stay and date of expected departure) blank and explained to the visa official that I was unsure of what to fill in given that I was staying for quite a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, the officer told me to leave the &quot;duration of stay&quot; blank and to fill in the date of departure as the last day of my program. In my visa that is shown as &quot;XX&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your insurance question, my institute provided an insurance document which the consulate accepted for my visa. So no need for extra insurance in my case and I suspect the same for your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is from my experience. I would recommend you go in with them blank and ask the official face to face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Just realized you have to go through VFS, something I didn't have to do as I dealt with the consulate directly. Have you called VFS? They can usually clarify these questions over the phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17720" LastActivityDate="2019-08-04T19:38:23.650" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-05T07:41:37.093" Score="3" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a letter from police saying i scratched a car's door while opening my door in parking and left the scene and according to german law its a criminal offense. Since no injury was involved it might be just a fine. But the question I have is , my wife has applied for family reunion visa and whether my record would affect her visa to germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17709" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-06T15:44:11.557" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T15:44:11.557" Title="Does my having a pending criminal charge (small parking damage - classified as hit and run) affect my wife's family reunion visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17896" CreationDate="2019-08-05T10:38:00.767" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;There are no cheap cars in Singapore.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; A bog-standard Toyota Corolla will set you back on the order of $100,000, or $10k/year if amortized out over the 10-year span of the required Certificate of Entitlement (COE), and that's before registration, insurance, petrol, road tolls, etc.  More detail:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.valuechampion.sg/costs-car-ownership-singapore&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.valuechampion.sg/costs-car-ownership-singapore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you only need the car for 6-12 months, you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be able to find a comparatively cheap used car with a COE expiring soon... but even then a yearly budget of $5000 is unlikely to cut it.&#xA;Public transport or even taxis/Grab will be cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T10:38:00.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2019-08-05T10:39:47.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Since no injury was involved it might be just a fine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you report it yourself to police within 24 hours? Then you can get away with a fine.  If not, it becomes a &lt;em&gt;Verkehrsstraftat&lt;/em&gt; and goes to court. Regardless how minor you think it might be, and also regardless if you have noticed it yourself or not. A judge will hear witnesses and decide what happened in reality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need a defence lawyer. As quick as possible. He can also give you advice regarding your wife's family reuinon visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T10:39:47.543" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-06T05:01:23.387" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new immigrant and I received my car with an error in the name. what to do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T14:30:39.233" Title="Wrong Name in Social Secrity Card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17958" CreationDate="2019-08-06T10:23:37.960" Score="1" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my girlfriend are thinking to get married in Germany. We are homosexual. In my country Egypt, that kind of marriage is not recognized by law and it can me be really dangerous for my life. All I ask if anybody has any experience in such cases? If anyone has experience I need to know the result of the same cases? Also how do you deal with German embassy in Egypt? Should it be in secret or not? Is it really true to marry in Germany you need stamp from German embassy for my birth certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17728" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-08-06T12:47:39.937" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T19:35:54.230" Title="same sex marraige egyptian and german immigration" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-06T13:10:12.933" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a resident of Austria (RWR card). My fiance wants to apply for short term visa (visitors visa) to come to Austria just after marriage. Then she is planning to go back to India and apply for the Family Reunification visa (long term visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, can she immediately apply for the long term visa just after the completion of the short term visa? OR is there any time gap needed? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I am aware that one can stay in Austria for 90 days in every 180 days with short term visa. But not sure what is the rule for long term visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17730" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T13:10:12.933" Title="Time gap between short term visa and long term visa Austria" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17916" CreationDate="2019-08-06T14:30:39.233" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Social Security Administration, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-01981&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;get a corrected card free of charge by submitting a new application documenting the correct name&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you would presumably be submitting the same documents you used in the initial application, you may want to include a short letter explaining what the error is.  It should state the name the name exactly as you want it to be on the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T14:30:39.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19241" CreationDate="2019-08-06T21:26:46.583" Score="5" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently attended an interview with USCIS for my 'green card' in the EB-3 category.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although my interview was 'successful', the USCIS officer advised me that he was not able to put my case through to be finalized and have my green card issued because the State Dept had issued their new Visa Bulletin for Aug 2019 and although my category was marked as 'Current' in the July bulletin, its priority date had been 'retrogressed' back to July 2016 in the August bulletin.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Had my interview taken place one day earlier (July 31 instead of August 1), the July priority date would have applied and my green card been issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this 'retrogression' has taken place, does it sometimes get restored back to its previous state within the next few months, or is it most likely that my category will only once again become 'current' in the next year?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If it's only likely to become current next year - when does 'next year' actually start? Would it be in October like other US immigration related appear to be, or will it only be January 2020?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2019-10-10T23:25:40.760" Title="US Immigration - Visa Retrogression" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5804" CreationDate="2019-08-07T00:05:49.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are an employee for the US business, you will have to plan where you get paid, pay taxes and have social security withheld while you are working in Ireland.  You may be planning to stay on the US payroll as usual, and just find a way to transfer money to Ireland from a US account if you have one.  But there may be some issues with this, which includes the work permit requirement, and that a 'remote payroll' may not be permitted in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17312" LastEditorDisplayName="user17312" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T21:19:51.273" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T21:19:51.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18032" CreationDate="2019-08-07T20:25:04.710" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a masters degree from a German university in mechatronics plus 4 years of similar field experience. I am planning on going back to Germany but I am a bit skeptical if my job seeker visa will be approved as I am falling short on job experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17733" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:56:40.713" Title="German job seeker with 4years of experience" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-09-11T06:54:32.110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-07T22:45:18.173" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a BBA degree and one year experience working as the data analytics back in my home country, however, recently I just attend the MBA degree in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will look for Data (IT-oriented) job after graduation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The resident work permit and EU Blue Card is something I'm not really sure of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have heard  that you need to work with the job that relevant to your degree in order to obtain work permit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, the MBA may be not relevant to Data job that I expected to have.  Also, which permit should I apply for? German resident visa or EU Blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17734" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-01T10:15:52.167" LastActivityDate="2020-09-01T10:15:52.167" Title="Germany Work Permit and German Master Degree Question" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17926" CreationDate="2019-08-08T08:32:21.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The visa you apply for essentially depends on the type of job offer you have. If you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;want to work in Germany in general employment (ie. a job that does not require you to be highly skilled or highly educated), you will need to apply for a German residence permit for the purpose of general employment (essentially a German work visa and German work permit). You will only be eligible if the position cannot be filled by a worker from the EU/EEA or Switzerland. You will need to have a vocational qualification and a firm offer of a job in Germany; you will need to show both evidence of your qualification and an employment contract or letter of intent in your application.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;hold a recognised university degree and have sufficient funds to support you during your stay, you can apply for a six-month residence permit to look for work, known as the jobseeker’s visa. You are not permitted, however, to undertake any work in Germany while looking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;want to apply for an EU Blue Card in Germany you need a university degree from a German university or equivalent from a foreign university and a guaranteed job in Germany with an income of EUR 50,800 EUR (EUR 39,624 in shortage occupations).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;fit the highly skilled category (plus earning more than EUR 84,600) you can apply for a settlement permit, entitling you ­– and your family members – to live and work in Germany indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatica.com/de/employment/employment-law/work-in-germany-getting-a-german-work-permit-100900/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.expatica.com/de/employment/employment-law/work-in-germany-getting-a-german-work-permit-100900/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-08T08:32:21.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-09T10:32:41.373" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a young (20 years old) American (with French dual citizenship) living in Europe currently considering renouncing my US citizenship. However, I'm quite intimidated by the amount of paperwork, especially regarding taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I've never paid US taxes in my life as I've never really earned taxable income before, being as young as I am and never having a job that paid above the threshold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this simplify matters for me if I were to go to renounce? Is there still any papers I'd need to fill out in regards to taxes?&#xA;Thanks so much in advance everyone (:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: clarified that I'm a French citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15762" LastEditorUserId="15762" LastEditDate="2019-08-09T10:52:52.603" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T07:16:29.750" Title="Young man in Europe, never paid US taxes. Does this making renouncing citizenship easier?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17930" CreationDate="2019-08-09T14:47:27.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last time I checked, there is a hefty “exit fee” in addition to the paperwork.  Might be easier to read the U.S./France* tax treaty and avoid any type of income that USA can tax.  Or stay out of USA and don’t make enough for them to bother requesting extradition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*If you plan to live outside of France, you’d have to read &lt;em&gt;three&lt;/em&gt; tax treaties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2019-08-09T14:47:27.110" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17932" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17941" CreationDate="2019-08-09T15:10:25.280" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen (under 25 years of age), with a Bachelor's and a Master's degree. I'm currently applying to Canadian positions, and often the application form has a question in the form &quot;Do you now or in the future require sponsorship to obtain work authorization?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that to apply for a work permit in Canada, I need a job offer. But do I need sponsorship? The role would be Software Engineer. I understand that the employer may have to file a LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) request when hiring a foreign worker. Does that count as sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already determined that I do not qualify for Express Entry or other fast-track programs, so I would go for the regular &quot;work permit&quot; route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17473" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T18:25:29.750" Title="Do I need a sponsorship for a Canadian work permit as an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17933" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17945" CreationDate="2019-08-09T22:14:59.730" Score="0" ViewCount="705" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get a swedish mobile phone number while in Sweden without having a personnummer? I will be moving there soon and I was going to send some of my stuff with Eurosender, but apparently they also need a local phone number to do the delivery. The only telephone companies I have found are Telenor Sverige and Telia. Are there any other major carriers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17744" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T20:15:40.907" Title="Getting a phone number in Sweden without having a personnummer" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-10T05:07:30.043" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got hired in a company in Estonia as a web developer. I am Nigerian and there's no Estonian Representation here in Nigeria for long stay Visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apparently just got back from Estonia o Tuesday(06/08/19) from a visit to the company for the final job interview. I applied through the Belgium embassy in Nigeria on the basis of a Job interview and was given a schengen Visa for 10 days(multiple entry). I got the Job offer and the visa expires by the end of August. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mobility agent the company assigned to me suggested that I should apply for short stay Visas in either of the following embassies in Nigeria: UK, Cairo, India or Isreal. There are Estonian representations in these countries where I could then apply for long stay Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a couple of challenges listed below: &#xA;1. Cairo often makes it difficult for Nigerians. They could hold one's passport for months and return it without a visa. It's therefore not an option for me. &#xA;2. Isreal only gives out visa to tour groups in Nigeria. It costs a fortune here to join a tour group. Pretty expensive. It's therefore not an option. &#xA;3. India too makes it terribly tough for Nigerians. It's a no go area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves me with UK. I've been to the UK as a minor twice(2005 and 2008). The UK transit visa is only valid for 48hrs and is therefore not an option since it'll take the Estonian embassy 2 - 4 days to process the long stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My best option now is to apply for UK short stay visa. But how do I explain that I'm coming to the UK to just apply for a long term visa for Estonia and then head from the Uk to Estonia right away&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the UK find my reason for applying credible and give me a visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or could there be any other way to approach this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17747" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T20:15:21.083" Title="Can I apply for a UK visa just to visit the Estonian Embassy in London?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17936" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-09T19:57:38.630" Score="1" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an international student currently studying in the USA. My actual date of birth is 15th May, 1996. But for some personal reasons, I have been using my DOB as 15th May, 1993 and all of my identity documents have the same DOB (including my passport and US visa). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My paternal grandmother was a US citizen, and she had submitted petition for my father for family based immigration. And there, she used my real DOB (15th May, 1996). She also changed my name in the petition (My real name is Fatima Akbar Shelly, where &quot;Fatima Akbar&quot; is my first name and &quot;Shelly&quot; is my last name. All of my identity documents have this name. But in the petition, she put my name as &quot;Fatima Akbar&quot;, where &quot;Fatima&quot; is my first name, and &quot;Akbar&quot; is my last name.) I was unaware of this, hence I kept my DOB and name as I have always been using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do in the above mentioned circumstances? I already have a valid US visa with my DOB as 15th May, 1993 and name as &quot;Fatima Akbar Shelly&quot;. I have already got my Masters, and all of my educational and social documents also include the same DOB and name. Now, can I change my name (as &quot;Fatima Akbar&quot;) and DOB (as 15th May, 1996) in all of the documents like visa, passport and all the educational and social documents in the US? Can I immigrate to US with my father? Please kindly help me with your kind suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user101307" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-10T19:48:59.177" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T19:48:59.177" Title="Can I change date of birth and name on US visa after entering US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-10T09:55:02.267" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was issued a shengen visa for 87 days to visit my fiance in hamburg,germany but overstayed by 14 days...upon exit immigration stamped my passport stating that I overstayed but let me go...the visa expired on the 9/08/2019 and I left the shengen area a day before....We would like to get married beginning of October &#xA;.when can I apply for a visa again to go back and what are the implications....any advice is appreciated much...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17750" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T09:55:02.267" Title="Schengen visa overstay" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17933" CreationDate="2019-08-10T15:16:44.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could buy and use a SIM card meant for a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-sweden/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://toomanyadapters.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;toomanyadapters.com&lt;/a&gt; reports that the author — presumably not a Swedish citizen, and thus without a Swedish personnumer - was able to buy a SIM card at a cellphone shop without presenting ID. The article also mentions obtaining a SIM card overseas (i.e., before traveling to Sweden), so you have the card when you enter Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there are restrictions on how long such a card might be used, although the article notes that the card can be topped up online. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-11T17:14:16.670" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T17:14:16.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17932" CreationDate="2019-08-10T18:25:29.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But do I need sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I understand that the employer may have to file a LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) request when hiring a foreign worker. Does that count as sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T18:25:29.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17935" CreationDate="2019-08-10T20:15:21.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A UK residence permit is required to apply in the UK for a visa for Estonia &lt;a href=&quot;https://london.mfa.ee/how-to-apply-for-a-schengen-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://london.mfa.ee/how-to-apply-for-a-schengen-visa/&lt;/a&gt; so that avenue is not going to work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://workinestonia.com/internationalhouse/how-to-get-documents/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://workinestonia.com/internationalhouse/how-to-get-documents/&lt;/a&gt; it looks possible to apply for a residence permit after returning to Estonia on a C type visa, which you could once again obtain via the Belgian Embassy in Nigeria. So I suggest you go back to your mobility agent and ask them to check the process, or contact an organisation such as ‘Work in Estonia’ who may be better informed than your agent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-10T20:15:21.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17933" CreationDate="2019-08-11T16:18:00.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The major carriers are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telenor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tre (3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tele2/Comviq&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While in Sweden you can get a prepaid SIM from any of them (except Tele2 but including Comviq) at for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pressbyran.se/handla-hos-oss/merpapressbyran/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pressbyrån&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.7-eleven.se/i-butiken/produkter-tjanster/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;7-Eleven&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;but I'm afraid none of the carriers ship SIMs abroad. Registering a personnummer can be done later with the carrier for some extra benefits but is optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Topping up online probably require a Nordic or even Swedish debit/credit card, but you can buy top up vouchers in shops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17756" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T16:18:00.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17933" CreationDate="2019-08-11T20:15:40.907" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/121020/european-sim-card-in-us-mobile-phone&quot;&gt;I was able to get a SIM card&lt;/a&gt; from Telia without a personnummer, but I cannot call/text numbers outside of Sweden using it. I can receive international calls, I just can't make them. I don't know if this is a Telia restriction, or if this is a national policy that all the carriers must follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can top it up online with no problems, since it's registered with my email address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6690" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T20:15:40.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17947" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17950" CreationDate="2019-08-11T21:55:00.910" Score="3" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, with resident status in Ireland as the spouse of an Irish Citizen. We will be moving in the next six weeks to London, and I am not clear on my rights to work in the UK as the spouse of an EU/Irish citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears I do not need to get the EEA Family Permit, but should get a residence card on arrival. Am I allowed to work before receiving the residence card? Is completing the EEA Family Permit even though not legally necessary - a way to be able to work on arrival? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information appreciated! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17757" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T04:35:13.720" Title="Non-EU Spouse (USA) of an Irish Citizen, work rights in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-12T00:49:05.000" Score="4" ViewCount="656" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have ADHD and going to move to China. Is it possible to get Adderall, Ritalin or equivalent ADHD drugs in China?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17758" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T05:08:20.663" Title="Is it possible to get Adderall or Ritalin in China?" Tags="&lt;china&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17949" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18083" CreationDate="2019-08-12T03:42:47.030" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m currently a second-year Ph.D. student holding an F1 visa. Due to the bad relationship with my advisor, I quit from the current Ph.D. program in April (actually, my adviser stop my funding to force me to leave the US.). However, I found a company that willing to sponsor me a work VISA. My sponsor submitted the H1B petition in April and finally, I luckily got picked in the pool and the petition got approved (Case status: On May 23, 2019, we approved your Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. We will mail your approval notice. Please follow the instructions in the notice). Now I’m waiting for the official documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you all know, it is almost the fall semester when the regular international student must register the courses. To maintain my F1 status before I get the work VISA, I must register 9 credits hours as a full-time student in fall. Here come to my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to register the course as usual to maintain my F1 status to stay in the US? (Since my VISA status is changing, I don’t know if I got some special period that I can legally stay in the US without registering as a full-time student.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this summer semester, I registered 2 credits of CPT so that I could work for my sponsor in the summer. Can I register 2 or 3 credits CPT course in this upcoming fall as a part-time student and work for my sponsor again while maintaining my legal immigration status?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do investigate the possibility of doing a part-time Ph.D. while holding an H1B. There is no confliction between H1B VISA and part-time student (It could be either self-supported or company sponsorship.). I hope I could register as fewer credits as possible but legally work for my sponsor to compensate for the living expense. My question is how can I maximize my benefits in the transition period (assuming I will receive the official H1B VISA by Oct 1st). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My case and description may be wordy, but I do need your help and advice. Please feel free to leave anything. Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17759" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T01:18:51.980" Title="Transfer from F1 to H1B without OPT, H1B got approved" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17947" CreationDate="2019-08-12T04:35:13.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Article 23 of Directive 2004/38/EC (the Free Movement Directive) allows the family members of EEA nationals who have the right of residence in the UK to work or become self-employed. &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779784/free-movement-rights-direct-family-members-of-EEA-nationals-v7.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779784/free-movement-rights-direct-family-members-of-EEA-nationals-v7.0ext.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Family Permit is primarily an entry clearance document (for you to enter the country), not a residence document. All employers are required to check the right to work of a prospective employee &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk&lt;/a&gt; Without a Residence Card you will need to provide the employer with alternative evidence of your right to work &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720858/29_06_18_Employer_s_guide_to_right_to_work_checks.pdf#page38&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720858/29_06_18_Employer_s_guide_to_right_to_work_checks.pdf#page38&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T04:35:13.720" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17930" CreationDate="2019-08-12T07:16:29.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The renunciation process requires you to be caught up on your US tax obligation, which may mean filing up to 8 tax returns at one time as well as the Foreign Bank Account Reports. The actual steps to renounce your citizenship and the number of returns required can vary based on the rules in your local US embassy, so it's recommended that you speak with someone there first, and then contacting a CPA to file your returns if needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also want to be aware of exit taxes. From your initial post, it doesn't sounds like you will be considered a covered expat, so I don't believe you have anything to be aware of here. You will want to be aware of Form 8854 and the $2350 fine that goes with renouncing. Good luck if you decide to move forward with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15006" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T07:16:29.750" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17963" CreationDate="2019-08-10T04:22:29.163" Score="2" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: If I put &quot;September 10&quot; as my arrival date on my visa application form, will I have problems if I enter Japan on another day instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been hired by an employer in Tokyo, but they have not told me my exact placement yet, and I have not booked a flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just handed in my COE and other visa application stuff to the consulate. The guy who took my application noticed that I had put &quot;TBD&quot; for some fields on the form, and I explained that I was waiting to hear the exact placement details. He said that was fine, except for the &quot;Date of arrival in Japan&quot; which needed a specific date. After I wrote down an estimated arrival date, he clarified that it couldn't be changed, which presumably meant I could only arrive on that exact day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer seems to think the date can be estimated and isn't set in stone. I also do not remember any entry date on my last entry visa for Japan. But will I have problems if I try to enter on different date than the one I put on the form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17776" OwnerDisplayName="Rai" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T00:19:08.257" Title="Is the arrival date I entered on my Japan visa application form flexible?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-12T14:10:15.743" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen of Australia and Italy. I am currently living and working in the Uk on my Italian citizenship. How will Brexit affect me and what do I need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17763" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-08-13T02:59:06.567" LastActivityDate="2019-08-13T02:59:06.567" Title="I am a Italian and Australian citizein living and working in the UK. How will I be affected by brexit" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-12T12:50:08.163" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dual citizenship for the UK and US and have full insurance coverage with the NHS in the UK and also have Medicare plan A.  I have pensions in both countries.  I will be moving back to the US but told I must pay a late enrolment for Plan B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct and any suggestions if I need to appeal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="54 Plymouth" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T17:04:00.457" Title="Medicare Plan B penalty for late enrolment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17956" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17968" CreationDate="2019-08-12T11:58:59.927" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian,  have currently One-year Resident permit (June 2019-June 2020) in Ireland as a 4-year duration Ph.D. student(June, 2019- June 2023), In this situation, If I accept an offer from Germany, which is also a Ph.D. student position for 3 years, do I need to go back to India and apply for a long-term student visa to go to Germany and start my PhD there, (assuming the fact that I sincerely resign my Ph.D. position here in Ireland)? Or, I can apply for a long-term student visa from the German embassy in Dublin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I currently possess a one year (Aug 2019- Aug 2020, 90 days at max stay)Schengen Visa from the German embassy in Dublin.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14497" OwnerDisplayName="Marso" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T13:53:35.140" Title="where to apply for long-term student visa to Germany when you are a long term student visa holder in Ireland" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18020" CreationDate="2019-08-12T16:55:42.227" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Brazil, and recently moved to France, where I will live for about two and a half years. Due to time issues, I wasn't able to go to a driving school in Brazil and obtain my driving license before coming to France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if I can do the lessons and test and obtain a French driving license. Currently I don't have any European passport, but I am a &lt;em&gt;jus sanguinis&lt;/em&gt; italian citizen, so I could obtain my european passport in the course of these two and half years, if that is necessary (I don't believe it is, just saying for general information, you never know).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched a lot on the internet about this subject but all the sites I found were directed to people with an American driving license that want to drive in France. I don't have any driving license. Can I learn how to drive in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T07:47:03.807" Title="I'm not French and I can't drive. Can I learn how to drive in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17917" CreationDate="2019-08-12T23:35:45.297" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think German law requires that the marriage is legal according to German law, and according to the law of each spouses country, in your case according to Egyptian law. And they will want to see a German translation of an Egyptian birth certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can most likely get around the requirement for the birth certificate if your father holds it and refuses to hand it over, but it may be impossible to get around the requirement that it be legal according to Egyptian law, unless you stay in Germany long enough to acquire German citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you want to get married, you can just walk into the Standesamt where you live (maybe you need to get an appointment first), tell them that you want to get married, and they will tell you all the legal requirements. Because it's their job, because your case makes their day more interesting than most, because the people in that position are generally helpful and quite well-informed about marriage laws about anywhere in the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. As an alternative you can ask how you would go about entering a civil partnership in Germany and what exactly it means legally. Until quite recently that would have been your only choice in Germany anyway, since same sex marriage hasn’t been legal in Germany for a long time. If you are lucky then Germany will do this no matter what Egyptian law says. Again, the local Standesamt will know exactly what to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2019-08-15T19:35:54.230" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T19:35:54.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-13T09:35:43.813" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was issued UK WP from India in Oct 2012 and BRP card was valid till 24th Oct,2017. In July 2017 as per my employer i had to move to Denmark and WP from Denmark was issued in Month of July, 2017. My depuation letter stating i would move to Denmark from 31st July 2017. However, due to lack of accommodation in Copenhagen i was unable to move to Denmark till 19th September, 2017. Same date has been sent to UK Home office as my last working day in UK by my employer. This date was submitted in month of November just so you are aware of the facts. &#xA;Post i have moved to Denmark on mentioned date, i traveled to UK and entered using my BRP card on 5th oct &amp;amp; left on 9th oct, 2017 this travel was intended only to collect my possessions in the UK. While entering i did enquire with immigration officers in both countries if it is ok to travel using my BRP card while i have approved WP for Denmark, IO said it is fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Nov 2017, i applied for visitor visa for Uk to attend my friends uni graduation ceremony, this was declined by authorities in UK. Attached Refusal letter for reference. I understand the reason for refusal, it might be confusing for Officer to understand the circumstances and also understand the documents i have submitted along with my application did not clear the situation. (I never thought if i had to clarify the same along with my application)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, issue now is if i apply for UK Business visit visa will it be approved or are there any chances of UK Home office to look at this situation as breach of immigration law on my end. This was sheer unintentional mistake and by no means i ever had any intention to enter UK or stay in UK post withdrawal of my COS by employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK BRP Card Valid till 24th oct 2017&#xA;Moved to Denmark on 18th September and stayed in Denmark till 5th oct &#xA;Traveled to UK - from 5th Oct 2017 and used my BRP card to enter the UK&#xA;Traveled from UK to Denmark on 9th Oct 2017. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post this never entered  UK or had thought of entering the UK without legally allowed. I have been employed with same employer for last 11 years and with 2 passport of immigration history and never had lapse or mistake of this nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to this rejection in 2017 i opted out to travel to UK which limits my professional growth and brings constant anxiety while considering for any category of UK Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m14RI.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m14RI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17765" LastActivityDate="2019-08-13T18:31:11.457" Title="UK - Tier 2 Unique case. 4 Days travel into UK - Can i face ban or any other consequences?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17955" CreationDate="2019-08-13T13:49:35.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.medicare.gov/information-for-my-situation/signing-up-for-parts-a-b-outside-the-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Signing up for Parts A &amp;amp; B outside the U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to depend on whether you were eligible for Social Security benefits while living in the UK. If you were not, you may have a three month window to file during a special enrollment period without penalty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest contacting your local Social Security office to get advice on this as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-08-13T13:49:35.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-13T14:43:20.413" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work remotely as a freelancer (mostly on &lt;strong&gt;Upwork.com&lt;/strong&gt;). I recently has won &lt;strong&gt;US Diversity Visa Lottery&lt;/strong&gt; and now I am filling &lt;strong&gt;DS-260 form&lt;/strong&gt;.In order to provide current occupation information, I have to fill name and address of my current employer. There is no option to mark those fields as 'Does not Apply' there. So how should I fill an Employer information. Thank you in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17766" LastActivityDate="2019-08-13T14:43:20.413" Title="How to fill Empoyer information for freelancer US Visa" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17959" CreationDate="2019-08-13T18:31:11.457" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You were refused under V4.2(c) because you did not satisfy the ECO that you were “genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted by the visitor routes” &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt; due to your August and October entries using your BRP. These entries, which occurred after your BRP had ceased to be valid (14 days after the end date of your employment as held in Home Office records at the time of your visa application, i.e. 13 August per Immigration Rule 245GE  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-6a-the-points-based-system&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-6a-the-points-based-system&lt;/a&gt;) probably caused the ECO to question whether you were working in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have not been banned at this point - the refusal letter would have informed you had a ban been imposed. So the consequences of your unauthorised entries are that any subsequent application will likely be refused unless you can address the refusal reason. To do this I think you’d need to prove that the correct employment end date was actually 18 September and to explain a) why you returned after the 14 day grace period had ended and b) what the purpose of that short visit was. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given your previous unblemished immigration history and your concerns about the impact on your employment of not being able to return to the UK, it may well be worth getting advice from an Immigration lawyer before reapplying. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-13T18:31:11.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17952" CreationDate="2019-08-14T05:05:30.597" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you get your visa in your passport it will look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AD3WH.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AD3WH.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll note &quot;Date of issue&quot; and &quot;Date of expiry&quot; in the upper right-hand corner. You must enter Japan between these dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you enter Japan, you get a residence card that shows your residency status. Your residency period will start from the day you entered Japan. For example, if your visa is 1 year, your &quot;period of stay&quot; will end 1 year after you entered Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4zUft.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4zUft.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/image/zairyucard_omote.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. This is a little off-topic, but when you first receive your residence card, it won't have an address printed on it. You (legally) need to register with your local city office (in the city where you'll be living) within 2 weeks of arrival. They will print your address on the back of your card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15228" LastEditorUserId="15228" LastEditDate="2020-03-31T00:19:08.257" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T00:19:08.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17965" CreationDate="2019-08-14T07:15:12.507" Score="1" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to Switzerland (Suisse Romande, French speaking part) but I do hold a Swiss citizenship so I have to fill the same paper as all Swiss citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I have to pay my health insurance (prime d'assurance maladie) but I have no idea how to do it, there are a few choices, I chose &quot;bulletin de versement&quot; thinking it would be easy but it seems that I cannot pay using only the 2 series of number they gave me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the insurance saying I would like to pay by BVR (at La poste) or by payment card, they told me I can fill an empty BVR with the number they gave me with the bulletin de versement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone knows how to do it ? In this case can I pay with my card ? (last time I paid to La poste I could only pay in cash...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or better, anyone knows how I have to proceed to make a bank transfer or pay with a payment card ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(keep in mind that the way to pay a bill is very different in Switzerland than in the rest of Europe so any answer from other European countries experience might no work here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" OwnerDisplayName="stbr" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T08:07:12.800" Title="Paying bill in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17964" CreationDate="2019-08-14T07:21:30.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand your situation exactly (are you a swiss expatriate coming back to the country but not speaking the language ?), but let's say this doesn't really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The easiest way, accessible to anyone, is to go to any post office, and pay the bill in cash. They'll do the paperwork for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A faster way is to use e-banking and this is what most people do - they pay the bill directly on the internet at their banks website, so that they don't need to use cash nor to queue at the post office. However this requires a bank account and an internet access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6215" OwnerDisplayName="Bregalad" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T07:21:30.283" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17966" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-14T09:25:12.473" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen living in Spain with my EU husband and am waiting for Spanish residency and it's taking longer then my allowed 90 day stay.  I was told to stay in the country while I wait.  However, is it safe to travel to the US for a short trip while I wait? If I bring the documents that I have that prove I'm in the process in case I get stopped in the US or Spain. Need advice, and can't find a straight answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17771" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T06:45:33.733" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T06:45:33.733" Title="can you travel out of the EU while waiting for Spanish residency past 90 days?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17956" CreationDate="2019-08-14T13:53:35.140" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consulates and Embassies in general provide service to any legal resident in a given area, and since you are a legal resident of Ireland, the German Consulate and/or Embassy will definitely allow you to apply for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get information about requirements at the German Embassy in Dublin &lt;a href=&quot;https://dublin.diplo.de/ie-en/service/05-VisaEinreise&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3718" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T13:53:35.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-14T19:17:09.940" Score="0" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Zusatzblatt of my Blue Card, it is written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beschäftigung nicht gestattet mit Ausnahme der Tätigkeit als Software Engineer bei ABC GmbH, Ort&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Selbstständige Tätigkeit gestattet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nach 2Jähr. Versicherungspfl. Beschäftig. ist Beschäftig. jeder Art gestattet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there is a chance to help out on a university research project as &lt;em&gt;Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft&lt;/em&gt; in my spare time, e.g. 40 hours per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to do that, apparently the university would want me to sign a HiWi contract, as usual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that, I can only work as a &lt;em&gt;freelancer&lt;/em&gt; (Freiberufler), but not as an &lt;em&gt;employee&lt;/em&gt; of any other organization. Therefore, I'd need to invoice the university for the services that I perform, instead of being able to sign a normal HiWi contract. I'll also need to register myself at the Finanzamt and get a separate Steuernummer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my understanding correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation is annoying, since universities here are quite rigid, and it's quite possible that the department wouldn't be able to establish a freelancing working relationship with me due to all the bureaucracy, meaning that I'd miss out on this chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T19:17:09.940" Title="Confusion over &quot;Beschäftigung&quot; and &quot;selbständige Tätigkeit&quot; for Blue Card holders" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17972" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-15T07:47:38.420" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American in London. After completing a masters degree in the UK, I was offered full-time sponsored employment on a tier 2 visa in London at a trade publication covering commodities. I've worked there for the last two years. But I've determined that my prospects as a journalist are no longer being advanced by trade publication work. I shortly plan to give my one month's notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After my tier 2 visa expires, will I be 1) permitted to enter the Schengen area where I could presumably remain for 90 days, and 2) legally allowed to do paid freelance work for media companies or websites? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17778" LastActivityDate="2019-10-14T23:02:25.350" Title="I'm an American journalist in the UK on a tier 2 sponsored visa. If I leave my work, can I go to the Schengen area as a visitor?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-15T08:12:51.433" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering about the legal details of a work situation. I would work remotely for a company that's not in the country I reside. That would mean the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a citizen of country A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a resident in country B&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am an employee of a company based in country C&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am specifically wondering about whether it is legal to be an employee of a company based in this country C (and receive income in this country in the currency of this country) without being a resident and without any visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What authority in this country may I contact to know whether this is allowed? Immigration services (even though I would not be a resident)? Tax services (I assume I would pay taxes there anyway)? some other labour authority?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current knowledge is that countries usually allow residence and work if the person holds a specific visa, but in that case I am not a resident of that country, hence my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: does being an employee of a company based in a country C require any particular autorization? And which authority would be in charge?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T10:01:50.337" Title="Remote work employed in non-resident country" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17972" CreationDate="2019-08-15T08:30:09.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can certainly enter the Schengen area for up to 90 days (the actual maximum length depends on how many days you've spent there in the 179 days before entering and on the distribution of those days within that period).  Whether you can work depends on national law, but in general it is forbidden.  There might be exceptions for freelance journalists, but it will depend on which countries you're visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-14T22:23:55.483" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T22:23:55.483" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17973" CreationDate="2019-08-15T09:51:04.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main sticking point is country B. Country A doesn't care where their citizens go, and country C is not really involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the right of abode and/or the right to work in country B, then it's not a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to get visas to remain in country B, then you will need to factor that in as part of the deal - that is to say that there will be a cost associated with getting visas, and there will be time necessary every 1-6 months (depending on the country) to leave the country and apply for a visa, allowing for the fact that it might not be granted, if they deem that you are actually doing more than just being a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then there's the issue with tax. Where would you pay tax? If you stay in country B for more than 182 days, then legally you should pay tax there. Except that if you don't have a work permit then you generally can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many people who do this in Thailand (where I live), even though it's technically illegal because they see it as working in Thailand, even if you're not employed by a company in Thailand. (And you can argue that you're not, but they make the rules.) Every now and again, immigration have one of their many crackdowns and fine/deport these 'digital nomads' just to discourage other people from doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the hard part is finding a country B that doesn't mind people entering long-term and working remotely within their borders, without paying any income tax to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being caught working in country B without a work permit will at least lead to deportation, and possibly a hefty fine. Again, it depends which country you pick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T09:51:04.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-15T11:02:14.587" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can find in the Anabin database both university and the degree listed as H+. The fact is that the Anabin database doesn't connect one with the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/jobs/recognition/academic-qualifications/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; from Germany's Federal Government states the following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The two print-outs of the positive results for the university and the degree can then be used together as proof of equivalency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17779" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:46:59.570" Title="Am I eligible for a Bluecard if both university and degree are H+, but not directly related?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17966" CreationDate="2019-08-15T18:12:37.433" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Traveller asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Who told you not to leave Spain while the residency application is pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You replied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Others that have done this before, saying it's best to wait until you get it....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Best to&quot; is not the same as &quot;must,&quot; of course.  Legally, when you arrive at the Schengen border, if you can prove that your EU-citizen spouse is in Spain, or anywhere else in the Schengen area or the EU, and you are traveling to join him there, you must be admitted (subject to very limited exceptions related to public safety, public health, and public policy).  The same is true if you are traveling with him.  This right is codified in &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents showing that you've applied for a residence card should not be necessary, though they probably would be useful as evidence.  More useful still would be copies of the documents you submitted with the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason it's &quot;best to wait&quot; is probably that arriving at the border and having to go through the process of proving this could be time consuming and stressful, and there may even be a possibility of failure.  It may also be that your application would be considered abandoned, forcing you to start again from scratch.  I think it works this way in France (nominally, at least), but I don't know about Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T14:42:42.907" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T14:42:42.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17903" CreationDate="2019-08-15T19:50:20.143" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The refusal reason really sounds like “if you get your final degree, you will most likely get this visa”. So the refusal shouldn’t cause you any problems at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, saying “no” to the question about refusals would be not the truth, you can be quite sure that they know it’s nit the truth, and that doesn’t just “work against you”, it can completely destroy any chance to get a visa for the next ten years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So answer “yes” and show the text of the refusal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T19:50:20.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17903" CreationDate="2019-08-16T02:18:48.600" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When applying for a visa, the people processing the application are looking for reasons to deny you a visa. If they don't find any then they will grant it to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they find that you misrepresented anything in your application (i.e. lied about something on your application), that raises a big red flag, and they will refuse the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always answer truthfully. Even though it sounds like answering &quot;yes&quot; to the question &quot;have you ever been refused a visa&quot; will lead to bad things happening, all it means is they will check the circumstances around that previous refusal - and in this case it sounds like it should not be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T02:18:48.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T03:32:52.737" Score="1" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Amit Kumar Ghosh from Bangladesh. I'm studying Automobile Engineering in India. Right now I'm in 4th year. I got internship offer from one company in Germany. I heard about ZVA certificate. Without this i will not get my visa. But i dont have any idea about ZAV certificate. Can anybody help me to clarify about ZAV certificate? &#xA;Thank You           &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17785" LastActivityDate="2021-05-07T13:01:25.113" Title="What are steps for getting ZAV certificat?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T06:20:58.203" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married but don't want to bring my wife along with me to Canada. Until I have fully functional set up there e.g. a Job, a Home, Schools identified for kids, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how should I go ahead with the following information while filling up EE profile on CIC website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They asked if I am married or not and if married how much money you want to bring to Canada to support your family. Here the ideal amount is $12k per person. So clearly a huge difference depending upon I am going alone or with family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest what should I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VAgNm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VAgNm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T17:06:10.687" Title="Canada Express Entry Profile: Bank balance in your account" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17982" CreationDate="2019-08-16T09:48:30.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://immigrate-to-germany.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-is-a-zav-or-fea-approval-for-germany-work-permit-and-how-to-get-it.html?m=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immigrate-to-germany.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-is-a-zav-or-fea-approval-for-germany-work-permit-and-how-to-get-it.html?m=1&lt;/a&gt; ZAV is a service from the Federal Employment Agency (FEA), which regulates employment in Germany. ZAV regulates the hiring of foreign workers; it is required for non-Blue Card visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ask your employer to get a ZAV approval for you and submit the ZAV Letter with your application. Or you can apply and the ZAV validation will be done as part of processing the visa application. The first approach is typically quicker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T09:48:30.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17985" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T11:15:35.190" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Blue Card issued on (13-09-2018) and valid till (12-09-2022) with residence permit in Berlin. Employer name is not mentioned in the Blue Card and &lt;em&gt;Zusatzblatt&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm discharged of my duties from previous employer and now I have an offer from another employer based in Nuremberg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I take an appointment for &quot;Change of Employer&quot; process or &quot;Registration of New employer&quot; at the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17788" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-22T13:38:34.210" LastActivityDate="2020-05-22T13:38:34.210" Title="Blue card employer change" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T11:55:56.060" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU national, I came to the UK in June 2018 and I have a full-time job since June. I am planning to apply for EU pre-settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will I get pre-settled status for 5 years from the date of my application approval&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(or)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from the date of my arrival in the UK(which is June 2018)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15727" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:20:07.170" Title="EU pre-settled status validity question" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T12:23:01.567" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person visiting Germany from Pakistan marries a Dutch Girl in Germany, can he change the visa without leaving or will he have to leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly what will be the process for Applying for a residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16751" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2019-08-19T09:50:32.267" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T09:50:32.267" Title="Visa Change in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T22:05:48.383" Score="2" ViewCount="1073" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are Blue Card holders in Germany allowed to start a business besides their work as an employee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU engineer, with a blue card, working fulltime in a company in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to cofound a GmbH or mini-GmbH (UG) to work on my own project in my free time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that my current employer will let me have my own business in my free time, Do you think the immigration office will also let me do this thing?&#xA;What do I need to do in order to get the required permission?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. My work permit is only for working in the current company. There is nothing mentioned about letting me be the director manager of a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="17789" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T06:35:38.950" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T12:03:35.380" Title="Blue card + starting my own business" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17991" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18011" CreationDate="2019-08-17T11:01:31.767" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live and work in Hong Kong as a US Citizen.  In June of this year I attended a conference in the US, and after my girlfriend flew to the US on a valid tourist visa and we did a vacation trip around the US.  While on this trip we got married, finished the trip, and returned to Hong Kong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the civil unrest developing in Hong Kong, I am looking for opportunities outside of Hong Kong.  One obvious options is to seek a job in the US, however I want to try to minimize separation, as not only is it not healthy for our relationship but again the civil unrest in Hong Kong as well as the costliness of paying for an apartment in Hong Kong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She does currently still have the valid tourist visa in her old passport with her old name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be looking at the full 1 year process before she could come to the US?  If I end up not finding a job in the US is it possible to maintain the immigration visa we obtain for her to enter the US and receive the temporary green card for a few years until I do get a job in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17792" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T14:36:53.637" Title="US Expat, married foreign girlfriend while on vacation in the US, returned to her home country together. Visa process" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-17T11:39:20.053" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently having a hard time finding a long form version of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.psp.cz/sqw/historie.sqw?o=8&amp;amp;t=260&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this law&lt;/a&gt; in English, but I have some basic information about my mother if y'all can help. Here's a list of facts followed by a list of questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One side of my mother's family is Czech, through her father.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My mother's great grandparents were born in Czechia in 1863, 1859, 1862,and 1865. These great grandparents were married in Czechia in 1884 and 1880. We have records of these births and marriages that are all displayed in Czech archives. We have immigration records to the United States from one group, and death records from another. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My mother's grandparents on the Czech side of her family were born in Czechia in 1886 and 1880, and were married in 1905 before immigrating to America in 1906. There are census records and births in the United States, along with immigration records that confirm this. They died in the 1940s in the United States, after living there for 40 years. The grandfather applied for US Citizenship, whereas the grandfather did not. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My mother's father was born in 1913 in the United States. Her mother gave birth to her out of wedlock in 1959, and our family was aware of the father and his family for quite some time. His brother was born in Czechia in 1906 and was naturalized in the USA later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, my mother was born out of wedlock in 1959 and genetics tests prove the fact as well, proving her relationship to her Czech grandparents. My mother's mother is irrelevant, her family was is from the USA for a very long time. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As stated, we have extensive records of all of this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does she qualify for Czech citizenship under this new law? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If not, why?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If yes, could this citizenship be passed to her children and grandchildren? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17793" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T11:39:20.053" Title="Can my mother get Czech citizenship through this new law that was recently passed in the Czech parliament?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-17T12:38:25.647" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Israeli interested in working as a physio in france. I'm looking for details regarding the procedure of reciv&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17796" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T12:38:25.647" Title="working as a physiotherapist in france for non EU residents" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17986" CreationDate="2019-08-17T16:20:07.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: A layman reading of Home Office guidance / Immigration Rules indicates that you will receive the pre-settled status from the date of approval should the application be successful. However, for the purpose of qualifying for the settled status, the time of continuous residence begins from the date when you first arrived in the UK, assuming no gaps are created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a statement of intent&lt;/a&gt;, the Home Office mentioned the following regarding the EU settlement scheme:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3.5. Pre-settled status means that the person will (in all cases) be granted five years’ limited leave to remain, and they will be eligible to apply for settled status (indefinite leave to remain) as soon as they have completed five years’ continuous residence in the UK (less in some particular circumstances: see paragraph 3.7, below) ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is then implemented in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Appendix EU of Immigration rules&lt;/a&gt;, which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU3. The applicant will be granted five years’ limited leave to enter (where the application is made outside the UK) or five years’ limited leave to remain (where the application is made within the UK) where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A valid application has been made in accordance with paragraph EU9;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant does not meet the eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in accordance with paragraph EU11 or EU12, but meets the eligibility requirements for limited leave to enter or remain in accordance with paragraph EU14; and ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ways the statement and rules are written suggests that you are granted five years of leave to remain (colloquially referred to pre-settled status) upon a successful application, not when you entered the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:20:07.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17987" CreationDate="2019-08-17T16:38:00.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A non-EU citizen who is the spouse of an EU citizen enjoys freedom of movement under &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; when present in an EU or Schengen country other than the country of the spouse's citizenship.  So in this scenario, it is not necessary to leave Germany, and no residence permit is required, but rather a residence &lt;em&gt;card&lt;/em&gt; issued under Article 10 of the directive.  The card may be obtained from the local &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it may not be possible to marry in Germany after traveling there with a regular Schengen visa, as suggested in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:38:00.513" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-17T21:45:56.553" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am from Nigeria and a refugee in France with 10 years permit.... When is it ok to seek for Nationality... Am spending 5years plus in France now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17798" OwnerDisplayName="Sam" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T23:49:24.043" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T15:27:14.577" Title="When Is the right time to seek Nationality" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17983" CreationDate="2019-08-18T15:37:00.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you expect to get them into Canada within eight months, I would suggest you mention your entire family AND fulfill the monetary requirements, so that even your family gets visas at the same time. It doesn't matter if they travel immediately or not, but they need to land the first time within eight months of visa grant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you expect that it will take longer for you to get them to Canada, it might be best to mention you are married but don't add them as applicants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be able to reduce your monetary requirements if that is the case, but note that you will lose out on the opportunity to gain extra points from adding your spouse into the application in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that while there is no real way to confirm this, your application decision (especially for PR) may get influenced based on your decision to bring your family or not. It's generally good to add your immediate family as applicants together in the same application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17800" LastActivityDate="2019-08-18T15:37:00.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-18T20:33:54.870" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this probably a silly question but who wants to risk a visa application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Schengen tourist visa for myself, wife and 4 yo daughter. In the section where they ask about how your travel is funded, I do not see any option for my daughter to say her trip is funded by me. They have three options to question of funding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applicant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sponsor or host referred in the previous section&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other sponsor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking of choosing other sponsor and writing my name over there but just not sure if that will confuse the visa officer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone has any experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-19T04:23:36.210" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T15:44:10.307" Title="Funding question for minor in Schengen visa application for Greece" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17996" CreationDate="2019-08-19T13:44:16.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a refugee, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;no duration of residence requirement&lt;/a&gt;. There are a bunch of other conditions, in particular you need to speak some French and have a stable job. If that's not the case, I would recommend working on that first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-08-19T15:27:14.577" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T15:27:14.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17998" CreationDate="2019-08-19T15:44:10.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was thinking of choosing other sponsor and writing my name over there but just not sure if that will confuse the visa officer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;other sponsor&quot; option is the only one that makes sense, and visa officers must surely see such applications all the time.  I don't think it will confuse the officer in the least, and there really isn't anything else you can do to present your circumstances correctly, so it seems that you should indeed do it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T15:44:10.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2019-08-19T16:32:54.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I be looking at the full 1 year process before she could come to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it necessarily takes a whole year, but I don't really know, and I am sure that it can take longer than a year in some cases.  In principle, yes, you would be looking at the full process.  Your spouse can travel to the US as a tourist and then stay in the US for &quot;adjustment of status,&quot; but that option is intended for people who legitimately enter as tourists and then have a legitimate change of plans or circumstances.  If she arrives as a tourist with the intention to remain and adjust status, the officer is supposed to refuse entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she does get an immigrant visa and then uses it to travel to the US, she will be a permanent resident of the US.  Extended absences from the US &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can lead to a loss of permanent residence, but it is not automatic&lt;/a&gt;.  In that case you'd have to sponsor her again from scratch if you subsequently decide to move to the US together.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand it, you can sponsor her for immigration now, so the two of you can move to the US together after her visa is approved.  This might be the way to go.  If you then find a job outside the US, she can go with you, and if you decide to stay there, she can abandon her PR status or allow it to lapse.  If you find a job inside the US, she can of course stay there with you.  In neither case would you have to spend much time apart, if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The potential cost is the loss of money and effort expended in the applications if you settle elsewhere, but depending on your income this may be a worthwhile expenditure to help ensure that you do not endure months of separation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm saying all of this based on my understanding of the system.  I have no direct experience with people who've done this either way; all the immigrants I know did adjustment of status (either from an H-1B visa or after meeting and marrying a US citizen in the US).  So do keep looking for advice from others with more pertinent experience or from a competent immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T16:32:54.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-20T07:36:58.437" Score="3" ViewCount="729" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took my UK registered car to Gibraltar in 2016 and had to register it there - import it to Gibraltar - as we had planned to stay for several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and we kept a property in the UK whilst abroad.  I gained residential status in Gib.  I brought the car back to the UK to deliver some possessions 1 month ago and we have decided to stay here and sell our home in Gib.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presumed that we could drive here on the Gib plates as it is fully insured (with green card for UK) and MoT'd on the Gib system.  I intend to re-import it to the UK very soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do and am I legal at the moment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17806" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-20T13:49:36.837" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T17:03:00.393" Title="Driving/Importing a Gibraltar-registered car in the UK" Tags="&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18004" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-19T17:58:14.907" Score="5" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m currently in the process of moving to Portugal with a D visa with 120 days validity and two entries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wait time to get a residence permit with my visa may take up to 6-8 months, and so there’s high likelihood I would need to exit and enter more than twice. I am, however, from a country with Schengen Visa free travel, so I was wondering if the number of entries would even affect my ability to re-enter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: to make it clear the purpose of this visa is to allow me to enter Portugal and apply for a residence permit, which at the moment has a long wait time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17808" OwnerDisplayName="ttap" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-08-30T22:03:29.093" LastActivityDate="2019-09-01T07:03:17.920" Title="Exceeding number of entries on Schengen National visa (type D)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18005" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18006" CreationDate="2019-08-20T08:22:13.860" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does it work, for a US citizen to get a UK work &amp;amp; residency permit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a job offer necessary? I presume tourist visa is enough to visit &amp;amp; look for work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11469" LastActivityDate="2019-08-20T16:12:32.650" Title="UK work permit for US citizen?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18005" CreationDate="2019-08-20T16:12:32.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The work visa you’ll need depends on whether it’s permanent or temporary employment and the type of work &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/usa/work/longer_than_six_months&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/usa/work/longer_than_six_months&lt;/a&gt; You cannot switch from a visitor entry to a work visa within the UK, you must apply outside the UK. You’d typically need to spend 5 years’ continuous residence in the UK to qualify to apply for indefinite leave to remain (permanent residence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK looking for employment while in the UK as a visitor is not explicitly against Immigration Rules &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt; however you should take care not to fall foul of the requirement to be a genuine visitor under V4.2. For example, making sure you can demonstrate if asked that you have sufficient funds, and will leave at the end of your stay. Intending to work during your visit is against the Rules (V4.5).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-08-20T16:12:32.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-20T17:00:17.683" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a divorce with an EU national , Ive applied to retain my rights for residence and been granted a 5 year valid Biometric Residence card by UK Home office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The card I was sent is a residence card for a family member of a union citizen and the type of permit is FAMILY MEMBER-EU RESIDENCE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on Home Office’s letter, I was granted this residence card based on the fact that I had been a family member even though I’m no longer a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My card expires on 2023. I’m a Turkish citizen and a Turkish passport holder . However because of the type of Residence Card I have, do I need to apply for a pre-settlement before Brexit just like any other EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been and working living in the UK here since Jan 2015 and Turkey is not in EU or EEA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6067" LastActivityDate="2019-08-20T17:00:17.683" Title="Ex-EEA family member biometric card holder after Brexit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2019-08-21T14:36:53.637" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to have it approved in less than a month in exceptional cases. I know of a case in which the USC, wanting to move to the US for better work opportunities, emailed the HK consulate asking permission to file directly with the consulate for the IR-1 (usually you have to file the petition in the lockbox in Chicago) since he had a job offer in California already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consulate allowed him to file the I-130 with them and they were able to have all steps done in 25 days. If I were you I would try this first since, like Phoog said, you might be looking at something close to a year waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T14:36:53.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18003" CreationDate="2019-08-21T16:25:46.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This UK govt page&lt;/a&gt; describes the steps to be taken to import a vehicle into the UK. Here's the text from that page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to import a vehicle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You must complete certain steps as soon as you bring a vehicle into the UK permanently.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can pay an importer or shipping company to do them for you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/telling-hmrc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tell HM Revenue and Customs&lt;/a&gt; (HMRC) within 14 days that the vehicle&#xA;has arrived in the UK.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/paying-vat-and-duty&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pay VAT and duty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; if HMRC tells you to.*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/mutual-recognition&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Get vehicle approval&lt;/a&gt; to show your vehicle meets safety and&#xA;environmental standards.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/registering-an-imported-vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Register and tax the vehicle with DVLA&lt;/a&gt; - they’ll give you a&#xA;registration number so you can get number plates made up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You must also insure your vehicle before you drive it on UK roads.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You can be prosecuted if you use your vehicle on a public road before you complete these steps, unless you’re driving it to a pre-booked MOT or vehicle approval test.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T16:25:46.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17632" CreationDate="2019-08-21T16:26:31.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most important factor here is honesty and giving a clear overview of your status. If your work can give you a NOC then present it. Otherwise show them the proof of employment and let them decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened with me is that I showed them the proof of employment and the salary slips. The officer asked me if I would leave this job to study in this program and I replied yes. That's all about this point and thankfully I got the visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17496" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T16:26:31.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18014" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-21T22:19:30.463" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have blue card, and I want to change my role within the same employer. Working hours, address, and salary are all same as well.&#xA;Do I need to get approval from Foreigners Office?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't completed 2 years yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Berlin Foreigner Office says &amp;quot;it's not necessary if the name of your occupation changes, although the employment modalities continue&#xA;to correspond to those in the job description&amp;quot;. What is meant by &amp;quot;modalities&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17815" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T20:28:00.177" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T22:06:10.693" Title="Changing title in the same company under Blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17957" CreationDate="2019-08-23T11:37:40.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In France you have 2 exams to achieve in order to get a driving license:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1st: The theorical exam usually called Code / Code de la route, it is a multiple choice questionnary, you can train it either in a driving school where there is training session or online. It's easier with driving school as they manage your registration for the official exam session but also more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get it you can move to the practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2nd: Once you have finished the theorical part you can start the practice, usually you'll go to a driving school (you will likely go on with the one where you trained the theorical part). You'll have a first hour of driving where they evaluate your level and estimate how many hours of practice you need (usually 20 hours minimum, between 20 and 30 unless you are slow at learning). Each hour is billed, the average cost is between 30€ and 40€ per hour.&#xA;Once you think you are ready you can see with your driving school to get a appointment for the official test.&#xA;You'll have to drive with an official examinator for about 30 minutes, he / she will ask you theorical questions, tell you the way you have to follow, ask you to park in different ways etc.&#xA;A few days later you'll know if you got your license or not. If you did not you can try again at the next possible appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I paid about 1000-1200€ for the whole process which is the average cost if you are an average learner and pass the 2 tests in one time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastEditorUserId="17770" LastEditDate="2019-08-26T07:47:03.807" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T07:47:03.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-23T12:27:53.910" Score="1" ViewCount="1306" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employer is telling me that if I have a short work trip to another EU country, I need to carry an &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/social-security-forms/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A1 certificate&lt;/a&gt; (or, as they call it, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/ausland/portable/a1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A1 Bescheinigung&lt;/a&gt;) or risk fines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will comply, but I thought they're wrong for regular work trips and this applies only when my employer sends me abroad to work there for a longer period (such as a 6 month installment in another EU country).  The formulation &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-application-for-form-e101-if-self-employed-in-european-economic-area-ca3837&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;, or on the websites of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.etk.fi/en/pension-services/insurance-while-working-abroad/what-is-an-a1-certificate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Finnish&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://business.gov.nl/regulation/a1-certificate-coverage/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch&lt;/a&gt; governments appear to imply it's for cross-border workers more so than for short foreign work trips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.activpayroll.com/news-articles/german-social-security-introducing-electronic-a1-filing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;activpayroll&lt;/a&gt; actually does claim that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under EU Regulation EC 883/2004, all employees who travel to another EU/EEA country on a business trip must obtain A1 certification. This rule applies not only for secondments of up to 2 years, but for stays of any length, including meetings and workshops lasting only hours, or even refuelling stops in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which comes as quite a surprise to me, because in the dozens of work into other EU countries I've done while living in Sweden or the UK (pre-Brexit), I never heard of such a certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under what circumstances is an A1 certificate a requirement for employees in one EU country travelling for work to another?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T09:57:11.543" Title="When do I need an A1 certificate?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15874" CreationDate="2019-08-23T14:00:14.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;the social security and pension contributions&quot; those are part of the social taxes, in Switzerland, like in France your income taxes come after your net salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Net = Gross - social taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you have to pay your income taxes which are divided in 3 parts: Confederation, Canton, Commune (municipality / local taxes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastActivityDate="2019-08-23T14:00:14.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-05T14:33:15.897" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to apply for citizenship, and my case is as follows: I became a lawful permanent resident of the US on 07-31-2014, but l left the country for more than a year (from that date to 11-13-2015 the date I returned to the US). Then, on May 19, 2018, I left the country and stayed abroad for 3 months. And, finally, I visited my country (Iraq) on May 13, 2019 and stayed for 3 months. &#xA;In nutshell my trips are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I eligible to apply for citizenship?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When to apply, exactly? &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I paid taxes for all years after becoming a permanent resident.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All my trips were to my country of birth: Iraq.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19732" OwnerDisplayName="Yousif Alazzawi" LastActivityDate="2019-08-24T20:50:20.143" Title="Specific case scenario, when to apply for citizenship?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18023" CreationDate="2019-08-05T14:51:46.637" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Short Answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I eligible to apply for citizenship?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When to apply, exactly?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sooner than 8-16-2019, but possibly later or earlier based upon details not discussed in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Long Answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to apply for citizenship (in your own right as opposed, for example, to becoming a naturalized citizen because you are a minor child of someone who is naturalized as a citizen) , you need to have a green card for more than 5 years. If you are married to a US Citizen, you need to have a green card for more than 3 years and you should be married to your spouse for more than 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also be eighteen years of age or older when you apply for citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://apply.boundless.com/applications/931591/setup/start&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant additional questions&lt;/a&gt; are (see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/u-s-citizenship-requirements/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a presentation in a narrative rather than question and answer format):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the last 5 years, have you been in the United States for at least&#xA;half the time (30 months)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer must be &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you ever been outside of the U.S. for more than one year since&#xA;becoming a green card holder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to apply for citizenship you need to wait 4 years from your latest trip date of a year or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, an employee of a U.S.&#xA;research institution, an employee of a U.S. firm engaged in foreign&#xA;trade, or a religious worker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions to the rules above can apply in these cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More detail is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Continuous and Physical Presence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Demonstrating “continuous presence”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have continuously lived in the United States as a green card&#xA;holder for at least five years (or at least three years if you’re&#xA;married to a U.S. citizen). “Continuously” means you did not take any&#xA;trips outside of the United States that each lasted six months or&#xA;longer during the 3–5 years you’re required to have a green card (plus&#xA;the extra period while USCIS processes your U.S. citizenship&#xA;application). In other words, you’re allowed to leave the United&#xA;States — just make sure to return within six months every time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: If you leave the United States for more than six months as&#xA;a green card holder, USCIS will presume that you abandoned your&#xA;permanent residence in the United States, and they’ll deny your U.S.&#xA;citizenship application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are ways to overcome that presumption even if you do take an&#xA;extended trip abroad. The chance of success, however, depends on a few&#xA;factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long you stayed outside the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How compelling your reason was for not coming back sooner&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The discretion of the USCIS officer evaluating your application&#xA;(officers can still deny your application based on other reasons,&#xA;including if you took frequent trips abroad)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those applying for naturalization based on a certain period or type of&#xA;military service do not need to meet this “continuous presence”&#xA;requirement. See this eligibility chart to learn when certain military&#xA;service members can apply for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may submit your naturalization application as early as 90 days&#xA;before you actually finish waiting the required three or five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IF YOU STAYED ABROAD FOR 181 TO 364 DAYS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid being denied citizenship, you’ll need to convince the USCIS&#xA;officer evaluating your application that you didn’t intend to abandon&#xA;your permanent residence in the United States during the time you were&#xA;abroad (for more than six months but less than one year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To accomplish this, you’ll need to provide evidence that you&#xA;maintained strong ties to the United States. This evidence could show,&#xA;for example, that you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kept your job in the United States and didn’t seek employment while&#xA;abroad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have immediate family members who remained in the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kept your home in the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enrolled your children in a U.S. school&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IF YOU STAYED ABROAD FOR 365 DAYS OR MORE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you stayed abroad for one year or longer, USCIS will automatically&#xA;assume you abandoned your permanent residence in the United States.&#xA;They will deny your U.S. citizenship application, and you’ll have to&#xA;wait before you can reapply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had to wait five years to apply for citizenship, you’ll need to&#xA;wait at least four years and one day upon returning from your trip&#xA;abroad to reapply. If you had to wait three years to apply for&#xA;citizenship (as the spouse of a U.S. citizen), you’ll need to wait at&#xA;least two years and one day upon returning from your trip abroad to&#xA;reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HOW TO AVOID BREAKING CONTINUOUS PRESENCE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid the presumption that you abandoned your permanent resident&#xA;status, it’s important to take certain precautions prior to leaving&#xA;the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are your options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for a “re-entry permit.” If you anticipate needing to stay abroad for at least one year, it’s essential to apply for a “re-entry&#xA;permit” (using Form I-131, officially called the “Application for&#xA;Travel Document”) before you leave the United States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: Form I-131 is used to apply for both a re-entry permit and&#xA;a typical travel permit. But these two permits — though both intended&#xA;to allow the traveler to re-enter the United States upon returning&#xA;from a trip abroad — are not the same: a re-entry permit is issued to&#xA;current green card holders, whereas a travel permit is issued to green&#xA;card applicants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll need to provide biometrics while you’re in the United States,&#xA;but you can request to pick up your re-entry permit from the U.S.&#xA;embassy or consulate in the country where you plan to visit (or ask&#xA;for expedited processing if your trip is due to an emergency). The&#xA;re-entry permit is valid for two years and cannot be extended, so you&#xA;must return before the two years has concluded. Otherwise, you most&#xA;likely won’t be allowed to re-enter the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for “preservation” of your permanent residence. You’ll be allowed to keep your permanent resident status if you must stay abroad&#xA;for one year or longer because of your work, but it must be a specific&#xA;type of work approved by the U.S. government. (USCIS lists the types&#xA;of employment that qualify.) To apply for “preservation” of your&#xA;permanent residence, you’ll need to submit Form N-470 (officially&#xA;called the “Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization&#xA;Purposes”) to USCIS — in addition to applying for a re-entry permit&#xA;(see above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for a “returning resident visa.” If you didn’t anticipate needing to stay abroad for one year or longer because of unforeseen&#xA;circumstances, such as a medical emergency, and therefore did not&#xA;apply for a re-entry permit before leaving the United States, then&#xA;it’s essential to apply for a “returning resident visa.” You’ll need&#xA;to contact your nearest U.S. embassy or consulate (at least three&#xA;months before you plan to travel back to the United States) and follow&#xA;their specific instructions for applying. The process usually involves&#xA;completing Form DS-117 (officially called the “Application to&#xA;Determine Returning Resident Status”) and an interview with a consular&#xA;officer, who will determine whether you should receive a returning&#xA;resident visa based on evidence you provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Demonstrating “physical presence”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for U.S. citizenship, you must have physically lived in the&#xA;United States for at least half of five years (more specifically, 913&#xA;days, or roughly 2.5 years) or at least half of three years (more&#xA;specifically, 548 days, or a little over 1.5 years) if you’re married&#xA;to a U.S. citizen. Although you’re allowed to take multiple trips&#xA;outside the United States while you wait out the 3–5 years, it’s&#xA;important to keep in mind the requirements for “continuous residence”&#xA;(see above) to make sure you also satisfy the “physical presence”&#xA;requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: When traveling abroad, USCIS will count the days that you&#xA;physically leave and return to the United States as days that you were&#xA;physically present in the United States. In other words, if you leave&#xA;on the January 1 and return on July 1, both of those days would be&#xA;counted as days that you were “physically present” in the United&#xA;States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those applying for naturalization based on a certain period or type of&#xA;military service do not need to meet the “physical presence”&#xA;requirement. See this eligibility chart to learn how long certain&#xA;military service members must have physically lived in the United&#xA;States before applying for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This requirement is different from the continuous and physical&#xA;presence requirements above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To satisfy the residency requirement, you must have been a resident of&#xA;the state or USCIS district where you plan to apply for citizenship&#xA;for at least three months immediately prior to applying for&#xA;naturalization. (See our detailed guide to naturalization for&#xA;exceptions to this requirement based on military service.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“State” also includes the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The District of Columbia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Puerto Rico&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Virgin Islands&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“USCIS district” refers to the geographical area served by a&#xA;particular USCIS field office, determined by your ZIP code. The&#xA;“current physical address” you provide on your naturalization&#xA;application must be where you’ve established residency (that is, where&#xA;you registered to vote, pax taxes, or obtained a state ID or driver’s&#xA;license, for example), but there are exceptions. For instance, if&#xA;you’re a student and depend on your parents or guardians for financial&#xA;support, you may apply for naturalization from either where you attend&#xA;school or your family’s home. (For other exceptions, please see the&#xA;USCIS Policy Manual.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move after filing Form N-400 (officially called the&#xA;“Application for Naturalization”), you must notify USCIS of your new&#xA;address within 10 days of relocating to your new home so they can&#xA;forward your naturalization file to the appropriate USCIS field&#xA;office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS will consider your residency to be the location you specify as&#xA;your “current physical address” on your Form N-400, even if you decide&#xA;to apply for naturalization 90 days early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="ohwilleke" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-08-05T17:18:59.860" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-24T21:55:56.260" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a German EU blue Card and I have received an job offer from Latvia. EU blue Card I am holding only for 2 months now.&#xA;But I am planning to movie to Latvia for my new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the steps to be taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17822" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-27T11:47:00.420" LastActivityDate="2020-09-27T11:47:00.420" Title="Change of Company and country - EU blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18027" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-25T17:36:25.423" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 23 years and we live together so no prove of sendind money to me but his residence number is at the back of mine residence permit.I submitted both my fathers I'd and my brothers I.d since they are both EEA nationals.we will be going together so I did not show any tenancy agreement but gave my junior brother house address in the UK.&#xA;Supporting documents I sent..&#xA;My fathers I.D&#xA;My brothers I.D&#xA;House contract showing my name and my brothers plus my dad.&#xA;Bank book of my fathers transaction and monthly pay.&#xA;Spanish residence I.d show the same address with my dad.&#xA;My fathers passport copy with mine.&#xA;Pay slips of my father four months.&#xA;I did not include accommodation in the UK sinse my dad will be going with me.&#xA;My dad niho letter and number because he went to the UK and applied for it and came back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17823" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T12:02:50.427" Title="Am 23 applying for a EEA family permit in Spain" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-26T06:15:24.150" Score="2" ViewCount="1730" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I've understood, its not allowed to work off campus on F-1 visa. However what about online freelance work, for example something on fiverr or some other freelance website?&#xA;Is that against the law too? I couldn't find information related to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17825" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T21:35:54.983" Title="Is it allowed to work ONLINE on F-1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18014" CreationDate="2019-08-26T08:28:11.230" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting promoted within a comnpany doesnt affect your current work permit. Only if you shift to a lower paid job or new employer within first two years - than you would need to apply for a new work permit. &#xA;Modalities stands for working condistions of your work contract.&#xA;See details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245714.php/dienstleistung/326856/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245714.php/dienstleistung/326856/en/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:28:11.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17985" CreationDate="2019-08-26T08:42:40.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you are still registered in Berlin you only need to apply for &quot;change or employer&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245714.php/dienstleistung/326856/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245714.php/dienstleistung/326856/en/&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;If you already moved to Nuremberg and be registered there, than you will need to apply at the responsible immigration office in Nuremberg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:42:40.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17976" CreationDate="2019-08-26T08:46:59.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to find both (degree and university) in one data set. It is totaly sufficient to find both in separate searches. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:46:59.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17925" CreationDate="2019-08-26T08:56:40.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most important is your university degree. Your job expierence is not that important and not part of the requirements for getting a job seeker visa. Check out the web page of the German embassy in your country. Looking for long-term (more than 90 days) D- or National Visa and have a look for their checklist of applying for a job seeker visa!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T08:56:40.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-26T09:26:59.887" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty much everything is in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is from the US and has been working in Sweden for a couple of years now. She has applied for a work visa for Germany as she got a job there. However, the application is taking a long time and the Swedish visa will expire while she waits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She will have to pick up her visa in Stockholm but she has a flat in Germany only at that point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she stay in the EU while waiting for her application to be processed ?&#xA;Can she move between Sweden and Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17827" OwnerDisplayName="Malcolm" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T11:48:43.960" Title="Can I stay in Europe if I'm waiting for work visa for Germany after a work visa for sweden, but the swedish work visa expires" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18033" CreationDate="2019-08-26T11:42:19.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As US citizen are allowed to travel without any VISA in the Schengen-Area for up to 90 days, is it possible to stay in EU meanwhile the German applciation is proceeded. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T11:42:19.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18028" CreationDate="2019-08-26T13:09:43.633" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is prohibited.  &quot;Off-campus&quot; refers to the identity of the employer, not to your physical location.  Freelance work would be for an employer who is not affiliated with your university, so it would not meet the requirements of your F-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A commenter raises the question of doing freelance work for a client outside the US.  The US position is that if the worker is physically in the US when the work is performed then US work authorization is required.  It does not matter whether the non-university client or employer is in the US or outside of it; such work is a violation of status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-08-26T21:15:01.487" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T21:15:01.487" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-24T21:06:42.947" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the 18-year-old child of a G4 visa holder, can I apply for and accept an unpaid internship at a private company without obtaining an EAC?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Josephine" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-08-27T07:52:34.760" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T07:52:34.760" Title="Can the dependent of a G4 visa holder work as an unpaid intern without an EAD?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18028" CreationDate="2019-08-26T20:50:36.263" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently it’s allowed. What the law, specifically 8 CFR 214.1(e), prohibits, is employment. Employment, according to 8 CFR 274(a)(1)(h), is something only employees do. An independent contractor is not an employee (Id., (j) and (f)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe not, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shipmangoodwin.com/files/Publication/ec95917d-8268-4932-b9c2-1096bb77cab0/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/65201174-350b-493b-a7de-2307c0a29132/Reprint_ECKERT_072610.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Connecticut Law Tribune article&lt;/a&gt; which says “A B-1 visitor cannot engage in productive employment in the U.S. either as an employee or as an independent contractor” (without, however, citing any laws, which do not appear to say anything about nonimmigrant independent contractors; whatever reasoning they had likely applies to F-1 as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17831" LastEditorUserId="17831" LastEditDate="2019-08-26T21:35:54.983" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T21:35:54.983" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-27T05:18:12.763" Score="2" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got an offer (5000 Euros per month after taxes) from one of the organization from Netherlands and planning to move to Netherlands with a family of 3 including 3.6 years old kid, I've already gone through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Numbeo&lt;/a&gt; and found most of the information required except getting my kid enrolled into International school, after googling around I found that International school charges way high than Public schools (which is almost free) it's like 6000-15000 Euro/year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any cheaper international schools, if yes, how can i get my Kid enrolled into one, also, do an individual get some tax exemption on school fee,  any information will be a great help to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17834" LastEditorUserId="17834" LastEditDate="2019-08-27T15:51:36.543" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T15:51:36.543" Title="Netherlands: How can I get my kid enrolled in a reasonable international school in Amsterdam" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-27T05:41:22.347" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm traveling for my first time, alone, to Australia. I'm combining travel and work. I want to work at a range or with cattle care. I'm looking for people with experience traveling with an agency or company helping out with finding work etc. I have been looking specifically at the website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.work-n-travel-australia.com/program/farm-work-schedule/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.work-n-travel-australia.com/program/farm-work-schedule/&lt;/a&gt; but don't find any kind of unaffected review or feedback on the program.&#xA;Kind regards Jenny&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17835" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T05:41:22.347" Title="Traveling with a company to get work in Australia" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18040" CreationDate="2019-08-27T07:02:06.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;5000€ after taxes is a great salary in all European countries (might be a bit short for Switzerland or Norway tho).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About school I don't have any answer to this question but if you're considering moving long term to netherland you may want your kid to be in an international school for 1-2 year, then he should be able to get some dutch basic for classic public school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T07:02:06.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18040" CreationDate="2019-08-27T13:23:15.683" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands has an excellent public school system, and almost everyone completes school speaking fluent English (which is what I presume you want from an International School).  If you put your child in public school now, they will integrate with no trouble at all, and they will be completely bilingual (trilingual† if mother and father consistently use different languages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Spanish colleague has just started his children at school here in Switzerland.  The nine year old and the seven year old are finding it a challenge; the four year old in Kindergarten had a great first day, made lots of friends, and made absolutely no comment about the fact that everyone else was speaking a different language!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;† A friend has friends who are Walloon (French speaking Belgian) and Hungarian.  The childminder was Flemish (Dutch speaking Belgian).  The child was fluent in all three.  What they didn't know was that the child was &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; fluent in English (what language do you think the parents used to each other?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T13:23:15.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18123" CreationDate="2019-08-27T19:39:07.160" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived to Toronto using an eTA (I come from a visa exempt country)  before my study permit was issued. After a long story in the borders office at the airport, I was given a TRV until mid September and I would have to work things out by then. They also told me I would have to pass the Canadian borders and come back in order to activate my study permit after receiving the correspondence letter. &#xA;2 days later my permit gets approved so I found out that what I have to do is called &lt;a href=&quot;https://workingholidayincanada.com/flagpoling-us-canadian-border/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;flagpoling&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turned out that flagpoling is a thing that people do in order to get their papers done faster. After reading a lot of Niagara flagpoling experiences from people pursuing a faster procedure, it occured many times that border officers denied service after a certain number of people per day (on a first come first serve policy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr If I have no other way than crossing the borders to activate the study permit, is there still a  chance that I will get denied of service? Also should I just visit the bridge the earlier I can or just any of the working times (8am-midnight) should do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit&#xA;Consulate people were more ignorant than me (or acted like this) so here I am again. Just bumping the post because everywhere I go to ask they tell me they just don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17840" LastEditorUserId="17840" LastEditDate="2019-08-28T17:40:57.463" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T01:42:03.343" Title="Flagpoling for study permit - Ontario, Canada" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17538" CreationDate="2019-08-28T00:43:12.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ukrainian law is vaguely written in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The constitution says something about single citizenship (“єдине громадянство”), which some interpret as prohibition of dual citizenship and others point out the intent of the legislator was simply to state there’s no such thing as citizenship of something other than the entire country, in particular not of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (this predates its annexation by Russia; however, when the constitution was written, the political status of Crimea was rather complex as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The citizenship law is likewise vague because it lists circumstances which are grounds for citizenship loss, but there are no mechanisms by which it’s actually lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been calls for better written citizenship laws, particularly in the light of the situation with Russia, but nothing has happened so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice this means that if you go to the Ukrainian embassy and produce your birth certificate (in 2005 you likely traveled by being listed in your parents’ passports, the requirement for people of any age to have a passport to travel is more recent than that, so you are unlikely to possess a passport), you should be able to obtain a Ukrainian passport, whatever value it might hold for you. They won’t care that you might hold another citizenship, and won’t try to determine that. The UK requires you to disclose other citizenships, but it shouldn’t care beyond that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17831" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T00:43:12.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18033" CreationDate="2019-08-28T11:48:43.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until the Swedish permit expires, she can stay in Sweden based on that. After that the 90/180 period will start for Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the Swedish permit is valid, travel to &lt;strong&gt;other&lt;/strong&gt; Schengen countries, the 90/180 rule applies for the &lt;strong&gt;days outside&lt;/strong&gt; of Sweden making travel to Germany possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These rules apply independent of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she wants to leave Sweden now and move to her flat, she should ask the German Embassy person responsible for the processing of the work permit, if final issuing can be completed there  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;depending on the the situation, this may be possible but must be clarified beforehand &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T11:48:43.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18004" CreationDate="2019-08-28T12:13:54.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The D-Visa being issue is to travel to and apply for the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once applied, a &lt;strong&gt;temporary&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit will be issued for the expected time needed until the &lt;strong&gt;final&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since D-Visas are country specific, this may not be true for all countries but for France and Germany it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found the &lt;a href=&quot;https://imigrante.sef.pt/en/novo-regulamento/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese SEF&lt;/a&gt; site that explains some new regulations about the residence permit process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up to now, after the initial arrival with the issued D-Visa, you are required to make an appointment with the SEF localy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This appointment can now be done beforehand when the date of arrival is known.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Immigration and Borders Service, in situations where it is informed of the travel date, will provide, in the several favorable opinions concerning residence visas, the schedule date for SEF. The applicant is, therefore, waived from scheduling when at the national territory;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The appointments for the granting and renewing of the residence permit can now be made, at the applicant’s request, for any regional directorate/delegation, allowing therefore to anticipate deadlines;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How the SEF then deals with the process is not stated directly, but Article 51 of&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dre.pt/web/guest/home/-/dre/116382281/details/maximized&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Regulatory Decree 9/2018, 2018-09-11 - DRE&lt;/a&gt; suggests that permits will be issued as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the application takes 6-8 months to process, then a residence permit for that period will be issued replacing the D-Visa (including it's conditions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-01T07:03:17.920" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-28T18:52:10.227" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in the US for a couple weeks now, my wife and I drove down to Illinois from Canada and brought our car with us. We have insurance on our vehicle now from a US company, but now we are running into the issue of registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Illinois has requirements for anyone who moves here and is a resident, that they must register their car in 30 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I considered a &quot;resident&quot; here, even though my visa is &quot;non immigrant&quot; status? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any exact explanation to this question, I even called the Secretary of State office here and he wasn't sure. The law allowing Canadiands to &quot;tour&quot; the US as detailed in this question is a bit confusing too - but I think it would only apply to B visas (tourists). (&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8964/entering-the-us-with-car-using-j-visa&quot;&gt;Entering the US with car using J-visa&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan is to register the car in the next two weeks, and suck it up I have to pay taxes, but I wanted to see if anyone else know this exact situation and if I could potentially get away with keeping my Canadian plates and avoiding the taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17842" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T18:52:10.227" Title="Keeping my car from Canada in the US with J Visa - confused regarding &quot;resident&quot; and &quot;non-immigrant&quot;" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18057" CreationDate="2019-08-29T06:35:34.807" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a South African citizen, my family all hold EU passports (Irish). Can we freely buy property and live in Portugal? Thanks   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17845" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T13:21:03.167" Title="EU Passport holder property/residence Portugal" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18055" CreationDate="2019-08-29T09:29:30.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a citizen of Ireland, you have freedom of movement in Portugal. You can live there, work there and buy property there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T09:29:30.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-29T09:51:34.873" Score="0" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Niederlassungserlaubnis. I am planning to move to my home country for self employment and pursue an external part-time PhD from a German university (will visit Germany once a year for progress review and discussion). In case my self employment attempt fails, I would like to come back to Germany to finish my PhD as a full-time researcher at the university and then find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think the Ausländerbehörde will agree to keep my Niederlassungserlaubnis valid in my case? Will it help my case if I have a Dauraufenthalt EU since it allows 24 months of absence for prior Blue card holders?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17847" LastEditorUserId="17847" LastEditDate="2019-08-29T10:06:41.350" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T11:01:25.110" Title="Request for advice - Validation of settlement permit during absence from Germany" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18055" CreationDate="2019-08-29T13:21:03.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;With respect to the accepted answer, if you are not a citizen of Ireland, but your family members who are are sufficiently close for you to qualify under the free movement directive, then you can have free movement in Portugal only if you accompany (at least one of) your Irish-citizen family members there. The qualifying relationships are somewhat limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T13:21:03.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-29T13:28:00.373" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to apply for a Long Term Schengen visa soon for a job I am going to start in Luxembourg. And I am unable to determine whether I need to get travel insurance or not. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://vfsglobal.com/Luxembourg/India/long_term_documents_required.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VFS website&lt;/a&gt; says I do need Schengen travel insurance for a minimum duration of 3 months, but, on the other hand, travel insurance companies have a clause about not settling claims before the traveller's return to India. This doesn't make any sense since I am applying for a long term visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have a similar doubt regarding flight tickets. I already have my 'Authorization to stay' issued by the Luxembourgish immigration department. So, is it necessary to present dummy/actual flight tickets?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone share their experience of applying for a Long term Schengen Visa? And tell me about what documents are actually necessary to get the Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17307" LastEditorUserId="17307" LastEditDate="2019-08-29T19:17:54.600" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T11:35:51.777" Title="Travel insurance (and flight tickets) for Long Term Schengen Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18060" CreationDate="2019-08-29T13:45:56.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indeed, VFS seems to be mistaken.  The Luxembourg government &lt;a href=&quot;https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/immigration/plus-3-mois/ressortissant-tiers/demarches-communes/entree-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mentions travel insurance and transportation tickets or reservations only for short-term visa applicants&lt;/a&gt;.  Perhaps you should complain to VFS using the details on &lt;a href=&quot;https://vfsglobal.com/Luxembourg/India/contact_us.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;their contact page&lt;/a&gt; before you submit the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-08-29T13:51:37.467" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T13:51:37.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18076" CreationDate="2019-08-29T22:42:26.817" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for Spanish long term visa for study purpose. In the application day the officer took my papers then they took a picture of me (using their installed camera).&#xA;There was a fingerprint machine beside the camera but I wasn't asked to give my fingerprints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the visa processing period had passed I went to the embassy and received my passport with the visa (type D) stamped on it. The officer gave me the passport and went inside so I assumed that this was all (they didn't say any single word).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm not sure if it's OK that my fingerprints was not taken. Does anyone has experience with this type of Visa ? Should I contact them to ask about this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17496" LastActivityDate="2019-08-31T16:00:38.363" Title="Fingerprints not Taken for Spanish Long Term Visa" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18058" CreationDate="2019-08-30T07:46:06.890" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;you mentioned the correct details. You can leave Germany and EU for up to 12 months and your &quot;Niederlassungserlabunis&quot; will be valid. If you had a Blue Card EU beforehand than you can leave Germany &amp;amp; EU for up to 24 month without loosing your permanent residency. Some info is provided by Berlins immigration office: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/unbefristete-aufenthaltstitel/artikel.599387.en.php#DA-EU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent residence titles: EU long-term residence permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But keep in mind to come back before the 12/24 month expires. You dont get a chance to prolong the stay outside and will loose your permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New information on September 3rd: Following the law (§ 51 AufenthG) the residence permit expires if the foreigner leaves the country for a reason which is not temporary in nature. Might suit to your plans, as open a business isn`t temporary in that sense. So I would strongly recommend to disuss your plans with the responsible immigration office beforehand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastEditorUserId="17826" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T06:46:13.900" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T06:46:13.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18025" CreationDate="2019-08-30T07:53:46.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;your current Blue Card EU is a German one. It has no impact and validity in Latvia. I guess you need to apply for a visa : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/consular-information/applying-for-a-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a visa&lt;/a&gt; at the latvia embassy in Germany site. See the Q&amp;amp;A for details as their rules may be different to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T09:03:48.363" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T09:03:48.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17989" CreationDate="2019-08-30T08:12:18.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend to get in touch with your responsible officer at the immigration office. Just to be safe, as being owner of a company requires a separate work permit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.271950.php/dienstleistung/305249/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence permit for the purpose of self-employment&lt;/a&gt;  (this is the advice of Berlin's immigration office)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Best, David&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-08-30T22:01:40.237" LastActivityDate="2019-08-30T22:01:40.237" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-30T08:09:24.220" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a quality-oriented recent graduate PhD in Chemical Engineering at from University of Tehran, Iran. &#xA;During my PhD I passed two sabbatical periods at University of Waterloo in Canada for 8 months and at California Institute of Technology for 16 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if it is necessary to have an updated IELTS or TOEFL score to get a work-permit UK visa for a postdoc job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot for your time and attention,&#xA;Best Regards,&#xA;Nahid P. Khiabani&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nahid Pour Khiabani" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T15:00:12.587" LastActivityDate="2019-09-22T19:27:10.240" Title="The necessary English skills to get a work-permit UK visa, for a postdoc position" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;toefl&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-30T22:07:41.680" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend in Nepal who is a lab assistant, working in a hospital. She would like to come to UK to work, but lab assistant is a low paid job (Band 2) in the UK so no company/hospital would sponsor her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any company who helps ppl come to UK live&amp;amp;work legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17856" LastActivityDate="2019-08-30T22:07:41.680" Title="Is there any company who helps to come into UK to work from outside EU/EEA with Tier 2 Working visa sponsorship?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;nepal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-31T04:27:04.807" Score="1" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my SPR in 2002 and expired in 2007. I did not withdraw my CPF contribution. I want to know how much I have in my account and tried to check online. I forgot my signpass password and tried to retrieve my password but the system denied stating my personal detail is invalid. How can I retrieve my account? Why the system denied my personal information as I entered correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17859" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T22:20:17.800" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T02:01:45.160" Title="Checking Singapore CPF account after PR expiry" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;cpf&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-31T07:12:06.517" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family history goes back to the 1200's in Holland and the original farm still exists today. Both my parent naturalized in the sixties and became South African citizens before I was born. However my grandmother on my mothers side and both my grandparents on my fathers side were still Dutch citizens at my birth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I qualify to apply for an ancestry Dutch passport and citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17861" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-10-02T02:57:19.110" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T02:57:19.110" Title="Do I qualify for a Dutch passport and citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17517" CreationDate="2019-08-31T08:23:02.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless there are other unknown facts not mentioned (such as a criminal record), based on given information your chances look good. Giving a 100% solution is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some thoughts, tips that &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; assist you (or other readers) getting &lt;em&gt;near&lt;/em&gt; 100%:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration to another country is an important affair, so prepare yourself properly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Study the requirements of the country you want to move to. &#xA;Work out the best Visa type that fits your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Create a checklist and work though it point by point&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the main points have to be documented anyway as part of the application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some points may, however (in the eyes of the Immigration / Cousulate official) not be clear and should be addressed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A short, clear and documented summary that will clarify anything that (for them) may be doubtful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if they know the &lt;strong&gt;worst&lt;/strong&gt; about you and &lt;strong&gt;deem it irrelevant&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;then you’re good (now and in the long term)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each country has it's own &lt;strong&gt;quirks&lt;/strong&gt;, often difficult to learn beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting certain documents while still in your home country may make your life easier later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here a short (definitely &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; complete) list for Germany that may well be true for others:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Assume at any unexpected moment a demand will be made for a &lt;strong&gt;certified&lt;/strong&gt; translated version of your birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while you are still in you home country, get an &lt;strong&gt;English&lt;/strong&gt; certified translation of your Birth certificate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that, sometime after your arrival in Germany, get that translated to German. (Needed for Marriage or Nationalization) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume an English to German translation will be cheaper than another language to German &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that in itself is expensive enough&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marriage status/history&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Verified proof is required for a marriage in Germany.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The marriage process is generally considered the most horrific experience our &lt;em&gt;beloved&lt;/em&gt; bureaucracy has to offer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For foreigners more so, since the marriage status must be retrieved from their home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criminal record&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Called &lt;strong&gt;Führungszeugnis&lt;/strong&gt; of which there are 3 types:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;simple, extended (erweitertes) and confidential&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;strong&gt;correction&lt;/strong&gt; (as opposed to &lt;strong&gt;punishment&lt;/strong&gt;) is the goal of the legal system, a &lt;strong&gt;simple&lt;/strong&gt; will not contain entries for events that have expired&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no repeat of event (or something similar to) in the last five years is considered to have expired and therefore no longer relevant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An &lt;strong&gt;extended&lt;/strong&gt; will contain expired entries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for any job dealing with children this form is required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;High level jobs and (I believe) the founding of a business will require one or the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only a judge or state attorney may view the &lt;strong&gt;confidential&lt;/strong&gt; version which may contain information about charges that do not lead to a conviction (only a previous judge may decide if such an entry is made).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For foreigners this can be problematic since any events outside of Germany will not be recorded.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The procurement of some local equivalent (again certified in English) beforehand may come in handy later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For someone without a record, &lt;strong&gt;no entries&lt;/strong&gt; (Keine Eintragung) is what the Führungszeugnis will say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Submitting this (unrequested) information with the application may also have the advantages of the Consulate official (who should be familiar with the local situation) adding a note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this certificate from country X corresponds to our Führungszeugnis type Y&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember also that when your application is being processed, it will not be done in your home country and thus by someone who might not be familiar on how things are done in your country.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So trying to get things in a form they understand will make &lt;strong&gt;your life&lt;/strong&gt; easier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps in getting nearer to the 100%, not only for your application but also during you stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-10-01T07:02:07.113" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T07:02:07.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18065" CreationDate="2019-08-31T16:00:38.363" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for and received a type D visa for Austria just a couple of months ago. My procedure was a bit different than yours. I walked in, handed them my application with all documents, including a passport photo I brought in, and then took fingerprints. I would definitely contact the consulate to make sure they didn't unintentionally skip this. Note: I am a visa-exempt traveler for short stays, this was my first schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17858" LastActivityDate="2019-08-31T16:00:38.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18074" CreationDate="2019-09-01T04:13:53.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost certainly not.  Your parents will normally have lost their Dutch citizenship when they naturalized in South Africa.  Since that was before your birth, they would have had no Dutch citizenship to pass on to you.  Your grandparents' nationality is not relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are various exceptions and corner cases whereby they might not have lost their Dutch nationality before your birth.  I asked about some possibilities in a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Was your father 21 years old or older when he naturalized? If not, did he naturalize independently of his parents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To wit, if a minor naturalized independently from his or her parents, and the parents never naturalized or naturalized after the minor achieved majority, the minor's naturalization does not cause loss of Dutch nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible therefore that you might have been Dutch when you were born.  If that is the case then you will also have to look into whether you have lost your Dutch nationality through one of the ten-year rules that have been in effect since 1985.  That is why I asked when you were born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason to ask about that is that before 1985 Dutch nationality by descent could only be derived from the father unless the parents were unmarried.  People who were born before then to a Dutch mother and her non-Dutch husband (which might include you if your father had lost his Dutch nationality but your mother had not) have a simplified &quot;option&quot; procedure available for acquiring Dutch nationality.  A similar procedure is available to former Dutch nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, you may want to investigate a little more closely to establish exactly when your parents naturalized in South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-10-01T15:47:28.070" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T15:47:28.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-01T13:49:29.553" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the USA as a full-time graduate student and will be for the next 2 years. I am a Canadian citizen and I have a Canadian incorporated business which I need to continue to operate to generate revenue and pay for my grad studies. Do I need to apply for a work visa? please,if you can, refer me the to the proper legislation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My business only caters to Canadians and those living in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17866" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T03:41:00.057" Title="Can a Canadian corporation work in the USA remotely (working with Canadians only) without having to apply for a US work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-01T23:02:28.283" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much time before my visa (3 years visa as married with a German National) expires? Can I apply for a new one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17870" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:10:43.317" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:10:43.317" Title="Renew of 3 years working visa as married in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17949" CreationDate="2019-09-02T01:18:51.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that, as long as your F1 status (including grace period) lasts past when your H1b petition was filed in April (and it has), if your F1 status ends in the meantime (e.g. if you don't register for classes and don't do CPT, etc.), you can get a &quot;cap gap&quot; extension of your F1 status until October 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although &quot;cap gap&quot; is usually used in the context of OPT, where someone whose OPT ends after H1b is filed in April will have OPT extended until October 1, it also applies to the case when one is still in F1 status but not in OPT when H1b is filed in April, in which case the person's F1 status will be extended to October, but they will not be able to work as they do not have OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T01:18:51.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18085" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18088" CreationDate="2019-09-02T05:21:55.197" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've a Tunisian passport and was seeking to travel with my wife to Argentina to have our child born there so that we could get Argentinian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that this passport offer much more mobility but will it allow me to find easier (or more) job opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, I work abroad as expat and am looking for a passport that could allow me to get easily work permits in most/more countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17872" OwnerDisplayName="Wissem" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T16:15:40.227" Title="As Tunisian, having Argentinean passport would it allow for more jobs abroad" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;argentina&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-02T08:15:13.740" Score="4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two very abusive divorced parents. I am going to turn 17 and I am a citizen of the of the USA and Mexico. I have plans to move to Mexico City and I am not going to tell my parents, so basically I am running away. Is the US able to make me come back to the US? I am under the impression that they cannot because I am a Mexican Citizen and they cannot force me to leave my country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="ashleyojeda" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T10:50:51.397" Title="Can a minor live abroad without parental consent?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18085" CreationDate="2019-09-02T16:15:40.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can get Argentine citizenship, you will be a citizen of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_Schengen_Area#Nationals_of_&amp;#39;Annex_II&amp;#39;_countries_and_territories_(visa_waiver_countries)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Annex II&lt;/a&gt; (visa waiver) country. This will allow you to &lt;em&gt;travel&lt;/em&gt; to the Schengen area, but not to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An application for a work permit would look at your particular circumstances, your citizenship would be relatively less important than for travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T16:15:40.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18090" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18116" CreationDate="2019-09-01T17:25:51.017" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a CoPR expiring in Feb 2020 and I can travel to Canada for a couple of days only to apply for a PR card before CoPR expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the immigration officers bother about my return date (as to knowing that PR processing can take up to 6 weeks, why am I leaving so soon without a PR card)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The address I would give for PR card delivery will obviously a friend's, do officers bother?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have heard its not allowed for me to have my PR card couriered from that friend to me in India, is it because PR travel document is the official way to go? I read in some blogs that they can seize the PR card at borders even?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If PR travel document is the way to go, can I use that to go back to Canada and then collect my PR card from my friend, I mean will the PR card still be valid even if I used a PR travel document the second time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw a similar question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/102190/returning-to-canada-as-a-pr-without-a-card&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/102190/returning-to-canada-as-a-pr-without-a-card&lt;/a&gt; but that is asking for multiple re-entries whereas my question is to plan travel so as to get hold of the PR card. That way I can use that next year to actually move while I find job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17874" OwnerDisplayName="harshvchawla" LastEditorUserId="17874" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T20:13:58.080" LastActivityDate="2019-09-08T10:28:07.530" Title="How to plan travel from and re-entry to Canada while applying for a PR card" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18090" CreationDate="2019-09-02T18:56:25.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you may be misunderstanding the way Canadian PR works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The expection if you applied from abroad is that you come to Canada when you are ready to stay there permanently. When you arrive at the border immigration looks at your confirmation letter and validates it. This is called 'landing'. Once you have done that you are a permanent resident of Canada. You do not need your PR card to be admitted to Canada when you land (You will if you leave Canada after that.) You do not need to visit Canada to apply for a PR card before you land.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have landed and become a resident of Canada the expectation is that you should actually have a residential address. You apply for your PR card once you have landed and established yourself at an address. The PR card will be mailed to that address. There is no hurry to apply for it - a few weeks is not going to hurt, although you will not be able to travel outside Canada without it. Your validated COPR identifies you as a permanent resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason you need to make a short visit to Canada before you are ready to land as a PR (and remembering that you do not need to come to Canada to apply for a PR card before landing) it is probably best to apply for a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any kind of return date will be a red flag if you are landing as a PR. The expectation when you land is that you remain in Canada. That is the purpose of landing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A PR card will not be mailed to a friend's address. The expectation is that you have your own address if you are a PR, and the card should be mailed to that. To get it mailed somewhere else you will have to lie and say it is your address - not a great way to start your new life in Canada. And yes, officers care about this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should never need to have your PR card couriered elsewhere. You should arrive in Canada only when you are ready to live there permanently, and you should have it sent to your permanent address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PR travel documents are single use. They are intended for if you are accidentally stranded outside Canada without a valid PR card. You should not need one if you follow normal procedures.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T19:58:40.700" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T19:58:40.700" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15804" CreationDate="2019-09-02T19:09:04.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ended up calling NZTA, the person on the phone seemed to know what I needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10 minutes later I had an email from NZTA with a &quot;Letter of Entitlement&quot;. I printed this and sent it off with my application. This was sufficient to get my license transferred with manual endorsements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13693" LastActivityDate="2019-09-02T19:09:04.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18079" CreationDate="2019-09-03T03:41:00.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Corporations don't work.  Corporations do not travel across borders.  People do those things.  Now they may do those things on behalf of corporations, either as officers or employees or directors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Corporations cannot receive visas, therefore.  Only people can.  For a person to work in the US, the person must have an appropriate immigration status, and possibly a work authorization.  (Canadians don't need actual visas for most US immigration statuses; they can just show up at the border and ask to be admitted in the appropriate status.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you, as a Canadian, are present in the US in an immigration status that does not permit work, you are not generally allowed to do any work for your Canadian corporation.  To get permission to work in the US, however, you generally need to have a job in the US with an employer willing to sponsor you, or you need to be starting a company in the US that will create jobs for US workers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, if you're planning to support yourself during a period of study in the US by running a business in Canada remotely from the US, think again.  On the other hand, if your business can run itself without any input from you, you can collect income from the business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T03:41:00.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18082" CreationDate="2019-09-03T06:53:16.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all: you have a residence permit (visa is only issued by counslates and then only for a short of about 3-6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On your question: check out the information of your responsible immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often they give advice as to when to hand in application for extensions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In Berlin, a new application can only be applied for &lt;strong&gt;8 weeks before&lt;/strong&gt; the current permit expires.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;An appointment, well in advance, should therefore be made between the 7th and 8th week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-09-11T06:55:39.570" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T06:55:39.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10641" CreationDate="2019-09-03T07:01:33.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ZAV is a special unit of the employement agency of Germany. For internships they are needed to give an approval: The most important question is whether it is a compulsory or voluntary internship? The former must be documented with the curriculum of the course of study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer must obtain approval for the internship from the Employment Agency: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/wcm/idc/groups/public/documents/webdatei/mdaw/mdc4/~edisp/l6019022dstbai381815.pdf?_ba.sid=L6019022DSTBAI381818&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/wcm/idc/groups/public/documents/webdatei/mdaw/mdc4/~edisp/l6019022dstbai381815.pdf?_ba.sid=L6019022DSTBAI381818&lt;/a&gt; I would therefore recommend that the university in Germany send the documents listed on page 3 of the link by e-mail to the relevant department:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Agentur für Arbeit Köln &#xA;Team 008 (Standort Bonn)&#xA;Villemombler Straße 76&#xA;53123 Bonn &#xA; E-Mail: Koeln.Studenten@arbeitsagentur.de &#xA;Faxnummer: 0228 713-1037&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is then important for you and must be submitted with your application to the German Embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17826" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T07:01:33.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18087" CreationDate="2019-09-03T10:50:51.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know about the specific case of a minor who somehow manages to travel without parental consent, but in general treaties favor having custody issues decided by the courts in the jurisdiction where the minor normally lives, regardless of nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your situation there are probably already court orders in effect, related to your parents' divorce, about who has what types of custody and where you should live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether moving to Mexico City is safe will depend on how well you know the city and what sort of support network you have there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest consulting a trusted adult, or your local child protective services. You may be able to get different living arrangements that will protect you from parental abuse without moving to Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T10:50:51.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-03T15:19:54.527" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please I want to know,is a child above 21 years a direct descendant or not.&#xA;Again what documents does a child above 21 should submit as a family member when applying for EEA family permit.Is there any advantage when the child holds a residence permit in an EEA country.Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17823" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T18:37:58.963" Title="Please I want to know a child of 23 is a direct descendant" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18097" CreationDate="2019-09-03T16:33:35.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that all of this is subject to imminent change.  It may not apply after 23:00 London time on October 31, 2019.  If you travel to the UK after that date, be sure to check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What documents does a child above 21 should submit as a family member when applying for EEA family permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You want to know whether a 23-year-old child can qualify as a &quot;family member&quot; under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, as amended&lt;/a&gt;.  The answer is maybe, but it will probably be difficult to prove to the UK's satisfaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regulation 7 begins thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“Family member”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;7.—(1) In these Regulations, “family member” means, in relation to a person (“A”)—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) [not relevant]&#xA;  (b) A’s direct descendants, or the direct descendants of A’s spouse or civil partner who are either—&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) aged under 21; or&#xA;  (ii) dependants of A, or of A’s spouse or civil partner;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that the child must be &lt;em&gt;two things.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;em&gt;One&lt;/em&gt; of those things is a direct descendant.  The child is definitely a direct descendant; that is inherent in the definitions of &quot;direct descendant&quot; and &quot;child.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;addition&lt;/em&gt; to being a direct descendant, the child must also be either &lt;em&gt;under 21&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;a dependent&lt;/em&gt; of the EEA national parent or of the EEA national parent's spouse or civil partner (regardless of whether that person is the child's other parent).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for a successful EEA family permit application for this 23-year-old, one of the things you'll have to prove is that he or she meets this dependency requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The documents required to prove this may be found in the section &lt;em&gt;Qualifying conditions: stage 4&lt;/em&gt; of the guidance document &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779784/free-movement-rights-direct-family-members-of-EEA-nationals-v7.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free Movement Rights: direct family members of European Economic Area (EEA) nationals (pdf)&lt;/a&gt; (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/16118/traveller&quot;&gt;Traveller&lt;/a&gt; for the link).  I won't reproduce the whole section here, but you should definitely read it.  The most relevant part is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proof of dependency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant must provide proof of their dependency. This can include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;bank or building society statements&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence of money transfers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;evidence of living in the same household if applicable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;other evidence to show their EEA national sponsor has enough money to&#xA;  support them and the applicant is reliant on them for this&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These are illustrative examples and other documentation may be provided which&#xA;  satisfies this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any advantage when the child holds a residence permit in an EEA country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be.  If the residence permit in the other EEA country is a so-called &quot;article 10 card&quot; (or article 20 card) then the child does not need an EEA family permit at all.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidance: Entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 residence card&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T18:37:58.963" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T18:37:58.963" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18072" CreationDate="2019-09-03T22:04:36.847" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your SingPass is no longer valid, you cannot do it online, but you can contact CPF and ask them to give you a statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can also email member@cpf.gov.sg, call 1800-227-1188 or visit any of our CPF Service Centres for a printed copy of your Yearly Statement of Account. Please note that an administrative fee would be chargeable if you would like to have a copy of your statement to be mailed to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cpf.gov.sg/members/FAQ/schemes/other-matters/others/FAQDetails?category=other+matters&amp;amp;group=Others&amp;amp;ajfaqid=2192013&amp;amp;folderid=13700&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cpf.gov.sg/members/FAQ/schemes/other-matters/others/FAQDetails?category=other+matters&amp;amp;group=Others&amp;amp;ajfaqid=2192013&amp;amp;folderid=13700&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2019-09-03T22:19:14.753" LastActivityDate="2019-09-03T22:19:14.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2019-09-04T15:46:51.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; need for your spouse to be eligible for &amp;quot;Familiennachzug&amp;quot; (Family Reunion) is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Der Ehegattennachzug zum in Deutschland lebenden ausländischen Ehegatten richtet sich nach § 30 Abs. 1 AufenthG. Der in Deutschland lebende Ausländer, zu dem der Nachzug stattfinden soll, muss danach u.a.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;seit zwei Jahren eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis besitzen, deren Verlängerung auch nicht ausgeschlossen ist, oder&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;eine Niederlassungserlaubnis beziehungsweise Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt-EG besitzen, oder&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis für in anderen Mitgliedsstaaten der EU langfristig Aufenthaltsberechtigte besitzen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one in italics is probably the one relevant for you: You need to have a residency permit for two years &lt;em&gt;and there is no reason why it should not be extended further&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is this &amp;quot;Fahrerflucht&amp;quot; an act that would endanger your residency permit or it's extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking the residence permit will not be extended if you are a danger to society. If you are expected to repeat your crime or commit other crimes like it or if it was a &amp;quot;Schwere staatsgefährdende Straftat&amp;quot; (bascially a crime aimed at destroying the Germans state, spying, terrorism, uprisings etc). Personally, as a layman, I'd say a traffic accident with no injuries, even if it ends up being &amp;quot;Fahrerflucht&amp;quot; is none of those. I am not afraid that you will go through my neighborhood damaging more cars on purpose. So as a normal citizen, I'd say you are fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; the law is not for &amp;quot;normal citizens&amp;quot;, so &lt;strong&gt;please consult a lawyer immediately&lt;/strong&gt;, even if it's only to get the best representation for your court hearing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-04T15:46:51.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-04T23:01:08.073" Score="2" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently resident in the UK on a Tier 4 Student Visa in a non-EU passport. I was recently granted simplified naturalisation in an EU country on the basis of my ancestry. Thus, I now hold dual nationality between an EU and non-EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to remain in the UK, and thus wish to switch from my current Tier 4 status (in my non-EU passport) to EU pre-settlement status (as an EU citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have failed to locate any relevant information on what needs to be done in order to accomplish this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to inform the Home Office that I have acquired foreign EU citizenship and thus wish to cancel my current leave to remain via a Change of Circumstance Form? Or can I just go ahead and apply for Pre-Settled Status, and ask to cancel my student visa after this is granted (or will they automatically cancel it)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to exit the UK and re-enter on my EU passport before doing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5946" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T15:00:39.503" Title="How can I switch from a Tier 4 Visa to EU Pre-Settled Status in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18106" CreationDate="2019-09-04T09:37:20.997" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get my documents legalized for a Dubai work visa in India. However, I don't know the exact procedure to legalize the documents for it in India and How do I get my documents attested for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19293" OwnerDisplayName="user17877" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T12:42:20.963" Title="What is the documents legalization process for Dubai work visa in India?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-05T16:36:57.677" Score="0" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from a non-EU country and hold a German &quot;Blue Card EU&quot; which is tied to a job I had in Germany. I worked there for 1 year but stopped working there last week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now in the process of applying for a Swiss working permit and I intend to move there and begin working there when that is finished. I was told that it could take more than 3 months though to get the working permit, which is kind of worrying because I am only allowed 90 visa-free days in the Schengen zone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore my question is: how long can I stay in Germany now that I have quit the job for which I had my Blue Card? Citizens of my country get 90 visa free days, so there's that, but do I get any &quot;extra&quot; time thanks to my blue card? It surely musn't expire as soon as I quit my job, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17883" LastActivityDate="2019-09-07T05:42:24.710" Title="How long can I stay in Germany after quitting my Blue Card job?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18108" CreationDate="2019-09-05T21:44:10.193" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have started work (on OPT) recently. I was wondering if I am legally allowed to invest in the US stock market, because I have heard that most of my income must be from my primary field of education (computer science, in my case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So am I allowed to invest and what counts as &quot;most of my income&quot;? Is there a percentage or something like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17884" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T16:17:15.303" Title="Investing in the US stock Market while on F-1 OPT" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18103" CreationDate="2019-09-06T12:42:20.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documents Legalization Process for Dubai Work Visa in India:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documents Legalization for UAE- Dubai is done centrally by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India. The UAE requires personal as well as educational documents attested to be submitted at the time of applying for an employment visa.&#xA;Dubai attestation is one of the most common procedures that is followed for the employment documents because of the scope of job opportunities in the emirates.&#xA;Getting an attestation seal from the UAE embassy on your documents conveys that your documents have been successfully stamped &amp;amp; verified from the UAE Embassy in India. &lt;a href=&quot;https://pecattestation.com/uae-embassy-attestation?utm_source=gm&amp;amp;utm_medium=stackexchange&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sept-19&amp;amp;utm_content=uae-attestation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UAE Embassy attestation&lt;/a&gt; is mandatorily required after getting an attestation from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). These documents further require attestation from the UAE government before granting a visa for the UAE, which is the MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in UAE. The general procedure for the certificate attestation for UAE is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regional Level:&lt;/strong&gt; It is the beginning level of the documents legalization procedure. This stage of verification of documents can be done by the notary or the University from where the documents were issued, as per the requirement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State Government:&lt;/strong&gt; The verification of documents from the state is performed by three different organizations as per the type of document. These departments are Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), the State Home Department, Human Resource Department (HRD). SDM is independent of the state government, whereas, the verification done by this authority is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEA Stamp:&lt;/strong&gt; Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the final stage of authentication from the Indian government after which an MEA stamp is applied to the document. MEA is the central government department that deals with the foreign affairs of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Embassy Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; UAE Embassy Attestation is carried out by the officials of the UAE Embassy for the legalization of documents. It is the final stage of the certificate legalization for UAE after the Ministry of External Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MOFA Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; MOFA attestation is carried out by the government of the United Arab Emirates. The officials provide a signature &amp;amp; stamp on the documents to make it credible to be submitted to the government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documents Required for UAE Employment Visa:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Generally, this visa is issued at the time when the applicant has already got a job or work in UAE. Documents attestation is required for this type of visa. &#xA;The required documents for the UAE work visa are listed below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Degree Certificate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Birth Certificate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Medical Certificate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Relieving Letter&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Bank Statement&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Resume/Curriculum Vitae(CV)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Aadhaar Card&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Income Certificate (if applicable)&#xA;Covering Letter, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is essential to make sure that the legal documents are handled with care and processed with the proper course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17887" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T12:42:20.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-06T15:27:39.500" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend of 21 years old and his father is a Spanish national but he holds Spanish &quot;larga duracion residence card&quot; which was given to him by his father. My questions are can he travel to the UK with his father? And second, if he is able to enter can he apply for a residence card in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17823" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-06T17:59:29.273" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T17:59:29.273" Title="Can one enter UK with a family member using a Spanish permanent residence card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18105" CreationDate="2019-09-06T16:17:15.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can invest in the stock market with an F-1 status. However, there are a few things to keep in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) It can't be active trading. It's up to interpretation what exactly that means. In my opinion if you are not constantly trading and trying to make trading a big part of your income, you should be fine. A good example is a 401(k), you're investing but not actively trading and saving all profits for retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Be aware that several companies won't open an investment account for someone that is not an Lawful Permanent Resident or a US Citizen. That's because they have some extra compliance requirements. If you find one that welcomes you, make sure to let them know your status. Last thing that you want is paper work filled incorrectly claiming that your are a USC (that's a life ban from the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T16:17:15.303" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18107" CreationDate="2019-09-06T16:25:05.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A small correction: the card was not given to him by his father, but by Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend may require a visa to travel with his father to the UK.  If the card says &quot;Tarjeta de residencia de familiar de ciudadano de la Unión&quot; then your friend &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;does not require a visa&lt;/a&gt;.  Otherwise, he does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your friend is dependent on his father, that visa could be an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  Otherwise, it should be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt;.  In the latter case, your friend will not be able to remain in the UK for more than six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether your friend can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a residence card&lt;/a&gt; in the UK depends on a couple of factors.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;They are&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Because your friend is 21 years old, he must be able to demonstrate that he is still dependent on his father.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;His father must be living in the UK and be one of the following:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-employed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-sufficient&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Studying&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looking for work (under certain conditions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the residence card will be useless after the UK repeals the laws that implement the EU freedom of movement directive.  This may not be on Brexit day.  The page linked above currently says that residence cards will lose their validity at the end of next year.  Instead, it is probably better to apply for the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt; if that is possible.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/not-EU-EEA-Swiss-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;criteria&lt;/a&gt; are similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your friend is not dependent on his father, but (as indicated in a comment) &lt;em&gt;lives with&lt;/em&gt; the father, then he can apply as an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-family-members-of-eea-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;extended family member&lt;/a&gt; because he is a member of the household.  From the eligibility page linked above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extended family members&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can apply as an extended family member if you’re [...] a relative of the EEA national [...] but you do not qualify as their family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As well as being a relative of the EEA national, one of the following must be true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;before coming to the UK you were dependent on the EEA national, or were a member of the EEA national’s household, and you’re still dependent on them or are still a member of their household&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;[...]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Extended family members must have a valid EEA permit or residence card to stay in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your application is considered based on your individual circumstances and you may not be approved for a residence card even if you meet the conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-06T17:04:59.637" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T17:04:59.637" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18104" CreationDate="2019-09-07T05:42:24.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your information (left employment after a period less than 18 or 24 months ; before regular contract ends), the following seams to apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__51.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 Beendigung der Rechtmäßigkeit des Aufenthalts&lt;/a&gt;; Fortgeltung von Beschränkungen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Der Aufenthaltstitel erlischt in folgenden Fällen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eintritt einer auflösenden Bedingung,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there is &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; further reference to &lt;em&gt;§51 (1) Nr. 2&lt;/em&gt; (where exceptions are defined) , assume the residence permit ends when the employment ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a case where you should report the situation to the issuing authority (including your application in Switzerland) &lt;strong&gt;as soon as possible&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-07T05:42:24.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-07T19:26:20.140" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a job offer in Financial Analytics from Germany eligible for Blue Card, but my recognized degree is Mechanical Engineering, would that cause any problem as an unrelated educational qualification? (my highest degree is PGDM from India which is unrecognized and I have 6 years experience in Financial Analytics)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17896" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T13:07:44.153" Title="Does your educational qualification need to be related to the job offer you get for EU Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18090" CreationDate="2019-09-08T10:28:07.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a link that I found: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/sending-pr-card-by-courier.472623/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/sending-pr-card-by-courier.472623/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;It isnt a canonical reference (until it is stated by Canadian government, it cant be said as an official answer) but still the answer (similar to what &quot;S P Arif Sahari Wibowo&quot; mentioned in the comment above) is in &quot;logic&quot;&#xA;As long as you are not doing anything which is banned, you are free to make your plans that suit your condition.&#xA;The purpose of PR card is to prove you are who you are, you have the registration number/documents that prove your status, and that card's logistics is not under the purview of immigration authorities, they would care for the authenticity of the card only (Which makes sense of course)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 'practice' (and not the &quot;law&quot;) of making sure your card reaches your hand safely is the responsibility of the owner of the card afterall, much like the passport or any other official document&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17874" LastActivityDate="2019-09-08T10:28:07.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-08T13:33:20.287" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are looking to relocate from the UK to the Netherlands ASAP (read pre-Brexit, while we still can). We are looking into using a relocation service but are not sure it is worth the expense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone found relocation services to be good value for money? What are the pros and cons of their use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: by relocation service, I do not mean movers (so the people who physically pack your belongings and move them to another country), rather a service that sorts out the particulars of life at your new location, e.g. helps you find a place to live, place your children in nursery or school, sets you up with tax numbers etc, gets you registered with a doctor, etc. etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastEditorUserId="17901" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T12:56:57.240" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T12:56:57.240" Title="Is it worth using a relocation service to move to the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13307" CreationDate="2019-09-08T13:51:10.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on just what you wrote, your son is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a UK citizen and would have to go through the process of naturalising before you can get a UK passport. In the UK only children born to (a) citizens or (b) people with indefinite leave to remain are automatically citizens by birth, save some rare circumstances that don't apply here. Thus before your son can gain UK citizenship, you or your partner will nee ILR and or settled status, and you will need to go through the application process. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain/apply-for-your-children&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain/apply-for-your-children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastActivityDate="2019-09-08T13:51:10.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18102" CreationDate="2019-09-08T14:01:46.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In theory the proper order of action for you is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fill out the Change of Status form (you are unlikely to get any acknowledgement that it was received so keep a copy for yourself and send it signed for)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for pre-settled status (perhaps after you get notification that the form was signed for)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice the whole ordeal is a shambles and it might go wrong even though you do everything right. One thing not to do is assume that things link up at the Home Office. They do not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastActivityDate="2019-09-08T14:01:46.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18120" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18127" CreationDate="2019-09-08T14:44:10.073" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are UK citizens and I am very likely to be moving to the Netherlands for my work, though unfortunately that is almost certainly going to happen on the wrong side of 31 October. Thus we are looking to establish legal residency in the Netherlands pre-Brexit so that we can be grandfathered in when/should Brexit take place. All advice on this matter is welcome though I have two specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your collective experience, what exactly is needed to register with the municipality: is a longish term lease needed or can an AirBNB booking plus assurances that we are looking for something long term enough? Does my whole family (partner, infant) need to be present at the registration office or can I take all of our passports/documents in? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, I have contacted the municipality (Maastricht) to ask these same questions but the autoreply I got said there might be a few weeks wait...time we don't have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T15:33:01.747" Title="Establishing legal residency in the Netherlands pre Brexit: can one register with the Municipality BRP without a lease?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18046" CreationDate="2019-09-09T01:42:03.343" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First let me say that exiting Canada and re-entering is the normal way to get a visa validated. I was unaware that it had a special name. Getting your visa validated without visiting a border is a concession to those for whom getting to a border is not practical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, there is no danger of your being denied service, any more than anyone else arriving at the Canadian border might be denied entry if they are eligible to enter. You would be advised to choose a time when the border is not busy, but the worst that can happen is that you will have to wait your turn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T01:42:03.343" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18126" CreationDate="2019-09-09T13:14:20.133" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the title: I am Italian but moved to Germany 5 years ago. I work full time for a German company and I registered with AIRE (this is a legal listing of Italian citizens living abroad: you basically &quot;lose&quot; your legal residency and social services but get exempted from some taxes).&#xA;I got my Anmeldung, a bank account, a tax code and so on in Germany.&#xA;But I am not a German citizen and I do not plan to apply at least for the foreseeable future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question: my fellow worker's interests are managed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.verdi.de/ueber-uns/verdi-international&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ver.di&lt;/a&gt; and they are probably trying to convince some of us to enlist. I do not know how much it costs, but even before checking for this, I wondered if I can actually subscribe or if they can only accept German citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3797" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-12-02T16:26:21.433" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T16:26:21.433" Title="I am an EU citizen living and working in Germany - can I join a German work union?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18125" CreationDate="2019-09-09T14:05:13.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, anyone can join a German Trade Union independent of citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewerkschaften_in_Deutschland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gewerkschaften in Deutschland&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Trade unions in Germany&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unions are considered to be social policy coalitions that are especially protected under the constitutionally guaranteed right of forming associations for the preservation and promotion of working and economic conditions. Agreements that restrict or obstruct this right are therefore invalid and illicit (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, article 9, paragraph 3).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German text describes further that Trade Unions can take on different legal forms of clubs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Manche Gewerkschaften organisieren sich als eingetragener Verein und sind deshalb juristische Personen des Privatrechts. Andere Gewerkschaften sind keine eingetragenen Vereine, werden aber – wie politische Parteien – dennoch als rechtsfähige Personenvereinigung behandelt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As in most European countries, basic laws (including constitutional rights) are valid for all persons within the country (including visitors). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Club membership is therefore free for all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Club, however, can restrict membership, but only when such restrictions do not contradicts higher laws (such as Human rights conventions). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a registered resident can be such a reason. Past history of a person another. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of Trade Unions, not only are foreigners welcome but also a portional representation as Trade Union Officials is considered desirable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.verdi.de/service/fragen-antworten/++co++8b9c10e0-c518-11e1-6f52-0019b9e321cd/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;and is for ver.di&lt;/a&gt;) ,  1% of your regular pay, before taxes, is the normal membership fee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T14:05:13.440" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18120" CreationDate="2019-09-09T15:35:19.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a lease in your name, you need the main occupant to sign a document stating you live with them and give you a copy of their passport, national ID or residence permit to join to your application. I personally registered that way, i.e. without any long-term lease or other proof of my intent to live at this address for a specific period of time. But I did actually live there and show up in person at the municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that doesn't mean you will not encounter difficulties. In principle, an AirBnb host must be registered as the main occupant of the house they are letting and is very unlikely to help you register at the same address. Municipalities do check for excessive numbers of registration at a given address. Similarly, registration is supposed to reflect actual residence. You cannot establish “legal” residence if you haven't moved yet. I have no idea how likely you are to be found out but providing false information to the municipality carries up to €325 fine for you &lt;em&gt;and for anybody who supported your false claim&lt;/em&gt; (e.g. an AirBnb host).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-09-11T15:33:01.747" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T15:33:01.747" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10578" CreationDate="2019-09-09T17:52:59.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The German version of &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_poll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deed poll – Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; goes into more specifics than the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_poll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Die meisten Staaten mit Zivilrecht erkennen Deeds Poll zur Änderung des Namens eines ihrer Staatsbürger nicht an; dies gilt unter anderem für Deutschland (insbesondere für Adelsbezeichnungen), Österreich, die Schweiz, &lt;strong&gt;Frankreich&lt;/strong&gt;, Italien, Spanien, Schweden und andere; die &lt;strong&gt;jeweiligen Botschaften werden ihre Bürger diesbezüglich beraten können&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where it suggests that it's citizen clarify this with their Embassy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth Certificate, Deed poll and Passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;may result in a French official document that would be accepted in France, since the French Consulates in the United Kingdom will be aware of the British legal system and the differences. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_poll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French version&lt;/a&gt; does not contain the last, bolded,  portion about getting advice from the Embassies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-09T19:05:23.480" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T19:05:23.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10578" CreationDate="2019-09-09T22:43:49.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering your questions in order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Difficult to answer, it would at least provide you with an unconditional right to live in France and full EU citizenship, no matter what happens with Brexit. You would also have the right to vote in French elections. But if you are not particularly keen on leaving the UK and just care about short term visits, French citizenship might not make that much of a difference at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's possible to get your deed poll recognised by the French authorities… through a court order (of sorts). &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.ambafrance.org/Changement-de-prenom-par-deed-poll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The French embassy in the UK describes the procedure.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the procedure described on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt; applies. The CNF is the strongest proof of citizenship and is a good document to have when establishing French citizenship is not straightforward. But you can also apply for a passport directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Income is not relevant and there will be no language proficiency test. Legally, you are not applying to become French, you are already French. The state has no discretion in the matter and cannot demand anything else than documents establishing that your mother is your mother and that she was French when you were born. Even if it can sometimes feel like you have to fight to get your citizenship recognised, that's what all these procedures are about. And nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will be unavoidable if your first application is unsuccessful, not sure you necessarily need one right now (it could help with the deed poll issue perhaps?). You will need to pay for certified translations of some documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T22:43:49.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18132" CreationDate="2019-09-10T12:18:24.713" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like some advice:&#xA;I am a UK Citizen/national wanting to move to Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get a work or temporary residence visa but I am not eligible for either.(Financials)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can stay in Mexico for upto 6 months on a tourist visa and I work online (Web Developer) so all my work comes from outside Mexico and I can prove this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am worried that if I keep leaving and re entering the country some flags will be raised after time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Sorry first post on this SO, i'm  not sure what details to share /to not share&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17906" OwnerDisplayName="Shaun Moore" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T18:00:56.877" Title="UK Citizen wanting to move to Mexico" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-10T14:51:58.243" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for French nationality, by way of marriage. We recieved a letter this morning which said we have to sign an attestation sur l'honneur which says we have not separated during our marriage, however we did seperate for a short time. Under French law what will this have any impact on my request for French nationality?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17907" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-09-11T11:09:26.877" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T11:09:26.877" Title="Applying for French nationality through marriage, was seperated for a short time, will there be any concequences?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18130" CreationDate="2019-09-10T18:00:56.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Residente Temporal (temporary residency visa) does not automatically give the right to work in Mexico - you need a work permit endorsement added to the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, Mexico allows people to work remotely while living in Mexico, as long as a) you're not taking a Mexican job, and b) all your income is paid into a non-Mexican bank account.  This was the advice given to me by the Mexico Consulate when I was granted my RT.  I was not given a work permit, but was told it was no problem as my work/pay was remote from outside Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many people who live in Mexico on a tourist permit, renewing the permit every 6 months.  Someone I know was advised by the Mexico Consulate that while she didn't meet the financial requirements to obtain residency, she could just continue to renew the tourism permit every 6 months.  She did this for 2.5 years without any problems.  I am also aware of other people who have been doing this without issue for many many years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Talk with your local Mexico Consulate, they will likely give you the same information I was given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T18:00:56.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18131" CreationDate="2019-09-10T19:13:03.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a strict reading of the law, this is indeed important and can have a huge impact. Uninterrupted “&lt;em&gt;communauté de vie&lt;/em&gt;” since the marriage is one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2726&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirement for citizenship “&lt;em&gt;par déclaration&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/a&gt;. That's why you are asked to vouch that you never separated. It's more common to see couples who are still separated or on the verge of divorce having trouble with this requirement but the law does not seem to make a big difference between this and a separation some time in the past, the requirement is simply “uninterrupted &lt;em&gt;communauté de vie&lt;/em&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer and I am not aware of any court cases on this particular question (what counts as separation, does it still matter long afterwards, etc.) but the requirement is quite strong. Unfortunately, it could mean that this route to French citizenship is forever closed to you (naturalisation might still work). I would not fill in this form lightly and possibly seek legal advice to evaluate your options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS : Note that &lt;em&gt;”communauté de vie”&lt;/em&gt; is not equivalent to cohabitation. You can maintain it while living apart (e.g. for professional reasons) and it's not enough to live under the same roof. It's usually described as the ”affective and material” bound that's expected between spouses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-09-11T11:07:22.800" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T11:07:22.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18134" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-10T19:16:01.700" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently UK resident, but I will be leaving the country soon. I have quite a lot of stuff I want to move with me. Being UK resident, I am not allowed to drive foreign registered car in UK. Which is totally stupid, but whatever. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to my question, how should I proceed when I am actually moving out? I own a van in my home country which I want to use for that purpose. Am I supposed to rent a van in UK, drive it across the Channel with all my belongings, load them into my Schengen van, return the UK van back to UK, cross the Channel on foot and drive my Schengen van home? Well.... that just seems silly. I also don't intend to hire man and a van to move my stuff over the border. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the police pull me over in the UK, how do they tell whether I am a tourist or a resident? I do not have UK citizenship, I only have my home country Passport, ID and Driving License. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already sent an email to DVLA, but I'd like to know other people opinions and hopefully even some experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17911" LastActivityDate="2019-10-14T20:00:09.820" Title="Moving out of UK - driving my EU registered car" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-10T19:25:46.370" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK national and I've been offered a postdoc position in Seattle. I know I will have no problem getting a visa, but I also want my girlfriend (also a UK national and a marine biologist) to come with me. &#xA;How would it be best to approach also getting her a visa? Could she latch onto mine or could she get a different visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17912" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T19:25:46.370" Title="If I've been offered a job in Seattle, USA what is the best way to approach bringing my girlfriend with me?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18134" CreationDate="2019-09-10T21:00:29.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule is there to avoid people paying road tax in other countries while living in the UK and no, you can't drive it in the UK. In theory they would seize your vehicle if you are found doing so, but I don't know if they actually do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a couple of tricks you can use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend can drive it for you from/to France. I'm not sure if you can be in the vehicle; if not you may need to take a train.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to notify you local council and HMRC of your departing date. Do it beforehand and drive out the next day; you won't be a resident anymore and you'll have documented evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-14T19:49:25.503" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T19:49:25.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-11T00:09:28.127" Score="3" ViewCount="345" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a unique situation. I graduated from a German University and was working full-time for three years post graduation. During this time I received the EU Blue Card and later the &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;. However after three years that is 2017 I moved to my home country for personal reasons and have been living away from Germany for two years now. I read that the permanent resident card remains valid only for 6 months of living abroad. Is it possible to get the permanent resident status back by any chance. Any help will be appreciated. Also what if I get a job in Germany now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17914" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-11T20:37:21.267" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T20:37:21.267" Title="Regaining the right of residence in Germany (Niederlassungserlaubnis) after a long absence" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-11T10:16:04.337" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend who holds an italian passport but he is originally from Venezuela.  He has is 5 years old daughter in Venezuela but he is not officially married with the mother.&#xA;He wants them to get them in belgium where he lives now.&#xA;They can come with tourist visa. Can they get married in belgium with tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17910" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T21:29:40.237" Title="For an Italian to get married with a Venezuelan tourist in Europe" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19137" CreationDate="2019-09-11T11:00:15.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/travel_to_belgium/visa_for_belgium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/travel_to_belgium/visa_for_belgium&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Long stay visa applications (more than 90 days) or short stay visa applications aiming at a longer stay in Belgium (e.g. marriage in Belgium)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your friend's fiance will need to get a marriage visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More precisely, she can travel to Belgium on a tourist visa, get married, &lt;em&gt;and then return to Venezuela&lt;/em&gt;.  If she travels to Belgium on a tourist visa, and then doesn't leave (because she has got married), she has lied on her application for the tourist visa - and that can lead to all sorts of complications in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is an alternative route.  If she can show she is in an enduring relationship with your friend (and the child plus intent to marry is pretty good evidence of that), your friend can use his freedom of movement rights to bring his third country partner to Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T11:00:15.593" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19143" CreationDate="2019-09-11T18:32:23.057" Score="4" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Spanish citizen living in the UK, and my spouse is a Gambian national living in Gambia, I am intending to apply for him to join me in to the UK. I am currently in Gambia with him and I heard that there is a way that he will be able to come along with me as a family member of an EEA citizen under the settlement scheme. Can someone help me to explain how to apply and the requirements, as they told me I don’t need to be working as I am in the Gambia with him and we are planning to come together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18921" OwnerDisplayName="Aicha" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:08:41.970" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:08:41.970" Title="Does my spouse from Africa need a visa to enter UK as family member of EEA" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19141" CreationDate="2019-09-11T18:53:27.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have already applied for the EU settlement scheme, you can apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eu-settlement-scheme-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK if all of the following apply:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you’re the ‘close’ family member of an EEA or Swiss national (excluding UK nationals)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the EEA citizen you’re joining has ‘settled’ or ‘pre-settled’ status under the EU Settlement Scheme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the EEA citizen you’re joining is in the UK already or travelling with you to the UK within 6 months of the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user18919" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T19:37:58.357" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19141" CreationDate="2019-09-11T19:33:03.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you have already registered with the settlement scheme, your spouse should apply for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme family permit&lt;/a&gt;.  If you do not have settled or pre-settled status, he would apply for an EEA family permit (details on the same page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have &quot;pre-settled status&quot; I believe you have to be working or otherwise &quot;qualified&quot; for the application to succeed, but this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eu-settlement-scheme-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not clear&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After he arrives in the UK, he should not apply for a residence card but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/stay-after-your-family-permit-expires&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to the settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt; as a family member.  The residence card &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;will not be valid after 31 December 2020&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T19:39:17.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19137" CreationDate="2019-09-11T20:19:57.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they &lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registry/marriage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can get married in Belgium&lt;/a&gt;.  The requirement for non-Belgians to marry in Belgium seems to be that at least one partner be domiciled in Belgium for at least three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not necessary for them to marry for the non-Italian partner to stay in Belgium.  EU free movement law recognizes unmarried &quot;partners in a durable relationship, duly attested&quot; as qualifying family members.  See, for example, the relevant page from Brussels: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brussels.be/relative-subject-eu-eea-or-switzerland?_ga=2.211791189.1146994523.1568232907-1060659916.1568232907&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Relative of a subject of the EU, EEA or Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;subject&quot; should be &quot;national,&quot; but otherwise it's pretty clear): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Partner of a subject of the EU, EEA or Switzerland in the context of a long-term relationship. Please note: both spouses or partners must at least be 21&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it should be noted that providing evidence of marriage should be as simple as presenting the marriage certificate, especially if the marriage takes place in Belgium.  By contrast, proving their unregistered partnership will could require evidence of cohabitation, evidence that they are both parents of the child, and other less clear-cut evidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rights of a spouse also accrue more automatically, since they do not depend on the &quot;due attestation&quot; of the relationship.  By contrast, as an unmarried unregistered partner, the rights do not need to be recognized until the proof of the relationship is submitted and accepted.  So getting married, while not necessary for the partner to be able to stay, might still simplify the process somewhat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The daughter is probably an Italian citizen, in which case they should get her an Italian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-11T21:29:40.237" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T21:29:40.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19147" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-12T07:30:37.800" Score="2" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen with a British Passport. I married a French girl and moved to France 30 years ago. Can I now renew my old UK passport and where do I go to get it renewed?I still have my old passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18923" LastActivityDate="2019-10-12T10:01:30.350" Title="renewing uk passport after 30 years away" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19147" CreationDate="2019-09-12T09:42:19.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The definitive answer is available on the government web site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This asks a number of questions.  Assuming your old passport has expired, it looks like you will have to apply for a brand new passport from scratch.  This may involve a passport interview.  I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; you can do these at your nearest UK consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T09:42:19.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-12T16:46:06.070" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the UK since 1st July 1976 with an ancestor ROA visa. On 13th July 1978 I married my British husband and continued with ROA visa and now I feel I would like to become a British citizen. I feel more Brit than Aussie. How do I go about it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18926" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T18:09:33.640" Title="Changing from ROA to British Citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19150" CreationDate="2019-09-12T18:09:33.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;check whether you are eligible to become a British citizen online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/nationality-an&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for naturalization online&lt;/a&gt;.  It's expensive.  The fee is currently £1330, plus a biometric fee of £19.20.  If you don't have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode/apply-for-a-certificate-of-entitlement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certificate of entitlement&lt;/a&gt; of your right of abode, you'll need to pay another £372 for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T18:09:33.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-12T18:16:52.723" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian living in USA. Do I need a passport to come back to Canada to visit or will the green card be sufficient? I will be driving. Also, will I need a passport to get back into the USA?(LD)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18927" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T18:34:04.283" Title="canadian with a green card" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19155" CreationDate="2019-09-12T20:04:47.550" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking this on behalf of my brother-ib-law. He is an Italian citizen who has been living in the UK for one and half years. My sister married him some 8 years ago and they have two kids 7 and 3 who are also Italian citizens but my sister currently has an Italian residence card which expires in another 2 years while she is a Pakistani citizen and she has been living in Pak with her kids for 2 years now. They have always wanted to move to the UK but sadly recently my brother-in-law has been diagnosed with tumor which is in critical stage. He always planned to travel to Italy and then bring his family with him which doesn't require my sister to have a visa or EEA permit to enter. His traveling is now out of the question so I have the following queries and I would really appreciate some advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have been told that if his hospital writes a letter describing his illness and his inability to travel, she can travel with her kids without him travelling with them and she will be allowed to enter the UK from Italy. Are there any legal grounds for that? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My brother-in-law used to work regularly till January this year but lost his job and then went to Pak for three months trip in early this year. He hasn't been able to find any regular job and has been doing a few hours here and there to make ends meet till he has diagnosed a month ago. He has payslips of his job till January and then a recent payslip for his odd job. Will that has any impact on his eligibility? He has recently applied and got his pre-settled status in the UK for the EU settlement scheme. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really appreciate any advice &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18928" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T21:06:57.223" Title="EEA Permit query" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19152" CreationDate="2019-09-12T21:20:16.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're driving, the green card should be sufficient.  If you don't have your birth certificate or other &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/td-dv-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;evidence of Canadian citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, they can probably look you up in the computer or just take the green card as sufficient evidence (if it shows that you were born in Canada).  US permanent residents do not require a visa to enter Canada, so it's not even certain that you'll need to prove your nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To enter the US, the green card is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/international-travel-a-permanent-resident&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;definitely sufficient&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If seeking to enter the United States after temporary travel abroad, you will need to present a valid, unexpired “Green Card” (Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card). When arriving at a port of entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer will review your permanent resident card and any other identity documents you present, such as a passport, foreign national I.D. card or U.S. Driver’s License, and determine if you can enter the United States.  For information pertaining to entry into the United States, see U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s webpage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the phrase &quot;any other identity documents you present&quot; implies, such documents are optional, though since you'll be driving you should certainly have a driver's license with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T21:20:16.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19153" CreationDate="2019-09-12T21:29:47.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The hospital doesn't need to write a letter.  She can enter with the UK without him if two things are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He is already in the UK, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Her residence card says that it is the residence card of a citizen of the EU &lt;em&gt;(&quot;carta di soggiorno di familiari di un cittadino dell'unione&quot;).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second may not be true, since he is Italian and the card was issued by Italy.  If it is not true, she cannot enter the UK without a visa, and a letter from the hospital will not help.  If the card &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; include the magic words, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guidance: Entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 residence card&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since he has pre-settled status, she can apply for a settled status family permit, which is free.  I don't think they'll go into his employment again at the time of the application, but it is not clear.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19143/2440&quot;&gt;my answer to a recent question&lt;/a&gt; for more details.  Both the settled status family permit and the EEA family permit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are free of charge and should be issued quickly&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you have indicated in a comment, the card does indeed have the magic words, which means she can use it to travel to the UK without a visa, on the condition that her husband is either with her or already in the UK.  She will have to be able to show this to the border officers, and she may have to demonstrate it to the airline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The airline agent who is checking her visa will see this in TIMATIC:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visa Exemptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Family members of a national of Switzerland or an EEA Member State, with a &quot;Permanent Residence Card of a Family Member of a Union Citizen&quot; or a &quot;Residence Card of a Family Member of a Union Citizen&quot; issued by Italy to family members of a Union Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Passengers with an EEA Family Permit issued by the United Kingdom if the holder is traveling with, or to join the EEA or Swiss national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know in practice what evidence they will accept to establish to their satisfaction that she is &quot;joining&quot; her husband in the UK, but having him by a (land-line) telephone ready to accept their call might do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-13T21:06:57.223" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T21:06:57.223" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19152" CreationDate="2019-09-13T07:49:52.823" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/td-dv-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/td-dv-eng.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page has a list of documents that &quot;can denote identity and/or citizenship&quot;. There's also a list of documents acceptable for establishing citizenship and identity.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US green card is not in any of those lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should understand that a green card is a document issued by the United States and, subsequently, does not establish that you are actually Canadian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should examine the list and, if either time constraints or the outrage of the requirement to pay no less than $160 for a 10 year passport precludes the possibility of getting a passport, use those documents.  They might also be helpful in allowing you back into the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were flying, you would almost certainly need to use a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17235" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T07:49:52.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19141" CreationDate="2019-09-13T10:54:37.830" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this is the document you're looking for:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779784/free-movement-rights-direct-family-members-of-EEA-nationals-v7.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free Movement Rights: direct family members of European Economic Area (EEA) nationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, family members of EU nationals have an automatic right to accompany or join their EU partners/parents in another member state. A visa is still required to enter the EU but must be issued free of charge and ASAP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since May took over the Home Office the UK has set up numerous barriers that make it much more difficult to get such a visa. The intention to leave the EU won't make it easier either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for an entry visa to the UK for family members of EU nationals requires filling out a whopping 14 pages that include very personal questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freedom of movement of EU nationals and their family members in the UK will at least continue until 2020-12-31: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-arriving-after-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;No deal immigration arrangements for EU citizens arriving after Brexit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it might be advisable to think about entering the UK from Ireland, at least if it proves impossible to get a UK visa in time.&#xA;The point for this is not to prevent being refused entry but to avoid trouble with your airline as they most likely would have no clue about the Citizen's Directive and do not let you board the plane regardless of your rights. I am not entirely sure about the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK but for the Schengen Area all that is required is an entry visa. After entry, the visa is completely irrelevant as long as you have other means to prove your relationship. This should also apply for the CTA as the Citizen's Directive is (still) valid in the UK as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should carry your marriage certificate with you. If your certificate is Spanish, simply get a multilingual EU certificate. If it is Gambian, it might be advisable to get your marriage registered in Spain first, as the Gambia is not member to the Hague Convention, meaning in order to do anything, you'd have to get it recognised for every country you go which would be most likely less painful in your home country doing it once only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastEditorUserId="15290" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T13:52:28.797" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T13:52:28.797" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18134" CreationDate="2019-09-13T11:13:00.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a car registered in another EU country, it means you already have a residence there. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to register it there. As you're moving out of the UK to that particular country, I'd assume that you give up your residence in the UK. Once you do that, you're not a UK resident anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, I believe the rules only apply if the car stays more than 6 months anyway, and as the UK probably counts as your &quot;second home&quot; now, you're exempt as well:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/registration/registration-abroad//united-kingdom/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Car registration in another EU country – United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T11:13:00.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18060" CreationDate="2019-09-13T11:35:51.777" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you're taking up employment in Luxembourg, you will be insured through social insurance automatically. If they still insist on proof of insurance for the first months, you could get something like an expat health insurance. Costs should be somewhere between 40 and 100 euros per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also keep in mind that the VFS does not actually process applications, you can always insist on submitting the application as they are most likely required to accept it. If documents are missing they should inform you and in the end what the immigration authorities in Luxembourg say actually counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is not Long Term Schengen Visa btw. Long term visas are all national visas and not issued according to Schengen rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T11:35:51.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18027" CreationDate="2019-09-13T11:50:37.033" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;EEA family permit is what it is called in the UK. In Schengen countries it's a little different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Spain you would have to show that you're dependent on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this page:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/spain/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registering your non-EU family members in another EU country – Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T11:50:37.033" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-13T14:03:05.923" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the Netherlands from Dutch parents and still only hold my Dutch citizenship.  I have lived in South Africa since 1955.  Both our daughters have Dutch passports.  Is it possible for my grandson to apply for Dutch citizenship (he is 18 years old)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18931" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-13T17:07:14.717" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T17:10:50.910" Title="Can my grandchild apply for Dutch citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19161" CreationDate="2019-09-13T17:03:57.267" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume that your grandson is the son of one of your daughters.  I also assume that this daughter's Dutch passport is currently valid.  Please advise if either of these assumptions is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That your grandson's mother has a Dutch passport is only of limited use in answering the question of your grandson's nationality.  What matters is that she has been a Dutch national at every moment between his birth and his 18th birthday.  If she was, then he cannot apply for Dutch nationality because &lt;em&gt;he is already a Dutch national.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she lost her Dutch nationality before he turned 18, however, he also would have lost his Dutch nationality at that point.  Presumably she did not lose her Dutch nationality before her last passport was issued, so the question is whether she has lost it since then.  The last passport (if valid) can't be much older than 5 years, since the Netherlands switched from 5-year to 10-year passports about five and a half years ago.  To be precise, her passport must have been issued &lt;a href=&quot;https://helmond.nieuws.nl/nieuws/20140114/Paspoort-en-ID-kaart-10-jaar-geldig-vanaf-9-maart/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on or after 9 March 2014&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most likely way for her (and him) to have lost Dutch nationality would be her naturalizing in another country (e.g., South Africa).  If she acquired South African nationality from birth, however, she obviously did not naturalize in South Africa after 9 March 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possibility, depending on when your daughter was born, is that her passport was issued more than 10 years ago (in which case it is no longer valid, of course).  If that is the case then she may have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/question-and-answer/could-i-lose-my-dutch-nationality-by-having-dual-nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;lost her Dutch nationality under the 10-year rule&lt;/a&gt; (or the slightly different 10-year rule that pertained from 1985 to 2003 or so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it seems probable that your grandson is a Dutch national, he should apply for a Dutch passport.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/paspoort-en-identiteitskaart/vraag-en-antwoord/aanvragen-paspoort-of-id-kaart-buitenland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Waar kan ik een paspoort of ID-kaart aanvragen als ik in het buitenland woon? (in Dutch)&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/identification-documents/passports-identity-cards-and-dutch-nationality-certificates/applying-for-a-dutch-passport-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a Dutch passport abroad&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important note:&lt;/strong&gt; As mentioned above, Dutch nationals who also have another nationality can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/question-and-answer/could-i-lose-my-dutch-nationality-by-having-dual-nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;lose Dutch nationality automatically in some circumstances&lt;/a&gt; under current law.  If your grandson is a dual national and does not request a passport, ID, or consular declaration of Dutch nationality before his 28th birthday, he will lose is Dutch nationality.  Your daughters may also have to worry about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changes in the law are being debated, so it is a good idea to follow them in case the conditions leading to loss of Dutch nationality are changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-13T17:10:50.910" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T17:10:50.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-13T17:21:50.427" Score="1" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Aufenthaltserlaubnis and because of some personal reasons, I have stayed outside Germany (and EU) for more than 160 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to enquire how many days I can stay out of Germany, in my visa category? Is it 180 days in a year (with multiple entries) or 6 months on a stretch, once you leave Germany?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year, I have already stayed 160 days in total in my home country (outside EU), with multiple entries. So, do I need to enter Germany before 179th day? Or since I came to my home country on 20th August 2019, so I can stay for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18932" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T09:31:13.223" Title="German limited visa - how many days I can stay outside EU" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-10-15T03:42:26.243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19152" CreationDate="2019-09-13T18:34:04.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For entering Canada by land, I believe that you can visit as a US permanent resident with a green card without needing a passport. The current websites do not give a very clear answer. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/ivc-rnc-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this webpage&lt;/a&gt; for Visitors to Canada says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you must carry proof&#xA;  of citizenship such as a passport, birth certificate, a certificate of&#xA;  citizenship or naturalization, a U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or a&#xA;  Certificate of Indian Status along with photo identification. If you&#xA;  are a U.S. permanent resident, ensure you carry proof of your status&#xA;  such as a U.S. Permanent Resident Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;or&quot; seems to imply that one of those (e.g. a US permanent resident card) is sufficient. It doesn't say that a passport is required for US permanent residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US permanent residents do not need a visa to visit Canada. However, US permanent residents entering Canada by air would required an eTA, which would require a passport or other travel document (a US Re-entry Permit or US Refugee Travel Document). However, US permanent residents entering Canada by land do not require an eTA. The current Guide for Transporters (i.e. for people flying with an airline) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trans/guide-eng.html#s4c3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mentions&lt;/a&gt; that US permanent residents need an eTA, which must be linked to their passport. However, an &lt;a href=&quot;http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/asfc-cbsa/PS38-10-2011-eng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;old version&lt;/a&gt; of the Guide for Transporters, from before the eTA requirement existed, explicitly says that US permanent residents traveling to Canada directly from the US do not need a passport (on page 14 on the page, page 16 in the PDF):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Permanent residents of the United States may travel to Canada from the&#xA;  United States or Saint-Pierre and Miquelon without passports, travel&#xA;  documents or visas provided they produce satisfactory evidence of&#xA;  their identity and status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This strongly suggests that, were it not for the eTA requirement (which doesn't apply to entry by land), US permanent residents entering Canada directly from the US do not need a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For entering the US, as far as the US government is concerned, a returning US permanent resident with a valid green card does not need a passport. &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1191/~/traveling-outside-of-the-u.s.---documents-needed-for-lawful-permanent-residents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This CBP FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;United States (U.S.) LPRs do not need a passport to enter the U.S. as&#xA;  per 8 CFR 211.1(a)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019%20Carrier%20Information%20Guide%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Carrier Information Guide&lt;/a&gt;, page 28, says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Lawful Permanent Resident may travel to the United States without a&#xA;  passport with a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-09-13T18:34:04.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-13T23:28:19.160" Score="1" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am studying in Germany and will be married in December this year. My girlfriend currently works in Amazon Luxembourg and obtained a Blue Card. Me and my girlfriend are both non-eu citizens. After we marry, we want to live together in Luxembourg but I don’t know if that’s possible at all. So my questions are :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I obtain a residence permit in Luxembourg by family reunification and then continue to study in Germany ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Normally, afaik, one can apply for permanent residence permit in Luxembourg after residing in the country for 5 years. Does this also apply to me, or do I have to wait longer since I will be a student during that period of time ? (Masters + PhD in Germany)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;++&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were thinking of getting married in Turkey (therefore don’t have any kind of documents at the moment), but we might also consider the Turkish embassy in Luxembourg if it makes things easier. Right now I am a student at Saarland university and registered in Saarland, I am planning to commute from Luxembourg to Saarland most of the weekdays, once I get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18935" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-05T16:34:36.070" LastActivityDate="2021-02-05T16:34:36.070" Title="Study in Germany, live in Luxembourg" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19166" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-14T01:34:05.350" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying to CKGS for renouncing my Indian citizenship after I have acquired US citizenship. While filling the form a question asks: &lt;strong&gt;spouse's name as in CURRENT US passport&lt;/strong&gt;. But the US passport doesn't have names of any relatives. So what should be put there as name of spouse? Should I still put the name of my spouse or should I say NA? Thanks for your help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18936" OwnerDisplayName="Anurag A" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T02:22:40.733" Title="Regarding the form for renunciation of Indian citizenship" Tags="&lt;india&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-14T07:41:45.267" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family applied for US visa through my maternal uncle who lived in New York. We filed in 2006 for the F4 category when I was only 16 years old but I have now turn 29. I am not married. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the NVC has asked us to submitt our legal paper for processing but I heared that there is a age limit for getting US visa for the dependent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way for me to come with my parents? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18938" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-18T14:22:16.897" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T14:22:16.897" Title="How can i go to USA with F4 category application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-14T07:00:31.950" Score="5" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I live in Finland or Sweden if I have permanent residence in another EU country?&#xA;If I can, Can I get citizenship after 5 years of immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to live in Sweden or Finland using the permanent residence that I got in the process of Bulgarian investment citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Svitlana Kazankina" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-18T20:57:44.717" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T22:04:35.517" Title="I have permanent residence in Bulgaria. Can I live in another EU country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19165" CreationDate="2019-09-14T09:00:42.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Open Questions:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where will you get married? &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;del&gt;I assume Luxembourg&lt;/del&gt; Turkey &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has the marriage process been started? &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some form of documentation of application (preferably in German) would be helpful &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;del&gt;where in Germany (state) are you registered?&lt;/del&gt; Saarland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please incorporate the answers into the original question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Luxemburg:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you want to create your &lt;strong&gt;main residence&lt;/strong&gt; in Luxemburg, the &lt;strong&gt;family reunification&lt;/strong&gt; seems to be the best option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://guichet.public.lu/en/citoyens/immigration/plus-3-mois/ressortissant-tiers/membre-famille/regroupement-familial.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application for family reunification for third-country nationals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites&lt;/strong&gt; for the sponsor seemed to be fulfilled, since the sponsor has a &lt;em&gt;BlueCard&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;applicant&lt;/strong&gt; will have a residence permit from Germany &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the third-country national has a valid residence permit for &lt;del&gt;family members of an EU citizen&lt;/del&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;a valid residence permit issued by another EU Member State&lt;/strong&gt;, a visa is not required. The third-country national must nonetheless have a temporary authorisation to stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an application for a temporary authorization should be made &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;but inform them of your intention of continuing your Masters + PhD in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Germany:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inform the local &lt;strong&gt;Foreigners Office&lt;/strong&gt;, that issued your residence permit, of your intention of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;getting married in &lt;del&gt;Luxemburg (with possible documentation)&lt;/del&gt; Turkey &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Application for &lt;strong&gt;family reunification&lt;/strong&gt; in Luxemburg &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;continuation your Masters + PhD in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, I assume, your present residence permit is for studying &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your legal situation will probably not change inside Germany &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other than you are getting married and will regularly be (and have a residence) in Luxemburg &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;Not knowing which state you are studying in Germany makes it impossible to look up the corresponding rules which can differ in details from state to state.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pdf &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=https://www.saarbruecken.de/media/download-57189448a3307&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwijsPDhr9DkAhX_wAIHHZAXBU4QFjABegQIAxAB&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw1tg-nYIM1teRJ9vP9roMnL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ihr Kontakt zur Ausländerbehörde in Saarbrücken&lt;/a&gt; lists contact numbers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live in Luxemburg and study in Germany you will be a &lt;strong&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;live in one country and work/study in another, crossing regularly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a department for that:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grenzgänger tel. 0681-501-7165, Room 21&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest calling them to ask them about this situation and make an appointment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final result will probably be that you will have 2 main residences&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one in each country with a corresponding residence permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as both countries know &lt;strong&gt;beforehand&lt;/strong&gt; what is going on, there should be no problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that Luxembourg will be asking Germany for information about you. So informing Germany beforehand is a good idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How this will effect the time for eligibility for a Luxembourg &lt;strong&gt;permanent residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; is a good question and difficult (if not impossible) to answer here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-14T13:29:53.293" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T13:29:53.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19168" CreationDate="2019-09-14T10:28:16.957" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As allready answered in the comments: no, since residence permits (D-Visa) are national visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a D-Visa holder of a &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Country&lt;/strong&gt; you can only travel to other Schengen Countries based on the 90/180 day rule, without having to apply for a C-Visa if needed for your original citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But Bulgaria is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a Schengen Country (only a candidate), therefore the travel conditions of your original citizenship apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Blue Card holders there are exceptions when certain preconditions are fulfilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result of this form &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Do you have a residence document from an EU country?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes - I have another residence document, issued under national rules&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Non-Schengen area country (&lt;strong&gt;Bulgaria&lt;/strong&gt;, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania, United Kingdom)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Schengen area country (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, &lt;strong&gt;Finland&lt;/strong&gt;, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, &lt;strong&gt;Sweden&lt;/strong&gt;, Switzerland.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;returns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have a residence document issued by a non-Schengen country and are travelling to a Schengen country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need a visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the permanent residence permit, that you got in the process of the Bulgarian investment citizenship, will &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; allow you to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;live or visit Finnland, Sweden or any other Schengen Country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;on it's own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goldenvisas.com/bulgaria?gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_LrBRD4ARIsAFEQFKsOGPAghDPgsCD4kLa4Cte2oqSTxDgqnFw7gYrobC2-qdEGR9W2Fc8aAg5lEALw_wcB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bulgaria Residency and Citizenship by Investment - Golden Visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bond investors in the Bulgarian residency programme can apply for Bulgarian citizenship after 5 years. It is possible to fast track the citizenship option by increasing the investment amount a further €511,292.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note however that there is no clearly defined and predictable path to citizenship through the Bulgarian “programme”. Potential applicants are advised to contact us for individual advice if they are considering this option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T10:57:44.213" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21542" CreationDate="2019-09-14T10:53:52.110" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm living and working in Spain with the Work permit and my visa is multiple (Type-D).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I want to have a Blue Card as well.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I've searched a lot but couldn't find the process on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I want to know the exact process of obtaining the Blue Card.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I work in other European countries with that Blue Card which issued in Spain? (I've heard it should pass ~18 months before can work in other European countries)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I ask for permanent residency of a country(which ones?) after a certain period of time? (I've heard something about 5 years, and not all of the countries giving PR only by having the Blue Card) . &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the other important benefits of having the Blue Card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update(from comment):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I fulfil the requirements of the Blue Card. My main question is where should I go to do that(In Spain)? And can I apply it directly by myself or my I have to talk with my company to help me(fill some documents) with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10734" OwnerDisplayName="Dr.jacky" LastEditorUserId="10734" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T09:04:08.867" LastActivityDate="2021-01-12T12:35:08.990" Title="How can I obtain a Blue Card in Spain?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19163" CreationDate="2019-09-14T12:30:14.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not knowing what type of residence permit you have, hard to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should inform the issuing authority of your intention of leaving for a longer period beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the specific situation, leave can be granted for a longer period than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have given your work and flat and deregistered, the residence permit becomes invalid upon exit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T12:30:14.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-14T00:51:08.723" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indian citizen. Current F1 Visa is valid until July 2020. Need 2 more years of Visa before expected graduation. Have a consulate interview io 15 Dec 2019. If I receive administrative processing, it might be a while before I get a decision on it. Is it possible to do the following: Retain my Passport with existing Visa and travel to the US and send it back to parents when processing is cleared and they can go to the consulate and get it stamped and send it back to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things I am worried about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I send my Passport back to India while in the US for a week: planning on expedited delivery to India and similarly back to me from my parents.&#xA; 1. I guess this is more apparent if I can do pt 1: insure the passport delivery both ways.&#xA; 2. Does US consulate in India needs me to submit the passport once clearance is received &quot;in person&quot; or can my parents do that?&#xA; 3. &lt;strong&gt;Problem with immigration at the port of entry when I use my current Visa while new application is under 221g processing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason for all of this is that, I  can book a flexible ticket for returning to US but prices can differ by as much as $4000. Any advice in booking flexible tickets w/o worrying too much about price diferences in welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18942" OwnerDisplayName="CS101" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T14:04:25.320" Title="Travel with existing visa while renewal under administrative processsing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19175" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-09-14T14:38:45.457" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Blue Card is a work permit that allows non-EU citizens to work and live in any country within the European Union (with some exceptions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2019-09-22T23:19:35.397" LastActivityDate="2019-09-22T23:19:35.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19176" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-09-14T14:38:45.457" Score="0" Body="Use this tag for questions about the EU Blue Card work permit" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2019-09-22T23:19:32.493" LastActivityDate="2019-09-22T23:19:32.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18021" CreationDate="2019-09-14T17:06:37.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand the issue, the A1 certificate isn't actually a &quot;requirement&quot;. EC 883/2004 doesn't even mention such a document. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What really matters in this case are the labour and social security laws in the country you're posted to, and more specifically how they are enforced. The A1 document &lt;strong&gt;exempts&lt;/strong&gt; you from obligations related to these laws, such as paying social security contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, whenever you perform an activity in another member state that would require you to pay social security taxes in that said country, you can only do so either by carrying the A1 certificate or registering as a worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a similar fashion, you would probably need an S1 certificate or private health insurance in another member state where health insurance is mandatory (which is probably the case for all), if you decided to stay there without working for more than 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A1 certificates can also be issued retroactively and waived for short trips:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/people-organisation/publications/assets/pwc-germany-myths-and-facts-around-the-a1-certificate.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany: Myths and facts around the A1 certificate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastEditorUserId="15290" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T10:31:55.967" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T10:31:55.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17966" CreationDate="2019-09-14T20:15:18.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only problem I could think of is that you stayed more than 90 days in the Schengen Area and the border guards think you have overstayed but as phoog pointed out correctly, the documents you submitted should prevent problems at the border. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, that should be a translated and apostilled or EU issued multilingual marriage certificate and a copy of your husbands residence card or its application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may on the other require a visa to get back in, especially if airlines check or ask about your previous Schengen stays. However, the Spanish consulate at your place of residence in the US should issue such a visa. That visa should be free of charge and once they accept your application is in my experience (with Spanish authorities) a matter of hours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is of course, unless you got something like temporary residence document that attests your status in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New Schengen visas (not extensions) can also be issued while already &lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt; the Schengen Area, though that might not necessarily apply in your case, as while in Spain only consulates of other member states would do so, and only if you intend to travel there with your husband and not giving you the visa would restrict your husbands freedom of movement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in doubt, carry a copy of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/policies/borders/docs/c_2010_1620_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Handbook&lt;/a&gt; with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2019-09-14T20:15:18.140" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14909" CreationDate="2019-09-15T08:14:51.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After the application for renewal has been made &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the present permit has expired, the the permit is considered renewed until a final decision has been made:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/migration/aufenthaltsrecht/aufenthaltsrecht-liste.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Was muss ich beachten, wenn meine Aufenthaltserlaubnis abläuft?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sie müssen dringend darauf achten, vor Ablauf der Geltungsdauer einen Antrag auf Verlängerung bzw. Erteilung eines anderen Aufenthaltstitels (beispielsweise einer Niederlassungserlaubnis) zu stellen. &lt;strong&gt;Wird der Antrag rechtzeitig, d.h. vor Ablauf der Befristung gestellt, gilt der weitere Aufenthalt bis zur Entscheidung der Ausländerbehörde mit allen sich daran anschließenden Wirkungen (z.B. der Berechtigung zur Ausübung einer Erwerbstätigkeit) als erlaubt.&lt;/strong&gt; Eine verspätete Antragstellung (nach Ende der im Aufenthaltstitel genannten Befristung) kann erhebliche Rechtsnachteile zur Folge haben. Ihr weiterer Aufenthalt wäre dann unerlaubt. Sie sind dann ausreisepflichtig und dürften keiner Beschäftigung mehr nachgehen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem here is whether making the &lt;strong&gt;appointment&lt;/strong&gt; is to be considered sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Berlin it is sufficient if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; is valid on the day of the booking of the appointment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and you show up to the booked appointment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;residence and any work permits&lt;/strong&gt; will remain valid until the day of the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/termine/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mein Aufenthaltstitel wird vor dem Termin ungültig – Ist das ein Problem?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Ihr Aufenthaltstitel war an dem Tag der Buchung des Termins noch gültig?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Dann wird der Aufenthaltstitel im Bundesgebiet bis zum gebuchten Termin als &lt;strong&gt;fortbestehend betrachtet&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Dies gilt auch für die Nebenbestimmungen zu Ihrem Aufenthaltstitel. Das bedeutet, Sie können bis zum Termin weiter arbeiten oder studieren.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wichtig: Voraussetzung ist, &lt;strong&gt;dass Sie zum gebuchten Termin kommen&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reisen ins Ausland sind jedoch nur innerhalb der Gültigkeit des Ihnen zuletzt erteilten Aufenthaltstitels möglich.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check the site of your local authority (probely where appointments are made) for a similar statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making a pdf copy of the appointment would be a good idea&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;printing a copy for your employer even better&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Never having completed such appointment dialog I cannot be sure how it looks when finished&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;reason&lt;/strong&gt; for the appointment is being asked for&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;first permit type and then if it is to be renewed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So selecting the &lt;strong&gt;correct&lt;/strong&gt; permit type would therefore be a good idea&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so knowning the German term of what you need is crucial&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T08:14:51.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18021" CreationDate="2019-09-15T11:46:59.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/ausland/portable/a1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German text&lt;/a&gt; the A1 Certificate is nothing more than proof that a person who is being temporary (up to 24 Months) employed outside his home country is properly insured and thus need not be insured again in the country he is working in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer will apply for the A1 Certificate when deploying their employee abroad from the insurer. The employee will take it with them and upon demand show it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since EU law stipulates that employees need be insured only once, this certificate is proof of this insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason this, at present, is relatively unknown is because it is relatively new. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not stated, but a possible cause for the introduction, is that there were problems in the past where employees deployed were being hasseled by insurer's that wanted proof that could not be supplied. Possible is also that the Employer did not insure that their employees were properly insured for the work abroad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The A1 Certificate resolves these problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T11:46:59.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17691" CreationDate="2019-09-15T13:23:31.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering my own question:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I received my VISA, and presently in the UK now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I submitted only Original Documents, as per my CAS Letter and the docs asked by UKVI office, nothing additional documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18944" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-09-18T08:10:15.740" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T08:10:15.740" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19186" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-15T15:02:56.647" Score="1" ViewCount="345" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Gov.UK site for permanently settling in the UK (&quot;indefinite leave to remain&quot; or &quot;ILR&quot;) lists out the fees associcated with the application, but not the payment methods accepted. For instance, do they take card payments from both credit as well as debit cards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T18:05:50.680" Title="What forms of payment are accepted for UK Indefinite Leave to Remain applications?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19186" CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:16:00.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was unable to find a govt.uk webpage which addresses how payment is to be made when applying for ILR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The govt.uk webpage that addresses ILR-holders applying for UK citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, however, contains this text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How much it costs&lt;/strong&gt; [sic]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It costs £1,330 to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must also pay £19.20 to have your biometric information (fingerprints and a photo) taken. You’ll be told how to do this after you’ve applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's very likely that the &amp;quot;apply for ILR&amp;quot; procedure is similar, and that sometime after you've begun your application for ILR, you'll be advised how payment is to be processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-17T16:10:25.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-15T15:04:20.410" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am I eligible for a PSW (2 year Post-Study Work Visa UK):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Course: Masters of science&#xA;Method of study: Full Time&#xA;Start date: 6 January 2020&#xA;Estimated end date: 6 May 2021&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nitendra Shukla" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T16:13:40.970" Title="Post Study Work Visa United Kingdom 2 Years" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14735" CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:44:04.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The absence of the original certificate doesn't make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Union law states the following requirement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) a document attesting to the existence of a family relationship or of a registered partnership;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many countries an &quot;extract&quot; is the same as an original. In some countries, like Spain for instance, an extract is the only thing would ever get. And of course, extract or not, it is still proof of relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your partner has obtained an Italian residence card for non-EU family members, you could use that and travel together to the UK and then reapply in person. From reading the next part, I think the tipping point was that is was not clear to the immigration officer that your relationship still existed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastEditorUserId="15290" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T20:40:33.323" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T20:40:33.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-15T20:35:22.637" Score="1" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding EU Blue card from Finland for more than 18 months. I got a job offer from Germany and I satisfy the requirements of Blue Card from Germany. As a specific condition my future company wants me to join orientation training on their HQ in Switzerland starting from 1st of Nov. I will be doing roundtrips from Zurich to Helsinki for two months. Then I will be relocating to Dusseldorf on 1st of January. I know that I need to make a fresh Blue Card application from German embassy. Also I find &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=809503&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;following link&lt;/a&gt; very useful about changing coutries while holding blue card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here my questions;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the best timing to apply for the EU Blue Card when you consider my specific situation? I believe I can enter Switzerland with my current Blue Card. So can I delay this application around 1st of Dec. or even after 1st of January?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If not, then I apply for German EU blue card as soon as possible. So how long will it take to get my Blue Card? I heard embassy can issue some temporary work permit while I am waiting for new card? but no guarantees.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I get my german EU blue card before 1st of January, what will happen to my residence in Finland, since my children are going to kindergarden, if residency drops they lost their kindergarden. What is the relation between blue card and residency?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I dont get my blue card form Germany after 1st of January, can I rent a house in germany and get a residency so that my children can continue their kindergarden?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18945" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-16T03:00:18.390" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T09:40:03.370" Title="Changing employment and country with Finnish Blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19191" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-16T04:06:29.233" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;do we get an email of the NARIC letter form NARIC UK which can be uploaded for Visa documents or do we have to wait for the letter to arrive on mail?&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18946" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T01:05:45.600" Title="UK Tier 2 visa - NARIC" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19190" CreationDate="2019-09-16T09:35:00.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a job offer now, you should apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, I assume, you haven't been working for 24 months job approval by the Job Center must be made  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not sure if this applies if the 24 months have been fulfilled in another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The start date of the contract should be known&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and if the training time in Switzerland is within the contract period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Independent if it is or not, they could issue it starting when the training starts making moving possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card FAQs&lt;/a&gt; can answer other questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-16T09:40:03.370" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T09:40:03.370" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19193" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19195" CreationDate="2019-09-16T12:51:17.193" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had come to realize after I submitted my online application  for critical skills employment that I had not mentioned my refusal to the UK in September 2014 (I honestly forgot completely ).&#xA;So I had written the note below as instructed to give to the officer with all the rest of the supporting documents which discovered that it was not submitted as I found the original and copy after I returned to Cairo so I don’t think I submitted it &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I did call the embassy in Alex this morning  and they notified me that the person whom took the papers and whom I met yesterday is out for vacation and they don’t know when she will be back &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the refusal stamp is clear on the previous passport copy and not intended to be hidden I only want to give the refusal reason per my memory  along with the clarification &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to submit my hand written paper as not to be understood as fraudulent information &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also want like to note out that I have been issued an Australian visa and a US visa after the UK refusal &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18950" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T17:26:57.650" Title="Irish Visa missing Document" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19199" CreationDate="2019-09-16T14:54:22.817" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Computer Engineer with 6 years of experience.&#xA;Applying for New Zealand's &quot;Skilled Migrant Category Resident Visa&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points can be gained for recognised work experience, that is matches the description of one of ANZSCO occupation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find anywhere any hints on whether I should have the work experience  attested. It seems to me, I don't need to do that. Could anyone confirm, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a post from my blog of my thought and finding information process: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://movingtonewzealandstory.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/work-experience-znzsco-skilled-migration-new-zealand/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://movingtonewzealandstory.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/work-experience-znzsco-skilled-migration-new-zealand/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18951" LastActivityDate="2019-09-17T17:40:19.950" Title="ANZSCO occupation" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19193" CreationDate="2019-09-16T15:12:07.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you wish to get the physical piece of paper to the embassy in Alex, you can either mail it, courier it, or try to hand-deliver it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No method will guarantee that your information will be received and considered before the embassy has made its decision to grant or deny your application, nor that receipt of the information will result in a grant. You might also consider submitting a withdrawal of your application, if you think that starting afresh with a new application would be a better approach. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, do it quickly. If you have an email address (or even the telephone number) of the consular official who interviewed you, use them so the official learns about the missing information &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; making a decision. Your chances of success in obtaining a visa in the future will be reduced if a decision to deny this application is reached before they receive your updated information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-16T17:26:57.650" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T17:26:57.650" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19188" CreationDate="2019-09-16T16:13:40.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe. Before the Tier 1 (Post-study work) was withdrawn, a graduate of an accredited Masters programme would have been eligible for two years leave to remain on the route. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-2-year-post-study-work-visa-for-international-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The government has indicated&lt;/a&gt; that they intend to revive the route under roughly the same rules for the 2020 intake of students. However, they have not yet made the required changes to the Immigration Rules, and with the current extremely unstable political situation, it's entirely possible that these changes will not take place, and that the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route will not reopen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is most likely that you will be eligible, but you should be prepared for the possibility that the route does not reopen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-09-16T16:13:40.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19197" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19198" CreationDate="2019-09-16T21:40:51.320" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancee and I would like to settle in the UK. I am a British citizen and she is an American citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She was refused entry November 2018 due to the IO not believing she was a genuine visitor. She received a visit visa May 2019 and visited for 3 weeks August 2019 before leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not meet the financial requirements (18,600 GBP) and so I'm seeking to change jobs to meet this. In the meantime before I earn this, we're visiting each other back and forth for 2-3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The plan was for me to travel to the USA under the VWP, get married, then return home and apply for a spousal visa some time later. However, we've explored the option of simply waiting until I meet the financial requirement, obtaining a Family Visa as a fiancee and just marrying in the UK and then extending her stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be done? How long is the extension for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for this is because I don't want to marry her then within the space of a couple of months sponsor her for a spousal visa as it could look like a marriage of convenience. We've lots of pictures from our time living together for less than a year in China and we've kept our plane tickets both to and from each other's countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't know if I should marry her in the States or just wait until I earn enough for us to marry in the UK, and then apply for a Family Visa. I doubt we can get married before March 2020 as I have just 4 days of annual leave left my job and it doesn't reset until then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, does anybody have any advice on the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;UK citizen using VWP to travel to the USA to marry an American before returning to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extending stay under Family Visa when entering as a fiancee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would getting married then quickly applying for a spousal visa raise suspicions? I mean, why would we choose to wait if I'm eligible to sponsor her?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18954" LastEditorUserId="18954" LastEditDate="2019-09-16T23:09:04.827" LastActivityDate="2019-09-17T08:11:05.343" Title="Extending stay under Family Visa UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19197" CreationDate="2019-09-17T08:11:05.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't comment on your first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Extending stay under Family Visa when entering as a fiancee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to pay significantly more if you take this route. You need to pay the initial out of country application fee, and then pay to extend the visa twice, before your partner becomes eligible for ILR. So you have to pay for an additional extension beyond what would be required if she came to the UK married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In answer to the question about how long the extension is, in country extensions give an additional 2.5 years. So the length of her successive visas would be 6 months, 2.5 years, 2.5 years. In contrast, if the initial application is made after you are married, she would get a 2.75 year visa, and then get a 2.5 year extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would getting married then quickly applying for a spousal visa raise suspicions? I mean, why would we choose to wait if I'm eligible to sponsor her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, this is not inherently suspicious. I would guess that it's extremely common. My partner's visa application was made a month after we were married abroad, and was successful. You need to provide evidence of your relationship, but if you are in a genuine relationship and have photos and communications with each other then this will not be hard to prove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, getting married outside the UK by far the better choice. It's cheaper, the documentation required is less burdensome, and you won't need to worry about a visa refusal upending your marriage plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you are concerned, her previous entry refusal will not have a negative effect on her application. Prior immigration problems, other than deliberate deception, are ignored for family visa applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As phoog says in the comments, you might want to consider living in the US. The UK is extremely hostile to international couples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-09-17T08:11:05.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19194" CreationDate="2019-09-17T17:40:19.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't have to prove experience for the expression of interest but will have to if invited to officially apply. Here's the official application booklet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1105.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1105.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See page 10 for specific information about proving work experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2019-09-17T17:40:19.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-17T23:13:43.140" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a similar question in the travel section, however this is super urgent so possibly someone can help me over here...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically I had an official appointment at a UCSIS Application Center, which I booked through the UK Visa &amp;amp; Immigration Center for a Tier 4 Visa. I missed the appointment and called only to be told I was not in the system and did not even have an appointment. They advised me to call the UK Visa and Immigration's website, which I did... only to be also told they have no idea what to do. They recommended me to another department and said I'd receive an e-mail within 15 days. Time is of the essence, as I was supposed to be in the UK by the 30th for university, however I believe it is going to be delayed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know as to why this would've happened? Is the UCSIS still processing biometrics? I see there are premium centers available, but for a hefty fee. If I start to book an appointment through them, I want to make sure my previous appointment was voided. I have no idea who to contact anymore as I've contacted both sides with no help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only worry is the front cover page of the biometrics, in my visa application I selected the UCSIS location, and have no way of changing it to a premium section now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any info in the application that does not match, could cost me being rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has any further advice as to what I should do next or who to contact, it'd be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18962" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T06:36:41.660" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T06:36:41.660" Title="UK Tier 4 Visa UCSIS/Biometrics Help" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19201" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-18T01:04:18.787" Score="3" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this we can move to certain small villages in Italy in exchange for 700 EUR per month for 3 year, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; we agree to start a business there to help the locals:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/molise-italy-pay-to-move/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/molise-italy-pay-to-move/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I have searched for hours for the application form or process, and only find articles saying the same things over and over again (the same things that are already mentioned in the CNN article). How do we apply? Maybe the problem is that I'm only searching using an English search engine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18963" OwnerDisplayName="user1271772" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T14:47:57.700" Title="How exactly do we apply for the $27,000 which is being offered to move to Italy?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19201" CreationDate="2019-09-18T02:46:44.733" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;What an interesting challenge!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at the CNN article, which mentioned &quot;Counselor&quot; Antonio Tedeschi. The word &quot;Counselor&quot; sounds like the position held by a local government official. There were too many towns to review, so I searched for the region &quot;Molise,&quot; which might be similar to what we know as a county, and could explain how the offer could include many little towns. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Molise government has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://consiglio.regione.molise.it/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;webpage.&lt;/a&gt; I can't read Italian very well, but Google Chrome will translate it automatically on the fly. Drilling down yielded a link for &quot;Counselors,&quot; rather like Supervisors or Councilmembers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presto! There was &lt;a href=&quot;http://consiglio.regione.molise.it/node/4305&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Antonio Tedeschi's page&lt;/a&gt;, including his email: &lt;em&gt;cons.tedeschi@regione.molise.it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write to him!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" OwnerDisplayName="David" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-18T14:47:57.700" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T14:47:57.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-18T05:33:42.923" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Ukranian girlfriend was recently deported from China for a minor offense. A training school arranging to take some kids on a tour to europe invited her to give basic Russian and Ukranian lessons to kid for a month to prep the kids before they go to Europe, unfortunately the cops came and asked for her work permit and the whole thing escalated real quick&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She wants to relocate to Taiwan to be closer to me since I'm still in China. The problem is we're worried that might not be possible since China and Taiwan are sort of linked. We're worried she might not be granted access to enter Taiwan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone advise whether she will be able to relocate to Taiwan or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18965" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T05:33:42.923" Title="Can you relocate to Taiwan after being deported from China?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;taiwan&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-18T07:39:41.923" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all from a linguistic view: &quot;permit&quot; means having right to do something and residency means current place of your stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, when we are relocating to another country (Lets say country A), we are getting &quot;Resident Permit&quot; from immigration office of Country A. By using that document we are entering Country A and then going to a local authority to register ourselves as residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I assume having resident permit does not mean that your residency changed until you register to the local authorities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This relates to following practical situation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family and I living in Finland under EU Blue Card. I got a job offer from Germany and planning to apply for German EU Blue Card. But my new employer wants me to relocate to Germany 2 months later since their new office is not ready and the first two months are for on-boarding training. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I wonder when we apply for a new Blue card, do we lose our rights gained from our current EU Blue cards. I mean like health insurances, kindergarden services etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that Finnish EU Blue Card provides an extra 3 months when you resign your job to let you find a new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18945" LastEditorUserId="18945" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T19:09:58.687" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T19:09:58.687" Title="Are there any difference in between &quot;Resident Permit&quot; and &quot;Residency&quot;?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-09-19T06:29:55.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18137" CreationDate="2019-09-18T08:20:21.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to ask the corresponding Ausländerbehörde (before trying to enter Germany). A good idea would be to mention some personal issues that were the reason for you to leave Germany (because it could be a official reason to avoid the expiration of you residence permit, please see details &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/aufenthalt/erloeschen-von-aufenthaltstiteln/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__51.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). Actually, you should have asked them before leaving Germany, then it could be easier to avoid expiration of your Niederlassungserlaubnis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May I also ask you if you really got Niederlassungserlaubnis and not &quot;Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt-EU&quot;? Cause the latter one expires after 2 years for former Blue Card holders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-05-11T11:11:56.303" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T11:11:56.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17886" CreationDate="2019-09-18T08:50:09.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to Ausländerbehörde&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It depends&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In order to apply for permanent residence permit, you should be able to fund yourself. If you will quit your job before applying, how do you fund yourself then? (First after you will get a permanent residence permit, you might become eligible for social help, etc.).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T08:50:09.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19205" CreationDate="2019-09-18T13:42:42.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Residence or residency is not a unified concept.  A single person can be a resident of different places for different purposes.  Two jurisdictions can even consider the same person to be a resident for the same purpose, because of different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general terms, a residence permit authorizes its bearer to reside somewhere, or, more literally, it &lt;em&gt;permits&lt;/em&gt; the person to do so.  Residence permits are usually issued by countries.  Whether a country issuing a residence permit automatically treats the person as a resident for any purpose depends on that country's laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many countries require people living in the country to register with the municipality in which they reside.  Doing so will frequently cause the person to be deemed a resident of that municipality for most purposes, but the details depend on national law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the cases I'm familiar with, it's necessary for someone who leaves a country with registration of residents to inform the registry of that.  This may be called deregistration.  Registering with a municipality in a new country generally will not lead to automatic deregistration in another country, but there could be exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, if you have applied for or even received a residence permit somewhere else, you do not lose your prior residency until you actually move and, if applicable, deregister.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T13:42:42.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17866" CreationDate="2019-09-18T16:28:18.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @phoog said in the comments, if you were born before 1 January 1985 to a Dutch mother and a non-Dutch father, you can apply for Dutch nationality via an option statement. You can find all the requirements &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/living-working/becoming-a-dutch-citizen/option-procedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It's laid out quite clearly by the Dutch government. You can submit your application in person at the Dutch embassy or consulate-general in the region where you live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10780" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T16:28:18.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19205" CreationDate="2019-09-18T18:05:36.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Things are not as neatly organised as you seem to assume. Countries can have several disconnected notions of residence. For example, in France, it's possible to be considered a resident for tax purposes without being a resident for citizenship purposes (the time spent in France does not count towards the minimal required stay before applying for naturalisation) because the requirements for the latter are tighter. Similarly, some EU countries (France, UK) do not have a generic registration system for all inhabitants. Continuing with the French tax residence example: it is a material fact and starts on the first day of presence with an eye towards a longer stay (i.e. not when you go over some threshold or not when you inform the tax office or anything like that but you actually set foot in the country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the EU, “residence permit“ is a loose English translation for a whole category of documents. In practice, it means most (but not all) documents allowing you to stay in an EU member state for longer than 3/6 months. Different countries issue slightly different documents, sometimes with a distinction between short-term/conditional residence and long-term residence. Some countries only issue residence “permit“ within the country, after a period of initial stay (i.e. you can only ever enter with a visa, not directly with a permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there is no systematic link between residence in one country and residence in another one. Depending on your exact status, many thing can cause you to lose your right to reside in country A, including losing your job or physically leaving the country for an extended period of time but applying or being granted a permit or visa to reside in another country is (typically) not one of them. As I implied in my comment to your earlier question, you really have to consider your situation in each country separately, the question you are asking is not the right one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T12:56:02.220" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T12:56:02.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19191" CreationDate="2019-09-19T00:58:51.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the NARIC FAQs &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Individuals/FAQs.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Individuals/FAQs.aspx&lt;/a&gt; assessments are provided by mail.  Receipt by email is not listed under ‘Delivery options’ &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Individuals/Postage%20Options.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.naric.org.uk/naric/Individuals/Postage%20Options.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T00:58:51.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19213" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19220" CreationDate="2019-09-19T01:51:34.197" Score="0" ViewCount="791" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to consulate in my home country and they said since my husband is a EU BlueCard holder and I have not been de registered from Germany I can travel with my aufenhaltstitel and it remains valid. My husband is locally employed in Germany and I am planning to join him and therefore went to apply for the Fanily Reunion Visa but was sent back saying my visa is valid and we cannot issue you a schengen visa when you already have a valid visa. And they also said I can very much travel on that visa. Now my question is will i be stopped at the airport? What if they say that my visa is no more valid? Will they know I was out of Germany for more than a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Art des Titels &#xA;  Aufenthaltserlaubnis &#xA;Anmerkung&#xA;  30&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user18967" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2019-09-21T13:49:11.003" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T09:23:15.687" Title="Aufenhaltstitel validity after staying away from Germany for more than a year?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14909" CreationDate="2019-09-19T06:54:17.490" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;UPDATE- I talked to HR representative from my company and they helped me get an appointment at the Immigration office for Fiktionsbescheinigung, which is basically a temporary work permit. So anyone with the same situation I was in, please do talk to Ausländeramt regarding Fiktionsbecheinigung or also extending the type D visa, which I think can be done. Thank you! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15091" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T06:54:17.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-09-19T10:23:22.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two places that your visa will be checked when you fly to Germany.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definitive check is when you enter the Schengen area (either in Germany, or somewhere else if you don't fly direct to Germany).  That check will be performed by trained immigration officials. Although they may well know that you have been out of the country for a year, they are very unlikely to give a different answer than the German consulate in your country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other check is when you board the plane.  The airline will get fined if you are rejected at the border, so they will check your documents very carefully. There have been suggestions that airlines will sometimes reject documentation that would have been accepted at the border.  However &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; will definitely have no way to tell how long you have been out of country, so that shouldn't be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T10:23:22.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-09-19T11:05:12.037" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since your residence permit is based on your husband's permit, the rule about a residence permit becoming invalid after a long absence does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if your husband left for a specific time would both be effected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your residence permit was issued so that you can be with your husband &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it does not require you to be there all the time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why the Cousulate stated that your residence permit is still valid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence permit itself will probably contain the following &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Art des Titels&lt;/strong&gt;: Familiennachzug  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Art des Titels&lt;/strong&gt;: Aufenthaltserlaubnis &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§ 29 Familiennachzug&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§ 30 Ehegattennachzug&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§ 32 Kindernachzug &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with 1 or more of the above text in the &lt;strong&gt;Anmerkungen&lt;/strong&gt; field&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with that the Border Control will know that you are just returning.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Airlines &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; know this as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T11:59:06.210" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T11:59:06.210" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-19T05:15:42.560" Score="2" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for job opportunities in the UAE,I am from India. I heard that if I want to go to the UAE, I have to complete the UAE Embassy Attestation procedure in India. So can anyone guide me through the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19294" OwnerDisplayName="user17893" LastEditorDisplayName="user17893" LastEditDate="2019-10-01T10:29:52.073" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T14:29:06.313" Title="What is the procedure for UAE Embassy Attestation?" Tags="&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-09-19T12:34:34.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This plastic card telling you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Art des Titels &#xA;  Aufenthaltserlaubnis &#xA;Anmerkung&#xA;  30&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;already &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; the »Family Reunion Visa« you asked the German consulate for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That &lt;em&gt;30&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;Anmerkungen&lt;/em&gt; field refers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__30.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 30 AufenthG: Ehegattennachzug zu Ausländern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Im am inclined to believe the German consulate. They are the official agency. As I understand it, this &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; stays valid until the expiration date as long as your husband does not leave &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt; at the same time as you for more than 6 months, or for a job &lt;strong&gt;outside Germany&lt;/strong&gt;. Caveat: in the latter case, both your husband's and your &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; becomes invalid &lt;strong&gt;immediately&lt;/strong&gt;. Take care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can move to, from and inside the Schengen zone freely with that card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14594" LastEditorUserId="14594" LastEditDate="2019-09-19T12:42:12.720" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T12:42:12.720" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-19T10:36:57.523" Score="2" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen pursuing studies in France. Now I got a paid internship in Brussels which will last six months. Currently I am in India and I want to apply for a Belgian visa from India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I will be needing a type D long-stay visa. But I couldn't find out what category visa I will need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see there's a specific Internship visa category in the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://france.diplomatie.belgium.be/sites/default/files/content/download/consulair/Paris/Frans/Visa/stage_art._9_13.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgian consulate in France&lt;/a&gt; but I couldn't find a similar category in the website of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://india.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/travel-to-belgium/visa/india&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgian consulate in India&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mailed the consulate here in India and they informed that I will be needing &quot;visa D - Single Permit&quot;. But the employer has only provided &quot;BIS goedkeuren opleidingsplan&quot;. I guess this is not a work permit? Or is this document sufficient to get a &quot;single permit&quot; visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18973" OwnerDisplayName="vettipayyan" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T15:52:15.413" Title="Belgium internship visa from non-EU country" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-19T19:22:46.867" Score="0" ViewCount="882" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Tier 4 Visa, and have completed the biometrics appt and online application. I sent off all of my documents in a package at UPS through 2-Day Air mail along with a 2-Day air return label around 10 AM from LA which is to be sent to the VFS Global office in NY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About an hour later at 11 AM, I received a strange e-mail stating: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Dear Applicant,  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre in Sheffield.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CUSTOMERS IN THE USA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you enrolled your biometrics at a US Dept of Homeland Security Application Support Centre (ASC) then the processing time on your application will start as soon as we receive confirmation from the New York Scanning Hub that your documents have been received and uploaded to our system.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;“&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don’t understand why I would’ve received this message, if I JUST sent off my application through the mail. What online application do they mean? Just the UK Visa and Immigration application form, that they might have access to? Is this normal to receive this before even sending off my documents application? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There’s no way my documents application would’ve been sent to NY and then Sheffield in one hour. Highly confused and slightly concerned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone understands this, it’d be greatly appreciated. Thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18962" LastActivityDate="2019-09-19T19:22:46.867" Title="Why did I receive this e-mail from the Sheffield UK Decision Making Centre?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-20T11:09:06.800" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the UK on a Tier 5 Temporary work visa (Government Authorised Exchange). My sponsor has indicated that they want me to stay an extra year but I'm having problems with visa options as the scheme they are under only allows my visa to be for a maximum of 12 months (ie it will expire this January). A Tier 2 work visa is not an option unfortunately, nor do I have British ancestry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I return home (Australian passport holder), get another 12-month certificate of sponsorship from them, and re-apply for another Tier 5 GAE visa straight away? Or is there a minimum time I have to wait between work visas? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18975" LastEditorDisplayName="user6860" LastEditDate="2019-09-21T13:47:50.177" LastActivityDate="2019-09-21T13:47:50.177" Title="How long between UK Tier 5 GAE visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19228" CreationDate="2019-09-20T11:30:54.147" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hie everyone, I live in Malaysia and just had my work permit approved here (I am African). I recently graduated and have been invited for an on-site interview by a Software Engineering company in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is I don’t have 6 months payslips yet, is this a cause for concern? I had been working as intern at another company (pending graduation) and my bank statements only show my internship salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17516" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T15:07:36.163" Title="UK Standard Visit Visa for On-site Interview" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-20T12:05:17.713" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is my aufenhaltstitel still valid if my husband changed his employer and switched to EU blucard. Although my husbands previous employer didnt de register him and didnt cancel his aufenhaltstitel as well. And also even if I have not been de registered from germany but my address is showing unknown. What does that mean? Is my aufenhaltstitel still valid? Have I been de registered or is it that they are unable to find my address and hence showing unknown? I have been away from germany for more than a year but the consulate in my home country say my visa is valid. But now I got to know this? What does that mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user18967" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T12:23:17.380" Title="Aufenhaltstitel validity" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-09-21T15:56:59.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19226" CreationDate="2019-09-20T12:23:17.380" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You already asked this question here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19218/17166&quot;&gt;Aufenhaltstitel validity after staying away from Germany for more than a year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;extensive&lt;/strong&gt; answers were given.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Such questions should only be asked once. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T12:23:17.380" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19225" CreationDate="2019-09-20T15:07:36.163" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there is no strict rule about how much money or how many statements are needed, with more statements the decision-maker will be able to see more easily your financial status and pattern of income/expenditure. The rule of thumb is six statements over a period of six months and the six month period should end with the most recent statement prior to submitting the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First-time applicants, those without a travel history or with any kind of adverse Immigration history, etc. are best to submit the full 6 months’ worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/66104/should-i-submit-bank-statements-when-applying-for-a-uk-visa-what-do-they-say-ab&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/66104/should-i-submit-bank-statements-when-applying-for-a-uk-visa-what-do-they-say-ab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T15:07:36.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-09-21T14:46:35.123" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the German consulate in your home country says your card is valid, then that should be true. There is no valid reason for the consulate to mislead you, as eventually this could create more work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU law regulates the validity of TCN residence cards and German authorities may have the right to de-register you &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;but they don't have to&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Simply leaving for more than 6 month does not invalidate such documents. Border guards also should only have access to your entry-exit records of their specific country. They also don't have the right to question the judgement of the issuing authority and it would mean they'd have to examine all entry- and exit-stamps in your passport. In case of a new passport, they wouldn't even be able to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R0399&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/a&gt; does not seem to suggest anything of the contrary. The right of entry with a valid residence card is not restricted by your absence there. The rules laid out in that document regarding refusal of entry also IMHO do not appear to give border guards any rights to make decisions on the validity of residence permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2019-09-21T14:46:35.123" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-22T10:42:00.737" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I traveled to Norway for a job interview by company with valid Schengen visa, SINGLE ENTRY - TYPE C (business visa) valid for 9th to 27th September ( 19 DAYS VALIDITY )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I traveled to Norway on 10th of September and completed my job interview successfully during 11th and 12th September.&#xA;Company offered me the job and I took it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Originally I was planned to return on 12th September however on 12th Sept company and I mutually agreed that I will stay another week in order to complete familiarization etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my original ticket was cancelled and new flights were booked to depart on 19th September as follows : Norway - Copenhagen - Munich - Mumbai&#xA;Everything was going smooth until when I was questioned on 20th Sept by Immigration officer in Munich airport (before boarding flight to Mumbai) as why did I overstay when my visa was allowed to stay only for 4 DAYS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was shocking to me.&#xA;Obviously in the whole process, I had not realized that there is limitation for my stay ( Duration of stay 4 days ) in Norway and blunder had happened.&#xA;I had missed to notice this and only remembered that visa is valid until 27th September.&#xA;It was unintentional from my end, neither do company HR people checked this before postponing my flights etc.&#xA;My stay was extended without knowledge of limitation of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I explained the immigration officer all the truth and original plan etc. however he didn’t agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was taken to the inquiry office by Immigration person (police).&#xA;After few questions, and noting down my residence address (India home town address) and my job position details, company name, I was made sit for about 1/2 an hour.&#xA;Later, I was shown and asked to sign a form and declaration which stated that overstaying and not having a valid Schengen visa is illegal and punishable act etc.&#xA;Due to time constraint and nervousness I did not read every word of the form and signed as per instructions from Police.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told by police that my case will be presented to the judge who will decide next course of action.&#xA;Also I was shown a name on the form who will act on my behalf to present my case etc. (I don’t remember exactly).&#xA;As per Police , I will be informed if any action is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am obviously very scared that what will happen next.&#xA;Just to let you know, my company is also preparing my work permit through a 3rd party agency in Norway.&#xA;My plan is to re-enter Norway in next month and appear in front of Norway police to process the Norwegian work permit and then get residence card.&#xA;I have planned to work and stay in Norway and company is processing the formalities for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have informed above incident to Norway officer HR person, who mentioned that let’s see what happens next and she would help.&#xA;I have not informed this to work permit agency thinking that it might be all okay, nothing will happen and to avoid unnecessary mix-up at this stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly, I have many questions in mind and am afraid what will happen next.&#xA;Will I be punished, fined or not allowed to enter Schengen region ?&#xA;Will I be rejected the next visa which I am planning to re-apply in next month ?&#xA;Will my new job proposal be withdrawn by company in case this issue escalates ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your kind and urgent reply will be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18983" LastActivityDate="2019-10-22T18:01:05.200" Title="Overstayed in Norway for 6 days with C type visa 27 days validity" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-21T18:33:19.523" Score="0" ViewCount="812" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Executive Summary:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q: Is there anything I can do to speed up the I-130 processing time at this juncture? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q: Is there any way my wife and son can return to the U.S. for a short period? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Overview&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I filed the I-130 to petition for my wife and son, accepted on July 24, 2019. The USCIS website says that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;processing times&lt;/a&gt; are currently &lt;code&gt;6.5 to 8.5 months for a U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last week I called my congressional office, filled out the necessary paperwork, and requested that the USCIS expedite the petition for my wife and son, on the grounds of financial hardship. Unfortunately, my request was swiftly denied. The response said the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Good afternoon,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for your inquiry on behalf of your constituent requesting&#xA;  expedited processing of their Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS records indicate that your constituent’s Form I-130 was received&#xA;  to the Potomac Service Center on July 24, 2019 and is pending&#xA;  pre-processing and background checks.   Your constituent’s expedite&#xA;  request was reviewed and denied. Information regarding expedite&#xA;  criteria was last updated on May 10, 2019 and is posted on the USCIS&#xA;  website at www.uscis.gov/forms/expedite-criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your constituent’s application will be processed within the normal&#xA;  USCIS processing times, which can be located on the USCIS website at&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please let our office know if you have any additional questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand I can appeal or try again if I can file additional paperwork to support my claim. I won't go into too much detail on this but I was laid off in early May 2019 and have not yet been paid for April 2019. I found a new job but I am deep in debt and struggling to pay off bills, beginning to roll over credit card debt, and incurring expensive living in the UK due to the short-term nature and inability to properly plan with the uncertainty of the Visa timing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The expedite criteria have the following to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;USCIS may consider an expedite request if it meets one or more of the&#xA;  following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Severe financial loss to a company or person, provided that the need&#xA;  for urgent action is not the result of the petitioner’s or applicant’s&#xA;  failure to: File the benefit request or the expedite request in a&#xA;  reasonable time frame, or Respond to any requests for additional&#xA;  evidence in a reasonably timely manner; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Urgent humanitarian reasons;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Compelling U.S. government interests (such as urgent cases for the&#xA;  Department of Defense or DHS, or other public safety or national&#xA;  security interests); or &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Clear USCIS error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When considering severe financial loss to a person: If the expedite&#xA;  request relates to an application for employment authorization or&#xA;  student status, the need to obtain employment authorization or student&#xA;  status, standing alone without any evidence of other compelling&#xA;  factors does not warrant expedited treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All expedite requests claiming severe financial loss, regardless of&#xA;  the immigration benefit sought and regardless of whether the claimed&#xA;  loss is to a company or a person, must be documented to establish the&#xA;  loss and that the requestor is not able to withstand the temporary&#xA;  financial loss that is the natural result of normal processing times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That last part is of particular interest to me: &lt;code&gt;the requestor is not able to withstand the temporary financial loss that is the natural result of normal processing times&lt;/code&gt;. I think that describes my situation very well. I'm looking at waiting another 4.5 to 6.5 months right now while my wife and son are living in the UK. I don't think I will be able to afford another 4.5-6.5 months of this. I am crashing at my friends place and my wife is floating around from short-term accommodation to short-term accommodation because she can no longer stay at her mother's house due to mustiness and mold. Even more importantly, I'm extremely worried about the emotional and psychological toll this is taking on my 3-year old son. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So some final questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there anything I can do to try and speed up the processing of my Immigration forms? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any forms I can file so that my wife and son can re-enter the U.S.? She is unable to enter the U.S. on an ESTA because we were married in March 2019. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it was an egregious error on our part for her to leave the country after getting married in the U.S. but without a Visa, but I can't go back and change that now. She returned to the UK shortly after I lost my job and I was pleading with her to move in with my parents but she preferred to go back to the UK. I knew it would be bad if she returned without a Visa but I did not realize it would be this difficult to sort everything out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18986" OwnerDisplayName="Scott Skiles" LastActivityDate="2020-05-07T17:55:36.767" Title="Request to expedite I-130 denied. Is there anything I can do?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19232" CreationDate="2019-09-22T17:19:03.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will be impossible to say to what conclusion the judge will come to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Judge will make a judgment based on the facts laydown before him/her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At present, I assume, they are collecting conformation from the firm in Norway.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what you have written it looks very much as if the firm was also at fault&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as a future employer they should have checked if you were allowed to stay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if they assisted in the rebooking of your flight, then they assisted in the overstay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further questions will be asked of the firm&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;was a contract signed/agreed to? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;was the process with the 3rd party agency started for the work permit? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this information the judge will attempt to come to a conclusion what the &lt;strong&gt;motiv&lt;/strong&gt; was&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a deliberate attempt to deceive? &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if yes ---&gt; bad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;was it goof up by not paying proper attention to the visa details? &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if yes ---&gt; good&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the judges final conclusion is that it was a goof up (negligence) then they &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; deside that a warning is sufficient&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to you&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it was your responsibility to &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; that your visa was only valid for a 4 day stay between the 9th and 27th of September&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and should have informed the employer when asked to stay another week&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to the employer&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should have insured themselfs that their prospective employee was allowed to stay a further week&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will just have to wait and see what the final conclusion of the Judge is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-22T17:19:03.120" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18070" CreationDate="2019-09-22T19:27:10.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, having worked in an English speaking country doesn't count towards the Tier 2 visa language requirement. If you don't have a degree from an institution in an English speaking country, you're going to have to produce favourable results from an approved language test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastActivityDate="2019-09-22T19:27:10.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-23T01:12:08.703" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My passport expired and I have to leave the country in a month to attend a wedding abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Green Card Holder, can I leave and re-enter the country just presenting the Green Card or is the Passport a mandatory requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10480" LastActivityDate="2019-09-23T01:12:08.703" Title="Can a Green Card holder re-enter the country with an expired passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-23T06:47:52.340" Score="4" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born a French citizen in Algeria in 1952. She emigrated to the U.S. And was naturalized in 1970 or so. French law only permitted men to hold dual citizenship until 1973, at which point the law changed and recognized dual citizenship for both sexes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result of the change in the law, my mother regained her French citizenship in 2003. This involved submitting all her documents to the government but I believe her citizenship was reestablished as she was both born to two French parents and on French soil (at the time of her birth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1979. After my mother lost her citizenship, but before my mother officially regained it due to the misogynistic law being struck down in 1973. The question is, as my mother was born French and never renounced hercitizenship, was her regaining of citizenship retroactive and was she considered to have been French at the time of my birth, and am I thus eligible for citizenship? My mother is telling me that the consulate is telling her that I am, but I am not sure they understood all the nuances and am looking for legal ground to stand on before working up too much enthusiasm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18987" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-12-20T09:25:49.990" LastActivityDate="2019-12-20T09:25:49.990" Title="Mother lost French citizenship due to US naturalization, then regained it due to change in law. Was I born French?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19237" CreationDate="2019-09-23T10:12:44.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://washington.consulfrance.org/spip.php?article974&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Certificate of French Nationality (CNF) &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;page is only offered in French (Web page translation) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The French nationality certificate is an official document used to prove French nationality. It indicates the legal provision according to which the plaintiff has the quality of French as well as the documents which made it possible to establish it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Article 30 of the Civil Code &quot;The burden of proof, in matters of French nationality, lies with the person whose nationality is in question&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Article 31 of the Civil Code: &quot;The Chief Clerk of the Court of First Instance&quot; has the sole capacity to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person proving that he has that nationality &quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Depending on your situation, please contact the following services:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are born and domiciled outside France&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  COURT OF INSTANCE OF PARIS &#xA;  POLE OF NATIONALITY - SERVICE OF THE NATIONALITY OF FRENCH   ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE FRANCE&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  PARLIAMENT OF THE TRIBUNAL OF PARIS&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  75859 PARIS CEDEX 17&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Email: chg.natio.tgi-paris@justice.fr&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Tel: 011 33 1 44 32 51 51&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Fax: 011 33 1 44 32 92 81  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For more information on this subject you can consult the Portal of the litigant: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justice.fr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.justice.fr/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;If you were born in France: Court of Instance of your place of birth.&#xA;  If you were born in Paris and reside outside France: Court of Instance of Paris, Pole of the nationality, Service of the nationality of the French established outside France, Parvis of the Court of Paris, 75859 Paris Cedex 17.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you are domiciled in France: Court of Instance of your place of residence.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Requests must be made directly to one of the courts named above and accompanied by the documents listed in the attached list of attachments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://washington.consulfrance.org/IMG/pdf/certificat_de_nationalite_francaise-3.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link to pdf with application form and list of needed documents (in French)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Consulate General of France in Washington is not competent for the processing of CNF files.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that the deadlines for obtaining a French nationality certificate can be very long and it is useless to contact the nationality department of this consulate which is not authorized to intervene in this type of procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this information, you must apply for this certificate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if it is issued, then it is proof of Citizenship &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;upon which a Passport can be issued &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if not, then you are not eligible &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fill out the form from the link and supply requested documentation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Supply certified copies of your mothers documentation about the regaining of citizenship and a letter (in French) explaining the situation and that you are a child claiming citizenship based on your mother's (regained) citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that the situation should be clear and you will recieve either a yes or no answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-09-23T10:12:44.107" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-23T13:33:00.093" Score="0" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying for German Employment Visa within few weeks. I have received the signed contract from my employer but I dont have this document &quot;Certificate about compulsory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) from German employer valid from date of employment&quot;. Is this document mandatory for Visa application ? What others documents can be provided instead of this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18990" LastActivityDate="2019-10-25T11:02:00.247" Title="Is compulsory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) mandatory for German Employment Visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19239" CreationDate="2019-09-23T14:10:49.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;no, for the visa appliance is not required, but before you begin to work your employer have to do some paper work and one of this is register the name of your insurance company.. in Germany a part of the insurance is paid by you and the rest by the employer, so you HAVE to have a insurance before you begin to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9220" LastActivityDate="2019-09-23T14:10:49.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17921" CreationDate="2019-09-24T00:18:00.577" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, 7 weeks later and the October 2019 &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Bulletin has been published on the State Dept. web site&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &quot;chargeability area&quot; in the EB-3 category has been reverted back to &quot;C&quot; for current, so with any luck my visa will be issued some time within the next few weeks.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So - yes, once a 'retrogression' happens it is possible that it could be changed back again within the same calendar year.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's entirely possible that the 'federal calendar' of October 1 to September 30 applies which Phoog mentioned in a comment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: 10 October and I've just received a notification from USCIS that my Green Card has been issued &amp;amp; mailed to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastEditorUserId="10394" LastEditDate="2019-10-10T23:25:40.760" LastActivityDate="2019-10-10T23:25:40.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-24T06:27:30.887" Score="2" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand similar questions have been asked before but I'd be grateful for any response specific to my circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from a non-EU country (Asian).&#xA;I hold a Carte de Sejour (Passeport Talent: Salarie en Mission) valid till 2022.&#xA;I left France and will be returning after a year of leaving to marry my French fiance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions:&#xA;1. Is my carte de sejour still valid to use to enter France for the wedding? Or do I need to apply for a separate visa?&#xA;I'm unable to find any info on the prefecture website on whether the carte gets invalid if I leave France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I convert this carte de sejour (passeport talent) to a carte de sejour (familiale) after the wedding?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18994" LastActivityDate="2019-09-24T06:27:30.887" Title="Carte de Sejour - Validity after leaving France" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-24T09:03:32.947" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've submitted by T5 temporary worker (GAE) visa extension application using the standard service. Is there any way I can change this to the priority service? When I was applying, the website said you couldn't. But my sponsor has indicated they would pay the extra £500 for the priority service if we could switch to it. (And how do I do this?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18975" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T14:51:57.523" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T14:51:57.523" Title="Can I change from standard service to priority service after application? UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19239" CreationDate="2019-09-24T09:43:21.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without a direct quote from (or link to) this checklist, it is hard to say exactly what is being asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have worked before in Germany then you would be a member of a &lt;strong&gt;Krankenkasse&lt;/strong&gt; (Health insurance provider)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof of that membership, if you have it already, is probably what they are asking for&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have never worked before, this you must &lt;strong&gt;join&lt;/strong&gt; one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one and what type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gesetzliche&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Privat&lt;/strong&gt; insurer&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when in doubt choose &lt;strong&gt;Gesetzliche&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;once registered in a &lt;strong&gt;Privat&lt;/strong&gt;, you can &lt;strong&gt;never&lt;/strong&gt; switch to a &lt;strong&gt;Gesetzliche&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A general overview (in German) about how this is done can be found here (I assume this is a neutral site):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/meine-krankenkasse/krankenversicherung-eu/krankenkasse-anmeldung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ausländer in Deutschland: Die richtige Krankenkasse finden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register in time with the health insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If foreigners work in Germany, their company will &lt;strong&gt;ask them for their health insurance before they start working&lt;/strong&gt;.  You can register with the health insurance company as soon as you know who your employer will be.  &lt;strike&gt;Even foreigners without work in Germany can become a member of the statutory health insurance in many cases.&lt;/strike&gt;  EU citizens and other foreigners should therefore obtain early application documents for the health insurance.  The necessary confirmations about the pre-insurance can be submitted later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your employer is known (you have a contract) you can join one now, effective on your first day of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the process would be to find a Krankenkasse that suits your needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following deals with &lt;strong&gt;Gesetzliche&lt;/strong&gt; only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Backround&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past, a Krankenkasse was often specific to a profession, searving the needs of that profession.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This is no longer the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are price differences (expressed in Procentage) between them, but that does not necessarily mean that they are worse when cheaper (almost the opposite can be claimed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, you get a card and use it with a doctor and that is it.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Some things, however, must be applied for beforhand and only a certain amount is taken over (Kostenplan).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extensive dentistry work is such a case. A good Krankenkassen makes this process very simple, some are a burocratic nightmare.&#xA;Tips from colleagues can be very helpful in choosing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Important is to know that you can change your Krankenkasse at any time, effective within (mostly) a 3 month period.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing a Krankenkassen is only possible after 18 months and notice is then 2 full months (31st August to 1st November) in most cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If english is you main language, finding a local Krankenkasse with good English support would also be an important factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site above offers a list, listed by Cities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/krankenkassen-vor-ort/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Krankenkassen vor Ort&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/krankenkassen-vor-ort/berlin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Krankenkassen Berlin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After selecting a city, you will get a list of those that have offices in that city plus a map showing where the offices are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a link is offered with more information about the Krankenkasse&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;note the names of those that interest you and visit their main site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often an online application is possible at the original Krankenkasse site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;supplying the name and address of your employer and start date will probably be required&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;possibly your address in Germany may be a requirement, but maybe it maybe that can be supplied later after arrival&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The end of the process will be in some form of a membership certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what is being asked for in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also send this to your employer, insuring that you will be insured from day 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you employer will send the membership fee (Krankenkasse Beitrag) directly to the Krankenkasse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-24T16:10:20.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19247" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-23T18:29:14.910" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moving to Canada what I should claim as the value of clothing I have worn and bring into the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user103990" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T19:15:08.790" Title="Clothing value for customs in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19163" CreationDate="2019-09-25T06:53:07.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are out of Germany at a stretch for more than 180 days, your card becomes invalid i.e(180days+1day) or if you de-register from Germany your card becomes invalid immediately. This is what I have been told.&#xA;And with EU blue card its one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastEditorUserId="18993" LastEditDate="2019-09-25T09:31:13.223" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T09:31:13.223" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14841" CreationDate="2019-09-25T08:40:52.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer may come too late, but still relevant for the people in the similar situation. In general such changes should be possible, but depends on current residence permit and how long one have been in Germany with that residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/EN/Publikationen/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;nice overview of possible changes of the purpose of residence&lt;/a&gt; provided by Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge - BAMF). Please see the tables on pages 26 and 27 there, which exactly describe all such possibilities. It is also available &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in German&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one should take into account that the law behind this document might be a subject of change after some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T08:40:52.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19239" CreationDate="2019-09-25T10:31:43.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;All German residents must have health insurance, employed or not. If you take up residence in Germany, you must have insurance. However, you must not necessarily have &lt;em&gt;Gesetzliche&lt;/em&gt; health insurance. Private health insurance is also valid if you qualify for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer needs your health insurance details because insurance payments are taken directly from your paycheque. The immigration authorities need a proof of health insurance coverage because it's a legal requirement to live in Germany. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17253/should-i-buy-health-insurance-before-visa-appointment-for-german-national-visa/17274#17274&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt;, one of the answers says that health insurance is also required for your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to read about health insurance in Germany before going forward. &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/german-health-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This guide&lt;/a&gt; covers most of what you need to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T10:31:43.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13167" CreationDate="2019-09-25T14:03:22.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this FAQ page&lt;/a&gt; of German Federal Office for Migration website, it is stated that you can apply for an approval for change in your employment with no extra conditions than your initial application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your specific situation, where you had not even started working with your employer who sponsored you for your EU blue card; it is also stated in the last sentence that you can still apply if your issued Blue Card is terminated '&lt;strong&gt;prematurely&lt;/strong&gt;'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;: From what point in time may I change employers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer&lt;/strong&gt;: Any change of job during the first two years of employment requires the approval of the immigration authority (section 19a subs. 4 of the German Residence Act). Approval is subject to the same preconditions as initial issuance. If the minimum gross salary threshold has been raised during the intervening period, compliance with the new threshold must be proven. Holders of an EU Blue Card are obliged to inform the competent immigration authority if the employment for which the EU Blue Card was issued is terminated prematurely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By the way&lt;/strong&gt;, as someone in same situation at the moment, I am extremely curious how you went through the process, from getting an appointment to approval. I would appreciate if you can give some details about authorities' opinions of this premature change, possibly with a comment or edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18997" LastActivityDate="2019-09-25T14:03:22.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17909" CreationDate="2019-09-25T16:46:24.790" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was one hell of a ride. I went to VFS with duration of stay as blank and explained them my case. &#xA;The guy at VFS office did some changes to my form as he was unaware that researcher and conference visitors are different people. I ended up getting call from embassy of Croatia for incomplete information. I had to call my university to call Croatian embassy and explained them everything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The matter was resolved and I got type C visa for entry into the Croatia for 30 days . I have applied for temporary residence permit and waiting for it. I don't think croatia has type D visa now. You have to enter the country on type C visa and regularize your stay by applying for temporary residence permit for one year. Also renew the same every year till your either contract or PhD thesis is not over. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone needs any help on Croatian Visa for study or contractual work permit do ping below. I am well experienced in all of processes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17719" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-09-27T16:05:04.950" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T16:05:04.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-25T19:13:40.007" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for German national visa, and after taking a look at my contract again, I noticed that my name spelling in contract and in my passport is different.&#xA;In the passport it's Aleksandr, but in the contract (and several other documents)it's Alexander. Is this going to be a problem? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18998" LastActivityDate="2020-11-22T10:00:16.163" Title="Applying for German work visa - is different spelling of my name in passport and in contract going to be a problem?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17253" CreationDate="2019-09-26T05:30:39.040" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to submit the health insurance papers and your flight tickets when you receive the mail that you need to submit your passport for visa stamping. They dodnt need the travel insurance on the first appointment. On your first appointment they will check all your documents and you will submit your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T05:30:39.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18113" CreationDate="2019-09-26T08:30:20.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned by &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/16118/traveller&quot;&gt;Traveller&lt;/a&gt; in comments and in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bamf.de/EN/Infothek/FragenAntworten/BlaueKarteEU/blaue-karte-eu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card FAQs&lt;/a&gt; they shared, it's a requirement to have your employment related to your education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in practice they're lenient towards it. I had almost the same issue and was highlighted by the person who took my interview at the embassy for the National visa that I may not get the Blue card. But when I went for the blue card appointment, they gave me a Blue card. My employment was in Sofware engineering, and there was computer science in one of my graduation courses as minor. I have MBA in finance though.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the worst, you'll get normal residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis), instead of Blue Card which as far as I know differs mostly if you're married and want to bring your partner with you. But don't take my word and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/aufenthalt/unbefristete-aufenthaltstitel/artikel.599387.en.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;read here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mkenyaujerumani.de/2015/04/16/work-permit-arbeitserlaubnis-vs-eu-blue-card-for-foreign-students-in-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; about all the differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T08:30:20.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19254" CreationDate="2019-09-26T09:21:23.800" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, a &lt;strong&gt;given name&lt;/strong&gt; should be used as in the birth certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in your case as used in your passport in its &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian#Transliteration_of_the_names_in_Russian_passports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Romanized&lt;/a&gt; version&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorname_(Deutschland)#Verwendung_der_Vornamen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Use of first names&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The given names in the birth certificate may be used by the namesake in &lt;strong&gt;private legal and business transactions&lt;/strong&gt; at will and have equal rights&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any contracts should use the &lt;strong&gt;given name spelling&lt;/strong&gt; used in the passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where multiple given names exist, you are free to choose which&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume your residence card will contain the same name spelling used in the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases, like picking up a registered letter from the post office, different spellings should cause no problems (especially if the spellings are similar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is generally known that non Latin names are often spelled differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a work contract (as for any important legal document) your official name spelling should be used&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this name will be the one used for your insurance and pension registration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so you should send a copy of the passport page to your employer and ask that the contract details be adapted to the spelling used in the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A copy of the letter sent to the employer should be submitted with the application so that they know it is being changed (if the changed contract is not yet available).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T09:21:23.800" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-26T09:38:04.177" Score="1" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both me and my spouse are Indian nationals. I have a work permit from one of the employers in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have 3 questions&lt;/em&gt; -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Is this work permit from the employer, limited only to this company? ie) With this work permit visa (assuming that is valid for a year from the German state), can i search for other companies as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Will my wife get a dependent visa along with my work permit visa ? &#xA; If so, can anyone help me with links or steps on how she can apply for Dependent visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Once she has a dependent visa, can that visa be converted to EU Blue card ? (Just like how I can convert from my work permit to EU visa by showing that i have some Euro's in my account or that i am a highly skilled worker)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19001" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T18:00:40.080" Title="I have a work permit visa from the employer in Germany- Berlin. Will my wife get a dependent visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19258" CreationDate="2019-09-26T09:48:01.187" Score="0" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes. The moment you leave the current employer your work permit becomes invalid. Yes you can definitely search for other job.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes she can. You both  can together apply i.e you for work visa and your wife dependent visa. Kindly check the german embassy website.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. Not unless she meets all the requirements for a blue card. Kindly go through the eligibilty criteria for a Blue Card. You have to be highly qualified, skilled and must have a local contract. Merely showing a few 1000 euros in your bank account does not make you eligible for eu blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T09:48:01.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-26T10:20:20.333" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received the paper for renewal of my permesso di soggiorno from post office, on the paper the appointment date is 16 October but I want to re enter Italy in November, is this possible? Or I can't enter Italy after the date of appointment written on the paper&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19002" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T10:20:20.333" Title="Permesso di soggiorno renewal" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19258" CreationDate="2019-09-26T10:22:42.000" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With no work contract I doubt if you can apply for Eu Blue card but if you have any offer and accept it then definitely. Do you have any offers or are searching for job? You must not have left your current job. You can go to the auslanderbehorde and tell them about your situation. And also you can talk to your current employer and request them not to invalidate your current visa, if they agree good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T10:22:42.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13594" CreationDate="2019-09-26T15:37:22.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably my answer becomes too late, but this is a great question, so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that you do not even need two residence permits, rather you can study in both countries under one residence permit, if you satisfy the specific requirements of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AJOL_2016_132_R_0002&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European directive on researchers and students&lt;/a&gt;, which allows you to live and study in multiple EU countries while holding a single residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info about it (in German):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.daad.de/medien/veranstaltungen/lt/2018/plenum_bamf_vortrag_leitertagung_daad_final.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.daad.de/medien/veranstaltungen/lt/2018/plenum_bamf_vortrag_leitertagung_daad_final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uni-hamburg.de/piasta/beratung/2017-08-informationen-fuer-auslaendische-studierende.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uni-hamburg.de/piasta/beratung/2017-08-informationen-fuer-auslaendische-studierende.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (see page 20 / 16 according to the Contents)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T15:37:22.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-27T02:47:20.077" Score="0" ViewCount="5624" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an International student from India currently in my F1 STEM OPT Visa (valid till 2021). My company is in the process of applying to H1B Visa (failed to pick the lottery in the first attempt).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current office and my current home address are in the same state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company has an option to work remotely from anywhere in the US (All employees are Americans except me). I always wanted to travel around different cities in the US and work from there for few months and move to different city. The best option for me is to work remote. So is it possible to work remote under my current stem visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, are there any other options to meet my lifelong goal to travel and work in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19007" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T21:02:25.290" Title="Can you Work Remote under F1 STEM OPT?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19264" CreationDate="2019-09-27T03:25:15.477" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you should be able to work &quot;remotely&quot; (I am not aware of anything that would disallow this). You can even be self employed under F1 OPT. Be sure that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are actually employed with a contract (a max. of 90 days unemployment makes your presence illegal)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a valid address (NOT a PO Box) that you keep current and always update via USCIS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You log into the portal at least every three months (Remark: I do not know if this is actual regulation but my university (Stanford) &lt;strong&gt;explicitely&lt;/strong&gt; says thay this must be done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whatever work you are doing is related to your field of study (graduation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastEditorUserId="19008" LastEditDate="2019-09-28T19:12:04.977" LastActivityDate="2019-09-28T19:12:04.977" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19278" CreationDate="2019-09-27T03:32:02.240" Score="2" ViewCount="2079" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am student on F1 visa since 2012.&#xA;I got my California drivers license 2013, valid for 5 years.&#xA;After 5 years I applied for the Real ID card. Although my visa was valid for another 5 years (until 2022), they put the end date of the I-20 as expiration date (May 2019).&#xA;For that drivers license I went to DMV and it did not have any indication of &quot;limited term&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I graduated in June and meanwhile I am on OPT. Although I applied to renew my drivers license already early May (!) it took until now to receive my new Real ID drivers license. It is dated exactly until the end of my OPT so I am pretty sure they cross-checked with USCIS which is why it took so long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My new license is identical to the old one (except for the dates) but it contains the line &quot;LIMITED-TERM&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does that mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why would I have it on the renewed version but not on my old one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T19:18:57.543" Title="Why does my new California drivers license say &quot;LIMITED-TERM&quot;?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-09-27T07:48:24.707" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;New update from Frankfurt Foreign office auslanderbehorde. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They say my situation is a bit tricky. What the border control will say we dont know. They might or might not let you enter. Chances of refusing entry is very high. Travel is going to be a huge risk, the only point to my advantage is the mail from the visa department of German consulate of my home country wherein I am told that I can travel on this visa. But then there are instances when the border control just refuses you entry even when you have a valid visa. And I guess the rule that as long as my husband is in germany my visa stays valid is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastEditorUserId="18993" LastEditDate="2019-09-27T09:45:03.617" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T09:45:03.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19264" CreationDate="2019-09-27T16:08:37.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a tricky situation. The rules regarding remote work and employment at third-party locations changed twice within the last year. Actually you might even have heard in the news about these changes. The latest policy update allows for third party site locations if you maintain a bona-fide employee-employer relationship and the STEM training is provided by your employer (not employer's client). The challenge here is to translate this policy to remote work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As other OPT policies (such as doing work related to your field of study), this is a gray area. Please read the policy (link below) and decide on your own the risk that you're willing to take. Please keep in mind that, in the eyes of USCIS, the main purpose of the STEAM OPT is to be trained by a US company and get experience before going back to your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/stem-opt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/students-and-employment/stem-opt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal advice is: Since you're in the path to be a LPR, avoid as much as possible gray areas and risky situations. The last thing you want is extra scrutiny in an era that the government is doing is best to curb immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T16:08:37.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19276" CreationDate="2019-09-27T16:52:33.603" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Dutch citizen who is receiving temporary unemployment benefits. I will receive these benefits for 3 months. At the end of the 1st month of my benefits, I will move to Italy to look for a job. I know &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/finding-job-abroad/transferring-unemployment-benefits/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this is possible&lt;/a&gt; and I have also received permission and a &quot;U2 form&quot; from my local unemployment office. I am also aware that as a jobseeker, &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/residence-rights/jobseekers/index_en.htm#just-moved&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I don't need to register as a resident for the first 6 months&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;I do&lt;/strong&gt; want to register my residence in Italy. I need this because I want to eventually go to my local municipality to get an official document stating that I'm registered and living in that address in Italy. I will send this official document to another organization in the Netherlands as proof of my residence in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking through EU law and other information, I cannot find a category for jobseekers' registration. For example looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/citizensrights/front_end/docs/faq.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;F.A.Q. of the European Commission on citizen's EU rights&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What documents can I be asked to produce to obtain the registration certificate?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A valid identity card or passport and proof that you&#xA;  comply with the conditions for the right of residence, depending on&#xA;  your situation: a confirmation of engagement or certificate of&#xA;  employment, or proof of self-employment, if you are a worker; proof of&#xA;  enrolment at an accredited educational establishment and of&#xA;  comprehensive sickness insurance cover, plus a declaration or proof&#xA;  that you have sufficient resources, if you are a student; otherwise,&#xA;  proof of comprehensive sickness insurance cover and of sufficient&#xA;  resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer covers workers (doesn't apply), self-employed (doesn't apply), student (doesn't apply) or a person with sufficient resources to not work (doesn't apply).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there a way to register your residence as a jobseeker in another EU member state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19012" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T18:33:11.310" Title="How can you register in another EU country as a job seeker?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-27T16:54:04.463" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my national Type D visa from the Germany consulate, the process was only one week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While submitting my documents to the consulate, the lady there told me that my university as per anabin is H+/- but since i'm going to Germany with the same company she accepted to receive the documents and told me that no need to be recognized and she said that i'm eligible to apply for Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is when i apply for blue card in Germany, do They still require my University degree recognition?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since i have the visa already, is there possibility that my blue card to be rejected in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all in advance  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19013" LastEditorUserId="19013" LastEditDate="2019-09-27T19:10:06.063" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T08:45:02.597" Title="Blue card - Work Visa Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19272" CreationDate="2019-09-27T18:33:11.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, there are two kinds of registration here.  One is the registration of your residence with the municipality, which some states do not have.  For example, there is no such registration in the UK.  This registration is the reason for saying &amp;quot;some EU countries require you to report your presence here to the relevant authorities within a reasonable period after arrival: often at the town hall or local police station.&amp;quot;  This is analogous to the Dutch BRP registration, and indeed if you follow the link you'll see that the Netherlands requires BRP registration for EU citizens staying longer than four months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other kind of registration is registration with the national immigration authorities.  The countries I'm familiar with don't require this &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt; of EU citizens except as a prerequisite for registering non-EU family members.  The second kind of registration is the one that requires you to be a worker, self-employed, a student, or self sufficient.  (That list comes from Article 7 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for that second kind of registration, it appears that you cannot register until you actually find a job.  The right for jobseekers to remain in another EU country for longer than three months, insofar as it is present in the directive, seems to stem from Article 14 rather than Article 7, because the Article 7 list does not include jobseekers.  The Article 7 categories have a direct right to remain longer than three months.  By contrast, Article 14 says (with irrelevant parts edited out):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Article 14&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Retention of the right of residence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens and their family members shall have the right of residence provided for in Article 6 [that is, virtually unconditional for up to three months], as long as they do not become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens and their family members shall have the right of residence provided for in Articles 7 ... as long as they meet the conditions set out therein [that is, they're in a category from the list that doesn't include jobseekers].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 and without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter VI, an expulsion measure may in no case be adopted against Union citizens or their family members if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) ..., or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the Union citizens entered the territory of the host Member State in order to seek employment. In this case, the Union citizens and their family members may not be expelled for as long as the Union citizens can provide evidence that they are continuing to seek employment and that they have a genuine chance of being engaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know the origin of the six-month limit mentioned in the page you linked to, but it's possible that it comes from some other law.  As you can see above, the directive itself provides for a jobseeker (who can show that the search is reasonable) to be able to remain in the host country indefinitely, without a formal right to do so, as long as the search remains reasonable, by prohibiting the issue of an order to expel the jobseeker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The upshot of this is that you may be able to register your assumption of residence with the municipality even before you are qualified under Article 7.  This appears to be called &lt;em&gt;cambio di residenza&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;quot;change of residence&amp;quot;).  For example, I found relevant pages on the websites of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comune.piacenza.it/comune/anagrafe-e-stato-civile/residenza/cambio-residenza&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Piacenza&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/seg_gen_dir_an_ser_el_cam_res.page&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rome&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the pages that deal with Article 7 on those sites are &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comune.piacenza.it/comune/anagrafe-e-stato-civile/residenza/attestato-soggiorno/attestazione-di-regolarita-del-soggiorno-per-cittadini-comunitari&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Attestazione di regolarità del soggiorno per cittadini comunitari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;quot;Attestation of regularity of residence for community citizens&amp;quot;) from Piacenza and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/newsview.page?contentId=NEW178346&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ATTESTATO DI SOGGIORNO per i cittadini comunitari già residenti nel Comune di Roma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;quot;ATTESTATION OF RESIDENCE for community citizens already resident in the Municipality of Rome&amp;quot;) from Rome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;cambio di residenza&lt;/em&gt; registration, it seems, ought to satisfy the organization in the Netherlands.  If not, you could try asking yourself what they would accept if you'd moved to a country that has no municipal residential registration whatsoever, such as the UK, and send that to them instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T18:33:11.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19266" CreationDate="2019-09-27T19:18:57.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little sleuthing at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20180415000000*/https://www.dhs.gov/real-id&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;wayback machine&lt;/a&gt; shows that California was not actually certified compliant with Real ID until May 25th of this year.  Before that, they were for a brief while &quot;under review,&quot; before which they were operating under an extension.  Their failure to print &quot;limited term&quot; on limited term licenses, as required by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/6/37.21#e&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;6 CFR 37.21(e)&lt;/a&gt; may have been one of the things that they had to correct before being found compliant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-09-27T19:18:57.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-28T06:14:37.790" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently purchased a car in US and I am moving to Netherlands to work there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read somewhere that I can import my car to Netherlands as a part of my households exempt from tax. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how much does it cost to ship the car to Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15085" LastActivityDate="2019-09-28T06:14:37.790" Title="how much does it cost to move my car from US to Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-28T19:23:31.820" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German citizen who lived in California for many years under F1 visa and I am on OPT right now. In October I will be getting married to a US citizen in California.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the process moving to Canada for an &quot;adventurous venture&quot;, that means: Maybe I decide things are going well and we'll be staying there for a few years or things won't work out. My spouse will stay in the US for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll have a Canadian work permit but if things don't work out we want to move back to California (if they do, my spouse will follow permanently to Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I will be able to enter the US as a tourist (Visa waiver) I want to avoid having a longer time (=weeks or even months) where I am not allowed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long does it take for me to get the greencard while my spouse is the US and I am in Canada?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a good idea to apply for greencard immideately, even though I am in Canada or is it better to wait until I know for sure things won't work out in Canada?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the latter case I am just afraid it will take many months until I will be allowed to work in the US which is financially prohibitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2019-09-30T15:14:31.087" Title="How long does green card take for marriage when applying from Canada?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19281" CreationDate="2019-09-30T15:08:38.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 2 ways to get the Green Card AFTER being married to a USC. 1) A IR-1 (or CR-1 if married less than 2 years) or 2) An Adjustment of Status - AOS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the first option, you will apply for the IR-1/CR-1 visa in a US consulate in Canada. The process can take from 5 to 16 months. Once approved, you'll need to move to the US before the expiration date of the IR-1/CR-1 visa: &quot;&lt;em&gt;An immigrant visa is usually valid for up to six months from the date of issuance unless your medical examination expires sooner, which may make your visa valid for less than six months&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the second, you NEED to be present in the USA. You will only be able to travel outside of the US with your new EAD, since you won't qualify to re-enter with your F-1 Visa/OPT EAD. Also, you will only be able to work after you receive your new EAD (unless you keep using your OPT/STEAM OPT until then). However, since you're moving to Canada, this is not really an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please keep in mind that being married to a USC can raise a red flag every time that you come to the US. You will need to prove that you won't try to stay permanently either by illegal means or by applying for an AOS (instead of going through the CR-1 process above) to be with your spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I saw in the comments that you thought about getting the AOS done before moving to Canada. Keep in mind that once granted the Green Card you can't be absent from the US for a long period of time or make your primary residency abroad. See &quot;Abandoning Permanent Resident Status&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2019-09-30T15:14:31.087" LastActivityDate="2019-09-30T15:14:31.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-01T02:56:00.370" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm presently being hired under the Accredited Employer Work to Residence Visa and am wondering if I am hired by another Accredited employer, do I have to resubmit an application or my existing visa can be carried over? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19026" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T02:56:00.370" Title="New Zealand Accredited Employer Visa - Transfer?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19219" CreationDate="2019-10-01T10:38:39.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UAE Embassy Attestation Procedure:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Embassy Attestation procedure for UAE begins at the verification by local officials in India. The authentication of certificates is required which can be accessed by accomplishing legalization from all other important departments as well. The process is completed by Notary, Home Department or HRD, SDM at times, MEA and the particular embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regional Level Authentication:&lt;/strong&gt; It is the starting level of the certificate authentication process. This stage of authentication can be done by the notary or the University at the regional level from where the documents were issued, as per the prerequisite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State Government Authentication:&lt;/strong&gt; The authentication of certificates from the state is performed by three different departments according to the need of the document type. These departments are the Human Resource Department, the State Home Department, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate or SDM. Sub-Divisional Magistrate is independent of the state government, although, the verification done by this specialist is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEA Stamp:&lt;/strong&gt; Ministry of External Affairs is the central government department that deals with foreign affairs in India. MEA or Ministry of External Affairs is the last phase of verification from the Government after which an MEA stamp is attached to the document. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Embassy Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; UAE Embassy Attestation is done by the officials of the UAE Embassy to legalize documents. It is the final stage of the certificate legalization for UAE after the Ministry of External Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MOFA Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt; Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) attestation is performed by the government of the United Arab Emirates. The consulate provides a signature &amp;amp; stamp on the documents to make it valid to be submitted to the government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to make sure that the legal documents are processed with the proper course of action &amp;amp; handled carefully. UAE Attestation is an indirect procedure and should be done after understanding all the details about it properly. This generally requires professional assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17877" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-11-29T11:09:06.877" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:09:06.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7098" CreationDate="2019-10-01T11:01:27.517" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;PTE is computer based and is fast. The results are out in 24 to 48 hours whereas IELTS takes 13 days to give the result. With good practice, PTE is easy to score in. People usually prefer it if they can opt for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19028" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T11:01:27.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19288" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19311" CreationDate="2019-10-01T15:02:44.257" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just moved to the UK on a Tier 1 Exceptional Promise visa. It's good for the next 5 years, but my US passport expires in a few months. Once I've renewed my US passport, do I need to notify UKVI, and if so, what is the appropriate way of notifying them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17113" LastEditorUserId="17113" LastEditDate="2019-10-07T10:28:24.970" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T14:00:55.830" Title="Do I need to notify UKVI I've renewed my US passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19288" CreationDate="2019-10-01T16:02:58.467" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&lt;/a&gt; you can use the visa in your expired passport to enter and leave the UK (you will need to carry both your expired passport with the visa, and the new passport).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; use the visa in your expired passport to prove your entitlement to work.  For that, you need to apply for a Biometric Residence Permit (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/biometric-residence-permit-replacement-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/biometric-residence-permit-replacement-service&lt;/a&gt;).  This is yet another opportunity for you to give the UK government money.  Sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to answer your question directly: you do not need to tell the UKVI you have replaced your US passport if you just want to visit the UK; if you want to work in the UK you will need to apply for BRP (and if asked why, say that your passport has been replaced).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-10-08T14:00:55.830" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T14:00:55.830" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-02T06:20:17.807" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have moved to Switzerland a few months ago and, as I come from the south of EU I was not been vaccinated against encephalitis (FSME) when I was a kid. Where can I get the vaccine in Switzerland? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18958" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T06:20:17.807" Title="encephalitis vaccine in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19293" CreationDate="2019-10-02T06:55:39.040" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few facts to note : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am the spouse of an Irish/EU citizen, so we are part of the Common&#xA;Travel Area. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a resident card for Ireland, valid until 2021, at which point&#xA;    I can apply for citizenship.I've been living, studying, and working in Ireland over the last 7 years - all legally. Married since 2018. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We entered via the ferry at Holyhead as we were moving our things over, and no passport check point ever occurred, so I've no documentation of entering in my passport. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After speaking with both government agents and solicitors - as well as employers, no one seems to be able to answer directly about proving my right to work, due to Brexit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been in London for 2 weeks. I have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme, and am awaiting my biometrics appt - scheduled for Oct 16. (Another lovely money-making administrative task for the govt!) Apparently, after speaking with a solicitor, the BRP in my case is no longer valid/necessary - and EU Settlement is the new process under Brexit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will likely not receive any physical documentation of my right to work from the EU Settlement scheme until end of October, but I would like to/need to be working ASAP. I have several upcoming interviews, and while I &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; I'm allowed to work, I can't seem to &lt;em&gt;prove it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this - if I fly to Ireland for a weekend with my partner, and return with documentation of our marriage cert - would this incur some type of stamp in my passport that could prove my right to work immediately? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any insight is greatly appreciated! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17757" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T08:55:39.780" Title="EU Spouse - Proving right to work in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19292" CreationDate="2019-10-02T08:36:07.457" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of today, you are the spouse of an EU citizen and are living in a second EU country.  Therefore, under the free movement rules, you have the right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you should need to prove this is your marriage certificate (to prove you are married) and your spouse's passport (to prove their citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, whether an employer will accept just those two documents is open to question.  I think my advice would be to apply, and then argue it with the HR department once you have offered the job.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules could all change on 1st November in the event of a hard Brexit then.  Your Irish partner will still be able to come to the UK (under the CTA), but bringing their foreign spouse will be subject to the much more restrictive rules that currently apply to UK citizens.  It is therefore important that you apply for pre-settled status (you haven't been in the UK long enough to get settled status), so that you can stay in the UK under the rules that apply to people who are already resident here, rather than the rules that apply to people who arrive after Brexit day.  In an ideal world, you would have stayed in Ireland until 2021, become an Irish citizen, and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; moved to the UK under the CTA.  However, real life has a way of intruding on plans like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-10-02T08:55:39.780" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T08:55:39.780" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19294" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19337" CreationDate="2019-10-02T13:52:22.950" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  have Type D Visa stamped on my passport which is valid from 15-09-19 to 14-12-19 with multiple entries. I am moving to Geneva for work, possibly for 3 years. I have recently applied (on 2-10-19) for a student permit here which takes at least a month for processing. However, for some personal reasons I wish to travel twice within 45 days after I move during which I might not have obtained my permit. I wished to know if I could travel to (1) Schengen countries, and, (2) back home to India before my permit come (from 5-11 to 10-11)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, does my type D visa which is valid for 3 months for multiple entries let me re-enter the country? Or do I need to apply for a fresh re-entry visa after I reach Geneva?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since there is no passport control between Schengen countries, what stops me from leaving Switzerland and going into other Schengen countries like France, Spain and Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19032" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T11:56:58.313" Title="Can I leave Switzerland while awaiting work and residence permit?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8658" CreationDate="2019-10-02T15:02:13.373" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not possible to register a bogus address, and it is not legal to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can register without permanent accommodation (for example in a short term, fully furnished apartment). However, you can only register your address with the permission of the landlord. The landlord or the main tenant will give you a &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/glossary/Wohnungsgeberbest%C3%A4tigung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/a&gt; which you MUST show during the Anmeldung. Without that document, you can't complete the Anmeldung. You won't get that document with hotels and vacation rentals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, there is no way around this. You must find a real place to live, and get the permission from the landlord to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/anmeldung-in-english-berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Anmeldung guide&lt;/a&gt; explains the requirements for an address registration, and cites legal sources where applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastEditorUserId="15514" LastEditDate="2019-10-02T17:15:54.260" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T17:15:54.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9401" CreationDate="2019-10-02T15:08:02.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the documents for the Anmeldung in Berlin are available &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;. You can find the original and an English translation &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/docs/anmeldung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to bring the Einzugsbestätigung des Wohnungsgebers (or Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, or Vermieterbescheinigung), and valid ID document like your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After your Anmeldung appointment, you will get a certificate of registration. A week or two later, you should receive your tax ID by mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see the full process (for Berlin) on &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/anmeldung-in-english-berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T15:08:02.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7073" CreationDate="2019-10-02T15:10:59.920" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as long as you get the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/images/wohnungsgeberbestaetigung.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. This document can be given by the main tenant, but the landlord must give his/her permission first. Without this document, you will not be able to register your address (and you're probably living in an illegal sublet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During your Anmeldung, you must show your Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, the Anmeldung form and your ID. You can find more details about the Anmeldung process in Berlin &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/anmeldung-in-english-berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T15:10:59.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19247" CreationDate="2019-10-02T17:33:02.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are immigrating, you can bring whatever personal posessions are reasonable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's something you already own &lt;em&gt;and use&lt;/em&gt;, then it's personal property and exempt from customs duty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's new, or something you bought because of the relocation, it could be subject to duty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The clothing you normally wear would obviously count as personal possessions, while new going-away gifts from relatives might be subject to duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key word is &quot;reasonable&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Settlement.org says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/landing-and-leaving/landing-in-canada/i-am-immigrating-to-canada-how-do-i-bring-my-belongings-with-me/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I am immigrating to Canada. How do I bring my belongings with me?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are moving permanently to Canada, you can bring your belongings&#xA;  with you when you arrive or you may send them later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may be able to bring your belongings with you duty-free. To&#xA;  qualify, usually you must have owned, possessed, and used the goods&#xA;  before coming to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You also have to fill out a BSF186 - Personal Effects Accounting&#xA;  Document, where you list any goods with you and the goods that you&#xA;  will send later. If your goods are not listed on your original BSF186,&#xA;  they are not eligible for duty-free importation at a later time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you need more space to list your goods, you can type out your own&#xA;  list or fill out form BSF186A - Personal Effects Accounting Document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your list should state the goods and their value. Make a list of the&#xA;  goods that are with you and another list for those that will arrive&#xA;  later. It is good to have a copy each list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have to give these lists to the customs officer when you arrive in&#xA;  Canada, even if you are not bringing in anything at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Settlement.org is funded by both the Canadian federal government and the Ontario provincial government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It contains Ontario-specific information (schools, health plans, driver's licences, provincial government services, etc.), as well as information for specific areas within the province.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But anything it says related to immigration, customs duty, etc. would be true for all of Canada.&#xA;(In Canada, movement between provinces is effectively unregulated, with a few exceptions, such as transporting large quantities of alcohol.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official federal government documentation is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/mrc-drc-eng.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Moving or returning to Canada&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17710" LastEditorUserId="17710" LastEditDate="2019-10-02T19:15:08.790" LastActivityDate="2019-10-02T19:15:08.790" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19301" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19303" CreationDate="2019-10-03T14:49:14.137" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently reside in the US, I will be moving to work in Amsterdam. Before I got the job offer, I have applied for orientation year visa. I got a positive decision today. If I enter Netherlands using MVV for orientation visa, does 30% tax exempt ruling not apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19035" LastActivityDate="2019-10-03T23:26:01.393" Title="Got orientation visa in Netherlands, got offer before moving, does 30% apply?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19273" CreationDate="2019-10-03T15:23:02.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the Blue Card requires a recognised university degree. This is the main requirement for the Blue Card. Otherwise one might be still eligible to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/21060/13223&quot;&gt;regular residence permit for the purpose of employment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T08:45:02.597" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T08:45:02.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19301" CreationDate="2019-10-03T16:22:51.410" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This webpage&lt;/a&gt; from the Netherlands Tax &amp;amp; Customs Administration explains the scheme:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30% facility for incoming employees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you come to work in the Netherlands, you are possibly confronted with extra costs, so-called extraterritorial costs. Your employer may grant you a free (untaxed) reimbursement for the extraterritorial costs that you incur. Your employer may also provide you with 30% of your wage, including reimbursement, tax-free. This facility is known as the 30%-facility. For this, it is not necessary to prove that expenses have been incurred.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conditions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need our permission to apply the facility. To obtain this, you and your employer should &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/filing_an_application_for_the_30_percent_facility_to_be_applied&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;submit an application&lt;/a&gt;. You are eligible for this allowance if you meet a number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/conditions_30_p_facility/conditions_30_percent_facility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;conditions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/filing_an_application_for_the_30_percent_facility_to_be_applied&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Conditions page&lt;/a&gt; cited above contains this text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conditions 30% facility&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 30% facility applies to you if you were recruited outside of the Netherlands or seconded from a country other than the Netherlands to work in the Netherlands. Conditions including the following will apply to making use of the 30% facility with effect from 1 January 2012:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have an employment relationship.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are recruited from another country by your employer, or you are sent from another country to your employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of the 2 years before your 1st working day in the Netherlands, you lived outside the Netherlands for more than 16 months, at a distance of more than 150 kilometres from the Dutch border. More information about this [i.e., the distance requirement] can be found under: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/conditions_30_p_facility/you_live_more_than_150_kilometres_away_from_the_dutch_border&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You live more than 150 kilometres away from the Dutch border&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have specific expertise that is not or is only barely available on the Dutch employment market.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/individuals/living_and_working/working_in_another_country_temporarily/you_are_coming_to_work_in_the_netherlands/30_facility_for_incoming_employees/conditions_30_p_facility/you_live_more_than_150_kilometres_away_from_the_dutch_border&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You have a valid decision&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In effect, this is a 30% reduction in your NL income tax liability. Nothing in any of these pages requires you to have entered the Netherlands on any specific type of visa or entry permission. It does, however, require you and your employer to apply, meet the conditions, and be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-10-03T23:26:01.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19304" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19306" CreationDate="2019-10-04T11:07:37.710" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a job in Qatar and they informed me to attest my certificate and documents from the Qatar embassy. Do we need to do attestation for every country where want to go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19016" OwnerDisplayName="Datt" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:08:11.503" Title="Why do we need certificate attestation?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-05T09:47:19.763" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Filipino citizen and have a valid work visa and POEA records (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg/labor/household-service-workers/registration-oec-issuance/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OEC&lt;/a&gt;) working in Malaysia. If I were to transfer to another country and get work visa in that country, will I have any trouble if I go home to the Philippines while still have work visa in Malaysia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scenario&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My work permit in Malaysia is valid until February 2020, and I am planning to go home to the Philippines for Christmas. But I already received my work visa for Hong Kong and will start on April 2020. If I go home on December and come back to Malaysia on January 5, 2020, I would still have a valid work visa for Malaysia and an OEC reflecting that, but no OEC for Hong Kong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if the immigration officer in Manila sees that I have a future-dated work visa for Hong Kong? Will they stop me? If I tell them that I will apply for an OEC once I get to Hong Kong, would that be enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19034" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-07T08:33:00.267" LastActivityDate="2019-10-07T08:33:00.267" Title="Filipino with multiple work visa - immigration check" Tags="&lt;philippines&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19304" CreationDate="2019-10-05T12:28:33.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First of all, what is certificate attestation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a kind of document legalization that is performed in order to prove its genuineness. Also, attestation is required only for the countries that are NOT a part of the Hague Convention. For those countries that are a part of the Convention, a different kind of legalization is performed, called apostille. In the case of Qatar, certificate attestation is performed because Qatar is not a part of the Hague Convention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is attestation needed?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mainly, the kind of attestation that is being referred to here is needed only in certain cases. It is generally done to show that the claimed original documents are credible and are acceptable.&#xA;Since you are looking for a job in the country, certificate attestation is mandatory. Other scenarios where attestation from the embassy is compulsory is when you are applying for a long term resident visa or student visa or doing business with the country. Neither attestation nor apostille is required at the time of issuing short term visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the procedure for certificate attestation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three different kinds of documents - personal, educational and commercial. For a job application, you will mainly require attestation of educational documents and perhaps some of the personal documents. Commercial document attestation is mainly required only for the businessmen looking for expanding their business or carrying out business deals overseas.&#xA;Since there are different kinds of documents, the procedures shall differ as well. Well, there is a common hierarchy that is followed. It can be understood as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regional Level&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the initial level of document authentication. There are different departments here for different kinds of documents as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notary - Personal Documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issuing Board or University - Educational Documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chamber of Commerce - Commercial Documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State Level&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three different departments here - Home Department, Human Resource Department (HRD), Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM). The SDM is independent of the state government, however, the attestation done here is still considered as state-level authentication. Also, commercial documents do not require state-level attestation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Home Department - Personal and sometimes Educational Documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Human Resource Department - Educational Documents&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Central Level&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the central government department that attests the documents at the central-level. Generally, the MEA is the final certification in the case of an apostille. Although, there is further verification for attestation. Here, all three types of documents are verified by the department and a stamp is provided to be further verified by the Qatar embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Embassy level&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After obtaining a stamp from the MEA, Qatar embassy attestation is the next step. The embassy will provide a stamp on the documents and the certificates. However, this is not the final part of certificate attestation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MOFA Attestation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an additional level of verification in the case of Gulf countries, called MOFA attestation. MOFA is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that is a central government department in the Gulf countries correspondent to the MEA. This is done in the country of interest, Qatar in this instance. This is where the certificate attestation is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure for Qatar attestation is quite complicated to be carried individually. It takes about a couple of weeks to a month for completion depending on the type of the document. Also, the MEA and the Embassy do NOT accept individual attestation requests, you can get your certificate attestation by approaching the authorities through attestation agencies. This way, you are even assured that your documents are handled professionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17892" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-11-29T11:08:11.503" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:08:11.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19305" CreationDate="2019-10-05T20:27:56.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://hongkongofw.com/overseas-employment-certificate-oec/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to Apply for Overseas Employment Cetificate (OEC) in Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt; site states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When Filipino domestic helpers go back home for the holidays, they need to obtain an Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) or an “Exit Permit” first so that they will be allowed to &lt;strong&gt;re-enter Hong Kong&lt;/strong&gt; from the Philippines. The OEC is one of the requirements needed for every re-entry from the Philippines, including home leave.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Important&lt;/strong&gt;: OECs are valid only for a single exit from the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This implys that a OEC from Hong Kong must be applied for &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; you have started working in Hong Kong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you leave the Philippines after Christmas &lt;strong&gt;going back to&lt;/strong&gt; Malaysia (with a OEC for Malaysia) you will have the needed  “Exit Permit” for that trip.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration should not be interested in the Hong Kong Visa that &lt;strong&gt;starts in April 2020&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-05T20:31:49.100" LastActivityDate="2019-10-05T20:31:49.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19309" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-05T21:20:01.533" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know when I can start my family reunification after my change of student status to employee .... Or is it better to wait until the end of your first year as an employee. Because I have heard that I needed to be living in France for 18 months (does it include the months before you got your Carte or does it start right after you get your Carte)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to France in late Oct 2015 for my masters. Graduated in 2017 with my masters and I got married in Aug 2017. I came back to France in March 2018 (with my student visa/didn't expire) And I would go back and forth from my home country and France until Oct 2018 where I stayed in France from Oct to August (I requested for a Carte in Feb 2019 and got it in August) I came back to my home country for the entire month of August and came back to France on sept 22.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just made my change of status from student to employee. I got my carte in early August and I have a one year Carte de séjour salarié.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worked as a IT Developer for a new site and I'm currently in a Pizzera working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do my student years not count towards the 18 month residency and if they don’t does that mean I have to start since August when I got my first &lt;em&gt;titre&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I found a apartment but I have not moved yet but I want to make someone else live it in (like my parents when they come to visit) Is that ok to do? Since I will be changing my address on my &lt;em&gt;titre&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19043" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-05T12:36:55.987" LastActivityDate="2020-07-05T12:36:55.987" Title="Family reunification for a person who has a 1 year Titre de séjour salarié (France)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-07T15:38:38.773" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Brazilian and I got a German blue card 8 months ago. I am considering changing jobs and working remotely for a company in Switzerland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I can change to a German job as long as I go to the registration office and provide them with proof of my new job. But can I do that with a job in another country? Considering that I will remain living in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19048" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-07T18:53:57.190" LastActivityDate="2019-10-07T18:53:57.190" Title="Can I live in Germany with my blue card while working remotely for a company in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19288" CreationDate="2019-10-08T05:01:57.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/biometric-residence-permit-replacement-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Biometric Residence Permit must be replaced&lt;/a&gt; when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your UK visa is in a passport that is lost, stolen, damaged, or &lt;strong&gt;expired&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the BRP is needed to prove your right to work or rent or you are travelling outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application can be applied for inside the above link, but only &lt;strong&gt;from within the UK&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where the passport was lost or stolen &lt;strong&gt;outside the UK&lt;/strong&gt;, a ‘replacement BRP visa’ can also be applied for in the above link which lets you re-enter the UK.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You must then apply for a replacement BRP within 1 month of your return to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T05:01:57.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19309" CreationDate="2019-10-08T08:18:46.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F11166&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;government website&lt;/a&gt; on the matter says you require: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Séjour régulier&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;L'étranger, à l'origine de la demande de regroupement, doit résider depuis au moins 18 mois en France avec un des titres suivants :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Carte de séjour d'au moins 1 an (mention salarié, vie privée et familiale, étudiant visiteur, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Carte de résident ou carte de résident de longue durée-UE (délivrée par la France) de 10 ans&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Récépissé de demande de renouvellement d'un de ces titres.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In which they mention student &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;. So I would expect it to be valid for the residency you gained as a student. &#xA;In addition to this, you will need to proof sufficient financial resources, and having a place to live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, please not that I am no expert in immigration procedures, and the best you can do is ask the relevant administration to confirm your status and what you have to do. They might ask for proof of effective residence in the country during the whole period, and prolonged travel to your home country might be excluded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19030" LastActivityDate="2019-10-08T08:18:46.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19318" CreationDate="2019-10-08T22:25:33.330" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend, an Indian national, recently completed a Masters level course in France and has been admitted by a German institute for a PhD program. His contract is of 'wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter', and will receive a salary and make state contributions. He is applying for a type D visa using with this &lt;a href=&quot;https://allemagneenfrance.diplo.de/blob/2250878/f9342033f2933dc05da54151efe283db/00-visa-antrag--dtsch--engl--datei-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form&lt;/a&gt; and this &lt;a href=&quot;https://allemagneenfrance.diplo.de/blob/2108244/e1a0f256e4f2c57f1d57590aece405cc/03-03-wissenschaftler-datei-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document checklist&lt;/a&gt;, and he will submit his application to the Consulate of Germany in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it correct to select &quot;Employment&quot; in question 9 of the form despite this being PhD studies?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The form asks in question 6, &quot;Vorgesehener Aufenthaltsort in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland/Intended place of stay in Germany&quot;. As he has not availed accommodation in Germany yet, is it sufficient to mention the name and postcode of the institute?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The last item in the document checklist asks for insurance, but footnote 2 specifies that it is not required for applicants who pay social security contributions. Is it correct to infer that he does not require health insurance, or does he need to purchase private health insurance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question 12 of the form asks for the intended duration of stay in Germany. Is it correct to enter the start and end date of the contract considering that PhDs may last longer than initially expected? Would it be acceptable to enter the start date as being a few days prior to the start date of the contract?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19059" LastEditorUserId="19059" LastEditDate="2019-10-08T22:39:25.563" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T07:48:55.753" Title="Health Insurance and Intended Place of Stay For Research Assistant (PhD) Student in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-07T14:13:12.680" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is how do I get a residence permit in Northern Ireland? I am a resident of my father with Irish citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am 26 years old and a Tunisian citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="herzi saber" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-13T00:23:49.757" LastActivityDate="2019-10-13T00:23:49.757" Title="How do I get a residence permit in Northern Ireland as a Tunisian citizen with an Irish father?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;tunisian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19316" CreationDate="2019-10-09T07:48:55.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1) yes, &lt;strong&gt;wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter&lt;/strong&gt; (scientific Assistant) is an &lt;strong&gt;employment&lt;/strong&gt; activity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2) yes, City and Postal Code of the Institution is fine (they want to know which Foreigners Office will be responsible for you, which that information supplies) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3) yes, but they must be covered by insurance between entry until the first day of employment, but the insurance need not exist at the date of application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4a) A realistic day of arrival should be given, the assumption being you need time to get oriented and find a place to stay (you may not enter until the given start date) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4b) End of contract should be given, which then can be extended as needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person should inform themselves about the possibilities of health insurance until the first day of employment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would their present French insurance cover that while inside Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be asked during any interview. Proof may be required after the visa has been granted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T07:48:55.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-08T17:37:42.867" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm hoping this is the right place to ask this question (otherwise please let me know so I move it to the right place). I'm Iranian and currently doing a PhD degree in Canada. I might need to do an exchange studentship in the US sometime soon. I had heard that Iranians citizens are exempt from the ban, but I'm wondering if that includes exchange students too (say, for a year of doing research). I'd appreciate if you provide references with your answers as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: my filed of study is in humanities, if that's relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ami" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T08:06:52.893" Title="Does Trump ban on Iranian citizens prevent doing exchange studentship in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11439" CreationDate="2019-10-09T11:38:04.300" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;2019 Update: The Bundestag made &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/573150/56a6f2117479a0c49ef5297e5a19129b/WD-3-288-18-pdf-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a clarification&lt;/a&gt; in August 2018, in which they explicitly stated that a level of &lt;strong&gt;B1&lt;/strong&gt; suffices for the &quot;ausreichende Kenntnisse derdeutschen Sprache&quot; specified in § 10 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 6 Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz (StAG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also mentioned that this requirement doesn't necessarily explicitly refer to the Goethe Institut B1 certificate, but rather to a general competence. In some cases, the Ausländerbehörde employee might even determine just based on conversation with the applicant, whether they fulfill the requirement or not, as mentioned by nvoigt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T11:38:04.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-09T21:23:55.350" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is sometimes stated that non-US citizens can drive up to one-year on their foreign country license (as long as that country is part of the Geneva Compact), the one-year date being computed from the entry date stamped on the I-94 form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The particular case I'm interested in is J-1 Scholar in NY state, but perhaps this is more general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the above statement correct? if so, is there an official reference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a correct interpretation that such date is computed from the &lt;em&gt;most recent&lt;/em&gt; entry date stamped on I-94? If someone were to travel and leave/enter the US multiple times per year, then effectively could they drive on their foreign driver license as long as J1 status is unchanged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the possession of an 'international driving permit' of any relevance to the above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/17570/how-long-can-a-f-1-student-drive-in-the-us-with-an-indian-license-in-maryland-st&quot;&gt;related question&lt;/a&gt;, although it does not completely clarify my doubts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11494" LastEditorUserId="11494" LastEditDate="2019-10-10T08:20:31.813" LastActivityDate="2019-10-10T15:04:24.320" Title="non-US citizens on foreign driver licenses" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-10T09:00:27.957" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my recepisse in July 2nd . It has already been 3 months. I want to go to India after my internship ends in October 31st and I cannot book the flight tickets till the card arrives. Can anyone give me an estimate of how much time it takes in Antony prefecture?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19063" LastActivityDate="2019-10-10T09:00:27.957" Title="How long does it take to get a carte de sejour from Antony sub prefecture, France?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-10T13:36:47.890" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a dual national of countries X and Y and I'm living in third country Z.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've entered country Z on passport X.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm asked about my nationality in general on documents (but no question directly refers to second nationality), am I obligated to say both X and Y, or may I disclose only one or the other? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm explicitly asked 'do you hold a second nationality' am I obligated to disclose it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15762" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T14:35:47.907" Title="Am I required to disclose second nationality?" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-10-11T15:45:28.307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19321" CreationDate="2019-10-10T14:58:48.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention_on_Road_Traffic#CHAPTER_V._DRIVERS_OF_MOTOR_VEHICLES_IN_INTERNATIONAL_TRAFFIC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Geneva Convention on Road Traffic&lt;/a&gt; has a 1-year limitation, so countries are not required to apply it to drivers or vehicles if they have been present for more than one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The convention generally applies to &quot;international traffic.&quot;  If someone becomes a resident of a new jurisdiction, however, that person may presumably be considered no longer to be &quot;in international traffic.&quot;  That is the only way I can think of to reconcile the tension between the provisions of the convention and the provision of New York law that new residents may not use an out-of-state or foreign license &lt;a href=&quot;https://dmv.ny.gov/more-info/moving-new-york&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;after 30 days of residence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The New York page linked in the previous paragraph also says, however, that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Students from other states, countries or nations who attend school in New York State are normally not considered residents of New York State, so they don’t need to exchange their current driver license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no mention of a 1-year limit.  The Geneva convention does not &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; a 1-year limit, it merely provides that &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; contracting states impose a limit, it may not be &lt;em&gt;shorter&lt;/em&gt; than one year.  The actual text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No Contracting State shall be required to extend the benefit of the provisions of this Convention to any motor vehicle or trailer, or to any driver having remained within its territory for a continuous period exceeding one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another page from the New York DMV is &lt;a href=&quot;https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/drive-new-york-state&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Driving in New York State&lt;/a&gt;.  It leads to a similar conclusion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It mentions no time limit for nonresidents driving with out-of-state licenses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The only thing mentioned as triggering a need for a New York driver's license is establishing residence in New York.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;...students from other states or from other nations who attend school in New York State are usually not considered residents of New York.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for New York at least, there's no need to worry about I-94 dates.  The law and administrative practice in other jurisdictions is probably different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-10-10T15:04:24.320" LastActivityDate="2019-10-10T15:04:24.320" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19326" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-11T09:12:25.743" Score="1" ViewCount="838" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Resident card after getting Recepisse and its been 2months already. I haven't got any response from the prefecture too. Is there any way to check the status online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19066" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T12:19:23.130" LastActivityDate="2020-04-09T13:01:40.307" Title="How to check the status of carte de sejour Application?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19323" CreationDate="2019-10-11T10:56:19.090" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That entirely depends on countries X and Z. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If country X discriminates against citizens of Z, then not telling that you are citizen of Z might have all kinds of negative consequences for you when found out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asked a direct question you have the choice to refuse an answer (which usually means your visa application is refused, or you are refused entry), you say the truth, or you lie which is usually worse than telling the truth if found out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-11T14:35:47.907" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T14:35:47.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="538" CreationDate="2019-10-11T11:08:57.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case nobody mentioned it: If your company wants you to relocate to the USA, you don’t want an equivalent salary, you want a salary that is significantly higher. You should get a &lt;em&gt;generous&lt;/em&gt; offer or stay where you are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T11:08:57.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19326" CreationDate="2019-10-12T06:29:20.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not in France. There are three ways you could try to find out (and even then they might not give you any information): call, email or go back in person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would normally get a text message when the card is ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two months is still relatively short. Getting the card could take anywhere between 3-12 months (I’ve even heard of longer times), depending on the type of card requested, how backed up your prefecture is in terms of applications (each one is different), etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This isn’t based on anything official but only on my own personal experience and experiences of others online). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastActivityDate="2019-10-12T06:29:20.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-12T18:45:43.607" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend who holds an Indian passport was pursuing a doctoral course in France, and had a French &lt;em&gt;Titre de Sejour&lt;/em&gt; which is valid for another two years. He has discontinued his studies in the French institute following the completion of a Master's degree, and was accepted for a doctoral program in a German institute. He will soon be applying for a Type D German National Visa in the Consulate of Germany in Paris.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that his passport and BRP will be returned to him while the consulate processes his application (approximately 2 months), and he will be invited to have the visa stamped. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since he has discontinued his studies in the French institute, can the French institute report completion of studies to OFII, leading to the curtailment the French residence permit before he receives his German visa? Does he have any rights similar to UK residents with visa applications in progress? If his residence permit is cancelled, does he have any recourse to complete the German visa application, considering that he was &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; to apply within France, which is as of now his country of residence, and the consulate does not provide any expedited services?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that he is allowed to travel, since his passport and BRP have been returned to him. Will travelling outside the Schengen area cause any problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19059" LastEditorUserId="19059" LastEditDate="2019-10-13T13:42:54.863" LastActivityDate="2019-10-13T13:42:54.863" Title="France Residence Permit Cancellation During German Employment Visa Processing Period" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-13T03:53:51.200" Score="0" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have permanent residency in Singapore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, I had to go overseas to visit my family. At airport immigration, the official told me my re-entrance permit expired two weeks ago. The official said that f I leave, my PR will be canceled immediately. However, I can re-apply for PR again soon after I return to Singapore. Due to urgent family matters, I didn't think carefully and left Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I arrived and re-united with my family, I thought about everything that is affected if I don't have my PR: my job, my HDB, bank loan, my insurance...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it easy to get approval to get my PR back? Usually how long will it take? During this period before approval, can I continue my work, or will I have to stop my job? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have stayed and worked in Singapore for about 15 years. All the while my husband applied for me and my daughter's PR and re-entrance permits. Until yesterday, it is the first time I heard and knew that PR need a re-entrance permit. It even shocked me that he renewed himself and our daughter re- entrance permits but did not do mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19069" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-13T21:07:38.537" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T15:34:51.690" Title="Re-apply PR due to exit Singapore with expired re-entrance permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;pr&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-15T04:32:17.003" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a single entry working visa for Thailand. I live and work in Thailand. Can I easily leave Thailand without problems regarding my Visa? Or will there be problems at the airport at emmigration? With leaving, I mean within 1 day, without letting my employer know.&#xA;Or is it actually required to let my employer know beforehand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19077" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T10:44:45.500" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T10:44:45.500" Title="Leave Thailand without problems with Single Entry Working Visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2019-10-15T09:09:12.570" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First a few things regarding terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as a &quot;work visa&quot;. There is a &quot;non-immigrant B&quot; visa which is issued by a Thai embassy overseas to allow people to enter Thailand for business purposes. These can be single-entry or multiple-entry. If you enter on one of these visas, you will get a stamp allowing you to stay in Thailand for 90 days from the time you enter the country. However, you are not allowed to 'work' using this visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then there is a &quot;work permit&quot;, which is issued by the Department of Labour within Thailand to allow someone to actually work in Thailand. This is a separate blue book with details of your employer, the place you are allowed to work, and a photo of you along with your details. This is required if you are working in Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are working long-term with a work permit, you will usually get an &quot;extension of stay&quot; in your passport that allows you to stay up to a year (or two years in some cases).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there is a &quot;re-entry permit&quot;, that allows you to leave Thailand once (or multiple times) and come back and it does not affect your original &quot;allowed to stay&quot; date. This can be used to enter Thailand several times on a single-entry visa within 90 days, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to address the question that was asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you intending to leave Thailand and then come back again? Or are you intending to leave and never come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to leave and come back and you have a &lt;strong&gt;single-entry visa&lt;/strong&gt; to Thailand, then you need to get a re-entry permit (see 4 above). You can get these at the immigration office at Chaengwattana, or at the airport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to leave and come back and you have a &lt;strong&gt;work permit and an extension of stay&lt;/strong&gt;, you also need to make sure you have a re-entry permit, or else your extension will be cancelled when you leave. Usually an employer will get a multiple-entry re-entry permit when they apply for the extension of stay, but if your employer is a cheapskate they may not have done this. Check in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to leave and &lt;strong&gt;never come back&lt;/strong&gt;, then you just leave. Your employer will find out when you don't show for work, and they will try to contact you. After three days they can decide that you have deserted your job, and they will need to cancel your work permit (if you have one), which also cancels your extension of stay (if you have one). If you only have a visa (not an extension of stay), your employer can not cancel that, and you can stay in Thailand for the original 90 days they stamped in your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IMPORTANT&lt;/strong&gt;, if you don't have a work permit and you are working in Thailand, there are heavy penalties for this, and people who are caught working without a work permit are subject to a fine and deportation. If anyone asks you if you are working in Thailand, do not answer &quot;yes&quot; unless you have a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you don't have to tell your employer anything. Your only obligation to them is to keep within the contract you signed with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T09:09:12.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19294" CreationDate="2019-10-15T11:56:58.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I eventually spoke to the information desk at OCPM at Geneva. The answer to both the questions is yes. Since the visa was stamped as a multi-entry visa I can indeed go to India (or any other country) and come back without an issue. And the same is true is for Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it didn't concern me I didn't ask what happens when the visa is stamped as single entry. But in that case, I am sure one can't go to any country outside Schengen area, but I am not sure whether or not you can visit other Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19032" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T11:56:58.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-15T13:55:34.310" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I will (potentially) move to the UK around the first quarter of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not from the EU but I'd have visa sponsorship. My wife, on the other hand, is from the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my wife be able to (considering Brexit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;study&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have access to the healthcare system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a National Insurance number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19078" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T16:46:34.947" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T17:42:15.123" Title="Moving to the UK with my EU wife in 2020" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19338" CreationDate="2019-10-15T17:42:15.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the current state of affairs, your wife's status -- and yours -- will depend on when the UK leaves the EU, and whether it has done so with a &quot;deal,&quot; that is, with a withdrawal agreement in place.  If there is such an agreement, the deadline for moving to the UK is expected to be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the end of 2020&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the UK is still in the EU when you arrive there, or if there is a transition period under the terms of a withdrawal agreement, your wife will be able to reside in the UK under the terms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/LSU/?uri=celex:32004L0038&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU free movement&lt;/a&gt;, allowing her to work and study in the UK.  If she does so, you will not need a work visa to take up employment.  In that case, both of you will be also able to apply for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pre-settled status&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you arrive in the UK after it has left the EU, and if there was no withdrawal agreement in place, then your wife may not be able to remain in the UK unless you manage to get her a dependent visa such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tier 2 family member visa&lt;/a&gt;.  This carries with it a right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife will in any event be able to use the national health system; the only question is whether you'll have to pay the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/how-much-pay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;£400 yearly charge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in a comment, the situation is very volatile, and the state of affairs may have changed by the time you anticipate arriving in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T17:42:15.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6793" CreationDate="2019-10-17T06:39:45.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do not come here. I live here and have the hardest time to find a social circle. People are like villagers. Enjoy watching tv, working on their homes, being alone...and so on. They are really nice but you will be lonely. It's almost guaranteed. If you don't speak the language, that is 10 times worse. It's just really horrible and isolating. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany in general is not so easy for foreigners to integrate. Saarland is by far the worst. If you don't have a car, forget it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19085" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T06:39:45.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6793" CreationDate="2019-10-17T08:26:23.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly I would not rely in a middle sized German city to offer many cultural activities for an active young one. I have lived in Bremen for a few months last year and I found it boring, pretty much everything is closed on Sunday, on Saturday people rather stay home (to chill I guess ?). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I think Munich, Berlin or Dusseldorf would be a great choice to meet your requirements but I would not rely on Saarbrüken to offer a great cultural life.&#xA;+ if you don't speak German it will be a real pain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T08:26:23.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-17T13:03:10.990" Score="1" ViewCount="483" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did anyone here need approval from a works council after receiving a job offer? How long did it take? In my case, after 3 rounds of interviews I was offered the position and after accepting it, the HR lady said I now have to wait for works council approval to start the visa / blue card process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19088" LastEditorUserId="19088" LastEditDate="2019-10-17T19:52:13.703" LastActivityDate="2021-05-06T14:18:04.183" Title="Works council approval Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19348" CreationDate="2019-10-17T15:15:17.610" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm renting a room in a WG but for various reasons I will be moving into a room in a different WG next month, without cancelling the first contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for a few months, until I manage to cancel the first contract, I will be paying rent for two rooms in different places of the same city.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to register my new address at the Bürgeramt so I can get any important letters there. But I don't know what happens with the other address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I be in 2 places?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Staying in the old WG until the contract ends is not a viable option due to mental health concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19089" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T16:29:55.890" Title="Having 2 addresses in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-17T15:42:08.837" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU national and have an EU-registerd company. I will be coming to the UK to do some long-term contracts. Problem is I will not be staying in one place for long, so I will have no long-term address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I register a national insurance number without having an address? Or can I use one of the services who scan any incoming mail and email it to me or send it to my current AirBnB? Or do I have to register a business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary reason I even need NIN is my health. I have some chronic conditions that I will require a checkup every 3 months, so I would like to have an opportunity to visit some local doctors to update my scripts, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, can I get NHS number without NIN? Or say pay like a monthly subscription to use the services?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19090" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-10-17T16:45:47.710" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T16:45:47.710" Title="Can I register national insurance number without an address nor using a business one?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;national-id-number&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19346" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19349" CreationDate="2019-10-17T15:46:37.490" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a temporary residence permit for Croatia.  Can I travel to other EU countries, such as Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other advantages do I have with this card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17719" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-10-17T17:03:29.493" LastActivityDate="2019-10-20T15:13:46.770" Title="Can a third country citizen with temporary residence permit in Croatia travel to EU freely?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19344" CreationDate="2019-10-17T16:29:55.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Important is only where you are &lt;strong&gt;living&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have &lt;em&gt;moved out&lt;/em&gt; of the old flat, you are no longer living there&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it does not matter if the contract still continues for a while&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you register for the new flat, you can be deregistered  for the old flat automatically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can be registered to more that one flat (within Germany) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;primary&lt;/strong&gt; and (possibly multiple) &lt;strong&gt;secondary&lt;/strong&gt; residences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you occasionally work in another city and wish to retain a rented room there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that would be a &lt;strong&gt;secondary&lt;/strong&gt; residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there can be only one primary residence.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So you must choose which one is which.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-17T16:29:55.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19346" CreationDate="2019-10-17T17:05:46.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a temporary residence permit for Croatia. Can I travel to other EU countries, such as Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Croatian permit does not exempt you from the requirement to have a visa to enter the Schengen area.  So, assuming you're not traveling with an Annex II passport, and you have no other basis for a visa exemption, you can only travel to Germany if you get a Schengen visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What other advantages do I have with this card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of any.  If Croatia joins the Schengen area while the card is still valid, however, it will allow you to visit other Schengen countries, subject to the 90/180 rule.  According to Wikipedia, this &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Prospective_members&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might happen next year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-10-20T15:13:46.770" LastActivityDate="2019-10-20T15:13:46.770" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16095" CreationDate="2019-10-18T14:24:20.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. I was working on an end client location with the H1B amendment in process. I got a job offer from US based company and that company started H1B transfer. There was ABSOLUTELY no issue in getting H1B transfer completed as long as you have valid I-94. My transfer was filled thru PP and approval came in a week. But it's recommended joining a new employer once H1B is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19095" LastActivityDate="2019-10-18T14:24:20.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-20T23:44:52.700" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for German job seeker visa at New York center on 1st week of December and I am planning to travel overseas towards the end of December. I need help to know what is the processing time for job seeker visa and how much time they will take for stamping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17733" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T11:00:27.960" Title="Processing time for German job seeker visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-21T11:14:57.603" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to a dutch national and have a permanent dutch residence permit. I am planning to move to Germany with my wife where we both will work and i will enroll in a university for my masters. Can anyone tell me after moving there what legal requirement we need to do. Do i a non eu spouse having a dutch residence permit need to apply for German residence permit ? or any other legal requirement we need to do&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16751" LastEditorUserId="16751" LastEditDate="2019-10-21T11:29:43.130" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T16:44:54.893" Title="Residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17540" CreationDate="2019-10-21T15:20:07.933" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Greek that came to Germany on October 2018.&#xA;The Finanzamt employee told me that I have to do a tax declaration (although a plethora of sources online &amp;amp; people's advice suggest otherwise).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had the &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.dendax.com/en/what-is-a-lohnsteuerbescheinigung-when-will-you-receive-it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lohnsteuerbescheinigung&lt;/a&gt; with me, that my company gave me early in February 2019. That document provided all the necessary information (the numbers in the text-boxes hint you on which amount you should fill in).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I had my passport/ID to fill in any personal details needed (e.g. birth date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16865" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T15:20:07.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19360" CreationDate="2019-10-21T16:44:54.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are covered by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/topics/migration/law-on-foreigners/freedom-of-movement/freedom-of-movement-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;freedom of movement&lt;/a&gt; EU law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/migration/freizuegigkeit/freizuegigkeit-liste.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The ministery of the interior says&lt;/a&gt; you basically only have to register your new residence (as every German would have to do, too, when they move inside Germany) with your local &quot;Meldebehörden&quot; in the city you move to. That would be the &quot;Ordnungs-Amt&quot;, the civil administration office. They will make sure the foreigners office gets all the documents they need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need to provide proof of what you claim (that would mean your passports, a marriage certificate at least one work contract and/or sufficient funds) but that's just a formality. There is no proceedings or checks, &lt;em&gt;you already have the permission&lt;/em&gt; by virtue of your wife's nationality, all you need to do is fill the paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T16:44:54.893" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2019-10-21T17:25:51.283" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do the laws regarding 'Avregistrering från folkbokföringen' not imply that you might lose your personnummer? There are more conditions than just being dead (&lt;strong&gt;19 §&lt;/strong&gt;). Cf. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/folkbokforingslag-1991481_sfs-1991-481#P18&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Folkbokföringslag (1991:481)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which implies e.g. that if you move to a foreign country for a period of minimum one year, you are also de-registered from the 'folkbokföringen' &lt;strong&gt;(20 §)&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19 §&lt;/strong&gt;   Den som avlider eller dödförklaras skall avregistreras från folkbokföringen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;20 §&lt;/strong&gt;   Den som kan antas komma att regelmässigt tillbringa sin dygnsvila utom landet under minst ett år ska avregistreras från folkbokföringen som utflyttad om inte annat följer av fjärde stycket eller 14 §. Även den som kan antas komma att regelmässigt tillbringa sin dygnsvila både inom och utom landet ska avregistreras om han eller hon med hänsyn till samtliga omständigheter får anses ha sin egentliga hemvist utom landet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;En person anses regelmässigt tillbringa sin dygnsvila utom landet om han eller hon under sin normala livsföring tillbringar dygnsvilan&#xA;där minst en gång i veckan eller i samma omfattning men med en annan&#xA;förläggning i tiden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Om en utlänning som måste ha uppehållstillstånd för att få vistas i landet saknar ett sådant tillstånd, ska det särskilt beaktas vid&#xA;tillämpningen av första och andra styckena.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19107" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T17:25:51.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19367" CreationDate="2019-10-21T20:18:42.983" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Driven by my &lt;a href=&quot;https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/146801/can-avoid-asking-for-a-later-start-date&quot;&gt;personal catastasis&lt;/a&gt;, I would like to know when is the earliest date I can submit my tax declaration in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to do it only for year 2019, and I have only my job (no extra income, no property).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company will give me the &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.dendax.com/en/what-is-a-lohnsteuerbescheinigung-when-will-you-receive-it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lohnsteuerbescheinigung&lt;/a&gt; in early Feb 2019. However, I can sum up all the amounts from the monthly payrolls, and fill the tax declaration with these amounts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was hoping that I could submit the tax declaration in January, is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16865" LastActivityDate="2019-10-22T10:11:47.493" Title="Earliest date possible for submitting my tax declaration in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19366" CreationDate="2019-10-21T22:29:46.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tax Forms can be found here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.formulare-bfinv.de/ffw/content.do?%24csrf=8F83ZIEDCV737JL6I73S952RT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Formular-Management-System der Bundesfinanzverwaltung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select &lt;strong&gt;Steuerformulare&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A list of different types will be shown&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select &lt;strong&gt;Einkommensteuer&lt;/strong&gt; (Income tax) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A list of the different years will be shown&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2019 is not yet being offered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After selecting a year (2018), all available forms will be listed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;001 - Anleitungen zur Einkommensteuererklärung (2018)&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;list of instructions for each type of form will be offered&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;selecting one will download a corresponding pdf&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The other forms can either be filled out online or be downloaded as pdf&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select the pdf icon to download the pdf form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select the text discription to open the online form&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt; a timeout of 45 minutes exists&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the filled out form can be downloaded as pdf&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an empty form can be downloaded &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the instructions can be downloaded &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the form is being offered, you can prepare it and submit it on the first working day of the year (2nd of January 2020).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are giving notice to your employer anyway, ask them to expedite the issuing of the Lohnsteuerbescheinigung, so that you can compleate the application in the first weeks of January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-22T10:11:47.493" LastActivityDate="2019-10-22T10:11:47.493" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-22T01:48:11.783" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a retired self-sufficent American female who wishes to move to the Netherlands.  Can I apply for a Residence Permit without having to live with a relative in the Netherlands?  If so, which Residence Permit do I need to submit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19108" LastActivityDate="2019-10-23T08:13:23.630" Title="Residence Permit for retired economically inactive American long term stay in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19369" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19373" CreationDate="2019-10-23T07:41:51.993" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has never lived inside the US. I was born in Belgium and lived there all my life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year I became aware of my obligations to declare taxes in the US. Because of this, I went through the IRS Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedure. I filed the last 3 years of 1040s and 6 years of FBARS. &#xA;It seems like everything went through correctly and was accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, at the very end of 2018 I converted part of the stock options from the company I work for into actual stocks. A small part I cashed out. For this I had to fill in the W9 IRS form for my employer. I did not mention any of this (existence of the stocks, nor the W9 form) when filing my taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm not sure if this was correct. Should I have mentioned that I own stock in the company I work for? Should I have mentioned the small amount of money I made off the stock options? If so, is there anything I can do now to resolve this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19114" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-23T12:00:16.977" LastActivityDate="2019-10-23T16:15:52.483" Title="Should I have declared my stocks as foreign income in my US Tax Returns?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19368" CreationDate="2019-10-23T08:02:05.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Going through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/travel-and-residence/visas-for-the-netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visas for the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; link provided by @David, I could not find a condition that fits your situation  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;retired self-sufficent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The nearest is &lt;strong&gt;independent entrepreneur&lt;/strong&gt;, which does not apply in your case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that a &lt;strong&gt;retired self-sufficent&lt;/strong&gt; category also exists, you would have to apply here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/your-country-and-the-netherlands/united-states/travel-and-residence/applying-for-a-long-stay-visa-mvv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Applying for a long-stay visa (MVV) for residents of the United States | United States | netherlandsandyou.nl&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to stay in the Netherlands for longer than 90 days, you may need a residence permit. In many cases you will also have to apply for a long-stay visa before you travel to the Netherlands. This visa is also called an authorisation for temporary stay (MVV).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the United States, you can apply for this visa at the Netherlands embassy in Washington or at the consulates-general in Miami, New York or San Francisco.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;in person at a Dutch embassy or consulate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  - &lt;strong&gt;independent entrepreneur&lt;/strong&gt; [assumption &lt;strong&gt;retired self-sufficent&lt;/strong&gt; is also possible] &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;You should apply to the Dutch embassy or consulate in person. You should make the appointment yourself. Below you can read how to do this in your country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For such an interview, I would advise you to be prepared to be able to supply the following information: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where in the Netherlands you wish to live&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for a cost of living estimate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;regular monthly income&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;documented in a varifiable way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a realistic monthly cost of a mandatory health insurance &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/health-insurance/health-insurance-and-residence-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Health insurance and residence permit | Health insurance | Government.nl&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since a private health insurance can be very costly, the resulting sum will probably the &lt;strong&gt;desiding&lt;/strong&gt; factor. This assumption is based on my personal experience with a Canadian friend who retired to Berlin. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-23T08:13:23.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-23T08:13:23.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19369" CreationDate="2019-10-23T11:06:11.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have never had to deal with US Taxes.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, listening to such stories and general reading about this topic is like watching a vampire horror movie on television - knowing that they will never get out of the screen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do remember statements being made that corrections to an existing tax return can be made. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advice generaly given was when in doubt: make a correction&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and do so &lt;strong&gt;swiftly&lt;/strong&gt; before &lt;em&gt;they who we do not name&lt;/em&gt; find out about it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So until an answer from someone more knowledgeable turns up,  this answer &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; point you to the right direction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;If so, is there anything I can do now to resolve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following may apply for this situation from: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p54.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax Guide for US Citizens Abroad (pdf)&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Page 34:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General Tax Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  4) &lt;strong&gt;I forgot to include interest income when I filed my return last week. What should I do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;To correct a &lt;strong&gt;mistake&lt;/strong&gt; of this sort, you should prepare &lt;strong&gt;Form 1040X&lt;/strong&gt;. Include the omitted interest income, refigure the tax, and send the form &lt;strong&gt;as soon as possible&lt;/strong&gt; along with any additional tax due to the Internal Revenue Service Center where you filed your return. &lt;strong&gt;Use Form 1040X to &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; an individual Form 1040 income tax return filed for any year for which the period of limitation has not expired&lt;/strong&gt; (usually 3 years after the due date of the return filed, or 2 years after the tax was paid, whichever is later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Page 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Form (and Instructions)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;1040X&lt;/strong&gt; Amended US Individual Income Tax Return&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-23T11:14:16.127" LastActivityDate="2019-10-23T11:14:16.127" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19376" CreationDate="2019-10-23T16:02:21.990" Score="3" ViewCount="447" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a national of one of the EU countries (not Germany), currently working at one of the German universities. As such, part of my salary goes to VBL, which is (if I understand correctly) an additional (in addition to the standard one) retirement fund for people working at universities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VBL itself comes in two varieties: VBLklassik (default) and VBLextra (I can still opt for this one). VBLklassik has significantly higher guaranteed interest rate, but a pension can be paid only to someone who has been working for at least 60 months. VBLextra does not have this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unlikely to stay at the university for 60 months, so, according to VBL brochures, I should switch to VBLextra. However: does it really make sense? I know that I won't be entitled to VBL pension (which wouldn't be that high anyway), but I want to know if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is it possible to transfer money, with accrued interest rate, from VBLklassik to the retirement fund of another EU country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in case of money withdrawal from VBLklassik, do I get also the accrued interest rate? (in other words: can I just use this fund as savings account?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what else should I know about this system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19115" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T12:25:00.790" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T15:23:01.597" Title="VBLklassik vs VBLextra" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19369" CreationDate="2019-10-23T16:15:52.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mark Johnson's answer is essentially correct.  The income you're speaking of is not likely to be interest income, but the same principle applies: you can file an amended return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the questions posed in the  body of the text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I have mentioned that I own stock in the company I work for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the tax is an income tax, you do not need to declare your assets directly.  You do, however, have to declare any income derived from those assets.  When you sell them or otherwise dispose of them, there will be capital gains that must be reported or losses that may be used to offset other gains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other income, such as dividends, must also be reported, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I have mentioned the small amount of money I made off the stock options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If so, is there anything I can do now to resolve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prepare and file an amended return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never done that, so someone who has done so can probably offer a more helpful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-10-23T16:15:52.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19358" CreationDate="2019-10-24T10:27:11.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/05-VisaEinreise/faq-visa/899734&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa : Frequently Asked Questions - Federal Foreign Office&lt;/a&gt; the general answer is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long will I have to wait for my visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The processing time for visa applications (&lt;strong&gt;short stay&lt;/strong&gt;) takes up to 15 days.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;long-term&lt;/strong&gt; residence permits or visa for employment in Germany are applied for, the processing time will be up to several months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, visas where consultation with the &lt;strong&gt;Aliens' Authority (Ausländerbehörde)&lt;/strong&gt; are needed take longer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When this is meantioned at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aamt/zugastimaa/buergerservice/faq/-/606848?openAccordionId=item-606742-27-panel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa for Germany&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/05-VisaEinreise/employment-visa/922292&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment in Germany&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as it is for the &lt;strong&gt;student visa&lt;/strong&gt; in the first site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/blob/942162/93fd52958d9775a4904969afbf4fe3f2/jobseeker-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jobseeker&lt;/a&gt; (the pdf form you will need to fill out) in the second&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;assume the time needed will be longer (1 to 3 months). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T10:27:11.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19372" CreationDate="2019-10-24T15:23:01.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;VBL is what is called a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betriebliche_Altersversorgung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Betriebliche Altersversorgung&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;strong&gt;Öffentlicher Dienst&lt;/strong&gt; (Public service), so those basic rules apply &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;part of my salary goes to VBL&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not quite correct&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you will &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; find any reductions from your &lt;em&gt;gross salary&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The employer pays in the monthly contribution on top of the gross salary &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am unlikely to stay at the university for 60 months... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you remain in the &lt;strong&gt;Öffentlicher Dienst&lt;/strong&gt; the VBL contract will continue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you work at another firm that supports a &lt;em&gt;Betriebliche Altersversorgung&lt;/em&gt;, then the VBL conditions will be &lt;strong&gt;transfered&lt;/strong&gt; to the new one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if this can be transfer to another EU &lt;em&gt;Betriebliche Altersversorgung&lt;/em&gt;, I cannot say&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my knowledge (and it is slim) there is no transfer to the main Pension system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allthough payouts, when leaving, are possible, the conditions are based more on those of a Life Insurance than a Savings Account&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to which a minimal amount of contributions are probely required &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to work though the information found in the Wikipedia artical since the conditions are based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betriebsrentengesetz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Betriebsrentengesetz&lt;/a&gt; of 1974. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T15:23:01.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19377" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19378" CreationDate="2019-10-24T12:02:18.683" Score="6" ViewCount="656" Body="&lt;p&gt;After completion of my masters in Germany, I got a job in June 2018. I applied for a blue card but it took six months for ABH to issue it, so the date on the blue card is from December 2018. But, for the duration of those six months (June 2018 - December 2018) I paid taxes as a full time employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the Permanent Residence(Niederlassungserlaubnis)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the requirement is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;21 months with B1 certificate, or 33 months with A1 of German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the duration is from the day I started working or from the day that is on the blue card? calculated for Permanent Residence(Niederlassungserlaubnis)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19310" OwnerDisplayName="RamanaMuttana" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-14T22:44:16.077" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T22:44:16.077" Title="Is the 21 month period calculated from the Blue card application date or the issue date for Niederlassungserlaubnis?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19377" CreationDate="2019-10-24T12:39:44.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have been working legally in Germany, it’s from the time you started working, not from the time the Blue Card was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the ABH gave me zusatzblat (which says that i can work for 160 hours for month) in June 2018&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the 21 months start on that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user18919" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T12:49:43.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19377" CreationDate="2019-10-24T13:01:18.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The time you have worked is what counts, since you were granted permission to work there while the application was being processed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Officially:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for &lt;strong&gt;each month&lt;/strong&gt; that a payment has been made to a &lt;strong&gt;pension insurance scheme&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you start on the 15th, that counts as 1 month&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 19a EU Blue Card &lt;strong&gt;AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(6) Holders of an EU Blue Card must be issued a permanent settlement permit, if they have held a position of employment in line with subsection 1 for at least &lt;strong&gt;33 months&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;have made mandatory or voluntary contributions to the statutory pension insurance scheme for that period&lt;/strong&gt;, or if they furnish evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company and if the requirements of Section 9 (2), sentence 1, nos. 2, 4 to 6, 8 and 9 are met and if they have basic German language skills. Section 9 (2) sentences 2 to 6 shall apply accordingly. The period referred to in sentence 1 shall be reduced to &lt;strong&gt;21 months&lt;/strong&gt; if the foreigner has a sufficient command of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Johnson" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T13:13:18.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17715" CreationDate="2019-10-24T20:09:13.040" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you can't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;health insurance&lt;/strong&gt; covered any medical costs during the time you were insured. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;pension&lt;/strong&gt; contributions for the 5 years that you have worked will be stored and rated in the form of points, for each year, from 0 to 100&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;50 being for an &lt;strong&gt;average&lt;/strong&gt; wage for that year of all employees in Germany &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;100 for the highest amount possible (2019: € 54.450,00) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These will be stored in your &lt;strong&gt;pension account&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsnummer&lt;/strong&gt; is the account number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you have &lt;strong&gt;studied&lt;/strong&gt; in Germany, these times may count (for the pension) as if you have worked, so points are possible for these times. They are, however, not added automatically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At anytime you can apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Kontoklärung&lt;/strong&gt; (Account Clairification) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have studied and then started to work, one year after that start is a good time to do this&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the result (&lt;strong&gt;Versichungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;) you should see the months when you were working (which should be compleate), the months of &lt;strong&gt;study will be missing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;submit proof of study &lt;strong&gt;with dates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;submit proof of work that may be missing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A part of a month (5th, 15th or 25th) is considered a &lt;strong&gt;full&lt;/strong&gt; month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These times will then be added to your account and a new result will be sent which should now be complete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is better to do this &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt; than in 40 years time! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply for a &lt;strong&gt;pension&lt;/strong&gt; in another country, these times may also be taken into consideration - depending on existing treatys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you leave Germany you should apply for a '&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Formulare/DE/_pdf/V0100.html;jsessionid=3804C66FD385482D749E57824AE12E50.delivery2-2-replication&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kontoklärung&lt;/a&gt;' by filling out the pdf form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can also fill out the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Formulare/DE/_pdf/V0100.html;jsessionid=3804C66FD385482D749E57824AE12E50.delivery2-2-replication&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;electronically&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will recieve a result showing all monthly &lt;strong&gt;pension&lt;/strong&gt; payments for the time spent in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final result (&lt;strong&gt;Versichungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;) will be proof of what you paid in and can later claim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-24T20:20:15.677" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T20:20:15.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-24T20:14:00.060" Score="3" ViewCount="342" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a German Niederlassungserlaubnis (got it recently). I have a Czech Republic (CZ) based entity's job offer in the meanwhile, who seems to be ok with me working mostly remote (may be one week per month onsite).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I continue to keep my residence in Germany and work out of Germany with a CZ work contract? I may travel once a month to CZ and rent an airbnb etc for the week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is yes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do taxes work? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I tell my employer to pay me brutto and I file my own taxes at the end of the year here in Germany? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that allowed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does Social Security work? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can this also be in Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health Insurance - I don't mind if its CZ based, as long as they have partnership with Germany based health care providers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19122" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T11:30:58.663" LastActivityDate="2021-03-21T17:03:20.327" Title="Non-EU + DE Niederlassungserlaubnis --&gt; CZ Work Contract and work from DE?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19381" CreationDate="2019-10-24T20:47:21.657" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a case for a &lt;strong&gt;Steuerberater&lt;/strong&gt; (Tax Adviser), that has dealings with the Czech Republic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the (German) side, legally there will be no problems as long as you deal with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the taxes etc. properly as a &lt;strong&gt;self employed&lt;/strong&gt; person&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of &lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/strong&gt; do you have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a National &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederlassungserlaubnis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlaubnis_zum_Daueraufenthalt-EU_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second is better when doing cross border activities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, &lt;strong&gt;National&lt;/strong&gt; Visas have no effect in other EU Countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a &lt;strong&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/strong&gt;, anything you &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; need in the Czech Republic will be desided apon based on the rights granted by the &lt;strong&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/strong&gt;. With the National Visa, from the Czech point of view, you are starting from scratch. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__9a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 9a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;EU long-term residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) The EU long-term residence permit is a permanent residence title. Section 9 (1), sentences 2 and 3 shall apply accordingly. In the absence of any provisions to the contrary in this Act, the &lt;strong&gt;EU long-term residence permit shall be equivalent to the permanent settlement permit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) A foreigner shall be issued an EU long-term residence permit pursuant to Article 2 (b) of Directive 2003/109/EC if&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1.  he has resided in the federal territory with a residence title for &lt;strong&gt;five years&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the conditions for the issuing of a &lt;strong&gt;Permanent settlement permit&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;) for &lt;strong&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt; holders differ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;having a &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; mean that you are automatically qualified to receive a &lt;strong&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when the &lt;strong&gt;5 years&lt;/strong&gt; (60 months) condition is not fulfilled &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 9 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Permanent settlement permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) A foreigner shall be granted a permanent settlement permit if&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1.  he has held a temporary residence permit &lt;strong&gt;for five years&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3.  he has paid compulsory or voluntary contributions into the statutory pension scheme &lt;strong&gt;for at least 60 months&lt;/strong&gt; or furnishes evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company; time off for the purposes of child care or nursing at home shall be duly taken into account&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(6) Holders of an EU Blue Card &lt;strong&gt;must be issued a permanent settlement permit&lt;/strong&gt;, if they have held a position of employment in line with subsection 1 for at least &lt;strong&gt;33 months&lt;/strong&gt; and have made mandatory or voluntary contributions to the statutory pension insurance scheme for that period, or if they furnish evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company and if the requirements of Section 9 (2), sentence 1, nos. 2, 4 to 6, 8 and 9 are met and if they have basic German language skills. Section 9 (2) sentences 2 to 6 shall apply accordingly. The period referred to in sentence 1 shall be &lt;strong&gt;reduced to 21 months&lt;/strong&gt; if the foreigner has a sufficient command of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18b.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 18b AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Permanent settlement permit for for graduates of German universities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A foreigner who has successfully completed his studies at a state or state-recognised university or a comparable educational institution in the federal territory shall be granted a permanent settlement permit, if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;he has held a residence title pursuant to Sections 18, 18a, 19a or 21 for &lt;strong&gt;two years&lt;/strong&gt;,   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;he has a job commensurate with his degree,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;he has paid compulsory or voluntary contributions into the statutory pension scheme for &lt;strong&gt;at least 24 months&lt;/strong&gt; or furnishes evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company, and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the requirements of Section 9 (2), sentence 1, nos. 2 and 4 to 9 are met; Section 9 (2), sentences 2 to 6 shall apply accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T15:48:13.260" LastActivityDate="2019-10-28T15:48:13.260" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-26T04:15:14.870" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be finishing my job in the USA at the end of the month. As I understand it, my employer-provided medical insurance lasts until the end of the month in which I finish work, which in this case will be the same day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will not be leaving the US for a further 12 days. I would like to have at least emergency medical cover for that period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When moving here from the UK, I solved the opposite problem with &quot;one way travel insurance&quot;. That started from the time I left the UK, and lasted for up to a month after my arrival. However, I'm not aware of anybody offering travel insurance that begins departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hassle, and the cost, of taking out full-scale US health insurance for two weeks of emergency cover would be absurd. Do I have any other options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that COBRA is a thing that might be relevant, but I don't understand how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15934" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T16:49:28.030" Title="US medical insurance between finishing employment and leaving the country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;repatriation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-25T21:18:34.513" Score="5" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a National/Type D visa issued by Greece for purpose indicated as &quot;public interest&quot; in the visa sticker (I am doing a clinical observership program in a public hospital). I arrived on October 20, and will be staying until April 26, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I required to apply for a residence permit, even if I am staying for less than a year? The consul herself in my home country was not sure of the answer. I read somewhere that residence permits are not required for stays more than 3 months but less than 1 year. Is this true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19128" OwnerDisplayName="Trelawney" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-03-29T05:42:41.717" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T06:01:55.140" Title="Residence Permit in Greece (of Type D/National visa)" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-26T09:09:13.250" Score="0" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;My uncle filed for the f4 visa in 2007 for my father(beneficiary). The priority date is April 4th, 2007. At the time of the filing and priority date I was 12 years old at the time. The petition was approved on March 15th, 2012 and at that time I was 17 years old. As of right now am 25 years old (2019) and the priority date for April 2007 is just around the corner based on the current visa bulletin for October 2019. Also when I login to CEAC, I only see my parents names. I know am just a derivative and not the primary applicant, but here are the dates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Filed: April 4th, 2007 Priority &#xA; Approved: March 15, 2012&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to know if CSPA applies to me and will I be able to attain, or eligible for, a visa since am 25 right now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19106" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-10-26T09:20:52.010" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T20:02:55.380" Title="F4 Visa Aged out 25 year old" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17778" CreationDate="2019-10-26T10:01:11.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't believe you can without getting some form of permission from the Czech Republic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assumption&lt;/strong&gt;: (since your question does not state this explicitly)   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You, as an &lt;strong&gt;employee&lt;/strong&gt;, are being deployed by your &lt;strong&gt;employer&lt;/strong&gt; to the Czech Republic &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt; is not one law valid in all EU Countries, but a &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM%3Al14573&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Directive (2009 / 50 /EG)&lt;/a&gt; that needs to be &lt;strong&gt;implemented&lt;/strong&gt; into individual national laws&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Germany: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a Blaue Karte EU &lt;strong&gt;AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Czech Republic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/eu-blue-cards.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 42i of the &lt;strong&gt;Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since each law is only valid &lt;strong&gt;within&lt;/strong&gt; the area of responsibility of each country &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; grant rights in another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we must look for laws in the country of interest, to see what the offer for a specific situation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an &lt;strong&gt;employee&lt;/strong&gt; (in Germany) being deployed by his &lt;strong&gt;employer&lt;/strong&gt; in the Czech Republic  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the information found here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/immigration.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/third-country-nationals-third-country-nationals.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Third-country nationals&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/intra-company-employee-transfer-card.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is an Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card is a new type of authorisation for long-term residence in the Territory of the Czech Republic where the purpose of residence (&lt;strong&gt;longer than 3 months&lt;/strong&gt;) of the foreign national &lt;strong&gt;is to perform work in the position of manager, specialist or employed intern to which the foreign national has been transferred&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, it would seem, to be what we are looking for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;There is an &lt;strong&gt;on-site project in Prague&lt;/strong&gt; for at &lt;strong&gt;least 6 months&lt;/strong&gt; which I am interested in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking further into the details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is the Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card intended for?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card is intended for intra-company transferred managers, specialists and employed interns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In simple terms, intra-company transfer is &lt;strong&gt;the temporary transfer of an employee of a multinational company&lt;/strong&gt; from a functioning section of a multinational company in a country &lt;strong&gt;that is not a member state of the European Union&lt;/strong&gt; to a functioning section of the company located in the Czech Republic.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  According to &lt;strong&gt;42k(4) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll&lt;/strong&gt;. a &lt;strong&gt;specialist means a foreign national who has specialised knowledge&lt;/strong&gt; that is fundamental for the area of operations, procedures or management of the commercial corporation or subsidiary and who also has the required level of qualification and professional experience and, if applicable, is a member of a professional association, if special legislation so stipulates.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card is intended for foreign nationals of all states of the world, &lt;strong&gt;with the exception of&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;citizens of EU/EEA member states and Switzerland and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    their family members who are citizens of other states and hold residence cards for family members of an EU citizen (or, in the case of the family members of a citizen of an EEA state or Switzerland, a foreign national’s residence card) or have applied for such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the foreign nationals listed in &lt;strong&gt;Section 42k(6) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll&lt;/strong&gt;. (an applicant for long-term residence for the purpose of research, &lt;strong&gt;a foreign national who is employed by an employer from a different member state of the European Union sent to perform work as part of multinational provision of services in the territory of Czech Republic&lt;/strong&gt;, etc.) are also not entitled to lodge an application for an Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Department for Asylum and Migration Policy, August 15th, 2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pdf (in English) of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/3affe8b64.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act No. 326/1999 Coll&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence of Aliens in the Czech Republic and amending certain Acts&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is an unofficial document as of 24 June 2014. &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does not contain &lt;strong&gt;Section 42k&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/an-up-to-date-version-of-the-act-no-326-1999-coll-on-the-residence-of-foreign-nationals-in-the-czech-republic.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;An up-to-date version of the Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pdf (in Czech) of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/file/aktualizovane-uplne-zneni-zakona-c-326-1999-sb-o-pobytu-cizincu-k-31-7-2019-s-vyznacenymi-zmenami.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act No. 326/1999 Coll&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 42k(6) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll&lt;/strong&gt; (Google Translate)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (6) An alien shall not be entitled to file an application for the card of an internally transferred employee if it concerns: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a)&lt;/strong&gt; an applicant for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;b)&lt;/strong&gt; a foreigner who is an employee of an &lt;strong&gt;employer from another Member State of the European Union posted to work in the framework of transnational provision of services in the territory&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;c)&lt;/strong&gt; a foreigner residing in the territory  for the purpose of doing business;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;d)&lt;/strong&gt; a foreigner who was recruited by the employment agency,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;e)&lt;/strong&gt; a foreigner staying in the territory for the purpose of study pursuant to Section 64 (a);  a) to d) in the case of full-time study at a secondary school, conservatory, higher vocational school or language school entitled to state language examination or full-time study at a university, or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;(f)&lt;/strong&gt; an alien who is engaged in a business corporation with its registered office in a State bound by an international treaty concluded with the European Union 1c), which implies the right of free movement equivalent to that of citizens of the European Union;  or in a State bound by the Agreement on the European Economic Area 1d).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether &lt;strong&gt;Section 42k(6)(b) of Act No. 326/1999&lt;/strong&gt; applies here is a &lt;em&gt;possibility&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;but would seem to defeat the main point of a inter-company transfer &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at least for a company from another EU Country &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Some form of permission is needed from the Czech Republic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card&lt;/strong&gt; is a possibility if&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 42k(6)(b)&lt;/strong&gt; does not apply to your case&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which seems to be the case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an &lt;strong&gt;employee&lt;/strong&gt; being deployed by your &lt;strong&gt;employer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is up to the &lt;strong&gt;employer&lt;/strong&gt; to insure that it is being done legally &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and what is needed to do this correctly &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is, therefore, a process that the &lt;strong&gt;employer&lt;/strong&gt; should deal with, including any costs that it may intail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-26T10:11:31.707" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T10:11:31.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15622" CreationDate="2019-10-26T14:05:55.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have a valid Schengen Visa, that can be used until it becomes invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;strong&gt;issuing conditions&lt;/strong&gt; were based on the validity of your &lt;strong&gt;UK BRP&lt;/strong&gt;, then the Schengen Visa validity would would be the same as the BRP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When actually entering the Schengen Area, the border guard (independent of visa validity) will make the final decision if you may enter or not&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not being allowed to return to the UK and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; planing to return to your home country &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;may be a reason to refuse entry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should take this aspect into consideration before leaving the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T14:05:55.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19385" CreationDate="2019-10-26T16:46:51.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The I-130 petition was pending for just under 5 years, so you should not age out until just before age 26 (21 + length of time the petition was pending). You say you are 25 years old, but without the exact birthdate it is impossible to tell whether you have aged out or when you will age out. If at the time a visa number becomes available for the priority date, you haven't aged out, you can immigrate as as derivative beneficiary if you seek to acquire a visa within one year of it becoming available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T16:46:51.180" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19383" CreationDate="2019-10-26T16:49:28.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you can do is not get any insurance, and then if an emergency happens during those 12 days, sign up for COBRA, since it will still be within the 60 days after leaving work during which you can sign up for COBRA. If you sign up for COBRA, it will retroactively cover you from when you left work, retroactively covering your emergency. If you don't have an emergency, then you don't sign up for COBRA, and don't need to pay for anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T16:49:28.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19392" CreationDate="2019-10-26T19:18:21.083" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read an article about UK settled status, and one group at risk of not getting settled status is people who &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; they have UK citizenship and therefore need not apply for settled status, but either they are wrong and don't actually have UK citizenship, or the UK government doesn't think they have UK citizenship. The article also says that many of these could successfully apply for settled status, but they might not do so because they think they don't need to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should a person who wants to live in the UK and believes they have UK citizenship do to make sure that the UK government actually either agrees or disagrees? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T07:01:40.293" Title="Verify UK citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-26T23:59:43.513" Score="1" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to Argentina (from the United States) in the next year. There is a cat I am considering adopting that is FIV positive. While doing some research to see if her condition would prevent me from taking her with me to Argentina, I came across this site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pettravel.com/immigration/argentina.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.pettravel.com/immigration/argentina.cfm&lt;/a&gt;. It says “veterinary officials will inspect your animal upon landing” and “if your dog or cat is not in apparent good health, further examination at your expense...”. This isn’t clear to me about FIV, and it’s not an official source. Does anyone know about bringing an FIV positive cat into Argentina?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_immunodeficiency_virus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Madison" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-30T11:03:54.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T11:03:54.630" Title="Can I bring a cat with FIV into Argentina?" Tags="&lt;argentina&gt;&lt;pets&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19390" CreationDate="2019-10-27T10:37:40.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Inspired by Patricia Sanahan's comment, the easiest and most straightforward way to both verify and prove your citizenship would be to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a British passport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they grant it, you have the ultimate documental proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they reject it, they will tell you why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit after MJeffryes' comment&lt;/strong&gt;: Turns out that it may not be that ultimate after all, the UK's government has at times &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45270554&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;denied passport renewals to it's own citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2019-10-29T07:01:40.293" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T07:01:40.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-27T10:47:34.687" Score="4" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zSoD4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;I recently got the type D Visa for the employment purpose. Now I'm confused. What are the things I shall be doing after entering Germany. When I checked my visa I could see the above lines being printed. Can someone please explain this to me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18990" LastEditorUserId="19116" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T03:36:52.650" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T16:19:06.297" Title="What are the things I should do after getting into Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19406" CreationDate="2019-10-28T03:04:10.907" Score="2" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been recently offered a job in Berlin and am looking for starting my Visa process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;code&gt;Bachelor of Engineering&lt;/code&gt; degree in &lt;code&gt;Computer Science&lt;/code&gt; from &lt;code&gt;India&lt;/code&gt;(VTU University). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what sort of work Visa I should apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was going through the Germany visa requirements and it mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;he or she has a German or an accredited foreign or a university degree that is comparable to a German one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So, with the above-said degree, can I apply for a &lt;code&gt;blue-card&lt;/code&gt; Visa. The other requirements (work salary) is fulfilled. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, what is the suitable work Visa category I should apply for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19131" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-02T12:38:11.487" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T14:24:17.483" Title="With Bachelor of Engineering Degree from India, Can I apply for Blue Card Visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-28T03:08:19.900" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know what taxes Afghanistan now imposes on US citizens working there. The last time I was there were none but a friend of mine who has a family member there told me Afghanistan now does charge taxes -- but I'd like to verify that along with the effective tax rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19116" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-07T05:28:01.647" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T05:28:01.647" Title="What taxes does Afghanistan impose on US citizens?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;afghanistan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19394" CreationDate="2019-10-28T03:42:39.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends what sort of job you got the contract for ? If it's IT related then you can directly apply for EU BLUE CARD considering that you have met the salary criteria. Recently I went through the same conditions and now they have granted me type D visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18990" LastEditorUserId="18990" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T03:44:49.300" LastActivityDate="2019-10-28T03:44:49.300" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19393" CreationDate="2019-10-28T09:24:02.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have been issued a D-Visa for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blue Card &lt;strong&gt;§9a AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;with permission, as a foreigner, to work &lt;strong&gt;§39 AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;with a specialized qualification &lt;strong&gt;§2 BeschV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following steps are needed before you start working &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accommodation and Registration &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registration at the Foreigners Office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Becoming am member of a Health insurance company  (Krankenkasse) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registration for Television / Radio Tax  (Rundfunksbeitrag) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Useful documents to have&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leaving Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Report in to your employer, since they may assist you in going through these steps! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 1&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Accommodation and Registration&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One you have arrived in Germany, the first thing you have to do is find an accommodation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a contract for an accommodation, you must register (&lt;strong&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/strong&gt;) your residence &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this must be done within 14 days &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; moving in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on which city your in, the office may have different names&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;City Hall, &lt;strong&gt;Bürgeramt&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;appointments are often needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Togeather with your rental contract you should also recieve a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Einzugsbestätigung des Wohnungsgebers (Vermieter)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is a confirmation from the landlord needed for registration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result will be a &lt;strong&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/strong&gt;, which is proof of registration and will be needed later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tax Card / Number&lt;/strong&gt; (Lohnsteuerkarte)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can (must) also be applied for if you don't have one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Tax card is now electronic and has the wonderful name of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronische_Lohnsteuerabzugsmerkmale&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ElektronischeLohnSteuerAbzugsMerkmale (ELStAM)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will ask you which church you belong to and if it belongs to the &lt;strong&gt;church tax system&lt;/strong&gt; an extra tax is deducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Church of England' is one that &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; belong to the &lt;strong&gt;church tax system&lt;/strong&gt;  and of course &lt;strong&gt;none&lt;/strong&gt; is also a valid answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in such cases no Church tax will be deducted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This Tax information should be given to your employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Registration at the Foreigners Office&lt;/em&gt; (Ausländerbehörde) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Step 2&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;does not apply&lt;/strong&gt; to EU Citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Precondition&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/strong&gt;, Passport and possibly working contact &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you have been issued a D-Visa, this must now be replaced with a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;residence permit (&lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/strong&gt;) &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which in your case will be a &lt;strong&gt;Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the issuing of the residence card may take some time a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a temporary residence permit (&lt;strong&gt;Fiktionsbescheinigung&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;may be issued, which serves as a replacement until the final &lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/strong&gt; is issued. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt; will know who you are and what you want, since they are the ones who granted the visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Becoming am member of a Health insurance company&lt;/em&gt; (Krankenkasse) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this answer on how to become a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19246/17166&quot;&gt;member of a Krankenkasse (Health insurance provider)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which is the compulsory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information will also be needed by your employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 4&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Registration for Television / Radio Tax&lt;/em&gt;  (Rundfunksbeitrag) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this answer which contains some &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/6401/17166&quot;&gt;background information about this topic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The registration process can be done one here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/buergerinnen_und_buerger/formulare/anmelden/index_ger.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Der Rundfunkbeitrag - Wohnung anmelden&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this answer which contains some &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/12549/ard-zdf-deregistration-before-leaving-germany/17323#17323&quot;&gt;information what to do when moving or leaving Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Useful documents to have&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a &lt;strong&gt;long time residency&lt;/strong&gt;, some documents may be needed that is easier to get&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;while you are still in your home country &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/18075/17166&quot;&gt;lists these documents and for what they may be needed for&lt;/a&gt; in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaving Germany&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;de-register your residence and Rundfunkbeitrag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While working in Germany you will paying in to the pension system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19380/17166&quot;&gt;How to apply for a Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;describes how to get the needed document which proofs your payments and may be useful when appling for a pension later on in life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-02T16:19:06.297" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T16:19:06.297" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19400" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-29T14:32:20.413" Score="2" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family and I are moving to Maastricht before Brexit happens. My job is in Maastricht but for various reasons we are considering living on the Belgium side of the border where my partner would register his business (which is just my partner). Does this sound feasible even though we are British citizens, or will whatever we end up with post-Brexit make such an arrangement impossible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone have any direct experience living in Belgium but working in the Netherlands, regarding health care, childcare, schools, etc? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T10:52:37.867" Title="Living in Belgium but working in the Netherlands post Brexit (and at all)" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19400" CreationDate="2019-10-29T15:48:23.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Resident permits and corresponding work permits are based on national laws. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for 3rd country nationals, assume that persons living/working in both Belgium and the Netherlands must deal with both countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best advice that can be given, is to go and ask them if a 'practical solution' exists for this scenario (one never knows...) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;especially for peaple living in the Border area&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German term for this is &lt;strong&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/strong&gt;: (frontier worker) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no English version of the Wikipedia artical about this topic, and deals more on the topic of &lt;strong&gt;taxation&lt;/strong&gt; than on residence or work permit requirements &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenzg%C3%A4nger&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is more extensive imn the area of European Union Law and Switzerland &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grensarbeider&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Grensarbeider&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Dutch version is more extensive in the area of Belgium and Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontalier&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Frontalier&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the French version is more extensive in the area of Switzerland &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legal situation in the European Union&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under EU law, the worker is a &quot;frontier worker&quot; employed in the territory of a Member State (State of employment) residing in the territory of another Member State (State of residence - political criterion), to which he usually returns daily, but at least once a week (temporal  Criteria).  However, this definition, which requires daily or weekly returns to the place of residence in addition to driving from residence to work across a border, only applies to the social protection of the workers concerned in the European Union.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Netherlands-Belgium&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;According to the double taxation treaty between Belgium and the Netherlands, frontier workers paid income tax in the country of residence until 1 January 2003 , but as a result of other treaties they were subject to the social insurance laws of the country of employment. In the new treaty between Belgium and the Netherlands, the principle applies that frontier workers also pay income tax in the country of employment. Because the Netherlands and Belgium use different systems, there are many disadvantages associated with cross-border work, which means that the principle of free movement of people in the European Communityis hindered. To compensate for any tax disadvantage, a so-called compensation scheme has been introduced for employees who live in the Netherlands and work in Belgium. By applying this compensation scheme you get a tax refund from the Dutch tax authorities if you incur a tax disadvantage by working in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Digging up old residence (pre Schengen) laws, there was no such thing as a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benelux&lt;/strong&gt; Residence Permit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://treatydatabase.overheid.nl/en/Verdrag/Details/008891.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Convention between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the transfer of control of persons to the external frontiers of Benelux territory&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;of 20.06.1960, last amended 18.08.1982&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;forsaw a common &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;transit and travel visa (&amp;lt;= 3 months) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a common &lt;strong&gt;permission for temporary residence&lt;/strong&gt; (&gt; 3 months). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://books.google.de/books?id=PPseXaPHxmwC&amp;amp;pg=PA84&amp;amp;lpg=PA84&amp;amp;dq=benelux+residence+permits&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=JTDPngmqFZ&amp;amp;sig=ACfU3U07bnjsWKpFuuImTg2qv9tbe4pocQ&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwju68yi4MHlAhWM26QKHQBQBB04ChDoATADegQIBxAB#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=benelux%20residence%20permits&amp;amp;f=false&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Law in the Netherlands: Vol. III - Google Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-10-30T10:52:37.867" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T10:52:37.867" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19400" CreationDate="2019-10-29T16:16:31.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do something very similar.  I live in Germany and work in Switzerland (I stay in Switzerland during the week).  I am classified in German as a &lt;em&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/em&gt; which is sometimes translated into English as &quot;cross-border commuter&quot; (it is not a term that is often needed in the UK of course).  It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; quite common in Europe (I have a Dutch friend whose sister does the reverse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided you are resident in Belgium and working in the Netherlands before Brexit day (in the event of no-deal), or the end of 2020 (in the event of a deal), you should be fine.  The Withdrawal Agreement does contain language to the effect that the rights of established cross-border commuters will be preserved.  In the event of no-deal you will be relying on the good-will of both Belgium and the Netherlands; I believe all the EU countries have said they will continue to allow citizens who are already in place to stay. (However there is a small risk that the UK government being unpleasant to EU nationals will force EU countries to retaliate.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I already have a cross-border permit in Switzerland, and am registered with the Foreigners Office in Germany.  I expect that to continue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T16:16:31.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-29T18:18:05.997" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a type D visa (category is &quot;gamma 2: public interest&quot;) valid from October 18 2019 - May 1 2020 (less than 1 year). I am currently in Thessaloniki for a clinical observership/shadowing in a hospital.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I went to the Immigration Office to ask if I am required to get a residence permit, and their answer to me was to go to an office in Athens at Evaggelistrias 2 and apply there. The lady also told me to send an email to legislation@immigration.gov.gr to confirm that it is in Athens I have to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had any similar experience? My understanding is that residence permits are to be applied to in the city where the third national is residing. Did I go to the wrong office or the wrong department?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19128" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T19:12:35.410" Title="Residence permit for Type D visa (for public interest) apply in Athens when I'm in Thessaloniki?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-11-02T13:33:22.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10222" CreationDate="2019-10-29T18:55:01.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One advantage to Guelph is that even if you can't find work in the city itself, there are many high-tech opportunities in larger cities not far away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kitchener and Waterloo are 45 minutes to the west.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mississauga is an hour east.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Toronto is an hour and a half east.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The times are by car from city hall to city hall, so unless you live and work right downtown, the times could be considerably less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; want downtown to downtown, there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gotransit.com/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GO Transit (Regional Public Transit Service for the GTHA)&lt;/a&gt; trains connecting them all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17710" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T18:55:01.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19403" CreationDate="2019-10-30T08:18:23.963" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Article 8(2) of &lt;strong&gt;LAW No 4251&lt;/strong&gt; states that the application of the residence permit can be done either &lt;strong&gt;localy&lt;/strong&gt; or at the National &lt;strong&gt;Directorate for Immigration Policy to the Ministry for the Interior&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your information, you are being asked by the &lt;em&gt;local Immigration Office&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;send an email&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;em&gt;legislation@immigration.gov.gr&lt;/em&gt; to ask them &lt;strong&gt;where you should actually go&lt;/strong&gt; to get this done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the reason &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; they are asking you do this, is not clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing to do (for lack of further information) is to send the email as requested, stating also the date and time and from where you exactly asked (address).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would seem to be a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(poem)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LAW No 4251&lt;/strong&gt; (Immigration and Social Integration Code and other provisions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 7 Categories of residence permits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; A third-country national who has been granted a visa in Greece for one of the reasons set out herein &lt;strong&gt;must request a residence permit for the same reason on entry to the country&lt;/strong&gt;, without prejudice to the more specific Articles of this Code, provided that he meets the requirements set out in the Code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; The categories of residence permits and the types of permissions that these include are:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;C3 Public interest&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 8 Granting of Residence Permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Applications for residence permits shall be lodged with the &lt;strong&gt;one-stop agency of the competent directorate for aliens and immigration of the decentralised administration in the applicant’s area of residence&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;with the competent Directorate for Immigration Policy to the Ministry for the Interior&lt;/strong&gt;, pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of Law 4018/2011 (Government Gazette, Series A, No 215). Submission of an application for initial residence permit, submission of additional supporting documents and collection of the residence permit or the rejection decision, or other documents from the relevant file, may be made by a third-country national in person or he may be represented by an authorised attorney, or his spouse, ascendants and adult descendants. Authorisation shall be proven in writing by having the authenticity of the authorising person’s signature attested by any public authority. Service by bailiff of any document or supporting documents for the issue or renewal of a residence permit shall not be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gr/en/visas/visa-types/national-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Office National Visas - Visa Types&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pdf: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gr/images/docs/ethnikes_theoriseis/2015/metanast.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LAW No 4251 Immigration and Social Integration Code and other provisions&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from 2014-04-01&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T19:12:35.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19394" CreationDate="2019-10-30T09:22:17.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must make at least 53600€ (in 2019) per year (before taxes). If there is a shortage of skilled workers in your field, you must make at least 41808€ (in 2019) per year. As a computer scientist, you qualify either way (although you &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; earn more than 53600€/year in Berlin).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for a Blue Card, your degree must be recognised in Germany. You can look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/hochschulabschluesse.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anabin database&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the residence permits other than Blue Card, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-06T14:24:17.483" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T14:24:17.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19384" CreationDate="2019-10-30T19:18:38.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are required to apply for a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most, but not all, countries the main purpose of the issuing of a D-Visa is for the issuing of a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This defined in Article 7(1) LAW No 4251 for Greece, wheere no time contraint is meantioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also the answer to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19405/17166&quot;&gt;greece - Residence permit for Type D visa (for public interest) apply in Athens when I'm in Thessaloniki?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LAW No 4251&lt;/strong&gt; (Immigration and Social Integration Code and other provisions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 7 Categories of residence permits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; A third-country national who has been granted a visa in Greece for one of the reasons set out herein &lt;strong&gt;must request a residence permit for the same reason on entry to the country&lt;/strong&gt;, without prejudice to the more specific Articles of this Code, provided that he meets the requirements set out in the Code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; The categories of residence permits and the types of permissions that these include are:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;C3 Public interest&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gr/en/visas/visa-types/national-visas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Office National Visas - Visa Types&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pdf: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mfa.gr/images/docs/ethnikes_theoriseis/2015/metanast.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LAW No 4251 Immigration and Social Integration Code and other provisions&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from 2014-04-01&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T19:18:38.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-31T13:00:58.497" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a meeting for the National Insurance Number this Monday in the city I used to live in. But I don't have an actual proper home in the UK yet, I just moved to London. They want proof of address and I can show them my hostel bill, which had agreed. Yet I'm almost certain I'm going to move in the following weeks (in a proper home in London). Should I postpone the NINO meeting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meeting is in the city I used to live in before moving to this hostel. I don't know if it's better to postpone it to have it in the job center of the city I now live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know if you need any other information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14839" LastEditorUserId="14839" LastEditDate="2019-11-01T10:04:20.190" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T13:07:25.817" Title="Should I postpone the NINO meeting until I have a stable home?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-30T19:18:12.027" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m looking for some help as I’m not too clued up on the best approach for obtaining a Canadian visa with my current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m going to be flying over to Canada in a few weeks to join my girlfriend who is a Canadian citizen and lives in Alberta. She is a teacher, she was going to move to join me in the UK but as it would result in something like a 50% pay cut we’ve decided it’s better that I go and join her. She also makes enough money to support the two of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s probably easier I just list bullet points to explain my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I recently quit my job, and I have funds saved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am from the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have 1 x degree, 1 x post graduate, and 1 x Masters. All in Business and Computing related subjects.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have worked in IT freelance database and website related for the last 15 years or so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am currently 41.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My girlfriend has a job as a teacher&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We’ve been seeing each other for a few years which has been a lot of flying back and forward. We now wish to progress.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have an Uncle and Aunt who live near Vancouver and have been there for 40-50 years and are Canadian citizens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As things stand I will go on a tourist visa which should give me 6 months (180 days/179 days to be sure?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we are not planning on getting married straight away but are wanting to take things a bit more seriously and maybe buy a house etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is basically, what is my best approach to obtaining a visa and looking to stay in Canada longer term, years rather than tourist based months? Is it fine to go on a tourist visa and then progress from there? Spousal Sponsorship? Family Visa via my Uncle and Aunt? Or is there something else I should be doing that makes more sense?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the very basic questions, I’m not the most clued up with this and don’t want to make an error that I look back on as… oh, I should have done that…?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help is greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&#xA;Stuart&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="thestormtrooper" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T15:02:40.360" Title="Which procedure makes the most sense for a Canadian Visa? Looking to live in Canada soon" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19408" CreationDate="2019-11-01T12:19:57.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no need to do this. A temporary address is acceptable for applying for a National Insurance Number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After your appointment, the Department for Work and Pensions will post you a letter telling you your National Insurance Number. If you change your address after the appointment but before you get the letter &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can phone the DWP to tell them&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you change your address before you get your letter, tell DWP by contacting the National Insurance number application line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;National Insurance number application line&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Telephone: 0800 141 2075 &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Textphone: 0800 141 2438 &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I wouldn't rely on this process, since it's possible that you could move after the letter is posted but before it arrives, so you should still be prepared to receive the letter at your old address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it isn't clear, once you've received your National Insurance Number, there's no need to keep DWP up to date with your address (unless you have some other reason to, such as universal credit or another benefit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T12:19:57.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19411" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19412" CreationDate="2019-11-01T14:46:27.360" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a dual citizenship one Greek and one Canadian. My plan is to travel to the US. Currently, I live in the UK and not in the EU country (i.e. Greece) in which I was raised. My question is, can I enter the US with my Canadian passport or do I need to do anything prior it as I am not coming from Canada and I am a dual national?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19151" LastEditorUserId="19151" LastEditDate="2019-11-03T16:19:14.500" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T16:19:14.500" Title="Can dual national Canadian/EU enter US from UK, with passport only?" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19411" CreationDate="2019-11-01T15:20:21.957" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It should not really matter where you're coming from. If you apply for admission with your Canadian passport, all you have to do is comply with the requirements for Canadian citizens entering the US. So, if Canadians need a ESTA, you'll have to apply for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T15:20:21.957" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19411" CreationDate="2019-11-02T03:19:27.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to entering the US with your Canadian passport you'll also need to use that passport to check in for your flight to the US.  Otherwise, the airline would require you to have valid ESTA authorization.  By checking in with the Canadian passport you will avoid any confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T03:19:27.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19416" CreationDate="2019-11-02T07:19:35.380" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an Indian holding a 'UK Tier 2 General Work Visa' (working in Glasgow, Scotland) apply for a Schengen Travel/Tourism Visa from UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, is there any stringent requirement of completing certain months in UK before an Indian can apply for Schengen Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19154" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-05T21:35:03.740" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T21:35:03.740" Title="Indian national holding 'Tier 2 General UK' Visa applying for Schengen Visa from within UK" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19415" CreationDate="2019-11-02T10:44:05.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as a resident of the United Kingdom, you can apply for a Schengen Visa from within the United Kingdom. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that different consulates may be responsible based on the area within the United Kingdom that you reside. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Schengen rules, applicants have to apply for a visa in the Counslate of the country which can be identified &lt;strong&gt;as the main destination&lt;/strong&gt; of their journey. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the wording of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Mission - Visa Information&lt;/a&gt; site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you reside in Scotland&lt;/strong&gt; or certain parts of northern England you can file your visa application at the VisaMetric Visa Application Centre in Edinburgh from 17 January 2019. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visametric.com/uk/germany/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the main condition is that you &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt; there. There is no time constraint stated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with your &lt;strong&gt;UK Tier 2 General Work Visa&lt;/strong&gt;, that condition should be fulfilled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-02T10:52:22.087" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T10:52:22.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17294" CreationDate="2019-11-02T11:27:35.443" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Blue Card allows you to freelance, but your job must remain your main occupation. In other words, you can take freelance side gigs, but if you quit your job, you won't keep your Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to be a full time freelancer, you must &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freelance-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a German freelance visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is more. Your residence permit allows you to leave Germany for up to 180 days at a time. You can return for a day and leave again, but you can't stay out of Germany for more than 180 days at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to remember to register your freelance business with the Finanzamt by &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/docs/fragebogen-zur-steuerlichen-erfassung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;filling the Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung&lt;/a&gt;. There might be additional requirements depending on the type of business, as explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/start-a-business-in-germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have your permanent residency, things get a lot easier, but even the PR has similar limits on how long you can leave the country, and you are still required to register your business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T11:27:35.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19394" CreationDate="2019-11-02T11:46:54.730" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the job you are applying for, corresponds to the degree you have (i.e. they match) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;then you can apply for a Blue Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;assuming that the other conditions are also fulfilled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you must apply for a normal work visa and based on your qualifications (practical experience), then a determination will be maded if this conforms to a &lt;strong&gt;highly qualified employment&lt;/strong&gt; that is needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the wording of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English text&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) A foreigner shall be granted an EU Blue Card pursuant to Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals &lt;strong&gt;for the purpose of highly qualified employment&lt;/strong&gt; (OJ L 155,18.6.2009, p. 17) &lt;strong&gt;for the purpose of employment commensurate with his qualification&lt;/strong&gt;, if&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  a)  holds a German or a foreign higher education qualification which is recognised or otherwise comparable to a German higher education qualification or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the degree must match the employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-02T11:55:17.347" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T11:55:17.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18113" CreationDate="2019-11-02T13:07:44.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the job you are applying for must correspond to the degree you have (i.e. they must match) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you must apply for a normal work visa and based on your qualifications (practical experience), then a determination will be maded if this conforms to a &lt;strong&gt;highly qualified employment&lt;/strong&gt; that is needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the wording of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__19a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English text&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) A foreigner shall be granted an EU Blue Card pursuant to Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals &lt;strong&gt;for the purpose of highly qualified employment&lt;/strong&gt; (OJ L 155,18.6.2009, p. 17) &lt;strong&gt;for the purpose of employment commensurate with his qualification&lt;/strong&gt;, if&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  a)  holds a German or a foreign higher education qualification which is recognised or otherwise comparable to a German higher education qualification or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the degree must match the employment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-02T13:07:44.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-02T15:47:01.017" Score="1" ViewCount="949" Body="&lt;p&gt;My uncle filed for the F4 visa in 2004. The priority date is October 4th, 2004. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time of the filing and priority date I was 9 years old (born on the 23rd of September 1994). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know the approval date of the form I130, but the year is on 2010&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to know if CSPA applies to me and will I be able to attain, or am eligible for, a visa since I am now 25. &#xA; my date of birth is 23 september 1994. Our interview is on november 20th 2019&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please help me to find the answer to this problem, since our 4 children that have a similar situation. Their dob are given respectivly 03/01/1996,10/09/1995,17/09/1991 and mine 23/09/1994 (dates given in English format dd/mm/yyyy) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19156" LastEditorDisplayName="user19156" LastEditDate="2019-11-03T17:20:00.533" LastActivityDate="2021-05-15T07:06:25.653" Title="How to calculate F4 age limit" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14282" CreationDate="2019-11-03T10:19:56.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't. German health insurance requires you to have a residence in Germany. If you are a student in the Netherlands and not a resident in Germany, you must get health insurance in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T10:19:56.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13991" CreationDate="2019-11-03T10:21:45.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's indeed difficult to switch from private to public health insurance, but if your salary is below 60750€ a year (in 2019), public health insurance is your only option, and public health insurers can't refuse to cover you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/german-health-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/german-health-insurance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T10:21:45.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-03T13:41:32.200" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning on moving to Toronto for a year (maybe more) and I intend to bring my motorcycle with me so I can have some self flexibility (visit Niagara Falls, Detroit, Cleveland, Montreal...). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know, in your experience, what is the best way (ferry, plane or others) and costs of doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind I don't mind driving it a bit if needed. This means that in case of being a ferry, I could depart from Barcelona to New York and drive to Toronto, or for example depart from Lisboa. This applies both for ferries and planes (imagine this kind of flights depart only from Madrid, no problem driving there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Key doubts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Costs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Route (can be flexible as said) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paperwork (a European licensed motorcycle in Canada implies some paperwork I believe)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19157" OwnerDisplayName="sartox" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-11-05T21:35:08.100" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T21:35:08.100" Title="Transport Motorcycle from Barcelona to Toronto" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19409" CreationDate="2019-11-03T14:20:23.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the same question as you, but I found this questionnaire on the Government of Canada website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give it a try, I found it helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19157" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T14:20:23.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13991" CreationDate="2019-11-03T14:57:33.743" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;By default, one should always choose a public insurance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If eligible, one can always switch to a private insurance &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;afterwhich returning to a public is &lt;strong&gt;rarely&lt;/strong&gt; possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A travel insurance, covering the time into you start working, should be taken. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Difference in concept of public and private insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;public (Gesetzliche)&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;solidarity&lt;/em&gt; between &lt;strong&gt;healthy&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;chronic&lt;/strong&gt; health conditions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;younger (often, but not always healthier) share the burden of those who are more elderly and thus more often have &lt;strong&gt;chronic&lt;/strong&gt; health conditions &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;private&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;based on needs of insured persons&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;heather&lt;/strong&gt; pay less, &lt;strong&gt;chronic&lt;/strong&gt; pay more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to cover the costs, which &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; change depending on envolving health conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;extras&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(not offered in the basic public services) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;public&lt;/strong&gt;: must be paid directly and will not be refunded&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;private&lt;/strong&gt;: may be partially refunded or incorporated into the monthly contribution &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This system is based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesetz,_betreffend_die_Krankenversicherung_der_Arbeiter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gesetz, betreffend die Krankenversicherung der Arbeiter&lt;/a&gt; of the 15th of June 1883 and assumed that most peaple would be living in the country their whole life long. Thus, for most, everything balances out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;expatriates&lt;/strong&gt;, the question is valid for someone only remaining &lt;strong&gt;5 years&lt;/strong&gt;, whether such a &lt;em&gt;solidarity&lt;/em&gt; contribution (which they may not later benefit from) is worthwhile. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal experience was, when the time came in my professional life that I could switch to a &lt;strong&gt;private&lt;/strong&gt; insurance, I was &lt;em&gt;strongly&lt;/em&gt; advised by elder colleagues &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to do so. The &lt;strong&gt;status symbol&lt;/strong&gt; was not worth the later cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;expatriates&lt;/strong&gt;, with a family, this aspect should be taken more into consideration, than for a single person remaining for 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-04T08:17:03.707" LastActivityDate="2019-11-04T08:17:03.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-03T23:27:09.943" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;If both myself (dual citizen usa/australia) and my husband (us citizen) are living in Australia and we each make over $150,000USD per year - are we really in a bad spot with US taxes and getting double taxed since we make quite a bit more than the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) allows for?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19158" LastActivityDate="2019-11-03T23:27:09.943" Title="Advice for Australian with dual citizenship (US/Australia) married to a US citizen and they move to Australia" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-04T01:17:48.677" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied  for EU member resident card for the past 2 months and I haven't heard from the Home Office. Please can i know why? I am totally confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19159" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-04T15:09:57.490" LastActivityDate="2019-11-04T15:09:57.490" Title="Resident card for EAA family member" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-04T13:37:34.997" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some months back I was issued a Polish work permit and I used it get a Type-D national visa. After that, I decided to work for some other company (Not located in Europe) and rejected the Polish company's job offer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to visit the Schengen region for tourism. Can I use the same visa for that purpose or do I have to apply for a new one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19160" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-04T14:39:53.367" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T16:01:55.417" Title="I have a Polish work permit and a type-D national visa from a company I decided not to join. Can I travel to the Schengen region?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19429" CreationDate="2019-11-04T14:23:34.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, since you don't have the intention to use the D-Visa for the purpose which it was issued for (working in Poland), you must apply for C-Visa for a visit instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-04T14:34:56.783" LastActivityDate="2019-11-04T14:34:56.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19431" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19509" CreationDate="2019-11-04T14:41:59.497" Score="2" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen, and my wife is a non-EEA citizen. She will be applying for ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) on the 5-year partner route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about when the 5 year continuous residence period is calculated from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has now had 3 UK visas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marriage Visitor Visa: September 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse Visa 1: May 2015&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse Visa 2: January 2018&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the time spent in the UK on the Marriage Visitor Visa counts towards the 5 years' continuous residence, then the 5 years is already fulfilled as of September 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the Marriage Visitor Visa time does not count, then the 5 years will be fulfilled in May 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the time on the Marriage Visitor Visa count toward the 5 years' residence required for ILR?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11755" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T10:40:22.283" Title="Does time in the UK on a Marriage Visa count towards 5 years continuous residence for ILR?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-05T03:34:47.710" Score="0" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I carry filled BSF186 and BSF186a forms myself? Is it mandatory? or can I just carry my own excel list with details?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can BSF186 alone be used for both &quot;Goods accompanying&quot; and &quot;Goods to follow&quot; (on separate sheets)? If so, what is BSF186a for? and how to differentiate between the &quot;goods accompanying&quot; BSF186 form and the &quot;Goods to follow&quot; form since they are both same format and there is no option to differentiate both on the form itself? I mean, should I hand-write &quot;goods accompanying&quot; and &quot;goods to follow&quot; on top of each to differentiate?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What if I do not have any &quot;goods to follow&quot;? I am travelling solo with no dependents and my possessions are meager, so I could manage to carry all of them with me. I am not moving anything like furniture, car or kitchen appliances or jewelry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15050" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T03:34:47.710" Title="Filling BSF186 and BSF186a for first landing as a Canadian PR under express entry" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-05T18:14:40.373" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Nigerian and my son is Irish and goes to school in a UK boarding house. He is 16 and just started his A levels in September 2019. My husband and I are have been his carers since he was born, and we are responsible for his welfare and financial upkeep. We have to travel every half term to be with him when the school is closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not aware of the EEA family permit until he had arrived the UK. &#xA;While filling the forms, there are some questions with grey areas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does my son hold a residence document?    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does he have a National identity card? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's his UK National Insurance Number?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He does not have any of these, as he is still a minor. All he has is his Irish passport which is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I and my husband, togeather with two other children would like like to apply for the family permit and have a more permanent stay in UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of documents do we submit as the parents and for my other children (both under 12) when applying. Also, how do we apply as a family? I have yet to see any linking to family on the online application. Finally, would it be best to use a lawyer for my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19165" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-11-07T12:44:43.047" LastActivityDate="2019-11-07T12:44:43.047" Title="EEA Family permit online application" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-05T18:16:21.380" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (American) will be transferring to the UK for a 2 year work assignment in January (from the US) and will be on a Tier 2 visa. My spouse (Canadian) will be coming with me through a Tier 2 spouse visa. He currently works remotely for a company in the US (he has a work visa to do so). He intends to continue his work remotely while we’re in the UK. His company does not have any presence in the UK and as such, he will continue to be on a US payroll (we will be maintaining our house in the US while on this assignment). To further complicate matters, his employer would prefer that he continues to be employed through them and not self-employed as a contractor. What will we need to consider from a UK tax standpoint? If he is liable to pay taxes in the UK, how would one do this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T15:31:39.290" Title="Canadian Spouse Working Remotely for US Company while in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19433" CreationDate="2019-11-05T19:44:08.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The normal case for a parent joining a child is that the &lt;em&gt;parent&lt;/em&gt; must be the &lt;em&gt;child's&lt;/em&gt; dependant.  That is the explicit provision of the directive (&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;, article 2(2)(d)).  Since your son is 16, and you are his carer, that is clearly not the case here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are court cases that create a right for the carer of a minor EU citizen to join the EU citizen in an EU country other than that of his nationality.  I don't know much about these, I'm afraid.  The UK has implemented related provisions in Regulation 16, concerning the &quot;derivative right to reside.&quot;  Unfortunately, none of the criteria in Regulation 16 seem to apply to your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm no expert, however, so it may be that some element of regulation 16 does in fact apply.  Furthermore, the UK has a history of interpreting court decisions overly narrowly, however, so it may be that you should qualify despite not appearing to qualify under regulation 16.  These possibilities lead me to your last question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, would it be best to use a lawyer for my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should definitely consider consulting a lawyer.  Without doing so, your application for an EEA family permit is likely to be refused, because it is not clear that you qualify for one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T19:44:08.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19420" CreationDate="2019-11-05T20:03:57.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The I-130 petition was pending for approximately 6 years (we don't have the exact date of approval; it might be anywhere between 5 years 3 months to 6 years 3 months). So you will not age out until you are age 21 + (the length of time the I-130 was pending), which is somewhere between 26 years 3 months to 27 years 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you guys were all born in India, the priority date became current in November 1, 2019. Assuming it doesn't retrogress, you look at your ages at the time it became current; you are 25 and your siblings are 23, 24, and 28. The oldest sibling has aged out, but you and the two younger siblings have not aged out, and qualify as derivative beneficiaries, as long as it doesn't retrogress, and you seek to acquire a visa within one year of it becoming available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T20:03:57.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-05T20:20:50.083" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if you can exchange a New Zealand learners license for the UK equivalent and what that would be? TIA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19168" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-06T17:48:33.127" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T17:48:33.127" Title="Exchange NZ drivers licence for a UK licence" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19447" CreationDate="2019-11-06T04:00:52.843" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I, an American, am getting married to a Brazilian girl. She is natively from Brazil and lives there currently. We are getting married in the Spring of 2021 inside of the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, she already has a tourist Visa that doesn't expire until 2022. Can she go ahead and use that to get to the states and marry or do we &lt;strong&gt;need&lt;/strong&gt; to file for the K1 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we are married, we will file for the green card. This question is specifically about whether we need to get a K1 visa in order for us to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19174" OwnerDisplayName="Pythogen" LastActivityDate="2019-11-07T16:00:15.943" Title="K1 or Tourist Visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19437" CreationDate="2019-11-06T15:21:25.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it makes sense to &quot;exchange&quot; to get a provisional licence. There are no qualifications required to get a UK provisional licence (other than self-certification that your corrected vision is good enough). I understand that in NZ, you need to pass a test to get a learner licence, but this isn't the case in the UK. So you can just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a provisional licence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T15:21:25.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19434" CreationDate="2019-11-06T15:31:39.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your spouse is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax resident in the UK&lt;/a&gt; then they will be liable to pay UK tax on their foreign income. If he is living for more than half the year in the UK, he will almost certainly be tax resident in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people in the UK do not complete a tax return, because their tax is automatically deducted by their employer (pay as you earn). However, people with more complex income, including those with foreign income, need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;complete a self-assessment tax return&lt;/a&gt;. Your spouse should register for self-assessment when they arrive in the UK. He will declare what his foreign income is, and will then need to pay whatever tax is owed on it at the end of the tax year, in arrears. There is also the possibility of estimating tax in advance and spreading out payment over the year, if he prefers to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the USA and Canada have double-taxation treaties with the UK. Therefore, he ought not to have to pay tax twice on the same income. But you might need to speak to an accountant to work out the best way of filing taxes, if he is indeed liable in multiple countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T15:31:39.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19439" CreationDate="2019-11-06T17:43:06.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;She doesn't need to a K1 fiance visa &quot;to get married&quot; -- B2 tourist visa is fine for marrying in the US if she will leave afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, she should not enter the US on a B2 visa with preconceived intent to file Adjustment of Status during that stay (this is true regardless of whether she is getting married). If you guys intend to file for Adjustment of Status (the process of getting a green card from within the US) after the marriage without her leaving, then she should get a K1 fiance visa instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T17:43:06.900" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19446" CreationDate="2019-11-07T03:13:41.960" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am almost a year in Thailand. I can speak and read a bit of Thai, and I'm learning Thai with a student visa. I generally like this the country and like to travel in it and want to keep doing so with less bureaucratic demands as those inflicted on students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the current regulations, a technical college student must extend visa every 75 days, which can take hours, with the long queues in some areas. A business owner must do so once a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Thai law requires at least 1 Thai partner for semi-company, me and a Thai partner could open a semi-company via a Thai lawyer while I get 49% of income and the partner gets 51% of income.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As I understand from a local lawyer I consulted, the procedure includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Debt free agreement:&lt;/strong&gt; Debts of any partner would not be bestowed upon another partner&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business agreement:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably declarations regarding opening of the business&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free responsibility agreement:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably each partner declares partnership was done based on free will and enough contemplation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share holders agreement:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably declarations regarding profit distribution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sales agreement&lt;/strong&gt; (I don't know what it means)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How complex and how costly should opening a business (semi-company) be approximately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2019-11-21T14:10:19.893" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T14:10:19.893" Title="Opening a business (semi-company) in Thailand" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19444" CreationDate="2019-11-07T07:53:02.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to set up a company in Thailand that you could use to get a non-immigrant B visa and one-year extensions of stay, you need to have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at least 2 million Baht in capitalisation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an accountant to process the monthly accounts (accountancy is one of the proscribed professions in Thailand, and so the accountant must be a Thai citizen).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;four Thai employees.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a lawyer to help set the company up is recommended ('lawyer' is also on the list of proscribed professions, so you would need to find a Thai lawyer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a Thai citizen to own 51% of the company (you can only own 49% of it yourself). Obviously this should be someone you trust!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would get your lawyer to set the company up, and your monthly (and annual) accounts would need to show the salaries being paid to the four Thai employees, as well as the tax they paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you could get a non-immigrant B visa that will allow you 90-days of stay in Thailand at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a non-immigrant B visa, you could get a work permit (you would need an immigration lawyer to help you with this), and your accounts would need to show your salary and the tax paid on that salary every month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a work permit and a suitable salary (the minimum varies by country, but it's at least 40,000 THB per month, and as high as 60,000 THB per month for some nationalities) you can then apply at immigration (again - immigration lawyer recommended) for a one-year extension of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have the one-year extension of stay, you can then get that renewed along with your work permit, every year while the company is still doing business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worthy of note: you are not permitted to work on a student visa (that is to say that you cannot get a work permit on a non-ED [education] visa, and you can not work without a work permit!). But you are allowed to study when you have a non-B (or extension of stay based on employment) and a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-11-08T02:38:24.623" LastActivityDate="2019-11-08T02:38:24.623" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19439" CreationDate="2019-11-07T16:00:15.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040202.html#M402_2_4_B_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 402.2-4(B)(1)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An alien proceeding to the United States to marry a U.S. citizen petitioner within 90 days of admission is classifiable as a K-1 nonimmigrant under INA 101(a)(15)(K).  (See 22 CFR 41.81.)  The fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (LPR) may, however, be classified as a B-2 visitor if you are satisfied that the fiancé(e) intends to return to a residence abroad soon after the marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Practically speaking, this means that it is fine for your fiancée to come to the US to marry you using her B visa in the spring of 2021, but if the intent is that after the marriage she should remain in the US to live with you permanently, rather than returning to Brazil, then you &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; apply for a K visa. Indeed, if she were to apply for a B visa &lt;em&gt;at this time&lt;/em&gt; and explained to the consular officer that her plan was to use the B visa to marry you &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; stay in the US permanently without returning to Brazil first, then her visa application would be denied and she would be told that the K visa is appropriate for such activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;above board&quot; options are thus two-fold: that she come to the US on her B visa to marry you, departs, and then applies for an immigrant visa; or, that she apply for a K visa, comes to the US, marries you within 90 days, and then applies for Adjustment of Status. Between these two options, the latter is usually considered more convenient, as it avoids the need to leave the US after the marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reality is a bit more complicated since technically she &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; come to the US on a B visa, marry you, and apply for Adjustment of Status as there is precedent for Adjustment of Status being granted under such circumstances, but this is a more complicated topic, there are risks involved, and I don't think it's wise to rely on this unless there is some good reason why you can't apply for a K visa. See, &lt;em&gt;e.g.&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wolfsdorf.com/blog/2017/09/07/5-things-know-new-department-state-90-day-rule-regarding-misrepresentation-based-conduct-u-s-adjustment-status-change-status-now-death-trap/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; and citations therein if you want to read about more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2019-11-07T16:00:15.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-07T16:50:07.870" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want channel-hopping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't want an app to watch one particular channel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a streaming provider which provides all channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also has to be legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's ok if it is not free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19178" LastActivityDate="2020-04-09T23:25:16.393" Title="How to legally watch Turkish and Kurdish TV over the internet?" Tags="&lt;turkey&gt;&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19452" CreationDate="2019-11-07T20:24:30.220" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the fastest way to get a certificate of no marriage from the Philippines to Belgium?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to obtain it in Belgium?&#xA;If not what is the fastest to get it send from the Philippines to Belgium? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going to the Philippines and flying back with the certificate is not an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14480" LastActivityDate="2019-11-08T15:31:20.753" Title="Fastest way to get a certificate of no marriage to Belgium" Tags="&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;philippine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19450" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-08T00:49:14.947" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does pole emploi register your name if you only have récépissé? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19179" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-11-08T01:07:14.203" LastActivityDate="2019-11-08T01:07:14.203" Title="Does pole emploi register your name if you only have récépissé" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-08T09:26:40.230" Score="4" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;For my apartment search I need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schufa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SCHUFA&lt;/a&gt; query (Auskunft), and I also need a good one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I was pretty surprised as it says my score is 328 out of 600, which is pretty low and a &quot;high risk of bills not being paid&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that normal for new inmigrant, and if not, should I contact them and try to rectify it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18998" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-11-12T15:58:41.000" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T11:02:14.867" Title="New immigrant in Germany, SCHUFA score is 328. Why so low?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19449" CreationDate="2019-11-08T15:31:20.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fastest way to transport a document is to have the document carried by a human passenger, flying from the Philippines to Belgium. This can be accomplished with a flight duration (including layovers) of less than 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second-fastest would be to use an international courier such as DHL or FedEx. A brief look at their websites suggests this would take between several days and a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2019-11-08T15:31:20.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19451" CreationDate="2019-11-09T03:15:54.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The base score (scorewert) that should be used is in procent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schufa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schufa&lt;/a&gt; results are based on &lt;strong&gt;known&lt;/strong&gt; facts about a person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accounts, Employment, Contracts &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the amount of each and how they are used/fulfilled &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact method used is a &lt;strong&gt;business secret&lt;/strong&gt; (Geschäftsgeheimnis), as determined by court rulings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So an &lt;em&gt;entrant&lt;/em&gt; (Berufsanfänger), will be less known than someone working for 5-10 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new Immigrant, who is also unknown, falls into the same category. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With time a reputation is built, when know facts have been collected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past, for an &lt;em&gt;entrant&lt;/em&gt;, it has always been difficult. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the present day of computer automation it has become worse, since the aspect that the queried persion is an &lt;em&gt;entrant&lt;/em&gt; is often not taken into consideration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the computer (&lt;strong&gt;hallowed be it's name&lt;/strong&gt;) says no&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they (&lt;strong&gt;who do not think&lt;/strong&gt;) accept that result&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are of course exceptions&amp;nbsp;... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;real estate&lt;/strong&gt; (Immobilien) is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; one of them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.maxda.de/schufa/schufa-score/?gclid=CjwKCAiAwZTuBRAYEiwAcr67ObhZ7c-j9icNpI1T34yXg4AMJ9NGPte-7VpkHfHve9GG3H5azBcSKBoCEIcQAvD_BwE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schufa Score - Alle wichtigen Infos im Ratgeber&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scorewert&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;strong&gt;Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; &amp;gt;97,5%     Sehr geringes Ausfallrisiko&#xA; 95-97,5%   Geringes bis überschaubares Risiko&#xA; 90-95%     Zufriedenstellendes bis erhöhtes Risiko&#xA; 80-90%     Deutlich erhöhtes bis hohes Risiko&#xA; 50-80%     Sehr hohes Risiko&#xA; &amp;lt;50%       Kritisches Risiko&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T03:15:54.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-09T13:14:50.763" Score="1" ViewCount="312" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and planning to move to Sweden and that includes buying an apartment in Stockholm. The question is, if for some reason i'll have to sell the apartment in the future, what taxes will apply to the sale?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eg. lets say i purchase apartment for 3 million SEK and i'll sell it after 3-4 years for (presumably) the same amount of 3 million SEK. How is this taxed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19182" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T16:20:35.207" Title="Sweden: tax on sale of property?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17615" CreationDate="2019-11-09T14:54:12.230" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Temporary visas - will be&#xA;  applicable for work (with or&#xA;  without an employment&#xA;  contract), research, health&#xA;  treatment, study, vacation or&#xA;  summer job, family reunion,&#xA;  investment etc.&#xA;  Furthermore, one of the&#xA;  important changes introduced&#xA;  by the Law comprehends the&#xA;  possibility of applying for the&#xA;  temporary visa for work by&#xA;  waiving the requirement of a&#xA;  formal job offer and instead&#xA;  providing evidence of a higher&#xA;  degree diploma or equivalent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/people-organisation/publications/assets/pwc-brazil-new-migration-law-to-affect-visas-tax-residence-rules.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/people-organisation/publications/assets/pwc-brazil-new-migration-law-to-affect-visas-tax-residence-rules.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14194" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T14:54:12.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19455" CreationDate="2019-11-09T16:20:35.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will pay 30% tax on 22/30 of the profit, so in practice 22% tax on the profit. No profit means no tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cooperative flats are more than 99% of the market. More info about tax on cooperative flats here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.skatteverket.se/servicelankar/otherlanguages/inenglish/individualsandemployees/declaringtaxesforindividuals/howtofileyourtaxreturn/thecontentsoftheincometaxreturn/saleofacooperativeflat.4.7be5268414bea064694c794.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skatteverket&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17756" LastActivityDate="2019-11-09T16:20:35.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19461" CreationDate="2019-11-09T18:32:09.467" Score="6" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is about eligibility for German/US dual citizenship when a minor acquires US citizenship at the time that his parents naturalize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose a child is born outside of the United States to foreign parents and is at the time of his birth a German citizen by descent. The child's parents naturalize in the United States while the child is still a minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to section 321 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-66/pdf/STATUTE-66-Pg163.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952&lt;/a&gt; (INA 321), the child &quot;automatically&quot; receives US citizenship:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Child born outside of United States of alien parent; conditions under which citizenship automatically acquired.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  Sec. 321. (a) A child born outside of the United States of alien parents, ..., becomes a citizen of the United States upon fulfillment of the following conditions: (1) The naturalization of both parents; or [other criteria].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This section of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was amended by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Citizenship_Act_of_2000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Child Citizenship Act of 2000&lt;/a&gt;; the major difference going forward is that now the child receives citizenship automatically when &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; of the parents naturalizes; previously, citizenship was not awarded until &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; of the parents naturalized.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this question concerns loss of &lt;em&gt;German&lt;/em&gt; citizenship in the era of the mid-20th-century. German citizenship is generally lost when an individual naturalizes in another country. Section 25 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stag/englisch_stag.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt; (as amended many times since its original passage in 1913) reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) A German shall lose his or her citizenship upon acquiring foreign citizenship where such acquisition results from an application filed by the German concerned or his or her legal representative,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For completeness, I looked up the English translation of the original version of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jstor.org/stable/2212311&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Imperial and State Citizenship Law of July 22, 1913&lt;/a&gt;. Section 25 of that law reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A German who has neither his residence nor permanent abode in Germany loses his citizenship on acquiring foreign citizenship, provided the foreign citizenship is acquired as a result of his own application therefor or the application of the husband or legal representative, only when the conditions exist under which expatriation may be applied for according to §§ 18 and 19.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of those, §19 is relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The expatriation of a person who is under parental tutelage or guardianship may be applied for only by the legal representative and only with the consent of the German court having jurisdiction in guardianship matters. ... The consent of the court having jurisdiction in guardianship matters is not necessary if the father or mother apply for expatriation for themselves and by authority of parental tutelage simultaneously for the child, ... .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question here is, for the purposes of German nationality law, did the child's US nationality arise &quot;from an application filed by the German concerned or his or her legal representative&quot; (in this case, his parents)? The quoted passage of the 1913 law specifically calls out the case of a father applying for foreign naturalization of himself and his child simultaneously as resulting in loss of German citizenship for the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or did the child acquire US citizenship &quot;automatically&quot; (INA 321 does contain that magic word) as a sort of side-effect of his parents naturalization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any precedent on whether this child retains a claim to German nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19183" LastEditorUserId="19183" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T01:23:15.343" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T06:04:08.710" Title="Does derivation of US citizenship through parents' naturalization cause loss of German citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19460" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19465" CreationDate="2019-11-09T21:47:45.273" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory, as an EU citizen, to be registered in a Belgian municipality in order to work, get benefits and so on, or is a rent contract or a bill just enough as a proof?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because answers vary from mouth to mouth and from country to country (European ones, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, the easiest thing is just to register at the Belgian municipality of the residing town as it's the safest and most complete option, but I was asking also out of formality, because I don't know whether EU citizens have full rights in an other EU country, which is not theirs, whether they are registered at a municipality or not, and more broadly whether they are resident in that country or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-01T21:40:01.030" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T21:40:01.030" Title="Settling in Belgium as an EU citizen" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19459" CreationDate="2019-11-09T21:50:25.163" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the German Embassy information quoted further down, the chances are high that you have &lt;strong&gt;not lost your German citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To determine this property, you must apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis&lt;/strong&gt;, for which the details can be found here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/feststellung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit/1216742&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit (Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you apply, please read the information listed below on the acquisition and loss of German citizenship and &lt;strong&gt;have an Embassy representative abroad advise you on whether an assessment procedure is necessary&lt;/strong&gt;.  Please fill in the following questionnaire:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/blob/1216690/3083a445bdfe5d3fb41b2312000f4c7f/fragebogen-zur-staatsangehoerigkeit-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fragebogen zur Staatsangehörigkeit (Pdf in English)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If your foreign representative has recommended you to perform a finding process, please read the leaflet of the Federal Administration and to fill out filling and pre-assess your application as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the instructions state fill out the form, collect suggested documents (where possible, at least yours and your parents) and make an appointment with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will advise you if a formel application is worth while or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, make the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either a &lt;strong&gt;positive&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;negative&lt;/strong&gt; Certificate will be issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;positive&lt;/strong&gt;, that Certificate can be used to apply for a Passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/verlust-der-deutschen-staatsbangehoerigkeit/1216784&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Verlust der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss due to acceptance of a foreign nationality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common reason for loss of German citizenship is the acquisition of a foreign nationality at your own request (for detailed information see the leaflet of the Federal Office of Administration Cologne.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Germans resident in the US who have acquired US citizenship on their own request, this means: With the acquisition of US citizenship, German citizenship is regularly lost unless a retention permit has been obtained.  Children born after naturalization no longer acquire German citizenship from the formerly German parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, these children have regularly acquired German citizenship at birth before the naturalization date of the parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The loss of German citizenship, on the other hand, &lt;strong&gt;does not occur regularly when minor children are automatically naturalized through their parents&lt;/strong&gt;.  As a rule, this so-called extension acquisition does not result in a loss of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The administration instructions for exceptions to § 25(1)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of German citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(page 44 of pdf) is where this constilation is meantioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where &lt;strong&gt;foreign law provides for the impersonal extension of the acquisition&lt;/strong&gt; of foreign nationality to persons who have not filed an application themselves (&lt;strong&gt;in particular when minor children are involved&lt;/strong&gt;), the application for the application referred to in subsection (1) shall not apply even if the persons involved in the acquisition of foreign nationality  which naturalization extends have been included in the naturalization application of the naturalized person&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no meantion of any restrictions due to the date of the parents nationalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vorläufige Anwendungshinweise des Bundesministeriums des Innern zum Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz (StAG) in der Fassung des Zweiten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetzes vom 13. November 2014 (BGBl. I S. 1714)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dortmund.de/media/p/ordnungsamt/pdf_ordnungsamt/Allgemeine_Verwaltungsvorschrift_zum_Staatsangehoerigkeitsrecht.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine_Verwaltungsvorschrift_zum_Staatsangehoerigkeitsrecht.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt; Zu § 25 Verlust bei Erwerb einer ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit auf Antrag sowie Ausnahmen; Beibehaltungsgenehmigung&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;25.1.1 Zu Satz 1 Verlust der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Ergänzende Anmerkung&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Fällen, in denen das &lt;strong&gt;ausländische Recht die antragslose Erstreckung&lt;/strong&gt; des Erwerbs der ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit auf Personen vorsieht, die selbst keinen Antrag gestellt haben (&lt;strong&gt;insbesondere einbezogene minderjährige Kinder&lt;/strong&gt;), liegt der für Absatz 1 erforderliche Antragserwerb auch dann nicht vor, wenn die Personen, auf die sich die Einbürgerung erstreckt hat, in den Einbürgerungsantrag des Eingebürgerten einbezogen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Futher Source:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesverwaltungsamt - Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit beantragen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-10-05T06:04:08.710" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T06:04:08.710" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-09T22:58:21.943" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the purposes of claiming German citizenship through descent, what documents are needed to show that an individual held German citizenship before passage of the nationality law of 1913?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a birth certificate adequate? Marriage certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19183" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T00:02:37.113" Title="What documentation is needed to show German nationality before 1913?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19463" CreationDate="2019-11-09T23:43:24.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The present day Citizenship Laws are based on the version of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gesetz vom 15. Mai 1935 (RGBl. I. S. 593)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before that the German Nationality was based on the Citizenship of a &lt;strong&gt;Bundesstaat&lt;/strong&gt; that was a member of the German Empire&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;similar in nature to &lt;strong&gt;European Union&lt;/strong&gt; Citizenship today&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reichs- und Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz vom 22. Juli 1913&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 1. Deutscher ist, wer die Staatsangehörigkeit in einem Bundesstaat (§§3 bis 32) oder die unmittelbare Reichsangehörigkeit (§§ 33 bis 35) besitzt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;§ 3. Die Staatsangehörigkeit in einem Bundesstaate wird erworben:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1. durch Geburt (§ 4),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2. durch Legitimation (§ 5),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3. durch Eheschließung (§ 6),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  4. für einen Deutschen durch Aufnahme (§§ 7, 14, 16) und&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  5. für einen Ausländer durch Einbürgerung (§§ 8 bis 16).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before 1913, the laws of each Bundesstaat determined the Citizenship &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prussia of 31st December 1832 &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had the conditions 1-3, 5 of the law of 22. Juli 1913&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for the others I assume the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the process has not changed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, as now, you apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;checking for Birth and Marriage Certificates will be done at the appropriate &lt;strong&gt;Standesämter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as part of the process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-10T00:02:37.113" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T00:02:37.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19460" CreationDate="2019-11-10T00:36:20.140" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as a EU Citizen you are required to fulfill local registration laws (where they exist) that applies to all residents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;see also answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/a/45840/25602&quot;&gt;Having multiple residences&lt;/a&gt; at law.stackexchange &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the European Union, &lt;strong&gt;Residence Laws&lt;/strong&gt; are national laws&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only for periods up to 3 months are there generel EU Laws&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Belgium&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belgium.be/en/housing/moving_to_belgium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Moving to Belgium | Belgium.be&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Belgians who are returning home&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you were registered at an embassy or consulate, and are now definitively returning to Belgium, it is in your interests to notify them before you leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In principle, you should &lt;strong&gt;report to your new municipality within eight working days of your arrival in Belgium&lt;/strong&gt;. After confirming your &lt;strong&gt;main place of residence you are recorded in the national register&lt;/strong&gt;. Your new municipality will notify the municipality where you had your main residence before you moved abroad. If this municipality still holds your administrative records, they will forward them to your new municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As soon as you have been registered the procedure starts for issuing a new identity card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign nationals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The free movement of persons applies within the European Union, making the residence rules for EU citizens &lt;strong&gt;much more flexible than those for the citizens of other countries&lt;/strong&gt;. &quot;Free movement&quot; also applies to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA): in addition to the EU states, these are Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein. However, there are transitional rules for certain new EU Member States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registering with the municipal authorities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If as a foreign national you wish to stay in Belgium for longer than three months, you must report to the municipality in which you are staying within eight days of your arrival. &lt;strong&gt;You must be registered on the National Register&lt;/strong&gt;; and for that you must have an actual place of residence in this municipality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both Belgians and Foreigners share the common procedure of &lt;strong&gt;registering with the municipal authorities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T00:36:20.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-10T01:12:44.573" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a work permit that was valid until October 2019. There was a visa tied to the work permit which also had the same expiry date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied for the work permit extension and it is due to arrive in November 2019, which will be valid until March 2020. This work permit is on my old passport, which is due to expire in March 2020 as well. I have a new passport with me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this extended work permit, I am not sure if they issue a new visa (I am waiting for it to arrive). Reading from the online sources, it seems that I need to apply for a new visiting visa to travel outside Canada (I am an Indian citizen). A work permit doesn't authorize re-entry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I get back my work permit extension on time, will there be any problems to enter Canada if I travel to the US and come back? Do I need to apply for a new visa on my new passport? I know that a lot of countries have issues admitting someone with a passport due to expire in 6 months, and mine will expire in 2 months if I come back in January. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19198" OwnerDisplayName="pg2455" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2019-11-13T17:43:05.833" LastActivityDate="2019-11-13T17:43:05.833" Title="Canada: work permit extension on old passport with an expired visa - Do I need a visa to come back from the US?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19472" CreationDate="2019-11-10T07:24:48.483" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Thailand and have two bank accounts: One at Krungsri and one at Kasikorn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might need to stay in Vietnam about 6 months or more in the near future and if so, I would need to use a Thailand bank account that would be best to transfer money into and from Vietnam:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Least quantity and quality of commissions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I desire to avoid withdrawing money by ATM unless I have to, as the commissions are high (if I remember correctly, 120 Baht for Krungsri and 150 Baht for Kasikorn + some percent of the amount for both or just for Kasikorn, and these commissions can also vary without me knowing it and tracing changes can be very frustrating for me)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I desire to avoid opening a bank account in Vietnam unless I have to&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best Thailand bank to transfer money into and from Vietnam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2019-11-11T17:16:48.880" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T17:58:51.127" Title="What is the best Thailand bank to transfer money into and from Vietnam?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;vietnam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19469" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-10T12:54:03.627" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife lives in Nigeria and is applying for a spouse visa as I am British and live in the UK. She has been refused a UK visa in the past, but later got a tourist visa, which is still valid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this prevent her from using the priority service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19188" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-11-12T16:43:00.420" LastActivityDate="2020-04-13T05:01:55.260" Title="UK spouse visa priority service" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19470" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19474" CreationDate="2019-11-10T14:27:43.800" Score="2" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a studio with private kitchen/bathroom. I see a plethora of properties that mention:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SEPARATE KITCHEN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what does that mean? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A separate room, that has a private to you kitchen, or a shared kitchen with others leaving on the same floor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16865" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T09:19:33.447" Title="What does &quot;separate kitchen&quot; mean in apartments in London?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19467" CreationDate="2019-11-10T20:32:21.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krungsri.com/bank/en/PersonalBanking/BankingServices/western-union/western-union-money-transfer-kol.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KrungSri&lt;/a&gt; has Western Union ability to receive money from WU sender into  Thai bank account, or send money from Thai bank account to WU receiver.&lt;/strong&gt;  You might have to set it up at the branch once (or within online banking).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ktb.co.th/en/personal/cash-management/payment-transfer/285&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Krung Thai&lt;/a&gt; also has this ability.  When I looked at it [2-3 years ago], it was fully integrated into their online banking platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, it seems that you could sign up directly via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.westernunion.com/th/en/register-and-send-money.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Western Union's Thai website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But I would advise to go through the motions of your Thai bank's online service or via the mobile app first.   They already have all of the verification integrated to where you just accept a few disclaimers and then you should be ready. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need to confirm transactions with OTP via SMS to Thai cell number associated with your bank account.  So make sure you retain your Thai sim card with sufficient validity to &lt;em&gt;receive&lt;/em&gt; these SMSs (which are free even when roaming overseas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also might be a good idea to do a test spend with someone in Vietnam (while you are in thailand, before you go).   If you could sent it successfully, it should work for yourself also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And before you balk about WU's fees, there are special pricing for the APAC regional transfers from Thailand.  300 baht to send up to 30k baht, 600 baht to send up to 100k is pretty reasonable (considering most alternatives).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xvA6h.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xvA6h.png&quot; alt=&quot;Special WU fees from Thailand for APAC region&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent money to Ukraine and it was 1500 baht fee.  So take advantage of the cheaper regional rates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think transferwise or [cant remember the name] would work in your case, since you need a bank account to send funds to.   I don't think you can send baht out of thailand into TW's borderless account.  And of course with SWIFT transfer, you need recipient to have a bank account also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Getting your money back from Vietnam to Thailand is a separate issue.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the lesser developed country/economy wants to hold on to money and prevent too much of it from being transferred out without a reason.  Maybe someone else can better answer this one as I have very little experience for outbound Vietnam transfers.   Especially without a local bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Re: Bounty question:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; Hello again dear Jon. I now offer 100 rep bounty for another two issues very associated with this: I think to close my Kasikorn account because the Krungsri account is my main one I use and I really like Krungsri's application security model (and design) and from my minimalist ideology; also, knowing that Krungsri have Western Union partnership and Kasikorn doesn't (for a few years now isn't it?) is even more pushing me to stay only with Krungsri&#xA; &lt;p&gt;&#xA; But, as we both know, Kasikorn might start to have it as well &quot;tomorrow&quot; and re-opening a Kasikorn account would probably not be very easy with certain visas. I plan to change my family name while in Thailand and therefore, if I go to the bank after that, I would have to bring new passport (containing previous family name and old passport number), and maybe also a notary letter approving the change) for both banks to change the family name in their systems; but I'd prefer to first closing one of the account and only then changing the name so system change would become only in one bank&#xA; &lt;p&gt;&#xA; Given all these data, do you think I should close my Kasikorn bank account or just leave it empty with no money in the background and don't hasten to change the name in Kasikorn's system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IMHO it's always a good idea to have more than one bank account available, across at least one other bank.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's better to have the account and not need it, then to not have the account and wish you had it after the fact.  Consider:&#xA;You have assets spread out in Home Country + Thailand + Vietnam + other countries.  Or you need someone to pay you. For whatever reason, you may need to be paid under the old name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Even if you eventually must update your name everywhere, you have the option of having a separate account should there be an issue with the other account.  (anything from a network issue to a feature suddenly being unavailable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Better exchange rates at one bank vs another for receiving int'l SWIFT transfers (hint: TransferWise is your friend)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't necessarily have to be Kasikorn, but since you have Kasikorn, I will admit that their topup and transfer integrations into payment systems like Lazada wallet or even PEA electric bill payment are very simple compared to other banks.  Even topping up a phone or transferring to another person there is less clutter.  The cardless withdraw is nice also (within Thailand).   It's one of those things where one bank might have a slightly different implementation of a feature that you either like or hate.  But having options are useful but not 100% desirable are much more preferred to not having the option at all and needing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only disadvantage to keeping an account open is having to pay annual fee for debit card.  And possibly fees for other services, such as alerts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can cancel the debit card (just use cardless ATM) or do online&#xA;transfers. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep the debit card and set purchase limit to 0 (until you&#xA;need to use it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10555" LastEditorUserId="10555" LastEditDate="2019-11-15T17:58:51.127" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T17:58:51.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19395" CreationDate="2019-11-10T23:09:29.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found the answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://contractortaxation.com/Afghanistan/Tax-In-Afghanistan/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It's a variable tax rate based on salary in Afgahani, not dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;| Gross Income    |      tax rate    |&#xA;|-----------------|------------------|&#xA;|  0-60,000       | 0%               |&#xA;|  60,000-150,000 | 2%               |&#xA;|150,000-1,200,000| 10% + AFN1800    |&#xA;|  1,200,000      | 20% + AFN106,800 |&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you file it online? : No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19116" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T23:09:29.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19470" CreationDate="2019-11-11T09:19:33.447" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means that the kitchen is not in the same room as the open-plan bedroom/living room.  If the kitchen was shared, the property would be described as a &quot;room&quot; (or &quot;en-suite room&quot; if there was a private bathroom), rather than an a studio apartment (also know as &quot;studio flat&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments, estate agents' descriptions can be ... imaginative.  There may not be an actual door between the kitchen and the bed (although there should be).  If this is important to you, ring or email and ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T09:19:33.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-11T12:42:19.353" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The government has changed my place of birth city name from &quot;Gulbarga&quot; to &quot;Kalaburagi&quot;. I recently got my passport renewed and got the place of birth name changed to &quot;Kalaburagi&quot;. However, my BRP still holds the old name (&quot;Gulbarga&quot;). Do I need to go for a change of this in my BRP card? Can you please suggest?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19192" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T12:42:19.353" Title="Change of place of birth name on UK BRP card" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17554" CreationDate="2019-11-11T13:34:54.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. If you become resident in the UK, you must register (and pay tax on) your vehicle within two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The police are very strict on this as there's a big problem with people registering cars in cheaper countries with less stringent roadworthiness rules, so you're likely to get the car seized if they spot you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/temporary-imports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19193" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T13:34:54.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6657" CreationDate="2019-11-11T14:00:07.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having gone through the procedure myself, I can say that the official page linked by Gala is not very accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/canadian-german-driving-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a detailed post&lt;/a&gt; about what the procedure &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must know if your country has an agreement with Germany. In some cases you just need an eye test. In some cases you just need to take the theory exam. In some cases you must take the theory and practical exams. In some cases you must start over from scratch. Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Documents/LA/driving-licence-provisions-fact-sheet.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; for reference.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The exams are available in multiple languages, but the translations are very unreliable. In some cases, they're completely wrong. In other cases, they make no sense. I took it in French, my native language, and struggled to understand the questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need a lot of practice to pass the theoretical exams. Most of it is rote memorisation. The questions in the practice apps are exactly the same as the questions in the real test, word for word.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It takes 10+ weeks to get your licence transferred in Berlin, even if you do everything right and have no requirements. It took me about as long to get my motorcycle licence from scratch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T14:00:07.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8014" CreationDate="2019-11-11T14:03:17.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It takes at least 10 weeks at the moment. I described my own experience &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/canadian-german-driving-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. You can see the current processing times &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitungsstaende-736453.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T14:03:17.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7137" CreationDate="2019-11-11T14:17:40.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to do your Anmeldung before applying for the visa. Your rent contract and &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/docs/wohnungsgeberbestatigung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wohnungsgeberbestätigung&lt;/a&gt; are enough. This is true for the freelance visa, the work visa and the Blue Card at the Berlin Ausländerbehörde as of 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T14:17:40.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19481" CreationDate="2019-11-11T15:38:29.833" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked as Software Developer on EU Blue Card in Germany for 8 months. On green paper my company name was written as well. I wanted to switch job and Rathaus allowed me to switch and gave me new green paper with new company's name on it.&#xA;My previous employment ended on October and new joining is after 2 months, I want to go to India (home country) for this 2 months period. I haven't registered for unemployment for the 2 months, as I am not eligible for unemployment benefits as of now.&#xA;Would I run into any trouble while coming back?&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19194" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T20:20:39.313" Title="Switching job on EU blue card in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19480" CreationDate="2019-11-11T16:24:46.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will cause no problem for periods up to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 months, as a general rule (&lt;strong&gt;§ 51(1)(7) AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12 months, for EU Blue Card holders (&lt;strong&gt;§ 51 (10) AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any longer period, permission must be granted by the foreigners authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 51 AufenthG&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Termination of lawful residence; continued validity of restrictions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(1) The residence title shall expire in the following cases:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the foreigner leaves the federal territory and fails to re-enter it &lt;strong&gt;within six months&lt;/strong&gt; or within a longer period set by the foreigners authority,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;10) By way of derogation from subsection 1, no. 7, the period for the &lt;strong&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt; and the temporary residence permits pursuant to Sections 30, 32, 33 or 36 issued to dependants of EU Blue Card holders &lt;strong&gt;shall be twelve months&lt;/strong&gt;. The same shall apply to the permanent settlement permit of a foreigner who has resided lawfully in the federal territory for at least 15 years and to the permanent settlement permit of a spouse cohabiting with the foreigner if he is 60 years of age or older.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory Residence Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T16:24:46.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7137" CreationDate="2019-11-11T17:19:57.250" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a US citizen you can apply directly for the residence and work permit at the Ausländerbehörde. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have the &lt;strong&gt;Wohnunggeberbescheinigung&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;§19(3)&lt;/strong&gt;) apply for an online appointment to register. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have moved in, you must register within 2 weeks (&lt;strong&gt;§ 17(1)&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the appointment you fulfill the reporting conditions , since the waiting time is horrendous (up to 4-6 weeks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Also, do I need to be registered at a residence (Anmeldung) before I apply for the visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you already moved in, yes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at least the date of the appointment application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One criteria for issuing a residence permit is whether the applicant will obey the law&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not doing so would give a bad impression &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Federal Act on Registration of 3 May 2013&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chapter 3&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  General registration requirements&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Section 17&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Registration, deregistration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1) Anyone who moves into a residence shall register with the registration authorities within &lt;strong&gt;two weeks&lt;/strong&gt; of moving in.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Section 19&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Cooperation by the supplier of the residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (1) The person supplying the residence &lt;strong&gt;shall be obligated to cooperate with registration&lt;/strong&gt;. The person supplying the residence or someone authorized by him or her shall confirm in writing or pursuant to subsection 4 electronically within the period given in Section 17 (1) that the person required to register has moved in. He or she may contact the registration authority to find out whether the person required to register has done so. The person required to register shall provide the person supplying the residence with the information necessary to confirm that the former has moved in. Confirmation pursuant to the second sentence may be provided only by the person supplying the residence or someone authorized by him or her.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) The &lt;strong&gt;confirmation of the person supplying the residence&lt;/strong&gt; shall contain the following data:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;name and address of the person supplying the residence and name of the owner, if different,   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;date moved in,   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;address of the residence, and   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;names of the persons required to register pursuant to Section 17 (1).   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bmg/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Act on Registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-11T17:33:17.900" LastActivityDate="2019-11-11T17:33:17.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19510" CreationDate="2019-11-11T19:43:37.293" Score="4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother (Canadian) wanted to give me his car so he drove to the US (I'm American) and went to the CBP to import the car to the US. The title was, and still is, in his name (I was not involved in the importation process). Due to unforeseen events he will be keeping his car and should take it back to Canada. As said, we have not went to the DMV and have not transferred ownership. The title is still Canadian and is still in his name, it just has the CBP stamp on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering what would it take to reverse such procedure? I tried calling the CBP for days. Today they answered but due to Veterans day they could not give me clear-cut answer. I was told the car needed to be exported from the US to Canada through Automated Export System and ITN form. Unfortunately the agent was unable to guide me on getting the ITN form or how to go through with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone familiar with this situation and how to get it done? What is the ITN form and where do we get one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19195" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T10:52:51.310" Title="Reverse incomplete car importation before car is registered and ownership is transferred" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19588" CreationDate="2019-11-12T11:23:10.450" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;my girlfriend just asked me to stay for a couple of years in China, at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.xnu.edu.cn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Xiangnan University&lt;/a&gt;. I would be a visiting professor in some engineering areas.&#xA;What do you think about teaching in China? How is it compared with US or Europe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19196" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T05:01:55.167" Title="Teaching in China" Tags="&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-12T21:10:14.590" Score="0" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently work in the IT field (as an Security Analyst) and I am in the works of moving to Germany. I've got a job offer from my employer but unsure whether I qualify for an EU Bluecard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the EU Bluecard requirements are met beside the University Degree. I am certified as an Security Analyst, have some other certifications done and 2 years of courses completed at a university but with no degree/diploma. I read that you need a University degree or 5 years or more experience in this field.&#xA;I currently have over 7 years of experience in IT. Do I qualify for an EU Bluecard? Would it be easier to have a lawyer representing me? Any good lawyers someone could suggest in the Dortmund/Bielefeld/Munster region?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19199" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-12-13T22:01:34.467" LastActivityDate="2021-02-06T14:09:25.183" Title="Bluecard vs Long-Term Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2021-02-06T14:01:37.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19485" CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:48:43.993" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of applying for a European Blue Card for working in the IT sector in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must have a Diploma leading to at least 3 years of higher education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You must have a contract of employment equal to or greater than 12 months justifying a minimum annual remuneration of 54K&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19204" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-06T10:03:30.207" LastActivityDate="2021-02-06T10:03:30.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19527" CreationDate="2019-11-13T20:16:09.503" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does the J1 visa really require 51% of the funding to come from the hosting institution or an external source? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some sources: &lt;a href=&quot;https://davisic.princeton.edu/immigration/current-students/j-1-visa-eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/new/fj_compared&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://global.tulane.edu/oiss/f-1-vs-j-1-which-status-right-for-you&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt; mention that criteria while some others like &lt;a href=&quot;https://j1visa.state.gov/basics/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-1_visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17050" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T15:25:02.220" Title="Does the J1 visa really require 51% of the funding to come from the hosting institution or an external source?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-13T22:46:16.957" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living and working in Austria and tend to visit the UK twice a year with my British children and non EU wife who is permanently resident in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We normally apply for eea family permit valid for 6 month.  This method seems to have changed and i cannot find suitable information on gov.uk website.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to have freedom of movement to the UK for the purpose of visiting only since my wife holds a permanent residency card in Austria? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the permanent residency card covered by article 10? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she apply for A UK residency card to avoid the Eea family member visa application process twice a year? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried the web and calling the visa advice line but didn’t get much help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19209" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T23:47:29.937" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T09:29:06.877" Title="British national living in EU with non EU spouse" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-14T09:10:33.430" Score="3" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi There I would be very grateful for any help here. I have been living out of the Uk for 13 years. I have the paper license which is valid for a long time but the plastic ID card is out of date. I read that i cannot get the plastic ID because i am no longer resident in the uk. Problem is i want to take a holiday in the uk and hire a car and most companies won't accept the paper driving license, only the plastic id. Will an international driving permit issued in my current country of residence be ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;all help much appreciated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brett&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19210" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T11:10:15.927" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T03:41:04.020" Title="expat car hire in uk" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19495" CreationDate="2019-11-14T11:09:30.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Drivers Licences regulations are mostly based on place of residence. So since you are no longer a UK resident, your UK licence may no longer be considered valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the issued International Driving Permit (IDP), &lt;strong&gt;togeather&lt;/strong&gt; with the Drivers License it was issued against, is what you must use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on who issued your present Drivers Licence, an IDP may not be needed.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It is, however, advised to have one to avoid any 'confusion':&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It can come in handy when you're renting a car in the UK, stopped by law enforcement, and in many other situations as it's an international document which can help you sidestep confusion about a driver's license local officials may be seeing for the first time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Driving in Great Britain on a non-GB licence - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gives no information if a IDP is mandatory for a specific country since it doesn't ask from which country the DL is&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T11:09:30.190" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-14T12:25:42.833" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some acquaintances who moved to France, once they got there, they have attended some French classes in which they were paid a monthly quota in order to, as said, learn the language and to integrate somehow within French society. They have EU citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a same thing in Belgium? I know a little bit of French but I'd like to do likewise before getting a job there, so I'm asking, is there something similar in Belgium? Are there courses in which attendants are paid a monthly quota or something like that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, one of my friends there told me that any non-belgian EU citizen is granted at the beginning a 3-month permit, and within that related period, the person has to work at least one day, and after having satisfied this condition then they are granted, at the expiry of the permit, another 5-year permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is the case, can one day of lesson be considered as one day of work? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I hold EU citizenship so I have little problems concerning papers and the like.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="19184" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T12:37:04.963" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T12:37:04.963" Title="Learning the language in an other EU country" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19492" CreationDate="2019-11-14T12:54:22.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on what type of residence permit she has&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as a family member of an EU Citizen (Artical 10 or 20)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/AUT-HO-05002/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Daueraufenthaltskarte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Green) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;of her own right&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/AUT-HO-11001/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Daueraufenthaltstitle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Blue/Red) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When traveling outside the issuing country (Austria) &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Article 10 or 20 Residence Card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the spouse is &lt;strong&gt;travelling with&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;joining&lt;/strong&gt; the EU-Spouse&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a visa is not needed to go to France or the United Kingdom &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Normal National Residence Permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other Schengen Area countries may be visited based on the 90/180 days rules&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;also for 3rd country citizens who would otherwise need a visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for the United Kingdom and Ireland the normal visa rules apply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are the non-EEA national family member of an EEA citizen and &lt;strong&gt;you do not hold a residence card issued under Article 10 or Article 20 by an EEA Member State&lt;/strong&gt;, you will need to apply for an EEA or EU Settlement Scheme family permit before travelling to the UK with or to join your EEA family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Apply for the EEA Family Permit if you’re a close or extended family member of an EEA or Swiss national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can be a close or ‘extended’ family member - for example a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew or niece.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eea-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check if you’re eligible and apply for the EEA family permit.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are other ways you may be eligible for an EEA family permit, for example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;if you can make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;‘Surinder Singh’ application&lt;/a&gt;  after living in another EEA country with a British family member&#xA;    ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From: [Context: To &lt;strong&gt;visit&lt;/strong&gt; the United Kingdom] &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA or EUSS family permit/‘Surinder Singh’ application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eligibility requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You and your British family member must prove that you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;meet the eligibility in the EEA country where you live now - if you want to come to the UK at the same time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;met the eligibility while living together in another EEA country - if you want to join your British family member in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From: [Context: To &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt; the United Kingdom]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Live permanently in the UK/Apply for a UK residence card/Eligibility&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Surinder Singh’ applications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You might be able to make a ‘Surinder Singh’ application if you lived in another EEA country with an eligible family member who’s a British citizen before returning to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your British family member must be one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;your spouse (husband or wife) or civil partner&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;your parent or grandparent (or their spouse or civil partner) - you must also be under 21 years old or dependent on them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;your child or grandchild (or their spouse or civil partner) - you must be dependent on them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/leben_in_oesterreich/aufenthalt/2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Angehörige von EU-Bürgern* und Schweizern, die selbst EU-Bürger* oder Schweizer sind - Aufenthalt in Österreich&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/AUT-HO-05002/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenhaltkarte (Familienangehörige) 2013-07-13&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/AUT-HO-11001/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenhaltstitel (Niederlassungserlaubnis) 2011-07-01&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 or 20 residence card&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA or EUSS family permit&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eea-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EEA family permit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/surinder-singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;‘Surinder Singh’ application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/settle-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Live permanently in the UK&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply for a UK residence card&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-15T09:29:06.877" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T09:29:06.877" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19501" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19568" CreationDate="2019-11-14T18:13:10.677" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently based in Germany, and I will be moving to the Netherlands. In January I won't be employed, as my current position ends by the end of the year, and my new position starts in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I booked a trip to Cuba during my January. As I won't be employed in January, I won't have a health insurance as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Do I need to pay for a german base health insurance, &lt;em&gt;plus&lt;/em&gt; the travel health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally I would like to avoid paying an extra month of my useless health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17547" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T18:17:50.927" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T07:49:16.480" Title="Do I need the base plus the travel health insurance?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19501" CreationDate="2019-11-14T18:27:07.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally you would report yourself as unemployed for that month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When reporting, show them the new contract starting in February. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have paid in the minimal amount (1 year), you may recieve unemployment money where you would then be insured (May depend on the reason why you are not working in January).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise when you are outside the country, nobody cares.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T18:27:07.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-14T20:56:04.627" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to permanently move over to the UK in 6-12 months from New Zealand.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really know if I'm going to go for the skills shortage visa, or 2 year youth mobility scheme visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that medical issues are the biggest problem for people getting a visa, even if they're applying for a job on the skills shortage list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will being diagnosed as having &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ADHD&lt;/a&gt; make it really difficult to get a visa to live and work in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19215" LastEditorUserId="19215" LastEditDate="2019-11-15T00:54:26.137" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T00:54:26.137" Title="Will being diagnosed with ADHD make getting a UK Visa a lot harder?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19469" CreationDate="2019-11-15T03:12:43.730" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, prior visa refusals won't disallow your wife to use the visa priority services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19217" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T03:12:43.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19431" CreationDate="2019-11-15T03:35:32.947" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;ILR requires a continuous five year period of residence in the UK to meet the qualifying period. Time spent abroad between visas could affect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19217" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T03:35:32.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19495" CreationDate="2019-11-15T03:41:04.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am also a UK expat who has not been resident in the UK since 2004. I had the photo-ID driving licence since 1999 or 2000, and so it expired while I have been out of the UK. However, I do have a driving licence that I got in Thailand soon after moving here. I got the Thai licence on the back of having a valid UK licence at the time. Now I have to renew my Thai licence every five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few years ago I travelled to the UK, and was told by the car rental company at Heathrow Airport that they accept any foreign driving licence as long as it's from a Geneva Convention (1949) country. The only reason they will require an International Driving Permit (IDP) is if the foreign driving licence does not have the information written in English, and for that purpose the IDP serves as a translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had got an IDP in Bangkok in anticipation of perhaps needing one, but it turns out that because the Thai driving licence has information written in both Thai and English, I did not need the IDP in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T03:41:04.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-15T07:36:40.787" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the person would need to wait for a long time (several months to years) to get an H1B visa before s/he can start working in US. Usually not many companies would be interested to wait for long time, which is understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have seen many IT companies applying for H1B visas. Do the companies usually hire the foreigners already living in the US (eg. on F-1 visa) or is it a common practice to hire a candidate from abroad too ? (for example, a software developer with a ~5 years experience).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19218" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T07:36:40.787" Title="How common it is for the IT companies in US to hire candidates from abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-15T09:42:49.433" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for business opportunities in Kuwait, I am from India. I heard that if I want to go to Kuwait, I have to complete the Kuwait Embassy Attestation process in India. So can anyone guide me through the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17893" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:09:34.467" Title="How do I get Kuwait Embassy Attestation in India?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19431" CreationDate="2019-11-15T10:40:22.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does the time on the Marriage Visitor Visa count toward the 5 years' residence required for ILR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, so the 5 years starts at: May 2015 and ends April 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;assuming there are no unacceptable breaks in the continuous period &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply as a partner or spouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;When you can settle permanently&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The earliest you can apply to settle in the UK (called ‘&lt;strong&gt;indefinite leave to remain&lt;/strong&gt;’) is after you’ve lived in the country for &lt;strong&gt;5 years continuously&lt;/strong&gt; with permission to stay (‘leave to remain’) as a partner. You &lt;strong&gt;cannot count&lt;/strong&gt; any permission to stay in the UK as a &lt;strong&gt;fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The rules are different if you applied before 9 July 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;calculating continuous period in UK - Pdf&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Absences which will not break continuity in the continuous period&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;180 whole days absence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  No more than 180 days’ absences are allowed in a consecutive 12-month period.&#xA;  You must only include whole days in this calculation. Part day absences, for example, less than 24 hours, are not counted. Therefore, if the applicant had a single absence during the 12 month period and arrived in the UK on day 181, the period would not exceed 180 days.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breaks in the continuous lawful period&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A break in the continuous period may occur just before the ILR application is made or &lt;strong&gt;at any point where leave expired during the continuous period claimed&lt;/strong&gt;. The relevant rules you must apply depend on the Immigration Rules in place at the time the break occurred.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Family Visa&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apply as a partner or spouse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Publications&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indefinite-leave-to-remain-calculating-continuous-period-in-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Indefinite leave to remain: calculating continuous period in UK&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page where pdf can be downloaded from&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T10:40:22.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19483" CreationDate="2019-11-15T10:52:51.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a bunch of phone calls, a visit to the DMV, and another bunch of phone calls here is what I got: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) US-CBP (none importation/exportation expert): you need ITN and AES and you gotta export the car to Canada. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) DMV: This title is Canadian, registered to a Canadian and has nothing to do with us. As far as we're concerned, this car is still Canadian. It may only not be as such according to the CBP so get back to them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) CBSA (Canadian CBP): the car is still Canadian if it was never registered in the US. You could just drive back, but you need to call and confirm with US CBP first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) US-CBP: what's your name and when was the car imported? (information given)... A bit later ... Okay so we cancelled the paperwork and if there is any issue we will call you back. Just drive the car back and you should have no issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it happened. All was needed was asking the CBP to cancel the forms internally (nothing to do on our side except that) and you can drive the car back. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps anyone in similar situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the car was registered in the US and went through the DMV, then it MUST be exported as if it is an American car. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19195" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T10:52:51.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19517" CreationDate="2019-11-15T11:55:46.423" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would normally ask my lawyer, but he's gone AWOL since a week ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian who came to the US as TN. My wife has TD naturally. Last week I received my H-1B approval with COS (change of status). There is no petition for my wife however. It appears my lawyer never bothered filing the H4 for my wife. I believe this means she is now Out of Status, since her TD is no longer valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, should she fly out of the country ASAP? Or can we just relax and stay put in the US and file for her H4 (I539) to change her status? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17258" LastActivityDate="2019-11-16T20:36:20.770" Title="I got my H-1B (from TN), but what about my wife's TD?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-15T19:57:28.687" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will live in Lithuania for two years. Because of some circumstances, like no bell on the gate in fence around the apartments, I want to pick up parcels on a parcel station. Near by there are &quot;Omniva&quot; and &quot;DPD&quot; parcel lockers. &#xA;I explored that &quot;itella&quot; delivers parcel in Lithuania which are started by &quot;Deutsche Post&quot; and DHL from Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could I do to receive parcels from Germany at Lithuanian pick up station/lockers and what has the parcel sender to write on it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17409" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-11-26T11:07:46.803" LastActivityDate="2019-11-26T11:07:46.803" Title="How to use a parcel station in Lithuania to recieve parcel from Germany?" Tags="&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;lithuania&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-15T20:46:48.650" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m 17 years old somali girl. I live in somalia I have done my igcses with the help of my aunt who lives in uk and now she wants me to go to uk to her so that I can live with her but we both don’t know if it is possible since I got a Somali passport &#xA;If you guys have any idea of how this can work please tell me I would really appreciate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19220" LastActivityDate="2019-11-15T20:46:48.650" Title="I want to get a family of a settled person in uk visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19514" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-15T22:07:25.673" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/19498/learning-the-language-in-an-other-eu-country&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question some comments below the very question made &#xA;me rethink about a thing that I did not know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding EU countries who mandate to other EU citizens to report their presence for long-term stays (or even short ones as well), are the latter people going to receive mandatorily a residence card (with a validity and to be renewed further for a more extended period) (specific for EU nationals) or can they simply report their presence only and get a printed certificate and stay there indefinitely as they wish without conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the EU site this thing is not mentioned, but some people told me otherwise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastActivityDate="2019-11-16T15:22:26.700" Title="Obligation on whether to request a residence card in a EU country as a EU non-citizen of the latter" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19508" CreationDate="2019-11-16T09:50:59.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Kuwait Attestation is needed to verify the genuineness of the document in case one wishes to use his personal, educational or commercial documents in Kuwait. Kuwait is one of the well-known countries to welcome immigrants to stay, work or do business in. Certificate Attestation for Kuwait is an important procedure that is to be followed mostly when you are planning to visit Kuwait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kuwait Attestation&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The process to attest documents from the approved department is known as Certificate Attestation. To recognize the trustworthiness of documents, it is necessary to get an essential seal or signature from the authorized department on your document. There are more than one department and rules present in this process. Each of these authorities gives a stamp of their own on the backside of the document. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Procedure for Kuwait Attestation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regional Level&#xA;It is the primary level of the document verifying process. This step of confirmation can be done by the notary or the University from where the certificates were issued, as per the requirement or from the Chamber of commerce in the case of commercial documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;State Government&#xA;The verification of certificates from the state is carried out by three various companies as per the requirement of the document type. These companies are the State Home Department, Human Resource Department, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. SDM is independent of the state government, yet, the attestation performed by this authority is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MEA Stamp&#xA;Ministry of External Affairs is the least level of authentication from the home government after which an MEA sticker is applied to the document. MEA is the central organization that deals with the foreign matters of the nation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kuwait Embassy Attestation&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;It is performed by the administrators of the Kuwait Embassy or consulate to attest the verified certificates. It is the last step in getting certificate attestation for Kuwait after the Ministry of External Affairs stamp.&#xA;Usually, the attestation of certificates can turn out to exhausting to be taken place individually. Assistance from specialists can confirm to be very useful. There are certificate attestation services that help in making the method easier for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17877" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-11-29T11:09:34.467" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:09:34.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19514" CreationDate="2019-11-16T15:22:26.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where local residence laws exist, the other EU-Citizens must comply with these laws just as local EU-Citizens must.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 3rd Country Citizens registration requirements &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; exist that do not apply to EU-Citizens (mostly matters pertaining to their &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other EU-Citizens &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; (but are not required to) apply for a &lt;strong&gt;residence card&lt;/strong&gt;, which fulfills a similar function as a local ID for identification purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise other EU-Citizens are treated as a local citizens, with the major exception for activities where the national citizenship is a requirement (voting in National elections etc.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An other EU-Citizen can, however, be &lt;strong&gt;deported&lt;/strong&gt; when certain conditions are fulfilled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;criminal record/activities &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when conditions, set in &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; below in the &lt;strong&gt;KEY POINTS&lt;/strong&gt;,  are fulfilled &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:l33152&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU freedom of movement and residence&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KEY POINTS&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EU citizens with a valid identity card or passport may:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Enter another EU country without requiring an exit or entry visa. Family members who are not nationals of a EU country are not required either an exit or entry visa if they possess a valid residence card.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Live in another EU country for up to 3 months without any conditions or formalities.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Live in another EU country for longer than 3 months subject to certain conditions, depending on their status in the host country. Those who &lt;em&gt;are employed or self-employed do not need to meet any other conditions&lt;/em&gt;. Students and other people not working for payment, such as those in retirement, &lt;strong&gt;must have sufficient resources for themselves and their family, so as not to be a burden on the host country’s social assistance system, and comprehensive sickness insurance cover&lt;/strong&gt;.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Have to register with the relevant authorities if living in the country longer than 3 months. Their family members, if not EU nationals, are required [to] a residence card valid for 5 years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be entitled to permanent residence if they have lived legally in another EU country for a continuous period of 5 years. This also applies to family members.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have the right &lt;em&gt;to be treated on an equal footing with nationals of the host country&lt;/em&gt;. However, host authorities &lt;strong&gt;are not obliged to grant benefits to EU citizens not working for payment during the first 3 months of their stay&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-16T15:22:26.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19511" CreationDate="2019-11-16T20:36:20.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They generally do not accept Change of Status applications filed when the person is already out of status, unless there is a good reason. It might be possible to file a &lt;em&gt;nunc pro tunc&lt;/em&gt; Change of Status for your wife for the reason that the lawyer forgot to file it. But that might not work as the lawyer was probably just responsible for your Change of Status, and your wife was responsible for filing hers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving the US and returning on H4 status is probably the easiest option. If she is a Canadian citizen, she wouldn't even need to get a visa; she can just go cross the border and turn around and cross back, and present a copy of your H1b petition approval to be admitted into H4 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-11-16T20:36:20.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-17T14:16:12.950" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the period of time that has to be passed every year in NYC in order not to be held as taxable abroad if a house is owned there and likewise a bank account increasing with interests?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="19184" LastEditDate="2019-11-17T14:30:22.860" LastActivityDate="2019-11-17T23:13:09.437" Title="When can a person owning a house in NYC be taxable abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-17T17:46:23.950" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do know that in the US, bank-account interests are taxable as passive incomes, but what I don't understand is the point of filing tax returns on bank account interests, since the government (or the IRS), or whatever, has access to bank accounts and can directly deduct taxes (not seizing, I'm not talking about unpaid taxes or fraud istances), without henceforth requiring a tax return filing, since they could deduct the money themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T00:33:00.203" Title="Filing tax returns over bank account-related interests" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19521" CreationDate="2019-11-17T18:13:48.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A US citizen or recipient of US-generated income must file a US tax return if that person has been paid or received &quot;income&quot; more than a specified amount. (Specifying what is meant by any of these terms (i.e., &quot;recipient,&quot; &quot;US-generated income,&quot; &quot;income,&quot; and &quot;specified amount&quot; varies considerably, is addressed by multiple IRS publications, and is beyond the scope of a general answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bank account interest is income. A return must be filed if the various conditions as to income are met. The conditions are set by the United States Code, as interpreted by the Rules adopted by the Department of Internal Revenue. Bank account interest was deemed to be &quot;income&quot; as a political decision made by the Congress, which enacted the Internal Revenue Code. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax expert. As I observed in my Answer and Comments to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/19519/when-can-a-person-owning-a-house-in-nyc-be-taxable-abroad&quot;&gt;your previous question&lt;/a&gt; on this subject, it is clear that the IRS can seize individual bank accounts pursuant to warrants of execution issued by state and federal courts. I believe, in addition, that it is possible that the IRS can unilaterally take similar against individual accounts. However, I have never heard of it doing so in cases of mere non-payment or without signifiant, multiple notices to the taxpayer. Such seizure seems only to occur in cases of tax resistance or tax avoidance, or persistant non-response by the taxpayer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why the IRS might (or might not) act in this manner might be explained by the IRS' desire to minimize doing things which many citizens and taxpayers might find immoral or politically unacceptable. Remember, the US tax system depends on voluntary participation by taxpayers. Proportionally few audits are actually conducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, and whatever budgetary considerations might constrain IRS actions, your guess is as good as mine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-17T18:25:26.033" LastActivityDate="2019-11-17T18:25:26.033" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-18T11:43:04.767" Score="3" ViewCount="382" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you ahead of time for reading this and helping me understand if I can claim French nationality for me and potentially my children through my mother's nationality. I've read a number of the similar threads on this website around French nationality being passed down, but all the cases seem to be unique, so it's been difficult for me to draw various conclusions. Sorry if I sound like a super novice - I certainly am at this point!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a bit of background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in France in July 1932 to two foreign nationals that arrived in France from Poland in 1928. My mother was brought up, went to school, and worked as a seamstress in Paris until she left France in April 1952 to go live and work in Canada with her two parents and younger sister. It is, however, my understanding of French law, that my mother would have become a French citizen by the time she reached majority age in 1950 which would have then passed onto me when I was born in 1955 in Canada. &lt;strong&gt;Is this correct?&lt;/strong&gt; My mother naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1958 after my birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of my mother's older siblings remained in France and I'm still very close to their children (my cousins). All of my aunts and uncles in France have passed away at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is then, based on this limited information, can you tell me if there's a &lt;strong&gt;possibility that my mother passed on French nationality to myself in 1955 at the time of my birth&lt;/strong&gt;? Additionally, &lt;strong&gt;is there anything that could have broken the link of French nationality between my mother and me and subsequently between me and my children&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you again for your help and let me know if there is anything that needs to be expanded upon or clarified!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19231" LastEditorUserId="19231" LastEditDate="2019-11-18T16:34:18.540" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T18:02:40.280" Title="Recognizing French nationality through my mother" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19525" CreationDate="2019-11-18T14:00:35.057" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, from the conditions stated it would seem you fulfill the:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French citizenship acquired automatically at age 18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;condition listed below. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should check if your mother still has her French passport.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If she was became a Canadian citizen, Nationalization papers was well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;these documents and birth certificates may be helpful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haved added a link below about how to apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Certificate of French Nationality&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dual citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Dual citizenship was officially recognized &lt;strong&gt;for both men and women on 9 January 1973&lt;/strong&gt;; since then, possession of more than one nationality does not affect French nationality. In the period of &lt;strong&gt;9 April 1954 until 8 January 1973&lt;/strong&gt;, only French men younger than the age of 50 were permitted to have dual citizenship, &lt;strong&gt;while a woman lost her French citizenship upon the acquisition of a foreign citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is not clear if this would apply to your mother&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French citizenship by birth in France&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Birth in France to foreign parents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If both parents are foreign, simply being born in France does not confer French citizenship at birth, except for children born to unknown or stateless parents, or if the citizenship laws of the parents' country/-ies of origin do not allow citizenship to be transferred to the child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are cases in which a child born in France to foreign parents can acquire French citizenship at various points during their childhood and upon turning 18, subject to certain conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French citizenship acquired at age 13-16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The foreign parents of a child aged between 13 and 16 can obtain French citizenship for their child by making a declaration if all of the following conditions are met:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child was born in France;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child has had their primary residence in France since the age of 8;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child resides in France on the day on which the parents make the declaration;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child consents to the declaration being made (unless the child has a mental or physical disability that renders consent impossible).   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French citizenship acquired at age 16-18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A child aged between 16 and 18 and born to foreign parents can obtain French citizenship by making a declaration if all of the following conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child was born in France;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child resides in France on the day on which they make the declaration;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child has had their primary residence in France for a total (but not necessarily continuous) period of at least 5 years since the age of 11.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child does not require parental consent to make this declaration, unless they have a mental or physical disability that renders them unable to perform the procedure unilaterally.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French citizenship acquired automatically at age 18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A child born to foreign parents acquires French citizenship automatically upon turning 18 if all of the following conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child was born in France;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child resides in France on his 18th birthday; and   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The child has had his primary residence in France for a total (but not necessarily continuous) period of at least 5 years since the age of 11.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Birth_in_France_to_foreign_parents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19238/17166&quot;&gt;Answer about appling for: The Certificate of French Nationality (CNF)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-18T14:13:33.933" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T14:13:33.933" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19490" CreationDate="2019-11-18T15:25:02.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;J1 is a broad category of visa, covering from camp counselors to Post-Doc students. Each category has a different goal and requirements. It looks like that your question is related to being a &quot;college/university student&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=&amp;amp;SID=1bc531bf257789e45b3049bff8b50d64&amp;amp;r=PART&amp;amp;n=22y1.0.1.7.35#se22.1.62_123&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22 CFR 62.23&lt;/a&gt; (the legislation):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A student is eligible for participation in the Exchange Visitor&#xA;  Program if at any time during his or her educational program in the&#xA;  United States:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) &lt;strong&gt;The student or his or her program is financed directly or&#xA;  indirectly by:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) The United States Government;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) The government of the student's home country; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii) An international organization of which the United States is a&#xA;  member by treaty or statute;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) The program is carried out pursuant to an agreement between the&#xA;  United States Government and a foreign government;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) The program is carried out pursuant to written agreement between:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i) American and foreign academic institutions;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) An American academic institution and a foreign government; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(iii) A state or local government in the United States and a foreign&#xA;  government;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(4) The student is supported &lt;strong&gt;substantially&lt;/strong&gt; by funding from any source&#xA;  other than personal or family funds; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(5) The student is participating in a student internship program as&#xA;  described in paragraph (i) of this section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why the links that you sent require that at least 51% of the funds come from an institution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T15:25:02.220" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-18T21:13:34.177" Score="1" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been searching and haven't been able to find a definitive answer to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in France on a long-stay visa which bears the statement &quot;travailleur temporaire.&quot; My contract is a CDD from October to April and my visa is valid until mid-May. I was just wondering, if I was to quit my job after December, would I still legally be able to stay in the country until May? I don't plan on getting another job in the 4.5 months that I will remain in France - I simply want to take some French classes and travel around Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am contracted by a government department so it's a pretty official job. I have had no answer from the consulate back home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19234" LastActivityDate="2019-11-19T23:40:21.267" Title="What happens if I quit my job? France on long-stay visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19528" CreationDate="2019-11-18T22:12:26.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the duration of your issued &lt;strong&gt;travailleur temporaire&lt;/strong&gt; was for a specific contract, which you wish to terminate earlier &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you should assume that the issued permit is no longer valid since the conditions have changed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should go and ask the responsible &lt;strong&gt;Prefecture&lt;/strong&gt; if your present permit needs to be adapted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second link below, mentions changing an employer but not for simply remaing without working&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that link also offers to search for your local &lt;strong&gt;Prefecture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You want to change category&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can benefit from a &lt;strong&gt;temporary&lt;/strong&gt; or multi-year residence permit on the same basis or &lt;strong&gt;other basis than the one under which you were issued your residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Conditions to be fulfilled if you wish to benefit from a multi-year residence card:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If it is &lt;strong&gt;for another reason for staying&lt;/strong&gt;: you must fulfill the conditions of issue of the temporary residence permit corresponding to the new reason for sojourn;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://accueil-etrangers.gouv.fr/demande-de-titre-de-sejour/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-non-europeen-ne/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-de-pays-tiers-non-algerien-ne/vous-etes-en-france-vous-avez-deja-un-titre-de-sejour/vous-souhaitez-effectuer-son/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You want to change category&lt;/a&gt; (in French) &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://accueil-etrangers.gouv.fr/demande-de-titre-de-sejour/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-non-europeen-ne/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-de-pays-tiers-non-algerien-ne/vous-etes-en-france-vous-avez-deja-un-titre-de-sejour/vous-souhaitez-obtenir-son-renouvellement/pour-l-obtention-d-une-carte-de-sejour-temporaire/article/en-tant-que-travailleur-temporaire&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;To obtain a temporary residence card, As a temporary worker&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T22:12:26.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-19T07:38:44.260" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for 309/100 on 16 /6/2017. due to my agents unprofessional dealing visa refused on 24 april/2018 and we applied to AAT. April 2 2019 my case remitted to home affairs. July 11/2019 they asjked for courst custody of my daughter and police verification once again and mean while sent my medical to get done. court custody took me time and on their approval of further time i submitted every single request on 28 August/2019. after that on my enquiery (after 2 months) they let me know they will finalise my case shortly and that was on 15 october/2019. Till today i have no news of finalisation or granting visa.My validity of health will be over 1 May/2020. They are not responding any of my mail. Total time since I have applied is 29 months now. what is actually happening? When can I expect my case be finalised and what infact shortly refers? Advice what should I do&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19237" LastActivityDate="2019-11-19T07:38:44.260" Title="Australian visa issue" Tags="&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-19T20:25:43.323" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;May a person who wasn't recognized at birth by the father (who is an Italian citizen) subsequently apply for citizenship on the basis of the DNA test results?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11393" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-19T23:33:23.717" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T09:27:09.497" Title="Citizenship request with DNA tests results" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19534" CreationDate="2019-11-19T21:18:03.870" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see lots of questions alluding to the Dutch concept of &lt;em&gt;verblijfsvergunning&lt;/em&gt;, which my 2003 Dutch language textbook says is required to buy a house in the Netherlands if you’re from another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the “&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20071001122551/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Single European Market stands for ‘free movement’ of people, goods, services and capital&lt;/a&gt;,” can such a thing be still required of EU citizens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-20T07:22:44.377" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T07:22:44.377" Title="Does Dutch residence permit apply to EU citizens?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19532" CreationDate="2019-11-19T23:15:15.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such things aren't required of EU citizens.  Your 2003 Dutch textbook was written before &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; was enacted, and the law in the Netherlands was different then.  I was living in Amsterdam at the time, and I had an English colleague who was stopped by a police officer for crossing the street away from a pedestrian crossing and told that he had to go get a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That requirement was removed somewhat later, presumably because of directive 2004/38/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-11-19T23:15:15.943" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19528" CreationDate="2019-11-19T23:40:21.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike other countries, France does not have a notion of a visa or residence permit automatically becoming invalid. If you cease to fulfill the requirements, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; can however decide to invalidate it. So your visa remains valid until they notify you otherwise. If they do that, they will also in most cases issue an &lt;em&gt;obligation de quitter le territoire français&lt;/em&gt; and give you 30 days to leave France by your own means. After these 30 days the consequences become more serious (removal, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, the &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; typically don't bother. They wait for the end of the 1-year term and reevaluate people's situation when they need to renew their residence titles. Note that leaving your job without prior authorization can have consequences for the renewal &lt;em&gt;even if you found another one in the meantime&lt;/em&gt;. It doesn't seem to be the case for you but that's one factor to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2019-11-19T23:40:21.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-19T20:29:01.243" Score="1" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for H1B for the next fiscal year 2020-2021. That will be my last chance. Can I do two petitions with two different employers on same client letter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19242" OwnerDisplayName="Juke" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-21T23:11:09.527" LastActivityDate="2021-05-17T02:05:45.587" Title="H1B Visa last chance" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19536" CreationDate="2019-11-19T20:51:01.383" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can have two employers, but you would need two separate petitions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more information here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immigrantly.com/2014/11/25/can-i-have-two-full-time-jobs-under-concurrent-h1b/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immigrantly.com/2014/11/25/can-i-have-two-full-time-jobs-under-concurrent-h1b/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Putvi" LastActivityDate="2019-11-19T20:51:01.383" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19531" CreationDate="2019-11-20T09:03:19.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possibly&lt;/strong&gt;, if the result of the DNA test leads to change of the &lt;strong&gt;birth record&lt;/strong&gt; in a Civil Registry (A.P.R.) of an Italian municipality stating that a Italian citizen is the father&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the citizenship of the father will be known to the Civil Registry&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an adapted &lt;strong&gt;birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt; issued outside of Italy, this would probably have to be verified by a responsible Italian authority (such as a consulate) before registration in Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the Italian Foreign Office Citizenship information quoted below, correct entries in the Italian Civil Registry seems to the best way to achieve citizenship based on descent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Italian Citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Italian citizenship is currently regulated by Law No. 91/1992 (and related implementing regulations: in particular, Presidential Decree No. 572 of  October 12, 1993 and Presidential Decree No. 362 of April 18, 1994) which, unlike the previous Law, revalues the importance of individual intention in the acquisition or loss of citizenship and recognises the right to hold more than one citizenship at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The principles on which Italian citizenship is based are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;citizenship acquired for having Italian parents&lt;/strong&gt;/ancestors (“ius sanguinis”);    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;citizenship acquired for being born on Italian soil (“ius soli”) in some cases;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the possibility of dual citizenship;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the declaration of willingness to acquire or renounce citizenship.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;citizenship acquired for having Italian parents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Article 1 of Law No. 91/92 lays down that a person acquires Italian citizenship when born of a father or a mother who are Italian citizens. Hence the principle of ius sanguinis - already enshrined in the previous legislation - is reaffirmed as a key principle for the acquisition of citizenship, while the ius soli remains an exceptional and residual case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While explicitly stating that also the mother can transmit citizenship, the Article fully acknowledges the principle of equality between men and women as regards the transmission of the status civitatis.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Hence the conditions required for such recognition are based, on the one hand, on the &lt;strong&gt;demonstration of descent&lt;/strong&gt; from the subject originally having the status of citizen (the ancestor who emigrated) and, on the other, on the proof that there were &lt;strong&gt;no interruption in the transmission of citizenship&lt;/strong&gt; (failed foreign naturalization of the ancestor before the birth of the children; absence of declarations of renunciation of Italian citizenship by further descendants before the birth of the next generation, thus proving that the transmission of citizenship did not stop).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The recognition procedure develops with the following steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To ascertain that lineage started with an Italian ancestor (&lt;strong&gt;there are no limits of generations&lt;/strong&gt;); to &lt;strong&gt;ascertain that the Italian ancestor retained Italian citizenship until the birth of the descendants&lt;/strong&gt;. The lack of naturalization or the date of any naturalization of the ancestor shall be proven by a certificate issued by the competent foreign Authority. Descent from the Italian ancestor &lt;strong&gt;shall be proven by means of civil status documents of birth and marriage&lt;/strong&gt;; said documents shall be duly legalized, if requested, and accompanied by an official translation. In this regard, it should be noted that the transmission of Italian citizenship through maternal lineage is possible only for children born after January 1, 1948, e.g. the date of entry into force of the Constitution. It should be certified that &lt;strong&gt;neither the applicant nor the ascendants have ever renounced Italian citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, thus interrupting the transmission of citizenship, through appropriate certificates issued by the competent Italian diplomatic and consular authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant shall submit the application accompanied by the required complete documentation designed to prove the requirements and conditions listed above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application shall be submitted to the Consular Office of the district in which the foreigner of Italian origin lives.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of Citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Women who, after &lt;strong&gt;January 1, 1948&lt;/strong&gt;, automatically acquired foreign citizenship as a result of their marriage with foreign citizens or as a result of their Italian-born husbands becoming naturalized citizens of other countries did &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; lose their Italian citizenship. Nevertheless, in order to maintain the civil status records in order, those women (or their descendants) shall express their desire to maintain said citizenship to the competent consular authorities through a statement of uninterrupted possession of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/stranieri/cittadinanza_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian Citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-20T09:27:09.497" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T09:27:09.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19539" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-20T13:35:34.220" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one wants to quit their job in 1 month, when the job has a notice period of 3 months, and the company disagrees, what is the penalty of doing so nevertheless in France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also suppose the employee agrees to the 3 months notice period but wants to take a months due leave off, can the manager deny the same? I have been told that the vacation is on the managers discretion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-01-18T22:10:42.820" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T23:00:40.060" Title="Breaking job notice period and related vacation taking (France)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-20T14:41:11.350" Score="3" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved from India to France to be with my Husband. We live in an area which is covered under the Swiss 'G-Permit'. I am just beginning to learn French. Is it possible for me to get this permit to be able to work in Switzerland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nina" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T17:19:38.893" Title="Can I work in Switzerland with a French Carte de sejour? I am an Indian national married to a French citizen" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19540" CreationDate="2019-11-20T16:18:29.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/nicht_eu_efta/ausweis_g__grenzgaengerbewilligung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/nicht_eu_efta/ausweis_g__grenzgaengerbewilligung.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Third-country nationals will only be given a cross-border commuter&#xA;  G-permit, if they have a permanent residence permit in a neighboring&#xA;  country. They also need to have had their residence in the neighboring&#xA;  country’s border zone for at least six months and fulfill the labor&#xA;  market requirements. G-permits are usually valid for one year, and are&#xA;  limited to the border zone of the issuing canton. Third-country border&#xA;  commuters require permission to change jobs or occupations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd guess the answer is no, depending on your definition of recent. You need to have lived there for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that it depends on whether you have permanent residence or only temporary work contracts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7076" OwnerDisplayName="the other one" LastActivityDate="2019-11-20T16:18:29.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19542" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19547" CreationDate="2019-11-21T07:09:40.783" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for Ministry of External Affairs attestation for my educational certificates in India. Can Anyone guide me through the procedure of MEA Attestation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17877" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-21T17:37:11.490" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:10:08.093" Title="How do I get an MEA attestation on my educational certificates?" Tags="&lt;india&gt;&lt;education-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-21T10:34:07.673" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be working with a translation agency in Toronto. I will collaborate online and I live in Spain. They are asking me for a Canada permit working? Someone can tell me where to ask for it and what it is for since I will be working from home. I asked to my advisor but he doesn't know which number it is! Thanks in advance for your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19245" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T10:34:07.673" Title="Canada working permit number" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19420" CreationDate="2019-11-21T10:55:03.697" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Visa is approved. Age is calculated as per above norms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19156" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-21T22:27:29.693" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T22:27:29.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-21T18:20:28.573" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have visited the US for a couple of days in 2018 under the Visa Waiver Program, after obtaining an ESTA. Afterwards, I became a student and got a F1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've left the US after withdrawing from the program (and therefore losing my F1 visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to visit the US for a week-long business meeting. Can I use the ESTA I got in 2018, which is supposed to be valid for two years? Or did receiving the F1 visa (and losing it) invalidate my ESTA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17473" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T18:20:28.573" Title="Is the ESTA still valid after receiving F1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-22T02:36:22.523" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a student from China and want to apply for a MSc program in UK. While filling the online forms I am supposed to choose my qualification but I'm confused about the England Qualification Framework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got my bachelor's degree and graduation certification of Jilin University after 4 years' study. Which one should I choose from the list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kroLml.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kroLml.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19249" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T20:41:53.407" Title="Question about England Qualification Framework" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19542" CreationDate="2019-11-22T06:01:49.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;MEA is a central government administration. It is a certification department that verifies documents issued from India. MEA is one of the most significant processes for all types of documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WgM3e.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WgM3e.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is MEA Attestation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MEA Attestation is an external authentication department that is used to receiving the sticker from central government authorities on your certificates. This central government department deals with external affairs that are related to outside nations. When anyone looking for any authentication procedure in India at that time it is necessary to validate your documents and certificates from ministry. This document verification process is necessary to prove the credibility and genuinity of your documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEA Attestation Procedure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The central government certification process includes lots of levels for certificate verification before verifying the certificates. The procedure of central document authentication totally depends upon the type of certificates i.e. personal, educational and commercial. The levels involved in the procedure are:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1)&lt;strong&gt;Regional level:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the first stage of the certificate verification process. This level of legalization can be done by the notary or the University from where the certificates were issued, as per the specification or from the Chamber of commerce in the case of commercial documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2)&lt;strong&gt;State Attestation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The legalization of certificates from the state is performed by three different organizations as per the need of the document type. These departments are the State Home Department Attestation, Human Resource Department, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. SDM is independent of the state government, however, the attestation performed by this authority is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3)&lt;strong&gt;MEA attestation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ministry of External Affairs Attestation is the last stage of legalization from the home government after which an MEA sticker is applied to the certificate. MEA is the central organization that concerns with the foreign affairs of the nation.&#xA;MEA Attestation for Educational Certificates&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the origin or type of the certificate, the process for the attestation of educational certificates will vary. The following are given the different methods that are specific to the place of issuance of the certificate and its kind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Maharashtra issued Documents:&lt;/strong&gt;-&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7vGHx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7vGHx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For out of Maharashtra issued Documents:-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Io4Tj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Io4Tj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As per the Embassy requirement where HRD compulsory:-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0AJtP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0AJtP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MEA Attestation procedure in India can be both, complex and time-taking. However, it can be made reachable and facile with the indulgence of attestation provider vendors who're capable of supplying MEA attestation service and help for the duration of the entire method. The professional certificate attestation services are a feasible alternative to get the certificate attestation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17893" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-11-29T11:10:08.093" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:10:08.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19546" CreationDate="2019-11-22T09:32:04.927" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A foreign bachelors would be a &quot;Non-UK first degree&quot;, &lt;em&gt;first degree&lt;/em&gt; in this case meaning undergraduate degree, or a degree taken by someone who doesn't already have a degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Confusingly, in the UK &quot;first&quot; is also used as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification#Degree_classification&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;a degree classification&lt;/a&gt; for bachelors degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-11-22T09:32:04.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19549" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19550" CreationDate="2019-11-22T16:01:53.197" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently doing my PhD in France, and I arrived using a type D visa, which states that I need to apply for &quot;titre de séjour&quot; within two months of arrival. To do this, I'm supposed to make an appointment with the concerned prefecture - and the problem is that the prefecture is booked for the next three months! This is a paradoxical situation since I'm supposed to do something which is not possible in given circumstances. Does anyone have experience with such scenarios? If yes, how did you manage it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify, my employer/university is the entity which will ask for an appointment on my behalf. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19251" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T03:24:37.293" Title="Need to apply for &quot;titre de séjour&quot; within two months of arrival but no available appointment at prefecture" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19549" CreationDate="2019-11-23T07:26:20.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;By making an appointment to apply for &quot;titre de séjour&quot;, you will showing your intention to comply with the requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it is now common place in many places &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to be able to get an appointment within the required timeframe and these institutions are very aware of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most online appointment systems require you to give the &lt;strong&gt;reason&lt;/strong&gt; for the appointment, such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;apply for &quot;titre de séjour&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and by making the appointment, the application process has started.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Making a pdf copy (or print out) of the appointment is advised. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may differ from administration to administration, but in Germany now the date the appointment (where your name and reason is given)  was made is what counts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T07:26:20.313" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15851" CreationDate="2019-11-23T07:49:45.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand your problem correctly it is to retain a valid license apon return to your home country and not to actually drive while in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule a driver's license is residence based. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you move, often longer than 6 months (UK 12 months), you must &lt;strong&gt;convert&lt;/strong&gt; your existing license to a local license if you want to drive there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the converted license will contain the information about your &lt;strong&gt;original&lt;/strong&gt; license&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would seem that US licenses cannot be converted and that a theory and practical tests are needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When returning from the UK, with a valid UK license, as a visitor to the US you can use that license and convert it back to the original license should you one day return permanently to the US. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-23T08:36:13.327" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T08:36:13.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19552" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19553" CreationDate="2019-11-23T14:18:52.637" Score="1" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a LHD driving licence living outside UK; can i rent and drive in UK with Left Hand driving licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19255" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T16:36:25.770" Title="Renting and driving in UK with Left Hand driving licence" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19552" CreationDate="2019-11-23T16:09:50.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Drivers' licenses from countries where drivers sit on the left side of the vehicle are accepted for car rentals in the UK. I have a license from a left hand drive country, and have regularly rented cars in the UK driven there on holiday for decades.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two notes, however, might be useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, licenses commonly are silent as to side of the road. If your license says &quot;LHD only,&quot; or something like that, it's possible that a rental agency wouldn't accept it...and it also possible that if you were stopped by a police officer, the officer wouldn't accept it as valid either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, all bets are off if the license is not printed in English, that is, using Latin characters. If not in English, you should obtain and carry with you an International Drivers Permit from your home country, a multi-lingual translation of your license. It's still possible that a rental agency wouldn't accept your license, but your chances of success would be higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-11-23T16:36:25.770" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T16:36:25.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19554" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19555" CreationDate="2019-11-21T16:00:17.303" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;My permesso appointment (first) is on February, and I want to go home (Brazil) the end on December. Although I do not have the permesso my student visa still valid and it has multiple entries. The flight has scale in Portugal on both ways, going out and returning to Europe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to return with the permesso receipt and the student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19262" OwnerDisplayName="user105771" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T14:07:33.727" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T14:07:33.727" Title="Can I leave and re enter in Italy with a student visa and without the permesso?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19554" CreationDate="2019-11-21T16:14:26.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have the receipt of permesso and the visa then yes, because the former is proof that your permesso is on process and the very receipt was issued by them in the first place, but nevertheless your multiple entry visa is enough if not expired, so you may be sure in both ways. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" OwnerDisplayName="abdul" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T16:14:26.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19554" CreationDate="2019-11-21T17:12:47.727" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can return to Italy via Portugal without your permesso di soggiorno as long as your student visa is still valid and not expired. The receipt is not necessary and not used in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="790" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Hampton" LastActivityDate="2019-11-21T17:12:47.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-25T08:05:45.177" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Applying for determination of German citizenship (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/feststellung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit/1216742&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;) by ancestry is normally done, by individuals not living in Germany, through their local consulate, who forwards the application to the German &quot;Federal Office of Administration&quot; (&lt;em&gt;Bundesverwaltungsamt&lt;/em&gt;, BVA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The BVA's website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/EN/Services/Citizens/ID-Documents-Law/Citizenship/citizenship_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;says&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;The BVA is the competent authority with respect to naturalization as a German national and the establishment of German citizenship for people living abroad.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the application processing time when applying through a consulate/the BVA is currently quoted as 2-3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also possible to apply for determination of citizenship at local offices in each German city. I suspect this option requires one to be a registered resident of the corresponding city/district. Is that true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it feasible, as someone who does not currently live in Germany, to apply via one of the local offices? What would be required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the processing time when applying through a local office? Is it the same 2-3 years as via the BVA? Or is it much shorter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19261" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T09:21:20.733" Title="Applying for determination of German citizenship in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19560" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19649" CreationDate="2019-11-25T13:14:46.097" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living in Italy as PhD student. I aim to getting married, and, then, bringing my wife to Italy. Dos anyone know the procedure? I know she may apply for visa from familiar reasons, and that I need to require a nulla osta in Italy. Right? &#xA;Can I require the nulla osta before marrying? Because I'm travelling home (Brazil) and getting married there, then returning to Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone add something to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grazie&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19262" LastEditorUserId="19262" LastEditDate="2019-11-26T09:28:23.507" LastActivityDate="2019-12-08T20:21:16.640" Title="Non-European Citizen wants to marry and bring wife to Italy" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19561" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19576" CreationDate="2019-11-26T09:31:56.147" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get my documents legalized from the Qatar embassy. I am from India. I heard that if we want to visit Qatar, at that time we have to complete the Qatar Embassy Attestation process in India. However, I don't know the exact procedure for that, so can anyone guide me through the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17893" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:06:57.263" Title="How do I get documents Attested from Qatar Embassy in India?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19559" CreationDate="2019-11-26T10:17:30.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When living outside Germany an application &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be made at the local consulate that is responsible for your area. It &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be made directly to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesverwaltungsamt&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to the local reponsible authority (Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde) in Germany (which in Berlin would be the city district of &lt;strong&gt;permanent&lt;/strong&gt; residence). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, the time needed for the application will not be swifter since&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the consulate will send the application to the responsible authority for processing &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consulate will do an initial check to advise you if making a application is needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will also advise what specific documentation is needed based on the local nationality laws of the country your parents (possibly) became citizens of. The consulate will then know, based on the submitted documents. The goal is to insure that everything needed is complete before passing the application on to the next stage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the application will be sent on to the responsible authority in Germany (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesverwaltungsamt&lt;/a&gt;), from where any needed contact to a local authority or archives will be made. Often this will be where your parents (ancestor) were last registered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There, in most cases they are looking for confirmation that they were citizens at the time of emigration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the information is available online (application of passport), then the confirmation process may be &lt;strong&gt;swift&lt;/strong&gt;. If the material needed has to be searched for in older archives, then the 2-3 years meantioned may be needed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link below shows information from the German embassy in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are advised to look at the German Embassy site from the country you are applying from, since the required information needed may differ based on your present citizenship or situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19461/17166&quot;&gt;Answer about applying for Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesverwaltungsamt - Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit beantragen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-27T09:21:20.733" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T09:21:20.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17461" CreationDate="2019-11-26T12:59:39.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, an employer cannot apply for a residence permit (and work permit) for the employees. Rather, one will get a contract from the employer and needs to apply himself for visa before entering Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After entering Germany, one usually has 3-6 months (until the initial visa expires) to rent a flat, register (within 2 weeks after moving into the flat) and to apply for a residence permit (again on his/her own). This residence permit can be a Blue Card, but one could also apply for another type of residence permit as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see my other answers for more info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/7074/13223&quot;&gt;Blue Card vs Work Permit for IT Specialists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/12097/13223&quot;&gt;The visa before German Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also be able to change employer with both Blue Card and other residence permit. However, in both cases within the first two years you will need to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;permission to change an employer&lt;/a&gt;, after 2 years you can change an employer freely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T13:00:46.883" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T13:00:46.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19377" CreationDate="2019-11-26T13:19:42.873" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In such cases, it may also depend on the type of residence permit and job you had before the issue date of the Blue Card. In similar situation, I got an answer from Auslaenderbehoerde that the 21 month can only be counted from the issue date of the Blue Card. On the other hand, I know an example, when a friend of mine got it counted from earlier date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in Berlin, Auslaenderbehoerde &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326556/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;counts all the months when the applicant had a job that satisfied Blue Card requirements&lt;/a&gt;, literally &amp;quot;... you must have been in employment for at least 33 months.&#xA;That employment must meet the requirements for the issue of an EU Blue Card.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if one studied long enough (during the time with residence permit for the purpose of study every 2 years in Germany count as 1) and paid pension insurance, he/she might be eligible for Niederlassungserlaubnis even earlier than after 21 months (5 years living in Germany and paying pension insurance are required to get Niederlassungserlaubnis according to §9 AufenthG or Daueraufenthalt-EU according to §9a AufenthG, which is another regulation applicable). However, usually this is not the case and Blue Card holders get Niederlassungserlaubnnis after 21-33 months according to §19a AufenthG. After that it is still possible to apply for Daueraufenthalt-EU later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-14T07:25:48.483" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T07:25:48.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19393" CreationDate="2019-11-26T13:33:41.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In such cases, one only needs to do the following steps &lt;strong&gt;actively on him/herself&lt;/strong&gt; after entering Germany (for others he/she will be asked and/or get post):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rent an apartment and register there --&gt; this is needed for steps 2 and 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a health insurance (if one is working and his/her salary is lower than 62,550 Euro per year, he/she should be registered at public insurance, but nobody prohibits him/her from taking a private one on top of that later)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for a Blue Card or other residence permit at the Ausländerbehörde before your visa expires&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-11-26T13:33:41.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-26T23:40:37.467" Score="1" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know what taxes Iraq now imposes on US citizens working there. The last time I was there were none but a friend of mine who has a family member there told me Iraq charges taxes on US contractors -- but I'd like to verify that along with the effective tax rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This question is nearly identical to the one I asked about Afghanistan. I think this is useful for those might have a choice about which country to work in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19116" LastActivityDate="2019-11-26T23:40:37.467" Title="What taxes does Iraq impose on US citizens?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-27T01:08:34.763" Score="1" ViewCount="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from the UK. currently in the states on H2A visa and I am travelling to new Zealand on a working holiday visa for a few months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, as a British citizen will I be able to visit an American embassy in new Zealand to get my H2A visa for 2020 or will I have to travel back to England?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks, Ryan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19265" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T01:08:34.763" Title="Obtaining a H2A visa outside of own country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19501" CreationDate="2019-11-27T07:49:16.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;German health insurance will cover you even if you are unemployed, as long as you are still registered in Germany. If you have public health insurance, you will pay less or even nothing since you are unemployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;German travel health insurance &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; relies on you having regular health insurance. Travel health insurance will usually cover emergency care and a ticket back home, and little more. This is why travel insurance can cover you for a mere 10€/year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/german-health-insurance#public-health-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cost of public health insurance&lt;/a&gt;, personal experience&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T07:49:16.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19569" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19631" CreationDate="2019-11-27T14:16:04.757" Score="2" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question that I have not found any related source, and my question is mostly focused on these group of people: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;People of origin from &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibero-America&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ibero-American countries&lt;/a&gt;, Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea or Portugal or Sephardic, who are pursuing a ** Ph.D.&lt;/em&gt;* in &lt;strong&gt;Spain&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;quot;*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many European countries, such as Poland (where I reside) or the Czech Republic (where a person I know resides) your studies as a &lt;em&gt;master or doctoral&lt;/em&gt; student (&lt;em&gt;not undergraduate&lt;/em&gt;) count as half of the residence time in these countries and in countries like The Netherlands, if you pursue a Ph.D. (&lt;strong&gt;strictly a Ph.D.&lt;/strong&gt;), your years of residence are counted as full-time residing in that place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the previous examples, if you pursue a Ph.D. in Poland or Czechia for 4 years, it means: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;You have lived 2 years and if you learned Polish (B1+) and worked for 3 years more, then you are eligible for the &lt;strong&gt;permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt; card.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in The Netherlands, if you pursued a 4 years Ph.D. (considered as regular work by their law), passed the integration test, worked 1 year more, and learned Dutch (B1+), you are eligible to apply for the &lt;strong&gt;permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt; card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the situation in Spain? Does the doctoral student's time count&#xA;towards your citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I read that in certain articles the following (translated):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;In the case of nationals of origin of Ibero-American countries,&#xA;Andorra, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea or Portugal or Sephardim,&#xA;they may apply for Spanish nationality at the time of serving two&#xA;years of legal and continued residence in Spain, and immediately&#xA;prior to the request.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Source in Spanish: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/ServiciosAlCiudadano/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Paginas/Nacionalidad.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nacionalidad española, Gobierno de España&#xA;©Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación*&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;at 2019-12-02 16:39&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The time as a &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;doctoral student&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; is not something clear in most cases and less their legal status (&lt;em&gt;in The Netherlands you get a researcher's visa, not a student's one&lt;/em&gt;, for instance). I only found that in Spain if you're &lt;a href=&quot;https://legalteam.es/lt/la-tarjeta-de-estudiante-no-computa-para-la-nacionalidad-espanola/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a regular student&lt;/a&gt; (not a Ph.D. one) your time is not counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it's perfectly reasonable, since generally when you're a regular student either you have a scholarship or you're paying your studies; technically, you tend to be exempt from paying taxes and you get some benefits and as a Ph.D. researcher, you often pay taxes as a regular worker. And this point of paying taxes is where a key difference comes into play between a regular student and a Ph.D. researcher since taxes are used, for retirement or social benefits like health or social care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as a Ph.D. researcher, you might need to teach a certain amount of hours per semester, work on your research full-time, write and present scientific papers, support other professors, and rarely, you will receive some classes since you're becoming an expert in one specific area of the science.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, a Ph.D. researcher could be seen as a regular work because you have certain responsibilities, pay taxes, get a salary, and most importantly you're creating a unique solution to a problem with more or less clear goals and expected outcomes in a defined period of time (&lt;em&gt;in the corporate world, &lt;strong&gt;a project&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;) for a company, government, the university or an organization. An example could be the following one: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;To design an algorithm for the detection of breast cancer with Machine Learning in Python.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all previous reasons, in most European countries, a &amp;quot;doctoral student&amp;quot; is considered as a researcher inside the universities and the concept of scholarships tend to be uncommon (&lt;em&gt;Canada, the US, Australia, etc. Cannot be taken as the general rule&lt;/em&gt;) because even in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/how-to/find-job_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marie Curie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, which provides many of the EU &amp;quot;Ph.D. scholarships&amp;quot;, for instance, they are considered as jobs, not scholarships as you can see in the image below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GAREh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GAREh.png&quot; alt=&quot;marie curie&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, have any of you have heard about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19267" LastEditorUserId="19267" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T13:00:13.997" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T06:16:33.097" Title="What is your legal status as PhD researcher in Spain?" 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  <row Id="19570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-27T16:55:02.933" Score="3" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently asked a question regarding the validity of my long-stay &quot;travailleur temporaire&quot; visa in France if I was to resign from the job which brought me over. The consensus was that the visa remains valid until expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After contacting every French administrative authority I could find, I have received conflicting answers. I recently contacted a French immigration lawyer, who has informed me that it can be prematurely cancelled/invalidated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for this question, I will ask as if my visa has been cancelled prematurely and I have received an &lt;em&gt;obligation de quitter le territoire français&lt;/em&gt; (OQTF).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I receive a OQTF, I was just wondering if I would be able to re-enter France/the Schengen as a tourist and stay for 90 days visa-free as an Australian ? E.g. if I went to England for 1 night, got my stamps on the way out of France, into London, and back into France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19234" LastActivityDate="2020-04-26T09:06:45.687" Title="Can you re-enter France as a tourist if you receive an obligation de quitter le territoire français?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19459" CreationDate="2019-11-27T19:04:28.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current state of the relevant law may be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1431&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1321(a)&lt;/a&gt;.  This contains another condition that you do not mention, which is that the child must have a green card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) In general A child born outside of the United States automatically becomes a citizen of the United States when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) At least one parent of the child is a citizen of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) The child is under the age of eighteen years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) The child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a question at &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/a&gt; from someone who received a German passport after obtaining US citizenship under 8 USC 1321(a) and disclosing it to German authorities: &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/35855/333&quot;&gt;Document proving date of receiving U.S. citizenship&lt;/a&gt;.  The asker of that question writes in an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under German citizenship law, one loses citizenship when &amp;quot;voluntarily&amp;quot; obtaining another citizenship. The reason that I did not lose my citizenship when I became a U.S. citizen was because: I was a child, and it happened automatically. Therefore, it is not considered voluntary. Luckily, I did not have to explain this, since it was a consulate in the U.S. (Houston, TX) that I visited, they were well aware of the way in which I inherited U.S. citizenship. However, I had some trouble when dealing with the London embassy as they did not understand all of the U.S. citizenship qualifiers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps anyone else that finds themselves in a similar situation! I was completely lost when I started this process, but three months later I have my German passport in my hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this I conclude that obtaining citizenship that way does not trigger German loss of nationality provisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(However, Wikipedia says that the &lt;em&gt;adoption&lt;/em&gt; provisions of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; trigger loss of nationality under the German provisions concerning adoption, so readers should keep that in mind if they are considering the nationality of someone who has been adopted.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T19:04:28.787" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19570" CreationDate="2019-11-27T19:23:31.193" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A proper answer will depend on whether a IRTF has also been issued&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OQTF with voluntary withdrawal period&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The IRTF &lt;strong&gt;can be pronounced&lt;/strong&gt; after an OQTF (with 30 days voluntary departure period), if you stayed in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OQTF without delay of voluntary departure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The IRTF &lt;strong&gt;is pronounced automatically&lt;/strong&gt; at the same time as an OQTF without a voluntary departure period.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may depend on the exact French wording (which I cannot read), but the Google Translated text implies a &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; and not a &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F18362&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The obligation to leave French territory (OQTF)&lt;/a&gt; does not directly state under what conditions you may return to France after fulfilling the OQTF order &lt;strong&gt;without a IRTF order&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does imply that a OQTF can be issued togeather &lt;strong&gt;with a IRTF&lt;/strong&gt;,  which then such a ban on reentry would apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no indication that the OQTF is stamped into the passport, so without a IRTF order, a reentry would depend on the information contained in the Passport itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an unexpired &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; exists, then &lt;em&gt;formaly&lt;/em&gt;, you may reenter. Once the permit has expired, then formaly, the 90/180 days rule would start. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you undertake a &lt;strong&gt;border hopping activity&lt;/strong&gt; between the Schengen Area and the United Kingdom, then assume that at some point the Border Guards of &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; may start to ask questions. The combination of expired permit and border hopping will leave a telling trail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Area&lt;/strong&gt; border guard may not let you back in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they do a thorough check and the OQTF order is found, an IRTF may be issued. The &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Information System (SIS)&lt;/strong&gt; will then contain an entry about your activity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry-Exit-System&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entry/Exit System (EES)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; comes into effect in 2020/21, the SIS will be checked as part of the enter/exit process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2782&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prohibition of return on French territory (IRTF)&lt;/a&gt; also does not explicitly state that a IRTF is &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; issued togeather with a OQTF with a voluntary withdrawal period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does state, that when issued, it effects future entry into the &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Area&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A automatic repeal of the IRTF seems to be possible after &lt;strong&gt;2 months&lt;/strong&gt; when&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have left on time (exit stamp in passport) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you present yourself to a french consulate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voluntary departure within 30 days&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;End of 30 days&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  At the end of the 30-day period, you must have left France by your own means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are still in France after this period, you can be placed in a detention center or under house arrest . The prefect informs you of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2782&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ban on returning to France (IRTF)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OQTF with voluntary withdrawal period&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Procedure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The IRTF can be pronounced after an OQTF (with 30 days voluntary departure period), if you stayed in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Duration of the prohibition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The IRTF lasts 2 years maximum from the execution of the OQTF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Note:  if you stayed in France despite the OQTF, you have a FTIR of 2 years which can be extended by up to 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consequences&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The IRTF forbids you not only to return to France, but also &lt;strong&gt;to any country in the Schengen area&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Indeed, an IRTF pronounced in France leads to a report for the purposes of non-admission into the Schengen Information System (SIS) . You must be informed of your registration in this file when notifying the IRTF. This registration will prevent you from obtaining a visa to enter and stay in the Schengen area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cancellation of the return ban&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Automatic repeal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The IRTF is repealed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;if you left France within the time limit,   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;and that you prove your exit in the 2 months following the expiry of this delay (the proof can be brought by the stamp affixed on your passport by the police at the borders or by any means, in particular by presenting yourself personally to the embassy or to the French consulate or to the Ofii delegation in the country of return).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Penals sanctions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If you return to France during the duration of the IRTF, you can be sentenced by the criminal judge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;to a prison term of up to 3 years,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;and possibly a ban on French territory (ITF) .&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;: (in French)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F18362&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Obligation de quitter la France (OQTF)&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2782&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Interdiction de retour sur le territoire français (IRTF)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-11-28T08:57:08.987" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T08:57:08.987" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19570" CreationDate="2019-11-27T22:02:17.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, for this question, I will ask as if my visa has been cancelled prematurely and I have received an obligation de quitter le territoire français (OQTF).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formally, an OQTF does not ban you from reentering France. In practice, it's a bit moot because many people who do get an OQTF also need a visa to come back and most of them would not be in a position to secure one easily. Which is also why the rules stayed that way for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, the law added a new separate measure to ban people from reentering France (outside of an “expulsion” or an “arrêté de reconduite à la frontière” which have always entailed a ban) called an “interdiction de retour sur le territoire français”. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lacimade.org/statistiques-ce-que-disent-les-chiffres-de-lexpulsion-des-personnes-exilees/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cimade&lt;/a&gt; reveals that about a fourth of OQTF are accompanied by an IRTF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I receive a OQTF, I was just wondering if I would be able to re-enter France/the Schengen as a tourist and stay for 90 days visa-free as an Australian ? E.g. if I went to England for 1 night, got my stamps on the way out of France, into London, and back into France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically yes but remember that you do not have any unconditional right to enter France (or the UK) and border guards are always entitled to evaluate the purpose of your stay (and whether you fulfilled a bunch of other requirements like having enough money). You would present yourself to the border with no job and a proven willingness to settle abroad i.e. objective facts that make the purpose of your stay and your intent to leave the country after 90 days (or six months for the UK) highly doubtful. In fact, it's not obvious to me you would even make it to London (as opposed to being escorted to a flight to Australia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2019-11-27T22:22:30.817" LastActivityDate="2019-11-27T22:22:30.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19213" CreationDate="2019-11-28T09:23:15.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just ask an Ausländerbehörde, who issued your residence permit, to confirm its validity. If they do not answer per mail, ask your husband to go there. This should be the right way, cause consulate only issues visa, and not resident permit. Probably the consulate cannot decide on the validity of the residence permit, but Ausländerbehörde kann issue an official paper LIKE &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324921/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; which will be enough to clarify all border control issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T09:23:15.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19561" CreationDate="2019-11-28T12:00:13.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Qatar is one of the identified nations to embrace foreigners to visit, work or do business in. Certificate legalization for Qatar is an essential process that is to be followed mostly when you are thinking to visit Qatar. It is an essential part of the attestation method which will validate the authenticity and genuinity of your documents. Educational Certificate Attestation for Qatar can be a very long method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obtaining the Qatar Attestation stamp from the Qatar Embassy or consulate is a type of legal method that will render with the data of the authenticity of the document. Qatar Embassy attestation is the certification of documents that are needed to perform business in Qatar or get a visa for the same. It is essential as it will identify you as a permissible individual. To get the certificate attested, one needs to get the concerned material checked at different levels of the government. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJB3l.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJB3l.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get documents Attested from Qatar Embassy in India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certificate authentication for Qatar is professionally carried out by the attestation agents. You must look for reliable &amp;amp; experienced service providers also by checking reviews for trustworthiness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process to get documents Attested from Qatar Embassy in India&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process for the Qatar Embassy Attestation is indirect and is carried out by different stages of the government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regional Level&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the beginning stage of the certificate attestation process. This level of confirmation can be done by the notary or the University from where the documents were issued, as per the requirement or from the Chamber of commerce in the case of commercial documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;State Government&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The attestation of documents from the state is carried out by three various departments as per the necessity of the document type. These departments are the State Home Department, Human Resource Department, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. SDM is independent of the state government, however, the verification performed by this authority is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MEA Stamp&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MEA is the last level of authentication from the home government after which an MEA sticker is applied to the document. MEA Attestation is the central department that concerns with the foreign matters of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Embassy Attestation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is carried out by the personnel of the respective country the documents are being attested for. It is the last step of the certification for most nations after the Ministry of External Affairs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PiNz9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PiNz9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also important to know if the attestation agency is legitimate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17877" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2019-11-29T11:06:57.263" LastActivityDate="2019-11-29T11:06:57.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19578" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19579" CreationDate="2019-11-30T01:26:44.003" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live currently in Canada and my spouse in the US (but she stays with me for extended periods of time). She will apply for my greencard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, this works in two steps: My spouse files form I-130 and afterwards online DS-160.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is there any point during this process where I cannot enter the US under the visa waiver program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T19:36:20.190" Title="Entering US during greencard process" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19578" CreationDate="2019-11-30T07:30:08.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no point in time at which you absolutely cannot visit the US as a B2 visitor or VWP visitor. However, entering the US as a visitor requires you to convince the officer that you do not intend to immigrate during this stay. Although intent to immigrate in the future does not prevent you from showing you do not intend to immigrate during this stay, it is much harder to show if you are the beneficiary of a pending immigrant petition from your spouse, as you can easily change your mind after entering and get a green card through Adjustment of Status within the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2019-11-30T19:36:20.190" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T19:36:20.190" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-30T13:13:01.373" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for statement of comparability to Zab and they asked me to pay the fee like 200€. I want to ask that how can i pay it? Like which bank. Ive gone to UBL and they said that they dont know any kind of procedure like this. Please help me out. And second thing is ive sent my two degrees B. Com and Masters so should ive to pay 300€?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19274" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T13:13:01.373" Title="Fee for statement of comparability" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19582" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-30T22:42:51.487" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand landlords are required to undertake right-to-rent checks, to check their tenants have the right to stay in the UK. I am currently renting a house on the basis of my Tier 4 student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the rental contract ends long after my Tier 4 visa expires. (I'm obviously not planning on overstaying my visa - I'll be going home for about a month and then returning to the UK to tie up some loose ends.) As I'll be returning to the UK on the basis of my non-visa national status, will I have the right to remain on the contract? I don't want to get my landlord or flatmates in trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi, original poster here. I don't have enough reputation to comment, but I feel it's important to clarify the question. Please feel free to remove my edits if they break the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Arthur's Pass thank you, posted it there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Moo thanks for your comment! I'm wondering whether my perceived intentions are in fact relevant? It seems like 'right to rent' is a solid legal concept, not based on anyone's perceived intentions. My question is what 'right to rent' legally constitutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home Office Code of Practice says '[s]omeone will have the ‘right to rent’ in the UK provided they are present lawfully in accordance with immigration laws'. This includes '‘leave to enter or remain in the UK’ [which] means that a person has permission from the Home Office to be in the UK. Permission may be time-limited or indefinite.' Unrelated Home Office guidance further states that non-visa nationals 'apply for leave to enter as a visitor on arrival at the UK border' (instead of applying for a visa in advance). So it would seem like I have a right to rent as long as I am legally admitted into the UK via my passport, but I don't want to make any assumptions, hence my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth mentioning I'm not concerned about gaining entry to the UK. My family and I frequently use the automatic egates for entry (for holiday purposes) with no issues. In event of being redirected to the manned counters, I'm a Registered Traveller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Patricia thanks for your comment too. That's the crux of my dilemma – that I didn't actively renew the contract. Most foreigners (i.e. no UK-based guarantor) have to sign and pay a lump sum for fixed periods of time (6 months to 1 year, rather than the usual monthly rent payment). The last 6-month period happened to extend past my visa expiry date. I'm sure this is a common scenario amongst renting foreigners, and I'm wondering what happens in this scenario. Should I ask to be taken off the contract, despite the fact that I've already had to pay for those remaining months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also confused by the concept of 'an attempt to continue living in the UK'. Many people from my country own and/or rent out (as opposed to rent) property in the UK, and hence make frequent trips to the UK. The UK government doesn't seem to care, and sometimes even endorses it. What if I were coming back to look at purchasing property (which I genuinely may do)? Where is the line drawn?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="bread" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T02:51:04.680" Title="Can a non visa national rent in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19583" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-01T11:56:12.540" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in the UK on a Tier 1 visa. I've just submitted a passport renewal application because my US passport expires soon, and assuming there are no hiccups in that process, I should have my new passport in 10 working days. I understand that I need to report my change of circumstances and update my BRP within 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An opportunity to attend an event in Slovenia has arisen that will take place a few weeks after the arrival of my new passport, but I'm struggling to find information on how long the process of updating my BRP will take. If I am unable to update it before the trip to Slovenia, will I have trouble re-entering the UK with my new US passport and my current BRP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tangential question: may I report the change of circumstances and update my BRP at the same time or must I do one before the other?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17113" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T16:04:05.857" Title="Can I travel outside UK with new US passport without first updating BRP?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-01T20:22:45.880" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the requirements to work in Netherlands as dental technician? &#xA;I am Syrian living in Iraq, having an experience with ten years at dental technology including cad/cam, fixed and removable restoration.&#xA;So I’m asking about the requirements to have visa that allow me to work in Netherlands, as a Syrian resident in Europe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19278" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T21:28:40.677" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T21:28:40.677" Title="Dental technician jobs in NL" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-01T22:09:40.237" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Ghanaian; I have a South Africa resident permit and am married to a South African with two children. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I came to Europe for holidays with a visitors visa and we visited my sister who is a German permanent resident. During our stay in Germany, my company in South Africa was attacked and they sent me a message not to come back if I don't want to lose my life and the one of my family.&#xA;So my wife returned alone and I extended my stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I don't have anywhere to go except to my sister so she is ready to use her resources to let me stay here in Germany in order for me not to go to South Africa to loss my life so what can we do now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19279" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-02T04:40:26.727" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T16:26:42.130" Title="How to Stay in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-01T23:07:21.693" Score="10" ViewCount="4957" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to relinquish my green card urgently as my family needs to relocate back to Europe shortly. I'm planning to fly to the CA/Mexico border in order to relinquish the Green Card and end my US residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I be immediately readmitted after I relinquish the card to continue the relocation? Do I need to apply for an ESTA ahead of time to do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What documents should I bring?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long should I expect the whole process to take?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19280" LastEditorUserId="6519" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T13:18:25.610" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T13:18:25.610" Title="Relinquishing Green card at CA/Mexico border" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19586" CreationDate="2019-12-01T23:18:37.750" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to &lt;em&gt;physically&lt;/em&gt; relinquish your green card. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/maintaining-permanent-residence&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maintaining Permanent Residence&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also lose your permanent resident status by intentionally abandoning it. You may be found to have abandoned your status if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move to another country, intending to live there permanently.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to spend the money and time to fly to the border for this purpose. Simply carry on with your plan and relocate to Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: As noted in the comments, you will also want to file an I-407 so that your US tax obligations are released. You can do this by mail from anywhere, there is no need to physically appear at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T21:42:27.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19484" CreationDate="2019-12-02T02:47:21.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Teaching in China can be a great experience but of course it depends on the individual, have you travelled before to countries in ASIA? The culture chock of staying long term in China can be rather large outside of the bigger cities but the rewards can also be huge to learn about the very rich Culture etc, it is very different than teaching in western countries as the school system here is lagging quite a bit in most places but China is actively working to catch up and better its educational system fast as they are realizing they need skilled youth to bring the country forwards in the future. If you decide to go just make sure you do get the correct VISA etc to avoid problems down the road and make sure you always perform the correct entry and exit procedures and I am sure you will have a great time here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T02:47:21.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17410" CreationDate="2019-12-02T02:52:43.483" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not conducting a proper exit procedure when leaving China can be rather trouble some, but there are agents who can try and help you sort the situation out and file the right papers etc to cancel your residency and ensure you have the proper leave letter etc from your former company which is absolutely critical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you must note that even if you complete the exit procedure you might still be denied a new business/tourist VISA because of not previously following the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally a Good VISA agent can organize this but as always in China the VISA approval process is somewhat person dependent and not always as straight forward as one would wish for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T02:52:43.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19586" CreationDate="2019-12-02T05:37:22.280" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can abandon LPR status and return your green card by mail from outside the US, using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-407&lt;/a&gt;. That may be better than just moving with intent to live elsewhere, because it eliminates any question about whether you owe taxes as a US resident, but simpler, cheaper, and more convenient than doing it in person at a port of entry before moving to Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T05:37:22.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-02T13:39:47.387" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to move from Italy to Germany for a job and I have a few questions regarding taxation and old-age pension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In which country will my income be taxed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In which country should I pay the contributions for old-age pension?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I have two bank accounts -- an Italian one and a German one (with N26) -- where will the interests gained on deposits be taxed for each of them? Is this taxation on interests done authomatically by the bank or do I need to do anything?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14847" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-02T17:39:39.787" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T18:50:30.037" Title="Taxiation in Germany (for expats from Italy)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19586" CreationDate="2019-12-02T14:16:40.443" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you sure that the relocation back to Europe is permanent?  If not, you may be able to retain US Permanent Resident status for up to six years by applying for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/B5en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;re-entry permit&lt;/a&gt;.  The permit is normally valid for 2 years but can be renewed twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this option may offer useful flexibility to many individuals, the downside to this is that the person would still be considered a US taxpayer and would need to continue to file US tax returns and potentially FBAR and FATCA paperwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17047" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T00:43:09.190" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T00:43:09.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19594" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19595" CreationDate="2019-12-01T14:50:22.397" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my wife have 3 children, the boy is 5 years old and 2 girls, 1 year old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We live in London (UK).&#xA;The nursery fees are very high and my wife wants to go back to work.&#xA;There are other things as well, that I rather not mention, but they are not directly related to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As one possible solution we are considering to travel to Brazil, where my mother and my sister live, and leave the 2 girls there for a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I buy a return ticket and then on the way back I don't show up with the babies, would that be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarification:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;the plan is:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I, with my wife and 3 kids go to brazil in december&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I, with my wife and the 5 years old boy come back to UK in January - the 2 babies remain in Brazil&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in march I go alone to Brazil, and bring back my mother and the 2 babies&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after some time in London, my mother returns to Brazil&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All are Italian citizens registered in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AIRE&lt;/a&gt; system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19287" OwnerDisplayName="Marcello Miorelli" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T14:44:50.770" Title="is it possible to go with the babies (Italian passport holders) but leave them in Brazil for a month or two?" Tags="&lt;children&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19594" CreationDate="2019-12-01T15:34:57.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Difficult question, with no simple answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also a question that belongs in &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;expatriates.stackexchange.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assumptions&lt;/strong&gt;: All participants&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;parents, children, mother and sister &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;are Italian citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All Italians living outside of Italy are &lt;strong&gt;required&lt;/strong&gt; to register themselves with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AIRE&lt;/a&gt; system &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if this is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the case, do so before leaving the United Kingdom &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once in Brazil register the children at the residence of your mother and/or sister&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the children will have their own &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/documenti_di_viaggio/passaporto.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;passports&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should insure, should questions arise, that no misunderstandings of your intentions are made. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consultation with the Italian Embassy or Consulate is &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt; advised to insure that everything is being dealt with in a transparent manner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anagrafe Italiani Residenti Estero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (AIRE).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/documenti_di_viaggio/passaporto.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy - Passaport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Johnson" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T20:00:58.843" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19592" CreationDate="2019-12-02T16:18:25.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have said you are &quot;moving&quot; from Italy to Germany.  That makes things much simpler. (Rules are more complex if you live in one country and work in another.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your salary will be taxed in Germany.  You will not be liable for tax on your salary in Italy, provided you register with AIRE.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should pay contributions for old-age pensions in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your German bank interest will be taxed in Germany.  Your Italian bank interest will be taxed in Italy &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; Germany (in theory), but you can claim any tax you pay in Italy back from the German tax due.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I said &quot;in theory&quot; because your Italian income (just interest on savings) will probably be so low that you won't be due to pay any tax in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly advise getting a tax advisor (a &lt;em&gt;Steuerberater(in)&lt;/em&gt;).  Ask your new colleagues for a recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Old age pensions:  You will end up needing to claim a pension from both Italy &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; Germany.  However, because Italy and Germany are both in the EU you can use time in either to meet any &quot;minimum time contributing&quot; requirements.  This means you don't need to worry about taking a job for two years in each EU country, and ending up with no pension at all because you haven't met the minimum contributions.  You'll just have 27 (rather small) pensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14680" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-02T18:50:30.037" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T18:50:30.037" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19585" CreationDate="2019-12-02T16:26:42.130" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should get a lawyer guiding you through this. You can pay one, I'm sure there are organisations to help you if you cannot afford one (probably the default if you arrive as a refugee).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to explain your matter more clearly. Right now as a layman, I cannot see a reason for asylum. Surely, robbery, assault or murder is neither legal nor covered up by South African police. So it seems at first glance that protecting you at your home would be a local police matter, not a reason to flee to another continent for asylum. Asylum is meant for people that are in danger from a system they cannot escape other than fleeing said system completely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you can make the point that it is too dangerous for you in South Africa because of a greater systemic issue, the first question will be &quot;I'm really sorry. So why didn't you go back to Ghana?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to say is this: it is important to play your cards right. You have rights here but you might not know them. You may unwittingly say something that can be seen in a certain light under a law you don't know. So go get a lawyer to help you with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T16:26:42.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19592" CreationDate="2019-12-02T17:39:09.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;strong&gt;income tax&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;old-age pension&lt;/strong&gt; will be paid in Germany and will be deducted from your pay automaticly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When leaving Germany you should apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;, which will assist you when applying for a Pension in the future&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;see details inside in the first link below, togeather with other tips one what must be done after arrival in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the Bank account in Germany, tax is deducted from your account and must be declared in your yearly tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How the same is done for the Italian bank, I cannot say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also consider enrolment in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A.I.R.E.&lt;/a&gt; system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which is &lt;strong&gt;obligatory&lt;/strong&gt; for those who take up residence in a foreign country for more than 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;registration frees you from tax obligations on foreign earnings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Italian National Healthcare&lt;/strong&gt; services can be used with health card issued in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enrolment in the A.I.R.E. is done by means of a declaration (special form available) made to the &lt;strong&gt;locally competent consular office within 90 days of transfer abroad&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;This involves the simultaneous cancellation from the Civil Registry (APR) of the municipality of residence in Italy.&#xA;In order to facilitate and accelerate A.I.R.E. enrolment it is necessary (but not obligatory) that the enrolee display a document &lt;strong&gt;proving residence in the chosen foreign municipality&lt;/strong&gt; (e.g. certificate of residence issued by the foreign authority, residence permit, identity card, utility bills, copy of the employment contract etc.).&#xA;Enrolment can also take place on the basis of information of which consular office is made aware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3) What is the effective date of my AIRE registration?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The effective date of AIRE registration corresponds to the date in which the Comune in Italy receives the registration request from the Italian Consulate. &lt;strong&gt;Please note that the AIRE registration date cannot be retroactive&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If citizens, &lt;strong&gt;prior to their expatriation, notified their Comune in Italy of their transfer of residency abroad&lt;/strong&gt;, the effective date of AIRE registration will correspond to the date in which they notified their Comune of their expatriation. These declarations, however, become invalid if citizens do not submit a formal AIRE registration request to their Consulate &lt;strong&gt;within 90 days of arrival in the Consular jurisdiction&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note: While notifying the Comune of expatriation is optional, the submission of the AIRE registration request to the Italian Consulate abroad is mandatory&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19397/17166&quot;&gt;What are the things I should do after getting into Germany?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Step 2: Registration at the Foreigners Office (Ausländerbehörde)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;does not apply&lt;/strong&gt; to EU Citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; Italiani Residenti Estero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (AIRE).&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/consolato_sanfrancisco/en/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/anagrafe/1-aire-e-chi-deve-iscriversi.html#Assistenza_sanitari_AIRE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AIRE Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T17:39:09.633" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-02T21:00:00.107" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently working in UK with Tier-2 ICT visa, Can I stay for 3 or 4 days after my visa got expired in order to close my UK bank account, clear dues and finishing personal things if any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19290" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T00:46:22.733" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T00:46:22.733" Title="UK Immigration Exit Rules" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19600" CreationDate="2019-12-02T21:25:39.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, per the UKVI answer to this freedom of information request. You must leave the U.K. within the expiry date of your existing visa unless you have an outstanding application with UKVI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_there_a_grace_period_after_ex&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/is_there_a_grace_period_after_ex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T21:25:39.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19586" CreationDate="2019-12-03T02:49:47.940" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for all your answers. I probably wasn’t as explicit as I needed in my question but now that I’ve been through it I want to share my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of this Summer you can no longer abandon LPR status and more importantly residence at a US embassy or consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have 2 options&#xA;1) mail form I-407 to USCIS&#xA;2) abandon your green card at a port of entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes 60 days to process if you mail the form in and your date of abandonment seems to be the date of processing (eg 60 days later). If you happen to be abandoning your green card to avoid the tax complications of remaining a US resident then this is problematic. If you hold your LPR status for 1 day of a calendar year, you are deemed a US resident for tax purposes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be certain, I flew to a port of entry at the border so I could cross back in on a tourist visa and went through the I-407 in person with a CBP officer which allows you to end your residency immediately. I’ll admit, most of the CBP officers thought I was crazy and very few had seen this happen before but the officer in charge of special cases like this says it happens maybe once a week. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19280" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T02:49:47.940" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-03T16:56:24.123" Score="3" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen (age 29), and I met my Syrian fiance (age 31) years ago when we were at school in Syria. After the war, we had to split up. He now lives and works in Poland for a large technology company, and I moved to the US because it was easier for me as a US citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Trump's travel ban in 2017, is it still possible for me to bring him to the States so we can live together? And is it better to do a fiance visa (K1) and get married here in the States, or to get married outside the States and apply for a different kind of visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19296" OwnerDisplayName="Varda Elentári" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T17:28:20.473" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T19:18:45.957" Title="What's the best and fastest way to bring my Syrian fiance who lives and works in Poland to the United States? ( I'm a US citizen)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19605" CreationDate="2019-12-03T18:07:39.513" Score="1" ViewCount="720" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on a lease in the United States along with my fiance. Both our names are on the lease. I will leave the United States (because of visa expiration) before my lease term is up. My fiance will continue to live there until the end of the lease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no problem continuing to pay for my part, but would having my name still on the lease when I'm supposed to leave the United States (and have no legal status to be in the United States) be illegal? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I ask for my name to be removed from the lease and leave just my fiance's name on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17473" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T19:06:44.343" Title="On lease after visa expiration" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;lease&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19604" CreationDate="2019-12-03T18:26:02.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be aware, if you are not already, that &lt;em&gt;it is not necessary to have a valid visa to remain in the US.&lt;/em&gt;  The visa only needs to be valid when you enter the US, whereupon you are given a period of authorized stay by the immigration officer.  That date may be written or stamped into your passport, and it will be on your I-94 form, This I-94 form is normally a database record available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the CBP site&lt;/a&gt;, but sometimes it is an actual piece of paper, especially if you have extended your stay by application to USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, as long as you leave the US before the expiration of the authorized period of stay shown on your most recent I-94 form, there's no violation of US immigration law, since you're not actually in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(You have reminded me in a comment that there is another circumstance under which it is necessary for a nonimmigrant to leave the US, which is falling out of status.  The details vary depending on the specific status and the reason for falling out of it; sometimes there is a grace period and sometimes there is not.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One tenant moving out of a jointly leased residence may have some consequences for the validity of the lease, or for its renewal, depending on the jurisdiction.  To know for sure, you would need to look into the laws governing residential leases in the relevant jurisdiction.  If the lease is in New York City, at least, your fiancé can continue living in the residence and can even bring in a roommate.  If your fiancé wants to continue living there after the end of the lease, the landlord can probably refuse to treat it as a lease renewal, instead concluding a new lease.  If the residence is a rent-regulated apartment, this can result in a greater increase in the rent than would otherwise be allowed, potentially allowing the landlord to deregulate the apartment.  Other states and cities will have different rules that may be less (or more) favorable to tenants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T19:06:44.343" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T19:06:44.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-03T19:02:43.580" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the policy about freelance work done in Germany (for possibly international clients through a global online platform) by people with another main job? Is it allowed? What are the steps required to register such employment? How is it taxed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my specific case, the main employment would be a 75% PhD position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A related question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13396/is-it-permitted-to-work-as-a-freelancer-on-upwork-while-studying-in-germany&quot;&gt;Is it permitted to work as a freelancer on Upwork while studying in Germany?&lt;/a&gt; (which does not cover my case precisely).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14847" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T11:56:52.173" Title="Policy for freelance work in Germany for people with another main employment" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19603" CreationDate="2019-12-03T19:18:45.957" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you say he is &quot;Syrian&quot;, do you mean he is a Syrian citizen? Does he have another nationality with which he can get another passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he is a Syrian citizen, and he does not have access to a passport from a non-banned country, he will not be able to get an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to the US under the current travel ban. It doesn't matter if you try to get him a fiance visa or if you marry him first and try to get him an immigrant visa; both ways are banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if he is a dual national of Syria and a non-banned country, and he is traveling on the passport of that non-banned country, the travel ban does not affect him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T19:18:45.957" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19606" CreationDate="2019-12-04T06:29:05.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can have multiple jobs there is no law against it. One or more of them could be working self-employed (&quot;Selbstständiger&quot;/&quot;Freiberufler&quot;) or for your own company. Not every profession can be &quot;Selbstständiger&quot;, it must be some kind of creative, mental work. Programming would work. Scrubbing toilets would not. But you can have your own company for &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; sort of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory it's dead easy. You ask your local &quot;Finanz-Amt&quot; (tax authority) for the form to fill out. You fill in the details, pay a small fee (probably less than 20€) and then you have either a &quot;Freiberufler&quot; or a company you now own. You will get a second (third...) tax id that is not your personal tax id, so you can use that to write invoices as a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the paperwork is really easy. I did it, it's as easy as it sounds, it maybe takes 30 minutes to fill out that form, you can do it right there and turn it in if you want. My personal experiences with our local tax authority are super positive. Of all the authorities, this one is actually &lt;em&gt;happy to have you&lt;/em&gt;, because you bring in money, not the other way round as it normally goes with &quot;Amt&quot;s.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is a lot of legal work to be done. And you should get a lawyer to set that up right and advise you. How to do taxes? How to get insurance? Does your job need something like malpractice insurance or a &quot;Gewerbeschein&quot;? Do you need separate accounts for your business? Is it better to have a company or be self-employed for your specific case? And if it's a company, what legal form should it have? Do you make enough money that you have to pay taxes up front? Or can you use one of the many exemptions? Get a professional to answer all those questions before you register.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you do have a legal duty to your day job: you are required to come to work rested and fit for the job. If you program all night for your side-business and are sleepy eyed and tired and make mistakes all day at your day job, that &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a reason to eventually fire you. But it's the same reason as if you would play computer games or binge watch shows or talk to your friends all night every night, it has nothing to do with &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; you fail at your day job. Just make sure you &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt;, regardless of reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, make sure you check your current contract for clauses what to do when you have another job. Employers may require notification of your side business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long story short: you can do that. It's perfectly legal, many people do it. But before you sign the papers, get professional help to get it right from the start. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2019-12-04T11:56:52.173" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T11:56:52.173" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-04T10:53:05.503" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any law that regulates authomatic increases in rent in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, on a rent contract where a certain monthly ammount is established, are there any authomatic yearly increases by law?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14847" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T14:10:14.950" Title="Authomatic yearly increases in rent in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19611" CreationDate="2019-12-04T11:09:18.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there are no increases by law. If it increases, it increases because your contract said it increases, or because your contract changed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are local laws about trying to reduce the increases of rent, often called &quot;Mietpreisbremse&quot; or &quot;Mietendeckel&quot;, but they are local laws and they regulate by how much the rent &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be increased. No law exists that defines a default increase or says it &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Increases may happen when the apartment gets modernized or when the area you rent increases (sounds weird at first but for example if your apartment gets an additional balcony, the area you rent has just increased, although your walls haven't moved at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; increase independent of your rent and might actually change by small amounts every year is non-fixed positions, like water, garbage disposal, gardening if you have a common yard, electricity for common rooms (staircase and elevator in an apartment block for example). Those will fluctuate from year to year independent of what is in your contract as rent for your apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T11:09:18.763" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19611" CreationDate="2019-12-04T13:19:19.683" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is but only after a period of 15 months of unchanged rent - whereby raises for renovations (§ 559) and maintainence costs (§ 560) don't count. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§ 558 (1) BGB (Civil Code), generally leads to an automatic increase every 2 years. This increase may be higher than the inflation rate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These increases lead to average rent of the area being raised, which in itsself leads to further increases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For pensioners, which recieve about 60% of their previous earnings, this poses problems since these increases alone eats up the increased pension of the last 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For social support, where the amount of rent is part of the calculation, there is a fix sum of rent that will be taken into consideration. This fix sum is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; raised in the same automatic mannor as the rent itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bezahlbarer Wohnraum&lt;/strong&gt; (Affordable living space) is considered a major social problem where the average rent is nearing the 50% of available income (instead of around 30%), for which § 558 (1) BGB is partially a cause of since it similar in nature to a never ending spiral of increases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p2120&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 558 Increase in rent up to the reference rent customary in the locality&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-04T14:10:14.950" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T14:10:14.950" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19614" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-04T18:06:23.837" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Berlin for past one year. I was living in a shared apartment for 7-8 months. Then my landlord was paying radio tax for us. He gave me the number for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I entered that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/antworten/index_ger.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; along with the number I got through post after city registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to my new apartment and registered it. Then I got a letter from ARD saying that I have to pay for the entire year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is how to avoid paying the amount for my previous apartment, since it is already paid by the landlord. I am ready to pay it for the new apartment because no one else is paying for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17507" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-02T21:53:20.093" LastActivityDate="2020-05-02T21:53:20.093" Title="Radio tax already paid by landlord, tenant still getting bill" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19614" CreationDate="2019-12-04T18:50:20.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They should only charge you for any months &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; you registered with the landlords number (if any).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date they recieved the registration is important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were living there from January to August and registered with the Landlords number in January: you shouldn't have to pay anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should they be charging for months before you arrived in Germany, then supply them proof when you entered Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding the specific dates to your question would be helpfull, because without those a precise answer cannot be given. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T18:50:20.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-04T22:19:13.840" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife, who is a Dutch national, has applied for my immigration in the Netherlands. &#xA; I am from Pakistan and am waiting for the process to complete while studying for the Dutch Civic integration exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long does the process usually take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I get my civic integration exam result, if I pass, how long will it take for the embassy to process my MVV?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16751" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-04T22:52:49.473" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T22:52:49.473" Title="How long does a Dutch family immigration application take?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-04T18:42:59.910" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Sri Lankan with a job offer for Vienna, Austria. I'm just about to apply for my Red White Red Card Visa and wondering about the process. there is no any clear path to apply for the RWR card from Sri Lanka (we don't have an Austrian Embassy or a representative for RWR card visa in Sri Lanka). do we have to apply for this via India (Austrian Embassy in New Delhi) or is there any other specific way to go through this. really appreciate your help with this. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anuk" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T22:45:17.847" Title="Apply For Red White Red Card Visa from Sri Lanka" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19583" CreationDate="2019-12-05T11:18:44.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the &lt;strong&gt;Migrant change of circumstances&lt;/strong&gt; form is not very clear about the BRP process. The contained link, that may have explained this, is now invalid&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/replace-visa-brp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/replace-visa-brp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is clear, is that the form must be used to report the changed passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Passport details&lt;/strong&gt;: If a new passport has been issued, provide the passport number, place of issue, date of issue and the date of expiry of the new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That may be followed up with an automatic replacement of the BRP or a notice what to do next. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the images I have seen, the BRP does not contain the passport information, so there may be no need to replace it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until then, I would suggest taking the advice given in the &lt;strong&gt;Transfer your visa from your passport&lt;/strong&gt; topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel to and from the UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You can use the valid visa in your expired passport when you’re travelling to and from the UK. You’ll need to travel &lt;strong&gt;with your expired and your new passport&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would probably only be needed when the system entry the Immigration officer may be checking has not yet been updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Biometric residence permits (BRPs)&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/transfer-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Transfer your visa from your passport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notification-of-change-of-circumstances-form-mcc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Notification of change of circumstances: form MCC - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T16:04:05.857" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T16:04:05.857" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19583" CreationDate="2019-12-05T14:48:23.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can travel immediately using your new passport. You will not have your BRP replaced just for a renewed passport. The point of the BRP, and part of the reason for replacing visa vignettes with a separate card, is that it is independent of your passport validity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to find positive evidence for this, but note that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-circumstances-visa-brp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change of circumstances&lt;/a&gt; instructions don't even mention that you need to inform UKVI about your new passport, and most importantly, it is not listed as a circumstance under which you must apply for a new BRP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T14:48:23.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-05T18:42:51.193" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, does a &quot;compulsory malpractice insurance&quot; exists for tax advisors to protect their clients from financial ramifications in case of mistakes? In many European countries such compulsory professional insurances exist (for lawyers, accountants, medical doctors, etc.). Is this the case in Germany as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14847" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T11:01:40.210" Title="Compulsory professional malpractice insurance (for tax consultants) in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19549" CreationDate="2019-12-06T03:24:37.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you sure you need to apply for ‘titre de sejour’? I might be wrong but in most long stay visas you need to validate your visa online and the process follows.&#xA;This is what I did for my appointments. I received the medical appointment in a week of arrival but still waiting for OFII summon.&#xA;Your process might differ but worth checking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19307" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T03:24:37.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-06T06:42:00.183" Score="2" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered the role of “Software developer” but my degree currently is a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Psychology, Journalism and English).  As far as the officials told me, I will only need a recognized degree and it does not need to be related to my profession.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per anabin, my university is currently recognized in Germany (Bangalore University as H+). However, my degree is &quot;conditionally comparable&quot; only. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a regular work/employment visa and not a Blue Card. I currently reside in India. The salary being offered is also above 41,000 EUR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what my chances are and what I can do to improve it. Would requesting a ZAV letter from my employer help? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19309" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T19:51:46.797" Title="Eligible for German work visa with &quot;conditionally comparable&quot; degree?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-06T08:43:32.963" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany now allows its citizens to acquire the citizenship of other EU countries without losing their German citizenship. For how long has this been the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19311" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T11:02:51.947" Title="Since when has Germany allowed naturalization in other EU countries without loss of German citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19627" CreationDate="2019-12-06T10:13:18.997" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 28. August 2007, where in Section 25 (1) sentence 2 StAG was added. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§ 25 Abs. 1 Satz 2 StAG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Der &lt;strong&gt;Verlust nach Satz 1 tritt nicht ein&lt;/strong&gt;, wenn ein Deutscher die Staatsangehörigkeit eines anderen Mitgliedstaates der Europäischen Union, der Schweiz oder eines Staates erwirbt, mit dem die Bundesrepublik Deutschland einen völkerrechtlichen Vertrag nach § 12 Abs. 3 abgeschlossen hat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 25 (1) sentence 2 StAG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    The &lt;strong&gt;loss under sentence 1 does not arise&lt;/strong&gt; if a German acquires the citizenship of another member state of the European Union, Switzerland or a state with which the Federal Republic of Germany has concluded a contract under international law pursuant to § 12 (3).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.buzer.de/gesetz/4560/al8339-0.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fassung § 25 StAG a.F. bis 28.08.2007 (geändert durch Artikel 5 G. v. 19.08.2007 BGBl. I S. 1970)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-06T11:02:51.947" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T11:02:51.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19621" CreationDate="2019-12-06T10:43:06.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the need for a &lt;strong&gt;compulsory malpractice insurance&lt;/strong&gt; is defined in &lt;strong&gt;§ 25 (2) StBerG&lt;/strong&gt;, that is quoted below.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;§ 25 Haftungsausschluß, Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (1) Bei der Hilfeleistung in Steuersachen im Rahmen der Befugnis nach § 4 Nr. 11 für die Mitglieder kann die Haftung des Vereins für das Verschulden seiner Organe und Angestellten nicht ausgeschlossen werden.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; Die Lohnsteuerhilfevereine müssen gegen die sich aus der Hilfeleistung in Steuersachen im Rahmen der Befugnis nach § 4 Nr. 11 ergebenden Haftpflichtgefahren &lt;strong&gt;angemessen versichert sein&lt;/strong&gt;. Zuständige Stelle im Sinne des § 117 Abs. 2 des Versicherungsvertragsgesetzes ist die Aufsichtsbehörde.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) (weggefallen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tax Advisory Act (StBerG)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;§ 25 Disclaimer, liability insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (1) The liability of the association for the fault of its organs and employees can not be excluded in the assistance in tax matters within the scope of the authority under § 4 no. 11 for the members.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; The wage tax assistance associations &lt;strong&gt;must be adequately insured against liability risks&lt;/strong&gt; arising from assistance in tax matters within the scope of the power under Section 4 (11).  Competent body within the meaning of § 117 paragraph 2 of the Insurance Contract Act is the supervisory authority.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (3) (dropped away)   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stberg/__25.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 25 StBerG - Haftungsausschluß, Haftpflichtversicherung&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-06T11:01:10.503" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T11:01:10.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-06T15:57:10.893" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does the tenant of a flat have any rights on the interests matured on the &quot;caution deposit&quot; or do they belong to the landlord? If yes, according to what percentage should the interests be calculated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14847" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T18:43:08.147" Title="Interests on &quot;caution deposit&quot; for rental in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19569" CreationDate="2019-12-06T17:57:36.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is complicated, in general the time counted for permanent residence depends on the kind of residence permit that you have. If you have a student residence permit, then that time does not count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The confusion comes that most non-EU students are doing PhDs on student residence permits, but this is not always the case, because other residence permits (like a worker's) allow you to study. It always depends on the kind of residence permit, not the actual activities you do in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the positions you show in EURAXESS, generally speaking EU funded positions (specially Marie Curie Actions) require the grantee institution to use their financial contribution only to fund work contracts, and not scholarships. This is a hard requirement by the European Commission, and generally speaking you get a work contract and also can do a PhD, if you want (not strictly required).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This latter point means that the institution will issue you a work contract, and that requires a work visa, for which your time will count for permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3718" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-12-20T06:16:33.097" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T06:16:33.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19630" CreationDate="2019-12-06T18:43:08.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to §551 BGB, the interests on the deposit belong to the tenant (except some cases, f.e. student dorms). Landlords have no rights on it (and they must save deposit separated from their own money)..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The percentage is just a usual bank percentage, so maybe 0.5% a year nowadays or even less. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T18:43:08.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-06T20:46:46.087" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;German citizenship was generally lost (in the absence of a permit to retain it or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19628/19314&quot;&gt;2007 changes in the law&lt;/a&gt;) when a foreign nationality was applied for and received. Specifically, naturalization in a foreign state was one of the main mechanisms by which German nationality was lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this apply to acquisition of Irish citizenship through foreign birth registration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand, this acquisition of Irish citizenship is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Naturalization, and relates to &quot;facts of birth&quot;. On the other hand, it must be applied for, and those who acquire Irish nationality through foreign birth registration are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; considered to have been Irish citizens before their registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19314" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T11:00:26.980" Title="Did application for Irish citizenship (before 2007) via foreign birth registration cause loss of German citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19634" CreationDate="2019-12-06T23:32:52.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have look at the answer below, which may answer most of your questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important point is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you, as a adult, ask for and recieved a foreign nationality?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when no: apply for &lt;strong&gt;Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This assumes you were German through birth (before foreign birth registration) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your parents were German &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19461/17166&quot;&gt;germany - Does derivation of US citizenship through parents' naturalization cause loss of German citizenship?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T23:32:52.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-07T11:59:16.017" Score="0" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/M6LnBcBorto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;And it does seem Americans in general do wear shoes indoors quite often&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do they wear long pants? I tried it myself -- if you want the pants to not touch the floor while you are wearing them, you have to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sit down and fold the pants' sleeves in half, fixing them in place with hands&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Put each of your feet and kick outward so that the folded half extends with your legs going in them&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;repeat for the other foot&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously for shorts this method is unnecessary and you can balance your way to wearing them :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does everybody do this? I think I found this out looking at my roommate do it but I can't remember how I got to wear pants this way. Am I really the ocd/pernicious sort? I'm guessing if you are acutely aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/rdYffLGRamo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how dirty the floors are if you step on them with shoes worn outside&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;one really doesn't want his/her pants to touch the floor very often, if at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16848" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-13T16:41:20.270" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T14:21:15.390" Title="Wearing shoes indoors in America" Tags="&lt;health&gt;&lt;clothes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17948" CreationDate="2019-12-07T12:12:10.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes both are available in China, you may have to go to a foreign manager hospital but they are plenty specially in the bigger cities, if you are out in the rural areas you might have challenges though &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T12:12:10.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14805" CreationDate="2019-12-07T12:17:25.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you follow the proper procedures as you should your work visa will be converted to a 30 day tourist visa to allow you to sort your affairs and close bank accounts etc after you finish your work contract, if however you didn’t follow the company exit procedure when you stopped working and have been in china on that permanent residence card but not employed you have committed a crime in China and depending on how you handle this can be deported and some times worse, few people realize or understand how important it is to follow proper entry and exit procedures in china &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T12:17:25.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-06T14:07:43.123" Score="0" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;We came to Munich 2 months back. We approached Realschule and Gymnasium, and both refused to take our 8-year old as she did not speak German. Only option left was Hauptschule, which I read from reviews is ranked lowest in the schools.&#xA;What are the options that a non-German parent has in such situation? I also have a 13 year old, for whom the problem is even further worrying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19488" OwnerDisplayName="Salam" LastEditorUserId="19488" LastEditDate="2020-01-13T14:07:06.200" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T14:07:06.200" Title="School options for a non-German" Tags="&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19641" CreationDate="2019-12-06T14:55:25.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If she is 8 years old, that would put her at &quot;Grundschule&quot; (elementary school) levels in Bavaria. More specifically, in 2nd or 3rd grade, depending on month of birth and previous educational levels. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a lot of elementary schools will have special courses for German as foreigners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During 4th grade, depending on her overall grades she can then choose a secondary school, which can be &quot;Hauptschule&quot; for grades 5 through 9 (or 10),  &quot;Realschule&quot; for grades 5 through 10 or &quot;Gymnasium&quot; for grades 5 through 12/13.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13654" OwnerDisplayName="Adwaenyth" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T14:55:25.167" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19643" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19656" CreationDate="2019-12-08T00:32:44.637" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going back to my country (Brazil) for a week and then I'll go back to Europe. I'd like to know if my country keeps a register of my entries and departures.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not considering passport stamps, I'm talking about a register of some governmental entity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know about Brazil specifically but you know how this works in your country, I'd still appreciate your answer, because I think countries around the world have similar procedures in regard to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15023" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-09T18:41:54.523" LastActivityDate="2019-12-11T10:21:15.980" Title="Do countries keep a register of entry and departure of their own citizens?" Tags="&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-08T04:17:25.423" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask about EEA permit. I am holding a Indian passport and married to EU national. this aug 2019 my 2 years visit visa got refused. Can I still apply for EEA permit in Dubai? like to ask you what I can do next? As my Kids (EU national) want to study in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19316" LastActivityDate="2019-12-08T04:17:25.423" Title="I would like to ask about EEA permit" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19641" CreationDate="2019-12-08T10:55:28.997" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the options that a non-German parent has in such situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask school and authorities what they can offer to make your child learn german.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is no help in putting a child into a normal school if it doesn't speak at least basic words of a language.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Your daughter would be bored all day and have no idea what happens around her. She wouldn't learn anything if she doesn't understand what others say. Grades would be bad and demotivating. Finding friends is hard too. In summary, she would have a very disappointing time.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Later when she leaves school (probably not finish - just leave) you might see all this was useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If school refuses to place your child somewhere without any sense then it's your chance to avoid asking &quot;why didn't we ...&quot; in a couple of years when it is too late.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead you have the chance to set the direction of her future &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please use this chance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19318" LastEditorUserId="19318" LastEditDate="2019-12-08T11:23:48.377" LastActivityDate="2019-12-08T11:23:48.377" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-08T17:58:03.190" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating from Germany to the Netherlands, and also switching jobs. Between the end of my current contract and the start of my new one, there is a 1 month gap (January), where I would be technically unemployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a job contract ends in Germany, in order to keep your &quot;public&quot; health insurance you have to either register as an unemployed, or pay for your health insurance out of your pocket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to have an active health insurance during the month of January, and I am wondering if I can do this without having to pay it directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Would it be possible to register as unemployed just for that month, so to keep my health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17547" LastActivityDate="2019-12-08T17:58:03.190" Title="Keeping health insurance between jobs in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19643" CreationDate="2019-12-08T19:19:13.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume that each country deals with the registration of entry and departure of its own citizens differently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume also, how some countries deal with it officially, will not always be the same as how they deal with it in reality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schengen Area&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schengen Border Code&lt;/strong&gt; Article 8 (2) defines for &lt;strong&gt;persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law&lt;/strong&gt;, what checks may be done upon entry or exit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schengen Border Code&lt;/strong&gt; Article 8 (3) defines the same for third-country nationals, which includes (iii) &lt;strong&gt;examination of the entry and exit stamps&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schengen Border Code&lt;/strong&gt; Article 11 &lt;strong&gt;Stamping of the travel documents&lt;/strong&gt;, define which passports are to be stamped. &#xA;With exceptions, only passports of third-country nationals, who do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; enjoy the right of free movement under Union law, are stamped. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the present time, a registration (permanent storage) of entry and departure does not take place based on Articles 8 and 11. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will change with the intoduction of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/new-eu-system-that-replaces-passport-stamps-to-start-operating-by-2022/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entry/Exit System (EES)&lt;/a&gt; system expected in 2022 (after the introduction of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/etias/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ETIAS&lt;/a&gt; system), which will replace the physical passport stamp with an electronic 'stamp' contained in the EES system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for EU-Citizens and their long-term residents, no registration of entry and departure exists at present and in the foreseeable future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flight data&lt;/strong&gt;:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The collection of flight data is probably the greatest source of information available for the entry and departure of persons between countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nobody can claim that that this information is compleate. But it is a source of information that may not otherwise be collected. Travel information of their own citizens will be contained within this information. It is a matter who (other agencies) in the end gets this information and how it is used. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record_(autobiography)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bulk collection and storage of information&lt;/a&gt; for later use has been known to happen in the past and who really knows what happens at present .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the United States, this is how they enforce their exit controls for third-country nationals. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK also collects ferry/train information on travelers: &lt;a href=&quot;https://bbc.com/news/uk-32205970&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Passport exit checks begin at UK ports and borders&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/etias/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ETIAS - European Travel Information and Authorisation System&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/new-eu-system-that-replaces-passport-stamps-to-start-operating-by-2022/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entry/Exit System (EES)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bbc.com/news/uk-32205970&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BBC 2015 - Passport exit checks begin at UK ports and borders&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record_(autobiography)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent Record (Edward Snowden)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-11T10:21:15.980" LastActivityDate="2019-12-11T10:21:15.980" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19560" CreationDate="2019-12-08T20:21:16.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;you need to invite her with family visa, than marry her in Italy. After 10 years you can ask citizenship, but until you are a student she can stay with you in Italy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19319" LastActivityDate="2019-12-08T20:21:16.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19637" CreationDate="2019-12-09T01:33:08.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless your shoes get unusually dirty or muddy, nothing terrible ever happens. You can wear shoes in a house and let your pants touch the floor and, really, nothing happens. You don't get ugly stains on your pants. You don't get sick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there are exceptions. When it's muddy or rainy, people will wipe off their shoes when entering a house or remove them, depending on how rainy. If you step in something unusual, you wash it off or leave your shoes outside until you can clean them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But 99.9% of the time, it works just fine. There really is no problem. Try it for a month and nothing unusual at all will happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish, you can always remove your shoes before or upon entering other people's houses. And if you wish, you can request people to remove their shoes before entering your house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19321" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T01:33:08.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-09T04:28:25.700" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of bringing my long-term girlfriend to the UK as a partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We currently live together in her home country and according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826340/Appendix-FM-1-7-Financial-Requirement-ext_1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;financial requirement detailed guide&lt;/a&gt; section 5.2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the applicant’s partner must also have a confirmed offer of salaried or&#xA;  nonsalaried employment in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm curious about that final &quot;in the UK&quot; and how it relates to remote work. I'm considering making the switch to fully remote work upon return to the UK, which raises a few questions. I can't find an answer to these in the above guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does &quot;in the UK&quot; mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Earned while I'm physically present in the UK (even if I were, for example, still working for my current company remotely)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Earned working for a UK company (even if I stayed in my current country of residence)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paid into a UK bank account (even if I was working for a foreign company while living abroad)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any combination of the above?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else I haven't thought of?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15581" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T04:28:25.700" Title="Money earned &quot;in the UK&quot; for family visa with regards to remote work" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-09T12:48:34.667" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone can explain me the school system in Germany. I very recently got my daughter enrolled at a local school and got then got her health check up done at the public health department &quot;einschulungsuntersuchung&quot;. Now the doctor over there says my child is not yet ready or maybe she can get ready in 3-4 months but as of now not yet ready. She will be starting school in August next year(turns 6 then). She says her language is not strong enough. She only understands English and also at some point she is not able to comprehend what needs to be done. I told her she has never had any such problems before and also she has been to English school in India and understands English pretty well. I said you can do it again and I can help a bit. But then she said I am not saying she will not be able to go to school. She can if she improves in the next 3-4 months. But can the school deny admission to my child based on her report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18993" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T12:48:34.667" Title="School system in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19653" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19654" CreationDate="2019-12-09T16:02:51.613" Score="3" ViewCount="2038" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Italian citizen who lives in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;when applying for an Indian Visa (or any other Visa) they ask for the &lt;code&gt;place of issue&lt;/code&gt; of my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is the Italian consulate in London UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what is the right answer to this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it &lt;code&gt;London Uk&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Italy&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k47es.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k47es.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19287" LastEditorUserId="19287" LastEditDate="2019-12-21T17:11:13.960" LastActivityDate="2019-12-21T17:11:13.960" Title="what is the place of issue of a passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19653" CreationDate="2019-12-09T16:38:10.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your passport's data page (the page with your picture) displays an entry for &quot;Autorità/Authority/Autorité.&quot; As noted in the comments below, the entry there is likely to display &quot;Ministro Degli Affari Esteri,&quot; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the issuing governmental agency. The Passport itself does not say where (physically) the passport was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in this Indian visa application you may only choose &quot;London (UK)&quot; or &quot;Italy&quot; as the &quot;place of issuance,&quot; I'd say the correct response is &quot;London.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-09T19:03:52.820" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T19:03:52.820" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19655" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-09T18:26:02.870" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a student visa to take French classes and then (hopefully) enter a 1 year Masters program in Paris. My husband and I co-own a business together here in the US, and the required part of my monthly income will be coming from that business. Because it's still fairly new and until recently I was also running a nonprofit that paid me a salary, I have not taken a salary or a draw from it before. I plan to continue supporting the business around 30 hours per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any legal issues with working remotely like this for a business you own? It's a small manufacturing business, and I'll be working on strategy, overseeing marketing, writing quotes, doing the monthly reconciliation, etc--the parts that can be done a continent away.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it better to call this an &quot;owners draw&quot; or perhaps a &quot;monthly owners dividend&quot; rather than a salary on the visa application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they want historic proof of this salary, the bank account won't show it because it's new. Since I'm a co-owner and can't request an official letter from my &quot;manager&quot;...can I just write a letter for myself stating that that's what I'll be getting? Perhaps on the official letterhead I created a while back? ;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I didn't need to show that I could support myself, I would probably just keep it on the down-low for the application to not over-complicate things. But as it is...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much for any help or insights that you can provide! I'm feeling very stumped at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19323" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T18:26:02.870" Title="Working for a company I co-own in the US while in France (and student visas...)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19643" CreationDate="2019-12-09T19:15:46.373" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Brazil does keep a record of all immigration movements. It's called &quot;Certidão de Movimentos Migratórios&quot; it is issued free of cost by the &quot;Polícia Federal&quot;. To request it, you (or a family member) needs to go in person to the &quot;DPF&quot; office and request the document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe one of the most common uses of this document is to enforce scholarship regulations regarding the time that you have to spend in Brazil after returning from an exchange abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T19:15:46.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-09T20:35:24.250" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a simple question in regards to German long-term work visa §4 BeschV ('specialist') that I might be applying for. In the visa application I am encouraged to also apply for my spouse at the same time. However, I could not find much info on language requirements on the BeschV law or any info on family reunion for that matter except for AufenthG which is for residence permit and only exempts lang. requirements for EU BlueCard owners. Could it be that this decision is left to the embassies to decide on individual basis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19322" LastEditorUserId="19322" LastEditDate="2019-12-10T11:12:46.300" LastActivityDate="2019-12-10T11:12:46.300" Title="German §4 BeschV visa (specialist visa) language requirements for applicant and spouse" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19657" CreationDate="2019-12-10T11:12:09.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a very fast response from the embassy and language requirements are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the applicant: No language required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the spouse: German A1 certificate is required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that the A1 training and certification can be done by the time the spouse gets his or her visa. Even if more time is needed, 3 more months can be given for this after approving the visa. Exempt are persons who are prevented to attend the course due to disability or some other major factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of EU BlueCard none of this is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps somebody in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19322" LastActivityDate="2019-12-10T11:12:09.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19653" CreationDate="2019-12-10T12:36:13.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it means the place where it's been physically issued to you, so it can be any country other than Italy, otherwise they wouldn't have put the option to begin with if every Italian passport was issued in Italy only. If you've been issued your passport in the UK, just put UK, Indian officials would know anyway that there are consulates, I don't think they're dumb to that extent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastActivityDate="2019-12-10T12:36:13.850" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19661" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19662" CreationDate="2019-12-10T15:49:53.640" Score="4" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) of Germany. I want to work/freelance in another country (India) but maintain my residence in Germany. Is it possible that I visit Germany twice a year to maintain my permit? Visiting Germany every 179 days makes the Residence Permit invalid?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;a) Is it allowed?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;b) Do I need to inform Ausländerbehörde/Finanzamt about it?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;c) Otherwise any valuable alternative will be highly appreciated  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[EDIT]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Alternatively:  If I pay the taxes (incl social security and pensions) in Germany while &lt;strong&gt;border-hopping&lt;/strong&gt;, do I still need to inform Ausländerbehörde?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Additionally, is getting a German citizenship makes it any easier? Basically I want to live in India somehow, but want to keep my option to go to Germany as a backup option (kind of a security).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19328" LastEditorUserId="19328" LastEditDate="2019-12-11T07:44:07.577" LastActivityDate="2019-12-11T15:08:48.363" Title="Germany Residence Permit and work/freelance in a different country" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19661" CreationDate="2019-12-10T21:26:21.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) Yes, you must inform the Ausländerbehörde of your intention and permission must be granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that what you are planing to do is a form of &lt;strong&gt;Border hopping&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;which would lead to the Niederlassungserlaubnis being revoked &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question implies that you are retaining your residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean you are retaining your flat and that a part of your family will remain? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the reason for wanting to work/freelance in India? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is retaining the Niederlassungserlaubnis only a fallback solution if the work in India fails? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is your work/freelance work both for Germany and India, but for next 2/3 years more time needs to be spent in India?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your situation, the Ausländerbehörde will stipulate (in writing) a longer period than the default 6 months (or after a residence of 15 years: 12 months) that holders of a Niederlassungserlaubnis normally have.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This must be done &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; you leave. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this way you would avoid any unnecessary &lt;strong&gt;Border hopping&lt;/strong&gt; trips. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bold portions of the guideline text of &lt;strong&gt;51.1.5.1&lt;/strong&gt; below are the important points that must be fulfilled to avoid the cancellation of a residence due to extensive stays outside the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From: &lt;strong&gt;General administrative provisions to the residence law&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zu § 51 – Beendigung der Rechtmäßigkeit des Aufenthalts; Fortgeltung von Beschränkungen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;51.1.6.3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Bei Ausländern mit einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis zu den nicht in Nummer 51.1.6.1 und 51.1.6.2 genannten Zwecken oder einer &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; kann im Allgemeinen eine längere Frist bestimmt werden, wenn ihnen ein gesetzlicher Anspruch auf Verlängerung der Aufenthaltserlaubnis zusteht oder wenn der Auslandsaufenthalt aus Gründen der Ausbildung oder &lt;strong&gt;Berufausübung oder dringenden persönlichen Gründen erforderlich ist&lt;/strong&gt;, sowie um älteren Ausländern zur Betreuung durch ihre Familienangehörigen im Herkunftsland auch längerfristige Aufenthalte zu ermöglichen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Section 51 - Termination of the legality of the stay;  Continuation of restrictions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;51.1.6.3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    Foreigners who have a residence permit for purposes other than those referred to in points 51.1.6.1 and 51.1.6.2 or a &lt;strong&gt;settlement permit&lt;/strong&gt; can generally be granted a longer period of time if they are entitled to an extension of the residence permit or if the stay abroad is for training purposes or  &lt;strong&gt;Profession or urgent personal reasons&lt;/strong&gt;, as well as to allow longer-term stays for older aliens to be cared for by family members in their country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;51.1.5.1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Die Erlöschungswirkung tritt nur ein, wenn objektiv feststeht, dass der Ausländer &lt;strong&gt;nicht nur vorübergehend das Bundesgebiet verlassen hat&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Dies kann angenommen werden, &lt;strong&gt;wenn er seine Wohnung und Arbeitsstelle aufgegeben hat und unter Mitnahme seines Eigentums ausgereist ist&lt;/strong&gt; oder wenn er sich zur endgültigen Ausreise verpflichtet hat (z. B. zur Abwendung einer Ausweisung). Entscheidend ist nicht, ob der Ausländer subjektiv auf Dauer im Ausland bleiben oder ob er irgendwann ins Bundesgebiet zurückkehren will. &lt;strong&gt;Maßgeblich ist allein, ob der Zweck des Auslandsaufenthalts seiner Natur nach von vornherein nur eine vorübergehende Abwesenheit vom Bundesgebiet erfordert oder nicht&lt;/strong&gt;. Die vorübergehende Natur des Auslandsaufenthalts ist auch im Fall von ausländischen Familienangehörigen von Deutschen zu bejahen, die als Beschäftigte des Auswärtigen Dienstes und anderer Behörden in Begleitung ihrer Familie aus dienstlichen Gründen für einen befristeten Zeitraum im Ausland eingesetzt werden. Es besteht ein Interesse daran, dass im Fall der dienstlich veranlassten Ausreise der Aufenthaltstitel der mitausreisenden Familienangehörigen nicht erlischt. Eine während des Auslandsaufenthalts ggf. erforderliche Verlängerung des Aufenthaltstitels kann bei der ausstellenden Ausländerbehörde beantragt werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;51.1.5.1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    The cancellation effect only occurs if it is objectively established that the alien &lt;strong&gt;[has] not only left the federal territory temporarily&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    This can be assumed &lt;strong&gt;if he has given up his home and work and has left home with his property&lt;/strong&gt; or if he has committed himself to the final departure (eg to avert an expulsion).  It is not decisive whether the foreigner subjectively stays permanently abroad or whether he wants to return to the federal territory at some point. &lt;strong&gt;The only relevant factor is whether the purpose of the stay abroad, by its nature, requires from the outset only a temporary absence from the territory of the Federal Republic or not&lt;/strong&gt;.  The temporary nature of the stay abroad must also be affirmed in the case of foreign family members of Germans employed abroad for a limited period of time as employees of the Foreign Service and other authorities accompanied by their families for official reasons.  There is an interest in the fact that in the case of an official departure the residence permit of the family members leaving the country does not expire.  An extension of the residence permit which may be required during the stay abroad can be requested from the issuing immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_26102009_MI31284060.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMI-MI3-20091026-SF-A001.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pdf 2009-10-26&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-11T15:08:48.363" LastActivityDate="2019-12-11T15:08:48.363" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8014" CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:35:59.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; from where you apply for an official document, but where it is printed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application process is done electronically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Passport and/or ID (which can be done together) a form for each is printed out with all relevant data. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The photo is pasted on to the form and the fingerprints and signature taken. The finished application is then scanned in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After checking that everything was correct, it was submitted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the same photo, the process was repeated for the second application. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesdruckerei&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesdruckerei&lt;/a&gt; in Berlin prints all documents for the whole country, the 1,317 (2007) employees have a lot to do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the demand, certain documents are only printed at certain times. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the logistics of sending the documents back to the issuing authority, I cannot say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6-8/10 weeks is normal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For passports you are often notified when it is ready to be picked up (for drivers license I don't know). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesdruckerei&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesdruckerei&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;Federal Printer&quot;) is a German manufacturer of banknotes, stamps, identity cards, &lt;strong&gt;passports&lt;/strong&gt;, visas, &lt;strong&gt;driving licences&lt;/strong&gt;, and vehicle registration certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesdruckerei&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bundesdruckerei&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-13T20:19:42.423" LastActivityDate="2019-12-13T20:19:42.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19692" CreationDate="2019-12-11T16:16:22.313" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Portuguese Residence Authorization. I will travel to Brazil during 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I will be back to Portugal (I will enter in Europe thru Lisbon), my resident card is enough to enter in? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should also I show all requirements? Travel health security, money and so on..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking, bc my &quot;Cartão de Utente&quot; is not more valid. I have a private health plan paid by the company that I work, but it will renew in end of the year and maybe, I will not have this in my hand until my back trip (Jan 1st). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16542" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T11:08:35.480" Title="Portugal Resident re-entering in Portugal after a trip to Brazil" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-11T22:01:58.157" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to get a Visa for a German worker in Brazil. He is contracted by a German company and is in Brazil for training purpose. We are requesting an RN19 Visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;RN19/2017 - to undertake professional training at a Brazilian branch, subsidiary or headquarters of the same economic group (Normative Resolution No. 19/2017);&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this I need to get his German Work Contract Apostilled, the company is from Berlin. Where can I Apostille his German Work Contract in Berlin? Could you help me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19335" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-12-12T18:01:16.683" LastActivityDate="2019-12-12T18:01:16.683" Title="Where to get a Work Contract from a German Company Apostilled?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19665" CreationDate="2019-12-12T05:01:14.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Berlin there is only one office:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Apostillen / Legalisationen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Friedrichstr. 219&lt;br&gt;&#xA;10969 Berlin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See link below containing all details what is needed to get this done.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apostille – Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no English version available &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/320315/standort/324291/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Beglaubigung von Urkunden für das Ausland (Apostille/Legalisation) am Standort Apostillen / Legalisationen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-12T05:01:14.957" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19667" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19669" CreationDate="2019-12-12T09:13:06.727" Score="1" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Niederlassungserlaubnis and currently working full time. I am planning to change to freelancing (for relaxed working hours).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I have to inform the Finanzamt immediately?&lt;/strong&gt; Or can I continue for few months and then inform Finanzamt &lt;strong&gt;couple of months later&lt;/strong&gt;?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the &lt;strong&gt;penalty&lt;/strong&gt; for informing them late?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same question for Health insurance. At the moment I have the public &lt;strong&gt;TK&lt;/strong&gt;. Can I continue and inform them after few months and pay the &lt;strong&gt;late fee&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19328" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-12T11:23:02.360" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:12:13.337" Title="Niederlassungserlaubnis and Freelancing in DE" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-12T09:06:10.733" Score="1" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I gone into uk by study visa in the year of 2014.but I didn’t continue my studies.then I was overstayed for 3 years  then I was detained by home office.then I came out from detention center using solicitors.when I am in detention center I applied for asylum.but I couldn’t follow up the asylum process.then I left country voluntarily but January 05,2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now whether can I re enter to uk by spouse visa?&#xA;My wife wants to study in uk&#xA;Can I go with her as a dependent &#xA;Whether will I get visa or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mayilsamy Subramani" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T09:39:12.797" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T09:39:12.797" Title="Overstayed then detained then came out from detention center then left voluntarily" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19667" CreationDate="2019-12-12T11:22:22.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Yes, yes and no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Penalties are unknown. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt; advised to use a &lt;strong&gt;tax advisor (Steuerberater)&lt;/strong&gt;, since you don't seem to know how these things work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summery from &lt;a href=&quot;https://spotahome.com/de/blog/wie-werde-ich-freelancer-in-deutschland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blog listed below (in German)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have to inform the Finanzamt immediately? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and this can be done online by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.formulare-bfinv.de/ffw/form/display.do?%24context=ACE1BD03D04E4ABF5194&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;filling the needed form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://startupgermany.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/2011%2011%2015%20(iversity)%20fragebogen%20steuerl%20erf%20english%20guide%20(final).pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2011 English guide pdf&lt;/a&gt; exists with tips on how to fill out the form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;After registering with the tax office, you will receive your &lt;strong&gt;tax number&lt;/strong&gt; and your VAT identification number (UID) &lt;strong&gt;if you have applied for one&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the tax number will be needed for every bill&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the VAT identification number is needed when your are sending bills to &lt;strong&gt;other&lt;/strong&gt; EU countries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Here the Blog contridicts itsself by later stating &lt;strong&gt;outside&lt;/strong&gt; the EU, but that is not correct based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;You will also receive a &lt;strong&gt;payment plan from the tax office&lt;/strong&gt;, on which the amount of the income tax to be paid is noted.  This is usually payable every three months.  Once a year you have to hand in the income tax return - as a small business owner a simple input-expense bill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Same question for Health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, since in Germany health insurance is &lt;strong&gt;mandatory&lt;/strong&gt;, you must report the change of employer to them to remain insured&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in this case &lt;strong&gt;you are your own employer&lt;/strong&gt;, so you must do this yourself&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;just as you must pay the &lt;strong&gt;employers&lt;/strong&gt; portion of the contribution as well as your own&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a health insurance is also a requirement of the &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At the moment I have the &lt;strong&gt;public&lt;/strong&gt; TK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this can continue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Privat health insurance is possible, but this is something that should be thought out &lt;strong&gt;very carefully&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in the long term it may become &lt;strong&gt;very expensive&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reverting back to a public healthcare is &lt;strong&gt;not possible&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tax advisor (Steuerberater)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using a tax advisor to deal with these affairs (which in most cases was delt with previously by the employers) is often advised. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also leaves you free to consentrate on things that are important to you, which is rarely what the tax office thinks is important &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and that is when the horror begins&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;peace of mind&lt;/em&gt; alone is often worth the fee. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://spotahome.com/de/blog/wie-werde-ich-freelancer-in-deutschland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wie werde ich Freelancer in Deutschland? - Der Spotahome Blog&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.formulare-bfinv.de/ffw/form/display.do?%24context=ACE1BD03D04E4ABF5194&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://startupgermany.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/2011%2011%2015%20(iversity)%20fragebogen%20steuerl%20erf%20english%20guide%20(final).pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English Pdf: Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung (Registration with German Tax Authorities)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer (USt-IdNr)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-12T11:22:22.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-13T01:51:13.813" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen wanting to study full time (year-round for up to 3 years) at a fine art atelier or a 19th century curriculum art academy in either the EU or the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands in my research, I've come to the following roadblocks and desperately need help figuring out how to overcome these problems in order to study with my preferred atelier/academy for the entire duration of the program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The art academies and/or atelier model of education that I am interested in pursuing IS LEGALLY NOT in the same category as an accredited University/College. Therefore, these institutions are legally unable to help sponsor a Study/Student Visa to international students (aka—me, the US citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have yet to come across any way to obtain any kind of visa in order to stay LONG TERM (at least 12 months, if not +) in the UK or EU as a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;—And yes, I have looked into freelance visas (for UK &amp;amp; EU) and long-stay tourist visas (for EU) and am not sure if I can apply for one of these, then &quot;study&quot; at an atelier...I know that I don't qualify for any of the standard list of long-stay visas in the UK. Heck, I've even looked into staying in the UK for the legal 6 months (passport route), then hopping over to the EU for a little bit to &quot;reset&quot; my 6 months clock for the UK...but have come to the conclusion (after more research) that I could/most likely would be kicked out of the UK for a crazy amount of time and have a permanent record of unlawful intentions of living in the UK illegally (using loopholes) written in my passport...so... What, oh what, to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm grateful for any practical advice with all this—as at this point, I've done my oodles of research, and have exhausted all ideas based on that research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for tuning in to assist,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Elmore Artist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19329" LastActivityDate="2019-12-13T01:51:13.813" Title="Obtaining a long-stay / long-term visa to UK or EU as a US citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-13T05:34:03.993" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1979 to a Dutch mother and an American father. They divorced when I was very young and I have had no contact with him in over 30 years. The option requires information on my father that I simply do not have access to. Is there anything I can do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19339" LastActivityDate="2019-12-13T05:34:03.993" Title="Dutch Option for Citizenship, father's whereabouts unknown" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19673" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19674" CreationDate="2019-12-13T12:01:19.187" Score="0" ViewCount="1436" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hear cases like Greece and Italy, that it takes even years for the passport to get issued, after one applies for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming one has fulfilled all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/EN/themen/migration/staatsang/Erwerb_der_deutschen_Staatsbuergerschaft_durch_Eingbuergerung_en.html#doc9400756bodyText1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;requirements&lt;/a&gt; to obtain a German citizenship, how long does it take for the passport to get issued?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia says it takes &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_passport#Time_of_processing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;four to six weeks&lt;/a&gt; to process, but does it really take that long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastEditorUserId="17181" LastEditDate="2019-12-14T13:39:08.663" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T17:27:30.547" Title="How long does the German naturalization process take?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19673" CreationDate="2019-12-13T19:35:26.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long the &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318998/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationalzation&lt;/a&gt; process takes, varies greatly depending on your personal situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general 6 months can be assumed, after which a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/verfahrensablauf/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungszusicherung&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (assurance of naturalization)  will be issued. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases you are then required to relinquish your previous citizenship, which &lt;strong&gt;must be completed&lt;/strong&gt; before the Nationalzation takes place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Country's that do not allow their citizens to relinquish their citizenship or cause severe disadvantages are known and exceptions are made in these cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise for other countries this process can be very simple, others very time consuming and/or expensive &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinquishment_of_United_States_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United States&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; belongs to the latter catagory &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that you may be &lt;strong&gt;Stateless&lt;/strong&gt;, since some countries revoke it immediately but confirm it only after it goes through their due process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the process take longer than 6 months, assume that the conditions for Nationalzation will be &lt;strong&gt;rechecked&lt;/strong&gt;, which again can take a few months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some form of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of Nationality&lt;/strong&gt; Certificate&lt;/a&gt;  has been issued, a &lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt; will be handed out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the Nationalzation process has ended (you have received a &lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt;), you must bring the &lt;strong&gt;original&lt;/strong&gt; togeather with a &lt;strong&gt;certified translated version of your birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt; to the &lt;strong&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/strong&gt; (Registration Office). You should also take some (3-5) photocopies of the &lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt; with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There the change of citizenship will then be ammended to your record. Any photocopies will then be certified. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be required to do the same with the &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt&lt;/strong&gt; depending on which state you live in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this the original &lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt; (and the birth certificate) should not be asked for again, since a certified copy should be sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise a certified copy of the &lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt; should be given to any &lt;strong&gt;official&lt;/strong&gt; authorities that know you as a foreigner &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ausländerbehörde, Job Center (Work Permit) and your present employer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so that they can 'close' their record of you as a foreigner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anyone else, the Identity card should be sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the &lt;strong&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/strong&gt; has changed your record, you can apply for an Identity Card and/or Passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wikipedia says it takes four to six weeks to process, but does it really take that long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, since they are, just as driver's licenses, printed in the Bundesdruckerei. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19663/17166&quot;&gt;another answer for more details&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19663/17166&quot;&gt;germany - Waiting time to receive German license&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318998/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Einbürgerung - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; (in German) &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/verfahrensablauf/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Verfahrensablauf - hamburg.de&lt;/a&gt; (in German) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Loss of citizenship&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinquishment_of_United_States_nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Relinquishment of United States nationality&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Loss_of_Nationality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Certificate of Loss of Nationality&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriation_tax#United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Expatriation tax&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-14T17:27:30.547" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T17:27:30.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-14T12:32:04.267" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;We married in UAE family court and i am Indian citizen and my husband works here and is a Pakistani. I am pregnant and would like to know from experts about the citizenship of my child. If i deliver in India, can my child get indian citizenship? What if i deliver in UAE, can my child get Indian citizenship? We have not registered our marriage in any of the consulates. We just have the Dubai courts arabic marriage certificate. At the time of marriage, we were not required to get NOC from either embassy. We just went to the court and got married. If my husband insists on getting pakistani citizenship, can i get PIO card for my child?&#xA;By the way i never travelled to pakistan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please answer my queries and suggest the best way forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19341" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T14:06:31.283" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T15:01:30.237" Title="What will be the citizenship of a child born to an Indian mother and Pakistani father?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19673" CreationDate="2019-12-14T14:04:17.500" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It depends&lt;/strong&gt; on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/living-permanently-in-germany/naturalisation/process/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source 1&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long it takes all in all from the time you apply to the presentation of the certificate varies from case to case. In many cases it can take several months. The best thing is to talk with your local naturalisation authority. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mkenyaujerumani.de/2017/02/09/how-long-does-the-naturalization-einburgerung-process-take/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source 2&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Normal Process: 6 months – 27 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/official-issues/german-citizenship-deutsche-staatsangehoerigkeit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source 3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once your application has been considered, the citizenship authority will send you the outcome via post. This can take anywhere between a few weeks and several months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/gb/blog/how-to-get-citizenship-in-germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source 4&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The processing time for your citizenship application depends on your personal circumstances and the workload of your local naturalisation authority. Your local office will be able to give you an idea of processing time when you submit your application or at your advice session if you have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, hope for your local Einbürgerungsamt to be in a good mood and not too busy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T14:04:17.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-14T14:13:32.517" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual citizen with the dream of moving back to the UK- with my husband and child who is under 2 years old. My husband works remotely and I am currently not working as I have been at home with our baby but would plan to when I arrive in UK. I am British by descent only and know my child does not receive automatic citizenship as result. We have savings to demonstrate we are financially in a position to support ourselves. I wonder if anyone has moved under similar circumstances and can offer some guidance on the process? With thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19342" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T05:14:47.480" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T05:14:47.480" Title="Moving to Wales from Canada - I am a British citizen by descent. My husband and child are Canadian citizens" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-12-31T22:46:51.367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-14T16:16:36.097" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I (Petitioner-LPR) filed for I-130 along with an I-130A for my wife(Applicant), which was approved. I also received my NVC case number . I logged into the CEAC and paid the first fee for affidavit of support. I logged in again the following week to check status and the whole page was different, stating that due to numerical limits, there isn't a visa available.&#xA;Very alarmed, I noticed the Visa class was F24 instead of F21. How can i get this corrected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19343" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T16:16:36.097" Title="NVC has changed my visa class, how can i get it corrected?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19682" CreationDate="2019-12-14T17:58:34.370" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am being interviewed by a German firm and they want me to be in Germany for the remaining rounds, for three days. Since there is no formal &lt;code&gt;interview visa&lt;/code&gt; category so which is the best visa type way forward to visit Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current passport: &lt;code&gt;Indian&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;Current location: &lt;code&gt;Bangalore&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;Location visiting in Germany: &lt;code&gt;Munich&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17560" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T07:20:34.663" Title="Required visa type for Interview: Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19680" CreationDate="2019-12-15T07:20:34.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will probably be a visitor visa, since you will submitting documentation from the employer about the steps needed to compleate the job interview process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What they will exactly write in the comments field is hard to say, but in some form it will express the purpose of the visit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T07:20:34.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19676" CreationDate="2019-12-15T11:42:13.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your child can become either Pakistani or Indian. You will have to get the birth registered at the Pakistani/Indian embassy in the UAE. Whatever you choose, he/she will not be able an OCI (no such thing as a PIO anymore) or POC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your child becomes Indian, he/she will have the option to choose to become Pakistani when he/she turns 21. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be easier to become a Pakistani from Indian later than to switch to Indian after being a Pakistani especially if you are a Muslim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12081" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T11:42:13.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19637" CreationDate="2019-12-15T14:21:15.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is absolutely normal in the USA or in Europe to wear shoes indoors. It is absolutely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; normal to wear dirty shoes indoors that leave mud on the floor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The place you visit (or your own place) will have a doormat that you use to clean the bottom of your shoes. That's usual all you need. If you stepped through mud and that doormat isn't enough then you take your shoes off, possibly ask the home owner for something to clean them, and if you still can't get them clean enough to use them indoors, you only put them on again when you leave. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder what kinds of trousers you are wearing. None of my trousers would touch the ground while I'm wearing them. And if they did, nobody would have a floor in their home that is dirty enough to get your trousers dirty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T14:21:15.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19686" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19688" CreationDate="2019-12-16T03:20:06.803" Score="1" ViewCount="698" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a German citizen lives abroad, would it be illegal for him to keep his German registration (&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meldepflicht&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/a&gt;) with local authorities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of my friends have never deregistered from their parents' house in Germany, even though they live abroad. If possible, I'd do the same, but I'm not sure whether it's legal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example where it could matter: if a German without registration wants to renew his passport in Berlin, he would be charged €60 on top of the regular price €60 (i.e. €120 overall, they call it a &quot;lack of jurisdiction fee&quot;, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/306704/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9110" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:03:23.990" Title="Is it legal for a German citizen not to deregister (abmelden) when living abroad?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19686" CreationDate="2019-12-16T09:15:13.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it is not legal, you are required to deregister (Abmeldung) &lt;strong&gt;at least 2 weeks&lt;/strong&gt; after moving out&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a registration (Anmeldung) elsewhere &lt;strong&gt;within&lt;/strong&gt; Germany fulfills this requirement &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;Abmeldung&lt;/strong&gt; will stop all &lt;strong&gt;official post&lt;/strong&gt; (which may contain any deadlines) from being sent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you remained registered with your parents &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; can react in some form to any &lt;strong&gt;official post&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e. the parents inform you of the post) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can remain registered there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you sub-let an existing residence while you are abroad &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a &lt;strong&gt;Abmeldung&lt;/strong&gt; is needed&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for the tax office you would then remain &lt;strong&gt;beschränkt steuerpflichtig&lt;/strong&gt; (limited taxable) for such an income &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a definition of what is  considered a &#xA;&lt;strong&gt;residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so you cannot reside within a &lt;strong&gt;post office box&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;§ 17 Anmeldung, Abmeldung&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(1) Wer eine Wohnung bezieht, hat sich innerhalb von &lt;strong&gt;zwei Wochen&lt;/strong&gt; nach dem Einzug bei der Meldebehörde anzumelden.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(2) Wer aus &lt;strong&gt;einer Wohnung auszieht und keine neue Wohnung im Inland bezieht&lt;/strong&gt;, hat sich innerhalb von &lt;strong&gt;zwei Wochen&lt;/strong&gt; nach dem Auszug bei der Meldebehörde abzumelden. Eine Abmeldung ist frühestens eine Woche vor Auszug möglich; die Fortschreibung des Melderegisters erfolgt zum Datum des Auszugs.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 17&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;Registration, deregistration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(1) Anyone who moves into a residence shall register with the registration authorities within &lt;strong&gt;two weeks&lt;/strong&gt; of moving in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(2) Anyone who &lt;strong&gt;moves out of a residence and does not move into another residence in Germany&lt;/strong&gt; shall deregister with the registration authorities &lt;strong&gt;within two weeks&lt;/strong&gt; of moving out. Deregistration shall be possible no more than one week before moving out; the population register shall be updated as of the moving-out date.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;§ 20 Begriff der Wohnung&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wohnung im Sinne dieses Gesetzes ist &lt;strong&gt;jeder umschlossene Raum, der zum Wohnen oder Schlafen benutzt wird&lt;/strong&gt;. Als Wohnung gilt auch die Unterkunft an Bord eines Schiffes der Marine. Wohnwagen und Wohnschiffe sind nur dann als Wohnungen anzusehen, wenn sie &lt;strong&gt;nicht oder nur gelegentlich fortbewegt werden&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 20&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;Definition of residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;A residence as defined in this Act is &lt;strong&gt;any closed space used for living or sleeping&lt;/strong&gt;. Accommodation on board a Navy ship shall also be considered a residence. Caravans and barracks ships shall be regarded as residences only if &lt;strong&gt;they are stationary or rarely moved&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 17 Anmeldung, Abmeldung - Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bmg/englisch_bmg.html#p0184&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 17 Registration, deregistration - Federal Act on Registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__20.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 20 Begriff der Wohnung - Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bmg/englisch_bmg.html#p0212&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 20 Definition of residence - Federal Act on Registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T09:28:50.933" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T09:28:50.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17593" CreationDate="2019-12-16T09:52:30.840" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is highly dependent on the circumstances and cannot be generally answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;employment in Germany&lt;/strong&gt; do they have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they have a German employer (i.e. pay taxes and social benefits in Germany) &lt;strong&gt;plus&lt;/strong&gt; an extra contract in India, then (when there is no contract conflicts with the German employer) this &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But residing in Germany and &lt;strong&gt;solely&lt;/strong&gt; working for an Indian employer, would probably be in violation of the residence permit conditions and considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedriglohn#Lohndumping&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lohndumping&lt;/a&gt;.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedriglohn#Lohndumping&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Niedriglohn - Lohndumping&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T14:54:13.760" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T14:54:13.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-16T10:38:02.017" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a 10 year residence permit which is still valid for 5 years. &#xA;I am planning to leave Morocco next summer. By leaving I mean stop being a resident and going back to my country. I'll keep going to Morocco as a tourist for less than 3 months periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall I declare that I am leaving and won't be a resident anymore ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9776" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T12:06:39.630" LastActivityDate="2020-06-13T21:05:10.383" Title="What to do with residence permit when leaving definitely" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;morocco&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-16T11:01:16.650" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;My South African passport is expiring in a few months' time. I would like to avoid having to travel back to SA from Italy where I am a permanent resident to renew it. I would have expected to find some relevant information regarding the &lt;strong&gt;process&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;expected timing&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;costs&lt;/strong&gt; on the website, but alas, there is nothing useful at &lt;a href=&quot;http://lnx.sudafrica.it/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://lnx.sudafrica.it/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if&#xA;1. There is a place to find relevant documentation&#xA;1. If the process is obscure by design, are there agencies which could handle this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11246" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T12:40:52.340" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T14:04:30.643" Title="What is the procedure to renew a South African passport in Italy" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19664" CreationDate="2019-12-16T11:08:35.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your resident card and passport will be enough to enter Portugal on your way back, unless you are violating the rules by not having the proper insurances etc of course but it seems to me that you do have the insurance just not the actual paper for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if you are breaking the rules and you do not in fact have the proper details in place, you might still get lucky and get in as further spot checks would random and not carried out routinely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember it is always a bad idea to break the rules and then travel because Murphy’s law states you will always be the one singled out for further scrutiny and then trouble starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T11:08:35.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19690" CreationDate="2019-12-16T12:06:13.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some countries invalidate a residence permit when they learn that a person has left without the intention of returning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So informing them of that intention simplifies that process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you also intend to return as a visitor, doing this would avoid any confusion that they may think you are returning as a resident. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T18:08:31.233" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T18:08:31.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19691" CreationDate="2019-12-16T12:40:16.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Consular Office Rome&lt;/strong&gt; site gives no details about passport applications (which I assume would fall within the area of Civic services). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So calling them would probably be the best thing to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.suedafrika.org/en/sa-citizen-services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tourist passport: Persons 16 years and older&lt;/a&gt; doc file contains information that may be usefull to read beforhand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this link was found at the South African Embassy in &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so may also apply to to Rome and Milan Consulates.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Applications submitted at the Embassy in Berlin or Consulate-General in Munich are sent free of charge to the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria, where applications are finalised and new documents issued, with the diplomatic freight bag once a month. In the case of urgent applications, applicants may opt to organise and pay for a courier service to collect their applications from our office and have it delivered directly to the Department in Pretoria – applicants who would like to make use of this option should confirm this in writing when submitting their applications.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;After the application has been sent to the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria, &lt;strong&gt;it may take up to 6 months for the application to be finalised and the newly issued document to reach the office of application / South African mission abroad&lt;/strong&gt;. Status / progress reports are not provided to applicants by the mission during the above-mentioned processing period; applicants may however contact the Department of Home Affairs Contact Centre themselves about their application status:  HYPERLINK &quot;mailto:hacc@dha.gov.za&quot; hacc@dha.gov.za.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consular Office Rome&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  The Consular Sections of the Embassy and the Consulate General of South Africa based in Rome and Milan , render an Immigration service to citizens of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Albania.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Civic services are also rendered to South African citizens in these regions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Submission of Applications&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br&gt;&#xA;   Monday-Friday 09: 00–12: 00 Saturday / Sunday Closed                                     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Telephonic inquiries  -   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Monday-Thursday 1.30pm-4.30pm   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Friday 12:00 - 13:30 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Saturday / Sunday Closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;E-mail: rome.consular@dirco.gov.za&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Tel: +39 06 85254262 ( Telephonic inquiries  )&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Fax: +39 06 84242237 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lnx.sudafrica.it/en/page.html?Id=32&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;South Africa - Consular Office Rome&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.suedafrika.org/en/sa-citizen-services.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SA Citizen Services - South African Embassy to the Federal Republik of Germany&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.suedafrika.org/downloads/Passport_over_16.doc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tourist passport: Persons 16 years and older&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T12:45:53.897" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T12:45:53.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10997" CreationDate="2019-12-16T13:13:59.463" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a somewhat similar case; but I have a distinct advantage since my wife and I have a child.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm Italian and my wife's Brazilian, we lived in Brazil and my son was born in Brazil but I registered his citizenship in the consulate, so he's Italian.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Years ago, we moved to Italy and she had to get a &lt;s&gt;visa&lt;/s&gt; residency permit (which we only requested once we were already there) - when my wife asked how long it would take and if there was a change that it would be rejected, the man at the foreigner's office actually said something like &quot;&lt;em&gt;doesn't take too long but don't worry, it will be approved and even if it's rejected, we couldn't really do anything about it as you're the mother of an Italian citizen&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We later &lt;em&gt;(2016)&lt;/em&gt; moved to Germany and the same was NOT said there; she had to apply for the German residency &lt;s&gt;visa&lt;/s&gt; residency permit (new one, as if the Italian &lt;s&gt;visa&lt;/s&gt; residency permit didn't exist) and even though they were very friendly and mentioned there would not be a problem, the process was not guaranteed like it was in Italy and they asked for a bunch more information like things from my job, etc...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just my story, now to more directly answer your question:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1. Both of you &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; register residency in Spain&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2. Your Italian Spouse &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; register in the Italian consulate of the Spanish region - this will automatically &lt;strong&gt;un-register&lt;/strong&gt; their residency in Italy (will be registered in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comitesspagna.info/servizi-consolari-spagna/aire-anagrafe-degli-italiani-residenti-allestero/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AIRE&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;3. You need to apply for a new visa in Spain&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If your Italian spouse is working in Spain, your Visa application should go smoothly; otherwise it may still be approved but I &lt;em&gt;guess&lt;/em&gt; it'd be less likely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-12-17T16:18:41.480" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T16:18:41.480" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9081" CreationDate="2019-12-16T13:24:44.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife's German permanent residency permit has its validity limited to her passport's expiration so don't count on having a permanent residency without a valid passport.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It sounds like the blue card doesn't have the same limitation (since yours will expire later than the passport); but I recommend that you try to sort out your password before the renewal date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9719" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T13:24:44.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9081" CreationDate="2019-12-16T14:20:54.463" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's because my country's embassy will not renew my passport unless I provided them with a specific document which I won't be able to obtain except after 9 months of the expiry of my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did they confirm this in writing? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, get one (preferably also with a German text) stating these reasons clearly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your Embassy refuses to give a reason in writing., report this situation to the Ausländerbehörde. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiseausweis_f%C3%BCr_Ausl%C3%A4nder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreigners Passport&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be issued based on § 5 AufenthV for the time needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this Passport, a residence permit can then be issued. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltsverordnung (AufenthV)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;§ 5 Allgemeine Voraussetzungen der Ausstellung des Reiseausweises für Ausländer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (1) Einem Ausländer, der nachweislich keinen Pass oder Passersatz besitzt und &lt;strong&gt;ihn nicht auf zumutbare Weise erlangen kann&lt;/strong&gt;, kann nach Maßgabe der nachfolgenden Bestimmungen ein Reiseausweis für Ausländer ausgestellt werden.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) Als zumutbar im Sinne des Absatzes 1 gilt es insbesondere,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;derart rechtzeitig vor Ablauf der Gültigkeit eines Passes oder Passersatzes bei den zuständigen Behörden im In- und Ausland die erforderlichen Anträge für die Neuerteilung oder Verlängerung zu stellen, dass mit der Neuerteilung oder &lt;strong&gt;Verlängerung innerhalb der Gültigkeitsdauer des bisherigen Passes oder Passersatzes gerechnet werden kann&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ...   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence Ordinance (AufenthV)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;§ 5 General requirements for issuing a travel document for foreigners&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (1) A foreigner who demonstrably does not have a passport or passport substitute and &lt;strong&gt;cannot obtain it in a reasonable manner&lt;/strong&gt; can be issued a travel document for foreigners in accordance with the following provisions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) In particular, within the meaning of paragraph 1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;it is deemed to submit the necessary applications for a new or renewal to the competent authorities in Germany and abroad in good time before the expiry of a passport or passport replacement, that the renewal or &lt;strong&gt;renewal can be expected within the validity period of the previous passport or passport replacement&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ... &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiseausweis_f%C3%BCr_Ausl%C3%A4nder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Reiseausweis für Ausländer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 5 Allgemeine Voraussetzungen der Ausstellung des Reiseausweises für Ausländer - Aufenthaltsverordnung (AufenthV)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T14:20:54.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-16T14:42:42.850" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an interview at the German Embassy for a work visa, next month. While I was going through list of questions that the officer asks during the interview. I found that some officers also asked whether I have resigned from the current job or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The resignation letter from the current employer is not among their checklist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how can I resign without knowing, what are the chances of me getting a visa. Just 0.1% case if a visa is not issued then I'll lose both the jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, how to handle this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notice period is 2 months and joining is in Feb 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastEditorUserId="15163" LastEditDate="2019-12-16T15:25:45.263" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:00:38.340" Title="German Work Visa Questions" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19698" CreationDate="2019-12-16T15:12:37.897" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found that some officers also asked whether I have resigned from the current job or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how to handle this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tell the truth.  If you haven't resigned from the job, say so.  Say that whether you resign or not is contingent on your getting the visa.  If there are other conditions that must be met before you will resign from the job, mention them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your edit and comments, it is apparent that you have a two-month notice period, that you hope to start your new job less than two months after finishing your old job, and that you will use accrued leave to enable this.  If the visa officer asks about that, just say so.  There is nothing wrong with doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one thing you should be most careful about is allowing the visa officer to suspect you of being deceptive.  If you do that, it is very likely that you visa will be refused.  The best way to avoid this suspicion is to &lt;em&gt;tell the truth.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-12-16T16:54:54.890" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-16T18:46:23.927" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is about the relocation to Germany from Ukraine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've got a contract from the German company with enough salary to get a Blue Card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I collected all the necessary documents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problem is that: I got a diploma in 2017 and there is the old name of my specialty in Anabin (before 2010) database and it looks like:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/index.php?eID=user_anabin_abschluesse&amp;amp;conf=abschluesse&amp;amp;uid=14794&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://anabin.kmk.org/index.php?eID=user_anabin_abschluesse&amp;amp;conf=abschluesse&amp;amp;uid=14794&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;OR&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://anabin.kmk.org/index.php?eID=user_anabin_abschluesse&amp;amp;conf=abschluesse&amp;amp;uid=13865&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://anabin.kmk.org/index.php?eID=user_anabin_abschluesse&amp;amp;conf=abschluesse&amp;amp;uid=13865&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in 2010 it was renamed according to the document:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/rada/show/v1067290-10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/rada/show/v1067290-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now the name is: &#xA;&quot;inzheneriia prohramnoho zabezpechennia (Software engineering)&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the embassy, they tell not to come without approval from Anabin.&#xA;Does anyone know how to find the same &quot;Software engineering&quot; in any Ukrainian university? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19351" OwnerDisplayName="Nikolai Sleta" LastEditorUserId="19351" LastEditDate="2019-12-20T06:30:05.640" LastActivityDate="2019-12-20T06:30:05.640" Title="Relocate to Germany. Anabin. Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;ukraine&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19704" CreationDate="2019-12-16T19:50:08.970" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask for help, advice or recommendations about our situation with my fiance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My  fiance is Romanian, currently working in England for the last 4 years and a half. I arrived this year to live with him for the 6 months .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to marry in UK when the marriage is between a EU Citizen and a Non-EU Citizen?&#xA;What are the possibilities of approval/refusal that I can be with my future husband in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be so grateful if you help us to answer our doubts, Kind regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19352" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T22:26:31.117" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T22:26:31.117" Title="Marriage in UK between EU citizens and non-EU citizens" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-16T20:34:11.323" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Third country is USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My citizenship is from El Salvador&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My destination country is Poland&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello, I am currently an asylum seeker in the US, my court date regarding the approval of it would be in a month. I saw my lawyer last week and he said in case of denial, I could ask for a voluntary departure which would give me 90 days to prepare everything. I don't want to be an illegal immigrant here in the US as it's been already few years and I want to try to achieve something in my life. I’m grateful for what US gave me however I feel like it's time to move further as I feel trapped and unmotivated. My boyfriend lives in Europe (Poland), and he suggested that I could study there. I've always wanted to go to college but unfortunately it's not possible to do it here in the US, therefore it would be a dream coming true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the requirements, I already meet but one which is student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for one in the polish embassy here in the US, I need to be a Green card holder or citizen, which I am not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, is there a way for me to apply for a visa in a third country without me going to my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19353" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2019-12-17T13:12:55.267" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T20:01:00.187" Title="Applying for student visa (Poland) from a third country (US)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19702" CreationDate="2019-12-17T02:29:52.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to marry in UK when the marriage is between a EU Citizen and a Non-EU Citizen?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;YES &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/come-uk-married&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/come-uk-married&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is possible, can we get married even if I am here as a Visitor (Tourist)?What documents they will ask me to show? (Besides our passports). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;MAYBE. Entering the UK visa-free &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt; (V4.10) or with a Standard Visitor visa with the intention of marrying is not allowed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&lt;/a&gt;.  However, if you do not have the appropriate visa you can still give notice of your intention to get married but the immigration authorities at the Home Office will be told. The Home Office might:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ask questions about you and your relationship - if this happens you may need to wait up to 70 days before getting married&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;decide not to approve your notice - if this happens you cannot get married in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is not possible, Where is the best place to get married - Mexico? Rumania? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can’t answer that&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the possibilities of approval/refusal that I can be with my future husband in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can’t answer that either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2019-12-17T09:52:02.450" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T09:52:02.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-17T11:12:18.927" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi i am a 23 year old male (born in 1996) i was hoping that you guys might be able to shed some light on my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father was born in the Netherlands and moved to South Africa at the age of 8, he did renew his passports for a while, but it expired before i turned 18, along with that the embassy destroyed my passport, when i went to renew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i was just wondering what my status is as a dutch citizen or national, and do i have ground to renew my passport or atleast get a new one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ps i am the youngest of 3 and both my older brothers renewed their passports as they were at that time majors and are still citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19354" LastEditorUserId="19354" LastEditDate="2019-12-17T16:22:41.517" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T16:22:41.517" Title="Dutch Nationality" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19707" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19709" CreationDate="2019-12-17T15:48:09.870" Score="3" ViewCount="4107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from &lt;strong&gt;Brazil&lt;/strong&gt; and I am currently enrolled in a German University, possessing a &lt;strong&gt;Residence Permit for the purpose of Studying&lt;/strong&gt; valid until 2023. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I was recently offered a full-time job in the IT sector, but my Student Visa only allows me Part-time work. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;To accept the offer, I would need to switch my &lt;strong&gt;Student Permit to a Work Permit before the completion of my studies.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Under the German Law, would one be allowed to change from a Student Permit to a Work Permit? What documents would be necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19356" LastEditorUserId="19356" LastEditDate="2019-12-18T09:52:54.290" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T15:34:13.393" Title="Is it possible to change from a Student Visa to a Work Visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19707" CreationDate="2019-12-18T07:41:25.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, as a holder of a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit to study&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0237&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 16 Abs. 1 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;special rights exist based on &lt;strong&gt;§ 16 Abs. 5 AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is similar in nature to a &lt;strong&gt;Jobseeker&lt;/strong&gt; visa, with the exception that you are allowed to work while searching. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once found, a corresponding residence permit can be applied for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;including a &lt;strong&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;§ 19a AufenthG&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a job offer, starting &lt;strong&gt;after you have obtained a degree&lt;/strong&gt;, can be applied for directly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application must be made at your local &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the list of needed documentation can be seen at &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305245/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the one for Berlin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will probably &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; apply if you intend to &lt;strong&gt;break off&lt;/strong&gt; your studies beforehand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your question is not clear on this point&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This scenario would be outside § 16 and left to the judgment of the Ausländerbehörde. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get a contract offer and speak to the Ausländerbehörde.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But don't sign anything before they give you an OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They may offer a full residence permit, which would replace the present study permit with it's restrictions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur Arbeitsplatzsuche nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Studiums&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Erteilung einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis für maximal 18 Monate nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Studiums &lt;strong&gt;zum Zweck der Arbeitsplatzsuche bzw Unternehmensgründung&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voraussetzungen&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Studienabschluss&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Sie müssen in Deutschland einen Studienabschluss (Bachelor, Master, Diplom, Magister, etc.) erworben haben.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Besitz einer Aufenthaltserlaubnis zum Studium&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Diese Aufenthaltserlaubnis kann nur erteilt werden, wenn sie an eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis zum Studium (nach § 16 Abs. 1 AufenthG) anschließt.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence permit to look for a job after successfully completing your studies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    Issuance of a residence permit for a maximum of 18 months after successfully completing your studies &lt;strong&gt;for the purpose of finding a job or starting a business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;study graduation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    You must have obtained a degree in Germany (Bachelor, Master, Diplom, Magister, etc.) and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hold a residence permit to study&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    This residence permit can only be issued if it follows a residence permit to study (in accordance with Section 16 (1) AufenthG).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0237&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 16 Studium AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(5)&lt;/strong&gt; Nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Studiums wird &lt;strong&gt;die Aufenthaltserlaubnis bis zu 18 Monate zur Suche einer diesem Abschluss angemessenen Erwerbstätigkeit verlängert&lt;/strong&gt;, sofern diese Erwerbstätigkeit nach den Bestimmungen der §§ 18, 19, &lt;strong&gt;19a&lt;/strong&gt;, 20 und 21 von einem Ausländer aufgenommen werden darf. &lt;strong&gt;Die Aufenthaltserlaubnis berechtigt während dieses Zeitraums zur Ausübung einer Erwerbstätigkeit&lt;/strong&gt;. § 9 findet keine Anwendung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5)&lt;/strong&gt; After a foreigner has successfully completed his studies, &lt;strong&gt;his temporary residence permit shall be extended by up to 18 months for the purpose of seeking employment commensurate with this qualification&lt;/strong&gt;, provided that foreigners are permitted to pursue this economic activity in accordance with the provisions contained in Sections 18, 19, &lt;strong&gt;19a&lt;/strong&gt;, 20 and 21. &lt;strong&gt;The temporary residence permit shall entitle the holder to pursue an economic activity in this period&lt;/strong&gt;. Section 9 shall not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305245/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur Arbeitsplatzsuche nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Studiums - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0237&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 16 - Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory Residence Act&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-18T13:32:00.020" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T13:32:00.020" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20464" CreationDate="2019-12-18T15:52:42.167" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to show accommodation proof for Germany Work Visa. I was told by someone that booking.com can help to book without paying any prepayment and if your dates change, you can cancel too without paying any extra money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I'm going to booking.com it says that maximum I can book for 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I book for 6 months in advance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2020-05-17T15:16:51.950" Title="Accommodation Proof, Germany Work Visa" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-18T17:06:34.290" Score="1" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I'm from Algeria but I'm living in Portugal and I residance permit card of 1 year.&#xA;May I change it to the island one?&#xA;And which kind of documents that I need? &#xA;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19360" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-18T18:21:03.023" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T18:21:03.023" Title="Português residence" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19521" CreationDate="2019-12-18T19:45:47.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;US banks do report interest to the IRS. But the amount of tax on the interest cannot be computed solely on the basis of the amount of interest paid by the bank. The person's taxes depend on factors such as whether the person is married, blind, how many dependents the person has. The tax also depends on the person's total income, some of which is only reported by the person when the annual tax return is filed. For example, the person may run a retail business and receive many small payments, which are not reported by the payers to the IRS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, the IRS does not automatically deduct the tax on interest from the account because the IRS is unable to compute what the tax should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T19:45:47.337" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19710" CreationDate="2019-12-18T21:50:33.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you mean the registration of your residence, which is not the booking of a hotel, but the renting of an apartment after moving in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;strong&gt;Step 1&lt;/strong&gt; of the link below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the issued &lt;strong&gt;Meldeschein&lt;/strong&gt; is the proof that you need to show the &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19397/17166&quot;&gt;resident permit - What are the things I should do after getting into Germany?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T21:50:33.103" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19521" CreationDate="2019-12-19T00:00:28.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The point of withholding, it should be noted, is not to prevent taxpayers from having to file tax returns.  The exact tax liability for the year cannot be known until the year is over.  Even if there were withholding on bank interest, taxpayers would still have to file returns to establish the final amount of the tax liability, which usually leaves them with a refund check or a tax bill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of withholding, rather, is to have roughly the right amount of tax paid to the Treasury over the course of the year rather than all at once when the tax return is submitted.  This helps with treasury's cash flow, of course, but it also helps the taxpayers' cash flow, because it relieves them of the need to ensure that they're saving enough cash to pay a huge annual tax bill.  That in turn helps the treasury's cash flow indirectly, and allows the IRS to save on collection efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bank interest is generally of such a small magnitude that it doesn't affect the total amount of the tax bill by very much at all.  Therefore, any system to require withholding of such interest will have a greater cost than benefit.  (Some foreign account holders are in fact subject to withholding on bank interest.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People whose income tax withholding is not adequate (or is nonexistent) may be required to make estimated tax payments to supplement the withholding.  Someone who has so much money in the bank that their interest income is very large will have to make these payments, but such people will be rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actual cases in which estimated tax payments are common include large sources of unearned income (often not subject to withholding), which includes retirement income, and non-employee earned income (that is, someone who is paid as a contractor using form 1099).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-19T00:33:00.203" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T00:33:00.203" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19715" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19716" CreationDate="2019-12-19T05:37:09.950" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat in Thailand with two bank accounts: One in Krungsri and one in Kasikorn,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally I don't use the Kasikorn account. It has zero money counts and neither a smartphone application nor a payment card attached to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a period I thought about closing it and staying only woth my active Krungsri account, but I might as well just keep it for any possible future need silently in the background,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say it stays in the background, inactive for 1 year or 5 years or 10 years or more,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is the Kasikorn company and/or the Bank of Thailand allowed by national law or international law respectively, to terminate it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19361" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T11:17:52.360" Title="Thai authorities and terminatation of &quot;unused&quot; expat bank accounts" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19715" CreationDate="2019-12-19T09:26:07.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thai banks have a very odd approach to inactive bank accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a balance, and don't use the account for a set amount of time (I believe it's around one or two years), it gets set as 'inactive' and they start charging a monthly 'inactive account' fee of up to around 200 Baht.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the account hits a balance of zero, I believe the account is closed after a further two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: This happened to one of my bank accounts - I believe it was a Krungsri Bank (Bank of Ayutthaya) account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T09:26:07.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19715" CreationDate="2019-12-19T11:17:52.360" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my experience &quot;inactive&quot; means you don't check the balance. If you update your bank book regularly and the amount of the account covers the yearly fees for the card (in case you have one) then all should be well. If the amount of money goes to zero when fees are due they close the account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="969" LastActivityDate="2019-12-19T11:17:52.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-19T13:09:07.357" Score="1" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-EU citizen working in Luxembourg with a valid Luxembourg work permit, but I would like to move to the German boarder (Trier) and commute every day to go to work. &#xA;My question is: is it possible to obtain a residence permit in Germany and remain working in Luxembourg ? If yes, would it be possible later to renew my work permit in Luxembourg by being a German resident, or the German residence permit would allow me to work in Luxembourg ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19362" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-20T16:44:39.763" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T14:44:37.193" Title="May a non-EU citizen work in Luxembourg and be a German resident?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19719" CreationDate="2019-12-19T14:08:30.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A similar question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19169/17166&quot;&gt;answered here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is called a &lt;strong&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/strong&gt; (Cross border commuter), for which special rules apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing to do is to make an appointment at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.trier.de/rathaus-buerger-in/stadtverwaltung/aemter-dienststellen/dezernat-iii/amt-fuer-auslaender-angelegenheiten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/a&gt; and ask them how the &lt;strong&gt;Grenzgänger&lt;/strong&gt; rules would apply for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are working in Luxembourg, the German resident permit would only be needed to reside in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Income and social taxes are based on where you work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;with special rules dealing with usage of one where earned in another&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ogbl.lu/frontaliers-allemands/wo-sie-uns-finden/allemagne/treve/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;organizations that assist with advice&lt;/a&gt; in these matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19169/17166&quot;&gt;student visa - Study in Germany, live in Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.trier.de/rathaus-buerger-in/stadtverwaltung/aemter-dienststellen/dezernat-iii/amt-fuer-auslaender-angelegenheiten/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stadt Trier - Amt für Ausländer-angelegenheiten&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ogbl.lu/frontaliers-allemands/wo-sie-uns-finden/allemagne/treve/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Trier | Deutsche Grenzgänger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-03-20T14:44:37.193" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T14:44:37.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-20T10:53:04.470" Score="1" ViewCount="532" Body="&lt;p&gt;For context, I am a Spanish citizen currently studying in a university in Denmark (I am doing the full degree there. It is not an Erasmus or any other exchange program.), as part of this studies I am doing an internship in a german company in Germany (that's where I am living right now). Once the internship I will be moving back to Denmark to continue with my studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; I have been offered a remote working student position (part time) at the company where I am currently doing the internship. The contract that I have been sent states the address that I have now in Germany, but by the time to contract takes effect I will no longer have that address. Because, as I understand, I will have to deregister from my current address once I move back to Denmark after the internship is over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;  With that in mind, I would like to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that possible/legal?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where would I have to pay taxes, for this job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to keep my german insurance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;-Can I keep my german bank account (that's where I will get paid)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19369" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-20T16:55:58.423" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T22:06:30.147" Title="Can a Spanish citizen live in Denmark and work remotely for a German company?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19703" CreationDate="2019-12-20T18:17:40.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the website for the consulate of Poland in Los Angeles you'll find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PROOF OF LEGAL RESIDENCE in the USA and valid re-entry document:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;-original of Permanent Residence Card (Green Card) or notarized copy,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;-or valid US resident visa type A, E, F (with endorsed I-20), G, H, I, J plus J1 documents, L, O, R;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tourists and visitors with US visa type B1/B2 and J1 Summer Work&#xA;  Travel visas must apply in their country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The US residence permit or visa should be valid at least three months&#xA;  beyond the intended departure from the territory of Poland or other&#xA;  Member States (Schengen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, they don't limit issuance of visas to USC and LPR. However, your case is a bit different because you don't have immigration documents that would go &quot;beyond the intended departure from Poland&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would contact them directly and see what they can do for you. Each consulate/country has different rules regarding visa issuance for third-country nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2019-12-20T18:17:40.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-19T22:18:48.960" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a situation where I will be working in US on L1 on &quot;A&quot; passport, and few months down the line will be getting the &quot;B&quot; passport. So in this case if I surrender my &quot;A&quot; passport I will lose my L1 and the employer will have to re issue a new one. Country &quot;A&quot; does not allow dual citizenship so have to surrender &quot;A&quot; passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to transfer the L1 from &quot;A&quot; to &quot;B&quot;? What are the cost implications for the employer here? I believe employer generally gets the blanket L1s, so should they have any problem issuing the L1 on &quot;B&quot; passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions/experience. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="nick1899" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T05:28:56.497" Title="Getting a new passport from &quot;Country-B&quot; while on L1 in USA on &quot;Country-A&quot; passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19725" CreationDate="2019-12-20T05:00:18.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So let me get this straight:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   you have a L1 on Passport A and entered the USA on it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   while you’re in the USA you will be acquiring nationality B&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Country A doesn’t allow for dual nationality so you have to give up nationality A which you’re willing and planning to do&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   however your L1 visa is attached to the passport from A, which you’re giving up&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is tricky as visas are issued onto passports through embassies in particular countries and are attached if not to the passport itself  (they can  often transfer when you get a new passport from the same country if it’s the same status) but to a passport class. So for example if you got a diplomatic passport, your old visa in a civilian passport wouldn’t work even if both are the same country.  I’ve never heard of a visa transferable to another country’s passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think your options are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talk to an immigration lawyer. This is beyond the realm of internet stranger advice. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep quiet about your dual nationality to Country A until you get a green card, which is independent of nationality once acquired. Countries do not normally know you’ve acquired a new citizenship unless you tell them or they have cause to investigate. So you’d keep using your passport A and visa in the A passport until you get a green card. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a L1 visa in your new passport from Country B&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don’t leave the USA while on the L1. The L1 is only used for entries. While you’re here, &lt;strike&gt;you have the EAD which proves&lt;/strike&gt; you have permission to work. So as long as you don’t leave the USA and want to return, you don’t have to get a new L1. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a rare outlier case as naturalizations rarely happen outside the naturalizing country (country B in this example). So best to see real professional advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" OwnerDisplayName="RoboKaren" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-12-22T05:28:56.497" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T05:28:56.497" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19731" CreationDate="2019-12-21T07:27:21.667" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiance is about to apply for a fiance Visa in order for her to come to the U.K. and marry together. However, I am currently a student and have a stipend of about 16K pounds per annum which falls short the required 18 600 pounds requirement. But then again my stipend rate is tax free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be acknowledged that my stipend rate is tax free?&#xA;Will her fiance still get accepted even if I fall short the required amount?&#xA;If I not meet the required amount how many savings do I need to have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19370" LastActivityDate="2019-12-21T16:55:47.340" Title="Student stipend falls short for the UK fiance Visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-21T15:13:46.783" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question about cashing in a UK pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am reading that France has a generous tax treatment when cashing in a UK pension. As I understand it, the effective tax rate is 6.75% (taking in the 10% allowance) with an additional 9.1% in social charges for those enrolled in French healthcare. In my case, I will be applying for a CdS (or whatever the post-Brexit equivalent is) during 2020. I am not enrolled in CPAM, so would either look to enroll after cashing out my pension (but in the same tax year), or take out private healthcare for a year. Does anybody know if the social charge exemption &quot;if not enrolled in public healthcare&quot; applies to being enrolled on the exact date of the encashment, or if done in the same tax year?&#xA;I also understand that my withdrawal will initially be taxed by HMRC under UK rules, and that I will subsequently need to reclaim the UK tax using the DTT form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anybody has been through this process I would greatly value your experiences as it could be expensive if I get it wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="498" LastActivityDate="2019-12-21T15:13:46.783" Title="What are the details of French Tax wrt pension withdrawal?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2019-12-21T16:55:47.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there is good news for you in Section 6.4, Maintenance grant or stipend –further guidance, of &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826340/Appendix-FM-1-7-Financial-Requirement-ext_1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Directorate Instruction Family Migration:  Appendix FM Section 1.7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where an academic maintenance grant or stipend is, or will be, paid on&#xA;  a tax-free basis, the amount of the gross equivalent can be counted&#xA;  towards the financial requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and goes on to give some examples. In particular, for the partner only case, with a gross income requirement of £18,600, the equivalent tax free income is £15,800.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The document, also linked in a comment on the question, contains a lot of useful information on the financial requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2019-12-21T16:55:47.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-22T04:06:56.480" Score="-1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding how to renew a passport in a third part country when I don’t have the right status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have a L1 from Country A and entered the USA on it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;while I’m  in the USA, I want to renew my passport from Country B which is expiring&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Country B doesn’t allow for dual nationality so I can’t reveal the existence of Passport A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m  in the USA and  worried that when I’m  renewing my passport at Embassy B that they’ll ask me what my status in the USA is and I can’t say L1 as that visa is on my Passport A and I can’t say visa waiver or other short term visa as I don’t have the entry stamp AND/OR country B won’t renew passports of people on short stay visas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[This scenario is based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/19725/2046&quot;&gt;another question&lt;/a&gt; that was clarified to represent a slightly different scenario than this one.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2019-12-22T04:15:24.583" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T04:15:24.583" Title="How to renew passport when I can’t reveal my dual nationality" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19732" CreationDate="2019-12-22T04:07:26.920" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In these cases, the best thing is to return to Country B and renew your passport  there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re already planning an extended trip to yet another country, Country D, then you could try renewing it at the consulate there but you’d need to stay in D for a few months for a plausible rationale and your L1 visa status might preclude an extended stay outside the USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T04:07:26.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19739" CreationDate="2019-12-22T04:11:57.313" Score="2" ViewCount="389" Body="&lt;p&gt;A family (Dad, Mom, Child) came to the US as asylees, and they were able to obtain greencards under categories AS6(Approved primary asylee), AS7(Spouse of asylee), and AS8(Child of asylee) after residing in US 5 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say Dad naturalized a few years later, is it possible for the mom and the child to apply for I485 adjustment of status to change their greencard status from AS7 and AS8 to IR1(Spouse of a U.S. citizen) and IR2(Child of a U.S. citizen)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19375" LastEditorUserId="19375" LastEditDate="2019-12-22T19:55:55.750" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T19:55:55.750" Title="Change Green Card Category" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-22T07:59:56.777" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had lived in Germany continuously for 6 years, then moved to the Netherlands and been living here continuously for 2 years now. I would like to apply for the EU permanent residence. I have a professional job, university degree and a good steady income. Where and how do I apply since I no longer live in Germany and have not been in the Netherlands 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19376" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T05:21:32.707" Title="EU permanent residence application" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19723" CreationDate="2019-12-22T10:01:20.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As as EU citizen you are granted the right to live and work inside the EU wherever you see fit. So yes, this is legally possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you need the right paperwork. For taxes, you need to consult a tax accountant locally. For your working contract you need to make sure it's all in order, i.e. the address is correct. As for insurances you need to figure that out with your provider. And it's also more paperwork on the employers end, which they do not have to accept, they could politely decline and reject the offer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, it's possible. But it's not easy and you will want an experienced professional helping you set this up to make sure no piece of paperwork you mistakenly filled out wrong or not at all will come back years later to haunt you. Helpful posts on the internet will not be good enough for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T10:01:20.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-22T17:49:50.143" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;We were blown away that we could not flee to Canada to live, even though we have substantial resources.  Canada only allows working immigrants.  Are there other countries that would take us? We are not interested in Central America.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19379" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T17:49:50.143" Title="What countries will accept a comfortably-retired US couple for permanent resident status?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19734" CreationDate="2019-12-22T19:22:53.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;An archived version of the USCIS &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20160220013010/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-8624/0-0-0-8666.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Adjudicator's Field Manual Chapter 23.2&lt;/a&gt;(c)(2)(B) seems to say that permanent residents cannot do Adjustment of Status unless they first lose their status through abandonment, rescission, or removal. (This chapter has been superseded by the USCIS Policy Manual, but I cannot find equivalent information in the corresponding USCIS Policy Manual volumes.) And voluntary abandonment of permanent residency can only be done by filing I-407 from outside the US or when entering at a port of entry, so I don't think Adjustment of Status is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050410.html#M504_10_3_C_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 504.10-3(C)(1)&lt;/a&gt;, a permanent resident can be issued an immigrant visa in a new category by a US consulate abroad without first relinquishing their green card. So it seems like what you want is possible, but only by doing Consular Processing abroad for an immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T19:22:53.307" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-22T19:30:04.083" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU national married to a Spanish citizen and I hold a national visa for Germany. I am applying for a &lt;code&gt;Tarjeta de familiar ciudadano de la union&lt;/code&gt; in Spain. I would like to know if this card gives me work authorization in Spain and if I can start working as soon as my application is accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19380" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T23:30:09.673" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T23:32:16.153" Title="Work authorization in Spain" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19735" CreationDate="2019-12-23T05:21:32.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are probably thinking of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  The status does not accrue automatically.  To benefit from this directive you must apply to your country of residence after having lived there for more than five years (see Article 7).  It seems from your question that you did not do that while living in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where and how do I apply since I no longer live in Germany and have not been in the Netherlands 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the information given in the question, it seems that your only option is to wait three years and apply to the Dutch IND.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T05:21:32.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15882" CreationDate="2019-12-23T11:22:16.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that there are other ways to obtain this passeport talent visa, not just through an incubator.  Getting your company approved by a public body as &quot;innovative&quot; is another way. Also, you do not have to go to one specific prefecture office to get this permit.  Don't you have to go to the prefecture where you reside? Also, you cannot say &quot;They will keep your card there for 3 year waiting for you to pick it up, so no worries if you can't be there at the right time&quot; because the temporary document clearly has an expiration date.  Correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19384" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T11:22:16.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-23T11:41:26.260" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose that an Italian lives in Brussels but works in Lille (France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that they can work and live in any other EU country with little restrictions, but how does that apply to a person who works and lives in two EU third countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to unemployment benefits, which is the person going to take when they lose their job, the one according to French law or the one according to Belgian law? Are unemployment benefits related to the place of residence or work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T14:13:41.737" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T14:13:41.737" Title="EU citizen living in an European country and working in an other country" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19745" CreationDate="2019-12-23T14:00:26.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unemployment is an insurance for which you make contributions to (mostly based on your salary), thus payments from that insurance will be paid out from the (mostly national) organisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your income tax is paid where you earn your income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For cross borders workers (working in one country but living in another) things become complicated in the area of social services such as health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here again you pay an organization that is often (but not always) based in one country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often there are organizations that help these cross border workers in such questions as choosing a health sevice based in France (where you work), but allows you to go to a doctor in Belgium (where you live).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lille, being a border town, will no doubt have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also asking your employer would probably result in some good tip since, for them, it is possibly an everyday affair. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T14:00:26.303" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19698" CreationDate="2019-12-23T16:00:38.340" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;During all of my research on the German work visa, I have never heard of anyone being refused for not having a resignation letter. It's not an official requirement, and it's not listed anywhere in the official resources. I was never asked this question, even though I applied for this visa twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:00:38.340" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19686" CreationDate="2019-12-23T16:03:23.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not deregister, you will be liable to pay German health insurance and German income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Mark already said, it's also illegal because you are registered at an address where you don't actually live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are only a few exceptions where it's not necessary to deregister:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are temporarily moving out of Germany, but will return to the same address. For example, if you are studying abroad for a semester, you don't need to deregister.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are moving to a new address in Germany. You only need to register your new address, and your old address will be deregistered automatically.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/abmeldung-deregister-in-berlin#why-do-you-need-to-deregister&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:03:23.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19667" CreationDate="2019-12-23T16:12:13.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do I have to inform the Finanzamt immediately? Or can I continue for few months and then inform Finanzamt couple of months later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to declare your business to the Finanzamt by &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/fragebogen-zur-steuerlichen-erfassung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;filling the Fragebogen zur steuerlichen Erfassung&lt;/a&gt;. There is no benefit to not doing this now. However, you are allowed to enter a past date into the founding date field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the penalty for informing them late?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, none. It will just make your life more complicated. You'll be missing a few things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/german-tax-id-steuernummer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a tax number and a VAT number&lt;/a&gt;. That might make invoicing and taxation more difficult. There isn't any benefit to waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Same question for Health insurance. At the moment I have the public TK. Can I continue and inform them after few months and pay the late fee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but again, it's not advisable. It only takes a few minutes to change your status on the TK website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related reading: &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/become-a-freelancer-in-germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to become a freelancer in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:12:13.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19740" CreationDate="2019-12-23T16:15:07.710" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spain has opted to extend the rights granted by the EU freedom of movement directive to the family members of Spanish citizens. Under the directive, you have the right to work in Spain as long as you are living there with your spouse.  You don't even need the card.  But you probably need the card for administrative reasons to show employers or potential employers that you have the right to work.  I am also unfamiliar with the details of Spanish law on this question.  But it is clear that once you have the card you certainly have the right to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T16:15:07.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19740" CreationDate="2019-12-23T23:17:32.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/ciudadanos-de-la-union-europea/estancia-y-residencia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministerio del Interior&lt;/a&gt; text below, after the application of the &lt;strong&gt;Tarjeta de familiar ciudadano de la union&lt;/strong&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;certificate of registration&lt;/strong&gt; will immediately issued&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;therefore you should already have authorization to work in Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As apposed to some other European Union countries, it seems that EU-Citizens in Spain are &lt;strong&gt;required&lt;/strong&gt; to register in the &lt;strong&gt;Central Registry of Foreigners&lt;/strong&gt; when staying longer than 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;all persons&lt;/strong&gt; in Spain (Spanish, an EU national, or a foreigner living or holidaying in the country) are &lt;strong&gt;required to carry&lt;/strong&gt; state-issued photo ID &lt;strong&gt;on your person at all times&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 4 (1) of Organic Law 4/2000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Defines that Foreign nationals in Spanish territory have &lt;strong&gt;the right and the obligation to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;possess documentation which accredits their identity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;as well as that which accredits their situation in Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Translation from Spanish with &lt;em&gt;Google Translate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RESIDENCE HIGHER THREE MONTHS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Citizens of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and of Switzerland have the &lt;strong&gt;right to reside in Spanish territory for a period exceeding three months if they are in any of the following cases&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;d. They are family members who accompany or will meet with a citizen of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or of Switzerland that meets the conditions contemplated in any of the above cases. The relative may be:&#xA;    In the case of a student's relative, his or her spouse or registered partner or the children of the student and his or her spouse or dependent partner.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;In all other cases, the spouse or de facto registered partner, their direct descendants and those of their spouse or partner under 21 years of age or incapable or over that age living in their care, and their direct ascendants or those of their spouse or of the registered couple living in their care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Those interested will be &lt;strong&gt;obliged to apply personally&lt;/strong&gt; before the Foreigners Office of the province where they intend to remain or fix their residence or, failing that, before the corresponding Police Station, their &lt;strong&gt;registration in the Central Registry of Foreigners&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The application must be submitted &lt;strong&gt;within three months from the date of entry into Spain&lt;/strong&gt;, being immediately issued a &lt;strong&gt;certificate of registration&lt;/strong&gt; stating the name, nationality and domicile of the registered person, his identity number of foreigner, and the date of registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article 4. (of Organic Law 4/2000)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1. Foreign nationals in Spanish territory have &lt;strong&gt;the right and the obligation to possess documentation which accredits their identity&lt;/strong&gt;, issued by the competent authorities of their native countries or places of origin, &lt;strong&gt;as well as that which accredits their situation in Spain&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2. They may not be deprived of their documentation, except in those cases and with the requirements provided in this Organic Law and in Organic Law 1/1992, of 21 February, on the Protection of Citizen Security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/spain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identification&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Travel advice Ireland) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Under Spanish law, you must &lt;strong&gt;carry&lt;/strong&gt; state-issued photo ID on your person at all times. &lt;strong&gt;This law applies equally to both residents and non-residents&lt;/strong&gt;. Failure to produce satisfactory identification when requested by the Spanish police forces (Civil Guard, National/ Regional/ Local Police) can result in being detained at a police station until your identity is confirmed. Ignoring direct requests or challenging a police officer may be viewed as 'disobedience', which is a criminal offence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Many sites use the same statement referring to this Spanish law&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;but none (that I found) state &lt;em&gt;which&lt;/em&gt; law it is&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.interior.gob.es/web/servicios-al-ciudadano/extranjeria/ciudadanos-de-la-union-europea/estancia-y-residencia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Estancia y residencia - Ministerio del Interior&lt;/a&gt; (in Spanish) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/402237554.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;organic law 8/2000 of 22 december, reforming organic law 4/2000, of 11 january, regarding the rights and freedoms of foreign nationalds&lt;/a&gt; (as PDF) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/spain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spain - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ireland)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-23T23:32:16.153" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T23:32:16.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-24T07:25:05.057" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm F2B category applicant and my case is just landed at NVC and I want to change postal address, as my parents changed address two times after they applied and now they're quite old, so my questions are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I receive letter on my postal address, which I received email (Notice of Immigrant Visa Case Creation) ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I change address to another country like to give address my current location India(&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I start process and to pay fee online portal &lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/IV&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ceac.state.gov/IV&lt;/a&gt; (by adding Case number and invoice number) or should I wait for letter from NVC ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I update my father's phone number to my phone number(India cell number) ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking for your response. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6757" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T05:46:25.700" Title="Can I change my address to other country from US, my case is at NVC" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19755" CreationDate="2019-12-24T17:15:27.033" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;While applying for UK visa, It is required to choose the application center. But there isnt much about for Long term tier-4 visa, from where can we apply for UK visa and where we cant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a valid Schengen visa (French), Can I apply for tier-4 UK visa from any of the application centers in Schengen country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19350" LastActivityDate="2019-12-24T17:42:04.290" Title="With a valid schegen visa (French),, Can I apply for tier-4 UK visa, from any of the application center in schegen country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19754" CreationDate="2019-12-24T17:42:04.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Policy on locations from where applications may be submitted is set out in the UK Immigration Rules Part1 (Entry Clearance, section 28) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-1-leave-to-enter-or-stay-in-the-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An applicant for an entry clearance must be outside the United Kingdom and Islands at the time of the application. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An application for an entry clearance as a visitor or as a short-term student must be made to any post designated by the Secretary of State to accept such applications. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any other application must be made to a post in the country or territory where the applicant is living which has been designated by the Secretary of State to accept applications for entry clearance for that purpose and from that category of applicant. Where there is no such post the applicant must apply to the appropriate designated post outside the country or territory where he is living.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2019-12-24T17:42:04.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-24T18:24:52.083" Score="1" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have German national Visa (Employment) approved for 3 months.&#xA;I had submitted few additional documents required for Blue card applicants during Visa application at German Consulate, Mumbai. Such as ANABIN docs along with degree certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a job contract for indefinite period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.What is the process to get Blue card once I reach Germany ?&#xA;2. Which documents are required during above process ?&#xA;3. Will I need apostille on degree certificate even if I have ANABIN docs ?&#xA;4. In my case what will be the validity duration of Blue Card ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19389" LastActivityDate="2020-09-04T21:28:01.687" Title="What is the process to get EU blue card once I am in Germany on Employment Visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-24T22:45:23.233" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Blue Card in Germany. I am working now but i just wanted to know, if for some reason company does not want me after 6 months. Does anybody knows what will happen ?!&#xA;In my contract says that i have 6 months as a probation period. I am worried what will happen to me if company decides that after 6 months they don’t want me. &#xA;Thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19390" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2019-12-25T13:34:04.960" LastActivityDate="2019-12-25T13:34:04.960" Title="Blue Card Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19758" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-25T07:53:56.603" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian national. I have a Swedish permanent work and residence permit (UT Card). The validity of my UT card is going to expire soon. I don't have a permanent job at present in Sweden. I am in India currently and will be travelling to Sweden before my UT card expires. Please let me know how and where to apply for the UT card extension and what are the documents that I need while applying for the extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19391" LastActivityDate="2019-12-25T07:53:56.603" Title="Regarding Sweden residence permit (UT card) renewal" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20059" CreationDate="2019-12-25T09:01:49.283" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I desire to learn what are all the 24/7 bus lines of Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.transitbangkok.com/bangkok_buses.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;current transit bangkok table&lt;/a&gt; lists the following lines as 24(/7) lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2, 4, 22&#xA;23, 25, 29&#xA;34, 59, 76&#xA;91, 145, 203&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I fear the table might be slightly outdated because I myself took line 60 (Petchaburi-RamKhamaeng) several times between 01:00-05:00.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think line 40 (expanded version ; Chinatown-RamKhamaeng) has recently turned 24/7&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recall taking line 168 around Klong Toey area (which starts from Klong Toey bus depot) around 03:30 but I might confuse with either 01:00 or 05:00.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the 24/7 bus lines of Bangkok?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2020-01-18T04:53:07.733" LastActivityDate="2020-02-12T07:08:18.157" Title="What are the 24/7 bus lines of Bangkok?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19775" CreationDate="2019-12-26T15:26:43.810" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might need to leave Thailand sometime in the second or third quarter of 2020 for at least 6 months or one year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal preferred destination is Vietnam due to welcoming visa policy towards the citizenship I currently hold and where I visited twice and understand a bit about the language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things I wonder about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can a tourist visa holder open a bank account in Vietnam, if so in which of the many banks?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/19467/what-is-the-best-thailand-bank-to-transfer-money-into-and-from-vietnam&quot;&gt;relying on a Thai bank account to transfer money to Vietnam by western union&lt;/a&gt; as the only banking solution, even plausible?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are a condo, a serviced-apartment and an regular apartment three different legal concepts as I understand them to be in Thailand; each one with special laws and probably special taxation (with condo taxation significantly different and often lower than that of serviced apartment or regular apartment)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As far as I understand, the condo culture in Vietnam is radically different than in Thailand:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt;, there aren't as many condos in Vietnamese main cities as there are in Thai main cities, where one could find a condo pretty much everywhere --- at least five in every central street (soi) in Bangkok.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Second&lt;/strong&gt;, finding a condominium is not as simple as it is in Thailand --- to take two weeks in a hotel and devote 6 days just to walking around it to find a condominium and about one more week to wait to enter to it --- so how does one finds a residence estate in an &quot;old school&quot; way in a main Vietnamese main cities?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What residing unit (condominium/serviced apartment/regular apartment) scams to avoid?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the supermarket branch with lowest prices in general (at least for membership holder) such as Big C in Thailand?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What could be a proper replacement for say Shoppee.co.th or lazada.co.th or central.co.th or jib.co.th?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is &quot;the best&quot; type of place to buy a second handed reliable motorcycle in a major city in Vietnam (the &quot;land of motorcycles&quot;)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do foreign driving licenses enough in Vietnam?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How would you answer these questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this question is too broad, I will totally understand closing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2019-12-27T03:57:37.040" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T04:19:36.353" Title="Moving from Thailand to Vietnam" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;vietnam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-26T19:24:45.140" Score="2" ViewCount="1170" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a person live in the US and get a GC in the process if they had large amount of money, took part of it, deposited it in any US bank and lived out of interests? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or do they have to earn an active (i.e work-related) income in order to get a Green Card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2019-12-26T19:33:05.037" LastActivityDate="2019-12-27T16:45:21.023" Title="Getting a Green Card by living out of interests only" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19763" CreationDate="2019-12-26T19:32:58.533" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, neither having money in a bank account nor earning work income qualifies a person to immigrate to the US. You generally must be petitioned by a US citizen or permanent resident relative, or petitioned by a US employer who plans to employ you, to legally immigrate to the US (though there are some self-petitioning employment-based categories).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the EB-5 investment immigration program, where you have to invest about $1,800,000 (or $900,000 for certain rural areas) into certain projects in the US, and create a certain number of jobs. This requires an actual investment, not having money in the bank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T19:32:58.533" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19836" CreationDate="2019-12-27T10:57:46.920" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an MBA student in Germany. My Master's thesis defense is scheduled on 22-Jan and this marks the end of my Master's degree. I have a permanent job offer, exceeding Blue Card threshold, in Berlin with joining date from 1-Feb. I am planning to move to Berlin on 23-Jan, and am already trying to find apartments there. My current student Visa is valid until 28-Feb.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, can I go to Ausländerbehörde in Berlin, even if I don't have an apartment with Anmeldung yet, for extending Visa and converting it into full-time work permit? What documents, if any, do I need from my University after completing my thesis defense, to prove the completion of Master's degree. As far as I know, actual graduation ceremony happens in April. Please advise. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19395" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T08:39:56.153" Title="What's the process to change student Visa to work permit upon graduation in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:27:50.600" Score="0" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new and I'm sorry if this question doesn't belong to this stackexchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I happen to be born in a country that is not safe for me personally. And I'm considering moving to Europe. I still didn't decide on the exact country, but my goal is to be able to leave my original country as soon as possible and never go back (legally, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work from the internet and I can afford to live in low-cost small towns/cities in Europe (around €1000 per month). So I think there are two ways to achieve my goal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acquire a short temporary visa just to get there and then apply for asylum. I believe my asylum application has sufficient reasons to be accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply for temporary/long-term residency and stay there until acquiring permanent residency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one method fails, I would try the other one. But I am seeking advice on which method is better (assuming both can succeed) and the pros and cons of each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Any other ideas related to my goal are quite welcome.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note 1: I am a non-EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19396" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T01:00:25.517" Title="If both are possible, is seeking permanent residency better than asylum?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19767" CreationDate="2019-12-27T16:26:18.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Responding to the title of your question: if you obtain permanent residency in another country, you'll always be a visitor - a tolerated, long-term visitor to be sure, but not a citizen. Your passport will be that of your country of origin, and you may face challenges when it's time to renew it. (If you can achieve permanent residency, as @phoog notes in Comments, you may be able to leverage that status into citizenship.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are seeking or have achieved asylum status, it's a bad idea to use the passport of your country of origin for travel, as it puts your asylum status at risk and there's always a risk of being transported (even against your will) back to your country of origin. Learn more about this subject by using the search box at the top of this page, and look for &quot;asylum&quot; or &quot;asylee returns to country of origin,&quot; and you'll see lots of info. You could start with &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14158/refugee-in-usa-needs-to-travel-to-his-country-of-origin&quot;&gt;this Expatriates thread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, unless you can get permanent resident status in a country that will (after time) allow you to become a citizen, you'll be better off achieving asylum status. An asylee — after some period of time — can usually achieve citizenship in the country granting asylum status, and abandon the country-of-origin passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first EU country of arrival must process an asylum petition if one is proffered, but such petition may in the alternative be entertained by the second or a subsequent country, which may - but is not required to - refer the petition back to the first EU country of arrival.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-28T23:55:09.083" LastActivityDate="2020-01-28T23:55:09.083" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19763" CreationDate="2019-12-27T16:45:21.023" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. There are ways to come to the US based on having a sizable amount of money to invest, but none of them allow you to &quot;invest&quot; it in your own bank account. You actually have to put the money at risk in a way that will substantially enhance the US economy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a green card by investment, you would have to apply for an Employment-based Fifth Preference (EB-5) immigrant visa, which requires a plan to (1) start a new or substantially expand/transform an existing enterprise, (2) create at least ten full-time jobs for US workers, and (3) invest $1.8M USD ($900k if in a rural or high-unemployment area). Ideally this would be completed or substantially on track to complete with two years, because the initial green card is conditional and you must show to USCIS that you are meeting all the requirements at that time. There is an option to partner with a &quot;regional center&quot; which can allow you to count certain indirectly created jobs and receive help with your business planning, but these charge a fee for their services and the program is awaiting re-authorization from Congress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because these are real, active investments, and because you will be required to meet the job creation requirements and keep the full investment at risk for the entire two-year conditional residency period, you need to have some combination of extensive due diligence on the investment and/or willingness to spend time managing the business. Of course, the more you involve regional centers, hire people to manage the business, or invest in someone else's business, the more due diligence you need to do; the more you manage it oneself, you won't have to worry about scams but need to make a solid plan yourself (keep in mind you are planning to run a business in a country you have never lived in, so you will need substantial market and economic research) and take on the role of full-time management. Of course, if you are extremely rich and this is pocket change, I guess you can just throw it in the first opportunity you see if you are willing to lose it for the sake of getting a green card fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19400" LastActivityDate="2019-12-27T16:45:21.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-27T18:53:57.953" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK for more than a year, working full time. I am a non-EU citizen on pre-settlement status, originally came here as a depended child(over 21) of EU citizens living in the UK. I thinking about getting married to a girl from my original home country. Should we get married in the home country and get a family visa to travel with me to the UK? Is there any limitation, given that I was/am a depended on my father, EU citizen in the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for all your help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15520" LastActivityDate="2019-12-27T18:53:57.953" Title="Can I, in UK on pre-settled status, marry non-EU citizen and live in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-27T20:06:00.207" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK Citizen, though I have held a Green Card and been a permanent resident of the US since 2013, current Green Card expires 2023.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently looking at applying for citizenship through form N-400. The only sticking point that is stopping me from doing it right now, rather than waiting until 2021, is the continuous residence requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have lived, gone to school, worked, and filed taxes in the US since 2009. However, in 2016 I took a short contract in the UK which had me leave the country 05/09/2016 and return 11/06/2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means I did work and pay tax on my income in the UK for that period. Also the period is exactly 181 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chapter 3 - Continuous Residence of the USCIS policy manual states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Absence of More than Six Months (but Less than One Year)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An absence of more than six months [more than 181 days but less than one year (less than 365 days)] during the period for which continuous residence is required is presumed to break the continuity of such residence. This includes any absence that takes place prior to filing the naturalization application or between filing and the applicant’s admission to citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An applicant’s intent is not relevant in determining the location of his or her residence. The period of absence from the United States is the defining factor in determining whether the applicant is presumed to have disrupted his or her residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An applicant may overcome the presumption of loss of his or her continuity of residence by providing evidence to establish that the applicant did not disrupt his or her residence. The evidence may include, but is not limited to, documentation that during the absence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant did not terminate his or her employment in the United States or obtain employment while abroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant’s immediate family remained in the United States.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The applicant retained full access to his or her United States abode.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, if I was on US soil on 05/09/2016 and back on US soil by 11/06/2018 which is exactly 181 days, &lt;strong&gt;do I have to worry about not meeting the continuous residency requirement for an absence that is exactly 181 days and not more than 181 days?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19402" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2019-12-27T20:06:00.207" Title="US Naturalization continuous residency requirement for an absence that is exactly 181 days and not more than 181 days?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9224" CreationDate="2019-12-28T01:10:04.220" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually telephone interview is not recorded but face to face interview at the Immigration NZ branch are recorded. Telephone interview are usually recorded by the officer as notes made at the time and gets entered into Immigration New Zealand AMS notes systems. It is quite unfair that when you make official information request with OIA, they will tell you it is not recorded. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In criminal court, evidence without other support evidence is not admissable however Immigration New Zealand officers has discretionary power to decline you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19404" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T01:10:04.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19774" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19829" CreationDate="2019-12-28T03:00:20.910" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Electrical stove that I charge directly from an electricity socket, then turn on, then set heating level by Watt (800 Watt is the medium level, I think) and it also contains battery for a large cooling fan instilled under the stove and keep working some time after I turn off that appliance to ensure cooling off the appliance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This electric stove appliance costed me about 1,900 Baht at Big C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might need to move to Vietnam soon and I want to take the electrical stove with me (along with a pan and pot).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thaipost doesn't allow to send battery-containing goods → I was told something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;nothing with batteries, noting flammable and no liquids (besides water I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To solve that problem I thought to take it along with my laptop (holding both of them in all checkings) but I believe this will be quite frustrating and also dangerous because I might have to carry a large backpack and a smaller backpack with both laptop case and electrical stove bag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I leave to Vietnam, I would like the send the electrical stove to an hotel address there:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;How to send a battery-including electrical stove from Thailand to Vietnam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update after answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me I was wrong --- the electrical stove doesn't have a battery; it's cooling system just keep working after heating body is shuttled down --- if it is taken out of electricity while just cooling it will just stop working so because there is no battery, I could indeed send it with Thaipost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2020-01-05T11:07:02.447" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T11:07:02.447" Title="How to send a battery-including electrical stove from Thailand to Vietnam?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;&lt;vietnam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19762" CreationDate="2019-12-28T04:19:36.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To open a bank account at any bank in Vietnam you need a 1 year tourist or business visa, all banks I have visited follow that same rule, shorter visa periods are not allowed to open a bank account &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;its perfectly ok to transfer direct from Thai banks to VN banks without western union, just do a direct bank transfer in USD, I do this all the time from many different countries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A condo is an apartment you buy and own, a serviced apartment is a rented property where cleaning and other services are included in the rent, not sure what is meant by a regular apartment maybe a rented property without cleaning included.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;condos and apartments are available everywhere in HCM and Hanoi, you will have no problem finding what you want.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not aware of any scam regarding apartments but others might be but I have found it to be safe to both buy and rent property in HCM and Hanoi &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T04:19:36.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19634" CreationDate="2019-12-28T10:34:58.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading through the administrative guidelines concerning the German nationality law (page 43 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dortmund.de/media/p/ordnungsamt/pdf_ordnungsamt/Allgemeine_Verwaltungsvorschrift_zum_Staatsangehoerigkeitsrecht.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;), I found the following paragraphs concerning the loss of German citizenship when a foreign citizenship is applied for and awarded:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ein Antrag im Sinne des Absatzes 1 ist jede freie Willensbetätigung,&#xA;  die unmittelbar auf den Erwerb einer ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit&#xA;  gerichtet ist. Antrag in diesem Sinne ist damit neben einem&#xA;  Einbürgerungsantrag auch der Erwerb einer ausländischen&#xA;  Staatsangehörigkeit aufgrund einer Option, durch Registrierung oder&#xA;  durch Erklärung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ergänzende Anmerkung&lt;/strong&gt;: Bei einem Antrag ist zu unterscheiden zwischen&#xA;  konstitutiver und deklaratorischer Wirkung. Bedarf es lediglich aus&#xA;  formalen Gründen zur Inanspruchnahme einer ausländischen&#xA;  Staatsangehörigkeit, auf die von Rechts wegen sonst ohne weiteres ein&#xA;  Anspruch besteht, eines Antrags, einer Option, Registrierung,&#xA;  Erklärung oder sonstigen Handlung, liegt somit kein Erwerbsantrag im&#xA;  Sinne des § 25 Absatz 1 Satz 1 StAG vor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the following machine translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An application within the meaning of paragraph 1 is any free will&#xA;  activity that is aimed directly at acquiring a foreign nationality. In&#xA;  this sense, an application in this sense is, in addition to a&#xA;  naturalization application, the acquisition of foreign citizenship&#xA;  based on an option, by registration or by declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional note&lt;/strong&gt;: When making an application, a distinction must be&#xA;  made between constitutive and declaratory effects. If an application,&#xA;  an option, registration, declaration or other action is required only&#xA;  for formal reasons to claim a foreign nationality, to which there is a&#xA;  legal right otherwise, there is no application for acquisition within&#xA;  the meaning of Section 25 (1) sentence 1 StAG before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the first paragraph seems to suggest that obtaining a foreign nationality (in this case Irish) by &quot;registration, option, or declaration&quot; would result in loss of German nationality, the second paragraph (&quot;additional note&quot;) seems to walk this back, suggesting instead that when the &quot;option, registration, or declaration&quot; is &quot;just a formality&quot; needed to claim a nationality for which the person already has a legal right - German nationality is not lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My interpretation is that this &quot;additional note&quot; is intended to directly address situations like Irish foreign birth registration and clarify that such registration does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; lead to a loss of German citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19183" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T10:34:58.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19777" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-28T10:37:11.070" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen and i have never visited/resided in Britain, also I haven't acquired passport yet.&#xA;I want to apply for British Army as a Commonwealth Country's citizen but in the application form it's asking me for Date of entry into the UK?&#xA;Although I have chosen the option of not having passport right now.&#xA;So, which date should i enter into it?&#xA;Should i proceed to apply before getting passport?&#xA;Or if anyone knows its process then please let me know&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TYsf7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19406" LastEditorUserId="19406" LastEditDate="2019-12-29T16:41:57.473" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T10:56:47.817" Title="Regarding applying for British Army" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19778" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19782" CreationDate="2019-12-28T16:56:00.217" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that perhaps things are not very clear at the moment, Nevertheless I am sharing this question in case I have missed out on important information. I am a EU national who lived 14 years in England before leaving for France less than a year ago. I obtained my settled status before leaving the country and as far as I read I can live for up to five years in a row outside of the UK and still return with no issues. Is this still valid? Has any new information come to light in that respect? I am planning to return to England mid 2020. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16286" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2019-12-30T13:02:42.370" LastActivityDate="2020-01-01T21:44:23.373" Title="Going back to England with settled status after the end of January" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19779" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19783" CreationDate="2019-12-28T17:52:39.223" Score="3" ViewCount="618" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just received the &quot;niederlassungserlaubnis&quot;. But with very strange conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have passed 3 years working with blue card in Germany with A2 language certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I have received a green paper with the &quot;niederlassungserlaubnis&quot; which says &quot;Erlischt bei Inanspruchnahme von sozialleistungen&quot; which translates to &quot;expires when social benefits are used&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that legal? All my friends didn't have similar paper. And what I knew that by having the &quot;niederlassungserlaubnis&quot;, you have the right of all &quot;sozialleistungen&quot;. Any one know what should I do? What does the law says about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more strange point, the new card has an entry &quot;Karte Gültig bis&quot; &quot;card expired in&quot; and is written the expiry date of my passport. When I checked with others, their card has the entry &quot;Gültig bis&quot; &quot;valid to&quot; and written &quot;unbefristet&quot; = &quot;permanent&quot;. May be because the addition of word card? Is that normal also? What should I do here as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19408" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T07:47:45.340" Title="Question about Permanent residence permit in Germany &quot;niederlassungserlaubnis&quot;" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2019-12-29T05:12:44.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personal experience &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;California :&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Gross - Pay 13683.40&#xA;Federal - 2090.51&#xA;Fica - 848.37&#xA;Medicare - 198.41&#xA;State - 858.76&#xA;SDI - 136.83&#xA;Net Pay - 9550.52&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zurich , Switzerland&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Gross Pay - 13683.40&#xA;Tax withholding - 1540.00  ( federal + cantonal)&#xA;Social deductions - 835.35 ( AHV/UI ) &#xA;Net Pay - 11308.05&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19410" LastActivityDate="2019-12-29T05:12:44.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-29T09:36:39.320" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;My dependent submitted the online application fee for her tier-4 dependent visa(applying at the same time) and attached a bank statement that has 25% less amount of what was actual required to show maintenance fee for her, maintained for 28days. Now she has got some more money in her account (When fee is already submitted), is there any benefit of attaching new bank statement showing this new amount when it is not maintained for 28 days? can we write in cover letter that we are ready to provide another letter to home office (if they require) anytime, showing that funds are still there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they consider any explanations or its of no use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19350" LastEditorUserId="19350" LastEditDate="2019-12-29T09:52:59.767" LastActivityDate="2019-12-29T09:52:59.767" Title="Uk tier-4 dependent, proof of transfer for new funds available" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19778" CreationDate="2019-12-29T19:10:07.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Settled status or no, as things stand at the moment you will be able to freely move to the UK as an EU national in mid 2020. Unless there's a major upheaval (and hey, who knows!) all of 2020 will be the &quot;transition period&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50838994&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; and you will still be able to move to the UK without a visa and UK citizens will still have the ability to do the same to the rest of the EU. I can't imagine your settled status will have changed though, again, Brexit Britain is a strange place. Find a way to confirm your status when you arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17901" LastEditorUserId="17901" LastEditDate="2019-12-29T21:53:52.487" LastActivityDate="2019-12-29T21:53:52.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19779" CreationDate="2019-12-30T14:58:37.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Added information from Comments&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not self employed (&lt;strong&gt;Selbständig&lt;/strong&gt;) or freelancer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;§19a (6) Sentence 1&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; issued against a Blue Card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this card was incorrectly issued due to the added&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;date restriction and the extra text about expiration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably inform them of this and ask for the issuance of a new card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; should not be time restricted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I found no reference in the Guidelines: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_26102009_MI31284060.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/a&gt; about any time restrictions for a &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usage of the text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Erlischt bei Inanspruchnahme von Leistungen nach SGB II oder SGB XII.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is only meantioned in the context of &lt;strong&gt;self employment&lt;/strong&gt; for a normal resident permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§19a (6) Sentence 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(6) &lt;strong&gt;Holders of an EU Blue Card must be issued a permanent settlement permit, if they have held a position of employment in line with subsection 1 for at least 33 months and have made mandatory or voluntary contributions to the statutory pension insurance scheme for that period, or if they furnish evidence of an entitlement to comparable benefits from an insurance or pension scheme or from an insurance company and if the requirements of Section 9 (2), sentence 1, nos. 2, 4 to 6, 8 and 9 are met and if they have basic German language skills&lt;/strong&gt;. Section 9 (2) sentences 2 to 6 shall apply accordingly. The period referred to in sentence 1 shall be reduced to 21 months if the foreigner has a sufficient command of the German language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comment from  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jurati.de/downloads/Rechtlicher%2520Rahmen%2520und%2520Struktur%2520des%2520Aufenthaltsrechts.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rechtlicher Rahmen und Struktur des Aufenthaltsrechts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bei Aufenthaltstiteln für &lt;strong&gt;Selbständige (§ 21 AufenthG)&lt;/strong&gt; findet sich gelegentlich:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;„Erlischt mit Wegfall des Krankenversicherungsschutzes. “&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;oder&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;„Erlischt bei Inanspruchnahme von Leistungen nach SGB II oder SGB XII.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0364&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jurati.de/downloads/Rechtlicher%2520Rahmen%2520und%2520Struktur%2520des%2520Aufenthaltsrechts.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rechtlicher Rahmen und Struktur des Aufenthaltsrechts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_26102009_MI31284060.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMI-MI3-20091026-SF-A001.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pdf 2009-10-26&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T07:47:45.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-31T12:29:20.603" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen and have moved to the UK in June 2016. I was granted &quot;settled status&quot;/ILR under the EU Settlement Scheme in October 2019, without the need to have 5 years of residence by linking my application to a family member. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for British citizenship as soon as possible. I am not married to a British citizen, so the usual 5 year residence requirement applies. The criteria of fulfilling the residence requirement are having:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ordinarily, I'd be eligible to apply in June 2021. However, I have spent the following periods in the UK:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;XX June 2015 to XX September 2015 (I need to determine exact dates)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;21st December 2015 to 3rd January 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15th January 2016 to 30th January 2015&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;before my &quot;full-time&quot; move to the UK in June 2016. This would amount to around 340 days spent outside the UK in that 5 year period (270 before June 2016 &amp;amp; 70 days after), well below the 450 days allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is worth noting that I was school-age at that time and the periods spent in my home country was to conclude my education (before continuing it in the UK in June 2016). I am not sure if this affects the residence requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above calculation would suggest that I may apply for citizenship in October 2020 by stating the start of my residence period in June 2015. However, there is also the following requirement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;prove you were in the UK exactly 5 years before the day the Home Office receives your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain]&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would then mean, as I was absent from the UK in October 2015, I am only eligible to apply in December 2020 by starting my 5 year period of residence at date of arrival in the UK in December 2015. This, in turn, would also reduce days absent to around 230.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, am I correct in understanding that I may apply in December 2020? Alternatively, where may I seek advice regarding this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19420" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T01:02:12.520" Title="Residence requirement for British citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:14:50.527" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am originally from France but have been living in the US for 13 years and now have dual citizenship. I am considering relocating back to France. I am a freelancer and I am looking at creating a &quot;micro-entreprise&quot; in France so I can continue my activities as an independent contractor. I would like to continue freelancing with some of my US-based clients. One of them said they would need an updated W9 with my new address so we can continue working together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can/Should I put my French address and my US Social Security number on a W9 form? To clarify, my client would wire payments to my French bank account, and I would pay my taxes in France (although I am aware that I would still need to file in the US every year). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19422" LastActivityDate="2020-05-30T00:03:40.353" Title="W9 for French-US Freelancer Working in France but Contracting with US Companies" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19787" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:31:07.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A TN visa can be used by Canadian or Mexican professionals who want to work in the USA. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-02-20T01:45:01.310" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T01:45:01.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19788" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:31:07.593" Score="0" Body="Questions about the USA TN visa used by NAFTA professionals--Canadian or Mexican citizens" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T18:09:38.847" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T18:09:38.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19789" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:35:45.553" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Italian citizens (including dual citizens) who reside outside of Italy for more than 12 months are required to register in A.I.R.E. It helps the expatriate to vote absentee, and issuance or renewal of ID cards and driver's license.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-02-20T01:44:49.723" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T01:44:49.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19790" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:35:45.553" Score="0" Body="Questions about the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.)." OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T18:08:57.857" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T18:08:57.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19791" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:38:17.093" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-12-31T22:38:17.093" LastActivityDate="2019-12-31T22:38:17.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19792" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:38:17.093" Score="0" Body="Questions about emigrating from, immigrating to, or living in the United States of America" OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-01-01T21:01:40.523" LastActivityDate="2020-01-01T21:01:40.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19793" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:39:33.397" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-12-31T22:39:33.397" LastActivityDate="2019-12-31T22:39:33.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19794" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:39:33.397" Score="0" Body="Questions about acquiring or maintaining the right to temporarily or permanently live in a foreign country." OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-01-01T21:02:38.237" LastActivityDate="2020-01-01T21:02:38.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19795" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:44:37.347" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-12-31T22:44:37.347" LastActivityDate="2019-12-31T22:44:37.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19796" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-31T22:44:37.347" Score="0" Body="Questions about visas that are derived from someone else's visa. For instance, a spouse, child, or parent visa. " OwnerUserId="2303" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-01-01T21:02:24.260" LastActivityDate="2020-01-01T21:02:24.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19786" CreationDate="2019-12-31T23:47:39.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. As a US citizen, you are a US person, and should fill out W-9 instead of W-8BEN to provide your Social Security Number. You can put a foreign address on the W-9, as per the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/3334/what-address-does-a-us-citizen-living-abroad-and-employed-as-a-consultant-by-a-f&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2019-12-31T23:47:39.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-01T11:12:05.407" Score="5" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I studied for 5 years in the Netherlands (e.g. a 3-year Bachelor's and 2-year Masters). Suppose immediately after graduation I am eligible for the &quot;highly skilled migrant&quot; residence permit and obtain it. After 1-day of having that highly skilled migrant residence permit, and assuming I have a civil integration diploma and no criminal record, am I eligible for Dutch citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding of the law as stated on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Naturalisation.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ind.nl website&lt;/a&gt;, I would be. It says on there that all I need is 5 years of continuous living in the Netherlands on a valid residence permit (i.e. the 5 years spent on the study based residence permits) and be holding a residence permit for a non-temporary purpose (i.e. the highly skilled migrant residence permit) specifically &lt;em&gt;at the time&lt;/em&gt; of the citizenship application. Am I reading this wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16408" LastEditorUserId="19427" LastEditDate="2020-01-14T01:14:14.920" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T01:14:14.920" Title="After 5 years of studying in the Netherlands, would I be eligible for citizenship a day after obtaining the &quot;highly skilled migrant&quot; residence permit?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19799" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19806" CreationDate="2020-01-01T12:20:39.560" Score="0" ViewCount="437" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a blue card. Based on the document I can not have another job and I can't do my own business for two years. But I would like to know is it possible to invest in stock with Blue card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not employment, however there could be profit/loss based on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17742" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T14:26:57.103" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T14:26:57.103" Title="Can Blue card holders in Germany invest in stocks?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19785" CreationDate="2020-01-01T21:32:42.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should have received an email about being granted settled status with an attachment that explains among other things your rights to apply for U.K. citizenship. Rules based on “indefinite leave to remain” are not relevant anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the governent website says: &quot;To apply for citizenship with settled status you must usually have lived in the UK for 12 months after getting it.&quot; And as usual, the UK government, deliberately or out of incompetence, tries to confuse things by saying that &quot;settled status is also called indefinite leave bla bla bla&quot; but of course not the same as indefinite leave to remain before settled status. So if you already received settled status - not pre-settled status - in October 2019, you'd have to &lt;strong&gt;wait until October 2020 to apply&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have some specific reason, there should be no particular urgency to get U.K. citizenship (except if you plan to immediately leave the U.K. for several years, or plan to commit some serious crime).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2020-01-03T01:02:12.520" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T01:02:12.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19778" CreationDate="2020-01-01T21:44:23.373" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have indeed settled status (and not just the older indefinite leave to remain) then you can return within five years. Did you receive an email telling you that settled status was granted using the words “settled status”?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don’t actually have settled status yet but indefinite leave to remain (or if you actually had never been in the U.K.), you can still return in 2020, and apply for settled status, and in the worst case would get preliminary settled status and would have to wait some time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-01-01T21:44:23.373" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19752" CreationDate="2020-01-02T05:46:25.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Changing your address to outside the USA could signal that you're abandoning your residency in the USA or that you don't live in the USA at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be safer to either rent a Post Office Box or Private Mail Box. There are some private mail box services that will even open and scan your mail for you - and send the scanned images anywhere in the country. Some googling will find them for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or to be absolutely sure, you can have the correspondence sent to your immigration attorney. You may be able to find an attorney who is reasonably priced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your phone number, you could use the free google voice service to get a USA phone number that will forward to your gmail account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T05:46:25.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19799" CreationDate="2020-01-02T14:13:42.987" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not employment however there could be profit/ loss based on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you invest only your own money for your own personal finances, this should be fine. what you do with your private money on private terms is none of Germany's business. You could &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; own stock or have other means of income (for example maybe you rent out property you own in your home country). Or you could simply win the lottery. Or maybe you buy a used car for yourself for cheap and manage to sell it for more than you bought it for after a year. And in the end, if you put your money into a bank account and get interest, that's not really different. &lt;em&gt;As long as it's not a business&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, you need to declare all of this when you do your taxes, you may want to hire a tax accountant for that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T14:13:42.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T10:53:56.513" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;My situation: I am 31 years old. I live in the UK and have been a software developer for 5 years (but only 1 year in a really challenging, full stack position). I own a house. I have a fair amount of savings and a decent salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I became divorced about a year ago. I have always wanted to move abroad, but haven't been able to as my ex-partner didn't want to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I can, but I'm very apprehensive. I have a good job, am secure financially and am a home owner. I would be giving all of that up for the unknown... but it is something I've always dreamed of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;what order should I do things in to move&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I would not want to rent my house out,as the rent to mortgage ratio is not good where I am and the tenants in my area are notoriously bad, so if I move I will be selling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of location, my current preference is New Zealand, but I have also looked at some other places that are good for software devs (Switzerland, Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I need to sell the house, get a job, find accommodation somewhere else, ship all my belongings, set up a new bank account, get a working or residency visa. It's quite overwhelming and I'm not sure where to start or what to do first (do I move and then look for a job or get a job offer first, in which case I have to hope the house sells quickly... etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies for the long post, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14646" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T10:53:56.513" Title="What order should I do things in to move?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T09:43:40.613" Score="1" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Berlin from India on May 2019 to work as a software engineer in a startup in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received my Blue Card on 30-Sep-2019 and it is valid for 4 years. I also received separate work permit which mentions my present company name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told by the ausländerbehörde that in case of job change I should update them and they will update my work permit with the new company name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a new job offer now. I have mailed the ausländerbehörde more than 2 weeks ago with my blue card details and the new employment contract. I haven't heard from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In there website there is no option to book an appointment for 'Change of Employer'. So i am not able to book any appointment. I any case my joining in the new company will be before I can get any appointments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do ? Can I join the new company with the old work permit and later update it ? Or should the new company try to get the work permit for me? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am completely lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Seeker90" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-02-02T14:25:14.140" LastActivityDate="2020-10-29T16:04:05.507" Title="Work permit update in Berlin" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19809" CreationDate="2020-01-03T11:29:20.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume there is an option to &lt;strong&gt;change&lt;/strong&gt; your residence permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if comments are allowed add &lt;strong&gt;Change of employer&lt;/strong&gt; and the date it should take effect&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not change your employer until this process has been completed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Employment - Change of employer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Do you have a residence permit for the purpose of employment or an EU Blue Card?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Does your work permit specify a particular company?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Do you want to change company?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Then please apply to have your residence permit for the purpose of employment or EU Blue Card &lt;strong&gt;amended&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;geändert&lt;/strong&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foreigners Office (Ausländerbehörde) Berlin,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;location Keplerstr.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keplerstraße 2&lt;br&gt;&#xA;10589 Berlin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment - Change of employer - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/327437/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment - Change of employer am Standort Foreigners Office (Ausländerbehörde) Berlin, location Keplerstr. - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T11:29:20.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T10:38:24.343" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;My situation: I am 31 years old. I live in the UK and have been a software developer for 5 years (but only 1 year in a really challenging, full stack position). I own a house. I have a fair amount of savings and a decent salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I became divorced about a year ago. I have always wanted to move abroad, but haven't been able to as my ex-partner didn't want to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I can, but I'm very apprehensive. I have a good job, am secure financially and am a home owner. I would be giving all of that up for the unknown... but it is something I've always dreamed of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;what order should I do things in to move&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I would not want to rent my house out,as the rent to mortgage ratio is not good where I am and the tenants in my area are notoriously bad, so if I move I will be selling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of location, my current preference is New Zealand, but I have also looked at some other places that are good for software devs (Switzerland, Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I need to sell the house, get a job, find accommodation somewhere else, ship all my belongings, set up a new bank account, get a working or residency visa. It's quite overwhelming and I'm not sure where to start or what to do first (do I move and then look for a job or get a job offer first, in which case I have to hope the house sells quickly... etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies for the long post, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14646" OwnerDisplayName="Cloud" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T13:53:05.143" Title="What order should I do things in? (Moving country)" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T07:29:36.760" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual US/DK citizen, living in the US, and looking into spending about 6 month, driving in Europe.&#xA;Buying a car In Europe (Denmark, where I will be mostly) is hugely expensive, with the registration fee's etc., and since I know that one can legally drive a car with US plates for 6 months, I was wondering if someone knew if it would be possible to buy a car in Europe, and have it registered in my own state in the US? &#xA;Plates will of course be sent to my US address, and then forwarded to my address in Europe, but, - is it possible and legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Mr Janusz Walentynowicz" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T00:46:28.957" Title="Can one register a purchased car in Europe, in the US ? (having it remain in the EU)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T12:39:34.657" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for Express Entry Canada. I need to find my NOC Code but cannot find a title that matches my job duties, which are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the job, I was given some data in Excel files about the products uploaded on the website, and I manually confirmed on the website whether the information was correctly being reflected. And then if I found any discrepancy, I would open a ticket and follow up with the website representatives to resolve the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title was &quot;Marketplace Associate&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Company termed the work as &quot;Quality Assurance&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19435" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T12:39:34.657" Title="What will be my NOC for these job duties" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19811" CreationDate="2020-01-03T13:53:05.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Research the countries that you are considering. Especially look at immigration rules (and the associated pain in the neck), job market, cost of living, general culture, language barriers, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take another look at immigration, visa types, and required sponsorships. Cross check with available jobs. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit the countries (time and money permitting) to get see it in person at least once if you haven't yet. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Narrow it down to one or two and start a serious job hunt. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discuss general approach to relocation and sponsorship requirements with any prospective employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you you get close to signing, go into the nitty-gritty. Many companies have people who can help with paperwork &amp;amp; logistics. Figure out a time line for Visas and moving, temporary housing if needed, initial remote work if needed, relocation assistance (who pays for what). At this point you should have a well defined plan with a time line.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's all good: sign the contract and make sure you have a copy that's signed by the employer (or something that as legally binding as possible in the jurisdiction)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only THEN you can start winding things down. Plan your exit from your current job, hand in your notice at the appropriate time, put your house on the market or rent it out, sort through your stuff, etc. Just execute the plan you came up with in step 6&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move and enjoy your new country !&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15686" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T13:53:05.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T18:46:54.657" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen and a Canadian resident. I am currently freelancing and my largest customer, a US public company, is interested in employing me instead of a contract relationship. Is there a way to do is? Again, we are already in an independent contractor relationship, I am very familiar with that, I am interested in the kind where you are on payroll, get benefits etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T23:15:14.830" Title="Canadian citizen employed in the US remotely?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;nafta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T18:50:19.197" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;My dad and grandparents were all born in Amsterdam but in 1962 his parents immigrated to Rhodesia where they obtain Rhodesian nationality.&#xA;Would he be able to regain his Dutch nationality now even if he hasn't had a Dutch passport of his own? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19436" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T15:01:30.183" Title="Could my dad still have Dutch nationality" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T19:34:45.847" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I overstayed us for 3 month as my wife was pregnant but we had also valid visa for 5 years but the cbp officer just stamped our passport to stay 18 days in us when we entered us&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;since my wife was about to deliver baby we applied for extension and  we stayed for 3 months after applying for extension&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but now i am worried both me and my wife we have 5 years valid uk visa so we just need to know will my uk visa be affected in future will they make us any problem at immigration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19437" LastEditorUserId="19437" LastEditDate="2020-01-03T20:29:22.523" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T20:29:22.523" Title="We overstayed us for 3 months will it affect my uk visa" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-03T20:02:04.717" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want know what is the average veterinarian migrant annual income in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thebalancecareers.com/salary-how-much-do-vets-make-125652&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; about average incomes of veterinarians in Canada like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that veterinarians earn a&#xA;  median salary of $88,770. The best-paid veterinarians earn $161,070,&#xA;  while the lowest-paid earned $52,470. Vets in their first year of&#xA;  practice can expect to earn a salary of approximately $60,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://neuvoo.ca/salary/?job=indian&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, the average incomes of migrants in Canada is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The average Indian salary in Canada is $34,125 per year or $17.50 per&#xA;  hour. Entry level positions start at $25,350 per year while most&#xA;  experienced workers make up to $49,725 per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my cousin is a veterinarian and says this income is not for migrants veterinarian in Canada. There is a ceiling income for them of $18000 one year before becoming a citizen (maybe after a 5 year period of waiting to become a citizen, even passing the veterans exams).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19439" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T21:07:41.780" Title="Veterinarian immigrant years income in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19812" CreationDate="2020-01-04T00:46:28.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you buy a car in Denmark you must register it there. You cannot drive off with the car from the seller without a valid Danish registration. As long as you own and drive the car you will need a current Danish registration, unless you export the car. Whether your home state in the US is willing to register your car abroad is irrelevant. Driving a car temporarily in Denmark on a US registration is allowed under certain conditions, but only if the car has been brought there from the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T00:46:28.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10920" CreationDate="2020-01-04T17:48:26.690" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the time, I asked my University, and they answered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My instinct is to answer yes …. The U.S. considers the J visa as&#xA;  a non-immigrant visa and the H-1B as a dual intent immigrant visa. Thus,&#xA;  they don't consider you residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we answered &quot;Yes&quot;, considering that our principal place of residency is France (even if that is not where we were living, we were not considered as US residents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We did not have any trouble with that answer, so I'm assuming that it was right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9116" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T17:48:26.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19819" CreationDate="2020-01-04T21:07:41.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post that supposedly shows salaries of immigrants is nonsense. It shows salaries for jobs with &quot;Indian&quot; in the job title. Like a school looking for a &quot;teacher of Indian languages&quot;, or a university looking for an &quot;Expert in Indian History&quot;, or an Indian restaurant looking for a &quot;Chef cooking Indian food&quot;. You don't have to be Indian for these jobs, and Indians are not restricted to these jobs. So the number you got there is totally pointless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a veterinarian, you (most likely) cannot just start a job in Canada, but you need qualifications. If you are a qualified veterinarian in India, you need to check whether your qualifications are accepted in Canada or not. Then you need to check whether your experience is valid in Canada (the expected ways to treat various animals might be different). Then you need to check out the job market in Canada: Are there lots of open jobs for veterinarians or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you have the qualifications, based on inexperience in Canada, language problems, you can probably look at the lower end for veterinarians in their first year. Then you work your way up, get higher paid jobs, possibly open your own practice, and there is no reason you can't get to the upper limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is definitely no upper limit for the income you are allowed to make in Canada. If your cousin finds someone willing to pay him a million dollars per year (he won't), he's free to make that money. There may be &lt;em&gt;lower limits&lt;/em&gt; where you can't bring someone else into the country unless you have some minimum income yourself, and there $18,000 sounds quite reasonable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T21:07:41.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-04T16:21:53.847" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;How should I prepare the US naturalization interview given that I have been living the last 5 months abroad? What papers should I bring in addition to the basic documents requested by the USCIS letter? Should I hire a lawyer?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the relevant timeline:    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I got my Green Card in early 2008 through my employer at the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sent my N-400 application form in 09/2018.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moved to France for the school year the last week of 08/2019 (this is largely to deal with my Dad's estate. My Dad passed away in late March 2019).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Received my interview letter in early 12/2019.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Interview is scheduled for mid-01/2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other information: I have a 12-year old son who is a US &amp;amp; French citizen, born in the US from an American Mom. His Mom and I have been married for the last 3 years and the marriage is going strong, for what it's worth. I have been a stay-at-home Dad since the second half of 2008 and have not had any income during this time. I have a French undergrad degree and a US MBA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19447" OwnerDisplayName="JDelage" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T21:09:05.653" Title="N-400 US naturalization while living abroad" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-04T21:38:50.590" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Background:&lt;/em&gt; A re-entry permit is a document that can be issued to a lawful permanent resident of the United States that is valid for up to 2 years and can be used in lieu of a green card when returning to the United States during its period of validity. The most common reason why LPRs apply for re-entry permits is that they want to travel outside the US for extended periods of time without being found to have abandoned their residence in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/47922/can-lawful-permanent-residents-be-deported-from-the-us-for-arriving-at-a-port-of/47930#47930&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) it is suggested that while an LPR who has lost their green card but manages to get to a port of entry can often manage to convince a CBP officer to admit them, this is not guaranteed. The LPR could be deported and banned from the US for 5 years. In the current political climate, some people might feel that they don't want to take such a risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that it would be very convenient for an LPR to always possess a valid re-entry permit that is kept in a safe place. Therefore, if their green card should be lost or stolen during a trip outside the US, they could use the re-entry permit to ensure a smooth arrival back in the US while they wait for a replacement green card to be issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the issuance of a re-entry permit is at the discretion of USCIS. On Form I-131, the applicant must state the intended dates and destinations of travel. Is there a strategy for the applicant, who wants a re-entry permit &quot;just in case&quot;, to obtain an approval, notwithstanding the fact that they may not have any concrete travel plans, or may plan to only travel for very short durations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2020-01-04T21:38:50.590" Title="Can a US permanent resident apply for a re-entry permit just because they want one?" Tags="&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-05T03:51:04.267" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I live in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was born in England.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My father’s father (my grandfather) was born in France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My father has a French passport (he was born &amp;amp; raised in England), and when I was a child, I was on his passport (you used to be able to have your kids on your passport also). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I considered a son of a French citizen since my father has a French passport (though he wasn’t born in France, and his mother is English), and therefore eligible to get a French passport?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19445" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-05T08:28:13.050" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T22:35:56.220" Title="I live in the USA. I was born in London. My grandfather is French- can I apply for a French passport?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-05T05:48:41.663" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to start SMC application for New Zealand. I have 165 marks where i hold a MSC and over 14 years of work experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently i learnt that they offer a job search visa before granting residence visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is job search visa the only way or is there a chance that we get residence visa directly?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If i am granted a job search visa, what are the options i have to take my family with me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the options for kids education while i am under job search visa? (should i apply for child student visa?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19446" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T19:42:06.907" Title="SMC New Zealand, Job Search Visa or Resident Visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19774" CreationDate="2020-01-05T07:45:52.797" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most likely it will be cheaper to buy a new one in Vietnam, unless this one has some sentimental value for you thats what I would do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not both UPS and DHL allows to ship devices that includes batteries between Thailand and Vietnam with the correct papers prepared, but I am a bit confused about their rules for used devices as oppose to new ones and even when calling them to check I got different answers from Vietnam and Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T07:45:52.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15544" CreationDate="2020-01-05T08:48:59.477" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of the time of this answer (05/01/2020), the language points are computed using the maximum between &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the TOPIK level&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the KIIP language level&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: phone call to the Immigration helpline 1345.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2138" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T08:48:59.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19777" CreationDate="2020-01-05T10:56:47.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most likely reason is that you’re using the wrong application form  and/or you have filled in some information incorrectly.  The question ‘which passport did you use to enter the UK’ implies you are in the UK, whereas you state in your question that you’ve never entered the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re sure that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you’ve selected the right form to apply from outside the UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;there isn’t a N/A or leave blank option for the question&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you can’t see anything wrong with the way you’ve completed the form up to this point&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you contact the Army applications help team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T10:56:47.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19828" CreationDate="2020-01-05T19:42:06.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to get a residence visa directly. If you have enough points for your Expression of Interest, then you will be offered an invitation to apply. You do not need to have a job offer before applying, but you are expected to be looking for a job. If I remember correctly, there is some initial period of time after you are granted a residence visa where they make sure you still actually have a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/work/all-work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;All visa options to work&lt;/a&gt;, I don't see anything like a &quot;job search visa&quot;. There isn't much need for one anyway, because you can look for a job while on a visitor visa (NZeTA). You can apply for a new visa (whether it is a temporary work visa or a residence visa) without having to leave New Zealand, as long as you do not exceed your time allowed on your current visa (3 months for NZeTA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I see that some time in the past there was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/visa-factsheet/silver-fern-job-search-work-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Silver Fern Job Search Work Visa&lt;/a&gt;, but that visa &quot;has permanently closed and will not reopen&quot;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T19:42:06.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-05T21:44:27.563" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Europe. I got opportunities to work in Singapore, but I'm worried about the Asian power distant cultures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last time I was traveling to Germany for seminars, there was some Japanese businessmen in the hotel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that when the Japanese manager was about to leave, his colleagues bowed before him! I also noticed that none dared eat before he made the eat start!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then after discussing with some Japanese people and making some research, I can see that power distance is common in Asian cultures, which has a huge impact on relocation decisions. And I wonder if its the same in Singapore&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main concern is sacrificial expectations. Here an example in this article about after work drinks and assertiveness . In Japan it's expected to attend after work drinks no matter how frequent they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A soft skill! Maybe, but, the consequences of sacrificing my family life to please the boss and get promoted are not worth the success this could bring me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a matter of right or wrong, it's rather feedback I'm looking for from expats who worked in Singapore&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work in automotive engineering (software design)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19449" LastEditorUserId="19449" LastEditDate="2020-01-06T18:47:35.890" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T18:47:35.890" Title="Is Singapore a power distant culture?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19827" CreationDate="2020-01-05T22:35:56.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being born abroad or having a parent with another citizenship are not incompatible with French citizenship. Unlike British citizenship, it's perfectly possible to transmit French citizenship over several generations. One limitation is that you have to make use of it, lest it lapse after 50 years but if your father regularly renewed his passport and you were on it, it should be reasonably easy to establish that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-01-05T22:35:56.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19766" CreationDate="2020-01-06T08:39:56.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until one moved to Berlin, his/her documents are in the immigration office (Ausländerbehörde) of the place where he/she lives. So in such cases, one needs to go to the Ausländerbehörde of the place where he/she is registered. They can actually issue a new card for you, even if the job is in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, one could first move to Berlin, register there and go to the Ausländerbehörde in Berlin (which can be more crowded). However, in this case they will probably wait 3-4 extra weeks to have documents transferred from previous Ausländerbehörde. Probably, one can get a Fiktionsbescheinigung, which will prolong the validity of the current card (and student residence permit should allow working for 120 days per year, which is enough for approximately 5-6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the documents you need, it is better to ask your local Ausländerbehörde, how to do in your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T08:39:56.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19707" CreationDate="2020-01-06T09:05:03.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not plan to finish your degree, without leaving Germany, it is only possible to apply for a Blue Card (of course, only if you satisfy requirements, i.e. have higher education degree and an offer with high salary). See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=19&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; It seems that recent (from 01.08.2017) changes to §16 Abs. 4 may allow changing the residence permit also in case of cancelling the study without getting a degree, if one wants to work in a field where there is a lack of labour force (for example, IT) and his/her qualification is high enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not a lawyer and one needs to ask Ausländerbehörde for all cases other than changing to Blue Card (which should be anyhow possible if one satisfies Blue Card criteria).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T12:56:37.450" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T12:56:37.450" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19841" CreationDate="2020-01-06T10:31:12.913" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm exploring the possibility to move to the USA (possibly permanently).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already made some research regarding the different options (green card, visa types etc) but it seems that none of them covers my case, what I would like to do is to move there (with a good amount of money on my account to pay my stuff until I find a stable job) and then find a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details: I own both French and Swiss citizenship, I have a master degree in IT and currently work as a software developer (I guess USA lacks developers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only option I found is to find a company that would sponsor me or to win green card lotery... but as a junior it would be easier for me to find a job once I'm already there, is it possible ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to edit my question or to ask in comment for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-12T22:36:04.067" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T22:36:04.067" Title="USA immigration by a European citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-06T11:41:18.410" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Asia and am about to apply for my first EU long-term residence in Spain, but I am thinking of moving to other EU countries like Sweden or Denmark to work. I want to live there regularly, but could come back for several days if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I want to know if my EU long-term residence will expire in 5 years? Do I need to apply for a new one? If the answer is yes, do I need to stay in Spain for a minimal amount of time? One day, or more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the time staying in Sweden counts as in EU, will the next EU long-term residence be Swedish, or Spanish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denmark does not implement EU long-term residence laws, does my stay in Denmark count as in EU? If I go to Denmark, will I lose my EU long-term residence in 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19453" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T11:41:18.410" Title="Will EU long term residence expire? How can I apply for next" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19838" CreationDate="2020-01-06T15:04:18.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you've found is pretty much it, but &quot;a company to sponsor you&quot; could be a company that has offices both in the EU and the US.  You might look for companies that you could begin working for in Europe and then try to convince them to transfer you to the US.  And keep entering the lottery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can spend up to 90 days at a time in the US on the visa waiver program, or six months with a B visa.  Whether you can hunt for work during that time is not clear.  I think it should be permissible, but some users on this site and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt; (and apparently some CBP officers) think it is forbidden.  Since some CBP officers seem to think that it is forbidden, it is risky to seek entry into the US for this purpose, and you probably shouldn't do it without consulting a US immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-01-06T15:04:18.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-07T09:32:53.187" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a U.S. citizen living in Europe. I know I am required to file U.S. income taxes every year, &lt;em&gt;but I don't&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;I don't intend to&lt;/em&gt;. I do maintain a minimal bank account in the U.S. to pay for occasional purchase on Amazon, etc, but I have not earned any money in the U.S., so my tax liability would likely be zero there anyway, even if I were to file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently been presented an opportunity to earn some odd money (writing some guest blog posts) for a couple of US companies. Annual income from this is likely to max out around USD $2,000, and may be much less (perhaps as little as $100 or $200).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that I'm a U.S. citizen (and not willing to lie to the companies offering me these contracts) means that these companies will want to file a W9 with my SSN. My intention would be to declare the income on my European taxes, so I would still be taxed, but I know this wouldn't satisfy the IRS, if they were to notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this open me up to any additional risk that I'm not already exposed to, by not filing taxes in the US?  For instance, will this be more likely to earn attention of the IRS? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19461" LastActivityDate="2020-01-07T09:32:53.187" Title="As a U.S. citizen, living abroad and not filing US taxes, does earning odd money from the US expose me to additional risk?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19854" CreationDate="2020-01-07T10:18:29.643" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently decided to embark in some freelancing in Germany (I am a EU citizen) as I have gotten to a point in my career where I think I can take the &quot;risk&quot; and I have built enough knowledge in my area (IT). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently employed at a German company (therefore not self-employed or freelancer yet) and I have been trying to navigate through what I would need to be a freelancer (with the idea to be doing so full time). &lt;strong&gt;What are the expected steps?&lt;/strong&gt; Also, apologies for the naivety, but I have joined several freelancing sites (Gun.io/Upwork etc) and wonder how would it work if I get some work there for a client not based in Germany. I am in Germany for the time being, but I am also considering relocating back home (still EU country). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16286" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T14:12:36.167" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T22:38:28.387" Title="Freelancing in Germany: Where to Start" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-07T11:36:34.973" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving the US on an L1 visa and currently trying to complete the paperwork to ship my personal effects over. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm struggling to understand the correct answers for the following section of Form 3299:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3B7Yq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3B7Yq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I &quot;Emigrating to the U.S.&quot; or am I &quot;Visiting the U.S&quot;? On one hand, I plan on  living there for at least 2 years; on the other, my visa has a finite length and I use the 'Visitors' line when I enter the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I don't think I can tick &quot;A. (2)&quot; unless I can also select &quot;Emigrating to the U.S.&quot;. (as any Tools / Textbooks I am bringing were purchased outside of the US). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19464" LastActivityDate="2020-01-07T11:36:34.973" Title="For the purposes of form 3299: DECLARATION OF FREE ENTRY OF UNACCOMPANIED ARTICLES, am I Emigrating to the US (on an L1 Visa?)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;usa&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-07T12:35:33.303" Score="3" ViewCount="389" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is French and has recently moved back to Paris for a new job. I am a US citizen software engineer and have been working for my current company (financial firm) for 4.5 years and they are open to me working from France remotely. They do not have a presence in France and I dont think it is an option to create one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have come across a lot of varying information regarding visas/taxation/etc and have a number of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I get the spouse visa, are there stipulations that I must work for for domestic French companies only?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have heard of people getting the 1 year stay visa and working for US companies and renewing each year. Does this require me to pay taxes in the USA? France? Both? And are there any legal/compliance issues for my company given they do not have a legal presence there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I go the independent contractor route on a spouse visa, or is that something different?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the 1 year visa, I would assume I would need to get private insurance if I don't pay taxes in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19465" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-01-07T19:28:48.313" LastActivityDate="2020-01-07T19:28:48.313" Title="Visa options for working remotely for US in France as an American software engineer married to French citizen" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-07T19:11:37.273" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK-USA dual citizen who grew up in the UK but moved to the States thirty years ago. My US citizen husband had been offered a job back in London. Do I have to do anything special as an ex-pat to return to the UK? And is it best for my husband to join me on a spousal visa or through a work visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19466" LastActivityDate="2020-01-09T12:03:36.243" Title="UK ex-pat looking to move home" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-08T07:34:28.953" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather was born in Breda in the 40’s and moved to Australia in the 60’s. He has never naturalised and is still currently a Dutch citizen. My mother was born in Australia in 1970 and by law (I think) was born a Dutch citizen. My mother gave birth to me in Australia in 1992... am I eligible? From the information I could find she lost her citizenship by default at 28 (6 years after I was born), and I believe I have until the end of 2020 to apply before I lose mine at 28. How do I prove that my mother was a Dutch national at the time of my birth when she has never held a certificate of nationality or passport? Thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19468" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T07:34:28.953" Title="Can I apply for a Dutch passport before 28" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14037" CreationDate="2020-01-08T08:46:38.553" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, you can try it. I'm not a lawyer, so cannot guarantee you anything, but at least I did from 2010 till 2013. If in doubt, you can always ask Ausländerbehörde in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides this, one can combine multiple income sources. Let's say one needs to have 800 Euro netto per month, but a part-time job only gives 650 Euro. Then one can make an extra bank account and block there the missing 12 x 150 Euro in order to get a prolongation for one year. Again, it depends on Ausländerbehörde, but in my case such things were possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T08:46:38.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17295" CreationDate="2020-01-08T09:07:44.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a lawyer, but here are my 2 cents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) IMHO, marriage does not depend too much on your visa / residence permit. If you want to have a marriage, it should be possible. If in Germany it is too complicated, you can probably do it in another country (Denmark? Turkey? India? Embassy?) and later recognise (strictly speaking, in some cases an official recognition might be not necessary, one can just show the translated foreign marriage certificate to the Bürgerservice or something like that) it in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) For changing the type of residence permit due to marriage, I'm not sure. Probably, it should be possible, see pages 29-30 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/EMN/Studien/wp67-emn-wechsel-aufenthaltstiteln-aufenthaltszwecken.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T12:46:06.140" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T12:46:06.140" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19847" CreationDate="2020-01-08T14:06:58.930" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just apply for a current UK passport if you don't already have one, and that's it. Your husband should apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family Visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T14:06:58.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-08T22:26:48.227" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've rented an apartment in Catalonia and have now decided to move out after a gruesome four months. A lawyer has now told us that we need to pay upwards of €7000 to get out of the contract before it runs out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, we unknowingly signed a five-year contract with a clause which mandates payment of one monthly rent per unfulfilled year. Whatever is still left in the current period of one year also has to be paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a huge bummer after already having to pay the fianza and I.T.P., especially because the real estate agent told us we would be able to terminate the contract after three months without additional costs. I feel lied to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do to avoid literally going bankrupt?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19472" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T22:26:48.227" Title="Spanish rental laws - scammed?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19844" CreationDate="2020-01-08T22:38:28.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several ways to become a freelancer, depending on which kind of business you are going to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some jobs are classified as &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freier_Beruf_(Deutschland)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Freier Beruf&lt;/a&gt;, which basically means that you only have to pay taxes for what you earn after registering at the local Finanzamt (tax office). This includes doctors, lawyers, journalists, translators, researchers and many more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for IT, there has been a special ruling, which says that &quot;trivial software&quot; does not fit into this category. This means that you have to prove that whatever software you're developing is adequately written, i.e. you have some kind of software engineering degree or equivalent qualification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the Finanzamt will tell you whether or not your job counts as a freiberufliche Tätigkeit, which is what freelancing in Germany is called.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason your software is deemed so trivial that you're not qualifying as a freelancer, you will have to register a company in some form or another. The easiest way to do this would be to register a &lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleingewerbe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kleingewerbe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a regular company which does not have revenue exceeding 17.500 euros a year (last I checked). It requires minimal paperwork each year, summarizing what income and expenses were made (EÜR).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're earning more than that, you have to do proper accounting. I don't think there is any more to it than that, unless you're looking to create a limited company in form of a GmbH. I doubt this is what you're going for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, best idea would be to at least talk to an account / tax advisor once to check what is the best course of action for you and also how to make the most of your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19472" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T22:38:28.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-09T09:57:32.740" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen working in Warsaw, Poland. I have a temporary resident card, &lt;em&gt;Karta Pobytu,&lt;/em&gt; which is valid till December 2020. Last month, I renewed my passport at the Indian Embassy in Warsaw. As my current temporary resident card was issued on the previous passport, should I apply for a new resident card, or will my current card be valid? Will I have any problem in immigration if I travel with all passports (old and new) and the current resident card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few points related to this case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The resident card was issued till December 2020 even though my old passport was valid till October 2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My new passport has all the details of my old passport on the back page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no mention of passport number on my temporary resident card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19473" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-05T12:19:33.040" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T14:02:45.257" Title="Shall I apply for new resident card after passport renewal" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19855" CreationDate="2020-01-09T10:41:04.693" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the Passport number is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; contained on the &lt;strong&gt;Karta Pobytu&lt;/strong&gt;, that would not be a reason to have the card replaced. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would, however, be wise to inform the responsible authority of the new passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if the should be done at the District Office (Urząd Gminy, Urząd Dzielnicy), to update your registration (Zameldowanie), or the Voivodeship (Immigration) Office&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;possibly both&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Replacement or loss of residence card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A residence card must be replaced if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;data contained in the card have changed;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.migrant.info.pl/residence-card.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence card - Migrant EN&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/chido.fajny/videos/1885446134859076&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you go to immigration office in Poland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-01-09T10:41:04.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19847" CreationDate="2020-01-09T12:03:36.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to do anything special to return. As far as which visa is preferable for your husband, it probably makes little practical difference once the visa is granted. In both cases, if you intend to stay in the UK long term, your husband will need to extend his visa once, and then apply for indefinite leave to remain after having lived in the UK for 5 years. The benefit to your husband of the family visa is that he can change jobs without having to apply for a new visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in order for your husband to be granted a family visa, &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; (not your husband) will need to meet the financial requirement. This involves proving you currently make at least £18,600 a year, or have £62,500 in cash savings, or a combination of the two. If you're unable to meet this requirement, then the Tier 2 visa is the only option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, for your husband's employer, it is likely preferable for him to apply for a family visa. Tier 2 visa applications are limited, so his employer may prefer to save their allocation. I'm assuming that the company will be covering the application costs for the Tier 2 visa, and he might want to discuss with his employer if they prefer him to apply for the family visa instead, at the company expense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third option would be to initially apply for the Tier 2 visa, and then when it is time to renew, switch to the family visa. In this case, you'll be able to use joint income to meet the financial requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-01-09T12:03:36.243" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-10T03:41:38.520" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relocating to India from US and taking all the appliances along. I understand that a lot of appliances can go toast due to voltage support as India/Europe has 230v range and US appliances work at 110-120v range. For tvs i can get a separate adapter, but how will it work for kitchen where i would need multiple appliances to be plugged in. &#xA;Basically, is there a smarter way to support multiple power points at 110v range which might be located at different locations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No TV, I am looking for solution for appliances like instant pot and ninja blender :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19476" LastActivityDate="2020-01-10T03:41:38.520" Title="Kitchen setup for US appliances in Europe/India" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19838" CreationDate="2020-01-10T04:34:29.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately yes, for permanent residence (a green card) you will need to be sponsored by an employer (unless you happen to meet your future husband/wife). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, asking an employer to sponsor you for a green card is a very big request, particularly for a junior developer. Remember, although there is a need for developers, there are also a lot of developers looking for jobs. The green card process is very expensive and time consuming. For me, it took several years and many thousands of dollars for my employer to sponsor me. They were willing to do it because I had proven myself to be worth it, but I initially came as a Canadian on a TN visa and proven myself that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably have better luck finding an employer who is initially willing to sponsor you for a temporary visa such as an H-1B, or as phoog suggests working for an EU/US company and doing an inter-company transfer, and then after proving yourself work on the green card process. You may also during that time gain enough work experience to find a different employer to sponsor you for the green card. As a junior developer, this may be an easier approach, as it's a lower level of commitment for the employer than asking them to sponsor you for a green card (a very expensive and time consuming process) without having proven yourself as an employee first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17521" LastActivityDate="2020-01-10T04:34:29.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-11T15:28:58.497" Score="0" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I own a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, and currently work as an IT expert in a private company in Iran. Considering that my dear country, Iran, is very isolated right now (and as it seems, it will remain under crippling sanctions for the foreseeable future), how can I get out of Iran and immigrate to Europe (Germany, Sweden, etc) or Canada? I'm 27, single and I have an intermediate level of English. Where should I start and what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19479" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-14T06:48:04.270" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T06:48:04.270" Title="How can I immigrate to Germany or Canada from Iran?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-11T15:31:40.917" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I own a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, and currently work as an IT expert in a private company in Iran. Considering that my dear country, Iran, is very isolated right now (and as it seems, it will remain under crippling sanctions for the foreseeable future), how can I get out of Iran and immigrate to Europe (Germany, Sweden, etc) or Canada? I'm 27, single and I have an intermediate level of English. Where should I start and what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19480" LastActivityDate="2020-01-11T15:31:40.917" Title="How can I get out of Iran?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-01-14T10:15:35.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17701" CreationDate="2020-01-11T20:46:44.933" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Registering a vehicle for ownership and registering it for driving on the road are two different things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If by &quot;&lt;em&gt;registered my motorcycle&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, you mean that you registered the ownership when you bought it, then it shouldn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Safety inspections (and liability insurance) are required when you register for a license plate, which allows the vehicle to be driven on public roads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17710" LastActivityDate="2020-01-11T20:46:44.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19877" CreationDate="2020-01-12T00:19:07.513" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;If fired on an E3 visa is the employer liable for paying the reasonable cost of transport home? I know this is the case for H1B visas. Is this also true for E3 visas? Is there any legislation someone can point me to? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19482" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-12T20:35:40.083" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T02:57:48.393" Title="if you are fired on an E3 visa does the employer pay for cost of transport home?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19868" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-12T06:25:38.390" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and children are EU citizens but I only have a South African passport. We plan to emigrate to the Netherlands but I have concerns about the procedure to follow. I was advised to apply for a visa (facilitation) and then apply for a residence permit when arriving in the Netherlands. However one of the checklist requirements on the visa application is that my husband requires proof of registration in the Netherlands. We are not sure whether he should fly ahead and register first before I apply for my visa. Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19483" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T15:10:39.943" Title="Non-EU married to EU citizen Netherlands visa application" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-12T11:18:04.363" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;What will happen to expats (Indian working on Tier 2 General UK Work visa) residing in Scotland if Scotland becomes independent post brexit ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19154" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-12T17:32:00.597" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T17:32:00.597" Title="Impact of Scottish Independence on Expats" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-01-13T09:33:37.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19869" CreationDate="2020-01-12T13:43:24.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No realistic answer can be given to this question due to the amount of unknown factors at present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until the legislation passed in known after a Scottish independence, one could only speculate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So any speculation now, would not result in an answer that one could rely on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-12T13:53:44.917" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T13:53:44.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19862" CreationDate="2020-01-12T17:14:49.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have outstanding skills and hold a very strong job profile, you would be able to apply for a job and get a work visa in European countries and after few years receive a PR status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you also considering Canada, gain a Master degree and an upper band IELTS test result then go for Express Entry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, you need to be a good asset for the destination country. If you are not that good, don’t go! since you are unlikely to find a proper job and a good living (comparing what you may have in Iran).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people seek asylem or refugee status based on lies. This is a fast way to get there BUT your problems starts immediately. You can’t work, own anything and simply live!!!! no one will respect you there as you are being seen as a burden. Besides, developed countries has made this route harder to prevent possible system abuse, and by hard I mean you will experience very bad conditions in refugee camps and even after your case being accepted you are still looked as a burden!  Please don’t select this route. What ever situation you are experiencing in Iran is thousands times better than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And quick side note, Those who have migrated tend to falsly showing their condition much better than it really is. Don’t fall with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, if you are determent, invest in your self and remember there is no easy way to get your life a lot better without efforts and diligence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2020-01-12T17:14:49.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-12T17:58:48.027" Score="3" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to travel Europe together for one year France, Germany, Italy, Spain , Portugal etc without requiring a visa for my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19334" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-12T23:45:41.910" LastActivityDate="2020-01-31T08:19:58.250" Title="UK CITIZEN/AUSTRALIAN WIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN PASSPORT" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19873" CreationDate="2020-01-12T23:33:04.970" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, both would require some form of visa to stay a year. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that Brexit is effective to 01.02.2020, the 90/180 days rule of the Schengen Area will apply for both UK and Australian citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The assumption that the transition applies for everything is wrong.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It applies only to areas explicitly stated in the Withdrawal agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the area about Citizens rights, only the &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right to &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right as &lt;strong&gt;frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;are meantioned in Article 10 (Personal Scope) of the Withdrawal Agreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Freedom of movement&lt;/strong&gt; is defined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:12008E045:en:HTML&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Articles 45&lt;/a&gt; and 53-66 of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;45: Freedom of movement for workers &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;53-63: Freedom of movement for goods, capital and persons&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e582-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 2&lt;/a&gt; defines &lt;strong&gt;right of free movement&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5(a) Union Citizens and Family members&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5(b) Agreements with 3rd countries (Article 10 (Personal Scope) of the Withdrawal Agreement) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when the term &lt;strong&gt;free movement&lt;/strong&gt; is used:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;during which free movement will still apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this should be understood as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;during which free movement &lt;strong&gt;for workers/persons, goods and capital&lt;/strong&gt; will still apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom (expected 01.02.2020 CET, &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0592&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 3 REGULATION (EU) 2019/592&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;in Part 1 of Annex II, the following will be inserted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“United Kingdom (excluding British nationals referred to in Part 3)”;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;thus the 90/180 days rule will apply for British citizens &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visit Europe after Brexit - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Entering other countries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Visas for short trips: you will not need one if you’re a tourist&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  If you’re a tourist, you will not need a visa for short trips to EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. &lt;strong&gt;You’ll be able to stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day period&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may need a visa or permit to stay for longer, to work or study, or for business travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Published 25 November 2018&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART TWO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;CITIZENS' RIGHTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;TITLE I&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;GENERAL PROVISIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;ARTICLE 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Personal scope&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  1. Without prejudice to Title III, this Part shall apply to the following persons:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(a) Union citizens who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right to reside&lt;/strong&gt; in the United Kingdom in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to reside there thereafter;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (b) United Kingdom nationals who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right to reside&lt;/strong&gt; in a Member State in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to reside there thereafter;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (c) Union citizens who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right as frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt; in the United Kingdom in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to do so thereafter;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (d) United Kingdom nationals who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right as frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt; in one or more Member States in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to do so thereafter;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0592&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;REGULATION (EU) 2019/592 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 April 2019&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2) Under Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ), citizens of the Union have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including the right to enter the territory of the Member States without a visa or equivalent formalities.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) As a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union, the Treaties and Directive 2004/38/EC, along with the right to enter the territory of the Member States without a visa or equivalent formalities, will cease to apply to nationals of the United Kingdom who are British citizens. It is therefore necessary to include the United Kingdom in one of the annexes to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ). Annex I lists the third countries whose nationals are required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States and Annex II lists those third countries whose nationals are exempt from that requirement.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (15) This Regulation should enter into force on the day following that on which Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 is amended as follows:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(2) in Part 1 of Annex II, the following is inserted:&#xA;    ‘United Kingdom (excluding British nationals as referred to in Part 3)’;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (3) the title of Part 3 of Annex II is replaced by the following:&#xA;    ‘BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE NOT BRITISH CITIZENS’;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Where the United Kingdom introduces a visa requirement for nationals of at least one Member State, the reciprocity mechanism provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 shall apply. The European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States shall act without delay in applying the reciprocity mechanism.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that on which Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term: &lt;strong&gt;Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom&lt;/strong&gt; is understood as the date the United Kingdom leaves the European Union and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the end of the transition period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term is used in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_19_6122&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brexit: What did you agree with the UK today?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(using the date before the last extension) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;In case there is no extension of the Article 50 period, &lt;strong&gt;Union law ceases to apply to the UK&lt;/strong&gt; on 31 October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 2&lt;/strong&gt; Definitions&#xA;  For the purposes of this Directive:&#xA;  1. ‘Union citizen’ means any person having the nationality of a Member State;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;CHAPTER II&lt;/strong&gt; RIGHT OF EXIT AND ENTRY&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 5&lt;/strong&gt; Right of entry&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1.  Without prejudice to the provisions on travel documents applicable to national border controls, Member States shall grant Union citizens leave to enter their territory with a valid identity card or passport and shall grant family members who are not nationals of a Member State leave to enter their territory with a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No entry visa or equivalent formality may be imposed on Union citizens.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;CHAPTER III&lt;/strong&gt; RIGHT OF RESIDENCE&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 6&lt;/strong&gt; Right of residence for up to three months&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1.  Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Article 7&lt;/strong&gt; Right of residence for more than three months&#xA;  1.  All Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of longer than three months if they:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (a) are &lt;strong&gt;workers&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;self-employed&lt;/strong&gt; persons in the host Member State; or   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Article 10 (Personal Scope) of the Withdrawal Agreement defines only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right to &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as those effected by the Citizens Rights portion of the Withdrawal Agreement &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 6 (short term) will no longer apply&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(visitors do not &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt;, they only visit) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 7 (long term) will still apply&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(as stipulated in the Withdrawal Agreement) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;starting 01.02.2020 when UK-Citizens no longer are EU-Citizens (Union Citizens). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the-status-of-uk-citizens-in-the-eu-after-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The status of UK citizens in the EU after Brexit - Leiden Law Blog&lt;/a&gt; (07.02.2019) commentary also deals with: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 6 (Proposed visa-free travel) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 7 (What about residence?) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and comes to the same conclusion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;After Brexit the UK will no longer be a Member State of the EU. Therefore Directive 2004/38/EC will no longer apply. Brexit will transform UK nationals from EU citizens to third-country nationals. Third-country nationals are treated differently to EU citizens, both in terms of entry into the Schengen area and residence in the EU for more than 90 days.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    As EU citizens, UK nationals always derived the right of residence for a period longer than 90 days from &lt;strong&gt;Article 7&lt;/strong&gt; of Directive 2004/38/EC and, after legal residence for longer than 5 years, EU citizens even have the right of permanent residence in another Member State. However, that Directive only applies to EU citizens. After Brexit, UK nationals will be third-country nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;PART TWO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12016E020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &#xA;  (ex Article 17 TEC)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Citizenship of the Union is hereby established. &lt;strong&gt;Every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union&lt;/strong&gt;. Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to and not replace national citizenship.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2. Citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties provided for in the Treaties. They shall have, inter alia:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(a) the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (b) the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that State;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (c) the right to enjoy, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented, the protection of the diplomatic and consular authorities of any Member State on the same conditions as the nationals of that State;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (d) the right to petition the European Parliament, to apply to the European Ombudsman, and to address the institutions and advisory bodies of the Union in any of the Treaty languages and to obtain a reply in the same language.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These rights shall be exercised in accordance with the conditions and limits defined by the Treaties and by the measures adopted thereunder.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A12008E021&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &#xA;  (ex Article 18 TEC)&#xA;  1. Every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in the Treaties and by the measures adopted to give them effect.&#xA;  2. If action by the Union should prove necessary to attain this objective and the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may adopt provisions with a view to facilitating the exercise of the rights referred to in paragraph 1.&#xA;  3. For the same purposes as those referred to in paragraph 1 and if the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, the Council, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure, may adopt measures concerning social security or social protection. The Council shall act unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART THREE: UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;TITLE IV: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:12008E045:en:HTML&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 45&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;  (ex Article 39 TEC)&#xA;  1. &lt;strong&gt;Freedom of movement for workers&lt;/strong&gt; shall be secured within the Union.&#xA;  2. Such freedom of movement shall entail the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.&#xA;  3. It shall entail the right, subject to limitations justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(a) to accept offers of employment actually made;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (b) to move freely within the territory of Member States for this purpose;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (c) to stay in a Member State for the purpose of employment in accordance with the provisions governing the employment of nationals of that State laid down by law, regulation or administrative action;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (d) to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State, subject to conditions which shall be embodied in regulations to be drawn up by the Commission.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    4. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to employment in the public service.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schengen Borders Code&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e582-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Definitions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  5. ‘persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law’ mean&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(a) Union citizens within the meaning of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A12008E021&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 20(1) TFEU&lt;/a&gt;, and third-country nationals who are members of the family of a Union citizen exercising his or her right to free movement to whom Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) applies;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    (b) third-country nationals and their family members, whatever their nationality, who, under agreements between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and those third countries, on the other hand, enjoy rights of free movement equivalent to those of Union citizens;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visit Europe after Brexit - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0592&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;REGULATION (EU) 2019/592 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 April 2019&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/592/pdfs/eur_20190592_adopted_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;REGULATION (EU) 2019/592 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 April 2019&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_19_6122&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brexit: What did you agree with the UK today?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the-status-of-uk-citizens-in-the-eu-after-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The status of UK citizens in the EU after Brexit - Leiden Law Blog&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_20_104&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Commission - Questions and Answers on the United Kingdom's withdrawal&lt;/a&gt; (24 January 2020) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12016E020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 20 - (&lt;strong&gt;Citizenship of the Union&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A12008E021&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 21 (&lt;strong&gt;Every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:12008E045:en:HTML&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 45 (&lt;strong&gt;Freedom of movement for workers&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e582-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Borders Code - Article 2(5)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-31T08:19:58.250" LastActivityDate="2020-01-31T08:19:58.250" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19873" CreationDate="2020-01-13T01:04:28.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's looking like there will be a transition period until at least the end of 2020.  The current UK government wants to eliminate the possibility of extending this period, but some in the EU have said that it may be unavoidable.  The likelihood of going one way or the other will become more apparent later in the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the transition period, free movement law will continue to apply.  This means that until the transition period ends you will be able to spend as much time as you want in EU and Schengen countries (other than the UK), without having a visa for the Australian spouse, provided you comply with the requirements of the free movement directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That directive allows countries to impose a requirement that the non-EU spouse register by a certain time after entering the country, which may not be sooner than three months.  So, as long as you don't spend more than three months in any country, you should be fine.  In practice, because border crossings within the Schengen area are not recorded, it's very unlikely that you will be asked to prove that you've been in any given place for less than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not particularly clear what will happen if you're in another EU country at the moment when the transition period ends.  The provisions for this case generally concern people who have an established domicile, not longer-term visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you enter any such country after the end of the transition period, you'll almost certainly be subject to the 90/180 rule.  Long-term travel in the Schengen area is somewhat problematic because there is no Schengen-wide long-term visa, but single countries won't give you a long-term visa if you're not planning to be in &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; country for a longer period.  The best approach therefore seems to be to establish a base in a country such as France or Spain that has a visa appropriate for retirees, and travel to other EU or Schengen countries from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-13T03:03:24.117" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T03:03:24.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19866" CreationDate="2020-01-13T02:57:48.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule that you are referring to is covered under &lt;a href=&quot;https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1184&amp;amp;num=0&amp;amp;edition=prelim&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;INA 214(c)(5)(A)&lt;/a&gt; which states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the case of an alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under&#xA;  section 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) or 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of this title&#xA;  and who is dismissed from employment by the employer before the end of&#xA;  the period of authorized admission, the employer shall be liable for&#xA;  the reasonable costs of return transportation of the alien abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that this is specifically with regards to H-1B and H-2B visas, it does not appear that E-3 visas would be covered under this provision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17521" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T02:57:48.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19879" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19880" CreationDate="2020-01-13T18:26:29.247" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationdirect.com/immigration-articles/green-card-with-no-expiration-date/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigrationdirect.com/immigration-articles/green-card-with-no-expiration-date/&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Green Cards issued between 1964 and 1989, which do not have an expiration date, are still recognized by USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Green cards issued after 1989 have an expiration date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did the USCIS decide to add an expiration date to the green cards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T18:17:23.120" Title="Why did the USCIS decide to add an expiration date to the green cards?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19879" CreationDate="2020-01-13T22:04:56.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was part of a broader redesign that was intended to combat document fraud.  The New York Times notes in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/24/us/new-green-card-to-tackle-fraud.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New 'Green Card' To Tackle Fraud&lt;/a&gt; (August 24, 1989) that the color and other characteristics were to change, &quot;largely...to stem a black market in alien certification.&quot;  It reports that forged cards were thought to number in the tens of thousands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New security measures included &quot;a special blend of ink&quot; used to give the card a pink color that was hoped to be &quot;difficult to duplicate,&quot; as well as embossed lamination, optically variable ink, and machine-readable data on the back.  Other security measures that were already in place included a photograph of the bearer along with the bearer's signature and fingerprint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-14T18:17:23.120" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T18:17:23.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-14T00:28:04.543" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the US for the past 8 years on F1 visa. A few month ago I gave up my F1 status and moved to Canada. Afterwards I got married to my wife (US citizen) and applied for the marriage based greencard (submitted I130 two months ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we/I would like to move back to the US since things in Canada do not work out as nicely as expected. Unfortunately this greencard process can take 1-2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to obtain some work visa (e.g. H1B) while this greencard process is pending if a company (like Google or Apple) sponsors it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T06:33:55.760" Title="H1B (or similar) while marriage based greencard pending from outside the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19881" CreationDate="2020-01-14T06:33:55.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most types of nonimmigrant visas are subject to the presumption of immigrant intent under INA 214(b), where they must presume that you are an intending immigrant (i.e. you intend to immigrate on this visa), and thus ineligible for the nonimmigrant visa, unless you convince the officer otherwise. And having a petition from a US citizen spouse would certainly make it harder to convince the officer you don't intend to immigrate with it, since you can easily change your mind after you enter the US and do Adjustment of Status to get permanent residency from within the US at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, H1b (as well as their dependents on H4) and L1 (as well as their dependents on L2) are exempt from INA 214(b). So immigrant intent should not affect your ability to get H1b visa or enter the US on H1b status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T06:33:55.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10439" CreationDate="2020-01-14T09:09:01.833" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer probably comes too late, but still might contain useful info for people in similar situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding, registering your marriage in Germany is not a problem at all. After the question was asked, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;same-sex marriage became completely legal in Germany&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is to apply for a residence permit (which starts with application for family reunion visa) while being inside Germany. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/5967/13223&quot;&gt;details in another answer on Expatriates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think that after the new law about same-sex marriage was introduced, if one exits a Germany and applies to the embassy, one has a very good chances that they will grant a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one wants to be sure, it makes sense to just visit a lawyer in Germany before leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-06T09:45:09.143" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T09:45:09.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-14T20:26:44.947" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in the UK in 1915 and left for Canada in 1921 and married a Canadian citizen in 1938.  Child was born in Canada in 1943.  Does child have any right to British passport/citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19495" LastActivityDate="2020-10-11T00:04:00.387" Title="Canadian born to English mother and Canadian father" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19884" CreationDate="2020-01-14T22:55:01.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;British nationality could not be transmitted at birth from a mother to a child born before 1983. However, a child born to a British mother before 1983 is eligible to register as a British citizen now on &lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/nationality-ukm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form UKM&lt;/a&gt;, as long as as he/she would have gotten British citizenship if mothers could transmit citizenship the same as fathers. Basically, this means that the mother had to have been British &quot;otherwise than by descent&quot;, which she was in this case, since she was born in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-01-14T22:55:01.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19897" CreationDate="2020-01-15T09:05:06.270" Score="2" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a company and already hold an Employment Pass (EP). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the nature of the work i have to be outside of Singapore most of the time and fly in quite frequently for day or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any minimum stay requirement for EP holder in Singapore? I do not want to have any problems with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) but i will need to be outside of Singapore for multiple months at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19498" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T09:11:04.427" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T06:57:21.667" Title="Is there minimum stay requirement for Singapore EP holders?" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-15T12:49:23.480" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen and a permanent resident of America, and my American fiance and I are getting married. I would like to change my name legally in France as well as America. What is the process so that my name matches in both counties? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19499" LastEditorUserId="14680" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T13:44:02.810" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T18:07:01.317" Title="Changing surname in France and America" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19888" CreationDate="2020-01-15T18:07:01.317" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your marriage certificate will allow you to change your legal name both in the US and in France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After getting married, file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card. Check “Yes” when asked if your name has legally changed since USCIS issued your most recent card and fill out the appropriate information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you receive your new LPR Card, update your Social Security Card and that will allow you to get a new Driver License and then change other documents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for France, I'm not familiar with the procedure as each country has specific rules. Generally speaking, you would go to the French consulate with your marriage certificate and ask them to register your marriage there and change your name to your married name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T18:07:01.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-16T01:20:03.030" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a law abiding British citizen who got married couple of years ago in Bangladesh which was a arranged marriage. Currently estranged my wife and have been for over one year. My wife lives in Bangladesh and comes from a family with far reaching political connections. We were not compatible which became evident shortly after marriage. She had used a visitors visa to come into the Uk and stay here after marriage for five months. The marriage took place in Bangladesh. After arrival it was clear that the immigration rules would not allow a spousal extension on a visitors visa so she had to return to Bangladesh. So, we both returned and the relationship broke down so I left and came back to the UK. I wanted to divorce her. However, I couldn’t divorce her due to the shame it will bring to the family and her family connections would mean that my family who remain in Bangladesh could be hurt. I have met someone else few months ago whom you wish to marry. She also lives abroad. I want to know how i can move forward in this new relationship and bring my new partner to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be really grateful if someone can advice me to get out of this odd situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19500" LastActivityDate="2020-01-16T12:06:45.110" Title="Fiance visa with prior relationship problem" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-16T08:53:09.107" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, and am an IT professional with approx 20 years experience in IT, I'm now a Systems Architect specialising in BI and Data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to relocate to the CT/New England area in order to be nearer my (minor) son who moved over to the US 3 years ago after his mother remarried to an american citizen.  Things have been not great for him following his mother being diagnosed with Cancer and he's found the move hard.  So, I figure if I'm over there he's got somewhere to be if things get too much at home - right now, he doesn't have that luxury.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figure the easiest way is to get over on a H1B visa, but I hear that's riddled with issues and finding an employer is essential.  I'm searching for jobs I could do in the area that are on LinkedIn and other social media - but does anyone have any tips as to how I could improve my chances?  Are there other visas that might be appropriate in this instance, eg if I got his Step-dad to sponsor me could that be an option to getting overseas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would appreciate any insight.  Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19503" LastActivityDate="2020-01-16T08:53:09.107" Title="UK IT professional looking to relocate to CT USA - any tips?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19890" CreationDate="2020-01-16T09:29:55.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;IANAL but I see no easy long-term solution to your situation unless you resolve your marital status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You cannot apply for a fiancée visa because to do so you would need to prove that your marriage has ended and that you plan to marry or become civil partners within 6 months of arriving in the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&lt;/a&gt;  Although you married abroad, UK Immigration are obviously aware of your marital status because of your wife’s visa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your new partner could seek a work-related visa, if she’s eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your new partner could apply for a Visitor visa (assuming she is not eligible for visa-free entry by virtue of her citizenship). However, depending on her personal circumstances (for example, if she has no strong ties to home), disclosing her relationship with you in the application could lead to a refusal if the ECO concluded that she was likely to overstay in order to pursue the relationship. With or without a visa, lengthy repeated visits can also become a problem over time if UK Immigration suspect that your partner is effectively trying to use visitor status to live in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-01-16T12:06:45.110" LastActivityDate="2020-01-16T12:06:45.110" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19219" CreationDate="2020-01-16T11:14:08.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to do all &lt;a href=&quot;https://businessgatetranslation.com/service/certificate-attestation-services/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;certificate attestation&lt;/a&gt; procedures.  You need to attest all your certificates from India MOFA and Embassy of UAE in India so that you can get UAE MOFA attestation as the authorities do not accept any certficate without the attestation of UAE MOFA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19504" LastActivityDate="2020-01-16T11:14:08.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-16T14:07:11.870" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Bangkok a year already; now with a student visa that should end in about 3 months; I study Thai language and can have basic conversation and basic reading and enjoy learning the language (as evident from some of my questions in Linguistics Stack Exchange). I like Bangkok and I know its transportation quite well (I take buses almost daily and visited many parts of this vast city).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a webmaster since 2010 and also an amateur programmer since 2015 coding primarily with (vanilla) &lt;em&gt;Bash-HTML-CSS-JavaScript-Wiki-Markdown&lt;/em&gt; and doing lots of &lt;em&gt;Drupal&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;MediaWiki&lt;/em&gt; webmastering and some regex (and as one who have asked more than 1,000 questions here in SE) I can at least give vast IT support;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Although, I don't limit myself just to IT; I believe I could do many other jobs requiring near-native English and the love to learn new things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why I seek employee visa&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that currently the best visa with which its most easy to stay here with is an &lt;em&gt;employee visa&lt;/em&gt; (work permit?) because then 90 days report is &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; done by a company and a worker has to go to &lt;em&gt;Soon Ratchakan&lt;/em&gt; to extend a visa just once a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any plans to marry someone (marriage rules just became stricter here anyway) and no plan to become a 49%-51% partner with a Thai citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no experience as working as a webmaster as an employee, rather only as freelance and I have no experience with looking for a job as an employee globally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I avoid registering myself by email to web applications in general, I didn't register to Human Resources agencies via their numerous websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What job could I do in Bangkok as a near-native speaker of English webmaster and what is the best way to find such a job?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;I expect a salary of at least 30,000 Baht NET Salary a month.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2020-01-17T01:57:06.930" LastActivityDate="2020-02-28T04:20:13.333" Title="What job could I do in Bangkok as a near-native speaker of English webmaster and what is the best way to find such a job?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-16T16:35:42.090" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;h1&gt;#&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Facts : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blue card minimum salary requirement 53600 (2019)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it is less then 53600 and more then 40800, then must fall into specific prefession&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If one holds blue card, has a fixed salary, has required qualification (anabin) then he/she can apply for niederlassungerlaubnis after 21 months or 33 months&#xA;(source: bamf.de)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anyone having less then EURO 53600 is entitled for blue card ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If YES, Any one having blue card under this circumstance is entitled for niederlassungerlaubnis (German B1) or later 33 months ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;why the matrix is skewed that profession like doctors, mathematicians are paid less then IT professionals etc. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17376" LastActivityDate="2020-01-16T16:35:42.090" Title="Understanding EU blue-card and related rules" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19886" CreationDate="2020-01-16T17:17:40.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to prove a negative, but as far as I know there is &lt;strong&gt;no residence requirement for holding an EP&lt;/strong&gt;: all that matters is that you're regularly paid in Singapore.  I previously worked in Singapore in a near-100% travel job and never had any issues with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until 2020, Singapore even had tax breaks for frequent travellers:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Schemes/Individuals/Not-Ordinarily-Resident--NOR--Scheme/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/Schemes/Individuals/Not-Ordinarily-Resident--NOR--Scheme/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="181" LastEditDate="2020-01-18T06:57:21.667" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T06:57:21.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-17T17:34:58.827" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US Citizen and travel to the UK often (usually 1 week trips) to see my girlfriend (now Spouse) and visit our clients in London. Since getting married, we want to live in the UK (intention is for me to find a job there once the visa is approved and I have work authorization). Since I usually go to the UK every month with no visa as a visitor, I will need to make a trip or two while the settlement Visa is pending (I plan on keeping my passport while the visa is pending). Will this be allowed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19511" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T16:21:43.483" Title="Can I visit the United Kingdom as a tourist while my UK marriage settlement visa is pending (if using keep my passport option)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19895" CreationDate="2020-01-17T17:37:04.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid your job options will be extremely limited.  You can have have a look at expat-oriented job forums like &lt;a href=&quot;https://forum.thaivisa.com/forum/106-job-offers-in-thailand/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ThaiVisa&lt;/a&gt; to see what's out there, but in general:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will not be hired by the vast majority of Thai companies, because they want native/fluent Thai speakers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will not be hired by the Thai offices of multinationals, because they generally want bilinguals and you don't appear to have any unique/rare skills that they need.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're not a native speaker of English, so you probably can't find work as an English teacher. Even if you do find some smaller, sketchier school that wants to hire you, the job is poorly paid and a career dead end.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You could do freelance work, particularly for overseas companies or small expat-run companies in Thailand, but without a network you're competing against a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of people and it's not going to get you a work visa in Thailand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, you're probably best off either becoming a digital nomad for a while and trying to build a network of remote work from your home country (hard and will require hopping around on tourist visas), or returning home and trying to kickstart your career there before moving back as an expat or remote worker (will take a while).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-02-28T04:20:13.333" LastActivityDate="2020-02-28T04:20:13.333" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-17T20:17:28.230" Score="2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am and my husband is non-EU citizen. I work in Germany with the EU Blue Card as an IT Specialist since April 2019 and then 7 months later I got married (It means; first I started to work with Blue Card and then I got married). My husband applied for EU Blue Card Family Reunification but the officer refused the application (processing is delayed). She did not accept my husband's application as a Blue Card Family Reunification visa claiming that we were married after I received the Blue Card. She said that our family reunification visa process will be processed like an ordinary work permit, not an EU Blue Card. &#xA;The officer gave us a 3-month additional time, stating that the application process would only be re-processed if my husband brought a German certificate at the A1 level and she held back the visa application process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We would like to know if the officer's visa application was correct or incorrect. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to get a German A1 certificate in our case?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If this application was incorrect, do we have any chance to fix it at the German Consulate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19512" LastActivityDate="2020-01-23T11:47:08.877" Title="Marriage after EU Blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19868" CreationDate="2020-01-18T00:34:02.203" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You seem to have received confusing and incomplete information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your situation is dealt with by &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32004L0038&amp;amp;from=GA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below important parts of that directive are explained. For exact text of relevant articles, see link above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Union citizen is the national of an EU member state. A spouse of a Union citizen is a family member for the purpose of this directive [article 2]. The directive applies to Union citizens who &lt;strong&gt;move to or reside&lt;/strong&gt; in a member state other than that of which they are a national and to their family members who &lt;strong&gt;accompany or join them&lt;/strong&gt; [article 3].&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your husband does not need to already reside in the Netherlands; when your husband moves there, he is covered. You and your husband can travel together or separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Union citizen can enter any member state with a passport or a identity card and will never require a visa. A family member may need a visa, which should be easy to obtain and issued quickly and free of charge. When eventually getting registered and obtaining a residence card you no longer need a visa [article 4].&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When covered by this directive, you are entitled to a free visa, if able to prove your status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Union citizen has a right of residence for up to three months, just by having a valid passport or identity card. A family member accompanying or joining a Union citizen with a right of residence also has that right [article 6]. After three months a Union citizen has a right of residence only in certain situations, e.g. if being employed [article 7].&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only after three months will additional conditions apply. Initially just having your husband moving there will be enough for you to be entitled to a visa as a family member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should apply for a Schengen visa from a Dutch embassy or consulate. State that you plan to move to the Netherlands and that you intend to register after arrival. If already set, you may want to include travel dates, address in the Netherlands and planned employment or other activity. It may be best to file the application directly with the consulate or embassy and not use their commercial partner; you should be allowed to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T00:34:02.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19903" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19917" CreationDate="2020-01-18T03:26:32.313" Score="-1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually buy &lt;a href=&quot;https://th.hm.com/t-shirt-long-fit-0598755014001.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long-fit&lt;/a&gt; short sleeved t-shirts, black and plain (&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;aniconic&lt;/a&gt;&quot;), in European medium size at different H&amp;amp;M branches in Bangkok; I don't recall finding such shirts in any other shop in malls or in any market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I recall, it always cost me 400 (&quot;399&quot;) Baht in H&amp;amp;M and this always felt to me like a rip off because I bet the shirt (production, transportation and sorting) doesn't cost H&amp;amp;M more than 50 Baht to perhaps be exaggerating, and because if I buy groceries at Klong Toey market (which is Bangkok's largest wholesaling food bazzar), I could pay the same price for about 7.5 kilos of food which could last for at about 3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can one buy long-fit short sleeved t-shirts in Bangkok, preferably in European sizes, in less than or equal to 200 Baht?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update for Scott Earle&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fIOPT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fIOPT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastEditorDisplayName="user19176" LastEditDate="2020-01-21T15:25:36.867" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T15:25:36.867" Title="Where to buy long-fit short sleeved t-shirts in Bangkok in 200≤Baht?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;clothing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19868" CreationDate="2020-01-18T14:46:22.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not clear which visa checklist you're looking at.  You should be using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/travel-and-residence/documents/publications/2019/05/03/visa-facilitation-checklist-for-family-member-of-eu-eea-or-swiss-nationals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa facilitation checklist for family member of EU, EEA or Swiss nationals&lt;/a&gt;.  This is an application for a short-stay visa, but strangely it is the correct application for you even if you intend to remain in the Netherlands permanently.  The relevant item on the checklist:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Proof of right to free movement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;6.1 Proof that your family&#xA;  member is using or has&#xA;  recently used his/her right&#xA;  to free movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&gt; For example: proof of registration in the Netherlands or a Dutch residence permit for your family member as an EU/EEA or&#xA;  Swiss national.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &gt; If you are travelling to another Schengen member state on whose behalf the Netherlands issues visas, please provide proof of registration in the Schengen member state in question or a residence permit for that member state in your family member’s name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that the proof of registration is offered as an &lt;em&gt;example.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text in item 6.1 is incomplete.  It should read &quot;Proof that your family member is using, has recently used, &lt;em&gt;or will be using&lt;/em&gt; his/her right to free movement.&quot;  That is, the fact that the family member will not be making use of the right of free movement before the actual trip is not relevant.  This is your case, of course, and in such a case the proof that your family member will be using the right to free movement would be travel reservations showing that you and your spouse are traveling together to the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be seen from the page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vfsglobal.com/netherlands/southafrica/Family-Members-EU-EEA-Nationals.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Family Members of EU EEA Nationals&lt;/a&gt; at vfsglobal.com, which says in part&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eligibility&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are eligible if you can prove objectively that all of the following requirements are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are a family member of an EU/EEA/Swiss national.&#xA;  (this includes a spouse, registered partner, child who is under 21 or a depending family member); and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you are accompanying the EU/EEA/Swiss national or planning to join him/her; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;this EU/EEA/Swiss national is travelling to or is residing in another member state than that of which he/she is a national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the last point includes citizens of Italy who are traveling to the Netherlands.  More explicitly, the facts of your travel establish your eligibility because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your husband is an Italian citizen; and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are traveling to the Netherlands with your husband; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your husband is traveling to the Netherlands (which is a member state other than Italy) with you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this, it is apparent that any request for your husband's proof of registration in the Netherlands must be optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you encounter resistance on this point during your application, you can raise the issue with SOLVIT (in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_it.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_nl.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch&lt;/a&gt;, among &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/solvit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other options&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-18T15:10:39.943" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T15:10:39.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-18T15:52:42.037" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can  I convert an Italian residence study permit to a German residence permit if married to a non-eu BlueCard holder(or a Niederlassungserlaubnis holder). I am an Indian citizen living in Italy on s student visa and my wife is an Indian citizen living in Germany. Do I need to first apply for a family reunion visa and the visit the residence permit office in Germany once I have been issued the German visa or I could just travel to Germany on my italian residence permit and ask for a residence card? Could someone perhaps point me to the right resource on the web. I would be grateful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19517" OwnerDisplayName="user3503589" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T16:06:43.153" Title="How can I convert an Italian residence study permit to a German residence permit if married to a non-eu BlueCard holder?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19898" CreationDate="2020-01-18T16:21:43.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you have your passport, if you attempt to visit the most likely outcome is that you just go through an automatic passport reader gate, and never talk to an immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is a small potential risk. By applying for a settlement visa you have indicated you are able and willing to move to the UK, increasing the risk of overstay. You can somewhat mitigate that by carrying documents showing your commitment to return to the US after a short visit, such as evidence you are on vacation from a job to which you are expected to return, or that you continue to own or rent your home in the US. Your track record of short visits without overstay would also be in your favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the downside of being refused entry can be serious, because some countries ask about entry refusal when you apply for visas. It can also be a very unpleasant process, involving detention at the airport until you can be escorted onto a flight back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to decide whether the benefit of a couple of visits during the application process is worth a small risk of a bad outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T16:21:43.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:20:51.297" Score="1" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I found out you can file for tax returns on paid university tuition. I studied in a private German University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2018 was my first working year in Germany. When I filed for the tax returns (SteuerGo) for that year, I didn't include the tuition I paid to the university. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I include those payments in this year's filing? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-19T00:08:34.080" LastActivityDate="2020-01-19T00:08:34.080" Title="Can one file German tax returns twice for the same year?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-18T19:07:45.827" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to UKVI website, most of the Tier-2 visa applicants(including me!) should sit for an IELTS exam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already taken both academic and general exams in a test centre that is on the list of UKVI SELT and again according to the UKVI documents, all facets of this test centre are acceptable.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5wGjD.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5wGjD.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;UKVI SELT&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have seen in other documents that only IELTS for UKVI is acceptable here which made me to believe that “&lt;strong&gt;All Facets&lt;/strong&gt;” in above list means : IELTS for UKVI Academic and IELTS for UKVI General! Is that right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean that I should sit for a new IELTS test, this time a UKVI one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2020-02-15T14:50:04.413" Title="UKVI language requirement for tier 2 visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ielts&gt;&lt;language-test&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19913" CreationDate="2020-01-18T19:31:47.397" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;In USA, I cannot open a checking or savings account because I choose not to unlock my credit records.  (Credit check required to &lt;strong&gt;deposit&lt;/strong&gt;, not borrow?!?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Spain, only an ID and address needed to open a savings account and get a debit card.  No raised eyebrows at a USA address.  No credit check—which would have been empty, since I have never borrowed outside of USA and not at all in at least a decade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it generally this sensible throughout EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2020-01-19T17:06:39.150" Title="Difficult to open bank accounts in EU countries?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19907" CreationDate="2020-01-18T20:29:13.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check this site: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.steuerklassen.com/steuererklaerung/ratgeber/steuererklaerung-korrigieren/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.steuerklassen.com/steuererklaerung/ratgeber/steuererklaerung-korrigieren/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, within one month after you receive the reply to your income tax declaration you can easily fix mistakes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that it’s difficult. You can ask the Finanzamt to please fix your mistake, and if they do, you are fine. If they don’t you’d have to go to court (and I think your chances are slim since it’s your own fault).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-01-18T20:29:13.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-18T22:29:48.133" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a US citizen trying to start a business in the US from overseas (for now) and need a US address to file with USPTO for company name, as well as for LLC, US taxes, and my business license etc. Problem is all family members have died and only a couple of US friends left! &#xA;Can I borrow a friend’s home address for now for application purposes? I will be the Registered Agent. I plan to move back to the US in a couple of years, so this is temporary, just to get my e-commerce biz off the ground. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks. Hope someone can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19543" OwnerDisplayName="alixe" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2020-01-27T16:52:55.410" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T17:09:12.983" Title="US expat entrepreneur without US address. How to file for licenses?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;business&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19909" CreationDate="2020-01-19T08:40:58.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, it is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; that simple (among other things) due to money laundering legislation and in general to registration laws. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany it is very difficult, as a non-resident, to open a bank account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are, however, certain &lt;strong&gt;Direct banks&lt;/strong&gt; where this is possible. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswandern-handbuch.de/how-to-open-a-german-bank-account-for-non-residents/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Bank account for non residents&lt;/a&gt; article (which may not be impartial) gives a overview on what is on offer and many of the conditions for the banks listed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for a 'roamer' through Europe this may be of interest. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;US citizens&lt;/strong&gt; may encounter problems, due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FATCA&lt;/a&gt;, while attempting to open an account. Some banks are reluctant to accepts US citizens due to the high costs that the implementation of the FATCA rules bring with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswandern-handbuch.de/how-to-open-a-german-bank-account-for-non-residents/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to open a German Bank account for non residents - Auswandern Handbuch&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-19T17:06:39.150" LastActivityDate="2020-01-19T17:06:39.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-19T12:00:08.273" Score="1" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;In March 2019 my USA F4 (PR) visa was refused because my parents provided fake documents in 2002, which reflect in 2019 at the time of interview.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Visa officer had given refusal letter to my parents but not to me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now I'm applying for Canadian student visa, will USA record effect my student application for Canada? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is yes, how to overcome this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Simran Ghuman" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-19T22:24:40.630" LastActivityDate="2020-01-19T22:24:40.630" Title="Canadian student visa, fake documents for USA while minor" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-20T06:42:19.703" Score="2" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Treaty of Svalbard, all citizens of high contracting parties to the Treaty of Svalbard are allowed to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Australia was a contracting party, can they live there, or is there some other provision preventing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://library.arcticportal.org/1909/1/The_Svalbard_Treaty_9ssFy.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://library.arcticportal.org/1909/1/The_Svalbard_Treaty_9ssFy.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See especially Article 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The nationals of all the High Contracting Parties shall have equal&#xA;  liberty of access and entry for any reason or object whatever to the&#xA;  waters, fjords and ports of the territories specified in Article 1;&#xA;  subject to the observance of local laws and regulations, they may&#xA;  carry  on there without impediment all maritime, industrial, mining&#xA;  and commercial operations on a footing of absolute equality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="WOPR" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T09:01:40.207" Title="Can Australians live in Svalbard without a visa?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19915" CreationDate="2020-01-20T06:56:56.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes, all foreigners can live in Svalbard without a visa.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you’ll probably need to have housing and also a double-entry visa to re-enter Norway upon leaving Svalbard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sysselmannen.no/en/entry-and-residence/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Governor of Svalbard’s site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visa to Schengen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In mainland Norway, the Immigration Act regulates foreigners’ access to and residence in the country. Although Svalbard is part of Norway, the Immigration Act does not apply to the archipelago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreigners do not need a visa or work and residence permits from the Norwegian authorities to travel to Svalbard.&lt;/strong&gt; However, foreign citizens with a visa requirement for the Schengen Area must have a Schengen visa when travelling to and from Svalbard via mainland Norway. It’s important to ensure that you get a double-entry visa so you can return to the Schengen Area (mainland Norway) after your stay in Svalbard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements for staying&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although &lt;strong&gt;you do not need a visa or your own work and residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;, everyone must meet certain requirements in order to stay in Svalbard. These requirements are governed by a separate policy called “Regulations relating to rejection and expulsion of persons from Svalbard”. &lt;strong&gt;Among the requirements is that you must have the means to be able to reside on Svalbard.&lt;/strong&gt; These requirements apply to both foreigners and Norwegian citizens, and The Governor of Svalbard may reject persons who do not meet the requirements. Therefore, those planning to come to the archipelago are advised to obtain work and housing before they arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(emphasis, apart from the titles, is mine)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Panda" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-01-20T06:56:56.737" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19903" CreationDate="2020-01-20T08:58:15.647" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does seem a little strange that the OP is familiar with places like Khlong Toey food market (cheapest chicken market in ... the world?), but has not heard of either Platinum or Pratunam markets. These are large clothes markets in the centre of town not far from Central World.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Platinum is an older-style mall that sells clothes mostly to Thai teenagers, and they have a decent selection of everything. Pratunam market is more of a wholesale clothes market, and people come from all over South East Asia to buy clothes wholesale for export. Locals also go there to pick up cheap clothes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another place to find wholesale clothes is Bo Bae (โบ๊เบ๊) market towards the old town from Rama I road (go along Rama I and keep going until you cross the bridge that goes over the khlong - it's in there on the right).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-01-20T08:58:15.647" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-20T17:00:30.580" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mother was born in 1930. She came to London, UK in 1954. In 1956 she married my father. I believe - though I cannot find the papers - that under the law at this time, after 5 years she would automatically become a British citizen. My parents divorced around 1974. I was born in 1964. My mother is now deceased. I have found a Dutch passport for my mother from between 1999 and 2004 (she died in 2013). I can find no other records of nationality or dual nationality for my mother from the time I was born. I wish to apply for Dutch citizenship. Does anyone know if or if there is a chance that I may be eligible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19525" LastActivityDate="2020-01-20T17:00:30.580" Title="Can I apply to become a Dutch Citizen under the Option Procedure?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-20T18:12:41.060" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in the US, and planning on moving to Germany soon for personal reasons. I am currently happily working remotely as a contractor for an American company. What does this mean for me in terms of taxes health insurance and banking. I am currently being paid to an American bank which has partners in Germany, so I am unsure if I even need a German bank account. Since I am being paid hourly based on reported hours, and started recently I am unsure as to what I could expect my annual income to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19527" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T12:13:23.863" Title="German/American Citizen tax liability after moving to Germany" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9438" CreationDate="2020-01-20T20:03:35.993" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across something curious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The European Union Blue Card directive applies to highly qualified&#xA;  non-EU nationals seeking to be admitted to the territory of a Member&#xA;  State of the European Union (common European Union immigration&#xA;  policy), excluding Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, for more&#xA;  than three months for the purposes of employment and residence. The EU&#xA;  Blue card also allows qualifying individuals to bring their close&#xA;  family with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19528" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-21T07:43:09.000" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T07:43:09.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-20T22:07:57.673" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a green card holder and I just got married to a US citizen. We got married out of the US. Do we have to submit any particular documentation since we are planning to file taxes together? My company filed for my green card a long time ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19529" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-21T07:46:10.213" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T12:33:13.943" Title="Green Card Holder Married to USA Citizen" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-20T22:11:11.953" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to pay for my brother's university tuition next year. He will study in a German university. I am working in Germany. Am I allowed to file the tuition as tax return for myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-01-25T15:07:51.563" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T07:01:15.093" Title="Can one get tax credit or deduction if they pay for the relative's university education?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19921" CreationDate="2020-01-21T01:06:45.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only document you need to submit to indicate that you're filing a joint tax return is the tax return itself.  If you were married in 2019, the first tax return for which you'll do this is your 2019 tax return, due in April 2020.  If you were married earlier this month then you'll have to wait a year; your filing status for your 2019 returns will remain &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; or whatever it was before you were married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T01:06:45.480" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19922" CreationDate="2020-01-21T03:58:57.560" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if the rules have changed but when I lived in Germany back in early 2000 you could deduct school fees for your own children up to 30% of the cost and you could deduct personal education for yourself or spouse to further educate yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was no deduction for other family members at that time from your personal income tax as far as I am aware, but rules do change so lets see what someone with a more recent experience have to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastEditorUserId="19282" LastEditDate="2020-01-21T04:14:54.510" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T04:14:54.510" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-21T05:02:41.827" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/quebec-skilled-workers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quebec-Selected Skilled Visa&lt;/a&gt; that enables Permanent Residence of Canada and staying in Quebec. The province has its own &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/publications/en/divers/GRI_SelectionProgReg_TravQualif2018-EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt; of selection criteria. In those rules, there is a requirement of knowing French and English language. I am confused if there is even any minimum requirement of French or this visa is completely point-based; thereby having knowledge of English suffice if other factors scores the cut-off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I googled as well, and there are results that says French being compulsory while others saying, not compulsory.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b59ja.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b59ja.png&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19531" OwnerDisplayName="Karan Desai" LastEditorUserId="19531" LastEditDate="2020-01-21T14:06:08.957" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T16:04:32.177" Title="Is French language compulsory for Quebec Skilled Visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pr&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19921" CreationDate="2020-01-21T12:33:13.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If either the permanent resident or the citizen is changing his/her name as a result of the marriage, that partner will need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://faq.ssa.gov/en-US/Topic/article/KA-01981&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;obtain a new social security card&lt;/a&gt;, as well as all the other steps in changing one's name. If either or both partners are employed, the employee may wish to file a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;new form W-4&lt;/a&gt; with their employer so taxes withheld will be more accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T12:33:13.943" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19925" CreationDate="2020-01-21T13:37:21.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to be qualified for QSW you need French language proficiency.&#xA;Although It is not compulsory, you wouldn’t be able to obtain required scores for QSW without having a French language certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I recall correctly, you would need B2 in both speaking and listening (each has 5 score).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check Quebec website to see how they score the applicants &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/permanent-workers/requirements-programs/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quebec immigration streams have been subject to massive changes recently, so Internet websites are not reliable sources and could be old and inaccurate. I strongly recommend to check everything with their official website (above link)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastEditorUserId="15845" LastEditDate="2020-01-22T16:04:32.177" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T16:04:32.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-21T14:42:34.030" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father had a Portuguese citizenship. I am a full-time student in India. Can I and my brother claim or acquire Portuguese citizenship through my father?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19532" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-22T09:40:42.653" LastActivityDate="2020-03-22T16:00:55.100" Title="Apply for Portuguese citizenship from India?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-21T14:42:34.183" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in London since 1996, therefore I have a permanent residence and I would like to apply for a British passport.&#xA;Would I have to give up one of the passports or can I hold three passports? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19533" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T14:42:34.183" Title="I currently have an Ecuadorian and Italian passport" Tags="&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19929" CreationDate="2020-01-21T15:00:40.683" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If he got his citizenship through his parents or birth, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must apply by sending the appropriate documentation and fees to a &quot;Conservatória de Registo Civil&quot; or to a portuguese consulate in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T15:00:40.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-21T17:42:04.833" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend is British and has has entered the visa pool (she waits to be picked to apply, then will have to submit her application). She wants to come with me, but we have to wait until she is picked to apply for the working holiday visa, then once she is picked we have to wait for the visa application process. Is it possible for her to come with me on a tourist visa/visitor visa until she is picked from the pool for the working holiday? If she is picked while in Canada, does she have to go back to England in order to apply or can she apply from within Canada while on a tourist visa? Or does anyone know any other way we can go about all this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastEditorUserId="2131" LastEditDate="2020-01-26T01:20:13.240" LastActivityDate="2020-01-26T01:20:13.240" Title="Can my girlfriend go to Canada on a visitor Visa while waiting for a working holiday visa?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19723" CreationDate="2020-01-21T22:06:30.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case of Sweden, the agreement is that someone residing in Sweden but with income from Germany pays taxes in Sweden on that income, but the german taxes is deducted from the ones payable in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule is that you don't need to pay taxes two times on the same income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that you contact the Skattecenter in Köpenhavn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.skat.dk/skat.aspx?oid=967&amp;amp;dmy=969&amp;amp;x=971&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://skat.dk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19538" LastActivityDate="2020-01-21T22:06:30.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19756" CreationDate="2020-01-22T10:29:27.280" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you wish to convert your visa to a blue card then the basic requirements still need to be met, such as salary, qualifications etc. even if you are already in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should go along to your local ABH (Ausländerbehörde) and talk to them about doing this.  They will then advise you what exactly they wish to see for your specific circumstances and if this is possible or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you already got your degree/qualifications verified via ANABIN then it should be possible to just resubmit this information again during the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duration of the Blue card will be valid for 4 years from the date of issue, or for the duration of your contract + 3 months (if you have a limited contract).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T10:29:27.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19919" CreationDate="2020-01-22T12:13:23.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are resident in Germany, then Germany expects you to pay tax on your entire worldwide income.  It does not matter where the work was performed, or where you are paid to/from&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not have to pay tax on this due to the double taxation agreement between Germany and the USA, but you will need to study this in detail to determine in detail how to file to ensure this.  As a US citizen you will still need to a file a US tax return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally you will also need to make social security contributions in Germany based on your income.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you are however a freelancer then you may be exempt from these.  But in Germany the rules for being a freelancer are strict and you must not earn more than 80% of your income from a single source (otherwise you will have to anyway pay the social security contributions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need to have health insurance, as this is mandatory for living in Germany.  If you have lived in Germany before then you can get accepted back into your previous health insurance, otherwise you will need to find one, and this might be expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, and the practicalities of living in Germany, you will need to have a German bank account.  Otherwise you won't be able to pay any of your bills!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T12:13:23.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19936" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-22T16:21:02.973" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I got our ITA for Express Entry Canada and we were unmarried when we applied for this. And we got married a month before we got the ITA. Now, should we decline my ITA and accept &amp;amp; continue my Husband's application? I being the accompanying person on his application, how long would it take for me to get the PR card? &#xA;Would the processing still be the same if I were to apply separately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Atulya&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19541" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-02-22T02:25:28.370" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T05:00:30.103" Title="How long will it take for the secondary (accompanying person) to get the Express Entry PR Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19936" CreationDate="2020-01-22T19:54:27.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The target to process a FSW application is reportedly 6 month which after, the main and all dependants receive a passport request email (to stamp a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case the main applicant should inform IRCC about the change of his/her marital status through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web form&lt;/a&gt; ASAP and they will ask for additional applicable documents. This may inevitabely increase your time-line (standard 6 month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main applicant wouldn’t need to withdraw his/her ITA. If you are required to do so, they will instruct you in response of your web form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2020-01-22T19:54:27.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19901" CreationDate="2020-01-23T11:47:08.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you actually have an &lt;em&gt;EU Blue Card&lt;/em&gt; Visa, i.e. does the stamp say EU Blaue Karte? Check what type of visa you had received. It is possible that you have a §4 BeschV type visa meant for managers and specialists (colloquially called Specialist Visa). This is typically what they issue to IT specialists with no university diploma or diploma that isn't directly related to IT. In that case, the embassy officer is right, sadly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand if you do 100% have EU Blue Card then you should file a formal complaint as you have legal right to marry anyone you want at any time and your partner is eligible for visa with no language requirements. Once he arrives, the foreigners office still often require A1 but he can attend the course and pass the exam while in Germany with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19322" LastActivityDate="2020-01-23T11:47:08.877" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19953" CreationDate="2020-01-23T18:50:08.383" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently issued a blue card. Expiry of blue of the card is about one year corresponding to the expiry of my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I have a permanent contract, I was told by the immigration officer that they cannot issue a card with an expiry longer than the passport itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for the extension of the card, will the new salary threshold will be applied on my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19547" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-24T11:20:39.110" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T19:44:55.707" Title="EU Blue Card Extension" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-24T05:49:21.663" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;We moved to Portland, Oregon 7 years ago and I had to trade in my German drivers license in order to get my Oregon ID Card, after passing the test.&#xA;We are now moving back to Europe (Portugal) this summer and I am not sure who to contact in order to receive my German drivers license back? Will I have to do another test once back in Europe or pay a fee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19548" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-24T11:19:41.210" LastActivityDate="2020-01-24T13:29:50.037" Title="Traded in my German drivers license for the US ID card. How do I get it back?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-24T12:26:35.017" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a BlueCard holder and been working in Germany for 6 months now and I have a wedding in 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wedding will not be in Germany, it will be in my home country. After marriage, my surname will change and I will renew my passport with new surname. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My BlueCard was not given in a card form, it is just a sticker in my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After surname change, can I enter Germany and continue to work with my old and new passport and official international documents that shows marriage information? Or should I apply to German Consulate in my country to transfer the BlueCard to my new passport before entering Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19550" LastActivityDate="2020-03-24T13:42:33.877" Title="Germany Blue Card surname change after wedding" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19941" CreationDate="2020-01-24T12:54:42.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you return to Europe you must exchange your Oregon Driver's Licence to a Portuguese Licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;European Driver's Licences contain in Field 12 a coded reference to the original licence (70 = Exchange of Licence) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;70&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;em&gt;original_licence_number&lt;/em&gt;.Country_Code (&lt;strong&gt;D&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hpy3N.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hpy3N.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a South African (&lt;strong&gt;ZA&lt;/strong&gt;) exchanged for a Portuguese Licence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So look and see if something similar can be seen on your Oregon licence. (Possibly on the back, within the machine code or also in Field 12 of the older cards) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find a summary on how this is done in the US States. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are claims that some states retain the original licence, so that it can be returned when leaving or that it is returned to the original issuers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going to the Oregon DMV to inform them that you are going back and would like to know about the whereabouts of the original licence would be the best thing to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the licence is being exchanged, it is based on the original licence that was issued, plus mayby any further extension (new drivers class). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in one form or another, the original information about the German licence should be made available to the Portuguese authorities - thus avoiding any further tests. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that some sort of fee will be asked for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A feedback from you would be interesting for future reference.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/Pages/New_Cards.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Oregon Department of Transportation : A New Design for Oregon Driver Licenses and ID Cards : Oregon Driver &amp;amp; Motor Vehicle Services : State of Oregon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/PublishingImages/DriverID/Back.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt; &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/PublishingImages/DriverID/ThreeCardStackHoriz.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-24T13:29:50.037" LastActivityDate="2020-01-24T13:29:50.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-24T23:21:38.613" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Soon I will be working as a postdoctoral researcher in Vienna for 4 months. I will be paid in the form of &lt;strong&gt;daily allowance (remuneration)&lt;/strong&gt;, 75 euros per day. According to the contract, I am &lt;code&gt;&quot;expected to undertake the payment of any taxation of the remuneration received&quot;&lt;/code&gt; on my own behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there really any tax for such remuneration? How much is it? And how&#xA;  should I pay it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16879" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T17:19:39.470" Title="Is there any tax for daily allowance (remuneration) in Austria?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19943" CreationDate="2020-01-25T11:43:24.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience, usually in case of passport change you can still travel with both passports for some time. Of course, change of surname makes things slightly more complicated. In your case, I would write an email to border control asking if they will let you into the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option might be that you do the name change and passport later in the consulate of your home country in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides this, I suggest that your passport does not become invalid right after you changed your name. However, for this you should check the law of your country. If it stays valid, then you can change your surname in your home country and then travel just with old passport (and change it later in the consulate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-03-24T13:42:33.877" LastActivityDate="2020-03-24T13:42:33.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-25T16:25:31.440" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hydrogen Peroxide&lt;/a&gt; is a chemical compound which has various household uses, mostly cleaning/disinfecting/bleaching. But - if you enter your local super-market or (&quot;super-pharm&quot;-like) stores and pass through the cleaning, laundry and toiletries aisles you'll not find that name featuring on any product. Even if you look for cleaning agents, it seems not to be part of the selection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it not typically in use in Israel? Is it sold elsewhere/under another name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-25T17:42:45.297" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T18:51:09.327" Title="Under what product names is Hydrogen Peroxide marketed in Israel?" Tags="&lt;names&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19950" CreationDate="2020-01-25T16:25:31.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;tl;dr: Look for &quot;מי חמצן&quot;.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This compound - whose formula is H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; - has a specific Hebrew name; or rather, two such names. Unofficially and commonly, it's known as מי חמצן. Translated, that's &quot;Oxygen Water&quot;, and transliterated: &quot;Mei Hamtzan&quot;. The official chemical name is &lt;a href=&quot;https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A0%D7%99&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;מימן על-חמצני&lt;/a&gt; (Hebrew Wikipedia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pharmacies/&quot;pharm&quot; stores typically stock it, and super-markets might as well; a few examples of the packaging: &lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.super-pharm.co.il/pharmacy/external-treatment/external-use/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A3-%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%9F-3%25-100-%D7%9E%D7%9C/p/236588&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://floris.co.il/product/%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%9F-3/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bela.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%97%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%A4%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D-3-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. There's also some gel form of it, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.shufersal.co.il/online/en/categories/SUPERMARKET/Hygiene-and-babies/Hair-Care/%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%A2-%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A8/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9D-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%9F-9%25-%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C/p/P_7296073242321&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the concentration of H&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; is not the same in all products.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-01-25T18:51:09.327" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T18:51:09.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19943" CreationDate="2020-01-25T19:26:07.067" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get a qualified answer you should ask the authorities directly. You could do so on multiple channels via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/de/ueber-das-portal/kontakt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/de/ueber-das-portal/kontakt/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m pretty sure that you could use both passports for a grace period with regards to the blue card. But you should nevertheless ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19555" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T19:26:07.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19940" CreationDate="2020-01-25T19:44:55.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326798/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326798/en/&lt;/a&gt; you should be able to extend your blue card after your passport has been extended without the need of qualifying yourself once again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said: It would probably help to answer as best as we can, if you provide a little bit more information. Are you working in a field of scarcity with lower sales tresholds? Which field are you working in? Where are you located?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19555" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T19:44:55.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19912" CreationDate="2020-01-25T19:45:14.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think you are going about this wrong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of a Registered Agent for a company is that they are the person designated to receive legal communications for the company within the state of registration. A company must have one to be legal. They do not have to be the owner or manager, and often aren't. You have to provide both a Registered Agent and a Registered Address within the state when you register the company. The agent is required to be available at the address during business hours. If you name yourself as agent, and you are not actually present at that address, you could be in violation of company law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a company with a physical presence in the state of registration this is not a problem. You register yourself as the Registered Agent and the place where you work as the Registered Address. Almost everyone else hires someone else to act as Registered Agent. These services cost a few hundred dollars a year, and give you an actual physical address (and a mailing address) where you can be contacted, as well as compliance with the law. You could theoretically get a friend to do it, but by being the agent they acquire certain legal responsibilities, and they do actually have to be at the address during business hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lots of companies exist to provide non-resident owners with Registered Agent services for when they live out of the state. They provide you with a street address within the state of registration, name one of them as the Registered Agent and pass on communications to you wherever you live. This ensures that you comply with the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gives &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.score.org/resource/should-you-hire-registered-agent-or-be-your-own&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a summary of the reasons for having yourself or someone else as Registered Agent&lt;/a&gt;. Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thebalancesmb.com/do-i-need-a-registered-agent-for-my-business-397769&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2020-01-27T17:09:12.983" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T17:09:12.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18014" CreationDate="2020-01-25T19:52:47.537" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Modalities used this way will most probably mean salary and benefits. And these - as you've told us - haven't changed. So I would second David that you don't need to get approval. Nevertheless - just to make sure - you might nevertheless contact the foreigner office proactively to have them in the loop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19555" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T19:52:47.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19956" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19961" CreationDate="2020-01-25T20:20:02.520" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2703219-20200125-coronavirus-troisieme-cas-confirme-france-15-nouveaux-deces-chine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2703219-20200125-coronavirus-troisieme-cas-confirme-france-15-nouveaux-deces-chine&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.is/wip/hDI3m&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) that &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_PSA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Groupe PSA&lt;/a&gt; is going to fly back their French expat employees located at Wuhan back to France due to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel_coronavirus_(2019-nCoV)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)&lt;/a&gt; epidemic. How can Groupe PSA do so despite the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/asia/china-coronavirus-travel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ongoing quarantine in Wuhan&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.is/Hk1Qd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T02:37:13.827" Title="How can Groupe PSA fly back their French expat employees located at Wuhan back to France despite the ongoing quarantine in Wuhan?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:55:52.123" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;My N-400, Application for US citizenship application, was denied because I traveled outside USA more than six months (7 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a green card since 2014 (5 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I completed my interview without any problem, they asked me to provide evidence. After I submitted my documents, I received my application denied letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advise me what I need to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="SAAD" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2020-01-28T15:31:29.333" LastActivityDate="2020-01-28T15:31:29.333" Title="My N-400 denied, because I traveled outside USA more than six months (7 months)," Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19957" CreationDate="2020-01-19T00:33:39.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/article/M-476.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;M-476&lt;/a&gt;, if you were out of the country for more than six months (but less than a year), you should provide documentation that you maintained ties to the US such as evidence of maintaining a domicile (home) like a rent or mortgage payment receipts and pay stubs, plus tax return transcripts. Here's the actual text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have taken any trip outside the United States that lasted six&#xA;months or more since becoming a Lawful Permanent Resident, send&#xA;evidence that you (and your family) continued to live, work and/or&#xA;keep ties in the United States, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An IRS tax return &amp;quot;transcript&amp;quot; or an IRS-certified tax return  listing tax information for the last 5 years (or for the last 3 years if you are applying on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rent or mortgage payments and pay stubs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did have that evidence but didn't send it with your application, I don't know whether or not you can appeal the decision with &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" OwnerDisplayName="mkennedy" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-01-19T00:33:39.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-26T15:29:18.567" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a generic question involving a situation when the original citizenship is lost/renounced due to obtaining a citizenship of a different country (either due to one of the countries not allowing dual citizenship, or simply voluntarily).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would normally happen to residency rights in the country where citizenship is lost? Are there examples where it is possible to retain a permanent right to reside? Or a temporary right to reside (being able to upgrade to a permanent one in the future)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this happens while you're in the country where you lost your citizenship, would you need to leave/be deported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastActivityDate="2020-01-26T15:29:18.567" Title="What happens to your residency rights when you lose/renounce your citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19956" CreationDate="2020-01-27T02:36:05.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Chinese goverment are giving special permissions for companies and countries who wishes to evacuate their people / citizens from affected areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will have to be screened of course before being allowed to leave but once cleared and special transport is arranged they are free to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No normal commercial transport is available however so it is chartered planes only at that point from Wuhan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-01-27T02:37:13.827" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T02:37:13.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2020-01-27T02:43:24.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends, the rules with regards to allowances and travel allowances etc can be found here and I suggest you read carefully if you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ato.gov.au/business/payg-withholding/payments-you-need-to-withhold-from/payments-to-employees/allowances-and-reimbursements/withholding-for-allowances/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austra allowance TAX info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the same pages you can furthermore read about a 30% tax discount for scientific work for which you do seem to qualify, but best is simply to call them and ask since tax law can be very complicated and subject to rulings that are hard to understand without professional help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T02:43:24.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-27T11:12:25.677" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been a legal permanent resident of the USA for over 30 years and now plan to live in Europe and surrender my green card.  What are the tax implications of becoming a non-resident alien on social security and other US income? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19560" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T11:12:25.677" Title="what are the tax implications of surrendering a USA green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2020-01-27T17:19:39.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know Austrian rules specifically, but normally it depends on whether the allowance is payment to you for doing the work (i.e. income) or repayment for expenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if a company sends an employee to another country for a few months, they will continue to pay their salary, but they may also make payments to cover expenses that the employee would not otherwise have had (hotel bills, extra meals, car rental etc.). The general principle is that the salary will be taxed, but the expenses are not (because they are not money going to the benefit of the employee, but are for things the company should be paying for to enable him to do his job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your allowance is intended to by used by you for extra expenses due to your stay in Austria, then it is probably not taxable. If it is payment to you for work you are doing then it probably is taxable. 75 Euros per day is a very low salary for a post-doctoral researcher, so I'm guessing it's the first. A key question might be &quot;would you get this money if you were doing the same work in your home country?&quot; If so, it's salary. If not it's probably expenses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case you should consult a tax professional to get this cleared up definitively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2020-01-27T17:19:39.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-28T11:12:12.693" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the steps to move from MittelSchule to RealSchule in Bavaria? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a student in class 7th, what are the chances to go to Realschule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19488" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-01-29T12:37:49.367" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T18:03:00.307" Title="Move from MittelSchule to Realschule" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19970" CreationDate="2020-01-28T16:20:33.763" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Canadian and a European country's nationality. Currently I live in Europe and I plan to marry a Chinese citizen in Europe. My question is if I marry with my European nationality will the Canadian government accept my marriage, should I want to reside in Canada in the future and host my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone of you have experience with that? I was told from the London consular office (where I reside at the moment) that only a court can pronounce on the validity of a foreign marriage. Is this complicated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16411" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-28T17:02:59.703" LastActivityDate="2020-01-28T17:06:15.453" Title="Canadian with dual nationality marrying with the second nationality, will my marriage be valid?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19969" CreationDate="2020-01-28T17:00:06.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... will my marriage be valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost certainly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different countries have different conditions for recognizing marriages concluded under foreign law.  Generally they are recognized, though in some cases they might not be.  For example, a country that does not allow first cousins to marry may or may not recognize a marriage between first cousins performed in another jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nationality generally has nothing to do with any of this.  The relevant conditions are generally things such as the age of the parties, parental consent if either party is underage, the family relationship between the parties (if any), and how any prior marriages (if any) have been terminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, one does not generally marry &quot;with&quot; a nationality.  If a marriage license or certificate lists the parties' nationality, that would be for the purpose of identifying the parties or perhaps for the purpose of recording compliance with immigration laws.  But the marriage license and certificate apply to each &lt;em&gt;person&lt;/em&gt; named, not to the person-as-a-citizen-of-a-particular-country.  In most countries the process of having a foreign marriage recognized will be the same regardless of whether one or both of the parties holds that country's nationality (or the nationality of the country in which the marriage was performed, for that matter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Canadian government has &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/documents/marriage-overseas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a page on getting married abroad&lt;/a&gt;, which says in part&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Marriages that are legally performed in a foreign country are usually valid in Canada, and you do not need to register them in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mention&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was told from the London consular office (where I reside at the moment) that only a court can pronounce on the validity of a foreign marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the validity of your marriage is questioned, the question might end up before a court, but given the statement from the Canadian government that it is not necessary to register the marriage in Canada, you can assume that it would be very unlikely for that to happen.  If you ever have to show your marriage certificate, you may want an authenticated copy (and, if the certificate is not in French or English, a certified translation).  But for many purposes, all you will have to do is say that you are married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-01-28T17:06:15.453" LastActivityDate="2020-01-28T17:06:15.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17989" CreationDate="2020-01-29T09:49:02.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Above all, this is a question between you and your employer. As already commented: consult your employment contract and give more context here to get better answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, everyone has the general freedom of action, article 2 I GG and this includes the right to pursue secondary employment. The extent to which such a secondary employment may be and how it relates to the work at the employer is to be clarified between employee and employer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your situation the following applies: Clarify everything very precisely and keep agreements in writing. The question of whether and how you set up a company is a different matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19555" LastActivityDate="2020-01-29T09:49:02.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19968" CreationDate="2020-01-29T12:31:25.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best advise that can be given is to talk to the school itsself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the list (shown below) from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.km.bayern.de/eltern/schularten/uebertritt-schulartwechsel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bavarian Education Ministry&lt;/a&gt;  states 2 possible combinations for &lt;strong&gt;Mittelschule&lt;/strong&gt; -&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Realschule&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;grade (Note)  average of &lt;strong&gt;2.0&lt;/strong&gt; for German, Math and English (for the whole year) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;otherwise: after successful qualification tests&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: German grade system: 1.0 (best) down to 6.0 (worst). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Übertrittsvoraussetzungen Realschule&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Übertritt in die 7., 8. und 9. Jahrgangsstufe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Von der Mittelschule&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  - &lt;strong&gt;Durchschnittsnote&lt;/strong&gt; aus Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch (Jahreszeugnis) bis 2,0 und bestandene Probezeit: Übertritt möglich (Entscheidung der Eltern nach Beratung).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  - &lt;strong&gt;In allen anderen Fällen&lt;/strong&gt;: Übertritt möglich nach bestandener Aufnahmeprüfung und Probezeit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Transfer requirements secondary school&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;Transition to the 7th, 8th and 9th grade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;from middle school&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;- Average grade&lt;/strong&gt; from German, mathematics, English (annual certificate) to 2.0 and passed probationary period: transfer possible (decision of the parents after consultation).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    &lt;strong&gt;- In all other cases&lt;/strong&gt;: transfer possible after passing the entrance exam and trial period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.km.bayern.de/eltern/schularten/uebertritt-schulartwechsel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Übertritt und Schulwechsel in Bayern: So geht die Schulkarriere weiter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="11664" LastEditDate="2020-01-29T16:02:37.857" LastActivityDate="2020-01-29T16:02:37.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19976" CreationDate="2020-01-29T18:40:10.130" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of weeks ago the President of Russia proposed to make several amendments to the Constitution and conduct a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Russian_constitutional_referendum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;referendum&lt;/a&gt;. Although official details of the process are not clear yet, is there usually a possibility to vote in such kinds of referendums for Russian citizens residing abroad? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14643" LastActivityDate="2020-01-29T21:29:25.363" Title="Will it be possible to vote in Russian constitutional referendum from abroad?" Tags="&lt;russia&gt;&lt;elections&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19975" CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:03:50.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;is there usually a possibility to vote in such kinds of referendums&#xA;  for Russian citizens residing abroad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were only two referendums in post-Soviet Russian history, both in 1993, so this question would not have any precise answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But regarding Russia-wide elections, not referendums — yes, usually one can vote on Russian elections from abroad, but to do this, one should do advance preparation work in Russia. Namely, one should come to a local election comission and obtain a special document (&quot;открепительное удостоверение&quot;) that allows to vote in any Russian election comission be it in Russia itself or abroad. Usually there will be election comissions in most Russian embassys and consulates, and a person with &quot;открепительное удостоверение&quot; can vote there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently there were talks about electronic voting via &quot;gosuslugi&quot; site, but from what I understand this is no more than experiments, and there is no established protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although official details of the process are not clear yet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But regarding a specific referendum that is discussed nowadays, I think nobody knows how it will proceed. Even note that no state media nor state spokesperson actually uses a word &quot;referendum&quot;, only different variations on &quot;people's voting&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11549" LastActivityDate="2020-01-29T19:03:50.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:28:44.453" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a foreign university degree and a job offer with gross pay of €54000. Do I need Federal Employment Agency approval, or can I apply for the visa directly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19565" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-29T20:07:27.380" LastActivityDate="2021-04-04T16:06:15.660" Title="Do I need Federal Employment Agency approval for a Blue Card for year 2020?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19975" CreationDate="2020-01-29T21:29:25.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Correction to the accepted answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;открепительное удостоверение&quot; is not needed, it is sufficient to have your passport. See, e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://newyork.mid.ru/vybory-prezidenta-rossijskoj-federacii&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://newyork.mid.ru/vybory-prezidenta-rossijskoj-federacii&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All events of such kind are announced on consulates' websites. I recommend to monitor the one which is closest to your resindence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13591" LastActivityDate="2020-01-29T21:29:25.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-30T04:07:58.480" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a Nigerian living in Germany with German permanent residence. I have been married to my Polish wife for 2 years. She has my surname on all her documentation. We are living together as a married couple. Can we be allowed into the United Kingdom in February 2020 after the January 31st, 2020 official Brexit date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19566" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:10:05.687" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:10:05.687" Title="Moving to the United Kingdom with my non-EU spouse" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-29T22:21:37.140" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering if I could take night classes while in Australia on a working visa. I’m currently studying welding and fabricating here, and also working in a welding shop, welding full time, with 2 years' experience; I was wondering, if I were to move to Australia on the working visa, would it be possible for me to continue my studies over there while I'm working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sean Martin" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T05:26:20.103" Title="Can I take night classes in Australia while on a working visa?" Tags="&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-30T06:13:23.013" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I am working in the US under a TN visa and in 2019 I did some freelancing projects (4 in total) were I got paid (1 in cash and the rest with checks). I am doing my taxes this year and I don’t know how should I put this extra income under my taxing for the IRS. I haven’t gone with any accounting person yet because it’s been quite difficult since I have had to travel and I just got notified that my W2 form has arrived. Please, any help or guidance about my situation will be very valuable for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" LastEditorUserId="6194" LastEditDate="2020-01-30T15:58:22.180" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T15:58:22.180" Title="Paying taxes as a freelancer and as a formal employee in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19981" CreationDate="2020-01-30T15:44:29.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far, this is what I found: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freelancetaxation.com/the-minimum-freelancers-need-to-earn-in-order-to-have-to-file-income-taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.freelancetaxation.com/the-minimum-freelancers-need-to-earn-in-order-to-have-to-file-income-taxes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T15:44:29.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19981" CreationDate="2020-01-30T15:54:05.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you've been doing US taxes as an employee for years and doing your own taxes, you might be able to read up about the extra form to include your freelance business income (Schedule C) and do it yourself. But if you haven't been doing your own taxes, and have been seeing a tax preparer or accountant, this probably isn't the time to start doing it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go to a tax preparer, be sure to bring information about any expenses you incurred while conducting your freelance business, such as driving, insurance, permits, supplies, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T15:54:05.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-30T16:50:30.680" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the US for 2 years under a visa and last year I had a car accident and fortunately there were no physical injuries on both sides, but I had to sell my car. I received some amount of money in a check and now that I am doing my tax return I am unsure how to put this extra income for the IRS. How do you fill your tax refund when you sell an asset (in this case, a car)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T16:50:30.680" Title="US tax refund: declaring income from selling assets" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19979" CreationDate="2020-01-30T16:57:37.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will we be allowed into the United Kingdom in February 2020 after the January 31st, 2020 official Brexit date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Under the withdrawal agreement, the UK will continue to participate in the free movement of persons during the transition period.  In addition to that, you and your wife will be eligible to apply for the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Nigerian citizen, you will need a visa to enter the UK unless your permanent residence is based on your wife's Polish nationality.  If that is the case, your card is an &quot;Article 20 card&quot; (usually called, loosely, an &quot;Article 10 card&quot;).  More information is available from the UK government at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card/entering-the-uk-as-the-holder-of-an-article-10-residence-card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entering the UK as the holder of an Article 10 or 20 residence card&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need a visa, you can get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;standard visitor visa&lt;/a&gt;, but more likely you'll want to get an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU family permit or an EEA settlement scheme family permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-01-30T16:57:37.800" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-30T22:23:26.193" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm member of an EU family. I have an EU residence card issued by Italy and have traveled previously to the UK with my father as an European citizen.  I want to stay and remain in the United Kingdom. I would like to obtain a family permit from the UK.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When can I make an application? I have been present in the county 1 month. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What documents will need to for supporting my application?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can my father travel and leave me alone for one month?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does such a thing exist and is it difficult to obtain? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My Italian father can not work because health reasons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a contract of work for 1 year. Will that help the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19570" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-01-31T18:30:24.760" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T20:02:55.270" Title="EU Family Permit" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19990" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-31T18:46:26.237" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to stay for 5 months in Italy due to work. I already got my work visa at the embassy and I know that I must fill the documents to get a permesso di soggiorno within 8 days of my arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I need to inform an address during the interview (at the questura) for the permesso and I would like to know if I can provide them a hotel address. I would prefer to live in the hotel than renting a place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19573" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T05:06:50.677" Title="Can I give a hotel address for my permesso di soggiorno?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-31T22:14:51.407" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to pass the Life in the UK test as part of my ILR application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please guide me on how/where to start, study and practice the test so that I can successfully pass?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help and guidance will be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks,&#xA;H&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19470" LastActivityDate="2020-02-02T21:12:45.147" Title="Life in the UK test" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-02-03T06:42:22.783" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19992" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19998" CreationDate="2020-01-31T22:21:35.203" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read that EU citizens who have resided in the UK for 5 years and haven't been issued a PR can either apply for settled or pre-settled status, depending on certain conditions, but what about those EU nationals willing to settle in the UK after the formal date of Brexit, or even further on, after the transition period? Will they be required a visa to enter? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastActivityDate="2020-02-01T19:12:53.383" Title="Settling in the UK as an EEA citizen AFTER Brexit" Tags="&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19990" CreationDate="2020-02-01T03:40:44.667" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If that is where you are residing, that should cause no problem.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal of giving a residence is that they know where they can get in contact with you if needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-02-01T03:40:44.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19986" CreationDate="2020-02-01T03:59:03.403" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume that you must apply for leave to enter based on your own situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That situation would be that you wish to work in the United Kingdom for 1 year while your Italian father will retain his residence in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should apply for the corresponding UK visa in Italy based &lt;strong&gt;soly&lt;/strong&gt; on your citizenship. You should also state &lt;strong&gt;clearly&lt;/strong&gt; that your Italian father will remain in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any attempt to 'play around' with the rules (such as you father arriving with you and then leaving) will bring you no joy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-02-01T03:59:03.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19992" CreationDate="2020-02-01T19:12:53.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the transition period, free movement continues to be in effect in the UK.  EU citizens and nationals of Switzerland and EEA countries can settle in the UK as before.  After the end of the transition period, whose who arrived before the end of the transition period can remain under the settlement agreement scheme.  For those who arrive after the end of the transition period, it is not yet known what the requirements will be, because that is to be the subject of negotiations during the transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is perhaps a small chance that the UK will change its policy and accept continued participation in the free movement system, but this is extremely unlikely.  In the rather more likely case that free movement ends, then people who arrive after the end of the transition period will probably need to meet the same requirements as anyone else arriving from a visa exempt country: for short visits for certain purposes, they won't need a visa, and for other visits or to establish residency in the UK, they will need a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-02-01T19:12:53.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-01T21:00:45.027" Score="0" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen residing in India. Right now I don't have any US visa. I've worked with a US citizen(residing in US) to develop a software product. Now we are in a position to establish the company in the US. My partner is offering 20% equity in the US company. This is sweat equity since I'm not actually investing money into the company. My contribution is in product development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Which visa is required to get such a ownership in the US company?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. What is the best option for me to secure the green card?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers to the comments:&#xA;The 20% ownership is a reward for the work I do. If required I'll be travelling to US to have the agreements signed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Vivek" LastEditorUserId="19583" LastEditDate="2020-02-28T04:20:54.493" LastActivityDate="2020-02-28T04:20:54.493" Title="Visa for getting sweat equity in US company?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20000" CreationDate="2020-02-01T21:07:57.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Which visa is required to get such a ownership in the US company?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don’t need a visa to have equity in a USA company. You don’t even need to live in the USA (although FinCom rules make it hard but not impossible for non-USA residents to buy stocks in publicly traded stocks)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What is the best option for me to secure the green card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would likely go for an investment visa. However, I assume your company is still very very small (less than five partners given your equity). It’s hard to prove valuation of such a startup. Otherwise you could just declare MyLittleLLC LLC to have a valuation of $20 trillion. So proving that your company is worth enough for an investment visa is non-trivial, you have to convert your equity to cash in a relatively arms length transaction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... do a Series A round of raising venture capital. Use that to sell all or part of your equity for $1 million or negotiate a $1 million payout. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then take that $1 million, deduct some overhead for transaction costs, and invest in another company for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa?wprov=sfti1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB-5 visa&lt;/a&gt;, most likely through a regional center. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2046" OwnerDisplayName="RoboKaren" LastEditorUserId="2046" LastEditDate="2020-02-03T00:46:23.957" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T00:46:23.957" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-01T23:07:31.040" Score="5" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the story...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My family emigrated from the US to Canada when I was an infant and my older sister was about 4 years old. Nobody renounced US citizenship but we did become naturalized Canadian citizens when I was young. I moved back to the US about 20 years ago, but my older sister and parents remained in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several years ago, my mother said she had seen something in the news about US expatriates who had not filed non-resident tax returns were being stopped at the border when trying to visit the US. I don't know exactly what she was referring to, but I believe it was the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She does have a social security number and a US birth certificate, and her Canadian passport lists a US city as place of birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is simple. &lt;strong&gt;Will my older sister, who has lived and worked in Canada all her life but who has not filed anything with the IRS or other US government agency, encounter any difficulty when flying from Canada to the United States for a visit?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19581" LastEditorUserId="19581" LastEditDate="2020-02-01T23:31:53.980" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T04:04:40.597" Title="Can a US expatriate who has not filed taxes in the US return to the US for a visit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20000" CreationDate="2020-02-02T04:21:09.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be much easier if you kept product development in India, hiring locally, at least initially. There are two chances for getting a US visa and ultimately green card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The company makes enough money that you can sell some of your shares, and qualify for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/eb-5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After a year you should qualify for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1a-intracompany-transferee-executive-or-manager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;L-1B Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2020-02-02T04:21:09.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20004" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-02T16:07:17.010" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for some answers/advice about the topic mentioned in the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I come from Poland and I currently live, study and work there too. I've been in a long-distance relationship for almost 2 years now with a girl from Philippines. I've met her last summer, we took a lot of pictures together. Besides that we've sent a lot of letters and gifts to each other. She studied medicine but sadly the situation at her home went really downhill and she was forced to stop studying and will be most likely forced to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to help her move to me and live with me. I earn enough to cover the costs of me and her living together. I've done a lot of research about how to grant her rights to extend her stay here, so I think that it shouldn't be a problem, in contrast to her getting a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is unemployed and stopped studying. I want to help her move here legally. We both decided that we want to get married. The only problem is how to do this within the immigration rules. I thought that travel visa is what she needs, but I'm not sure. How can I help her come to Poland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19586" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-03T07:45:40.977" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T07:45:40.977" Title="Helping my girlfriend move to Poland" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-02T18:02:36.777" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family hopes to spend our sabbatical year (ten months) in Asturias, Spain. It is a long way away from our main home, so there will not be any preliminary visit -- just showing up with our children and enrolling them in a local school. My concern is about finding a suitable place to live. Obviously there is a rental market, which is somewhat impacted in Asturias. With all these constraints, we seek some degree of certainty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I communicated with some rental agencies that were not willing to discuss the prospects with me remotely, even though we are willing to pay for some amount of vacancy in advance of arriving. SabbaticalHomes.com has no inventory in that part of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What other techniques or resources could help us find a place to live?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18980" OwnerDisplayName="Aaron Brick" LastEditorUserId="18980" LastEditDate="2020-02-03T04:38:25.653" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T13:32:32.483" Title="How to arrange housing in Spain before arrival?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19991" CreationDate="2020-02-02T21:12:45.147" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As explained, to successfully pass the Life in the UK test, you will need to have good knowledge of the 3rd edition handbook Life in the United Kingdom: A guide for new Residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can buy the book from the recommended GOV.UK site at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tsoshop.co.uk/Society/Life-in-the-UK/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.tsoshop.co.uk/Society/Life-in-the-UK/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can read the online version of the book that is available on different websites online. There are various websites on the internet where you can read the online version of the Handbook and practice the tests. Most of them are quite good to practice mock tests that prepare for your final test. I am listing some of them below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) &lt;a href=&quot;https://passlifeinuktest.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://passlifeinuktest.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) www.thelifeinuktest.co.uk &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theuktest.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.theuktest.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A friend recently used (1) above &lt;a href=&quot;https://passlifeinuktest.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://passlifeinuktest.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;  and gave very good reviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have read the book and start passing the mock tests on these websites, you are ready for the test!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck with your application!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best regards,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19554" LastActivityDate="2020-02-02T21:12:45.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20002" CreationDate="2020-02-03T02:47:13.970" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on whether the IRS knows she exists.  Has she ever given her SSN to a bank or employer?  Paid into Social Security?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she does have a tax liability (as IRS defines it), then it also depends on whether they have asked the CBP to watch for her and whether the border agent is paying attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T02:47:13.970" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-03T13:45:40.637" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;My busy schedule and work location permits me to do only an online MBA, I have found a great program online at WGU (Western Governors University) but i do not get any GPA or grades just pass of fail in each course on my transcript ?&#xA;PS: I am on my H1B &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19590" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T13:45:40.637" Title="Is an online MBA worth if I dont have any grade on the transcripts but just pass or fail?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-03T13:55:44.120" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the summer of 2018 I did an internship in the US on a J1 visa. I didn't realise I needed to file my tax returns with the IRS. I don't owe them any money though because of a tax treaty with the UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm going for another internship and need to apply for a J1 visa again. Chatting with a friend, I realised my situation with the taxes. I have sent all the paperwork to the IRS but I'm not sure it will be processed before I have my visa interview at the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think this will be an issue? I've read that the USCIS (immigration folks) and IRS do not cross-check databases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19591" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T13:55:44.120" Title="Get J1 visa after not filing tax return on previous J1 visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19908" CreationDate="2020-02-03T18:28:49.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For future seekers,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After April 2015, only IELTS for UKVI is accepted for Tier-2 visa. So if you have a normal IELTS TRF you should sit for an IELTS for UKVI even if you have already taken a test in one of the SELT centres.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastEditorUserId="15845" LastEditDate="2020-02-15T14:50:04.413" LastActivityDate="2020-02-15T14:50:04.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-03T19:38:25.673" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an expat that recently moved to Germany. Immediately after relocating, I opened a Deutsche Bank account and received a Master Card and Maestro Card + access to my e-banking portal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I noticed that on the portal there are two rows which state:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amount credit   9999.99 (some example sum)  EUR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amount debit    0,00        EUR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone explain what's the difference between the two? How can I add money to the debit card? Also, why if I pay with my Master Card, I don't see the changes reflected on the e-banking portal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11765" LastActivityDate="2020-02-03T19:38:25.673" Title="Amount credit vs Amount debit?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-04T06:03:18.727" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Germany. There you go in the pet shop and buy plastic bags with hay and straw from small (maybe 5 liters) up to big (maybe 30 liters). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we are in Lithuania and I could not find straw in any pet shop. I imagine I could look for horse shops but that straw will be too big for me to transport or store.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where could I look for straw?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17409" LastActivityDate="2020-02-04T06:03:18.727" Title="Where could I get straw for my pets in Lithuania?" Tags="&lt;pets&gt;&lt;lithuania&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20018" CreationDate="2020-02-04T06:56:24.810" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to buy a second handed, all functioning, reliable simple scooter (not more than 250cc I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In HCMC, I often came across places with many motorcycles parking but it wasn't clear to me if it's a parking lot (as motorcycle parking lots are very common in HCMC) or a shop for second handed motorcycles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of the straightforwardness of many Vietnamese people in doing business and of usually starting a sell with saying a quite expected and reasonable price beforehand and most often writing it clearly, so my problem is not about &quot;how to buy a motorcycle in HCMC in a good price&quot; but &quot;how to recognize a good place to buy one&quot;, as one who doesn't speak fluent Vietnamese and at least for now cannot understand signage (which translation applications might mistranlate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where to buy a second handed reliable motorcycle in Ho Chi Minh City in price aimed not for tourists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastActivityDate="2020-02-04T08:29:22.657" Title="Where to buy a second handed reliable motorcycle in Ho Chi Minh City in price aimed not for tourists?" Tags="&lt;vietnam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20017" CreationDate="2020-02-04T08:29:22.657" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are too many places to mention and they open and close like most people change underwear, the big plots you are talking about though are parking lots and not selling scooters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The many many’s Torres that sell scooters are mostly smallish and can be found pretty much on every block in every district.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I always found that the best prices are found in district 2 or district 3 and that they do not vary much between stores in the same district.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2020-02-04T08:29:22.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-04T11:16:35.523" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm French citizen with Australian permanent residency since 2018. When I was first awarded the residency, I entered the country within the first 5 months (as required) in order to validate this status.&#xA;But I did not permanently immigrate then. I went back home (in Spain) for 2 years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm about to immigrate for good to Australia in the coming days. I know that before entering the country I have to fill a &lt;em&gt;Passenger card&lt;/em&gt;, whose back is replicated below. I need to choose between two possible answer : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A : Migrating permanently&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;B : Resident returning &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one should I select? I think that both can apply. I'm migrating permanently, but I'm also a resident returning to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a big difference? &#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4OZR0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4OZR0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Passenger card&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Thomas Lesgourgues" LastActivityDate="2020-02-04T17:17:38.293" Title="Immigration : Australia passenger card - Migrating vs returning" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-04T19:05:54.637" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I petitioned for my brother and his family in F4 category. I-130 was submitted on September 25, 2009 and was approved on 10/16/2009 after only couple of weeks.&#xA;My nephew turns 21 in 2021 and PD will not be current for another 3 years. does this mean my nephew will not immigrate with his family after he turns 21? is there any other remedy that applies for such situations?&#xA;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19596" LastEditorUserId="6690" LastEditDate="2020-11-02T07:21:11.770" LastActivityDate="2021-04-01T08:05:00.560" Title="F4 category dependent" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-05T04:38:09.583" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;My great grandfather was a Dutch citizen however, when he moved to New Zealand, it was renounced. I am currently living in Australia. Is there any way I would be able to acquire Dutch Citizenship? I am also only 16 if that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19597" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-05T07:50:15.747" LastActivityDate="2020-02-05T07:50:15.747" Title="How can I get Dutch Citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20020" CreationDate="2020-02-05T15:31:04.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;By the description of your case, CSPA does not really apply to you. Therefore, yes, your nephew will be aged out by the time that the visa becomes available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An option to overcome this problem is to have his family immigrate to the US first and then petition for him as a F2B which should take only a couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An other option is if he's a student, he might be eligible to come as a F-1 student visa first and then while studying here have his family file for the F2B once they receive their green card. Please note that this option requires careful planning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-02-05T15:31:04.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19626" CreationDate="2020-02-05T16:11:28.470" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to answer this, I was granted a visa eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initially, when I mailed the embassy to inquire, I was told I had no chance of getting a visa. But when I applied, I surprisingly was approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I did:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I requested my employer for a ZAV pre-approval letter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I submitted my educational qualifications and the ZAV letter along with the visa application. Although my degree was only conditionally comparable, they considered the application. I also attached my post-graduate diploma certificate (But I'm not sure if this was considered). There was no detailed explanation on what grounds they granted me a visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leaves me with only one conclusion that it depends on the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update as of late 2020:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with the 6-month entry visa granted to me, I later applied for a residence permit and I was given the EU blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's also worth looking at this thread &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7079/is-it-true-that-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-work-as-an-it-specialist-in-germany&quot;&gt;Is it true that you don&amp;#39;t need a degree to work as an &amp;quot;IT specialist&amp;quot; in Germany? What exactly classifies as &amp;quot;IT specialist&amp;quot; in this context?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19309" LastEditorUserId="19309" LastEditDate="2021-04-07T19:51:46.797" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T19:51:46.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14182" CreationDate="2020-02-05T23:43:12.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One year and a half later I have the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your employer doesn't want to sponsor you with an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=163&amp;amp;top=17&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LMIA&lt;/a&gt;, you still have other easier options to extend your stay, even &lt;strong&gt;without a bachelor's degree&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tha catch is you need some &lt;strong&gt;money&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a repeat participation of the Working Holiday with the help of a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/exemption-codes/international-experience/canadian-interests-reciprocal-employment-international-experience-canada-recognized-organizations-foreign-youth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Recognized Organization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - even if Canada does not normally allow that for your country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a Recognized Organization, anybody from &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; any country can apply for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp#working_holiday&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Working Holiday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp#youngProfessionals&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Young Professional&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/eligibility.asp#coop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Co-op (Internship)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for the listed visas are the same as if you applied by yourself.&#xA;The only difference is that you'll have to pay a fee to the Recognized Organization and that can range from $500 CAD to $3000 CAD or more (it increases a bit every year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other (more difficult) options where higher education is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; required are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/canadian-experience-class.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian Experience Class&lt;/a&gt; (you need 1 year of continuous skilled work experience in Canada)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/federal-skilled-workers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Skilled Worker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also many other immigration programs specific to each province that can help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the above &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; apply to Quebec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14645" LastActivityDate="2020-02-05T23:43:12.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20025" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20037" CreationDate="2020-02-06T09:51:42.043" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My acquaintance from the Ukraine urgently needs money to pay medical treatment for her mother. She has a work permission for Sweden and quickly can move from the Ukraine to Sweden. She doesn't speak Swedish but speaks English. On which websites she could find a position that would help to alleviate her situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19601" LastEditorUserId="19601" LastEditDate="2020-02-08T00:30:24.243" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T00:30:24.243" Title="Websites to find work in Sweden as a foreigner" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20027" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-06T12:43:25.533" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I still have to fill &lt;strong&gt;Appendix 2 of VAF4 (financial requirements)&lt;/strong&gt; for UK spouse visa if i am applying in 2020 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19083" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-02-06T13:15:39.217" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T13:15:39.217" Title="Appendix 2 for UK Spouse visa" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-06T14:05:08.577" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian passport holder studying in the U.K. on a tier 4 visa. &#xA;I have been offered a 3 month summer internship in Germany (from July to September). I have decided with the employer whether it will be paid or unpaid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What sort of visa will I require (for paid and unpaid)? Will I need a work/residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19605" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T07:12:27.243" Title="Summer internship visa for Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:46:42.440" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and I'm looking to relocate to the Netherlands.&#xA;I have a company in the UK that I don't want to close down.&#xA;Can I get residency in NL while carrying on holding a company and being a UK employee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19607" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-06T17:52:37.280" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T20:11:37.173" Title="UK citizen looking to get residency in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20029" CreationDate="2020-02-06T20:11:37.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I get residency in NL while carrying on holding a company and being a UK employee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably so.  But act quickly: you can still move to the Netherlands under EU free movement rules during the rest of this year (2020).  It is not yet clear what the situation will be next year, but it is likely to be much more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To establish yourself in the Netherlands under the free movement regime, you'll need to show that you qualify as a worker (including self-employed), a student, a self-sufficient person, or the family member of one of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you can keep working as an employee of your UK company will depend on several factors, including tax law and labor law.  It might make more sense for you to change your relationship to the company if you're neither residing nor performing any work for the company in the UK. You should consult a lawyer who is familiar with these matters in the UK and the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T20:11:37.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20025" CreationDate="2020-02-07T00:07:00.677" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few places you can look, but a lot of it will depend on your friend's profession. There are probably several industry-specific sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some of the biggest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://linkedin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; is probably the world's biggest job web site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jobb.blocket.se/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blocket Jobs&lt;/a&gt; is Sweden's largest job website.*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/eures/public/homepage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EURES&lt;/a&gt; The European Job Mobility Portal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.glassdoor.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Glassdoor&lt;/a&gt; Another large, global, job site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/jobs&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; also has a jobs site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: Blocket will be my employer in a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6690" LastActivityDate="2020-02-07T00:07:00.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-07T02:14:37.130" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I struggle to find information on how to utilize the search functions in Anabin's website in order to produce the result of my University name and my degree in one search functions. I graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Trade. I can find my university name, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, USA. it's H+ but there's only 2 degrees listed there. When I search based on majors, there's only International Business and not International Trade. Is it possible to get a result of the search to show both my university and degrees earn? Can anyone help provide me with the guidance on how to do this as I need to send screenshot of this to the embassy. Thanks much!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19610" LastActivityDate="2020-02-07T02:14:37.130" Title="How to search Anabin website to comply with Germany work visa requirement?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20034" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20069" CreationDate="2020-02-07T17:11:03.580" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend will be coming to Canada with me from the UK. She will be on an eTA (Visitor Status) and would like to do video game live streams while she is there. Is she allowed to do so and receive donations and subscriptions on an eTA or will she need a Working Holiday Visa for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T05:08:15.700" Title="Can someone get paid for live streaming (video games) while on a Canadian Visitor Status (eTA)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-07T19:10:57.013" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just moved to Vancouver Island, Canada from California a little over a month ago. I just received the letter for the registration renewal which also says I need a STAR certified smog check for it. I searched for smog check places here on the island but found nothing. What options do I have? Do I need to bring my car back to the States in order to do this? &#xA;Thank you for any or all responses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19612" LastActivityDate="2020-02-07T20:11:33.063" Title="How can I smog check my car on Vancouver Island to renew my California Vehicle Registration?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;vehicle-registration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20035" CreationDate="2020-02-07T20:11:33.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bar.ca.gov/Consumer/Smog_Check_Program_General_Information.aspx#44-my-renewal-notice-says-my-vehicle-needs-a-smog-check-but-the-vehicle-is-located-out-of-state-and-will-not-be-back-for-many-months-its-too-far-to-bring-back-to-california-for-a-smog-inspection-can-i-get-my-vehicle-tested-in-another-state-and-send-the-results-to-dmv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this California government web site&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.4 My renewal notice says my vehicle needs a Smog Check but the vehicle is located out of state and will not be back for many months.&#xA;  It's too far to bring back to California for a smog inspection. Can I&#xA;  get my vehicle tested in another state and send the results to DMV?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No. There is no need to get a smog inspection in another state, as it&#xA;  will not be valid in California. In order to complete your&#xA;  registration, simply fill out and sign DMV's Statement of Facts form&#xA;  stating the reason why the vehicle cannot be tested. DMV will mail the&#xA;  registration and license plate sticker to wherever the car is&#xA;  currently located.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Statement of Facts form is located &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/35dae237-eb4b-4bed-a82a-b4c652c2ef8a/reg256.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&amp;amp;CONVERT_TO=url&amp;amp;CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-35dae237-eb4b-4bed-a82a-b4c652c2ef8a-mAQYGgO&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (PDF).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2020-02-07T20:11:33.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20025" CreationDate="2020-02-07T20:16:25.100" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Swedish public employment service&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.monster.se/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Monster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does she speak Swedish? If not, it might be easiest to to get a job at international companies, depending on profsession of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17756" LastActivityDate="2020-02-07T20:16:25.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10189" CreationDate="2020-02-08T03:23:50.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the Marriage Certificate Apostille?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marriage Certificate Apostille is one of the significant procedures of legalization in which an apostille stamp from the Ministry of External Affairs is procured. It needs to be done from the certificate issued country e.g. India. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pecattestation.com/marriage-certificate-apostille?utm_source=ajd&amp;amp;utm_medium=stack-exchange&amp;amp;utm_campaign=bl-jan20&amp;amp;utm_content=marriage-certificate-apostille&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marriage Certificate Apostille&lt;/a&gt; proves that you are legally married and generally useful in getting a family residence visa or sponsorship for the spouse. Specified documents need to submit to the issuing authorities i.e., MEA for further processing. MEA is the extension of the Indian government that renders the MEA stamp on the marriage certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the MEA has regionalized the legalization process from January 01, 2019. The process was distributed to Branch Secretariats and RPOs in 15 cities being: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cochin, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Panaji, Raipur, &amp;amp; Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Procedure for Marriage Certificate Apostille&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regional Level&lt;/strong&gt; - This the very first step for your marriage certificate verification process. In this step, you have to get verified your certificate by the Kerala State Registrar of Marriages where the certificate was issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State Government Level&lt;/strong&gt; - At the next step, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Department legalize your Marriage Certificate. SDM is independent of the  State Home Ministry (Kerala), yet the verification performed by this authority is considered on the state level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apostille&lt;/strong&gt; - At this stage, the Ministry of External Affairs (New Delhi) which comes under the central government provides an apostille sticker that contains your (applicant’s) name and information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why choose Professional agents?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certificate apostille has several levels of verification and validation before final legalization by the central government. This makes the legalization process more complicated and not possible for any individual to carry out. So, it is always better to go with official channels or agents who can be done this procedure for you as they are authorized by the government and also have the experience of attending the legalization procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19613" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T03:23:50.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20040" CreationDate="2020-02-08T04:38:34.610" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's assume, for the sake of the theoretical question-answer session, that a certain person who speaks fluent common and well nuanced Thai with reading and writing ability and holds at least one bank account in Thailand, can stay in Thailand a long period of at least two and half years with any (probably extended) visa &lt;strong&gt;which isn't&lt;/strong&gt; an employee visa or a partner visa (49%-51% shareholding).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's further assume that this person shouldn't have any major problem to stay so and is doing everything according to his best understanding of the law and carefully:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Counting days for visa extension / 90 days report with electronic calendar with alarm clock&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Organizes documents in folders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Carrying &lt;code&gt;90 days report&lt;/code&gt; and relevantly-dated &lt;code&gt;TM-30&lt;/code&gt; approval documents in relevant folders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pay fees in time and saves receipts in sealing cases and folders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And so forth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem to solve&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Thai authorities suspect, allegedly wrongly, that this person has a &lt;code&gt;job-based-income&lt;/code&gt;, either directly (&lt;code&gt;customer TO bank-account&lt;/code&gt;) or indirectly (&lt;code&gt;customer TO bank-account TO bank-account&lt;/code&gt;), say, as a &lt;em&gt;freelance programmer&lt;/em&gt; with a visa that doesn't allow working, that person might be in serious problem and would have to defend her or his freedom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can one be a tax nomad in Thailand without marrying a Thai person?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Derivative questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person didn't have &lt;code&gt;job-based-income&lt;/code&gt; but is suspected to have had and even accused to have had and needs to defend her or his freedom:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can the person's bank account be terminated or restricted until end of legal discussion (and which of the two is more likely)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a person with say 75,000 Baht in the Thai bank account and no proof of other bank account anywhere in the world, how much approximately might the &lt;em&gt;Thai Revenue Authority&lt;/em&gt; fee be and does such fee has &lt;code&gt;interest&lt;/code&gt; utilized on its sum?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to find a lawyer that won't ripoff this person from any saving he might currently have?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What about a secondary defense argument that the job the person is accused of doing is anyway not listed as &lt;strong&gt;prohibited by non Thais to do inside Thailand&lt;/strong&gt; in Thai law, hence no actual harm was done to the Thai state?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T07:52:52.577" Title="Can one be a tax nomad in Thailand without marrying a Thai person?" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20039" CreationDate="2020-02-08T07:52:52.577" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law is very strict about working in Thailand. Specifically, the law says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In order to work while you are living in Thailand, you need a work permit - whether or not you are actually earning money.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A work permit is tied to a specific employer and a specific job at a specific location.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A work permit requires the person to be employed by a Thai company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whether you are married or not makes no difference.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whatever visa or extension you have makes no difference (unless you have a 'retirement' visa/extension; you can't have a work permit when you're retired).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that's what the law says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What people actually do is a completely different matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are people working illegally in Thailand, the same as there are in every country. The only reason they usually get caught is because they made the mistake of telling people they were working, and someone told the authorities about it. Or they were doing something where they were seen, and then reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To stay within the law, you can not work as a &quot;tax nomad&quot; (whatever that is - sounds like someone who works illegally to avoid paying tax anywhere) in Thailand. The penalties for getting caught include a large fine, prison, or both. And then deportation and being blacklisted from entering Thailand again for ten years or for life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And saying &quot;well I want to pay tax in Thailand&quot; won't help you much. In order to pay taxes in Thailand, you need a tax ID. In order to get a tax ID you need ... you guessed it, a work permit. And income taxes are filed against an individual, as coming from a Thai company. (That is to say that the tax form contains both the tax ID of the individual paying income tax, and the company that paid the salary. Multiple income sources involve multiple tax forms.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were considering working as a freelance programmer in Thailand, it might be better for you to get a job as an actual programmer for a Thai company. That way, the company you were working for would get your visa, extensions and work permit. They would also deduct your tax for you and prepare your tax documents at the end of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite the fact that it's relatively easy to work &quot;under the radar&quot; and not get caught, I would not ever recommend working illegally. To me, the feeling that I could get caught at any time, and then end up being deported, would make me too nervous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally some good news: last year the government actually stated that if you have a work permit (any work permit), then you can do work &quot;on the side&quot; without penalties. This is a huge difference to what the law previously stated. This means that you can get &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; job at &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; company, and then work as a freelancer on the side without fear of breaking the law. Just don't do any work that is prohibited for foreigners. So no taxi driving for you or me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T07:52:52.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-08T08:42:39.507" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I reside in Thailand more than a year and speak basic Thai.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I hold only one citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask the following question &lt;strong&gt;for general knowledge only&lt;/strong&gt;; I don't want any bloody wars and I don't want my family members and friend in the state that only of which I hold citizenship, to suffer from a war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I reside in Thailand and a war broke out in a STATE that &lt;em&gt;only of which I hold citizenship&lt;/em&gt;, does Thai Law allow recognizing me as a refugee?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May I further ask, if Thai authorities reject refuge application and give me one day (or one week) to leave the country by ordering a flight ticket by a Thai bank account, what should happen if I go inside the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bangkok.ohchr.org/contact-us.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bangkok office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights&lt;/a&gt; and ask their help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastActivityDate="2021-03-05T00:04:05.440" Title="A resident of Thailand hold citizenship of another country and war broke out there while this resident was in Thailand" Tags="&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20043" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20044" CreationDate="2020-02-08T13:05:29.827" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen. I've been living in New Zealand for a number of years as a Permanent Resident, but have now taken NZ citizenship as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to return to Britain for a few days as a matter of some urgency. Obviously I can use my British passport to leave and enter Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I still use that UK passport with its Permanent Resident visa to return to New Zealand, even though I'm now a citizen?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that I can get a NZ passport quite quickly, or a citizenship endorsement in my UK passport, but both options take time and I'd like to be in London by Wednesday if at all possible (earlier if I can manage it) It's early Sunday as I write this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never did get a straight answer to this from Immigration NZ. I suspect that the airline will let me board, and although the immigration officer in Wellington might raise an eyebrow, he'd still be obliged to let me in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, since I'm in the UK for the foreseeable future (although I can't foresee very far right now) I've applied for a Kiwi passport that I should be able to pick up in London in a few days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15983" LastEditorUserId="15983" LastEditDate="2020-02-18T01:12:28.893" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T01:12:28.893" Title="Can I use my NZ PR visa now that I'm a citizen?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20043" CreationDate="2020-02-08T14:27:47.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would seem, that since the &lt;strong&gt;Immigration Act 2009&lt;/strong&gt;, this is no longer possible without an &lt;strong&gt;NZ Citizen Endorsement&lt;/strong&gt; in your other passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the application may take up to 31 days, contacting the &lt;strong&gt;Immigration New Zealand&lt;/strong&gt; asking how to deal with this matter under emergency circumstances such as yours is advised. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/transferring-my-visa-to-a-new-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;If you are a New Zealand citizen but also hold a foreign passport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A resident or permanent resident visa cannot be transferred into a new foreign passport if you have since obtained NZ citizenship (by grant or descent) or have been issued with an evidentiary certificate of citizenship. This is because a New Zealand citizen is not able to hold a visa under the Immigration Act 2009.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to use your foreign passport for travel, and still be allowed to return to New Zealand as a citizen, you should request a NZ Citizen Endorsement and not a transfer of visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Immigration Act 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;13) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/DLM1440595.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;New Zealand citizens may enter and be in New Zealand at any time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;(4)Without limiting subsection (3), no New Zealand citizen—   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;(a) requires a visa or entry permission; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;(b) may hold a visa, or be granted entry permission, except a New Zealand citizen who—&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;(i) is a national of 1 or more other countries; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;(ii) wishes to enter New Zealand other than as a New Zealand citizen; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;(iii) has not been granted New Zealand citizenship, been registered as a New Zealand citizen by descent under section 7(2) of the Citizenship Act 1977, or been issued with an evidentiary certificate under section 21 of the Citizenship Act 1977 confirming that he or she is a New Zealand citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual-archive/4871.HTM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A2.35 New Zealand citizens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;A2.35.1 Evidence of New Zealand citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Immigration Act 1987 s 126(1)(b)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A New Zealand passport is the only acceptable evidence of New Zealand citizenship at a port of entry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A New Zealand citizen with dual citizenship may enter New Zealand on a foreign passport endorsed with a New Zealand visa or permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual-archive/4871.HTM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A2.35 New Zealand citizens&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not current policy&lt;/strong&gt; - The policy in this manual ceases to be effective from 29 November 2010.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/DLM1440595.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigration Act 2009 No 51 (as at 29 October 2019), Public Act 13 New Zealand citizens may enter and be in New Zealand at any time – New Zealand Legislation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/transferring-my-visa-to-a-new-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Transferring my visa to a new passport | Immigration New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-02-08T14:27:47.783" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20111" CreationDate="2020-02-08T16:52:31.323" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does one go about learning for a &amp;quot;driving theory&amp;quot; test in Israel (MIVCHAN THEORIA)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any government-approved books in English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19614" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T14:27:13.367" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T15:03:14.323" Title="Learning to drive in Israel" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-08T18:59:54.460" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does having a NI number satisfy the exercising of treaty rights for the purpose of EEA visas in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-08T19:03:42.743" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T17:26:31.350" Title="Does having a NI number mean exercising treaty rights?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10447" CreationDate="2020-02-09T17:10:57.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your wife &lt;strong&gt;retains her Peruvian nationality&lt;/strong&gt;. Peru in practice allows multiple citizenships and so does the US. There is very little risk you could lose your nationality, in some extreme cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations! In the case you have a baby, they will also be able to inherit your citizenships (US &amp;amp; Peru), and potentially acquire more (by birth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19618" LastActivityDate="2020-02-09T17:10:57.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20048" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20050" CreationDate="2020-02-09T17:53:23.127" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing for my parent's Green Card. At this very time, I am living in the USA and they are also visiting me currently on Visitor's visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, while filing for their I 130 petition, I am facing a dilemma. There is an entry while filing for I-130 which is asking me &lt;code&gt;what is their current address?&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, technically speaking, they have a house in India and the house in India is their address. However, though, it can also be thought that since they are living with me for a couple of months here in the United States, My American address is their current address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand, I would prefer to put American address as their current address because, if USCIS is going to send any documents, then I prefer that they send all the docs here to my address and then I can respond to them quickly if there are any queries. On the other hand, if it can be considered inaccurate then I am fine putting their address in India as their current address. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T14:48:43.640" Title="Beneficiary's current address while filing for I 130" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-10T07:56:15.073" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be applying Eea fp for me and my parents. I am non eu getting married to Eu. When my parents have residence card can they sponsor their son for Eea fp and residence card as he is dependent on them ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T17:51:24.417" Title="When my non eu parents will have residence card can they sponsor their son?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20048" CreationDate="2020-02-10T14:48:43.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're in the USA as a visitor, that is, on a temporary basis. Their address is in India where they permanently live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer above is assuming that you're not filing for their adjustment of status (I-485).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are, use an US address and be aware that it might be difficult to prove that your parents came to the US with the intention to stay temporarily and then decided to stay permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T14:48:43.640" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20046" CreationDate="2020-02-10T17:26:31.350" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;An NIN may or may not be important for an EEA family permit or a residence card, depending on the circumstances.  In any any event, an NIN does not show that the person with the NIN is exercising treaty rights.  For example, someone could have an NIN and then move outside the UK.  They still have the NIN, but they're not exercising treaty rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, someone could be exercising treaty rights without having an NIN.  For example, someone who has just moved to the UK but hasn't yet applied for an NIN is nonetheless exercising treaty rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the answer to your question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does having a NI number satisfy the exercising of treaty rights for the purpose of EEA visas in the United Kingdom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... is &lt;em&gt;no.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, UK authorities can use the NIN to find information about the person's presence in the UK, so they ask for the NIN to make it easier to evaluate the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T17:26:31.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20049" CreationDate="2020-02-10T17:51:24.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your spouse can claim a right of residence in the UK (e.g. if working in the UK), you also have a right of residence and are eligible for an EEA family permit. As parents-in-law of an EU citizen with a right of residence, your parents may also qualify, but only if they are dependent on you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a family member or a dependant of your parents will not confer any special status. Your brother does not seem to qualify for any EEA permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastActivityDate="2020-02-10T17:51:24.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20053" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20054" CreationDate="2020-02-11T04:58:19.397" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to figure out what would be the processing time for my parents when I file for their adjustment of status. I was trying to find that out by searching I-485 processing time. I checked online and there is a uscis portal to help find the processing times for I-485 which is located here at &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it only shows processing times for employment-based cases Not family-based. How can I figure out how to find processing times for family-based file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T05:22:14.260" Title="Cannot get current processing time for I-485 when family based file" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20053" CreationDate="2020-02-11T05:22:14.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, it only shows processing times for employment-based cases Not&#xA;  family-based. How can I figure out how to find processing times for&#xA;  family-based file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you select form I-485, you have to select a service center or local field office in the drop-down menu. You probably selected a service center, which does not process family-based I-485s. If you select a local field office, it will contain processing times for family-based I-485s for that field office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T05:22:14.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20057" CreationDate="2020-02-11T13:35:26.307" Score="6" ViewCount="1190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a bit confused because there is a lot of counter information in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Spaniard, I live in Germany, I plan to move back to Spain, but be working remotely for a Germany Company (Not as a freelance)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To who I pay taxes, Germany or Spain?&#xA;Where I should be insured?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I do not plan to go back to germany any time soon, so cross border doesn't apply to me, neither my company send me to work in Spain, they are just allowing me to be remote, so no post worker either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19621" LastEditorUserId="19621" LastEditDate="2021-03-09T10:38:20.183" LastActivityDate="2021-03-09T10:38:20.183" Title="Working remotely for Germany and living in Spain" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-11T19:20:37.450" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US citizen sister, my father's daughter. However, we do not share a last name and there is no indication on any offical records that she is my father's daughter. My father has already passed away, but we (my sister and I) have a close relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in knowing if there is any possibility for me to acquire a green card through her sponsorship. Can I &quot;prove&quot; that she is my sister through DNA testing or somehow else get a green card based on our close family relationship? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19623" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-13T08:23:18.547" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T08:23:18.547" Title="Can I get a Green Card through my sister if I have no official records to show that she is my sister?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-02-28T04:22:26.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20055" CreationDate="2020-02-11T23:06:10.170" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main general rule is that you are taxed on where you are living unless there are extra considerations, including for example bilateral agreements of the countries involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this can get confusing and complex very quickly the two most common solutions for this problem I usually see are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the company has a subsidiary, a sister-company, or anything similar in Spain, then they essentially transfer you to this company, and will be employed by them. You'll get paid by a Spanish company and pay taxes in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You become a freelancer, and work for them on a contract basis. You send them invoices which they should be able to pay easily, and you are responsible to fulfil all tax obligations in Spain on your own. They should obviously pay you contractor rates, as they won't need to pay taxes and similar towards your employment anymore. Also since they are going to be a foreign company some local tax rules that are aimed to discourage people becoming contractors (like the IR35 in the UK) will not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If none of these options is acceptable then - although you are never crossing the border physically - you are still a cross-border worker, as your residence is different to your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/individuals/personal-taxation/crossborder-workers_en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU rules&lt;/a&gt; are not too helpful in this case because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxation and cross-border workers - no special Community rules exist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the field of taxation there exist no rules at Community level regarding the definition of cross-border workers, the division of taxing rights between Member States or the tax rules to be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/individuals/personal-taxation/crossborder-workers_en#heading_4&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;The main recommendations are&lt;/a&gt; that you should not be worse-off tax wise than either a resident-worker of Spain or a resident-worker of Germany. The recommendation also suggest that if you earn most of your income (&gt;90%) in a different country that you are resident in, those countries law should apply. However this is just a recommendation and not a global EU law, and cross-border tax laws are still bilateral between the various member states, if they actually have them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Social security wise &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=851&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the answer is a bit more clear&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you pursue a substantial part of your activity, at least 25%, in&#xA;  your country of residence, you will be covered by the legislation of&#xA;  that country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you don't pursue a substantial part of your activity&#xA;  in your country of residence, you will be covered by the legislation&#xA;  of the country where the registered office or place of business of&#xA;  your employer is situated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you work for several employers, whose&#xA;  registered offices are in different countries, you will be covered by&#xA;  the legislation of your country of residence; even if you don't pursue&#xA;  a substantial part of your activity there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you are self-employed&#xA;  and you don't pursue a substantial part of your activity in your&#xA;  country of residence, you will be covered by the legislation of the&#xA;  country where the centre of interest of your activities is situated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you pursue an employed and a self-employed activity in different&#xA;  countries, you will be insured in the country where you are employed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also says that you should be covered social security wise in Germany, unless you start working in any other country as well, in which case Spanish laws will apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my experience however most companies (who are not already having cross-border and/or remote workers) are not accustomed to the extra hassle, and just ask the employer to become a freelancer effectively pushing the extra tax complexity onto the employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T23:06:10.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-12T03:20:18.030" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a valid work permit in Canada. However, I want to attend an event in a month after the expiry of my status in Canada. I am thinking of applying for a visitor visa. Does anyone know if the application of a visitor visa from within Canada while holding a valid work permit is issued for a full 10 years or for a very short period of time? I think it will be economical to get a visa for 10 years rather than being issued for short periods of time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19198" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T07:07:05.770" Title="Applying for visitor visa from within Canada for Work Permit holder" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19759" CreationDate="2020-02-12T07:08:18.157" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if the above list is updated but I testify from experience, as far as I recall, that indeed line 60 and line 93 are almost daily operational between 01:00 to 05:00.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is indeed likely that line 40 (which is a very demanded line going through most of the central parts of the city) would start working until after 24:00 or somewhat before 04:00, especially in midst week (no holidays); BTW in 2020 a new fleet of line 40 buses was added (it is a very demanded line as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;After all, with the ultra dynamic Bangokian economy it's often hard to guarantee what is generally correct.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19176" LastActivityDate="2020-02-12T07:08:18.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20062" CreationDate="2020-02-12T09:02:50.777" Score="3" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, currently in Romania, and I'd like to register my child's birth abroad and get her SSN and US Passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US Embassy in Romania says that you can apply for the CRBA and US Passport at the same time. However, it seems like passport applications require a SSN, or a SSN application in progress. An application for SSN requires proof of US Citizenship, which in this case is the CRBA. However, Romania does not have a Social Security office where I can apply for a SSN for my child. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get out of this loop? Does the CRBA include a SSN application automatically? Why would the embassy recommend doing the CRBA and Passport together if it's not possible without a SSN? Am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19285" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T08:32:21.570" Title="Registering US Birth Abroad - CRBA / SSN / Passport lock" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20060" CreationDate="2020-02-12T11:56:36.650" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;TL;DR: A Social Security number is not necessary if you are applying for the CRBA and US Passport at the same time&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Original Answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like I need to provide a signed statement. I found this on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/faqs.html#ssn&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Department of State website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I have to provide by Social Security number on my passport application?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. 22 U.S.C. 2714a and 22 C.F.R 51.60(f) requires you to provide your Social Security number, if you have one, when you apply for a U.S. passport or renewal of a U.S. passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What if I am applying for my child who does not have a social security number yet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to submit a statement, signed and dated, which includes the phrase, “I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the following is true and correct:  (Child's full name) has never been issued a Social Security number by the Social Security Administration.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe submitting the CRBA, Passport application, and this document, would get me out of the loop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update 2/21/2020 - After my visit to the US Embassy in Romania&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CRBA and Passport application were both approved! The declaration about the SSN was not necessary. I asked about the SSN situation and they said something along these lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are applying for the US Passport at the same time as the CRBA, a Social Security number is not necessary. If you were to get just the CRBA now and then apply for a US Passport later, then a declaration would be necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seemed like they had these forms with the declarations on-hand at the embassy. In order to apply for a SSN, I either have to go (or mail original documents) to Naples, Italy, which would take about six months to get the SSN, or I can travel to the states and apply for the SSN there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19285" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T08:32:21.570" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-12T12:17:58.687" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the facts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a British Citizen &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife is Lebanese - she has a 5 year residency permit in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have been living in Germany since 2016 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has been working and paying taxes etc since 2016 in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our Plan: We want to make the move to the UK(London)this year and we would like to know what steps we need to go through in order to make this happen. Can we apply from Germany to speed up the whole process or is it better to do so once in London? Which visa or application do we need to apply for? At what point can my wife begin working in the UK? Also we are mindful of Brexit but are not sure how this will affect us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. if anyone has an immigration lawyer contact. Much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks in Advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19625" LastActivityDate="2020-02-12T12:17:58.687" Title="What steps need to be taken for my non-EU spouse (Lebanese) to move with me to the UK (I am a British Citizen). Details below" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14758" CreationDate="2020-02-12T20:45:29.837" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have studied and passed my Life in the UK test in December 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bought the official book, read it, enjoyed it a lot actually! And then did the online &lt;a href=&quot;https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/exams&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unofficial mockup tests from Life in the UK Test Web&lt;/a&gt; and.. failed them miserably. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wasn't motivated to re-read the book, so gave up for a few months, until I decided to just do and do the unofficial mockup tests over and over again - specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/exams&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the 1-15 exams (mockup tests)&lt;/a&gt;, I did that for about a week until I always answered all the questions 100% correctly every time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That gave me confidence it might be time to spend £50 on the official test, I booked it and when it came to it I passed it in about 6 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastEditorUserId="9430" LastEditDate="2020-02-12T20:59:03.587" LastActivityDate="2020-02-12T20:59:03.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-13T12:18:16.150" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my Spouse VISA application i found out that there is Appendix 2 that i have to fill and it says &lt;strong&gt;Use the appendix 2 (financial requirement form) to tell us how you meet the financial requirement when you are applying to join a partner, child or other family member who is settled in the UK.&lt;/strong&gt; , but my sponsor is a British citizen and has not been settled in the UK, so does this apply to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19083" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T12:18:16.150" Title="Is Appendix 2 for sponsors who have settled in the UK only?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-14T04:40:28.673" Score="-1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can my parents obtain a residence card after entering the UK on visitor's visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-14T07:32:38.560" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T12:16:55.793" Title="Will my parents get residence card on visitor visa to Uk?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20058" CreationDate="2020-02-14T05:00:06.843" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply to change your status to visitor, but once your current study or work permit expires, you won’t be able to apply for a new study or work permit from within Canada. This means it won’t give you more time to extend your study or work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most visitors aren’t eligible to apply for a study or work permit from within Canada. If you change your status to visitor, you may have to leave Canada to apply for a new study or work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, we strongly recommend you don’t change your status to visitor if you need more time to apply for your permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1503&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1503&amp;amp;top=16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19633" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T05:00:06.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20034" CreationDate="2020-02-14T05:08:15.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some rules for visitors (non-residents). You can open a bank account using your passport if you want, then on the following year you will be required to fill a tax return as non-resident:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see more at CRA website: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents/non-residents-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents/non-residents-canada.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19633" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T05:08:15.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-14T03:14:57.330" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a UK residence permit under eu-scheme settlement with pre-settled status as a dependent of my Italian(achieved and origin Bangladesh) Father.  My baby got eu-scheme family permit visa as a grand-child and she is less then 2 years old. Problem is my wife applied as a dependent daughter-in-law and got refusal letter. The entry clearance in refusal letter mentioned that he is not satisfied with 6 months money transfer receipts. He asked at least 12 months. And ask for evidence of her expenditure . What should i submit as evidence on re application ?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" OwnerDisplayName="infomasud" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T05:11:10.373" Title="EEA Family Permit for extended family member" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20067" CreationDate="2020-02-14T12:16:55.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, absolutely not. It is never possible (outside of a few narrow cases such as asylum seekers, and other exceptional situations) to switch from being a visitor to the UK to any other status. All applications for residence must be made from outside the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-02-14T12:16:55.793" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-14T21:40:53.680" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living in the US for ~5 years and have around 6 credit cards and 2 checking accounts. I was on a student visa (and then OPT) here which will also expire in June, 2020.  I will be moving to Australia permanently in a month and don't think I will move back to the US to live in the near future. Should I close my credit card accounts? &#xA;I wish to keep at least on checking account just to make sure I don't need to send or receive any payments (like taxes next year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16517" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T08:58:55.967" Title="Should I close my credit cards before leaving United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-15T10:51:29.063" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't know if this is the best place to ask this question, but if someone is an expat in Vienna and needs to do septoplasty (nasal septum deviation septoplasty), how he can find the right center and the right doctor for that? And what health insurance would cover that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19632" LastActivityDate="2020-02-15T10:51:29.063" Title="Septoplasty in Vienna" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;health-system&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20072" CreationDate="2020-02-15T11:20:57.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some credit cards have annual fees that needs to be paid and if you no longer have an income in the country it might be difficult to know when and how to settle those and in some cases they can then be forwarded to Debt collection agencies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will then cause you an immense amount of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above is the only drawback I can think of, if you think you can stay on top of these things there is no reason to cancel them, in fact it can be quite useful to have credit cards from other countries sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I currently live in china and many US ECOM sites do not accept credit cards from main land China, in this case it is very useful to have a US credit card to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me personally I have credit cards from 3 different countries because I travel a lot but I also have property in each of those countries so I can receive mail/bills/notifications and I have people looking at my mail weekly to ensure it does not simply pile up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general it is always best to leave a country with a clean sheet and leave nothing behind that can cause you problems later on, but please bare the above in mind based on my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2020-02-15T11:20:57.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-15T20:44:08.100" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was overjoyed to accept a job from a start up in France. However my joy seems to have been short-lived as I began to work on the visa process. My company is eligible for the tech visa, but does not want to hire an immigration consultant, leaving me to figure out the labyrinth of french immigration. The lack of information is incredibly frustrating and the embassies don't respond. If anyone has gone through the the same visa route, I will be very very grateful if you can take me through the process, and list out the documents you have submitted for the same. Thank you all in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19641" LastActivityDate="2020-02-15T20:44:08.100" Title="How to get a French “Passeport Talent” or “French Tech Visa” for employees of an innovative startup?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20083" CreationDate="2020-02-16T01:03:01.553" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do have a question regarding the Green-card filing of my parents. I am going through USCIS website here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if I understood correctly, IF I am filing for my sister, for example, I am going to file for her and when she receives her green card, her husband and 5 years old kid would get it with her because they are her immediate family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am failing to understand here is that IF my sister's husband is considered her family so that he can immigrate with her, why can't the same logic apply when it comes to my parents. That being I only apply for either of my parents and then since the other parent is an immediate family of parent1, they receive the green-card automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am just confused and curious. Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T17:27:07.680" Title="Why Can't I file a single Green card petition for both of my parents?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-16T03:01:18.613" Score="1" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husbands grand parents from both sides was born in The Netherlands. His parents both was born in The Netherlands. They immigrated to South Africa just after WWII and started a family in South Africa. They kept their Netherlands Citizenship till all 4 children was born. Then they both Naturalised. So after that came my husband. As a surprise though.. and we want to know if he can claim NL citizenship after his parents both naturalised. Both of his parens passed away. We want to know even though they naturalised if we can claim dutch citizenship for him. Maybe through his grand parents? My husband is born in 1969. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19642" LastActivityDate="2021-03-17T08:00:40.100" Title="Dutch Citizenship through grandparents and naturalised father before I was born" Tags="&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-16T07:10:19.403" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am unable to find the qouted text from UK GOV website about Norway and UK after brexit.&#xA;I have heard Norwegians will be able to call family members after brexit in case the relationship existed before Brexit. Can someone clarify ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T07:10:19.403" Title="Will the Norway have no deadline to call family members to uk?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;norway&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-16T09:44:58.500" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to be in Vienna, Austria for 4 months. I already have a travel insurance. What health insurance is good for me? I am not from a European country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19632" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T09:44:58.500" Title="Health insurance in Austria?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20079" CreationDate="2020-02-16T17:06:35.183" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason is that the Immediate Relative category (spouse, parent, or unmarried under-21 child of a US citizen) cannot have derivative beneficiaries, whereas all other family-based categories, as well as employment-based categories and the Diversity Visa, can have derivative beneficiaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050202.html#M502_2_2_B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 502.2-2(B)&lt;/a&gt;(d)(1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The INA does not generally accord derivative status for family members&#xA;  of immediate relatives as it does for preference applicants.  (INA&#xA;  203(d) does not apply to the classes described in INA 201(b)).  A U.S.&#xA;  citizen must file separate immediate relative petitions for the&#xA;  spouse, each child, and each parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual law for derivative beneficiaries in INA 203(d) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1153&amp;amp;num=0&amp;amp;edition=prelim#substructure-location_d&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1153(d)&lt;/a&gt;) says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A spouse or child as defined in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or&#xA;  (E) of section 1101(b)(1) of this title shall, if not otherwise&#xA;  entitled to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance of a visa&#xA;  under subsection (a), (b), or (c), be entitled to the same status, and&#xA;  the same order of consideration provided in the respective subsection,&#xA;  if accompanying or following to join, the spouse or parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies to the categories in INA 203(a), 203(b), and 203(c). INA 203(a) are the family preference categories F1, F2A, F2B, F3, and F4 (all family-based categories other than the Immediate Relative categories). INA 203(b) are the employment-based categories EB1, EB2, EB3, EB4, and EB5. INA 203(c) are the Diversity Visa lottery immigrants. This does not include the Immediate Relative category, which is provided by INA 201(b)(2)(A)(i).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-02-16T17:27:07.680" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T17:27:07.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20085" CreationDate="2020-02-16T17:39:12.843" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing for my parent's green card. I am preparing to file for I-130 as of today which is February 2020. Now, I also realized that their passport is expiring in April of 2021, which &quot;may&quot; expire before their consular filing starts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me ask some specific questions around this situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens if their passport actually expires before consular processing starts. Now, the passport information on I-130 is no longer valid because they have a new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it better/safer for me to just have their passport renewed right now and then file for their I-130 to completely avoid this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T20:14:09.493" Title="What if passport expires after I -130 is filed and before Consular processing starts?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20084" CreationDate="2020-02-16T20:14:09.493" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The passport number you put on the I-130 doesn't really matter. In fact, they are not required to have a passport to be petitioned. What matters is the passport they present then they actually apply for the immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T20:14:09.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20086" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20089" CreationDate="2020-02-17T06:42:49.970" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a naturalized American citizen and I am filing for my parent's I-130. Now, on the USCIS website, in &lt;code&gt;proof of citizenship&lt;/code&gt; section it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upload documents that show that you are a U.S. citizen. Examples of these documents include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;A copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority showing that you were born in the United States&#xA;A copy of your naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship issued by USCIS or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)&#xA;A copy of Form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), issued by a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate&#xA;A copy of your unexpired U.S. passport&#xA;An original statement from a U.S. consular officer verifying that you are a U.S. citizen with a valid passport&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am failing to understand in these instructions is that IF these documents are all required or one of them is sufficed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have a US Passport. I also do have a naturalization certificate but it's a little torn so I prefer that if my passport is enough then I would like to submit only the passport. However, in these instructions, it is not very clear that which or all of these docs are required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-17T16:34:28.907" Title="Is Passport enough as proof of citizenship when applying for I-130?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20086" CreationDate="2020-02-17T16:34:28.907" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, a valid US passport is enough. Any one of the items is enough. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-130instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-130 instructions&lt;/a&gt;, General Requirements #3 (page 6):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What documents do you need to show that you are a U.S. citizen?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A. A copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar,&#xA;  vital statistics office, or other civil authority showing that you&#xA;  were born in the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;B. A copy of your naturalization certificate or certificate of&#xA;  citizenship issued by USCIS or the former Immigration and&#xA;  Naturalization Service (INS);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;C. A copy of Form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA),&#xA;  issued by a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;D. A copy of your unexpired U.S. passport; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;E. An original statement from a U.S. consular officer verifying that&#xA;  you are a U.S. citizen with a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not have any of the above documents and you were born in the&#xA;  United States, see the What if an official document is not available&#xA;  section of these Instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;or&quot; indicates that any one of the items is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-02-17T16:34:28.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20090" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20112" CreationDate="2020-02-17T17:33:39.707" Score="2" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a niederlassungserlaubnis (permament residency) in Germany. As I like travelling. I go abroad a lot for vacation purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that staying abroad for more than 6 month in a row, makes your residency permit void. About apart from that, I couldn't see any rule about how much I need to stay in Germany in the last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say I did the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Jan    Stay in Germany&#xA;Feb    Stay in Country A (my hometown)&#xA;March  Stay in Country A (my hometown)&#xA;April  Stay in Germany&#xA;May    Stay in Germany&#xA;June   Stay in Country A (my hometown)&#xA;July   Stay in Country A (my hometown)&#xA;Aug    Stay in Country C&#xA;Sep    Stay in Country B&#xA;Oct    Stay in Germany&#xA;Nov    Stay in County B&#xA;Dec    Stay in County C&#xA;&#xA;Total: &#xA;4 months in Germany&#xA;4 months in Country A (my hometown)&#xA;2 months in Country B&#xA;2 months in Country C&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such a vacation plan, I'll never ever stay abroad for more than 6 months in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in total, I spend less than 6 months in Germany in a year. On the  other hand, I have my employment contract, an apartment that I rent and my anmeldung. I also didn't spend more than 6 months in any other country either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case what's the rules for Niederlassungserlaubnis? Do they even check these while entering the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19649" LastEditorUserId="19649" LastEditDate="2020-02-17T19:22:13.640" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T13:50:35.237" Title="Niederlassungserlaubnis validity on staying abroad longer than 6 months in a year" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-17T18:02:45.723" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a J-1 Visa for an exchange program in the USA. I'm a European Union Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a girlfriend and we may plan to get married in the future. If that happens, she's going to apply for a J-2 Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, here comes my question. She does not speak english, at all. I know of people that have been denied a J-1 for their mediocre english, not good enough to communicate in the United States. But what about a J-2? Is the interview going to be in english? There is no way my girlfriend (or future wife) will be able to answer the consular officer questions, as simple these questions may be. In such case, is she going to be denied the J-2 Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19494" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T17:33:49.350" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T17:33:49.350" Title="Interview for J-2 Visa issuance (USA)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15763" CreationDate="2020-02-18T02:09:39.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, You can.&lt;/strong&gt; It is possible until 30 June 2021.  You can also ask for standard visitor visa as the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-18T14:27:16.640" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T14:27:16.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-18T14:10:55.863" Score="4" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was brought over from Canada for a job in Annecy, France. The employment contract that I have is with a french company. I have a residency permit with a &quot;salarie en mission&quot; type visa. This type of visa is a type of talent passport visa. I've only been here for 7 months and the company just announced it is going through a reorganization and my position has been cancelled so I will be out of a job in a few weeks. As per their union agreement, I will still be contracted with them for another 4 months after I leave (I won't be coming to the office during this time). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I am able to stay in France until the end of my titre de sejour expiration (2023)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for chômage (unemployment benefits)? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply to other jobs? If I get a job do I have to start the visa process all over again from Canada? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other information will be super helpful, I am a bit in the dark right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19654" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-02-19T20:52:35.643" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T21:21:24.643" Title="Just lost my job in France with a &quot;salarie en mission&quot; visa" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-19T08:58:42.967" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;My récipissé is about to expire in 2 weeks but I still haven't received my carte de séjour. Is there any way to check the status online? I applied from Paris (Cité) and I haven't had any response. Or if I call them what number should I contact them on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19658" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-02-19T20:34:44.723" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T22:05:50.527" Title="What do I do if my Recepisse is about to expire and I still haven't recieved my carte de sejour?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15128" CreationDate="2020-02-19T10:07:38.260" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought that statement about being fined 1000 pounds was terribly explained. I've been married for over a year now and my name hasn't changed since I got married. The marriage cert just shows the names of two individuals becoming married in the eyes of the law/courts. Nothing more, nothing less. As others have said, you may be fined if you don't let UKVI know within three months after you have LEGALLY changed your name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use my husbands surname with non-legal stuff. I'd like to change my name, but I'm not sure I want to go through that whole process. My husband is fine with whatever decision I make. I changed my name in my first marriage, then back to maiden name. Neither one was difficult, but name changes follow you for life, which I hate because it's a reminder that I got married when in my gut I knew I shouldn't have before I did. Anyway, not only is it passport, it's BRP, SS card, driver license, taxes and who knows what else. I guess the biggest reason I want to change my name legally is because if we have children, I want all our names to be the same (like on the birth certificate). May be silly, but it is just how I feel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19659" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T10:07:38.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20006" CreationDate="2020-02-19T13:32:32.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;August is the worst month to find anything for rent in Spain. The rentals' prices are much higher at that time in tourist zones like Asturias.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would look at online sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.idealista.com/en/alquiler-viviendas/asturias/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;idealista.com&lt;/a&gt; . &#xA;If you find something interesting you can contact directly with the owners or the rental agency and ask them the details you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be easier if you can speak in Spanish, since many of us don't have a high level of English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pablo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19661" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T13:32:32.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20103" CreationDate="2020-02-19T14:42:23.110" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend was born in 1990 in Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia. Today that city is a part of Croatia. Both her parents were both born in Bosnia, although at the time this was formerly known as Yugoslavia. In '91 the Yugoslav war broke out, and her parents fled to the U.S. with her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen through her parents. Her U.S. passport states her nationality as Croatian. The only evidence she has is her Croatian birth certificate. Both her parents only have a U.S. passport and no other passports. Their Yugoslavian citizenship is likely not even valid anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On her birth certificate her &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Master_Citizen_Number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;JMBG number&lt;/a&gt; is empty (it's dashed out). So she doesn't have a JMBG number. On the bottom of the certificate it says &quot;on behalf of 'Med. centra. Slav. Brod'&quot;.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for her to still obtain croatian citizenship given these circumstances? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19660" LastEditorUserId="19660" LastEditDate="2020-02-19T14:59:48.510" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T16:42:21.917" Title="Is it possible to obtain croatian citizenship simply by birth?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-19T15:05:19.357" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing for my parent's Green card. I know that there are two ways to approach this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Through Adjustment of status. Where they are already in USA and I file I-130 and I-485 simultaneously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consular processing: In this case, they can stay in India and the processing will take place in India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we are going for consular processing and while filing for I-130 online, there is a question &lt;code&gt;At which USCIS office will the beneficiary apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this question releavant for consular processing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-02-19T17:37:51.093" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T17:37:51.093" Title="A question regarding Adjustment of Status while doing Consular processing" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20096" CreationDate="2020-02-19T20:38:29.400" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of any way to check the status of your application online. It might be worth trying but I wouldn't expect too much from a call either. In all likelihood, a decision hasn't been made yet. You will hear about it whenever there is a decision but that doesn't solve your immediate problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, you are supposed to show up/make an appointment (depending on the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt;) to renew the &lt;em&gt;récipissé&lt;/em&gt;. It's very frustrating and is supposed to be exceptional but in practice it does happen a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-02-20T19:34:06.790" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T19:34:06.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20094" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:21:24.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/changement-au-regard-de-lacc%C3%A8s-%C3%A0-lassurance-ch%C3%B4mage-des-drouin-ide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contradictory information&lt;/a&gt; and I don't have first-hand experience with this situation but it seems you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bo-pole-emploi.org/files/live/mounts/pdf-files/BOPE2017-50.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might be eligible for unemployment benefits&lt;/a&gt; provided you are under contract with a French company and not your original employer abroad (which seems to be the case based on your question). If you are eligible at all, you would be entitled to 11 months of benefits (the duration of your employment when you apply).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know for sure but this would also suggest that you are allowed to look for another job in France and to stay at least for the duration of your unemployment benefits (that's how most residence permits work in France). Conversely, not being eligible for unemployment benefits would not bode well for your right to stay until 2023 or switch to another job under your current permit. I am not sure what would happen if you found a new job that does not meet the requirements of your current permit (salary, sector, etc.). My guess is that going back to Canada is probably not necessary but, no matter where you apply, it would be hard to secure the relevant permit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that unlike what happens in other countries, French residence permits do not lapse or expire automatically if your situation changes or you lose your job. This means that in principle your residence permit remains valid until you are notified otherwise. But, while it requires an explicit decision, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; is legally entitled to invalidate it if you don't fulfill the requirements anymore. So that does not guarantee you will be allowed to stay until 2023. Usually they don't bother with this procedure and simply wait for people to apply for renewal but since this is a very specific type of residence permit, I am not sure how it would be handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-02-19T21:21:24.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20099" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:51:20.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a legal expert, so consider this an educated guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Place of birth carries some importance when &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5ac3799f4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;determining Croatian citizenship&lt;/a&gt;, but citizenship of parents is much more important and birth in Croatia does not in itself confer Croatian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until the early 1990s Yugoslavia consisted of six republics, of which Croatia was one. Every Yugoslav citizen was also a citizen of one of the republics. The republican citizenship was based on several factors and could change during a lifetime. For international purposes it was the citizenship of Yugoslavia that counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a citizenship of a Yugoslav republic did not always translate into a citizenship of the independent successor state, as each of the new countries has it own nationality law, if your girlfriend did posses Yugoslav-Croatian citizenship (rather than e.g. Yugoslav-Bosnian) she would have a strong claim to citizenship of the independent Republic of Croatia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also helpful in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/citizenship/acquiring-croatian-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;claiming Croatian citizenship&lt;/a&gt; would be proof of belonging to the Croatian people. If she can show that she identifies as Croatian or that at least one of her parents were culturally or ethnically Croatian her chances could improve considerably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit as response to comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under Croatian nationality law, a person born in Croatia with one parent being a Croatian citizen at the time or birth or born anywhere with both parents being Croatian citizens is automatically a Croatian citizen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your girlfriend can show that she was registered as a Yugoslav-Croatian citizen or that she should have been by birth in Croatia to at least one Yugoslav-Croatian citizen, this may be enough to be considered a Croatian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/citizenship/acquiring-croatian-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The applicant should state the reasons for applying for citizenship, their relation towards the legal order, customs and acceptance of Croatian culture; depending on the legal basis for submitting the application, where his ancestors were domiciled before leaving, when and why they left the Republic of Croatia, when and with what documents they settled abroad, the ways in which they showed they belonged to the Croatian people; participation in sports, cultural and other societies promoting Croatia’s interests abroad (Article 11 and 16).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Croatia obviously wants to confer citizenship on ethnic Croatians. Which arguments to use would be highly dependent on individual circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastEditorUserId="19441" LastEditDate="2020-02-20T16:42:21.917" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T16:42:21.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-19T22:47:55.930" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to another town for a new job. It is very hard to find a new apartment in another town. I saw a shared room on video and signed the contract. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After moving to a new town, the landlord has provided another room in a different address. Example Address in Contract is Street 1, however, the room is in Street 1A.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did my city registration with Address Street 1 only. I believe the owner is renting this building illegally but not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are 2 different buildings on the same piece of land by the same owner. &#xA;I did not pay any attention at the start (again find a new apartment/room immediately at the start of a new job) however I am now worried. It's been more than 3 months. What will be the legal consequences for me?  Can I inform the Rathaus about the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone have any experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19663" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-02-20T04:41:04.120" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T07:08:50.837" Title="Germany City Registration with wrong address" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20110" CreationDate="2020-02-20T09:05:02.503" Score="0" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have EU Blue Card issued in Poland.&#xA;I have a job offer from Switzerland and I wonder, what will the consequences if I accept it, assuming my work permit in Switzerland was approved and I have it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it correct, that I will have to re-apply for Blue Card in Switzerland. There is a separate work permit at CH, how is it related to Blue Card? Can my Blue Card be prolonged in this way?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I will have to move to another country in future, will I be able to use this Blue Card? Meaning, whether it will remain active and will I be able to come back to Poland?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19664" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T13:25:07.280" Title="EU Blue card in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20104" CreationDate="2020-02-20T10:32:12.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to the administration where you registered after you had moved in and tell them about the change. If you have a rental agreement with the correct address, take it with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do this as soon as possible, the legal consequences will not be harsh. Perhaps you have to pay a small fine because you waited for so long, but perhaps nothing happens at all. Especially if you are able to explain your behavior, that you were busy with a job search etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not tell them and they find out, the consequences will be much worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19665" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T10:32:12.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20107" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20109" CreationDate="2020-02-20T09:56:42.497" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently on long term ICT visa in UK which is valid till Feb 2021 but i am going back in March 2020 so when will my cooling off period will start? Once validity will end or straight away as soon as i go back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that i didn’t finish my 5 year long term visa and my company applied only for 3 years and out of which i am going back within 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19666" OwnerDisplayName="Mini2008" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T11:38:54.680" Title="UK Cooling off period for long term visa while going back on valid visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-20T06:47:21.217" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are planning to go to UK. I am an EU citizen and she is Malaysian. She has overstayed her 6-month visa, but she left the UK voluntarily, at her own expense, a year ago. Can we return to the UK now? We have our marriage certificate and all the documents, and we want to settle there. We just don’t want to have any issues on the border. Has anyone been in this situation so far?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19669" OwnerDisplayName="Cars And Tech" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T11:08:19.673" Title="Travelling to UK after overstaying visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20107" CreationDate="2020-02-20T11:38:54.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The cooling off period is &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/846380/tier-2-v34.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;described by UKVI&lt;/a&gt; as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the application is for entry clearance or switching from another leave category within the UK, a 12-month cooling off period applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant must not have been in the UK with entry clearance or leave to remain as a Tier 2 migrant at any time during the 12 months immediately before the date of the application, unless one of the exceptions below applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where the applicant left the UK before their Tier 2 leave expired&lt;/strong&gt;, the 12-month period can start earlier than the date their leave expired but only if they can provide evidence of having not been in the UK for a period of 12 months immediately before that date. Acceptable evidence may include, but is not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;travel tickets or boarding cards or passes (in paper or electronic form), but only if the applicant’s sponsor submitted a Sponsorship Management System (SMS) report at the time, confirming that their employment in the UK had ended&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;exit or entry stamps in the applicant’s passport which confirms that they were not in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a letter from the applicant’s overseas employer confirming the date they started or restarted work overseas, after returning from the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;any other evidence that shows the applicant was not in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should ensure that your employer informs UKVI promptly about the end of your employment in the UK, and that you save any other evidence you have of having left the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T11:38:54.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20105" CreationDate="2020-02-20T13:25:07.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Switzerland is not an EU member, it is not a part of the Blue Card program. That means it has its own system of residence and work permits that is entirely incompatible with that of the EU, except for the fact that the actual residence permit cards are very similar in appearance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15666" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T13:25:07.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20045" CreationDate="2020-02-20T13:34:22.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's a tough one, seems like there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.agora.co.il/showPhoto.asp?id=1659690&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a book&lt;/a&gt; but I couldn't find online anyone selling it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lamed.co.il/index.php?clang=eng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; that teaches in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;http://tqen.mot.gov.il&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official question bank&lt;/a&gt; but it doesn't load for me, &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20190504232751/http://tqen.mot.gov.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;try an older snapshot at the web archive site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally you can find more information at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kolzchut.org.il/en/Theory_Test_Accommodations_at_the_Ministry_of_Vehicle_Licensing_(Misrad_HaRishui)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;kolzchut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8558" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T13:34:22.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20090" CreationDate="2020-02-20T13:50:35.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 6 months which you refer to for the Niederlassungserlaubnis is not 6 months within a year, but 6 months continuously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, according to the example schedule you posted above, you are not outside Germany for longer than 4 months at a time, and when you return to Germany you remain in the country for a significant period of time before travelling again.  A short trip to Germany (i.e just a few weeks) would not be counted towards returning.  But a couple of months would be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided that you do not permanently live in any other country, maintain an apartment/house permanently in Germany, continue to pay your social security contributions, health insurance, and remain tax resident (and pay taxes) in Germany then you should not have any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T13:50:35.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20028" CreationDate="2020-02-20T14:06:08.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non EU citizen then you will require a visa to perform an Internship in Germany.  If it is paid or not does not make a difference to the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These website provide some additional information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany-visa.org/training-internship-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany Training/Internship Visa&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://visaguide.world/europe/germany-visa/long-stay/student-internship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Student Internship Visa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer should help you through the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2021-03-18T07:12:27.243" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T07:12:27.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20114" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20116" CreationDate="2020-02-20T15:12:03.193" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing for my parents I-130 when they are in the United States. I am not going for adjustment of status. Instead of doing that, I am going for consular filing. This is because they do not want to be here in United States for 1-2 years when Adjustment of status procedures are taking place(We are in California and processing times are longer here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, so we decided that we will file for consular filing when they are in United States. Now, I know there are some travel restrictions when I file for Adjustment of status. One of them is that they can not travel outside the United States once I-485 is filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question here is that are there any similar travel restrictions when we go for consular filing? Because we have only filed I-130. SOme of the particular questions being&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can they be in USA when I file for I-130 for consular processing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they are, can they stay in USA for a couple of months after filing I-130&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suppose they go back to their home country and they still don't have approval for I-130, can they come back to USA for a couple of days while waiting for I-130 approval?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T04:39:35.117" Title="Can I travel to and from United States after filing for I-130" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20114" CreationDate="2020-02-20T17:32:07.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information that, after filing for an AoS you can't travel outside the U.S. is partially incorrect. You indeed need to wait until you have your Advance Parole/EAD card, when you have it though, you are able to come and go as you please. Please note that at the moment AP/EAD card is taking about 8 months to be approved. There are ways to get it expedited in urgent situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm a little confused about the expectations after your parents receive the green card. So, just in case, let me clarify that once they become Permanent Residents they MUST make the U.S. their primary residence, otherwise USCIS may deem their status as abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your questions:&#xA;1) Yes, I-130 does not grant status.&#xA;2) Yes, they're free to stay as long as they have a valid status/visa.&#xA;3) Yes, however, they might have a hard time renewing a Visitor Visa (B1/B2) and face more questions when crossing the border. Basically, they need to prove that they have NO intention to stay in the U.S. and apply for AoS while visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T17:32:07.800" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-20T15:29:35.163" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the financial requirement for the spouse visa sponsor is 18,600 GBP a year, does it matter if my bank statement have an overdraft every month of the 6 months I am issuing the statement for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And is there a problem if my father transfers the visa fees into my account? The only requirement is that you earn 18,600 GBP and I couldn't find any restriction for having an overdraft or transferring a large amount of money before applying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19083" OwnerDisplayName="Anas Hammad" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-02-21T16:31:10.893" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T16:31:10.893" Title="Transferring large amount of money into a bank account for spouse visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5890" CreationDate="2020-02-20T19:41:26.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;After looking at every network request, I figured out what causes CVS to deny access for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The primary language of my browser was not English.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I changed it from Russian to English, I could access CVS again; thus, looks like they deny access based on your preferred browser language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19667" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T19:41:26.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5890" CreationDate="2020-02-20T22:47:34.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Data Protection Regulation&lt;/a&gt; (GDPR) came into force, some sites outside the EU refuse to serve their content to IP addresses associated with Europe.  Last summer, I was unable to load a news story from a small newspaper in the US when I was in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  (I do not remember what newspaper it was; I found the article through an internet search.)  The page I received instead of my story indicated that this was because of the GDPR, even though Bosnia is not in the EU and therefore not subject to the GDPR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-02-20T22:47:34.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20114" CreationDate="2020-02-21T04:39:35.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;With regards to their ability to return to the United States after the I-130 has been filed, that would be problematic. Having filed the I-130 would establish immigrant intent which is a cause for denial of a non-immigrant visa like a B1/B1 under INA 214(b) (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-denials.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-denials.html&lt;/a&gt;). Only certain classes of visitors to the United States are allowed to enter while pursuing immigration, including those who have a pending Adjustment of Status case and have been granted Advance Parole. However, visitors on a non-immigrant visa, like a B1/B2, are not able to be seeking to immigrate to the United States. The text of INA 214(b) is dense, but it sums it up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Every alien (other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of section 1101(a)(15) of this title, and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) of this title except subclause (b1) of such section) shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status under section 1101(a)(15) of this title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is to say, unless you can prove that you are not an immigrant (and having filed an I-130 precludes you from being able to prove that), you cannot claim that you are a &lt;em&gt;non-immigrant&lt;/em&gt;, and therefore not entitled to a non-immigrant status which includes a B1/B2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short, once you have filed the I-130, if your parents leave the United States and do not have an Advance Parole document, they will not be able to return before they have received their green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;I am not a lawyer. This is based on my knowledge having gone through the green card process. You may need to consult with an immigration attorney.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17521" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T04:39:35.117" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20145" CreationDate="2020-02-21T05:33:02.193" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am filing for my parent's Greencard while they are in the United States. I used the website &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&lt;/a&gt; to see how long does it take to go AOS route and it sounds like it takes more than a year for that. However, there is no authoritative uscis source that tells me how long does it take to finish &lt;code&gt;Consular processing&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found some sources like &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/green-card-consular-processing/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://citizenpath.com/green-card-consular-processing/&lt;/a&gt; which say that it takes 4-12 months to do consular processing but still this is not coming from USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is that is there a USCIS source that can tell me how long does it take for consular processing to finish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T15:30:11.967" Title="How to know processing times for Consular processing?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20080" CreationDate="2020-02-21T05:56:54.347" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This states:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revoking-of-Dutch-nationality.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revoking-of-Dutch-nationality.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You lose the Dutch nationality in the following situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You voluntarily take another nationality. By voluntarily taking&#xA;  another nationality you will automatically lose your Dutch&#xA;  nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies to your in-laws, as they voluntarily took South African nationality in 1966.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such then they were no longer Dutch citizens when your husband was born in 1969.  Therefore he does not qualify for NL citizenship.&#xA;He can not qualify via Grandparents, only parents.  (And if born before 1985 only via the father).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T05:56:54.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20072" CreationDate="2020-02-21T08:58:55.967" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following would be some good reasons to keep your credit cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit score/history&lt;/strong&gt; - Even if you don't use the credit cards, you still build up your credit history, in case you want to take out a loan, buy a house/car in the future. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rewards&lt;/strong&gt; - Does your card offer specific rewards? If you have a store-specific card that you actually use and you get good deals, why not keep it? If you travel often and you have a travel credit card with miles, you can still use that and benefit from it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backup credit card&lt;/strong&gt; - Sometimes a country may not accept certain cards from other countries. It's good to have a backup, and it might help if you need to pay for something in dollars or from the US (online order, streaming service, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a card that you do not plan on using but that has an annual fee, you can consider closing that card, but if there is no annual fee, just keep it. The credit score is a good enough reason to just do nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19285" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T08:58:55.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19929" CreationDate="2020-02-21T15:40:24.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't &quot;apply&quot; per-se for Portuguese citizenship in this way.  You either already have it via your parents/grandparents or not.  What you might not have is a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Portugeese nationality law states:&#xA;(source:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Portuguese by origin are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The children of a Portuguese mother or father born in Portuguese    territory &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The children of a Portuguese mother or father born abroad    if the Portuguese parent is there serving the Portuguese State; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The   children of a Portuguese mother or father born abroad &lt;strong&gt;if they have their birth registered at the Portuguese civil registry or&#xA;  if they declare that they want to be Portuguese&lt;/strong&gt;; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Persons born abroad with, &lt;strong&gt;at least, one Portuguese ascendant&lt;/strong&gt; in the second degree (grandparent) of the direct line who has not lost&#xA;  this citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Naturalisation as a Portuguese citizen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As of 29 July 2015, those born outside Portugal who have at least &lt;strong&gt;one    grandparent of Portuguese nationality, are granted Portuguese    citizenship by extension immediately&lt;/strong&gt;. The new registration procedure&#xA;  replaces the current provision of Article 6, no. 4—according to which &#xA;  a person who was born abroad and is a 2nd generation descendant of a&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  citizen who has not lost his or her citizenship can acquire&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Portuguese citizenship by naturalisation, without a residence&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  requirement. The amendment still needs to be signed by the President&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  before entering into law&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My bold)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if your parents or Grandparents were Portuguese when you were born then you should have Portuguese citizenship.  Therefore, you should just have to apply for a passport and prove your links to your parents/grandparents and prove that they are Portuguese themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you contact the embassy in India and ask them what documents you will need to prove these links and what else you might have to provide to obtain a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-02-21T15:40:24.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-21T16:34:32.560" Score="-1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a better job offer than the one I'm currently in and I was wondering if it's possible to change jobs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19670" LastActivityDate="2020-02-22T08:00:54.973" Title="Can I change jobs after 4 months as a Blue Card holder in germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-02-28T04:23:17.717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14051" CreationDate="2020-02-21T20:30:33.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is &quot;no&quot; except you meet several pretty strict conditions(e.g you have to be stayed in China now)&#xA;Basically, the consulate outside China will not issue passport to any foreign born child but only special travel document. Furthermore , if one of your parent already acquired PR status . The child born in foreign country could only  be qualified for a Chinese visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ref: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/ywzn/qzhz/qz/t1241442.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/ywzn/qzhz/qz/t1241442.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-02-25T15:43:46.830" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T15:43:46.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20125" CreationDate="2020-02-22T08:00:54.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible for a Blue card holder to change jobs in Germany freely if you have been there for 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are under the 2 years then you must get permission from your local Ausländerbehörde (ABH) / Immigration office.  You need to make an appointment and take along the contract offer for the new role.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long as the new role is in the same area and pays the same or more, and everything is OK with the new employer then it should not be an issue.  But you must go through this process to ensure that you will be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are for example details from the Berlin branch.  But you would have to find your local one where you live.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-02-22T08:00:54.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-22T13:45:52.177" Score="3" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student studying in Russia. I just came back from my country 13 days ago. I completely forgot to present my request to reissue the registration thing. Now my university says it’s too late and that I need to leave the country and reenter again for the migration card to be renewed. I cannot travel at this time. So is there any other way to do it? Some suggested that I stay at some hotel. I really need help. Is there a fine to pay or anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[UPDATE]&lt;/strong&gt;: Ended up leaving the country for 1 day and coming back. No issues at passport control. Reissued the Registration successfully. LEGAL IMMIGRANT!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Berkov L" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-02T07:36:38.970" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T07:36:38.970" Title="Forgot to register myself in Russia, now I'm in trouble" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;russia&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-22T17:44:49.347" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an &lt;strong&gt;EEA national&lt;/strong&gt; who's been living in the UK since 2016 and I brought my &lt;strong&gt;non EEA wife&lt;/strong&gt; here in 2017. We both have pre-settled status and I'll qualify for settled status in 2021. At that point, will my wife get settled status as well or does she also have to work 5 years before applying? She's been working consistently since 2018 and was my dependent for about a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're just wondering if we could become British citizens at the same time, i.e. in 2022, which is one year after we get settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10322" LastActivityDate="2020-02-24T13:26:33.303" Title="Will my non EEA wife get British citizenship when I get mine?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-22T23:25:44.240" Score="0" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got married 2 months ago and I want to have my wife over. The problem is my current i20 says that my program will end in 2022. However once I apply for my opt, my i20 will say that my program ends in May 2020. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two options. Either I apply for F2 visa with my current i20 and then apply for opt. In this case can there be a problem when my wife tries to enter USA using her updated i20 (which will say that program ends in May 2020) while her visa will expire at a later time. Will this difference create an issue at the time of entry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second option is that I can wait to get my EAD card and then apply for F2. However, what are my chances to get F2 Visa approved during OPT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19673" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-02-27T07:42:32.227" LastActivityDate="2020-02-27T07:42:32.227" Title="Applying for f2 visa in last semester" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20129" CreationDate="2020-02-23T08:57:52.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that you meet all the other requirements, then you must be living in the UK with ILR (Indefinite leave to remain status) for a minimum of 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is applied to both you and your wife individually.  So as she arrived after you, then you would have to wait until she qualifies before you could both apply together.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, assuming that you apply for and obtain UK citizenship when you are able to do so, then your wife as a wife of a UK citizen living in the UK would then only be subject to a 3-year stay before qualifying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So then she could apply as soon as you have received your UK citizenship with more than 3 but less than 5 years residency in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/citizenship-joint-application-cost-saving-query-t187022.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/citizenship-joint-application-cost-saving-query-t187022.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/834209/naturalisation-as-a-british-citizen-by-discretion-v4.0-ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/834209/naturalisation-as-a-british-citizen-by-discretion-v4.0-ext.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastEditorDisplayName="user19540" LastEditDate="2020-02-24T13:26:33.303" LastActivityDate="2020-02-24T13:26:33.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19258" CreationDate="2020-02-23T15:47:18.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Is this work permit from the employer, limited only to this company? ie) With this work permit visa (assuming that is valid for a&#xA;  year from the German state), can i search for other companies as well?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you receive a work permit then it is limited to a single company for 2 years.  After this time and can get this restriction lifted (you have to apply for it) and you are then free to work for any employer in Germany.&#xA;If you want to change employer before this then you need to apply for a new work permit for that specific employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are also able to convert this to a Blue card while you are in Germany as long as you meet the requirements.&#xA;But even a Blue card is limited to a specific employer for the first two years, and you can only change your job with permission from the Ausländerbehörde (ABH) / Immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you qualify for a blue card then you should apply for that rather than a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Will my wife get a dependent visa along with my work permit visa ? If so, can anyone help me with links or steps on how she can apply for&#xA;  Dependent visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in Germany you can apply for a family reunion visa.  But you must already be living in Germany before you can apply, and the application will take several months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are requirements that you must both meet, such as the requirements for health insurance for both of you, the size of the apartment, that you earn enough, and your wife will need basic German knowledge (A1 level).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany-visa.org/family-reunion-visa/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.germany-visa.org/family-reunion-visa/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Once she has a dependent visa, can that visa be converted to EU Blue card ? (Just like how I can convert from my work permit to EU&#xA;  visa by showing that i have some Euro's in my account or that i am a&#xA;  highly skilled worker)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No it doesn't work like that.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But, assuming she gets a family reunion visa and then lives in Germany then she will be able to work in Germany on this visa if she wants to with no issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-02-23T15:47:18.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20134" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-23T21:39:52.110" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to apply for Visa 476 within 2 years of graduating from university but the processing times as shown on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-recognition-graduate-476#Overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;75% of applications: 15 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;90% of applications: 17 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So given the long wait my plan would be to do a graduate scheme in the UK (after I earn my Masters degree) and apply during it for the visa. However, most grad schemes are 2 years long so if my visa got accepted very quickly this wouldn't be ideal if I had to quit that midway through and move across to Aus shortly after approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when you're approved what is the time frame in which you must move to Australia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from the UK, age 22 and will be graduating with an MEng just for some info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19675" LastEditorUserId="19675" LastEditDate="2020-02-24T10:46:02.097" LastActivityDate="2020-02-24T10:46:02.097" Title="What is the time frame for moving to Aus after being approved for Visa 476 (skilled-recognised graduate visa)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20128" CreationDate="2020-02-23T22:54:58.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot help much, but here is some info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;info in english -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://spb.hse.ru/en/io/immigration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://spb.hse.ru/en/io/immigration/&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;registration must be performed within 7 days, with a few exceptions for citizens of some ex-USSR countries;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have been staying at a hotel, it must have registered you for the period of your stay, so you have some extra time;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in case of violation of the migration procedures both you and the accepting organization (university/hotel) may be fined, which is why the university is trying to make sure that everything is clean on their side.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13591" LastActivityDate="2020-02-23T22:54:58.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-24T15:46:54.710" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EEA national with Dutch Resident Permit. I am thinking of exploring job opportunities in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would my current status of Dutch RP permit me to work in UK. If no, what are the procedures that I need to complete to obtain a WP of UK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able to take up remote working of a company based out of UK and travel to UK once in 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19681" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-02-25T21:39:25.463" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T21:39:25.463" Title="non-EEA national with Dutch Resident Permit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20140" CreationDate="2020-02-24T18:19:15.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Q1 No, a Dutch residence permit does not allow you to work in the UK. The procedures to obtain a work permit depend on your personal circumstances; typically you need a job offer with sponsorship from an employer in the UK. Further information is available here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2 No, receiving income from a UK source is not allowed if you travel to the UK as a visitor. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-02-24T18:19:15.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20121" CreationDate="2020-02-25T15:30:11.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Filing for an IR-1 visa for a relative living abroad involves 3 government agencies: USCIS, NVC and Consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) For USCIS processing times for the I-130, please use the link that you provided: &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) The NVC does not have a structured table like USCIS, the best that they have is this website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will only give you an idea of which applications they're working on right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) For consulates there's no website to consult and timelines vary widely. Ranging from a few weeks to over a year. There are websites/discussion boards that users share their own timeline and that way you can have an ideia of how long its taking. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the consulate in Mumbai, India, for example, it seems to be taking 3-4 months to schedule an interview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-02-25T15:30:11.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-26T03:35:12.897" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions in regards to the dependent visa application. Hoped you could help with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been separated with my spouse for over 2 years now. And I'm with my new partner for the last 6 months. Currently, I'm going through the divorce paperwork. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once it's finalised, and I'm married to my new partner, can I apply for the dependant visa for the partner right away? We're gonna get married in Hong Kong and they're not a HK citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And can I marry right after divorcing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I need to update my martial status (divorce) and how long it takes to process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any possible issue with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what's the application process and timelines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13315" LastActivityDate="2020-02-26T03:35:12.897" Title="Marriage and dependent visa application after divorce in Hong Kong" Tags="&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;&lt;divorce&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2020-02-26T15:31:17.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There should not be a problem to apply for an F2 in either situation. A F1/F2 visa gives you the &quot;key&quot; to enter the US. Once inside what matters is your status, which is tied to your i-20. So its fine if the visa does not match the i-20 as long as both expiration dates are in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, although your i-20 will say that the program ends on May 2020, the DSO from your school will add a note to the i-20 saying that you applied for the OPT which will extend your status for the duration of your OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I recommend talking to the DSO about this situation and making a plan together. DSOs also have a point of contact at the DHS in which they can ask questions for unusual situations like yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-02-26T15:31:17.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-27T00:28:38.887" Score="3" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in Boston MA with a TD visa. I don't want to buy a car in USA. Can I drive my Canadian car (car registered in Canada) here? How long can I drive it? How about car insurance? Any detailed information about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19687" LastActivityDate="2020-02-27T04:22:42.430" Title="Canadian's car in USA" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20149" CreationDate="2020-02-27T04:22:42.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must register your vehicle in Massachusetts as soon as you become&#xA;  a Massachusetts resident. The law does not provide a grace period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You therefore need to register your vehicle in Massachusetts. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/how-to/transfer-your-registration-and-title-from-out-of-state&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles details the process for transferring your registration and title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/info-details/imported-foreign-vehicles&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;additional documents&lt;/a&gt; needed to register your Canadian vehicle:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Used Vehicles from Canada&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To title a &lt;strong&gt;used&lt;/strong&gt; vehicle from Canada, you must present all of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Registration and Title Application Original Canadian Province&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Registration Certificate or previous Certificate of Title if from Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia is the only Canadian province that issues Titles)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Bill(s) of Sale providing a complete chain of transfers and ownerships&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;One of the following U.S. Customs Entry Forms: &#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;CF 3299 - Declaration for Free Entry of Unaccompanied Articles &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;CF 7501 - Entry Summary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Car insurance would be purchased normally through any car US car insurance provider. Do expect to pay more, as your Canadian driving history likely won't transfer over. When I moved to the United States from Canada on a TN, I paid very high rates for the first few years until I built up US driving history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17521" LastActivityDate="2020-02-27T04:22:42.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-29T13:56:51.547" Score="2" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;My query is, I've acquired my IELTS but the ECA (Education Credential Assesment) is not yet complete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I proceed to create an EOI profile in SINP with ECA status as &quot;NO&quot; and with Express Entry profile as &quot;NO&quot;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it mandatory to create an Express Entry profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19704" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-02T07:35:03.333" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T07:35:03.333" Title="Create EOI login in SINP with ECA status as &quot;NO&quot; and Express Entry profile as &quot;NO&quot;?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20153" CreationDate="2020-02-29T14:31:12.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will not be selected in future Saskatchewan draws if you do not have ECA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you can create EOI without an Express Entry profile. This is called OID stream.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you can create an Express Entry account, I strongly recommend to do it. This will direct you to SINP-EE stream which has way faster federal process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OID (Occupation in-Demand) takes 17 months in federal process, however SINP-EE takes only 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worth to note that OID applications are processed a few weeks faster than SINP-EE in provincial process, However, adding the time needed to process them both in federal, OID is about one year slower overall!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15845" LastActivityDate="2020-02-29T14:31:12.027" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-29T18:42:02.027" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I finish a 1Y course in the &lt;strong&gt;USA&lt;/strong&gt; that offers 1 year &lt;strong&gt;OPT extension&lt;/strong&gt;. After OPT extension is finished I have to vacate the USA or if I have found the job and the company that I am working with can help me get an H1B visa or that is not a possible route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19705" LastActivityDate="2021-03-27T06:08:10.840" Title="US OPT extension and H1B Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20156" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-29T19:13:57.643" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does it work concerning a foreign citizen holding a EU PR willing to move and to settle in another EU country?&#xA;Does he have to convert his EU PR to the one of the country he's moving to or will the destination country's authorities request/withdraw his PR card and give him a temporary card ? Or will he simply need another visa? I'm not talking about movement or circulation for tourism purposes, I'm clearly talking about settlement and seeking work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T09:28:10.293" Title="EU permanent resident moving to another EU country" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-01T08:10:52.753" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one marries an italian citizen how much time does it take for the spouse to join him in Italy ?&#xA;The spouse needs a visa to visit Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-04-26T04:54:25.273" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T06:07:00.727" Title="Time to obtain Italian spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20158" CreationDate="2020-03-01T10:28:36.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It’s impossible to give a definitive answer. The end-to-end processing timescale will depend on variables related to the personal circumstances of the applicant and their Italian spouse, such as the time needed to gather the required documentation, available appointment slots etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general terms, it can take up to a year before the non-EU applicant can join their spouse in Italy,  Obtaining a Nulla Osta, a pre-requisite to applying for the visa itself, can take from 4 to 12 months. The visa processing time is typically around three weeks, up to a couple of months, depending on where the application is made and whether any queries are raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://visaguide.world/europe/italy-visa/long-stay/family/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visaguide.world/europe/italy-visa/long-stay/family/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-01T12:21:54.470" LastActivityDate="2020-03-01T12:21:54.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20160" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20173" CreationDate="2020-03-01T13:03:53.250" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from the US. My German spouse works in the UK and has the EU settlement scheme pre settled status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to move to the UK permanently and live (not work) there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various pages on the UK immigration website &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt; made me believe I should apply for either a&#xA;  Family visa, a EU Settlement Scheme family permit, or the the EU settlement scheme itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can live in the UK for 6 months without any visa or permit or special status, but I need something for health insurance and rental contract and probably other reasons I don't know yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19708" OwnerDisplayName="Bananach" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:08:02.470" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:08:02.470" Title="Living in the UK as US spouse of pre settled EU citizen - which of the various visa options is right for me" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-01T13:10:39.190" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I only found articles in German like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.autogott.at/tipps/autokauf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.autogott.at/tipps/autokauf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'am searching for an english version. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And are there online plattforms like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.autogott.at/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.autogott.at/&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;I am searching for a new car and maybe a used car if it's in good condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19707" LastEditorUserId="19707" LastEditDate="2020-03-03T01:19:01.280" LastActivityDate="2020-03-03T01:19:01.280" Title="Is there a blog article about how to buy a car in austria" Tags="&lt;car&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20162" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20165" CreationDate="2020-03-01T19:46:45.240" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;an answer would be great but pointers to information would also be greatly appreciated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from the UK currently in the US on a J1 visa doing research. Roughly 10 years ago I was in the US on a J1 visa as a camp counselor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the camp counseling didn't happen I would have 24 months tax exempt. My question is whether the 2 months as a counselor reduces that to 22 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was paid some small amount by cheque for being a counselor but did not file a tax return. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be really useful.&#xA;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19709" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T03:14:51.590" Title="J1 visa tax exemption: does 2 months as camp counselor affect exemption period?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-01T23:00:09.310" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question for Nationals from Australia, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of South Korea, United States of America who have successfully obtained their Student Visa/Residence Permit to do their Ph.D.s in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep seeing the requirement of a minimum amount of €10,236/year in a German blocked bank account/Sperrkonto for the Student Visa. I have learned that international Ph.D. students in Germany are required to first get the Type D/National Visa then the Residence Permit. However, I am unclear if Ph.D. students are exempt from depositing €10,236 for each year of their studies in a German blocked bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be receiving a salary (work contract/Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter) from my university and able to support myself, so does this waive the blocked account requirement? The P.D. program I applied to in Germany is three years long and I am unclear if I am expected to deposit €10,236 x 3 at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also applied to a Ph.D. program in Sweden and they only require me to show proof of salary from the university I have been accepted to so I'm wondering if it's the same for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vielen Dank im Voraus!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19710" LastEditorUserId="19710" LastEditDate="2020-03-02T05:56:22.860" LastActivityDate="2021-04-03T18:02:20.317" Title="Does the salary of a PhD student at a German university meet the financial requirement for a German Type D/National Visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-02T02:30:25.953" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the government of Canada [1],&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re a Canadian citizen living outside Canada, you must show that you plan to live in Canada when the persons you want to sponsor become permanent residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, on the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/forms/imm1344e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IMM 1344&lt;/a&gt;, the sponsor is only asked which province they intend to live in with the sponsored person(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On form &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/forms/imm5532e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IMM 5532&lt;/a&gt;, the sponsor is asked when they left Canada, when they intend to return to Canada, and where they intend to live when they return to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither form explains how the sponsor is expected to &quot;show&quot; that they plan to live in Canada. What kind of evidence does IRCC expect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship/spouse-partner-children/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship/spouse-partner-children/eligibility.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-08T08:18:58.103" LastActivityDate="2020-03-08T08:18:58.103" Title="Documentation needed for a Canadian citizen living outside Canada to sponsor their spouse to immigrate to Canada" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20162" CreationDate="2020-03-02T03:14:51.590" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you are talking about Article 20A of the US-UK tax treaty (as added by the protocol to the treaty). The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/teus-uk.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;technical explanation&lt;/a&gt; says that if you become a resident of the UK for a substantial period of time, and then come back to the US, you can claim the benefits of the exemption again. I believe that this means that you get 24 months from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T03:14:51.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20155" CreationDate="2020-03-02T04:15:28.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the &quot;cap gap&quot; rules, if your company files the H1b petition (which can only be done starting April 1 for an H1b from the next fiscal year) during your OPT, your F1 status and OPT work authorization will be automatically extended to September 30.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you successfully complete your OPT (and didn't violate the rules for unemployment days, etc.), you remain in status for 60 days past the end of your OPT. If your company files the H1b petition within this 60-day grace period, your F1 status will be automatically extended to September 30, but you cannot work during this time since your OPT has already ended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you would have to leave the US and get an H1b visa if and when your H1b petition is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T04:15:28.160" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-02T08:48:30.217" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a US company who will sponsor me for the H1B visa. The visa condition states than I cannot enter until 10 days before the start of my job. I have a family and will need more time to look for housing, organise ourselves, look at schools, rent a car etc.&#xA;Ideally my family and I would like to travel to the US as tourists about one month before my job start, entering under the WVP (ESTA), then take a two-day trip to Canada/Mexico 10 days before the job start and re-enter the US on our H1/H4 visas. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The H visas will be approved and stamped before we enter the US the first time as tourists. We will have a return ticket on our ESTA trip so as to comply with the rules but will not use the return if we are able to travel to Canada/Mexico and re-enter the US on our H-visas. &#xA;Would this be possible? Are we violating any visa rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for helping&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19713" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T08:48:30.217" Title="How to arrive in the US more than 10 days before my job starts?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;esta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20156" CreationDate="2020-03-02T09:28:10.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have permanent residence in an EU country then you are able to move to another EU country and stay there for more than 3 months to live or work which the need for a Visa (Except UK (still covered by the withdrawal agreement until end of 2020), Ireland, &amp;amp; Denmark).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/immigration/general-information/already-eu_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/immigration/general-information/already-eu_en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As a long-term resident in one EU country, can I live and work in a&#xA;  second EU country?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. You can stay in a second EU country for more than three months&#xA;  for purposes including work, study or training, if you apply for and&#xA;  are granted a residence permit in this second country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means however that you must apply for and be granted residency rights in the second/other EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you must still meet all the requirements for obtaining residency in this country which may include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stable and regular financial resources to maintain yourself and your family;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Health insurance;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Appropriate accommodation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you wish to take up a job, evidence of employment; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are self-employed, evidence that you have sufficient financial funds; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you wish to study or train, proof that you are registered to do&#xA;so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comply with integration measures such as language requirements (if applicable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also be aware, that if you become a resident in another EU country that you will eventually lose permanent residency status in the original EU country.  This should occur after a period of approx 6 years.  Which means that you have had sufficient time to gain permanent residency in your second EU country.  Although this will of course be subject to such conditions as applied in that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T09:28:10.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-02T19:00:43.993" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking to start working with food pushcart in Fort Worth, TX. Before anything, I believe I need to learn about all legal aspects. I have found &lt;a href=&quot;https://fortworthtexas.gov/health/MobileVendors/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; but I cannot open it. There is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dshs.texas.gov/foodestablishments/permitting.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; site that is about Texas in general and gives not much details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there any source about regulation and other legal stuff I can read and learn?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I am not sure the question belongs here or other community page, so sorry about the inconvenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19715" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T19:00:43.993" Title="Pushcart Food Vendor in Fort Worth" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;food-and-drink&gt;&lt;regulations&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20160" CreationDate="2020-03-03T04:37:55.513" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To enter the UK, you do not need any specific document, because you are from a &quot;visa free&quot; country.  (If you were from a country whose citizens need visas for short visits, you would need a settlement scheme family permit.)  You will, however, need to show evidence that you are married to an EEA national who is living and working in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To remain in the UK, you do not actually need any document as long as the UK continues to participate in the EU free movement regime.  As of March 2020, this is expected to end at the end of this year.  Under free movement, you have a legal right to be in the UK that supersedes any limitations that might be stamped into your passport, such as &quot;leave to enter for six months&quot; or &quot;employment prohibited.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although you do not need any document to remain in the UK, a document to demonstrate your right to do so can be useful in some contexts.  Also, you will need a document to remain in the UK after free movement ends.  That document is the one you'll get when you enroll in the EEA settlement scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What do I need to move to the UK permanently and live (not work) there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To move there, you'll need your US passport, your marriage certificate, proof of your husband's German nationality, and evidence that he is working in the UK.  To live there after the UK stops participating in EU free movement, you'll need a settlement scheme document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-03-03T04:37:55.513" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-03T14:19:37.673" Score="3" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently came to work in the UK on a Tier 2 visa, and I've got my Biometric Residence Permit. I hold a driver's license from a non-EU country, so I'm only allowed to drive in the UK for 1 year. The gov.uk website says: &lt;code&gt;You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence for 12 months from when you became resident&lt;/code&gt;. It also says: &lt;code&gt;you’re normally a resident if you have a permanent address in Great Britain that you’ve lived in for at least 185 days&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above points raise a couple of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I lived in a hotel for 1st month after coming to the UK, and only then started renting a permanent place, does this mean that I wasn't resident for 1st month?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the residency definition mean that I'm not resident for my first 185 days in the UK? Does this, in turn, mean that I need to get a UK licence (1 year + 185 days) after crossing the UK border? (&quot;1 year after I became resident&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Under what circumstances might I need to prove to someone that my 1 year has not passed yet?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the valid ways to prove it? Provide my BRP that was issued less than 1 year ago? Provide a tenancy agreement that started less than 1 year ago?  Provide my passport that shows that I last entered UK less than 1 year ago (in this case - if I left &amp;amp; entered UK several times will only the last time count)? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What can be the consequences of driving with my non-UK/EU licence after 1 year has passed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd be grateful is someone could provide links to any documents clarifying the above (preferably from gov.uk or other government websites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15798" LastEditorUserId="15798" LastEditDate="2020-03-03T16:17:57.253" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T00:10:31.023" Title="Driving in UK on a non-UK/EU licence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-03T15:35:07.637" Score="2" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am and was here on a visit to Israel to visit my fiance and friends here originally for an intended 2 weeks. During the 2 weeks I decided to stay for the duration of my allowed legal stay in Israel (90 days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the visit, my debit card which was my sole source of finances here, was mistakenly set to be renewed without my permission due to a computing error. It resulted in my debit card being locked and my bank access limited or denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All my funds then had to be rerouted into my fiances bank to be accessed. At some point recently, a few days before my 90 days was set to expire, we paid for 2 tickets to Germany with Ryanair for a week in order to potentially renew for a new set of 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It failed when we successfully made it through the security check at the airport and they revoked my exit pass to Israel, but the woman at the counter for check-ins refused to allow us on the plane citing &amp;quot;we recommend passengers be here 3 hours early&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were there at least 1 and a half to 2 hours early for our flight, and she had originally offered us a late check-in fee which she later revoked and refused us entry to the plane which was a nonrefundable flight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This refusal to allow us our flight resulted in an inability to leave the country in time before my expiration and without either of us enough money for a new ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now due to the overstay, we are scared to approach the airport again for fear of being arrested. And when we manage to gather resources to leave its estimated it would not be until at least 3-6 months from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have heard varying reports for the consequences of overstay ranging from a 20 minute yelling and interrogation to a fine for each month thats overstayed to being detained and  we are unsure if we would even be allowed back on the plane to go home when we approach resulted in more wasted money and distress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not committed any crimes while in Israel or disrupted any level of business while here or been employed at any level. I am perfectly fine staying in the house continually until my fiance procures enough to remedy the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand these situations are viewed on a case by case basis and its my first time traveling outside of the United States. I would really like to know what I'm up against and what standard procedure is for individuals who are stuck in this situation with no money to get home yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19716" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-07-25T07:48:04.580" LastActivityDate="2020-07-25T07:56:17.200" Title="We inadvertantly overstayed our visa on a visit to Israel - what should we do?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-25T10:16:40.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20174" CreationDate="2020-03-03T16:35:44.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The worst case: You case an accident with high damage, your insurance refuses to pay, and the victim has “unpleasant” friends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-03-03T16:35:44.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20177" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20204" CreationDate="2020-03-03T19:29:37.723" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a working permit(Aufenthaltserlaubnis) for five years, that is tied to the company which I'm working full time at. I come from a non-EU country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Zusatzblatt says: &quot;BESCHÄFTIGUNG NUR GEM. § 2 ABSATZ 1 NR. 3 BESCHV ALS SOFTWARE-ENTWICKLER BEI DER COMPANY ERLAUBT.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company doesn't impose any restrictions on having a side job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to work part time as self-employed with this permit? If not, what do I do to achieve this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T07:03:20.053" Title="Having a side job with a working permit in Germany" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20175" CreationDate="2020-03-03T19:31:13.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is probably the point where you should get some legal advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prepare a letter stating all the facts including all available original documentation. This letter should be as detailed as possible (dates, times, names and places) as far as you can &lt;em&gt;reliably&lt;/em&gt; remember them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You attempted to leave the country &lt;strong&gt;within&lt;/strong&gt; the 90 days.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;After passing through Immigration, you were force by a private corporation to remain in the country and they retained your exit pass issued by Immigration. Request for Consulate assistance has been made (results pending). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result will probably be a letter from the lawyer to the &lt;strong&gt;Ministry of Interior&lt;/strong&gt; asking &lt;em&gt;What now?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In how far an Airline is &lt;strong&gt;required&lt;/strong&gt; to obey national laws and be responsible for passengers &lt;em&gt;leaving&lt;/em&gt; the country (as they definitely are when &lt;em&gt;entering&lt;/em&gt; a country) is something that the &lt;strong&gt;Ministry of Interior&lt;/strong&gt; should clarify with the private corporation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A clarification of your legal status within the country is desired, since all your attempts to do so on your own have failed to resolve this catch 22 situation caused by the private corporation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-03-03T19:51:38.170" LastActivityDate="2020-03-03T19:51:38.170" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-04T05:41:31.993" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Greek EU citizen living in South Africa wanting to move to Ireland with my non-EU citizen husband who is South African. What do we need for access to live and work in Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19717" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-19T04:12:27.087" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T05:07:25.660" Title="Greek citizen wants to immigrate to Ireland with her South African husband. What is required?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20174" CreationDate="2020-03-04T08:44:44.647" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q1, 2, &amp;amp; 4: This site &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q417.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q417.htm&lt;/a&gt; states that the 12 months starts from the date you came to Great Britain. I agree the various residence ‘definitions’ seem confusing. If I were you I wouldn’t over-think the situation - count 12 months from the date you first arrived to start work and live in the UK, and get a UK driving licence within that period. Your BRP and/or passport would be evidence of when the 12 month period started.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q3 I can think of several reasons, including being involved in a road traffic accident, being caught for speeding, and taking out car insurance. If you buy a car, the DVLA might ask for your driving licence number when you register ownership.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q5: IANAL but If you get it wrong, even unintentionally, you would be committing an offence. The penalty for driving without a licence can be 3 to 6 penalty points endorsements and up to £1000 fine. Your insurance would be invalidated, which would be a further offence carrying a £300 fine and 6 penalty points, plus possible disqualification from driving. If you need to drive for work, that could have a knock-on effect on your employment. Driving without a licence is a criminal offence &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.motoringoffencesolicitors.co.uk/road-traffic-and-driving-offences/insurance-driving-licence/driving-without-a-licence/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.motoringoffencesolicitors.co.uk/road-traffic-and-driving-offences/insurance-driving-licence/driving-without-a-licence/&lt;/a&gt; that you’d have to disclose in any visa applications that ask about criminal records.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-04T20:58:12.540" LastActivityDate="2020-03-04T20:58:12.540" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2020-03-04T13:02:28.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought I would share some up-to-date information since I was led down a wild goose chase for more than a year mostly due to out-of-date French police and government web pages which, as of March 2020, are still ALL wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically neither the prefecture nor the departement teritoriale will help in applying for a French license - it is all done online. Also exchanging your license from North America, South America, Asia etc..., is not as easy as it seems. The candidat libre process is long and difficult, so I would always suggest simply going to a driving school and paying for 2-3 hours of driving lessons. They will then register everything on your behalf, which will save you 20+ hours of your time. If you do want to go down the candidate libre route because you feel it's dumb to go to a driving school since you've been driving for decades, then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A) Go to the ANTS website and click on demand de permit de conduire. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;B) Attach a copy of your current license, carte de sejour, or copy of electric/gas bill. Two to three weeks later you will get your NEPH number. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C) Take the written test - surprisingly difficult - so consider buying a guide at FNAC. This costs 30 Euros. The best option is to take it via La Poste. You can take the exam several times. You are unlikely to pass the first time. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;D) Once you pass, send in your 'Attestation d'inscription from the ANTS website' plus your copy of the passed written test to beta.interieur.gouv.fr/candilib. It takes a month. They will give you a slot for the driving test.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19720" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-05T07:45:49.293" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T07:45:49.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20185" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20187" CreationDate="2020-03-04T20:21:19.920" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I hope to take our two minor children for a school year in Asturias, Spain. The kids seemingly need to obtain student visas for minors, but two parts of the puzzle may be in conflict.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/SANFRANCISCO/en/ConsularServices/Consular-Services-in-San-Francisco/Documents/Student%20Visa%20for%20Minors%20%28Under%2018%20Years%29%20Guidelines.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa application&lt;/a&gt; calls for &quot;An acceptance letter from public or private school in Spain you will be attending, confirming your status as a full time student in Spain.&quot; Meanwhile, we have not been able to take part in the normal school enrollment process, which depends on being resident in Spain. I contacted several primary schools and they pointed me towards a quick process of &quot;extraordinary matriculation&quot; which we can begin once we have an address in Spain. Of course, now applying for our visas and identification numbers, we have not yet been able to arrive and rent an apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which came first, the chicken or the egg?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18980" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T00:38:28.997" Title="Chicken-and-egg problem for enrolling kids in school in Spain" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20174" CreationDate="2020-03-04T23:46:46.510" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally you have 1 year after you enter the UK to use your old licence, after that you'll need to get a UK license which involves passing both the theory test and the practical test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a car already it is advised to do the tests while in your first year as it makes it much easier to pass the test. For example you don't need L plates (not even for the test), you can practice on your own without anyone else sitting with you, it's easier and cheaper to get insurance for your car, and even if you fail the test you can still drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since in the UK there are no requirements to do official driving lessons it's fairly inexpensive as well (however you should still get at least one or two lessons from a teacher who can tell you what to look for during the test)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-03-04T23:46:46.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2020-03-05T00:38:28.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The chicken comes first, since you are taking your children with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apply for their visas, togeather with yours, for this purpose.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Once an D-Visa has been issued, the school enrollment process can start. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;STUDENT VISA for Minors (Under 18 Years)&lt;/strong&gt; seems to be intended more for children that will &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; be accompanied by their parents (thus the need for &lt;strong&gt;Parental authorization to travel&lt;/strong&gt; in the application). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T00:38:28.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20191" CreationDate="2020-03-05T01:23:41.590" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German citizen and lived in the US from 2012 to Sep 2019 on F1 visa. Despite having nice job offers (via F1-OPT and H1B subsequently) after graduating from PhD, I decided to give up my F1 status and move to Canada. I am also married to a US citizen. Greencard is in progress (I-130 submitted in Nov).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I would like to move back to the US (with my wife). Assuming a job offer from a company like, say, Facebook, Google or Microsoft, when is the earliest date I could start working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unfortunately greencard will still take up to a year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;H1B premium processing would work but as far as I understand the earliest possible start date would still be October 1st?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I found a theortical option via L visum which could be faster (in which case I would need to be employed by an outside-US office of the company I'd like to work, example over Google Canada)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any theoretical way to start working in the US (ASAP but before Oct 1), assuming the company collaborates and helps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T15:31:15.937" Title="What is the fastest way to start working in the US as highly skilled worker?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-05T13:58:43.570" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;am from India and currently living in Paris France and I am having my partner is from German citizen we are in relationship for last two more years but now we starts living together in Germany we are gay couples as well we starts planning , I worked here but he  don't like to come to France and live because of language barrier and he wants to stay in Germany only so I plan to move as well but I need a visa to live and find jobs so I plan to apply for a resident permit in German but seriously he doesn't know how to do? What's the procedure to apply and all because I want to move before this month is that required to marry official or living to gether is enough means what are the documents? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am wondering if the Verpflichtungserklärung would be enough or if he  should send me  something else too, and what should we do, after getting marrie, with the german authorities in order to get a visa in Germany for me  he  will  help providing some kind of special visa for me , but I would like to know what to do in case that is not possible.&#xA;Kindl guide me &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19725" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T06:16:46.577" Title="Same sex marriage. How can I come and get visa for living together with my German partner?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-05T14:23:46.993" Score="3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from California. I am living in Berlin at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19726" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-22T21:25:17.133" LastActivityDate="2021-05-22T21:25:17.133" Title="My American license will expire in June 2020 but I am living in Berlin, Germany . Is there any way to renew it from abroad?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20188" CreationDate="2020-03-05T15:31:15.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe, that the only way to expedite the H1B process (and also guarantee your visa) is if you were applying to work for an university. My understanding is that because they're cap-exempt you may start working as soon as your visa is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, your best shot would be to contact the local US Consulate and check if they would be willing to accept an direct application for your IR petition. They can process and and approve your application in a matter of days. I heard of cases likes this before when the applicant or USC has a job offer back in the US, however, this case was back in Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T15:31:15.937" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12474" CreationDate="2020-03-05T15:42:42.733" Score="0" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An alphabetic character followed by 12 digits might be the &quot;application number&quot; and there might be another  8 digits or 10 digits above or below . Sometimes , the documents generated by CIC printer are not always aligned correctly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't think it will be consider as misrepresentation as long as other personal details like passport number, name spelling and birthrate are accurate for CIC to identify since this UCI is just a number assigned to put your files together. Furthermore , it's common that applicants forgot or lost the UCI and CIC could find it for you on their end. I even heard applicant to be assigned another UCI accidentally and all documents will be merged into a single file later. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11564" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T15:42:42.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-05T17:28:05.627" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, Canada has National Occupational Classification, and Australia and New Zealand have the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, does Germany have a comprehensive occupational classification like them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19629" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-03-05T19:02:49.310" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T05:49:08.330" Title="Does Germany have a comprehensive occupational classification?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20199" CreationDate="2020-03-05T19:27:26.073" Score="2" ViewCount="630" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a job offer from a company based out of Dublin, Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer told me they won't be able to sponsor visa, but they will be able to help with required documents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am living in India, Is it possible to get the visa with just the offer letter? without having visa sponsorship from the employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Labour-Market-Needs-Test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Labour-Market-Needs-Test/&lt;/a&gt;, the employer needs to advertise in multiple media sources before hiring non-EU candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the employer who offered me a offer letter did that, as I see they've posted the job offer in their site just a 3 weeks ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it necessary to meet all the requirements mentioned in the &quot;Labour market needs test&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19728" OwnerDisplayName="smc" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-08T08:16:02.817" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T16:33:00.320" Title="Job offer without visa sponsorship from employer for Ireland" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20190" CreationDate="2020-03-06T01:51:50.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if California did renew your license as a non resident, you would not be allowed to use it in Germany after 6 months of residence. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmvcheatsheets.com/articles/i-just-moved-to-california-how-do-i-get-my-california-license-and-my-vehicle-registered&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;California requires the same after 10 days&lt;/a&gt;, where proof of residence is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you have allready been in Germany for 6 months, you may no longer drive with a non EU-License at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmvcheatsheets.com/articles/i-just-moved-to-california-how-do-i-get-my-california-license-and-my-vehicle-registered&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The U.S. Embassy&lt;/a&gt; site does list one existing exception for US-Citizens, if they can prove that will remain in Germany &lt;strong&gt;up to 364 days&lt;/strong&gt; only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmvcheatsheets.com/articles/i-just-moved-to-california-how-do-i-get-my-california-license-and-my-vehicle-registered&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;If you become a California resident, you must get a California driver license within 10 days&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Residency is established&lt;/strong&gt; by voting in a California election, paying resident tuition, filing for a homeowner’s property tax exemption, or any other privilege or benefit not ordinarily extended to nonresidents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To receive your CA license if you hold a valid license from another state:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit a DMV location and take the CA written test and vision test. If you pass these, the driving test is generally waived and a CA license will be granted and your former state’s license will be nullified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: If you have a license from another country, you must take the driving skills test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: I could not find this information on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#Residency%20Documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DMV California&lt;/a&gt; site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/living-in-germany/driving-in-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;As of January 1, 1999, U.S. driver’s license holders must be in possession of a German license six months after entering the country, if they wish to continue driving&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S. citizens planning to stay less than a year, however, &lt;strong&gt;may legally drive in Germany for up to 364 days in Germany on their U.S. driver’s licenses&lt;/strong&gt;. However, they must go to their local driver’s registration office (Führerscheinstelle) prior to expiration of the six-month period after arrival and notify that office that they want to continue to drive on their U.S. license until their departure (up to 364 days, as stated above). Note that an official translation of the U.S. driver’s license must be brought to the Führerscheinstelle, as well as proof that you are leaving Germany before a year has passed. Proof could be in the form of a return ticket to the U.S., a work contract with an expiration date before a year, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A U.S. license holder requiring a German license must contact a local German driving school which will provide information on the necessary paperwork and register the applicant for testing. Applicants do not need to take theoretical or behind-the-wheel lessons. However, driving schools recommend that applicants take one or two driving lessons in order to become acquainted with the skills to be tested. Total costs (without driving lessons) may average as much as EUR 425 for license holders from states with no reciprocal agreement with Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The U. S. Embassy, supported by the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, continues to actively press all U.S. states to reach an agreement on the &lt;strong&gt;reciprocal recognition of driver’s licenses with Germany, essentially a waiver of testing requirements&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: California is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; contained in the list of states that have a reciprocal agreement with Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmvcheatsheets.com/articles/i-just-moved-to-california-how-do-i-get-my-california-license-and-my-vehicle-registered&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I just moved to California. How do I get my California license and my vehicle registered? -- DMVCheatSheets.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/dl/dl_info#Residency%20Documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Driver License (DL) and Identification (ID) Card Information - DMV California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/living-in-germany/driving-in-germany/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Driving in Germany | U.S. Embassy &amp;amp; Consulates in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-03-06T11:35:57.813" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20190" CreationDate="2020-03-06T07:45:58.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to complete your renewal by mail you must meet the eligibility criteria, provide your Social Security Number and be under 70 years old when your current license expires. If you answer YES to any of the eligibility questions below, you will have to make an appointment to visit your local DMV office to renew in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Have your last two licenses been renewed by mail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Has your license been expired for more than one year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Does your license expire more than 60 days from today?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Are you currently on any type of driving probation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Are you changing/correcting your name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Do you have a driver license from more than one state or jurisdiction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Were you convicted of any Vehicle Code moving violations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Did you fail to appear in court for any Vehicle Code moving violation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Were you suspended for driving under the influence, or for refusing, or failing to complete&#xA;  a chemical or preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;• Have you been at fault in one or more collisions, as reported by law enforcement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/forms/dl/dl410&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/forms/dl/dl410&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2020-03-06T09:20:51.993" LastActivityDate="2020-03-06T09:20:51.993" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-06T15:00:10.540" Score="0" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, I obtained PhD in the US. I work in a industry job relevant to my expertise, I have been with my current employer for ~2 years and I current have an industrial (non-exempt) H1-B for about 6 months now. I just got a research job at an university which starts late summer. I would like to know what my VISA options are going forward. Assume that I am qualified for O-1 status: good citation profile + awards + expertise demonstration etc in my field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read on the internet that O1 or an academic (cap-exempt) H1 is a possibility. I would love to hear from people who have done either. More specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I apply for an O1 or an academic H1 in order to transition? How long does either take, given that I would want to start my academic job mid-summer? A pro/con list would also be great! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do universities generally help in the transition process or is it something that I have to do independently?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How long do I get after I &quot;quit&quot; current job? I haven't disclosed anything to my current employer since this is very recent. But given that I have 3-4 months at most to start my next job, I am trying to this what a decent timeline would be for leaving my current job - applying for VISA etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19731" LastEditorUserId="19731" LastEditDate="2020-03-06T16:51:39.723" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T17:01:50.147" Title="Industry to academia: Currently in H1B" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;visa-change&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20194" CreationDate="2020-03-06T15:01:55.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get a General Employment permit you need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a job offer from a bona fide employer registered with the Revenue Commissioners and, if applicable, with the Companies Registration Office/Registry of Friendly Societies, and is trading in Ireland. If the employer won’t be able to sponsor your visa because they don’t meet this criteria, you can’t apply for a Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to meet the eligibility criteria (eg remuneration level, relevant skills)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Labour Market Needs Test, unless the job qualifies for a waiver &lt;a href=&quot;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Labour-Market-Needs-Test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Labour-Market-Needs-Test/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Permit-Types/General-Employment-Permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dbei.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Workplace-and-Skills/Employment-Permits/Permit-Types/General-Employment-Permit/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-03-06T15:01:55.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20198" CreationDate="2020-03-06T16:29:54.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you probably know, the O-1 visa is reserved for people on the very top of their fields. They need to prove &quot;extraordinary achievements&quot;. That said, be aware that you have the burden to prove that your accomplishments are enough to fit USCIS' criteria for the O-1 visa. If you are able to, the benefit of having an O-1 is that the visa can be renewed indefinitely as long as your are employed. Also, if you qualify for an O-1 you may qualify in the future for an EB-1 (Green Card), which is the fastest way to get an employment green card and is a self-sponsored category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) It depends if you qualify as explained above.Changing employees on H1-B is a simple process and you can start you new job as soon as you have you receipt number. While applying for O-1 means changing non-immigrant status. So the waiting time for O-1 will be a few months while H1-B only a few weeks. Also, H1-B is way more common than an O-1 which means that universities will have a streamlined process for the H1-B and might not know how to a apply for an O-1, which may delay the process. Finally, it will take time for you to compile the O-1 documentation while you probably have everything almost ready for an H1-B petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) I would assume that the university will help you transition. They usually have advisers dedicated to assist you with the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If you stay as an H1-B you should be able to start the new job as soon you have a receipt number. You don't have to wait for the petition to be approved. If you decided to go the O-1 route and since you only have 3-4 months to start the new job, you won't be able to change non-immigrant status in the US. So you will need to end your H1-B and apply for the O-1 abroad according to the timeline that the university provides. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-03-06T16:29:54.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20201" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-07T01:38:31.860" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically, I am asking about the category &quot;Your immediate family remained in the U.S.&quot; My brother and his wife remained in the US during the time I was absent. Note: I am a dependent on my brother. What evidence should I provide to prove that he was present in the US during the time I was absent? Does the following evidence count: his income taxes and W-2 tax form during the time I was absent? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19732" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T01:38:31.860" Title="What type of evidence to prove continuous residence in the US for naturalization" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20193" CreationDate="2020-03-07T05:49:08.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany has a classification known as &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 (KldB 2010)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is produced by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal employment agency).  Previously there were two standards used in Germany, but since 2010 then this has been combined into this single standard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This document in English &lt;a href=&quot;http://doku.iab.de/fdz/reporte/2013/MR_08-13_EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://doku.iab.de/fdz/reporte/2013/MR_08-13_EN.pdf&lt;/a&gt;  provides more detailed information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if preferred a simplified version in German:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klassifikation_der_Berufe_2010&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klassifikation_der_Berufe_2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A basic overview/introduction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 5 levels which are denoted by the length of the number used to define them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Level 1  = 10 Occupational Areas (1-digit code)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Level 2 = 37 Occupational Main-Groups (2-digit code)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Level 3 = 144 Occupational Groups (3-digit code)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Level 4 = 700 Occupational Sub-Groups (4-digit code)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Level 5 = 1,286 Occupational Types (5-digit code)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which each level then going into more and more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first level, (1 digit code) comprises the following occupational areas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 - Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 - Raw material extraction, production and manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 - Construction, architecture, surveying and building technology&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4 - Science, geography and computer science&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 - Traffic, logistics, protection and security&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 - Commercial services, goods trading, sales, hotel and tourism&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;7 - Business organization, accounting, law and administration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;8 - Health, social issues, teaching and education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;9 - Linguistics, literature, humanities, social and economic sciences, media, art, culture and design&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 - Military&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until you end up with a level such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12 - Occupations in horticulture and floristics &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;121 - Horticulture&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1210 - Occupations in horticulture (without specialisation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12103 - Complex specialist activities, e.g. landscape technician&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(All details taken from the sources above)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T05:49:08.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20189" CreationDate="2020-03-07T06:16:46.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can move to Germany either &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On your own accord&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As a spouse of a German citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On your own accord&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, that you have a German partner is neither here nor there.  You need to find a job in Germany, apply for a German work-permit, and then make the move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is no different to any other Non-EU citizen.  The fact that you are already (legally) living in France might help you to obtain a visa easier, but you still need to go through the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, you are not tied to your partner and have a free and independent life in Germany and hence don't have to get married.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As a spouse of a German citizen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case then you must be a spouse.  This means you must get married/register your civil partnership.  No boyfriends/girlfriends are allowed (also for heterosexual couples).  So you will first need to do this and have your marriage certificate translated into German by an approved translator.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, your husband and you need to apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Family Reunion Visa&lt;/strong&gt; to enter Germany.  For which certain conditions apply such as your partner earning enough to support you both, having German health insurance, and which also includes you being able to speak basic German (proof of A1 Germany is required).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is not clear, is because you are already in the Schengen area, and you are free to travel to other Schengen countries as a tourist, is that maybe you can simply travel to Germany already and once there just apply for a residency permit at the local ABH (Ausländerbehörde) or even the Einwohnermeldeamt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that if you were already living in Germany then you could do this, but your situation is a little unclear for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that you either:&#xA;1)  Travel to Germany as a tourist, and with your husband go to the Amt and ask them&#xA;2)  Contact the German embassy in France.  Tell them your French residency status and ask them what to do for your specific case&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some details can be found here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/living-in-germany/family-reunification/spouses-non-eu-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/living-in-germany/family-reunification/spouses-non-eu-countries/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T06:16:46.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20177" CreationDate="2020-03-07T07:03:20.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you are not. You must apply for an adaption of your present permit to allow for self employment. You should include a letter from your present employer stating that they have no objection to this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T07:03:20.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T00:41:13.350" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father had a French passport. His nationality in the passport was French. My family and I live in Yemen currently. Now after the death of my father, are I, my brother and my sisters eligible to receive French nationality and passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19733" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-18T16:49:03.140" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T16:49:03.140" Title="Request for French Nationality" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20206" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T06:00:05.230" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;To apply for a 1-year visitor's visa, you need to provide proof of where you'll be staying for your entire year in France, but to rent an apartment, you need to provide proof of French residency status.  I was thinking of going to France for about a month, to start leasing a flat, and then present that lease when applying for the visa, but without French residency or a contract to work for a French company, how can I rent a place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you overcome the problem of putting the cart before the horse (without finding someone there willing to lie for you)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19734" LastActivityDate="2020-03-08T06:00:05.230" Title="How to rent in France before applying for a visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T11:32:20.257" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Indian and my husband is French. We are currently living in Haut-Rhin, France. But I have been having trouble finding jobs, mainly because of language but also lack of opportunities. And due to visa restrictions, I can't work in any other EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are considering moving permanently to Geneva, Switzerland. Initially my husband plans to keep working in France while living in Switzerland, while I search for jobs in Geneva. As soon as I get a job, he will also look for jobs in Switzerland. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this something which is legally allowed and what are our visa options? According to my understanding, as long as my husband is a resident in Switzerland, I can also get the resident permit? What possible hurdles could we face in such a scenario? We have some money saved up to cover the initial costs of moving and living there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19736" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-12T16:48:47.223" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T07:50:33.207" Title="Moving to Switzerland from France, with non-EU wife" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T12:58:49.130" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I graduated with my art master in local German University, having my job seeking visa and it goes to my 17 months, I got a part-time contract (Arbeitsvertrag für gewerbliche Arbeitnehmer)which is not related to my study ( the contract has a monthly salary, included all tax, pension and public insurance public holiday etc)also I have 2 letter of intents from museum and art studio to offer me freelance jobs . Last week, I have an artist visa appointment,but once the officer saw my part-time contract, she rejected my freelance visa application and asked me to submit all paper and contract to an email &quot; lea. berlin&quot; then I will get my working permit in 15 days, after that I was kicked out from the office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now super super worry, I search online and trying to seek for advice about if a work visa in Germany is so easy to get in 15 days with only a part-time contract by sending an email!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also. Even all my document are well prepared, there are more than 20 small files which cannot be zip in one email and for sure that will be over 25MB  storage by sending one gmail. I cannot imagine officers could open a dropbox link or google drives to check my doc one by one. (let me know if I am underestimated their patience)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, I immediately book another appointment online for another freelance visa, I checked online, there are some article mentioned that when applicant get an appointment before their visa expired  (next month), they can still stay in German legally until the appointment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19737" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2020-03-12T12:11:07.697" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T12:11:07.697" Title="can a part-time contract good enough to apply work permit after graduated in local school with a job seeking visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;application-status&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T14:43:20.540" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a UK residence card, as it has almost no requirments for me to obtain, with my husband being Italian, can we move to Italy permanently? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-09T08:34:34.110" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T08:34:34.110" Title="If I have a UK residence card, can I move to Italy?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2020-03-08T18:31:26.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you move to Italy, you must apply for a residence permit based on Italian residence laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your residence status in another European Union country is, in most cases, &lt;strong&gt;irrelevant&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Spouse of a EU-Citizen, most (but not all) EU Countrys, have special conditions for granting residence permits. Some EU countries implement extra national laws when the EU-Citizen is a citizen of their country. These laws can be more restrictive in nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an Italian citizen, he is, no doubt, registered in the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italiani Residenti Estero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (AIRE) system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be the proper place to inform oneself &lt;strong&gt;properly&lt;/strong&gt; about what must be done and possibly start any needed procedure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-08T18:31:26.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20213" CreationDate="2020-03-08T22:01:53.270" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen similar questions asked but not from American Citizens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner is a Swedish Citizen and we are engaged, I would like to know if I can visit Sweden while waiting for a residence permit, we have not applied yet but are planning to? From the US I do not require any visa to visit Sweden, I have visited twice before and only needed my passport. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at multiple official embassy and migration sites during my research but there are questions that remain a gray area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to visit but don't want to harm my chances of getting approved. Also can I visit other EU countries while I wait, or none at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19740" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-09T07:28:04.057" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T07:28:04.057" Title="Can I visit Sweden while waiting for Residence Permit (US Citizen)?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-09T05:45:26.147" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to relocate to Europe (preferably Spain/Germany) or Canada, visa sponsorship for me shouldn't be an issue as my company has offices in all these locations. But I am worried about my partner who might require a dependent visa which entitles her to work. I read that UK does support visa for unmarried couples but is there similar policy with the above mentioned countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, can we both apply together for the visa, or for instance if we want to relocate to uk, I need to be in UK for X time for her to start her visa process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19741" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T05:45:26.147" Title="Dependent visa for unmarried partner EU/Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20211" CreationDate="2020-03-09T07:26:54.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. It is not forbidden to visit Sweden while you are waiting for the decision about your permit. People with visa exemptions who are waiting for a decision regarding their residence permit are recommended to inform the Swedish Migration Agency if they plan to visit Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.swedenabroad.se/es/embajada/european-union/frequently-asked-questions/can-i-visit-sweden-while-i-am-waiting-for-my-decision-regarding-a-residence-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.swedenabroad.se/es/embajada/european-union/frequently-asked-questions/can-i-visit-sweden-while-i-am-waiting-for-my-decision-regarding-a-residence-permit/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T07:26:54.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20215" CreationDate="2020-03-09T07:39:40.240" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Australian citizen, software developer planning to move to Germany. I know that as an Australian citizen I'm allowed to stay in Germany for up to 90 days. But it looks like to get a job I need to apply for residence permit first. Or is it the other way round? Maybe someone has more detailed steps up to a point where you got the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19742" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T12:08:31.700" Title="Moving to Germany from Australia as a Software Developer" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20214" CreationDate="2020-03-09T07:43:58.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australian citizens can apply for a residence permit after entering Germany at the local immigration authority, without applying for a visa beforehand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You won’t be able to start work until the work permit has been issued. This means that legally one is allowed to sign a working contract without any residence or work permits or visas, but needs both residence permit and work permit &lt;strong&gt;on the first working day&lt;/strong&gt;. However, in rare cases this might be misunderstood by the employer, e.g., you might be asked during job interview if you already have work permit. For such cases, try to handle it nicely explaining that the &lt;strong&gt;normal&lt;/strong&gt; process of getting it requires a signed job contract and that you have a very good chances of getting a residence permit (especially after new  Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz was introduced on 01.03.2020).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to start working immediately after your arrival in Germany, you should apply for a visa about 8-10 weeks prior to the intended departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://australien.diplo.de/au-en/service/01-visa/working-in-germany/2073676&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://australien.diplo.de/au-en/service/01-visa/working-in-germany/2073676&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-03-12T12:08:31.700" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T12:08:31.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20207" CreationDate="2020-03-09T14:34:34.410" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before this is taken into consideration, the EU-Citizen must make sure that his earnings in France is sufficient to support himself and his spouse in Switzerland. An EU- Citizen, upon demand, that cannot prove this can be 'asked' to leave. When applying for a residence permit for the 3rd county Spouse of an EU-Citizen, this qualification will probably be checked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How much would you say is enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hard to say in general. Based in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Index 2020&lt;/a&gt;, where New York City ranks 100:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Geneva = 118,98 (Number 4)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paris = 85.16 (Number 24)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Toulouse = 71,98 (Number 99), lowest listed for France. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at the other sites and I think you can see that living in Geneva with an average earning in France will be difficult. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strasbourg is not contained in that list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/comparison/switzerland/france&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France is 27% cheaper than Switzerland. Mar 2020 Cost of Living.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transferwise.com/us/blog/cost-of-living-in-switzerland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cost of living in Switzerland: Your guide - TransferWise&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;price/wage comparison between Berne and Geneva &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Index 2020&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T14:34:34.410" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-09T15:44:10.530" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have my ceremony set and the date is ready. I just need a visa. My question is should I apply as a tourist normally or is there any other way to apply? Also, should I include the official paper from Polish government stating the date of my ceremony when applying to the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19744" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T17:49:12.867" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T17:49:12.867" Title="Getting married to my Polish fiancee" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20163" CreationDate="2020-03-09T16:11:14.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes.&lt;/strong&gt; I can expect that you will need to show the requested amount of money when applying for a residence permit (after getting visa and after entering Germany). Then you need to prove that you have this amount of money. Blocked account is only one of many possible ways to prove it. Another one would be a working contract with yearly salary higher than the requested amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;getting student residence permit when having salary might be a very bad idea&lt;/strong&gt;. With this type of residence permit you will not be allowed to change employers and work more than 240 half days per year without extra permission from immigration office. Besides this, in order to stay in Germany you will need to finish PhD or apply for a Blue Card. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19837/13223&quot;&gt;my another answer&lt;/a&gt; for details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as a PhD student with salary in Germany, consider applying for residence permit according to §18, 19a or 20 AufenthG, but not §16. In case of trouble, consult a lawyer, but do not agree with §16 to avoid problems in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-03-09T16:11:14.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20223" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-10T02:48:48.893" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I go to UK on visitor visa, am I allowed to marry an EEA national and apply for a residence card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T17:54:38.870" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T17:54:38.870" Title="Marrying an EEA national on a standard UK visitor visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20223" CreationDate="2020-03-10T07:21:01.783" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, if the purpose of your visit to the UK is explicitly to marry and settle.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visitors who have entered the UK as a genuine visitor and subsequently wish to marry or form a civil partnership can give notice  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/give-notice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/give-notice&lt;/a&gt; of their intention to marry at their local register office but the immigration authorities at the Home Office will be told.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home Office might:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ask questions about you and your relationship - if this happens you may need to wait up to 70 days before getting married or forming a civil partnership&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;decide not to approve your notice - if this happens you cannot get married or form a civil partnership in the UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a detailed description of the steps required to marry in England and Wales, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/living-together-marriage-and-civil-partnership/getting-married/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/living-together-marriage-and-civil-partnership/getting-married/&lt;/a&gt; and for Scotland see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/getting-married-in-scotland/how-do-i-go-about-it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/getting-married-in-scotland/how-do-i-go-about-it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you to get a residence permit in the UK after your marriage, your Italian spouse would need to be exercising his freedom of movement rights to live in the UK. There is a brief overview of what this means during the post-Brexit transition period here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49973387&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49973387&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T08:36:33.900" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T08:36:33.900" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19977" CreationDate="2020-03-10T13:33:39.020" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends not only on one's salary, but also on his/her job and education. See, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324659/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;notes on this question for Berlin&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Approval of the German Federal Employment Agency.&#xA;  You need the approval of the Federal Employment Agency if you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;work in a shortage occupation and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;earn less than EUR 4,600 gross per month and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;do not have a degree from a German university.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T13:33:39.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-10T18:43:20.487" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a senior and will soon apply for my French Visa for my studies in France, I know that they will stick this large visa in my passport as it's my main way to enter and exit France however on a daily basis, what can I use as an ID? I'm sure as hell ain't gonna take my passport everywhere I go, and the ID issued in my home country is not in English. Do I get a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; or is that something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19749" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-12T16:49:36.937" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T16:49:36.937" Title="What form of ID do I have as a foreign student in France?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20227" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-11T01:13:11.553" Score="1" ViewCount="443" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working overeseas as an expat of foreign company registered in Singapore but my home country is still singapore. my cpf is contributed regularly by my singapore company and i have a house and property in singapore. my tax for non-salary income is also filed in singapore. my pr renewal is coming up now. I have 2 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;should I apply online for renewal or appear in person&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if my renewal application is rejected. is my current REP till may still valid and can i travel on it to come and apply again in person?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;regards,&#xA;MR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19751" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-11T06:53:10.297" LastActivityDate="2020-03-11T09:36:51.333" Title="Singapore REP renewal when posted overseas" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20226" CreationDate="2020-03-11T09:24:52.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally, your ID outside of your home country (where you are a citizen) should be your (travel) passport. So, you need to use it &quot;on a daily basis&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An ID and visa are different things. You might need to identify yourself to many people (bank, hospital, ticket controller in the train, post office and so on), but most of them do not have the right to check your visa or residence permit, which is usually also not an ID on its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, the article L611-1 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006134417&amp;amp;cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070158&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Code for Entry and Residence of Foreigners in France and the Right of Asylum&lt;/a&gt; requires all foreigners in France to permanently carry an ID with them. However, I never lived in France and cannot provide any details on how exactly is it in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-03-11T09:24:52.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20227" CreationDate="2020-03-11T09:36:51.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the same situation as you some time ago.  It's going to be a judgment call by the officer based on how strong your ties to Singapore are, but one possible outcome (or, at least, my outcome) is that you will get a &lt;strong&gt;one-year extension&lt;/strong&gt; to your REP.  The thinking here is that if you're serious about living in Singapore, then you can arrange to come back within that year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, I was also getting paid by a Singapore company and contributing CPF, but I was told that I had not spent enough time in the country to be considered a resident anymore.  No house or property, but if you're not living in it, this is unlikely to help much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2020-03-11T09:36:51.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20233" CreationDate="2020-03-11T15:42:45.853" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a specific question on Canada citizenship.&#xA;If somebody have spent required amount of residency years on PR &amp;amp; satisfied requirements for application for Canadaian citizenship.&#xA;I read that- after making application for citizenship it could take upto one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, after making an application, is he/she able to leave Canada / move-away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, how the citizenship interview &amp;amp; citizenship ceremony/ update communication will work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kindly throw some light on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11077" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-11T17:42:34.537" LastActivityDate="2020-03-11T17:42:34.537" Title="Could one leave / migrate away from Canada after making citizenship application" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20231" CreationDate="2020-03-11T17:41:32.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can leave Canada after submitting your citizenship application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to leave Canada and want to stay eligible for Canadian citizenship, you must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;make sure that you live in Canada long enough to keep your Permanent Resident (PR) status&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;be a permanent resident (when you apply)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;not lose PR status before you take the Oath of Citizenship&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bring your PR card with you when you leave Canada so you can return easily&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Appointments and other events, like your: citizenship test (for applicants 18 to 54 years of age), interview ceremony, must take place in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=911&amp;amp;top=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=911&amp;amp;top=5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-03-11T17:41:32.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-11T18:10:06.600" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to recent &quot;Reasons&quot; my UK passport is not as useful as it once was for traveling, living and working in the EU. However my grandfather is Polish. Which means I am able to get a Polish passport (Citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to do a quick check to see if there would be any downsides to this. (I will do a proper due diligence closer to the time)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am particularly concerned if there my be National Service or Tax implications. Not just for myself but also for any children I may have. (I/They are/would be currently UK/NZ citizens and NZ tax residents)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there any significant downsides to getting a Polish passport, as a citizen of a different country?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19758" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T09:27:20.173" Title="Potential downsides to getting a Polish passport?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;polish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-12T07:27:02.017" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend was convicted for DUI, his BAC was 0.047, legal limit in India is 0.03%, he was fined for DUI, I was riding pillion with him and I was also fined for negligence. I will be applying for student visa for Germany. There's is a question on Visa form &quot; Have you been convicted?&quot;, will this incident cause an issue in the Visa coming through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19757" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T07:27:02.017" Title="Student Visa Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20234" CreationDate="2020-03-12T09:27:20.173" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Poland taxes based on residency, not citizenship.&#xA;Therefore, being a Polish citizen should not make any difference on your general taxation status so long as you don't live in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, tax is a complicated subject and is subject to double taxation agreements between countries.  As such, then that agreements between Poland and UK might be different to that between Poland and New Zealand (or any other country).  So you would have to engage tax advisors with suitable experience in each double taxation agreement to be sure that you wouldn't be taxable in specific circumstances, for example if you own property in Poland and how that might be taxed by each country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Poland no longer has national service, so this should not be an issue.  I do believe that they reserve the right to call up their citizens in an Emergency, although if you live abroad and don't speak the language at all or well then you would not be top of the list to be conscripted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your children.  Just because you might be Polish does not mean that they automatically gain this citizenship.  Although, they might well qualify through their great-grandparents they would have to apply separately and be assessed individually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T09:27:20.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15864" CreationDate="2020-03-12T11:39:18.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to add that if you were already 50 yrs age or older when you got your first OCI, then you dont need to renew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19761" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-03-13T18:17:03.883" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T18:17:03.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20241" CreationDate="2020-03-13T01:28:29.090" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to the spread of the coronavirus my organization is recommending (essentially mandating) that all employees work from home (WFH) until further notice. I was planning on traveling to Canada from NYC until the WFH policy is lifted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no reason to expect that I was exposed, and would like to stay in Canada with my family for as long as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Since I am working in the USA on a TN visa, is there a maximum amount of time I can spend outside of the USA?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.temple.edu/isss/international/TravelAndReentryWhileHoldingTNStatus.htm?fbclid=IwAR1yHStEimqDDigTEcKCt6mvYWUDiESPEBdwuB04zR6E3ul2qOhSmMhzO-A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; seems to suggest that if my I-94 is not expired on return I will be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19764" OwnerDisplayName="Shayaan" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-03-13T05:08:43.107" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T05:12:53.797" Title="How long can I be out of the US on a TN (NAFTA) visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20240" CreationDate="2020-03-13T05:12:53.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no limit.  Even if you try to return after the expiration of your I-94, you can just reapply for admission as you did the first time you entered in TN status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T05:12:53.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20243" CreationDate="2020-03-13T21:05:26.287" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian, on a working holiday visa in the UK. The expiry of my working holiday visa is April 25th. Can I apply for a visitor visa to activate when my working holiday expires? What is the easiest way to go about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastActivityDate="2020-03-14T07:04:21.520" Title="Can I apply for a visitor visa for UK while on a Working Holiday Visa within the country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20242" CreationDate="2020-03-14T00:18:05.520" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no mechanism to change your immigration status from Tier 5 to visitor from within the UK. You will need to exit and re-enter as a visitor. As a Canadian you are eligible to stay for up to 6 months visa-free, however if you return soon after your Tier 5 visa ends you should be prepared to prove that you fulfil the Immigration Rules relating to visitors, in particular V4.2 (a) will leave the UK at the end of their visit. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/100662/my-tier-5-youth-mobility-expired-2-months-ago-can-i-re-enter-the-uk-as-a-touri/100667#100667&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/100662/my-tier-5-youth-mobility-expired-2-months-ago-can-i-re-enter-the-uk-as-a-touri/100667#100667&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-14T07:04:21.520" LastActivityDate="2020-03-14T07:04:21.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-14T11:37:28.880" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've divorced not that long ago and now, being a Germany resident I need to change my tax status - for that I need to change my family status first (I'm living with my son from first marriage). &#xA;I've written letters to KVR but they all left unanswered so far, so I'm asking here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to register new family status without visiting KVR?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only it's time consuming and recently it's very hard to get online appointment but it's just that it's last thing I want to do now  - to visit a very crowded place in the middle of COVID-19 outbreak. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8582" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-14T15:37:00.873" LastActivityDate="2020-03-14T15:37:00.873" Title="Change family status in Germany without visiting Kreisverwaltungsreferat" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20244" CreationDate="2020-03-14T15:25:51.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assumption: With &lt;strong&gt;Kreisverwaltungsreferat&lt;/strong&gt; I assume you mean the local registration office, which in different areas, has different names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The local registration office is where you report your changed status, but you must also apply for the change of the tax class at the tax office (Finanzamt). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link below offers a PDF Application form for this purpose. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.steuerklassen.com/lohnsteuerklassen/steuerklasse-beim-finanzamt-aendern/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Die Steuerklasse beim Finanzamt ändern – so geht's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-14T15:25:51.997" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-14T16:05:16.230" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are a family of 3, all Indian citizens. My father has come to the United States about 4 months ago on an L1 visa, and I as a minor child am on the L2 visa. We're probably going to live here for at least 3-4 years, and my parents for longer (possibly forever), and in 2 months we will get the ball rolling on our green card applications. But as I am wanting to study in the Netherlands for my bachelor's degree and am currently researching as much as I can for that, a question has come up - if and when I get a green card through my father, I will pretty much immediately be considered as abandoning it if I then get accepted into a 4-year college in Europe and go there. But of course, I will then not be able to visit my parents here even for a short time. Getting a tourist visa for the US over there will then become an exponentially more difficult and expensive process. I could just apply for a re-entry permit and then make absolute sure I come back once every year (and then have to apply and wait for a re-entry permit there), but then I am at the whims and fancies of immigration officers who may one day say that I've abandoned residency. At the same time, visas for the family members of green card holders that don't involve coming to live with them are basically non-existent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what can I do? How can I make sure I have a stable and easy to obtain way to get back to my parents each year or two for Diwali or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19427" LastEditorUserId="19427" LastEditDate="2020-03-14T18:33:58.993" LastActivityDate="2020-03-14T18:33:58.993" Title="If I go abroad to study after obtaining permanent residency, how can I come visit my parents?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20247" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20248" CreationDate="2020-03-16T00:33:41.073" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to Berlin, Germany and I have this white tube above the window in my apartment. There an opening at the top of it where cold air comes out of. On the right it says &quot;midi&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is it, why is it there, how does it work and can I safely &quot;close it&quot; (if that's possible and a good idea)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it's there to get some fresh and cold air and avoid mold, but airing out the apartment twice a day should be enough, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried moving the little white lever thing that's on the right, and things are certainly moving a bit, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to move left, up or down, if at all, and it seems fragile enough to break if I try to move it the wrong way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this is the right place for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mltNQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mltNQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19767" LastActivityDate="2020-03-16T01:02:02.197" Title="What is this white tube above the window in my apartment letting in cold air?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20247" CreationDate="2020-03-16T01:02:02.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lucky you added &lt;strong&gt;midi&lt;/strong&gt; to your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It allows a regulated input of fresh air without having to open a window. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous renter probably left it there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See product information (in English) below. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.siegenia.com/en/products/comfort-systems/window-ventilators/aeromat-midi?sw-locale=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AEROMAT midi - Clever passive ventilator with flow control&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-16T01:02:02.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-16T18:07:14.437" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am searching for cost of living or consumer price index for German cities.&#xA;I know Numbeo and others but it doesn't cover all Germany.&#xA;And also the average income (disposable or gross).&#xA;I hope to find a comprehensive data sets in each; for free or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched but I couldn't find something covers all the German cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19629" LastActivityDate="2020-03-16T18:07:14.437" Title="Indices about cost of living and income in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;salary&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-16T21:15:33.720" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Visa for UK expires on the 25th of April. I'm from Canada. If I go to South Ireland at some point before my Tier 5 expiry, can I switch my current working holiday to a Visitor visa? If so, would I need a specific visa to enter Ireland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I cannot switch while my current visa is active, I would assume I have to wait for it to expire. I know there is a 14 day grace period before I have to leave the country. I'm trying to find some way to stay an extra few months after my working holiday expires.. is there any possible way to go about getting a visitor visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2131" LastEditorUserId="2131" LastEditDate="2020-03-17T02:41:50.663" LastActivityDate="2021-04-11T07:03:55.420" Title="Can I change my working holiday to a visitor while the working holiday is still active?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20251" CreationDate="2020-03-17T00:44:10.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q1  Do I need a specific visa to enter Ireland?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Common Travel Area (CTA) consists of the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Ireland. Non-EU/Schengen citizens receive an Irish entry stamp, even if arriving from the UK. For visa-free nationals, this lets them stay in Ireland for max 3 months. The time those without a UK visa are allowed in Ireland also includes the rest of the CTA. For travellers visa-exempt for both the UK and Ireland, the visa exemption is 6 months in the UK but only 3 months in Ireland, meaning if a Canadian citizen visitor enters the CTA through Ireland, they'll only be allowed 3 months in the whole CTA. &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/138745/what-do-non-eu-schengen-citizens-need-to-do-when-travelling-within-the-common-tr&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/138745/what-do-non-eu-schengen-citizens-need-to-do-when-travelling-within-the-common-tr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Q2 Is there a way to extend my working holiday?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no 14 day grace period because grace periods only apply to categories of visa eligible for extension. A Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa is valid for two years, no extensions are allowed and you must leave the UK before your visa expires.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/tier-5-youth-mobility&lt;/a&gt; If you don’t leave by the expiry date, you will be out of status and considered to be overstaying &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.davidsonmorris.com/overstay-in-uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.davidsonmorris.com/overstay-in-uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, you could have exited the UK to a nearby Schengen country and re-entered as a visa-free national for up to 6 months, provided you could satisfy UK Immigration, if asked,  about your purpose in returning and your intention to leave (see V4.2 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;). Given the impending EU travel ban &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-eu-to-ban-non-essential-travel-for-thirty-days-2020-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-eu-to-ban-non-essential-travel-for-thirty-days-2020-3&lt;/a&gt; since you are not an EU citizen, and will not be a long-term resident after your visa expires, a visa run to Schengen is no longer possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your best option is to return to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-17T06:41:01.677" LastActivityDate="2020-03-17T06:41:01.677" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-18T17:51:53.747" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen living in the United States. I do not have a visa to work here, I am here on an H4 visa, which is the spouse visa for my husband's H4 work visa. I would like to be able to teach online for a Canadian company while living here in the US, but am not sure if it is legal to do so or not. And would I need some kind of US work permit or visa? And how would I pay income taxes - I'm assuming Canadian income taxes? Any information someone could share would be helpful. I have searched extensively online and am not finding any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19773" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-03-19T23:51:37.857" LastActivityDate="2020-03-19T23:51:37.857" Title="Legality of working online for a Canadian company as a Canadian citizen living in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-19T16:30:23.890" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please correct me on what Stack community this question belongs in. This was the most relevant I could think of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All Western Europe Fulbrighters have been issued a &quot;voluntary departure.&quot; The language of our commission is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Please find attached a letter from the U.S. Department of State announcing a global voluntary departure for the Fulbright Program. The State Department is strongly urging the immediate departure of all US grantees in the Netherlands and many other countries in Europe. Please carefully read the attached message. Unfortunately if you depart now, you will not be able to return to complete your grants. This is currently a voluntary departure, so you can choose to remain. This is a rapidly evolving situation, however, so please be advised that this could become a mandatory departure at a later time when you will be required to leave.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The language of the State Department is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All current U.S. Fulbright grantees who are still in the affected countries are strongly urged make arrangements to return to the United States as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All U.S. participants who have begun their grants will continue to receive their Fulbright grant payments through June 30, 2020, notwithstanding their early departure from the program. All departing participants will immediately assume Fulbright alumni status. Please note that you will not be permitted to resume your Fulbright activities at a later date and should take all of your belongings with you. Given the fluid situation, if you do not leave now, there is no guarantee that the Fulbright Program will be able to assist you to leave later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am staying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, what would the repercussions be for staying in the Netherlands if a Level 4 travel advisory is put in place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would mean the &quot;voluntary&quot; becomes a &quot;mandatory.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is predicted to happen in the next 30 minutes by &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240651884484067330&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240651884484067330&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is in line with a press conference scheduled in a few minutes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/StateDept&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/StateDept&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would occur if we Fulbright Scholars stayed regardless of a Level 4 warning?&#xA;I highly doubt a private jet of paratroopers is going to come knock on our door.&#xA;Are there any citizenship repercussions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for any input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19774" LastActivityDate="2020-03-19T16:30:23.890" Title="US citizens abroad during Level 4 travel advisory from State Dept" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-19T19:29:24.190" Score="1" ViewCount="2223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been facing the following problem/issue for some time, but  don't yet have a solution. Of the face of it, it's a relatively trivial issue. And maybe I'm making it more complicated or difficult than it needs to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Capital One US bank account. But I can't log into online banking, even though I have a valid password, because I don't have a working US mobile phone. A variety of things can trigger two factor authentication with Capital One. And Capital One doesn't let one do two factor authentication using email, only SMS to a US mobile phone. And apparently it's quite fussy what it considers a valid US phone number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone here had had that problem, and if so, were&#xA;able to resolve it? A regular US number is quite an expensive thing to maintain outside the US, and even within the US. It seems especially expensive if all one needs it for is for an occasional SMS. There are a large variety of VOIP and virtual phone services available, some of which might work, but it's hard to know without trying them. And perhaps unsurprisingly, the Capital One reps I've spoken to have been completely uninterested in helping me find a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've had conflicting reports that Google Voice will work with Capital One, but I haven't tried that yet. Setting up Google Voice has two problems. One, relatively major, one relatively minor. The major one   is that Google Voice requires a US number, so it's a bit of a Catch 22. Though it's possible it's less fussy about what it considers to be a valid phone number than Capital One is. The minor one is that Google Voice needs to think I'm in the US. Apparently the way around that is to use a VPN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19775" LastEditorUserId="19775" LastEditDate="2020-03-25T11:21:10.623" LastActivityDate="2020-03-25T11:59:07.333" Title="Navigating Capital One's two factor SMS authentication from outside the United States" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-22T08:11:55.913" Score="0" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much one (single, not with family) can save if they earn 2,500 euros per month?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider that this amount is after excluding tax, If they live in minimalist lifestyle, shared house in Dublin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19728" LastActivityDate="2021-04-16T17:06:04.657" Title="How much one can save if they earn 2,500 Euros (tax excluded) per month in Dublin" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20257" CreationDate="2020-03-22T10:31:00.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would depend on where in Dublin you live and what you consider to be a ‘minimalist lifestyle’. A single person monthly costs €820 without rent &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Dublin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Dublin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-03-22T10:31:00.850" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4460" CreationDate="2020-03-22T20:09:23.933" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes&lt;/em&gt;, at least one country does, &lt;strong&gt;Uganda&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least according to the Government of Uganda website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gou.go.ug/content/ugandan-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gou.go.ug/content/ugandan-citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DOES DUAL CITIZENSHIP INCLUDE POSESSION OF THREE CITIZENSHIPS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NO; dual citizenship in Uganda means only two citizenships of which one is Uganda. The possession of a third citizenship disqualifies one from holding or being a dual national of Uganda unless the third citizenship&#xA;is renounced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be supported by Section 19E (page 9) of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ulii.org/node/24742&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship &amp;amp; Immigration Control Amendment Act, 2009&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;19E Termination of citizenship of Uganda&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the avoidance of doubt, where by virtue of the holding of dual nationality granted under Section 19A or 19B, a person holds the citizenship of Uganda in addition to the citizenship of another country, the board may by order deprive that person of the citizenship of Uganda -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) upon any of the grounds specified in sections 17 or 18; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) &lt;strong&gt;if that person acquires a third citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19427" LastEditorUserId="19427" LastEditDate="2021-01-03T22:10:14.207" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T22:10:14.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-23T07:12:10.100" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I am on visa sponsorship under a company in Hong Kong, however due to coronavirus I am on the verge of being laid off. So I am currently staying in Indonesia and my family has a business here (They are not Indonesian citizens either). Is it possible I just ask my family business to sponsor me for a work visa and just stay in Indonesia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I read in the Indonesian visa pages, if I need a work sponsorship I need like 5 years of work experience. I am a fresh graduate and do not have work experience I am confused on how this can work. There are some other minor requirements I am confused about but in general are there anyone in this form who has went through this kind of experience that can share?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17642" LastActivityDate="2020-03-23T07:12:10.100" Title="Work Visa Sponsorship in Indonesia" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;indonesia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20261" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-23T12:23:53.487" Score="0" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Germany Blue Card and want to change my employer. And there is a rule in blue card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For the first two years of employment, approval from the Foreigners’&#xA;  Registration Office must be obtained before any change of job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current job contract is since 01.04.2018. Am I allowed to change my employer from 01.04.2020 without approval? Can I just sign a contract that starts on 01.04.2020? I have a blue card visa on my pasaport and also as a card with different dates, does it tied to them? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot ask to the authorities because they are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19780" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T05:04:45.483" Title="Blue card change of company" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20261" CreationDate="2020-03-23T14:51:57.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, after a 2 year employment (without a time limit), you can change your employer without prior approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: Your residence permit for the purpose of employment/your EU Blue Card does not have to be amended, if you   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have already worked for at least two years with a residence permit for the purpose of employment &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you have resided continuously in Germany for at least three years with a residence permit (except for study)   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  in addition, &lt;strong&gt;no time limit is fixed by law for your type of employment&lt;/strong&gt; (such as, for example, in the case of speciality chefs or within the framework of an exchange of personnel of an internationally operating company).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can then move to another skilled employment without prior approval. The Foreigners Registration Office will provide you with written confirmation of this on request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326856/standort/121885/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Employment - Change of employer am Standort Berlin Immigration Office, Friedrich-Krause-Ufer - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-23T14:51:57.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20263" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20272" CreationDate="2020-03-23T17:11:38.350" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to UK in May 2010 using a Visit visa (expiry 10/10/2010), stayed for three months and went back to my country and applied for Tier 4 and came back to the UK in September 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then I am staying in the UK. Will I be eligible to apply for 10 years residency visa in May 2020 or do I have to wait until September 2020?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15075" OwnerDisplayName="Bharat Paudyal" LastEditorUserId="14413" LastEditDate="2020-03-27T14:28:27.827" LastActivityDate="2020-03-27T14:28:27.827" Title="10 years UK settlement visa using Visit Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-24T06:29:02.760" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are Croatian citizens. What do we need to submit for a visa application for residency in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19783" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-03-27T20:21:33.463" LastActivityDate="2020-03-27T20:23:48.663" Title="My husband and I are Croatian citizens. What do we need to submit for a visa application for residency in Germany?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20265" CreationDate="2020-03-24T07:43:15.187" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As European Union citizens, you do not require a residence permit to live in another European Union country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries (like Poland) require you to apply for a residence certificate after taking up residence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany does not, but you are required to register at the local registration office (Meldebehörde) in the same way as a German citizen must. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you must be able to sustain yourself in that country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in general, having an income that is sufficient for your needs is the main condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you make demands on social services soon after arrival, questions will then be asked if you fullfill these conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-03-24T07:57:01.240" LastActivityDate="2020-03-24T07:57:01.240" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20265" CreationDate="2020-03-24T14:25:10.267" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What do we need to submit for a visa application for residency in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None.  As EU citizens, you cannot get German visas.  As noted in the other answer, you have to register when you move there, but the only document you need is a Croatian passport or ID card.  This is explicit in the free movement directive, &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004L0038&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  Article 6(1):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To remain for more than three months, you must look at Article 7, which lays out four qualifying conditions.  Each of you must meet at least one condition to qualify.  It says in part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Right of residence for more than three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of longer than three months if they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence and have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  — are enrolled at a private or public establishment, accredited or financed by the host Member State on the basis of its legislation or administrative practice, for the principal purpose of following a course of study, including vocational training; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;— have comprehensive sickness insurance cover in the host Member State and assure the relevant national authority, by means of a declaration or by such equivalent means as they may choose, that they have sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during their period of residence; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(d) are family members accompanying or joining a Union citizen who satisfies the conditions referred to in points (a), (b) or (c).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of the fourth condition, only one of you needs to find a job (or be self-sufficient or be a student) in order for both of you to be able to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should be aware that you may have a fairly difficult time moving to Germany unless you wait for the current &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/coronavirus/2317268&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travel restrictions&lt;/a&gt; to be relaxed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-03-27T20:23:48.663" LastActivityDate="2020-03-27T20:23:48.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20256" CreationDate="2020-03-25T07:39:37.273" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to report that I have solved my issue. Here is what I did. The following information is correct as of March 2020, except the part about T-Mobile which was current in fall 2019. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, some background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had previously validated myself with Capital One. So I had a working password, but I could not log in, because when I tried to log in, the Capital One site would ask me for a US phone number to send a verification code, or make a verification call to. And I had no such number. A regular US phone number is a very expensive solution if one is outside the US, and only needs a phone number to receive an occasional SMS. And many US phone carriers don't allow international service of the kind required, anyway. And if they do, they probably don't do so at a reasonable cost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;T-Mobile is probably one of the few that does. I spoke to a USA T-Mobile rep last fall (fall 2019) from T-Mobile, who said this was the cheapest plan that would allow me to receive SMSs outside the USA: &quot;T-Mobile : Unlimited calling and texting T-Mobile plan USD 20 / month. Calling is US domestic only. Texting is unlimited international.&quot; However, this information will clearly date quickly, and may already be out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option was a VOIP/internet phone number. However, US banks (including Capital One) like to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_code&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SMS short codes&lt;/a&gt; to send SMSs to customers. So a requirement for such a number is that it should support receiving SMSs via short codes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some checking, anveo.com was one of the few VOIP/internet phone services which supported short codes. And there were also scattered reports of people using Anveo with success to do 2FA with US banks including Capital One. However, there were mixed reports about its customer service quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I purchased a phone number from Anveo. Their system is that you have to pay in advance to obtain a credit, and then the amount is deducted from your credit. To set up a new mobile phone number, as of March 2020, there is a one-time cost of USD 10, and after that it costs USD 2 per month for the basic plan, which supports receiving SMSs (USD 0.01 per incoming SMS). Their system wasn't particularly smooth. First, I could only purchase a block of credit, with a minimum of USD 15, and then USD 25, 50, 75, in jumps of 25. And I could only purchase it via Paypal. I talked to a customer service rep, and he said there was no option other than Paypal, and I could not charge it over the phone. Then Paypal had a problem with me trying to use a US credit card in India, so I finally had to use a VPN to make it look like I was in the US. And then Anveo asked me to verify that I had made the payment by sending them a photo of my ID, as well as a video of myself holding the ID and saying that I authorized the payment. I used my passport. I appreciate that all these security checks may have been a good idea, but it did feel a bit like running a gauntlet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there are a lot of other providers, including free ones. And it's possible that others would work. But I went with the one that seemed the most likely to work. If you already have a Google Voice number, that may be a good bet, though I'm not sure what the current Google Voice support for short codes is like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, when I tried to use the new phone number to log in, I could not initially do so. When I tried to log in with my password, it asked me for a phone number to send an SMS or make a call too. When I added my new number, it rejected it. So I had to contact Capital One customer support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I wasn't able to log into my account, I had to go through another session of verification with Capital One before they would add the new phone number. But once I added it, I was able to use it to log into my account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19775" LastEditorUserId="19775" LastEditDate="2020-03-25T11:59:07.333" LastActivityDate="2020-03-25T11:59:07.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-26T13:45:45.623" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I payed at a supermarket in Germany for amount of 55.21 EUR with my debit card. Due to low funds (my bad did not check my account) the transaction failed when the bank tried to get the money from my account the next day and the money was not debitied. I want to avoid negative SCHUFA scre and pay the supermarket. How do I do that? My german is not good enough to deal with the bank.&#xA;Any help is appriciated.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W0nkS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W0nkS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19790" LastActivityDate="2020-03-26T13:45:45.623" Title="Payment failed due to low funds. How to avoid negative schufa score" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20263" CreationDate="2020-03-26T13:49:34.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general time spent in the UK on a visit visa can count towards Long Residence. You should read &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/841917/long-residence-v16.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this guidance&lt;/a&gt; on Long Residence. Successful application under the Long Residence route requires 10 years continuous lawful residence, defined as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lawful residence is defined in paragraph 276A of the Immigration Rules as a period of continuous residence in which the applicant had one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;existing leave to enter or remain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;temporary admission within section 11 of the 1971 Immigration Act where leave to enter or remain is subsequently granted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;an exemption from immigration control, including where an exemption ceases to apply if it is immediately followed by a grant of leave to enter or remain&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So any time with leave to remain or enter counts, there is no exclusion for time spent as a visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note this section on breaks in residence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Continuous residence is considered to be broken if the applicant has:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;been absent from the UK for a period of more than 6 months at any one time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;spent a total of 18 months outside the UK throughout the whole 10 year period&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;left the UK before 24 November 2016 with no valid leave to remain on their departure from the UK, and failed to apply for entry clearance within 28 days of their previous leave expiring (even if they returned to the UK within 6 months)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you left the UK in July 2010 and your leave to enter using your visit visa expired in October 2010, and you made your Tier 4 application in September 2010, it appears to me that you did not break your residence, since you didn't leave for more than 6 months, and you made your application for Tier 4 leave before your visit leave expired. Therefore, you could apply in May. In fact, you can make your application up to 28 days early, in April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be an issue if your visit visa was single entry: almost all visit visas to the UK are issued as multiple entry, but if yours was not, your leave to enter may be considered expired the moment you left. In that case, you would have broken the 28 day rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-03-26T13:49:34.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-30T00:01:14.330" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am spanish and I have got a job offer in the UK as a tutor in a college starting in August 2020. It Is not permanent job.&#xA;Do I need visa to work there as a spanish tutor?&#xA;I don't live in England.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16737" OwnerDisplayName="miss" LastActivityDate="2020-03-30T10:56:39.410" Title="Visa or not visa in 2020 (type)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20274" CreationDate="2020-03-30T01:23:57.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, during the &quot;transition period&quot; free movement still applies, so until the end of the year you can in-principle move to the UK and take a job without a visa. You can then apply under the EU settlement scheme to remain in the UK after the end of the transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big wildcard here though is the covid-19 situation. Right now face to face education in the UK is basically shut down and establishments are struggling to figure out how to teach remotely. People are being told not to travel unless it is essential. Frankly at this time noone knows how the situation will have developed by August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8585" OwnerDisplayName="Peter Green" LastActivityDate="2020-03-30T01:54:27.157" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-30T15:52:03.780" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss citizen living and working in London. Mid March I made a trip to Switzerland and decided to stay here for the time of the Corona pandemic. During that time I will continue working remotely for an office in London. I have an EHIC and am insured under NHS - my travel insurance plan I purchased only covers travels for up to 2 weeks.&#xA;Is there a need for any additional insurance coverage or am I sufficiently covered? Additionally - do I have to purchase a Swiss insurance at one point if I am going to stay in Switzerland for several months (even if working/being a resident in London)? Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Simone" LastActivityDate="2020-04-30T08:02:45.270" Title="Insurance coverage when staying in Switzerland during Corona pandemic as Swiss national with residency in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-30T22:54:19.403" Score="3" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;Precisely what insurance do I need to buy, and what procedures do I need to follow? As an international student, I cannot buy into basic health insurance until I get at least a part-time job. I'm facing quite confusing advice during my research: Some say you can get it just by paying a small fee with no insurance needed, some say you will need private insurance from something like Cigna Global, some say the US prescription won't work and you'll need to get re-diagnosed, some say it will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a single place to find this information? It would be immensly helpful if it was in English, but I don't mind if it is in Dutch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19427" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T05:00:46.250" Title="How to obtain ADHD medication (Adderral/Ritalin) in the Netherlands with a US prescription?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20278" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-26T14:25:15.837" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the situation is that a company is interested on hiring me, as far as I can tell it is possible to apply for a TN visa while being legally in Canada (which is the situation), but I also heard that the consulate might not be able to verify my information to do so, how accurate is this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20171" OwnerDisplayName="Javier Cabrera González" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T03:50:31.453" Title="Is it advisable for a Mexican citizen to apply for a TN visa while being in Canada?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20278" CreationDate="2020-03-26T17:07:09.043" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone who has resided in Canada for nearly two years, you are probably best advised to apply in Canada in any case.  A US consulate in Mexico would have more trouble verifying your information from the last two years, after all, than will one in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what the US Department of State has to say about it, at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/visas-canadian-mexican-nafta-professional-workers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visas for Canadian and Mexican NAFTA Professional Workers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should schedule an appointment for your visa interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where you live. You may schedule your interview at another U.S. Embassy or Consulate, but be aware that it may be more difficult to qualify for a visa outside of the country where you live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You live in Canada.  You should apply in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-03-27T16:50:32.673" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20276" CreationDate="2020-03-31T07:50:17.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A general answer to this question will not be possible, since there are factors that are dependent on the individual countries (Switzerland and United Kingdom).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Health_Insurance_Card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EHIC&lt;/a&gt; is intended for basic coverage during  &lt;em&gt;visits&lt;/em&gt; to other participanting countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the following questions must be clarified:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for how long is the NHS willing to pay bills incurred outside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does Switzerland (and their health services) consider you a resident&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Independent of the present circumstances, you are residing &lt;strong&gt;outside&lt;/strong&gt; the United Kingdom in Switzerland after a period of 3 months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this, you should make sure you have a coverage (as a resident, not as a traveler) that will deal with all heath costs within Switzerland during your residence there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Health_Insurance_Card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Participating member states&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ... as well as the UK while it is in the so called transition period after it withdrew from the EU on 31 January 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Health_Insurance_Card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Health Insurance Card - Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T07:50:17.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20382" CreationDate="2020-03-31T08:18:15.327" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a book that I can use to learn all the needed German vocabulary related to horse riding?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was in UK there were a lot of books to prepare for the examinations (like Stage 1, Stage 2 etc). And those I found really good, because they were giving you all the knowledge about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;horse anatomy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;different food types&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;explanations on bits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;saddle parts nomenclature&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;horse training tips&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;stable management&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and so on. Is there anything similar in German language? Because I am at the point where I have the knowledge (learned in UK on the aformentioned books) but I do not know how to say it in German, plus I would like to learn what is the German &quot;way&quot; on the same topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to a library and looked for books, but they are really a soft introduction to the horse riding world and I want something more technical and specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T21:41:19.510" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T21:41:19.510" Title="Horse riding books in German" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20158" CreationDate="2020-03-31T19:53:46.740" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The spouse of an Italian citizen is &lt;a href=&quot;https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/Moduli/en/Informativa%20familiari%20UE.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;entitled to a simplified visa application procedure that is free of charge&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The documents that family members of an EU citizen need to submit when applying for a visa are listed in the above art. 2 and differ from those required of other ordinary applicants (i.e. it is not necessary to provide health insurance and proof of socio-economic status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that this should excuse you from the requirement to obtain the &lt;em&gt;nulla osta.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sharp-eyed readers will notice that the quoted text applies to &quot;family members of an EU citizen,&quot; and that this would normally exclude family members of an Italian citizen with respect to Italy.  However, the title of the document is &lt;em&gt;Family members of an Italian citizen or of a citizen of another EU Country,&lt;/em&gt; which is in line with the Italian law that provides for family members of Italian citizens to receive &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/79433/19400&quot;&gt;the same consideration&lt;/a&gt; that is given to the family member of other EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T19:53:46.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-31T17:21:49.693" Score="4" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Pakistani national married to an EU national. I have been deported from UK. My wife has left the UK with me and now we wish to move together to another EU state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my deportation from UK have an impact on my travel to another EU state? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ali Ahmed" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-04T23:30:36.050" LastActivityDate="2020-04-04T23:30:36.050" Title="Effect of Previous UK Removal of non-EU spouse on EU-national" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20284" CreationDate="2020-03-31T18:07:45.803" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the EU free movement system still applies in the UK, you should only have been expelled from the UK for one of a limited set of reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you were found to pose a threat to public health, public policy, or public safety&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your marriage was found not to be genuine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your wife was found not to be a &quot;qualified&quot; EU citizen (that is, she was neither working nor studying, nor did she have sufficient resources to support the two of you in the UK).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you say that &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; were deported, not she, I assume that the last reason does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your removal from the UK cannot be by itself grounds for denying your admission to another EU country.  But the reason for that removal is likely to be sufficient for another country to refuse entry.  For example, if the UK found you to be a threat to public safety, or found that your marriage is not genuine, another country may well make the same finding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without having more specific information about your circumstances, it is not possible to offer a more specific answer to your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-03-31T18:07:45.803" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-01T22:30:30.703" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if  people need visa  to stay more than 3 months in the UK during the transition period.&#xA;My friend is  planning to travel there for 6 months.&#xA;He is spanish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16737" LastActivityDate="2020-05-02T05:02:20.250" Title="Visa or not visa uk 2020" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20287" CreationDate="2020-04-02T04:32:30.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An EU citizen wishing to travel to and remain in the UK for any period of time may do so during the transition period (currently until the end of 2020) in the same way as when the UK was a full EU member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk-after-brexit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-the-uk-after-brexit&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen What you’ll need to enter the UK&#xA;  will not change until at least 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always use the following website to check if you need a visa or not (for any nationality)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T04:32:30.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20277" CreationDate="2020-04-02T18:09:30.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have never tried to get a US prescription filled in the Netherlands, but I would be very surprised if it would work.  The prescribing doctor is not licensed to practice medicine in the Netherlands, after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you do not need to be insured to visit a doctor or buy prescription medicine in the Netherlands.  I have done both (albeit some time ago).  When they asked for my insurance, I said that my insurance was in the US and that I would pay cash and make the claim myself.  I said that mainly because I did not want to listen to a lecture about the need for having health insurance; I don't think they would have refused to treat me if I had said that I was uninsured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cost of the office visit was probably 10% or less of I would have expected in the US.  The cost of the medicine was also lower than in the US, but not by such a significant factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the insurance, you can buy US insurance that offers international coverage, though I can't imagine that that would be cost effective.  Unfortunately, I don't know enough about getting insured in the Netherlands to know how you would go about buying insurance there or what you would need to buy, but my sense is that this would be the more reasonable option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-08-29T01:50:04.060" LastActivityDate="2020-08-29T01:50:04.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-02T22:05:43.180" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold French “passeport talent” four-year residence permit and have already worked in France for last three years. I am being offered a job by a German company who are happy with me working from France. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I work on permanent employment contract from German registered company but receive salary in my French bank account, am I legally authorized to do that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I be eligible to extend my residence permit from France after expiry of my current card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How will it impact my citizen application eligibility in France (next year will be my full 5 years of working in France so I’ll be eligible for application)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How above scenario changes if I work rather as a free lancer with German company and file my taxes in France myself?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19805" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-06T17:10:21.453" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T17:10:21.453" Title="Working for German company with French passport talent residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-03T04:51:32.903" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is to extend a TN visa for a Canadian citizen requires filing an I-129 form. Can I submit this form myself or does an employer have to submit it on my behalf?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19807" LastActivityDate="2020-04-03T06:15:35.500" Title="Can I File TN Visa Extension Myself" Tags="&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-03T05:27:26.180" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen with a TN visa expiring next month. I was planning to apply for extension in person at border crossing but it does not look like current Covid shelter in place laws will be lifted before my visa expires. Will I be penalized if I let my visa expire before trying to apply for extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19807" LastActivityDate="2020-04-03T05:27:26.180" Title="TN Visa Expiring Before Lock Down Restrictions Lifted" Tags="&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20293" CreationDate="2020-04-03T06:15:35.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-129&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-129&lt;/a&gt; is a petition for a nonimmigrant worker.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-129instr-pc.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions for the form&lt;/a&gt; make it clear that the petition must be submitted by the employer.  There are some exceptions, but none of those exceptions involves a beneficiary submitting the petition on his or her own behalf:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who May File Form I-129?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General. A U.S. employer may file this form and applicable supplements to classify an alien in any nonimmigrant classification listed in Part 1. or Part 2. of these instructions. A foreign employer, U.S. agent, or association of U.S. agricultural employers may file for certain classifications as indicated in the specific instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-04-03T06:15:35.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-03T15:12:54.843" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a Canada study visa last month but after some time I got a refusal on the basis of following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;level of establishment &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;financial ability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are not genuine student&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tell what should I write for &lt;strong&gt;level of establishment&lt;/strong&gt; reason. Please give me a positive response as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19810" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-04-03T17:26:09.287" LastActivityDate="2020-04-03T17:26:09.287" Title="Explanation for rejection reason: level of establishment" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-05T17:17:11.080" Score="1" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is a kind of question we have probably already asked but I keep reading and I never get the answer I look for, I never find the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am French, living in Spain and my boyfriend is American living in NYC. He has his own business with his brother and before we met they already wanted to expand the business (creams and body care oils) to Europe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He wanted to hire a person to be in charge of all the translation work, calls, emails and European marketing in general for Europe. I don't want to go to the US, I am fine here in Spain but we found it stupid to hire someone to do this job when I am actually a teacher and translator here in Spain. So the plan would be to go there for a year to help them get into European business, teach them a bit of Spanish and French so they can travel (they already are in touch with potential clients) and get to know the products etc. being at the stores they have. After all this, the idea is to come back before next summer as I plan to open my little language school and he plans to open another store here in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can he hire me even if I am his girlfriend? Nothing is official we are neither married nor pareja de hecho as we call it here. If he puts an offer online and present my resume etc for H1B visa, in the case to be approved (which I doubt with all this Corona virus thing), am I able to tell the embassy he is my boyfriend ? I mean I don't want to lie and I don't think it is an option actually, and as I really don't wanna live in the US neither... I have no plan to stay over there for green card they can be sure I will not. I have lots of stuff ready for my future school which is also a proof that I clearly have other things in mind than the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19815" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-04-06T12:12:08.427" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T12:12:08.427" Title="Can I be hired by my boyfriend in his company with H1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;company&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20298" CreationDate="2020-04-06T05:06:12.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The H1B process takes time, luck, qualifications, fees, and skilled form-filling. I suggest avoiding it by never working in the US. You would go on living in Spain and only visit the US for short periods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you would use the Visa Waiver Program, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-visitors-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;B-1 Temporary Business Visitor&lt;/a&gt; lists the permitted business activities for a visitor to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short term training should cover getting to know the products. Discussing marketing strategy would be consulting with business associates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translations and marketing can be done from anywhere in the world. Calls and e-mails are best done from the correspondents' timezone or close to it, so being in Europe would be an advantage. To promptly return a 9 a.m. call from someone in France you would need get up very early in New York.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would not be allowed to teach your boyfriend and his brother while visiting the US, but you could teach remotely and you could travel with them whenever they are in Europe to translate, smooth their way, and teach them the languages. As time goes on you do less talking and translating, until they can do business in Europe without you and you can get on with starting your school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T05:06:12.787" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-06T11:14:49.380" Score="0" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently brought back some DVD's recorded at a conference in Florida, USA. They play on my UK DVD and computer but with with horizontal lines across the picture. Is this a region problem or a NTSC to Pal issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19816" LastActivityDate="2021-05-02T16:13:01.327" Title="Play DVD from US (non commercial) on UK DVD player or computer" Tags="&lt;television&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-06T22:01:31.507" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-European citizen who moved to Germany under the Blue card resident permit. It is now 21 months that I'm living and working in Germany. My manager proposed a project in the employer's customer in Sweden for a duration of 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My inquiries are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to apply for a Swedish resident and work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will this 2 years expatriate affect my German Blue card permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19820" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-07T23:19:24.093" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T00:15:06.873" Title="Blue card holder employed by company in Germany may move to Sweden" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-06T22:03:47.770" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Instructor residence status for Japan is valid until 2022. I left Japan two months ago to visit my country of citizenship, the US, with the intention of returning and starting a new job before 90 days had elapsed. Due to unforseen circumstances, I'm having to postpone my return to and employment in Japan until August or September.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I notified Immigration using the required form within several days of finishing my last employment, and got a &quot;Special Re-entry Permit&quot;, valid for 1 year, stapled in my passport at the airport when I left the country (I have my zairyu card). However, my understanding is that my residence status can be revoked after 90 days of not engaging in my &quot;designated activity&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I accept an offer for a job in Japan starting in August or September, what should I do about my residence status? Do I assume it will be cancelled when I pass the 90-day mark? Do I need to request that Immigration cancel it before an employer applies for a new COE on my behalf? Or is there a way to keep it valid until my return?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19556" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T01:04:50.087" Title="In the US and unsure if my Japan residence status is still valid. How should I re-enter Japan for a new job?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20302" CreationDate="2020-04-07T01:04:50.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to item 2-vi in the following link about Revocation of Status of Residence, your residence status is not automatically revoked at the 90 days mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/zairyuu/torikeshi.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/zairyuu/torikeshi.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where a foreign national staying in Japan with the status of residence&#xA;  listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I of the Immigration&#xA;  Control Act(Note) has failed to continue to engage in the activity&#xA;  corresponding to that status for three months or more (excluding the&#xA;  case where the foreign national has a justifiable reason for not&#xA;  engaging in the said activity);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of status of residence in the left-hand column of Appended Table I is as follow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Note) The status of residence listed in the left-hand column of&#xA;  Appended Table I of the Immigration Control Act&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Diplomat; Official; Professor; Artist; Religious Activities;&#xA;  Journalist; Business Manager and Administrator; Legal/Accounting&#xA;  Services; Medical Services; Researcher; Instructor; Engineer and&#xA;  Specialist in Humanities/International Services; Intra-company&#xA;  Transferee; Entertainer; Skilled Labor; Technical Intern Training;&#xA;  Cultural Activities; Temporary Visitor; Student; Trainee; Dependent;&#xA;  Designated Activities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which reason qualifies as justifiable is up to the immigration bureau. However, assuming that you cannot return to Japan because of the current Covid-19 pandemic, I think you have a good case to justify your absent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8758" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T01:04:50.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20301" CreationDate="2020-04-07T04:47:16.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the EU blue card scheme you are allowed to leave the country for a temporary absence of less than 12 months without affecting the blue card validity of the blue card, and hence can return and continue at any stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During this period however you would be expected to continue to keep your primary residency in Germany which means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Continue to pay German tax on your worldwide income  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Continue to maintain your property in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Continue to pay health insurance in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This period &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; be extendable upon specific agreement in advance with the Ausländerbehörde Amt(ABH)/Immigration office.  But you would have to have a good reason and need to negotiate this in person, in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you leave the country for a reason which is not considered temporary then the residence permit would become invalid.  Such reasons include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To work&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attend school&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To marry and settle abroad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example statement from Munich:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/home_en/Department-of-Public-Order/Foreigners-Office/Expiry-of-residence-permit.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/home_en/Department-of-Public-Order/Foreigners-Office/Expiry-of-residence-permit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, while a period of a few months working on a project in Sweden might be acceptable if seconded by your employer, a period of 2 years is too long.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could apply for a Blue Card for Sweden, although the exact conditions may vary compared to Germany.  Although this is a new application and your cannot &quot;transfer&quot; your blue card from Germany, the fact that you had a Blue card in Germany would normally be seen as favourable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T04:47:16.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20300" CreationDate="2020-04-07T13:42:17.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it was region locked, you would not be able to play the DVD at all (or gotten a warning that your DVD drive's region can only be changed 5 times). Therefore it is likely a video issue. If you're still using an old 4:3 TV or monitor it could be widescreen letterboxing but more likely it is the NTSC/PAL issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15963" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T13:42:17.110" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-08T05:42:48.773" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Few weeks ago (approx 2 weeks before lock down) I applied for Blue Card at KeplerStraße, Berlin office and my pick up date is 27 April. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I going to get the Blue Card by Post at my address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-08T07:33:06.160" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T08:07:25.713" Title="Blue Card by Deutsche post" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20306" CreationDate="2020-04-08T07:32:30.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is really a matter that you should look up yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relavent links to their pages (mostly in English) have been listed below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is only there that you will find the latest information available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant point in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/aufenthalt/artikel.910213.en.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ page&lt;/a&gt; seems to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have an appointment to collect my electronic residency permit (eAT). Can I still come for this appointment?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not yet have a residency permit, but have been given an appointment to collect your electronic residency permit (eAT), then &lt;strong&gt;please make contact with the office department responsible for you&lt;/strong&gt;. Such enquiries will be considered on a case-by-case basis. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/ueber-uns/kontakt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You can find the necessary contact form here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but this is something you should read through carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324659/standort/327437/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Blue Card (Blaue Karte EU) at the location LEA, Keplerstr. - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/ueber-uns/aktuelles/artikel.910230.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Während der Corona-Pandemie: Beachten Sie bitte / During the corona pandemic: please note - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/aufenthalt/artikel.910213.en.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ on handling and processing applications during the corona pandemic - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-04-08T07:32:30.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-08T03:30:03.417" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an application form that needs to be completed. I was born in the UK but have lived in Australia all of my life. We have permanent residency but I would like dual citizenship with the UK and Now Australia?&#xA;I would like to know the process and the cost?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Sonia" LastActivityDate="2020-04-08T09:15:14.700" Title="Application for Dual citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20308" CreationDate="2020-04-08T09:15:14.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First you need to check if you are eligible to become an Australian Citizen, the requirements of this, and the costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details can be found here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you need to officially apply and follow the instructions which they issue, pay the fees etc.   As part of this process they will ask details of your current citizenships, where you will provide details of your UK citizenship and a copy of your passport (if required)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your application is successful, then you will officially become an Australian citizen!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to initially inform the UK of any changes, or that you are now a dual citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when/if you apply to renew your UK passport then at this time you need to fill in the section regarding &quot;other citizenship(s)&quot; (the exact name may vary), where you will have to fill in details of your &quot;new&quot; Australian citizenship.&#xA;There are no additional fees associated with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-04-08T09:15:14.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-09T22:51:21.670" Score="1" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;OCI card needs to be re-issued each time a new passport is acquired by the cardholder up to the age of 20 years.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if a minor child enters India on OCI &amp;amp; valid passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Is there any need for minor to renew expired passport if no travel is intended outside india ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Does the child become illegal in India if passport expires ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) In other words, is it necessary to renew passport and renew OCI for a minor under 20, to maintain valid legal stay in India even if no international (outside india) trip is on radar ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2020-04-09T22:51:21.670" Title="Does OCI need to be renewed for minor, if passport expires &amp; no new passport is obtained?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19448" CreationDate="2020-04-09T23:25:16.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Digiturk Play, which is an online streaming service by Turkey-based Digiturk, accepts subscriptions from foreign countries. TRT Kurdi, broadcasting in Kurdish, seems to be included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As another option, most of channels officially have live broadcast on YouTube. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=canl%C4%B1%20yay%C4%B1n&amp;amp;sp=EgJAAQ%253D%253D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A basic search&lt;/a&gt; lists channels such as Habertürk, NTV, Star TV, ATV, Show TV and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user13640" LastActivityDate="2020-04-09T23:25:16.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-10T02:35:58.177" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am AK, I have joined as a research scholar on J-1 Visa at Chicago University. I had claimed for Tax exemptions under the US - India Treaty, My Finance officer says that The treaty between the US and India has a retroactive clause.  If I stay in the US for longer than 24 months, I may be taxed from the first day. I am in a Fix now, Is it true that I will be Taxed on a retroactive base? I have plans for staying in the US after two years but it all depends on my research funds and that very difficult to predict right now.&#xA;Please let me know how best I can handle this tricky situation.&#xA;Thanks,&#xA;AK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19831" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2020-04-10T22:55:47.700" LastActivityDate="2020-04-10T22:55:47.700" Title="Retroactive Clause valid or not for j1 research scholar from India" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20315" CreationDate="2020-04-10T16:08:15.003" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working under a TN visa and in the past weeks there have been some laid offs in my company, furthermore, if I am terminated then I want to know how many days can I remain legally in the USA before I have to go back to my home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6194" LastActivityDate="2020-04-10T17:04:16.107" Title="Remaining days in the USA if you are laid off" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20314" CreationDate="2020-04-10T17:04:16.107" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are considered to remain in status until 60 days after you leave your job, or until your I-94 expires, whichever is sooner. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1#l_2&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.1(l)(2)&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An alien admitted or otherwise provided status in E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B,&#xA;  H-1B1, L-1, O-1 or TN classification and his or her dependents shall&#xA;  not be considered to have failed to maintain nonimmigrant status&#xA;  solely on the basis of a cessation of the employment on which the&#xA;  alien's classification was based, for up to 60 consecutive days or&#xA;  until the end of the authorized validity period, whichever is shorter,&#xA;  once during each authorized validity period. DHS may eliminate or&#xA;  shorten this 60-day period as a matter of discretion. Unless otherwise&#xA;  authorized under 8 CFR 274a.12, the alien may not work during such a&#xA;  period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to stay longer, you can file I-539 during this 60-day period to apply for Change of Status to B2 visitor status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-04-10T17:04:16.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20226" CreationDate="2020-04-10T19:43:58.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, students get what is called a &lt;em&gt;visa long séjour valant titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; (VLS/TS) and in principle you do need to carry that with you to be able to prove your right to reside in France. You would not get a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; immediately but only apply for one at the end of your first year in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not having it is not a criminal offense and you cannot be punished for it but the police is allowed to keep you up to 24 hours while they check your status. If they are reasonable, they might let you recover the passport and present it to them but it's not a given. Carrying other semi-official documents like a student card from your university might also help (or it might not). And depending on how you look and where you live, police checks are not unlikely so carrying your passport might be necessary to avoid a whole lot of hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do get a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; then using that is fine, you don't need a passport or any other sort of identification as that's not mandatory in France. Some members of my family lived in France for many years using only that, without even renewing their passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-04-10T19:43:58.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-11T17:28:40.233" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I was able to get a work permit through a part time ESL teaching job, would I be allowed to keep my 25 hour a week remote job through a US company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Germany allow for those on work permits to do freelance work on the side? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I speak German, have a Bachelor's in Journalism and German, have a TEFL certification and I have family that lives in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider it a second home and want to move there, but I don't want to give up my current remote job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19836" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T21:06:25.647" Title="Is it permitted to do remote/freelance work for a non-German company while on a work visa in Germany?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-12T13:46:00.110" Score="3" ViewCount="3712" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and was working as US expat for an NGO based in Rockville, MD. All my taxes are paid to US and up to date with IRS.&#xA;I was terminated right before Covid-19 outbreak. I am still stuck with my family abroad. My question is how I can apply for unemployment benefits? I do not pay state taxes to Maryland, but all other federal taxes were withhold from my salary directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19837" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-12T16:49:21.347" LastActivityDate="2020-08-09T03:54:51.760" Title="How can I file for unemployment as a US citizen living abroad?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20320" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20322" CreationDate="2020-04-12T19:26:26.967" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a lawful legal immigrant and my daughter was born here(USA). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have below questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Whats are all the benefits she will get for born in the United States compared to a person citizenship through naturalization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) What are all the investment that I can made in her name right now in the United Sates apart from 529C ?(she is 3 months old)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19841" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2020-04-12T20:02:13.987" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T20:59:44.860" Title="US Citizenship through Birth" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20321" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20361" CreationDate="2020-04-12T19:39:56.520" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working for a year in Germany as an EU national, last January I was paid a yearly bonus in brutto corresponding to the previous fiscal year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder whether should I declare that bonus in this year tax return or the next year tax return since that revenue corresponds to 2019, however, it was paid on 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not longer living/working in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19606" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T15:01:29.467" Title="Declaring a yearly bonus in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20320" CreationDate="2020-04-12T20:59:44.860" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only additional benefit accorded to a natural-born citizen of the US is the right to become president or vice president.  In addition, naturalized citizens may be denaturalized if it transpires that their application for naturalization was fraudulent.  Natural-born citizens of the US do not need to worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In general, you can make any investment in her name, but you will want to talk to a financial planner to minimize the tax impact.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T20:59:44.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-13T00:36:21.230" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the research process for possibly naturalizing to be a Belgian citizen in the future. I've found most of the sites say &quot;you'll need to have been legally resident in Belgium for 5 years.&quot;  This caused me to wonder how many days minimum of staying in Belgium out of the 5 years could make me eligible for applying for Belgian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, in Canada, &quot;you must have been physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days in the five years.&quot;  I believe Belgium should have its legal term. This concern is based on a practical issue.  Nowadays, a person traveling to another country is normal, especially in Europe.  However, I wonder whether extreme absence from Belgium could trigger ineligibility, for instance, if a personal traveled outside of Belgium more than 300 days a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, absence from Belgium for short travels shouldn't make someone ineligible to apply for citizenship, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find some clauses/terms on the web, but I haven't found any solid info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19842" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-04-16T21:14:36.617" LastActivityDate="2020-04-17T06:01:42.027" Title="How many days out of 5 years do I need to stay for satisfying the naturalization requirement for Belgian citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-12T23:54:13.983" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a permanent resident of Australia and my PR status is going to expire in mid of June, 2020. I had been to Australia and stayed for 2 weeks in November 2015. I'm currently living outside Australia due to work. My wife and daughter are also PR and they have already moved to Australia in January 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&#xA;1. Do I need apply for RRV before my PR expires? If not, can I apply for RRV on February 2021?&#xA;2. If I apply now and receive (hopefully) RRV for 1 year/3 months, does this period starts from the expiry date of my current PR?&#xA;3. If I receive the RRV (hopefully) and cannot move to Australia for some reason, will I be able to apply for RRV again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your kind response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19844" OwnerDisplayName="Jahedur Rahman" LastEditorUserId="19844" LastEditDate="2020-04-13T17:03:44.947" LastActivityDate="2020-04-13T17:03:44.947" Title="Australia Resident Return Visa (155 and 157)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-12T09:45:07.873" Score="6" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working in Germany, and I also have the residence card, but I left for Spain, since it's also Schengen they didn't do any passport checks,   also to work and also applied for the visa just in case but it take a while to come. Now my German residence card has expired. Do my 90/180day automatically start?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ashlie" LastActivityDate="2020-04-13T03:49:41.230" Title="Status in Spain while holding a German residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20328" CreationDate="2020-04-12T11:20:14.287" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Ask a lawyer in Spain.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what you are writing, you had a permit which allowed you to &lt;em&gt;live and work&lt;/em&gt; in Germany, and also to visit other Schengen countries for 90 days out of 180.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going to Spain to work might have made you an illegal immigrant from the first day you worked there, unless Spain gave you a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that comes Covid-19 with the travel restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" OwnerDisplayName="o.m." LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T16:59:40.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20328" CreationDate="2020-04-12T20:30:05.937" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you don't mention any EU family members, I assume you had an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis,&lt;/em&gt; a residence &lt;em&gt;permit,&lt;/em&gt; rather than an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte,&lt;/em&gt; a residence &lt;em&gt;card.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your 90/180 counter started when you left Germany.  A Schengen residence permit allows the bearer to spend up to 90 days in any 180-day period in other Schengen countries.  If you were in Spain for 90 days or more before your German residence permit expired, you exhausted the 90 days before it expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in the other answer, your German residence permit does not authorize you to work in Spain.  You really ought to consult an immigration lawyer for advice on the best course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If your document really was an &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/em&gt; then it was issued under European Union free movement law because of a family member who is an EU citizen or a national of an EEA country or Switzerland.  In that case, the above applies only if you moved to Spain without your family member.  If you moved with your family member, there is no 90/180 limit.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T20:30:05.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-13T05:10:46.673" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine is a citizen of a developing country who originally came to the US to visit their relatives. Their scheduled flight was cancelled in the end of March after their country of origin banned all inbound flights. Likewise no repatriation flights have been arranged from US territory, so they have absolutely no way of getting back home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given these circumstances, is it possible to request an emergency work authorization from US authorities, so that my friend could at least sustain themselves for the next 12-18 months or however long it takes for flights to restart again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2020-05-12T05:21:47.360" LastActivityDate="2020-05-12T05:21:47.360" Title="Is there a way for foreign citizens stuck in the US against their own will to obtain a temporary work authorization?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-13T05:24:40.140" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to US in May 2019 on a work visa. I am a resident in US and non-resident in India for the respective tax periods. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spent 3 weeks working in India in Dec 2019. My salary was still generated in the US. Would I need to pay taxes in India on the income for these 3 weeks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19846" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T06:38:44.583" Title="Tax on US income for work days spent in India" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-13T02:34:11.973" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a New Zealand passport holder and have been living and working in Australia for around 7 months with a 12 month contracted job that, FWIW, I believe will be extended at its completion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With COVID19 I returned here (NZ) on 20 March 2020 to attend to personal matters, and I have been lucky enough to work remotely since. As prudent it would be to remain here, eventually my workplace will require my presence on site in Australia. Preparing myself for this eventuality, I have found the following site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/coming-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/coming-australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 13 April 2020, it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New Zealand citizens who normally reside in Australia (with a subclass 444 visa or&#xA;  other permanent or provisional visa) can come to Australia. You must&#xA;  carry proof of residency (driver's licence &lt;em&gt;or documents that show your&#xA;  residency&lt;/em&gt;). Present it at check-in. You must undertake a mandatory&#xA;  14-day quarantine at designated facilities (for example, a hotel), in&#xA;  your port of arrival.​&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;What documents will be classed as adequate to show my residency?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Facts - relevant or not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not have an Australian driver's licence (I have a NZ one, but don't drive often in AU).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not have a tenancy agreement/lease or otherwise since late last year, I have been lucky enough to stay at people's places since (saving money).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My contract for work ends early July 2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can retreive tax information but it will be simply printouts from online sources.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ditto for superannuation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I recently updated my medicare account but do not have the physical card itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have been back and forth between NZ/AU with shorter term contracts and even completed a degree there in in the past.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With bureaucracy being how it is I want to make sure I have at least the minimum required, &lt;em&gt;if not more&lt;/em&gt;, before I waste time and money on a flight that I won't be able to board.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also found this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/already-have-a-visa/check-visa-details-and-conditions/check-conditions-online/visa-holders&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/already-have-a-visa/check-visa-details-and-conditions/check-conditions-online/visa-holders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as for 'transaction reference number (TRN)', 'visa grant number' or a 'visa evidence number' I have no information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I simply enter Australia each time as a Kiwi using an ePassport and away I go...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19845" OwnerDisplayName="Lamar Latrell" LastActivityDate="2020-04-13T06:02:58.533" Title="New Zealander returning to Australian job under COVID restrictions - what documents prove my residency?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17884" CreationDate="2020-04-14T12:37:28.923" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your father was Estonian then you are Estonian to, as discussed previously. The reason is that between 1940 and 1992 it was not possible to loose Estonian citizenship as Estonia formally didn't exist during that time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get Estonian passport you need proof that your father was Estonian. Easiest is if you have his Estonian passport. If not you can get the document needed from the state archive (make sure you get a paper copy): &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ra.ee/vau/index.php/en/enquiry/application/create?type=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ra.ee/vau/index.php/en/enquiry/application/create?type=5&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The othe documents and procedure is described here under &quot;Applying for a passport for the first time&quot;:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/estonian-passport-for-an-adult/applying-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/estonian-passport-for-an-adult/applying-abroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have the other documents needed, you make an appontment with the embassy: &lt;a href=&quot;https://washington.mfa.ee/estonian-passports-and-id-cards/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://washington.mfa.ee/estonian-passports-and-id-cards/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The process takes only a few moths and then you get a passport valid for the entire EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19850" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-04-16T13:48:44.447" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T13:48:44.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20336" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20338" CreationDate="2020-04-14T13:47:23.653" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;My gym is not refunding me for losing time with Corona so if it's possible I would like to get rid of the membership ASAP. I would move out of Germany back to the Netherlands at the end of June. I would then get a confirmation of my 'de-registration' which allows me to cancel my gym membership. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the risks of de-registering early? (So I can get the confirmation earlier and get rid of my gym membership earlier?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19851" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2020-04-14T15:03:44.097" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T23:18:31.387" Title="De-registering early in Germany to get rid of gym membership" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-14T14:53:33.597" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Non-EU citizen and I am working in Germany for around 1 year 11 Months now. Now due to some personal reasons, I am leaving Germany. I have started with the De-Registration process (Abmeldung), but I have heard that I also have to inform the Foreign office(ausländerbehörde) as I have not completed 2 years on Blue Card. I tried to find information on Google regarding this but couldn't find anything concrete. If anyone has experience or been in a similar situation, it would be really great if you could share your experience. I am currently based in Hamburg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked into a similar question &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/8467/how-to-inform-foreign-office-in-germany-regarding-blue-card-when-leaving-germany&quot;&gt;How to inform foreign office in Germany regarding Blue card when leaving Germany?&lt;/a&gt; but couldn't find anything the answer I am looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17004" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T18:03:32.287" Title="How to inform Foreign office about Leaving Germany (Currently Working on a Blue Card)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20336" CreationDate="2020-04-14T17:03:15.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The deregistration must be done within a 3 week time frame (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bmg/englisch_bmg.html#p0184&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 17 (2) Bundesmeldegesetz&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 week before moving out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 weeks after moving out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;§ 54 (3) defines a fine up to € 50.000 when the deregistration is not done within this period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are actually moving out on the 30th of June, but deregister to the 30th April §54 (3) &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; apply. The lack of the word &lt;strong&gt;correctly&lt;/strong&gt; in § 54 (2)(2) makes this unclear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should it apply and it became known that the purpose was solely to get out of a membership contract earlier, assume that the fine will be higher due to the fraudulent intention (of gym contract) and falsification of documents (false date in deregistration). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section 17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Registration, deregistration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2) Anyone who moves out of a residence and does not move into another residence in Germany shall deregister with the registration authorities within two weeks of moving out. &lt;strong&gt;Deregistration shall be possible no more than one week before moving out&lt;/strong&gt;; the population register shall be updated as of the moving-out date.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Section 54&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Provisions on administrative fines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (2)  Anyone shall be deemed to have committed an administrative offence who, intentionally or negligently,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;fails to register, to register &lt;strong&gt;correctly&lt;/strong&gt; or within the required period, in violation of Section 17 (1), also in conjunction with Section 27 (2), second sentence or Section 28 (1), first or second sentence, in violation of Section 29 (1), first sentence, or subsection 4, second sentence, or Section 32 (1), second sentence;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;fails to deregister or to deregister within the required period in violation of Section 17 (2), first sentence&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (3) The administrative offence may be punishable in the cases of &lt;strong&gt;subsections 1 and 2&lt;/strong&gt; nos. 12 and 13 &lt;strong&gt;with a fine of up to fifty thousand euros&lt;/strong&gt;, and in the other cases with a fine of up to one thousand euros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bmg/englisch_bmg.html#p0184&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Act on Registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T17:03:15.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20337" CreationDate="2020-04-14T17:40:04.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To my knowledge there is no requirement to also deregister by the foreigners office. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important is only to deregister by the registry office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After deregistration, a simple letter informing them of the fact would be sufficient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise they would simply look into the registry and see that you have left should they become curious to what happened to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19380/17166&quot;&gt;How to apply for a Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/a&gt;, which may be usefull for the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-14T18:03:32.287" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T18:03:32.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20340" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-14T20:37:50.307" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking for a friend. A Canadian university wants to hire me as a remote employee. I'll be working in Los Angeles. My annual salary is $60000 in 2020, and would be more in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these things is the university liable for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Social Security, Medicare, and FUTA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;obligations such as paid sick leave or unpaid time off for pregnancy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;withholding California state income tax? They and I would prefer they withhold Canada federal and provincial tax instead as I have to file a nonresident Canadian return&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have emplyment authorization both in Canada and the US so that will not be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19852" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T20:37:50.307" Title="Obligations of Canadian university hiring remote California worker?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20336" CreationDate="2020-04-14T23:18:31.387" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, you should be able to cancel a subscription, like a gym membership, if for any reason the subscription has no value for you anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not enjoying lifting weights anymore would be your problem, no reason why they would have to allow you to cancel. But complete inability to get any value out of the membership, for example if you can't enter the gym by law, that would be a reason. If the gym operator is clever, they switch to online courses...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T23:18:31.387" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20323" CreationDate="2020-04-15T09:15:45.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the exact definition of an &lt;strong&gt;Uninterrupted stay&lt;/strong&gt; could not be found on an official site, so the following information is based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://info-integration.be/category/belgische-nationalitaet-aufgrund-der-dauer-des-aufenthalts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Red Cross - Info Integration (Eupen)&lt;/a&gt; site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official sites refer to the local registry office, so asking there for confirmation that the text quoted below is correct is advised. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the application must be made locally, the local registry office will be checking their records to see if the residence requirements have been fulfilled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within the period of 5 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the sum of 12 months &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a period of 6 months or more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Temporary visits outside the country do not count. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/loi_a1.pl?language=nl&amp;amp;la=N&amp;amp;table_name=wet&amp;amp;cn=1984062835&amp;amp;&amp;amp;caller=list&amp;amp;fromtab=wet&amp;amp;tri=dd+AS+RANK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgium Nationality law (BeStaGB) Art7bis (3)&lt;/a&gt;, amended 01.01.2013.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The statement, from the unofficial site, that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;periods of absence must be only reported that are longer than 3 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should be considered &lt;strong&gt;misleading&lt;/strong&gt;, since &lt;em&gt;Art7bis (3) BeStaGB&lt;/em&gt; makes no exception of the &lt;strong&gt;the sum of 12 month&lt;/strong&gt; rule. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://info-integration.be/category/belgische-nationalitaet-aufgrund-der-dauer-des-aufenthalts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ununterbrochener Aufenthalt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Eine Unterbrechung des Aufenthalts liegt vor, wenn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;man länger als 6 Monate nicht in Belgien lebt (abwesend war) ODER&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;die Abwesenheiten ein Total von mehr 1/5 des geforderten legalen Aufenthalts beträgt. Zum Beispiel legaler Aufenthalt von 5 Jahren: die Summe der Abwesenheiten darf nicht mehr als 12 Monate betragen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In jedem Fall muss es sich immer um Abwesenheiten handeln, die der Gemeinde mitzuteilen sind (bei Abwesenheit länger als 3 Monate)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uninterrupted stay&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    There is an interruption of the stay if &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;you live outside of Belgium for more than 6 months (were absent) OR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;the absences total more than 1/5 of the required legal stay.  For example of a legal residence of 5 years: the sum of absences must not exceed 12 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;In any case, absences must always be communicated to the municipality (for absences longer than 3 months)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Belgium Nationality law (BeStaGB), amended 01.01.2013   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/loi_a1.pl?language=nl&amp;amp;la=N&amp;amp;table_name=wet&amp;amp;cn=1984062835&amp;amp;&amp;amp;caller=list&amp;amp;fromtab=wet&amp;amp;tri=dd+AS+RANK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Art. 7bis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  § 3. In the cases provided for in this Code, the uninterrupted nature of the stay referred to in § 2 is not affected by temporary absences of up to six months, insofar as these absences total the duration of one fifth of the periods required in this Code for do not exceed the acquisition of nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://info-integration.be/category/belgische-nationalitaet-aufgrund-der-dauer-des-aufenthalts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgische Nationalität aufgrund der Dauer des Aufenthalts | Info Integration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://germany.diplomatie.belgium.be/de/konsularische-dienste/staatsangehorigkeit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Staatsangehörigkeit | Belgien in Deutschland&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/de/dienste/dienste_im_ausland/staatsangehorigkeit/erwerb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Erwerb der belgischen Staatsangehörigkeit nach Vollendung des 18. Lebensjahres | Föderaler Öffentlicher Dienst Auswärtige Angelegenheiten&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eupen.be/leben-in-eupen/bauen-und-wohnen/belgische-staatsbuergerschaft/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgische Staatsbürgerschaft - Stadt Eupen - Webseite der Stadtverwaltung&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/loi_a1.pl?language=nl&amp;amp;la=N&amp;amp;table_name=wet&amp;amp;cn=1984062835&amp;amp;&amp;amp;caller=list&amp;amp;fromtab=wet&amp;amp;tri=dd+AS+RANK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgium Nationality law (BeStaGB), amended 01.01.2013 (Dutch)&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-17T06:01:42.027" LastActivityDate="2020-04-17T06:01:42.027" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-15T15:01:08.000" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to extend the validity of the blue card (Germany) from India? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19855" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-04-16T13:46:40.717" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T14:05:05.663" Title="Is it possible to extend the validity of blue card (Germany) from India" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20344" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-15T11:04:53.400" Score="5" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a Romanian citizen move from Romania to Croatia during this pandemic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend would come to live with me and stay until the end of the general lockdown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Croatia has laws saying people who come from non critical countries will be advised to self isolate, and there's quarantine for people from critical places, but that was before the bit tighter lockdown while travel was still possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the way to come? What kind of paperwork would be needed on both sides?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Affaltar" LastActivityDate="2020-04-15T18:40:11.700" Title="Valid travel purposes between Romania and Croatia during the Covid-19 pandemic?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20345" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-15T21:16:47.070" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Soon I'll be moving in the end of July/start of August to the United States to finish up my undergraduate degree (if the current scenario allows it, but I would prefer to be prepared).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be moving there with three other friends, and we have three things no one is budging on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good price&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not renting something sight unseen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Renting something for the four of us to live together&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have some other friends in the same situation, their solution was to rent sight unseen and pay up to 900 dollars a month to be matched up with a stranger in some apartment, exactly the opposite of what we are willing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started getting in touch with landlords of properties we were interested in, but, as one might imagine, nobody is willing to &quot;hold&quot; a place for 3+ months, and I find it very unlikely to those properties (that are commonly rented by students, that also are coming at the same time as us, mind you) to still be available when we arrive at the United States. We could rent something right away and trust the pictures/videos of the landlords and be done with it, but it would make everyone deeply uncomfortable to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time ago, I saw an ad for &lt;a href=&quot;https://lemonsquad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lemonsquad&lt;/a&gt;, that is a service you pay a mechanic to inspect and make a report of a car you want to buy in another far away place and you have something else than the word of the seller for buying it sight unseen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is&lt;/strong&gt;: Is there anything like it in the United States for renting a house? Any kind of trusted and professional service I could hire for inspecting a house, providing pictures, videos of the place, maybe doing some remarks about the condition of the unit, and reporting it back to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19856" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T14:55:09.383" Title="Is there a way to hire someone to view/inspect a house before renting in the United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20343" CreationDate="2020-04-16T05:01:57.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under normal circumstances you must apply for an extension in person in your local Auslanderbehorde (or relevant Amt in your area).  It is not possible to do this remotely or electronically even inside Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are having issues to do this due to the coronavirus restrictions then I would suggest sending your local Amt an email or try to call them so that they can advise you on how to obtain a temporary permit or extension until you are able to return to Germany and apply again in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastEditorDisplayName="user19540" LastEditDate="2020-04-16T07:09:03.927" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T07:09:03.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20345" CreationDate="2020-04-16T14:58:02.170" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will have to find and hire someone to inspect the property and report back to you. I am aware of no national or state-level business that does this specific work. OTOH, I haven't searched for it...there may be some businesses, like Lemonsquad, that do the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is, however, a very large real estate industry in the US, with real estate salespeople, brokers, and their firms positioned to assist (for a fee) buyers and sellers in dealing with the purchase and sale of properties. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A subset in the industry specializes in (or includes) &quot;real estate management.&quot; Real estate management works for the property owner who lives far from the property, and/or doesn't want to deal with the day-to-day challenges that face property owners. Management finds and selects new tenants, collects rent, handles difficult tenants or removes them, and takes care of repairs and maintenance of the property. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To present their availability to prospective customers (property owners), these firms advertise, and you'll find them listed on the web and in newspapers. Get on the phone and talk to a few of them. Ask them if they'd conduct an inspection and report, and what they'd charge for doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not hire any firms or individuals who have a relationship to the owner of the property/properties you're considering. Taking a job to evaluate the property, while simultaneously representing the owner in managing the property, would be a conflict of interest and render the report to you unreliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T14:58:02.170" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20205" CreationDate="2020-04-16T20:25:26.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being born or living abroad is not in itself an obstacle. If your father was French when you were born (and you can document all that) then by default you are French yourself. What does make a difference is your age, how long you and your father lived abroad and how long ago he last applied for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for that is that French citizenship can lapse when you live abroad and don't have evidence you were treated as a French citizen by the French government (which is called &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; in legal French). Applying (and being issued) a passport is an easy way to establish &lt;em&gt;possession d'état&lt;/em&gt; so if you have a reasonably recent passport belonging to your father, it is likely that you will be able to prove your own French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your siblings, the reasoning is exactly the same: Was one of their parents French when they were born? How long ago has it been since their French parents last made use of their French citizenship (e.g. by applying for a passport)? Note that your citizenship doesn't matter for them, being the brother or sister of a French citizen doesn't bring any benefit. Same thing if your father is not their father. The only thing that matters is whether they had a parent who was French &lt;em&gt;at the time they were born&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-16T20:38:26.963" LastActivityDate="2020-04-16T20:38:26.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20345" CreationDate="2020-04-17T07:56:48.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A virtual assistant would be able to do exactly this for you, as well as help with other tasks on site and preparations before you make a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of them out there a simple google shows many&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyhelper and butlerbobs.com are probably the bigger ones&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclosure: I am the founder and owner of butlerbobs.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2020-04-18T14:55:09.383" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T14:55:09.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20179" CreationDate="2020-04-18T16:27:25.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Greek citizen needs nothing special, just registration in social services and revenue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The spouse needs Stamp 4 EU Fam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/registration-eutreaty&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/registration-eutreaty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is easy. You have to go Burgh Quay Registration Office and supply the following docs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU+Treaty+Rights&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU+Treaty+Rights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T16:27:25.183" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20194" CreationDate="2020-04-18T16:33:00.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am living in India, Is it possible to get the visa with just the offer letter? without having visa sponsorship from the employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is simple - No. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Work visa require the employment permit issued the govt to the Irish employer to the worker. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2020-04-18T16:33:00.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-19T15:33:28.920" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I studied in the UK on a tier 4 visa September 2019 but, due to course difficulty and unsuitability, I had to withdraw from the course on January 2020 and my visa was curtailed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now planning to continue my studies in the UK at the same university on different subject which I am keen and interested to study and have been offered on the programme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can I get advise whether there is a probability of UKVI issuing me a visa or refusing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19865" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-21T14:35:03.233" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T14:35:03.233" Title="Probability of UKVI issuing me a visa" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20332" CreationDate="2020-04-21T06:38:44.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. According to Indian tax laws you are required to pay taxes on salary you earned while working in India. However you can claim a tax credit on the amount when you file your USA taxes. This assumes you are an Indian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19871" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T06:38:44.583" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20321" CreationDate="2020-04-21T15:01:29.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must have a document called &quot;Ausdruck der elektronischen Lohnsteuerbescheinigung 2019&quot; from your company. Looks like this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s9iPQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s9iPQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's most immportant document for you in this case. It contains your income, taxes, insurance payments etc. which were made based on your work at that company. The number at position 3 (&lt;em&gt;Bruttoarbeitslohn einschl. Sachbezüge ohne 9. und 10.&lt;/em&gt;) is what you declare in your tax declaration for 2019. It's the total sum of your payments you received from the company in 2019 including the bonus if it was paid in 2019 (according to financial documents). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11526" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T15:01:29.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-21T15:29:25.610" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get an Independent Visa (189) for Australia. For this I need to do a Skills Assessment with a specific Assessment Authority. I am a Physicist and I don't know what my proper Assessment Authority is. Checking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skills-assessment/assessing-authorities&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official webpage&lt;/a&gt;, I don't get any results at all for any official Assessment Authorities. Using Google I found some (official?) Assessment Authorities, but not for Physics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I need to proceed to get my Skills Assessment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="pfnuesel" LastActivityDate="2020-04-21T16:26:41.233" Title="Skills Assessment for Australian Visa" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-22T10:11:11.070" Score="4" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Green Card holder since 07/28/2019 and I am outside USA now , will I get effected or ban from entry because of President recent executive order to ban the immigration for 60 days? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastEditorUserId="19400" LastEditDate="2020-04-25T04:10:47.570" LastActivityDate="2020-04-25T04:10:47.570" Title="Does the April 22, 2020 Executive Order suspending the entry of immigrants affect existing green card holders?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-22T13:51:39.500" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does an EU citizen need to be issued residence permits (at least initially) in order to stay in an EU country other than their own? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In France, for example, an EU national may settle without any other condition. As for Belgium, I've been told that initially a 3-month permit is issued, then a 5 year one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-22T15:31:08.400" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T10:58:02.313" Title="How does settlement for EU nationals in third countries within EU work?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20364" CreationDate="2020-04-22T14:31:19.137" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A EU-Citizen cannot apply for or receive a residence permit in another EU-Country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are, however, required to conform to the local residence laws - which can differ from country to country and also apply to citizens of that country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One difference is that after 5 year of residency, a &lt;strong&gt;permanent residence document&lt;/strong&gt; can be applied for (but is not mandatory).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See link below for more details, where this may be beneficial.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/eu-nationals-permanent-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent residence (after 5 years) for EU nationals - Your Europe&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-04-22T14:31:19.137" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21598" CreationDate="2020-04-22T21:44:32.633" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a German BlueCard (for the last 2 months) which I got at city X, &lt;strong&gt;which is one of my company's several locations&lt;/strong&gt;. Now my company HQ is in city Y (both X and Y are inside Germany, different states) - will this affect my German BlueCard? The job, position, salary remain exactly same with no changes whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19876" LastEditorUserId="19876" LastEditDate="2020-04-25T01:36:24.617" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T01:39:47.327" Title="Same Job and Salary But Change of Location (Company Has Many Offices) Inside Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20363" CreationDate="2020-04-22T23:26:42.640" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the text of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspending-entry-immigrants-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-economic-recovery-following-covid-19-outbreak/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the proclamation&lt;/a&gt; suspending entry, it does not apply to permanent residents (i.e. green card holders), so it should not affect your return to the US. See section 2(b)(1) of the proclamation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b)  The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of&#xA;  this proclamation shall not apply to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i)     any lawful permanent resident of the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-04-22T23:35:26.387" LastActivityDate="2020-04-22T23:35:26.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-23T17:55:28.187" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I am American and was born in Atlanta, GA... my father during my birth was French Citizen living in America... After I was born he registered my birth with France (so he says). Going off the website of the French Government, they say you are French if one of your parents was french at the MOMENT you were born. And my father was French the moment I was born and only had a green card (for USA). So since he registered my birth, what do I do now to get my citizenship? am i already a citizen when he registered it? or what? can i now get my French passport? Do i need to send in documents or anything to the French Embassy/ Consulate? I CANNOT find ANY information online on what the heck I have to do since I am registered. Can I call someone to check and see if I was registered with France when I was born to make sure of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19878" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T04:44:59.463" Title="French Citizenship through Parent" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20368" CreationDate="2020-04-24T04:44:59.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So since he registered my birth, what do I do now to get my citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably nothing, from what you've told us, perhaps unless you're over 50.  (There's a fifty-year rule that I don't understand very well.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am i already a citizen when he registered it? or what? can i now get my French passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  You're probably a French citizen and you can apply for a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do i need to send in documents or anything to the French Embassy/ Consulate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course.  Passport applications always require documents.  The link for the relevant page in English yields a 404 error, but there's plenty of &lt;a href=&quot;https://atlanta.consulfrance.org/spip.php?article5764&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information in French&lt;/a&gt; including a list of the documents required for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://atlanta.consulfrance.org/spip.php?article5766&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;first passport application when the applicant is an adult&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T04:44:59.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-24T19:41:35.990" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father has Italian nationality and is living in pre-settled status in UK. I am nearly 30 of age, and I received pre-settled status as a dependent child under EEA regulation 2016. My baby received EU settlement scheme family permit visa as a grandchild. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my wife was refused an EEA family permit because of my father's low income. My baby can not fly to the UK without mother.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of visa I can try? Any suggestion. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Here I Explain details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father , My mother and my younger sister is living in uk with &#xA;pre settle status as they have italian citizenship.&#xA;Usually My father works.&#xA;But also depend on universal credit because of low income.&#xA;Now he is not working because of illnes and admitted into hospital.&#xA;I was living in italy so I have Italian permanent resident card&#xA;I was traveled to Uk with my father. The Uk Border leave me to enter&#xA;as per EEA regulation 2016 articale 20. However I applied for Uk resident&#xA;card under eu settlement scheme as a dependent adult child.And I showed that &#xA;I am studying at university in Bangladesh. And I got pre settlement status.&#xA;Currently I am in Bangladesh and near to finish my Graduate. I applied for my &#xA;baby and got visa under eu settlement scheme as dependent grandchild of my Father.&#xA;I applied for my wife as dependent daughter in law for eea family permit but become refused.&#xA;I provided supporting documents that show my wife is a student also, depends on my father , living &#xA;in my father property, does not work and must travel with my daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But nothing. In refuse letter the entry clearance officer said that my father income is low,&#xA;IF my wife goes to uk she will be burden of social benefit.&#xA;Now I want to know If I go to UK and work , Can I sponsor my wife for spouse visa? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastEditorUserId="19652" LastEditDate="2020-04-30T18:06:32.613" LastActivityDate="2020-04-30T18:06:32.613" Title="Dependent Child can sponsor wife for UK family visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-25T07:19:49.560" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got my F4 visa on november 2020 and it will expire on may 15th 2020. We had booked our flight on march 30th 2020 but due to covid 19 pandemic  we were unable to go to USA. Currently India is not having any International flights..  i would like to extend my visa status.. what is the procedure and how can i do that?? &#xA;@user102008 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19883" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2020-05-12T05:21:34.387" LastActivityDate="2020-05-12T05:21:34.387" Title="How to extend a F4 immigrant Visa before going to USA within 6 months" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-25T14:35:27.627" Score="1" ViewCount="1038" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, this is my situation, I'm from South America and I'm in Norway with a working holiday visa (residence permit), since it's ending I already applied and got a residence visa from Spain (non-lucrative visa*) but due to the nature of the visa and me not having online, I thought if it was possible to get another working holiday visa in maybe Denmark or Sweden; the main thing is that it's a place where I can be taxed as a non-resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea of this is aiming for citizenship, since it's only 2 year wait time so I can apply to the Spanish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have some doubts though, for example, the NL visa doesn't let me be out of Spain for more than 3 months as the standard Schengen time of a tourist (the same applies to the WH visa), so just from the get go it seems a bit impossible; unless I did something as Foodora where I could start right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, related to the Spanish citizenship, I could be out of Spain up to 6 months (say, out of Schengen) in a year, go back for a bit and then get out again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems quite impossible, but maybe it works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*I can apply for a change of status after the first year, but looking at how bad it will get the economy with the coronavirus, I doubt that I'll pass the minimum requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19884" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-25T16:16:54.167" LastActivityDate="2020-04-26T21:26:23.020" Title="Can I have two resident permits in two Schengen countries if I'm a tax resident in only one and I'm non-EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20375" CreationDate="2020-04-25T16:39:22.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure I completely follow your plan but it sounds like you are making this needlessly complicated. The key thing to understand is that both (personal) taxes and residence permit/long-stay visas are largely national matters (tax law can be impacted by bilateral agreements but even EU countries don't always have one). There are only a few rules and no coherent all-encompassing system at the EU or Schengen level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you fulfill the conditions in one country, you can hold a residence permit there, irrespective of your status in another country; “having two residence permits” is not a particularly good way to look at it. The same goes for tax residency. This can work to your disadvantage (e.g. double taxation) as, absent specific bilateral agreements, being deemed a resident for some purpose in one country doesn't preclude being deemed a resident for some other purpose in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that many (but not all) naturalization processes come with rather stringent residence requirements. That is, you must have been effectively present in the country most of the time over the last X years (and be able to document that) &lt;em&gt;and (often) intend to live there in the future&lt;/em&gt; to be eligible. In that domain, the impact of EU law is even more limited. It's a well established principle that EU member states are fully sovereign in that respect (cf. e.g. the Chen v Home Secretary EUCJ case or the “citizenship by investment” programmes in some countries). Schengen law or your status in another country legally have no bearing on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to the extent that Spain limits the time spent abroad before applying for citizenship, there is no point wondering about having two residence permits or the like. Even if you would, that wouldn't exempt your from the material residence requirement. Conversely, if you think your status would allow you to leave Spain and still apply for citizenship then holding a Spanish permit doesn't &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; disqualify you for another visa elsewhere (but you do need to wonder about what obtaining such a visa says about your intent, in case that's relevant for the naturalization process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-04-26T21:26:23.020" LastActivityDate="2020-04-26T21:26:23.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-27T17:10:25.620" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a person has a criminal record in a European country but moves in an other EU country, will their criminal record affect their own bureaucratical things, like  applying for the country's citizenship and furtherwards??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details'sake, the two countries involved are, let's say, Italy and France, and those crimes are on a penal level,  like for example cellphone theft, not just light misdemeanors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T04:15:39.897" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T04:15:39.897" Title="Does a record with crimes affect living and personal things in an other country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20377" CreationDate="2020-04-27T21:23:15.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are always allowed to move back to your own country, so we ignore that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It all depends on the severity of the crime. Within the EU, there would have to be a serious crime to keep you out since you have the right to enter another country normally. I couldn’t say exact numbers, but anything with a possible two year sentence would be a problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not a EU citizen, you start with no right to enter. A country decided if it is good for them to let you in. So a lesser sentence might cause you trouble. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-04-27T21:23:15.143" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20377" CreationDate="2020-04-28T04:02:14.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;An EU-Country can request a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/cross-border-cases/judicial-cooperation/tools-judicial-cooperation/european-criminal-records-information-system-ecris_en#documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ECRIS&lt;/a&gt; record for a specific person, which will contain the national entries of other EU-Countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is basically a summary of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Italy: &lt;em&gt;certificato penale&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Germany: &lt;em&gt;Führungszeugnis&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;criminal/conduct record certificates of the participanting countries. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the jurisdiction, certain convictions expire and therefore don't turn up on the 'simple' versions of these certificates (they will be shown in the 'extended' version). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is likely that each participating country allows for an individual to apply for their certificate (in Germany: at the registry office). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One should assume that when applying for citizenship, the responsible authority will request such a certificate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/cross-border-cases/judicial-cooperation/tools-judicial-cooperation/european-criminal-records-information-system-ecris_en#documents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bundesjustizamt.de/EN/Topics/citizen_services/BZR/FZ/FZ_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BfJ - What is the content of a certificate of conduct ?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T04:11:38.767" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T04:11:38.767" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20281" CreationDate="2020-04-28T08:40:35.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the advices in the comments I started a new research and finally found something interesting: the &lt;strong&gt;Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung&lt;/strong&gt; (official german horse riding society) website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pferd-aktuell.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;There you can find all information (in german) that you need for your training (Ausbildung) as a rider and much more.&#xA;There is also an official book called &lt;strong&gt;Die Reitabzeichen 5-1&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pferd-aktuell.de/fn/newsticker/fnverlag/neu-im-fnverlag-die-reitabzeichen-5-1-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;book link&lt;/a&gt; which gives exactly the information I was looking for. Other suggested books you can find on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10484" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T08:40:35.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-28T17:02:31.067" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for my wife for EEA family permit as an extended family member of my EU nation father. however got refusal because of low family income. I want to know can i apply for a UK tourist visa for my wife now ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T20:28:26.700" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T05:41:39.730" Title="Can I apply for UK tourist visa after EEA family permit refusal?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9603" CreationDate="2020-04-29T06:46:03.967" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For question 2, i can tell you it is not achievable to do so without making a trade-off on living standards. As we all know, the rent in Hong Kong is very expensive. Even though just a small and old apartment located far away from CBD, it costs you at least HKD $15,000-$20,000 per month. You can search those listings via the online platforms, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oneday.com.hk/en_US/residential/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;oneday&lt;/a&gt;, before moving to Hong Kong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19892" LastActivityDate="2020-04-29T06:46:03.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-29T09:31:27.583" Score="1" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a Nigerian. I applied for UK visa in 2016 through an Agent and I was placed under V3.6 because the agent made a mistake in my company registration letter. Then I applied for the UK visa again in 2020 because my girlfriend was pregnant and she plan to give birth in UK. The visa was deny and my 10 years ban was activated. Now I’m married to my UK British wife and I have a son with her, Who is a British now. Do I have a solution to this problem? Can my UK 10 years ban be lifted now? Can I apply for spouse visa rather than the visitor visa have been applying for ? I have our marriage certificate now. I need to be in my spouse and son’s country. Would my previous 10 years ban affect my spouse visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19893" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2020-04-29T12:26:00.577" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T22:20:47.623" Title="10 years UK ban, now married to UK national, can I apply for a spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-30T09:48:34.640" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got UK pre-settlement status under EU settlement Scheme as a dependent of my EU national ( ITALY) Father. My nationality is Bangladeshi. However My BRP is valid for 5 years and I got that on December-2019. I want to  change my dependency to independent now . Is there any way ?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastActivityDate="2020-04-30T09:48:34.640" Title="Can dependent child change status to independent in UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7243" CreationDate="2020-04-30T17:32:19.430" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not a visa. The name explains itself. It is a permission to stay in UK and used as proof your rights within UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-05-04T08:12:45.197" LastActivityDate="2020-05-04T08:12:45.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20434" CreationDate="2020-05-01T03:41:19.700" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a lawful permeant resident in USA. Because of the current situation due to COVID-19 and the travel limitations I will be outside USA for more than 6 months from my last exit. Will that have any impact on my next entry to USA or on my record when applying for citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastEditorUserId="17624" LastEditDate="2020-05-01T08:47:17.037" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T00:30:22.433" Title="More than 6 months outside USA for a greencard holder?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20383" CreationDate="2020-05-01T05:41:39.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife can apply for a tourist visa but the application is almost certain to fail.  If you have enough money that this prospect doesn't worry you, then instead of giving your money to the UK, consider hiring an immigration lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T05:41:39.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-01T10:26:49.600" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a 48-year old US citizen that lived in the US only for a few years of my early childhood. &#xA;My parents are Argentinian and also left the US with me about 40 years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and 3 kids are Spanish, and we live in France.&#xA;We would like to spend 6-12 months in the US and have our girls attend school there during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would my wife and kids need to live in the US during a year? Can my wife and/or kids also apply for the US citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance,&#xA;Bryan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19902" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T20:24:54.977" Title="US citizen expat with EU citizen wife and kids moving to the US- residence ans/or citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20391" CreationDate="2020-05-01T18:52:21.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably did not meet the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;conditions for transmitting US citizenship to a child born abroad&lt;/a&gt;, which, for a child born abroad to one US citizen parent and one alien parent after 1986, requires that you (the US citizen parent) have been physically present in the US before the child's birth for a cumulative total of 5 years, including 2 years after you turned 14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you would petition your wife and kids to immigrate to the US (i.e. to become US permanent residents, also called &quot;green card holders&quot;). You would file four I-130 petitions, one each for your wife and 3 kids. At a later stage in the process, you will need to file an I-864 Affidavit of Support for your wife, which requires you to be domiciled in the US, or plan to establish domicile no later than when your wife immigrates. If your household income is insufficient, you may need to find a joint sponsor who will fill out a second I-864.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your wife and kids enter the US with their immigrant visas, they will immediately become US permanent residents (i.e. green card holders). Assuming your kids are under 18 at that time, they will also immediately become US citizens under INA 320 as permanent residents under 18 living in the US with a US citizen parent (you). As the spouse of a US citizen, your wife can apply for naturalization to become a US citizen after 3 years of being a permanent resident. As a permanent resident, your wife will need to maintain residence in the US. Prolonged absences may interrupt the period of continuous residence she needs for naturalization, and in the worst case can cause her to lose her green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T18:52:21.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20391" CreationDate="2020-05-01T20:24:54.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since filing for immigration seems a bit much for a visit of no more than a year, you might consider some temporary options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife and children could seek a 1-year admission in B-2 status (&quot;visitor for pleasure&quot;).  The usual period of admission is six months, but the regulations permit admission for up to a year.  If I recall correctly, one case in which this is done is long-term family visits.  You would probably need to show good evidence that you plan to leave at the end of the year, because the visa officer and the immigration officer are required to presume that your wife and children intend to immigrate, and the applicant must overcome that presumption to qualify for B-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you limit the visit to six months, it will probably be that much easier to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that there may be some trouble for your children attending school while they're in B-2 status.  Officially, they are not supposed to do that if the primary purpose of the trip is to attend school in the US, but they can do it if the study is incidental to another purpose (such as accompanying you).  Your children who are in high school or above may therefore want to apply for an F-1 student visa instead (younger students cannot qualify for an F-1 visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If obtaining US citizenship for your children is valuable to you, but you definitely won't be staying for longer than six months or a year, you could apply for your children to immigrate while pursuing the nonimmigrant route for your wife.  Your children would becme US citizens on arrival as explained in user102008's answer.  This approach, however, might make it more difficult for your wife to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent: why are the children applying for immigration when she is not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, it is probably worthwhile to look for a good US immigration lawyer.  The simplest route here is to apply for immigration for everyone, and many people prefer to hire a lawyer even for uncomplicated immigration cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T20:24:54.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-02T20:33:32.770" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student in Austria, I have an EU citizenship. My wife is pregnant and is a third world country resident. Can someone explain what my options to bring my wife to Austria are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19906" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-02T21:42:37.143" LastActivityDate="2020-05-02T21:47:18.420" Title="Bringing my pregnant wife to Austria; I am an EU citizen" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20396" CreationDate="2020-05-02T21:47:18.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that your wife is a citizen of a country whose citizens need visas for short visits to the Schengen area, your wife needs a visa.  Assuming that you are not Austrian, the visa should be free of charge.  She would normally apply for this visa at an Austrian consulate or embassy, but the details could be different depending on the country she's in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't really need to consider other options, because this one is so straightforward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After she gets to Austria, she'll need to apply for a &quot;residence card&quot; if she plans to stay for longer than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you're a student, you may need to show that both you and your wife have health insurance.  If you are a &quot;worker,&quot; however, that requirement disappears, including if you are both working and studying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-05-02T21:47:18.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-02T23:39:19.370" Score="1" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question and I hope some of you may have some advice.&#xA;I arrived in Berlin 3 months ago (in February 2020) as a non-EU citizen, and I am a Blue Card holder. I've done the &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt;, didn't get the chance to attend the appointment for getting a long-term residence permit (valid for 4 years) because of COVID-19 crisis, but I talked to various people and all of them confirmed I have the same rights as other Blue Card holders - I even got a confirmation from LEA that my visa, valid for 6 months, is valid until I don't get the appointment I requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I work as an IT engineer, and I am unhappy with my job. Because of this, I found a new job, in the same field, and I signed the contract. Important thing about it is that the salary is a bit lower than at my current job, but it is over the 2020 limit for shortage occupations - but only for shortage occupations. It is lower than the limit required to avoid obtaining a &lt;em&gt;Zustimmung&lt;/em&gt; from the ZAV, that stills needs to be done. I still meet all the requirements for the Blue Card, because my occupation is on the list of shortage occupations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this, I did the following: as stated on LEA website, I sent all the documents on their E-Mail address (LEA B1 Berlin branch), and now I have no idea how the process will look like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does any of you have any idea what can I expect, and in what time frame?&#xA;Will there be any problems because the salary in the new job will be a bit lower than at my current job?&#xA;Will my Blue Card only get amended, or a completely new work permit needs to be issued?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19907" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-03T13:42:54.067" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T07:32:06.410" Title="Changing employer with a Blue Card during Corona crisis, with a lower salary" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20400" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-03T16:27:57.787" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Ayoub from Morocco. I live in Hamburg in illegal situation 'til now, knowing that same sex marriage is not legal in my home country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is if I get married with my partner here in Germany they will tell me to go back to Morocco or not? and along the visa progress the embassy will keep it as a secret or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19909" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-03T17:25:23.070" LastActivityDate="2020-05-04T06:06:54.403" Title="Question about same sex marriage in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;morocco&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20400" CreationDate="2020-05-03T19:09:48.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no clear cut yes or no answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was at the Standesamt to apply for marriage, nobody ever asked for papers concerning the legality of my partners current stay. On the other hand side, they had a valid entry stamp in their passport and the clerk &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; have known that citizens from the country in question do not even need a visa. Or they looked at the other first world country's passport and simply did not care. So I cannot guarantee that you will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be asked if you show a Moroccan passport with expired visa stamps or no visa stamps at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the fact that marrying is legally possible does not mean it's easy. Germany requires you to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; that you are eligible for marriage (for example not a minor, not otherwise married, not blood-related to the other party etc). That needs documents from your home country, which you may not be able to get while you are here illegally. Since that is Moroccan paperwork, I have no idea. When you get those papers, you will need an apostille and an official translation for both, the apostille and the paperwork. Be warned, those translations cost money, because that is a private service you have to pay yourself. While marrying is comparatively cheap (depending on city or region, ~100€ - ~200€) certified translations can easily cost 1000€ or more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The safest route would be for your partner who is in Germany legally to go to the Standesamt and get a list of documents you both need to provide to be able to get married. They don't need to say a word about the fact that you are already here. Just say you want to get information on what you need to be prepared. Then as a first step, check if attaining those documents from your home country while you are not there is feasible at all. I found this difficult and time consuming (talking about &lt;em&gt;months&lt;/em&gt;) even while we were both able to travel freely between our two countries, with visa waiver programs and no pandemic. It might prove impossible for you right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; obtain those documents, you may still want to get a lawyer for two reasons: the lawyer is on &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; side, the government is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;. And as silly as that may sound, both the administrative clerks in charge of marriages &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the one's in charge of immigration had &lt;em&gt;no clue&lt;/em&gt; what they were doing. They made simple mistakes that I would not have accepted from my apprentice at work. Seriously bad stuff, like putting in &quot;197&quot; for the year of birth in an official form. (No, my wife sitting next to me is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; 1819 years old, thank you very much).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is not an easy process and I urge you to get professional help. As a German it took me months to herd the German bureaucracy through this process while it was all legal and perfectly prepared. If I get you right, there is nothing prepared and there's parts you don't want authorities to know. Do not stumble in there hoping for a lucky chance. Get a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2020-05-04T06:06:54.403" LastActivityDate="2020-05-04T06:06:54.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20402" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-04T13:06:32.750" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am UK resident, retired with a house in the UK. I am engaged to a Swiss national who is still living &amp;amp; working in Switzerland. Before Corona, we simply commuted back &amp;amp; forward so had no problems with 90 day rules. Since the lock down I've remained in Switzerland and now wish to stay beyond 90 days. Does anyone have experience of whether this is possible &amp;amp; if so, how? For example, people with a second home in Switzerland that they visit for more than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that I could register as a person not seeking work provided that I take out health care insurance but I'm not sure what impact this would have on my UK status. After Corona, I will go back to spending more time in the UK than Switzerland. Does anyone have experience of being registered in Switzerland while retaining a home in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19911" LastActivityDate="2020-05-04T13:06:32.750" Title="Having homes in both UK &amp; Switzerland" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20405" CreationDate="2020-05-04T21:59:18.027" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is city registration associated with the length of the rental contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did my city registration last year when I moved to Germany, My rental contract will end next month which I am planning to extend, Do I need to go through the process of city registration again for the same address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19547" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-05T02:58:19.427" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T20:23:32.153" Title="City Registration in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20404" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-05T04:21:56.497" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandfather had French citizenship. But my father doesn't.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Am I eligible for French citizenship based on my [grand]father's citizenship. How to apply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19913" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-05T10:47:22.250" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T10:47:22.250" Title="Can I also get French citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2020-05-05T04:23:31.713" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/code&gt; process in Germany is about registering your place of residence for the authorities, and until you inform them otherwise then they will assume that you remain at the same place and they don't care about details such as the length of your rental contract which is between you and your landlord and hence not relevant to them.&#xA;They only want the contract, or a letter from the landlord, to prove that you live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you must only inform them when you move-in, move-out, or change your address.  A process that must be done within 14 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T04:23:31.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-05T20:26:21.410" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and have Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.  I am eligible to apply for citizenship now but I haven't yet.  Because of the pandemic I am living in London but I was offered a job to work remotely for a company based in Berlin.  Do I need a work permit even if it is just a short freelance job? If I do need a permit, which one do I need?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be easier if I was a UK citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19918" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T09:00:21.087" Title="US Citizen living in UK with ILR, can I work remotely as freelancer for German company while residing in UK?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2020-05-05T22:11:04.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter HOW you manage your stay at the specific address , could be a friend of yours or a relieve , but you need to inform &lt;strong&gt;Burgeramt&lt;/strong&gt; and get the &lt;strong&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/strong&gt;  which shows you're place of residence is this address &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19919" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T22:11:04.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20385" CreationDate="2020-05-05T22:20:47.623" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;the best solution for such complicated case is to consult an Immigration Advisor , and to my best Knowledge that adviser -usually a Lawyer- would appeal the ban based on your case facts.&#xA;I found a case of a Nigerian citizen with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TEN YEAR BAN TO ENTER THE UK OVERTURNED&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.penningtonslaw.com/case-studies/ten-year-ban-to-enter-the-uk-overturned][1]&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.penningtonslaw.com/case-studies/ten-year-ban-to-enter-the-uk-overturned][1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19919" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T22:20:47.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20406" CreationDate="2020-05-06T09:00:21.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indefinite leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK is also known as permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this type of permit then you are allowed to live and work in the UK, and you don't require any other permit or visa to work in the UK, either as an employee or self-employed.  You are subject to the law and statuary rules for establishing a business and your employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are performing the work in the UK, then the fact that you are working for a company in another country remotely does not make any difference for the UK authorities, so long as you pay your tax, social security contributions etc. and abide by all applicable laws etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T09:00:21.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20374" CreationDate="2020-05-06T16:47:20.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;US Immigrant visas cannot be extended. However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Because your inability to travel to the US is for reasons &lt;em&gt;outside of your control&lt;/em&gt;, you can have the visa replaced (paying once again any required fees) &lt;em&gt;before the end of the fiscal year&lt;/em&gt;. You should contact the consulate that issued the visa for information about this option.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you've done the above and the new visa also expires during the next fiscal year and you still weren't able to travel, you'll have to go through the whole immigrant visa process again, assuming that the original basis for eligibility still exists. This will probably take a few months. Your sponsor will not need to file a new I-130, and you will retain your original priority date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050410.html#M504_10_5_A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 504.10-5(A)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T16:47:20.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-06T22:38:09.480" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Yemeni citizen who applied for university in Canada of the spring term and got accepted and then I applied for the Canadian work permit or visa on 7th of March 2020 , and then they requested from me to do biometrics and I did on 10th of March 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now in my online application it says that visa still under process and it been 2 months since I applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have delayed my studies to the summer term and still waiting for my visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the Covid-19 effect my visa processing time ? Will I still get my visa ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and is Student permit and visa the same thing ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19923" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-06T22:52:16.523" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T22:52:16.523" Title="Can I get a Canadian Student permit (visa) during covid-19?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20416" CreationDate="2020-05-07T10:32:43.733" Score="1" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Person#1 is a graduate in CS a crossed the Mediterranean by boat.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Person#2 is a graduate in CS and went to do an MSc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all other things are equal, does it take lesser time and complexity of the process to get Portuguese citizenship for someone who is an illegal immigrant rather than someone who entered with a student-visa? Or, is it the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastEditorUserId="19861" LastEditDate="2020-05-07T11:57:46.997" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T12:56:09.550" Title="Is it easier to get a Portuguese citizenship if someone is an illegal immigrant?" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20415" CreationDate="2020-05-07T15:19:23.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As explained by &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/portugal/naturalisation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Asylum in Europe&lt;/a&gt;, applying for naturalisation in Portugal, like in many other countries, requires a period of &lt;em&gt;legal&lt;/em&gt; residence (five years in this case). A person who crossed the border irregularly will therefore first need to secure a legal basis for residence before anything else and does not seem to be at an advantage here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find any details regarding Portugal but other countries (e.g. France) do have special naturalisation procedures &lt;em&gt;for refugees&lt;/em&gt;. That would cover many of the people who recently crossed the Mediterranean by boat and might be the reason for the confusion behind this question. But it's important to note that naturalisation is not easier merely because the person crossed the border irregularly or was undocumented for a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's rather the other way around: It is because these people are refugees that they are prepared to go to such length to reach Europe and are then able to secure legal residence in spite of crossing the border irregularly (non-refugees, including graduated students who failed to transition to another status, would be at risk of removal back to their country of citizenship). But even in this case, applying for citizenship first requires becoming a legal resident by having one's claim to asylum recognized by the country of refuge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-08T08:46:42.157" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T08:46:42.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20417" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20431" CreationDate="2020-05-07T10:13:05.960" Score="2" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, my wife came to the United States on a K1 visa (fiancee visa). She has had her green card for 6 years now, so she is eligible to apply for citizenship. However, she does not yet feel &quot;ready&quot; to apply for citizenship. Her home country does not recognize dual citizenship, and by law, she would lose her birth citizenship by acquiring US citizenship. We have an American-born child.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a job opportunity in a foreign country, it would be a contract of 2 to 3 years. What is the best way to keep her resident status while abroad? We intend to return to the United States after the contract is over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reapplying to a K1 (or K3 as we are now married) visa would be unthinkable as we would not want to be separated for 6 months to a year, especially with a young baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do not have assets (except for a bank account and a car) or an extended family in the US as I am myself a naturalized citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19926" OwnerDisplayName="Schenectarianorip" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-08T18:01:25.213" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T19:20:40.907" Title="Working abroad for 3 years on a green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-08T06:15:31.887" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mom recently became a green card holder. What is the best health insurance I can get for her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I see, visitor's coverage is the only one that is can be seen using Google but I am not sure if it is right for her. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We live in Seattle, WA. Her home country is India. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19927" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T17:15:33.390" Title="New Green Card holder health insurance?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-08T11:19:56.290" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Aufenshaltstitel valid till 2020 September &lt;strong&gt;(Aufenhaltserlaubnis)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(Familienangehoriger)&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;(Anmerkungen §28 Abs.1 s. 1 Nr.1)&lt;/strong&gt; is what it says on my card.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been out of Germany for more than 6 months and recently when I spoke to the Auslanderbehorde they said my card is invalid as I stayed out of Germany for more than 6 months :O .... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be my next step to go back to Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife who is a German by birth and I are both in my home country right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19928" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-05-08T21:10:15.380" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T23:07:00.753" Title="Out of Germany more than 6 months. Is my Aufenhaltstitel still valid?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-02-03T07:57:10.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20415" CreationDate="2020-05-08T12:56:09.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, since the major pre-requierment for citizenship is in how so far a person &lt;em&gt;identifies&lt;/em&gt; themselfs as a member of the community/country/society of which they which to become a citizen of. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence requirement is &lt;em&gt;secondary&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  There is a requirement to have &lt;em&gt;sufficient knowledge&lt;/em&gt; of the Portuguese language and &lt;em&gt;effective links to the national community&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With few exceptions, the residence conditions are &lt;strong&gt;reduced&lt;/strong&gt; when married to a national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, minors (with foreign parents) also recieve special conditions when they are born or grown up in the country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgium&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bulgaria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Finland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hungary&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ireland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Malta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portugal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residence requirements&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 years &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 years when&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the applicant was born in the country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;settled in the country before the age of 18&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;execeptions for Finland, The Netherlands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not for Hungary, Malta, UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the applicant is married to a national&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;execeptions for Finnland, France&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not for Malta&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Countries where &lt;em&gt;default&lt;/em&gt; residence requirement greater than 5 years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;7 years&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Greece&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;8 years&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Estonia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Romania&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Act_(Slovakia)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Slovakia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;9 years&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Denmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10 years&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Poland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Slovenia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reduced period when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;born or settled in the country before the age of 18 (not based on Nationalization of parent) &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not for Estonia, Greece, Poland, Slovenia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the applicant is married to a national&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not for Estonia, Greece&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Countries soly based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jus sanguinis (right of blood) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Croatia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No language requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ireland&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality law - Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jus soli (right of soil)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jus sanguinis (right of blood) &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;European Union&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austrian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Belgian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bulgarian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Croatian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Cypriot nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Czech nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Danish nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Estonian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Finnish nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Greek nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hungarian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Italian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Latvian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lithuanian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Luxembourg nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maltese nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Polish nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Romanian nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Act_(Slovakia)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Slovakian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Slovenian nationality law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spanish nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Swedish nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British nationality law&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T12:56:09.550" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20421" CreationDate="2020-05-08T13:23:23.060" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your residence permit was issued based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§28 (1)(1) AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spouse of a German citizen that &lt;strong&gt;resides&lt;/strong&gt; in Germany  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you and your German spouse no longer reside in Germany, then the residence permit expires &lt;strong&gt;automatically&lt;/strong&gt;, since the conditions it was issued against are no longer fullfilled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if your spouse remained in Germany &lt;strong&gt;and/or&lt;/strong&gt; you applied for an exception of the 6 month rule &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; leaving (need 12 months to take care of parents), would the residence permit had remained valid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this condition is again fulfilled, a new residence permit will be issued.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should contact the local German embassy / consulate, which will probably issue a D-Visa based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§28 (1)(1) AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 28&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; AufenthG&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Subsequent immigration of dependants to join a German national&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;(1) The temporary residence permit shall be granted to the foreign  &#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;spouse of a German,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;minor, unmarried child of a German,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;parent of a minor, unmarried German for the purpose of care and custody&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if the German’s habitual residence is in the federal territory&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory Residence Act&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-05-08T13:39:45.210" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T13:39:45.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20430" CreationDate="2020-05-08T14:52:13.913" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a UK Driving License but am living in the US, and I am looking to move to Germany. The issue I have is that the UK license card I seem to have is an older card, which does not have the last address I had when I left UK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I still exchange my UK license for a German one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19929" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T13:23:27.530" Title="Exchanging UK License for German License (but with a twist)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20420" CreationDate="2020-05-08T17:15:33.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your mom can buy a plan from her state's health insurance exchange (Obamacare/ACA marketplace). The one for Washington state is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wahealthplanfinder.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Washington Healthplanfinder&lt;/a&gt;. Although this year's open enrollment period already ended, one qualifies for a 60-day special enrollment period after a life-changing event; one such event is moving to the US, so your mom should be able to enroll if she moved to the US in the last 60 days. If her household income is below 400% of the federal poverty level, she will receive a subsidy to help pay part of the premium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-08T17:15:33.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20426" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20443" CreationDate="2020-05-08T18:50:34.987" Score="3" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (US citizen) submitted I-130 online in Dec for me (currently living and working in Canada). Today we received I-797 that the I130 petition is approved. YAY!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to everything I had read before, the next step for me would be filing DS-260 at the embassy in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the received I-979 reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The above petition [I-130] has been approved. &lt;strong&gt;The petition indicated that the&#xA;  beneficiary is in the United States and wishes to apply for adjustment&#xA;  of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.&lt;/strong&gt; He or she should&#xA;  submit a copy of this notice, along with a Form-485, Application to&#xA;  Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the beneficiary decides to apply for an immigrant visa outside the&#xA;  US based on this petition, you should file Form I-824, Application for&#xA;  Action on an Approved Application or Petition, to request that we send&#xA;  the petition to the U.S. Department of State National Visa Center&#xA;  (NVC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The NVC processes all approved immigrant visa petitions that require&#xA;  consular action. It also determines which consular post is the&#xA;  appropriate consulate to complete visa processing. The NVX will then&#xA;  forward the approved petition to that consulate. The NVC will then&#xA;  contact the beneficiary concerning further immigrant visa processing&#xA;  steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not true. The I-130 petition clearly stated that I am living and working in Canada (along with my Canadian address etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this normal? Did we file I-130 somehow wrong? Clearly if I would have been in the US we would have filed I130 together with I-485 to save time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/marriage-based-green-cards-explained/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/marriage-based-green-cards-explained/&lt;/a&gt;, DS260 is $445. However, I-824 is yet another $465! The above link never mentioned I-824 so I wonder why we need to file this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to take action as quickly as possible. What is the best way to proceed? Can I already start DS-260 to save time?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastEditorUserId="19008" LastEditDate="2020-05-08T19:28:48.367" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T13:55:42.707" Title="I-130 approved (I-797 received): Why do we have to file I-824 (and do we)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-08T19:39:28.150" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question that seems like it would be common, but I have not found much online about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer that requires moving from Canada to the US on a TN visa. When it comes to visas, my understanding is that the general process is apply for the visa, get approved, then find an apartment/housing and move. With a TN visa, you are not approved until you're in the process of moving (when you arrive at the border about 1-2 weeks before your start date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how do people manage apartment leases/contracts in this scenario where your visa may possibly be rejected at the last moment? Since you're in the middle of moving you must have some apartment pre-arranged before you cross the border. It seems like a bad decision to sign a contract that is for more than a month or two before knowing your visa status. So do most people in this scenario typically sign a short term 1-2 month contract beforehand, and then only look for something long-term once they cross the border and know that their visa has been approved? Also I'm guessing that you should not plan to move any time near the end of your current lease, since a visa rejection would mean that you still need an apartment to return to. Is there a better/alternative way to handle these things, or should you just hope for the best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: If anyone comes across this in the future, I later asked this on the r/immigration subreddit and got some useful comments there: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/immigration/comments/ght83a/tn_status_and_apartment_rental_contractsleases/?sort=qa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.reddit.com/r/immigration/comments/ght83a/tn_status_and_apartment_rental_contractsleases/?sort=qa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19931" LastEditorUserId="19931" LastEditDate="2020-05-12T05:02:56.483" LastActivityDate="2020-05-12T05:02:56.483" Title="TN Visa and Apartment Rental Contracts/Leases" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20429" CreationDate="2020-05-09T11:30:35.917" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the second half of 2019 I've moved away from France to UK for work (I'm not French, I was living there for ~4 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the process of filling the tax declaration for 2019 Tax Year in France and I'd like to ask about process of moving away from France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I declare UK income in my 2019 French Tax Declaration even though I have already paid taxes in UK for it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it legal to have a double residence France/UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13546" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-09T16:10:36.383" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T16:10:36.383" Title="Moving from France to UK - taxes and bank" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20428" CreationDate="2020-05-09T13:00:07.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/international-particulier/obligations-payment-and-access-online-services&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The French tax office&lt;/a&gt; provides some info about this situation, in particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have taxable income in France prior to and following your departure, you need to complete two returns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2042 (your usual income tax return) for income earned between 1 January and your date of departure. If, during this period, you earned income abroad, this income should be declared using return 2047, and indicated on return 2042.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2042-NR (which you can activate in the appendix section when you file online or by downloading it from our website) is only for French income taxable in France that you earned between your date of departure and 31 December of the year of your departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you do not need to report UK income earned &lt;em&gt;after the date of departure&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T13:00:07.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20424" CreationDate="2020-05-09T13:23:27.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you replace the card before the end of 2020, then you will be treated in the same way as an EU citizen in Germany, as the Brexit transition phase is still in place.  So the process is fairly simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you apply to change your licence then the German authorities will contact the DVLA in the UK to validate various details about the card and yourself and then, if everything is in order, issue you with a new German driving licence in place of the UK licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German authorities will not care if the address stated on the card was correct at the time when you left the UK or not.  This is a matter for the UK authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are in fact not required to replace your UK licence for a German one until the UK one expires (which is normally 10 years after issue).&#xA;So this means that any address details printed on the card could anyway be up to 10 years out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T13:23:27.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20417" CreationDate="2020-05-09T17:54:53.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spending three years overseas puts your wife's green card status at significant risk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;http://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14486/&quot;&gt;expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/14486/&lt;/a&gt;  After only 180 days' absence from the US, your wife risks violating naturalization's &quot;continuous residence&quot; requirement, as well as creating possible difficulties in her returning to the US, and a referral to the Immigration Court where she risks a finding that she has abandoned her US residence. In these regards, longer stays may be even worse for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you commit to the new job and she commits to moving overseas with you, find and confer with an attorney in the US who is experienced in US immigration matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-20T19:20:40.907" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T19:20:40.907" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-09T19:25:48.763" Score="2" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) relaxed the requirements on being physically present in the United States to maintain one's permanent resident status (a.k.a. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_card&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;green card&lt;/a&gt;)  in response to COVID-19?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background information motivating the question, but not necessary to answer the question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the United States much more than most other countries. As a result, staying in some countries outside the United States may increase one's expected lifespan, and international travel is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;less convenient&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200509193026/https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) as it used to be, sometimes even impossible from some countries (closed airports, or traveling restricted to corner cases such as diplomats or COVID-19-related workers). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The IRS has postponed the tax filing deadline from April 15 to July 15, 2020, and the due date of the taxpayer's section 965 installment payment has also been postponed to July 15, 2020. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-20-20.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Revenue Procedure 2020-20&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200509193037/https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-20-20.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;), the IRS also provides some exception for the substantial presence test in response to COVID-19-related travel restrictions. As a result, I wonder whether the USCIS has relaxed the requirements on being physically present in the United States to maintain one's permanent resident status (a.k.a. green card) in response to COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that matters, I am a French citizen with a US green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-05-09T19:37:41.083" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T22:39:25.023" Title="Has the USCIS relaxed the requirements on being present in the US to maintain one's permanent resident status (green card) in response to COVID-19?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20432" CreationDate="2020-05-09T19:51:09.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no such requirement to relax.  The requirement is that the permanent resident not abandon his or her residence in the United States.  But there is no specific threshold for the duration of absence that causes a permanent resident to lose that status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The determination of abandonment is made individually in each case.  Someone who has been away for an extended time because of the current pandemic will normally be in a better position to make a claim not to have abandoned residence in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are various thresholds at which different documentary requirements arise for returning to the US, which may be what you're thinking about, but these are statutory, so USCIS will have limited authority to waive them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-05-09T19:53:35.613" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T19:53:35.613" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20389" CreationDate="2020-05-11T00:30:22.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as the documentary requirements for returning to the US, the green card by itself allows you to return to the US after an absence of less than one year. You can always be asked to prove that you maintained residence in the US, no matter how long or short your absence was. (It's possible to be found to have abandoned residence even if each of your absences was less than 6 months.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two impacts that happen at 6 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might break &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;continuous residence&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; for naturalization purposes. An absence of between 6 months and 1 year is presumed to break continuous residence unless you provide sufficient evidence of ties to the US to overcome the presumption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will be considered an applicant for admission, which means you could be denied entry if you are &amp;quot;inadmissible&amp;quot; under any grounds of inadmissibility. INA 101(a)(13)(C) says that a returning permanent resident is considered to not be seeking admission unless one of several situations applies, including being out of the US for 180 days continuously, having engaged in illegal activity abroad, and a few others. That means that a permanent resident can normally return from a trip of less than 180 days even if they are &amp;quot;inadmissible&amp;quot; (as long as none of the other conditions apply). But if you have been out for more than 180 days, then you need to be careful about any grounds of inadmissibility. This is not usually a problem, as it is uncommon for a permanent resident to be &amp;quot;inadmissible&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, one ground of inadmissibility that recently changed is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;public charge ground of inadmissibility&lt;/a&gt;, which became much broader under a new rule that took effect on February 24, 2020. The person's age, health, family status, financial status, and education and skills are all factors considered in the public charge determination now. It is possible that you were admissible when you got your green card under the old rules, but you could be considered to be inadmissible now under the new rules even if your circumstances have not changed. Also, the new rules consider receipt of certain public benefits after February 24, 2020 for more than 12 months out of the last 36 months, to be a heavily-weighted negative factor. This includes some benefits that LPRs may be legally eligible for (including Medicaid which LPRs may be eligible for after 5 years, and SNAP (food stamps) which LPRs may be eligible for after 5 years or after earning 40 quarters of Social Security credits, etc.). So you can be penalized for using benefits that you are legally eligible for, if you subsequently leave the US for more than 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T00:30:22.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-11T11:32:21.037" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an EU citizen wants to buy a house in the UK after the transition period, settle there, open a bank account and transfer a huge amount of money there and live out of interests only afterwards, can they still live there even if they provide for themselves only with passive income?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And how cay they deal with taxes? Will these taxes be detracted from their interests automatically or will they have to apply a tax return, declare their income and pay separately on their own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I've just realised that specifying the nature of the citizen in this case is totally irrelevant, since former rights of EU citizens will no longer apply (except for Irish people, they're a peculiar case), and hence any French or Dutch citizen will be considered rankingly the same as a US citizen. In this case, will he need a visa to go there or can he just go there with no visa and regularise himsel afterwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T17:41:46.093" Title="Living and settling in the UK after Brexit and living out of bank interests only" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20436" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-11T12:18:26.130" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father is a non-EU permanent resident in Italy and he's concerned about his PR, since he's waiting for Italian citizenship and the latter is basically necessary for him in order to get this citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father fears and thinks that if he moves to another EU country, then he'll have to basically bargain his Italian PR for a temporary one in the other country, and due to that he may lose his Italian citizenship all together, but I'm not sure if he's getting it right, both for the supposed bargain and for the citizenship, because I'm not sure whether&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Authorities of a country can ask in return papers issued by an other country&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;He may not get Italian citizenship  if he gives up is PR card (if that's the case), since his dossier is on process and he's satisfied all conditions pertaining to work and residence (there have been some controversies lastly with his case, because Italian administration oververified his case multiple times and they came out with the excuse that he's been unemployed for several years and then his average income went down, but after that I declared my income in order to stabilize things).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is that his citizenship process will surely take too much time, due to the technicalities and ambiguities that the administration processing his application is up to, so can my father settle in this other EU country without giving up his Italian PR? And if that's the case, does he have to ask for a visa or he can simply go and deal with bureaucracy afterwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-11T20:27:49.620" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T20:29:25.343" Title="Non-EU permanent resident of Italy seeking to settle in another EU country while naturalisation is pending" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20436" CreationDate="2020-05-11T15:25:23.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My father fears and thinks that if he moves to another EU country, then he'll have to basically bargain his Italian PR for a temporary one in the other country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your father is basically right, at least for the purpose of naturalisation. If he leaves the country and settles in another country, he would quite plainly not fit the residence requirement anymore and could be deemed to have abandoned his application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU law facilitates moving between country for long-term residents from third countries but member states are still completely free to define the requirements for citizenship. So he would not automatically be deemed to have resided long enough for that purpose anywhere. But as @phoog explained, he would still be a long-term resident under EU law, which should at least make it possible to come back to Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Authorities of a country can ask in return papers issued by an other country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not conflate the document with the status. Another country is not going to ask him to surrender his Italian PR card and he might even be able to hide the fact that he moved from the Italian state for long enough and get away with it. There could also be a grace period during which his absence would not reset the clock for the residence requirement. But if he would effectively not be a resident of Italy anymore and it could backfire badly. That's a simple fact and in principle unrelated to having surrendered the plastic card itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He may not get Italian citizenship if he gives up is PR card (if that's the case), since his dossier is on process and he's satisfied all conditions pertaining to work and residence (there have been some controversies lastly with his case, because Italian administration oververified his case multiple times and they came out with the excuse that he's been unemployed for several years and then his average income went down, but after that I declared my income in order to stabilize things).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems he has a weak application and is already under scrutiny. I think your father is right to be careful here. Especially considering the fact that letting this application fail would mean dealing with all these difficulties again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in some countries, even leaving &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; obtaining citizenship can be the basis for a procedure to remove it. The point being that the core requirement is not merely to hold this or that card, it's to live in the country and intend to continue to make it your home. I don't know enough about Italian law and practices to know if it's an issue there but going through the formalities to settle elsewhere would constitute &lt;em&gt;prima facie&lt;/em&gt; evidence that your father does not intend to live in Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-11T20:23:35.870" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T20:23:35.870" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20435" CreationDate="2020-05-11T17:41:46.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to settle in the UK purely on the basis of wealth, you need to apply under the Tier 1 Investor route. Under this route, the applicant is required to invest £2,000,000. They will gain settlement after 5 years. This can be decreased to 3 years by investing £5,000,000 or 2 years by investing £10,000,000. At application time, they must prove they have £2,000,000 available in a UK bank account, and if they've held the funds for less than 2 years, they must prove its provenance. When extending the visa or applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain, the applicant needs to show they've invested the required amounts in actively trading UK registered companies for the time covered by the previous leave. They cannot (anymore) just invest the money in gilts, but by investing in a large number of well established UK companies, there is practically zero risk involved. The route has been criticised as being an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/tier-1-investor-visa-briefing/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;excellent vehicle for money laundering&lt;/a&gt;, although some reform has been introduced requiring applicants to complete criminal background checks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules for this route are fairly complex, and very few applications are made annually. It would be advisable to make this application with the help of an experienced (and expensive) solicitor. But anyone in a position to apply as a Tier 1 Investor obviously won't have any problem affording this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under this route, the applicant is allowed to work, except as a professional sportsperson or coach, and there are some restrictions on working as a doctor or dentist. And they can also bring over their dependents to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taxes are dealt with in the same way as any other UK tax resident. With the amount of investment required, and the high income that they presumably have, they would likely be required to complete self-assessment, but they will probably pay an accountant to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T17:41:46.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20436" CreationDate="2020-05-11T18:18:10.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will first link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20437/2440&quot;&gt;answer by Relaxed&lt;/a&gt; because it addresses your question more thoroughly, in particular the likely fact that having long-term resident status doesn't necessarily count as residing in Italy for the purpose of naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this answer is only to consider your father's belief about the implications of moving to another EU country (at least in the general case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My father fears and thinks that if he moves to another EU country, then he'll have to basically bargain his Italian PR for a temporary one in the other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not correct.  He retains his status as a &quot;long-term resident&quot; of Italy while he lives temporarily in another member state.  This is controlled by &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0109-20110520&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2003/109/EC&lt;/a&gt;.  Chapter III governs &quot;residence in the other member states,&quot; while Article 9 governs &quot;Withdrawal or loss of status.&quot;  The latter says, in paragraph 4:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The long-term resident who has resided in another Member State in accordance with Chapter III shall no longer be entitled to maintain his/her long-term resident status acquired in the first Member State when such a status is granted in another Member State pursuant to Article 23.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In any case after six years of absence from the territory of the Member State that granted long-term resident status the person concerned shall no longer be entitled to maintain his/her long term resident status in the said Member State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By way of derogation from the second subparagraph the Member State concerned may provide that for specific reasons the long-term resident shall maintain his/her status in the said Member State in case of absences for a period exceeding six years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, none of this applies if the other country is Denmark, Ireland, or the United Kingdom, because those countries have opted out of the relevant directive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-05-11T20:29:25.343" LastActivityDate="2020-05-11T20:29:25.343" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20441" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20509" CreationDate="2020-05-12T16:50:15.813" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen currently working in Germany as a software engineer.&#xA;I entered Germany with an entry visa on which it says &quot;Blaue Karte&quot; and my employer name, and that happened in February.&#xA;I only got my &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; this week. &#xA;On the &lt;em&gt;Zusatzblatt&lt;/em&gt; I can see the following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Beschäftigung nicht erlaubt mit Ausnahme der Tätigkeit als Software Engineer&#xA;Selbstständige Tätigkeit erlaubt&#xA;Nach 2jähr. versicherungspfl. Beschäftig. ist Beschäftig. jeder Art erlaubt.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see my employer name in there. Does that mean I can switch jobs without seeking an approval from the foreigners agency, as long as the new job satisfies the Blue Card requirements, and my position stays the same, that is, as long as the job itself is in the same field and payed above Blue Card limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I am aware that I have to notify them - but to be precise, does that mean I can start working on my job immediately after informing them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19907" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-29T16:52:55.207" LastActivityDate="2020-05-29T16:53:34.650" Title="Blue Card additional sheet restrictions - employer name" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-12T18:18:05.453" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vlada.cz/cz/media-centrum/aktualne/vyhlaseni-nouzoveho-stavu-180234/#cestovani_od_11_kvetna&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statement of the Czech Ministry of Interior&lt;/a&gt;, the borders of Czechia are closed &lt;strong&gt;for foreigners for the duration of the state of emergency&lt;/strong&gt;. The state of emergency is &lt;strong&gt;valid until May 17th&lt;/strong&gt;. Does this mean that on May the 18th any EU citizen will be able to enter the country? I see a lot of conflicting information in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.novinky.cz/zahranicni/evropa/clanek/viden-budeme-jednat-o-otevreni-hranic-s-ceskem-40323397&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;news&lt;/a&gt;. Also, it is not possible to book train tickets for any date after the 17th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15992" LastActivityDate="2020-05-12T18:18:05.453" Title="Will the Czech borders be open with the expiry of the state of emergency?" Tags="&lt;czech-republic&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2020-05-13T21:38:05.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20426" CreationDate="2020-05-13T02:29:51.137" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your wife specified on the I-130 a consulate where you will do Consular Processing, and left the part about office where you will do Adjustment of Status blank, USCIS should send the approved petition to NVC after I-130 approval, and not hold onto it to wait for you to file Adjustment of Status. You should not have to file I-824 unless your wife had specified on the I-130 that you will do Adjustment of Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If anything, sometimes the opposite happens -- people who indicated Adjustment of Status get I-130 approvals saying that it will be sent to NVC for Consular Processing, because USCIS assumes that people will not remain in status in categories that have a wait. That case isn't that big an issue, as they can still just file Adjustment of Status directly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what you can do in your case. You might want to contact USCIS to verify that the notice reflects what they are actually doing, i.e. they are really not sending the petition to NVC, instead of it being a typo on the notice. If they are really not sending the petition to NVC, you might try to contact USCIS to see if they can send it to NVC without you filing I-824, since the I-130 did say Consular Processing and it's their mistake, not yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-13T02:29:51.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-13T17:40:57.597" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are non-US citizens studying in the US with an F1 visa allowed to sign a statement of work with some US-based  company with no fee/payment attached but only gives them access to the company's account on some third-party website (e.g., Amazon MTurk for the student to perform data collection for their own research projects but paid by the company)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at some websites on working as a non-US citizen while studying in the US with a F1 visa, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://iss.wisc.edu/employment/f1-employment/f-1-curricular-practical-training-cpt/paid-vs-unpaid-cpt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://iss.wisc.edu/employment/f1-employment/f-1-curricular-practical-training-cpt/paid-vs-unpaid-cpt/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/student-visa-and-immigration/current-students/employment-and-tax/unpaid-internships-and-volunteer-work.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/student-visa-and-immigration/current-students/employment-and-tax/unpaid-internships-and-volunteer-work.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://internationalcenter.umich.edu/students/f1-students/cpt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://internationalcenter.umich.edu/students/f1-students/cpt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I don't know what the answer is  for my use case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T19:02:30.307" Title="Are non-US citizens studying in the US with an F1 visa allowed to sign a statement of work with no payment but only gives them access to some account?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20448" CreationDate="2020-05-13T19:58:55.483" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a third-country national with permanent residence status in the Czech Republic. My partner is a Czech citizen (my residence is also tied to our relationship), and we will soon be moving to Germany for his work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In preparation for the move and as an extra layer of protection, I have also gotten &lt;em&gt;long-term residence in the EC&lt;/em&gt;, although I'm a bit at a loss to explain what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does my Czech residence help in any way when it comes to moving to and getting residence status in Germany? Or do I basically restart the process of EU integration from scratch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19942" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-13T21:42:01.473" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T18:07:12.537" Title="Residence status when moving between EU countries" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20447" CreationDate="2020-05-13T22:31:36.333" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's complicated because we are talking about several distinct but potentially overlapping statuses. The main consequence of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/long-term-residents_en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU long-term resident status&lt;/a&gt; is that if you gained it in one participating EU country, it's somewhat easier to move to another participating EU country. In particular, you can move first and apply for a residence permit from within the destination country (as opposed to having to wait for a visa or permit outside the country). However, you still need to apply for a resident permit. You may also be asked to prove you have stable and sufficient resources and health insurance to get the new residence permit and being a long-term resident in one EU country doesn't automatically grant you the right to work in another EU country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Importantly, you would not immediately become an EU long-term resident in your new country of residence. The logic of the directive is that you should qualify for a renewable residence permit as long as you fulfill the conditions and until you become an EU long-term resident again (after five years). If you were to lose your status in the new residence country before that, your earlier residence country has an obligation to readmit you. In other words: what you have now is a guarantee that if something should go wrong in Germany in the next 5-6 years, you have a strong right to come back to the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the EU long-term resident status is not necessarily equivalent to a national settled or permanent resident status nor does it automatically qualify you to apply for citizenship. In many cases, people might qualify for all of these around the same time but they are still legally distinct and it's possible to qualify for one but not the other. Citizenship in particular is entirely under the control of each member state, your status under EU law has no bearing on that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that wasn't complicated enough, note that by moving with your Czech partner to Germany, you probably qualify for a completely different status: &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/family-residence-rights/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;family member of an EU citizen&lt;/a&gt;. It's attractive because the formalities are relatively simple, income requirements are lower or non-existent and if you qualify for that status, you have a very strong right to remain in the country with your partner. You would also have an unconditional right to work in Germany, which is not the case with the EU long-term resident route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually, after five years under the EU citizen family member status, you would become a &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-permanent-residence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Permanent resident&lt;/a&gt; in Germany. This is the strongest of all the possibilities I listed. Once you have that, it's virtually impossible to force you to leave the country, even if you have no means to support yourself anymore or, depending on the nature of your partnership, if you separate from your partner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, for the sake of completeness, note that there are exceptions to all this for public policy, public security or public health reasons. If you are found guilty of a serious crime, are suspected of terrorism, etc. all bets are off, none of these statuses will prevent Germany from expelling you. That's why I used the phrase &lt;em&gt;very strong&lt;/em&gt; right. Unlike citizenship, EU law doesn't give you an &lt;em&gt;absolute&lt;/em&gt; right to stay in a country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T18:07:12.537" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T18:07:12.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-14T18:29:13.377" Score="2" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might have all of this completely wrong, so I am sorry if that is the case. As far as I know, you can apply for British citizenship if you have a British grandparent. Is the same true for the Netherlands? My grandfather was born in the Netherlands, then moved to South Africa. Do I qualify for a Dutch passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19947" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T04:31:51.067" Title="Do I qualify for a Dutch passport through my grandfather?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20446" CreationDate="2020-05-14T18:40:52.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In summary, Company A will hire someone from Amazon MTurk to provide services for them under your management. Therefore, you are acting as a manager for company A but you will not be compensated for this management work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me that is a work relationship and therefore requires work authorization, CPT if pursuing a degree or OPT if you're done with your degree. An exception for that is if Company A is in fact the university that you're attending. In this case you will follow the guidelines for on-campus work, which does not require authorization from USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T18:40:52.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-14T16:33:49.570" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK requires CSI (comprehensive sickness insurance) for some certain documents. Their definition of what is and what isn't CSI isn't totally clear though. Here's an idea of what they say it is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must take a proportionate approach when you consider if an insurance policy is comprehensive. For example, a policy may contain certain exemptions but if the policy covers the applicant for medical treatment in the majority of circumstances you can accept it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and what they say it isn't:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The definition of CSI does not include: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;cash back health schemes, such as: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;dental &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;optical &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;prescription charges&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;travel insurance policies &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;access to the UK’s NHS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would qualify as CSI for people living in Switzerland? (Local or international)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5968" OwnerDisplayName="user3306356" LastEditorUserId="5968" LastEditDate="2020-06-08T12:48:56.870" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T12:48:56.870" Title="What qualifies as CSI (comprehensive sickness insurance) in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8858" CreationDate="2020-05-14T20:23:38.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An expired original driver's license is going to be of zero help to you. A, current, valid driver's license is needed in order to get your foreign license off of your originals merits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5968" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T20:23:38.973" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-14T21:13:03.320" Score="1" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a spouse of EU citizen. I have long stay visa up to August 2020. I have got an appointment from &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; but I would like to go in another country for study. Is there any chance that I can request to the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; to give me &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; as early as possible? As I can’t travel with &lt;em&gt;récipissé&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19948" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-15T06:19:04.103" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T15:06:45.663" Title="Carte de séjour waiting" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-15T04:02:25.723" Score="4" ViewCount="1212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am USA green card holder. I am married to an Indian citizen (and I am also an Indian citizen). My wife resides in India and I have started her green card process few years ago. We are nearly at the final stages. We are awaiting an interview at US embassy in India, which is currently closed due to covid pandemic. My wife is currently pregnant. It is likely that baby will be born in India because she won't be able to travel to USA before the baby's delivery. What are my options to bring my child to USA?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19951" OwnerDisplayName="Aris totle" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T17:14:46.297" Title="Child born outside USA to Green Card Parents" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20449" CreationDate="2020-05-15T04:31:51.067" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Dutch nationality law you can qualify for Dutch citizenship via your parents if they were Dutch at the time of your birth.  The nationality of your grandparents is not relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if neither of your parents were Dutch citizens at the time of your birth, then you do not qualify for nationality via descent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, Dutch nationality law is very strict on dual nationality, and it is only allowed under some circumstances, and in some cases is automatically lost if the person acquires citizenship of a foreign country, or if a dual national at birth and lives outside of the Netherlands in adulthood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to look into it given your exact circumstances.  There are plenty of other posts on here about if you qualify via your parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details can be found here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law#Loss_of_Dutch_citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law#Loss_of_Dutch_citizenship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW:  Your statement about British nationality via your Grandparents is also not correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T04:31:51.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20453" CreationDate="2020-05-15T06:18:45.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Realistically, no, there is no practical way to speed up processing, even outside of the Covid-19 situation. Even at the best of times, many &lt;em&gt;préfectures&lt;/em&gt; struggle to meet the legal deadlines for residence cards and residence permits. The most you can do is show up at the appointments they give you and hope they will issue the final card, not another &lt;em&gt;récépissé&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-15T13:02:14.123" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T13:02:14.123" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20454" CreationDate="2020-05-15T08:41:35.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although I'm not familiar with Indian nationality law, I assume that your child will be an Indian citizen at birth. As a minor child of a permanent resident, your child is eligible to &lt;strong&gt;apply for F2A immigration visa&lt;/strong&gt; (just like your wife). According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-may-2020.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Bulletin For May 2020&lt;/a&gt;, there doesn't seem to be any backlog of applications, so you can start the process as soon as the baby is born and has all the basic documents. I don't know anything about the Indian side of things, so I can't comment on what it takes to get a passport for the baby.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14797" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T08:41:35.477" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20454" CreationDate="2020-05-15T17:14:46.297" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your child is born after your wife's immigrant visa is issued, your child can travel to the US together with your wife when she enters with her immigrant visa, and your child can enter the US as an immigrant without needing an immigrant visa. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM020102.html#M201_2_3&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 201.2-3&lt;/a&gt;(3)(a)(i):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a)  The child born after the issuance of a visa to a parent, or&#xA;  [...], is not required to have a visa if the child is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(i)     Born subsequent to issuance of an IV to the accompanying&#xA;  parent within the validity of the parent’s immigrant visa; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the CBP &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Mar/2019%20Carrier%20Information%20Guide%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;carrier information guide&lt;/a&gt;, page 5 (12 in PDF):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Child born abroad to an accompanying parent after issuance of an&#xA;  immigrant visa to the parent but before the parent’s initial admission&#xA;  as an immigrant may be boarded as long as the child has a passport or&#xA;  is listed in a parent’s passport with a birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The child will be admitted as a US permanent resident (green card holder). Technically, all that is needed to prove that the child can travel to the US is the birth certificate showing the parent-child relationship to your wife. However, airline staff often do not know this rule and will not board them without a more concrete document for entering the US. In this case, they can get a transportation letter from the US consulate, which will say that the child can be transported to the US without liability to the carrier. You do not need to file I-131A, and do not need to pay a fee, to obtain this transportation letter. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131a&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-131A page&lt;/a&gt;, under &quot;Special Instructions&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a child who was born outside the United States and is&#xA;  coming to the U.S. for the first time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may need to request carrier documentation if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You are an LPR or have an immigrant visa,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your child is under 2 years old, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your child is traveling with you to come to the United States for the first time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We recommend checking with your airline or transportation carrier&#xA;  first to ensure they will board your child in these circumstances&#xA;  without carrier documentation. If the airline or transportation&#xA;  carrier refuses to board your child without carrier documentation, we&#xA;  can issue a boarding letter. In this situation, you do not need to&#xA;  file Form I-131A or pay a fee for this service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your child is born before your wife's immigrant visa is issued, your child will need to get his/her own immigrant visa. Your child can be added as a derivative beneficiary to your wife's case. I am assuming that you are petitioning your wife (you filed I-130 for her) to immigrate as a spouse of a permanent resident (in the F2A category). Your wife's child who was born before she immigrates can immigrate as her derivative beneficiary, and the child will receive a separate immigrant visa, without you needing to file another I-130 for the child. If it's late in the process, adding a new visa application for the child may mean that your wife will have to wait longer before she can come, although it may be possible to ask the consulate to expedite it in this situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T17:14:46.297" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-15T22:29:10.120" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in Iran and moved to Denmark. I have a Iranian Passport, Danish passport, and Danish citizenship. I study at a Danish university, and I want to go to USA to study. However, I'm worried that there may occur problems since I was born in Iran or because I have an Iranian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have visited Iran multiple times, last time was in 2015. How can I find out if it is possible for me to study in USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jens Hansen" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-05-16T19:06:24.173" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T19:06:24.173" Title="Iranian/Danish dual citizen going from Denmark to USA to study" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;danish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20459" CreationDate="2020-05-15T22:50:57.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Iranian citizens can study in the US, typically via an F1 visa. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://ir.usembassy.gov/visas/faqs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ir.usembassy.gov/visas/faqs/&lt;/a&gt; for more information. The most frequent process is 1) apply to US school 2) upon acceptance, their international student office will guide you, as you need some document from them to apply for an F1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" OwnerDisplayName="Franck Dernoncourt" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T22:50:57.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20459" CreationDate="2020-05-15T23:30:13.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/157227/94507&quot;&gt;Franck writes&lt;/a&gt;, Iranian citizens are eligible for student visas even with the restrictions on most visas currently in effect for Iranians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as you say you are also a Danish citizen, you will probably find the process smoother if you apply with your Danish passport. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/03/06/qa-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DHS FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (question #22), dual citizens traveling on their non-restricted passport are allowed to come to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notwithstanding this, you might unfortunately find the process to go more slowly and stressfully than for students without a connection to Iran. The school you are attending in the US should be able to try to help you through the process, though their powers may be limited in the face of excessive feet-dragging from the immigration bureaucracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20000" OwnerDisplayName="mlc" LastActivityDate="2020-05-15T23:30:13.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20470" CreationDate="2020-05-17T01:16:55.047" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Portugal requires a person to stay in the country for 5 years to be eligible for applying for a Portuguese passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose, someone gets a Portuguese visa and starts to live in Portugal. Then after 1 year due time, he gets a TRC (Temporary Residence Card) and moves to some other country in &lt;strong&gt;Schengen&lt;/strong&gt; (say, Germany) and continues to stay there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this affect his application for a Portuguese PR (Permanent Residency)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose, he moves out of Portugal to stay in another &lt;strong&gt;Schengen&lt;/strong&gt; country after getting a PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this affect his application for a Portuguese passport later on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T22:53:28.040" Title="Is it possible to apply for a PR/passport if someone doesn't stay in the country?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19710" CreationDate="2020-05-17T15:16:51.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While Mark is right that as per guidelines you are not required to present accommodation proof in the embassy. Still, we don't want to take chances. So what I did. I did Six bookings from booking.com, for one month each. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First booking from June 1 - June 30th&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Second booking from July 1st - July 31st and so on ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wanted I could have canceled because there were no cancelation charges, still I stayed in for the first month and when I got my permanent stay I moved there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope it will help someone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2020-05-17T15:16:51.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-18T03:02:03.477" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have previously held a student visa in the UK in which I overstayed for less than 30 days (7 days). This overstay occured less than 1 year ago and I left voluntarily and with my own funds. I now wish to apply for a Youth-Mobility (tier 5) visa which would allow me to work and live in the UK for a period of 2 years. Would my application be automatically refused if I were to apply? How likely would it be that I would be granted the visa? I am an Australian citizen. I am able to meet all the other point based criteria for the YMS visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19956" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T08:33:55.063" Title="Does overstaying on a previous visit result in automatic refusal?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20465" CreationDate="2020-05-18T08:33:55.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would my application be automatically refused if I were to apply? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No. An overstay such as you describe would not trigger an automatic refusal &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-grounds-for-refusal-considering-entry-clearance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-grounds-for-refusal-considering-entry-clearance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How likely would it be that I would be granted the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No-one can answer that with any certainty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T08:33:55.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20462" CreationDate="2020-05-18T10:31:16.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Portugal requires a person to stay in the country for 5 years to be eligible for applying for a Portuguese passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you mean: obtaining &lt;strong&gt;citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, which is a pre-requierment for a Portuguese passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then after 1 year due time, he gets a TRC (Temporary Residence Card) and moves to some other country in Schengen (say, Germany) and continues to stay there.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Does this affect his application for a Portuguese PR (Permanent Residency)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A residence permit issued by one country only allows you to &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt; in that country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it will allow you to &lt;strong&gt;visit&lt;/strong&gt; the other Schengen countries, but not to reside&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move to Germany, you must apply for a residence permit there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Suppose, he moves out of Portugal to stay in another Schengen country after getting a PR.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Does this affect his application for a Portuguese passport [citizenship] later on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The time you reside &lt;strong&gt;outside&lt;/strong&gt; of Portugal will &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; not count as residing inside Portugal since, depending on the jurisdiction, a residence permit becomes invalid when you move to another country. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would then effect the eligibility for Portuguese citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T10:31:16.397" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-18T10:59:54.820" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a pregnant (now in 6th month) and she wants to stay in India for almost 10 months (for delivery, visa for baby too), I want to know is there any article number that allows the blue card dependent to stay abroad for more than six months? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt; they said it is not allowed for more than six months but I read in many blogs that blue card dependents are allowed maximum of 12 months. I would like to know about an article number that existed that allows to stay abroad for more than six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19310" OwnerDisplayName="RamanaMuttana" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-18T15:51:01.743" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T17:40:31.400" Title="May a blue card dependent stay out of Germany for more than six months?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20468" CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:03:08.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The limit for Blue card holders and their dependents is indeed 12 months instead of 6. The relevant reference is § 51 Abs. 10 Aufenthaltsgesetz, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://buzer.de/gesetz/4752/a65988.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://buzer.de/gesetz/4752/a65988.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the &lt;em&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/em&gt; even has some discretion to grant a permission to stay abroad for longer period of times in other cases so it's disappointing they would suggest that you are not allowed to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-18T17:40:31.400" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T17:40:31.400" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20462" CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:21:53.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question emphasized that this person would go to a Schengen country but it's important to understand that the Schengen rules legally have no bearing on this whatsoever. While the EU has made it easier to move around and possibly cheat a little, rules around citizenship are still strictly national matters as are, for the most part, rules on long-term stay and residence. To the extent that there is a requirement to reside in Portugal before applying for citizenship (and no special permission or exemption), the rule would therefore apply equally to stays in Schengen and/or EU countries as it does to third countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I don't know precisely about Portugal but in several other European countries the residence requirement for naturalization is a material requirement. That means that you need to have made country your home and be physically present most of the time, not merely hold a right to reside or a specific document. In that context whether you are allowed to keep the permit or managed to do it illegally is not directly relevant. The legal definition of a “resident” can even differ for different areas of the law (say taxes vs. citizenship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-18T22:53:28.040" LastActivityDate="2020-05-18T22:53:28.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-19T14:31:27.303" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a non resident-alien happens to deposit a significantly big amount of money in a US bank (let's suppose NYC), buys an estate/asset, gains passive income with his bank account-related interests , and happens to stay in the US only 3 months each year, as far as I know, he does not fall under ruling on being a US tax resident, which entails taxation over any other income outside the US, henceforth he's liable to pay only taxes on US generated income and property taxes yearly for his asset, because of the 183-days rule in a period of three years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question's about whether such a person can ask his reference bank to withhold the due tax amounts and file tax returns on his behalf, or somehow get the IRS involved on payment-related automated process agreements which happen to be iterated quarterly or  monthly  rather than yearly, since such a person may not be present on the US when tax returns have to be filed or have the possible burden to fly in the US just to file a tax return&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I perfectly know that tax incomes shall be filed because there might be incomes other than these interests, but I'm assuming that it's not feasible for such a person seeking for and gaining any other income because &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-he does not need it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-he actually doesn't gain any other income&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-3 months each year are not a befitting scenario in which a person might work, especially if he's rich&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also assuming that he opens a bank account in a bank that allows non residents to do so, even without a SSN, but only with a ITIN (which is a subsitute of SSN in the case of non resident aliens). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is it possible for such a non resident alien to ask his bank to withhold due taxes, and file on his behalf, under the premises above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-03-17T00:36:18.717" LastActivityDate="2021-04-16T01:41:27.777" Title="Taxation of a non resident-alien's passive income generated by interests and way of paying" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="251" CreationDate="2020-05-19T23:46:53.747" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian who 2 years ago discovered how Jus Sanguinis works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am eligible to &quot;recover&quot; or &quot;prove&quot; citizenship in any of the following ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany, by Great grandparents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Romania, by grandparents&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain, by relatives more distant. I was very suprised at  this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lithuania, by Great Grandparents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last  year I decided to visit all of these places, except Lithuania.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am making plans to move to Germany presently, much better over-all quality of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may also decide to regain my Romanian citizenship, as I loved that place as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19959" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T23:46:53.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20473" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20479" CreationDate="2020-05-20T01:31:16.363" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, if a person manages to buy a house/asset and open a bank account as a nonresident and passes only a few months in the US, he's liable to pay income only on his generated bank interests in the US and to pay property taxes.&#xA;But if this person passes only a few months per year in the US despite of having a huge bank account in the country, with related interests, is he forced to invest the money (and get a investor visa) just like a counterpart who wants to actually settle and reside there or can he just be exempt from these requirements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it seems to me, an EU citizen wouldn't even need a visa in this case, even if he has a huge bank account and an asset/real estate, since he'd pass a few months per year in the country and not get involved in any business or investorship, because he'd just stay in his asset for the months he can stay, and provide himself with his money in the bank. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone clarify? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-05-22T07:28:06.890" LastActivityDate="2020-05-22T14:05:52.110" Title="Forced to invest savings and apply for a visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-20T09:06:24.613" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to update my residential address on my Blue card. The &lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt; is already done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have mailed the Foreigners' office who asked me to call a number that is out of service. And since COVID-19 we cannot turn up at the government's office to check with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any one who faced a similar situation or any tips on how to follow up on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19963" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-22T13:36:19.257" LastActivityDate="2020-05-22T13:36:19.257" Title="Update residential address in Blue card - Munich - COVID-19 times" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-20T08:18:18.443" Score="4" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Spanish and have a 1987 &quot;Leave to enter the UK for an indefinite period&quot; stamp on an old passport. I have never applied for citizenship. I have lived in the UK since 1982, have a British husband and children, a NI number, an NHS number - including a prescription exemption card, a British driving license (1984), received Child benefit for all my children, have a degree from a British university, trained and worked as a teacher (retired early), paid taxes and will receive a state pension in 2027, and I have the right to vote in all elections other than General and Referenda.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I mistaken in believing that my status in the UK is secure indefinitely? Or do I still have to apply for a Permanent Settlement Status?  The information on the gov.uk website is unclear.      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Cristina Boira-Talens" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T00:07:20.337" Title="Indefinite leave to enter the UK 1987" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20471" CreationDate="2020-05-20T12:21:23.963" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bank should withhold taxes on request. The issue would be with filing a return on your behalf, because tax preparation is a different business from banking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, there should be no problem filing a return yourself. Returns are filed electronically or by mail, not in person, so there is no need to be in the US to file one. As pointed out in a comment, the IRS provides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions for filing from outside the US&lt;/a&gt;, including an address to which you can mail a paper return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taxes for US income of non-resident foreign persons are complicated enough that you should get a US tax accountant's advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastEditorUserId="6427" LastEditDate="2020-05-20T15:25:25.240" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T15:25:25.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20473" CreationDate="2020-05-22T00:34:01.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nobody is forced to 'invest' their money.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can leave your money in a bank account for as long as you like, whether or not you choose to get a visa or to visit the US. It is true that investing a certain amount of money gives you the &lt;em&gt;ability&lt;/em&gt; to apply for an investor visa, but you are not forced to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you are eligible to visit the US as a tourist or for business under the Visa Waiver Program for periods of up to 90 days, provided you keep yourself to 'short and occasional' visits, and do not do anything not permitted by the program. The allowed amount of visit time in a year depends on circumstances, but 90 days in a year would normally be allowable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would need to be careful of being considered resident, and thus attracting US tax, but 90 days a year should be safe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2020-05-22T14:05:52.110" LastActivityDate="2020-05-22T14:05:52.110" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-22T06:13:46.463" Score="2" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Green Card holder, I have travelled outside the States on January 3rd, 2020 @ 4:00 PM Houston time. I want to arrive to the State on July 1st, 2020 @ 8:00 PM.&#xA;will I be within the 180 days or no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible combination:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leaving day in, arrival day in it will be 179 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leaving day in, arrival day out it will be 180 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leaving day out, arrival day in it will be 180 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leaving day out, arrival day out it will be 181 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is 180 days. will that be acceptable or it will be considered as over stayed outside the States?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17624" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-06T20:50:15.757" LastActivityDate="2021-05-03T22:14:41.503" Title="How to calculate 180 days for Green Cards holders for being abroad? Will departure and arrival days considered or not?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-23T05:48:06.097" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen with a Japanese fiancee. We plan to get married in the UK, so we want to apply for his entry under the fiancee visa. However, we don't meet the financial requirements yet -- I'm searching for, but haven't yet secured, a UK-based job. That said, I have a Japanese job that meets the income requirement and would be willing for me to work remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spoke to a Japanese visa firm who suggested it would be possible to count J-income if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I paid tax on the income in the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I became self-employed in the UK and submitted that documentation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems like the forms for the self-employed look to a past year of s.e. income, which I don't have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tldr; Has anyone satisfied the UK fiancee/spouse visa financial requirements by working their foreign job remotely as someone self-employed in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19982" OwnerDisplayName="Shimaneco" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T03:07:15.670" Title="Has anyone satisfied the UK fiancee/spouse visa financial requirements by working their foreign job remotely as someone self-employed in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-23T13:37:00.087" Score="4" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read this &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/157358/does-applying-for-the-diversity-green-card-lottery-affect-future-tourist-visits#comment392319_157358&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; from  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/83250/lalala&quot;&gt;lalala&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also dont forget the other case if you get accepted. There could be repercussions (for future visa/visits) if you turn down a Green Card acceptance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the repercussions if one turns down a green card acceptance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-05-24T00:21:58.423" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T21:41:47.147" Title="What are the repercussions if one turns down a green card acceptance?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20835" CreationDate="2020-05-24T12:05:19.707" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm holding a Polish Blue-Card (for almost 2 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to relocate to Germany and apply for Permanent Residency&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I move to Germany, will my 2 years of EU Blue-Card (given in Poland) be taken into account? Or do I have to wait for 21 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19980" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T09:55:42.920" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T10:40:31.610" Title="Polish Blue-Card to German Permanent Residency" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-24T12:21:39.087" Score="2" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU national (Ecuador). I've been working in the EU (not in Germany) for the past 3 years as a risk analyst. I hold a BA from the UK and a MSc from Italy.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a job offer from a Fintech in Cologne as a Risk Analyst.  The salary is €44,000 gross annually. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, after applying for the employment visa, the outcome is a rejection, and I truly don't understand the reason, although it is stated in the letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leider konnte diese Genehmigung durch die zuständige Arbeitsagentur nicht auf der Grundlage des 39 (2) 1 Nr. 1 Residence Act erteilt werden, da die Zahlung der Beschäftigung als Risikoanalyst nicht den Standardtarifen / örtlichen Bedingungen entspricht.&#xA;Aufgrund fehlender Einwilligung kann kein Visum ausgestellt werden, daher muss Ihr Antrag abgelehnt werden.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand, it is regarding the salary, but I can't find information on what is required. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could any of you share an input of what went wrong? and perhaps what conditions have not been met and what to do to amend it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19694" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-24T17:12:55.100" LastActivityDate="2020-05-24T22:21:51.100" Title="Understand a German employment visa rejection" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20486" CreationDate="2020-05-24T17:05:36.033" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means that the salary offered by your prospective employer is deemed too low compared to the local standard for similar occupations by the relevant &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsagentur&lt;/em&gt;. The law cited, “§ 39 (2) 1 Nr. 1 Residence Act” is meant to protect local workers (citizens and current residents) against competition from newcomers accepting less attractive work conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in a comment, another route to a German residence permit is the EU Blue Card under § 18b (2). If you meet its salary requirements (currently €55,200 gross per year), no permission from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; is required and the authorities would have no discretion in evaluating the conditions of your employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, the most obvious solution is to get an offer with a higher salary. Alternatively, if the employer is not willing to move and has strong evidence this salary really is fair, maybe the evaluation can be disputed in court? However, it's difficult to see how that could work in practice. I know next to nothing about this industry but note that a quick search on Google reveals (through gehalt.de and stepstone.de) that typical salaries are indeed significantly higher (by at least €10k).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-24T22:21:51.100" LastActivityDate="2020-05-24T22:21:51.100" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-24T22:50:34.070" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently found out that every country in the world taxes its own residents, not only over the income gained in their territory, but worldwide as well, whilst I used to believe that taxes are imposed only by the government whose territory the income generates from.&#xA;Are there treaties that avoid double taxation, in case a person works temporarily in another country? Or is the latter incumbent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T20:17:35.080" Title="Taxation over income abroad" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20489" CreationDate="2020-05-25T00:37:53.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are treaties that prevent double taxation, between some pairs of countries and not others. It's impossible to answer in general without knowing the two specific countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even without double-taxation treaties, some countries have tax credits that may allow you to avoid double taxation. For example, the US has a Foreign Tax Credit, which can be used on income with a source in a foreign country that is taxed by both the US and the foreign country because the person is a US citizen or resident. It allows you to take a credit for the amount of tax paid to the foreign government on that double-taxed income, up to the amount of tax you would have to pay to the US for it; the net effect is you end up paying whichever of the two taxes is higher. This does not require any tax treaty between the US and that country. (The US also has the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, which excludes up to ~$105k of foreign earned income from US taxes for people meeting certain conditions; this may be better than the Foreign Tax Credit, and the Foreign Tax Credit can be used for the remainder of the income that cannot be excluded.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T00:37:53.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20482" CreationDate="2020-05-25T02:31:05.020" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the answer is &quot;no&quot; on the basis of : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-employment or Director or employee of a specified limited company in the UK&#xA;9.1. Category F: Last full financial year&#xA;9.1.1. Where the applicant’s partner (and/or the applicant if they are in the UK with permission to work) is in self-employment, or is either the director or employee (or both) of a specified limited company in the UK, at the date of application, they can use income from the &lt;strong&gt;last full financial yea&lt;/strong&gt; to meet the financial requirement. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19982" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T02:31:05.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-25T02:07:25.213" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m Brazilian and moved to the UK 10 years ago with my mother. We are both UK citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was only 16 years old when we moved from Brazil. My sister was already 18 years old and our lawyer couldn’t get a visa for her because she was already classified as an adult. At the time, we were advised to wait into she could come as a student and apply for a family visa on the basis of her mother and brother already being resident. Our 'adviser' implied it could be easier (or maybe not) if laws don’t change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like a advice on this situation please. Is there any chance for my sister to obtain a visa and live with her family in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Raquel Santana" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-05-27T15:13:56.150" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T15:13:56.150" Title="Immigration for adult child into the United Kingdom" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20493" CreationDate="2020-05-25T13:07:02.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law has not changed. It is essentially impossible for a UK resident, citizen or otherwise, to bring over a relative other than a minor (under 18) child or spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lawyer you spoke to advised you correctly. If your sister is not already a graduate, the best option for your sister to come to the UK is to study at a UK university. She would need to pay full international fees, which are very expensive. In this case, she would apply for a Tier 4 visa. After this, assuming the visa system remains broadly the same, she would need to find employment in the UK. The government has announced the reintroduction of the post-study work visa, for students starting this year. COVID-19 has thrown a spanner in the works, and this has not yet been legislated on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we assume this scheme is reintroduced, after her degree, she will be able to apply for a 2 year work visa. Following this, she would need to apply for a sponsored work visa. After 5 years on work visas, she would be eligible to apply for settlement, and a year after this, citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since her ability to stay beyond the first two years following university depends on finding a sponsored position, she should aim to study a profession which is in high demand. A useful guide for such professions in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;shortage occupation list&lt;/a&gt;. Aside from being in demand, these professions benefit from some advantages in the visa application process, although these are expected to change with an upcoming modification to the UK's work visa process, and there is also no guarantee that a profession will remain on the list from year to year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T13:07:02.370" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20495" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20497" CreationDate="2020-05-25T14:42:55.800" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for international students who are newly admitted to Canadian universities for the September 2020 intake allowed in to the country amidst the Covid-19 pandemic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already know that the classes will be conducted online, but I am just not sure if I am allowed to go to Canada and conduct my online classes there, because if thats not possible I will rather take a gap year instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI i did not know what other stackexchange site I could use to ask this question so I asked here as I will be an expatriate soon if I am allowed in to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will appreciate the clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17642" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T18:31:31.807" Title="International student going to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-25T15:28:42.600" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Italian and I've been living in the UK for almost 6 years now, I've applied for ILR last year and it went through successfully. I think the next step now should be me applying for citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked into this a while ago and I think the process is essentially apply for citizenship and then do the &lt;em&gt;life in the UK&lt;/em&gt; test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; there's a 1,330 £ to pay for the application, which is quite a lot of money.&#xA;It is not specified however what happens if you don't pass the test, would I need to pay that amount in full again (which it might obvious actually because they're different applications).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8239" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T23:49:41.447" Title="Become UK citizen. Would I need to pay for a new application if I didn't pass the life in the UK test" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20495" CreationDate="2020-05-25T18:31:31.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/visitors-foreign-workers-students.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRCC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re an international student who has a valid study permit, or&#xA;  were approved for a study permit on or before March 18, 2020, &lt;strong&gt;you’re&#xA;  exempt from the travel restrictions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also mention that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you arrive in Canada, we’ll assess your health before you leave&#xA;  the port of entry. You must have a plan to quarantine for 14 days when&#xA;  you arrive in Canada. This is mandatory, even if you have no symptoms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you don’t have a plan, you shouldn’t travel to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in short if you had an approved study permit on or before March 18, 2020, you’re exempt from the travel restrictions, otherwise you cannot travel to Canada. Also prepare to have a place where you can quarantine yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6637" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T18:31:31.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20496" CreationDate="2020-05-25T22:12:13.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;em&gt;urgently&lt;/em&gt; apply for settled status. ILR means &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt; anymore (except it means that you will get settled status without problems). If you don't have settled status by the end of 2020, you are in trouble. Even if you could have got settled status without problems if you only had applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, you must have evidence that you passed the &quot;life in the UK test&quot; &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you can apply for citizenship. You can't pass the test or fail the test after you apply. So the problem that you fear doesn't happen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The test itself is £50. Refundable if you cancel more than three days before the test; if you cancel too late or fail the test your £50 is gone. You have to wait a week before you can take the test again. You get booklets with &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; questions, around 1000, and you need to get 18 out of 24 right. It's tricky without preparation, so prepare (they say less than 50% of 18 year old Brits would pass). I'd say get an app for training and take the test when you pass 10 training tests in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(PS. I mentioned settled status because apparently many EU citizens who live in the UK haven't applied yet. Some because they incorrectly believe they don't need to. For example pensioners who lived in the UK for 50 years, children whose parents need to apply for them, and EU citizens having permanent residence status. )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2020-05-27T23:49:41.447" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T23:49:41.447" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-26T00:50:44.787" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;My application has been rejected in 2018 to visit uk. I applyied again in 2019 to study at university and granted the visa and travelled to uk. In first week before applying for the BRP, i have been informed that i had to go back to my country due to some family issue and i did. Does my reject will remain or my visit to the uk and cancelling the study before issuance of BRP will ignore the reject from uk immigration system.&#xA;My passport has a vignette sticker and the visa granted is D-TIER 4.&#xA;Regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19986" LastEditorUserId="19986" LastEditDate="2020-05-26T01:01:59.537" LastActivityDate="2020-05-26T01:12:23.450" Title="Visa Rejection Status" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20500" CreationDate="2020-05-26T01:12:23.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2018 UK visa rejection and the 2019 UK visa issuance will both remain on your record held by the UK visa authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you apply for a UK visa in the future, you must answer the questions in the application truthfully, and disclose these occurrences. UKVI will already have this information — it will be nothing new to them — but they want to know that you tell the truth. In a new application, you can explain why you left the UK early after your 2019 Tier 4 admission. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your 2018 visa rejection did not prevent the issuance of a visa in 2019. In 2019, you obeyed the rules because there is no duty to use a visa, and no penalty for not using a visa or for departing before the visa's expiration date. Thus, these experiences should not adversely affect a future visa application.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-05-26T01:12:23.450" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-26T16:57:03.667" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Bolivian partner currently lives in Czechia through a work Visa and they have a Czechia-issued, European driving license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now they are thinking of moving to France and they are studying to take the French driving test, as they think that when their Czech work visa is no longer valid, their driving permit will be suspended as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was curious about this so I tried to find a source. I browsed through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/72751/74125/F694538183/CZE72751%20English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Act No.  326/1999 Coll., on the Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic&lt;/a&gt; as well as a few other sites, but I haven't been able to find anything related to this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner says that they when they signed the conditions for their driving license, this was one of the clauses &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does a non-EU national with a Czech work visa lose their Czechia-issued, European driving license rights when they lose their work visa due to moving to another country?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19990" LastEditorUserId="14797" LastEditDate="2020-05-27T11:37:07.987" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T14:13:03.740" Title="Validity of Czech driving license for a non-EU national when moving to another EU country" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20502" CreationDate="2020-05-26T17:46:38.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no reason it should be suspended. You should in fact be able to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1758&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exchange it for a French license&lt;/a&gt;, for free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The clause she signed is probably slightly different: In the EU, you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9381/drivers-license-in-european-union/9382#9382&quot;&gt;not allowed to pass the test outside of your country of residence&lt;/a&gt;. In particular, you are not supposed to go shop for an “easy“ state to pass the test or circumvent a suspended license in your state of residence. She was probably reminded of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-26T19:17:54.653" LastActivityDate="2020-05-26T19:17:54.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-26T19:55:54.160" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in Germany for the entire 2019 and now I have moved to the UK. I need to file for the tax refund for the year 2019. Can someone answer the following questions for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do not have a Steuernummer (tax number) but I do have a tax identification number. Do I still need to provide my employer's Steuernummer on my tax refund application or can I just provide my tax identification number and that should be it? I am applying through SteuerGo and it is mentioned there that a new tax number is required if I do not have one as of now. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to fax or send all my documents by post as I am now living in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What documents do I need to provide along with my tax application? Do I need to provide my Abmeldung and air ticket as proof of my leaving Germany? Do I also need to provide my residence documents within the UK? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do I just need to apply everything online or should I send my documents by fax as well?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19330" LastActivityDate="2020-05-26T19:55:54.160" Title="Filing German tax refund 2019 from abroad" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20502" CreationDate="2020-05-27T13:25:25.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question will change depending on how you respond to @Relaxed's comment above. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the license was obtained by passing the Czech license test, then no need to exchange (based on the links below)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the license was obtained by exchanging a Bolivian license for a Czech license, then there might be a need to pass the test in France. This is because of two reasons: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out the &quot;sample story&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-exchange-recognition/index_en.htm#shortcut-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on this page&lt;/a&gt;. The new EU country has to recognize the original Bolivian license in order to continue driving in France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/liste_permis_de_conduire_valables_a_l_echange_20200331_cle89bfda.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This list from the French government&lt;/a&gt; shows the countries with which France has reciprocity agreements. Unfortunately, Bolivia is not in it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus based on 1) and 2) above, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1757&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the procedures spelled out on&#xA;this page&lt;/a&gt; (in French), you would need to pass the test again in&#xA;France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15951" LastEditorUserId="15951" LastEditDate="2020-05-27T14:13:03.740" LastActivityDate="2020-05-27T14:13:03.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20475" CreationDate="2020-05-28T00:07:20.337" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are mistaken. You need to apply for settled status. Even if what I say is not technically correct, you would have heard of the Windrush scandal, and if Mrs Patel decides next year that only people with five generations of British parents should be in the UK, settled status is much more likely to protect you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying is very easy, especially if you paid income tax for five consecutive years (they can look up your P60 forms automatically). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T00:07:20.337" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20441" CreationDate="2020-05-28T12:40:48.727" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can officially confirm that this is possible.&#xA;Of course, under the condition that new job is in the same field and that the salary is still high enough for a Blue Card. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your employer name is not written on your &lt;em&gt;Zusatzblatt&lt;/em&gt;, your Blue Card is not tied to them. &#xA;This confirmation I got from the foreigners agency directly. &#xA;What you do need to do is notify them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19907" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-29T16:53:34.650" LastActivityDate="2020-05-29T16:53:34.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-28T20:47:05.917" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen who has lived abroad for the past decade.  My wife (a non-US citizen), has been offered employment in the US, and is currently awaiting her H1-B visa.  We plan to fly to the US as soon as possible, which depends on the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife obtaining her visa (we've been told to expect a processing time of up to 4 months)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The lifting of the travel ban on European travellers (although this &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/presidential-proclamation-coronavirus.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;might not apply to us, as we're married&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands, we are unsure of exactly when we will be able to travel to the US.  We would prefer to travel together, since we might otherwise end up separated for an indeterminate period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, the lease for our UK apartment is coming to an end, so we have decided to ship our belongings to the US ahead of us.  We have booked a moving company, and our belongings will be shipped to my parents residence for storage until we are able to collect them.  The moving company has advised us to list myself as the importer, given that I am not subject to the travel ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of this shipping process, the moving company has asked us to fill out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2019-Nov/CBP%20Form%203299.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Customs Form 3299&lt;/a&gt;, which specifically asks for the&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;IMPORTER'S DATE OF ARRIVAL&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;NAME OF ARRIVING VESSEL CARRIER AND FLIGHT/TRAIN&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;IMPORTER'S PORT OF ARRIVAL&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we do not yet know when we will be arriving, we are unable to provide this information.  This brings me to my &lt;strong&gt;first question&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this information required, or can it be safely omitted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To complicate matters, the moving company's broker initially made a fuss explaining that we had to be physically present in the US by the time our property arrived at customs.  In the meantime, he has back-pedaled saying it's acceptable if we arrive within &quot;three or four months following the arrival of our property at US Customs&quot;.  This sounds hand-wavy to say the least, hence my &lt;strong&gt;second question&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long after my property arrives in the US can I arrive in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19995" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T20:47:05.917" Title="When moving from abroad, can a US citizen ship his belongings to the US before purchasing his plane tickets?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20511" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-28T22:30:49.103" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the requirement to get my non-EU house-wife with me to Malta? if i obtain a work permit of Computer Engineer as a non EU national. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If she is not given spouse visa at the time of joining, how much time will it take to let her come to Malta on long term spouse visa?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We both are Pakistani citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19996" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-05-29T14:03:04.253" LastActivityDate="2020-05-29T14:03:04.253" Title="I am a non-EU Citizen. If I get a work permit from Malta, can my wife travel with me and what is required for her to stay with me?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20512" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20517" CreationDate="2020-05-29T03:06:53.623" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;This link &lt;a href=&quot;https://ca.usembassy.gov/travel-restrictions-fact-sheet/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ca.usembassy.gov/travel-restrictions-fact-sheet/&lt;/a&gt; says: U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and individuals with valid travel documents will be exempted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean one can technically travel to US via Canadian border with a valid green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19997" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T17:19:36.903" Title="Can green card holders travel from country (restricted to travel due to COVID-19) to US via Canada using eTA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20511" CreationDate="2020-05-29T04:45:37.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-eu/eec citizen with a valid work permit in Malta, under EU law you are entitled to apply for the family reunification visa for your wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do this, then you must already be living in Malta before you apply for a visa for her.&#xA;You must meet the requirements set out under Maltese law which includes providing evidence of your marital status, being over 21, already living and working in Malta with a valid work and residence permit valid for at least 1 year, earning at least average salary + 20% for every family member wishing to join, having accommodation which is suitable for your family, sickness insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You then apply, pay the fees, and a decision is made.  Your wife is then issued a visa and can travel to Malta to join you where she will be able to live and work there, and have access to education to the same level as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no details upon the average processing times, but the law states that it must not take longer than 9 months to make a decision!  If I was you, I would plan on it taking 3 - 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details can be found here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://identitymalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Checklist-for-TCNs-applying-for-the-Family-Reunification-status.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://identitymalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Checklist-for-TCNs-applying-for-the-Family-Reunification-status.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expat-quotes.com/guides/malta/visas-and-permits/residence-permits-non-eu-or-third-country-nationals.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.expat-quotes.com/guides/malta/visas-and-permits/residence-permits-non-eu-or-third-country-nationals.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&amp;amp;itemid=9561&amp;amp;l=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&amp;amp;itemid=9561&amp;amp;l=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastEditorDisplayName="user19540" LastEditDate="2020-05-29T10:44:32.407" LastActivityDate="2020-05-29T10:44:32.407" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-29T23:22:04.493" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;There might be various counties that qualify their postdoc researchers to apply for permanent residency after they finish their contracts. For example, Canada. However, the process is long and the result is not guaranteed as there is no specific category  for postdoc in the country immigration program! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was wondering what are the countries that have immigration category  for their postdocs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20001" LastEditorUserId="20001" LastEditDate="2020-05-30T00:03:05.547" LastActivityDate="2020-05-30T00:03:05.547" Title="Which countries allow its international postdoctoral candidates to get their citizenship?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-30T10:18:12.667" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this visa granted to me with First Entry date. However, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions I will not be able to enter Australia before this date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not been able to find any relative information on the COVID-19 visa support website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone else experiencing a similar situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20003" LastActivityDate="2020-05-30T10:18:12.667" Title="Skilled Recognised Graduate visa subclass 476 - Cannot enter before Initial Entry Date" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20512" CreationDate="2020-05-30T14:00:58.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The statement from the linked page simply means that green card holders can return to the US across the US-Canada land border. I don't really understand what this has to do with &quot;country (restricted to travel due to COVID-19)&quot; in your title. Green card holders can currently return to the US from any country, no matter what countries they have been to. This includes green card holders who have been to any part of China, Europe, Iran, or Brazil recently; there is no restriction on their entry to the US. All US entry bans so far have exempted green card holders. (See the entry bans on people who have been to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/05/2020-02424/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of-transmitting-2019&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mainland China&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/04/2020-04595/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/16/2020-05578/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Schengen Area&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/18/2020-05797/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK and Ireland&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/28/2020-11616/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt;, as well as the so-called &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/27/2020-09068/suspension-of-entry-of-immigrants-who-present-a-risk-to-the-united-states-labor-market-during-the&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ban on immigrants&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.) So I am not really sure what you are trying to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asking whether a green card holder can go through Canada to circumvent some supposed restriction on entry to the US, the premise of that is false, as there is no restriction on any green card holder's entry to the US, as I mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are trying to ask whether you can take an itinerary back to the US that goes through Canada, because even though you can go directly back to the US, the one through Canada is cheaper or you can only find flights that go through Canada or something, people transiting Canada are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/travel-restrictions-exemptions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exempt&lt;/a&gt; from the ban on foreign nationals entering Canada who have been outside US and Canada in the last 14 days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following people may travel to Canada for an essential&#xA;  (non-discretionary) purpose from a country other than the U.S.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;transiting passengers (must remain in a Canadian airport to complete their connection)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-06-08T17:19:36.903" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T17:19:36.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-30T16:15:47.897" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen who landed in the UK on January 2020 (currently OUT of the UK due to the pandemic). &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt;: my goal is to remain resident in the UK all the way to get the settled status (and possibly beyond that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Supposedly, an EU citizen is allowed to stay in the UK for up to 90 days; after that, it's necessary to &quot;exercise treaty rights&quot; AKA take on an economic activity or be self-sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Still keep a non-EU company and receive basic salary + dividends (money is sent EVENTUALLY to the UK to cover some minimal costs)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Got an official mail address but no rental agreement (no fixed residence yet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Got interviewed by the JobCentre Plus and waiting for National Insurance number&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Done some job interviews but no success yet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have an active UK mobile number and three (yes, three!!!) UK bank accounts with a minimum money flow inside the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not yet registered at a General Practitioner (NHS)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it all make me a UK resident, regardless of having an inland job or not? Do I exercise my treaty rights by simply registering as a self-employed person and keeping my offshore company (and paying UK income tax, of course)? Otherwise, I am supposedly not allowed to stay in the UK any longer (or reenter the country, for instance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry to place that question here but I've been searching info for months and didn't get any clear answer; some similar cases are related to people with a British LLC, not a foreign, non-EU company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20006" OwnerDisplayName="Bizarro" LastEditorUserId="20006" LastEditDate="2020-06-01T15:06:42.803" LastActivityDate="2020-06-01T15:06:42.803" Title="EU citizen owns a non-EU company - UK resident as self-employed?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-31T11:54:47.073" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether it's right place to ask this question, but I'm in trouble to find an advise anywhere. Recently I have moved to Germany for work reason and I rented an apartment in Wuppertal. Unfortunately I damaged the filter in the shower room and didn't notice it and the water goes down and damaged the floor for almost 3 days, now my landlord ask me to pay for repair and she is telling that it could cost around 8000 Euros. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone please tell me that it's a reasonable amount for the damage ? Also is there anyway I can get help for this ? Unfortunately I don't have liability insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please find the images for your reference. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBvEp.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBvEp.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PvwDq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PvwDq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20009" LastActivityDate="2020-05-31T11:54:47.073" Title="How much does it cost to repair a water damaged floor of bathroom in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17507" CreationDate="2020-05-31T11:58:53.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under EU law, a divorced spouse might, under certain conditions, retain a right to reside in the EU member states where she lived with her spouse. This is set out in article 13 of directive 2004/38/EC. However, since you mentioned &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; residence, it's obvious that she qualifies and her situation is governed by article 16, in particular&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Once acquired, the right of permanent residence shall be lost only through absence from the host Member State for a period exceeding two consecutive years.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, as long as she continues to live in the UK, neither her divorce, her finances or any change in circumstances ought to make a difference, short of an expulsion decision (on grounds of public policy, public security or public health). By contrast, the right of residence under articles 9, 12, or 13 only lasts as long as the conditions are fulfilled, cf. article 14(2). It's possible the advice you received was based on a confusion between an article 10 residence card and an article 20 permanent residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, article 20(2) provides that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[…] Failure to comply with the requirement to apply for a permanent residence card may render the person concerned liable to proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, while all these rules have to be implemented in national law and individual countries might require some formalities, the failure to complete these formalities (say, renewing the card) can in no case be grounds for expulsion or loss of her residence rights.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, when you are at the border, you are at the mercy of a border guard's erroneous interpretation of the law. She should always be careful not to misrepresent her situation and could possibly apply for a new card, as an abundance of caution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer doesn't address any new issue that might arise at the end of the Brexit transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-05-31T12:05:42.253" LastActivityDate="2020-05-31T12:05:42.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20522" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-31T12:19:57.520" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am preparing to apply for Australia 189 visa(skilled-independent visa). &#xA;If I have one year of work experience and completed the Profession Year, how can I claim the points of both of them? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that I need to get my skill assessment from ACS using either one-year work experience or PY, so I am wondering if I use my PY certification to pass the skill assessment, how do I claim the 5 points for work experience? Do I need to get another assessment from ACS for my work experience as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20010" LastActivityDate="2020-05-31T12:19:57.520" Title="Australia 189 visa - skill assessment and work experience" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20432" CreationDate="2020-05-31T14:22:57.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;USCIS is not usually involved in determination whether a permanent resident can return to the US. It would be the immigration officers at entry, part of the CBP, or the immigration judges in immigration court, that would deal with eligibility for entry. USCIS does deal with whether a permanent resident has enough continuous residence to qualify for naturalization, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two separate issues regarding the ability of a permanent resident staying outside the US for a long time to return to the US: the documentary requirements for re-entering the US, and abandonment of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the documentary requirements for an entering immigrant, the acceptable documents are listed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/211.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 211.1&lt;/a&gt;(a). The main ones applicable for a returning permanent resident are: a green card after a temporary absence of 1 year, a Re-entry Permit, or an immigrant visa (which would include an SB-1 returning resident visa). So a permanent resident who has been outside the US for more than 1 year without a Re-entry Permit would not have any document that allows them to return, and, going by the rules, would need to get a returning resident visa to return to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There has been no &quot;relaxation&quot; in these rules, although the existing rules already provide some degree of flexibility. For example, 8 CFR 211.1(b)(3) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/211.4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 211.4&lt;/a&gt; allows an alien returning to unrelinquished permanent residence after a temporary absence abroad to seek a waiver of the documentary requirement with the officer with jurisdiction over the port of entry, and allows the officer to waive the alien's lack of such a document if they are satisfied that the alien has established good cause for the failure to present such a document. If the officer denies the waiver, and refers the person to removal proceedings in immigration court, the person can renew their application for a waiver before the immigration judge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for abandonment of residence, there are no clear regulations on this, and various case law has established that abandonment of residence is a subjective determination that depends on many factors, including the person's purpose for departing, whether the person had a definite date by which they expected to return, the person's place of employment, etc. It does not depend on length of absence alone, and thus there is no need to relax any rules for COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;continuous residence&lt;/a&gt;&quot; for naturalization purposes (which is different from maintaining permanent resident status, as someone can interrupt &quot;continuous residence&quot; and still have maintained permanent residence status), an absence of between 6 months and 1 year is presumed to interrupt continuous residence, but this presumption can be overcome with sufficient evidence of having maintained ties to the US. Circumstances surrounding COVID-19 can already be considered in the determination whether this presumption is overcome. However, an absence of more than 1 year definitely interrupts continuous residence (unless one files N-470 which is only for someone working for the US government or certain US organizations abroad), and there has been no relaxation in this 1-year cutoff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-05-31T14:22:57.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-01T16:48:03.407" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I joined a German Company dated 01 July 2016. I was sent to Mexico , by my German Company dated 1 April 2018. The project comes to an end and i have to move back to work in the same company to Germany  . While exiting Germany , the Foreigners office told me that if I want to keep the Blue card valid , I have to visit Germany every 1 year. Additionally i can also take the Certificate 51. Certificate 51 allows you to leave the country for more than 1 year, keeping your blue card valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to check the validity of the Germany Blue card (Blue card Sticker says 30 June 2020)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was visiting every year in the meantime . My last travel was for a week to Munich ending 07 June. Based on the 12 month rule. I can still travel till 06th June 2020. Frankfurt Police has confirmed me the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The certificate 51 expired dated 26 03 2020 . And now Foreigners office says that since you were not back before 26032020, the Blue card has expired. It was not possible to travel because of Covid. I have already given the cancelled tickets to them. The  Foreigners office  is giving only importance to certificate 51, and not to one year Blue card Rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please help in this case , what is more important 1 year Blue card Expiry Date of Certificate 51&lt;/strong&gt; ?  Where can I read detailed rules for this ?&#xA;The Social Security is still running in Germany from 1 July 2016.&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20011" OwnerDisplayName="pawan grover" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-04T16:19:56.403" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T16:19:56.403" Title="Germany Blue card - 1 Year Rule vs Certificate 51" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20489" CreationDate="2020-06-01T18:47:48.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every country is different. The USA is one of the few countries that think they have a right to taxes even if a US citizen lived abroad their whole life. Germany uses your world wide income to determine your tax rate (what percentage of your German income you have to pay in tax). Other countries have different rules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T20:17:35.080" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T20:17:35.080" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20524" CreationDate="2020-06-01T20:40:32.033" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any residence permit, &lt;strong&gt;independent&lt;/strong&gt; of the validity date, when the conditions of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 (7) AufthG&lt;/a&gt; are fullfilled&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;normally after 6 months&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or for Bluecard holders 12 months (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 (10)&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or permission was granted to remain outside longer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;becomes invalid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the main answer to your question is: the time set by the Foreigners office, which should have been longer than 12 months, is binding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;since you failed to return on time, caused by a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_majeure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Force Majeure&lt;/a&gt;, you should consult (or threaten to consult) an immigration lawyer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At present for holders of C-Visas, that arrived before the shutdown, those visas are automatically extended until the shutdown ends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt a similar regulation for the opposite case exists. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a letter from a lawyer, togeather with the proof that you could not leave Mexico, should resolve the matter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 (7) -  Termination of lawful residence; continued validity of restrictions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_majeure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Force majeure - Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-06-01T20:40:32.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T00:16:12.807" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I missed my medical visit for my carte de sejour in france due to COVID-19. Can I still re-enter the country on my work visa?  I recieved my visa in November. My medical appointment to receive my carte de sejour was scheduled in mid March, but since all the craziness happened with COVID i returned to the US and couldn't attend my medical appointment. Will i be allowed back into the country on my work visa, how does one go about rescheduling the medical appointment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Leo" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T16:42:36.233" Title="I missed my medical visit for my carte de sejour in france due to COVID-19. Can I still re-enter the country on my work visa?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T11:41:48.037" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Girlfriend has completed her bachelors degree and we are currently looking at her coming to UK to live with me or do her masters. However, I am torn between Fiancee visa or paying for the masters then apply for spousal visa at some point during her study. Just exploring the best option for us and also which option with minimal cost effective even though they all come at a cost. Shes in Ghana but we've been on a number of holidays. I am british. I earn 39k + 15% bonus a year = 45k. What would you kindly advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19989" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T13:39:47.973" Title="What UK Visa Is best for my Girlfriend?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-06-04T20:37:31.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20528" CreationDate="2020-06-02T16:42:36.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a bit of a mess, I don't think the law really foresees a case like this one. An &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/ordonnance/2020/3/25/INTV2008127R/jo/texte&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;executive order&lt;/a&gt; extended for three, then six months, all visas and residence permits that should have expired between March 16 and May 15. However, yours wasn't set to expire exactly and even if its validity would have been extended, you would still formally require it to be validated to have the right to be in France or &lt;a href=&quot;http://accueil-etrangers.gouv.fr/demande-de-titre-de-sejour/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-non-europeen-ne/vous-etes-ressortissant-e-de-pays-tiers-non-algerien-ne/vous-etes-arrive-e-en-france-avec-un-visa-de-long-sejour-valant-titre-de-sejour/vous-venez-d-arriver-en-france/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reenter the Schengen area&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a procedure called “&lt;em&gt;visa de retour&lt;/em&gt;” for people who are stuck abroad without their residence permit but that's not your case either as you hadn't got a residence permit yet (you had a &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; but no &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;). I think your best bet is to approach the consulate about your situation and hope that the police and &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; will show some leniency, given this exceptional situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a strict legal standpoint, the only procedure that is definitely available would be a fresh application for a new long-stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T16:42:36.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T17:55:34.030" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working in Singapore for 9-10 years. For my last year, ending my work permit, I just left my company and went back to Johor Bharu. They already cancelled my permit, but I haven't returned my work permit to the company, and it's been 2 years now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm going to enter Singapore again, will I be blacklisted? I'm scared because my last company said they already built a case for me. The operation manager sent me an email that I've been dismissed, and a case number to deal with the police. They didnt give me my salary for the full month, they said to pay something, and theres no Immigration Officer or any land line police number calling me. I did a text message from an Immigration Officer asking me to come and talk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't tried to enter Singapore. Am I in trouble? How can I check if I have a case report in Singapore? What should I do about not returning my work permit card? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dora86" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T20:11:32.943" Title="How to check if one can enter Singapore" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;malaysian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T22:22:01.183" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Colombian citizen who married a German citizen almost three years ago. We married in Germany. At the moment, we are not together anymore, but we are still legally married and I would like to live in Germany. Is there a way I can apply for a resident permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20016" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-02T22:45:55.537" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T04:42:59.770" Title="I am legally married to a German citizen since almost three years ago but we are not together anymore, can I apply to a resident permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;colombia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T23:19:52.100" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/SraT_jtpZc4?t=128&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nomad Capitalist's &quot;How many citizenships can one person have?&quot; video&lt;/a&gt; claims that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are some countries [...] that say 3 [citizenships] is the max.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which countries limit the number of citizenships their citizens may have to 3?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T23:19:52.100" Title="Which countries limit the number of citizenships their citizens may have to 3?" Tags="&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20532" CreationDate="2020-06-03T04:42:59.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a spouse of a German citizen then you are entitled to apply for a family reunion visa in order to join your spouse in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although not explicitly stated that you must still be together, it is more than likely expected that you would live with your spouse and that you are still a couple in order to obtain such a visa.  And as such then you cannot apply for this visa without their full backing.   This is also because you would need their help in order to submit all the documents you require, which includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Their passport &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meldebescheinigung (official proof of residence)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of housing (which would be expected to be the residence of the spouse)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Invitation letter from the spouse&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;German Health insurance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are also expected to be able to prove basic German skills (level A1), and if required prove this via a Goethe issued certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany.info/blob/977612/1a7e6612a1988f364a5aafcf0d019357/familiy-reunion-german-familymember-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.germany.info/blob/977612/1a7e6612a1988f364a5aafcf0d019357/familiy-reunion-german-familymember-data.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you do obtain this visa, this will get you into the country but you must then apply for a residence permit within 90 days.  For which both partners will be interviewed, and similar or the same of documents would be required to be submitted again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this, for an example from Berlin:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328191/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328191/en/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course submitting false information as part of your application process could lead to removal from Germany and/or denial of a future visa for Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, it would be better if you were able to obtain a visa on your own standing.  This would require a job offer from a German company, an offer of a university place etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user19540" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T04:42:59.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20529" CreationDate="2020-06-03T13:39:47.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do have a range of options. A Study Visa may be a good option if your girlfriend has been accepted into a UK tertiary institution for her masters. If she enters on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Finacee Visa&lt;/a&gt; you'll need to get married (or enter into a civil union) within 6 months of her arrival in the UK. Your girlfriend will not be able to work on the Fiancee Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see more details on the Student Visa and other options this page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://wherecani.live/country/gb/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Visas&lt;/a&gt; may be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20018" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T13:39:47.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-03T15:47:38.213" Score="7" ViewCount="901" Body="&lt;p&gt;New U.S. citizens must swear the following oath of loyalty to the United States (quote from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-test/naturalization-oath-allegiance-united-states-america&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-test/naturalization-oath-allegiance-united-states-america&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I hereby declare, on oath, that &lt;strong&gt;I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen&lt;/strong&gt;; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God. (Emphasis added.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does the oath of loyalty to the United States that new U.S. citizens must swear mention seem to include renouncing all foreign citizenships, since in practice the United States allows their citizens to hold several citizenships?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T17:58:15.173" Title="Why does the oath of loyalty to the United States that new U.S. citizens must swear mention seem to include renouncing all foreign citizenships?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20537" CreationDate="2020-06-03T15:58:52.027" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The text of the oath was fixed before US law changed with respect to multiple citizenship, and it has not been changed since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T15:58:52.027" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20544" CreationDate="2020-06-03T17:35:17.963" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU national, can you apply for a long-term D-type German visa while you are in Germany with a Schengen visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I am a Turkish national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" OwnerDisplayName="onurcanbektas" LastEditorUserId="12177" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T18:34:26.607" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T18:34:26.607" Title="Applying for a long-term visa while you are in the country with a Schengen Visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20537" CreationDate="2020-06-04T05:38:50.603" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding has always been that the US does not recognize dual citizenship. If you are a US Citizen, then the US Government will treat you as a US Citizen, with all the rights, protections, and privileges that is afforded by that status. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: If another country requested to have you extradited, you would still be viewed SOLELY as a US Citizen. Even if you also happened to be a citizen of the other country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never heard that anything has changed or that the US Government now recognizes dual citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Source: probably my 7th grade US Govt Teacher, like 40+ years ago...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20022" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T05:38:50.603" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-04T05:58:37.583" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Engineer / PhD and have been freelancing as a consultant for a long time. It so happens that most of my clients are in EU mostly Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been debating whether it makes sense to move to the EU. One of the German speaking countries would be a good option since I do speak the language.  What are my options to do this? Typically I am aware of Work Visas ( I myself held one for the US for a long time) but I don't exactly work for a company, I am a freelance consultant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have a extensive history of travel to the EU for work as well (if it matters!). Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. I looked up the EU Blue Card site but one of the prerequisites is a &quot;working contract with a gross salary of at least € 50.800.&quot; Now I make more than this amount but it's not really one work contract but just several separate consulting contracts with different clients and a mix of retainers, per hour billing, turnkey projects and contingent commissions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20023" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T05:58:37.583" Title="Freelancer Visa for EU especially German speaking countries" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20540" CreationDate="2020-06-04T06:14:58.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, as a general rule 3rd country citizens that require a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; for long term visits (longer than 3 months), must apply for a D-Visa at the 'competent mission' (mostly based on your main place of residence). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions exist for the citizens of the following countries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;USA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canada&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Japan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Israel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New Zealand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;South Korea&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;who may apply after their arrival in Germany. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/visabestimmungen-node&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa regulations - Federal Foreign Office&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T06:14:58.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20551" CreationDate="2020-06-04T09:42:14.940" Score="1" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently studying in France with a French student Visa, which also autorises me to do internships in France. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have an opportunity to do one of my internships in another country of the European Union (Sweden/Germany). I would like to know whether I should apply for a new Visa for the new country, or whether I'm able to do an internship with my French visa in another EU country. I do not hold an European passport. (I am a Brazilian passport holder).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T13:09:22.210" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T12:30:05.420" Title="Internship in an EU country with a French Visa (non-EU citizen)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-04T14:29:52.867" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I tried &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-online-to-replace-a-driving-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/apply-online-to-replace-a-driving-license&lt;/a&gt; to obtain a replacement UK licence, I ran aground straight away as I am not living in the UK. Is there any way I can get a replacement under my current circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20027" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T14:50:17.123" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T19:40:25.250" Title="Replacing a long lost UK driving license while not living in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20546" CreationDate="2020-06-04T15:52:35.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Drivers licenses are issued to residents of a country, or US state, or Canadian province, or whatever entity or political subdivision is doing the issuing. Issuance requires proof of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same reasoning applies to renewal: residents only. While some US states allow by-mail or online renewal (New York state comes to mind), the  licensee must provide a within-the-jurisdiction address to qualify. Licensing authorities will therefore decline to replace a non-resident's previously-issued license. This is what stopped you on the gov.uk website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you use someone else's address to renew, the assertion in the application that you are a resident will be false. If revealed, this falsehood will result in the cancellation of any license or renewal so issued, and may imperil insurance coverage obtained by or used in concert with that license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T19:40:25.250" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T19:40:25.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20537" CreationDate="2020-06-04T17:58:15.173" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't. Nowhere in the oath does it talk about renouncing &quot;citizenship&quot; or &quot;nationality&quot; at all. It talks about renouncing &quot;allegiance and fidelity&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allegiance and fidelity are different from citizenship. Whether you have a country's citizenship or nationality is decided solely by that country's law, and for many countries, renouncing citizenship requires an overt application and approval -- it doesn't just happen because you utter a sentence -- and for some countries it is even impossible to renounce citizenship. On the other hand, allegiance and fidelity are values you hold in your mind which you can unilaterally change at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is supported by the fact that the word &quot;renounce&quot; is in the present tense, so it must be something which can be done instantly, at the moment of taking the oath (especially since it says &quot;hereby&quot;), like allegiance and fidelity. Renunciation of citizenship generally can't be done in that moment. A separate application to renounce citizenship with your country of citizenship would have to be done before or after the oath. If by taking the oath, you are declaring that you had already taken some action to renounce citizenship, then it would have to be in the past tense; if by taking the oath, you are promising that you will take some future action to renounce citizenship, then it would have to be in the future tense, but it is neither of those. So in my opinion, the oath does not involve you taking any separate action regarding your other citizenships at all, and you cannot be viewed as breaking the oath if you never took any action regarding your other citizenships, either before or after the oath.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T17:58:15.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20545" CreationDate="2020-06-05T13:19:18.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The French visa (or a residence permit) does allow you to &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt; up to 90 days in another Schengen country. Therefore, if your internship is shorter than 90 days, you don't necessarily need to apply for a visa or residence permit in Germany or Sweden. However, if your internship would require you to be in another country for more than 90 days, you definitely need to secure some residence title there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A French visa or residence permit doesn't automatically allow you to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; in another country in the EU. Whether an internship count as work and requires a specific authorization depends on local rules and the details of the internship (research at a university, paid internship in the private sector, etc.). In Germany, you would typically require permission from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; (federal agency for employment). Technically this authorization is not a visa (and, in fact, you have to secure that before applying for a visa if you do need one). Your employer has to take care of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, some paperwork is very likely required and you shouldn't assume your French visa is enough. You need to approach your prospective employer about that. If they are not familiar with the procedures, there is a lot of information (in German) on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/unternehmen/arbeitskraefte/studienfachbezogene-praktika&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the website of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/a&gt;. I am less familiar with the situation in Sweden but I wouldn't assume it's OK to do an internship there without prior permission either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-07T12:30:05.420" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T12:30:05.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-05T14:19:13.960" Score="0" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sharing my visa experience with you here. Could you help me what is the better visa to apply in my case.&#xA;My husband is in USA with Day1 CPT. I applied for F2 thrice and got rejected with 214(b). I am planning to apply for F1 for fall 2020 intake.&#xA;What are the chances of getting my F1 visa approved this time?  We don’t have any intentions to settle in USA as we have our entire family and properties in home country. We are very much worried and depressed regarding my visa rejections. This denials are really hard on my family. Kindly suggest and help us.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="vigna" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T17:45:06.650" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T04:03:41.867" Title="Planning to apply for F1 after F2 denials" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20552" CreationDate="2020-06-05T18:33:38.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml;jsessionid=FBFB4B1647D63EFF4D8DBB1B14171B0F?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8&amp;amp;saved=%7CZ3JhbnVsZWlkOlVTQy1wcmVsaW0tdGl0bGU4LXNlY3Rpb24xMTg0%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim&amp;amp;edition=prelim&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US Immigration and Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt; provides this very high hurdle:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Every alien [non-relevant exceptions omitted] shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status under section 1101(a)(15) of this title. &lt;a href=&quot;https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1184&amp;amp;num=0&amp;amp;edition=prelim&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1184(b)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, a successful applicant must collect and present to the visa examiner evidence which rebuts this mandatory presumption of immigrant intent. Statements such as &quot;I'll leave on time&quot; and &quot;I am a genuine applicant&quot; are completely without value — every applicant says these things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As reviewed in the two Travel Stack Exchange questions and answers cited in comments above, the visa examiner will look most carefully at a) ties to the home country, and b) ability to afford the trip, c) prior travel history, and d) prior visa application history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few comments about each:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Ties to the Home Country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are things or relationships that will draw the applicant back to their home country after the visit to the US. Those sorts of things are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;personal ownership of real property&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is not clear from your question or comments here whether you yourself&#xA;  are the owner of real property. Property owned by others (your&#xA;  parents, for example) does not count; US law considers that your&#xA;  interest in property owned by others that you might in the future&#xA;  inherit or be granted is a mere &quot;expectancy,&quot; not an actual present&#xA;  ownership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ownership of a business in the home country that requires the applicant's presence there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You do not appear to own and manage a business enterprise in your home&#xA;  country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;long-standing permanent employment with employer permission for the proposed absence and a promise to re-hire after the applicant returns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is not clear from your question or comments here if you are employed, and&#xA;  if so, for how long, and whether the employment is permanent, and&#xA;  whether you'd be welcomed back to your job after traveling. If you are&#xA;  employed and your employer is your parent or relative, statements by the&#xA;  employer will be less persuasive than if the employer is not a family&#xA;  member.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;close relatives or children who live in the home country, especially if the applicant can show the relatives are dependent upon the applicant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is not clear from your question or comments here what relatives, if any,&#xA;  remain in the home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lack of emotional ties to the US. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Having relatives in the US suggests that you'll stay in the US, rather than returning to your home country. Your husband lives in the US. Your connection to him will be seen as stronger than any connection to your parents. This factor, therefore, counts very strongly against you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) Ability to afford the trip&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A successful applicant shows that they can afford the trip, and that its cost is a reasonable expenditure given the applicant's assets and savings. Borrowing money for the trip, or having someone else pay for it, are much less persuasive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c) prior travel history&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior travel experience, particularly to high-value destinations, shows that you have been trusted by other countries to obey the rules — most significantly, that you will leave on or before the expiration of your visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's not clear from your question or comments here if you have a&#xA;  travel history. If you do not, this factor will weigh against you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;d) prior visa application history&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior visa denials count against the applicant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You already have two visa refusals. This is a very powerful negative;&#xA;  continual refusals generate a weight of their own. Visa examiners will&#xA;  conclude that because you have been previously unable to qualify and&#xA;  have been unable to revise your application to be successful, yet&#xA;  another application    shows you're desperate to get to the US. A&#xA;  sense of desperation is never attractive. In any new application, you&#xA;  must be very careful to address every negative factor in your previous&#xA;  refusals, and repair or ameliorate all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your prospective application has many negative factors, and it is not at all certain you can obtain a visa. Because you have been twice refused, you are much more likely to be refused again than to be successful. You might consider meeting your husband in a non-US country to which you can both more easily travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to try again for a US visa, I suggest you consult and hire a lawyer versed in US immigration law. Best would be a lawyer in the United States. A good resource to find one is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aila.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;American Immigration Lawyers Assocation&lt;/a&gt;. Stay away from non-lawyers, &quot;immigration consultants,&quot; and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I am a retired lawyer in the US. I did not practice immigration law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-07T04:03:41.867" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T04:03:41.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-05T21:12:07.620" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we move to Croatia and obtain temporary residence permits (the &quot;renewed annually&quot; type), we would potentially have one of these types of income:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rental income from our house in the U.S.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Standard wage income from a job worked remotely (called &quot;W-2 income&quot; in the U.S.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are either of these types of income taxed by Croatia for temporary residents?  If so, which, and at what rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9399" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T21:12:07.620" Title="What types of foreign income, if any, are taxed in Croatia for people with temporary residence permits?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20555" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21478" CreationDate="2020-06-06T00:50:19.077" Score="0" ViewCount="294" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/opt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/opt&lt;/a&gt; mentions the post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) grace period of 60 days after STEM&#xA;graduation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initial post-completion OPT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must apply within 30 days of your DSO entering the recommendation for OPT into your SEVIS record, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;May apply up to 90 days before you complete your degree, but no later than 60 days after you complete your degree.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has the post-completion OPT grace period of 60 days after graduation been extended due to the covid-19-related economic slowdown? (i.e., is there any way to get some exception to this 60-day rule after graduation and apply later than that?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:59:41.133" LastActivityDate="2020-12-25T02:31:47.017" Title="Has the post-completion OPT grace period of 60 days after STEM graduation been extended due to the covid-19-related economic slowdown?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2020-06-06T13:02:27.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The other answers provide a good background on the differences between GKV and PKV, but I don't believe it to be relevant to the question stated &lt;strong&gt;for the person who moves to Germany&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there any general rules about which system is preferable or does it depend strongly on your needs and financial means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is: &lt;strong&gt;you should go with GKV and forget about this topic for a few years&lt;/strong&gt;. The reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Switching to PKV is an important, mostly irreversible decision that requires you to compare different companies and sift through a lot of information. Getting that information will require German knowledge, several months of time and preferably advice from the people you trust. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No private company will take you into a cheap tarif without one, but preferably both of the following: a thorough physical examination or a couple of year's coverage with the public system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After you move you will have enough to worry about; you can greatly increase your quality of life by reducing paperwork and possible failure points. With the PKV, for example, you will be getting a bill from the doctor and paying it; it's your responsibility to get that money from the insurance. If something goes wrong you can fail catastrophically (&quot;no, we can't pay this €10k bill&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course through this process you'll need to communicate with the doctor and the insurance company. Are you all set up for that? Do you have a phone number, address, bank account, how are your German skills regarding the phone conversations on complex billing topics?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's my advice, admittedly not as a professional medical insurance broker or anything. I can also go into detailed comparison of the systems of course, but that should be actionable enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20030" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T13:02:27.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-06T18:12:25.300" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a dual France-US citizen gets drafted by both France and the US in the event of a war, must the individual join the French or the US army?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both, can they avoid getting fined/jailed/punished for not joining one of the two armies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume the individual is a male &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conscription&amp;amp;oldid=960993686#United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if that matters&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vie-publique.fr/fiches/23908-quen-est-il-du-devoir-de-defense&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vie-publique.fr/fiches/23908-quen-est-il-du-devoir-de-defense&lt;/a&gt; (government website) indicates that France has a military draft in case of war:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Depuis la levée en masse des Français de 1792, afin de défendre &quot;la Patrie en danger&quot; et de renforcer l’armée française, le devoir de défense du territoire est lié à la citoyenneté. Tout Français de sexe masculin est donc susceptible d’être mobilisé afin de défendre le territoire national, ou, plus largement, de se battre pour son pays (y compris sur un théâtre d’opération extérieur à la France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20558/if-a-dual-france-us-citizen-gets-drafted-by-both-france-and-the-us-in-the-event?noredirect=1#comment33254_20558&quot;&gt;GTranslate&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since the mass levy of the French in 1792, in order to defend &quot;the Fatherland in danger&quot; and to strengthen the French army, the duty to defend the territory has been linked to citizenship. Any French man is therefore likely to be mobilized in order to defend the national territory, or, more generally, to fight for his country (including in a theater of operation outside France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forum-militaire.fr/topic/7973-si-guerre-oblig%C3%A9-daller-combattre/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.forum-militaire.fr/topic/7973-si-guerre-oblig%C3%A9-daller-combattre/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Si guerre, obligé d'aller combattre ? Oui tu seras réquisitionné car tes devoirs de citoyens t'obligent à défendre ton pays et ses valeurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=fr&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Si%20guerre%2C%20oblig%C3%A9%20d&amp;#39;aller%20combattre%20%3F%20Oui%20tu%20seras%20r%C3%A9quisitionn%C3%A9%20car%20tes%20devoirs%20de%20citoyens%20t&amp;#39;obligent%20%C3%A0%20d%C3%A9fendre%20ton%20pays%20et%20ses%20valeurs.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GTranslate&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If war, forced to go to fight? Yes, you will be requisitioned because your duties as citizens oblige you to defend your country and its values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-06-07T12:08:29.057" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T12:08:29.057" Title="If a dual France-US citizen gets drafted by both France and the US in the event of a war, must the individual join the French or the US army?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-06T18:18:24.927" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a USA citizen sponsor his sibling who is currently living in another country (India) for permanent stay or long term stay in USA? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17459" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T23:35:24.730" Title="Can USA citizen sponsor his sibling for long term stay?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20559" CreationDate="2020-06-06T23:35:24.730" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, a US citizen who is 21 or older can petition his/her sibling to immigrate to the US by filing form I-130. A sibling of a US citizen is in the F4 category. According to the current &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa bulletin&lt;/a&gt;, visa numbers are now available for F4 petitions filed about 14 years ago for people born in most countries (15.5 years ago for people born in India, 22 years ago for people born min Mexico, 19+ years ago for people born in the Philippines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T23:35:24.730" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-07T13:28:06.823" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do Australia, New Zealand, Germany facilitate permanent stay visas to immigrant parents of citizens? If I get citizenship in either of the countries, can I bring my parents permanently to that country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17459" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-07T14:06:07.027" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T07:44:24.120" Title="Do Australia, New Zealand, Germany permit permanent stay visas to immigrant parents of citizens?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20561" CreationDate="2020-06-07T14:05:38.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, parents of adult residents and/or (EU-)citizens can only be considered for family reunification (&lt;em&gt;Familiennachzug&lt;/em&gt;) if you can show they are dependent and need you to take care of them. So I think the answer is: no, having a child who is a resident or citizen doesn't confer any advantage. That's quite typical for European countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T14:05:38.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-07T16:28:40.637" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a US citizen who has been on Qatar since January 2018 on Visitor Visa till today July/7/2020.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was staying in Qatar to visit family and complete an online master program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;During this time I was self-employed selling Microsoft licenses here in Qatar. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did file taxes for 2018 and 2019 as a self-employed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do hold a Virginia driver license which I did renew on 2019 (online).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I eligible for Virginia unemployment insurance or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20034" LastActivityDate="2020-06-07T16:28:40.637" Title="US-citizens unemployment-benefits Virginia while visiting aboard" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20564" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20565" CreationDate="2020-06-07T18:38:28.287" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I began work in France in December 2019. However, I did not receive any pay for my work until January - I instead received double pay in January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I required to pay tax (for the tax year 2019) for the work I performed in December if the pay was not received until January?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, if I am not required to pay any tax for the work in December, am I still required to fill in a tax return for the year 2019?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20033" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T10:49:01.183" Title="Is it necessary to fill in a French tax return for 2019 if I was not paid for my work until 2020?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20564" CreationDate="2020-06-07T21:30:47.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think getting paid in January changes anything (after all most people get their pay for December in the first few days of January). If you started working in December, you had income in 2019 so you are theoretically supposed to file a tax return for 2019. It would have been reported as such by your employer to the tax office. And if your employer withheld some money from your December salary, you might even be entitled to a refund.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you failed to file a return in time, fear not, in France, you cannot face any consequence (fine, etc.) if you did not owe taxes. Since the first 10 064 € of income are tax-free (for a single person, more if you are married and your spouse has no income), unless you have a very high salary indeed (or some other source of income), you shouldn't be in trouble. This happened to me last year and I didn't have to pay any penalty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French tax office is also pretty lenient if you make a good faith effort at rectifying errors. So I would still try to file a tax return. If you cannot do it online as a new resident, you will have to do it on paper. The form is daunting but if your situation is simple (e.g. no other income than your salary), there is only a few boxes to fill in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that having a tax statement for 2019 can actually be useful: when you have to document your income in France, it's customary to present a tax return for the year before last. And if yours state that you didn't owe nor pay taxes, it could work to your advantage (more subsidies from your &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F34474&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CSE&lt;/a&gt;, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-08T10:49:01.183" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T10:49:01.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20561" CreationDate="2020-06-08T07:38:48.873" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia has different visa options for parents wishing to join their citizen children permanently, depending on whether the applicant is in Australia or not at the time of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outside Australia: there are three possible visas. Two have extremely long waiting times (subclass 103 up to 30 years and subclass 114 up to 50 years), the other a high fee (subclass 143 AUD47,755).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within Australia: five visa types are possible, depending on the circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder/join-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder/join-family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer for New Zealand, it’s necessary to know your parents’ citizenship &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/live-permanently/explore-visa-options-for-living-permanently&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/live-permanently/explore-visa-options-for-living-permanently&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-06-08T07:44:24.120" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T07:44:24.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T09:23:21.593" Score="3" ViewCount="487" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student from outside the European Union currently starting my Master's in Tallinn, Estonia. I have lived here for 3 years already as I completed my bachelor's, naturally, I have a residence permit and visa, which is valid until 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to do an internship in Germany and I am trying to find out how to go there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to research this everywhere but every single source about non-EU citizens working/interning in Germany is all about people that are coming from a country outside the EU. There is almost zero information about the procedure of someone who is not an EU citizen but resides in the EU, with a residence permit, visa, and free allowance to travel to all EU members for up to 90 days (internship offer I received is for 90 days). &#xA;I am applying for the ZAV approval to work in Germany, but everywhere I look I supposedly need this special &quot;internship visa&quot;, but it seems to me that this visa only matters to those who come directly from countries outside the EU and need this internship visa in order to enter the EU, which is not the case as I am already in the EU, but I cannot confirm this information anywhere to my future employer who is concerned about it and they also cannot find any information either, they want the assurance that nothing will go wrong if I just get the ZAV approval and hop on the next plane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, I tried contacting the embassy in Tallinn but they have been incredibly unhelpful and contradicting so I wanted to ask anyone who has had this experience or knows about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20035" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T11:01:00.120" Title="Internship in Germany as a non-EU citizen, do I need the internship visa if I am already living in another EU country with a residence permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T10:54:19.717" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and my wife is a UK citizen. We have been married since 2016 and been living and working abroad together since then (not US either, have never used spouse visas). She recently moved back to the UK for a job in February, and I was hired for a position in Switzerland starting in early April.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came to the UK in the middle of March to visit and drop off bags from our old apartment prior to starting my new position. I used visa-free entry available to US citizens for a stay of up to 6 months. Due to COVID, my start date was pushed until mid-May for the new job and I was also locked down in London. I have been here since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started my position remotely from the UK in mid-May with the expectation of soon going to Switzerland as restrictions ease (expected in next 2 weeks), but have just found out it's not likely I will be going to Geneva until December or even next year. I want to stay in the UK if possible, so we can live together, save money by sharing costs, and also be nearer to the time zone of my job than if I were back in the US. Please note that my job is an international civil servant position with a United Nations organization, however that may impact your response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's the best way to stay in the UK in a legal and responsible manner?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is a spousal visa the only possible way?&lt;/em&gt; I do not plan to leave this position, so would eventually expect to move to Switzerland for a period of time, meaning I wouldn't permanently live in the UK (although I would be visiting for long weekends around twice a month). We had originally planned to apply for this visa and move permanently to the UK around 2-3 years from now, not immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related, how and where would I apply for this?&lt;/em&gt; Based on what I've read, it might not be possible to even apply for a spousal visa from within the UK on my current status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can I remain staying on my visa-free entry, given I will never exceed the 6 month limit, I am not obliged to pay taxes and my role is technically based out of Switzerland?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who would be best to talk to for more detailed discussions and responses? Immigration lawyers in the UK?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20036" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T10:54:19.717" Title="Locked down in UK - spousal visa application?" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T19:35:49.643" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently received offer from TU Dublin for funded PhD ( fee + maintenance ). I was going through financial requirements for student visa application for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Notice%20Regarding%20Evidence%20of%20Finances%20for%20all%20Non%20EEA%20Students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-EEA students&lt;/a&gt;. It is bit unclear on how much money we have to show. In website its written as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Scholarship Students&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In addition students in receipt of a scholarship which either part funds or fully funds both their course fees and living costs must provide a letter, issued to them by the relevant organisation confirming they are the recipient of a scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can some one please clarify what's above sentence means ? Does it mean they are considering Scholarship students as another category like visa required and not required students ? Or scholarship students have to show 7000£ + letter specifying they have scholarship ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20037" OwnerDisplayName="anilkunchalaece" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-09T02:09:33.300" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T02:09:33.300" Title="Ireland student visa financial requirements for funded offer" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20569" CreationDate="2020-06-08T20:47:37.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This text says nothing about another class of visa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says only that if an applicant for a student visa has or will receive a scholarship for partial or full support of their studies and/or living expenses, then the applicant must provide (to the Irish immigration authorities, as part of their visa application) a letter from the &quot;relevant organization,&quot; i.e., the college or university, confirming the scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" OwnerDisplayName="DavidSupportsMonica" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T20:47:37.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T23:11:52.343" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in my last semester of my Bachelor's degree, and I have been accepted &amp;amp; (conditionally) registered to a German university for my Master's degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the pandemic, my graduating is delayed to the beginning of August but I need to apply for a student as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided that I have all the other documents, can I apply for a student visa without my Bachelor's degree certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-09T02:06:41.190" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T02:06:41.190" Title="Can I apply for a student visa without my Bachelor's degree certificate?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-09T15:17:08.857" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a H1B visa and working in USA, can I apply and get PR of Canada? If so, how much time will it take considering that I would be staying in USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17459" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T17:20:06.287" Title="Can someone working in USA with H1B visa get PR of Canada?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20574" CreationDate="2020-06-09T17:20:06.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you checked the Immigration Canada website?&#xA;There is explained which programs exists to immigrate. I suggest to check out what applies to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T17:20:06.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20581" CreationDate="2020-06-10T00:20:56.253" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read everything I could find but I did not find answers to the most important question: How does the exchange work PHYSICALLY?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: my DL is from one of the countries with a reciprocal agreement)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to give them my physical foreign license? If so, do I get it back when I return my Quebec drivers license?&#xA;Or will my foreign license have added some sort of remarks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if my foreign license includes classes which I do not want/have/need in Quebec?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Physically taking away my home countries’ drivers license (forever, that means after moving out of Quebec) would not be an option for me since it serves other purposes in my home country and I do have many classes (Truck Trailers etc) in my home country which I would not have/need/want in Quebec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T17:31:14.643" Title="How does foreign drivers license exchange work in Quebec?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17701" CreationDate="2020-06-10T06:36:18.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the RMV can see that your motorcycle is not inspected. If you log into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://atlas-myrmv.massdot.state.ma.us/myrmv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web portal&lt;/a&gt;, you can see information about your inspection status, so they can see it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what's said &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/service-details/vehicle-inspections&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Driving any motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker is a&#xA;  traffic violation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;suppose&lt;/em&gt; that means if you are not planning to operate the vehicle, you won't be fined. To be sure, you might want to just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ask-the-rmv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contact RMV&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20040" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T06:36:18.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-10T11:48:46.673" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;During German student visa application, if I provide my CV along with my application, would it increase my chances of getting my visa, or decrease the visa processing time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T19:05:10.580" Title="Should I submit my CV while applying for a German student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-10T15:00:23.340" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can any US citizens/tax-persons, resident outside the US, confirm that they (or Americans they know) can't open a residence-country bank account due to FATCA (or have had their existing acc. closed by a local-country bank)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since 2019 was to be the deadline for foreign countries/banks to formally agree to comply with FATCA, it seems likely that only now will the shite actually start to hit the fan in this matter. (It's just my guess that the banks too may take a good while to figure out what's going to be their actual policy on this - i.e. withdraw/refuse services to Americans or not. Are the problems with their compliance with FATCA (reporting on the banking of US persons), going to be so troublesome that they will actually refuse bank-acc services? - which they can do BTW.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a worst-case situation (foreign bank acc in residence country refused) will it always be theoretically possible to exist without a bank account?  In my country of residence I've been looking for other banking possibilities. One could be &quot;credit union&quot; banks (&quot;cooperative&quot; banks), though until I go there and ask, it's only a guess whether these too have financial dealings extending to the US (which will make them vulnerable to FATCA regulations).&#xA;[PS- sorry if this question is garbled but the topic is complicated - and important to potentially many people.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user20042" LastEditorDisplayName="user20042" LastEditDate="2020-06-16T09:58:39.600" LastActivityDate="2020-06-16T09:58:39.600" Title="Consequences of FATCA for US expats" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-10T15:50:02.030" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;We’re not &lt;em&gt;planning&lt;/em&gt; to move to Canada, but we’re curious  about the requirements.  A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/come-canada-tool.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;government website&lt;/a&gt; has a multiple-choice app to tell you if you’re eligible. But it won’t work unless you have a specific province in mind.  One of the questions is “what do you want to do here” but the menu does not offer “live as a retired person on pensions and social security.”  I've heard there are &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/9264&quot;&gt;sixty different visa categories&lt;/a&gt;&quot; which suggests that web app is oversimplified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements?  Not quite curious enough to pay a lawyer just to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T15:50:02.030" Title="Requirements for US retiree to move to Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20576" CreationDate="2020-06-10T17:31:14.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can only talk about my Ontario experience, it might work similarly in Quebec, it might not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I moved from Germany to Ontario in 2009 I had to visit the &quot;DriveTest Centre&quot;. My German DL was partially converted into a Ontario DL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They converted my car license into &quot;G&quot; - unlimited for cars up to 10,000 lbs. I lost my motorcycle license and my heavy truck license though.&#xA;I had to hand in my German DL card. I was told it would be shipped back to Germany to the issuing county (Landkreis). If I would ever return to Germany I could pick it up there.&#xA;I ended up jumping through all the hoops to regain the motorcycle license (M1 ⇾ M2 ⇾ M). I didn't bother with the A-Z licensing because I'm making a living in a different occupation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW: If I had moved from Quebec to Ontario the very same would have happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(some similarities here &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/9144/909&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/9144/909&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T17:31:14.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20582" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20602" CreationDate="2020-06-10T22:43:27.083" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Portuguese is not very good, and the English versions of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.portaldascomunidades.mne.pt/images/GADG/IRS__Regime_Fiscal_Residente_N%C3%A3o_Habitual.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; have gone 404.  It seems to say that pensions from U.S. companies would not be taxed if they meet the requirements of foreign income in paragraph 1 of article 18 of the CIRS.  Unfortunately, the link to that paragraph is also 404.  And it does not say whether US Social Security is treated as a pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, although this NHR is mentioned as available in lots of retirement or expat web pages, I have been told (by someone in Spain, not Portugal) that this 2009 program no longer exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question (as stated in the title) is whether I could benefit by this if I obtain Portuguese residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T00:09:11.530" Title="Can I be tax-free for ten years as a non-habitual resident (NHR) in Portuguese territory?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20583" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T08:00:06.180" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have 3 passports (one from the US where I was born, one from the country where my family is from, and one from the country I currently live in). One of these non-US passports is that of an EU country. Both of the non-US passports are from places with high standards of living and less stressful lifestyles than US (according to me at least). I am not connected to the US, have no intention of living there ever, and I don't even intend to visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to renounce some day once I'm deeper into a career, regularly making a stable salary, and will be able to afford the ridiculous renunciation fee. But in the meantime, I want to take full advantage of the citizenship benefits. My mentality is that as long as I have this document and legal status which causes me such a headache, I may as well milk it for the benefits (whatever they may be). However, there don't seem to be many benefits except for things related to actually living, working, and voting in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only things I can think of are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using my American passport to sign up for freelance work on Upwork which has a reserved marketplace for US based users (I will do this, but only for a part time side job while I'm still growing professionally)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Becoming a &quot;digital nomad&quot; and filing my taxes under Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and effectively paying nothing (sounds nice but I don't want to leave my country, I love my life here)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traveling visa-free to Mongolia (I will do this, but this is kind of a one time thing)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sign up for US banking and credit cards (which I am against because they sell your data and try to put you in debt)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being rescued by Seal Team 6 if I get kidnapped by terrorists (which I really highly doubt will happen)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What else is there? What would you do if you were me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20045" LastEditorUserId="10732" LastEditDate="2020-06-11T08:11:32.807" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T08:11:32.807" Title="What are the benefits of US citizenship for someone living elsewhere?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;multiple-citizenship&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T08:27:59.020" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Italian and I live and work n Germany. She lives in Cameroon and has a 4 years old kid. We know each other since a long time and now (well, after the corona issue) we want to live together in Germany. I think that the only way is to get married - but I accept hints on that - so my question is: would her kid get automatically the permission to come to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because 2 friends of mine had a strange issue. She is African and he is German and she was already living in Germany with a temporary permit. They got married here and she filed a family reunion visa for her minor kid in Africa. It took 3 years to complete the process and &lt;strong&gt;her husband had to adopt the kid!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote an email to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/&lt;/a&gt; but no answer.&#xA;Tomorrow I'll try to call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20046" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T04:23:01.047" Title="Bring African girlfriend and her kid to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T09:16:30.150" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the US on a green card. I have now been in the US for around 7 years, and on an employer sponsored green card for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just used an online service to get an SSRI prescription, which has helped a lot with anxiety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer to see a primary care provider to receive a prescription, but I am concerned that it could impact an application for citizenship. Could this be used against me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20047" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T09:16:30.150" Title="Impact of anti-depressant prescription on application for US citizenship" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T05:17:53.077" Score="3" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an alien-student with a F1-visa stamped on my passport on 9th March 2020. The earliest admission date mentioned on my I-20 is 11th April 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But due to COVID-19, I never happen to depart to the U.S. Now I am planning to depart for next semester either in Summer track Two or in Fall 2020. My question is how long my visa remains valid ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Since I have not utilized the visa for entry, I am curious if rule of 5 months outside of the U.S. still applies in my case before the SEVIS record is expired and new visa is required.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20051" OwnerDisplayName="kaka" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T15:12:58.487" Title="U.S. F1 visa validity time (before visiting the U.S.)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20587" CreationDate="2020-06-11T16:23:09.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your visa should be valid up to the expiration date. Your SEVIS information can be changed at any time by your school. They will adjust your start date based on when the semester starts. Your advisor (DSO) is more than able to adjust your information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to this guidance from the DHS regarding temporary absences, a visa is still valid even if a new i-20 is required. Therefore, I believe that the same would apply for a visa never used: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/2017/01/questions-from-dsos-do-students-returning-from-temporary-absences-need-new-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/2017/01/questions-from-dsos-do-students-returning-from-temporary-absences-need-new-visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T15:12:58.487" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T15:12:58.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20584" CreationDate="2020-06-12T04:11:52.617" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Family of German citizens are subject to German domestic law as regards immigration to Germany.  Family of Italian citizens are subject to the EU free movement directive when it comes to immigration to Germany.  Unlike Italy, which has elected to treat its own citizens' families at least as favorably as those of citizens of other EU countries, Germany makes it harder for family of Germans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are married, your wife and her minor children will be eligible for residence under the free movement directive (&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;). You will not have to adopt the child.   The visa should not take more than a couple of weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your wife will be covered under article 2(2)(a).  Her child will be covered under article 2(2)(c).  Article 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;‘family member’ means:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(a) the spouse;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(c) the direct descendants who are under the age of 21 or are dependants and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T04:23:01.047" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T04:23:01.047" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20590" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-12T15:17:58.767" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the following situation: Lived in California for 7 years under F-1 visa and had DL (+RealID). My current ID expires in Aug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &quot;temporarily&quot; moved to Canada for about a year. I will come back to California next year as greencard holder (my DL is expired by then).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: To avoid doing the behind the wheel test again etc., does it make a difference if I have the expired physical DL card or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of replacing my Californian DL with a Canadian one since six months in Canada have passed for me. But I would only want to do this if this does not bring me disadvantages when I return to California.&#xA;Note that replacement means I can get my Canadian license directly but have to give them my Californian one. They will send it back to DMV in California.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastEditorUserId="19008" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T15:25:17.527" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T15:25:17.527" Title="Renew California drivers license after expiration: Does it make a difference if I have the (expired) card or not?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17579" CreationDate="2020-06-13T01:39:25.287" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did this, and it worked. I put the car at my friend's and stored my boxes in a self storage. I found a company which was nice enough to head to the self storage, check out the items, and close my account. I got the car without issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastActivityDate="2020-06-13T01:39:25.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20593" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20595" CreationDate="2020-06-13T02:45:29.973" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived in Canada on a closed(employer-specific) work permit and was terminated. This happened amid the coronavirus pandemic. My employer quickly terminated me after bringing me here on a global skills strategy program, and my company has been reporting losses for quite some time. I was abused at work, I was told to do something and then terminated for doing that. It appeared fixed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I can wait for six months and wait for express entry to work out, thus having a break in my employment, or can apply under abuse of employer and try to get an open work permit. The latter is even suggested by a lawyer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this look bad on my record when I apply for citizenship down the line? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T21:29:41.117" Title="Can filling an employer abuse claim affect my chances of citizenship?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20593" CreationDate="2020-06-13T18:34:14.773" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an opinion: I can’t see that will in any way interfere with a future citizenship application. First you’d have to become a permanent resident and live for five years in Canada. Take step one first before you concern your about step X. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2020-06-13T18:34:14.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20597" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20604" CreationDate="2020-06-13T20:02:27.283" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose that someone has a Student &quot;Titre de Séjour&quot; that is valid for a little more than a year, and this person is in France right now. If this person leaves the European Union for about a month, does the French government, upon the return, have the authority to ban the entry based on COVID-19 grounds? For instance, if this person is coming from a country such as the United States or Brazil, that are more hard hit, can the EU forbid their entrance in the Schengen Area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the situation right now might not be this one, I am however supposing a theoretical second-wave or worsening in the given person's home country (USA, Brazil). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-06-14T08:36:41.490" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T16:21:59.040" Title="Can a European country (e.g France) forbid the entry of foreign nationals with a residence permit? (COVID-19)" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20600" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20601" CreationDate="2020-06-14T18:06:54.340" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose, an immigrant emigrated from Mexico to the UK. After obtaining British citizenship, he/she renounces his/her Mexican citizenship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later, this person gets involved in a serious crime or offense which asks for the British government to strip his/her British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can the British government strip his/her citizenship as the person would be countryless?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastEditorUserId="19861" LastEditDate="2020-06-14T18:32:04.323" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T20:21:19.460" Title="How does a country strip citizenship of an immigrant?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20600" CreationDate="2020-06-14T19:48:31.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are no particular crimes or offenses that &quot;asks for the British government to strip his/her British citizenship&quot;. The only provision which allows the British government to involuntarily strip someone's British citizenship that was properly obtained is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/40&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section 40&lt;/a&gt; subsection (2) of the British Nationality Act 1981, which allows the Secretary of State to strip someone's British nationality if he/she &quot;is satisfied that deprivation is conducive to the public good&quot;. Under subsection (4), this stripping is only allowed if it would not make the person stateless (except for British citizens by naturalization, which can be stripped under subsection (4A) under certain conditions if the Secretary of State &quot;has reasonable grounds for believing&quot; that the person is able to acquire another nationality).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that I said &quot;citizenship that was properly obtained&quot;, because if the citizenship was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation, it can be stripped under subsections (3) or (6) even if it will make the person stateless. But, arguably, that isn't so much a &quot;stripping&quot; of citizenship, as a determination that the person was never properly a citizen in the first place.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-06-14T20:21:19.460" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T20:21:19.460" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20582" CreationDate="2020-06-15T00:09:11.530" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has not been abolished, &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/04/flash-alert-2020-192.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it’s part of the 2020 budget&lt;/a&gt;. However, with regard to pensions specifically, it has been amended to tax pensions at 10%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17831" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T00:09:11.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-15T15:04:32.910" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Turkish national, and I am applying for a long-term (D-type) German student visa from U.K. However, I will not be in the U.K. by the time the visa is (hopefully) granted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;in such a case, can another embassy issue the visa when it is granted? Has anybody done such a thing before?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my understanding, if the German government accepts my visa application, the process of issuing the visa document to my password should be done by any authorized embassy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastEditorUserId="12177" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T19:27:14.363" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T19:27:14.363" Title="If I applied a German student visa from the U.K., can another embassy issue the visa when it is granted?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20597" CreationDate="2020-06-15T16:21:59.040" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;does the French government, upon the return, have the authority to ban the entry based on COVID-19 grounds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The French government has the authority to prevent even &lt;em&gt;European Union citizens&lt;/em&gt; from entering France on grounds of public health.  EU citizens have very strong rights to enter and reside in other EU countries.  These rights are much stronger than those of a third-country national with a residence permit, so there is certainly nothing preventing the French government from keeping a student with a &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; outside the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a ban might be vulnerable to a legal challenge, since an outright ban from the country may be seen as disproportionate.  A more reasonable approach might be to let the person in subject to a period of enforced quarantine.  Then again, such a challenge might not be successful, especially in the case of a student who has no other ties to France, even more so if classes are meeting remotely, implying little need on the part of the student to be physically present in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for worst-case scenario planning, it is definitely a possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T16:21:59.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7291" CreationDate="2020-06-16T12:20:21.773" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;BCBS plans may provide some emergency coverage if you get injured or sick. I agree - you should check with your plan provider. A travel insurance plan is a better option for short term travel (less than one year). Expat plans, or International Health Insurance, are more comprehensive plans and make sense for people living abroad - like expats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20055" LastActivityDate="2020-06-16T12:20:21.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-16T17:53:06.500" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father filed a request for US permanent residence for me and now the issue it in visa file the name is reflecting as Rajeshkumar whereas my name is Rajesh Bhai Patel. So can I show a proof by attaching affidavit stating both persons are of same name or what else I can do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kajal patel" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-16T22:24:38.637" LastActivityDate="2020-06-16T22:24:38.637" Title="Different name in Indian passport and in US Permanent Residence application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-17T00:08:50.053" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My SO and I have decided to get married and we have looking to settle down in Canada. She is a Canadian citizen and is able to sponsor my residency. I am a US Citizen. We are choosing Canada since her career is tied to the Canadian government. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concerns are around finding work in Canada. An Uncle and a family friend really struggled to find employment in Canada as highly educated immigrants. They were severely underemployed for a number of years until they built up a Canadian network. They both held graduate degrees from Top 50 institutions in the US. One was a trained physician and the other was a mechanical engineer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan to overcome the above is to take advantage of remote work opportunities at my current employer and work remotely from Canada. And network with Canadian tech scene while employed remotely. I have experience working as a data scientist and software engineer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it acceptable to work remotely for a US company from Canada?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this looked upon favorably when applying for residency?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let's say I unexpectedly lose the job at some point. Is remote work looked upon favorably in Canada? Would it be perceived as &quot;Canadian work experience&quot; if I've been a resident for a few years at that point?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20057" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T02:20:24.147" LastActivityDate="2020-06-17T02:20:24.147" Title="Becoming a permanent resident of Canada with a remote US job" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-17T11:44:34.133" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in France and I am a not-yet recognised Jus Sanguinis italian citizen. I plan on move to Italy next year for about 4 months for an internship, and I would like to have my italian citizenship recognised while I'm there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in Brazil and the birth/marriage certificates of me/my family are all from Brazil. My Great-grandfather who was born in Italy never acquired the brazilian nationality and some members of my family already have their citizenship recognised (including one cousin of mine who lives in Rome and recognised it when residing, the same way as I plan to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question here is on the bureaucratic side: If I get the certificates for my family (from Brazil, in full form, and have them translated to italian with certification), should the Italy's consulate in Brazil do some sort of &amp;quot;Validation&amp;quot; of the documents, or the Hague convention would take care of that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what kind of Visa would I pursue in this case? Should I get a normal visa for internship? Should my employer take any steps on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T13:54:15.290" LastActivityDate="2020-06-17T13:54:15.290" Title="Jus Sanguinis Italian Citizenship with Residence in Italy" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-17T19:12:55.497" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone were to have a clean record from a their native country and country of origin, but have a criminal record in an outside country, would that affect applying for work visas in countries like NZ, USA, Canada, etc.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, some countries ask for documentation from all countries the applicant has been living in over a period of some years. Does anyone know which ones ask for this confirmation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A. Native country (clean record)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;B. Foreign country (criminal record)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C. Desired work destination (not A or B)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20060" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-18T06:21:10.987" LastActivityDate="2020-07-18T18:01:00.090" Title="Regarding work visas and criminal records from non-native country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-18T02:26:46.790" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have contacted the authorities. They suggested me to find a &amp;quot;licensed immigration&amp;quot; advisor or an &amp;quot;immigration lawyer&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference? Are they just two words for the same identity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20044" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T02:54:24.080" Title="What is the difference between hiring a &quot;licensed immigration&quot; advisor and an &quot;immigration lawyer&quot; if I want to move to New Zealand?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20613" CreationDate="2020-06-18T02:53:09.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are not the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In NZ, one may give immigration advice only if licensed by the NZ Immigration Advisors Authority (a NZ government office) to do so, unless exempt from such licensure. You can learn more about the IAA on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iaa.govt.nz/about-us/what-we-do/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;About Us&lt;/a&gt; page. Briefly, IAA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;issues licences to people who are fit and competent to give immigration advice&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maintains competency standards and a code of conduct for immigration advisors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;investigates people giving immigration advice without a licence or exemption&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;receives complaints from people who have received poor immigration advice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lawyers are exempt from IAA license requirements, and may offer immigration advice if they are licensed to practice law in NZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T02:53:09.650" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-18T14:01:41.310" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live and work in Spain with &lt;a href=&quot;http://extranjeros.mitramiss.gob.es/es/unidadgrandesempresas/ley14_2013/tripticos/triptico-profesionales-altamente-cualificados-INGLES.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Highly Skilled Worker Visa&lt;/a&gt;, more than a year.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;1- My question is, can I &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; work as a consultant(maximum 6-months) for a foreign company abroad(Ireland)? I mean keep both jobs(both are full-time jobs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering company do the paperwork for the consultation contract and I have to pay my taxes each month here in Spain(I wanted to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.agenciatributaria.es/AEAT.internet/en_gb/Inicio/La_Agencia_Tributaria/Normativa/Fiscalidad_Internacional/Convenios_de_doble_imposicion_firmados_por_Espana/Convenios_de_doble_imposicion_firmados_por_Espana.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Double Taxation Agreement&lt;/a&gt; but, the foreign company asked for put tax information on invoices each month)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2- If it is not possible and I have to quit from my Spanish job, can I stay here in Spain but do not work for any company in Spain anymore, and only work for the company abroad? Take it into account that my residency is valid for one year more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10734" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T14:01:41.310" Title="Is it possible to have two jobs: live and work in Spain with Worker visa and work as a consultant for an Irish company remotely?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20611" CreationDate="2020-06-18T17:22:39.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not just for work visas, many countries even ask for a clean criminal record for student visas. Most of the times, it's when you have lived in the third country for more than six months. If you have committed a crime during that time, and it's on your record, that can affect your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, just because your criminal record is not clean, it doesn't mean that you can't get a visa. It depends a lot on the type of crime, and whether or not you can convince the diplomatic official.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T17:22:39.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-18T18:03:51.247" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a Germany student residence permit &lt;strong&gt;(Aufenthaltstitel- I’m a Non-EU citizen)&lt;/strong&gt; and if I leave Germany more than 6 months my visa will be invalid. My situation is that I am in Hungary for my exchange program internship (I got a Hungarian residence permit for that) and after a period of 6 months, the company and I would like to extend my internship for another 6 months. So I want to ask that, is there a &lt;strong&gt;certificate (fiktionsbescheinigung) to grant permission&lt;/strong&gt; for student like me to extend my stay in another Europe country? Or can I return to Germany for 1-2 months and come back to Hungary to continue my internship to &lt;strong&gt;keep my student visa valid&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P/s: To be more clear, I still enrolled in my university the whole internship period. I still have my health insurance and I have my dormitory sublet to another student with approval from the university&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don’t want to give up on this opportunity to continue the internship so I’m very appreciated if you have some idea to help me with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20063" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-03T13:46:30.137" LastActivityDate="2020-08-03T13:46:30.137" Title="Extend staying in another EU country more than 6 months for internship with Germany student residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-18T23:28:26.243" Score="3" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;This might be a weird question, and everything I search on google just gives me a list of celebrities that have remarried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I’m a U.K. citizen, married to a U.S citizen, living apart in our respective countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He was talking with a friend who said that if we get remarried in a more liberal state, like California or Colorado, it will be easier for me to get a temporary visa to then adjust to a permanent one later down the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I’d like to know if there’s any basis to that theory, is there any truth behind it being easier to get a temporary visa dependent on what state you do it through?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, is it possible to remarry the same person in these states without getting a divorce first? We got originally got married in Texas, coming up to 2 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording in the question makes it sound like I married for a visa, I promise you that’s not the case. I just want to explore all options in making the process easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Taylor1994" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T00:09:15.443" LastActivityDate="2020-06-23T00:09:15.443" Title="is it possible to remarry the same person without a divorce for the sake of immigration" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20620" CreationDate="2020-06-19T00:19:09.500" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any jurisdiction that recognizes your marriage will not marry you again.  If you can find a jurisdiction that does not recognize your marriage but that permits you to marry might marry you without your needing to get divorced first, but it seems unlikely that such an jurisdiction exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as one of you entering the UK or the US as the spouse of the other, or entering in some other way and then changing your status later, the only thing that matters is whether the national government's immigration authorities recognize the marriage.  Any valid marriage performed in any US state will be recognized by both the governments of the US and the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is some reason to think that your marriage may not be valid, then addressing the question of its validity will depend on the laws of the state in which it was performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-06-19T00:19:09.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20620" CreationDate="2020-06-19T03:46:27.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There should be no difference between getting married in different US states, for immigration or other purposes. And you should not be getting married again in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; state, because you are already married. I'm guessing that what you heard might be that it might be easier to present a marriage certificate from the US as evidence of the marriage in the US, than a marriage certificate from a foreign country, where if it's not certified you might need to get it certified, and if it's in a non-English language you would need to get it translated, which might be some hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even if you find a state that allows you to &amp;quot;marry&amp;quot; the person you are already married to, consider the problems that this would cause. The marriage certificate from this &amp;quot;second&amp;quot; marriage would have a different date than the date of your &amp;quot;first&amp;quot; marriage, so when forms ask for your date of marriage, which are you going to put? There should be only one, legally correct, date of marriage for each marriage you have, and you cannot have another date of marriage without first terminating the previous marriage. So the &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; date of marriage should be the first one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you present the certificate from the &amp;quot;second&amp;quot; marriage (because that was the point of the &amp;quot;second&amp;quot; marriage, because for some reason you think it's easier to present that as evidence) you would have to enter the second date, and this will go down in your record. But you have probably entered the first date of marriage in other forms in other places, so now you have inconsistent dates in different places. If this is discovered at some point, they will think you committed fraud, or at the very least you would have a difficult task of explaining it, and would have to go back and correct the &amp;quot;incorrect&amp;quot; date in all the places where you have already entered it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2020-06-19T03:46:27.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-19T23:03:51.197" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am married to an Irish wife. I am living in the UK for almost 5 and a half years and my 5 year visa is about to expire. I have a visa says residence card of a family member of a EA national. Am I supposed to apply for a settlement visa? How much does it cost and how much do they extend my visa after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Nirjal" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:02:20.120" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T19:06:50.663" Title="Residence card of a family member of EEA national" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-20T04:29:17.293" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have transferred to an EU branch (Netherlands) of a US based company.  I am a US citizen with a US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of the transfer I was sponsored and approved for residency/work permit as a &amp;quot;highly skilled immigrant&amp;quot; which gives me a Netherlands residency card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our office has recently be contracted by an UK based company to perform IT Engineering work that requires physically visiting their UK sites.  Time spent onsite would be 1-2 Months multiple times in a year.  What type of Visa application should I be pursuing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not being employed by a UK company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not living long term in the UK. (I would stay in a hotel).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My company is not a UK company and cannot sponsor Visas for the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my research the closest visa type that applies is that of a Tier 2 General Work Visa (from the occupation shortage list 2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified).  I do not believe this is fully correct as I do not meet the first requirement of this visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’ve been offered a skilled job in the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20068" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T04:29:17.293" Title="UK Work Visa requirements for US citizen working for EU branch of US company" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-20T09:12:56.443" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/316.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 C.F.R. 316.5(c)(1)(i)&lt;/a&gt;, echoed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(c) Disruption of continuity of residence -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Absence from the United States -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) For continuous periods of between six (6) months and one (1) year.&#xA;Absences from the United States for continuous periods of between six&#xA;(6) months and one (1) year during the periods for which continuous&#xA;residence is required under § 316.2 (a)(3) and (a)(6) shall disrupt&#xA;the continuity of such residence for purposes of this part unless the&#xA;applicant can establish otherwise to the satisfaction of the Service.&#xA;This finding remains valid even if the applicant did not apply for or&#xA;otherwise request a nonresident classification for tax purposes, did&#xA;not document an abandonment of lawful permanent resident status, and&#xA;is still considered a lawful permanent resident under immigration&#xA;laws. The types of documentation which may establish that the&#xA;applicant did not disrupt the continuity of his or her residence in&#xA;the United States during an extended absence include, but are not&#xA;limited to, evidence that during the absence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A) The applicant did not terminate his or her employment in the&#xA;United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(B) The applicant's immediate family remained in the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(C) The applicant retained full access to his or her United States&#xA;abode; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(D) The applicant did not obtain employment while abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I satisfy A, C, and D, am I pretty much guaranteed not to disrupt the continuity of my residence for the purpose of naturalization? I don't know whether disrupting the continuity of residence for naturalization is the norm or the exception in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-02T21:27:19.233" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T00:01:45.183" Title="Staying outside the US between 6 and 12 months while keeping US employment &amp; US home: will it disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12417" CreationDate="2020-06-20T11:15:04.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Libraries, especially the State Libraries, have foreign language books. Especially in Melbourne. Ask at a library.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:15:04.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12005" CreationDate="2020-06-20T11:21:21.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can apply in (most?) areas to enrol in local goverment elections if you are a ratepayer. Often you have to live in Australia as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/enrolment/enrol-for-council-elections&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/enrolment/enrol-for-council-elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Enrolment/EnrollingForLocalCouncilElections.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Enrolment/EnrollingForLocalCouncilElections.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have to re-enrol annually, and you will get fined if you enrol but fail to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastEditorUserId="20070" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T11:35:00.993" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:35:00.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11098" CreationDate="2020-06-20T11:49:02.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This does not attract duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Personal effects of temporary resident&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do a search with the relevant keywords, and the domain .gov.au to see the government department's clear policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/entering-australia/duty-free&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/entering-australia/duty-free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/importing/how-to-import/temporary-imports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/importing/how-to-import/temporary-imports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T11:49:02.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7065" CreationDate="2020-06-20T12:15:12.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, they dont. They take applications, money, etc..., but they dont contact people seeking to be tenants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-06-21T17:37:20.510" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T17:37:20.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5685" CreationDate="2020-06-20T12:31:52.297" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Get help from locals if you can, large employers such as universities have people to help with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For future people looking, the laws about renting in Victoria can be found at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/library/publications/housing-and-accommodation/renting/renting-a-home-a-guide-for-tenants.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/library/publications/housing-and-accommodation/renting/renting-a-home-a-guide-for-tenants.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or by searching the domain .gov.au for &amp;quot;residential tenancies&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current laws are summarised in a booklet published in many languages by the consumer affairs department.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T12:31:52.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1285" CreationDate="2020-06-20T12:39:11.697" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also note that when questioned by police (they are allowed to ask), the address on your licence must match what you tell them. Any licence paperwork such as renewals or fines will go to,this address also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20070" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T12:39:11.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20623" CreationDate="2020-06-20T18:00:08.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should apply for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt;.  It is free of charge.  From what you've told us, you should get permanent &amp;quot;settled status,&amp;quot; but there is a chance that you will get &amp;quot;pre-settled status,&amp;quot; which must be upgraded to settled status after a period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that your problem isn't that your &amp;quot;visa&amp;quot; is about to &amp;quot;expire&amp;quot;; you don't have a visa.  You have a right to reside in the UK under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016, a right which does not expire.  (It can lapse because of a change in circumstances, but not because of the passage of time.)  The residence card you have is merely evidence of that right; it's not actually required for you to be in possession of the card, let alone for it to be valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your problem, rather, is that the 2016 regulations are expected to be repealed, in connection with the UK's withdrawal from the EU, at the end of the transition period.  That is presently expected to occur at the end of this year.  The settlement scheme is the legal mechanism that allows you to remain in the UK beyond that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:00:08.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20634" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20635" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" Score="0" Body="For questions about the United Kingdom's EU Settlement Scheme, for citizens (and their family members) of countries participating in European Union freedom of movement who lived in the UK before its withdrawal from that system." OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T18:04:29.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20636" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20637" CreationDate="2020-06-20T20:56:36.967" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wanting to apply for a French long-stay visa while being in/near France. Is it necessary to return to my country (Australia), or can I go to an embassy in Belgium or some other country closer by?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'd be using the 90 days that Australians have to visit the Schengen zone without a visa.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the guidelines suggest that because I can't apply while in France that I'd need to return to Australia, but what about another country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20072" OwnerDisplayName="Elliott" LastEditorUserId="20072" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T09:35:39.430" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T09:35:39.430" Title="Is it necessary to return to my country to obtain a long-stay visa for France?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20636" CreationDate="2020-06-21T15:26:16.177" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, you are supposed to apply for a long-stay visa before moving to France and you can only do that at the consulate serving the place where you live. You should be asked to submit documentation of your status as a resident (e.g. a residence permit or long-stay visa from the relevant country) together with your application. This applies across the French consular network and should not depend on the consulate where you want to apply (even if what counts as proof of address/residence will).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules are specifically designed to prevent what you are contemplating (moving first and applying for a visa afterwards). Thus, if you are a resident in another European country, you do not necessarily need to go back to your country of citizenship to lodge an application but if you are only visiting using the short-stay visa exemption rules, you are not allowed to use a consulate in a neighbouring country to circumvent the requirement to apply from your place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few exceptions to this principle, allowing you to apply for a long-term status after entering France. If you qualify, you would not apply for a long-stay visa either but skip that and apply directly for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;. This would for example be the case if you are married to a French citizen or if you are joining a family member and apply within one month of entering. Note that technically, there is nothing preventing you to apply for a &lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt; directly even if you don't have a &lt;em&gt;visa long séjour&lt;/em&gt;, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; is legally enpowered to make an exception if you can make a case for it (e.g. by arguing that returning to your country would entail unnecessary hardship) but they can obviously refuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T15:26:16.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20638" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-22T02:24:25.960" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-eu citizen on a spouse temporary visa for Germany. I have been admitted into a Masters course in Italy and need to apply for my visa to start the semester online in September. I won't be physically moving to Italy until February so need to maintain my German visa until then at least. Simply applying and getting the student visa for Italy won't automatically cancel my German visa, will it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20074" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-22T19:12:34.487" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T21:06:00.597" Title="I have an EU residence permit for one country does applying for another country cancel my current one out?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-22T02:47:00.740" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;minimum&lt;/strong&gt; time frame for getting Portuguese citizenship is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.portugalist.com/get-portuguese-nationality/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;5 years&lt;/a&gt;, and German citizenship is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.germany-visa.org/immigration-residence-permit/german-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6 years&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this time frame be reduced further?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastActivityDate="2020-06-22T08:01:00.477" Title="Can the time of gaining citizenship be reduced?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20639" CreationDate="2020-06-22T08:01:00.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A residence requirement of 5 to 10 years is typical in the EU. There are several situations in which lower requirements might apply in some countries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are married to a citizen, it is sometimes possible to gain citizenship after less than 5 years, e.g. 3 years in Portugal, the Netherlands or Germany, 4 years in Italy or France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are refugee or stateless&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you served in the country's military&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you invest a significant amount of money in the country (e.g. Malta)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are especially gifted or served the country in another area (e.g. athletes)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you formerly held the country's citizenship (e.g. Netherlands and Germany)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The absolute lowest residence requirement is 0 (e.g. immigrants from &lt;em&gt;francophone&lt;/em&gt; countries or refugees in France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-06-22T08:01:00.477" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-22T07:53:06.847" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a mother with a dependent child in Canada. My daughter would love to go to a ballet school in Georgia and we have the means to go if I can find remote work there. I do plan to do work but my daughter is going there to study, do we need an M1 visa or something else, and how do we get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Susy" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T00:01:58.903" Title="What kind of visa do I need? (US)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20638" CreationDate="2020-06-22T08:16:11.427" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, through the application itsself your German residence permit will not become invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only when you &lt;strong&gt;permanently&lt;/strong&gt; leave the country (i.e. you deregister your residence in Germany and leave) does the residence permit become invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The corresponding paragraph is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 51 (1)(6) AufthG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) The residence title shall expire in the following cases:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;6.  if the foreigner leaves the federal territory for a reason which is not of a temporary nature,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0927&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 51 - Termination of lawful residence; continued validity of restrictions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-06-22T08:16:11.427" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-22T15:53:37.483" Score="3" ViewCount="1839" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU citizen I moved to Bayern and I finished both my bachelor's and master's degree on a german university. While I was in Bayern I lived with a residence permit for non-EU citizens for 5 years. Currently I am working in another Bundesland again with a residence permit, still in Germany. My question is, do the 5 years count towards my needed 8 year stay for citizenship, because I read somewhere that Bayern does not count the years as a student, but I read that only on one page, I didn't find anything about that on their official site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20075" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T13:11:46.867" Title="Do my years as a student in Germany count for applying for a citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20578" CreationDate="2020-06-22T15:56:25.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I applied for a student visa a CV was obligatory. If its one of the listed documents then you must send it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20075" LastActivityDate="2020-06-22T15:56:25.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-22T18:16:26.920" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;So. The situation here is a little complicated but I would really appreciate it if someone gave me some advice on what to do. I know a lot of people read the words 'Pakistani citizen seeking asylum' and probably groan because they assume it's somebody trying to get a free pass into a nicer country, but that's really not the situation here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum it up, I'm a 19 year old female going through a really difficult time at home. My parents are - to put it lightly - uber religious Muslims whose views and beliefs differ radically from mine. I've been pretty much forced to adhere to that lifestyle and haven't been given a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of my rights. Unfortunately, there's absolutely no margin for me to disagree with them and ask that they let me live my life as I wish. If I do that, I will definitely get beaten up and maybe even killed. I know that this kind of situation is somewhat of a valid ground for requesting asylum in another country, but I obviously need to reach that country first before I can ask for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I was wondering where my best chances are, geographically. I can apply for a visa but I'm not sure what to say when I get asked for the purpose of my trip. I'm assuming that saying that I plan on seeking asylum is probably not the smartest thing. What would be the best course of action for me regarding the whole process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd really appreciate it if somebody with experience could give me some advice, or insight. I'm really at a loss regarding what to do. The situation is getting worse and starting to take a toll on my mental health. I'm sure you're all aware that 19 is a pivotal age in anybody's life, and it really sucks watching time fly by and take all my opportunities with it. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20076" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T01:36:50.890" Title="Seeking asylum as a Pakistani citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-23T14:33:53.963" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India working in Czech Republic with an EU Blue card with Czech Republic Address. Moreover my wife is a permanent resident of Germany. Can I keep the Blue card (Residence permit) in Czech and also get a residence permit in Germany also (as a dependent of my wife)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20077" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T14:57:00.040" LastActivityDate="2020-06-23T14:57:00.040" Title="Two Resident permits in Schengen without taxes" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20641" CreationDate="2020-06-24T00:01:58.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your daughter can get M1 to go to vocational school in the US. For you, you might be able to go on B2 visitor status to accompany her, but you cannot work on B2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T00:01:58.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20645" CreationDate="2020-06-24T03:17:08.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Different countries have different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will need to get there&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest getting help in advance from one of the &lt;strong&gt;numerous associations&lt;/strong&gt; in big Western cities that deal with asylum seekers on a daily basis. Most of them are sensitive to women's issues in part because they are a major (and horrible) problem in human trafficking networks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get to your destination by other means, the most simple from the point of view of the destination is a tourist or student visa. The student visa is a topic in itself. The tourist or visitor visa is the simplest way (but still expensive), but to be eligible you have to be credible. No one is going to give you a tourist visa to the US from Pakistan if you only booked two nights at a hotel traveling alone outisde of holiday periods. You'll need proof of accomodation etc. Visiting a relative or friend for one or two months can be a good reason. Travel groups and language courses also help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually the asylum request can only be filed once in the country of arrival. In Europe you will probably want to apply for subsidiary protection wether you apply for full asylum or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will need proof.&lt;/strong&gt; I remember Afghans in Germany having gotten written death threats from the Taliban, but generally this is one of the most difficult parts. Most likely you will need to show that you are in danger if you go back. Evidence of honor crimes in your country/city/family and social circles, direct or indirect evidence of sequestration or violence or threats, evidence of failure of local legislation or law enforcement to prevent those things, belonging to a mistreated social group... Pretty much anything can help. Most asylum seekers have only their declarations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The whole process can take a long time&lt;/strong&gt; (several months or years), during which a lot of restrictions apply depending on the country, but most notably on work and learning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, breaking ties with your family (likely completely) and integrating in a different society (even a not-so-different one) is extremely demanding and there is a danger of having mental / depression issues after a few years. Homesickness is also surprising when it hits. As with all such things, knowing about them in advance is the best way to get over them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2448" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-25T01:36:50.890" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T01:36:50.890" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20483" CreationDate="2020-06-24T21:41:47.147" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a not exactly on-target but related anecdotal experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A German friend entered the lottery several years ago, was accepted, and obtained a green card. A year or so later he changed his mind about emigration to the US and returned the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He's visited the US several times since as a tourist. On his first post-green card tourist trip, he endured a slightly-lengthened interview at the US border 'tho he was not taken to secondary. His subsequent entries to the US have been completely smooth and without issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T21:41:47.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-24T17:12:16.853" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got my passport renewed. My i94 expires this September, 2020. I need to apply for an EAD, so I need a valid i94 as well. What are my options? I am on an L2 visa living in Illinois. The nearest border crossing is way long from here. I have 2 children and feel that traveling with them during covid is risky (kids have valid i94 until 2022). Please give me a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Subhashini Ganesh" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-06-26T06:57:30.170" LastActivityDate="2020-11-29T17:04:20.513" Title="I94 extension after passport renewal" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-25T12:21:15.093" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish citizen moving to Northern Ireland with my Syrian husband.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has been granted an EUSS Family Permit to live in the U.K. Does he need an Irish visitor/tourist visa to cross the border to the Republic of Ireland for a short trip? And if so, would he need to post his passport to the appropriate Irish Embassy because he is supposed to keep it on him at all times for identification purposes while in N.I.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, is it possible for him to receive a stamp in his passport from an Immigration Office in Northern Ireland? Or to enter the R.O.I in possession of our marriage certificate and passport without a stamp under my EU Treaty Rights to Freedom of Movement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20082" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T12:21:15.093" Title="CTA Ireland/Northern Ireland Non-EEA spouse of Irish citizen" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-25T15:08:37.117" Score="1" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got Blue card (residence permit) in Germany. I came from India in March and now wants to leave Germany back to my home country because of all these covid situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First I will leave my apartment in Germany (do I need to deregister it ?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will work from India for 3-4 months for the same organisation for which I was working in Germany. And then will leave the German organisation. Can I do so after leaving Germany from India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19646" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-25T20:41:44.877" LastActivityDate="2021-05-04T14:43:12.997" Title="Leaving to India from Germany without house de-registration" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20655" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-25T11:42:30.800" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;US president Trump has issued a visa ban on a number of non-immigrant visa categories, put into effect as of June 24 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has to do with an individual holding a J-1 visa, currently residing in the US. This indivdual works as a research assistant at a University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is this: &lt;strong&gt;Will such an individual be able to leave the US to later be able to re-enter on this type of visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate information from strictly reliable sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="big al" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T18:06:55.287" Title="Re-entry J-1 visa under current visa ban" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20655" CreationDate="2020-06-25T12:16:55.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, the individual will be able to re-enter.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspending-entry-aliens-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-following-coronavirus-outbreak/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The proclamation&lt;/a&gt; does not apply for anyone who meets &lt;strong&gt;any condition&lt;/strong&gt; under &lt;em&gt;Section 3&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sec. 3.  Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.  (a)  The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 2 of this proclamation shall apply only to any alien who:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i)    is outside the United States on the effective date of this proclamation;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii)   does not have a nonimmigrant visa that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(iii)  do not have an official travel document other than a visa (such as a transportation letter, an appropriate boarding foil, or an advance parole document) that is valid on the effective date of this proclamation or issued on any date thereafter that permits him or her to travel to the United States and seek entry or admission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The individual is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inside the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a valid nonimmigrant visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a travel document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therefore, this proclamation does not apply to them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19940" OwnerDisplayName="Daniil" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T13:58:25.887" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20652" CreationDate="2020-06-25T20:32:22.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not wish to leave the US and re-enter, the alternative is to apply for L2 Extension of Status by filing form I-539. It costs $455 and takes several months to approve. I am not sure whether you can apply for an L2 EAD renewal along with the Extension of Status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T20:32:22.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20654" CreationDate="2020-06-26T05:18:54.187" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you no longer reside in your apartment (i.e. you are giving it up), then you must deregister it within a 2 week period after leaving (earliest: one week before leaving).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that when you &lt;strong&gt;permanently&lt;/strong&gt; leave Germany your residence permit &lt;strong&gt;expires&lt;/strong&gt;, since you have terminated your residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will have &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; effect on your continuing employment while working from India, since you don't need a german work permit when working from outside of Germany. That is solely a matter between you and your employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T05:18:54.187" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20643" CreationDate="2020-06-26T06:53:40.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stag/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt; is a &lt;strong&gt;federal&lt;/strong&gt; law and thus applies to all states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the main conditions is that you have an &lt;strong&gt;unrestricted&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit which is generally issued after 5 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;full&lt;/strong&gt; time as a student &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; count to recieve this&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;since the student residence permit is not issued with the intention of a long term residence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only &lt;strong&gt;50%&lt;/strong&gt; of this time will be taken (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0128&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§9 (4)(3) AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Persons who &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; have a &lt;strong&gt;unrestricted&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit can still be eligible if the &lt;strong&gt;present&lt;/strong&gt; permit has been issued with the intention of a long term residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different conditions where the default 8 years can be reduced to 7 or 6 years. The responsible authority have a certain amount of leeway to determine if the degree of integration expected after 8 years has already been achieved after 6 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had a student residence permit for 4 years and &lt;strong&gt;afterwords&lt;/strong&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;long term&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit for a further 2 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 6 years would count fully&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 21 of PDF: &lt;strong&gt;Bei besonderen Integrationsleistungen kann die Frist auf sechs Jahre verkürzt werden.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, after 8 years, you still are studying with a student residence permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 8 years don't count&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stag/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffentlichungen/themen/verfassung/wege-zur-einbuergerung.pdf%3F__blob%3DpublicationFile%26v%3D3&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwiE2rry457qAhXS16QKHcUaCrUQFjABegQIBBAC&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw2I97VTHx1cDrcknvIv_QKG&amp;amp;cshid=1593153757013&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wege zur Einbürgerung Wie werde ich Deutsche - wie werde ich Deutscher - Bund.de&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-11-20T13:11:46.867" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T13:11:46.867" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20661" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-26T13:57:30.203" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;quote&#xA;Hi, I am a British citizen in Scotland my girlfriend is from Russia We plan to be together and Marry. She has been here since Dec 19 on a visitor visa extended till the end of July 2020 (COVID 19) we have been together (her living with me) in total for around 9 months including a time last year on a visitor visa. If we apply to get married and register to do so in Scotland as she is a foreign national the registrar will automatically inform the Home office. I imagine they may ask us to apply for a Fiance Visa but she is already here! can there be a difference in what is required? My idea is that if we can get married soon we can go straight for a Spousal Visa? Maybe a long shot ??? It was suggested by the registrar that they may only want evidence of a genuine relationship.&#xA;I notice also at this time that the Home Office is granting visas for some which you would normally have to be outwith the uk due to travel restrictions for Covid 19 so am going to check this out with them. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20087" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-06-26T14:58:32.307" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T14:58:32.307" Title="Help with UK Spousal Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-14T22:40:12.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20662" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20678" CreationDate="2020-06-26T12:29:29.857" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen in Scotland and my girlfriend is from Russian; we plan to be together and marry. She has been here since Dec 19 on a visitor visa extended till the end of July 2020 (Covid-19). We have been together (her living with me) in total for around 9 months including a time last year on a visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we apply to get married and register to do so in Scotland as she is a foreign national the registrar will automatically inform the Home office. I imagine they may ask us to apply for a Fiance Visa but she is already here! Can there be a difference in what is required? My idea is that if we can get married soon we can go straight for a Spousal Visa? Maybe a long shot? It was suggested by the registrar that they (The Home Office) may only want evidence of genuine relationship to allow us to marry then we can apply for spousal visa. Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20087" OwnerDisplayName="David Christie" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-06-27T13:23:11.533" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T03:34:59.177" Title="Help with getting Spousal visa without Fiance Visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-26T15:24:56.367" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father's name mentioned in my documents differs from the name on his own ID's. On all my documents, Passport, Birth Certificate, etc., my father's name is written as &lt;strong&gt;Dr G N Ar**&lt;/strong&gt;*.&#xA;However, in all the ID's that he has, including his passport, his name is written without the salutation and without the initials as follows - &lt;strong&gt;Gh*** Na*** Ar***&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wish to sponsor my Dad through the Canadian, Parent Super Visa program, is this discrepancy going to be a problem? If yes, how should I address it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20089" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T15:24:56.367" Title="Difference in parent's name on my documents vs his name on his documents for Canadian Super Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20662" CreationDate="2020-06-26T15:45:27.103" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, you cannot get married while visiting the UK unless you hold a Marriage Visitor Visa, which is inappropriate for your partner, since she intends to live in the UK after marriage. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827480/Visit-guidance-v9.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance from UKVI states&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All visitors who intend to enter the UK to marry or enter into a civil partnership or give notice of an intention to marry or form a civil partnership, must have a valid marriage/civil partnership visit visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, arguably your partner did not &lt;em&gt;intend&lt;/em&gt; to marry when she entered the UK, but may say that she had to change her plans due to the pandemic. However, UKVI's position will likely be that it will be possible for your partner to return home at the end of her exceptionally extended stay, so she should follow the normal procedure of either applying for a fiancée visa, or marrying outside the UK and applying for a family visa as a spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to give notice anyway, note that as your partner is a non-EEA foreigner, she is required to give extended notice of intention to marry of 28 days. The Home Office can extend this period to 70 days for an investigation in the event that they suspect a sham marriage. &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419313/Statutory_guidance__March_2015_.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Giving notice without an appropriate visa is one factor used by the Home Office to identify possible sham marriages, and those which warrant the extended notice period&lt;/a&gt;. This period would leave your partner not enough time to get married before she had to leave anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T15:45:27.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19219" CreationDate="2020-06-27T09:15:22.517" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending upon on your job, such as working for hospitals, schools, government sectors, engineering, the first step in the process would be getting HRD attestation from the concerned state in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all other job profiles, your degree must be attested by Notary, Home department Mantralaya/Sub divisional magistrate (SDM), Ministry of External Affairs Delhi (MEA), Patiala House and UAE Embassy in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further more, once you reach UAE, the document needs to be attested by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that concludes the embassy attestation procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience, these are time taking processes (almost 8 working days), hence I took support from local &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.attest.ae&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;attestation services&lt;/a&gt; company in Dubai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19718" LastActivityDate="2020-06-27T09:15:22.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20667" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20680" CreationDate="2020-06-27T10:47:28.143" Score="2" ViewCount="542" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied to several universities for a Ph.D. position in Italy. The probability of getting admission from one of them is high. If I get admission it will follow by a scholarship. I am an Iranian resident and definitely need a student visa. I am married and want to bring my wife myself. A friend of mine told that the Italian embassy in Iran will not issue a visa for my wife. I visit the Italian embassy website in Iran and find no enough information about the above-mentioned subject. My friend said that I have to go first and show my financial strength that I can support my wife and then send an invitation to my spouse and it may take a while to get a visa for my wife. My friend said that my wife may fail to get a visa to join me. &lt;strong&gt;Is this how the Italian embassy works?&lt;/strong&gt; , separate the family members? As far as I know other countries, for instance, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Australia,... issue visas for the whole member of a student's family when the student gets a visa.  I am among those middle-class family and I have enough money to support my wife for 3 years, besides my father-in-law is a publisher and have the good fortune to support us if we get into trouble, I don't know this help or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20091" OwnerDisplayName="Armin" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-06-29T07:10:24.187" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T14:07:35.797" Title="Can I bring my wife with me to Italy if I get a student visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20669" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20670" CreationDate="2020-06-27T22:12:19.153" Score="2" ViewCount="905" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Israeli citizen. I need to fill this form regarding some potential income from a US entity (It's the  W-8BEN form, &amp;quot;Certificate of foreign status of beneficial owner etc.&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this form, there's a rubrique, Line 6, entitled &amp;quot;Foreign Tax Identification Number&amp;quot;. The Israeli authorities don't ever tell you something like &amp;quot;This is your tax identification number&amp;quot;. What should I put in there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-06-28T06:29:40.227" LastActivityDate="2021-03-21T12:33:24.000" Title="What is the US foreign tax identifying number (TIN) for Israelis?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;israeli-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20669" CreationDate="2020-06-27T22:12:19.153" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Israeli citizens, &lt;strong&gt;the TIN is the Israeli ID number&lt;/strong&gt;; that's why you've never heard of such a number - there is no different, special number for tax purposes, there's just your ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-identification-numbers/Israel-TIN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this formal OECD document&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caveat:&lt;/strong&gt; If you're a resident of another state, rather than Israel, for tax purposes - you will need to fill the information for that state, regardless of your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-03-21T12:33:24.000" LastActivityDate="2021-03-21T12:33:24.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-28T08:09:02.100" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Priority Date: &lt;strong&gt;March 28, 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Approval Date: &lt;strong&gt;April 17, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current Visa Bulletin: &lt;strong&gt;January 22, 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DOB: &lt;strong&gt;April 20, 1997&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Category: &lt;strong&gt;F4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Location: &lt;strong&gt;India&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi,&#xA;I am a derivative applicant, whereas my father is the principal applicant. My biological age is 23. We have submitted our AOS, DS-260 and other civil documents and they have be approved. We are awaiting the priority date to become current as well as for our interview letter. I calculated my CSPA age using an online calculator and it turns out to be 19 years. I would like to know if I am surely covered under CSPA. I have read a couple of articles where the CSPA applicant is not approved of the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What action can I take prior to the date becoming current to stay covered under CSPA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why do some people get rejections even if they are covered under CSPA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How does the embassy calculate CSPA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since Form I-485, Form I-824 and DS-230 are mainly for the applicants residing in the USA; what can applicants residing in India do to trigger CSPA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20078" LastEditorUserId="20078" LastEditDate="2020-06-28T16:43:49.897" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T16:43:49.897" Title="What steps can a CSPA derivative take in order to stay protected under CSPA?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-27T14:19:45.623" Score="4" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Polish and American passport, but I have never lived in either of those countries, I have instead lived in 6 Asian countries and now the Netherlands. So I am an EU citizen but… I have hardly any connection to Poland, technically my home country? Lets move onto my question, which is actually kind of two fold. Firstly, could I buy a car in Poland, pay Polish insurance, and Polish road tax while living in the Netherlands? If so, how long could I do this before having to drive it back now and then. On the other hand, can I do this with a car from any EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Bob" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T15:58:51.137" Title="Can I own a German car, when residing in the Netherlands while being from Poland" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20672" CreationDate="2020-06-27T14:36:24.760" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, could I buy a car in Poland, pay Polish insurance, and Polish road tax while living in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. You can buy the car in Poland, but you will need some insurance to drive it to the Nederlands, but you will have to register it again in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue of the insurance may be more tricky, I do know of some people in Spain using a UK insurer but I do not know if it would be applicable to any EU insurer, or if there are just some that offer this service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course, maybe the Polish insurers may object to covering you if you reside at the Netherlands (with presumably more expensive garage shops); check the insurance policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, how long could I do this before having to drive it back now and then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not work like &amp;quot;visa runs&amp;quot;. The &amp;quot;counter&amp;quot; does not reset just because you move the vehicle out of the Netherlands. It is your status as a resident that matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, can I do this with a car from any EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same rules apply for any EU car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU common markets leaves outside some excise taxes (as it does for tobacco and alcohol duties) that are to be paid to each country. If you become a resident of the Netherlands, you can bring your car but that will be an import; you will have to register the vehicle in the Netherlands and pay whatever taxes the Dutch government decides to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://download.belastingdienst.nl/belastingdienst/docs/motor-vehicle-foreign-reg-number-mb7001z1fdeng.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;This pdf&lt;/a&gt; explains that you qualify as a Dutch resident if you have lived there for more than 4 months during the last 6 months. At that time you no longer are a visitor and you must register your car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read more here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rdw.nl/over-rdw/information-in-english/import/apply-for-dutch-vehicle-license-number-for-eu-or-efta-country-vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.rdw.nl/over-rdw/information-in-english/import/apply-for-dutch-vehicle-license-number-for-eu-or-efta-country-vehicle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="SJuan76" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T10:42:40.097" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20672" CreationDate="2020-06-27T14:47:23.097" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Means of transportation are excluded from many rules regarding the EU single market and EU countries, including the Netherlands, often impose specific taxes on cars. To prevent circumventing these rules, many countries impose severe restrictions on using cars registered elsewhere than in your country of residence (citizenship is typically irrelevant and non-residents like tourists are fine using their EU-registered car too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are exceptions if you just moved or are a student and a bunch of court cases about company cars and the like but in general, as a resident, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/zakelijk/auto_en_vervoer/auto_van_de_onderneming/autokosten/auto_met_buitenlands_kenteken&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;you are not allowed to drive a car registered abroad without paying for the Dutch vehicle tax (bpm) and yearly road tax (mrb)&lt;/a&gt;, even for a single day. If you need to use a car registered abroad for less than 14 days, you can apply for an exemption online. You get only a single 14-day exemption per year for a given number plate, which tells you how restrictive the rules are (this is intended for cases like returning home with a rental car after an accident abroad).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because owning and registering a car in the Netherlands is quite expensive, even compared to other EU countries, I know several people who have done what you envision and pulled it off for a period of time but the law forbids it and is actively enforced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastActivityDate="2020-06-27T15:17:38.370" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20675" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20677" CreationDate="2020-06-28T19:56:35.873" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to apply for a UK tier IV visa to start on a PhD course starting in October. While the UKVI office is taking applications, there are no visa application centers open (or any date given to reopen) in the US to collect biometric data. So, I have two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the visa office use previous biometric data for a new residence card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to apply for a Tier IV visa outside of your home country while on a visitor visa to another country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20093" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T22:45:06.863" Title="Can you apply for UK Tier IV visa from outside your home country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20675" CreationDate="2020-06-28T22:45:06.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to both your questions is unfortunately, no. For UK visas, it is required biometrics are taken for each application. There is, as of yet, no relaxation of this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Tier 4 visas &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/where-to-apply-ecb05/ecb5-where-to-apply-the-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are not one of the categories of visa&lt;/a&gt; which can be applied from outside a country you are resident in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in your situation, I would be cautiously optimistic that a solution will be found in time for the beginning of the next academic year. UKVI are certainly aware of the importance of getting the process up and running before then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14413" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T22:45:06.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20662" CreationDate="2020-06-29T03:26:47.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has a procedure for people who have entered without an intention to marry and subsequently form an intention to marry while they are in the UK.  That procedure requires notifying the Home Office, and, as noted in MJeffryes's answer, the Home Office may extend the notice period to 70 days.  Then again, they might not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read about the Home Office investigation in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/778496/marriage-investigations-v3.0ext.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidance (pdf)&lt;/a&gt;.  The process does not leave room for arguments such as &amp;quot;you can return home so you should follow the normal procedure.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your new wife will not be able to remain in the UK on the basis of your marriage, because it is not possible to switch from visitor status to family-based residence.  But in contrast to the other answer, I would point out that getting the marriage taken care of now, while she is in the UK, will make it easier to get a spouse visa when she wants to return, because you will no longer face the need to convince the Home Office that your relationship is genuine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for this approach, however, it's currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mygov.scot/getting-married/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;not possible to marry in Scotland (with some exceptions)&lt;/a&gt;, so keep your eyes on that page to see whether they start performing marriages again before your girlfriend has to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-06-29T03:34:59.177" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T03:34:59.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-29T12:47:40.130" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Belgian citizen in my twenties. Next year, I'm planning to move to Singapore for work (as a postdoctoral researcher), with a one-year contract, which could possibly be extended afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if I should change my legal address to Singapore or keep the address of my parents in Belgium (which I intend to visit twice a year, say).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the most customary in this case, and beneficial (e.g. tax-wise)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20096" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T14:43:36.867" Title="Should I change my domicile when moving abroad for a year?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20667" CreationDate="2020-06-29T14:07:35.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for the family reunion visa for your wife once you have obtained your own authorization (nulla osta) even before you get your own visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do this, you can get an appointment in the Italian embassy in Iran. The application form will be the long-term visa application form- similar as yours. The main documents that they ask for are the nulla osta, marriage certificate, and proof of funds as well as proof of accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as income goes, you must demonstrate an income of no less than the annual amount of the social allowance. I believe it's close to 5800 euros per year. It changes every year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the Italian embassies don't have much information about visas on their websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T14:07:35.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20679" CreationDate="2020-06-29T14:43:36.867" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt; offers advice on this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They, however, doge the question about tax consequences, but refer you to a site that deals with that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registration at a Belgian consulate | Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registration/moving_abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Before leaving&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registration/how_to_register&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/services_abroad/registration/returning_or_moving&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Returning to Belgium or moving to another country&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-06-29T14:43:36.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20684" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20685" CreationDate="2020-06-29T20:42:42.590" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading my post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My parents are here in the United States to visit us. They are staying here for more than six months and they are about to leave United States but due to Pandemic they are not able to get the flights and our country is in lock down right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are old and we are afraid them to send immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to extend their tourist visa even after one year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share your thoughts on this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20098" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T00:28:40.247" Title="Parents US Tourist Visa Extension more than One Year" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20684" CreationDate="2020-06-30T00:28:40.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can apply for Extension of Status any time before their status expires. There is no limit to the number of consecutive Extensions of Status they can apply for or the total length of stay extensions can add up to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T00:28:40.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-30T06:21:35.763" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UK has quite a nice service &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Tell Us Once&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; that lets you notify a whole bunch of Government departments about the death of someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/death-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gov.UK Death Abroad page&lt;/a&gt;, it says that the &lt;em&gt;Tell Us Once&lt;/em&gt; service is available for deaths abroad in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use Tell Us Once if the person died in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a Commonwealth country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a European Economic Area (EEA) country&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Switzerland&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, based on that, it ought to work for a death of a UK citizen who has emigrated to and died in Australia (which is a Commonwealth country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I &lt;a href=&quot;https://idp-tell-us-someone-died.dwp.gov.uk/Death/Enrich/BeforeYouStart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;go to use the Tell Us Once service online&lt;/a&gt;, it tells me I need a 12 character reference issued by the UK registrar before I can use the service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death/y/overseas/australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;prepare to register a death wizard on Gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can’t register the death with the UK authorities. The death certificate you are given in Australia will be accepted and recognised in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it seems I can't use the &lt;em&gt;Tell Us Once&lt;/em&gt; system without a magic reference code, only available when you register the death with the UK authorities, but I can't get one as the UK won't let you register a death in Australia with them...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something here? Is there some way to get a reference code to use from the registrar in Australia (Queensland in case it helps)? Or is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/death-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gov.UK Death Abroad page&lt;/a&gt; wrong, with the service only available from certain Commonwealth Countries but not all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="120" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T06:21:35.763" Title="Can I use &quot;Tell Us Once&quot; to notify various UK Government departments for a death in Australia?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-30T16:55:10.790" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question. I am a EU citizen, non-French. My husband is from Costa Rica and he can come to EU/Schengen without any visa for 3 months. If we want to move to France for more than 3 months, let's say for around a year, I've read I do no even need to register as an EU citizen. But my husband needs to register, is that right? If he needs to register, will we need to show some rent agreement? Thing is, we are planning to rent AirBnb for long time, but I am not sure if authorities will accept AirBnb reservations as a document/proof of accommodation. Also, we would be there as &amp;quot;not in work&amp;quot;, so we will need to prove sufficient funds. Can we prove them via just cash we saved (I believe it is around 800 euros a month), can we just show we have 10K euros in cash or this needs to be deposited to some French bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Lin" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T21:46:18.823" Title="Registering non-EU family member of EU citizen (non-French) in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20687" CreationDate="2020-06-30T21:46:18.823" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my husband needs to register, is that right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he needs to register, will we need to show some rent agreement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F19315&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Carte de séjour de membre de la famille d'un citoyen de l'Union/EEE/Suisse&lt;/a&gt;.  As far as I can tell, though, temporary accommodations should be sufficient, including those obtained through AirBnb.  Specifically, the page says that you must provide&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indication relative au domicile : apportée par tout moyen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you can use &amp;quot;any means&amp;quot; to show where you will be living.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can we just show we have 10K euros in cash or this needs to be deposited to some French bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The money does not need to be in a French bank account.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F22117&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Titre de séjour d'un retraité (ou inactif) citoyen UE/EEE/Suisse&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tout document permettant de justifier de la réalité de vos ressources et la durée pendant laquelle vous en disposerez comme des relevés de compte bancaire, des bulletins de pension, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This indicates that you can use bank statements among other documents, but says nothing about where the banks are located.  Any bank should be fine, therefore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, be careful about the amount.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2651&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Séjour de longue durée d'un Européen en France&lt;/a&gt;.  You may be asked to show slightly more than €10,000 for a year, and rather more indeed if you are over 65, in which case the amount is nearly €17,000 a year for a couple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that you will have to provide evidence of sufficient health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-06-30T21:46:18.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-01T04:25:17.000" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a known fact that German student visa applications can take several months to be resulted in, so it is a long procedure, and it is especially hard to get visa if the embassy in your country is closed right now due to the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say, you applied for a German student visa from an embassy today, and then two weeks later, you went to another embassy in another country (where you have a residence permit) and applied for the same (Germany student) visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would happen then? Would they process the same visa application simultaneously and (if successful) issue the same visa? Would the foreign office reject both applications due the duplicate applications? or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-01T23:38:30.830" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T23:02:50.417" Title="What would happen if one were to apply for the same (German student) visa from several German embassies in different countries simultaneously?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-01T13:31:16.077" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the process for a non-EU citizen living in Austria on an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration/family-reunification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austrian dependent pass&lt;/a&gt; to seek residence and employment (or study) in another EU country, specifically in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this require a specific German working visa or an EU Blue Card and is the process any different/easier than applying from overseas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted the German embassy but they failed to answer my question and instead referred me back to the Austrian authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20102" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T13:31:16.077" Title="Work/study in Germany on an Austrian dependent-pass" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20698" CreationDate="2020-07-01T22:29:58.543" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I lived in Germany from 2018 to 2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did my tax return in 2019 for 2018.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I left Germany in March 2020.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do not have a spouse or dependent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I only had 1 employer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did not have any extra source of income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, I can send a tax return document now for 2019, and next year for 2020.&#xA;The question is: &lt;strong&gt;If I am not interested in getting money back, am I obliged to do it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10719" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T07:47:08.847" Title="I left Germany. Do I need to send a tax return?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-01T23:11:29.637" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to apply for a TN visa at the US border. I'm accompanying my wife, and she is going to study in the US. We are going there a month and a half prior to my job start date and 2 weeks before the start date of her program, in order to settle down, find a place, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that TN visa is issued only a week before the job start date? That seems very close to the job start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20103" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T23:11:29.637" Title="How far before the job start date I can apply for a TN visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;&lt;nafta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-01T23:41:45.423" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a French citizen, permanent resident in the United States and currently in Thailand, where I'd like to renew my passport because &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/155092/1810&quot;&gt;some airlines require it to be in pristine condition&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://th.ambafrance.org/Passeport-d-un-majeur-renouvellement-en-cas-de-pages-epuisees-modification-etat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://th.ambafrance.org/Passeport-d-un-majeur-renouvellement-en-cas-de-pages-epuisees-modification-etat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Les personnes inscrites au registre mondial des Français établis hors de France n’ont pas besoin de fournir de justificatif de domicile, sauf si leur adresse a changé.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/#view=home&amp;amp;op=translate&amp;amp;sl=fr&amp;amp;tl=en&amp;amp;text=Les%20personnes%20inscrites%20au%20registre%20mondial%20des%20Fran%C3%A7ais%20%C3%A9tablis%20hors%20de%20France%20n%E2%80%99ont%20pas%20besoin%20de%20fournir%20de%20justificatif%20de%20domicile%2C%20sauf%20si%20leur%20adresse%20a%20chang%C3%A9.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Translate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Persons registered in the worldwide registry of French citizens established outside France do not need to provide proof of address, unless their address has changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I know whether I am registered in the worldwide registry of French citizens established outside France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-02T00:46:29.483" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T13:00:10.047" Title="How do I know whether I am registered in the worldwide registry of French citizens established outside France?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;us-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20696" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-07-02T00:46:39.083" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-07-02T00:46:39.083" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T00:46:39.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20697" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-07-02T00:46:39.083" Score="0" Body="People ordinarily residing in USA, whether or not nationals of the country." OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T22:40:21.873" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T22:40:21.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20692" CreationDate="2020-07-02T07:47:08.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest way is to look at your tax bracket. As a single person with no dependents it should be &amp;quot;Steuerklasse 1&amp;quot; (tax bracket 1). That means the Finanzamt (tax authorities) already got the maximum tax amount directly from your paycheck. If you are &amp;quot;Steuerklasse 1&amp;quot; and your only real income is from your normal employment, you are not required to declare taxes at all. The tax authorities already got the maximum they could from you, if you declare your taxes, you would either come out the same or get money back. They are happy to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; hear from you and keep the maximum they already got.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need to declare taxes if you made money through other means than normal employment (self-employed, company owner, property owner) or if you have a tax bracket other than &amp;quot;Steuerklasse 1&amp;quot;, which means you claimed to have to pay less taxes than normal (for example because you have a wife and kids) and then you have to prove your claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a single employee, the tax authorities already robbed you blind and are happy to keep your money and never hear from you again. If you don't want anything back, just do nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T07:47:08.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20703" CreationDate="2020-07-02T08:57:58.177" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (US citizen) is filing I-130 to petition a green card for her brother. However, her brother doesn’t have a passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is a passport or travel document number required in the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If her brother gets a passport, it will expire in 10 years anyways (it takes more than 10 years for a priority date to become current). That just makes me wonder if it is really needed. The passport number will be different when he is ready to immigrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20104" LastActivityDate="2020-08-01T18:02:30.337" Title="I-130: Is Beneficiary’s Passport Information Required?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-02T10:55:13.160" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;What procedures and documents are required to take our 1-year-old child to Italy with us? My wife and I both are applying for a master’s scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are from Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8918" OwnerDisplayName="Afghan Dev" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T13:22:16.977" Title="Can scholarship grantees take their children?" Tags="&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-02T17:19:52.243" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in Canada and applied for marriage based greencard. I-130 got approved but due to mistake from USCIS (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20426/i-130-approved-i-797-received-why-do-we-have-to-file-i-824-and-do-we&quot;&gt;I-130 approved (I-797 received): Why do we have to file I-824 (and do we)?&lt;/a&gt;) I am forced to file an unnecessary I-824 and wait an additional 7-12 months or even more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an offer for a postdoc position at a prestigeous US university where I would ideally start ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to apply for J1 visa (*) while the greencard is pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(*): To my knowledge, J1 and H1B are the only options for postdocs and the latter being tied to a yearly schedule where I could start Oct 2021 at earliest. Please correct if this is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T17:19:52.243" Title="J1 visa (postdoc) while greencard pending from outside the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20699" CreationDate="2020-07-02T17:24:43.413" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. The beneficiary is not required to have a passport to be petitioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T17:24:43.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20710" CreationDate="2020-07-02T18:05:34.947" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had Irish student visa and was going to UK through Belfast which is Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and was caught by Police at ferry terminal and they took all my information like passport number and finger prints etc and then they let me go and told me to return back to Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this affect my UK visa process if I apply for UK visa in future ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20107" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T13:36:19.623" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T13:50:04.777" Title="UK Visa Process" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20619" CreationDate="2020-07-03T07:52:55.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, check if your situation satisfies European directive for researchers and students, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19262/13223&quot;&gt;my another answer on this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not fit into that regulation, then I would expect that you need to apply for a residence permit in Hungary (probably, one is not allowed to stay there longer than 6 months with student residence permit of another country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to avoid the expiration of your German residence permit, you should then contact Ausländerbehörde in Germany, they can probably make an exception for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer, and for you it might be a good idea to get a professional advice. Maybe, as a starting point, you can try to ask people in the international office of your university for further information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T07:52:55.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-03T11:13:40.443" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm EU studying in the UK: say I apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. I think expatriates is the most suitable StackExchange for my question, and I tried to add some meaningful tags: please suggest moving to another StackExchange website or suggest other tags, need there be!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A. Should I use the app for applying (either on my phone or by taking an appointment with some support centre), which information will be transmitted besides my face and the content of my passport? E.g. some information about the smartphone or its operating system, the internet connection...&#xA;Incidentally, Google Play (on the web) doesn't show which permissions the app requires in order to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B. Should I apply by sending my document via post, will I be sharing more information than by applying as in &amp;quot;A.&amp;quot;? For instance,&#xA;*) I might required to fill in some additional form, or provide some address for correspondence which isn't required by the app.&#xA;*) if I send my biometric passport (which, I know, I can also use the app for), then perhaps my fingerprints might be extracted from my ID (whereas perhaps the app wouldn't)?&#xA;*) Should I post my EU ID card instead, then my EU home address (which appears on the card) might be stored by the Home Office?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C. Is there some way not to provide email address or phone number: my understanding is that every applicant needs both regardless of how they're applying. What about who doesn’t have either, or doesn't want to provide either?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to this point, I understand that email or phone are mainly being used for requesting additional information in order to make some decision, and as authentication for successful applicants wishing to update their personal information online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;D. How long is any data related to my EU Settlement Scheme (application, outcome) kept for? I think two webpages of interest are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-how-we-use-your-personal-information&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-notice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-notice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both are extremely vague. In fact they provide some very rough indication, twenty-five years, without specifying on which information. They also mention that such is just the typical period of retention, they make a number of exceptions, they mention that the rules might change over time and even mention that there's currently some moratorium on the disposal of all records throughout the Home Office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20109" LastEditorUserId="20109" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T12:40:30.593" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T12:40:30.593" Title="EU settlement scheme: Privacy" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-03T11:59:37.957" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm EU studying in the UK. I think expatriates is the most suitable StackExchange for my question, and I tried to add some meaningful tags: please suggest moving to another StackExchange website or suggest other tags, need there be!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is really the benefit in gaining pre-settled status, in case I’m leaving the UK and (at least for now) planning to start living in some other country from 29 June 2021?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20109" LastEditorUserId="20109" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T12:40:42.297" LastActivityDate="2020-07-10T04:10:05.470" Title="Benefit of EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens leaving the UK before 29 June 2021?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-03T12:28:01.250" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm EU studying in the UK. I think expatriates is the most suitable StackExchange for my question, and I tried to add some meaningful tags: please suggest moving to another StackExchange website or suggest other tags, need there be!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any obvious objection to applying to the EU Settlement Scheme on, say, 28 June 2021, then stay in the UK while still being enrolled as a student? I think I don't have a National Insurance number (therefore, the automated check for validating the residency requirement probably won't work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20109" LastEditorUserId="20109" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T12:40:53.313" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T12:40:53.313" Title="Applying to EU Settlement Scheme very close to deadline" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-03T13:01:49.090" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm EU studying in the UK. I think expatriates is the most suitable StackExchange for my question, and I tried to add some meaningful tags: please suggest moving to another StackExchange website or suggest other tags, need there be!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose that I won't apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OPTION 1: I finish coursework by 29 June 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A. I stay in the UK: is staying in the UK problematic? Also, my course might drag for some time after my last submission because of administrative reasons: in this case I suppose that I would keep being (at least officially) a student in the UK, is this problematic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B. I leave the UK: my course might drag for some time after my last submission because of administrative reasons: in this case I suppose that I would keep being (at least officially) a student in the UK, however physically abroad, is this problematic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OPTION 2: I finish coursework after 1 July 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A. I stay in the UK (and I will definitely still be a student enrolled in a UK university): is this problematic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B. I leave the UK (and I will definitely still be a student enrolled in a UK university, but living abroad): is this problematic?&#xA;Also, I might need to be physically present in the UK for submitting some documents before finishing my course: would I be able to satisfy this requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: Citizens from many countries don’t need a visa to come to the UK and study for six months or less. However this might be already accounted for (31 December 2020 + six months = 31 June 2021).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20109" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T13:01:49.090" Title="EU student NOT applying to EU Settlement Scheme" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20704" CreationDate="2020-07-03T13:20:56.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume with &lt;strong&gt;had&lt;/strong&gt; you mean you &lt;strong&gt;have&lt;/strong&gt; a valid residence permit for the Republic of Ireland (ROI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a mistaken notion that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_abroad/freedom_of_movement_within_the_eu/common_travel_area_between_ireland_and_the_uk.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Common Travel Area&lt;/a&gt; is similar in nature to the &lt;strong&gt;Schengen Area&lt;/strong&gt; where 3rd country citizens with a residence permit are allowed to undertake a short term visit to another Schengen country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Common Travel Area rights can only be exercised by citizens of Ireland and the UK. &lt;strong&gt;If you are not a citizen of Ireland or the UK, you will not be able to exercise Common Travel Area rights&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A ROI or United Kingdom residence permit &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; allows you to reside in the country that issued it. It does not free you from the obligation to get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Standard Visitor visa&lt;/a&gt; or a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Visit+Tourist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Short stay tourist visa&lt;/a&gt; if you normally require one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this affect my UK visa process if I apply for UK visa in future ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, since you were found within the United Kingdom without a valid visa and this was documented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is how they will treat this attempt to illegally enter the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice is to apply for &lt;strong&gt;Standard Visitor visa&lt;/strong&gt; with a cover letter, containing the details of what happened in Belfast, explaining your misunderstanding of the &lt;strong&gt;Common Travel Area&lt;/strong&gt; rules and that you would like to rectify the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the result of the application you will then know for sure what to expect in the future. If the the application is approved, do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; assume that the incident has been forgotten (they have a long memory). If not approved, you will get an extensive letter explaining the reason why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_abroad/freedom_of_movement_within_the_eu/common_travel_area_between_ireland_and_the_uk.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Common Travel Area between Ireland and the United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Standard Visitor visa - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Visit+Tourist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Short stay tourist visa (Ireland)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/visa-how-to-read-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;About Irish visas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T13:50:04.777" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T13:50:04.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20701" CreationDate="2020-07-03T13:22:16.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are simply asking about the effects of having a scholarship, it doesn't matter. For visa purposes you are treated exactly the same as any other student. You should apply for a study visa in the normal way. You tell them about the scholarship as part of explaining how you finance your studies (once you have the scholarship).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are normally permitted to take dependents such as spouses and children with you when you study, but you will need to make applications for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T13:22:16.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20689" CreationDate="2020-07-04T23:00:29.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you're supposed to apply in the consulate with jurisdiction over your place of residence, the consulate that decides you don't actually reside in its jurisdiction will reject your application.  If you're particularly unlucky, both consulates will come to that conclusion, and then you will be in a difficult situation indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T23:00:29.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-05T08:57:34.437" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to relocate from India to Germany with my family include my wife and 2 sons in middle school .I want to know what is the cost of living in Germany.&#xA;What should be average salary of professional at middle management.&#xA;If it is 60k Euro then is it fine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20112" LastActivityDate="2020-07-05T09:06:28.493" Title="I am planning to relocate from India to Germany with my family" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-08T11:48:33.110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20713" CreationDate="2020-07-05T09:06:28.493" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the area where you will settle.  Bigger cities (Berlin, Munich) are extremely expensive, especially housing.  Living there on 60k per year with a family of four could be a real challenge.  But then it depends on what you expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand can living in the countryside be inexpensive and you can live do nicely on 60k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be able to give a better answer to the question some more input would be needed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Location?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Housing allowance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Commuting allowance?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Car provided?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20111" LastActivityDate="2020-07-05T09:06:28.493" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20694" CreationDate="2020-07-05T12:48:05.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is any easy way to look that up online. All online forms require you to specify where you are registered and provide your consular registration number (NUMIC). If you don't have one, you have to contact the consulate where you might be registered to recover it. But if you never got one, you probably never registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to register to vote and provide an email address, you will also get quite a bit of email and even some mail from political parties and your MP (who have the right to peruse the electoral register). If you never got any, it would suggest that you never registered (although you can also chose to register at the consulate but not on the electoral register so it's not a definite proof).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-07-05T12:48:05.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T03:13:35.597" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to apply for a super visa for my mother back at home but I don't have any siblings back at home and my mother is alone. She does have a brother and a sister who live close by. I am hesitant apply on my own thinking about the fact whether not having children or husband back at home can hurt her chances of getting the super visa. Has anyone faced similar situations where the application was still successful? Also would going through an immigration agent or lawyer increase the chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16042" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T03:13:35.597" Title="Applying for a Super visa without immigration consultant or lawyer" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-08T11:48:06.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T05:15:33.570" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish citizen and I know that under the Common Travel Area I will be able to live/work in the UK, even post-Brexit. What I am wondering is if my spouse will be able to join me easily? He has dual American/Australian citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen this question asked of a British person going to Ireland, but not the other way around. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20116" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T00:20:40.620" Title="Common Travel Area Spouse" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T01:13:50.690" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a class B misdemeanor from about 25 years ago, does anyone know if it will keep me from getting a work visa in countries such as Austria, Germany, or France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20115" OwnerDisplayName="Doc Holliday" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-07-06T14:24:28.303" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T14:24:28.303" Title="(How) does an old criminal record influence getting a working visa in Europe?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20719" CreationDate="2020-07-06T04:28:02.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each country has different laws, rules, and regulations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt;, then laws such as the residency act, talk about &amp;quot;serious criminal offences&amp;quot;. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0989&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0989&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been committed of a serious offence involving violence, drugs, or are a member of a terrorist organisation etc. then it is highly likely that you would be denied a work (and residency) visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for more minor crimes then they tend to be more open.  Especially, if a significant period of time has passed since the crime with no other offences having taken place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will however judge it on a case-by-case basis, and there is no published list to state exactly what they will and will not allow.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Certainly, I would suggest that when you apply for a visa from your country that you are open and honest.  If you try to hide it then this will count against you and decrease your chances significantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that if this was a minor offence and you have kept out of trouble for 25 years, then you would stand a good chance of having a work visa approved in Germany.  I have heard of cases where US citizens for examples have been convicted of misdemeanours in the past and received a work permit and are happily living in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="jason.kaisersmith" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T06:39:57.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T10:43:18.277" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reading the latest version of the proclamation, it seems to me that B2 visa holders are actually allowed to enter the US at this point [1] or am I missing something? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/regulatory-information/covid-19-restrictions-us-visas-and-entry&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nafsa.org/regulatory-information/covid-19-restrictions-us-visas-and-entry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16498" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T15:12:04.390" Title="Entering the US under a B2 visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-07-08T11:48:26.893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20721" CreationDate="2020-07-06T15:34:00.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;With specific exceptions, foreign nationals (including B2 visa holders) who have been in any of the following countries during the past 14 days may not enter the United States:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;China&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Iran&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;European Schengen area (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,&#xA;Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,&#xA;Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,&#xA;Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,&#xA;Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;United Kingdom&#xA;(England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Republic of Ireland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Brazil&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2020-07-07T15:12:04.390" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T15:12:04.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20723" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T18:31:42.643" Score="4" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am buying a property in Spain, I got my N.I.C number from the consulate and already started visiting the properties.&#xA;I was expecting to be able to open a 'foreigner' bank account with ease. Just walk-in give N.I.C, passport, show the cash, and you are welcomed with extended hands, right... you wish...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I got into the bank (starts with S) I had written everything down in google translate as one message that explains who I am, that I want to buy the property, and I need to open a foreigner account, that I have funds in bank account to buy the property, my N.I.C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employees of the bank behaved like translate does not work (maybe it doesn't), and after 45 minutes of charades, showing a passport, emails from the consulate with N.I.C (they kept on asking for original), I realized that I will not open a bank account here, no matter how many times I will show everything that is listed online to be enough to open a foreign bank account.&#xA;One employee wrote me a list of what would it take to open the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uxK3j.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since banks during COVID work short hours (9.00 - 11.30) and only 4 clients are allowed, I pretty much can do one visit per day, and I would prefer to spend time actually progressing in opening a bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which banks in Spain are more willing to work with foreigners and expats?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2020-07-07T10:15:23.650" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T15:53:59.440" Title="Which banks in Spain are more willing to work with foreigners and expats?" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-06T20:27:32.880" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering, is it easier for a non-EU citizen to open a company in a European country if the person holds a residency permit of another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if I hold a residency permit in Portugal (where I can work and I have my own company) is it easier for me or different procedures to open a company and get residency in Spain (&lt;em&gt;trabajar por cuenta propia&lt;/em&gt;) because I already have an EU residency in Portugal?  or I will be treated as any other non-EU citizen and my residency in Portugal doesn't facilitate the process for me at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20117" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-07T11:53:52.477" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T11:53:52.477" Title="Is it easier for a EU resident to open a company in another European country?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20718" CreationDate="2020-07-07T00:20:40.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you move to the UK before the end of the transition period (which is now planned to coincide with the end of this year), you and your spouse will be able to register for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU settlement scheme&lt;/a&gt;.  It is free of charge and relatively quick and easy, and citizens of Australia and of the US (among other countries) do not need to apply for a family permit before moving to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you move after the end of the transition period, then your spouse will have to apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spouse visa&lt;/a&gt;.  The path from spouse visa to ILR costs several thousand pounds over a few years.  It is not nearly as straightforward as the settlement scheme.  Among other burdens, you must show that you meet the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;financial requirements&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T00:20:40.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20726" PostTypeId="6" CreationDate="2020-07-07T00:30:34.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I'm Midavalo - real name Mike - originally from New Zealand, now living in Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife and I do volunteer work here serving in orphanages and in the community, as well as supporting non-profits and others working in the area.  Currently (due to Covid-19) the thing we do the most is raising funds and buying food that is distributed in the villages and orphanages as many people have lost their jobs with everything being shut down, and no work means no food (and often no house) both in the cities and out in the villages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have Stack Exchange moderation experience, serving as a moderator over at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://gis.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Geographic Information Systems&lt;/a&gt; Stack Exchange since 2016.  I believe I can be a fair, consistent moderator, and am always happy to help keep the community tidy and friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outside of work and Stack Exchange, I have a wife and 4 children (3 of them teens), I love sci-fi, and prior to moving to Mexico worked for a city council in NZ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastEditorUserId="9277" LastEditDate="2020-07-07T00:30:34.450" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T00:30:34.450" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-07-07T00:30:34.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20727" PostTypeId="6" CreationDate="2020-07-07T02:27:42.210" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm Scott. Originally from the UK, I have lived and worked in Thailand for sixteen years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been a member of this community for many years now, and have spent quite some time editing and retagging (so much retagging!) questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the last few years I have served as a moderator for ham.SE, the amateur radio StackExchange site. I feel that the expat site gets more traffic, but it's still not so much that it would be unmanageable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I am in full-time employment here in Thailand, I also find time to play games on my PS4, program computers in my spare time (despite it also being my day job), and travelling around Thailand for fun. And the amateur radio, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Covid-19, I spent three months working from home, and keeping abreast of the goings on in visa-related news. Did you know that anyone caught trapped in Thailand was granted visa immunity after their period of stay was over? There are people who entered Thailand in February but can not yet leave, and despite being originally granted a 30-day stay they won't be charged with overstay when they do leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I voted 'remain' in the Brexit referendum. Any expat appreciates freedom of movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-07T02:27:42.210" LastActivityDate="2020-07-07T02:27:42.210" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-07-07T02:27:42.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20728" PostTypeId="6" CreationDate="2020-07-07T07:46:15.420" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am, with due concerns, nominating myself for the moderator position of Expatriates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already spend an inordinate amount of time on this site, as well as several other StackExchange sites, being active for almost a decade (over six years here). I'm very active in the Expatriates review queues. I like to edit posts for grammar and clarity, flag where appropriate, refrain from downvoting unless I am likewise as committed to providing a useful comment, and just generally keep a tab on how things are going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have some history posting on the meta sites (including Meta itself). I certainly encourage anybody to review those topics as well as my contributions. As can perhaps be implied from my activities on the meta sites I tend to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume good faith in comments and first posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Favor experience over reputation and believe that moderation of the site is for everybody to take part in if they are are interested (and only so).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Separate unrelated socio/political pandering from strictly technical/professional topics.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acknowledge the value of those users who come to the site for information and will never actively participate in the site, likely not even to register.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-07-10T11:04:04.290" LastActivityDate="2020-07-10T11:04:04.290" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-07-07T07:46:15.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20729" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20793" CreationDate="2020-07-07T08:51:40.923" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm reading on &lt;a href=&quot;https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200707183933/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) that the US government has the bright idea to refuse students of purely online courses (e.g., Harvard University) to stay in the US for the 2020-2021 academic year. Does that impact PhD students in computer science? I'm asking for this specific population as&#xA;one could argue that PhD students need to meet their advisors face to face on a regular basis, though computer science typically doesn't require a student to physically access a lab and meetings with advisors can be done online (sometimes less conveniently for people uncomfortable with using online shared whiteboards).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-08T00:44:39.477" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T14:26:14.640" Title="Can non-American PhD students stay in the United States during the academic year 2020-2021 if all their classes are online?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20723" CreationDate="2020-07-07T14:39:12.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After visiting Kutxabank (excuse: does not work with foreigners), Bankinter (excuse: only opens accounts with clients that would stay in that town to keep it personal (in Valencia where pop in 0.5M)), BNNA (excuse: does not have foreigner accounts (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbva.es/en/personas/productos/cuentas/cuenta-pago-basica.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;they do advertise them online&lt;/a&gt;)), Santander (requires an insane amount of paperwork all translated and notarised in Spanish, see question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I managed to open an account in Caixabank. Wasnt easy and had to take extra stuff like property insurance, credit card, and somewhat expensive account, but they did it in a day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; However after depositing more than 10k, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbIBM-zZGc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;they are now refusing to transfer or allow me to take my money out of the account for reasons unexplainable in Spanish&lt;/a&gt;. So I highly advise against using them. Its better no account than the account you cannot access your money anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9814" LastEditorUserId="9814" LastEditDate="2020-07-11T11:25:05.213" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T11:25:05.213" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20732" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20735" CreationDate="2020-07-07T18:25:26.503" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if a F1 student can teach an online course in the University they are attached to. Usually, all F1 students working as TAs are assigned only face to face courses to teach but there are online courses offered by the universities which could be taught by a TA grad student. I was wondering if this is prohibited under the law if special permission is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9321" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T23:13:08.893" Title="Can a F-1 visa holder teach an online course" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20742" CreationDate="2020-07-07T20:28:55.713" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking into buying a used car from a dealer here in the UK. I read several guides, but I still have some questions to which the answer might be different from my home country:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I saw that most dealers already have a test drive insurance for their cars. Do I need proof they have it, or just a &amp;quot;the vehicles are insured for the test drive, right?&amp;quot; should suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to have the car from a dealer inspected by your mechanic prior to the purchase? Does it mean that I can generally take the car to my mechanic or my mechanic has to perform the inspection at the dealership?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of the cars I checked the registration with the DVLA are considered &amp;quot;Untaxed&amp;quot;. Is it possible to test drive an untaxed car provided its MOT is up to date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do dealers restrict test drives to people holding a UK-issued driving licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16626" LastActivityDate="2020-07-12T20:00:37.000" Title="Buying a used car from a dealer in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-14T22:40:46.510" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20806" CreationDate="2020-07-08T00:49:10.183" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm reading on &lt;a href=&quot;https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200707183933/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506072-ice-tells-students-on-visas-they-must-leave-us-if-schools-go-online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) that the US government has the bright idea to refuse students of purely online courses (e.g., Harvard University) to stay in the US for the 2020-2021 academic year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can these students still do a summer 2021 internship in the US via CPT or OPT, as they used to be able to in the past?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-07-17T02:17:05.537" Title="Can non-American students enrolled in a US university but attending only online courses (COVID) do a summer 2021 internship in the US via CPT or OPT?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20732" CreationDate="2020-07-08T00:59:05.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;F1 students are allowed to teach online courses in the University they are attached to (i.e., the I-20 issuing institution) if they follow the same paperwork and regulations as for offline courses (e.g., permitted up to 20 hours per week during the school year and more than 20 hours when school is not in session). Source: I was a non-American student  in the US and some of my labmates taught edX courses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-08T23:13:08.893" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T23:13:08.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20736" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20739" CreationDate="2020-07-08T12:43:45.927" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received permanent residency in Germany some time ago. The card says &lt;em&gt;Gültig bis UNBEFRISTET&lt;/em&gt; (valid until unlimited), but at the bottom it says &lt;em&gt;Erwerbstätigkeit gestattet Kartennutzung bis 16.07.2020&lt;/em&gt; (roughly employment allows card use until 16.07.2020). What exactly does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;July 16th is when my old travel passport expires, which I have already replaced with a new one. I have contacted the immigration office about the card replacement, but due to COVID-19 the communication is by email only and apparently they are very busy and it takes them a week or more to reply to my emails. I am afraid that I will not have a new card by July 16th. What happens in that case? Is my residence status affected somehow? My ability to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is relevant, I have a permanent contract here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20122" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T17:31:20.500" Title="What happenes to the validity of German permanent residence card when the travel passport expires?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-08T13:52:30.817" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m starting to lose my mind over this so I thought I’d post on a forum to see if someone can help confirm some things for me. This is regarding a Belgian visa specifically but I imagine this rule would apply to all Schengen-area visas as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m an American, currently back in the US, and just finished my first year of a two-year master's program in Belgium. A year ago I applied for a Belgian Visa-D long-stay student visa, and it will be set to expire before the next school year. Thus, my current visa needs to either be extended for a year or I need to apply for a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that I can’t apply for an extension on my visa as I don’t meet the requirements (I’m not in Belgium and I am experiencing a force majeur, medical issue, etc.), so an extension is off the table and I need to apply for a second visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The school I am enrolled in requires that I arrive at their office in person at the beginning of the school year to re-register for the next academic year, and after the exchange of several passive-aggressive emails from le secrétariat-étudiants, it seems that they’re unwilling to electronically send me the certificate of enrollment for next year (a required document for the long-stay student visa). According to them, I’ll need to travel to Belgium, just to sign a piece of paper and pay a nominal fee in person in mid-august, to receive this certificate. No way to work around it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the current situation with the coronavirus and recent restrictions set out by the EU, I don’t believe I can return to Belgium without a valid student visa. So I’m in a cyclical issue where I can’t return to Belgium to get this essential document, but this essential document is needed in order to return. I hope that makes sense…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le secrétariat-étudiants seems to believe that I can just hop over to Belgium on a tourist visa (even during coronavirus times) and once I’m there, I can apply for a long-stay visa. This is confusing to me and I have a couple questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As an American, do I really not need a student visa at this moment to go to Belgium? Can I just return on a tourist visa but say I am a student? I understand that the EU is allowing students to come, but can I really return without a visa or any documentation that I am enrolled for this coming academic year? The Belgian and EU sites make me believe that this is not true, though perhaps I am missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for me to apply for a long-stay student visa outside of my country, specifically in the country where I am planning to study? I’ve spent hours scouring the Belgian Office of Aliens/Immigration (both in English and French), the EU website, forums, travel blogs, anything on the subject. All sources seem to say that, I have to apply for this visa from my home country. This is what I did last year, as I needed to travel to complete an entrance exam, and then I returned to apply for my visa after receiving the documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am hoping to avoid having to fly to BE, quarantine in a hotel room for two weeks, go to the school to register, fly back to the US, quarantine again, lodge by visa app, and then return to BE after my visa is complete… It's very possible I am missing some key information and perhaps I’m looking at this the wrong way, but the way I see it, it doesn’t seem possible to avoid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Square-Nerve" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T16:57:55.583" Title="Questions regarding Belgian/Schengen long stay student visa-D" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20736" CreationDate="2020-07-08T17:31:20.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your translation of the text is not correct. You have to read it as two different remarks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Erwerbstätigkeit gestattet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kartennutzung bis 16.07.2020&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This translates as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employment allowed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Card usage until July 16th, 2020&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The right to work is not limited in time, but the usage of the card. The reason is as you probably have guessed that the residence permit card is only valid together with your passport. Your old passport number will also very likely be mentioned on the residence permit. If you get a new passport, you will also have to get a new residence permit card (eAT).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again: Be aware that your residence or work permit does not expire on July 16th, 2020, it is just the validity of the eAT card. German authorities are very well aware of the practical impact of the corona restrictions, so I wouldn't worry at all if you are just planning to stay in Germany. You might however run into problems if you plan to travel abroad, especially leave and/or reenter the Schengen area with the expired card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to proceed depends on where you live. In Germany, the foreigners authority is a municipal office and each office seem to deal differently with all the corona related problems. Unless your local office has a web page telling you how to proceed, your only option is to try to get in touch with them and ask. Some municipalities now allow 'simpler' things like in this case the renewal of an eAT card (as long as the residence right itself is not expiring) to be done by e-mail, fax or mail. In Frankfurt, you could for example simply mail the application with a scanned copy of your new passport to the authority and you would get the new eAT card sent by mail to your home address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8593" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T17:31:20.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-08T17:47:28.440" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get a credit card and I have been in the UK for less than 12 months. I am employed, registered to vote and I pay my taxes here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I checked for answered questions regarding this topic and information from other sources. There are mainly two standard answers:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Articles often recommend getting a &amp;quot;Credit Builder Card&amp;quot; to build your credit score. The problem being they generally require 2 to 3 years of previous addresses in the UK, with the exception of the Amazon one that requires 12 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/16/how-to-go-about-building-credit-history-in-the-uk&quot;&gt;How to go about building credit history in the UK?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The top answer of this question recommends getting a &amp;quot;Secured Credit Card&amp;quot;. However, the link the person points to no longer exists and a search for &amp;quot;Secured Credit Cards UK&amp;quot; returns &amp;quot;Credit Builder Cards&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to be eligible for one before 12 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16626" LastEditorUserId="16626" LastEditDate="2020-07-08T21:25:56.763" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T21:25:56.763" Title="Getting a credit card having recently moved to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;credit-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20741" PostTypeId="6" CreationDate="2020-07-08T20:59:28.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi! I've been a moderator of a somewhat active sub on Reddit for many years. (Is two many?) I'm generally laid back, but this would give me a chance to wield power with an iron fist and . . . well, I'm probably just lazy enough that I would only use it to kick the discussion back into bounds of decency when it exceeds said bounds. I have no qualifications other than the aformentioned and living overseas. I am in Korea. I don't know what that does for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A vote for me is a vote for my reign of terror, and if that's your sort of lightheartedness, then smoke that vote button. I genuinely have nothing more to say of any significance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote Sideshow Bob.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2020-07-08T20:59:28.340" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T20:59:28.340" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-07-08T20:59:28.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20733" CreationDate="2020-07-09T06:16:25.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Q1 I would expect the dealer to provide you with a copy of the loan/demonstration insurance agreement. This will include eg your declaration of eligibility for the insurance such as age, valid (UK) driving licence applicable to the vehicle, penalty points/driving offence convictions etc, and the conditions of the loan eg excess payable in the event of an accident during the test drive, limit on time/mileage etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2 You will have to get permission from the dealer for a vehicle inspection. Where the inspection is done will likely depend on the individual dealer’s T&amp;amp;C and those of the individual / company carrying out the inspection eg the AA &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theaa.com/vehicle-inspection&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.theaa.com/vehicle-inspection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q3 A dealer can use trade plates for such purposes &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nfda-uk.co.uk/press-room/newsletter/2019/7/dvla-trade-licence-plates-and-who-can-use-them&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nfda-uk.co.uk/press-room/newsletter/2019/7/dvla-trade-licence-plates-and-who-can-use-them&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q4 Assuming your current licence allows you to drive in the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y&lt;/a&gt; and is valid for the vehicle you want to test drive, the answer may depend on the dealers. I checked a couple of dealership websites and found a mix of those that restrict test drives to UK or UK and EU driving licences and some that don’t obviously state the requirement. I think you’d need to contact the dealer(s) you’re considering buying a car from to find out their specific T&amp;amp;C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T06:16:25.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20707" CreationDate="2020-07-09T14:00:57.277" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The benefit would be that you would be legaly residing in the United Kingdom after the 31st of December 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the exception of citizens of the Republic of Ireland, the long term residence status of EU Citizen in the United Kingdom will change when the transition period ends after the 31th of December 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 10 (1)(a)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-applicant-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme&lt;/a&gt; is a &lt;strong&gt;verification&lt;/strong&gt; that the applicant fullfills the conditions of Article 10 (1)(a).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 18 (1)(a)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;deadline&lt;/strong&gt;, where the application for this verification must take place, is 6 months after the transition period ends&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 18 (1)(b)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main benifit will be that you can prove your legal status when asked (employer, immigration).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you recieve the &lt;strong&gt;right to reside permanently&lt;/strong&gt; through this application, you may return within a period of 5 years under the same conditions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Article 15 (3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise the time of residence in the United Kingdom will be documented and thus counted for receiving a permanent residence or to fullfill the conditions for nationalisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1580206007232&amp;amp;uri=CELEX%3A12019W/TXT%2802%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AGREEMENT on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12 November 2019 (2019/C 384 I/01)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;PART TWO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;CITIZENS' RIGHTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;TITLE I&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;GENERAL PROVISIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Artical 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Personal scope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Without prejudice to Title III, this Part shall apply to the following persons:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) Union citizens who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right to reside&lt;/strong&gt; in the United Kingdom in accordance with Union law &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; the end of the transition period&lt;/strong&gt; and continue to reside there thereafter;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(b) United Kingdom nationals who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right to reside&lt;/strong&gt; in a Member State in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to reside there thereafter;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(c) Union citizens who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right as frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt; in the United Kingdom in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to do so thereafter;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(d) United Kingdom nationals who &lt;strong&gt;exercised their right as frontier workers&lt;/strong&gt; in one or more Member States in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and continue to do so thereafter;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Article 11&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Continuity of residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Continuity of residence for the purposes of Articles 9 and 10 shall not be affected by absences as referred to in Article 15(2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The right of permanent residence acquired under Directive 2004/38/EC before the end of the transition period shall not be treated as lost through absence from the host State for a period specified in Article 15(3).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Article 15&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Right of permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Union citizens and United Kingdom nationals, and their respective family members, who have resided legally in the host State in accordance with Union law for a continuous period of 5 years or for the period specified in Article 17 of Directive 2004/38/EC, shall have the right to reside permanently in the host State under the conditions set out in Articles 16, 17 and 18 of Directive 2004/38/EC. Periods of legal residence or work in accordance with Union law before and after the end of the transition period shall be included in the calculation of the qualifying period necessary for acquisition of the right of permanent residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continuity of residence for the purposes of acquisition of the right of permanent residence shall be determined in accordance with Article 16(3) and Article 21 of Directive 2004/38/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once acquired, the right of permanent residence shall be lost only through absence from the host State for a period exceeding 5 consecutive years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Article 18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Issuance of residence documents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The host State may require Union citizens or United Kingdom nationals, their respective family members and other persons, who reside in its territory in accordance with the conditions set out in this Title, &lt;strong&gt;to apply for a new residence status&lt;/strong&gt; which confers the rights under this Title and a document evidencing such status which may be in a digital form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applying for such a residence status shall be subject to the following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) the purpose of the application procedure shall be to &lt;strong&gt;verify&lt;/strong&gt; whether the applicant is entitled to the residence rights set out in this Title. Where that is the case, the applicant shall have a right to be granted the residence status and the document evidencing that status;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the &lt;strong&gt;deadline&lt;/strong&gt; for submitting the application &lt;strong&gt;shall not be less than 6 months from the end of the transition period&lt;/strong&gt;, for persons residing in the host State before the end of the transition period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For persons who have the right to commence residence after the end of the transition period in the host State in accordance with this Title, the deadline for submitting the application shall be 3 months after their arrival or the expiry of the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph, whichever is later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A certificate of application for the residence status shall be issued immediately;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1580206007232&amp;amp;uri=CELEX%3A12019W/TXT%2802%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EUR-Lex - 12019W/TXT(02) - EN - EUR-Lex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-applicant-information&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme: applicant information - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-07-10T04:10:05.470" LastActivityDate="2020-07-10T04:10:05.470" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20748" CreationDate="2020-07-09T14:57:06.487" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case of a stay outside the US between 6 and 12 months while keeping US employment &amp;amp; US home, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/20625/164&quot;&gt;a green card holder may show that it doesn't disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization purpose&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At what time shall one provide documentation to establish that a naturalization applicant did not disrupt the continuity of their residence in the United States during an extended absence? During US entry after the extended stay? During the naturalization application? If the latter, in which form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-09T15:12:58.953" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T20:42:10.570" Title="When shall one provide documentation to establish that one didn't disrupt the continuity of one's residence in the US during an extended absence?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20707" CreationDate="2020-07-09T16:38:57.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There does not seem to be any direct benefit, as the withdrawal agreement created a kind of six-month grace period after the end of the transition period (with some additional rules that are not really relevant to your case). The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British government official web pages&lt;/a&gt; confirm that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rights and status of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK will remain the same until 30 June 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, one benefit is that it would give you the option to stay beyond June 30th without a mad scramble to submit an application at the end of June or a court fight on the exact meaning of the withdrawal agreement. It should even be possible to come back to the UK for some time afterwards (definitely a few months, possibly longer) as you would not lose your pre-settled status immediately upon leaving (exactly how much time you have to do that while still being able to transition to settled status is not entirely clear to me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're obviously not planning to do any of that at the moment but if submitting the application is not too onerous to you, it could be worth considering. Once the time window to submit an application is closed, it will be much more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T16:38:57.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-09T17:53:55.007" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;21 months already has passed while I worked in Germany (Berlin) as Blue Card owner. Can I just quit the job, pass B1 exam and apply for permanent residence? Or is being employed at the time of application required?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20125" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T09:41:42.227" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T09:41:42.227" Title="Do I need to be employed to apply for German permanent residence after 21 months as a Blue Card owner?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20745" CreationDate="2020-07-09T20:33:32.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400 instructions&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200709203415/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;), section &amp;quot;Required Evidence&amp;quot;, under &amp;quot;Below is a list of documents to bring with you to your Form N-400 interview.&amp;quot;, item 7E (on page 12-13), you need to bring that evidence with you to the interview. It does not say that you need to submit it with your N-400 application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Item 7E (on page 12-13):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E. Trips Outside the United States. Bring evidence that you maintained your continuous residence in the United&#xA;States if you have taken any trips outside the United States that lasted more than 6 months but less than 1 year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may submit documentation which includes, but is not limited to, evidence that during the absence:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You did not terminate your employment in the United States or work overseas;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your immediate family remained in the United States; or&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You retained full access to your place of residence in the United States.&#xA;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An IRS tax return transcript or an IRS-certified tax return listing tax information relevant to your absence for&#xA;the last 5 years (or 3 years if you are applying on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen);&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rent or mortgage payments and pay statements;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bank, credit card, and loan statements showing regular transactions;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of car registration and insurance;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A photocopy of your passport showing entry and exit stamps; or&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other document that shows you have not abandoned your residence in   the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-09T20:42:10.570" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T20:42:10.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-09T22:54:41.830" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anybody used an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued by the AAA in the US for car rental in Bulgaria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20127" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-07-10T08:51:45.633" LastActivityDate="2020-12-08T04:06:05.607" Title="Is an &quot;International Driving Permit&quot; from the AAA in United States valid in Bulgaria?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;bulgaria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20751" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-10T16:22:48.713" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm planning to move to France but I will still be employed by a UK company.&#xA;According to the HMRC website, my taxes will be payable in the UK but I read on an old forum that the French authorities may not be happy about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone with a similar experience that can help? IS it true that the company should set up payroll in France?&#xA;We also have offices in Switzerland and Luxemburg, would it be easier to be employed there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6454" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T06:51:21.593" Title="Living in France while remote working for a UK company?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20723" CreationDate="2020-07-10T17:09:29.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say &lt;code&gt;N26&lt;/code&gt;, it operates in the whole Europe and it just takes a videocall showing your passport to get an account and debit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must add that it has fantastic exchange rates to most of the currencies (it is integrated with transferwise). They also have overdrafts; saving accounts and you can withdraw money for free in most of the ATM in Europe 3 times a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19606" LastEditorUserId="19606" LastEditDate="2020-07-13T15:53:59.440" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T15:53:59.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20749" CreationDate="2020-07-11T04:01:26.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is an “International Driving Permit” from the AAA in United States valid in Bulgaria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. Here is the list of countries in international driving permits issued on 2019-10-14 by AAA in United States. It includes Bulgaria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XyE1N.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XyE1N.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T04:01:26.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20755" CreationDate="2020-07-11T04:18:55.473" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/n-400&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400 Application for Naturalization Form&lt;/a&gt;, I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.vn/ot3s4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may file Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, 90 calendar days before you complete your permanent residence requirement if your eligibility for naturalization is based upon being a &lt;strong&gt;permanent resident for at least 5 years&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/archive/g-1151_0.pdf?download=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Naturalization Requirements Information&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.vn/TDp0f&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Demonstrate continuous permanent residence in the United States for at least 5 years. (In some cases, this may be 3 years if you are married to a U.S. citizen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume a French citizen living in the United States applies for EB2-NIW, then I-485, then gets an EAD card, and eventually gets a green card, with the intent of filing the N-400 form as the next step after a few years living in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When does one become a permanent resident from the N-400 standpoint?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T04:38:58.623" Title="When does one become a permanent resident from the N-400 standpoint?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20754" CreationDate="2020-07-11T04:38:58.623" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one got permanent residency by applying for Adjustment of Status (I-485) from within the US, they usually became a permanent resident when the I-485 was approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one got permanent residency by doing Consular Processing at a US consulate abroad for an immigrant visa, they became a permanent resident the moment they entered the US with that immigrant visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date one became a permanent resident is listed on one's green card, as the &amp;quot;Resident Since&amp;quot; date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T04:38:58.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-11T11:13:21.100" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;As stated in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/living-permanently-in-germany/settlement-permit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;highly qualified professionals can receive a settlement permit in&#xA;accordance with Section 18c (3) AufenthG (German Residence Act)&#xA;straight away without having to first spend a set amount of time in&#xA;Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a person completes their Bachelor outside EU, Master's in Germany, then and enrolls to a PhD program in Germany, where they are legally employed, can that person considered as a &amp;quot;highly qualified professionals&amp;quot; so that they can apply for a settlement permit right away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastEditorUserId="12177" LastEditDate="2020-07-11T23:45:18.203" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T23:45:18.203" Title="Are PhD student allowed to apply for a settlement permit right from the start?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20777" CreationDate="2020-07-11T15:36:27.307" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered Germany with a temporary 6-month national visa in September 2018 and started working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal of the visit was initially an application for a Blue Card. The appointment for the Blue Card application was set up beforehand on November 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Issue date on a Blue Card is November 2018.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there is a following sentence in my 6-months temporary visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nur zur arbeitsaufnahme bei XXX, Blaue Karte EU Aufenthaltsdauer&#xA;entspricht gultigkeit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a start date of 21 month period for permanent residence permit? Is it September (start date of job contract) or November (issue date of Blue Card)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20125" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-14T08:07:59.290" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T09:03:04.043" Title="Is a period with national visa counted for Blue Card permanent residence permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20723" CreationDate="2020-07-11T23:31:17.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the same spirit as  &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/19606/vicente-bolea&quot;&gt;Vicente Bolea&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20752/164&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;, you could use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revolut.com/en-ES&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Revolut bank&lt;/a&gt;, which also operates in the most (all?) of Europe as well as the a few countries outside the Europe, such as the United States. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revolut.com/en-ES/change-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.revolut.com/en-ES/change-country&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200711233008/https://www.revolut.com/en-ES/change-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) for the list of countries Revolut supports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-07-11T23:31:17.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20762" CreationDate="2020-07-11T23:42:58.480" Score="-2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please I Have an offer with an annual salary of 50.000 Euro in IT field ( as Network Engineer ) with more than 3 years of experience also I have the  approval from the the Federal Employment Agency  , my question is Am I eligible for the blue card ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20130" LastActivityDate="2020-07-12T09:36:45.347" Title="Am I eligible for an EU Blue Card as a Network Engineer?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-07-16T02:14:05.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20761" CreationDate="2020-07-12T06:59:53.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Network engineers can get a blue card. As long as you have a university degree, job and fulfil the minimum salary requirement, you can apply for the blue card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an excerpt from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324659/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official website of Berlin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minimum salary&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The amount you need to earn depends on your job.&#xA;If you work in a shortage occupation, you need to earn EUR 3,588 gross per month or more. (This equates to EUR 43,056 per year.) Shortage occupations are specific occupations for which there are not enough workers in Germany. These professions at present are: Scientists in natural science disciplines, mathematicians, architects, interior, urban and traffic planners, designers, engineers, scientific engineers, physicians (except dentists), and those with academic qualifications in information and communications technology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are working in another profession, you will need to earn EUR 4,600 gross per month or more. (This equates to 55.200 Euro per year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-07-12T06:59:53.787" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20761" CreationDate="2020-07-12T08:42:58.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw you ask this question under &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7079/is-it-true-that-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-work-as-an-it-specialist-in-germany/20759&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt; about working as an &amp;quot;IT specialist&amp;quot;. Please note that getting the permit to work as an IT specialist is different from getting a Blue Card. In fact, there were people (Americans actually) in my company in Berlin who are great programmers and have many years of experience, but didn't have the corresponding university degree, and thus were not eligible for the Blue Card. They could only get the normal work visa. This could still be fine, depending on what you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastEditorUserId="6155" LastEditDate="2020-07-12T09:36:45.347" LastActivityDate="2020-07-12T09:36:45.347" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20733" CreationDate="2020-07-12T20:00:37.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did three test drives this weekend, and while answers 1, 2 and 3 stay as answered by Traveller, I would like to add some information to answer 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q4 - The big problem with non-UK driving licences is with the dealer's insurance.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;One dealership accepted my EU licence without a problem. I drove alone due to Covid-19 restrictions and nobody followed me.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The second dealership accepted my test drive with the sales person inside the car, since the excess was set at 5000 GBP by the insurance company.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The third dealership insurer didn't accept my licence and I could not do the test drive. Apparently, they would be able to accept with the sales person inside the car, but their sanitary restrictions forbid it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly recommend that, should you not have a full UK driving licence, to book the test drive in advance and ask if they accept your driving licence.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It is not guaranteed though, since the third dealership told me on the phone it would work, and when I went there, no test drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16626" LastActivityDate="2020-07-12T20:00:37.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16095" CreationDate="2020-07-13T00:44:25.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My employer did not file the transfer until the previous one is in wait. So i had to wait for that. I asked my previous one to go for Premium filing and then after approval of my amendment, my new employer has gone for H1B transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15019" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T00:44:25.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-13T02:19:50.823" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2555&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form 2555&lt;/a&gt; can be submitted with either &amp;quot;Bona Fide Residence Test&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Physical Presence Test&amp;quot;. Which option should be chosen by a dual-citizen who never had any ties in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20134" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T07:19:24.253" Title="Should a US dual-citizen with no ties in the US submit form 2555 with &quot;bona fide&quot; or &quot;physical presence&quot; test?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20767" CreationDate="2020-07-13T03:41:36.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whichever one is easier to prove.  The most likely criterion for judging which one is easier to prove is the amount of evidence that must be submitted.  That in turn will depend on the person's circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T03:41:36.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20751" CreationDate="2020-07-13T06:23:39.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 2009, France and the UK have a double taxation treaty (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/france-tax-treaties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/france-tax-treaties&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you have to pay your yearly tax in the country you spend at least 183 days (half the year+1). Then, you can deduct what you've paid in the other country with the double taxation treaty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am familiar with this situation concerning Spain (residence and country of nationality) and the UK and it works fine. However, my yearly income tax is revised thoroughly to see if I made the tiniest mistake. I guess this is the &amp;quot;French authorities may not be happy about it&amp;quot; you read about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;France has similar double taxation treaties with Switzerland and Luxemburg. The last one will remain a member of the EU, but I don't think it changes so much because I had to ask for the refund of taxes here pre-Brexit and I had to prove everything and follow all the steps very carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20136" LastEditorUserId="20136" LastEditDate="2020-07-13T06:51:21.593" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T06:51:21.593" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-13T09:43:39.557" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have normal German residence permit (18 ABS). I have resided more than 33 months in Germany now. My company increased my salary to bluecard level. Is it possible for me to apply directly for a niederlassungserlaubnis with my NEW offer letter and 3 month blue card salary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20137" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-07-13T20:14:34.397" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T20:14:34.397" Title="Niederlassungserlaubnis with my new offer letter and 3 month blue card salary?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-13T08:18:11.307" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish to apply for a German student visa to start my doctoral studies. I'm an Indian national and currently residing in Paris.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One needed document for visa application is health insurance proof. I'm not quite sure if my French public health insurance would work fine or I have to buy another health insurance just for 3 months. After starting my doctoral studies, I will get health insurance from my research institute. Thank you in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20148" OwnerDisplayName="Vikash Choudhary" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-14T15:05:26.667" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T07:11:47.367" Title="What kind of health insurance does a foreigner need when applying for German student visa from Paris?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-13T10:30:28.893" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen and at the moment I am working in Belgium. I see that there are many better job opportunities that I can apply but most of them do not offer visa sponsorship or they are totally remote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if it is possible that I apply as a self-employed software engineer/developer in an EU country (preferably Germany or Switzerland) and work for a company somewhere else in EU/World? My main question is regarding getting a visa, work permit and resident permit rather than the tax, VAT, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20138" LastActivityDate="2021-05-11T12:07:05.573" Title="Can I get visa and resident permit as a self-employed software developer in EU?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20774" CreationDate="2020-07-13T13:26:03.030" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany has a JSV(job search visa) that's valid for 6 months which you can use to legally stay there while trying to find a job. And in the meantime, you can be self-employed. If you land a job, then you can get a work permit and all that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure, but I think Portugal also has something similar. You can check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outside of the EU, but in Europe, Georgia has a visa for 1 year that you can easily get and simply stay there as a self-employed person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T13:26:03.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20776" PostTypeId="6" CreationDate="2020-07-13T13:36:10.417" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;About Joe&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a resident moderator on Travel.SE. I occasionally participate on Expats, although I tend to travel more than settle down in foreign countries. Nevertheless, I have Expat experience and have been trying to pass on my knowledge and experience to others by contributing to this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;My Objectives&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My goal as a moderator is to make sure that high quality standards are maintained across the site. As a moderator I'll ensure that site rules are adhered to by all including myself. I'll also strive to judiciously and promptly clean up low quality content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My time zone is UTC+1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3715" LastEditorUserId="3715" LastEditDate="2020-07-13T13:36:10.417" LastActivityDate="2020-07-13T13:36:10.417" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-07-13T13:36:10.417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20758" CreationDate="2020-07-13T22:33:55.470" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The residence law says that one of the requirements for getting a permanent residence permit is being a holder of residence permit for some period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the Blue Card, the same paragraph makes an exception and says that the Blue Card holder needs to have worked and payed taxes for a period of 21-33 months, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18c.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§18c AufenthG (2)&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Berlin, they say that they can count the time &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326556/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;when your job satisfied the requirements of the Blue Card&lt;/a&gt;, so &lt;em&gt;you have good chances to get your months counted from the start of the job contract.&lt;/em&gt; Other lands, however, might have different understanding of this law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, the difference of 2-3 months is not that important. First, one can try to apply for permanent residence permit a couple of months earlier, since the processing usually takes at least 1-2 months. Second, Auslaenderbehoerde might still have reduced opening hours or do not accept any applications at all due to COVID-19. In the end, it all depends from the particular person there, if she will accept an application right now or ask to come a couple of months later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. It is also worth mentioning (but not directly related to your question) that generally there are many other requirements for getting permanent residence permit, such as knowledge of German, paying taxes for some period (taxes payed by spouse might be counted as well), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-07-14T09:03:04.043" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T09:03:04.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20778" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-14T00:29:52.767" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I have Long Stay Visa in the “entrepreneur / profession libérale” category from France, and already rented a house in Paris to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two weeks ago our baby girl was born in Canada, and now we are planning to return to Paris in 6 weeks, I was wondering should we request a visa for our newborn baby? Or we should just go to Paris (She needs no visa for entry and staying for 90 days) or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure what should we do, Please let me know if anyone knows what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20146" OwnerDisplayName="Reza_Rg" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T04:07:44.513" Title="Long stay France visa for minors" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-14T15:14:29.950" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Up to March I had a 5 Year Schengen Visa, which the local French prefecture extended with a 3 months &amp;quot;Temporary Residence Permit&amp;quot; due to current circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a South African Citizen and my wife and daughter are both French. Would I be able to travel to Croatia with this visa by airplane from Paris?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20144" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T08:11:17.533" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T08:11:17.533" Title="Enter Croatia with &quot;Temporary Residence Permit&quot; of France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;croatia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-14T21:02:36.380" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a naturalization applicant has stayed in the US only for 30 months + epsilon (e.g., a few days) over the past 5 years, is it likely to derail their application (assume all stays abroad were below 6 months) or is it a guaranteed naturalization acceptance, assuming the rest of the N-400 is ok?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400 instructions&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200709203415/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;), section &amp;quot;Required Evidence&amp;quot; Item 7E on page 12-13 (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/575/user102008&quot;&gt;user102008&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20748/164&quot;&gt;pointing to it&lt;/a&gt;), issues seem to only potentially arise if one stay outside the US for over 180 days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E. Trips Outside the United States. Bring evidence that you maintained your continuous residence in the United&#xA;States if you have taken any trips outside the United States that lasted more than 6 months but less than 1 year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may submit documentation which includes, but is not limited to, evidence that during the absence:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You did not terminate your employment in the United States or work overseas;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your immediate family remained in the United States; or&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You retained full access to your place of residence in the United States.&#xA;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An IRS tax return transcript or an IRS-certified tax return listing tax information relevant to your absence for&#xA;the last 5 years (or 3 years if you are applying on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen);&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rent or mortgage payments and pay statements;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bank, credit card, and loan statements showing regular transactions;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proof of car registration and insurance;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A photocopy of your passport showing entry and exit stamps; or&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other document that shows you have not abandoned your residence in   the United States&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so I wonder whether trips below 180 days matter at all when going through the US naturalization process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-08-17T00:00:50.123" Title="If a naturalization applicant has stayed in the US only for slightly over 30 months for the past 5 years, is it likely to derail their application?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-14T22:44:03.440" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss citizen living and working in the UK after working in Singapore. I want to move back to Switzerland in some years and wonder what I have to do to still get my full pension there when I retire. Will my pension get smaller when working abroad because of a gap in my AHV and BVG contributions or can the pension I pay in the UK (not in Singapore)be transferred and fill this 'gap'? Switzerland seems to have a social security agreement with the UK but not Singapore - will this have an impact?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20145" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T02:13:19.710" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T02:13:19.710" Title="How to get my full pension (AHV, BVG) as a Swiss citizen living abroad?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;singapore&gt;&lt;pension&gt;&lt;swiss-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20783" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-07-15T02:14:29.503" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions related to citizens of the Swiss Confederation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T12:54:24.497" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T12:54:24.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20784" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-07-15T02:14:29.503" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Switzerland" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T12:54:30.133" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T12:54:30.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-15T04:22:04.423" Score="0" ViewCount="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for the settlement scheme visa to be together with my wife. She is currently working in the UK and has received her settlement status. The following are &lt;strong&gt;documents&lt;/strong&gt; that I feel would be &lt;strong&gt;needed&lt;/strong&gt; from the &lt;strong&gt;sponsor&lt;/strong&gt; (my wife in UK) for UK settlement scheme visa. I have some specific queries about some of them noted within brackets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy of passport first and last page with vital information (do we need to provide visa vignettes?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Masters Degree Certificate (she was a Phd candidate as well; do we need to provide any proof of this?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Transcripts of Masters course (she got her bachelors degree from her hometown in EU, does this need to be included as well?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Letter from employer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salary slips for 6 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bank account mini-statement for 6 months (shows balance of account and not individual entries, do we need to show all entries or would this do?)(Also, she does not have a lot of savings but I have substantial savings at my disposal.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;National insurance number (is number enough or do we need to provide any other proof?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy of current tenancy agreement (does she need to show a certain duration of tenancy? She has been in the UK for more than  7 years)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy of Council Tax Bill&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsors declaration (need clarity on whats the difference between this and support letter)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do let me know if there is anything that seems missing from the above list. Your inputs are much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TIA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17254" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T04:22:04.423" Title="Documents needed from sponsor for UK settlement scheme visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20786" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20787" CreationDate="2020-07-15T04:35:12.513" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on the U.S. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/archive/g-1151_0.pdf?download=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Naturalization Requirements Information&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200711041606/https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/archive/g-1151_0.pdf?download=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An applicant for naturalization must [...] show that [they] have been physically present in the United States for 30 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many days does the  30-month presence requirement for the US naturalization (N-400 form) represent? Is it &lt;code&gt;30*30&lt;/code&gt; = 900 days or &lt;code&gt;365*5/2&lt;/code&gt;=912.5 (~=912 or ~=913) days? Or some other amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T04:42:21.490" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T04:51:49.493" Title="How many days does the 30-month presence requirement for the US naturalization (N-400 form) represent?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20786" CreationDate="2020-07-15T04:51:49.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part D, Chapter 4&lt;/a&gt;, the physical presence requirement of at least 30 months means at least 913 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T04:51:49.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20773" CreationDate="2020-07-15T07:11:47.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your French health insurance is sufficient. You should request the EU travel insurance (a blue card). You will have to switch to a German insurance within 3 to 6 month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German system is slightly different than in France, you have different companies managing your health insurance (e.g. tk.de or aok.de). They will provide you the same coverage with small differences like add-ons (e.g. yearly cancer skin screening). Depending on your salary, the health insurance will be automatically deducted from your salary or you will have to &amp;quot;pay it yourself&amp;quot; (usually less than 100€). Ask the institution that is hiring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that health insurance is mandatory in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T07:11:47.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20789" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-07-15T08:13:10.987" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding immigration in the EU member state, the Republic of Croatia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T16:47:12.450" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T16:47:12.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20790" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-07-15T08:13:10.987" Score="0" Body="For questions regarding Croatia" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T12:54:04.840" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T12:54:04.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-15T10:00:37.490" Score="0" ViewCount="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of obtaining a dependent visa in the Netherlands via my husband who is a current Dutch resident, EU citizen, and working for a Dutch based employer. I am a US citizen (no EU citizenship yet) currently working for a US-based company that is not registered in the Netherlands or anywhere in the EU. Since I'm on a dependent visa and my company is in the US, do I need a work permit? Is this type of situation allowed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't qualify for self-employment work permit because I am a full time employee of the US based company (not a contractor) and my company has no clients in the Netherlands. I am working remotely while being a resident in the US and my company told me that I just need to come back to the US every 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20149" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T10:00:37.490" Title="Dependent Dutch visa but working for US-based company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-15T11:39:53.660" Score="3" ViewCount="370" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my initial questions on this site:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been searching about Irish naturalization requirements on the internet since quite some time and I see all the usual requirements: 5 years residence, Good character, Attend a citizenship ceremony and make the declaration of fidelity etc.., where one additional requirement was &lt;strong&gt;Intention to reside in Ireland after citizenship is granted.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this is not something totally new. &lt;strong&gt;However,&lt;/strong&gt; there are some things that I have encountered that make me think whether this requirement is really very very formal? See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/intention-to-retain-irish-citizenship/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page. It provides a form that is used to declare the intention to &lt;strong&gt;retain&lt;/strong&gt; Irish citizenship if an Irish &lt;strong&gt;naturalized&lt;/strong&gt; citizen resides abroad after naturalization for continuous 7 years. In other words, if after naturalization, you live abroad for a continuous 7 years, Ireland has the right to revoke citizenship unless you declare the intention to retain citizenship each year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sinnott.ie/what-happens-after-being-granted-a-certificate-of-naturalisation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; mentions the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residing Outside of Ireland After the Grant of Citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a person submits their application for Irish citizenship, they are asked if they intend to have their usual place of residence in Ireland following naturalisation and the answer to this is always yes. There are occasions where people’s circumstances change which results in them leaving Ireland, for example due to offers of employment or family circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended, the Minister for Justice has the power to revoke a certificate of naturalisation where an individual has been ordinarily resident outside of the State for seven years unless they have registered their intention to retain their Irish citizenship. This is done by submitting a Form 5 (Form CTZ2) Declaration of Intention to retain Irish citizenship by a naturalised Irish citizen residing outside of Ireland. The form which is available at the following link &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/form-CTZ2.pdf/Files/form-CTZ2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/form-CTZ2.pdf/Files/form-CTZ2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;, must be lodged with the INIS, or with the nearest Irish Embassy or Consular Office to a person’s location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We strongly advise all naturalised Irish citizens to file the Form 5 if ordinary resident outside of Ireland to ensure that they retain their Irish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After having researched all this, I am a bit confused about the legal status of the intention to reside requirement. If I naturalize to become a citizen, but then my family circumstances make me relocate back to my home country within 6-12 months after naturalization, and declare my intention to retain Irish citizenship since then, will I be impacted by any legal process like revocation of citizenship? I am asking this because intention to reside &lt;strong&gt;is a requirement for citizenship BUT there is also this form of declaration of intention to RETAIN citizenship if I live 7 years abroad continuously.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? If my circumstances (not necessarily strong circumstances; for example domestic circumstances) make me leave Ireland after naturalization for a long time (9-10 years) but fill that form of intention to retain citizenship, will my citizenship be revoked or preserved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched the whole internet but couldn't find anything. Can anyone help and give a 100% sure answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you and kindest regards,&#xA;Jay&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The given link to the pdf is no longer valid.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The present link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/form-CTZ2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form 5 (Form CTZ2) Declaration of Intention, Version 6 Jan 20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20150" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-07-16T13:24:05.627" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T13:24:05.627" Title="Irish citizenship revoked if I live abroad after naturalization?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20729" CreationDate="2020-07-15T14:26:14.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The administration &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/coronavirus-international-foreign-student-visas.html?searchResultPosition=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has changed its mind&lt;/a&gt;, and rescinded the rule change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T14:26:14.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20794" PostTypeId="7" CreationDate="2020-07-15T14:57:26.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;    On Stack Exchange, we believe the core moderators should come &lt;i&gt;from&lt;/i&gt; the community, and be elected by the community itself through popular vote. We hold regular elections to determine who these community moderators will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;    Community moderators are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;accorded the highest level of privilege on our community&lt;/a&gt;, and should themselves be exemplars of positive behavior and leaders within the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;    Our general criteria for moderators is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;patient and fair&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;leads by example&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;shows respect for their fellow community members in their actions and words&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;open to some light but firm moderation to keep the community on track and resolve (hopefully) uncommon disputes and exceptions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;    Every election has three phases:&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;Nomination&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;Primary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;Election&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;    Please participate in the moderator elections by voting, and perhaps even by nominating yourself to be a community moderator!&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For questions about the election process itself, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.meta.com/tags/election&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/415/2020-community-moderator-election-questionnaire&quot;&gt;The candidates answer your questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="15448" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T14:57:26.340" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T14:57:26.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20820" CreationDate="2020-07-15T19:44:57.017" Score="3" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Ph.D. student in Thuringia is becoming suicidal and in need of serious psychiatric help. Counselling service available in the university said that they cannot handle it and instructed the student to seek psychiatric help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The medical insurance used (MAWISTA Student Classic®Plus) does not cover &lt;code&gt;psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic treatment&lt;/code&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mawista.com/en/health-insurance-for-foreign-nationals-in-germany/health-insurance-for-students/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Limitations of the health insurance for students -&amp;gt; § 4.10&lt;/a&gt;), but does cover psychiatric help, subject to the condition not being pre-existing (confirmed using their website contact form).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the strategies for getting treatment for the immediately pressing psychiatric problems (which are new), but limiting the amount spent on pre-existing conditions (which may be dated a few years back in the past)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20152" LastEditorUserId="20152" LastEditDate="2020-07-20T19:52:14.013" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T08:51:21.997" Title="Psychiatric help for a suicidal Ph.D. student in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;health-care&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20364" CreationDate="2020-07-15T21:35:54.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might depend on a country-by-country basis. But at the same time that difference is not in applying for residency (as EU citizens have the right to reside in another EU country by law, therefore they don't need to apply for this right per se) but rather following local laws to correctly execute their rights to live in that new country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Estonia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this is what is required in the case of Estonia:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must register on the Estonian Population Register if you’ll be in Estonia for more than 3 months and apply for an ID card. All Estonian citizens and residents over 15 must have an ID card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-estonia#visa-and-residency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-estonia#visa-and-residency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please excuse me for using a non-official source &lt;em&gt;(provided by the UK government, as I couldn't quickly find an Estonian page that explained it the same way)&lt;/em&gt; but it is true that every adult resident has to have an Estonian ID card by the Estonian law, therefore a EU citizen will need to register with the authorities and be provided with an Estonian ID card. All the data is centralised (kept in the population register), therefore, for example, if you decide to see a dentist, as soon as you give them your ID card they will see your relevant information (for example your current address where you live).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the case of the UK (before Brexit aka whilst it was a EU country!):&#xA;You do not need to register with the authorities. You can live forever in the country without having to register or make any such application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, you would acquire permanent residency automatically after 5 qualifying years of living in the UK, and then can optionally apply for a &amp;quot;document certifying permanent residence&amp;quot; to prove this status. People before Brexit have lived for 20+ years without applying for this document, as it wasn't necessary. It would normally be mainly useful for an application to naturalise as a British citizen, and even then, in the past it was allowed to naturalise without applying for the permanent residence document. So you could technically arrive to the UK and then apply for naturalisation 6 years later, without anything in between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastEditorUserId="9430" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T22:06:12.327" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T22:06:12.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20798" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20800" CreationDate="2020-07-15T23:56:05.640" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have made a student-visa application to one of the German embassies several weeks ago, and today, I got my visa. In my application, I have stated that my studies will last at least 2 years, but they issued a D-type visa valid for only 2 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was expecting them to issue the visa for 3 months. Is this a common practice? If so, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T04:10:10.180" Title="German student visa is issued for only 2 months: why? and is it a common practice?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20799" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20805" CreationDate="2020-07-16T01:10:28.047" Score="1" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/n-400.pdf?download=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400 Application for Naturalization Form&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200716010951/https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/n-400.pdf?download=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) asks for the &amp;quot;total days&amp;quot; outside the United States, for each stay outside the United States:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVRCy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVRCy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to count the days exactly on the N-400 form? E.g., if I left the US on June 20, 2020 at 3 PM PT and came back on June 21, 2020 at 4 PM PT, does that count as 1 or 2 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;N-400 instructions&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200709203415/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/n-400instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) doesn't say how to count the days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part 9. Time Outside the United States&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Item Number 1. Provide the total number of days (24 hours or longer)&#xA;you spent outside the United States during the last 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Item Number 2. Provide the total number of trips (24 hours or longer)&#xA;you have taken outside the United States during the last 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Item Number 3. Provide information for every trip (24 hours or longer)&#xA;you have taken outside the United States during the last 5 years.&#xA;Start with your most recent trip and work backwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS &amp;gt; Policy Manual &amp;gt; Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization &amp;gt; Part D - General Naturalization Requirements &amp;gt; Chapter 4 - Physical Presence&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200716011740/https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/575/user102008&quot;&gt;user102008&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20787/164&quot;&gt;pointing to it&lt;/a&gt;) states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS will count the day that an applicant departs from the United States and the day he or she returns as days of physical presence within the United States for naturalization purposes. [3]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[3]: 3. USCIS will only count residence in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on or after November 28, 2009, as time counted for physical presence within the United States for naturalization purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I follow this rule, then leaving the US on June 20, 2020 at 3 PM PT and coming back on June 21, 2020 at 4 PM PT would count as 0 day outside the United States. I am not sure that this would please the USCIS immigration officer who will review my N-400 form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-16T01:19:01.023" LastActivityDate="2020-07-17T02:36:12.077" Title="How am I supposed to count the days on the N400? Eg if I left the US at 3 PM PT and came back the next day at 4 PM PT, does that count as 1 or 2 days?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20798" CreationDate="2020-07-16T04:10:10.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is not common practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generaly a 3 months D-Visa is issued (see &lt;strong&gt;6.4.2.1&lt;/strong&gt;) in cases when issued with the goal of recieving a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions can, however, be made (see &lt;strong&gt;6.4.2.2&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, since a semester generally starts in September, they probably want you to complete the process before the semester begins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most appointments must be made online, for which you probably  must create an account. The waiting time for appointments is often long, so doing this as early as possible is advised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the given appointment be &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; the visa expires, then the visa will automatically be extended. The print out of the appointment serves as proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(General administrative regulation on the Residence Act)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Vom 26. Oktober 2009&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.4.2.1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Nationale Visa werden, &lt;strong&gt;sofern nicht besondere Umstände eine Abweichung rechtfertigen, etwa um eine frühzeitige Vorsprache bei der Ausländerbehörde zu bewirken&lt;/strong&gt;, für drei Monate ausgestellt. Da das „D“-Visum nur zur Durchreise durch das Hoheitsgebiet der anderen Mitgliedstaaten und nicht zum Aufenthalt im Schengenraum berechtigt, sollten nationale Visa grundsätzlich als „D+C“ mit mehrfacher Einreise und grundsätzlich nur für drei Monate erteilt werden. Für Folgeaufenthalte ist bei Erfüllung der Voraussetzungen eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis zu erteilen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;National visas are issued for three months, &lt;strong&gt;unless special circumstances justify a deviation, for example to arrange an early appointment with the immigration office&lt;/strong&gt;.  Since the &amp;quot;D&amp;quot; visa only allows you to travel through the territory of the other Member States and not to stay in the Schengen area, national visas should generally be issued as &amp;quot;D + C&amp;quot; with multiple entries and generally only for three months.  A residence permit must be issued for subsequent stays if the requirements are met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.4.2.2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;In Absprache mit der zuständigen Ausländerbehörde können im Einzelfall zur Wahrung von Sicherheitsbelangen eine kürzere Geltungsdauer vorgesehen und Nebenbestimmungen verfügt werden (z. B. &lt;strong&gt;Verpflichtung zur sofortigen Vorsprache bei der Ausländerbehörde nach der Einreise&lt;/strong&gt;, Beschränkung auf einen bestimmten Studienort und Studiengang), wobei entsprechende Anregungen bereits bei Übersendung des Visumantrags in das Votum an die Ausländerbehörde aufgenommen werden können.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In consultation with the responsible immigration authority, a shorter period of validity can be provided in individual cases to safeguard security issues and ancillary provisions can be enacted (e.g. &lt;strong&gt;obligation to speak to the immigration authority immediately after entry&lt;/strong&gt;, restriction to a specific place of study and degree program), with corresponding suggestions already  can be included in the vote when sending the visa application to the immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_26102009_MI31284060.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/pdf/BMI-MI3-20091026-SF-A001.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Aufenthaltsgesetz vom 26. Oktober 2009&lt;/a&gt; (pdf)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T04:10:10.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-16T07:22:04.453" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for Blue card renewal, Immigration office gave me a letter after the appointment stating the law :18b abs 2s.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will i get blue card or normal residence card, as my previous card was Blue card and it got expired due to expiry of the passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19547" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T07:22:04.453" Title="Blue Card Renewal" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20792" CreationDate="2020-07-16T09:43:20.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one can give you 100% sure answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Revokation of Irish citizenship is an extremely rare proceduce. It was done five times to this date. All cases were based on Section 19 (1)(a) &amp;quot;certificate was procured by fraud&amp;quot; of Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/shane-phelan-there-have-only-ever-been-five-revocations-of-irish-citizenship-its-a-rare-occurrence-37727311.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/shane-phelan-there-have-only-ever-been-five-revocations-of-irish-citizenship-its-a-rare-occurrence-37727311.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now Supreme Court is hearing one more precedent, with revokation by Section 19 (1)(b) &amp;quot;person to whom it was granted has shown himself to have failed in his duty of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State&amp;quot; of the act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;40 more cases of this paragraf is waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/supreme-court-to-decide-legality-of-process-to-revoke-irish-citizenship-1.4280953&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/supreme-court-to-decide-legality-of-process-to-revoke-irish-citizenship-1.4280953&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No cases of Section 19 (1)(c) at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="17191" LastEditDate="2020-07-16T11:13:18.423" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T11:13:18.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20799" CreationDate="2020-07-16T19:59:23.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 4 - Physical Presence - A&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS will count the day that an applicant &lt;em&gt;departs&lt;/em&gt; from the United States and the day he or she &lt;em&gt;returns&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;as days of physical presence&lt;/strong&gt; within the United States for naturalization purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether dates should be added that result in &lt;strong&gt;0 days&lt;/strong&gt; (but 25 hours) as a result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a &lt;strong&gt;complete&lt;/strong&gt; list is probably preferred to list where something is missing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;especially since question 3 states: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the trips of 24 hours or longer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To phrase this differently:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The USCIS only counts &lt;strong&gt;complete calendar days&lt;/strong&gt; as days &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;A &lt;strong&gt;partial calendar day&lt;/strong&gt; is counted as &lt;em&gt;within&lt;/em&gt; the United States, which is the same method used for the Schengen Code 90/180 days rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-07-17T02:36:12.077" LastActivityDate="2020-07-17T02:36:12.077" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20734" CreationDate="2020-07-17T02:17:05.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/coronavirus-international-foreign-student-visas.html?searchResultPosition=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;administration has changed its mind&lt;/a&gt;, and rescinded the rule change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-07-17T02:17:05.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20780" CreationDate="2020-07-17T21:22:21.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Avoiding any trip over 180 days outside the country does let you avoid an automatic presumption of being ineligible for naturalization, but it does not guarantee that you will be considered eligible. The overriding concern, in both cases, is whether you maintained a continuous residence, and &amp;quot;continuous residence&amp;quot; is not defined by the length of the trips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current USCIS Policy Manual (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Volume 12 part D Chapter 3&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20200704120550/https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;archived&lt;/a&gt;) explains the difference in the way absences from the country of different lengths are to be handled by USCIS, with references to the relevant laws. It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An absence of more than 6 months (more than 180 days) but less than 1 year (less than 365 days) during the period for which continuous residence is required (also called “the statutory period”) is presumed to break the continuity of such residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that the burden of proof is on the applicant when they've spent more than 180 days abroad. If they can't demonstrate to USCIS that they've maintained continuous US residence, their application for naturalization is supposed to be denied. This is why the form instructions highlight the need to bring documentation, so as to demonstrate in that case why you should still be eligible for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Footnote 25 of that chapter addresses absences less than 6 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An applicant who has not been absent from the United States for any single period of greater than 6 months during the statutory period is neither considered nor presumed to have broken the continuity of his or her residence. However, there are circumstances in which an applicant who has multiple absences of less than 6 months each during the statutory period may nevertheless have broken the continuity of his or her residence even though the presumption does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you have no trips over 180 days, you avoid the automatic presumption of being ineligible. But that doesn't rule out the possibility of your shorter trips being considered to break your continuity of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2037" LastEditorUserId="2037" LastEditDate="2020-07-17T23:50:43.437" LastActivityDate="2020-07-17T23:50:43.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-18T11:28:45.363" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am doing volunteer work in Germany, and I want to go to Croatia on summer vacations. I have a Schengen visa. Is that enough for me to visit Croatia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20156" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-18T15:16:33.160" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T17:24:50.870" Title="Can I visit Croatia (as non-European resident) with a Schengen visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;croatia&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-19T13:34:09.983" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen currently working for both a UK university and a Dutch organisation and I pay UK income tax through PAYE. My partner (also a UK citizen) is currently between jobs but plans to set up a remote teaching business. We would like to permanently relocate to Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the obstacles to us gaining permanent residency in Italy prior to the end of the Brexit implementation period on 31st Dec 2020?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to over-complicate this question but we're specifically confused whether one or both of us would need to be employed &lt;em&gt;in Italy&lt;/em&gt; to gain resident status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20158" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-07-19T14:28:52.037" LastActivityDate="2020-07-19T14:28:52.037" Title="Gaining residency in Italy when working for non-Italian employers" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20815" CreationDate="2020-07-19T18:54:31.293" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Visa bulletin for July 2020 lists the final action date for the F2A category as current. Does that mean my permanent resident spouse and I can file the I-130 and I-485 forms concurrently? I have read contradictory information from various sources so I'd really appreciate answers with references and/or personal experience.&#xA;Things to note: I am lawfully present in the United States; I am not from China, India, Mexico, or the Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20160" LastEditorUserId="20160" LastEditDate="2020-07-19T19:01:35.273" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T23:17:12.770" Title="Can a permanent resident file I-130 &amp; I-485 for spouse concurrently if final action date is current and spouse lives in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20814" CreationDate="2020-07-20T03:08:45.480" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. The I-130 petition and I-485 for Adjustment of Status can be filed concurrently if a visa number is immediately available for the person's category (as determined by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/adjustment-of-status-filing-charts-from-the-visa-bulletin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS's Adjustment of Status filing chart&lt;/a&gt;). See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/245.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 245.2&lt;/a&gt;(a)(2)(i)(B-C):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(B) If, at the time of filing, approval of a visa petition filed for&#xA;classification under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i), section 203(a) or&#xA;section 203(b)(1), (2) or (3) of the Act would make a visa immediately&#xA;available to the alien beneficiary, the alien beneficiary's adjustment&#xA;application will be considered properly filed whether submitted&#xA;concurrently with or subsequent to the visa petition, provided that it&#xA;meets the filing requirements contained in parts 103 and 245. For any&#xA;other classification, the alien beneficiary may file the adjustment&#xA;application only after the Service has approved the visa petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(C) A visa petition and an adjustment application are concurrently&#xA;filed only if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) The visa petitioner and adjustment applicant each file their&#xA;respective form at the same time, bundled together within a single&#xA;mailer or delivery packet, with the proper filing fees on the same day&#xA;and at the same Service office, or;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The categories for which concurrent filing are allowed are: the Immediate Relative category (INA 201(b)(2)(A)(i)), the family preference categories F1, F2A, F2B, F3, and F4 (INA 203(a)), and the employment-based categories EB1, EB2, and EB3 (INA 203(b)(1-3)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T23:17:12.770" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T23:17:12.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-20T15:58:29.273" Score="4" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of questions regarding the registration process in Germany and the Insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany for the last 10 years, I would like to come back to Spain and work remotely from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I do the de-registration (Abmeldung) and still work for my company?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can I do the de-registration and give it later to the insurance company (Krankenkasse), whenever I found a job in Spain or a way to work permanently in Spain for my current company (Freelancer for example).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What would happen if I do the de-registration in the Krankenkasse?&#xA;How long can I work in Spain without paying taxes in Spain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As extra info: I already lived in Germany for more than 183 days this year, so I have to pay the taxes in Germany as far as I know.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My company doesn't have an office in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19621" LastEditorUserId="19621" LastEditDate="2020-07-20T17:06:32.390" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T17:06:32.390" Title="Work in Germany without registration" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-20T23:48:23.613" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you marry a British citizen is the situation different than if you marry a non-British EEA citizen on &amp;quot;treaty rights&amp;quot;? I have gotten the impression that the terms of immigrating as the spouse on treaty rights are more favorable rather than on the basis of a spouse's citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20165" OwnerDisplayName="Joseph P." LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T19:44:58.223" Title="What differences are there between the implications for immigration status between marriage to different nationals?" Tags="&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20818" CreationDate="2020-07-21T06:56:02.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that's correct. It is the case in the UK and a few EU countries. In particular, the UK family visa has English-language knowledge and income requirements and significant fees (£1,000-£1,500 per person), which are all illegal under EU freedom of movement rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this is the basis for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department)_v_Immigration_Appeal_Tribunal_and_Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh route&lt;/a&gt; but it is presently unclear how much will subsist after the end of the Brexit transition period (probably not much). Cases like this have been cited in some circles as a reason for Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T19:44:58.223" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T19:44:58.223" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20795" CreationDate="2020-07-21T08:31:57.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I suggested in the comment, in such case I would seek for a help/treatment immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that nobody will ask you for instant payment. In case of Mawista travel insurance (not a real health insurance) that you have, you can ask doctor to wait for 1-2 months (for payment, not for treatment) and clarify the issue with Mawista.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had Mawista myself and did not have too much spare money, so asking a doctor to wait for 1-2 months for the payment until Mawista will reimburse me the costs, was usual practice for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that your travel insurance does not cover psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic treatment has no relation to your question in my eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Psychoanalysis and psychotherapie is not a medicine, rather this is psychology. In Germany you need to differentiate between psychological psychotherapists and psychotherapeutical psychiaters:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologischer_Psychotherapeut#Unterschied_zu_%C3%A4rztlichen_Psychotherapeuten&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologischer_Psychotherapeut#Unterschied_zu_%C3%A4rztlichen_Psychotherapeuten&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/gesundes-leben/psyche-wohlbefinden/psychologe-psychiater-psychotherapeut&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/gesundes-leben/psyche-wohlbefinden/psychologe-psychiater-psychotherapeut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So just go to the doctor (&lt;strong&gt;go to psychiatry, do not go to psychotherapeut&lt;/strong&gt;) and clarify the payment questions with him/her. In the end, Mawista will probably ask your doctor to describe the case in the special form they will send to you. If the doctor will NOT directly write there that your current condition is related to the pre-existing problems, then with very high probability you will not have any problems with the insurance. Your doctor may also claim that your current condition is acute exacerbation of the pre-existing chronical condition, which I can expect will also be covered by Mawista. As far as I remember, different to other travel insurances, Mawista never &lt;em&gt;explicitly&lt;/em&gt; excluded treatment of the chronical issues in their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mawista.com/doc/tc-mawista-student-classic-plus-en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contract&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, IMHO Mawista just does not want to cover cases, such as &amp;quot;you were chronically ill before travelling and now you suddenly want to treat your chronic condition during your stay in Germany&amp;quot;. If the doctor will not write this explicitly, &lt;em&gt;you still should have very high chances of being covered by Mawista.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also consider changing the travel insurance to the proper health insurance. However, private insurances will do a health check on you and the monthly payment (much higher than for Mawista) also depends on the pre-existing conditions that you &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; report to them in advance. Still, you might consider paying a lot for private insurance to be fully covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option would be a publicly regulated health insurance.&#xA;If you have only the scholarship and therefore you are not currently eligible for publicly regulated health insurance, you can try to talk with your professor and/or university to get a job contract instead of the scholarship (or a mixture of scholarship and job contract). Then you will be enrolled into the publicly regulated health insurance, which will cover your issue (by the way, they also do not completely cover psychological consultations, but of course they should cover psychiatric conditions (Mawista should also do it)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all options mentioned above are not possible for you, &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; your travel insurance will not cover your case (IMHO, &lt;strong&gt;they will&lt;/strong&gt; cover it), then you only have an option to get a treatment in your home country, if you won't pay on your own for the treatment in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also think if your condition might be related to  possible stalking, bullying or abuse at the university. Then I would advice you to talk with a lawyer. My thoughts would be to sue the university (or at least your lawyer might write them a letter demanding for payment) and get the treatment paid by the university and/or abuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if your condition is related to your job/study, you also might be covered by some kind of insurance that university &lt;em&gt;already has&lt;/em&gt; for all students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-09-11T08:51:21.997" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T08:51:21.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-21T09:16:29.277" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been visiting the UK to take a few short courses ( On short term student visas) once a year and I would go to my GP to perform some blood tests every now and then. They never charged me as they told me that I am an NHS patient when in fact I am not. I did have an NHS number back in the day when I was a full-time resident/student with a Tier 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to do another degree in the UK and I noticed that any visitor who got an NHS treatment without paying the overdue bills will get his visa rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what to do, I've been calling the GP and they are telling me that I do not have any bill under my name as I am an NHS patient when I actually am not entitled. When I apply to the tier 4 visa will the immigration officers go look at my NHS records or is it that they will just check if I have any bill overdue? The rules say &amp;quot;relevant bodies must notify the Home Office of outstanding&#xA;debts of £500 or more that have been outstanding&amp;quot; but I have no overdue bills as they still consider me an NHS patient, does that mean that the home office will not look at my NHS records?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20164" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T14:30:45.623" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T14:30:45.623" Title="NHS debt and Tier 4 visa" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;&lt;nhs&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20823" CreationDate="2020-07-21T10:03:36.510" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and had few minor immigration problems one time when I tried to enter back in 2018 but they let me in after all. Last year in 2019 I tried to enter again and they let me in with no problems. Does my last successful entry wipe my slate clean? I will apply for a tier 4 and I am just very nervous regarding my entry back in 2018 when they almost considered me a frequent visitor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20164" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T10:20:34.883" Title="UK Clean Slate policy" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20822" CreationDate="2020-07-21T10:20:34.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No clean slate. Sorry. There is a &lt;em&gt;general&lt;/em&gt; guidance that for some visa types, certain transgressions older than ten years may be disregarded at the case worker's discretion. That doesn't seem to apply to your case, and you will have to give some extra explanations as to why the UK can trust that you won't violate the terms of the Tier 4 visa. The fact that you entered again, and presumably followed the rules, does bode well for you though. This not only gives you a positive mark on your recent immigration history, it means that whatever happened in 2018 wasn't so bad as to invoke a ban or leave any major flags on your record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T10:20:34.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-21T16:24:30.287" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I had a summer co-op planned within the States. I filled out the paperwork etc. I went back to India on the government evacuation because I had surgery last year, and am at a very fragile part of rehab. Because India would be shut down for a long time (most estimates project us still having the Virus well into 2021) and I didn't want to risk being unable to get treatment in case of emergency. Since the work could be done online, I continued working on the coop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any problem if my supervisor pays me directly, in my US bank account? I might not be physically in the States, but everything else about my co-op is the same. Since I had given a US address, I'm not going to be dodging any taxes. According to the ISS page at UPenn that I am allowed to work remotely with no problems. Just wanted to confirm this. I am not a UPenn Student and our ISS takes forever&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPenn office: &lt;a href=&quot;https://global.upenn.edu/isss/coronavirus-FAQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://global.upenn.edu/isss/coronavirus-FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2NnAs.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2NnAs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20169" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T07:13:57.660" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T07:13:57.660" Title="F1 Remote CPT Employment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-21T17:04:23.723" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the US as a J-1 visa holder, and I am applying for a researcher visa in Germany soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that in the visa application form there is a field for &amp;quot;residence permit number&amp;quot; and the corresponding expiration date, but I am unsure as to what to write in that field, since the visa itself and the DS-2019 have different number and different expiration dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone inform me which of them is expected in the form?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20168" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T21:57:23.863" Title="J-1 visa holder applying for German research visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-21T22:44:09.130" Score="1" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a student in BC, Canada, recently I got a job offer for a company for an IT position (DevOps Consultant), the company is located in both Ottawa and Toronto, but it doesn't have any offices in BC, so my question is: is it possible to apply for the &lt;em&gt;BC PNP Tech Pilot&lt;/em&gt; program in this situation?, I know of someone who was invited to apply under similar conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20171" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T22:44:09.130" Title="Applying for the BC PNP Tech Pilot Program While Working Remotely" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20830" CreationDate="2020-07-21T23:49:07.993" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a J1 visa (Research Scholar) I have been on J1 status and was granted the waiver of the two-year foreign residence. This was granted under the no-objection category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have an academic job offer and my new employer is going to sponsor my H1B.&#xA;However, the attorney working with my case says that INA 248(2) makes J-1 holders ineligible for CoS.&#xA;I have no idea of the meaning of INA 248(2), and will have a phone call with him and my employer about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never heard of this, and everyone (lawyers, international offices at Universities, other people that changed status) I have spoken with in the past told me that once I have the waiver I could apply to the H1B visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to wait some days for the said phone call and was wondering if someone could help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20172" LastEditorUserId="20172" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T04:36:00.357" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T04:36:00.357" Title="Change visa status J1 to H1B" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-22T00:13:51.953" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a work permit and a full time job in Germany.&#xA;I now want to have a mini-job on the side (450€/month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a contract from another company, working ~5h/week, which does not exceed 450€ per month. However, the contract does not mention being a mini-job. It states that I am an independent contractor and am responsible for all the insurances and taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it count as a mini-job, as long as I do not earn more than 450€ per month? My employer does not forbid me from working on a side job, there are no issues on that side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_employment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mini-job's definition from wiki&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marginal employment (German: geringfügige Beschäftigung), also called&#xA;a mini job or €450 job, is an employment relationship with a low&#xA;absolute level of earnings or of short duration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastEditorUserId="17181" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T14:07:13.780" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T14:07:13.780" Title="Does being an independent contractor count as a mini-job?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20828" CreationDate="2020-07-22T04:13:49.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;INA 248(a)(2) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1258&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1258&lt;/a&gt;(a)(2)) says that someone admitted in J status to pursue graduate medical education or training cannot do Change of Status. It does not apply to all J1; only the graduate medical education or training J1s. You have not said what kind of J1 you have, so we can't tell whether this applies to your or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(On the other hand, INA 248(a)(3) (8 USC 1258(a)(3)) says that someone admitted in J status who is subject to the INA 212(e) 2-year home residency requirement cannot do Change of Status. You have waived your 2-year home residency requirement, so this no longer affects you.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T04:13:49.570" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20826" CreationDate="2020-07-22T19:14:09.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would put the visa number and expiration date.  The DS-2019 is neither a visa nor a residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T19:14:09.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20838" CreationDate="2020-07-22T19:24:32.933" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to get some package from my birth country, France, and I am currently located in Thailand. Are the package deliveries from France (Paris) to Thailand (Bangkok) delayed/blocked due to COVID-19? If that matters, it is a small box (~40cm x 30 cm x 20) weighting ~3 kg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T23:22:03.727" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T18:46:54.757" Title="Are the package deliveries from France (Paris) to Thailand (Bangkok) delayed/blocked due to COVID-19?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-22T20:41:30.190" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen. I have completed my master studies from a recognised German University and later worked in Germany for 3 years. Among the 3 years of work permit visa in Germany, I had Blue card for 18 months. And I possess German B1 level language skills certificate (TELC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last year in November I moved to Netherlands to work for a Dutch Company. I therefore terminated my German Blue card and obtained a new blue card in Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summer  I lost my job in the Netherlands. Now I have a job offer from a German company which satisfies the Blue card salary requirement. So, I want to move back to Germany and reapply for Blue card in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is :&#xA;With Dutch residence permit can I move to Germany and apply for blue card at the local foreign office in Germany. Or do I need to first apply for German temporary entry visa from Netherlands. And once I have this temporary visa then only I can move to Germany and apply for Blue card?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/doc_centre/immigration/docs/studies/emn-synthesis_report_intra_eu_mobility_final_july_2013.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2_dgUWXgYI-zGeryLj-uHnVmYT252Dknu50zXp0f5ChINldCLtLa5j-mM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; states- &amp;quot; &lt;em&gt;in Germany, third-country nationals who hold a long-term residence permit in another Member State and who demonstrate adequate means of subsistence and health insurance are entitled to a German long-term residence permit without the need for further verification that the conditions of recognising the long-term resident status were met in the first Member State&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; - read last line on page 23.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19701" LastEditorUserId="19701" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T21:17:30.240" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T21:17:30.240" Title="Intra EU Mobility - transfer residence permit from one member State to another" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-23T08:45:53.690" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently applied for the US DV Lottery (DV-2021). In the application process I wrote everything (including DOB) as written on my passport. But the problem is I have a different DOB written on my birth certificate. Now that I have been selected for further processing, does that cause any problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DOB on the passport is written as 01/01/1996, while the correct DOB (on the birth certificate) is written as 14/06/1991. I am not sure if this is relevant so I added it. In both cases, the age is above 21 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20176" LastEditorUserId="20176" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T12:23:35.583" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T12:23:35.583" Title="Different DOBs on passport and birth certificate: does that cause any problems?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20485" CreationDate="2020-07-23T10:31:39.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In principle, your two years in Poland should count towards EU long-term residence but the German implementation of these rules seems very messy. That would not be exactly equivalent to a German &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; and doesn't necessarily help you very much in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, article 16 of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32009L0050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2009/50/EC&lt;/a&gt; provides that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Directive 2003/109/EC, the EU Blue Card holder having made use of the possibility provided for in Article 18 of this Directive is allowed to cumulate periods of residence in different Member States in order to fulfil the requirement concerning the duration of residence, if the following conditions are met:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) five years of legal and continuous residence within the territory of the Community as an EU Blue Card holder; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) legal and continuous residence for two years immediately prior to the submission of the relevant application as an EU Blue Card holder within the territory of the Member State where the application for the long-term resident's EC residence permit is lodged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you should be considered an EU long-term resident (under directive 2009/50/EC) after three years in Germany instead of five (that's five years in the EU in total, of which the last two must have been spent in the member state where you apply, in this case Germany). Unfortunately, there is no sign of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__9a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these rules in the relevant German law&lt;/a&gt; so in practice it might be difficult to convince German bureaucrats to follow the law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From an EU law standpoint, the EU long-term residence status is not necessarily equivalent to a national permanent residence status like the German &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;, which is controlled by other rules. German law does however seem to consider that, unless explicitly stated otherwise, anyone who qualifies for the EU long-term residence status should also be treated as if they have a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;, as specified in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__9a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 9a of the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soweit dieses Gesetz nichts anderes regelt, ist die Erlaubnis zum Daueraufenthalt – EU der Niederlassungserlaubnis gleichgestellt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the delay before applying for a &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; is shorter for EU Blue Card holders, which makes the rules around EU long-term residence moot for your purposes. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18c.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 18c of the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you need to have worked in Germany for 33 months if you only have basic German-language knowledge and for 21 months if you have “sufficient” German-language knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;21 months is shorter than the shortest potential duration of residence before applying to be recognized as an EU long-term resident (namely 24 months), which is why even if the years spent in Poland ought to be taken into account for something, it still wouldn't help you gain any sort of long-term or permanent residence status in Germany any quicker. Theoretically, all this could make a small difference for someone who doesn't speak German well and has spent about three years in Poland (because 24 months is shorter than 33 months) but not to someone who has a good command of German or only held a Blue Card for two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, in countries that do not offer as quick a path to permanent residence to Blue Card holders as Germany, the fact that you do not have to start from scratch can make a bigger difference (e.g. in France it could mean two years instead of five).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T10:40:31.610" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T10:40:31.610" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-23T16:51:05.713" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner and children are dual citizens in the US and Germany- all have their German and American passports. I am currently SAHM and don't need to worry about employment at this time. We are wondering how taxes would work if we were to move from the US to Germany while keeping my partners US job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will we be required to pay both US taxes and German taxes? Or just US taxes/ just German taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have two school aged children and a two year old and are hoping to send them to German schools. Any information or resources would be helpful. I've looked on different German websites but haven't found anything this specific yet. Different questions on this site talk about US citizens living and working in Germany on work visa but not a German citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20179" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T16:51:05.713" Title="German Citizen, working for US company, moving to Germany from the US" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20832" CreationDate="2020-07-23T18:41:32.627" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to users sharing their experiences on &lt;a href=&quot;https://redd.it/hw0auu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://redd.it/hw0auu&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.is/X67oZ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;), package deliveries from France (Paris) to Thailand (Bangkok) are not blocked due to COVID-19, but they're quite often delayed (typically ~1 week to ~1 month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T18:46:54.757" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T18:46:54.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T01:49:27.227" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived in the US on July 5th 2020 on an F4 visa. I assume that I don’t have to apply for a Social Security number, considering I have asked to be issued one on the DS-260. If that is indeed the case, how long will it take for me to receive it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20182" LastActivityDate="2020-07-24T01:49:27.227" Title="Will I receive my SSN automatically by mail?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T02:35:16.690" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are planning to move to France as soon as possible. I think the best option would be if I got a profession libérale visa and then formed a micro-entreprise. What I'm not sure about is how to handle my wife. If she isn't going to work, then does she need to go on a visitor's visa (which she'll need to renew every year, and which doesn't lead to citizenship)?  Is there a &amp;quot;spouse of profession libérale visa&amp;quot; like there is for a passport talent visa? I've read of conjoint collaborateur, and that looks like an interesting solution. She could help with the company without getting a salary, and it would put us both on the French social system. Is this the best way to go, and if we go this route, would we each apply for the profession libérale visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19734" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-07-24T16:00:56.363" LastActivityDate="2020-07-24T16:00:56.363" Title="Visas for a couple to move to France and form a micro-entreprise" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T12:21:21.500" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently getting 80K in my current position, will be 90, or maybe 100K next year. I have an offer from the UK for 55K to 60K including a bonus. I feel comfortable in Germany, but the language is big trouble, it's been 2 years and I can't speak a sentence. I see no career development as the current company is not that big. I am currently leading the software team. In the UK, I will be an R&amp;amp;D engineer. I must decide ASAP about should I join in the UK, only thinking about this question these days.&#xA;As I am Asian with a Ph.D., English is my second speaking language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pros in the UK are English language, future life with English as my&#xA;wife won't have any difficulty when she will join me next year. I&#xA;guess will have a more social life compared to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cons in the UK, no idea how a new job will go, no idea about&#xA;settlement in the new place in southwest England. 3 years of contract&#xA;visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pros in Germany are a good life, a good salary. Permanent residence,&#xA;unlimited job contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cons in Germany are no social life, no language speaking, no&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;professional growth as I do not speak German, my wife would have to&#xA;face    the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice please, should I join in the UK or should I just stay here in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15363" LastActivityDate="2020-07-24T12:21:21.500" Title="Should I join UK for a job, or should I stay in Germany?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;career&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2020-07-24T14:41:33.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T15:05:37.510" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a software architect currently a citizen of Non-EU/EEC country, or any &amp;quot;western&amp;quot; country for that matter. I have an option to move to Finland through my current employer. All the paper work is through and I've received the confirmation of my residence permit today. Meaning that I can go to Finland once the card is in hand and travel resumes (which is already starting I think). However, I was having second thoughts in the meanwhile and tried applying for a job in Germany on my own (via stackoverflow itself. It's a great resource for job hunt!!). Now, while I'm not through the entire process with any of the prospective employers yet, there have been some promising results. For example, I'm through 2 rounds (1 tech &amp;amp; 1 HR round remaining) for two employers and there's 2 more in various stages. I would prefer to go to Germany if possible, but at the same time don't want to reject the offer in hand only to have the German one not work out&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here's my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I move to Finland, can I apply for a German work permit from Finland? Like maybe through the Consulate of my country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I move to Finland, can I apply for a German work permit from Germany? (not sure through which institution it might be). If so, can I do it with my residence permit - as I'm allowed to freely move around in the EU with it - or do I need any more documentation/permission?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has anyone had a similar experience? And if so, how might recruiters react to you switching countries potentially halfway through the process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: Any other advice in general is also very welcome :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PPS: Sorry for the long winded question. Also sorry if this is not the right forum or the right way to ask questions here. Will be happy to change or move it, in that case&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20186" LastActivityDate="2020-07-24T15:05:37.510" Title="Can a non EU/EEC citizen for a German work permit while residing in another EU country on an existing work permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T16:22:51.403" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a month ago I was riding a bike (Berlin) and have been stopped by Police for not properly crossing the road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They said that the bill (~ 100 Euro) should come per Post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I still haven't received it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can this mean and where I can check?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am afraid that some penny may be counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20125" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T17:12:51.170" Title="What can I do with the fine from the police of Berlin that hasn't yet come per Post?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T17:34:46.193" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a driving license from the outside of the UK which is not valid to exchange. At the same time, I already have an UK privisional license. Does it mean my foreigner license is not valid anymore? (I'm here less than 12 months)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to hire a car while I'm still in the process of taking theory and practical testes for the full UK license&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20187" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T23:29:36.710" Title="UK Driving License" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-24T18:42:26.143" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer would be great but pointers to information would also be greatly appreciated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a researcher from the UK, currently in the US on a J1 visa. Article 20 of the UK-US tax treaty gives me a 2 year exemption from US tax. Originally I planned to return to the UK before the 2 years expired, however due to the Covid situation I'd like to stay a couple more months but unpaid, that is I'd quit my job. Staying over the 2 years would result in owing 2 years worth of back taxes to the IRS and I'd like to avoid that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that leaving the US (for example going to Jamaica) and returning on an ESTA visitor visa, would allow me to avoid the tax. However there doesn't appear any information on how long such a trip would have to last for before I can return to the US without owing the tax. Does anyone know if there is a minimum excursion time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally I'm not sure whether the fact that I'll still be a US tax resident (I won't have re-established tax residency in the UK as I'll only have gone to Jamaica) will cause a problem.&#xA;Does anyone know whether this will cause a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realise my case is pretty specific, but any information anyone can offer would be extremely appreciated. Is phoning the IRS a good idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19709" LastActivityDate="2020-07-24T18:42:26.143" Title="Required duration of excursion from US so as to not forfeit Article 20 UK US tax treaty benefits" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20846" CreationDate="2020-07-24T20:18:24.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your non-UK license remains valid, and is not voided by the issuance of a UK provisional license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can drive a small vehicle (motorcycle or car) in the UK for up to 12 months using your non-exchangeable non-UK license. See the presentation on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence/y/a-visitor-to-great-britain/any-other-country&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UK govt webpage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you can hire a car in the UK using your non-UK license will depend upon the class of license you possess, your age, and the rules set by the hire car firm. You will increase your chances of success by also having a valid &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;International Driving Permit&lt;/a&gt;, issued in the same non-UK country that issued your driver's license.  (The IDP is not a license, but is an official translation of the terms of a driver's license issued by your country, and is especially useful or required when the driver's license is in a non-English language, or uses a non-Latin system of writing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-26T23:22:58.427" LastActivityDate="2020-07-26T23:22:58.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-25T07:11:04.067" Score="0" ViewCount="402" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen this link -&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/13831/noc-code-for-software-developer-2173-or-2174?newreg=32b69b8c4a2248dc8f2edc78e29b309c&quot;&gt;NOC 2173 vs 2174 &lt;/a&gt; but still having some doubts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a java developer and my day to day work involve writing code, testing it, modifying existing code as per requirements. I have also worked on writing server and applications from scratch. Whatever issues or bugs we find before or after release, upon testing, I myself fix some of them and communicate it to a wider team.&#xA;I also prepare reports from JIRA to track the work status in order to ensure continuous delivery and maintenance of the software. I have worked a bit on front-end in Angular 5+ too.&#xA;I am a scrum master and coaching team of 9 people as a scrum coach. Furthermore, I manage software releases in which I coordinate with multiple teams in my function across the globe.&#xA;To conclude, my major time is invested in coding only and I am only 3.5 years experienced so not at a managerial position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please guide in selecting NOC 2173 vs 2174.&#xA;I also wanted to know let's say I get PR by NOC 2174 then after landing can I just apply to jobs related to NOC 2174 only or can apply for 2173 too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20189" LastActivityDate="2021-04-21T10:06:55.630" Title="Canada NOC code for Backend /Java developer" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20175" CreationDate="2020-07-25T07:56:17.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;(A much-belated reply which will hopefully help others in your predicament.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that you don't have certain iron-clad knowledge of what to do in this situation, I believe you should &lt;strong&gt;get in touch with the US embassy&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;U.S. Citizens with emergencies, please call 02-630-4000&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Outside of Office Hours, contact: 02-630-4000&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Outside of Israel: 011-972-2-630-4000&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and ask them both for information and for help in contacting Israeli authorities on your behalf to arrange safe passage back to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://il.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;embassy website section for US citizens&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2020-07-25T07:56:17.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20850" CreationDate="2020-07-25T08:21:13.057" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should go ahead with 2173 which is Software engineers and designers since the majority of your time is spent on coding only. You can omit the parts about scrum master and other managerial things in your resume and experience letter or just mention them, rather than giving them any weight. This is not uncommon in software industry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After getting the PR, you can apply for any jobs. It won't matter what NOC code you got the PR for. You can work in retail, deliver mails, become a manager- if you get my drift.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-07-25T08:21:13.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20855" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-26T10:54:38.943" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I visited the USA. I am a Uk national resident in the Uk. My wife is a US national living with me in the UK on a BRP. My wife lost her US passport and had to apply for a new one. The only ID she had was her US driving license which has a different surname to her lost passport. Her passport will now have a different name to the BRP. Will she be able to come into the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20194" LastActivityDate="2020-07-26T10:54:38.943" Title="Entering UK on US passport with different name to the BRP" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-26T12:24:11.123" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know tax laws are country specific and in case of spouses living in two separate countries they may depend on the specific countries due to tax treaties so my question cannot be asked in all generality so I will make it specific to France and UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I go to work in UK and my wife stays in France with our child how will it effect computation of taxes for both of us. I know in France for instance the taxes are computed using household units and in our case we count for 2.5 units. I know taxes in France will be due only on the French part of the income but will it be computed using 2.5 units or 1.5?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the latter then the tax burden becomes much more for spouses that have different tax residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-28T21:47:20.773" LastActivityDate="2021-04-25T00:06:05.583" Title="Tax implications for one spouse with UK tax residency and one with French" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-26T13:06:44.833" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions about (state) pension plans when having worked in multiple EU countries in your lifetime. First off, EU countries have different requirements in terms of minimum years worked/payed to be eligible for a pension, age of retirement, and how one's pension is calculated. Two examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German pension system is working based on points, where earning an average German salary in a year will award you with one &amp;quot;point&amp;quot;. Each point is &amp;quot;worth&amp;quot; a certain amount of money in the end, where this amount is adjusted every year (to compensate for the increase of the average salary/inflation). You retire at the age of 67.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 years minimum&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retirement age 67&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You collect points&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Portuguese system requires one to pay into the system for 15 years to be eligible for a pension, which you collect at the age of 66. The system is working based on years and average salaries you earned (if I understood correctly). When retiring, you will receive 2% of &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; average salary times the number of years you payed into the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15 years minimum&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retirement age 66&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You collect average salaries and total years worked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now how are these systems working &amp;quot;together&amp;quot; if one would &amp;quot;jump&amp;quot; between countries in the middle of one's working life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming having worked the minimum number of years worked in ONE country, but not in others - how is this exactly calculated and handled? As fas as I understood, you have to apply for my pension in the country you are living in, which will then automatically (?) calculate your pension from ALL EU member states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct in the assumption that having worked in a EU member state for less than the minimum amount of years required for the local pension still allows you to collect the pension from that state if you have worked the minimum amount of years in another state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The possibility of including contribution periods recorded in another&#xA;EU country or in another country where European regulations apply is&#xA;relevant to payment [...]&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1125&amp;amp;langId=en&amp;amp;intPageId=4744&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1125&amp;amp;langId=en&amp;amp;intPageId=4744&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The statement above is from the EU. Am I interpreting this correctly when assuming that if I apply for my pension in a EU member state A in which I have worked in, but &lt;strong&gt;HAVE NOT&lt;/strong&gt; the minimum amount of years worked there (but in another country B), that this is summed up and I am then eligible for a pension in this state A?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What if one hasn't worked &lt;strong&gt;AT ALL&lt;/strong&gt; in the country you live in when retiring? (&lt;em&gt;EDIT: Apparently there is a minimum-of-1-year duration. If you have less that one year, you have to apply for your pension in another state where you did (?)&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I am correct in the assumptions 1-3, how is my pension then calculated in the light of the fact that pensions are calculated differently in different countries? Is this calculated individually per state and then summed up? Or is this somehow &amp;quot;transformed&amp;quot; and adjusted to the system you collect your pension from (i.e. country of residency)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What about the age of retirement? All (?) countries seem to allow you to retire a litte earlier at the cost of x% of your pension. What if one retires in one country at say 65 but would collect a pension in another country only starting from the age of 68?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where are the pensions taxed? Is each one taxed in its origin country separately or is this only taxed in the country one lives in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens (tax-wise) when moving your residency to another country after having started collecting your pension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens with corporate pension plans? What with private pension plans?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20195" LastActivityDate="2020-07-28T23:04:53.770" Title="Pension in the EU when having worked in multiple European countries" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10621" CreationDate="2020-07-26T19:24:47.223" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I experienced a similar issue in Rotterdam where an agency (Domica, MaxRentals) charged me € 350 in advance in order to secure the house. I complied and paid in order to get the house. After that I requested for refund as the practice is illegal. Agency chose not to comply and did not respond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used the questionnaire from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.woonbond.nl/bemiddelingskosten-terugvragen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;woonbond.nl&lt;/a&gt; (a Dutch national association for tenants) to determine my options. In the end, I had to start a lawsuit. Woonbond recommends &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.procedeerwinkel.nl/makelaarskosten-woonbond&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;procedeerwinkel.nl&lt;/a&gt;. If you have legal insurance, please check with them first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started a lawsuit. Their fee is 20% of your dispute or €100 minimum. Fees to start a lawsuit is € 104 which is refunded if you win. My case was strong and court rules in our favor. In the end I lost 28% of the deposit I made. But it is good to know I found justice and the agency had a lesson.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6450" LastEditorUserId="6450" LastEditDate="2020-07-27T09:09:41.020" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T09:09:41.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-27T12:42:10.670" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;My company has given me an experience letter and below are the roles and responsibilities listed in it. Please guide me in choosing 2173 vs 2174 as NOC code. There's still some room for changes so welcoming suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Work on micro-services based Java server application using Java 8, Spring, Hibernate from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Write, modify and test software code by Junit5 and Mockito unit tests. Integrate existing systems to newly developed servers and applications and ensuring that it doesn’t break existing workflows and systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Work on existing servers, applications and computer programs by modifying the code as per the requirements from our business and users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Identify, communicate and fix technical bugs or problems found before or after the software release by testing code and associated functionality and communicating solutions to the wider team&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Gather business/technical requirements and document them in Confluence wiki and individual JIRA tickets and assign it to the team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Researched and evaluated the performance of various third party software for incorporating the plugin architecture in the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Worked as a release manager and coordinated across teams to manage the release of the software by creating release packets and deployment wikis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Worked as a scrum master and lead a team of computer programmers as a scrum coach by organizing scrum meetings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;•   Create reports, burn down charts and other documentation from JIRA to track the status and operation of software and to ensure continuous delivery and maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20189" LastEditorUserId="20189" LastEditDate="2020-07-28T06:20:04.777" LastActivityDate="2020-07-28T06:20:04.777" Title="Roles and responsibilities for a Java Backend developer" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2020-07-28T08:46:56.027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-27T17:53:38.027" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for MEXT scholarship and I gradually plan my cost of living in case I got accepted. (Better safe rather than sorry.) And as part of my moving arround I will use public transit. The possible cities I may get accepted are either Tokyo or Komatsu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, I wanted to know how much it roughly costs to use Japaneese public transist for daily commuting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19189" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-07-27T19:46:43.793" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T19:46:43.793" Title="How much does public transit cost in Tokyo or in Komatsu?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;costs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2020-08-04T10:16:35.863" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20861" CreationDate="2020-07-27T19:43:11.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Tokyo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;, in Tokyo a one way ticket is approx 200¥ and a monthly pass around 10,000¥. I couldn't find data for Komatsu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T19:43:11.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2020-07-28T17:39:30.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the same salary, you will always be better off in Switzerland. At the end, there are two key factors 1.) taxes and other mandatory deductions and 2.) housing. At the end, who cares about the garbage collection tax, this doesn't move the needle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Housing in Switzerland is much cheaper vs net incomes. Why? It is regulated.&#xA;Taxes are far lower in Switzerland, specially in the right cantons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can discuss if chicken is more expensive in Switzerland, or petrol or cars. Same salary, you save far more in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20200" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-07-29T08:35:38.953" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T08:35:38.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20856" CreationDate="2020-07-28T22:16:52.097" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw nothing about that in the relevant tax treaty but it seems that in general, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/international-particulier/questions/mon-conjoint-est-letranger-comment-vais-je-declarer-nos-revenus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the whole family is taken into account to compute the &lt;em&gt;quotient familial&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Les personnes domiciliées  fiscalement hors de France sont prises en compte pour la détermination du quotient familial.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means you can in any case use 2.5 units to compute your wife's income tax rate. Regarding your taxes, there are situations under the UK-France tax treaty in which you could be taxable in France but I understand you already made a determination that this is not the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-07-28T22:16:52.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20857" CreationDate="2020-07-28T22:46:26.023" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system is complex and I am not sure I understand all the details but here are some answers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/retire-abroad/state-pensions-abroad/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I found this page from the EU relatively clear&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, that's correct you apply to the country where you reside and they are supposed to handle it. In practice, they won't verify and calculate everything themselves, the rules are too complex for that, but act as an interface with the relevant authorities in each country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will only receive the part of your pension coming from other countries when you reach the retirement age in those countries. This does mean that you could end up with a very low pension for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, that's correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's what they call the “aggregation of periods”. The fact they inserted a link to SOLVIT when discussing this is not particularly reassuring on how well it works in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can chose but if you reside in a country where you never worked, your application should be forwarded to the last country you worked in so it would seem to make sense to contact them directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a whole system for that. Each country has to compute how much you would receive under national rules but also apply these rules under the assumption that you worked your full career (i.e. the total number of years you contributed to any country in the EU) and prorate it to the proportion of that career you spent in the country. You get, from each country, the highest of the two numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's not completely clear to me but the directive explicitly gives you the possibility to ask for a “deferment of the award of old-age benefits under the legislation of one or more Member States” presumably to give you a tool to deal with rules like these. If you don't do anything and (implicitly) apply as soon as possible, it seems that you might permanently reduce the level of your pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you do chose to end the deferment and apply for a pension, it could have consequences on the pension you receive from the other countries in the system, especially if the law changed to your advantage in between (e.g. you now have longer “validated“ periods of assurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's not, as far as I know, controlled by EU law but by bilateral tax treaties so it might differ depending on the exact pair(s) of countries considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nothing, I think the local rules apply to each of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-07-28T23:04:53.770" LastActivityDate="2020-07-28T23:04:53.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-29T07:44:53.173" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whilst I am applying for MEXT scholarship I also looking ways to have cheap transport in Japan. According to my MEXT application I will live either in Komatsu or in Tokyo under student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I want to ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that I have a Greek Driving License for either Bike or Car and an international driving permit what extra procedures I may need for driving in Japan?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is driving a small bike &amp;lt; 400cc is cheaper than public transit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does student visa allow me to drive if any other paperwork is fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What worries me is if I get accepted in Komatsu rather than in Tokyo, the public transist may not be as good as in Osaka or Tokyo. Also, Komatsu has no Orthodox Church AFAIK as well, hence I many need to take Shikansen in order to participate in Divine Liturgy as well, and using it may be expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19189" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T07:44:53.173" Title="Is it cheaper to drive a bike &lt; 400cc in Japan than using public transist?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-29T12:25:22.540" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Blue Card holder in Germany since October 2018, when I started working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2019 I switched my employer without problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, in March of this year I was told my contract would be ended on 30th April due to Corona crisis. Since then, I started looking for a new job, but due to the situation the quest took longer than expected. This month I've got an offer from a good command, but the starting date will be on September 1st. The Ausländerbehörde has already issued a new Zusatzblatt authorising switching to the new employer at this date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now comes my issue: I've applied and have been granted the unemployment benefit (Arbeitslosgeld I) since May 1st. But the Blue card role says I can have it for three months at most:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t67sc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t67sc.png&quot; alt=&quot;rules for blue card&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wG03n.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wG03n.png&quot; alt=&quot;artikel 13&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have requested an exceptional extension to the Arbeitsamt but they told that they cannot do anything to me in this case, as it would go against the Blue card rules. So what am I supposed to do to in August? Unfortunately I depend on the ALGI at the moment to the financial support of my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20202" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T12:25:22.540" Title="Unemployment with Blue card in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20809" CreationDate="2020-07-29T15:22:22.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area&lt;/a&gt; - Croatia is not currently in the Schengen area, so you would need to apply for a visa in order to visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is that they are working towards membership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T15:22:22.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20809" CreationDate="2020-07-29T17:24:50.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the type of Schengen visa you have: a two-entry or multiple-entry visa would exempt you from the visa requirement in Croatia, a single-entry visa does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a resident in the Schengen area (holding a national long-stay or “type D“ visa or a residence permit), you would also be exempted from the visa requirement in Croatia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/visas/visa-requirements-overview/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the Croatian ministry for foreign affairs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-07-29T17:24:50.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-30T05:18:18.583" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently applied for my DL and my California state ID card. I chose my California State ID card to be made Real. Also, my Cal State ID arrived before my DL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both my Cal State ID and DL expire on 03/14/2021. My I-20 expires on 05/14/2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of my friends who are on an F1 visa have their DL valid until their F1 visa expires, and not the I-20. (No idea why? I think their ID's aren't REAL)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is if my DL expires on 03/14/2021 and if I would not have received my OPT yet, is there any way I could renew it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, could I renew it after my OPT arrives, without giving another Behind-the-wheel driving test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16625" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-07-30T18:06:00.987" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T18:06:00.987" Title="CA Real ID Expiration Date" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;identification&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20872" CreationDate="2020-07-30T08:08:03.607" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I and my wife have been living in France with our son for the last 4 years. We are Indian citizens (our child is a US citizen). I am considering moving to the UK for job opportunities but my wife would like to stay back with our son due to her job and then also apply for her French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Eligibility_resulting_from_residency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wikipedia page for acquiring French citizenship&lt;/a&gt; it says that if the applicant for naturalization is married and has children then they should be living in France with their family at the time of application. The citation to this is given as &lt;code&gt;Le code civil des Français, Article 21-17&lt;/code&gt; which says no such thing and is only concerned with the duration of stay before applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone know the exact rules for the aforementioned case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T12:53:13.653" Title="French naturalization for a person with spouse not living in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20871" CreationDate="2020-07-30T12:53:13.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&lt;/a&gt;, you can read :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lieu de résidence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vous devez résider en France au moment de la signature du décret de&#xA;naturalisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;La notion de résidence est plus large que la notion habituelle de&#xA;domicile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Elle implique que vous devez avoir en France le centre de vos intérêts&#xA;matériels (notamment professionnels) et de vos liens familiaux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Si vous résidez en France mais que votre époux(se) et/ou vos enfants&#xA;résident à l'étranger, la nationalité française pourrait vous être&#xA;refusée.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last sentence can be approximately translated as &lt;em&gt;If you reside in France but that your spouse and/or children reside in a foreign country, french nationality can be refused to you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be a problem for your wife in the situation you have described.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T12:53:13.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-30T18:38:15.183" Score="2" ViewCount="427" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Brazil and I am currently studying in Germany. I would like to know how would the situation be, if I would work for a UK based company as a contractor. My current german visa is a study visa, but I know it allows you to work 120 days (full work day), or 240 &amp;quot;half&amp;quot; days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What should I do about the visa? Do I need to request a visa change? I'm not going to work more days than that, because I won't be staying here for too long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How should I declare taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and, does the Brexit change anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20205" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-06T10:33:54.740" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T10:33:54.740" Title="Working remotely from Germany for UK company" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20873" CreationDate="2020-07-30T23:23:37.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany's student visa only allows you to work in an employed capacity, and does not allow self-employed or freelance work. However a UK based company (especially after Brexit) will likely only hire you as a contractor (where you are working as a self-employed capacity, invoice the UK based company for your work and then handle all tax concerns in Germany yourself), unless they have a subsidiary in Germany who can employ you instead. This would mean that this proposition will likely not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Brexit will likely also complicate the taxation part, dependent on the trade and tax arrangements the two countries will have with one another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the company has a German subsidiary then it becomes possible, but that would effectively be the same as working for a German company, with the 120 day limit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T23:23:37.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20846" CreationDate="2020-07-30T23:29:36.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until the 12 month is over you are allowed to drive using your foreign licence. You won't need to put on 'L' plates or similar as well. However if you want to keep on driving without restrictions you have to pass the driving test before the 12 months are over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q417.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ask the police site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While your full licence is valid, you can drive any type of small vehicle shown on your licence for up to 12 months from the time you started living in Great Britain. To continue to drive after this you must pass a GB driving test before the 12 month period ends. &lt;strong&gt;If you get a GB provisional licence during this period, you will not have to display 'L' plates or be supervised by a qualified driver, and you will be able to drive on motorways.&lt;/strong&gt; If you do not pass a test within the 12 month period, you will not be allowed to drive as a full licence holder and the conditions of a GB provisional licence will apply. If you do not apply for a provisional licence within 12 months, you must stop driving and get a GB provisional licence – the conditions of a GB provisional licence will then apply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-07-30T23:29:36.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-31T05:07:01.827" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to the law Stack Exchange. I'm writing with a question on filing and assembling a U.S. green card application for USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My husband and I are filing an Adjustment of Status application (for the green card), have done the paper work, and have procured the evidence/documents needed! We would just like to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way of physically &lt;em&gt;organizing and assembling&lt;/em&gt; the entire packet. Do you suggest placing the individual forms with their accompanying evidence in separate envelopes? Or, assembling one stack of forms atop an indexed stack of evidence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any pointers on how to assemble and organize the green card packet for the USCIS, given the many forms and copies, would be greatly appreciated. An advanced thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20227" OwnerDisplayName="DrStockinette" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T04:25:41.417" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T04:25:41.417" Title="How to assemble the U.S. Green Card Application" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-31T14:27:29.963" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;My little brother is 16, while I am 18 and my boyfriend is 20. We are citizens in the USA.&#xA;The three of us want to live in Germany. My mom gave us permission, but she is not coming with us, and we cannot contact my father for his permission. Is my brother able to stay with us if we do not have legal guardianship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20208" OwnerDisplayName="Evan" LastActivityDate="2020-07-31T18:54:51.167" Title="Can a 16 year old move to Germany with 2 adults that aren't guardians?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20878" CreationDate="2020-07-31T18:54:51.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get the feeling that it &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be possible, but there are a number of things to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Under German law, the guardian has the &lt;em&gt;right and duty&lt;/em&gt; to supervise a minor in accordance with the minor's age and maturity. It is acceptable for a typical 16-year-old to be in a different city or even a different country than the legal guardians. They don't have to tuck him into bed &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The unreachable father could be a &lt;strong&gt;big&lt;/strong&gt; problem unless the mother has sole custody under US law. Guardians are supposed to act in concert, or there may be the suspicion that one guardian is trying to deny the other guardian custody in an unlawful manner.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With the active support of the guardians, a 16-year-old could have his own flat in Germany. Except that it isn't exactly his, the guardians have to sign much of the paperwork, starting with the lease. I don't know how practical that would be from the US, unless the mother comes over to get him settled in.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;That problem is sidestepped if you and your friend sign all those contracts, but landlords will want to know who lives permanently (more or less) in any flat you rent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Living with adult relatives (who are not guardians) for a couple of weeks at a time is no problem. When we a talking months or longer, he will have to register with the municipal authorities as a resident in the relative's residence. At that point child welfare agencies might ask questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For that matter, he is probably required to go to school, vocational school, or an equivalent program. Full-time school is not &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; if he has been at school for 10 years, but the assumption is that if he isn't at full-time school he has an apprenticeship with vocational school days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless you have EU citizenship, you will need long-stay visa. I guess he does not qualify for a skilled jobs visa yet, but it could also be difficult to pass him as your dependent.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On top of that there are the current COVID restrictions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summarized, it sounds difficult enough for &lt;strong&gt;you and your friend&lt;/strong&gt; to immigrate in Germany. A younger not-quite-dependent relative will complicate things. I don't know your personal situation in the US, but consider asking a lawyer. If you can't afford one, you almost certainly can't afford this idea (unless you hold EU citizenship, which simplifies things greatly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2020-07-31T18:54:51.167" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20880" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-31T15:30:11.923" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a UK Tier 4 visa that ends September 2021 but my passport expires in May 2021. Can I apply and renew my passport while I am in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that to enter the UK, my passport has to be valid throughout the stay. But the gov.uk website also says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the valid visa in your expired passport when you’re&#xA;travelling to and from the UK. You’ll need to travel with your expired&#xA;and your new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean they will grant me the visa beyond my passport's expiry date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20210" OwnerDisplayName="thedude" LastActivityDate="2020-07-31T20:42:52.173" Title="Applying for UK Tier 4 (passport expiration)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20877" CreationDate="2020-07-31T21:37:03.590" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure you should put all evidence and forms altogether in one envelope so that they have all the appropriate forms in one stack when they file your applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20209" LastActivityDate="2020-07-31T21:37:03.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-01T03:55:34.417" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have created an express entry profile for Canadian PR. I am confused between NOC code 2173 &amp;amp; 2174. I am not sure which one should I use. My job position, roles &amp;amp; responsibilities in the reference letter are mentioned below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Position: Senior Software Developer&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Roles &amp;amp; Responsibilities mentioned in reference letter by the employer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Analyzing, researching &amp;amp; designing &amp;amp; developing the application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unit test the application &amp;amp; fix any bugs/issues if found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing efficient code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Coordinating with the team to build a fully functional application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resolving complex technical issues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Communicate effectively &amp;amp; professionally with other team members.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating documents of software development &amp;amp; architecture whenever required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Manage the software application and implement the new features/functionalities and roll out the updates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 3 years of experience as Senior Software Developer and for the 1st 1.5 years, I worked in Mobile application development (Android &amp;amp; iOS App Development) &amp;amp; last 1.5 years I worked in Blockchain technology (Creating blockchain network &amp;amp; Backend Applications)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference purpose: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&amp;amp;TVD=122372&amp;amp;CVD=122376&amp;amp;CPV=2173&amp;amp;CST=01012011&amp;amp;CLV=4&amp;amp;MLV=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;NOC 2173 details in Canada's official Website&quot;&gt;NOC 2173&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&amp;amp;TVD=122372&amp;amp;CVD=122376&amp;amp;CPV=2174&amp;amp;CST=01012011&amp;amp;CLV=4&amp;amp;MLV=4.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;NOC 2174 details in Canada's official website&quot;&gt;NOC 2174&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20211" LastActivityDate="2020-08-01T03:55:34.417" Title="NOC code for Senior Software Developer - 2173 or 2174" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-08-01T10:16:43.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20884" CreationDate="2020-08-01T15:09:41.620" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried but am unable to find out the rules for visitors to a foreign country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I study for a 6 year MBBS (medical) course at a University in the United Kingdom, and consider my parents wish to visit me every 6 months till I finish my degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, as you might be knowing, the UK allows visitors up to a maximum of 6 months at a time/every 12 months. There is also a point they mention that visitors should have a genuine intention to return to their home country after their trip to the UK. Also, there are 2, 5 and 10 year multiple entry visas as well (the long-term Standard Visitor visa), but again, 6 months at a time/every 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If visitors stay every 6 months of a year to visit the UK and apparently make UK their de facto &amp;quot;home&amp;quot;, they could potentially be taken very seriously. Visitors must not intend to use this to make UK their de facto home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is whether the UK permits parents of students studying in the UK to accompany them for 6 months a year (that is the maximum limit allowed for visitors) till they finish their degree (in this case, a 6 year long Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree)? The parents &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; intend to game the system and make UK their de facto home (though it might seem so for the duration of those 6 years). Instead, they just plan 6 month trips to the UK every year till their child finishes the degree. Their intention &lt;strong&gt;isn't to make UK their home.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the UK ban my parents from coming to the UK if they notice a regular pattern of coming to the UK every year (and utilizing the entire 6 months duration every time they come)? Is there anything out there (like a declaration statement or so) where my parents can state that they &lt;strong&gt;do not wish to live in the UK permanently,&lt;/strong&gt; and this pattern is merely temporary until I finish my 6 year degree? The reasons they will use the full 6 months limit are humanitarian and affectionate. They just want to be with me as much as they can. No intention to game the system or unlawfully invade UK's spaces. Can they explain this to the relevant authorities beforehand so that they are not banned from coming to the UK in the middle of my degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you and kindest regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20150" OwnerDisplayName="Jay Shah" LastActivityDate="2020-08-01T19:11:01.887" Title="Want to state to the authorities there is no intention to make UK a de facto home" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20883" CreationDate="2020-08-01T19:11:01.887" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the UK ban my parents from coming to the UK if they notice a regular pattern of coming to the UK every year (and utilizing the entire 6 months duration every time they come)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visitor rules do not mention “6 months out of every 12”, only admittance for up to 6 months on any one visit.  That pattern of visiting is not typical. If entering visa-free, the chance of your parents being denied entry could increase with each successive visit. If they can show they qualify for a long term visa and explain the intended pattern of their visits when applying, the chance of problems at the border is much less but possibly not zero.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/101409/requirements-for-long-term-uk-standard-visitor-visa-2-5-10-years/101413#101413&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/101409/requirements-for-long-term-uk-standard-visitor-visa-2-5-10-years/101413#101413&lt;/a&gt; See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/85123/can-i-live-in-the-uk-for-a-long-time-through-repeat-visits&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/85123/can-i-live-in-the-uk-for-a-long-time-through-repeat-visits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything out there (like a declaration statement or so) where my parents can state that they do not wish to live in the UK permanently, and this pattern is merely temporary until I finish my 6 year degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The eligibility requirement when applying for a Visitor visa is to show that the applicant will leave the UK at the end of their visit. Typically that is met by demonstrating compelling ties to home eg a job, dependent family. There’s no extra ‘declaration’ that would carry any additional weight, given that by applying for entry / a visa, they are committing to complying with the Immigration Rules &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-08-01T19:11:01.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-02T04:01:40.967" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume the individual is a US permanent resident. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/20625/164&quot;&gt;Staying outside the US between 6 and 12 months may disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization&lt;/a&gt;. Is there any way to have the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approve that the individual's stay between 6 and 12 months outside the US doesn't disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization purpose, &lt;em&gt;before staying over 6 months outside the US&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, for stays over 1 year, an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/n-470&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes (Form N-470)&lt;/a&gt; can be approved by the USCIS to make sure that the stay outside the US doesn't disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-02T04:07:37.023" LastActivityDate="2020-08-02T04:07:37.023" Title="Can the USCIS approve that a stay between 6 and 12 months outside the US doesn't disrupt the residence continuity before staying over 6 months abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20889" CreationDate="2020-08-02T09:28:13.477" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;A family member living in the states is considering a move to Canada. He has rights to apply for citizenship there in an expedited manner, since he is descended from a Canadian citizen. He has been to Canada as a tourist many times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we talked about his move, he said that only people who have approval from the U.S. government are allowed to move long-term to Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sounds like a de facto exit visa -- a concept that the U.S. has always proudly renounced. (For example, when people were sneaking out of East Germany, people in the west took great pride in not having the draconian exit limitations that East Germans faced in their country.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a documented policy on the part of the Canadian government that limits entry, residency and/or citizenship to people with a U.S. &amp;quot;stamp of approval&amp;quot; of some sort?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9570" LastActivityDate="2020-08-03T11:23:53.433" Title="Do Americans need approval from the United States government in order to become Canadians?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20886" CreationDate="2020-08-02T16:59:17.013" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No this is absolutely not true.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know many Americans who have moved to Canada long term, and become Canadian citizens. Not one of them had to ask permission of the US government. Among other pieces of evidence, consider the huge number of people who moved to Canada to avoid the US draft in the 60s and 70s. If permission had been required they would not have been allowed to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Likewise Canada has no policy of requiring permission from the US before admitting US citizens for any length of time, or before making them Canadian citizens. They may possibly consult with US authorities before granting long term residence, but this would be only on matters like criminal records or threats to national security. And it is entirely at Canada's discretion what use they make of the information. Canada does not require someone to renounce a US citizenship before becoming a Canadian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if your family member is descended from Canadians closely enough, e.g. if one of their parents was born in Canada, then &lt;a href=&quot;https://canadacitizenshiphelp.ca/2018/02/28/how-youre-entitled-to-canadian-citizenship-by-descent/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;that person may already be a Canadian citizen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2020-08-02T16:59:17.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20886" CreationDate="2020-08-03T10:57:26.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As DJClayworth's answer -- which I have upvoted and accepted as the right answer -- says, the United States cannot officially keep people from going to Canada, but &amp;quot;national security&amp;quot; can be a fairly large exception to the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example of how this loophole can be exploited, I googled around and found this story of peace activists being denied entry because they were on a U.S. list of dissenters arrested for protesting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2007/10/anti-war-activists-stopped-at-canadian-border-003467&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2007/10/anti-war-activists-stopped-at-canadian-border-003467&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my relative has been an anti-war protestor in the U.S. in the past, he may or may not be denied entry to Canada at some future time, based on his activities in the American Midwest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I don't think he's ever been arrested for protesting, so probably not, but you never know.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9570" LastEditorUserId="9570" LastEditDate="2020-08-03T11:23:53.433" LastActivityDate="2020-08-03T11:23:53.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20877" CreationDate="2020-08-03T14:33:54.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;General guideline are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write a cover letter for each form (I-130, E-485, I-864, I-765) with applicant and sponsor information and list all the documentation (as a bullet point list) that you are attaching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write another &amp;quot;main&amp;quot; cover letter with applicant and sponsor information and list all forms attached.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the evidence of &lt;em&gt;Bona Fide&lt;/em&gt; marriage, create a table of contents and organize documents by categories (Bills, Bank Statements, Pictures, Affidavits, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is recommended that all documentation must printed on standard 8 1/2 by 11 size. If you decide to add tabs for easier navigation do it at the bottom of the page &lt;strong&gt;not on the side!&lt;/strong&gt; You can use post-it to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bind everything together using clips &lt;strong&gt;not staples!&lt;/strong&gt; USCIS keep their paperwork organized by clips on the top of the page. Similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71HvtU9GKkL._AC_SY355_.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add the passport pictures on a ziploc bag followed by your notification and money form on the very top of the package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, don't forget to sign all forms before submitting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/form-filing-tips&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/form-filing-tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="17403" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T22:22:21.040" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T22:22:21.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20909" CreationDate="2020-08-03T16:44:43.597" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; This post previously had 2 questions but @DavidSupportsMonica gave an acceptable answer in the comments so I deleted the now solved question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to know whether:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose that someone's priority date is current (read, their chance have finally come in the queue), are they legally required to take that green card and start residing in the US straightaway? What if they actually arrive in the US after 1-2 years or say a much bigger number, 5-7 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking because my circumstances are a bit strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="20224" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T23:37:13.293" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T15:33:26.443" Title="Do I have to take Green card and start residing in the US ASAP?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-04T03:32:56.350" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently inquiring with movers to move my personal items/household goods from Hong Kong to Canada. I will be flying to Canada around the same time as the moving of my items and hence will arrive in Canada well before my personal effects arrive by sea freight. The freight will go to Vancouver, BC, but I will by the time the items arrive already be at my new home almost 1000km away from Vancouver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One particular mover, whose service I like and whom I have used before, insists on me having to be personally present when my shipment arrives in Vancouver and undergoes customs clearance. I have never heard of such requirements and it would be a major inconvenience to travel 2000km (two-way) just so I can be physically present at the port of entry of my personal effects. The entire point of using a door-to-door service is to avoid such hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone share from their personal experience or point me to a federal document that states such requirements should it really exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&#xA;Matt&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20222" OwnerDisplayName="Matthias Wolf" LastEditorUserId="20222" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T05:31:38.230" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T05:31:38.230" Title="Moving to Canada - Do I need to be physically present when household goods arrive in Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20873" CreationDate="2020-08-04T09:14:43.053" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question. I always wondered, how working self-employed for another country can be prohibited by German laws, if you are allowed to be self-employed in Brasil. Maybe somebody can bring more light on this, but let's assume that one needs a permission for self-employment from the country where he physically resides while being a contractor. Then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to apply for a permission for being self-employed in Germany, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/14430/13223&quot;&gt;see my other answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should declare taxes as usual:) Taxes are (1) complicated, (2) not specific to your immigration/expatriate status and are kind of off-topic here. If you know how to declare it - do it yourself. If not - go to a tax consultant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also check the same question on Law: &lt;a href=&quot;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/27038/20294&quot;&gt;https://law.stackexchange.com/q/27038/20294&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T09:22:40.627" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T09:22:40.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20895" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20896" CreationDate="2020-08-04T10:00:09.380" Score="5" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am soon going to naturalize as a Maltese citizen. I have tried to search out but I always found unclear answers. May be my interpretations were vague. Could you please answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can my non-EU parents who are &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; dependent on me for &lt;strong&gt;ANYTHING&lt;/strong&gt; (financial or personal care etc.) come to live with me in another EU country if I don't have any employment in that country but I am self sufficient financially and can financially support my parents too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can my unmarried aunt (non-EU national) come to that country to live with me if I am not employed but am self sufficient to support myself and her financially?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer to both of the above questions is &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot;, then can I bring &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; my parents and my aunt? Is there any restriction like Canada which mandates that relatives can't join you if they are not alone (that is, no family member lives with them, and no family member lives with the sponsor in Canada); in other language, Canada only allows relative reunification if that will result in the unification of 2 sole family members that are actually alive in the family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20224" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T16:10:19.313" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T16:10:19.313" Title="Regarding EU family reunification for non-EU family members" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20895" CreationDate="2020-08-04T11:37:26.813" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the status as a &lt;em&gt;non-EU family member&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;dependency&lt;/strong&gt; is the main keyword that must be fulfilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether another form of residence permit is possible, where you serve as a financial sponsor, is something you must ask the Maltese authoraties directly since it would based solely on Maltese national laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/malta/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registering your non-EU family members in another EU country – Malta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;For:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Husband / wife&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(grand)children&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(grand)parents&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Extended family members (uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc.)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) with a document/s issued by the competent authority of the country of origin or the country from which such family members came, proving their relationship to the EU national concerned – all relevant civil status certificates.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(ii) with a document issued by the competent authority of the country of origin or the country from which the family members came, in the case they are dependent children over twenty-one or &lt;strong&gt;are dependent direct relatives in the ascending line&lt;/strong&gt;, or other family members, &lt;strong&gt;testifying that they depend on the EU national concerned&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(iii) where applicable, with the registration certificate of the EU national concerned;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(iv)  in the case of extended family members only, where the existence of serious health grounds which strictly requires the personal care by the Union citizen, with proof that &lt;strong&gt;they are members of the household of the EU national concerned&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu-family-members-residence-card/malta/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registering your non-EU family members in another EU country - Malta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T11:37:26.813" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-04T12:37:57.950" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Berlin has approved the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mietendeckel.berlin.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mietendeckel law&lt;/a&gt; which limits the rent. I've been living in the current apartment for over a year. In February I received a letter from the landlord telling us to halt the previously agreed rent increase and continue paying the original rent for now, and saying that they would send the criteria letter a bit later. However, that letter never seems to have arrived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is a common situation that has happened if the current rent is clearly higher than the Mietendeckel (my apartment is really small but in a central area). I guess if they send the criteria letter now, it would suggest that I should pay a much lower rent, and this would put them in an awkward position? However, it seems that by the Mietendeckel law, the landlord is allowed to continue charging the original rent until 23/11/2020. Therefore, even if there is theoretically a criteria letter that established that the new rent should be lower than the current rent, they can still demand the Mieter to pay the original rent until 23/11/2020. Is this understanding correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe they're expecting the Bundesverfassungsgericht to overturn the law. However, I'm not sure what would happen if the decision still doesn't come out on 23/11/2020. That would seemingly cause some uncertainty in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if I should simply wait until 23/11/2020 or the decision from Bundesverfassungsgericht, whichever comes earlier, before I take any action. My thought process is that, even if I do demand the criteria letter and receive it now, it doesn't really help me, since the landlord is still allowed to charge the original rent until 23/11/2020. If the law then gets overturned, it would potentially put me in an awkward position, since I don't have any intention of moving out for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have bought legal insurance and my idea is that if things are still up in the air by 23/11/2020 I may contact a lawyer and demand a lower rent. I don't know if starting only then would delay things a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have no idea how likely it is for the law to be overturned. From what I've read so far, many people do seem to think that the law will be overturned, but it's not sure when.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or would it still make sense for me to demand this criteria letter now anyways?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T09:03:53.360" Title="Berlin Mietendeckel - Haven't received the criteria letter from the landlord. Should I wait for the decision from Bundesverfassungsgericht?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20897" CreationDate="2020-08-04T15:06:02.607" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In February I received a letter from the landlord telling us to halt the previously agreed rent increase and continue paying the original rent for now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is correct. You should pay the same rent that was being paid on the 18.06.2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should have recieved a letter by the 23th of April 2020 (&lt;strong&gt;Informationsschreiben / die Auskunft nach §6 Abs. 4 des MietenWoG&lt;/strong&gt;) what the maximum rent that is allowed is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any rent that is higher than 20% of that given sum, must no longer be paid after the 23.11.2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have bought legal insurance and my idea is that if things are still up in the air by 23/11/2020 I may contact a lawyer and demand a lower rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume this is a &lt;strong&gt;Rechtsschutzversicherung&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have not yet received the required letter, which would now be 3 months overdue, then the landlord is is violation of &lt;strong&gt;§6 Abs. 4 des MietenWoG&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should then start that process with your lawyer &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the rent is greater that the 20% and no formel notice is sent by the landlord by the end of this month (August), then the lawyer should write them in September requesting compliance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should they not reply or agree by the end of September, then the lawyer should inform the &lt;strong&gt;Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen&lt;/strong&gt;. They will probably 'invite' the landlord in for a conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until the &lt;strong&gt;Bundesverfassungsgericht&lt;/strong&gt; states otherwise, the &lt;strong&gt;MietenWoG&lt;/strong&gt; is binding on all parties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mietendeckel.berlin.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mietendeckel Informationen&lt;/a&gt; (final page of dialog)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Der/die Vermietende muss Ihnen innerhalb von zwei Monaten [23.04.2020] nach Inkrafttreten des Gesetzes unaufgefordert die zur Berechnung der Mietobergrenze maßgeblichen Kriterien mitteilen. Sofern die »eingefrorene« Miete vom 18.06.2019 &lt;strong&gt;mehr als 20 % über der zulässigen Mietobergrenze liegt&lt;/strong&gt;, ist diese überhöhte Miete neun Monate nach Inkrafttreten des Gesetzes verboten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The landlord must inform you within two months [April 23, 2020] of the entry into force of the law without being asked the criteria relevant for calculating the rent limit.  If the &amp;quot;frozen&amp;quot; rent from June 18, 2019 &lt;strong&gt;is more than 20% above the permissible rent limit&lt;/strong&gt;, this excessive rent is prohibited nine months after the law comes into force.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wenn der/die Vermietende ggf. auch trotz einer freundlichen Erinnerung an seine/ihre Pflichten ab dem 23.11.2020 eine höhere Miete als die zulässige Mietobergrenze verlangen sollte, wenden Sie sich an die Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, despite a friendly reminder of his / her duties, the landlord should, after November 23, 2020, ask for a higher rent than the permitted rent limit, please contact the Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mietendeckel.berlin.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mietendeckel Informationen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://hev-berlin.de/aktuell/gesetz-zur-neuregelung-gesetzlicher-vorschriften-zur-mietenbegrenzung-in-kraft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Leitfaden zum &amp;quot;Berliner Mietendeckel&amp;quot; - Was ist zu tun? MietenWoG Bln - Gesetz gilt ab sofort | HEV Berlin - Hauseigentümer &amp;amp; Vermieterverein e.V.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T09:03:53.360" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T09:03:53.360" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20900" CreationDate="2020-08-04T18:37:05.423" Score="2" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently living in the US, I would like to travel to France for a maximum of 6 months and continue working remotely (French citizen with US L1 VISA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I declare taxes?&#xA;Should I declare taxes only to US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20225" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T21:44:06.857" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T23:04:59.570" Title="Short stay in France while remote working for a US company (French citizen)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20899" CreationDate="2020-08-04T21:14:56.600" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to (my reading of) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/files/media/10_conventions/etats-unis/etats-unis_convention-avec-les-etats-unis-impot-sur-le-revenu-impot-sur-la-fortune_fd_1835.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the tax treaty between France and the US&lt;/a&gt;, you would only be taxed in the US provided:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you're staying in France for a maximum of 183 days during the whole year. That's roughly six months so you should be fine but you should make sure you're not staying a little more than six months and also include any holidays or visits to France you might make during the rest of the year.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your employer doesn't have a presence in France.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule in France, you cannot be fined by the tax office if you did not owe any taxes so not being taxable effectively means you don't have to file a return (unless you have some property in France or French-sourced income beside your salary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T23:04:59.570" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T23:04:59.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-04T17:31:52.940" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;An elderly couple came to the US to visit their daughter on a visitor's visa toward the end of last year.  Due to the coronavirus outbreak, they applied to extend their stay by six months.  Application was received but the outcome still pending.  Since the COVID situation has not blown over and they do not feel it is safe to travel for who knows how long, their daughter (a US Citizen) wants to petition to adjust their status with forms I-130 and I-485.  The question is, can she do this now, while the original extension of stay is still pending?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="CCKx" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T04:24:33.327" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T06:06:45.623" Title="Petition for Adjustment of Status while extension of stay is still pending?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-05T17:33:22.743" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;For visa application made from within the UK, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about-our-services&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI's service standards on processing times&lt;/a&gt; is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Processing time: &lt;strong&gt;8 weeks&lt;/strong&gt;, for Customers applying to remain on a temporary basis including as spouses, workers, Tier 1 general and entrepreneurs, students and organisations seeking to sponsor a worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our service standard processing times for standard applications will start when we receive your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the specific visa  that I have applied on &lt;strong&gt;July 01, 2020&lt;/strong&gt; (completed the online application, paid the fees, Immigration health surcharge etc.), I got a checklist of documents to submit, but also had the following wording:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further actions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have chosen the standard service. You must now book and attend an appointment with our commercial partner to provide your documents and your biometrics (fingerprints and facial photograph). You can do this by logging back in to your application via the link in your confirmation email and continuing to our commercial partner's website from there, and you must do so before 02 September 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should receive a decision on your application within &lt;strong&gt;8 weeks of submitting your on-line application&lt;/strong&gt;. We will contact you if it will take longer to process your application.&#xA;If you have any queries, visit our website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is clearly a bit of confusion here. I am still waiting to obtain a biometrics appointment, but have uploaded the mandatory (and other) documents on the &lt;em&gt;commercial partner's (Sopra Steria)&lt;/em&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when does the &lt;strong&gt;8-week&lt;/strong&gt; timeframe begin. Does it begin:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;step 1 - Immediately after my online application is submitted and the fees and IHS surcharge paid?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;step 2 - After mandatory (and optional documents) are submitted)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;step 3- After biometrics are also taken at Sopra Steria?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they say that our service standard processing times for standard applications will start when we receive your &lt;strong&gt;application&lt;/strong&gt;, does it mean the entire procedure up to and including biometrics, or just the online application? Also, is UKVI still holding the &lt;strong&gt;8 weeks&lt;/strong&gt; service standards (as of Aug 2020)? Most importantly, has a caseworker already started looking into my application yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking these questions out of desperation because I cannot travel to my home country (India) while the visa application is pending and feel like a prisoner here whilst waiting for biometrics. I'd like to travel to India for - a) to be with my newborn baby, and b) to be with my parents who recently became quite ill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16869" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T17:33:22.743" Title="At what point in the application cycle does the UKVI service-standards timeline begin for visa applications made from within the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-05T20:06:43.393" Score="0" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Israel and Germany have a treaty (or a convention if you will) regarding social security benefits: Unemployment, accidents, old-age, disability etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Hebrew version of the convention can be downloaded from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.btl.gov.il/Laws1/10_0011_000000.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (btl.gov.il - the Israeli national insurance website; may require login) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://app.box.com/s/vlltgppxs444b5wj31exbo3z7z3nwxn1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (a copy I made on Box.com). But - I couldn't find the German version of the convention; and I need it for an acquaintance of mine who doesn't speak Hebrew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T22:37:19.307" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T22:37:19.307" Title="Social security treaty/convention between Germany and Israel - German text?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-06T02:29:57.000" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have completed four years in Canada and as a permanent resident,  I was thinking of applying for citizenship. The question I want to ask if whether I need to do a test to prove my English speaking skills. I scored 109/120 on a TOEFL internet based test 12 years ago and I have a Masters degree from the UK. Being from a non- English speaking country, should I still prove my proficiency in English? If so, what are cheap options I can use to fulfill the requirement. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11602" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T05:09:17.413" Title="Canada Citizenship application" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20904" CreationDate="2020-08-06T05:09:17.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I scored 109/120 on a TOEFL internet based test 12 years ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the 12 years ago won't matter, my ten year old IELTS test was accepted just fine but &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=572&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=572&lt;/a&gt; doesn't list the TOEFL and states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don’t accept any other third-party test results, even if they’re similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Continuing on,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Masters degree from the UK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's great! &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=573&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=573&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may send a transcript, diploma or certificate showing that you graduated from a secondary school or from a post-secondary program in Canada or abroad. These materials must show that the program was in English or French. A single course in an official language is not enough to meet this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing you best of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T05:09:17.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20901" CreationDate="2020-08-06T05:30:09.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. The couple is immigrating in the Immediate Relative category (spouse, parent, or unmarried under-21 child of US citizen), and are exempt from the bars to Adjustment of Status (I-485) for being out of status at the time of filing (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 7, Part B, Chapter 3&lt;/a&gt;) or for failure to maintain status in the past (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 4&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-8#S-B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chapter 8, section B&lt;/a&gt; summarizes this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certain adjustment bars do not apply to an immediate relative,&#xA;including the spouse or child (unmarried and under 21 years old) of a&#xA;U.S. citizen, and the parent of a U.S. citizen older than 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An adjustment applicant applying as an immediate relative may be&#xA;eligible to adjust status even if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant is not in lawful immigration status on the date he or she files the adjustment application;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant has ever failed to continuously maintain a lawful status since entry into the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although a pending Extension of Stay application does not by itself count as lawful status for the purposes the bars to Adjustment of Status, this doesn't affect them since they don't have to be in lawful status to file Adjustment of Status in their category. Even if we assume the worst case that their Extension of Stay is denied, and thus they would not have been in status at the time of filing their I-485 (Adjustment of Status), they Adjustment of Status application would still not be affected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T05:30:09.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20398" CreationDate="2020-08-06T07:32:06.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably my answer arrives too late, but might be still relevant for persons in similar situations. In cases like yours, usually:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blue Card was not yet issued, so one is not a Blue Card holder (rather he/she is just a visa holder), see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12606/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12606/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the salary is below &amp;quot;the limit required to avoid obtaining&amp;quot; agreement from the Job Agency, one will be checked by the Job Agency, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7074/blue-card-vs-work-permit-for-it-specialists/11514#11514&quot;&gt;Blue Card vs Work Permit for IT Specialists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If one is an IT engineer, he/she can apply not only for Blue Card, but also for other types of residence permit. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11511/13223&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T07:32:06.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-06T09:03:19.663" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know there have already been some discussions on Mietpreisbremse and I've looked through them, however, the situation still seems confusing and different sources give different answers. Some people claim that the Mietpreisbremse doesn't apply to furnished apartments, while some others do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read in several websites online that usually the landlord can charge 2% of the furniture monthly. However, the only basis for that claim seems to be a decision made in a Berlin court a long time ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if something has changed/been clarified since the law has apparently been prolonged for 5 more years just recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On ImmobilienScout24 the vast majority of rental listings I see (in Berlin, München etc.) seem to have double the price of what the Mietspiegel would suggest, even though they are not new buildings. It sounds barely plausible to reach such a price, even with a full set of luxury furniture (not to mention many apartments only have random IKEA-level furniture anyways). Maybe the Einbauküche and kitchen appliances costs some money but it's unlikely to be that much either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the following paragraphs from this article last year &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2019-11/moeblierte-wohnungen-vermietung-homelike-wunderflats-mietpreisbremse/komplettansicht&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2019-11/moeblierte-wohnungen-vermietung-homelike-wunderflats-mietpreisbremse/komplettansicht&lt;/a&gt; summarized the situation quite well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Die große Koalition hatte im Jahr 2015 die Mietpreisbremse eingeführt. Sie sollte die extremen Steigerungen der Mietpreise begrenzen. Bei der Wiedervermietung einer Wohnung, die in einem angespannten Markt liegt, darf die Miete höchstens zehn Prozent über der ortsüblichen Vergleichsmiete liegen. Diese Regeln gelten auch für möblierte Wohnungen – das sehen zumindest die Mieterschützer so. Laut Rechtsprechung ist aber ein Aufschlag für die Möblierung erlaubt: Im Jahr 2003 hat das Landgericht Berlin diesen Zuschlag auf die Monatsmiete mit zwei Prozent des Zeitwerts der Möbel beziffert. Demnach dürfte eine Wohnung, die für 5.000 Euro möbliert wurde, monatlich um 100 Euro teurer sein als eine unmöblierte. Bisher ist das Urteil allerdings nur die Meinung eines einzelnen Gerichtes. Vom Bundesgerichtshof, der in diesem Fall zuständig wäre, wurde es nicht bestätigt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wie problematisch das Zwei-Prozent-Urteil sein kann, zeigt sich, wenn man etwa beim anfangs erwähnten &amp;quot;wundervollen Zuhause&amp;quot; in Neukölln nachrechnet. Selbst wenn man eine ortsübliche Vergleichsmiete von zehn Euro pro Quadratmeter annimmt und Nebenkosten, Heizkosten und Strom miteinbezieht, kommt man auf eine zulässige Miete von 535 Euro für die 35 Quadratmeter. Bei einem Möblierungszuschlag von zwei Prozent des Zeitwerts der Möbel müsste die Einrichtung zwischen 35.000 und 40.000 Euro gekostet haben, um die 1.400 Euro Miete zu rechtfertigen – und komplett neu sein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is true, then the so-called &amp;quot;2 percent rule&amp;quot; for furnished apartments seems to actually be some sort of legal gray zone, and each case will have to be decided separately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering about this since I just realized that the Kaltmiete for my furnished apartment (in a central area in Berlin, unlimited contract) is almost 300 Euros more than the Mietspiegel. However, it feels like the landlord mostly left some cheap furniture in there so as to make it &amp;quot;furnished&amp;quot;. It's hard to justify this price if we apply the 2 percent rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I look at comparable online listings in similar locations, they are almost all &lt;em&gt;even more expensive&lt;/em&gt; than what I'm currently paying. This makes me wonder if Mietpreisbremse is being invoked at all, or are most people just content with paying the higher price, since they feel this is just how the market is at the moment, and it's quite hard to find a place. I wonder if it's ever worth the trouble to complain about my rental contract after all. I don't intend to search for a new place in the short term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bought Rechtsschutzversicherung about 3 months ago, but clearly it doesn't cover the rental contract that I signed, which started 1 year ago. I was surprised to find out that the Prozesskostenrechtsschutz offered by Berliner Mieterverein &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berliner-mieterverein.de/beratung-und-service/prozesskostenrechtsschutz.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.berliner-mieterverein.de/beratung-und-service/prozesskostenrechtsschutz.htm&lt;/a&gt; also has a similar clause. It makes me wonder if there is a point in going to the Mieterverein, since I have to join them before I can make a consultation, but the membership in the Mieterverein has a minimum duration of 2 years... Though maybe most cases were resolved by the Mieterverein communicating with the landlord already, without them ever going to a Prozess?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6155" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T09:03:19.663" Title="Does Mietpreisbremse apply to furnished apartments?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20892" CreationDate="2020-08-06T15:33:26.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;USCIS now has a very nice set of web pages that discuss the entire flow of the immigrant visa process. You're interested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-12-after-the-interview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; in particular. I've extracted the relevant paragraph below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When should I travel?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must arrive in and apply for admission to the United States no&#xA;later than the visa expiration date printed on your visa. An immigrant&#xA;visa is usually valid for up to six months from the date of issuance&#xA;unless your medical examination expires sooner, which may make your&#xA;visa valid for less than six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire flow chart and pages start &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you enter, you should try to stay in the US long enough to receive your green card. However, any long absence (more than a few months, particular 6 months to over a year are problematic) could trigger a loss of permant residence or delay your ability to qualify for citizenship. The US authorities want you to make and maintain your life in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T15:33:26.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20910" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-06T11:21:57.613" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m an Indian National holding a Post-graduate Open Work Permit (PGWP) in Canada which expires on 11th September 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I primarily live in Canada, have a valid job offer and have been invited to apply for my Permanent residence (PR). I have applied for a Bridging Work Permit till my PR gets approved to legally work in a Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently stuck in India due to Covid-19 and looking to fly back to Canada via a repatriation flight. I also do not have medical/travel insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m worried that I could be denied entry due to travel restrictions and having no insurance with covid around.&#xA;What are my chances of having entry denied at the border?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anusha sitaraman" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T17:12:58.433" Title="Canadian PGWP expiring in September: chances of entry denial at border?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20910" CreationDate="2020-08-06T12:14:28.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For temporary foreign workers (not to be confused with TFW program), you may be able to enter Canada if you meet specific requirements for your travel to be essential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are normally a resident of Canada (e.g. you were just on vacation in India for a few weeks until the crisis), you can almost definitely return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you will need your port of entry letter/letter of introduction and a confirmed job offer. You can ask CIC if you qualify (if you can get through to an agent, they are usually helpful.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Travel restrictions and exemptions for temporary workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a temporary worker, you’re exempt from travel restrictions if&#xA;you’re coming for an essential (non-discretionary) purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certain people who can work without a permit may also be exempt from&#xA;travel restrictions. Essential (non-discretionary) travel for a&#xA;temporary worker&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essential refers to travel for reasons that are non-discretionary and&#xA;non-optional. The emergency orders under the Quarantine Act do not&#xA;allow people to travel to Canada for optional or discretionary&#xA;reasons, such as for tourism, recreation or entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a worker, your travel is essential (non-discretionary) if you’re in&#xA;either of these situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a valid work permit and normally live in Canada.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This applies even if you’ve been laid off.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You’re a worker who meets all of the following:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;has a letter of introduction for a work permit (open or employer-specific)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;has a valid job offer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;can work once you enter Canada and complete your 14-day quarantine (unless you’re exempt)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/foreign-workers.html#restriction&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/foreign-workers.html#restriction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" OwnerDisplayName="zhantongz" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T12:14:28.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20480" CreationDate="2020-08-06T20:42:00.963" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS &amp;gt; Policy Manual &amp;gt; Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization &amp;gt; Part D - General Naturalization Requirements &amp;gt; Chapter 4 - Physical Presence&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200716011740/https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/575/user102008&quot;&gt;user102008&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20787/164&quot;&gt;pointing to it&lt;/a&gt;) states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;USCIS will count the day that an applicant departs from the United States and the day he or she returns as days of physical presence within the United States for naturalization purposes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[3]: 3. USCIS will only count residence in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on or after November 28, 2009, as time counted for physical presence within the United States for naturalization purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not 100% sure this also applies to the 180-rule from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1101&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LII U.S. Code Title 8. ALIENS AND NATIONALITY Chapter 12. IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY Subchapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1101. Definitions&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200806204927/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1101&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) that you mentioned though, but I'm hoping the USCIS counts days outside similarly for green-card-related rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-06T20:50:32.917" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T20:50:32.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20625" CreationDate="2020-08-06T22:07:56.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/travel-abroad-affects-citizenship-eligibility/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://citizenpath.com/travel-abroad-affects-citizenship-eligibility/&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200806220713/https://citizenpath.com/travel-abroad-affects-citizenship-eligibility/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) (general answer, not conditioned on satisfying A, C, and D):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disrupting the Continuous Residence Requirement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the following guidelines apply for permanent residents who&#xA;are traveling abroad:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A trip abroad that is less than 6 months will not disrupt continuous residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A trip abroad of 6-12 months will likely disrupt continuous residence.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A trip abroad 12 months or longer will disrupt continuous residence.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;USCIS officers are also well aware of the games some people play. They&#xA;will examine all of the trips taken during the 5 years that precedes&#xA;the filing of the application. USCIS will notice if the applicant has&#xA;taken multiple trips which appear calculated to take less than six&#xA;months. (For example, the applicant travels abroad for 5 months and 15&#xA;days, returns to the U.S. for 10 ten days, then leaves again for&#xA;another 5 months.) &lt;strong&gt;The USCIS officer may consider the two separate&#xA;trips as one long trip of more than 10 months&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/faq/list-time-outside-united-states-form-n-400/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://citizenpath.com/faq/list-time-outside-united-states-form-n-400/&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200806221212/https://citizenpath.com/faq/list-time-outside-united-states-form-n-400/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Avoid any single trip outside the U.S. that lasts six months or longer. [...] If you have spent a significant number of days outside the U.S. (over 180 days), CitizenPath recommends that you consult with an attorney before filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-06T22:13:42.027" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T22:13:42.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20432" CreationDate="2020-08-06T22:39:25.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/immigration/b/insidenews/posts/faq-for-green-card-holders-during-the-covid-19-period&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/immigration/b/insidenews/posts/faq-for-green-card-holders-during-the-covid-19-period&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200806223436/https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/immigration/b/insidenews/posts/faq-for-green-card-holders-during-the-covid-19-period&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you meet the physical presence test, you have to also demonstrate that you did not break continuity of residence, and so remaining outside the US in excess of six months will lead to a rebuttable presumption that you broke continuous residence. Under current law, one can rebut the presumption by demonstrating that you did not move your residence or seek employment overseas, or your immediate family members remained in the US. &lt;strong&gt;There is no accommodation in the existing rules regarding remaining outside the US due to circumstances beyond your control.&lt;/strong&gt; Still, an applicant is nevertheless encouraged to use a COVID-19 related ground to also rebut the presumption of breaking continuity of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-08-06T22:39:25.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20915" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-08-07T05:28:43.100" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-08-07T05:28:43.100" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T05:28:43.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20916" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-08-07T05:28:43.100" Score="0" Body="Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in Afghanistan." OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-07T11:14:18.867" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T11:14:18.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20920" CreationDate="2020-08-07T14:35:37.647" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; page states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. &lt;strong&gt;Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The language makes me believe that &lt;strong&gt;no matter where I reside&lt;/strong&gt; (directly referring to &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;no matter where I work&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, as I will work in the country where I &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt;, right?) I will have to pay US taxes. That is, even if I work and earn in Vietnam (I will have to &lt;strong&gt;reside&lt;/strong&gt; in Vietnam to actually work there, right?), I will be, in principal and according to the definition, &lt;strong&gt;residing&lt;/strong&gt; in Vietnam so I will be subject to US taxation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me find any flaw in this understanding. I have heard about the Foreign Income Deduction, but that contradicts with the statement above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20229" LastEditorUserId="20229" LastEditDate="2020-08-08T08:57:28.190" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T08:57:28.190" Title="US tax for Expats, where no double taxation treaty exists (Vietnam)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-07T19:48:05.810" Score="0" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father has filled my DS-260 form and now we are stuck in the &amp;quot;Sign and Submit&amp;quot; page, where it asks for the case number and passport number. We have one case number of course, but which passport's number should we enter, mine or his? &lt;strong&gt;The form is mine but he is the one who filled it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: this are the fields I am referring to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MMD3X.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MMD3X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15694" LastEditorUserId="15694" LastEditDate="2020-08-08T17:50:53.520" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T18:12:59.257" Title="Whose info should I write in the DS-260 &quot;Sign and Submit&quot; page?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-07T20:55:04.427" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I, today got the blue card, now after 10 days I want to go to India and work for 6 months from there for the same German company and with Indian payroll,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it affect my blue card status?&#xA;What will happen to my German insurance and social security and all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19646" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T20:55:04.427" Title="Working from India after getting Blue card" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20917" CreationDate="2020-08-07T23:06:01.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;US law provides that US citizens and resident aliens must report and pay income tax on their worldwide income, wherever received. This applies to US citizens and resident aliens who live in the US, as well as to those who live outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IRS Publication 54: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-54&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad&lt;/a&gt; addresses tax payment for those who reside outside the US. (The linked page states the page was updated August 20, 2020. Thus, as of the date of this answer, that's the current edition.) Section 15 discusses the Foreign Earned Income and Foreign Housing Exclusion. A taxpayer who qualifies can exclude up to $105,900 from income otherwise reportable on IRS Form 1040.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Publication 54 states that to take advantage of the income exclusion, the taxpayer must meet all three of the following requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your tax home must be in a foreign country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have foreign earned income.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must be one of the following. (a)&#xA;A U.S. citizen who is a bona fide resident of a foreign country or countries for an uninterrupted period that includes an entire tax year;&#xA;(b) A U.S. resident alien who is a citizen or national of a country with which the United States has an income tax treaty in effect and who is a bona fide resident of a foreign country or countries for an uninterrupted period that includes an entire tax year;&#xA;(c) A U.S. citizen or a resident alien who is physically present in a foreign country or countries for at least 330 full days during any period of 12 consecutive months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that subsection 3 is satisfied if the taxpayer is defined by either subsection 3(a), or 3(b), or 3(c). I do not know if Vietnam has a subsection 3(b) treaty with the United States. If the taxpayer is described by 3(a) or 3(c), however, 3(b) is irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To claim the exclusion, the taxpayer must complete and file &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2555&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS Form 2555&lt;/a&gt; along with the taxpayer's Form 1040.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-08-07T23:23:19.977" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T23:23:19.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20917" CreationDate="2020-08-08T03:26:38.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The usual rule, for not just the US but almost all countries, is that tax residents of a country (for some definition of tax residence) are taxed on their worldwide income, whereas tax non-residents of a country are taxed only on their income from that country. So if you have income from a different country than you reside, it is usually the case that you are taxed on that work income by your country of residence, as well as the country where the income came from. (And yes, you can have income from a different country than you reside. For example, you can commute from one country to another country to work. Or, you can have non-work income like investments in a different country than you live.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to taxing residents on their worldwide income, the US also has the rule that US citizens are also taxed on their worldwide income, even if they are not resident in the US. This unusual rule is what that statement is trying to express.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because you, as a US citizen, will be taxed by both the US and Vietnam on your income from Vietnam (or income from other places while residing in Vietnam), and there is no tax treaty, doesn't mean you will pay double tax. You can use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and/or the Foreign Tax Credit to reduce your US tax from income that is taxed by both the US and a foreign country. (You can choose one or the other or the combination of both that gives you the most savings.) In particular, the Foreign Tax Credit reduces your US taxes by the amount of foreign taxes paid on double-taxed income, or the US taxes paid on that same income, whichever is less. The result is that you pay net taxes equal to whichever is of the two taxes is higher. So you will do at least as well as paying only one country's worth of taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T03:26:38.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-08T09:27:28.353" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents are government doctors and they are going to naturalize as US citizens soon (I am a US citizen and have plans to sponsor them soon, but in the long term, we have plans to live in Vietnam, my &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; home). The Government cuts part of their monthly salary and saves it to provide monthly pension to them when they retire at 64 years of age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to know whether they would be liable to file US taxes on their &amp;quot;foreign pension&amp;quot; (like the one I described) when they start receiving it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20229" LastEditorUserId="20229" LastEditDate="2020-08-08T09:32:40.440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T09:32:40.440" Title="US tax on foreign pensions?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20918" CreationDate="2020-08-08T18:12:59.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The DS-260 presented in the question does not exactly track the appearance of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260-Exemplar.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DS-260 exemplar cited in the comments&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DS-260 presented in the question, however, contains a reference to the signer's Selective Service System form DS-1810. This form refers to the SSS status of the applicant or the applicant's family members who are included in the application and will be entering the United States. It does not (necessarily) refer to the &amp;quot;preparer&amp;quot; of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the signature fields you reference should be completed with the applicant's passport number. &amp;quot;The form is mine&amp;quot; wording in the question suggests the son (the writer of the question) is the applicant. If that's correct, then the son's passport number should be entered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T18:12:59.257" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20926" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20929" CreationDate="2020-08-09T17:17:57.947" Score="4" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could have asked this as a comment to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9685/what-are-the-exact-conditions-under-which-an-eu-citizen-may-be-entitled-to-bring#&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question to &lt;strong&gt;phoog&lt;/strong&gt;, but I don't have enough reputation to comment there, so I have asked this as a formal question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU law allows non-EU Core family members (spouse, minor child, dependent ascendants etc.) to join their EU family member to a member state other than the one the EU family member is a citizen of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, it also allows &amp;quot;extended&amp;quot; family members (it can be anyone, who is either dependent or member of the household) to join their EU family member to join them in a member state other than the one the EU family member is a citizen of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, I think, the majority of the parents would anyway qualify for residence even if they are in no possible way dependent. They could simply apply through the &amp;quot;extended&amp;quot; family option by stating that they are bona fide members of the household (in the majority of the countries, except Bhutan and some others, parents live together with their Son and daughter-in-law). So almost every son (adult child) can sponsor his parents as they will most likely be bona fide members of the household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the last row of the table on &lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/definition-of-family-member/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page. It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For non-dependent parents, see beneficiary below.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ended up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://eumovement.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/other-family-members-who-are-beneficiaries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page, which has clearly stated in one of the rows of the table, that there ought to be &lt;strong&gt;either&lt;/strong&gt; of the two cases: dependency, or member of the household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this is &lt;strong&gt;crystal clear&lt;/strong&gt; to me. If literally &lt;strong&gt;ANYONE&lt;/strong&gt; is a household family member, EU law legally directs member countries to admit such members to the EU country the EU citizen is immigrating to, as an extended family member. [all this is published in the directive in a very clear unambiguous wording. I know member countries have individual discretion as a right here, I don't see how could they say, &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;no, although your independent parents are household members, we reject to accept them as &lt;em&gt;extended family&lt;/em&gt; as they are not either dependent &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; household member&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This directly means that ALL parents, regardless of any dependence are eligible to join their adult child in another EU country, as parents in the most cases live with their son. If the EU citizen is a daughter, things are different though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my interpretation right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw a very close discussion where &lt;strong&gt;@phoog&lt;/strong&gt; gave a similar conclusion like I have (see in the comments section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/9685/what-are-the-exact-conditions-under-which-an-eu-citizen-may-be-entitled-to-bring#&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to confirm this once and for all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20224" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-09T20:37:56.627" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T08:47:37.297" Title="Do parents need to be dependent for EU familiy reunification?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-09T12:59:42.527" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in an EU country (Poland), and I've been living here for close to a year residing with a National D type visa. I have been offered a remote job at a US institution, but they are asking if I am authorized to work in Poland. Is this relevant to ask since I am not working with a Polish (or EU) based company? In other words, if I live abroad and want to work remotely for a job back home, do I need work authorization for the country I reside in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user112893" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-08-09T20:43:14.383" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T18:32:54.897" Title="U.S. expat working for a U.S. employer: Do I need work authorization for the country I reside in?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20926" CreationDate="2020-08-09T21:25:47.943" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your reasoning hinges on the notion that parents are necessarily household members. On a purely formal level, it's not the case, it's an additional material requirement thus explicitely ruling out family reunification with parents &lt;em&gt;qua&lt;/em&gt; parents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, I think, the majority of the parents would anyway qualify for residence even if they are in no possible way dependent. They could simply apply through the &amp;quot;extended&amp;quot; family option by stating that they are bona fide members of the household (in the majority of the countries, except Bhutan and some others, parents live together with their Son and daughter-in-law). So almost every son (adult child) can sponsor his parents as they will most likely be bona fide members of the household.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[…]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This directly means that ALL parents, regardless of any dependence are eligible to join their adult child in another EU country, as parents in the most cases live with their son. If the EU citizen is a daughter, things are different though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't share this analysis but this doesn't really impact the legal question: your parents need to establish that you formed a household before moving to the EU, not merely that they are your parents. That's in marked contrast to the spouse, minor children and minor children of the spouse, who do not have to meet this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the language of the directive is actually quite guarded. Let's look at the detail of article 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members as defined in point 2 of Article 2 who accompany or join them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following persons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) any other family members, irrespective of their nationality, not falling under the definition in point 2 of Article 2 who, in the country from which they have come, are dependants or members of the household of the Union citizen having the primary right of residence, or where serious health grounds strictly require the personal care of the family member by the Union citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The host Member State shall undertake an extensive examination of the personal circumstances and shall justify any denial of entry or residence to these people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here again, there is a direct contrast between the immediate family mentioned in article 3(1), to whom the directive applies, and other beneficiaries listed in article 3(2), to whom it does not. For the latter, member states should merely “facilitate” entry and residence “in accordance with its national legislation”. In other words: They are not &lt;em&gt;entitled&lt;/em&gt; to anything under EU law, which explicitely gives a lot of leeway to national law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only specific obligation described is “justify[ing] any denial of entry or residence to these people”, which means that such a denial is perfectly allowed and not even limited to specific grounds (as is the case for EU citizens and their immediate family).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same is true of the recitals detailing the motivation behind the directive:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(6) In order to maintain the unity of the family in a broader sense and without prejudice to the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality, the situation of those persons who are not included in the definition of family members under this Directive, and who therefore do not enjoy an automatic right of entry and residence in the host Member State, should be examined by the host Member State on the basis of its own national legislation, in order to decide whether entry and residence could be granted to such persons, taking into consideration their relationship with the Union citizen or any other circumstances, such as their financial or physical dependence on the Union citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it does mention extended family members, far from extending the same rights to them, it explicitely states that they “do not enjoy an automatic right of entry and residence”, again citing “national legislation”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as detailed on the EU movement website, there is another stipulation, namely that the family must have formed a household “in the country from which they have come”. This is actually a restriction: it means the household must have existed immediately prior to moving to the EU member states. For example, if you studied abroad and started a career there before moving to the EU, you cannot sponsor your parents, even if you lived with them earlier in your life (unless they are dependent on you, e.g. financially). Similarly, if you lived several years in the EU before naturalizing and moving to another EU country, it would also seem to rule out this route as you did not form a household anymore at the time the directive is engaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-10T08:47:37.297" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T08:47:37.297" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-09T21:28:42.807" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual US/Canada citizen living in the United States.  My wife is a US citizen only.  We have both occasionally talked about whether it would be possible for us to move to Canada at some point in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; way for a couple in our situation to move to Canada would be to file for &amp;quot;Family Class&amp;quot; sponsorship, under which I apply to sponsor her and she applies for permanent residency simultaneously, and then we both move to Canada when/if the applications are granted.  This seems feasible, but the application process would take a fair amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there also appears to be a &amp;quot;Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada&amp;quot; class, under which I could sponsor her for permanent residency while in Canada.  Since US citizens do not typically need a visa enter Canada, is this a possible route for us?  Could we move to Canada first, and then apply for her permanent residency once we're there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Assume that we are talking about a point in the future where the US-Canada border has been re-opened.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11331" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T07:53:37.820" Title="If my US-citizen spouse visits Canada with me, can I then sponsor her for permanent residency?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20927" CreationDate="2020-08-10T08:14:20.733" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a non-EU foreigner living in Poland. If you want to work in Poland, you need a work permit. Whether you are working for a company outside Poland doesn’t matter, &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are in Poland and working in Poland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are working in Poland already, you better have a work permit. So if the answer about the work authorisation is “no” then you may have been breaking Polish law for ages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T08:14:20.733" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-10T10:31:25.970" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hold a residence permit for Italy but will be moving to the UK to be with my partner. Can I keep both the permits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20237" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-08-11T01:25:44.450" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T01:25:44.450" Title="Can I hold a residence permit for Italy and the UK at the same time?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-10T16:39:04.043" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents immigrated to the US in 1963.  I was born in the US in 1967 when they were still Dutch citizens.  They became naturalized US citizens in 1969.  Am I able to claim Dutch citizenship based on that info?  If so, am I able to retain dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20239" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T20:59:36.070" Title="Am I able to apply to be a Dutch citizen based on my question below?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20933" CreationDate="2020-08-10T20:59:36.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I do not have time to do a thorough analysis, but I am fairly sure that you are a former Dutch national, and this is why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you were born, you were Dutch because your father was Dutch (assuming your parents were married) or because your mother was Dutch (if your parents were not married).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your parents naturalized in 1969, you did not lose your Dutch nationality.  (You would have lost Dutch nationality if you had acquired US nationality as a consequence of your parents' naturalization, but because you were already a US citizen, that did not happen.  I believe my uncle, born in 1938, retained his Dutch nationality for this reason when my grandfather naturalized in the mid 1950s.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a new Dutch nationality law went into effect in 1985, on January 1st I believe.  That law provided that a dual national who was born in the country of other nationality (for example, you), who lives for ten years in that country after reaching the age of majority, loses Dutch nationality.  The ten-year period starts on 1 January 1985 or on the 18th birthday, whichever comes later.  In your case, it started on your 18th birthday, which occurred during 1985.  Therefore, you lost your Dutch nationality on your 28th birthday in 1995.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you lived outside the US between 18 and 28, you may have delayed the loss of Dutch nationality.  (The current rule discounts periods of absence of less than 1 year, but it might have been different then.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is at least one other exception that has applied to certain versions of the 10-year rule, though I do not know if it applied to this version.  The exception is being married to someone who is posted abroad in the service of the Dutch government.  In the current version of that rule, the spouse may also be serving an international organization to which the Netherlands belongs, so if you were married to someone working at (for example) the UN or the World Bank, you will want to check whether that was the case in the 1985 version of the rule.  There may have been other exceptions; I do not remember off the top of my head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mechanics of the 10-year rule were subsequently changed, so if you lived abroad for long enough (or were married to a Dutch consular employee or similar) then you may have a chance.  But without knowing more about your circumstances, I can only say it is a very slim chance indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your other question: If you do in fact manage to establish that you are a Dutch citizen, you may indeed retain both your US and Dutch citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a former Dutch citizen, you may be interested to know that there is a simplified and accelerated naturalization procedure for &lt;em&gt;oud-Nederlanders,&lt;/em&gt; but it does require first getting a residence permit and (if I recall correctly) living there for at least a year.  It would also require you to relinquish your US citizenship unless you qualify for one of the exceptions (such as being married to a US citizen, if I recall correctly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just found &lt;a href=&quot;https://theindoproject.org/dutch-nationality/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an article&lt;/a&gt; that I haven't had time to read, but it looks fairly good.  It has a lot of detail on the subsequent changes to the 1985 10-year rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The government has a lot of information on this because it is so complicated.  The public-facing information pages (in Dutch from both &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/nederlandse-nationaliteit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the main government site&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/Nederlanderschap&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IND&lt;/a&gt;, and in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;English from the IND&lt;/a&gt;) do indeed gloss over some of the exceptions, so don't take them as gospel, but they should give a pretty good idea of the current state of the law (for example, of the naturalization procedure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And oh, just as I was looking for the link to the government's pages, I found this, not yet two months old: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/nieuws/Paginas/Beoordeling-gevolgen-verlies-Nederlandse-nationaliteit.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Beoordeling gevolgen verlies Nederlandse nationaliteit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;15 juni 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;​Oud-Nederlanders die sinds 1993 het Nederlanderschap en het burgerschap van de EU hebben verloren, kunnen die mogelijk weer terugkrijgen. Een online tool helpt deze groep Nederlanders om te bepalen of zij inderdaad hun Nederlanderschap zijn kwijtgeraakt. In dat geval kunnen zij een zogenaamde evenredigheidstoets aanvragen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;June 15, 2020&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;​Former Dutch nationals who have lost, since 1993, their Dutch nationality and EU-citizenship since 1993 may be able to get it back.  An online tool helps this group to determine if they have indeed lost their Dutch nationality.  In that case they can request a so-called proportionality test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes on to imply that the test considers the personal consequences on you of having lost EU citizenship, so in your case this also may be of little help, since you've been living all your life without the benefits of EU citizenship.  But it's also worth checking out a little more thoroughly than I have time for at the moment.  Even a past tourist trip to the EU would be a case in which you could have used EU-citizen rights but were not able to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T20:59:36.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-11T06:14:29.793" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking for info on retirement rules in different countries.  Frustrating because many web search hits are made by people who seem to believe retirement doesn't exist.  Governments being what they are, it's often hard to find what must be in there somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But San Marino is even worse, because it seems impossible to filter out all the pages about retirement homes in San Marino, California.  I finally found two pages.  One says nothing about requirements, merely warning that it's expensive (which doesn't seem to be accurate).  The other says the visa types are tourist, working, student and delegation—no retirement.  It also implies you need one of those visas to get in, but in fact, there were no border checks when we went in in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have limited Italian reading skills, but they aren't adequate to do a web search.  Can someone point me to a page that tells what a U.S. citizen must do to legally retire there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-03-01T08:10:49.800" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T08:10:49.800" Title="San Marino retirement requirements" Tags="&lt;san-marino&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20930" CreationDate="2020-08-11T07:53:37.820" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html#incanada&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html#incanada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada class if your spouse or common-law partner cohabits (lives) with you in Canada and has temporary resident status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A temporary resident is a foreign national who is legally authorized to enter Canada for temporary purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A foreign national has temporary resident status when they have been found to meet the requirements of the legislation to enter and/or remain in Canada as a visitor, student, worker or temporary resident permit holder. Only foreign nationals physically in Canada hold temporary resident status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1116&amp;amp;top=16&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1116&amp;amp;top=16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;American citizens, including American-Canadian citizens, must carry proper identification and meet the basic requirements to enter Canada. You do not need a Canadian passport, a Canadian visa or an eTA to enter Canada if you are travelling with a valid U.S. passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: your spouse can enter Canada rather freely as you already know, once she is there, she has temporary resident status and as such you can apply under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada class.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html#after&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html#after&lt;/a&gt; you can find&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re applying under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in-Canada class, you may qualify for an open work permit while your application for permanent residence is being processed. You can submit your application for an open work permit together with your application for permanent residence, or after you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might be helpful for your spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is your spouse will have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/implied-status-extending-stay.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;implied status&lt;/a&gt; while the application is pending and can stay in Canada. I am having trouble finding definite proof of this on the IRCC website -- this might need a follow up question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T07:53:37.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20927" CreationDate="2020-08-11T14:00:14.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your question directly: Yes, you should be authorized to work in the country where you are residing and your prospective's employer question is perfectly legitimate. There is no universal international agreement regarding remote work and Polish law fully applies even to foreign citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, work may be allowed based on some generic provision of Polish law (cf. chx's comment regarding Canada), based on your citizenship or some specific international agreement (that's the case for EU citizens in Poland) or based on your visa or residence permit (spouse visas often implicitely allow the holder to work without asking for a separate permission). Alternatively, it might be necessary to secure explicit permission through a work permit, which might actually be more difficult to obtain without a local contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from your immigration status, residing somewhere while working remotely might create other liabilities for you and your employer. For exemple, you might become liable for income tax or have to contribute to the local healthcare and welfare system. This would apply even if you were a Polish citizen who undoubtedly has the right to work without any permit or visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-11T18:32:54.897" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T18:32:54.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20927" CreationDate="2020-08-11T14:49:59.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may not &lt;a href=&quot;https://udsc.gov.pl/en/cudzoziemcy/obywatele-panstw-trzecich/chce-pracowac-w-polsce/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;work while in Poland&lt;/a&gt; unless authorised under Polish law. There is no general exception for work online or work for a foreign organisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however a fairly long &lt;a href=&quot;https://udsc.gov.pl/en/kategorie-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of cases where a work permit is not required&lt;/a&gt;. You might benefit from this, eg if you are in Poland as a university student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T14:49:59.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-11T17:36:29.913" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m moving from the EU to the UK in a couple of weeks for a ~3-year period, and I’m not sure what to do with power plugs. The easiest option is to buy a couple of power strips and an equal amount of travel adapters, and use one power strip in each room with an adapter in between the strip and the wall socket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I’m not sure whether it’s okay and safe to use them this way. I’m mainly concerned about things like a tv and a playstation, which do not draw excessive amounts of power but which are used for a couple of hours straight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bought some adapters that are 13A rated and look pretty solid, but I’m wondering what the risks are of using them this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.: I considered asking this in the Electrical Engineering StackExchanged but it was deemed off-topic and the answers didn’t fully answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20244" LastActivityDate="2020-09-12T11:01:00.117" Title="Using a travel adapter long term" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-11T20:57:47.487" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking to apply for the Portuguese Golden Visa program where I will have to live only 14 days a year in Portugal to maintain my residency, and I am thinking to work and live in Spain, as my main language is Spanish and I prefer to live in Spain rather than Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is that allowed to hold the Portuguese investor visa, then apply later on for a residency in Spain? (&lt;em&gt;trabajar por cuenta propia&lt;/em&gt;) so I will be working on my own but I need a residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is that allowed? Or I can't have two EU Schengen countries residencies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20117" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-12T06:42:56.633" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T06:49:23.533" Title="Can I have 2 EU residency permits at once?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20941" CreationDate="2020-08-12T06:49:23.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is no rule against having several residence permit. The Schengen regulations are about visits and short stays and have very little to say on stays longer than 90 days and residence. EU law does have some rules about that but each member state remains largely free to manage immigration as they see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually what you envision would be difficult to pull off for a longer period of time because most residence permits come with presence requirements and can lapse if you are out of the country. Typically, other requirements (holding a job, making progress in your studies, living together with your sponsor) also effectively require being in the country most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if you believe that you could maintain a residence permit in Portugal without living there and that you would qualify for a residence permit is Spain, there is no EU rule against having both at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T06:49:23.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15988" CreationDate="2020-08-12T14:08:24.483" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As your question suggests, you should not have to pay social security tax in both countries, thanks to their totalization agreement. The US Social Security Administration (SSA) provides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/agreement_descriptions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;details on the US totalization agreements with each of 29 countries&lt;/a&gt;. Their page on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/japan.html#coverage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;US totalization agreement with Japan&lt;/a&gt; answers your question as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are working in Japan, for a US employer who sent you to work in Japan for more than five years, then ... your Social Security coverage and taxes will be only with Japan.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;To establish your exemption from coverage under the U.S. Social Security system, your employer in Japan must request a certificate of coverage (&lt;strong&gt;form J/USA 6&lt;/strong&gt;) from the local Japanese social insurance agency that collects your Social Security taxes in Japan.&amp;quot; The US SSA website gives &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/japan.html#certificate2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;detailed instructions for such a request&lt;/a&gt;. (Note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://hoofin.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/forms-jusa-6-and-usaj-6-what-is-the-difference-u-s-japan-totalization-treaty/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;J/USA 6 is different from USA/J 6&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Certificates of coverage issued by Japan should be retained by the employer in the United States in case of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). No copies should be sent to IRS unless specifically requested by IRS.&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Japanese Social Security website also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nenkin.go.jp/service/kaigaikyoju/shaho-kyotei/kyoteiaite_chui/usa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information about the totalization agreement&lt;/a&gt;, although what I found about your situation was still rather vague when I put it through Google translate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;長期派遣者などが日米協定に基づいて日本の社会保障制度のみに加入する場合、そのことを証明する適用証明書の交付を受ける必要があります。適用証明書の交付を受けるためには、日本の社会保障制度への加入が条件となります。前述した、日本からアメリカへ派遣される場合の手続きに準じ、原則事業主（自営業者の場合は本人）が、年金事務所に「適用証明書交付申請書」を提出することにより、交付を受けることができます。&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, this means your employer needs to submit social security taxes to Japan on your behalf, in order to get the certificate of coverage from Japan, so that they will not have to submit social security taxes to the US on your behalf. You said that you're already paying Japanese social security taxes, but you also said that your US employer is paying you &amp;quot;under a US address&amp;quot;, so I must have misunderstood either the facts of your question or the mechanism by which Japan collects your social security taxes. If your Japanese social security taxes are being collected properly, then the Japanese Social Security office should be able to answer your question and give your employer the required form. With that form in hand and paying the Japanese social security taxes, your US employer should no longer pay or withhold US social security taxes for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2020-08-12T14:50:10.030" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T14:50:10.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2507" CreationDate="2020-08-12T15:02:28.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As littleadv's answer says, double-liability for social security taxes is not covered by a regular tax treaty but by a separate &amp;quot;totalization agreement&amp;quot;. The US and Japan have such an agreement. From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sse.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS instructions for Form 1040 Schedule SE&lt;/a&gt; (as of 2019, emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your self-employment income is exempt from SE tax, you should get a&#xA;statement from the appropriate agency of the foreign country&lt;/strong&gt; verifying&#xA;that your self-employment income is subject to social security&#xA;coverage in that country. If the foreign country won't issue the&#xA;statement, contact the SSA Office of International Programs. &lt;strong&gt;Don’t&#xA;complete Schedule SE. Instead, attach a copy of the statement&lt;/strong&gt; to Form&#xA;1040 or Form 1040-SR &lt;strong&gt;and enter “Exempt, see attached statement”&lt;/strong&gt; on&#xA;Schedule 2 (Form 1040 or 1040-SR), line 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US Social Security Administration has more &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssa.gov/international/agreement_descriptions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;details for each country with a totalization agreement&lt;/a&gt; explaining how to get the foreign country's statement, which you will submit with Form 1040 instead of Schedule SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T15:02:28.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20946" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20953" CreationDate="2020-08-12T15:34:21.273" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss citizen and I used to live in Vancouver, BC, Canada for the past 6 years and I moved to  Switzerland three months ago. I hold a class 7 drivers license from ICBC (the authority for delivering driving license in British Columbia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The class 7 driver's license has some driving restrictions and for this reason the Swiss authorities refuse the transfer my Canadian driver's license into a Swiss driving license. I therefore have two options; I either pass the license in Switzerland or I fly back to BC, to get a class 5 driver's license for which the Swiss authorities have signed me a letter that they will accept it even if I pass the class 5 license while not being a Canadian resident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that passing the driving license in Switzerland is a lengthy process and costs about 2000 CHF (including the so-called L2 phase) if I don't take any lesson. In comparison getting my class 5 would take the time of the flights plus a few hours over there and would cost 50 CAD (I don't count the costs of the flights as I will need to fly back to B.C. at some point during the year anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I meant to pass my class 5 driving license before leaving Canada but covid-19 decided differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now a Swiss resident and national with a valid student visa in Vancouver BC Canada and a valid class 7 driving license. Can I pass a class 5 driving test in B.C. without being a BC resident? Will my visa be enough or do I have to justify residency in B.C. to be allowed to pass the driving test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I do not pay for Medical Services Plan (MSP) in Canada anymore. But I paid my taxes for last year in Canada and I am technically still enrolled as a student at the University (UBC). Note also that it has be stipulated to the Canadian government that I do not leave in Canada anymore as I had to cancel the child benefit I was receiving for my son (who is Canadian).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" OwnerDisplayName="Remi.b" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T17:22:29.127" Title="Can I pass a driving license in B.C. Canada with a valid visa but without being a resident of Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-12T17:24:24.683" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am researching moving to Germany. When I move, I would not have a job and would live on my savings and look for a job locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on what I have read, it seems that when I arrive and have no income I would have no choice except to immediately get the extremely expensive private insurance. Also it seems that private is very hard or impossible to switch to the affordable public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I get a 750€/month private insurance for five months and then find a 1100€/month job I would have to pay 68% of my salary as just health insurance. This seems completely insane especially as the rents seem to be around 300€/month for really nice apartments where I want to move to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really the case? Have I missed anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20247" LastEditorUserId="20247" LastEditDate="2020-08-13T15:27:21.220" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T15:27:21.220" Title="How do I handle health insurance in Germany before I find a job there?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-13T07:40:36.333" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am 26, unmarried with 5 years of experience. But I don't have a bachelors. My education qualification is high school. When I went over New Zealand immigration website, 'bachelors' looks like the minimum requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to migrate to New Zealand from India for a job in software industry?&#xA;If I don't have an education qualification, is it possible? If it's possible, how does the process looks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20249" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-14T15:55:29.033" LastActivityDate="2021-05-11T23:04:25.370" Title="Can I go as a Skilled Migrant to NZ without bachelors?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;new-zealand-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20940" CreationDate="2020-08-13T10:56:46.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Electrical wiring in a typical UK home is different from Continental Europe. Electrical outlets (sockets) are on a ring final circuit and normally rated at 13 A each. Instead of fuses for individual outlets or groups of outlets, in a fuse box (consumer unit), every plug is fused. Every appliance made for the UK market contains a fuse of max 13 A in the plug. Also the plug of every power strip has such a fuse, to limit the current through the socket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plugs for Continental Europe do not have these fuses. Therefore a very simple plug adapter, that just accommodates different plug designs would not do. You should use an adapter with a 13 A fuse, which is very likely what you already have bought, between the socket and the power strip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voltage and frequency are nominally the same. If your power strip would be safe to use with your appliances in Continental Europe, it would also be safe in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19441" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T10:56:46.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20946" CreationDate="2020-08-13T17:17:01.840" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;COVID wise, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/students.html#exemptions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/students.html#exemptions&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;You’re exempt from the travel restrictions and are able to enter Canada if you’re travelling for a non-discretionary or non-optional purpose AND you’re an international student who has a valid study permit&amp;quot; it seems you are good for the second part but I am unsure about the first. That's up to you to prove. They &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; ask for proof at the border. The linked page has more.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ICBC wise, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/visit-dl-office/Pages/Accepted-ID.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/visit-dl-office/Pages/Accepted-ID.aspx&lt;/a&gt; lists the accepted IDs. In the primary IDs list one can find &amp;quot;​Student, work, visitor, or temporary resident permit (IMM1442)&amp;quot; which makes me believe you could do this. I would still call ICBC to make sure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2020-08-13T17:22:29.127" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T17:22:29.127" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20774" CreationDate="2020-08-14T11:44:12.103" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several (many? all?) EU countries do offer long-stay visas and residence permits for self-employed people but I don't think you would qualify in this scenario. Examples include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/kinds-of-visa/self-employment/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/work/working_in_the_Netherlands/Pages/Self-employed-person.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Netherlands&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/web/france-visas/self-employed-person-or-liberal-activity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, these are meant for entrepreneurs willing to invest in the country or established professionals like top lawyers, etc. The details vary but you need to demonstrate that your activity is genuine and viable and brings a benefit to the local economy. Applications require a lot of information because the authorities do not want these routes to be used to go around the (sometimes steep) requirements for regular employment visas and a mere intent to engage in self-employment or a less ambitious business would not be enough to qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another class of visa that might apply are long-term visitor visas (I don't think they exist in Germany, though). Those are typically meant for retirees or wealthy people who don't need to work. I don't think you could get one if you need to rely on your work as a software developer to meet the income requirements. Work might not be permitted either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, what you describe sounds like regular employment disguised as self-employment to circumvent the complexity of establishing payroll in a different country. Exact criteria and enforcement will vary from one country to the next but in many cases, that would be legally questionable &lt;em&gt;even for citizens&lt;/em&gt; who do not need any permission to reside and work in the country. The question is not about that &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; but it's important because the visa system was obviously not designed to facilitate something that might not be legal in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, requirements for regular work/employment visas assume a local contract/job offer. Generally speaking, supporting cross-border remote work is not a priority and if it is considered at all by current regulations, it is often to limit rather encourage it (e.g. that's the view taken by the UK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-08-14T11:44:12.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20949" CreationDate="2020-08-14T15:37:40.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a purely formal level, not having a Bachelor's degree does not exclude you from the Skilled Migrant visa. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilled_Migrant_Category_(New_Zealand)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;minimal requirements&lt;/a&gt; are being aged 55 or under, healthy, of good character, and speaking English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realistically however, it's going to be extremely difficult if not impossible. The system is designed to favor people with higher qualifications. You would need a job offer from a New Zealand employer outside Auckland with above-average pay to even get the minimum number of points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's if your professional experience is recognized, which probably would not be the case if I understand the system correctly. Having a job in the “Long Term Skill Shortage List” helps (as otherwise work in India would not even count) but it can only be considered as such if you met &lt;a href=&quot;https://skillshortages.immigration.govt.nz/assets/uploads/long-term-skill-shortage-list.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the minimal qualifications&lt;/a&gt; before starting this work. That, rather than not having a bachelor &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;, is what would doom your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-08-14T19:55:35.157" LastActivityDate="2020-08-14T19:55:35.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-14T19:48:07.543" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;My daughter is almost 3 and she was born in the UK - currently out of the UK for over a year with her grandparents. We are stuck at the moment with getting her a TB test because the country in Africa where she is residing have said that they have never done a TB test for a child separate from the parents' TB test. Has anyone ever been in this situation and what did you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20253" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-08-17T11:41:27.743" LastActivityDate="2020-08-17T11:41:27.743" Title="Tier 2 dependent visa for child currently outside the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20958" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-15T09:56:09.690" Score="2" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;If USA non-immigrant H-1B visa got refused for  misrepresentation under (212(a)(6)(C)(i)) and banned for life to enter the USA, does that USA visa refusal will have impact in applying for Canada PR through express entry. what are the chances of getting approval or rejection of the Canada Visa (PR)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let know if anybody got banned for life for misrepresentation from USA got Canada visa or PR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="SJ55" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-08-15T14:34:45.780" LastActivityDate="2020-08-15T23:43:45.790" Title="If banned for life from entering USA for misrepresentation can we apply Canada PR through Express entry" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20958" CreationDate="2020-08-15T23:43:45.790" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US and Canada share immigration data under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Five Eyes&lt;/a&gt; arrangements. You can assume that the Canadians will know about the lifetime ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also asked on any visa application form if you've ever been refused a visa. Consequently, this ban will adversely affect every visa application you make from now on. Don't be tempted to omit the details. If the country you are applying to already knows then they will refuse you on grounds of deception and, as you have seen, the penalties can be severe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are serious about migrating to Canada you should consider finding a Canadian lawyer with immigration experience to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15983" LastActivityDate="2020-08-15T23:43:45.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-16T02:54:25.757" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a few euros incoming I would rather park in Europe for the time being as wiring to Canada would be a hassle and a serious waste of money, too. I am a Canadian-Hungarian dual citizen, with a valid Hungarian passport, residing in Canada. Quite obviously I won't be able to hop across to open a bank account any time soon. Where is it easiest to do this remotely? Hungary is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; strongly not preferred!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware of (and have) Transferwise checking accounts but those do not have any interest whatsoever. I am after a Festgeldkonto or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2020-08-16T03:42:06.183" LastActivityDate="2020-08-16T03:42:06.183" Title="Where could I open a savings account within the SEPA area easiest remotely with an EU passport?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20962" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21153" CreationDate="2020-08-17T09:49:34.827" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;(1) Can people above 45 years of age apply for Australian PR? I see that you get 0 points if you are above 45 years of age, but does that make me ineligible rightaway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Can people above 55 years of age apply for New Zealand Skilled Migrant Residence Visa? I can score around 200 points easily due to my 10 years skilled foreign experience (they are currently selecting people with 160 points at least) even though I score 0 points for age (55 years or above gives 0 points). But am I ineligible due to age?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20262" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T23:50:42.347" Title="Regarding age limits for PR of Australia and NZ" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-17T14:19:06.593" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend.&#xA;We know that marriage would be the simplest solution, but we would prefer to live together for a longer period before we take this step.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Therefore, we are looking for our possibilities to live together (preferably in Switzerland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How likely/feasible are the following options we read about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A work visa for Switzerland as an archivist.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/berufspraktikum.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;trainee exchange agreement&lt;/a&gt; between the US and Switzerland.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does someone has another idea? Financially there shouldn't be issues (My salary is enough to support an average lifestyle for two people in Switzerland).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Job/Education:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She (26) is currently finishing her two Masters in History/Library Science in the USA (She wants to be an archivist and has currently 1 year of experience in this field). She speaks German fluently (C1).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I (24) am currently working full-time as a Software Engineer working for one of the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Big Five&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; in Switzerland. I am also doing a part-time master's in CS. Currently, I have 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nationality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She is American. Her grandfather was German, but her mother just had an American citizenship. She already lived in German-speaking countries for more than a year.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I am German with a residential permit for Switzerland. I could apply for the Swiss citizenship right now. I lived in the US for a bit less than a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time range:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;We would like to live together after her education (~ 1 year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20263" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-08-19T01:34:17.757" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T01:34:17.757" Title="Immigation USA/Switzerland" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20965" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20969" CreationDate="2020-08-17T18:48:09.163" Score="0" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Tier 2 general visa with note that I have no access to public funds (NRPF). As part of my employee benefits I receive childcare vouchers from my employer which are deducted pre-tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this violate my visa requirements? If so, should I cancel my vouchers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If this is not allowed, what should I do with vouchers that I have already received?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How will this impact my ILR and/or citizenship applications in future?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20264" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T01:31:39.440" Title="I receive childcare vouchers from my employer in UK but my Tier 2 general visa says &quot;no public funds&quot;. What are the implications?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20978" CreationDate="2020-08-18T00:59:27.290" Score="2" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Parents are Indian citizens on H1B and H1B expires soon after giving birth to child in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Parents wish to apply for OCI for their child but since OCI takes 60 days to arrive, but parents cannot wait for so long since their H1B has expired. Furthermore OCI is complicated process and can reject application for any petty mistake, thus it can take even longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If parents wait for long in US for child's OCI, parents will accrue illegal stay in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they take baby to India on tourist visa, baby will be out of status in India after 180 days.&#xA;Also OCI website states you cannot apply for OCI in India on tourist visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone faced this problem ? or know what options exists ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T13:58:39.190" Title="What options exist if H1B expires before obtaining OCI for US born child?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20966" CreationDate="2020-08-18T02:05:01.583" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One option you can pursue is to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/visit-the-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change your nonimmigrant status to that of a B-2 visitor&lt;/a&gt; so you can stay in the US to await the child's OCI document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-18T02:05:01.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20965" CreationDate="2020-08-19T01:31:39.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless your employer is the government (or local government), I don't see how anything your employer gives you could be considered &amp;quot;public funds&amp;quot;. But the fact that the vouchers are paid free of tax, I can see why this could be confusing. Having said that, if this is a tax credit to which everyone is entitled then it doesn't count as &amp;quot;receiving public funds&amp;quot;. Check the link provided by @Traveller about public funds: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-funds--2/public-funds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-funds--2/public-funds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As suggested in a comment, you need to talk to your employer (their accounting department, or possibly HR), to clarify this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is determined that the vouchers are not allowed, then I think you need to tell your employer to stop giving them to you, and return any you have already received. Get documentation to say that you did this, if this is the case (in case it comes up later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as everything is above-board, it should not affect any future immigration-related processes you go through, such as ILR or citizenship. It sounds like the employer instigated this scheme, and not you. The fact that you questioned it can only go in your favour if it ever comes up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T01:31:39.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20970" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20989" CreationDate="2020-08-19T13:00:06.087" Score="4" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you apply for and get pre-settled status in the U.K., it remains valid until it expires after 5 years. You can during these five years apply for settled status, or you have to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: If someone got pre-settled status in Jan 2019 expiring Jan 2024, and can’t fulfil the conditions for settled status by that time, can they apply again for pre-settled status say in December 2020, and then have until Dec 2025 to stay or to get settled status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, does that mean that applying earlier can have negative consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T10:29:48.870" Title="Can you extend pre-settled status?" Tags="&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-19T13:38:14.023" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;My residence permit (talent passport) for France is set to expire at the end of October. I live in Paris. I promptly tried renewal 6 months before expiration but being Covid times the authorities said not to apply at the time but 3-2 months before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I am applying by sending them an email for an appointment I am not getting a reply. The phone number listed is not being manned. I have absolutely no idea what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure when the authorities simply are not responding?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T16:02:30.230" Title="Renewal of French Residence Permit" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19539" CreationDate="2020-08-19T14:10:19.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In practice, unless you're a top manager or directly involved in the final stage of some key contract negotiation or some such, the actual legal and financial risk is small. To seek damages, a French employer has to establish that your leaving without permission directly caused them some specific harm and that's a high bar to meet for most employees. Large employers do not bother, it's not worth the effort (I guess a vindictive small business owner might still do it out of spite).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding leave days, they have to be approved by the employer and it's therefore up to them whethey they allow you to take time off at the end of your contract or if they prefer to have you work through to your last day and pay a lump sum instead. However, in light of the employer's lack of leverage on a departing employee, it is typically possible to negotiate on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-18T16:04:15.673" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T16:04:15.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20971" CreationDate="2020-08-19T14:36:13.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several ways to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr/Demarches/Particulier/Ressortissants-etrangers/Ressortissants-etrangers/Titres-de-sejour-Nous-contacter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contact the relevant office&lt;/a&gt; and make an appointment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ppoletrangers.interieur.gouv.fr/?motif=rensej&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; (presently not working apparently)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Calling the 34 30 between 9 am and 4 pm (maybe you tried that already?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Showing up between 8:30 and 4 or 4:30 (actually you need to show up early and line up to be sure to be let in before closing time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr/Demarches/Particulier/Ressortissants-etrangers/Ressortissants-etrangers/Titres-de-sejour-Nous-contacter/Nous-contacter-service-de-l-immigration-professionnelle-qualifiee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt;, specifically for qualified immigrants but I assume it's redirected to an email account and might not necessarily be more successful than what you already tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do allow for the fact that August is a very slow month in France, especially in Paris. I would retry next week and then show up early in the morning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T14:36:13.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20974" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20975" CreationDate="2020-08-19T20:48:54.117" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is obtaining a re-entry permit (via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-131, Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt;) of any use to avoid disrupting one's continuity of residence for US naturalization purpose when staying over 6 months outside the United States? Or is the re-entry permit just to try not to lose one's green card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-19T21:20:54.417" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T23:53:47.580" Title="Is obtaining a re-entry permit of any use to avoid disrupting one's continuity of residence for naturalization purpose when staying &gt;6 months abroad?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20974" CreationDate="2020-08-19T23:51:34.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. The only things that can prevent interruption of continuous residence (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part D, Chapter 3&lt;/a&gt;) are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For an absence of between 6 months and 1 year, certain evidence that the applicant maintained ties to the US, like the applicant maintained their job in the US, the applicant's family members remained in the US, the applicant maintained access to his/her home, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For an absence of more than 1 year, if the applicant filed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/n-470&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;form N-470&lt;/a&gt; to preserve continuous residence, based on employment with US government or certain US organizations outside the US&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-19T23:53:47.580" LastActivityDate="2020-08-19T23:53:47.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20976" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20979" CreationDate="2020-08-20T00:17:57.017" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many days does a month contain for the US customs and border protection when indicating &amp;quot;Out 5 months, 29 days.&amp;quot; upon reentry on the passport of a US lawful permanent resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example from &lt;a href=&quot;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200820001830/https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMevk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMevk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out 5 months, 29 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-20T01:29:38.067" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T19:15:35.043" Title="How many days does a month contain for the US customs and border protection when indicating &quot;Out 5 months, 29 days.&quot; upon reentry?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20966" CreationDate="2020-08-20T13:58:39.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are right. Getting the OCI can take time and it can be rejected for mistakes in documentations. There are two ways to go here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Change your non-immigrant status to B-2 or any other visa so that you won't be out of status and stay in the USA. Wait for the OCI to arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apply for the X visa for your child in the USA, which is given to foreigners who have family ties with Indians(marriage/blood etc.). It's normally valid for 1 year. Getting it is not that difficult. Or come to India with your baby on a tourist visa, change it to X Entry visa through FRRO and then apply for the OCI. Here is a foreigner who has written her experience on getting &lt;a href=&quot;https://thevisaproject.com/experience/india-x-visa-entry-for-spouse/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Entry X visa through FRRO India&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T13:58:39.190" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20976" CreationDate="2020-08-20T19:15:35.043" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many days does a month contain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different months contain different numbers of days.  Five months plus 29 days can be anywhere from 179 days to 182 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T19:15:35.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-21T00:37:07.010" Score="2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK, have lived in Australia since 1988, and I hold both passports. With 2 of my children living in Scotland and the potential need to go and see them urgently, can I leave Australia using my UK passport and therefore bypass the need to apply for permission from the Australian Government to leave the country? I understand permission is given only in rare circumstances at the moment. I would plan to re-enter Australia on my Australian passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20274" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-08-21T01:30:22.247" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T10:21:43.767" Title="Permission to leave Australia on UK passport as a dual citizen" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20980" CreationDate="2020-08-21T01:30:06.880" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR you must leave a country using the passport you entered it with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, the way this works is that you enter a country as a citizen of the country whose passport you enter as, and you need to follow the immigration rules as a person of that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am assuming that you last entered Australia on your Australian passport, and therefore have all the advantages that a citizen of Australia have when entering the country. That is to say - you don't need a visa, and can stay for an unlimited time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you try to exit on your UK passport, that should set alarm bells off when you try it, because you didn't enter on that passport. The UK citizen with your name has not entered the country, but is now trying to leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you entered with your UK passport, then you would be subject to the rules for a UK citizen entering Australia - you would need the necessary visa (or waiver), and you would be allowed to stay for a limited amount of time. BUT when you left Australia, you would need to leave on your UK passport - or else you would be subject to the laws regarding overstay (fines, deportation, possible blacklisting). Or at least a legal battle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you actually succeed in leaving on your UK passport, you would then not have a record of the Australian citizen with your name ever leaving the country, and you would have a lot of explaining to do when you tried to enter again with your Australian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is something you are actually considering doing, you should get legal advice from a lawyer with detailed immigration experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T01:30:06.880" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6743" CreationDate="2020-08-21T08:41:25.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The better thing would be to make yourself available in LU for the period of 90 days and then within the timeframe get the appointment with LU immigration and change the blue card status to LU.&#xA;Hope this works for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20275" LastEditorUserId="6637" LastEditDate="2020-08-21T17:08:56.977" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T17:08:56.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-21T15:27:41.580" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any downside in obtaining a US re-entry permit (via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-131, Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021419/https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;)) if eventually one doesn't stay outside the United States much? The potential applicant for the US re-entry permit is a US lawful permanent resident who might apply for US naturalization (N-400) in two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T13:33:08.867" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T13:33:08.867" Title="Is there any downside in obtaining a US re-entry permit (via I131 Application for Travel Document) if eventually one doesn't stay outside the US much?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20980" CreationDate="2020-08-21T21:49:41.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what the Australian Department of Home Affairs has to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Australian citizens should use their Australian passport to enter and&#xA;leave Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Australian Border Force has more information on crossing the&#xA;border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a passport from another country, you can use that after&#xA;you leave Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A passport is the best way to show that you are an Australian citizen.&#xA;You might still be able to enter Australia if you are an Australian&#xA;citizen without an Australian passport, but it will be more difficult.&#xA;The airline might also stop you from boarding a plane to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/traveling-as-a-dual-citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/traveling-as-a-dual-citizen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it appears that unlike other countries (USA, Canada, Israel etc), Australia does not formally require that you use your Australian passport to enter the country (but they nonetheless recommend it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we are not living in normal times and the question is twofold. You mention current travel restrictions (Covid I suppose). The question is:&#xA;Can I use a UK passport (to pass as non-Australian) and bypass travel restrictions normally applicable to Australian citizens ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not familiar with the immigration process, probably they no longer put entry stamps in the passports of foreign visitors nowadays, but departures/arrivals are recorded in computer systems. If you were to show a UK passport at the exit gates, the customs officers would find no recent trace of your arrival, no matching record for your passport number, which could lead to awkward questions, ring alarm bells and force you to justify yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus, aren't you required to have a &lt;strong&gt;visa&lt;/strong&gt; as a UK citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20031" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-08-22T09:40:15.463" LastActivityDate="2020-08-22T09:40:15.463" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20980" CreationDate="2020-08-22T19:11:49.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The government's site says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are an Australian citizen &lt;strong&gt;or a permanent resident&lt;/strong&gt; you cannot&#xA;leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an&#xA;exemption. You can apply online but you must meet at least one of the&#xA;following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are travelling on urgent and unavoidable personal business&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you are exempt from the restrictions if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are exempt if you are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing in the site says that dual-citizens are exempt from the quarantine rules - instead they &lt;strong&gt;explicitly say that not just Australian citizens, but non-Australians who are settled&lt;/strong&gt; have to adhere to the exit guidelines as well. For me this means that even if you (only) show them your UK passport they might still consider you as a settled citizen (they might ask for your visa or other proof on how you are living in Australia in which case you'll likely have to tell them you are Australian and are a resident), and therefore block your exit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However since you are travelling because of unavoidable personal business and/or compassionate grounds you might get an exemption. If you also give them proof that you wish to remain in the UK long-term and not return to Australia you might also get an exemption, as one of the proofs they accept is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proof that you are moving to another country on a long term basis such&#xA;as leases, job offers and evidence your goods are being transported&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we recommend you lodge a request for assessment at least two weeks&#xA;prior to your intended departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel-exemptions.homeaffairs.gov.au/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for an exemption online here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-08-22T19:11:49.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20970" CreationDate="2020-08-22T19:40:03.200" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to find anything specific on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/after-youve-applied&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;government's site&lt;/a&gt;, but it doesn't really tell anything about re-application, other than re-applying in case you contest the decision&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If your application is unsuccessful&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply again at any time&#xA;until 30 June 2021 if you think the decision should have been&#xA;different, for example you got pre-settled status but expected to get&#xA;settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There’s no charge for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can submit new information or evidence if you want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.freemovement.org.uk/lengthy-absences-from-the-uk-can-put-eu-pre-settled-status-at-risk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FreeMovement does cater&lt;/a&gt; for the exact scenario you mention:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mika is from Finland. He moved to the UK in March 2017 and was granted&#xA;pre-settled status in March 2019. Mika therefore expects to qualify&#xA;for settled status in March 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In March 2020, Mika happens to be in Finland on a visit home and&#xA;decides to ride out the coronavirus pandemic there. He eventually&#xA;returns to the UK in November 2020. As Mika has been out of the UK for&#xA;more than six months, he now can’t qualify for settled status until&#xA;November 2025, after completing a continuous residence period of five&#xA;years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As he has been out of the UK for less than two years, he still has&#xA;pre-settled status. But that pre-settled status will expire in March&#xA;2024, five years after it was granted. Mika can’t extend his existing&#xA;pre-settled status beyond March 2024, so would be unable to reach&#xA;November 2025. &lt;strong&gt;He therefore needs to reapply for pre-settled status&#xA;when he returns to the UK in November 2020.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It explicitly says that people can (and should) re-apply in case they have lost their continuous residency during the transition period. While this is not an official government website related to the (pre-)settled status, it was written by solicitors handling immigration issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aslef.org.uk/visageimages/Publications/General/ASLEFThompsonsSettledstatusguidance_Nov2019.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;another source&lt;/a&gt; - unfortunately also from a solicitor and not from the government - that also suggest you can re-apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.23 Is there a limit on the number of times I can apply for settled status/pre-settled status?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. &lt;strong&gt;You can reapply as many times as you want to&lt;/strong&gt; before 31 December 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: I was just pointed to an official source, which is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU Settlement Scheme caseworker guidance&lt;/a&gt;. On page 25/26 under &amp;quot;Further applications&amp;quot; it says that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further applications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the earlier application&#xA;resulted in pre-settled status being granted, the further application&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;must be considered in the normal way&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This just approves that re-application is indeed possible. However later it also clarifies what re-application will do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you grant pre-settled status where the applicant has pre-settled&#xA;status, then &lt;strong&gt;it will replace&lt;/strong&gt; the earlier grant of pre-settled&#xA;status. The date of the first grant of pre-settled status will remain&#xA;the start date of their pre-settled status. &lt;strong&gt;The expiry date&lt;/strong&gt; of their&#xA;pre-settled status will be &lt;strong&gt;five years from the date of decision on the&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;further application&lt;/strong&gt; for pre-settled status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me this means that re-application is both possible and advised, as it will extend the 5 year period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that you have until 30 June 2021 to apply for pre-settled status - but you need proof that you arrived in the UK before 31 December 2020. Since re-applying is possible and will extend your eligibility the safest thing to do would be to re-apply in December 2020, and then once more around June 2021 to extend the 5 year deadline as much as possible to June 2026&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2020-09-03T10:29:48.870" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T10:29:48.870" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20991" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21001" CreationDate="2020-08-22T21:38:24.977" Score="4" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the UK, my mother is British. My father is French and I did not have a lot of contact with him until I was in my 20s (I am now 40). He was not on my birth certificate and I was not 'recognised' as his son in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now did the paperwork to get a new UK birth certificate issued with both names on, and my father recently had me offically recognised as his son.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now comes the stage of trying to get hold of a certificate of nationality, but we have been told that I can't get one since I needed to be recognised as his son while I was under the age of 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true and what can I do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20280" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T09:21:17.433" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T20:03:49.543" Title="My father is a French citizen, but he was not on my birth certificate. Can I get a French passport?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-22T21:39:09.127" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently a Canadian citizen working for a US company as a resident alien on a TN Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the definition of work from here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/what-is-work.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/what-is-work.html&lt;/a&gt;, the work that I'm doing would not be classified as work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to determine whether it is possible to telework remotely from Canada for 4-5mo/yr and spend the other 7-8mo/yr in the US and be considered only a US resident for tax/employment purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming of course that I don't run afoul of the &amp;quot;matter of fact&amp;quot; rules for residency in Canada (I think I could argue pretty easily that I'm solely a resident of the US).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20281" LastActivityDate="2020-08-22T21:39:09.127" Title="Canadian citizen living in US as resident alien; possible to work 7mo/yr in US and 5mo/yr in Canada?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;us-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-23T00:10:26.357" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross-post from &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/158997/leaving-switzerland-during-studies-eu-citizen&quot;&gt;travel.SE&lt;/a&gt; because I was asked to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen, and study in Zurich, Switzerland. I'm enrolled for the following semester.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My housing lease is expiring and I haven't managed to find other affordable accommodation, so I must leave Switzerland for my home country. My residence permit expires on the same day as my lease, and I've applied for an extension before I knew I would not find accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What will happen to my residence permit, which is being processed right now? Will I be able to enter Switzerland again when I find some apartment? (If e.g. my country is on a high-risk Covid19 list then.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I breaking some Swiss law if I receive my residence permit, but don't have an address for some time? Is my residence permit valid for entering Switzerland again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to pay someone that I know to register me as a subtenant, so I have a postal address? I don't plan on being in Switzerland for a while, I will only maybe need to reenter for exams. Is this even legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20282" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T14:04:30.440" Title="Leaving Switzerland during studies, EU citizen" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-22T23:16:23.327" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen, and study in Zurich, Switzerland. I'm enrolled for the following semester.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My housing lease is expiring and I haven't managed to find other affordable accommodation, so I must leave Switzerland for my home country. My residence permit expires on the same day as my lease, and I've applied for an extension before I knew I would not find accommodation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What will happen to my residence permit, which is being processed right now? Will I be able to enter Switzerland again when I find some apartment? (If e.g. my country is on a high-risk Covid19 list then.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I breaking some Swiss law if I receive my residence permit, but don't have an address for some time? Is my residence permit valid for entering Switzerland again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to pay someone that I know to register me as a subtenant, so I have a postal address? I don't plan on being in Switzerland for a while, I will only maybe need to reenter for exams. Is this even legal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="student_switzerland" LastActivityDate="2020-08-23T02:04:15.677" Title="Leaving Switzerland during studies, EU citizen" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-08-23T13:13:47.297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-23T02:13:45.340" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a US reentry permit useful for more than 1 entry into the US? E.g., if a US lawful permanent resident and French citizen applies for reentry permit (via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-131, Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021419/https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;)) and gets it, then stays outside the US for 2 months, comes back to the US for 1 month, stays outside the US for 5 months, comes back to the US for 1 month, and stays outside the US for 13 months, is the US reentry permit still valid for the second and third entries to the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/B5en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/B5en.pdf&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200806223451/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/B5en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reentry permit establishes that you did not intend to abandon&#xA;status, and &lt;strong&gt;it allows you to apply for admission to the United States&#xA;after traveling abroad for up to 2 years without having to obtain&#xA;a returning resident visa&lt;/strong&gt;. Reentry permits are normally valid for 2&#xA;years from the date of issuance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I don't know whether the reentry permit for more than one stay outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-23T02:18:58.253" LastActivityDate="2020-08-23T02:18:58.253" Title="Is a US reentry permit useful for more than 1 entry into the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20999" CreationDate="2020-08-24T06:12:47.897" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am facing a very critical decision regarding my parent's recent visit to the United States. My parents generally come and visit me every year. They stay here with me for 3-4 months and then leave to go back to India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, 2020 is not a usual year and COVID has forced them to stay longer than then need/want to. Given the situation, I had already applied for their stay extension in June for a visa expiring in July 2020. From what I researched, my understanding is that as far as an extension has been filed, it is OK not to wait for the response and assume approval. Which is what I assumed and they are still staying with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the COVID situation is still not resolved and I feel like, IF Possible, I would like to extend their stay for another 6 months. However, though, I am a little skeptical on if it is strictly allowed. I have already filed for one extension and assumed its approval. I do not want to put their visual in a situation where their immigration status comes under scrutiny for unnecessary means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do have two specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to file for two visa extensions back to back? Especially in these circumstances?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How safe is is it for me to assume that the first one was in fact accepted even before I file for the second one since I have not got any official correspondence from USCIS on this yet?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also understand that lately USCIS is understaffed and their website says that I should expect a delayed response. What I am worried about is what would happen if what I am assuming to be a delayed response turns out to be a delayed rejection?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-08-25T02:29:57.740" Title="How many times can I extend my parent's visitor visa stay?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20998" CreationDate="2020-08-24T06:48:14.893" Score="5" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2#b_1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(b)(1)&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) General. Any B-1 visitor for business or B-2 visitor for pleasure&#xA;may be admitted for not more than one year and may be granted&#xA;extensions of temporary stay in increments of not more than six months&#xA;each, [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is clear from the fact that this says &amp;quot;extensions&amp;quot; and talks about it in &amp;quot;increments&amp;quot; that it is possible for more than one extension in a row. As to how likely it would be to be approved, I cannot speak to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T06:48:14.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-24T08:29:00.730" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a resident of Germany (Bavaria) and I’ve submitted my taxes via smartsteuer for three years. Smartsteuer warned me that for the last two I need to pay to Finanzamt a specific amount of money (Nachzahlung). I’ve checked why exactly and, after short yet intense investigation came up to conclusion that, hélas, it is what it is, and all is justified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I’ve received a letter from Finanzamt where they are requesting way bigger amount compared to that Smartsteuer warned me about. Like a big-big amount, like a noticeable part of my year income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked the &amp;quot;Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Daten&amp;quot; which is basically a comparison table and it looks like the reason is that somehow they treated me as a single person, not a married one (thus paying taxes throughout whole year in a wrong category) - at least for 2017 I see in the report &amp;quot;Summe der Einkünfte&amp;quot; for both me and my wife but starting from 2018 I don't see any data on my spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2018 and 2019 however, I've been married - and filed petition with my wife-at-the-time of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question would be: What is exact set of steps I should take in order to make this claim reconsidered? Should I pay and the appeal, should I just write a letter or I should take some more active measures to secure my position?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8582" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T08:29:00.730" Title="How can I dispute the seemingly innacurate claim of Finanzamt?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20991" CreationDate="2020-08-24T09:36:51.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to be correct, article 20-1 of the &lt;em&gt;code civil&lt;/em&gt; provides that, to impact citizenship, parentage with their French parent must be established while the child is still a minor. Majority was already at 18 in France in 1999/2000 (it has been since 1974).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the case may be, the only course of action is submitting a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;request for a &lt;em&gt;certificat de nationalité française&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Even if that's not successful, it's important to submit it. Some official telling you you're not entitled to it or a verbal refusal (&lt;em&gt;refus de guichet&lt;/em&gt;) doesn't help you, you want a formal decision with a written explanation to be able to properly evaluate it and possibly dispute it in front of the courts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend hiring a lawyer to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Double-check whether this late recognition is an issue or not, no need to spend too much time and money if there is no way around that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review your initial request and make sure it's perfect, to avoid other issues during the procedure. You want it to have all the documents listed, with a certified translation if that's relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the appeals should you fail to get the certificate and your lawyer sees a way to fight the refusal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T20:03:49.543" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T20:03:49.543" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-24T15:01:35.140" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a EU-citizen, can I apply for a student loan for a master's degree in the UK for a course starting in September 2021, without moving to the UK before December 31?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20289" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T15:15:45.703" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T15:15:45.703" Title="UK masters loan for EU-citizens after Brexit" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-24T17:33:57.890" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to start working in Ireland in October, directly following my present employment, and I'm required to relocate to the Cork area. While I understand most procedures for securing a place to live, I'm now in the situation that I'm presently living in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/8868e-view-the-covid-19-travel-advice-list/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;country not on the green list&lt;/a&gt; and would thus be subjected to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/b4020-travelling-to-ireland-from-a-country-that-is-not-on-the-covid-19-travel-advice-list/#restricted-movement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;basically quarantine&lt;/a&gt; for two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume the restrictions mentioned there make house/apartment viewings a grey area in the best case, and in the more likely interpretations a thing I'm supposed to avoid over the course of two weeks after entering the country. Given the volatility of the local rental market a two-week waiting period in-place would also not really help much with anything, to my understanding, except for probably just costing me a lot of likely unnecessary hotel room fees. Spending over two weeks abroad would probably also be difficult to justify to my present employer, given that I'd also need about a week off to actually organize a move at the end of September (though I can technically work fine remotely, but a hotel in Ireland is a bit different from home office).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, my question is two-fold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can search for accomodation legally be seen as an exception to any of the movement restrictions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not (which I will assume for now), how open are agents to secure a rental property for someone abroad - or are there other ways to secure a suitable place to live with reasonable overhead cost?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20290" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T17:33:57.890" Title="How to find a place to live in Ireland in times of Covid?" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20998" CreationDate="2020-08-25T02:29:57.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A pretty ancient answer but my now-wife had IIRC two extensions back in the 1980s.  (There was no need to try for more, at that point we married and the next paperwork wasn't an extension.  This wasn't being deceptive, at the time she came to the US she had no plans to stay and didn't even know of my existence.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387" LastActivityDate="2020-08-25T02:29:57.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21005" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21006" CreationDate="2020-08-25T04:26:03.740" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it ok to indicate in good faith a very approximate date of departure, expected length of trip and list of countries when completing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-131, Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021419/https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) when applying for a reentry permit? E.g., indicating 200 days but instead staying outside the US just for 50 days, or vice versa, and/or indicating countries A and B but instead going to countries X, Y and Z.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anything mentioned in the  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instructions for Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021430/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kDdoJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kDdoJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lZ5Ro.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lZ5Ro.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T20:06:35.683" Title="Is it ok to indicate in good faith a very approximate departure date, expected length of trip and list of countries when applying for reentry permit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21005" CreationDate="2020-08-25T19:24:31.807" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, and I believe you can also write &amp;quot;Unknown&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;TBD&amp;quot; if you don't have any specific plans in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-08-25T19:24:31.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-26T10:34:44.137" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father has received pre-settled status in April 2019. He hasn't really lived in the UK (short visits) but planning to move here by the end of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems there might be a problem when his current pre-settled status expires in 2024. Because he won't be able to apply for the settled status as he hasn't actually lived in the UK for 5 years (it'll likely be 3 and a half), would it be possible to get a new pre-settled status in 2024 when current expires or a replacement to the current one this year so that it'll last 5 years?&#xA;Otherwise if both are a no, would he be kicked out of the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9430" LastEditorUserId="9430" LastEditDate="2020-08-26T10:46:26.227" LastActivityDate="2020-08-26T10:46:26.227" Title="After acquiring pre-settled status, is it possible to get a new pre-settled status?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2020-08-27T08:18:21.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20993" CreationDate="2020-08-26T11:53:05.420" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an EU Citizen is relativ automatic, so leaving and returning is no problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you must deregister your residence as everyone else must. (You can be fined for not doing so)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you return you will have register again when you take up a residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on how long you have been gone, your Aufenthaltsbewilligung &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; have expired after leaving the country for a longer period (I found no information about this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checking back with the Kanton authority after your return would be, therefore, wise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could, of course, go now and simply ask 'Does the Aufenthaltsbewilligung expire after being absent over 3/6 months?'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-08-26T11:53:05.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20364" CreationDate="2020-08-26T14:22:49.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Formally, EU citizens never need a &lt;em&gt;permit&lt;/em&gt; to secure the right to stay in another EU country. They just need to fulfill the conditions defined in the treaties and the secondary law implementing them (directive 2004/38/EC, CJEU case law, national laws and regulations). If you do fulfill these conditions, the country has no discretion and can only ask you to leave for very specific reasons (“public policy, public security, or public health”).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the extent that some formalities or documents were (or still are) required, they are supposed to verify that you do indeed hold a (pre-existing) &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; to reside and not constitute a &lt;em&gt;permission&lt;/em&gt;. Concretely, this means that failing to request such a document in time can, at most, result in a fine (and a bit of confusion when interacting with the authorities) but you would not be accruing illegal stay or risk losing your residence rights. That's also why they are often called a “card“ rather than a “permit“, like the residence card for third-country members of the family of an EU citizen (which is, however, required).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twenty or so years ago, freedom of movement already existed but directive 2004/38 wasn't implemented and case law was less extensive and it was still common to routinely issue or even require some sort of residence document. I held several of these from various countries. Nowadays, most countries dropped this requirement and do not routinely expect you to get one but some still offer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you mentioned France and you are right that it doesn't require any formalities from EU citizens. Since there is no national registration system, you don't even need to report your address anywhere and can simply take up residence in the country. However, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16003&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;still get a residence card&lt;/a&gt;, free of charge, if you wish to document your status. Such a card looks like a residence permit (blue/pink plastic card) and can be used &lt;em&gt;in lieu&lt;/em&gt; of a passport or ID card for just about any purpose in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Belgium however, you are supposed to report your address to the authorities within 10 days and to submit some evidence that you do qualify for freedom of movement rights. You then get a “proof of registration”. That's the 3-month document you heard about. During these three months, the municipality is supposed to check that you do live at the reported address and possibly refer your file to the federal authorities if additional verfication is necessary. It would then issue a “certificate”. That's the 5-year document you heard about. While it is actually a small plastic card with a chip that looks and feels like a residence permit, it is emphatically not called a “permit”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as the formalities are similar to registration requirements applying to their own citizens, other EU countries are free to impose requirements like those that apply in Belgium (which seems to be more fastidious than most however).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After five years as a resident in another EU country, you should also be considered a “permanent resident”, which comes with additional rights and protections. That's one reason why the original certificate is valid for 5 years. Because establishing you're a resident and ultimately securing permanent resident status are advantageous for you, it makes sense to apply for the relevant documentation even when that's not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, you do not need any permission to become a (permanent) resident and your status doesn't depend on it but documenting it will make things much easier if you want to depend on it down the line (e.g. if you become unable to work and need some sort of welfare support).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-27T10:58:02.313" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T10:58:02.313" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21010" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21011" CreationDate="2020-08-26T22:28:53.883" Score="5" ViewCount="881" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is renouncing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usa.gov/renounce-lose-citizenship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one's US citizenship&lt;/a&gt; approximately equally administratively complex as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;renouncing one's US lawful permanent resident status&lt;/a&gt; (i.e., giving up one's green card)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that matters (e.g., for tax treaties), the US lawful permanent resident or US citizen is also a French citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-08-27T20:00:00.753" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T20:00:00.753" Title="Is renouncing one's US citizenship approx. equally administratively complex as renouncing one's US lawful permanent resident status (green card)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;renouncing-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21010" CreationDate="2020-08-26T23:10:21.240" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is renouncing one's US citizenship approximately equally administratively complex as renouncing one's US lawful permanent resident status (i.e., giving up one's green card)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not at all.  You can relinquish permanent residence quite easily, even &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-407&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;by mail&lt;/a&gt;, and there is no fee.  Renouncing citizenship requires &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Renunciation-US-Nationality-Abroad.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;appearing before a consular officer&lt;/a&gt; and a hefty fee, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/22.1&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;currently $2350&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-26T23:10:21.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-27T00:16:20.800" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a EU national with a settled status living in the UK,&#xA;I'm married to a non-EU spouse residing in an EU country as a refugee who works full time, I’m questioning about the financial part,&#xA;I’m unemployed at the moment seeking employment will I still be able to start the process of EU family permit or wait for employment to prove £18600? Do I need finance evidence or does “seeking work” still come under qualified person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20297" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-27T16:03:31.317" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T16:03:31.317" Title="EU national living in the UK with settled status applying for EU family permit married to non-EU spouse - financial evidence needed" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21012" CreationDate="2020-08-27T01:40:16.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forget about the £18,600.  That only applies to people who do not benefit from the EU free movement system (nor from the EU Settlement Scheme that is replacing it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an EEA family permit, as well as for an EUSS family permit, there is no need to prove any level of income.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an EUSS family permit, it does not appear that you even need to be &amp;quot;qualified&amp;quot;: your settled or pre-settled status is sufficient.  For the EEA family permit, you must be employed or otherwise qualified.  This includes job seekers.  In addition, if you have a permanent residence document, that suffices for an EEA family permit without your needing to provide proof of being qualified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until the end of the transition period, you can apply for either an EEA or EUSS family permit.  The EEA family permit will not be valid after the transition period ends, however, and at that point you will only be able to apply for an EUSS family permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant criteria for the EUSS family permit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EU Settlement Scheme family permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK if all of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re the ‘close’ family member of an EEA citizen, Swiss citizen or eligible person of Northern Ireland&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the EEA citizen you’re joining is in the UK already or travelling with you to the UK within 6 months of the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person you’re joining must also either be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an EEA or Swiss national with ‘settled’ or ‘pre-settled’ status under the EU Settlement Scheme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The relevant criteria for the EEA family permit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eligibility&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EEA citizen you’re joining must either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be in the UK already&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be travelling with you to the UK within 6 months of the date of your application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they’ve been in the UK for more than 3 months they must either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a ‘qualified person’ (working, looking for work, self-employed, studying or self-sufficient)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a permanent residence document - sometimes called a ‘document certifying permanent residence’&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your family member is not a ‘qualified person’ and does not have a permanent residence document, you may be eligible for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-08-27T01:46:11.237" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T01:46:11.237" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20364" CreationDate="2020-08-27T08:18:44.967" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32004L0038&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt; was already mentioned but it's worth quoting it because it's highly relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fundamental and personal right of residence in another Member State is conferred directly on Union citizens by the Treaty and is not dependent upon their having fulfilled administrative procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Persons exercising their right of residence should not, however, become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State during an initial period of residence. Therefore, the right of residence for Union citizens and their family members for periods in excess of three months should be subject to conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For periods of residence of longer than three months, Member States should have the possibility to require Union citizens to register with the competent authorities in the place of residence, attested by a registration certificate issued to that effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/12/Seite.120225.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austria&lt;/a&gt; executes this practically word-by-word: allows EEA/Swiss citizens to reside up to three months without conditions and after three months there are conditions, read the link. What is relevant to the question is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EEA citizens and Swiss people who have a right of residence for a period of more than three months according to Union law and are staying in Austria longer than three months must report their taking up of residence to the residence authorities. A registration certificate [Anmeldebescheinigung] as documentation of their right of residence will then be issued upon application. Such an application must be made within a four-month period starting from the applicant's arrival in Austria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T08:18:44.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-27T08:30:55.493" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a dual Hungarian-Canadian citizen and a Canadian resident and once this covid madness is over I would like to spend more than three months in Austria. I was looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/12/Seite.120225.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/content/12/Seite.120225.html&lt;/a&gt; and it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;they have sufficient means of life and sufficient health insurance coverage for themselves&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;well, what is that? The german version &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/leben_in_oesterreich/aufenthalt/4/Seite.120210.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/leben_in_oesterreich/aufenthalt/4/Seite.120210.html&lt;/a&gt; is not much more helpful. How much money are they looking for daily/monthly and what sort of health insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T08:30:55.493" Title="What does &quot;have adequate means of subsistence&quot; mean for Austrian residency over three months?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21016" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21017" CreationDate="2020-08-27T11:43:14.187" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had read an official document in the past that stated that EU citizens exercising their right to free movement within the EU &lt;strong&gt;must be a citizen of (or have lived in) an EU country for at least 5 years&lt;/strong&gt; in order to exercise their right to move to &lt;strong&gt;Ireland&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I cannot find the document now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this fact true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: If you just naturalized as a French citizen, you wait at least 5 years to exercise free movement rights to move to Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T13:17:28.987" Title="EU citizen for less than 5 years can't exercise free movement rights to Ireland" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21016" CreationDate="2020-08-27T13:17:28.987" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this is not true.  See the information from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/rights_of_residence_in_ireland/residence_rights_eu_national.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizens' Information Board&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have been confused by the five-year residence period that leads to the right of &lt;em&gt;permanent&lt;/em&gt; residence, or perhaps by the transition period that EU countries may apply to the nationals of countries newly joining the EU (although I don't remember whether Ireland imposed such a transition period, and the member that joined most recently did so more than 5 years ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T13:17:28.987" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-28T01:47:18.173" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;While applying for marriage based greencard USCIS made a terrible mistake (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20426/i-130-approved-i-797-received-why-do-we-have-to-file-i-824-and-do-we&quot;&gt;I-130 approved (I-797 received): Why do we have to file I-824 (and do we)?&lt;/a&gt;): While they approved I-130, they approved it for Adjustment of Status instead of consular processing that was explicitely requested on the application. This forced us to file Form I-824. Not only is the filing fee 400 USD, the processing time for this form (that I was never supposed to file) is up to 14 month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After trying to fight this and calling USCIS for a month without success, we got the recommendation to bite the bullet and just file it since everything else would delay things even more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/how-to-make-an-expedite-request&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-information/how-to-make-an-expedite-request&lt;/a&gt;. Since this was clearly a USCIS mistake I would like to request expedite processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this work in this situation and does this work after I-824 was filed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The link above is very vague. Is there a way to make this request in written form, without calling the USCIS Contact Center?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the best approach to fight the additional 400$ fee that we had to pay for I-824 due to clear USCIS error?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T01:47:18.173" Title="USCIS Expedite Request and complaints/refund after USCIS made a mistake" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20277" CreationDate="2020-08-28T08:44:49.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like phoog, I also suggest visiting a doctor regardless of insurance, like phoog suggested, I'd like to add that this statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an international student, I cannot buy into basic health insurance until I get at least a part-time job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is not quite true. That is, you may not be automatically covered, but that doesn't mean you can't get health insurance. The Netherlands is not the US: Health insurance is at least reasonable, and certainly not a massively overpriced mess. You can read more about health insurance for international students here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/insurances-netherlands/dutch-health-insurance-international-students&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IAmExpat: Health insurance for international students in the Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also consult your university's office responsible for student welfare and/or international students' affairs on this matter; perhaps they have some particular arrangement with better pricing for internationals at your university? Or - you can also try and get in touch with one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/insurances-netherlands/dutch-health-insurance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;health insurance providers&lt;/a&gt; (that list may not be complete; Aon/IAK is not there apparently). There's also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zorgwijzer.nl/zorgvergelijker/english#/search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;insurance plan comparison site&lt;/a&gt; but I'm not sure it covers plans for international students.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, there are a couple of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.loonzorg.com/students/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;plans&lt;/a&gt; targeted at international students offered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.loonzorg.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LoonZorg&lt;/a&gt;. I wasn't insured by them when I was in the Netherlands so I can't comment on the merits of these plans or the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One final link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Netherlands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Dutch Health Insurance system&lt;/a&gt; - Wikipedia article for your general education :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-08-28T22:43:54.893" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T22:43:54.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21021" CreationDate="2020-08-28T08:47:20.527" Score="2" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please explain what &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/form-CTZ3.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; document's page 5 second paragraph means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;If you are an EU citizen for less than five years&lt;/strong&gt; please submit copy of your passport showing&#xA;permission to remain stamps from date of arrival in the State to date of becoming an EU&#xA;citizen and proof of residence in the State from date of becoming an EU citizen to date of&#xA;application. Please submit three different proofs of residence for each year showing name and&#xA;address for this period i.e. mortgage/rent agreement, household bills (gas, electricity, phone or&#xA;cable/ satellite TV), bank statements, revenue letters, mortgage agreement, social welfare,&#xA;letter from employment, etc.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically the sentence in bold. Are rules different for naturalized EU citizens who have become EU citizens since not more than 5 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: You can find a note on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/become-an-irish-citizen-by-naturalisation/#Adult-EU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; too. What is it exactly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Note: To apply as a UK, EU/EEA &amp;amp; Swiss national, you must have been a UK, EU/EEA or Swiss national for more than 5 years. If not, you must apply as a non-EU/EEA &amp;amp; non-Swiss national.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-08-28T12:31:29.290" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T12:31:29.290" Title="Different rules/procedure for new EU citizens (for less than 5 years)" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21020" CreationDate="2020-08-28T09:06:35.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The sentence doesn't suggest that different rules apply. To &lt;em&gt;naturalize&lt;/em&gt; as an Irish citizen, you need to have resided in the country legally for five years. That's the requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the EU freedom of movement and related legislation, EU citizens do not need permission to reside in Ireland and do not get stamps on their passport. Therefore it doesn't make sense to ask them to submit “permission to remain stamps” covering these five years. In fact, some EU citizens might not even have a passport and do not need one to live in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the the other hand, third-country nationals do need permission to reside in Ireland. Therefore, they need a slightly different kind of evidence to establish that they satisfy the legal residence requirement during the last five years (namely the permission to remain stamps).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you weren't an EU citizen over the whole period, you need to submit evidence that you were indeed a legal resident before becoming an EU citizen. It is thefore necessary to submit a different kind of evidence for each period of residence in Ireland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these rules are outside the scope of the EU freedom of movement as naturalization is still fully a matter of national law. They have no bearing on your right to reside, live with your family, become a permanent resident, etc. in Ireland as an EU citizen. They wouln't impact a newly naturalized EU citizen moving to Ireland who ultimately decides to apply for Irish citizenship either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only impacts people who become EU citizens &lt;em&gt;while they are already residing in Ireland&lt;/em&gt;. Given the rules for naturalization in other EU countries, that would be relatively rare, although it is possible (reintegration based on ancestry or naturalization for spouses do not always require residence, investment routes to citizenship typically have some light residence requirements but it's not impossible to skirt them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-08-28T09:26:17.490" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T09:26:17.490" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-28T13:10:27.757" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the following hypothetical situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have an S-Corp in the US which generates 300K USD annually&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a US citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am an EU citizen and reside in Spain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I invoice the US S-Corp for 50K EUR per year (to live off of in Spain as a freelancer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The remaining ~240K USD stays in the S-Corp's US bank account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the Spanish Tax Agency view this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would the S-Corp's total annual income need to be declared as personal income in Spain?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would the ~240K USD that remained in the S-Corp be taxed at a US corporate tax rate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is only the invoiced income (the 50K EUR) considered personal income from the perspective of the Spanish Tax Agency? Or is the S-Corp's total income included?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried understanding the tax treaties between both nations but it was unclear to me how this situation should be classified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9745" LastActivityDate="2020-08-28T13:10:27.757" Title="How does the Spanish Tax Agency view US S-Corporation income?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21024" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21027" CreationDate="2020-08-29T07:57:56.410" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many countries offer 3-6 month stays on a travel visa. If I to do a Visa “run”, am I able to leave my stuff in that country, then later reenter it and come back to the same place I was staying in before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13851" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-05T19:39:47.827" LastActivityDate="2020-09-05T19:39:47.827" Title="If I do a Visa “Run”, can I leave my stuff in that country?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-29T13:54:34.987" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife (Filipino) and I (British) are planning to move to the UK after living in Spain for the last four years. We are applying for an EEA Family Permit, more commonly known as the 'Surinder Singh' route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's required that all presented documents be translated into English. However, does this include information on the documents that couldn't possibly be important for the application? For example, if we are providing a bank statement as proof of address then it doesn't make much sense to me that we should translate all of the individual transaction items on the statement as the purpose of the document is only to prove our address. The same goes for stuff like utility bills. As long as they can clearly see that the document is a bank statement and see our address then I think that should be sufficient, but I am wondering if they might be stiff about it and demand that every single word of each document be translated whether it's relevant to the application or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, is it necessary that my wife's residence card in Spain be translated? The cards follow a standard format and the information is clear. It seems wasteful to have it translated just to translate words like 'Name' and 'Date of birth'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody with any experience of these applications know whether it's sufficient to only have the 'important' parts of each document translated and leave trivial stuff like card transactions on a bank statement or water usage info on a utility bill untranslated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15192" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-08-29T16:52:15.240" LastActivityDate="2020-08-29T16:52:15.240" Title="Do I need to have trivial, unimportant information translated in documents in UK visa application? (EEA Family Permit)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21024" CreationDate="2020-08-30T02:04:20.110" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, yes.  There is no way for a country's authorities to force you to take anything with you when you leave, and they are not usually permitted to confiscate your property under these circumstances.  In fact, they're unlikely to know that you have left anything behind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are maintaining a residence in the country, and it is a country that discourages or actively forbids visa runs, then you probably have an increased chance of being refused admission.  It may be unlikely, but some small detail might inspire the immigration officer to suspect that you're residing there and dig a little more deeply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you stay away for long enough (a common guideline is to spend no more than half of your time in the country), even a country that discourages visa runs may let you in despite their knowing that you have an apartment there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-08-30T02:04:20.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-30T08:24:32.223" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife likes to go to US for her PhD degree. I have a programming company in our country that works around AI products. I want to know if we go to US, with F1 visa for her and F2 visa for me, can I participate in Science and Technology parks programs, get accepted my business plan/ideas and change my visa status to entrepreneur visa by creating a new programming/tech company in US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16009" LastActivityDate="2020-08-30T08:24:32.223" Title="Can I change my F-2 Visa to entrepreneur visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-30T10:30:18.547" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will an EU national living in Ireland be subject to immigration checks when travelling from Ireland to UK after the transition period? If no, how long can they live in UK by entering UK through the CTA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20300" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-08-30T14:57:29.837" LastActivityDate="2020-08-30T14:57:29.837" Title="How long can an EU national live in the UK if they entered UK through CTA? (after Transition period)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21030" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21031" CreationDate="2020-08-30T16:08:37.390" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian-South African dual citizen. My daughter is going to pursue a Master's degree in the US. But since it's her first trip abroad, I want to accompany her for the 2 years duration of the course or at least the 1st year. Since I am a Canadian, I can travel to the US visa free for 6 months, and since I am a South African too, I can apply for a 6 month tourist visa as well. Is it allowed that I use this to accompany her for at least the whole first year of the course by travelling to the US first as a South African citizen and then visa-free as a Canadian citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20305" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-05T19:55:28.797" LastActivityDate="2020-09-05T19:55:28.797" Title="Can I stay in the US this way for 1 year?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21030" CreationDate="2020-08-30T18:07:46.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can stay in the US for as long as the immigration officer at entry admits you for. You can leave the US and seek to re-enter the US as soon as you want. So, for example, if you were admitted for 6 months as a B2 visitor the first time, you can leave the US, immediately turn around and seek to re-enter, and, if the immigration officer decides to admit you as a B2 visitor for another 6 months, you can stay for another 6 months, and you can potentially do that again in another 6 months. There is no technical rule that the officer cannot do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you have stayed for too long too many times recently, there is an increasing chance that the officer will deny you entry as a visitor for failure to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent. For the purposes of that determination, there is no reason why the officer would do it differently based on if you are presenting a Canadian passport or a South African passport, if the officer finds out that you are the same person. If the officer asks about your recent trips to the US, you must answer honestly regardless of which passport you used to travel to the US the last time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-08-30T18:07:46.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21033" CreationDate="2020-08-31T04:43:14.547" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;When an employee of a US enterprise switch their status from US lawful permanent resident to US citizen, must they report the change to their US employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-05T19:51:47.433" LastActivityDate="2020-09-05T19:51:47.433" Title="When an employee of a US firm switches their status from US lawful permanent resident to US citizen, must they report the change to their US employer?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21032" CreationDate="2020-08-31T13:18:52.480" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  There is no practical difference for an employer between a permanent resident and a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Employers do have to check employees' authorization to work, but they do not have to maintain on file a record of the current basis of each employee's authorization.  They need to reverify authorization for employees whose authorization expires, but permanent residents, like citizens, don't have to worry about that.  For permanent residents and citizens alike, the I-9 form is simply a record of the document shown to the employer at the time the employer checked, which is the beginning of the employee's employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-01T03:27:14.890" LastActivityDate="2020-09-01T03:27:14.890" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21035" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21037" CreationDate="2020-09-01T08:01:11.593" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can I find information about when Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery for 2022 will start?&#xA;When I open official site &lt;a href=&quot;https://dvprogram.state.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://dvprogram.state.gov/&lt;/a&gt; I can't find any information or notice when it will become open for applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen many non-official site which accept applications for 2022 Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery but they require payment for registration and I feel confused, since I guess it should be free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20310" LastActivityDate="2020-09-01T18:04:40.843" Title="Where can I find information about when Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery for 2022 will start?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-01T10:57:05.117" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/skilled-immigration-act/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Skilled Immigration Act&lt;/a&gt;, an employer would receive an Advance Approval document from the foreigners registration office in Germany and would pass it on the qualified professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The qualified professional would receive the document before they make an appointment to the relevant embassy/consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attached below is a document that one got from their employer, but how to verify that it's the Advance Approval document according to § 81a AufenthG?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hZWLt.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hZWLt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What has been done so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Translated the whole document in English, but that doesn't verify it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No reference to &lt;em&gt;§ 81a AufenthG&lt;/em&gt; could be found in the document, and that's the reason I'm posting it here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked the employer regarding it, and seems like they aren't sure about it either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20311" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T20:56:27.753" Title="Advance approval according to § 81a AufenthG for work permit in Germany, is it the right one?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21035" CreationDate="2020-09-01T18:04:40.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The diversity visa always opens at the beginning of October.  As far as I am aware, this is because the US federal government's accounting year runs from October 1st through September 30th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found some unofficial sources saying that the 2022 program will go ahead as usual in October 2020, but I haven't found any official source.  Given the current political climate, particularly the COVID restrictions on immigrant visas, it would not be terribly surprising if it were cancelled.  If I were you I would keep checking the page you linked to as well as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-submit-entry1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DV section of the State Department's public information site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-09-01T18:04:40.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-02T13:03:07.490" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My uncle (mother's brother) filed application (I-130 Form) for my mom, dad, brother and I in 2013 Dec. Now, in August 2020, we got the approval letter. I was 15 years old then and now I'm 22. My brother was 12 in 2013 and now he's 19 years old. My question is: How much time will it take for the visa to come? And what are the next steps? I am afraid that we will be aged out of qualifying by the time we would actually get the visa. Many people are quoting here that they got visa after 11 years from approval. Could someone please help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20317" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-03T11:52:01.617" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T14:57:06.687" Title="Form I-130 approved (Family Preference 4) What next?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-03T01:23:41.510" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do I need to get a job prior to my application for the UK Visa? The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UK Ancestry Visa page&lt;/a&gt; says I need an offer, but I'm wondering how firm this is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I go the UK and stay for a few months while I look for work? I work at a hedge fund, and am looking to do something similar in the UK. Of course I won't be travelling soon. I'm hoping for some time in early 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20316" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-03T20:55:14.210" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T20:55:14.210" Title="27 year-old Canadian citizen looking to move to UK (can prove both grandfathers are UK citizens)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21039" CreationDate="2020-09-03T07:12:36.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK Ancestry Visa page ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/ancestry-visa&lt;/a&gt; ) says I need an offer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not correct.  It says that you need &amp;quot;evidence that you’re planning to work in the UK.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It then goes on to give examples of such evidence, one of which is &amp;quot;job offers you’ve received.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can submit other evidence instead, but I do not know how concrete the evidence needs to be.  For example, evidence that you plan to look for a job may or may not be sufficient; evidence that you actually have been looking for jobs may or may not be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T07:12:36.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21041" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21362" CreationDate="2020-09-03T14:27:08.193" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will US consulates accept a birth certificate for my child if the birth certificate format is revised by law, but my child has an older format of birth certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turns out every decade the format for birth certificate changes.Thus I wonder if we (non-US citizen parents not residing in US ) can renew our US citizen's child's passport at US embassy, if birth certificate we have belongs to an older format ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2020-11-22T00:26:45.577" Title="Is older birth certificate format a valid document to renew US passport if birth certificate format change?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21038" CreationDate="2020-09-03T14:57:06.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current (Sep 2020) &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa bulletin&lt;/a&gt; shows that for the F4 category for people born in India, visa numbers are currently available for priority dates (i.e. for I-130 filed) before March 8, 2005 (about 15.5 years ago). So if the wait remains the same in the future, you can expect a visa number to be available for your petition in about 2029 (though the wait may get shorter or longer in the future).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), the amount of time the I-130 is pending is subtracted from a child's age when determining whether he/she has aged out. In your case the I-130 was pending (i.e. from filing to approval) for about 6 years and 8 months. That means children will age out at an age of 21 + 6 years 8 months = 27 years 8 months. In 2029, you will be about 31, so you will almost certainly have aged out. Your brother will be about 28; depending on how the visa bulletin moves in the future and his exact birthday, it is possible that he might barely make it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T14:57:06.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21039" CreationDate="2020-09-03T15:10:20.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Answer posted by @phoog is correct, and is explained in more detail by the UK Ancestry Guidance cited in Traveller's comment. Page 17 of 37 of the Guidance says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The applicant does not have to be working at the time they apply. They need only demonstrate they are able to work and intend to take and seek employment. Evidence of this could include, but is not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;job offers from employers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of registration with a recruitment agency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;evidence of job applications they have made or any steps they have&#xA;undertaken to improve their chances of finding employment – for example,&#xA;relevant training courses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a business plan, if they intend to be self-employed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T15:10:20.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21044" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21045" CreationDate="2020-09-03T15:44:36.300" Score="0" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the salary of a future employee (also happens to be a skilled worker) in Germany already qualifies for Blue Card, can the employee still get Advance Approval according to § 81a AufenthG for fast-track procedure, or is this procedure valid only for those employees (also happen to be skilled workers) whose salary is less than what qualifies for Blue Card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I couldn't find this in official documentation, through communication with many people online, there is this confusion that fast-track procedure is for only those skilled workers whose salary, as of when they apply for visa, is less than what qualifies for Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information about the fast-track procedure can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/looking-for-foreign-professionals/targeted-recruitment/entering-working-in-germany/the-fast-track-procedure-for-skilled-workers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/skilled-worker-immigration/2304796?openAccordionId=item-2304826-14-panel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20311" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-03T18:20:52.173" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T18:32:12.430" Title="Advance Approval according to § 81a AufenthG &amp; Blue Card for work permit in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21044" CreationDate="2020-09-03T18:32:12.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first sentence of § 81a AufenthG reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Arbeitgeber können bei der zuständigen Ausländerbehörde in Vollmacht des Ausländers, der zu einem Aufenthaltszweck nach den §§ 16a, 16d, 18a, 18b und 18c Absatz 3 einreisen will, ein beschleunigtes Fachkräfteverfahren beantragen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The EU Blue card is controlled by § 18b so it is covered by the fast-track procedure (you will find a lot of confusing references, e.g. to § 19a all over the web as the articles of the law were renumbered a few months ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-09-03T18:32:12.430" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-04T13:09:52.963" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently hold a work permit in finland via my current Indian employer. And my fiance currently holds a blue card in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we had plan to get married this year in India but due to covid situation we are not able plan marriage in india.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we plan to get married in Germany or EU. But we don't have required documents with us &amp;quot;maritial status certificate&amp;quot; to get married in Germany or in finland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i have below question and need advice to take any steps further:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if we get married in EU and get marriage certificate, from where i will have to apply for dependent visa? germany or finland?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am planning to end my current employment and move to Germany with her, without going back to India to take care of her.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;another option if i get a german work contract and i have to file for German work permit i can't do it from germany? or it will be filed from India?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and as per my current my employer can call me back to India anytime so i plan to take 2 months leave if i can process the application from Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what would be best in such situation  to avoid and negative points to my application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20324" LastEditorUserId="20324" LastEditDate="2020-09-04T17:49:37.647" LastActivityDate="2020-09-04T18:03:42.800" Title="Indian Getting married in Europe and dependent visa complication work permit in different country" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21048" CreationDate="2020-09-04T17:57:52.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you plan to move to Germany after you marry, you will need to apply to Germany for a dependent visa or residence permit, derivative of your wife's blue card status.  I suspect that you will be able to make the application in Finland.  You can approach a German consulate in Finland for more information.  In fact, the only diplomatic mission in Finland seems to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/visa/local-contacts-world-map/country/by-county/finland/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the embassy in Helsinki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also look at the government's web pages.  A good place to start is probably &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/living-in-germany/family-reunification/spouses-non-eu-countries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Spouses joining citizens of non-EU countries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If instead you want to apply for an independent work permit in Germany through a sponsoring employer, you should still be able to do that in Finland provided that you can maintain lawful residence in Finland (that is, provided that you can retain your current employment while you're applying for the German visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-04T18:03:42.800" LastActivityDate="2020-09-04T18:03:42.800" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19756" CreationDate="2020-09-04T21:28:01.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I have received Blue Card finally I am updating the answer for anyone interested:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you reach Germany on German national Visa, do the following (based on my experience)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a flat/residence. make a rental agreement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the City office and register to get 'Anmeldung'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get health insurance and obtain a certificate for the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obtain an appointment from your local foreign office for blue card interview.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fill the blue card application form. Carry - Degree certificate,&#xA;Anmeldung, Rental agreement, proof of sufficient living space, a&#xA;photo, passport, 100Euro (may vary), etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Officer will verify your documents.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Officer will ask you to pay the fee.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Officer will issue a temporary residence permit printed on paper.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In about 6 weeks blue card will arrive at your home on post!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19389" LastActivityDate="2020-09-04T21:28:01.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-04T22:41:23.227" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a limited leave to remain BRP and don't hold a IRL. Am 19 and changed my surname to my mother's maiden name. How do I get a new BRP?  There is a form on the UK government website to send by post but there is also a online form you can do to get a new BRP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, my replacement Mauritian passport was issued October last year, the processing took a long time e.g. printing on newspaper and such and lock down made it go over the 3 months time span to update your info before I received it in the UK. Do I really have to pay a big fine?&#xA;Thanks for the help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20326" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-09-06T12:59:40.667" LastActivityDate="2020-09-06T12:59:40.667" Title="How to change name on BRP and whether I have to pay 1000£ fine (UK)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-04T23:16:16.370" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am currently Canadian citizen working as an employee for a software company(registered in Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This software company makes inventory management software for businesses that sell cannabis(marijuana).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In future, I would like to work in USA, through TN visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would that be an issue to apply for TN visa? After working for cannabis related business software company&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3756" LastActivityDate="2020-09-04T23:16:16.370" Title="TN visa processing for USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;tn-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-06T13:17:50.510" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be moving abroad in November and planning to get my car from EU to the UK this or next month before we move, so that I can drive all the way there. Do I need to register the car here with temporary plates? My license is British, but the car is not. Although registered, taxed and MOTed in its country of origin. Can I drive it here in the UK on this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20329" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-09-06T18:21:20.260" LastActivityDate="2020-09-06T18:21:20.260" Title="Can a British-license holder drive an EU registered car in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-09-08T21:38:04.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-07T11:01:33.157" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I try to re-new my nys drivers license it says on this site&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/how-renew-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to renew a license - New York DMV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the renewal notice we mailed you (MV-2) or if you don't have it, use&#xA;the Application for Permit, Driver License, or Non-driver ID (PDF)&#xA;(MV-44) a Vision Test Report (PDF) (MV-619) completed by an eye care&#xA;professional  a check or money order payable to ‘Commissioner of Motor&#xA;Vehicles’&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;gt; a pre-addressed priority mail return envelope with your application.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will help ensure that we send your license to the correct&#xA;address&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean I just need to only include an envelope with my international address where I want the renewed license sent or must I include postage as well? Does the price of renewal cover the international postage? As it is, I do not know where to get postage overseas that would be accepted in the U.S. postal service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20335" LastEditorUserId="20335" LastEditDate="2020-09-07T11:26:29.953" LastActivityDate="2020-09-07T11:26:29.953" Title="What does a pre-addressed priority mail return envelope mean?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;postal-system&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21057" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-07T14:40:02.730" Score="4" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am a Turkish citizen living and working in Germany. I don't have a Blue Card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My wife is also a Turkish citizen living and working in Germany. She will get her Blue Card in 2 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I got an offer from a &lt;b&gt;Belgian&lt;/b&gt; company. I want to know if it's possible for me to get a work permit from Belgium and continue living in Germany with my wife. I'll visit the company twice in a week, and other 3 days I will work from home. Since I'm not a EU citizen, I couldn't find an answer anywhere. So basically is it possible to be a &quot;cross-border commuter&quot; for a non-EU citizen? &lt;p&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/work-abroad/cross-border-commuters/index_en.htm&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20336" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-09-07T14:51:10.913" LastActivityDate="2020-09-07T14:51:10.913" Title="Can I reside in Germany, in case I work for a Belgian company?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21060" CreationDate="2020-09-08T11:03:46.083" Score="3" ViewCount="335" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to Germany (Aschaffenburg) with a family reunion visa (My wife is a software developer who lives and works in Aschaffenburg).&#xA;I found a job in Frankfurt two weeks ago &lt;strong&gt;as a software developer&lt;/strong&gt; (I have 8 years of experience in the field) with &lt;strong&gt;52K € salary&lt;/strong&gt; per year.&#xA;I also have a university degree in the &lt;strong&gt;civil engineering&lt;/strong&gt; field.&#xA;I currently have a &lt;strong&gt;90 days visa&lt;/strong&gt; and I should apply for either a blue card or a work visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since my job position is in a different field than my university degree, is it possible to apply for a blue card? &lt;strong&gt;If yes,&lt;/strong&gt; should I just bring the translation of my degree to the immigration office or should I do something else before bringing it there? &lt;strong&gt;If no,&lt;/strong&gt; is there anything that I can do to fix the problem? (Like getting a quick online certificate!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I heard that the minimum annual gross salary for jobs in computer science fields should be 43,056 to apply for a blue card. Is that correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What other documents do I need for applying for a blue card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20341" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-08T12:27:52.480" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T17:36:01.740" Title="Apply for blue card in Germany with a non-related university degree" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21059" CreationDate="2020-09-08T15:37:59.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;According to the relevant ministry (BAMF, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/DE/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Migrathek/BlaueKarteEU/blauekarteeu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.bamf.de/DE/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Migrathek/BlaueKarteEU/blauekarteeu-node.html&lt;/a&gt;), the degree should be relevant for the job position. I'm not sure how far your particular degree is from IT one. IMHO, &amp;quot;fixing&amp;quot; it with &amp;quot;quick online course&amp;quot; will not be possible. Maybe one can get a bachelor or directly master degree in IT online within next &lt;em&gt;years&lt;/em&gt;, if it is relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;yes, the blue card salary borders (one generic, one for jobs with a lack of specialists) should be reviewed once per year. The salary border 2020 for jobs with a lack of specialists is 43,056 Euro per year brutto.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can find it on the web site of your local Ausländerbehörde&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides Blue Card, there are at least 3 more types of residence permits one can get in such a situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for the purpose of family union&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for the purpose of working&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7079/is-it-true-that-you-dont-need-a-degree-to-work-as-an-it-specialist-in-germany/11511#11511&quot;&gt;for the purpose of working without a higher school degree&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11514/13223&quot;&gt;my answer about the difference between Blue Card and residence permits for the purpose of working&lt;/a&gt; for further information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without any kind of relevant education after school, from my personal understanding (I'm not a lawyer), even though the AufenthG §18a mentions vocational degree needed, somewhere deep in the law there was a regulation that 3 years of relevant work experience in IT might be counted instead. So if one has 3 years of work experience in IT, one can apply for residence permit with the purpose of work without any degree (this statement needs to be checked since it might be a subject to some law changes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is worth mentioning that the residence permits for the purpose of work will have some limitations against residence permit for the purpose of family union and vice versa. An example might be an employer lock for the first 2 years (if one has a residence permit for the purpose of work, including Blue Card, within first two years a separate application to Ausländerbehörde is needed to change the employer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, I would recommend you to discuss your situation with a lawyer (specialised on immigration law and with good reviews) in order to decide which type of residence permit you should apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T03:59:10.200" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T03:59:10.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3075" CreationDate="2020-09-08T20:16:12.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've just went through a name-change (before acquiring British citizenship) with the help of the Hungarian Consulate in Edinburgh. (It's a much smaller establishment than the London one so you might get a better more personalized support)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need a deed poll, and a couple documents showing your new name. We have provided a driving licence, a debit card and the latest debit card statement. The name that was chosen was not Hungarian sounding&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the reason why you want to change your name we simply written &amp;quot;this is an artistic name and the name we are known in the UK&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Based on the consul they get requests for name changes fairly often. The decision whether they grant it depends &amp;quot;on the current mood of the person approving the document&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you pass, good you have your new name (this is what we achieved)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you fail, you should officially translate the failure notification into English. Once you apply for the UK passport you can use this as a proof that your origin country didn't let you change your name. This will actually allow you to have a different name on the UK passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Optional) With the new UK name you can retry the process from step 1, but now you'll have more proof of your new name in the form of a UK passport&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that we managed to get our name changed at step 4, the other steps are suggestions they told us in case it wouldn't have been successful)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-09-08T20:16:12.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21063" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21065" CreationDate="2020-09-09T06:31:07.857" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was discussing with one of my friends about the US family sponsorship for non-immediate relatives. There are per country caps which is no more than 7% per country. That means people from one country can't get more than 7% of the total family immigrant visas. This is why big countries with large emigration like India, China, Mexico suffer the longest waiting times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what happens, say, if someone is a US citizen (who was originally an Indian citizen, but had to renounce it as India doesn't allow dual citizenship), but their brother is a British citizen (who was also originally an Indian  citizen)? In the petitioning process, will the brother be placed in the Indian queue or the British queue? What if the brother had just became a British citizen (and rather had spent most of his life in India as an Indian citizen)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a related question as well. What happens in a scenario where a US-British dual citizen petitions for their Indian citizen brother? Will they be considered as &amp;quot;sponsored by a US-British citizen&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;being sponsored as an Indian citizen&amp;quot; for the purposes of placing in the queue? Which queue will they join in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find the answer but there seems no specific definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way to state the question is: &lt;strong&gt;In determining which family sponsorship queue I will join, what do they consider, &amp;quot;my country of birth&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;country of citizenship&amp;quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="20218" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T09:08:20.770" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T13:24:33.133" Title="US family sponsorship queue query" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21064" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21066" CreationDate="2020-09-09T08:53:34.457" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;The US issues a visa bulletin every month (&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-september-2020.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this month's bulletin&lt;/a&gt;) that gives information regarding whose priority date has become current and who shall wait approximately how much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see that India, Mexico, China, Philippines have oversubscribed the annual limit, so there is a huge backlog. But what about all of the rest of the countries in the world? Say Russia? Or UK? Or Portugal? Or Australia? What about them? Are green cards immediately available for them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also find a column named &amp;quot;All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed&amp;quot;. What's this? Does this include European countries, for example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="20218" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T09:10:08.250" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T12:56:30.480" Title="US Visa Bulletin: What about other countries?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21063" CreationDate="2020-09-09T12:48:01.777" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The country of chargeability is generally the country of birth.  The only exception that takes citizenship into account applies to people born in the US.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152#b&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 USC 1152(b)&lt;/a&gt;.  Therefore, unless the brother was born in the US, he will be placed in the India queue.  The sponsor's nationality does not matter, nor does the sponsor's country of chargeability under subsection 1152(b).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It is possible for someone who was born in the US not to be a US citizen either because the person's parents were foreign diplomats or because the person has renounced US citizenship.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T13:24:33.133" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T13:24:33.133" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21064" CreationDate="2020-09-09T12:56:30.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about all of the rest of the countries in the world?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The priority date for those countries is the date shown for &amp;quot;all chargeability areas except those listed.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also find a column named &amp;quot;All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed&amp;quot;. What's this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See above.  It's the date that applies to every unlisted country (or other chargeability area).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this include European countries, for example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T12:56:30.480" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20207" CreationDate="2020-09-10T10:56:00.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The discussion so far confuses two things: how much money you need to sustain a given lifestyle in Switzerland and what's required legally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally, your husband, as an EU citizen, could in principle continue to work in France and reside in Geneva as an economically non-active person (i.e. he is not residing on the basis of an economic activity &lt;em&gt;in Switzerland&lt;/em&gt;, which means he falls under slightly different rules). You would in turn qualify for a spouse residence permit that does give you the right to work in Switzerland. The relevant threshold here is proving income above the level under which your family would qualify for welfare benefits. How this works in Switzerland is a bit complicated but basically, in 2020, it's CHF 1495 for a couple plus something like CHF 1200-1300 for accommodation so a total around €2600 per month. You would also need to prove you have health insurance (not sure if the French healthcare system would cover your husband in this situation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that I agree with everybody that working in France and living in Switzerland is likely to be a horrible proposition financially and merely meeting the minimum threshold for residence is unlikely to fund a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, especially in Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-11T07:50:33.207" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T07:50:33.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21070" CreationDate="2020-09-10T16:53:34.580" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently moved to Germany (I’m non-EU and non German speaking). I was looking for an apartment. In this process, I come across an apartment which is managed by a real estate agent on behalf of a landlord.&#xA;I told the agent that I’m interested in the apartment after a tour to it. Consequently, they sent me some documents, known as self disclosure. However, I also received a very uncommon document. As shown below&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6YMlQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6YMlQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;My question is, is it normal? If not, then how should I respond to it. I have seen the apartment, it’s great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, I still need to sign the contract, I don’t know what is written in there, thus it could be a commission that is forbidden by law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please enlighten me. Many thanks!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13538" LastEditorUserId="13538" LastEditDate="2020-09-10T22:40:11.840" LastActivityDate="2020-09-10T22:40:11.840" Title="Rental contract Germany from real estate agent" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;&lt;real-estate&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21068" CreationDate="2020-09-10T22:04:34.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The paper basically says that they will &amp;quot;prepare&amp;quot; the contract for you and if you won't sign it later, you need to reimburse them the time they spend for the &amp;quot;preparation&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, &lt;strong&gt;I won't sign anything like this even if I'm in a desperate need of the flat&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My arguments are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Preparing&amp;quot; a contract sounds ridiculous to me. Agents have a lot of detailed templates. Even a common person can for free download a quite good professional contract (which is neutral and follows the law) from let's say &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immobilienscout24.de/umzug/ratgeber/mietrecht/muster-mietvertrag.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;immobilienscout24&lt;/a&gt; and adapt it within a very short time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The agent already has a contract with landlord. I.e., landlord hired him and pays him for his job. Why then you need to sign such things, to double-pay for an agent? &lt;a href=&quot;https://mag.n26.com/how-to-rent-a-flat-in-germany-the-ultimate-guide-bd0faa9c21d0?gi=25d1b2c197dc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;So if a landlord has hired a broker to show the flat, he/she must pay the fee. If you hire a broker to find a flat, you must pay the fee.'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relatively &lt;a href=&quot;https://crocodilian.de/short-term-rental-blog/bestellerprinzip-new-german-legislation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recently, the provision for renting out the flats was prohibited by law in Germany&lt;/a&gt;. Now, the agents (who were getting 2-3 monthly rent payments as a provision for doing almost nothing) try to survive and trick people for signing unnecessary contracts with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the flat might look very attractive, but starting a long-term relation with landlord/agent from letting them to unlawfully trick you, is generally bad idea. Basically, now you have not sing any contracts yet, but they already try to cheat. What will happen after you sing the flat contract then? Usually, in such cases, the situation can only get worse. Simply do not do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If nobody agrees on such a bad conditions, then such agents won't survive and the flat market will be better for both landlords and occupants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would just apply for the flat and write in the letter that you decline to sign such a paper, but still are interested in the renting a flat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-09-10T22:09:38.837" LastActivityDate="2020-09-10T22:09:38.837" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-11T09:08:32.943" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a third-country national with permanent residence in the Czech Republic based on partnership with a Czech national (we are not married and not &amp;quot;registered&amp;quot;). In March, I applied for EU long-term resident status. However, the process was paused until I provided my tax returns for 2019, which only happened at the end of June 2020. My application is still &amp;quot;in process&amp;quot; according to the Interior Ministry website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my partner got a job in Germany and we moved here in the middle of July. I registered my address. I am self-employed, and my company is still based in the Czech Republic. Thus, the 90-day clock started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if the Czech ministry still hasn't approved my EU residence at the end of the 90 days (i.e. middle of October)? Can/should I apply for a temporary visa from the German Embassy in Prague? Or can I do that in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Thanks again to @Relaxed, who provided such detailed info earlier in the year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19942" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-09-12T09:47:25.840" LastActivityDate="2020-09-12T09:47:25.840" Title="What to do while I wait for my long-term residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21072" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21077" CreationDate="2020-09-11T12:32:33.097" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m a &lt;b&gt;non-EU&lt;/b&gt; citizen who just moved to Germany with a &lt;b&gt;D-Type Visa&lt;/b&gt; and I started working 2 weeks ago. My visa is valid until February 2021. I didn’t get my residence permit yet. I have visited the Foreigners Office (&lt;i&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/i&gt;) but they didn’t accept my application and gave me an appointment in January 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is also a &lt;b&gt;non-EU&lt;/b&gt; citizen living in Germany since September 2019. She was working with a regular work permit. She received her &lt;b&gt;Blue Card&lt;/b&gt; recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, am I allowed to apply for the Blue Card since my wife has it? &#xA;I want to get it because there is always a possibility of getting fired and my visa is dependent on my current work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20336" LastActivityDate="2020-10-12T07:03:45.357" Title="What should I do to benefit from my spouse's Blue Card?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21073" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-11T13:47:11.057" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Im a J-2 visa holder and Indian citizen. My husband is canadian and J-1 holder. Both our DS-2019 are valid. But visas expired. I had to travel to canada recently and now im here. In order to reenter US i understand i will have to renew J-2 visa.&#xA;My question is :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For renewal is the procedure same as first time application? with all prolonged wait time and interview etc.Or is there a lockbox facility to drop off documents and get renewed.?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20355" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T13:47:11.057" Title="J-2 visa renewal" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-11T15:27:46.117" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for Subject Access Request as I had a minor immigration problem with the officer before the last time I entered the Uk. They speculated that I was trying to live in the UK through frequent successive visits but after almost an hour of questioning they let me in. I am applying for a tier 4 residency now and I was trying to find out what the officer wrote on the landing card I sent a SAR and this was the response.&#xA;&amp;quot;I am afraid that further searches of our databases have not identified any landing card entries.&#xA;I would also like to make you aware that the Home Office border systems hold records of passenger UK entry and exit data only via scheduled commercial routes. The accuracy of the information provided is dependent on the quality of data submitted by the carriers. Any errors or omissions in the data provided will need to be raised with the carrier that provided the information.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean that they lost the landing card and that I have a clean slate as records of that problematic entry is lost?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20164" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-11T23:52:36.063" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T23:52:36.063" Title="UK Home office - Lost Landing Card" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14992" CreationDate="2020-09-11T20:16:17.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please find here the blog article on the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung - the paper you need for the Anmeldung in Berlin  &lt;a href=&quot;https://crocodilian.de/ba36&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://crocodilian.de/ba36&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;You have linked to the German version above :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20356" LastActivityDate="2020-09-11T20:16:17.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-11T19:48:17.653" Score="2" ViewCount="286" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a General student visa (Tier 4) for myself, and for a Tier 4 dependant visa for my wife. My wife and I are currently in India, and we are planning to travel to the UK together. After filling my visa application, I was redirected to the IHS website where I made a payment of GBP 450 and got the IHS reference number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I am facing an issue while filling out the IHS form for my wife. After filling my wife's dependant visa application, I was directed to the IHS website. This time the IHS website is requesting for the primary applicant's &amp;quot;visa expiry date&amp;quot; under the section &amp;quot;The person you’re joining or remaining with in the UK&amp;quot;. It is a mandatory field and the website is not allowing me to proceed any further to make the IHS payment unless I fill out this field. However, I do not have a visa yet. For clarification, (1) In my visa application, I have nowhere mentioned that I am in UK, (2) In both my visa application and my wife's dependant visa application, I have mentioned that we are travelling together, and (3) I have used the right links to apply for visas for my wife and myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, what date should I provide in the  ‘visa expiry date’ field in the IHS form for my dependant’s visa? Can someone please guide me on how to resolve this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Neel G" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T03:25:53.180" Title="Tier 4 dependant visa - IHS form asking for incorrect information" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21072" CreationDate="2020-09-12T06:16:30.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you may not apply for a Blue Card  because your spouse has one.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;You can only apply for a Blue Card if you yourself fulfill the Blue Card conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A spouse of a residence permit holder can apply for a dependent residence permit based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0726&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 27 AufthG&lt;/a&gt;. Such permits are generally issued in 1 year periods (§27(4)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions exist for certain residence permit types of the spouse, where the validity of the dependent residence permit matches that of the spouses permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Researchers, Blue/ICT Cards and EU long term residence of other member states&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0726&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 27 AufthG - Subsequent immigration of dependants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-09-12T06:16:30.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21081" CreationDate="2020-09-13T13:22:42.640" Score="0" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK national with an Irish grandparent who was born in Ireland. To the best of my understanding, this means I can become an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/foreign_births_register.html#l552c3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish citizen through the Foreign Births Register&lt;/a&gt;. The documents required include an &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Original&lt;/strong&gt; civil birth certificate (showing parent’s details)&amp;quot;. Unfortunately, I don't know where my original birth certificate is. I can order a copy of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;birth certificate from the UK government website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is does this copy count as &amp;quot;Original&amp;quot; (i.e., can I use this to apply to the Irish Foreign Births Register)? If not, does this mean I'm ineligible to become an Irish citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20358" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T23:44:18.360" Title="I've lost my original birth certificate, can I still register to the Irish Foreign Births Register?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-13T07:39:54.090" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone come to Portugal in visit visa [c visa) and start searching for job? And apply for temporary residency and financial card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20365" OwnerDisplayName="Sizu" LastActivityDate="2020-09-13T15:22:22.490" Title="Can one can change from Portugal visit visa to long term work visa?" Tags="&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21078" CreationDate="2020-09-13T16:56:22.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;People live for many years. In our early decades, we don't know or care about paperwork. Throughout our lives, paperwork is mislaid and destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If governments construed &amp;quot;original documents&amp;quot; to mean &lt;em&gt;the actual physical paper created at the time of the occurrence&lt;/em&gt;, then a great proportion of applicants would be unable to proceed with many governmental processes, including transfers of real estate and applications for citizenship and passports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, &amp;quot;original documents&amp;quot; is in reality construed to mean &lt;em&gt;a document issued by the official register or recorder which a) states certain facts, and b) is an official (i.e., accurate and issued by that register or recorder) copy of whatever document was earlier issued or processed by that register or recorder when those certain facts occurred.&lt;/em&gt; The most common examples are real estate documents and birth certificates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus: obtain a copy of your birth certificate from the UK authorities, and use it to apply for Irish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-09-15T01:02:27.790" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T01:02:27.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-14T08:57:58.840" Score="2" ViewCount="856" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen.&#xA;32 years of age.&#xA;I did my Masters in IT (3 years) from Germany.&#xA;After my Masters i've been on a BlueCard visa (3.5+ years).&#xA;I'm currently eligible for a Permanent Residence (Niederlassungserlaubnis).&#xA;Due to some family reasons, I will have to stay outside of Germany for more than 6 months (probably even longer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can someone please guide me (or preferably point me to the law) on how long can I stay outside of Germany without losing my PR status?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Do I need to keep an address in Germany during that time period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20361" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-14T16:18:07.743" LastActivityDate="2020-09-14T16:18:07.743" Title="How long can I stay outside of Germany to still keep my Permanent Residence Permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis)?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-09-15T10:30:42.620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21082" CreationDate="2020-09-14T09:39:42.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule a residence permit will become invalid after a 6 month absence (§51(1)(7)) &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; the impression exists that you have left the country permanently (§51(1)(6)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions exist for certain types of residence permits and certain conditions (§51(10)), which is then 12 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;persons over 60&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blue Card holders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Permanent residence permit &lt;strong&gt;after a residence of 15 years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applied for &lt;strong&gt;beforehand&lt;/strong&gt;, a longer period can be granted. Taking care of a sick family member is one reason given as a sample for a valid reason for a longer period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving up your residence (&lt;strong&gt;Abmeldung&lt;/strong&gt;) will be considered leaving the country permanently. Doing so without notification of the Immigration authority &lt;strong&gt;beforehand&lt;/strong&gt; that you intend to return, confirmed in writing, could lead to the residence permit becoming invalid immediately once they become aware that you have left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/aufenthalt/erloeschen-von-aufenthaltstiteln/#NE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Erlöschen eines Aufenthaltstitels bei einem Auslandsaufenthalt - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p1053&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 AufthG - Termination of lawful residence; continued validity of restrictions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-09-14T09:54:38.710" LastActivityDate="2020-09-14T09:54:38.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21078" CreationDate="2020-09-14T10:20:59.053" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, a government certified copy works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going through your grandmother’s citizen status, you will first have to get your parent (grandmother’s child) made a citizen of Ireland by filing his or her foreign birth, and then you can file a record of your foreign birth and then file for a passport. This was the procedure that I had to go through when I was living in the US. It took me 2 years from start to finish. And, just a note: my father was already deceased when I registered his foreign birth in order to get my citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20363" LastActivityDate="2020-09-14T10:20:59.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-14T23:50:58.217" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it legal for a US citizen on a 6m visitor's leave to study on a course that is more than 6 months in total for a semester that is less than 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A student visa is not required to take a course of study that is less than 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if a course is more than 6 months but one would like only to take a single term of it before converting their visa. Is this permitted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20165" OwnerDisplayName="Joseph P." LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T19:04:15.453" Title="Studying for a single term of a course that lasts longer than 6 months in all (but one semester is less than 6mo)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-10-17T10:49:48.950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21085" CreationDate="2020-09-15T07:22:53.673" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;Study&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;25 Visitors may carry out the following study:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) educational exchanges or visits with a state funded school or academy or independent school; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) a maximum of 30 days study on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i) recreational courses (not English language training);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) a short-course (which includes English language training) at an accredited institution;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;provided that the main purpose of the visit is not to study and the study is not at a state funded school or academy.“&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: There is no mechanism to convert from visitor status to a study visa from within the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-09-15T08:11:07.423" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T08:11:07.423" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-15T22:24:56.037" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and have been living in the UK for last 4 years. I am planning to move to Germany with an IT Specialist visa. Can I apply for permanent residency (PR) after 1 year since I was in the EU for 4 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20370" LastEditorUserId="20370" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T07:56:56.527" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T07:56:56.527" Title="IT Special Visa clarification" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-09-17T11:39:35.723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T01:01:59.897" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the US doing research, and from the UK. I'd like to claim the UK-US tax exemption. I think that I am eligble, as my role is completely research based. However my HR department isn't sure as I'm not technically a &amp;quot;professor&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;teacher&amp;quot; (the language stated in the tax treaty,   although neither term is defined in the document). Other people I  know at different institutions seem to be sure that I qualify.  Can anyone provide a reference for me to show to my HR department to convince them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&#xA;Michael&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Nicholson" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T04:51:27.737" Title="UK US tax treaty J1 visa Article 20: Do researchers count as &quot;professors or teachers&quot;?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T11:29:41.703" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; page mentions that the Processing time for Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor (I-526) at Immigrant Investor Program Office is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) 54 Months to 75 Months for China - mainland born investors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) 31.5 Months to 60 Months    All other areas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from India, does this mean that I have to wait for at least 31.5 months to get an approval? What does it mean for some investor from Netherlands? Does he have to wait for at least 31.5 months as well, like me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, why is the processing time different for Chinese nationals? I mean this is not a waitlist, is this? This is not a green card queue right? This is simply about processing regardless of any country cap. Country cap comes after the processing and approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="20218" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T12:38:41.350" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T12:38:41.350" Title="How much processing time for non-Chinese EB5 Investors?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9586" CreationDate="2020-09-16T12:17:11.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is too general, since different coutnries may have different permanent residence permits (both regulated by EU or local laws), therefore my answer is first of all related to Germany (since the question mentions it as an example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such cases, I would (and actually I have already did it) get 2 permanent residence permits in Germany first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Niederalssungserlaubnis (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__9.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§9 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__18c.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§18c AufenthG&lt;/a&gt; or maybe some other §)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/__9a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§9a AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, it might be possible to keep the first one for Germany (one may need to take into account the &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19206/13223&quot;&gt;expiration policy&lt;/a&gt;) and exchange the second one for another country (here it very much depends on the laws of that other country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way might be still complicated, especially when Niederlassungserlaubnis Blaue Karte may be granted after 21 months working in Germany, but for Daueraufenthalt-EU one needs to live 5 years in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, if one has non-european permanent residence permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) and lived less that 5 years in Germany, such kind of permanent residence on its own gives almost no preference for obtaining permanent residence in another EU country. E.g., Germany itself &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325475/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only gives preference for holders of European permanent residence permit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other option would be just to get any European citizenship and then live in any EU country using the EU rights of free movement. The logic is that if one was able to get a permanent residence permit, he might be soon eligible for citizenship (again, this depends on the particular EU country). However, in case of Germany, very often (but not always) one will be needed to cancel all pre-existing citizenships in order to get a German one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T12:44:23.520" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T12:44:23.520" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T12:44:39.847" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;What makes US immigrant visa processing times different? Just select &amp;quot;Petition for Alien relative&amp;quot; I-130 &lt;a href=&quot;https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and you will see a variety of ranges for different categories. What makes them vary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21, the processing time is 12.5 Months to 16 Months. On the other hand, for a U.S. citizen filing for a brother or sister, it is 108.5 Months to 141 Months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What creates such difference? Also, does chargeability come into play here, that is does it matter where you were born? Do people from Europe experience less processing times than China or India?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T12:44:39.847" Title="What makes US immigrant visa processing times different?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T13:44:50.657" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know how actually the visa-allocation process works in the US. I had asked a question for this where I got perfect answers but now I am having another related doubt so I am posting a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say that this is the dawn of America's independence and they just put in place an immigration system of the 21st century and that Indians, Chinese, Mexicans and all the rest of the world wants to immigrate to the US and all countries' nationals start their processes. In the first year, Indians, Chinese, Philipines and Mexicans reached per country cap. And let us assume that in total 15 countries reached the per country cap too. The UK, France and Sweden didn't reach the cap, so they would logically not have to wait in a queue, BUT, it seems they have to, as other countries have already used all the visas of that year by reaching their 7% limit (7% x 15 countries= 105%; so 15 countries far exceeded the visas available that year and didn't allow other low emigration country nationals like Sweden to immigrate to the US that year.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, there are 2 types of queues. One is a country queue (governed by per country cap), and the other is the combined queue of countries like France, Sweden that could have got an immigrant visa immediately, but due to the dominance of India and China, have got their applications delayed for years (as for all years, high emigration countries &lt;strong&gt;eat up&lt;/strong&gt; others' places by consuming their own full 7% limit to reach the annual visas available). So all the low emigration countries are placed in another queue called &lt;em&gt;all other chargeability areas&lt;/em&gt;*. And, this way, surprisingly, all other countries suffer almost the same backlog of their own common queue as India and China suffer with their Indian and Chinese queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a true understanding of the United States immigration system and the backlog?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, please help me knowing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) How many types of queues are there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Whether a person from Sweden can get an immigrant visa immediately after processing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) What does the date on the &amp;quot;All other chargeability areas&amp;quot; signify? For countries like India, China and Mexico, it signifies the status of their priority dates coming nearer and how fast.&#xA;But what does the &amp;quot;All other chargeability areas&amp;quot; signify? A common queue for all countries minus oversubscribed countries? What is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20218" LastEditorUserId="20218" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T14:53:14.097" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T14:53:14.097" Title="The mathematics of US visa bulletin" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T18:41:40.373" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My SO and I are contemplating moving to Toronto soon (within the next year or two) and I was curious as to what the process/restrictions/tax liability would be for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently a software engineer at a NYC based company and my SO would be a student, possibly at the University of Toronto if all works out. I'd like to continue working for this current company remotely from Toronto while she is in school, perhaps becoming permanent residents later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things I've explored so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Began completion of the skilled worker application but not completed because we both need to take the English language test.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It sounds like (from others' experience) I may need to become a contractor similar to one of my coworkers who is Serbian.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My salary in USD is more than enough to continue to support us both while she is in school.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions I still have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the tax implications of remaining an employee of a US company in Canada?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the visa requirements for me as skilled worker?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I have explored similar questions but they frequently contain circumstances which differ greatly from mine e.g. different citizenship status, already a contractor etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20372" LastEditorUserId="20372" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T22:22:36.703" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T22:41:26.433" Title="Working for a US-based company in Canada as an American citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21108" CreationDate="2020-09-16T19:03:09.527" Score="0" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am living in Germany for over 3 years. Previously, I have lived in Netherlands for 7 years. Is it possible that these 7 years in Netherlands can be accounted to get permanent residence in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read on the forum that pension is transferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I don't have permanent residence of Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The previous questions assume that you have permanent residence in one EU country&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastEditorUserId="17621" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T20:38:08.657" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T20:38:08.657" Title="Moving from one EU country to Another for residence" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T19:37:12.247" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer (Blue Card) which I have accepted. However I have recently received another job offer which is extremely exciting and I want to switch over to this. Now since the COVID, visa process takes painstakingly long (it took me 8 months from offer to getting visa). I am thinking on traveling on the existing visa and then switching over after arriving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to travel to Germany on Blue Card visa and then switch over to new employer without joining the initial employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20373" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-17T11:52:43.103" LastActivityDate="2020-09-17T11:52:43.103" Title="Switching Employers After Traveling on Blue Card Visa and Arriving in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T19:53:58.957" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss citizen and I used to be a student in UBC, Vancouver, Canada. I finished my PhD recently and moved back to Switzerland. For various reasons, I need to get back to Vancouver at some point. When doing, I would like to take advantage to pass my driving license (which I could not pass before leaving because the offices were closed as a measure against covid-19).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to pass a driving license, I will need a valid student visa. My visa is valid until summer 2021 and I am hoping that until then, the covid-19 measures will relax and I will be able to make my trip to Vancouver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I enter Canada with a student visa even if I am not a registered student anymore? If not, then I could enter the country as a tourist but I am worried then that my visa could be somehow nullified when I pass the border and that I would not be able to use my visa as ID to pass my driver's license. Would crossing entering Canada as a tourist nullify my student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1008" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T19:53:58.957" Title="Canada: will my student visa still be valid after I finish my studies?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21105" CreationDate="2020-09-16T20:18:58.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the time spent in the Netherlands does not count towards either permanent/long-term resident statuses available in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T20:18:58.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21104" CreationDate="2020-09-16T22:41:26.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;What are the tax implications of remaining an employee of a US company in Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you become a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/international-non-residents/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents/factual-residents-temporarily-outside-canada.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax resident of Canada&lt;/a&gt; then, as far as I am aware , you can not be employed by a US company. In very broad strokes, employee as a concept only works domestically in general everywhere. You'd need to become a contractor or you company would need a Canadian subsidiary or you could use a Global Employment Organization (GEO). Most of us in similar situations just become contractors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T22:41:26.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21110" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21134" CreationDate="2020-09-17T03:43:50.967" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;After submitting my DS-260 with the NVC, I have to upload &amp;quot;Civil Documents&amp;quot;. One of the requested items is &lt;strong&gt;PHOTOGRAPHS&lt;/strong&gt;. I assume I have to upload a portrait of myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any exact format/criteria I need to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-09-21T17:40:18.477" Title="Greencard application: Civil Documents: Photographs" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-17T04:33:47.903" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have successfully filled out my DS-260 and now I have to upload a bunch of &amp;quot;Civil Documents&amp;quot;. Some of them are in my native language (German), such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Birth Certificate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Military Records&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html&lt;/a&gt;, these documents must include &lt;em&gt;certified translations&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to various sources (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://citizenpath.com/faq/certified-translation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://citizenpath.com/faq/certified-translation/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_translation#United_States_of_America&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_translation#United_States_of_America&lt;/a&gt;) there are no strict criteria about who a translator may be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone needed to do this before and has some advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clearly I am fluent in English and German myself. Can I do the certified translation myself? Even if it's allowed, would be be advised?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can it be someone from my family (e.g. sister)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should the translator have any proof (TOEFL score or similar) or is the signed statement enough?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the best form to do such a translation? For example, a birth certificate consists of multiple tables etc. Is it enough to just type the information in English into a word file? Or is it better to reproduce the original layout? Or is it better to take a copy of the original and write each word translated on top of the original?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T19:01:45.330" Title="Greencard application: Translation of Civil Documents: How?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;translations&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-17T10:58:59.123" Score="0" ViewCount="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had applied for my CDS last month August, and havent yet recieved the text message from them for the collection of the card. Would they send an email or just a text for the collection?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20377" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-17T11:51:33.913" LastActivityDate="2020-09-17T11:51:33.913" Title="Haven't recieved a text for collection of CDS" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-17T07:17:37.653" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Saudi iqama is going to expire on the 23rd of this month and I'm in India right now too. Now Saudi Arabia has been lifted the travel ban but still, there are no international flights from/to India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question whether my iqama will expire on this month itself or it will be auto-renewed until the international flights have been resumed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19051" OwnerDisplayName="Pablo Escobar" LastEditorUserId="77" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T16:47:06.133" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T16:47:06.133" Title="Saudi Arabia travel issues during pandemic Covid-19 - September 17 2020" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;saudi-arabia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-18T02:09:13.333" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a US L-2 visa, which allows me to stay in the US and makes me eligible to work provided I have an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).  Due to USCIS taking excessively long to process EAD extension requests (it's currently taking 5-9 months when it should take 3-5, and requests more than 6 months before the expiry of the current EAD are rejected), I do not currently have a valid EAD (though I do have a job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has a job (and can work), so for various reasons leaving the US is not an optimal solution at this point.  Is there anything I can do, or am I simply at the mercy of the USCIS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Spitemaster" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T05:19:33.163" Title="Is there anything I can do to make money while in US without work permit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-18T19:13:54.980" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a retired US citizen, living in Germany the last two years on a &lt;em&gt;Aufenthalstitel/Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;, working as a &lt;em&gt;Freiberuflicher&lt;/em&gt; English teacher. For personal reasons, I wish to move to France permanently and continue working as a freelance teacher, so I will be applying for micro-entrepreneur status (basically the same as the German &lt;em&gt;Freiberuflicher&lt;/em&gt; status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, do I need to go through the entire application process to obtain a French visa and get a French residence permit, or will my German &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; work as a visa? I know I need to specifically get a residence permit before I can apply for micro-entrepreneur status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20380" OwnerDisplayName="aldus" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T19:27:21.620" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T19:27:21.620" Title="Is German Aufenhaltserlaubnis Equivalent to the French VLS/TS" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2020-09-18T20:23:32.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are simply renewing your lease, you do not need to make a new Anmeldung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20380" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T20:23:32.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20317" CreationDate="2020-09-18T20:31:00.813" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A work permit for freelance English teachers will legally ONLY permit you to teach English,  no side jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20380" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T20:31:00.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-19T13:21:03.033" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does claiming a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=non+domiciled+status+by+origin+uk&amp;amp;oq=non+domiciled+status+by+origin+uk&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.1009j0j1&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-domiciled status by origin&lt;/a&gt; in the UK while on a Tier 2 work visa affect future naturalization application? Is rejection guaranteed due to past claim of non-domicile (and hence no intent to make UK their domicile)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20262" LastActivityDate="2020-09-19T13:21:03.033" Title="Guaranteed rejection of citizenship application if non-dom status claimed on a previous Tier 2 work visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-19T14:29:38.800" Score="4" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;India taxes non-residents on income earned from within India. Imagine some Indian in the US, if they have an India-sourced income, will it be taxed twice (in the US and India)? Is there any tax agreement between the 2 countries? If yes, can you explain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a novice in double taxation and treaties matters. I tried to find the answer but I can't find any simple answer like: if this, then you're free from tax in this country but not that...something like that...I always found long documents which are apparently hard to understand. Help please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20224" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T20:07:00.743" Title="India and US tax agreement?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21122" CreationDate="2020-09-19T19:46:08.240" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;By the person being &amp;quot;in the US&amp;quot;, I will assume you mean they are considered a resident (US citizen or resident alien) for US tax purposes. In that case, their India-sourced income will be subject to both Indian and US tax. However, even without a tax treaty, they will be able to claim the Foreign Tax Credit on their US tax return, reducing their US tax by the US tax or Indian tax on their doubly-taxed income, whichever is less. Effectively, this means the net tax that the person pays on that doubly-taxed income is the higher of the two taxes. If there is a tax treaty, they may be able to get even more beneficial treatment, depending on the exact provisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-09-19T19:46:08.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-20T05:32:46.133" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents arrived in the USA for 3 months initially, but because of COVID they had to file for an extension for their B-2 stay.  They filed for the extension in April and they are waiting on USCIS to give a decision on the B-2 extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they are waiting for a decision from USCIS, can they travel to Canada or Mexico? If so, what does that mean for the B-2 visa? Can they get another I-94 with an extended date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T17:49:38.233" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T17:51:40.373" Title="Can I travel to Canada/Mexico to when awaiting B2 extension results?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-20T13:43:50.277" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask whether it is permissible to settle in the UAE with only one citizenship by not declaring the other one, and that is because I hold a North African citizenship and EU one,&#xA;For istance I might intend to follow the lawful visa and settling process as a North African only because Arabs may get UAE citizenship after 7 years in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it technically possible to carry out such a thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if not, what does the UAE lose by me not declaring my EU citizenship, if I can't get any benefit with it to begin with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More generally, can a dual national settle in any other country with whichever citizenship he wants amongst his two or he has to declare them both, or even further, are there criteria to establish main citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T13:43:50.277" Title="Dual national omitting second citizenship to obtain UAE citizenship after 7 years" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-20T15:55:04.290" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a non-EU student in Germany, I'm allowed to work up to ~20 hours per week. Since I cannot freelance or be self-employed, can I somehow work remotely for a foreign company (Malta) while being a student in Germany?&#xA;Is this somehow possible, since I would like to continue working for my present company, while being a student in Germany. I'm guessing a brand new contract will have to be made with specific working hours etc.&#xA;Is this at all possible somehow? And if so, how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20386" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T15:55:04.290" Title="Can you work remotely for a company while being a student in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;digital-nomads&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21124" CreationDate="2020-09-20T16:55:32.537" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can travel to Canada or Mexico, but if they do so they will abandon their application for extension of status.  Any subsequent attempt to enter the United States will be treated as a new application for admission in B-2 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, this looks attractive because yes, they can indeed get a new I-94 with an extended date.  Another possibility, however, is that they will be refused entry and either returned to Canada or Mexico or removed to their country of citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should also be noted that if their visas have expired, they'll need to return to the US within 30 days, thanks to automatic revalidation, or else apply for a new visa while they are outside the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's safer to avoid leaving the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T17:51:40.373" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T17:51:40.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-21T01:48:03.677" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that in the US, someone has to leave within a grace period after quitting a job, even if the visa is still valid (for example, 30 days for F1-OPT).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is the situation in Canada? I have a work permit which expires next summer. It says that I can only work for the employer indicated on the work permit and I must leave Canada by the expiration date of the work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is clear to me that I cannot start working at a different job with that work permit, it does not state I have to leave earlier than the expiration date in case I quit the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-09-21T01:48:03.677" Title="Do I have to leave Canada if I leave my job on a &quot;Work permit&quot;?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21144" CreationDate="2020-09-21T01:53:27.727" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currrently live in UK as a spouse with leave to remain residence permit which is expiring in May 2021. Due to personal reasons, we have decided to move from UK. So I will not be applying for a further leave to remain spouse visa extention. Is there anything I need to do before I leave in terms of informing home office? What does this mean for future visit visa applications? I have some money saved in my bank account, would my account be impacted by my immigration status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20389" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-25T06:11:28.077" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T10:08:58.327" Title="UK Spouse visa: implication of not applying for extention?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-21T11:31:40.450" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of starting my application for Indefinite Leave to remain. For the language requirement. The website states the following (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/english-language/approved-english-language-qualifications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IzLZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IzLZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have submitted IELTS test as part of my original visa application. It has run out, just want to ensure that I can still use this, based on the guidance on the Gov.uk site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a CEFR level C1, and my wife got a B1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d3XRA.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d3XRA.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be appreciated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9607" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-09-27T08:24:02.187" LastActivityDate="2020-09-27T08:24:02.187" Title="Language Requirement for Indefinite Leave to Remain" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21111" CreationDate="2020-09-21T17:32:36.027" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you can have a friend or family member translate the documents (my understanding is that as long as they speak english they can translate), I would recommend a translation service like immitranslate or similar. The charges are not excessive and gives you peace of mind knowing that USCIS won't give you a hard time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer some of your other questions, you could translate yourself, although I, &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt;, would advise against. A signed statement is enough. Translators usually try to reproduce the layout of the document, I would recommend doing the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-09-21T17:32:36.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21110" CreationDate="2020-09-21T17:40:18.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not familiar with the requirements of the DS-260. However, usually the requirements for portraits are the same as passport pictures. So just take pictures as if you would be applying for a passport and submit to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastActivityDate="2020-09-21T17:40:18.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-22T00:23:51.423" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am the main tier 2 applicant, I have a two-month old baby. He is my dependent. I live inEgypt, my husband lives in gulf. We are not divorced but he is absent from our life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He included in marriage certificate a clear formal witnessed approval for-me to take baby anywhere outside Egypt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this certificate enough or do I need further approval from him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20391" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-09-22T16:56:25.480" LastActivityDate="2020-09-22T16:56:25.480" Title="Father's approval for UK Tier 2 dependent visa for my 2-month old baby" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;egyptian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-22T16:33:03.740" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Portuguese citizen and I've just moved to Germany. My mother is 74, lives in Portugal, is very sick at the moment, and is in some way dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there possibilities or conditions for me to take to her to live with me in Germany?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do I need to do to make the process move forward in order to bring her to live with me in Germany and provide health assistance for her?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20393" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-29T11:53:18.010" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T11:53:18.010" Title="Retired and sick parents to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-22T18:03:30.227" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Munich, and I am looking for a change of employer. Even though I arrived to Germany in 03.12.2018 I have the Blue Card since April 2019; so I assume I need to confirm with the authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent an application form, but the thing that is eating me inside is that for the moment I just have an English contract, my new employer just provided me with the former and told me to &amp;quot;wait if it was necessary&amp;quot; to get a bilingual version. Does anyone know if I need a German version for this process? I can push a little bit if I have the basis to state that I need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone gotten through the process recently? I read in a couple of places that the KVR won't give me a hard time, specially during these weird times, but I am just looking for some peace of mind :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20394" LastActivityDate="2020-09-22T18:03:30.227" Title="Blue card employer change with English contract" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21138" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-23T12:02:58.690" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who is an EU citizen who lived and worked in UK since 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She got her &lt;strong&gt;settled status document&lt;/strong&gt; last year but, sadly, didn't apply immediately for UK citizenship as soon as she was allowed (5+1 year rule).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She had to &lt;strong&gt;leave UK for more than 90 days&lt;/strong&gt; during this summer, returning to her EU country to assist relatives during COVID. Thereby, now she lost one requirement to apply &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as from here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the 5 years before your application&#xA;spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now she's wondering what to do. She's not interested in ethical implications, but only in practical ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should she wait another 12 months, submit without mentioning the break, submit and ask for an exception?&#xA;Or consider any other option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has a job in UK, has been working remotely since the first lockdown, and continued paying the council tax throughout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: note that this question is not about possible clashes with other citizenships she might have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PPS: the urgency is given by the fact that she is on a fixed-term contract and doesn't know where she will be in one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20395" LastEditorUserId="20395" LastEditDate="2020-09-24T13:06:55.887" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T13:06:55.887" Title="UK citizenship and residency requirements" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-23T17:17:38.883" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Moroccan. I recently received Italy student visa. I was required to present medical insurance in the application. When I go to Italy, I need to apply for residence permit. To apply, you need to present medical insurance, It s originally in French. When I go, should it be translated to Italian or they will accept such medical insurance in French as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20396" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-09-26T09:04:40.523" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T09:04:40.523" Title="Medical insurance for students in Italy" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21140" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21141" CreationDate="2020-09-23T23:15:09.267" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering an option to relocate to one of those countries using their working visas. Lets just imagine for now that I would be able to secure a job offer for both and need to pick one of them (I know that this is super hard etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So which one should I choose? My thinking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Swiss salaries almost 2 times bigger then German ones;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;According to the internet only English knowledge (no or super basic German) should be enough to live in Switzerland;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the other hand it is so much easier to get a blue-card and/or permanent residency in Germany...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true? Or ~80k Euro in Munchen is roughly the same as ~130k CHF in Bern? (numbers and cities picked quite randomly)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What further aspects should be taken into consideration for such a decision making process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20398" LastEditorUserId="20398" LastEditDate="2020-09-24T11:56:39.387" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T11:56:39.387" Title="Germany vs Switzerland immigration" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2020-09-25T06:07:06.643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21140" CreationDate="2020-09-24T04:08:50.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As in most matters, you must look at the &lt;strong&gt;whole picture&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount of currency units being earned &lt;strong&gt;alone&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;does not tell the whole story&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule one should assume, that where the &lt;strong&gt;earnings&lt;/strong&gt; (salaries) are higher - so is also the &lt;strong&gt;cost of  living&lt;/strong&gt; higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must work out the monthly &lt;strong&gt;relation&lt;/strong&gt; between&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;costs (&lt;em&gt;Local Purchasing Power&lt;/em&gt;) and earnings in percentage&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;City A&lt;/strong&gt;: 90% costs of 100% earnings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;City B&lt;/strong&gt;: 85% costs of 100% earnings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;City B&lt;/strong&gt; may be more interesting if your goal is to set aside a monthly sum for a future return to your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quality of Life&lt;/strong&gt; is also an aspect that may be important based on what you wish to achive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a general answer is not possible, since the situation for someone who wishes to stay for about 5 years and return with savings &lt;strong&gt;is different&lt;/strong&gt; to that of someone who wishes to remain permanently and start a family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cost of Living Comparison of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&amp;amp;country2=Switzerland&amp;amp;city1=Munich&amp;amp;city2=Bern&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Munich, Germany And Bern, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; shows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would need around &lt;strong&gt;5,750.88€&lt;/strong&gt; (6,188.56Fr.) in Bern to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with &lt;strong&gt;4,300.00€&lt;/strong&gt; in Munich (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. This assumes net earnings (after income tax).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Indices Difference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Consumer Prices in Bern are 54% &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt; than in Munich&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Consumer Prices Including Rent in Bern are 34% &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt; than in Munich&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Rent Prices in Bern are 3% &lt;em&gt;lower&lt;/em&gt; than in Munich&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Restaurant Prices in Bern are 50% &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt; than in Munich&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Groceries Prices in Bern are 80% &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt; than in Munich&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Local Purchasing Power in Bern is 41% &lt;strong&gt;higher&lt;/strong&gt; than in Munich&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Numbeo.com: Current Cost of Living Index by City&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_rankings_current.jsp?region=150&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europe: Current Cost of Living Index by City&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prices in Berlin&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&amp;amp;country2=Switzerland&amp;amp;city1=Berlin&amp;amp;city2=Bern&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison to Bern, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&amp;amp;country2=Germany&amp;amp;city1=Berlin&amp;amp;city2=Munich&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison to Munich, Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bern&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prices in Bern&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Switzerland&amp;amp;country2=Switzerland&amp;amp;city1=Zurich&amp;amp;city2=Bern&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&amp;amp;displayCurrency=EUR&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison to Zurich, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Munich&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prices in Munich&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&amp;amp;country2=Switzerland&amp;amp;city1=Munich&amp;amp;city2=Bern&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison to Bern, Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Zurich&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prices in Zurich&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&amp;amp;country2=Switzerland&amp;amp;city1=Berlin&amp;amp;city2=Zurich&amp;amp;tracking=getDispatchComparison&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Comparison to Berlin, Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp?displayColumn=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Current Local Purchasing Power Index by City&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_rankings_current.jsp?region=150&amp;amp;displayColumn=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Europe: Current Local Purchasing Power Index by City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/country_result.jsp?country=Germany&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Germany&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/in/Berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Berlin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/in/Munich&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Munich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/country_result.jsp?country=Switzerland&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/in/Bern&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Bern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/in/Zurich&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quality of Life in Zurich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-09-24T05:56:46.473" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T05:56:46.473" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-24T21:01:10.407" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen with a Blue Card in Germany and held my job in Berlin for two years. I quit and told the Auslanderbehorde. They told me I have 6 months to look for a job. I found freelance opportunities in other countries like US and France to complete remotely. Am I allowed to do this while I look for other jobs? Do I need to report it on my German taxes and do I need to report it any other way? Or do I need to report it to the countries that the job is in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My zusatzblatt says «Beschäftigung nicht gestattet mit Ausnahme der Tätigkeit als UX Design-Technologist. Selbständige Tätigkeit gestattet nach 2 Jährig. Versicherungspfl. Beschäftigt. Ist Beschäftig. Jeder Art Gestattet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20406" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T21:01:10.407" Title="Self-Employment in Germany with Blue Card after I quit my job" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21130" CreationDate="2020-09-25T06:21:44.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need to inform the Home Office, or any other government agency, about anything at all. There are no 'exit visa' or other exit conditions (barring obvious legal difficulties) in the United Kingdom. As far as your future applications are concerned, in theory it should have no effect. But in reality if you've followed all of the rules and left before the expiry period of your previous visa, it will be taken into account generally positively - though that can highly depend on what reasons you are trying to return and how genuinely you express those reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your bank account, it will most likely not be affected at all (assuming all current typical industry laws and policies stay the same). But there may be all sorts of local laws with regards to your country of origin, or your country of new residency, that you may have to take into consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-26T10:08:58.327" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T10:08:58.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21145" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-25T14:29:24.877" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am exchanging one European driving license for another. Its a simple procedure of sending it away and getting a new one from the county where you are now living. No tests or anything required&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When applying for car insurance you are asked your license type and how many years you've had your license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering on this. Is my answer 0. I've just got the local license. Or is it however many years since I've been eligible to drive in this country with a European license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know for sure when you change an address or otherwise renew a domestic license it changes nothing with this question. Does it differ if its between countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7076" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-09-26T01:17:24.563" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T01:17:24.563" Title="Insurance Application When Exchanging a Drivers License" Tags="&lt;driving&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17871" CreationDate="2020-09-25T14:32:22.857" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anibis is the main Swiss equivalent of Gum Tree and the like. That kind of thing can be hunted for there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a lot of this goes on in Facebook groups. There will likely be a bunch of expats in St gallen and St gallen housing groups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7076" LastActivityDate="2020-09-25T14:32:22.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-26T16:53:01.813" Score="3" ViewCount="654" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian Citizen holding a Green Card. I plan to apply for American Citizenship, and I have to renounce my Indian Passport when I do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I am a permanent resident in New Zealand and I can live/work in New Zealand Permanently and indefinitely. When my Indian passport is cancelled, my Indefinite NZ visa will also be cancelled! How can I travel to NZ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kay" LastEditorUserId="6771" LastEditDate="2020-09-28T05:58:08.883" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T14:02:02.423" Title="Will my NZ permanent residency be cancelled if I renounce my Indian Passport" Tags="&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21149" CreationDate="2020-09-26T17:00:14.607" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: The OP updated their question to state they are a PR in NZ so this answer no longer covers the question asked. As there is no other answer, and there is useful information in the comments for this answer I'm not going to delete it - but the answer isn't isn't valid after the edits as it is referring only to a NZ tourist/business visa, not a PR)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a US Citizens you will not require a visa to travel to New Zealand for stays of up to 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to apply for an New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA) once you have received your US Passport, and then you will be able to travel to New Zealand without the need for a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="733" OwnerDisplayName="Doc" LastEditorUserId="733" LastEditDate="2020-09-28T18:38:48.463" LastActivityDate="2020-09-28T18:38:48.463" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20962" CreationDate="2020-09-26T23:40:51.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off, none of this is intended to be advice and is only meant to point you in the direction of the official sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Australian permanent residency, it will depend on the visa you're after. For example take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/points-tested#Eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official eligibility criteria for the 189 visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says on that page that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be aged under 45 when we invite you to apply for the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can still apply for the visa if you turn 45 after we invite you to&#xA;apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you turn 45 after you submit your EOI but before we invite you to&#xA;apply, you will not be invited to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrast this with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/employer-nomination-scheme-186/direct-entry-stream#Eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;186 visa age requirements&lt;/a&gt; which say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, you must be under 45 years of age when you apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are exempt from this criteria if any of the following applies to&#xA;you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are nominated as an academic (university lecturer or faculty head at Academic Level B, C D or E) by a university in Australia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are nominated as a scientist, researcher or technical (scientific) specialist at ANZSCO skill level 1 or 2 by an Australian&#xA;scientific government agency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you currently hold a Special Category (subclass 444) or New Zealand citizen's family member (subclass 461) visa and have worked for the&#xA;employer who nominated you, in the nominated position, for at least 2&#xA;years in the last 3 years immediately before you apply. The 2 years&#xA;excludes periods of unpaid leave.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Australian visa eligibility criteria are often different for citizens of New Zealand. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/new-zealand#Eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page for the 189 visa&lt;/a&gt; for example makes no mention of age. (Though that may come into play in the sub-requirements listed. Do your own research, obviously.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa list page&lt;/a&gt; on the immigration website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19599" LastEditorUserId="19599" LastEditDate="2020-09-26T23:50:42.347" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T23:50:42.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-27T01:09:09.950" Score="1" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;strong&gt;deported&lt;/strong&gt; from the US in 2015 for 'F-1' student visa violation. I worked outside without a work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point: They didn’t catch me from any working place. For some reason I was called into immigration control and I made a truthful statement at the immigration interview. Afterwords, my visa got canceled. As I heard from one of the immigration officers, my travel ban would be for &lt;strong&gt;5 years&lt;/strong&gt;. After 5 years, I can apply for another visa. He mentioned to me, &amp;quot;Don't try to enter the country within the ban period, it would be a crime then.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I haven’t tried to apply yet. The five year ban has lapsed (2015-2020).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After US deportation, I arrived in &lt;strong&gt;South Korea&lt;/strong&gt; to complete my undergraduate studies. I'm living here without any single violation in the last 4 years and I have graduated this year with a degree in 'Railway Engineering'. Now, I'm thinking of applying for a job or for my &lt;strong&gt;Masters/integrated PhD&lt;/strong&gt; program in the the US or probably Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the &lt;strong&gt;consequences&lt;/strong&gt; if I apply for the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, they're sharing databases, so would this be a consideration if I apply for Canada?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called to the US embassy in Seoul. They gave me the &lt;strong&gt;CBP&lt;/strong&gt; number to ask them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is my ban period done?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I want to apply for another visa, is there any additional paper I should get from them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I have tried to reach them but it's always machines picking up the call and I never get any human to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a contacted some universities. They might accept me as a lab researcher. But, I'm worried that if after all this, I would not even be able to apply!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20413" OwnerDisplayName="Tuhel Ahmed" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T14:47:03.453" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T14:56:20.513" Title="Have been deported from the US and trying to get visa for Canada. The consequences?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-28T11:59:28.787" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Australia requires a &lt;strong&gt;'Close and continuing' association/link/ties with Australia either by living in Australia or by maintaining such ties while overseas&lt;/strong&gt; as a criterion for naturalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My friend asked me this question and we tried to search it on the internet but were unable to find examples of scenarios in which a person is considered to possess close links with Australia while living overseas. If someone had naturalized less than a year ago, but found a better option to relocate somewhere else (my friend's situation), how can that criterion be satisfied? What should be done so as to maintain the fact that ties are not broken with Australia (so that citizenship is not revoked)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20229" LastEditorUserId="20229" LastEditDate="2020-09-28T12:48:23.383" LastActivityDate="2020-09-28T12:48:23.383" Title="'Close and continuing' association with Australia while overseas" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21149" CreationDate="2020-09-28T15:49:00.107" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is a permanent resident visa without conditions, your visa should not be cancelled &lt;strong&gt;even if your nationality changed&lt;/strong&gt; and your passport is cancelled. But you will need to apply for a transfer of eVisa with details of your new, valid US passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/transferring-my-visa-to-a-new-passport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/transferring-my-visa-to-a-new-passport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;64 Cancellation of visa on triggering event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) A visa is cancelled in the following circumstances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(a) on the deportation of its holder from New Zealand:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(ab) on the day after the first date on which a deportation order may be served on the person under section 175A, whether the visa was&#xA;issued before or after this paragraph came into force:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(b) on the refusal of entry permission to its holder:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(c) on entry permission granted to its holder being revoked:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(d) if the holder arrived at an immigration control area,— (i) on the holder leaving the immigration control area without presenting&#xA;himself or herself to an immigration officer; or (ii) on the holder&#xA;failing to comply with the instruction of an immigration officer to&#xA;remain in the area:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(e) if the holder arrived at a place other than an immigration control area, on failing to present himself or herself in the&#xA;prescribed manner and within the prescribed time as required under&#xA;section 103(1)(b):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(f) on the start date of a further visa granted to its holder:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(g) on the grant of New Zealand citizenship to its holder:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(h) on the registration of New Zealand citizenship by descent under section 7(2) of the Citizenship Act 1977 by its holder:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(i) on the issue of an evidentiary certificate under section 21 of the Citizenship Act 1977 that confirms the holder is a New Zealand&#xA;citizen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/whole.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/whole.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A change of nationality does not create a deportation liability (fraud, forgery, character, crimes, security etc.) nor form any ground to refuse entry permission (provided the visa is transferred).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastEditorUserId="19674" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T14:02:02.423" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T14:02:02.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-28T19:38:43.010" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can one indicate more than one purpose of trip when completing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form I-131, Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021419/https://www.uscis.gov/i-131&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) when applying for a reentry permit? (e.g., work + medical reason + vacation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anything mentioned in the  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Instructions for Application for Travel Document&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200823021430/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-131instr.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jKPzq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jKPzq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm prudent as I read on&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/#comment-156602&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/#comment-156602&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20200822193604/https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A common goal of the questioning is to determine whether you were actually abroad for the purpose stated in the RP. If not, the presumption you’ve maintained LPR status is lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-09-28T19:38:43.010" Title="Can one indicate more than one purpose of trip when completing Form I-131, Application for Travel Document when applying for a reentry permit?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-29T09:45:05.790" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an Indian citizen and my spouse in France. We are planning to move out of France next year. Can I still apply for French citizenship after 4 years of marriage? Or is 3 year residence in France necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't found a clear answer on the internet elsewhere! A lot of places say that residency doesn't matter as long as I have B1 level in French and we've been living together the entire time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19739" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T12:34:18.750" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T12:35:47.643" Title="French Naturalization through marriage if living abroad" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21160" CreationDate="2020-09-29T11:32:49.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have been living in France without interruption since your marriage for more than 3 years, and you have been married for at least 4 years with your French husband, you can apply to naturalize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been living in France for less than 3 years after your marriage, then the following conditions apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your French spouse was entered in the consular registers during your stay abroad: You must have been married for at least 4 years on the date of your naturalization application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your French spouse has not been entered in the consular registers: you must have been married for at least 5 years on the date of your naturalization application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2726&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Service-public.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nationality_law#Eligibility_resulting_from_marriage_to_a_French_citizen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20229" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T12:35:47.643" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T12:35:47.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-29T12:13:42.253" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, I am currently outside of the US, but still work for my US institution. I find conflicting information regarding the possibility to do a J1-transfer, while being outside of the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it possible to transfer a J1 visa while being outside of the US?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;View 1:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ap.washington.edu/ahr/visas/j1/transfer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ap.washington.edu/ahr/visas/j1/transfer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an Exchange Visitor leaves the US then seeks to return under the sponsorship of a new exchange visitor program, this would be viewed as a “new entry,” not a “transfer,” and therefore all the rules and procedures for beginning a new program would apply including possible bars on repeat participation in J-1 status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;View 2 (possible, but discouraged):&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://isso.ucsf.edu/j-1-program-transfer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://isso.ucsf.edu/j-1-program-transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exiting and Re-Entering the U.S. while transfer is pending&#xA;While the transfer is pending, travel outside the USA is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. If emergency travel is necessary, consult ISSO immediately for assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank you for your help!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20421" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T12:13:42.253" Title="Traveling internationally (outside US) during pending J1 transfer" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-29T12:12:51.087" Score="5" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will start working in London from November and will probably move there from Germany (as a German citizen) few days/weeks before in order to search for a flat or shared house.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case that Germany gets classified as a high risk area by the UK before I arrive there, what are my possibilities? And does the UK usually give some buffer time before applying the new classifications or does it happen immediately upon announcement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I quarantine if I don't have a home yet and need to visit some apartments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it even make sense to quarantine in a shared flat (private room, shared bathroom), if I find one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find any information handling those special cases. Also, a test before arriving to England doesn't seem to be enough for avoiding quarantine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860" OwnerDisplayName="Mehdi" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T09:26:04.997" Title="Moving for a new job in England from Germany during Corona" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21165" CreationDate="2020-09-29T12:19:46.980" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can book a hotel room for two weeks, self-isolate there, and only start looking for apartments after that.  Extraordinary circumstances may call for extraordinary measures and, in some cases, extraordinary expenses.  Of course the hotel doesn't need to be in an expensive district of London.  I would inform the hotel in advance that you will be self-isolating, perhaps they special procedures for those guests who are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" OwnerDisplayName="gerrit" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T12:19:46.980" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21165" CreationDate="2020-09-29T14:04:42.260" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And does the UK usually give some buffer time before applying the new classifications or does it happen immediately upon announcement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They generally give 30 hours of advanced notice (based on how the additions of Spain and France were handled as part of the red-listing process). Expect an announcement at ~10 pm UK time that takes effect at 4 am UK time two calendar days later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13425" OwnerDisplayName="Jacob Horbulyk" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T14:04:42.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21165" CreationDate="2020-09-29T14:45:43.747" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In reference to &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/159574/19400&quot;&gt;gerrit's suggestion&lt;/a&gt;, if I were in your shoes I would look at whether a short-term furnished apartment or studio (i.e., with a kitchen) would be less expensive than a hotel.  Such things exist in New York City, at least, so I would suppose they do in London as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I'm aware, they're usually available on a monthly basis, but having it for a whole month or even two would give you a base from which to conduct your search for more stable accommodation once your isolation period ends.  It would also reduce the pressure to find accommodation quickly, which could allow you to make your decisions with more care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-09-29T14:45:43.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21165" CreationDate="2020-09-30T06:45:00.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keep an eye on the figures &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. While it’s not been officially announced, the UK policy seems to be to remove European countries from the quarantine exemption when they go above 20 new cases per week per 100,000 population. The figures on the link are reported over two weeks, so the threshold would be 40 new cases per 100,000. As of this morning, Germany is at 30.9, and so should be safe for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20425" OwnerDisplayName="Mike Scott" LastEditorUserId="20425" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T09:26:04.997" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T09:26:04.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-30T12:02:16.840" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an EU citizen starting a course with a German Uni in 3 weeks. As the time draws closer a few worries have surfaced and I am now stressing, so if someone could read my situation and give helpful advice or feedback it would be  well appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Situation: In short I was an Aupair in Hamburg for a year and of course, had a residence permit to live there with the host family. Then I decided I wanted to study here (Germany) thus both applying and being accepted to my desired course shortly after. So as one would, I began looking for a WG.I Found a great WG and began paying rent to secure it even though i knew i wouldnt be able to move in fully for another 3/4 months. Here is where i worry: I am in my home country now and realised i never got a residence permit or registered my new Address. Its been over three months and ive been paying rent yet i havent signed a lease ( I will do that when i return in 3 weeks)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any Advice??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I though perhaps when i return i can date the lease on the day i return so i can register everything and get a permit in perfect time, after all it states when i 'MOVE IN' and an official move in would be the signing of the lease, right? not the date from first rent payment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in conclusion, someone help me. ich brauche dringend hilfe und Hinweise. Danke&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20426" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T12:02:16.840" Title="Address Registration/ permit in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21171" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-30T12:09:47.470" Score="3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently moved to Hessen, Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earlier last week I had an appointment with the meldeamt to register my flat and I realized the officer has added my father's name at the end of my first name. I asked them about this issue and they told me that it is a new law (I even asked their supervisor and he verified it). Now that I am receiving letters from finanzamt I am seeing my father's name in middle of my whole name and I am worried this name will be used for my residence permit and can cause future problems for me. The strange thing is my friend has registered his flat one week after me and they have not used his father's name as in my case!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me on how to solve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: This new form of name the registration office has used is not the one used in my visa or passport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20428" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-04T01:37:56.903" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T18:04:40.363" Title="Is there a way for foreign citizens to remove patronym from Melderegister in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-30T12:41:36.513" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;[My apologies if this is not the correct location for this question, it seems the best, but not a perfect fit!]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a British Citizen (with citizenship acquired through birth), currently living and working in Berlin, Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to my Grandfather coming from Germany, I have been looking into the possibility of acquiring citizenship through descent. I have recently received positive feedback from my local council about this, although I have yet to complete the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should I be successful and 'acquire' German citizenship, is there anyone I need to inform about this? Are there any other actions I need to take?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I write 'acquire' in quotation marks because I believe that technically I will have been a German citizen from birth - literally what I am apply for is often referred-to as a confirmation of German nationality, and gives me a 'Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking potentially the follow may need to know (basically anywhere where I have shown my British passport):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Local government,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Federal government,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My workplace,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16721" LastEditorUserId="16721" LastEditDate="2020-10-01T07:47:02.103" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T07:47:02.103" Title="'Becoming' a German Citizen - who to inform?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;german-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21154" CreationDate="2020-09-30T14:56:20.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the consequences if I apply for the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For just applying, there will be no technical consequences as long as your applications is genuine and contains only truthful factual information. But applying so shortly after your previous ban has lapsed will certainly raise some eyebrows. It's just human nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my ban period done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to have answered this part earlier yourself. Since you didn't provide the exact date of the ban period (DD-MM-YYYY), we can only work off what you've stated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to apply for another visa, is there any additional paper I should get from them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, but you may be asked to provide extra details in the application itself to explain the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As has been stated in the comments, this will haunt just about every application you make in every country in the world for years to come, possibly for decades. As you build up a positive travel/immigration history, like you've done with South Korea, the negative effects will ease up a bit for some jurisdictions. And time eventually heals all wounds to some degree. But you should never have your hopes too high when applying for a visa for the United States again. It is speculation to say how any specific application will every go, so afraid we can't help with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T14:56:20.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21171" CreationDate="2020-09-30T17:10:43.377" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is a tricky one, cause &lt;a href=&quot;https://docplayer.org/111049794-Der-umgang-mit-vatersnamen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it is not completely regulated, how patronyms should be used in Germany&lt;/a&gt;. I'm also a foreigner living in Germany and accidentally became my patronym saved in the Melderegister through the process of obtaining birth certificate for my son (Melderegister got my patronym from Standesamt).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I immediately asked the Melderegister employees to remove my patronym from the registry and set it back into accordance with my travel passport (Reisepass). Unfortunately, they rejected, cause there was a regulation that they need to follow the naming from Standesamt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I'm not a German citizen, I decided that I do not care anymore about the Melderegister, since it has no influence on my non-german passport, which is my main ID in Germany (there my patronym is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; written in Latin). My argumentation is that I'm a foreign citizen, I haven't applied for name change in Germany, and only me and my home country, which issued the passport, can decide, how my name should be written and used in Latin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: Indeed, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www1.osci.de/sixcms/media.php/13/DSMeld_20140501.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;document regulating the &amp;quot;Meldewesen&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (registration processes) that states that foreigners that do not have any German documents issued from registry office (Personenstandsurkunde von Standesamt), the form of the name in the passport is determinative (&amp;quot;Bei Ausländern, die keine deutsche Personenstandsurkunde  vorlegen  können,  ist  die Eintragung  im  Pass  maßgeblich&amp;quot;). The question is only if they now consider birth certificate of my son, where aslo my father's name is written, as such a document, which is probably the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, one may go to a court in order to try removing the father's name from Melderegister.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then I time to time also see the my patronym (Vatersname) in some German documents. So far this never was a problem for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When getting a residence permit, &lt;strong&gt;you may simply ask Ausländerbehörde to copy your name from your main ID, which is your passport&lt;/strong&gt; (if it is written in Latin without father's name there) and by no way a Melderigister! I did this several times already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info (contradicting to my answer) about this topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Im-Fuehrerschein-und-im-Fahrerkarte-wurde-Vorname-mit-Vatersname-eingetragen--f319298.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Im-Fuehrerschein-und-im-Fahrerkarte-wurde-Vorname-mit-Vatersname-eingetragen--f319298.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-10-01T07:47:50.687" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T07:47:50.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21171" CreationDate="2020-09-30T22:34:41.403" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accourding to a &lt;strong&gt;Federal Court of Justice&lt;/strong&gt; ruling (&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Text=IV%20ZB%2022/70&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, Beschluss vom 26. Mai 1971 – IV ZB 22/70&lt;/a&gt;), the official name used it the&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is what must be used in German documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was confirmed by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://lexetius.com/2014,681&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, Beschluss vom 19. 2. 2014 – XII ZB 180/12&lt;/a&gt; ruling which brought about the 2016 changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A birth certificate is stored in a &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Birth/Marriage/Death Registry office&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Meldebehörde&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;registry office&lt;/em&gt;), which issues official identification documents such as passports and national ID, will use the name used in the &lt;strong&gt;birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For German citizens, this is straightforward since the &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt&lt;/strong&gt; will have the birth certificate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;for &lt;strong&gt;naturalized&lt;/strong&gt; citizens, a officialy translated birth certificate must be submitted to the Standesamt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An application can be made by the &lt;strong&gt;Standesamt&lt;/strong&gt;, called&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Angleichung von Namen&lt;/strong&gt; (Alignment of names)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;based on Art 47 (1)(3) EGBGB, to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discard elements of the name that are not provided for by German law&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to which a &lt;strong&gt;patronymic&lt;/strong&gt; is counted as.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is not done, it will be entered as part of the &lt;strong&gt;First name&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;naturalized&lt;/strong&gt; citizens, this application should be done before the first national ID or passport is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non-German residents, where in most cases a birth certificate is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; required, the Meldebehörde used to use the (Latin) name used in the passport, but are now required to use the &lt;strong&gt;legal name&lt;/strong&gt; based on the &lt;strong&gt;laws&lt;/strong&gt; of the country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could ask them if they can apply &lt;strong&gt;Art 47 (1)(3) EGBGB&lt;/strong&gt;, which is normally done at the Standesamt. But based on the comments in &lt;a href=&quot;https://docplayer.org/111049794-Der-umgang-mit-vatersnamen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Der Umgang mit Vatersnamen - Rehm Verlag. December 2015&lt;/a&gt;, this will probably not be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Im-Fuehrerschein-und-im-Fahrerkarte-wurde-Vorname-mit-Vatersname-eingetragen--f319298.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Zusammenfassung: Angabe des russischen Vatersnamen im Führerschein.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Verwaltungsbehörden, die zur Ausstellung von Reisepaß, Personalausweis, Führerschein u.s.w. berufen sind, müssen immer nur den Namen als erwiesen ansehen, wie er in &lt;strong&gt;der Geburtsurkunde&lt;/strong&gt; als Name der betreffenden Person aufgeführt ist (&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Text=IV%20ZB%2022/70&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, Beschluss vom 26. Mai 1971 – IV ZB 22/70&lt;/a&gt; –, Rn. 20). Soweit in Ihrer Geburtsurkunde der Vatersname angegeben ist, muss dieser deshalb auch im Führerschein angegeben werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary: Indication of the Russian patronymic in the driver's license.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Administrative authorities responsible for issuing passports, ID cards, driving licenses, etc.  only have to consider the name as proven, as it is listed in &lt;strong&gt;the birth certificate&lt;/strong&gt; as the name of the person concerned (&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Text=IV%20ZB%2022/70&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, decision of May 26, 1971 - IV ZB 22/70&lt;/a&gt; -,  Margin no. 20).  If the patronymic is given in your birth certificate, it must therefore also be given in the driver's license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_16122019_DGI220105713.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ZU § 4 PASSMUSTER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Vorbemerkungen zu § 4&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;§ 4 Absatz 1&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;4.1.1 Namenseintrag (Familienname, Geburtsname)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;4.1.2 Vorname (auch &lt;strong&gt;Vatersname&lt;/strong&gt;, Mittelname und Eigenname)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4.1.2 First name (also &lt;strong&gt;patronymic&lt;/strong&gt;, middle name and proper name)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgbeg/BJNR006049896.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Art 47&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Vor- und Familiennamen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(1) Hat eine Person nach einem anwendbaren ausländischen Recht einen Namen erworben und richtet sich ihr Name fortan nach deutschem Recht, so kann sie durch Erklärung gegenüber dem Standesamt&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;aus dem Namen Vor- und Familiennamen bestimmen,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bei Fehlen von Vor- oder Familiennamen einen solchen Namen wählen,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bestandteile des Namens ablegen, die das deutsche Recht nicht vorsieht&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First name and family name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(1) If a person has acquired a name under an applicable foreign law and his name is from now on based on German law, he / she can submit a declaration to the registry office&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;determine first and last names from the name,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if there is no first or family name, choose such a name,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discard elements of the name that are not provided for by German law&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.frag-einen-anwalt.de/Im-Fuehrerschein-und-im-Fahrerkarte-wurde-Vorname-mit-Vatersname-eingetragen--f319298.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Im Führerschein und im Fahrerkarte wurde Vorname mit Vatersname eingetragen&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/dienste/vernetzung/rechtsprechung?Text=IV%20ZB%2022/70&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, 26.05.1971 - IV ZB 22/70 - dejure.org&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lexetius.com/2014,681&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGH, Beschluss vom 19. 2. 2014 – XII ZB 180/12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_16122019_DGI220105713.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverwaltungsvorschrift - PassVwV)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgbeg/BJNR006049896.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BGBEG - Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docplayer.org/111049794-Der-umgang-mit-vatersnamen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Der Umgang mit Vatersnamen - Rehm Verlag. December 2015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-10-01T10:36:12.650" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T10:36:12.650" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-01T01:18:01.147" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a mid-30's software developer wanting to emigrate from the US into Canada -- probably Ontario (having enjoyed a vacation to Toronto a few years ago).  I speak and write English fluently, but as my only language.  I have about $80k USD in retirement accounts and $25k USD in liquid accounts, as well as owning a home and car, with no other debts.  I have no children, and have a bachelors degree in CS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A difficulty is that I require a medication which is expensive (at least in the US), and there is no generic.  I am only able to obtain a 2 week supply at a time, and may very likely die without it.  The price via a Canadian pharmacy website is giving me $171/dose pricing (dosage is daily).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leads to numerous uncertainties with how immigration would work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does having a known medical need like this count as a mark against me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is obtaining medical insurance as a resident alien plausible given a pre-existing condition?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I going about this the right way?  If not, what step am I missing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; order of operations for me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there ever a critical point where I do not have medical coverage through either the US or Canada, even if I have to purchase supplementary insurance myself?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My ultimate goal is to be able to work, earn an income, pay taxes, and live a life.  In the US, I am very beholden to a particular employer, because health-care is inexorably tied to the employer.  Knowing that I need this health care will sometimes cause them to treat me poorly at work, as quitting is much harder for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20433" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T23:45:42.940" Title="What are the steps to immigrate to Canada while retaining a steady supply of needed medication?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-01T17:30:59.923" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;My US license cannot be changed to the UK's, so I am in the process of obtaining the UK driver's license. I have the learner license and have passed the theory test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a valid US driver's license with an international driving license and I have been in the UK for 10 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-international license holders must be accompanied by a driving instructor or an adult with the driving license to go to the UK driving test location to take the driving test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do international drivers who are still allowed to drive in the UK legally with the home country's driving license have to bring someone else to the UK driving test too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I just drive to the test center with a rental car alone?&lt;/strong&gt;. If I don't pass, can I still drive back with my home country's driving license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your help in sharing the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20436" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T17:30:59.923" Title="Can I drive alone to the UK driving test with a valid international driving license?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21177" CreationDate="2020-10-01T23:45:42.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the first two questions,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AFAIK yes, but it might be able to mitigated.&#xA;&amp;quot;Excessive demand on health or social services&amp;quot; is one of the ground for inadmissibility. But note that many Canadian public healthcare plans don't ordinarily cover prescription drugs and you would still be expected to support yourself in Canada without relying significantly on social systems, so you would most likely need supplementary insurance (through employer or otherwise).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the only thing that you depends on is outpatient prescription medication (not excessively regular medical consultations etc.), you may be invited to submit a mitigation plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mitigation plan might allow you to access public prescription coverage (e.g. from Trillium program in Ontario) at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the calculation of the cost for this purpose, look in provincial drug Formularies, which may have a lower negotiated cost, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.formulary.health.gov.on.ca/formulary/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.formulary.health.gov.on.ca/formulary/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/excessive-demand.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/excessive-demand.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/results-by-topic.asp?st=8.3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/results-by-topic.asp?st=8.3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt;. There are so called &amp;quot;guaranteed issue&amp;quot; supplementary health insurances, sometimes also available through employers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But these usually require you have provincial coverages first, which you might not have in some provinces due to waiting period (you get enrolled only after three months in Ontario for example). So you might have some problems there. Your nationality in most cases does not matter as long as you are a Canadian resident (PR or on work permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly though, it will be (much) harder to find an insurance with annual maximum &amp;gt; 50k for prescription drugs (if the cited cost is correct).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your employer (and/or ex-employer) would be your best bet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perceivably you might be able to get a short term continued coverage in the US. If you live near the border, you can go to the US every two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the above is assuming you qualify for one of the immigration or work programs of Canada. On that I think it would need a lot more personal information that it might not necessarily fit here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2020-10-01T23:45:42.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-03T19:48:10.603" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to Germany with a blue card, but the law in my country does not recognize us until there is a marriage. I want to bring my long-term girlfriend with me to live in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I as a blue card holder register a civil union with my foreign girlfriend while in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20441" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-10-05T12:00:07.787" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T12:03:45.350" Title="Registering a civil union blue card holder Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-04T02:40:36.563" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is going to be quite specific, but to cut a long story short, i'm a UK-EEA national residing in the EEA state of which I hold citizenship - apparently rendering me unable to use the EEA FP entry route to bring over my non-EEA spouse (as I do not invoke free movement treaty rights).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we insist on using this immigration pathway, the two options I have are a) renunciation of either citizenship or b) not declaring a citizenship on the EEA FP Home Office application. For curiosity's sake, I were to take option B, &lt;strong&gt;could anyone tell me which of the three would most likely lead to a successful application&lt;/strong&gt;; declaring UK/undeclaring EEA, declaring EEA/undeclaring UK, declaring UK+EEA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1- I renewed my UK passport in July 2019 and, because I couldn't afford to be passportless for 1+ month, did not declare my extra citizenship on the online form. They sent me my new one without a problem, and i've never used it nor used the older one for several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2- I have used my EEA passport at various UK airport border e-gates, most recently July 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there a database the home office can use to cross-reference my UK passport name against a list of all inbound passengers? Would they check if an EEA-only FP applicant also has a UK nationality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could really use a home office caseworker right now :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20443" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T02:40:36.563" Title="EEA Family Permit for a UK/EEA dual national residing in EEA state" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21187" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-04T12:09:50.430" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a blue card and I'm living in Germany for the past 6 months. I received a job offer to move to the Netherlands. Do I have to apply for a new blue card in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20444" LastActivityDate="2020-11-03T17:07:10.680" Title="Change country with blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-04T12:26:12.317" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to rent (long let, more than 6 months) an apartment in Malta&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Malta, which newspaper (both print and online) has a classified section with apartments for rent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already found &lt;a href=&quot;https://timesofmalta.com/classifieds/to-let&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Times of Malta Classifieds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know of other newspapers with accommodation classifieds?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20445" OwnerDisplayName="homiviv" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T12:40:22.573" Title="Which Maltese print or online newspaper has a section with offers for long renting a flat?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-04T14:06:09.507" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat living in Malta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to rent an apartment. Apartments in Malta are expensive. I would like to find someone to share an apartment with. Someone like me, who is fairly new in Malta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a website for people like myself who would like to match-up (team-up, pair-up) to collectively rent an apartment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to use Facebook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is want I have found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.maltapark.com/listings/category/247&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maltapark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lets.flatmate.com.mt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Flatmate Malta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.expat.com/en/housing/europe/malta/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Expat.com Malta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current problem is those sites have no offers for the towns I am interested in ( Qormi,   Santa Lucia,   Gudja, Ghaxaq,   Zetjun,   Tarxien,   Paola,   Fgura,   Zebbug,   Siggiewi,   Mqabba,   Kirkop,   Safi,   Zurrieq,   Qrendi)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can somebody recommend a website that could help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I posted a related question about accomodation classifieds in Maltese newspapers:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/159684/which-maltese-print-or-online-newspaper-has-a-section-with-offers-for-renting-a&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/159684/which-maltese-print-or-online-newspaper-has-a-section-with-offers-for-renting-a&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20445" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T14:06:09.507" Title="For Malta, are there websites, to help find a partner to rent an apartment with" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;malta&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21184" CreationDate="2020-10-04T14:34:46.510" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany had something called an eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft (registered civil union) from 2001 to 2017. It was an almost-but-not-quite marriage status for same-sex couples who were not allowed to marry at the time. This has been &lt;em&gt;replaced&lt;/em&gt; in 2017 by the same-sex marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that is probably not what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-04T14:41:59.440" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T14:41:59.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21187" CreationDate="2020-10-04T17:06:04.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost first Google search gives me next &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/work/working_in_the_Netherlands/Pages/EU-blue-card-holder.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/work/working_in_the_Netherlands/Pages/EU-blue-card-holder.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T17:06:04.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21194" CreationDate="2020-10-04T17:07:31.840" Score="5" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long do (grand)parents have to wait after leaving Canada after a 2 year stay in Canada on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/parent-grandparent-super-visa/eligibility.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Super visa&lt;/a&gt; before reentering the country for a yet another 2 year stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada provides negligible information regarding this issue. The super visa is a multi-entry visa for 10 years, with 2 year stay max at a time. No website says when can one reenter. But surely whenever one reenters, one can stay another 2 years (according to the definition).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess if parents can leave Canada and reenter immediately, it would be like living in Canada indefinitely without PR with a cosmetic requirement of leaving Canada for a day, or more practically say a week (before reentering).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I have found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/updates/2018-super-visa-guidance.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant document&lt;/a&gt; but am unable to say what it means. Does the &amp;quot;extension of 1 year&amp;quot; mean that after the 2 years stay, one extra year extension (so total 3 years stay) can be requested? Or does it mean that the 2 year stay is allowed only for the first initial stay, and any subsequent re-entry will be allowed for a maximum of 1 year? Can you please clarify this as well? Please click that document, it is a single-sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20224" LastEditorUserId="20224" LastEditDate="2020-10-04T18:04:46.437" LastActivityDate="2020-10-09T19:52:30.433" Title="A unique case of living in Canada indefinitely without PR or citizenship" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-04T18:44:35.617" Score="0" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose one has a clean criminal record, and takes up Portuguese residence. During the 5 years residence required for eligibility to gain citizenship, one comes under criminal investigation and is then convicted in one's country of origin, of grave and universally recognised crimes. What implications does this have upon one's path to Portuguese citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20165" LastEditorUserId="20165" LastEditDate="2020-10-06T08:04:28.720" LastActivityDate="2021-03-05T10:05:50.570" Title="Criminal records dirtied during residence period for Portuguese citizenship?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;portuguese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21192" CreationDate="2020-10-04T18:55:38.440" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In very broad strokes, trying to outsmart the immigration system of any country does not work. Even we amateurs who answer questions on these SE sites and forum have seen it all, imagine the professionals. More broad rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A visa merely allows you to present yourself at the border and ask for entry but it does not entitle you to, well, anything.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The immigration officer has total decision power.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To be allowed into the country on any temporary visa, you must convince said officer you’ll leave Canada at the end of your approved stay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they enter the country for a two year stay, ask for a one year extension, then leave and two days later present themselves at the border again. Guess what happens: they will be denied entry exactly because they try to live in Canada on a TRV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also know that people who try to game the system by leaving to the USA for a day before their two year is up are often simply let back into Canada without any extension of their initial two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-10-04T18:55:38.440" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20174" CreationDate="2020-10-05T00:10:31.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little off the topic, but I recommend you to take the theory test as soon as possible. COVID restriction earlier this year shut down the driving test, and there's a backlog.  I have not been able to book a test and I am waiting for a test slot to open up for March 2021.  I won't be able to take the test before the 12 months limit.  The UK should give an exception for the international driving license holders who have been affected by the testing shutdown, but I have not heard anything about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20436" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T00:10:31.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-03T14:55:24.160" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Indian citizen parents lose their jobs in US, then OCI cannot be applied. OCI needs both parents to present a valid H1B visa (or any valid US visa for 6 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;However if both parents lose jobs, can e-visa still be applied for new-born US citizen baby ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If visa is obtained, is it possible to visit India with a new born ? The reason I ask is parents don't have a job in the US, thus no way to return to the US. While every tourist visa needs a return ticket. Immigration may ask how will the baby return to the US after 90 days stay, what can we answer ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our plan is to convert tourist visa to entry visa in India and apply for OCI in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" OwnerDisplayName="JavaDeveloper" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2020-10-05T04:49:34.703" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T05:00:10.897" Title="How can a child born to Indian parents in the US return to India?" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21197" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-05T15:25:30.653" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship/sponsor-parents-grandparents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;processing time mentioned&lt;/a&gt; for sponsoring a parent to come to Canada is 20-24 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, it represents the fact that may be around 50-75% applications are processed within 20 months and 90% within 24 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) What makes an individual's processing time? (2) Is it a first come, first served system?&#xA;(3) Is it the case that the people who are in the last batch of applicants for a given year are the ones who will probably wait for around 24 months, but the early birds will probably not even wait for 20 months but maybe 1 month or so (as they applied as first people in the line)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Is the 20 months a &lt;strong&gt;minimum&lt;/strong&gt; waiting time for ALL THE APPLICANTS? (5) When do the first (say) 10 people who apply get their applications processed? (precise answer not required; approximation will be perfectly fine for understanding this)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20224" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T15:25:30.653" Title="What makes an individual's processing time?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20041" CreationDate="2020-10-05T23:24:47.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The one piece of advice I would give if you are planning on staying in Thailand long-term is to get a good job here. That would at least give you annual extensions of stay, and would help if you wanted to go down the route of PR or eventually citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A 'good' job is one for a company that will give you a reasonable salary and get you one-year extensions of stay and work permit, and not teaching English for a dodgy school for a terrible salary, where you get a visa and &amp;quot;maybe&amp;quot; a work permit, but you have to do a visa run every three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The naturalisation process in Thailand is difficult. The requirements are stringent, and require going through many stages and waiting long periods. Also, if you are male and you were somehow able to acquire citizenship before the age of 40, you would be required to do National Service in Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are planning on staying overseas to avoid National Service, I would recommend staying in a country that is itself not very strict about its own National Service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for applying for refugee status, it is very difficult to answer as Thailand has a particularly 'difficult' history when it comes to refugees, and have turned away Uighurs (who have horrific things happening to them in this region), Cambodian victims of the Khmer Rouge, people displaced by the Vietnam War, and more recently the Hmongs (many of whom had been born in Thai refugee camps, and were all deported by coach to Laos a few years ago). I would not expect them to be particularly accommodating when it comes to a war that is taking place on the other side of the world. Especially under the current military junta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-10-05T23:24:47.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21199" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T04:05:31.007" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Turkish citizen who is studying in Germany for the last 5 years. As you might not know, in Turkey, there is compulsory military service for every men. But, I don't want to do it (I don't even want to be physically present in a Turkish soil). There is also the option of paying ~6000Euros and just doing your military service for 3weeks, but I don't want to do it either; I don't have that much money for that kind of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I want to become a German citizen by naturalisation, but Germany doesn't allow me to have dual citizenship &lt;em&gt;unless I have no other options&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do that, I want to renounce my Turkish citizenship but the government will be asking me to do my military service in a couple of months and I have no other excuse to give them, so I'll be a deserter, and the Turkish government doesn't allow anyone to renounce their citizenship if they deserted from their military service. So, long story short, there is no way I can renounce my Turkish citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is&lt;/strong&gt;, in 3 years, I'll be able to apply for a German citizenship but I won't be be able to renounce my Turkish citizenship (due to being a deserter). Will the German goverment recognise my situation allow me to apply for a German citizenship? Have there been similar cases before? If so, what was their result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, &lt;em&gt;criminals&lt;/em&gt; are not allowed to apply for a German citizenship, so I don't know whether the German government would consider being a deserter as a being criminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20448" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-10-06T07:14:32.937" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T07:14:32.937" Title="Can't renounce my citizenship due to being a deserter; can I apply for a German citizenship?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21202" CreationDate="2020-10-06T06:02:44.767" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I renounce my citizenship for my home country (to become stateless person) while having a residence permit from Germany that I applied using my passport from the very same country, would my residence permit cancelled, or would it prevent me from getting a permanent residence in Germany later on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T07:15:47.863" Title="What happens to my German residence permit if I renounce my citizenship? Would it affect my ability to get permanent residence later on?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21199" CreationDate="2020-10-06T06:28:26.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I only have a few notes for you but it's too long to be a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20080219161537/http://www.asal.msb.gov.tr/er_islemleri/yurtdisiislemleri_2.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20080219161537/http://www.asal.msb.gov.tr/er_islemleri/yurtdisiislemleri_2.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;38 yaş sınırı içinde bulunanların 5.112 Euro veya karşılığı yabancı ülke parasını, başvuru tarihinden itibaren 38 yaşlarını doldurdukları yılın sonuna kadar peşin veya en çok dört eşit taksitte ödemeleri,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not speak Turkish but my SIL does and she says this means you can pay in four installments between now and when you turn 38. Maybe call the embassy and ask about installment payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Dutch government has a page on the topic &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/question-and-answer/can-i-renounce-my-turkish-nationality-if-i-haven-t-completed-my-compulsory-military-service&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/question-and-answer/can-i-renounce-my-turkish-nationality-if-i-haven-t-completed-my-compulsory-military-service&lt;/a&gt; which might be useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should you want to attempt an asylum claim the UK government &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1102046/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1102046/download&lt;/a&gt; has a long text on it, which is going to be relevant for Germany as well because both the convention and the EU rules are supranatural so it's not likely the German authorities would have significantly different opinion on the topics herein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter what, I would extremely strongly recommend &lt;em&gt;not breaking the law&lt;/em&gt;. You will find you have a lot more options if you deal with this &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you become a deserter. Perhaps finding a lawyer familiar with this would be helpful, maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tgd.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.tgd.de/&lt;/a&gt; could recommend one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T06:28:26.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21200" CreationDate="2020-10-06T07:32:02.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, your &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; will become invalid, because a condition (no valid passport) under which the residence permit was issued has changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also not have a valid passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;immediately apply&lt;/em&gt; for a new residence permit at your responsible &lt;strong&gt;Immigration Office&lt;/strong&gt;, during which a &lt;strong&gt;stateless passport&lt;/strong&gt; will be issued. Until you receive that passport, travel outside Germany will not be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must supply all relevant documents (including your present residence permit) leading up to the loss of your present citizenship. When possible, a letter stating that no new passport will be issued by your present country of citizenship should also be presented. Depending on the jurasdiction, the loss of citizenship (through the withdrawal of the passport) may become effective immediately, but only officially confirmed (through a &lt;strong&gt;Certificate of Loss of Nationality&lt;/strong&gt;) much later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;For persons within the process of nationalization, the&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assurance of citizenship&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Einbürgerungszusicherung&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;must also be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The conditions for a &lt;strong&gt;permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt; are based on the amount of time (with certain exceptions for students) that you, as a person, have legally spent within the country. The change of citizenship will therefore &lt;strong&gt;not affect&lt;/strong&gt; the amount of time collected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325471/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travel document - Reissue - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 4 AufenthV - Einzelnorm&lt;/a&gt; (german only)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-10-07T07:15:47.863" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T07:15:47.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21193" CreationDate="2020-10-06T09:08:37.490" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without knowing what is to be understood by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;of grave and universally recognised crimes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;no precise answer can be given (vague details lead to vague answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reason for denial of an application is given in &lt;a href=&quot;http://embajadas.ossiris.net/portugal/portuguese-citizenship-act.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese Citizenship Act, Artigo 9 P&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;b) has committed a crime with a maximum penalty of imprisonment of more than three years according the Portuguese legislation;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Important is the &lt;strong&gt;maximum sentence possible&lt;/strong&gt;, not the &lt;strong&gt;actual amount&lt;/strong&gt; of the sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://embajadas.ossiris.net/portugal/portuguese-citizenship-act.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Portuguese Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T09:08:37.490" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T10:20:56.463" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a short background , I have been living in austria for the past 6 years , Finished my masters in 2018 and started my job in a reputable company , I am red white red card holder and will complete 21 months of my full time job in december , now my company announced lay -offs , In the worst case scenario If i am layed off and manage to work till december , will be eligible for red white red plus in march and what things do I need to consider If I am layed off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20449" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T10:20:56.463" Title="Red white red card query" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T16:08:26.413" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student moving from France to Germany. I am a non-EU national. I moved to Germany this September and I received a tax identification number (Steuer-Identifikationsnummer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a student with no income, am I expected to pay taxes? Do I need to file a tax declaration? Is there something I need to do on the French side?&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20452" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T09:28:10.787" Title="Does a student with no income need to perform tax declaration in Germany after moving from France?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-10-14T05:55:13.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T16:26:48.767" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living in Germany for 5 years now (complete 5 years today:-] ). I have completed my Masters in 2.5 years and started a full-time IT job after the degree. It's been 29 months that I am working as a fulltime in IT with a salary above 50K/year. I have a work permit (18 Abs.4 S.1) for all this time. I started with 41K/year and after 3 months I moved to 50K/year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am thinking of switching Job and I already got a job offer and a contract (above 50K/year). I am thinking of switching to Blue card. I do have an A1 German certificate with me so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it possible to count these months (29 months) when I switch to Blue card so that I can get a PR in 33 months?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I switch to Blue card and let's suppose later I lose the job, will I only get 3 months to find another job?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really appreciate if someone can guide me further.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20453" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T16:26:48.767" Title="Suggestions required: Work Permit or Blue Card" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-10-09T06:09:11.927" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21207" CreationDate="2020-10-06T18:47:25.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have no income, then you don’t have to pay income tax. If you have income, then your employer would have kept money to pay your income tax. In that situation many people can get some money back by filling in your tax declaration, so I would recommend doing that, especially if your income changed through the year. But you don’t have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know nothing about French tax laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T18:47:25.907" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T21:04:19.687" Score="0" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just curious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is been claimed &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/21199/cant-renounce-my-citizenship-due-to-being-a-deserter-can-i-apply-for-a-german#comment34630_21199&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that the requirement of having renounced your current citizenship to get German citizenship can be accomplished by simply applying to your current government to renounce your citizenship. The user suggests that, to the German government, whether Turkish government allows you to renounce your citizenship or not is irrelevant, meaning that, during the German citizenship application process, even if you provide them with your renunciation application form with a big &amp;quot;Denied&amp;quot; stamp on it, the German government will consider you a stateless person, hence allow you to become a German citizen (provided that you satisfy all the other criteria).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, does this true? Can you give any formal reference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, does this mean that, after &amp;quot;renouncing&amp;quot; your citizenship, can the same person apply for a stateless person (grey) passport from the German government?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12177" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-10-06T23:01:17.837" LastActivityDate="2020-11-05T23:02:20.177" Title="Renouncing your citizenship but the government doesn't accept; can you still get a stateless person passport from Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;turkish-citizens&gt;&lt;stateless&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21210" CreationDate="2020-10-06T21:58:08.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this is not the case. Germany will not consider you stateless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In certain circumstances, Germany will &lt;strong&gt;tolerate&lt;/strong&gt; dual citizenship upon nationalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries don't allow a renunciation at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries make it very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 2nd, 3rd generation Turks, court rulings have allowed such exceptions (Military service deemed unreasonable): &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rechtslupe.de/verwaltungsrecht/einbuergerung-ohne-tuerkischen-militaerdienst-323738&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2010-10-26: Einbürgerung ohne türkischen Militärdienst | Rechtslupe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it allways depends on the specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second part of your question has been answered here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/21202/17166&quot;&gt;germany - What happens to my German residence permit if I renounce my citizenship? Would it affect my ability to get permanent residence later on? - Expatriates Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T21:58:08.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-07T10:18:51.890" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a European Blue Card in &lt;em&gt;France&lt;/em&gt; that is valid for 4 years. My wife and son are on &amp;quot;passeport talent-famille&amp;quot;. I have been having trouble getting anything useful in France and am going to move. However, my wife has a job and wants to continue working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that in the French system a Carte de Sejour once issued is valid till the end of its issue date. What I do not understand is what happens to my wife's work permit when I leave. The answer for any other country is obvious but France is a lot more logical and humane when it comes to immigration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my wife has been working already can she continue with her work permit? If not what happens to her social security contributions? For the primary residence permit holder, even and expired card is renewed even if the person has no job for the duration of chomage so it would seem that the French shouldn't ask a working person on dependent visa to just pack and leave when the primary person leaves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T10:18:51.890" Title="What happens to dependents when primary visa holder leaves (France)" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21215" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-07T15:02:20.833" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Singapore PR and during COVID when the Singapore Malaysia border is closed, I am stucked in malaysia. During the lock down period my re entry permit has expire (June 2020) and i forget to renew in ICA website. Now my PR is renounced by ICA. I cannot Renew in ICA website anymore saying I am no longer PR. How to appeal to re establish my PR status and what is the chances ? Anyone able to help. The Malaysia Singapore border not fully open yet as of now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20456" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T15:02:20.833" Title="Re-establishing Singapore PR status - help needed" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21218" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21248" CreationDate="2020-10-08T01:14:32.800" Score="1" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had to file a form (I-824 for 465$) which was required entirely due to a mistake by USCIS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I would not have needed to file the form without USCIS mistake, I would like to request a refund for the 465$ (now that my case has been processed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T13:08:51.513" Title="How to request refund of fees from USCIS due to USCIS mistake?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-08T01:51:25.133" Score="0" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens to my UK driving licence when I exchange it for an Irish one? I've heard it gets returned to the DVLA in Swansea. Does it become void afterwards? Can I purchase a replacement UK licence and submit the old one for exchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20458" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T22:00:55.157" Title="What happens to my UK driving licence when I exchange it for an Irish driving licence?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;driving&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21221" CreationDate="2020-10-08T10:26:45.307" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to purchase a new car. I am spanish, but I live in France (and I'm still learning the language, which means I have a hard time reading the french government websites that cannot pass thought google translate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been wondering what would be economically better, wether to purchase the car in Spain and import it into France or directly buying the car in France. Purchasing the car in Spain seems cheaper (The same car is some thousands euros cheaper), after going thought this guide: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.french-property.com/guides/france/driving-in-france/vehicle-importation-registration#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.french-property.com/guides/france/driving-in-france/vehicle-importation-registration#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the guide they mention the following about VAT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.4. VAT/Customs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No VAT is payable or customs declaration necessary if you are bringing&#xA;your existing car into France from within the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only where it is a new car (defined as being owned less than six&#xA;months or under 6,000km), being imported is there a potential VAT&#xA;implication in France:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are non-resident (but becoming resident) and you import a new car on which no VAT has been paid (you purchased tax-free with a&#xA;view to registration in France) then you will need to pay VAT in&#xA;France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are already resident in France you will pay VAT in France on new car purchased elsewhere in the EU. You need to ensure you buy&#xA;'tax-free' in the country of origin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understand, I would fall in the second case, and a newly bought car would need to pay the full VAT (which is around 19%). They suggest to buy it tax free so you don't pay taxes twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if I understood it right, and if so, would that make it pointless to buy it abroad, since in the end I will be paying, more or less, the same price as if I buy it on France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20459" LastActivityDate="2020-10-08T11:01:59.930" Title="Taxes when importing a new car from Spain into France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;car&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21220" CreationDate="2020-10-08T10:54:32.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds about right. Beside VAT, you may also have to pay the “environmental surcharge” (“&lt;em&gt;malus sur les véhicules les plus polluants&lt;/em&gt;”) depending on CO2 emissions. The system is designed to work that way. In general, “means of transportation” are excluded from EU free market rules and there is no easy way to circumvent local taxes or save a ton of money merely by buying a car abroad. A low sticker price often translates to similar or higher costs once you work out all the taxes and formalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it can still work out in your favor if you find a used car that fits your needs particularly well or if you chose the country of purchase and vehicle very carefully. This mostly depends on the car makers' commercial strategy, e.g. if they offer signficantly lower prices on some categories in some markets. There are businesses in France who specialise in importing cars on your behalf to profit from that (charging you a fee).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What really matters is the catalogue price (before all fees and taxes). For example, Denmark is a popular source of cars for French residents. This seems somewhat counter-intuitive as the country is richer than France and owning a car is quite expensive there. My guess is that car makers have to lower their margins to stay attractive and if you pay French taxes instead you still come out on top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-10-08T11:01:59.930" LastActivityDate="2020-10-08T11:01:59.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21192" CreationDate="2020-10-08T17:49:09.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/parent-grandparent-super-visa/about.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Super Visa&lt;/a&gt; is somewhat of a unique program that Canada runs exclusively for immigrant permanent residents and naturalized Canadian citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A super visa lets you visit your children or grandchildren for up to 2&#xA;years at a time. It’s a multi-entry visa that provides multiple&#xA;entries for a period up to 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike a TRV (Tourist Visa equivalent), there are no requirements for someone to be outside the country for 6 out of 12 months. Technically students are also issued a TRV but that along with a Study Permit allows them to stay for longer time periods and also seek employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also unlike a TRV, the Super Visa has additional requirements that one must fulfill to be granted entry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;have a signed letter from your child or grandchild who invites you to Canada that includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a promise of financial support for the length of your visit&#xA;the list and number of people in the household of this person&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a copy of this person’s Canadian citizenship or permanent resident document&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have medical insurance from a Canadian insurance company that is:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;valid for at least 1 year from the date of entry&#xA;at least $100,000 coverage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have proof that the medical insurance has been paid (quotes aren’t accepted)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an immigration medical exam that the applicants must undergo before being granted a Super Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main motivation behind this special visa is family reunification so that immigrant Canadian residents and citizens are able to stay with their parents or grandparents if they choose to do so. But to do this they need to ensure that their family members don't become a public charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now finally getting to the actual point you raised in your question, it is correct that there is no explicit guidance by the Government of Canada but I believe that is intentional and by design. Now someone can choose to assume that the same restrictions that govern a TRV apply to this visa as well, that's perfectly fine but it's only an assumption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of retired parents who have children in the US and Canada who keep hopping from one country to another for at-least an year at a time before going back to India and I'm sure that there are those who stay for even longer. It is true that a visa doesn't guarantee entry into any country but chances of being denied entry are very slim if there is no underlying fraud and the presenter otherwise meets the listed entry requirements. Non existing requirements are unlikely to cause a denial of entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9398" LastActivityDate="2020-10-08T17:49:09.950" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-09T07:01:22.583" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a PhD offer from a UK university. Since I do have my MSc from a Canadian university (but I am not canadian), the conditional offer letter does not ask me to provide any english language test. Now, does the visa application requires any language test?&#xA;As I look into the visa requirements, it seems that they excluded Canada from the list of exempted countries:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/knowledge-of-english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/knowledge-of-english&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please advice.&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kaisar52" LastActivityDate="2020-11-08T16:08:10.803" Title="UK tier 4 visa: Language test" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-09T10:16:10.077" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU person with researcher residence permit in Italy. While, my wife had a Blue card in Germany. Though, I can travel to Germany on my residence permit however, I want to apply residence permit in Germany for myself and a residence permit of Italy for my wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As far as I understood, I can have multiple residence permit, can&#xA;some one confirm this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give this scenario, can someone suggest a&#xA;better option?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastActivityDate="2020-10-09T10:16:10.077" Title="Multiple residence permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21224" CreationDate="2020-10-09T15:14:21.807" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, but the same page has this statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you’re studying with a Higher Education Provider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;If you’re studying at degree level or above, your Higher Education Provider (HEP) &#xA;can assess your level of English themselves. This means they may ask you to do a different test.&#xA;&#xA;This must still be equivalent to a CEFR level B2.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't, ask the university. They'll certainly have encountered this situation before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2020-10-09T15:14:21.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21192" CreationDate="2020-10-09T19:52:30.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can extend Super Visa, or even an ordinary TRV for parents/grandparents, even without leaving Canada, as long as you meet insurance, health and funds requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no absolute reunification against extension for longer time. Like the other answer said, it is the government's way to allow family reunification without paying health costs after the sponsorship program is restricted. My grandparent has spent the majority of time in Canada in last five years with re-entries and renewals. I know other people who stayed longer, although many of them won the sponsorship lottery later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you propose, however, may not work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A medical examination may be required and a renewed insurance certificate may be demanded; without them, entry may be refused or limited. There are cases where subsequent entries are only granted for 1 year or 6 months or for the remaining period of previous entry; but that usually does not prevent you from applying to extend your stay.&#xA;Trying to game the system is also not a good look when there is a straightforward renewal path available. After all, it is at the discretion of the immigration officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the &amp;quot;extension of 1 year&amp;quot; mean that after the 2 years stay, one extra year extension (so total 3 years stay) can be requested?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The maximum period of extension that can be granted at once is one year. An extension of one-year can be requested, after which another one-year extension can be requested again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does it mean that the 2 year stay is allowed only for the first initial stay, and any subsequent re-entry will be allowed for a maximum of 1 year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no clear rule on subsequent entries, only the maximum on the initial entry is two years. For further entries, a two-year entry period can still be granted but it happens (very) often that only a 6-month or one-year period is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These Ministerial Instructions were issued in accordance with the ministerial authority found in subsection 15(4) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), and they direct officers to consider issuing to eligible parents and grandparents a multiple-entry TRV for up to 10 years, with the status period lasting for up to 2 years &lt;strong&gt;on each entry to Canada&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/super-visa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/super-visa.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2020-10-09T19:52:30.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-09T22:00:28.137" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;My great grand parent were both French nationals, my grand mother was born outside of France, but never claims her French nationality due to the lack of a near French embassy, she die some years ago. Is his son, my father, eligible for the French nationality? If its yes, I'm eligible after he gets&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20464" LastActivityDate="2020-10-09T22:00:28.137" Title="French nationality for grand son of French nationals, when the parent didn't claim the nationality" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-10-10T07:20:23.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-10T11:54:55.753" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to obtain masters degree in mathematics in Berlin. The market in this field is extremely competitive, so I think about &amp;quot;Plan B&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How long can I stay in Germany after graduation? (I heard that 3 years, is it true?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I work in different area?&#xA;I mean not as a mathematician: I can work as programmer in IT or, if I will not be lucky, as unskilled worker, like courier, carrier, porter, waiter, stuart,...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who or what decides what job is appropriate for my degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I, for example, find such unskilled/&amp;quot;differentskilled&amp;quot; job during or after graduation, can I stay in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16964" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T06:03:25.420" Title="Stay in Germany after masters degree" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21233" CreationDate="2020-10-11T15:37:27.220" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can an Indian National working in UK on Tier 4 general visa use the biometric resident permit (BRP) card to travel to European (Schengen) countries w/o applying for a seperate visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19154" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-10-13T10:25:49.853" LastActivityDate="2020-10-13T10:25:49.853" Title="Traveling to Europe on UK biometric resident permit (BRP)" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-11T15:45:21.260" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in France on a Passport Talent Blue Card. It is time for renewal and my current status is that I am working with a different employer than the original one. I switched after 2 years and 4 months with the original employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time of renewal the prefecture is asking for CERFA 15615.01 from &lt;strong&gt;the new employer&lt;/strong&gt;. This despite the original CSP 1.2 saying only the original CERFA 15615.01 &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This by itself is not a problem but CERFA 15615.01 talks about the employer paying a tax based on (Art. L.311-15 et D.331-18-2 du CESEDA) which comes out to 55% of my monthly brut salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Art. L. 311-15 says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tout employeur qui embauche un travailleur étranger ou qui accueille un salarié détaché temporairement par une entreprise non établie en France dans les conditions prévues au titre VI du livre II de la première partie du code du travail acquitte, lors de la première entrée en France de cet étranger ou lors de sa première admission au séjour en qualité de salarié, une taxe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is does my &lt;code&gt;new employer&lt;/code&gt; who has actually been employing me for the last 18 months or so have to pay this tax? What if he refuses? They would be justified in doing My interview is in 2 days so a quick response is highly appreciated. Am I considered &lt;code&gt;travailleur étranger&lt;/code&gt; for this purpose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-10-11T15:45:21.260" Title="Taxe employeur on Blue Carte renewal" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21231" CreationDate="2020-10-12T09:30:43.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, since an Indian citizen needs a Schengen Visa to enter the Schengen Area, you are still required to get a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only &lt;strong&gt;residence permits&lt;/strong&gt; of a Schengen country can be used as a visa &lt;em&gt;replacement&lt;/em&gt; when visiting another Schengen country (togeather with the passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your UK residence permit allows you to apply for a Schengen Visa from within the United Kingdom and must be valid for at least three months longer than intended return date (the same rule applies for your passport).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/visa/short-stay-schengen-visa/what-documents-do-i-need?openAccordionId=item-2303528-1-panel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Embassy, London: What documents do I need?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-10-12T09:40:31.843" LastActivityDate="2020-10-12T09:40:31.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-13T18:23:41.287" Score="1" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in UK for past 2 years on Tier 2 general visa. But now I am planning to switch to my wife's dependent who is also on Tier 2 general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I switch now, will I be eligible for applying ILR in another 3 years or do I have to stay for 5 more years to become eligible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20476" LastActivityDate="2020-10-13T18:23:41.287" Title="UK ILR rule for switching from Tier 2 general to Tier 2 dependant" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-13T22:18:01.093" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a job opportunity in Ireland, but I might get a better opportunity in the Netherlands in the next 2-3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for a Netherlands ex-pat visa while Ireland CSP is still in progress? Can I decide at a later point which opportunity to take? And inform the other one to cancel the work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20477" LastEditorUserId="20477" LastEditDate="2020-10-15T12:10:35.637" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T09:18:41.930" Title="Can I apply for work visa for Ireland and Netherlands at same time?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21229" CreationDate="2020-10-14T05:41:29.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can apply for a residence permit to stay after graduation. You should start with the application process well before you graduate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your university should have a student's council (Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss, AStA).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Talk to them now. They can advise.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are qualified as a programmer, take that as your &amp;quot;Plan B&amp;quot; and not an unskilled job. Trying to stay without a qualified and well-paid job is much harder.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For all practical purposes &lt;strong&gt;the employer decides&lt;/strong&gt; if you are qualified for a highly skilled job where it comes to the difference between a mathematician and a programmer. If they want to hire you and pay you an appropriate salary, you are qualified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8198" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T05:41:29.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-14T08:29:25.743" Score="3" ViewCount="791" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a French citizen living and working in France. I've been doing mostly remote work since March (due to covid-19) and I'm potentially looking for another job, I've seen a couple job offers for 100% remote jobs with companies in different countries (EU but also Switzerland or Norway) but before applying to anything I'd like to know exactly how stuff would work. I will keep living in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I’ve gathered I can work freely in any EU country (as well as Norway), but for Switzerland I might need a permit (that I'm almost guaranteed to get as a EU citizen that already found an employer)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then comes the question of social contributions (health care, unemployment benefits and retirement) and income taxes, where do I pay them and what happens when I need them (as in which country rules applies for sick leaves, medical bills, unemployment benefits and retirement)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20479" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T14:44:38.337" Title="Working remotely for a company in another country (EU, Switzerland or Norway) while staying in my country (France)" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-14T08:55:59.973" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently accepted a job offer in Japan and am looking at getting my documents in order for moving there to live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to bring my original birth certificate or will a certified copy be sufficient? I would prefer to keep the original safely with my family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="CaTs" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T10:33:56.100" Title="Do I need to bring an original birth certificate with me when moving overseas?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21238" CreationDate="2020-10-14T10:33:56.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lived in Japan for over three years now and I have not needed my birth certificate even once. Most forms you will encounter will ask for your passport or residence card, if at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I didn’t need my birth certificate at home either, for that matter. The only reason I can think of would be if accidentally both my ID card and passport expired at the same time and I needed to prove I exist, but … no.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T10:33:56.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-14T18:06:01.300" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the UK, driving licences initially obtained outside of the EEC and &amp;quot;Designated Countries&amp;quot; are valid only for 12 months after the beginning of residency. They are non-exchangeable [1].&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Insurance premiums for experienced drivers are generally much lower than the ones for new drivers [2]. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;You are contractually obliged to report changes on the drivers status to the insurance company, such as a licence change.[3]&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find information, but it seems the situation does not occur frequently. Unlike other foreign drivers, EEC and &amp;quot;Designated Countries&amp;quot; licence holders can exchange their licence, thus maintaining the years from the previous one.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I would like to know if someone has information on how the transition from non-exchangeable licences is handled by the insurance company:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you keep the same insurer, do they consider your experienced licence when issuing a new policy, and thus reducing the premium?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to switch car insurance, is there a way for other insurance companies to consider your previous driving experience when issuing a quote?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked the wording of the questions to get a quote, and some insurance companies ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;How long have you held a driving licence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tell us how long they have held a valid UK or European Union driving licence (starting from when they were issued with a provisional licence). They must be able to provide a copy of their driving licence documents if required.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While others ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the driver hold a Full UK Manual driving licence? (Yes or No)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long has the driver had it for? (Number of years)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this, I get that some insurance companies might consider the non-exchangeable driving licence years when assessing risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comparethemarket.com/car-insurance/new-drivers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.comparethemarket.com/car-insurance/new-drivers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aviva.co.uk/insurance/motor/car-insurance/motor-changes-to-tell-insurers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.aviva.co.uk/insurance/motor/car-insurance/motor-changes-to-tell-insurers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20481" LastEditorUserId="20481" LastEditDate="2020-10-15T11:02:32.643" LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T11:02:32.643" Title="Will the transition from a non-exchangeable licence to a full UK one make car insurance premium skyrocket?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21241" CreationDate="2020-10-15T07:12:29.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on the insurance company, and you may have to try more than one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you exchange your driving license, th U.K. one will have the date when you received your original license, so a brand new license might have a date of 1999 if that’s when you took your driving test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to ask, but it would be unlikely that your insurance premiums go up because you exchanged your license. What &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; happen is that they sneakily increase the premiums because many people don’t notice and don’t switch, nothing to do with your license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven’t seen any insurance that doesn’t take your “accident free” years from your previous insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T07:12:29.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-15T14:31:14.227" Score="0" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I came to Germany back in 2016 and started working full time for an IT company. I got hold of the Blue card which gave me permission to work and I continued doing so for 3 years. Aftwards I got done with B1 language test and then applied for my &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;. Got my &lt;em&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt; just a few months ago (mid 2020). Everything good and fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation is that due to some circumstances in my current company, I would like to quit my job now because the mental stress of all the things happening are way too much to handle. There is also a very high chance that they force me to resign (not sure, though I would now want to resign now really and get it over with). The question is that would anything change in my residence status ? I do have some savings with me so I can easily support myself for 6 months or so and I also hope to find a new job during the notice period (3 months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing that is worrying me is that in case it takes longer than the notice period time to find a job, would the KVR or &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; or any other office needs to be informed ? Any thing that I have to do for my health insurance? I don't want to apply for &lt;em&gt;Arbeitslosgeld&lt;/em&gt; since I have enough savings to support myself and I am in IT, so hopefully it won't also take a crazy amount of time to find another job. I just want to know if legally I am supposed to do something else or I just resign and start my search for another job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20483" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-21T13:40:45.877" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T13:40:45.877" Title="Quiting a job on German Niederlassungserlaubnis" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-15T15:12:39.103" Score="1" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I received my Niederlassungserlaubnis in June 2020 and I noticed that it has an expiry date until my passport (Pakistani) expires. Is this normal ? I assumed that Niederlassungserlaubnis is not time limited. What happens on expirr ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20483" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T04:52:54.013" Title="Niederlassungserlaubnis card has expiry date" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21247" CreationDate="2020-10-16T04:25:23.617" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the following situation which, I think, if I explain chronologically, it will make sense:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My parents came to the United States on a B2 visa on January 1st with the intent to go back around April.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I filed their Green card On March first week with consular processing, thinking when they go back to India(their and my home country), it would be time for their interview. So far so good.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;COVID hits USA and I file for their B2- visa extension asking uscis to let them stay back for another 6 months.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meanwhile, the COVID situation in India worsens, and given their age (65+ and other medical conditions), I think the more they stay with me, the safer they are and thought of converting their GC file from consular processing to AOS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I do consult a lawyer and according to the lawyer, we can not file for AOS until their B2 extension is approved because currently, all they have is an expired I-94.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SO at this point, I do call USCIS to explain my situation and ask them to expedite B2 process. However, the lady in USCIS tells me that I can file for AOS and  I do not need to wait for B2 extension approval since they are not illegal in the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am confused because this is basically an attorney's statement VS USCIS officer's statement. I am really not sure what should I do. Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T05:45:35.410" Title="Filing for AOS when on B2 extension" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21244" CreationDate="2020-10-16T04:52:54.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany (other countries do this differently) the validity of the &lt;strong&gt;residence card&lt;/strong&gt; is based on one of the two following conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how long you are allowed to remain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how long your passport is valid for&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;whatever is shorter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you still fullfill all conditions, the &lt;strong&gt;Niederlassungserlaubnis&lt;/strong&gt; is not time limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before your passport expires, you should apply for a new one in a timely mannor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have a new passport, you apply for a new card - that then will be valid until your new passport expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T04:52:54.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21245" CreationDate="2020-10-16T05:45:35.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your parents can file AOS (I-485). The lawyer is wrong, but the USCIS person you spoke to is not entirely correct either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the lawyer may be thinking of is the fact that in most categories, one is barred from Adjustment of Status if one is out of status at the time of filing (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 7, Part B, Chapter 3&lt;/a&gt;). For the purposes of this bar, a pending application for Extension of Stay or Change of Status does not count as having status. &amp;quot;Illegal in the USA&amp;quot; is not well-defined in the law, but perhaps the USCIS person was trying to say that they are not accruing &amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot; for the purposes of the 3-year/10-year unlawful presence ban while they have a pending Extension of Stay or Change of Status. But &amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot; is not what's considered for the eligibility for AOS; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-3#S-D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section D&lt;/a&gt; points out, there are period of authorized stay for which one is not accruing unlawful presence, but is not considered to be in lawful status for the purposes of AOS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your parents were in a category where they are barred from AOS if they are out of status (they are not, but we will get to that in a second), and they file I-485 after their status expires and while an Extension of Stay or Change of Status is pending, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-3#S-E-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;section E-1&lt;/a&gt; describes that USCIS does defer adjudication until approval of the Extension of Stay or Change of Status. This is not exactly what the lawyer said (he said they cannot file, but actually they can file and they will defer adjudication), but also not exactly what the USCIS person said (he sounded like they are definitely eligible, but in reality the eligibility still depends on the EOS/COS approval).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your parents are in the Immediate Relative category (spouse, parent, or unmarried under-21 child of US citizen). People in this category do not need to be in status at the time of filing AOS. As long as they entered legally, they could have overstayed their status for years, and they would still be eligible to file I-485 as normal, without needing any waivers or any other special procedure. As described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-8#S-B&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 7, Part B, Chapter 8, section B&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certain adjustment bars do not apply to an immediate relative,&#xA;including the spouse or child (unmarried and under 21 years old) of a&#xA;U.S. citizen, and the parent of a U.S. citizen older than 21.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An adjustment applicant applying as an immediate relative may be&#xA;eligible to adjust status even if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant is now employed or has ever been employed in the United States without authorization;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant is not in lawful immigration status on the date he or she files the adjustment application;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant has ever failed to continuously maintain a lawful status since entry into the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant was last admitted to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as a visitor under the Guam or CNMI&#xA;Visa Waiver Program and is not a Canadian citizen;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant was last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program; or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The applicant has ever violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So even if we assume the worst case that their Extension of Stay applications are denied, and thus they are considered to have not been in status at the time their AOS is filed (if they file now), they would still have been eligible to file, since they do not have to be in status to file AOS in their category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that the lawyer missed such a basic aspect of the law does not speak well to his competence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T05:45:35.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21218" CreationDate="2020-10-16T13:08:51.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS website says about refunds&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service.&#xA;Filing and biometric service fees are final and non-refundable,&#xA;regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or&#xA;request, or if you withdraw your request. Please refer to the form you&#xA;filed for additional information, or you may call the USCIS Contact&#xA;Center at 800-375-5283 (for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or&#xA;have a speech disability: TTY 800-767-1833).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the action you can take is to call them. However, I'm not optimistic about your chances of getting a refund based on other cases I've heard of USCIS mistakes. USCIS's text above even says outright that they aren't accountable like that: &amp;quot;...fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T13:08:51.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21249" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21250" CreationDate="2020-10-16T14:02:07.627" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am living abroad and one tip I got was to get a Charles Schwab checking account as they reimburse international ATM fees.‎ I checked my account and didn't see reimbursements,‎ and so I contacted support,‎ and they said the reason I haven't gotten reimbursements is that I haven't gotten any ATM fees,‎ and that their experience is that ATM withdraws of one currency in another currency often don't have fees.‎ Does that sound right?‎ Any idea why that might be?‎&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20487" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-10-17T18:35:55.860" LastActivityDate="2020-10-17T18:35:55.860" Title="Why might my Charles Schwab ATM card not get fees when involved in a currency exchange?‎" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21249" CreationDate="2020-10-16T16:08:02.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can confirm that there are no fees charged (8 years with CS). It may be because the Visa network uses a differential in the exchange rate to make their money. It’s not CS that does the currency conversion, it’s Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20363" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T16:08:02.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-17T04:56:19.343" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently graduated from a Canadian University last Summer and thus are eligible for Post-Graduate Work Permit. However, I am currently back in my country and thus have to apply from outside. I already received a job offer from a Canadian company. As the application might takes a while, I am wondering if its possible to start working immediately. AFAIK, one can work &lt;em&gt;while&lt;/em&gt; applying using an assumed status of some sort. What's more, can I even enter Canada using these assumed status? The type of work does permit a WFH set up, so I wonder if that's possible as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20488" LastActivityDate="2020-10-17T04:56:19.343" Title="Working From Home from another Country With Canadian PGWP" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-17T17:00:36.933" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/General_conditions.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/General_conditions.aspx&lt;/a&gt; someone applying for a residence permit has to go through a tuberculosis test unless exempt by certain conditions mentioned in the following list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two questions about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if the tuberculosis test turns out to be positive? Is the residence permit denied then or is it put on hold?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if the applicant had tuberculosis in the past but no longer has tuberculosis?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20490" OwnerDisplayName="World Wide Wanderer" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T10:44:45.067" Title="Tuberculosis test requirement for Netherlands residence permit" Tags="&lt;health&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21252" CreationDate="2020-10-17T17:53:17.563" Score="4" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nothing with respect to the residence permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the condition says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After having arrived in the Netherlands, you will undergo a medical test for tuberculosis (TB).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;not that you must be TB-free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is confirmed by the international help organization in the Hague:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to know that even if the test shows that you have TB, this will not have any consequences for you residence permit. The GGD will only notify the IND of you taking the test, not the results of the test.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehagueinternationalcentre.nl/relocating/formalities/tuberculosis-check&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.thehagueinternationalcentre.nl/relocating/formalities/tuberculosis-check&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also see that the result is not included in the form to be filled and signed by the physician:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Forms/7604.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Forms/7604.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the doctor will prescribe appropriate treatment. Tuberculosis is a notifiable infectious disease in the Netherlands (and most countries in the world). If you refuse to undergo treatments, you may suffer consequences under public health laws and your residence permit may be affected then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no consequence for residence permit whatever the history is but as noted above refusal of treatment in case of positive result may have further consequences. In any case, any history of TB would still be a useful information to provide to the doctor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastEditorUserId="19674" LastEditDate="2020-10-18T10:44:45.067" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T10:44:45.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-18T01:19:36.913" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;My GF and I decided to applicate for a sambo visa for Sweden but I still don't know what kind of questions they going to ask us.  Anyone here had that experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20494" OwnerDisplayName="kall bell" LastEditorUserId="16380" LastEditDate="2020-10-18T09:26:52.187" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T09:26:52.187" Title="Has any one had sambo visa experience?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-18T06:35:31.087" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving from the UK to the Netherlands and will exchange my UK driving license for a Dutch one while we are still part of the EU. After Brexit, can I still claim entitlement to drive in the UK because I have previously passed a UK test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can legally drive in the UK on a EU license whilst back visiting the UK but will I be able to insure a car on my UK entitlement to drive. I will have a house in the UK, but not be officially resident. I want to keep a car there as well, and be able to keep it taxed and insured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20492" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T23:14:38.680" Title="Can I hold a UK and EU driving license so that I can insure a car in the UK after moving to the EU?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;car-insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-18T18:15:27.647" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a PhD offer from an English university. I am currently living in France with a student residence permit (&lt;em&gt;titre de séjour étudiant&lt;/em&gt;). My residence permit expired on August 2020 but I have renewed it twice since then (twice because of Covid-19 related reasons) and currently I have a receipt of a residence permit (&lt;em&gt;récépissé de demande de carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;) that is valid for 3 months until January 2021 (while waiting for the new residence permit to be issued).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My home country (Algeria) is border-closed due to Covid-19. I want to know whether it is possible for me to apply for UK's tier-4 Visa from Paris using my current receipt of the residence permit (&lt;em&gt;récépissé de demande de carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20493" LastEditorUserId="20493" LastEditDate="2020-10-18T21:52:50.583" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T21:52:50.583" Title="As an international student in France, can I apply for UK's tier-4 Visa (for a PhD) from Paris?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21255" CreationDate="2020-10-18T23:14:38.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need a UK driving licence to own, tax and insure a car in the UK.&#xA;I would highly recommend you to insure your car using your newly exchanged EU driving licence for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your insurance company might request a copy of the driving licence you declared on the insurance policy when you make a claim;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DVLA might be notified of the exchange and refuse to issue a replacement;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are unable to provide the declared driving licence, the insurer might refuse to cover the claim partially or fully;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is unlikely your premium will increase significantly, because the number of years you held your UK driving licence will be transferred to the EU one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you already have an insurance policy, you need to notify your insurer of the exchange. Should they increase your premium, you need to run quotes with other insurers and bargain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16626" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T23:14:38.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-19T08:06:25.220" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it legal to work on contract work in addition to one's main job while on the passport talent EU blue card? What about while on chomage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems it ought to be but I can't find legislation one way or other with the only criteria being that a person has to maintain their status while on EU blue card and the status is maintained by having a job or being on chomage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T08:06:25.220" Title="Contract work on Talent Passport – European Union Blue Card" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-19T10:41:37.443" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a German Company with a German Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to visit India for 3 months. Out of this 3 months 7 weeks would be Vacation. But the rest of the Time I will be Working from home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, will this cause any issues related to Taxes and Insurance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information regarding this situation will be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20495" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T13:01:12.207" Title="Working from Outside EU while being Employed in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-02-25T13:21:44.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21260" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21261" CreationDate="2020-10-19T13:38:59.330" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an International (non EU) student in the UK. I am about to finish my 4th year of study.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: &lt;strong&gt;given my above background, how long do I have to be in the UK before I can apply for citizenship?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship#:%7E:text=To%20apply%20for%20citizenship%20with%20permanent%20residence%20status%20you%20must,be%20any%205%20year%20period.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official page&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To apply for citizenship with permanent residence status you must&#xA;usually have lived in the UK for 12 months after getting permanent&#xA;residence status.&#xA;You also need a permanent residence document that proves you’ve lived&#xA;in the UK for 5 years - this can be any 5 year period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean I have to stay here for another 2 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if the above stipulation mandates that you should also be &lt;em&gt;working&lt;/em&gt; for the 5 years + 12 months, in which my 4 years of study wouldn't count towards the stay requirement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20497" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T14:40:14.763" Title="International student trying to understand UK Citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21260" CreationDate="2020-10-19T14:40:14.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Permanent residence is a status available only to EU citizens, nationals of EEA countries, citizens of Switzerland, and family members of those people who derive a right of free movement under the circumstances laid out in EU directive 2004/38/EC.  It therefore doesn't apply to you as &amp;quot;an international (non EU) student in the UK.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you appear to have overlooked the paragraph that precedes the one quoted in the question, in particular the conditional clause in the first half of the sentence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you or a family member are from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, you usually get permanent residence status automatically after living in the UK for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you've mentioned nothing that suggests any of the other routes is open to you, the only one that remains is the route for those with indefinite leave to remain, or ILR.  There is no automatic or particularly easy way to get ILR as a foreign student.  The most likely would be to marry a British citizen or someone with ILR or to find an employer willing to hire you and sponsor you for permission to remain in the UK in connection with the job.  You could also marry an EU citizen and eventually get settled status, but you might need to do that before the end of this year; I'm not certain about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T14:40:14.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-19T17:29:11.393" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering, where can EU residency permit holders travel to outside the EU without a visa? some counties like Mexico for example, allows anyone to visit if they hold a Schengen visa/Schengen state residency permit without obtaining a Mexican visa if their nationality requires a visa to visit Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So any idea which countries outside the EU can I travel to if I hold a Spanish residency permit for example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20117" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-10-19T20:12:22.533" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T20:12:22.533" Title="Where can EU residency permit holders travel to outside the EU?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-20T21:42:51.617" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I arrived in Canada on a closed work permit (on GSS) but was terminated in less than a year because of the pandemic.&#xA;I appeared for IELTS over and over again, and eventually got picked up in express entry for Permanent Residency. I have submitted all the documents, but my friends (and website) say it will take about 4 months to process the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get my PR card faster, I have interviews lined up and I don't want to miss those opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T21:42:51.617" Title="Since I am unemployed, can I get PR card any faster?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-20T22:00:35.200" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU/EEA/CH living and working in another country in the block, with a local contract for a local company. Due to the covid situation I am allowed to work remotely for as much as I want as long as it doesn't generate any tax issues for my employer, so I want to take advantage and work from my home country from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only information I can find is that you are considered a tax resident if you spend more than 180 days per year, but I don't know what's the limit for generating taxes elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer this to be a generic question, but if it matters I'm Spanish living in Switzerland and working for a Swiss company, wanting to work remotely from Spain for my Swiss employer for a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T22:00:35.200" Title="Taxes for EU/EEA/CH working for a few days in another member country" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-20T20:47:38.630" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;My initial 3 years H-1B is about to expire. I will have to start the extension process for my H-1B in the upcoming months. I'm thinking about traveling internationally and it might not be easy to return to the US from abroad. Hence, I wonder if my employer can file H-1B extension when I'm abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="geopocalypse" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T02:25:54.400" Title="Do I need to be physically present in the U.S. when the H-1B extension is filed with USCIS?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21266" CreationDate="2020-10-21T02:25:54.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The employer can apply for your H1b petition with I-129 no matter if you are inside the US or outside. On the I-129, they can optionally request an Extension of Stay or Change of Status for you if you are in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are in the US and remain in the US, and they apply for an H1b petition with EOS/COS, then generally the approval will come as an I-797A with both H1b petition approval and EOS/COS approval with a new I-94. On the other hand, if you are outside the US, you have no status to extend or change, and the approval will come as an I-797B with the H1b petition approval but no EOS/COS. You would take the petition approval to a US consulate to get an H1b visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T02:25:54.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-21T18:47:38.420" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;My contract will be over in February, because I will move to Portugal to begin my ERASMUS mobility. I need to know how can I receive unemployment benefits (I will have worked on a contract for 24 months by that time), because I will be jobless and won't be able to work because of my full time studies, but will definitely need the money for those months (to pay the insurance, that I understand I would have to pay myself otherwise) and to go back to Germany in July and keep receiving the unemployment benefit there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advise? Should I request ALG I and then fill the U2 document? I really have no idea what to do. Thank you in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20507" LastActivityDate="2021-03-21T06:04:50.490" Title="I'm leaving Germany for 5 months on Erasmus exchange, how can I have unemployment benefits and insurance paid?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;unemployment-benefits&gt;&lt;erasmus&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21268" CreationDate="2020-10-22T05:52:32.853" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;because I will move to Portugal to begin my ERASMUS mobility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What form of contract for the Erasmus do you have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not being sponsored by a school (where you would then be insured), then you should go &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt; (with your present and Erasmus contracts) to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/bildung/studium/wege-ins-ausland-im-studium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Job Center&lt;/a&gt; to work out the details. There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erasmusplus.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eurasmus+&lt;/a&gt; program to assist a &amp;quot;Freemover&amp;quot;, that is otherwise not covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Job Centre should assist you in getting everything properly prepared (including the unemployment after your return) before you leave. This, however, must be applied for in a &lt;em&gt;timely manner&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.krankenkassen.de/meine-krankenkasse/student/ehic/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Krankenversicherung für Studenten aus dem EU-Ausland - Krankenkassen.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/bildung/studium/wege-ins-ausland-im-studium&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wege ins Ausland im Studium - Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.erasmusplus.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Startseite - Erasmus+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-10-22T05:52:32.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-22T12:26:38.787" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am French and have been living in the UK for 12 years. I am married to a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to change my name, to have a double-barreled name with mine and his.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also just passed my Life in the UK test and am ready to apply for citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My questions are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I change my surname first and apply for citizenship later or the other way around?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I change my surname in France and the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks,&#xA;Emma&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20509" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T16:56:12.157" Title="Surname change or citizenship application: what should I do first?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19254" CreationDate="2020-10-23T09:59:08.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would guess that OP is from Russia. In such cases, the travel passport has names in both Cyrillic and Latin (transliterated). And the passport is also the main ID abroad (e.g., in Germany, however, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/21174/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/21174/13223&lt;/a&gt; for details), which defines the name of the person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Russia changes these transliteration rules approximately every 5 years since the time I can remember (2005). Also these rules are different from ISO 9, which is widely used in Europe for transliteration purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such situation it could make sense either to (1) check the current transliteration rules for passports in the homeland before signing the contract or (2) apply for custom transliteration while applying for a passport (for Russia, based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_285939/7e559c272b59ac30ee9bd62d84447b3df4128c8d/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Приказ МВД России от 27.11.2017 N 889 (пункт 37.1.6)&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since these options were not used, it is much easier to ask to change the contract now, rather than to reapply for a new passport (which is also an option if OP does not like how his name got written there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T09:59:08.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19451" CreationDate="2020-10-23T10:55:37.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are different types of Schufa certificates. As far as I remember, the one for renting an apartment never had a score written on it (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://bonitaetscheck.immobilienscout24.de/assets/img/new_solvency-doc-preview-3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt; on, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immobilienscout24.de/ratgeber/lp/schufa-bonitaetscheck.html?seaid=g_dm&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw_sn8BRBrEiwAnUGJDoq9f-Fs4DG1Cp0c6FaXsREfwhrJserlq11740G5t4DDsEzMmeZIbRoC_4YQAvD_BwE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immobilienscout24&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So first option would be to get a different type of Scufa certificate, without a score (if it is still possible, please double-check it), and see what is written there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it will be negative, but one does not have any real negative background (like not paying a rent or credit), one can make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.meineschufa.de/index.php?site=11_3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free GDPR-based Schufa-query&lt;/a&gt;. It will contain a lot of detailed personal information (bank accounts, credits, etc.). If you decide to show it to the landlord, it may help to convince them that your low Schufa score is caused by the fact that you recently immigrated into Germany, and not by negative history. One may also consider to strikethrough some really private personal information from there, so that only relevant information is shown to the landlord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it might be harder to convince landlord to rent you a flat when you just arrived. Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/13852/13223&quot;&gt;my tips from another answer&lt;/a&gt; for more details, as well as other related questions and answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/327/is-it-possible-to-find-an-apartment-for-rent-in-germany-before-coming-there-and&quot;&gt;Is it possible to find an apartment for rent in Germany before coming there and looking for a job/contract?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6574/strategies-to-find-an-house-apartment-in-germany-for-expats&quot;&gt;Strategies to find an house/apartment in Germany for expats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2020-10-23T11:02:14.867" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T11:02:14.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21274" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21275" CreationDate="2020-10-23T13:03:01.047" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Back on Monday, I had my work visa interview with section 81a advance approval document in the German Embassy. My company is in Berlin, so my employer had got the 81a issue document issued by &lt;strong&gt;Landesamt Für Einwanderung&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the interview, the interviewer had a sample document, and he clearly told me that the document must be issued by the alien authority, and I kept telling him that every state in Germany has a different alien authority, for example, in Frankfurt it's known as &lt;strong&gt;Ausländerbehörde Frankfurt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I have done my own research, I'd just like to confirm that words like foreign authority, alien authority, immigration authority for Berlin always point to &lt;strong&gt;Landesamt Für Einwanderung&lt;/strong&gt;, or these are different things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S: in the coming days, I will have my interview again in the diplomatic mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20311" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T14:20:43.130" Title="Immigration authority, foreign authority, alien authority: do these point to the same thing in Berlin, Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21274" CreationDate="2020-10-23T14:12:18.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since 2020-01-01, the former &lt;strong&gt;Berliner Ausländerbehörde&lt;/strong&gt; is called &lt;strong&gt;Landesamt für Einwanderung&lt;/strong&gt;. It often takes time for such name changes to be used consistently and often even longer before many becomes aware or used to the name change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since most towns (or county (&lt;strong&gt;Kreis&lt;/strong&gt;)) in Germany have one for their areas of responsiblity, the name will often include the city, county name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the organization is done per state, each state may have a different name for the authority:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ausländeramt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Zentrale Ausländerbehörde&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fremdenamt/polizei/wesen (Austria)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Migration (Switzerland)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausl%C3%A4nderbeh%C3%B6rde&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ausländerbehörde – Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2020/01/umbenennung-auslaenderbehoerde-landesamt-einwanderung-berlin.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Namenswechsel: Berliner Ausländerbehörde ist jetzt Einwanderungsamt | rbb24&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-10-23T14:20:43.130" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T14:20:43.130" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21271" CreationDate="2020-10-23T16:56:12.157" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a retired lawyer in the US, and I don't have a definitive answer...but I do have an evaluation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Were I in your position, I would address citizenship first. I would take no action on a name change until I had obtained UK citizenship and had a UK passport in my hand. Wrestling with the Home Office about your name while a citizenship application is pending will involve several different different UK government departments, and will be a recipe for confusion and delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be already-established processes in the UK to change your name. Whatever the processes are, they'll be simpler if you're already a UK citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T16:56:12.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-24T01:43:47.720" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Canadian (non-EU national) remote software developer with German residence/work permit. I want to live with my non-Dutch EU girlfriend in the Netherlands who will be going to school in Amsterdam (she is not yet registered in the municipality, and will not be earning salary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I would be able to get a Dutch residence permit to be able to rent out an apartment together, so that we can meet minimum income requirements for housing contracts? Are there more options if we enter a registered partnership?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply and receive an EU blue card, can I reside in Netherlands while continuing to work in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also already completed a Working Holiday Scheme for the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help is appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20514" LastEditorUserId="20514" LastEditDate="2020-10-24T01:49:24.857" LastActivityDate="2020-10-24T01:49:24.857" Title="Remote non-EU worker in Germany (with residence permit), looking to reside in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21278" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-24T13:38:52.997" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK, with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) issued in October 2019. The letter that I received with the BRP stated these were the reasons for which I needed to notify UK Visas &amp;amp; Immigration about changes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGJV0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGJV0.png&quot; alt=&quot;BRP letter&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/change-circumstances-visa-brp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UKVI change of circumstances page for BRPs&lt;/a&gt; suggests that address changes must be notified too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must report any changes if you’re in the UK and have either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;got a biometric residence permit (BRP)&#xA;applied for a BRP but haven’t had a decision yet&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you do this depends on what you’re reporting. Report a change of&#xA;address only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can change your address without having to apply for a new BRP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which form you fill in depends on whether you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;have a valid BRP&#xA;have applied but haven’t had a decision letter&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768465/coc-_migrant_-12-18.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Form MCC by UKVI&lt;/a&gt; has this text for guidance:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dT6rW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dT6rW.png&quot; alt=&quot;BRP details update guidance&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am I supposed to notify UKVI of change of address once I have ILR?&lt;/strong&gt;. The BRP itself has no address details field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2020-10-24T13:38:52.997" Title="Do I need to inform UK Visas &amp; Immigration about a change of address once I have ILR?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21285" CreationDate="2020-10-24T16:44:35.153" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German permanently living in the UK since 2006, my wife is a non EU / non UK citizen. Our three children were born in the UK in 2011, 2014 and 2017. They hold German passports and I had always assumed them to be German citizens only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have all been granted settled status under the EU settlement scheme already. As I learned that Brexit introduces a deadline for being guaranteed dual German/British citizenship according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://uk.diplo.de/uk-de/brexit-infos-deutsch/faq-informationen-brexit/610518?openAccordionId=item-503744-16-panel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this information from the German foreign office&lt;/a&gt; I now want to apply for British citizenship for my children before the Brexit date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon reading up on the citizenship requirements, I was surprised to learn that apparently my 2 children born in 2014 and 2017 do actually already unknowingly hold British citizenship as they were born after I had already lived in the UK for more than 5 years continuously. My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.) Is it advisable that I should not apply for citizenship for my 2 younger children and instead simply apply for a UK passport for them to assert their British citizenship? This seems to be a lot cheaper. What kind of proof will I need to provide with these applications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.) Does the Brexit deadline quoted above for being allowed to hold dual citizenship still apply for these 2 children or can I do this at a later time and they will always have guaranteed dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3.) Am I understanding it right that this option is not available to my eldest child, that was born less than 5 years after I moved to the UK? For this child I should presumably apply for citizenship on the basis of its birth certificate and my settled status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20515" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T21:02:51.340" Title="Automatic Citizenship for EEA children born in UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21282" CreationDate="2020-10-25T09:02:28.567" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is: I get a D-type/National Visa from the German Embassy in my country, and once I get there in Germany, I will apply for Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was like this until someone told me that one can also apply for Blue Card Visa right from the German Embassy in one's own country, and now I'm confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I checked with the German Embassy of my country, and on their website, nothing is mentioned related to Blue Card Visa, and all they provide is: National/D-type work visa among other categories, and I couldn't learn anything related to getting Blue Card Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, my question is: is there any benefit of getting the Blue Card visa over the National Work visa before entering Germany, as eventually, the National Wok Visa could also lead to a Blue Card in Germany if one qualifies for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20311" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T09:52:19.283" Title="Seeking a blue card visa, or getting D-type visa first, and then apply for Blue Card visa for Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21281" CreationDate="2020-10-25T09:52:19.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process is that you apply for a D-Visa at the consulate with all needed documentation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work contract&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;position with salary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;qualifications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This data will then be sent by the consulate to the local authority in Germany and decided there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will make the decision on what &lt;strong&gt;type&lt;/strong&gt; of residence permit will be issued after arrival based on the most beneficial type for the applicant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will then authorize the consulate to issue the D-Visa, which will contain, in the form of a law paragraph, which type it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a Blue Card: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0406&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 18b AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the given documentation shows that you qualify for a Blue Card, that is what you will get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get the D-Visa, just look up the number printed on the visa to see what you got.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T09:52:19.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-25T13:19:37.640" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Swiss citizen who has recently moved to Germany for short term employment (&amp;lt;5 years). I do not speak German. Since I will work here for less than 5 years, I can request to be exhempted from the &amp;quot;Pflichtversicherung in der Zusatzversorgung&amp;quot;, which I believe is what in Switzerland is called AHV/AVS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; request this, what happens to the contributions I paid when I leave Germany? Can I have them transferred to my AHV/AVS contributions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I do request it and end up staying in Germany for more than 5 years (very unlikely but you never know), will I have to pay retroactively?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16565" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T13:19:37.640" Title="Pension tax as a Swiss citizen in Germany for less than 5 years" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-25T17:18:29.553" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brother's retired and is volunteering in Gambia. He is about to be charged the IRMAA (Income-related Monthly Adjustment Amount) on his Social Security benefit. How can he cancel this as he's not planning on using Medicare (A or B)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13418" LastActivityDate="2020-10-25T17:18:29.553" Title="Canceling Medicare Part B from abroad" Tags="&lt;medicare&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21279" CreationDate="2020-10-26T21:02:51.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.) Is it advisable that I should not apply for citizenship for my 2 younger children and instead simply apply for a UK passport for them to assert their British citizenship? This seems to be a lot cheaper. What kind of proof will I need to provide with these applications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would do that, but time is short, as it seems that the deadline mentioned in the question is in just over two months.  I don't know how long such an application would take.  Suppose the UK government decides that you hadn't in fact acquired permanent residence before the birth of your children, or that the evidence you present is not sufficient to establish whether you acquired it, and that your children therefore are not British citizens.  In that case, there might not be enough time for them to acquire British citizenship before the deadline.  What then?  You will want to plan for this contingency.  (I would also check whether their acquisition of British citizenship as minors would cause loss of German citizenship -- the rules are usually significantly different for minors.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home Office has been variously rather strict about evidence or not so strict about it.  I haven't been following it very closely, but you might want to look into that.  If you can show five years of continuous employment in the UK before the birth of your younger children, that should be sufficient, but there have been many horror stories about immigration-related matters since the advent of the &amp;quot;hostile environment&amp;quot; policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.) Does the Brexit deadline quoted above for being allowed to hold dual citizenship still apply for these 2 children or can I do this at a later time and they will always have guaranteed dual citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are indeed already British citizens then it doesn't matter whether they acquire their first UK passport before or after the deadline, because that does not constitute acquisition of British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3.) Am I understanding it right that this option is not available to my eldest child, that was born less than 5 years after I moved to the UK? For this child I should presumably apply for citizenship on the basis of its birth certificate and my settled status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, unless you acquired a right of permanent residence before you reached 5 years in the UK, which would have happened if you were a worker or self employed, and you &amp;quot;ceased activity.&amp;quot;  I suppose that didn't happen, since your children's ages suggest that you are not of an age for taking your pension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T21:02:51.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21235" CreationDate="2020-10-27T09:18:41.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I presume that &amp;quot;Ireland CSP&amp;quot; is actually CSEP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can apply for any other visa while CSEP is in process. But please keep in mind, that CSEP is a quite expensive thing, it costs 1000 euro and can be refunded only if not yet processed. Also it has some costs to prepare the docs. I think the sponsor may ask you to pay the prices in case of your cancellation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T09:18:41.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-27T16:41:35.493" Score="1" ViewCount="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for a family based green card (concurrently filed I-130, I-485, I-131 and I-765), did I need to submit form I-140 as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20523" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T16:46:25.273" Title="Family Based Green card Application, From I-140 needed?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21287" CreationDate="2020-10-27T16:46:25.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. I-140 is the petition for employment-based immigration (analogous to I-130 which is the petition for family-based immigration).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T16:46:25.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21219" CreationDate="2020-10-27T20:55:58.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Irish authorities write a pretty ambiguous instruction for the driver license exchange within the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, you can apply to the exchange even without other EU driver license card. NDLS contacts the country issued your original driver license and get information about the issuing process. Your driver license gets exchanged if it's original one with the previous driver test taken place in that country. The exchange is rejected if the previous driver license was exchanged somehow previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="17191" LastEditDate="2020-10-27T21:04:06.927" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T21:04:06.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-28T01:25:12.143" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in British India in 1940 to an Indian father and British mother. Although my mother was British born, she nevertheless applied for me to become a British citizen by naturalization when I was 9 years old. I was living in England with my British grandparents and attending a boarding school. I lived in the UK from 1946 to 1962.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I moved to the US in 1962, married an American woman, and had a daughter born there in 1976. I did not know that that time that I could have registered my daughter's birth at a British consulate. In spite of not registering my daughter, can she still apply for a British passport as an adult? I went to the GOV.UK sites and could not figure out her eligibility for one. If she can apply, what does she have to do to get one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13577" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T02:16:10.863" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T02:31:48.683" Title="Can my US-born adult daughter apply for a British passport?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21290" CreationDate="2020-10-28T02:31:48.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were really British citizen &amp;quot;by naturalization&amp;quot;, then you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent, which means that (since you are the father and your daughter was born in wedlock) your child born abroad was automatically British citizen at birth (technically, at the time it was called Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonnies (CUKC) with right of abode in the UK, which in 1983 became British citizen). There was no need to &amp;quot;register&amp;quot; your daughter -- she would have been a British citizen automatically. In this case, she can just apply for a British passport (with the requisite proof of your British citizenship otherwise than by descent and your relationship to her).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T02:31:48.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-28T09:13:31.737" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it generally admissible to apply to German masters programs that are taught in English with diploma that is apostiled and translated to English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't yet gotten it translated, but should it be translated by some special &amp;quot;sworn translator&amp;quot; to English?  (I am from Russia)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16964" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T11:31:41.360" LastActivityDate="2021-04-30T16:02:57.537" Title="Diploma translated to English in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-28T12:56:22.077" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does an expat from Ireland returning to work in Texas for a long-term project with a refinery, with an expired TX license, go about renewing or obtaining a current license? Does he have to go through the entire application process again, as though it was his first time to work in TX, or are there some 'shortcuts'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20526" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T16:43:51.683" Title="Previous expats with expired Texas license" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21293" CreationDate="2020-10-28T14:29:25.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/renewal.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Texas DPS webpage&lt;/a&gt; says Texas drivers license can be renewed up to two years after expiration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most driver licenses and identification cards can be renewed up to two years before and after the expiration date. You have several convenient options to renew your Texas driver license or identification card during this time, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Online&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By Telephone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By Mail&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In person at your local driver license office&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The page goes on to state explicitly that if the applicant's TX license has been expired for more than two years, the license cannot be renewed. The page goes on to describe how those applicants can secure a new TX license, which requires applying as a new applicant with a personal appearance at a drivers license office and new testing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The DPS site does not mention &amp;quot;exchange&amp;quot; of other states' or countries' drivers license for a Texas license. I conclude such exchange is not permitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T16:43:51.683" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T16:43:51.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-29T14:18:51.983" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I applied for DV lottery visa and then got selected at first phase but got rejected in later phase like interview or similar(after fillling DS- 260 immigration form). Then will it affect my chances of getting Student visa later.&#xA;(especially f1).&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20529" LastActivityDate="2020-10-29T14:18:51.983" Title="Consequenses of DV lottery visa if being rejected on later phase?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21297" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21341" CreationDate="2020-10-29T20:55:24.687" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in the UK 1994-2006 as a US citizen and had Indefinite Leave to Remain status. Living in the US again since 2006, I have lost that status. I am now a dual EU/US citizen, having become an Italian citizen 5 years ago, I also have a son who lives in England and has Indefinite Leave to Remain status, and a granddaughter also living in the UK who is a British Citizen. Can I get Pre-settled status in the UK while still living in the US? Does my years of living in the UK count in any way, or having relatives there? I would like to move back to the UK before December 31, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20531" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2020-10-30T23:25:25.223" LastActivityDate="2020-11-17T00:00:59.023" Title="As an EU/US citizen can I apply for pre-settled status while living in the US?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21297" CreationDate="2020-10-29T21:17:55.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get Pre-settled status in the UK while still living in the US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  Settled status is essentially a &amp;quot;grandfathering&amp;quot; system to enable EU citizens to retain rights of free movement after the UK leaves the free movement system.  As such, it is only available to EU citizens who reside in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to move back to the UK before December 31, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, you can apply, but you should only do so after you move to the UK.  While the deadline for moving to the UK is December 31st, you have an extra six months to submit the application, for which the deadline is June 30, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It must be said that these deadlines are not particularly important if your EU country is Ireland, since Irish citizens will continue to have similar rights in the UK, unless you intend to bring a non-EU family member with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't particularly explicit on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UK's pages explaining the program&lt;/a&gt;, but it is implied, for example in saying that you &amp;quot;can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.&amp;quot;  If you want to wade through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant portion of the immigration rules&lt;/a&gt;, you'll find the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To be eligible for pre-settled status, you must have a &amp;quot;continuous qualifying period&amp;quot; of less than five years (see section EU14)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not have a continuous qualifying period because you have not resided in the UK as an Italian citizen (see section EU11, condition 3).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By definition, the continuous qualifying period must begin before the end of the transition period (that is, before 23:00 GMT on December 31, 2020).  The definition is found in Annex 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;continuous qualifying period:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;a period of residence in the UK ...:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(a) which began before the specified date; and&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definition of &amp;quot;specified date&amp;quot; is currently (omitting subparagraph (b) because it does not apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;specified date:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(a) (where sub-paragraph (b) below does not apply) 2300 GMT on 31 December 2020; or&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(b) ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-10-30T18:10:36.193" LastActivityDate="2020-10-30T18:10:36.193" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-30T08:10:06.387" Score="0" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a blue card from when I worked for a firm in Germany. I came back to India on the 12th of October 2020, after deregistration (Abmeldung) in Germany. But the blue card validity is until December 2024. Now I have another job in Germany. Is it possible to go to Germany once again with this blue card? Or do I have to apply for a visa once again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20533" OwnerDisplayName="Raghunandan Palakodety" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-10-31T10:41:40.860" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T08:16:34.720" Title="Blue card validity after deregistration" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-31T13:47:29.203" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning of moving to Spain for work once this pandemic is over. However my biggest concern is the cost of the medication I'm on for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.webmd.com/arthritis/what-is-ankylosing-spondylitis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ankylosing Spondylitis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently live and work in Ireland and pay around 120 Euros a month for two 40 mg Amgevita (Adalimumab - Humira biosimilar) injections. I get this subsidised price from the Irish government via their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/pcrs/about-pcrs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;High Tech Drugs Payment Scheme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if there is any subsidy for the same in Spain if I were to move there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="etSingh" LastActivityDate="2020-10-31T19:14:16.087" Title="Cost of expensive medications in Spain" Tags="&lt;health&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-31T18:01:46.390" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen. Since the Schengen visa is not applicable in my case (5 moths internship at a research institute, it's not a postdoc), what type of visa would I need to apply for? Would it fall under the category of a work visa? Would I need to apply also for a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Hilbert" LastActivityDate="2020-10-31T19:57:36.743" Title="Which type of visa would be required if I am to do a 5 month internship in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-31T20:05:04.787" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am portuguese. My girlfriend, who is also portuguese, got a job offer in Germany. My current (portuguese) employers are open to the idea of me moving to Germany with her and working remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I am concerned with how this would fit with German tax law, social security, health insurance and the like. What would be the best way to legally move into Germany and continue to work for a Portuguese company? I'd like to cause the minimum amount of hassle to my company, as they're already being pretty nice overall, so if I could keep as much of the paperwork and contributions on the Portuguese side, it would be preferable. And of course to lose as little money as possible, but I'd be willing to end up with a somewhat lower net salary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My salary is below what would be minimum wage in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are not married nor in an official civil union, because we never really felt the need for that, but would be willing to marry if that was the most straightforward solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Her new company is not willing to include me on her health insurance, we can get a joint health insurance but the company only covers her part.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If that is legal at all, I'd be able to keep my fiscal residence at my parent's home in Portugal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My current employers are a small company without a dedicated HR or legal department, so, as I mentioned, I'd like to keep it as simple as possible for them, insofar as it's possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't have to be a permanent solution, as I'm considering trying to get a job in Germany when I have a stronger footing and learned a bit of German, but it should be acceptable for at least 9 months to a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20536" LastActivityDate="2020-10-31T20:05:04.787" Title="What would be the best way to work for a foreign company while living in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-01T10:18:26.590" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Polish and German citizenship and passport. My wife the same (she is German originally). But we now live in UK. We need to apply for UK Settlement Scheme, which i think means we will be official residents of 3rd country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two questions please:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this allowed for Poland and Germany? Another residency?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can also apply for UK citizenship. I read in wikpedia that Germany allow if it is EU country. Since UK is still EU if we now apply for UK nationality (which will be 3rd, on top of poland and german / german and polish) will this be allowed by all 3 nations?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does matter how citizenship is acquired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Jan" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-11-01T11:38:58.497" LastActivityDate="2020-11-01T11:38:58.497" Title="UK EU settlment scheme, effects when acquiring British citizenship" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21303" CreationDate="2020-11-01T11:17:45.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;Germany&lt;/strong&gt; only:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make the &lt;strong&gt;application&lt;/strong&gt; before the end of the transition period (2020-12-31), then the EU based rules will still apply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you will be able to retain your German citizenship without a &lt;strong&gt;Retention permit&lt;/strong&gt; (Beibehaltungsgenehmigung)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would therefore be wise to retain a dated confirmation when the application was made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any application &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; the 1st of January 2021, a &lt;strong&gt;Retention permit&lt;/strong&gt; (Beibehaltungsgenehmigung) must be granted &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; British citizenship has been acquired, otherwise your German citizenship will automatically be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brexit_g/__3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 3 Einbürgerung britischer und deutscher Staatsangehöriger - BrexitÜG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(2) Deutsche, die &lt;strong&gt;vor Ablauf des Übergangszeitraums einen &lt;em&gt;Antrag&lt;/em&gt; auf Einbürgerung&lt;/strong&gt; im Vereinigten Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland gestellt haben, verlieren ihre deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit nicht nach § 25 Absatz 1 Satz 1 des Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetzes, &lt;strong&gt;auch wenn der Erwerb der britischen Staatsangehörigkeit erst nach Ablauf des Übergangszeitraums erfolgt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Germans who have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;applied&lt;/em&gt; for naturalization&lt;/strong&gt; in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland &lt;strong&gt;before the end of the transition period&lt;/strong&gt; do not lose their German citizenship in accordance with Section 25 (1) sentence 1 of the Citizenship Act, &lt;strong&gt;even if the British citizenship is only acquired after the transition period has expired&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brexit_g/__3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 3 Einbürgerung britischer und deutscher Staatsangehöriger - BrexitÜG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-11-01T11:17:45.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-01T21:02:11.190" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title, really. I'm a tier-4 visa holder in the UK and I'm wondering if I can trade crypto.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20497" LastActivityDate="2020-11-01T21:02:11.190" Title="Can a tier-4 holder in the UK do crypto trading?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-02T12:49:55.387" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Colombian, I have a residence card in the UK and recently got a family reunion visa type D to move with my EU-citizen partner to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I am in the UK and because of the current situation, we'll need to travel to Germany 2 days before my Family reunion visa starts. Is that going to be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that just with my UK residence card I can enter Germany, but if they stop us and ask why are we travelling, we'll have to say that we are planning to live there and, presumably, they are going to ask for a visa to do that, which I have, but it won't be valid quite yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also want to make sure this won't get me in trouble when I go to get the residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20540" LastEditorUserId="20540" LastEditDate="2020-11-03T11:26:01.673" LastActivityDate="2020-11-03T11:26:01.673" Title="Can I enter Germany from the UK before my Family Reunion Visa starts?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21307" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-02T14:30:40.913" Score="0" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I drive in the UK with my restricted NZ license?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my EEA FP and am in the application process of getting my residency. I have not been here 185 days yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help&#xA;Sammy Jay Dawson&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20541" LastActivityDate="2021-04-01T22:06:00.570" Title="Can I use my NZ restricted drivers license in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21307" CreationDate="2020-11-02T21:09:35.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, according to gov.uk website you are able to drive in the UK only if you have a full driving licence from another country, for a limited period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to check the details, follow the link below:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were you, I would apply for a UK provisional licence ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20481" LastActivityDate="2020-11-02T21:09:35.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21309" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-03T01:05:44.657" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here's my situation: I currently live and work in the USA, but  I've been working remotely since march and recently told my employer I need to move back to Aus, and that I was hoping I could keep my job and be fully remote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the company I work for isn't exactly fast-moving or up with the times. They've so far made it sound like it's really difficult and I may not be able to keep my job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have zero confidence in our HR person to do any real research into this, so I kind of need to figure it out on my own, but I haven't been able to find much online that's up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have experience with this? If I can make it as simple as possible for my employer I'm way more likely to keep my job. It's not exactly high paying but I'd prefer to keep it than not right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm happy to get an ABN and deal with whatever I need to with the ATO/IRS but considering my financial situation I don't really have the option of going to an accountant right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20543" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T16:25:39.500" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T16:25:39.500" Title="Live and work in USA but need to move back to Aus - any insight from others regarding continuing employment? (Dual USA/AUS citizenship)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-03T03:13:21.870" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked in Ireland for 6 years and I had stamp-4. However, I left Ireland last March and my stamp-4 expired in between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I gave a job offer from Ireland and I want to avail that opportunity. Do I have to reapply for a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or there is a simpler process as I already stamp-4 but that expired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20544" OwnerDisplayName="Exploring" LastActivityDate="2021-04-04T12:00:40.107" Title="Do I have to re-apply for work permit if I have stamp-4?" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21327" CreationDate="2020-11-03T08:44:36.267" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once H1B has been approved, an interview at a US embassy is required.&#xA;Which steps are involved from the moment an employer notifies about the approval of H1B and the entrance in the US? (for example, scheduling the interview, possible medical examinations, approval after interview, if &amp;amp; how long they keep passports etc).&#xA;How long does it take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2020-11-06T17:18:29.343" Title="How much time from H1B approval to US entry?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-03T09:10:43.960" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is the primary applicant and our SMC Visa application got lodged in July 2019.&#xA;Since we do not have a Job Offer and we are offshore, She is eligible for a SMC Job Search Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once she gets the Job Offer, how much time does it take to move from SMC Job Search Visa to Resident Visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we need to produce the Job Offer Letter to INZ, then they move the SMC Job Search Visa to Resident Visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the criterion to move to Resident Visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anybody put some light on these queries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks and Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20546" LastActivityDate="2020-11-03T09:10:43.960" Title="New Zealand SMC Job Search Visa to Residence Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;new-zealand&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-03T13:42:42.833" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that in order to have your degree recognized in Germany, it needs to show up in Anabin (which is handled by the ZAB). However, I noticed that if your degree from your university IS there, you don't need to request a statement of comparability for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes me wonder, is the recognition process for the degree not personal? Could I just request the recognition if my uni is listed as H+ by just providing them the name of the degree, the syllabus and all of that relevant info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: does that &amp;quot;statement of comparability&amp;quot; process requires you to provide a document that belongs to YOU specifically or they only need general info about the degree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The recognition process takes like 3 months... I'd really like to request for it earlier if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20548" LastEditorUserId="20548" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T00:30:49.397" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T00:30:49.397" Title="Can Anabin analyze a degree if you don't have it yet?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21196" CreationDate="2020-11-04T05:00:10.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easiest way to do this is to get a US Passport for the infant and apply for an Indian visa. You should be able to get one through the standard process. Note that India has restricted visa travel for non Indian nationals due to covid, so you may need a special visa, the Indian embassy would be able to help with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for OCI from India later if you prefer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also apply for an Indian passport, but this is probably time consuming and you may not have time if you have to urgently leave the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1009" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T05:00:10.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-04T10:54:28.490" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;UK.GOV lists &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proof-of-identity-checklist/proof-of-identity-checklist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Proof of address&lt;/a&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Utility bill (gas, electric, satellite television, landline phone bill) issued within the last three months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With lockdown looming what is the quickest way to obtain proof of address when you've only just arrived in the country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5968" LastEditorUserId="5968" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T15:45:59.113" LastActivityDate="2021-04-03T16:01:05.063" Title="Quickest way to get proof of address under lockdown when you've only just arrived in the country?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21317" CreationDate="2020-11-04T15:38:28.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have any of the domestic accounts listed on the uk.gov webpage at your flat and in your name, the quickest way is to look in your desk, and find the last statement that was mailed to you. Any utility statement will show your name and the account address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a paper statement, you may be able to access your account online, download the statement to your computer, and print a copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T15:38:28.990" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-05T06:02:37.147" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Italian and my wife is Mauritian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We moved to France from the UK. I am trying to understand if she needs a residence permit or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a page on the French government website stating that since she is the spouse of a European national she doesn't need any permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when we tried to register for the social security (CPAM) they said that she does need one.&#xA;Also, when we crossed the border the officers didn't stamp our passports so we don't have a proof of entry, which may affect the cost of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that my wife has a UK permanent residence card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6454" LastEditorUserId="6454" LastEditDate="2020-11-05T06:41:34.063" LastActivityDate="2020-11-05T21:28:36.070" Title="French residence permit for non-EEA spouse of EEA national" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21320" CreationDate="2020-11-05T06:46:11.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your wife needs a residence &lt;em&gt;card,&lt;/em&gt; which is distinct from a residence &lt;em&gt;permit,&lt;/em&gt; in order to reside in France for more than three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's some more information, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2653&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Séjour en France de la famille d'un citoyen européen&lt;/a&gt;, choosing the option for &amp;quot;other nationality [than European or Swiss]&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Les membres majeurs de votre famille (ou de plus de 16 ans s'ils souhaitent travailler) &lt;strong&gt;doivent obligatoirement détenir un titre de séjour.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ils doivent le demander dans les 3 mois de leur entrée en France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dans un délai maximum de 6 mois, une carte de séjour &lt;em&gt;membre de la famille d'un citoyen de l'Union&lt;/em&gt; leur est délivrée, sous réserve d'absence de menace pour l'ordre public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cette carte a la même durée de validité que votre titre de séjour, ou si vous ne l'avez pas demandé, que la durée de séjour à laquelle vous pouvez prétendre, dans la limite de 5 ans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le droit au séjour de votre famille prend fin avec le vôtre. Cependant, dans certaines situations et sous certaines conditions, votre famille peut continuer à vivre sans vous en France (en cas de divorce ou de décès ou si vous quittez la France, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Si la carte doit être renouvelée, il faut faire la demande dans les 2 mois qui précèdent son expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis in original)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adult members of your family (or older than 16 years if they want to work) &lt;strong&gt;must obtain a residence title.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They must apply for it within three months of their entry into France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With six months, a residence card &lt;em&gt;of a member of the family of a citizen of the Union&lt;/em&gt; is issued, subject to the absence of a threat to public safety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This card has the same period of validity as your residence title, or, if you haven't applied for one, as the expected duration of your residence, up to 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your family's right of residence ends with yours.  Nevertheless, in certain situations and under certain conditions, your family may continue to live in France without you (in case of divorce or death, or if you leave France, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the card must be renewed, it is necessary to make the application within the two months preceding its expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-11-05T21:28:36.070" LastActivityDate="2020-11-05T21:28:36.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-05T06:29:45.720" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are Permanent Residents of Canada and moving to Canada from Dubai. I am pregnant and would like to bring my maid from Dubai with us. She is a Nepalese passport holder. What visa does she need to accompany us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="samvetamodgil" LastActivityDate="2020-11-05T09:06:09.307" Title="Can an employee accompany Permanent Residents moving to Canada?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21310" CreationDate="2020-11-05T10:25:52.937" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends. Usual answer is yes, you should reapply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But right now Ireland extended all immigration permission from 20 September 2020 to 20 January 2021. If your expiration date falls in this period, you still have a valid stamp 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/immigration_and_employment_permits_during_covid19.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/immigration_and_employment_permits_during_covid19.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastActivityDate="2020-11-05T10:25:52.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-05T22:04:19.000" Score="4" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Swiss citizen and have been in the UK for two years. I am now working from home for my company for the forseeable future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to continue to work for my current employer but from Switzerland so I can be closer to family. I want to be counted as a tax resident in the UK because this matters to my employer. How long can i stay in Switzerland and work from there without having to register as a resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, will this have any implications for my employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20145" LastActivityDate="2020-12-31T14:10:37.127" Title="Working from home in Switzerland for a UK company without becoming a swiss 'resident'?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21312" CreationDate="2020-11-06T17:18:29.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Talking through the experience of going through this process and also meeting people who went through this process from other regions of the world. It varies, in my case, I applied for it in western Europe:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the time of the H1B approval to the time I got the interview, it took me 2 weeks, and from the interview to get my passport back with the visa stamp it took about 3 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other friends have complained to me about long waiting periods 1~2 months eastern Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19606" LastActivityDate="2020-11-06T17:18:29.343" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-07T13:33:21.007" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an employer that will submit PU letter request for me, the employer is based in Chengdu and I also have a person that I want to see and stay with for a while after I enter China, the person is in Zhongshan, Guangdong, 1500 km away from Chengdu.&#xA;I have found out that I am required to apply for Residence Permit only in Chengdu but the employer didn't mention any other restrictions yet it was also brought to my attention that I need to register at the local security office and that even hotels that I book will file a form for temporary residence at local security bureau.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I at risk if I want to stay and work remotely indefinetly from Guangdong province if my residence permit is from Chengdu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I obtain the residence permit within 30 days can I look for a better job afterwards in Guangdong China or will my visa status be at risk if I quit the job that facilitated the z visa and residence permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit 1 - what i found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-visas-explained/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-visas-explained/&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where a foreigner changes his/her job but continues to hold a valid work permit, he/she can undertake an “employer change” procedure with the government to renew the work permit. The actual procedure for the renewal may vary from city to city. In Shanghai, the main documentation required for such application includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two copies of the foreigner employment application form;&#xA;A release letter from the previous employer (if the foreigner is relocated to Shanghai from a different city, government-released proof of work permit relocation/cancellation shall be provided);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valid business license, organization code certificate, FIE approval certificate (if the employer is foreign-invested) of the new employer;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A curriculum vitae in Chinese, including the highest academic degree obtained and complete work experience;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work-related qualification certificate or proof of past work experience (issued by previous employers) that is related to the new employment;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Academic qualifications;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employment contract with the new employer;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The current work permit;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valid passport, residence permit, and employer’s employment permit;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Three passport photos; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other documents required by the government&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20555" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-11-10T06:00:55.387" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T06:00:55.387" Title="Does Chinese Z visa obtained with a PU Letter restrict you to a province or city within China or are you free to travel from one province to another?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;china&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-09T04:15:21.800" Score="1" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, currently residing in France. I am supposed to start a PhD on december the 1st in UK. I completed the VISA application and paid all the realted fees (NHS + application fees) just to finally discover that the VISA center in Paris is closed due to Covid-19 and as a result I can't make an appointment. All other centers are open in Europe except in France. I feel very unlucky and troubled by this unfortunate situation. Is there any possible solution or hope for my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20557" OwnerDisplayName="Noah" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-11-09T07:56:14.097" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T07:56:14.097" Title="Very soon, my PhD starts in UK but UK visa center in Paris is closed. What should I do?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21237" CreationDate="2020-11-09T11:19:34.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an American living in Germany and working in Switzerland, I can address some of these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Permit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an EU citizen you can get a work permit in Switzerland.  But there's a priority system for employment in Switzerland:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Swiss citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other citizens&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company that employs you has to be able to show evidence that they couldn't find a Swiss citizen for the job in order to hire an EU citizen.  (In my case as an American, they had to show they couldn't find a Swiss citizen &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; an EU citizen.  Luckily the job I applied for had been open for some 9 months.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will pay a small amount of tax in Switzerland, and a larger amount in France.  The Swiss tax is automatically withheld.  You are responsible for paying the French tax.  In Germany I get a document every year from the German tax office showing me how much I need to pay each quarter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social contributions and insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding in these areas is vague.  As a cross-border commuter, I need to have Swiss health insurance (there are agreements with German insurance companies that make this not too expensive) and I also need to have Swiss accident insurance (which I've used in the last few months due to a cycling injury).  As a 100% remote worker it wouldn't make sense for you to need these things, but that's not the same as saying you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; need them.  You should check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The accident insurance applies even if you don't live in Switzerland, and even if the accident doesn't occur there (though in my case it did).  You can be treated anywhere, but if you're not treated in Switzerland, you'll generally need to show your normal (French) health insurance card and then either you'll need to submit claims manually to the accident insurance, or possibly they and the French insurance will be able to work it out without your input if you tell the accident insurance company the details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also withdrawn from my paycheck is payment into the Swiss retirement system, and I think it's likely this will apply to you even if you don't live in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastEditorUserId="892" LastEditDate="2021-01-01T14:44:38.337" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T14:44:38.337" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-09T11:02:10.193" Score="0" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was refused my spouse visa because there was a ban in place that was due to be over in 3 months. I was foolish, I thought paragraph 320 covered me as a spouse of a British citizen&#xA;Anyway, the ban is over now. If I apply immediately is it safe? or I have to apply for the deportation to be revoked first even though 10 years has elapsed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Isabel" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T20:44:45.010" Title="Refusal under suitability. paragragh S-EC. 10 years ban in place" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-10T00:17:55.593" Score="3" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen so it's fairly urgent (considering brexit). I was getting everything ready to apply for EU residency through the self-sufficiency option. Then I found out that I should have applied for this within 3 months of arriving in Denmark. I feel stupid, but I thought this applied to non-EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I have overstayed over a year. I feel a lot of anxiety and guilt about it and don't know the best way to deal with it. I can't return to the UK and come back in a few weeks because of covid restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The document requires me to put a date of entry. It doesn't say I need to provide proof but I assume they might ask for it. I am wondering whether to call and ask what my options are and admit that I have overstayed. However, I feel very concerned about what the punishment might be for overstaying as an EU citizen. I can only find examples for non-EU citizens overstaying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://international.kk.dk/artikel/eu-residence-document&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://international.kk.dk/artikel/eu-residence-document&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;They explain about the 3 months rule but don't mention any consequences or what to do, what will happen, if you have spent longer than 3 months before applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This EU website: &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/reporting-presence/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/reporting-presence/index_en.htm&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&amp;quot;In some EU countries, failure to report your presence might result in a fine, but you cannot be expelled just for this.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should add that while I have been in Denmark I have not claimed benefits, used any services etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Denmark impose fines for EU-citizens overstaying? And if so, how much might this be? Will it be a matter for police?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this overstay be a problem for me applying for residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20553" OwnerDisplayName="LovelyCheese" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-26T18:03:00.917" LastActivityDate="2020-11-26T18:03:00.917" Title="Think I have overstayed in Denmark, as an EU citizen but I need to apply for residency, what are the consequences?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21333" CreationDate="2020-11-11T17:03:17.237" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way EU law is structured, EU citizens cannot really “overstay” and technicalities like that should not have an incidence on your right to reside in another EU country. Think of it as being late on some paperwork rather than overstaying, that would be closer to the truth. If registering is mandatory (as it is in Denmark) and the host state wants to apply sanctions, EU law specifies that you would at most be liable to “proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, “non-discriminatory” means that failure to register should be handled the same way a failure to complete some formalities in time would be handled for a Danish citizen. I could not find any details regarding Denmark but in other countries, this ranges between no sanction at all and a fine on the order of €500 (again, similar to the fine that can be applied when locals fail to report a change of address in countries where that's mandatory).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, lying on an official form is typically a bad idea, I would recommend writing the actual date of entry in the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-11T17:30:59.377" LastActivityDate="2020-11-11T17:30:59.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21335" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21337" CreationDate="2020-11-11T19:05:45.313" Score="3" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the total time allowed outside NL (and EU) for Temporary Residence permit (HSM) holder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My situation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have stayed (vacation) the following number of months in total outside NL per year for the following years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2m (1+1)(2015),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2m (1+1)(2016),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2m (1+1)(2017),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2m (1+1)(2018),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2m (3w + 2w + 2w + 3w)(2019) and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5m (1m + 4m)(2020)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(m = total months in a year, with break up provided as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also since I cannot remember for sure all the exact dates of arrival and departure, at least can confirm that I was in NL December 2019 to January 2020.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the IND site and per this page &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/main-residence.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/main-residence.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Temporary residence permit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may stay outside the Netherlands for a maximum of 6 months in a&#xA;row. Or 3 years in a row each calendar year for a maximum of 4 months&#xA;in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am wondering if I have &lt;em&gt;overstayed outside NL&lt;/em&gt; (especially with regards to year 2020) so that it adversely affects my PR and Dutch Citizenship application in January 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background to this question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know specific situational questions like this one are not suited to this platform, since it will probably not benefit anyone else apart from me. However I would like to provide a bit of background as to why I still went ahead and asked this question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I had to call the IND for an unrelated query, and was incidentally informed that I should not stay outside NL for more than 4 months. I was taken a back and I decided to call a second time to confirm, and was a again told that indeed I should not spend more that 4 months a year combined (so in total 4 months a calendar year) otherwise I might lose my residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have decided to check with the HR Business partner of our company and also call IND a third time to confirm for a final time regarding &amp;quot;4 months consecutively v/s 4 months in total&amp;quot; conundrum, but before that I wanted to check if my understanding of the rule (quoted above) mentioned in the IND page (linked above) is aligned with that of the communities', so that I don't make a fool of myself later on, when I have to discuss it with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exact exit and entry days from and to NL:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|Out            |In             |Days|&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|16th Jan 2019  |7th Feb 2019   |23  |&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|8th May 2019   |19th May 2019  |12  |&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|11th Sep 2019  |23rd Sep 2019  |13  |&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|3rd Oct 2019   |20th Oct 2019  |18  |&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;|6th Feb 2020   |28th Feb 2020  |23  |&#xA;|19th Sep 2020  |(16th Jan 2021 ok ??)| almost 4 months   |&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20566" LastEditorUserId="20566" LastEditDate="2020-11-16T11:26:34.457" LastActivityDate="2020-11-17T12:08:06.927" Title="What is the total time allowed outside NL (and EU) for temporary residence permit holder" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-12T12:50:43.647" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen. My wife is planning on applying for a &lt;em&gt;passeport talent&lt;/em&gt; in France, and I will be working in the UK and spending practically every weekend in Paris. My understanding is that I can apply for a family reunion residence permit as a dependent on her visa but what I do not understand is if there are any restrictions on &amp;quot;actually living in France&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular if I stay weekdays in London and weekends in Paris what are my options? In the UK I will have a Tier 2 visa. What should I do for Paris?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-11-12T13:52:11.020" LastActivityDate="2020-11-13T16:31:48.763" Title="Indian national working in the UK and family in France - Which visa for France (spouse has passeport talent)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21335" CreationDate="2020-11-13T12:42:10.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no direct experience nor any additional information beyond what's on the website but I happened to have had to look into the rules recently and they seem relatively clear to me. If you have been in the Netherlands (and not merely the EU) between your 2-month 2019 trip and your 4-month 2020 trip, none of your stays would trigger them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since 2015, you have never been outside the Netherlands for 6 months straight. In fact, that's not directly relevant to the rule as phrased but you have never spent most of a calendar year outside the Netherlands (continuously or not).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since 2015, there hasn't been three years in a row during which you stayed outside the Netherlands for 4 months straight (or, in fact, for 4 months total).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your travels in 2021 and 2022 look like 2020 then the second rule (three years in which you stayed outside of the country for 4 months straight) would be triggered and you would be at risk of losing your residence permit. 2020 was very different for many people for obvious reasons but if you are considering similar travels in the future, you should make sure not to stay as long outside the country, willingly or unwillingly, in either 2021 or 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know about any impact on a future application for Dutch citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-13T16:39:13.547" LastActivityDate="2020-11-13T16:39:13.547" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21336" CreationDate="2020-11-13T16:31:48.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a tricky one, the law is not that specific. A full answer, if it is possible, would require a good knowledge of case law that I do not possess. What is clear is that you must continue to “fulfill the conditions for issueing for the residence permit”. In most cases (work, studies), it's difficult to do that while being abroad making the question moot, which might be why it's not addressed directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, the key requirement is actually sharing your wife's life (it's called “&lt;em&gt;communauté de vie&lt;/em&gt;”). For example, if you decide to separate, she cannot sponsor you. But the exact meaning of that concept is set by the courts and they have lot of discretion. I came across one court decision where someone failed to appeal a residence permit refusal because they chose to live in another part of France than their spouse for work. The decision however did not mention anything about weekends. If you are able to show that your main residence is still Paris and you go there as often as you can, you might still fulfill the “&lt;em&gt;communauté de vie&lt;/em&gt;” requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2020-11-13T16:31:48.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-15T22:16:12.213" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a Ph.D. student in Physics and an F1 student from Srilanka. I'm working in a big collaboration (70~80 people and they are from different universities) where we expect to have our first publication after 3 years. We are expecting a couple of publications (2~3) during that time and at the same time. I will have my name as a co-author with all other collaborators.  It means, we put all collaborator's names in the paper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is how my research work could help me to get the EB1 visa in the USA? What are the most contributing factors that help to get a green card? Since I have a couple of years, any good suggestions would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20571" LastActivityDate="2020-11-15T22:16:12.213" Title="How does the USA evaluates &quot;EB-1 visa&quot; specially for the students who work in a big collaboration?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21340" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-16T15:00:23.260" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;On December the 3rd I will go back in the UK from Italy and, if the rules stay the same, I'll have to self-isolate for 14 days in UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that I cannot leave the house not even to go to the airport to take a flight back to Italy before the 14 days have elapsed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My plan would be to come back in Italy on December the 16th, which is before the 14 days have elapsed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am Italian and resident in the UK for work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20371" LastEditorUserId="20371" LastEditDate="2020-11-17T08:10:27.827" LastActivityDate="2020-11-17T11:59:26.237" Title="Can I leave my house during the 14 days of self-isolation if I have to take a flight out of UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21297" CreationDate="2020-11-17T00:00:59.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You MUST be living in the UK on December 31st, 11pm (which is 12pm in the rest of the EU). I would strongly recommend being there a week earlier or better two, in case some jobsworth tries to find a reason to claim you were not actually living there. I wouldn't trust them not to try that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rent a room from your son for that time and pay him rent (or rent from a real landlord), open a bank account, apply for a National Insurance number, get a phone contract, visit the job centre. May be a good idea to be there two weeks early and not having to organise things between Christmas and New Year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you have about six months time to apply for settled status. You won't get it obviously, you will get pre-settled status, and five years after you entered the UK, you apply again and then you should get settled status, unless you left the UK for too long a time in those five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a list of evidence that should get accepted: [1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-evidence-of-uk-residence#evidence-that-covers-shorter-periods-of-time&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-evidence-of-uk-residence#evidence-that-covers-shorter-periods-of-time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2020-11-17T00:00:59.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21340" CreationDate="2020-11-17T07:30:34.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you’re travelling to the UK for less than 14 days, you will be expected to self-isolate for the length of your stay, but you can travel directly to your place of departure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions from remaining at your place of self-isolation include where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are travelling directly in order to leave England.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:  You are supposed to go straight to your destination &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; minimise your use of public transport; if for example a walk to the nearest station + train to the airport is your only option and your reason for taking that route is to leave the UK, the rules allow you to leave your self-isolation location before the 14 days are up and travel. But you can’t stop off along the way eg to go shopping or eat in a café. See the section on “How to travel to the place where you are self-isolating” - the rules apply in both directions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2020-11-17T11:59:26.237" LastActivityDate="2020-11-17T11:59:26.237" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21345" CreationDate="2020-11-17T16:17:41.667" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to migrate to Canada, and I was sent a link to a private agency called &lt;strong&gt;Canada Immigration Express&lt;/strong&gt;, from a mate who got it from an ad, I registered and paid 20$.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally they called me two weeks later telling me I have a good chance and that they are taking care of my application, but before we proceed I would like to know if they are in anyway trustworthy, and if that is not answered then how can I know if they are ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20576" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T11:00:04.203" Title="Anyone ever tried Canada Immigration Express?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21344" CreationDate="2020-11-17T17:43:04.273" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The company you found has this footer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CanadaImmigrationExpress.com website is owned and operated by the EU Company, Global Worldwide Online Marketing Limited, Registration Number 10816710, Lynton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9BQ, London, UK, which is a private international company that is not related to Canada’s government or the ICCRC and is not a member or agent of the ICCRC. Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Monty Python had a relevant song, we just need to replace one letter in it, goes like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lovely Scam! Wonderful Scam!&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Lovely Scam! Wonderful Scam&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sca-a-a-a-a-a-a-am&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sca-a-a-a-a-a-a-am&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sca-a-a-a-a-a-a-am&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sca-a-a-a-a-a-a-am&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Lovely Scam! (Lovely Scam!)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Lovely Scam! (Lovely Scam!)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Lovely Scam!&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Scam, Scam, Scam, Scam!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a marketing agency in the European Union which is not a ICCRC agent, what do you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; they are capable of doing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An overwhelming majority of people find the Express Entry online system very straightforward which they can manage by themselves. Only people with very complicated histories might need the help of a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant. The list is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://iccrc-crcic.ca/find-a-professional-frame/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://iccrc-crcic.ca/find-a-professional-frame/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: This is the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcY3W5WgNU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Youtube&lt;/a&gt; link to Monty Python's aforementioned song.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="20703" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T11:00:04.203" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T11:00:04.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T01:52:53.990" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have recently become permanent residents of Mexico (having lived here for the required 4 years as temporary residents).  So recent, in fact, that we're still waiting on the new ID cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had one question for INM that we have asked them twice now, however both times we feel the answer (or perhaps our question?) has got a little lost in translation, and so we don't really understand the requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have 4 kids, 3 of them are minors - two teens and a pre-teen.  Their PR was applied under our names as parents, so we asked what they'd need to do when they turn 18 - did they need to apply for their own PR, or change their PR status from minor to adult, or not worry about doing anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer we got (which we're not sure we understand) was that the older two (who will turn 18 within 4 years) just apply for a new card in 4 years which would just cost a card replacement fee of about $1400 MXN each.  But the youngest would need to reapply every 4 years until he turns 18, at an application cost of $5000 MXN each time.  This doesn't make sense to me (several parts of it), so I'm wondering if anyone can provide a proper explanation or their own similar experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do our children need to reapply for Permanent Residency in their own right (ie their own application showing their own income etc. etc., or is it just a change of status from minor to adult?  And why would the fees be different for the younger?  They seem backward to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it makes any difference we are New Zealand citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9277" LastActivityDate="2020-11-18T01:52:53.990" Title="Mexico Permanent Residency requirements when minor turns 18" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;&lt;minors&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-15T21:44:57.973" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for an F1 visa. After being interviewed by the visa officer, they said my visa is approved and gave me a blue leaflet. They didn't say anything about administrative processing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a point to be noted. At the time of the interview I had failed to provide a recent photograph; the photograph I provided is more than 6 months old. There was a person who initially checked every document and mentioned that the photo was not recent. I said I didn't have enough time, hence I couldn't manage my recent photograph. The person said not to worry, that I could submit one later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I arrived home, I received a mail requesting me to &amp;quot;please be advised to submit new photographs (2 copies) taken within the last six months, along with a copy of this email, at your pre-selected document collection center.&amp;quot; On the next working day, I submitted a recent photograph, as requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I am &lt;a href=&quot;https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;checking my status&lt;/a&gt;, it states &amp;quot;REFUSED&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I be worried?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3pPdO.png&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3pPdO.png&quot; alt=&quot;Redacted image of document stating Refused&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="mSapps" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-11-19T13:38:08.423" LastActivityDate="2020-11-19T13:38:08.423" Title="The visa officer at US embassy said my visa is approved but when I check the status, it is saying refused" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T18:38:50.797" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I have two residence permits from Europe at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20579" LastEditorUserId="20579" LastEditDate="2020-11-19T22:11:34.437" LastActivityDate="2020-11-19T22:11:34.437" Title="Two residence permits in two different countries?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;greece&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T19:56:28.603" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here where I live I know that non-EEA&#xA;immigrants get issued both an ID (in which it is specified that it is not valid for expatriation inside the EU nor is it valid for travel within the EU if used alone) and a residence permit/PR, and they need to show both when asked, but I don't know whether there are countries that issue to non-EEA immigrants a residence permit/PR only and identify them only by that. Here where I live they ask both ID and residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do EEA countries differ in that regard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, an EEA national has almost no need of any additional paper other than his native country's ID card in order to live, engage, and be indentified in any of the EEA countries I guess (maybe Switzerland is an exception on some minor issues, nevertheless Swiss citizens are treated the same as EU citizens in any other EU country, atleast I think)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in case this EEA citizen wants to get both an eventual other ID issued by his host country in its format and a residence permit (in case he's in a country that issues both documents to general immigrants), can he get issued such documents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the sake of example, can a Dutch citizen living in Germany ask to be issued an ID card in the German format and a residence permit/PR, even if he does not need them and in case he wants them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19184" LastEditorUserId="19184" LastEditDate="2020-11-18T22:00:24.680" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T17:59:11.130" Title="How does identification work in various EEA countries?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T20:10:01.983" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently after receiving a job offer of a parcel delivery driver in Germany I started the process of visa processing. All required documents were provided to the Embassy but unfortunately I was rejected with a letter that states that;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sehr geehrter Herr Peter,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;die Deutsche Botschaft Kampala bedauert, Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen,&#xA;dass Ihrem Antrag auf Erteilung eines Visums nach Abschluss der Prüfung auf Grundlage Bestimmungen nicht entsprochen werden kann. Die für die Ablehnung Ihres Antrages wesentlichen&#xA;nachfolgend mitgeteilt:&#xA;geltenden der ausländerrechtlichen&#xA;tragenden Gründe werden Ihnen&#xA;Sie beabsichtigen die Einreise nach Deutschlad zur Erwerbstätigkeit als&#xA;Paketzusteller bei der S und S Logistic GmbH.&#xA;Ein erforderlicher Tatbestand nach der BeschV bzw. nach dem AufenthG ist unter Beachtung Ihrer Nationalität und der angestrebten Tätigkeit nicht vorhanden.&#xA;Eine Erteilung des Visums nach 24a BeschV als Berufskraftfahrer kommt hier nicht in Betracht, da Sie über keine entsprechende&#xA;Fahrerbescheinigung im Sinne des Artikel 5 Absatz 1 der Verordnung&#xA;EG) Nr. 1072/2009 verfügen.&#xA;Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung:&#xA;Gegen diesen Bescheid kann innerhalb eines Monats nach Bekanntgabe&#xA;Klage beim Verwaltungsgericht Berlin erhoben werden. Sie haben darüber hinaus die Möglichkeit, diesen Bescheid innerhalb&#xA;eines Monats nach Bekanntgabe von der Botschaft Kampala prüfen zu&#xA;lassen (Remonstration)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seite 2 von 2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Während der Remonstration können Sie weiterhin innerhalb der oben genannten Frist gegen diesen Bescheid Klage erheben, allerdings wird das Remonstrationsverfahren dadurch beendet und der Bescheid nur noch&#xA;im Klageverfahren überprüft. Wird der Visumantrag nach Uberprüfung durch die Auslandsvertretung erneut abgelehnt, so ergeht ein weiterer Bescheid (Remonstrationsbescheid), gegen den sodann Klage bei dem Verwaltungsgericht Berlin erhoben werden kann. Bitte begründen Sie&#xA;Ihre Remonstration und fügen Sie geeignete Nachweise bei, soweit dies&#xA;nicht mit dem Visumantrag geschehen ist.&#xA;Mit freundlichen Grüßen&#xA;im Auftrag&#xA;Averkamp&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All your advise will be highly appreciated. What can I do on my side to rectify this as I have already communicated to the employer in Germany but seems to have run out options. Please expatriates advise me accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20580" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2020-11-18T20:23:59.700" LastActivityDate="2020-11-18T20:23:59.700" Title="Germany Visa Rejection" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T20:44:34.383" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I intend on settling in Italy for a short period (&amp;lt;3 months). From what I've read, it's very hard to actually find people that are willing to rent their apartments for such short stays. Why is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to rent apartments (with a contract) and be registered as a resident in the municipality for a stay of say, three months? I've had no problems with these sorts of rentals here in France; is Italy different? How hopeless is my situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are a lot of questions but I believe their answers will complement each other into a single answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastActivityDate="2020-11-18T20:44:34.383" Title="Short-term rentals in Italy?" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-19T01:16:07.277" Score="4" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a question on the US N-400 Application for Naturalization form that asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10. Have you &lt;strong&gt;EVER&lt;/strong&gt; been a member of, or in any way associated (either directly or indirectly) with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A.&lt;/strong&gt; The Communist Party?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is this question interpreted in the context of being a member of the Democratic Socialists of America? How does USCIS interpret being &amp;quot;a member of The Communist Party&amp;quot;? Is this a disqualifying factor for naturalization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20582" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-11-19T03:40:38.293" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T07:50:59.410" Title="N-400 question about &quot;being a member of The Communist Party&quot; and association with the Democratic Socialists of America" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21353" CreationDate="2020-11-19T02:53:45.897" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Democratic Socialists of America is not a communist party.  Answer no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always disclose membership in the Democratic Socialists of America elsewhere to forestall any suspicion of deception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term &lt;em&gt;communist party&lt;/em&gt; is defined thus in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/313.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 313.1&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Communist Party&lt;/em&gt; includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) The Communist Party of the United States;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) The Communist Political Association;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) The Communist Party of any state of the United States, of any foreign state, or of any political or geographical subdivision of any foreign state;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(4) Any section, subsidiary, branch, affiliate, or subdivision of any such association or party;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(5) The direct predecessors or successors of any such association or party, regardless of what name such group or organization may have used, may now bear, or may hereafter adopt; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(6) Any communist-action or communist-front organization that is registered or required to be registered under section 786 of title 50 of the United States Code, provided that the applicant knew or had reason to believe, while he or she was a member, that such organization was a communist-front organization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2020-11-20T01:13:47.477" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T01:13:47.477" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21356" CreationDate="2020-11-19T11:40:47.870" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen living in Dubai along with my wife. I am 34 and my wife is 32. My wife is an EU passport holder (by Portuguese Nationality for Goans in India). So while she has never lived in the EU, she is an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understand and have read on the forum, the process is as follows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the Dutch Embassy in UAE, with my wife to secure a Type D visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Arrive in Netherlands and my wife registers herself at the Gemeente and get the BSN number. &lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; If we rent a room within a house to start of is that fine? Or do we need to rent a house and show the rental contract?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She then proceeds to register herself at the KvK (Chamber of Commerce). &lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; Does she need a job contract in order to do this? Or can she register herself as Self Sufficient? Is there a minimum amount she needs to show in her bank account for this purpose? Is there a specific type of work contract required? Would an odd job such as working at a Coffee shop qualify?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She then registers herself with the IND (the Netherlands' immigration agency) as an EU citizen in order to obtain proof of entitlement to residency status&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I then proceed to apply for 'Verification against EU law to receive the Residence card, which can take up to 6 months. But I believe the Type D visa allows me to stay in the country for up to 6 months. Right?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upon receiving the Residence Card, I register and wait for the Residence Permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope I have the procedure right.&#xA;From what I understand the decision for me to receive a Residence Permit could go either way.&#xA;We have no ties to the Netherlands. Nor would she have a job initially. Do you think this could be an issue in me securing a residence permit? We do not want to be live apart if my Residence permit does not go through. To avoid such a risk, I was considering applying for a student visa instead. What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20584" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-19T13:49:25.187" LastActivityDate="2020-11-21T12:25:42.213" Title="Netherlands: Verification Against EU law - Married Couple moving without Employment" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21355" CreationDate="2020-11-19T14:51:29.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The procedure is &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/eu-eea/Pages/Family-member-with-different-nationality.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;detailed on the IND website&lt;/a&gt;. I will try to clarify some misunderstandings while answering your questions but you should refer back to this procedure to know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, you should get a Schengen visa, free of charge (the Dutch call that a “facilitation visa”). That's because you are covered by the EU freedom of movement and regular rules around immigration to the Netherlands do not apply to you. Evidence requirements to be issued this facilitation visa should be much lighter than any type D visa (including student visas) and it should be faster as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you need to get some documents translated and/or apostilled once you reach the Netherlands (I am thinking about birth certificates for both of you and a proof of your marriage), you might also want to look into that before leaving India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's kind of begging the question but what you need is an address that can be used to register yourself (&lt;em&gt;inschrijven&lt;/em&gt;) in the BRP, otherwise dealing with Dutch officialdom will be a pain. Renting a room is in principle fine as is a signed document from the main occupant of the house where you are living without a formal rental contract (I have used either of them in the past).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I have come across landlords who pretended that registering was not possible at their address (possibly because they violated some rules around subletting or maximum occupancy or some such) and this could create some issues. So there is no hard and fast rule that you need an independent house and a rental contract but you will need some sort of documentation and not every short-term accommodation works for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why would your wife need to register with the KvK? Does she intend to be self-employed? She could do that if she needs to but it is not necessary to secure a residence card. However, your questions are relevant to the next step and I will answer them below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, indeed, that's the important step to secure your residence card. For that, the EU citizen (your wife) needs to establish either that you are financially self-sufficient or that she has a job. Here are &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/forms/6021.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant form&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/eu-eea/Pages/EUEEA-or-Swiss-citizen.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a description of the full procedure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go the “self-sufficient” route, both of you as a couple need to show that you have enough money to avoid being a burden for the social system in the Netherlands (i.e. you do not qualify for welfare/&lt;em&gt;bijstand&lt;/em&gt; there). I don't know much about how this is implemented but since there is a €12450 maximum wealth threshold for welfare (&lt;em&gt;vermogenstoets&lt;/em&gt;), having more than that on your bank account ought to be enough. You also need to prove that you have health insurance that satisfies the Dutch requirements (I wrote “both of you as a couple” because the monetary thresholds are higher than if she was alone and both need to be insured).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife goes the work route, the standard to meet is that the work must be “genuine and effective”. In other words, there are no minimum income or qualification requirements. Working in a café is definitely fine, short-term or part-time work can also be enough. In that case, your finances, health insurance situation or household composition are irrelevant, even applying for public funds would be allowed if you still qualify despite having a job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being the spouse of a qualifying EU citizen gives you the right to be in the country (even without a visa, after crossing the border irregularly or otherwise failing to do anything). I strongly recommend following the procedure and completing all the required formalities in time but I mention this to explain that your &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; to be there with your wife (if she does qualify) does not depend on any visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, the letter you get from the IND acknowledging you have applied to have your status verified should be enough to avoid trouble while the verification is ongoing. Note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Forms/5005.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the form you have to fill in&lt;/a&gt; is called “Application for Verification against EU law” to reflect this legal reality: you're not applying for permission, you're just applying for them to check and confirm your pre-existing right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, you just need one residence document (&lt;em&gt;verblijsdocument&lt;/em&gt;). English translations are somewhat imprecise and the IND sometimes refers to the document they give to the members of an EU citizen's family as “residence permit” but this is really the same as a “residence card” (the more proper terminology in English). The IND doesn't send those through the mail, you will get a letter or notification of some sort when it's ready and you have to go to a website to make an appointment to collect the card in person. Recent experience suggests appointments are much easier to get than usual (possibly because fewer people relocate at the moment), in Amsterdam next-day appointments are available these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the outcome, I would not say that the decision “could go either way”. Unlike many visa decisions, there is no discretion for the authorities and no evaluation against a set of job-market criteria or anything like that. If you wife gets a job, you qualify. If she doesn't, she will have to check the other box on the form and the IND will apply the criteria for self-sufficient people. If your income or wealth are above the threshold, they have to give you a residence card. If it isn't, they will refuse. I don't know the exact threshold but it's not extremely high and there is little chance involved in all this. It's only if you have absolutely no income and no money and try to qualify as a jobseeker or based on minimal work (self-employed or employed for a few hours a month) that you would be in a grey area (technically looking for work makes an EU citizen a worker under EU law but that cannot last forever and is inherently more difficult to document than a work contract).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, I would not recommend the student visa. It can take ages, has completely different and no less onerous requirements and would give you a weaker status legally. Questions could also be raised about your intent to actually pursue studies in the Netherlands, especially if you already have a career and want to move with your wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-21T12:25:42.213" LastActivityDate="2020-11-21T12:25:42.213" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21359" CreationDate="2020-11-19T15:06:07.577" Score="4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a 14-year-old US citizen living abroad with non-US citizen parents come to US for high school study if both parents have no objection (and no US visa to accompany the child to the US)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Parents wish to send me to boarding school.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Parents do not child to enter foster care.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no assigned legal guardian on US soil, since parents have no US visa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if this can be worked out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T10:07:32.037" Title="Can a 14-year-old US citizen living abroad with non-US citizen parents come to US for high school study if both parents have no objection?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;education&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21353" CreationDate="2020-11-20T07:45:19.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To more understand what the goal of the policy maker was and how it will be applied in practice, the USCIS Policy Manual Chapter 3 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Immigrant Membership in Totalitarian Party&lt;/a&gt; is very helpful. In particular this quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Any other totalitarian party” is defined as “an organization which advocates the establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship or totalitarianism.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Totalitarian dictatorship” or “totalitarianism” refer to systems of government not representative in fact, characterized by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The existence of a single political party, organized on a dictatorial basis, with so close an identity between such party and its policies and the governmental policies of the country in which it exists, that the party and the government constitute an indistinguishable unit; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The forcible suppression of opposition to such party&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Democracy and socialism go hand in hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To add my words to these facts: there is nothing in their program that would advocate for a single party system which oppresses all other parties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since someone asked about China, it should be painfully obvious the Chinese Communist Party definitely falls under this -- but read the chapter for more because merely being a party member is not enough for exclusion but it needs careful documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2020-11-20T07:50:59.410" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T07:50:59.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21357" CreationDate="2020-11-20T10:07:32.037" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no legal obstacle to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to attend boarding school in the US, you need to first &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boardingschools.com/find-a-school.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;find a boarding school&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.privateschoolreview.com/blog/admissions-to-private-school-a-z&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for admission&lt;/a&gt;, which can be a very long process so you better start early.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have lived outside the US for most of your life, you may be considered an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boardingschoolreview.com/blog/international-students-guide-to-boarding-schools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;international student&lt;/a&gt; for most school purposes, such as requiring an English exam before admission, even though luckily you won't need any visa or immmigration papers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you select some specific schools you're interested in, you can also call them to get more information and answers to any questions you have about what they require.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T10:07:32.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21350" CreationDate="2020-11-20T17:59:11.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a matter of national law, not EU, so different countries will have different rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, the UK does not issue any form of ID card; so neither Britons not EEA nationals residing there were issued any kind of ID document when it was part of the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spain, on the other hand, requires that any national or resident in the country be issued an identification number and an ID card. Both EEA and third country citizens alike will be issued a 'Foreigner ID card', which is similar to those issued to Spanish nationals (among other things, they are different colour).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T17:59:11.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-20T22:09:54.930" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;In April 2011, only birth certificates with both parents name were accepted for passport applications. How would non-US citizens living out of US, renew passport of the minor US child, if they did not meet sudden change in requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2020-11-20T22:09:54.930" Title="How did non-US citizens with old birth certificate for minor US child renew passports after 2011?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21041" CreationDate="2020-11-21T00:32:28.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Birth certificate format is determined by state (or territory) law, so there are more than 50 formats at any one time.  If any state or territory changes its format every ten years, or on any other schedule, it is to combat fraud.  The important factor is whether the format is correct &lt;em&gt;given the purported date of issue,&lt;/em&gt; not whether it is the same format that is currently being used.  This is the same as with the paper money issued by the federal reserve: it remains valid forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to think about: if the point of the changing design was to limit the validity of individual documents, it's not a very good way to do that.  The proper way to achieve that end is to provide the document with an expiration date.  Birth certificates don't generally have expiration dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only questions asked by the consulate will be whether it is genuine, possibly including the question of whether it's the correct form for the date of issue (if they have a way of finding that information), and whether it is signed by the right person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-11-21T00:32:28.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-21T08:51:11.420" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking to go to Italy with my non-EU passport and register as resident (that means doing the inscrizione anagrafica).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My passport allows me to stay there for up to three months. Since I am going to have my Jus Sanguinis Citizenship recognised, there is an Italian law that states I do not need a visa for that registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cannot find any list of documents that actually make sense. Some of them just list passport and visa. What will I present as a proof of residence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g suppose I stay at someone's house. How would that work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastActivityDate="2020-11-21T08:51:11.420" Title="What do I really need to register as a resident in Italy?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21041" CreationDate="2020-11-22T00:26:45.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @phoog stated, a change in format does not matter as long as the certificate contains the required information, and is genuine. The only exception I've heard of is Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010; Puerto Rico has required replacement of these due to security lapses with the older certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over the years states have offered certificates with varying amount of information, everything from every bit of information they have on file to a really short certificate. Sometimes the really short ones cost less than the longer ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information the US State Department &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/citizenship-evidence.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;currently&lt;/a&gt; requires is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lists applicant’s full name, date of birth, and place of birth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lists parent(s)’ full names&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has the signature of the city, county, or state registrar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has the date filed with registrar's office (must be within one year of birth)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has the seal of issuing authority&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know exactly what the State Department counts as a full name, but in the US, when dealing with state and local government, I have often been able to list just my first and last name when a form required a &amp;quot;full name&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2020-11-22T00:26:45.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21365" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-22T18:44:19.327" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the process to work in Italy. The prerequisite for working there is to obtain a Work Visa. The Work Visa is called &amp;quot;Carta Blu EU&amp;quot; (Blue Card).&#xA;The Italian Authority send to me and my employer &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www2.immigrazione.regione.toscana.it/?q=procedimentiamministrativi&amp;amp;procedimento=1878&amp;amp;pa_prov=FI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with the prerequisites to get the Blue Card and one of them is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;declaration of value issued by the Italian diplomatic-consular&#xA;representation in the country of residence of the worker, relating to&#xA;higher education qualifications lasting &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;at least three years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from Brazil and I have a 3-year diploma as an Associate's Degree.&#xA;I already obtained the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Declaration of Value&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; from the Italian consular authority in Brazil, and this document informs me that my university graduation is &amp;quot;Laurea Breve&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know if this level of education is sufficient to acquire the Blu Card?&#xA;All help is very welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Observations: I had read that &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Laurea Triennale&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Laura Breve&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; are the same qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20586" LastEditorUserId="20586" LastEditDate="2020-11-22T22:32:40.533" LastActivityDate="2020-11-22T22:32:40.533" Title="Is it possible to get the &quot;Carta Blu&quot; in Italy with my 3-year Associate's Degree Diploma (Laurea Breve)?" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-23T02:22:27.057" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did some hacking (for a good cause) a while ago and was convicted of it. I'm kind of sick of this country now and I wonder what my chances are of getting a work visa in the U.S.A?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The misdemeanor has a maximum penalty of 2 years in the country of conviction, and I was only fined the equivalent of $ 700 for it and told not to do it again - so an ESTA doesn't seem like a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20589" LastEditorUserId="20589" LastEditDate="2020-11-23T03:15:57.800" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T05:09:48.207" Title="Can you get a US work visa if you have been convicted of hacking?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21366" CreationDate="2020-11-23T05:09:48.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under &lt;a href=&quot;https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1182&amp;amp;num=0&amp;amp;edition=prelim&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act&lt;/a&gt; (or I.N.A.) you are very clearly inadmissible as the possible sentence exceeded one year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory you could apply for a so called 212(d)(3) nonimmigrant waiver &lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt; your chances are extremely low because you committed the crime less than 15 years ago (except in a case of prostitution for which there is no required waiting period).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was the law. Now let me add my two cents: after what happened to Dmitry Sklyarov it is crystal clear the USA takes its outdated, badly written, overbroad hacking related laws extremely seriously so they will certainly not issue a waiver for you as they weigh whether what you've done would be a crime in the USA. They are perfectly willing to damage the very reputation of their country (when I was deciding where to immigrate, one of the main reasons for crossing off USA from the list was the Sklyarov case and there are still standing warnings for certain researchers to avoid travel to the USA) just to upkeep laws written as a hasty answer to a movie (see for example this &lt;a href=&quot;https://the-parallax.com/2016/03/16/where-cfaa-going-timeline-history/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; ). And do not get me started on Marcus Hutchins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just pick a better country. There are quite a few. (Although Canada can get picky with people with records, too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T05:09:48.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-23T06:15:59.737" Score="5" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a rather complicated question and would appreciate any help. (I will &lt;strong&gt;bolden&lt;/strong&gt; the important and relevant parts to make it easier to follow.) I'm an international student &lt;strong&gt;currently studying at a PhD program in Canada (2nd year)&lt;/strong&gt;. Due to the low quality of the current department, in the past few months I have been preparing to apply to some top &lt;strong&gt;US/UK programs&lt;/strong&gt; this year, which &lt;strong&gt;I will know about the results by March or so&lt;/strong&gt;. But some time ago I also had applied to another PhD program at &lt;strong&gt;an Australian university&lt;/strong&gt; that is a good program but pales to the top US/UK programs in my field, and I just received an offer from there and &lt;strong&gt;will have to make a decision about the offer in a few weeks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question:&lt;/strong&gt; if I go to Australia and within a few months get an offer from a US/UK university, would it be feasible to get a US/UK visa? &lt;strong&gt;It would be a back-to-back student visa applications&lt;/strong&gt;: Canada (two for two years), then Australia (for a few months), then US/UK. Would the US/UK visa agents be suspicious of this pattern? Would this make getting a US/UK visa more difficult or even impossible? (Please ignore the moral profile of the thought, aka., ditching one program after another; I'm just thinking about the visa challenges at this stage.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make things even more complicated, I should add that I have &lt;strong&gt;Iranian citizenship&lt;/strong&gt;, and already struggled to get my Canadian visa; getting a US/UK visa is statistically more difficult for people of my nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; asking for advice on whether or not I should do as above, but rather whether or not this pattern can make getting a visa hard or impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do let me know if anything is unclear or if I should make adjustments to my post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20595" OwnerDisplayName="qu71" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-11-24T07:10:11.813" LastActivityDate="2021-04-23T09:02:45.283" Title="Back-to-back student visas for different countries (first Canada, then Australia, then US/UK)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;iran-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21368" CreationDate="2020-11-23T07:39:38.250" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a visa approval point of view, &lt;strong&gt;it's totally fine.&lt;/strong&gt; There's nothing &amp;quot;suspicious&amp;quot; about studying overseas in multiple universities/countries, and as long as you're accepted by a legitimate university, are making progress towards your degree(s) and have your finances in order, you would generally be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Iranian citizenship &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; complicate things for the US in particular, so one thing to beware of is &lt;strong&gt;logistics&lt;/strong&gt;: if your passport is stuck at one embassy (and US embassies are notorious for slow processing times, which have been made even worse by COVID), you obviously can't apply for visas anywhere else while you wait, and there's even been stories of people missing flights because they couldn't get their passport back in time.  This won't be an issue for Australia though, since all Australian visas are now electronic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="lambshaanxy" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T07:39:38.250" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-23T12:17:06.643" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen and have just also acquired Dutch citizenship. It seems that after Brexit on 31.12.20 that the EHIC services will probably no longer be available for UK citizens in Europe.&#xA;I am intending to travel to Germany in January 2021. Would I be covered by the EHIC as a Dutch citizen? I have tried to research this and the wording I have found states that a Dutch citizen OR resident would be covered by the EHIC. However I am concerned that to qualify for EHIC as a Dutch citizen you would need a Dutch residential address and Dutch health insurance, which I do not have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20593" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-23T12:59:52.167" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T15:23:29.787" Title="UK + Dutch Citizen - EHIC card rights in Germany" Tags="&lt;ehic&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21370" CreationDate="2020-11-23T12:59:35.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your concern is well-founded. You need to be affiliated to the statutory healthcare system in another EU member state to be covered by the EHIC system. This means that citizenship as such is irrelevant, you really need to reside in the EU (even if you're not an EU citizen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That also means that it will still be possible for British citizens to get a EHIC, &lt;em&gt;provided they reside in the EU&lt;/em&gt; (whether under the transition regime from the withdrawal agreement or as a third-country national outside of EU law).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-23T15:23:29.787" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T15:23:29.787" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-23T16:08:55.650" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian expat who is a permanent resident of Bermuda. At this point I have been here over seven years and have taken the steps necessary to sever ties with Canada from a CRA perspective. My company is going to be in working from home mode until well into next year. My thought is that it would be great to work remotely from Canada to be with family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not, however, want to jeopardize my non-resident status. Questions here, various internet searches, and Canada's immigration web site all seem to have information about non-Canadians getting resident status not the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to be worried about my non-resident status if I stay in Canada for four to six months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20594" LastEditorUserId="20594" LastEditDate="2020-11-24T12:44:07.267" LastActivityDate="2020-11-24T12:44:07.267" Title="Maintaining non-resident status while working remotely in Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-23T16:13:07.963" Score="1" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to US on a J1 visa (from Jan 1st to Dec 31st, 2020). It got extended until December 31, 2021. However, I want to apply for a waiver so that I can participate in the 2021 visa lottary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that if I apply for a waiver in the first three months (from the start of my J1 visa), my J1 visa will be canceled. Is this true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, since my visa got renewed (but not started on Jan 1st, 2021), do I still have to wait until April 2021 to file my waiver?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20596" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-11-24T18:12:09.297" LastActivityDate="2020-11-24T18:12:09.297" Title="J1 waiver grace period" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2020-12-03T07:21:58.367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21374" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21394" CreationDate="2020-11-24T22:17:03.573" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming, we reside out of US and our child is a US citizen by birth. We wish to send our child to US boarding school at age of 16 for 11th and 12th grade. Then we wish our child pursues undergraduate and graduate studies in the US&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boarding school provides all requirements for minors such as food / laundry etc. However our child graduates from boarding school a few months before turning 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is our issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't know any one in the US who can act as guardian or even a&#xA;temporary guardian.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our child cannot travel to India since India country&#xA;does not grant visa to children if parents do not attend visa&#xA;interview. Thus child has to wait till child turns 18 years old.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do for a few months (3 months) when child has graduated out of boarding school but not yet turned 18 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any professional temporary guardianship services that we can pay for temporary care ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we pay the boarding school to remain in the form for 3 months past graduation ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is foster care the only option ? How would it work ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastEditorUserId="16842" LastEditDate="2020-11-29T13:58:10.083" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T18:49:42.200" Title="What options exist to take care of minor children when out of boarding schools?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-25T12:22:31.407" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  am a non EU family member of my Italian father living in the UK. I have pre-settle status under EU settlement scheme until NOV-2024. I want to bring my dependent (wife) from my home country Bangladesh. What kind of visa I can apply for my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19652" LastActivityDate="2020-11-25T12:22:31.407" Title="non EU family member having pre-settle status under EU settlement scheme can bring dependent?" Tags="&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21376" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-25T16:27:51.063" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived and worked in Great Britain for a few years and was living in temporary housing and shared houses while waiting for a council house. My latest temporary address was in London. Then I moved to the Netherlands. I now need proof of the addresses where I lived in Great Britain before my immigration. Where and how can I apply for such a document (proof of residence)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20600" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-03T07:08:42.007" LastActivityDate="2020-12-03T07:08:42.007" Title="Proof of residence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-26T12:28:38.657" Score="0" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to visit Schengen area, Norway. Can I work remotely for my company back in India from there? Are there any restrictions on that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20603" LastEditorUserId="10732" LastEditDate="2020-11-27T02:56:17.867" LastActivityDate="2020-11-27T06:10:41.083" Title="Working remotely with Schengen visa - is it possible?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;norway&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-26T17:24:05.187" Score="2" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat, non-EU citizen working for a Dutch company in Netherlands under &amp;quot;Highly skilled migrant&amp;quot; residence permit for over 3 years now. I want to change my job, but the company is US based and of course not &amp;quot;recognised sponsor&amp;quot;, which is required for my residence permit. I am not US or Japan citizen either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So only option is to work for them as a contractor. For which I might need to become a self-employed or work via a umbrella company. Recently I have found out that &amp;quot;Highly skilled migrants&amp;quot; can be self-employed in addition to their main job. But it does not mention to what extent, can I fully be self-employed and leave my current job? Or can I keep both and have two jobs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also some places in internet mention that it is advised to have more than one client, to be self-employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was hoping that some of people here may have experience or knowledge about this matter.Is it legal to be self-employed and still be &amp;quot;Highly skilled migrant&amp;quot;, do I have to keep my current employment for that? Can I work for both companies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For umbrella company, do you know of any good ones? the top result in google &amp;quot;dutch umbrella company&amp;quot; does not reply my emails and does not answer calls&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20604" LastEditorUserId="20604" LastEditDate="2020-11-26T17:45:33.880" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T16:01:55.143" Title="self-employed &quot;Highly skilled migrant&quot; in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21377" CreationDate="2020-11-26T17:52:15.023" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Schengen visa in and of itself doesn't give you any permission to &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt; and there are indeed restrictions on that. If you were to come to the Schengen area to work for a brief period of time, you would need permission (implicit or explicit) on top of your Schengen visa. And if you were to apply for a Schengen visa specifically to come and work in the area, you would need to submit evidence that you do have the right to carry out this work with your application. Of course, those rules were defined with onsite work in mind but there is no blanket exception for remote work. That part is easy and unambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To muddy the waters somewhat, some work activities (checking emails, attending the odd online meeting) might be considered “business”. It's also likely remote work is not a focus for enforcement or perhaps even falls under some local exemption. It remains the case that, in general, (remote) work is not allowed under the Schengen regime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-26T17:59:05.173" LastActivityDate="2020-11-26T17:59:05.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-26T22:28:15.600" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working for past few years in France. I have paid social security and taxes during that time. I did not have a problem when I was hired or paid taxes. When I applied for ARE, pôle emploi refused my request stating that I can not work in France. What should I do? I am afraid to apply for changing the status in my &lt;em&gt;titre de séjour&lt;/em&gt; as I don't have job anymore. Can I claim my benefits some how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20609" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-11-28T14:28:21.763" LastActivityDate="2020-11-28T14:28:21.763" Title="Pole emploi refused my ARE benefits" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;employment&gt;&lt;retirement-funds&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21377" CreationDate="2020-11-27T06:10:41.083" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, a &lt;strong&gt;C-Visa&lt;/strong&gt; ('short stay visa', 'Schengen Visa')  does not generally allow any 3rd country nationals to work during their stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 3rd country nationals, permission to work is &lt;em&gt;solely&lt;/em&gt; within the &lt;strong&gt;competence&lt;/strong&gt; of each individual member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this a &lt;strong&gt;D-Visa&lt;/strong&gt; ('long-stay visa', 'National Visa'), must be issued under which a member state can determine under what conditions a 3rd country national may stay (and do) &lt;strong&gt;within their territory&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One member state &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; grant permission for a 3rd country national to work in another member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outside their territory, the D-Visa will be treated as a C-Visa within the Schengen Area. This also applies to a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; issued by a Schengen member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-11-27T06:10:41.083" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21379" CreationDate="2020-11-27T14:02:40.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a lawyer so take my answers with pinch of salt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can be &amp;quot;self-employed&amp;quot; and use an umbrella company to have legal rights to stay in NL. The umbrella company even will apply for your 30% ruling.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So you don't need to keep two jobs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having one client is usually the problem when your income is lower than a certain amount. I assume you will earn enough to &amp;quot;deal&amp;quot; with possible unemployment and some liability risks. So the Dutch government will not try to protect you. I think having multiple clients might give you some tax benefits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I worked with guys, who used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.a2z-cm.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.a2z-cm.com/&lt;/a&gt; as an umbrella company.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2444" LastActivityDate="2020-11-27T14:02:40.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-27T23:44:46.107" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the US and sometimes have to call French phone numbers. Numbers starting with &lt;code&gt;+331&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;+339&lt;/code&gt; are landlines, but I'm facing issues with &lt;code&gt;+338&lt;/code&gt; numbers: How can I know ahead of time the price of a call via Google Voice from the US to France for a &lt;code&gt;+338&lt;/code&gt; number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://voice.google.com/rates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://voice.google.com/rates&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.vn/JeeIR&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;) says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vDnlZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vDnlZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and I'm having issue matching it with what I see on &lt;a href=&quot;https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Num%C3%A9ro_surtax%C3%A9_en_France&amp;amp;oldid=175712171#La_r%C3%A9forme_des_services_%C3%A0_valeur_ajout%C3%A9e_(SVA)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Num%C3%A9ro_surtax%C3%A9_en_France&amp;amp;oldid=175712171#La_r%C3%A9forme_des_services_%C3%A0_valeur_ajout%C3%A9e_(SVA)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HKn8w.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HKn8w.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if I call &lt;code&gt;+3389&lt;/code&gt;, how do I know whether Google Voice will bill me at 0.15 USD/minutes, 0.28 USD/minutes or 1 USD/minutes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-11-28T09:25:20.513" LastActivityDate="2020-11-28T09:25:20.513" Title="How to know ahead of time the price of a call via Google Voice from the US to France for a `+338` number?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;financial&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-28T15:44:58.367" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Permesso di Soggiorno per motivi familiari (my sister is Italian). My last appointment for the renewal of my Permesso di Soggiorno was on December 12, 2019. My new Permesso di Soggiorno is valid for two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I know, I can stay outside of Italy for a maximum consecutive period corresponding to half of the length of my permit. This means I can stay outside of Italy for a maximum of 12 months in a row. I left Italy on December 18, 2019. So I should return back to Italy before December 18, 2020, otherwise I will have been outside of Italy for more that 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Italian Covid-19 regulations, passengers from the country I'm in are currently banned from entering Italy, and flights from here to Italy are currently suspended. Hence, I am forced to stay out of Italy for a longer period of time than I’m allowed. However, I am not sure if these regulations apply to me as a legal Italian resident with a valid Permesso di Soggiorno.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do the rules regarding the period of time allowed to stay outside Italy still apply during the Covid-19 pandemic? Will my Permesso di Soggiorno be revoked if I stay outside Italy for more than 12 months even if I cannot return at the moment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if someone reading this is in a similar situation and was able to get an answer from an official source like an Italian embassy or official government website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20612" LastActivityDate="2020-11-28T15:44:58.367" Title="Stuck outside Italy (will my Permesso di Soggiorno be revoked?)" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21386" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-29T16:43:28.967" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;To apply OCI for minor born in USA, using VFS San Francisco - ( not CKGS ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The document requirement clearly states under passport section &amp;quot;In case of a Minor, parents are requested to provide a copy of parents' passport &amp;amp; copy of parent’s valid Visa status in the USA ( for Non-USA passport holders)&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H1B visa stamp on passport has expired. We do have valid I-797 (H1B). What does valid Visa status in the US mean ? Can we obtain OCI with valid I-797 but expired H1B stamp ? Anyone with first hand real life experience? Thank you.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1xLI5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1xLI5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T05:09:31.003" Title="Can you obtain OCI for minor US born child if you do not have a valid H1B visa stamped on passport?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21386" CreationDate="2020-11-30T04:07:50.613" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your valid immigration status in the US is attested by your valid I-94 form.  If you don't have a paper copy because your most recent I-94 was issued electronically by CBP when you entered the US, you should to be able to print one by visiting &lt;a href=&quot;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov&lt;/a&gt;.  If your most recent I-94 was issued on paper but you've lost it, you can apply for a replacement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-11-30T04:07:50.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-29T20:30:26.493" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for renewal of my NICOP card in USA. But the card delivery section in the application remains the same in saying that my card will be delivered in Pakistan, whether I change my permanent address or present address to my USA's one. How can I make it so that my card will be delivered in USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Annonymous" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-12-01T16:10:59.707" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T16:10:59.707" Title="How can I receive my NICOP card in USA?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;pakistani-citizen&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-30T17:32:32.883" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to apply for my first British passport and have been reading various gov.uk sites for guidance to do it correctly. I have completed the online form, confirmed my identity, and I am at the stage where I'm ready to send supporting documentation - birth certificate, EU passport, and parents passport from when I was born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in 1986 in the UK, have lived here my whole life, and both of my parents are from an EU/EEA country and I only have an EU passport. My Grandparents are not British either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the pages suggests that I may need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme and under &amp;quot;Who should apply - you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Except in a few cases, you need to apply if: you’re an EU, EEA or&#xA;Swiss citizen .... This means you need to apply even if you: were born&#xA;in the UK but are not a British citizen - you can check if you’re a&#xA;British citizen if you’re not sure&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this page it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If at least one of your parents was a citizen of an EU or EEA country&#xA;when you were born You’re automatically a British citizen if when you&#xA;were born at least one of your parents was both: a citizen of a&#xA;country that was in the EU or the EEA and had full free movement&#xA;rights living in the UK, and working or studying here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the above I should be a British citizen, however I don't know how I would prove that my parents were living in the UK when I was born. Is there any way for me to know whether I'm considered a British Citizen or is this something I need to prove myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20615" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-12-03T09:19:42.250" LastActivityDate="2020-12-03T09:19:42.250" Title="Applying for a British Passport - Am I a British Citizen?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21389" CreationDate="2020-12-01T10:59:38.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to prove this yourself, but you might be able to get help. It would obviously be helpful if any of your parents have kept any papertrail from their residence in 1986 (rent agreements for example). An old passport from 1986 of either of your parents containing stamps from the UK that they have been granted leave is the best proof available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even without that you might get help from the government: You should be able to obtain your UK birth certificate first from the registrar where you were born. That should contain where your mother had been living which might be enough of a proof on it's own. The council might also have some papertrail about your parents as well. Also you should also obtain their NI numbers and reach out to HMRC who should be able to prove based on that whether they have been working (paying taxes) during 1986 in the UK which would also constitute as proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will also need proof that they were an EU citizen in 1986 not from Spain or Portugal. Their original birth certificates or marriage certificates should be enough if they are in English. Otherwise they need to be translated. You will also need at least on if their passports as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some info check the government site &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/what-documents-you-need-to-apply&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on how to apply for your first passport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you cannot prove that your parents have been living legally in the UK in 1986 then you might be out of luck however. You should apply for the settlement scheme immediately. One that's granted you have to wait a year and then you should be able to apply for naturalization as a British Citizen. It's a costly process though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastEditorUserId="25" LastEditDate="2020-12-01T11:14:37.697" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T11:14:37.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-01T13:32:25.987" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My sponsor company for a US work visa has asked me to obtain my medical records in preparation for a future medical examination at the US embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Listed is an incident involving needing PEP after a sexual exposure. That is all that is stated on the summary online. However, I am in the process of obtaining fuller hard copy records and worried that a hard drug being taken that same night (reported to the nurse) may also come up in the paperwork. This is a one off incident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the immigration doctor merely require immunisation records rather than a full history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what impact might this blip have?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20618" LastActivityDate="2021-01-08T15:04:30.657" Title="Immigration medical records/history" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21292" CreationDate="2020-12-01T14:27:20.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The anwer is probably yes. Probably because it still &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; depend on the particular diploma and university, especially if they allow application without uni-assist. However, in general case one will need to apply for master program in Germany through uni-assist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On their web site, uni assist precisely lists the requirements for the translation of diploma:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/assemble-your-documents/educational-certificates/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/assemble-your-documents/educational-certificates/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If unclear, one still has a possibility to ask university / uni assist about further details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T14:27:20.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21393" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21402" CreationDate="2020-12-01T16:47:54.200" Score="-1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to move apartments, outside of or within Israel. What kind of stores should I look for packing materials in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, relevant items can be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cardboard boxes, at least &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.packsize.com/green/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/types-of-corrugated.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;double-wall&lt;/a&gt; corrugated, of various sizes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rolls of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.airseacontainers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Man-holding-a-roll-of-plastic-bubble-wrap.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bubble-wrap&lt;/a&gt; (~0,5 wide and maybe ~1m wide)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adhesive &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tesa.com/en-gb/files/images/201608/15/tesapack-packaging-tapes-and-carton-sealing-tapes,126680_fixedwidth_4.webp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;packing tape&lt;/a&gt; (~5-10 cm wide)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://5.imimg.com/data5/BE/AS/MY-3359890/vci-film-500x500.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Adhesive plastic film&lt;/a&gt; rolls&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adhesive stickers (numbered or unnumbered, ~5cm x ~5cm)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be better served visiting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Large do-It-Yourself / home repair stores?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Small neighborhood &amp;quot;hardware stores&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Specialty stores for packing equipment (if those even exist)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Online venues which offer such items?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other kinds of stores?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T14:26:22.997" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T14:26:22.997" Title="Which kind of stores carry packing materials to use when moving?" Tags="&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21374" CreationDate="2020-12-01T18:49:42.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the family is making such a serious effort to provide the minor with a good education, I presume the minor will be going on to university. One approach is to wait until the minor has been admitted to a university, and then contact the guidance office of the university for housing options near the university. Private landlords near the university will have experience with students who need housing for a few months, and with students who are minors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to seek summer jobs or internships related to the student's intended field of study. Companies or organizations who are in the habit of providing such jobs/internships may be able to advise about housing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15940" LastActivityDate="2020-12-01T18:49:42.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-02T16:09:17.220" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I completed 2 years of working in November&lt;/strong&gt;, I got the R1 in October. There is a stipulation that the person needs to have at least 2 years of experience before filing EB4. My query is, can I file petition now or should I wait for 2 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20622" LastActivityDate="2021-05-11T20:05:05.460" Title="Can I apply for an EB-4 religious worker visa right after getting an R1 visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-02T16:16:59.357" Score="0" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be moving to the UK on a tier 2 visa and my spouse will be working in France. My question is can I have the UK tier 2 visa as well as a dependent French visa at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2020-12-02T16:16:59.357" Title="Can I have a UK tier 2 visa and a French dependent residence permit at the same time?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21397" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-02T22:48:42.660" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to Germany 1.5 year back and I have blue card valid until 31/12/2020, I have an offer (join date on or before 15th Mar 2021) now that I want change my Job I have visa appointment on 15th Dec. I have couple of doubts could any one help me with answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As per my current Contract valid until 31-Dec-2020, If I resign on 15th I need to serve notice period 90 days for that I should go back to India and serve notice and come back on 15th Mar 2021 -&amp;gt; will immigration office provide my visa based on my new offer/employment contract Join date 15th Mar'2021 or Before?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I should de-register my current resident post 31/12/2020, I will be getting Jan'21 and Feb'21 months gap stay in Germany how should I tell in Immigration office ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any suggestions to get Visa before going to India ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20624" LastActivityDate="2020-12-02T22:48:42.660" Title="Changing the job/employer in Germany on Blue card" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21389" CreationDate="2020-12-03T09:18:20.007" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you and your parents are Italian citizens, is is very likly that you and they are registered in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.)&lt;/a&gt; system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This registry should contain all information about when and where your parents lived while outside of Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally a child born outside of Italy should be registered in this system. The same is true for Passport applications and renewals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information may be helpfull, especially in the case of your mother, that they were living (and remained) in the United Kingdom at the time of your birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://conssanfrancisco.esteri.it/consolato_sanfrancisco/en/i_servizi/per_i_cittadini/anagrafe/aire-informazioni-generali-e-faq.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AIRE Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-12-03T09:18:20.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21400" CreationDate="2020-12-03T11:24:12.917" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently holding a researcher permit in Italy with non-EU passport, now I will move to Germany to take up another researcher position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to directly apply for the residence permit at auslanderbehorde for that specific city without obtaining entry visa from German embassy in Rome?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I understand so far:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, I can do that however I must have &lt;em&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/em&gt; of Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone let me know if there is a way, I can directly register at auslanderbehorde?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastActivityDate="2020-12-03T16:37:06.050" Title="German entry visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21399" CreationDate="2020-12-03T16:30:46.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The normal process is that such an application is made at a consulate, which they then send on to the responsible Ausländerbehörde for approval, afterwhich the visa is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am not sure what benifit you wish to achieve by bypassing the standard procedure, since you don't have a &lt;em&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/em&gt; of Italy - but a researcher permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume with this term (&lt;em&gt;permanent residence card&lt;/em&gt;) you mean an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU long-term residence permit&lt;/a&gt;, where this would then be possible. Otherwise you must go through the standard procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 9a (AufenthG) - EU long-term residence permit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-12-03T16:37:06.050" LastActivityDate="2020-12-03T16:37:06.050" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21393" CreationDate="2020-12-05T20:59:59.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl;dr: I have found such items mostly at the large DIY chain stores and on specialty website (a single one I know of).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Cartons / cardboard boxes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Carton recycling/disposal cages are quite common in Israel. You will typically find them near large super-market stores, oper-air markets, and in some industrial zones. The latter are probably the best source of clean, good-condition cartons, but all of them are useful to raid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mid-to-large-size DIY/home improvement stores, specifically the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homecenter.co.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Home Center&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ace.co.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ace&lt;/a&gt; chain stores, will offer a limited selection of box sizes (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ace.co.il/1701065.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homecenter.co.il/catalogue/root?kw=%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these&lt;/a&gt;). These may be available for delivery as well. Note that in some locations, these stores are smaller and carry onlyl some of their catalog (and packing materials are not very high priority).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specialty sites (the only one I know at the moment is getmoving.co.il) offer a wider selection and also kits of multiple boxes in various sizes (by total number of items).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Adhesive film&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Home Center &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homecenter.co.il/catalogue/root?kw=%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%93&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries this&lt;/a&gt;: 10-cm wide and 50-cm wide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ace &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ace.co.il/1607046.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries&lt;/a&gt; what looks like 25-cm adhesive film rolls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GetMoving &lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.getmoving.co.il/p/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries&lt;/a&gt; the 10-cm variety (cheaper, it seems), as well as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.getmoving.co.il/p/%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%97%D7%99%D7%96%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;plastic applicator handle&lt;/a&gt; for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Bubble-wrap&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ace &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ace.co.il/catalogsearch/result/?q=%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%20%D7%A4%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9D&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries&lt;/a&gt; 50-cm width and 100-cm width bubble wrap rolls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HomeCenter also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.homecenter.co.il/catalogue/root?kw=%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries&lt;/a&gt; 50-cm width and 100-cm rolls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GetMoving &lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.getmoving.co.il/page/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;carries&lt;/a&gt; four varieties (scroll down to find them) : 50cm x 25m, 50cm x 75m, 100cm x 25m, 100cm x 75m.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;One-stop-shop websites:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some web sleuthing yielded:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hakol-lamovil.co.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Everything for the mover&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (Hakol La-Movil)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.getmoving.co.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Get Moving&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://shop.hovala.co.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Shop-Move&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (Shop-Hovala) - website seems a bit dodgy, as if it replicates contents to fit what you searched for. It may still be legit though.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These offer essentially all of the items OP asked about, and the latter even offers storage space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2020-12-07T22:29:08.383" LastActivityDate="2020-12-07T22:29:08.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-05T19:29:54.120" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My father was born and lived in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mauritius&lt;/a&gt; until he joined up with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RAF&lt;/a&gt; during the war. He met my British mother and eventually became a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Louise" LastEditorUserId="559" LastEditDate="2020-12-06T19:56:48.313" LastActivityDate="2020-12-06T19:56:48.313" Title="Can I apply for a Mauritian passport?" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-06T09:58:49.193" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Iranian and studying for a Ph.D. in Poland. I started this position with a scholarship around 2 weeks ago. I have a D type Schengen visa. Now, I have been offered a position in the Netherlands. I just want to know whether I can apply for a visa from inside Poland or I should do anything else? Anybody have experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20640" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T08:09:11.587" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T08:09:11.587" Title="Starting another Ph.D. position in another country in Europe" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-06T11:20:37.503" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will move to Germany after staying in Italy for over four years. In those four years, three years were register at inps through Gestione Separata and one year as a researcher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone let me know, how I can transfer my pension from Italy to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, please let me know which steps should I perform to gracefully exit Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastEditorUserId="17621" LastEditDate="2020-12-06T11:30:17.740" LastActivityDate="2020-12-06T11:30:17.740" Title="Leaving Italy and moving to Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-06T17:07:46.347" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a visitor in the US on a J1 visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to transfer my Visa from Institution A to Institution B. Do I need to be physically present in the US so that this transfer can happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I leave the country, would I need to show up again within a certain time frame? By comparison, I know they only let you enter the US within the first 30 days of your J1 start (since you must report to your institution), but is there anything similar with J1 visa transfer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="shuhalo" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-12-06T19:57:25.880" LastActivityDate="2021-05-07T03:07:20.783" Title="Does J1 Visa Transfer require physical presence in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-06T22:52:13.473" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I finished my PhD from a European country recently and I got an offer to do a postdoc (working contract) in a Canadian university for 1 year (can be extended two).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just heard that if my postdoc contract finished before I got the PR, I can't work in other companies. I should have PR to work in a company in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20642" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T08:17:57.203" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T08:17:57.203" Title="Finding an opportunity in a Canadian company without having the permenant recidency" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-07T03:58:17.847" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;My eldest uncle died earlier this summer, but he often cared for my younger uncle, who is unable to take care of himself. Our family got together to help come up with a plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of the COVID situation, it is not safe for anyone to travel, so they've arranged to have some of my relatives' friends look after him for a while. But at some point, we might have to consider bringing him here to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What options does the United States Citizens and Immigration Services centre provide to help immigrants with developmental or intellectual disabilities who cannot take English language tests or the civic test in general for naturalisation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15024" LastActivityDate="2020-12-07T03:58:17.847" Title="How can I help my uncle with a developmental disability to move to the US from Mexico?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;mexico&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21407" CreationDate="2020-12-08T02:49:57.393" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I previously posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/159570/traveling-internationally-outside-us-during-pending-j1-transfer&quot;&gt;this answer on travel.SE&lt;/a&gt; but the question was closed there)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you hinted in your question, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/22cfr62.htm#6242&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;J-1 transfer regulations (22 CFR 62.42)&lt;/a&gt; are not entirely clear as they do not directly address the question of being outside the US during a transfer. There are some practical problems involved, such as the requirement for the new program sponsor to immediately &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/22cfr62.htm#6213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;validate your program&lt;/a&gt; which includes confirming your &amp;quot;actual and current US address&amp;quot;. The Responsible Officers of both the old and new program sponsor have some discretion in determining what is acceptable, so the bottom line is you can only do it if both of them accept your plan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If possible, you could avoid such issues if you can be in the US to continue participating in your current J-1 program first, and then do the transfer within the US. Alternatively, if you don't plan to enter the US at all, you might not need to maintain J-1 status at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-12-08T02:49:57.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21391" CreationDate="2020-12-08T03:18:03.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know the answer about what the doctor requires, but in terms of impact, you should tread carefully and probably seek advice from a US immigration lawyer. Admitting to past use of illegal drugs can be grounds for denial of any US entry or visa &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(8 USC 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II))&lt;/a&gt;, and there is no limitation on how long they can remember and consider evidence of such past events. Although doctor-patient confidentiality in the US is generally strong, such confidentiality would not apply to an immigration doctor who is certified by the US government to examine prospective immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2020-12-09T14:23:00.153" LastActivityDate="2020-12-09T14:23:00.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-08T10:57:22.310" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scenario:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An Indian citizen with family decides to settle in abroad (any country). Soon they receive an option to apply for the host country's citizenship. Now what will happen to their India-based properties/processions if they get foreign citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20647" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T11:05:28.817" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T11:05:28.817" Title="What will happen to their properties/processions when an Indian citizen opts for foreign nationality?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-08T12:56:50.807" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work 4 days a week for a UK based employer, without a Dutch subsidiary. I want to be based in the Netherlands. As far as the actual work is concerned, I can do this, as all is online. Presumably I need to pay tax in both places as a basic rule of thumb. Presumably there is a double taxation treaty UK-Netherlands which might help. BUT regardless of that, regardless of affordability, is it LEGAL? If I am to apply for residency, as a self supporting individual, does the Dutch tax system demand that the UK employer pay social security contributions and other at source taxation, or can one pay this voluntarily into the Dutch system? Presumably the Dutch system understands this near full time work not as freelance work and therefore won't allow you to pay contributions voluntarily...I know my UK employer will not pay into the the Dutch system directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20648" LastActivityDate="2020-12-08T12:56:50.807" Title="Paying tax in Netherlands whilst employed by UK employer" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-09T07:33:46.780" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian who was selected into a good French University for sports and tourism. I am going for my masters. But my father is an pensioned retired police officer. He is the sponsor for my studies. We didn't take an educational loan, but my sister took a personal loan for my studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last time my visa was rejected within 3 days. I submitted all the documents, but still I got rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did I get rejected as my sponsor is an pensioned individual?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I improve my chances for acceptance if I change my sponsor?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20651" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-10T10:57:45.217" LastActivityDate="2020-12-10T10:57:45.217" Title="French student visa rejection" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-10T02:06:52.513" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are renewing OCI card for minor in India, do you need to submit the original US passport? If yes, do we need to submit both old and new US passports?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16842" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T09:07:48.597" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T09:07:48.597" Title="Do you need to submit the original US passport while renewing OCI in India?" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-09T20:13:19.550" Score="3" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an an American citizen. My fiancé lives in England and is a refugee from Syria. He has his indefinite leave to remain in the UK. He has lived there 6+ years. We want to be married next year. I am going to apply for the marriage visitor visa and get married, stay for a while and then come back to the states. Will I be able to bring him here on a marriage visa since we will already be married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Crystal" LastActivityDate="2020-12-10T21:27:47.517" Title="Can a Syrian refugee from the UK who has indefinite leave to remain apply for US visa if he marries a US citizen?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21418" CreationDate="2020-12-10T21:27:47.517" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming that he is a Syrian national and does not have dual nationality with a non-banned country, he cannot currently get a US visa due to the &amp;quot;Muslim ban&amp;quot;. However, I expect the &amp;quot;Muslim ban&amp;quot; to be revoked right after Biden takes office. By the time you guys have married and the I-130 is approved (the I-130 takes a few months at least), there should be no problem with him getting a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-12-10T21:27:47.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21421" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21425" CreationDate="2020-12-11T20:32:14.787" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you apply for a Work Permit outside Canada, a Temporary Resident Visa is issued on your passport. Once you arrive at a port of entry, the Immigration officer issues a Work Permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when you apply for an extension of the same Work Permit inside Canada you get a renewed or extended Work Permit. You don't get a Visa stamped on your passport unless you request. Why so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Work Permit mentions the date by which you should be leaving Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20665" OwnerDisplayName="Sam" LastEditorUserId="6771" LastEditDate="2020-12-12T10:55:49.427" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T10:55:49.427" Title="Why does Canada issue only Work Permit and not a Visa when you have applied for an extension of an old Work Permit from inside Canada?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T05:20:36.943" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am changing my status from F1 to J2 and filling I-538 form, I have confusion in some points&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What data should I put here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;I-539, Part 2. &#xA;    3b. New status and affective date of change. &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to fill Part 3 if yes what should I put here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; I-539 Part 3. &#xA;             1.I request that my requested status be extended until&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20661" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T11:02:26.360" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T11:02:26.360" Title="Do I need to fill the &quot;Part-3 processing information&quot; of form I-539 if I am changing status from F1 to J2?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T07:24:11.073" Score="4" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany for the last 5 months. My wife is living in the USA. We are expecting a baby in two months. So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I get paid parental leave? Unpaid?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, for how long could I receive this benefit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20662" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T09:05:20.250" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T09:05:20.250" Title="Can I get parental leave if my family is outside of Germany?" Tags="&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21423" CreationDate="2020-12-12T09:38:47.797" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the preconditions are (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beeg/__1.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 1 Absatz 1 BEEG&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your main place of residence is in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you live in that household with the child&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not paid leave, but you will eligible for &lt;strong&gt;Elterngeld&lt;/strong&gt; (parent money).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;€ 300 (minimum) ; € 1.800 (maximum)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; 67% of your average earning of the previous 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Between the birth and 3rd year of the child: 12 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the time can be split&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application must be made to your employer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsrechte.de/elternzeit-vater&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;sample letter (as .doc or .pdf)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife, with child, move to Germany before the child is 3, then you would be eligible for the time up to the end if the third year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsrechte.de/elternzeit-vater&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Recht auf Elternzeit als Vater - Arbeitsrecht 2020&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beeg/__1.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 1 Absatz 1 BEEG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/beeg/__2.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 2 Absatz 1 - Höhe des Elterngeldes BEEG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T09:38:47.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21421" CreationDate="2020-12-12T10:37:52.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your work permit is the status document allowing to work in Canada and reside in Canada for that purpose. The visa is an entry document allowing to enter Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many countries, a work or residence permit can act as a visa and no separate entry permission is required. &lt;strong&gt;Canada is not one of those countries.&lt;/strong&gt; If you need to leave and re-enter Canada with a valid work permit but not a valid visa, you need to apply for a visitor visa before you leave Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception to this is if you only visit the US or St Pierre et Miquelon and come back. Then an expired visitor visa can be accepted in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, any implied status will be lost if you leave Canada during the time between the expiry of your old work permit and the issuance of the new one. In that case, even if you have a visa, you may be let in as a visitor but you will not be allowed to resume work until the new work permit is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot say for sure as to the reasons behind why they don't allow work permit to be used in lieu of visa for entry from other countries (except US or St Pierre et Miquelon) for visa-required nationals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be a cost-saving measure. It is also an additional check for visa nationals because the date on the study or work permit is not necessarily the actual. Your work or study  permit will be voided if specific conditions are not met. E.g. If you change the employer without authorization, the permit expires. A study permit will expire 90 days after the completion of studies even if the date on the permit is longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is a visitor visa issued automatically the first time?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because you cannot come to Canada and use your work permit if you do not have a visitor visa. It would be meaningless if they do not give you one the first time. The government also do not to verify if the work permit conditions are met if it's the first entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you extend it in Canada, you do not need one unless you leave Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T10:37:52.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T11:56:21.647" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was born in the United Kindom in 1997, both of my parents were British, but in 2004 we moved to Australia where we have lived ever since. I became an Australian Citizen in 2008&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now applying for a UK Citizenship, and the form is asking me the date range I was a British Citizen for. I know the start date was the day I was born, but when did my British Citizenship &amp;quot;expire&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20663" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T18:05:32.637" Title="When did my British Citizenship expire?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21426" CreationDate="2020-12-12T18:05:32.637" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;British citizenship does not expire. If you did not apply to renounce your British citizenship (and was approved), you are still a British citizen. You cannot &amp;quot;apply for&amp;quot; British citizenship as you already have it. As a British citizen, you can simply apply for a British passport at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T18:05:32.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T18:10:34.460" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Permanent residents are often advised to ensure that they're spending a majority of their time actually in the US, meaning more than 6 months out of every 12 month period, and while longer absences may be allowed, they may result in a finding of abandonment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there situations where an LPR who has spent more than 6 months in the US during every 12 month period was nevertheless found to have abandoned their residence in the US, and was removed from the US for this reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2020-12-13T07:36:53.340" Title="To maintain US permanent resident status, is it always *sufficient* to be in the US for more than 6 out of every 12 months?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21395" CreationDate="2020-12-12T19:21:59.457" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to have 2 years of experience &lt;em&gt;in R-1 status&lt;/em&gt;. You only need to have 2 years of experience in a qualifying religious worker position &lt;em&gt;either inside or outside the US&lt;/em&gt;. This is mentioned here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fourth-preference-eb-4/special-immigrant-religious-workers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-fourth-preference-eb-4/special-immigrant-religious-workers&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/204.5#m_4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;federal regulations&lt;/a&gt; further clarify that the qualifying experience, if obtained in the US, must have been &amp;quot;in lawful immigration status&amp;quot;. While I suppose this will typically be R-1 status, there are also other possible statuses the person could have, that would allow them to take up qualifying religious employment prior to applying for an EB4 green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since R-1 status falls into the dual intent grey area, a lawyer may advise you to wait 90 days after your most recent admission in R-1 status or effective date of change of status to R-1, prior to beginning the I-360/I-485 process, in order to avoid appearances of misrepresentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13969" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T19:21:59.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T20:45:50.857" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen working in Germany on a blue card for the last 1 year. I recently got an offer from Sweden and want to move there. My question is as I have been working for less than 18 months. How do I do this transition? I also have a family of three.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While moving out of Germany I have to do Abmeldung and leave the job. When I do the Abmeldung, do I need another visa to enter Sweden? Or is the blue card still valid after the Abmeldung?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I apply for Sweden Visa when I already have a blue card for Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20668" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T08:16:09.977" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T08:16:09.977" Title="Moving to Sweden from Germany with job before 18 months on blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21430" CreationDate="2020-12-12T23:10:36.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have the full answer, but I'll point out to two relevant elements I'm aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Element 1: &lt;a href=&quot;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/#14_If_CBP_Has_Warned_That_You_Are_at_Risk_of_Abandonment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lawandborder.com/guide-to-reentry-permits/#14_If_CBP_Has_Warned_That_You_Are_at_Risk_of_Abandonment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The officer may notice that you have been abroad for a significant period of time and advise you that you a non-temporary trip abroad will lead to abandonment of your LPR status. The officer may place a stamp that looks like this in your passport:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T8Z8f.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T8Z8f.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An LPR friend of mine stayed outside the US for 5.5 months in a covid-safe country and upon reentry they got questioned on why they stayed so long outside the US. I assume that if you reply that you're just in the US for keeping the green card and that your house, kids, partner, job, etc. are in your home country, you might lose the LPR.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Element 2: Note that a stay of fewer than six months can disrupt the continuity of residence from the naturalization process standpoint (N400), as mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/travel_abroad_-_natz_eligibility_and_abandonment.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/travel_abroad_-_natz_eligibility_and_abandonment.pdf&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disrupting Continuous Residence – Travel Abroad for Six Months or Less&#xA;When looking at any trips taken abroad, immigration officers will assess the length of time persons were outside of the&#xA;United States during the five- or three-year requirement to determine whether a person has disrupted their continuous&#xA;residence.8 The statute and regulations are silent on what happens if persons are absent from the United States for six&#xA;months or less during the required period. Generally, an absence from the United States for six months or less at one&#xA;time will not cause one to be ineligible for naturalization. However, USCIS’ Policy Manual states that USCIS officers can&#xA;review whether an applicant with multiple trips of less than six months has become ineligible for naturalization due to&#xA;breaking the continuous residence requirement. &lt;strong&gt;The ILRC is aware of a naturalization denial because a person was&#xA;absent from the United States for six months or less, but it is not common&lt;/strong&gt;. Essentially, the USCIS rationale for such a&#xA;denial is that the applicant may not be able to establish that their actual dwelling place was in the United States during&#xA;the absence(s) in question and thus disrupted their residence in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20976/how-many-days-does-a-month-contain-for-the-us-customs-and-border-protection-when&quot;&gt;How many days does a month contain for the US customs and border protection when indicating “Out 5 months, 29 days.” upon reentry?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/q/20625/164&quot;&gt;Staying outside the US between 6 and 12 months while keeping US employment &amp;amp; US home: will it disrupt the continuity of residence for naturalization?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-12-13T07:36:53.340" LastActivityDate="2020-12-13T07:36:53.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-13T08:25:35.440" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for a 190 visa with work experience. I have been working on ABN for 2 years and then my employer offered me a full time role. Thus, I started working on TFN. But I am claiming points for experience for those 2 years I have been working as a sole trader. I have provided 3 payslips/invoices and my Tax Notice of assessment. My CO contacted me with the following query.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provide evidence of your claimed period of employment prior to the&#xA;date of invitation. Full Stack Software Developer, from 09/2017&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bank statement showing salary credit for at least one year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;group certificates/payment summaries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;detailed superannuation contributions for at least one year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have bank statements that I can provide.&#xA;I do not have group certificates or payment summaries as I was working on ABN.&#xA;I never paid my self super because it was not mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I reply with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20670" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T08:13:57.847" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T04:33:30.377" Title="Australian Immigration Visa 190 ABN work experience evidence" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20567" CreationDate="2020-12-14T16:09:17.653" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These rules are for 3rd country nationals appling for a visa/residence permit in a Schengen Member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must make the application in the country of your residence whether it is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in your home country &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in another Schengen member state&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;makes no difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to research this everywhere but every single source about non-EU citizens working/interning in Germany is all about people that are coming from a country outside the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information is for persons who are &lt;strong&gt;citizens&lt;/strong&gt; of a country outside the EU (not for persons that are coming from a country outside the EU).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__17.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 17 - Failure of the exemption for gainful employment during a short stay -AufenthV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(1) The requirement for entry and short stay is the person in accordance with Article 4 Paragraph 1 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as amended and &lt;strong&gt;the holder of a residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; or a national long-stay visa issued by a Schengen state &lt;strong&gt;is not exempt from a residence permit requirement if they are gainfully employed&lt;/strong&gt; in the federal territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An &lt;strong&gt;internship&lt;/strong&gt; is considered to be a gainful employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For 3rd country citizens, who are eligible to apply for a residence permit directly inside Germany, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305303/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;application for an employment permit&lt;/a&gt; is part if that process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; eligible to apply for a residence permit directly inside Germany, must do so in their country of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a residence permit from another Schengen state does not effect this general rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/305303/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Residence permit to start an internship - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0518&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 19c AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/-/231148&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overview of visa requirements/exemptions for entry into the Federal Republic of Germany - Federal Foreign Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__17.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 17 - Failure of the exemption for gainful employment during a short stay -AufenthV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2020-12-15T07:25:47.793" LastActivityDate="2020-12-15T07:25:47.793" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-14T17:52:48.867" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did two masters degrees which both are in STEM courses. After the first masters was completed, I started my second masters and after completion of second masters I obtained OPT ON Basis of second masters degree wit IT management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is: Can I file a STEM extension on the basis of my first masters degree, which is Environmental technology? I am getting a job in the field of my first master degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20674" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T11:48:18.683" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T11:48:18.683" Title="Can I file STEM extension on my 1st masters?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21438" CreationDate="2020-12-14T18:46:54.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like the answer is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/optional-practical-training-extension-for-stem-students-stem-opt#_Eligibility_for_the&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;yes&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Previously obtained STEM degrees:&lt;/strong&gt; If you are an F-1 student&#xA;participating in a 12-month period of post-completion OPT based on a&#xA;non-STEM degree, you may be eligible to use a previous STEM degree&#xA;from a U.S. institution of higher education to apply for a STEM OPT&#xA;extension. You must have received both degrees from currently&#xA;accredited and SEVP-certified institutions, and cannot have already&#xA;received a STEM OPT extension based on this previous degree. The&#xA;practical training opportunity also must be directly related to the&#xA;previously obtained STEM degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: If you are currently participating in OPT based on a&#xA;master’s degree in business administration but you previously received&#xA;a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, you may be able to apply for a&#xA;STEM OPT extension based on your bachelor’s degree as long as it is&#xA;from an accredited U.S. college or university and the OPT employment&#xA;opportunity is directly related to your bachelor’s degree in&#xA;mathematics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another non-governmental website specifically said this was possible with 2 master's degrees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2020-12-14T18:46:54.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-14T22:07:24.923" Score="4" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left USA in 2019, but did not inform Bank of America about this. I am currently in Canada, continue to operate my BoA account for payments, and have substantial balance in the bank account in US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to &amp;quot;communicate with an associate&amp;quot; in order to initiate transfer to Canada. I am nervous, could they freeze my account or assets for not letting them know in time. It has been over an year. I was on Visa in both countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be safe if someone knows about this at the bank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14703" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2020-12-14T22:25:15.630" LastActivityDate="2020-12-23T13:06:11.693" Title="Consequences of informing bank about leaving country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;banking&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20567" CreationDate="2020-12-14T22:56:42.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a lot of confusion about this issue and it's difficult to find explicit confirmation but your understanding seems right to me. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/career/_ressourcen/Unternehmen_Ressourcen/Info-AG-Studienfachbezogene-Praktika.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This document&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt; touches upon it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brauchen Praktikantinnen/Praktikanten ein Visum?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Staatsangehörige der EU-Staaten benötigen zur Einreise in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland kein Visum. Staatsangehörige aus Australien, Israel, Japan, Kanada, der Republik Korea, Neuseeland und den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika können visumsfrei in das Bundesgebiet einreisen und den erforderlichen Aufenthaltstitel für das Praktikum bei der örtlichen Ausländerbehörde in Deutschland einholen (§ 41 Abs. 1 Aufenthaltsverordnung).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bei Praktika mit einer Dauer von bis zu drei Monaten können Staatsangehörige bestimmter Länder ebenfalls visumsfrei einreisen (§17 Aufenthaltsverordnung in Verbindung mit §16 Beschäftigungsverordnung). Auf der Internetseite des Auswärtigen Amtes &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/-/231148&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Overview of visa requirements/exemptions for entry into the Federal Republic of Germany - Federal Foreign Office&lt;/a&gt; finden Sie eine aktuelle Staatenliste zur Visumpflicht, der Sie entnehmen können, ob Ihre Praktikantin/Ihr Praktikant unter diese spezielle Regelung fällt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alle anderen Staatsangehörige sind grundsätzlich visumspflichtig.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, it states that if you are entitled to a visa-free short stay and your internship is shorter than three months. That's the meaning of the second paragraph. Now, the last sentence could suggest that nationals from so-called annex I countries (countries whose citizens need a visa to enter the Schengen area) do need a visa for an internship but a careful reading reveals that's not the case. What it says is that nationals from other countries “generally” require a visa (i.e. if they are not entitled to a short stay through another means, like a residence permit in another EU country country).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other sources suggest the permission you should apply for is a &lt;em&gt;residence&lt;/em&gt; permit from the local &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; (and not from the &lt;em&gt;Bundesagentur für Arbeit&lt;/em&gt;). I would recommend contacting both as soon as possible to inquire about the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this only applies up to 90 days. If your stay in Germany lasts even 91 days, you do in principle require a visa or residence permit and you would need to apply for that before leaving Estonia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[If you want to track the references in the text, do note that the structure of the Beschäftigungsverordnung changed in between. The contents of §16 are now covered by §30 Nummer 2 und 3, which in turns refer to §15.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-12-21T10:37:46.630" LastActivityDate="2020-12-21T10:37:46.630" CommentCount="42" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-14T23:17:44.973" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the official government site, it is stated that a student's SEVIS record will be terminated if he/she &amp;quot;spent more than five months outside of the United States during an absence from school&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does a termination of my SEVIS record imply that my F1 visa will become invalid as well? Also, the term &amp;quot;5 month&amp;quot; is ambiguous. First, does the &amp;quot;5 month&amp;quot; period refer to a consecutive 5 month outside of the US? If so, is there anything preventing me from just entering and exiting the US once every 5 month just to maintain my F1 status. Second, what does &amp;quot;absence from school&amp;quot; mean? If I'm a grad student not taking any course and just doing research outside of US, but still formally enrolled in the US university under &amp;quot;research units&amp;quot;, am I considered &amp;quot;absent from school&amp;quot; for legal purposes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20683" OwnerDisplayName="PeaBrane" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2020-12-16T07:43:33.217" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T07:43:33.217" Title="Confusion on the &quot;5-month&quot; Rule for I20" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-15T07:01:59.657" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an US citizen currently working in Germany on a Blue Card. I wish to establish residency in Portugal to eventually attain dual US-Portuguese citizenship.  I know that having 2 EU long-term visas simultaneous is not allowed, and that you will lose either visa without residing there for atleast 6 months each year. Is there anyway  this be done without giving up my German visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or would it possible to de-register in Germany, establish residency in Portugal then work for German companies in Portugal with a Portugal D7 visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20679" LastActivityDate="2020-12-15T07:01:59.657" Title="As a US citizen, how can I establish Portugal residency without losing my German visa?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-15T13:29:27.537" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from a German employer and they are initiating the 81a accelerated visa process for me since normal work visa takes a lot of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from Pakistan and comes under the Islamabad Embassy to submit my documents here in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer has submitted documents for my family (wife and daughter) along with me to get the pre-approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question now is: will my family get their family visa along with me or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: In normal work visa category for Germany from Pakistan the family get their visa after a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20681" LastEditorUserId="20681" LastEditDate="2020-12-16T07:35:19.680" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T07:35:19.680" Title="German 81a AufenthG skilled residence permit (family reunion)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21442" CreationDate="2020-12-15T18:08:17.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This rule about 5 months and absence from school has some gray areas which depend on your school's interpretation of the rule. Provided that your research units are indeed necessary and sufficient to make normal progress toward your degree, you should not be considered &amp;quot;absent from school&amp;quot; and you should be able to maintain F-1 status despite being out of the US for over 5 months. If in doubt, you should check with your Designated School Official (DSO) to make sure your plan is ok based on their interpretation. It would also be wise to carry evidence of your continuous student status such as transcript and confirmation of your research units.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do take a break from your degree, your DSO should terminate your SEVIS record for Authorized Early Withdrawal. In this case you would indeed have to get a new I-20 and new F-1 visa if you wished to return to F-1 status later. This could also affect your eligibility for OPT since you have to be enrolled full time for 1 academic year immediately preceding OPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2020-12-16T00:23:26.067" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T00:23:26.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-15T23:14:07.390" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been in the UK since September 2010. First as a PhD student on tier-4 visa, till 2017 September, then I switched to tier 2 visa from 2017 September till now. I have always had a leave to remain throughout the ten years, but I have been to my home country for vacation multiple times. I also have visited 5 conferences in USA, and been on tourist visits to Europe five times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was never out for 6 months at a stretch, but the eligibility for long residence allows only 540 days out of the country in the ten year period - does that mean without leave to remain, or regardless? To see if I qualify, do I need to manually calculate every single time I went out of the country, and add up all the days to see if they are less than 540? Is this how the Home Office calculates this? Any concession for PhD conference travel? Also should I wait for 5 years&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;on tier-2 if I am ineligible via this route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20682" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T10:53:25.503" Title="Am I eligible for long residence in the UK?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21446" CreationDate="2020-12-16T10:23:29.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...The eligibility for long residence allows only 540 days out of the country in the ten year period - does that mean without leave to remain, or regardless?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understand you correctly, your scenario is covered. That is, you have a valid visa - you leave the country before that expires - it perhaps expires while you are out of country -  you acquire another visa, and return to the country (approval within 90 days of expiration of the previous visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see if I qualify, do I need to manually calculate every single time I went out of the country, and add up all the days to see if they are less than 540? Is this how the Home Office calculates this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and yes. Note that &lt;em&gt;any amount of time during the calender day counts towards being in the country&lt;/em&gt;. So even if you boarded a flight that left at 12:30 am, you would count the full day with only 30 minutes of that day as &lt;em&gt;being inside the UK&lt;/em&gt;, not out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any concession for PhD conference travel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope. But they will scrutinize your time in your home country more closely if you are marginally close (or even slightly over) that 540 limit. There is some discretion for family emergencies, but that's hard to get, and rarely obtained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also should I wait for 5 years on tier-2 if I am ineligible via this route?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is more of an personal preference than a fact, but if it was me (and assuming all eligibility requirements were met), I would have applied back in August when you first qualified 28 days before reaching the ten year mark. If you're application is indeed as 'straightforward' as you portray it, you probably would have already gotten approval and be free of visa restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T10:53:25.503" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T10:53:25.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-16T10:25:57.373" Score="5" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live in the Netherlands, I have a permanent resident permit in the Netherlands ( I am a British national).&#xA;I have worked in Belgium for 2 years as a full time employee.&#xA;Will I need a Belgium work permit after Brexit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20685" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T10:25:57.373" Title="Will I need a Belgium work permit after Brexit? I have Dutch permanent residency. and I live in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;belgium&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19536" CreationDate="2020-12-18T01:49:46.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule against duplicate H-1B filing is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 214.2(h)(2)(i)(G)&lt;/a&gt;, which says that all such petitions will be denied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... Otherwise, filing more than one H-1B petition by an employer on behalf of the same alien in the same fiscal year will result in the denial or revocation of all such petitions. If USCIS believes that related entities (such as a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate) may not have a legitimate business need to file more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien ... USCIS may issue a request for additional evidence or notice of intent to deny, or notice of intent to revoke each petition. If any of the related entities fail to demonstrate a legitimate business need to file an H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien, all petitions filed on that alien's behalf by the related entities will be denied or revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it looks like there might be a loophole if the two petitioning companies were completely unrelated (such as not a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), this possibility was ruled out by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/2018-3-23-PM-602-0159-Matter-of-S-Inc-Adopted-Decision-Package.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Memorandum of March 23, 2018&lt;/a&gt; based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D2%20-%20Temporary%20Worker%20in%20a%20Specialty%20Occupation%20or%20Fashion%20Model%20%28H-1B%29/Decisions_Issued_in_2018/JAN112018_03D2101.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;January 2018 appeal decision in &lt;em&gt;Matter of S- Inc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That decision makes clear that if two companies file H-1B petitions for the same employee to work at the same/similar position for the same end client, this is considered a duplicate filing and the rule is that both petitions will be denied. The companies will be considered 'related entities' in regard to the duplicate filing even if they are not legally related in any other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://redbus2us.com/uscis-h1b-duplicate-filing-multiple-petitions-rule-whats-not-allowed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;summary about the H-1B duplicate filing rule on redbus2us.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T01:49:46.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21748" CreationDate="2020-12-18T07:06:37.707" Score="0" ViewCount="451" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the law, after living in the Netherlands for 5 years and passing the integration (inburgering) exam, immigrants can apply for being an official Netherland's citizen. Now the question is: If I take the exam in 2021, can I use the result three years later, or do they expire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20694" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T14:38:41.077" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T14:39:29.553" Title="How long are the &quot;inburgering&quot; exam results valid for?" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-18T07:17:24.147" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got Italian Study visa D type which is valid for a year. Now I got admission from German university and i am more interested in Germany. Can two student visas from EU countries issue at a same time? or German embassy ask me to cancel the italian visa first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20695" LastActivityDate="2021-01-17T08:04:35.537" Title="Can two D visas from EU countries issue at a same time?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21452" CreationDate="2020-12-18T08:02:18.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, since a D-Visa/residence permit is specific to the country that issued it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the jurasdiction, a D-Visa/residence permit may become invalid if you have abandoned your residence (in Germany after 6 months &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; you have deregistered your residence and left the country without the intention of returning).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not need to be specificly cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are perfectly valid reasons to have more than one residence permit (own houses in 2 countries that you visit regularly), so in general one country will really not be interested in the other countries residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T08:02:18.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-18T17:18:21.250" Score="2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got an employment contract and an appointment at the German embassy. I went with all of the necessary documents and the embassy officer seemed satisfied with everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a day, I received a call from the German consulate to show up in the embassy. I was not given any context of the invitation. So I came on time and then there was a kind of interview in which the officer told me that one of the agencies has raised &lt;strong&gt;some security objection&lt;/strong&gt; to your visa application. He asked me whether I have visited Germany before or had any other business with German companies of some sort. I said no and it was the truth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have never had any criminal record whatsoever in my country(not even a parking ticket). The officer said he does not know the details so he will call the Berlin office for more information and inform me later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20704" LastEditorUserId="20704" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T14:11:07.753" LastActivityDate="2020-12-22T06:02:12.440" Title="Security Clearance issue for work visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-19T07:02:01.013" Score="6" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have family that lives in Germany and I would like to send the kids Christmas gifts. I do not want to ship from the US to Germany, I would rather shop from German websites for quicker shipping time and fewer fees. I tried going on amazon.de but it does not keep me logged into my Amazon account, and the google translator did not work for the site (I cannot read German). I found some other websites such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fnp.com/germany/gifts&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.fnp.com/germany/gifts&lt;/a&gt; but it does not seem to be geared towards children. Any recommendations for online shops that I can purchase children's gifts in Germany and have shipped within Germany but pay from the USA? Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20706" LastActivityDate="2020-12-21T12:42:05.280" Title="How can I shop for someone living in Germany, from a German website, whilst paying from USA?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21455" CreationDate="2020-12-19T10:36:48.520" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In cases where the product is also available in Germany, ordering on the us Amazon site, with delivery in Germany, it will be sent from the nearest depository in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will also probably apply the local VAT, since the recipient is the final consumer. This will also avoid possible customs tarifs and overseas delivery costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should see this as the last step of the purchase before the buying transaction has been completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T10:36:48.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21460" CreationDate="2020-12-19T14:34:16.787" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian citizen and currently live in Germany. I have an Aufenthaltserlaubnis (limited residence permit) valid until the end of my PhD contract. I am planning a research visit to an institute in France, however, for longer than 3 months. During this time,  I will still be enrolled at my institute in Germany, and be paid by them (and by extension, still pay german taxes / social security).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible with the German residency permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis), or would I additionally need to apply for a residence permit in France? I was not able to find any information online - using this website  &lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en_US/web/france-visas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en_US/web/france-visas/&lt;/a&gt;  and inputting an Australian passport, it says I need a visa unless I am 'A foreign national who holds a long-term resident permit-EU from a state of the European Union'. However, I am not sure if the  Aufenthaltserlaubnis counts - it is a long term residency permit, but it has an expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20707" LastEditorUserId="20707" LastEditDate="2020-12-19T14:46:03.550" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T12:50:19.617" Title="PhD Student with Aufenthaltserlaubnis planning research visit for more than 3 months in another EU state (France)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;australian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-01-25T14:34:08.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21455" CreationDate="2020-12-19T16:20:54.933" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the US. I have had success ordering for a relative in the Netherlands using my US credit card and Google Chrome to translate on the fly, in my case from the Dutch eBay or Amazon websites into English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2020-12-19T16:20:54.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21455" CreationDate="2020-12-20T01:23:20.993" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: You can log onto amazon.de with your amazon.com account. There you can switch your language to English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17118" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-21T12:42:05.280" LastActivityDate="2020-12-21T12:42:05.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21457" CreationDate="2020-12-20T05:51:27.520" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An '&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU long-term residence permit&lt;/a&gt;' is the name of a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit type&lt;/strong&gt;, which can be issued after 5 years of a normal residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your residence permit card, in the field &lt;strong&gt;type of permit&lt;/strong&gt;, should contain something in the form of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daueraufenthalt-EU&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and in &lt;strong&gt;remarks&lt;/strong&gt; it should start with: &lt;strong&gt;9a&lt;/strong&gt; (based on §9a AufenthG).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is not the case, you may assume that you will need a french D-Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/1Aufenthaltserlaubnis_Front.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sample shown in image:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;type of permit&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;remarks&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;18 ABS 4&lt;/em&gt; (based on &lt;em&gt;§ 18 (4) AufenthG&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufenthg.html#p0146&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§9a - EU long-term residence permit - AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324281/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EU long-term residence permit - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T12:50:19.617" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T12:50:19.617" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-20T14:59:35.440" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure to follow for amending the Articles of Association for a business entity registered in Estonia?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to register a business in Estonia. One of the prerequisites is to write the company's Articles of Association.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that many companies' Articles of Incorporation are short documents that reference external documents (bylaws) because changing the Articles of Association can often be complex, timely, and costly -- but changing the bylaws are much simpler.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it cost any money to change the Articles of Association for a company registered in Estonia? How long does it take, and what does that process look like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20714" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T14:59:35.440" Title="What is the process to change your articles of association for a business in Estonia?" Tags="&lt;business&gt;&lt;estonia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-12-21T12:36:58.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21454" CreationDate="2020-12-20T17:47:33.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every so often we get questions like this from people with names that seem Arabic or Turkish or Muslim (for example, named after some prominent figure in the history of Islam).  Frequently, these names are obviously common.  My suspicion is that their names are similar to names on some watch list or another.  Whether this or some other reason is the cause of the &amp;quot;security objection,&amp;quot; there is little you can do now but wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they reject your application outright, you'll want to find out how to determine the reason and challenge the rejection.  If they grant the visa, you won't want to take any more action.  If they ask you for more information, you'll want to provide it, especially considering how to make yourself seem credible from their point of view (in other words, don't try to hide anything).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With any luck, they'll clear you on their own.  If not, come back and post a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T17:47:33.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21440" CreationDate="2020-12-20T19:04:29.417" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a valid question that has real-world repercussions. It bears on the requirements of the US FATCA law and what potential actions one can expect from banks in the US, as well as in Canada, in the OP’s case. Unless you are resident in Iran, or some small country in Africa whose name I forget, all other nations have signed treaties with the US to abide by FATCA reporting requirements, which are onerous. For example, I notified my US bank that my portable number was now a French number (because it was tiring switching SIM cards for two-factor logins to my bank’s site). They thanked me for the update, and told me they would be closing my account in thirty days because I was resident in a foreign country. Here in France, I was working on a business venture and, with an accountant, made a business proposal for a loan to my bank here. I have dual-citizenship US &amp;amp; EU, so my bank here knows me as an EU citizen. Everything was going well, until they noticed that I had funds coming from the US. They declined categorically to do business with me because the US funding imposed unreasonable requirements on them. I’m sure if I was Apple, it would be worth the risk, but not in my case. So this question is pertinent to all American expats. The FATCA issue is complex, so I suggest you seek out professional assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20363" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T19:04:29.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-20T19:13:09.613" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are submitting our kids naturalization papers before brexit on December 31. From where I came from e.g. Pakistan if papers(visa) are refused or missing items, they send the paper back while not refunding the money. I do not know if that is the case e.g. if something is wrong/they added more documents (if required), will they refund it or will 2k goes to waste?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I am not applying through lawyer as they are asking a lot and I lost job due to CVOID-19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T22:02:25.190" Title="What happens if there is a mistake/more things wanted when submitting naturalization" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21464" CreationDate="2020-12-20T21:34:23.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will not get a refund if your application is refused or withdrawn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the full fee or biometric data is not provided, then the application will be rejected as invalid. The application will not be considered and the fee will be refunded less an administration fee of £25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other fees and the refund terms applicable are explained here &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fees-for-citizenship-applications/fees-for-citizenship-applications-and-the-right-of-abode-from-6-april-2018&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fees-for-citizenship-applications/fees-for-citizenship-applications-and-the-right-of-abode-from-6-april-2018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T21:34:23.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-21T09:19:06.603" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last year (2019) I received reasons H-1B denial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LCA not provided&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No Employer-Employee relationship&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Services in a specialty occupation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this application be reopened with a new employer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15163" LastActivityDate="2020-12-21T09:19:06.603" Title="Can a declined H1B application be re-opened?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-19T23:50:43.597" Score="4" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a holder of EU Blue Card issued in Germany, my passport expired and couldn't renew it due to embassy closure because of COVID. I need to travel to Prague, Czech Republic to renew the passport. Is it possible to use the expired passport along with the blue card as a proof of identity if needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Basil" LastActivityDate="2020-12-22T15:59:34.533" Title="Travel within EU with expired passport" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21468" CreationDate="2020-12-20T01:52:51.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the information you've given, it seems you don't have much choice.  Because of the reason for your late application, you're extremely unlikely to get into any trouble even if you might strictly speaking be violating some requirement or other.  If you have any e-mail messages or other evidence showing that passport services were or are unavailable, you might bring that along just to be on the safe side, but it probably won't be necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2020-12-20T01:52:51.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21468" CreationDate="2020-12-20T04:12:36.807" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, for crossing an internal Schengen border a &lt;strong&gt;valid travel document&lt;/strong&gt; is required. Neither an expired passport or &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; fullfills this condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only under &lt;strong&gt;exceptional circumstances&lt;/strong&gt; will a country issue a passport to a 3rd country national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, to my knowledge, the exceptions are still in place that expired visas, residence permits and passports are automatically renewed during the present pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would therefore advice you to get a letter from your embassy that states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that the issuing in Germany is not possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;personal presence in the Czech Republic is required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;applications are presently are not being accepted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a letter should to be addressed to the responsible Immigration office in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on such a letter a &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325471/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;travel document for foreign nationals&lt;/a&gt; would probably be issued. Togeather with the residence permit card, it would be valid to enter the Czech Republic and to return back to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, such an application should be made &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the present passport expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325471/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travel document - Reissue - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e599-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Regulation (EU) 2016/399 - Schengen Border Code&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e900-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 3 Scope&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This Regulation shall apply to any person crossing the &lt;strong&gt;internal&lt;/strong&gt; or external borders of Member States...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0399#d1e1003-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Article 6&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(1)(a) they are in &lt;strong&gt;possession of a valid travel document entitling the holder to cross the border&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Johnson" LastActivityDate="2020-12-22T10:08:09.023" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-23T04:55:12.433" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Planning a move soon and I am trying to figure out the minutiae. Technically I’m a citizen of another Schengen country, not France. I believe I read that the US will count a certain level of income tax paid to a foreign country against your taxes owed to them, as it is intended to prevent offshore tax sheltering, not to double-tax expats, but I’m not sure of the specifics, and I think that was for income earned in that other country anyway. For income (technically) earned in the US, shouldn’t I continue paying American income tax, and just pay French property and sales taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20721" LastActivityDate="2020-12-23T04:55:12.433" Title="If I’m a dual-citizen working for an American company while living in France, where do I pay taxes?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21662" CreationDate="2020-12-23T08:35:15.047" Score="7" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American that's been living in Japan for the past 2 1/2 years, and I work for an American company (small startup). I receive my income via a US bank account, after paying income tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I've had &amp;quot;Tax For Expats&amp;quot; handle my U.S. tax returns, so in the end, all my federal / state income tax comes back. Pretty sure they're using the &amp;quot;Foreign Earned Income Exclusion&amp;quot; when submitting my tax returns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assumed that I would have to pay Japanese taxes, especially since all my US taxes are returned to me. However, I've asked the local tax office multiple times, describing exactly what I've stated here... and each time they've told me that if I'm working for an American company, and my salary is paid to an American bank, and I pay American taxes (even if they are later returned to me... yes, they explicitly included this), then I am not required to pay taxes in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I even went as far as to ask if this would be the case even if I continued to live in Japan for many years, to which they answered that I still would not be required to pay Japanese taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading online, it seems that as long as I'm not considered a &amp;quot;permeant resident&amp;quot;, I'm not required to pay taxes on foreign income until I've lived in Japan for 5 years. So I suppose for now I'm fairly certain I'm not required to pay taxes. But, according to my local tax office in Japan, they told me that I would not be required to pay taxes even after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is what they're saying true? Is anyone else in the same boat as me? Am I really not required to pay Japanese taxes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it because of a tax treaty between Japan and the US? But it seems strange that that would work if I'm taking the &amp;quot;Foreign Earned Income Exclusion&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20756" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T13:19:04.403" Title="Japanese taxes for American living in Japan, working for American company?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;japan&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-23T10:21:15.497" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know different places in the world have different customs and infrastructure for disposing of various kinds of waste, often involving recycling schemes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the single/common scheme of safe disposal and/or recycling for various kinds of waste in Israel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2021-05-22T12:02:25.357" Title="How do I recycle/safely dispose of various kinds of waste, in Israel?" Tags="&lt;israel&gt;&lt;recycling&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21473" CreationDate="2020-12-23T10:21:15.497" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Different municipalities in Israel provide different waste disposal containers, not always the same. But typically, you will find:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paper products&lt;/strong&gt; (not including cardboard boxes) - typically blue bins&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardboard&lt;/strong&gt; - Cages, often near supermarket stores.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plastic beverage receptacles&lt;/strong&gt; - Cages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other containers and boxes&lt;/strong&gt; (but not cardboard boxes) - this is a weird category, but it exists. Can involve any material, apparently; collected in orange bins.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Organic and general waste&lt;/strong&gt; - large dark-green bins.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember - in your municipality, bin colors may differ, so double-check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disposal other than in large garbage bins:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medication&lt;/strong&gt; - hand it off at any pharmacy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some plastic beverage receptacles&lt;/strong&gt; - The Israeli &amp;quot;deposit law&amp;quot; mandates an extra 0.30 NIS be charged on certain beverage receptables, which is returned to whoever brings the empty receptacle in (not necessarily to the actual seller).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electronic waste&lt;/strong&gt; - Can be handed off at various designated locations; see a map of those at &lt;a href=&quot;https://mai.org.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://mai.org.il/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chemical batteries&lt;/strong&gt; - Can be handed off at most of the locations mentioned above for electronic waste; but there are some locations solely for placing batteries. Specifically, plastic receptacle cages typically have a box for batteries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arms and ammunition&lt;/strong&gt; - The police and the military occasionally have &amp;quot;arms reclamation drives&amp;quot; where you can hand off such items with no questions asked (I think). When these are not in effect, there are criminal penalties, at least in principle, for holding these items without permission, so be careful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few links for additional reading (in Hebrew... maybe automatic translation can help you):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ecowave.org.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ecowave.org.il/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ela.org.il/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ELA&lt;/a&gt; - the plastic beverage receptacle recycling corporation (an NGO)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastActivityDate="2020-12-23T10:21:15.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21440" CreationDate="2020-12-23T13:06:11.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most cases, banks aren't looking for reasons to close your account, but they may judge keeping it to be unduly risky depending on information you provide them. For example, a bank in country A providing service to a resident of country B might be required to comply with all relevant regulations of country B. As long as you pay all appropriate taxes, you aren't violating any law by keeping an account in country A. However, if the bank doesn't normally comply with the banking regulations of country B (or isn't familiar with them), the bank may close your account upon learning that you are now a resident of country B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the specific case of a US citizen or US resident alien with a non-US bank account: If at any point you have over $10,000 total in non-US bank account(s), you personally must submit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/comparison-of-form-8938-and-fbar-requirements&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FBAR&lt;/a&gt; form(s) or face large penalties. In addition, in most cases your non-US bank must comply with FATCA reporting to the US tax authority, for which they will require your SSN or TIN. Some non-US banks will avoid serving US citizens or residents in order to avoid such obligatory reporting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2020-12-23T13:06:11.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-23T18:33:00.857" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirements for UK Provisional Driver's License says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Residency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;You can only get a GB licence if you are normally and lawfully resident in Great Britain. To be normally resident you must usually live in Great Britain for 185 days in each calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applicants who are not UK citizens or nationals of an EU or EEA country will not be considered normally resident if they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not have leave to remain in the UK, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are in the country on a temporary basis without leave to remain either while awaiting a decision to stay in the UK or following a decision refusing such an application.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where does someone on a EEA FP Entry Clearance Visa sit on this? I'm not sure if the &amp;quot;temporary basis without leave to remain either while awaiting a decision to stay in the UK&amp;quot; applies or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5968" LastActivityDate="2020-12-23T18:33:00.857" Title="UK Provisional Driver's License on EEA FP Entry Clearance Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20555" CreationDate="2020-12-25T02:31:47.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post-completion OPT grace period of 60 days after STEM graduation has not been extended due to the covid-19-related economic slowdown. You can read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-to-covid-19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-to-covid-19&lt;/a&gt; the response of the USCIS to covid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2020-12-25T02:31:47.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21482" CreationDate="2020-12-25T22:07:50.687" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose, an international student goes abroad for a Ph.D. study with an aim to permanently reside there. This means he will not be eligible for the benefits offered by the government at least for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say, he is considering two options: (1) Germany, (2) Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which country is more expensive (hence, tough to survive in) until he obtains a permanent residency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Canada more expensive? If Yes, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S.&lt;/strong&gt; the person in question is not me. I am just trying to understand which country is more expensive to live in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastActivityDate="2020-12-26T22:26:29.140" Title="Is the living expense for a foreigner higher in Canada than in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21479" CreationDate="2020-12-26T09:01:36.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries.jsp&lt;/a&gt; the answer appears to be &lt;em&gt;Yes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consumer Prices in Canada are 2.36% lower than in Germany (without rent)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rent Prices in Canada are 6.98% higher than in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Restaurant Prices in Canada are 3.72% lower than in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Groceries Prices in Canada are 23.04% higher than in Germany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can refine the information by city, which might alter the data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This provides some other comparisons between the two countries &lt;a href=&quot;https://driveegermany.com/canada-vs-germany-which-is-better-for-higher-education/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://driveegermany.com/canada-vs-germany-which-is-better-for-higher-education/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2020-12-26T09:01:36.420" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21479" CreationDate="2020-12-26T22:26:29.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a German living in Canada for almost 12 years now. I'm working here, never went to school in Canada, so my situation is a bit different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My general view is that the &lt;em&gt;overall&lt;/em&gt; costs of living are very similar. The big difference is in housing. Buying and financing a house or condo in Canada is way cheaper than in Germany &lt;strong&gt;if you live outside the hot markets of Toronto and Vancouver&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;Renting is more expensive though, also it's easier to get evicted in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The price of energy - electricity (it's called &lt;em&gt;hydro&lt;/em&gt; in canada), natural gas for heating, oil, gas/diesel for cars - is way cheaper than in Germany. My mother for example pays four (!!) times as much for natural gas than we do. A litre of gas/petrol is roughly CAD 1.00 in Ontario compared to € 1.25 (CAD 1.85) in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Groceries are in average more expensive in Canada. But then again - beef is cheaper and better, pork and chicken are more expensive. Overall, Germany has the lowest groceries prices in all of Europe due to very strong competition in the retail sector. There at least 3 countrywide (actually international) grocery chains which offer very lost cost food for decent quality. Alcohol is 2 to 5 more expensive in Canada then in Germany, but that's an avoidable expense for some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you own a house the property tax is five to ten times higher than in Germany. But you don't pay for waste management in Canada because that's included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list goes on and on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your individual situation might be completely different from the averages though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't focus too much on the cost of living. What's of overwhelming importance is something &lt;strong&gt;completely different&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's starts with the question: In which country lives the future PhD student currently? What's her/his mother tongue? Is he/she member of a &lt;em&gt;visible minority&lt;/em&gt; aka of African or Asian heritage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't speak German, if your skin is not pale then don't go to Germany. You'll be much more welcomed in Canada. In Germany it will be much harder to settle in. You'll never be a German even after 40 years of residence. If you only speak English then you might get by for your studies at the university. You will get around in the big cities like Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt. But don't expect anybody outside of those areas to be able to communicate well enough to order food or to ask for directions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other side of the atlantic ocean you can become a Canadian in no time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a legal perspective: Canada is a country of immigrants (we've ignored the Native heritage of this country for centuries but this is - painfully slowly - changing). The entire society, laws, public services etc are geared towards immigrants. Canada is very immigration friendly. The immigrant is the norm not the exception.&#xA;Germany is a country full of immigrants. But Germany has not a coherent immigration law. The public opinion doesn't consider the country an &amp;quot;immigration country&amp;quot; despite the obvious facts. Most of the immigrants in Germany are from neighbouring countries - Switzerland, Austria, Poland, The Netherlands etc. Many of the non-european immigrants came through the asylum rules. Germany doesn't let people in because they can be a contribution to society but because they had the means to reach the borders of the country. The immigrant in Germany is a special case, she/he is the exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also more complicated to achieve permanent residence and later citizenship in Germany compared to Canada. The wait time is 5 years in Canada compared to 8 years in Germany as far as I remember.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="909" LastActivityDate="2020-12-26T22:26:29.140" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-27T10:34:44.743" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student in a research institute in Berlin, on a 3 year TvöD contract. My work is entirely on the computer, so I'm currently working from home due to covid19.&#xA;I am thinking about whether I could live in my home country (EU country) while getting paid from the German public sector. Do you have similar experience or tips on how to search information about it? Google doesn't really help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20729" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T13:51:04.253" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T13:51:04.253" Title="Working remotely and getting paid from the German public sector" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-28T17:35:23.877" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to Germany on a Spouse Visa. My partner (also Indian) is working in Germany. Is it possible to work for an Indian company remotely in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20737" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T11:47:31.723" Title="Work from home (remotely) in the Germany for an Indian company as a dependent?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T06:56:46.457" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have worked at a school in Thailand for 6 months, and just obtained my work permit last week, but quit a few days after (it's a long story).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This school has various locations across the country. My physical work permit is a 12 drive away, and the head boss is 7 hours away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The circumstances surrounding my departure are definitely not positive, but 2 other teachers have abruptly left within the past 4 months, causing me undue stress, which is the main reason I have chosen to vacate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The school has threatened cancelling my permit, but I don't know if they have for sure. I went to my local immigration office yesterday, but they told me I need a letter of cancellation from the school (for a tourist visa), or I will begin to incur fines. The school is ignoring my calls and messages. Plus everyone of importance is in other cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the school is not allowing me to cancel the permit, but they have on their end, how should I proceed? I've thought about hiring a lawyer, but that seems excessive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20742" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T12:16:14.933" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T12:16:14.933" Title="Thai School says they have cancelled work permit, but has ignored me since" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T09:26:34.963" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a UK Mortgage (let's say outstanding mortgage is £200,000) and an 'offset' savings account of the same amount (also £200,000).  As it is an offset account, I don't earn any interest on my savings, but I pay less interest on my mortgage.&#xA;Question: Do I have to declare the £200,000 of savings on my Dutch tax return? If so, will I get taxed on it at 1.2%, even though it is just offsetting my mortgage?&#xA;I will be fully resident in the Netherlands as of the next tax year, with no longer any 30% ruling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20743" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T12:26:54.803" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T12:26:54.803" Title="In my tax declaration, must I include an offset mortgage account where my savings offset a mortgage in the UK?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21493" CreationDate="2020-12-29T12:04:06.587" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;We were in Germany for 61 months but my pension contributions is only for 56 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can you clarify in this case if I will get back full pension money ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also why I don't get my employer's contributions as my employer has paid to the government on my behalf, if I wasn't working then my employer wouldn't have paid to German government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this day light robbery by German government ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you recommend any service from Germany who can help me getting back money to India ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14930" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T07:23:26.850" Title="Germany: Social Security contributions withdrawal rules &lt; 60 contributions or &lt; 60 of stay" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T14:10:31.347" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/news/public-charge-fact-sheet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/news/public-charge-fact-sheet&lt;/a&gt; defines public charge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Applicability and Exemptions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final rule applies to two types of applicants:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applicants for admission or adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident (such applicants are subject to the rule’s public&#xA;charge ground of inadmissibility unless Congress has exempted them&#xA;from this ground)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applicants for extension of nonimmigrant stay or change of nonimmigrant status (such applicants are subject to the rule’s public&#xA;benefit condition unless the nonimmigrant classification is exempted&#xA;by law or regulation from the public charge ground of inadmissibility)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definition of Public Charge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final rule defines public charge as an alien who receives one or more public benefits (as defined in the final rule) for more than 12 months, in total, within any 36-month period (such that, for instance, receipt of two benefits in one month counts as two months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benefits Considered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DHS will only consider public benefits as listed in the rule,&#xA;including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supplemental Security Income;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any federal, state, local, or tribal cash benefit programs for income&#xA;maintenance (often called general assistance in the state context, but&#xA;which may exist under other names);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food&#xA;stamps);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Section 8 Housing Assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (including Moderate&#xA;Rehabilitation);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Public Housing (under the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437 et&#xA;seq.); and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Federally funded Medicaid (with certain exclusions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benefits Not Considered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DHS will not consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emergency medical assistance;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Disaster relief;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;National school lunch programs;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and&#xA;Children ;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Children’s Health Insurance Program;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subsidies for foster care and adoption;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Government-subsidized student and mortgage loans;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Energy assistance;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Food pantries and homeless shelters; and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head Start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For applicants which the rule applies to, is receiving food from Salvation Army's food pantry (once a month during the pandemic period) considered public benefit defined by USCIS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the best that I could find about the relation between Salvation Army and the federal goverment: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-salvation-armys-white-flag-surrender-to-secularism_b_5003298&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-salvation-armys-white-flag-surrender-to-secularism_b_5003298&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Salvation Army receives millions in federal funding&lt;/strong&gt;, around $188 million in New York alone, to run its homeless shelters, soup kitchens and after-school programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20744" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T18:56:49.787" Title="Is receiving food from Salvation Army's food pantry considered public benefit defined by USCIS?" 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  <row Id="21489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T15:11:01.137" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/news/public-charge-fact-sheet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.uscis.gov/news/public-charge-fact-sheet&lt;/a&gt; defines public charge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Applicability and Exemptions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final rule applies to two types of applicants:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applicants for admission or adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident (such applicants are subject to the rule’s public&#xA;charge ground of inadmissibility unless Congress has exempted them&#xA;from this ground)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applicants for extension of nonimmigrant stay or change of nonimmigrant status (such applicants are subject to the rule’s public&#xA;benefit condition unless the nonimmigrant classification is exempted&#xA;by law or regulation from the public charge ground of inadmissibility)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definition of Public Charge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final rule defines public charge as an alien who receives one or more public benefits (as defined in the final rule) for more than 12 months, in total, within any 36-month period (such that, for instance, receipt of two benefits in one month counts as two months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benefits Considered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DHS will only consider public benefits as listed in the rule,&#xA;including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supplemental Security Income;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any federal, state, local, or tribal cash benefit programs for income&#xA;maintenance (often called general assistance in the state context, but&#xA;which may exist under other names);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food&#xA;stamps);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Section 8 Housing Assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (including Moderate&#xA;Rehabilitation);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Public Housing (under the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437 et&#xA;seq.); and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Federally funded Medicaid (with certain exclusions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benefits Not Considered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DHS will not consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Emergency medical assistance;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Disaster relief;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;National school lunch programs;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and&#xA;Children ;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Children’s Health Insurance Program;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subsidies for foster care and adoption;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Government-subsidized student and mortgage loans;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Energy assistance;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Food pantries and homeless shelters; and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Head Start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For applicants which the rule applies to, is receiving  food aid boxes with Trump's letter  considered public benefit defined by USCIS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the best that I could find about the relation between the food aid boxes and the federal government. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/trump-letter-food-aid-boxes-424230&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/trump-letter-food-aid-boxes-424230&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Agriculture Department&lt;/strong&gt; last week began mandating that millions of boxes of surplus food for needy families include a letter from President Donald Trump claiming credit for the program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The USDA’s $4 billion Farmers to Families Food Box Program&lt;/strong&gt; has distributed more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May, with the aim of redirecting meat, dairy and produce that might normally go to restaurants and other food-service businesses. But organizations handing out the aid complain the program is now being used to bolster Trump’s image a month before a high-stakes election — and some even have refused to distribute them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20744" LastActivityDate="2020-12-29T15:11:01.137" Title="Is receiving food aid boxes with Trump's letters considered public benefit defined by USCIS?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21494" CreationDate="2020-12-29T16:35:29.367" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am part way through moving from the UK to the Netherlands and now caught up in a catch-22 situation. I have got my residency in NL approved, and have done the biometric testing, but I am in the UK now and need to be in NL to have my residency permit delivered to my current house there. I know that I have to have a PCR test to get into the country but I can find very little information on being allowed to leave the UK from tier 4. I can only see &amp;quot;work reasons&amp;quot; on the Gov UK site. Is being a Dutch resident sufficient - I have the paper work but not an official permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to go to NL to get my residency permit, and also sell the house I have there and buy another one. House sales seems to be permitted within the UK movement rules,but is that acceptable for international travel - and how do I prove it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20492" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T20:24:15.777" Title="Can I travel from a tier 4 area in the UK to the Netherlands under current restrictions?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21491" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21495" CreationDate="2020-12-29T16:57:32.470" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working in Germany for the past 3 years for the same company. I'm currently in the process of getting Niederlassungserlaubnis but the process is still in its infancy stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been searching for jobs in Germany but half of them ask for German language proficiency which I don't have unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my girlfriend lives in Netherlands, it occurred to question whether it's possible for me to work in another EU country like the Netherlands, Belgium, etc with my current bluecard I got when I came to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone done this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I work in other EU countries with the bluecard I got when I came&#xA;to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my pension contributions I made while working in&#xA;Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my health insurance contributions I made while&#xA;working in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I lose my bluecard if I accept a job in another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way I can use/move my pension &amp;amp; health insurance&#xA;contribution to another country or can I use these contributions that&#xA;I already made, in another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What other things should I need to be aware of before taking this&#xA;step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20745" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T12:30:19.780" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T21:56:47.667" Title="Moving to another EU state for work with German BlueCard" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T17:06:43.813" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Portuguese and I have recently just moved to Luxembourg. I am planning on staying here for a while. However, I will be working remotely for a company that only has jurisdiction in certain European countries, such as Portugal and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Can I be living here and work for Portugal, for example? Or can I live here and work for Germany? I do not plan on returning soon to Portgual, neither am I planning to move to Germany, so I would not be eligible for a cross-border worker, right? Which country wold be better for me to work for while living in Luxembourg?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What type of consequences will I have in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taxes: will I be double taxed? To which country will I be taxing for? I know that Luxembourg and Portugal have a double tax aggreement, but how does that work?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Social Security: will I be allowed to use healthcare advantages in Luxembourg while working for another country?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would my pension plan look like?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I also kindly accept additional valid points that I might be forgeting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20747" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T13:48:56.423" LastActivityDate="2021-01-07T14:31:47.273" Title="Can I live in Luxembourg and work for Portugal?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;&lt;luxembourg&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21487" CreationDate="2020-12-29T20:21:56.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this day light robbery by German government ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, since the German government doesn't recieve the money at all (it only gives a financial garantie).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you recommend any service from Germany who can help me getting back money to India ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, contact the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/DRV/LS/Beitrags-Erstattung/Beitrags-Erstattung_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - Beitrags-Erstattung&lt;/a&gt; that recieves the money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will only be generally possible if no treaty exists about the transfer of pension contributions between the 2 countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;, which will list all of your contributions which may be usefull later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that a treaty with India exists (see page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/international/weitere_abkommen/39_arbeiten_deutschland_indien.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - Homepage - Arbeiten in Deutschland und in Indien&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information there also suggests that applications for refunds (if you are eligible, which seems to be possible under certain conditions) can be made directly at a German consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt; when contacting the consulate would simplify any application, since all relevant information is contained in the document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also why I don't get my employer's contributions as my employer has paid to the government on my behalf, if I wasn't working then my employer wouldn't have paid to German government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The employer didn't pay on your behalf, it's part of &lt;strong&gt;their&lt;/strong&gt; contribution to the pension system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any refund will be based on your contributions, not thoses of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/DRV/LS/Beitrags-Erstattung/Beitrags-Erstattung_node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - Beitrags-Erstattung&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/DRV/DE/Rente/Ausland/Ansprechpartner-und-Verbindungsstellen/Indien/Indien.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - Ansprechpartner &amp;amp; Verbindungsstellen - Indien - Arbeiten in Deutschland und Indien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/international/weitere_abkommen/39_arbeiten_deutschland_indien.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - Homepage - Arbeiten in Deutschland und in Indien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/DRV/DE/Rente/Allgemeine-Informationen/Wissenswertes-zur-Rente/FAQs/Versicherung/Versicherungsverlauf_Liste.html#4d27b143-3049-4db8-a041-468f420a420c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Deutsche Rentenversicherung - FAQs - Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eservice-drv.de/SelfServiceWeb/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Online-Dienste der Deutschen Rentenversicherung&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;enter &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsnummer (Insurance number&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;enter &lt;strong&gt;last&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt; name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;press &lt;strong&gt;Absenden&lt;/strong&gt; (Send)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: The Online services assumes your present address is known.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If this is not the case, fill out and send back the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Formulare/DE/_pdf/V0150.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;amp;v=3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pdf form V0150&lt;/a&gt; informing them of your present address. The PDF contains all possible addresses. Choose the one nearest to where you lived last.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A short letter, with the above information, asking for a &lt;strong&gt;Versicherungsverlauf&lt;/strong&gt; will result in one being sent back to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-01-21T07:23:26.850" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T07:23:26.850" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21490" CreationDate="2020-12-29T20:49:17.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are taking about English Tier 4 restrictions you are probably allowed to leave. Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tier-4-stay-at-home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tier-4-stay-at-home&lt;/a&gt; you can leave if you're &amp;quot;returning home&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are visiting the UK and are in a Tier 4 area, you may return home. You should check whether there are any restrictions in place at your destination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you want to become an NL resident this means for you the Netherlands is considered to be the home so you should be allowed to leave&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in Scotland's Tier 4 rules are different. You have to adhere to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-travel-and-transport/#internationaltravel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-travel-and-transport/#internationaltravel&lt;/a&gt; based on it you are only allowed international travel for a couple reasons, going home doesn't seem to be one of them. However selling a  house is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;travel in connection with moving home (including viewing a property), or for activities in connection with the maintenance, purchase, sale, letting, or rental of residential property that the person owns or is otherwise responsible for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25" LastActivityDate="2020-12-29T20:49:17.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21491" CreationDate="2020-12-29T22:13:09.337" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I work in other EU countries with the bluecard I got when I came to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you need to apply for a residence permit from the country in which you would be living and working. You cannot settle in another EU country under the cover of your German residence permit. This residence permit could be a new blue card or a different kind of residence permit, the principle remains the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to other residence permits, the blue card does however make the transition easier, under some conditions. In particular, since you have held an EU blue card for more than 18 months, you should be allowed to move to another country and start working while a blue card application in your new country of residence is pending (as opposed to being forced to wait for a visa in your old country of residence).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my pension contributions I made while working in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a system to consolidate pensions earned across EU countries (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20857/pension-in-the-eu-when-having-worked-in-multiple-european-countries&quot;&gt;Pension in the EU when having worked in multiple European countries&lt;/a&gt;). In Germany, there is also a way to get a lump sum back under some conditions but this only applies if you move out of the EU entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to my health insurance contributions I made while working in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing. You paid for coverage while you were living there and that's what you got. Unlike pension contributions, which are meant to open up rights in the future (deferred income), there isn't anything to recover with health insurance (or any other kind of insurance, mandatory or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I lose my bluecard if I accept a job in another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will indeed have to relinquish your German EU blue card. You will not lose it because you accept a job in another EU country as such but you will (eventually) lose it if you move out of Germany or leave your current job so the result is essentially the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted above, you will also need some form of residence permit in your new country of residence. If your new residence permit is also a blue card or if you stay long enough in one EU country to become an EU long-term resident, coming back to Germany should be slightly easier. Otherwise, you would have to start from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way I can use/move my pension &amp;amp; health insurance contribution to another country or can I use these contributions that I already made, in another EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving health insurance contributions doesn't really make sense, you will need to get coverage and pay for it in your new country of residence (certainly in the Netherlands, where it is mandatory).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the EU, pensions typically cannot be “moved” &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; but only consolidated when you reach retirement age (with the caveat that there are many different systems and not everything is covered by EU rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T21:56:47.667" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T21:56:47.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21485" CreationDate="2020-12-29T23:55:45.397" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, there seems to be some confusion here. Work permits are issued by the Department of Labour (a government department), and yet you said that it was the immigration department (a branch of the Royal Thai Police) that said you needed to get a cancellation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This implies that you are currently in Thailand on an extension of stay (on the grounds of employment) rather than on an actual visa. (Just quickly, a visa is permission to enter the country and can only be obtained from outside Thailand. An extension of stay is permission to remain in Thailand, and can only be issued from within Thailand. It is common for people to call both of these a “visa”, and it confuses things.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you also have a reentry permit? This allows you to exit Thailand without immediately cancelling your current permission to stay. If so, is it single-use, or multiple?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I’m asking all these questions is that if you do not have a reentry permit, simply leaving Thailand will cancel your extension of stay. Your work permit will remain valid until its expiry date, but after that it will similarly fall off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, there are unscrupulous people in Thailand (agents, “helpers”, even government officers and police) who see foreigners as being extremely wealthy and as a kind of natural resource there to be tapped for money at every opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a definitive answer as to what to do in your specific case, I suggest going to the Teaching forum in the forums of thaivisa.com - you are not the first person to be in this exact situation, and as long as you ignore the trolls (for there are many), you should get a definitive answer there. Be sure to include exact details of what sort of visa (and whether it is single- or multiple-entry) that you entered Thailand on, and the exact circumstances of any extensions you have had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a word of caution. If you do leave Thailand now, you might find it difficult or impossible to come back if that is your intention, due to visa restrictions during the pandemic. The visa-free entry to Thailand is currently suspended, and Thai embassies and consulates are not issuing visas at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2020-12-29T23:55:45.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-02T01:54:51.757" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on &lt;a href=&quot;http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-en/brd/m_4500/view.do?seq=760989&amp;amp;srchFr=&amp;amp;srchTo=&amp;amp;srchWord=&amp;amp;srchTp=&amp;amp;multi_itm_seq=0&amp;amp;itm_seq_1=0&amp;amp;itm_seq_2=0&amp;amp;company_cd=&amp;amp;company_nm=&amp;amp;page=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20201102015840/http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-en/brd/m_4500/view.do?seq=760989&amp;amp;srchFr=&amp;amp;srchTo=&amp;amp;srchWord=&amp;amp;srchTp=&amp;amp;multi_itm_seq=0&amp;amp;itm_seq_1=0&amp;amp;itm_seq_2=0&amp;amp;company_cd=&amp;amp;company_nm=&amp;amp;page=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mirror&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LvO9j.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LvO9j.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(sorry for the low resolution, that's the original resolution...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to undergo diagnostics COVID-19 test within three days after entering South Korea given that I'm supposed to quarantine for 14 days? Does someone come to my place? Or do I have to go to a diagnostics facility, and if so, is there any restrictions on which means of transportation I can take to go there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" OwnerDisplayName="Franck Dernoncourt" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T09:43:26.197" Title="How am I supposed to undergo diagnostics COVID-19 test within three days after entering South Korea?" Tags="&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21472" CreationDate="2020-12-30T14:10:23.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/japan.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tax treaty&lt;/a&gt; between the United States and Japan. However the whole point of the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion tax is to avoid double taxation for US expats. So I'm assuming you are referring to income over that limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the Technical Explanation of the tax treaty, Article 4:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A resident of one State may be taxed by the other State only on income from sources within that other State (including industrial or commercial profits attributable to a permanent establishment located in that other State), subject to the limitations set forth in the Convention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would normally only attribute that to such things as income off of investments and interest, but that distinction doesn't seem to be made here. So even for general employment income over the FEIE limit, the Japanese may be applying this rule as worded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T14:10:23.477" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21500" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21501" CreationDate="2020-12-31T02:44:20.290" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen living in the EU, and am partway through applying for residency in Austria. That is, I have registered my apartment and submitted all the necessary documents (proof of address, identity, income etc) to the local government immigration office, along with various forms. This process ended up taking a lot longer than expected, partly due to Covid, but everything was approved and I was supposed to have received a form that I needed to sign and post back in order to get my residency certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 31st December 2020, the form has not arrived. Since tomorrow marks the end of the Brexit transition period, I am not sure whether or not I will retain my EU rights (freedom of movement, access to EU social security and jobs market, indefinite leave to remain in the country, etc), since my application was only part-completed at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I emailed the state office, asking if there was an electronic version of the form I could print out myself and send by special delivery to ensure it arrived before the Brexit deadline, since otherwise I would need a visa to remain. Their reply was that &amp;quot;it is not a problem, since [I] have already taken advantage of freedom of movement [by coming to Austria before the end of the transition period]&amp;quot;. This seems to imply that because I have been resident since the summer, it does not matter when the official residency certificate is granted. However, they also mentioned that I can make an appointment for getting a visa in January, while had my form been delivered a couple of days earlier, I would not have needed a visa at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is some kind of communication issue (my German is still extremely limited) but if anyone knows what the immigration status/EU rights are for UK citizens with half-completed residency applications at the end of the transition period, that would be very helpful to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20754" OwnerDisplayName="user13536357" LastActivityDate="2020-12-31T04:41:10.727" Title="Rights of UK citizens midway through residency application to EU" Tags="&lt;austria&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21500" CreationDate="2020-12-31T03:25:21.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their reply was that &amp;quot;it is not a problem, since [I] have already taken advantage of freedom of movement [by coming to Austria before the end of the transition period]&amp;quot;. This seems to imply that because I have been resident since the summer, it does not matter when the official residency certificate is granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is correct. You are already an Austrian resident whose rights derive from the EU freedom of movement, at least after you applied for the residence document. In fact the deadline to apply for a formal document related to Brexit is even later (but it is good to apply as soon as possible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, they also mentioned that I can make an appointment for getting a visa in January&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They might have mentioned that because if you need to leave Austria temporarily before your residency document is deliver, you could still get a visa so you can reenter Austria and/or have legal status in other Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while had my form been delivered a couple of days earlier, I would not have needed a visa at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From 2021 your unstamped British passport alone without other documents may soon be insufficient to prove your legal status in the Schengen area nor does it give you permission to enter EU for purposes other than a simple visit. With the Covid regulations, it is particularly important as you might be denied boarding/entry to EU/Schengen without proof of residency (like a permit or visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You and your family may need to apply for a residence status to confirm that you were already resident in the EU country you live in before 31 December 2020. You will have until at least 30 June 2021 to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-europe#uk-nationals-in-the-eu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-europe#uk-nationals-in-the-eu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK nationals living in Austria before 1 January 2021&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to apply for a new ‘Article 50’ residence card to remain in Austria. You should apply in person through your local authorities. Check in advance if coronavirus restrictions are affecting office opening times or procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Vienna, you will need to make an appointment at the MA35 (local immigration office) in Arndtstrasse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must apply between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021. Read the Austrian government guidance on the residency registration process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-austria#visas-and-residency&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-austria#visas-and-residency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://%20https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/en/topics/brexit/residency-and-access-to-the-labour-market.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Austrian government's guide for British citizens&lt;/a&gt;. You will need to apply for an Article 50 card also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Particularly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have a registration certificate, certificate of permanent residence, residence card, permanent residence card or a permanent residence permit (permanent residence - EU)? Then this is helpful for your application. However, your further right of residence is not dependent on these documents, which means that you can also apply for a residence title under &amp;quot;Article 50 TEU&amp;quot; without these documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" OwnerDisplayName="zhantongz" LastActivityDate="2020-12-31T03:25:21.553" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-31T04:49:07.273" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F882&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;French citizens may have more than one first name&lt;/a&gt;. When applying for an EB-2 NIW green card as a French citizen, can I somewhere in the process ask the USCIS to only use my first first name (+ my last name), and drop my other first names, so that the green card (and subsequent US official documents) only contains the first first name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2020-12-31T05:16:31.530" LastActivityDate="2020-12-31T05:16:31.530" Title="When applying for an EB-2 NIW green card as a French citizen, can I somewhere in the process ask the USCIS to only use my 1st first name (+last name)?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;names&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21325" CreationDate="2020-12-31T14:10:37.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This cases are always quite complicated and you better discuss it with a lawyer before making the decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at this document from OECD it one may think that it would be without tax consequences up to 30 days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-residency/Switzerland-Residency.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-residency/Switzerland-Residency.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be other consequence than tax (ie. health insurance).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20193" LastActivityDate="2020-12-31T14:10:37.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-01T11:09:18.977" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone who's lived in the EU specifically in Germany for 3 years with Bluecard and contributed to the system with taxes and pension, if they move to a non EU state &amp;amp; decide to come back to EU country in this case, Germany after 3-4 years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would they've to start from scratch in terms of getting permanent residency in the EU? Germany has 3 years time for getting permanent residency card (this is not equivalent to citizenship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, will the 3 years they spent in the EU would be counted in their favor after they return to EU and will resume where they left off in terms of permanent residency &amp;amp;/or citizenship?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What other things should one look out for if one plans to move back to EU after a few years?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share some insights/info and your experience if you've been through this process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20745" LastEditorUserId="20745" LastEditDate="2021-01-01T11:16:15.163" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T11:16:15.163" Title="Moving to non EU country with plans to move back to EU" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21488" CreationDate="2021-01-01T18:56:49.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Although the Salvation Army administers some government-funded projects, it is a privately run organization, similar to 'Food pantries and homeless shelters' in your list of examples, and would not be considered a public benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The examples of public benefits you highlighted in your list are referring to specific government programs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Assistance_for_Needy_Families#State_implementations&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Temporary Assistance for Needy Families&lt;/a&gt; is a different government program in each state, which usually includes the state's name, mostly oriented toward giving cash to qualifying families.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food stamps)&lt;/a&gt; is a government program that gives credits which can be used to buy qualifying food products.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2021-01-01T18:56:49.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21507" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21508" CreationDate="2021-01-01T20:20:08.037" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Respected Community,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a query regarding my entry requirements to Romania from the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an INDIAN passport holder living in United Kingdom on a &lt;code&gt;UK Tier 2 general work visa&lt;/code&gt; (now called skilled workers visa) and I also have a UK BRP (biometric residence permit) card with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I travel to Romania based on these documents ? Or do I need to apply for Romania visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit post acceptance of the answer :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ref : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-countries-visa-free-with-uk-visa/#whichukvisas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-countries-visa-free-with-uk-visa/#whichukvisas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3OMeG.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3OMeG.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;This website is serving possibly invalid information&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19154" LastEditorUserId="19154" LastEditDate="2021-01-02T04:01:46.417" LastActivityDate="2021-01-02T11:42:34.050" Title="Romania travel visa requirements on UK work visa" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;romania&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21507" CreationDate="2021-01-02T03:53:46.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot enter Romania soly based on a United Kingdom residence permit as an Indian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a multi (or an unused dual) entry Schengen Visa, you will require a Romanian Visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2040&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Romanian Visa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;VI. Do I need a visa?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. YES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Please consult the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/sites/default/files/file/anul_2019/2019_pdf/anexa_1_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of states whose citizens (annex 1)&lt;/a&gt;, holders of simple passports, are required a visa upon entry on the Romanian territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. NO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Please consult the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/sites/default/files/file/anul_2019/2019_pdf/anexa_2_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of states whose citizens (annex 2)&lt;/a&gt;, holders of simple passports, are not required a visa to travel to Romania.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Categories of third-state nationals also exempt from the requirement to be in possession of a Romanian short-stay visa are&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Holders of biometric passports, nationals of the following states:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Republic of Moldova;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Republic of Serbia, except for the passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Division (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Republic of Montenegro (the non-biometric passports issued by this state are no longer valid);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Georgia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Ukraine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holders of Schengen visas with two or multiple entries, national visas or residence permits issued by Schengen Member States&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Starting July 11, 2014, in keeping with the provisions of Decision No 565/2014/EU, Romania acknowledges as being equivalent to its own national visas, for transit and for stays up to 90 days per period of 180 days the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The two or multiple entry short-stay visa issued by a Schengen member state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The limited territorial validity visa issued by a Schengen member state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The short-stay visa issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The long-stay visa issued by a Schengen member state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The long-stay visa issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The residence permit issued by a Schengen member state;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The residence permit issued by Bulgaria, Cyprus or Croatia&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;long-term resident's EC&lt;/strong&gt; residence permit (the validity of which is of 5 years or more) issued by a member state of the European Union.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attention!&lt;/strong&gt; The number of entries as well as the right of stay established as per the Schengen visas must not have been exhausted. The right of stay on the territory of Romania shall not exceed the right of stay granted as per the visas/residence permits issued by the Schengen Member States.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;sub&gt; text as of 2021-01-02&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA;The statement made at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-countries-visa-free-with-uk-visa/#whichukvisas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa Traveler&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK residence permit&lt;/strong&gt; should have been granted for 5 or more years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;does not seemed to be confirmed by the &lt;strong&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania&lt;/strong&gt; text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_resident_(European_Union)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long-term resident (European Union)&lt;/a&gt; is a special residence permit type issued by some EU Member states and is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the same as a permanent residence permit which is often (but not always) issued after 5 years of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2040&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/sites/default/files/file/anul_2019/2019_pdf/anexa_1_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of states whose citizens (annex 1) requires a visa&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mae.ro/sites/default/files/file/anul_2019/2019_pdf/anexa_2_en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of states whose citizens (annex 2) don't require a visa&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-countries-visa-free-with-uk-visa/#whichukvisas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to travel 35 countries VISA-FREE with a UK visa [2020 edition] - Visa Traveler&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_resident_(European_Union)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long-term resident (European Union) - Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-01-02T11:42:34.050" LastActivityDate="2021-01-02T11:42:34.050" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-02T05:35:09.693" Score="2" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently helping someone gather documents for their application for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dfa.ie/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Irish Foreign Birth Registration&lt;/a&gt; - he's an Australian whose family migrated from Ireland in the early 20th century.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For his Irish grandfather, we've obtained a birth certificate from Ireland, and a marriage certificate plus death certificate from New South Wales, Australia. However, there's some discrepancies between the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New South Wales marriage and death certificates do not state the person's date of birth, merely their age in years. Unfortunately, the age on both these certificates is inconsistent with the birth certificate by 2 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, we also have a personnel record from the grandfather's former employer (the state railways) which has a DOB exactly matching the Irish birth certificate. We also have an Australian death certificate for the great-grandfather, which lists the age of his children, and the age of the grandfather given there is consistent with the Irish birth certificate. Given this, and the fact that all the other details on the birth certificate are matching, I'm reasonably confident that we have the birth certificate for the right person (though I am chasing up some further records to confirm this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, then: how will the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs treat this? Will they accept a 2 year discrepancy in age/date of birth as &amp;quot;close enough&amp;quot; given that these are old documents? Will they ask further questions, or ask us to get the Australian authorities to amend the death certificate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the spelling of the surname is different between the Irish and Australian paperwork - I expect that the Irish authorities are well aware of how Irish surnames are spelled a million different ways, but will it cause any trouble?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20757" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-01-02T10:30:29.737" LastActivityDate="2021-01-02T10:30:29.737" Title="Irish Foreign Birth Registration - How do they treat inconsistent dates and names on old birth and death certificates?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;birth-certificate&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21484" CreationDate="2021-01-03T11:38:02.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, your Spouse Visa does allow you to take any type of work a German citizen would, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working for a German branch (located in Germany) of the Indian company as an employee is fine&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working as an independent contractor for the Indian Company is not really permitted (as an independent contractor/freelancer, you are required to have more than one client. Working for a single client exclusively is considered a fraudulent avoidance of worker protection laws).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Starting your own company and receiving orders and sending invoices to the Indian company would be fine (basically the same as freelancer but with stricter general regulations and more freedoms concerning clients)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working as a regular employee for the Indian company, just physically residing in Germany is possible, but you &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; a specialized tax accountant to calculate that for you. Because you must pay taxes in Germany when you are physically here, and India might make you pay taxes in India, too, since the work was used there. So without any special taxation laws in India and/or Germany, you would pay taxes &lt;em&gt;twice&lt;/em&gt; and that is a lot of money wasted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it legal and possible? Yes. Is it worth doing it? You will need to find a good specialized tax accountant to find that out. And you need to find that out up front, because tax authorities are not people you want to have problems with, neither in Germany, nor in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not mean to paint the Finanzamt (German tax authorities) in a bad light though. Of all the Germans &lt;em&gt;Amt&lt;/em&gt;s you had to deal with so far to be where you are today, those guys are the most helpful. If you tell them you would like to make money and you need help to give them their share (taxes) they'll be happy as pie and explain it in detail. You just need a tax accountant that &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; pay, because while those guys will help you making it legally sound, only your tax accountant will actually help you keep as much money to yourself as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastEditorUserId="9824" LastEditDate="2021-01-03T11:47:31.723" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T11:47:31.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21514" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-03T18:07:39.473" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Australian-born UK citizen by descent, through my mother. I will be moving to the UK in March but working for an Australian company for at least six months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The uk gov website says that I am automatically resident, I am assuming for tax purposes, after either living in a place for 91 days or remaining inside the country for 183.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few things I am confused about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this apply to citizens like myself?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does this mean for getting a driving license?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I automatically a resident under some other classification?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most importantly: I know Aus/UK have a double tax treaty but I can't interpret the legal speak. After the 91 days do I get taxed by both governments? Will I have to wait until the end of the tax year to get a refund? Or do I only start paying taxes to the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, do I simply submit another Australian tax declaration form at the 91/183 days to declare myself as 'not a resident for tax purposes' ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20762" LastEditorUserId="20762" LastEditDate="2021-01-03T18:17:42.627" LastActivityDate="2021-01-03T18:17:42.627" Title="Non-resident UK citizen unclear about residency and income tax" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21490" CreationDate="2021-01-04T20:24:15.777" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I'm here in the Netherlands. It was only immigration at Amsterdam who wanted to check why I was trying to enter the country. My papers saying I had been accepted for residency status was OK in lieu of having the actual permit. Others didn't seem to be so lucky and were queuing outside the immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20492" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T20:24:15.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-05T13:55:57.993" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen living in Berlin, and my partner is visiting me in few months. He wanted to stay for the full three months (as tourist) due to my depression. However, my partner only have one month of vacation, meaning he would have to work remotely for the last two months while here in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He is an Argentinean full-time programmer in a non-EU company, so technically it is feasible, but would that work legally? The problem I can see is regarding taxation, but we wanted to know if there is any way to make it work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20769" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-01-05T16:46:52.170" LastActivityDate="2021-02-05T11:03:40.330" Title="Work remotely in Germany for non-EU company for only two months" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;argentine-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21517" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-05T16:43:45.080" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I moved to Madrid/Spain (from a non-EU country) with a job that provided the Highly Qualified Professional (Profesionales Altamente Cualificados) visa type recently. Initially, the visa has a one-year duration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After a month in the company, it is getting evident that their expectations and mine are far from each other. It seems like at some point, either I am going to get fired because of under-performing or I will quit because of pressure/burn-out.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding this visa type, I have two questions,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I quit at some point, can I stay in Madrid until the end of the visa duration or does my visa get voided with the job contract?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I try to switch jobs, does the new company need to do the visa-application process all-over or the visa I already have right now is transferrable/directly useable(I don't know what is the word for this but hopefully this is understandable)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20770" LastActivityDate="2021-01-05T16:43:45.080" Title="Status of Highly Qualified Professional visa after quitting the job" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20873" CreationDate="2021-01-06T10:30:24.623" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the situation you describe, IMHO, it would be overly complex to setup business in Germany and apply for any visa / permits for that if you will be working for a UK company. Did you consider setting up business in the UK for that? Creating a UK limited company can be done online, is easy and also legal as long as you handle taxation properly. Please note that work permit and residency on one hand and taxation on the other are entirely unrelated subjects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T10:30:24.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21516" CreationDate="2021-01-06T10:36:45.570" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot see any rules by which your partner would become taxable in Germany in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary rule which applies here is: If you stay less than 183 days in Germany within either 12 months or a calendar year (this depends, but he will not reach either threshold) and you receive your salary from your &amp;quot;home&amp;quot; employer (which I understand is the case) you are not taxable in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as he sorts his visa I also cannot see anyone asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T10:36:45.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-06T08:07:33.197" Score="5" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen living in a &lt;strong&gt;different&lt;/strong&gt; EU country (French citizen in Sweden) and my girlfriend is non-EU (Russian). We are not married and have not cohabited yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we do the following?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She comes to Sweden on a tourist visa,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we get married under Swedish law in less than 90 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;without leaving Sweden, she applies for a residence card and then stays here happily ever after.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, this should be allowed under EU law: I have the right of residence in Sweden (I am employed), therefore my spouse has the right of residence as well, no matter when we got married and how she entered the country (Metock case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I cannot find any trace online of other people having done that, so I'd like to know if it actually works.&#xA;What I'm mostly worried about is the initial trip, as she will only have a tourist visa (and informal proofs of our relationship) but she will not intend to leave Schengen within 90 days, and we will not be married yet. So even if what we are planning to do is technically legal, I'm not sure the border police will like this explanation and let her in...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: I'm not asking about coronavirus-related restrictions, she already managed to travel to Sweden for a few weeks on her tourist visa in November 2020 under the exemption for not-yet-married partners.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20772" OwnerDisplayName="Guillaume Brunerie" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T19:13:14.373" Title="Getting married to an EU citizen in the EU on a tourist visa, and staying there" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21520" CreationDate="2021-01-06T10:27:53.223" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Expanding a bit on my comments (even if it's not a full answer), I think the key question here is whether marrying in Sweden is possible under short-stay rules (legally and practically). If Swedish authorities frown upon it, expect documentation you cannot have as a non-resident, impose extra checks or delays for foreigners before the marriage or require a special marriage visa, this could create difficulties (both at the relevant office and at the border). On the other hand, if marrying is possible without restrictions then there is nothing wrong about entering to do just that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other situations, there are multiple examples of people entering the Schengen area under short-stay rules with no intent to leave. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/15197/obtaining-a-european-visa-as-a-foreigner-in-the-usa&quot;&gt;Germany or the Netherlands allow citizens&lt;/a&gt; of a handful of countries like the US or Australia &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/visabestimmungen-node#content_8&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;to enter without a visa&lt;/a&gt; and sort out their residence afterwards. This is not grounded in EU law and quite different from your girlfriend's situation but it's an example of a legitimate reason to enter without specific plans to depart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This goes to show that EU law (Schengen entry rules) doesn't &lt;em&gt;forbid&lt;/em&gt; it as long as national law also allows it. It's important to understand that it doesn't mean that EU law &lt;em&gt;mandates&lt;/em&gt; it either. In other words, EU member states are still allowed to require that third country nationals secure a long-stay visa before entering with an eye towards seeking residence. As long as your future wife isn't covered by EU freedom of movement law (which she doesn't seem to be right now), it's up to the destination country (Sweden) to set the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are married things are different. Your wife would then be covered by the EU freedom of movement and Sweden has to facilitate entry and residence, including by issueing a residence card if she is already living with you. To show you how strong this right is, it would apply even if she overstayed beyond the short-stay limits (and, indeed, irrespective of when and how you married, as established by the Metock case). In that case, Sweden could impose a reasonable fine but not remove her or deny you the right to live together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T11:29:42.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21492" CreationDate="2021-01-07T14:31:47.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In situations like the one you explain there are three countries and jurisdictions involved:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Home country (H): The country which nationality you have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Residence / work country (R): The country you live and work in de facto&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Client's country (C): The country where the company which employs you or contracts you has its seat&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case: H = Portugal, R = Luxembourg, C = you're not so clear on this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If H = R = C, it's simple.&#xA;If R = C, it's quite a common case.&#xA;If H != R != C then it can get complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have to have a look at the following areas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;residence and / or work permit in country R&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;work permit in country C&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;taxation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;social security&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On taxation, the rule of thumb is that you need to pay your taxes in country R. Country R is usually defined as the country in which you spend 183 days a year or more. (NB: I wonder what would apply if I split my time between 3 countries with ~ 120 days each.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that you are not obliged to pay any taxes in country C. Just maybe you can deduct them from what you need to pay in R. This also depends a lot on if you are an employee in C or you provide services to a customer in C. This is indeed what you will usually find in a double-taxation agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be a bit of a simplified view, but social security is something that comes with employment. If you are self-employed then you're usually off that game. So I would argue that if you are an employee of a company in C, then C's social security system is in charge of you. Which can cause funny side effects, like you might have an Irish health insurance but the doctor you want to see in Luxembourg might no be able to treat you on this basis. This is where the EU's common market isn't nearly what it should be, let alone if a non-EU (read: UK) context kicks in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the residence and work permit questions: You only name EU member countries, so there is no big issues around this usually. In other contexts, i.e. with non-EU countries like Switzerland, Ukraine, India, USA, ... this may be a lot different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One should say that many of the rules around &amp;quot;am I allowed to work in this country&amp;quot; have been made in times where digital remote work wasn't a broad reality. In practice, today, it frequently comes down more to &amp;quot;who will ask me&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;who will care&amp;quot; a lot more than: What is the legal setup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2021-01-07T14:31:47.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21523" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-07T14:41:25.880" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's assume I live in Germany and I am registered there. But I have no right to work for whatever reason, e.g. I am on a student visa, I am a spouse on a dependent visa, I maybe a registered refugee, you name it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, nothing will hold me back from performing any remote digital work for anyone outside of Germany or even get employed as a remote worker by a company outside of Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I do live in Germany, my world income would be taxable in Germany. This is pretty clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But would I violate any labor / employment rules if I did that? If so, can you name them? I would like to understand if such a setup is legal or if it is not, just it would be extremely unlikely that anyone will notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13271" LastActivityDate="2021-01-07T14:41:25.880" Title="Living in country A and working for country B: Do I need a work permit in country A or will just nobody care?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-07T16:00:47.360" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working under Blue Card for 22 months from 2019 to now, now I have a new contract with new company. Does anyone here knows what is the admin process for this change? I read that I need to inform to authority for the permission, but which authority, it's INPS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20777" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-07T17:52:33.627" LastActivityDate="2021-01-07T17:52:33.627" Title="Change job for Blue Card EU in Italy" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;italy-aire&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-07T20:26:10.207" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are currently on a Tier 2 visa in the UK and we are expecting in March 2021. We are thinking of having the child delivery in India as it would be more supportive backhome. Would appreciate if I could get help with my queries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would I still able to take my 2 weeks paternity leave in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there an option of receiving funds in the UK for delivering child abroad in India? I did find this option for some countries, but I am not sure about India though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20778" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-09T17:56:03.633" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T04:10:21.047" Title="Tier 2 UK resident having a baby in India" Tags="&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-07T22:37:59.230" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know if my spouse is an applicant for the PR visa and meets age, English and skill criteria, I can get 10 points for it. She meets the age and has competent English score. So I will get 5 points for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But she has just one year of work experience. Does this experience count for Skill criteria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She studied a bachelors degree in computer science and having one year of experience and still working. If she gets accessed(ACS), will I get additional 5 points for her experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15889" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T11:30:18.497" Title="Does one year experience count for partner skill criteria in Australia PR process" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-09T08:06:04.093" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Engineer with an advanced STEM Degree (PhD Chem Engineering) with a successful consulting practice outside Germany. I am much above the average wage requirement for a Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only catch is that the Blue Card needs an employment contract whereas I am essentially an independent contractor / self-employed. What might be the best route for someone like me to migrate my practice to Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did read about the freelancer visa but it seems one has to apply for that from within Germany? So do I have to get a jobseekers visa first? I do have a long duration (5 years) business / tourist visa from Germany so physically landing there is not a problem. But not sure if that's the right way to go to the&#xA;Auslaenderbehoerde to apply in person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a strong business case for me to be in Germany since many of my clients are German / Swiss / Dutch chemical firms. And also I do speak German at a fairly good level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20023" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T08:52:25.020" Title="Moving to Germany as an Engineering Entrepreneur: Freelance" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21528" CreationDate="2021-01-09T10:18:28.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To establish residence in Germany, the general rule is that you must first obtain a long-stay German visa from your current place of residence. Then, after entering Germany you would apply for the corresponding residence permit (&lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some exceptions but usually it is not allowed to enter Germany on a short-stay Schengen visa (which is presumably the kind of visa you currently have) and apply directly for a residence permit. The local authorities will want to check your visa before entertaining your application for the residence permit (some of them &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-bw.de/leistung/-/sbw/Aufenthaltserlaubnis+zur+Ausuebung+der+selbstaendigen+Taetigkeit+beantragen-83-leistung-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mention this explicitely in their requirements&lt;/a&gt;). So using your current visa and going to the &lt;em&gt;Ausländerbehörde&lt;/em&gt; is not the right approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for all residence permits are defined in the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthg_2004/BJNR195010004.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Aufenthaltsgesetz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. There are many different categories of residence permits, all with slightly different requirements. In turn, long-stay visas are governed by § 6 of the same statute:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Für längerfristige Aufenthalte ist ein Visum für das Bundesgebiet (nationales Visum) erforderlich, das vor der Einreise erteilt wird. Die Erteilung richtet sich nach den für die Aufenthaltserlaubnis […] geltenden Vorschriften. […]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words for each residence permit defined by the law, it's in principle possible to apply for a visa based on the same requirements. Most of the documentation you find online is from local authorities and provinces in Germany and deals with &lt;em&gt;residence permits&lt;/em&gt;, which is why it sounds like it can only be obtained locally. By contrast, the &lt;em&gt;visa&lt;/em&gt; must be obtained from a German representation abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A jobseekers visa (&lt;em&gt;§ 20 Arbeitsplatzsuche für Fachkräfte&lt;/em&gt;) does not seem like a good fit because, unless I am mistaken, &lt;em&gt;Arbeitsplatz&lt;/em&gt; strictly means employment. If you are not looking for a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; work contract, you do not qualify. As you note, the EU Blue card is similar and not a good option for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not very familiar with it but it does seem that residence under § 21 &lt;em&gt;Selbständige Tätigkeit&lt;/em&gt; would fit best in your situation. The requirements are quite extensive (business plan, financial means, insurance) and require some familiarity with German business law (registration in the commercial register, etc.) which is why I guess most applicants already live in Germany and transition from another residence permit (including student residence permits).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did however find &lt;a href=&quot;https://mexiko.diplo.de/blob/876668/2271dbfaaee3a1f2454451dbc6367ff7/17-merkblatt-freiberufler-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a form to apply for a visa for that purpose&lt;/a&gt; from the German embassy in Mexico. The best course of action is probably to contact the local German embassy to get the relevant form and requirements for an application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-09T23:13:27.280" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T23:13:27.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-09T19:29:57.917" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Australian Subclass 476 skilled-recognised graduate visa for engineers states processing times of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;75% of applications: 12 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;90% of applications: 16 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and you can't apply until after you graduate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These times seem really high and makes it difficult to plan for. I was wondering if coming from the UK the processing times may be lower and the average is only so high because of other countries being more difficult to be approved from?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any input on processing times is greatly appreciated. Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19675" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T19:29:57.917" Title="Australia 476 Visa Application Processing times - from UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21525" CreationDate="2021-01-10T16:30:15.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;EDIT January 10, 2021: This answer deals with Q1 about Parental leave, and compensation for the leave-taker. Traveller's comment below addresses Q2 regarding fiscal support by the UK for a birth abroad. It notes that such support is not available if the birth occurs in India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The UK Guidance on Paternity &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/leave&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Leave&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Eligibility&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pay&lt;/a&gt; do not address where the leave-taker must be (or not be) during the leave period. This means your physical location during the leave period doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, note that the &amp;quot;Leave&amp;quot; Guidance includes this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Start and end dates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave cannot start before the birth. It must end within 56 days of the birth (or due date if the baby is early).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must give your employer 28 days’ notice if you want to change your start date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not have to give a precise date when you want to take leave (for example 1 February). Instead you can give a general time, such as the day of the birth or 1 week after the birth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave may begin only at or after birth. Thus, you would have to select a leave commencement at birth, or x days afterwards, and unless you'd been able to schedule regular vacation before the birth, would be unable to travel to India before the child is born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;Eligibility&amp;quot; Guidance says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paternity Pay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be employed by your employer up to the date of birth&#xA;earn at least £120 a week (before tax)&#xA;give the correct notice&#xA;have been continuously employed by your employer for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’&#xA;The ‘qualifying week’ is the 15th week before the baby is due. This is different if you adopt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you usually earn an average of £120 or more a week, and you only earned less in some weeks because you were paid but not working (‘on furlough’) under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, you may still be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the &amp;quot;Pay&amp;quot; Guidance says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The statutory weekly rate of Paternity Pay is £151.20, or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any money you get is paid in the same way as your wages, for example monthly or weekly. Tax and National Insurance will be deducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start and end dates&#xA;The money is usually paid while you’re on leave. Your employer must confirm the start and end dates for your Paternity Pay when you claim it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To change the start date you must give your employer 28 days’ notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This suggests that payment is handled by your employer. Whether your employer can or will process payment(s) to you while in India is a matter for your employer; payment to a leave-taker overseas is not prohibited by the Guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, however, that for a maximum leave of two weeks trying to arrange such overseas payment may be more trouble than it's worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-01-11T03:07:29.533" LastActivityDate="2021-01-11T03:07:29.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-10T19:29:55.537" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are currently on UK Tier 2 general leave to remain and expecting a baby in March 2021 and then we want to travel to India urgently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What documents would we need for the newborn baby to travel please as in Passport? Visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to sort these out if we need it urgently?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would the newborn would be British citizen by default&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20778" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-01-10T20:43:38.923" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T21:06:15.637" Title="Documents required for a newborn baby traveling to India from UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21532" CreationDate="2021-01-10T19:59:30.977" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What documents would we need for the newborn baby to travel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An Indian passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would the newborn would be British citizen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  A child born in the UK is a British citizen if one or both parents is &amp;quot;permanently settled.&amp;quot;  In other words, the child would be a British citizen if one of you either has ILR or right of abode.  Since your leave to remain is not indefinite, your child will not be a British citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-01-10T19:59:30.977" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-10T22:36:20.727" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;just wanted to clarify about ILR and absence period. Say for example if I got my Tier 2 Visa/BRP in November while being in the UK but I started my new job in January the following year as in between I went to India due to family commitments. I joined when I came back in January- would this be an issue in ILR in terms of abscences please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20778" LastActivityDate="2021-01-10T22:36:20.727" Title="Indefinite leave to remain absence" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-11T04:55:01.660" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;My deceased father was born in France while my grandfather was stationed in Germany for the United States Air Force. My grandmother was shopping and went into labor in France and my father was born in France.  Does this allow for me to apply for French citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20787" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-14T15:29:58.767" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T15:29:58.767" Title="I want to become a French citizen as my father was born in France to American parents on French soil" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21535" CreationDate="2021-01-11T09:08:10.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, this has absolutely no relevance under French law. Being born in France on a visit doesn't open any specific path to French citizenship. Unlike many countries in the Americas, France only knows two restricted forms of &lt;em&gt;Jus soli&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The “&lt;em&gt;double droit du sol&lt;/em&gt;” (or double &lt;em&gt;jus soli&lt;/em&gt;): if you are born in France to a parent who was also born in France (including French colonies), you are French from birth (and your children are therefore French).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are born in France and grow up in France (technically: reside in France when you turn 18 and have spent at least 5 years in France between 11 and 18), you become French as of right when you turn 18 (and you can apply earlier too).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither of these seem to apply to your father. Since he was never French, there is no point going into the intricacies of whether he would have transmitted his citizenship to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, you may still apply for naturlization like anybody else but there are many requirements (residence in France for a number of years, speaking French, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-13T10:12:09.457" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T10:12:09.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-11T16:02:46.270" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I enter USA with DV1 visa? I live in Macedonia and I have the DV1 visa but I am not sure if I can enter USA or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20789" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2021-01-11T18:16:21.167" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T19:02:58.640" Title="DV1 Visa entry to USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21538" CreationDate="2021-01-11T18:47:55.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Proclamation 10014, which previously banned immigrants from entering the US, was revoked by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/01/2021-04279/revoking-proclamation-10014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Proclamation 10149&lt;/a&gt; on February 24, 2021. If your immigrant visa is still valid, you can use it to enter the US any time before it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previous answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Assuming that the immigrant visa was issued after April 23, 2020, you are banned from entering the US with it by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-09068&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Proclamation 10014&lt;/a&gt;, which has been extended to March 31, 2021 by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-00039&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Proclamation 10131&lt;/a&gt;. So you cannot enter the US until then (or until the ban is revoked by President Biden if he revokes it before then).&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2021-02-27T19:02:58.640" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T19:02:58.640" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-11T19:12:41.743" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I show Software developer work experience in my Educational Institute for Australia PR? Its registered partnership firm and I have paid all taxes under its name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20791" LastActivityDate="2021-01-11T19:12:41.743" Title="Australia PR Query" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-12T03:47:04.417" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether my current duties match Canada's NOC code 2173 or 2174.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2173: Software engineers and designers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Software engineers and designers research, design, evaluate, integrate and maintain software applications, technical environments, operating systems, embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2174: Computer programmers and interactive media developers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Computer programmers write, modify, integrate and test computer code for microcomputer and mainframe software applications, data processing applications, operating systems-level software and communications software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are my roles and responsibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Design solution architecture diagram and create structured documentation based on inputs from Solution Specialist&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide an estimation of development tasks in line with Sprint/ Agile development to be fitted into a roadmap before development&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the relevant set of programming frameworks for frontend and backend development not limited to Django &amp;amp; Flask, Python/Java, Node&#xA;Js/Express JS, React &amp;amp; Vue Js, PHP/HTML/CSS, SQL/MongoDB, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Design and Deploy solution APIs using Google Cloud/ AWS for building data pipelines and server processing, data warehouse and storage&#xA;optimization&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maintain coding standards &amp;amp; build reusable code and libraries for future use&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Configure the alert system for the solutions for quick resolution of bugs triggered by system and user feedback and create cost monitoring&#xA;dashboards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ensure the system is fail-safe against all unwanted intrusions and leaky firewalls and access is provided only to authorized users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Build data science models using Cloud ML/ Python Notebooks for the solutions which require the implementation of AI/ML recipes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use GitLab/ CSR to host the developed codes/ scripts/ notebooks for further use&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do extensive research on new technologies, tools and platforms, solution packages, frameworks built by Google/ Amazon/ third-party/open source that can be utilized for the solutions/POCs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please guide me on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks in advance for the help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20795" LastEditorUserId="2303" LastEditDate="2021-01-12T16:34:07.887" LastActivityDate="2021-01-12T16:34:07.887" Title="NOC Code for Solution Engineer/Cloud Engineer 2173 or 2174?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19171" CreationDate="2021-01-12T12:35:08.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are documents(in Spanish, of course!) I've got from gov. lawyer.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Hope it helps someone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R5NOx.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R5NOx.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T76gx.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T76gx.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zlO8S.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zlO8S.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/trGc0.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/trGc0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;4&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1r0F.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1r0F.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/du3yD.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/du3yD.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;6&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10734" LastActivityDate="2021-01-12T12:35:08.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-12T22:25:56.173" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a citizen of EU but my husband is not. We want to spend a year in Prague (so, that would be family reunification). We are not interested in working during that time. One of the requirements for us to stay a year there is to show a proof of sufficient means. What is the total amount for 2 people per month, without kids, not retired, that we need to show during application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20798" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-14T15:31:41.793" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T15:31:41.793" Title="Proof of sufficient means requirement - Czech Republic" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;czech-republic&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21544" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21546" CreationDate="2021-01-13T17:14:35.433" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are non-US citizens on J-visa. We are on our lawful third year, but visa stamp expired on 1st year and we didn't renewed. Currently we can't even renew visa because of COVID-19 restrictions (consulates and embassies are all closed for that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, as an EAD cardholder - hence driver license as well, don't have issues to having ID accepted.&#xA;My wife otherwise is in a limbo, where event shopping a wine causes her trouble and embarrassment. She didn't get an EAD card, or any other Gov ID. Visa is an accepted way of ID, but not if expired. She currently can't get driver license or even state ID, per Rhode Island rules, even having I-94 and DS-2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way of getting a US ID that is widely accepted being a J-1 with expired visa stamp?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15393" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T01:19:26.387" Title="Having accepted US ID as a lawful J1 with expired visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-13T21:26:10.357" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen, in the process of applying for a Canadian residence visa (I plan to move to Canada).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a job offer in hand during the application process definitely would help my chances of being issued an Invitation To Apply (ITA, which is part of the process), and I would ideally like to &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; a job right from the day I move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My line of work is very remote-friendly.  Can I, as a US citizen, work from the US for a Canadian company?  What specific legal and tax standards would I have to meet for the US and for Canada?  And does active employment with a Canadian company count the same way as having a job &lt;em&gt;offer&lt;/em&gt; from a Canadian company, in the immigration process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20805" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T21:26:10.357" Title="Can a US citizen work remotely for a Canadian company? What are the legal, tax and immigration standards?" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21544" CreationDate="2021-01-14T00:10:41.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A foreign passport is generally accepted as photo ID for most purposes in the US, including drinking alcohol and boarding flights. Does your wife not currently have a valid passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for getting a Rhode Island driver's license, I believe she should be able to get a non-REAL-ID driver's license with her passport, I-94, and DS-2019. Although the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.ri.gov/documents/forms/checklist/license_checklist.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official checklist&lt;/a&gt; does seem to require an unexpired visa when a foreign passport is used for identity document for non-REAL-ID driver's licenses, I believe that that is a mistake. (For example, it conflicts with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dmv.ri.gov/licenses/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;main driver's license page&lt;/a&gt; which does not list a visa in the list of things that F-1 and F-2 people need to get a driver's license. I don't see any reason why J-1 and J-2 should be any different.) &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.uri.edu/global/international-students/social-security-drivers-license/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; from the University of Rhode Island does not mention needing a visa to get a driver's license for F-1 or J-1, though it does mention needing a letter from the university. I suggest she go to a DMV and try to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2021-01-14T01:19:26.387" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T01:19:26.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-14T02:20:43.603" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen, currently in my third year of J-1 visa working full-time here in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the European university labs that I collaborate with proposed to me that it would like to pay me for research consultations. I am not an employee of that university and will be paid based on an invoice. The payment will get deposited in my home country's bank account. Am I allowed to make such money under J-1 visa terms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-RD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20809" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T17:02:25.257" Title="J1 Visa: Am I allowed to make money in a foreign country?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21549" CreationDate="2021-01-14T09:21:45.423" Score="0" ViewCount="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to attest my education documents to apply for professional visa in UAE. I have done my masters degree from India. What is the procedures to get MOFA stamp in UAE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19718" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T09:21:45.423" Title="What is MOFA attestation in UAE" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;education&gt;&lt;uae&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21548" CreationDate="2021-01-14T09:21:45.423" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Degree Certificate Attestation for UAE is one of the mandatory requirements to get an eligible work visa in UAE. This also is practiced in other GCC countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MOFA refers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;, is the official body to attest or legalize documents for UAE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The MOFA attestation UAE is the last step to get the degree certificate attested for UAE. Make sure the degree certificate is valid and awarded by the affiliated board from India to avoid any rejection in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt; Steps to get Indian certificate attested for UAE&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First of all the degree certificate needs to be verified by the &lt;strong&gt;Notary public&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once the document is verified by Notary, the document will be forwarded to &lt;strong&gt;Home Department Mantralaya/SDM - Sub Division Magistrate&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The next step in the process is to get the stamp from &lt;strong&gt;Ministry of External Affairs - New Delhi&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The next step is to get the Legalization from &lt;strong&gt;UAE Embassy New Delhi, India&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The last step in the process is to attest the document from &lt;strong&gt;The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs(MOFA)&lt;/strong&gt;, UAE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience, the process takes very lengthy in order to send and receive the documents from various government bodies. I contacted the local &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.attest.ae&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;attestation services agent in dubai&lt;/a&gt; to save my time during the attestation/visa process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are doing MOFA attestation by yourself, its always better to check the MOFA website for latest updates as there may be chances of branch closure due to COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19718" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T09:21:45.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-14T09:34:32.603" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a Finnish permenant residence permit. I intend to go to live and work in Sweden. For that purpose I have contacted the Swedish immigration office. They informed me that in order to have a right to work in Sweden these letters (&lt;code&gt;P EY 2003/109 EY&lt;/code&gt;) should exist on my Finnish residence permit card. Then I am allowed to work in Sweden. Now I wonder what kind of application could be used for this kind of residence permit? l have searched and called around a lot, but l have not got any suitable reply so far from Migri or anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20780" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-14T15:28:35.200" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T15:28:35.200" Title="Finnish Permanent residence permit to use in Sweden" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;finland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11477" CreationDate="2021-01-15T08:24:55.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions such as this you should check the agreements between the Nordic countires; they are sometimes more favourable than the default EU arrangements. The relevant information in this case can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.norden.org/no/info-norden/rett-til-helsetjenester-i-sverige&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.norden.org/no/info-norden/rett-til-helsetjenester-i-sverige&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote the most relevant part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Syk når du bor i Sverige og arbeider i et annet nordisk land&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bor du i Sverige og pendler til jobb i et annet nordisk land, vil du som regel være med i trygdeordningen i arbeidslandet. Hvis du blir syk, er du berettiget til sykepleie og tannpleie i arbeidslandet, men du kan også få tilgang til sykepleie eller tannpleie i Sverige.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Du må søke om blanketten &amp;quot;Intyg om rätt till vårdförmåner i Sverige&amp;quot; hos Försäkringskassan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you might want to get the blue EU card that gives you the rights to healthcare similar to natives in any EU country (and some others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Er du med i trygdeordningen i Sverige, har du rett til det blå EU-helsetrygdkortet fra Sverige. Kortet gir deg rett til helsetjenester og tannpleie når du oppholder deg i et annet EU/EØS-land eller Sveits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could the card from Norway or Sweden in your case. I am not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15341" LastActivityDate="2021-01-15T08:24:55.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21554" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21557" CreationDate="2021-01-15T15:33:58.990" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;How should an EU-citizen prepare for a temporary internship in Saudi Arabia given that they are not acquainted to the (I presume vastly) different culture and bureaucracy. Is there a reliable and informative general resource where they can familiarize themself with the culture?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: Mekka / Thuwal area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20817" OwnerDisplayName="stephanmg" LastEditorUserId="20817" LastEditDate="2021-01-19T15:25:33.230" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T15:25:33.230" Title="What should be considered when moving temporarily to Saudi Arabia" Tags="&lt;culture&gt;&lt;saudi-arabia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-16T01:57:53.200" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a YouTube channel and hired a content creator, who is in India, for all of my videos. I won't be earning money in a US bank account. My AdSense account will have details of my Indian bank. Isn't it similar to being in India and maintaining the channel since there are no transaction to a US bank account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20818" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-17T12:33:21.633" LastActivityDate="2021-01-17T12:33:21.633" Title="Can I monetize my YouTube channel on a F1 Visa in the US and get paid in India?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-16T11:41:18.667" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that in some EU countries (such as Germany and Poland - &lt;strong&gt;irrespective of the country of origin&lt;/strong&gt; - EU or Non-EU) tertiary education is absolutely free of charge if someone knows the native language up to C2 level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a similar policy for Portugal and Spain? Is language proficiency up to some level also a requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19861" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-17T12:25:12.283" LastActivityDate="2021-01-17T12:25:12.283" Title="Tertiary education expense for Expat children in Spain and Portugal?" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;portugal&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21554" CreationDate="2021-01-16T20:51:17.867" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will be fine, in fact, you will be amazed that everything you hear on TV is basically wrong when it comes to Saudi Arabia. People are friendly and you will run into many Europeans and in no time you will have friends over here, both locals and Europeans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saudi is a big country and depending on where you are planning to go, it might be really cold or hot, so check the weather and be ready for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding government paperwork, almost everything is electronic, this includes opening a bank account and so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English will be more than enough for you. Almost everyone speaks it to a different degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be a good experience, try to enjoy it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: I am a Saudi, who has a lot of European colleagues and friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77" LastActivityDate="2021-01-16T20:51:17.867" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-18T05:12:13.990" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen. I am registered in Denmark as living here, so I am on the registry with an address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to de-register from my UK address though? Or can I be registered in both countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't de-register before, because originally this was not meant to be a 'permanent' move, and it is most likely temporary (I have some life decisions to make shortly), but obviously because I knew I might be here for more than 3 months at a time, I needed to apply for residency. Plus, brexit happened so if I had left it until the New Year I would not have been able to apply or risk being here longer than 3 months at a time. I realise that when I do end my residency in Denmark, I will not have the same privileged options as before if I want to return in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried googling this question as it seems an obvious one, but I am not getting any answers. Which leads me to believe it is fine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to de-register from the UK in case I decide to go home soon, as well as I am thinking of going to University in the UK. What are the rules for all this? Can you be a resident in two countries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently not paying taxes, as I am currently not earning. I understand it might be different if I was working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I am quite young.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20821" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T07:19:45.423" Title="Can I be a resident in two countries at the same time? (UK/Denmark)" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;denmark&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21559" CreationDate="2021-01-18T07:19:45.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a UK citizen, with the &lt;strong&gt;right to abode&lt;/strong&gt;, you can return to the UK at any time to take up residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important is to insure that your danish residence status is not lost due to an &lt;strong&gt;extensive&lt;/strong&gt; absence (often greater than 6 months) from the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is something which you should ask about &lt;strong&gt;beforehand&lt;/strong&gt; (at the immigration office where your residence permit will be issued) how to deal with this properly, since it will depend on the local danish laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Germany, you would inform the immigration office of your intention to attend university in the United Kingdom for a specific period and that you intend to return afterwards. They would then confirm this in writing, which means any report they receive that you have 'abandoned' (deregistration) your residence will be ignored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T07:19:45.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21547" CreationDate="2021-01-18T16:13:10.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The potential issue is that your J-1 status only gives you authorization to perform work in the US within your J-1 program. This issue depends on whether you are physically located in the US while performing the work, regardless of the employer's location, payment method and payment location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One option which might work for you is &amp;quot;Occasional Lectures or Consultations&amp;quot;, as defined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/22cfr62.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22 CFR 62.20(g)&lt;/a&gt;. This is an authorization you can obtain through your J-1 university's Responsible Officer (RO or ARO), which can authorize a J-1 scholar to do a limited amount of lectures or consultations for a different university or institution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T16:13:10.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-18T20:29:32.280" Score="0" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen and I will be working for a company in Canada (Toronto) as a software engineer. The company does not have any physical presence in the US, but I will be allowed to work remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I legally allowed to live in the US while working remotely for the Canadian company? If not, are there a certain amount of days that I am able to live in the US while working remotely for the Canadian company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would this affect my taxes and my salary? Would I pay to the IRS or the CRA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will my company have to give me a special kind of employment? They do not want to hire me as a contractor they want to hire me as an employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if this is not the right place to ask this or if this has already been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20822" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T20:29:32.280" Title="US Citizen working remotely for Canadian company can I live in the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;international-law&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-18T22:27:39.087" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;my fathers parents were born in in Netherlands and were married in 1925. My Dad was born in in 1930. Moved to Canada in 1955. Had me in 1966 in Canada. My Mom and her parents/my grandparents were born in Suriname. This was a Dutch owned country of Dutch Guyana at the time. I would like to know if I could be approved for Netherlands passport? Also if approved would I be able to keep my Canadian residency /citizenship? Thank you and Much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20823" LastActivityDate="2021-01-18T22:27:39.087" Title="Dutch passport possibility" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-01-19T17:38:30.670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-19T12:17:40.363" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen/passport holder currently nearing the end of my tier 4 student visa (sep '19- feb '21) for my MA, this is after I studied in the UK with 6-month visa stamp during my undergrad (jan '19- june '19). I understand that I can leave then return to the UK on a &amp;quot;leave to enter&amp;quot; for up to 6 months without a visa to visit friends, which is my intention after going back to the US for a month. I have the funds to support myself and a place to stay during this visit, I plan to obtain an &amp;quot;approval for leave&amp;quot; letter from my US employer, and I would like to book a return flight to the US prior to my UK (re)arrival, but this flight may be up to 5 months after I re-enter on a visa-less &amp;quot;leave to enter&amp;quot; stamp. I am hoping that despite the lengthy visit, this will be enough evidence to show I have intention to return to the US/ not settle in the UK; however...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am planning to do a teacher training course beginning in Sep '21 in the UK which will provide sponsorship for a new tier 4 visa provided I get an unconditional offer. I have previously applied and been approved for a tier 4 visa, so I do understand the application process (i.e. I will have a CAS, proof of funds, will apply from outside the UK, etc). I am worried that this NEW tier 4 visa application risks being denied given my time in the UK already. All of my visits to the UK are genuine, however. I came here to study, I have not overstayed any of my previous visas, I intend to return to the UK to only visit with friends and enjoy the lovely summer in Brighton, I will leave the UK and apply for a tier 4 from the US at the end of the summer to genuinely undertake another study/training period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;QUESTIONS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how likely is it that my tier 4 visa application for teacher training commencing Sep '21 will be rejected on grounds of successive visits? or is successive visits only grounds to deny a &amp;quot;leave to enter&amp;quot;/short term visits?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;many people have said they have been able to return the UK on a &amp;quot;leave to enter&amp;quot; after their tier 4 visas expire. Will reentering be as easy for me considering I have previously studied in the UK?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what advise do you have to ensure I can enter the UK on a &amp;quot;leave to enter&amp;quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what advise do you have to ensure my next tier 4 application gets approved?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20826" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T12:17:40.363" Title="Will multiple UK visits/visas affect my next Tier 4 visa application?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-19T15:06:47.173" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving to Paris for a postdoc in spring 2021 and I have received funding from Denmark for two years. I am considering whether administering the grant myself or having it administered by INSERM. I would like to have detailed information on how the salary will be calculated in each case and how to get a work contract and social security, as well how to pay taxes in case I administer the grant myself. I know in other places this kind of contract would be a visiting researcher contract. I am an EU citizen (IT). I do not speak French at the moment but I am starting language classes. Any useful link for where to gather information for this situation would be highly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20829" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T15:06:47.173" Title="Postdoc in Paris with foreign funding" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13063" CreationDate="2021-01-19T21:05:13.650" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Attorney usually recommend not to travel on B1 while L1 petition is in progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12011" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T21:05:13.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21526" CreationDate="2021-01-19T22:13:55.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you mention skill criteria but not the actual visa subclass I'm going to assume the 189 subclass. Note that this is not intended to be visa advice, you must do your own research or speak to a qualified professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;Partner skills&amp;quot; section of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189/points-table&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;189 visa points table&lt;/a&gt; says that to meet the skill criteria they, among other things, must have had at the time of invitation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment wasn’t for a Subclass 485 visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not what you were hoping to hear but it seems you need to ask the assessing authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19599" LastEditorUserId="19599" LastEditDate="2021-01-20T11:30:18.497" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T11:30:18.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21570" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-20T15:33:47.760" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My gf applied for Tourist visa in 2018 and got denied twice (in a span of 1 month) with 214b (insufficient ties) first time and for no significant change in the second attempt. [We realized that this was a mistake to re-apply without significant change]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, She got married to me. She has gotten admits to good universities (5) in her field of study for Fall 21, And has been working in a stable job (Accenture) for over 3 years now. Travelled to Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am still in US on my OPT, employed and financially stable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does she have enough &amp;quot;significant changes&amp;quot; in her profile for showing strong ties?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, does it help her chances if she mentions that we plan to return back to India once my OPT is finished (as that aligns with her Master's end date).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would it raise suspicion if she chose a University that is in the same city as where I am employed? although it is very good University for the program she's going into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;She has a gap of 10 years after Bachelors, all covered with Work experience though. Does this sound bad for her chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should she go for a bank loan for showing strong ties? Despite the fact that I can sponsor her fully?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20835" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-20T15:38:09.413" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T22:08:10.850" Title="F1 Interview after 2 Tourist denials" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21570" CreationDate="2021-01-20T21:56:37.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does she have enough &amp;quot;significant changes&amp;quot; in her profile for showing strong ties?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her application does not demonstrate strong ties. Strong ties are things that would require or encourage her to leave the US after her visa term and return to India. Strong ties are typically demonstrated by having an established life in the home country, evidenced by some or all of: a long-term good job to which the applicant will return, family (spouse, children, parents, cousins), and assets (owning a home, etc) in the home country. These are all relationships and things that would draw a person back. So far, none of these appear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the contrary, most of the items you raise would support or encourage her to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; return to her home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point by point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it help her chances if she mentions that we plan to return back to India once my OPT is finished (as that aligns with her Master's end date).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, this cuts the other way. It demonstrates that she's connected to you and you're established in the US, even temporarily. The visa examiner is required by US law to presume that applicants to visit the US have immigrant intent. With a significant other (even unmarried) already in the US, the presumption of immigrant intent will not be dispelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it raise suspicion if she chose a University that is in the same city as where I am employed? although it is very good University for the program she's going into.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. This reinforces the idea that she's coming to the US &lt;em&gt;to join you&lt;/em&gt;. This will remind the visa examiner yet again that she's interested in you...and you're already in the US. Being connected to you does not demonstrate that either of you will return to India.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;She has a gap of 10 years after Bachelors, all covered with Work experience though. Does this sound bad for her chances?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's not enough information to know. If she now works, is her current job an attractive one, and will her current employer say her absence is OK and she'd be rehired immediately when she's back in India? Further, if the job she's in now would be unsuitable or too basic for her after the educational program she wishes to take in the US, then it would be clear that she won't go back to that job. In that case, the job and her work history will provide no tie to India at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should she go for a bank loan for showing strong ties? Despite the fact that I can sponsor her fully?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sounds like a bad idea. Taking on debt is not the sort of thing that draws one to return to a home country. It could as easily be seen as her gathering a &amp;quot;stake&amp;quot; before she sets out for a new life. Further, she could easily earn more in the US and perhaps or likely even escape this debt entirely were she to stay. The visa examiner will wonder why she borrowed money just before leaving the country. On balance, I believe borrowing money will be seen as negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps there are other factors you've not mentioned in your question. But on these facts, I believe her visa application has not been significantly changed. The issuance of a visa seems very unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2021-01-20T21:56:37.220" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-21T10:09:02.363" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working in France for two years. Afterwards I will probably move to another country (most likely to another EU country or Switzerland, perhaps also US). Will a PEA (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2385&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2385&lt;/a&gt;) offer me a tax advantage in this case. I know that the PEA should be held for at least 5 years in order to avoid paying the higher tax. I would be leaving France within that time. I found out that it is possible since 2012 to leave the PEA open when moving abroad. So do I gain a tax advantage by investing through a PEA and leaving it open while living abroad. What taxes will be levied when it is finally closed? I imagine the new country of residence might not respect that this should be tax free income (after french social charges ~%17).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Nationality: Dutch)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20837" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T10:09:02.363" Title="PEA in france when moving abroad" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-21T13:41:50.620" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a citizen of Morocco and I have a legal US company (in the software industry), and a US business bank account with a decent revenue (i never travelled to US or europe).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can i prove ties to my home country? i'm afraid of applying for a tourist visa and getting denied because I don't have a local company in my home country (which I don't want to do because my clients aren't local and it wouldn't help me logistically)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the required documents for self-employed on all european consulates websites in Morocco and they all list documents only a locally registered company would have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone in this same situation and got a visa like this in a developing country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I know it's tricky now because of Covid, but i'm thinking ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20838" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-01-23T03:33:03.827" LastActivityDate="2021-01-24T07:18:36.450" Title="How to get a Schengen tourist visa as a nomad freelancer with a foreign company? (Morocco)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-21T19:58:56.353" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen by jus soli and a jus sanguinis citizen of Italy, though not recognised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently live and study in France and I will obtain a diploma from an engineering school from here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My long-term plan is to settle and work in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the option to recognise my Italian citizenship this summer, although it is a very costly one (both in terms of money and time). Since regardless of EU or not EU passport I will need a visa, I would like to know &lt;em&gt;how easier&lt;/em&gt; holding an EU passport would make me be hired/settle in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I certainly know it is easier if you have an EU passport, and I can't expect an answer on &amp;quot;much easier&amp;quot; or something, so I would like to see the reasons why it would be easier, so I can evaluate the subjective part of the question on my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16179" LastEditorUserId="10067" LastEditDate="2021-01-22T13:00:49.457" LastActivityDate="2021-01-22T13:00:49.457" Title="How much easier it is to immigrate to Switzerland if you are an EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21574" CreationDate="2021-01-21T23:07:16.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; easier from a legal standpoint. EU freedom of movement applies in Switzerland and the main requirement to obtain a work permit is simply having a job offer. Employers are free to hire any EU citizen without having to justify this choice. By contrast, employers must prove that they could not find anyone locally before hiring a third-country national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that technically, you don't actually need a visa as an EU citizen. You can enter Switzerland and apply for the permit there (or go back and forth without a visa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T23:07:16.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-22T06:17:31.987" Score="1" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU masters student in Italy and I recently completed the recruitment stages for an internship in Germany. Due to the uncertainty (covid-related) around my ability to obtain an internship visa and relocate to Germany, the company has not made an official yet. We are trying to figure out the best and easiest way for this transition since the German embassy in Rome is not granting visa appointments at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently read about the fact that I can take up a 3-months internship in Germany without an internship Visa provided I already have a type C (Schengen) Visa. The German embassy in Rome confirmed by email that I can go directly to Germany for the internship without a visa provided I have an Italian residence permit and a ZAV permission letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, according to the Ordinance on the employment of foreign nationals (Beschäftigungsverordnung - BeschV) section 15, it was stated that &amp;quot;A residence permit for an internship does not require approval&amp;quot; and section 30.2 states that &amp;quot; Employment stays without a residence permit&amp;quot; is permitted for &amp;quot;Activities according to Sections 15 that are carried out for up to 90 days within a period of twelve months&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding (based on these laws) is that I am exempted from obtaining a ZAV approval for an internship and I do not need to obtain a residence permit for an internship-related stay less than 90 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct? If you're familiar with or recently dealt with the process, please what else am I missing that could help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20839" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-24T09:46:49.750" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T22:16:43.510" Title="Internship in Germany as a non-EU citizen, do I need ZAV pre-approval letter for a 3-month internship if I already have an Italian residence permit?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21577" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-22T16:06:15.273" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;My grandpa lived and worked in France for a good amount of time and he sadly passed away and was buried there when Algeria was French which means it was still colonized. I was wondering if there's a chance for my dad to claim residence or citizenship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20842" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-01-26T04:32:29.720" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T08:37:40.550" Title="French citizenship of an ancestor who died in Algeria before Independence" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12532" CreationDate="2021-01-22T19:23:19.563" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, its been 3 years since I posted my question so I guess I ought to answer it myself now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short answer: Yes, there are services that will insure your foreign vehicle in the US under the limits of the state you're residing in. The downside is that your premium will very high and most services will only insure you for basic coverage. So unless you plan to make your stay/ownership of vehicle temporary, I do not recommend doing this, since it is not cost effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10171" LastActivityDate="2021-01-22T19:23:19.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-22T22:17:35.537" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a German company but would like to start permanently tele-commuting. In order to not create additional administrative overhead for my employer I would like to keep my tax base in Germany. I am therefore looking to move abroad but have a mailbox in Germany and, importantly, registration so that I am still considered a resident (I am an EU citizen). Is there a way to do this? Is there some company that offers tiny apartments or some other solution so that I can keep my city registration in Germany with minimal monthly costs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20843" LastActivityDate="2021-01-22T22:17:35.537" Title="Mailbox and City Registration in Germany for telecommuters" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-23T05:37:18.823" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's kind of a strange situation, I'm currently working from Canada on an employer-specific work permit and it is going to expire in February 2021 along with the W-1 category visa, i.e both work permit and W-1 visa will expire in February 2021. And, my passport is going to expire in August 2021. In addition, I also have a B-1 category visa valid until August 2021, i.e valid until the passport expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got to know, because of the Covid situation the work permit applications are taking approximately 6 months to process, is it true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, my work permit renewal application is already submitted a couple of days ago (in January) from within Canada and I can continue working from Canada as per the new Covid rules even if the work permit expires but the thing is I have to travel to my home country at the end of March and I cannot postpone it. Now, in order to get back to Canada to work, even if I somehow get hold of the renewed work permit by July 2021 it'll only be valid until August since my passport expires in August 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, to avoid this situation if I put an application to renew my passport and get the work permit renewal application updated with the new passport information: Will I be permitted to travel back and work in Canada on my B-1 visa (which is on my old passport) after I get my work permit let's say somewhere in July or do I have to apply for a new visa again for the new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if, instead of the above, I do not apply for the new passport, get the renewed work permit by July (thinking optimistically) and travel to Canada in July with both the work permit and passport imminently expiring in August and apply to renew both once I reach Canada, will I be allowed to travel in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other better options that'll help in traveling back? Really looking forward to some help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20844" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-01-23T15:32:58.763" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T16:08:30.833" Title="Can I travel back to Canada on imminently expiring work permit?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21581" CreationDate="2021-01-23T10:09:39.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got to know, because of the Covid situation the work permit applications are taking approximately 6 months to process, is it true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Current estimate&lt;/a&gt; is about three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, to avoid this situation if I put an application to renew my passport and get the work permit renewal application updated with the new passport information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is strongly advisable if your passport country is quick to renew passports (which I know can be some challenges even during normal times for certain countries).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I be permitted to travel back and work in Canada on my B-1 visa (which is on my old passport) after I get my work permit let's say somewhere in July or do I have to apply for a new visa again for the new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your visitor visa (in your old passport) remains valid until the expiry date specified on the visa. This is assuming  your passport country lets you keep the old passport and does not do anything altering the visas inside (e.g. cutting corners).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you might want to apply for a visitor visa for the new passport anyway if you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if, instead of the above, I do not apply for the new passport, get the renewed work permit by July (thinking optimistically) and travel to Canada in July with both the work permit and passport imminently expiring in August and apply to renew both once I reach Canada, will I be allowed to travel in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. But this can be very risky if any new Covid restrictions (or other unexpected events) in your home country or in Canada cause both your passport, visitor visa and work permit to expire before you are able to travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-01-23T10:09:39.917" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15420" CreationDate="2021-01-23T14:46:34.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little late but the details outlined in this article are still relevant. Quoted from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vlaanderen.be/stemrecht-en-stemplicht-bij-verkiezingen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stemrecht en stemplicht bij verkiezingen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voor de federale, regionale en Europese verkiezingen van zondag 26 mei 2019 moet u gaan stemmen in de gemeente waar u ten laatste op vrijdag 1 maart 2019 bent gedomicilieerd (ook al bent u daarna naar een andere gemeente verhuisd).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Op voorwaarde dat u een geldige reden hebt om zelf niet aan de verkiezingen deel te nemen, kunt u een volmacht aan een andere kiezer geven. Ook als u zich op de dag van de verkiezingen in het buitenland bevindt kunt u een volmacht geven.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Als u als Belg in het buitenland woont, geldt de stemplicht niet automatisch. U moet eerst een aanvraag indienen tot deelname aan de federale en de Europese verkiezingen((opent in nieuw venster)) (als u geen domicilie in België hebt, kunt u sowieso niet deelnemen aan de lokale, provinciale en regionale verkiezingen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that yes if before the 1st of March 2019 you had residency within Belgium you would need to vote or pass your vote to a third person to vote on your behalf. There are more legal steps outlined in that article and relevant links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://verkiezingen.fgov.be/kiezers/hoe-inschrijven&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hoe inschrijven?&lt;/a&gt; detailing steps to take to vote but in your case this is not compulsory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13244" LastActivityDate="2021-01-23T14:46:34.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21577" CreationDate="2021-01-23T18:24:48.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The deciding factor is whether your grandfather was a French citizen (&lt;em&gt;statut civil de droit commun&lt;/em&gt;) or not (&lt;em&gt;statut civil de droit local&lt;/em&gt;). Having lived or even being born in mainland France &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.senat.fr/questions/base/1991/qSEQ910917451.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is not enough&lt;/a&gt; to establish that someone from colonial Algeria left the ”native” (“&lt;em&gt;indigène&lt;/em&gt;”) status or was granted French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Historically, settlers from mainland France and other European countries (Spain, Italy…) were citizens. 35000 Jews were made citizens in 1870. It was possible for other inhabitants (&lt;em&gt;indigènes musulmans&lt;/em&gt; which later became this &lt;em&gt;statut civil de droit local&lt;/em&gt;) to become citizens but few actually did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, there are special rules for some (but not all) Algerians under the so-called “local civil status” who served as paramilitary forces supporting the French during the war (“&lt;em&gt;harkis&lt;/em&gt;”) and for people born in mainland France after 1963 (but not before) to parents who were themselves born in colonial Algeria. Presumably, these do not apply here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-26T08:37:40.550" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T08:37:40.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21593" CreationDate="2021-01-24T01:18:02.373" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning to move to Germany with a job offer lined up, and consequently the EU Blue card, and I am wondering what the rules are on working multiple jobs at the same time. I am thinking of doing some remote work for clients in the US on a part time basis and I am not sure if that is allowed within the first 18 months on the Blue Card. The second job could be a self-employment. Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20847" LastEditorUserId="20847" LastEditDate="2021-01-24T01:23:41.497" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T11:01:37.063" Title="Working multiple jobs on EU Blue Card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-24T03:07:46.803" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both of my German permanent residence and my passport are valid. But, my passport is going to expire after one year. And If I understand correctly, my German permenet residence card's maximum validity is the same as my passport. I can't renew my passport until two years (one year after the expiration of permanent residence) from my embassy. That is because males can't renew their passports, from my embassy, until the final exemption from the military service which will be after two years for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that's a problem to wait for renewing the permanent card after one year of its expiration date? That's considered only as a delay, right?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I inform the Auslanderbehörde beforehand? Or just going after a year to renew my permanent residence?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't change the timeframe when I will be able to renew my passport. But I don't want to leave as well. Especially that I have the permanent residence card already. Please let me know your thoughts or the considered legal situation here as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14665" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T10:50:36.310" Title="Staying in Germany with expired (non renewed) permanent residence and passport" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21588" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-23T16:08:35.860" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an EU citizen (Italy) living in a foreign country (Hungary), I have a residence permit for the aforementioned country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I received the residence permit they gave me the following documents/cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lakcímet Igazoló Hatósági Igazolvány&lt;/strong&gt; (red-green card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regisztrációs Igazolás EGT-állampolgár Részére&lt;/strong&gt; (yellow card)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also own an hungarian &lt;strong&gt;driving license&lt;/strong&gt;, and the &lt;strong&gt;Hatósági Igazolvány&lt;/strong&gt; (white card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I also own the identity card of my home country, and a passport too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given I would like to carry with me (while I walk and drive on the hungarian soil) the least amount of documents/cards, what are the ones I definitely need to carry with me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below I'm reporting some of my findings, they may or may not be correct so please correct me if I'm wrong:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With my limited knowledge of the hungarian language I figured out I don't necessarily need to carry with me the &lt;em&gt;white card&lt;/em&gt;, I just need to remember/provide its 9-digits number when required (at family doctor, hospitals, etc);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I also realize I'll need to carry with me the &lt;em&gt;driving license&lt;/em&gt; anytime I want to drive the car, along with the circulation documents of the car (that I can't never leave in the car);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It looks like anytime I need to present the &lt;em&gt;red-green card&lt;/em&gt; I'll also need to show the &lt;em&gt;yellow card&lt;/em&gt;, because somehow they complete each other;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20853" OwnerDisplayName="Fez Vrasta" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T09:03:50.327" Title="What documents should I always carry with me in Hungary?" Tags="&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21587" CreationDate="2021-01-24T04:07:15.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And If I understand correctly, my German permenet residence card's maximum validity is the same as my passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: the card will become invalid, your permanent residence status continues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I inform the Auslanderbehörde beforehand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;strong&gt;definitely&lt;/strong&gt; inform the responsible Ausländerbehörde &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; the passport expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is because males can't renew their passports, from my embassy, until the final exemption from the military service which will be after two years for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such situations are generally known by the Ausländerbehörde, so they will probably not be surprised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should make an appointment &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; 6 months before the passport expires, informing them of the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result will probably be that they will issue a &lt;strong&gt;foreigners passport (travel document)&lt;/strong&gt;, if the conditions to obtain your national passport will be considered &lt;strong&gt;unreasonable&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;see sample below&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325471/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travel document - Reissue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Acquisition of a (national) passport must be unreasonable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;A passport or substitute passport from the country of origin &lt;strong&gt;cannot provably be obtained in a reasonable manner&lt;/strong&gt;. A reasonable manner constitutes in particular the timely application to the relevant authorities of the country of origin for the issuance or extension of the passport, and the payment of the fees stipulated for this.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 5(2) AufenthV&lt;/a&gt; lists reasons that are considered as reasonable efforts that the applicant must attempt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(3) &lt;strong&gt;military service, unless its fulfillment is unreasonable for compelling reasons, and to fulfill other reasonable civic obligations&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the avoiding of military service alone may not serve as a valid reason to be issued a &lt;em&gt;Travel documents for foreigners&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a person who has actually been &lt;strong&gt;called up&lt;/strong&gt; to serve their military service may be treated differently than someone who &lt;strong&gt;may be&lt;/strong&gt; be called up to a specific age (in Germany this was up to the age of 28/32 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/wehrpflg/__5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 5(1)(2,3) WPflG&lt;/a&gt;) ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the latter case it is known that a &lt;em&gt;Travel documents for foreigners&lt;/em&gt; has been issued, since to refuse the issuing of a passport for someone who &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; be called up was considered &lt;strong&gt;unreasonable&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325471/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Travel document - Reissue - Services - Dienstleistungen - Service Berlin - Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 5 Allgemeine Voraussetzungen der Ausstellung des Reiseausweises für Ausländer - AufenthV&lt;/a&gt; (German only)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General requirements for issuing travel documents for foreigners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T10:50:36.310" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T10:50:36.310" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9121" CreationDate="2021-01-24T16:14:01.423" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was asked pre-Brexit, and the answer was indeed that as a UK resident I would get the right to use the NHS just as any other UK resident, and also that I got an EHIC card issued by the NHS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the people reading this now (post-Brexit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UK citizens still have a right to healthcare in the EU, using a GHIC&#xA;(Global Health Insurance Card) that they can apply for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU citizens that live in the UK (with presettled or settled status)&#xA;have a similar right, but with an EHIC (European Health Insurance&#xA;Card) issued by the NHS. Funnily enough, in typical Brexit fashion, the EHIC&#xA;covers three more countries than the GHIC.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU citizens that travel to the UK can use their EHIC to access the&#xA;NHS, as long as they stay under the limit for Visa-free&#xA;tourism/visiting the UK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of this is legal advice, and it could change fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10254" LastActivityDate="2021-01-24T16:14:01.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-25T00:52:56.073" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am US citizen that moved to Germany with my wife who is a German citizen. She works in Germany.I am new to the country and would like to apply for for a remote US job. Would I need any special documents? Would I need to pay any extra taxes? What else should I know about this situation? Help please!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20849" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T15:29:49.137" Title="Can a US citizen work remotely for a US company while living in Germany?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21588" CreationDate="2021-01-25T08:16:46.977" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/overview_IDchecks_Hungary.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/overview_IDchecks_Hungary.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In course of an ID check the police officer requests the identity card or any other document certifying&#xA;the identity of the person subject to the measure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personal identity is verified primarily by the identity card; also any other document may be accepted&#xA;by which the identity of the checked person may be determined with credibility. The Police Officer&#xA;may also accept the statement of a person known to him or another person of verified identity who is&#xA;present at the ID check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In course of an identity check the identity of a person has to be established and, where this is&#xA;required for further action or measures or by other circumstances, the particulars of the person&#xA;involved have to be recorded on an Identity-check Sheet. The Identity-check Sheet contains the&#xA;following data:&#xA;a) the family- and given names of the person (for women, also the maiden name);&#xA;b) date and place of birth;&#xA;c) mother's maiden name;&#xA;d) address details (home, temporary residence);&#xA;e) serial mark and number of Identity Card or other identity document;&#xA;f) place, time and reason for the identity check&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now let's see what docs you need and why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Either your passport or your Hungarian driving license is absolutely required. I would use the Hungarian one for the sake of simplicity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I like my life being simple and so I would keep the address (red-green) card with me. It's not strictly necessary but ... uh do you want to make the life of police harder or easier? Especially as a foreigner in Orbán's Hungary, if you get what I mean. This is why I would have the yellow card with me, too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hatósági Igazolvány (white card) I was scratching my head here, but I think you mean the health card &lt;a href=&quot;https://frsz.hu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/taj-kartya.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://frsz.hu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/taj-kartya.png&lt;/a&gt; ? Well, the police won't care but if you need medical attention, you will need it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T08:16:46.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21586" CreationDate="2021-01-25T09:33:25.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The BlueCard would be only one of several problems. If one will be an employee, I'm not sure if US companies can hire him/her as employee in Germany (then they might need to be legally presented here, or he/she needs a service company in-between). Besides that, one may need a permission from his/her main employer in Germany to work for others or himself/herself in parallel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, both are theoretically doable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First, it makes sense to get a permission from the main employer for self-employment job outside of working hours (i.e., double-check the contract).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Second, it is worse asking Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde) about giving a &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/14430/13223&quot;&gt;separate permission for founding a company&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm not sure about international regulations about living and physically being in Germany and working for your own company in US --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/topic/125136-us-citizen-working-in-germany-for-a-us-company/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this might be rather complicated&lt;/a&gt;, and one might need to consult a lawyer and tax advisor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Besides Blue Card, there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11514/13223&quot;&gt;other forms of residence permits&lt;/a&gt; (at least 3 for the purpose of employment, and at least one more for the purpose of founding a company), it is possible to select them instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T11:01:37.063" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T11:01:37.063" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-25T11:50:46.090" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a valid German D-Visa with a validity of 6months and a valid Job Contract for &lt;code&gt;Company A&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;XYZ&lt;/code&gt; for an unlimited period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Zusatblatt (Supplementary Sheet) mentions I can only work for &lt;code&gt;Company A&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;XYZ&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am still in my home country (Not Germany), and I would like to know if I get another offer from &lt;code&gt;Company B&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;ABC&lt;/code&gt; can I still travel with the original D-Visa and work for &lt;code&gt;Company B&lt;/code&gt; or would I have to re-apply for a new D-Visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20852" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T14:50:43.357" Title="Question regarding German D-Visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21594" CreationDate="2021-01-25T12:33:07.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a permission for work at Company B on the first working day there. IMHO (and I'm not a lawyer), you can either reapply for new visa, or enter with current visa and apply for residence permit. But you will only be able to start working at Company B when this new visa or residence permit is issued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-01-25T14:50:43.357" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T14:50:43.357" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21591" CreationDate="2021-01-25T15:29:49.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your residency permit includes a work permit. You can take on any type of work you want, in this regard you are no different from a German citizen. That includes working for foreign companies, which is a lot easier for you because you also are allowed to work in the US due to your citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you happen to find a US company that has a branch located in Germany, you can work for the branch, that is a regular German employer. However, I assume you mean you actually want to work for a US company based in the US, remotely. You can do that, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have, however, to pay taxes in Germany &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; in the USA. The most likely way this goes over is you pay your US taxes normally, then declare your income for the German taxes and deduct the taxes you paid in the US. This is possible because the US and Germany have a double taxation treaty (well, one that &lt;em&gt;prevents&lt;/em&gt; double taxation). As taxes in the USA are lower, you will probably have to pay regular taxes in the US and some additional taxes in Germany, too. So in the end, you will have to pay the higher (German) amount of taxes, part of it to the US and part of it to Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;strongly&lt;/em&gt; advise you to get a tax accountant for that, especially to do all the number crunching on whether it would be better for your wife and you to file jointly or separately and advise your wife which tax bracket she should apply for, for her own tax declaration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The following is my experience, you need to &lt;strong&gt;research&lt;/strong&gt; this on your own, because a lot may have changed over the years and I'm not even sure if my experience was due to the legal framework or my specific providers policies:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wife has a regular public health insurance, right now, you are on it. If you don't work, all your health expenses are covered by your wife's insurance (assuming you tell the provider). Make sure you are on it first for a few months, before you get a job on your own. That will probably happen automatically when you move and need to adjust and find a new job or are officially unemployed while your old employer figures out the paperwork they need to do to keep you employed overseas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you get your own job, whether that is in Germany or elsewhere, you need your own health insurance, you can no longer claim to be your wife's dependent with no own income. Health insurance is mandatory for residing in Germany, it does not matter where you are employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Health insurance fees are calculated off of your income up to a certain limit. German employers are required by law to pay half of their employees health insurance fees. Since you don't have a German employer, you will have to pay both halves yourself, as if you were self-employed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a remote worker in the US, you will have a salary high enough that you pay the maximum amount. The maximum amount per month is regulated somewhere but it should still be ~800 EUR per month. That sounds a lot, but remember Germans with a German employer only pay half of that. Now when you change from being your wife's dependent to a independent customer of the health insurance provider, you have to fill out a four-plus-page form about pre existing conditions. The top of the form has a little checkbox that says &amp;quot;I will pay the maximum amount per month&amp;quot;. Since you have to tick that anyway, that checkbox skips the whole form. Whatever ails you, you got coverage if you pay them the maximum amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here is why I said make sure you are on your wife's insurance as unemployed dependent first: an insurance does not &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to take you. But since you are &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; their customer, they cannot deny transferring you from one state into another (dependent vs independent paying member and maybe back if you ever lose your job). Again, that might be a regulation, or maybe just a policy of my provider or maybe it doesn't matter because it changed in the last 5 years. You have to find that out. But make sure you find it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2021-01-25T15:29:49.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13076" CreationDate="2021-01-26T00:49:05.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the USA allow students with non-US degrees to work under any visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Employer-sponsored work visas do not depend on the source of the sponsored worker's education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;H-1B is the most common such visa, but there are others that apply, for example, to intra-company transfers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, my partner is currently in the US on an H1-B. Does this have any difference/advantage in this scenario?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a whole lot.  If you marry, you might be able to get an H-2 visa.  If you do, you would have to apply separately for employment authorization.  There is some disagreement about whether such authorization should be allowed, so it's not something you should count on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T00:49:05.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20366" CreationDate="2021-01-26T11:09:19.360" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2021:&lt;/strong&gt; The other answer is not correct, even changing job location requires a re-permission and form fill-up from the Job Authority and re-verification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is easy to prove, let us have a look in the documentation that you had to fill for Blue Card:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nEgVj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nEgVj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now let us jump to section 5:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cr8TJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cr8TJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Work location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employee is employed in ____________________________.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Employee is employed at alternating work/employment locations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you employer had selected the second option, &lt;code&gt;Employee is employed at alternating work/employment locations&lt;/code&gt; during your initial Blue Card application, you need to ask for permission for an location change. If your employer did select second option - yay!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Future readers, please verify any change by writing to the immigration office. Laws and requirements can change any day!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not rely on this answer!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19876" LastEditorUserId="19876" LastEditDate="2021-01-29T01:39:47.327" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T01:39:47.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17247" CreationDate="2021-01-26T22:27:17.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one answered my question, so I thought I would relay how the process was handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was required to sign a contract with a notary which stipulated I was paying my partner around 500 PLN per month. After this we went to the tax office to pay tax on this income (counted over the duration of my existing work permit, which was 3 years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After submitting this to the tax office, we supplied the contract and the tax receipt to the immigration office.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner now holds a temporary residence permit, the only condition being that they are not allowed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T22:27:17.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21601" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-27T10:27:13.470" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been offered a research position in Germany and applied for the scientific researcher visa. Can someone let me know the normal duration for the approval of the visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-02T13:03:05.390" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T13:03:05.390" Title="Scientific Researcher German Visa" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11156" CreationDate="2021-01-27T13:29:01.847" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coming back to this after some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was actually completely impossible to find any CRT TV. Furthermore, I was unable to locate any TV anywhere that had a Scart or JP-21 socket. Input choices were RCA, S-video or HDMI, essentially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I recently tried to sell my (bought second-hand) flat-screen TV I found out why: second-hand shops will not accept TVs older than 10 years, which essentially precludes any CRTs from existing on the second-hand market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T13:29:01.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2021-01-27T13:35:36.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my case, I find the easiest option (and definitely a price-competitive one!) to have a credit card linked to my Japanese account and use that in Europe to withdraw cash. In my case, my German bank allows deposits using the same ATMs, so I would withdraw €500 with the Japanese credit card and immediately redeposit €400 onto my German account. Sadly, my credit card is limited to withdrawing ¥100,000 until the next billing period which means I can only transfer on average around €450 per month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure to have your credit card &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; set to revolving payments as those will invoke extra interest on your credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T13:35:36.663" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21605" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-27T14:02:23.550" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have purchased a TV set in Japan. I am now preparing to move back abroad where I will have no use of the TV (and no way to transport it). I tried selling it to a second hand shop, but they would not accept it as it is older than 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that throwing away a TV using one’s city’s rubbish collection is as much of a hassle and the preferred way is to return it to the place where you bought it for recycling by the producer (I gathered as much after calling the city hall). However, this specific shop is quite a bit away &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; is a second-hand shop too (albeit one specialising in electronics).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I instead return a TV to any other shop that sells TVs? If so, are there any restrictions (e.g. should the shop sell the same brand of TVs)? Will I have to persuade the shop to take it or will it do so happily? There is an Edi-On not too far away from me that I would use if this is an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T03:47:54.600" Title="At what shops can I return an old TV that I intend to throw away in Japan?" Tags="&lt;japan&gt;&lt;electrical-goods&gt;&lt;recycling&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21608" CreationDate="2021-01-27T23:00:15.717" Score="1" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question to those who knows the &amp;quot;article 30-3&amp;quot; well,&#xA;Do you wether the law applies to every French citizens or just for the former colonies? And do you know if death of one of the French parents who was the &amp;quot;source&amp;quot; of the french nationality stops the counting of the 50 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The case is about my grandmother (still alive)&#xA;She was born in 1946 in Tunisia to two French parents (the mother was born in Tunisia and naturalised when she was 8 years old with her family in 1928, and the father was part of the Jewish community in Algeria which naturalised collectively in 1870 by Cremieux Decree.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They left north-africa in 1951 and they were living in Israel continuously since then, my grand-mother's father passed away in 1983 and her mother passed away in 1998, they have never done anything regarding their French nationality since they came to Israel in 1951, her father was serving in the French army and was POW in WW2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understood is that the law says that it start's counting 50 years backwards from the date of the death of the father which is 1983 which means 1933. Am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. we've already applied for CNF in the name of my grandmother in the end of 2018 and still waiting for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20866" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-27T23:40:00.243" LastActivityDate="2021-01-28T00:42:13.077" Title="About losing French nationality by 'not-using'" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;french-citizens&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21607" CreationDate="2021-01-28T00:30:38.933" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you wether the law applies to every French citizens or just for the former colonies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It applies to all French citizens, no matter where they live(d) or how they became French.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And do you know if death of one of the French parents who was the &amp;quot;source&amp;quot; of the French nationality stops the counting of the 50 years?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone leaves France and passes away less than 50 years later then, indeed, they never met the conditions listed in article 30-3. That means that their children (your grandmother in this case) can retain their nationality for as long as they live. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.doctrine.fr/d/TGI/Paris/2018/FR0FDDBD294B26FF820234&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this decision&lt;/a&gt;, the court used this exact reasoning and found in favor of one of the plaintiffs (but not his children).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't necessarily completely ”stop the clock” as it were, at least as far as grandchildren and great-grandchildren are concerned. By 2001 at the latest, your grandmother would have spent 50 years out of France so that condition would apply to her and could prevent her children (your mother or your father?) from proving their French citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understood is that the law says that it start's counting 50 years backwards from the date of the death of the father which is 1983 which means 1933. Am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me quite some time to understand what you meant but I think your reasoning is correct here too. It would be easier to check that we have the same understanding if you would specify when the father was born and where he lived prior to 1951 as I suspect this is what you are trying to get at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note that while Algeria, colonies in West and Equatorial Africa and Cochinchina are considered French territory until the date of their independence for this purpose, Tunisia and other protectorates like Annam and Tonkin are not.&lt;/em&gt; So if your French ancestors lived all their life prior to 1951 in Tunisia, they did in fact meet the 50-year threshold a long time ago and your grandmother's CNF application is highly likely to be rejected. If your grandmother's father grew up in Algeria and moved to Tunisia later, the exact date of this event could make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-28T00:42:13.077" LastActivityDate="2021-01-28T00:42:13.077" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-27T23:48:55.347" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen in South Korea on a work holiday (H1) visa. I had an interview at a software company for a full time role and they want to hire me. However I can't work full time on an H1 visa so I need to change. The obvious choice is the E7 (particular occupation) visa, however, according to immigration, I cannot switch in the country, I have to leave in order to apply from a different country. The Korean embassy in The UK is currently not accepting visa applications. I have spent the last 24 hours phoning embassies in neighbouring countries and either they only accept visa applications from residents of that country, or I cannot visit there in the first place because of covid restrictions. Does anyone have any advice for me? The company said they didn't want to wait too long, so it is urgent. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Tom Williams" LastActivityDate="2021-01-28T05:30:19.647" Title="South Korea Visa Run in Pandemic" Tags="&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;south-korea&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-28T12:13:30.030" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;When providing online professional services between European States, what regulation does apply, the one of the country where the professional is or the one of the client?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Particularly, I'm concerned with a Spanish psychologist moving to Switzerland but providing remote services to clients in Spain. Would she need to register in Switzerland? Get her title recognized by Swiss authorities?  What if the clients where to be on a third EU country like France?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5969" LastActivityDate="2021-01-28T12:13:30.030" Title="Remote services between European States?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;qualifications&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-28T19:57:36.050" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UK citizen working in London. For three years, I have been a writer employed by a company based in the USA. It's fair to say I'm indispensable but I do not have any formal writing qualifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask my employer about sponsoring a work visa for me so I can stay in America for a while. From what I understand, an H1B is the best option? But before I bother them, I'd like to know if I'm overlooking something and it's a waste of time? Or is there a chance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest issue is that I can work remotely, meaning there is no need for me to be in the country. On the flip side of that, surely if I'm earning their money, they'd prefer it if I spent it in their economy and their tax system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20871" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-31T16:23:18.493" LastActivityDate="2021-01-31T16:23:18.493" Title="I'm a UK citizen/resident employed remotely by a US company. What's the chances of getting an H1B visa?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-28T22:32:32.180" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;After uploading my documents, including an Affidavit of Support, Financial, IV documents, how many days does it take the NVC to make an interview? What should I do for getting a Permanent Resident Card if the spouse comes before 2 year marriage the anniversary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20872" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-01-31T16:35:17.917" LastActivityDate="2021-01-31T16:35:17.917" Title="NVC case C21 requires and questions about getting green card" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21614" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-29T10:39:59.047" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a France European Carte Blue residence permit. It is valid til October 2024. I have found a job in the UK and will be moving there. I am not being able to find what exactly will be the status of the residence permit after I leave. If I have to surrender it, when do I have to surrender? Alternately, can I keep it and use it in case I move back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is on a dependent passport talent famille visa which makes the issue even more urgent. Initial enquiries to the prefecture resulted in them telling she already has a valid residence and work permit so she cannot change to an independent visa. This doesn't seem to make sense unless mine stays valid even after I leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16167" LastActivityDate="2021-02-28T19:05:10.417" Title="Status of carte de sejour (European blue carte) after leaving France to work elsewhere" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21614" CreationDate="2021-01-29T12:23:05.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Legally, your residence permit remains valid until the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; takes action (e.g. sends you a letter letting you know they have rescinded it). You won't be accruing illegal presence from the day you leave your job, that much is clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, without a qualifying job, you are not entitled to stay until 2024. The assumption is that you will eventually need another job and the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; will assess your status at this point (when you report the change or your employer asks the DIRECCTE for permission) and they can easily refuse to issue a new work authorisation. If that doesn't happen, they would catch you when you come to renew the residence permit (not necessarily a concern in your case but that's how most rules around residence permits are enforced in practice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you left your job, the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; can also invalidate your permit at any time if your situation comes to their attention in any way. When and if the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; notifies you that your permit isn't valid and issues an OQTF (an injunction to leave French territory), you will typically have 30 days to leave the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-01-29T18:36:34.367" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T18:36:34.367" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-29T13:09:15.707" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;After moving out of the previous apartment, the landlord wants to deduct from the deposit 1400 for painting and 700 for Mietausfall.&#xA;The apartment is 3 rooms, 70 square meters, the rent was 1400 per month.&#xA;The walls were really messed up pretty badly by the kids, but can it really take half a month and cost that much.&#xA;Please advise how adequate these figures are and is there any way to dispute them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20125" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-01-29T13:39:46.043" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T13:46:20.430" Title="Painting cost and Mietausfall after leaving the apartment" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;housing&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-29T14:37:15.660" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Düsseldorf, Germany since June 2019.  And now, the company is transferring me to the sub-company. However, there will be no change in my salary, position or job description. Only the name of the company will change. In this case, my question is, do I still have to report this to the foreigners office and request an amendment on the blue card?&#xA;(The said sub-company located in Germany but not in the same city)&#xA;(Please note that I haven't completed my two years yet)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20875" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-02T08:11:13.243" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T08:11:13.243" Title="Transferring to another company as a Blue Card holder" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-01-31T16:21:52.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21611" CreationDate="2021-01-29T16:29:58.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see two major hurdles which you'd need to overcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, you would need to convince the company that the not-insignificant expense in both their time and money would be outweighed by having you working on-site in their office in the USA instead of remotely from London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, the company would have to convince the US Dept of Labor that there are no suitably qualified American citizens (or legal residents) who are willing and able to take up this on-site job.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I think the DoL is likely to wonder what's changing in the job description which now requires an on-site presence. You've presumably been performing your duties remotely perfectly well up until now, and with the current state of affairs, many companies are changing their business models to locate more of their workers remotely instead of on-site wherever practical.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;With that in mind - even if they can make a case that they need someone in this role to be located in the US, how would they believably take the position that there's no-one suitable anywhere in the US, or even in their state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, this unfortunately would probably be a waste of time to pursue, although there's probably no harm in asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;I moved to the US with an H1B a little over 8 years ago (and now have a 'green card'), but I'm almost certain that if I were trying this today I'd fail due to the fact that most of the work I was doing then really could have been done remotely (since that's what I was already doing).  My current role requires me to live near to one of the company office locations and be available to work on-site for up to 50% of the time though, so in this position I think my chances would be much higher.&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10394" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T16:29:58.720" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20845" CreationDate="2021-01-29T17:12:51.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, sit back and relax. I’ll assume you gave them your correct address (they probably copied it from your ID). It is then on them to contact you in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real question you should be asking yourself is whether the fine will run into limitation issues. Generally speaking, fines that result from &lt;em&gt;Ordnungswidrigkeiten&lt;/em&gt; in traffic – and incorrectly crossing the road would be one of those – &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anwalt.de/rechtstipps/verjaehrung-bei-ordnungswidrigkeiten-im-strassenverkehr_026369.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have a limitation period of three months&lt;/a&gt;. This period can be interrupted &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; by&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;questioning the suspect&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;creating the &lt;em&gt;Bußgeldbescheid&lt;/em&gt; (the document requesting you to pay); or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;delivering the &lt;em&gt;Bußgeldbescheid&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the period is interrupted, a second three month limitation period begins. If the period is interrupted a second time, nothing happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way you describe it, you were probably interrogated in some form on-site. That means, the limitation might have already been interrupted and you’re on your second three-month period. (This obviously would not apply if, say, you ran into a speed camera as a camera has no interrogation options.) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ihr-anwalt-rostock.de/verjaehrung-von-ordnungswidrigkeiten-im-strassenverkehr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;These lawyers’ web pages&lt;/a&gt; suggest that this issue should always be investigated if the authority attempts to reset the period by requesting an interrogation by mail or the likes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the three-month period has run down, you’re good, they have no more leverage over you. Until the three months run down, just wait patiently for the letter in the mail, keeping your fingers crossed that they may have forgotten about you. Never wake up the sleeping dogs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T17:12:51.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-23T14:24:49.107" Score="4" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.udi.no/en/want-to-apply/work-immigration/duty-to-report-for-job-seekers-who-are-eueea-nationals/?c=hun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Norwegian Directorate of Immigration website for jobseekers&lt;/a&gt; in the country says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do not get a job within six months, you must leave Norway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can then come back to Norway anytime to search for work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I don't find a job within 6 months, can I just cross the border to Finland &amp;amp; come back immediately? Or am I required to be away for some more time than that? I am a Hungarian citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="zabop" LastEditorUserId="15341" LastEditDate="2021-02-01T15:02:11.207" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T15:02:11.207" Title="How long do I have to be away from Norway if I am required to leave but then allowed to come back?" Tags="&lt;norway&gt;&lt;hungarian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21611" CreationDate="2021-01-29T18:42:33.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;H1B may not be the right visa type for you. Instead, I suggest reading about, and discussing with your employer, the L1 visas One of them may fit your situation. They are designed to allow companies with international operations to move overseas employees to their US operation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6427" LastActivityDate="2021-01-29T18:42:33.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21622" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21623" CreationDate="2021-01-29T23:00:10.143" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use a virtual mail box in the USA and I need to have them forward a letter to me on the Island of Saba in the Caribbean. It's part of the Netherlands.  What country name should I use so the US Postal Service sends it to the right place?  If I say &amp;quot;Netherlands,&amp;quot; I'm afraid it'll get mis-sent to Europe, but Saba isn't a country.  I've seen several different answers online (Dutch Antillies, Netherlands Caribbean, others) but I can't figure out what the official one would be for the USPS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20876" LastEditorUserId="20876" LastEditDate="2021-01-29T23:07:44.750" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T20:29:41.280" Title="What is the correct country name to send mail to the Island of Saba?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21622" CreationDate="2021-01-29T23:19:25.540" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The USPS &lt;a href=&quot;https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/ab_026.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;advises you to address such mail&lt;/a&gt; to the &amp;quot;country&amp;quot; of &amp;quot;Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba&amp;quot;. So you should probably address your mail as something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mx. X.&#xA;[local street or box number]&#xA;Saba&#xA;BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS, AND SABA&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current pandemic is making worldwide logistics troublesome, and this is probably not a destination to which the USPS sends a lot of mail even during normal times, so it might take a bit of time for your mail to arrive, and it is even possible it gets lost entirely in the bowels of some postal office somewhere in the world. You might want to test with some non-critical correspondence if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20000" LastEditorUserId="20000" LastEditDate="2021-01-30T20:29:41.280" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T20:29:41.280" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21528" CreationDate="2021-01-30T08:52:25.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply for the German freelance visa from another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; you want to apply from Germany, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; you are not from Australia, Israel, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, or the United States, then yes, you will need a job seeker visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freelance-visa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to apply for the German freelance visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T08:52:25.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-30T18:59:30.047" Score="0" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting sponsored by a company in HK to work over there. I would like to bring with me my father (60+ years old) who &lt;strong&gt;has a Chinese passport and is living in Italy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the solutions for him to come live with me &lt;strong&gt;while I work in HK for several years probably&lt;/strong&gt;, since I wont have Hong Kong permanent residency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20993" OwnerDisplayName="EdouardShin" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-02T08:14:14.247" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T07:07:15.753" Title="Hong Kong visa for Chinese passport holder living abroad?" Tags="&lt;hong-kong&gt;&lt;chinese-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21616" CreationDate="2021-01-31T15:36:51.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This depends on the conditions of your contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it require you to renovate before leaving?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If yes, was it a renovated condition when you moved in?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both answers are yes and they had to renovate it after you left, then it would be difficult to avoid compensating them for their renovation costs and lost rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p2001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 546a(1) Compensation of the lessor in the case of late return&lt;/a&gt; of the German Civil Code BGB below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary from comments&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, I have just checked out the contract. The renovation is not mentioned there. The only sentence about this subject is the following: &amp;quot;At the end of the tenancy, the premises must be cleaned and handed over in good condition to the Landlord.&amp;quot; Neither &amp;quot;Schönheitsreparaturen&amp;quot; nor &amp;quot;Kleinreparaturklausel&amp;quot; is mentioned. Does it mean I am not responsible for wall painting and therefore for loss of rent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, unless &lt;code&gt;The walls were really messed up pretty badly by the kids&lt;/code&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; considered  to be 'be cleaned and handed over in good condition to the Landlord'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a following sentence in &amp;quot;abnahmeprotokoll&amp;quot; about the walls: &amp;quot;wande in der ganze wohnung stark verschmutzt, neu anstrich notig&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, with 'Walls in the whole apartment very dirty, repainting necessary' and if the painting was (or could only be) done after your rent period ended, I don't see how you can avoid paying for their lost rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be especially true if you co-signed the acceptance report (Abnahmeprotokoll).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mietrecht.com/renovierung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renovierung der Mietwohnung | Mietrecht 2021&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wann besteht Renovierungspflicht für den Mieter?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Das Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__535.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 535 Abs. 1&lt;/a&gt;  bestimmt, dass die Renovierungspflicht beim Vermieter liegt. Es handelt sich hierbei aber um &lt;strong&gt;abdingbares Recht&lt;/strong&gt;. Dies bedeutet, dass von den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen &lt;strong&gt;durch eine vertragliche Vereinbarung&lt;/strong&gt; abgewichen werden kann.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When is the tenant obliged to renovate?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The Civil Code &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p1936&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 535 Paragraph 1&lt;/a&gt; stipulates that the landlord is responsible for the renovation.  However, this is an &lt;strong&gt;indispensable right&lt;/strong&gt;.  This means that it is possible to deviate from the statutory provisions &lt;strong&gt;by means of a contractual agreement&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somit besteht die Möglichkeit, im Mietvertrag festzulegen, dass &lt;strong&gt;der Mieter&lt;/strong&gt; für die Schönheitsreparaturen zuständig ist. Dabei wird meistens bestimmt, dass die Renovierung entweder beim Umzug oder nach &lt;strong&gt;Ablauf einer bestimmten Frist&lt;/strong&gt; durchgeführt werden muss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is therefore possible to specify in the lease that &lt;strong&gt;the tenant&lt;/strong&gt; is responsible for the cosmetic repairs.  It is usually determined that the renovation must be carried out either when moving or after &lt;strong&gt;the expiry of a certain period&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Renovierung durch den Mieter: Wann ist die Mietvertragsklausel unwirksam?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Prinzipiell ist es legitim, die Pflicht zur Renovierung &lt;strong&gt;auf den Mieter zu übertragen&lt;/strong&gt;. Allerdings kann die Klausel im Mietvertrag unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen auch &lt;strong&gt;ungültig sein&lt;/strong&gt; und den Mieter somit von dieser Pflicht entbinden:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Renovation by the tenant: When is the rental contract clause ineffective?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;In principle, it is legitimate to transfer the obligation to renovate &lt;strong&gt;to the tenant&lt;/strong&gt;.  However, under certain conditions, the clause in the rental agreement can also be &lt;strong&gt;invalid&lt;/strong&gt; and thus release the tenant from this obligation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Endrenovierung bei Auszug&lt;/strong&gt;: Besonders häufig wird Mietern auferlegt, dass sie mit dem Ende ihrer Miete auch eine Renovierung der Wohnung vorzunehmen haben. Doch auch hier gilt, dass die Schönheitsreparaturen nur durchgeführt werden müssen, wenn tatsächlich Bedarf besteht.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final renovation when moving out&lt;/strong&gt;: Tenants are particularly often required to renovate the apartment at the end of their rent.  But here too, cosmetic repairs only have to be carried out when there is actually a need.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Einzug in unrenovierte Wohnung&lt;/strong&gt;: Wurde dem Mieter die Mietwohnung bereits nicht-renoviert übergeben, kann die Renovierungsklausel im Mietvertrag ebenfalls ungültig sein. Dies gilt besonders bei kurzer Mietdauer, denn ein Mieter kann nicht verpflichtet werden, die Wohnung in besserem Zustand zurückzugeben, als er sie übernommen hat.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving into an unrenovated apartment&lt;/strong&gt;: If the rented apartment has already been handed over to the tenant without being renovated, the renovation clause in the rental contract may also be invalid.  This is especially true for short leases, because a tenant cannot be obliged to return the apartment in a better condition than when he took it over.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mietrecht.com/renovierung/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Renovierung der Mietwohnung | Mietrecht 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__535.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 535(1) des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches (BGB)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p1936&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 535(1) Contents and primary duties of the lease agreement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__546a.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§ 546a(1)  des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches (BGB)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p2001&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Section 546a(1) Compensation of the lessor in the case of late return&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the lessee fails to return the leased property after termination of the lease, the lessor may for the duration of retention demand as compensation the agreed rent or the rent that is customarily paid for comparable items in the locality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rechtsportal.de/Mietrecht/Aktuelles/Nutzungsentschaedigung-bei-Renovierung-nach-Mietende&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nutzungsentschädigung bei Renovierung nach Mietende - Rechtsportal - OLG Düsseldorf, Beschl. v. 23.07.2009 – I-24 U 109/08&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-02-01T11:10:58.217" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T11:10:58.217" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-01T06:07:46.307" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for an EEA family permit on the basis that my brother is Swedish national. I have got the refusal although its stated that if EEA national is planning to move to UK within six months of date of application he can apply for his extended family member. They also didn't accept the birth certificate which I had provided. I am attaching a copy of decision. Should i appeal this decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You state that your brother is a Swedish national. You have provided&#xA;evidence  that your sponsor holds a Swedish passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only those family members referred to under Article 2 of the Directive&#xA;2004/38/EC have an automatic right to join or accompany an EEA family&#xA;member  to another member state when that EEA national is exercising a&#xA;Treaty right.  Article 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC provides the basis&#xA;for a member state to  consider other relatives, such as ‘extended&#xA;family members’ and determine the  terms of entry and residence to&#xA;such ‘beneficiaries’ in accordance with their own  domestic&#xA;legislation. (Article 3(2)).  The United Kingdom has transposed the&#xA;terms of Article 3 into Regulation 8 of  the Immigration (European&#xA;Economic Area) Regulations 2016. As Regulation  8(4) makes clear, the&#xA;United Kingdom is allowed to set terms on when it will  accept&#xA;extended family members and allow them to reside in the United Kingdom&#xA;as family members of an EEA national.   To apply for an EEA permit as&#xA;the extended family member of an EEA national in  accordance with&#xA;regulation 8 of the Immigration (European Economic Area)  regulations&#xA;2016, you must satisfy that you are financially dependent on your&#xA;sponsor.  Guidance states that financial dependence should be&#xA;interpreted as meaning that  the family member needs the financial&#xA;support of the EEA national or his or her  spouse/civil partner in&#xA;order to meet the family members essential needs in the  country where&#xA;they are present – not in order to have a certain level of income.&#xA;The applicant must also provide evidence to show their EEA national&#xA;sponsor  has enough money to support them and the applicant is reliant&#xA;on them for this.  I note that on your application you state that you&#xA;are financially supported by your  sponsor. As evidence of this you&#xA;have provided money transfer remittance  receipts. However, I am not&#xA;satisfied that this sufficiently demonstrates that you  are dependent&#xA;on your sponsor to meet your essential needs. Unfortunately, this&#xA;limited amount of evidence in isolation does not prove that you are&#xA;financially  dependent on your sponsor. I would expect to see&#xA;substantial evidence of this  over a prolonged period.  Furthermore,&#xA;the fact of transferring money is not evidence that it is needed by&#xA;the recipient. You have not provided any evidence regarding your own&#xA;financial  situation such as bank statements or other documents&#xA;indicating financial ingoing  and outgoings. You have provided no&#xA;evidence to demonstrate yours and your  family’s circumstances&#xA;including your income, expenditure and evidence of your  financial&#xA;position which would prove that without the financial support of your&#xA;sponsor your essential living needs could not be met.   As evidence&#xA;of your relationship with your sponsor you have provided yours and&#xA;your sponsors birth certificate that was registered on 26th September&#xA;2020  confirming that your date of births are 1996 and 1991,  these&#xA;registrations took place 24 and 29 years after your births. Due to the&#xA;length  of time between birth event and registration this certificate&#xA;cannot be accepted as reliable evidence in the absence of other&#xA;relevant birth documentation issued at  the time of the event or other&#xA;credible documentation evidencing your parentage.   Every application&#xA;received by this office is assessed on its own merits using the&#xA;evidence that has been supplied with the application and all other&#xA;evidence  available to me. However, the submission of repeat&#xA;applications within a short  space of time is unlikely, without&#xA;significant, detailed additional evidence, to  satisfy the Entry&#xA;Clearance Officer and alter the decisions that have previously  been&#xA;made. I therefore refuse your EEA Family Permit application because I&#xA;am not satisfied that  you meet all of the requirements of regulation&#xA;12 (see ECGs EUN2.23) of the  Immigration (European Economic Area)&#xA;Regulations 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Fahim" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T07:03:14.257" Title="EEA family permit refused" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-01T07:05:21.527" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an expat required the emergency services in Vietnam but does not speak Vietnamese, is there an emergency telephone number available with English speakers on the line ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By emergency services, I am specifically interested in ambulance, police and fire &amp;amp; rescue services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20880" LastActivityDate="2021-02-06T23:11:52.827" Title="Does Vietnam have English speaking emergency telephone numbers?" Tags="&lt;vietnam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-01T08:44:49.547" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indian Passport expiry- Sept 2023&#xA;H1B visa expiry- Oct 2023&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I renew my passport before H1b stamping (planning to visit this year)? I read that there is an agreement between USA and India for an automatic 6-month extension of passport expiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;India does not allow to renew the passport before 1 year from expiration, so cannot do it now and will have to do it only in 2022&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I would like to clarify about the requirement, is it that passport should expire 6 months after the &lt;strong&gt;date of entry&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;the potential date of departure&lt;/strong&gt; from USA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20882" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-01T15:07:06.667" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T01:54:57.443" Title="Indian passport expires before H1b visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-01T16:59:58.427" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen. I want to move to Ireland this September. I want to know what is the cost of an apartment for a student in Dublin - really need something affordable.&#xA;Any recommendations, tips, or connections will be needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20889" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-02T08:09:32.640" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T08:09:32.640" Title="What the cost of renting an apartment in Republic of Ireland (Dublin)?" Tags="&lt;students&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-02-17T07:32:05.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5516" CreationDate="2021-02-01T18:50:11.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/montreal/index.php/en/foreigners/services-foreigners/312-taking-pets-to-mexico&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here are the rules for taking pets to México.&lt;/a&gt;  Note that this is a consulate in Canada, and I am Canadian.  It will be slightly different coming from the United States or elsewhere (likely just veterinary association membership, but ensure you check).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we did it, we went to the vet and got proof of health, rabies shots, and deworming - and proof of all of that!  Keep ALL your paperwork, make 2 copies, keep one at home and take the originals and a copy with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Greg Hewgill mentioned, ensure you've done everything the airline wants done first.  In our experience, that means mentioning and paying for Pet carry when purchasing the tickets (and do this early, there is a limit on number of pets allowed on each flight).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With us, the cats travelled under the seat as our personal items. Larger pets will have to be picked up at baggage claim after immigration.  Before customs, in the baggage claim area or on the way, there is a SAGARPA booth, where the agents will review the animal and  your paperwork, and either approve it or require a local veterinary assessment.  You will get your papers back, but they will take a copy of them for their records.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expect this to take time, especially if there is a lineup - if there are two people travelling, have one get in line with the pets and the paperwork, and send the other one to pick up baggage and come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expect the airline checkin counter (either for local onward travel, or when returning) to review all the paperwork before issuing boarding passes as well.  This is why I recommend bringing two copies, in case SAGARPA takes one set, or you misplace it, or it gets used for something else accidentally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: know what the requirements are in your home country for bringing pets back.  In Canada, it's an on-site veterinary review, and that isn't cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20151" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T18:50:11.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-01T20:06:11.017" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a Blue Card in Germany for 2 years validity and would like to change my job in 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand it's possible and I have to get permission from Foreign Department. With the job offer in hand, should I resign first or take permission from Foreign office??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20892" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T20:06:11.017" Title="Job change in Blue Card" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-02-09T07:43:10.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21576" CreationDate="2021-02-01T21:26:16.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had the same question and emailed Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA). In my case, the officer said that, with the internship&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;study-related, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;less than 90 days within 12 months, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;during my study after 4th semester in H+ institution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and thus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;under 15.6&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there is no need for BA's 'Einvernehmen' because it is not considered an employment (BeschV § 30 Nr. 2; Nichtbeschäftigungsfiktion (16a.15.8) from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/datei/dok_ba146473.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and page 231 and page 410 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/blob/207816/e025d7a51aa0e20f5567c6f7478c8fd6/visumhandbuch-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). Therefore, you only need legitimate way of entry + stay for 90 days (e.g. with your EU residence permit/visa-free passport/...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bei Kurzaufenthalten ist darüber hinaus § 30 BeschV zu beachten. In diesen Fällen liegt keine Beschäftigung i.S.d. AufenthG („Nichtbeschäftigungsfiktion“) und somit keine Erwerbstätigkeit vor, die einer gesonderten Erlaubnis bedarf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Die Ausübung von Tätigkeiten, die gem. § 30 BeschV nicht als Beschäftigungen im Sinne des Aufenthaltsgesetzes gelten, &lt;strong&gt;ist daher auch mit einem Schengen-Visum mit der Anmerkung &amp;quot;Erwerbstätigkeit nicht erlaubt&amp;quot; zulässig.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Für studienfachbezogene Praktika kann während des Studiums an einer ausländischen Hochschule nach dem vierten Fach-Semester ein Aufenthaltstitel nach § 16a AufenthG i.V.m. § 15 Nr. 6 BeschV im Einvernehmen mit der BA erteilt werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Praktika nach § 15 Nr. 6 BeschV, die maximal 90 Tage innerhalb eines Zeitraums von 12 Monaten ausgeübt werden sollen, gelten nach § 30 Nr. 2 BeschV nicht als Beschäftigung. &lt;strong&gt;Positivstaater benötigen dann weder das Einvernehmen der BA, noch einen Aufenthaltstitel. Visumpflichtige Staatsangehörige benötigen zwar ein Visum, aber kein Einvernehmen der BA.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-EU citizens living in one of the countries that do apply the agreement fully (so-called Schengen States) with a valid residence permit &lt;strong&gt;do not need a visa&lt;/strong&gt; for visits to Germany of up to 90 days in any period of 180 days &lt;strong&gt;when not taking up work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20893" LastEditorUserId="20893" LastEditDate="2021-02-01T22:16:43.510" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T22:16:43.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21616" CreationDate="2021-02-02T13:46:20.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While Mark did a good job at summarising everything relevant concerning the painting cost (€1400 – which you will definitely have to pay unless you somehow manage to prove that that be way above market value, which I doubt), I disagree with his conclusion concerning the loss of rent – based on his own reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, I would like to point out that the landlord &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; claim loss of rent according to § 546a (1). For this paragraph to apply, it would be necessary that you are still occupying the previously rented apartment in some way or another. I assume that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;none of your stuff remains in the apartment; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have returned your keys and the landlord signed the &lt;em&gt;Abnahmeprotokoll&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that you are in no way occupying the apartment which is a requirement for § 546a (1) to apply. I quote (and translate) the relevant passage from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rechtsportal.de/Mietrecht/Aktuelles/Nutzungsentschaedigung-bei-Renovierung-nach-Mietende&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OLG Düsseldorf’s decision in a partially similar case as summarised by Rechtsportal.de&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Ein Entschädigungsanspruch nach § 546a Abs. 1 BGB] setzt voraus, dass der Mieter dem Eigentümer die gemietete Sache im Sinne dieser Vorschrift vorenthalten hat. Hierzu reicht es nicht aus, dass er durch die Ausführung der Reparaturen noch den Mitbesitz an den Räumlichkeiten inne hat. Vielmehr müsste der Mieter diesen entgegen dem Willen des Vermieters ausüben. Hiervon kann nur dann ausgegangen, wenn der Vermieter ihn zur Herausgabe der Mietsache aufgefordert und der Mieter sich geweigert hat, dieser Aufforderung unverzüglich nachzukommen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[A compensation according to § 546a sec. 1 BGB] requires the lessee to have prevented the lessor access to the leased object in the sense of this rule. In this sense, it is not sufficient that he [the lessee] remains partially in possession of the object to perform the repairs. Rather, the lessee would have to exert possession against the will of the landlord. This can only be assumed if the lessor has requested him to relinquish possession but the lessee has refused to acquiesce immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In the court case, the lessee and the landlord agreed that the lessee would perform the required renovation work (mostly painting). The painting work took the lessee 7 months for which the landlord afterwards tried claiming compensation due to loss of rent.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This quote, I believe, applies perfectly to your situation: as you have returned the property back to the landlord (keys and all) you currently have no possession of the object and thus § 546a (1) cannot apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The summary considers a couple of other paragraphs of the BGB that were again deemed not to apply to this case as – once again – it had been returned. It (and the court) then continued to examine whether compensation may be permitted according to the §§ &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p0841&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;280&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p0845&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;281&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p0860&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;286&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p0759&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;252&lt;/a&gt; BGB. I will refrain from citing the individual codes and instead again only quote and translate the summarised court decision:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Für einen Anspruch auf Ersatz des Mietausfallschadens nach §§ 280, 281, 286 und 252 BGB] muss der Mieter sich erst einmal pflichtwidrig verhalten haben. Diese Voraussetzung liegt im zugrundeliegenden Fall vor, weil die Mietsache sich bei Beendigung des Mietverhältnisses in keinem ordnungsgemäßen Zustand befand.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Ferner muss allerdings der Vermieter nachweisen, dass der vertragswidrige Zustand dazu geführt hat, dass er die Räumlichkeiten über den Zeitraum von sieben Monate nicht weitervermieten konnte. Die dafür notwendige Ursächlichkeit zwischen Fehlverhalten und Schaden entfällt normalerweise, wenn der Vermieter sich nicht um eine Weitervermietung bemüht hat. Der Vermieter muss seine Anstrengungen darlegen. Außerdem muss er aufzeigen, dass die Weitervermietung an dem vertragwidrigen Zustand gescheitert ist. Beides ist im vorliegenden Fall nicht geschehen. Aus diesem Grunde verneinte das OLG Düsseldorf auch einen Anspruch des Vermieters auf Ersatz des Mietausfallschadens und wies die Klage ab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[For the lessor to be entitled for damages in accordance with § 280, 281, 286 and 252 BGB] the lessee first has to have acted contrary to his obligations. This requirement applies to the case at hand as the object was not in proper condition at the end of the rental period.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Furthermore, however, the landlord must show that it was the improper condition that caused him not to be able to rent out the property during these seven months. The necessary causality between misconduct and damage usually does not apply if the landlord did not attempt to re-rent out the property. The landlord is required to document his efforts. Furthermore, he has to show that a new rental agreement failed due to the improper condition of the property. Neither has been demonstrated in the case at hand. For this reason, the OLG Düsseldorf denied the landlord’s claims for damages due to loss of rent and threw out the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translated to your specific case, I interpret this to mean the following: unless the landlord can show that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they tried to rent out the apartment again in due course; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this failed &lt;em&gt;precisely due&lt;/em&gt; to the condition of the walls,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;they cannot claim compensation due to loss of rent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The summary concludes with a couple of reminders to landlords (or for their legal counsel to remind the landlords): it is absolutely necessary to attempt to rent out the object in a timely manner and to document one’s efforts. Furthermore, the landlord should get a written confirmation from potential new lessees that they did not sign the contract &lt;em&gt;explicitly&lt;/em&gt; due to a lack of interest after seeing its poor condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that you have a very good chance at disputing the €700 part of your landlord’s request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Standard disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Professional legal counsel may be very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: as the German originals consistently use &lt;em&gt;er, sein, ihm, ihn&lt;/em&gt; – i.e. male pronouns – when referring to the landlord or the lessee I have done so in my translations to remain true to the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-02-02T13:46:20.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21629" CreationDate="2021-02-03T01:54:57.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requirement is that the passport needs to be valid until 6 months after the date of departure (or, for passports from countries in the 6-month club, the passport needs to be valid until the date of departure). The actual effect of this requirement is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your passport is not from a country in the 6-month club, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months on the date of entry, and the admit-until date on your I-94 will be no later than 6 months before your passport expires.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your passport is from a country in the 6-month club, your passport must be valid on the date of entry, and the admit-until date on your I-94 will be no later than your passport's expiration date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you re-enter the US on your current passport (and since India is part of the 6-month club), you will be admitted until your passport expiration date in Sept 2023. If you re-enter the US on a new renewed passport, you will be admitted until the expiration date of your H1b petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The order between getting a new visa and renewing the passport doesn't technically matter -- even if you get the visa on the old passport, once you get the new renewed passport, you can use the visa in the old passport in combination with the new passport, as long as they are the same type of passport form the same country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that matter, you don't actually need to get a new visa if you will re-enter before Oct 2023 -- the visa's expiration date has no relevance to how long you are admitted. You will be admitted until the expiration date of your H1b petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T01:54:57.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-03T08:25:04.167" Score="0" ViewCount="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in Germany with Blue Card since 1st of March 2019. My Blu Card was issued on the 6th of August 2019. I got an attractive offer from another company in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I change my company without notifying Authorities?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New job is in different State bit I will not change my Home so would it possible with my current Blue Card work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20903" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-04T15:49:51.317" LastActivityDate="2021-02-04T15:49:51.317" Title="Changing Company with Blue Cards" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21641" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-03T08:36:57.823" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living abroad for 7 years in China and am preparing to move back to the USA near the end of 2021. I haven't been maintaining my credit score in the USA, but have a 7 year clean rental history in China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read that if I can prove a few years of paying rent on time that that would be a good way to apply for a mortgage without a credit score. What kind of proof of payment would work coming out of China? Would I need to get some sort of write up from our landlord or rental agency and have that translated to English? Would this be accepted by a bank?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this is out of your guy's wheelhouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20904" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-04T15:48:48.763" LastActivityDate="2021-02-04T15:48:48.763" Title="Returning to USA after 7 years... no credit... applying for mortgage?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;china&gt;&lt;loan&gt;&lt;credit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-03T12:08:45.033" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was denied asylum in Sweden, and I was given four years of entry ban. Now can I apply for a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen or the asylum rejection will prohibit me from doing so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20906" LastActivityDate="2021-03-02T01:31:37.113" Title="Residence Permit As EU Family Member After Asylum Rejected" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;asylum&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21642" CreationDate="2021-02-03T15:16:43.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A ban should not in and of itself prevent you from applying nor should it lead to an automatic refusal. The standard Swedish authorities have to apply is that three conditions are fulfilled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your sponsor is an EU citizen who has the right to reside in Sweden (i.e. has work or sufficient means not to be a burden to the welfare system)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your relationship with this EU citizen is genuine (in case they suspect, e.g., a marriage of convenience, they have to provide some evidence, not the other way around)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You do not present a current threat to public policy, public security, or public health.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on the reasons for your ban (4 years is long, merely being denied asylum shouldn't necessarily result in a ban, was deception involved?), it might be possible to make a case that you do not fulfill the last condition but it should be an argument based on the threat you currently represent, not an automatic refusal based on the decision in an unrelated procedure. An EU freedom of movement case can overcome everything else, including past immigration violations, earlier refusals, or even a criminal record.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an extended family member, you also need to prove a dependence relationship with the EU citizen sponsor (they are dependent on you or you are dependent on them). It's not enough to merely claim you are dependent. Here again, the earlier ban shouldn't be an insurmontable barrier but it could invite additional scrutiny and it's easier to cast doubt on such an application than it is on applications by spouses or minor children. The whole process (preparing your application, getting the consulate to entertain it and fighting a negative initial decision which seems like a real possibility) can be quite delicate to navigate, it could be useful to hire a lawyer if you can afford it and know how to find one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-03T19:58:13.677" LastActivityDate="2021-02-03T19:58:13.677" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-04T14:05:39.547" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did my Masters in Journalism and got OPT approved for one year. But did not work and left the country. Surrendered the opt after 8 weeks. I plan to do a STEM Masters. Will the 9.5 months of unused OPT be considered after the second masters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20910" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2021-02-05T22:16:30.863" LastActivityDate="2021-02-11T07:57:04.827" Title="Recapturing unused OPT time for use after another program" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12035" CreationDate="2021-02-05T22:14:29.377" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. I maintain a Bank Of America account and have done so for years after I moved to Europe. I get regular statements and get my debit cards on time as the previous expires. They have my UK address and it doesn't seem to be any problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to note: They will ask if you are a citizen of the country of your residence. You may be uncomfortable with that, but you will have to give some answer to this question in order to access your account online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2021-02-05T22:14:29.377" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21625" CreationDate="2021-02-06T23:07:22.733" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;He has to use is HK passport and apply for a visa like everyone else, unlikely he will get approved for the duration but you can try, I am sure you are aware of the various passports and identity cards mainland Chinese citizens have for traveling to the SAR’s and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) whichever part you think is right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2021-02-06T23:07:22.733" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21628" CreationDate="2021-02-06T23:11:52.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No there are no dedicated numbers like 12345 in China for example. Most guides explained it is best to have hotel staff etc to help out with the call&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19282" LastActivityDate="2021-02-06T23:11:52.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-07T01:13:52.350" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I entered the US on 24th February 2020, my visa expires 2nd April 2020. I applied for Change of status from B2 to F1 Student Status on 8th June 2020 even though my I-94 expires on 23rd August. I was eventually denied change of status because I omitted an application for Extension of Status same time. I was given 33 days to depart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I reapply this time for change of status and extension of stay within the 33 days granted to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20934" OwnerDisplayName="otu-ekong nyong" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2021-02-07T18:13:32.173" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T20:37:25.637" Title="Fresh I-539 Reapplication after denial of Change of Status" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-07T14:17:49.940" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Foreword&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received an e-mail from &lt;code&gt;noreply@tax.service.gov.uk&lt;/code&gt; with subject &lt;em&gt;Check your PAYE code change online&lt;/em&gt; which tells me to sign in my &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;personal tax account&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; to check my details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to sign in I first need to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account/sign-in/prove-identity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;prove my identity&lt;/a&gt;. To do so, I need to create an account. At the end, I need to prove my identity via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.postoffice.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;postoffice&lt;/a&gt;. When doing so, I basically get stuck here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0hv9W.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0hv9W.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The address I've already provided is the only address where I've been living in UK (except for the first month, when I stayed in a suite paied by my company).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, the little warning triangle at the top shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Operating hours&#xA;Our service desk is providing support under reduced operating hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Monday to Friday:&#xA;Phone from 08:00 to 18:00&#xA;Live chat from 08:00 to 22:00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saturday and Sunday:&#xA;Phone and live chat from 08:00 to 12:00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and now it's 14:16 on Sunday. Does the above mean that something will change on this page tomorrow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20371" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-07T14:58:11.843" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T19:36:55.917" Title="Proving my identity in UK via postoffice.co.uk" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;italian-citizens&gt;&lt;identification&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21651" CreationDate="2021-02-07T19:48:03.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you generally cannot apply for Change of Status if you are already out of status. In rare cases where USCIS might give an exception for good cause to file late, but your case does not seem like a case that would qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-02-07T19:48:03.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-07T16:30:21.710" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I get a Canadian student visa with a passport that is valid for less than 6 months? My study lasts 2 years and has a co-op term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Random Dude" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T00:50:37.183" Title="Can I get a Canadian student visa with a passport with less than 6 months on it?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21652" CreationDate="2021-02-08T00:08:45.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The result from &lt;a href=&quot;https://email-checker.net/check&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Verifying the Email - Email Checker&lt;/a&gt; for 'noreply@tax.service.gov.uk' is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;BAD The mailbox doesn't exist.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Assume this is a fraud attempt.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This may be caused by the &lt;strong&gt;noreply&lt;/strong&gt; portion, so this method is not conclusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I called HMRC and they've confirmed that the e-mail is authentic, also suggesting that I ask my company for more details about what's happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe also a &lt;strong&gt;personal&lt;/strong&gt; appointment can be arranged at 'The Post Office' to clarify matters that can't be done online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an Italian, you are probably registered in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/aire_0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.)&lt;/a&gt;, which should confirm since when you have been living in the United Kingdom explaining why there is only one address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General rule #1 is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to give out personal information over the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be used by others to &lt;strong&gt;impersonate&lt;/strong&gt; you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'I hereby request, with this varified proof of my identity, that all my money be transferred to the following account in the Caymon Islands... '&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should ask your employer, who uses this &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_code_(PAYE)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tax code (PAYE)&lt;/a&gt; number, if everything is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will probably have a better contact with the HMRC who could determine if this requst &lt;strong&gt;really came from them&lt;/strong&gt; or is a scam/fraud attempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-02-10T09:22:38.913" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T09:22:38.913" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21654" CreationDate="2021-02-08T00:50:37.183" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll have to renew your passport before applying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/passport-travel-document.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This Canadian Government page&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visiting, working and studying temporarily&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can’t issue you a work permit, study permit or visitor record that is valid past the expiry date of your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T00:50:37.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21605" CreationDate="2021-02-08T03:47:54.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible to bring a TV (and probably similar larger electronic devices) to electronics chains (e.g. Edi-On) for recycling. The only questions I was asked at the counter was whether I had a point card and then my address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Online, they post prices a customer has to pay to bring a TV in for recycling. However, to my surprise I was not charged. I wonder if this means that the chain sold this exact model ten years back and thus considers it to be one of ‘its own’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire experience was hassle-free, worked with minimal Japanese and I was done in 15 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11922" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T03:47:54.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-08T05:43:59.087" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi there I had some questions about obtaining French nationality.&#xA;My mother was born in Algeria in 1963 after it was no longer a French territory. However she moved to France at 2 months old and lived there until her late 20s before moving overseas. During this time she had une carte de résidence permanente and she never applied for French citizenship because she anticipated going back. Flashforward and she did not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know my mother qualifies for citizenship under a few rules. She lived there over 5 continuous years under the age of 18, did all her schooling there and she also had all her siblings born in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, can I apply for French citizenship through her? If so, does she need to apply before me? Does it matter that I am now over the age of 18. If someone could help me it would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20924" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-08T10:52:38.650" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T07:39:28.757" Title="Can I obtain French citizenship through my mother (Algerian born)?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;nationality&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-08T11:16:53.667" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am eligible to get Thai PR based on my employment history and salary bracket. I know as part of the process, one has to be able to speak to the officers and answer a test in Thai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can speak broken Thai with a vocabulary of a few hundred words and understand very little spoken Thai. I am not sure how important speaking and comprehending Thai is during the PR approval process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20926" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-10T07:47:01.270" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T07:47:01.270" Title="Thai Permanent Residence - How important is it to speak and read Thai to get PR?" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21660" CreationDate="2021-02-08T13:05:57.027" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They say that you need to be interviewed to assess your knowledge of the Thai language. It’s probably the reason why most people who fail to get PR actually fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the ability to hold a conversation in Thai is considered to be an important part of the criteria for PR (or citizenship), as well as having a good employment history, and fitting in with the required extensions of stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the visa (and subsequent extensions) are NON-IMMIGRANT, and a successful application for PR results in an IMMIGRANT stamp in your passport. Being able to communicate in the local language is an important part of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will be using an agent to help with your application, ask the agent whether or not they think your Thai is good enough to pass the interview. They will be able to tell you quite quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T13:05:57.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21472" CreationDate="2021-02-08T13:19:04.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I am not a tax expert or legal professional. I am an individual American citizen living in Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like the situation may be as the tax office describes it, but you would be expected to pay Japanese taxes after five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the IRS's perspective, if you are doing work abroad, your salary is Foreign Earned Income and eligible for the exclusion, even if you lived in a country with no taxes. This is regardless of the source. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion-what-is-foreign-earned-income#tbl271id0_2:%7E:text=For%20example%2C%20income%20you%20receive%20for,employer%20is%20in%20New%20York%20City.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRS docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, income you receive for work done in France is income from a foreign source even if the income is paid directly to your bank account in the United States and your employer is in New York City.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the Japanese tax office's perspective, if you have been in Japan less than five years, and the money is from a foreign source to a foreign bank account, it's none of Japan's business. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/individual/pdf/a-4.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the Japanese tax office's definition of &amp;quot;permanent resident&amp;quot; has nothing to do with the visa status of &amp;quot;permanent resident&amp;quot;. The tax definition is someone who has had a residence in Japan five of the last ten years. At that point you owe taxes on worldwide income.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing you might want to ask a professional about is about how the money is &amp;quot;remitted&amp;quot; - how do you get money to live on in Japan? If you have a Japanese bank account you transfer wages into it that may make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a surprising situation, but it may be that very few people can be in a situation like this, so the tax office doesn't consider it much. For most visas you would be unable to live in Japan without Japanese-source income if you've been in the country less than five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20927" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T13:19:04.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2507" CreationDate="2021-02-08T14:01:43.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a self-employed American in Japan, and you are in the Japanese pension system, you need to request a form &amp;quot;J/USA 6&amp;quot; from your local Japanese pension office to be exempt from Social Security taxes and related filing requirements. They will likely not be familiar with the process and you'll need to follow up with them repeatedly. You will also need to paper file your US taxes to submit the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of the form and forms to request to request it can be found at the link below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nenkin.go.jp/service/shaho-kyotei/shikumi/shinseisho/usa/usa1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nenkin.go.jp/service/shaho-kyotei/shikumi/shinseisho/usa/usa1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I did this before I think my application form was slightly different from those listed here, as these require you to provide a US address, which I don't have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that the &amp;quot;J/USA 6&amp;quot; is for when you pay in Japan but not the US, and the &amp;quot;USA/J 6&amp;quot; is for when you pay in the US but not Japan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20927" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T14:01:43.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21664" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-08T14:59:21.527" Score="4" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a job in Munich with a German company. I am a UK citizen and am claiming residency in Germany under the brexit &amp;quot;Withdrawal Agreement&amp;quot;, this allows me to continue to live and work in Germany as it was before brexit happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just received a job offer for a fully remote job based in London. I would like to stay in Germany after quitting my German job but I am unclear as to whether this is allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to stay living in Germany under my WA residency while working for a British company (and paying tax in the UK) or do I lose my residency and would then be subject to the 90/180 Schengen visitation rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched online but this specific circumstance is difficult to get information on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information or links to sources of information would be most greatfully received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20928" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-08T17:25:16.940" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T17:25:16.940" Title="Do I need to leave Germany after accepting a fully remote job based in the UK?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21658" CreationDate="2021-02-08T15:54:11.623" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know my mother qualifies for citizenship under a few rules. She lived there over 5 continuous years under the age of 18, did all her schooling there and she also had all her siblings born in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I don't think that's true. If you are referring to the rules for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F295&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;children born in France to foreign citizens&lt;/a&gt; (currently articles 21-7 to 21-11 of the &lt;em&gt;Code civil&lt;/em&gt;; similar rules existed between 1973 and 1994 based on articles 44 à 51 of the &lt;em&gt;Code de la nationalité&lt;/em&gt;), they only apply to people &lt;em&gt;born in France&lt;/em&gt;. Moving to France at the age of two months or being born in a territory that was French a year earlier feels like it's almost the same but it isn't (I happen to know someone who was in this exact situation and was forced to apply for naturalisation and ultimately denied French citizenship, even though his sister, born a couple of years later, was French from birth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your mother could have had a path to French citizenship through her siblings (born in France to parents presumably born in French Algeria, they would be French since their birth) but that's not automatic, she would have had to apply for it. I don't think she would be able to do that now that she is not residing in France anymore. Most importantly, if she didn't do it at the time, that means that she wasn't French when you were born (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, can I apply for French citizenship through her? If so, does she need to apply before me? Does it matter that I am now over the age of 18. If someone could help me it would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not possible. Naturalisation can have an effect on children but only if they are under 18 and isn't relevant here anyway. All the rules we discussed before would only help you if your mother was already French when you were born (even unknowlingly) but that does not appear to be the case. Consequently, I do not see any special path to French citizenship for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the rules that are most relevant are the rules that were in place when your mother grew up, especially the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006071189/LEGISCTA000006137595/1981-02-08/#LEGISCTA000006137595&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;code de la nationalité&lt;/a&gt;. Until 1981, the relevant age was 21, not 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-09T07:39:28.757" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T07:39:28.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-09T12:32:38.447" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen, my fiance is a US citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In June 2020 my fiance (petitioner) and myself (beneficiary) filed a I-129F petition for a K1 visa for entry to the USA. The petition was approved in January and to our knowledge is being processed at the NVC. I am awaiting information from the consulate regarding the DS160 and embassy interview etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current passport is due to expire in April this year (2021). It is possible that the visa will be issued before or after the expiry date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, a new passport takes approximately 3 weeks to be issued and the old one must be sent off to be invalidated and returned. The new passport will have a new passport number that will not match the passport number on the I-129F petition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I apply for a new passport now, and have both new and invalidated old in hand at the time of the interview, will this be acceptable? Must visas be issued in the same passport as given in the original petition? Can visas be issued in an expired or invalidated passport providing a new valid passport is present?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20937" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-10T07:45:42.820" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T07:45:42.820" Title="Passport expiry likely to coincide with K1 visa issue date. How to proceed?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;k1-visa&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21669" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-09T09:52:15.810" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am naturalised British citizen since 2007 having lived there 2000-2018. Since Dec 2018 am on overseas work stint and non resident in UK.When my contract ends in December 2021 I plan to return back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In August 2019 I got married while abroad and in July 2020 I had a daughter .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In October 2020 I applied for a six months visit visa for my wife( housewife )  as we were planning two weeks break . We get refusal because:&#xA;1- UK bank statements did not show origin of the funds ( I also included a copy of land registry of my flat which I own outright + council tax bill )&#xA;2- They also stated that my wife have nothing to return to and unlikely will come back )&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;To be honest I did not elaborate on my work overseas and also did not say we have a daughter as I did not see it relevant as we were to visit for only two weeks .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now am planning to re settle in UK from October and I meet current conditions :&#xA;1- accomodation as above&#xA;2- financial ; my saving is well above the threshold set by HO.&#xA;3- my wife has English and health requirement&#xA;My questions:&#xA;1- would this visit visa refusal substantially affect my family application for spouse visa ?&#xA;2- should I apply for my daughter for British passport before or after spouse visa ?&#xA;3- do you recommend hiring immigration advisor ?&#xA;Many thanks for all your help .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Alian " LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-09T19:40:22.283" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T19:40:22.283" Title="UK Spouse visa for my wife and daughter" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21668" CreationDate="2021-02-09T17:12:42.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The passport that you give to them to issue the visa on does not have to be the same passport number as on the petition. (In fact, I don't think you are even required to have a passport at the time of the petition.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The visa cannot be issued on an expired passport. It can only be issued on a valid passport. However, a visa that is issued on a valid passport is still valid after the passport expires (if the visa hasn't expired), and can be used in conjunction with a new passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T17:12:42.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-09T17:55:05.320" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;A permanent resident married to a US citizen has non-USC minor siblings abroad (Brazil). In case the PR's parents pass away, and the siblings come under legal guardianship of the PR, what options does the PR have to bring the children to US?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to note that the adoption is not an option in the Brazil, since they are all siblings. Brazil is part of the Hague Convention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17403" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2021-02-10T07:43:18.243" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T14:21:45.790" Title="Bringing Orphan siblings to the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-09T17:58:24.713" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiancé recently accepted a job at a large US tech company for a Munich-based team. The company is handling his immigration paper work and he'll receive a blue card. I believe, based on what I've read, that as his spouse, I'll be eligible for a work permit in Germany. We're getting married in July and will move in August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently work remotely for a medium-sized US tech company as well with no German presence and I would like to continue to work for them remotely from Germany. I've done a bit of research and it seems like this would be possible with a Blue Card, provided that my US company follows German employment law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it possible to work for an American company remotely from Germany if that American company does not have a German legal entity as long as the American company can follow German employment law?&lt;/strong&gt; If so, how do I go about applying for the Blue Card under these circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20938" LastActivityDate="2021-02-09T17:58:24.713" Title="Is it possible to work remotely for a US company without a German legal entity from Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-10T02:49:14.700" Score="0" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;My job has always been remote, even before Covid. Would it be possible to live in Europe on a non-work visa and remotely work my normal job in America?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Steve from Minecraft" LastActivityDate="2021-03-21T18:02:25.227" Title="Can I live in Europe if I have a full-remote job that will stay remote after Covid?" Tags="&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-10T08:45:19.670" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a full-time position in Poland and would like to accept a part-time position via a B2B contract (similar to a freelance contractor). Is this legally possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words can an EU Blue Card holder in Poland be self employed at the same time as undertaking the original position that the card was granted for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T08:45:19.670" Title="Blue Card Holder in Poland with two jobs" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;poland&gt;&lt;self-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21671" CreationDate="2021-02-10T14:21:45.790" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should be possible, though I would strongly suggest that you consult a lawyer about it and don't take my answer as necessarily applying to your exact circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immigration of a non-biological child child to the US is usually done through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/immigration-through-adoption/orphan-process&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;orphan process&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; which does not require the child to be adopted before they are brought to the US, but does require that you intend to adopt them once they arrive. Obviously they also have to be an orphan. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.altshulerlaw.com/blog/can-i-adopt-a-younger-sibling/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Adoption of a sibling is legal in the US&lt;/a&gt;, provided you are an adult and the adoptee is a minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Adoption-Process/how-to-adopt/adopting-a-relative-for-immigration.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You might find this page helpful.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T14:21:45.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21673" CreationDate="2021-02-11T00:15:12.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of work, residing in any country typically requires a special visa authorizing an indefinite long stay. Typically it's based on family ties, investment or work with the implicit wish of the lawmakers of allowing such for the sakes of taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception would be Svalbard &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/45131/4188&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/45131/4188&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the same thread, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/89602/4188&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/89602/4188&lt;/a&gt; points out that Canada allows you to work remotely during a visit, Americans can typically stay for six months in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, still the same thread, Barbados just launched a program tailored for you. &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/158462/4188&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/158462/4188&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2212" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2021-02-11T00:27:26.297" LastActivityDate="2021-02-11T00:27:26.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-10T23:41:47.143" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m an Italian citizen. I want to travel to and live in Switzerland with my children, who have card residence eu limite from Italy. Do they require a visa or are they covered under free movement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Walid Ali" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T12:00:31.483" Title="Living in Switzerland as Italian" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21678" CreationDate="2021-02-11T11:41:03.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To live in Switzerland you need a residence permit, not a visa. As an Italian you can freely travel to Switzerland for the purpose of tourisme of short business visits, and your family can accompany you. Normally you will not even encounter passport control when crossing the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to live in Switzerland you will need to get a residence permit. And for that you will need to meet the conditions for a permit. You will need to apply for this permit in the Canton you intend to live. The procedures you can find on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your first job however will be to find a job. Have you started on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19518" LastActivityDate="2021-02-11T11:41:03.550" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-11T16:57:49.400" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I live near Zurich. Are there Medical Schools that teach in English in the regions nearby?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-range: 2 hours by car / train (max 3)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-not necessarily in Switzerland, confining countries are fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-I am not talking about nursing schools or other healthcare professions, just Medical Doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-again, English lessons are important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19494" LastActivityDate="2021-02-11T16:57:49.400" Title="Studying medicine in English in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-11T23:08:02.580" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in the UK and would like to ask how difficult is it in terms of practicalities to relocate to Germany during the current pandemic. Suppose that I have have a job offer in Germany and that I intend to self-quarantine upon arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first question is regarding quarantine site. Can I - a visitor from abroad - rent a short-term accommodation while looking for an apartment? Is it still possible to visit apartments in person? Is it feasible to proceed with necessary paperwork, i.e. register residency, open a bank account etc. or are opening hours severely limited?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about the actual move - are removal vans (which could be considered non-essential transport I suppose) allowed to cross the border without any limitations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20952" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-12T00:09:29.050" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T14:02:05.377" Title="Relocation to Germany during lockdown" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21682" CreationDate="2021-02-12T10:23:18.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I - a visitor from abroad - rent a short-term accommodation while looking for an apartment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your main problem will be the short-term accommodation after arrival, since all hotels are closed to visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some form of cooperation with your future employer may be required to get an exception from the local health department for your initial stay in a hotel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it still possible to visit apartments in person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When using real estate brokers, they will have to ensure that all contact rules are dealt with properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it feasible to proceed with necessary paperwork, i.e. register residency, open a bank account etc. or are opening hours severely limited?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To &lt;strong&gt;register residency&lt;/strong&gt;, the online appointment fulfills the legal requirements, then it is a matter of waiting. Even before the pandemic, the waiting times were long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My local bank still has normal opening hours where unavoidable personal contact is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about the actual move - are removal vans&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 2021-01-11, &lt;strong&gt;professional&lt;/strong&gt; transportation when moving is definitely allowed &lt;strong&gt;within&lt;/strong&gt; Germany. It is their task to insure that local requirements (which may differ from state to state) are fullfilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Private assistance while moving (i.e. other private people helping while moving) is greatly restricted due to the 1 person outside your household rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cross border moving conditions is not meantioned specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking up residence is considered essential (at least for the immigration rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to drive yourself, you would have to have at least the electronic form which would state the address where you are staying after arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A letter from your employer stating that you are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;taking up employment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;where you will be initially staying&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would probably be useful to clarify any open questions when entering the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The present regulations have been extended until 2021-03-07.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens after that is anybody's guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.umzugsauktion.de/umzug-trotz-corona/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Umzug trotz Corona - Das gilt ab 11. Januar 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ratgeber.immowelt.de/a/coronakrise-umziehen-trotz-kontaktverbot-und-ausgangsbeschraenkung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;So gelingt der Umzug während der Coronakrise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immobilien.sparkasse.de/baufinanzierung/ratgeber-hausbau-immobilienkauf/corona-immobilien-news/corona-wohnungsbesichtigung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Corona: Wohnungsbesichtigung - was geht noch? | Sparkassen-Immobilien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-12T14:02:05.377" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T14:02:05.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-12T16:20:22.010" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;If for example a Spanish citizen happens to find two houses in two close cities that are close to each other (for example a French city and a Belgian city), applies for residency in both of them and manages somehow to afford rent costs and meet the work requirements in both countries  (let's say for example he resides with him family in one country and pays rent on his own in the other one, and works part time in Belgium and part time in France, for a needed extension of time), and likewise also assuming that he manages not to let know each country's authorities about his own status in the other country (for example opening a bank account in a country exclusively with its own issued document, in order to avoid double taxation and using exclusively each document for its own territory), can he for example seek citizenship from both countries after 5 years (Belgium and France require 5 years for their citizenships)? Would it be legal to seek both citizenships in that case? In case this is illegal, how would he eventually be caught?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19049" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T20:26:55.200" Title="European citizen taking residence in two EU countries and seeking citizenship from both" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ClosedDate="2021-02-13T21:37:59.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21684" CreationDate="2021-02-12T20:26:55.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you mention France, the residence requirement for naturalisation has been interpreted as having the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2213&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;“center of your life”&lt;/a&gt; in France. For example, if you live in France and your spouse and children live abroad, naturalisation can be denied. It's deliberately not about meeting formal criteria (like spending a predefined number of days in France) but by definition excludes living a life split between two countries and gives the authorities and justice system complete flexibility to deal with such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, what happens during a naturalisation procedure is that you will at least have an interview with the police (probably an officer of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Directorate_for_Internal_Security&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;General Directorate for Internal Security&lt;/a&gt;) and the mayor of the town where you live will be asked for an opinion (in a small town, s/he might know you or inquire in person, in large city, they would typically mandate a social worker to pay a visit to your address). It's not a deep investigation but it might still be difficult to hide the fact you have a kind of double life to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way this could come back to haunt you is that if you run into some serious problem with the law (or even, possibly, with a private citizen who has reasons to report you to the authorities) at a later point. It's entirely possible for the original decision to be invalidated as fraudulent. At this point, any action you took to dissimulate your true situation (like failing to report income or opening two bank accounts) only make matters worse as they establish fraudulent intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-02-12T20:26:55.200" CommentCount="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21686" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21687" CreationDate="2021-02-12T22:48:28.417" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an expat working in Germany since a couple of years and now would like to submit my first tax refund (&lt;em&gt;Steuererklärung&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried some websites but none of them has resulted as I expected (always resulted around 200€). As I was informed from some of my expat friends here, they got much more (average: 2.000€) but all of them are married which is a change in the &lt;em&gt;Steuerklasse&lt;/em&gt;. As a single, my &lt;em&gt;Steuerklasse&lt;/em&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; which makes me paying the highest tax, as far as I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main question; Does &lt;em&gt;Steuerklasse&lt;/em&gt; have a massive effect on what you get back? I know that the married couples claim together, this can double the price somehow. Even after multiplying my result with 2, it is still too low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An additional question; Would you recommend me to go for a &lt;em&gt;Lohnsteuerhilfe&lt;/em&gt;? Would that affect my result as a newbie in this topic? I am asking this because the questions the web applications ask are quite basic (or they seem to me so) which I've answered precisely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more question could be; Does claiming your refund 1 year later (e.g. claiming now for 2019) decrease the amount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17412" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-15T08:38:30.693" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T08:38:30.693" Title="Tax refund as a single in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-deductions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21686" CreationDate="2021-02-13T12:38:28.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your tax class will often make a significant difference to your tax return, but only because you overpaid through the year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The principle is that your employer withholds enough tax so that you cannot underpay, and you get your money back in your tax return. If you are single and make €5,000 every month your employer can and will withhold the exact amount and nothing is returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a couple, one making €5,000 and one making €3,000 then the two employers don’t know about each other. So they withhold the right amount for two singles. But a couple making €8,000 a month pays less tax than two singles, so they overpay through the year and may get a lot of money back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a single, you will get lots of money back if your monthly salary changed a lot, or if you can make tax deductions. Usual tax deductions: Any cost you have to do your job, for example travelling to work. Childcare expenses and alimony. Many donations to charities. And many other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. Married couples have a choice: They can tell both employees either that they make about the same amount, or one tells their employer that they make much more money than the other, and the other tells their employer that they make much less than the other. If you did this correctly, then you will overpay a lot less through the year. If you pick the wrong one, you overpay a lot more - you can get an awful lot of money back in your tax return that way, but only because you paid too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2021-02-13T13:27:55.740" LastActivityDate="2021-02-13T13:27:55.740" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21686" CreationDate="2021-02-13T13:01:04.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax accountant, so take any &lt;em&gt;numbers&lt;/em&gt; in my post with a grain of salt. All the below assumes all your income is from regular fulltime employment only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tax bracket (Steuerklasse) does not affect &lt;em&gt;how much&lt;/em&gt; taxes you pay. Only &lt;em&gt;at what time&lt;/em&gt; you pay them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you have Steuerklasse 1 you pay the maximum up front. If you don't have any reductions, that's the default, you need to do nothing, your tax declaration is considered &amp;quot;done&amp;quot;, since you already gave them the maximum amount. Lets say you marry and your wife stays home with the kids, then you'd need to pay less taxes overall. If you keep Steuerklasse 1, you still pay the same amount every month up front, but you get some money back when you make your tax declaration, because you can deduct something when you have dependents making less money than you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since marriage (or other relevant circumstances) are rarely spontaneous, it seems a bad investment to just give too much money away each month only to recuperate it an the end of the year. It would be smarter to just give that amount of money that you actually owe. So if you &lt;em&gt;already know&lt;/em&gt; that you will have to pay less than the maximum (because you are still married and plan to be for the whole year) you can get a different Steuerklasse where you pay less every month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the end, Steuerklasse only says how much you pay &lt;em&gt;every month&lt;/em&gt;. The amount you owe in the end does not change. If you paid too much over 12 months, you will get money back, if you paid too little over 12 months, you will have to pay the remaining sum then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are Steuerklasse 1, a tax declaration is optional. They already have your money. If you claimed any other Steuerklasse (and paid less than the maximum) you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to make a tax declaration, to provide proof that you indeed didn't have to pay the maximum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming your tax declaration is optional, you can make tax declarations up to 4 years back. The amount you get back does not change with the years, apart from not having the money in your bank, there is no special drawback for doing it late.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Steuerklasse have a massive effect on what you get back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a way. If you pick the wrong one, and overpay all year long, you get more money back than a person that did not overpay. But the money you get back is money that was drawn from your account and that you did not need to pay in the first place. So who got how much back from a tax declaration is rarely a good measurement. It was theirs to begin with. It does not say anything about how much taxes a person actually paid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since no tax declaration of couples, maybe even with kids, is uncomplicated, it's nearly impossible to get &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the correct tax bracket. There is only around 5, compared to untold combinations of factors that lead to tax deductions. Since you have to always overpay, couples tend to get more money back from tax declarations than singles, who are probably pretty close to the default. But again: that was their money to begin with, they overpaid and they get it back now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you recommend me to go for a Lohnsteuerhilfe? Would that affect my result as a newbie in this topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. Any kind of tax accountant is fine. They will feel seriously bored doing a single's taxes, but so what. They get paid for it. They will be able to give you ideas &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; you can deduct. For example anything for a job (commute costs etc). Anything you used to &lt;em&gt;get&lt;/em&gt; a job (traveling to/from interviews, maybe special preparations, photos you had taken for your CV etc). The point is, they will ask you whether you have done this because they know it's deductible, while you'd probably never think of it and not deduct it. They probably need one hour of time, for something you'd do a worse job and need 4+, so that's probably money well spent. At least do it once, so you see what you'd need to do. If you decide to do it yourself next time, at least you can compare results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2021-02-13T13:01:04.307" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-13T16:43:44.207" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are citizens of a non EU country and we don't speak German. I have got my Austrian citizenship recently and we want to live and work in Austria. From what I read I know, that in order to obtain residence title of “Family Member” she has to provide evidence of German language skills on A1 level. Is it possible for us to live and work in Austria under EU law? Otherwise, is it possible that I can live in one of the EU countries under EU law and then we move to Austria and live under EU law without the language requirement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20954" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T07:33:49.657" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T07:33:49.657" Title="Residency under EU law for a spouse of an Austrian who is not an EU citizen" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-13T17:12:34.597" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents came to the United States on Visitor Visa and while they were here, I filed for their I-131 + I485(through adjustment of status filing). Because of the I-485 filing, they have to stay here until they receive their Green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, during this waiting period, their B2 visa has expired. So all I have is their I-485 receipt on name or Proof of legal stay in the United States. Meanwhile, their passport from my home country is expiring soon and I am applying for a new passport and sending the application to the embassy here in the United States. Now, they are asking me for &lt;code&gt;proof of legal stay&lt;/code&gt;, which to me is the I-485 receipt. Now, I am worried that what if Indian Embassy does not understand(or respect) the I-485 receipt as proof of legal stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I do have the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do my worries have a fair ground?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, how do I convey it to the Indian embassy in the United States that I-485 is actually proof of legal status?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I provide any documentation from the USCIS which clearly states that? If so, what should I present?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8461" LastEditorUserId="8461" LastEditDate="2021-02-14T16:24:20.073" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T16:24:20.073" Title="Filed for AOS by filing I-485 in USA. Is it proof of legal stay in United States?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;india&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21689" CreationDate="2021-02-13T17:35:44.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;EU law doesn't readily apply to you if you only ever lived in Austria but it is indeed possible to benefit from it when coming back to Austria after living &lt;em&gt;together&lt;/em&gt; (not you alone) elsewhere in the EU. This is called the ”Surinder Singh route”. A lot of the literature online refers to the UK as that's where the original case stemmed from. It doesn't apply there anymore since Brexit but the precedent still applies in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-02-13T17:35:44.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21692" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-14T10:42:44.490" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where is a reliable real estate or apartment (Wohnung) search provider for the southern part of Baden-Württemburg state in Germany, bordering Switzerland (i.e. Weil-am-Rhein, Lörrach, Laufenburg, Freiburg)? Preferably a search engine with a map view of the available properties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long-term annually-renewed apartments are best. Houses for sale can be on the menu too, as I am an expatriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20957" OwnerDisplayName="user610620" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T10:52:17.483" Title="Apartments website for Baden-Württemburg, Germany bordering Switzerland" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21652" CreationDate="2021-02-14T19:36:55.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be very, very, very reluctant to reply to an email that claims to come from HMRC, and I’d definitely not give them any information that they should have or any personal information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is most likely a scam. If not then someone at HMRC deserves a kicking for sending email that look like scams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T19:36:55.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-14T21:32:56.077" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;My German student visa starts on the 1st of March. My studies start from the 1st of April. I will receive my Immatrikulationsbescheinigung after 15th of March. My question is: Can I work as a student before the 1st of April? My Insurance starts on the 1st of April as well, but there is an option to ask insurance company to makethe  start date earlier as a non-student. I am not an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20959" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T07:50:41.643" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T07:50:41.643" Title="Working with Student Visa Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20471" CreationDate="2021-02-14T22:18:10.237" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to make payments on a quarterly basis, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you can do so yourself&lt;/a&gt; without involving the bank.  In fact, you are required to do so under certain circumstances when you have a significant amount of income that is not subject to withholding, or for which the withholding is not adequate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quarterly estimated tax payments and any withheld tax is then credited against the total tax liability you calculate on your annual income tax return.  If the tax liability is greater, you make an additional payment with the return.  If the tax liability is less, then you may choose whether to receive a refund or credit the surplus toward the next year's tax liability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want someone to prepare your income tax returns for you, you can engage the services of an accountant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T22:18:10.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-14T22:32:39.867" Score="1" ViewCount="360" Body="&lt;p&gt;For privacy, I'm not writing why I ask this. Please explain in Simple English. I don't know much British politics or law. When I phoned HM Passport Office, the lady told me this.  I asked her to repeat three times...certainly she said this! I Googled, and she appears correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The right to British&#xA;citizenship is nowadays determined by statute law, but the decision&#xA;whether or not to issue a passport is a prerogative power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why this distinction? If UK governments are so worried about British citizens travelling to commit wrongs, and returning to the UK after wrongdoing, then why not make the right to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fragomen.com/insights/blog/uk-citizenship-vs-uk-nationalities-%E2%80%93-know-your-status&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;British citizenship&lt;/a&gt; a Royal Prerogative too? Then UK governments can way further control entry and exit of British citizens, because the Royal Prerogative will give UK governments more discretion and power to grant or withdraw British citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/right-to-cancel-passports-using-the-royal-prerogative-retained-v6rt0f6bt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Right to cancel passports using the royal prerogative retained | Register | The Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The executive retained the royal prerogative power to refuse to issue or to cancel a passport issued to a person whom the home secretary was satisfied had been involved in terrorist activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fsruKIdEEI0J:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118554/royal-prerogative.pdf+&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ct=clnk&amp;amp;gl=ca&amp;amp;client=firefox-b-d&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Royal Prerogative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Passport entitlement&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no statute law governing the grant, refusal of British passports, which are issued in the United Kingdom. However, certain principles apply which are as follows:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;United Kingdom passports are issued in the UK at the discretion of the Home Secretary and in overseas posts at the discretion of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. They are issued in exercise of the Royal Prerogative, which is an executive power that doesn’t require legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is however, no entitlement to a passport and there are circumstances where passport facilities are refused: -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Minors whose journey is known to be contrary to a Court Order, to the wishes of a parent or other person or authority awarded custody or care and control, under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, or the Children Act (Scotland) 1995, or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;• Where a person is to be arrested under a warrant issued in the United Kingdom or is wanted by the United Kingdom police in suspicion of a serious crime;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;• Where a person’s past or proposed activities are so demonstrably undesirable that the grant or continued enjoyment of passport facilities would be contrary to the public interest (these cases are very rare and decisions on this category are made personally by the Home Secretary);&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;• In the case of UK nationals who have been repatriated from abroad at public expense, until they have repaid their debt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user20960" LastEditorDisplayName="user20960" LastEditDate="2021-02-14T22:37:47.380" LastActivityDate="2021-02-14T22:37:47.380" Title="Why does statute law determine the right to British citizenship, but Royal Prerogative power determine passports?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-02-18T11:31:56.107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-15T10:18:21.060" Score="0" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was an international student in Canada from 2014 to 2016. Unfortunately I was not able to complete my studies due to monetary and personal issues. I was told to leave Canada since I didn't complete my course especially since I did not enroll for the semester during the course of my stay. I would like to go back canada again either to continue my studies or to live there permanently. Is it possible for me to get a visa or pr after 5 years since that incident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11132" OwnerDisplayName="Nits" LastEditorUserId="11132" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T18:53:23.017" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T18:53:23.017" Title="Getting a Canadian visa or pr 5 years after kicked out" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21701" CreationDate="2021-02-15T14:15:54.617" Score="8" ViewCount="1761" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Polish licence has been taken and suspended by France (where I currently reside) for 4 months. This time has passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I no longer plan to live in France, and would like to drive in my home State as well as other Member States (and abroad). According to the administrative and judiciary documents I got from France, I am &amp;quot;banned from driving &lt;strong&gt;on French territory&lt;/strong&gt; for a period of 4 months&amp;quot;. I was told that to drive again (anywhere), I must change my licence to a French one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I no longer plan to live in France, am I indeed obliged to change it into a French one? Additionally (and/or if not), am I allowed to drive in other EU Member States by requesting a duplicate of my licence in my home Member State (the Member State that issued my driving licence in the first place)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20965" OwnerDisplayName="jaster32123" LastEditorUserId="2212" LastEditDate="2021-02-15T18:01:06.700" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T14:04:25.927" Title="Can I ask my home EU State for a duplicate licence if it has been taken by another Member State?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving&gt;&lt;eu&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="36" FavoriteCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21700" CreationDate="2021-02-15T15:52:45.070" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The logic of the system is simple: In the EU, only the state where you reside is competent for driving license issues. As a rule, other member states — including the one where you originally obtained your license — should refuse to issue a (duplicate) license. It's sometimes possible to fall through the cracks depending on the kind of evidence required to establish that you are a resident but, as long as you reside in France, you should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be able to ask any other EU member state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Planning to leave soon adds a twist to your story but doesn't fundamentally change things. You first need to actually move and obtain all the necessary paperwork to prove you are a resident there before being allowed to apply for a license. Since you wouldn't have a currently valid license to hand in, it might be possible to apply for a new one based on a document issued by the member states where you originally obtained your license (that's how it works when a license is stolen). You wouldn't necessarily need to wait for 4 months and I don't think you would be doing anything illegal &lt;em&gt;provided you are really a resident in the country where you apply&lt;/em&gt; (whether it's Poland or any other in the EU). On the other hand, merely planning to move is not enough and you wouldn't be allowed to drive out of France without a license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you live in France, you have to follow the French rules and therefore to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1758&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;apply for a French driving license&lt;/a&gt;, undergo a medical exam, etc. It's mandatory after committing a driving offense to make it easier to track penalty points (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/id/LEGISCTA000006159563/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;article R222-2&lt;/a&gt; of the French &lt;em&gt;Code de la route&lt;/em&gt;). That's true even for less serious violations that do not result in any suspension. In your case, the exact rules depend on the details of the offense but it's likely that the penalty points would last 10 years (meaning that another violation during these 10 years could result in a permanent ban on driving in France).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T13:33:18.590" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T13:33:18.590" CommentCount="34" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T00:52:11.330" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a blue card in Germany and I am holding it for 18 months. I am changing my employer. Do I still need to have permission from the authority? My new job is in a different city. If I have to inform the authority then Is it better to move on to the new city and ask the authority? Or it will take more time there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20967" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T15:30:48.773" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T15:30:48.773" Title="Changing Job with blue card after 18 months" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21700" CreationDate="2021-02-16T05:09:56.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I no longer plan to live in France, am I indeed obliged to change it into a French one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;em&gt;plans&lt;/em&gt; don't matter - the member state where you &lt;em&gt;currently&lt;/em&gt; have normal residence does:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DIRECTIVE 2006/126/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL&#xA;of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (Recast)&#xA;  [...]&#xA;Article 7&#xA;Issue, validity and renewal&#xA;1.   Driving licences shall be issued only to those applicants:&#xA;  [...]&#xA;(e) who have their normal residence in the territory of the Member State&#xA;    issuing the licence, or can produce evidence that they have been studying&#xA;    there for at least six months.&#xA;  [...]&#xA;3.   The renewal of driving licences when their administrative validity&#xA;     expires shall be subject to:&#xA;  [...]&#xA;(b) normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence,&#xA;    or evidence that applicants have been studying there for at least six months.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1430377687650&amp;amp;uri=CELEX:32006L0126&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DIRECTIVE 2006/126/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a driving license right now, you can exchange your Polish driving license with a French one, in accordance with French regulations.&#xA;Or, you can move your residence to another member state, and exchange your driving license there, with a local one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am essentially asking if France has the right to suspend and then destroy a document given to me by my home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. You have acquired normal residence in France; as a consequence&#xA;, France can suspend or cancel your driving license. Quoting from the same EU directive:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;(15) For reasons connected with road safety, Member States should be&#xA;     able to apply their national provisions on the withdrawal, &#xA;     suspension, renewal and cancellation of driving licences to all&#xA;     licence holders having acquired normal residence in their&#xA;     territory.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, note that a member state where you &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; have normal residence can still take measures in order to reduce the validity of your driving licence in its territory further to a violation of the road rules. See case C-260/13, &lt;a href=&quot;http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-260/13&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Refusal of a Member State to recognise, in the case of a person having driven under the influence of narcotic substances, the validity of a driving licence issued by another Member State&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, the French state does not want to give me my driving licence back&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are under no obligation to do so; in fact, it's obligatory for you to exchange your driving license when you commit a traffic offense in the country where you live:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Obligatory exchange of your driving licence in another EU country&#xA;&#xA;You have to exchange your driving licence if:&#xA;&#xA;- Your licence is lost, stolen or damaged&#xA;- After 2 years of usual residence, if you have a driving licence &#xA;  with an indefinite validity period (only if this is required by &#xA;  the national authorities in the country where you live)&#xA;- You commit a traffic offence in the country where you live&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/vehicles/driving-licence/driving-licence-exchange-recognition/index_en.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Driving licence exchange and recognition in the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="664" LastEditorUserId="664" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T14:04:25.927" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T14:04:25.927" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T10:18:02.977" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from a &amp;quot;Third country&amp;quot; (non EEA/EU) and have studied and worked (also currently residing) in Austria. I have applied for my &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration/redwhiteredcardplus/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Red-White-Red Card plus&lt;/a&gt;, which should be valid for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my passport expires within the next 2 and half years. Do I have to leave the country or can I renew my plus card again? Because to apply for permanent residency, I need to complete 5 years and I would end up at 4 and half.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20449" OwnerDisplayName="Novice_Developer" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T20:01:03.307" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T20:01:03.307" Title="What if my Red-White-Red Card plus expires before the 3 years period" Tags="&lt;residency&gt;&lt;austria&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T12:27:37.903" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Card_(European_Union)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blue Card&lt;/a&gt; since 2017 and have applied for the Niederlassungserlaubnis in October 2020 in Germany. Authorities reached out to me in January 2021, saying that the minimum threshold for the required salary has increased in January 2021. My salary is now less than that minimum. I need to get an increased salary to qualify for the Blue Card. It's strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since my Blue Card has already been issued in 2017, why do they need to reevaluate it? Technically, I am Blue Card holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if they have to reevaluate, I already applied in 2020 when my salary was as per requirement. They started processing in 2021. That is not my fault, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anybody else experienced this? Any advice on how to proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20970" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-24T12:55:57.340" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T12:55:57.340" Title="Applied for Niederlassungserlaubnis - why are authorities evaluating my BlueCard?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21698" CreationDate="2021-02-16T17:19:27.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you haven't been banned from Canada, then you may apply again for another visa.&#xA;I suspect, however, that your real question is whether a subsequent application would be successful. The answer to that question is unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You left Canada under circumstances that you've not clearly explained. The question's title uses the words &amp;quot;kicked out,&amp;quot; while the body of the question text refers to whatever happened as &amp;quot;told to leave.&amp;quot; These are not necessarily the same occurrences, and their effect on a future visa application may differ as well. Whatever occurred will not help you in a subsequent application. Without further information, however, it's impossible to say if this will be a minor or major detriment to a future application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any event, a successful study application will convince the Canadian authorities that, at the end of the course of study, you'll leave Canada and return to your home country. Canada trusted you previously, and a visa was granted to you. That's a plus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, your prior entry didn't finish with an as-expected post-study voluntary return to your home country. This is by itself not good, but as noted above, could also be determined to be seriously not good. We don't have enough detail to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canadian immigration will also be interested in what's happened to you in the ensuing five years. Have you generated a successful travel history? Can you demonstrate that you will be able to support yourself while studying in Canada? Will you return (without prompting) to your home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, remember that this site is populated by civilians who have some interest in and knowledge of inter-country travel and expatriation. We're not professionals dealing with Canadian immigration law. You'll get a more accurate assessment of your situation if you consult with a Canadian solicitor experienced in study visas. Stay away from &amp;quot;immigration advisors&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;consultants&amp;quot; in your home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14950" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T20:23:51.307" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T20:23:51.307" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T20:04:46.063" Score="0" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tolls, or rather migration booths, at the German-Swiss and French-Swiss borders are active in the daytime, actively screening vehicles, pedestrians and bikers throughout the day. But at night, these checkpoints, except for maybe the major ones, are left unguarded and wide open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of keeping non-visa holders out? It wouldn't take a genius to realize that they can just cross/drive over at night and Sundays undetected without documentation or entry and exit stamps. Why this laxness at these times and days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20957" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T07:41:52.167" Title="Why are French-German-Swiss borders left unguarded and open on Sundays and evenings?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;customs&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21708" CreationDate="2021-02-17T02:18:08.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can remember, the French-Swiss border has never been watched intensively. Back in the 1980s, before Switzerland joined the Schengen area, it wasn't officially as opened as today but enforcement was already very lax compared to other international borders in the world. At smaller crossings, the boom barrier would be lowered at night and a sign invited you to present yourself to the right crossing. It would make it marginally more difficult to cross with a vehicle but numerous footpaths or stretches of fields have always been wide open without so much as a low fence or marking between countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is to say someone who is determined to cross irregularly always could do it easily. Short of militarizing a border, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Berlin wall&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Korean DMZ&lt;/a&gt;-style, it is very difficult to fully prevent that from happening at all. Currently, you can see some efforts to harden borders between the US and Mexico, at the Greece/Bulgaria-Turkey border, on the Hungarian border, or in Ceuta and Melilla but effectiveness is mixed at best despite significant investments and questionable practices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going that way would be hugely disruptive in areas relying heavily on cross-border work, where people routinely go shopping in the neighbouring countries or even have agricultural land straddling the border. Switzerland is (rightfully) not willing to pay for the costs of a hard border. Currently, it's not even willing to pay to meet its recruitment targets for border guards. Last I heard, many positions in the Geneva area were unfilled (in part because pay is not attractive) and municipalities were in charge of lowering barriers at night (to relieve the border force).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, then, as now, inspections on the French-Swiss border were far from systematic. It was more common to see someone wave you through (as opposed to seing nobody at all) but border guards would not talk to every traveller, let alone check their documents. The fact is that the people who are targeted by border forces do not necessarily have the resources or know-how to exploit these weaknesses and enforcement is targeted on low-hanging fruits. Checks have always been more thorough (and more intrusive) in busses and trains than other means of transportation. Taking the train between Amsterdam and Basel, you could even feel the difference depending on the class of travel (e.g. being woken up, asked questions and opening your luggage at 6 in the morning vs. handing over your passport to the attendant and sleeping soundly through the border).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why would they want to do more? In spite of popular belief, the majority of undocumented migrants enter legally (e.g. on a short-term or student visa) and lose their status further down the line. You cannot prevent that by hardening the land border. In actual fact, police or customs catches at the border (whether we are talking people entering illegally, illegal imports of potential legal products, or things like drugs and arms) do not stem mainly from random inspections but rather from investigations and especially informants and tips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently border guards are not even supposed to check documents or keep non-visa holders at bay, that's not the function of the border at all. Switzerland joined the Schengen area and as such committed to lifting systematic checks for people at its border with France, Italy, Austria, and Germany (Liechtenstein is another story but I don't think that border is heavily policed either). The border infrastructure is here for customs enforcement, i.e. checking &lt;em&gt;goods&lt;/em&gt; not &lt;em&gt;people&lt;/em&gt; (an anecdote: I once crossed the border by car somewhere in the Neuchâtel area and as far as I recall, the guard didn't check our ID or did it very superficially, didn't ask many questions regarding our destination but instead studied very carefully the receipt from the local supermarket we just stopped at; that receipt was organised by categories, making it easier to check the total amount of meat or dairy, which are regulated).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being part of the Schengen area means that almost all visitors have a visa covering both Switzerland and its neighbors (Schengen visa) and that all these countries implement the same entry rules. People who have long-stay visas or residence permits for one of these countries can also visit the others for up to 90 days. The main category of people who have the right to be in France or Germany but not to cross the Swiss border are people under some kind of temporary authorisation while their application for another status is pending and especially asylum seekers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Schengen area has another procedure to deal with asylum seeker moving between countries: the Dublin system. It's not working very well and that's why you do see some enforcement on the border with Italy (in both France and Switzerland). That's not an issue on the Swiss-French Swiss-German border as far as I know (it briefly was at the border between Austria and Germany in 2015).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-26T07:41:52.167" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T07:41:52.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-17T09:45:13.493" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently got a competent English score in PTE which gives me 70 points without state sponsorship. So I am planning to apply for VISA 190 (with state sponsorship it will be 75)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the problem is my project is ending on 31 August 2021 and my current visa(482) expires on 17 August 2021. It's uncertain whether or not my project will get extended or I will find another project in a different/same state or my company will send me back to my country without extending the visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With these uncertainties, if I apply for EOI for 190 visa in July (application will be open on July 1st usually, isn't it?), and after applying if I have to relocate to a different state or have to leave the country, what would happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will my EOI be rejected because I am not present in the chosen state? When will I get the bridging visa? Immediately after applying for EOI?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my company decided to extend my visa, that process will start in May since it has to be started 3 months before my 482 visa expires. Having applied for 482 visa extension will affect my EOI? If I haven't gotten the visa extension by July, can I still apply for EOI?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you understand my situation, any suggestions for this scenario is very much appreciated. I am perplexed about what to do now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15889" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-22T18:10:34.717" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T18:10:34.717" Title="Australia PR 190 - relocate to a different state after applying EOI" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-17T16:39:43.293" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany, there is (usually) a 3 month notice for when you leave your rented apartment. Sometimes, during these months, the renter pays double rent: at the place the new apartment they're renting, and the old one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was told that one can get one of the rents amount back, specifically the cheaper one. Is this documented somewhere, and if yes, how can a person go about taking the money back? Is the information supposed to be filled with the tax return?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17181" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T16:39:43.293" Title="Do you get back one rent if you pay double rent after you leave your apartment?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21714" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-18T00:33:55.810" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived and worked in Germany in 2020 and have recently submitted my Steuererklärung for that year. I'm back in my home country (Canada), and have closed my German bank account. Thus, in section of the tax form where I had to provide my bank details, I left this blank, because we do not have the SEPA bank account system in Canada and so there was no way for me to enter my details (i.e. we do not have an IBAN number).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way for me to enter my bank information via ELSTER, or should I try to get in contact directly with the Finanzamt? Or will they get into contact with me once they've calculated my tax refund?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to find any information on this specific scenario, your help is greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20981" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T00:33:55.810" Title="Getting tax refund from Germany to a non-EU bank account after leaving?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;foreign-employment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T23:04:57.503" Score="7" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to a source I saw recently (don't remember where), USA citizens are visa-exempt for ninety days in Brazil, with a &lt;strong&gt;single&lt;/strong&gt; renewal possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not clear from &lt;a href=&quot;http://saofrancisco.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/visas.xml&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://saofrancisco.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/visas.xml&lt;/a&gt; which type of visa would be appropriate for a retired person to stay in Brazil &lt;strong&gt;longer&lt;/strong&gt; than 180 days.  (Non-working, income sufficient to live long term.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking the San Francisco consulate, the response was the retirement visa which assumes intent to live there permanently.  When I clarified my request, they said there &amp;quot;He/she cannot, on a visitor status.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also not clear.  It appears that I would have to apply for permanent residence, and then just leave when I am ready.  Another source says the residence permission is canceled when you do that.  Would such a cancellation prevent future visits?  Or is there an option that they aren't telling me?  Would applying for permanent residence when you don't intend to be permanent be considered making a false statement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" OwnerDisplayName="WGroleau" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T16:06:41.237" Title="Long-term (but not permanent) residence for Brazil" Tags="&lt;brazil&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21715" CreationDate="2021-02-17T15:38:02.693" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid it is not possible for a tourist-visa holder to stay in Brazil longer than 180 days in a given year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Longer version:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portalconsular.itamaraty.gov.br/vistos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Foreign Relations webiste&lt;/a&gt; and this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portalconsular.itamaraty.gov.br/images/qgrv/QGRV-simples-ing-140120.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;linked document&lt;/a&gt;, United States passport holders have a visa exemption, for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionaly, according to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pf.gov.br/servicos-pf/imigracao/prorrogacao-de-prazo-de-estada-de-turista-e-viajante-a-negocios-temporario-ii-1/prorrogacao-de-prazo-de-estada-de-turista-e-viajante-a-negocios-temporario-ii&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Federal Police website&lt;/a&gt; (sorry, could only find a portuguese version), visitors can extend their 90 days visit for another 90 days period, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The extension is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; automatic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The visitor must go to a Federal Police office and provide a few documents as well as pay a fee.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternative solution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portalconsular.itamaraty.gov.br/vistos#outros&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other types of visa&lt;/a&gt; (investor, student, health care, among others) which might be worth to check. Perhaps you fulfill the requirements for one of them which could, hopefully, allow you to stay longer than 180 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="gmauch" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T16:54:13.920" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21715" CreationDate="2021-02-17T20:52:53.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One solution may be to request a VIPER (VIsto PERmanente, Permanent Visa) (which at first is actually issued for 2 years, after that time you need to apply again to make it properly permanent). It seems to be a lot of hassle though, including transferring some amount of money to a Brazilian account every month, getting an RNE (Brazilian foreigner ID). Several years ago it took me over 4 months to get a VITEM V (temporary working visa), so I can imagine it takes even longer to request a permanent one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that I would have to apply for permanent residence, and then just leave when I am ready. (...) Would such a cancellation prevent future visits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find a definite answer (in English or Portuguese), but I know plenty of people who got permanent visa / residency (e.g. because they married with a Brazilian), left the country after several years and kept coming back as tourists. After all, your plans may change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This article about &lt;a href=&quot;http://vancouver.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/permanent_visa_%28viper%29.xml#retirement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VIPER&lt;/a&gt; on the Consulate General of Brazil in Vancouver says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the holder of a permanent visa, even after all registration procedures in Brazil have been completed, &lt;strong&gt;leaves the country for more than two years in a row, the visa will expire, the ID for foreigner (RNE) will automatically be revoked and the person will have to re-apply for a new permanent visa.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to be outdated though, e.g. it mentions at least R$6.000 (~1.100 USD) monthly, but this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-normativa-n-40-de-2-de-outubro-de-2019-229901650&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;decree&lt;/a&gt; issued by the Brazilian MFA in 2019 says (link in Portuguese, translated by me):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Art. 1º The temporary visa can be issued to a retired immigrant or a pension beneficiary, who can show a proof of a monthly transfer to Brazil of 2.000,00 USD or a higher value, in a foreign currency (...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10428" OwnerDisplayName="Kuba" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T20:52:53.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-18T23:50:41.157" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My mothers family has lived in the Netherlands since the year 1542. My grandparents (mothers parents) moved to Canada when my mother was 10 years old. My unmarried mother had me when she was 19 years old, so her Dutch National designation had not expired yet, from what I understand. She put me up for adoption and later I found my Dutch family. I have an adoption record stating my birth name. Do I qualify for a Dutch passport or other legal Dutch designation? Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. Marie Janisse&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20983" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T23:50:41.157" Title="Do I qualify for a Dutch Passport if my mother was a Dutch National?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;canadian-citizens&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2021-02-19T13:04:49.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of 2021, the exam is available in 13 languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-gueterbefoerderung/fahrerlaubnis-fuehrerschein/artikel.283188.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Berlin.de&lt;/a&gt; (German)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/english-driving-schools-in-berlin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;All About Berlin&lt;/a&gt; (English)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tuvsud.com/de-de/branchen/mobilitaet-und-automotive/fuehrerschein-und-pruefung/fuehrerschein-und-pruefung/rund-um-die-fuehrerscheinpruefung/theoretische-fuehrerscheinpruefung&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TÜV Süd&lt;/a&gt; (German)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gut-lernen.de/fremdsprachen-pruefung.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gut Lernen&lt;/a&gt; (German)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15514" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T13:04:49.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-19T10:59:20.200" Score="0" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came to the US in 2005. I finished school and worked as OPT. But after OPT I overstayed here until 2016. In 2014 I got married and divorced in 2015, I didn’t file the paperwork for immigration at that time. In 2017 I came back to my home country. In 2018 I came to the US with a F1 visa, however I didn’t go to school any day. Now I get married to us citizen. I wonder what chance of getting a green card with uscis is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20987" OwnerDisplayName="Linh Morano" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T15:22:39.873" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T19:00:47.643" Title="Overstay in US and married to a US citizen" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21720" CreationDate="2021-02-19T14:57:35.917" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are going to need a lawyer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problems you have to overcome are many, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A multi-year overstay&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A previous marriage and divorce, which will cast doubt on your current marriage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An apparent violation of the terms of your current F1 visa&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the positive side, you were granted an F1 visa, which means US immigration does not appear to view your previous overstay as a major problem (or does not know about it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only a qualified immigration lawyer is going to give you anything like an accurate assessment of your chances of a Green Card, and you will need one to guide your application process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556" LastEditorUserId="556" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T15:29:58.740" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T15:29:58.740" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21720" CreationDate="2021-02-19T16:13:15.617" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to first point to DJClayworth’s post for the list of problems I was planning also to address: they are all valid points.  Right now, I have a friend in a situation similar to yours, and here is what happened to him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because you are legally married to a U.S. citizen, the government is obliged to issue you permanent residence, if you can prove your marriage is legitimate.  Because of the divorce and re-marriage, they told him to wait until he’s married for 2 years before applying for a Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because of your status violations, you are very likely to be deported.  My friend’s are not as bad, but they told him that if he wants a chance to have a Green Card, he must leave the U.S. voluntarily.  So he ended up finding a job at the Czech Republic (though he is from the Ukraine, and doesn’t even have entry rights; but, his lawyer arranged to where they allowed him in since he came from the U.S.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A violation of the F-1 visa is an exceptionally serious violation.  I have a close relative who said he was going to look for a college to attend, and they allowed him in on an F-1 Visa (from Germany, so he was allowed to enter simply with an ESTAA).  The next time he tried coming in, they asked him, which colleges he applied to.  He didn’t, so they banned him from entry for 5 years, starting with the second visit; all of the minors who accompanied him were also deported, but not banned.  This can easily happen to you when you try to apply for a Green Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So again, the DJ’s suggestion of getting a lawyer is a good one in your situation.  That being said, being more familiar with the situation you describe, I thought I would share my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last caveat: the two situations above were both under Trump.  Biden has said that he will increase immigration (though neither of my friends have had an update in the status yet).  So most likely, if you wait a few more months, under Biden it will be even easier than under Trump.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20988" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T16:13:15.617" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21673" CreationDate="2021-02-19T16:53:50.363" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One addition to chx’s answer.  During COVID, most of the European countries have implemented travel restrictions, where you are not allowed to enter the country unless you have a long-term residence permit from that country.  As is, the rules for living in a country without a Visa are 90/180: so after 90 days, you are not allowed to stay in the same country, and must cross into a different country.  This will be a problem if you do not have rights to enter that country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, if you restrict yourself to countries which do not have entry restrictions (e.g. Ukraine), and follow the 90/180 rule, then yes, you are allowed to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: myself in the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20988" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T16:53:50.363" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21720" CreationDate="2021-02-19T19:00:47.643" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are immigrating as the spouse of a US citizen, you are in the Immediate Relative category, so all that is needed is that you entered the US legally (which you did). Whether you are in status right now doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bigger potential problem might be misrepresentation relating to your second F-1. You said that you didn't go to school for a single day. That makes it seem like you had no intention of going to school when you came on F-1, which would be a misrepresentation since you must be coming to go to school when you enter on an F-1 visa. (That's unless you can somehow prove that you intended to go to school when you entered but something unexpected happened between entry and the start of school to cause you not to be able to go.) Misrepresentation would trigger a lifetime ban, and if you have that, you would need to apply for a waiver together with your Adjustment of Status application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T19:00:47.643" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21736" CreationDate="2021-02-20T11:56:44.540" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a software engineer from Russia with 2 years of work experience,a Masters in Data Science at Skoltech univesity and a job offer from Germany. My university is listed as H+/- in the Anabin database. I was going to apply for a Blue Card, and it seems like it might take up to 6 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;up to 3 months to get my diploma certified at ZAB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;up to 3 months to get the Blue Card approved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if I could start working sooner, in particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://germania.diplo.de/blob/2344408/a852e21064752f2cb5205241bd7c399a/fachkraefteverfahren-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fast-track procedure for specialists&lt;/a&gt;. Will it help speed up a Blue Card application or will it be more trouble than it's worth?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can I start working sooner using a different visa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.honeypot.io/german-work-permit-explained/#:%7E:text=The%20German%20work%20permit%20provides,eligible%20for%20this%20working%20visa.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This website&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/7074/blue-card-vs-work-permit-for-it-specialists&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; imply that I should be able to get a German work permit without a degree:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The German work permit provides the same working rights as a Blue Card&#xA;without the requirement of a university degree. As a developer, if&#xA;your salary is within the average range for your role and your&#xA;employer can justify their choice to hire you over a local applicant,&#xA;you are likely eligible for this working visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't find anything like this on the local &lt;a href=&quot;https://germania.diplo.de/ru-ru/service/05-VisaEinreise/langfristigerAufenthalt/-/1224364?openAccordionId=item-1611410-4-panel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;embassy page&lt;/a&gt;. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://germania.diplo.de/blob/1611626/0bb458aef39a574e467fe299fb4acca3/it-fachkraft-data.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visa for IT specialists with experience&lt;/a&gt; but it requires 3 years of experience and I only have 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I considered applying to PhD and doing an internship but it won't really speed up the process as PhDs only start in September, and I don't want to risk not getting accepted into a PhD program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other option that I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20991" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T09:07:38.643" Title="What is the quickest way to start working in Germany from Russia?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-20T22:34:46.143" Score="0" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am considering moving and working in the United States for a period of three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the job position that I would like to apply for (barista) does not allow me to get a work visa.&#xA;(I am not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States so in order to start working I need to provide an Employment Authorization Document as well as a Social Security card which require having this type of visa first). I wanted to ask what kind of visa I could apply for in my situation or if there would be any other way to make it happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Natalia" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-02-21T18:26:10.980" LastActivityDate="2021-02-21T18:26:10.980" Title="Is there any way to move and take a job (as a barista) in the United States as a foreigner?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21728" CreationDate="2021-02-22T06:04:24.403" Score="4" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from &lt;em&gt;India&lt;/em&gt; and applying for &lt;em&gt;France&lt;/em&gt; visa. My lawyer has suggested applying &lt;code&gt;vfs-global&lt;/code&gt; for the purpose of travel in the &lt;code&gt;Talent Passport/ICT&lt;/code&gt; category. It makes sense as I have to join the &lt;em&gt;Paris&lt;/em&gt; office of my company. But looks like the slots for this are very few and recently I noticed that there is a &lt;code&gt;Passport Talent&lt;/code&gt; category as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some details related to visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EU Blue card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Long Term&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So...,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the actual difference between these two?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are they both the same category or similar?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm totally new to travel kinds of stuff and so any link/resource in the right direction will do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20995" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T08:26:02.007" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T08:26:02.007" Title="What is the difference between “Talent Passport/ICT” and “Passport Talent” in visa category?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21727" CreationDate="2021-02-22T10:24:24.617" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those are indeed different categories, with slightly different rights and requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F33952&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salarié détaché/ICT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; only applies to people transferring internally within the same company/group. I don't see any immediate advantage for you as employee but it's useful for employers as they can use it to relocate people who wouldn't otherwise qualify (i.e. lower salary threshold). There is a simplified procedure for your family to come with you (no need to go through the regular &lt;em&gt;regroupement familial&lt;/em&gt; process).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F16922&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Passeport talent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a distinct category of visa/residence permits. This includes but is not limited to the “&lt;em&gt;carte bleue européenne&lt;/em&gt;”. There is also a simplified procedure for your family to come with you (no need to go through the regular &lt;em&gt;regroupement familial&lt;/em&gt; process). Since it doesn't require a pre-existing relationship with the (prospective) employer it applies to more people. The blue card corresponds to the “&lt;em&gt;emploi hautement qualifié&lt;/em&gt;” sub-category of the “&lt;em&gt;passeport talent&lt;/em&gt;” permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The blue card has steeper requirements than either the “&lt;em&gt;salarié détaché&lt;/em&gt;” or “&lt;em&gt;passeport talent salarié qualifié&lt;/em&gt;” permits but comes with distinct advantages, including building up a right to long-term stay in Europe. For you it would mean that it would be easier to change employers or even to move to another European country than if you were on &lt;em&gt;salarié détaché/ICT&lt;/em&gt; permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You didn't mention it but note that there is also a regular &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15898&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;salarié&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; permit. There is no reason for you to be seeking this one but it might be useful to understand the logic of the system. The other permits (&lt;em&gt;salarié détaché&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;passeport talent&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;carte bleue&lt;/em&gt;) have been created to offer easier paths to French residence (no &lt;em&gt;autorisation de travail&lt;/em&gt;, no &lt;em&gt;regroupement familial&lt;/em&gt;) for people who meet certain requirements (diploma, salary, working for an employer who has offices in France…) That's why there are many categories with slightly different rules. If you don't meet their requirements, you have to fall back to the &lt;em&gt;salarié&lt;/em&gt; category, which is much less attractive (additionnal paperwork for the employer, your family has to wait before joining you, you need to have accommodation secured and prove it to get the permit/have your family join you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, if your company is willing to go along with it and your lawyer thinks you would qualify, I see no downside to applying for a &lt;em&gt;passeport talent&lt;/em&gt;, especially if it's a blue card. You should however check the requirements and rules carefully, I might be missing something. For your employer, the &lt;em&gt;salarié détaché&lt;/em&gt; is an obvious choice, it should be slightly easier to get and reduces the risk you would leave them once you set foot in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you always need to ensure you satisfy all the requirements and have documents to prove it (including a work contract meeting the salary thresholds, diplomas, etc.) The list is not exactly the same for each of these permits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-02-22T10:30:12.720" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T10:30:12.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21729" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-22T09:15:17.757" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask whether anyone has applied for the indefinite leave to remain in the uk through the 10 years route, and when is the earliest time you could apply? So for instance, if in august you would complete your 10 years, do you then apply after the 5 or 10 years is complete or can you apply prior to that, ie, 28 days or couple of months earlier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any information would be appreciated, thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T11:03:23.850" Title="Applying for ILR through 5 or 10 years route" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21710" CreationDate="2021-02-22T12:45:39.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note: I am &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a visa agent and I am most especially not &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; visa agent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting just to point you to the official sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will my EOI be rejected because I am not present in the chosen state?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can't find anything that addresses this directly. Try reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-nominated-190#Eligibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-nominated-190#Eligibility&lt;/a&gt; where it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All state and territory government agencies have their own criteria for deciding who they will nominate. Contact the state or territory agency directly to find out more about their nomination process and what they want from you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When will I get the bridging visa? Immediately after applying for EOI?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/moving-between-visas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/moving-between-visas&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An EOI is not a visa application and you will not be granted a Bridging visa by submitting an EOI. Your eligibility for a Bridging visa would only be considered once a valid visa application is lodged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in Australia and the visa you hold is about to expire before you are invited and able to apply for a skilled visa, you will need to apply for another visa to remain in Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not meet the requirements for the grant of another visa, you will need to depart Australia before your visa expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously you'll have to do your own research or hire a qualified professional to see how your personal circumstances affect things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19599" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T12:45:39.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21731" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-22T17:21:07.860" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying for an Australian student visa, and the Australian government's website says that the letter of Genuine Temporary Entrant should address, among other things, military-service commitments. Now I was wondering how would an agent construe this? Is it a plus or minus to be, say, exempt from military service? Of course, in the end, I will be telling the truth, but I might need to frame my response according to such construal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20595" LastActivityDate="2021-02-22T17:21:07.860" Title="How is the home-country military service commitments construed by the visa agent? (Australia)" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-22T20:25:37.070" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;My I-94 expires on the 13th March 2021 and I still have a few days more to complete my cancer treatment. Can a letter from my Doctor to DHS at border be acceptable as excuse to stay for a few days and complete my treatment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IT SAYS &lt;strong&gt;VALID FROM&lt;/strong&gt; 09/14/2020 &lt;strong&gt;UNTIL&lt;/strong&gt; 03/13/2021&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20934" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-02-24T04:36:26.930" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T04:36:26.930" Title="Can I legally remain in the US for a few days after I-94 expiration date, due to Ongoing Medical Treatment" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21733" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21734" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" Score="0" Body="For questions pertaining to citizens of Belgium" OwnerUserId="541" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T03:28:07.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-23T07:56:39.863" Score="0" ViewCount="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;My bachelors is a BSC in botany. Biological science is a combination of botany and zoology. Can I choose biological sciences as an area of training?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21007" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T08:29:26.777" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T08:29:26.777" Title="Area of training for the Quebec Skilled Worker program?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21725" CreationDate="2021-02-23T11:51:12.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is more or less no &amp;quot;quickest way&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You anyhow will need to (1) apply for national visa (which will be processed by both embassy and immigration office, i.e. Ausländerbehörde), (2) enter Germany on that visa and start working, and (3) then apply for residence permit (e.g., Blue Card).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering other questions of yours:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;up to 3 months to get my diploma certified at ZAB&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if your diploma really needs to be &amp;quot;certified&amp;quot; at ZAB. Basically, you need to apply for visa using a certified (at this point not by ZAB, just certified by notary) translated copy of your diploma, and then embassy or Ausländerbehörde will check it in anabin and decide if extra ZAB certification is required (which is often not the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I considered applying to PhD and doing an internship but it won't really speed up the process as PhDs only start in September, and I don't want to risk not getting accepted into a PhD program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do you want to work in Germany or do a PhD there? Or do an internship? All these are &lt;strong&gt;3 different purposes of stay&lt;/strong&gt;, which are regulated by different § of Immigration Law and have different conditions, including conditions for getting a permanent residence permit later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19565/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19565/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12606/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/12606/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11540/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11540/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20220/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20220/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19837/13223&quot;&gt;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/19837/13223&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. If you want to do a PhD, I'm actually writing a book about PhD in Germany &lt;a href=&quot;https://sapegin.ddnsfree.com/%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in my blog&lt;/a&gt; (in Russian language).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-02-24T09:07:38.643" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T09:07:38.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21732" CreationDate="2021-02-24T03:52:27.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am guessing based on your 6-month admission that you are probably on B2 visitor status. If you are on B2 status, you should apply for a B2 Extension of Stay (EOS) before your current B2 status expires. If you are on some other kind of nonimmigrant status, you should apply for Change of Status (COS) to B2 before your current status expires. Either way, the process is the same -- you file form I-539 to apply for Extension of Stay or Change of Status, with a $455 fee. The application must be officially received by USCIS before your status expires, so file a bit early. You can stay in the US while your application is pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The I-539 application will probably take several months to process, and if you only need to stay for a few more days, you will probably leave while it is still pending, which is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not file an I-539 application before your status expires, you will become out of status and deportable after your status expires, though it is very unlikely you will be deported in a few days after your status expires. You also start accruing &amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot; when you stay past the date on your I-94 (and don't have a pending EOS/COS application). Accruing 180 days of unlawful presence and leaving the US will trigger a 3-year ban; accruing 1 year of unlawful presence and leaving the US will trigger a 10-year ban. If you leave after accruing less than 180 days of unlawful presence, you will not have a ban, but accruing even 1 day of unlawful presence causes the visa that you used to enter the US to be automatically voided under INA 222(g), and forces you to apply for US visas only in your country of nationality for the rest of your life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US has no exit checks, no matter if you leave by land, sea, or air. You will not encounter anyone who deals with immigration on your way out, and there is no one to show a &amp;quot;letter&amp;quot; to. Rather, it is when you apply for a visa again, or seek entry to the US, where your past history will come up. If you stay past the date on your I-94 without applying for EOS/COS, and leave a few days after your I-94 expires, that negative history can increase the chance that you will be denied a visa (which you will have to apply for since your existing visa would have been automatically voided). You could show your &amp;quot;letter&amp;quot; to the visa officer as an explanation, but they would ask you why you didn't apply for EOS/COS, so I am not sure it would help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T03:52:27.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21706" CreationDate="2021-02-24T09:59:40.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what you wrote I would imagine that your Blue Card expired and that you or they expect you to keep it even after you get your Niederlassungserlaubnis. I believe this means you will be issued a new Blue Card which in return means you have to satisfy new requirements (salary treshold).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, those two things are separate and even though getting NE depends on your BC (getting NE after 21 or 33 months after getting BC), getting actual NE doesn't invalidate your BC (although some people report Ausländerbehörde occasionally does this), unless you want it to or leave it to expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details are needed on order to try to help you more but on the good side - perhaps this is a good schlagwort/reason to ask for a raise? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21016" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T09:59:40.427" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11439" CreationDate="2021-02-24T11:19:34.877" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;2020/2021 Update: in my case, in Baden-Württemberg, Ausländerbehörde had explictly noted that I need B1 certificate from Telc, Goethe- Institut or TestDaf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Es muss sich bei dem B1 Zertifikat, um das einer anerkannten Sprachschule handeln.( Hierbei einzig anerkannt sind zertifizierte Träger: Telc, Goethe- Institut oder TestDaf). Demnach kann das Zertifikat auch nur von einer zertifizierten Sprachschule / Träger anerkannt werden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I asked if I can show B1 German knowledge by presenting Deutsch Test für Zuwanderer results, I was again referred to be sure the test is issued by Telc, Goethe- Institut or TestDaf. As Telc is in the heading of the DTZ, it should be good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, only things that count are what you get from your Ausländerbehörde in written form (paper letter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21016" LastEditorUserId="21016" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T15:10:35.240" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T15:10:35.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21744" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-24T17:12:29.303" Score="0" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian citizen working in Germany for 2 years and I hold a German residence permit. In Dec 2019, I applied for the Canada tourist visa which was refused for not having sufficient funds, family ties in Canada. I am working in a Software Firm and earning 60000 Euros annually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I want to apply for the UK Skilled Worker visa as I've landed a JOB in London.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does my Canada Tourist Visa refusal in 2019 affect the UK Work Visa?&#xA;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21020" OwnerDisplayName="user2868081" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T17:44:50.693" Title="UK Skilled Worker visa after Canada Tourist visa refusal" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17496" CreationDate="2021-02-25T07:58:07.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Child Tax Credit requires that the child have a SSN issued before the tax return is due (including extensions). This means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the child gets a SSN before April 15, you can file the tax return with the child's SSN and claim the Child Tax Credit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the child will get an SSN after April 15 but before October 15, what you can do is: before April 15, request an extension to October 15, then after you get the child's SSN, file the tax return with the child's SSN and claim the credit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you file your tax return without the child's SSN, you become ineligible for an extension and will most likely be unable to claim the credit. (Amending your return later to claim the credit might be possible if you could prove the child's SSN was issued before the tax return was due but this is obviously much trickier than the ways I recommended above.) It should also be noted that Americans living abroad are eligible for an automatic extension to June 15 without requesting it ahead of time, provided you &amp;quot;include a statement showing that you meet the requirements.&amp;quot; However, I would not recommend relying on this automatic extension because it's easy to avoid any doubt by requesting an extension explicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T08:35:37.260" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T08:35:37.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-25T09:30:22.623" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a British citizen, living in the UK, working for a UK company.  We have an office in Spain, and I'd like to work in the Spanish office where the rest of my team is based for 6 weeks taking my spouse and kids with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which visa would I need for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I'll not be earning &lt;code&gt;Spanish&lt;/code&gt; income, and will be there for less than 189 days for tax purposes, but is this a valid use of a tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21032" OwnerDisplayName="Jon Bates" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T10:09:36.860" Title="Visa to remote-work in Spain for a few weeks" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12761" CreationDate="2021-02-25T12:08:17.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you describe is not totally impossible, but rather complicated. Please, however, note that I'm not a lawyer and by no means can give you any particular advice. Instead, I will just describe several generic problems with working remote for employer in a different country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your residence permit (Blue Card) may expire immediately when you leave Germany with the intention to permanently live in other country, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://dejure.org/gesetze/AufenthG/51.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;§51 (1) Punkt 6 AufenthG&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other country may have some regulations and requirements to both you and your employer. E.g., an employer &lt;em&gt;might be&lt;/em&gt; required to open a subsidiary there if they want you to work for them. If you can become a contractor, i.e. found a company in that non-EU country, or use a payroll company, this might solve a problem, however, you will still lose your Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I already mentioned, I'm not a lawyer and have no idea about exact laws in particular non-EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may also want to found a company in Germany and convert your Blue Card to some other residence permit (for company founders, but then you need to invest relatively high amount of money and/or hire at least 5 people - sorry, I do not remember exact details). Finally, you may also     get permanent residence permit after Blue Card and then found a company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: it seems that there is a residence permit for freelancers (§21 (5) AufenthG), but I'm not sure about exact conditions one needs to fulfill for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even in the case of freelancer/business residence permit one will need to deal with expiration of it (avoidable if you have, for example, strong family/emergency reasons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There might also be insurance issues, e.g. if something happens to you while working, it is unclear which insurance will cover it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-03-10T14:13:49.307" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T14:13:49.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21451" CreationDate="2021-02-25T17:10:58.043" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you pass all the integration tests (inburgeringsexamens) you will be eligible to get an integration diploma (inburgeringsdiploma). &lt;strong&gt;The diploma does not expire&lt;/strong&gt; and can be used to apply for permanent residency as well as citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.inburgeren.nl/index.jsp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official website of DUO&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12182" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T14:39:29.553" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T14:39:29.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="663" CreationDate="2021-02-25T17:15:15.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A similar question was asked before. Please see my answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11438/12182&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, since March 2017 students, highly skilled migrants, and scientific researchers are given more room as entrepreneurs. Please see the linked answer for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12182" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T17:15:15.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21751" CreationDate="2021-02-25T19:19:37.140" Score="1" ViewCount="343" Body="&lt;p&gt;While waiting for their I-140 to be approved, applicants might see the following status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We updated your name for your Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastActivityDate="2021-03-27T20:00:08.590" Title="What does &quot;We updated your name for your Form I-140&quot; mean?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21750" CreationDate="2021-02-25T19:19:37.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At least in one case, it means the I-140 application is about to be approved. The very next day the USCIS application status changed to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case Was Approved&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202" LastEditorUserId="202" LastEditDate="2021-02-25T19:27:34.833" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T19:27:34.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12211" CreationDate="2021-02-26T10:34:08.343" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are relatively new banking services that operate without physical branches, such as bunq and N26. You can see a comparison of those &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.finder.com/nl/en/bank-accounts/debit-cards&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. They use the international standard for debit cards. Therefore, they might solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12182" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T10:34:08.343" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21753" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21756" CreationDate="2021-02-26T10:41:28.403" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two nationalities, A and B, and I am in the national team of country A representing the country at the top international level. In country B I'm also playing in regional and national level competitions as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the world championship is in country B, is it not possible for me to represent country A in that year to do the world championship because under master nationality rule, when I'm a citizen of country B, all other nationalities are not recognised in country B?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19924" LastActivityDate="2021-02-28T18:43:30.933" Title="Isn't it possible for me to represent my first nationality in the national team if it is held in the country of my second nationality?" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20045" CreationDate="2021-02-26T14:33:56.133" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, the Israeli Ministry of Transport publishes a complete (whatever that means) &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.il/en/departments/dynamiccollectors/theoryexamhe_data?skip=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pool of driving-theory questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other resources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_Israel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;different kinds&lt;/a&gt; of licenses. The typical common is B - private vehicles up to a certain tonnage - but the &amp;quot;theory exam&amp;quot; and/or procedure may be different for different license categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should first consider the possibility of getting a license on the basis of your foreign driver's license - without going through a &amp;quot;driving theory&amp;quot; exam. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nbn.org.il/aliyahpedia/government-services/drivers-license-cars/converting-foreign-drivers-license/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt; for information about that. On the other hand, it might be worthwhile to actually take lessons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... So here’s what I realized.  I’m a great driver in the US.  I wasn’t a great driver in Israel.  Neither are most of the people who move here.  I had to get my ego out of the way and realize there were things I objectively needed to learn if I wanted to be as good a driver in Israel as I was in the States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(quote is from &lt;a href=&quot;http://avivahwerner.com/2014/05/15/pass-israeli-drivers-license-exam-first-try/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may also benefit from these on-line practice resources, all in English:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://isradrive.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;practice-question generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://testil.com/entest/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;simulator for a complete test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.meteoria.co.il/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question &amp;amp; Answer bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember that traffic legislation is occasionally tweaked! ... in particular, new traffic signs are promulgated and older ones become deprecated. Material from, say, 10 years ago may be slightly outdated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7110" LastEditorUserId="7110" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T15:03:14.323" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T15:03:14.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12211" CreationDate="2021-02-26T23:34:28.600" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am yet to find a solution for your original problem (essentially getting a Visa Electron as a Dutch resident) but Easyjet seems to have changed their fee structure so that any &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.easyjet.com/en/terms-and-conditions/fees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dutch credit card&lt;/a&gt; should enable you to book a ticket with no additional fee. SEPA direct debit, when offered, should also work with a Dutch bank account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T23:34:28.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21753" CreationDate="2021-02-27T04:59:35.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The master nationality rule does not apply to sporting events.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Nationality_Rule&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It applies to diplomatic protection&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some countries take a dim view of multiple nationality.  Many of these have laws that provide for the loss of the country's own nationality when someone obtains or even makes use of another nationality.  I am not aware of any country that criminalizes the possession of another nationality, but it is certainly possible.  But these considerations would arise as soon as country B learned that the athlete was representing country A on its national team, regardless of whether the athlete were competing against country B or in country B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are certainly many publicly known examples of Association Football players with multiple nationalities who play for the international team of one country.  It should not be difficult to find examples of such a person competing both in and against another country whose nationality he or she holds.  This should serve as a counterexample to disprove the question in the general case.  Another place to look for counterexamples would be the Olympics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick look at Wikipedia shows that Lionel Messi has both Spanish and Argentine nationality from birth.  He scored a goal for Argentina against Spain, in Spain, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/nov/16/spain-argentina-friendly&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;November 14, 2009&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, it's always possible that a given country would take steps against such an athlete.  Whether that happens might depend on which other country is involved, if the two countries have tense relations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-02-27T16:40:19.623" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T16:40:19.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21753" CreationDate="2021-02-28T18:43:30.933" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming first that your two countries both have no problems with you having two citizenships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where you live, you can most likely join your local football club for example without any problems; in most countries they don't care about your nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when you want to join a national team, it will depend on the governing international body that organises the sport internationally. For example, if you wanted to join a national football team, it's not just the team that needs to agree, it would be FIFA as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have to live in the country, many footballers live and work outside their home country. However, there is generally the rule that you can only ever represent ONE country in one sport. So it may be impossible to play for country A, and later in your life for country B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2021-02-28T18:43:30.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-01T06:47:24.643" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am German citizen (having official secondary residence there, I.e. an address) but haven’t lived there for ten years (no job and insurance). This is where I physically reside at the very moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But currently I am a &lt;em&gt;temporary&lt;/em&gt; resident (temporary worker) in Canada (for 2-3 more weeks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In two months I WILL become permanent resident of the US and start a job there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am looking for an emergency insurance for this gap of 2 months that includes moving (and change of my primary residence status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But believe it or not, upon close inspection is is non trivial. Travel insurance is not the right thing because it’s technically not travel. Digital Nomad insurance still requires a “home country” (which of the three would it be??).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which option(s) do I have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19008" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T06:47:24.643" Title="Emergency insurance without clear residence of a country" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;canada&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;insurance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21760" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2021-03-01T08:12:04.810" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2021-03-01T08:12:04.810" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T08:12:04.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21761" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2021-03-01T08:12:04.810" Score="0" Body="For questions about living in San Marino as an expatriate" OwnerUserId="10530" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-03-01T11:22:14.953" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T11:22:14.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21763" CreationDate="2021-03-01T12:31:26.837" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to find the non compete clause in my current contract however I haven't found any term or title that mentioned &amp;quot;Wettbe­werbs­verbot&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Non Competing Clause&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://anwaltauskunft.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt; that &amp;quot;A non-compete clause for employees must be agreed in writing in the employment contract and signed by both parties.&amp;quot; I'm not sure about the validity of this statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What does that mean for me in terms of job switch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I work for a company that's in the same market or is a&#xA;competitor after resigning from my current job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If yes, what things I need to look out for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If no, what can I do if I've an offer from a competing company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share your experience and knowledge in this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I did find the following clause however I'm not sure if it's non competing agreement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Verschwiegenheitspflicht&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Der Arbeitnehmer verpflichtet sich, während der Dauer des Arbeitsverhältnisses und auch&#xA;nach dem Ausscheiden, über alle Betriebs- und Geschäftsgeheimnisse Stillschweigen zu&#xA;bewahren.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11985" LastEditorUserId="11985" LastEditDate="2021-03-01T12:40:38.037" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T14:09:21.167" Title="Non-compete clause or Wettbe­werbs­verbot im Arbeits­vertrag" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21762" CreationDate="2021-03-01T14:01:42.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Germany (and some other — but not all — European countries), non-compete clauses &lt;em&gt;after the end of your employment&lt;/em&gt; are strictly regulated by law (statute and case law). They have to be agreed to in writing in the employment contract, restricted in scope (time, region, and industry), proportional to your level and responsibilities in the company and properly compensated (if the company wants to activate it they have to pay 50% of your salary for as long as the clause binds you). Consequently, employers do not routinely slam broad non-compete clauses in employment contracts and it's not surprising you didn't find any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even an actual non-compete clause can be difficult to enforce. Obviously as long as you are employed by your current employer, you still have an obligation of loyalty. You shouldn't steal trade secrets, supplier or customer files, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you do not need to be concerned about switching jobs within the same industry, especially if you have a job in operations, engineering or support of some kind (i.e. not sales) and are employed directly by your current employer. If you are a salesperson, convincing clients to follow you to your new employer (&lt;em&gt;Abwerbung&lt;/em&gt;) could be problematic. Switching from being an employee of a sub-contractor to an employee of the contracting business can also create issues, not for you directly but for your prospective employer, and therefore deter them from extending an offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-01T14:09:21.167" LastActivityDate="2021-03-01T14:09:21.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-01T14:48:36.280" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working for a finance company with 14 years in data analytics. Now, I see a hard stop to my career and I am interested in an AI/ML course, especially in Poland.&#xA;Is there an age restriction as such to obtaining a student visa for Poland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21033" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-03T11:51:20.963" LastActivityDate="2021-03-03T11:51:20.963" Title="Is there an age restriction for a Polish student visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-03T08:37:49.570" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;As part of a hiring offer, I have been granted the benefit of being reimbursed for moving expenses between two cities in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, instead of being reimbursed, the employer has transferred the money to the moving company, although I had done the same 1 month prior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the moving company does not respond to emails, and at the phone they claim they have reversed my transaction to avoid paying twice for the same invoice. Till today, they haven't wired back any money, neither to myself, nor to my employer and this has been going on since January 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can be done in this case? Hire a lawyer? To my limited knowledge of accounting, the company would need to justify the money that was paid twice, and it is not a negligible sum. So, unless they commit tax fraud and provide forged invoices to justify the second transfer, I would assume the tax office can be notified and they would end up with a criminal record, but I probably need to send them a lawyer notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any preferred procedure in such a case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14933" LastActivityDate="2021-03-03T08:37:49.570" Title="Invoice paid twice in Germany - reversal?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;payment&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21767" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21768" CreationDate="2021-03-03T09:26:52.653" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm French, I live in France and I'm considering applying for a remote job in a US company. Are there any legal issues that would prevent me to do so? How would the time spent working in a US company affect my future retirement plan? What about the things any French employer contributes to such as &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;la sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;? Can I lose some benefits in France by paying my taxes to the US? Are there any tricky things I should know about this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21036" OwnerDisplayName="VanesBee" LastActivityDate="2021-03-03T12:46:30.013" Title="Remotely working from France for a US company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21767" CreationDate="2021-03-03T12:46:30.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The whole situation is quite tricky. Hiring an employee in France comes with a bunch of obligations for the employer including contributions to the &lt;em&gt;sécurité sociale&lt;/em&gt; and generally following local employment law, which is not trivial if you are not familiar with it. If the employer is not able to set up payroll in France then you would obviously lose employment-related benefits (retirement pension, healthcare, unemployment insurance) but that's only the beginning of your problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being hired by a US company doesn't &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; exempt you or your employer from any obligation — from taxes and mandatory contributions to working times and many other details of the working conditions. If you are &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; France, they still apply to you (otherwise many employers would set up a business in, say, Cyprus or Malta to sidestep French law entirely) as does income tax (unless you fall in a situation covered by a bilateral tax treaty).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some employers offer to hire you as a contractor instead (thus offloading the administrative burden on you) but that's very questionable under French law if they actually treat you like an employee. Consequently, some remote-only businesses like Gitlab go through a local legal entity that can offer a &lt;em&gt;bona fide&lt;/em&gt; employment contract but hiring in France &lt;a href=&quot;https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-solutions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;seems to be paused at the moment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-03-03T12:46:30.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-03T21:42:56.700" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiance's dad was born in Cambridge (UK) while his dad was in the US airforce and his mom was a local (UK born). Would he qualify for a visa based on his dad's place of birth and grandmothers? His father's birth certificate states that he was born in Cambridge instead of an air force base. And my fiance's grandmother lived in Wimbledon until she moved to the US. I'm not sure what the rules would be for visa requirements are in his case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21038" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-03-04T08:59:32.543" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T08:59:32.543" Title="My fiance's dad and grandmother were born in the UK. Would he qualify for a visa based on his dad's place of birth?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;ancestry-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21769" CreationDate="2021-03-03T23:13:06.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The status of his parents isn’t quite clear. If his mother was “a local born in the UK” and it means she is a British citizen, then the son inherits British citizenship from her. He is British. If he was himself born in the UK, then he is British citizen “not by descent” and his children inherit British citizenship from him. If he is born outside the UK then he is only “British citizen by descent” and his children only have British citizenship if they are born in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since his father isn’t British, it doesn’t matter where he was born as far as UK citizenship is concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, got confused. All the above actually applies not to the fiancé but the fiancé’d dad. It seems your fiancé’s dad was British not by descent, which makes the fiancé British by descent. He is British citizen. He can just get a British passport. And about the only people in the world who can’t get a UK visa are British citizens - because they don’t need one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2021-03-03T23:18:35.537" LastActivityDate="2021-03-03T23:18:35.537" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-04T08:48:07.320" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I move to Ireland this year I will have to pay VAT on my car that I am taking with me. How is the VAT of 21% calculated? Is it on the cost of the car when I bought it second hand or the cost of the car when it was new? Also as I have owned the car for more than 6 months will I need to pay the VRT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21039" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T10:14:19.893" Title="How is VAT calculated on a car when I move to Ireland" Tags="&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21771" CreationDate="2021-03-04T10:14:19.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have had your car for over 6 months, you may be freed from the VRT (Vehicle Registration Tax).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are &lt;strong&gt;transferring residence to the EU&lt;/strong&gt;, you may also be freed from VAT and customs duties for household goods (including &lt;strong&gt;private cars&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow the links found in the first link below, which go into detail about the exact conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found no information on how the VAT is actually calculated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For VRT there is information on how it is calculated in the first link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/coming_to_live_in_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Importing a vehicle into Ireland&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/guide-to-vrt/reliefs-and-exemptions/transfer-of-residence.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Transfer of residence (TOR)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/transfer-of-residence/index.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Relief from Customs Duty and VAT on transferring residence to the EU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T10:14:19.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-04T11:48:17.983" Score="0" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lived in Germany for just under 7 months. I am now back to the UK, but I would like to check if I am due a tax refund.&#xA;I found information online about registering for ELSTER. So I did just that. I got a link by email to activate my account. When I click on the link it says that from the information introduced, I am living abroad. It then asks me to contact my local ELSTER contact, and there is a hyperlink. Once I click on that I get an error message. Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21040" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T11:48:17.983" Title="Can I register online for for a tax refund in Germany if I already moved back to the UK?" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-04T15:34:16.313" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for some guidance on transfering from a UK visitor visa to a fiancé visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read multiple posts that state that you have to return home and reapply for this particular visa but I did find one outlier that said the transfer from the visa to fiancé was possible. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference, the link below is for the individual that was able to transfer from one visa to the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/82100/switching-from-uk-tourist-visa-to-fianc%C3%A9-visa&quot;&gt;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/82100/switching-from-uk-tourist-visa-to-fianc%C3%A9-visa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Update-&#xA;I'm really hoping to get some feedback from people who have been through this process and have had some first hand experience with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21041" LastEditorUserId="21041" LastEditDate="2021-03-14T15:34:07.757" LastActivityDate="2021-03-14T15:34:07.757" Title="UK visitor to fiancé visa transfer" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-04T19:11:53.217" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I`ve finished a master degree here in Germany. I concluded my degree on october/20 but because the corona situation I received a certificate just on the the middle of January. Then, the company I wrote my master thesis offered me a job which I've already started on 01.03.2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I need to change my visa, but for the work permit visa I need my contract, a stellenbeschreibung and my certificate from the university (as informed by auslanderbehorde). I received the contract documents 2 days before start to work. Moreover, the structure of my salary (Tarifwerk) was not described and I needed it to proof I have the minimum as required for the bluecard . I've explained the company and they will provide that for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main question is that I've already started to work with a student visa and I am planning to apply for a work permit as soon as I receive the document from the company. Is it legal to start working a fulltime job without a work visa, just with a student visa ? Which consequences could I face?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21042" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-06T12:36:08.897" LastActivityDate="2021-04-05T13:02:15.313" Title="Changing my visa (student to work permit) - Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;students&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21774" CreationDate="2021-03-04T21:39:09.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The general rule of thumb is that you should not enter as a visitor if your &lt;strong&gt;intention&lt;/strong&gt; is to marry. However, should your circumstances change &lt;em&gt;during&lt;/em&gt; your visit, you can still give notice of your intention to get married or form a civil partnership but the immigration authorities at the Home Office will be told.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Home Office might:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ask questions about you and your relationship - if this happens you may need to wait up to 70 days before getting married or forming a civil partnership&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;decide not to approve your notice - if this happens you cannot get married or form a civil partnership in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2021-03-04T21:39:09.533" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21775" CreationDate="2021-03-05T10:52:33.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general case, there should be no problem. Normally, student residence permits also include the permission to work 120 full days per year or 240 half days per year. I would assume, in general case, a student can start working with that permission and get new residence permit later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if one does not have a work permit at all, he/she should not start working on the first working day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also unclear, if Blue Card is the best option. At least it is not the only option, cause in Germany there are multiple types of residence permits for the purpose of work. If a student has finished education in Germany, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.berlin.de/labo/willkommen-in-berlin/dienstleistungen/service.245678.php/dienstleistung/326558/standort/327805/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;he can get the permanent residence permit after 2 years of having a regular residence permit for the purpose of work&lt;/a&gt;, which is similar to Blue Card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2021-03-05T10:52:33.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21778" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-05T11:23:38.630" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now we want to employ a programmer / IT specialist who has Ukrainian nationality and citizenship but is living in Germany (and has a Blue Card from Germany since 6 months ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is he allowed to take full-time employment &lt;strong&gt;remotely&lt;/strong&gt; in Austria (without moving to Austria, beside visiting for 1-2 weeks' intoduction time)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does he have to apply for a new Blue Card in Austria, even if he doesn't move to Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21044" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-06T07:43:46.177" LastActivityDate="2021-03-06T07:43:46.177" Title="Ukrainian citizen, living with Blue Card in Germany - can work remotely in Austria?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-05T10:35:57.623" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are planning to relocate to England in June and are trying to buy a house there before we arrive. We have a daughter there who is going to see the house for us.&#xA;Can we have our furniture delivered to the address while we are in quarantine?&#xA;Are we able to rent a car from the airport when we arrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Carole Eady" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-03-06T12:29:49.743" LastActivityDate="2021-03-06T12:29:49.743" Title="Relocating to the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-05T22:23:29.857" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband has drop box appointment for H1b. I have a question regarding the DS160 Previous Employment section. We realized that the Employer address (at the bottom of the page) in his I797 does not match with my actual work location. It was a different branch office's address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in the DS160, should we enter his actual work location or the address specified in I797?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user116843" LastActivityDate="2021-03-06T05:48:16.653" Title="H1b - DS160 Previous Employment Section Query" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21782" CreationDate="2021-03-06T07:03:28.033" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received my Paris visa and it is mentioned that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DU FROM: 09-03-21&#xA;AU UNTIL: 07-06-21&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Few details related to my visa:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Country: France(Paris)&#xA;Visa type: EU blue card&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like it is the time duration between which I have to travel otherwise the visa will expire. It may be a very silly question but what's the harm in confirming?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20995" OwnerDisplayName="Aadil Hoda" LastActivityDate="2021-03-06T15:32:07.540" Title="What is the meaning of DU From and AU Until in France visa?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21781" CreationDate="2021-03-06T08:02:53.697" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use this visa to enter France between March 9 and June 7, 2021 and you must also apply for a residence permit (&lt;em&gt;carte de séjour&lt;/em&gt;) before June 7 if you wish to continue to work and reside in France after that date. In other words: this is the period during which you have to travel to use this visa but also the maximum duration of legal stay in France if you don't have any other document or basis for your stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Entering on a long-stay visa and applying for residence permit is the usual procedures for taking up residence in France. If that's what you want to do, you should contact the &lt;em&gt;préfecture&lt;/em&gt; serving your place of residence in France as soon as possible after settling in. If you fulfill all the requirements and have a permanent working contract, you should then get a 4-year residence permit that would allow you reside in France, to leave and reenter the country as you wish and to travel to associated European countries without a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" OwnerDisplayName="Relaxed" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-06T15:32:07.540" LastActivityDate="2021-03-06T15:32:07.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-06T23:40:25.107" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;My bank account and investment accounts are prefilled in the tax return form and they are above the tax free limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I overwrite these to 0 or leave them filled? Or there is another way to do this with 30% ruling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21048" LastActivityDate="2021-03-17T16:54:25.967" Title="Box 3 tax question for expat with 30% ruling in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;amsterdam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-07T07:29:04.050" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have approved I-140 and am planning to file I-485 for me and my wife. I know that I have to file I-944 as I am an Employment-Based Alien Worker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please tell me whether I have to file I-944 or I-864 for my wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21049" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-08T18:03:49.663" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T04:23:03.700" Title="Form I-944 or I-864 for a Derivative Applicant of a employment based Principal Applicant" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-07T10:52:54.980" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Irish citizen, my partner is Belgian. We have been living together in Ireland for several years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For work I need to move to the UK in a few months, where I will be employed for about 3 years. I will need to be a resident for tax purposes. Our original plan involved my partner moving to the UK with me, but when we discovered visa costs, we decided she'd go back to Belgium instead and I would visit for a few days each week (covid restrictions allowing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do worry about the frequent travel/tax residency/double taxation, etc. As an Irish citizen, I won't need a UK visa, so I'm hoping weekly travel will not be an issue. I also don't plan to register as a resident in Belgium, since I won't stay continuously for very long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone have experience with this, post-Brexit? Any tips on what to do/avoid would be much appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="IrishExpat" LastActivityDate="2021-03-07T11:06:37.060" Title="Regular travel between UK and Belgium as an Irish citizen + tax?" Tags="&lt;belgium&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21784" CreationDate="2021-03-07T20:07:22.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I-864 is not needed for either of you because you are immigrating in an employment-based category (derivative beneficiaries have the same category as the principal beneficiary), as long as the petitioning company is not 5% or more owned by your relative. &lt;s&gt;Both of you would need to file I-944, the public charge questionnaire. Employment-based immigrants are not exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; As of March 9, 2021, the public charge rule has been vacated. Neither of you should file I-944 with your I-485. See the alert at the top of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/i-485&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-485 page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485instr-pc.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-485 instructions&lt;/a&gt;, the section &amp;quot;Public Charge:  Declaration of Self-Sufficiency (Form I-944) and Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA (Form I-864)&amp;quot; (on page 12-15) lists which categories need to file I-864 &lt;s&gt;or I-944 or both&lt;/s&gt; or neither:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who Must Submit Form I-944 (and not Form I-864)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are a principal or derivative applicant, you must submit Form&#xA;I-944 with your Form I-485 if you are applying under one of the&#xA;following immigrant categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B. Alien worker under the employment-based preference categories&#xA;(Exception:  You may also need to file Form I-864 if a relative filed&#xA;Form I-140 for you or has five percent or more ownership interest in&#xA;the business that filed Form I-140 for you.  See the list above for&#xA;more details.);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On both of your I-485 forms you would check &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; in I-485, Part 8, item 61, &amp;quot;Are you exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility?&amp;quot;. And then both of you would check the box in Part 8, item 62d,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am EXEMPT from filing Form I-864 because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;62.d. I am applying under an alien worker (Form I-140) employment-based preference immigrant category and both of the&#xA;following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) I am not a relative of the Form I-140 petitioner; and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) I do not have a relative with a significant ownership interest (at&#xA;least five percent) in the business that filed Form I-140.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2021-03-11T04:23:03.700" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T04:23:03.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21794" CreationDate="2021-03-08T08:14:48.857" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen with a &lt;em&gt;Blue Card&lt;/em&gt; (HR job) and my &lt;strong&gt;contract ends in 6 months&lt;/strong&gt; (they have budget problems).  I started looking for different jobs, but I think that the &lt;strong&gt;salary of some jobs that I find interesting may be slightly under the &lt;em&gt;Blue Card&lt;/em&gt; minimum&lt;/strong&gt; requirement. If I get one of these jobs, could I &lt;strong&gt;apply for the &lt;em&gt;Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/em&gt; instead of the &lt;em&gt;Blue Card&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? Does this reduce the possibility of the permit being approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I studied a master's in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My current contract is for 2 years. For the first 10 months I worked using the &lt;em&gt;job-seeking visa&lt;/em&gt; you get after your studies, and I changed to the &lt;em&gt;Blue Card&lt;/em&gt; 8 months ago.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I stay in my current job until the end of my contract, I would fulfill the requirements for the permanent residence, except for the &amp;quot;secure subsistence&amp;quot; which I have read means to have a contract valid for the near future or another income source (savings not counting); this is why I want to change jobs asap, to have a longer contract.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21054" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T20:26:26.057" Title="Change from Blue Card to Aufenthaltstitel in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;residence-cards&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-08T16:05:43.547" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting married to my fiancee, who is a Dutch national. I hold refugee status in the UK, which means I don't have a valid passport from my country of origin.&#xA;My fiancee lives and works in Belgium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I live in Belgium with my fiancee and work in the Netherlands once I get married?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21057" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-08T16:24:30.963" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T18:57:18.403" Title="Marry an EU national, work in her country of origin and live in another country" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21791" CreationDate="2021-03-08T16:48:34.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Living in Belgium should be no problem. As your spouse is Dutch (and not a Belgian national), EU law applies and exempts you from some requirements regarding her income or the size of her home. Your spouse will have to show that she meets the requirements for EU freedom of movement (working is enough though, so that should be straightforward in your case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working in the Netherlands could be more difficult. As long as your spouse still lives in Belgium, your marriage does not seem directly relevant, and your Belgian residence permit would not automatically allow that. An argument for EU freedom of movement to apply there could be made but I am not aware of any precedent (it would be an extension of the Singh decision and less of a stretch than, e.g., Zambrano so I could see the court accepting it, but you would need years of procedure with an uncertain outcome to even get there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, what's left is just a regular Dutch work permit. This ought to be legally possible but it will require at least as much trouble for the employer as hiring someone from outside the EU would. If you do qualify (e.g. through some highly skilled migrant scheme), the fact that you do not hold a passport and do not live in the Netherlands (which means no address in the BRP, no BSN, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/privacy-en-persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/hoe-kom-ik-aan-een-burgerservicenummer-bsn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;and no clear procedure to get one&lt;/a&gt;) will complicate your dealings with the Dutch authorities (although I suppose that it should not legally bar you from working there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Working in Belgium or even remotely for a Dutch business should be much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-03-08T18:57:18.403" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T18:57:18.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21793" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-08T17:38:23.707" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got my I130 approved by the London USCIS in 2019, but now mostly because of Covid, my wife and I have decided to settle in the UK. We're considering withdrawing the application, but we're wondering if that's necessary for me to travel to the States to visit friends and family. If this is the only option would there be any consequences for a future I130 application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10322" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T17:38:23.707" Title="Consequence of withdrawing an approved I130" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21788" CreationDate="2021-03-08T20:18:03.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like in such situation, one probably can already apply for permanent residence permit irrespective of Blue Card, since one is eligible for permanent residence permit after 2 years of working (with Blue Card or without) after getting a degree in Germany, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326558/en/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326558/en/&lt;/a&gt;. Even if one did not have a resident permit according to §18 all these 2 years, I can assume that very theoretically the time can be still counted, if the job conditions satisfied §18 conditions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/20777/13223&quot;&gt;similarly to Blue Card regulation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, with Blue Card itself, if one's job was satisfying the Blue Card conditions, one can get his/her 21 months counted from the beginning of the job contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For differences between Blue Card and &amp;quot;regular&amp;quot; residence permit, &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11514/13223&quot;&gt;see my other answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, personally I do not think there should be any issues switching from Blue Card. However, you should ask Ausländerbehörde or lawyer to be sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-03-08T20:26:26.057" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T20:26:26.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-09T01:31:49.923" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen living in Texas with a greencard and I recently had to renew my UK passport which was about to expire in April.  My greencard does not expire until 2026. Do I need to renew/update the greencard now that my UK passport has been renewed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="David Henderson" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-03-10T07:05:24.693" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T07:05:24.693" Title="Renewed UK Passport - Do I need to Update Greencard?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;passport&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-09T06:06:28.933" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently applied for a Swiss national type D visa for my PhD studies and I am awaiting a response. My passport has a little less than 4 years validity at the point of application, but I have stated as my intended period of stay as 4 years. Will that lead to rejection of visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="DIPA" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-09T09:05:36.653" LastActivityDate="2021-03-09T12:58:56.613" Title="Long-term (type D) Swiss visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-09T11:02:23.890" Score="3" ViewCount="351" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, currently living in South Africa with my wife who is an EU citizen. I have received an offer for a job in Switzerland and I want to know if my wife's status as an EU citizen can assist my application for a visa in any way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21061" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T11:01:38.317" Title="I have a job offer in Switzerland, my spouse is an EU citizen, does this affect my chances of acquiring a work visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21797" CreationDate="2021-03-09T11:17:57.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would not directly help your visa application. Under EU law, your freedom of movement rights are derived from those of your spouse: if she (wants to) live in Switzerland, you have the right to join her. That means for example that if she gets a job in Switzerland, you automatically qualify for a visa/residence permit that does allow you to work in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/6056/us-citizen-with-eu-spouse-who-doesnt-yet-have-a-job&quot;&gt;There are also other ways to benefit from these rules&lt;/a&gt; if she doesn't have a job but it is in any case a completely separate route to residence (the earlier question was about Germany but the rules for Switzerland are now very similar for all EU citizens except Croatian citizens). On the other hand, if she is not making use of her treaty rights to freedom of movement, Switzerland can (and would) treat you as any “third-country national“ (i.e. non-EU citizen) and apply the same standard to a work visa application as if you weren't married to an EU citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-16T11:01:38.317" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T11:01:38.317" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21796" CreationDate="2021-03-09T12:58:56.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is fine. Your visa would only be valid for three months anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you enter Switzerland you will declare your arrival and apply for a residence permit at a communal or cantonal population/migration/resident/foreigner office depending on your place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The residence permit is renewed annually. A valid passport is required at the time of renewal and many administrative procedures require a valid passport, but you will have plenty of time to renew your passport in Switzerland (or in your home country). Once the passport is renewed, you should communicate your new passport information to the relevant population office as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-03-09T12:58:56.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-09T19:50:24.640" Score="1" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a remote job since 1 year, and I'm earning 5000 USD a month. In my future plans, I would like to go to Germany to see what it is like to live there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a chance to go for one year or more while keeping my remote job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an EU citizen and I don't have a job offer there, and I don't have an university degree (or I do, but 3 years, half term degree for a 5 years career in Information Systems (IT)). I'm already taking German language classes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two children and the reason for the 1 year is so that they can be there the entire school year. They are currently attending a German school in Buenos Aires, Argentina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21063" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-11T11:50:58.683" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T23:09:34.657" Title="Can I move to Germany for 1 year to test how it is, with a remote job?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;skilled-migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21625" CreationDate="2021-03-10T06:02:52.960" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If he has permanent residency in Italy then he can apply for entry permits directly with the Hong Kong Immigration Department. An Exit-Entry permit is not required, as those are only issued to current mainland residents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For procedures, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/overseas-chinese-entry-arrangement.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/overseas-chinese-entry-arrangement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can sponsor him for visit visas which could allow him to stay for up to 90 days at one time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it's not likely he'll be eligible to live with you in Hong Kong on a long-term basis. Depending on your situation, you may want to consider a cross order living arrangement where he lives in Shenzhen or other nearby areas, at which time he will become a mainland resident, and may need to apply for an Exit-Entry permit (but recognized overseas Chinese often has different rules/procedures).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T06:02:52.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21800" CreationDate="2021-03-10T14:09:25.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main issue would be that one needs to have a reason to apply for residence permit in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one wants be working in Germany as employee (does not matter remote or not), the company should follow German laws, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tk.de/firmenkunden/service/fachthemen/ausland/mitarbeiter-anmelden-ohne-deutschen-firmensitz-2088296&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;i.e. pay social and medical insurance, and some kind of registration&lt;/a&gt;. If one's company can do it, then one can try to get a residence permit for the purpose of working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, one can become a contractor/freelancer. In that case, one can apply for residence permit for freelancers, §21 (5) AufenthG.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, one can be employed through some payroll company, which is located in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not a lawyer, and I do not have too much experience with getting residence permits for freelancers or foreign companies hiring employees in Germany. I would suggest you to ask a lawyer specialised on immigration law (many of them now work remotely and also speak English) and/or the corresponding consulate for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13223" LastActivityDate="2021-03-10T14:09:25.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="512" CreationDate="2021-03-10T20:38:30.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a link to sample tests. An important note here. The B1 level test in Polish is much harder than B1 tests in other languages. Also, some find the test more difficult than it needs to be in general and all tests are filled with questions that may be a bit ambiguous or highly contextual. Whether it's the drivers test, a high school exam, or any test, they seem to be tricky. Also the test is rather expensive. DO NOT underestimate this. You will have to work hours every day for months. Not trying to bring you down. &lt;a href=&quot;http://certyfikatpolski.pl/pl/informacje-dla-zdajacych/jak-sie-przygotowac-do-egzaminu/przykladowe-testy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://certyfikatpolski.pl/pl/informacje-dla-zdajacych/jak-sie-przygotowac-do-egzaminu/przykladowe-testy&lt;/a&gt;     The best of luck to you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21065" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-11T11:56:17.057" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T11:56:17.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21806" CreationDate="2021-03-11T16:42:34.520" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently with H-1B visa but I transferred from OPT so I cannot come back to the US until I have renewed the visa in a U.S Embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the U.S Embassy in my home country is closed due to COVID-19 and I was wondering if I can renew it from another U.S Embassy in another country or if I can renew it in the U.S, which would be better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21067" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T17:58:28.853" Title="Can I renew visa inside the U.S?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-11T16:48:40.043" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if there is some sort of &amp;quot;temporary job agency&amp;quot; in Berlin, Germany (not too sure if that is the correct term) that could sort out the wage payment from the USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife is currently a PhD student in a US university who receives salary per month as she is employed by the university to do some projects. As she is going to live with me in Germany, she could not receive the salary in USD directly while she is not living in USA. Her advisor suggested finding a temporary job agency in Germany so that the university could transfer the salary to this agency and my wife will then be &amp;quot;employed&amp;quot; by this agency to get her monthly salary in Euro (minus the fee, taxes, and health insurance, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for this type of company that can do that but until now I could not find any information about this. Is this even possible or legal in Germany? If so, where could I find it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21066" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T16:48:40.043" Title="Temporary job agency in Berlin, Germany to receive salary from USA" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;salary&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21804" CreationDate="2021-03-11T17:58:28.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't renew it inside the US, but (assuming you haven't violated the terms of a US visa in the past) you can renew it at a US consulate in another country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are currently inside the US, you are not required to have a valid visa in your passport.  You only need it, as you note, the next time you plan to enter the US.  Accordingly, if you don't plan to leave the US before the end of your OPT, you don't need to renew it at all.  If you do need to leave the US, you should make sure that your trip includes an opportunity to renew the visa at a convenient US consulate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-03-11T17:58:28.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21807" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-12T13:53:34.167" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am employed remotely by a US company. Do I need a special visa to go to France for a 1 month vacation? If I plan to continue working for my US company, Would this be allowed with a general tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21070" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-12T15:39:30.123" LastActivityDate="2021-03-12T15:39:30.123" Title="Remotely working for US company while on vacation in France" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;working-holiday-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21807" CreationDate="2021-03-12T15:38:27.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need a special visa to go to France for a 1 month vacation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on your citizenship. Working for a US company or being a US resident is irrelevant. If you are a US citizen, you do not require a visa to visit France for one month, no matter the purpose. You would enter under the visa-free short-stay regime defined in the Schengen Borders code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I plan to continue working for my US company, Would this be allowed with a general tourist visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a short stay, there is no distinction between a tourist visa and other types of stays, there is only one type of visas (for those who require one). People who need a visa and come to work for a short time in France also get a generic Schengen short-stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The catch is that you also need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2728&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;autorisation de travail&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; beside the visa/right to stay (or, in fact, before applying for the visa). Realistically, you can only obtain that when working for a French employer and it comes with many obligations (contributing to the French health insurance and retirement pension system, complying with French labour law — including working time, mandatory leave, etc.) There is no blanket exception for remote workers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-03-12T15:38:27.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-12T19:30:55.940" Score="4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a job offer from &lt;strong&gt;Country A&lt;/strong&gt; and I have applied for a long-term visa before. My application has been rejected and it's in the remonstration process which is taking a long time because of the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, I can apply for a startup long-term visa at &lt;strong&gt;Country B&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My priority is &lt;strong&gt;Country A&lt;/strong&gt; right now but I'm not sure how much time it will take and if it will be successful or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, while my remonstration is processing at the &lt;strong&gt;Country A&lt;/strong&gt; embassy, can I apply for a D-visa at the embassy of &lt;strong&gt;Country B&lt;/strong&gt;? Does it have negative effects on my first application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Both countries belong to Schengen area.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21076" LastEditorUserId="21076" LastEditDate="2021-03-12T20:14:12.437" LastActivityDate="2021-03-12T20:14:12.437" Title="Apply for two long-term Schengen visas at a same time" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21810" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-13T03:53:53.940" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have ILR and my son was born in UK in May 2020. In Jan 2021 we got him an Indian passport and immediately we travelled to India for emergency reasons in Feb 2021. Now in March 2021 we need to apply for a child settlement visa from India as we need to travel back to UK by May 2021. The quesion: Would he need a TB test done and attached with the UK visa application as we will have been in India, at maximum, 4 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The below link it says that if we are not away from UK for more than 2 years, or if we have not stayed atleast 6 months in a country from where a TB is not required, then the TB test is not mandatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could  you please confirm that it is correct that we dont need the TB screening test requrired for my son for his UK application submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The TB test gov link states the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will not need a TB test if any of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You’re a diplomat accredited to the UK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You’re a returning UK resident and have not been away for more than 2 years&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You lived for at least 6 months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and you’ve been away from that country for no more than 6 months&#xA;Does she fall under the second point as she was born in UK and has not been away for more than 2 years?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21079" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-03-14T03:58:24.167" LastActivityDate="2021-03-14T03:58:24.167" Title="UK visa for baby born in UK and applying settlement visa from India - Is Tuberculosis certificate mandatory?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;children&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-03-14T16:12:02.797" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-16T00:35:28.787" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently renewing my H1B visa for another 3 years working for the University. Since I am finishing master's this time next year (at the same University), I am looking into finding a job in industry. I will still have cca 2.5 years left on my 6 years total H1B at the time of applying for jobs. Can I just transfer my visa or there are some restrictions to it? I heard something about how universities can apply for H1B at any time, but industry only once a year (April-May).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21098" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T00:35:28.787" Title="Transfering H1B from academia to industry" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-16T05:20:51.457" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone please provide up to date information regarding the import of (used for over 6 months) household goods into Spain from the UK now we have left the EU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm being told that it's up to 33% of the value on one hand to no tax or duty on the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21100" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-03-16T06:23:29.123" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T06:23:29.123" Title="Custom Duties and Tax on Used Household Goods into Spain" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;customs&gt;&lt;imports&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-16T03:00:16.043" Score="8" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Burmese citizen. We face a military coup with many political problems in every place. I got 14 days visa free to travel Thailand. Can I travel to Thailand to apply for refugees status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I proceed as a Burmese citizen fleeing Myanmar to eventually have the possibility to get refugee status in Thailand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kyaw Kung" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T07:48:42.147" Title="What steps can I take to go to Thailand as a refugee fleeing Myanmar?" Tags="&lt;paperwork&gt;&lt;thailand&gt;&lt;refugees&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21815" CreationDate="2021-03-16T04:23:11.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Thai government is set to open two temporary refugee camps in Ranong and Chumpon. These are two cities on the southern end of the Myanmar-Thai border. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thethaiger.com/news/national/royal-thai-army-to-set-up-refugee-camps-for-those-fleeing-myanmar&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Thai news outlet the Thaiger&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refugee camps will be set up in Ranong and Chumphon which border Myanmar’s southern-most region. Most of the violence has been around 1,300 kilometres north in Yangon where the military regime recently imposed martial law in 2 townships.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The shelters will be temporary, commander of the Thep Satri Task Force Santi Sakuntak told the Bangkok Post. He says the migrants will be sent back to Myanmar once the situation eases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Thai-Myanmar land border stretches 2,400 kilometres. It’s unclear why just 2 camps are being set up in the south rather than at major border towns like Tak’s Mae Sot district.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for other border crossings and illegal crossings, the Thai approach has been to send them back. Again from &lt;a href=&quot;https://thethaiger.com/news/national/royal-thai-army-to-set-up-refugee-camps-for-those-fleeing-myanmar&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Thaiger&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last week, the Human Rights Watch called on Thai authorities to stop expelling asylum seekers at the Myanmar border, citing a recent incident where Thai officers caught 8 Burmese people who were crossing the Ruak River from the border town Tachileik and sent them back to their home country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thailand’s officers have been cracking down on migrants long before the military coup in Myanmar due to concerns about the potential spread of Covid-19. Patrol along the Myanmar border tightened back in December after hundreds of Burmese migrants at a fishing hub in Samut Sakhon tested positive for the virus, sending Thailand into a wave of infections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got 14 days visa free to travel Thailand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this applies during the Covid-19 pandemic. &lt;a href=&quot;https://thethaiger.com/news/national/royal-thai-army-to-set-up-refugee-camps-for-those-fleeing-myanmar&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;This visa free arrangement applies to arriving by air, not by land&lt;/a&gt;, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thaiembassy.com/faq/no-thai-visa-required-citizens-of-myanmar&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;thaiembassy.com&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;note&lt;/strong&gt;: this describes the situation before the pandemic):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citizens of Myanmar are now allowed visa-free visits to Thailand for up to 14 days if arriving by way of air travel into the country. The recent reciprocal agreement has been implemented last August 11, 2015 which also gives visa waiver privilege to Thai nationals who wish to travel to Myanmar for a maximum duration of 14 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, there are 23 airports across the Kingdom of Thailand where travelers may arrive via a commercial aircraft. The regulation, however, in all the land borders or immigration checkpoints remains the same as Burmese citizens are still required to obtain proper visas if entering Thailand by means of land travel from a neighboring country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Travelling by air, however, is severely restricted. Furthermore, the visa exemption is restricted for Myanmar nationals, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;the IATA Travel Center (click on Thailand)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suspension of visa exemption for nationals of Cambodia and Myanmar with a normal passport.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you were to get a Thai visa, you would be required to quarantine upon your arrival in Thailand. As a foreign national, you would have to pay for that yourself with additional constraints such as having a negative PCR test for Covid-19 before your flight, a health declaration from a physician and an insurance policy that covers at least $100,000. See for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://hague.thaiembassy.org/th/content/118896-measures-to-control-the-spread-of-covid-19?page=5f4d1bea74187b0491379162&amp;amp;menu=5f4cc50a4f523722e8027442&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page of the Thai embassy in the Hague&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your best option is probably to aim for the temporary refugee camps named at the start of my answer. How that works in practice probably isn't clear yet, the news article was published less than a day ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15045" OwnerDisplayName="JJJ" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T05:46:02.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-16T15:14:57.417" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;After submitting an expression of interest (EOI) to apply for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) Points-tested stream to immigrate to Australia, i should wait for them to send me an invitation to apply for the visa, how long i will roughly wait?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21103" OwnerDisplayName="Ramy Tarek" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T15:35:29.147" Title="How long i will wait after submitting expression of interest (EOI) for Australian skilled immigrant visa?" Tags="&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21783" CreationDate="2021-03-17T16:54:25.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a tax advisor. However, I used to benefit from the 30% ruling and I've been into the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pre-filling of the tax declaration by the Belastingdienst (tax authority) is a common practice. I think it's done by an automated system and it does not know whether you are exempt from anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also happened to me a couple of years ago. I had some savings that exceeded the tax-free limit and it was pre-filled in my tax declaration. I simply removed them from the declaration and went forward with the submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale behind this was the fact that if you come to live in the Netherlands and you are eligible for the 30% facility, you can opt for the partial non-resident tax status. With partial non-resident taxpayer status, you are considered a non-resident taxpayer for part of the income tax. As a consequence, you &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; become exempt from the Box 3 taxation which corresponds to the taxation of savings. The official website of the Belastingdienst explains it all &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/prive/internationaal/werken_wonen/tijdelijk_in_een_ander_land_werken/u_komt_in_nederland_werken/partiele_buitenlandse_belastingplicht/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I'm not an advisor. I'm only a fellow expat. So, please read the official website of the tax authority and consult them if you are in doubt. They have a helpline from which you can ask for concrete advice in English. You can contact them on 0800 0543.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12182" LastActivityDate="2021-03-17T16:54:25.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-18T08:10:09.757" Score="0" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been living in Germany for a few years as a permanent resident. Up to now I never bothered to get a German driver's license despite having one from Canada. I recently decided to finally to do it but realized that my Canadian license has been expired for a few months. Very stupid, I know. I am kicking myself for my inaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I out of luck and have to do the full process for getting a new driver's license? It's hard to find info on this specific situation and also difficult to contact the Führerscheinstelle due to COVID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="wfgeo" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-03-20T09:37:14.653" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T09:45:33.087" Title="Want to get German driver's license in Germany but original license is expired" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21823" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-18T12:23:17.480" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need some advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian student living in Italy since 6 months. I had already applied for the Permesso di Soggiorno months ago but due to the COVID situation, the final date for verification/finger printing is in August '21. My visa (Type D, long-stay, multiple entry) expires in April '21. I have the stamped receipt and papers of the application of the permesso.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the rules that will apply in this intermediate time - like what if I need to travel to another country? Will the airports consider this document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And after the expiry of visa in April, will I be breaking any rules etc... since I have already applied for permesso?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21116" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-19T06:59:56.610" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T06:59:56.610" Title="Time gap between visa expiry and permesso questura" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;students&gt;&lt;common-travel-area&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-19T17:53:22.447" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am the wife and mother of British passport holding husband and son. I am Indonesian. We live in Spain, I have residency in Spain.&#xA;With Article 10 I could enter UK with husband for free, no visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now Brexit has removed that. EEA family permit is also going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone tell me why I need to buy a visa for every trip just like any random solo traveller from a non EU place? I am a direct family member with proven legal marriage and legal parents in law in UK. My husband and son could travel at the drop of a hat and I would not be able to go with them. A visa is not an easy or cheap process and we also do not live near Madrid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we buy a 1000 pounds ten year visa or is there a free option like there should be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21129" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-03-19T19:45:51.220" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T19:45:51.220" Title="EEA Brexit wife of British national" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21828" CreationDate="2021-03-19T19:33:27.060" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately for you, the conditions under which you can enter the UK are now the same as they would be if you resided with your British citizen family anywhere else in the world.  In other words, you need a standard visitor visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not advise applying for a ten-year visa unless you can demonstrate a long history of short visits to the UK.  Even then I would suggest that you consult a good UK immigration lawyer before making the application.  If the home office decides that you deserve only a six-month visa, they will grant the six-month visa without refunding the difference in the application fee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T19:33:27.060" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15442" CreationDate="2021-03-19T23:27:04.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently purchased several from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dinic-shop.de/strom/reiseadapter/adapter-fuer-israel/dinic-stromadapter-israel-auf-schuko-cee-7-3-buchse-3pin-stecker.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dinic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've purchased from the same firm before for other adapters, so I have a small collection now, and they're all quite sturdy with excellent tolerances, and yes, grounded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About 5€ each, before shipping; also on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.de/stores/page/E931784C-1429-4327-8872-8A75A2B2F86C&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21130" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T23:27:04.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21821" CreationDate="2021-03-19T23:54:12.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being an American in Germany, I have dealt directly with this issue:&#xA;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/canadian-german-driving-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;All About Berlin&lt;/a&gt; link posted by @mark-johnson is consistent with my understanding, having asked around at a few driving schools when I first moved two years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your non-EU/EEA driving license is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; valid after six months if you are a permanent or long-term resident of Germany. I am told that one may apply for exception for one year of validity in the event of a (documented) planned stay of no more than one year in Germany. See also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/StV/Roadtraffic/validity-foreign-driving-licences-in-germany.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BMVI&lt;/a&gt; for the official FAQ. All told, it sounds like you have no immediate option to drive legally in Germany and haven't been doing so for quite some time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should you renew your Canadian license, definitely get documentation (preferably some official-looking piece of paper maybe even with a raised seal since Germans just love those) documenting when your license was originally issued - it has to predate when you moved to Germany (as officially on your Anmeldung). The problem of license tourism (also mentioned on the BMVI FAQ) is a squishy issue, but your local Beamter at the Führerscheinstelle may want you to &lt;em&gt;prove&lt;/em&gt; that you didn't pop over to Canada to avoid getting a proper German license and all that entails since as a German resident, if you do not already have a license, you are required to go through the German process.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21130" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T23:54:12.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-20T00:23:54.487" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a citizen of Guatemala, so this is just curiosity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guatemala has both jus soli and jus sanguinis.  If either parent is Guatemalan, the child born anywhere is a citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a Guatemalan adopts a child from another country, does that child become a citizen?  If not, are the requirements for naturalization relaxed from those for adult immigrants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T00:23:54.487" Title="Guatemala citizenship by adoption?" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;guatemala&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-20T10:01:12.190" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a couple of questions and wonder if you can help me:&#xA;My wife is on Spouse Visa, I am a British citizen and we have two British children together.&#xA;She entered the country Sept/2016.&#xA;Her BRP card expires Dec/2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does she need to apply for her ILR in September as she will have been here for 5 years by then? Or December as the BRP permits her to reside here till then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will our joint income need to be above £18600 or are the children counted as dependents and the requirement increases accordingly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am working remotely for a British company at the moment. Can we leave the country for a couple of months (less than 3) to visit family or do we need to be here for the duration?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a side question, is pre-lockdown income counted? And if so, which lockdown? March/2020?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21117" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-20T14:00:16.593" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T14:00:16.593" Title="ILR Application Date / UK Spouse Visa" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-20T11:51:15.933" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work and live in Luxembourg (non-Blue Card holder), my wife lives and works in Germany (Blue card holder). We want that she lives in Luxembourg but still remains working in Germany. She would be there a couple of days per week for working (she can also work remotely). We are starting the application for family reunification residence permit for her in Luxembourg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she keep the Blue card and continue working in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she hold two residence permits, the family reunification issued by Luxembourg, and the Blue-card issued by Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21132" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-03-20T13:58:08.807" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T13:58:08.807" Title="Work in one country and live in another one, as a third-country national" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21836" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21926" CreationDate="2021-03-20T14:52:04.127" Score="4" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a software engineer with US citizenship and will be relocating to Ireland under a skilled workers Visa. I will be bringing my family with me. Currently in addition to day job I'm involved in a small startup which compensates me in cash and equity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to maintain my position in my startup and continue to be compensated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it legal for me to do so? If not what could I do to maintain both jobs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the options I've been trying to look into, but have not found any concrete info are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just work for both companies and pay my taxes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File a US LLC and operate my startup though that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create an Irish company and operate through that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Making my spouse the head of a small company of which encapsulates my startup work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create an Irish company, hire myself as a contractor and pay for a second visa/permit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not looking to avoid taxes/etc. I'm more interested in everything being square with Irish/EU/US policy as I am planning on this relocation being permanent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21133" LastEditorUserId="21133" LastEditDate="2021-03-22T16:08:45.650" LastActivityDate="2021-04-13T15:36:25.660" Title="Maintaining a remote side job in the US while working in Ireland under a Visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-20T16:35:14.027" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently graduated (MSc from a Dutch technical university) and started working in the Netherlands last February 2021. I earn ~36k/year and I received housing and healthcare allowances during my studies in the Netherlands.&#xA;Am I allowed to sponsor my wife (American citizen) and reunite in the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21134" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-20T21:42:54.537" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T22:04:02.100" Title="EU citizen sponsoring non-EU wife for residence permit in the Netherlands" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21837" CreationDate="2021-03-20T22:04:02.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you are not a Dutch citizen, your wife can join you in the Netherlands under EU law. All the restrictions that apply to the spouses of Dutch citizens and third-country citizens do not apply to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She should travel to the Netherlands without a visa, carrying proof that she is the spouse of an EU citizen. She would then apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/eu-eer/Paginas/Familieleden-met-een-andere-nationaliteit.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;“Toetsing aan EU-recht”&lt;/a&gt; at the IND.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T22:04:02.100" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21800" CreationDate="2021-03-20T23:09:34.657" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have made initial and renewal applications for an &amp;quot;Aufenthaltserlaubnis&amp;quot; (residence permit) while working as a postdoc. I believe the permitting process is essentially the same as far as the &amp;quot;Ausländeramt&amp;quot; (Foreigners' Office) is concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The public employee reviewing your materials is ultimately going to have a fair amount of discretion, but&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have German health insurance (Krankenversicherung) - your US or travel insurance is not acceptable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have to have an address (there is a formal requirement to register your address every time you move  - &amp;quot;Meldepflicht&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to demonstrate that you can finance yourself: this is somewhat subjective and may be a combination of a current work contract with stated wages, current bank statements, some other kind of grant or funding, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually have a spare, blank form for the next renewal, so I scanned it so that you can see exactly what is asked of you (and they'll want evidence for all of it!): &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dropbox.com/s/3astmabefxuslic/GermanResidenceApp.pdf?dl=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German Residence Application&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;N.B. Mine is from Aachen, where I live but I think the process is nationally more or less consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21130" LastActivityDate="2021-03-20T23:09:34.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21821" CreationDate="2021-03-22T09:45:33.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same thing happened to my daughter - she obtained the US license, but could not get the German one within the 6 months, as she was under 17. So she had to do the whole thing again, with a little less practical hours in the driving school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21140" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T09:45:33.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-22T05:33:59.887" Score="0" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;My partner has been granted a YMS visa for this summer, and is due to arrive within the alloted timeframe. They currently work as a cabin attendant, and will be flying to London Heathrow several times before this YMS visa starts. They will be staying for a couple of nights and then exiting the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, they are worried because they have read some information in their native language that says this will nullify the YMS visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this to not be the case. Nothing I have read suggests this is so, and a few English language sites suggest that you can enter as a tourist before your YMS visa starts, as long as you exit the country, don't overstay and re-enter in the timeframe your YMS visa allows. This was all advice directed at tourists however, not repeated work visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am presuming that it still is fine though? Especially because, apparently, customs don't even check crew passports and just their company ID card, when disembarking from the plane and entering the UK. So they may not even have to explain the visa page in their passport if this is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will be entering the UK several times for work, leaving after each visit, never overstaying and purely for work rather than as an underway of coming in before their YMS visa starts in the summer. They will be leaving this employment before arriving on the YMS visa and entering during their alloted timeframe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone foresee any problems with the situation I have just described?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user117064" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T19:36:05.670" Title="Entering and leaving the UK (for work) several times before YMS visa starts" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21845" CreationDate="2021-03-22T06:09:31.630" Score="4" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently enrolled as a non degree J1 student at an American University. My visa expires at the beginning of May but I have a research offer that would allow me to stay. Some employees at the immigration office told me that it might be that I have to come back to my home country and apply again for another visa. Is this true? Shouldn't I be able to get an extension without having to come back, quarantine and spend money on flights, applications and transport other than actual time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21143" OwnerDisplayName="simonegiancola09" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T19:37:30.057" Title="Getting new Visa without going out of the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21844" CreationDate="2021-03-22T07:51:57.150" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You have been given some incorrect advice by someone not very knowledgeable (I'm not sure what &amp;quot;immigration office&amp;quot; you have been talking to). A US &amp;quot;visa&amp;quot; (which is a sticker that takes up a whole page of your passport and says &amp;quot;VISA&amp;quot; on it) is solely for entry to the US. A US visa has no relevance to stay in the US, and you do not need a valid visa to stay in the US. What governs your stay in the US is your &lt;em&gt;status&lt;/em&gt; as given on your I-94 and the regulations regarding your status. For J1 status, you are most likely admitted for &amp;quot;D/S&amp;quot; in your I-94, so your status does not have a fixed end date. You generally remain in J1 status as long as you have a valid DS-2019 and stay in good standing with your program. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to extend your DS-2019 or transferring to another program and get a new DS-2019. You also remain in status for 30 days after the end of the program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A non-diplomatic US &amp;quot;visa&amp;quot; cannot be obtained from within the US. You can only apply for a non-diplomatic US visa from a US consulate outside the US. This is not a problem since US visas are solely for entry, and you only need to &amp;quot;enter&amp;quot; if you are outside the US in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question is not clear whether this research position you are getting would be on J1 status or not. If you will be getting a position on a different status (e.g. H1b or O1, etc.), you would have to either do a Change of Status in the US (which is only possible if your J1 doesn't have a 2-year home residency requirement), or go abroad to obtain a visa corresponding to the new status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T19:31:23.767" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21872" CreationDate="2021-03-22T20:48:53.980" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my first post in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am an ordinary Indian passport holder, I am in Dublin, doing full-time Ph.D. studies since October 2018 on a stamp 2 student visa. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/inis/pages/registration-stamps&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/inis/pages/registration-stamps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife joined me in Dublin last year January, as an immediate dependent family member with me and she has given me a stamp 2A visa. She holds a Bangladeshi passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A baby is expected to be born in September in Dublin. What passport we should apply for, for the baby? Indian/Bangladeshi/Irish?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15456" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-03-29T14:08:46.200" LastActivityDate="2021-03-29T14:08:46.200" Title="Indian father, Bangladeshi mother, baby to be born in Ireland" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;bangladeshi-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-22T20:56:09.090" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK national that has been living and working in Italy since 2019. I have a &lt;code&gt;carta d'identita&lt;/code&gt; that's valid until 2029 and so far I've had a few &amp;quot;short term&amp;quot; contracts (contrato a tempo determinato), and while I could stick with my current job I'd like to quit and start my own business centered around remote workshops. My two questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;am I allowed to do so with my current ID card and status or do I need to apply for some other type of residence permit that allows one to be self employed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I currently have a carta sanitaria that gives me access to health care. What would be the consequences of switching to be self employed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth I've done research online and asked friends, but it's hard to navigate the Italian bureaucracy and to know which definitions apply to me. I have understood that being self employed in Italy is quite expensive and that I can expect ~4000eur in annual expenses just to cover various fees and taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a copy of my id card with all personal details redacted, in case it might clarify which type of residence permit I currently have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K3Rfb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K3Rfb.png&quot; alt=&quot;id card - front&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/noBCv.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/noBCv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;id card - back&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21146" LastActivityDate="2021-03-22T20:56:09.090" Title="Long term resident from the UK - can I be self employed?" Tags="&lt;working&gt;&lt;italy&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-23T04:01:01.493" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen based in the US.  I have an opportunity to work with a Swiss startup.  I am wondering what my tax obligation is for 1) salary and 2) any equity in the company that fully vests.  Do I pay tax in Switzerland or the US (hopefully not both)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand location of where the work is performed can change taxation  but I don't know the case for Switzerland.  If it helps to know, I will be physically in the US all of 2021 and then between the US and Switzerland in 2022 onward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation gets hazier in relation to equity.  Do I need a work permit or anything else before I can legitimately accrue equity in a Swiss company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21147" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-23T13:57:12.597" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T13:57:12.597" Title="Taxation for US Citizen remote work for Swiss startup" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-23T14:22:17.870" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a US citizen and we’ll reunite in few months. I’m a EU citizen and currently living and working in the Netherlands. She just got admitted to a public research university in the Netherlands (academic year will start in Sept 2021), what kind of tuition fees do we have to pay? Since I’ll sponsor her against the EU law, is she eligible for the EU tuition fees?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21134" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T15:16:30.503" Title="Does a non-EU spouse of an EU citizen need to pay international tuition fees for a MSc in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="570" CreationDate="2021-03-23T15:48:43.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's interesting to see the suggestions of Bulgaria, Russia, and the United States when the OP is clearly asking about South and Central America and a Spanish-speaking country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Latina, I would tell you that South America would be a great choice. Your number one option should be Ecuador- a very beautiful country with USDs as official currency. And Ecuador has a tax at source rule - provided that you pay tax in your country Ecuador will not require you to pay any additional tax. So you don't need to worry about the taxes. The cost of living is super low- one of the lowest in Latin America. You can easily apply for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://thevisaproject.com/ecuador-visa/retirement/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;retirement visa for Ecuador&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your second choice should be Colombia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina have high costs of living. The same goes for Caymans. Panama is super small.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20061" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T15:48:43.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21851" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21852" CreationDate="2021-03-23T19:56:03.597" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to unprecedented circumstances, I might need to withdraw from my current student visa application (Australia) and re-apply next year. Will this be considered as a negative point for my future application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20962" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T23:20:49.437" Title="Withdrawing from a visa application: any negative impact for future applications?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;australia&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21851" CreationDate="2021-03-23T23:20:49.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is virtually certain that withdrawing from an as yet ungranted Visa Application of any nature in Australia will create no prejudice against a future application even for the same Visa class.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the class is a Student Visa, and that you identify circumstances that seem to be outside your personal control, I feel doubly confident this will not create a negative problem for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTOH, you had best withdraw the application ASAP, because once granted, it would likely create hurdles including perhaps a barrier for application for a period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13752" LastActivityDate="2021-03-23T23:20:49.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21849" CreationDate="2021-03-24T07:58:50.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The law (&lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0011453/2020-09-01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wet Studiefinanciering 2000&lt;/a&gt;) is not super explicit but does provide that several categories of foreign residents are to be treated like Dutch student as far as tuition is concerned. Several universities explicitely mention residence cards for members of the family of an EU citizen (&lt;em&gt;familielid EU/EER&lt;/em&gt;) as one of these categories (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wur.nl/nl/show/Collegegeldtarieven-2018-2019-welk-collegegeld-moet-ik-betalen-Msc.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WUR&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/support/voordat-je-studie-begint/collegegeld/toelichting-collegegeldtarieven/bepalen#verblijfsstatus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Maastricht&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know whether these rules have any basis in EU law or EUCJ case law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-03-25T15:16:30.503" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T15:16:30.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21857" CreationDate="2021-03-24T12:37:42.583" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen who's been working in Japan under a working visa. I quit my job and am considering changing my visa status to a dependent of my wife. As the market for skilled work in Japan is extremely under competitive I'm considering working for US companies remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming I am on a US pay role, is there any legal considerations for employment or implications to my visa if I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21162" OwnerDisplayName="sam" LastActivityDate="2021-03-24T17:09:33.707" Title="Can a US citizen work remotely for a US company while in Japan as a dependent?" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;japan&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21856" CreationDate="2021-03-24T13:06:55.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your spouse visa permits work, and I believe in Japan they typically do, you should be legally in the clear.  However, you may owe taxes to both countries, and you'll probably want to get professional advice on how to handle them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" OwnerDisplayName="lambshaanxy" LastActivityDate="2021-03-24T13:06:55.517" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-25T20:19:05.823" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm non EU expat working in Germany for a few years (but in the future I might move to a non EU country). My girlfriend is Dutch national.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been planning to get registered as Registered Partners in the Netherlands however I'm not sure what things do I need to be aware of in terms of pros/cons for getting registered as Partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a certain monetary/income requirement for either of us?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I move out of EU, does the registered partnership allow me to visit &amp;amp; stay with her in the netherlands?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case in future I want to work in the Netherlands, do I have to get a work permit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other things we need to be aware of for becoming registered partners?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11985" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-03-25T22:38:46.507" LastActivityDate="2021-04-25T01:09:46.023" Title="Getting registered as Partners in Netherlands" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-25T09:08:59.313" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to apply spouse visa for France and and my all previous documents, birth certificate etc are named with Tania Raza so now I’ve changed my ID card with the martial status married and husband name is mentioned but I’ve not changed my name as it is in previous documents I’ve kept it the same both in the passport and ID card. So is it fine or do I have to change my surname on my husband’s name before applying for the visa? What is important according to France laws, terms and conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Taniya Raza" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T20:24:59.540" Title="Is changing the surname important after getting married in France for applying spouse visa?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21859" CreationDate="2021-03-25T09:43:51.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even though many (possibly most) women take their husband's name upon marriage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is far from universal, and definitely not mandatory&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On all official paperwork (ID cards, passports), they keep their original name, with the addition &amp;quot;Epouse X&amp;quot;, rather than actually change their name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, there's absolutely no requirement for you to change your name when it comes to french law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8845" OwnerDisplayName="jcaron" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T09:43:51.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21858" CreationDate="2021-03-25T22:58:22.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As your prospective partner resides in her country of citizenship, you would not be able to join her there under the provisions of European Union law.  You should therefore have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/family/Pages/Spouse-or-partner.aspx?pk_campaign=Spouse&amp;amp;pk_kwd=subnavigatie&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the IND page for spouse/partner visas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a certain monetary/income requirement for either of us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To register your partnership, no.  As an example, have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amsterdam.nl/en/civil-affairs/register-partnership/#heb492403-7b03-4f89-8650-d0e749d788f7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the requirements you'll need to meet if she resides in Amsterdam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you to get a residence permit in the Netherlands, yes (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I move out of EU, does the registered partnership allow me to visit &amp;amp; stay with her in the netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.  For stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, you will be able to visit with a normal short-term visit visa, also known as a type C Schengen visa.  (Depending on your citizenship, you may not require a visa.)  If you want to settle in the Netherlands with your partner, or even just visit for longer than you are allowed under the 90/180 rule, you'll need a long-term (type D) visa, which you will replace with a residence permit (citizens of a handful of countries are exempt from the visa but do need to get a residence permit).  Requirements may be found at the page linked in the first paragraph.  One of these requirements is that your partner have &lt;a href=&quot;https://ind.nl/en/Pages/income-requirements-family.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sufficient independent and sustainable income&lt;/a&gt;.  The details, including the amounts, depend on your personal circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case in future I want to work in the Netherlands, do I have to get a work permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but as the partner of a Dutch national, your residence permit will also permit you to work.  You will not need an additional work permit (but you will not have permission to work in the Netherlands unless you move there and get a residence permit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any other things we need to be aware of for becoming registered partners?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are probably many such things.  You may want to talk to a lawyer.  But the two pages linked above should cover all of the practical and administrative aspects of your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if the income or other requirements are burdensome, you should be aware that you can move instead to any other EU or EEA country under much more favorable terms: your partner only needs to be employed.  After living there for some time (perhaps as short as six months), you would then be able to move back to the Netherlands under the same favorable terms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-03-25T23:03:35.470" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T23:03:35.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-26T06:56:26.910" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have EU blue card from last 2 years and I’m working for a company in Germany. During covid my company allowed to work fully remote and I came to my home country in Asia and working remotely from here (paying taxes in Germany). Its been 5 months now, should I have to go back to Germany now? Would it affect my re-entry in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19194" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T10:04:31.180" Title="Staying outside of EU on blue card" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-04-13T06:34:02.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21862" CreationDate="2021-03-26T10:04:31.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Periods upto 6 months outside of Germany are &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; allowed without any side effects on the Residence permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A BlueCard is an &lt;strong&gt;exception&lt;/strong&gt; to this rule, where 12 months is allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For any longer periods, an application must be made &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt; you leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A foreign assignment (Auslandseinsatz) for a German firm outside of Germany is generally considered a valid reason for a longer absence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are planning to return (i.e. take up residence again), you should do so before the 12 months are up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T10:04:31.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21864" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-26T11:33:55.583" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we apply directly for family reunion permit at immigration office if we are holding a residence of a schengen state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both husband and wife are holding non-EU passports. (Furthermore, the spouse in Germany had put forward permanent residence application)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17621" LastEditorUserId="17621" LastEditDate="2021-03-26T12:06:57.863" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T12:06:57.863" Title="Family reunion visa - Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-26T14:10:32.143" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Masters student in Germany and I have been offered a job in Netherlands. My employer is a recognized sponsor and is applying for my residence visa. They have submitted my documents to IND a week ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for some family reasons I need to go to India as soon as possible. So, now my question is can I go to India while my visa process on going for Netherlands ? I also got to know that, my employer will book an appointment to IND Desk in Den bosch once they receive a reply from IND.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My work contract is starting from 1st May 2021. So, I must need to book an appointment to IND desk before 1st May or I can take an appointment even after 1st May ? What can I do in this situation considering the fact that I need to go to India as soon as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any idea about it? Or someone who has passed from this type of situation? Please give your suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21168" LastEditorUserId="21168" LastEditDate="2021-03-26T14:15:56.963" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T14:15:56.963" Title="Netherlands residence permit while studying in Germany" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-26T20:53:17.887" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a British citizen in possession of a British passport currently living in Spain and have been living here for 19 years. I have residencia here, an A4 piece of paper with my NIE with no expiry date (which I think is an indefinite permanent residency?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understand, I'd lose my residency if I left Spain to work in the UK and spent a year living there, however if I were to return in the future, would I still be able to get my residency back? I read somewhere that you can apply to &amp;quot;recover&amp;quot; it, so you don't have to meet the same requirements as someone requesting it for the first time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21169" LastActivityDate="2021-03-26T20:53:17.887" Title="Losing indefinite Spanish residency, but reobtaining it after returning years later" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-26T20:39:04.113" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Arun from India. I came to Germany on a business visa and after I applied for &lt;em&gt;Temporary Residence Permit&lt;/em&gt; (TRC) in Poland in march 2018 but in october 2018 I got a negative decision. my lawyer did appeal. after waiting 2 years I did not get any response from the migration office. after that this Feb 2021 I knew through my employer I got the negative decision on 18 Jan 2021. when I tried to contact my lawyer. she refused to give my negative decision. Now I am in the worst situation what should I do in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Arun" LastActivityDate="2021-03-27T06:43:43.140" Title="legalization of stay in Poland after getting negative decision" Tags="&lt;legal&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21868" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-27T15:09:26.617" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from India and I have been offered postdoc in University of Basel, Switzerland for three years. The University HR has asked to check the Swiss Embassy homepage to apply for visa D for training. In the embassy page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/india/en/home/visa/entry-ch/work-permits/documents-work-permits.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/india/en/home/visa/entry-ch/work-permits/documents-work-permits.html&lt;/a&gt;), I have been asked to fill a visa application and give 2 passport photos, authorization letter, passport. No flight tickets have to be booked to apply for visa D?. How is the visa application processed here in India for Visa D?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Priya&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12111" OwnerDisplayName="Priya" LastActivityDate="2021-03-27T18:02:50.750" Title="National visa D for training - Basel, Switzerland" Tags="&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-27T20:06:59.893" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been living and working in Germany since April 2018 on Blue Card and recently renewed it as the previous one was only valid for 33 months. My new blue card is valid until Jan 2025.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently working in Berlin and want to resign from my current job so that I can travel to some EU countries for 3 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to travel after leaving my current job? After some research on the Internet I came to know that my Blue Card will be valid for 3 or 6 months after leaving my job, but can I travel during these 3 or 6 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21172" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-04-02T23:06:16.730" LastActivityDate="2021-05-03T17:01:00.173" Title="Travel to other EU countries after resigning from my current Job while on Blue card Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-28T15:21:51.757" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good afternoon, I am a US citizen who moved to Germany 4 months ago..I have a residency permit which expires in about 3 years..My wife was born in Germany..If I invest in crypto, can I just file taxes in the US only? Or do I need to file in Germany &amp;amp; the US? Where would it be cheaper to file taxes if both? Please help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20849" LastEditorUserId="20849" LastEditDate="2021-03-28T17:24:32.923" LastActivityDate="2021-03-28T17:24:32.923" Title="Tax questions on crypto..USA to Germany" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;us-citizens&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-28T18:30:03.947" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does someone have experience with the EB-3 visa(USA) process?&#xA;Currently, I am working as a software engineer with a b.sc.&#xA;My birth country is in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how long would the process take (no backlog currently)?&#xA;And what is needed to start the process (next to a job offer).&#xA;Do I have to be physically in the USA to start the process or is this also possible from Europe?&#xA;Are there some kind of deadlines for the application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other ideas are also appreciated! Currently at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/faang-stocks.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAANG&lt;/a&gt; and not yet able to go for the L1 route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20263" LastActivityDate="2021-03-28T18:30:03.947" Title="EB-3 experiences" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21846" CreationDate="2021-03-29T03:21:53.790" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We need to consider each citizenship separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether the child has Irish citizenship:&lt;/strong&gt; No. For a child born on the island of Ireland after 2005 to have Irish citizenship at birth (assuming that the child is not otherwise stateless), at least one parent must:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be an Irish or British citizen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had the right to live in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland without time limit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or have been resident in Ireland (not including in student status) for 3 of the 4 years before the child's birth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since in this case you guys were on student status, I don't think you qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether the child has Bangladeshi citizenship:&lt;/strong&gt; According to section 5 of Bangladesh's &lt;a href=&quot;http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-242.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt;, the child is automatically a Bangladeshi citizen by descent at birth if your wife is a Bangladeshi citizen otherwise by descent, without needing the child to be registered. If your wife is a Bangladeshi citizen by descent, then the child must be registered at a Bangladeshi consulate in order to be a Bangladeshi citizen. According to section 14, if the child still has dual citizenship at age 21, they will automatically lose Bangladeshi citizenship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether the child has Indian citizenship:&lt;/strong&gt; According to section 4 of India's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4210/1/Citizenship_Act_1955.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Citizenship Act&lt;/a&gt;, the child is an Indian citizen by descent if registered at an Indian consulate within 1 year of birth, with the declaration that the child does not hold a foreign passport. (Note: it doesn't matter if the child holds foreign citizenship, only that they don't hold a foreign passport.) According to subsection (1A), the child will automatically lose Indian citizenship if they do not renounce their other citizenships within 6 months of full age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-03-29T03:21:53.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-29T07:02:59.993" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the following situation. I'm Brazilian and I've come to Germany to study. Currently I possess the &lt;strong&gt;residence permit for study preparation&lt;/strong&gt;. This week I've received an offer (I didn't look for a job - they got in touch with me) from a big company in the IT field to join their team. I already have the contract in hand!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the salary, I would be able to apply for a Blue card but I don't meet the higher study degree that is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only option would be applying for a normal full time work permit, but I would like to know if it is possible to do this? That is to change from my current visa to a full time work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21183" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-03-30T06:27:11.937" LastActivityDate="2021-03-30T06:27:11.937" Title="Is it possible to change my residence permit for study preparation to a work visa?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;brazilian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2021-04-13T06:33:16.260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-29T21:33:13.457" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am non-EU Person living in Germany and having a Niederlassungserlaubnis. I have got a Job Offer in United Kingdom which means i will working in UK with a UK work Contract for the week and returning to DE for the weekend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What implication will this have on my Niederlassungserlaubnis ? I know for a fact that i must live in Germany for at least 6 months in a year otherwise my Niederlassungserlaubnis will get expired and as all the weekends in the year don't sum-up to 6 months but as i am returning to Germany every week will it still get expired ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21185" LastActivityDate="2021-03-30T06:44:33.217" Title="Niederlassungserlaubnis validity when living in Germany 2 days a week" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-29T07:32:49.367" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is &amp;quot;Prachi Vashisth.&amp;quot;  I am an International student. My last name was not mentioned in any of my documents since my childhood.  My date of birth certificate, CBSE mark sheets, Aadhar card, and passport show my first name as &amp;quot;Prachi,&amp;quot; and the last name is not mentioned in any of the documents. When I got my visa for the United States, I noticed that my first name is printed as &amp;quot;FNU&amp;quot; (which means &amp;quot;first name unknown&amp;quot;) and my last name is printed as &amp;quot;Prachi&amp;quot;. My university issued me a document called I-20 which is one of the most important student documents, and in that document my name is written as &amp;quot;Prachi Prachi&amp;quot;. How can I fix my names in all of the documents and get my name printed as &amp;quot;Prachi Vashisth&amp;quot; in each document?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Prachi Vashisth" LastActivityDate="2021-03-29T23:00:02.247" Title="Different name in different documents" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21875" CreationDate="2021-03-29T14:10:23.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a detailed answer to the question of getting the documents changed, but I can say that this &amp;quot;FNU&amp;quot; treatment is the US government's standard practice for people who have only a single name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The university may have a standard procedure of duplicating a single name in their database.  My university had a different practice: there was a professor with a single name, and he was listed in the course catalogue with the first name &amp;quot;Mr.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are worried about administrative headaches, you probably don't need to be.  The civil documents from your home country are indistinguishable from those of a person with a single name.  (Furthermore, these arguably establish that single name as your legal name, to the extent that there is such a thing as a &amp;quot;legal name&amp;quot;; the concept is widespread in the US, but it is somewhat questionable.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want the documents to reflect your full name because that is how you prefer to identify yourself as a matter of personal expression, then the first step, as far as the US government and the university are concerned, is to get a new passport with the full name.  The passport must be Indian, as you mention the aadhar card.  We have had a few questions on this site from people with incorrect names in Indian passports, but I do not know anything about the specific steps one would take to get a new passport with a correct name.  In your case it seems likely that you would need either to get your birth certificate changed or to get a court document &amp;quot;changing&amp;quot; your name from the one shown on your birth certificate. Perhaps someone with more experience of this area of Indian law and administrative practice will post an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have the new passport, you can apply for a new I-20 from the university and a new visa from the US Department of State.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" OwnerDisplayName="phoog" LastActivityDate="2021-03-29T14:27:12.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21874" CreationDate="2021-03-30T06:44:33.217" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question and one that will not have a straightforward answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a case where you must ask the Immigration office directly, preferably in a &lt;strong&gt;detailed&lt;/strong&gt; letter with information on expected income and costs (double household and travel costs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are retaining your household in Germany and returning regularly, the result &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be a letter confirming the arrangement and that they have no objection to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would then be the equivalent of a permission to be absent longer than the default 6 months, which should be applied for before the arrangement starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be a matter that the responsible official will deside based on the individual circumstances and thus it will be impossible to foretell what the final outcome will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2021-03-30T06:44:33.217" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-31T15:56:08.373" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently live in Wales. Like most of the UK, it has a very high rate of people driving extremely loud cars and motorbikes, at all times of the day. Like a lot of people, the noise annoys me, but the police do nothing. It's like this in many other countries, i.e. Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, which countries don't have a high incidence / culture of people driving loud cars, whilst also being relatively well populated? (whilst Greenland would probably not have this, it's also not a very practical country to live in). Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14646" LastActivityDate="2021-04-01T12:17:35.887" Title="Which countries don't have a strong “car culture” (noisy cars &amp; bikes)?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-04-05T10:27:19.290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-31T16:06:19.217" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting sponsored by a company in HK to work over there, so I dont have permanent residency. I would like to bring with me my father. We both lives in italy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my research on the web, it seems like a Prolonged Visitor Visa may be granted for 6 months. How often can it be renewed ? If renewed, is it always for another 6 months ? Any reason it could be declined if I ask for renewal ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think, with the prolonged visitor visa, my father can stay in HK for at least 3 years by renewing the visa every time it gets soon expired?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20993" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-03-31T22:07:27.300" LastActivityDate="2021-03-31T22:07:27.300" Title="renewal of Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21880" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-01T10:02:43.997" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have applied for an emigration visa to the UK. I'll arrive in England on 20th April and want to live in Bournemouth until the end of September. During the period I will find a job in London with availability starting in October, and look for a permanent home in London as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I rent an apartment to live for my initial half a year, considering the 10-day quarantine requirement and also I know no one personally in Bournemouth as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to rent for 6 months before arrival such that I can get in directly immediately upon arrival for quarantine? If not, what should I do considering that I have only about 5 months remaining before I go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19924" LastActivityDate="2021-04-01T10:02:43.997" Title="How should I rent an apartment in England for 5.5 - 6 months as an expat?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21878" CreationDate="2021-04-01T12:17:35.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;France may be what you are looking for, because of high taxes on powerful cars, a car such as a Mustang costs more or less 40k€ in which you have to add at least 20k€ of Eco Malus on top of that, meaning that even though there are people that are passionate about cars, it becomes more and more difficult to own such cars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also what you have to consider is the amount of electric cars. France has not a high rate electric cars compared to some other countries, I heard that many Dutch people own an electric car, which may be a good answer as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17770" LastActivityDate="2021-04-01T12:17:35.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-01T21:28:31.427" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently living in Germany as a Croatian national. In a few short months I will start my higher education in Switzerland and later MBA as well which total duration will be more then 4 years. I can also speak a little bit of Schwiizerdütsch. I know there are some problems with Croats seeking to live and apply for a job in Switzerland. So basically my question is: If I am a student in Switzerland can i apply for a one-year visa to work and live there and later extend it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-02T08:01:57.437" LastActivityDate="2021-04-02T08:06:43.470" Title="Work and live permit as a student in switzerland but I'm a Croatian national" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21882" CreationDate="2021-04-02T08:01:40.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may in any case apply for a permit, even to look for work or set up a business. The main issue is that, as a Croatian national, you are not (yet) covered by the EU freedom of movement agreement with Switzerland. That means more paperwork and time lost before being allowed to work than you would have experienced in Germany for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For workers, a prospective employer would have to show they could not find the employee they need locally (Swiss residents, no matter their citizenship), which could make it quite difficult for most people to qualify. The delay and increased paperwork make Croatian workers less attractive to employers (much easier for them to just hire a German or Romanian national for example). There is an annual quota for both long-term and short-term permits as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For students, the rules are less restrictive. I believe you might be asked to show you have “sufficient” financial means to cover your expenses in Switzerland. There is no annual quota. I would still recommend approaching the Swiss authorities as soon as possible (i.e. as soon as you have some registration confirmation from the university) to see how you can apply for a permit. If at all possible, applying early would prevent getting stuck waiting for a decision. Another effect of the current restrictions is that you are more limited than other EU citizens when it comes to working next to your studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these restrictions are slated to end between 2024 (no restriction but still a “safeguard clause” that can be triggered if the number of Croatian nationals exceeds a threshold) and 2027 (full freedom of movement). Consequently, renewing your permit and eventually finding a job in Switzerland — if you want to do that — should be easier when your four-year programme ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/en/data/eu/fza/personenfreizuegigkeit/factsheets/fs-kroatien-e.pdf.download.pdf/fs-kroatien-e.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Factsheet on these rules from the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-02T08:06:43.470" LastActivityDate="2021-04-02T08:06:43.470" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21869" CreationDate="2021-04-03T16:55:53.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way is to directly contact the Ausländerbehörde responsible for your area of residence. (I have personally had good and straightforward responses from them in the past when I emailed them.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, as long as your Blue Card remains valid (and you carry your valid passport just in case), I do not see why you cannot travel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I would double-check is the piece of paper they gave you with your Blue Card. Printed on it should be any conditions attached to your Blue Card. During the first 2 years, that paper should tell you that you have to notify them of any employment changes. Since your Blue Card status is over 2 years old now, you are probably free from that obligation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/migration/aufenthaltsrecht/aufenthaltsrecht-liste.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; contains some FAQs about residency permits, most of the information you probably already know. However, the last question contains some contact information of the Bundesamtes für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF). You might also find direct answers from them, in addition to your local Ausländerbehörde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a last note, since you have over 33 months with your Blue Card, perhaps you might consider applying for a settlement permit, which may make things even easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19691" LastActivityDate="2021-04-03T16:55:53.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-03T20:39:26.800" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got selected in the US H1B visa pre-registration lottery and now we have to file the final H1B petition to the USCIS. Deadline for the same is June 29th 2021. My question is: Do I need to be present in the US when the final petition is being filed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't get confused that I want to travel after filling the final petition. I am saying that I will go out before filling the petition and file it when I am outside the US. Is this doable? Are there any other conditions or restrictions to it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to get back to me if you have some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21202" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-05T10:40:38.960" LastActivityDate="2021-05-08T11:08:40.880" Title="Filling final US H1B visa petition with USCIS from outside the US" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21886" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-29T21:43:29.543" Score="2" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;trying to figure out how a travel to the USVI could turn out in my situation: I have an expired L1B Visa (expired stamp), and I am legally allowed to stay in the US for a few more months, as I have filed a visa extension timely (which allows me to stay in the US until my visa is extended).&#xA;Can I travel safely to the USVI under these circumstances?&#xA;I would expect that domestic flights are fine, however it seems like I am crossing again the CBP, so I am wondering if there are any issues with getting outside US mainland.&#xA;Thanks advance !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Gabriel H" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-04-04T16:04:32.163" LastActivityDate="2021-04-04T16:04:32.163" Title="Domestic Travel to USVI with expired L1B" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;l1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21886" CreationDate="2021-03-30T00:24:18.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is fine for you to travel to the US Virgin Islands, as it is within the US immigration system. If you encounter the CBP, you just need to show them that you are staying in the US legally, which you can with your Extension of Stay application receipt (which you should bring with you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2021-03-30T00:24:18.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21888" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21892" CreationDate="2021-04-04T13:21:21.460" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen living in the US. My spouse, who is a French (so EU) citizen, is currently living and working in Heidelberg, Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently visiting him in Germany, I plan to return to the US in a couple months, but the duration of my stay here will exceed 3 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unclear to us whether I have to actively do something like apply for a residence permit (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Familie/NachzugZuEUBuergern/nachzug-zu-eu-buergern-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, for instance, it sounds like I don't need to do anything). I only did the Heidelberg city registration (anmeldung) at the Bürgeramt when I arrived, also, my spouse registered me on his German health insurance (TK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get in trouble if I don't apply for a residence permit? Like, when I fly out in a couple months, will a German officer at the airport tell me I exceeded my stay, and what would be the consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10971" LastEditorUserId="10971" LastEditDate="2021-04-09T09:19:16.153" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T09:19:16.153" Title="US citizen visiting EU spouse living in Germany (stay &gt; 3 months)" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-04T17:11:31.350" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have European Citizenship and I was in UK for three months until 27 August 2019. Then I returned back to the Turkey to continue studying. When my pre-settled status was approved, the date was February  2020. It says it is valid till February 2025. But I have not had a chance to go to the UK due to the corona virus. Now I want to go to the UK again this Summer and I am not sure whether my pre-settled status is still valid or not.&#xA;Also I want to ask if I have chance to move to the UK after graduating (2023) from my university in Turkey? I mean, can I protect or extend my pre-settled status if I've been out of the UK for study?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21204" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-05T10:37:32.843" LastActivityDate="2021-04-06T21:09:41.313" Title="Protecting or Extending Pre-Settled Status" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-citizens&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-05T11:52:21.750" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have made two years worth of INPS contributions to the Italian Pension system. My wife who made similar contributions in Austria, was able to withdraw her entire amount minus some fees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already got a document from the INPS portal listing all of my contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, is there a way for me to withdraw those contributions to UK (where I am a resident now)? or wholly withdraw those contributions to my account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8577" LastActivityDate="2021-04-05T11:52:21.750" Title="Italy: How to withdraw INPS contributions?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;social-security&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21888" CreationDate="2021-04-06T05:36:37.710" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need a &lt;strong&gt;residence permit&lt;/strong&gt;, but must apply for a &lt;strong&gt;residence card&lt;/strong&gt; as a family member of an EU Citizen. In some states this must be applied for separately, but for Baden-Württemberg it seems to be done automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.heidelberg.de/hd/-/Lebenslagen/einreise-und-aufenthaltstitel/leb5000405&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Heidelberg city site&lt;/a&gt; states that this will be done automatically after registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Die Meldebehörde erhebt bei Ihnen die erforderlichen Daten über das Freizügigkeitsrecht und &lt;strong&gt;leitet diese an die Ausländerbehörde weiter&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Personen, die Familienangehörige von Unionsbürgerinnen und Unionsbürgern im Sinne des Freizügigkeitsgesetzes/EU sind (zum Beispiel Ehegatten, Lebenspartner und Kinder, die noch nicht 21 Jahre alt sind), &lt;strong&gt;erhalten automatisch eine Aufenthaltskarte&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The registration authority collects the necessary data from you about the right of free movement and &lt;strong&gt;forwards it to the immigration authority&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;People who are family members of Union citizens within the meaning of the Freedom of Movement Act / EU (e.g. spouses, life partners and children who are not yet 21 years old) &lt;strong&gt;automatically receive a residence card&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, you should get some confirmation before leaving that you have been registered but have not yet received the &lt;strong&gt;residence card&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.heidelberg.de/hd/-/Lebenslagen/einreise-und-aufenthaltstitel/leb5000405&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;heidelberg.de - Lebenslagen Einreise und Aufenthaltstitel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastActivityDate="2021-04-06T05:36:37.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21889" CreationDate="2021-04-06T21:04:23.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have pre-settled status until Feb 2025. You lose your pre-settled status if you leave the UK for more than two years, so you need to return to the UK before Aug. 2021. Whether a holiday in the summer is enough to keep pre-settled status will depend on politics, but living in the UK will be much more promising. And you can’t get settled status if you left for more than 6 months (possibly 12 months for important reasons), so since you left almost 14 months ago, you shouldn’t be able to get settled status and would have to leave Feb. 2025.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone more knowledgeable might know what your chances of getting a working visa are, but EU citizenship won’t help you after Feb 2025.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in total: Live in the UK before Aug 2021 and before Aug 2023 for a few months at least to keep pre-settled status. Then inquire about getting a working visa after Feb 2025.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastEditorUserId="2359" LastEditDate="2021-04-06T21:09:41.313" LastActivityDate="2021-04-06T21:09:41.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21894" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21895" CreationDate="2021-04-07T10:00:03.403" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently employed and living in Germany. I have a Daueraufenthalt-EU card, whose validity (&amp;quot;kartennutzung bis DDMM2024&amp;quot;) is tied to my US passport which expires in 2024.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What documents or proof are needed when a new card needs to be issued against the new passport?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am exploring the possibility of a sabbatical or early retirement, which means I will not be able to show any payslips or letter from the employer. However, my residence will remain in Germany and I will cover my living expenses as well as my German private health insurance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21220" LastEditorUserId="21220" LastEditDate="2021-04-18T06:56:56.103" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T06:56:56.103" Title="Transferring German permanent residence permit (Daueraufenthalt-EU) to new passport - documents / proof needed" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;residency&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21894" CreationDate="2021-04-07T10:34:52.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an income requirement (§ 9a AufenthG: “&lt;em&gt;feste und regelmäßige Einkünfte&lt;/em&gt;”) but you don't need a job &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324281/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;berlin.de website&lt;/a&gt; mentions freelancers (rather then early retirement) but many types of evidence of income are acceptable. Some of those are very generic (bank statements, &lt;em&gt;Steuerbescheide&lt;/em&gt;). At the same time, the form is strongly geared towards people who have some sort of economic activity and what's required is a regular &lt;em&gt;income&lt;/em&gt;. It might not be enough to be moderately wealthy and claim that's enough to cover your needs, you need to show money “flowing into your account”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've got insurance covered and since this is a renewal I assume you also fulfil all the other requirements (residence, knowledge of the language, no criminal conviction, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I don't have any first-hand experience with this particular procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T10:34:52.220" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-07T11:24:42.757" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Non EU IT/Software professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got admitted to Masters Program in A German University.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then applied to Consulate General in Mumbai for the student visa. I was planning to join university winter semester in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the application is still being processed, I got an offer from a startup in Berlin. (pays me 68k Euros yearly). The contract starts from August.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if I get the student visa, can I come to Germany early and apply for blue-card/work visa from Berlin without enrolling into university? Or Should I reapply to my local german consulate for a work visa even after getting a student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I could not find any satisfactory answer from the internet because every other answer conflicts with the previous.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I don't get a student visa, I have to reapply for work visa, from Mumbai.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to create ill intention in the eyes of Hon. German consulate in Mumbai or Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21221" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-09T09:26:21.427" LastActivityDate="2021-05-09T10:04:05.397" Title="Is it possible to get EU blue card while on student visa even before starting the studies if I have a valid job offer in Germany?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21896" CreationDate="2021-04-07T12:50:57.473" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once in Berlin, you cannot apply for a visa but only for a residence permit (the distinction is important, you have to keep that in mind when reading official documentation on this topic). Transitioning from student status to Blue card is possible once you have the relevant residence permit but coming directly on a student visa seems dangerous. Since you have no intention of studying, the basis you had to obtain it is no longer current and any use of that visa to cross the border could be deemed an abuse of the terms of the visa. It could also call into question the sincerity of your original plans and backfire badly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I don't know what you have been reading but official documentation in German and English seems pretty clear on the visa requirement. For example, here is what's on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/MigrationAufenthalt/ZuwandererDrittstaaten/Migrathek/BlaueKarteEU/blauekarteeu-node.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BAMF.de&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you live outside the EU, you will generally require a visa for the purpose of gainful employment which will be issued by the competent German diplomatic mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it says “visa &lt;em&gt;for the purpose of gainful employment&lt;/em&gt;”, not any long-stay visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes on to describe three exceptions, the most interesting of which is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Individuals who are already living in Germany and hold another residence title may file an application for the EU Blue Card with the immigration authority competent for their place of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you must specifically hold a residence title (and not merely a visa) to be exempted from the earlier requirement. I couldn't find an explicit legal basis for all this, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you were to receive a job offer upon landing or change your mind a few days after starting your study I don't know if you would technically be allowed to apply for the Blue Card from within Germany but it seems pretty risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-07T13:03:36.983" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T13:03:36.983" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21898" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="21908" CreationDate="2021-04-07T16:10:29.090" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, is the foreign spouse of a foreign UN officer stationed in Geneva permitted to take employment in Switzerland?  If so, is the permission automatic or must one apply for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to find this online, but the multiplicity of permits or &amp;quot;legitimation cards&amp;quot; is confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the spouse's nationality is relevant, please consider both the case of an EU citizen spouse and a &amp;quot;third country&amp;quot; spouse (that is, one whose country of citizenship is neither in the EU nor EFTA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T20:08:56.000" Title="Is the spouse of a UN officer in Geneva able to take employment in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;&lt;diplomats&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21899" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-07T17:03:19.720" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, I am in the first year of my OPT and I am selected in H1-B lottery for this year. I was thinking that can I file H1-B on consular access and get a STEM extension for the OPT. Then get the H1-B stamping done later (As much as I can push it while staying in the time limit allowed by USCIS to get the stamping done). What could be pros and cons of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time are we allowed to get the H1-B stamped after it being approved for the consular process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also wanted to know that with the H1-B consular access application filed and my work permit being being STEM-OPT, can I travel in and out of the US (to my home country + foreign countries multiple times)? I may or may not get the H1B stamped on my first visit. I will get that some time in the later visits only. Is this feasible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to get back to me if you need some more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21202" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T17:40:55.517" Title="Consular access application for US H1-B visa | Pros, Cons, Options and Feasibility" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21899" CreationDate="2021-04-07T17:40:55.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time are we allowed to get the H-1B stamped after it being approved for the consular process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you are in H-1B status, you need an H-1B visa to enter the US.  You can begin your H-1B status in one of two ways.  One way is to leave the US, get an H-1B visa in your passport, and return to the US.  The other way is to do an in-country change of status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second case, you do not need an H-1B visa at all, because you only need it when you want to enter the US, and you're already in the US.  You need the visa only if you want to leave the US and then return in H-1B status.  To do that, you'll need to make sure that your first trip outside the US allows you to visit a US consulate, apply for a visa, and wait for the application to be processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are awaiting the approval of your H-1B status, you can leave and enter the US only if you continue to be eligible to enter the US in F-1 status.  Once your F-1 status ends, you will need a new status to re-enter the US.  This also applies if you leave the US during any grace period, because the grace period ends as soon as you leave the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any benefit to trying to continue on OPT after the H-1B is approved.  It seems much simpler just to take the H-1B as soon as it's available.  Whether you do that through an in-country change of status or by leaving the country (and getting a visa and returning) depends more on your travel plans than on anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-04-07T17:40:55.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-07T23:45:26.937" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;How are averagely polite phone conversations supposed to go in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am used to from abroad goes something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;picks up phone&lt;/em&gt;): Hullo?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;caller&lt;/strong&gt;: Good &lt;em&gt;time of day&lt;/em&gt;! I am &lt;em&gt;A B&lt;/em&gt; calling from &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt; Inc. about &lt;em&gt;D&lt;/em&gt;. Am I speaking to &lt;em&gt;X Y&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt;: Hi! Yes...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in the UK the conversations, even from seemingly professional organisations, seem to go more like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt;: Hi?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;caller&lt;/strong&gt;: Is it &lt;em&gt;X Y&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt;: ...err&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;caller&lt;/strong&gt;: Am I speaking to &lt;em&gt;X Y&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt;: Err... apologies but could you introduce yourself, state whose behalf you are calling on and about what matter?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;caller&lt;/strong&gt;: ...err (At this point, they either apologise and introduce themselves, repeat the question about my name, or hang up.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this standard telephone etiquette in the UK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[I am reluctant to start by introducing myself or confirming my name as about half the calls seem to be insurance scams or just trying to &amp;quot;phish&amp;quot; for personal information.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16636" LastActivityDate="2021-04-20T17:36:37.190" Title="Telephone etiquette in the UK" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;telephone&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-08T03:57:29.303" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in a situation where my current cap-exempt employer is filing an amendment to an active H1B application, but I recently got an offer from another department within the same org, which needs a new H1B filing because of increased salary and responsibilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amendment has been finalized and ready to be sent out, to USCIS, which presumably will take a few weeks (2-4 months). My active H1B status expires in the first week of July and I am very anxious about the tight timeline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to wait until USCIS approves (hypothetical..there's nothing in my view that suggests otherwise, but, you never know) the amendment to my current H1B before I send in the new application for my new position within the same organization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a section on &lt;a href=&quot;http://:%20https://www.uscis.gov/archive/uscis-draft-guidance-on-when-to-file-an-amended-h-1b-petition-after-the-simeio-solutions-decision&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; that states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Note: Once you file the amended petition, your H-1B employee can&#xA;immediately begin to work at the new location. You do not have to wait&#xA;for a final decision on the amended petition for your H-1B employee to&#xA;start work at the new location.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this also applies to other amendment-related filings that are not triggered by &amp;quot;change in location&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, does prevailing wage determination need to wait for the current amendment to come back from USCIS before starting H1B filling with the new department?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21226" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T03:57:29.303" Title="H1B amendment and new application within same cap exempt org" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21885" CreationDate="2021-04-08T09:47:43.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: My understanding may be incomplete. Posting this anyway until a better answer is added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An initial H-1B petition has to specify either change of status or consular processing, so you need to coordinate this with your employer who files the petition. The two methods have different risks and benefits depending on your current status, travel plans, employment plans, and any anticipated delays in getting a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For change of status, the petition should be filed when you're in the US in a valid status and you shouldn't travel out of the US until it's approved. The petition includes evidence of your current valid status. When it's approved by USCIS and you reach the requested start date, your prior status ends and your H-1B status begins. If you travel after it's approved, you have to get an H-1B visa at a US consulate abroad before you return.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For consular processing, there is no such travel restriction while USCIS processes the petition. You can be outside the US and/or travel in or out of the US on another status. The petition lists the US consulate where you will apply for an H-1B visa. When it's approved by USCIS, you then have to get the H-1B visa at the US consulate abroad and enter the US with that visa to begin the H-1B status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14389" LastEditorUserId="14389" LastEditDate="2021-04-08T10:04:28.143" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T10:04:28.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-08T13:46:20.350" Score="4" ViewCount="662" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been contracted to provide virtual IT consulting to a French company.  I'm a US citizen, and work under a US corporation as the sole employee and use a payroll service to pay myself.  The &amp;quot;end-client&amp;quot; is French, and has enlisted a third-party, French company to pay my company for my work.  The term is for 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm being asked to provide a &amp;quot;list of posted workers subject to work permit&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The work permit site references physical presence in France (which I won't be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be required to garner a work permit for this work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21229" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T09:01:51.817" Title="I'm a US citizen - If working in the US for a French company, completely remote, is a work permit required?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21904" CreationDate="2021-04-08T14:09:26.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A posted worker would be someone your company sends to France to complete the work. In that case, for a 6-month contract, you would need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F33952&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;residence permit&lt;/a&gt; or long-stay visa (which implicitly gives you the permission to work) and I think that's what you are being asked about. As long as you are physically in the US, you don't need that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to come to France for less than 90 days, you cannot apply for a long-stay visa (in fact, as a US citizen, you don't need a visa at all). Instead, you would apply for a separate &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://france-visas.gouv.fr/fr_FR/web/france-visas/activite-salariee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;autorisation de travail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. There is an exemption from this requirement for “audits and expertise in IT, management, finance, insurance architecture, and engineering”. Again, if you are physically in the US, you don't need that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-09T09:01:51.817" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T09:01:51.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21904" CreationDate="2021-04-08T14:24:47.427" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you won't &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; in France, you won't be &lt;em&gt;working&lt;/em&gt; in France.  You therefore do not need permission to work in France.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, as a contractor, the business relationship is between your corporation and the French company.  That your corporation has a sole employee does not change the fact that you are employed by that corporation rather than the French company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is a caveat: all employment law that I am aware of defines &amp;quot;employee&amp;quot; so as to prevent employers from escaping legal requirements simply by paying their employees as contractors.  In other words, the legal arrangement you describe is typically not sufficient to establish that you aren't an employee; other factors usually come into play such as the degree to which the client directs the working hours and conditions of the contractor.  (In saying this, I don't have much specific knowledge of the relevant French law, but I do understand that it is similar to the law in other countries with which I am more familiar.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, the fact that you and your corporation are foreign probably strengthens the argument that you truly are a contractor.  The fact that your personal income is received as an employee of the corporation may also have the same effect.  Furthermore, modern employment law does not deal very well with remote cross-border employees.  We occasionally get questions from people who want to work remotely for a foreign employer as an employee, and frankly that just doesn't seem to be possible: what employment law would apply?  Which country's payroll tax system would apply?  There just isn't a framework for this kind of relationship.  The best way to do it seems in fact to be the arrangement you already have in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate, permission to work in France is only required if you're actually physically present in France when you do the work.  Since you will not be, you do not require a French work permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T14:24:47.427" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-08T14:47:03.753" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am moving from the UK to the Netherlands and was planning on taking my most valuable personal goods with me rather than trust them to the shipping company. The shipping company inform me that in the last few weeks the customs people have been strictly applying the 430EUR limit on bringing good across the border. Has anyone encountered this issue - how would you even be able to bring your laptop with you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20492" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T14:47:03.753" Title="Recent crackdown on 430 EUR personal limit for goods into the EU" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;shipping&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21898" CreationDate="2021-04-08T20:08:56.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://hr.un.org/sites/hr.un.org/files/Spouse%20Employment%20Guide%20July%202015_0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Guide to Employment of Spouses of UN Secretariat Staff Members&lt;/a&gt;, a spouse or child (under 25) requires a &amp;quot;type Ci residence permit with gainful employment.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that a spouse or family member enters Switzerland with an Attestation upon arrival. If a spouse or child wishes to work (not for the UN), they apply to OCPM (Cantonal Office of Population and Migration) or a similar cantonal office. OCPM will require a contract, proposed contract, or paperwork to support self-employment (such as monetary support while starting the business). If approved, the person will be issued a permit Ci.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few other restrictions like the person must live with their UN employed spouse or parent and if that person leaves Switzerland or stops working for the UN, the Ci permit will be stopped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2303" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T20:08:56.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-09T10:16:11.557" Score="2" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a study permit for Poland, but somehow I want to move to another Schengen nation (say the Netherlands).&#xA;Is this possible using the same Study permit, or do I have to apply for a separate Study permit for the Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Montgomery" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-04-09T19:03:01.690" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T19:03:01.690" Title="How possible is this, using a Poland study permit in the Netherlands?" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-09T10:58:12.083" Score="0" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from an European country outside the EU/EEA and I am staying in Germany on a Student Residency Permit as a Master student. I got an offer for a full-time position job in my field of study (software development), and considering that my study is a part-time program I would theoretically be able to work full-time while still finishing my degree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: would I be able to get a work visa so that I can work full-time while studying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21233" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T10:58:12.083" Title="Is it possible to change from Student Visa to Work Visa in Germany in order to work full time during studies?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2021-04-13T06:37:23.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-08T16:26:52.420" Score="2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m hoping to get some answers here. It’s quiet of a long story but I hope you have time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a German citizen living in the UK with a granted settlement status. My mother lives in Germany and we went to Calais/France border to get interviewed there and the visa stamp as it is quicker and my lawyer told me to do it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have applied for an EEA family permit for my mother as an dependent direct family member of an EEA national (me) to accompany me in the United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately we got refused and the reason was: „there was not enough dependency proved“.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lived with my mother before I moved out and I always gave her cash in hand (for rent and her expenses) because why would I transfer money to someone I live with if I can just give it to them cash. She always takes out the money anyways. So there is no way to provide proof of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I said that I am self sufficient and also due to corona there was not enough work for me and I therefore did not have enough income (around 1,2k monthly usually I get over 2K) but I was still sending her money after I moved out. I was sending money for over 7 months but the home office said it’s not enough dependency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we applied AGAIN for an EEA Family permit but online this time and with the same documents I proved in Calais/France border.&#xA;We went to the visa application center in Germany and after the decision came, we received the same refusal. Again saying not enough dependency provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the refusal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In assessing your individual application, it has not been necessary to interview you, but I have taken account of:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;-the personal circumstances as declared by you on your application form,&#xA;-your passport,&#xA;-your family circumstances and&#xA;-the supporting documents you provided.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have used all the information provided by you to determine if the requirements of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 have been met.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;In reaching my decision, which has been made on the balance of probabilities, I note the following points:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Decision&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You state that your sponsor is a German national.&#xA;You have provided evidence that your&#xA;sponsor holds a German passport.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I acknowledge all the supporting documents you have provided including the letter from your lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I note that this letter states, and is corroborated by the stamps in your passport, that you were refused entry to the UK through Calais on the XX.XX.XXXX.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;It also states the Immigration Officer made an incorrect assessment of your relationship and dependency on your sponsor, however they have failed to fully explain what constituted an incorrect decision, given they themselves state you were given ample time to provide all the appropriate information at the point of entry.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;They stated that you were questioned intensely with an interpreter which is contrary to your best interests, however given you speak a language other than English the Officers are only able to make an assessment of your circumstances once they are able to obtain all the information.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;It is your responsibility to demonstrate that you meet the regulations in order to qualify for entry to the UK.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You state that you are financially reliant on your sponsor to meet your essential living needs. Additionally, you state that you receive £150 monthly from your sponsor. For this office to establish your dependency, we must be satisfied that you require financial support from your EEA national sponsor to meet your essential living needs.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;In support of this, you have provided 4 money transfer remittance receipts dated between 19  September 2020 and 14 December 2020 to you, though there is nothing to show who the funds have been sent from.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;I also note you have provided a bank statement in your sponsor’s name from XXXXXX Bank – account ending  XXX. I note the transactions in this account however I am unable to equate any of the funds to you and your support.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;I note you have also provided a tenancy agreement in your name and that of your sponsor as well as letters to you both with that address, however the tenancy agreement is undated and so I am unable to establish when this was signed and when it relates to, and if it genuinely relates to Accommodation you share.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;You state your sponsor is self-sufficient however there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate her circumstances and what funds she has.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Given the information provided I am not satisfied she has the means to support you as well as herself. Further to this there is nothing to show that your sponsor is the one providing this accommodation.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;I note hat on previous applications you have made to travel to the UK you have mentioned numerous other family members who reside there which also causes me to question whether you are reliant on this sponsor for your essential living needs or if you are reliant on others.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This office would expect to see evidence which fully details yours and your family’s circumstances. Your income, expenditure and evidence of your financial position which would prove that without the financial support of your sponsor your essential living needs could not be met. The fact of transferring money is not evidence that it is needed by the recipient.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Unfortunately, this limited amount of evidence does not prove that you are financially dependent on your sponsor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;IN addition to the above you state you met the requirements because you both hold European Health Insurance cards, however the regulations state that these are only valid for a temporary stay in the UK.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Your application states that you intend to settle and so the Immigration Officer would have noted that you had insufficient insurance for your settlement in the UK given your sponsor is stated to be self-sufficient. Given this and the above there is a concern that you will become a burden on the public funds system of the United Kingdom.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the evidence submitted in support of your application and on the balance of probability I am not satisfied you are related as claimed, or dependent on your sponsor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am therefore not satisfied that you are a dependent direct family member in accordance with Regulation(s) 7(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I therefore refuse your EEA Family Permit application because I am not satisfied that you meet all of the requirements of regulation 12 (see ECGs EUN2.23) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the funny thing is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I sent her more than 150€ a month  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was going to Germany visiting her every 1-2 months and was giving her cash in hand again &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have NHS in the UK (only my mom has insurance in Germany) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can clearly support myself with the income I have &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And my mother too &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I wasn’t able to support myself I would be claiming benefits right now which I am not &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the immigration rules/law says I refer to the Home Office Guidance on “EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss Citizens and their family member” (Version 7.0) which states: Their dependency on the relevant EEA citizen (or qualifying British citizen) or on the spouse or civil partner is assumed and the Applicant is not required to provide evidence of this.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So technically evidence of dependency is not required, right? Please let me know if I’m wrong!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be happy for any help and thank you for taking your time!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21260" OwnerDisplayName="Caliya" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T05:01:15.313" Title="UK - EEA Family permit refusal for mother due not enough dependency" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21911" CreationDate="2021-04-09T12:42:32.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you are a non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizen and your citizenship country has no separate agreement with the country you would like to move to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Studies over 90 days in duration is not governed by Schengen but by national law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your student residence permit is only valid as permission to reside in the country that issued it. It gives you no right to free movement to other Schengen countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your residence permit allows you to visit other Schengen countries a total of 90 days out of any 180-day period. If you want to study (but not work) in another Schengen country while respecting the 90/180 limit, you usually do not need a separate visa or permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to study for a longer time, you would need to apply for permission separately from the destination country (the Netherlands, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T12:42:32.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-09T17:35:52.807" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are a couple and I have EU blue card. My spouse and I are in Germany living together. My spouse also got a 4 years visa along with my Blue card. It's around 27 months now and I have obtained B1 Deutsch certificate and would like to apply for PR (Niederlassungserlaubnis).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, my spouse is in the last semester of a masters' degree in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I want to know if my spouse can claim a PR as a spouse of a non-EU citizen holding Niederlassungserlaubnis in Germany? I found this link here which claims so &lt;a href=&quot;https://legal-migration.de/english/visa-and-residence-permit/visa-for-family-reasons/spouse-of-a-non-eu-citizen/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://legal-migration.de/english/visa-and-residence-permit/visa-for-family-reasons/spouse-of-a-non-eu-citizen/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we apply for PR together? Or should I apply first and change the status from EU blue card to Niederlassungserlaubnis and then he claims a PR?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the above information doesn't hold, what happens to my spouse's remaining time on blue card?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be really great to hear from someone with experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21240" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T17:35:52.807" Title="EU blue card holder applying Niederlassungserlaubnis (Permanent Residence), confused about what happens to my spouse's visa" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;non-residents&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-10T00:31:40.060" Score="3" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received my UK indefinite leave to remain using spouse of Irish citizen working in London, prior to Brexit. But now when planning short term travel to Ireland with my Irish spouse I can’t tell if my residence card is issued by non EEA, and if hence I need a visa, even though travelling together with marriage certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21315" OwnerDisplayName="Aruthawolf" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-04-16T15:56:54.107" LastActivityDate="2021-05-20T15:07:20.697" Title="I am a Chinese citizen with ILR, living in the UK. Can I travel short-term to Ireland with my Irish spouse?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;ireland&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21913" CreationDate="2021-04-11T21:20:10.000" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the immigration rules/law says I refer to the Home Office Guidance on “EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss Citizens and their family member” (Version 7.0) which states: Their dependency on the relevant EEA citizen (or qualifying British citizen) or on the spouse or civil partner is assumed and the Applicant is not required to provide evidence of this.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guidance quoted here applies to EU Settlement Scheme family permits, but the application that was refused was for an EEA family permit.  The quoted guidance is therefore not relevant to that application.  But it seems that it would be relevant to a fresh application for an EUSS family permit.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/eu-settlement-scheme-family-permit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;relevant government page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’ll also have to show that you are dependent on [your EU family member who has lived in the UK since before December 31, 2020] if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you’re over 21 and a dependent child or grandchild of your family member&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your family member is under 18 and you’re their dependent parent or grandparent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your mother is not a dependent child or grandchild, the first bullet point does not apply.  Since you are not under 18, the second bullet point does not apply.  Therefore, your mother will not have to show evidence of her dependency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-04-11T21:20:10.000" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-12T09:38:20.553" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got my first postdoc offer. I am a non-US citizen and therefore should get a US visa. As I understand it, the most common postdoc visa in the US is J-1 for the postdoc and J-2 for the wife and children. Thus, I have a few questions related to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the typical questions for the J1 interview for a postdoc?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the dependencies (J-2 applicants) impact the J-1 visa decision (and how)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What may the reasons be for rejection in J1?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have any advice for this process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21276" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-15T06:16:50.293" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T06:16:50.293" Title="Peculiarities of J1 Visa interview for postdoc" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;j-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-13T10:08:08.667" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently studying in Germany and I have German residence permit, which also autorises me to do internships in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have an opportunity to do one of my internships in another country of the European Union (Netherlands). I would like to know whether I should apply for a new Visa for the new country, or whether I'm able to do an internship with my German visa in Netherlands. I do not hold an European passport. (I am a Turkish passport holder).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit : This internship is a part of my curriculum and planned to be 4.5 months. Moreover, would I loose my German residence permit if I get one from Netherlands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21306" LastEditorUserId="21306" LastEditDate="2021-04-14T13:07:33.157" LastActivityDate="2021-04-14T13:07:33.157" Title="Internship in an EU country (Netherlands) with a German Visa and Residence Permit (non-EU citizen)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21836" CreationDate="2021-04-13T12:40:49.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just after relocation on high skilled visa, you'll have Stamp 1. That's basic immigration status. Your spouse will have Stamp 1G or Stamp 3 (depending on some regulations). All those stamps (1, 1G, 3) don't allow you or your spouse starting a company or being a contractor in Ireland. So options 3,4,5 violate your both immigration status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Options 1 and 2 don't violate your status, but you will need to file for double taxation avoidance to Irish and US tax services. I have a couple American colleagues, they do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17191" LastEditorUserId="17191" LastEditDate="2021-04-13T15:36:25.660" LastActivityDate="2021-04-13T15:36:25.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-13T14:00:52.497" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need help with NOC code, In my present company I work more as application support engineer and also performing SRE responsibilities, &lt;strong&gt;I am confused between 2282/2281/2173/2171&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My roles and responsibilites are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Assist in implementation of SRE(Site reliability engneering) solutions for large scale distributed web applications across multiple tiers&#xA;• Provide architectural and practical guidance to software development to improve resiliency, efficiency, performance, and costs&#xA;• Perform proactive daily system monitoring including reviewing system and application logs as well as responding to, triaging, troubleshooting and remediating incidents&#xA;• Build monitoring tools using Scripting languages like Bash/Python and Java, Develop dashboards using APM tool&#xA;• Experience with UNIX/Linux systems administration, network concepts and Database query languages - SQL/NOSQL&#xA;• Supported in setting up ELK (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana) platform, parsing unstructured logs using regular expressions to structured JSON format&#xA;• Supported in setting up Apache as load balancer for app servers&#xA;• Supported in movement of on premise server from DMZ to NDMZ&#xA;• Act as top-tier on-call support for critical uptime business applications to maintain availability&#xA;and minimize downtime during outage scenarios.&#xA;• Work with product operations team to resolve trouble tickets, developing and running scripts,&#xA;and troubleshooting services in a hosted environment&#xA;• Handle high-pressure situations with a calm and professional manner&#xA;• Lead resolution effort of complex service problems from network layer to the application at&#xA;scale&#xA;• Prioritize between multiple simultaneous issues and projects&#xA;• Motivate, encourage, and provide technical leadership to team members&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Skills:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;• Good Linux skills and Strong troubleshooting skills&#xA;• Good scripting experience with Shell, Python&#xA;• Good in Java&#xA;• Strong experience in large fleet automation driven by centralized, versioning&#xA;configuration/change management via Ansible&#xA;• Strong experience of service restoration activities covering web front end, customer facing,&#xA;business critical Systems.&#xA;• Working knowledge of AWS and good understanding of AWS basics such as EC2, ELB, ALB,&#xA;etc. and managed services such as S3, lambda, RDS&#xA;• Great in debugging issues and finding RCA.&#xA;• Familiarity with Jenkins, CI/CD, and pipelines&#xA;• Monitoring - Wily Introscope/AppDynamics&#xA;• Setup Apache Tomcat as load balancer, Varnish as caching&#xA;• Analysis - GC log Analysis/ Thread Dump Analyzer / Heap Analyzer&#xA;• Good knowledge of Networking, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, Load balancers.&#xA;• Good knowledge of SQL query&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21307" LastActivityDate="2021-04-13T14:00:52.497" Title="Need help with NOC code for Unix and Production Support duties | Canada Immigration" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-14T22:29:42.990" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a great offer to be hired in France under 'Talent Passport' but for some reason, the 'investors' ( not the CEO) think that the law is forcing them to keep me as an employee for two years when actually: 'The work authorization is linked to the French employer – the employee cannot change employers during the initial two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot change roles, but they can fire me if I am not achieving the targets set for me, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please clarify this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21314" LastEditorUserId="5969" LastEditDate="2021-04-19T11:44:48.247" LastActivityDate="2021-04-19T11:44:48.247" Title="Can you get fired before the first 2 years under a talent passport in France?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-15T08:58:25.273" Score="1" ViewCount="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a postdoc position in University of Basel and they have given the employment contract. In the swiss embassy page, to apply for visa they have asked to give authorization letter issued by the cantonal authority, passport and photos, biodata and visa fees. What is this authorization letter? Will I be getting the authorization letter from my employer? How is it normally done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the documents required for applying visa in this page &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eda.admin.ch/.../documents-work-permits.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.eda.admin.ch/.../documents-work-permits.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12111" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-15T10:37:52.470" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T10:37:52.470" Title="How can I obtain the authorization letter required to apply for a long-term D visa for a post-doc in Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21931" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-15T13:26:50.933" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU masters student in Italy and I am a graduate from a University in Italy. I recently got an internship offer from a company in Germany. In the list of required documents, I know that I need to have ZAV (Certificate of the International Employment Agency) to apply for visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I only know that ZAV issue for student who is still enrolled not for graduate. Anyone can give me advices such as what should I do and which documents needed to obtain ZAV?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21317" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-04-15T16:08:00.660" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T16:08:00.660" Title="Internship in Germany as a non-EU citizen, it is posible to apply for Visa as a graduate in italy?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-16T09:44:45.380" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here it is: EU Citizen Residing in Luxembourg and working remotely (as self employed via a Luxembourgish Umbrella) for a US based firm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Social Security and Income Tax and any other local taxes will be deducted at source in the country of residence (Luxembourg), however I'm just wondering whether there are any Tax Returns or equivalent paperwork that would need filling in the US, even though I'm not a US Citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21321" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T15:03:35.317" Title="Working remotely from an EU country for a US based company - tax implications" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-16T12:44:35.013" Score="0" ViewCount="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an American making Aliyah (permanent move / immigration) to Israel and planning to convert my driving license. I hold a &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; license with no endorsements that allowed me (in my home state) to also operate motorscooters up to 50 CC / 4.9 HP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any information about this for Israel (especially since I don't read/speak Hebrew yet). Does anyone know if there is a similar exemption that allows for operation of small motorscooters without a motorcycle license or endorsement? If yes, what are the restrictions (power and/or displacement)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21130" LastActivityDate="2021-04-16T12:44:35.013" Title="Israeli Class B Driving License - are small motorscooters covered?" Tags="&lt;driving-license&gt;&lt;israel&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21937" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-17T10:42:35.777" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently working for a German company and have a Blue card. I would like to visit my family outside Europe so I will be travelling to my Home and planning to work from there for a couple of months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will still be having my German address and room which I rent. Also, planning to pay the taxes, Health insurance, etc. As per my knowledge with the blue card we are allowed to stay outside Germany for 12 consecutive months without being invalid. Also, my employer is fine with working remotely as long as I am completing the required tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to confirm if it's fine to work outside Germany to a German company temporarily and come back after few months (within 12 months before the blue card expires). I am not going to de-register or anything because I will come back in few months and continue my working from Germany again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will there be any problem due to this?&#xA;2, Will there be any additional taxes I need to pay in India?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need to inform the German authority about this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any special things I need to keep in mind if I do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21327" LastActivityDate="2021-04-17T10:42:35.777" Title="Working for German company from outside EU region with German Blue card temporarily" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21929" CreationDate="2021-04-18T07:24:05.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The work contract that the employer must provide to you in order to obtain a &lt;em&gt;passeport talent&lt;/em&gt; visa is ruled by french laws as it would be for any employee in France. As such, there are provisions for ending the contract (from both parties) earlier than planned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main (and common) tool for ending the contract early in case of the employee actually not fitting the role is the &lt;em&gt;période d'essai&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1643&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1643&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;La période d'essai permet de s'assurer que le salarié embauché&#xA;convient au poste sur lequel il a été recruté. Elle permet également&#xA;au salarié d'apprécier si les fonctions occupées lui conviennent. Elle&#xA;n'est pas obligatoire. Sa durée varie en fonction du type de contrat&#xA;de travail : CDI, CDD ou contrat de travail temporaire (intérim). Sa&#xA;durée varie également en fonction de la catégorie professionnelle du&#xA;salarié. Elle peut être renouvelée ou rompue de manière anticipée,&#xA;sous conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that depending on several factors (including the type of work contract), this period can be several months long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true that once this period is over, french law is protective to the employee and one cannot be easily fired without serious motives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2144" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T07:24:05.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-18T08:22:17.047" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will have valid work permit(residence permit) left for only a month when my husband will appear for appointment in delhi german consulate.&#xA;Though i have got a local contract and have started my process for blue card as well. My blue card will be with me after 1 month of my husband’s appointment with consulate.&#xA;Can he appear for visa appointment with 1 month valid work permit (residence permit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21329" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T08:22:17.047" Title="Spouse visa for germany on work permit" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-18T11:47:43.487" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Address will be changed soon(Less than 2 weeks) and I have not received my Blue Card yet.&#xA;The Blue Card will be posted to my address. It's a probability that they post the card to my current address at the last residence day and then the address is not valid anymore.&#xA;What will happen then? How can I get my card?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21331" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T11:47:43.487" Title="My Address will be changed soon and I have not received my Blue Card yet -Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-19T11:47:49.427" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on paying the tuition fees for my MSc at a UK university. I want to confirm if I will I get a refund if I get refused for a UK student visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21334" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-23T05:47:08.430" LastActivityDate="2021-04-23T05:47:08.430" Title="UK tuition fee Refund" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;study&gt;&lt;refusal&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21918" CreationDate="2021-04-20T14:24:39.283" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can’t tell if my residence card is issued by non EEA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is.  The UK is no longer in the EEA.  Furthermore, the card is not a &amp;quot;residence card of a family member of a union citizen&amp;quot; in the meaning of the free movement directive.  I'm fairly sure that you need a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Irish implementation of the free movement directive seems to be incorrect in a couple of respects.  In particular, there are some situations that should fall under free movement law that are not acknowledged by the government:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They do not seem to acknowledge that the free movement directive also applies to short-term travel.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They do not seem to acknowledge that the free movement directive applies to Irish citizens who return to Ireland after exercising free movement rights in another EU country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be a legal argument in there that would allow you to invoke free movement rights, but it depends on these two conditions that Ireland seems not to acknowledge, and then on top of that you'd have to establish that having used free movement rights to settle in the UK continues to trigger free movement rights on return to the home country.  This would most likely be a long and costly legal battle, and if you succeeded it wouldn't relieve you of the visa obligation, only of the need to pay for the visa.  It's far simpler just to get a visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-04-20T14:24:39.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21901" CreationDate="2021-04-20T17:36:37.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A caller who wants you to know who they are will identify themselves. A caller who doesn’t want you to know won’t. People who don’t want you to know who they are usually just want your best - and your best is your money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2021-04-20T17:36:37.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-20T19:52:42.210" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;it’s my pleasure to say hello to you all. Well after failing to lunch a complaint in the Administrative court of Belin due to the lack of enough funds and time. I came up with a conclusion to re—apply again at the embassy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My employer intends to send me a new contract but has asked me if there are  any adjustments that need to be included or added in the contract in order to speed up or stand a chance to be granted a Germany visa. Your opinion please?????&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that I applied for a national visa before and I was rejected, the following were the reasons for rejection from the Embassy-;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“””The application was therefore to be decided at discretion. You are aiming to start working as a parcel delivery service in Germany. According to Section 2, Paragraph 2, 2nd Var. AufenthG in conjunction with Section 7 of Book Four of the Social Code to be employed as an employee, as you are to be employed dependently (according to the present employment contract&#xA;of March 26, 2020). The activity is also aimed at making a profit, or a remuneration (ie also pecuniary benefits) is agreed or customary for this. According to Section 18 of&#xA;the Residence Act, a foreigner can be granted a residence permit to work if the Federal Employment Agency has given its approval in accordance with Section 39 of the Residence Act or a statutory ordinance pursuant to Section 42 of the Residence Act or an intergovernmental agreement stipulates that employment is permitted without the consent of the Federal Employment Agency. According to Section 82,&#xA;Paragraph 1 of the Residence Act, you are required to immediately assert your concerns and the circumstances that are favorable to you, unless they are obvious or known, stating verifiable circumstances and the necessary evidence of your personal circumstances, other required certificates and permits as well to provide any other necessary evidence that you can provide without delay. It was not possible to obtain the consent of the competent federal agency for labor, which is required in accordance with Section 18 in conjunction with Section 39 of the Residence Act, as the requirement of Section 39 subs. 2 No. 1 Residence Act is not fulfilled. A suitable offense according to the Employment Ordinance or the Residence Act is not evident considering your nationality and the desired activity. In your case, the approval of the responsible employment agency cannot be given according to § 24a BeschV( professional drivers). In particular, it cannot be assumed that your previous employment in your home country is equivalent. Professional drivers within the meaning of the Employment Ordinance are employees in transport logistics, road freight transport and commercial road passenger transport. The employee must have an EU or EEA driving license of classes C1, C1E, C, CE, DI, DIE, D or DE as well as the basic qualification or the accelerated basic qualification. When submitting your application, you stated that you have had your first class B driving license since November 2020. You previously worked in the security industry. According to your information and according to the employment contract you have submitted, you intend to take up work as a parcel delivery service using a small vehicle. Employment for which only a class B driving license and possibly a passenger transport license is required are not covered by the scope of § 24a Employment Ordinance. As an applicant, you have to make the purpose of your stay plausible and provide evidence of the prerequisites for consenting to take up gainful employment. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, your private interests in a stay for the purpose of taking up gainful employment must then be weighed against the public interest. The legislature does not see the exercise of the activity you are striving for by foreign employees in the public interest. A necessary fact in the BeschV is therefore not recorded. In the overall weighing of your private interests in a stay for the purpose of gainful employment against the public interest in a controlled and controlled entry of foreigners in the legally prescribed way, greater weight was attached to the public interest according to dutiful discretion. The embassy has this according to § 6 Abs. 3, 18 Abs. 3 AufenthG in conjunction with § 6 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 BeschV exercised discretion to your disadvantage. All in all, it therefore emerges that the public interest in a regulated entry of foreign workers, which is significantly affected by the circumstances already described, clearly outweighs your private interest in a stay in Germany. The application was therefore to be rejected. The refusal of the visa is upheld.&#xA;Advice on legal remedies: A suit can be brought against this decision at the Berlin Administrative Court within one month of its notification. Your private interest in a stay in Germany clearly outweighs it. The application was therefore to be rejected. The refusal of the visa is upheld. Advice on legal remedies: A suit can be brought against this decision at the Berlin&#xA;Administrative Court within one month of its notification. Your private interest in a stay in Germany clearly outweighs it. The application was therefore to be&#xA;rejected. The refusal of the visa is upheld””””&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think I can apply for some other visa type. I.e traineeship Kindly Advise!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gentlemen, what do you think the employer should add on my contract to to enable me get the visa this time around. I researched of the following “The new contract should oblige me to take part in measures for obtaining (accelerated) initial qualification and a German driving licence alongside employment at the company” what’s your opinion on this??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the chances for the Federal Employment Agency in Germany to approve my employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do appreciate all efforts and help stay blessed! Kindly advise!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Peter.E&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20580" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-04-20T22:53:26.767" LastActivityDate="2021-04-20T22:53:26.767" Title="Drivers Employment Contract for ThirdWorld Nationals" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2021-04-22T11:14:04.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21943" CreationDate="2021-04-22T10:02:42.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing in the rules around student visas insuring the disposition of any of the fees paid to Universities or other institutions of study. So no, the government places no requirement on the schools to guarantee a refund if a visa is not granted, nor do they in any way underwrite such fees. This is strictly according to the policy of the Unversity in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-22T11:16:34.227" LastActivityDate="2021-04-22T11:16:34.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-22T00:28:28.360" Score="5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I’m 19 and I have no identification at all I’m from Nigeria but I came over to the U.K. when I was 5 and lived here since I had a leave to remain and a biometrics card but lost that so literally I have no ID at all I’ve tried all different ways to get something but I can’t find any solutions I just need some advice and where to go because I have no passport or no birth certificate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Fortune Nwosu" LastActivityDate="2021-04-22T16:37:43.780" Title="Lost identification documents and don’t know what to do" Tags="&lt;passports&gt;&lt;nigerian-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-23T10:27:05.003" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Chinese citizen and blue card holder in Germany. My girl is Chinese citizen and now stays in China. I hope to marry my girlfriend, but our marriage is not legal in China.&#xA;Can I marry her in Germany with her holding travel visa to Germany and me holding a Blue Card in Germany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21343" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-24T08:09:16.260" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T00:05:50.543" Title="Can I marry a Chinese citizen in Germany as Blue Card holder?" Tags="&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21951" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-23T07:13:07.780" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;My flights got cancelled due to Covid-19 and I am thinking to defer classes to September intake.&#xA;I want to fly as soon as flights open before it gets banned again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="briana branson" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-04-24T18:00:35.300" LastActivityDate="2021-04-25T10:21:36.380" Title="Can I come to Canada 6 months before my college starts and get work here?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-23T09:09:05.583" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a foreign medical graduate, who studied Doctor of Medicine in the Philippines with my wife. Upon our graduation, we secured a hospital in the country for our postgraduate internship. However, the immigration liaison officer at the hospital that supposed to extend my visa traveled out of the country. Eventually, my visa had already expired by the time she filed it for extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result, the immigration fined me huge amount of money for overstaying. However, the hospital refused to take responsibility for my expired visa. Instead, they laid me off in order to secure their operational license. The whole thing lingered until the pandemic started. My wife's visa also expired during the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we want to exit the country on our own, to return to our home country. In processing for our exit from the Philippines, the immigration is charging both of us around  $2,500 as penalties for overstay. We appealed to them that we had no such money. Instead, they advised us to secure CERTIFICATE OF INDIGENCY from Nigerian embassy in the Philippines, stating that we are unable to pay the penalties. Having secured the CERTIFICATE OF INDIGENCY from our embassy, the immigration said that our names will be blacklisted for 10years for overstay, or we pay the penalties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my major concern now is that I just secured admission for masters in a US university for Fall 2021. With this, I will be applying for F1 visa and F2 for my wife next month. We plan to take USMLE while in the US, and match into the US medical residency program. But with our names being blacklisted in the Philippines, will it affect our chances of getting student visas at the US embassy? Will it also affect our future plans to practice medicine in the US as medical doctors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In filling out the online DS-160 forms, what do we answer to the question that says, &amp;quot;Have you ever been removed or deported from any country?&amp;quot; Is blacklisting a form removal or deportation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of my friends in the UK advised me to answer NO to the DS-160 question of &amp;quot;Have you ever been removed or deported from any country?&amp;quot; He gave the reason that since I was the person  who opted to exit the country that I should answer NO to the question. But because my friend is not a lawyer, I decided to seek your professional advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is: if I answer YES to the DS-160 question with the explanation as INDIGENCY, won't the consular at the US embassy deny me visa and also doubt my financial capacity for my master's program in the US, even though I have two sponsors for my US study. Again, if I answer NO to the DS-160 question, will it backfire against my US visa and my future medical career in the US? I am just confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, kindly use your professional experience to advise us on what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dr. PG" LastEditorUserId="10530" LastEditDate="2021-04-24T08:06:38.343" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T08:06:38.343" Title="Will being blacklisted in the Philippines for overstay affect chances of US F1/F2 Visas, or my future medical career in the US?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;medical&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21953" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-23T23:40:10.630" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm moving to Germany in September this year and I would like to keep my UK job (working completely remote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The company I work for is all for this and is currently looking into it themselves too.&#xA;They've also offered to hire me as a contractor if we can't find another solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be moving to Germany for about 2 years, but I wouldn't be able to pass of as temporary and so therefore liable to pay German tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll apply for residency as soon as I move but I'll also be keeping an address in the UK and a UK bank account too. I am also classified as a British citizen and do not plan to change this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had any experience with this? The situation with leaving the EU has made this quite a bit complicated. Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kyle McKinney" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T04:16:40.090" Title="I'm moving to Germany but want to keep my UK job. Any advice?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-24T06:13:06.103" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently in the process of trying to immigrate from the US to the Netherlands to live with my native Dutch wife, via our recent marriage. I recently got a ticket for a DUI, that is soon to go to court. My lawyer stated that it is likely to get dismissed or the charge reduced to something like an Open Container or Reckless Driving violation. To my knowledge, immigrants to the Netherlands are not allowed in/to become residents or citizens if there is a criminal offense with in the past 5 years on the immigrant's name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a possible DUI/Open Container/Reckless driving charge a criminal offense in the Netherlands; or more importantly would being convicted of one of those, mean that I cannot immigrate with to live in the Netherlands with my new Dutch wife?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21339" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T06:13:06.103" Title="Will a DUI/open container/reckless driving conviction prohibit immigrating to the Netherlands from the US via marrying a native?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;marriage&gt;&lt;criminal-records&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-24T10:32:22.467" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Visa for Spain (for my PhD).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the forms I need to present is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/LONDRES/en/Consulado/Documents/Formulario%20EX-09.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EX-09&lt;/a&gt;. I asked for help on how to properly fill it in at the Embassy in my country but they do not provide this sort of assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of the first page there are two fields: “DIRIGIDA A” and “PROVINCIA”. What should I write there (I’ll present these documents to the General Consulate in Rome, not directly to a public office in Spain)? Some websites provide unofficial guidelines on how to fill in this sort of forms but they usually assume you are already in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21348" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-24T13:13:57.347" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T13:13:57.347" Title="Visa for Spain: how to fill in the form EX-09?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-24T11:11:35.170" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am applying for a Visa for Spain (for my PhD). One of the documents required is the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/tasa052/language/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;790-052&lt;/a&gt;, which is available online and also as a PDF sent to me by the General Consulate. I wanted to use the online form just for peace of mind, but I am having some difficulties trying to understand how to fill it in while not residing in Spain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If from &lt;a href=&quot;https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/tasa052/language/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; you select &amp;quot;COMPLETE AND PRINT THE PAYMENT FORM FOR FEE 052&amp;quot;, it will ask to select the province where you wish to pay the fee (which is fine since I know it already), but afterwards, in the actual form, I am required to select the Province, the Post Code and a Spanish phone number. What if I don't have theme already (for obvious reasons)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21348" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T11:11:35.170" Title="Visa for Spain: how to pay fee 052?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-24T11:39:46.163" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from a non-EU country and currently stay in Germany at my family. From Portugal, I have a residence permit for the purpose of study according to §91 of Portugal Aliens Act. Recently I have received a formal job offer in Germany. I already have my course certificate, Meldebescheinigung (proof of residence) and made an online appointement at Landratsamt München in oder to try to apply for a residence permit in Germany, however it will only happen 3 months from today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? My contract could be cancelled if I am unable to work for these next months to come since I will be of no use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it implied that I have temporary permission to practice my profession or should I wait for the full completion of the process to start working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21349" LastEditorUserId="13223" LastEditDate="2021-04-26T11:45:16.093" LastActivityDate="2021-04-28T08:26:55.287" Title="Is it possible to directly apply for residence permit in Germany as non-EU holder of residence permit of another EU country?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;residency&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21950" CreationDate="2021-04-24T23:16:35.303" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule in Germany is that a marriage must be legal according to German law, and according to the laws of the countries that both spouses are citizens of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are both Chinese citizens, then the marriage must be legal according to Chinese law, or you can’t get married in Germany. However, a German Standesbeamter will be able to tell you exactly whether you can get married, and what you would have to do to get married-if not, they will know who to ask. No they will be happy to help you, because you make their job interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2021-04-24T23:16:35.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21951" CreationDate="2021-04-25T10:21:36.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and do not otherwise have a valid work permit, it is not possible for you to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a full-time student you may be eligible to work on- or off-campus under conditions. But in any case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/work-on-campus.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you may not work in Canada until you start your studies&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. after the semester starts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-04-25T10:21:36.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-25T19:03:31.993" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m planning to move my family to Poland and as my wife is Polish she and our little one have no problem entering and staying in the country indefinitely. I am a U.K. citizen, born and raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, on the other hand, want to retain our property in the U.K. and work from Poland for most of the year. Sometimes I would return, for example to take holidays and some business purposes (I’m an employee and work remotely.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it be possible (especially considering Brexit and that we have not moved yet) for me to spend most of my time in Poland but still retain my British employment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, in any possible way, how much time would I need to spend in the U.K. to retain my British employ/income? Is there perhaps a visa or other legal mechanism to use to declare myself “out of the country” but still resident?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21352" LastEditorUserId="13752" LastEditDate="2021-05-04T08:21:18.953" LastActivityDate="2021-05-04T08:21:18.953" Title="Can I stay resident in the U.K. and spend most of my time in Poland?" Tags="&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;poland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21932" CreationDate="2021-04-26T14:18:05.393" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's your residency and not your employer's that has tax implications for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This blog entry goes into detail about implications that &amp;quot;do not&amp;quot; exist for US employers of non-resident employees: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-companies-can-legally-hire-foreigners-living-other-rich-mba&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;U.S. Companies can Legally Hire Foreigners Living in other Countries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as your employer is de facto an entity in Luxemburg, even that is nothing to worry about and certainly nothing you should worry about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15290" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T14:18:05.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-26T21:12:25.000" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm applying UK ICT partner dependent visa for my spouse. I'm the main applicant and I'm still outside UK. We are planning to travel together. In IHS page, it is asking us to enter my visa expiry date. Since I havent traveled yet to UK, I dont have visa. It is not mentioned in spouse application that main applicant is already in UK. How to solve this problem? This issue is similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/21076/tier-4-dependant-visa-ihs-form-asking-for-incorrect-information&quot;&gt;Tier 4 dependant visa - IHS form asking for incorrect information&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I dont see answer for above post also. So asking again.&#xA;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21367" LastActivityDate="2021-04-26T21:12:25.000" Title="UK IHS surcharge incorrect question" Tags="&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-27T00:39:57.723" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have someone's IBAN number in another European country than the one you're in (therefore, no local branch of their bank of where you are), is there a way to find out the full name of the person that the IBAN number belongs to, so as to ensure that it is the correct person to transfer money to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20957" LastEditorUserId="13752" LastEditDate="2021-05-04T08:20:53.613" LastActivityDate="2021-05-04T08:20:53.613" Title="How to find out the name of the person that an IBAN number belongs to?" Tags="&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;banking&gt;&lt;europe&gt;&lt;money-transfer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21965" CreationDate="2021-04-27T05:46:46.583" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot. That would be a big breach of all kinds of privacy laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you can do is give the name of the account holder when you transfer the money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the bank &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; reject it when you put in &amp;quot;John Doe&amp;quot; but the account is registered to &amp;quot;Regina Miller&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they will never &lt;em&gt;give&lt;/em&gt; you the data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Just for the record, IBAN accounts are not anonymous. If the police comes knocking with a warrant, the will get the name and all data easily. But a private person has no right to get this data from the bank.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2021-04-27T05:46:46.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-29T05:01:39.317" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know there have been a lot of posts on Dutch Nationality and after going through all (or all that I could find) there doesn't seem to be one for our exact circumstance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question relates to my partner who was born in July 1993 so we realise that if she is in fact eligible we don't have much time to actually get through this process, as she turns 28 in July.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My partner's mother was born in the Netherlands in 1958 and met her Australian father while he was travelling through Europe. They were married in the Netherlands in 1985 after which she he moved with him to Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her mother did not acquire Australian Citizenship until 2006 so when my parter was born in 1993 I assume her mother was still technically a Dutch Citizen (unless she lost it due to the amount of time living away?). My partner was not a part of her mother's Australian Citzenship process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After going through all of the official sites it reads to me that because she was born to a Dutch mother (assuming she was still Dutch at the time) she was technically a Dutch citizen at birth and because she was born in Australia and therefore born into her Australian Nationality she did not lose that Dutch Nationality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one thing throwing me off is that when we go through the checklist for applying for Nationality or a Passport it asks for &amp;quot;Proof that your parent or parents had Dutch Nationality until you turned 18&amp;quot; (we don't have this as her mother obtained her Australian Citizenship, therefore renouncing her Dutch one, when my partner was 13).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that the official sources seem to say my partner shouldn't have lost hers when her mother did (as it specifically says &amp;quot;a minor is exempt if the minor is born and lives in the country of which he receives the nationality [Australia in this case]. This does not apply when the minor has made a declaration of renunciation of the Dutch nationality.&amp;quot;), I feel as though maybe I am missing a point somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21379" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-04-29T05:56:23.180" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T05:56:23.180" Title="Eligibility for Dutch Passport or Nationality Certificate" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-29T22:07:44.900" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a European currently in USA with a working visa, I have been recently offered assistance to file a green card through my employer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I am happy living and working in USA for the time being, it is hard to see myself forever living here. Thus I do not know for how long I will be in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still getting a green card seems to be a positive thing to get for a stay of 5-10 years since I will not be dependent on a visa and also for the case that if when the time comes I want to stay longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I wonder about the drawbacks of getting a green card, so far I can see that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will have to declare and potentially pay taxes to USA even when working in another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will not be able to spend more than a year abroad without losing this green card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am afraid that losing the green card status might hurt future attempts to apply for it again many years from now. What if I want to immigrate to USA when I am 40-50 years old ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What else should be aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19606" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-04-29T22:21:52.227" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T23:57:36.283" Title="Drawbacks from applying and acquiring a green card" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;greencard&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21971" CreationDate="2021-04-29T22:54:31.017" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will have to declare and potentially pay taxes to USA even when working in another country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can file I-407 at any time to formally relinquish your green card and no longer have tax treatment of a green card holder. So it is no &amp;quot;worse&amp;quot; than if you had never gotten a green card. (Though there is an issue with Expatriation Tax if you are a long-term resident and you have high income or assets.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will not be able to spend more than a year abroad without losing this green card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can apply for a Re-entry Permit before a long absence, and you can use it to return during the validity of the Re-entry Permit, which are issued for 2 years. (Of course, you still have to maintain residence in the US.) And even if you don't have a Re-entry Permit and leave for more than 1 year, that still does not necessarily mean you lose your green card. You can try to get an SB-1 returning resident visa at a US consulate, or you can travel to the US anyway and try to have the immigration officer and/or immigration judge waive your failure to meet the documentary requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And ultimately, even if you do lose your green card, it is still no &amp;quot;worse&amp;quot; than if you had never gotten a green card to begin with, so I don't see how this can be a &amp;quot;drawback&amp;quot; of getting a green card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am afraid that losing the green card status might hurt future attempts to apply for it again many years from now. What if I want to&#xA;immigrate to USA when I am 40-50 years old ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Relinquishing or abandoning residence (and not being deported for a crime or something like that) should not make it harder for you to immigrate later from scratch if you otherwise qualify for an avenue to immigrate again at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastEditorUserId="575" LastEditDate="2021-04-29T23:57:36.283" LastActivityDate="2021-04-29T23:57:36.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-01T01:41:06.983" Score="2" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a PhD student at a US university and plan to be in SA for a year to do my research. As per the visa requirements, I need to get a &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Proof of medical cover renewed annually for the period of study with a medical scheme registered in terms of the Medical Schemes Act&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. As someone told me that the SA long term stay (more than 6 months) visa require a particular type of health insurance. Does anybody here have any insight into purchasing a health cover plan for applying for South Africa professional/work/research visa? Any sugeestions on the best plans in the market will be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best.&#xA;Sonal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21387" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-02T13:50:28.620" LastActivityDate="2021-05-02T13:50:28.620" Title="What kind of medical cover for a South African visa to stay for more than 6 months?" Tags="&lt;health-insurance&gt;&lt;south-africa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-02T15:25:59.003" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Dutch citizen and I have previously worked in Sweden and contributed to statutory and occupational pension schemes (see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.findyourpension.eu/en/pension_systems/sweden/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;findyourpension&lt;/a&gt; website for details on how pensions work in Sweden).  I no longer live or work in Sweden and I no longer have a Swedish bank account.  I'm trying to get an overview of my overall pension rights earned during my time in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The statutory pension is through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pensionsmyndigheten&lt;/a&gt;.  In theory, I can log in using either Bank ID or a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se/min-oversikt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;foreign e-ID&lt;/a&gt;.  I don't have a Bank ID, because I no longer have a bank account in Sweden (I closed it when I left as it was relatively expensive).  In practice, logging in with my German e-ID (&lt;em&gt;eID card for Union citizens and EEA nationals&lt;/em&gt;) is not possible, because they need an ID with a Swedish personal number (trying to log in results in &lt;em&gt;Du behöver legitimera dig med ett svenskt personnummer för att använda Pensionsmyndighetens tjänster. När du loggar in med ett utländskt eID får vi inte tillgång till ditt svenska personnummer&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my occupational pension through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.spv.se/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SPV&lt;/a&gt; I can apply online to be sent an overview by snail mail; this works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the website &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minpension.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;minpension&lt;/a&gt;, designed to get an overview of overall pension rights earned in Sweden.  Logging in is only possible with Bank ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get an overview of my overall Swedish pension rights when I live outside Sweden and no longer have a Swedish bank account?  Can I request paper documents outlining the equivalent of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minpension.se&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;minpension&lt;/a&gt;?  Can I open a cheap bank account using only my Swedish personal number and a foreign address, just so that I can get a Swedish Bank ID?  Is there another way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2021-05-03T19:52:18.597" Title="Ex-Swedish resident without Swedish bank account; can I get a statutory pension overview without a Bank ID, or get a Bank ID living abroad?" Tags="&lt;banking&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;&lt;pension&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21974" CreationDate="2021-05-02T20:02:44.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to keep the Swedish Pensions Agency (Swedish: &lt;em&gt;pensionsmyndigheten&lt;/em&gt;) updated on your address.  Unlike some others, &lt;strong&gt;they do not get it automatically from Skatteverket&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2012, the Swedish Pensions Agency &lt;a href=&quot;https://news.cision.com/se/pensionsmyndigheten/r/pensionssparare-utomlands-far-orange-kuvert---men-manga-saknar-adress,c9224661&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;issued a press release&lt;/a&gt; pointing out they were lacking the address of more than half the people with pension savings living abroad (most of them foreign nationals who spent some years working in Sweden and then left to go home or to a 3rd country):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pensionsmyndigheten har totalt 540 000 pensionssparare som inte är folkbokförda i Sverige. Det innebär att vi har 317 000 pensionssparare som vi inte har adress till och därmed inte kan kontakta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Swedish Pension Agency administrates 540 000 pension savers who are not resident in Sweden.  That means we have 317 000 pension savers of whom we don't have an address and whom we can therefore not contact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they do have your address, they will send you the so-called &amp;quot;orange envelope&amp;quot; every year, containing your pension statement.  There is conflicting information on the website of the Swedish Pensions Agency.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se/for-pensionarer/anmala-andringar/anmal-forandringar-du-som-bor-utanfor-sverige&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;In Swedish they write&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;När du bor i ett annat land omfattas du inte av den svenska folkbokföringen. Därför måste du själv anmäla till oss om du flyttar till en ny adress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skicka dina nya adressuppgifter och ditt svenska personnummer i ett undertecknat brev till:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pensionsmyndigheten&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;839 77 Östersund&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;SWEDEN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vi kan inte ta emot adressändring via fax, e-post eller telefon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you live in another country you are not included with the Swedish civil registry.  Therefore, you must yourself tell us when you move to a new address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Send your new address information with your Swedish personal number in a signed letter to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pensionsmyndigheten&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;839 77 Östersund&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;SWEDEN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We cannot process address change notifications by email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They write something quite different &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se/other-languages/english-engelska/english-engelska/orange-envelope-annual-statement-for-your-national-public-pension&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on the English lanugage pages&lt;/a&gt;.  Here they write that they &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; get the address from skatteverket and that you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; send an address change by email.  I've contacted them to clarify the confusion, but I believe the part about skatteverket is at least not true, because I've kept my address updated with skatteverket myself, and I'm getting letters from Statens tjänstepensionsverk (SPV), but not from the Swedish Pensions Agency; since they're apparently supposed to send an orange envelope every year but I haven't received any since I left Sweden, I don't think that's accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2021-05-03T19:52:18.597" LastActivityDate="2021-05-03T19:52:18.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21961" CreationDate="2021-05-02T22:36:11.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As several people have posted in comments this is not likely to cause a legal problem with employment, it is more a question of how the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/poland-tax-treaties&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Poland-UK Double Taxation Convention&lt;/a&gt; applies in your specific case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something you will want to look at closely is the UK &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;laws about taxation on foreign income&lt;/a&gt; and even more so at the Polish Laws on taxation on foreign income, which have just &lt;a href=&quot;https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/09/19/poland-to-end-tax-relief-on-income-earned-abroad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;gone through significant change as of the start of 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be my expectation that while the challenges you will run into have their basis in taxation laws, a Solicitor is not the primary professional you should seek out.  Rather I think you need advice from a multidisciplinary firm that specialises in cross-jurisdictional Taxation for employees. One such UK firm is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.alliotts.com/services/personal-tax/uk-expats/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Alliots&lt;/a&gt; but I would strongly encourage you to do some due diligence and find at least 2 more firms that provide this kind of advice &amp;amp; get comparative assessments of their services from something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://upcity.com/uk/accounting/london&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After picking a couple, call them and say you are wanting to consider engaging their firm and request a brief meeting to assess if they are the right fit for your needs.  I would ask if that initial interview can be done for free, but if not find out how much it will cost and consider the cost of meeting with 3 firms an investment.  It is very likely you will need to get assistance filing every year to ensure you don't overpay in one or the other country, and so it is likely you will be not just getting one-off advice but will be engaging them for a long term professional service&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13752" LastActivityDate="2021-05-02T22:36:11.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-03T12:03:17.497" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;My parents visit visa to uk for 2 years has still 10 months left in it. Can i apply for 5 year visit visa right now. As in future our financial scenario will be changing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19615" LastActivityDate="2021-05-03T12:03:17.497" Title="5 Year Visit visa while 2 year visit visa has 10 months?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visitor-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-03T15:54:06.357" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;In October 2020, I signed a rental contract in Berlin, Germany.&#xA;Unfortunately, I, with the landlord, missed an address typo in the rental agreement. The address should have been building number '5'. Instead, in the contract, it is building number '5A'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, while doing the Anmeldung (filling the forms, etc.) I provided the correct address-i.e., building number '5'. So there is no issue with any other legal documents such as insurance, tax, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I realized this mistake while going through the contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, now I am in the middle of a dependent visa (family reunion visa) for my spouse. And just realized that I have submitted this contract with the incorrect address for the visa application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am worried if the visa authority will raise any issue regarding this address mismatch (Anmeldung vs. rental contact). And if they do, then will I have to submit a &amp;quot;fixed&amp;quot; copy of my rental contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I wanted to ask,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is there any legal way in Germany to fix a typo in the rental contract?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Something like &amp;quot;affidavit of correction&amp;quot; along with a copy of the rental agreement I can send to the German consulate beforehand and mention the mistake in advance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21397" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-04T08:20:26.183" LastActivityDate="2021-05-04T08:20:26.183" Title="Germany: How to fix typo in rental contract (need correction for dependent-visa)" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;&lt;rental&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;contracts&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-04T14:33:18.987" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I am working in UK on ICT Tier 2 Visa which is ending on 31st August. But, I am planning to join university on 14th or 21st September. I can apply for Student visa 3 months prior to start of course. and Home office takes 8 weeks to make a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scenario:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Suppose I consider 14th September as course start date and apply for student visa on 14th July within UK. Though it takes 8 weeks for decision, if I get it in 2 weeks then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will my current Tier 2 visa stand cancelled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will I not be able to continue to work for the same employer till&#xA;31st August?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I inform employer before applying for student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I inform once decision is made on student visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21408" OwnerDisplayName="user3145436" LastEditorUserId="21408" LastEditDate="2021-05-04T16:50:47.533" LastActivityDate="2021-05-04T16:50:47.533" Title="Will getting UK student visa cancel my current Tier 2 ICT visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-04T22:35:46.527" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;My family is soon going to relocate to Berlin. We have two small children (4 and 1 year old). The older one already speaks three languages, but no German. We would like him to learn the language so that he is ready to go to school next year, but are not sure whether we should register him in a German (only) Kita or if we should rather look for a bilingual one. We are concerned that going to a new Kita with no friends and no ability to communicate with other children will be too hard on him.&#xA;Does anyone have a similar experience? Could you please share how your child dealt with such a situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21292" LastActivityDate="2021-05-05T17:23:27.130" Title="Foreign child in German Kita" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;children&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-05T20:01:09.663" Score="0" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an Indian citizenship and I'm working in the US on a H1B visa. I've always wanted to experience the football culture in the Europe as a local. Is it possible to temporarily work in or from Europe for 6-12 months and then return to US to continue previous employment on the same H1B visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or what other alternatives do I have in case I wanted to leave US for a larger than short period and return for work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21416" LastActivityDate="2021-05-05T20:01:09.663" Title="Temporarily work outside US on H1B visa status?" Tags="&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;indian-citizens&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-06T10:49:22.790" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work for a Swiss company which provides me with accident insurance, which is legally mandated in Switzerland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time ago as I was bicycling home, I crashed (hitting an all-but-invisible obstacle) and sustained several injuries.  Most healed quickly, but I ended up with a shoulder problem that has persisted for months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first the accident insurance company was cooperative, but after I began to see specialists about my persistent shoulder problems, they sent me a letter saying &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; doctor, who never examined me, felt the shoulder problems were not accident-related and that therefore they would no longer pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote up a timeline of the medical care as well as a detailed dispute letter explaining that I had no pain before the accident, pain from the time of the accident, and no history of activities that could've caused the shoulder problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They sent this information to another doctor whom they paid (and who also didn't examine me) who said the condition was most likely degenerative and not caused by the accident.  Therefore they continued to refuse to pay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming I'm telling the truth, and my shoulder injuries clearly date to the accident, what recourse against the accident insurance company do I have at this point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And does it make a difference in terms of this resource whether or not I'm a Swiss citizen, and whether or not I live in Switzerland?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="892" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T17:04:03.013" Title="What recourse do I have if a Swiss accident insurance company refuses to cover a claim?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-06T17:02:50.300" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a UK citizen married to a Dane. We've been married for 37 years and have lived in the UK since we married. Previously my Danish wife lived in Denmark. She is a Danish citizen.&#xA;I have looked on Danish government web sites to see if I can stay with my wife in our summerhouse in Denmark for more than 90 days and less than 180 days in the same year but we do not fit any of their categories. We are both retired.&#xA;I have read on this site, a question a few years ago, that article 2 of the Schengen agreement allows the husband of his EU citizen wife to accompany her by right. Is this correct and where can I find the evidence post Brexit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21431" LastActivityDate="2021-05-09T13:41:25.177" Title="Can a UK citizen married to a Dane, both living in the UK, visit their summerhouse in Denmark for more than 90 days and less than 180 days?" Tags="&lt;brexit&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-06T17:49:00.787" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a US Citizen, and work for a US company.  I'm engaged to a UK citizen and plan on moving to the UK.  My company is willing to keep me on, but I dont know what visa or work authorizations I need prior to my move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21432" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-07T19:35:10.643" LastActivityDate="2021-05-07T19:35:10.643" Title="US citizen marrying UK citizen, planning to live in UK and work with US company" Tags="&lt;us-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-06T17:41:58.487" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Russian wife wishes to bring her Russian grandaughter, age 6, over to Spain where we are residents, to spend summer with us. Her father is deceased so we would like to know how, where, and when we can apply for a visa for the child. She has already spent one summer with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Geoff Peters" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-07T19:32:57.277" LastActivityDate="2021-05-07T19:32:57.277" Title="My Russian wife wishes to bring her Russian gandaughter age 6, over to Spain, How, where, and when we can apply for a visa for the child" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;russian-citizens&gt;&lt;minors&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2021-05-07T19:33:13.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-07T17:14:49.920" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a job offer of 70K in berlin.  My wife is a housewife and I have 4 school going kids.  I am from South Africa.  Will we be able to live a comfortable live?  Should I take the offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21436" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-05-08T00:04:22.207" LastActivityDate="2021-05-08T00:04:22.207" Title="I Received a Job Offer in Berlin" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;relocation&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;south-african-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-05-07T19:31:24.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21990" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-09T05:58:30.920" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;My husband started working in nl on a highly skilled migrant visa in 2016 and in 2019, he switched to freelancing. At the time he consulted a few lawyers and because his residence card at the back says 'kennismigrant en zelfstandig toegestaan', he has been since then working as a freelancer. I came here just two months ago on spouse visa without hiccups as well, but now IND is saying that his visa is invalid after 2019. They have asked for more documents obviously and the letter from IND is strongly worded so we are confused. My husband has submitted all his agreements and contracts of the past 1.5 years of freelancing. Can anyone offer some insight here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21440" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-10T20:21:31.393" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T06:07:54.837" Title="Freelancing on highly skilled migrant visa in NL" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;netherlands&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21986" CreationDate="2021-05-09T13:41:25.177" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as the UK is concerned, you (UK citizen) can go anywhere in the world and return to the uk, Covid rules excluded. If your Danish wife has settled status, she can leave less than five years and return. If sh has pre-settled status, she loses that if she leaves for two years, and she won’t be able to convert it to settled status if she leaves for more than six months. That’s the uk side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the Danish side, your wife is free to travel to Denmark or to any other EU country. You don’t have the right anymore to enter as an EU citizen, but possibly as a husband under “free movement” rules. I don’t know details, so you’d best check with the Danish embassy. “Free movement” is intended for people working outside their own country, so being retired might be a problem. And some countries, like Germany, don’t apply “free movement” rules to their own citizens; the uk didn’t either. That might or might not be a problem with Denmark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you might be able to get just a visa for Denmark if you apply. That would be decided by politics. And embassy employees might be more helpful if one of their own citizens calls in their own language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2359" LastActivityDate="2021-05-09T13:41:25.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-10T08:54:04.383" Score="1" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot renew my passport early enough to meet the visa application deadline.&#xA;Can I apply for study permit to Canada with an expired passport with guarantee of a new one before I'm required to travel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Joy" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-05-10T11:07:43.193" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T11:07:43.193" Title="Can I apply for a Canadian study Visa with an expired passport with assurance that I would get a renewed passport before I'm required to travel?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;passports&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21992" CreationDate="2021-05-10T11:06:43.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“When applying for your study permit, you and each family member who comes with you to Canada must have a valid passport”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canada can’t issue you a study permit that is valid past the expiry date of your passport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/get-documents.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/get-documents.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T11:06:43.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-10T14:30:55.753" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that the 120 days work permit is approved by authorities but a project requires the person to continue after 120 days, as well without any gap. So in that case, is it really mandatory to have 2 months cooling off period for the 120 days permit to be followed by a L permit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21457" OwnerDisplayName="Mayur" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-11T16:36:07.607" LastActivityDate="2021-05-11T16:36:07.607" Title="Is the 2 months cooling off period mandatory for a 120 days work permit followed by a L permit for Switzerland?" Tags="&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21984" CreationDate="2021-05-10T17:04:03.013" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can contact &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ombudsman-assurance.ch/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Insurance Ombudsman&lt;/a&gt; for initial advice and possible meditation. They are not a judicial body though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only judicial recourse, after your first opposition is refused, would be a claim before the appropriate cantonal court.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would the treatment be covered by LAMal/KVG? If so, you can try contacting your health insurance company and let them fight between themselves. But if you do not live in Switzerland and you are not covered by a LAMal/KVG insurance, this might be different. Citizenship does not matter here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T17:04:03.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21994" CreationDate="2021-05-10T19:27:46.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A 120-day L permit is designed to allow up to 120 days of work in Switzerland in any 12-month period. It is for short-term workers exempt from the quota.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot obtain another 120-day permit if you have already used up 120 days in the previous 12-month period. Some cantons may be more lenient if there is actual exceptional circumstances or particularities, but you can't count on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may obtain another short-term permit (usually less than 4 months) after a two-month cooling off period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also obtain without a gap an year-long L permit, but that will be subject to the quota.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-05-10T19:27:46.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-11T11:33:43.850" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Dutch government doesn't allow dual nationality (except for marriage, which isn't my case) and I need to renounce my original nationality (my country allows that) and If I tried to apply again for my original nationality I will lose the Dutch nationality but I read there are exceptions for not losing the Dutch nationality If you tried to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is mentioned in article 15 section 2&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/2020-04-01/?fbclid=IwAR1K5ahKbRrXBtwW0KvjrmgeBM-QKhZUNXlKYjdqDDl6dgzpgbLAsiEeAyQ#Hoofdstuk5_Artikel15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003738/2020-04-01/?fbclid=IwAR1K5ahKbRrXBtwW0KvjrmgeBM-QKhZUNXlKYjdqDDl6dgzpgbLAsiEeAyQ#Hoofdstuk5_Artikel15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;who was born in the country of that other nationality and has his principal residence there at the time of acquisition.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;who before attaining the age of majority had had his principal residence for an uninterrupted period of at least five years in the country of that other nationality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is apply to me as I lived 5 years before I become an adult in my original country. So, If I understand correctly, I can apply for my original nationality after renouncing it and I won't lose the Dutch nationality. But, unfortunately, I contact the IND and they replied that this law isn't for your case and this law for other cases, I still don't understand &lt;strong&gt;WHY&lt;/strong&gt; and they didn't provide me with more info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone go through the same issue and know more about this exception and why it doesn't apply to my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9887" LastEditorUserId="9887" LastEditDate="2021-05-12T01:19:57.910" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T01:19:57.910" Title="Applying for the Dutch nationality (through naturalisation)" Tags="&lt;netherlands&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;dutch-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21998" CreationDate="2021-05-11T12:31:06.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The wording is quite convoluted and I am not sure what the precise intent or legal basis for the IND's opinion are but it is quite clear that this article is not meant for your case. If it would apply it would at best be a loophole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I say that is that if the intent was to allow you to regain your original citizenship based on the fact you grew up in that country, the law would simply include an additional exemption to the renunciation requirement. If it was OK to keep both citizenships, there would be no point having you go through the whole renounce-regain rigmarole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-05-11T12:31:06.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-11T13:33:44.100" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I return to US with a k1 fiance visa, after overstaying my J1 since 2015 until 2020, I left the country voluntarily but wish to come back. Is it better to try fiance visa or get married and then apply for immigration visa. Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21469" OwnerDisplayName="Criss Zerga" LastEditorUserId="541" LastEditDate="2021-05-17T04:39:16.563" LastActivityDate="2021-05-17T04:39:16.563" Title="Returning to US with K1 after overstaying visa" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;overstay&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21990" CreationDate="2021-05-12T06:07:54.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We got the answer for this. The law is quite confusing but IND was quite clear : you can not pursue freelancing fulltime if you are on highly skilled migrant and self employed visa , so now we either need to find a recognized sponsor or go on a complete self employed visa. A lot of people commit the same mistake but please learn from our mistake, and make sure you are always under an employer who is recognized as a highly skilled migrant visa sponsor and never pursure freelancing fulltime while on hsm visa&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21440" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T06:07:54.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-12T06:55:54.677" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any work visa which allows the holder to work for any company they want? (Or being a freelancer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Austria there is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Red White Red Card&lt;/a&gt; which allows the holder to work for a single company. After two years working for the same company they can renew their visa for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migration.gv.at/en/types-of-immigration/permanent-immigration/redwhiteredcardplus/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Red White Red Plus Card&lt;/a&gt; which allows them to switch jobs (or became a freelancer) without the need to make a new visa for every change. It gives them unlimited labour market access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a similar process in Germany? If so, how can the upgraded visa be obtained?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Javier Bullrich" LastActivityDate="2021-05-17T06:38:48.763" Title="Unlimited labour market access work visa in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-12T10:34:50.317" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an Indian National who has moved to Germany recently.&#xA;I was entitled to drive a vehicle for the first 6 months of my stay with my Indian drivers license.&#xA;But the same license with which I drove on the German roads gets void in Germany immediately after the 6th month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And most trouble some part is a mere translation of my license or exchange of my license is not possible. I need to pass the theory exam and also get Practical driving classes and then pass the exam to get a German license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel this is utterlly illogical as I was legally allowed to drive for 6months and immediately with no mistake of mine I am not allowed to drive and need to go through the expensive and tiresome German driving classes and exams to get one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21463" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T14:44:44.610" Title="Whats the logic behind making a Foreign License valid only for the first Six months in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22003" CreationDate="2021-05-12T11:32:04.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Germany is entitled to require a domestic licence for its residents (except certain holders of EU licences).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Germany does not have to allow a German resident to drive with an Indian license &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;. The six-month grace period is simply a facility, a &amp;quot;nice thing to do&amp;quot;, for obtaining your German license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19674" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T11:32:04.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22003" CreationDate="2021-05-12T13:11:51.757" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most countries have restrictions on how long foreigners can drive on their foreign-issued driving license before having to exchange it for a local one. This is mainly to benefit tourists, but is also useful for recent arrivals to give them a chance to exchange their license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for this is that you can commit a few driving offenses before being banned for a short period. It's harder to keep track of your offenses (and to ban you) when you are using a foreign-issued license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14299" LastEditorUserId="14299" LastEditDate="2021-05-12T14:44:44.610" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T14:44:44.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-12T11:49:31.143" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Kenyan currently living in Kenya and I have a boyfriend who lives in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He visited Kenya last year around February, met my family then went back to Sweden. We had plans for me to visit Sweden in april last year, and meet his family too but unfortunately corona happened which led to the borders being closed. We have been talking through video calls and texts on social media where I have met his family virtually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We decided we want to live together and start a family together once Sweden opens it borders for the non EU countries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I completed my studies from campus last year and he has been supporting me financially since last year since I have been unable to get a job. He earns enough money for both of us, has a decent job and he is born and raised in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have a sister who lives in Sweden and is married to a Swedish guy and they have a family and also other friends who live in Sweden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to apply for the visa and I am not sure if I will get it from what I have seen a lot of people’s visas get rejected. What are my chances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Wambui Muthoni" LastEditorUserId="14950" LastEditDate="2021-05-12T16:20:29.587" LastActivityDate="2021-05-12T16:20:29.587" Title="About to apply for a Swedish visa what are my chances?" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2021-05-13T17:07:49.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22007" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-12T17:05:59.627" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone steer me in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was born in UK to Chinese parents (1984), China and Hong Kong born (grandparents and ancestry can be traced back). I have only been back once for a family visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My father had a HK ID card but no HK passport. He had a UK passport and lived in UK since approx 1980.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both my parents have now passed, mother in 2000 and father this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything I can do about getting a HK ID card by ancestry? I have my father's birth certificate but not mother's - I could probably locate it somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21325" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-05-13T12:34:11.873" LastActivityDate="2021-05-13T12:34:11.873" Title="Hong Kong ID Card" Tags="&lt;hong-kong&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="22009" CreationDate="2021-05-12T18:44:20.397" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand it, post-Brexit EU residency granted to a UK citizen allows them permanent residence and right to work in their chosen country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't have the right of freedom of movement and cannot simply go and work in another country as they could before Brexit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, can they work remotely (ie. remain resident in their original chosen country) for a company based in a different EU country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't see why this would be a problem (income tax would be paid in the country of residence as usual) but neither can I find any information which definitively states one way or the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17121" LastActivityDate="2021-05-13T04:53:35.703" Title="Can a UK citizen with permanent residence in an EU country work remotely for a company based in a different EU country?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;working&gt;&lt;brexit&gt;&lt;eu-settlement-scheme&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22008" CreationDate="2021-05-12T21:57:43.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A residence permit issued based on the withdrawal agreement (Aufenthaltsdokuments-GB, &lt;strong&gt;Artikel 50 EVU&lt;/strong&gt;) includes an &lt;strong&gt;unrestricted&lt;/strong&gt; work permit, based on the non-discrimination of existing rights to equal treatment portion of the withdrawal agreement (Article 12).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the field &lt;strong&gt;TYPE OF PERMIT&lt;/strong&gt; should contain the text: &lt;strong&gt;ARTIKEL 50 EVU&lt;/strong&gt; as shown in the image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K8dCC.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not apply to UK citizens who have taken up residence since 2021-01-01, where the normal 3rd country rules apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/news/anwendungshinweise-brexit-en.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Anwendungshinweise zur Umsetzung des Austrittsabkommens Vereinigtes Königsreich - Europäische Union, 2020-11-06, Version 1.1&lt;/a&gt; (PDF)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Point 8.5.2. (page 41)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17166" LastEditorUserId="17166" LastEditDate="2021-05-13T04:53:35.703" LastActivityDate="2021-05-13T04:53:35.703" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22011" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-12T18:27:56.323" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am joining a French institute as a post-doctoral researcher and would like to take my girlfriend (and soon to be wife) with me. Our marriage date is just 7 days before the date of journey and therefore we have to apply for the visa much earlier than the marriage date. Is it possible to take her with me with a dependent long visa? I can even show the proof for the notice of registry marriage. If yes, is there any lower limit on my bank balance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21542" OwnerDisplayName="Dibyayan Chakraborty" LastActivityDate="2021-05-13T03:04:30.023" Title="French Long stay Visa for girlfriend" Tags="&lt;france&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-13T05:40:19.167" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have couple of questions regarding the Cost Of living in Canada (Ontario Region). Please kindly note that, maximum cost saving is required in all possible ways. I can live without leisure life. Only basic need including Internet &amp;amp; Mobile bills for living can alone be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to know if a Single Person from India can live in Canada under the budget of ~c$800 per month if Sharing Accommodation is opted-for living?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How common is it for People to get Sharing Accommodation there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, how much a person can save to the maximum per year if one gets c$80,000 salaried job there &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;after deducting all Taxes, Monthly Rentals for Room, Mobile charges, Internet, Food, transportation etc&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The intention here is to save maximum money per year and send back to home. I was looking for saving a minimum of c$49,430 per year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to save that much in a year in anyways? If someone can help me with this in any combination of cost saving budget plans, it would be really really helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If self cooking is an option, then I can learn cooking also if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I was informed that only about $500 to $700 is all required to spend per month on total if Sharing accommodation is opted for living without any transportation as the office is in walk-able distance.&#xA;Is it possible to save ~$49k per year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21472" LastEditorUserId="21472" LastEditDate="2021-05-14T14:04:07.953" LastActivityDate="2021-05-14T14:04:07.953" Title="Practical Minimal Cost of Living in Canada for a Single Indian person (Male)" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;cost-of-living&gt;&lt;ontario&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2021-05-16T08:29:02.110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-13T14:52:08.150" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;: I bought a new car in the US in 2019. I moved from the US to Canada in 2020 and completed the export and import procedures needed to register the car in Canada. So currently, the car is registered in Quebec, and I have Quebec plates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am moving back to the US this summer to start another job in California, and I want to import my car to the US. From what I have gathered from internet searches, I will need the following documentation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canadian title/registration (I have the Quebec registration)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bill of sale (Note the bill of sale is from the US)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Temporary U.S. transit permit or license plate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DOT form HS-7 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/hs7_rv9-tag.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/hs7_rv9-tag.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EPA form 3520 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-02/documents/form3520-1-2021-01-secured-enabled.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-02/documents/form3520-1-2021-01-secured-enabled.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cash or credit card to pay import duty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are these all of the documents I will need to import the car?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need the temporary U.S. transit permit or license plate if I am driving directly to my destination (after necessary stops for rest)? If so, where do I get the temporary U.S. transit permit or license plate? I am driving the car from Montreal to California, and will first stop in Indiana. If I do need the temporary license plate, should I get it from Indiana? &lt;strong&gt;Edit.&lt;/strong&gt; No I will not need this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there anything at the border that I will need to do other than present the above documents and pay the import duty? For example, are there any inspections that will need to take place at the border or prior to me brining the car back to the states?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit.&lt;/strong&gt; After the two answers below, it looks like I will not need a temporary U.S. transit permit or license plate and that there will be no import duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am still interested to know if there are any inspections that need to happen before I travel to the border or at the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21477" OwnerDisplayName="Jackson Morrow" LastEditorUserId="21477" LastEditDate="2021-05-14T12:43:10.130" LastActivityDate="2021-05-15T04:57:11.817" Title="Importing US bought car from Canada" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22013" CreationDate="2021-05-13T19:10:59.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Goods that were made in the United States (U.S.) and returning back to the U.S., are usually eligible for duty-free treatment. The provision 9801.00.10 in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) allows U.S. made products to return to the U.S. without duty requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-375?language=en_US&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CBP source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might even apply if your car wasn't actually &lt;em&gt;manufactured&lt;/em&gt; in the US but purchased there (which your original bill of sale proves). I suggest you contact CBP via the link on the page above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21476" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-14T06:07:59.243" LastActivityDate="2021-05-14T06:07:59.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22013" CreationDate="2021-05-13T21:27:20.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no tax or duty on bringing back a car that was exported from America. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;See this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Re-Importing A Previously Exported Vehicle&#xA;A vehicle taken from the United States for non-commercial, private use may be returned duty free by proving to CBP that it was previously owned and registered in the United States. This proof may be a state-issued registration card for the automobile or a bill of sale for the car from a U.S. dealer. Repairs or accessories acquired abroad for your vehicle must be declared on your return and may be subject to duty.&#xA;In some countries, it will be difficult or impossible to obtain unleaded fuel for your vehicle. If the vehicle is driven using leaded gasoline, it will be necessary for you to replace the catalyst and oxygen sensor upon its return to the U.S. To avoid the expense of replacing these parts you may obtain authorization from EPA to remove the catalyst and oxygen sensor before the vehicle is shipped overseas. The EPA telephone number for these authorizations is (202) 564-2418. When the vehicle returns to the U.S., the original catalyst and oxygen sensor will need to be reinstalled. However, you may now reenter your U.S. version vehicle into the U.S. without bond, upon your assurance that you will have the reinstallation performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use Quebec plates to drive to California and while in California before you register the vehicle locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for registering a vehicle, each State has different requirements. You should check &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/new-registration/register-an-imported-vehicle/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;California's requirements&lt;/a&gt;. You might need a smog test for your vehicle which shouldn't be a problem for a new (2019) car.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9398" LastActivityDate="2021-05-13T21:27:20.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-14T03:50:53.993" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Argentina and I will be living in Switzerland for 2 years due to an academic scholarship I have been granted. I was wondering if acquiring Italian citizenship during my studies would be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My grandfather was Italian, but I do not know if it would be possible for me to acquire the Italian citizenship in Switzerland, my being Argentinian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have all the necessary documents I would need to apply in the Italian Consulate at Argentina, but the problem is that it is almost impossible to get an appointment and, if I happened to get one miraculously, it would take between one and two years before I could get citizenship. That is why I was wondering if doing it in Switzerland would be faster and easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know whether this is possible or not? Would I need additional documentation to do this in Switzerland and not in my home country?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21478" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-14T06:06:50.717" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T08:27:12.460" Title="Applying for Italian citizenship being Argentinian in Switzerland" Tags="&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;italy&gt;&lt;dual-citizenship&gt;&lt;switzerland&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-14T09:56:47.593" Score="1" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asked this in the personal finance section but someone recommended I ask here as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a US citizen currently in the UK (Northern Ireland to be exact) on a student visa, which allows me to work up to 20 hours per week while I am here. I currently work 20 hours/week for a UK-based company, making less than 10k a year (so I do not have to declare tax, as I was told my by university's visa helpdesk).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A US company that I have freelanced for once or twice before (prior to my move here), recently asked if I'd like to take on a 12 hr/week freelance project for the next couple months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I do this, legally speaking? All my financials (paychecks, tax documents) for the US freelance position would be done through my US bank account and, come tax time, declared there as well. I know there may be the double taxation issue but that I can apply for exclusion documents or something like that? Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21480" LastActivityDate="2021-05-14T09:56:47.593" Title="US Citizen Living &amp; Working PT with UK Company on Student Visa, Looking to Freelance for US Company" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;visa&gt;&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22013" CreationDate="2021-05-15T04:57:11.817" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I shipped a US car from Canada to the US, rather than driving it, I only know this second hand from the shipper. That said, you can expect some sort of inspection of the car at the border but for the most part this will solely be aimed at verifying the assertions you are making on the forms and with your paperwork. In particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They should check to make sure the car's VIN matches the paperwork, so you should probably check that before you go. Also, you might have difficulty if the VIN isn't consistently the same on every paper you offer so that might be worth checking. It is, of course, vanishingly unlikely that any of these will disagree but if you've managed to win the mistake lottery it is better to find out before you are at the border&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are checking box 2A on the HS-7 form they may confirm that by looking for the &amp;quot;DOT label&amp;quot;. It should be on the driver's door B pillar and should say something akin to &amp;quot;This vehicle conforms to all applicable U.S. federal motor vehicle safety standards in effect on the date of manufacture shown above&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Similarly, if you are checking &amp;quot;Code B&amp;quot; on the 3520 form there should be an &amp;quot;EPA label&amp;quot; somewhere in the engine compartment that indicates the car conforms to the U.S. emission standards in effect when it was manufactured (I don't remember exactly what this looks like and my current car is electric so I can't check).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you bought the car new in the US it is certain to have the labels but you might want to look for them so that you know where they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While your U.S. bill-of-sale for the car is evidence, as an old US title or registration document would be, that no duty is owed on the car that left the US I think it is technically the case that parts or aftermarket accessories acquired in Canada after that might be dutiable. This is not to say I think they'll ask anything at all about that (I really, really think they won't), just that they technically could. While there should hence be no duty payable I don't know if the CBP charges for the inspection and paperwork or not, since in my case any charge would have been buried in a bigger bill. Take some money just in case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is all CBP will care about based on the fact that these were all the things my shipper cared about and the shipper was paranoid about making sure it was 100% certain that he could get the car across the border.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9011" LastActivityDate="2021-05-15T04:57:11.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-15T12:09:49.830" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a civil engineering student, 2nd degree. I want to make my internship in DE so I need a visa. To get the visa I should prove that I accepted the offer from any company from DE. I don't know how should I fill the ZAV (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung Certificate of Enrolment). Can I send it via e-mail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21485" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-16T09:42:55.843" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T09:42:55.843" Title="How can I fill out the ZAV certificate, can an experienced person help?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-15T11:37:22.667" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked for a brief period in Singapore at a work pass, provided to me by the employer. However, as it turned out, they communicated a different work profile at time of recruitment and when I joined, the work was not the same. Therefore, I had to leave that job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My query is that in any way, can that company impact my work prospects in Singapore? If yes, what could be the remedies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Ishan" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T07:08:46.060" Title="I want to know about the prospects of working in Singapore" Tags="&lt;singapore&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22020" CreationDate="2021-05-16T07:08:46.060" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaving your job is an issue with your employer, not the Singaporean government.&lt;/strong&gt; As long as your tax obligations were settled, you should have no issue getting a new work pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, Singapore has tightened up its work visa issuance policies considerably since COVID hit, so it may not be as easy to get the work pass as it was last time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T07:08:46.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-16T07:52:26.647" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;My great grandfather (who originally Algerian served in the French Army in the early 1910 when Algeria was part of France) passed away in Syria during his service. I am not sure how he died. His widow (Syrian citizen) continued getting his pension until the 1960s when the French government stopped paying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we apply for French citizenship given that he was serving in the French army until his death. As Algeria was part of France on the day he died, I think it is logical to assume he was French at that time. Do we need a lawyer to prove the case? Can you recommend one who may have such experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21489" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T18:26:48.283" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T18:26:48.283" Title="My great grandfather served in the French army until he died. Is there a way to apply for citizenship?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22022" CreationDate="2021-05-16T10:38:05.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should contact the French embassy or a French consulate in Algeria, or a lawyer specialized in questions of nationality, but it seems that the fact that your great-grandfather served in the army does not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://oran.consulfrance.org/Qui-a-conserve-la-nationalite-francaise-a-l-independance-de-l-Algerie-2930&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; of the French consulate in Oran:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Mon père était Algérien et ancien combattant dans l’armée française. Est-ce que cela me donne le droit d’être français ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aucune disposition législative ne prévoit d’accorder la nationalité française aux anciens combattants du seul fait de cette qualité. Il en est de même pour leur conjoint et descendants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own translation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- My father was Algerian and a veteran of the French army. Does that give me the right to be French?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No legislative provision grants French nationality to veterans solely based on this quality. It is the same for their spouse and descendants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2138" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T10:38:05.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-16T10:19:12.943" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;My fiance has received a work contract from an Austrian company. She has a valid French &amp;quot;titre de sejour&amp;quot; (residence permit) until September 2021. I understand that she has to apply for an Austrian work permit. Can someone shed some light on how to apply for the work permit? How long does it take for the process to complete and get the Austrian RWR card?&#xA;Any tips are helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14418" OwnerDisplayName="Drona Nagarajan" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T10:44:47.033" Title="Work permit application for Austria" Tags="&lt;schengen&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22000" CreationDate="2021-05-16T19:25:13.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Either fiance visa before marriage, or immigrant visa after marriage, should be okay. Fiance visas and immigrant visas should not be denied unless there is a ban or they are not convinced of the genuineness of your relationship. (An immigrant visa after marriage might be slightly more likely to succeed than fiance visa, since after the marriage there would be no question about whether you will get married at that point, and for an immigrant visa the petitioner would have to file a binding Affidavit of Support, confirming their commitment.) Based on what you have described, you should not have an unlawful presence ban. The following is a discussion of why you don't have the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;INA 212(a)(9)(B) provides for a 3-year ban if you accrue 180 days of unlawful presence and then leave the US, and a 10-year ban if you accrue 1 year of unlawful presence and then leave the US. You start accruing &amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot; in one of 3 ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You stay past the date on your I-94, if your I-94 has a specific date;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You applied for some benefit to USCIS and were denied with a determination that you were out of status; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A final order was made against you in removal proceedings in immigration court&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For people who were admitted with &amp;quot;D/S&amp;quot; on their I-94 instead of a date, unlawful presence can only start accruing in the last two ways described above (i.e. applied for a benefit and were denied, or final order in immigration court). Given that you were admitted with &amp;quot;D/S&amp;quot; on your I-94, if you never applied for a benefit to USCIS, and were never given a notice to appear for removal proceedings, then you never started to accrue &amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot;, no matter how long you stayed past the end of your J-1 program. Therefore, you did not trigger an unlawful presence ban when you left the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The USCIS Policy Manual is still in the process of incorporating the USCIS Adjudicator's Field Manual, and the section on unlawful presence ban, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-o&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8, Part O&lt;/a&gt;, is not written yet and just has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm40-external.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;big PDF dump&lt;/a&gt; of AFM chapter 40. AFM chapter 40.9.2(b)(1)(E)(ii), Nonimmigrants Admitted for Duration of Status (D/S) (on page 76 of the current PDF), says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ii) Nonimmigrants Admitted for Duration of Status (D/S). If USCIS&#xA;finds a nonimmigrant status violation while adjudicating a request for&#xA;an immigration benefit, unlawful presence will begin to accrue on the&#xA;day after the request is denied. If an immigration judge makes a&#xA;determination of nonimmigrant status violation in exclusion,&#xA;deportation, or removal proceedings, unlawful presence begins to&#xA;accrue the day after the immigration judge's order. It must be&#xA;emphasized that the accrual of unlawful presence neither begins on the&#xA;date that a status violation occurs, nor on the day on which removal&#xA;proceedings are initiated. See 8 CFR 239.3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Foreign Affairs Manual, &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM030211.html#M302_11_3_B_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;9 FAM 302.11-3(B)(1)&lt;/a&gt;(b)(2) similarly says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. DHS has interpreted &amp;quot;period of stay authorized by the Secretary of&#xA;Homeland Security,&amp;quot; as used in this context, to include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2)  For aliens inspected and admitted for &amp;quot;duration of status&amp;quot; (DOS),&#xA;any period of presence in the United States, unless DHS, an IJ, or the&#xA;BIA makes a formal finding of a status violation, in which case&#xA;unlawful presence will only being to accrue the day after the formal&#xA;finding is made;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;9 FAM 302.11-3(B)(1)(d):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;d. For persons who have been admitted for duration of status (DOS) (as&#xA;is usually the case with aliens in A, G, F, J, and I visa status),&#xA;unlawful presence will not accrue unless DHS, IJ, or the BIA finds a&#xA;status violation in the context of a request for an immigration&#xA;benefit or in the course of removal proceedings.  This finding of&#xA;status violation by the DHS, an IJ, or the BIA will cause a period of&#xA;&amp;quot;unlawful presence&amp;quot; to begin.  In DOS cases where DHS or an IJ or the&#xA;BIA makes a formal status violation finding, the alien begins accruing&#xA;unlawful presence on the day after the finding (i.e., the date the&#xA;finding was published /communicated).  For example, if an applicant&#xA;presents a letter from DHS dated December 1, 2008, that says the&#xA;applicant was out of status starting on May 28, 2001, the applicant&#xA;began to accrue unlawful presence as of December 2, 2008, not May 28,&#xA;2001.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should also be noted that in 2018, USCIS put out a memo that supposedly made anyone admitted in F, J, or M status accrue unlawful presence whenever they are out of status after August 9, 2018 (regardless of whether their I-94 has a date or D/S). However, this has been blocked by a court injunction, as noted on the USCIS &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;students and exchange visitors page&lt;/a&gt;. The litigation history is summarized on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nafsa.org/professional-resources/browse-by-interest/accrual-unlawful-presence-and-f-j-and-m-nonimmigrants&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, but basically, a temporary restraining order was issued in January 2019, a preliminary injunction was issued in May 2019, and a permanent injunction was issued in February 2020. In July 2020, DHS voluntarily asked to withdraw its own appeal in the case, and the court granted this. So this issue is settled and the memo is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-05-16T19:25:13.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22002" CreationDate="2021-05-17T06:38:48.763" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One option would be the so-called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aamt/zugastimaa/buergerservice/faq/02a-what-is-the-blue-card/606754&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blue card&lt;/a&gt;. It does restrict you to a &lt;em&gt;type&lt;/em&gt; of occupation and a minimum &lt;em&gt;salary&lt;/em&gt;, but you can switch employers as long as you stay in your field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to be a freelancer, you can get a permit, too. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/fileadmin/MiiG_Fachkraefte/Bilder/3_Visum/Visagrafik_EN/200221_Visagrafik_EinBlick_EN_Selbststa___endigkeit.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visa for self-employment&lt;/a&gt;. In summary, you have to prove that your idea for freelancing is valid and will feed you and enable you to pay taxes and pay into social security and mandatory insurances. In other words you have to prove that you will pull your weight and not require assistance. That includes some starting capital. So for example with a university degree in CS, freelancing as a software developer is a valid undertaking, while with no degree, freelancing in pool cleaning is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; start a pool cleaning business (see PDF above for rules) if you can prove you have the funds. But quite frankly, if you had that kind of funds, you would be talking to your lawyer, not to the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9824" LastActivityDate="2021-05-17T06:38:48.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22027" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-17T06:41:57.133" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am an F1 student working for a US company from abroad (Ukraine) during summer. I am wondering then what sort of taxes should I pay given this? I know there are some tax treaties preventing from double taxation and I guess I am generally trying to figure out if I should even be paying US taxes at all if I wont be present in the US? My employer is thinking of issuing 1099 form for me in the end. Any help will be appreciated a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did pay taxes to the US in the past so I do have SSN and am a US tax payer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21494" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T06:50:01.423" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T06:50:01.423" Title="US tax liability of F1 student working abroad as a contractor for US company" Tags="&lt;taxes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-17T13:33:51.683" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to undertake a &amp;quot;Stage de Sensibilisation à la Sécurité Routière&amp;quot; because of a traffic infraction, but my spoken French isn't very good. Given the number of driving schools around Paris that cater to English speakers, I was hoping to find somewhere that conducted this course in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turns out to be quite hard to Google for this, because there are lots of companies that conduct these courses, and just adding on &amp;quot;en Anglais&amp;quot; to the query causes Google to provide me with a translation, but not really any more refined search results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anywhere that does the Stage de Sensibilisation à la Sécurité Routière in English, or in some way accommodates non-Francophones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21496" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T13:44:36.557" Title="Are there stages sécurité routière conducted in English?" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;driving-license&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22027" CreationDate="2021-05-17T17:38:08.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you were a nonresident alien (which is usually the case for the first 5 calendar years of F1 status), and you performed the work while in Ukraine, you should not be subject to any US tax on that income. I don't think the company needs to issue you a 1099, since you are essentially a foreign contractor working in a foreign country. You would still be responsible for reporting your income to Ukrainian tax authorities and paying any Ukrainian income and self-employment taxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-05-17T17:38:08.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22016" CreationDate="2021-05-17T22:53:45.573" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the consular services can be done in all Italian consulates around the world. But unfortunately they work the same way. People working there belong to the class of 'raccomandati di ferro', often the appointment lists are stuffed with fake appointments to reduce the already small the workload. I don't know the consulate in Argentina, but to get an appointment in a consualte in Europe usually it takes between one and two months. The two years you mention usually are taken by the Register office in Italy, consulate duty is only to forward the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check where your grandfather lived in Italy. Usually this work is carried on by the local registry. If it is close to Switzerland, you might save some time by catching a train and going there, but it would be a small change. To find out where you have to go, you have to look for the email address of the Council office (circoscrizione) and ask them. But you have to be sure about last place where your grandfather was resident before leaving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21499" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T08:27:12.460" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T08:27:12.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22022" CreationDate="2021-05-18T18:14:47.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you have a parent and grand-parent who were French citizens (through either ancestry or double &lt;em&gt;ius soli&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;em&gt;and used that citizenship&lt;/em&gt;, there is no way you could benefit from your great-grandfather citizenship. If that's not the case, your family has lived abroad for too long (see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/20205/request-for-french-nationality&quot;&gt;Request for French Nationality&lt;/a&gt;). That would seem to rule out any path to French citizenship for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's without getting into the question of whether your great-grandfather actually was a French citizen, which is doubtful, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/21577/french-citizenship-of-an-ancestor-who-died-in-algeria-before-independence&quot;&gt;French citizenship of an ancestor who died in Algeria before Independence&lt;/a&gt; Having served in the French military was not enough to change his status but that that's moot at this point since you would in any case need proof that your French (grand)parents were still French and using their citizenship before your birth. And if you had that proof, the question of your great-grandfather's citizenship would be entirely academic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T18:23:45.873" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T18:23:45.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-18T06:51:38.260" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently a 4th year PhD student (with a valid F1 visa) who came to visit his family in India for a short trip but then due to the unfortunate circumstances, USA put a travel restriction on India. I read the rules carefully but the following concern is not clear to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am a PhD student, technically I work every day for the whole year. So the rule says &amp;quot; if the program begins on or after 1st August, I will be eligible to travel 30 days before that...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am confused if I am allowed to travel on 1st July (which is a month before 1st August since techincally my program is continuing) or I have to wait till atleast 23 rd July (since the official fall semseter begins on 23rd August)? [I tried to contact consulate on this matter but didn't get any helpful reply.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in this situation, while traveling, what should I carry as a proof for my starting date of program? Since my i20 is only showing that my program starts on 21st August 2017, so that may not be a best proof for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance for any help...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21504" OwnerDisplayName="Anubhav Mukherjee" LastEditorUserId="164" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T22:39:11.197" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T22:39:11.197" Title="Travel restriction to USA from India for a PhD student (with F1 visa)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;covid-19&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22032" CreationDate="2021-05-18T22:37:46.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You currently cannot fly from India to the US.  You would have to spend at least 14 days in another country before entering the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php&lt;/a&gt;  -&amp;gt; USA:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents. They must not arrive from or not have been in Brazil, China (People's Rep.), India or Iran in the past 14 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No idea whether these restrictions will be lifted by July 1, but I wouldn't count on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in this situation, while traveling, what should I carry as a proof for my starting date of program? Since my i20 is only showing that my program starts on 21st August 2017, so that may not be a best proof for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at the course end date specified in the I-20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T22:37:46.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22034" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-19T14:30:51.273" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are making an invitation letter for a friend (from Tunisia) to stay with us (in Spain) while she works as an intern. We already have the invitation letter from the company, but we still lack one of the requirements for the student visa (more than 90 days), which is a place to stay. For the moment, she's gonna stay with us. But if she's able to afford it, and get a place of her own during her stay, would that be possible? Do we have to notify the police department? Because the invitation letter states she's gonna stay with us for that period, what kind of problems might we have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21507" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-19T15:14:24.097" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T15:14:24.097" Title="Get invitation letter and then find a place to rent" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;spain&gt;&lt;internship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-19T11:21:57.217" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are making an invitation letter for a friend (from Tunisia) to stay with us (in Spain) while she works as an intern, we already have the invitation letter from the company, but we still lack one of the requirements for the student visa (more than 90 days), which is a place to stay. For the moment she's gonna stay with us, but if she's able to afford it, and get a place for her own during her stay, would that be possible?, do we have to notify the police department? Because the invitation letter states she's gonna stay with us for that period. What kind of problems can we have? Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Kevin Martellotti" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T19:27:31.183" Title="Get invitation letter and then find a place to rent" Tags="&lt;spain&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-05-21T01:34:12.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-19T23:26:38.753" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am interested what are my rights to be paid maternity pay after my 1-year residence permit for work in Sweden expires? Specifically, I am due to give birth approximately 7 weeks after my 12-month job contract ends. My residence permit for work in Sweden simultaneously expires with the end of my contract.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I need to have a (new) valid residence permit for the maternity benefit to be paid, that is: apply for extension to look for work? (although I would be preparing to give birth, not realistically able to look for work much)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Swedish personal number and access to public healthcare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a non-EU citizen, with the Settled Status in the UK (through my spouse who is an EU national). For tax purposes, my spouse is a resident in the UK, where he is employed. So, he didn't relocate to Sweden, although he moved with me physically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21509" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-20T15:23:04.743" LastActivityDate="2021-05-20T15:23:04.743" Title="Maternity pay in Sweden for a non-EU citizen with a temporary residence permit" Tags="&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-20T01:49:10.163" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I work as a part-time employee if I have a H-1B visa from another company?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would still be working as a full-time in the sponsor company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21510" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-22T12:10:21.113" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T07:24:54.253" Title="Can I work part-time on a H-1B visa?" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;&lt;employment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-20T16:27:06.943" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi all fortunately I got an invite to apply for PR all thanks to additional points I was able to secure post job offer. I have applied for PR and hopefully within few months I will be able to move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt; While waiting for the invite I was able to get another job offer, and I am more inclined to join them. Is this allowed?&#xA;Are there any legal obligations on me to work only for the company whose offer I used for my PR processing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I do find obliged and thankful to companyA but they haven't technically sponsored my visa, I paid for it and arranged for all documentation and stuff by my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19741" LastActivityDate="2021-05-20T16:27:06.943" Title="Canada PR with Job offer" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;express-entry&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-20T06:04:37.777" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I filed study visa of Canada I was single but after approval of my visa i got married. Now if I will travel there is there any need to do changes into passport. For example My passport is a minor passport and on my father behalf. Would it be now on my spouse name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Simranpreet kaur" LastActivityDate="2021-05-20T17:42:21.730" Title="I want to get in information that when i applied for study visa i was single and now i got married" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-05-22T12:05:15.917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-21T00:23:05.183" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I applied for MBA full time 2 years program and I have got the admission. My age is 38 now, how much chances I have to get the study permit. As I know from saudia mostly Canadian embassy don't call for interview. They just give decision. Accepted or rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21516" LastActivityDate="2021-05-21T00:23:05.183" Title="I m age of 38 I have got addmission in Canadian university, what is the possibility to get study permit?" Tags="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;study&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-05-22T12:06:08.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-21T18:33:59.083" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ithe new EU Blue Card law, it is specified in the instructions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flexibility to change employer - Complete a new test of the labour market if they wish to change employer or job position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone explain it what this means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21518" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-22T12:09:36.357" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T06:59:32.283" Title="Information regarding changing employer while having a Blue Card for 6 months" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22042" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-21T23:08:36.790" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a holder of an EU Blue Card (Poland) and have held it for 18 months.&#xA;I am considering to take a job in Denmark, but as you will probably know, the EU Blue Card is not applicable there.&#xA;The employer is open to me working remotely, I would like to know, can I propose they relocate me to Germany? Meaning my Polish Blue Card would be substituted for a German one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16504" LastActivityDate="2021-05-21T23:08:36.790" Title="Transfer EU Blue Card to a different country from which my employer will be located" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22043" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="22044" CreationDate="2021-05-23T01:24:13.027" Score="4" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm studying in-person in the US and graduating this month. I have recently received an employment authorisation document (EAD) for optional practical training (OPT), valid until May 2022. Also, I have been approved (&amp;quot;... we approved your Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker ...&amp;quot;) for the H-1B visa and I understand that I will automatically transition to H-1 status on 01 October (&lt;a href=&quot;https://redbus2us.com/process-of-f1-to-h1b-visa-change-of-status-opt-rules-planning-tips/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;) - so far, so good, and a fairly common situation to be in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have had a hard time, though, finding an answer to an obvious question anywhere - what happens on my first trip abroad after 01 October? I have only an F-1 visa in my passport at the moment, and instinctively I think that when I return to the US there will need to be a new visa in my passport reflecting my new H-1B status. Is my instinct incorrect, and am I able to reenter the US without a corresponding visa in my passport as a result of this change of status? Or is my instinct correct, forcing me to plan a lengthy interaction with a US Consulate on my very first trip abroad where I would have to book an appointment, hand them my passport, then wait in that country until I get the passport back with my visa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used the term &amp;quot;visa in my passport&amp;quot; wherever applicable to avoid the confusing terms &amp;quot;stamp&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;stamping&amp;quot;. Still, I am happy to edit my answer with additional details as required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21527" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T02:21:00.617" Title="Travelling abroad after change of status F-1 to H-1B" Tags="&lt;student-visa&gt;&lt;h1-visa&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22043" CreationDate="2021-05-23T02:11:33.797" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and instinctively I think that when I return to the US there will need to be a new visa in my passport reflecting my new H-1B status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is correct.  You'll need to allow for this the next time you leave the US.  Many people do this in Mexico, apparently, where it seems they handle it fairly expeditiously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check the appointment times online at &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html&lt;/a&gt;.  Consulates in Mexico near the border are showing emergency appointments only, but Mexico City is 2 days for H-1B visas.  So is Curacao.  I didn't see any other consulates near the US taking non-emergency appointments, but I only checked a handful.  By contrast, Auckland and Tokyo show 24 calendar days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastEditorUserId="2440" LastEditDate="2021-05-23T02:21:00.617" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T02:21:00.617" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22037" CreationDate="2021-05-23T07:24:54.253" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. While on H-1b status, you can only work for the employer that petitioned you for H-1b status. You are authorized to work only through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/274a.12#b_9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;8 CFR 274a.12(b)(9)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) Aliens authorized for employment with a specific employer incident&#xA;to status or parole. The following classes of aliens are authorized to&#xA;be employed in the United States by the specific employer and subject&#xA;to any restrictions described in the section(s) of this chapter&#xA;indicated as a condition of their parole or of their admission in, or&#xA;subsequent change to, the designated nonimmigrant classification. An&#xA;alien in one of these classes is not issued an employment&#xA;authorization document by DHS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(9) A temporary worker or trainee (H-1, H-2A, H-2B, or H-3), pursuant&#xA;to 8 CFR 214.2(h), or a nonimmigrant specialty occupation worker&#xA;pursuant to sections 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)(1), 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a),&#xA;101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) and INA 101(a)(15)(H)(iii) of the Act. An alien&#xA;in this status may be employed only by the petitioner through whom the&#xA;status was obtained. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, an employer other than the petitioning employer, that is following the rules, should not hire you, since you do not have the documents to pass the I-9 process. For your own employer, you can use your passport plus your H-1b I-94 as a List A document for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-9-paper-version.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I-9&lt;/a&gt;, since the employer got an approval for the H-1b petition they filed for you, but that will not work for any other employer who did not petition you for H-1b.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T07:24:54.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="22048" CreationDate="2021-05-23T14:27:32.177" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a German citizen and I'm moving to another EU state for work, Austria. My parents are non-EU and living in their country of origin and are dependent on me health-wise and financial-wise. My new work is not very stable, it might work and it may not. It's a one-year contract and after that I don't know what might happen. Once I'm in Austria I want to apply to get my parents to join me under the EU-law that allows it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens once my parents are with me in Austria and I lose my job? Do they get access to social benefits from Austria?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens if I was able to find another job later but it doesn't have a decent pay that allows me to cover the expenses of my parents. For example I'm married and I have a kid, so what if due to my lower income I can't afford a bigger apartment and I need to down-size and can't host my parents with me. Would my parents be able to get access to social benefits to pay for their rent?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I be able to, if I return to Germany, take my parents with me? If yes, can they access social benefits in Germany as well?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21529" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-24T06:07:19.820" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T06:07:19.820" Title="Can my non-EU parents receive social benefits in an EU-state?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22047" CreationDate="2021-05-23T16:34:59.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens once my parents are with me in Austria and I lose my job? Do they get access to social benefits from Austria?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least in the first few years, your parents' status depends on yours as does that of your spouse and children if they are not EU citizens themselves. That means not only social benefits but also the right to reside in the country itself. If you lose your job, you should have the right to stay to look for another job but Austria does not necessarily have to pay any benefits to your family (see ECJ cases C-67/14 and C-333/13).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not considered a worker, you can be asked to show that you have enough money “not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State” to keep your right to stay in the country. Most discussion of this principle handles spouses but to the extent that your parents qualify as part of your family, I would expect the same logic to apply. That would mean that you need to show that you have an income or wealth high enough not to qualify for generic welfare support (whatever that may be in Austria).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One complication that the relevant benefits are generic welfare benefits (e.g. ALG II / Hartz IV in Germany). In theory, it might still be possible to qualify for some other benefits (especially child benefits) even if you do not qualify for or need welfare benefits. While it's about a different issue (the requirement to prove that you speak German to qualify for &lt;em&gt;Wohnbeihilfe&lt;/em&gt;), there is a case pending in front of the ECJ that could have consequences on that (C-94/20).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, if you don't have a job, your situation is much more precarious and there is more at stake than your parents' benefits. Applying for any benefits could prompt the Austrian authorities to check your status and not only deny payments but also ask you to leave the country (I am writing “could” because there are some corner cases and countries that do not enforce this very carefully).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if I was able to find another job later but it doesn't have a decent pay that allows me to cover the expenses of my parents. For example I'm married and I have a kid, so what if due to my lower income I can't afford a bigger apartment and I need to down-size and can't host my parents with me. Would my parents be able to get access to social benefits to pay for their rent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you work and your work is “effective and genuine” then you and your family have a right to stay that is not conditioned on your income or need for any benefits. As explained above, it's only if you're not considered a worker that these things can play a role. There is a lot of case law establishing that workers are entitled to housing or family benefits if they qualify under local law and that claiming those benefits should not lead them to lose their right of residence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main difficulty is that parents (of adult citizens) do not have a right to reside in the EU &lt;em&gt;qua&lt;/em&gt; parents. It only works if they are &lt;em&gt;dependent&lt;/em&gt; on you, see article 2(2)(d) &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02004L0038-20110616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Directive 2004/38/EC&lt;/a&gt;. The less you contribute to their expenses, the more precarious their claim to reside in the same country. If you meet that threshold and can somehow show that they cannot live without you (you pay for groceries and other things, maybe you help them in person) then they should be able to remain in Austria and possibly even claim some benefits. If you do not, then once again it's not only their right to claim any one benefit that is at stake but their right to reside in Austria in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be able if i return to Germany to take my parents with me? if yes, can they access social benefits in Germany as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be a kind of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department)_v_Immigration_Appeal_Tribunal_and_Surinder_Singh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Surinder Singh&lt;/a&gt; case. It might be possible but will require careful documentation. I would recommend hiring a lawyer. Otherwise, your parents would have to qualify for a residence permit under German law and I don't think there is one for parents of &lt;em&gt;adult&lt;/em&gt; German citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that all of this goes beyond the most straightforward freedom of movement rights, which cover EU citizens and their immediate family. You have to be prepared to be challenged on your parents' dependence on you and to face skeptical civil servants who don't know which category they fit in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that the clause allowing your parents to reside in the EU also covers dependent parents &lt;em&gt;from the spouse&lt;/em&gt; of an EU citizen. If your husband is an EU citizen then you are both an EU citizen but also the spouse of an EU citizen. If he has a job you could therefore turn things around and use his situation (rather than yours) to sponsor your parents. That would cover all of you (you, your child, and your dependent parents) even if you yourself are unemployed. You would still need to show your parents are dependent on you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-23T18:20:40.133" LastActivityDate="2021-05-23T18:20:40.133" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22041" CreationDate="2021-05-24T06:59:32.283" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Labour market test means checking whether someone who is already a resident could fill the position instead of the (future) EU blue card holder. The EU Blue Card system is only supposed to be used to hire hard-to-find highly qualified employees once local opportunities have been exhausted (where local means the whole EU labour market, not only EU citizens and not only residents of the region or country in question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Concretely, this might take the form of an authorisation from some labour agency or an obligation for prospective employers to publish a job posting through official channels and see if qualified local applicants manifest themselves before being allowed to sponsor a Blue Card application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the first two years, you are basically treated as if you were coming directly from abroad. After that, you have more rights and more flexibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This stems from article 8 (2) of &lt;a href=&quot;https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32009L0050&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directive 2009/50/EC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before taking the decision on an application for an EU Blue Card, and when considering renewals or authorisations pursuant to Article 12(1) and (2) during the first two years of legal employment as an EU Blue Card holder, Member States may examine the situation of their labour market and apply their national procedures regarding the requirements for filling a vacancy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Member States may verify whether the concerned vacancy could not be filled by national or Community workforce, by third-country nationals lawfully resident in that Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of Community or national law, or by EC long-term residents wishing to move to that Member State for highly qualified employment in accordance with Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T06:59:32.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22050" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-24T12:25:46.110" Score="0" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my employer asks me to travel to UK and I am given an ICT tier 2 long term visa which is 3+2 years after which I have to come back. My question is, if I travel with that visa and wish to stay longer than 5 years so that I can apply for an ILR, what are my options. One way I can think of is if I take my wife as a dependent and if she gets a job before my visa expires and her employer sponsors her for next 5 years, so I can then shift as her dependent and stay for longer time, in that situation can we both apply for ILR? Or are there any other options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21530" LastEditorUserId="21530" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T10:48:40.260" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T10:48:40.260" Title="UK PR for Indian IT Professionals" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;india&gt;&lt;pr&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-24T13:07:02.433" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;My son (7yo) has a right to British citizenship, but we need to be in the UK in the autumn/winter and I'm worried about applying and it not coming through in time. Can you apply for a visa and citizenship in parallel? Or could we just do visa and then apply for his citizenship when we get there? Or any other things I haven't though of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ETA: Sorry, more information. So my son is Bolivian, adopted here as a national adoption, therefore he has to apply for citizenship. My elder son is the same situation, and his UK citizenship came through in three months with no issues at all - so I'm not really worried about him getting it, however my elder son has a surgery in the UK in November/December time and I'm concerned about the younger's citizenship not coming through in time. Hope that answers any questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21531" LastEditorUserId="21531" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T00:08:26.783" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T00:08:26.783" Title="Can you apply for UK citizenship while there on a tourist visa?" Tags="&lt;united-kingdom&gt;&lt;uk-visa&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-24T14:51:40.140" Score="2" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a non-EU citizen, currently in possession of a Niederlassungserlaubnis. My partner has a residence permit that states §30 Abs. 1 (immigration of spouse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to move to the Netherlands for a new job, and will get a NL residence + work visa for highly skilled migrants. My partner plans to continue living and working in Germany. Partner's salary is above the blue card limit in Germany, and I'm currently on my partner's health insurance as a non-working spouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're looking for good tax and immigration lawyers to speak with, but would love some initial answers to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I avoid deregistering in Germany (abmeldung) since my partner will keep our current apartment and I'll be here almost every weekend? We consider this to be our primary home.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I don't deregister,&#xA;2a. will my Niederlassungserlaubnis remain valid?&#xA;2b. what should we do about our tax categories?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My partner's visa expires later this year. Can they apply for a new one that isn't dependent on a spouse visa, rather one that stands on it's own - blue card / niederlassungserlaubnis?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I do deregister, can I revive my niederlassungserlaubnis if I come back to Germany in 2 years or so? I've emailed the foreigners office about an exception, but haven't received a reply and probably won't get a chance to speak with them before I leave.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21534" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T09:00:03.747" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T09:00:03.747" Title="Non-EU citizen moving from Germany to the Netherlands - partner and 'home' stay in Germany - residence and tax questions" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;dependent-visa&gt;&lt;non-citizens&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22053" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-24T16:35:00.597" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a German citizen and I'm moving to another EU state for work - Austria. My parents are non-EU and living in their country of origin and are dependent on me health-wise and financial-wise. Once in Austria, I want to apply to get my parents to stay with me there. The requirement is that I need to prove their dependence on me. What are the accepted evidences in such cases? For example, I have been sending money transfers to my parents for almost 6 months now via Western Union. Also my father reached retirement age and their country of origin is considered a war zone (no proper hospitals or medical care). They both have very poor health, but I can't be with them to help because the country is at war and I would be risking my life to be there or even worse get stuck there. Would this be enough evidence to prove their dependence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole idea of me leaving Germany to go to live and work in Austria for one year is to rescue my parents from that war because, unfortunately, Germany refused to get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21529" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T11:09:04.290" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T11:09:04.290" Title="How to prove financial or health dependence of non-EU parents on EU citizen?" Tags="&lt;eu&gt;&lt;family&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-25T02:58:07.137" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been working in France with passeport talent for 5 years now. My family (wife and kids of age 7-10yrs now) joined me in France 4 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I file an application for citizenship of myself as well as my wife and children? Or should I apply after it’s been 5 years since my children started living in France? Or kids can only apply for citizenship after they are 18 years of age?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really appreciate some knowledge about laws surrounding this scenario if anyone has had same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19805" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T23:00:44.407" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T23:07:25.570" Title="French Citizenship Application for France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;citizenship&gt;&lt;family&gt;&lt;passport&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22055" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-25T09:08:19.073" Score="4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife is a Bulgarian citizen and she wants to move to Germany or Austria. What is the procedure in order for me to join her? Can we apply upon arrival? We both hold B2 certificates in German.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21537" LastEditorUserId="658" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T11:04:55.137" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T09:50:19.917" Title="My wife (EU citizen) is moving to Germany or Austria. Can I join her as a non-EU national (Serbia)?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;eu-spouses&gt;&lt;austria&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-25T16:13:07.083" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last year I received some bonus payments from my previous employer (I worked in Germany the year before and lived/worked Germany until the end of that tax year).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bonus was deposited in my German bank account at the beginning of last year, meaning that for my taxes purposes it has to be declared in the 2020 tax year even if I did not live/work in Germany at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in an online software which I use to prepare my German tax returns, it computes that I owe a hefty amount of German tax. The rationale is that it counts my last year income (indicated as foreign income for Germany) to determined the tax rate they will apply to my German taxable income (bonus payment), the software indicates that this is determined by the &amp;quot;progression clause (Progressionsvorbehalt)&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see that this is expected and fair for a person working or living, partially or fully, in Germany, however, I wonder if it does applies for a person who did not spent a single day living/working that taxable year in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I currently live outside of EU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19606" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T22:46:09.297" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T22:46:09.297" Title="Am I taxable in Germany even I did not live there?" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;taxes&gt;&lt;tax-treaties&gt;&lt;financial&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22056" CreationDate="2021-05-25T20:32:35.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems correct. The money is Germany-sourced income since it is work income (bonus) from work performed in Germany (even though the money was received in a different year than when the work was performed). Therefore, it should be taxable in Germany no matter where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that your complaint is that the fact that it is taxable in 2020 instead of 2019 (due to your company paying that money to you after the new year) caused you to have to pay more tax since your tax rate in 2020 happens to be higher than in 2019. Well, that's just bad luck. It could just as well have worked the other way if circumstances had been different -- i.e. if your tax rate in 2020 happened to be lower than in 2019, then the fact that the money is taxable in 2020 instead of 2019 would have caused you to pay less tax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T20:32:35.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-25T20:58:33.023" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a student living in London. I was given a residency permit which is leave to remain for 2 and half years. The route  I was given is 10 year long residency then I can apply for ILR. This September I will apply again to extend my residency permit for another 2 and half years. This will be my first time extending the permit. I want to study medicine and so I plan to study in an EU country for a 6 year degree as an international student so is there any way I can study and not affect my absence, thus my ILR application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21539" LastEditorUserId="16118" LastEditDate="2021-05-29T08:51:40.607" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T08:51:40.607" Title="Studying abroad (EU) country having biometric resident permit (BRP) from UK" Tags="&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;resident-permit&gt;&lt;eu-citizens&gt;&lt;uk-citizenship&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22054" CreationDate="2021-05-25T23:07:25.570" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can apply as soon as you qualify, you do not have to wait for anybody. Your wife wouldn't automatically qualify because you do and consequently wouldn't become French immediately. She will have to wait to qualify herself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, your children could become French as soon as you do (that's called &lt;em&gt;effect collectif&lt;/em&gt;). It's not necessary for them to wait to be 18 or to have resided 5 years in France, the only requirements are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Being younger than 18&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Residing with you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Being mentioned on the application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T23:07:25.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22055" CreationDate="2021-05-25T23:24:44.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as she is entitled to free movement (e.g. working, &lt;a href=&quot;https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/1013/what-does-european-union-freedom-of-movement-mean-and-how-much-can-individual/4965#4965&quot;&gt;more details here&lt;/a&gt;) then you are entitled to live with her. The procedure is much more flexible than it is for other foreigners or for the spouses of German citizens so you can indeed travel together and apply upon arriving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike a Serbian citizen coming on their own, the spouse of an EU citizen doesn't require to secure a long-stay visa before entering the country and can transition from a short stay to a longer period of residence, completing all required formalities without leaving the territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, you can simply apply for the residence card at the same time as your registration or immediately afterwards (see e.g. the &lt;a href=&quot;https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324282/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;procedure in Berlin&lt;/a&gt;). Speaking German is great and will help you but it is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a requirement for the spouses of EU citizens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't done it recently but in my memory, the registration of your place of residence (&lt;em&gt;Anmeldung&lt;/em&gt;) is processed immediately, you leave the building with the confirmation in hand. You might need a separate appointment with another office but you can use that document to apply for the residence card without any wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-26T09:50:19.917" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T09:50:19.917" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-26T07:52:04.780" Score="2" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to Lyon in September with my (dependent) wife. I will join as a post-doctoral fellow in ENS-Lyon with salary more than 2000 Euro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have chosen an accommodation that is eligible to receive CAF benefits. I would like to know if I am eligible to receive CAF benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any website or resources that highlight the eligibility criteria to receive CAF benefits would be helpful. If yes, then is it possible to estimate the amount of CAF benefit that I might be eligible to receive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21541" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-26T10:00:45.417" LastActivityDate="2021-05-26T10:00:45.417" Title="Family and CAF allowances in Lyon as a post-doctoral fellow" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;housing&gt;&lt;benefits&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-27T08:36:09.973" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Non-EU citizen who wants to move to Sweden with his EU wife.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I go about doing this at the earliest considering she may not get a job immediately once she is in Sweden?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can she show financial support for both of us while living in Sweden? Is this around 30,000 Euros for both of us? Question is how would she able to do this? Would an overseas account do? And if not - is she eligle to open a bank account in Sweden? Also, would she need a rental contract and is this easy to get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20584" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-27T15:38:40.030" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T02:44:25.603" Title="Non EU moving to Sweden with EU partner" Tags="&lt;sweden&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-27T08:37:35.020" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wish to know what kind of visa or process can allow me to take this ahead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I finished my masters in Berlin between 2017- 2020&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Worked as a working student in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Worked as a freelancer in Germany&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My 18 month job search visa after Masters in Germany expires in Dec&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Possibility of an offer from a Swiss company for a remote position&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Want to continue to stay in Germany.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to get this to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Swiss company doesnt have a german entity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don´t marry a swiss/EU national.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21550" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T08:37:35.020" Title="Remote job for Swiss employer but stay in Germany" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22066" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="22067" CreationDate="2021-05-27T12:25:35.927" Score="1" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Japanese citizen who was recently admitted to a Ph.D. program in the United States and now I need to get an F-1 visa. I will have an interview in June, and there is one thing I am worried about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ustraveldocs.com/jp/jp-niv-typefandm.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The website of the embassy&lt;/a&gt; states that I need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A passport valid for travel to the United States with a validity date&#xA;at least six months beyond your intended period of stay in the United&#xA;States (unless country-specific agreements provide exemptions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My I-20 says that the length of the program is 6 years, but my passport is only valid for 4 years. So I wrote in my DS-160 that my intended length of stay is 4 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/113849/f-1-us-visa-application-intended-length-of-stay-for-a-phd-program&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; seems to suggest that I am not supposed to have the discrepancy, and I also heard that some people got rejected their visas for a similar reason(intended stay length is longer than stated in I-20).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the embassy about this, but they responded that &amp;quot;the six months rule is not the case for your country&amp;quot;, which does not seem to be related to my issue at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also tried to renew my passport, but the local official said that it is legally not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I rewrite my DS-160 to match the length? or should I not do anything at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21552" OwnerDisplayName="Kaira" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T19:24:28.503" Title="Discrepancy of the length of stay between DS-160 and I-20 (F-1 visa)" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;paperwork&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22066" CreationDate="2021-05-27T17:50:28.787" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule is that for an entering nonimmigrant, their passport has to be valid for 6 months beyond the end of the period of stay (or, for passports from countries in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM040309.html#M403_9_3_B_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6-month club&lt;/a&gt;, their passport has to be valid until the end of the period of stay). What this means is practice is that the admit-until date given by the immigration officer at entry on the I-94 will be no later than 6 months before the passport's expiration (or, for passports from countries in the 6-month club, no later than the passport's expiration). I believe that this is compatible with the nonimmigrant's intent to renew his/her passport while in the US and apply for Extension of Stay in the US, if their period of admission was cut short by their passport expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of F1, they are admitted for &amp;quot;D/S&amp;quot; on their I-94, not for a date, so the rule on passport validity doesn't really have an effect on stay on F1 status (as long as the passport is valid for at least 6 months at the time of entry; or, for passports from countries in the 6-month club, is valid for any period of time at the time of entry). Again, the nonimmigrant can intend to renew his/her passport while in the US, and thus stay longer than the expiration of the passport they used at entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't see a need to cut short your answer for intended length of stay on your visa application due to your passport expiration. Since the visa's validity can be longer than the passport's validity, and a visa on an expired passport can be used with a new passport of the same type from the same country, the answers on your visa application form could potentially refer to stays on that visa with a new passport too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether cutting short your answer for intended length of stay could lead to a denial of your visa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575" OwnerDisplayName="user102008" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T17:50:28.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-27T19:26:58.757" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;My 52-year-old wife (non-US citizen with valid visa) is talking about flying to Los Angeles along with our 18-year-old (US citizen) so that BOTH can get the one-shot vaccination at Walmart's or similar. The delays in the delivery in our country are very bad, and their age-groups are slated until the end of the year for receiving the shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can make an appointment for them at the appropriate agency, but I am worried that my wife will get turned away for being non-citizen...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, we have insurance cards that cover international travel...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://corporate.walmart.com/covid-vaccine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Walmart's site&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to bring to my appointment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the day of your appointment, please bring your insurance card if you have one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CDC does not require proof of age, occupation, or any other type of credentials; instead it relies on you to attest that you meet current eligibility.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that eligibility is based solely on &amp;quot;word&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9121" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T19:26:58.757" Title="Flying to the USA on a tourist visa to get the COVID vaccination" Tags="&lt;covid-19&gt;&lt;medical&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-28T16:59:16.703" Score="2" ViewCount="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a US citizen with a German citizen spouse. We have resided in the U.S. for the past 25 years with my wife having a US Green Card. I'm considering purchasing a second home in Germany and reside there part-time each year during our retirement. I expect that our primary residence (over 50% of the time) will remain in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the tax implications for pension income, IRA, 401K, and other investments for the German government?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21555" LastActivityDate="2021-05-28T16:59:16.703" Title="German Tax Implications for a US Citizen/German Spouse who Maintain a Part-time Residence in Germany" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;&lt;germany&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22064" CreationDate="2021-05-29T02:44:25.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two of you can stay together in Sweden for up to three months, without regard to your ability to support yourselves.  To stay longer, you will need to apply for a residence card.  If she does not have a job by the end of the three months, you can apply for the residence card on the basis of self sufficience.  The minimum amount you need to show will depend on how long you intend to stay, but it cannot be greater than the minimum wage.  An overseas account should be fine.  Details are available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/EU-citizens-and-long-term-residents/Work-study-or-live-in-Sweden-for-EU-citizens/Residence-cards-for-family-who-are-non-EEA-citizens.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/EU-citizens-and-long-term-residents/Work-study-or-live-in-Sweden-for-EU-citizens/Residence-cards-for-family-who-are-non-EEA-citizens.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2440" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T02:44:25.603" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22072" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T08:36:39.620" Score="0" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a non EU citizen. I am applying for a Blue card in France but the location I want to live in is in Germany Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does that apply in my case, working for a certain EU country and living in an other? Which country issues the Blue card in this case France of Germany? And if I want to apply after 21 month for permanent residence, whose country rules do i have to follow up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21518" LastEditorUserId="6417" LastEditDate="2021-05-29T09:14:50.223" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T09:14:50.223" Title="Taking EU blue card from France and living in Germany" Tags="&lt;germany&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;france&gt;&lt;eu&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22058" CreationDate="2021-05-29T08:50:29.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be eligible for settlement in the UK it is necessary to meet the ‘continuous residence’ rule.  There may be some discretion over excess absences in compelling or compassionate circumstances, but it seems unlikely that would apply in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Continuous residence is considered to be broken if the applicant has:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;been absent from the UK for a period of more than 6 months at any one time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;spent a total of 18 months outside the UK throughout the whole 10 year period&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few other circumstances in which continuous residence is not considered broken that might apply to you either now or in the future. For example, an applicant can leave the UK as a Tier 4 (General) student and return with leave as a spouse of a settled person. Continuous residence is not broken as the applicant had valid leave both when they left and returned to the UK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/988907/long-residence-v17.0-gov-uk.pdf#page10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/988907/long-residence-v17.0-gov-uk.pdf#page10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16118" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T08:50:29.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22072" CreationDate="2021-05-29T09:13:18.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's not what the Blue Card system is for. You have to apply and reside in the country where you would be working. Since you mentioned applying in France, let's assume you found a job there. The residence permit you will get does not allow you to live in Germany and won't offer a path to permanent residence there. The only rules that apply are French rules because you are not even supposed to live in Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the Blue Card rules, your employer can also send you to Germany for some time and there is a slightly easier path to transition to another Blue Card job in another participating country but those are secondary considerations. The Blue Card is not an EU-wide residence permit and you cannot chose where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6417" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T09:13:18.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T13:52:55.247" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Complex one here (I think)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from the UK and currently have a outland visa application in the works for Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did go over to Canada in September 2020 to stay there whilst my visa was approved but then in Jan, 2021 I seen that the UK was gonna potentially close the borders and force mandatory hotels, so I decided to come home in Feb (26th) to visit family just in case they closed the borders for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, my Canadian fiancé came with to visit my family as they are all really close with her. We only intended to come for a little visit (couple months at most) but then she fell pregant... so we've ended up staying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her visitor visa runs out the 26th of July and we don't really want her to go back to Canada yet as she could end up being stuck there on her own without me for god knows long due to Canada now shutting their borders and because of Covid in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, could me and my Fiance go to europe in the first week of July for a couple of days then return to the UK to &amp;quot;re-set&amp;quot; those 6 months to give us a bit of time to sort things out before going back to Canada together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She has only been here on a visitor visa once before which was only for 10 days and she was also here for 2 years studying (on the tier 5 youth mobility scheme, which was from November 2018- September 2020)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, this will be her FIRST successive 6 months, if that makes any sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21557" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T13:52:55.247" Title="Leave and re-enter the UK" Tags="&lt;visa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T13:57:45.900" Score="1" ViewCount="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a website where I can look for shared flats/rooms in Poznan? I need the accommodation for about 1 year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of otodom.pl but this is only for renting a full flat. As reference for what I'm looking for there's the German wg-gesucht.de that offers rooms in already existing shared flats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a student so I cannot rely on student housing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help is greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="nykon" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T14:57:38.903" Title="Where should I look for a shared apartment in Poznan/Poland?" Tags="&lt;accommodation&gt;&lt;rental&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="22076" CreationDate="2021-05-29T14:42:03.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This might not be the best way, but it’s better than nothing.  On &lt;a href=&quot;https://AirBNB.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AirBNB&lt;/a&gt;, I specified these option (image) and found sixteen places available.  There are other sites similar to AirBNB.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LotQi.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LotQi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="583" OwnerDisplayName="WGroleau" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T14:42:03.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T20:24:30.873" Score="0" ViewCount="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am holding a valid EU Bluecard since 2 years and working for a france based company.&#xA;Now i am exploring options towards taking up freelance jobs by quitting my current full time job.&#xA;I have searched many groups and France Tax website but no where mentioned about Bluecard holders+Freelance jobs :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could some one please confirm can i take up the freelance jobs in EU?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, what are the tax implications?&#xA;Thanks a lot in advance for your help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21559" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T20:24:30.873" Title="Can i quit my current job and work as freelancer on EU Bluecard in France" Tags="&lt;france&gt;&lt;blue-card&gt;&lt;freelance&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T21:07:26.587" Score="0" ViewCount="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wife and I are relocating to California. I have an L1-A and she has an L2. We are trying to figure out the processing times we can expect for her EAD application. We see a lot of references online of 1-3 months but the lawyer we are working with in our company mentioned current times are 7-12 months and potentially longer. He also mentioned an upcoming update that might shorten that but not clear when that would go into effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen a few similar questions here but they are a bit dated and I'm hoping someone on the forum could have some more recent information, preferably from 2021. Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21560" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T21:07:26.587" Title="Processing times for L2 EAD H2 2021" Tags="&lt;working-visas&gt;&lt;immigration&gt;&lt;california&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-29T21:56:57.870" Score="1" ViewCount="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Canadian citizen. My husband is a US Citizen living here in Canada with me for the last 20 years as a PR.&#xA;We are thinking of moving to the USA if my job will permit me to work remotely.&#xA;We have a dependent son (28) who is disabled. Does anyone know if there would be an issue with him moving with us?&#xA;Also, any tax ramifications anyone has had experience with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21561" LastActivityDate="2021-05-29T21:56:57.870" Title="Can I live in the USA and work Remotely for my Canadian Employer?" Tags="&lt;usa&gt;" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
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